Senatorial tax debate on corporation and inheritance plans
The Senate debated a 2 percent tax on net earnings for corporations including insurers while considering whether building and loan associations should be taxed. Supporters argued the tax would fund government revenue and reflect business privilege, with opposition noting possible double taxation. The session also saw a four hour debate on a 19 cent tea tax, which was defeated 55 to 186.
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Flint
Bulkeley
Foster
Aldrich
Nelson and
Crawford
South Dakota
Blunt
Flint Close
Dixon
Taft
Owen
Cummins
Cummins-Bailey
Bailey
Senate
Tillman
Carter
Heyburn
Bradley
Perkins
Smith
Michigan
McLaurin
Shively
Jones
Mr. Tillman
Bresfey
Burnham
du Pont
Elkins
Frye
Gallinger
Herburn
Nixon
Root
Scott
Wetmore
Telegrams of protest flood senators against tax amendment
Washington reports a flood of telegrams opposing the corporation tax amendment pouring in to Senators. The communications come from business leaders and corporate interests, with many lawmakers noting strong opposition and concern over the administration’s plan.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Congress
Revising Fishery Treaty
The document reports discussions between Junior University and Professor FE Prince of Ottens on fishery regulations. Commissioners review rules to prevent future changes, with no anticipated amendments. Drafts await promulgation by two governments around December 1 with unclear effective dates in 1810 or 1921.
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Fora Junior University
FE Prince of Ottens
Tor4enenia
President plans pensioning of aged federal clerks
Washington June 29 President to recommend to Congress in his first annual message a retirement fund and pensioning of superannuated government workers. Cabinet investigations show many incompetents inflating costs and two groups of aging clerks, with efforts to dismiss younger staff while pensioning elders persist. New York Custom House reports 75 aging employees inactive with reduced pay. Treasury notes over 100 employees past ninety still collecting salaries.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Taft
New York Custom House
Custom House
Treasury
Treasury calls for 25.9 million in government funds
Secretary Mac Veagh ordered a return to the Treasury of about 25 million in government funds from national depository banks. 9 million is to be drawn July 15 and 16 million on August 15, reducing balances to meet daily needs while leaving limited funds in active accounts and small banks that wish to stay designated as depositaries.
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Washington
Treasury
MacVeagh
Orville Flies Short Flight and Diagnoses Ignition Issue
In a brief flight near the aero plane shed, Orville skims the field and lands near the starting rail. He notes the ignition was the trouble and promises the engine will be fixed after a morning tinkering session.
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Air
Orville
Treasury Revises Daily Cash Statement To Match Records
Washington June 29 announces major changes in the daily Treasury cash statement effective July 1. Discrepancies were due to the accounting of transactions not yet completed vs completed cash payments. Data will come from a single source, tallying receipts and disbursements. The year's figures show $60 million excess ordinary disbursements, $31 million Panama Canal disbursements, $44 million banknote retirements excess, and total outlays about $119 million above revenues.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Treasury
The
Panama Canal
Calais Aero Flight Rivalry Aims for Channel Crossing
At Calais Herbert Latham Count de Lambert and Henry Farman await favorable weather to fly the English Channel for a 5000 prize. Latham uses a monoplane from a cliff top near Calais toward Dover. Farman showcases a new wheel skid and lateral fins for added stability.
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Calais
Herbert Latham
Count de Lambert
Henry Farman
English Channel
London
Farman
Chalons
Rheims
Latham
Admiralty
Dover
Contests Over Wills Involving Manley Heirs and Executors
Mrs Isabella M Manley sister of Henry Howard Paul sues to set aside bequests in two wills of the American writer. Defendants include Harison Grey Fiske Henry Tyrell and Albert A Gilmer Newton executors. Disputes hinge on residuary and charitable bequests and possible interested legatee issues.
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Isabella M. Manley
Henry Howard Paul
London
Harrison Grey Fiske
Henry Tyrell
Albert A. Gilmer
Francis B. Newton
Pan
England
Manley
Maria Louise Overman
Helen Manley
Manlevy
Christie
Horace Howard
Paul
Airship Zeppel in D Germ land near Bibderach lands in rain
The airship Zeppelin I traveling from Friedrichshafen to Metz landed in Bibderach Germany this morning due to overheated machinery. It touched down in a rainstorm with four officers and four men holding it until soldiers arrived. Major Sperling led the operation and requested duplicate parts for the damaged gear.
