Amusements listings and showings across venues
A dense fare of vaudeville acts and stage shows across many venues including Ambra Vaudeville, Liberty, Lyric, Madison Square Garden, and the Metropolitan Opera House. Listings include The Man from Home, The World and His Wife, Mars Jane's Fs, The Traveling Salesman, The Pied Piper, Trist, Ice hockey, and other acts with times ranging from 2 PM to 8:15 PM.
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Red Mil
AMBRA
AX Art
SCO
Mississippi
Ay—S
Peecy Macieer
Hamlet
Broadway
Vandervtile
Sameon
DaLy
LYRIC
The
Blue Mouse
Madison Square Garden
Manhattan Opera Hotses
STI
Metropolitan Opera Hmouse
Trist Teotae
Amsterdam
Miss Innocence
Savoy
Battie Stutvesant
Fighting Hope ST. Nicholas Hink
Wallace
Hetty Wwerer
The Mork Daily Tribune Masthead and Officers
The Mork Daily Tribune is published by The Tribune Association a New York corporation with office at Tribune Building New York. Odyn Mille serves as president and James M Barrett as secretary and treasurer.
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Thesery
Tribune Association
New York Corporation
Tribune
Lasean Street
New York
Oyden Mille
James M. Barrett
Castro's downfall linked to Caracas turmoil and global updates
Special from Caracas describes Castro's fall as General Gomez arrests party members and frees prisoners while plans to impeach Castro unfold. Other notes include the Irada wreck with six dead off Mizen Head, Holland heir hopes, and a French budget. Domestic items mention Taft in Texas, tariff talks, Ballinger cabinet prospects, and a snowbound Washington president. Weather notes predict heavy snow with highs near 35 and lows around 25.
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Castro
Venezuela
Gomez
Correto the Tribune
Caracas
Irada
Mizen Head
Ireland
Chamber of Deputies
Holland
Senate
James P. Farrell
North Longford
Washington
Augusta
Taft
Texas
Ways and Means Committee
Washington Dispatches
R A. Ballinger
Seattle
Wash
Pittsburg
Roosevelt
Albany
Forest, Fish and Fame Commission
Naval Court of Inquiry
Boston
Eliot
Harvard
Union City
Tenn
Hughes
New England Society
Waldorf
Grant
C. K . Billings
Anthons N. Brady
Lord Alverston
Stkracres
Bronx
Wall Street
C. KH. Harriman
William H Newmen
New York
Haines
Mrs. Annis
Thornton Hains
Frederick H Whiting
New Era in New York as City Faces Borrowing Limits
Mr. Irins at City Club argues New York will enter a new era under a different charter, with a reduced ability to borrow. He notes a decade of high debt, cites charter estimates of 8.5 million borrowing capacity, and predicts 1909-1910 additions and tighter municipal spending focused on permanent improvements and sobriety in finances.
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Irins
City Club
New York
Ivins
Charter Revision Commission
Municipal finances hint at avenues to curb city poverty
The piece weighs options like excess condemnation and local assessments to fund subways and public works. It suggests private capital could improved public services and warns against forgiving spendthrifts who caused the municipal distress.
Carnegie Hearing Lays Bare Costs and Costs of Proof
The New York Evening Post mocks Carnegie's Ways and Means appearance as a staged slaughter but admits his testimony helped reveal that producer cost figures may be inflated by bookkeeping. Experts like J Russell Smith estimate lower pig iron and steel rail costs, arguing the Steel Trust books disguise true margins.
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New York Evening Post
Carnegie
Ways and Means Committee
Bannockburn
Payne
Dalzell
Taft
United States Steel
Garr
Journal of Economics
J. Russell Smith
University of Pennsylvania
Indie Gary
Gary
Professor Smith
Steel Corporation
Steel Trust
Y Corporation
Ancient Turkestan studies hint at Chinese links and Persian ties
The article notes ongoing independent research by Tir Stein and Dr. Lecogg in Eastern Turkestan, suggesting deep historical connections with China and Persia. It cites Firdausi inferences of Tang relations, finds in Khotan and Turfan, and the possibility that early Turkic peoples shared arts and religious ideas with wider Eurasia.
