Governor Hughes Urges Peoples Will Against Race Track Gambling
Gov. Hughes spoke at a Brooklyn mass meeting urging enforcement of the Constitution against gambling. He denounced race-track gambling as a mortal threat to reform, urged harsher penalties than fines, and warned that the final test is whether the people will compel legislators to act. He praised the constitutional mandate and linked battles to curb gambling with broader moral reform.
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Gov. Hughes
Bedford
Young Men's Christian Association
Brooklyn
Gov
Hughes
New York
Astor
Avernor
Coffee Eyes and Postum Cure Highlighted in Case
A Oswego Montana woman reports gradual vision loss linked to coffee use and a full recovery after switching to Postum. She notes six months of coffee replacement restored eye health and a healthy nursing baby, while a friend also improved headaches and dyspepsia after quitting coffee.
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Oswego
Mont
Husband
Postum
Postum Co
Buttle
Mich
Mass Meeting Denounces Senator Burr Over Race-Track Vote
A large audience at St. Pauls Church Oyster Bay denounces Senator Burr for voting against Gov Hughes race track measures. Speakers urge Burr to reconsider and support anti gambling bills while claiming he violated his oath and misrepresented Nassau County sentiment.
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Oyster Bay
St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church
Co.s. Burrin
Hughes
Theodore Swan
Charles S. Wightman
A.V. I. Bowman
Bowman
Swan
Jonathan Smith
Henry Russell
Henry Davenport
Burr
Nassau County
Senate
Who Is Sovereign in New York State
The Rev. Dr. Wise argued that the Governor did not lose power but the Senate betrayed constitutional authority by backing race-track gambling. He denounced the Senate as aligned with disorder and The Jockey Club, urging recall to restore citizen sovereignty over lawmakers.
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New York County
Stephen R. Wise
Free Synagogue
Empire State
Hughes
Senate
Senate Ae
Jockey Club
New York
Aline
Benguiat Sale at American Art Galleries Opening This Week
Vitali Benguiat presents a large collection of antique textiles Gothic and Renaissance laces old tapestries embroideries and silver sanctuary lamps in 754 lots at 23rd Street venue. Highlights include velvets silk sofa and chair covers portières Spanish Italian curtains lambrequins ornate table covers lace cuffs flounces and a linen embroidered table cover with 1145 figures.
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Vitali Benguiat
Twentythird Street
Napoleon Bonaparte
Egypt
East
East Indies
Newport guests linger at Breakers area cottages
Special to The New York Times Mr and Mrs Humphry Ward of London remain in Newport Rhode Island guests of Mrs Albert Sterner at Gibbs Avenue cottage They attended church services and dined with Mrs Sterner This season includes visits by Mrs Vanderbilt and Col and Mrs De Lancey Astor Kane as well as Major Theodore K Grobs who returned from Nassau.
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New York Times
Newport
R. I
Humphry Ward
London
Albert Sterner
Gibbs Avenue
Col
Theodore K.grobs
Nassau
Vinland
He McKay Twombly
Marene hinger-King
Laster
William E. Glyn
George L. Rives
Charles W. Poor
L. Pemberton Abney
Frederick. Brooks
Frederick R. Brown
New York
Saunders Jones
Lexington
H. Pratt McKean
Prides
Ressing
Reform foes claim three Senate votes held in reserve
Albany reports suggest the Agnew Hart race track gambling bills face renewed defeat at an extraordinary session after the death of Senator Franchot. Supporters warn public pressure from reform groups and clergy may still sway key votes as leaders plan reintroduction.
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New York Times
Albany
Raines
Agnew Hart
Agnew
Franchot
International Reform Bureau
Andrew Carnegie
Jacob Riis
Bishop Burgess
Long Island
Parkhurst
Theodore L. Cuyler
S. Parkes Cadman
Senate
Gov. Hughes
Robert 8. MacArthur
Agnew-Hart
Adolph M. Radin
Tombs
Panic's Effect on Labor in New York State 1907
The State Labor Department reports that about one third of unions in New York were idle at end of 1907 with New York City at 42 percent and rest of state at 62.7. Building clothing metal and tobacco trades suffered the worst idle rates while printing showed an 11.1 percent idle rate. Injury reports for the year ended Sept 30, 1907 show 19,431 employees injured in factories and quarries, up nearly 6,000 from the prior year.
