Nine More States Needed to Assure Action on Suffrage
June 18 reports from St Paul and Boston describe progress toward ratifying the federal woman suffrage amendment. Governors Burnsquist and Shoup pledge sessions or steps toward ratification, with Colorado offering clerks and pages to ease a special session. Arkansas residents propose private financing for legislators’ expenses.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Buhnquist
Burnquist
Shoup
Colorado
Mre
Carrie Chapman Catt
National American Woman Suffrage Association
The
Suffrage Association of
Arkansas
S. E. Sweet
Widener
St. Francis County
Yale Commencement Grants 13 Honors and 598 Degrees
Yale’s 219th commencement in Woolsey Hall awarded thirteen honorary degrees and 598 degrees for the various courses. Posthumous honors totaled 23 for Yale soldiers and sailors who died abroad. Admirals Sims and Lima, General Snow, Orville Wright, and Charles Coffin received honorary degrees among others. Admiral Lima warned of future swift naval battles with long range weapons and new war technology. Thomas Farnan of New Haven was elected a fellow of the corporation by the alumni.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Yale
William Snowden Sims
William Josiah Snow
Charles Henry Brant
Western New York
Orville Wright
Charles Albert Coffin
General Electric Company
Admiral Lima
General Snow
Bishop Brent
Wright
Coffin
Russell Cornell Letfinewell
Robert Stewart McClenahan
Samuel Hosen Wadhams
Woolsey Hall
Naval War College
Othore
Sima
Thomas W. Farnan
Eli Whitney
M Y U Honors General O Ryan and Notables at NYU Commencement
New York University awarded Doctor of Laws to Major General Jonn O Ryan and honored former Senator Theodore E Burton and Chase National Bank chair Alonzo Barton Hepburn among others. 212 graduates received prizes across Arts and Pure Sciences, Applied Science, and Washington Square College. Dr Maurice Francis Egan delivered the commencement address discussing national and international politics and justice.
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Jonn ¥. O'Ryan
New York University
Theodore E. Burton
Alonzo Barton Hepburn
Chase National Bank
Thomas Coleman du Pont
Henry Robinson Towne
William Grosvenor Bissell
Department of Health
Buffalo
Harry E. Fosdick
First Presbyterian Church
George Alexander
College of Arts and Pure Sciences
Ogden Butler
Joseph Moses Rath
James Gordon Bennett
Salvatore Traina
Frederick Seward Gibson
Elliot Karlison
George Augustus Sandham
MacDonald
Lawrence Fertig
Donald Brown
Samuel B. Lesser
Arthur Schwartz
School of Applied Science
William A. Hoe
Walter John Clark
Walter IH. Inman
Harry Andrew Mulde
Samuel B. Duryea
Alfred Soman, Jr
Sherborne Vernon Damerel
Floyd Joseph Egan
Washington Square College
Italy
Dalmatian
Fiume
Ireland
Poland
Bulgaria
George Edward Anderson
Samuel Moskowitz
John Joseph Buckley
Charles
Morton Cremer
Mabel Augusta Tuttle
Fordham Degrees Awarded to Smith Duffy and Others at 74th Commencement
Governor Smith and Chaplain Francia Duffy were honored with degrees at Fordham University’s seventy fourth commencement. Degrees included Doctor of Laws for Smith and Walsh and Garvan and Mulligan, Doctor of Science for Fetherston. Rev Edward Tivnan delivered the address as Smith spoke on education, urging hard work and investment in youth. Faculty and alumni joined in the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Governor Smith
Francia P. Duffy
Fordham University
Senator Walsh
Massachusetts
Francis P. Garvan
United States
William J. Mulligan
Knights of Columbus
John T. Fetherston
Edward P. Tivnan
S. J
Smith
O'Ryan
New York State
Suce
Anderson L L D Won't Pose in Gown at Commencement
At Illinois Wesleyan Bloomington yesterday Anderson William H. of New York State Anti-Saloon League received a doctor of laws degree. He declined to pose in cap and gown sending a witty note about a lawyerly image and law enforcement. Other graduates included John MacCarthy summa cum laude BA Owen Reilley and George Loesch cum laude in law plus pharmacy cum laude recipients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panella
John ©. MacCarthy
Owen E. Reilley
George Loesch
Joseph R. Altman
Julian Bernstein
Philip Kohnberg
Jacob Kamras
Harvey Rothaus
Herman Sterman
Samuel Thomas
Gerard Tonzi
Joseph Weinar
Harry Winkler
Pharmacy
Amherst Honors March And Governor Coolidge
Governor Calvin Coolidge and General Peyton C. March head a list of eight Amherst graduates honored with Doctor of Laws. Dr. Howard Sweetzer Amherst and Solomon Kulkley Griffon also received the same degree, while Dr. Lewis Reed and Dr. Robert Dennison earned Doctor of Divinity. Masters of Arts went to Charles Lamson and Charles Hawkes.
