President and Attorney General Draft Tax Amendment
The President and Attorney General completed a draft of a proposed amendment to the tariff bill imposing a 2 percent tax on net earnings of corporations. Aldrich to defer consideration until mid next week. Democrats debate income tax vs corporate tax and seek direct votes.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Aldrich
Finance Committee
Senate
Taft
Bailey
Money
Fletcher
Daniel
Shively
Tax Alarm As Congress Eyes Corporate Earnings Tax
Montreal June 17 railroad executives at the Canadian Pacific and Grand Trunk headquarters voiced alarm over a proposed 2 percent tax on corporate earnings. They warned Canadian firms would be hit hard by U S mileage and affiliated interests, amid a fragile business mood and slow return to prosperity.
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Montreal
Canadian Pacific
Grand Trunk Railways
Congress
Virginia court sets value on toes in streetcar case
Richmond tragedy court ruling fixes damages at 416 dollars and 67 cents per toe for Edith Martin who lost all toes on one foot and one on the other after a streetcar accident. The Virginia Supreme Appeals denied a writ of error in the Richmond Traction Company case, following a circuit court verdict of 2,500 dollars two years after the incident.
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Tribune
Richmond
Virginia Supreme Appeals
Richmond Traction Company
Edith Martin
Calvinist church of the future urged by Glasgow minister
Rev Dr David Woodside told a Presbyterian Council the Calvinistic creed should modernize to fit future church life. He argued the idea of God remains, while forms may change, and urged a democratic, liberty minded faith within civil society.
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David Woodside
Glasgow
Presbyterian Council
Presbyterian Church
Calvin Caughot
Church of the Future
Weston Walks West to San Francisco From Echo Utah
Edward Payson Weston resumes his journey from Castle Rock toward San Francisco at four forty this afternoon. He plans an overnight at Morgan and expects to reach Ogden tomorrow. He continues toward Atlantic City and back with a Philadelphia走 route leaving New York at 6:45 A.M. and returning in the evening.
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Echo
Utah
Edward Payson Weston
Castle Rock
San Francisco
Morgan
Ogden
Bunk er Hill Wounded List Grows in Boston Celebration
Boston reports show 119 people treated at city hospitals for injuries from fireworks and pistols during the Bunker Hill celebration. Police efforts to curb gunfire reduced serious casualties, with business paused in Boston and nearby cities like Lynn Cambridge and Newton.
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Boston
Bunker Hill
Lynn
Cambridge
Newton
Detain Canal Men at Colon as Emigration to Brazil Tightened
The Cuban steamer Oteri is barred from the Panama Railroad Company wharf at Colon and clearance papers are withheld. Two hundred fifty Spaniards booked for Brazil cannot embark while W G Spiller, a hotel owner, had contracted for five hundred European laborers for Amazon railroad work. Panama imposes strict emigration limits to Brazil, and Spiller says no contract with the Spaniards exists.
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Colon
Panama Railroad Company
Panama
Brazil
W. G. Spiller
Amazon River
Spiller
Oteri
Gentry May Go Free After Pardons Board Ruling
Harrisburg June 17 The State Board of Pardons recommended a pardon for James B. Gentry the actor serving life for the murder of Madge Yorke in Philadelphia on February 17 1895 Governor Hastings approved the recommendation and Gentry may be released within about a week His counsel cited a petition signed by nearly all members of the State Senate and House of Representatives supporting release.
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Harrisburg
Penn
State Board of Pardons
James B. Gentry
Madge Yorke
Philadelphia
Gentry
Board of Pardons
Hastings
Yorke
State Senate
House of Representatives
Cruiser Yankee Partly Raised In Puzzards Bay
New Bedford Mass June 17 The Arbuckle corps of compressed air workers partly raised the cruiser Yankee from her submerged position in Puzzards Bay. The bow was lifted clear of water but floating was halted as contractors were not ready and the ship sank again. Water will be pumped from the after part and a full raise is expected within about a week.
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New Bedford
Mass
Arbuckle Corps
Yankee
Puzzards Bay
Should Provide for Baby's Future
Dr. Henry B. Favill urged at an Illinois Congress of Mothers luncheon that society must plan for a child's entire life from infancy to maturity. He argued neglect after adolescence is as perilous as early hardships and that the commonwealth must support children through all stages, including the playground issue.
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the Tribune
Chicago
Henry B. Favill
Illinois Congress of Mothers
Commonwealth
Satchel Stolen From Senate Gallery In Washington
A satchel containing 159 dollars patent papers and valuable letters was stolen from the visitors gallery of the Senate. Owner William F Masters of Sterling Massachusetts and James town N Y had left it with the doorkeeper while listening to the tariff bill debate. The satchel was discovered missing on departure.
