Taft Joins Aldrich to Delay Indefinite Income Tax
President Taft abandons a hands off stance as Senator Aldrich moves to indefinitely delay income tax action by proposing a constitutional amendment. The plan includes a 2 percent corporate dividend tax and faces resistance from insurgents who warn it harms Taft's 4 year political prospects, especially in the Midwest.
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New York Times
Washington
Taft
Congress
Aldrich
Senate
White House
Supreme Court
Bourne
Brown
Jones
Dixon
Alee
Finance Committee
Treasury
Senate Debates Philippine Clauses in Tariff Bill
The morning Senate session passed a debate on Philippine reciprocity clauses of the Tariff bill and rejected amendments by large margins. More details on page 2.
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New York Times
Washington
Senate
Meadville Duell Ends in Deaths as Militia Quells Feud
In Meadville Mississippi on June 14 two men were killed and two fatally wounded in a street duel stemming from a months long feud tied to a political campaign. State troops arrived to guard against rioting as Dr A M Newman and Silas G Reynolds were killed and Emmet Newman and Hubert Applewhite were wounded.
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New York Times
Meadville
Miss
Brookhaven
A. M. Newman
Chancery Court
Franklin County
Silas G. Reynolds
Lenon Newman
Hubert Applewhite
Emmet Newman
Natchez
Boyd
Pat
L. P. Pritchard
Cornelius Pritchard
Newman
Pritchard
Butler Building
Reynolds
Applewhite
Nanticoke Seizure Reported Off Franklin Virginia
Arms said to be rifles hidden in piano boxes were found at Franklin on the Black Water River. They were billed as pianos and believed for the steamer Nanticoke, which lay nearby with the tug Despatch. Both vessels were blockaded by the revenue cutter Pamlico as authorities prepared to seize one if ordered.
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New York Times
Norfolk
Franklin
Black Water
Chowlin
Albemarle Sound
New York
St. Louis
Pamlico
United States
Burglary Reported In Hempstead Farm Home
Neighbors saw two men enter Elizabeth Leggett's farm home around 8 PM and leave two hours later with suitcases. After the back door was found broken, every mattress was on the floor and drawers were emptied. Missing items include gold and silver spoons, silver dollars, tea services, antiques, and other valuables. Leggett currently visiting Connecticut.
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New York Times
Hempstead
N. Y
Elizabeth Leggett
Miss Leggett
Connecticut
Baldwin's Widow to Wed Doctor in L A
Informal reports say Dr. Leon Landone and Mrs. Lillian Bennett Baldwin plan marriage. Neither confirmed nor denied. both noted for Los Angeles lectures on child culture and breeding. Mrs. Baldwin seen with Landone in his Hollywood home and at social events.
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New York Times
Los Angeles
Leon Landone
Lillian Bennett Baldwin
E. J
Lucky "Y Baldwin
Doubtful Candidates Won License After Moody Presbytery Session
The Presbytery of New York voted 59 to 36 to license Archibald Black to preach, after a long eight hour session examining three Union Theological Seminary graduates. Black and colleagues Fitch and Steen faced questions on miracles and Christ’s divinity amid tears from elder ministers and debate over the modern view of the Bible.
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Presbytery
New York
Archibald Black
Hugh Black
George E. Fitch
John Steen
Presbyterian Church
Union Theological Seminary
Christ
First Presbyterian Church
Fifth Avenue
Eleventh Street
David G. Wylie
Scotch Presbyterian Church
J. Ross Stevenson
Fifth Avenue Church
William R. Richards
Brick Church
Henrys. Hodge
Henry L. Smith
Messrs
Henry S. Hodge
Steen, Black
Fitch
Messrs. Black
Steen
Henry
Hodge
Divorce Granted to Mrs Chetwynd in Suit Over Conjugal Rights
Special Cable to The New York Times from London reports Mrs Guy Chetwynd, daughter of the late Charles Secor of New York, obtained a decree of divorce from Mr Guy Chetwynd after a period of separation and efforts to restrict conjugal rights. A decree nisi with costs and custody of their child was granted.
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NEW York Times
London
Guy Chetwynd
Charles Secor
New York
George Chetwynd
Panic in Subway Train After Short Circuit Explosion
A Dyckman Street subway train suffered a short circuit and an explosion at the 103d Street Station causing panic as smoke filled the fourth car. Passengers fled from adjacent cars while the power was cut and the car was towed to the yards.