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Bibderach
Germany
Friedrichshafen
Metz
Sperling
Two Drown in Surf at Rockaway Beach
Mrs. Jennie Duffy watched as William Brohm died in the surf at Belle Harbor Rockaway Beach after unloading a van with her furniture. James McCaffrey is missing after the trip from the International Storage Company on East 52nd Street. Brohm and McCaffrey had started Monday night and were employed to transport the goods. The company president Charles T. Lynch said the men were valued workers and had been paid $20 to complete the job. Four dollars was found in Brohm's pockets.
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Jennie Duffy
Brighton Avenue
Belle Harbor
Rockaway Beach
William Brohm
East 52d Street
Manhattan
Brohm
Bonding Companies Face Legislation Clash in Washington
Washington June 29 Representatives of major bonding firms urge no rate cuts before the Appropriations Committee Hearing. They warn the government may enter the bonding business for its own staff, framing a proposed bond fund from officer salaries to cover losses. A bill would cap officer bonds to pre 1999 levels.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Committee On Appropriations
United States
Tawney
Appropriations Committee
Dillon Sentenced to Sing Sing for Patrolman Shooting
Patrolman James F Dillon from Adams Street Brooklyn received a sentence of seven to fourteen years in Sing Sing for shooting Louis Probber on May 2 in a Myrtle Avenue grocery. He cried innocence while admitting prior brutality convictions and an assault on a Brooklyn Rapid Transit supervisor. The defense urged Elmira reform school, but the DA dismissed the idea. appeal planned for fall.
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Sing Sing
James F Dillion
Adams Street
Brooklyn
Maddox
Supreme Court
Raf
Charce
Louis Probber
Isaac Probber
Myrtle Avenue
Dillon
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Florenz Sullivan
Whiskey Debate Closes as Taft Hosts Cabinet Hearings
In Washington the Taft administration debated what constitutes whiskey as experts and lawyers argued over Bowers opinion. Ex Secretary Carlisle and F W Taylor challenged the purity standard while Professor Frear urged keeping current rules. Briefs may be filed with ten days for replies.
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Washington
Taft
Roosevelte
Bowers
John G Carlisle
the Treasury
Fadmund W. Taylor
Carlisle
William Frear
Pennsylvania
City pays tribute to Marty Keese longtime City Hall janitor
Funeral held for Martin J Keese veteran fireman and city custodian at 84 Eighth Avenue Undertaking rooms. Hundreds filed in to view the face as Rev W Montague Geer led services. Procession and silent city hall viewing prompted Mayor McClellan to order the flag at half staff. Keese rushed to Greenwood Cemetery for interment.
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Martin J. Keese
Bowery Row
Eighth Avenue
W Montague Geer
St Paul's Chapel
Marty
John Buckbee
Bill” Tweeds Americas Hose Company
Big
William Hennessey
Clinton Engine Company
George W Anderson
Phoenix Hose Company
City Hall
McCellan
Greenwood Cemetery
Typhoid Mary asks freedom from solitary confinement
Mary Mallon known as Typhoid Mary appeared in Supreme Court seeking habeas corpus relief from isolation on North Brother Island. Health Department maintains she is immune but carries bacilli that can spread typhoid. she urged release, calling confinement ridiculous while detailing lonely life and mistreatment by staff. Court adjourned hearing to today.
