Objections Grow Over Taft 2 Percent Corporate Tax Plan
Washington June 21 opponents flood White House with new objections to Taft's proposed 2 percent tax on net corporate earnings. Attorney General Wickersham and Senator Root draft the measure with Knox in discussion. Critics fear burden on common stockholders and evasion, while Taft seeks bonds based exemption and enforcement through the Bureau of Corporations. Continued on Page 2.
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New York Times
Washington
Taft
White House
Wickersham
New York
Capitol
Senator Root
Senate Finance Committee
Finance Committee
Ad Capitol
Elkins
Mr. Taft
Rt Knox Smith
Bureau of Corporations
Harriman Not Il l Health Declared Still Sound in Vienna
Reports of E H Harriman’s serious illness are unfounded say officials in Vienna. Harriman, who arrived two days earlier, enjoyed events with the Emperor and stock bears triggered market declines before his health was affirmed. He plans to travel to Semmering for weeks.
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Vienna
H. Harriman
E. H. Harriman
Bears
Harriman
Union Pacific
Robert §. Lovett
Arriman
Southern Pacific
Reading
New York Central
Wabash
Amalgamated Copper
Smelting
United States Steel
Steel Preferred
Brooklyn Bridge Turnstiles Demonstrate Strong First Test
The second floor turnstiles at the Park Row terminal were tested during 5 to 7 pm rush. Twelve devices moved 11 552 people with center units busiest at 1 400 and end stalls at 485. Capt Murtha urged iron-railed passageways to streamline queues and curb crowding.
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Park Row
Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Bridge
Murtha
Bath Beach
Brighton Beach
Fifth Avenue
Bay Ridge
Compan
Cripple Leaps to Death on Subway Platform
A disabled man jumped from an uptown elevated platform at 116th Street and Columbus Avenue to Manhattan Avenue, about 110 feet away, dying on impact. Inspectors found a gray suit, a boy’s cap, a bandaged leg, and items from St Luke’s Hospital in his pockets. Coroner notified. body at West 125th Street Police Station awaiting identification.
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Uptown
116Th Street
Columbus Avenue
Manhattan Avenue
Sixth Avenue
J. Hood Wright Hospital
Harburger
West 125Th Street
St. Luke’s' Hospital
Thomas King
Twenty-ninth Street
Taft and Edwards Lose Foursome on Chevy Chase Links
President Taft and Gen Edwards lose again in a Chevy Chase foursome with Vice President Sherman and Senator Bourne of Oregon. Bourne wins 2 up as Taft shows solid driving and Sherman also silences critics in hot weather.
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Sherman
Bourne
Chevy Chase
Washington
Taft
Gen. Edwards
Julian Story and Mrs Bohlen Swirl Into London Wedding Talk
Philadelphia society circles buzz over rumored marriage of Elaine Bohlen and artist Julian Story after her divorce from D Murray Bohlen. Story, son of William Wentworth Story, studied at Eton Oxford and painted portraits including King Edward VII with studios in Philadelphia Paris and Italy.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Elaine Bohlen
Julian Story
London
Bohlen
Victor Sartori
Leghorn
Mr. Bohlen
Ingleside
Bethlehem Pike
Chestnut Hill
Gustave von Bohlen Und Halbach
Bertha Krupp
Trinity College
Schuylkill
Mme
Emma, Eames
Story
Frank Duveneck
Boulanger
Paris
Edward VII
Italy
Train Kills A Motorist In Camden Collision
Glenn H. Dobbs of Lincoln Avenue Collingwood New Jersey was killed when his automobile was struck by an express train on the West Jersey and Seashore at Ferry Avenue and City Line Camden. William Wyand of Collingswood escaped by jumping from the car moments before impact. The car owned by Samuel T. Miller had recently been in the shop for repairs. Dobbs a brick machine manufacturer and Wyand a machinist were in the vehicle when the collision occurred. Wyand said he saw the locomotive only after the car reached the tracks and yelled for Dobbs to jump before fleeing himself. The car was hurled 100 yards, then shattered.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Glenn H. Dobbs
Lincoln Avenue
Collingwood
N. J
West Jersey & Seashore Railroad
Ferry Avenue
City Line
Camden
William Wyand
Washington Avenue
Collingswood
Samuel T. Miller
Dobbs
Wyand
Fie
Two Girls Disappear From Manhattan Street
Augusta Peters aged 16 from 119 Manhattan Street has been missing since last Saturday. Her mother Mrs Josephine Peters fears she eloped with a Subway guard from the Lenox Avenue Branch. Nellie Jenks of 121 Manhattan Street also left home with her.
