Our Warships Now Good As The Best Gunner Efforts
A McClure's Magazine article on the Newport Conference lauds the U S Navy for leading world gunnery six years after underperforming. It credits President Roosevelt for driving reforms including inspector Sims, better telescope sights, stronger ammunition handling, and new waterline armor placement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
United States Navy
Ght
Newport
McClure's
United States
Sims
Washington
Lieut. Sims
Massachusetts Bay
North Atlantic
Santiago
Secretary of the Navy
Bureau of Construction
Mme Chaminade to Feature In Carnegie Hall Debut Recital
French composer Mme Cecile Chaminade appears in her first New York concert at Carnegie Hall with mezzo-soprano Yvonne de St Andre and baritone Ernest Groom. The program comprises solely Chaminade works, including Corsolation Pastorale L Ondine and Caprice. The season marks her only appearance in New York this term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme
Cécile Chaminade
Mlle
Yvonne de St. André
Ernest Groom
Carnegie Hall
Mme. Chaminade
Chaminade
Humoristique
Mr. Groom
Mile
de St. Andre
L’anneau
Arcent
Mile de
Camina
Zangwill Guest of National Arts Club
Author and playwright Israel Zangwill was the guest of honor at an informal reception at the National Arts Club in Gramercy Park. Hosts included authors, newspaper writers, and artists. The evening featured a wood fire gathering and refreshments, with a ban on formal speaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zangwill
National Arts Club
Israel Zangwill
Grammercyr Park
Angwill
John Drew to Quit Modern Comedy for Shakespeare
Charles Frohman announced that John Drew will abandon modern society drama to pursue Shakespearean roles. After one final modern production, Drew will tour to San Francisco via Canada, perform Much Ado About Nothing in New York, and revive She Stoops to Conquer and The School for Scandal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Drew
Charles Frohman
Mr. Drew
Frohman
New York
Jack Straw
the Empire
Maude Adams
James M. Barrie
San Francisco
British Columbia
Canada
School For Scandal
Ethel Jackson Divorced From Theater Manager
Ethel Hart Jackson Zimmerman known as Ethel Jackson and original Merry Widow obtained a final decree of divorce yesterday from J Frederick Zimmerman Jr a theatrical manager. Supreme Court Justice Dayton signed it. The couple married in Philadelphia in 1902. The wife charged misconduct with an unknown woman. Zimmerman denied it. The case was referred to M Linn Bruce as referee. his report led to the final decree. Miss Jackson may marry again but this is denied while her former husband is alive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Hart Jackson Zimmerman
Ethel Jackson
Merry Widow
J. Frederick Zimmerman, Jr
Supreme Court
Dayton
Zimmermans
Philadelphia
Zimmerman
M. Linn Bruce
Miss Jackson
Brady Play Held Over at Circle Theatre
Louis Mann will stay as attraction at the Circle Theatre until April 1 and William A Brady's Her Duke and Her Ducats will be held over until next season. The musical play, adapted from a French vaudeville, was brought from Paris last Summer by Frank Worthing. Mann’s appearance as Shylock will occur after Christmas holidays with a series of matinées by a special cast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Mann
Circle Theatre
William A. Brady
Paris
Frank Worthing
Mr. Mann
Shylock
Opera Plans for New Theatre On Central Park West
Winthrop Ames, director of the New Theatre under construction on Central Park West, said last night that definite arrangements for opera have not yet been made but that work is progressing and a definite system will be issued in a few weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop Ames
New Theatre
Central Park West
Ames
Attache Burke Marries Miss Irene Lyle at Casino Theatre
