Democracies on Trial Fears Attack From Europe
Philadelphia December 2 Civil Service Reform League hears Charles W Eliot warn democracy is on trial before the civilized world due to incompetency in public service. He cites Post Office Department inefficiency and urges merit system extension to all federal offices, including diplomats, customs, and marshals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Civil Service League
D.C
Philadelphia
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard University
Civil Service Reform League
Blliot
Eliot Call
United Sulea
Nurtris
Nebraska
Tce
Mnajor Norris
Discovery of Three-Toed Prehistoric Horses in California
Professor Merriam of the University of California announced the discovery of three toed prehistoric horses from the Alinene and Pliocene periods in California. The remains, described as Hibentiiburcons, were found by Trot ios Merriam at the department of neorcotoes and mark a significant addition to the history of horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herkeles
Calfornia
Trotios Merriam
Department of
Neorcotoes
University of
Cah
Merriam
Hose
Robyne Jewelry Loss Shocks Boston Visitors in Hot Springs
Special to The Washington Fos Hot Springs Va Dec 2 Mr and Mrs George A Robyne of Boston arrived from New York and lost a bag of jewelry valued at 15000 in the city Their bag containing necklaces brooches rings etc is believed left in a theater or taxicab Also noted are arrival at the Tinker cottage of Mrs and Mrs Stanley Stokes and other Philadelphia couples on honeymoons with brief local visits.
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Washington Fos
Philadelphia
Tinker Cottage
Stokes
Mias Ruth Coxe
Henry Brinton Coxe
Spencer L. Jones
South
Edward B. Robinette
White Sulphur Springs
Robert Maxwell Scoon
Princeton
J. Gill Wylie, Jr
New York
Auto Touring Gains Popularity at White Sulphur Springs
Special to The Washington Post reports rising auto touring in West Virginia as roads improve. Notable travelers include Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Ackerman en route New York to Washington, Frederick Burnham Stilson honeymooning guests, and social figures from Baltimore Cincinnati and New York enjoying spa resort life at White Sulphur Springs and The Greenbrier, with tea concerts and swimming pools.
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Stilson
Washington
Charlotte Andrew
New York
A. W. Thompson
Baltimore
Frederick Herreshoff
M. Orme Wilson
Frederick
Winston
W. A. Taylor
Emilie L. Heine
Bertha Bauer
Cincinnati
Greenbrier
Percy Procter
Dey
Nurse Bride-To-Be Joins Pirate Gold Hunt In Tropics
New York December 2 Marie St Clair Fenton a nurse 23 from Berwick England sails to join her fiancé in Central America where he hunts pirates treasure. She jokes about pirate fever and flaunts a pistol on departure aboard the Tivives as they plan to reach Cartagena then Darien coast to search for gold.
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Washington Post
New York
Central America
Marie St. Clair Fenton
Harry Payne Whitney
Tropica
United Fruit
Berwick
England
Miss Fenton
Misa Fenton
Cartagena
Colombia
Gulf of Darien
British Requisition of U S Ship Without Prize Court Trial
The State Department awaits a London report from Ambassador Page on British requisition of a U S ship without prize court trial. British bond via Halifax prize court sets an undertaking for appraised value, with £45,000 fixed in the Genesee case as a potential figure. Officials prepare legal arguments for further representations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Ambassador Page
London
Page
Bond
Young
Halifax
Polk
American Transatlantic Company
Genesee
State Department Allready
American Trans Atlantic Company ships seized under prize court rule
The article reports that during the civil war some neutral ships were seized and requisitioned by the United States before prize court adjudication, mostly blockade runners. It notes the American Trans Atlantic Company nears completing affidavits to prove majority American ownership, and that the Hocking, Genessee, and Kankakee were seized by British warships after registry actions. The Winnebago was ordered to sail to Stamford.
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United States
Department
American Transatlantic Company
State Department
Order In Council
The
Delaware
Richard Wagner
New York
Wisconsin
Great Britain
Department of Commerce
Winnebago
Richard F. Wagner
American Trans- Atlantic Company
Buenos Aires
Stamford
Conn
Wagner
Lansing
American trans-Atlantic Company
Hocking
Genessee
Kankakee
Band Concert Tonight by Soldiers' Home Band
This evening at 6 45 o clock in Stanley Hall the United States Soldiers' Home Band Orchestra conducts under director John F Zimmermann. The program includes Peace Conferences Romanes Eleanor selections Il Trovatore a Fox Trot Gay and Frivolous Valse Elaine Baxter and A Garden Dance among others.
