Income tax changes in Underwood tariff bill discussed
Democratic members of the senate finance committee tentatively approve radical income tax revisions under the new plan. It would tax individuals over 5000 with exemptions for certain entities and adjust administration to empower the president to raise tariffs against discriminatory nations.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
United States
Senate
Shafroth
Thornton
Payne-Adrich
Government Will Not Appeal on Pulp and Paper Case
Washington reports the Treasury department will not appeal the customs court ruling that nations with favored nation treaties may import free wood pulp and paper. The decision will cost the U S about 3 million dollars in duties foregone on imports from France Germany Norway Sweden Denmark and other European countries.
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Washington
United States
Treasury Department
Supreme Court
Custom’s Court
Canada
France
Germany
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Old Battle Flag Not Wanted At Gettysburg Celebration
Word goes out to veterans nationwide not to bring tattered battle flags to the fiftieth anniversary Gettysburg encampment in Philadelphia. Organizers will prevent flag display to avoid stirring up old animosities among veterans.
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Philadelphia
Gettysburg
Stefansson Party Ship Karluk Reaches Wrangel Alaska
The Canadian Arctic exploration ship Karluk with twelve Stefansson party members and expedition supplies called at Wrangel and sailed for Nome. Dr Stefansson will join at Nome. Captain Bartlett reports all aboard well.
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Wrangel
Alaska
Karluk
Vilhjama Stefansson
Nome
Stefansson
Here
Bartlett
Grant son to marry Mrs Wills in San Diego
The betrothal of Ulysses S. Grant Jr. and Mrs. A. L. Wills of Marshalltown Iowa was announced in San Diego California. The couple plans a July wedding in San Diego with Grant age 60 and his bride 26.
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Iowa
Grant
San Diego
Cal
Ulysses S. Grant
A. L. Wills
Marshalltown
Sugar Battle 15 on Louisiana Senators Primed
Western statesmen prepared for a final tariff debate as sugar free provision looms. Louisiana senators Shafroth of Colorado and Walsh of Montana led opposition, arguing free sugar would cripple beet sugar. Copper and metal schedules moved with little discussion as caucus neared the vote.
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Colorado
Washington
Senate
Louisiana
Shaforth
Walsh
Montana
Thornton and
Ransdell
Ranedell
Senator Newlands
Nevada
Senator Shafroth
Two Kidnappers Guilty In Dorothy Holt Case
Salem June 23 Frank Sullens and Ernest Harrison were found guilty of kidnapping Dorothy Holt daughter of the assistant state's attorney Twenty five year sentences were imposed The verdict followed a week of testimony and long ballots The case sparked a city furore with arrests met by calls for militia and martial law to avert lynching
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Salem
Frank Sullens
Ernest Harrison
Dorothy Holt
Trains Collide Near Vallejo. Fourteen Killed
Two Interurban trains on the San Francisco Napa Calistoga line collided one mile north of Vallejo California on Thursday. Fourteen people were killed and twenty others injured as high speed wreckage collapsed into splintered wood and twisted steel.
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Vallejo
Cal
San Francisco
Napa & Calistoga
Here
Desperate suffragist mortally injured at Ascot Cup race
In Ascot England on June 21 a male suffragist charged onto the race track during the 17500 dollar Gold Cup event in the presence of King George and Queen Mary. He aimed to disrupt the running, collided with August Belmont's American horse Tracery, and sustained fatal injuries as the horse approached the stretch.
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Ascot Heath
England
King George
Queen Mary
August Belmont
Tracery
Joint Coast Defense Drill Planned for Long Island Sound
Plans are under way for a joint army and navy coast defense exercise to be held in the Long Island Sound and Narragansett Bay during the week beginning August 4. The maneuver aims to test coordination, coastal fortifications, and anti-aircraft and coastal artillery procedures in a real-world simulated defense scenario.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Long Island Sound
Narragansett Bay
Governor Sulzer Accuses Murphy Of Conspiracy To Ruin Him
Albany June 24 Governor Sulzer denounces Tammany leader Charles F Murphy in bitter remarks claiming a conspiracy to blacken his character. He alleges Murphy pressured for patronage and influence over legislation and appointments, and says he refused, vowing no one can ruin him but himself.
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N. Y
Sulzer
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany
Murphy
Stilwell
William Sulzer
Copenhagen Seeks New Cabinet After King’s Request
In Copenhagen on June 20 King Christian summoned ex Premier Zahle to form a new cabinet following the June 12 resignation of the last ministry. The radical leader accepted the task.
