Rich widow to inherit vast Smith fortune and jewels
New York reports Mrs James Henry Smith, widow of James Henry Smith, could become one of the richest women in the world if she inherits his estate valued at 75 to 80 million dollars. Her jewels include a diamond serpent bracelet and corpse necklet with 2000 one carat diamonds worth 250000, plus a dog collar necklace arrangement. The will, drawn in Scotland, may place most of the fortune to the widow, facing social reaction from Rhinelander Stewart family connections. The body may be returned from London around April 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
Mar
Ktato
Japan
James Henry Smith
Hetty Green
Fussell Sage
Smith
Scotland
Mr. Smith
William Rhinelander Stewart
Rhinelander
Generationg
Stewart
Brida
Moen
George Smith
London
Herman S. Leroy
Wall Street
George
Lady Cooper
Willam Rhinelander Stewart
Leroy
Millionaire James H Smith Dies During World Wedding Tour
Kioto, Japan report states James H Smith of New York died after a toothache worsened through his world voyage. He sought care in Shanghai Nagasaki Kobe and Eloto before a surgical gum operation. Despite initial improvement, grave cancer symptoms developed and he died at 8 pm yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kioto
Japan
James H. Smith
Indian Ocean
Shanghai
Red Cross Delegates Named for London Congress
Miss Boardman and Surgeon General OReilly will attend the International Red Cross Congress opening in London on June 10. Four more delegates to be chosen by the State Department include a Navy representative. Archie Roosevelt, after diphtheria quarantine in the White House room, has improved and was driven out yesterday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boardman
Oreilly
Mabel T. Boardman
O'Reilly
London
State Department
Navy
Archie Roosevelt
White House
Archie
Freon Club Hosts Entertaining Night at Pythian Temple
The Freon Club at Pythian Temple hosted an entertainment night with an address of welcome by president Mr. Curtis. A photograph-guessing contest awarded prizes to Samuel Linkins and Esther Linkins for best guesses, and Curtis performed a recitation while Frank Cartz sang a solo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freon Club
Pythian Temple
Curtis
Samuel
Esther Linkins
Mr. Curtis
Frank Cartz
No Highballs for Easter Enjoined in Asbury Park
Special to The Washington Post Asbury Park N J Mar 28 The Court of Chancery has temporarily enjoined highball cocktails at the Plaza Hotel pending a show cause hearingApril 9 Vice Chancellor Bergen granted the order at Trenton The case cites Ocean Grove distance liquor covenants and Bradleys deeds as liquor traffic obstructions About twenty licensees hold back their fees awaiting the Bly suit a decision is hoped by May 1.
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Washington Post
Asbury Park
N. J
Court of Chancery
Bradleytown
Blys
Plaza Hotel
Asbury Park Excise Board
Bergen
Trenton
Pho B
Ocean Grove
Wounder Bradley
President Roosevelt Visits Dentist and Gaff Home
President Roosevelt left the White House twice today, spending an hour in the morning with his dentist on Fifteenth Street and later visiting Thomas W. Gaff at his residence. Gaff, formerly of Cincinnati, is connected to Miss Zaiden Gaff who is to marry Surgeon Cary Langhorne of the Navy. the Gaffs recently moved to a new house at Twentyeth and Qstresta.
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Thomas W. Gaff
Roosevelt
Whits House
Fifteenth Street
Cincinnati
Zaiden Gaff
Surg
Cary Langhorne
Navy
Gaffs
Twen| Heth
Qstresta
Naval Militia Inspected on Puritan Best Showing on Record
The Naval Militia underwent its annual inspection on the monitor Puritan with officers from the regular army and National Guard. The fire drill impressed officials, with quick hose lines and fully manned stations. Col. L. M. Brett and Maj. A. P. Robbins led their respective contingents as the crew totaled over 20 men, the largest inspection yet. Commander Stratton Hay aims to prepare sailors for a summer cruise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naval
Regular Army
National Guard
Col
L. M. Brett
First Cavalry
War Department
Samuel BE Stratton Hay
Ex-Senator's Son Harold Palmer Arrested for Speeding
Harold Palmer, who claimed to be son of Michigan ex-senator Thomas W Palmer, was held for trial after a magistrate's ball found him driving at thirty miles an hour on Pelham Parkway. Bicycle officer John Dillon chased Palmer for about three quarters of a mile before stopping him as he sped to a summer home in Larchmont. Palmer said he might have been speeding but hurried to return to the city to have the car overhauled and to meet his parents in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harold Palmer
Thomas Ww. Palmer
Michigan
United States
Tonse
Yorksilre
John Dillon
Palmer
Pelham Parkway
Larchmont
Philadelphia
Funeral of Mrs Zinkhan on asylum grounds
The funeral for Mrs Bila Zinkhan wife of Louis F Zinkhan superintendent of the Washington Asylum was held yesterday at 4 p m from the Zinkhan home on the asylum grounds Reverend John Schick pastor of Grace Reformed Memorial Church conducted the services The body was taken to Charlestown Ohio her birthplace for burial today Floral tributes came from friends including the board of charities Secretary George S Wilson and Charles F Weller secretary of the Associated Charities
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bila Zinkhan
Louis F. Zinkhan
Washington Asylum
Zinkhan
John Schick
D. D
Grace Reformed Memorial Church
Fifteenth
Streets
Charlestown
Ohio
Teachers Paid Today At Franklin School Payroll
The monthly payroll for district teachers will be prepared at the Franklin School building today and then sent to Disbursing Officer Rodgers at the District Building for payment to the teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Rodgers
Engagement Shocked Boston Society Ends in Burlesque Marriage
B H Bristow Draper, son of Massachusetts Lt Gov Eben Draper, marries Queenie Sanford a Wallack's Theater chorus girl after breaking engagement to Miss Alice Marjorie Ray. The secret marriage followed an all night party with chorus girls and friends at 142 West 10th Street. Draper is driven from his family home in Boston.
