Taft Plans Tax on Roosevelt Lines to Curb Corporations
The draft amendment tax of 2 percent on net corporate earnings moves to Senate finance review. White House conference with Taft, Cannon, Payne, Knox, Wickersham, Root and others backed a strong yet privacy-preserving system. The plan envisions sworn, public corporate returns with confidential data safeguarded, aiming to enforce a structured government supervision.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
White House
Finance Committee
Cannon
Payne
House- Ways and Means Committee
Dwight
House
Knox
Wickersham
Root
Taft
Secretary of the Treasury
Bureau of Corporations
Horsford's Acid Phosphate for Headache and Sleep Help
Advertisement urges relief of headache and insomnia in heat and nervous digestion using Horsford's Acid Phosphate. It highlights summer ailments and promotes the remedy for quick comfort.
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Horsford
Seventeen Dead in Gas Explosion at Mine No 4
In Wehrum Pennsylvania the Lackawanna Coal and Coke Mine No 4 exploded after 7 am killing seventeen miners and injuring sixteen. Most dead were foreigners. twelve seriously injured were taken to Spangler Hospital. Rescue efforts recovered twelve bodies, with five more found later. Coroner to set investigation date.
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Wehrum
Penn
Lackawanna Coal and Coke Company
Spangler Hospital
A. M. Johnson
A. L. Johnson
Young Johnson
Hammers
Brandenburg Witness Kelley Dies After Heart Attack
Benjamin F. Kelley, 74, a handwriting expert for the Brandenburg defense, collapsed outside 1955 Broadway after leaving 203 Broadway. He had been reviewing signatures on the Cleveland article to refute DA experts. His death leaves the defense short of an expert before the Brandenburg trial resumes.
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Benjamin F. Kelley
Broadway
Broughton Brandenburg
Brandenburg
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
Kelley
Mr. Thomas
Mr. Kelley
Patrick
Molineux
Gordon Will
Bradley Will
Samuel Bell Thomas
David N. Carvalho
Thomas
White
West Sixty-eighth Street
Hughes
Fordham Hospital
Diver Impaled by Oarlock In Pelham Bay Accident
Jacob Wollf, 15, of the Bronx, rented a rowboat at Throge's Neck and attempted a dive. The boat overturned after he hit the iron oar lock, which pierced his body. Rescuers pulled him free and he was rushed to Fordham Hospital in critical condition.
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Jacob Wollf
East 168Th Street
Lohbauer
Throge’s Neck
Pelham Bay
James P. Frawley
Fairmount Avenue
Bronx
Peter Johnson
Lester Park
Williamsbridge
Life Saving Society
Wolff
Young Wollf
Dr. Case
Fordham Hospital
Wollf
Thirteenth Yates baby draws nationwide offers
In Trenton New Jersey Mr and Mrs Edward Yates receive requests to adopt their thirteenth child a girl born on the thirteenth of the month. Offers come from Yates families across the country including John T Yates of Omaha and Edward Yates of Pittsfield who proposed ten thousand dollars as a purchase. The parents plan to keep the child and decline all offers.
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New York Times
Trenton
N. J
Yates
United States
Edward Yates
Titus Avenue
Yateses
Lusitania to arrive at pier Friday morning delayed
Wireless report says the Lusitania from Liverpool was 800 miles east of Sandy Hook at 7 P M yesterday and due at her pier Friday morning if not delayed. The SS President Grant from Hamburg arrived on June 12.
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Wireless
Liverpool
Marconi Wireless
Sandy Hook
President Grant
Hamburg
Information Section in Telephone Directory Ad
Listing promotes the Information Section and Yellow Pages as constant, handy references in the Telephone Directory.
Lost and Found Bulletin notes NYT ads list
Weekly bulletin compiles every lost and found ad from The New York Times. Public display across 1500 locations in the city helps recover articles and notices for the p pt re covery of lost items posted at 1000 Bryant Adv.
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New York Times
P Pt
Bryant
Indictments for Sugar Trust to Be Found Friday
Federal grand jury in New York to return indictments against top Sugar Trust officials over absorption of the Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Company and plant closure. Prosecutions to follow regarding sugar weighing frauds at port and higher executives. penalties include fines up to 5000 dollars or up to one year in prison.
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New York Times
Washington
Sugar Trust
Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Company
Philadelphia
Federal Grand Jury
New York
Department of Justice
The
Wickersham
Department
Pennsylvania
Trust
Lawyer and Arbuckle Witness Grand Jury Probe Sugar Trust
John Sparhawk Jr a Philadelphia lawyer who advised Adolph Segal on the 1 250 000 loan to the American Sugar Refining Co testified before the U S Grand Jury. John Arbuckle the coffee man known for opposing the Sugar Trust also appeared as a witness as the panel widens its inquiry into the scheme and related litigation.
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John Sparhawk, Jr
Philadelphia
Adolph Segal
American Sugar Refining Company
Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Company
United States Grand Jury
John Arbuckle
Sugar Trust
Federal
Grand Jury
Fatted Calf Presentation for Lord Pell Called Off
New Rochelle cancels an annual garden party plan after 500 invitations. Lord Pell withdraws a proposed fatted calf and three peppercorns as rent from New Rochelle tenants. Mayor Raymond declines to attend citing legal precedents. Pell then withdraws the demand and the event is canceled.