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Amherst
March
Coolidge Amherst
Main
Calvin Coolidge
Peyton C. March
Army General Staff
Nother
Howard Sweetzer Eli Amherst
Protestant College
Beirut
Syria
Solomon Kulkley Griffon
The
Springfield Republican
Lewis Thurston Reed
Flatbush Congregational Church
Brooklyn
Robert Charles Dennison
United Church On the
Syrian College
Turkey
Dr. Bliss
Paris
Brown Confers Degree On General Crowder
Providence June 18 Provost Marshal General Crowder received another LL D from Brown during victory commencement as 143 degrees were awarded including 49 to women 19 advanced degrees conferred President Faunce named honorary degrees to Hopkins Pound Robbins Ford Dyer and others Gifts totaling 185000 announced Edgar Marston donated 150000 for a language building and 10000 for a UT graduates fellowship
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Brown
General Crowder
Providence
W. J. P. Faunce
Hopkins
Dartmouth College
Houston
Roscoe Pound
Harvard
D. D
Joseph Chandler Robbins
Newton Centre
D.— Worthington Chauncey Ford
Cambridge
Mass
H. Anthony Dyer
Providenc
University
Edgar L. Marston
New York
University of Texas
McCall Warns League Risks in War Prevention Plan
Rochester June 18 A class of 53 women and 25 men graduated at the University of Rochester sixty ninth commencement. Former Governor Samuel W McCall urged that public opinion support a project to prevent wars while noting the league may face a handicap from the peace framework. He noted Europe’s move to larger units reduces the chance of war but warned the treaty could revert toward an older order.
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McCall
League
Rochester
University of Rochester
Samuel W. McCall
Massachusetts
Europe
Altman Continuation School Honors 71 Graduates at Ceremony
Seventy-one boys and girls employed by B Altman & Co graduated last night from the Altman Continuation School. Thomas W. Churchill and Colonel M Friedman addressed the crowd of about 600. Honor pins were awarded to twenty two graduates for proficiency and good conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Altman & Co
Altman
Altman Foundation
Thomas W. Churchill
Board of Education
M. Friedman
Plays and Players Ready for Premiere in Atlantic City
The Gaiettes of 1919 will travel Friday for Atlantic City where the revue opens under Shubert direction at the Globe Theatre. New York opening set for Monday evening June 80 at the Forty fourth Street Theatre. Cast numbers exceed 100. Also noted are industry vignettes from F Ziegfeld Jr and agents musing on post July 1 patron refreshment ideas.
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Gaiettes
Atlantic City
Shuberts
Globe Theatre
New York
Forty-fourth Street Theatre
Dorothy Anderton Bride Today of Edward S Bentley
Miss Dorothy Anderton daughter of the late Dr William Bancroft Anderton will wed Edward Salbury Bentley this afternoon at St Stephens Church Ridgefield Conn The reception follows at the bride’s mother’s country home New York guests travel from Grand Central Station at 1203 PM.
