Tobacco Tax Aimed at a Few Big Firms
Senator Hitchcock offers a tariff amendment to tax tobacco and snuff output by large firms to curb monopoly power. The plan targets American Tobacco, Liggett & Myers, Lorillard, and other big producers, with a progressive excise up to six cents per pound and quarter.
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New York
Washington
McReynolds
Gilbert Hitchcock
Nebraska
Hitchcock
Simmons
Finance Committee
Capitol
Senate
Wilson
American Tobacco Company
Liggett & Myers, Lorillard & Co
American Bnuff Company
G. W. Helme Company
Weyman & Bruton Company
Congress
Supreme Court of the United States
Tobacco Trust
Supreme Court
Hitchedek
United States
Canone Ees
Huerta Faces Pressure as Exiled Poet Talks of Barred Reforms
Havana June 5 José Santos Chocano Peru's poet arrives after being expelled by Gen Huerta who accuses him of meddling in labor matters. Passengers claim La Barra plans Europe retirement as Huerta's regime falters while Mexico debates a 200 million loan and US recognition questions linger.
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New York Times
Havana
José Santos Chogano
Mexico
Victoriano Huerta
Huerta
Chocano
Méxican
Francisco de la Barra
Europe
France
United States
Latin America
Mexican Cabinet to resign. Huerta to receive notices
A Mexico City dispatch reports the cabinet is expected to resign to President Huerta tomorrow. Secretary Obregon said he would resign tomorrow and anticipates other cabinet members will follow suit amid the clash with Congress over a proposed French loan.
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New York Times
Los Angeles
Mexico City
Huerta
Secretary of the Treasury
Obregon
Congress
President Enell Arrested Amid Company Fraud Claims
George A. Enell of 3538 West Eighty third Street and Kendall Nail and Supply Company president was arrested at St. Luke's Hospital on a Brower complaint alleging wilful destruction of company books since June 1. Enell, a private patient at the hospital, was reported recovering from an unnamed illness. The Kendall Nail and Supply Company, a Massachusetts firm with $50,000 capital, lists Roy L. Brower and Peter J. Montane as officers. Brower was not at his Brooklyn home and Montane could not be reached.
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George A. Enell
Eightythird Street
Kendall Nail and Supply Company
Broadway
St. Luke's Hospital
Markey
Mercer Street
Yedberene
Roy L. Brower
Ewell
Seventeenth Street
Brooklyn
Copartnership
Peter J. Montane
New York Avenue
Massachusetts
Port Washington
Ex-Police Officer Shoots at Wife in Domestic Quarrel
Edward Murray former patrolman at 157 East 147th Street fired four bullets at his wife after a quarrel last night. He was drinking and fled to his home locking himself in as detectives from West 125th Street Station arrived. A struggle ensued with Detective Phelan injured. Murray was dragged to the station and charged with felonious assault and Sullivan Act violation. Police found a box of 100 cartridges in the apartment.
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Edward Murray
East 147Th Street
Murray
West 125Th Street
Jacey
Deishly
Phelan
Willams
Woman Who Was Hit by Car Marries Chauffeur
Miss Leonora Lyons of 310 West 150th Street was struck on the Grand Concourse a year ago. The chauffeur George Young of 1270 Amsterdam Avenue carried her to Lebanon Hospital and visited daily with flowers. After recovery they became engaged and plan a wedding a year after the accident.
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Leonora Lyons
West 150Th Street
Grand Concourse
Lebanon Hospital
George Young
Amsterdam Avenue
Wee
Dr. Evans
Whitman Seeks Mayoral Nomination Via Citizens Democracy
District Attorney Whitman announced he would run for mayor next fall if endorsed by a properly constituted organization. A Citizens Democracy delegation offered support, aiming to place him on the primary ballot, amid fusion and progressive party maneuvering and speculation on party alignments.
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Charles 8. Whitman
Whitman
Supreme Court
Citizens’ Democracy
Louis Wolfert
Wolfert
Fusion Committee
Whit
Fusion
Kitman
Citizens
Republican
Progressive Party
Roach Kills Three. Wounds Three in Canton Home Shooting
Robert Roach, 29, shot and killed his sister in law and two others in Canton Ohio after returning home to an absent wife. He wounded two police officers and a drayman, then attempted suicide before capture and confession. Victims include Mrs Schatzman 31 and Forts Reath 14 months. Three others wounded were hospitalized and likely to die. Patrolmen Smiler aided Fielding and Meyers in the arrest.
