Smoking by Women Debated at Waldorf Club Leap Year Musicale
At the Gotham Club Leap Year musicale in the Waldorf Astoria, both sexes attended as debate raged over whether women should smoke in public. Mrs. Alfred Arthur Brooks urged a club stance against the practice, while others denounced it as a blight on New York’s reputation. A militant member quit the room, but others privately admitted smoking, stressing the club’s prestige must be preserved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldorf-Astoria
Gotham Club
Alfred Arthur Brooks
New York
Brooks
Edeneville
Blane
Imogene King
Good Work of Stony Wold Sanitarium Funds Sought
Officers and friends reported a $25,491 deficit for the last year amid a financial downturn. The group noted $53,177.50 mortgage payoff, $1,600 bequest, and $830 in other income as it plans a new dormitory in memory of an unnamed donor. Two hundred women and children were treated. 128 returned home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stony Wold Sanitarium Corporation
Friends
Frederic B. Jennings
Park Avenue
James Edward Newcomb
Henry Sloane Coffin
Muadison Avenue Presbyterian Church
Pilgrims Elect New Executive Committee Members
The Pilgrims held their annual meeting at the Lawyers' Club electing R. E H Ewart Stewart L Woodford Herbert Noble Ralph M Stuart Wortley E F Darrell and L L Gillespie to a three year term. A February dinner in honor of Ambassador Whitelaw Reid will feature speakers ex Ambassador Joseph H Choate Bishop Lawrence Ambassador Bryce and Mark Twain. A committee was appointed to attend the funeral of Morris K Jesup former Pilgrim Society vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pilgrims
Lawyers’ Club
R. E H. Ewart
Stewart L. Woodford
Herbert Noble
Ralph M. Stuart Wortley
E. F. Darrell
L L. Gillespie
Whitelaw Reid
Joseph H. Choate
Lawrence
Massachusetts
Ambassador Bryce
Mark Twain
ES ‘4
Morris K. Jesup
The
Pilgrim Society
Rice labeled pledges to show glucose and tale coating
Rice importers protest that the Pure Food and Drug act is applied as a label rule. They admit the rice is coated with tale and glucose, but the bags lack this notice. Customs demands marking "Rice coated with glucose and tale. Wash before using." Some consignments were sent back for noncompliant packaging.
Sunday Dance Injunctions Continued By Supreme Court
Supreme Court Justice Davis ruled that when a club or association hires a hall for Sunday dances the public may dance freely without police interference. The injunctions issued weeks earlier restrain Police Commissioner Bingham from blocking Sunday night dances conducted by private organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Davis
Bingham
Profit in 2 Cent Fare Prompts PSC Probe
Albany January 22 report shows $187,967,000 spent on railroad and electric road improvements since 1906 with 400 complaints filed. The Public Service Commission urges investigation of passenger fares and notes mileage book use may yield reasonable profits while deeming some rail projects speculative.
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Albany
Public Service Commission
Second District
Magistrate Droege Won’t Resign Amid Night Court Scandal
Attorney Moses H. Grossman denies rumors of resignation by Magistrate Otto H. Droege after admitting he paid $250 to pass to a reporter regarding the Night Court scandal. Droege welcomes an investigation and is confident the inquiry will show his record clean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moses H. Grossman
Otto H. Droege
Mark Alter
Droege
Lamport Sane Saydened by Gospel Leader Testimony
Rev Dr Wilson of Gospel Tabernacle testified to Hiram Lamport's mental qualifications during Surrogate Beckett's hearing about the late testator's will. Relatives challenge the will which left most of the estate to Miss Mary Clementine Smedley amid alleged undue influence. Witnesses Morse of Riverside Drive affirmed Lamport's mental competence.
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Wilson
Gospel Tabernacle
Eighth Avenue
Hiram H. Lamport
Beckett
Lamport
Mary Clementine Smedley
Franklin E. .Morse
Riverside Drive
Lieut Eggers Uphheld In New York Police Case
The Court of Appeals affirmed the Appellate Division decision reinstating Lieut. William J. Eggers to the New York police force. Eggers led the vice squad under former Commissioner McAdoo and was removed on Dec. 15, 1905 for neglect of duty over undisclosed disorderly houses.
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Albany
N. Y
Court of Appeals
New York
William J. Eggers
Police Headquarters
McAdoo
Eggers
Detective Bureau
Brooklyn
False Fire Alarms Strike Bronx and Harlem Schools
False fire alarms were reported at School 4 on 72d Street and Fulton Avenue in the Bronx and at a Bronx school near Wendover and Washington Avenues. A Harlem alarm went off at School 184 on 116th Street between Lenox and Fifth Avenues. Police seek several youths suspected of holding fire box keys. janitor says a key was recently stolen.
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Bronx
Harlem
72D Street
Fulton Avenue
Wendover
Washington Avenues
116Th Street
Lenox
Fifth Avenues
Submarines Set Record On 143 Mile Newport to New York Run
Submarines Cuttlefish Tarantula and Viper with the Hist tender, under Lieut Charles EB Courtney, completed 143 miles from Newport to New York in 17 hours without a stop. They averaged 8 knots and demonstrated ocean liner like performance. The flotilla will sail to the Chesapeake Monday with plans for a longer 1000 mile test from Hampton Roads to Key West in spring. Lieut Guy W Castle commands the first flotilla which includes Plunger Porpoise and Shark and will go south in a few weeks.
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United States
Charles EB. Courtney
Navy Yard
Newport
New York
Chesapeake
Navy Department
Hampton Roads
Key West
Roosevelt
Guy W. Castle
Merchants Association Elects New Directors
At the annual meeting yesterday afternoon Frank R. Chambers of Rogers Peet Co William H McCord of Post McCord J Crawford McCreery of the McCreery Realty Edwin J Sayre of RC Williams Co G F Vietor of Vietor Achelis Gustav Vintsehger of Bene Cos Webb of the China and Japan Trading Company and F W Woolworth of T W Woolworth Co were elected Directors for three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merchants’ Association
Frank R. Chambers
Rogers, Peet & Co
William H. McCord
Post & McCord
J. Crawford McCreery
the McCreery. Realty. Corporation
Edwin J. Sayre
R.C. Williams & Co
G. F. Vietor
Vietor & Achelis
Gustav Vintsehger
Bene & Cos -Shias, Co. Webb
The
China and Japan Trading Company
F. W W
Brady's House Goes to His Son in Transfer at Auction
Anthony N. Brady conveyed yesterday to his son Nicholas F. Brady the four story dwelling at the southeast corner of Fifth Avenue and Brightieth Street. The 24.8 by 100 foot lot was purchased by Mr. Brady at auction about two years ago.
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Brady
Anthony N. Brady
Nicholas F. Brady
Fifth Avenue
Brightieth Street
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Year Musicale
Stony Wold
Dine Reid
Bryce, Choate
Up-State Utilities Board
Reporter Courts Inquiry
Lieut. Eggers
Ficer
Phode
Broadway
Stumes
Paris
C. O.D
Lacy Batiste
Norfolk and New Brunswick Hosiery Co
Tetrazzini
Victor Talking Machine
Victor
la Sonnambula
Caro Nome
America
Golden O.k
Iffomers
Veuryg
Ircassian W Awe
Ane
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