Paddock Debates Income Tax in United States Amendment
Hartford dispatch reports Senate debate on a proposed constitutional amendment to allow federal income taxation via state apportionment. Senator Garry Paddock champions ratification, arguing tax fairness. opponents warn Connecticut will bear disproportionate burden. Discussion notes tax structures, per capita costs, and the choice between taxing incomes or continuing current consumption taxes.
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Corres
Hartford
Senate
United States
Garry Paddock
Bridgeport
Committee On Federal Relations
Paddock
Congress
Connecticut
England
Germany
Austria
France
Taft
House of Representatives
Representative Hill
Connecticut Senators Debate Income Tax Amendment 1910
The 1910 debate on the income tax amendment features Senator Brinsmade arguing for federal revenue powers, Senator Mitchell opposing due to irrigation funding concerns, and Senator Judson criticizing the amendment as driven by Payne Aldrich tariff politics. Senator Peck expresses cautious support. Connecticut may ratify in future sessions despite current opposition.
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Connecticut
Mitchell
New Haven
Senator Brinsmade
Washington
U. S. Supreme Court
Judson
Congress
Republican Party
Peck
Danbury
Businessmen Celebrate Hartford Victory Over Public Utilities Bill
Bridgeport Business Men's association celebrates passage of the public utilities bill in Hartford by a 150 to 82 vote. An informal dinner and entertainment will be at Steeplechase Island tomorrow at 6 30 p.m. Guests include Senator Stiles Judson and Senator Jeremiah Donovan with many state and city officials invited. Captain Paul Boyton donated Steeplechase Island hand of ten pieces.
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Bridgeport Business Men's Association
Hartford
Steeplechase Island
Stiles Judson
Stratford
Jeremiah Donovan
Norwalk
A. R. Jones
Danbury
State Business Men's Association
Normand F. Allen
Ralph O. Wells
Charles 8, Peck
Joseph Alsop
Avon
Daniel Dunn
Willimantic
William Johnson
Newtown
Tingier
Rockville
Magee
Watertown
Whiton
New London
Bartlett, Paddock
McNeil
Meltzer
Bent
Fred Enos
Board of Trade
W. F. Hobbes
Manufacturers' Association
Paul Boyton
Senate Votes For St Vincent's Bill And House Split
The Senate approved a $17,000 two year appropriation for St Vincent's Hospital Bridgeport and named Garry Paddock to the conference committee on the Senate side. The House opposed the measure. The same day the Senate rejected a proposal to move Supreme Court of Errors sessions to Hartford. The House advanced a constitutional amendment plan for judges of minor courts to be elected by voters, with a vote later. In business, Bank Elects Officers at Bridgeport Savings Bank, reporting additions to the board and re-elected officers led by T. B. DeForest as president.
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Hartford
Senate
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Bridgeport
Fenn
Wethersfield
Garry Paddock
House
Judson
Supreme Court of Errors
New Haven
Committee On Constitutional Amendments
General Assembly
C. W. Hawley
I. W. Birdseye
A. Ww. Burritt
BE. W. Bassick
L. T. Warner
H. 5. Shelton
M. Hawley
N. W. Bishop
People Victory Over Lobby Defeat in Connecticut House
Hartford June 28 a long battle over a public utilities measure ends with a 147 to 78 House vote for the Judson bill. Banks led tactics to block a vote but railroading failed as legislators rejected attempts to amend. Supporters hail the constitutional bill’s passage despite organized lobbying against it by public service interests.
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Corres
Hartford
Commonwealth
Senate
House
Elmore S. Banks
Fairfield
Banks
Simeon E. Baldwin
Marcus L. Holcomb
Wilcox
Lewis M .Sperry
New Haven
Judson
Harvard Commencement Marred by Cloudy Skies
Cambridge June 28 thousands of alumni gathered for Harvard’s 275th commencement. The one of the era largest classes heard speeches by Governor Foss and leaders such as William C Greene Frank B Crawford Frank Stern Arthur E Wood Takashi Komatsu and John S Fitzgerald among fourteen honored figures from international and national circles.
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United Press
Cambridge
Harvard
Governor Foss
Willliam C Greene
Baltimore
Frank B. Crawford
Frank Stern
Boston
Arthur E. Wood
Dorchester
Takashi Komatsu
Illinois
John 8. Fitzgerald
New York
Kissless Gambier and Her Mr Blank in N Y Court
June 28 in Justice Pendleton's court the Gambier separation trial resumed with Harvey Stickler, a millionaire manufacturer linked to J P Morgan's Fertilizer Trust, as a top witness. Charles E Simes testified he followed Mrs Gambier on auto drives with Mr Blank and showed notes with N G or N D at page bottoms, indicating dubious meanings.
