Clark Keeps Gavel Unity Keynote of Session
Democratic caucus in the House of the Sixty third Congress renominated Speaker Clark and named committee chairs including Underwood of Alabama as Ways and Means chair. A rule lowered caucus calling signatures from 35 to 5 while budget reform and tariff committee revisions were discussed amid party unity efforts and Western coalition planning.
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Clark
Representative Underwood
Alabama
House
Champ Clark
Missouri
Ways and Means Committee
Francis Burton Harrison
New York
Dorsey W. Shackleford
Claude Kitchin
North Carolina
Henry T. Ramey
Nlinois
Lincoln Imaxon
Indiana
Cordell Flatt
Tennessee
W. S. Hammond
Minnesota
Andrew J. Peters
Massachusetts
A. Mitchell Palmer
Pennsylvania
Timothy T. Ansberry
Ohio
John S. Garner
Texas
James W. Col Nez
Mississippi
Augustus C. Stanley
Kentucky
Cenvens
Ways Sand Means
Gorden
W. I. Ryan
Albany
Sheries
Idaho House rejects Lincoln state plan amid Alaska style division fear
Idaho lawmakers disapprove a proposal to carve a new state named Lincoln from the north and eastern Washington. The measure would divide Idaho though and faces the governor after the senate passed a separate bill removing party emblems from ballots. Older members criticized committee assignments while newer members sought recognition.
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House
Lincoln Buise
Idaho
Idaho Senate
Lincoln
Washington
Webb Pleads Not Guilty to Murder and Robbery Charges
Chicago March 5 Teddy Webb leader of the mobile gang pleaded not guilty to the murder of Detective Peter Hart and to eight robbery counts. The case centers on Webb alleged as head of the gang that stirred urban crime.
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Chicago
Teddy" Webb
Peter Hart
Maryland Senate to Probe Police After Suffrage Parade
A Maryland Senate subcommittee led by Senators Jones Dillingham and Pomerene will meet at 1 PM to investigate the district police force over alleged failure to protect the suffrage parade. Officials including Supt Sylvester are to be called. witnesses may testify, with the Maryland suffrage groups protesting police handling in Washington.
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Jones, Dillingham
Pomerene
Senate
Jones
Thomas
Colorado
Congress
Colorado Lettor
Sylvester
Capitol
John A. Martin
House
Martin
Maryland
Women's Suffrage Association of
State Equal Franchise League
College Equal Suffrage League
Just To
Men's League For Women's Suffrage
Baltimore
Washington
J. Charles Linthicum
Friends of Woman Suffrage
Glare Good Loser High Praise for Houston at Banquet
Missouri figures praise President Wilson for naming Houston Secretary of Agriculture. David R. Francis and Champ Clark deliver speeches at Reuscher's dinner, highlighting Houston’s merit, Missouri loyalty, and a sense of a new era in national politics.
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Folke
New Era
Clark
William Warner
Taft
Missouri
Joseph W. Folk
Houston
Wilson
Missouri society banquet closes with praise of state
Representatives and guests gathered after the inaugural address as James T. Lloyd presided over the society and Gov. Elliott W. Major delivered closing remarks praising Missouri. An informal reception preceded the banquet, letting attendees renew old acquaintances and form new connections.
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Haskin
Elliott W. Major
Missouri
Glasscock Tours Kanawha Coal Field After Martial Law
Former Gov William E Glasscock and party including his wife Mrs Hatfield Adjutant General and Mrs Eiliott and several officers toured the Kanawha coal field today. They passed through the martial law district without incident amid a military court expected to try cases by Friday.
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W. V
William E. Glasscock
H. D. Hatfield
Kanawha
Glasscock
Hatfield
Eiliott
West Virginia
Miliitia
Vivery
Glassceck
Induction of Cabinet Members During Wilson Administration
Former Secretary Stimson and a large crowd attended the oath ceremonies for Josephus Daniels as Secretary of the Navy and for Albert Sidney Burleson as Postmaster General. Franklin K Lane became Secretary of the Interior with Justice McKenna presiding, as William B Wilson began as Secretary of Labor without a salary.
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Stimson
Army
Daniels
Josephus Daniels
Navy
Democratic National Committee
Justice Shepard
District of Columbia
Albert Sidney Burleson
Frank M. Hitchcock
Wilson fills cabinet posts with Redfield opposed by Gallinger
President Wilson officially names his cabinet including William Jennings Bryan William Gibbs McAdoo Lindley M Garrison James Clark McReynolds Sidney Burleson Josephus Daniels Franklin Knight Lane David Franklin Houston William Redfield and William Bauchop Wilson He also names John H Marble to Interstate Commerce Commission Gallinger objected to Redfield citing district insurance probe but later withdrew objection and Redfield is confirmed
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Senate
William Jennings Bryan
Nebraska
Treasury
William Gibbs McAdoo
New York
Lindley M. Garrison
New Jersey
James Clark McRpeynolds
Tennessee
Seene Ee Sidney Burleson
T “Ty
Interstate Commerce" Commission
Taft
Edgar E. Clark
Lane
Clark
John H. Marble
Marble
Washington
California
Bureau of Inquiry
Mosely
Senate’ Committee
Lorimer
Lerner
Gallinger
Redfield
William C. Redfield
Senator Gallinger
House
Ime
Commerce Committee
Hst
Mr. Redfield
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
Ambassadorships Trace Wilson Bryan Diplomacy Shift
President Wilson plans cabinet size foreign posts with Bryan as chief arbiter of appointments. Ambassadors to London Paris Berlin and others expected from Elkus Page Crane Olney Penfield Thomas Osborn Gerard Morganthau and Allen. Figures including McCombs and Olney comment on possible Britain post and acceptance timing. Boston report notes Olney’s surprise at dispatch and decision timeline.
