Painter Watrous recounts model episode in New York atelier
National Academy of Design secretary Harry W Watrous confirms a sensational scene in his Sherwood Place studio. A young model allegedly pursued improper acts, then nadir danger as she lunged from a six story window. He restrained her, sent her home, and warned against a repeat incident.
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New York Herald
Harry W Watrous
National Academy of Design
Watrous
West
Fifty-seventh Street
Sherwood
Atelier
Mittal
Watrona
Bellevue Hospital
Supreme Court
Academy
LETTER CARRIERS LOSE CASE AND SALE AT EISMAN BROS
The Interstate Commerce Commission rules against the National Association of Letter Carriers in a tariff challenge tied to 1909 convention fares. Eiseman Bros announces a 31 3 percent semiannual sale on men youth and children’s clothing, urging early visits as stock moves quickly and no sizes are reserved.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
National Association of Letter Carriers
Roads
Commission
St Paul
Minn
Eiseman Bros
Sexsenth
Elseman Bros
Miss Taft Dinner Guest Of Washington Hosts
Social pages detail Miss Helen Taft's dinner hosted by Dr and Mrs Whiting with a list of guests including Katherine Jennings Dora Clover Sophy Johnston Gladys Hinckley Harriet Anderson Dorothy Williams and Robert Taft among others. The evening followed by a dance at Mr and Mrs William Slater's home and a range of receptions and club events highlight Washington society's winter season with notable figures such as Gen Bingham Mrs Bing ham and Mrs Ridgely Sowden.
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Gity Fairfax
Whiting
Helen Taft
Katherine Jennings
Dora Clover
Sophy Johnston
Gladys Hinckley
Harriet Anderson
Dorothy Willams
Southerland
Alice Whiting
Julia Whiting
Robert Taft
Henri Martin
Legation of
Switzerland
Baron Hardenbrook
Graham Johnson
Long
Spencer
Grayson
John M Ewen, Jr
Chicago
French
Philbin
White House
William Slater
Culp Family Debutante Dinner Dance At Tauscher's
Mr and Mrs Culp entertained last evening for their debutante daughter Adaline Culp and guests Miss Brown and Miss Cumnock. Dinner at small tables in Tauscher's ballroom featured red rose centerpieces, Christmas decorations, and an orchestra. About 100 guests attended the dinner, with more joining for the dance later. Notable attendees included Miss Fogg of Nashville and Mr Hoeltzer of Strasburg Germany. Also present were Senator and Mrs Taylor and several prominent Washington residents. The note mentions subscriptions for boxes to Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest at the Columbia Theater on January 18 to aid the House of Mercy endowment fund, with an amateur cast from Baltimore performing prior.
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Washington
Hoeltzer
Strasburg
Germany
Culp
Robert L Taylor
Samuel Spencer
Gordon Jones
Charles Wheeler
Gatewood
James D Gatewood
Us&sn
Reid
Unt
Taft
Oscar Wilde
Baltimore
Columbia Theater
House of Mercy
Hugh Lennox Bond
Mra Randall Hoes
Arthur Lee
Lee Phillips
Percival Dodge
Talbot
John Biddle
Washington Tea Honors Sowers Family Guests
Mrs Sowers hosted a four to seven tea at her Massachusetts avenue home in compliment to her son in law Maj Samson I Faison and Mrs Faison who recently returned from Madison barracks New York. Notables attended including Mrs Ten Eyck Wendell Mrs John W Foster Mrs Charles D Walcott and many others with decoration of greens and roses. Yale Dramatic Association to perform Il Ventaglio tomorrow at 2 15 at the Columbia Theater with a long list of patronesses. The event noted the theater misprint start time as 4930 oclock but really 2 16. Remaining notices include society pages and upcoming marriages and social engagements.