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Christian
Zahle
Des Moines
S. Lagerquist Carriage Company
Mason City
John Knowles
George W. Knowles
Philadelphia
Fort Dodge
San Francisco
Willie Hitchie
Billy Nolan
New York
Erie Railroad Company
Craig Murder Case Opens In Indianapolis Trial
The Craig murder case began in Indianapolis with Dr. William B. Craig appearing to answer a murder charge in the death of Dr. Helen Knabe. Knabe was found in her bed October 24, 1911, with her head nearly severed from her body, marking a sensational start to a high profile case.
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Indianapolis
Ind
William B. Craig
Helen Knabe
Summit Reached On Mount McKinley By Stuck Expedition
Archdeacon Hudson Stuck and team reached the summit of Mount McKinley on June 7 after a three mile passage through ice. An earthquake last summer had delayed the climb. a cross was erected at the summit and barometer readings put the peak at about 20 500 feet. Stuck plans to return to Fairbanks in August and visit New York in October as Alaska delegate to the church convention.
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Archdeacon Stuck
Fairbanks
New York
Alaska
General Convention
The
Episcopal Church
Wilson Sees McAdoo Wedding at Green Spring Valley
President Wilson with Land, Redfield, Tumulty and Dr. Grayson depart Washington by car for Baltimore to attend the wedding of Francis Huger McAdoo, son of Treasury Secretary McAdoo, to Miss Ethel Preston McCormick at Brookland Wood in Green Spring Valley, Captain Ether son’s country home. Secretary McAdoo also travels to Baltimore to join festivities.
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Wilson
Interior
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Commerce
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Tumulty
Grayson
Baltimore
Francis Huger McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
Mias
Ethel Preston McCormick
Capt
Isaac Emerson
Brookland Wood
Green Spring Valley
Captain Etherson
Train excursion wreck injures forty near Cuyllerville
In Rochester on June 24 an excursion train on the Western New York and Pennsylvania line from Rochester to Bradford left the track and rolled down an embankment near Cuyllerville station. Forty people were injured, one reportedly will die and four are in dangerous condition.
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N. Y
New York and Pennsylvania Road
Bradford
Cuylerville Station
Golden Cargo From Nome Returns on Season’s First Voyage
A million dollar gold shipment arrived aboard the steamship Senator and Victoria in Seattle marking Alaska’s first cargo of the year. The vessels completed their inaugural round trip of the season to Bering Sea ports, signaling a restart of Nome’s gold trade.
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Seattle
Wash
Home
Alaska
Senator
Victoria
Bering
Nea
Sundry Bly Seeks Power to Kill Prosecution Text
President Wilson signed the Sundry Civil appropriation bill on June 25 but said he would veto the $300,000 item funding anti trust prosecutions if possible. He argued the restriction was unjust though cannot be separated from the bill and assured the Justice Department will not be hindered.
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Washington
Wilson
Department of Justice
Department
United States
Poincare Salute Kills Two In London Arrival
President Raymond Poincare of France arrived at Portamouth aboard the Courbet after a royal salute at Spithead by England’s warships. Two gunners were killed and two wounded when a gun exploded during the welcome. The visit, though not signaling policy shifts, sparked nationwide interest in closer Franco British ties.
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London
Raymond Poincare
France
Portamouth
Courbet
England
Spithead
Poincare
Cherbourg
Wilson to seek report on McNab case postponement
President Wilson said he would ask Attorney General McReynolds for a full report on the circumstances surrounding the postponement of the McNab Digg Caminetto white slave cases in California. He stated he learned of the affair from newspapers and that the stated reason, involving the commissioner general of immigration and his son, seemed humane at first glance.
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Washington
Wilson
McReynolds
California
United States
McNab
Ida
Commissioner General of Immigration
Pelkey Found Not Guilty In May Prize Fight Case
Calgary jury returns not guilty verdict in the May 24 Burns arena prize fight that led to Luther McCarty’s death. Arthur Pelkey exonerated of responsibility in the death arising from the bout.
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Pelkey
Calgary
Alberta
Burns’ Arena
Arthur Pelkey
Luther McCarty
Coal Miners Set Strike In New River District
Beckley West Virginia June 25 Following United States Mine Workers action to adopt a joint resolution calling a strike in the New River coal district it was announced the strike would commence on July 1.
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Beckley
W. Va
United States Mine
New River Coal District
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