Destitute Lodging Struggles as City Seeks Space
City charity officials report difficulty securing a loft and beds to expand the Municipal Lodging House. Landlords refuse leases once they learn the space would house the destitute, despite protests by Commissioner Hebberd who purchased 200 beds. Crowded relief sites distribute bread, milk, oatmeal and coffee as storms prompt shelters to overflow. dozens of named cases of exposure are logged and weather warnings predict snow turning to rain with colder conditions ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Charities
East Sd Street
Charities Department
Hebberd
Sth Street
Skaters Cross Great South Bay on First Freeze
Great South Bay froze shore to shore for the first time this winter allowing gatherings and crossing parties from the mainland to the outer beach. Scooter owners plan ice regattas with boats Eagle Hot Stuff Scud shipped to Newbury for a race on Orange Lake, drawing Long Islanders and Newbury residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great South Bay
Commodore Thurber
Eagle
Charles Breckenridge
Fred Smith
Newbury
Orange Lake
Newburs
Browne Faces Choice Between Exile and Sing Sing
C C Browne a former Old Customs employee in the Appraiser's Department at Great Notch New Jersey must choose within thirty days between expatriation or two years in Sing Sing. He faces quashing the second count of an indictment for defrauding the U S Customs by undervaluing imports of Japanese silks and possible re arrest if he returns to the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlies C. Browne
Customs Service
Great Notch
N. J
Sing Sine
W. Wickham Smith
Molt
United States Circuit Court
Browne
United States Customs
Olcout, Gruber
Sing Sing
Canada
Sense head of water board named
J A Bensen appointed by Mayor McClellan to lead the Board of Water Supply succeeding J Ed ward Simmons who resigned and was elected yesterday president of the board E E Olcott had urged the appointment but said the city did better naming Mr Bensel and that there is no comparison between their incumbencies
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Bensen
McClellan
Board of Water Supply
J. Edward Simmons
E. E. Olcott
Chamber of Commerce
Bensel
Auction Draws Crowds for Jewels and Art Prints at No 56 Fifth Ave
Bidders flocked to the two day sale at No 56 Fifth Avenue as Oriental pearls diamonds and jewelled prints crossed the block. J C Owens paid 40 for Oriental pearl and diamond sleeve links while Mrs Van Norden paid 250 for a three stone sapphire and diamond ring. The final sale will feature a 311 pearl rope at waist length and two diamond tiaras with Avenue Art Galleries highlighting red mirrors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Avenue
J. C. Owens
van Norden
To Gay
Avenue Art Galleries
The Print Cloth Market in Fall River Report
Fall River Mass January 21 sales in the print cloth market for the week are estimated at 59 000 pieces. Trading was light with most activity for delivery in the next three months. Prices remain unchanged with regulars at 4 1 2 percent. Buyers show little interest while manufacturers hold firm. Quotations include 28 inch 64 squares 1 2 percent 28 inch 64 by 60 2 384 inch 64 squares 5 percent 39 inch 68 by 72 1 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall River
Mass
Holy Ghosters raid in crowded Philadelphia room
A Philadelphia report details a chaotic gathering by a group calling itself the Holy Ghosters at 25 West 41st Street where six members were taken to the Criminal Courts Building on charges of public outrage. Leader Thomas B. O'Reilly urged followers to learn the Holy Ghost language as white and Black participants swayed, spoke, and danced in a suffocating, unventilated room with unwashed dishes and decayed fruit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holy Ghosters
West 41St Street
Criminal Courts
Thomas B. O'Reilly
Jerome
Philadelphia
O’reilly
Mr. O'Reilly
Anna Doak
Bertha Redeberger
Mabel Collins
Robert Calvert
Frank
the Inquirer
Dragon New Year in Chinatown Sparks Police Patrols
Chinese New Year festivities unfold in Manhattan's Chinatown with six extra patrolmen on duty after past Tong violence. Firecrackers, dragon imagery, and celebrations mark the start of the year, though authorities warn of possible trouble as tongs remain unsettled.
