Social leaders Jeanne Coudert heirs in conflict over Grace Coudert will
Jeann e Coudert Conde Nast and Aimee Marguerite Coudert challenge Grace Coudert's Paris will in New York court. They allege Marquis de Choiseul unduly influenced the will leaving the entire fortune to him, while depositions from France are planned for trial. Grace died in Paris, leaving $909 in assets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanne Clarrese Coudert
Conde Nast
Aimee Marguerite
Oudert Sample- Breanig
Charles Coudert
Coudert Bros
Grace Coudert
New York
Paris
Marquis de Choiseul
Clara CoLdert
Grace Lved
Paria
Grace
Italy
France
Condert
Miss Grace
Leonie
Frank Glaenzer
Constance
Willia Garrison
Jeanne Coudert
Holy Cross Academy Dedication With Taft Gibbons Attend
Cardinal Gibbons will officiate the dedication of Holy Cross Academy on Dumbarton avenue and Upton street northwest with President Taft as guest of honor. The ceremony begins at 2 30 PM, followed by Taft’s address and several speakers. A reception for alumni and guests runs from 4 to 6 PM, and Sisters expect a large turnout.
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Cardinal Gibbons
Exeriges
Holy Cross Academy
Taft
Dumbarton Avenue
Upton Street
Sisters of the Academy
Don’t Substitute Milk for Tea or Coffee
Dietary guidance urges against replacing tea or coffee with milk at meals noting the difficulty for long-time tea drinkers to quit. Cocoa is viewed as the least harmful alternative, and cereal coffee can replace regular coffee by gradual substitution until full replacement is achieved.
Wedding of Lieut Moore and Bride at Washington ceremony
Society guests gathered for the ceremony of Lieut Julian L Schley and Miss Moore, with best man Lieut Moore. The bride wore white satin with a jeweled train and tulle overdress and carried white orchids and valley lilies. Attendants wore white chiffon over pink satin, mob caps, and carried roses. After the ceremony, a reception featured white decor and a music program. The couple plan to sail December 12 from New York and will reside in New Cumberland, West Virginia, on Lieut Moore’s posting.
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Julian L Schley
Langfitt
Misa
Irene Davis
Evelyn Teel
Bridgeport
Conn
Batiste
S&s. T Davis, Jr
Davis
Teel
W. T
Moore
West Indes
Panama
New York
New Cumberland
West Va
Miss Daingerfield Weds Mr Ragin in Georgetown Church
Miss Katherine Daingerfield daughter of the late Henry Daingerfield of Alexandria and Mrs Daingerfield married Mr Carrott Wilson Ragin of Baltimore in Trinity Cafydld Church Georgetown. Rev John A Conway officiated. Bride wore dark blue velvet suit and child beaver toque with violet corsage. Best man Raleigh C Thomas of Baltimore. The ceremony was small with no reception and the couple left for their wedding journey, to reside after January 1 at 1013 North Celvert Street Baltimore.
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Trinity Cafydld
Georgettown
Katherine Daingerfield
Henry Daingerfield
Alexandria
Daingerfield
Carrott Wilson Ragin
Baltimore
John A. Conway
Georgetown University
J 8
Barbour Dainserfield
Raleigh C. Thomas
Rasin
Washington
North Celvert Street
Travel of Washingtoners to California
Workers arrive at the Grafton hotel and plan to depart Sunday to reach Denny in California, signaling movement of travelers in a regional transit note.
Notable Visitors and Society Notes at Washington Hotels
Mrs Charles Emory Smith and her niece Miss Sullivan spend three weeks at the New Willard. Mrs Thomas M Carnegie of Pittsburgh stays briefly at the Grafton. Senator and Mrs Joseph F Johnston arrive in Washington and lodge at the Cochran. Mr and Mrs William Thaw, recently married in New York, enjoy a few days at the New Willard. Marie McMillin Brown heads to Annapolis for the Naval Academy hop. The Stormont Auxiliary invites a tea and bazaar at the New Willard in the cabinet room from noon to 10 pm tomorrow and Saturday. Washington Branch Association of Collegiate Alumnae meets at 1628 Corcoran tonight with Dr Louise Taylor Jones speaking on public health education. All eligible members are invited. Mrs John Russell Young returns to New York.
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Dodge
Hammon Fish Kean
William Church Osborn
Robert Endicott
Brone Phelps
Aiien Osborn
Henry BE. Coe
Wilton Merle Smith
Howland Russell
Catherina L. Hamersley
Daniel Crench
Wiliam Church Osborn
Wiliam Allen Butler
Chicago
Charles Emory Smith
Miss Sullivan
New Willard
Thomas M. Carnegie
Pittsburg
Grafton
Stormont Auxilary
Gant
Washington
Association of Collegiate Aluranse
Simons
Corcoran, Street
Louise Taylor Jones
Justice Dayton Dies in New York at 78
Justice Charles W Dayton of the New York Supreme Court died at his home in New York City on December 7. He was born in 1846 and admitted to the bar in 1868. He served as New York postmaster during the second Cleveland administration and was elected to the bench in 1906. His death followed a period of illness, with his daughter Charles W Dayton Jr and sister Mrs B A Fersenden at his side. The immediate cause was pneumonia.
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New York
Charles W Dayton
Supreme Court
Charles W. Dayton, Jr
B. A. Fersenden
Chicago
Dayton
New York City
Cleveland
Warships on the Move as U S Atlantic Fleet Sails
The third division led by Rear Admiral Murdock sailed from Gravesend for Brest while civic officials bid farewell. The fourth division under Capt Thomas B Howard followed to Gravesend, with battleships Georgia flagship Nebraska Rhode Island and Virginia sailing from Brest. One man is listed missing overboard from the Nebraska. Capt Albert Mertz nominated as rear admiral to replace John B Milton who retired. Mertz currently commands Cavite and Olongapo naval stations.
