Senate debates on corporation and inheritance taxes
The Senate weighed a 2 percent tax on corporate net earnings with disputes over who qualifies including insurance firms and building and loan associations. Proponents argued revenue estimates range from 40 to 50 million yearly while opponents feared double taxation and unfair burdens on insurers. The Tillman tea tax failed 55 to 18 with notable Republican support.
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Royal Areanuum
Flint
Gmutuel
Bulkeley
Foster
Aldrich
Nelson and
Crawford
South Dakota
Telegrams surge against corporation tax amendment
Telegrams pour into Senators opposing the corporation tax amendment. Business leaders nationwide, from builders to loan securities, flood inquiries with many lawmakers receiving 12 to 50 messages today. The organized nationwide protest signals strong opposition to the measure despite Republican support and presidential backing.
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Associates Press
Washington
Senate
House
Revising Fishery Treaty Regulations In Toronto
June 29 Toronto reports the commission will review the fisheries treaty regulations signed by the President. Officials believe the rules are sound and do not expect changes. The regulations will be promulgated and take effect later with details not yet public.
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Toronto
Irdenenia
Nate International Vether Iocal
President urged to create federal retirement fund for aged workers
The President plans to urge Congress in his annual message for a government retirement system and pensioning of superannuated workers. Cabinet members report many clerks are too old or incompetent, raising costs, with examples in New York Customs House and Treasury showing aging staff and reduced pay while inside work is limited.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Taft
New York Custom House
Custom House
Treasury
Treasury Calls for 25 Million Dollars From Banks
Washington June 20 Secretary Mac Veagh called for a return to the Treasury of government funds totaling about 25 million dollars from national depositary banks. 9 million to July 15 and 16 million to August 15. Balances in active depositaries are reduced to the government’s daily needs.
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Washington
Treasury
MacVeagh
Orville Flies Short Flight and Troubleshooter
Orville piloted the air craft briefly near the aero plane shed then landed at the field end of the starting rail. He smiled and claimed ignition trouble is fixed after a quick tinkering plan for tomorrow morning.
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Air
Orville
Treasury fixes cash statement to tally receipts and disbursements
The Treasury announces changes to the daily cash statement effective July 1 to align balances from one source. It splits receipts and disbursements into ordinary Panama Canal and public debt, noting a roughly 6 million shortfall in ordinary disbursements, canal spending near 31 million matched by bond proceeds, and a 119.9 million year endage due to bond retirements and banknote retirements.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Treasury
The
Panama Canal
Calais Aeroplane Race to Fly English Channel for Prize
Herbert Latham Count de Lambert and Henry Farman prepare near Calais for a Channel crossing flight to Dover. Each pilot touts new features on Wright and Farman airplanes with torpedo boats on standby to assist and rescue. Rivalry over who departs first as winds and weather shape a 21.73 mile possible crossing.
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Calais
Herbert Latham
Count de Lambert
Henry Farman
English Channel
London
Farman
Chalons
Rheims
Latham
Admiralty
Dover
Contests Two Wills in Manley Estate Suit
Mrs Isabella M Manley sister of Henry Howard Paul sues executors to set aside bequests in two wills. She contends the residuary and English will gifts are defective and seeks construction as intestacy. The case targets executors Harri gan Grey Fiske Henry Tyrell Albert Gilmer Francis Newton and beneficiaries Christie Overman Helen Manley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabella M. Manley
Henry Howard Paul
London
Harrigan Grey Fiske
Henry Tyrell
Albert A. Gilmer
Francis B. Newton
Pan
England
England On December 9, 1995 He Left To Mrs. Manley
Maria Louise Overman
Helen Manley
Maniey
Christie
Horace Howard
Paul
Zeppelin Airship Forced to Land in Bibderach Germany
A German airship traveling from Friedrichshafen to Metz landed in Bibderach this morning due to overheated machinery. The craft touched down in a rainstorm with four officers and four men assisting until soldiers aided. Major Sperling ordered for replacement parts of the damaged equipment.