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United Press
New York
Justice Pendelton
Gambier
Mrs. Gambier
N. G
Fight To Exclude Deadly Testimony On Absolute Life
Defense battles to bar testimony from Captain Danner and reporters who say Lee Mildred Bridges and Mona Rees admitted illicit relations. Testimony occurred with jury excluded as defense argues immunity promises and threats tainted confessions.
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United Press
Chicago
Danner
Lee
Mildred Bridges
Mona Rees
Evelyn Arthur Sesvis
Dan
Hamilton Seeks Bird Man License and Local Aeronaut Talks
Hartford reports aviator Charles K. Hamilton of New Britain applied to the Secretary of State for a Connecticut aviator license. Waterbury aero club forms with at least three members planning to purchase flying machines. The W. and W. band plays a Seaside Park concert on June 29 at 8 p.m. A steamer Zephyr will run weekly excursions to Steeplechase Island starting next Sunday from New Haven at 6 p.m., arriving about 8 p.m. June weddings include Elizabeth Ford and Edward Moran at St Patrick’s, Bessie Steppe and James Maher at Sacred Heart, Teresa Halpin and William Cullen at St Charles’. The couples were attended by May and John Dlaney, with receptions and a post-wedding home at 123 Berkshire Avenue.
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United Press
Hartford
Charles K. Hamilton
New Britain
Secretary of State
Connecticut
Waterbury
Zephyr
New Haven
Merning
J. B. Nihill
St. Patrick's Church
Elizabeth Ford
Grand Street
Edward Moran
May Ford
Matthew Quirk
Sacred Heart Church
Bessie Steppe
Catherine Steppe
Park Terrace
James Maher
Milford
T. R. Sweeney
William H. Lynch
St. Charles’ Church
Teresa M. Halpin
Thomas Halpin
Kossuth Street
William F. Cullen
May E. Halpin
Marriage Licenses Issued For Seven Couples In City
Willard M. Taylor 26 a Port Chester draughts man marries Louise F Kellogg daughter of Charles and Annie Kellogg Henry P Poettcher 31 machine designer of 841 Hancock Ave weds Inez Grace Melville bookkeeper daughter of Francis and Grace Melville James Byrnes 30 Brooklyn motorman weds Margaret McDonald daughter of James and Mary McDonald Frank L Johnson 24 chauffeur son of Edward and Margaret Johnson weds Julia Egan daughter of Daniel and Ellen Egan Thomas Y Hearn 81 post office clerk weds May E Bee also a post office clerk Lost: white and gray kitten since Friday. Address 34 Terry Place end of North Main street trolley line.
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Willard M. Taylor
Port Chester
Louise F. Kelloge
Charles
Annie Terrill Kellogg
Henry P. Poettcher
Hancock Avenue
Inez Grace Melville
Francis and
Grace Cone Melville
James Byrnes
Brooklyn
N. Y
Margaret McDonald
James
Mary McDonald
Frank L. Johnson
Edward
Margaret Johnson
Julia Egan
Daniel and
Ellen Egan
Thomas Y. Hearn
May E. Bee
Wrecks Guilt On Dead Engineer In Star Chamber Finding
Coroner finds engineer Elliott F Beach criminally negligent in the Fairfield freight wreck that killed five aboard and others. The report concludes Beach ran by caution signals, a tower light out, and torpedoes placed behind the stopped train, causing a rear collision with Extra 338. Four deaths plus Beach’s own are noted among those impacted.
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C. B. Wilson
Fairfield
Star Chamber
Elliott F.beach
Beach
Robert 3. Gates
Leonard N. Harris
Elliott F. Beach
Fairfield Tower
Walsh
Brown
Stamford
South Norwalk
William Laurie
Robert S. Gates
Daniel P. Hannon
New Haven Road Official Pleads Not Guilty to Grand Jury Charges
Boston June 28 Vice President Benjamin Campbell of the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad appeared before Judge Dodge in the U S District Court and entered a not guilty plea to a 60 count indictment accusing the road of concessions to the Elm Farm Milk Co in moving milk from Willimantic Connecticut to Bird Street Dorchester The Elm Farm Milk Co was indicted with the New Haven road and pleaded guilty recently with a $5000 fine imposed
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United Press
Boston
Benjamin Campbell
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Dodge
United States District Court
Federal Grand Jury
Elm Farm Milk Co
Willimantic
Derby Divorce Suit and Fire at Grand Street Apartments
Derby sues Nellie L Derby of Waterbury for infidelity drunkenness and desertion and seeks custody of their minor child Lucius A Derby. Fire at 289 Grand Street traced to a curtain caused about 25 dollars in losses. July 4 concerts listed by Wheeler Wilson band at Beardsley Park and Coast Artillery Band at Seaside Park.
