Brilliant White House reception opens 1908 social season
President and Mrs Roosevelt greet 4000 at a lavish White House Diplomatic Corps reception. Ambassadors from across the world, cabinet members, and social leaders fill the Blue Room in a historic formal start to Washington’s official social year. The evening showcases elaborate gowns, imperial decor, and a mapped ceremonial progression through the mansion as hosts welcome guests.
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Hold Up on a Car With a Pistol in Brooklyn
Special to The Washington Post describes a bold Brooklyn car hold up on the Broadway ferry line bound for Ridgewood. A tall robber in a stouch hat and overcoat produced a revolver and demanded money from conductor Oxendorff, collecting a little over six dollars before leaping from the moving car.
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Higher court frees Schmitz Ruef in French restaurant case
San Francisco reports the District Court of Appeals set aside the judgment against former Mayor Eugene I Schmitz and Abe Ruef, ruling no crime proved in extortion tied to French restaurants. Bail possible after sixty days, bondsmen required. prosecutions continue on other indictments.
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Fears for Jack London and the Snark voyage
Friends fear for author Jack London as his small boat the Snark, with wife Mrs London and a crew, is about a month overdue after leaving Hilo October 7 bound for the Marquesas. The craft, equipped with a gasoline engine, may be adrift due to machinery damage. The steamer Mariposa, due January 2 from Tahiti, may bring news of the party.
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Lewis denies calling all women perjurers in lecture
Col James Hamilton Lewis rebutted a Northwestern University remark report saying he claimed all women witnesses are perjurers. He explained he classified women witnesses and only condemned the last class who sue men for money, not all women. He said his reference was misinterpreted. Plus transit info lists $1.25 Baltimore return with weekend Pennsylvanian Railroad service.
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James Hamilton Lewis
Northwestern University Law Students
Abyssinians Raid Italian Somaliland Besieges Lugh
Rome reports serious trouble in Italian Somaliland with a 2000 strong Abyssinian raid near Lugh, the interior gate town. Lugh reportedly besieged and destroyed, defenders killed, Italy orders Red Sea squadron to protect coast towns, and protests to King Menelik regarding the status quo.
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Emigration Row Tests Japan Dignity and Policy
Tokyo reports Ambassador O'Brien demands a written Japanese pledge to cap emigration to the United States. Tokyo resists, calling such promise beneath the Mikado's government. Paris notes Roosevelt's cited assurances and a conciliatory stance amid the U S Japan dispute.
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Marvin Boy's Father Weds Mother-in-Law in New York
Dr Horace N Marvin of Dover Delaware, father of the missing Marvin boy, married his own mother in law Mrs Flora Melina Swift at the Little Church Around the Corner. The ceremony was officiated by Rev Dr George C Houghton with both families present.
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Horace N. Marvin
Dover
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Marvne
Flora Melina Swift
George C. Houghton
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Livingston
Bay Meadows
Granville
John
Horace
Miss Warfield Engaged to William Harris of Binghamton
Baltimore reports the engagement of Carrie Warfield to William Harris a Yale graduate and businessman from Binghamton. Ex Gov and Mrs Warfield arrived but declined comment while the couple plans a formal announcement after the season and a wedding in October.
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Wiliam Harris
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Louise Warfield
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Annapolis
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Yale
Mission Burned In China At Kia-Hsing-Fu
Rioters in Kia-Hsing-Fu Cho Klang province set fire to the Protestant chapel and school and destroyed the official residence of a local gratiate. Foreigners at Kia-Hsing-Fu face unrest as disturbances shift toward the dynasty. The Presbyterian Church South has run a missionary station there since 18%. In 1903 the station included two worship sites three day schools a boarding school and a dispensary with native workers. The Lawn a key commercial hub sits on the Grand Canal.
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Grand Canal
Testimony Opens in Snell Will Case Over Seventy-Year Rivalry
In Clinton Illinois today, the suit to break Col. Thomas Snell's will heard evidence alleging undue influence by Maybelle Snell of Kansas City. Richard Snell, bank president and the decedent's son, claims the estate valued around two million dollars was affected by lavish gifts totaling fifty thousand dollars in cash and twenty five thousand dollars in real estate to Maybelle, who is identified as his grandniece. Love letters from the late doctor reveal a close relationship, with replies indicating reciprocation. Evidence will include checks and sums given over the years as part of the contested provisions.
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Col. Snell
Maybelle Snell
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Leaps From College Dome Ends KU Football Captain
Lawrence Kansas January 9 Urban Angney twenty two captain of last year's Kansas University football team died by suicide jumping from Frazer Hat home on university grounds. He left a note to Jesus saying his life pleasure was gone and that he was called for what he owes.
