President and Attorney General Draft Tax Plan for Corporation Levy
Washington June 17 The President and the Attorney General completed a draft of the proposed amendment to the tariff bill proposing a 2 percent tax on net earnings of corporations. Aldrich will delay consideration of Bailey Cummins amendment until mid next week as schedules in committee of the whole near completion. Democrats caucused discussing the income tax, aiming to claim credit for the tax while seeking a direct vote, with likely support limited to about 35 votes.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Frornes
Aldrich
Finance Committee
Senate
Wrere
Morrow
Bailey-Cummins
Taft
Beiler
Money
Fletcher
Daniel
Shively
Bailey
Corporate tax alarms Canadian railways in Montreal
At Canadian Pacific and Grand Trunk Railways headquarters in Montreal on June 17 officials warned that a proposed 2 percent tax on corporate earnings by Congress could hit Canadian companies hard. They argued the tax would impede the rebound in railroad business and hurt affiliated interests during a fragile recovery in the sector.
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Montreal
Canadian Pacific
Grand Trunk Railways
Congress
Taft
United States
Virginia Court Sets Value on Toes in Traction Case
The Virginia Supreme Court refused a writ of error in the Richmond Traction Company case, fixing a specific value of 11667 each for the loss of toes. The suit concerns Edith Martin, four, who was struck by a streetcar two years ago, losing all the toes on one foot and the first toe on the other. A circuit court jury awarded the child $2,500.
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Tribune
Virginia Supreme Si Appeals
Richmond Traction Company
Edith Austin Martin
Edith Martin
Creed of Calvin Broader in Presbyterian Council
Rev Dr David Woodside of Glasgow told a Fifth Presbyterian Church council that Calvinism should be the church of the future. He urged interpreters of Christ to adapt while preserving God’s idea, noting Calvinism’s move toward democracy and religious liberty within law.
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David Woodside
Glasgow
Presbyterian Council
Fifth Com Presbyterian Church
Weston resumes trek from Castle Rock toward San Francisco
Edward Payson Weston continues his walking journey starting from Castle Rock at 4 40 this afternoon aiming for San Francisco He plans an overnight stop at Morgan and expects to reach Ogden the following day
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Boho Wtan
Edward Payson Weston
Castle Rock
San Francisco
Ian
Morgan
Ogden
Atlantic City and Return Train Schedule Fragment
Passenger journey from Atlantic City to New York and return via Pennsylvania Railroad. Timings imply 6:45 A M arrival in New York with stops at New Brunswick and other intermediate stations. Fragmentary OCR notes indicate travel details for June 20.
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Stoiso
Atlantic City
Pennsylvania Railroad
Spema Eee York
New Brunswick
Bunker Hill Celebration Wounds Count Rise
Boston reports 119 treated at area hospitals for injuries from fireworks and pistols during the Bunker Hill celebration. Police efforts to limit firearms and keep celebrations to firecrackers partly succeeded as business paused in Boston Lynn Cambridge Newton and nearby cities.
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Boston
Bunker Hill
Lynn
Cambridge
Newton
Detain Canal Men On Cuban Steamer Oteri
The Cuban steamer Oteri lies at Colon as Panama restricts its use of the company wharves and withholds clearance papers. About 250 Spaniards booked for Brazil emigration on the Oteri cannot embark. Panama has just enacted a law making emigration to Brazil very difficult. W G Spiller, a hotel owner, had previously hired 500 European laborers for Amazon railroad work and claims no emigration contract with the Spaniards.
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Colon
Panama Railroad Company
Panama
Brazil
W. G. Spiller
Amazon River
Spiller
Oteri
Gentry May Go Free After Pardons Board Recommendation
Harrisburg June 17 The State Board of Pardons recommended a pardon for James B. Gentry the actor serving life for the 1895 murder of actress Madge Yorke in Philadelphia He was to be hanged but the sentence was commuted to life imprisonment by Governor Hastings Efforts for pardon continued with a petition signed by nearly all state lawmakers and Gentry may soon be released after his mind reportedly being blank at the time of the crime.
