Bureau of Corporations future in doubt amid reform talks
A government report argues the Bureau of Corporations may be redundant as its investigative role could hamper confidential corporate relations. A committee will study its fate, considering moving administrative duties from the Interstate Commerce Commission to the bureau while preserving quasi judicial functions.
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Bureau of Corporations
Congress
Bureau of Intternal Revenue
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Terms of Amendment on Corporation Tax Guideline
Washington reports the final terms of a corporation tax amendment set at 2 percent of net earnings for all for profit corporations. Returns go to designated internal revenue agents with full financial details including gross receipts, capital, debts, and losses. The measure includes a 5 percent exemption threshold and penalties for false reporting, with collection beginning July 1, 1514.
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Associated Press
Washington
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Treasury Department
Internal Revenue
United States
Senate
House
Internal Revenue Bureau
Bureau
Tate
Finance Committee
Verdict Delayed Release Turns to Guilty Life Sentence
In Chvicago June 22 a prisoner Frank O'Donnell faced a near escape when the court clerk read the jury verdict as Not guilty due to an unsigned form. The jury, out ten minutes, had intended Guilty. The misread verdict was corrected and O'Donnell was sentenced to life in prison for armed robbery.
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Chvicago
Brentano
Gay
Frank O'Donnell
O'Donnell
O’ Donnell
Brandenburg Trial Postponed Over Juror Illness
The trial of Broughton Brandenburg charged with grand larceny in the sale of an alleged spurious newspaper article was postponed due to a juror’s illness. Judge FitzGerald in the Criminal Branch of the Supreme Court adjourned the case until tomorrow morning.
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Broughton Brandenburg
Fitzgerald
Supreme Court
Dutiable Hides Win Senate Despite Free House Vote
The Senate Finance Committee restored the Dingley 15 percent duty on dutiable hides in a 4 to 3 vote after a heated session. The House had voted 275 to 193 for free hides, promising a conference fight. Amendments on leather, oilcloth, lumber, and alligator skins followed as senators debated rates and classifications.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Senate
Finance Committee
Conference Committee
House
Friends of Dutiable Hides
Fletcher
Aldrich
Smoot
Cummins
New York
Burton, Beveridge
Gore
Smith
Michigan
McCumber
Herburn
Taylor
McLaurin
Treasury Department
Daniel, McEnery
Owen
Borah
Bradley
Clapp
Crawford
Jones
Nelson
Stone
Bristow
la Follette
McEnery
Bailey
Culberson
Foster
Hughes
Newlands
Maryland
Tallaferre
Brown
Burkett
Dolliver
Beveridge
Briggs
Burnham
Burrows
Burtof
Crane
Cullom
du Pont
Frye
Lodge
Page
Root
Kean
Keene
War Dept Seeks Double End Steel Ferry Steamer Bid
Proposals opened for a double end steel ferry steamer to run between New York City and Governor's Island. Pusey & Jones Co. bid 88,846 with Scotch boilers. Fore River Shipbuilding Co. bid 343,75 on same equipment. Fore River's other boiler type bid was the lowest. Nine firms submitted proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
New York City
Governor's Island
Pusey & Jones Company
Wilmington
Del
Fore River Shipbuilding Company
Quincy
Mass
Fore River Company
Bucket shop indictment shocks Cincinnati traders
Cincinnati June 23 John J Ryan was indicted for operating a bucket shop just after deputies served subpoenas to twenty traders at the Ryan Brill Commission and Brokerage Company to testify before the grand jury.
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Quick Bucket Shop
Cincinnati
John J. Ryan
Bey
Ryan-Brill Commission
Comany
Kaufman Cousins Tie Knot at St. Regis Hotel
Edgar Jones Kaufman son of Isaac Kaufman a Pittsburg merchant wed Lilian Sarah Kaufman daughter of Morris Kaufman also a Pittsburg merchant at St. Regis Hotel at 6 30 p m yesterday. They are first cousins and married in New York to comply with Pennsylvania law. A wedding supper for seventy five followed and the couple left on an automobile trip. The ceremony was performed by Rev Stephen S Wise.
