Ovation for Joffre at Navy Benefit in New York
A gala Opera Night at the Metropolitan honored General Joffre and war envoys in aid of the Woman's Auxiliary Committee for Naval Recruiting. The crowd roared with navy and French contingents present, with telegram greetings from President Wilson and Secretary of the Navy Daniels, and performances by Julia Marlowe Louise Homer and a multinational orchestra.
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New York
Metropolitan
Grand c Encert
Woman's Auxiliary Committee For Naval Recruiting
H. Sothern
Navy
General Joffre
America
Calvar
Wilcox
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Perry
To. Buteau
Julia Marlowe
Louise Homer
Mr. Sothern
President Wilson
Robbery warnings cite forged recommendations and servant scams
City and suburbs report jewel thefts tied to maids and servants using forged letters of reference. National Surety Company issued a public warning urging thorough checks as con artists target trusting households. A case involves a maid’s letter to an ex-prison associate and losses totaling thousands. Apartment superintendents also nabbing valuables by exploiting tenants during absences.
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Ling
National Surety Company
J. A. Ken
Lee
Upholds Mayor Thompson on War Envoy Invitation Stance
The Staats-Zeitung lauds Chicago Mayor Thompson for refusing to invite Great Britain and France war envoys, arguing Americans should sacrifice for the Fatherland while avoiding entanglement beyond American interests. It stresses unity of Americans of German descent and criticizes aligning with British or French leaders over the Stars and Stripes.
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England
Russia
Italy
Nathaniel R. Usher
Aia
Pera House
Navy
Yater
America
Orestra
Pierre
Jeux
Bouilles Ee Netaire
George Arrere
Meurice Mobois
Leone
Franciston
Erence Eas
Thompson
Chicago
Great Britain
France
New-Yorker
Staats-Zeitung
Germany
Balfour
Viviani
State Police Head Chosen
Major George F. Chandler of the Tenth Regiment has been asked by Governor Whitman to join the New York State Constabulary, a development reported in National Guard circles yesterday. The action signals a push to fill a top policing post amid ongoing state security discussions.
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National Guard
George F. Chandler
Tenth Regiment
Whitman
New York State Constabulary
Higginbotham III Stricken at Chicago Home
Harron N Higginbotham former Chicago World's Fair president and longtime citizen is critically ill at the Chicago Home for Incurables after a Friday visit. Born Joliet Illinois October 10 187? his career rose from clerk to Marshall Field offices and he later led the World’s Fair and served as a Northern Trust Company director. Mrs Joseph Medill Patterson and J T Crane Jr daughters are at his bedside.
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New York Times
Chicago
Ill
Harron N. Higginbotham
I .Ich
Heerti
Joliet
Cooley, Co
Marshall Field
Northern Trust Company
Joseph Medill Patterson
Y. T. Crane, Jr
Actors Aid Sick Children at Shubert Theatre Benefit
A charity entertainment at the Shubert Theatre benefiting the Thursday Hospital After-Care Circle raised about $1,000. The Shuberts donated the theater, and artists including Kronold the cellist and Lacey with singing performed a program supporting treatment for infantile paralysis and seaside coin collection.
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Shubert Theatre
Shuberts
Ton
Ane Kronold
Lacey
Arence Harvey
Ina
Wells
Nccess
Clarence Norde Potter
Maurice Abrams
le Cushansky
Egelle Bloomfield Adler Peared
Jewish Relief Drive Reaches 940000 Pledged in Newark
In Newark a drive for the Jewish War Relief Fund raised over 940000 at a meeting of the American Jewish Relief Committee held at Ta Nal Jeshurun. Speakers included Jacob H Schiff ex Judge Mack and Dr Lee K Frankel. They urged American Jews to support democracy and aid the war effort for the land that gave them freedom.
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Newark
American Jewish Relief Committee
Jacob H. Schiff
Mack
Lee K. Frankel
Behift
America
Frankel
Hibernians Hold Annual New York County Election
The Ancient Order of Hibernians in New York County held its annual convention yesterday afternoon at the county hall on East Forty fifth Street. National President Joseph P. McLaughlin presided with officers including National Secretary William McPartland and others such as Kean, John Dillon, Michael Doyie, C. Walsh, and John Brennan.
