Amusements listings with theater lineups and showtimes
A condensed column lists numerous venues and performances including Gaiety and Lyceum houses with titles such as The World in Wes t Jack Straw The Patriot and The Prima Donna plus dates times like 2:50 8:15 and 8:00 across venues including Daly's Berlioz and the Metropolitan Opera House The listings mention traveling salesmen Miss Innocence and The Servant in the House among others with varying showtimes and locations in a dense program page.
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DALYS
Jack Straw
Gaiety
Jane's
CREAT
Baliet
Birdland Budson
Lady Frederick
Erbocker
ERTY
Lyceum
LYRIC
STIC
Manhattan Opera
Hrouse
Bes
Cdelssohn Bhalt
New York Daily Tribune Staff and Ownership Details
The item lists the Daily Tribune’s Friday December 11 issue details, noting ownership by The Tribune Association, a New York corporation, with offices at Tribune Building 154 Nassau Street New York. Ogden Mills serves as president and James M. Barnett as secretary and treasurer.
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The
Tribune Association
New York Corporation
Tribune Building
Nassau Street
New York
Ogden Mills
James M. Bearnett
Congress Confirms Nominations and Labor Inquiry Bill
Senate approves treaties and nominations including Martin A Knapp and H L Satterlee. House discusses a government probe into labor disputes. President Taft supports tariff reform. Roosevelt vows action on Panama scandal. Winter weather grips Adirondacks as. a string of city financial and civic items unfold.
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Congress
Senate
Martin A Knapp
H L Satterlee
House
Castro
Bordeaux
Cecies
Simon
Russia
Austria
von Bilow
Berlin
Panama
Taft
Ways and Means Committee
Roosevelt
Cannon
Nebuco
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Washington
National Conservation Conference
Adirondacks
Beaver Lake
Goesker Wedeworth
Assembly
Hugher
Albany
Weert Point
N. Y
Pensions and taxes from early 20th century reforms
The 1905 French pension law offered 1 to 4 dollars monthly to needy aged or incurably ill individuals, projected costs and funding shifts arose in Senate reviews, and actual 1906 spending reached 9.6 million. New Zealand weighs a national provident fund with age based premiums, weekly payments from 16 to 45 entrants, and options to pay ahead or withdraw, aiming pensions from 256 to 5a0 weekly after age sixty.
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Senate
Dominion of
New Zealand
Vibe
Ford
Old Age Pension Plans Stir UK Budget Pressure
The article notes a proposed pension fund with payments to children and widows, funded partly by contributions and government matching. Britain faces rising costs, potential tax hikes, and calls to broaden eligibility while considering land tax increases, with comparisons to New Zealand and France policies.
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Great Britain
House of Lords
Treasury
Pitt
United Kingdom
New Zealand
Cromwell Responds to Panama Canal Purchase Scandals
The article features William Nelson Cromwell’s explicit reply to critics who allege concealments and evasions tied to the Panama Canal purchase. It suggests critics should either refute his cited records with authenticated evidence or apologize for sensational accusations driven by journalism and personal gain.
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Panama Canal Purchase
William Nelson Cromwell
Cromwell
Queensboro Bridge Payments Spark Public Outcry
The Tribune reveals how City Controller payments to the bridge contractor during an ongoing probe may have jeopardized taxpayer recovery. A September 2 disbursement of 500000 brought total excess payments to 865000 beyond the contract and board limits, raising questions of contract interpretation, responsibility for drawn-up drawings, and city treasury protection amid investigation into bridge stress and workmanship. A broader inquiry into the Queensboro deal and potential recoveries is urged, alongside a Manhattan Bridge investigation.
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Queensboro Bridge
The
Tribune
Mobile
Totel
Board of Aldermen
Department of Bridges
Manhattan Bridge
Board of Estimate
State Prison Ends Attempt to Resuscitate Executed Inmate
An official at New Jersey State Prison blocked a physician from reviving a man executed for capital crimes. The proposal to vivisect or revive condemned prisoners faced legal doubt, with the warden vetoing involvement and concerns about legal authority and interference with judicial processes.
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New Jersey
Death Penalty Debate Over Resurrection Experiments
A discussion argues against reviving a criminal after execution by electric shock, claiming it would nullify the law and natural order. The author praises the New Jersey State Prison warden for upholding decency and humanity by resisting such meddling.
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Nal
New Jersey State Prison
Nobel Prizes Awarded for Medicine Physics Chemistry and Peace
Nobel representatives announce prizes to Metchnikoff and Ehrlich for medicine with emphasis on aging research and therapeutic advances. Rutherford wins physics for radioactivity studies, Lippmann noted for color photography. Endehnen links to literature, and Arnoldson Bayer share the peace prize under the Norwegian Storthing.
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Nobel
Metchnikoff
Erlich
Laveran
Pasteur
Berlin
Rutherford
McGill University
Montreal
Manchester
England
Cartes
William Ramsay
Lippmann
Marconi
Endhen
Nebel
Arnoldson
Bayer
Storthing
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Castro's Europe trip aims at peacemaking with world powers
The article portrays Mr. Castro as a self appointed peacemaker who travels to Europe privately. It notes his consolidated power as dictator president and his plan to negotiate directly with European governments to settle disputes involving Venezuela. It emphasizes hope for improved relations and a square deal from all sides.