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B. H. Bristow Draper
Massachusetts
Back Bay
Washington Post
New York
Eben Draper
Queenie Sanford
Sam Bernard
Alice Marjorie Ray
Draper
Miss Ray
Hopedale
Gov. Draper
Lola Merrill
Hoggenheimer
Miss Sanford
Ralph Camp
J.B. King & Co
Broadway
Camp
Miss Merritt
Rector's
Horace Charters
West 10Ith Street
Charters
Jos Weber
Boston
Mar
Young Draper
Quinlan
The
Drapers
Beacon Street
St Mark's Academy
Midshipman Dudley H. McDowell Resigns From Naval Academy
The Naval Academy accepted the resignation of Third-class Midshipman Dudley H. McDowell of Blakely Georgia effective today. He was among midshipmen tied to a late night party with chorus girls, receiving 125 demerits. Officials cited physical debilities as the reason, though the event was linked to the scandal.
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Washington
Annapolis
Naval Academy
Dudley H. McDowell
Blakely
Young McDowell
Army Orders and Officer Transfers in 1907
Military notices list leaves of absence for Lieut Horatio J. Lawrance and Captain Earle W. Tanner. It details Ordnance Department station changes including Majors Morton Peirce Joven and Stivers, Captains Shinkle and Callan, and various postings at Watervliet Dover and Augusta Arsenal. Naval movements note arrivals at Yokohama and Guantanamo Bay with vessels and destinations.
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Horatio J. Lawrance
Ninth Infantry
Earle ‘W. Tanner
Eleventh Infantry
Ordnance Department
Kennath Morton
Dridgeport
Coon
William 3. Peirce
Peires
Augusta Arsenal
Augusta
John W. Joven
Joyes
Ordnance
Odus C. Hornay
Mo Horney
Dover
N. J
Edward M Shinkle
Hensela Arsenal
Benicia
Cal
Charles M Allen
Watervitet Arsenal
Watersliot
William H. Allaire
Twenty-third Infantry
Philadelphia
Norristown
Greenlane
Jay R. Hoffer
Richmond Iron Works
Richmond
Charles W Aldridge
Twelfth Cavalry
John W. Joyer
Fort Dade
Fort de Soto
Fort Taylor
Fla
Charles P. Stivers
Kaponan City
Chicago
Willam H. Hawes
Fourth Infantry
Washington Harracks
District
W. G. Farwall
Lancaster
Navy Yard
League Island
L. ‘H. Schwerls
Worden
W G. Neill
Branklin Navy Yard
Norfolk
Q. Wriebt
R C Hollyday
Bureau of Yards and Docks
Navy Departtment
Washington, D. C
F. H. Brownell
New York
J. W. Welker
Portsmouth
N. H
Civii
F RR Herris
Bureau of Yards
Navy Department
Washington
Dia
A Hemmar
United States Naval Hospital
New Fort Lyon
Colo
DW. Bagley
Wilmington
Ningpo
Baturn
Magdareva Bay
Potomac
N. H. Youisiang
Guantanamo Bay
Louis
Society Notes on Washington and European Season Voyages
Social and personal column details high society in Washington and New York. Mentions Mrs Piquette Mitchell's dance, a cast of notable women, street name debates near the White House, and imminent European trips of Vanderbilts Astors Goulds Burdens and others. Also covers the Prince of Wales interest in aeronautics, ship movements, and a large Sanford White art sale at 121 East Twenty first Street with a comprehensive catalog of 409 items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanford White
Thomas E. Kirby
Haat Twenty-first Street
New York
Mendelesohn Hall
Gale
Siven
White
King Receives Robinson In Private Audience In Rome
King Victor Emmanuel held a thirty minute private audience with Douglas Robinson of New York. They discussed President Roosevelt and U S affairs with emphasis on Italian emigrants. Robinson thanked the King for decorating W C Osborn, head of the New York Children’s Aid Society, and recalled Roosevelt’s father as a founder.
