Freedom and Counterfeit Liberty in Austria and Bohemia
A Bohemian declaration proclaims independence from Hapsburg rule and condemns Emperor Karl as a blasphemous purveyor of false freedom. It pledges a free Czecho-Slovak nation, rejects divine rights, and names Serbia's sword as the path to South Slavic liberty, while denouncing Hapsburg and Hohenzollern tyranny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austria-Hungary
Karl
Austria
Poland
Hohenzollern
Hapsburg
Bohemia
Belgium
France
Serbia
Russia
Roumania
Hapsburgs
Hapsburg Dynasty
America
Jugo-Slavia
Peter
Bosnia- Herzegovina
Banat of
Temesvar
America's Army Offical Returns to Office of Pro Vost Tarshal General
The number registered under the selective draft rises to 12 566 594 with Alaska Taiwan and Porto Rico pending. Once counted, total expected to exceed 13 000 000, a force to enforce allied peace terms and deter German surrender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tarshal
Alaska
Itiwan
Porto Rico
America
Germany
United States
Sales Tax Proposal Faces Senate Finance Committee
A proposed 1 percent sales tax to fund war revenue is debated with House Ways and Means resistance. Senator Smoot drafts two versions, one taxing only retail and another taxing all sales, aiming to raise up to 3.5 billion dollars. The plan shifts the burden to consumers, yet pledges relief for small earners. The debate tracks how the loss of liquor taxes may be offset, while public payments by all remain likely. The note ends with wartime pledges and odd references to figures from 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Finance Committee
Ways and Means Committee
House
Senate Committee
Smoot
Senate
Justifiable Exemption From Income Tax for President and Judges
Senate finance committee favors exempting the President and Supreme and inferior court judges from the income tax in the revamped war revenue bill. It argues ethical and practical reasons, noting the President's $75,000 salary would lose over $24,000 to tax at House rates, and judges would face similar burdens. The piece warns acceptance could pressure vetoes or constitutional challenges and argues Congress should preserve judicial and presidential independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Committee On Finance
House
United States
Congress
Supreme Court
Holland Seeks New Food Pact In London Talks
Negotiations to renew a rationing agreement with Holland will resume in London with P Shelton as the U S representative. Holland plans to release about 50 000 tons of idle shipping to carry grain owed under President Wilson's March offer of 100 000 tons of bread cereals, half from the United States and half from South America. The move follows prior German opposition and fears of submarine disruption.
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Holland
London
America
P. Shelton
War Trade Board
Wilson
United States
South America
War Department cautions on fees for insurance and allotment claims
The War Department asked the public to report any person demanding fees for collecting insurance or allotments for soldiers who died in service. The government pledged to settle such cases directly without outside help and noted that beneficiaries may receive free legal advice from draft district legal advisory boards.
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War Department
Eight New Ships In Week Delivered To Shipping Board
Eight ships totaling 42 360 dead weight tons were handed over to the Shipping Board for the week ending October 11. Five were steel and three wood. The batch includes the first contract steel ship from an Atlantic yard since the program started, built by the Federal Shipbuilding Company at Kearny New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shipping Board
Atlantic
Federal Shipbuilding Company
Kearney
N. J
Vienna Press Attacks Wilson as Brutal Cowboy
The Neue Freie Presse denounces President Wilson as the brutal cowboy and demonizes his power, amid European tensions. It warns that German and Austrian authorities seek to steer public opinion against the United States as they push armistice and peace proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
United States
Neue Freie Presse
Vienna
William
Berlin
Charles
Zita
Europe
Prince Sixtus
Alsace-Lorraine
Austria
Germany
Kamerad
War Board urges halt on gasoline stove production
The War Industries Board advised discontinuing gasoline stove manufacture during the war and urged reallocating materials to gas heating and cooking devices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Industries Board
Senate Nears War Bill And Italian Draft Pact
Senate proceedings note a noon restart after adjournment with the finance committee fixing a 12 percent flat tax on corporate net income and removing an undistributed earnings tax. The foreign relations committee approved the Italian draft treaty, similar to pacts with Britain France and Greece. Wheat acreage boosts praised by grain corporation head John H Barnes. Wilson signs a federal bribery law for primary elections. Army deficiency bill of 6 billion dollars advances. Republicans laud Rep Sherley for steering the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Great Britain
France
Greece
Congress
John H. Barnes
The
Food Administration
Grain Corporation
Wilson
Gerry
ORDERED TO USE LESS SUGAR
Government restricts sugar for manufacturers nationwide. Soft drink makers drop to 25 percent in November and December, ice cream to 25 percent, confections and several other sectors to 50 percent of the July to December 1916–1917 average. Officials urge prioritizing overseas military needs and enforcing the two pounds per person monthly home allotment.
Cannot Brew New Beer After December 1 Ruling
Food Administrator Hoover and Fuel Administrator Garfield announced that no new beer may be brewed after December 1 even to carbonize existing beer. Brewers may use fuel allotments before December 1 but must save coal for refrigeration after the date, as fixed by the president and last July order.
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Hoover
Garfield
German Women Seen Abiding in Restricted Zones
Reports to the Department of Justice indicate that nearly all German women in barred zones around camps, munition factories, and war institutions have proven law abiding and received permits from U S marshals to stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Justice
United States
Pershing Thanks Rifle Plant for Rifle Pledge
General Pershing sent a letter of thanks to workers at the Eddystone rifle plant in Eddystone Pennsylvania for pledging to deliver one million rifles to the United States within a year. He praised past and future efforts by the Midvale Steel and Ordnance Company workers for the American Expeditionary Forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pershing
Eddystone
Midvale Steel and Ordnance Company
United States
Air power urged to win with 16,000 planes, says Lord Sydenham
British fortifications expert Lord Sydenham told Maj. Gen. Kenly that 16,000 airplanes now are worth more than 600,000 troops on the ground and would require less transport. He asserted air force could compel Germany to terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Sydenham
Kenly
Military Aeronautics
Germany
Food For Rescued Belgians and Russians Rations
The Belgian relief commission plans to feed the civilian population of Belgium as Allied forces advance. Herbert Hoover announced an arrangement with the British quartermaster general to issue 20 million emergency rations to Russians, at the commission's expense.
