Tax Revisers Urge Levy On Fortunes With Higher Auto Tax
Special Dispatch to Commercial Tribune from Columbus Ohio Sept 16 reports Senate taxation revision committee chairmen Clevenger Patterson and Alsdorf releasing a deficit note of 1 000 000 in state finances due to county option law They urge retrenchment propose higher auto tax inheritance tax re enactment and limited excise tax on corporations while dropping mill levy for schools and abolishing decennial boards of equalization The committee compiled taxation laws for reference.
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Committee of
Ohio
General Assembly
Taft Receives Warm Chicago Welcome on Arrival Day
President Taft spends twelve hours in Chicago en route to Milwaukee. He waves to 100000 schoolchildren, attends a Commercial Club luncheon, tours beautification displays, watches Cubs Giants game, and speaks at Orchestra Hall. Police manage large crowds as he praises Chicago’s pluck during his Western itinerary.
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Taft
Milwaukee
Park
Commercial Club
Cubs
New York “Giants
Hamilton Club
Congress Hotel
Orchestra Hall
American Bankers’ Association
Dered
Farmer and Son Fatally Struck by Interurban Near Charlestown
CHARLESTOWN Ind Sept 16 A farmer George Hart ladge and his 3 year old son were struck by an interurban car while crossing the tracks ten miles south of Charlestown. They were fatally injured and their wagon and two horses were destroyed.
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Charlestown
Ind
Here
George Hartladge
Harmon Hedging In Fight On Board Of Works
Governor Harmon releases a hedging statement over paying board of public works members. He claims lawmakers intended only partial compensation, not salaries plus expenses, and directs the treasurer to withhold recent vouchers while exploring legislature’s intent.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Harmon
Creamer
Board of Public Works
General Assembly
B. W. Baldwin
House of Representatives
George B. Crawford
Massillon
Harris
Baldwin
Tetanus Increases With Move for Sane Fourth
Chicago reports show the 1909 Independence Day toll reached 215 deaths, per The Journal of the American Medical Association. This year tetanus accounted for 125 fatalities, the leading cause, surpassing all other causes combined for the first time since 1908.
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Chicago
Journal of the American Medical Association
Tetanus
Lockjaw
McCann's Character Is Subject of Testimony
In Chicago on September 16 the McCann graft trial heard character witnesses. Barney Petchard and John E Mahoney testified to McCann's integrity and said they would not believe Louis Frank, the state's chief witness, under oath.
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Chicago
Edward McCann
Barney Petchard
John E Mahoney
McCann
Louis Frank
Bolivia and Peru Move Toward Boundary Accord
Bol via and Peru show improved relations after a tense stand off over their boundary. If no new complications arise, officials expect a definite settlement within forty eight hours.
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Lapaz
Bolivia
Peru
Glavis Dismissed by a Message From Ballinger
The chief of the field division of the general land office L H Glavis based in Seattle was dismissed by telegraph from Secretary Ballinger. A Christensen of Portland takes temporary charge of the Seattle division.
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Washington
L. H. Glavis
General Land Office
Seattle
Wash
Secretary of the Interior
Ballinger
A. Christensen
Portland
Ore
Le Bus Waives 10000 Bonus From Burley Pool
President Clarence Le Bus of the Burley Tobacco Society relinquishes his $10,000 bonus awarded by the district board on June 9 in Winchester. In a letter to tobacco growers he says the pool and its success matter more than salary and that the bonus would hinder the pool’s progress, so he removes it.
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Burley Tobacco Society
Pool
Commercial Tribune
Lexington
Clarence le Bus
The
Winchester
le Bus
Mexico Celebrates 99th Anniversary of Independence
Mexico marked the ninety ninth anniversary with artillery salvos and a grand military parade in Mexico City in which President Diaz took part, signaling widespread enthusiasm across the republic.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Diaz
Two Victims Claimed by Buckeye Lake Wreck
Two deaths resulted from the trolley collision on the Ohio Electric line near Buckeye lake. Harold Strome aged 10 died at Grant hospital. Albert Schartle aged 16 also died there. Margaret Strome 14 is in serious condition. Other injured persons will survive.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Buckeye Lake
Harold Strome
Grant Hospital
Albert Schartle
Margaret Strome
Bankers Oppose Postal Savings and Guaranty Plans
At the American Bankers Association session in Chicago on September 16, bankers united against postal savings banks and against guaranty deposit plans. They urged safeguarding savings deposits and discussed possible national banking law revisions to tax banks equally and expand savings deposits.
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Chicago
Postal Savings Bank
American Bankers’ Association
Savings Bank
Henry
Henschen
John H. Johnson
Detroit
George M. Reynolds
Bankers’ Association
Louisville
Pretending Shah Claims The Throne at Teheran
A Teheran dispatch says Abdul Hussein, the pretender to the Persian throne, has appeared in Luristan and declared himself shah. He is backed by locals while the government sends troops and artillery to suppress him.
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ST. Petersburg
Teheran
Persia
Abdul Hussein
Luristan
Shah
Boiler Explosion Fatal To Three at Sawmill
In Middle Fork Jackson county a boiler exploded at a sawmill killing Dave Bogges and Bascom Bogges instantly and fatally injuring App Garner who died hours later, near Charleston West Virginia on Sept 16.
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Charleston
W. Va
Dave
Bascom Bogges
App Garner
Middle Fork
Jackson County
Taft backs million dollar Taft house in New Haven
Charles P Taft of Cincinnati has emerged as a prominent backer of the Taft house a planned million dollar hotel to be built in New Haven Conn The stockholders met at ex State Senator Frank Butterworth's office and agreed to seek the Quinnipiack club site beside the New Haven house which has been acquired
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Commercial Tribune
New Haven
Conn
Charles P. ‘Taft
Cincinnati
Taft -House
Cousens
Frank Butterworth
Yle
Quinnipiack Club
New Haven House
Bandits Dynamite Express Car of a Western Train
Five bandits attempted to rob the second section of Denver and Rio Grande No. 5 near Malta Colorado tonight. They dynamited the express car but no booty was secured. Two robbers forced engineers back as three entered the car and menaced the messenger with revolvers. Dynamite blasts wrecked the car interior but did not open the safe.
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Bandits
Denver
Smith
Taft censures trial courts and calls for reform
President Taft addressed a Chicago mass meeting in Orchestra hall urging federal court reform to curb delays and improve access to justice. He proposed a commission to study law delays, pledge for faster hearings on injunctions, and bolster organized labor while condemning the current administration of criminal law as a disgrace to American civilization. He argued the poor man lacks equal opportunity with the rich in litigation.
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President Taft
Congress
Taft
Chicago
Organization of Labor
Governor Johnson Improves After Illness at Rochester
In Rochester Minnesota the governor showed improvement after a nausea attack and sleep since 10 45 AM. Doctors reported he had rallied from a sinking spell and his general condition remained delicate with ongoing care and monitoring. The day included fluctuating readings and hot packs removal amid tense forecasts for his recovery.
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Minn
Lfe
Johnson
William J. Mayo
Mayo
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