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Albany
N. Y
State Labor Department
New York City
Bulletin
Representative Unions
Miss Loftus to Star in New Gillette Comedy at Belasco
William Gillette’s new play That Little Affair at Boyds will have a special Washington production at the Belasco Theatre next month with Miss Cecilia Loftus as star under Winchell Smith and William A. Page. Loftus may headline the next season. Guy Standing will head the Belasco stock company but will yield the house for one week to Ms Loftus. A special cast including Ernest Lawford and Frederick Lewis is set.
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William Gillette
Boyd's
Belasco Theatre
Washington
Cecilia Loftus
Winchell Smith
William A. Page
Miss Loftus
Guy Standing
Ernest Lawford
Frederick Lewis
Elizabeth Dodge Sings at Broadway with Herbert Orchestra
Soprano Elizabeth Dodge led the program at the Broadway Theatre with Victor Herbert and his orchestra last evening. Dodge performed An Easter Dawn and three additional songs, while the orchestral set featured several of Herbert's compositions.
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Elizabeth Dodge
Victor Herbert
Broadway Theatre
Miss. Dodge
Mr. Herbert
Gala United Hebrew Charities performance to be followed by stage reception
After the Metropolitan Opera House gala by United Hebrew Charities next Sunday evening a reception on stage will feature singers and players meeting leading Jewish society figures. Gov Hughes and his family are expected to attend and be guests of the society at the reception.
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United Hebrew Charities
Metropolitan Opera House
Gov. Hughes
Telegraphers to Meet for Potential June Strike
Officers report a nationwide push by Commercial Telegraphers to mobilize locals for a June 1 general strike against Western Union Telegraph if wages are not restored. Local leaders note wage cuts of 8,4, and greater, while workers pledge loyalty. business may rise but not reach normal levels.
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Toext. ii
Knon
Chicago
Western Union, Telegraph Company
Local 16
Railway Unions Form Council In Boston
A council of Federated Trades from the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad system shops was permanently formed in Boston with thirty seven delegates. Officers elected include President James J. Egan of New Haven and Vice President Richard Moore of New Haven with Secretary Leyeusut er ecee cee Wilson of New Haven.
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Boston
Federated Trades of the
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad System
James J. Egan
New Haven
Richard Moore
Sec- Ley
Cee Wilson
Newaven
Rival unions seek harmony in city talks
Frank M. Ryan president of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers met an International Metal Lathers Union officer in this city to ease a long standing dispute. The Metal Lathers had merged with the Housesmiths and Bridge men locally under Sam Parks, then split from the group amid strike turmoil against Post and McCord.
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Frank M. Ryan
International Association of Bridge
Structural Iron Workers
International Metal Lathers’ Union
Sam Parks
New Yor
Parks
Housesmiths and Bridgemen’s Union
Ryan
Post & McCord
Labor in the Cabinet Bill Aims to Create Department
A bill to establish a Department of Labor was endorsed by city labor groups. It would place a Cabinet secretary at 8000 a year with six assistant secretaries at 5000 each and transfer the Bureau of Labor and the Bureau of Immigration from Commerce and Labor. The legislation also abolishes the Commissioner of Labor and transfers all powers and records to the new department.
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Department of Labor
House of Representatives
William Sulzer
Bureau of Immigration
Department of Commerce and Labor
Office of Commissioner of Labor
Goldfogle Says One Battleship To Be Built In Brooklyn Yard
Congressman Goldfogle of New York reports to the Central Federated Union that an amendment passed by the Naval Committee will have one of two new battleships built at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. He states he has long been a friend of labor and received a vote of thanks as his letter was read amid applause.
