Bar the Door Rule and Georgia Leaders in Washington
Senator Bacon questions Wilson plan to interview seekers for offices and cites potential embarrassments as callers press cabinet heads. Georgia figures Walter Andrews, J. W. Fite, M. L. Johnson and Pleasant Stovall seek posts, while Blount backs assistant secretary role for Philippine expert.
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John Corrigan
Washington
Bacon
Wilson
Bryan
Burleson
Walter P. Andrews
Atlanta
Paris
Witn
Mrs. Andrews
Coleone Andrews
4. W. Fite
Cartersville
Court of Claims
Johnson
M. L. Johnson
Cass Station
Internal Revenue
Smith
A. O
C. M. Hitch
Hitch
William F. McCombs
Augustes Thomas
Thomas Nelson Page
Richard Olney
Massachusetts
James H. van Allen
New York
James H. Blount
Macon
Philippines
Blount
Hartlett
Georgia
Bartlett
William G. Brantley
Hardwick
Hughes
Taft
Buckn
Crane
Ssnator Bacon
Wson
White House
Council Opens War on Locker Clubs in Atlanta
The Atlanta city council backed police recommendations to permit Elks Piedmont Club Central and Metropolitan and outlaw Franklin Georgis Sixth Ward and Mystic Ark locker clubs. Deputized action denies 30 day liquidation windows, risking a reported 25000 loss for promoters. War on Negro dance halls follows as permits to relocate Peters street club are refused.
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Atlanta
Corncil
Police Committee
A. H. Colcord
Elks
Piedmont
Franklin, Georgis
Sixth Ward
Knights of Mystle Ark
Couneil
Locker
Arthur H. van Dyke
Peters Street
Claude Mason
Airfield
van Dyke and
Warren
Franklin Club
Council
McClelland and
Harwell
Corncilman Colcord
James E. Warren
Mayson
Franklin and the Mystic Ark
Five Dollar Weekly Wages for Over 90 000 Women
Springfield reports show more than 50,000 Chicago women earn five dollars or less weekly. Investigators of the senate white slave commission describe dire living conditions, urging employers held to account and urging inter-state cooperation to combat trafficking. Acting Governor Barrett O'Hara outlines plans for commissions in all states and invites gubernatorial collaboration to root out the evil.
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Springfield
Ill
Chicago
Barrett O'Hara
Senate
White Slave Commission
Ata
O'Hara Tormight
Milinois
Clark Named Interstate Commerce Chairman
Edgar J. Clark of Iowa was confirmed yesterday as an interstate commerce commissioner and named today as chairman in succession to Franklin K. Lane. The appointment follows a plan to rotate the office among commissioners.
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Washington
Edgar J. Clark
Iowa
Franklin K. Lane
Secretary of the Interior
Suffrage Parade Barred by Police Lapses at Washington Pageant
Witnesses tell Senate committee of insults and surging crowds during last Monday’s suffrage parade. Officers allegedly laughed, urged jeers, and offered little protection, forcing older women to shield younger marchers. Few police were visible until cavalry arrived.
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Senate Committee
Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
van Reypen
George ¥. Bowerman
Carnegie Library of Washington
Julia Lathrop
Children's Bureau
Department of Commerce and Labor
Harriet Taylor Upton
Warrenton
Ohio
Congress
Washington Police Department
Jones
Dillingham
Fomerene
Misa Ahce Paul
Richard Sylvester
Agnes M. Jenks
Concorn
WN. H
New Hampshire
Cordelia P. Odenheimer
Jessup
Avenne
Abbie Scott - Baker
Ington
Coe
The Hat That Woodrow Wilson and His New Hat
A fragment describes Woodrow Wilson campaigning with a new hat that he joked about wearing until becoming president. Mrs Wilson accompanies him to Washington while the vice president and Mrs Marshall appear with their own hat.
