President backs corporate net profits tax urge reform
The President favors a tax on net profits of corporations aiming to federal supervision of corporate books. In Congress the plan splits leaders and income tax advocates, with Finance Committee likely to report the President’s amendment and dividend taxation abandoned pending debate.
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Senate
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Supreme Court
Finance Committee
President Reyes Plans Restful U S Visit Incognito
President Reyes of Colomma is en route to the United States and expected to land in New York around June 18. He seeks rest after election results and will stay several days before sailing for Europe, possibly traveling incognito with Dr Jorge Holguin acting in his absence.
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Washington
Reyes
Colom Ma
United States
New York
Europe
Jorge Holguin
Novel lighting system to guide Joan of Arc stage crew
Berton June 12 A new method uses colored electric lights to cue actors and manage supernumeraries for Joan of Arc at Harvery Stadium. The stage manager controls all calls and announcements via a colored light switchboard with four colors and multiple combinations.
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Berton
Harvery Stadium
Panager
Calico gowns chosen by three graduates at annual ceremony
Coldwater graduates buck fashion costs as three women Bertha, Ruby, and Star Reed lead a calico clad trio on stage at the forty second commencement. Businessmen offered prizes for plain dress to cut gowns’ expense while sisters wore silks and lawn in the audience.
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Coldwater
Cheok
Plain Alice
Thirry-Tve
Wers
Earths
Barneston
Ruby Burne
Star Reed
Wireless rescue saves Slavonia crew and passengers
Wireless distress calls from the Cunard steamer Slavonia led to rapid aid from the Prinzess Irene, which crossed 180 miles at 15 knots to reach the stricken ship two miles southwest of Flores Island. All on board were saved, with transfers to the Prinzess Irene and Batavia completed without incident.
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Azores
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Flores
New Yorkers on Slavonia Involves Noted Passengers Abroad
Socials of the Cunard Line say the Slavonia was nearly chartered to Cook Brownell tourist agents for the South and carried mainly non city travelers. Among passengers were Mrs S H Mildenberg and her son Albert and daughter Josephine heading to Vienna where Albert’s opera was accepted. Other names include Vincent Meehan and seventeen passengers landed at Gibraltar from the Prinzess Irene with travelers from Trenton Philadelphia Detroit Cincinnati and more.
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Slavonia
Cook & Brownell
S. H. Mildenberg
West 71Th Street
New York
Albert
Josephine
Vienna
Albert Mildenberg
Italy
Germany
Austria
Vincent P. Meehan
Mildenbergs
Lloyd Line
Hoboken
Gibraltar
A. Chambers
Chambers
Trenton
N. J
Ada A
Mary K. Christian
Philadelphia
R. A. Donald
Donald
Toronto
A. L. Hart
Hart
Detroit
Kathryne Hoff
Funchal Near the Wreck Slavia Dispatch
London June 12 a Punta Delgada dispatch says the Portuguese mail steamer Funchal is standing by the wrecked Slavonia awaiting salvage and assistance tools and crew to recover the ship and cargo as emergency operations continue.
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London
Punta Delegado
Funchal
Slavonia
Fireboat rescues fifty after Shearwater capsizes on Delaware
On a class reunion outing the small steamboat Shearwater hit a cargo shift and sank in the Delaware River near Arch Street. The Philadelphia fireboat Ashbridge rescued all nearly fifty passengers without injury. Two carboys of acid spilled in the engine room forcing the engineer to quit. The vessel later sank off Chestnut Street after drifting downstream. The Shearwater, about one hundred feet long, was formerly used by the Pennsylvania Naval Reserves.
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Shearwater
Delaware River
Ashbridge
Arch Street
Jersey Points
Chestnut Street
Pennsylvania
Battleship Plans Approved By Navy Board
Washington reports plans for the Arkansas and the Wyoming were tactically approved by the naval board. Bids for construction are to be invited, with Secretary Meyer and Assistant Secretary Winthrop present. Ships of 20 000 tons or more in the latest battleship class are planned.