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Bibderach
Germany
Friedrichshafen
Metz
Sperling
Two Drown In Surf At Rockaway Beach
Mrs Jennie Duffy reported the men from the International Storage Co at 208 East 52d Street began a van load move at 1 PM Monday. William Brohm of 205 East 52d Street Manhattan died in the surf near Brighton Avenue while James McCaffrey of 253 West 1st Street remained missing. Four dollars was found in Brohm pocket.
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Jennie Duffy
Brighton Avenue
Belle Harbor
Rockaway Beach
William Brohm
East 52d Street
Manhattan
James McCaffrey
West 1St Street
Brohm
Bonding firms push against rate cuts before U S committee
Washington hearing tabs bonding companies against lowering rates as lawmakers push study of a government bonding fund. Rep Tawney notes a possible "gentlemen's agreement" and weighs a bill to cap officer bonds at pre 1999 levels, with the U S government possibly taking over bonding for its staff.
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Tribune Bureau of
Washington
Committee On Appropriations
United States
Tawney
Appropriations Committee
Dillon Sentenced to Sing Sing for Patrolman Shooting
Patrolman James F Dillon of the Adams Street station Brooklyn was sentenced by Justice Maddox in the Supreme Court to seven to fourteen years in Sing Sing for shooting Louis Probber on May 2 in a Myrtle Avenue grocery store. Dillon denied the act, but admitted prior brutality convictions and an assault on a company superintendent. An Elmira reformitory suggestion was rejected. an appeal is planned in the fall.
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Sing Sing
James F Dillon
Adams Street
Brooklyn
Maddox
Supreme Court
Charce
Louis Probber
Isaac Probber
Myrtle Avenue
Dillon
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Florenz Sullivan
Justice Maddox
Elmira Reformatory
Tdistrict
John F. Clarke
Clarke
Elmira
Sullivan
Taft Deliberates On Definition Of Whiskey In Cabinet Session
In Washington Taft wrestled with what defines whiskey during a Cabinet discussion on Bowers’s opinion. Carlisle and Farund W Taylor argued that neutral spirits blended with whisker constitute imitation whiskey while Frear urged keeping current rules intact. Briefs may be filed through July 10 with ten days for replies.
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Washington
Taft
Roosevelt
Bowers
John G. Carlisle
the Treasury
Farund W. Taylor
William Frear
Penneyivania
City's Tribute to Marty Keese Funeral Honors City Hall Custodian
Martin J. Keese longtime City Hall janitor volunteer fireman and Bowery Bum was eulogized in a large funeral held at No 9 Eighth Avenue. Rev W Montague Geer led services. Friends Buckbee Hennessey and Anderson escorted the hearse. Many organizations sent flowers as thousands paid their respects. City Hall flag stood at half mast. Interment followed at Greenwood Cemetery in a receiving vault.
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Martin J. Keese
Bowery Bew
No. 9
Eighth Avenue
W Montague Geer
St Paul's Chapel
Marty
Tohn Buckbee
Tohn Buckbee, Foreman of “Billweeds Americas Hose Company
Big
William Hennessey
Clinton Engine Company
George W Anderson
Phoenix Hose Company
City Hall
Metellan
Greenwood Cemetery
Directors lax in 1502 as Krech testifies in suit
Alvin W. Krech president of Equitable Trust Company testifies in the Charles H. Kavanaugh suit that New York City trust directors often delegated duties to executive committees and lacked quorums in summer. Kavanaugh accuses directors of permitting Republic Trust funds to back the United States Shipbuilding Company in 142. Krech notes Mercantile Trust as a trustee had a link but later covered by his personal subscription. Daniel Le Roy Dresser ends his testimony after a brief cross examination.
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Saratoga
N.Y
Alvin W. Krech
Equitable Trust Company of
New York City
Charles H. Kavanaugh
Trust Company of the Republic
Ngwr
Kavanaugh
United States Shipbuilding Company
Krech
Mercantile Trust Company of New York
Mércantile Company
Shipbuilding Corporation
Mercantile Trust Company
Daniel le Roy Dresser
Long Pat McCarren Warns Public School 17 Grads
Brooklyn Democrat leader Long Pat McCarren urged Public School 17 students in Brooklyn to develop inherent brains energy and tact rather than rely on a diploma He warned that success requires hard struggle and warned against lying and ridiculed dreamers The speaker framed the world as exacting and unsympathetic and emphasized protecting women and survival of the fittest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat
McCarren
Brooklyn
Public School 17
North Fifth Street
Driggs Avenue
Typhoid Mary Asks Freedom From Solitary Island Confinement
Mary Mallon known as Typhoid Mary appeared in Supreme Court seeking habeas corpus relief from isolation on North Brother Island. Health Department claims she carries typhoid bacilli and endangers others, while she says she is not dangerous and laments the loneliness of confinement. Justice Glegerich adjourned the hearing to continue.