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Tir Stein
Lecogg
Turkestan
Eastern
Firdusi
Tran
China
Kamous
Kushan
Afrasiyab
Kai Khosrau
Urals
Altyn Tagh
India
Yarkand
Khoten
Colonel Bower
Kacha
Br. Stein
Khotan
Pallas Athene
Eres
Leeoy
Turfan
Thhat
Maurchesa
Buddha
Giriental
Zeus
Turkified Scythians Predicted by Early Chinese Annals
Dr Lecoq notes that early Chinese chronicles describe Turkified Scythians as blue eyed with yellow hair. They faced destruction between Iran and Cathay or Mongolia but left a lasting mark on both empires. Their forgotten remains offer rich archaeological potential for future study worldwide.
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Lecoq
Iran
Cathay
Mongolia
Pittsburg Graft In City Council Ties Up Reform
Pittsburg faces a graft scandal showing a city council blocking reform mayor Guthrie and stalling economy measures. Incidents include obstructed bridge purchases, bonds steered to banks, a street railway franchise, and depositing city funds in low interest banks. The piece urges swift reform and jail for grafters.
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Pittsburg
Guthrie
Alleghany
Greater
Ruthrie
New Jersey Seeks Reform In Primary And Election Rules
The annual report of Secretary of State Samuel J D Dickinson details abuses in elections and primaries. It cites ballot manipulation and cross party voting, especially in cities near borders like Camden and Jersey City. The report urges state control of party offices and eligibility tests to curb corruption.
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New Jersey
Camden
Jersey Cuy
Samuel JD. Dickinson
Jersey City
Hudson County
Martyrdom and self sacrificial motives in politics and economy
The piece contrasts heroic martyrdom with practical self preservation, critiquing radical calls for universal sacrifice. It argues that individuals often misplace priorities between personal duty and abstract causes, and notes how socialist rhetoric can attract supporters who neglect personal responsibilities and realistic needs.
Secretary Newberry Expands Naval General Board
Secretary Newberry moves to widen the general board by adding members from the board of construction and the board of Inspection and Survey. He seeks engineers with steam experience and plans to bring in younger officers from the fleet to boost cooperation between the general board and construction.
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Newberry
Naval Service
Board of Construction
Board of Inspection and Survey
Bureau of Engineering
General Board
Hine
Death of a 105 year old is not detailed
The dispatch on the death of an ancient of 105 years omits sacred details. The article notes no mention of his smoking history or beer consumption.
Talk of the Day and Diverse Vignettes Cited
A suburban Post Office crowd and stamp machine quirks prompt observations on patience and change. A department store detective and a mix of anecdotes from Boston to Louisville illustrate social quirks, jokes, and a December remembrance tied to public figures and civic life.
President Roosevelt Walks Ten Miles in Snowstorm
In a heavy snowstorm lasting all day, President Roosevelt walked about ten miles with two Secret Service guards. He returned to the White House after dark, enjoying the brisk jaunt over snowy suburban roads. He has a taste for such walks when rain or snow intensifies the experience.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Secret Service
White House
Williams Names Canal Engineer
State Engineer elect Frank M. Williams names Thomas M. Barray of North Tonawanda as western division engineer of the Erie Canal to succeed J. P. Kelly of Buffalo.
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Lockport
N. Y
Frank M. Williams
Thomas M. Barrally
North Tonawanda
Western Division
J. P. Kelly
Buffalo
Transatlantic Travellers Sail Today to Europe
Passengers listed include Mr and Mrs R W Belley, William Fleming, Hon J B Lacson, W Duckett, Mrs M L Hunt, Miss Lucy Francisco, Mr and Mrs C B Hurst, George Martin, J Sir A Napier, H Northcote, Lord Revelstoke, J Musgrave, Dr and Mrs Walther Werk, and Mr and Mrs J L Meares bound for Liverpool Southampton and Antwerp.
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Campant
R. W. Bel
William Fleming
J. BR. Lacson
Teutoniv
W. Duckett
M. L. Hunt
Lucy Francisco
C. B. Hurst
Cheorge Martin
Interest in Our Bridges Shows Need for Safety Upgrades
The city must tighten the Blackwell's Island Bridge at high expense to ensure safety for subway traffic. Strengthening the Williamsburg Bridge shore spans will remove doubts about its load capacity. Plans for the Manhattan Bridge may be overestimated carry power. Public scrutiny of bridges has grown since the Van Wyck era noting past trolley stress on the Brooklyn Bridge and patchwork repairs.