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Harrisburg
Penn
State Board of Pardons
James B. Gentry
Madge Yorke
Philadelphia
Gentry
Board of Pardons
Lfe
Hastings
Yorke
State Senate
House of Representatives
Cruiser Yankee Partly Raised In Buzzards Bay
New Bedford Mass June 17 The Arbuckle corps of compressed air workers partly raised the cruiser Yankee from her submerged position in Buzzards Bay with the bow fully clear of water. The contractors released the air as they were not fully prepared to float her and the vessel sank again. Water will be pumped from the after part and raising is expected to take about a week.
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New Bedford
Mass
Arbuckle Corps of
Buzzards Bay
SHOULD PROVIDE FOR BABY'S FUTURE
Dr Henry B Favill urged the Illinois Congress of Mothers to secure lifelong support for children from infancy to maturity. He argued moral duty requires the state to care for children through all stages, linking playgrounds to early childhood welfare and future needs.
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The
Tribune
Chicago
Henry B. Favill
Illinois Congress of Mothers
Commonwealth
Thief Steals Satchel From Senate Gallery
A satchel containing $159 patent papers and valuable letters was stolen from the Senate visitors' gallery. Owner William F. Masters of Sterling Massachusetts and James Town N.Y. had left it with the doorkeeper while listening to tariff debate. satchel was missing on return.
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Washington
Senate
William F. Masters
Sterling
Mass
Jamestown
Prefers Death to Hooks and Eyes in Amish Fashion
Levi Yoder of Massileon Ohio killed himself after his mother’s will disinherited him for refusing to revert to Amish dress with hooks and eyes. He had been at the State Hospital for the Insane years earlier, where his clothing changed from buttons to hooks and eyes.
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Massileon
Ohio
Levi Yoder
Yoder
State Hospital For
Central Steals March On Rivals From Pittsburg To Buffalo
The New York Central Rail road announced a five hours and fifteen minutes service from Pittsburg to Buffalo, cutting the prior time by three hours. The move follows a rate dispute with Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburg, the Pennsylvania, and the Pittsburg and Lake Erie. Competition will struggle to match the faster schedule due to distance and grades. The notice appears in the Telegraph via The Tribune.
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Tribune
New York Central Railroad
Buffalo
Pittsburg
Rochester
Pennsylvania
Lake Erie
New York Central
Oppose Taft plan draws mixed views from executives
Gary and other leaders including E H Gary of United States Steel oppose a 2 percent tax on corporate net incomes as extreme and impracticable, warning it could intrude government management. Bankers and lawyers weigh direct versus indirect taxes, arguing for moderation and constitutional limits.
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United States Steel Corporation
E. H. Gary
Tribune
Smugglers Sentenced in Atlanta Case
George C. White, William H. Kilganon, and Mrs Elizabeth Kilgannon pleaded guilty in the United States Circuit Court to smuggling gowns in trunks. White got two years in Atlanta federal prison. Kilganon one year in Blackwell's Island state pen. Mrs Kilgannon fined $5000. Wise said operatives shipped goods from Europe for identified recipients. Walker, a former customs inspector, aided the scheme and was not yet sentenced.
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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
Europe
Francis Hamilton
Kilgannons
Hamilton
Mr. Wise
Mrs. White
George
Loren B. Walker
Walker
Paris
Prinzess Irene Arrives at Naples After Azores Wreck
The North German Lloyd steamer Prinzess Irene, carrying Slavonia’s cabin passengers, wrecked June 10 off Flores Island Azores, reached Naples at 10 am after calling at Gibraltar. Advertisement promotes DAY LINE TRIPS of New Strings with education and pleasure by Hudson and Fulton.
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Naples
Cunard Line
Flores Island
Azores
Gibraltar
New Strs
Hudson and Fulton
Advt
Church Fight Over Foster Deepens at University
Chicago observers report Rev. Dr. Johnston Myers plans to move against Professor George Burman Foster by seeking a Baptist Conference resolution to remove him from his chair at the University of Chicago. Foster’s supporters vow to resist, signaling a renewed bitter clash at the conference meeting next Monday.
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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 Attack
G Robert Warburton of New York, honeymooning with his bride near Berry's Camp Yoke Pond, narrowly escaped a wound by a wounded black bear. After finding the bear freed from a steel trap he fired, the animal charged, and Warburton struck with his rifle. The bear fell dead two yards away from him, the first shot breaking its throat.
