Takahira Honored by Princeton at Commencement
Princeton University awarded Doctor of Laws to Baron Takahira the Japanese ambassador to the United States. He praised John Hay and the open door policy, urging peaceful, prosperous ties between Japan and the West. The ceremony featured President Wilson and an attendance sure to be marked by cheers and campus rituals.
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the Tribune
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Princeton University
Beieeeween
Baron Takahira
United States
Takahira
John Hay
Hay
Dist
Japan
Land of the Rising Sun
Republic of the West
Dean West
Amassador
Hn Hay
Donree
Far East
Manchuria
Corea
China
Hughes on law success at Fordham law commencement
Governor Hughes told Fordham University School of Law graduates that true success lies in intellectual mastery and devotion to reason rather than wealth. He urged independence, dignity before courts and juries, and warned against selling convictions for a retainer. Also spoke were Vice General Mooney and Dean Paul Fuller.
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Fordham University School of Law
Hughes
Albany
St. Francis College
West 16Th Street
Mooney
Archishop Farley
Paul Fuller
The
Law
Vassar College Grants 216 Degrees At Commencement
At the commencement exercises the largest Vassar class ever graduated, 216 students, received bachelor’s degrees. President Taylor announced multiple monetary gifts from alumni funds. The day featured a commencement march and diplomas for all graduates.
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Poughkeepsie
Isar College
Wees Jjon Ib
Rockefeller
Alice Freemen Palmer
Taylor
Vas
Five-minute addresses mark first class graduation
The organ by Mrs Williams of Rochester, a member of the first class graduated from Vassar in 1868, opened the ceremony. Six graduates delivered five minute addresses on topics including The Problem of the Street Gang by Eleanor Bertine and A Modern Philosopher of Democracy by Jessie Margaret McGarr, with other talks on nature books, substitutes for art, Greek ideals, and the chemistry of laughter by Ruth Smiley Trues, Mildred H Genbrook, and Ruth Mary Week.
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Wiliams
Rochester
Vassar
Eleanor Bertine
Florence Louise Bullard
Ruth Smiley Trues
Jessie Margaret McGarr
Mildred Har Genbrook
Ruth Mary Week
Hughes Addresses Union College on Citizenship
Governor Charles E. Hughes spoke at Union College commencement on citizenship and the dangers of misusing institutions. He urged reason and conscience in public service, denouncing improper influence and stressing freedom to express and debate. Honorary degrees for Hughes, Fort, Rosendale, Raymond, Cantine, and Johnson were conferred.
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Schenectady
N. Y
Charles E. Hughes
Union College
United States
Hughes
Fort
New Jersey
Simon W. Rosendale
Albany
A. V. V. Raymond
Buffalo
D. D
James Cantine
The
Reformed Church In
Arabia
James Eastman Johnson
New York Schoool of Commerce
Cornell Medical Commencement Marks Tenth Annual Ceremony
Cornell University Medical College held its tenth annual commencement with fifty eight graduates. Miss Phebe Lott Du Bois of Freehold New Jersey was among the diploma recipients as Dr J G Schurman urged the class to seek and nurture superior individuals in faculty and graduates. Beginning this year only arts and sciences college graduates will be admitted to the medical school to improve selection.
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Cornell University Medical College
Phebe Lott du Bois
Freehold
N. J
J. G. Schurman
Cornell University
de Tocqueville
Medical College
Nevada
Mackay School of Mines
Miss Annie Peck Plans Peru Ascent Of Huascaran Peak
Miss Annie S. Peck sails in two weeks for Peru to attempt Mount Huascaran, which she claims tops the Western Hemisphere. She will be aided by two Alpine climbers from Dr. Alexander Seiler of Zermatt. If successful, she could surpass the current Himalayan high mark of 23,800 feet held by W. W. Graham and boost U S commercial ties in South America.