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Joseph A. Derby
Stratford
D. M. Read Co
Nellie L. Derby
Waterbury
Derby
Nellie I. Causey
Lucius A. Derby
Martin Connors
Grand Street
Wheeler & Wilson
Beardsley Park
Coast Artillery Car Band
Seaside Park
Leaves Jail To Seek Captain Kidd Treasure
In South Norwalk on June 28 Howard Starr, 25, prepared Captain A. Gibes sharpie for sea to find Captain Kidds treasure. His father settled changes made to hide the craft after Starr removed the sail and used only the engine. Starr, recently released from Bridgeport jail, had previously claimed a North Pole voyage halted by gumdrops.
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United Press
South Norwalk
Kiddd
Howard Starr
A. A. Gibes
Sharpie
Gibe
Starr
Bridgeport
North Pole
Sprinfield
Mass
House Votes $30 Per Annum To Veterans
Hartford reports the House passed a pension bill of $30 a year for every Civil War veteran or his widow in lieu of tax exemption on $1,000 real property.
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HOUSE
United Press
Hartford
Anglo Alliance Terms Agreed by Bryce and Knox
Washington confirms an official announcement from the White House that a peace arbitration treaty between the United States and Great Britain has been agreed upon at a conference between Ambassador Bryce and Secretary Knox.
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Knox
United Press
Washington
White House
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Ambasador Bryce
Captain Anderson Well Back on Duty
Police Captain William Anderson of the Second precinct resumed duty after a several day illness. At the Automobile Club of Bridgeport board of governors meeting at The Stratfield, President F T Staples announced the year’s committees with members named for contests roads signs and other groups and elected new members Carl Siemon and Wm Spencer.
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The
Automobile Club of Bridgeport
Stratfield
F. T. Staples
R. M .Sperry
G. S. Bryan
F. . Boande
H. B. Stoddard
H. M. Lyon
B. H. Edwards
Sanford Stoddard
A. McNeil, Jr
M. H. Rogers
D. Keeler
Silas Burton
J. T. King
T. Davis, Jr
H. A. Bishop
J. B. Ford
F. B. Hastings
A. M. Marsh
J. B. Lyford
H. H. Hamilton
A. P. Henshaw
S. A. Burns
H. E. French
W. B. Lashar
A. K. L. Watson
A. W. Robinson
F. A. Strong
W. W. Nichols
E. W. Fairchild
F. A. Rantz
J. B. Cornwall
H. B. Curtis
Carl 5
Siemon
Wm. B. Spencer
Unwritten Law Plea Fails To Move Wilder
In Bridgeport a laborer Joseph Scalzi faced Judge Wilder after an unwritten law defense argued by Henry Stein. Scalzi slashed at a man who he claimed threatened his daughter near East Main and East Washington. The court rejected the plea, sentencing Scalzi to 29 days in jail plus $1 and costs. bail set at $150 on appeal.
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Henry Stein
Joseph Scalzi
Bridgeport
Carroll
East Main 5
East Washington Avenue
Greenstein
Wilder
Father
Scalzi
Arbuckle Interests Lose 1 250 000 In Trust Lesson
A special dispatch reports Arbuckle Brothers and American Refining Company, long described as a trust, faced a financial setback of 1 250 000 tied to a disputed arrangement. W Gilmore of Brooklyn testified before the Hardwick Trust Committees detailing the losses.
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United Prem
Washington
Arbuckle Brothers
American Ar Refining Company
Trust
Arbuckle
Hardwick Trust
W. Gilmore
Brooklyn
Reapportionment Report for National House Issued
Washington June 2 The Committee on Census reports the House of Representatives would be 423 members, replacing the current total of 2918. The panel approved the measure without amendment, marking a major adjustment in national representation.
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United Preen
Washington
Committee On Census
Parents objected to daughter's beaux in tragic case
The article reports on Lucy Caggians a 16 year old girl who took carbolic acid at home 22 Arch Street. Her parents opposed her love affairs and influence over her. Rev Angelett Holy Rosary granted permission to hold a funeral mass tomorrow.
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Lucy Caggians
Arch Street
Lucey
Ucy
Angele
Remains of Schneidel Claimeil Sent for Burial
The remains of Frederick Schneidel, who drank carbolic acid in a Water Street lodging house, will be sent to Washington for burial tomorrow. He is survived by seven sons and daughters. A native of Bavaria, he lived many years in Washington.
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Frederick Schneidel
Water Street
Washin Conn
Bavaria
Washington
Unclassified Dancing Tonight at Brooklawn Rink
Dancing tonight at Brooklawn Rink with Speidel's Orchestra. Admission 15 cents for ladies 25 cents for gentlemen. Also ads for rental cottages and flats, motorboat for sale, housekeeping help, and central room apartment available with improvements.
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Speidel
Brooklown Rink
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