Tafts Message On Corporation Tax Urges Constitutional Amendment
President Taft urges Congress to propose a constitutional amendment to grant the federal government power to levy an income tax without apportionment among states. He also endorses a 2 percent excise tax on net income of corporations and stock companies for profit, excluding certain financial institutions, projecting at least 25 million dollars yearly.
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Early to go to New York under health conditions
John R. Early, held in quarantine as a leper by District of Columbia health authorities, may travel to New York if two conditions are met. He must submit to cultures taken for examination by Surgeon General Wyman and Dr. William H. Welch, and New York health officials must grant entry to the Skin and Cancer Hospital in New York.
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Metz Hissed As He Defends Brooklyn Subway Stand
Controller Metz faced boos when questioned about opposing the Fourth Avenue subway. He reiterated support for Lafayette Avenue and Fourth Avenue survivars and promised contracts after property settlement. He cited Interborough spending of about 37 million dollars on Brooklyn extension and Manhattan subway work to strengthen city transportation.
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John Paul Jones Log Found in Historic Relic
A Ranger log, likely partly in John Paul Jones’s own hand, was found among relics of Erastus Perry Jewel in Laconia New Hampshire. It documents Jones early privateering and northern Atlantic cruises before his French voyage. Ex Senator Chandler aims to place the log in Navy Department archives. Lieutenant Elijah Hall of the Ranger provides a vivid account of the ship.
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Drowning Hero Dickstein Saves Boy From East River
Abraham Dickstein, sixteen, of 261 Madison Street, saved nine year old Nathan Baker from drowning in the East River near 261 South Street after Baker slipped from a pier. Dickstein, who has rescued others before, swam out and brought Baker to shore with help from Patrolman MecGary. Baker was taken to a hospital.
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Robbers Loot Abbott Stock Farm Of John J. Scannell
Burglars visited the Abbott stock farm two miles north of Fishkill Landing New York and took about $1,0000 worth of goods owned by John J. Scannell. Missing items include a $1,900 sealskin coat and an otterskin robe valued at $9. Also stolen were vases worth $800 and a revolver engraved with his name. The goods were to be shipped to Riverside Drive New York. Local police are investigating.
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Arrested for Begging in Philadelphia with Large Cash
Philadelphia June 16 Bernard Moser arrested for begging after eviction for nonpayment of rent. A search found $5490 in cash and bank books showing deposits of $14,335.83 hidden in his tatters. Police say he was long believed to be in need, and he was committed to Philadelphia Hospital to pay board.
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Bernard Moser
United States seeks share in Chinese loan and rail projects
Secretary Knox outlines a policy to promote American business by expanding foreign trade, aiming to secure a quarter of a 27.5 million loan for the Hankow and Sze-Chuen Railway. The State Department will help US bankers and engineers gain a fair share of contracts and machinery, with a push to establish banks in South America as part of this commercial drive.
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Bankers seek settlement over Hankow and Sze-Chuen loan
In Peking on June 16 bankers from the United States and Britain discuss the stalemate over the $27,500,000 Hankow and Sze-Chuen railroad loan. American Chargé Fletcher and British Minister Sir John Jordan confer, seeking an amicable settlement while governments protect the loan’s final terms. Berlin notes the American protest against China approving the loan with German, British, and French bankers without American participation.
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Aged actress seeks freedom from jail in Michigan
Lansing June 16 Mrs Marian Strickland seventy once a noted New York actress has filed for a writ of habeas corpus to win release from jail. She was confined on allegations by her brothers that she is insane. Strickland visited her brothers John and William Scarlett here weeks ago and is reported to own property valued at 12000 dollars.
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Namur Church Fire Destroys Rubens Painting
June 16 Namur Belgium fire damaged the historic church housing a valuable Rubens painting. The blaze caused extensive damage to the structure and the artwork was reported severely affected by the flames. Local authorities investigated the incident and secured the scene.
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Clarets and Burgundy Dewey Ad
An advertisement touts Clarets and Burgundy as a meal that enriches the blood, promoted in conjunction with H. T. Dewey & Sons Co. of 138 Fulton Street, New York.
