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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1914
Page
9
A striking London tale features a young woman who forges male disguises to pursue thefts and extols her talent by living as men in hotels and public spaces. Reporters note her recent stay at a grand hotel posing as a man under the alias Mrs Blank while drawing in jewel thieves and police attention.
Vincent Astor and his bride traveled from Fernette to Rye Park to attend the wedding of Miss Anse Vendieton Rogers and Wald Waeinh Me Astor. Astor appeared in high spirits and greeted friends as the couple returned home with the great Domna joining them from Ferncliffe.
Fragmentary report claims Mrs Rebecca Wright assisted General Philip Sheridan by supplying information on Confederate troop position and disposition. A Confederate officer allegedly learned of her actions that evening and a adjutant of Sheridan was said to have been told. After the battle she received personal thanks from Ben Shas and a report was written at her home. The cause of death was paralysis.
Paris dispatch notes Theodore Roosevelt replying to Henry Savage Landor's statements about the Brazilian interior. Landor criticizes Roosevelt as an explorer while praising his political stance. Roosevelt reportedly plans to dispute Landor’s accuracy, arguing Roosevelt knows little of the explored regions beyond his own readings and book.
Special to The Washington Post reports Mrs Isbhe Louse lesse won a decree of divorce from Rudolph Hesse amid testimony that Hesse visited her friend Mrs Mary M Conde at the Conde apartment and was found in the bedroom. Conde testified he confronted Hesse and threw him out. The elevator boy described a tense scene and said detectives were involved. The case against Conde by Leon Conde to trial later.
An unpublished Elizabeth Barrett Browning poem to Robert Lytton is printed in Cornhill Magazine May. Browning praises Lytton, calling him noble in heart and soul and a leader of men, with language on posterity and virtue, urging warmth and wisdom.
Independence Day celebration plans include speeches reading the Declaration and band music at three sites in Rock Creek Park and near the reservoir head on Sixteenth Street, followed by a riding tournament and amateur horse events. District Commissioner P Newman chairs the committee with Hazen and others organizing the events and sites.
Harvard president emeritus Charles W. Eliot urged young Christians to learn the art of doing good without causing harm. In a May 17 message to Boston's Unitarian Young People's Religious Unions, he linked neighborly love to civic unity across Massachusetts' diverse races and urged service as a path to happiness.
Special cable from Berlin reports Kaiger has restricted officers from using matrimonial agencies to find wives. Courts disclosed officers seeking wealthy brides via brokers and paying large fees from the bride’s dowry. A secret order states any naval or military officer found employing a marriage broker will be dismissed.
Berlin reports track rumors of ex Shah Mohammed Ali, who abdicated in 1909, seeking to crown Nasr in Persia with Russian support. The youth, educated in Tabriz Teheran and Moscow tutored by Capt Smirnoff, studies law and statecraft, while his plans include travel abroad to study foreign military organization before any coronation.
New York May 17 Miss Almeda Reeves of Brooklyn sailed for Bermuda aboard the Royal Mall steam packet Caribbean to rest after dancing about 25 000 miles while the tango became a vogue. A tangometer strapped to her ankle recorded the steps and calculated the distance around the globe. After Bermuda she plans to sail to England to tango again.
Wil Hall of Charlotte was fined 25 dollars and costs in Asheville recorder's court for taking photographs of society women as they boarded streetcars. The case marks the first such charge in North Carolina, with six films seized showing skirted silhouettes.
Dr. Lansing Burrows of Augusta Ga, president of the Southern Baptist convention, condemned present day literature and drama as a corrupting force. He attacked cheap magazines with nude pictures and corset ads, said best sellers smell worst, and claimed New York shows vice on the White Way. The talk accompanied ceremonies for the Sunday school board building. the convention also moved lay movement headquarters from Baltimore to Chattanooga and named Dr. J Y Henderson as corresponding secretary.
King Christian X and Queen Alexandrine of Denmark arrived in Paris for a two day courtesy visit to France. They were greeted with grand ceremonies as troops lined the streets from the rail station to the Palais D'Orsay. Paris papers stress shared grievances against Prussia over Schleswig Holstein and Alsace Lorraine.
Ulysses S. Grant Jr, son of the General and President, plans to move from San Diego to New York City with his wife Mrs A W Hill of Marshalltown Iowa after a world honeymoon. Mrs Grant arrived with her husband and indicated the plan amid family opposition.
Special Cable to The Washington Fast Tokyo May 16 The late Gen Nogi issued a note of disciplinary Instructions for grammar grade pupils urging restraint. Do not talk or show emotion keep eyes fixed respect ancestors avoid luxury ride minimal rikisha use walk when possible. Emphasize self discipline physical endurance and usefulness to the country.
A baby born to out of town parents at Columbia Hospital survived fourteen minutes without respiration before a new lung motor, operated by Dr. J. Stone, revived breathing. The child, now thriving, is under care with the mother recovering. Doctors call the case remarkable and nonstandard in origin.
Boston May 17 Miss Eleanora Sears 16 plans active yachting role this season aiming to be aboard Mr Alexander Cochran's Vanitie during trial races She was the sole woman aboard the Vanitie at its Neponset launch Thursday While mourning her mother she has spent the past month swimming and living in the open air
The Marine Band performs A Melody From Lanier's Flute at the barracks concert. Sid ney Lanier wrote the air in prison during the Civil War, smuggled in his flute, and fellow prisoner John B. Tabb later shared it with Edwin Turnbull who arranged and harmonized it. The program also includes Turnbulls Twilight and other works.
Vienna May 17 The ailing Emperor Franz Joseph’s condition worsened with damp weather and coughing disturbing sleep. Official bulletins remain favorable, but physicians urge a warmer climate. The monarch has refused to leave Vienna, citing ongoing state affairs.
Funeral services for Maj George Lvings head of the Salvation Army in Washington who died Saturday will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 30 from Salvation Army Hall 98 Pennsylvania avenue northwest Col William Peart chief secretary to Comer Eva Booth assisted by Col Holtz and many army dignitaries from nearby cities will conduct the services.
A list of self described feminists linked to suffrage movements is published by the National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage. Names include Fola La Follette Norman Hapgood Lincoln Steffens Jane Olcott Charlotte Perkins Gilman Winifred Hooles Mary Ware Dennett Rheta Childs Dorr Mrs Hepburn HKastman Marie Jenny Mowe D H Brown Norman Tapgood Inez Milholland Boissevain Ida Eastman Chrystal Postman Henedick Lincoln Steffens. The pamphlet frames suffrage as a cubist futurist movement and cites opinions by W L George.
During Queen Mary’s visit to Paris, conservative dress rules were observed at state dinners. Parisian designers presented new gowns in advance to the queen, who chose several outfits. Designers reportedly crafted exclusive designs not yet seen by others, and the queen appeared pleased with the taste and restraint shown.
Secretary Daniels leaves for Charlotte to address Davidson College commencement on "The Scholar in Politics." He will speak at Charlotte public schools graduation and attend the College of Charleston commencement in South Carolina the next day.
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