Century Theatre Club Drama Talk Denounces Press Smears
Mrs Beatrice Hart president of the Century Theatre Club says race and creed have no place in the club and defends Jewish members. She denounces press misquotations about internal dissension and vows legal action against critics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Century Theatre Club
Beatrice Hart
J. Christopher Marks
East 4Th Street
Hart
Marks
Tribune
Mrs. Hart
Sydney Rosenell
Merk Twain
Actors’ Fund Fair
Death of Annie Duffy follows severe injuries in Williams
Annie Duffy of No 13 Stockton street Williams built up injuries and died at Williamsburg Hospital after being beaten. Her brother Ber Maré and sister in law Mrs Margaret Anderson are in custody awaiting coroner’s action. A bankbook showing small balances was found on her. Detectives and police examined the case as the coroner considered the evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Duffy
Stockton Street
Williamsure
Williamebure Hospital
Ber- Maré
Margaret Anderson
Vernon Avenue
Miss Tuffy
Barnes
Wihanicmirg
Annie Lotland
Flord Street
Duffy
Field Street House
Mre
Andereon
Buffalo Proposed as Navy Hospital Ship
The surgeon general's office proposes designating several reserve ships for hospital use. Among those named by Surgeon General Rixey is the Buffalo, currently on the Pacific Coast, viewed by naval surgeons as well suited for such duties. The position urges readiness for hospital ship service if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Surgeon General's Office of the Navy
Rixey
Pacific
Surgeon General
Navy
Last Lectures in Two Halls by Board of Education
Public lectures in two Board of Education halls end this evening. Hebrew Technical School for Girls hosts Dr Allen Rogers on The Chemistry of Foods with optics and experiments. St Peter's Hall features Dr Edgar J Banke on Constantinople and the Turks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Hebrew Technical School For Girls
Second Avenue
15Th Street
St. Peter's Hall
Th Street
Eighth Avenue
Allen Rogers
Pratt Institute
Brooklyn
Rogers
Edgar J. Banke
Constantinople
Fisk's gilded wagon found in Medford
Telegraph reports Medford, Mass. April 4 that E G Holmes owns a gilded wagon built forty to fifty years ago by financier Jim Fierk. The coach was covered in gold leaf including the running gear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iry Telegraph
the Tribune
Medford
Mass
E. G. Holmes
Geo
Jim” Fierk
Peiniec
Prisoner Sings Song for Court in Bowery Disorder Case
Thomas Mahoney deckhand and Frank McKenna bartender faced Magistrate Finn on disorderly conduct. Mahoney admitted drinking in Bowery saloons and singing of John Mitchell when he struck McKenna. both were warned and discharged with advice to go home as gentlemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Mahoney
Hartford
Ives
Bowery
Frank McKenna
Finn
Mahoney
McKenna
John Mitchell
Newry
Tie sale leads to small fine in West Side court
Morris Goldfarb sold Walter C. Roebson a tie for 25 cents at his store on Columbus Avenue. A policeman arrived after the sale and the West Side court Magistrate Cornell fined Goldfarb $5 for keeping his shop open on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Goldfarbs
Walter C. Roebson
West 148Th Street
Columbus Avenue
West Side
Cornell
Goldfarb
Negro's Death Duel With Officer in Chicken Theft Case
Philadelphia report April 26 describes Ulysses Harrison a Negro dying in hospital from injuries after a fight with John Carr a policeman. Carr attempted to arrest Harrison for chicken stealing. Harrison slashed the officer while cornered Carr fired five bullets. Harrison was captured tied to a tree with Carr in serious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Ulysses Harrison
John Carr
Harrison
Carr
Singing Teacher Ends Life in Harlem Home
Mrs. Mary Catherine Shelley a 58 year old singing teacher was found dead from gas poisoning in her No 24 West 125th street apartment. A letter to a student cited long running family misunderstandings as the motive and two other letters directed her burial. Police and a hospital ambulance confirmed death within minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Catherine Shelley
West 125Th Street
William Burke
Harlem
Ter
Bennett
Cforemer Shradv
Philadelphia
Brooklyn Hosts Buffalo Bill’s Bronco Busters at Armory