John Thomas Burke, a seven year theatre attaché, wed Irene Lyle, a theatre usher, at the Casino Theatre. As a wedding gift she joined the cast of Mlle Mischief, becoming one of the show girls in the production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casino Theatre
John Thomas Burke
Irene Lyle
Miss Lyle
Notable Stage News and Cast Changes This Week
Eugene Cowles of Marie Cahill's company sustains a serious thumb injury and may still perform in The Boys and Bettys if surgery is unnecessary. Grace Hargemeyer seeks Elsie Janis as umpire for Interborough Basketball League championship games at Christmas, and Janis accepts. Fred Rivenhall from Australia joins Thomas W Ryley’s The Queen of Moulin Rouge. United Booking Agency books Ger Tupde Quinlan for Zara's Hit vaudeville skit. The Three Twins celebrate 0th performance at Herald Square with bound music scores given away. Billie Turke extends Love Watches engagement at Lyceum through holidays. DeWitt Jennings, with May Irwin in Mrs Peckham's Carouse at Garrick, signs two-year Frohman management deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Cowles
Marie Cahill
Commany
The
Boys
Betty
Grace Hargemeyer
Interborough Basketball League
Elsie Janis
Miss Janis
Fred Rivenhall
Australia
Thomas
Lyceum Theatre
DeWitt ©. Jennings
May Irwin
Annual ball of United Daughters of the Confederacy in New York
The New York Chapter led by Mrs. James Henry Panker will host a ball at the Hotel Astor at 9 o'clock on Thursday December 10. Several notable arrivals include Mr and Mrs Arnold Hague, Mr and Mrs Philip Dexter with Miss Helen Hooper, Mrs Hager Pratt, and the Duveens with Grove and Appleton couples. Baron de Bode meets his sister Baroness de Bode, while Frederick C Wagner is feted at the Waldorf Astoria by Gen. G F Elliott and Mrs Elliott. Miss Marrin and Lorenzo Picabia prepare for their February 26 wedding with parties at home and at Delmonico's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Daughters of the Confederacy
New York
James Henry Panker
Hotel Astor
Arnold Hague
Washington
Philip Dexter
Helen Hooper
Boston
St. Regis
Hager Pratt
Cleveland
Europe
Henry J. Duveen
Henry S. Grove
Philadelphia
William Appleton
Miss Appleton
Baron de Bode
Baroness de Bode
S&s
Kronprinzess
Cecilie
Frederick C. Wagner
AW Waldorf-Astoria
G. F. Elliott
Elliott
Hotel Wolcott
George B. Edwards
Miss Edwards
Eliza Edwards
Pittsburg
Marrin
Lorenzo Picabia
Miss Marrin
Mr. Picabia
Delmonico’s
Notable Early Packing Pioneers Pass Away in 1900s
Obituaries report ROBERT SUTHERLAND, linked to Armour & Company, dead in Kansas City at age 6. CHICAGO and KANSAS CITY packing houses superintendent WILLIAM FONDA of New York City, a theatrical manager, dies in Worcester asylum at 45 after Oct 15 commitment. WILLIAM OGDEN SOUTHWICK, tied to GEORGE HEARST mining interests, dies at 77 in Brooklyn. JOSEPH JOHN BUTTON, 85, long-time New York Post Office employee, dies at home in Brooklyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Sutherland
Philip Armour
Kansas City
Chicago
Armour
Charles W. Fonda
New York City
Westboro Hospital For
Worcester
Mass
Worcester City Hospital
William Ogden Southwick
Heyward Street
Brooklyn
George Hearst
William R. Hearst
San Francisco
Garfield Post
G. A. R. Joseph John Button
Button
New York Post Office
Prince of Prussia Married in Berlin in Lutheran Service
Duchess Alexandra Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein wed Prince August William of Prussia at the imperial palace chapel in Berlin. The ceremony drew 800 guests including the imperial family, diplomats, and minor princes. Empress crowned the bride. reception in White Hall followed by a fagot dance and garter remnants. Honeymoon at Hubertusstock. Empress celebrated. Prince August William, 21, a First Regiment lieutenant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Alexandra Victoria
Schleswig-Holstein
Frederick
Schleswig- Holstein
Imperial Palace
Prince August
