Dissipated banker’s son entangled with Yale peer turns tragedy
Howard Jeffries once led a degenerating life under Robert Underwood at Yale. He marries a gambler’s daughter and is disowned by his father. Underwood, leveraging Alicia, becomes a social predator. After Underwood’s suicide and a coercive police interrogation, Howard is arrested as Annie vows to prove his innocence.
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Howard Jeffries
Robert Underwood
Yale
Underwood
Howard
Alicia
Clinton
Annie
Jeffries
Don't desert him now you must hear me for your son
A determined young woman pleads with Mr. Jeffries to support his estranged son. She argues publicly withdrawing aid would ruin the son's reputation and tests the father's resolve. The father concedes responsibility but remains wary of the wife’s influence and her claim. The scene centers on tensions within the Jeffries family and the question of reconciliation.
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Mr. Jeffries
Sporn
Jeffries
Hal
Annie
Judge Brewster
Howard
Ife
Manhattan
Wall Street
Billy Delmore
the Bute
America
Howard Jeffries, Jr
Tombs
A Convict's Daughter Defies a Banker In Divorce Stand
Annie, wife of Howard Jeffries Jr., pleads for support to save him from a murder trial amid the Jeffries family’s opposition. She refuses to abandon him, rejects a divorce, and vows to seek top counsel and public support to prove his innocence.
Selected for Supreme Court Pitney Nomination Sent to Senate
President Taft sent the nomination of Mahlon Pitney chancellor of New Jersey to the Senate for associate justice of the U S Supreme Court to replace the late John M Harlan. The White House disclosed the choice after a guarded secret and amid hints of his prior state and national political roles.
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Mahlon Pitney
New Jersey
United States Supreme Court
Senate
Taft
John M. Harlan
Kentucky
Julius M. Meyer
New York City
United States District Court
New York
Ferdinand A. Geiger
Cassville
Wis
Wisconsin
Pitney
White House
John W. Griggs
United States
Judge Pitney
Supreme Court
New Jersey State Senate
Princeton
Miss Ethel Roosevelt Serves Lunch at Outlook Office
In New York the Outlook firm hosted Miss Ethel Roosevelt for a luncheon with 75 workers. She helped cook on gas stoves, served tea, and joined the waitstaff, mingling with the reporters and staff while the two lunch shifts waited for her arrival.
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Outlook
New York
Ethel Roosevelt
Miss Roosevelt
Roosevel
Outlook Company
Mary
King George May Visit the United States This Year
A plan for King George and Queen to visit Washington is being considered though officials stay silent. Diplomats weigh etiquette and political hurdles as a royal US visit could require a presidential trip to London in return. Likely not this year due to the king's absence in India.
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George
United States
Washington
London
Atlantic
India
Mrs. Russell Sage and Her Charitable Empire
The article praises Mrs. Russell Sage for immense philanthropy since her husband’s death through the Russell Sage Foundation. It highlights support for anti tuberculosis, public recreation, child placement and care, school medical inspections, children’s gardens, blindness prevention, and charity organizations. It notes large education endowments, university gifts, and aid to hospitals and homes, especially in Syracuse.
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Russell Sage
Russell Sage Foundation
Sage
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Om Walters
King George
U.S
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