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New York
Blackwell's Island
Williamsburg Bridge
Manhattan Bridge
van Wiek
Brooklyn Bridge
President hosts crowd as social season heats up in Washington
December 22 report recalls a busy White House day with Cabinet talks and a ten mile snow walk. Francis Heney to meet the President, while a parade of lawmakers and dozens of debutantes attend dances and dinners around Madison Avenue and New York social circles.
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Tethune Bureau
Washington
Francis J. Heney
San Francisco
White House
Warner
Fulton
Cook
Foster
Langley
Kalananade
Andrews
Diplomatic Corps Arrivals Welcome New German Ambassador
The new German Ambassador and Baroness Bernstorff with family arrive at the Washington embassy from New York. Naval attaché Commander Retzmann and Baron Hartmann von Richthofen join to meet the ambassador. The Russian Embassy will not open formally this winter. Baron Rosen arrives late this week to serve as ambassador and likely will live in a hotel. Cuban Minister and Sefora de Quesada host Vice-President Fairbanks at dinner with notable invitees. Count and Countess de Chambrun, new French military attaché, visit Cincinnati for Christmas and will return to attend White House New Year reception.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Bernstorff
Massachusetts Avenue
New York
Retzmann
Baron Hartmann von Richthofen
Baron Rosen
Sefora de Quesada
Fairbanks
Culian
Sefiora de Cruz
Afosemena
U.S A
J. Franklin Bell
Count
Countess de Chambrun
Cincinnati
Nicholas
Longworth, Sr
White House
Dar
Washington society notes include Parker debut and Warder wedding
Miss Elizabeth Wolcott Parker, daughter of Rep. and Mrs. Parker, was presented at Rauscher's with debutantes and diplomats. Miss Alice Warder and fiancé John W. Garrett plan a noon wedding at the bride’s home, then sail to Rome. The Satterlees prepare a winter apartment at Stoneleigh Court, joining in January.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Elizabeth Wolcott Parker
Richard Wayne Parker
Rauscher’s
RB. H. Warder
Ralph Ellis
Alice Warder
K Street
Europe
John W. Garrett
Miss Warder
Rastil Miles
Mr. Garrett
Rome
T. G. Summerlin
Titian Coffey
Satterlee
Stoneleigh Court
James W. Pinchot
New York
Amos Pinchot
No. 101
Park Avenue
Sir Horace Plunkett
Debutante Carol Harriman Entertained by Mrs Harriman
New York society notes Mrs E H Harriman hosted a dinner dance for her debutante daughter Carol Harriman at 874 Fifth Avenue. The Christmas greens decorated house for a small gathering of about one dozen young guests in the evening.
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Christman
Httle
J. Allen Townsend
Madison Avenue
Viola Townsend
Francie Johnstone Hopenn
Vera Onativia
Mire Margaret Thorne
Adeline Townsend
Laura Webb
Eleanor Rodenwald
Hilda Holmes
Elsie Laden
Mary Sturgis
Frank Burton
Heyward Cutting
Gilbert EB. James
Dwight Harris
William Drayton
Cary T. Hutchinson
Henry F. Dimock
Hastita Street
Francis Rogers
Bruno Huhn
E. H. Harriman
Carol Harriman
Fifth Avenue
Eliot Critiques Unions He Calls Them Evils
Cambridge Massachusetts December 22 President Charles W Eliot delivering a Harvard economics lecture condemned unions for limiting output and restricting apprenticeships He says altruism cannot mix with economics and such limits rot the worker s moral fibre The remarks mark his second critique in forty years of Harvard leadership
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Cambridge
Mass
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard Today
Taussig
Eliot
Irish M P Farrel Sentenced to Six Months in Jail
Dublin December twenty two James F Farrel editor and proprietor of The Longford Leader Irish Nationalist MP for North Longford refused to furnish sureties for good behavior and was sentenced in the King's Bench Division to six months imprisonment.
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Dublin
James F. Farrel
North o‘Lonsford
Longford Leader
King’s Bench
Russian Diplomatic Changes Rumored After Ambassador Death
Gossip in St Petersburg claims impending shifts in the Russian diplomatic corps after the death of Mura vieff, with retirements expected for ambassadors in Constantinople and Vienna and possible moves at Berlin and Madrid. No decisions yet due to ministry and imperial duties in congress talks, but changes may soon come, possibly affecting Baron Rosen in Washington.
