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Washington Scandal Sparks Nationwide Social Upheaval
Two Newport Washington debutantes Miss Margaret Fahnestock and Miss Marguerite Caperton toured the German U-53 in Newport harbor triggering a social crisis in Washington. Diplomats and hostesses faced shifting loyalties as neutrality rules strained dinners and gatherings, with officials scrambling to keep affairs balanced amid a war.
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Newport - Washington
Washington
Newport Waters
Litttle
Fort Adams
Newport
Fahnestock
Miss Caperton
Navy
Halidon Hill
Admiral Knight
Naval
Newport Harbor
Lee
United States
William B. Caperton
Newport Naval Training Station
Miss Fahnestock
Gibson Fahnestock
Newport Cottage Colony
Bellevue Avenue
Queen City
Dumba
Cecil Spring-Rice
Count von Bernstorff
Jules Jusserand
von Bernstorff
Jusserand
M. Bakhmeteff
Boris Mellikoff
Hoest
Kurt von Leisner
Duchess of Marlborough
Oliver H. P. Belmont
M. Mellikoff
Boris Yonine
Neutht
Star Company
Senor de Riano
Senor de Gama
Madame de Riano
Alice Ward
Peter Goelet Gerry
Lars Anderson
Washingtonian
Margaret Fahnestock
U-53
Miss Fahne
Marguerite Caperton
Caperton
England