Questioning the Bureau of Corporations duties and fate
The text argues that using Bureau of Corporations agents as IRS investigators would destroy confidential ties with corporations and hamper enforcement. It questions the bureau's usefulness and notes a committee will study its future, possibly shifting administrative duties from the Interstate Commerce Commission to the bureau while leaving the commission with only quasi judicial functions.
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Bureau of Corporations
Congress
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Terms of Amendment Taxing Corporations With 2 Percent Levy
The Associated Press reports Washington June 22 that the compromise corporate tax amendment imposes a 2 percent tax on net earnings for profit corporations. Returns to designated internal revenue agents detail gross receipts and debts, while separate loss deductions include bad debts and uncollectible notes. Exemption up to 5 dollars applies to earnings. fraud penalties are pending set by a court. The measure targets insurance firms and other incorporations, with collection slated to begin July 1, 1914, and a proposed penalty range of 10 to 30.4 dollars for fraudulent reporting.
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Tbr
Associated Press
Washington
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Treasury Department
Internal Revenue
United States
Senate
House
Internal Revenue Bureau
Bureau
Tate
Finance Committee
Prisoner’s brief hope ends as verdict changes to life sentence
In Chicago Judge Brentano's court Frank O'Donnell faced a fatal reversal when a clerk, reading the unsigned form, announced Not guilty after a ten minute jury deliberation for robbing a citizen at revolver point. The error was corrected and the prisoner condemned to life imprisonment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Brentano
Frank O'Donnell
O'Donnell
Trial of Broughton Brandenburg Delayed by Juror Illness
The trial for grand larceny linked to an allegedly spurious newspaper article was put over by Judge FitzGerald in the Criminal Branch of the Supreme Court until tomorrow morning because a juror fell ill.
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Broughton Brandenburg
Fitzgerald
Supreme Court
Senate Reinstates 15 Percent Dutiable Hides Tax
In a Senate vote 4 to 39 the Finance Committee restored the Dingley 15 percent duty on dutiable hides, setting up a conference clash with the House which favors free hides. Amendments on leather goods, alligator skins, and lumber were also debated as leaders proposed shifts and possible reductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribone Bureau
Washington
Senate
Finance Committee
Conference Committee
House
Friends of
Fletcher
Aldrich
Smoot
Cummins
New York
Stone
Bristow
Clapp
Crawford
la Follette
MacEnery
McLaurin
Bailey
Culberson
Foster
Hughes
McEnery
Newlands
Smith
Maryland
Taliaferro
Brown
Burkett
Dolliver
Beveridge
Briggs
Burnham
Burrows
Burtof
Crane
Cullom
du Pont
Frye
Lodge
Nelson
Page
Root
Michigan
Kean
Keene
Opening bids for double end steel ferry steamer to Governor's Island
Washington notes opening of proposals by nine firms to furnish a double end steel ferry steamer for War Department service between New York City and Governor's Island. Pusey & Jones, Wilmington, Del., bid 48 845 dollars for Scotch boiler setup. Fore River Shipbuilding, Quincy, Mass., bid 83 70 dollars for same equipment. Fore River had the lowest bid for other boiler types.
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
Ryan Indicted for Bucket Shop Operation in Cincinnati
Cincinnati June 2 John J Ryan was indicted on a charge of operating a bucket shop within an hour after deputies served subpoenas to twenty traders of the Ryan Brill Commission and Brokerage Company to testify before the grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
John J. Ryan
Ryan-Brill Commission and Brokerage Company
Don Carlos Reported Paralyzed in Retirement in Italy
Madrid dispatches say Don Carlos the pretender to the Spanish throne is living in retirement at Varese Italy and is suffering from paralysis. Carlist organs have regularly denied rumors of ill health.
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Madrid
Imparcial
Don Carlos
Varese
Italy
Kaufman and Kaufman Wed in New York City
Edgar Jones Kaufman son of Isaac Kaufman a Pittsburg merchant married Miss Lillian Sarah Kaufman daughter of Morris Kaufman also a Pittsburg merchant at the St. Regis Hotel at 6 30 p m yesterday. The couple first cousins due to Pennsylvania law they wed in New York. A wedding supper for seventy five followed and the newlyweds departed on an automobile trip. The ceremony was performed by Rev Stephen S Wise.
