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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1909
Page
22
Report cites Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia as denying any push to bar Yale Harvard Columbia or NYU from Carnegie Foundation support over lax admission standards. Foundation clarifies no letters of admonition were issued and says conferences led to planned cooperation and harmony.
Buffalo June 14 Miss Jane Addams of Hull House Chicago is elected president of the National Conference of Charities and Correction for 19 with a unanimous vote. The first woman to head the thirty six year old body. Officers named include F H Nibecker and Ainsley Wilcox. Judges, secretaries and an executive committee are listed from multiple cities. A sweeping charge by Gino C Speranza accuses foreigners of court discrimination against immigrants aiming for U.S. residence. He argues citizens are judged differently at ports, while Judge Emanuel Levine criticizes criminal statistics as unreliable. Mary E MacDowell and Grace Abbott address police and work conditions in cities and stock yards urging government supervision.
London June 14 A decree of divorce was granted to Hosamond Chetwynd daughter of the late Charles Secor of New York from George Guy Chetwynd on grounds of misconduct. The husband refused to obey a prior decree restoring conjugal rights. Custody of the child awarded to Mrs Chetwynd. The couple wed in 1502.
The new Y Brighton Beach Music Hall at Ocean Parkway and Bea Breeze avenue, Coney Island, opened last night with two vaudeville acts and plans to devote itself entirely to vaudeville. It is directed by the Robinson Amusement Company and managed by David Robinson, manager of the Colonial Theatre in Manhattan. The hall fronts 99 feet on Ocean Parkway and 150 feet on Breeze avenue, with red brick exterior and a marine interior theme. Matinees will be offered daily in addition to evening shows.
Princeton New Jersey June 14 Bright sunny weather allowed outdoor class day exercises in the presence of visitors from across the country. Phi Beta Kappa Cliosophic and American Whig societies met, the class of 1869 replaced a stone from commencement day, and graduation is set for tomorrow. Trustees met their 1624 commencement with Governor Fort present. The sword of General John Beatty was presented to the university by William R. Barrickle. Gifts totaling 145221 came largely from the Dodge estate. Faculty changes included new physics professor Edwin P. Adams and mathematics professor Luther P. Eisenhart, with Edward G. Elliott named professor of politics.
The New York Law School will hold commencement exercises at the Carnegie Hall music chamber on 57th street and Seventh avenue Thursday evening. Professor George Chase, the school dean, will preside and Justice Clarke of the Appellate Division will deliver the graduates' address.
The Packer Collegiate Institute in Brooklyn held its annual commencement last night. Forty young women received diplomas as parents and friends filled the chapel. Rev Marion Le Roy Burton gave the opening prayer. Valedictory was by Miss Alice M Cordier. The program featured readings and pieces by Misses Anna B Longenecker Louise S Miller Marion Hardy Helen M Sperry and Grace M Allen.
The town and celebrities filled the Jardin de Paris atop the New York Theatre as Follies of 1909 opened with Nora Bayes leading a strong cast. The revue blends songs and sights from a year’s incidents, featuring air machine stunts, toe dancing by Bessie Clayton, and a chorus that delights the crowd.
The jury in Justice Davis's Supreme Court chamber returned a sealed verdict awarding John Stapleton, stage director for the late Kirke La Shelle, $20,000 for work on The Virginian and Checkers. This follows a prior $3,000 verdict that was set aside by mutual consent.
London’s Roy W. Howard and Miss Margaret Roche wed at St George’s Chapel with a reception at the bride’s aunt’s home. Grace Church in Buffalo hosted Miss Gertrude Whitney’s marriage to Julia Nettl. Justice Guy wed Edward Lederer at the Hotel Belmont, while Elinor Mellick married in Grace Episcopal Church with a large bridal party and a honey moon planned for Hot Springs.
Rio de Janeiro reports the death of Dr. Alfonso Moreira Penna, President of Brazil. He fell ill with influenza on June 2, showed temporary improvement on June 6, then relapsed after a brief recovery.
Pulmonary and gastric symptoms marked the case. The Minister of the Interior notified officials that the physicians deemed the case hopeless. The President died at 7.30 this morning after hours of unconsciousness. The Vice-President assumed executive powers in the evening as ministers and legislators watched. Resignations followed, but the new President asked for a few days to organize. Funeral planned for Wednesday. Dr Penna, born in Santa Barbara Minas Geraes on November 30 1547, helped found Belo Horizonte. He held multiple offices including Minister of War Agriculture and Justice and served as Vice-President and President of the Senate before election in 1896. His term would have ended in 1919. His administration enacted a 6,000 00 loan cut duties on American products raised sugar duties and signed an arbitration treaty with Argentina. He backed the gold standard and welcomed the American battleship fleet in January. Penna is survived by wife four daughters and at least one son. Analysts expect Pecanha to complete the term with elections as scheduled, with possible candidates Marshal Hermes Fonseca or Baron de Rio Branco. 1008 officers of
Joseph C Cabble, longtime Brooklyn Republican figure who steered mayoral campaigns for Seth Low in 1881 and 1883, died at his Madison Street home aged 58. He led the Wil iam Cabble Excelsior Wire Manufacturing Company, held church and civic roles, and leaves a wife and two children. Funeral service is at his home tomorrow evening with burial at Cypress Hills Cemetery.
General John S. Kountz former grand army of the republic commander in chief dies at his Toledo home from Brights disease. He enlisted at fifteen in the 37th Ohio Volunteer Infantry and led the GAR as chief in 1884 earning the moniker the drummer boy of Missionary Ridge after losing a leg in the charge. He helped obtain from the Pope a decision freeing GAR from the ban as a secret society.
