Publicity fight over corporation tax heats up Congress
The Feb 17 letter from the President denying an appropriation for publicity of corporation tax returns triggers House debate. Senators and representatives argue over funding, Ways and Means control, and possible inclusion in the Sundry Civil or deficiency bills amid opposition from insurgents and Speaker Champ Clark. Meanwhile Treasury rules limit access to returns without approval and courts hear related tax cases in Massachusetts and New York, as challengers press constitutional questions.
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New York Times
Washington
Treasury
MacVeagh
Treasury Department
Taft
House
Internal Revenue
Cabell
Tawney
Appropriations Committee
Ways and Means
Champ Clark
Ways and Means Commitee
Mr. Tawney
Fitzgerald
Brooklyn
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
United
Cushing Real Estate Trust
Arthur Lyman
Arthur T. Lyman
Massachusetts
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
New York City
Corporation Counsel
Yucatan Sinks After Iceberg Collision In Icy Strait
The Alaska Steamship Company Yucatan struck an iceberg in Icy Strait and sank in eight minutes with sixty five aboard. All passengers and crew were saved and camped on Chichagof Island pending transfer to Juneau by the Georgia. First mate Gustafson and Captain Jaeger brought news of the wreck. fifteen women were evacuated first. The vessel was bound from Valdez to Seattle to pick up gypsum at Gypsum on Chichagof Island.
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Juneau
Alaska
Yucatan
Alaska Steamship Company
George W. Perkins
New York
Valdez
Seattle
Icy Strait
Chichagof Island
W. P. Porter
John Johnson
Ohio
United States Mail
Cleveland Adopts Low Fare Street Car Franchise
Cleveland voters in a blizzard approved a city controlled street car franchise by 8 100, ending a 15 year fight led by Tom L Johnson. The deal sets fare at 3 cents for eight months, with later 4 cent max and seven tickets for 25 cents. A street railway commissioner will oversee fares and access the company books. Gerhard M Dahl named for the position. The 3 cent fare begins tomorrow.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Tom L. Johnson
Robert W. Taylor
Federal Court
Cleveland Railway Company
Gerhard M. Dahl
la Follette
Wisconsin
Senators Ill, Pending Operations And Illness
Senator William Alden Smith of Michigan suffers appendicitis and may be operated on tomorrow. He rests easily and will defer decisions until morning. Senator Tillman of South Carolina is gravely ill with slight progressive paralysis from a brain bleed, likely unable to take part in Senate activity this session.
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New York Times
Washington
William Alden Smith
Michigan
Smith
Capitol
Senator Tillman
South Carolina
Senate
Tillman
E. E. Pickford
Congress
Hughes Signs Conklin Bill Allowing New York County Court House
Gov. Hughes signed the Conklin bill enabling construction of a new New York County Court House by removing restrictions on City Hall Park. The measure allows using the old court building site and acquiring adjacent land, ending a years long dispute over park space and site options.
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Gov. Hughes
City Hall Park
New York Times
Albany
N. Y
Hughes
Conklin
New York County
Court House
Low
Washington Square
Union Square
The
Battery
Chambers Street
McClellan
Gaynor
C Seve! VP Ae
Mayor Opens War on Water Board and Land Awards
Mayor Gaynor blasts the Water Supply Board over new Catskill system costs and condemns excessive land awards. He warns the board is not independent of city government and urges reform of the Street Openings Bureau and condemnation procedures to curb collusion and waste.
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Water Board
Gaynor
Board of Water Supply
Catskill
W. J. Gaynor
John A. Bensel
Eee Seadwick
Genma Onere
Eesatiine
Prencher
Corporation Counsel
Brooklyn
Court House
A. R. Watson
Prendergast
Ferry Schedule Fragments for Nassau Florida to Cuba South
Partial transit notice lists routes via Superior Service and Atlantic Coast Line. Mentions leave times 9:55 A M and 0:26 PeM with stops at W 28d Street and Nassau Florida Cuba South region unclear. Includes train lines Penna and Byway references.
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Florida
Nassau
Cuba
Superior
Penna
Atlantic Coast Line
St. Ferry
A Great University’s Project to Cut Living Costs
A planned university initiative to reduce daily living expenses is detailed in The Sunday Times. The piece promises a comprehensive description forthcoming in the magazine and urges readers to place orders with newsdealers today.
Belmonts eye high class building on Murray Hill site
Rumor and debate swirl around August Belmont plans to replace his East Thirty-fourth Street homes with a large office structure. Nearby residents Morgan and others challenge Cameron Building decisions as the district shifts from residential to commercial with Park to Madison Avenue development.