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Arkansas
Wyoming
Total Board of the Navy
Meyer
Winthrop
Hope for Sunken Russian Submarine Crew After Ram Collision
Sevastopol reports slight hope remains for the twenty crewmen of the Kambala after a collision with the Rostislav near Inkerman Light. Divers and salvage teams work at twenty eight fathoms depth to raise the submarine as Admiral Bostrom leads the rescue effort amid official inquiries and imperial condolences.
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Kambala
Rostislav
Black Sea
Bostrom
Bielikoff
Aquilonoff
Rbielikoff
St. Petersburg
Inkerman Light
Nicholas
Kembala
Pamteleiman
Emperor Nicholas
Finnish Gulf
M. Khomyakoff
Douma
Trans actions tied to fictitious names in broker firm
Providence June 12 John A Tillinghast assignee of the liquidated Lewis H Tappan company alleges that trans actions were carried on under fictitious names in the firm books. The failure may total under 590000 dollars while the absence of bookkeeper Frank Johnson since the assignment remains unexplained.
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Providence
Lewis H. Tappan Company
John A. Tillinghast
Tillinghast
Frank Johnson
Opals Held Up By Customs Over Valuation
A consignment of opals from Sydney to S. R. Finney in New York was held at the San Francisco post office for undervaluation. Deputy Collector Wilcox valued the stones at over 10,000. The opals were not confiscated and will be sent back to Sydney.
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San Francisco
Sydney
Australia
S. R. Finney
Rector Street
New York
Wilcox
Messenger boards ship and hurls itself to pier escape
A District Messenger boy on the Red Star Hner Kroomland ran along the lower deck, slid down a rope to the pier, and sprang aboard the crowd with a telegram before vanishing. The scene ends with an abrupt dash into the crowd amid a murky shipboard blackout and a shop notice for Pain's Fireworks.
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Hner Kroomland
Kreonland
Yale crews rescue capsized canoeists off New London coast
Yale oarsmen from second varsity four and first varsity and freshman fours saved a man and woman after their canoe capsized near the navy yard. Coxswains J D Cass, J A Copp, and William Bayne led the perilous rescue in two boats, pulling the couple to safety and guiding them ashore with physicians summoned. The rescued pair were Lieutenant and Mrs Cyrus B Fengar of New London.
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Copp
Varsity
Lillian
Waldine
J. D. Cass
New York City
J. A. Copp
Chicago Heights
William Bayne
South Orange
N. J
Cyrus B. Fengar
Post Hil
Raid on East 28th Street Poolroom Nets Forty-Three Prisoners
Inspector McClusky Captain O'Brien and detectives raided a sixth floor poolroom in a nine story loft on East 28th Street. Forty-three prisoners were taken to West 30th Street station after breaking in and cutting off exits. Telegraph wires racing charts and telephones were seized. Edwards Kenny and Juge faced charges while others were discharged.
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O'Brien
East 28Th Street
West Sith Street
Devany
Conklin Haas
Conklin
West 30Th Street
George Edwards
West 108d Street
James Kenny
West 133d Street
Edwards
Kenny
Harry Juge
162D Street
Broadway
Steer Breaks Loose On West Side
A Texas steer escaped from Stern Brothers stockyards at 40th street and the North River yesterday. It ran through side streets and Tenth avenue until trapped at 47th street by amateur cowboys with a rope. Patrolmen Backus and Lyon chased it, causing business to halt as residents watched. The steer ducked into Demorest & Eckerson’s passage near an elevator shaft. elevator man James Meehan climbed to the fifth floor to dodge the animal.
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New York investors charge mining broker with fraud
Lionel R. Hare, mining broker and former Kangarooh Alaska Mining Co manager, is jailed in Los Angeles charged with defrauding eight New York investors of 50 000. Bail set at 30 000. Complainants include John D. Barrett William R. Coe Herbert Appleton and others, with six directors from Johnson & Higgins named.