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New York Times
New Rochelle
George H. Pell
Pelham
Pell
Bronx
Bronxville
Lord” Pell
George C. Raymond
Mayor Raymond
N. Y
George G. Raymond
Bronx Manor House
Seeing Newee Steam Yacht sails from West Mdnt
The Newee Steam Yacht departs West Mdnt at 2 30 P M for a three hour trip with a fare of 131 00 The advertisement promises an instructive and enjoyable voyage in a world class experience.
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Newee
West Mdnt
N. R
Newsdealer urged to place Sunday Times orders early
Advertises securing a copy of Sunday Times with features highlighted elsewhere, urging readers to order now through their newsdealer to ensure availability.
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Times
Americans Drowned in Lake Killarney in Gale
A large rowboat with five Americans four English tourists and four Irish boatmen was swamped on Killarney Lake. Two drowned. two boatmen saved. Victims include Mrs A A Hilton of Tacoma and Mr Loughead of Boston. Rescue efforts failed as night fell.
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Killarney
Ireland
Killarney Lake
A. A. Hilton
Tacoma
Washington
Loughead
Boston
M. H. Catum
Catum
Massachusetts
B. Barton
London
Florence Wilkinson
Brentwood
Essex
Don Tooney
Don Gleason
Great Southern Hotel
Mr. Barton
Mrs Hilton, Family Mourned After Lake Killarney Tragedy
Tacoma reports Mrs Hilton and her son drowned in Lake Killarney. She was married to A. A. Hilton, a prominent South Tacoma manufacturing firm general manager. Hilton learned of the accident just as he planned to sail for New York to join his wife and son bound for Liverpool on June 26.
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Boston
Killarney Lake
Robert C. Loughead
C. Butler & Company
Purchase Street
Loughead
Lougheads
Charlestown
British Isles
Charles W
Wesleyan Academy
Wilbraham
Sibyl
Girls’ Latin School
Charles Loughead
Somerville
Charles Butler
Tacoma
Bank Messenger Loses Wallet In Subway Pickpocketing
Howard Taylor a 19 year old National Bank of Commerce messenger reported a pocket theft after leaving Astor Trust Company with checks and 257 dollars 85 cents. He rode the Subway to downtown searched for the wallet but in a quiet car no one could aid.
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Howard Taylor
National Bank of Commerce
Nassau Street
Inspector McCafferty
Astor Trust Company
Fifth Avenue
Thirty-fifth Street
Thirty-third Street
Fourteenth Street
Taylor
Phelps Ordered Out of Waldorf Hotel in London
The Daily Express reports New York lawyer Myron H. Phelps, linked to the India House agitation against British rule, ordered to quit the Waldorf Hotel. An editorial hopes Lord Morley acts to halt his planned India tour. The paper also features a long attack on Phelps as a sedition preacher and a rebuttal letter from Fipion defending his anti British stance.
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London
The
Daily Express
Myron H. Phelps
New York
India House
India
Lord Morley
Phelps
the Express
Mr. Phelps
Fipion
Express Today
Information Section in New Telephone Directory
Public notice states general information is available from the Information Section of the new Telephone Directory, noting no Pages.
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New York City
New York Times Web Motion Addresses Advertising Misrepresentation
The article discusses a web motion related to adve advertisement misrepresentation and decoys being barred from The Times.
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New York Times
Artist William Birney Dies in Saratoga Auto Wreck
New York City artist William Verplanck Birney 51 died in a car crash at Saratoga County when his vehicle left the road while his wife rode beside him. Birney, famed for hunting scenes and sunlit paintings, had lived in New York since 1884 and earned medals at Buffalo 1901 and St. Louis 1904.
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Saratoga
N. Y
William Verplanck Birney
New York City
Birney
Cincinnati
William Birney
James Gillespie Birney
Free Soil
Munich
Cooper Institute
New York Water Color Club
Salmagundi Club
Artists’ Fund
Lotus Club
Sidney Curtis
Brookien
Enial
Carroll Beckwith
John W. Alexander
Messenier
Academy
Chicago Banks Combine to Form Large Dual Bank
The American Trust and Savings Bank and the Continental National Bank announce a consolidation keeping each name but uniting to form a bank with about 16.5 million dollars in capital and surplus. Continental increases capital to 9 million and deposits total around 102.6 million. George M. Reynolds and Edwin A. Potter will lead cross appointments as First Vice Presidents.
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Chicago
American Trust and Savings Bank
Continental National Bank
Continental
Continental National
George M. Reynolds
Edwin A. Potter
American Trust
Continental Bank
Court Orders Budd to Pay for Children's Support
William B Budd of Yonkers was ordered by Judge Beall to pay 30 dollars a month for his three children from July 15. When his estate income reaches 100 dollars a month he must contribute 50 dollars to his wife. Mrs Budd and her mother live at 1 Park Avenue. Budd allegedly has not aided his family for years. Statements from the United States Trust Company and the Lawyers Title and Guarantee Company of New York were presented regarding Budd's resources.
