Mayor to Revoke Licenses Over Indecent Show Exits
Mayor McClellan heard evidence in City Hall on a battle over moving picture shows. He inspected thirty venues and noted unsafe exits, suggesting licenses for fifteen to twenty shows may be revoked for violations of law or indecency. Clergy and reform groups urged shutdown, while exhibitors argued against indicting Edison and taft remarks.
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McClellan
Courtney
Luke Everts
Farley
Frank Moss
The
Society For the Prevention of Crime
Gustavus A. Rogers
Rogers
Thomas A. Edison
Edison
Moving Pictures
United States
Theodore Rroosevelt
William H. Taft
J. Stuart Blackton
Vitagraph Company of America
Mt Fc
J. M. Foster
Interdenominational
Dr. Foster
Eurk
William Sheafe Chase
Brooklyn
David Dudley Field Malone
R. Fellowes Jenkins
Society For the Prevention of
People's Institute
Charles Sprague Smith
Mr. Smith
Moss
Abraham Rosenberg
Charles W. Arms
Harlem Law and Order League
J. R. Dixon
Bishop Greer
City of
New York
License report cites unsafe exits at moving picture venues
The report lists twenty five venues visited by the inspector showing exits leading to saloons air shafts and walls with violations. Each venue was closed under mayoral orders until proper alterations were completed. Ex Assemblyman Cyrus W Gale Simmons F W Kester former Alderman Marks spoke in support. Counsel will file briefs. mayor refused another hearing.
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Cyrus W. Gale
Simmons
F. W. Kester
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Coney Island
Marks
Jury awards Haffen $1 in libel suit against Press Publishing
A Bronx borough president suit seeks $100,000 in damages over a March Evening World article alleging misconduct. The jury returned a sealed verdict for $1 in favor of Haffen. motions set for today before Justice Dugro. verdict filed in Supreme Court Part I.
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Haffen
Bronx
Press Publishing Company
Justice Dugro
Supreme Court
Evening World
The
John Purroy Mitchel
Haffen Defends Against Commission Charges in Albany
After March inquiry the Commissioners of Accounts leveled charges of incompetence extravagance and wastefulness against Mr Haffen. Mayor McClellan sent them to Governor Hughes who notified Haffen to appear before Commissioner Wallace MacFarlane to show cause for removal. HaffenWent to Albany December 1 presenting a reply denying most charges as legal or facts and accusing a Bronx Civic League of unjust attack and Commissioner Mitchel of personal enmity.
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Commissioners of Accounts
Haffen
McClellan
Hughes
Wallace MacFarlane
Albany
Bronx
The
Civic League
Mitchel
Jenkinses Try to Take Control of First National Bank
Jenkins family members press to control Williamsburg First National Bank as mortgage deadlines approach. President Huber claims a majority of shares and signals unlikely path for Jenkinses to regain leadership. Directors share the view with stockholders meeting looming in the new year. Mortgage debts totaling 250000 are due next June, complicating any proxy or purchase strategy.
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Jenkins
First National Paak
Williamsburg
John G. Jenkins, Jr
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Jenkins Trust Company
Lafayette Trust Company
Jenkinses
First National Bank
Joseph Huber
Huber
Mr. Huber
Women Fight Over Seat Aboard Red Star Liner Kroonland
The Red Star liner Kroonland, two days late from Antwerp, faced severe seas as it neared Ellis Island. A steerage fight over a seat led to Lydia Bussuyak allegedly stabbing Maria Zastrosue. Bussuyak was detained at Ellis Island pending a board of special inquiry, with possible deportation. The ship also reported a missing Polish passenger, Grettel Green burg, presumed to have fallen overboard.
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Red Star
Kroonland
Antwerp
Port
Grettel Greenburg
Poland
Lydia Bussuyak
Maria Zastrosue
R. Wigny
Ellis Island
Board of Special Inquiry
Balloon Flight Across Atlantic Planned by Fisher and Bumbaugh
Telegraphic notes report Carl G. Fisher and George L. Bumbaugh planning a cross Atlantic balloon flight with twenty smaller supply balloons feeding gas to the main craft, a boat replacing the basket, in a bold aeronautic venture. Also in dispatches, efforts to merge Lake of Lakes unions are revealed, Alderman Coughlin found not guilty, a $10,000 bill discovered in East St Louis, turkey prices rising, minor San Francisco quakes, Chicago City Hall lunch-hour tensions, and a robbery tied to a fence fire in Chicago.