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Castro
Europe
Venezuela
Francia
King Louis
Mr. Castro
The Turkish Proposals Offer Renewed Balkan Conference Hopes
The piece reviews how powers argue over a proposed Balkan conference with each pursuing its own agenda. It recalls Turkey's calm but effective boycott of Austrian and Hungarian trade while Austria-Hungary accelerates military preparations. The Turkish plan includes seven points on Bulgaria, obligations, and treaty adjustments, aimed at modernizing capitulations and granting commercial freedom. The proposals are praised as temperate and reasonable, reflecting a new Ottoman mindset and a renaissance of a previously moribund people.
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Bulgaria
Turkey
Fumelia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Servia
Montenegro
Berlin
Spectre of Free Trade House of Commons Evening Session
A Liberal dominated Westminster House of Commons sat until 2 20 in the morning vetting legislation and debating trade policy. The lengthy session underscored tension over free trade and party stance as MPs argued on key measures.
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House of Commons
Westminster
Second reading shown for protection measure across party lines
The passage critiques political figures and education policy with satirical opinion. It mocks Coler as politically dead, argues university tenure rules are wise, notes Queensboro Bridge progress as a bird roost joke, and attacks the Democratic party over party discipline. It praises Bryan as harmony and compares him to white light in a spectrum.
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Bryan
Maria Favard death noted in Paris Matin obituary
The Paris Matin highlights the life of Maria Favard once a star at the Comédie Française, detailing her rise in the 50s and 60s, departure from the Molière troupe, and final farewell after Perrin’s directorship. It mentions a brutal remark by the director that hastened her decline and notes her last stage appearance eight years earlier.
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Rachel 2
Paris
Matin
Maria Favard
Comédie Francaise
Moliére House
Variétés
Perrin
Favard
Taft Speech on the South Receives Gratitude and Hope
The Atlanta Journal notes grateful South to Taft for endorsing efforts to purify and elevate the franchise and urges cooperation to impress the public. Philadelphia Inquirer calls Taft's talk seerlike, inviting the South to join a new era of national unity. The Ledger urges thinking Southern men to shed prejudice and shape common destiny. Boston Post notes Taft rejects coercive reform and defends state authority with equal enforcement. Louisville Times praises the Tar Heel reception and mutual respect, predicting national harmony. New Orleans Times-Democrat previews Taft’s South message as sincere and temperate with nuanced views on race and Republican policy.
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Louisville Times
Taft
Tar Heel
New Orleans Times-Democrat
South
North Carolina Society of New York
President Taft hosts diverse delegations in White House visits
Washington dispatch details President Taft receiving three delegations in the East Room amid social calls from Congress committees and friends of Goulden of New York. Secretary Wright and Vice President elect Sherman attend, with several governors, senators, and representatives present. The day includes receptions by Miss Boardman, Mrs Pinchot, and the Waterways Congress group, alongside various diplomatic and social engagements.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Congress
Council of Commerce
C. C
Taft
National
Friends
Goulden
New York
Panama
F. B. Loomis
Tokio Commission
Charleston
Connellsville
Taftist
T. L Grant
Wright
Sherman
Clapp
Hemenway
Simmons
Dixon
Scott
Beveridge
Owen
McGuire
Kahn
Holliday
Page
Weilsse
Sabath
McKinney
Howell
Calder
Richardson
Hardwick
Sims
Gilliams
Ashprook
Miss Boardman
Philippine Party
Fairbanks
Waterways Congress
Crane
W. F. Curtis
Bacon
Vogel
Fiint
Ten Eyck Wandell
Norman Williams
Kemmerer
Miss Curtis
John B. Henderson
Gifford Pinchot
City
The
Conservation Commission
Mra Pinchot
Cannon
Garfield
Charles P. Wood
Ethel Roosevelt Dinner Guests at Navy Secretary Home
Miss Ethel Roosevelt was entertained at a Washington dinner hosted by the Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Newberry. Attendees included Miss Bacon Miss Munn Miss Hoyt Miss Carolyn Murray Miss Helen Downing Miss Newberry Captain Cheney and several military officers along with Signor Centaro of the Italian Embassy and Franklin Eltis among others.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Ethel Roosevelt
Secretary of the Navy
Newberry
Miss Bacon
Munn
Hoyt
Carolyn Murray
Helen Downing
Miss Newberry
Cheney
Cleland Davis
Shackford
Signor Centaro
Franklin Eltis
Ir Frederick Brooke
Huntington Jackson
Embassy dinner unfolds with European and allied guests
The Italian Ambassador Baroness Mayor and guests at the White House include Professors Ferrero and Reveaich with numerous ambassadors and attachés from Austria France Brazil Russia and Germany. British officials and Mrs Garfield join the dinner with high level officers. Professor Shadwell sails to New York after a season of visits.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Mayor Des Planches
Signora Ferrero
White House
Hengelmuller
Mme. Jusserand
Mme. Nabuce
George C. Lodge
Nicholas Fish
Rospoptchine
Wiley
Thayer
Professor Shadwell
England
New York
Taft Luncheon and Reception With Washington Elite
President elect Taft and Mrs Taft meet with Brigadier General and Mrs Edwards and a host of officials including Secretary of War Wright Assistant Secretary Beekman Winthrop and others at a luncheon in Washington. The pair later attend a reception at Thomas F Walsh house for the Trans Mississippi Congress and dine with Miss Mabel Boardman and party members from the Philippines voyage.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Taft
Clarence R. Edwards
Wright
the Treasury
Seattle Art Exhibition Plans for Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Expo
George L Berg announces Seattle will host an art exhibition at the Palace of the Fine Arts from June 1 to October 16. The show will feature 300 paintings with 150 from private collections and leading museums, including Metropolitan Museum of Art works. An insurance policy of about 2 million dollars underpins the exhibit to invite prized pieces, with all works hung on a single line to give each its own display.