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Belmont
Eleanor Robson
East Thirty-fourth Street
Madison Avenue
August Belmont, Jr
Thirty-fourth Street
Thirty-third Street
Morgan
Murray Hill
Mr. Belmont
Old Middle Road
Cameron
Cameron Building
Alfred Vanderbilt
Park Avenue
Pennsylvania
Long Island
Park
Eighth Avenue
Madison Realty Comm
Manhattan Central Improvement Associating
Ngton
Ninth Avenue
W. R. H. Martin
Seth Barton French Dies in Florida Hotel Visit
Seth Barton French of New York died at the Royal Poinciana Hotel in Palm Beach on February 17 after a month in Florida seeking health. He was a former broker with Nassau Street offices and a Stock Exchange member. He lived at 15 West Fifty-fourth Street and Barton Lodge in Hot Springs. He married Maker Fearn of Washington in November 1898.
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New York Times
Paum Beach
Fla
Seth Barton French
New York
Royal Poinciana Hotel
French
Nassau Street
The
Stock Exchange
West Fifty-fourth Street
Barton Lodge
Hotsone
Mary Wall
Fearn
Washington
United States
Greece
Dr. Newell Dwight Hillis Called to Pasadena Pulpit
The Pasadena Presbyterian Church announces it will call Rev. Dr. Newell Dwight Hillis of Brooklyn to fill the pulpit left vacant by the resignation of Rev. Mr. McLeod of the Collegiate Reform Presbyterian Church in New York. The Pulpit Supply Committee disclosed the decision today.
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New York Times
Pasadena
Cal
Newell Dwight Hillis
Plymouth Congregational Church
Brooklyn
Pasadena Presbyterian
McLeod
Reformersbyterian Church of
New York
Mob Threatens Lynch Sheriff After Jail Attack
A Cairo Mississippi mob storms the jail at midnight to seize a accused purse snatcher, wounds two deputies, fires on the jail, and threatens to lynch Sheriff Nellis and his men. A militia unit was ordered out as the mob, now about 500 strong, plans a second assault. John Pratt, accused of purse snatching, is held in the jail along with two other negroes.
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Cairo
Nel
Nellis
Deenen
John Pratt
Cairo militia mobilized after purse snatching spree
Gov Deneen ordered the Cairo company of the State militia to aid Sheriff Nellis in Cairo. Nellis sought troops after two young negroes were accused of purse snatching and two women were robbed. A relative of Annie Pelley linked to a prior murder lynching was named, and a brother of that relative allegedly urged saloon patrons toward violence. Sheriff Nellis sworn in twenty deputies.
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Springfield
Woman refuses crowd to climb door lockout
Miss Ruth Schiller of 165 East Sixty sixth Street stayed locked behind a network of doors at 220 West Forty-seventh Street for an hour rather than climb over with a crowd watching. A passerby alerted Police Headquarters and Patrolman Cavanaugh assisted in unlocking the door after locating her employer William R. Laidlaw.
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Ruth Schiller
East Sixtysixth
West Forty-seventh Street
Cavanaugh
West Fortyseventh Street
Bride of Carnegie hero hides secret Bowdoin marriage
Linewood E. Clark of Wilton Bowdoin junior and Carnegie hero medal holder secretly married Miss Alice Blinn Colcord of New York on December 30. The ceremony was performed by Rev. W. H. Mitchell. Mrs Clark has been at a local hotel with her mother for two weeks.
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Brunswick
Linewood E. Clark
Wilton
Bowdoin College
Alice Blinn Colcord
New York
W. H. Mitchell
Bowdoin
Stamford
Clarks
Colcords
Alarm Over Bogus Newsboys Cry About Mayor Gaynor
Newsboys selling late editions in Manhattan streets cried Extra! Attempt to Kill Mayor Gaynor causing widespread alarm. Mayor Gaynor walked home from City Hall and spent the evening at home. no incident supported any attack on him.
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Mayor Gaynor
Brooklyn
Gaynor
City Hall
English Court Invites Fairbanks
London reports former Vice President and Mrs. Fairbanks are expected March 1 and invited to attend court March 4 with dinner to be hosted by the Igrims' Society on March 9.
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Fairbanks
London
Igrims’ Society
Dewey's American Wine House Ad
An advertisement for Dewey's American Wine House located half a block east of Fulton Street Substation, operated by & Sons Co at 188 Fulton Street, New York.
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Dewey’s. American Wine House
Fulton St
An & Sons Co
New York
German Riots Continue in Frankfort Demonstrations Clash
Severe clashes erupted in Frankfort on February 17 as police and suffrage demonstrators fought in the streets. Police sabres and revolvers drove back crowds while protesters hurled stones and pepper. Four civilians were seriously wounded and a policeman stabbed through the lungs. Fighting persisted into midnight with numerous injuries.
