Dropped suit ends as tobacco magnate settles with Van Riper
In New York a highly publicized damages suit over alienation of affection between Col Thomas H Ray and Mrs Ethel Bond Metonkey was settled before trial. Van Riper claimed witness interference and asked for large damages. settlement terms were not disclosed.
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Thomas H. Ray
New York Court
Washington Post
Domnelly
Supreme Court
Eugene van Riper
Col
Thomas H Ray
Tobacco Trust
Mra Ray
Ethel Bond Mevtonkey
van Riper
New Jersey
Jon McCloskey
Addavits
Julius Freise
Col Rays
Siss Netile Mabon
New Secretary Appointed as Private Secretary to Secretary of State
Charles Smith of New Hampshire appointed to serve temporarily as private secretary to the Secretary of State. Smith is a member of the commission sent to the Pr ominton republic to aid in restoring peace there.
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Charles 3 Snithh
New Hampshire
Smith
Prominton Republic
No More Tight Skirts for Women Is Decree of Fashion Makers
In Toledo on December 3, fashion makers announce a new spring and summer style decree banning tight skirts. At the National Cloak Suit and Skirt Manufacturers Association meeting, milady will wear tailormade suits with pleated skirts, short coats, and practical lines for Easter displays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Ohio
Fastion
National
Milady
Ankles Back In Court Woman Aids Bandits Reprimanded
A New York court scene recalls a prior ruling on indecency as Mrs. Rachelle Ducas appears in a shorter dress. Justice Gavagan admonished her for an apparent display while she seeks increased alimony from Benjamin N. Ducas, a manufacturing chemist. The case highlights evolving fashion clashes in public trials.
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Waatington Post
New York
Rachelle WN. Ducas
Justice Blanchard
Supreme Court
Sajsen
Benjamin N. Ducas
Marriage Licenses Not Taxed Only Certificates Declared
Officials state the Treasury Department will not tax marriage licenses but certificates require stamps. The law cited says a marriage license returned to a public official is not taxed, while the certificate issued by clergy must bear a ten cent stamp when given to the parties.
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Treasury Department
Internal Revenue
Bureau
Quits Jewish Council After 20 Years Service
New Orleans December 3 Miss Sadie American founder and longtime executive secretary of the National Council of Jewish Women severed all ties with the organization at an executive session today. The move came as the convention prepared to revise the constitution and curb executive powers. A statement cited conduct of several officers as making continued service inconsistent with dignity and self respect.
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New Orleans
Sadie American
National Council of Jewish Women
Mias American
Miss American
Castellane Case Nears Final Tribunal Decision
Rome December 3 The Rota tribunal has received all supplementary evidence in the annulment suit of Comte Boni de Castellane against Miss Ancy Gould the Duchess de Talleyrand It is about to finish its investigations and is expected to issue a definite decision by the end of December with the Duchess having withdrawn from the case.
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Rota Tribunal
Count Boni
Rome
Rote Tribunal
Comte Boni de CanteHane
Misa Ancy Gould
Duchess de Talleyrand
Chicago lake front bonfire destroys ancient eggs
Special to The Washington Post reports a crowd at East Twelfth street in Chicago watched a large bonfire where 204 840 red eyed eggs were destroyed by fire. Deputy U S Marshal Jack Stack carried out federal court orders from last September as the eggs formed part of a seizure. The pyre’s odorous mix caused several hundred eggs to pop as they burned.
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Washington Post
Chicago
Lake Front
East Twelfth Street
Lake Shore
Jack Stack
United States
United States Court
Married teachers seek year leave after birth, Greithut says
Mrs Edith C Greithut, a teacher and mother of a bright four year old boy, supports the fight for a year's leave of absence for married teachers who bear children. She notes motherhood deepened her interest and understanding of pupils and their needs.
Rich Held as Forger Crime in 1894 Alleged
Chicago police arrest Carleton Hudson Betts, a wealthy attorney, on a New York forgery bond theft claim from twenty years ago. He was held in New York and allegedly jumped bond, later linked to an Illinois case. James McKeag and Clarence Darrow arranged a bond. hearing planned. The NY probe concerns a Mrs. McGowan check fraud.
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Carleton Hudson Betts
New York
Illinois
Carleton Hudson
Chicago
Moody Church of Chirag
Whitch
Charles Sanders
Joshua Sanders
Betts’ Bond
Issd
Hudson
Swift, Armour
Louis Eible
O'Brien
Siudzon
Inspector Faurot
James McHeag
McKeag
Leutenant
Clarence Darrow
Carleton H. Betta
Margaret McGowan
Joshua Saunders
Betts
Lowell Thomas
Henry & Cook
Saunders
Thomas
Whitman
Little Frills and Farbelows Aflutter in Social World
A long social item notes Captain Gordon Wilson killed near Ypres. It recalls his boyhood at Bion School England saving the Queen Victoria from an assassin in 1882, his service in the South African War, and as aide to General Baden-Powell. It also covers a New York society charity event with dances by young heiresses, a Pandora’s Box cast addition, and extensive box selections and society attendees at the Seventh Regiment Armory event and Philadelphia’s Belle Vue Stratford ball.
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Gordon Wilson
Ypres
Bion School
England
Queen Victoria
Roderick Maclean
Windsor Station
Wilson
Windsor Castle
Melton
Baden-Powell
Mafeking
New York
Seventh Regiment Armory
August Belmont
Hoger H. Bacon
Gven
Pandora’s Box
Nigel Cholmeley-Jones
Vulcan Hephaestus
Claystea
Carol A Harriman
Jay Gould
Barbara Thaw
Katherine Satterlee
Virginia Scutly
Muriel Winthrop
Alice A. Ely
Virginia, Mary
Anna R Alexandre
Messrs
Stewart Peck
Ernest Lewis
Ryland Stzer
Lawrence Smith
Theodore Crane
Charles Butler
W. G Brady
B Bliott
L KE Shaw
F. Kingsbury
Pip Lydig
Francia McNair Bacon
Andrew Carnegie
John H. Devis
Maude Wetmora
Frederick W. Vanderbilt
William Watts Sherman
Rogera Bacon
James Hoosevelt
Wiliam Pierson Hamilton
Seth Low
J. Pierpont Morgan
Marshall Orme Wilson
Beekman Winthrop
Simon Guggenheim
Mrua
R B Moffatt
John AR. Drexel
Denies Baby Heir Died In Yorks Probate Case
London dec 3 Mrs Dorothy Slingsby wife of Lieut Charles R Slingsby of San Francisco denied in probate court today the charge that her son heir to the Slingsby estate had died and she substituted another infant. She admitted arranging an adoption ad but said she did not accept any child for adoption and that the present claimant is her own child. The outcome will affect a $500000 estate tied to a will provision for the heir of Lieut Slingsby.
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Gavagan
London
Dorothy Slingsby
Charles R. Slingsby
San Francisco
Slingsby
Yorkshire
California State Board of Health
Mia
Shnesby
Charles Shagaby
Shngsby
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Louise Homer
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