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Hibernians
Ancient
Order of Hibernians
New York County
East Forty-fifth Street
Joseph P. McLaughlin
J. P
Within the Law shines on Broadway in photo play form
Bayard Veliller’s famed melodrama Within the Law has been adapted by Vitagraph into a photoplay shown at the Broadway Theatre. Alice Joyce and Harry Morey star, with Adele de Garde in a flashy role, as the tale of a shop girl Mary Turner seeking justice unfolds on screen.
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Mary Ty
Eltinge
Mr. Velller
Alice Joyce
Mary Turner
Harry Morey
Joe Garson
Adele de Garde
Iaid
Agsie Lynch
Jane Cow
William B. Mack
Florence Nash
Joyce
Aggie Lynch
Alway
Miss Nash
Viviantin
Jack Pickford
Joe Carson
Ratard Vfiller
Vitagraph
McCormack Sings Final Hippodrome Concert Crowd Tops Record
John McCormack closed his Hippodrome season with 5675 attendees the largest crowd ever in the venue. A benefit performance is planned for Sunday May 13 supporting the French Soldiers Tuberculosis Relief Fund and other war-related causes. J Malone notes Captain Jack Berry among the fans. The program spans Mozart Don Giovanni to Caruso favorites with multilingual selections.
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Hippodrome
Portley Field
Malone
Mormack
McCoroo
J. Malone
Jack Berry
America
Navy
McCormack
Ireland
Military Drill Planned at Stevens Institute Hoboken
Arrangements made with the War Department for daily military drills of all Stevens Institute students on the Castle Point athletic field Hoboken. Captain QG Bunford of the Second Bate Twenty second Regiment U S Infantry to serve as instructor with hours from 8 20 to 4 o'clock. The institute has offered the
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Stevens
War Department
Stevens Institute of Technology
Castle Point
Hoboken
QG. W. Bunford
Second
Bate Twenty-second Regiment
U. S. Infantry
Barrie Plays Casts Revealed For Empire Program
The Empire program features two Barrie plays with casts including Winifred Fraser Julia Relph and Georgia Drew Mendum among others. Notables such as Irving Co as Tinney Leon Errol George MacFa and R H Burnside are listed for performances with special dancing numbers. Rehearsals begin in Los Angeles for a piece by Oliver Mor and Panayete while Dwight Elmendorf tours under a manager.
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T of Smen
Nereus
Trever. Hughes
Winifred Fraser
Julia Relph
Ratte
Wiere
Astor Tonight
Georgia
Drew Men
Oliver Mo
Saas
Yenero
Tiegfeld
Dwight Elmendorf
Garrick
Hineodrome
Big Sing at Hippodrome Elects Chorus Directors
Five thousand people at the Hippodrome yesterday heard H H Fiagher Howard Mansfield Samuel Lewisohn Francis Rogers and others elected chorus directors by voice and vote. They joined the Community Chorus under Harry Barnhart and sang together in a program ranging from Dixie to Battle Hymn of the Republic. A second big sing is set for May 13 at Carnegie Hall as part of a campaign to mobilize cultural effort for war. Park Commissioner Cabot Ward tied the Civil War spirit to national anthems and rally cries.
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H. H. Fiagher
Howard Mansfield
Samuel Lewisohn
Francis Rogers
Hippodrome
Harry Barnhart
Verybody
Dixie
Annie Urie
Arthur Farwell
Nancy Lee
Carnegie Hall
America
Mr. Barnhart
Cabot Ward
John Brown
Old South
The
Marne
Tipperary
Censured Theatre Listings and Show Schedule Tempos
Local listings show multiple theatre acts and times at venues including West 48th Street and Circle locations. Acts include comedies, operettas, and performances starring Jean and Margaret Sanger era entertainers with showtimes in the afternoon and evening across several theatres. Prices range 15 to 50 cents with continuous shows 2 to 11 PM through the week.
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Washington SQ
HLS
Oripuere
Playwrights
Mnsitt
Oniz Bay
Jeean
Ary Shaw
Taylor Holmes
Sin Bunker
Bea Wesh
Anna Treatre
Teo Kowes
Margaret Sanger
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