Taft Plan Broadens Corporation Tax Revenue Projections
The Taft administration proposes a multi step tax on corporate net earnings, starting with a dividend tax and proceeding to taxes on earnings above expenses, with net earnings subject before interest deductions. The plan, if enacted, could yield far more than the $25 million cited. Jap ellow Press reports Japan Hawaii tensions rise after sugar plantation strike, with officials disputing sensational dispatches.
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Washington
Taft
Wickersham
Tokio
San Francisco
Hawaiian Islands
Uyeno
Honolulu
Foreign Office
Hawaii
Peary May Be At Pole In Northern Quest
Washington reports friends believe Commander Peary may have planted the Stars and Stripes at the North Pole after leaving Etah on August 17 1908. If reached news would arrive by September signaling success or next spring for another attempt.
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Washington
Peary
North Pole
Etah
Greenland
Roosevelt
Pole
Chinese baritone Charles Knox Johnson plans return to China
After eight years studying music abroad in Germany France Italy and the United States, Charles Knox Johnson a Chinese baritone awaits sailing on the Great Northern Minnesota from Seattle to return to his homeland He will teach European and American music to the Chinese and is engaged to teach at Nanking University in Nanking He will also give concerts in China.
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Seattle
Germany
France
Italy
United States
Charles Knox Johnson
Great Northern
Minnesota
Nanking University
Nanking
China
Washington Solons Meet in Extraordinary Session
The Washington legislature opened an extraordinary session at Olympia called by Gov. Hay to review the investigative committee report on Insurance Commissioner Schively. Debate centers on removing Schively, impeachment, or abolishing the office with potential recreation under another law.
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Olympia
Hay
Schively
House
Senate
Insurance Commissioner
Reyes Abandons Office After U S Treaty Push
Cartagena advices confirm General Rafael Reyes has abandoned the Colombian presidency and sailed for Europe. Public opposition grew as support for the United States Panama Colombia treaty waned, contributing to the government party’s May election defeat.
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Colon
Cartagena
Colombia
Rafael Reyes
Europe
Reyes
Lumber Duty Dwindles in Conference, Senate Fears One Dollar
Senators and congressmen, initially hoping to retain the Dingley duty of two dollars per thousand on rough lumber, now fear the conference committee may settle for as low as one dollar and fifty cents. House action had already set a one dollar per thousand rate, leaving lawmakers anxious about weaker protection.
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Washington
Banking Institute Convention to Convene in Seattle
The American Institute of Banking plans its annual convention in Seattle for June 21 to 23 with about 250 delegates from across the United States. A featured debate will pit Chicago and Tacoma chapters on branch banking. Monrovia reports 800 people sick with a rapid stomach illness, none fatal, linked to lettuce and lasting only hours.
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Ottawa
Canada
Tariff Department
Canadian Manufacturers Association
Seattle
American Institute of Banking
United States
Chicago
Tacoma
Institute
Monrovia
Cal
Calhoun Jury Unable to Agree After Long Trial
San Francisco reports Patrick Calhoun, president of United Railroads, unable to reach verdict after five months and 24 hours of deliberation. Ten jurors favored acquittal, five favored conviction. judge discharged the jury after 15 minutes. Trial noted as one of Western history’s lengthiest. Escapes with another case: Emma Kauffmann found guilty of assault, fined $100 or 50 days, then discharged.
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San Francisco
Patrick Calhoun
United Railroads
Wm. P. Lawlor
New York
Flandreau
S. D
Emma Kauffmann
Agnes Poireis
Short News Notes From The Era Of Wide World Events
The notes cover diverse topics including attendance at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Cuba’s debt proposal, injuries from a Boston event, a custody suit in Los Angeles, a parcels post bill, an American traveling scholarship, a murder in Revelstoke, and proposed re enactment of election penalties. Additional items mention two Japanese agents seeking oil land, a vast Chicago convention hall plan, a deadly South Shore wreck near Chesterton, a Mississippi coastal storm, a Fairfield feud leaving several wounded and a death, and a Portland shooting following a domestic dispute.
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Representative Cowles
North Carolina
Mount Diablo Oil Company
California
Madison Square Garden
New York
Chicago
New Orleans
Fairfield
Charles I. Leinger
Frank McCulloch
Richard Sloan
Negro News Bureau opens in Spokane under Rev J Gordon McPherson
The Negro Associated Press of the United States established a Pacific Northwest bureau in Spokane with Rev J Gordon McPherson in charge. It plans weekly news letters and will report race progress in business and industry nationwide.
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Spokane
Negro Associated Press
United States
Pacific Northwest Negro News Bureau
J. Gordon McPherson
Calvary Baptist Church
Markets Tumble Prices Across Grains And Hay
Portiana market report shows wheat prices for Bluestem 1.30 to 1.35 dollars, Read Russian 1.15, Valley 1.17, Barley around 34 dollars, Oats No 1 white 40 dollars, Hay Western regions from 12 to 23 dollars per ton, Butter 26 cents, Hogs 23 to 24 cents, Wool Eastern Oregon 18 to 22 cents, Mohair 24 to 25 cents, Potatoes White River 38 to 40 per ton.
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Timothy
Willamette Valley
Oregon
Washington
Puget Sound
Washington Creamery
White River
Yakima
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Los Angeles
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Bonaparte
Bennet
Datus E. Myres
Jefferson, Or
Chicago Art Institute
Revelstoke
B. C
British Columbia
Portland, Or
Richard Dickerson
Harry Garrett
Dickerson
Garrett
System For Northwest
Moscow
Idaho
Idaho National Combine Harvester Company
Leavenworth
Garret
Debord & McCoy
Harrington
Sting
Harringtons
Morning Glory
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Leavenworth Mer. Co
Htnarde
L.D .Store Co., Agts
Portiana
Leavenworth Market
Martin Christenson
Packing House
Emil Frank
Prop
Tumwater Savings Bank
J,. Lamb, Prest
M. A
Marley
Jacobsen
S. J. van DE Grift
S.J. van DE Grift
Leavenworth, Wash
Blue Stem Beal Grain & Milling
Wenatchee
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