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Atlantic
Indianapolis
Carl G. Fisher
George L. Bumbaugh
Atlantic Ocean
East St Louis
Patrick Sullivan
Cab Drivers Reject Open Shop Plan Amid Strike Endurance
In Grell's Hall a large gathering of cab drivers and Liberty Dawn Association members rejected a proposal by the Livery Stable Keepers' Association after an hours discussion. Open shop was favored by organizers, while closed shop was opposed, with threats of boycott and non-discrimination plans. Police reported quiet enforcement as the strike continued with several arrests associated with strike-breaking activity.
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Grell's Hall
East 63d Street
Livery Stable Keepers’ Association
Liberty Dawn Association
Edwin Gould
Albert D. Moulton
Seventh Avenue
Daly
West 47Th Street
Upper West Side
George Siegel
No. 943
Ninth Avenue
Liberty Dawn Benevolent Association
Harris
West Side Court
Siegel
Night Riders Trial Opens in Union City Court
In Union City Tenn a Night Rider case unfolds with William Russell testifying cross examination halted after a revolver is found on him. Witnesses Warren Morris Herschell Hogg and ex deputy Mayo recount threats of pardon and past raids as defense plans alibi proofs for eight defendants regarding Captain Rankin’s murder.
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Union City
Tenn
William Russell
Russell
Warren Morris
Herschell Hogg
William M. Mayo
Night Riders
Might Rider
Captain Rankin
Rankin
Governor to Name Burr in Appellate Court Post
Albany December 23 Governor Hughes announced he would appoint Justice Joseph A Burr of Brooklyn to the Appellate Division for the 24 Department for five years starting January 1 1909 He will succeed Justice Warren B Hooker of Freidon whose term ends December 31 The Governor said the appointment should come from a 24 Department justice and not a non resident justice.
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Albany
Hughes
Joseph A. Purr
Brooklyn
Supreme Court
Burr
Warren B. Hooker
Fredonia
Conference on Patronage Shapes New York Appointments
Syracuse reports a prolonged meeting of Republican leaders to discuss patronage under the incoming Attorney General Edward R. O Malley. A tentative understanding named Charles R. Milford for Deputy Attorney General at the Court of Claims, paying $4 000 yearly, with another session set to consider the State Engineer office.
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Syracuse
Timothy L. Woodruff
James S. Sherman
Utien
Michael M. Kiley
Oneida
Lynn J. Arnold
Cooperstown
Francis Hendricks
Horace White
Ray B. Smith
Assembly
Michael E. Driscoll
Edward R. O'Malley
Buffalo
New York
Onondaga Organization
Woodruff
No Implication Of Bribery In Election Probes
Albany dispatch reports Allan Robinson of the Association to Prevent Corrupt Practices at Elections saying the group does not intend to imply bribery in the cases against Kings County Republicans United Colored Democracy of New York and Democrats of Chemung or Putnam counties. He notes the action tests compliance with publicity laws and warns more committees may face probes to curb vote buying, with further cases expected soon. A separate Albany note states Treasurer-elect Thomas B Dunn of Rochester filed a $60,000 bond with the State Controller and will take oath soon.
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Albany
Allan Robinson
New York
Kings County
United Colored Democracy
Chemung
Putnam Counties
Robinson
Dunn
Thomas B. Dunn
Rochester
Marines Plan Long Island Reservation For 500000
The Marine Corps seeks a fifty acre tract on Long Island to build barracks officers quarters and support buildings at a total cost about 500000 You stations include a Brooklyn navy yard running guard of about one hundred marines with drills at the new station and guard duties in shifts to keep the men away from the yard The exact site is not disclosed to avoid price increases and broker pressure from ground owners
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Marine Corps
Long Island
Navy Department
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Hell Gate
Army and Navy Notes From The Tribune Bureau
Washington dispatch lists orders for army officers including paymaster Delamere Skerrett moving to the Philippines and officers reassigned or placed on leave. It also details movements of warships with arrivals at San Juan Cavite and Zamboanga and a fleet departure from Panama and Mare Island with Brutus to be commissioned.
