Rules Committee Engineer Captures House Power in 61st Congress
The article argues the Speaker's loss of formal control over the rules committee did not erase its influence led by Representative Robert Lee Henry of Texas. It portrays the rules committee as the locomotive of the House, directing the majority through timely levers, with Henry as the engineer steering safeguards and speed.
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Rules Committee
House
Great Ways and Means Committee
Tees
Appropriations Committee
Government Bank
Robert Lee Henry
Texas
Lazy Government Clerk and the Bureau Chief
A spring afternoon in a nameless Washington office exposes a lazy clerk who monopolizes a phone line. A caller seeks Mr K but is stalled as the clerk handles unrelated gossip and errands, illustrating bureaucratic idleness and the adage like master, like man in D C.
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Murphy
Era of Sherlocking Begins in Washington Politics
The era of investigation expands as Democrats plan sweeping probes into federal expenditures across agencies including Agriculture Commerce and Labor Interior Justice Post Office State Treasury and War. Committees aim to extend powers and examine pure food law education Bureau and railway mail service with possible findings in the coming months.
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Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce and Labor
Interior Department
Department of Justice
Post Office Department
State Department
Treasury Department
War Department
Bureau of Education
Republican leader Mann seen in unlikely nature scene
A Chicagoan reporter spots Jim Mann near Iowa Circle admiring crocuses and forget me nots while Mann jokes about losing a quarter. Mann, recently elevated to House minority leader, becomes secretive and dismissive with reporters as schoolgirls and teachers observe from a nearby path.
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Jim Mann
Chicagoan
Iowa Circle
Mr. Mann
Mann
White House
Deep Waterway Adjournment Dominates Illinois Session
The Forty seventh general assembly nears adjournment as the deep waterway bill passes the senate and faces a likely House vote after payment of strong lobbying. Other measures include civil service changes, railroad powers, and a sweeping anti gifting stamp bill with potential penalties. Knights of Columbus hold a record convention in Illinois with officers elected and delegates named for Detroit.
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Springfield
House
Senate
House Committee On Drainage and Waterways
Edward J. Smejkal
Board of Trade
Chicago
Outer Harbor
Benton F. Kleeman
Drainage and Waterways Committee
General Assembly
O'Conner
Benjamin M. Mitchell
Deep Waterway Committee
Deneen
Cook County Civil Service
County Civil Service Commission
Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Senate Railroad Committee
Sion
Railroad Committee
Wange
Healy
Barr
W. Clyde Jones
Illinois
Glackin
Senate Warehouse Committee
Saccharin Ban Warned By Illinois Commissioner
The Illinois state food commission warns that after July 1 saccharin containing foods may be sold at the seller's risk. Commissioner Jones announces possible proceedings against manufacturers. Alfred H. Jours cites digestion risks from long term high saccharin use.
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Jones
Alfred H. Jours
State Food Commission
Chicas
State Dentists Elect Officers at Illinois Society Meet
At the closing session of the forty seventh annual meeting of the Illinois State Dental Society Springfield was chosen as the site for the 1912 gathering. Officers elected include President Dr C C Corbett Edwardsville Vice President Dr J L Luthringer Peoria Secretary Dr F F Waltz Decatur Treasurer Dr T F Donelan Springfield Executive Council Dr L B Torrence Chester Dr L J Goodson Springfield Dr G W Haskins Chicago.
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Illinois State Dental Society
Springfield
C. C. Corbett
Edwardsville
J. L. Luthringer
Peoria
F. F. Waltz
Decatur
T. F. Donelan
L. B. Torrence
Chester
L. J. Goodson
G. W. Haskins
Chicago
Jewelers Elect Officers at Illinois Retail Jeweler Meet
The fourth annual convention of the Illinois Retail Jewelers Association closed with Rock Island chosen for the 1912 meeting and officers elected: President T. H. Craig of Champaign, first vice-president George N. Tucker of Chicago, second vice-president A. H. Bolinder of Rockford, secretary George B. Elbe of Chicago, treasurer Paul N. Lackey of Chicago, and directors F. A. Moreau of Belvidere, E. J. Peck of Joliet, J. Rammer of Rock Island.
