Democrats Succeed in Preventing Executive Session Demand
A confirmation fight began with Democrats thwarting a Republican bid to force an executive session. The move stalls GOP pressure while lawmakers argue over procedure and transparency.
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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1912
Page
8
Senate fights Taft nominees in first floor clash
The long threatened senate fight over President Taft's nominations began with Democrats blocking an executive session. Republicans vow further moves to force action on army and navy appointments while Democrats claim they will accept responsibility if required. The clash followed a party caucus that allowed only army and navy confirmations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Taft
Cullom
Smith
Georgia
Archbold
Meney
Senator Cullom
Hoke Smith
Army
Navy
Arthur
Harrison
Cleveland
Smoot
Utah
Senator Foraker Presents Report On Investigations
Senator Foraker releases findings from investigations into two employes as part of a formal inquiry. The document outlines actions taken, parties involved, and potential implications for oversight and governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Foraker
Hearst Alleged Sale Of Archbold Letters Stirs Senate Probe
Former Senator Foraker cites a charged account claiming Winkfield and Stump removed Archbold letters from Standard Oil files and offered them to William Randolph Hearst via Eldridge in New York. The tale, relayed by Gilchrist Stewart, describes negotiations, a $5,000 deal, and promises of future delivery in a private American office, with continuation promised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joseph B. Foraker
Ohio
Senate
William R. Hearst
Archbold
Gilchrist Stewart
W. W. Winkfield
Winkfield
Charles Stump
Standard Oil
Stump
Winkfeild
Foraker
Stewart
Eldridge
New York American
Suffragette Army Dwindles to Three in Peekskill
Peekskill N Y Dec 18 three pilgrims remain of a 34 member suffragette march from New York to Albany to greet Governor Sulzer on inauguration day. Miss Rosalie G Jones Ida Craft and Miss Levina Dock reached Peekskill after 12 miles in four hours amid rain mud and encouragement from locals. Tomorrow they plan a 16 mile leg to Fishkill as the march continues toward Albany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peekskill
N. Y
New York
Albany
Sulzer
Rosalie G. Jones
Ida Craft
Levina Dock
Ossining
Albany Post
Fishkill
Evidence Grows On Loss Of Kearney and Passenger
Beach finds a biplane fragment life preserver and gauntlet nine miles south of Redondo. Ranch hand Kinney reports seeing the hydro aeroplane round Point Vincente and plunge behind a bluff after a sudden lurch, suggesting the craft failed after leaving sight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Horace Kearney
Chester Lawrence
Redondo
Kearney
Point Firmin
R. J. Kinney
Palos Verdes Ranch
Point Vinicente
Kinney
Poet Will Carleton Dies in Brooklyn Home
New York report states poet, newspaper man and lecturer Will Carleton died at his Brooklyn home from pneumonia tonight, ending a long literary career marked by verse and public lectures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Will Carleton
Brooklyn
Russia Stands Firm Behind Balkan States
London dispatch notes the peace conference may resume as Turkey’s decision remains unclear. Russia signals backing Balkan aims while urging recognition of their rights. Kokovtzeff’s duma address frames Russia as guardian of Orthodox and Slav interests. Dardanelles and Aegean islands discussed. Albania seen as pivotal unresolved issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Turkey
Constantinople
Russia
Balkan
Austria
Pachiteh
Belgrade
Turbulent Debate Over Albania Autonomy and Ottoman Rule
WNI reports strong views that if the Ottoman rule ends in Europe, Turks should not retain political power in Albania. Even an autonomous Albania may need direct aid from major powers due to racial religious and economic strains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Albania
Premier Kokovtzeff Speech Heralds Peace and Resolve
In St Petersburg on December 18 Premier Kokovtzeff spoke in the Duma on Balkan affairs, urging preservation of European peace while defending Russia’s vital interests with its full strength. He praised Balkan unity and Slavonic Orthodox bonds, pledging a calm, principled stance aligned with France and other powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Kokovtzeff
Duma
Europe
St. Petersburg
Russia
Kokovtzeff
France
Will Stand by Him in Prison and Out
Kansas City, Mo. Dec 18 A confessed kleptomaniac Harry Van Waringa tearfully told Judge Porterfield he is powerless to quit stealing and the judge revoked a parole placing him in prison for eight years for forgery Mrs Van Waringa formerly secretary to Cornelius Roach Missouri secretary of state married Van Waringa after release from prison and pledged to stand by him visit care and pray for him regardless of his confinement or freedom She reaffirmed her vow today
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Harry van Waringa
Porterfield
van Waringa
Cornelius Roach
State of
Missouri
Protection graft schemes strain city police trust
A murky appeal links graft payments to police, as a protection racket allegedly grows and a prominent business faces fallout. Investigators probe cash flows, while officials vow to clamp down and restore public confidence.
