MacCracken Warns of a New York University Trust
Chancellor MacCracken warned of a regional university trust formed by wealthy neighbors near New York University. He urged support for NYU and proposed three legislative measures, including a state veterinary college and a longer bar study period, while noting funding relies on gifts and low salaries. He contrasted older rivals' stance with NYU's growth and urged mutual aid from nearby institutions.
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New York
School of Commerce
University
Washington
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Instituton
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New York University
Acring University
Seth Low
Columbia
Yale
Princeton
School of Commerce, Accounts and Finance
Hughes
Chanler
United States
Boston
New York University School of Commerce
New Yorker
Harvard
Vanderbilt Divorce Absolute
Justice Gerard in the Supreme Court granted the absolute divorce for Elsie French Vaendertilt from Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt upon referee Mc Clure’s recommendation. Custody awarded to the mother of their six year old, William Henry Vanderbilt. Vanderbilt may seek access rights on five days’ notice. Registration days this year include October dates for voters.
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Justice Gerard
Supreme Court
Elsie French Vaendertilt
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
David McClure
Rebert
McClure
William Henry Vanderbilt
Mr Vanderbilt
Princeton Inaugural Exercises Mark Freshman Class
In Princeton New Jersey this afternoon Marquand Chapel hosted formal opening ceremonies for the 1424 year in Princeton University history. President Wilson gave the opening address welcoming a new freshman class of about four hundred. More than six hundred applied for entrance and total registration is approximated to...
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America
Europe
Princeton
Princeton University
Marquand Chapel
Wilson
Letter Against War by Frederick F. Ayer in The Tribune
Frederick F. Ayer of Stockbridge Massachusetts writes to The Tribune rejecting a clergyman’s appeal for cadet funding. He denounces war as barbaric and unethical, urges national revenues be redirected to peace education, missions, and teaching youth to avoid slaughter, arguing war harms civilization and conscience. He cites quotes from Grant Sherman and Kuroki to support his pacifist stance.
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Tribune
Frederick F. Ayer
Stockbridge
Mass
Dewar
Grant
Republican Overconfidence Threatens New York Vote
William R. Baldwin argues Republicans must face realities on the eve of the November election. He warns disunity and complacency mirror 1892, stresses New York’s pivotal electoral vote, and urges farmers to mobilize A critique targets Bryan as irrational and socialist leaning while praising past administrations. Liberty New York September 21, 1508.
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Republican Party
New York
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Hamilton
Jefferson
Jackson
Clay
Lincoln
William R. Baldwin
Liberty
Eighteenth NY Library Association meets at Sagamore Hotel
Sagamore New York Sept 24 The eighteenth annual convention of the New York Library Association closes Saturday with over two hundred delegates. Sessions feature lectures on library budgets city government and storytelling for rural communities. Lectures by Elmer More Keep Bailey and Tuck are noted with round tables and a book symposium.
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N. Y
New York Library Association
Sagamore Hotel
Lake George
W. H. Allen
Bureau of Municipal Research of
New York City
Walter M. Briggs
Brooklyn Public Library
Paul Elmer More
Annie Carrell Moore
New York Public Library
Mary Douglas
Anna C. Tyler
Pratt Institute Free Library
Sarah Brrd Askew
New Jersey State Library Commission
Austin Baxter Keep
A. M
New York
Bessie Sargeant Smith
Utica Public
Anna R. Phelps
Mary L. Davis
Martha van Rensselaer
State College of Agriculture
State Library
Grace L. Betteridge
Zaidee Brown
Asa Wynkoop
State Education Department
Salome Cutler Fairchild
Arthur E. Bostwick
Clara M. Hunt
Sarah B. Askew
Edwin H. Anderson
Mabel R. Haines
Corinne Bacon
A. L. Peck
Caroline M. Underhill
Mary W. Plummer
Martha T. Wheeler
Plan Removal of Bishop Potter Body at Cathedral Ceremony
A committee plans the removal of Bishop Henry Codman Potter from the temporary vault at Grace Church to the Cathedral of St. John the Divine on Morningside Heights. Services October 2 will be directed by Bishop Greer with numerous clergy in robes and a surprised choir leading. The date October 20 marks the twenty fifth anniversary of Bishop Voiter's occupation.