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Belgium
Herbert Hoover
Trains to Principal Cities Time Table
Washington Post condensed timetable lists departure times from Washington to major cities including Chicago connections, with numerous lines for Baltimore Boston Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Detroit Indianapolis Key West Louisville Memphis New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St Louis and more. Times vary by city and rail line with daily changes.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
CP. AR. R
Boston
P. A
Chicago
Cincinnati
P. R.R
Cleveland
Columbus
P. R. KR
Detroit
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Key West
Louisville
Memphis
S. R
New York
Philadelphia
P. BR. BR
Pittsburgh
Army Orders List of Officers Assigned and Discharges
A long Army orders list transfers officers to Lakehurst and various posts including Ellington field Camp Meade Fort Riley and Camp Humphreys. It also notes honors and multiple leaves of absence for two days to one month for several officers. The document details reporting duties to Italian aviation mission and discharge of Capt. Wm M Thorne by direction of the President.
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E. ¥. Holt
S. A. Koenig
Camp Meade
V. Marshal
Joseph E. Johnston
A. 8. Carruthers
Atlanta
F. T. Allen
Letroit
S. F. Weston
This City
F. J. Smith
A. J. Hender
Fort Riley
C. B. Richards
Camp Holabird
M. M. Shores
Camp Eustin
M. Janchick
Stithton
L. B. Webster
Fr. Baldwin
F. J. Reeve
H. H. Sherman
A W. Dorchester
Baltimore
A. P. Warman
J. W. Daines
J P. Kennedy
W. H. Whittendale
Hampton
E. M Townsend
Miami
L. McVicar
Louisville
F. L. Hester
New Orleans
W. R. Crandall
Pensacola
Fla
EL. West
C. R. Marsh
Ayer
Masa
D. Jones
Fort Oglethorpe
C . Jones
Chicago
W. Kremer
Garden City
Long Island
C. R. Reeves
R. Adams
Camp Humphreys
C A. Reid
Lakehurst
B. Barnett
G. H. Breed
C. C. Chalfant
T. P. de Graffenried
J. Vv. Denson
B Frnley
C. J France
R. Hazard
A. Johnson
P. Mendleson
S. F. Milla
G. F. Porter
H. M. Scarbough
W. J. Collins
J. C. Conway
C. H. Delaney
N. C. Failor
H. C. Harnickel
J. F. Hart
W. T. Lawton
L. Lowenstein
W. E. MacGregor
J. B. R.milar
F. E. Scott
C. R. Wainwright
EB. Wallace
R. R. Williams
Mass
W. F. Canavan
G. EB. Verill
J. G. Locke
S. A Erickson
J. A. Baum
W. M. Imbrie, Jr
L. W. Vidler
Knapp
F. N. Calvert
D. H. McGarrick
G. A. MacHay
A. W. Ames
E W. Bagshaw
O. FE. Hrashears
F. H. Knoperer
W. M. Murphy
C. §. Robinson
P. L. Grady
C. 8. Shaw
G. &. Capelle
M. Gillett
G. L. Guthrie
KK. Jmudon
Baruch declines Rockefeller paper priority request
War Industries Board chairman Baruch this week refused Joth D. Rockefeller Jr. priority for newsprint to publish an eight page supplement in New York papers on the United War Work Campaign. Rockefeller had planned the Sunday, November 10, publication date. Similar refusals were made regarding the Liberty Loan and Red Cross campaigns.
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Baruch
The
War Industries Board
Joth D. Rockefeller, Jr
New York
United War Work Campaign
Rockefeller
Liberty Loan
Red Cross
Washington reporters on wartime politics and Southern views
Confederate veteran Gen Julian Carty and Col Hayden discuss war aims and postwar politics in Washington. They note Southern resolve to push to Berlin, enthusiasm for hospitality at Tulsa reunion, and concerns over German peace terms, influenza, and women voting. They also mention Missouri and New York electoral forecasts, price fixing for cotton, and party dynamics shaping Congress.
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Tulsa
Okla
Julian 5. Carty
Durham
South
Washington
Berlin
France
Gen. Carr
Citizens’ Committee
Pangention Hall
Tégbye
New York
Col
T Jo Hayden
Manhattan
Silberty Joan
New York City
Whitman
al Smith
Willl
Congress
J A Wright
Chicago
Georgia
Democratic Party
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America’s Army
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Bill Hohenzollern
Karl Hapshure
Sericea
U. S
Alsace and Lorraine
Alsace
Torraine
Willigin
Lorraine
Jance
Reichsland
Kropotkin
Peter Kropotkin
Petrograd
St. Peter and St. Paul
Rpril
Alexander II
Marie
Central Asia
Imperial Geographical Society of
Manchuria
Switzerland
Victor Hugo
Hnmgland
Marquise DE Fontenoy
Proceedings OF Congress
Committees
Appropriations Committee
Sherley
Kentucky
Pershing Thanks Rifle Plant
Eddystone Works
Gen
Democracy Solid
Missouri
Falk
John M Biggs
St Louis
Willard
House of Representatives
Champ Clark
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