Income tax push gains Senate support and party unity
The national platform endorses the income tax with a strong Senate push led by Senator Bailey and a parallel Cummins bill. Democrats back it with Republican help amid broad public favor, though the Bailey proposal offers a simpler, constitutionally safer approach by exempting state and municipal bond revenues. Critics warn that two bills risk division and question the Cummins exemption for corporations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Senate
Bailey
Cummins
House
Congress
Supreme Court
State Investigation Committee Heads to Pullman Visit
A Washington special committee will tour North Yakima Medical Lake and Pullman in June to question witnesses about charges against the North Yakima State Fair management and Pullman College trustees. The trip, lasting ten days to two weeks, aims to fulfill an open-session requirement and save time and money.
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Olympia
North Yakima
Pullman College
Medical Lake
Pullman
Pliny L. Allen
Dick Hutchinson
Spokane
Eastern Washington Hospital
State Board of Control
W. M. Beach
State Agricultural College
Board of Regents of
the State College
Lee A. Johnson
Sunnyside
J. J. Brown
Frank J. Barnard
Seattle
J. S. Anderson
Asotin
Peter McGregor
Oper
Enoch A. Bryan
First National Bank of
Barnard
American Book Company
State College Board
Board of Trustees
Senate
Allen
King
State College
State Fair
State Fair Deficit Questioned Over Expenditure Spree
The report notes that all but 35 of the state appropriation were spent before the fair opened and questions the authority under which trustees created a deficiency totaling 10 699 dollars.
Three Witnesses for State Vanish in Calhoun Case
In San Francisco on May 26 the prosecution disclosed that John O Neill and his brother Hugh O Neill and E A Platt, all key witnesses in the Calhoun case, have disappeared. DA agents search for them as the Patrick Calhoun trial proceeds with only detectives testifying.
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San Francisco
John O'Neill
Hugh
E. A. Platt
Calhoun
District Attorney’s Office
O'Neill Brothers
John Helms
Platt
W. J. Burns
Burns
Patrick Calhoun
United Railroads
Luther Brown
Norman Melrose
United Railroads Detective Bureau
William M. Abbot
Robbers Enter J S Waugh Home Seize About $40
Thieves broke into the residence at 351 North B street yesterday afternoon and ransacked the house from bottom to top in search of money. They removed six of seven pocket books, taking about forty dollars and disturbing nothing else.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. S. Waugh
North B Street
Special Excursion to Westport by Steamer Alexander
House warming dance for the Grand Western hotel prompts a Westport excursion. The steamer Alexander will depart Hoquiam at 5 p m next Saturday, returning Sunday morning, with South Bend orchestra arranged by Mrs Armstrong to entertain guests.
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Grand Western
Westport
Alexander
Hoquiam
South Bend
Commercial Job Printing at Herald Printery
Commercial job printing offered at moderate prices by Herald Printery located at 408 East Meron Street.
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Herald Printery
East Meron Street
Death of Ben Dean Well Known Grocer
Ben Dean a well known Aberdeen grocer died suddenly at the home of John C. Shapton in Grays Harbor after convulsions following bromide medicine. An autopsy found poisonous bromide in his stomach, traced to his headache remedy. He was 35 to 40, unmarried, active in local business and church, with roots in Nebraska and Tacoma connections. The death is not believed suicide.
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Ben. Dean
South G ‘Street
John C. Shapton
West First Street
Dean
Shapton
Dr. Watkins
Aberdeen
Wheeler Bros
Nebraska
Tacoma
F. P. Ledgerwood
Maxwell
Ben Dean
Methodist Church
Grays Harbor
Railroads plan joint use of Tacoma to Puget Sound line
J D Farrell announces agreements among Northern Pacific Union Pacific and Great Northern to jointly use the N P line from South Tacoma to Vancouver Washington and the Columbia River bridge. Double tracking will be built to handle combined traffic and the line will serve Portland and Puget Sound as a first class modern route.
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Northern Pacific
Union Pacific
Great Northern
South Tacoma
Vancouver
Washington
Columbia River
Portland
Ore
Puget Sound
Farrell
New York
Washington Loses Boundary Fight
The Supreme Court denied a rehearing in the Oregon Washington boundary case. Washington fishermen claimed jurisdiction over shoal islands in the Columbia and related fishing rights. The ruling upheld the lower court finding that Washington's dominion did not follow the current and extended only to the old channel boundary.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Oregon-Washington
Columbia
Taxes Become Due Across County Tax Schedule
All county taxes become delinquent next Tuesday and if half is not paid by then interest will be charged on the debt to the county. The last half is due December 1 and if not liquidated at that time 15 percent a year will be added for interest dating from Tuesday, June 3.
Tidelands Filling Plans Move Ahead City Bid Call
City council heard Engineer Ewart report estimated tidelands west of Broadway could be filled on 249 acres for 380000 dollars or about 330 dollars per lot and instructed the clerk to advertise for bids. Other actions included sidewalk rails, building ordinances, water supply planning, dock lights, alley vacation hearings, and street improvements.
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Ewart
Tidelands
Broadway
Loomis
Co. E. Troutman
G. B. Rie
J. S. Andrews
J. D. Walker
France
Second Street
Washington
C. V. Loy
Prospect Avenue
City Band
Council Chamber
Wishkah
Heron
First
K Street
Judiciary Committee
Horus Tron & Steel Co
Decatur Street
Heron Street
County Court Houses Planned for Montesano and Grays Harbor
Commissioner Jopkins says the county will build two courthouses at Montesano and Grays Harbor at about 70000 dollars each. They will be built from the same plans drawn by Architect A Warren Could of Seattle.
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Jopkins
Montesano
Grays Harbor
A. Warren Could
Seattle
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National Democratic
State Investigation Committee
College
State College and
Bank
Macauley
New York World
Daylight Robbery
Neb
Carl Rittenour
Harriman and Hill
J. D. Farrell
The
Oregon & Washington Railway
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