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Henry Codman Potter
Race Church
Father and Son stage revival at Majestic Theatre
William Norris stars as Doc Filkins in the New Jersey set drama Father and Son. John Westley leads Billy Filkins while labor unrest and a mill blaze thread through the plot. Cast includes George C. Staley and Alice Gale with mixed reviews for vitality.
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Majestic Theatre
William Norris
Doc” Filkins
New Jersey
Doc
Billy
John Westley
Mr. Norris
Alice Gale
Louise Arnot
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Tony Pastor
Mad Anthony
Jimmie
Grog
Aed
Oly Chora
Billy Filkins
Arthur Weller
George C
Marion Abbott
Etta Green
Georgie Lawrence
Sallie Pook
Nina Alfascoe Bota
Pele Wee Carce
June Chapman
Frohman Sees The Patriot Premiere At Atlantic City
Charles Frohman traveled to Atlantic City to witness the first performance of The Patriot a new two act comedy. William Collier will begin his season tonight at the Apollo Theatre and wrote the play described as an international comedy.
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Charles Frohman
Atlantic Ciy
William Collier
Apollo Theatre
Mr. Collier
Maxine Elliott to Star in Myself, Bettina at Daly's Theatre
Miss Maxine Elliott arrives at Daly's Theatre on October 5 to present a new play titled Myself Bettina. Written by Miss Rachel Crothers, the production features Julian L Estrange Grant Mitchell Suzanne Perry Gertrude Berkeley and Frances Clark in the cast.
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Maxine Elliott
Daly's
Bettina
Rachel Crothers
Julian L’estrange
Grant Mitchell
Suzanne Perry
Gertrude Berkeley
Frances Clark
McIntyre and Heath to Perform at Colonial Theatre
The black faced duo McIntyre and Heath are engaged for a definite period starting October 12 at Mr. Williams's Colonial Theatre. Williams promises a bill that week sure to make the independents shudder.
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McIntyre
Heath
First Providence Night for Marcelle Star Louise Gunning
Miss Louise Gunning debuted as a star at the Providence Opera House in Marcelle a Pixley and Luders musical comedy. The capacity audience praised the production with comparisons to The Prince of Pilsen. The cast included Jess J. Dandy Lawrence Wheat Frank Rushworth and Elsa Ryan with the American Girls and dancers featured. Marcelle will be shown again Tuesday at New Yorks Casino Theatre by the Shuberts.
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Louise Gunning
Providence Opera House
Marcelle
Pixley
Luders
Prince of
Otto
Miss Gunning
Jess J. Dandy
Prince of Pilsen
Lawrence Wheat
Frank Rushworth
Herbert Cawthorne
Henry Norman
George Boniface, Jr
Robert Connor
David Bennett
George Reed
Elsa
Boys of Company B in Jersey Opens Season at Red Bank
Paul Gilmore stars in a New Jersey debut at the Frick Lyceum in Aida Johnson Young's comedy The Boys of Company B. The benefit performance supported the 2d Cavalry Troop N G NJ Red Bank with a flag adorned venue and praise for drills bugle calls and military atmosphere.
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Jersey
Red Bank
N. J
Paul Gilmore
Frick Lyceum
Aida Johnson Young
Clyde Fitch's The Truth in Berlin Premiere
Berlin on September 24 saw Clyde Fitch's comedy The Truth staged at the New Theatre. Critics doubt the play originated in America, finding it hard to credit the source.
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Clyde Fitch
Berlin
New Theatre Tonight
America
Zangwill Arrives for The Melting Pot Premiere in D C
Israel Zangwill and his wife arrived aboard the Teutonic to direct the first Washington presentation of The Melting Pot at Columbia Theatre on October 6. He says the work has no plot and that a play depends on acting rather than writing. He discusses Zionism, the suffragette movement, and a North Africa immigration expedition. The Ottoman constitution aids Zionist activity in Turkey.