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Dorothy Anderton
William Bancroft Anderton
Edward Salbury Bentley
St. Stphen’s Church
Ridgefield
Conn
New York
Grand Central Station
Helen Dirksen Decker
Edward Philip Decker
Detroit
Harold Leslie Kalt
Henry W. Kalt
East Sixtyfourth Street
Presbyterian Church
Rye
N. Y
Heaton Treadway
Stockbridge
Mass
Jose Protheroe
Port Chester
Elizabeth McDowell
Katherine
Marjorie Mack
Jhrine Maawell
Lascelles C. Marwell
Pryor Katt
Heaton
Treadway
William
Bryson Katt
Charles
Newell Decker
Hill Top Pace
Charles Gilbert Smith
Local Theatre Notes Include New Farces and Arrangements
Producers announce completion of arrangements for Fred Jackson musical farce La La Lucille and a four act gag Radium by Ernest Howard Culbertson. Selwyn Co. will stage Wedding Bells by Salisbury Field in October. John L. Golden to entertain Barbara Frietchie members at Three Wise Fools. Walter Pontius, Philadelphia tenor, scores hit at Strand Theatre and stays for another week.
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Sve
Fred Jackson
A. H. Woods
Ernest Howard Culbertson
Selwyn & Co
Salisbury Field
John L. Golden
Tharter
Barbara Frietehie
Yeowomen
Walter Pontius
Philadelphia
New York
Strand Theatre
Christmas Seal Drive Sets $6 Million Goal
Atlantic City June 18 The National Tuberculosis Association adjourned its annual meeting adopting resolutions for a Red Cross Christmas seal campaign in December to raise more than 6 million dollars. Association secretaries from every state presented budgets. the total, subject to final details, passed the 6 million mark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
National Tuberculosis Association
Mrs Carlton Opens Cafe in Former Saloon for Working Girls
Mrs Carlton wife of the Western Union telegraph Company president helps run a new restaurant in a former saloon at Sixteenth Street and Third Avenue. It serves working girls only with meals from 17 to 27 cents and operates daily from 11 30 to 2 30, serving about 700 men and girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolne Winslow
St. George’s Protestant Episcopal Church
Postal Censorship to End Next Saturday, Official Says
Washington officials announced today that United States postal censorship will continue through the close of business next Saturday. The measure, now in place, will end after that date pending any new order from the censorship board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Censorship Board
United States
Thought- To First Avenue Traffic Rival to Fifth Avenue
A Thought- To First Avenue report notes that IAST AVENUE above Wiftieth Street is a rising rival to Fifth Avenue for automobile traffic. Heavily laden trucks and large cars travel the cobblestone hills at reckless speed, with accidents increasing. Residents urge better regulation at key crossings to curb speeds and reduce crashes on the direct route to Willis Avenue bridge and Queensboro Bridge.
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Iast Avenue
Wiftieth Street
Fifth Avenue
Flist Avenue
Whalen fights Queensboro Bridge car operation protest
Grover A. Whalen, commissioner, filed protest against New York & Queens County Railway plan to abandon traffic on the Queensboro Bridge from Long Island City to Fifty-ninth Street. The contract expires year end. Company cites high costs and new transit options. Public Service Commission takes no action for now.
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Grover A. Whalen
New York & Teens County Railway Company
Queensboro Bridge
Long Island City
Fifty-ninth Street
Whalen
Board of Estimate
Connolly
Queens
William Wood
Railway Company
Pennsylvania
Queensboro
Second Avenue
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Plaza
Interborough
Flushing
Public Service Commission
Walker
Manhattan and South Shore Traction Company
Third Avenue Railway Company
Notire
New York and Queens County Railway Company
Westchester Horse Show Opens at Gedney Farms Draws Thousands
The twenty sixth annual Westchester County Horse Show began at Gedney Farms under clear skies with a brisk southern breeze. Thousands attended as horse Carlisle ridden by Thomas Crowley threw its rider in the first event. The pair had earlier broken a jump bar in the hunter class. The Meteor coach, carrying Tokina colony members, arrived with a flourish before the first event. The crowd included prominent locals among the parked cars.
