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bringing destruction upon himself by his jealousy, by his egotism and his garrulous
tongue.
I took the four o'clock for New York and fortunately escaped any acquain-
tance.
New York, January 23, 1914.
It has been a very busy day. No time for correspondence or routine work. I
rang up Mitchel about the Goethals matter. I found he had already given it out
to the press. I urged him to stop it if possible and told him it was more se-
rious than he thought. I believe, though, he was anxious for it to become known
and that he was not altogether candid with me. I indicated the President's feel-
ing and he said he was sorry and did not desire to interfere with his plans, but
he had gone too far in the matter with Goethals to recede.
In the afternoon, S. R. Bertron, Louis Wortham, of Texas, and Montgomery Hare
called. At night we went to dinner at the Clarence Shearnes. Only the Hares
were present besides ourselves and we had a very pleasant evening. Mrs. Shearn is
a <del/> most sensible housekeeper. The dinner was plain but deliciously cooked and
not too much of it.
Mitchel telephoned at half past ten to tell me something further about
Goethals, and to read over the telephone, Goethals' letter concerning the Police
Commissionership. He asked me to take the matter up with the President over the
telephone in the morning which I agreed to do.
January 24, 1914.
I talked to the President about Goethals and explained Mitchel's attitude.
He replied, "Mitchel seems to think there is nothing of importance outside of New
York".
I lunched with Paul Warburg. The others present were the German Ambassador
and his son, two German exchange professors to Columbia, whose names I did not catch,
the Director of the Metropolitan Museum and Mr. John Wilkie. The conversation was
unimportant other than <add>that</add> von Bernstorff said to me that there would be a big bill to
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bringing destruction upon himself by his jealousy, by his egotism and his garrulous
tongue.
I took the four o'clock for New York and fortunately escaped any acquain-
tance.
New York, January 23, 1914.
It has been a very busy day. No time for correspondence or routine work. I
rang up Mitchel about the Goethals matter. I found he had already given it out
to the press. I urged him to stop it if possible and told him it was more se-
rious than he thought. I believe, though, he was anxious for it to become known
and that he was not altogether candid with me. I indicated the President's feel-
ing and he said he was sorry and did not desire to interfere with his plans, but
he had gone too far in the matter with Goethals to recede.
In the afternoon, S. R. Bertron, Louis Wortham, of Texas, and Montgomery Hare
called. At night we went to dinner at the Clarence Shearnes. Only the Hares
were present besides ourselves and we had a very pleasant evening. Mrs. Shearn is
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