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United States Soldiers
Stanley Hall
John
M. Zimmermann
Romanes
Eleanor
Elaine
Baxter
Society Guests Attend Charitable Event in Washington
A long roster of society figures visited Washington for a Christmas charity event at the Willard and related gatherings. Hosts included Mrs. Lansing and Mrs. Burleson, with prominent guests from the diplomatic, military, and social circles. The card party and tea dance raised funds for destitute Confederate families in the city, attracting about 60 bridge tables and distributing candy and flowers as prizes.
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Willard
Alexander R. Lawton
TJ. D. C
Washington
Lansing
Daniels
Burleson
Gregory
George Barnett
Swanson
Husha Meredith
Blghr Spencer
Leonard Hoffman
Lawton
J. Willard Ragsdale
Brinton Stone
Odenheimer
Samuel Spencer
Callie Hoke Smith
Carolyn Nash
Josephine Mason
Jane Gregory
Lillian Hendrick
Grace Overman
Adelaide Heath
Ruth Patterson
Helen Griffith
Helen Kimmel
Catherine Bowle
Katherine du Bose
Pocahontas Butler
Lucy Adee
Blair Spencer
Washington Dinners and Society Events Report
Tonight at the Army and Navy Club Commander and Mrs James Richardson hosted a large dinner for several officers including Commander and Mrs William Galbraith Commander and Mrs Edwin Pollock and others. Capt George R Clark entertained Miss Harmon Bailey of Chicago as house guest with Mrs Clark assisting. A Red Cross delegates reception on December 8 was to be omitted due to morning, and Miss Boardman is again noted. The Belasco Theater staged Christ Child Society benefit operettas drawing a fashionable audience with box parties listed, and many prominent names attended including Mme Jusserand and numerous ambassadors and society figures. The article catalogues numerous hosts guests and attendees at social dinners tea dances and theater events in Washington society circles.
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Louis Hertle
Potomac
Gunston Hall
Tracy
Drake
H. Daughaday
Chicago
Juncheon
Lansing
Mra. Drake
Mra. Daughaday
Mra. Hertle
Ellen Wood
New Jersey
Washington
Club of Colonial Damas
Hughes Oliphant
Miss Wood
James O. Richardson
Army and Navy Club
William W. Galbraith
Edwin T. Pollock
Charles B. McVay
Arthur Crenshaw
Victor Kauffmann
Capt
George R. Clark
Harmon Bailey
Ger
Dan C. Kingman
Belasco Theater
Christ Child Society
Elena Calderon
Mercedes Godey
Gladys Hinckley
Margaret Perin
Leta Montgomery
Francise Williams
Helena Elliott
Catherine McClintock
Mme. Jusserand
Cuba
Mme. de Campedes
Salvador
Mme. Zaldivar
Calderon Carlisle
George Monard
Sheridan
Emile Montgomery
Henry Cleveland Perkins
James’ Emery
Bib Marshall Field
William Ppitlips
Edson Bradley
Helen Patten
George Hamilton
Madame de Pena
Bolivia
Mme. Calderon
Dance and Drill Today at Fort Myer With Army Relief Leaders
Prominent army women will lead the tea dance after a special drill at Fort Myer under Army Relief Society auspices. The Fifth Cavalry Band provides music as the President attends with a party and society patrons join. Notable guests include Miss Katherine Ellis and guests from Atlanta.
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Fort Myer
Army Relief Society
Army
Emerson Liscum
Charles T. Menoher
C. C. Walcutt
Calvin Dewitt
Gilman
Fifth Cavalry Band
Katherine Ellis
Atlanta
Callie Hoke Smith
Christmas shop aids babies nursing program at bank site
The Covenant League hosts a Christmas shop at the Bank building on Connecticut Avenue near Dupont Circle to benefit the babies visiting nurse. Tea served 4 PM today and tomorrow with staff in charge including Mrs Charles Wood and Mrs George McLanahan. Also notes illness prompts cancellation of Mrs Sexton’s engagements, farewell party for John T. Kelly in Southeast with gifts and a Chaplin act, and various social arrivals at the Shoreham.
