Outgoing Aliens Sweat Tax For Empire of Dollars
New York June 28 millions of dollars have been gathered from outgoing aliens who avoided declaring full incomes for tax payments. Several thousand more are being collected from delinquent aliens who brag of their incomes to persuade inspectors they can support dependents. Colonel Daniel L Porter says forty five agents are active at ports and the Ellis Island station. Reports note February through March show over a large sum collected, with more from other localities. Residents must guarantee dependents do not become public charges, with sworn statements forwarded for filtering by collectors. Most money collected ranges around large sums for small businesses and wages.
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New York
Daniel L. Porter
Internal Revenue
Purts
Citg
Ellie Island
Marek
Witis Tee
Mayet
Porter
Muir
Trey Tee
Apme
United States
Waington
Itewi
Aroes
Canferiss
Ork
New Mall
Germany's chief trouble, decline in German production
Berlin reports Carl Frederici Von Siemens states Germany faces a decline in productive work and rising costs. He cites overstaffed nonproductive labor and excessive officials across state and private enterprises. Despite some recent gains, domestic prices and slowed demand hurt business.
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Berlin
Germany
Carl Frederici von Siemens
Anddal
Siemens & Halske Electric
Herr von Siemens
Count Cine
Herr von Fine
Railroads strained by selfish private interests undermine wartime efficiency
Public rail transportation leaders condemn private operators for failing to follow agreements and curb independent gains. They argue that weak cooperation threatens maximum traffic, safe service, and national welfare, urging stricter adherence to union plans and government oversight.
Gamble for Legary in Surrey Provisional Minors Auction
In Surrey, under a bequest dating from 1847, the interest of £100 is to be divided among maids who have served a single master and mistress for two years or more. The maids for this year are Rowe Chapman with four years service and Beatrice Ower with six years. Chapman won 12 pounds 15 shillings, Ower 11 pounds 9 shillings.
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Wil
Surrey
Rowe Chapman
Beatrice Ower
Lomion Mail
Gold Shipments Arrive as Bank Firm Receives 20 Million
New York reports a 20,000,000 cargo of gold consigned to Kahn Leeb Co aboard the Mauretania docking today. The metal was used in the London open market last week. Bankers expect additional shipments within the next two weeks.
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New York
Kahn, Leeb & Co
Mauretania
London
Government idea of women's clothes skirts below the waist
June 26 Washington officials discussed clothing curbs as retailers showed knee length gowns for next fall. Howard Figg urged skirts should come below the waist while avoiding major style changes to limit wardrobe updates.
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Washington, D.C
National Garment Retailers' Association
Howard Pigg
Figg
Defied Carranza as Mexican air forces bombard towns
June 2 Mesion City reports President Carranza ordered bombardment of towns held by revolutionaries. Lieutenant de la Torre says several aviators were lost and that ships and planes from the Mexican service were targeted for a strike on Cuernavaca and other locations. He asserts the aim was to deter aerial barbarity.
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Mesion City
Carranea
Loi Prociaso de la Torre
Dice Martinee
Mexico City
Helghan
de la Torre
Cuernawacn
Cimuthy
Mureles
Telan
Soma
Myrett
Diddy
Estat
Bation Schi
Maeve
Opposed Meddling at Buffalo Convention
A chaotic scene at the Broadway auditorium as delegates posing for photographs were struck by a platform collapse during a Baptist convention session. Several were severely hurt and others bruised. The gathering debated wariness of foreign intervention and affirms Protestant interests in maintaining U S Britain relations while outlining ordination and reform requirements.
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Buffalo, SY
Weoadway
United States
Great Britain
Winsen Lake
Tnt
Munition Plants for Furniture Factories Displayed
A deciphered report notes that munitions plants for furniture factories face limits. The Cattet States comment on wartime supply and the German ally impact, with authorities led by St Landem addressing the issue at a public show.
Weather, Cattle, and Farm Talk In A Slurred Verse
A fragmentary verse blows through farm life topics from weather and growing crops to cattle, dairy, and chores. It mentions scotchman’s, timothy, corn, and a rustic scene with hens and calves, mixing rural imagery with garbled lines and scattered phrases. The piece reads like a disrupted newspaper verse or transcription error, lacking a clear narrative or structured facts.
Marconi plan to build vast wireless center at Bucharest
The Marconi company offers to construct a huge wireless station in Romania and aid an air service linking Paris Vienna Budapest Bucharest and Constantinople. France and Britain back government sponsored aviation links with branches into Serbia Bulgaria and beyond. Costly rail weaknesses in southern Europe and wartime traffic concerns spur calls for joint funding and international cooperation for wireless and air communications.
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Marconi Company
Bucharest
Europe
Rumania
France
Elsc
Paris
Vienna
Budapest
Constantinople
Serbia
Bulgaria
Venee
Russia
Inez Himmel
Wareis
Vife
Hark Sea
Adriatic
Bresia
Moscow
Berlin
Mintur
Ourit
Hanoary
Brata Pest
Macher
Public council fights strikes by publicity and public opinion
The council, barely three weeks old with seven favorable decisions, lacks enforcement power beyond contempt. It relies on publicity and documentary proof to sway public judgment, aiming to thwart unfettered strikes. The Rev Dr Gordon, known as Ralph Connor, leads the board, drawing New England scrutiny.
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Manitoba
Ite Yate
Winniper
Tahar
Per Sims
Boston Transcript
Mard
Manitoba Joint Council
Manitobs
New England
Gordon
Ralph Connor
Hoston Herat
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