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White Plains
Westchester County
Tokina Colony
Runa
Orawaupum Hotel
Gedney
C. Davies Tainter
H. V. Pell
G. H. Pell
Wall
Polly Luke
Otig Luke
Frederick Wall
T. G. Ganster
Alice Farriker
C. J. Farriker
Audrey H. Farriker
Jozeph C. Baldwin
John ME. Bowman
Frederick H. N. Bontecou
Frank J. Cassidy
H. R. Remsen Coles
George Couch
Edward H. Crandall
Alice
Willard in The Challenge of Chance at Park Theatre
Jess Willard stars as Joe Bates in The Challenge of Chance shown in New York at the Park Theatre. The film features no actual prize ring scenes but offers action on trains ranches and racecourses with heroism and horse rescue amid a Burr rivalry. Arline Pretty and Albert Hart lead a supporting cast as a melodramatic western set.
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Park Ye Coe Seimas
Jess Willard
Loew
New York Theatre
Boor
Bom Root
Monroe
Alcon Ton Loew
Ieee
Rae Dongtun Vatrbunks
Rehorker Iuckuroa
Hove Hevue
Renerved Deluvlattandworth ® Co
New York
Park Theatre
Jess
Charles Burr
Texas
Joe Bates
Fay Calvert
Fay
Jens
Burr
Willard
Arline Pretty
Albert Hart
Lee Hill
Harry V1 Meter
el Capitan
Juarez
Jesa
Bob
Roy Somerville
Henry Revier
K. W
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Broadway
Napoleonle
Ruth McEnery Stuart BF
Unease Naserr Y
Robert C. Graham
Cosans
Tee Manors
Boston
Committee On Federal Relations
Coolidge
Admiral Sims
Frank A. Vanderlip
Vanderlip
America
the Macmillan Company, Publishers
ICE Ballet
Thomas Healys
66Th St
Ee Eee Passovisnite Wala
Hatta Bi
NEW Sarva
O’ryan
Fordham
Father Duffy
Clayton
Nymphea
F. Ziegfeld, Jr
New Amsterdam
Charles McCarthy
Belasco Theatre
Slong
McCarthy
Mac
Henry Hull
Jat the Broadhurst
Jay
Rahway
Edward
Bentley
Helen D. Decker
H. L. Ealt
Rye Church
Otis Wells Johnson
Racine
Wis
Miss Josephines Johnson
John Locke Butterfield, Jr
Miss Johnson
Jin Red Cross
France
Mr. Butterfield
Morton Maries Ambulance Service
American Red Cross
Toot Sweet
Will Morissey
Marjorie Metcalfe
Elizabeth Brice
William C. Metheen
Will Calfe
Morris Avenue
Palford Hayes Pangburn
Ave
Metcalfe
Robert Metcalfe
South Orange
N. J
Henry Bleecker Metcalfe
Staten Island
Mr. Pangburn
L. E. Pangburn
Camp Dix
New Jersey
Mise Helen
Miller
Nathan J. Miller
West End Avenue
St. Regis
Aaron W. Davis
Stephen S. Wise
Mias Nona Lowenthal
Stephanie Fish
Max Steinhardt
Mrs. Carlton
First Avenue
Atiner
David Belasug
Cohan Harris Haass
Moxie
Henry Miller
Lala Lucille
Belmont AL
Paekee Durwee
Flan
Cecil Lean
PAT _ROONEY
Jimmy
Barry
T He Cohan Theatre
Brey Daga
Ony Bo
D. W. Griffith
Zutzonr
Dreider
Fifth Avenue of
Sixth Ee
A. Dodsworth
John S. Downey
Edwin Gould
George Greer
Oliver Harriman
Louis K. Liggett
Charles M. Smithers
J. Rich Steers
Felix M. Wiburg
Guy A. Ward
P. L. Candell
Ziegler
Charles D. Lanier
Beckly Lanier
Dixie
Hunters
Corinne Poth
Bounce
Lanier
Gedney Farms
Foremost Theatres
Lee & Ja
Shubert
Winter Garden
Broadhurst
Hudson
Louis Mann
Fulton Ise
Ernest Tri
M. S. Hart
Rex Beagh
Srimeon Gardenia
Rialto. Orch
Garrick
John Ferguson
Arthur Hammerstein
Selwyn
Mats
Casino
Eva
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