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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1908
Page
3
Report threading through notes on Anna Gould and marital decisions. No family conference over the prince. No change of mind about one husband enough. No hint of Virginia proximity to Washington or a near destination for Wocer.
The Washington Post reports a tangled tale of a self styled prince de Sagan evading discovery as hundreds seek his identity while police note his continuous concealment. Meanwhile Hazel May Hall seeks annulment from Edwin Chalmers after court reveals his ruse and her costly gifts were funded by a forged wealth claim.
The Goulds deny further statements about the Prince de Sagan and say no comments will be made. Mme Gould declares she will not remarry, and the family believes that should settle the matter.
Multiple obituary items note March 1908 services across Washington area addresses such as 417 41 St northeast and 223 Revench Street northwest. Names include Boland, Fisher, Milburn, Phillips, Blayge, Schalfi, Blaygie, with services at Immaculate Conception Church and local chapels.
The body of a well dressed man about thirty years old was found on the Camden side of the Delaware River. Letters with a Washington DC address to Carl G Anderson and a note signed Frances link the body to a possible identity. Anderson, an arthographer who came to Washington last November, had not been heard from since, and lived briefly with Mrs Bertha Ulrick at 198 Westminster street.
The government refused the Duke of Montebello's request to move his grandfather Marshal Lannes to the family vault at Montmartre Cemetery from the Pantheon. A cabinet decision postponed Zola's Pantheon transfer from April 2 to June 4 to allow proper arrangements, fueling anti Zola protests planned by opponents.
The Russian Senate, the empire's highest tribunal, overruled an appeal by 167 members of the first Douma who were convicted December 31 of treasonable practices and sentenced to three months in prison. The charges centered on the Viborg manifesto urging protests and refusing to fund soldiers for the government.
Mrs Adele Marta Rigne of New York arrives in Washington to promote self study as a path to happiness and success. She leads the Self-Improvement Club and advocates four life directions physical mental moral spiritual. She argues ignorance of self fuels insanity and that proper cultivation eliminates morbid desires and nervous breakdowns.
Special to The Washington Post New York March 24 Miss Ethel Jackson who originated the title role in The Merry Widow denied reports she planned a divorce from husband Jared Zimmerman Jr She said she had heard nothing of any breach and that he had left New York for French Lick Springs while remaining her partner at Hotel Seymour Health issues have forced her to relinquish the role for now due to a heart condition making the dancing strenuous.
List of individuals with ages and addresses including Charles W Milvour 89 at 013 Bet mw Lvelin Mulier 7 years 3001 18th st ne Cornelius McAullit 6 years and others. Names include Niles H Thomnyeon 6¢ years 908 lath st nw Matelon Patton 22 years 1122 th et nw Joseph Paolucci 39 years US Jail DC Richard D WeGraw 28 years 122 Gfhst William Henry Maddox 4 months 1331 D st se Infant of Frank P Madigan % our 625 Orleans placate.
A local notice lists several marriage licenses and related clergymen with names such as Bemuel Pierce Lucy S Heyman and George Howard J. Bishop Sianey A. Duffe alongside Rev Miltod Geltz and Florence Metzel. Other pairs include J T Huddy with Minnie Gray and Walter Howard with Cassia Ruggell, noting ages and residences in Stewartstown and Baltimore.
Special to The Washington Post Richmond March 24 Rockefeller and wife Misa L B Spelman with granddaughter two nurses two maids two valets and a secretary arrived from Augusta Ga. They stayed at a Richmond hotel suite and Rockefeller mingled with locals. He visited Richmond College then left for the Virginia Hot Springs for a month or six weeks. He may return to Richmond on the way back to New York.
London dispatch reports the Weeles will cross the Atlantic this summer to attend the Canada tercentenary at Quebec aboard one of the larger British cruisers. The voyage will be escorted by a second cruiser while the British Atlantic fleet precedes to meet and welcome the prince upon arrival.
Saginaw Mich March 24 The Eighth District Republican convention chose J W Fordney of Saginaw and E O Dewey of Owosso as delegates to the Republican national convention by 51 to 14 They were not instructed Fordney said he would vote for Speaker Cannon if he is the presidential candidate Dewey would vote in Chicago as his judgment dictates The delegates and Morgan referenced efforts to influence the Taft Griscom reception and potential stance on presidential nominees
North Dakota Democrats on the eve of their convention frame a skeleton platform modeled on Nebraska and plan resolutions to urge Denver delegates to back Bryan. State committeeman Cashel signals no move to offend Governor Johnson supporters while noting many Bryan Democrats honor Johnson.
A Paris theatre referendum on divorce splits public opinion as supporters of free unions push for lawmaking changes. Minister Briand and Bourget discuss automating divorce while citizens share personal life tragedies in a debate that mirrors a nation torn between morality and social reform.
Paris reports the senate approved a measure to convert a three year separation into divorce by agreement of either party, citing debates over France’s growing divorce rate since 1886. Paul Bourget’s play A Divorces highlighted the social wreck caused by parental separation.
A Rhodes scholar from New Orleans Ralph Many of Oxford was washed from the rocks and drowned at Port Isaac Cornwall. Many, who earned his Oxford appointment in 195, was a student at Queens. A coincidence links A K Read, the 194 Rhodes scholar from Louisiana, to the March 1908 area note.
The body of Florida Senator William James Bryan arrived in Jacksonville with eight U S Senators and Florida officials. The funeral will be held tomorrow at St John Episcopal Church at 3 PM. President Roosevelt sent a letter mourning his loss and the Jacksonville post office will close from 3 to 4 PM as a mark of respect.
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