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St. Petersburg
M. Muravieff
Italy
Constantinople
Vienna
Berlin
Madrid
Baron Rosen
Washington
Wedding of Miss Olive Hitchcock Whitman in New York
Miss Olive Hitchcock daughter of Mr and Mrs Iver Hitchcock wed Charlies Seymour Whitman in the Church of the Ascension with Rev Dr Percy Stickney Grant officiating. A reception at the Hotel Buckingham followed with American Beauty roses. the couple sail for Europe today for about a month.
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Olive Hitchcock
Iver Nelson Hitchcock
Church of the Ascension
Charlies Seymour Whitman
Percy Stickney Grant
Hotel
Buckingham
Florence Brown
Andrew
Alvord
Milton Hitchcock
Paul R. Towne
Job BR. Hedges
Almuth C. Vandiver
Herbert Parsons
Aml
McDougall Hawkes
WM. K. Cleory
Owen Winston
Herbert Dotog
Newport Social Notes Shine With Christmas Charity
Newport cottagers plan charitable efforts for Christmas. Alfred G. Vanderbilt funds Thames Street Methodist Church Sunday school gifts. Major Gibbs hosts Fort Adams soldiers with a Christmas entertainment. Mrs Brown returns from New York. Delancey Kane couple depart for New Rochelle. Vanderbilt pair expected from New York for Sandy Point Farm house party. Lt and Mrs Phipps return from Washington.
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Newport
New York
Sandy Point
Frank H. Phipps
Washington
Roosevelt Christmas at White House for last time
Washington reports the Roosevelt family will celebrate Christmas at the White House this year with possible brief visit to Pine Knot in Virginia during New Years week. The Rustic retreat may be kept after the President leaves office and the Longworths are expected to join for a hogey family reunion.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Pine Knot
Virginia
Nicholas Longworth
Hogey
Centenary Reception At Pith Avenue Presbyterian Church
The centennial reception of the Pith Avenue Presbyterian Church was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles 3 Alexa der on West 18th Street. Notables included Bishop Greer and several reverends, with letters of regret from President Roosevelt and Mayor McClellan. Addresses featured leaders from the General Assembly and Princeton Theological Seminary.
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Charles
Alexader
West 18Th Street
Pith Avenue Presbyterian Church
Alexander
J. Ross
Andrew Carnesie
Baxter B Fullerton
General Assembly
John F. Carson
Synod of New York
George Alexander
Presbytery of New York
Francis L. Patten
Princetom Theological Seminary
City sues two utilities over accounting of profits
A hearing before referees Adrian Seline Eugene Philbin and Hamilton Odell addressed whether the city and two corporations liable for conduits used for wires met the contract terms. The city seeks about 12 million claimed profit with a disputed 7 million figure versus alleged 3 million owed, as chief accountant Jane J Hammond testified and the complete accountants report was admitted.
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Consolidated Telegraph and Electrical Subway Company
Empire City Savay Company
Kants
Haskins & Sells
Wines P. Burr
W. J. Hearmens
Wee
Adrian Seline
Eugene A. Philbin
Hamiltos Odell
Jane J. Hammond
Commissioners of Accounts
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Helen Coster
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Martha ®. Bacon
Beatrice Flags
Flournoy A. Hopkins
Jean Tuckerman
Dorotis, Tuckerman
Margaret Thomas
Frances
Rosamond Burr
Elizabeth Gardiner
Elizabeth Morgan
Dorothy Moran
Vanderbilt Webb
James Watson Webb
Reginald K. Waterbury
Robert L. Bacon
James
Peter EB. Bryre
Reginald Auchincloss
Henry Holt
Fr. Etter 2. Cross
Frederick Burnham
Oakleigh Thorne
Margaret Thorne
Henry E. Coe
Miss Emily Coe
Sherry
J. D. Jerrold Kelley
Colony Club
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Muriel Kelley
Anthony J. Drexel
Margllerine Drexel
Philadelphia
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Sr
Henry Meier Johnson
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J. Hampden Robb
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Economics
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Charles B. Alexander
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