Amusements and Plays Listing From Theaters
A compact listing of current theater amusements and vaudeville acts across New York venues. Notable showings include The Warrens of Virginia at 50 2:35, Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall, The Wolf, The Royal Mounted, The Merry Widow, The Thief, and Burlesque of The Merry Widow with multiple houses such as Academy of Music Alhambra Daly's Garrick Knickerbocker Lyric Elloyves? The odds and ends reflect a bustling city entertainment scene with diverse acts and times.
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Academy OF Music
Alhambra
Deweys
MacGregor
Garrick
the Royal Mounted
der Familientag Hackett
Wammerstein
Audevilie
Herald Square
Hiptoprome
Port ‘Arthur
Hopson
Knickerbocker
Viberty
Polly
Circus Lyceum
Madison Square Garden
Majestic
NEW Aamsterdam
Kew York
GAVOY
Fervart
Etuyvesant
Wallace
SA Music Hall
New York Daily Tribune Ownership and Officers Listed
The Tribune Association, a New York corporation, owns and publishes the New York Daily Tribune. It reports Trib une Building at 154 Nassau Street as the office and principal place of business. Ogden Millis is president with Nathaniel Tuttle as secretary and treasurer.
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The
Tribune Association
New York Corporation
Tribune Building
Nassau Street
New York
Ogden Millis
Nathaniel Tuttle
the Officore
Senate action seeks seven point nine million for battleship build
In Congress the Senate proposed a seven million nine hundred thousand dollar amendment to start new battleship construction. House bills passed under suspension. Foreign news notes Campbell-Bannerman death and Belfast shipbuilding plans. Domestic items cover storms at Los Angeles, Roosevelt balloon trip, railroad and streetcar incidents, and local politics while weather forecasts call for fair conditions with temperatures from 42 to 66.
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Congress
Senate
Hale
Warmer
House
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Downing Street
Great Britain
Belfast
White Star Line
Canada
Persa
St. Petersburg
Turkey
Persia
Mulai Hatie
Sultanate of the South
Casablanca
St Petersburg
Linovitch
Los Angeles
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Washington
Delaware City
Del
Roosevelt
Cabrera
Guatemala
Tawney and
Chaney
The Sacred Two Thirds Roll Debate in Denver Politics
The Philadelphia Record weighs Jeffersonian views on majority rule and argues two thirds is a meritorious standard for Democratic convention decisions. It notes that a two thirds majority sustains moral weight, promotes harmony, and prevents defections, while a bare majority may fail to unite delegates.
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Bryan
Denver
Jefferson
Thes Ser
Philadelphia Record
Philadelphia
Democratic Party
Two Thirds Rule in Democratic History Debate
The two thirds rule emerged in 1844 to thwart Van Buren and protect Southern power, then used to block majority control and sectional interests through 1860 and beyond. The author argues it fostered sectionalism and calls for Denver to rescind the rule, though doubts it will happen.
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Democratic Party
Congressional Caucus
Martin van Buren
Denver
Rapid Transit Legislation Opens City to Private Subway Franchises
The State Senate passed the Robinson bill after Assembly approval, enabling a fifty year private franchise for subway construction with city takeover at cost after expiry. An accompanying constitution amendment could allow city bonds for subways, but requires further legislatures and a public vote, likely two years before effect. The piece notes two possible paths to expand traction facilities and stresses private capital may or may not participate.
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State Senate
Assembly
New York
England
Public Service Commission
Alder men rebuke Bingham over secret detective fund
Police Commissioner Bingham earned fulsome praise from the board but was denied a $25 appropriation to establish a secret detective bureau. The 36 to 12 vote, amid backhanded compliments, reflected fear and mistrust of expanded covert policing among aldermen.
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Bingham
Nner
Mulberry Street
Board of Aldermen
General Bingham
Secret Service
Hingham
Mind Reading Commission Idea Sparks Board Debate
A board consideration asks if appointing a mind reading commission could satisfy a widespread demand. Without a secret service, proponents argue this approach might securely obtain the needed facts.
The Late British Premier Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
A London dispatch and Mr Henry W Lucy tribute describe Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman as a high minded statesman loved by followers and respected by opponents. The piece notes his death and cabinet reorganization forecast by him, praising his judgment and noting Asquith retained Lloyd George and Burns. It laments the loss of a popular prime minister seen as one of the truest hearted, finest natured men who served Britain and the world.
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London
Henry W. Lucy
Tribune
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Ford
Sir Henry
Lucy
Lloyd-George
John Burns
Asquith
Great Britain
The Texas superman in error free rhetoric
The essay extols a Texas senator Bailey as flawless in public and private life comparing Texas to other states and praising his unwavering integrity. It argues perfection in public service equals godlike quality and notes public suspicion of perfect virtue as an ironic measure of progress.
