Court Upholds Corporations Tax as Excise on Doing Business
The U S Supreme Court upheld the Payne Aldrich tariff act provision creating a 1 percent excise tax on corporate doing of business with net income over 5,000. The unanimous decision confirms about 1,000,000 dollars annual revenue and declares the tax applies to overall corporate income from all sources, not just property or franchises. Justice Day announced the ruling, clarifying the tax targets corporate activity and income across domestic and foreign operations.
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New Home for Stearns in Rock Island Port Plan
Captain John Streckfus petitions Rock Island city council for permits to build a warehouse and office, extending to the levee, to establish the Diamond Jo line home port. The action follows his recent purchase of the steamers. Smoke Martin Standard, 5c cigar.
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John Streckfus
Diamond Jo
Chinese Slave Girls Rescued in Chinatown Raid
Six Chinese slave girls, illegally imported, were seized in a Chinatown raid. The girls, purchased for about $5,000, were taken to Angel Island awaiting government action and possible deportation. Immigration officers and police discovered them after breaking through seven hidden doors.
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Chinatown
Angel Island
Fisher Sworn In as Secretary of the Interior
Walter L. Fisher of Chicago took the oath as head of the interior department at 10 o clock, succeeding Judge Richard A. Ballinger who retired. The ceremony had no ceremony and was conducted by W. B. Acker acting as notary. Fisher then greeted bureau heads and division chiefs during the morning.
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Walter L. Fisher
Chicago
Interior Department
Richard A. Ballinger
W. B. Acker
Department
Massive $500000 Fire Rages at Pratt Oil Plant
New York March 18 A $500000 fire that began Saturday at the Pratt Oil works plant in Brooklyn, a Standard Oil subsidiary, continues to burn today. Firemen expect to bring it under control by tonight.
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Pratt Oil Works
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Standard Oil Company
Government Moving Medical Corps to Southern Waters and Camps
Washington March 13 The government readies vast medical support for troops and warship crews in the south. The hospital ship Solace will act as floating infirmary and depart Guantanamo for New York or Norfolk with eighty sick from the Cuban battleship fleet before becoming a medical supply ship. Prairie and Dixie, ships chosen to carry marines to Guantanamo, increase medical staff. Surgeon General Torney expands care for 20 059 soldiers headed to the frontier. A reserve medical supply for 20 000 troops for three months is shipped from St. Louis to San Antonio. Two base hospitals are assembled at St. Louis for dispatch southward, with fourteen regimental hospitals and two evacuation hospitals aboard. Facilities are readied for troops stationed at San Diego Cab and Galveston. Army medical school graduates will finish early to join active service.
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Woman jumps from train and other Iowa items
Neola reports a 77 year old man W H Butler marries 35 year old Jessie Rodecker after a history of marriages and a divorce. In Ottumwa a woman Isabela Wright leaps from a moving train suffering a fractured skull and likely death. Buryl Denberger 19 dies after falling from a horse in Bury. Harold Simpson 12 injured in a gallop collision with an auto in Fort Dodge. Greene reports two fires with limited loss and Mrs Downs ill with pneumonia. William Burnsides prominent Oskaloosa resident dies in Los Angeles, body to be brought home.
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Harold Simpson
Trial opens in Ohio bribe case against Baschang in Cincinnati
Cincinnati March 13 The trial of Jacob Baschang ex liquor tax clerk in Hamilton county auditors office began in the common pleas court before Judge Frank Gorman amid six indictments alleging solicited or accepted bribes. After Baschang cases, trial for three other indicted men including Geo Cox will proceed. Watts Parker dead in Lexington Ky aged 63. Davenport reports William James Stephenson Burlington wholesale merchant died today. Officer Garrison and Patrolman Morris raided a negro home on Fifth street east charging three suspects as disorderlies. Pauline Hetts gravely ill from peritonitis. doctors confer. G A Bradley family to move to Deacon Fish home along interurban line.
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Hamilton County Grand Jury
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Baschang
Geo. B. Cox
Mother Vanishes After Leaving Note in Iowa Town
Storm Lake Iowa March 13 Special Mrs John Greenwood of this city has mysteriously disappeared leaving a large family. Neighbors and friends are conducting a systematic search for her. She left a note stating she would never return. No cause is known for her act.