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Lionel R. Hare
Kangarooh Alaska Mining Company
New York
John D. Barrett
William R. Coe
Herbert Appleton
William Brockie
Douglas F. Cox
James B. Dickson
William H. Davidge
John A. Hopkins
Mr. Coe
Los Angeles Dispatch
William R Coe
Johnson & Higgins
Wall Street
Hopkins
Hare
Coe
Mai H. Rogers
H. H. Rogers
Calumet
Yacht Clubs
Automobile Club of America
Wild shot hits boat during fort practice at Fort Williams
A wild shot from a fort gun at Fort Williams struck the United States quartermaster steamer Alfred W. Drew during sub calibre practice. The projectile pierced the hull and a boiler plate but did not rupture tubes. No deaths occurred though officers crew artillerymen and observers were aboard.
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Fort Williams
United States Quartermaster
Alfred W. Drew
Fort
Thief Sent Up for Life Over $17 Chicken Theft
Charles H. Chaffee faced a life sentence for burglary after being convicted four times. He claimed the punishment was unfair and tried to shift blame to his wife who sat beside him during the trial for stealing chickens from Fred Hall's Camillus coop.
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Charles H. Chaffee
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Chaffee
Fred Hall
Camillus
Auto Kills Brooklyn Girl In Tag Game
Five children were playing tag when a car owned by Randolph Jacobs struck Elizabeth Carey near her home at 79 Wyckoff street Brooklyn. The car carried Jacobs Edward Levy Paul Carney and the driver. Elizabeth died at Long Island College Hospital. Carney was arrested on homicide charges and the chauffeur to be arraigned.
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Riverside Drive
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Wyckoff Street
Brooklyn
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East 60Th Street
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Warren Street
Carney
Jacobs
Long Island College Hospital
Butler Street Court
Japanese Indicted in Honolulu Strikes Leaders Face Charges
Seventeen Japanese leaders in the Honolulu labor strike were indicted for conspiring to incite disorder as about eight thousand workers are out. Police seized correspondence urging violence and “blood to the Rising Sun” if wage demands fail. Bonds were posted and seventeen men released after initial arrests.
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Honolulu
Hawaiian Islands
Higher Wage Association
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O Malley Says Loan Includes Discount in Banking Law
Attorney General O Malley rules that the term loan includes discount under the banking law and clarifies that discounts are excluded where not intended. He also advises that a savings bank may accept a second mortgage on real property if the only other encumbrance is a first mortgage held by the same bank.
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Albany
Clark Williams
Williams
Downing Defends Creator Phrase At Engineers Meet
William Downs of New York denounces the clause blaming the Creator for death in resolutions on deceased members. A show of hands to amend the phrase fails, with only Downs in favor. The New York State Association of Stationary Engineers elects officers G. H. Wood president, C. Schubacker vice president, E. E Pruyn secretary, and Winfield Graham treasurer.
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William Downs
New York
New York State Association of Stationary Engineers
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Association
G. H. Wood
Rochester
C. Schubacker
E. E Pruyn
Winfield Graham
Buffalo
Seamen Desert Gallia Before Sailing
The Fabre Line steamer Gallia could not sail from Marseilles for New York as crew members deserted while she weighed anchor in June.
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Fabre Line
Gallia
New York
Women in Fur and Jewelry Seized at Hoboken Pier
At Hoboken Pier the steamer Amerika arrived and three women from Milwaukee with two daughters carried furs and jewelry valued around 3000 dollars. Customs inspectors, suspecting evasion, seized the furs and trunks after a search. The group claimed no duty, but authorities found unreported items and prepared to assess duties. The women denied wrongdoing and later visited the Waldorf Astoria. Mrs Lonstorf and relatives face possible duty payment and further examination.
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