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Teutonic
Columbia Theatre
Washington
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Tyler
America
Richmond
Zangwill
North Africa
Geographical Commission of the Territorialists
London
England
Ottoman Empire
Turkey
Opera at popular prices eyed for permanent New York house
Ivan Abramson promotes a four weeks season at the American Theatre and argues New York could sustain a permanent grand opera venue priced for ordinary means. He has secured interest from a potential patron and an option on a site, while Oscar Hammerstein remains cautiously optimistic that New York would embrace year round opera at lower prices.
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American Theatre
New York
Abramson
Oscar Hammerstein
Hammerstein
Bari Stars In Il Trovatore At American Theatre
Opera review notes M Bari as remarkable Di quella pira performance with strong support from Mme Bertozzi as Leonora and Mile Strauss as Azucena. Strauss wears gypsy mother garb. Announces new soprano Mme Margherita Vinaccia to debut tomorrow in La Gioconda. Next week features L Elisir d Amore.
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Ivan Abramson
American Theatre
Mme. Bertozzi
Leonora
Mile. Strauss
Azucena
Mlle. Strauss
Mme. Margherita Vinaccia
Italy
Obituary of Samuel Safford Curtiss at Hotel St Denis
Samuel Safford Curtiss died in his bed at the Hotel St Denis aged sixty six from apoplexy. His brother John W. Curtiss resides at the University Club and another brother Benjamin De F Curtiss of 90 Park Avenue serves as director in the Metropolitan Insurance Company and the Dry Dock Savings Bank and holds offices in other institutions. Curtiss had lived at the St Denis ten years after previously residing in San Francisco and spending much time traveling.
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Hotel St. Denis
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University Club
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No. 90 Park Avenue
Metropolitan Insurance Company
Dry Dock Savings Bank
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San Francisco
Prominent Ohio Leader Captain Lyon Dies in Xenia
Captain William C. Lyon, former Lieutenant Governor and longtime Ohio political figure, died today at the home of his daughter in Xenia Ohio. The death marks the passing of a veteran public servant noted for leadership in state affairs and party politics.
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Xenia
Ohio
William C. Lyon
Delirium Tremens Linked to Fear in Dog Bite Case
Eight officers of a coast artillery court martial hear whether fear of hydrophobia triggered delirium tremens in Captain Gwynn R. Hancock of Fort Hamilton after a dog bite. Hancock, nephew of General Winfield Scott Hancock, was treated at Pasteur Institute and then returned to hospital as witnesses note his drinking history. Major Wilson and Lt. Jarett cite authorities that worry and excitement can provoke tremens in drinkers.
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Gwynn R. Hancock
Fort Hamilton
Army
Hancock
Pasteur Institute
Post Hospital
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Winfield Scott Hancock
Cleveland
West Point
Wilson
Jarett
Prominent Arrivals at the Hotels
Hotel Astor hosts Capt G E Carleton Co A Belmont Hon C Humphreys London Bres Lin sees Dr Arthur H Dodge Washington Hoff man Ex Mayor P R Quinlan Syracuse Holland Mrs Honore Palmer Chicago Russell Grinnell Providence Seville Maj Edward Carew Savannah Waldorf Astoria welcomes George W Elkins Philadelphia.
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G. E. Carleton
Belmont
Hon. C. Humphreys
London
Breslin
Arthur H. Dodge
Washington
Hoffman
P. R. Quinlan
Syracuse
Holland
Honore Palmer
Chicago
Russell Grinnell
Providence
Seville
Maj
Edward Carew
Savannah
Waldorf-Astoria
George W. Elkins
Philadelphia
Weather Report Predicts Cyclone East of Windward Islands
Official Washington weather record on Sept 24 notes a cyclonic disturbance east of the Windward Islands moving westward, with a strong Rocky Mountain storm driving rains in the West and lower Mississippi Valley. Expect cooler Pacific Slope temps, widening rain across the lakes region and Ohio valley within 48 hours, with fair conditions in the Mid Atlantic and Carolinas. Local forecasts call for fair conditions with light variable winds in New England and Eastern regions, and varying winds along coastal areas.
