President Eyes Tax on Corporate Net Earnings for Revenue
The article reports President and Republican leaders aiming to frame a tax on corporate net earnings to fund government, with a proposed range of 20 to 30 million dollars and a 3 percent rate used as a convenience. It notes concerns for small corporations and predicts Congress may defer action and that the measure hinges on future revenue estimates and legal drafting by the President and Attorney General Wickersham.
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Senate
Taft Corporation
Sime
Ft {S
Aldrich
Wickersham
Committee On
Linence
Taft dictating tax message late at White House
President Taft worked late into the night at the White House dictating his special message to Congress on the corporation and income tax. Assistant Secretary Mischief supervised the drafting while Secretary Carpenter coordinated the staff to check overtime and prepare the document for submission tomorrow.
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Washington
Taft
Congress
Mischief
White House
Carpenter
Tariff Debates See House Leaders Confident on Passage
Washington dispatch notes Speaker Cannon and Ways and Means leaders poised to push the tariff bill through despite intraparty doubts. The Payne bill faces revisions, with Aldrich backing a Senate compromise. House support hinges on no further increases unless clearly justified, while dividends tax may gain support if Senate adopts it.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Cannon
Uncle Joe
Ware and Means Committee
Weil
House
Aldrich
Senate
Payne
Finance Committee
Ways and Means
Wisconsin
Exile for Forty Years Returns to New York Bay
Cheries Fenley, a Brazilian planter born in Chipley Florida, returns to New York after forty years away aboard the Titian with his wife and five children. He plans to visit Chipley before returning to his Sao Paulo home. He registered at Santos under the naturalization law, and his family gained US citizenship at the port of New York.
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Lampert
Holt
Titian
Lower Manhattan
Brazil
New York
Cheries Fenley
Sao Paulo
Chipley
Mia
South America
Santos
Hne
Leona Pyles
Até Maria Mello
Wil
Fla
Fenley
Mr. Fenler
Lizzie Withus
Mr. Fenney
Conru
United Statts
Plea for Philippines Made by Senators Depew and Root
In a Senate session on the tariff bill, New York Senators Depew and Root urged U S responsibility toward the Philippines. Root argued for guardianship and eventual self-government for the islands, while Depew endorsed limited free cigars with adjustments. The debate touched on independence prospects and the United States role as protector and partner in the Philippines.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Senate
New York
Depew
Finance Committee
Root
United States
Philippines
Newlands
la Follette
Islands
Aldrich
Bulkeley
Ann.oon
Burkett
Bulkeler
LSAA_OAS
Connecticut
Bacon
Curtis
Georgia
Penrose
Kansas
Clark
Wyoming
North America
Wroming
Mr. Reot
Philippine Islands
Wood pulp duty debated by Senate Finance panel
Washington June 15 Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee discussed wood pulp and print paper duties. The panel signaled a likely rate near Staton level with a one twelfth of a cent per pound pulp duty for countries with countervailing duties on US exports to them. No final vote or action was taken as opinions remain divided and individual members may oppose any committee proposal.
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Senate
Owen
Republican Party
Finance Committee
Oklahoma
Aldrich
Cummins
Messon
Root
McCumber
Scott
West Virginia
Washington
Senate Committee On Finance
Staton
United States
Nanticoke Detained Over Venezuelan Filibuster Suspected
Washington reports detained steamer Nanticoke by revenue cutter Pamlico for alleged neutrality law violations. Captain Maher inspected Nanticoke at Franklin Virginia finding coal steel plates boiler tubes and ship chandlery. Destination listed as Maracaibo Venezuela with commercial purpose only per NY agents and Venezuelan merchant T Arriens, amid claims of restored confidence under President Gomez.
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Washington
Revenue Cutter Service
Pamlico
Nanticoke
Assiegej
Maher
Treasury Department
Chowan
Blackwater
Franklin
Repir
Norfolk
Diepatch
New York
Maracaibo
Venezuela
Ira M. Levy
Kater & Co
Floyd Hughes
Terry
T. Arriens
Gomez
Philippine Mutiny At Davao Sends Mutineers, Wounds Reported
Washington reports on the June 6 mutiny of the Philippine Constabulary at Davao. One sergeant and twenty-two privates mutinied while sixteen privates stayed loyal. Five Americans were wounded, including Captain Allen Walker, governor of Davao Province, with all expected to recover. General Bandholtz is on the scene.