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Wall Street Reform Hughes Committee Sues Report
The nine member Hughes committee submitted a detailed report to Governor Hughes on Wall Street methods. It analyzes speculation theory and stock exchange mechanics in New York, proposing measures to curb gambling-style speculation, improve transparency, tighten margins, and curb corners. It endorses continued exchange operation with reforms and calls for stronger enforcement and reporting rules.
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Shocks Hit French Ports As Water Dips In Marseilles Harbor
Reports from Paris say light earthquakes struck Toulon and Marseilles today. In Marseilles the harbor water fell two feet and took hours to rise back to normal levels.
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Taylor Again Champion at Versailles Golf Title Match
In Versailles on June 16, J. H. Taylor of England, the British Open champion, defeated James Braid by 1 up to win the French championship. Tom Vardon, also English, finished third in the French golf championship.
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Big Colleges Worst
Oxford Ohio June 16 Chancellor MacCracken of New York University spoke at Miami University's centennial and commencement. He warned that many colleges suffer from disease and corruption, criticizing Harvard and Eliot while praising essential liberal education and calling for reform of higher education amid fashion and public criticism.
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New York City
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Harvard
Osiris Prize Divided Between Bleriot And Voisin
The French Institute splits the Osiris prize of 20000 dollars between aeronaut M. Bleriot and aeroplane maker Gabriel Voisin for aviation progress. Philanthropist Daniel Osiris provided a fund yielding about 1.30 dollars annually for a triennial prize open to all nations. Osiris died in 1907.
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Hook Worm Cost Looms Large in South
Dr. C W Stiles of the United States Marine Hospital Service told North Carolina physicians that two millionSoutherners, mainly poor whites, suffer hook worm disease causing laziness and anemia and resulting in a $100,000,000 yearly labor loss. He noted the parasite spreads by Negroes but they are immune and that rural districts show infection rates up to per cent due to unsanitary living.
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Robbers torture aged couple on isolated Bradford farm
Aged Mr and Mrs Monroe Potter were bound and tortured by three masked robbers who entered at 2 am near Braddock. They used heated matches on their feet to force disclosure of hidden money before fleeing toward the New York State line. The Potters could not estimate the total taken.
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Rockefeller Field Gift Sought by Nebraska for Park
The Nebraska athletic board seeks a $50 900 gift from John D Rockefeller to equip the new athletic park to be titled Rockefeller Field. Governor Shallenberger and other Nebraskans will sign the petition, after Bryan unsuccessfully pressed for a law to bar university gifts.
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Vessels Cleared of Filibuster Suspicion for Venezuela
Washington reports a State Department official says the steamer Nanticoke and the tug Despatch, once suspected filibusters, were purchased by Venezuela. The Justice Department orders agents to leave observations and return to Washington as clearance papers are issued. The vessels will sail tomorrow for Lake Maracaibo under Venezuela’s navigation service from Franklin and Norfolk.
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Midshipman Koenig Joins Army Amid Marriage Prohibition
Washington June 16 Midshipman William C Koenig of Texas who resigned from the Naval Academy to seek an army commission and to avoid the marriage ban has passed the military exam and will be appointed a second lieutenant in the coast artillery corps.
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Noisy Cooper Union meeting names hundred for reform ticket
A chaotic Cooper Union gathering devolved into uproar as the Committee of Nineteen and a proposed One Hundred named their slates. Rabbi Wise denounced Tammany and machines while police ejected disruptors among 228 attendees at 3:15 and 3:30 p.m. Officials elected Schwab as chair and Fitzgerald and Curtis to lead.
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Brooklyn
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Manhattan
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Edward P. Lyons
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City Club
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People's National Bank
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Brent
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Mond
Marcus M. Marks
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Connie Manufacturers
Henry Moskowitz
Downtown Ethical Society
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Excavators’ Union
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Fleming H. Revell
Cyrus L. Sulzberger
Isaac N. Seligman
William Allaire Shortt
Richmond
William Jay Schieffelin
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Ene
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