Chester Free Vaudeville Week Delivers Top Acts
Chester offers free vaudeville with Mlle Olive the European juggle star and Ferd Melrose the famed three octave singer. Harding and Ah Sid the Chinaman and the Clown, the Powers elephant act, and Lou the diamond eater headline a strong bill at the park. The Man From Home in Chicago is praised for clean drama and the audience applauds a church group endorsement speech and a 300th consecutive Chicago run.
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Chester
Mlle
Olive
Ferd Melrose
the Park
Melrose
Harding
Ah Sid
Martin
Chester Free Vaude Ville
New York
Chicago Opera House
William Hodge
Church Alliance
Chicago
London Demonstration Backs National Shakespeare Theater
A Lyceum Theater rally in London backed building a national Shakespeare theater as a central memorial rather than a statue in Portland Place. Lord Lytton presided while Alfred Littleton M F led the main resolution and a committee was formed to draft the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lyceum Theater
Henry Irving
Shakespeare
Portland Place
Lord Lytton
Alfred Littleton
M.F
John Drew to Star in Jack Straw at Vaudeville Theater
London May 19 John Drew will appear next season in a comedy Jack Straw written by William Somerset Maugham. Charles Hawtrey is currently giving it at the Vaudeville Theater with the King and Queen watching last Saturday. Charles Frohman has secured the American rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
John Drew
Jack Straw
Charles Hawtrey
Vaudeville
William Somerset Maugham
Charles Frohman
Coney Island Opens With New Ticket Options at Straus'
To ease arrivals at the Coney Island wharf a Fifth and Walnut street uptown ticket office opens Saturday. It offers all Coney Island tickets and special river ride packages for clubhouse patrons. Business men can buy twenty five ticket bundles for five dollars usable with or without the cover. Coney Island promises an varied opening program from ball games to fireworks and parachute leaps.
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Coney’s
Coney Island
Straus
Fifth
Walnut Streets
Coney
Grand vaudeville runs continuous from 1 to 10:30 though dinner hour
Patrons fill the Grand lower floor as an unusually strong continuous vaudeville bill draws crowds. Bert Swans acts thrill the audience but a lively act is pulled back after a near escape. Show runs daily from 1 PM to 10:30 PM with a one hour dinner break.
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Grand
Bert Swan
Island Queen Ends Season with Last Louisville Run
Thursday morning at 7 30 the big Island Queen leaves for its final trip to Louisville for the season. Last Thursday the vessel carried over 1000 passengers from Cincinnati and nearby points into Falls City in the evening. The 300 mile daylight journey offers scenic river views and music on deck. Returning, the Queen departs Louisville Friday at 8 a m and is due at the Cincinnati wharf at 9 30 p m.
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Louisville
Cincinnati
Falls City
America
Melba Sings at Covent Garden as Tetrazzini Competes
London May 19 Amid great public anticipation Dame Nellie Melba opened the season at Covent Garden in La Bohème. The Queen and a large audience witnessed Melba’s performance against rival opera star Luisa Tetrazzini. Melba was greeted warmly with vigorous ovations, though overall enthusiasm fell short of the Tetrazzini premieres.
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London
Melba
Tetrazzini
Covent Garden
Buffalo Bill Celebrates 25th Exhibit Anniversary
Colonel William F. Cody known as Buffalo Bill marked a quarter century as an exhibitor of American wildlife in Washington. Government officials army officers and many friends attended the anniversary performances and Cody’s show drew guests from the President's family and generals including Eugene A. Carr and Wesley Merritt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William F. Cody
Cody
Presit
Eugene A. Carr
Wesley Merritt
Army
Plains
Quentin Roosevelt
Deadwood
Unusual Happening in Chicago Church Scene
Rev. William W. Wilson rector of St. Mark's Episcopal Church and president of the Chicago Chapter of the Actors' Church Alliance surprised the audience with an unexpected event in Chicago on May 19. The church leader's appearance highlighted cross entries between religious life and acting circles in the city.