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League of the Covenant
Connecticut Avenue
Du‘pont Circle
Charles Wood
George McLanahan
Dalzell
Barbara Kauffmann
Louise Davidson
Grandin
Rose
Misa Swope
John T
Kelly
Alaska
Fifteenth Street
Charlie Chaplin
Frank P. Kelly
Kokomunger Quartet
Messrs. Hutchina
Maeruder
Keefer
Zepp
Agnes Jones
Gertrude Nolan
A. Houseman
J. Harris
al Wood
Misa Eiste Wolfe
A. Watson
M. McFarland
Misa H. Me
Ginty
H. McKinney
L. Gartjland
E. Housman
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Mme. de Cespedes
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Robert Thompson
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Bagley
Robert L. Taylor
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Edeon Bradley
Joseph ¥. Thropp
Flora Wilson
Charles Helmbold
Helmbold
T. W. Sims
Marie Sims
Theodore Baldwin, Jr
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Dorothy Taylor
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Mary Wheeler West
Frank Anderson
William Haywood
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James R. Mann
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Lee Phillips
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Harry Reade
Presley Rixey
George W. Fairchild
William F. Dennis
Charles N. Riker
Walter Penfield
Florence Schofield
Mme
Ekengren
Horace Westcott
Philip ‘Sheridan
Breckinridge
Henry Shandelle
W. W. Dixon
Miss Lee
Noon
James Dudley Morgan
Maury
Charles Strong
Mme. Peret
Mias
Mary Regine Irwin
Merrick
Thomas H Carter
Mia
James D. Power
May Power
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Mra. White
McAdoo
Mra. Garrison
Mra. Burle
James Emery
Marshall Field
Thomas Gale
Harold Norton
Cleveland Perkins
William Phillips
Jane Riggs
Janet Richards
Hope Slater
Philip H. Sheridan
E. J. Stellwagen
Corcoran Thom
John F. Wilkins
Wharton E. Lester
Ruth Lester
Mrs. Lester
Miss Lester
Rauscher’s
Adna R. Chaffee
Los Angeles
Gen. Chaffee
John H. Howard
Lieut. Howard
Fort Slocum
J. B. Aleshire
Howard
James C.piling
Phillip H. Minis
Lot Jolene Hopkins
Carter Jas
Morgan Beach
William Burr Harrison
Office of Engines
Mrs. Carter
Dan C. Kingman, Jr
Bradley Allan Fiske
Miss Fiske
Stoneleigh Court
James Wift
Copley
Girard Street
James G. Galey
Pittsburgh and
Beaver, Pa
Helen Susanne
Elmer Sefton Frazier
Washington, D. C
Miss Galey
Fairmont Seminary
Sons of
Confederate Veterans
Raleigh
T. W. Gregory
Lee F. Overman
Dorothy Dennett
Fred Dennett
W. B. Brockman
Walter Allen
Emily Sophia Hinton
Alsa Chester
Fort Mills
Corregidor Island
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Manila
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T Street Northwest
Miss Kelm
George de B. _ Kelm
Wallace B. Phillips
Buchanan Carter
M. F. Frey
May Frey
Lb. W. Alexander
Fife
R. T. West
W. W. Boils
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E. R. Gasch
Fannie Weeks
Arthur Williams
J. Lewis Riggles
C. H. Taylor
George F. Dudley
Anne
Elizabeth Leckie
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Mise Stinemetz
Ethel Hunter
Helen Watson
Fannie , Burke
Himma Bender
Dorothy Snyder
Willams
W. EB. Yelverton
Iden
Hal H. Smith
Franklin
Riggles
Frey
Richardsons
Kingsbury
H. P. E Kingsbury
Mary Clare Waring
Red Crogs
Miss Boardman
James I. Glennon
Navy Yard
Miss Parker
Commodore
James T. Parker
Glennon
Robert L. Berry
Walter A. Bloehorn
Thomas Armat
Kers
Becker
Becker Leather Goods Co., Inc
F Street N. W
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Enos Newman
William Payne Meredith
Theodore A Baldwin, Jr
Katherine Judge
Mra
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Charles Whitley
Ernest Bamburger
Mias McCormack
Salt Lake City
Mary van Fossen
Helen Green
Bethlehem
Congressional Circle
C. B. Ward
Debruce
N. Y
Thomas Hardy Taliaferro
Elizabeth Brooke’ Hopkins Hinchman
Conrad Powell Carter
Virginia
Tate
Samuel Hopkins
Howard County
Edgar Thompson
Eaward
H. H. Ord
Edgar ‘Woods
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William M. Lewis
Alexander Glass
Shoreham
Maj
Mrel Alexander Sidney
Linler
Belle Blackley
Texas
Henry D. Flood
Swift
Toledo
Milburn
Milburn Sales Company
Randolph Bourne
Ave
Ten North
Milburn Wagon Co
Toledo, Ohio
the Globé Wervicke Co
Dodek’s
7Th St
Rational Electrical Supply Co
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