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Goldfogle
Labor
New York
Central Federated Union
Naval Committee of the House
Brooklyn Navy Yard
L J Von Boskerck Dies at Hackensack Home
Lucas J von Boskerck longtime New York Stock Exchange member died yesterday at his Hackensack home. He spent fifty four years on the Exchange and was 14 years old. Church pastor Rev W W Holly announced the death to Christ Episcopal Church congregation. He had served as Senior Warden for forty four years. Surviving are his daughter Miss Hattie and his son Cornelius who runs Von Boskerck & Son at 7 Wall Street.
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Lucas J. von Boskerck
Memnbers
New York Stock Exchange
Hackensack
Exchange
von Boskerck
Christ Episcopal
Miss Hattie
Cornelius
von Boskerck & Son
Wall Street
Rev William S. Kelly Dies. Plattsburg Clergy Leader
The Very Rev William S. Kelly 55 longtime dean of St Johns Church Plattsburg N Y died yesterday at St Vincent's Hospital after arrival from Europe Saturday Born in Keeseville he trained at St Laurent College Montreal and became pastor of St Johns in 1902 He founded Champlain Valley Hospital Plattsburg
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William S. Kelly
St. John’s Roman Catholic Church
Plattsburg
N. Y
St. Vincent's Hospital
Europe
Father Kelly
Keeseville
St. Laurent College
Montreal
Champlain Valley Hospital
Widow of Civil War Hard Tack Maker Dies in Trenton
Mrs Eliza Exton widow of John Exton who supplied hard tack for Civil War soldiers died in Trenton New Jersey after being prevented by rain from visiting her husband’s grave. She was born in England and was nearly 40 years old. apoplexy was the cause of death.
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New York Times
Trenton
N. J
Eliza Exton
John Exton
England
Col James Erskine Neal Former Ohio House Speaker Dies
Col James Erskine Neal an Ohio lawyer and former Democratic State Committee chairman died suddenly of heart disease at his son in law Charles Bauer’s home on West Eighty sixth Street He was elected Speaker of the Ohio House at age 28 He leaves a widow and one child Mrs Charles C Bauer
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Col
James Erskine Neal
Ohio
Democratic State Committee
Charles (. Bauer
West Eighty-sixth Street
Col. Neal
Ohio House of Representatives
Charles C. Bauer
Notable deaths of Essex officials and actress Agnes Enright
Charles F. Bond former Essex County Freeholder and McKeegan Oil founder died of apoplexy at his Newark home on Saturday night. Dr. Simon B. Conover former U S Senator from Florida who served in Hayes administration died in Port Townsend hospital of old age. Agnes Enright Newark actress died Saturday night in Buffalo Sisters Hospital after a Wednesday operation at age 30, she began as a child in Newark theater.
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Charles F. Bond
Essex County
N. J
McKeegan Oil Company
Newark
Simon B. Conover
President Hayes
United States
Florida
Port Townsend
Washington
Agnes Enright
Sisters’ Hospital
Buffalo
Memorial for Komisarchevsky Ends Broadway Run in The Thalia
Vera Komisarchevsky bid farewell to America with 10 000 names on a memorial and a necklace as New York Russians crowded the Thalia Theatre on Bowery. After a curtain finale the actress announced plans to travel to Paris and then St Petersburg to open her own theatre on September 1.
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Vera Komisarchevsky
Broadway
America
Thalia Theatre
the Bowery
Thalia
Khomisarchevsky
Orlof
Socialisc
New York
Paris
St. Petersburg
Buffalo Parade in Streets Signals Wild West Opening
A herd of buffalo trotted through New York streets for the first time in decades guarded by Buffalo Bill's Cowboys. The animals were driven to Madison Square Garden where the Wild West opens tomorrow night. Johnny Baker supervised scenery setup as a crowd of workers prepared the avalanche and prairie fire scene for the show. Forty seven cars of the Wild West contingent arrived by train as Chief Iron Tail greeted fans at Moit Haven yards.