Police graft case links Harlem hotel to protection money
Testimony before an aldermanic committee alleges police protection payments to officers including Eugene Fox enabled a Harlem Raines-law hotel to prosper and sell for 140000. George A Sipp testified monthly payments from 1905 to 1911, with later amounts continuing. Fox was suspended and will face charges, as other officers were questioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sraft
Raines Law
Harlem
Aldermanic
George A. Sipp
Waldo
Lipp
Eugene Fox
Fox
Sipps
Thomas Dorian
Sipp
Vice Trust
Dorian
Aldermanic Committee
Manny” Mase
Mary Goode
Maas
Policeman Fox
Sweeney
Thompson
Hussey
Walsh
McCombs to Join Wilson Cabinet After March 4
President elect Wilson indicated William F. McCombs, Democratic National Committee chairman, would sit at the cabinet table after March 4. Wilson and McCombs, who met in New York for cabinet planning, also discussed William Jennings Bryan possibly joining. Also present were Senator Owen of Oklahoma and Col. E. M. House as talks covered political arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
N. J
Wilson
William F. McCombs
Democratic National Committee
McCombs
William J. Bryan
Bryan
New York
Washington
Mr. Wilson
Senator Owen
Oklahoma
Col
Bidell
House
William Rockefeller
Pujo
Rockefeller
Walter F Chapple
Serge
Mr. Rockefeller
Zebe Newman
Mrs R C McCormick Loses Twenty Thousand In Gems
Mrs Robert C McCormick of New York arrived in Jacksonville on December 18 and reported the loss or theft of a diamond brooch containing 33 diamonds valued at 20000 while a passenger on the Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac railway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
Robert C. McCormick
New York
Taft nominates W M Distin as Alaska surveyor general
President Taft sent to the senate the appointment of W M Distin of Illinois to be surveyor general of Alaska. The action was announced from Washington on December 18. Distin is named to oversee territorial surveying and land management duties in Alaska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
Senate
W. M. Distin
Illinois
Alaska
Morgan Submits To Questioning In Money Trust Probe
Washington reports Morgan appeared before the house money trust investigation, listening to tables of interlocking directorates and numbers. Untermyer led quick questions on J. P. Morgan & Co. and its connections, with Morgan largely unmoved and agreeing to figures on deposits and capitalization. The hearing also covered directorate charts amid testimony on the concentration of money and credits, including banks like First National New York, National City, and Chase, with a note on Rockefeller service efforts and life insurance asset projections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
J Pierpont Morgan
Money Trust” Investigation Committee
House
Morgan
Untermyer
New York
Chicago
Boston
Mr. Morgan
Mr. Untermyer
J. P. Morgan & Co
Philip J. Scudder
Bankers’ Trust Company
National City Bank
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
National Bank of Commerce
Hanover National Bank
Chase National Bank
Lee Higginson & Co
Binkr & Co
Speyer & Co
Continental and Commercial Tonal Bank
First National Bank
Illinois# Trust and Savings bank
Kidder, Peabody & Co
Harriman Roads Seek Supreme Court Aid in Railroad Plan
New York dispatch reports Robert S. Lovett, chairman of the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads, announcing an immediate appeal to the U S Supreme Court for instructions to dissolve the railroads. Attorney General Wickersham has refused to approve any plan distributing Southern Pacific stock to Union Pacific shareholders. Lovett cites Northern Securities, Standard Oil, and American Tobacco to support equality in distribution as the court’s decree is sought to be carried out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Robert S. Lovett
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific Railroads
Wickersham
United States Supreme Court
Southern Pacific
Lovett
Northern Securities
Standard Oil
American Tobacco
United States
Union Pacific Railroa
Compres Prata
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Finois
Army and Navy
HUW Hearst
Famous Letters
Stamps
America
Fice
Carleton
Poraker
Balkan States
Dardanelles
Count Benckendorff
Black Sea
Asia Minor
WNI. Kokoorzrrr
Will
BIG Prortiti
Fore
Waltdo—Geatt
Vice Theat
Mortengee
M'Combs
R. C. M’cormick
Money Trust Committee
Equitable, Mutual and
Metropolitan
Lawrence Scudder
Untermeyer
Scudder
New York Life
Mutual Life
Equitable Life
Metropolitan Life
Equitable, Sete
Okaeos Metropolitan
Mr. Scudder
Life Insurance
Harriman
Supreme Court
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