Moving picture men face Supreme Court ruling on Section 265
Justice Greenbaum orders briefs and a straight out decision on whether the Penal Code Section 265 Public Sports applies to moving pictures. Lazare Valenski and Colonial Theatre managers contest that shows fall outside the clause, while local magistrates split on legality amid Sunday blue law controversy and clergy push for reform.
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New York
O’gorman
Wahle
Supreme Court
Moving Picture
Greenbaum
Brooklyn
Lazare Valenski
Lazare Valenski's Case Was the One Before Justice Greenbaum
Third Avenue
Cornell
Stephen B. Rosenthal
Organization of Moving Picture Men
Justice Greenbaum
Broadway
Colonial Theatre
Panama Canal
O'Gorman
Morrisania Court
Steinert
W.S. Chase
American Sabbath Union
Marble Collegiate Church
West End Avenue
Seventy Seventh Street
New York City
Cergy
Canon Chase
Managers Organize Today At Hudson Theatre Meeting
The National Association of Theatrical Producing Managers plans to perfect its organization this afternoon at the Hudson Theatre. They will pursue incorporation under state law and address play piracy, scheduling dates to avoid overbooking smaller towns. Henry W. Savage led yesterday’s General Organization Committee meeting at the Greenroom Club.
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National Association of Theatrical Producing Managers
Hudson Theatre
Henry W. Savage
Greenroom Club
Contempt Sentence Shocks City Court Crowd
Elias A. Cohen real estate dealer of 171 Broadway was jailed 30 days in the county jail and fined 250 dollars for contempt after sending a letter to City Court Justice Green. The letter claimed a denial of due process and urged a trial by jury. A writ of habeas corpus was anticipated.
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Cohen
Justice Green
Green
Elias A. Cohen
Broadway
Jalil
Joseph I. Green
Mr. Weschler
Ludlow Street
Mining Engineer Oliver Howard Declares Bankruptcy
Oliver Howard a mining engineer and promoter filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in U S District Court through attorneys Rounds Hatch Dillingham and Debevoise. Mobilities listed at forty one thousand eight hundred twenty eight dollars with assets at nil. exemptions include clothing, a gold watch and a Colt revolver. Howard noted he is not a son of General O O Howard but a distant relative and hopes to pay debts dollar for dollar.
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Oliver
Howard
East Fortieth Street
West 117Th Street
United States District Court
Rounds
Hatch, Dillingham, & Debevoise
Cedar Street
Gen. O. O. Howard
Gen. Howard
Far West
Mexico
Edgson Plays Minister in The Sinner at Chestnut Street
Henry B Harris staged The Sinner at Chestnut Street Opera House with Robert Jackson in the lead. Edeson portrays a young clergyman who after a criminal past becomes a missionary in China and faces blackmail from a former companion and her husband.
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Philadelphia
Penn
Chestnut Street Opera House
Henry B. Harris
Robert Jacson
George Middleton
Leonidas Westervelt
Mr. Edeson
China
New York State
Mortal end to stolen ride on New Year’s night
Joseph Crettil of 152 West Twenty-fifth Street is in North Hudson County Hospital Union Hill with an arm injury and a fractured skull after a automobile tied to Humphries of Mississippi Glass overturned on the Paterson Plank Road in Homestead. Humphries, reached at 115 Broadway, had stored the car for winter. Leo Cottin, formerly Humphries’ chauffeur, took the car without permission and was fined $10 for speeding.
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Joseph Crettil
West Twenty-fifth Street
Hudson County Hospital
Union Hill
Humphries
Mississippi Glass Company
Paterson Plank Road
R. Homestead
Homestead
Broadway
Leo Cottin
Cottin
Pigeons Fly 1 200 Miles From Minneapolis to Boston
Two carrier pigeons arrived in Boston from Minneapolis covering nearly 1200 miles. One bird bore a message from Mayor James C. Haynes to Mayor John E Fitzgerald. The pigeons left Minneapolis Saturday at noon and reached Boston at 9 16 A M.
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Boston
Minneapolis
James C. Haynes
John E Fitzgerald
Biscuit Firm Withdraws Nebraska Sales
Lincoln Neb Jan 2 The National Biscuit Company via its local agent says it will quit selling package goods in Nebraska due to Food Commissioner Johnson demanding net weights and contents be shown on cracker packages.
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Lincoln
Neb
National Biscuit Company Today
Nebraska
Johnson
Weber's Burlesque The Merry Widow Stirs At Weber's
The Weber's burlesque of The Merry Widow draws attention with Peter Dailey's humor and a chorus member in rubber boots. The show mingles stage parody with risqué gags, featuring Mabel Fenton, Lulu Glaser, and Miss Glaser in a playful, energetic revue style amid Lehar music and comic antics.