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Mary Mallon
North Brother Island
Mary
Glegerich
Supreme Court
J. Coleman Drayton
Miss Mallon
Drayton
Health Department
Justee Giegerich
Directors lax in 1302 Saratoga trial testimony
Alvin W. Krech of Equitable Trust Co testified in the Kavanaugh suit that New York City trust directors in 1992 delegated duties to executive committees and rarely verified affairs. He described frequent quorum issues and reliance on officer reports, while noting the Mercantile Trust Co held shipbuilding mortgage trusteeship and his personal subscripting of 100,000 in shipbuilding securities. Daniel Le Roy Dresser concluded his testimony after 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
Kavanaugh
United States Shipbuilding Company
Krech
Mercantile Trust Company of New York
Mércantile Company
The
Shipbuilding Corporation
Mercantile Trust Company
Daniel le Roy Dresser
Taxicab Ordinance Signed and Set for Fares
Mayor McClellan signed the new taxicab ordinance introduced by Alderman Dowling setting fares for two and four passenger taxicabs. The measure fixes half mile rates of 30 cents and 49 cents with 10 cents per quarter mile and waiting charges of 1 dollar to 1 dollar fifty per hour. Taxicab owners dispute constitutionality claims but pledge to keep meters and oppose city price controls.
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McClellan
Alderman Dowling
Board of Aldermen
William J. Moran
Coun
Coial
President Tafta Fay Signs 1910 Census Funding Bill
Washington June 29 President Tafta Fay signed the bill providing funds for the 1910 census. The action clears the way for the decennial survey and related census operations nationwide.
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Washington
Tafta Fay
Speeding drivers in Cambridge court face severe sentences
In Cambridge District Court on June 29, Joseph Bar bose, chauffeur for J Reed Whipple of Boston, and Bartol Parker former Harvard football captain, faced overspeeding charges. Parker pleaded guilty and was fined 40 dollars. Bar bose received a thirty day sentence in the House of Correction. Parker’s father serves on the State Highway Commission which issues licenses.
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Cambridge
Mass
House of Correction
Joseph Barbose
J. Reed Whipple
Boston
Bartol Parker
Harvard University
Parker
State Highway Commission
Brooklyn Man Rescues Teen From East River Drowning
Bernard Bridges of Brooklyn swam to the aid of Augustus Ireland 18 near Classon Point after a sailboat capsized off the East River. Ireland and Joseph Gonzales were in the water. Bridges pulled Ireland to safety for about 10 to 15 minutes until Cornelius Quinn arrived with a boat. Ireland recovered at home after medical treatment as the crowd cheered the rescuer.
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Bernard Bridges
John Bridges
Brooklyn
Augustus Ireland
East 152d Street
East River
Classon Point
Ireland
Hartfen
Bronx
Joseph Gonzales
St. Ann’s Avenue
134Th Street
Gonzales
Young Treland
Bridges
Cornelius Quinn
Big factory to close in Utica area
Utica New York June 2 notice posted that Remington typewriter works at Ilion will close from July 1 until further notice. The plant employs about 210 men with a weekly payroll near 30000 dollars. A prior attempt to use a machine for letter alignment led to a strike by assemblers and ongoing talks failed to resolve the dispute. The company plans to reopen only under its own terms.
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Utica
N. Y
Remington Typewriter Works
Ilion
Kilburn Withdraws as Malone Candidate for State Senate
Franklin County Republican Convention selects County Judge Frederick G Paddock of Malone as its state Senate candidate after multiple ballots. Initial entries were Kilburn Brush McClary Matthews with Paddock appearing on the fifth formal ballot and Kilburn withdrawing on the eighth. Delegates named include Coats MacDonald Carter Brush Proto Bryant Matthews Steenberg with Paddock deemed acceptable to St. Lawrence County.
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the Tribune
Malone
Frederick G Paddock
Franklin County
F. D. Kilburn
Charles E. Brush
Moira
M. E. McClary
R. Matthews
Bombay
Brush
Kilburn
McClary
Matthews
Judge Paddock
Paddock
H. P. Coats
Alexander MacDonald
H. C. Carter
C. E. Brush
A. E. Proctor
F. H. Bryant
Allen
Harlem Democratic Club Factional Fight Leads to Injunction
Internal strife over leadership at the Harlem Democratic Club erupts as supporters accuse Thomas B. Leahy of bosslike control. Milton M. Goldsmith opposed in elections. Dempsey seeks to overturn results amid alleged ballot irregularities. Club founded 1882 with figures like Ver non Davis and Jordan L. Mott among organizers.