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the Tribune
Katahdin Iron Works
Maine
G. Robert Warburton
New York
Berry
Yoke Pond
Fight on High Prices in Pittsburg Retail Trade
A Pittsburg exchange of retailers and meat dealers formed to curb butter eggs and cheese prices. Creamery butter and cheese and eggs are at thirty year highs. Retailers push for wholesalers to be checked and foresee an agreement on butter quotas to stem losses from high prices.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Woman’s Duty at Home Declared by Cardinal Gibbons
Cardinal Gibbons at Emmitsburg Maryland college ceremony urges graduating girls to avoid politics and vote none. He stresses women’s mission lies in domestic life and family influence, warning that public life would corrode virtue and that society would fail if ruled by men alone.
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the Tribune
Baltimore
St. Joseph’s College and Academy
Emmitsboro
Cardinal Gibbons
United States
Woman killed by auto on Atlantic City street
Miss Annie McCabe was struck by a taxicab while waiting for a trolley at Atlantic and Milneis avenues. She was thrown under a touring car driven by John Rothwell and died later in hospital. The taxicab fled and detectives search for its driver.
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The
Tribune
Atlantic City
Annie McCabe
Atlantic and
Milneis Avenues
John Rothwell
Atlantic Avenue
Rothwell
Eight year old girl struck by car on Third avenue
Anna Burney, eight, of 1988 Third avenue, crossed Third avenue at 111th street and was struck as the car swerved to avoid her. The mudguard touched her. she was knocked down. Driver Henry Eggeling of Hoboken picked her up and drove her to a local doctor. Contusions only. she was sent home. The car owner was J W Stolts of Mount Vernon.
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Anna Burney
Third Avenue
111Th Street
Henry Eggeling
Grand Street
Hoboken
J. W. Stolts
Mount Vernon
East River
Specht Bailed On Suit Over Rock Island Stock
Augustus R. Specht investment broker of Nassau street was arrested on an order from Justice Guy in a Walford suit to recover 4600. He posted 2.50 bail and was released. Walford claims Specht converted 10 shares of Rock Island Railroad stock on March 10, 1908. Specht owns Rock Acre Farm in Turner Orange County and supplies milk to hotels. He neighbors 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
Rock Island Railroad Company
Rock Acre
Turner
Orange County
N. Y
St. Regis
E. H. Harriman
New Southern Railway Train Cuts Travel Time
Southern Railway introduces a new daily train between New York and Memphis starting June 1 via P R R and Southern Ry. The schedule lists 9 25 P M departure with dining and drawing room sleeping cars. New York office advertised on Broadway.
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Southern Ry
New York
Memphis
N. Y
Realty Diamond sale tops city realty day
London investors Edward Hedley Cuthbertson and Charles Kaufmann bought the Union Dime Savings property at 32d street and Broadway for $1.5 million cash from City Investing Company, with Dowling president and Goldsticker arranging the deal. Total day’s sales reached about $2.2 million as other Sixth Avenue parcels traded, signaling a brisk market and pushing the site toward a $2 million valuation. The bank property will transfer May 1, 1910, and the investors plan to hold it as an investment amid a wave of similar deals nearby.
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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
Mr. Goldsticker
Goldsticker
Manhattan Island
34Th Street
Kaufmann
Dowling
City Investing
40Th Street
Sixth Avenue
Gimbel Brothers
Philadelphia
32D
Union Tunnel
Pennsylvania and
Long Island Rairoads
Browning
Financial District
Manhattan
Robert Smith
Henry Siegel
Mercantile Trust Company of
St. Louis
Wall Street
Cedar
Nassau Streets
Charles E. Blaney
Thomas E. Mitchell
Alliance Realty Company
E. Clifford Potter
Benjamin Mordecai
Daniel B. Freedman
Heilner & Wolf
Sixth Avenue Reality Associates
45Th Street
John P. Kirwan
Sixth Avenue Realty Associates
Ryan son of financier fined for speeding in court
Joseph J. Ryan, son of Thomas F. Ryan, was fined for speeding in the Court of Special Sessions yesterday. He did not appear in person as a Cravath representative said he was at Georgetown University. Ryan was arrested on Broadway on April 12 and gave his address as 60 Fifth Avenue.
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Joseph J. Ryan
Thomas F. Ryan
Court of Special Sessions
Paul D. Cravath
Georgetown
D. C
Young Ryan
Broadway
Fifth Avenue
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New York Tax Reform Association
International Tax Association
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