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ARMY
Delamere Skerrett
New York City
Philippines
Henry D. Todd, Jr
General Staff
William E. Cole
Coast Artillery
Fort Totten
Harles A. Clark
Charles E. N. Howard
Washington
San Francisco
Joseph Herring
16Th Infantry
Charles W. Barber
Ees
Canal Zone
N B. Barnes
Sth Infantry
Arthur Williams
Corps of Cancers
Department of the Colorado
Ortland
Benjamin F. Miller
27Th Infantry
Fort Leavenworth
James D. Watson
Navy Department
The
Prairie
San Juan
Havana
Birmingham
Newport
New York
West Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
California
South Dakota
Yorktown
Panama
Talcahuana
Wyoming
Mare Island
Brutus
Navy Yard
Norfolk
Soldiers Plan Festive Christmas Feast on Governor's Island
Soldiers and civilian staff on Governor's Island prepare a lavish Christmas feast before four companies of the 12th Infantry depart for the Philippines. Decorations rival Fort Hancock greens, three dozen turkeys arrive from the government, and holiday gifts arrive aboard the ferry General Hancock. Passes and furloughs are granted for soldiers to spend Christmas with relatives.
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New York
Governor's Island
12Th Infantry
Philippines
Old Fort Jay
Fort Hancock
General Hancock
Mr. Harris
Harris
Young Men's Christian Association
United States lightship flotilla reaches Callao today
Lima December 23 The United States lightship flotilla which sailed from Valparaiso on December 16 arrived at Callao today The flotilla will proceed for San Francisco tomorrow.
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Lima
United States Lightship Flotilla
Valparaiso
Callao
San Francisco
Lieutenant O Loughlin Convicted. Sentence Commuted
First Lieutenant William J. O Loughlin of the 13th United States Infantry at Fort Leavenworth Kansas was court martialed for false reports on military duties and sentenced to dismissal. The President commuted the sentence to six months confinement to post limits and a $50 monthly fine for the same period.
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Washington
William J. O'Loughlin
13Th
United States Infantry
Fort Leavenworth
Kans
Aldermen's voting records to be published by Citizens Union
An unofficial announcement says the Citizens Union is compiling and will publish aldermen records showing how they voted on all major bills. The aim is to inform voters who now rely on the alderman’s statements, reducing guesswork in judging representatives.
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Citizens Union
Union
Harriman Illness Denial Reached by Secretary Note
Harriman secretary again denies reports that financier E H Harriman is seriously ill. A note to newspapers states the afternoon statement claiming a serious condition is untrue and unsupported by current health reports.
St Bartholomews Club Disbanded By Church Leaders
The Men’s Club of St Bartholomew’s Church was disbanded yesterday afternoon as leaders judged it no longer served the founders’ purpose. Dr Leighton Parks said about five hundred fifty members remain, with a disruptive minority steering policy, and the club’s dissolution aims to end disorder and bad feeling. A future organization may revive the work with better elements. Clues noted memberships cost only a dollar per year.
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St. Bartholomew's Church
Leighton Parks
St. Bartholomew's
Kings County Dems Fail In Contempt Case Over Club Books
Justice Thomas of the Supreme Court ruled that William R. McGuire Charles J. Pflug and Frank H. Upson could not be held in contempt for not surrendering the 6th Assembly District Democratic Club books. The defendants evaded the injunction claiming improper service as their action blocked a McCarren propaganda effort.
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McCarren
Kings County
6Th Assembly District
Justice Thomas
Supreme Court
William R. McGuire
Charles J. Pflug
Frank H. Upson
McCarrenites
Messrs
Pflug
Upson
McGuire
Life for boy matricide verdict in jury time
Toledo December 23 jury deliberated twelve hours in the case of Harvey Hazel a fourteen year old boy charged with murder in the first degree for killing his mother. the jury returned a verdict of murder in the second degree.
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Toledo
Harvey Hazel
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John
Marvel
Virginia
Hunt’s Point
First National
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Cleveland
Great Lakes
Lake Carriers’ Association
Coughlin
Chicago
John Coughlin
Busse
Chica
Marie Nelson
Night Rider
Sherman
White, Hendricks
Secretary of Association To Prevent
Theodore B. Starr
Frederick MacMonnies
Madison Square
Marine Corps Reserve
Army and Navy Notes
Iria
Cavité
Ben Francisco
Charleston
Denver
Galveston
Chattanooga
Zamboanga
Me Winawafer
TOY
Fallne J Urihinayy
Necrratum
Sheraton
Louis
Vernis- Martin
New Building
Royal Doulton
America
Wanamaker
New
Second Gallery
Levant
Bokhara
Fereghan
Tekke
First Gallery Y
John Wanamaker
Fourth Avenue
Eighth
Tenth Str
ST. Bartholomew's Club
J. I. Berry
Joseph IL Berry
Mitchel Amd Gallaher
Bert
Berry
Bronx Park
Sioner Berry
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