William of
Prussia
William
Rosy House
Empire
Prince Bislow
Hill
Ampassador
Dryander
White Hall
Hubertusstock
Prince August William
Foot Guards
Quiet Cathedral Wedding for Miss Annie O'Neil and Carl Clancey
The ceremony was held quietly at 5 40 in the Cathedral rectory of St Patrick's Baltimore with Father Frank G O'Neil of St Thomas's rectory officiating. Miss Annie E O'Neil, sister of the priest, wed Carl G Clancey of Boston and will reside in Boston after the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie’ E. O'Neil
Frank G. O'Neil
St. Thomas's
Baltimore
Carl G. Clancey
Boston
St. Patrick's
Father O’neil
Mrs. Clancey
Alker Rose wedding plans announced in New York society
Miss Charity M Rose daughter of Mr and Mrs Andrew W Rose will wed Henry Alphonse Alker son of Mr and Mrs Alphonse H Alker in St Bartholomews Church on Nov 18 The bridal party includes maid of honor Florence Alker and bridesmaids diverse in New York society The ceremony is to be conducted by Bishop Greer with a reception at 22 East Fifty seventh Street and various pre wedding gatherings listed with dates through Nov 17
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charity M. Rose
Andrew W. Rose
Henry Alphonse Alker
Alphonse H. Alker
St. Bartholomew's Church
Florence Alker
Missabel Alker
Margaret Smith
R. A.C. Smith
Madelaine Wemple
A. Wemple
Pauline Fiske
Arthur D. Fiske
Mildred Eagle
Clarence Eagle
Gladys McAlpine
W. W. McAlpine
Gladys Robbins
S. Rowland Robbins
Louise Corwith
Yale Club
Miss Rose
Mrs. Alker
Rose
Bishop Greer
Leighton Parks
East Fifty-seventh Street
Susan Hun Engaged to Stephen Clark of Cooperstown
In Albany on October 22, Mr. and Mrs. Marcus T. Hun announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Susan Hun to Stephen Clark of Cooperstown. Clark is the stepson of the late Bishop Potter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Albany, N. Y
Marcus T. Hun
Susan Hun
Stephen Clark
Cooperstown
Bishop Potter
Hughes Wynne Jones Wedding Set for November 24
Miss Jeannette Yale Hughes daughter of George H. Hughes of 0 Fifth Avenue and Herbert Wynne Jones of Clifton Bristol England to wed on November 24. The bride’s father belongs to the Union League and the Catholic Club. Wynne Jones hails from an old Welsh family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeannette Yale Hughes
George H. Hughes
Fifth Avenue
Herbert Wynne- Jones
Clifton
Bristol
England
Union League
Catholic Club
Mr. Wynne-Jones
Social scenes at the Homestead in Hot Springs Virginia
Special to The New York Times reports a busy social week at the Homestead with dinners in the grill and main dining hall hosted by Stewart and a spread of guests including Mrs Seth Barton French Mrs Walker Fearn Mrs Van Wyck and Miss Frances Stotesbury. Notable arrivals include Mrs Winston Churchill Gen Edward P Mee and many others from New York Philadelphia Terre Haute and Chicago arriving for social events and musicales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hot Springs
Stewart Duncan
L. E. Stoddard
Harry Disston
Evelyn Noble
New York
Seth Barton French
Walker Fearn
Francis Rogers
G. I. Brewster
van Wyck
Lispenard Stewart
Frances Stotesbury
Emily Sloane
Eleanor Greene
Knowles
Katherine Fay
Charles Minshall
Terre Haute
Winston Churchill
Cornish
N. H
Edward P. Mee
Morristown
Charleston
West Va
Bryan
Herman . Duryea
Joseph Watkins, Jr
A. H. Jones
Alfred Costello
W.L. McKennan
G. K. Ingersoll
Ridgefield
Conn
A. P. Stongton
New Haven
Lore F. Middleton
John W. Twikie
C. P. Vincent
Barnard Class of 1911 Stages The Little Minister
Barnard College will present Barrie’s The Little Minister with Miss Francis Randolph as Babbie and Miss Natalie Stuart as the minister. Two performances are planned, a Friday afternoon show on November 6 and a Saturday matinée on November 7, with men guests admitted to the latter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnard
Barrie
Francis Randolph
