Tafts Message on Corporation Tax Urges Constitutional Amendment
President asks Congress to propose a constitutional amendment granting power to levy an income tax, and to enact a 2 percent excise tax on net income of corporations. He argues a majority supports federal income taxation but favors amendment over direct tax without apportionment.
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Washington
Congress
United States
Supreme Court
Senate
House of Representatives
Pollock Agt
Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company
Eme
Treasury
Mens. Spreckels Sugar Refining Company Agr.ier
U. S
Rim
Early leper to be moved if tests and approval align
John R. Early, held in quarantine as a leper by District of Columbia health authorities, will be allowed to go to New York if he submits to culturing of body samples for examination by Surgeon General Wyman and Dr William H Welch, and if New York health authorities permit him to enter the Skin and Cancer Hospital.
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Washington
John R. Early
District of Columbia
New York
Early
Wyman
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
William H. Welch
Johns Hopkins University
Hisses greet Brooklyn subway clash with Controller Metz
Controller Metz faced a hostile crowd in Brooklyn Palm Garden as he defended subway plans and opposed the Fourth avenue line. A board leaders’ appeal quelled the uproar, while Metz reiterated support for Lafayette and Fourth Avenue survivars and cited Interborough funding of nearly 37 million dollars for city to Atlantic avenue extension.
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Metz
Fourth Avenue
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Palm Garden
Boards of Trade of
Eastern District
South Brooklyn
Paul Ajax
Mr. Metz
Elwin S. Piper
Allied Boards of Trade
Lafayette Avenue
Public Service Commission
Board of Estimate and Apportionment
Interborough
City Hall
Atlantic Avenue
Manhattan
John Paul Jones Log Found In Ranger Relic
Boston June 16 report a Ranger log once owned by Erastus Perry Jewel reveals John Paul Jones early voyages to clear the northern Atlantic of British privateers and conduct privateering before going to France. Lieutenant Elijah Halil of the Ranger provides a graphic log description.
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the Tribune
Boston
Erastus Perry
Laconia
N. H
John Paul Jones
Ranger
Chandler
Navy Department
Ing
Paul Jones
France
Atlantic
Elijah Halil
The
Drowning rescue by a sixteen year old saves two lives
Abraham Dickstein of 241 Madison street saved nine year old Nathan Baker from drowning in the East River near 261 South street after the boy fell from a pier edge. Dickstein, who has already rescued another child within a year, was aided ashore by Patrolman MecGary who threw him a rope. Baker was taken to a hospital.
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Abraham Dickstein
Madison Street
Nathan Baker
East River
Dickstein
Baker Boy
Jefferson Street
South Street
MecGary
Robbery at Abbott stock farm targets John J. Scannell
Burglars stole $2,000 in valuables from the Abbott stock farm near Fishkill Landing New York including a $1,990 sealskin coat once worn by John J. Scannell for his trotters at the New York Speedway. An otterskin robe, $9, vases $80, and a name engraved ivory revolver were also taken. Items were to be shipped to Riverside Drive New York. Local police investigate.
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The
Tribune
Fishkill Landing
N. Y
Abbott Stock Farm
Here
John J. Scannell
Begging Arrest Reveals Hidden Wealth in Philadelphia
Bernard Moser was arrested for begging after eviction from a cheap lodging house. Police found $5490 in cash and bank books showing deposits totaling $14,33583 hidden in his tatters. He was committed to Philadelphia Hospital to cover board costs.
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Philadelphia
Bernard Moser
Knox Defines US Policy to Promote Foreign Trade and Chinese Loan Share
Secretary Knox outlined a policy prioritizing commercial interests in foreign affairs. He cited U.S. aims to obtain a quarter of the Chinese Hankow & Sze-Chuen Railway loan, secure machinery and engineers, and expand American business across China and other regions. He directed consular services to boost American commerce, with priority on the Far East and potential South American banking expansion.
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State Department
Secretary of
Hankow & Sze-Chuen
China
United States
Knox
Department
W. P. Stewart
Engineers
Memphis
Hai-Ho Conservancy Board
Tien-Tsin
Stewart
Huntington Wilson
Wilson
Hzi-Ho
South America
The
Orient
Far East
America
Hay
Settlement Difficult In Hankow and Sze Chuen Rail Loan
In Peking bankers from the United States and Britain seek settlement after China refused to ratify the Hankow and Sze Chuen loan of 27 500 000. English banker Hillier mediates while American Chargé Fletcher and British Minister Sir John Jordan hold talks. Berlin reports note American protest over the loan with German French and British bankers.