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Dyckman Street
103D Street
Times Square
108Th Street
Ninety-sixth
116Th Streets
137Th Street
Broadway
Auto Hits Boy and Speeds On Near Queensboro Bridge
A touring car carrying three men struck five year old Paul Kidder at Webster Avenue and Academy Street in Long Island City and fled the scene. Kidder suffered a compound fracture of his left leg and other bruises but is expected to recover. Police report the car number 99,111 N. J. and seek the owner.
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Queensboro Bridge
Paul Kidder
Raddle Street
Long Island City
Webster Avenue
Academy Street
S J. John’s Hospital
P. J. Cooney
Young Kidder
N. J
Chauffeur Cramer Seeks New Connecticut License
Greenwich June 14 Jay Cramer chauffeur for Ralph B Peck of Quaker Ridge Road Connecticut applied for a new auto license and faced a string of misfortunes on a trip to New York. He reports four tire blowouts and delays after colliding with a black car. He notes his superstition about the number thirteen and sought a new license number from the Secretary of State.
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New York Times
Greenwich
Conn
Jay Cramer
Ralph B. Peck
Quaker Ridge Road
Connecticut
New York
Cramer
Secretary of State of
Horse Thieves Probe Shady Newport Ring
Newport Rhode Island June 14 police hunt a gang selling stolen horses and wagons drawn from across the state. Allen Reed of Providence is jailed in Providence. John Croughan of Newport pleaded guilty to larceny of a buggy from William Franklin Morris of Orange. The chief operator remains at large. Croughan, a former Spanish War veteran, drew attention in New Jersey as a gentleman burglar. He later passed a New York civil service exam but was identified by detectives.
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New York Times
Newport
R. I
Allen Reed
Providence
John Croughan
William Franklin Morris
Orange
Roughan
New Jersey
Eleventh Field Artillery
Fort Adams
Croughan
New York
Poison Found in Mrs. Cleminson Case in Chicago
Poison was discovered in the vital organs of Mrs. Cleminson, wife of Dr. Haldane Cleminson, who is detained during an inquiry into her death. Coroner Hoffman received the report from Prof. Walter S. Haines and Dr. Lecounty and promised a detailed release later.
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Chicago
Cleminson
Haldane Cleminson
Coronel Hoffman
Walters. Haines
Lecounty
Roner
Horsford's Acid Phosphate advertised for dyspepsia relief
An 19th century advertisement counsels using Horsford's Acid Phosphate to relieve persistent hunger, sour stomach, nausea, and sick headache as a remedy.
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Horsford
Ruiz Case Raised in Parliament Over Inquest Secrecy
In London a House of Commons notice announces Pete Curran's plan to ask Home Secretary Gladstone about the inquest into Mrs. Antonio Ruiz's death. The debate centers on alleged secrecy around depositions and possible influence on coroner Danford Thomas, with mentions of Alfred Vanderbilt’s ties to the case.
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NEW York Times
London
House of Commons
Pete Curran
Jarrow
Home Secretary
Gladstone
Antonio Ruiz
Curran
St. Pancras
Agnes O’brien Ruiz
Danford Thomas
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Egyptian man in dress masquerade causes last night arrest
A man calling himself John Annis, said to be a physician's butler, wore a red fez, Eton jacket, and silk skirt in East Sixty third Street and was charged with disorderly conduct. Magistrate Kernochan discharged him calling the arrest unwarranted and noting the attire as his national dress.
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John Annis
West Fifty-fourth Street
East Sixtythird Street
Fay
Annis
Kernochan
Frick to Gift 500000 Park to Pittsburg
In Pittsburg on June 14, H C Frick plans to donate land valued at $500,000 for a city park named Frick Field. The park will be dedicated to entertaining children and an official offer is expected to be presented next week.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Helen Frick
H. C. Frick
Steel and Coke
Frick Field
City Hall Clock Stopped Misleading Schedules
The City Hall clock halted at 3 30 yesterday afternoon misguiding many. Borough President Ahearn was notified and his secretary went to the contractor. The clock ran again one hour eight minutes later. The contractor will address the issue this morning.
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Ahearn
City Hall
Seismic Shocks Hit French Districts Spurring Panic
Tremors struck Draguignan Vaucluse and Puy Sainte Reparade today in France. No damage reported but residents faced renewed panic.
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Toulon
Draguignan
Vaucluse
Puy- Ste-Reparade
Athletic envoy coming to Washington
London June 14 L Caftan Zoglu secretary of the Greek legation here has been transferred to Washington He will join the sport loving diplomatic set there as an all around athlete excelling as a fencer and pigeon shot.
