Supreme Court Upholds Income Tax Law in Landmark Decision
Washington The Supreme Court declares the income tax constitutional overturning objections. Chief Justice White reads the opinion in Brushaber v. Union Pacific and rejects retroactivity and narrow power claims. The ruling suggests broader support for taxing big incomes to fund national defense and notes exemptions for labor, agriculture, and horticulture align with corporation tax precedents.
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Washington
Supreme Court
White
Congress
Frank R. Brushaber
Union Pacific
Justice White
Congress for Dumping Clause Aimed Against European Goods
Representative Kitchin says Congress with President Wilson will pass a tariff commission bill and enact an anti dumping clause after the war. The move seeks to keep cheap European goods from entering the United States market.
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Congress
Washington
Democratic Congress
Wilson
Tariff Commission
Europe
Kitchin
Executions Reported for Santa Ysabel Massacre Villistas
El Paso reports confirm the public execution of 18 Villista bandits in Chihuahua City tied to the Santa Ysabel massacre of Americans. Carranza leaders returned to Queretaro to organize a provisional cabinet as Obregon’s forces defeated Villa’s 15,000 with 4,000 troops at Celaya. The U S requested Chihuahua state treasurer to seize 25 bars of silver worth $25,000 for the Equivo Mines.
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el Paso
Chihuahua City
Santa Ysabel
Carranza
Queretaro
Celaya
Obregon
Villa
Garcia
General Trevino
Chihuahua
United States
Ecquivo
Villa denies massacre in message to Americans
Major Theoto Prieto arrives in El Paso with Villa’s message denying complicity in the Santa Ysabel killings. Villa pledges to pursue and punish the bandits and to protect foreigners as his troops operate.
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el Paso
Tex
Theoto Prieto
Villa
Santa Ysabel
Shackleford Roads Bill Passes House With 281 to 81
Washington reports the Shackleford Good Roads bill allocates 25 million dollars to aid state post road improvements. In other items, German and Austrian POWs in Siberian camps described as starving, U.S. Steel declares a 1.25 dividend, and Japan returns deported German missionaries from the Caroline Islands.
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Washington
House
San Francisco
Siberia
F. W. Whitefield
Orient
New York
United States Steel Corporation
United States
Beratoriff
Germany
Yokohama
South Pacific
Caroline Islands
Turks Slay 6000 in Tigris Battle. Austrians Take Scutari
Berlin reports British relief forces retreating toward Kut with about 3,000 killed. Turks claim General Aylmer sought a one day truce to bury dead. Russians claim a major victory over Turks near the Albanian frontier and air raids continue on Gievgeli and Dunkirk. Austrians seize Scutari and other Montenegrin towns. Serbian garrison withdraws south.
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Britain
Tigris
Scutari
Berlin
Mesopotamia
Townshend
Kut-el-Amara
Aylmer
Erzerum
Petrograd
Tionastir
Gievgeli
Dunkirk
Nancy
Factoria
Baccarat
Nieuport
Eure
Belgium
Rome
Abania
Podgorlitza
Dailovgrad
Niksic
Montenegro
London
Dover
England
Airships raid Kent as war toll rises in two attacks
London reports two hostile aerial assaults on the east coast of Kent. The first raid at 1 A M killed one man and injured six others including women and children. nine bombs caused fires but no naval damage. A second noon attack by seaplanes caused no casualties. Fifty thousand German troops reach Constantinople amid Turkish ministry tensions. Turkey admits a submarine sunk the Persia liner, killing Americans and many women and children.
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London
Kent
War Office
Constantinople
Saloniki
Egypt
Enver Pasha
Amsterdam
Turkey
Persia
Mediterranean
Montenegro Fights On as Gen Martinovich Gains Control
Rome reports Austria Montenegro talks break after Gen Martinovich leads anti-Austrian faction and seizes command of Montenegrin troops with Serbian detachments. Exiled population praised him as Monte negro delivers, defense of Scutari prioritized while Allies urged for aid. Other fronts show mining duels in Europe and a Russian victory in the Caucasus near Has san Kabah.
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Montenegro
Rome
Austria
Martinovich
Nicholas
Scutari
France
Belgium
Caucasus
Hassan Kabah
Erzerum
Petrograd
Teutons Halt Saloniki Attack Amid Transport Woes
Entente circles foresee a delayed Austro German push on Saloniki due to poor roads and damaged rails. Officials say moving troops and heavy artillery will take time as the railway remains disrupted for about two months.
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Bac
Salonikii
Saloniki
Allied Trade Plan Promises French Britain Chamber Pact
At a Paris meeting of the Presidents of the Chambers of Commerce of France more than 120 chambers attended. They discussed a commercial alliance among allied nations to capture German markets and expand foreign trade. Promoters of the alliance represent Great Britain and France.
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Paris
Chambers of Commerce of
France
Great Britain
Sweden weighs plan to join Germany in war, Finland in focus
The Swedish Riksdag names a twelve member committee to confer with the King on defense and the British blockade. Reports say Sweden may join Germany, aiming to seize Finnish lands with mixed Swedish and German sentiment. Paris cites bread riots in Berlin and machine gun fire on civilians, though unconfirmed. Lloyd George voice of Allied victory confidence. Monastir bombarded by 45 French planes. depots, staff quarters, and rail hub damaged. London says 13 British and 11 German aircraft lost on the western front in four weeks.