Babbie
Natalie Stuart
Little Minister
College
Lieut. Jephson Dies After Long Military Service
London mourns Lieut. ArthurJer my Mounteney Jephson a longtime royal messenger since 1895 1901. He led a detachment in the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition in 1887 88 and later married Anna Head of San Francisco in 1904. His aunt funded his Stanley expedition and the marriage followed years later after health and opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Arthur Jermy Mounteney Jephson
Jephson
Henry M. Stanley
Anna Head
Addison E. Head
San Francisco
Lady Jephson
California
Miss Head
Veteran Hudson Pilot Captain Blake W Coleman Dies
Captain Blake W Coleman of Brooklyn aged about 70 and longtime Hudson River and New York Harbor pilot died of pneumonia at Norwegian Hospital. He had been recovering from a broken leg suffered in a Warwick horse carriage accident and previously piloted the New Haven freight float through Hell Gate. He led the government boat handling explosives from Ionia Island for ten years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blake W. Coleman
Fourth Avenue
Brooklyn
Hudson
Norwegian Hospital
Warwick
N. Y
New York Harbor
Hudson River
New Haven
Hell Gate
New York
Newbury
Ionia Island
Beverley Bingham Tilden Dies in San José at 49
Beverley Tilden known as Bobby by many friends died in San José California aged 49 after seven years on a California ranch. He was son of William Tilden and kin to Samuel J. Tilden, wealthy, well traveled, with friends in music and drama. His burial will be in the Tilden family plot at Greenwood Cemetery tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mgr
William J. Slocum
Waterbury
Conn
Immaculate Conception Reman Catholic Church
Winsted
St. Bonaventure's College
Allegany
N. Y
St. Peter
San José
Cal
Beverley Bingham Tilden
Beverley Tilden
Bobby
California
William Tilden
Samuel J. Tilden
New York
Tilden
Greenwood Cemetery
The Happy Marriage and The Blue Mouse to Open Here
Clyde Fitch sells The Happy Marriage to Frohman for early winter New York staging with Doris Keane in the lead. The Shuberts plan The Time Mouse adaptation, and Fitch’s The Blue Mouse, a Berlin success, is readied for company casting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Fitch
Charles Frohman
New York
Mr. Frohman
Mr. Fitch
Doris Keane
London
Mary Moore
Charles Windman
Miss Keane
O' Me
Daly's
Clara Bloodgood
Germany
France
Switzerland
The
Shuberts
Hugo Holtz
Blue Mouse
Lustspielhaus
Berlin
Maxini
Ruthenburg Bundler Engagement Notice
Mr and Mrs Whilhiam A Bartler of the Brittany West 1920 Street announce the engagement of their daughter Irene Helen to Walter J Ruthenburg. The couple will be at home Sunday afternoon November 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruthenburg — Bandler
Whilhiam A. Bartler
Brittany
West
Rene Helen
Tae Walter Jt.ruthenburg
Multiple New Jersey Weddings Reported in October Notices
A series of marriage notices from Jersey City, Nutley, Plainfield and nearby areas list October weddings. Couples include Filor and Dennison Allison. Kellogg and Callaway. Parsons and Carhart. Guion and McAllister. Bennett and Bennett. Brainerd and Bergen. Demeza and Bailey. Donovan and Cannon. Ennis and Melee. Greenbaum and Rothschild. Hatley Stewart and Halsey. Kuse and Harrington. Selick and Danige. Mueller and Krick. Noonan and Palmer. Schaub Marrie and Schaul. Sewell and Dee. Silber and Kuhn. Stark and Faden. Walshe and Lifeery. Weis and Schmitz. Williams and Bliven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennett
McAvoy
Della , McAvoy
James G. Bennett
Brainerd
Bergen
Margaret
J. Willard Brainerd
Demeza—Bailey
Plainfleld
N. J
Agnes Gailey
Harry Demeza
Donovan-Cannon
Margaret Cannon
Thomas Donovan
Ennis—Melee
Long Branch
Annie Melee
James T. Danige
Mueller—Krick
Newark
Kasmeh J
Clara Krick
Victor, Mueller
Noonan -Palmer
Jersey City