Commanding Officers Named for New Hampshire and Idaho
Washington January 31 Captains Cameron M Winslow and Samuel W Diehl received orders to take command of the battleships New Hampshire and Idaho as soon as ready Both officers are at the Navy Department with Winslow in the bureau of navigation and Diehl in the judge advocate general office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cameron McR. Winslow
Samuel W. Diehl
New Hampshire
Idaho
Navy Department
Bureau of Navigation
Judge Advocate General
Paul Kelly Motorman Sentenced for 1995 Crash
Paul Kelly the motorman of the elevated train was sentenced to state prison for one year six months to two years and six months for the September 11 1995 crash at 53d street and Ninth avenue that killed fourteen. Judge Malone handed the sentence alongside Thomas McDermott motorman of a surface car that killed Louis Koneman on July 27 assigning him one year in the penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Kelly
53D Street
Ninth Avenue
Malone
Court of General Sessions
Thomas McPdermott
Louis Koneman
Clarke arraigned in kidnap case at Tombs Court
Mrs. Maude Geraldine Clarke appeared in the Tombs court charged with kidnapping her five year old adopted son Carlton, child of Dr Geza Kramer of 857 Lexington Avenue. She pleaded not guilty and was paroled by Judge Crain pending further hearings amid accusations of Mrs Kramer’s complicity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude Geraldine Clarke
Tombs Court
Carlton
Geza Kramer
Lexington Avenue
Kramer
Clarke
Crain
Court of General Sessions
West End Church marks two decades of growth on West Side
The West End Presbyterian Church in Manhattan celebrates twenty years since a Bible study group met in a corner booth to become a church with about 1845 members and 1178 Sunday school attendees. Festivities include ten public services, musical programs, and messages from prominent Presbyterian leaders.
Dr. MacArthur on Therapeutics at Calvary Church
The Rev. Dr. MacArthur discusses Christian Science versus religious therapeutics in a Cur rent Events Class. He argues growth of Christian Science is waning and says he may apply Christian psychology where competent physicians deem it helpful. He notes extensive use of such methods over twenty five years of his ministry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacArthur
Calvary Church
A Y M C A Anniversary Highlights Growth and Giving
The West Side Y M C A observed its eleventh anniversary with Walter T. Diack reporting 13,853 members since inception, 5,322 in 1907, building value rising to 759,000, and a force of 24 secretaries plus 250 volunteers. In 1907 expenditures reached 122,635 with receipts near 19 dollars under. Over 50,000 used the building, including 48,082 in classes, 56,473 at religious meetings, and 33,932 in gym or athletics. The employment bureau aided 345 men earning 242,000, while extension work spanned 15 churches, eight settlements, and county institutions. aid to Havana Y M C A totaled 3,600 and the Big Brothers movement gained momentum in Manhattan and Brooklyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Side Young Men's Christian Association
Walter T. Diack
Employment Bureau
Havana Young Men's Christian Association
Big Brothers
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Ais
Dr Duffield's Farewell at Old First Presbyterian
The Rev Dr Howard Duffield will say farewell on his last Sunday at Old First Presbyterian Church Fifth Avenue from 11 am with a sermon The Call of the Christ A memorial service for Thomas Greenleaf elder and Sailors Snug Harbor controller follows at 4 pm A choral service at 5 pm features Gounod's The Redemption sung by the full choir directed by William C Carl
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Duffield
Old First Presbyterian Church
Fifth Avenue
12Th Street
Europe
Thomas Greenleaf
Old First Church
The Armys Great Revival At Salvation Army
Commander Miss Booth leads a week long revival at Salvation Army Headquarters drawing over one hundred volunteers. Mass meetings are set for 11 am and 3 pm at 122 West 11th Street and 8 pm at the Liberty Theatre on 42nd Street near Broadway. The Red Knights Brigade and forty piece staff band join the final service with soloists and harp. On Monday night diplomas will be awarded to sixty cadets from the local training college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Miss Booth
West L1th Street
Liberty Theatre
Broadway
Red Knights Brigade
Army
THE
Miss Booth Wl
Red Knights