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Merry Widow
George W. Hobart
Franz Lehar
Wieber’s
Prince Dandilo
Charles J. Ross Baron Copolff
Peter F. Dailey Lades Tonnes
GS Dalees
Joe Weber
Raoul St. Grouche
W. Douglas Stevenson
Marabis
Cascata
Sccesseresesseess
Max Sheck Ratehs
Leececceceesees
Robert Dunlap
Byron Lizst
Ccessreesseassees
Major
Criqul
Napoleon Bernstein Archer
Carl Gordon Fonta
Farsovian
Gladys Zell
Ethel Donaldson
Loretta McDonald
Weber
Joseph Weber
Peter Dailey
Newcastle
Weber's
George Hobart
Ime
Peter F. Dailey
Weber’s
Mr. Dailey
Disch
Baroness Copoff
Mabel Fenton
Dailey
Charles Joss
Faxin’s
Julu Glaser
Miss. Glaser
Mr. Ross
Olive Mead Quartet Presents Harpsichord Accent in Men delssohn Hall
The Olive Mead Quartet gave a chamber concert in Men delssohn Hall with a new second violin Miss Helen Reynolds. Mozart's quartet in C Corelli variations on La Folia and Brahms F minor quintet were performed with harpsichord accompaniment by Arthur Whiting. Whiting’s playing added charm and balance, and theharpsichord was praised for its historical color.
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Olive Mead
Mendelssohn Hall
Helen Reynolds
Mozart
C. Corelli
Whiting
Brahms
To Sing Elijah at 84 in Montclair
Montclair New Jersey January 2 At the age of 84 Thomas Ball sculptor and author of My Three score Years and Ten will sing the role of Elijah in the oratorio to be given January 13 He was the first to sing Elijah in America and appeared in Boston sixty years ago The Montclair performance marks the anniversary of his first appearance on January 13 1848
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Elijah
Montclair
N. J
Thomas Ball
Ball
America
Boston
Last Night's Operas Change Cast at Two Houses
Revisions hit both houses with Tales of Hoffmann at the Manhattan and Madame Butterfly at the Metropolitan. Cazauran underwhelmed as Hoffmann while De Cisneros concerted this week and Giacoma debuted as Nicklausse. Caruso Stracciari Farrar Jacoby performed Butterfly with Ferraro conducting.
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Manhattan
Metropolitan
Offenbach Opera
Mr. Dalmorés
Julien
Louise
Hoffmann
Cazauran
Don Ottavio
Mme. de Cisneros
Mme. Giacoma
Nicklausse
Renaud
Gilibert
Miss Zeppilli
Charlier
Madam Butterfly
Mmes
Farrar
Jacoby
Caruso
Stracciari
Ferrari
E C Wayburn Bankrupt Avaudville Producer Files Petition
Edward C Wayburn known as Ned Wayburn, vaudeville producer and actor, files bankruptcy with assets of 60 and debts of 25 252. He lists 116 creditors including Elbert D Wayburn Ralph B Wayburn Felix Isman United States Lithographing Co and New Amsterdam National Bank. Debts arise from 1903 to 1907 and the office is at 1133 Broadway.
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Edward C. Wayburn
Ned’’ Wayburn
Mechanics and Traders’ Bank
New Amsterdam National Bank
J. O. Smith
Wayburn
Broadway
United States
Ned Wayburh
Daisy Lana
West Forty-fourth Street
Mr. Wayburn
Elbert D. Wayburn
Ralph B. Wayburn
Felix Isman
C. C. Kremer
Yancy
United States Lithographing Company
the Rice Realty and Construction Company
D. &, Ottman
Beyne, Strauss & Co
Star Electric Stage
Alarm for Miss Cecilia Loftus in hospital after surgery
Friends of actress Cecilia Loftus report her condition improving slightly after an appendectomy. She is ill at Miss Allston's private hospital on West Sixty first Street, with concerns tied to her recent stage disappointments and ear trouble impacting performances with Lawrence D Orsay in The Lancers.
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Cecilia Loftus
Lawrence D’orsay
Daly’s
Miss Loftus
Zangwill
Daniel Frohman
D’orsay
Vaudeville Peace Move Ends War as Major Theaters Pass
Keith and Proctor released a statement noting the final accord closed yesterday afternoon with George Middleton, president of the Western Vaudeville Association, and associates signing to take over the Cella and Oppenheim theatres in Kansas City Milwaukee Louisville and the new American Theatre in St Louis. The venues were handed to Cella and Oppenheim despite the ongoing dispute with Klaw and Erlanger and United Booking Offices. William Morris has not commented.
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Keith & Proctor
George Middleton
Western Vaudeville Association
Cella and Oppenheim
Kansas City
Milwaukee
Louisville
American Theatre
Bow
St. Louis
Cella & Oppenheim
Audeville
Klaw & Erlanger
United Booking Offices
William Morris
United
Cella
Mme Tetrazzini to Sail for America on Lorraine
Madame Tetrazzini sails for America on the Lorraine tomorrow and will arrive a week later. Her debut in La Traviata at the Opera House on January 15 is nearly a sold out event.