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Mary Mallon
North Brother Island
Mary
Justice Glegerich
Supreme Court
J. Coleman Drayton
Miss Mallon
Drayton
Health Department
Taxicab ordinance signed by mayor and aldermen
Mayor McClellan signed the taxicab ordinance introduced by Alderman Dowling. The measure sets fares of 30 cents for the first half mile for two passenger cabs and 49 cents for four or more passengers, with 10 cents per quarter mile. Waiting time is 1 dollar hourly for small vehicles and 1.50 for larger ones. Moran defends the ordinance against claims of unconstitutional regulation.
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McClellan
Alderman Dowling
Board of Aldermen
Wiliam J. Moran
Opec
Taft Signs 1910 Census Funding Bill
President Taft signed the 1910 census funding bill in Washington on June 23. The measure provides the necessary funds for the national census operation.
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Washington
Taft
Speed law violators in Cambridge court faces harsh sentences
In Cambridge Massachusetts on June 29 drivers charged with speed violations received severe penalties in District Court. Joseph Barbose, chauffeur for J Reed Whipple, and Barton Parker, former Harvard football captain, were arraigned. Parker did not contest overspeeding and was fined forty dollars while one case drew thirty days in the House of Correction.
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Cambridge
Mass
House of Correction
Joseph Barbose
J. Reed Whipple
Boston
Barton Parker
Harvard University
Parker
State Highway Commission
Brooklyn Man Rescues Youth From East River Drown
Bernard Bridges of Brooklyn aided eighteen year old Augustus Ireland after a sailboat capsized off Classon Point. Ireland and Joseph Gonzalés were stranded offshore when Bridges swam to the youth, supported him for ten to fifteen minutes until lifesaver Cornelius Quinn arrived with a boat. Ireland recovered and went home.
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Bernard Bridges
John Bridges
Brooklyn
Augustus Ireland
East 152d Street
East River
Classon Point
Ireland
Haffen
Bronx
Joseph Gonzalés
St. Ann's Avenue
134Th Street
Gonzales
Treland
Bridges
Cornelius Quinn
Big Factory to Close in Utica Typewriter Works
Utica New York June 2 The Remington typewriter works at Mion will close for an indefinite period starting July 1 The plant employs about 210 workers mainly men with a weekly payroll near 90000 The shutdown follows a strike by workers resisting a machine to assist letter alignment and failed conferences between management and striking workers lasting after the stoppage The firm hopes to reopen only under its own plan
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utica
N. Y
Remington Typewriter Works
Mion
Kilburn Withdraws from Senate Race in Franklin County
Franklin County Republican Convention selects Malone judge Frederick G. Paddock as its state Senate candidate after multiple ballots. Initial entries included Kilburn Brush MecClary Matthews with Paddock gaining on the eighth ballot then winning on the ninth with 22 votes to 18 for MecClary. Delegates named to the senatorial convention include MacDonald Carter Brush Proctor Bryant Matthews Steenberg. Paddock’s support extends to St. Lawrence County.
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Tribune
Malone
Frederick G. Paddock
Franklin County
Republican Convention
F. BD. Kilgurn
Charles E. Brush
Mofra
M. E. MecClary
J. R. Matthews
Bombay
Brush
Kilburn
McClary
Matthews
Judge Paddock
Paddock
FP Coats
Alexander MacDonald
H. C. Carter
Quarrel Splits Harlem Democratic Club Over Leadership
Harlem Democratic Club faces factional split as President Thomas B. Leahy faces opposition from Milton M. Geldsmith and others. Injunctions, alleged ballot stuffing, and resignations cloud the June 3 election, with Dempsey seeking to set aside the vote and damages. The club, founded in 1882, counts figures like Verno M. Davis and Cyrus L. Sulzberger among its organizers.
