C.F. Bretzman

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In 1907 Roosevelt was in Indianapolis and a luncheon was held for him at the Fairbanks home. The press soon reported that guests were served Manhattan cocktails. Fairbanks, a strict prohibitionist, was unaware of the alcohol being served. A teetotaler who advocated buttermilk as the proper drink, Fairbanks became an object of ridicule, as the press transformed him from "Buttermilk Charlie" into "Cocktail Charlie." This event is sometimes referred to as "Fairbanks' Tea Party".The following people in the photograph are: Back Row-Left to Right: William E. English, Lucius B. Swift, William H. Armstrong, Henry Riesenberg, Meredith Nicholson, Roscoe O. Hawkins, Charles A. Bookwalter, Frank D. Stalnaker, John W. Kern, Charles Remster, Reverend Daniel R. Lucas, Franklin Vonnegut, Dr. P.M. Rixey, Thomas Taggart, Moses G. McLain, Harry S. New, Jeremiah E. Kinney, John J. Twiname, William H.H. Miller, William Loeb, Jr., Chauncey A. Manning, Jesse Overstreet, Joseph A. Minturn, Albert B. Anderson, Addison C. Harris, Louis H. Levey, Ferdinand L. Mayer. Front Row-Left to Right: Mrs. John N. Carey, Dr. Mary A. Spink, James Whitcomb Riley, Honorable Albert J. Beveridge, Governor J. Frank Hanly, Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks, President Theodore Roosevelt, Cornelia Cole Fairbanks, James A. Hemenway, Rear Admiral George Brown. The photograph is stored in Flat File 1-a

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