Elihu Root celebrated his 81st birthday in Manhattan by holding no festivities, saying "It's just an ordinary day."
Late one evening Joseph P. Tumulty returned home in Washington from a dinner. He had a severe cold. He thought he smelled gas and went upstairs to find his wife and daughters, Grace and Alice, violently ill and coughing. A physician was called and found them suffering from monoxide gas poisoning. The kitchen stove was suspected.
James J. Davis, Secretary of Labor, was frequently mentioned last week in Washington as a candidate for the governorship of...
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