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Edgar Jones Kaufman
Isaac Kaufman
Pittsburg
Lillian Sarah Kaufman
Morris Kaufman
St. Regis
Kaufman
Pennsylvania
New York
Stephen S. Wise
Trunks Looted Of 25000 In Valuables By Railroad Worker
Louis Jones a Baltimore and Ohio baggage man with 22 years on the job was arrested in Pittsburg after confessing to stealing about 25000 in valuables from trunks in his custody since last November. A $100 gold watch was found on him and detectives recovered over 9000 in additional stolen property at his Knoxville home. Jones admitted using duplicate keys on long runs to open trunks and take valuables.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Louis Jones
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Delehanty and
Powell
Knoxville
Jones
Kiel Yacht Races Open With German Built Meteor In Focus
Kiel opens yachting week with gigs cutters and pinnaces from German warships. Emperor William's Meteor, built by Germans, to race large yachts Friday. Competitors include Germania and Utowana. Attaches Belknap and Bussche arrive. Crown Prince Frederick William's Angela IV and Elizabeth III among entries.
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Kiel
William
Elbe
Hamburg
Herr Krupp von Bohlen
Allison V. Armour
Reginald R. Belknap
Baron von Dém Bussche
Foreign Office
John P. Wisser
Boston
Eastern Yacht Club
Frederick William
Angela IV
Prince Estel
Elizabeth III
Prince Adelbert
Jeck
M. von Guillaume
Cologne
Firemen Rescue Aged Couple From Brooklyn Fire
A three story brick building at 640 Court Street Brooklyn housed a blaze of unknown origin on the third floor. Firemen and patrolmen rescued elderly couple Mr Hensen and his wife as spectators cheered. Mr Hensen suffered facial and hand injuries but is expected to recover at Long Island College Hospital.
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Court Street
Brooklyn
Ysador Wolf
Peter Hensen
Mr. Hersen
Bofy
Long Island College Hospital
City Bank Fills Porters Places After Strike
Seven porters at National City Bank walked out Monday evening. New workers filled all posts yesterday morning. Porters complained shifts started at 6 AM with a 9 AM lunch break and an hour for dinner, totaling ten and a half hours for $12 weekly. A striking porter said bond of $5,000 was required, signed by at least three property owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National City Bank
Oatrikers
Loeb Sends Papers in Chesbrough Smuggling Case
Collector Loeb transmitted papers and evidence in the Chesbrough smuggling case to U. S. Attorney John B. Vreeland in Trenton for action. A trunk seized at a Hoboken pier was said by customs to conceal Paris gowns and furs beneath a false bottom, while Appraliser's Stores in Hoboken reported the find.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loeb
Matilda M. Chesbrough
Newton
Mass
John B. Vreeland
United States
Trenton
N. J
Paris
Hoboken
Appraliser
Christopher
Washington Streets
Chesbrough
Canada
Europe
Miss Sinclair Wins 150 Verdict in Suit Over Betrothal
Cora Sinclair also known as De Allo sued Samuel S. Laird Jr. for 54000 damages for breach of promise and won a 150 verdict after a weeklong trial. Jury deliberated 25 minutes. Evidence included over a hundred letters from Laird to Sinclair.
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Cora Sinclair
Samuel S. Laird
Supreme Court
Laird
Miss Sinclair
de Allo
Imprisoned Thirteen Days in Storm Cellar
In Brown County Texas Mr and Mrs Charles Dilson and their ten year old daughter endured thirteen days in a storm cellar after their home was wrecked by a storm. Rescuers later found the family hidden beneath their wrecked dwelling. They subsisted on bread water and raw potatoes and survived amid agony before rescue.