Charles EF. Terretts
Religious Events and Lectures Dominate Harlem Week
General Items Of The Week outlines religious gatherings across Harlem including the Catholic Oratorio Society’s Nativity performance on February 16, an illustrated lecture by Dr. Charles C. Creegan, and a fund drive for Armenian Christians in Turkey. Evangelistic campaigns at Metropolitan Temple and Trinity church run nightly, with notable converts. Alfred Martin to speak on Zoroaster at Carnegie Hall. National Bible Institute expands lay evangelist training. Young Men’s Christian Association events. Pierson at Fifth Avenue and a Brick Presbyterian missionary evening featuring Dr. J R Ewing, Horace G Underwood and Robert E Speer. Fosdick discusses Immoral Religion in a Baptist forum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles C. Creegan
Turkey
Bible School Hall
Broadway Tabernacle
Broadway
Aéth Street
Chambers
Banizag
West End
Brick Presbyterian Church
Foreign Missions Committee
Presbytery
J. ©. R. Ewing
Forman College
Lahorendia
Horace G. Underwood
Seoul
Corea
Robert E. Speer
Evangelical Meetings and Talks Posted for Week
Sunday meetings at the West Side Y M C A auditorium 290 West 7th Street feature a Life Work Parliament by Frank Marsland of Bradstreet's. Evang elistic services led by Rev John A Davis and F A Mills continue nightly at Hanson Place Church Brooklyn with new meetings starting at Tabernacle Church Greenpoint. Mile Merle d Aubigne, daughter of the Reformation historian, will speak on Giving the Gospel to the People of France at Mrs Alfred von der Muhl's home on Thursday February 6 at 3 30 p m inviting all interested in evangelization of France and Belgium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West End
John E. Willams
Nanking
China
C. H. Enis
Phoenix
Artz
Oscar EK. Tell
Parker
Daub Abi Yammin
Baalbec
Syria
Christian Endeavor Society
Edward A. Ford
Libreville
Africa
Mary C. Helm
John A. Davis
F. A. Mills
Hanson Place Methodist Episcopal Church
Brooklyn
Tabernacle Methodist Episcopal Church
Greenpoint
Mile
Merle d'Aubigné
France
Alfred von der Muh
Belgium
Interborough Deliberates Refinancing Plan Amid Cash Strain
Negotiations are under way to refund the Interborough Rapid Transit Company 15 million dollars of 4 percent notes due May 1. Plans include extending maturities to 196 until a new 10 million issue due then, with a final 25 million refund via bonds for tunnel extensions to Brooklyn and the Steinway tunnel. Stock rose while officials ponder funding, as Shonts notes the company lacks funds to build third tracks on the Second and Third avenues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Brooklyn
East River
Shonts
Interborough Metropolitan Company
Willcox
Public Service Commission
Third Avenue
Interborough
Ice Trust Action Proposed by Deputy AG in Supreme Court
Deputy Attorney General De Ford urged Justice Leventritt to discontinue Mayer’s December 1906 suit against the Ice Company and substitute a new action to enjoin further practices and oust the firm from corporate transactions as a restraint of trade. Julien T. Davies led the Ice Company defense noting books and papers were handed to the Attorney General eighteen months ago and numerous contracts faced scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Ford
Justice Leventritt
Supreme Court
Julius M. Mayer
Iee Company
Ice
Julien T. Davies
Detective Picks Man Aboard Celtic in Embezzlement Case
Lieutenant Leeson of the Detective Bureau boarded the White Star liner Celtic from Liverpool, selecting a second cabin passenger as a suspected embezzler named George Tugham. The man admitted stealing funds from Kirk Partners of Belfast, saying a salary cut drove him to crime. Tugham was taken to Ellis Island for possible deportation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leeson
Detective Bureau
Celtic
Liverpool
Helfast
Ireland
George Tugham
Royal Irish Constabulary
Tugham
Kirk & Partners, Drapers
Belfast
Ellis Island
Also Mentioned on This Page
Boyd. Henry
Thorpman Street
Bath Street
Bellevue
Grubenstein
Abraham
East 3d Street
27Th Street
Sixth Avenue
Jackson
Charles
East 38Th Street
Sixth Street
Fordham Hospital
Kennedy
John J
Greenwich Street
Canal and
Hudson Streets
Hudson Street Hospital
Little
George S
East 16Th Street
26Th Street
Weather Bureau
Ilinois
C. C. Browne
J. A. Senses
Water Board
HOLY
Chinatown
Woise
Henry T. Murray
Confucius
Wang Su
Ts An
Fantan
Pigon
Tongs
Yin Lee
Dovers Street
Mott Street
Bowery
Mock Duck
Tung Kek Wai Sun Poe
Ing
City News