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William B. Budd
Beall
Yonkers
Margaret Budd
BE. H. Harriman
Helle
Budd
United States Trust Company
Lawyers Title and Guarantee Company of New York
Steamboat Service to Block Island Starts Soon
Montauk Steamboat Co Ltd announces schedule from New Pier 3 East River New York starting June 26. The Str Shinnecock leaves Saturdays for Block Island at 1 00 PM and operates Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5 30 PM. Advertising notes include Balii's Downtown restaurant at 14 18 Park Pl with grand music at noon and evening.
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Montauk Steamboat Co.,ltd
Shinnecock
E. R
N. Y
Block Island
Balii’s
Park Pl
Rumors of Greek Frontier Mobilization Declared Unreliable
The London Times dispatch from Constantinople says reports of military activity on both sides of the Greek frontier should be treated with caution. Ottoman mobilization rumors are stated as untrue, as were similar Thessaly reports.
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Frontier
NEW York Times
London
London Times
Constantinople
Thessaly
Austrian Attache Injured in Trolley Car Accident
Count Alexander Terek, Austrian Embassy attaché in Washington, was fatally injured after a fall from a moving trolley car while boarding on the wrong side and then being struck by a trolley pole. Baron Ambrozy, embassy chargé d affaires, conveyed that Terek asked news be kept from his mother in Europe as hospital treatment followed.
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Washington
Alexander Térék
Bachelors’ Club
Baron Ambrozy
Count Térék
Europe
Earthquakes Rattle Northern California and Reno
A strong quake struck Grass Valley at 11:25 PM and a lighter shock followed at 11:49 PM. Reports also touched Marysville Nevada City Chico and Colfax with no damage reported. Reno recorded a heavy tremor at 11:26 PM with no damage.
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Grass Valley
Cal
Marysville
Nevada City
Chico
Colfax
Reno
Nev
Armed men hijack flood gates near Pikes Peak
Six armed men believed from Victor Colorado hijacked a water system site in Colorado Springs, seized caretaker Arthur, opened the flood gates on Pikes Peak, releasing 174000000 gallons into the Victor Reservoir. Arthur was held briefly then phoned for help as a ten man sheriff's posse headed to the scene amid regional water disputes between Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek.
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Colorado Springs
Col
Victor
Arthur
Pikes Peak
Cripple Creek
Richardson Sentenced in Conspiracy Case
Charles R. Richardson a broker convicted of conspiracy in the Tube City Railroad bribery attempt was sentenced in Pittsburg to one year and three months in the Western Penitentiary and fined 500 dollars. The case connections include Charles S. Cameron as President and W. A. Martin as the bribery target.
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Pittsburg
Penn
Charles R. Richardson
Charles S. Cameron
Tube City Railroad
W. A. Martin
Richardson
Western Penitentiary
Gift of Auto Displeases Pope in Vatican Gardens
Rome dispatch says a wealthy American forced a car on the Pope, who preferred walking. The auto was secretly delivered and stored in a Vatican stable, with no use anticipated by the Pontiff. The giver’s name is withheld as the act is seen as personal advertisement.
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New York Times
Chicago
Daily News
Rome
Vatican
Merry del Val
Missing Pittsburg clerk inherits $22,000 legacy
Miss Margaret Jane Conrad, formerly a Pittsburg grocer’s clerk, is sought after a $22,000 bequest from Mrs. Anna Adams of Jersey City. A Jersey City contact asks her be found promptly. she left work in 1901 and has not been heard from since. Police and officials circulate notices but no further details are confirmed.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Margaret Jane Conrad
Anna Adams
Jersey City
William A. Magee
R. A. Allison
Miss Conrad
H. A. Charters
Magee
Classified Notice Offer for Mail Subscriptions
Daily and Sunday editions mailed nationwide at 75c per month. Daily Edition 50c per month. Remit by money order, check, or registered letter. Orders may be left at Publication with newsdealer or through telephony 1000 Bryant.
Chong Admits Lying in Sigel Murder Confession
Chong Sing, roommate of Leon Ling, admitted under heavy police pressure that he knew Elsie Sigel was dead when entering Ling’s room on the day of the murder. He had previously claimed to see a handkerchief stuffed in the victim’s mouth through a keyhole. Investigators dispute his accounts as they seek a full confession and trace Ling’s flight after the crime.
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Chong Ling
Leon Ling
Eighth Avenue
Elsie Sigel
Ling
Ward
Arthur Carey
Chong
Leon
Washington
McCafferty
Detective Bureau
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Chong Sing
Carey
Leon Sing
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United Democratic
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SUGAR
MR. Pell
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Hotel Oosts
NEW Yorker
Ternity
Carroll Beck
J. W. Alexander
Chicago Banks Combine
E. H. Harriman
Torek
California
Nevada
Victor Reservoir
C. R. Richardson
Broker
Pope
Sigel
Chu Gain
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