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England
Page
Germany
Austria
Cxane
Russia
President Wilson
Mr. Bryan
United States
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Paris
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New York
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Chicago
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Massachusetts
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Frederick C. Penfield
Italy
Augustus Thomas
Lkely
J. W. Gerard
Spain
William Church Osborn
Henry Morganthau
Turkey
Frederick H. Allen
Switzerland
Boston
Mar
Thias
Washington
Wilson
Ceremonies Mark Swearing In New Wilson Cabinet
In contrast to the formal parade for his own induction, six members of President Wilsons official family were sworn in yesterday. Secretaries Bryan Garrrisan Daniels Lane and Wilson and Postmaster General Burleson began their official duties, with McAdoo Houston Mc Reynolds and Redfield to take oaths today. Lindley M. Garrison was sworn in as Secretary of War by John B. Randolph just before four, after a morning spent in conference.
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Washington, D. C
Burleson
Texas
Wison
Burlesons
A. Mitchell Palmer
Fanneylvania
Congress
Underwood
Alabama
Representative Palmer
Ms. Rothermel
Pennsylvania
Palmer
Representative Ashbrook
Onto
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Francis
Charles W. Hirot
Harvard University
David F. Houston
Houston
Harvard
Eliot
Yranels
Missouri
Wilson
Capitol
Lincoln
Gettysburg
Bryan
Garrisan
Daniels
Lane
John B. Randolph
Grant
Mr. Garrison
Rebels Fire On Peace Envoys Amid Sonora Turmoil
El Paso report details a clash as Maderistas attacked the envoys train near Santa Rogilla Chihuahua killing one federal guard and wounding several. Rebels threaten Agua Prieta border town while Sonora declares defense of state against Huerta, calls for arms and neutrality toward uprisings.
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Agua Prieta
Texas
Mexican Congress
el Paso
Tex
Mexico City
Huerta
Santa Rogilla
Chihuahua
H. Allen Tupper
International Peace Forum
Manuel Lujan
Sal 'Famar
Col
David de la Fuente
Vasquez Gomes
Sonora
Baltimore Bride-Killer in Arlington Tragedy
Barrett R. Clark a real estate dealer shot and killed his four month bride Nan Wine in Arlington and then wounded himself. Her sister Frankie Wine witnessed the scene and collapsed. Clark, 52, had separated and quarreled frequently, with the wife returning to Virginia with her sister. Police and fire crews rushed to the doorway as Clark held the crowd at bay before collapsing.
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Barrett R. Clark
Virginia
Washington Post
Baltimore
Arlington
Migs Nan Wine
Broadway
Philadelphia
Clark
Miss Wine
Frankie Wine
Slater
Mary Madden
Hamilton W. Smith, Jr
Morton in serious condition in New York home
Levi P. Morton former New York governor and vice president in the Harrison administration lies seriously ill at his Fifth Avenue residence in New York City at age 39. Doctor Tiermann M Biggs cites arteriosclerosis as cause though not necessarily critical. Mrs Lustisa Morton and Mr. and Mrs. Eus tis expected to arrive tomorrow.
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New York
Levi P. Morton
Harrison
Fifth Avenue
Morton
Tiermann M Biggs
William Corcoran Eustis
Washington
Lustisa
Wilson aide blocks interviews with office seekers
President says he cannot grant personal interviews to applicants for office. He slips into the executive office routine, carrying out tasks his subordinates say are proper. He meets with Senator Bern, the administration leader on the floor, and the Woodrow family visits, as affairs are discussed.
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Senator Bern
Woodrow Family
Open Door Policy Revoked in White House Statement
The White House releases a statement that the President will not interview all applicants for office. He cites the need to focus on government business and national policy, and will instead handle appointments through department heads based on experience as governor of New Jersey. The policy shift aims to conserve time and energy for executive duties.
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Champ Clark
Pike County
Missouri
Union
A. M. Dockery
Congress
Washington
Clark
Dockery
New Jersey
White House
Wilson Begins Presidency Quietly After a Day of Ceremony
President Woodrow Wilson settled into the White House routine after a day of public pomp. He met Senate Democratic leader Senator Kern and Illinois leaders led by Gov. Dunne and Speaker McKinley to discuss the Senate races and the Illinois deadlock, with Wilson supporting the primary choice of the people. He hosted visitors, received congratulatory calls, and set a steady pace, inviting only invited office seekers to the White House. Tumulty handled press and letters as Wilson adjusted to executive duties.
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Woodrow Wilson
White House
Kern
Indiana
Senate
Dunne
Illinois
McKinley
Iinois House
William L. O'Connelly
J. Hamilton Lewis
Lawrence Y. Sherman
United States Senate
Lewis
Sherman
Congress
Wilson
Joseph P. Tumulty
Mr. Wilson
New Jersey
Thomas L Rhoad
Taft
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