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Manhattan
Fourteenth Street
Buffalo Bill
Wild West
Madison Square Garden
Johnny " Baker
Moit Haven
Iron Tail
Union Actress Becomes Delegate To Central Federated Union
Miss Ray Longworth becomes the first woman delegate from the Hebrew Variety Actors' Union at a Central Federated Union meeting. She asserts no wage gap exists for women and men, citing talent and market demand as the deciding factors in pay.
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Hebrew Variety Actors’ Union
New York
Central Federated Union
Ray Longworth
Miss Long
Cornerstone laid for Church of St. Paul in East 117th Street
Thousands attended as the cornerstone of the Church of St. Paul was blessed by Right Rev. Mgr. John Edwards, V. G. The adjacent parochial school on 118th Street was also blessed. St. Paul’s, among Manhattan’s oldest Roman Catholic parishes, dates to 1835 and will be dedicated in early June.
Senator Tillman Improves at Atlanta Sanitarium
Atlanta April 13 Senator Tillman of South Carolina, at a sanitarium to avert paralysis, is gaining ground. He has recovered use of his left arm and leg after numbness suggested a paralytic attack days ago.
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Atlanta
Tillman
South Carolina
Bohemian Painter Creates Two Panels for St. John Nepomucene
Bohemian artist John Devich von Heyder, gaining European renown, paints two 7 by 23 foot panels for the Church of St. John the Nepomucene on East Seventy second Street. The first panel is installed. the second follows soon. Donors remain anonymous.
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Church of St. John the Nepomucene
John Devich von Heyder
Europe
St. John
Ixing Wenceslas II
Prague
von Heyder
Mer. Lavelle
Alphonse Muchn
New
Woman injured in Fifth Avenue cab collision
Mrs Frank Otis of Duckins ham hotel on Fifth Avenue was hurt when the carriage she rode in collided with another cab at Thirty-ninth Street. Her injuries were not serious. James McCafferty, driver of Mrs Otis, charged intoxication against John Casey, the other cab driver, who was jailed. Dr Sturgis moves offices to West 55th Street with hours at noon to 1 PM.
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Frank Otis
Duckinsham “Hotel
Fifth Avenue
Thirty-ninth Street
James McCafferty
Tis
John Casey
Casey
Local Birth Announcements From April Dates
The notice lists newborns from April 3 to April 17. Families named Brill Campbell Clarke Reis Schanzer and Simon report births to Mr. and Mrs. parents, including one daughter and several sons.
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BRILL
Louis Brill
Campbell
Edward B. Campbell
Clarkre
Frederick H. Clarke
Reis
Jack E. Reis
Schanzer
Henry Schanzer
Simon
Morris Simon
Multiple April marriages listed in local notices
On April dates between the 12th and 17th, couples such as Alfred Baruth and Alma Jelenko, Florence Loewy and William Dub, Hertha Odell and Clarence Ferris, Maude Dringer and Julius Foote, Martha Burns and William Foster, Grace Overton and Arthur Hahn, Miriam Frank and Aaron Loeb, Little Cohen and Raphael Sachs, and Malvina Horn and Jacob Weinstock were announced for marriage in a parish or local notice column.
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Arthur Lester Hahn
Loeb—Frank
Miriam_ T. Frank
Aaron Loeb
Sachs—Cohen
Little Cohen
Raphael Sachs
Weinstock— Horn
Malvina Horn
Jacob M. Weinstork
Obituary notices and funerals set across New York area
The notice lists deaths and services from April 17 to April 26 across New York and New Jersey. Names include J Lowrie Bello Caroline S Busch Jane Jage Cattell Grace Whiter Katherine Diefenthaler Edward T Du Bois Katharine Emilia Geyer Henry R Heath Edwin Hoyt William A Knapp Lizzie B Vanverst Mary Clendenen Morrison Florence Hoyt James Taggart Lucas J Van Boskerck Marguerite Daisy Viera John R White James Barry Elizabeth Boyd Glen A Brees Theodore H Brown Alfred Buckridge Edward J Busch Edward John Carleton Grace W Choate Caroline S Demerest. Details cover dates, residences, funeral times, and obituaries.
