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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1908
Page
13
Citywide action against Sunday moving pictures leads to closures in Bowery and nearby theatres while inspectors report few arrests. Clergy praise Mayor McEllen's order as necessary to enforce health and morality and urge continued backing amid legal challenges.
Rochester reports ten suspected foot and mouth disease cases among children in Clarkson Monroe County from five families. An infant died with symptoms like meningitis as health officer forwards report to the State Department of Health commissioner Porter.
Six people injured when a Southern Railway special freight train derailed before dawn outside Reidsville Georgia. A split switch is suspected, causing the wreck and delaying traffic for hours. One person died recently from injuries.
In Unicoi City Tennessee on December 3 the state, with three witnesses remaining, will likely wrap up its case against eight alleged Night Eiders for Captain Quentin Renkin’s murder. The defense may begin this afternoon as jurors, escorted by deputies, attended church today.
The Tribune publishes official 1909 almanac style popular vote tabulation across seven parties. Taft tallies 7,677,544. Bryan 6,405,707. Debs 420,464. Chafin 251,660. Hisgen 83,268. Preston and Watson votes were negligible. Republican plurality 1,271,887.
The Central Federated Union debated Judge Wrights contempt ruling against Mesere Gompers Mitchell and Morrison in the Buck Stove case. A 30 member committee was formed to organize mass meetings and protest the decision while a Gompers letter urged suspending the unfair list and seeking Congressional changes to antitrust provisions affecting unions.
A protest meeting against the court action in the Gompers case will be held this evening at Clinton Hall 151 Clinton street. Speakers include Morris Hill quit Alexander Irvine Henry J Slobodin and Abraham Cohen among others. Arranged by the 8th Assembly District Socialist party.
Warren Penn December 27 William Ritchie a leading merchant was injured in a fall near a church while following Sunday school children. He slipped on grape skins from Christmas boxes, struck a guard rail and suffered eye injuries including one eye gouged out and the other badly lacerated, with a broken nose and facial bruising.
Lawrence W. Peters committed death by own action in a boarding house in Alexandria Virginia after shooting his sweetheart Jennie W. Beaudette a sick milk worker. The tragedy, provoked by jealousy, left Beaudette likely to recover. Beaudette had former ties to Hartford Vermont and Peters' parents live in Providence Rhode Island.
Buffalo reports no foot and mouth cases in nineteen days and moves to ease quarantine. A Washington conference including State Commissioner Pearson Secretary Wilson and Chief Melvin approves changes effective tomorrow allowing interstate shipment of hay straw and hides from most of New York except Erie Niagara Orleans Genesee and Monroe counties where state rules continue. Wyoming County quarantine raised in a separate order.
Patrolman Arthur Sutton halted a burglary at Abner Woodin's Main Street jewelry shop in New Rochelle just before thebreak of dawn. Two suspects, William Bauman and William Parker, fled but were chased for half a mile, firing shots before being captured. The heist targeted diamonds valued at about five thousand dollars left in the window. Police recovered a revolver dark lantern diamond cutter and a chisel from the suspects.
William Johnson a bookkeeper from East Seth Street and Avenue F Canarsie was found dead in the office of William Purdy a stone maker after a ladder incident. Relatives claim missing valuables suggest foul play while authorities deem the death accidental with an autopsy by Dr. Charles Wuest planned today.
William A. Dolph, a Memphis lumber dealer, is jailed in San Francisco on embezzlement charges by his partner. He disappeared on November 10 and recently wrote he had recovered his mind. His wife rushed to assist, appealing for nonprosecution. Dolph remains nervous and claims no memory of his trip to the coast.
Bewildering family entanglements arise from marriages among Henry Dillinger his two sons and Lucy and Jennie Richmond in East Finley township Washington county. Lucy and Jennie Richmond moved in as housekeepers and later wed Dillinger and his son. The three families still cohabit the elder Dillinger home.
East letters say a renewed Carnegie Frick clash has begun after Carnegie advocated no tariff protection for U S goods. He reportedly backs Schwab to outdo Frick and joins Schwab in the Bethlehem plant deal, reviving old Braddock ties and boasts.
The 1938 annual report of the Chicago Department of Health shows the city as among the world's healthiest with a death rate of 14.11. Officials credit public interest in hygienic living and preventing disease for the improvement.
