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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1908
Page
2
A 1908 directive from Mayor George B. McClellan directs the Police Commissioner to enforce Sunday statutes against theatres and moving picture shows. Licenses are revoked and all shows ordered closed at midnight with strict enforcement and civil and criminal prosecutions for violations.
Patrolman James Mannix of the Amity Street Station in Brooklyn was found guilty of assault in the second degree in Kings County Court. The trial centered on his beating of James Kinnally, a New York Dock Company worker, at the dock shelter house. Mannix faces sentencing Monday. Judge Dike expressed skepticism about police testimony but did not halt the verdict.
Forty crippled children at Sea Breeze Hospital Surf Avenue Coney Island will enjoy a festive Christmas meal with Soothey ice cream cake and crackers. A prior report of funds shortage was corrected as donations and presents arrived from the Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor and local supporters. Superintendent Miss Thompson confirmed the children look forward to a happy Christmas.
The New York Life Insurance Company announced it would refuse any more applications for policies that might take effect before year end to avoid exceeding the annual limit set by law. The company had already received first year premiums on large policies and held substantial outstanding insurance via agents worldwide, forcing the pause to comply with Section 96 of the Insurance law.
The French cruiser Admiral Aube arrived from St Pierre Miquelon and anchored off Seventy-ninth Street in the North River. She seeks definite orders from the French government and may depart soon, sailing to the southward of the route previously used by a similar vessel.
George Forsythe a New York Navy Yard laborer and Civil War veteran was run over and killed by the Hempstead Express of the Long Island Railroad at Crescent Street and Atlantic Avenue Brooklyn crossing on Wednesday morning as he walked to work. His widow is destitute and unable to bury him. Perry Post G A R will arrange the burial.
Antonio Di Matildeo of 156 West 100th Street and friend Giuseppi Tatilio of 516 East 117th Street hosted a Christmas celebration that allegedly included firing a pistol into the air. Police arrested Di Matildeo after a neighbor reported the disturbance. he spent the night in custody at West 125th Street police.
Advertisers are requested to forward their advertisements for the Sunday edition of The Times before noon today to secure insertion and proper classification. The New York Times All the News That's Fit to Print.
The Fabre liner Madonna limped into Pier 33 Brooklyn after three brutal Atlantic storms from Naples to Sandy Hook. Passengers and crew faced knee deep water, smashed interiors, and waist deep seas with five sailors injured and a doctor swept from his bed. Mile Journard aided by booted footwear. Captain Pavy and officers kept the ship afloat while steerage passengers knelt in prayer for safety.
The Delaware Railway Tunnel Company’s ordinance passed both Philadelphia councils. The project will use two tunnels about four miles long starting at Market and Second, with a north tube from Camden to the river and a south tube into Philadelphia. Clearances allow future electrical equipment and channel deepening.
A burglar with a system entered William D. Wood’s home at 5924 Ethel Avenue in St Louis during a 2 to 4 P M visit. He ransacked the house, receipt for a feed order and an express package, and escaped with jewelry and Christmas gifts worth 500 dollars. The home remained as securely locked after the break in as before.
Ex Governor William A. Stone attorney for Roger O'Mara trustee for Harry K. Thaw estate opposed a motion to dissolve a restraining order preventing John B. Gleason from suing Thaw to recover sixty thousand dollars in attorney fees. The order bars entry until Thaw appears before the bankruptcy referee for discharge. judge took matter under advisement.
At a coroner's inquest, Mrs Snow's friends denounce the examination as brutal. Edward Thornall and Dr Noble McCracken intervene to protest the conduct, while witnesses recount Sheldon Snow's dying messages and the detective links to a possible suicide.
Pittsburg police report at least twenty three more graft warrants issued in the council bribery case. Detectives keep suspects under watch while some prominent men are prevented from leaving the city for the holidays. Mayor Guthrie denounces the depositories as tainted by bribery. Councilman Wasson linked to the Fort Pitt Hotel sting. Klein angered by testimony and witness risk. Probes funded by the Voters' League with promises of ample backing. trials expected by late February 1909.
Appellate Division upheld Justice Gerard’s order requiring Lieut. Gov. Lewis Chanler to appear for a pretrial examination in the Clark suit. William F. Clark seeks 20000 damages alleging Chanler was hired for publicity work aimed at Chanler’s Democratic presidential nomination.
Grace Irene Kelly, 8, daughter of Army sergeant William M. Kelly, was abducted near Linden Avenue in Flushing Queens while en route to a candy store. A mysterious telegram from Jamaica claimed Grace would be cared for and returned in one or two days, with family believing the father may know her whereabouts.
Police raided the basement and first floor of 38 East Seventh Street known as The Subway Club. They arrested Edward Scholes of 200 East Twenty-seventh Street for running a gambling house and 52 other people for gambling. Officers described a reinforced entrance and heavy fortifications.
William Hunter and Charles Albrecht confessed to stealing about $10,000 in goods from Boerum & Pease blank book makers in Brooklyn. Magistrate Dooley held them for the Grand Jury after an investigation found roughly $2,000 of missing property, with some recovered at the prisoners' home.
The Appellate Division held cash legacies to the Metropolitan Museum of Art are not taxable. The decision follows a $1,000 bequest from James Henry Mergentime. Justice Ingraham noted taxation would reduce funds for benevolent and educational purposes and contradicted state policy.
Magistrate John Hylan of Brooklyn’s New Jersey Avenue Court denounces Police Commissioner Bingham for transferring three of his police friends to Manhattan. The transfers of Van Duzer O Hara and Price to Mercer Leonard and Mulberry Streets sparked Hylan’s claim of incompetence and malice amid a dispute over the earlier pink whiskers remark.
Police issued a general alarm for Lena Linke of Copake New York a 18 year old worker at Copake Iron Works last seen Tuesday afternoon at 5 06 near the 125th Street station when she alighted a train at West Twenty sixth Street Conductor George Mor rant reported her missing Lena weighed about 125 pounds wore a blue dress
Among Adriatic passengers is Lady Constance Stewart Richardson a noted British amateur rifle shot. She travels to Nova Scotia to spend two months hunting caribou. She is accompanied by Mrs Miss Chaplin and an English party.
A five story blaze at 122 West 127th Street trapped Mrs. Alice Looker on the top floor. Fireman Daniel Mullen descended an eighty foot ladder through flames to reach her and carried her to safety wrapped in his overcoat. One man, Daniel Frizzell, died. Tenants escaped via stairs and rear fire escape as flames raced through air shafts and upper floors. Firefighters fought three alarms and saved others including Mrs Eva Terzi and Benjamin Doughty’s family.
In the machinery district a plan proposes closing offices on Saturday in addition to Christmas to provide a continuous three-day holiday for employees. The measure may extend to New Year’s week with firms like Manning Maxwell Moore Ames Iron Works Vandyke Churchill Co International Steam Pump Co John A Roebling Sons Co A Leschen Sons Co Nathan Manufacturing Co Prentiss and Supply on board.
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