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Edgar Jones Kaufman
Isaac Kaufman
Pittsburg
Lilian Sarah Kaufman
Morris Kaufman
St. Regis
Mrs Kaufman
Pennsylvania
Kaufman
New York
Stephen S. Wise
Trunks Looted of 25000 in Valuables Found
Louis Jones a Baltimore and Ohio baggage man with twenty two years service was arrested in Pittsburg on June 22 after confessing to stealing about 25000 in valuables from trunks passing through his hands since last November A stolen gold watch valued at 100 was recovered from his pocket and detectives found over 9000 in additional loot at his Knoxville home Jones admitted using duplicate keys on long runs to take valuables most of which he had disposed of
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Louis Jones
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Delehanty and
Powell
Knoxville
Jones
Kiel Yacht Races Start With German Built Meteor Aboard
Kiel opens yachting week with races among gigs cutters and pinnaces from German warships. Emperor William's Meteor begins an experimental spin and will race Friday against Germania and Utowana. Notable attendees include American attaché Reginald Belknap and Baron von dem Russche. Nine teen entries include Angela IV Elizabeth III and Jeck, with various royal and industrial owners.
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Kiel
William
Hamburg
Herr Krupp von Bohlen
Allison V. Armour
Reginald R. Belknap
Baron von Dem Russche
Foreign Office
Frederick William
Angela IV
Prince Eitel
Elizabeth III
Adelbert
Jeck
M. von Guillaume
Cologne
Firemen Rescue Aged Couple In Brooklyn Blaze
Firemen and patrolmen saved an elderly couple from a three story brick building at 649 Court Street Brooklyn after a blaze started on the third floor above a tattoring shop. The man Peter Hensen suffered severe burns to face hands and body but was reported expected to recover at Long Island College Hospital.
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Court Street
Brooklyn
Ysador Wolf
Peter Hensen
Hersen
Long Island College Hospital
City Bank Fills Porters Places After Strike
Seven porters at National City Bank, including all inside workers, walked out Monday evening. New men filled their posts yesterday morning after many applicants. Strikers complain shifts ran long with limited breaks totaling ten and a half hours for 12 dollars weekly. They claim a $5000 bond was required, signed by at least three property owners.
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National City Bank
Loeb forwards Chesbrough smuggling case papers
Collector Loeb said he sent the Chesbrough smuggling papers to U S Attorney John R B Vreeland for action. The trunk alleged to hide Paris gowns and furs was seized at a Hoboken pier. discovery of the false bottom occurred at the Appraisers Stores. Chesbrough, a wealthy merchant, faces social prominence amid investigations over a pearl necklace valued between twenty five thousand and twenty thousand dollars not declared. Chesbrough explained the trunk’s bottom was to protect fabrics during handling rather than conceal goods.
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Loeb
Matilda M. Chesbrough
Newton
Mass
John RB. Vreeland
United States
Trenton
N. J
Paris
Hoboken
Christopher
Washington Streets
Chesbrough
Toeb
Canada
Europe
MISS SINCLAIR WINS $150 IN BREACH OF PROMISE CASE
Cora Sinclair, real name De Allo, sued Samuel S. Laird Jr. for $50,000 damages. A Supreme Court verdict awarded $150 after a weeklong trial and twenty five minutes of jury deliberation. Evidence included over one hundred letters from Laird to Sinclair.
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Cora Sinclair
Samuel S. Laird
Supreme Court
Laird
Miss Sinclair
de Allo
Imprisoned 13 Days in Storm Cellar
A family of three in Brown County Texas endured thirteen days hidden in a storm cellar after their home collapsed in a wreck. Rescuers, unaware of their confinement, found them only when house movers located the cellar. They survived on bread water and raw potatoes though they endured extreme agony. The piece notes the incident and mentions a separate International Council of Women decision to meet next in Rome.
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the Tribune
Galveston
Tex
Brown County
Charles Dilson
Women's Council
Rome
Toronto
International Council of Women
American and Liberian Boundary Mission Returns to New York
American scout cruisers Chester Birmingham and Salem carry members of the Liberia commission to New York by July 4. R. P. Falkner E. J. Scott and George Sale report in Monrovia three weeks of inquiry, noting border disputes with Sierra Leone and Kron coast interference by Britain amid Liberian efforts to rehabilitate.