Robert J Gray an 83 year old iron manufacturer died of pneumonia at his Lenox avenue home after catching a cold while going to church on June 6. He spent most of his life in the city and built a large manufacturing business.
Veteran builder of steam engines and boilers at Jane and West streets, who also produced vessels for the government during the Civil War, including the Andrew Johnson, dies. He was a long time Methodist Church trustee and member. Survived by wife, three sons, and three daughters. Burial at Woodlawn Cemetery.
Benjamin L. M. Tower, a leading member of the Suffolk bar and partner in Tower, Talbot & Hiller, died in Boston today. Born in Cohasset in 1848, he leaves a wife and four children.
Dr B L Wiggins vice-chancellor of the University of the South Sewanee Tenn died of heart disease. Born 1851 in Sand Ridge South Carolina he attended the university he later served as professor of Greek from 1882 and vice chancellor from 1893. He held honorary LL D degrees from Trinity College St Johns Annapolis and South Carolina College. He was a member of the American Philological Association and American Historical Association.
John Paul aged seventy five, a leading Wisconsin lumberman and Florida company head, died at Watertown Florida yesterday. James F Roosa, banker and Civil War veteran, died yesterday at his home in Middletown New Jersey. He leaves son Philip G Roosa, chief clerk to the State Prison Commission.
William N. Johnson of New York commends The Tribune for its campaign against broad pension increases for Civil War veterans. He urges Congress to stop general and private pension bills, noting veterans dwindle yet costs rise and urging lawmakers to act with national interest and fiscal restraint.
A. L. Benedict argues at Atlantic City that physicians should provide broad health supervision akin to clerical guidance. He suggests a unified program in hygiene, sanitation, medical charity, and health education, with clergy-styled payment methods, extending care beyond the poor to the rich. Buffalo, June 11, 1909.
At Clifton Springs New York the International Missionary Union discussed Christian expansion in Africa and the Muslim world. Speakers included Rev W B Anderson from the United Presbyterian Board and missionaries Miss Gertrude Hance Miss Lydia Ing and Miss Martha Price. Elects were Rev J T Gracey president Rev J S Stone vice president Mrs H J Bostick secretary and Rev C R Merritt treasurer.
Official weather record notes rising barometric pressure across the lake region and Ohio Valley with generally fair skies in many areas. Local rains and thunderstorms reported in the Atlantic Gulf Tennessee Arkansas Rocky Mountain regions. cooler air shifts prevail in the lower lake region and Ohio valley with rising temperatures in the upper lake and northwest states.
A large crowd, estimated between two thousand and twenty five hundred, attended last night’s dinner marking the fiftieth anniversary of the Order B'rith Abraham. Speakers included Congressmen Goldfogle Kahn and others as the audience battled noise for souvenirs and speeches. Governor Hughes sent regrets. The convention opened with 710 delegates from 159 lodges and 5.0 percent membership noted. election of officers scheduled today with Grand Master Dorf expected to win a seventeenth term.
Several thousand Zionists marched through East Side streets with Hatikvah tunes and blue white banners. Fireworks and greetings signs appeared along the route as delegates debated Zionist education curricula and a Jewish public school plan in Boston. Junior Zionists numbered twenty five hundred across thirty five New York circles, twenty in Philadelphia, and fifty elsewhere.
Dr Solomon Woolf professor emeritus of the College of the City of New York celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of his graduation with a gathering of classmates at Reisenweber's on Eighth avenue and 38th street. An oil painting of Woolf by his nephew 8S J Woolf was presented, with President John H Finley among the seventy five guests.
Free admission to the Metropolitan Museum of Art American Museum of Natural History and the Zoological Garden. Pan-Presbyterian Alliance Fifth Ave Presbyterian Church 2 p.m. Annual meeting of the New York Electrical Society Waldorf Astoria 5 p.m. Congressman Bennet on The Value of a Vote West End Presbyterian Church 5 p.m. Opening of summer school YWCA No 7 East 18th Street 5 p.m. Federation of American Zionists Vienna Hall 58th Street Lexington Avenue 10 p.m.
Prominent arrivals at hotels include J H Kearney from Memphis at the Astor and E D Shaw from Washington at Breslin with P Wilkins from Oklahoma. GOTHAM hosts Mr and Mrs Edward Sperry of Richmond Virginia. R A Hunt of Providence and W F Estabrook of Chicago at Netherland. PARK AVENUE welcomes Dr G R White of Savannah. WALDORF ASTORIA hosts W M Hows from St. Leonis and Samuel to Chicago. REGIS greets Mr and Mrs H Painter of Cleveland.
Washington June 114 The first production of a three act play entitled Success by Preston Gibson, nephew of Justice White, opened at Belasco Theatre. Plot follows Thompson, a Southern heir turned financier, amid romance and Wall Street power struggles, with a Virginia initial setting and a New York finale. Cast includes Laura Burt and Ethel Grey Terry. direction by Gibson assisted by Hadfield.
Marriage and death notices from The Tribune list Allen Crawford Edwards Gascoine Gilmour Grant Gunther Haskell Lynch Olmstead Robertson Roosa Smith Starr Wood with service details, dates in June 1908 1909 and references to interments and funeral services at various New York and New Jersey locations.
The Uptown Office of THE NEW-YORK TRIBUNE has installed a file of applications of selected aspirants for positions of various kinds at 1364 Broadway between 36th and 37th Streets. Office hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The Tribune announces domestic and international subscription rates including daily weekly and Sunday editions. Rates cover six months and twelve months with separate charges for Canada and overseas destinations and additional postage for foreign mail.
Religious notices list an afternoon session at 2 with speakers Raw PD Moftat Rev Dr David Tames Tetans Sr Sas Del Chisholm and evening address by Oswald Dykes Cambridge England. Public invited.
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