Supreme Court Upholds Payne Aldrich Corporate Tax
The U S Supreme Court unanimously sustained the Payne Aldrich tariff act corporate tax as constitutional, ensuring about 25 million dollars yearly in government revenue. The decision held the tax is an excise on doing business by corporations, not a tax on property, and covered fifteen of eighteen challenged cases.
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Supreme Court of the United States
Boston
Minneapolis: Syndicate
Justice Day
Itvas
Senate
House
United States
Territories
Alaska
District of Columbia
Mt. Ss
Congress
Taft
Department of Justice
Treasury Department
United States’ Circuit Court
District of Vermont
Stella P. Flint
Samuel N. Stone, Jr
Stone- Tracy Company
Windsor
Maxwell Evarts
Supreme Court
Shaw Murder Case Hints at Death by Water or Action
Police review details on Shaw mystery noting body could not be easily traced to water from above, weighing evidence and a boat fight near the river. Witnesses testify about a January incident, while officers press for sightings since January 1 with no trace of Shaw.
Murdered man linked to Boston in Fort Wayne case
The body of Harold I Shaw known as Harry L Sherwood was found in the St Marys river near Barr street dump. Weight attached to the body with iron hydrant caps and insulated wire suggests murder. Shaw had been employed as an electrician at the Anthony hotel and last seen January 1. Police, led by Chief Abbott, pursue multiple lines of inquiry including a possible riverbank killing near the Wells street bridge and ties to the Anthony hotel crew.
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QO. E. Mohler
Lakeside
Clinton Street
Spy Run
Shaw
West Main Street
Lee Ivans
George Strodel
Pleasant Prairie
Harold I. Shaw
Harry L. Sherwood
St. Marys River
Barr Street
Sherwood
Anthony
William Kirkham
Main Street
Kirkham
Herman J. ‘Muldoon
Ats
J.H. Gawthrop
United States. Navy
Boston
Gawthrop
Ins
Schone & Ankenbruck Undertaking Establishment
H. S
Abbott
Pappert
Hall
Anthony Hotel
Patterson-Fletcher Company
Hugh Beaver
A. J. Kesler
EB. J. McCsear
Jacob. Peters
Riverside
Avenue
Columbia Street
Barr
Rundell
Pétera
Taylor White
al McKee
Harry
Floyd Worren
Arthur Phillips
Phillips
Wells’ Street
Mabel Franks
James Franks
George Wilson
John King
Robert Stodgell
Charles Buffink
Lyric Theater
Walter Koimer
Jesse Davis
W. K. Noble
War talk and arms movement in Far East crisis
Reports from Mukden and Harbin describe Chinese and Russian military preparations amid Russo Chinese tensions. Japan signals concern for China’s integrity as Chinese viceroy proposes limits on foreign rights and a beefed up garrison in Manchuria.
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Stolypin
Kokosoff
Saznoff
Novoe Vremya
Mukden
Manchuria
Peking
Kwangchengtze
Kirin
Japan
Tokio
H. Ijuin
Boston tax dispute on scope of taxation under statutes
The document states Boston contends that taxes should apply only to concerns organized under statutes of the United States or its territories. The government argued that business concerns organized under common law were included within those meant to be taxed.
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Boston
United ‘States
Troops Stay Near Guantanamo Amid Possible Maneuvers
Admiral Staunton arrived at Guantanamo Cuba with his armored cruiser squadron to begin drills and evolutions in the area. The move may affect future plans and the execution of Taft’s international aims and possible joint army navy maneuvers.
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Taft
Staunton
Guantanamo
Cuba
Pall
Explosion at Dupont plant leaves Pleasant Prairie ruins
A massive blast at the Dupont DeNemours powder plant in Pleasant Prairie Wisconsin leveled the village and injured hundreds. One foreman E S Thompson is missing and possibly dead as 160 tons of dynamite and 25 000 kegs of powder exploded.
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Pleasant Prairie
Wis
Dupont-DeNemours Powder Company
Ei. S. Thompson
Kenosha
Geneva Road
Bristol
Stahl
Brady
Clarence Brady
Flynn
Texas Frontier
H. A. King
Supt
Bumatead
Dupont Company
Wilmington
Del
Kenosha County
E. S. Thompson
Soda House
Hilliard
Thompson
Robbery at 1202 West Wayne Street Stuns City
Police search for an armed intruder who entered the B. Paul Mossman residence at 1202 West Wayne Street Sunday night and restrained Mrs. Seymour Mossman with a revolver, escaping with a small bank containing about $2.50 and a pair of trousers. No arrests yet.
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West Wayne Street
Seymour
Mossman
West
Wayne -Street
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City Court
Mattie White
East Main Street
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Brennan
Crawley
Charles Brady
Edward Hilliard
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