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New York Tribune

Location

New York, New York, United States of America

Date

Apr 11, 1908

Page

12

Britain Hesitates Over Venezuela Dispute Diplomacy

London reports Britain reluctant to press the annulment of the British match and salt monopolies in Venezuela. The Foreign Office opposes direct diplomatic action, citing difficulty securing justice in Caracas where only one lawyer could be found and faced with revolutionist charges. The Daily Graphic calls for recalling the British Minister and reprisals, condemning Venezuela as a "prigand republic."

London Great Britain Venezuela Foreign Office Caracas

Anarchists Taken in Paris After Bomb Plot Uncovered

Paris police report safe custody of three well known anarchists named Kuhn Roux and Roussel and seizure of a dynamite loaded cart. Authorities tie them to a May day bombing plot linked to the building trades lockout that began April 4 affecting 150000 workers.

Paris Kuhn Roux Roussel

Asquith Returns to London After Biarritz Conference

Premier Herbert Henry Asquith arrived in London from Biarritz where he met with colleagues. He was greeted by large crowds and will hold several conferences before announcing his ministerial appointments.

London Herbert Henry Asquith Biarritz Eine Edward

Incendiary Fires In Peking Prompt Investigation

Peking reports an investigation into recent arson as fires in the city burn property valued at about 5 000 000 taels over three weeks. A gazette names revolutionists and 57 Japanese to be arrested from Hong Kong. In Hong Kong, Chinese money nobles back a boycott of Japanese notes, with druggists joining and deposits forfeited for the Self Government Society.

Peking Hong Kong Druggists’ Guild

Ten Miners Die In Norton Hill Colliery Explosion

An explosion of gas at Norton Hill Colliery in Somersetshire on April 10 killed ten miners. Rescue parties were initially overcome by fumes and later saved with difficulty. several rescuers remain in precarious condition.

Hath England Norton Hill Somersetshire

Mary Robinson Sentenced for Perjury at Old Bailey

London April 10 Mary Robinson a Cruce case witness was sentenced at the Old Bailey to four years penal servitude for perjury.

Mary Robinson London Cruce Old Bailey

Coit Appeal Granted Quashing March Sentence

London clerkenwell Sessions allowed the appeal of Dr. Stanton Coit and quashed the March sentence of one month for assault on an omnibus conductor. Coit, a writer lecturer on economics, heads the West London Ethical Society and edits The Ethical Review. He was born in Columbus Ohio and once led New York University Settlement.

London Stanton Coit Clerkenwell Pr Coit West London Ethical Society the Ethical Review Dr. Coit Coombus Ohio New York University

Lockout Hits 50 000 German Builders and Painters

Frankfurt April 10. About fifty thousand workers in building trades across Southern Germany Heese Nassau Rhine provinces and northern cities will be locked out tomorrow due to stalled wage and hour negotiations between builders and painters.

Frankfort Germany Heese-Nassau Rhine

Appellate Court Seeks Reform on Interstate Divorces

The New York Appellate Division affirms Porte V Ransom's divorce and calls for state action to protect divorces granted out of state. It notes New York does not recognize non resident divorces by publication and urges legislative or judicial reforms to require jurisdiction that will be recognized nationwide.

Porte V. Ransom George L. Browning Washington Supreme Court Virginia Ransom Browning Appellate Division New York Justice McLaughlin

Houdini Chains and Escapes at Keith & Proctor’s Theater

Houdini known as the handcuff king accepted a challenge from the Weed Chain Tire Grip Co to escape their steel tire chains. They wound chains around his body and padlocked them, and he freed himself in nineteen minutes at East One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street venue this week.

Harry Houdini Keith & Proctor East One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street Weed Chain Tire Grip Company Moore Street

James L Gerry Resigns as Treasury Chief

James L. Gerry has resigned from his long time post as chief of the division of Us lams in the Treasury Department in Washington. His resignation is understood to be accepted and he will be free from office on May 1. Reports yesterday linked him to a new law firm to be named Brown & Gerry.

James L. Gerry Treasury Department Washington Uslams Brown & Gerry

Jail for Former Oklahoma Bankers

Federal Judge Yellcock tonight sentenced R. Billingsley former president of Capitol National Bank Guthrie to seven years and five months and A S Hayes formerly cashier of the National Bank of Lexington to ten five years for misappropriating bank funds and falsifying reports to the Controller of the Currency.