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Augusta Peters
Manhattan Street
Josephine Peters
Lenox Avenue
Subway
Nellie Jenks
Peterses
Augusta Petters
Miss
Chauffeur Scheers Sentenced to One Year Jail
Charles Scheers, a chauffeur, received one year in prison and a $50 fine after being found guilty of involuntary manslaughter for the June Old York Road crash that killed Patrick McLaughlin and injured another man. The sentence followed a Criminal Court verdict earlier this month.
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Norristown
Penn
Charles Scheers
Old York Road
Patrick McLaughlin
Scheers
Criminal Court
Heat Wave Kills Three and Sends Four to Hospitals
Three deaths linked to an intense heat wave as temperatures hit 90 degrees by 4 P M. Abrahams Solomons of 28 West 120th Street and Harding Johnson of 575 Dean Street Brooklyn died after heat related collapses. An unidentified laborer also died at Bellevue Hospital. The city faced exodus to cooler areas with relief expected later as showers move in.
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Weather Department
Abrahams Solomons
West 120Th Street
Harlem
Harding Johnson
Dean Street
Brooklyn
East Thirty-fourth Street
Madison
Park Avenues
Polyclinic Hospital
Johnson
Tompkins Square
Bellevue Hospital
S. Pacoula
Perpetual motion wheel attracts Brooklyn inventor
Frank McMahon of 780 De Kalb Avenue Brooklyn purports to have built a twelve spoke wheel with sliding weights and pistons that he says stays in motion once started. He plans to hire a mechanic to size a wheel capable of powering trolley cars and then form a stock company.
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Frank McMahon
de Kalb Avenue
Brooklyn
Mr. McMahon
Fireman's Wife Dies After Port Richmond Blaze
Port Richmond fireman John Bannane rushed to a fire at 878 Post Avenue and found his wife Edith burned on the stairs. She died at St Vincent's Hospital from severe burns sustained in the blaze sparked when a lamp ignited the carpet as the family slept upstairs.
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Edith Bannane
John Bannane
Port Richmond
Ss. I
Calhoun Trial Prepares For Defense Move
In San Francisco on June 21 Patrick Calhoun president of United Railways faces an indictment over allegedly offering a $4000 bribe to Supervisor John J. Furey for an overhead trolley franchise. Defense plans to demur arguing Judge Lawlor is unfit to preside and Francis J. Heney is disqualified as Acting Assistant District Attorney. Heney denies appointments and funds from Rudolph Spreckels, stating amounts were distributed to assistants.
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San Francisco
Patrick Calhoun
United Railways
John J. Furey
Langdon
United States
Heney
Althoug
Knox
Mr. Moore
Rudolph Spreckels
Spreckels
Railroads Lose Two-Cent Fare Law Hits Illinois
A Bulletin from the Bureau of Railway News and Statistics claims Illinois railroads lost 15.6 million dollars in the last fiscal year due to the two-cent fare law. It counters the Illinois Railway and Warehouse Commission which credited a 2 million dollar earnings rise to lower rates, attributing the gain to accounting changes.
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Chicago
Bureau of Railway News and Statistics
Illinois
Illinois Railway and Warehouse Commission
Mauretania Sets Record for Swift New York to London Crossing
Cunard liner Mauretania lands in Liverpool after five days eight hours from New York, cutting fifty minutes from the eastbound Atlantic record. The trip to Daunt's Rock took 4 days 17 hours 21 minutes, with average speed near 25.9 knots. London hotels overflow as travelers crowd top end of the season and managers scramble to house guests.
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NEW York Times
London
Cunard
Atlantic
Liverpool
New York
Mauretania
Daunt’s Rock
Sandy Hook
the Rock
Dondon
Kronprinzess
Cecilie
Creighton Webb
T. Sanford Beatty
Grosvenor
Victoria Railway Station
Ellis
Jacques Kramer
Carlton
Hyde Park
Claridge’s
Savoy
Prager
Napoleon
Mr. Prager
Winter Garden
Dogs Slaughtered by Health Officers in Coney Island
Four Brooklyn Board of Health policemen roamed Coney Island trenches yesterday shooting unmuzzled dogs. Twenty animals were killed provoking public anger as residents alleged dogs were driven from private properties. One man, Jerry Piscopo, was arrested for interfering when his hound was shot, and his dog taken to the station.
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Brooklyn Board of Health
Coney Island
Jerry Piscopo
Park Place
West Second Street
Coney Islanders
American held for fraud in Paris court
Christopher J. King American Consular Agent at Lille and two Paris bankers were charged with selling 800000 in Mexican mine shares by misrepresentation and fraud. King claimed irregularity voided the proceedings but the court rejected the argument and he said he would appeal.
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Paris
Christopher J. King
Lille
King
Lady Aberdeen Presses for Women Suffrage in Toronto
At a meeting tied to the International Council of Women in Toronto Lady Aberdeen declared her support for suffragists. She stated she had not spoken on women’s suffrage before due to her husband’s high public role, but was moved after hearing women from around the world address the gathering.
