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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1909
Page
34
A wary critique on social perceptions of attractive men in political appointments at the inaugural staff, noting wives may take offense if husbands are deemed not handsome enough. Blair dismisses any selection bias while highlighting the social impact and potential residency incentives for eligible aides.
Opera stars Bone Rappold Flahaut and Witherspoon performed a varied program including arias from Donizetti Vaccini Verdi and Gounod. The audience praised Mme Kap oolegant Mme Flahaut and Mr. Witherspoon while Mr. Florida the pianist received a warm ova tion for three original compositions.
In Dedham Yesterday Lieut Clarence Abele and his wife Mrs Abele faced a contested divorce on grounds of habitual intoxication. Mrs Abele, with her mother, challenged the allegations while Abele, a naval ordnance inspector, testified of their marriage in 1899 after meeting aboard the battleship Massachusetts. The pair had lived in multiple ports including Philadelphia and San Francisco before separating in San Diego.
Oscar Erbsloeh winner of the St. Louis international balloon race completed a remarkable Alpe crossing aboard the Berlin from Saint Moritz Switzerland on February 11. He endured unusual severity with temperatures about 12 degrees below zero and 9 hours aloft reaching 18000 feet.
Eulogistic Lincoln commemorations led by Commander Wilder at the Army and Navy Union event. William Andrews addresses printery workers at government presses and various schools. A Roosevelt holiday resolution was adopted, with services also at the Friends School and New York Avenue Presbyterian Church.
Washington reports that eight building lots on the east side of Sixteenth street between L and M are purchased for Mrs Levi S Morton wife of former Vice President Morton. The tract behind Warder apartments totals about 135 by 120 feet and cost around 90000 dollars. Mrs Morton plans a grand residence and permanent home here with a four year lease in the Warder building for a former secretary of state. Senator elect Root was initially named in relation to the property but Mr Root will relocate after March to the Warder apartments.
Detectives Baur and Weedon persevered with suspect in First Precinct leading to the arrest of Richard Osborne and confederates. Clarence Kelly, held for hours, provided key information after humane treatment and gifts. Burlingame traced Crosby’s home in New York and followed Osborne to a Brooklyn theater where arrest was made. Osborne and Adams deny robberies. inspector Beardman remains confident charges will stick.
Mrs J R Nevitt suffered a scalp contusion a broken rib and jaw injury after she and her husband John B Nevitt were thrown from a street car at Fourth and G streets NW Thursday night. Mrs Nevitt was taken to Dr Walter Murphy at 50 Fourth Street for treatment.
A.J. Drexel Biddle hosted friends at Bellevue-Stratford then boxed Jack O'Brien in a private gym exhibition. The affair impressed guests as Biddle showed speed and cleverness, even evading well from O'Brien. Biddle accepted a later exhibition with O'Brien at the Athletic Club of Philadelphia on February 23.
George A. Kelly, once a football star, sues for divorce from Mona J. Kelly in Denver alleging desertion four months after a January 1906 marriage in St Louis. He counters claims and says he was a single man. Doctors describe knee grafting surgery in a noted case, with questions about his parentage and identity.
The second dance of the season, hosted Thursday at the Confederate Memorial Home on Vermont Avenue NW, attracted a brilliant social crowd. Parlor and hall decorations featured national and Confederate flags. mantles were adorned with flowers and palms. Chaperones included Mrs W H Saunders, Mrs L Saunders, Mrs Archibald Yeun, Miss Etame Bulloch of Savannah, and Mrs G MacGitt of Battle?ne.
The Interstate Commerce Commission office states the District electric railway commission chair Gen John M Wilson’s vacancy may not be filled, possibly leaving two members. Commissioner Lane notes action will wait until mid March and expects no new appointee at the next meeting.
Prepared for crowd with admission cards and strict entry rules for the Taft inauguration. Details cover who may enter Senate areas and galleries, the diplomatic and press sections, and designated entrances. Anticipated attendance includes about 15,000 militiamen and 2,600 regulars from multiple states. decorations will feature white and green with flags along Pennsylvania Avenue. Governor Hogarth of Alaska plans to attend solo. Governor Comer of Alabama cannot attend.
Business leaders in Washington urged cooperation to fund a new city auditorium for national conventions and major gatherings. The campaign reached $132,100 with a February 17 meeting at the Willard Hotel, spotlighting civic groups and influential figures like George B. Hamilton and Charles Glover supporting the project.
Commissioner Neill corroborates labor chiefs at the conference with Secretary Straus of the Department of Commerce and Labor. Gompers Stone and Valentine urge immigration limits as Detroit molders face 1100 jobless with arrivals filling posts, while Straus warns against violating international obligations and risking wartime tensions.
The fragment describes corpuscles in the blood as soldiers against disease. It claims a root remedy called Satsapariliae strengthens them through a process named enrcea for thirty hee n curedhes, asserting proof of its worth and benefit. The text is garbled and nonsensical.
Ferdinand Fox of Baltimore sues candy manufacturers alleging they cut off his supplies for refusing to join a national candy trust. Attorney Matthew O'Brien files a Department of Justice complaint claiming the group violated Sherman antitrust statutes. Fox, a Connecticut transplant, says letters from major makers urged membership and warned against continuing in business. He now buys through a third party, paying double freight and commissions, and seeks $10 damages plus broader civil action.
Clifton Coffin of 421 Henry Street Alexandria Virginia fractured his left leg when he leaped from a locomotive of the Jacksonville Flyer after it jumped tracks in the Union Station tunnel. The engine was back on track within half an hour, and no coaches left the rails. Coffin was unconscious on impact but is improving.
The second service in the gecennial celebration by the Y M C A fetty featured a Thursday night prayer meeting in the association building lobby from 7 to 9:30. General Secretary Cooper led, recalling ten years ago when discouragement sparked a pivotal prayer meeting that revived efforts and eventually formed the current building and organization. Tonight’s celebration continues with a reception to President Woodward in the boys building.
Col Isaac H Marrow of Toledo aged 44, inspector of immigration and Chinese for Ohio, and a former Lincoln friend, was struck by a car. He suffered a fractured left leg and serious head and body bruises, condition reported with concern given his age, at Robinwood Hospital.
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