Oklahoma Oklahoma City Okla Yellcock R. Billingsley Capitol National Bank Ruthrie A. S. Hayes Little Rock Ark Her National Bank of Lexington Billingsley

Portraits Bring Record Sum at Blakeslee Galleries Sale

Mendelssohn Hall crowded for Blakeslee Galleries sale of early English Dutch Flemish and French masters. Thomas E. Kirby conducted seventy five pictures that realized 60150 and two evenings total 110495. The top price 5300 paid by Shyank Francis for The Hon Maria Liddell by Sir Thomas Lawrence. Francis also bought Lady Clanricarde Romney Portrait of Mrs Wright Romney and other works. Major sales listed include Portrait of Dr Woods Gloucester 1150 and Lady Clanricarde 1100. several Romney portraits. Beechey Miss Lennox. Gainsborough Lady Knighton. Canaletto Venetian landscape. and more.

Mendelssohn Hall Blakeslee Thomas E. Kirby Ank. Francis Maria Liddell Romney George Henry Harlow John Knighton Gainsborough James Henry Dr. Woods Gloucester John Hoppner CNR W. W. Seaman Sigal Teleeian le W. A. Francis Sia Kip Sean Aron Stan Jean Gustave Jacquet J. Behloss R. A PR Os Orci Herbert de Puy John Opie R.A Chapman J. A. van Ravestyne Lady Knighton Thomas Gainsborough Christoforo Moretti Ehrich R. J Cornelius de Vos Henry VIII Prince of Wales Pourbus George H. Rogert W. Edwin Thorp Virgin and Child Botticelli George A Amrit Canaletto Venice Antonin Canal George A. Hearn Earl of Clarendon Peter Lely Jules Oehme Venus Cythera Comtesse d'Estrades Antoine Vestier M. B Cosescas Duchesse de Exter Dupont J. J. Turner Francesco Guards Peter de Houghthony van Dyck Pata Harvest John Constable F. G. Macomber Corneliua de Voy John D. Emmett Thomas Lawrence P.R A W. A. Francie Lady Templeton Thomas Snedes J. Schloss Kitten FG. Macomber Sir Charles Ashley Lord Glenlee Henry Raeburn P. R Jules Oeh

Albany Man Named NYU Pathology Professor

The New York University council appointed Dr. Richard Mills Pearce Jr of Albany as professor of pathology and director of the pathology laboratory at NYU and Bellevue Hospital Medical College. He will begin duties September 1.

The Council of New York University Richard Mills Pearce, Jr Albany Pathology University Bellevue Hospital Medical College Pearce

Paintings Bring Total of Seventy-One Thousand Eight Hundred Thirty-Three

The final sale of the Fisher Adler Schwartz collection at No. 313 Fifth Avenue drew strong bidding. A Mauve titled Ploughing sold for the top price as O Reilly acted as purchaser. Other works by Neuhuys Daubigny Blommers and Rosa Bonheur sold for varied sums. The overall total reached 71 533 dollars.

Fisher, Adler & Schwartz Fifth Avenue O'Reilly Neuhus C. J. Wooley F. Klingenfeldt de Taille R. Alexander Zeim Blommers E. Spellisg Neuhuys Daubigny Rosa Bonheur

Taft Support Grows From New York Republican Enrollees

Taft Organization of New York State reports rapid enrollment growth as letters from voters across counties praise the nomination. Included are messages from a New York County Republican worker a Rockland County lawyer and others outlining willingness to enlist, distribute enrolment forms, and campaign for Taft.

Taft Organization New York State Taft New York County William H. Taft Mr. Taft New York City Schenectady

Unpledged Massachusetts Taft Delegation Chosen

Four men will lead Massachusetts at the Republican National Convention Chicago unpledged Henry Cabot Lodge W Murray Crane John D Long and Sidney O Bigney The alternates at large are Frank E Dunbar Winfield S Schuster Ralph D Gillett and James F Shaw The convention backed a Taft pref erence not a binding pledge and adopted a compromise plank on tariff and leadership aims.

Boston Massachusetts Chicago United States Henry Cabot Lodge W. Murray Crane John D. Long Navy Sidney O. Bigney Frank E. Dunbar Lowell Winfield S. Schuster Douglas Ralph D. Gillett Westfield Committee Taft League Taft Committee On Senator Lodge Senator Crane Draper Roosevelt A. P. Gardner John L. Bates John H. Cole Massachusetts House Charles W. M. Williams Samuel E. Courtney Williams Courtney Cole George von L. Meyer

Harvard to establish graduate business school at Harvard

Harvard University announces a graduate school of business administration to be established in Cambridge. The board of overseers approved the plan and appointed Edwin F. Gay, professor of economics, as dean, with opening at the start of the next college year.

