Urge Art Commission as American Institute Meets in Washington
Members of the American Institute of Architects open their annual session at the New Willard Hotel urging Congress to create a commission to supervise government buildings and preserve natural scenery. The Octagon House fundraising succeeds with gifts from Foster Warner and John M. Carriere. Cass Gilbert and Ralph Adams Cram are highlighted as leaders.
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American Institute of Architects
New Willard Hotel
Congress
United States
District of Columbia
Cass Gilbert
Eighteenth Street
New York Avenue
Institute
Foster Warner
Rochester
John M. Carriere
William ‘Thornton
United States Capitol
John Tayloe
Washington
White House
James Madison
Ghent
England
Ralph Adams Cram
Military Academy
West Point
Board of Directors
George B. Post
Wisconsin State Capitol
New York Public Library
New York Custom House
Minnesota
Ralph A. Cram
Coramisstoper Macfarland
Lectures on Moral Leaders by Dr Griggs in Washington
Edward Howard Griggs will present five lectures on Great Moral Leaders as part of a series in Washington. The first address Friday at the Church of the Covenant covers Socrates the Athenian philosopher, with four subsequent talks on Seyonarah Carlyle Emerson and Tolstoi to follow weekly.
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Edward Howard Griggs
The
Playground Association
Er. H. Griggs
Washington
Gigga
Great Northwest
Minnesota
Indiana
Church of the Covenant
Socrates
Seyonarah
Carlyle
Emerson
Tolstoi
Women Auxiliary of Eighth Street Temple Meet Socially
The auxiliary met yesterday at 2:20 at the Mercantile Club for a social whist afternoon. A large masquerade ball for Sabbath school children is planned for the last day of February with prizes for the first original costume. Members will meet this week to organize and form a paint committee for the event led by president Simon as chief organizer.
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Eighth Street Temple
Mercantile Club
Abram Simon
Weds Her Stepfather in Midnight I Do
Special to The Washington Post from New York reports Frank P. Lehane as he awakens a Norwich man Nelson Wheeler and Flora B Young Wheeler to marry them at 4 a.m. in Jersey City. The ceremony joins stepfather and stepdaughter after a chaotic, raincoat clad rush to a Justice’s parlor.
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Washington Post
New York
Frank P. Lehane
Jersey City
Hall of Fame
Justice
Meade Nelson A. Wheeler
Norwich
Conn
Flora B
Wheeler
Third Street
Nelson Wheeler
John
McCarthy
Mra. Lehane
Flora
Trice Nelson Wheeler
Flora Young Wheeler
Florida
Atlantic Coast Line
S.C
Washington
Jacksonville
Fla
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Tackponvilla
St Augustine
Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest
Pennsylvania Railroad
Geo. P. James
Washington, D. Cc
T. G. White
Wilmington
N.C
W. J Craig
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Schedula
OLD Dominion Express
Principal Potata
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Virginia Hot Springs
Pullman
Louisville
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
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Chicago
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Gordosa
Fills
Charlottesville
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Covington
Rubeverte
Histon
Lexington
Loulaville
Cincinhaul
M—F
Vv. Limited
Gond Vedibute
Raln
Cincinnaci
Louieville
Memphis
Nashville
Southaeet
Chesapeake and Ohio
Pennsylvania Avenue
Lth
Sifth Street
Cassatt Estate Bequeaths Wealth to Widow and Family
The will of Alexander J. Cassatt, Pennsylvan ia Railroad president, preserves most of his fortune in a family trust estimated at about 5 million dollars. The widow receives 40 percent of income, plus personal effects and listed properties. Sons-in-law and a daughter’s husband receive substantial sums, with codicils expanding a bequest and provisions for a new home next to Cheswold estate. The trust runs for three generations, with no large distributions until grandchildren die.
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Philadelphia
Alexander J. Cassatt
Pennsylvania Railroad
Register of Wills
Montgomery County
Norristown
Cassatt
Railroid
William L. Elkins
Cheswold
Heverford
Bar Harbor
Rittenhouse Square
James P. Hutchinson
W. Plunkett Stewart
Baltimore
Kelso Cassatt
Tm Trust
GIBBONS AUTHORITY QUOTATIONS QUESTIONED
Baltimore readers seek Cardinal Gibbons authority for Briand quotations cited as public utterances. The London Saturday Review pieces dated August 15 and August 25, 1996 are claimed sources, though Clemenceau denies Briand made such remarks.