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Toronto
Ont
International Council of Women
Lady Aberdeen
Earl of Aberdeen
Ireland
Steel Manager Ends Life in Ohio Visit
Frank M. Campbell, manager of the Philadelphia branch of Jones & Laughlin Steel, shot himself in Van Wert Ohio while visiting with Mrs Campbell's father. He had represented the company in Pittsburg since 1903 and was ill six months. He left to rest with his wife and three children after telling local staff he was all right but tired. Campbell, born in Clinton Pennsylvania, was forty six.
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van Wert
Ohio
Frank M. Campbell
Philadelphia
Jones & Laughlin Steel Company
Pittsburg
Jones& Laughlin Steel Company
Mr. Campbell
Clinton
Penn
Cram Receives License To Marry Adopted Sister
In Pawtucket Rhode Island Ira Francis Cram 21 and Florence Woods Cram 22 obtained a license to wed. The ceremony is set for Wednesday evening at the Church of the Advent. Florence was legally adopted after her parents died when she was five. adoption required parental consent and a legal opinion confirming no obstacle to the marriage.
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New York Times
Pawtucket
R.J
Ira Francis Cram
Florence Woods Cram
Church of the Advent
Cram
Whale Battle Near Nantucket Shoals Reported Aboard Esparza
Passengers on the steamer Esparza report a sea battle south of Nantucket Shoals between a whale and a swordfish. The whale, the larger fighter, attacked the fish with its jaws and tail, but was ultimately vanquished and disappeared beneath the waves as the swordfish appeared to strike beneath the surface.
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Boston
Port Limon
Costa Rica
Nantucket South Shoals
Balloon stops ball game in Wrights Illinois flight
John Berry the Indianapolis balloon race winner and his companion Heimmn ascent in the Melba ended with a landing at Wrights Illinois after a dramatic flight. A change in wind pushed them toward electrically charged clouds and a baseball game was interrupted when the drag rope toppled a player as he prepared to catch. The crowd pursued the balloon and the aviators had to secure the rope and stay aloft.
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ST. Louis
John Berry
Indianapolis
Heimmn
Melba
Wrights, Ill
Beating Roosevelt Pace Mrs Wadsworth Rides 159 Miles
Rochester June 21 Mrs Herbert Wadsworth of Avon rode from 4 AM to 8 PM totaling 159 miles in sixteen hours with a relay of sixteen horses along the Roosevelts route. Dr Grayson joined ex President Roosevelt on part of the journey encircling Conesus Lake and returning to Ashantee Summer home.
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Rochester
N.Y
Roosevelt
Herbert Wadsworth
Avon
Washington
Roosevelts
Wadsworth
Dr. Grayson
Iron Company raises wages for all miners
Easton ind. report: Thomas Iron Company announces a 16 percent wage increase for all workers at its iron mines effective July 1. The raise restores the prior pay scale back to April 1 levels.
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Easton
Penn
Thomas Iron Company
Great Bear Spring Water Ad Claims Purity Fame
Advertisement copy proclaims Great Bear Spring Water as famous for its purity. The short claim emphasizes quality and brand recognition within a vintage ad style.
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Great Bear
Adv
Catch Chong Sing in Amsterdam New York
Dutch case advances in Elsie Sigel murder inquiry as Chong Sing, cousin of Leon Ling, is arrested in West Galway. He admits knowing the Sigels but denies involvement, while police pursue misidentified suspects and a possible Anglophone misdirection.
Chinaman Chong Sing Arrested in Elsie Sigel Murder Case
Amsterdam New York June 21 Detective Forbes leaves for New York with Chong Sing the Chinaman jailed at West Galway who claims to be Chong Sing but denies involvement in Elsie Sigel murder He knew Ling and Sigel but asserts no knowledge of the crime and says Ling was not his friend while Ling offers evasive statements and recognition of photos.
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Elsie Sigel
Leon Ling
Eighth Avenue
Chong Sing
Leon
West Galway
N. Y
Forbes
New York
Schenectady
Chu Hop
Dovers Street
Sigels
Ling
New York Times
Amsterdam
Chong Ling
Harvey Kennedy
Mr. Kennedy
Sing
Took
Sigel
Suspect Not Leon Ling in Elsie Sigel murder case
Chu Hop, pulled from under a bed at a Chinese chop suey restaurant in Schenectady, is not positively identified as Leon Ling though he resembles him. Detective Forbes did not stay to identify him, instead he went to Amsterdam to identify Chong, another missing Chinaman arrested at West Galway.
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New York Times
Schenectady
N. Y
Chu Hop
Rooney
van Deusen
Leon
Elsie Sigel
Leon Ling
Forbes
McCafferty
Amsterdam
Chong
West Galway
J. J. Evers
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Health Board
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