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Senator Bailey
Expert on Our Navy Champions American Battleships
Sir William Henry White, former chief British naval designer, endorses American battleships as second in the world and argues for continued expansion. He notes date of design gaps with Germany France and Japan and warns that without sustained building America risks slipping. The piece urges Congress to fund four more battleships to maintain leadership amid a global naval arms race.
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William Henry White
Sir William
Naval Annual
Germany
France
Japan
America
William White
Aandon
Four New Battleships Justify National Naval Insurance
The text argues that national defense is like insurance and that paying premiums means building enough new ships to match other nations. It contends four new battleships of the best class are both necessary and justified to keep the U S fleet comparable ship for ship and date for date.
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United States
Religion of 2 Democrat book on sale with foreword
A new book titled The Religion of 2 Democrat has been released. It includes a foreword by Hon. Charles F. Murphy, renowned for his judgments on Democratic orthodoxy and heterodoxy in the area.
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Charles F. Murphy
Legislature Passes Page-Francis Bill With Commission Amendment
Both houses approve amending the Page-Francis bill to create a seven member commission with two Senators three Assemblymen and two private citizens the Governor to appoint only the last two. The move, seen as weakening by some, may test the bill’s intent as a strong inquiry into inferior criminal courts in three first class cities.
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Page-Francis
Episcopal Bishopric Could Gain A Cofacochairman?
The talk of the day suggests the Episcopal Church may soon have three bishops. Diocese of Maryland requests a coadjutor, setting a May 21 convention to elect a priest for advancement to the episcopate. Mentioned candidate Rev. Dr. Arthur B. Kinsolving of St. Paul’s Baltimore, brother to a Texas bishop and a Brazilian diocese head.
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Episcopal Church
William Paret
Maryland
Arthur B. Kinsolving
St. Paul's Church
Baltimore
A Judge Among the Head Hunters in New Guinea
Judge Murray of British New Guinea risks his life on circuit at Goaraheart a cannibal stronghold where missionaries Chalmers and Tomkins were slain seven years ago. His purpose to recover their skulls succeeded as he calmed savages with words and gifts. He witnessed cooked human flesh and canoes bearing skulls.
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British Empire
Judge Murray
British New Guinea
Murray
Goaraheart
Dr Chalmers
the Tomkins
London Missionary Society
President signs employers liability bill and White House notices
Washington reports the President signed the employers liability bill as constitutional and effective. Senators and cabinet members visit the White House while Roosevelt vows to veto the naval appropriation without funds for new battleships. Attendees include Taft brothers, Metcalf, Newberry, Warren, Lodge, and Grosvenor among others. multiple social notices recount weddings and entertainments in New York society with detailed guest lists and venues.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Longworth
Cincinnati
Roosevelt
Senate
White House
Taft
Charles P. Taft
Metcalf
Newberry
Navy Department
Warren
Stephenson
Flint
Beveridge
Brown
Sutherland
Lodge
Clapp
Owen
Hopkins
Long
Smoot
Sherman
Fasset
Nye
Allen
McKinley
Hale
Gaines
Tennessee
Diekema
Madden
Olcott
Sulzer
Hinshaw
McLaughlin
Overstreet
Fitzgerald
F. B. Kelloggs
General Bell
Army
Grosvenor
Ohio
Diplomatic corps heads to New York for social events
The German Ambassador and Baroness von Sternburg return to the embassy from a ten days’ visit to New York and Lakewood. The French Ambassador goes to New York for several days. The British counsellor and Lady Ysabella Howard and others depart Washington for a three day stay in New York, hosting guests at a St George Society dinner. Mme Mehmed Ali hosts a menfree social luncheon, a first for a Turkish minister’s wife.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Baroness von Sternburg
New York
Lakewood
Ysabella Howard
James
Isabella Howard
William Butler Duncan
St. George Society
Mme. Mehmed Ali
Washington Society Hosts Wide Range of Notables At Dinner
Rear Admiral Brownson hosted twenty six guests at the Country Club in a large Washington dinner. Guests included Representative and Mrs. Cochran Evelyn Walsh George Eustis and Moreton Frewen with others. Eustis, visiting after eight years, guests at Lafayette Square home. Various hostesses and attendees from New York and local society attended luncheon and later theater.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Willard H. Brownson
Country Club
Rourke Cochran
Evelyn Walsh
George Eustis
Venice
New York
de Thal
Moreton Frewen
England
Anna Cockrell
William Corcoran Eustis
Lafayette Square
J. van Vechten Olcott
Miss Nichols
New Haven
Dryden
Bulkeley
Perkins
Barker
Hornblower
Hutchins
Burrell
Portland
St. George Tucker
Professor Swisher
George Washington University
Emily Welles Welles Marries Harry Pelham Robbins at New York Society Church
The New York Society wedding of Miss Emily Welles, granddaughter of Mrs. Astor, to Harry Pelham Robbins took place yesterday at race Church. Rev. Dr. Huntington and Rev. Dr. Grosvenor officiated as the bride wore white satin with point lace, carried lilies of the valley, and carried a veil worn by her grandmother.