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Annie S. Peck
Peru
Mount
Huascaran
Alexander Seiler
Zermatt
Miss Peck
Huscaran
Armed Italian youths trapdoor entry at Rives home
Three young Italians armed with a file a saw a skeleton key and bent wire forced entry yesterday afternoon to the home of George L Rives former corporation counsel Patrolman Dennin of the traffic squad spotted the manhole entry and after entering the cellar found the trio hiding behind a case They were held for trial in Jefferson Market court.
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George L. Rives
Dennin
No. 10
West 38Th Street
Rives
Jefferson Market Court
Cornell Medical Alumni Dinner Entices Over Hundred Guests
The Cornell Medical Alumni Association held its annual banquet at the Hotel Manhattan with more than a hundred members attending. Dr Mary Crawford ambulance surgeon Williamsburg Hospital attended as a guest. Toastmaster Dr Victor Corse Thorne and speakers Dr William M Polk Dr W Gillman Thompson Dr John Martwell and Dr Samuel Milbank addressed the gathering.
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Cornell Medical Alumni Association
Hotel Manhattan
Mary Crawford
Williamsburg Hospital
Victor Corse Thorne
William M. Polk
W. Gillman Thompson
John Martwell
Samuel Milbank
Lenox Cottagers Hire New York Private Detectives
Lenox residents have engaged a New York private detective bureau to advise and protect summer cottages from threats. An agent is to confer with cottagers, and a corps of private detectives may serve as special watchmen at the cottages.
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the Tribune
Lenox
New York
William Pollock
Pittefeld
Pol- Mits
Cas
Oliver H. P. Belmont Dies After Appendicitis
Oli ver H. P. Belmont died at 6 45 this morning after an operation for appendicitis complicated by peritonitis. His wife and the family physician were at his bedside. W K Vanderbilt Jr and his wife and Mrs William Jey were also in the house. Attending doctors were Dr William T Bull and Dr Andrew J McCosh.
Belmont son Olver Hazard Perry Belmont dies at fifty
Olver Hazard Perry Belmont, third son of the late August Belmont, died after a battle with illness in New York. He had rallied under physicians care on Saturday but relapsed Sunday. Funeral services will be at Cathedral of the Incarnation Garden City Long Island tomorrow at 10 am. Burial in Woodlawn Cemetery Westchester. He leaves a wife two brothers Perry and August.
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Garden City
Long Island
Frederick Burgess
Episcopal Diocese
Belmont
Woodlawn Cemetery
Westchester County
Stuyvesant Fish
Mr. Fearing
Newport
H.eldridge
C. M. Oelrichs
Olver Hazard Perry Belmont
August Belmont
Naval Academy
Sarah Swan Whiting
Alvah Smith Vanderbilt
Strong
George Lockhart Rives
Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Congress
Meadow Brook
Belcourt
Marble
The
Brook
New York Athletic
Union
Knickerbocker
Manhattan
Metropolitan
Lawyers
Lambs
New York
University Clubs
Washington
Paris
London
Perry
August
Colonel John F. Finerty Dies in Chicago at 62
Col John F Finerty a noted newspaper man lecturer and Irish patriot died at his Chicago home after a liver illness aged sixty two He left a wife and two children John Jr and Vera Finerty His career spanned The Chicago Republican Chicago Tribune Chicago Times The Chicago Citizen and political service including one Congress term He was a frequent Irish rights advocate lecturer author and organizer with ties to United Irish Societies and the United Irish League of America.