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Ghicago
William W. Wilson
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Chicago
The
Actors’ Church Alliance
Colonel Ike Martin Heads to New York Dreamland
The Colonel plans a trip to oversee his concession in Dreamland as Chester Park opens the bathing season this Saturday. The flea circus draws laughs and cold weather conditions have limited performances last night. He may enforce a hats removal rule at the Chester Free Vaudeville Theater to ensure all patrons see the show.
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Ike Martin
New York
Jtook
Dreamland
Coloonel
Chester Park
Martin
Chester
Couple Murdered by River Pirates, Police Say
Pittsburg dispatch reports Jesse K Hise 27 and Miss Anna Drexel 18 were believed murdered and robbed by river pirates while cruising the Allegheny River in Hise’s yacht. Hise’s body later found in the Ohio River near the accident site. jewelry and $190 missing. A woman's body found at Bridgeport Ohio matching descriptions of Miss Drexel with facial abrasions. police suspect usurped motive and staged accident via a towboat collision.
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Pittsburg
Jesse K. Hise
Anna Grexel
Hise
Allegheny River
Ohio River
Bridgeport
Miss Drexel
Ohio
Allegheny
Diamond
Kentucky and Indiana Changes in Public Buildings Bill
The public building bill reported with Senate amendments cuts Catlettsburg to 50000 and omits Lawrenceburg. Danville rises or falls to 11000 with new additions Richmond 10000 Frankfort 60000 Cynthiana 10000 Bardstown 10000. Indiana adds Peru 75000 Greencastle 50000 Elwood 50000 Jeffersonville 15000 Frankfort 15000. Ohio seeks funds Alliance 150000 Defiance 60000 Toledo 625000 Bowling Green 10000 Newark 90000 or 100000 Norwalk 10000 Xenia 10000 Wooster 10000.
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TriBuNn
Borzac
Munifry Boriorne
Washington, D. C
Commercial Tribune
Washington
House
Senate Committee On
Kentucky
Catlettsburgh
Lawrenceburg
Danville
Richmond
Frankfort
Cynthiana
Bardstown
Indiana
Peru
Greencastle
Elwood
Jeffersonville
Ohio
Alliance
Defiance
Toledo
Bowling Green
Newark
Norwalk
Xenia
Wooster
Congress Approves $1.5 Million for Tokyo Exposition
By unanimous consent the House passed a bill allocating 1.5 million dollars for U S participation in the 1912 International Exposition in Tokyo Japan. The measure has cleared the Senate and awaits the President's signature.
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Washington
House
United States
Tokyo
Japan
Senate
Tobacco Trust Suit Is Argued In Federal Court
New York May 19 After four months of evidence the United States Circuit Court heard government counsel argue to dissolve the American Tobacco Company under the Sherman antitrust law. McReynolds said the company controls by stock all co defendants except Imperial. He urged an injunction or a receiver to unwind affairs and restore competition. The defense will open tomorrow.
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New York
United States Circuit Court
United States
American Tobacco Company
McReynolds
J. C. McReynolds
Imperial Company
British- American Tobacco Company
American Snuff Company
American Cigar Company
United Cigar Stores Company
Coxe
Mr. McReynolds
PUBLISHERS GIVE PRICES OF PAPER PUBLISHERS GIVE PRICES OF PAPER
The Census Bureau supplied the House committee with extensive statistics on wood pulp and print paper pricing. Letters to 6932 publications sought tariff opinions and price data, with 887 complete responses usable for tabulation. New York papers showed varying annual averages from 2.19 to 3.24 dollars per hundred over selected years.
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Census Bureau
New York
Odd Fellows Grow in Ohio with 5000 New Members
The 1907 Ohio Grand Lodge report shows more than 5,000 new members joined the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in Ohio. Charles H. Lyman disclosed that over 1,000 were admitted by card, boosting total membership to 87,222 and lodges to 757. Deaths reached 1,027.
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Columbus, CO
Independent
Order of Odd Fellows
Ohio
Charles H. Lyman
Ohio Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
Putin Bay
House Submarine Probe Report Set for Tomorrow
A special House committee investigating charges by Representative Lilley of Connecticut that Electric Boat Co used improper methods to influence submarine boat legislation will submit its report to the House tomorrow. The day is expected to be devoted to reading and discussion of the voluminous document.