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NEW York Times
London
L. Caftan Zoglu
Washington
Cent Theft Leads Curran to 2 1/2 Years in Prison
John Curran was sentenced to two and a half years in state prison by Judge Dike in Brooklyn County Court for stealing a single cent from Thomas Quayle. Quayle, owner of the penny, was in the doorway of a Fulton Street lodging house when Curran grabbed the coin, describing it as his last cent.
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John Curran
Dike
Brooklyn
Thomas Quayle
Fulton Street
Curran
Women in Bridge Rush Arrested for Disorderly Conduct
Eleven people nine men and two women were arraigned in Night Court for disorderly conduct after a Delancey Street Williamsburg Bridge rush hour scene. Men fined one dollar each and the two sisters two dollars for setting a bad example during last night’s crowd surge.
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Delancey Street
Williamsburg Bridge
Brooklyn
Taft Plays Golf in Rain at Chevy Chase Links
President Taft braved a heavy downpour to play golf at Chevy Chase with Gen. Clarence D. Edwards as partner against Senator Bourne of Oregon and Capt. Archibald Butt. The Bourne-Butt duo won by 1 up in a rainy Washington outing.
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Washington
Taft
Clarence D. Edwards
Senator Bourne
Oregon
Archibald W. Butt
Firemen appeal to Gould over grievances in Texas
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen plans to appeal its grievances on Southwestern lines directly to George Gould in New York. A strike on Gould lines in Texas and the Southwest is said to be possible if demands are rejected.
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New York Times
Dallas
Texas
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Southwestern
George Gould
New York
Gould
Southwest
Hughes's Father III Ill After Illness in New York
The Rev. Dr. D. C. Hughes father of Gov Charles E Hughes of New York fell ill after preaching at the President Street Baptist Chapel. He became dizzy and numb on his left side but was not considered in danger. County Physician Dr. Armstrong expected a short hospital stay. Governor Hughes was informed that the condition was not serious.
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New York Times
Paissaic
N. J
D. C. Hughes
Charles E. Hughes
New York
President Street Baptist Chapel
Lexington House
Lexington Avenue
Hughes
Robert R. Armstrong
Armstrong
Albany
Drowns Going to the Altar on Raritan River Bridge
Joseph Kobatch of South River drowned when he walked into an open draw on the New York and Long Branch Railroad bridge over the Raritan River while en route with his fiancée Miss Anna Kish to be married. The couple crossed the bridge to save time. Kish was saved from jumping by William Spice, a conductor. Kish, visiting friends in New Brunswick, returned to their home afterward. Kobatch carried a suitcase and had about 50 dollars in his pocket. The night was dark and he did not notice the draw was open before plunging into the water.
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New York Times
New Brunswick
N. J
South Amboy
Joseph Kobatch
South River
New York & Long Branch
Raritan River
Anna Kish
Eighteenth Street
Manhattan
French Street
William Spice
Kobatch
George J. Gould
Howard
Gould
Bill” Lawley
Dawson
Shearn
McLaughlin
Nicoll
Atlantic City
Dustin Farnum
Marlborough-Blenheim
Farnum
Mrs Gould Loses Ground in Gould Separation Suit
Supreme Court Justice Dowling dismisses all but one relief ground in the Mrs Viola Gould versus Howard Gould separation suit. She sues for support, cruelty, and abandonment claiming July 16 abandonment. testimony covers estate wealth and personal dress expenses. Ex inspector McLaughlin testifies on possible bigamy inquiry. George J Gould and Howard Gould questioned on fortunes and shares in the estate.
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Supreme Court
Dowling
Viola Katherine Gould
Howard Gould
Gould
George J. Gould
Jay Could
Howard
McLaughlin
Peabody
de Lancey Nicoll
Hempstead Land Purchase Offer Seen At Two Million
Francis H. Van Vechten of New York presented a syndicate proposal to Hempstead Town Board to buy 20 000 acres of town lands for 2 000 000. The tract runs from the Oyster Bay line to Long Beach on Long Island south shore. The town previously sold the cream of the property to Long Beach for about 25 000. If accepted, town assessments would be largely reduced. The matter was laid over for consideration.
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Hempstead
L. I
Francis H. van Vechten
New York
Long Island
Oyster Bay
Long Beach
Great Bear Spring Water Ad Promo
Local advertisement promotes Great Bear Spring Water at 50 cents per case of six glass stoppered bottles. Found in a period newspaper page, the offer highlights a compact price for a small packaging unit.
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Great Bear
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Fox
Wylie
Richards
Howard Duffield
Mrs. Chetwynd
Ruiz
Frick
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Tor McLaughlin
Elijah W. Sells
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