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Ilinois Retail Jewelers’ Association
Rock Island
T. H. Craig
Champaign
George N. Tucker
Chicago
A. H. Bolender
Rockford
George B. Elbe
Paul N. Lackey
F. A. Moreau
Belvidere
E. J. Peck
Joliet
J. Rameer
Illinois town notes and state crime briefings
Ivard Larson 23 of Rockford held to October grand jury after confessing to smashing an uncle’s trunk lock and stealing $115 wallet. Dixon marks Thirteenth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry muster anniversary May 24 25. Frederick Hedger, a farmer near Maron, disappeared after leaving home for Chicago. Ora Brady alias Blodin jailed for 20 years for stealing 18 chickens in Mattoon. Aurora to remove old dipper from Burlington shops. updated sanitary cups to be installed citywide. Mokena thwarted bank robbery attempt by neighbor David Kolber. Peoria street railway strike averted with ten percent wage raise after arbitration. Pleasant Hill Leah Shultz Long family reunion. mother turns 96 in September 26. New Athens Peter Lehman found dead in pond. Peoria Ethel Truitt prosecutes illegitimate parentage with baby in arms. Freeport Robert Jordan dies from cruiser Colorado explosion injuries. Quincy Adella Hyler, narcotics user, causes disturbance. Monmouth Swan Creek bank robber Read trial nears end. escape unlikely. Joliet boy scouts organize after Chicago lecture. Geneseo Louis Didel widow of Mell Van Loo dies. Van Loo had killed himself. Pleasant Hill reunion held. all male relatives farmers. Taylorville coroner cites revival religious excitement as cause of Mrs. Charles Eson’s death. Waukegan James A. Goudy sues over illegal voting to oust Zion City mayor candidate. Sterling 14-year-old George Mohr commits suicide due to compulsory schooling. Peoria council restricts liquor licenses to US citizens. Chicago body identified as John Brugman drowned last April. Seaton Joseph Dudkovitch Jr. dies in No 2 mine. Stewardson John and Julia Ruff celebrate golden wedding with 100 guests.
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Rockford
Ivard Larson
Louison
Dixon
Thirteenth Regiment
Illinois Volunteer Infantry
Decatur
Chicago
Frederick O. Hedger
Maron
Mattoon
Chester
Ora Brady
Blodin
Iroquois County
Aurora
Burlington
Mokena
David Kolber
Peoria
Arbitration Board
Pleasant Hill
Leah Shultz Long
Calhoun County
Ethel Truitt
George Ashlack
Court of Justice
Burbach
Freeport
United States
Colorado
Robert Charles Jordan
Quincy
Adella Hyler
Monmouth
Read
Swan Creek
Joliet
Boy Scouts
F. A. Crosby
Geneseo
Louis Didel
Mell van Loo
Atkinson
Geneseo Hospital
Charles Eson
Shiloh Methodist Church
King Township
Waukegan
James A. Goudy
Zion City
W. H. Clendenin
Sterling
George Mohr
Twenty-fifth Street
John Brugman
Fairfield Avenue
Brugman
Seventeenth Street
Seaton
Joseph Dudkovitch Jr
No. 2
Stewardson
Dirs
John Ruff
Backache Signals Kidney Disease Cure Offered
The ad warns backache often marks advancing kidney disease and offers Dr Derby's Kidney Pills as a cure. It claims rheumatism and bladder trouble arise from kidneys failing to filter toxins, urges sufferers to obtain pills from drug stores or Derby Medicine Co. Eaton Rapids Michigan and notes a free sample is available.
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Dr. Derby
Eaton Rapids
Mich
Lost Faith in White Man Eskimo Builds Telephone Line
An Eskimo finds a wire and asks Professor McMillan about its use. Believing it to carry a voice, he imitates a telephone by placing wire to his mouth and running to hear it at the other end. Seeing no response, his puzzled expression counts the tale as a humorous misinterpretation of technology.
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Murphy
Goodby
Washington, D. C
Washington
United States
Ashington
Mexico
Professor McMillan
Socially Launched in Town He Finds His Place
Jimmy, once lonely at boarding school, writes that he is behind in studies and homesick but soon adjusts. He reports the boys are proud to have him there and jokes about his unusually wide mouth and long feet, as cited in Youth's Companion.
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Mann
Jimmy
FEED YOUNG GIRLS Must Have Right Food While Growing
Nutrition advice stresses proper diet during adolescence to build healthy growth and prevent chronic later illness. A testimonial praises Postum coffee substitute for stomach relief, headaches, and improved well being, attributed to the Postum Company.
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Knights of Columbus
Mllnois
Muldoon
LeRoy Hackett
Chica-o
M. E. Dalton
A. Deeter
Naperville
F. Y. Rank
Moline
Y. F. Woods
P. J. Muldoon
Detroit
Edward Vaile
J. J. Crowley
L. E. Sauter
State Dentists
Jewelers
State News
Postum
Postum Company
Battle Creek
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