Harvard Business School Cambridge Mass Graduate School of Business Administration Harvard University Harvard College Edwin F. Gay

Settlement gains Northover Camp for Christodora Vacation Centre

Through the generosity of George M. La Monte of this city Northover Camp a woodland slope of seventy two acres two miles over the hills from Ground Brook N J has been given to Christodora Settlement for use as a vacation centre. The summer work of Christodora House has aided business girls and small children in the district.

George M. la Monte Northover Camp 3Round Brook N. J Christodora Settlement Christodora House Sound

True Origin of Heat Claimed By Dr Park

Dr Andrew J Park of Chicago and a Victoria College and Harvard graduate says he has found heat to be imponderable ether accumulated in excess and will present his discovery to the Association for the Advancement of Science in London next June.

Chicago Andrew J. Park University of Victoria College Toronto Harvard University Association For the Advancement of Science London Park

Mme Gadski Sings Romantic Songs at Carnegie Hall

Mme Gadski entertained a fine Carnegie Hall audience for two hours with Schubert Schumann Franz Brahms Grieg Loewe and Frank La Forge songs. La Forge accompanied and earned praise for his contributions. The recital featured repeated encores and praised moments like Ein Traum Ein Schwan Hark Hark the Lark and Gretchen am Spinnrade, though some monotony and portamento were noted.

Mme. Gadski Carnegie Hall Schubert Schumann Franz Brahms Grieg Loewe Frank la Forge Mr. la Forge Sehlupfwinkel Marienwillmchen

Alfred Bradley died after operations at Dr Buils sanatorium

The theatrical world mourns Alfred Bradley long time general manager for Wagenhals Kemper. He died early today following an operation last Thursday at Dr Buils sanatorium after health decline since last June. He leaves a wife and two children. Funeral at his Port Washington Long Island home with attendance from The Friars and The Lambs, groups he belonged to.

Alfred Bradley Wagenhals & Kemper Dr. Buil Bradley London Port Washington Long Island The Friars and the Lambs

Police Inspector James J. Langan Dies at 96th Street Home

Inspector James J. Langan died at his residence 106 East 96th Street from pneumonia after a Saturday illness in the Jamaica station house. Appointed inspector by Commissioner Bingham on September 2, 1907 he served in the 12th Inspection District after a long police career dating to 1878 as patrolman and rising to captain. Burial is set for Calvary Cemetery on Tuesday.

James J. Langan East 96Th Street Jamaica Bingham Langan Criminal Court Calvary Cemetery

Obituary notes list notable deaths with local ties

Mrs. Anna O'Brien mother of John H. O'Brien and Frank O'Brien died at 123 West 9th Street. J Benedict See longtime Mount Pleasant Town Clerk died at his home near the Rockefeller estate. Colonel Andrew R Blakely, St Charles Hotel proprietor, died in New Orleans. Dr George W Griffiths Louisville physician and railroad surgeon died of apoplexy. T C Peck father of T C Peck Jr former Salt Lake Route agent died in Los Angeles. his sons hold rail positions in Cleveland and Indianapolis.

J. Benedict See Mount Pleasant John D. Rockefeller New York City Andrew R. Blakely St. Charles New Orleans United Confederate Veterans GeoRge W. Griffiths Louisville Louisville & Nashville Railroad University of Louisville Louisville Clinical Society T. C. Peck Salt Lake Los Angeles Philadelphia D. C. Peck Mutual Transit Company Cleveland

Mrs Vanderbilt Names Two Women in Divorce Case

Referee David McClure says testimony in Alfred G Vanderbilt divorce action is incomplete and report to Justice O Gorman is delayed. Mrs Vanderbilt cites discovery of her husband's relations with two women, one a Broadway figure. Settlement amount disputed. recommendation likely for divorce.

David McClure Alfred G. Vanderbilt Justice O'Gorman Vanderbilt

John Springer Plans Two New Theatres After Gould Lease Claim

John Springer, current lessee of Grand Opera House, charges Jay Gould estate with bad faith amid talks of building two new theatres. He notes his lease runs to September 1 1910 and will stay on as manager. Springer says he accepted renewal terms but now negotiates construction and will detail plans within thirty days.

John Springer Grand Opera House Jay Gould Springer Messrs Messrs. Cohan Harris

Belasco Plans Major Theatre Shuffle At Stuyvesant

David Belasco announced that Mr. Warfield will end his Stuyvesant engagement May 2 and star Wesley Bigelow in A Grand Army Man that night. The following Monday The Warrens of Virginia moves from Belasco to Stuyvesant and runs until warm weather. The Belasco closes until fall when Harrison Grey Fiske's company may reopen it. Warfield plans a summer tour in Europe and a London engagement to be finalized. The Warrens of Virginia will open the next season at Stuyvesant.

