Excise Tax Indorsed by Senate in Bipartisan Vote
In Washington the Senate passed the Democratic excise tax bill by 36 to 18, extending the tax on corporations to individuals and partnerships. The measure included repeal of the Canadian reciprocity law, a $2 per ton print paper tariff, and a permanent nonpartisan tariff commission, with support from several progressives and insurgent Republicans.
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Battle over reciprocity and tax measures in Senate
The Senate debated a modified excise plan and a Gronna amendment repealing Canadian reciprocity with a new paper duty. The bill would tax net income over five thousand dollars at one percent and shift duties on chemical pulp and printing paper. Amendments sought to protect free paper provisions and exclude labor and fraternal organizations from the tax. A heated exchange followed over anonymous accusations about Washington delegates, prompting rebuke from Mr. Humphrey.
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Norris Attacks Delegates Methods in Bitter House Speech
In Washington the House heard Rep Norris of Nebraska condemn Chicago Republican delegates as bought for Taft. Rep Humphrey of Washington replied he had no knowledge of delegate selection and denounced Norris methods as blackmail and the slimiest of all creatures.
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Mass Platform Collapse Injures Dozens In Wheeling Park
In Wheeling West Virginia on July 26 a wooden platform at Wheeling Park collapsed sending about 200 Masons and their families plummeting into a ravine. Many were injured with several serious cases reported.
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Wheeling Masonic Outing Platform Collapse Injures Dozens
Thirty people were seriously hurt when a park platform collapsed after a vaudeville portion of a Wheeling Masonic Club outing. Miss Elsie Little of Benwood, West Virginia, sustained a broken back and is not expected to survive. Dozens suffered fractures and injuries as the 15 foot fall occurred into a muddy ravine. Park officials and physicians rushed to aid, with a restaurant turned into an emergency hospital and victims transported to area hospitals or home. An inspection blamed rotted posts from water.
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Standoff Ends With Fall From Stairs at Cornhill
A man acting suspiciously on the fourth floor of 15 Cornhill fought with George Grimes, owner of a nearby restaurant, and toppled down two flights of stairs. Help arrived and Grimes was freed by Officer Walter Andrews. The intruder Peter McDonough, 22, from South Boston, was jailed for investigation.
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Boy Fatally Struck by Car Near Whitman Road
Carroll Comfort of Whitman, an orphan, was struck by a trolley car on the Whitman road this evening. He did not see the car and stepped in front of it. the motorman could not stop. He suffered a fractured skull and a broken collarbone.
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Rail Labor Dispute Hearing With 52 Railroads Near Final Witness
James Mc Crea, president of the Pennsylvania railroad, was called as a final witness before the Board of Arbitration at Manhattan Beach. He testified as counsel for 52 railroads east of Chicago opposing locomotive engineers wage demands of 17 percent.
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McCrea Presses for Careful Board Opinion on Railway Rates
Mr. McCrea urged a fully reasoned board opinion detailing why any rate award is justified. He argued railroads face regulated, stagnant or falling rates while fixed costs like taxes and legislation rise, necessitating capital for public improvements and wage adjustments. He noted Long Island Railroad spending on upgrades has prevented dividends since 1896, as both sides prepare final summaries.
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Westwood Tax Rate Cut by $1.60 for Next Year
Westwood assessors announce a new tax rate of $9.20 for the coming year, down from $10.80 last year. Personal property value rises by $548,544 while the State tax increases by $1,533.98, yet the local tax remains reduced.
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World peace talk cites Japan’s need to defend routes
Dr. C W Eliot, Harvard president emeritus, returning from the Orient, told Honolulu that neither China nor Japan favored disarmament. He said the insular position of Japan makes it necessary to protect ocean commerce routes, making disarmament impossible for Japan.
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Dr Eliot Defends Japan Warns War Scares Absurd
Dr. Eliot says Japan is not inclined to war and will fight only as a last resort. He cites disarmament via protecting private property at sea and carries a Chinese memorial urging an American library in Peking. He was hosted by Harvard graduates and plans to sail to San Francisco soon.
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Ex Wireless Head Back to Prison
Christopher Columbus Wilson former president of United Wireless Telegraph Co was brought from Atlanta penitentiary to testify in bankruptcy proceedings and was taken back to Atlanta today He serves a term there for misuse of the mails to defraud
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Christopher Columbus Wilson
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Atlanta
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Roosevelt completes doctrines in confession of faith
Oyster Bay July 26 Colonel Roosevelt finishes the spoken confession of his doctrines in writing. He says after his August 5 Chicago recital he may be accused of socialistic or anarchistic views, but insists his measures are a corrective to socialism and an antidote to anarchy.
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Colonel Roosevelt
Chicago
Roosevelt endorses wage, eight hour, rest laws in Chicago
The former president voiced support for a minimum wage for women workers and a guaranteed eight hour shift with one day off weekly. He urged diversification of property ownership while opposing drastic limits on big corporations and dismissed Democratic plans as futile amid references to recent Supreme Court rulings.
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No State Ticket By New Party In Massachusetts
The first convention of the Roosevelt third party in Massachusetts meets at Faneuil Hall this afternoon at 2 30. The Roosevelt executive committee held sessions at 15 State street. Secretary Kenneth Dami el says no attempt will be made to choose state officers. Notable absentees from Chicago deliberations are Matthew Hale Charles S Bird and Arthur D Hill.
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Roosevelt Delegation Plans Meeting Involves Harvard Professor
Frederick Fosdick will preside over the Roosevelt delegation gathering with speeches by Harvard's Professor Lewis Johnson and ex-Congressman Lewis D. Apsley of Hudson. Bird cites enforced absence. Hale and Hill are out of state. Eighteen electors to be run in November on nomination papers along with 36 delegates to the Progressive national convention in Chicago August 5. A tentative platform will be read with a fuller instrument to follow in Chicago.
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New Hampshire Bull Moose Picks Workers for Roosevelt Campaign
At a Union Hotel gathering in Manchester a state committee was elected to run Roosevelt campaign activities. Chairman is Robert I L Manning, with Oliver Frisbie, Titus, Frost, Edgerly, Hollis, Savacool, Faulkner, Challis, Clough, and Woolf named as members from various towns.
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Concord
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Joy in Flint as Naps Buy Hunter and Kraft
The Cleveland Naps purchased outfielders Billy Hunter and Clarence Kraft from Flint of the South Michigan league. Kraft had been tested as a pitcher by the Naps last year and later sent to Toledo.
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