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Riksdag
Sweden
Germany
Finland
Paris
Berlin
David Lloyd-George
Monastir
Serbia
Harold J. Tennant
War Requirements Prompt Imports Embargo Plan
Walter Runciman president of the Board of Trade holds talks with business leaders to craft a practical embargo on imports that would shield Britain for war needs while limiting damage to legitimate trade. The discussions focus on minimizing harm to commerce while ensuring essential ships and materials are secured.
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London
Walter Runciman
Board of Trade
Mann Urges Nonpartisan Defense Build Up
Representative James R. Mann urged large army and navy appropriations and steps to mobilize U S industrial resources for all government needs in case of war. He warned Britain may be the U S foe, not Germany, and called for independent U S supply chains to meet future emergencies. The speech drew applause from House members despite pro German sentiment elsewhere.
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Washington
James R. Mann
Hitness
House
United States
Congress
Mann
Great Britain
Germany
Mr. Mann
Nations Rights at Law Declares Global Human Rights
The American Institute of International Law presents a Declaration of the Rights of Nations to apply human rights principles world wide. It includes five international principles, two of which address war and sovereignty, with American figures like Elihu Root and Secretary Lansing among the members.
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Washington
American Institute of International Law
Institute
Lansing
United States
Pan- American Scientific Congress
James Brown Scott
The
Joint Neutrality Board
State and Navy Departments
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Europe
Belgium
Western Hemisphere
Elihu Root
Jersey City Opens Fight on Ramsey Law of 1913
Jersey City launches a push to repeal the 1913 Ramsey fire insurance law. Senator Egan proposes repeal as premiums surged in three years. Local officials demand at least a 10 percent rate cut citing improved fire protection and fewer fire hazards.
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Jersey City
Trenton
Public Utility
New Jersey Gas Company
Mantua Township
East Greenwich Township
Glassboro Township
Wenonah
Pitman
Clayton
Pittsgrove
Woodbury Heights
Gloucester County
Elmer
Salem County
Gloucester Township
Camden County
Wildwood Gas Company
New Jersey
Egan
Hudson County
Hague
Asbury Park
Longe Pranch
Atlantic City
la Monte
Fear powder plant air raid risks prompt guard orders
U S agents urge hydroaeroplane owners Robert E Glendinning and Clarke Thomson to guard their flying boats to prevent use against du Pont powder mills in New Jersey and Delaware. Investigators request dismantling of the planes stored along the Delaware River.
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U. S
Philadelphia
Robert E. Glendinning
Clarke Thomson
du Pont
New Jersey
Delaware
Delaware River
Woman Candidate Enters Congress Race For First Kansas
Topeka physician Dr Eva Harding enters the Democratic nomination race in the First Kansas district on a national prohibition platform. Her program includes opposition to militarism national prohibition nationwide suffrage mothers pensions recall of judges and old age pensions funded by government deposits.
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Kansan
Topeka
Kan
Eva Harding
Kansas
Rejected Wedding Gowns Spark Suit in City District Court
Mrs Ethel May Simpson alleged gowns by George L Vannellis failed to drape properly and sought return of 503 dollars. The case follows the Simpson Gordon wedding at Heights town six weeks earlier.
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George L. Vannellis
Ethel May Simpson
Simpson-Gordon
Hightstown
New Jersey Climate in 1915 Reported Mild and Normal
The 1915 New Jersey climatic summary from Trenton notes modest temperature and precipitation variation since 1885. Mean year temperature 52.5, precipitation 47.43 inches, snowfall 39.6 inches. Highest 98 degrees in summer, lowest 5 below zero, with six warm and six cool months and winds from the northwest.
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New Jersey
Hightstown
Imlaystown
Trentonians Get Low License Numbers In 1915
Low numbered automobile plates return to Trenton with most of the original 1915 holders receiving similar numbers. Notable Kuser family members secure many entries while other names include Kean Oakes Dryden Felgenspan Edwards and the Belle Mead Sweetmakers. A Newark textile display in Newark from February 1 to March 18 will feature cloth making knitting embroidery rug weaving and felt hat making with commercial exhibits and educational value.
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Trenton
Ninteen
Kuser
Dill
Hamilton Fish Kean
Elizabeth
David Oakes
Bloomfield
New Jersey Automobile and Motor Club
Forrest F. Dryden
Lincoln Park
Newark
Edwin C. Felgenspan
Elwood Avenue
Edward J. Edwards
Jersey City
Belle Mead Sweetmakers
N. J
New Jersey
Newark Museum Association
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NAVY
Nations Rights AT Law
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Jersey
Jacob C. Lipman
Public Service Corporation of New Jersey
Jersey Weather
G. H. Noyes
Sumrzee Gandithins
Weather Bureau
Fred Kuser
Rudolph V. Kuser
John L. Kuser
Bordentown
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