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Vanderbilt Wedding Cards Issued for Gladys Moore Vanderbilt and Count Szechenyi
Newport notice reports Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt invites society to the marriage of her daughter Miss Gladys Moore Vanderbilt to Count Laszlo Szechenyi on Monday January 27 at 12 oclock at 2 West Fifty-eighth Street New York The Breakers will stay open and the couple may spend part of their honeymoon at the count s Hungarian estate after the ceremony
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Hungary
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Robbery at Gramercy Park breaks in by intruder
A daring New Year’s morning robbery at Robert J. Collier’s Gramercy Park home left Mrs Sarah Van Alen Collier injured and terrified. The thief cut telephone wires, used ladders to reach a dining room window, and fled before dawn. Police and the district attorney pursue six similar crimes in the district.
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Robert J. Collier
Grammercy Park
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Long Island
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Immigrants in Quarantine Hold Up Moskva Steamer
Several hundred steerage passengers from the Russian steamer Moskva are held at Hoffman's Island pending investigation into the death of a woman on December 30. Quarantine authorities fear contagion and the ship has been disinfected before docking.
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Never Saw Mother's Face Says She Was Illegitimate Heir
In Camden a case by Dr George Buchanan and Isavella MacGarvie seeks the return of Dr John Buchanan's estate from Reba Buchanan who claims to be his illegitimate daughter and sole proprietor of Buchanan & Co. She says her mother funded her and never revealed her identity or life. the matter includes a removal notice for the Washington Sunset Route office in Washington.
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Isavella MacGarvie
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Reba Russel
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Jatin Buchanan
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Nurse Weds Baltimore Broker in Secret City Courtship
Reading Pennsylvania on January 9 reports the secret 1897 marriage of Margaret R. Sharman daughter of Mr and Mrs David Sharman of Fritztown to Tyrrell E. Biddle a wealthy Baltimore broker. The ceremony occurred August 10 in Baltimore and was kept from the bride’s parents until she returned home with her husband. Miss Sharman trained nurse at Garfield Memorial Hospital Washington DC met Mr Biddle during a visit to a sick friend. They plan to reside in Baltimore Maryland.
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Fritztown
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Suspect in hammer murder tied to prior manslaughter plea
Canton Ohio January 9 police say they have clews in the hammer murder of Elizabeth Brown found in an alley. Albert Lukens, a laborer, who knew the girl, confessed to manslaughter after a Cincinnati trial ended with a hung jury and served a term in the state reformatory. Harman P F Renz identified the hammer as his.
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Harman PF. Renz
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Cincinnati
State Reformatory
Factions Still Far Apart at Massachusetts Democratic Meet
Massachusetts Democrats remain divided after a Springfield convention and a Boston meeting. Twenty seven of twenty seven city committee members showed up elsewhere, with factions led by Willam McNary and John P Finney. Two state conventions are anticipated, and the question of which delegates attend the Denver national convention will be resolved by the Democratic National Committee.
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Separation Final Decision in Ruth Bryan Leavitt Marriage
Washington Post dispatch reports Ruth Bryan Leavitt, daughter of William J. Bryan, and her husband are permanently separated. The estrangement was confirmed in a letter to Edith Locke in Omaha. Leavitt plans to live in Lincoln upon returning from Europe as her father’s attempt to prevent the marriage is described as a struggle of wills.
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Zeppelin Plans Passenger Airship Carrying 19 People
Berlin reports Count Zeppelin proposes a passenger airship to carry 19 persons. He estimates building it 26 feet longer than his 137 foot craft that carries eleven and 3,300 pounds ballast. Experts think the project may succeed.
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Harmon in Washington visits signals Democratic nomination bid
Judson Harmon of Ohio, former attorney general, arrived in Washington from New York and checked into the New Willard. He declined interviews and retired to his room. He will be present in the capital today, with reports he seeks the Democratic nomination. Union Trust Co. promotes deposits with interest and security under U S Treasury control.
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Taft association formed by New Hampshire Republicans
About 150 Republicans from across the state formed the Taft Association of New Hampshire in Concord. Former Gov. Frank W. Rollins was named president. Letters from U S Senators Gallinger Burnham and Reps Currier Sulloway criticized the meeting as premature for backing a candidate, while others endorsed Taft and pledged loyalty. A plan to keep unpledged delegates at the national convention drew objections but Rollins denied hidden motives. A resolution to continue New Hampshire’s custom of unpledged delegates was adopted.
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Hitchcock Taft's Man to Quit Post Office Role to Help Taft
Frank H Hitchcock First Assistant Postmaster General will manage Taft's East and South campaigns after finishing work in the Post Office and before resigning. Taft and Hitchcock agreed on a conditional shift to active campaign duties, with Hitchcock remaining briefly in the department to present his plans to Congress. Southern leaders reportedly back Hitchcock, strengthening Taft's political effort. Gen Davis sails for Guatemala to attend the opening of the Northern Railway. Also notice about selling household effects at Sloan's in Mobile.
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Contempt Jurisdiction and Injunctions Discussed by Taft
In a letter taft addresses contempt procedures and ex parte injunctions. He weighs allowing another judge to hear contempt cases, the need for notice and hearing before injunctions, and potential reforms to ensure fair trials for workers and employers. He notes abuses from ex parte orders and supports timely hearings within a few days.
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