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Mme. Tetrazzini
America
Lorraine
Apt
Negro Lynched in Broad Daylight in Brookhaven
In Brookhaven Mississippi a mob seized a black man from police and shot him after he was accused of killing a policeman at Oakvale on Tuesday night. The incident occurred in broad daylight and is believed to be the first lynching of 1908.
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Brookhaven
Miss
Oakvale
Theatrical Notes on Cast Changes at Savoy and Astor
Ernest Lawford will join Twenty Days in the Shd de at the Savoy Theatre on Jan 20 alongside Richard Bennett. Jessie Busley will appear in vaudeville for twenty weeks after In the Bishop's Carriage, arranged with George Tyler. Edmund Elton to play Lieut Dodd in The Secret Orchard at the Astor Theatre on Monday.
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Ernest Lawford
Peter Pan
Hennequin & Weber
Savoy Theatre
Richard Bennett
George Tyler
Jessie Busley
Edmund Elton
Lieut. Dodd
Pollock
New York
Astor Theatre
Mr. Elton
Australia
Stock Car Race at Ormond Beach Fields Open Soon
Ormond Beach races set for March 2 to 9 under the Automobile Club of America with stock car competition added. Entries close February 15 and must average 60 mph over 190 miles to enter the mile and two mile events, with cups and prizes across multiple races.
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Ormond Beach
Ormond
Daytona
Automobile Club of America
F. Page
London
Thomas Dewar
American Automobile Association
West Fifty-fourth Street
Broadway
Florida
Selection Plans for American Rowing at 1908 London Games
A special committee of Julian W. Curtis of Yale and James Pilkington of the National Association of Amateur Oarsmen has been formed to oversee American rowing crews for the London 1908 Olympics. Curtis and Pilkington met to finalize plans ensuring proper representation. The National Revolver Shooting Association advised that J. E. Crabtree will be represented in London until 1908, with Dr. Sayer of New York City coordinating as an executive committee member.
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America
Julian W. Curtis
Yale
James Pilkington
National Association of Amateur Oarsmen
Curtis
Pilkington
American Olympic Committee
National Revolver Shooting Association
J. E. Crabtree
London
Sayer
New York City
National Association
Man from Boston steals ring then is chased by neighbor
Walter Blair of Boston stays at Alderman Ballot’s Stamford home and steals a diamond ring after a pretended baggage check. Mrs. Ballou confronts him, Blair knocks her down, and Harry L. Austin pursues and captures him. Blair, weak from illness, is handed to police with keys and a jimmy on him. He asks police to wire Lilian A. Blair in New York for her arrival.
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New York Times
Stamford
Conn
Walter Blair
Boston
Waldo R. Ballot
Blair
Jimmy
Lilian A. Blair
New York
Jurors reportedly split eleven to one in Powers trial
In Georgetown Kentucky the jury in Caleb Powers case reportedly stands eleven for acquittal and one for life. The jury retired for the night at 9 30 and will resume tomorrow. Judge Morris read from Youtsey testimony to answer two jury questions about escape door and window location. Public see this as focus on whether Youtsey fired the fatal shot with Jim Howard uninvolved.
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Georgetown
Caleb Powers
Morris
Henry E. Youtsey
Youtsey
Secretary of State
Jim Howard
Choctaw Atoka man named cadet at West Point
Jackson, a full blood Choctaw from Atoka, is appointed to a cadet ship at the United States Military Academy West Point by Congressman Charles D. Carter of this district. Ardmore polioed Jan 2 Lamar.
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Jackson
Atoka
United States Military Academy
West Point
Charles D. Carter
Ardmore
Lamar
Indexing Clippings Triggers Automatic Client Attention
A newspaper clipping prompts automated flagging in a Plant index as a potential property asset. When a client purchases the property, the story is flagged for immediate attention.
Prowler Kills Watchman in New Jersey
Henry Schmidt, a private watchman at Highwood Park, N J, was mortally wounded by a burglar who fled after firing. He described the assailant as 3 feet 7 inches tall, well built with black mustache, wearing a black suit and derby. Schmidt died at North Hudson Hospital leaving a widow and several children.
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Henry
Highwood Park
N. J
Schmidt
M. Wechig
Boulevard Loop
North Hudson Hospital
Experts foresee U S growth in nut farming for exports
Dr. Robert Tj. Morris told a Sportmen's Show audience at Grand Central Palace that in a few years millions of dollars' worth of nuts now imported would be produced domestically. He noted California and the Southern states are converting land once used for cotton, corn, and fruits to walnut, almond, and pistachio farming.
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Robert Tj. Morris
Grand Central Palace
United States
California
States
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