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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1907
Page
26
The Hague June 24 The American delegation has not released its draft for collecting contractual debts causing unease among South American nations. Porter's proposal hints at limited force use, prompting concern it may erode the Drago Doctrine’s protections.
Letter to The Tribune argues the Russian Douma dismissal ruins the Czar's leadership at The Hague and calls for action from the Interparliamentary Union. It urges Elihu Root to join the American commission to salvage the second peace congress and secure results for a waiting world.
Josiah C. Pummelly argues that bringing Premieres and top leaders from Britain France Germany and the United States to The Hague could energize world policy talks. He notes reports of deficient leadership yet holds hope that coordinated high level diplomacy may yield revolutionary reforms and address urgent international issues. June 19, 1907.
The League for Political Education announces its fourteenth season with about two thousand members. A broad slate of public lectures begins November 9 at the Hudson Theatre featuring Edward Everett Hale and other figures such as Bryan Riis and Addams.
The New York Edison Company was fined 509 yesterday in the Court of Special Sessions for soft coal smoke violations at its East River and gath street station. The firm admitted guilt on the cinder charge while sentence on the smoke complaint was suspended. six other offenders also pleaded guilty with suspended sentences.
Presentation of paintings to Morris High School in the morning. Lafayette Republican Club festival at Alhambra Pavilion Bergen Beach in the afternoon and evening. American Seed Trade dinner at Hotel Astor at 7 p.m. Girls' High School commencement at Brooklyn school at 5 p.m. Alpha Delta Phi clubhouse opening at 136 West 44th Street at 3 p.m.
Guests checked into Belmont with James H. Hayden and J. C. King. Fifth Avenue hosts T I s Agnew, Herrick P. Young, Charles C. Bullock. Gotham sees L C Hanna and L Morgan. Imperial greets Horace C. Starr and F. G. Roe. St Regis lists Edward Ellsworth and E. S. Brown. Waldorf Astoria welcomes J. W. Huntley.
Official record notes warm conditions east of the Mississippi with thunderstorms in the Ohio Valley Tennessee and Gulf states. Highs around 78 today with a cooling trend midweek and scattered local rain across regions. winds vary by coast and region with occasional thundersqualls especially on the lakes.
The Tribune Fresh Air Fund will send 742 needy New York City children to homes in Interlaken Tenafly Milton Shokan Chapel Hill and Ardsley for two weeks of open air living beginning June 27. Meals bedding and cleaning are arranged by a staff with housing at several sites including Interlaken and Ashford Hill. Children were selected by city school committees and vetted by the Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor.
The summer death toll among children five and under rises with heat in the East Side and tenement districts. Dr. Gilfoyle notes higher temperatures increase deaths but dairy inspections begun last year are reducing the rate. Health Department plans twenty five dairy inspectors and seventy five tenement inspectors, but a $175,000 appropriation is stalled by Controller Metz.
Mrs. John Arbuckle wife of a wholesale coffee dealer and sugar manufacturer died suddenly at 10 yesterday morning at a Lake Mohonk hotel from rheumatism of the heart. Born Mary Allen Kerr in Pittsburgh sixty three years ago she married in 185 and moved to Brooklyn. A Plymouth Church supporter she helped establish the Consumptives Home and donated to charitable concerns. Survived by husband and a Pittsburg brother William W Kerr. Funeral at Clinton Avenue home at 3 pm officiated by Rev Dr Newell Dwight Hillis. burial in Pittsburg.
In the Supreme Court Justice Blanchard heard Louis Fridiger for Charles Head Smith seek to vacate an order for examination before trial in a suit by Charles Reed. Reed bought the Derby winner St Blaise for 100000 and claims Smith extorted 3000 by promising 20000 shares at 15 cents from a stockholder not disclosed. Reed says the stockholder was Smith’s wife and the stock was pledged to a Chicago bank. John 8 Wise opposed. he says Smith was Reed’s protégé and Smith’s testimony is needed to frame the complaint. Decision reserved.
Rev Dr A V V Raymond president of Union College will resign after years in office and accept a pastorate at the First Presbyterian Church in Buffalo with a $10,000 annual salary. He previously led churches in Paterson Plainfield Albany Schenectady.
Citizens Union held at 252 Fourth avenue with R Fulton Cutting presiding. A sub committee will report on music on piers and in parks and whether a city supervising commission of musicians is desirable to maintain high standards. Committees were formed to follow Borough President inquiry and to draft a letter to the Public Utilities Commissioners on subway development.
Crowds greet Marcelin Albert in Argelliers as he urges peaceful action, while Clemenceau promises leniency if wine growers drop illegal actions. In Beziers troops move mutineers to a train. Avignon military unrest ends with Colonel St James forced to retreat, Dalbies restoring order.