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Irene Sherman
Elenor Mortimer
Elizabeth M. Cutting
Ming Ethel Kingsland
Gladys Pell
Matilda Frelinghuysen
Aren Chiffon
Fletcher Harper
Phoenix Ingraham
K. Gerard
Grosvenor Atterbury
Joseph Earle Srevens
Richard Newton
Henrietta Low King
Chartey King
Charles Arthur Richards
Hugh Birthead
Park Avenue
Yury
Henry G. Bartol
Edward Rush Duer
Barent Lefferts
Lowell Lincoln
Eg. Coln Richards
Percy & Weegy
L. Lowell
Race Church
Emily Welles
Benjamin Welles
Astor
Harry Pelham Robbins
Henry A. Robbins
William R. Huntington
William M. Grosvenor
Vanderbilt's Coach Trips Start From London in April
Alfred G. Vanderbilt begins trial runs on the Brighton Road from London amid crowds and police clearance. A first trip completes successfully reaching the city at 6 o'clock after delays, drawing warm reception from spectators.
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London
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
England
Brighton Road
Piccadilly
Vanderbilt
Brighton
Sea Front
Vanderbilt Gifts Support Firemen Memorial Fund Total Reaches 34775
William K. Vanderbilt sent a 2000 dollar check to Thomas L. James, treasurer of the Firemen Memorial Fund, while Jacob H. Schiff contributed 1 dollar. The fund now has received 34775 dollars and 92 cents.
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William K. Vanderbilt
Thomas L. James
Firemen’s Memorial Fund
Jacob H. Schiff
Baron Rosen Sails for Russia on Mauretania
Russian Ambassador Baron Rosen sailed yesterday on the Mauretania for Russia. It is his first visit in three years to his homeland. He will be joined there by Baroness and Mile. Rosen, who have been in Southern Europe, plans to return to the United States in October.
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Crowell
Baron Rosen
Russia
Mauretania
Baroness
Mile. Rosen
Europe
United States
American Artists Fair in Paris Raises Funds at Charité Hall
An American Art Association benefit in Paris drew many Americans to the Galérie de la Charité in Rue Pierre-Charron. The medieval street setting hosted booths and Oriental scenes, with a concert and an American minstrel show. Patronesses included Mrs White, wife of the American Ambassador, and Mrs Mason, wife of Consul General Mason.
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Paris
American Art Association
Galérie de la Charité
Rue Pierre-Charron
Mme. Gould
White
Mason
Emperor honors C A Boynton with Rising Sun decoration
Washington April 22 the Emperor of Japan through Ambassador Takahira has conferred upon Charles A Boynton superintendent of the Southern division of The Associated Press the decoration of the fourth class of the Imperial Order of the Rising Sun.
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Washington
Japan
Takahira
Charles A. Boynton
Associated Press
Imperial Order of the Rising Sun
Allen Gowen Wed William F Harrison in Chestnut Hill
Miss Allen Gowen daughter of Francis I Gowen a noted lawyer and financier married William Fragler Harrison son of Alfred Harrison in St Pauls Church Chestnut Hill at noon. Many New Yorkers attended the ceremony including the groom’s sisters the Countess von Holstein and Mrs John Prentiss.
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the Tribune
Philadelphia
St. Paul's Church
Chestnut Hill
Allen Gowen
Francis I. Gowen
William Fragler Harrison
Alfred Harrison
Countess von Holstein
John Prentiss
Educator Hurt in Auto Race Accident
A race between a car and a pony rider last night in Chicago caused a wreck injuring Professor John H Jones of Northwestern University and his chauffeur John Anderson. Both men sustained broken arms and numerous bruises. The pony rider's identity was not learned.
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Chicago
Bey
John H Jones
Northwestern University
John Anderson
Jones
Anderson
Evidence of prehistoric forest found in Omaha well
Telegraph report from Omaha dated April 22 describes a petrified forest unearthed forty feet below a large well in the city business district with intermingled branches and trunks. Additional note from St. Louis reports a skull found twenty feet below the river bed during bridge caisson work near Salisbury street, with flat top and discoveries of ancient bowls and petrified trees.