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The
Tribune
Galveston
Tex
Brown County
Charles Dilson
American commission sails for New York after Liberia survey
American scout cruisers Chester Birmingham and Salem depart Las Palmas with a three member commission led by R P Falkner E J Stott and George Sale to report on Liberia. They toured Monrovia and Sierra Leone boundary issues with British officials and found tensions with Sierra Leone and Kron coast interference by Britain.
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Las Palmas
Canary Islands
Chester
Birmingham
Salem
Liberia
New York
R. P. Falkner
E. J. Stott
George Sale
Negro Republic
Messrs. Falkner
Scott
Sale
Monrovia
The
S. A. Cleman
London
Sierra Leone
Kroo
Kron
Military Department
Reichstag adopts yearly tax on bonds and stocks in Berlin
Berlin reports the Reichstag passed a quotation tax on bonds and stocks by 8 to 145 votes. The measure bases tax on the prior year average quotations and dividend yields with withholding from payments. The vote unsettles Chancellor von Biulow, fueling resignation rumors and signaling tense finance reform talks. Imperial stocks slipped slightly as transfer taxation influenced markets.
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Berlin
Reichstag
von Bi
von Rilen
Herr Sydow
Imperial Treasury
Baron von Rheinbaben
Federal Council
Five French Soldiers Killed in Congo Clashes
Advices from the Governor of the French Congo report two patrol engagements with tribesmen. Five French soldiers were killed and nineteen wounded as the tribesmen were dispersed with heavy losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congo
Paris
French Congo
Cholera Appears in Finland Amid Widespread Alerts
Cholera has appeared in Finland with the first reported case in Abo province likely imported from Russia. In St Petersburg sixty one new cases were recorded within 24 hours ending noon today as authorities impose bans. The Helsinki prefect bans Sunday sale of splits and closes all saloons from 2 PM Saturday to 7 AM Monday.
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St. Petersburg
Helsingfors
Finland
Abo
Russia
St Petersburg
Harriman Arrives at Semmering in Good Health
MR HARRIMAN reached Semmering at 7 p m and stayed at the Hotel Panhans with his family. Doctors in Vienna reported a nervous ailment not serious, with a prescribed cure, though Harriman could attend to duties. A Rentgen ray photo supported the diagnosis. A telegram from Bertin, June 22, says Harriman is in better health than when he left New York.
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Semmering
FE. H. Harriman
Panhans
Vienna
Strumpe
Marriman
Harriman
Holzknecht
Strumpel
Serious Axe Attack Feeds Russia Case In Riga
Riga June 22 Lieutenant Ershin was attacked with an axe while sleeping. His wife and her mother were fatally injured after a brief struggle. A baby was unharmed. The accused fled the scene after the incident.
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Riga
Ershin
Leutenant
Venezuelan Senate Dismisses Dr Paul Over Warship Note
Caracas reports a sensational move after Congress rejected part of the Yellow Book tied to Venezuela’s request for foreign warships during Castro’s overthrow. Secretary Root’s December 21 cable and a Brazil relay sparked blame on Dr J de J Paul, who is accused of compromising sovereignty as vice president Gomez’s forces faced upheaval.
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Caracas
Dr. J. de J. Paul
Germany
England
Italy
Congress
Venezuela
Castro
Root
Dr Paul
Buchanan
Brazil
Gomez
Ta Grayra
Lorena
Dr. Paul
Congress of the
United States of Venezuela
Generos
Permanent Commission On Foreign Affairs
Paul
Cardenas
Roosevelt Expedition In Sotik Region Reports
Advices from Naivasha say all Roosevelt expedition members are well. Theodore Roosevelt shot another lion, and son Kermit killed a very large maned lion, the biggest so far. Kermit also killed two cheetahs as the party bagged giraffes eland topi and antelope. Skins go to the Smithsonian.
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Naivasha
Loretta Plains
Sotik
Theodore Roosevelt
Kermit
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
The Defence of O. J. King
French buyers of stock in a Mexican mine charge misrepresentation by Christopher J. King American consul at Lille. Arthur and Laurence Schell and M Landrieux deny claims claiming reorganization in Washington and note King’s limited connection. King asserts his role was official only and may invoke consular privilege in French courts.