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Storm Lake
John Greenwood
Express Fight to Finish Likely
New York March 13. At the usual hour for work no move occurred by drivers and helpers of express companies to join the Adams company strike. Howard Biges says no settlement talks are underway. If men stay out, the fight may be to a finish. Disorder occurred when a crowd attacked an express wagon with two helpers. police dispersed rioters and one arrest was made. Elgin butter price listed at 26 cents.
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Tdirivers
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Adams Company
Howard Biges
Men’s Union
Senatorial Votes and Bills in Iowa Legislature
Des Moines March 14 reports focus on state legislative activity. Absent senator Larrabees, debates on stock taxation, taxing stock in Iowa, and various bills including attorney salary increases, assistant and special counsel pay, and funding for Davenport orphans home. Dulliver memorial plans set for Thursday at 2, with memorial in the house chamber. Ripley introduces a produce agent salary of 3000, and temperance committee proposes a ballot for saloon petitions. Wolf bounties recommended. Hutchins backs June primary. ongoing battle over attorney fees in saloon cases ends with committee referral.
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Insurrected Capture Town in Mexican Border Fight
A Navajo Sonora dispatch reports insurrectos routing federals at a town Saturday. About 150 rebels captured the town with one killed and two wounded as federal forces rally for reinforcements. Rebels burned railroad bridges to slow pursuit. In Douglas, Blanco says rebels incurred one fatality and two missing, eager for US troop news. East Waterloo district holds a quiet school election with two candidates contesting only two terms.
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Alienation Suit Settled in Creston Divorce Case
Creston Iowa March 13 Fred Nulla has settled his $10,000 suit against a Kansas City druggist for alienation of Mrs Nulla s affections out of court. The lawsuit arose from a divorce action filed by Mrs Nulla locally and confirms the out of court settlement in the case.
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Fred Nulla
Kansas City
Fires Tear Through Marshalltown Areas Damaging Multiple Buildings
Four fires struck Marshalltown Iowa in quick succession last night keeping the fire department on alert. The Northwestern freight house sustained heavy damage while the homes of H A Waterman and R F Sears were damaged. The Winsor hotel was the site of the fourth blaze.
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Protest on Puritanism in School Histories in Davenport
A Davenport Ata masa meeting of German Americans protested what Gustav Donald calls Puritanism in school histories. He argues histories are colored by clerical writers to magnify New England church influence while omitting broader Virginian and southern colonial ideas.
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Ferret Attack on Toddler in Hillside Near Cascade
In Cascade on March 13 a ferret escaped its cage and seized a one year old child by the nose. The family woke to screams, the father drove off the animal, which was killed. Doctors later said the child is out of danger though blood poisoning was feared.
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Cascade
Temperature March 13 and markings supplied by Buchanan Optical Co
Fragmented OCR notes record a temperature reference for March 13 and markings attributed to Buchanan Optical Co, Syndicate Block. The text is incomplete and contains stray characters, making precise details unavailable.
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Buchanan Optical Co
No War Move Says Dickinson Despite Mexican Turmoil
Secretary of war J M Dickinson announced no troop movement into Mexico unless the Mexican government proves negligent in protecting foreign residents The statement came as battleship Washington headed to Guantanamo with a full crew awaiting orders and Diaz regime vows a six month war to exterminate vandals and highway robbers amid revolution in Mexico City London reports no threat to British interests in Mexico through March 13.
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Mexico
J. M. Dickinson
Panama
Rio Grande
Mexico City
Francisco I. Madero
London
Foreign Office
House of Commons
Thomas McKinnon Wood
Fisher's Lake Fish Kill Reported Near City
Residents near Fisher's lake four miles northwest of the city report all fish killed in winter. Ice likely froze to the bottom, suffocating fish. The lake is known for large mouth bass and pickerel.
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Dressmaking Parlor Opens in Waterloo by Winners Sisters
The Winners Sisters arrive from Des Moines and establish a dressmaking parlor at 318 1-2 Fourth Street East Waterloo. They plan to offer an up to date establishment and services.
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Des Moine
Fourth Street
Sunday School Union Proposed in City Meeting
Tonight at MLCA the city’s Sunday school superintendents gather for supper and a discussion on forming a citywide Sunday school union. A committee will report after investigating the feasibility. Friends in this district have seen Havana papers noting G. C. Snowden with his daughter Mrs Bila Wright and niece Misa Cutler visiting the city.
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