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Briand
London
Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
France
M. Briand
Jesus Christ
Clemenceau
London Saturday Review
Beresford Heirs Seek Guidance After Death in U S
London Jan 7 Lord Charles and Lord Marcus Beresford have not received full death details of their father Lord Delaval Beresford who died in the United States December 23. They seek guidance on estate settlement and possible claims by a mulatto claimant described as the late lord’s common law wife. Marcus Beresford consulted the American Embassy for the proper steps through the British Embassy in Washington. Charles Beresford, commander in chief of the Mediterranean squadron, rushes to Ireland for the funeral at Curraghmore estate.
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London
Lord Charles
Lord Marcus Beresford
United States
Delaval Beresford
Lord Beresford
Marcus Beresford
Washington
Lord Charles Beresford
Malta
Curraghmore
Ireland
Gift to Queen Helena from U S poststamp collection
Rome January 7 Henry White the retiring American Ambassador presented Queen Helena with a complete collection of United States postage stamps. The Postmaster General sent the gift from Washington with Roosevelt’s approval. Washington officials were informed that the Queen wished for a U S stamp collection. The Queen thanked the ambassador warmly and appreciated the courtesy.
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Rome
Henry White
Helena
Washington
Roosevelt
Five Thousand Dollar Bequests To Churches And Relatives
Misa Sophia D Wentworth dies and leaves 5000 to Protestant Episcopal Cathedral in Washington District of Columbia and memorial windows at St Thomas and Christ Church Rochester plus 5000 to Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society. Neighbors and relatives receive 38000 to 3000 and others share varied sums. Jewelry is bequeathed to several Rochester Washington residents. George Bell also dies leaving trusts for children and specific legacies. Other wills filed name executors American Surety and Trust Company. Also a cable from Stockholm reports death of American diplomat’s son.
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St. Thomas’ Parish
Christ's P. E. Church
Rochester
Episcopal Missionary Society
Misa Sophia D. Wentworth
Bernard P. Miromack
Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation
District of Columbia
St. Thomas
Protestant Episcopal Church
Zister
Gertrude W
Henry B. James
Christ’s Protestant Episcopal Church
Maria
Wentworth
Delos Wentworth
Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society
Fund For the Relief
United States
New York
Frederick D. Wentworth
Frank O. Wentworth
Jessie P. Hynes
Thomas Hynes
Hynesboro Park
Isabella James
W. H. James
Aiece
Emily W. Vetter
Theodore F. Vetter
George Bell
Hugh Bell
Hell
Rose Hill
Hagerstown
Trual
Louisiana Bell
Charles Bell
Fannie Bell
Edwin Bell
George Bell, Jr
William D. Bell
Richard Barry Bell
Wiliam D. Bell
Raymond C. Bell
Isabella Bell
American Surety and Trust Company
Margaret J. Riley
Amenda D. Allen
Deertur, Sr
Joseph Bascom Allen
Edwin J Wright Allen
Hoy Stillman Allen
Honly
Rhodes C. Allen
Social Gossip From Seventh Page Flings and Fortunes
Kentucky whisky travels abroad for a bridesmaid and a best man as Miss Gaff’s wedding plans unfold. London artists at St James Palace copy a famed portrait while divisions of labor arise. Rumors swirl around the Lytton divorce, Italian noble debts, and princely fortunes. Villa markets, jeweled laces, and Catholic conversion rumors color a gala of society, power, and scandal.
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Kentucky
To Elect Smithsonian Secretary
The Smithsonian Institution will elect a new secretary at the board of regents meeting on Thursday. No definite choice has emerged for Langley’s successor though Dr R Van Hise of Wisconsin University is viewed as a leading candidate among those suggested.
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Smithsonian Institution
Board of Regents
Prof
Langley
R. van Hise
Tha
Atlantic City
Marlborough
Blenheim
N. J
White
Marlborough-Blerheim
Louis Tiroll
Josiah White & Sons
Brapristoss
Mephistopheles Crashes New Year Ball At Walsh Home
Washington society tale unfolds at 1801 Massachusetts avenue as Mephistopheles in disguise seeks milk and a razor during a New Year masquerade. After charming dancer and champagne, he is ejected by four guards, then vanishes. News later links the intruding figure to a prior asylum escape and a civil service fraud case against Charles E. Watson.
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Washington Dispatch
New York Times
Mephistopheles
Thomas F. Walsh
Massachusetts Avenue
Washington
Mrs. Walsh
Eduard de Reyrke
Malik
Walsh Mansion
Walshes
Mephistophelian
Dupont Circle
Mr. Waljsh
Herbert Wadsworth
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