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Washington
Philippine Constabulary
Davao
Philippine Islands
Manila
Forbes
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Allen Walker
Philippine Scouts
Forbes State
Bandholtz
No Alarm Over Hawaii Conflicts Rise Of Labor Strife
Washington reports no Japanese representations to the State Department about the Honolulu plantation laborers strike indictments. Representative Murdock argues Hawaii’s sugar interests dominate and mistreat labor, predicting an eventual uprising and a formal U.S. inquiry into labor conditions. Tokyo and Washington exchange limited notices on a raid that affected a Japanese editor, with no department reports yet filed.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
State Department
Honolulu
Department
Takahira
Capitol
Victor Murdock
Kansas
Hawaii
M. Nogero
Jiji
Tokio
Interior Department
Islands
Japanese Editors Released on Bail in Hawaii Strike Case
Four editors of a Japanese newspaper and several others detained after indictments tied to a sugar plantation labor strike were released on bail. Preliminary hearings set for June 18. Strikers’ delegates held talks, but no plans were disclosed as tensions remain high among Hawaii’s Japanese community.
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Honolulu
Leupp Resigns as Indian Affairs Commissioner
President Taft accepted the resignation of Francis E. Leupp as Commissioner of Indian Affairs and named Robert G. Valentine to succeed him. Valentine, assistant commissioner, will take the post. Leupp retires for health reasons. Valentine is appointed from Holliston, Massachusetts.
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Washington
Francis E. Leupp
Taft
Robert G. Valentine
Leupp
Valentine
Senate
Holliston
Mass
Navy Yard Restaurant Grows Amid Dining Demand
Patronage at the navy yard Brooklyn restaurant rose nearly nine percent from Monday to yesterday. The National Civic Federation plans to expand equipment due to business growth. A new steam table outfit was ordered and will be installed by week’s end. Local tension rose as Downtown Taxpayers Association attacked Miss Anne Morgan’s restaurant, citing potential neighborhood harm and threatening Navy Secretary action if the report from September 12 finds injury. A long-time ward clerk noted cheaper meals and no nearby competition harmed.
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Navy Yard
Brooklyn
National Civic Federation
Taxpayers’ Association
Anne Morgan
Secretary of the Navy
Nashawena Mill Project to Rise in New Bedford
The Nashawena mill, the latest cotton mill planned for New Bedford, will be built opposite the Nonquitt mill and become the largest among recent promotions. Organizer William Whitman of Brookline, who already controls the Manomet and Nonquitt mills, reports a capital of several million and a plant featuring 125000 spindles and 35 looms. The mill’s building will measure 8? feet long and 15 feet wide, with a projected cost of 2,500,000.
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Tribune
New Bedford
Mass
William Whitman
Brookline
Hat
Nashawena
East Indians After Stolen Pearl Mystery In New York Pawnshop
A pawnbroker in New York reports a claim by an Indian prince to recover a sacred pearl stolen from Maharajah Ali Pati. An English buyer purchased a ticket and jewellry linked to the pearl, with letters and threats in a Black Hand note. The tale traces the gem through several hands and ships, ending near a city suburb.
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Hfe
Morris A. Foreotston
Broadway
Maharajah Ali Pati
Forgotston
Forgotson
Forgotten
Prince
Yesterny Forgotston
India
Lahore
Duc d’Aumale
du Verney
Leopold
Belgium
Marie Dale
Hirade Fights Deportation Over Immigration Charges
Vancouver June 14 K Hirade a Japanese banker of Beattie charged with importing Japanese women has asked to be allowed to re enter the United States and will fight deportation to Japan Canadian officers have forwarded to Ottawa a synopsis of evidence similar to that before American officers consisting of affidavits
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Vancouver
K. Hirade
Beattie
United States
Japan
Ottawa
Masquerading Negro Held as Slayer
Walter Owens a man described as a negro was arrested in lower Broadway for wearing female clothing. He confessed to police that he killed a trolley car conductor in Woodbury New Jersey on Friday and said he lived in Philadelphia. He used the disguise to escape and was held for further examination in the Tombs court yesterday.
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Walter Owens
Lower Broadway
Tombs Court
Woodbury
N. J
Philadelphia
Strawboard receivership ends in Cincinnati court
Judge Thompson discharged the receivers of the American Strawboard Company and terminated the receivership proceedings in Cincinnati today, marking the end of the case.
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Cincinnati
Thompson
American Strawboard Company
Inheritance Tax Set For Morris Estate Largest In Illinois
Chicago June 15 An inheritance tax of 183.84 dollars the largest in Illinois history will be imposed on the Nelson Morris estate. The county court order follows a appraisers' report placing the estate value at 16,708,427 dollars, reflecting the pioneer meat packer’s holdings.