David Belasco Warfield Stuyvesant Theatre Wesley Bigelow Warrens Virginia Belasco Stuyvesant Harrison Grey Fiske London Warrens of The

Marie Dressler Arrives From London For Vaudeville

Miss Marie Dressler arrives in New York aboard the Cunard liner Lusitania to perform a brief engagement with vaudeville manager Percy Williams in New York. She has taken a theatre in London and will star in a comic opera by an American writer. N C Coerber, said to be her fiancé, accompanies her.

Marie Dressler London Percy Williams Miss Dressler N. C. Coerber Mise Dressler

Science Convention Debates Government Control of Industry

At Philadelphia's Witherspoon Hall the American Academy of Political and Social Science opened its annual meeting. Leaders from labor business and academia discuss government and public roles in corporate development and anti trust law effects on the drug trade.

Philadelphia American Academy of Political and Social Science Witherspoon Hall Leo S. Rowe University of Pennsylvania Academy National Asssociation of Clothiers William J. Schieffelin New York National Association of Wholesale Druggists Isidor Straus The Educational Alliance Gompers American Federation of Labor James M. Beck United States Labor Neill George L. Duval Theodore Marburg Maryland United States Elkins West Virginia Grosscup United States Court Chicago Schieffelin

Pennypacker Collection Sells at Auction in Philadelphia

Auction at Davis and Harvey of ex Governor Samuel W Pennypacker library effects drew spirited bidding. Highlights included West study Death of General Wolfe, life size Lincoln portrait by Jesse Atwood selling for 14, a Washington cartoon 8.50, Dr Benjamin Rush paintings 57 and 2, Grant to Meade letter 48, Penn land receipt 26, and Schuylkill ferry watercolor 42.

Tribune Philadelphia Samuel W. Pennypacker Davis & Harvey Benjamin West General Wolfe Abraham Lincoln Jesse Atwood General Washington Benjamin Rush Ulysses SS. Grant Meade William Penn Richard Webb Schuylkill

Immigration Work Department Organized by National Presbyterian Board

The National Presbyterian Board of Home Missions formed an immigration department yesterday with offices in this city. It will study the economic social and religious life of immigrants in their home countries and in communities where they reside in the United States.

National Presbyterian Board of Home Missions

Prominent Arrivals at the Hotels Belmont

Senator Newlands of California Sir James Heath of Leamington England Hollan Senator W J Tully of Corning Imperial Judge George H Cowell of Waterbury Donn Manhattan Representative James S Sherman of Alles Murray Hill Senator J W Stewart of Vermont Plaza Professor C Alphonse Smith of University of South Carolina Prince George Captain J J McDonough of British Army

Belmont Newlands California James Heath Leamington England Holland W. J. Tully Corning George H. Cowell Waterbury Donn Manhattan James S. Sherman Alles Murray Hill J. W. Stewart Vermont Plaza C. Alphonse Smith University of South Carolina Prince George J. J. McDonough

Busy day with lectures sales and dinners across city

Numerous events fill today including a gown sale by Daughters of the Faith at 41 East 78th Street from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Meetings and dinners are set at Berkeley Theatre and Hotel Astor, with lectures and receptions at the Public Library, American Museum, and various schools and clubs.

Daughters of the Faith East 78Th Street William Gilbert Anderson Horace Fletcher League For Political Education Berkeley Theatre West 44Th Street

Weather Summary and Forecast from Washington Record

The Weather Bureau notes showers from the Gulf states northeastward through the central valleys into New England and the middle Atlantic region. Light rain and snow occur in the Dakotas Eastern Minnesota and northern New Mexico and Arizona while elsewhere it is fair. Temperatures vary. expect clearing in New England and the mid Atlantic by Saturday with fair conditions Sunday.

Washington Gulf States Lower Lake Region New England Middle Atlantic States Dakotas Minnesota New Mexico Arizona Ohio Valley Tennessee Northwest

Local Weather Summary and Forecast Update

The report lists past twenty four hour temperatures with a 1907 and 1908 comparison and notes yesterday’s average at 46 degrees versus 38 for the same date last year. The local forecast expects clearing today and a fair Sunday with a fresh breeze.

