Senate Considers Flat 1 Percent Auto Tax Plan
Washington June 5 Senate Finance Committee weighs La Follette plan for a flat 3 percent tax on auto retail price with a five year 10 percent annual reduction. Proposal would tax cheaper cars less and expensive cars more, aiming to curb perceived unfairness in a graduated scheme. The committee also adjusts cigarette taxes and clarifies exemptions for circuses and traveling theaters using rolling stock.
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Washington
Senator la Follette
Senate Finance Committee
la Follette
In Follette
Senate
Finance Committee
Simmons
Chaiirman
House
Lost and Found note at Central Park West gate line
A notice seeks return of a pearl ring and two silver items lost between 8th Street Central Park Weert end the Mall Central Park the rettie and ivory ring described to Ruprecht 35 Central Park West. Return if found to owner at that address.
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8Th St
Central Park Weert
Central Park
Ruprecht
Central Park West
Lost items across the city prompt liberal rewards
A flood of notices requests return of lost goods including purse and billfold on South and 34th avenues, an onyx pin, a lapel pin, a pearl and diamond brooch, a brown fox fur, a Kodak folding camera, a bar pin, a gold watch with chain, and a package of music. Rewards offered at multiple locations such as the Globe Theatre, Hotel Biltmore, Cort Theatre, Fulton Street, Riverside Park, and 1424 St. Finders urged to contact respective venues or numbers listed.
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Cort Theatre
Hotel Widmore
Hetel Hiltmore
Whisky tax pushes price toward nine dollars a gallon
A recent manufacturers tax and a following £2.20 per gallon tax hike are forecast to lift wholesale costs toward $9 a gallon. Retailers expect consumer prices above $2.50 per quart, with profit margins varying by retailer.
Fight Over Suffrage in the House Today
Washington June 5 Both Democratic and Republican whips urge absentee members to return as the House nears reconvening with a fight likely over the Susan B Anthony amendment. Republicans plan to discharge the Judiciary Committee to bring the measure to a vote, while Democrats prepare to block with an adjournment motion.
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Washington
House
Judiciary Committee
Committee
House For
James R. Mann
Charter Shipbuilding Co Formed in New York
Eastern Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company of New York receives charter in Dover Delaware with 3000000 capitalization to build and operate boats and dry docks. Plans include new docks and ships for transoceanic and coastwise service. officers and stockholders unnamed.
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A. W. Britton
L. H. Gunther
Harry B. Davis
New York
Britton
W. R. Britton & Co
of & Broadway
New Shipbuilding Company
Oppose Rate Increases Warns Ex Governor Stubbs
Former Kansas governor W R Stubbs told the Interstate Commerce Commission that US railroads hold a $1 billion surplus and urged no freight rate hike this year He warned a 15 percent increase would shift $100 million onto consumers and producers amid war taxes Nurserymen association officers and the National Shippers Conference also presented views noting 1917 earnings and 1918 prospects.
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Washington
W. R. Stubbs
Kansas
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Stubbs
F. W. Kelsey
Orlando Harris
American Nurserymen's Association
Clifford Thorne
National Shippers’ Conference
Western Union approves extra pay for 1917 staff
Directors of the Western Union Telegraph Company authorize two special year end payments to staff in 1917 to offset high living costs. Eligible employees receive varied percentages or flat sums with minimums, plus a June and December payment. Regular quarterly dividend remains 4% on record June 20.
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Western Union Telegraph Company
Cable
vAgre
Sian
Sunday Evangelist Draws 22000 to Two Services
Billy Sunday preached to about 22,000 yesterday with 4,000 at the Tabernacle afternoon service and 1,072 responding to the invitation to hit the trail. The evening session featured a show of support from registrants for military service. Rockefellers attend with friends as he joined the Liberty Loan bond appeal.
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Tabernacle
Rodeheaver
Mr. Rodeheaver
Tabernacle Ory
Liberty Loan
John LD. Rockefeller, Jr
Germany
Chicago
Pinchot Dinner Sparks Outcry Over War Tax Views
At a Park Avenue Hotel dinner hosted by the Women's City Club, Ames Pinchot’s remarks on conscription and taxation drew angry interruptions and jeers from several guests who accused him of misquoting Frank A. Vanderlip. The clash erupted as Pinchot defended his stance, with some supporters applauding his finale.
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Franklin
Pinchot
Vanderlip
Vander
Faith
Belle da Costa
Greene
J. Pierpont Morgan
Mr. Pinchot
Ames Pinchot
Frank A. Vanderlip
National City Bank
Park Avenue
Pinehot
Mr. Vanderlip
Women’s City Club
Congress
Fabian Franklin
Vanderup
West Point appoints Gillman as superintendent
Washington June 5 Professor Samuel E K Gillman long time West Point faculty member and retired Army Colonel will be named superintendent of the Military Academy succeeding Colonel Biddle who has been sent to command the Sixth Regiment of Engineers for service in France.
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West Point
Washington
Samuel EK. Gillman
Army
Military Academy
Biddle
Sixth Regiment of Engineers
France
Third trial ordered in Cutter will contest
Supreme Court Justice Greenbaum ordered a third trial of the will contest of Mrs Amelia Geringde Cutter widow of Jenny Cutter founder of the Hegeman drug store. He set aside a jury verdict that she was insane, saying she had a strong will and that a previous ruling by Surrogate Cohalan was wrong. The court noted her reduced bequest to attorney Frank M. Tichenor suggested keen intellect despite eccentricities.
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Amelia Geringde Cutter
Jenny ‘S Cutter
Hegeman Drug Storem
Supreme Court
Greenbaum
Cutter
Cohalan
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