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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1908
Page
2
A blaze at the balcony of The Three Twins theater on Broadway prompted swift, orderly evacuation as spectators remained calm. Firemen battled flames through snow as Chief Croker praised the audience and ushers for their restraint and composure.
Jacob and Lee Shubert were among the first arrivals at the Casino Theatre after a fire started during Eddie Foy's Mr. Hamlet of Broadway rehearsal. Jacob praises the burned venue and notes its sentimental value to the Shuberts. A matinée of The Three Twins will be staged at the West End Theatre, with Herald Square undergoing repairs for two weeks.
A fire damaged the front of the theatre valued at about $20,000 though the interior was largely unharmed and repairs are expected in two weeks. Miss Julia Marlowe was due Jan 11 with The Goddess of Reason. a temporary Herald Square office opens in Casino Theatre to handle ticket exchanges and rebooking.
The Three Twins company plans to depart Herald Square Theatre on January 16 after a season starting in summer. Principals include Bessie McCoy Clifton Crawford Jack Henderson Joseph Allen Doris Goodwin Leonora Kerwin Frances Kennedy George Stuart Christie Willard Curtiss Tom McMahon Ralph J Locke Zelia Adams Arria Hathaway. Attendants listed T C McMahon George Ross C McKinley C Edwards E Hannet W C Jackson N Kelly Summerville George Crippen A Lichty. Yama Yama Girls feature Helen Burnett Maurie Madison Marie Leonard Lee Leontin Gypsy Gray Susie Wilkie Effel Avis Margaret St Clair.
The Herald Square theatre saga traces the Shuberts rise in New York with early runs of Ari zona and later control shared with Lew Fields. It recalls past venues Aquarium and Park Theatre, the Booth Arch memorial, and major figures Harrigan Hart Evans and the play The Parlor Match along with The Three Twins ongoing since last summer.
Deputy Police Commissioner Bugher phoned Police Headquarters around 11 30 for his car kept at Mott Street side of the Headquarters. Policeman Edward Saeger started out with the machine but the right forewheel broke as they turned into Houston Street, crippling the vehicle. After midnight Bugher wondered why it had not arrived.
A small blaze was found behind a stairway on the Thalia Theatre stage at 44 Bowery by a watchman and extinguished with water. A passerby sent in a still alarm but firemen found no blaze to fight. Elizabeth Street police reported no suspicious activity.
A blaze on the sixth floor of the Gilsey House at Broadway and Twenty Ninth Street caused panic among Christmas shoppers. Firemen gained control within an hour after water lines burst twice, with damage estimated at 15000 dollars. Notable losses include Al Smiths sporting prints and trophies and a missing duck from Mme Herrmanns room.
In a December 1908 letter to Rev. Duncan Milner President Theodore Roosevelt confirms that Great Heart is his favorite allegorical character and that Abraham Lincoln is the ideal Great Heart of public life. He adds Pilgrim’s Progress is one of the greatest books, calling Bunyan’s work a key fiction.
Mrs Martha G D Bianchi sues Miss Charlotte T Terry and attorney Maurice Leon to set aside a mortgage and deed on her Amherst Mass residence claiming she signed under threat to imprison her husband Capt Alexander Bianchi who faced a $500 bail in a civil suit Terry sought $600 from him and the case opened yesterday before Supreme Court Justice Greenbaum with witnesses testifying to the Bianchi family standing and the night signing event.
Hearings resumed before referees Adrian H. Joline Eugene A. Philbin and Hamilton Odell in the case brought by the city against Consolidated Telegraph and Electrical Subway Company and Empire City Subway Company. The city seeks an accounting of construction costs claiming $12,000,000 was misstated and argues for possible takeover for contract breaches.
Second Deputy Commissioner Bugher issued a directive requiring policemen to carry their clubs constantly and to remove belts. The change, believed linked to ongoing cab strike tensions, aims to keep clubs in hand at all times and removes belt grips that could aid attackers.
Joy spreads in Lansing as the Michigan Central Pere Marquette and Chicago & Northwestern Railways advance 750000 in taxes. The Treasury Department begins distributing overdue pay totaling about 150000 to hundreds of state workers who had not been paid since November 15 due to the empty treasury.
Philadelphia report says University of Pennsylvania investigates The Order of the Fifteen after allegations of improper teachings. F. Homer Curtiss leads the group with some students and others, while Harriet Brown denies a formal organization and asserts informal study of theosophy. She notes meetings at her apartment, with elderly and longtime friends, and denies free love or a structured internal body. Theosophy remains the central topic of discussion among participants.
Samuel Gompers, head of the American Federation of Labor, will publish an editorial in The Federationist accusing President Roosevelt of misrepresenting labor and attacking the judiciary in his annual message. He criticizes the President for fostering class hatred and claims the message misstates labor leaders and aims at certain legislation.
At Seventy second Street station during the Christmas rush, William McDowell 19 of West 126th Street was badly injured when his ankle was trapped between train bumpers as crowds surged onto a southbound express. Guards needed ten minutes to restore order. Earlier, Mrs. E C Palmer of West 157th Street fractured her left ankle boarding a Grand Central uptown express at Ninety sixth Street Station amid the rush.
Reports from the Plaza describe Dr. William T. Bull in a greatly weakened and exhausted condition after a night of pain. Dr. Joseph I. Blake, attending since Dr. Wynkoop’s illness, noted slight improvement could come with a good night’s rest.
Red Cross stamps will be sold at a special booth in the corridor of the General Post Office with official permission from the Treasury Department. A large Red Cross emblem will overlook the booth and the effort involves local Post Office officials and Denmark Red Cross connections.
The St Bartholomew’s Parish Men’s Club faces reorganization as membership declines. Officers deny sectarian influence, stating the club is non sectarian and intends to rebuild participation amid rumors the vestry planned dissolution. Rector Rev Dr Leighton Parks declined to comment.
Diana Thompson 19 and Rudolph Mandl obtained marriage licenses at City Hall yesterday. Both listed the Saville Hotel as their address. Thompson, daughter of William Thompson of Chicago, will wed the Austrian today in a ceremony by the Mayor and sail to Paris for a church marriage.
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