Elizabeth Palmer
Robert D. Noonan
Schaub Marrie
Annie Marrie
William Schaul Sewell—Dee
Bertha Stebert
Willam Walshe - Weis—Schmitz
Emilie Schmitz
Oscar Weis FE Williams-Bliven
Irene M Bliven
Herbert C. Williams
Obituary notices from New York and nearby towns
A string of obituaries and funeral notices dated Oct 21 1908 across towns including Peekskill Plainfield Greenport Cambridge Milan and New York. Names listed include Phebe Brown Eleanor Greenleaf Benjamin Johnston John Troyd Charles Norton Georgiana Payne Harriet Deans Mary Duffy Joseph Button Mary Byrnes and others with addresses ages and funeral details. Interments are private or at specified chapels and churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenport
N.Y
Benjamin HB
Johnston
Tames Place
Brooklyn
Lloyd
John Troyd
Montgomery Ave
Dryne Mane
Penn
Oelock
Xorton
Shady Hill
Cambridge
Mass
Charles’ Huot Norton
Appleton Chapel
Payne
Milan
Oet
Georgiana’ Sumrthe
John William Payne
Rome
Aly. Sebert
Henriett
William J. Sebert
Strong Place
Alldritt
East
Catherine Alléritt
Balfe
Wyckoff St
Mary Balfe
M. Bartine
Mary D. Baene
Bechold
Curtis Av
Elizabeth
Brandon
Fast 128Th St
Charlotte L. Brandon
Daly
21St St
Newark
N. J
Mary Dalyes Deans
Clifford Place
Harriet Deany
Delaney
Grove &St
Jersey City
Patrick Delaney
Dougherty
East 16Th St
Eee Dougherty
Duffy
Faile St
Bronx
Mary Duffy
Obituary notices and funeral details from a New York area page
Obituaries list multiple residents with ages and death dates, plus funeral notices. Names include Anna Ebelynuity, Henry Erstein, J Jaeger, Harry Klein, Sophia Tawalhame, Joseph Schescher, Elizabeth Shelley, Simon Seimon, Levi Wilson, Henry Zwipf, and others. The page notes cemetery access, service times, and burial locations, with references to Mount Vernet, Canarsie, and Lennox avenues. A memorial for Elmendorf and a church service at Lenox Avenue and Potd Street is also mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eichmann
Bushwick
Anna M
J. Flynn
S ’ Prazem
Barheaw
Mms
Bastian
Harry Klein
Bruce St. Newark
Mare
North
J. Ft
Tobe &, Dynatgiry
Riese -At
Huntington
C.riese
RIGGS
Pavitte St John FE
Age Rooney
Feneral
Ines Souvtahwe
Heywarth
William Ob Seach Fem Squires
Henry St
Hiizabeth Squires
Stentz
Murray
Funera
RM Tully
Lehmon Lake
Hexgina Tully
WERB
Willow
Margaret Webb
Wilson
Chestnut
Levi Wilson Zwipf
Maenoba St
Henry Zwipf
Piro
Also Mentioned on This Page
Vichy
Shakespeare
J. F. Zimmerman, Jr
Brady Play
Playhouse
Social Notes
Prince OF
Kaiser’s
Dr. Hill
Miss Hughes
GER Ania Roofing CO
Lieut. Jephson
Emin Pasha
Capt. Coleman
Fitch
Dram
Atist
Shuberts's
Steinway
Sr O
Steinway & Sons
East 14Th St
Crane
Eaton, Crane
Pike Company
Long Island Railroad
Long Island Motor Parkway
Baer - Grand
E. 34Th St
Flatbush Av
Grand Stand
Parkway
Long Island City
Fifth Av
34Th St
Westbury
Flatbush
Central Park
St. Ferris
New Island City
J. H. Cutter
E. LA Montagne’s Sons
Beaver ST
Sixth Avenue
38Th St
Ko Bomtron
Rae
Fifth Ave
Cor
45Th St
James P. Silo
Boydell Shakespeare
Japan
Roger Payne
Zaehnusdorf
Ai- Sieve
Shivers
Morrell
Toronto
New York Centrum
Victor Tatking
Buy
Vs Direct
Allison Filor
Trinity Church
Gargerville
Charles C. Proffitt
Anta Garner Filor
Fanny A_ thir
James Call Filor
Murph Dennison
Alison
Callaway — Kellogg
All Anges
Rey S. de Lancey Townsend
S. BE
Trinity Chapel
Amelia Hamiltts McAllister
Francis Marion McAllister
John
BR. Atkinson
William H. Wibbert
George Guion
Invincible Electric Renovator
E. P. Dutton & Co
West 23d Street
Inu Memoriam
Elmendorf
Sarathea Foriecee
Rex Jovihip Almendorg
S. D
Secordl - Reformed
Lenox
Paughkertste
Bagger
Johar
Grand Central Station
Webster and
Jerome Avenue
the Woodlawn Papa
L. Cftry
Union Faceaney Vensinaey. Oo) Park
AS W. Jackson
Zoroaster
Lyn
Martha
Khubert
Rewik
Punerpt
Jersey
City
Undertakers
Frank FE. Campbell
Ser Chapels
Am. Nant
Wrest
Chelsea
Iram
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