Brooklyn witnessed a Cowboys show as Buffalo Bill’s riders tamed vicious horses at the 24 Battery armory in Clermont avenue. Charles I. Huntoon invited the troupe, bringing Denver and Cheyenne used horses and thrilling locals with rough riding. Indian chiefs Charging Bear Bright Eyes Lone Bear appeared in Central Park amid curious crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Buffalo Bill
24 Battery
Clermont Avenue
Tanbark
Charles I. Hunton
Montana
Denver
Cheyenne
Fifth Avenue
Charging Bear
Harry Bright Eyes
Lone Bear
Central Park
New York
Canadian Pacific Shops Closed Amid Wage Dispute
Winnipeg reports the Canadian Pacific Railway shops shut for the weekend and set to stay closed until workers accept new terms offered after canceling last year’s agreement. Vancouver to St John employees formed a federation last week, drawing ten thousand men to resist. A strike seems likely.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Canadian Pacific Railway
Vancouver
St. John
N. B
Chineses Pie Gow Raid Ends in Death of Cook
Police raid on a third floor room at 12 Pell street frees ten prisoners and disperses a crowd of about a hundred Chinamen at pie gow. Buck Tung a cook living on the top floor is found dead in his rooms possibly from fright as officers remove detainees. The raid becomes a dramatic scramble with escapes via fire escapes roofs and trapdoors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Captain McNally
Elizabeth Street
No. 12
Pell Street
Ice Buck Tung
Fishermen save three from drowning off City Island
Three fishermen, Fred Sollar, John Ruzocka and his father Joseph Ruzocka of 1408 Avenue A, were saved after their skiff overturned in Pelham Bay near Scofield Street. Patrolman Wood of City Island station jumped in with Alexander Anderson to rescue them.
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Pelham Bay
Scofield Street
City Island
Wood
Alexander Anderson
Anderson
Fred Sollar
John Ruzocka
Joseph Ruzocka
Avenue A
Socialists Oppose War At Sunday Conference
A Sunday night parish house forum at the Church of the Ascension on West 11th Street featured socialist speakers challenging militarism. Rev. Alexander Irvine led a sermon on the topic and Platon Brounoff argued Christ was not God. Other remarks critiqued banks, war, and U S foreign policy, with one speaker warning of a possible war in New York to defend free speech. The meeting adjourned with Irvine promising another discussion the next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Ascension
West 11Th Street
Alexander Irvine
Percy Stickney Grant
Platon Brounoff
Mr. Grant
Tennyson
Brunoff
Irvine
America
New York
Roosevelt
Germany
Socialist party meeting weighs Haywood and Debs for Presidency
A New York Socialist section meeting at the Labor Temple discussed the presidential ticket with Debs favored for President and Haywood for Vice President though many favored Haywood now. Delegates head to Chicago uninstructed on May 10. Resolutions on Asiatic admission and immigration were debated with restrictive proposals failing. The party's stance on the Christian Socialist Fellowship was not decided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Socialist Party
Labor Temple
Sith Street
Second Avenue
Wiliam D. Haywood
Eugenes V. Debs
Haywood
Debs
Chicago
Stuttgart
Germany
Executive Committee
Christian Socialist Fellowship
Alexander F. Irvine
Church of the Ascension
No Loss of Support for Asylum Despite Winter Strain
At the Hebrew Orphan Asylum annual meeting officials reported some winter funding losses affecting other charities while the city payroll for public school rents showed an apparent rise. Potter noted good care for 1,208 children, with nearly 200 more in outside quarters. officers were re-elected and membership grew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Hebrew Orphan Asylum
Daniel ©. Potter
Department of Finance
Louis Stern
Patrick F. McGowan
Board of Aldermen
McGowan
Potter
Police Stop Bronx Baseball Game Ends In Arrests
Detectives halted a late Sunday Bronx Oval game between St. John's and Eureka Athletic Club on 163rd Street and Southern Boulevard as the score stood 2 to 2. Five people including the teams’ batteries and the oval secretary were charged with violating Penal Code Section 2 percent and held for examination.