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Peking
Hankow
Sze-Chuen
Hillier
Henry P. Fletcher
Sir John Jordan
John
Fletcher
Berlin
Hankow and
Aged Actress Seeks Freedom In Habeas Corpus Case
Mrs Marian Strickland a seventy year old former New York actress has asked the Circuit Court at Lansing Michigan for a writ of habeas corpus to gain release from jail. She was jailed on allegations by her two brothers that she is insane. Strickland visited her brothers John and William Scarlett here recently and is said to own property valued at twelve thousand dollars.
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Lansing, Mich
Marian Strickland
New York
Strickland
John
William Scarlett
Painting by Rubens burned in Namur church fire
June 14 Namur Belgium a historic Marsaline church that housed a valuable Rubens was destroyed by fire. The advertisement mentions Dewey's Clarets and Burgundy and notes H T Dewey & Sons Co at 138 Fulton St New York as the advertiser.
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Rubens
Namur
Belgium
Church of Marsaline
H. T. Dewey & Sons Co
Fulton St
New York
Wall Street Reform Hughes Committee Report Congresses Reform Measures
A nine member committee appointed by Governor Hughes released its inquiry into Wall Street methods. It calls for tighter margin requirements, stricter handling of corners, enhanced exchange oversight, and stronger penalties for broker misconduct. The report endorses some speculation as price stabilizer but urges comprehensive regulation across exchanges and related entities.
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Hughes
Wall Street
New York Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange
Mining
Produce Exchange
Cotton Exchange
Mercantile and
Shocks Hit French Cities As Harbor Water Drops
Advices report new tremors in Toulon and Marseilles. Water in Marseilles harbor receded two feet before gradually rising back to normal over several hours.
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Marseilles
Paris
Toulon
Taylor Again Champion at Versailles French Golf Title
Versailles June 16. J H Taylor of England the British open golf champion and holder of the French title won the national championship after a hard match defeating James Braid 1 up. Tom Vardon finished third.
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Versailles
J. H. Taylor
England
James Braid
Tom Vardon
Big Colleges Worst at Miami Centenary Speech
Oxford Ohio June 16 Chancellor MacCracken of New York University spoke at Miami University’s centennial and commencement. He condemned college criticisms, warned of a New York chartered stock venture to audit and reorganize American colleges, and challenged Harvard’s focus on non essentials of liberal education while attacking disease and fashion in large colleges.
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Oxford
Ohio
MacCracken
New York University
Miami University
New York City
Eliot
Harvard
Osiris Prize Split Between Bleriot and Voisin
The French Institute divided the Osiris prize of 20 000 dollars between aeronaut Louis Bleriot and aeroplane maker Gabriel Voisin for their aviation advances. Daniel Osiris endowed the prize in 1898, with an annual income about 30 dollars for a 200 dollar triennial award. Osiris died in 1907.
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Paris
Osiris
M. Bleriot
Gabriel Voisin
Daniel Osiris
Malmaison
Institute of France
M. Osiris
Hook Worm Costs 100 Million Yearly in South
Dr. C W Stiles of the U S Marine Hospital Service told North Carolina physicians that about two million South residents, mostly poor whites, suffer hook worm infection causing laziness and anemia and costing $100 million in annual labor loss. He says the parasite spreads by negroes but they are immune to its effects. in rural areas unsanitary living leads to 4 to 5 percent infection.
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Tribune
Asheville
N. C
C. W. Stiles
United States Marine Hospital Service
Convention of North Carolina Physicians Today
South
Robbers Torture Aged Couple in Bradford Farm
An elderly couple Mr and Mrs Monroe Potter living on an isolated farm near Braddock were bound and tortured with lit matches on their feet by three masked robbers who looted their home early yesterday morning. The attackers fled toward the New York state line and the Potters cannot determine the total amount stolen.
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the Tribune
Bradford
Penn
Monroe Potter
Braddock
New York State Line
University seeks 50000 gift for Rockefeller Field
The University of Nebraska athletic board plans to ask John D. Rockefeller for 50000 to equip a new athletic park to be named Rockefeller Field. The move follows Governor Shallenberger and Nebraskans backing the effort despite a legislative push to block accepting gifts from Bryan era allies.
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Lincoln
Neb
University of Nebraska
Athletic Board
William Jennings Bryan
John D. Rockefeller
University
Rockefeller
Shallenberger
Bryan
Suspected filibusters released from duty voyage
Washington reports a Venezuela ordered expedition clears up mystery of the steamer Nanticoke and the tug Despatch suspected of filibustering. The vessels, bought by Venezuela for the Lake Maracaibo service, have clearance papers and will sail tomorrow from Franklin and Norfolk. The Justice Department orders agents to abandon observations in Washington.