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Chicago
John F. Finerty
John Frederick Finerty
Galway
Ireland
National
Chicago Republican
Chicago Tribune
Chicago Times
Chicago Citizen
Congress
Blaine
Bryan
United Irish Societies of Chicago
United Irish League of America
Finerty
People’s History of
The
Grand Army of the Republic
American -Irish Historical Society
Captain Edward Hawkins Dies at 77 in Jamesport
Captain Edward Hawkins a former State Senator and long time Suffolk County figure died at his home in Jamesport Long Island aged seventy seven He went to sea at fifteen and by twenty one captained a vessel During the Civil War he commanded a government transport He helped build the East End menhaden fishery oil business and leaves a wife and two daughters Mrs Belford and Mrs Edward H H Albertson
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Edward Hawkins
Suffolk County
Jamesport
Long Island
Captain Hawkins
Simeon S. Hawkins
Belford
Joseph Belford
Edward HH. Albertson
Marie Louis Gaston Boissier Dies in Paris At 83
Paris June 10 The death is announced of Marie Louis Gaston Boissier grand officer of the Legion of Honor and secretary of the French Academy The French historian and archaeologist was born at Nimes in 1823 educated at the Ecole Normale He taught rhetoric at Nimes and Paris and held chairs at the College de France and Ecole Normale He was elected to the French Academy in 1879 and to the Academy of Inscriptions in 1885.
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Paris
Marie Louis Gaston Boissier
Legion of Honor
M. Boissier
Nimes
Ecole Normale
Dyce Charlemagne
Collége de France
Academy of Inscriptions
Mrs Ethel Dodge Dies in Germany at 27
Mrs Ethel Beatrice Dodge wife of Walter Phelps Dodge and daughter of the late Percy Harmer Adlard of Staverton Court Gloucester died June 2 in Kissingen Germany in the twenty seventh year of age She will be buried at Simsbury Connecticut Mr Dodge a lawyer and author is son of Rev David Stuart Dodge and grandson of William E Dodge first.
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Ethel Beatrice Dodge
Walter Phelps Dodge
Percy Harmer Adlard
Staverton Court
Gloucestershire
England
Kissingen
Germany
Dodge
David Stuart Dodge
William E. Dodge
Mrs. Owen Wister Dies in Philadelphia at 71
Mrs. Owen Jones Wister, mother of novelist Owen Wister, died at her Philadelphia home in her seventy second year. Born Sarah Butler, she was daughter of Pierce Butler and actress Fanny Kemble, granddaughter of John Kemble, and a prominent Philadelphia society leader. Her husband had died years earlier.
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Philadelphia
Owen Jones Wister
Owen Wister
Chancellor Day denies Syracuse University retirement
Chancellor James R. Day of Syracuse University stated he will not retire or resign. He said reports were untrue, the board approved his administration, and he plans the usual summer vacation. No world trip or extended leave is planned, despite past offers. He emphasized good health and strength to continue in his role.
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Tribune
Syracuse
James R. Day
Syracuse University
Wedding on Governor's Island at St Cornelius Chapel
Miss Marion Warren Newcomb and First Lieutenant George Albert Wildrick wed yesterday at St. Cornelius Chapel on Governor's Island. The ceremony was conducted by Rev. Edmund Banks Smith and Rev. Dr. Henry M. Barbour with General Frederick D. Grant and staff in attendance. A reception followed at the Officers' Club. The couple will honeymoon and then reside at Fort Constitution where Wildrick is stationed.
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St. Cornelius’s
Governor's Island
Old Trinity Church
Marion Warren Newcomb
Warren Putnam Newcomb
George Albert Wildrick
Coast Artillery Corps
Wildrick
Edmund Banks Smith
General Grants
Henry M. Barbour
Church of the Beloved Disciple
Frederick D. Grant
Newcomb
Beverley Richards
Louisa Nevins
Minneapolis
Marion Burbank
Ann Cass
Laura Banzano
Pennsylvania
Gladys Gilbert
Cambridge
Mass
Alice Whittaker
Cincinnati
Edith Aldrich
Helen Macdonald
Edward W. Wildrich
A. A. Maybach
West Point
A. G. Gillespie
U. S
Maxwell Murray
Hal
Percival Lowell Weds Here At City Hall Church
Percival Lowell founder of the Lowell Observatory married Constance Savage Keith of Boston after obtaining a City Hall license. They were wed at St Bartholomew's Church by Rev Dr Leighton Parks and departed on the Merchants Limited for Boston. Lowell cited Flagstaff Arizona as residence. he is 53, Miss Keith 44.
