Taft urges constitutional income tax for corporations
President Taft urges Congress to amend the Constitution to authorize a federal income tax without apportionment. He endorses an excise tax of two percent on net income of corporations, excluding certain banks and savings institutions, and argues it avoids direct taxation issues. He cites prior court decisions and the need for national fiscal reform.
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Taft
Senate
Congress
House of Representatives
Finance Committee
Farmers’ Loan & Trust Company
Supreme Court
Treasury
United States
Spreckels Sugar Refining Company
McClain
U. S. 397
Wall Street Helps Corn Crop Selloff Effort
Wall Street aims to aid farmers by pushing corn options short to move a 3.5 billion bushel crop but so far fails to attract investment, despite grain market pressure from advisers and traders.
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Wall Street
Governors inspect Hudson sites for bridge plan
Governor Hughes of New York and Governor Fort of New Jersey traveled up the Hudson to review proposed locations for a bridge uniting the two states.
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Hudson
Hughes
New York
Fort
New Jersey
Morse Free on Bail After Misuse of Bank Funds
Charles W. Morse, once famed as the Ice King and ex-president of the National Bank of North America, is released from Tombs prison on 125000 bail after appeals judges decide his case. Morse plans to reopen in the financial district and seeks a new trial in the fall. Irwin Morse joins him. bail bonds total twenty sureties.
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New York City
Charles W. Morse
National Bank of North America
Tombs
Lacombe, Noyes and Coxe
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Morse
Financial District
Irwin Morse
Princeton
Joseph D. Carroll
Frederick Wagner
Largest Navy Dry Dock Planned for Pearl Harbor
The Navy awards the contract to the San Francisco Bridge Company for a massive Pearl Harbor dry dock. It measures 620 feet by 140 feet and will support the largest battleships and flotillas of torpedo craft, with masonry costs around 1.76 million dollars and finishing work to follow. Modern repair facilities and harbor defenses are included, with construction starting promptly.
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Washington, D. C
Navy Department
Meyer
San Francisco Bridge Company
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Thooping
Japan Honors Fairbanks Visits Kyoto Kobe
Former Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks is entertained by Kyoto Governor and welcomed by Osaka mayor as he travels to Kobe. He addresses teachers at Kobe Christian Girls' School before continuing to Korea.
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Tokio
Japan
Charles W. Fairbanks
Kyoto
Kobe
Osaka
Fairbanks
Christian Girls’ School
Korea
Elizabeth Haldeman Dies in Paris After Appendicitis Operation
Elizabeth C. Haldeman of Louisville, partner of Henry Watterson in the Courier Journal, died at the Hotel Balzac in Paris following an appendicitis operation. The Haldemans were visiting Paris. Missouri bars mixed marriages. Governor Hadley in Jefferson City signed a bill prohibiting marriage of Caucasians with Chinese Japanese and other Asiatics.
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Elizabeth Haldeman
Paris
France
Elizabeth C. Haldeman
W. B. Haldeman
Luouisville
Henry Watterson
Courier-Journal
Balzac
Haldemans
Missouri
Hadley
Jefferson City
Elsie Sigel Slain in New York Chinatown Trunk
Elsie Sigel twenty is found strangled and jammed in a trunk on Eighth Avenue Manhattan. Granddaughter of Civil War General Franz Sigel identified by Florence M. Todd missionary with two Chinamen suspected. Police note possible kidnapping and prisoner conditions in the sealed flat.
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New York City
Elsie Sigel
Franz Sigel
Eighth Avenue
Paul Sigel
Wadsworth Avenue
Sigel
Florence M. Todd
Lung Lim
William L. Leon
Chung Sin
Thomas L. Bunnell
Bristol
Leon
Riverside Drive
Hughes
Health Department
Signature Dispute Over Grover Cleveland Article At Trial
Mrs Grover Cleveland testified in a New York murder trial setting aside the case to allow her to depart for the Cleveland summer home. She identified genuine signatures and rejected the Times article claiming to be by Grover Cleveland as not his handwriting. Prosecutors argued the Times article was forged and dictated by Brandenburg.
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New York City
New York Times
Grover Cleveland
William J. Bryan
Broughton Brandenburg
Fitzgerald
Criminal
Supreme Court
California
Tombs
Cleveland
Nott
The
Times
Joseph D. Bryant
District Attorney’s
Grand Jury Room
Not
Hastings
Brandenburg
New Hampshire
Sect of the Crimson God Reported in Perm Russia
Police in Perm and surrounding Ural region investigate a sect accused of human sacrifices and gruesome rites. A secret grave with a mutilated body was found, with authorities expecting more victims as regional refugees and pagan influences are noted in the area.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Perm
Ural
Asia
Reunion after 42 years brings Fisher siblings together
Charles Fisher, who left Alaska with a fortune, reunites with his long lost sister in Chicago after forty two years. He traced their first meet to Mrs. J. P. Clyens in the city after learning they were orphans in Syracuse, New York.