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Edith Hall Colgate Weds Worcester Man

Mrs Edith Hall Colgate of Riverside Drive announces her marriage to Mr. Bowe Washburn of Worcester Massachusetts. The ceremony joins the Hall Colgate and Washburn families in a seaside public notice style announcement.

Tashburn Colgate Monkee J. Hall Atic Edith Hall Colgate Bowe Washburn Worcester Mass

Deaths and memorial notices from The Tribune 1908

A compilation of death and funeral notices for Robert W Bell Mary A Blake John B Hanes William Healy Frank Herdling Madeleine Hopper Gertrude Keep Elizabeth Kniffin Frank Mauser Morrison Pell George Rea Lucy Robbins Phebe Washburn with service details at multiple New York area addresses including Brooklyn Ossining East Orange and Ardmore reflects obituary notices published Friday April 10 1908.

Brell Saranac Lake Robert W. Lel. Jr R. Walter Christine K. Bell Blake Brooklyn Mary A. Blaint St Francis of Assisi Dean Long Isla Thomas R. Blake Antonio Tex Freeport James Louise Dean Headling Frank M. Herdling Resme O'Keefe President St Luttgen London Berlin Kniffin Prospect St Westfield N. J Elizabeth B Thomas B. Knit Liberty St Mauser Frank Mauser Rody West Frank E. Campbell Valley Road Ardmore Penn Oml Flowers Robbins Lakeville Conn Lucy M. Robbins Milton H. Robbins M. Washburn J. T

In Memoriam Rev Jacob Chamberlain Service

Memorial services for Rev Jacob Chamberlain M D D D LL D a Reformed Church missionary who died in India on March 2 will be held at Marble Collegiate Church Fifth Avenue and 29th Street from Monday April 13 at 3 o clock.

Chamberlain Jacob Chamberlain The Reformed Church India Marble Collegiate Fifth Ave

Woodlawn Cemetery Accessible by Harlem Trains and Trolleys

Woodlawn Cemetery is accessible from Grand Central via Harlem trains and via Webster and Jerome Avenue trolleys and 2 carriage. Lots start at $130. Telephone 4855 Gramercy for Book of Views or representative Office at 20 East 23rd St., New York City. Undertakers Frank E. Campee Private and public ambulatory services at 241 3 West 254th Street, Chelsea Chapel.

Young Ladies’ Auxiliary The Hebrew Immigration Society New Henington Hall 2D Street Harlem Study Club Seventh Avenue Board of Education Henry and Catharine Streets Frank A. Gallup 108Th Street Amsterdam Avenue Arthur Stanley Riggs Fubie School 11Th Street Lenox Fifth Avenuas William D.D. P. Bliss Nuremberg American Museum of Natural History Tith Street Central Park West James Harvey Robinson Cooper Institute Sth Fourth Avenue George W. Kirchwey New York Public Library 145Th Street Rubin Goldmark Ssth Street Leslie Willis Sprague Walt Whitman St. Bartholomew's Lyceum Hall John R. Marlin Young Men's Hebrew Association 92D Lexington Avenue Mari Ruef Hofer Bronx Church House Fulton Avenue Bradley Stoughton Tremont 176Th Street Washington Avenue Allan F. Ball Augustus and His Harlem Grand Central Station Webster and Jerome Avenue Gramercy East 23d St New York City Nassau Street Wall Street William Street UPTO Broadway East 125Th Street 25Th Street West 125Th Street Washington F Street Newark Frederick N. Sommer Broad Street Tribune Montague de Keour London the Tribune Danes Inn House Land American Express Company Haseoee Thomas Cook & Son Ludgate Circus Brown, Shipley & Co Pall Mall Speyer Brothers Lothbury Paris John Monroe & Co Sertbe John Wanamaker Rue Des Petites Ecuries Eagle Bureau Union Bank Florence French, Lemon & Co En Bank Ore Milan Saarbachs Il Montforta

New York Tribune Seeks Applicants for Various Positions

The Uptown Office at 1364 Broadway between 36th and 37th Streets invites employers to consult the file of applications of selected aspirants. Office hours are 9 a. m. to 6 p. m.

New-York Tribune Broadway 36Th 37Th Streets

Tribune Subscription and Mail Rates Across Regions

The Tribune offers domestic and foreign subscription options including daily, Sunday, and weekly Farmer formats with varying monthly and annual rates. It lists multiple office locations in New York, abroad bureaus, and international agents for subscriptions and ads.

Tribune Souce United States Mexico Manhattan The Bronx Cuba Porto Hawaii Philippines TRI Wrekly St Fey Tribune Almanac Tribune Index New York Ity

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