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Sowers
Z. Sowers
Massachusetts Avenue
Samson I. Faison
Faison
Washington
Madison Barracks
Nyx
Ten Eyck Wendell
John W. Foster
Charles D Walcott
Wotherspoon
George McLanahan
Walter McLean
Allen Lair
Hanston
Phelps Brown
Gertrude Wilams
Frances Sands
Mas Faison
Westmoreland
Washington Society
Yale University Dramatic Association
Columbia
Yale
Arthur Addison
David G. Adee
Fred C. Ainsworth
Larz Anderson
George A. Audenried
Frederick K. Barbour
James F Barbour
Job Barnard
A. C. Barney
Alfred E. Bates
John Beale
Alex. Graham Bell
Charlies J Bell
James Franklin Bell
Albert J. Beveridge
Anne Bispham
Augustus Blag
Philip Hichborn
H Morgan Hitt
Robert Hinck Jey
Robert R. Hitt
Richmond P Hobson
Archibald Hopkins
Alfred Hopkins
James Hopkins
Courtland Hoppin
Isham H. Hornsby
George Howard
Henry M. Hoyt
George M. Hult
Frank Hume
Susan Hutchins
Ralph Jenkins
Hennen Jennings
John
A Johnson
George T. Summerlin
E. E. Jordan
Kean
James Kerr
Arthur Lee
Mme
Clara Lanza
John F. Leech
Alex
B. Legare
Hugh Legare
H. H Kerr
Joseph Leiter
L. Z. Leiter
Nathan S
James McMillan
Preston Gibson
Alex, Magruder
John Magruder
Charles L. Marlatt
Stanley Mathews
Henry May
William Merriam
James Mitchell
Frank Moorhead
Alex Porter Morse
Charles A. Munn
John Hay
Arthur Murray
T. Morris Murray
J . Myers
Wallace Neff
Leigh Robinson
Elihu Root
Seaton Schroeder
Charles R Shepard
Robert Fitch Shepard
Nathaniel Simpking
E. Hope Slater
William A. Slater
John P. Story
Bilas Terry
Lyman Tiffany
Joseph E Thropp
Enoch Totten
Lawrence Townsend
Richard Townsend
Wolcott Tuckerman
T, H, Wall
Herbert Wadsworth
James W. Wadsworth
Thomas F. Walsh
Henry Wells
George Peabody Wetmore
Fa D. White
Gardner Williams
John BR. Williams
SA. Willis
William Holtand Wilmer
Huntington Wilson
Beekman Winthrop
Ellen Woodhull
Augustus Worthington
William W Wotherspoon
Harry C. Frances Edmonston
Genevieve Ar
Taft Welcomes Cadets and Girls in White House Visit
West Point cadets led by Senator Dick meet President Taft as Montana seminary girls chaperoned by Senator Carter share a lighted afternoon at the executive offices. Cadets and girls mingle, dance invitations follow, and Taft is praised as delightful during the social encounter.
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West Point
Carter
Montana
Taft
White House
Dan Cupid
Cupid
Senator Dick
Ohio
Montana Seminary Belles
United States
Montana Seminary
Dan Stupid
Senator Carter
Cadeta
White House Callers List of Senators and Representatives
A record lists political figures including Senator Carter of Montana Senator Dick of Ohio Senator Smith of Michigan Harr ett Henry W Schlogs of New York Judge W S Carpenter of Michigan and state and representative names from Michigan California Minos Arizona and Nebraska with various roles. The fragment preserves a roster style encounter note for December 1.
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Carter
Montana
Ohio
Smith
Michigan
Senateor Harrett
Nebraska
Henry W. Schlogs
New York
W. S. Carpenter
Guy W. Miller
John MacKay
Mich- Lgan
Prince
Minols
Kahn
California
Needham
Delegnio Cameron
Arizona
Stained Charger Shocks in Salome London Run
Special Cable reports that the Covent Garden production of Salome faced objections over a bloodstained charger used to display the head of John the Baptist. After censor talks, the management kept the dish but hid the head under a clean napkin, aiming to meet 21 objections.
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London
Washington Post
John the Baptist
Covent Garden
Salome
Falls From High Trestle Injures Man in Virginia
Falls from a Brad dock road bridge near Alexandria leave F. E. Smith with a basilar skull fracture and an uncertain recovery. Railway officials seek his relatives. he is treated at Alexandria Hospital by Dr. William M. Smith. Other items note a man killed on the viaduct, funeral services, legal notices, and local society reports.
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F. E. Smith
Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
F. @. Smith
Southern Railway
Braddock Road Bridge
Smith
Charlottesville
Alexandria Hospital
William M. Smith
Taft Silver Wedding Planned for June 19
A Washington dispatch to the New York American says President Taft and Mrs Taft will mark the silver wedding at the White House on June 19. Plans are under way with Congress adjournment slated for March 4. The President will travel to Atlanta Knoxville and Nashville before returning to Washington. After the anniversary the family will move to Beverly for the summer. The coincidence links the nomination date June 19, 1908 in Chicago.