William B. Ridgely
School of Commerce, Accounts and Finance
New York University
Knickerbocker
Lyman J. Gage
the Treasury
Charles FE. Sprague
Dime Savings Institution
Metz
John DeWitt Warner
Leon Brummer
H. H. Topakyan
Topakyan
West Side
10Th Street
New York City
Edwin Keigwin
West End Glee Club
Girls’ Glee Club
Leonard B. McWhood
Columbia University
John Balcom Shaw
Chicago
Shaw
Keigwin
Thomas C. Hall
Union Theological Seminary
Henry R. Elliot
William R. Richards
Presbytery of
New York
William Henry Roberts
General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church
Ira Landrith
Nashville
Tenn
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
J. Ross Stevenson
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
A. F. Schauffler
Henry H. Stebbins
Central Presbyterian Church
Rochester
Stebbins
Foreign Missions
Charles L. Thompson
East Orange
Board of Home Missions
Arthur J. Brown
Board of Foreign Missions
Newark
N J
Park Presbyterian Church
Millville
West Jersey
Lafayetté College
Alwz H
West 105Th Street
Good Cheer Circle
King's Daughters
Nimble Fingers
Forward Movement Cz Ss
Church Or
Jardine
Union Seminary
Loediana
India
Don Manuel Ferrando
Ponce
Porto Rico
R. Cuthbertse
Faregarth
Marie Gauthey
Islampur
Bertha D. Henshaw
Wuhu
DR. MacArthur
DR. Duffield
Catholic Oratorio Society
H. J. Stewart
Sccie
Metropolitan Temple
Mth Street
Seventh Avenue
John Wesley Hill
Christ Church
71St Street
George A. Strong
Bishop Kinsolving
Brazil
Trinity Methodist Episcopal
Zoroaster
Alfred Martin
Ethical Society
Carnegie Hall
New School
National Bible Institute
Kers
Arthur T. Pierson
Pierson
the World
Missionary Review
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Baptist
ICE Trust
Mayer
Big Liner
Religious Society OF Friends
Il A. m
East 15Th St
Rutherford Place
Schermerhorn St
Boerum Place
Rutgers Presbyterian Church
MacKenzie
W. M'Curdy
Society For Ethical Cult
Alfred Mart
Gospel OF
South Church
Madison Ave
dSth St
Thomas Reeder Tie
Stainer
Jatrus
St. Andrew's M. E
Columbus
George Clarke Peck
ST. Bartholomew's Church
Madison Avenue
44Th Street
Leighton Parks
D. C
R. S W. Woop
Leopold Stokowski
ST. Luke's Church
Conventive
G W. Douglas
St. Paul’s Methodist Episcopal Church
West End Avenue
S6th Street
P. Eckman
D. D
A. m
P. m
Middle Collegiate Church
2D Ave
John G. Fagg
John E. Lloyd
Fagg
David
ST. Nicholas
Have
Donald Sage MacKay
James S. Kittel
Albany N
West End Collegiate Church
West End Ave
Henry Evertson
University Place Presbyterian Church
George Alexander
James Hardin Smith
West End Presbyterian Church
Amsterdam Ave
PDP
J Garland Hammer Jr
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Seventh Ave
G. Mendenhall
West Presbyterian Church
Sth
4Th Aves
Anthony H. Evans
Wellington H. Tinker
Five Points House OF Industry
Worth Street
S. N. Penfield
WM. R. Garrutt
ALL Souls
Thomas R. Slice
T Lenox Avvenus Unitarian Church
St Street
Merle ST. Croix Wright
Re Mission
West Sithst
James O'Connor
Temple Beth-El
Fifth Ave
Tie Avenue
Shepherd Knapp
Richards
Knapp
DR. Fagnans
Robi. E Speer
H. G. Underwood
56Th St
Jefferson
Jelly
Thomson
Calvary
Suth St
Calvary Methodistie Church
West Sith St
Ith
Wilton Merle Smith
Smith
Robert Russell Wicks
Young People’s Society of Christian Endeavor
A. Strong
S&s
Christian Science Services
Church OF Christ, Scientist
Tth Street
Percy Stickney Grant
Bruch
Walter FE
Clifton Smith
Sam
Alexander Irvine
More
Universalist
Central Park West
Frank Oliver Hall
Gaul
Church OF the Heavenly Rest
45Th St
Herbert Shipman
Madison
W. M. Grosvenor
Church OF the
Messiah
Rope O Lyer
John Haynes Holmes
John Haynes
Holmes Wint
Revelation
God
Church OF the Puritans
130Th St
C. J. Young
Sp. m
Church of the Transfiguration
Church OF Zion and
ST. Timothy
West Sith Street
Henry Es
Rushton
Collegiate Reformed Church
Harlem
J. Elmendorf
Shien Street
J_ RO
Service Bible School
Steve Sing
Arthur T. Pie
Stevenson
Elizabeth R
Musi Cnorus
First Baptist Church
M. Elas
Sea End
Fourth Avenue
Prerian Church
Walte
Edgar Whitaker
Roemberas
N. Hee
Madison Ave. Baptist Church
W. Wishart
Rexel Beaat
Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church
Northeast Corner
Madison A
Henry Sloane Currin
A. F. Schauffle
Chas
Madison Avenue Reformed Church
Sith St
Madison Avester
William Cart
Dy Carter
Peters
Madison Square
H. Parkhurst
Romon Toomery
Memorial Baptist
Ward Judson
Geof
Metropolitan ‘Temple
John Wesley Hill II
NEW Thought Church
Seton Sears
M. D
OLD First Presbyterian
Tames A. Meccagus
Hiam
Sp. A .Park Preshbyterian Church
Sterdam
P. Atterbury
Lam