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Washington
Wilson
Mrs. Marshall
DOOM OF ALLENS FINALLY SEALED
Floyd Allen and his son Claude Swan Allen, leaders of an outlaw group in Carroll County, are to be executed at the state penitentiary on March 28 for their role in the Hillsville court murder of March 14, 1912. Governor Mann refused commutation after granting a three week respite, ending mercy prospects as the case closes. Nelie Wisler sought a last meeting with the governor for clemency but failed. Prisoners await notification of the decision as guards restrict access.
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Richmond
Floyd Allen
Carroll County
Claude Swanson Allen
State Penitentiary
Hillsville Court
Mann
Lfe
Allens
Mrs Levi Z Lester Dies at Washington Luncheon
Mrs Levi Z Lester widow of a Chicago merchant died today in Washington from apoplexy. She was stricken at a luncheon and died within minutes. Surviving family details and arrangements await Lester family members in Europe.
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Washington
Maron G
Levi Z.lester
Chicago
Joseph Leiter
Lester
Europe
Colim C. Campbell
Col. Campbell
Suffolk
Daughers
Lord Curzon
Mary
Theresa Carver
Benjamin Carver
John Carver
Plymouth Colony
Victoria Lester
Lord Watson
Andia
Hoke Smith denies Barrett story in cabinet dispute
Washington March 6 Senator Hoke Smith issued a statement denying that Barrett's cabinet chances were hurt by his lukewarm support or by political expediency. He said endorsements had little effect and that Wilson formed his cabinet largely without congressional input. He claimed no bid to honor Charley Barrett or to ice between Barrett and James W. Gray.
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John Corrigan
Washington
Charles Simon Barrett
House of Big Friends
Hoke Smith
Thomas W. Hardwick
Barrett
Wilson
Bengator Smith
Constitution
Smith
Charlce Barrett
Emmett Cabdantis
Alan
Atlanta Journal
Congress
Potent “Tam
Houston
Agricultural Department
Charley Barrett
James HK. Gray
Mr. Smith
Harriman's Son Enters Financial World as Bank Director
New York March 6 William Averell Harriman, son of the late B Harriman, was elected a director of Harriman National Bank. He was also named a director of Union Pacific, signaling his entry into the financial world amid family ties to major rail interests.
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New York
Willam Averell Barrimen
B. H. Harrimen
Anencial
Harriman National Bank
Baereiman
Union Pacifi
Atlanta Chamber committees vie for president's cup at luncheon
About 150 Atlanta Chamber of Commerce committeemen met at the Piedmont hotel for a 1 PM luncheon and reported 470 new memberships. An additional 100 pledges came by mail to be signed up by committees, with intense rivalry between Committee No 3 led by J Les Barnes and Committee No 4 chaired by Fred Houser as they chase the president's cup for most new members.
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Atlanta
Piedmont Hotel
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
Mead
J. Les Barnes
Fred Houser
Wilmer L. Moore
ATE
Harrison Jones
Jos. A. McCord
Tee
RL Foreman
Henry Co. Heinz
St. Elmo Massengale
T. H. Brannen
J. T. Rose Odes
W W. Orr
Paul F. Voselke
President Wilson Holds Courting of Diplomats and Cabinet
President Wilson met with his cabinet in a busy session, shook hands with numerous visitors, and discussed the Democratic Congress program. He declined patronage influence until officials were consulted, then rode with Mrs. Wilson and later met McCombs and Davies regarding diplomatic appointments. Murphy to visit. Taft era late starts surpassed by Wilsons.
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Washington
Wilson
Werora
Henda
Democratic Congress
William
Tammany Hall
O'Gorman
White House
Marshall
Taft
Mr. Wilson
Weather Prophecy Forecast For Georgia
Weather prophecy notes fair and cold conditions across Georgia. Friday brings fair, colder near the coast with variable winds Saturday. Temperatures range with mean values and normal benchmarks, rainfall and deficiencies listed for the period.
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Georgia
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