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Gravesend
England
United States Atlantic Fleet
Murdock
Brest
France
Thomas B. Howard
Georgia
Nebraska
Rhode Island
Virginia
Bragt
Howard
Albert Mertz
Mertz
Wisconsin
John B. Milton
Cavite
Olongapo
Philippine
Islands
Army Orders: Leaves and duties for officers
A compiled list of army orders grants leaves and to be stationed abroad and at various postings. Capt Frederick W Altstretter\n Second Lt William C Miller\n First Lieut Edwin Gunner\n Capt Hartman L Butler\n First Lieut Roger D Blagh\n First Reid artil lery Moi Charles T M Pun cher\n Capt George Hestes\n Maj Charles McK Saltzman\n Norfolk Merille Guantanamo Potomac Tonopah orders and retirements for G Mallison Kimmels Littlefield Cox and pay officers B D McGee H H Palmer
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Frederick Waltstretter
Corps of Egineers
William C Miller
Twentythird Infantry
Edwin Gunner
Seventeenth Infantry
Hartman L. Butler
Coast Artillery Corps
Caluming Barracks
Ohio
Roger D Blagh
Corps of Eigineers
Albany
William M Black
Corps of Engineers
Charles T. Mpncher
Reid Artillery
Orcer
Philippine
Charles McK. Saltzman
G Mallison
H Kimmels
Comédr Wol Littlefield
Bydrsgraphie
Navy Department
Washington
I. Coxe
Salem
B. D. McGee
Homs
Wall
H. H. Palmer
Prairig
Ammonia poisoning suspected after three Baltimore residents sick
Three members of Thomas L. Jeter's household in Baltimore were hospitalized after morning illness suspected to stem from ammonia fumes. The victims include Jeter 39, his son Lee 14, and housekeeper Mary Brackenridge 4. Doctors revived the men, the woman recovering, as detectives probe the five gallon jug found at the home and analyze canned food for clues.
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Baltimore
Washington Post
Thomas L. Jeter
Eastern Avenue
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Lee Jeter
Hia Son
Mary Brackenridge
Hia
Jeter
Commander Robert Platt Dead at 106 in Washington
Commander Robert Platt of the U N retired died at his home 411 B street northeast at 4 pm after suffering cerebral embolism three weeks ago. A native of Southport NC he served since 1863, was commended by Admiral Du Pont, retired in 1908, and funeral services will be held tomorrow with interment at Congressional Cemetery.
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Robert Platt
U. N
Platt
I ‘Southport
N. C
Wrightsville Beach
Naval Services
Volunteer Navy
Admiral du Pont
Charleston Harbor
Naval Service
Congressional
Mrs Ellen Colfax III Aged Widow in South Bend Alarms Friends
Mrs Ellen Colfax widow of Vice President Schuyler Colfax is seriously ill at her South Bend, Indiana home. Friends of the aged woman are alarmed over her condition, noting she has been frail for several weeks.
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Augusta E. Stetson
West Ninety-sixth Street
New York
Miles
Hofmann
Schuyler Colfax
South Bend
Ind
Ellen Colfax
Sooth Bend
HEART e790 HOME TALKS by Barbara Loyd
A reader urged to plan a saner Christmas by cutting down gifts and work. Decide a spending limit, buy thoughtfully, send more cards to a wider circle, and avoid overdoing decorations and menus. A deliberate approach keeps women rested, Spirits high, and holidays joyful.
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HEART
Barbara Loyd
Powinle
Billie
Bank of Race Prejudice Lecture by Mary Church Terrell
In New York at Berkeley Theater under the NAACP a program featured Mrs. Mary Church Terrell and Mme Azalea Hackley discussing progress of colored women and musical achievement. W.E.B. Du Bois spoke on race prejudice and the NAACP aims. He argued prejudice harms democracy, blocks opportunity for millions of American born citizens, and distorts national ideals.
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New York
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Berkeley
Mary Church Terrell
Board of Education
Washington
Mme
Azalea Hackley
Jean de Reszke
Terrell
United States
Mme Hadley
W. E B Dn Bois
Association For the Advancement of Colored Pearle
du Bois
University of Pennsylvania
Atlanta University
Crippled liner in port Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse arrives
New York December 7 The big North German Lloyd liner Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse which carried away her port propeller in mid ocean last Monday afternoon came into port early today several hours ahead of its expected arrival The accident occurred in fine moderate weather Captain Polack reports no wreckage struck and there was only a slight jar Passengers included Prof Einselbert Humperdinck Col J Astor and son Representative H Boutell Count Jean de Kergelay and E D Winslow United States consul at Stockholm
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New York
Polack
Enselbert Humperdink
J Astor and Son
H . Boutell
Jean de Kergelay
E D Winslow
United States
Stockholm
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T Have
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London
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G Streets
Broadway
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Post
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Algo
Morgan
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Anderson Auction Company
East Forty-sixth Street
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Albert Bigelow Paine
Stormfield
Reddington, Conn
Continental Memorial Hall
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Daughters of the American Revolution
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Sherry's
Arthur Murray Dodge
TAFE
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Rh & G Sts
Miss Daingerfield
Margaret Douglas Warner
Donald Pritchard Smith
Kensington
B. H. Warner
W. V. Cox
Rauscher's
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Elizabeth Reeside
Dorothy Deeble
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Sheridan Circle
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K Street
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Alabama
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Knowlton
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Chigagg, Ill
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