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Chicago
Nelson Morris
President Nominates Officials for Annapolia and Army Chaplain
Washington June 15 The President nominated Lawrence Bailliere for Collector of Customs for the District of Annapolia and the Rev Marinius Martin Londahl of Minnesota to be army chaplain with the rank of first lieutenant.
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Washington
Lawrence Bailliere
District of
Annapolia
Marinius Martin Londahl
Minnesota
Governor Hughes Nominates NY Agricultural Station Trustees
Albany June 15 Governor Hughes announced appointments of trustees to the New York Agricultural Experiment Station. Reappointments include Thomas B. Wilson Hall's Corners Lyman F Haviland Camden Irving Rouse Rochester Edgar G Dusenbury Portville Futhy Miller Wading River to fill vacancies from the death of Willis G Johnson Lewis A Morrell Kinderhook to succeed Stephen H Hammond resigned.
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Albany
Hughes
New York Agricultural Experiment Station
Thomas B. Wilson
Hail's Corners
Lyman F. Haviland
Camden
Irving Rouse
Rochester
Edgar G. Dusenbury
Portville
Futhy
Miller
Wading River
Willis G. Johnson
Lewis A. Morrell
Kinderhook
Stephen H. Hammond
Batony Suit Set For Monday In Supreme Court
The divorce suit of Frances Burke Roche Batonyi against Aurel Batonyi and his cross petition for separation were on the calendar in Tris] Term Part II. By consent of counsel, both cases were set for Monday.
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Frances Burke-Roche Batonyi
Frank Work
Aurel Batonyi
Supreme Court
New Deputy Attorney General Appointed in Albany
Albany June 15 Attorney General O Malley announces Charles G Baldwin of Syracuse will serve as deputy attorney general at a salary of 4000 a year, expanding the state legal staff.
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Albany
O'Malley
Charles G. Baldwin
Syracuse
State Wins Important Case over Waters in Seneca Lake
Albany June 5 The state, aided by the Attorney General, won a Court of Appeals decision on lands under water in Seneca Lake. Geneva seeks the land for a city park. Full effect awaits the opinion, but the ruling could save the state thousands by avoiding payment for upland lands taken for the barge canal along the Oswego River.
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Albany
Court of Appeals
Seneca Lake
Geneva
Afttorner General
Oswego River
Holmes Conrad Awarded $60 453 Fee in US Supreme Court Case
Washington June 14 One of the largest fees granted to an attorney in the local bar history was awarded today by the Probate Court to Holmes Conrad former Solicitor General for services in obtaining a judgment in the Supreme Court allowing the heirs of Joseph Parrish to recover 181 254 for a fee furnished to the Union army during the Civil War. Because of this and other attorneys fees and costs the two heirs received only 19.94 of the judgment.
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Washington
Holmes Conrad
Soelettor General of the United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Joseph Parrish
STATE G. A. R. 4N CONVENTION OPENS AT BINGHAMTON
The Grand Army of the Republic state encampment opened in Binghamton New York with Major Clarence M Slausen giving the welcome to about two thousand attendees at the Binghamton State Armory Delegates from the Woman's Relief Corps and Daughters of Veterans plus many local veterans and families attended Ogdensburg's FY Daniels spoke as did Lewis Troy past senior vice commander in chief and Atlantic City adjutant general O C Me Corporal Tanner of Washington The first business session is set for tomorrow morning at the State Armory
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Binghamton
N. Y
Grand Arm of the Republic
Clarence M. Slausen
Binghamton State Armory
Grand Army of the Republic Woman's Relief Corps
FY Daniels
Ogdensburg
Lewis Troy
Oo. Cme
Atlantic City
Corporal Tanner
Washington
State Armory
Missing Beatrice Marks Believed Married Says Mother
Mrs Tillie Marks of 348 Fast 1474 st reports her 18 year old daughter Beatrice Marks has been gone since Saturday A letter postmarked Chicago and showing a Congress Hotel image claims she is married and happy The mother appeals via papers asking Beatrice to return and says they will accept her if she is married A woman claiming to be from Baltimore Miss May Miller of New Columbia street to Boston approached the home seeking missing girls.
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Reet
Tillie Marks
Beatrice Marks
Chiesa
Congress Hotel
Tio
Baltimore
May Miller
New Columbia
Boston
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R. G. Valentine
New Bedford Mill
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