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Mississippi Valley
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Defends Settlements Role on East Side Youth Welfare
Charles Bernheimer defends University Settlement against claims of proselytizing. He argues settlements help immigrant children regain moral and educational footing through schools, libraries, and social activities. He notes parental influence remains but young people gain character, breadth, and opportunity from gymnasiums, concerts, dances, and clubs run largely by Jewish volunteers.
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Bernheimer
University
the Commons
Ublic
Peral
Lower East Side
Thut
Israel
Bega
Suits Heirs of Austin Corbin in Brooklyn Supreme Court
The Glendale and East River Railroad sues the heirs of Austin Corbin in Brooklyn Supreme Court to recover property in Williamsburg and Greenpoint. Wingate and Cullen of No Nassau Street, Manhattan, represent the road. The company, incorporated March 24, 1874, expected 3.79 miles of track from North 13th Street to Glendale Long Island. Corbin was asked in 1578 to convey properties. he bought but did not transfer. Only 971 of 500 shares subscribed and $7,460 paid in. 1.37 miles built from Bushwick branch to Cooper Avenue junction at $176,626.39. Franchises later sold to Brooklyn and Manhattan Beach Railroad, line leased to Long Island Rail Road. President Ralph L. Peters. directors include Ralph Peters of LIRR. Seven directors are the sole stockholders.
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Supreme Court
Brooklyn
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Manhattan
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Long Island
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Bushwick
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Ralph Peters
Noon Day Club Holds Fifth Annual Reunion Downtown
More than 150 members and friends attended the Noon Day Club reunion at its Wall Street clubrooms yesterday. The club, started five years ago by the employer of J P Morgan & Co, has become a popular downtown organization.
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J. Pmorgan & Co
Monroig Marries Morison at Corpus Christi Church London
On September 2 at Corpus Christi Church London Valentine M Monroig of Porto Rico wed Genevieve Morison daughter of the late Samuel Lord Morison and Augusta P Morison. Notices of marriages and deaths must be indersed with full name and address.
Kingdon Gould Returns to College to Finish Course Work
Kingdon Gould, who failed to obtain his degree from Columbia School of Mines last June, returned to the university to make up deficient credits. He plans to complete several third and fourth year courses after a mining trip with Professor J. T. Kemp. Jay Gould, famed court tennis champion, is back as a sophomore and joined in the morning rushes.
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Columbia School of Mines
J. T. Kemp
Department of Geology
Jay Gould
Death notices and funeral announcements from The Tribune list
Notices announce deaths and funeral plans for George W. Brown Anna Curran Samuel S. Curtiss Mary Angelia Davis Mary J Edmonson Thomas F Farrell and others with details on dates addresses and church interment services in Brooklyn and Watertown Connecticut indicating ages and service times as published.
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West Zidst
Curran
Anna Curran
Brooklyn
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Calvary
Funeral notices from September 1908 press
Notices of multiple deaths and funeral services across cities including Long Island Philadelphia Detroit Nashville Gallatin Seymour Hull Norwalk and New York City. Names include John Averina M D Archibald Russell Peabody Leona Stage Pents James Swan William Prescott G Willin White Henry Suydart and family connections. Interments and church services scheduled with dates in late September 1908.
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Seymour
Conn
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Yonkers
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Norwalk
Wilson
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Domestic Rates and Mail Train Travel Realities
Rates listed for daily weekly and tri weekly editions of The Tribune, including foreign postage to Cuba, Porto Rico, Hawaii and the Philippines. Multiple offices and international agents shown in New York and abroad with schedules for daily Sunday and weekly Farmer editions.
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