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Chicago
Charles Fisher
Alaska
New York City
J. P. Clyens
Syracuse
N. Y
Charles
Balloon tragedy in St Petersburg injures several
Court Chamberlain Palitzin was killed and his wife fatally wounded in a balloon crash in St Petersburg. Count Rostoffseff and General Wannowski were among the injured as a gas bag drifted over the city. Rostoffseff pulled the rip cord by mistake in the balloon ascent led by Captain Korbe.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Palitzin
Wannowski
Army Department
Korbe
Count Rostofftseff
Alexander
Rockefeller money blocked for UNO athletic field
Governor Shallenberger and Chancellor Avery rule that none of John D. Rockefeller's funds will be used for improvements on the University of Nebraska at Omaha athletic field. The decision reflects public concerns over the source of financing for campus projects.
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Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller
University of Nebraska At Omaha
Shallenberger
Avery
Tax on Print Paper Senate Okays Four Dollar Duty
By a 44 to 32 vote the Senate in Washington adopted the Finance Committee amendment fixing a duty of four dollars per ton on print paper versus two dollars in the House.
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Senate
Washington, D. C
Finance Committee
House
Undertaker Thomas H. Nealon Shot Dead in Troy Office
In Troy New York Thomas H Nealon an undertaker was shot dead in his office by a robber who fled. The assailant described as a 35 year old Italian escaped after the shooting. Nealon reportedly carried a large sum of money and his wallet is missing.
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Troy
N. Y
Thomas H. Nealon
Thieves Return 15000 to Seattle Woman
Mrs George Shea of Duluth reported a May 30 theft of 20000 hidden under her bed mattress. A letter signed Two Thieves says 15000 is returned, claiming 5000 financed their home and they no longer need the money.
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Seattle
Wash
George Shea
Duluth
Watchman Killed by Steam Roller in Chicago Accident
Peter Zuaino, a watchman for an asphalt paving company, walked ahead to warn pedestrians at North Avenue and Halsted Street in Chicago. He was crushed when a steam roller moved forward, died at the scene.
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Peter Zuaino
North Avenue
Halsted
Girl Killed in Elevator in Flatiron Building
Lina Schoonmaker, a young woman from Saugerties, N Y, died in an elevator accident on her first ride in the Flatiron Building New York City.
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Lina Schoonmaker
Saugerties
N. N
Flatiron
New York City
Digest with Kodol for weak stomachs and full nutrition
An old advertisement advocates Kodol as a remedy to aid digestion and strengthen the stomach. It urges regular eating, promises thorough digestion, and offers a dollar bottle with a money back guarantee if no benefits are felt after use. The ad notes production by EC DeWitt & Co. and selling by W A Hayes, Hillsboro NC.
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EC. DeWitt & Co
Chine
W. A Hayes
Hillsboro
N. C
Dies Catching Train in Garden City
W. Pfing storm of 480 East 180th Street collapsed and died of heart disease after running for a train.
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Garden City
L. L—A
W. Pfingstorm
East 180Th Street
Fortner Charged with Forgery in Second Degree
Merion D. Fortner of St. Louis charged with obtaining 11000 by forgery, papers forwarded to the Foreign Office. In Brazil, a proclamation by 175 Senators and Deputies names Marshal Hermes Fonseca for President and Wenceslau Braz for Vice President.
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Ian Forger
Paris
Svis
Eix
Merion D. Fortner
St. Louis
Fortner
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Hermes Fonseca
Wenceslau Braz
Graft Theories Spark Debate On Body To Limb Transfer
Paris reports a French synecologist discusses Dr Carrel's experiments at the Rockefeller Institute. He cites successful grafting of limbs from a fox terrier to another terrier and mentions Carrel's view that a man could be grafted with a limb from a living or deceased donor.
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Lim
Paris
France
Barrel
Rockefeller
Carrel
Vanderbilt Protests in London Marathon Controversy
Alfred G. Vanderbilt challenges advisers linked to suppressing facts about Mrs. Ruiz's death in a London scandal. The debate centers on actions surrounding the London Marathon result.
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A. G. Vanderbilt
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Philippine Sugar Free Senate Vote Report
The Senate voted 49 to 11 in favor of free sugar and tobacco measures for the Philippines. Senator Clay warned adjournment may not come before August 1 and perhaps not before September 1.
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Senate
Philippines
Clay
Whale whaling activity reported near Formosa coast
Consul Carl F. Deichman notes large numbers of whales frequent waters along Formosa's southern coast during January February and March. A company named Great Whaling Company formed and granted whaling rights last year, but operations have not begun this year and government warns privileges may be revoked. Japan involved for product access.
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Formosa
Carl F. Deichman
Tamsui
Fun
Pany
Pal 3 Pon Hogel Kaisha
Great Whaling Company
Japan
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Henry Kegal
William Snyder
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Kan
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Paint Creek Calleries Company
Standard Splinters and Coal Company
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Omaha
Neb
United States Senate
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Vittoria Emme
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Potenza
Italy
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Magasin du Louvre
Pere Lachaise
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