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Las Palmas
Canary Islands
Chester
Birmingham
Salem
Liberia
New York
R. P. Falkner
E. J. Scott
George Sale
Negro Republic
Messrs Falkner
Scott
Sale
Monrovia
Sierra Leone
Kron
Military Department of
Bond and stock tax shocks Reichstag amid finance crisis
The Reichstag adopted an 8 yearly tax on bonds and stocks by 98 to 13, calculated on average quotations and dividend yields. The move fuels a precarious position for Chancellor von Ribbentrop, with calls for resignation as inheritance tax faces second reading and tax disputes unfold amid a gloomy reform outlook. Imperial 3s edged lower, closing at 55 yesterday.
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Perlin
Reichstag
Von
Prince von Bulow
von Rulow
Herr Sydow
Imperial Treasury
Baron von Rheinbaben
Federal Council
Five French Soldiers Killed in Congo Engagements
Advices from the Governor of the French Congo report patrolling parties engaged tribesmen in two sharp clashes. The French suffered five men killed and nineteen wounded, while the tribesmen were dispersed with heavy losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
French Congo
Cholera Appears in Finland Shuts Salons
Cholera registered first in Abo province Finland with suspected Russia origin. In St Petersburg sixty-one new cases reported for the 24 hours ended noon today. Police rule prohibits sale of splits on Sundays and holidays. All saloons closed from 2 PM Saturday to 7 PM Monday.
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St. Petersburg
Helsingfors
Finland
Abo
Russia
St Petersburg
Harriman Arrives at Semmering in Good Health
MR HARRIMAN reached Semmering and checked into the Hotel Panhans with his family. Doctors in Vienna report a nervous ailment not serious, and Harriman will undergo a prescribed cure while continuing business. A Rentgen ray photo supports the medical assessment.
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Semmering
FE. H. Harriman
Panhans
Vienna
Professor Strimpel
Harriman
Holzknecht
Strumpel
Trained orderly wounds lieutenant in Russia while sleeping
Riga reports a serious case as Lieutenant Ershin was hacked with an axe during sleep. His wife and mother in law were killed after a brief struggle. A baby survived unharmed. The accused assailant fled the scene.
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Riga
Ershin
Leutenant
Senor Pauls Mistake in Venezuelan Crisis Sparks Debate
Caracas reports the removal of Dr J de J Paul from his post as minister plenipotentiary to Germany England and Italy after Congress denounced his note urging foreign warships. The affair centers on December efforts to use warships during Castro's overthrow and the subsequent political blame cast on Paul.
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Caracas
Dr. J. de J. Paul
Germany
England
Italy
Himin Congress
Venezuela
Castro
Root
Dr Paul
Buchanan
Congress of the
United States
J. de Paul
la Guarra
Galleros
Paul
Gomez
Cardenas
Seftor
Roosevelt expedition in Sotik region finds large lion killed
Naivasha reports say all Roosevelt party in excellent health at Loretta Plains camp. Theodore Roosevelt shot a large tawny maned lion, his son Kermit a lion and two cheetahs. They also took three giraffes, two eland, six tops, and many antelope. skins to Smithsonian. Left Kijabe June 5 for Sotik district in Kisumu Province, about 75 miles east of Victoria Nyanza.
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Naivasha
Loretta Plains
Theodore Roosevelt
Kermit
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Roosevelt
Kijabe
Sotik
Kisunu Province
Victoria Nyanza
The Defence of O. J. King in French Stock Case
In Paris French buyers accuse Christopher J. King of misrepresentation over Mexican mine shares. Arthur and Laurence Schell and M Landrieux deny the charges, saying the property is being reorganized in Washington DC and will pay. King claims his role was official and he has no stock interest while a French suit may raise consular privileges.
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Paris
Christopher J. King
Lille
King
Arthur
Laurence Schell
California
M. Landrieux
District of Columbia
Washington
Diplomatic Corps
Twelve Italians killed in Swiss railway yard fire
Twelve Italian laborers working on a Swiss railway near St. Gall died from asphyxiation when a fire broke out. Many others were severely injured as emergency crews battled the blaze and evacuated workers.