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Percival Lowell
Lowell Observatory
Constance Savage Keith
Boston
City Hall
St. Bartholomew's Church
Leighton Parks
Lowell
Merchants’ Limited
Keith
Flagstaff
Ariz
Marriages of Miss Mary Elizabeth Du Puy and Miss Lulie Henkel
Miss Mary Elizabeth Du Puy wed Reuben Wilson at her father Nicholas Du Puy's Boonton home with Rev. Nathaniel Brooks officiating. Edna Du Puy served as maid of honor and Howard S Wilson was best man. In a separate ceremony Miss Lulie Henkel married Frederick G Michel at St George's Church with Rev Hugh Birckhead officiating. The Michels will reside at 327 East 18th Street.
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Mary Elizabeth du Puy
Nicholas du Puy
Boonton
N. J
Robert J. MacFarland
Brooklyn
Reuben Wilson
George W. Wilson
Nathaniel Brooks
Edna A. du Puy
Howard S. Wilson
Lulie Henkel
William Henkel
St. George's Church
Frederick G. Michel
Hugh Birckhead
Dorothy Marie Henkel
Louise
Anne Michel
Helen Austin Finlay
Florence Hill
Adolph Bauer
Matthew Arthur Henkel
John Bauer
Henry Walter
Michel
East 18Th Street
Weather Report from Washington and Mount Weather Flight
Official weather summary from Washington notes a balloon flight at Mount Weather reaching about one mile altitude with 57 degree temp aloft and 74 degrees at the surface. Forecast calls for showers in southern states and mixed conditions across regions with generally fair northern states and a warm trend in the northwestern and western Gulf areas. Local records compare yesterday’s temperatures with prior years while district forecasts predict partly cloudy to day and Friday with northerly winds.
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Washington
Mount Weather
Virginia
Ohio Valley
Atlantic
Gulf States
Texas
Upper Lake Region
Illinois
South Dakota
Oklahoma
South Atlantic
East Gulf States
New England
Northwest
West Gulf States
Rocky Mountain
Plains States
Missouri
Upper Mississippi
Lower Lake Region
District of Columbia
Maryland
Delaware
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
New York
Weather Bureau
Mackay statue dedicated at Nevada university campus
Reno celebrates a state holiday for the Mackay School of Mines and a bronze statue of John W. Mackay presented by Clarence H. Mackay and his mother. Colonel George Harvey and Mrs. Katherine Mackay receive honors. Governor Dickerson attends. The dedication honors mining founder John W. Mackay and marks the Mackay School of Mines opening on Nevada’s university campus.
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Reno, Nev
Mackay School of Mines
Borgium
John W. Mackay
Clarence H. Mackay
Reno
George Harvey
Katherine Mackay
Dickerson
Mackay
Nevada
University of Nevada
John William Mackay
Virginia City
Obituaries and funeral notices dated June 1908
Notices list deaths and funeral details for Alice B. Dean Ethel Beatrice Dodge Charles Everest John W Hogencamp Charles Hubbel Charles Seymour Husted Joseph Larocque Agnes Ogilby Eliza Wilson and associated memorial arrangements including interments at Simsbury New Lebanon St Bartholomew's Madison Ave and Greenwood with dates June 9 to June 12 and addresses in Philadelphia Abington Jamaica Plain New York City and surrounding areas. Includes requests for no flowers and specific service times and locations.
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West 14Th St
Charles Requar Hubbel
Husted
Charles Seymour Husted
Paris
Clinton Ave
Larocque
Joseph Larocque
St. Bartholomew Church
Madison Ave
44Th St
B. Brownell
Jamaica Plain
Mass
Agnes
Charles F. Ogilby
Boston
Peter Remsen Brinckerhoff
New York
St John’s Church
Christ's Church
New Brunswick
N. J
Carnegie offers aid to Stevens for new wings
The Stevens Institute of Technology alumni met at Hoboken where President Humphreys announced Andrew Carnegie would donate 10000 dollars for two wings if 15000 dollars was raised from other sources. He noted pledges totaling 7300 dollars. Officers were elected: Morton, Brinckerhoff, Kidd, Cuntz, Martin, Hoffman, Meyer, Hall, and Torrance names.