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Washington
House
Lilley
Ohio Pathfinders Convene State Meeting in Marietta
The annual State meeting of the Pathfinders convened in Marietta Ohio with 300 delegates present. The event opened today to discuss organizational affairs and upcoming statewide activities.
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Marietta
Marietta, O
The
Pathfinders
Captain William R. Gunn Obituary in Pt. Pleasant, Ohio
Captain William R. Gunn, a lawyer, politician, and Confederate Army veteran, died at his home in Pt. Pleasant yesterday. He held prominence in West Virginia state affairs and was a noted public figure.
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William R. Gunn
Pt. Pleasant. O
West Virginia
Assault on Queen City steamer leaves man wounded
Charles Day of 1022 Gilbert Avenue was cut in the left shoulder during a fight aboard the steamer Queen City. Police allege the attacker was Robert Russell. the assailant escaped.
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Queen City
Gilbert Avenue
Robert Russell
Prisoner Admits Robbery of Widow in City Café
Lt. Jack Hamilton, accused by widow Dena Schwab of robbing her of $500 in the Munro Hotel cafe, confessed to the theft after a high‑tension pursuit. He claimed to love his wife Blanche Bradley and blamed fate for his actions as police traced letters to his boarding‑house wife and arranged his capture on a Chicago train.
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Colonel Mill
Down
Jack Hamilton
Dena Schwab
McMicken Avenue
Munro Hotel
Louis Hamillion
Monon
Chicago
Hamilton
Louis Houllion
Blanche Bradley
Lingo Street
Cumminsville
Commercial Tribune
Schwab
Garfield Place
Crawford
Cincinnati
Frankfort
Ind
Homlilton
Central Station
Millikin
Dade
Chica
Senator Taylor Urges Tariff Debate Amid Panic in Senate
Senator Taylor of Tennessee used a Democratic campaign speech in the Senate to critique Republican tariff and currency policies while noting the Senate approved the conference report on the agricultural bill funding 11,672,106 dollars. He contrasted Aldrich’s call for peace with the storm of Wall Street and warned of powerful financiers Morgan and Rockefeller.
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Washington
Senate
Taylor
Tennessee
Rhode Island
Aldrich
Committee On Finance
Rockefeller
Morgan
Wall Street
Cannon Explodes Killing Gunner at Salute
In Eureka California on May 19 a four inch cannon used to salute the Atlantic fleet exploded. Ike Davis the gunner was killed. Miss Church and Miss McDonough were injured. Eugene Stone and Mrs Frank Stingaby were hurt. A dozen others were slightly injured.
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Eureka
Cal
Ferndel
Iee River Valley
Centerville Beach
Ferndél
Ike Davis
Miss Church
Grizzly Bluff
Miss McDonough
Eugene Stone
Frank Stingaby
Annie S Hall Wins Case in Supreme Court
Miss Annie S Hall of Cincinnati who represents herself in multiple suits won a favorable decision in the Ohio Supreme Court today. The court overruled the defendant C F G Hall’s motion to recall a mandate in Annie S Hall v Hall. The dispute concerns part of her father the Arctic explorer’s property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, C
Annie S. Hall
Cincinnati
Supreme Court
Painter Falls Twenty Feet From Loft. Fatally Hurt
Peter Hartman 63 a painter of 544 Findlay Street fell from a loft where he slept last night when the floor gave way. He dropped about twenty feet suffering multiple broken ribs and possible internal injuries. He was taken to City Hospital and may die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Hartman
Findlay Street
Man drugged robbed of $120 in Vine Street poolroom
F H Sprague of Batavia Ohio told police he was drugged in a Vine street poolroom Monday night by two men and robbed of 120 dollars. He woke nearby and found himself wandering Garfield Place.