Mrs Sage provides funds to support a new Sage Institute at the City Hospital. Dr T C Janeway informed Commissioner Hebberd, noting the gift should spur future private donations and improve hospital research work. The City Hospital Medical Board adopted resolutions praising the gift as the first private aid to its research efforts.
Dan R Hanna son of the late Senator Hanna wed Mary Stuart at the bride's mother's home on East 82d Street Cleveland. The couple, married by a justice of the peace, will reside later at Mr Hannas country home near Ravenna. The groom has been married twice before and Daisy Gordon Hanna was recently granted a divorce.
David Warfield starred in The Music Master for the thousandth time at the Majestic Theatre Boston. New York Belasco staff joined a celebratory crowd by special car. the house was filled and enthusiastic. Warfield spoke to the audience. the play ends this week and Belasco will stage a new production next season.
Paris on June 24 saw the trial of ten anti military signers of May 1 manifests appealing to soldiers to join workers against capitalism. Gustave Hervé led defence with defiant defendants praising Agde mutineers and vowing to persist in anti military propaganda. A pamphlet claimed to be by M Briand was barred from distribution. The court postponed the case.
George M. Cohan, delaying at Mattewan and en route at several stations, failed to catch a Broadway special by minutes. He finally reached 234th Street after 9 pm to a warm reception from fans eager to see the Honeymooners star.
The Geneva Union waiters convention, first of its kind in the United States, gathers delegates from major hotels in New York and beyond at Terrace Garden. Talks cover tipping and wages, with election pending to send two U S delegates to the 1908 Dresden gathering. E M Galasi a multilingual delegate is a top candidate.
Keith and Proctor's Fifth Avenue Stock Company presented a revival of Mam'selle at the Fifth Avenue Theatre with Miss Edna May Spooner as Antoinette and Fleur de Lis. Spooner’s dances drew applause as the show runs all week and Next week features The Gypsy Sorceress. The circuit lists Dixey at Union Square, guests at various venues, and diverse vaudeville acts around town. Also noted: a planned new play The Ranger by Augustus Thomas for Dustin Farnum at Wallack's, Kaltenborn concerts, Miss Ritchie at the Casino, three circuses at Golden City, a restaurant atop a dancing structure, Tilyou's Steeplechase Park adds trained seats, The Road to Yesterday at the Lyric with a souvenir silver statue of Miss Dupree. Horsford's Acid Phosphate marketed for headache relief.
Marriage notices from The Tribune appear in the Tri Weekly Tribune. includes Maude Miller daughter of Henry Clay Miller Elkton Kentucky and Alanson Tuthill Briggs of Manhattan. other couplesCraig Wheeler and Hyde McGuire details with church and date. notices require full names and addresses.
Twenty five male nurses were graduated at Mills Training School Bellevue Hospital last night. Dr W K Draper read the annual report and presented diplomas. Dr John W Brannan gave an address, noting Mayor Metcalfllan’s absence due to a prior engagement.
Death notices list Arbuckle Blauvelt Fowler Fox Fritts Parker Peck and others with dates June 1907. Details include locations New York Brooklyn White Plains Oradell Hudson and services at specified addresses and times with interment mentions.
W H Weber of the Lackawanna advertising department and Miss Emily Borchert daughter of Henry Borchert of 3224 Broadway were married yesterday afternoon at Weber's home 370 East 1st street. A cut glass service from the advertising staff of the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad was among the presents. The couple left for an extended Canadian trip after the ceremony.
Newport Rhode Island June 24 reports indicate All Saints Chapel trustees consider selling the chapel and its large lot due to dwindling support. Once hosting Newport summer residents two weddings marked its history, including Miss Julia Dent Grant and Prince Cantacuzene.
Death notices list multiple individuals with death dates in June 1907. Entries include Elizabeth Fonsi widow of Robert S. Perine. John H. Smith of 727 Lafayette Ave.. John Smithwick of Collins Avenue Metropolitan Island. George Spencer Surxced at Oyster Long. James Bogert Suffern of Hillburn. Stephen C. Teeple of 185 Decatur St. Brooklyn. Albert J. Traum of 8 Eldert St. Brooklyn. Calvin M. Triest of Jamaica, Queens. Maria Louisa Valentine of Highcloster New Jersey. Weiss of 8 Fulton St. Brooklyn. Maryee Wheeler of 150th St Bronx. Antoine Paul Zerega and family. Funeral times and locations are given across many addresses with interment or mass details. notices reference cemeteries, churches, and trains for travel to services. The Woodlawn Cemetery ad notes lots and contact information.
Special notices list soda brands and establish 1908 quality claims. It enumerates postal filing details for incoming and outgoing mail, subscription options with varied rates, and multiple international offices and reading-room arrangements across cities such as New York, London, Paris, and Berlin.
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