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Washington
State Department
Venezuela
Department of Justice
Lake Maracaibo
Venezuelan Government Navigation Service
Franklin
Norfolk
Midshipman Koenig Joins Army From Naval Academy
Washington June 16 Midshipman William C Koenig of Texas resigned from the Naval Academy to obtain an army commission and to avoid the midshipman marriage ban. He has passed the military exam and will be appointed a second lieutenant in the Coast Artillery Corps.
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Washington
Wiliam C. Koenig
Texas
Naval Academy
Army
Coast Artillery Corps
Ninety-Tone Cooper Union Meeting Names Committee
A noisy Cooper Union gathering named a Committee of One Hundred to form a city ticket amid arrests and fiery denouncements. Rabbi Wise condemned Tammany and McCarthy era machines as reform activists proclaimed their platform before a swelling audience.
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Rabbi Wise
Tammany
Cooper Union
Gustav H. Schwab
L. S. Bedford
Seumas O'Sheel
Bedford
Stephen S. Wise
Tammany Hall
Grover Cleveland
Grady
McCarren
R. V. Ingersoll
Schwab
Brooklyn
Letter Carriers’ Organization
Thomas J. Curtis
Central Federated Union
W. L Willis
Mr. Schwab
Committee of One Hundred
George W. Alger
Manhattan
Charles M. Briedenbach
Brenmx
Charles C. Burlingham
Board of Education
S CO. Brewster
Babbott
C. Bullard
Queses
Westiont Rideons
B. Cruikshank
Julius Henry Cohen
William A. Coakley
Hubert Cillis
Germania Life Insurance Company
John A. Connelly
Albert E. Davis
the Bronx
E. A. Drake
Panels Railroad
John Davis
W. C. Deming
Winfred T. Dennison
Hattan
Clarence Edwards
Queens
Coresa
Lindley Ae Sae
Queens County
Sain
Edmund D Fischer
Flatbush Trust Company
Fuehrer
Michael Tait
Joseph H. Francolint
Italian Savings Bank
John H. Flagler
Paul Fuller
Fordham University Law School
William H. Finley, Jr
Bronx
Plumbers’ Union
Michael A. Fitzgerald
Letter Carriers’ Association
Elbert H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Adolph Goepel
Germania Savings Bank
Frederick FE. Goetze
Franklin H. Giddings
John Gamble
Electrical Works’ Union
William M. Griffiths
Queens County Trust Company
Charles M. Higgins
F E. Heitman
German Henry Hentz
Cotton Exchange
Isaac A. Hopper
Max Hyman
Fred I. Hallett
Astoria Taxpayers and Business Men's Association
Timothy Healy
Eccentric Firemen
Anton Hamilton Holt
the Independent
Raymond W. Ingersoll
Samuel Irvine
Daniel Jacobs
P. A. Johnson
Henry S. Johnston
United Civic Association of Queens
Ralph Jonas
John Kelley
J. c. Klinck
Williamsburg Trust Company
Pphraim Kaufman
Clothing Cutters' Ayer
Perciv
Kuehne
Union
James S&s Lehma
Louis Lande
G. Howland Leavitt
Farmers” Alliance of
F. W. Longfellow
The
Nathaniel Levi
Edward P. Lyons
Brooklyn Young Men's Christian Association
Arnold B. M'Stay
Pattern Bank
John J. Morey
United Railway Men
E. H. Outerbridge
Willis L. Ogden
Robert C. Ogden
Henry Phipps
Joseph M. Price
James R Reynolds
Allan Robinson
Allied Heat Estate Interests
Dick S Ramsay
Riverside Savings Institution
William C. Redfield
Fleming H Rewell
Julius Toblas
John T. Treacy
James Vito
Giellam S. van Clief
Richmond
Richmond Chamber of Commerce
Judson G. Wall
Peet Heights
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Tribune Bureau
Gaynor
New Hampshire
Fishkill
Mr. Taft
Knor—Commercial
Peking Bankers
Wall Street Reform
Sues Report
Exchange
Hard A St. Taylor
Court of Appeals
Garmaine
Taylor
Braid
Dr. MacCracken
Dr. Eliot
Osiris Prize
MM. Bleriot
Voisin
Dr. Stiles
Nebraska University
W. C. Koenig
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