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Bronx Oval
163D Street
Southern Boulevard
the Oval
St. John’s
Eureka Athletic Club
No. 161
Avenue B
Bronx
Station House
Eurekas
Walsh
Morrisania Court
Body found in Puritan steamer stateroom on arrival
The body of a man was discovered in a Puritan steamer stateroom as the vessel arrived in Fall River. Clothing cards and a New York to Boston ticket were found with the body. The medical examiner ruled death due to natural causes.
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Fall River
Mass
Fall River Line
Puritan
Fall River Island
New York
Boston
Aged Washington Citizens Dead
John Edward Libbey president and Charles B. Church vice president of the Oldest Inhabitants Association of the District of Columbia died in Washington. Libbey born November 1837 in Washington. Church born September 11 1826 in Jefferson Maryland. Both long connected with the lumber business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John Edward Libbey
Charles B. Church
Inhabitants’ Association
District of Columbia
Mr. Libbey
Mr. Church
Jefferson
Frederick County
Missouri Pacific lines order on equipment purchases withdrawn
The Texas State Railroad Commission order forcing the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad to buy 165 new locomotives and 6000 freight cars for 1908 to 1910 has been nullified. The MK&T argues it already has sufficient equipment and cannot afford the expenditure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Austin
Tex
Texas State Railroad Commission
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad Company
Theosophical Society Renames Itself in America
Dayton April meeting re-elects Ada Gregg of Brooklyn secretary and B Mitchell of New York treasurer. The society drops the words in America and will be known as Theosophical Bovlely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Ohio
Theosophical Society In America
Ada Gregg
Brooklyn
Hr. B. Mitchell
New York
America
The
Theosophical Bovlely
Amateur Billiard Championship Practice In New York
Yesterday in New York city top amateurs fine tuned for the international championship at the Liederkranz Club. Lucien Revolle scored 400 points versus Herman Schroeder, averaging 16 with a high run of 80. Carles Conklin defeated Berthold Beck 500 to 170, averaging 15 with a best run of 60, then beat Dr Beck 400 to 63 with an average of 20. Poggenburg played 40 points against Edward McLaughlin, averaging 16 with a best run of 56. Opening matches set with Revolle vs Poggenburg and Conklin vs Poggenburg at 3:30 Wednesday. Gardner against Demarest to follow.
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Liederkranz
Lucien Revolle
Herman Schroeder
Carles F. Conklin
Berthold Beck
Conklin
Dr. Beck
J. Ferdinand Poggenburg
Edward McLaughlin
Revolle
Posgenburg
Poggenburg
Edward W. Gardner
Calvin Demarest
Chicago
Sunday Church Collection Stolen in Brooklyn
Parishioners of the Our Lady of Charity church in Brooklyn report the theft of the Sunday vesper collection after a service attended by Bishop McDonnell and other clergy. Father Caporaso left the basket in the sacristy while a fair was in the adjoining building. a thief entered and took between 20 and 30 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of Our Lady of Charity
Dean Street
Schenectady Avenue
Brooklyn
Father Caporaso
Dr Lyman Abbott backs corporations with Christian aim
Dr Lyman Abbott spoke at Christ Church West 36th Street affirming that corporations serving the community align with Christian teaching while condemning greed. He predicted a future where laborowns tools and wage slavery ends, envisioning a democracy of labor guided by Christian ethics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyman Abbott
Abbott
People's
India
China
Two workers rescued after fumes in Nassau Street tank
John Carlson of 4 Fast 4th street and Edward Engstrom of Third avenue were overcome by asphaltum paint fumes while working in a large water tank on the top floor at 73 Nassau street. Skidmore, the building superintendent, found them unconscious. Patrolman Owens and an ambulance from Tudson Street Hospital aided by Dr Stillman who revived them after about thirty minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Carlson
Fast 4Th Street
Edward Engstrom
Third Avenue
Nassau Street