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Canton
Onio
Janes
Robert Roach
Npgrents
Aby
Tan
Thisby Schatzman
Pouth Schlateman
Forts Reath
Meyers
Roach
Smiler
Fielding
Latest Shipping News
MARCONS WIRELESS reports S5S Celtic sailing west of Queenmewe today en route to Queenstowe, due at 4 PM. Lane west of Queenmewe reports a delay as cargo updates arrive from Nitin Lt.
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Marcons Wireless
S5s Celtic
Ron
Seite Als
Queenmewe
Queenstowe
Sn Nitin
Distinguished Contributors Mark Kaiser Anniversary in Times
A special Times feature lists notable signatories including the King of Italy Theodore Roosevelt William H Taft the Duke of Argyll Count Bernstorff Lord Blyth Sir Gilbert Parker and Andrew Carnegie. Readers are invited to read their pieces next Sunday in honor of the Kaiser's twenty-fifth reign anniversary.
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New York Times
Italy
Theodore Roosevelt
William H. Taft
Duke of Argyll
Count Bernstorff
Lord Blyth
Gilbert Parker
Arthur von Gwinner
Andrew Carnegie
Nicholas Murray Butler
Hugo Muensterberg
Alfred H. Fried
Pater son Strike Convicts 38 After Short Trial
In Paterson New Jersey on June 5 a jury found 38 of 41 arrested strikers guilty of unlawful assembly around Harding Mill on Straight Street. Three were acquitted as the judge ruled the right to picket was not at issue. Sentencing to follow.
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New York Times
Paterson
N. J
Harding Mill
Straight Street
Abram Klewert
Silk Industr
Helvetia Hall
Silk Workers the Manufacturers’ Association
Harry Price
20 Lane Street
Price
Mary Hall
Emma Banghart
Tyler Street
Haledon
Oriental Silk Dye Works
Riverside
Champion Speller Is Frank B Willis in National Bee
Frank B Willis of Ada Ohio a former teacher and professor and now a Republican congressman won the national spelling contest at the National Press Club event in Washington before the President Cabinet and about a thousand spectators. Secretary of Agriculture David F Houston presided and Willis defeated rivals including Miles Poindexter and Ira Bennett in a traditional spelling bee style contest drawing the nation’s attention.
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New York Times
Washington
Frank B. Willis
Ada
Ohio
Congress
United States
Willis
National Press Club
New Willard Hotel
David F. Houston
Secretary of Agriculture
Ira E. Bennett
Washington Post
Miles Poindexter
Progressive Party
Washington State
Mr. Willis
Bennett
Dr. Houston
Edellium
Zieck
Houston
Poindexter
Foster
Illinois
Senator Ashurst
Arizona
Acacia
Representative Norris
Nebraska
J. Fr Essary
Baltimore Sun
Exsiccate
Robert M. Ginter
Pittsburgh Gazette- Times—Mnemonics
A. E. Oe
Orleans Times-Democrat
Fuchseet Kietean
Washington Times
Cedrelaceous
Charlies P. Keyser
St. Louis Globe Democrat
Caoutchouc
James T. Lloyd
Missouri— Desiccation
G. A. Lyon, Jr
Washington Star
Thomas L. Reilly
Connecticut
Thomas W. Sims
Tennessee
Mercer Vernon
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Ecumenical
Senator Myers
A Tees Emery
Associated Press
Nonaissance
T Illinois— Desuetude
Kahn
California
Epicene
Irwin Barbour
Washington Herald— Gneiss
Frank G. Carpenter
Vdeviccation
Senator Chamberlain
Oregon
Cacique
Eee Ie
Monk
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Afea
Robinson
Arkansas
Quintessence
Ceenantatire Hardwick
Georgia
Fotin P. Gavit
New York Evening Post
Representative Roberts
Massa
Inter-Ocean
Jailed for Inciting Labor in Draper Strike Leader
Joseph M. Coldwell in charge of the Hopedale Draper Company strike was convicted of uttering menaces and threatening speeches. He received a three month sentence in the House of Correction after appeals and a Superior Court jury trial in Milford. Coldwell had led Industrial Workers of the World actions and later withdrew amid internal disputes.