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Washington
Senate
William F. Masters
Sterling
Mass
Jamestown
Amish Fashion Triggered Suicide in Ohio Home
Levi Yoder, of Massileon Ohio, killed himself after his mother’s will disinherited him for refusing to return to Amish dress using hooks and eyes instead of buttons. He had previously been at the State Hospital for the Insane where his attire had buttons.
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Massileon
Ohio
Levi Yoder
Yoder
State Hospital
Central Steals March On Rivals
The New York Central Railroad announced a Pittsburg to Buffalo train completing the run in five hours and fifteen minutes, shaving three hours from prior times. The move follows a rate dispute among Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburg, the Pennsylvania, and the Pittsburg and Lake Erie lines, with other roads unlikely to match the faster service. Ads note Bretten Woods and White Mountains information addresses in New Jersey.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
New York Central Railroad
Buffalo
Rochester
Pennsylvania
Lake Erie
New York Central
Oppose Tafts Plan Sees It Extreme and Impracticable
The financial district discussed President Tafts proposal for a 2 percent tax on net corporate earnings. Executives and lawyers warned that any such tax would amount to government management of business and risk stifling industrial progress. Experts including E H Gary and A C Pleydell offered cautions on legality, practicality, and equity, with calls for direct or revised forms of taxation rather than a blanket 2 percent levy.
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Taft
Financial District
Wall Street
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States Steel Corporation
E. H. Gary
Tribune
Henry Clews
Clews
Pleydell
Smugglers Sentenced In Atlanta Case Of Gowns In Trunks
George C White, William H Kilgannon and Mrs Elizabeth Kilgannon pleaded guilty to smuggling and were sentenced. White got two years in a federal Atlanta prison. Kilgannon received one year in the state penitentiary at Blackwell Island and Mrs Kilgannon paid a $5000 fine. The court noted trunks shipped from Paris to the defendants and hinted Mme Osborn might have been indicted if alive. Loren B Walker, indicted with them, had pleaded guilty earlier and was not sentenced. Walker aided removal and mislabeling of trunks at docks. The trio will be taken to their respective facilities after court.
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George C. White
William H. Kilgannon
Elizabeth Kilgannon
Henry A. Wise
United States
Ray
United States Circuit Court
White
Mme. Osborn
Wise
Atlanta
Kilgannon
Blackwell's Island
George Gordon Battle
Mr. Wise
Europe
Francis Hamilton
Kilgannons
Hamilton
Mrs. White
George
Walker
Paris
Mrs. Kilgannon
Slavonia's Passengers Arrive in Naples After Disaster
The North German Lloyd steamer Prinzess Irene, carrying Slavonia cabin passengers, wrecked near Flores Island Azores on June 1, arrived in Naples at 10 this morning after a call at Gibraltar. The item also advertises DAY LINE TRIPS of New York on Hudson and Fulton.
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Naples
Cunard Line
Flores Island
Azores
Gibraltar
New Strs
Hudson and Fulton
Adv+t
Church Fight Deepens Over Foster Removal
Telegraph dispatch reports Rev Dr Johnston Myers failing to eject Professor George Burman Foster from the Baptist Church seeks action from the Baptist conference to remove him from his philosophy of religion chair at the University of Chicago. Foster supporters vow to resist. bitterness预计 to rise at next conference session.
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the Tribune
Chicago
George Burman Foster
Baptist Church
Johnston Myers
University of Chicago
Bear Dies at His Feet in Maine Woods
G Warburton of New York on honeymoon near Berry s Camp Yoke Pond narrowly escapes a wounded bear. The bear, freed from a trap by gnawing off its paw, charges as Warburton fires once and clubs the animal with his rifle. The bear falls dead two yards away, the throat shot ending the danger.
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Tribune
Katahdin Iron Works
Maine
G. Robert Warburton
New York
Berry
Yoke Pond
Fight on high prices and a Pittsburg exchange
A Pittsburg retail grocers and meat dealers exchange formed to curb butter cheese and egg prices. Creamery butter is at its highest level for this season in thirty years and retailers blame wholesalers for losses. An agreement on butter quantity to be handled is expected.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Woman's duty at home in Cardinal Gibbons speech
Baltimore June 17 Cardinal Gibbons told Emmitsburg Maryland graduates he opposes woman suffrage not from hate but love for women. He urged girls to shun politics and focus on domestic duties preaching at home to influence fathers and brothers and warning society would fail if men stood alone.