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New York
Washington
Taft
White House
Congress
Atlanta
Knoxville
Nashville
Beverly
Chicago
Taft Calls On Moody In Person At Home Visit
President Taft called on retired Justice William H. Moody at his home Monday evening and spoke with him for about an hour. Taft, deeply concerned with Moody health, asked after Moody’s condition and improvement and was told Moody felt better. The President also congratulated Justice Macay on his fifty seventh birthday observed December 23.
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William H. Moody
United States Supreme Court
Taft
Moody
Hart-Germane Nuptials in Baltimore Quiet Ceremony
Miss Marjorie German and Mr James William Hart, both of Washington, were married quietly in Baltimore yesterday in front of intimate friends. Blanche Barr served as bridesmaid. The bride is the daughter of Mrs Mary German and the late Mr Smudhey German, a noted newspaper man. The groom is a newspaper writer, son of Mr and Mrs William Hart. They will live temporarily at the Windsor before departing on their wedding trip.
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Marjorie German
James William Hart
Washington
Baltimore
Blanche Barr
Hart
Mary German
Smudhey German
William . Hart
Windsor
Billiards Before Taft at the White House
The White House chambers prepare for billiards by Willie Hoppe. The world champion will set up exhibitions for Taft and his guests, continuing a Roosevelt era tradition of sports and demonstrations at the executive mansion. Hoppe has played before European royalty.
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White House
Roosevelt
Wolf
Willie
Hoppe
Taft
Executive Mansion
Europe
Death from Hydrophobia in Hagerstown Visitor
Hagerstown Md Dec 23 Harl Poffenberger aged 20 from Philadelphia who came home to visit his mother Mrs Frank Poffenberger at Foltz was seized with violent convulsions and died suddenly today of hydrophobia.
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Washington Post
Hagerstown
Harl Poffenberger
Philadelphia
Frank Poffenberger
Foltz
Ambassador to Argentina Moves Toward Dollar Diplomacy
Senate leaders back a Knox favored program as Taft approves an ambassadorial rank for Argentina to coordinate Washington relations. Argentina plans a grand residence for the upcoming minister Portela successor, with a growing U S trade and potential $30 million in steel and ship orders under dollar diplomacy. Additional $20 million deals expected within months.
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Senate
Knox
Taft
Argentina
Washington
Portela
State Department
United States
Senor Portela
Hague
China Japan clash feared report from Tokio
Victoria, B C. December 28. Disquieting reports warn of possible trouble between Japan and China and Russia and China in Manchuria. Russian Japanese ties influence Chinese sentiment. Chinese troops moved to Manchuria in November and Chinese forces clashed with Korean laborers after instigating intimidation along the Antung Mukden Railway.
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Victoria
British Columbia
Japan
China
Russia
Tokio Ekokumine
Tacoma Maru
Kokumine
Manchuria
Antung-Mukden
Horse plea to be changed for Morse release
Friends of Charles W. Morse the New York banker in Atlanta penitentiary plan to urge President Taft to commute his sentence. Unconditional pardon seems unlikely and Mrs Morse may support the idea with Senator Hale pressing the petition. If commuted to five years Morse could serve about three years eight months with good behavior after one year served.
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Charles W. Morse
New York
Atlanta
Taft
Morse
Hale
Wicker
Weds Lieut Thomas at Fort Monroe church
Newport News December 28. Lieutenant John Joseph Thomas of Fort Adams Rhode Island married Miss Lilian Elizabeth Koch at St Mary Star of the Sea Church Old Point. Miss Koch daughter of a noted German physician and longtime resident with May and Mrs Reynolds at Fort Monroe. The wedding marked a major social event at the post.
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Newport News
John Joseph Thomas
U. S
Fort Adams
R. I
Lilian Elizabeth Koch
Fort Monroe
St Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Church
Old Point
Koch
May
Knapp Expected to Retire From ICC Saturday
Judge Martin A. Knapp likely retires from the Interstate Commerce Commission next Saturday though he has not yet submitted formal resignation. The State Department holds that taking oath as a member of the new commerce court will sever his ICC ties. He aims to resolve pending matters before leaving. New ICC members C C McChord of Kentucky and B H Meyer of Wisconsin likely take office early next week.
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Martin A. Knapp
Interstate Commerce Commission
State Department
New Commerce Court
Commission
Commerce Court
Las
C. C. McChord
Kentucky
B. H. Meyer
Wisconsin
Anderson enters race for Dick’s Senate seat in Columbus
Representative Carl C. Anderson of Fostoria announced his candidacy for United States Senate seat now held by Charles Dick. In Guthrie, Federal Judge Cotterill named Chris Madsen chief deputy US marshal as interim US marshal until Abernathy’s successor is appointed. Abernathy resigns December 31 after charges were filed.