Washington reports a sweeping South wide push toward prohibition with many states adopting statewide or local option measures. Georgia experiments with a near prohibition law, North Carolina Alabama Mississippi move to statewide rules, and Tennessee Kentucky Virginia Texas Arkansas Florida see varied dry status. Prohibition trends show fewer arrests and improved wages but enforcement and revenue challenges persist nationwide.
Samuel Roebuck eighty one retired weather strip and window screen manufacturer was admitted to Kings County Hospital after wandering the streets at 2:30 am and yelling at a lamp post. police wrestled his heavy walking stick from him as he blamed his wife and servants for craziness. Roebuck once led Roebuck Weather Strip and Wire Screen Co with offices on Hamilton avenue Fulton street. He built Roebuck's Palace on Surf avenue Coney Island and once appeared on the beach in a vermilion suit with a parrot on his shoulder.
Syracuse notice says the New York State Teachers Association and affiliated groups will hold their annual meetings in the city tomorrow Tuesday and Wednesday with sessions across the three days.
District Attorney Robinson and defense counsel are ready for the trial of Mrs. Erb and her sister Mrs. Catherine Beisel for the murder of Captain J. Clayton Erb in Delaware County Court Media. The accused have three leading local lawyers, and the DA's office will press for conviction.
Cape Charles Virginia December 27 The capsizing of a boat claimed the lives of Edward Holland thirty and William Bunting twenty five both of Assawaman While Holland was recovered Bunting remains missing The two men were married and active in the Eastern Shore community they were out hunting when the craft overturned in aesuticne e Bay between Wishart's Point and Chincoteague Island.
In Detroit on December 27 an elevator serving the Bamlet Building collapsed from the ground to the basement as it began to load for a Belence meeting. Mrs. W B Ragan of Bay City and Mildred Caley of Detroit, ten, each broke a leg, with nine others sustaining less serious injuries.
The Bureau of Municipal Research reports disorganized governance of Manhattan and Richmond parks impairing cost tracking and planning. It urges a complete reorganization, clearer cost data, and split authority among five divisions to improve efficiency and curb mismanagement.
Patrolman James E. White of Mulberry street station was stabbed twice in the back while stopping a fight among six Italians at Elizabeth and East Houston streets. He tracked and arrested the alleged assailant, Frank Restino of 69 East Houston street, as colleagues aided him. White received treatment at a Bowery drugstore and was sent home.
James Fagan, a Brooklyn fireman, was hit at Eighth Ave and 45th St by a car owned by D G Davis. He was taken to Roosevelt Hospital with knee and scalp injuries. The driver fled. later Charles White, claiming to be the chauffeur, was charged at West 47th St station for lacking a license and wearing an invalid badge. Two others were in the auto. Also, the Central Federated Union urged borough labor bodies to press Mayor McClellan to appoint a labor school commissioner from each borough.
Albany reports the 1900 legislative session will open with Governor Hughes delivering a message likely to press direct primary nominations, home rule based local option on liquor, and election reform. He may also urge curbs on securities speculation and seek Public Service Commission authority over telecoms.
Albany December 27 The State Civil Service Commission announces January 2 examinations for multiple Albany and state county posts including bookkeeper clerk engineer guard statistician editor and more with pay ranges from 50 to 2000 annually. Filing deadline is January 16 and full details and forms are available by postal card request to Charles I Fowler chief examiner at Albany.
Fire on the top floor of a five story brick tenement in Chinatown. Patrolman Madden raised the alarm as flames issued from fifth floor windows. Capt John J McNally and officers aided a crowd of residents, rescuing women and children. Damage about 500 dollars.
Jennie Tobias detected gas at her husband Louis Tobias's residence at 124 West 139th Street yesterday afternoon. He was found unconscious by his wife and Dr. Bennett removed him to Harlem Hospital where doctors said his condition was not serious and improving. Louis Tobias, a retired merchant, has long suffered ill health and despondency.
Nearly one hundred alumni of the Baron de Hirsch School in English for Immigrant Children met in an Alliance Building classroom on East Broadway to form a permanent group. Miss Rebecca T. Hayes and Dr. Fleischman spoke urging manual training at the Allance to help youths earn a living, as Edward Cohen was elected president with a slate of officers and plans for a small publication. Dues five cents for the first month. next meeting scheduled for Sunday in February and then monthly for six months.
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