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the Tribune
Baltimore
St. Joseph's College and Academy
Emmitshore
Cardinal Gibbons
United States
Woman Killed by Auto in Atlantic City Accident
Miss Annie McCabe was struck by a taxicab at Atlantic and Illinois avenues while waiting for a trolley. Thrown under a touring car driven by John Rothwell, she died later in hospital. The cab fled. Rothwell stopped briefly, damaging his car. Detectives seek the other driver.
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The
Tribune
Atlantic City
Annie McCabe
Atlantic
Illinois Avenues
John Rothwell
Atlantic Avenue
Rothwell
Girl Hit by Car in Third Avenue Pedestrian Mishap
Anna Burney eight years old of 1988 Third avenue hurried home after school when she stepped into Third avenue at Fifth street. The mudguard struck her as the chauffeur Henry Eggeling of 209 Grand street Hoboken swerved to avoid. Eggeling carried her to a nearby doctor for treatment of contusions and she was sent home. The car is owned by J W Stolts of Mount Vernon operating on 106th street area near the East River.
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Anna Burney
Third Avenue
Fifth Street
Henry Eggeling
Grand Street
Hoboken
J. W. Stolts
Mount Vernon
106Th Street
East River
Specht Granted $2500 Bail in Stock Conversion Suit
Augustus R. Specht investment broker of 35 Nassau Street was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Winfield Sullivan on a Justice Guy Supreme Court order in a suit by Robert M. G. Walford to recover 4600. Specht posted 2500 bail and was released. Walford, represented by Frederick K. Yates, claims Specht converted 100 shares of Rock Island Railroad stock to his own use on March 10, 198. Specht owns Rock Acre Farm at Turner Orange County and furnishes milk to the St Regis hotels. he is a neighbor of E. H. Harriman.
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Augustus R. Specht
Nassau Street
Winfield Sullivan
Justice Guy
Supreme Court
Robert M. G. Walford
Specht
Walford
Frederick K. Yates
New Train Cuts Time Between New York and Memphis
Southern Railway announces a new train service starting June 19 linking New York and Memphis via Pennsylvania Railroad and Southern Ry. The schedule shows 9:25 PM departure with dining car and roomettes on the way. Traveling by rail through Menor Ly Northeastern route.
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Southern Ry
New York
Menor Ly
Memphis
Realty Diamond at Greeley Square Sold for 1.5 Million
Edward Hedley Cuthbertson and Charles Kaufman of London bought the old Union Dime Savings Bank property at 32d Street and Broadway for 1.5 million in cash from City Investing Company. The deal, ranked by price per square foot, marks a landmark north of the financial district as Kemp and associates plan to hold the site as an investment and move the bank to a new Sixth Avenue location in 1910. Other nearby bargains and transactions followed, signaling the liveliest realty day in months.
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Greeley Square
Edward Hedley Cuthbertson
Charles Kaufman
London
England
de Beers Consolidated Mines
Union Dime Savings Institution
32D Street
Broadway
City Investing Company
Robert E. Dowling
Samuel Goldsticker
Messrs
Cuthbertson
Kaufman
Goldsticker
Manhattan Island
34Th Street
52D Street
Dowling
City Investing
40Th Street
Sixth Avenue
Gimbel Brothers
Philadelphia
Union Tunnel
Pennsylvania and
Long Island Rairoads
Browning, King & Co
31St Street
W. R. H. Martin
Messrs. Cuthbertson
Financial District
Manhattan
Robert Smith
Henry Siegel
Mercantile Trust Company of
St. Louis
Charles E. Blaney
Thomas E. Mitchell
Alliance Realty Company
E. Clifford Potter
Benjamin Mordecai
Daniel B. Freedman
Heilner & Wolf
Sixth Avenue Realty Associates
45Th Street
John P. Kirwan
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Grand Trunk
Virginia
Calvin
Woodside
Weston
Pennsylvania Railroad
Spein
New Brunswick
Dr. Favill
Central
Rivals
Bretton Woods
White Mts
N. J
Gary
R. A. T. Counsel Against It
Frederick Collin
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
BE. R. T. Counsel
Cellin
Supreme Court of the United States
A.C. Pleydell
New York Tax Reform Association
International Tax Association
Loren B. Walker
Slavonia
Dr. Myers
Professor Foster
Bear
G. R. Warburton
Brute
Auto
A. R. Specht
Harriman
Get Union Dime Savings Property
Ryan
Joseph J. Ryan
Thomas F. Ryan
Court of Special Sessions
Paul D. Cravath
Georgetown
D. Co
Young Ryan
Fifth Avenue
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