Lves
Skidmore
Michael Owens
John Street
Tudson Street Hospital
Stillman
Postoffice Clerks Push for New Laws and Union Growth
The National Federation of Postoffice Clerks Triion No 10 plans a mass meeting to press for bills in Congress including mandatory promotions to the $1200 grade and a thirty day vacation. They seek an eight hour day later. Affiliation with the AFL expands clout to 59 000 unions and about 2 000 000 workers. In St. Marks Place Schutzen Hall a rapid membership surge added 250 clerks, raising local membership to about one third of city clerks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Federation of Postoffice Clerks
Triion No. 10
Congress
Washington
Congressman Overstreet
House Post Road Committee
Senate
Penrose
National Order
American Federation of Labor
Schutzen
Federation
New Jersey Democrats Split Over Bryan Delegates
The Democratic State Convention to pick twenty four delegates for the Denver national convention will meet in Trenton on Tuesday with about twelve hundred delegates. Most delegates are expected to be uninstructed and not favor Bryan as first choice, though Bryan supporters appear in Hudson County led by Robert Davis. Essex Democrats led by James Smith Jr oppose Davis and may secure a delegate-at-large spot, with Frank S Katzenbach Jr and others also vying for at large slots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
Denver
Bryan
Hudson County
Robert Davis
Davis
Essex Democrats
United States
James Smith
Smith
Franks. Katzenbach, Jr
Howard Carrow
Camden
Johnston Cornish
Warrep
Sunshine Monday Reports and Gifts Across Branches
The Sunshine column appears every Monday as the T. S. management plans. Money received includes a $25 Easter offering to aid shut ins, a $3 Easter fund gift, and multiple donations from Mrs. Easter gifts to individuals, branches, and postage. Dues and badge purchases totaling several dollars are noted, with gifts from diverse locations including Madison Avenue, New Jersey, and Cuba New York.
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S. T
N. P
Madison Avenue
Eme
Joseph Shardlow
Dansville
N. Y
Sunshine Circle
T S S Annual Meeting Business Session
The business session of the T S S annual meeting on May 5 will convene at 10 am in the small ballroom on the eighth floor of the Hotel Astor at Broadway and 44th street in Manhattan. Delegates and members should arrive near that hour and branches absent personally should send reports to the general secretary Trib only unearthed to summarize their Sunshine work.
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T. S. S. Annual Meeting
Hotel Astor
Broadway
44Th Street
Manhattan
Tribune Building
Sunshine
Hospital ity committee named for May fifth meeting
The list for the annual meeting on May 5 includes Miss Helen Briggs as president of the Young Ladies Sunshine Club chairing the committee. Others are Miss Ethel Baldwin Miss Marjorie Isabel Bailey Miss Louise Correth and Miss Genevieve Frost all in various branches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Briggs
Young Ladies’ Sunshine Club
Ethel Baldwin
Coreopsis
New Haven
Marjorie Isabel Bailey
Summit
N. J
Louise Correth
Chelsea
Genevieve Frost
Manhattan
Sunshine
R. A. Benedict
Cranford
Sunshine acts fund luncheon for needy members in NY area
A Manhattan member and a Yonkers member bought extra luncheon tickets to pass to colleagues unable to attend. The act aims to provide a sunshine day for gentlewomen in reduced circumstances, inviting others with means to cover $1.50 per ticket to extend invitations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
Yonkers
Letter From Brooklyn Little Mothers Leader
The president details winter activities of the T. S S&S Little Mothers branch. Funds from cake sale and euchre kept the work going aiding the aged pensioner and supporting the poor with rent, clothing, medicine, and bedding. A death calls sorrow as Thomas R Alexander dies March 1st, with sympathies offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma T. Tuthill
Brooklyn
Thomas R. Alexander
Hill Branch
Annie L. Mason
Chicago working girls branch aids in sunshine deeds
