Word: gerards
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Friedrich Wilhelm, sometime German Crown Prince, received a tribute of esteem last week from pre-War U. S. Ambassador to Germany James Watson Gerard. Said Mr. Gerard, speaking at the Lawyers Club, Manhattan: "The Crown Prince is a man of far greater ability, to my mind, than his father, and I think he is one of the most shamefully maligned individuals in the civilized world. Possibly on that account he will not be called to the throne; but the chances are that his eldest son Wilhelm, who is quite a fine young man, will be. Politically, of course, anything...
...nearest competitor is Alexander Smith Cochran, member of 13 clubs. Tied at 12: Harry Payne Whitney and Clarence H. Mackey. Tied at 11: C. Oliver, Iselin, J. P. Morgan, Anthony J. Drexel Biddle Jr. Tied at 10: John G. Agar, Vincent Astor, Preston Davie, Marshall Field, James W. Gerard. John D. Rockefeller Jr. belongs to only three...
After Dramatists Page, Gerard, Tumulty, House, comes Dramatist David Franklin Houston, onetime (1913-20) Secretary of Agriculture; thereafter (1920-21) Secretary of the Treasury, starring War President Wilson. Evidence appears that Secretary Houston stood high in the intimacy of the chief actor whom he served; was heard with respect above other voices at rehearsals; was telephoned for counsel in the night watches, after at least one performance...
Another merger of the week was that of the Central Mercantile Bank (C. Stanley Mitchell, President) with the American Bank (Julian M. Gerard, President). The new corporation, named the Central Mercantile Bank of New York, will have one main office with four branches, capital more than $45,000,000. Mr. Mitchell becomes president, Mr. Gerard chairman...
Last week, before 150 members of the Art Association in suave Newport, R. I., these words rolled from the lips of suave James W. ("Jimmie") Gerard, ambassador to Germany (1913-17), author of My Four Years in Germany, one of those distinguished personages whom one sees when one dines at the Ritz. Mr. Gerard's remarks were placidly received in the Art meeting, but they sounded harsh to Democrats in the back country, many of whom have been his friends...