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F. H. Sprague
Batavia, O
Vine Street
Garfield Place
Rockefeller 1g Now In Control Of Western Maryland
News from New York reports a pooling of stock and control over Western Maryland Railroad by John D. Rockefeller. A majority stake, via No 26 Broadway, gives Rockefeller absolute authority to dispose of the property. Gould and associates remain allied, with deposits placed for their stock. The move signals a de facto ownership shift.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Western Maryland Railroad Company
Gould
Broadway
Wall Street
Stork
Rockefeller Holdings
Bishop Horstmann Laid to Rest in Catholic Rite
The body of the Right Rev Ignatius F Horstmann was buried in Cleveland after a solemn Catholic service beginning at 9 30 am. Archbishops Moeller Ryan and a large group of bishops including Foley Richer Maes Byrne Alerdin McQuaide Hartley Donahue Canevin Fitzmaurice Koudelka and O Connell attended along with more than 300 priests.
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Cleveland
Ignatius F. Horstmann
Moeller
Cincinnati
Ryan
Philadelphia
Horstmann
Foley
Detroit
Richter
Grand Rapids
Maes
Covington
Byrne
Nashville
Alerdin
Ft. Wayne
McQuaide
Rochester
Hartley
Columbus
Donahue
Wheeling
Canevin
Pittsburg
Fitzmaurice
Erie
Koudelka
O’connell
Catholic University At
Washington
Republicans to Hold House Caucus on Ants Injunction Legislation
Washington May 19 A caucus of Republican members of the House has been called for tomorrow evening to decide the majority stand on the so called ants injunction legislation this session. The call follows months of agitation and comes after a formal petition signed by fifty members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Congress
Embezzlement Alleged in Baymiller Street Case
William Roberts aged 57 of 1615 Baymiller Street was arrested on a warrant issued to horse dealer M. E. Brown of 1723 Baymiller Street. Detectives Jackson and Callahan say Roberts collected 21 dollars as a collector and did not remit it.
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William Roberts
Baymiller Street
Jackson and
Callahan
M. E. Brown
Roberts
Saloon Fight Leaves Man Struck by Billiard Ball
Leo Burger a 36 year old baker of 14384 Walnut street was struck in the face with a billiard ball during an argument at a Liberty street and Freeman avenue saloon. His nose broke and his face was badly bruised. Burger was taken to City Hospital. the assailant fled the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Street
Freeman Avenue
Leo Burger
Walnut Street
Burger
Avery Brother Dies. Rites Set in Syracuse
Ralph Avery of Merchants National Bank rushed from Cincinnati to Canastoga New York for funeral services of his brother William Randall Avery former Cincinnati Mason who died in Syracuse on Monday and whose funeral will be held there.
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Ralph‘ Avery
Merchants” National Bank
Cincinnati
Canastoga
N. Y
William Randall Avery
Mason
Syracuse
Boy Flees Home Prompting Citywide Search
Police sought Earl Bullock, 15, of Mt Healthy Ohio, who ran away from home yesterday and is believed to have come to the city.
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Earl Bullock
Mt. Healthy, O
Methodists Elect Eight Bishops and Propose Split Conference
Baltimore May 19 The General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church voted to elect eight bishops, opposing a bishops’ board demand for six. It also debated constitution changes to split future General Conferences into two bodies like Congress, with lay and ministerial delegates operating separately. A plan to unify conference publishing and appoint a 25-member board was endorsed.
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Baltimore
General Conference
Methodist Episcopal Church
Board of Bishops
Committee On Episcopacy
Thoburn
General Conferences
Congress of the
United States
H. T. Ames
Williamsport
Methodist Episcopal Committee Eyes Union Move After Baltimore Visit
A Pittsburg report states a Methodist Episcopal Conference committee, after visiting Balimore with overtures for reunion, will seek union with the United Brethren Church at Canton Ohio next May. Rev Dr J F Goucher announced the plan upon departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Methodist Episcopal Conference
Baltimore
Methodist Protestant General Conference
J. F. Goucher
General Conference
United Brethren Church
Canton
Taft Secures Panama Election Integrity Pact
Secretary Taft announced a Panamanian election agreement to create an electoral commission with U S participation to prevent fraud in the July presidential vote. He warned that unchecked fraud could trigger violence and a U S role to preserve order under the treaty and Panama’s constitution. Taft then travels to Nashville for a bar association address before a Yale clubs reunion in Cleveland.
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Panama
United States
Taft
Nashville
Tenn
Thennessee Bar Association
Cleveland
Yale
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