The members of the working girls' branch in Chicago led by president Mrs. M. E. Estes give to others in their spare time. They sent cheer to T. S. S. members at the Home for Incurables and to the Illinois Women's Soldiers' Home. They donated to a Christmas box for an invalid, gave flowers to the sick, bought shoes for a poor boy and papers to start a newsboy, and exchange helpful courtesies among themselves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Working Girls
Chicago
M. E. Estes
Ilinois
Passaic Juniors Girls Host Bakery Sale Fundraising
The Passaic New Jersey Juniors report a bakery sale by the branch girls that raised seven dollars for the Paster work. In June the Sunshine children plan a variety sale and welcome contributions from other branches. A later notice will announce time and place. The branch has a commendable record of good cheer work for others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Passaic
N. J
Sunshine
Sunshine gifts brighten Farmdale community efforts
Mrs. Jane Lyle of Farmdale Florida coordinates sunshine gifts, distributing reading materials to isolated locals and lighthouse keepers and aiding others in times of need. Two former students helped during her husband’s illness, and Bryce of Geneva Florida notes his branch’s travel and the impact of donated books and materials on many homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Lyle
Farmdale
Fla
Bryce
Geneva
Florida
New York
Bibles Given to Needy Children and Graduation Dress Aid
Readers note efforts to provide Bibles to children lacking them and actions seeking donated white dresses for a graduate in Manhattan. The appeal mentions Mary Morton of Wethersfield and a move to Smiths Ferry with her husband, plus a neighbor delivering them by auto over forty three miles. An updated address for Miss Annie Morrin is listed as Nowm West Pitt Street Bedford, Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary E& Morton
Wethersfield
Conn
Smiths Ferry
Mass
Morton
Annie Morrin
West Pitt Street
Bedford
Fenn
Chrystie Street House Seeks Men’s Clothing Aid
Mrs. Gillpatrick appeals for donations to the Chrystie Street House at 12 Chrystie Street aiding troubled young men. They urgently need men’s clothing especially shoes and undergarments as destitute youths face harsh conditions. Parcels accepted or pickup on notification. call 1725 Orchard.
Generous Clothing and Gift Donations From Numerous Donors
A broad collection of clothing, shoes, toys, books, and other items arrived from many donors including C. C. A. of Brooklyn, Mrs. S. B Park of Westfield New Jersey, Mrs. 3. J. Hickok, Mrs. B., Bloomfield New Jersey, Mrs. J. W. De Long, Miss Winegard, Mrs. Hazen, E. B. of Yonkers, Plainfield New Jersey, Mrs. Barhydt, Mrs. Vores of Brewster New York, and others from Brooklyn Philadelphia Alabama and Ludlow New Jersey. The items include clothing, fur, shells, games, Easter eggs, memoriam books, centrepieces, quilts, and useful gifts for South Ferry children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
S. B Park
J. Hickok
Westfield
N. J
No Respect for Law Draws Immigrant Reactions at Astor Luncheon
Mrs F. Bennett told Womans Alliance members at the Hotel Astor luncheon that respect for law and authority shapes immigrant views of America. She recounted a motorist mocked by a police officer and noted foreigners’ beliefs about marriage and civil ceremonies, urging greater civic understanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. 3. Bennett
Womans Alliance
Hotel Astor
America
Pacific
marrie_d
Sta
R. James
James
Don
Shelton
Marshe
Women Visitors Repressed at Commons Under New Rules
Gleanings notes strict measures restricting women visitors to the British House of Commons with names required and escort by a member. It also reports cab driving limits for women in Paris and Berlin, journalistic remarks on suffrage groups, a London bazaar exhibit, and the count of imprisoned suffragettes.
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House of Commons
M. P
Womens Rights Brigade
Perser
St. Stephen's Hall
Women's Freedom League of London
Women's Second Political Union
Holloway
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Drama Club Tempest
Per
T Eaid
André Tridons
Tridon
Bernard Shaw
Buffalo
Fisk
Negro
Corover
Canadian Pacific
Chinaman
Theosophical Society
Sunday Church
DR. Abbott
National Federation
Democrats
John Vance Cheney
T.s. S
Hilt. Branch
Passaic Juniors
Mrs. Bennett
Paris
Berlin
Waterloo
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