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New York
Walter Kidd
Montclair
N. J
J. H. Cuntz
Hoboken
Louis A. Martin, Jr
Samuel V. Hoffman
Henry C. Meyer, Jr
Professor Schechter to Become a Citizen
Professor Solomon Schechter, president of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, aged sixty and a Romanian native, took out naturalization papers yesterday at the federal bureau and renounced allegiance to the King of England. Louis Marshall witnessed the affirmation. Schechter arrived in the U S on April 20, 1902 from England.
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Solomon Schechter
Jewish Theological Seminary of America
West 122d Street
Federal Naturalization Bureau
Romania
England
Louis Marshall
Queen honors F Cunliffe Owen with knighthood in Netherlands
The Queen of the Netherlands has conferred the order of knighthood of Orange Nassau on F Cunliffe Owen of New York. The notice appears in The Hague on June 10. An advertised tonic, Horsford's Act Phosphate, promises nerve relief and relief from nausea headaches and insomnia.
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Wilhelmina
the Hague
Horsford
Marriages Published in The Tribun for Jane Telegraph Extra Charge
Notices list six marriages with names and dates. Blake Coe weds Clinton Hamlin Blake Jr on June 10 in New York City by Rev Dr Collyer. Hughes Strong weds Frank L Hughes on June 4 in Cleveland by Rev Dr Sterley. Morris Fellowes weds Richard Lewis Morris on June 9 at Grace Church by Rev William Huntington. Strong emphasis on full names and addresses required for notices.
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New York City
Robert Collyer
Margaret Duryee Coe
Clinton Hamlin Blake, Jr
Hughes
Strong
Cleve
Sterley
Grace H. Strong
Reeter
Fanny G. Strong
Frank L. Hughes
Staten Island
New York
Morris—Fellowes
aAt
Grace Church
William R. Huntington
Carolyn Whitney
Cornelius Fellowes
Richard Lewis Morris
Belmont Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont dies on Hempstead Long Island
Belmont Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont, son of the late August Belmont, dies at his Hempstead residence on June 10. Funeral at Cathedral of the Incarnation Garden City June 12 at 10 am with a special Long Island train from Manhattan to Garden City, return by 11:30 am.
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Hempstead
Long Island
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August Belmont
New York
Cathedral of the Incarnation
Garden City
Long Island Ferry
Bennet
East 3Dst
Flatbush
Margaret A. Fox
J. F. Bennet
Mer
Woodlawn Cemetery Access and Booking Information
The Woodlawn Cemetery is accessible by Harlem trains from Grand Central Station Webster and Jerome Avenue, or by carriage. Lots are $150 up. Contact Gramercy for the Book of Views or a representative at 20 East 23d Street, New York. Frank Fe Campbell, 241-3 West 234 Street. Chapela Private and public ambulances. Tel 1324 Chelsem.
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Grand Central Station
Webster and
Jerome Avenue
Gramercy
East 23d St
New York City
Frank FE. Campbell
West
St. Chapela
Chelsem
Job applicants file at Uptown Tribune office
Quick help to employers save time and expense by consulting the new file of applications of selected aspirants for various positions. The New York Tribune, Uptown Office, 1364 Broadway, between 36th and 37th Streets. Office hours 9 a m to 6 p m.
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Tribune Subscription Rates and Postal Abroad Offices
The Tribune offers mail subscriptions to domestic and international addresses with flexible address changes. It lists domestic and foreign rates for daily tri weekly and weekly editions, plus almanac and index pricing, and notes multiple office locations and foreign hotel reading rooms for convenience.
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Philippines
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