Show DOMESTIC AFFAIRS practically every phase of american life felt tile the of war throughout the year 1918 in the field of national le legislation w comans womans oli lans surf suffrage and wide alde prohibition prohibition hibi tion were urged as is war men measures the womans comans suffrage amendment was defeated in n the senitte senate october 1 nf tor having havin g passed the house A wide prohibition measure to become effective jull june e 3 SO 0 ibid was 1 ell enacted acted by congress nud approve d by tile the president deni No november verabee 21 on 06 september 6 president wilson had haid ordered dered the manufacture of malt liquor stopped on oil december 1 ills ats a food conservation measure 1 I 1 the government early in the ye year nir began to tighten its control over over industry all and business for the lie purpose of furthering war efforts and protecting tile the public on january 16 to relieve n serious merlou coni coal shortage which threatened to delay the he shipment of war supplies to france fuel administrator garfield a general of indus try and hust business ness lit in all states states east cist of tile the mississippi river for foi a period or of ave lays days ond and ten tell succeeding fond mondays on days on oil february 13 the order older for heatless hertless ss mondays was rescinded congress increased the safeguards thrown about war Indu industries stiles by passing the sabotage bill carrying pen aldies of fine and ayears SO Oy gears ears im for foi destruction of war materials or interference with w nr industries president wilson signed tills this measure on april 20 the government also prosecuted vigorously many persons accused of violation of tile the espionage net det on august 17 members I 1 of the 1 I W V W were convicted of als loyalty in the federal court at Chicago after a trial lasting several months government control of was followed duag durl ab nb tins tills yeni year ern eminent ment control pall af pf all telegraph and telephone lines lanei congress on july 13 authorized the president to take con arol of the wires and the government assumed control on july 31 on november 17 tho the government also took control of all atlantic cable lines the first general election since the united states entered the war was held on november 5 the republicans Republic Is won both houses of congress tho the set sen ate by a majority of two and tile the house by n margin of more than forty during buring october and november vember the entire country was swept by a serious epidemic of spanish in thousands ok oi soldiers in tile the army camps and other thousands of civilians succumbed thereto and to pneumonia tile the country was surprised on november 22 2 by the resignation of william G alcadio as secretary of the treasury and director g general of the railroads representative carter glass of virginia virgin ia was aimed mimed to succeed sir mr mcadoo as secretary ea of tho treasury december 5 on november 28 governor stephens of california commuted to life imprisonment the death sentence of thomas J copney convicted in connection with the death of ten persons person s front from a bomb explosion in ili san francisco during n preparedness parade july 22 1010 plan for making tho the united states to that of no other country for 1025 were disclosed to congress by roar rear admiral badger chairman of the executive committee of the general board of the navy D december 12 |