Morgan's Private Art Museum Opens Amid Tariff Hope
New York Nov 11 The interior of J Pierpont Morgan's private art museum nears completion with 300000 worth of Oriental carpets laid. Morgan chose them from H H Topakyan imperial Persian commissioner. The collection worth over 20000000 remains largely in Europe awaiting tariff changes.
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New York
J. Pierpont Morgan
Museum of Art
Morgan
H. H. Topakyan
Fifth Avenue
Persia
Turkey
Mr. Morgan
Europe
Teheran
Top
Chicagoan Claims He Is Emperor's Son
Carl Coler, 68, of 613 North Clark Street Chicago, asserts he is the disinherited son of Emperor William I. He filed an affidavit with German Consul Herr von Wever in Chicago and asks recognition and provisions from the German emperor. Coler cites a strong resemblance to the Hohenzollern family.
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Chicago
Ill
Imperor
William I
Herr von Wever
von Wever
Carl Coler
North
Clark Street
William
Coler
London Couple Plan Seven-Year Global Yacht Trip
Glen Falls California November 1. Jack London and his wife prepare to sail a 45 foot yacht with a crew of three for a seven year circumnavigation. They aim for New Zealand Australia China Africa Europe South America navigating rivers and lakes while London continues writing.
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Glen Falls
Cal
Jack London
San Francisco Bay
Mrs. London
New Zealand
Australia
China
Africa
Bernard Shaw Links Ten Commandments to Danger in Speech
Manchester crowd hears George Bernard Shaw mock the Decalogue as dangerous and undesirable. He jokes about swearing and killing, suggests lethal chambers for those not contributing to society, and portrays himself as a worshipper of Mammon in a satirical critique.
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Manchester
George Bernard Shaw
Shaw
Mt Culebra Eruption Report Proven False
AP report from Trinidad finds Mt Culebra not erupting. Smoke seen from summit comes from burning timber on the New Mexico side, not volcanic activity.
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MT. Culebra
Denver
Col
Associated Press
Trinidad
Stonewall
N. M
New Mexico
Famous French General Brugere to Tour the World
Paris reports General Brugere, former commander in chief of the French army, will depart soon for a world tour. His son attends a Military school in the United States and Brugere will be Roosevelt's guest during his stay in America.
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Paris
General Brugere
United States
America
Society Debates Fat and Willowy Fashion in 1900s
A column traces fashion taboos on curves as the era worships willowy silhouettes. It cites Mrs. Vanderbilt, Ethel Barrymore, Consuelo Vanderbilt, and Maude Adams, noting shifts from voluptuous lines to angular figures and rival opinions from a physician and Harvard instructor.
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Real
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Tessie Carter
Ethel Barrymore
Consuelo
Duchess of Marlborough
New York
Iithel Barrymore
Frohman
Maude Adams
Clarence Mackay
Cornelius Vanderopilt, Jr
Elliott
Earl
Suunto
Paris
Miss Clayton to Wed Grant Duff at Belgian Legation
Kathleen Clayton known as the second Clayton beauty will marry Grant Duff son of the late Sir Montstuart Duff in a quiet ceremony at the Belgian legation in Washington. Miss Grace Thompson acts as bride of honor and Hon. Roland Lindsay serves as best man.
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Washington
Kathleen Clayton
Clayton
Grant Duff
Montstuart Grant Duff
Grace Thompson
St. Louis
Roland Lindsay
Miss Clayton
Capital
Baroness Moncheur
Mexico
Legation
Sir Monstuart Grant Duff
Playwright Chambers Thrashed A Play Pirate at Park Theatre
Haddon Chambers, British dramatist, fought a pirate in the dark gallery during rehearsals for Sir Anthony at the Park Theatre. He threw out a stenographer who was stealing his comedy, leaving Chambers bruised but smiling amid talk that Sir Anthony could be a masterpiece.
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Haddon Chambers
Sir Anthony
Park Theatre
John O
Chambers
Charles Frohman
George C. Tyler
Fancy Dress Ball for Hebrew Free School in East Boston
Great preparations are under way in East Boston for a fancy dress ball to benefit the Hebrew Free School. The event will be held tomorrow night at Commonwealth Hall and aims to aid the school which serves over 200 children with many more hopeful pupils unable to gain admission due to limited space.
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Hebrews of
East Boston
Commonwealth Hall
Hebrew Free School of
Samuel Hutchins Buried With Masonic Rites
Funeral services for former fire chief Samuel Hutchins were held at Masonic Hall Chelsea with Palestine Commandery Knights Templars and Rev R Perry Bush officiating. City bells tolled as the fire department delegation attended. burial followed at Woodlawn.
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Masonic Hall
Chelsea
Fire Department
Samuel Hutchins
Palestine Commandery
Knights Templars
R. Perry Bush
Grand Commandery of
Massachusetts
Woodlawn
Boston City Club prepares to open with large membership
The Boston City Club remodel of its Somerset and Beacon streets clubhouse nears completion and a December 6 dedication is planned with a general housewarming. Membership has grown to nearly 1000, spanning merchants officials editors labor leaders and politicians.
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Boston City Club
Somerset and
Beacon _ streets
John F. Fitzgerald
Louis A. Frothingham
Gorky Delivers Bitter Portrait of New York City
Milan dispatch reports Maxim Gorky’s forthcoming Italian volume rails against the United States and New York. He describes the city as a stomach of stone and iron that consumes millions, a city of slaves, filth, poverty, and decaying interiors where the “men appear as worms.”
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Gorky
New York
Milan
Italy
Maxim Gorky
United States
Mme. Andrieva
East Side
Chicago Telegraph Operator Tops Political Boss in Ward Fight
In Chicago, November 11, Mrs James T Mc Dermott wife of an $80 a month telegraph operator, will enjoy a sealskin sack and baby afghan as her husband James Mc Dermott has just been elected Congressman from the fourth stock yards district. He overcame the strong opposition of Tom Carey and his crowd after a ward fight where 24 of 25 votes backed Mc Dermott. Carey, a former Swift Packing Company worker, led the ward’s opposition and sought positions for allies.
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Chicago
James T. McDermott
Jim McDermott
Charles 8. Wharton
Tom Carey
Jim
Nelson Morris
Stock Yards
Massachusetts
West Brookfield
Ancient motor cars parade through Paris from Place de la Concorde
A picturesque procession of antiquated and ramshackle cars traveled eight miles to Sevres from Place de la Concorde. Cars less than ten years old were barred, but many modern machines joined the old-timers, drawing a large crowd and lively amusement while highlighting rapid progress in motor construction over the past decade.
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Paris
Place de la Concorde
Sevres
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