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the Tribune
Omaha
St. Louis
Salisbury Street
Yale Receives $50,000 From Silliman Estate
New Haven April 22 Yale university treasurer reports an outright unrestricted sum of 50000 dollars as the remainder of the Benjamin D Silliman estate left to the university after the death in New York last November of the Rev Silliman Blagilen of the class of 36 who held a life interest in the fund The fund now fully reverts to Yale.
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New Haven
Yale
Benjamin D. Silliman
University
New York
Silliman Blagilen
Dinner for Henry H. Kracke Dinner Honors New Agriculture Official
State friends gathered at the Hotel Everett for a dinner honoring Henry H. Kracke as Assistant Commissioner in the Department of Agriculture. About fifty attendees, mostly department staff, included John McGuire as toastmaster and guests Charles W Larmon Dr H D Gill Theodore M Seward A D Clarke and M S Rivenburs.
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Department of Agriculture
Henry H. Kracks
Everett
Department
John McGuire
Mr. Kracke
Charles Wlarmon
H. D. Gill
Theodore M Seward A. D. Clarke
Premiers and Oxford Roots in UK History
The Dundee Advertiser notes Prime Ministers who studied at Oxford or Glasgow and Trinity. It records tenure lengths from two years four months for Asquith to brief terms like Lord Canning’s three months, and highlights ages at first office including Henry Campbell-Bannerman and William Pitt the Younger.
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Dundee Advertiser
Asquith
Oxford
Cambra
Glasgow
Trinity Collese
Bridge
Lord Canning
Robert Walpole
Henry
bell-Bannerman
Merston
Mr. Balfour
Sir Henry
Lord Grey
Mr. Disraeli
Gladstone
William Pitt
Duke of Grafton
Just An Ordinary Politician In A Political Convention
A Charleston News and Courier recounts friction at a St. Louis convention where Nebraska delegates and Illinois Democrats clash led by a Rogers figure. It notes Bryan’s ongoing campaigns and remarks on the New York convention and the broader Democratic disputes, labeling Bryan as an ordinary politician this year.
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Charleston
News and Courier
St. Louis
W. J
Nebraska
Dignation
Ilinois
Ome Rogers
Bryan
Sullivan
Ble
Tilmots
Tim
Tom” Watson
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Colge
Amurtemen
Xatice
Agen- Pu Tribune
New York Daily Tribune
W_J Bryan
American Newspaper Publishers Association
H. H. Vreeland
Metropolitan Street Railway
William J. Bryan
Tryan
State Hospital
Matteewan
Henry K. Thaw
Commissioners of Accounts Bescon
American Railway Association
Geerces
Lwwest
Texas
Houston
Union
Herr Nietzsche
Bailey
Bellville
Tex
Galveston News
Briarcliff Automobile
Louisiana
Holland
Valhalla
Regensburg
Bismarck
Kulturminister
Bavaria
Georgie
Freddie Jones
Freddie
Bobble
Puck
Sarah Beinhardt
Fleonore
Corinth
Berlin
Bernhardt
Purslington
Washington Star
Marian Stewart Ralston
Ang Mex
David Ralston
William Cunningham
Broadway Tabernaria
Vanderb
William Barclay Parsons
East Mth Street
Royal Picture Gallery
Dresden
Dorothy Bull
Hester Dari
Mary Hasell
Emily Potter
Gladys Roosevelt
Rosamond Burr
Margaret Roosevelt
Eleanor Townsend
Ruth Ashmore
Dorothy Hurry
Rosalie de Forest
Marion Steveson
Helen Morgan
Mildred Towngong
Brander Matthews
Frank Wilde
William Amery
Katherine Waring
Evert J. Wendell
Harold W. Gould
Antonella Kane
Ina Kissel
Agnes Gayley
Ruth Davis
Butterfly Dane
Charlotte
Berkshire
Weiling
Georgette Collier
David T. Dana
Berkshire Hounds
Grace
Miss Collier
M. Dwight Collier
Julia Adee
Anita Peabody
Alet@d Schenc
Lem Fellowes
Valerie Hadden
Rosamond Dixie
Collier
West 48Th Street
Augustus D. Shepard, Jr
Eliott F. Shepard
Elizabeth Baxter Rees
Arthur F. Rees
All Souls’ Church
Bilmore
N. C
J. Hood Wright
Jebs Markle
the Diplomatic Corps
IN Washington Society
NEW York Society
A. G. Vanderbilt
Mikado
C. A. Boynton
Mississippi
Henry H. Kracke
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