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Harlem Democratic Club
Thomas B. Leahy
Isaac A. Hopper
Tammany
1Ist Assembly
Democratic Party
Leahy
Hopper
Charles W. Dayton, Jr
Justice Dayton
Milton M. Geldsmith
Percy Nagle
Thomas E. Dempsey
Dempsey
Harlem
Leahr
Goldsmith
Supreme Court
Haremocratic Club
Vernon M. Davis
The
Jordan L. Mott
Cyrus L. Sulzberger
William Mivins
Edward Corey
Henry M. Watterson
Grover Cleveland
Tin Workers and Employers Meet in Pittsburgh Conference
Pittsburg June conference of eight committees of the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers and James H. Nutt of Youngstown Ohio adjourned tonight till tomorrow. An amicable agreement is hoped to be reached. workers threaten to strike July 1 if manufacturers push the open shop policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
James H. Nutt
Youngstown
Ohio
Law to Bar Negroes From Georgia Railroad Jobs
A committee representing Georgia Railroad firemen and trainmen began preparing a bill to bar African Americans from employment as firemen and trainmen. The measure, with an educational test for negro firemen already introduced in the House, will be submitted to the current Georgia Legislature session.
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Atlanta
Georgia Railroad
Georgia
Weds American Widow and English Noble in Paris
Mrs. George de Mare, a Kansas City social figure, wed Henry Charles Somerset son of Lord Henry Somerset in Paris on June 16. Advices to Craig Hunter, father of the bride, report the marriage. Mrs. de Mare’s first husband, a Kansas City artist, died in the Pepper Building fire in 1997. She and her mother have been traveling in Europe.
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Kansas City
George de Mare
Henry Charles Somerset
Henry Somerset
England
Paris
Craig Hunter
Mrs Tucker Granted Divorce from Colonel Tucker
Mary Elizabeth Tucker obtained a divorce from Colonel William F. Tucker retired on desertion grounds. Alimony settled privately and the wife may resume her maiden name. The witnesses were Mrs. Tucker and her mother, widow of General John A. Logan.
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Chicago
Mary Elizabeth Tucker
William F. Tucker
Tucker
Four Directors Seek Dissolution Of Educational Theatre
Four of eleven directors of the Educational Theatre petitioned the Supreme Court to dissolve the corporation. Signers include Samuel L. Clemens Otto H. Kahn Robert J. Collier and Charles Miner. Miss A M Hertz did not sign. The group alleges the theatre lacks capital and an endowment fund, hindering viability. Justice Giegerich ordered Miss Hertz and Attorney General to show cause by August 5 why dissolution should not occur.
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The
Educational Theatre
Supreme Court
Samuel L. Clemens
Otto H. Kahn
Robert J. Collier
Charles & Miner
A. M. Hertz
Dedicate Magazine to Principal Edward A Page
A forty four page school magazine issued by seventh graders of Public School 7 honors Principal Edward A Page who has led the school for twenty five years. Superintendent William H Maxwell commends Mr Page for unwavering dedication and duty throughout his career and notes his birth in the city and education at NY College and Columbia Law School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Tors
Public School
Edward A. Page
Page
William H. Maxwell
Ralph Moolten
Harlem
Mr. Page
College of
City of New York
Plan Richmond to Washington Electric Rail Line
The Gould street railway reorganization in Virginia envisions a direct electric line to Washington from Richmond or via Ashland with a bridge over the James River. Construction is expected to start in fall at Fredericksburg and Ashland, funded by several million in debts.
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Tribune
Richmond
Gould Street Railway
Washington
Ashland
Fredericksburg
James River
Petersburg
Ricnet
Lace Importer Sues Over Alleged Fake Violin Sale
David Schoenfeld, a lace importer, sues Henry Dalley in the Supreme Court for 2400 after paying 2730 for a violin later valued at 50. He claims Dalley represented the instrument as a genuine Amati from the seventeenth century. Dalley denies making such representations.
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David Schoenfeld
Henry Dalley
Supreme Court
Schoenfeld
Dalley
Nicole Amati
Ff Fr
Daksey
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