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Frankfort-On-The-Main
Draper Inheritance To Be Shared By Heiress Margaret Draper
Milford Mass February 17 Miss Margaret Preston Draper daughter of the late Gen W F Draper is to receive as trustee a share of more than 12 million dollars from her father's will. She shares half with the children of Draper's first wife Lydia D Joy including George Otis Draper Clare H Lane Draper Oliver H Lane Draper and Mrs Montgomery Blair. Margaret Draper aged 18 debuted socially on December 25 1909 at a Draper residence cotillion in Washington.
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New York Times
Milford
Mass
Margaret Preston Draper
W. F. Draper
W. K. Richardson
Nahant
Gen. Draper
Lydia D. Joy
David Joy
Nantucket
George Otis Draper
New York
Clare H
Oliver Harold Lane Draper
Montgomery Blair
Washington, D. C
Margaret Draper
Draper
Washington
Woman to Fight Trusts In New York League
Mrs. Max H. Schwartz of Syracuse appointed State Director of the National Anti Food Trust League for New York outside Greater New York. She will organize branches and appoint local Directors statewide.
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Max Schwartz
Syracuse
New League
Washington
Max H. Schwartz
National Anti- Food Trust League For
New York
Greater
League
Night Letter Service Planned by Western Union
Western Union announces a new Night letter service allowing fifty words sent at night for the price of ten daytime words. Additional ten word increments would be charged at one fifth of the day rate. Letters must be filed before midnight for next morning delivery via messenger or local post office under varying conditions.
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Western Union Telegraph Company
Jail for Rich Man in Bankruptcy Case
Charles A. Dickens worth $500000 was found guilty by a U S court on the third count of an indictment for concealing bonds valued at $55000 from the bankruptcy referee. No fine. sentenced to two years in prison. Dickens, a former Houston Va resident with wealthy relations, had previously served seven months for contempt in an estate case.
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Eliot
Ais
Lowell
Supreme Court
TI Am
Richard Reid Rogers
Unans
City of
York
Comed
Con
New York Times
Mobile
Ala
Charles A. Dickens
United States
Dickens
Houston
Direct Primary Bill Wins in Illinois House
The Illinois House approved the Staymates direct primaries bill by 94 to 28, sending it to Gov. Deneen for signature. The Gibson General Assembly nomination bill passed 89 to 40, with Senate concurrence expected after House amendments.
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Springfield
Ill
House
Senate
Deneen
Gibson
General Assembly
Murdered Before a Crowd on Carroll Street
Giovanni Gallo a 45 year old laborer of 84 Carroll Street was shot by two men at Carroll and Clinton Streets as he returned home with a bundle of wood. One pistol shot to the head and two shots in the body killed him instantly in view of a crowd. The assailants fled.
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Giovanni Gallo
Carroll Street
Gallo
Carroll and
Clinton Streets
Tragic Pedestrian Death in City Collision
Seven year old Mary O'Reilly of 219 East Seventy fourth Street was struck by a mail truck at Seventy fourth Street and Third Avenue and died in hospital minutes later. Police seek the driver, identified as Joseph Mitchell of West Fifty second Street. John O'Reilly, father of the victim, works as an attendant at the University Club.
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Mary O'Reilly
East Seventy-fourth Street
Seventy-fourth Street
Third Avenue
Joseph Mitchell
West Fifty-second
John O'Reilly
University Club
Nixon Bribery Claims Shake New York Albany Inquiry
Albany reports Sen Conger alleges late Speaker Nixon took a $1000 envelope and other bribe schemes tied to bridge legislation and a $10,000 annual protection fund. He ties Col Dunn and Jean La Rue Burnett to payments as the 1901 to 1905 corruption trail widens in the Allds bribery investigation.
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New York Times
Albany
George W. Dunn
Chaiman
Republican State Committee
Conger
Colt Dunn
Senator Allds
Hiram G. Moe
Nixon
Jean la Rus Burnett
Assembly
Allds
Col. Dunn
Canton Bridge Company
Groton Bridge Company
Owego Bridge Company
Rochester Bridge Company
Union Construction Company of
Penn Bridge Company
Beaver Falls
Penn
Lewis E. Carr
Coupe
Syracuse
Wite' Ag
Senate
Jean la Rue Burnett
Coneger
Frank
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Lis
Miss Schiller
Bride OF Carnegie Hero
L. E. Clark
Bowdoin Junior
Miss Colcord
Western Union
C. A. Dickens
Bill
Donger
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Mand
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