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Harlem Democratic Club
Thomas B. Leahy
Isaac A. Hopper
Tammany
List
Democratic Party
Leahy
Hopper
Charles W. Dayton, Jr
Justice Dayton
Milton M. Goldsmith
Percy Nagle
Thomas E. Dempsey
Dempsey
Harlem
Leahr
Goldsmith
Supreme Court
Haremocratic Club
Vernon M. Davis
The
Jordan L. Mott
Cyrus L. Sulzberger
William M. Ivins
Edward Corey
Henry M. Watterson
Grover Cleveland
Tin Workers and Employers Meet in Pittsburg Conference
A meeting between Amalgamated Association officials and James H. Nutt of Youngstown adjourned until tomorrow. An amicable agreement is hoped, but workers threaten a July 1 strike if the open shop policy is enforced.
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Pittsburg
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
James H. Nutt
Youngstown
Ohio
Law to bar Negroes from firemen and trainmen in Georgia
A committee representing Georgia Railroad firemen and train men began preparing a bill to exclude Negroes from employment as firemen and trainmen. The measure will be introduced to the current Georgia Legislature, where a separate bill for an educational test for Negro firemen has already been filed in the House.
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Atlanta
Georgia Railroad
Georgia
Weds American Widow in Paris Union
Mrs George de Mare a Kansas City social figure wed Henry Charles Somerset son of Lord Henry Somerset in Paris on June 16. The bride's first husband, a Kansas City artist, died in the Pepper Building fire in 1997. The couple's families say they have been traveling in Europe.
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Lord Somerset
Mrs. de Mare
Kansas City
Paris
George de Mare
Henry Charles Somerset
Henry Somerset
England
Aday
Craig Hunter
Mrs Tucker Wins Divorce From Colonel Tucker
Mary Elizabeth Tucker obtained a divorce from Colonel William F. Tucker retired A and A soldier on grounds of desertion. The case was uncontested and alimony settled privately. Mrs Tucker may resume her maiden name. Witnesses were Mrs Tucker and her mother widow of General John A Logan. The couple married in 1877 and Colonel Tucker deserted in 1906.
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Chicago
Mary Elizabeth Tucker
William F. Tucker
Colonel Tucker
Dissolution Petition Filed Against Educational Theatre
Four of five directors led by Samuel L. Clemens file in the Supreme Court for dissolution of the Educational Theatre alleging lack of capital and need for an endowment that has not materialized. Miss A M Hertz did not sign. Justice Giegerich orders Hertz and Attorney General O Malley to show cause by August.
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The
Educational Theatre
Supreme Court
Samuel L. Clemens
Otto H. Kahn
Robert J. Collier
Charles & Miner
A. M. Hertz
Clemens
Furm
Dedicate Magazine to Principal Edward A Page
A forty four page magazine by seventh graders of Public School 7 honors principal Edward A Page. Superintendent William H Maxwell lauds his lifelong dedication to duty across posts including Harlem Evening High School for Men and Public School 7.
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Public School
Edward A. Page
Page
William H. Maxwell
Ralph Moolten
Harlem
College
City of
New York
Columbia Law School
New York Society of Pedigogy
Plan Richmond Washington Line Reorganization Details
The Tribune reports Richmond Gould Street railway reorganization aims to connect to Washington via Ashland with a direct electric line. Several million dollars are expected to be invested. A bridge across the James River for a Petersburg line is proposed if Richmond delays a heavier bridge.
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Tribune
Richmond
Gould Street Railway
Washington
Ashland
Lace Importer Sues Over Alleged Fake Amati Violin
David Schoenfeld a lace importer sues Herr Dalley in the Supreme Court seeking 2400 after paying 2730 for a violin later valued at 250. He alleges Dalley claimed the instrument was a genuine seventeenth century Amati. Dalley denies making the representation claiming he only relayed expert opinions.
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David Schoenfeld
Dalley
Supreme Court
Schoenfeld
Amati
Nicole Amati
Ftr
Daksey
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McCarren
Public School 17
North Fifth Street
Driggs Avenue
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Haffen
Remington Typewriter
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Lyon
Richmond- Washington Line
Gould Streetcar
Virginia
Apollinaris Water
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