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Lenox Av
Collegiate Reformed
Lenox
New York City
Edward T. du Bois
Charles du Nieis
Collegiate
West End
West End Avy. and 77Th St
Fishkill
Geyer
New York
Katharine Emilia Geyer
Sauer
William E. Geyer
Teesday
SPM
New Orleans
Heath
Henry R. Heath
Lafayette Av
Presbyterian
South Oxford St
Hoyt
New Canaan
Conn
Edwin Hoyt
New Canon
Grant Cential
New Slaven Station
Knapp
Fordham
N.Y
William A. Knapp
Littell
Tous
Putnam Av
Brooklyn
Otis
East Kgth
Floorence Hoyt
William K. Otis
Alfred M. Jroyt
Payne
Charles Leicester Payne
Harriett Tarr Payne
Sarah L
William H. Payne
Noroten
Stamford
Seymour
John Cotes Seymour
Eliza Martin
Ofo
Walter Seymour
Phelion Wellnes
St. Thomas's Church
Shreve
Sudeniy
Atlantic City
Grace MeJilton
George H. Shreve
West Tid St
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Orange
N. J
Aprikis
Robertagervice Steen
Hilside Presbyterian Church
Lackawanna
Highland Av
Fae Tone
James Taggart
County Tyrone
Ireland
Neval
West
St. N. Y
Cortlandt St
Viera
Marguerite Daisy Viera
Westith St
Woodland
White
Colorado Springs
Cal
John R. White
Jersey City
Iis
John M. Clayton
Camae St
Alfred Buckridge
Busch
Metuchen
Edward J. Busch
M. Carleton
9Th St
Edward John Carleton
Choate
West 118Th St
Grace W. Choate
Haverstraw
N. Y
Caroline
Obituary Notices From New Jersey and New York
Multiple death notices list names, ages, and addresses across Newark Jersey City Hoboken Brooklyn and Manhattan. Funeral schedules include dates and times for Martin Dougherty Christine Gibel Marie Fleming and others with services set across April dates in 1918 era listings.
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Doyle
Jersey City
Mary E. Doyle
Dougherty
Brill
Newark
N. J
Daniel Dougherty
Duffin
Avon Av
Georg W. Duffin
Funerst
Dolrinckel
Mount Morris
Parks West
Frederick ¢. Doeriickel
Fitzpatrick
Bank St
N.Z
James P. Fitzpatrick
Fleming
West S7th St
Marie Fleming
A. M. Frank
Manhattan
Marie Frans
To. Gibel
Avenue A
Christine Gibel
Concord Av
Karoline Gipp
T. M Henbrey
North Sdst
Fast Newsark
Nellie Henbrey
Henken
Hudson St
Henry Henken
Ee Asee
In Memoriam Obituaries and Monument Unveilings List
In memory notices and unveiling ceremonies listed for April 26 to April 28 at Cypress Hills Mount Hope Bayside and other cemeteries. Names include Bartley Pehrens Calverly Donahue Gerber Gross Heilbronner Herz Kallis kt Keogh Levy Nathan Ottenberg Stern Teets Von Fliedner and others with church services in Jersey City Newark and Brooklyn.
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Monumenta
Pisbel
Marmandet
Cypress
Max Heilbronnner
Maimonides Cemetery
Cypress Hills
HERZ
Max Herz
Salem Fields
T 'Ab
Kat.iskt
Ephraim
Kallski
Salem
Ae Keogh
George Keogh
St. Joseph’s Church
Jersey City
Levy
Rosa Levy
Ahawath Chesed Hashoma
Nathan
Augusta Nathan
Maimondes Cemetery
Ottenberg
Theeresa
Salomon Ottenterg
Mount Hope
Stern
Hannah Stern
Macphelah
Teets
Ioutst Teets
von Fliedner
Ellen von Fliedner
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Elisabeth Roth
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Fredericka Roth
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Sarah A. Treat
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William H. Wilson
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