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P. J. Keiran
Fidelitying Company
Ips. Dodcse & Co
Union Pacific
Metz
Board of Estimate
Manhattan
E. H. Gary
Association of Manufacturers
Barlow
Tombs Court
Chicago
Flushing
George L. Berg
Seattle
Washington
Tribune
Palace of the Fine Arts
Caspar Purdon Clarke
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Berg
Purdon
Metropolitan Museum
United States
Milton Window for Dr Hillis at Plymouth Church
A stained glass panel depicting John Milton at his desk writing his plea for religious liberty will be installed in the study of Rev. Dr. Newell Dwight Hillis, pastor of Plymouth Church in Grace Court Brooklyn. The window was made to honor Milton and his writings aiding religious freedom, crafted by Frederick F. Lamb.
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John Milton
Newell Dwight Hillis
Plymouth Church
Grace Court
Brooklyn
Shonts Forgets Grandson's Name At Birth Return
Theodore P Shonts and Miss Marguerite Shonts arrived from France aboard the Oceanic to be with the Duchesse de Chaulnes at the birth of her first child. Shonts noted the infant and mother would likely return to New York in April. When asked the child's name he faltered, and Miss Theodora Shonts garbled a long, uncertain name for the Duc de Chaulnes.
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Theodore P. Shonts
Marguerite Shonts
France
Oceanic
Duchesse de Chaulnes
Mr. Shonts
Shents
New York
Duc de Chaulnes
Miss Theodora Shents
Emmanuel Theodore Barnart Marie Luynes
Duc de
New York Society Highlights and Social Brides
Mrs Henry Emmet hosts two charity receptions at Sherry's this evening to introduce Miss Cornelia Hoyt and Miss Elsie Lazarug, while Miss Daisy Taylor weds Stephen Chase of Boston at 10 West 36th Street. Notable guests include the Chases, Amory, and the Gerry family with plans to settle in Dedham Mass after their honeymoon. Lord and Lady Northcote visit, with luncheon at the Lawyers' Club before sailing to England.
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Jesup Hoyt
Park Avenue
Cornelia Hoyt
Charles P. Howland
Elsie Lazarug
West Lth Street
Alfred Duane Pell
Fifth Avenue
Extelig Morris Crosby
Daisy Taylor
James Taylor
Stephen Chase
Boston
Frederick Edey
West 36Th Street
Leighton Parks
Kathleen Taylor
Harcourt Amory
Mr. Chase
Cammodore
Elbridge T. Gerry
A. Gordon Norrie
Royal Phelps Carroll
Wiliam
Morgan
Robert R. &. Clarkson
Tivon-on-the- Hudson
Theodore Chase
Howard Townsend
Chase
Dedham
Mass
Lord
Lady Northcote
W. Butler Duncan
England
Lord Northcote
Lumcheon
Lawyers’ Club
Pilgrims Society
Australia
Melbourne
Hall of Casts Reopens At Metropolitan Museum Of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art reopened the Hall of Casts after summer and fall renovations. Nike at the bow of a galley stands center, with pedimental groups from Zeus at Olympis on the walls. Rehung casts, gray-toned walls, and a new catalog accompany restored pieces from the Whiard and Jona Taree Johnson and Marquand collections. A selection from Egypt was added via museum expedition purchases.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
Nike
Samothrace
Zeus
Olympis
Whiard
Jona Taree Johnson
Marquand
New York
America Institute of Architects
Egypt
Lythgoe
Amenemhat
Eral
Morgen
New York Limpbowl Orchestra
General McClellan’s Orderlies Question Echoes in Hall
At CEY Hall a heated discussion centers on how many orderlies General George B. McClellan had. William P. Maher, a fiery witness, testifies he served as an orderly on McClellan’s staff during much of the Army of the Potomac command. The Mayor, quipped, “I should judge Maher was one of at least nine thousand.”
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George B McClellan
CEY Hall
Willam P. Maher
Lnd
McClellan
Army of the Potomac
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NEW York Society
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St. Regis
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St Regis
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Edith A. Brooks
Geners
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William A. M Burden
Td Street
Burden
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KR. McK. Twombly
Department of Metropolitan Museum
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Father
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