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Worcester
Mass
Joseph M. Coldwell
Draper Company
Hopedale
House of Correction
Coldwell
Socialist State
Industrial Workers of the World
Who
Milford
Must Leave the Bronx County Residency Rule End
William F. Snyder announced that August 4 would be the last day 700 plus county office holders living in the Bronx could remain in New York County offices. After that date Bronx residents will not qualify for New York County positions as Bronx becomes a separate county. Reference was made to a Queens Supreme Court case upholding dismissal of a court crier who lived in Nassau County and drew pay from another county.
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William F. Snyder
Election Bureau
New York County
Bronx
Supreme Court
Humphreys
Queens County
Nassau County
Gaynor
Skirt Wrecks Aeroplane in France Tragedy
In Cherbs the French aerodrome accident killed Auguste Bernard and passenger Mme Rose Amicel when a lift failed and the aircraft plunged to the ground. The crash occurred during a routine maneuver and left both victims dead.
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Buc
France
Auguste Bernard
Mme
Rose Amicel
A. Consida
Perth Ane
Jockey Lynch Dies After Local Steeplechase Fall
James F. Lynch, jockey for Philadelphia owner J. E. Widener, died at Nassau County Hospital Mineola from injuries after a fall in a steeplechase at Locust Valley Piping Rock track. He rode Exemplar in the Cooperstown Plate, the penultimate race on the card, when the accident occurred.
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James F. Lynch
J. E. Widener
Philadelphia
Nassau County Hospital
Mineola
Piping Rock Racing Association
Locust Valley
L. I
Lynch
Mr. Widener
Judge Noyes Resigns Over Inadequate Salary
United States District Judge Walter C. Noyes resigns after 18 years on the bench citing a $7,000 yearly salary as insufficient to support his family and educate his children. He will open a private law office in New York City this summer focusing on railroad and corporate law and has authored works on intercorporate relations and railroad rates. President Wilson has not yet named a successor.
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Walter C. Noyes
United States District Court
Federal Judicial District
Washington
Wilson
Noyes
Lyme
Conn
Connecticut
United States
Circuit Court
Second Judicial District
Justice Hughes
United States Supreme Court
Vermont
New York
Judge Noyes
New London
Olpany
Nav
Honey Baseo
Comepany
McReynolds
Strike to defend flag shakes W A Fletcher plant
About 150 boilermakers at the W A Fletcher marine shipyard in Hoboken walked out in protest over an alleged insult to the American flag by foreman Joseph Fletcher. He resigned two months ago and waved an English flag saying he would go to Canada. A protest to company president Andrew Fletcher followed. Last night a joint meeting with the machinists aimed to rally a general strike of the 500 workers. The firm and Fletcher declined to discuss the complaint.
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W. & A. Fletcher Marine Machine
Hoboken
Joseph Fletcher
Tool Department
Canada
Fletcher
Andrew Fletcher
Death of Baltimore Doctor from Rare Jaw Disease
Dr John Neff a prominent Baltimore physician died at 31 after two months of periostitis of the lower jaw a rare disease Exhaustion caused death He could not eat for six weeks and his heart collapsed Today Doctors say the jaw infection was the cause not the prior illness and several operations were tried with limited success
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New York Times
Baltimore
John Neff
Need
Neff
Gunmen Seek Delayed Court Action in New York Case
Albany report says application will be made to the Court of Appeals on Monday to extend delays for four gunmen tied to Herman in New York. Names mentioned include Jacob Verger and Frank Cirofici among the indicted, with references to other associates and sites.
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New York Times
Albany
Court of Apts
Herman
New York
Jacob Ver
Lewis
Frank Cirofici
Frank
Bers
Eeity
Gyp the
Cardinal Vives y Tuto Mental Crisis Reported
The Vatican campaign against modernism loses a key figure as Cardinal Vives y Tuto, 58, suffers a severe mental breakdown in Milan on June 5. Doctors have little hope of recovery and report he believes he has ascended to the Papal throne and ordered penalties against liberal thinkers.
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New York Times
Milan
Cardinal Vives Y Tuto
Vatican
Papal
Spain
Art Thieves Steal Paintings From Christie's Sale Prep
London police probe a mysterious theft at Christie's where three of several arriving works vanished between five and six this evening. Stolen were two unframed color prints titled The Pleasures of Education and Woman with a Spaniel both signed L Marin and a framed color engraving The Cottagers by P W Tompkins.
