Taft Finds Oversight Cuts Publicity From Tax Returns
Washington reports that President Taft deems Congress neglected to fund publicity for corporate tax returns. He will treat returns as internal until a $60,000 appropriation is enacted, withholding public access and leaving disclosure to taxpayers or authorized attorneys. The issue now rests with Congress.
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Congress
Washington
Taft
Actiog Secretary of the Treasury
Cannon
Robbery and assault leave Columbus grocer near death
Frank A Williams, a Columbus grocer, was knocked unconscious by two Black assailants who robbed him and left him for dead. Recovery is doubtful. The report also notes odd separate observations about bees in Brazil and Japanese sailors.
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Columbus
Frank A Williams
Hila
Fishermen Oppose Great Lakes Fishery Treaty in Senate Hearing
Three Saginaw Bay fishermen testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee against the Canada United States Great Lakes fishery agreement negotiated by David Starr Jordan and G. W. Prince. The committee, by unanimous vote, declined to report favorably. The fishermen warned that full grown lake herrings could slip through nets permitted by the treaty, illustrating concerns with local stakes and maritime regulation.
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Washington
Saginaw Bay
Michigan
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Great Lakes
Canada
United States
David Starr Tardan
Leland Stanford University
G. W. Prince
Th Dominion
Musicians killed in pistol duel at Empire theater
Indianapolis report details Louis Ostendorf, orchestra manager and eminent violinist, fatally shot at the Empire theater rear entrance by Adolph Cassau after a dispute. Ostendorf overpowered the assailant, retrieved the revolver, and fired three times, Cassau dying at Deaconess Hospital an hour later.
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Indianapolis
Adolph Cassau
Empire Theater
Louis Ostendorf
Fred
Cassar
Ostencort
Pennsylvania Employes Must Not Use Tobacco
Pittsburg February 17 Employes of the Pennsylvania railroad told to refrain from tobacco while on duty and to quit entirely if possible Applicants for positions are now questioned about tobacco use and many refusing applicants were rejected The order currently applies to office staff and those handling passenger traffic The rest of the article notes Milman comments on chewing tobacco and a separate item about John F Stott found dead and Rockefeller dividends and a mention of Lady Constance Richardson touring America
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Pitsburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburg
John F. Stott
Pennsylvania
Harriaburg
John D. Rockefeller
Constance Richardson
Hughes to enlarge graft inquiry in Adirondack land deals
Governor Hughes orders broadened probe into state forest lands amid bribery case against Senator Conger. Article notes Allegations tied to Adirondack land leases, timing linked to Conger trial, and hints at wider Republican political entanglements.
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Albany
Hughes
Senatar Allda
de Conger
Conger
Allda
Allda Trial Contrel
Hen or bird question provokes Treasury note
Washington reports a 5 cent per dozen duty on hens eggs while birds eggs enter the U S duty free. A letter to R O Bailey asks if a hen is a bird, prompting Bailey to consider the issue amid a tangential street incident where a tramp denies stealing a mat as a bystander asks where it came from.
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Washington
R. O. Bailey
Secretary of the Treasury
MacVeagh
Hailey
Ande
Jodawe Library
Insanity Plea in Davis Murder Case
In Coshocton on February 17 the defense for William Jacob Davis in a first degree murder case argued insanity and dementia from a coal mine head injury. The defense cited heredity and a weak-minded lineage in Davis’s mother’s line as contributing factors to a lack of malice.
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Coshocton
Willam Jacob Davis
Alya
Candy Factory Burns in Columbus Fire
Fire in Columbus on February 17 destroyed the Sime Jeffries candy factory warehouse and sales income area. Damage estimated at 10,000 with 20,000 insurance on the stock and 4,000 on the building. Fire likely started in the chocolate melting room.
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Columbus
Fev
Sime Jeffries Company
Ingalls Improves After Stroke Recovery Update
Melville Ingalls former president of the Big Four railroad and nine time ex president of Merchants National Bank is recuperating from a stroke that affected his left side. Health concerns were intensified by the gigantic shortage of C L Warriner the Big Four treasurer who defaulted.
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Cineiati, O
Fev
Melville Ingalls
Bie Four Railroad
Merchants’ National Bank
Ingalls
C. L. Warriner
Big Four
Leslie Acquitted in Perjury Case Net
In the first trial of the graft series, a jury found Max G. Leslie not guilty of perjury for testimony before a grand jury. W District Attorney Blakeley failed to secure a conviction, marking the end of this trial phase.
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Pittedits
Fey
Blakeley
Max G. Leslie
Wheeler Heights Bill Faces Opposition In Ohio Senate
Columbus February 17 Superintendent Wayne B Wheeler of the Anti Baloon league attacks the Gebhardt bill which would keep all saloon revenue in counties that pay the tax. Wheeler argues wet counties fund state institutions and should contribute more, seeking delay to present statistics.
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Columbus
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti Baloon League
Gebhardt
Wheeler
Braun
Franklin County
Accuse Boy of Burglary In Fremont Gun Store Heist
A 13 year old boy, Kray Javed, was arrested in Elyria and brought to Fremont on a charge of burglarizing the Stine and Parks gun store two weeks ago. The report notes a fleeting reference to radicalism and a white hat symbol in a separate political context.
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Fremont
Destructive 1703 Tokyo Earthquake Recalled
A historical account describes the 1703 Tokyo earthquake as one of the world’s most devastating events, noting massive deaths and widespread destruction. The fragment mentions Icelandic exports and various goods, though the text is garbled and partially unreadable.
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Tokyo
Dean Bill Goes to 1s Friends in Wet Vote
Columbus Feb 17 the senate 18 to 14 referred Senator Deans bill allowing cities that vote wet in county or state elections to remain wet to the committee on municipal affairs a favorable report seems likely. The drift favors saloon forces as the amendment heads to the regular temperance panel.
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Columbus
Senate
Dean
Committee On Municipal Affairs
Diays
Temperance Committee
Ayes
Alsdorf
Cetone
Cory
Gillette
Gotshal
Huffman
McKee
Shaffer
Thompson
Yount
Bader
Baker
Johnson
Keller
Kuhl
Matthews
Mendelson
Nay—Beatty
Cameron
Clevenger
Crawford
Denton
Duval
Sawyer
Mather
Patterson
Phare
Rathburn
Tod
Tuttle
Williams
Municipal Affairs Committee
Wayne B. Wheeler
Ohio AntiSaloon League
Senat Sandies
Ohio
A. P. Sandles
State Board of Agriculture
Joint Food Probe Committee
Bundles
M. E. Shaw
Department of Agriculture
Ita
Shaw
Otto
Jmrts
Bany Dies
Alztog
W. W. Miller
Edward Lower
Sandies
Cincinnati firm to spend eight million on improvements
Cincinnati on February 17 William Cotter president of the Cincinnati Hamilton Payton abroad announced the company had closed contracts for spending eight million dollars on improvements to 1010.
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Cincinnati
William Cotter
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Payton Abroad
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