Questioning Fletcher Ambassadorship Sparks Carranza Recognition Debate
Senators urged full disclosure on recognition of Carranza before confirming Henry Fletcher as ambassador to Mexico. Lodge and Fall pressed for assurances on damages payments and accountability, noting Wilson’s April 20, 1914 stance and demanding details on Fletcher's accreditation and destination.
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Fletcher
Wall
Lodge
Carranza
Senate
Stone
Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Fall
Congress
Mexico
Fallbald
Joreman
Wilson
Henry Prather Fletcher
White House
Ameaiccan
Godge
New Member Davis Captures Crowd at Moor of the House
Texas Representative Davis known as Cyclone stirs audience with a speech on Preparedness Rural Credits and a personal verse. He attacks the inesta and touts Progressive Republicans while complimenting past leaders. Senate adopts Martine resolution for Jewish relief day. Virginia memorial park project and Fredericksburg battlefield boulevard plan proposed by Representative Jones.
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Davis
Texas
Fia
Temple of Grat
Martine
Senate
Stone
Foreign Relations Committee
Fredericksburg
National Battlefelds
Virginia
Frederickshurg
National Cemetery
Spotasivania
Jones
Outline of the Proposed Fiscal System Before Congress
The document argues for a fixed rate of taxation in the District and liberal appropriations to advance its moral, physical, and aesthetic growth as the nation’s capital. It endorses decoupling from the half-and-half rule, proposes taxation comparable to similar cities, and urges funds to be placed in a US Treasury trust for the District, with an $16 per capita annual levy and inheritances tax reform.
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Congress
Washington
City of
United States Treasury
District of Columbia
United States
Treasury
District of ‘Columbia
Supreme Court
Federal
Congress of the United States
Great Oceans
Abolish Half and Half Plan Says Report on District
A congressional committee urges ending the half and half funding rule for Washington with aim to shift more districts costs to federal and local taxpayers. It defends current real estate valuations, calls for steady annual appropriations, and frames the capital as the nation’s premier home to be kept in beauty and utility.
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Congressional Committee
District of Columbia
United States
Congress
Washington
Police In Brief Report Thefts And Harrowing Incidents
Police reports list multiple robberies including a lady's gold hunting case, a Walthem watch, a blue steel revolver, and various jewelry from addresses across southeast to northwest districts. Property losses include $5227 in phonograph records and a $425 dog, plus a suicide note from Andrew Gibbs who died of a self-inflicted gunshot. A collision between two cars caused minor injuries to a 17-year-old bicyclist Paul Kramer, and another collision damaged two automobiles with no injuries reported.
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Walthem Watch
Katherine Stuart
Fourth Street
Michael T. Green
D Street
United States Park Police Department
Serat
John Grim
Lady's
Benjamin Kripp
P Street
Billa
Zuleika Felder
Thirteenth Street
Delaney Clark
Dumbarton Avenue
Llewellyn
James Richards
Park Road
Messiah L. King
Twelfth Street
Paul Grove
Longfellow Street
George W. Taylor
Vermont Avenue
J. G Peters
S Street
Man's Watch
Women’s National Democratic League Convention Opens
In Washington at Willard Hotel delegates begin the fourth annual convention with an address by Speaker Champ Clark on Democracy Today. President Wilson may send a representative as greetings, with speeches by Mrs. William A. Cullop Oliver P. Newman James D. Phelan and Thomas J. Walsh. Out-of-town delegates host a reception this afternoon at 2100 New Hampshire Ave. Tomorrow morning A Caminetti Labor Secretary Wilson and others speak as officers are elected and plans set for supporting the presidential campaign.
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Women’s National Democratic League
Melock
Willard
Champ Clark
Wison
Glao
William A. Cullop
Cullop
Indiana
League
Oliver P. Newman
James D. Phelan
California
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
Congressional Club
New Hampshire Avenue
A. Caminetti
Immigration
Wilson
Charles H. Spink
Thomas 3. Taliaferro
Wyoming
National Democratic Committee
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John Sharp Williams
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Shoreham Hotel
Rome Po
Millen E TY
Police News
Julan W. Carter
Pennsylvania
Andrew
J. H. Dickey
L Street
Policeman Miller
Ninth Precinct
Paul Kramer
Fourteenth
H. F. Soper
Psira
Louis Ovhroler
Patrick Martn
George 8. Dodge
Ninth Street
Highth Street
Massachusetts Avenue
R. G. Powell
District Engineering Department
Walter Reid
Thirteenth and
T Streets
Samuel Brown
Twentieth Street
F. B. Bassett
Fannie Brown
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Veeuil
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Pomb
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Net Toul
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Bens
Women’s League
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SWIFT
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