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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 Railway Fire Near St Gall
Twelve Italian laborers at work on a railway were killed by asphyxiation in a fire near St Gall Switzerland on June 22. Many others were severely injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Gall
Switzerland
White Star Line reports 1908 profits and 10 percent dividend
London notes Oceanic Steam Navigation Company shows profits of 1,499,795 dollars for 1908, down from 4,222,439 dollars in 1997. A 10 percent dividend is declared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Oceanic Steam Navigation Company
White Star Line
Atlantic Steamship Companies
Premier Morris to confer with Ambassador Bryce at Hague
Sir Edward Morris sails from St John s to Northeast Harbor Maine to meet Ambassador Bryce about the fisheries dispute arbitration at the Hague. Afterward he proceeds to New York then sails for England for the Imperial Defence Conference in late July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s
N. F
Sir Edward Morris
Northeast Harbor
Bryce
Sumer
Edward
New York
England
OTERI'S OWNER FINED FOR EMIGRATION VIOLATION
The Cuban steamer Oteri anchored in the roadstead due to canal laborer transport disputes sailed after taking on two European laborers. Owner W G Spiller was fined 560 dollars for shipping men without authorities permission while planning a 500 man embarkation. The U S gunboat Marietta arrived from Bocas del Toro.
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Colon
Oteri
Brazil
Bragi
W. G. Spiller
United States
Marietta
Bocas del Toro
Train Hold-Up Near Kamloops Ends Without Loot
A Canadian Pacific westbound train No. 97 was held up by four masked men at Ducks near Kamloops at night. They mistook it for No. 5 carrying silver to the Coast and fled after realizing the error, crossing Shushawp Lake by boat as pursuing residents closed in.
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Vancouver
Canadian Pacific
Kamloops
Ducks
Shushawp Lake
Trial of Japanese labor leaders in Hawaii strikes
Honolulu reports prosecutors pressing conspiracy to murder and incite crime charges against Japanese plantation leaders. Fifteen Kahuhu workers arraigned for rioting as jury selection begins. Leaders threaten July 1 resumption of strikes at Ewa and Waialua with about three thousand workers. Planters warn disruption could force Japanese to leave planter homes. immigration plans from Washington aim to bring European labor.
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Honolulu
Kahuhu
Ewa
Waialua
Planters’ Association
In Gent
Washington
China to Get Pratas Island Settlement Talks Advance
Tokio reports a likely amicable accord between China and Japan over Pratas land and nearby rocks in the China Sea. Japan would yield ownership claims while China buys Nishizawa's interests as a Japanese settler. A commission will value Nishizawa's holding.
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Tokio
Pratassland & Cluster of
China Sea
China
Japan
Nishizawa
Noted world news highlights June 22 items
Twelve natives die and fourteen injured as a passenger train derails in Madras. Canadian Northern Railway engineers vote to strike. Hungarian Premier Wekerle resigns. Lukacs likely to form cabinet. Wellman expedition departs for North Pole from Christiania. Russian inner ministry cremation rules rejected by church. Isaura Villanueva of Mazatlan dies by suicide framing Yaqui revolt. Loos and Palmer to visit America to study immigration. Western Canada census shows 1.1 million total population with Manitoba leading.
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YALE
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Thames
Dutiable
Taylor
Tennessee
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Owen
Borah
Bradley
McCumber
Governor's Island Boat
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City Bank
Women's Council
Rome
Toronto
International Council of Women
America and
MR. Harriman
Senor Paul
MR. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Kijabe
Kisunu Province
Victoria Nyanza
O. J. King
White Star
Sir E. Morris
MR. Bryce
Pangma
C. P
Pratas Island
Madras
Winnipeg
Canadian Northern Railway
Alexander Wekerle
Lukacs
Christiania
Walter Wellman
North Pole
Balleo
Tromsoe
Spitzbergen
Ministry of the Interior
Mazatlan
Isaura Villanueva
Jean of Arc
Prince Gregory Loos
M. Palmer
United Zemstvo Organization
America
Western Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Apollinaris
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