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Rome
Victor Emmanuel
Douglas Robinson
New York
Roosevelt
United States
Mr. Robinson
W. C. Osborn
Children’s Aid Society of
Company L Smoker and Luncheon Fundraiser
District of Columbia National Guard members of Company L and the First Regiment attended a Wednesday regimental armory smoker directed by First Lieut A D Wathway and Second Lieut Wilsha B Carmer. A musical programme followed by Loyal Women Luncheon raised a considerable sum.
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First Regiment National Guard
District of Columbia
A. D. Wathway
Wilsha B. Carmer
Wealthy widow Gelshenen to wed Henry Braker
Special to The Washington Post New York report says Mrs. William H. Gelshenen widow of Garfield National Bank's former president, engaged to Henry Braker a wealthy importer. Braker denies rumor of any will constraints. The engagement follows prior rumors involving Charles W. Morse and the Dodge-Morse affair.
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Washington Post
New York
William H. Gelshenen
Garfield National Bank
Charles W. Morse
Dodee-Morse
Henry, Braker
Braker
H. J. Braker & Bra
William Street
Mire Gelshenen
Bia
Hotel
Carlton
London
Henry van Cutten
Gelshenen
Donations to Hospital Aid City Contributors
Yesterday was contribution day at the Emergency Hospital with donations of almost every description. About $30 in money and forty contributions were recorded by afternoon. Items included oatmeal cornmeal fruits whisky brandy mops brushes rugs and flowers. Businessmen led the giving along with former patients and inmates praising the doctors and nurses. Some expected large gifts did not materialize while others from unlikely sources surprised hospital officials. Further large checks and baskets of provisions were anticipated across the city.
Mrs Herrmanns Funeral Today
Mrs Sophia M Herrmann who died Wednesday at her home 100 percent street southwest will be buried after a funeral at 2 this afternoon at the family residence Burial will be in Prospect Hill Cemetery
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Mrs. Sage
RED Cross
Naval Militia
Puritan
Yale
New ‘York
10Th St
Boston Society
Midshipman
Social and Personal
Piquette Mitchell
Andalusia
Paris
Thomas Noyes
Miles Olen Converse
Frances Goldsborough
Cecil James Hope
Edith Dingley
Sixteenth Street
Scott Circle
Holy Wehalles
Alfred Vanderbilts
Vanderbilt
Parle
Oelrich
Peter D. Martin
Switzerland
Oelrichs
Theodore A. Havemeyer
Vienna
Blanche Oelricha
Charles Carroll
Newport
Morrell
Ochre Point
James A. Burden
Aiken
Williams P. Burden
Natica Rives
Grace Church Chantry
Europe
Orange, N. J
Prince of Wales
Santos-Dumont
Higaneas
Mie
Aero Club of
England
Cabns
Provence
Erie
Havre
Alfred G. Vanderbit
Horace G. Knowles
Roumania
Servia
Knowles
Marquise Palaz de Mayerat
Alfred May
Arthur Kavanagh
da la Valette
Charles Reno
Appleton
Charles Upson Clark
Clark
EB. H. Houghton
Eastwick
FP. L. Ridgely
George B. McCallum
W. B. Millard
William H. Milla
E. T. Warburton
Kronpringessin Cecilie
Bermuda
J. D. Campbell
Clifton V. Edwards
R. R Wallridge
William Peter, Jr
Charter Roos
Seymour H. Rspin
Gavin H. King
John Bayer
H. Decker
M. Dahlitz
Oc. N. Gould
A. F. Sonburg
Bremen
Lloyd Line
Mary Ward
Hobbie Ward
Lord Dudley
Vceroy
Ireland
Robert
Lady Wolverton
Lord Wolverton
Mary
Duchess of Devonshire
Duke of Manchester
Gladys Mis
Catherine Leverich
America
Jeverich
Baer
King
Robinson
President Roosevelt
Chata
Loyal Women
Legion of Loyal Women
Yenth Street Northwest
W. H. Gelshenen
Henry
F Street
N.W
Baltimore
Hichmond
6Th Street
N. W
Old Colony Co
Diamonds
Liltersmith Whitmore Stationers Co
F St. Cor
Sloan’s Galleries
G St. NW
G. Sloan & CO
Eleventh Street
Just
Prin
Miss Dinsmore
Fifth Avenue
Shoreham Hotel
Teat
Atlantic & Pacific
Teeco
Cor. 7Th and
E Sts
Atl
Breadlee Boston Baking Co
Sts. S. W
Stieff Pianos
Chas. M. Stieff
11Th St
Wareroor, & & Gonliff
18 & S
CERES
ALE G
DIXON
Setal Stationery
Andrews Paper Co. Incorporated
Lt. Ave. N. W
Victor and Edison Machines
Talking Machines
Fdrcop
Steinway
V. D. Rosen
F St
Cor
National Dermatolozelea] Institute
Hattie M. Shacklette
Newspaper
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