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London
Christie's
L. Marin
P. W. Tompkins
Weston Adds Thirty Miles In New York-Minneapolis Trek
Port Jervis crowd greets Edward Payson Weston as he reaches the city at 11 18 AM after leaving Goshen at 3 08 AM with one brief stop. He rests this afternoon then lectures at night before resuming toward Shohola.
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New York Times
Port Jervis
Edward Payson Weston
New York-Minneapolis
Goshen
Centreville
Latham
Shohola
Police order targets split skirts in Indianapolis
Indianapolis police issue an order requiring women who wear split skirts to also wear undergarments. Superintendent Martin J. Holand directed traffic squad to enforce the rule after receiving a letter from local women appealing for the prohibition.
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Indianapolis
Tra
Martin J. Holand
H#land
Van Nostrand Wins Suit After Death in Queens Clerk Case
David L. Van Nostrand former Queens County Clerk and banker died at his Flush ing home. He sued ex-boss Joseph Cassidy and partner E R Chapman in Queens Supreme Court to recover two thirds of office rent for a Fifth Avenue and Thirty Fourth Street suite amounting to 14000 dollars with 5000 dollars in expenses and the court ruled in his favor by Justice Scudder.
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David L. van Nostrand
Queens
Flushing
Queens County Supreme Court
Joseph Cassidy
E. R. Chapman
Fifth Avenue
Thirtyfourth Street
Manhattan
Justice Scudder
van Nostrand
Bees Infest Montclair Church Walls
A bee expert has been hired to remove thousands of Italian honey bees nesting in the walls of the First Congregational Church in Montclair. Bees have troubled services with occasional stings, and past attempts to smoke them out failed. An acid treatment is planned to drive the bees out and exterminate them.
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New York Times
Montclair
Coal Trust Dissolves After Supreme Court Decree
Cranton June 5 The Temple Iron Company known as the Coal Trust has dissolved in conformity with a decree of the United States Supreme Court according to an announcement at its main offices here It controlled seven subsidiaries.
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New York Times
Bcranton
Penn
Temple Iron Company
The
Coal Trust
United States Supreme Court
Armour in Second Place Among Top Owners
Edward Morris, the meat packer, has replaced J Ogden Armour as the largest individual owner in Chicago, with Armour dropping to second place. The development highlights shifts in local corporate wealth and investments within the meat packing industry at the start of June.
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Chicago
Edward Morris
J. Ogden Armour
Wilson at Capitol to Choose Envoys
President Wilson met with Senators in the Capitol to discuss diplomatic nominations. Names mentioned include Gerard for Spain and McCombs likely to Paris, Morgenthau for Turkey or China, with other proposed ministers to Italy Belgium Persia and more. A Minnesota pick was not disclosed, and deliberations touched on Madrid becoming an embassy and other treaty matters.
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James W.tson Gerard
the Court of the State of York
Geird
Thas Bill Socal
Frederic C. Penfield
Germai
Town
Penn
Italy
Thomas H. Burch
Burington
N. J
Wilson
Switzerland
Benton McMillin
Tennessee
Peru
John E. Lamb
Indiana
Cuba
B. L. Jefferson
Colorado
Albert Schmedemen
Wisconsin
Democratic Committee
Norway
O'Gorman
William CC. MacCombs
Democratic National Committee
France
Henry Morgentiau
Democratic National
Turkey
China
Morgenthau
McCombs
Paris
Thomas Nelson Page
Virginia
Minnesota
Minesota
C. M. Endriff
the State University
C. O. Quist
Minneapolis
Capitol
Joseph
Secret Service
Ate
Committee On Foreign Relations
Senaise Bacon
Madrid
Uru
No Fireworks on Fourth At Independence Day Celebration
The Executive Committee of Mayor Gaynor's Fourth of July Committee voted unanimously to cancel all fireworks for the Independence Day celebration. Sub committees proposed setting aside $10,000 for the Illumination Committee work, with about $3,000 allocated to the Athletic Committee.
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Gaynor
James E. Sueae Ened Ee
France Sails With Notables on First Cabin Passenger List
The French liner France sailed for Havre yesterday with a notable first cabin party including Mst Anne T. M and others bound for Marbury near Versailles. Weather and precise destinations noted amid routine sailing routine.
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France
Havre
Anne T. M
Mer
Marbury
Versailles
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Joseph M. Price
Citizens’ Municipal Committee
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Frank Donnelly
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Arthur J. Noble
William R. Hearst
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