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St. Gall
Switzerland
Oceanic Steam Navigation Company reports 1908 profits
London June 22. The Oceanic Steam Navigation Company owners of the White Star Line report 1908 profits at 1,499,795 dollars, down from 4,922,430 dollars in 1897. A dividend of 10 percent is declared.
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London
Oceanic Steam Navigation Company
White Star Line
Atlantic Steamship Companies
Sir Edward Morris to Confer With Ambassador Bryce at Hague
Sir Edward Morris leaving St. Johns for Northeast Harbor to meet Ambassador Bryce about the fisheries dispute arbitration at the Hague Tribunal. He will then proceed to New York and sail to England for the Imperial Defence Conference in late July.
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St. John's
N. F
Sir Edward Morris
Northeast Harbor
Bryce
Sumer
Edward
New York
England
Otert Owner Fined For Shipping Laborers Abroad
The Cuban steamer Otert anchored in the roadstead at Colon due to embarkation issues for Brazil. Owner Bragg W. G. Spiller was fined 560 dollars for sending five hundred laborers without authorities permission as gunboat Marietta arrived from Bocas del Toro.
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Colon
Otert
Herg
Brazil
Bragg W. G. Spiller
Tng
United States
Marietta
Bocas del Toros
Train Held Up Near Kamloops In Silver Mixup
Vancouver June 22 Canadian Pacific train No 97 westbound was halted at 19 o clodix lage night near Kamloops by four masked men who mistook it for No 5 carrying silver east. They secured no loot. After the error was found the bandits fled in a boat across Shushawp Lake pursued by many locals.
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Vancouver
Canadian Pacific
Kamloops
Shushawp Lake
Trial of Japanese labor strikers in Hawaii
Honolulu June 22 authorities proceed with prosecution of leaders in the sugar plantation strike charged with conspiracy to murder and incite crime. Jury selection begun. fifteen Japanese laborers indicted for rioting on Kahuhu plantation arraigned. Leaders say strike will resume July 1 at Ewa and Waialua plantations with three thousand workers. Planters warn of mass displacement if strikes continue and a plan to bring Europ ean labor via immigration is discussed in Washington.
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Honolulu
Kahuhu
Ewa
Waialua
Planters’ Association
In Gent
Washington
China to get Pratas Island dispute eased
Tokyo reports a likely settlement on Pratas Island with China to acquire Nishizawa's interests and Japan surrendering ownership claims. A commission will determine the value of Nishizawa's holdings amid the accord in the China Sea.
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China
Pratas Island
Japan
Tokio
China Sea
Nishizawa
Notes of Foreign News From June reports
The recap covers multiple items: a rail crash in Madras with twelve killed and fourteen injured, Canadian Northern Railway engineers voting to strike, the Hungarian premier Dr Alexander Wekerle resigning, Walter Wellman’s North Pole expedition group departing, Russian cremation regulations rejected by church authorities, Isaura Villanueva a Spanish woman dying by self inflected stab wounds, the United Zemstvo leaders preparing to visit America, and Western Canada census figures showing 1.1 million people with Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta totals and growth.
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Brandenburg
The
YALE
Siarvard
Thames
Dutiable
Governor's Island Boat
Pretender
Madrid
Imparcial
Don Carlos
Varese
Trunks
City Bank
America and
Congo
MR. Harriman
Bertin
F. H. Harriman
Atlantic
Senor Paul
Ta Gueyra
Lorena
Permanent Commission On Foreign Affairs
Joe J. Paul
MR. Roosevelt
O. J. King
Mexi
White Star
Sir E. Morris
MR. Bryce
Pangma
C. P
Madras
Winnipeg
Canadian Northern Railway
Alexander Wekerle
Lukace
Christiania
Walter Wellman
North Pole
Balloo
Tromsoe
Spitzbergen
Ministry of the Interior
Mazatlan
Isaura Villanueva
Joan of Arc
Prince Gregory Lyoff
M. Palmer
United Zemstvo Organization
America
Western Canada
Manitob
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Apollinaris
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