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Columbus
Ohio
Carl C. Anderson
Fostoria
Washington
Charles Dick
United States Senate
Abernathy
Guthrie
Okla
Cotterill
Chris Madsen
United States
John
Jack") Abernathy
Roosevelt
Dr D Elmer Wiber Dies Prominent DC Figure
Dr D Elmer Wiber secretary of the District of Columbia Dental Society died at his home 3363 Highteenth Street NW early yesterday morning from indigestion. He returned from a Mason meeting feeling ill and died in his sleep. Born in the city he was active in Masonic and Knights of Pythians, founded the Washington Grove Athletic Association, and valued in fraternal and athletic circles. He is survived by Mrs Wiber and two children Ralph and Gertrude, McKinley Manual Training School pupils. Funeral arrangements have not been announced.
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D. Elmer Wiber
Thistrict
Columbia Dental Society
Highteenth Street
Wibe
Wiber
Th Knights of Pythian
Washington Grove Athletic Association
Ralph
Gertrude
McKinley Manual Training School
New Year Resolutions for Home Care and Neatness
A household guidance piece urges every family member to adopt practical resolutions. Focus on putting items away, laundering clothes, closing doors, and keeping spaces tidy. Emphasizes punctual meals, avoiding nagging, temper control, and frugality to enhance home happiness through shared effort.
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T Street
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Boston
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Gen Allen
Hugh Legere
John Jay White
Allen
W. Sinclair Bowen
Brown
Sikes
Finley
Churchill Candee
Shepard
William Phelps Eno
Gen Alten
William Henry
Edward Denby
Charles Richardson
George Totten
Dunn Capt. Lindsey
Wheatley
Aris
Ethel Roosevelt
Oyster Bry Tomoorrow
Representative
Mrs. Longworth
William Barret Ridgely
Q Street
Tex
Ridgely
Mary Howry
May Hammond
Miss McMullin
John W. Yerkes
Cofton Rode Anderson
Henry Sherman Doutell
Thomas . Hutchinson
Yerkes
Miss Yerkes
Surgeon General of the Navy
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Mr. and
Mrs. Culp
Mrs. Sowers
Misa Gwendolyn White
Denver
Albert E. Pagan
F. Cc. Boggs
Hotel
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Thomas M. Wilson
Miss Abercrombie
Toronto
Henry D. Fry
Gertrude Campbell
Andrey Bradley Duvall
Randolph H
Kim
Miss Fry
Edith Fry
Ruth Campbell
Gertrude Lutz
Marie Smith
Marjoule Duvall
Douglas B Stewart
Melville Creese
Fredericksburg
Chichester
Charlies King
Charles King
South St. Asaph Street
Grace Protestant Episcopal Church
Edgar Carpenter
W. J. Morton
Christ Church
J. H. Price
J. Hanson Price
North Alfred Street
War Department
Price
P P. Phillips
St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church
Christ Church Cemetery
W. B. Smoot
James Eveleth
Albert Bryan
John B. Waller
P. J. Dempsey
Herbert L. Buell
Ererts
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Fairfax and
Royal Streets
Clarence J. Vliet
Circuit Court of
City Council of
Robert Elliot
Julian T. Burke
Edith Quisenberry
Leo P. Harlow
Henry I Quinn
Washington Lodge
A. M
Charles H Callahan
B E. Kemper
S. W. Fitts
C B. Swan
D. L Aitcheson
Rk. W. Arnold
A. G. Uhbler
C E Tennesson
George W. Zachary
Sachem
Carroll H May
Sagamore
W. Milton Glasgow
R. C Sullivan
Louis P. Woodward
Charles W. Wright
Albert McGuen
Arthur M. Dawson
Emmett Finks
Great Council
David E. Robey
G. W. Hall
George W. Hall
North Patrick Street
W. M Norton
Bethel Cemetery
Bloomfield
Leesburg, Va
Edgar Nelson
Washington, D. C
Lillian Farr
John W. Farr
Robert Shaw Oliver
Castoria
Infante
CME
Stinemetz Manufacturer
F Street
Corner 12Th
Alaska
Stinemetz
Lieut. Thomas
Lillian E. Koch
Knapp
Interstate
Anderson
DR. D. Elmer Wiber
Post
Confessions To Young ' House
Barbara Beye
America
John H. Magruder
Stroh Brewery Co
Detroit, Mich
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