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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1908
Page
31
A Boyertown fire engine collided with a tree while responding to a fire, throwing a firefighter from the apparatus. He was killed instantly as the squad halted operations and the building remains closed per order until further notice.
City fire officials warned that many moving picture stores on the East Side lack adequate exits and proper fireproofing. Although larger Broadway theatres meet rules, many storefront venues with 100 to 150 seats rely on flimsy partitions and single exits. Authorities plan inspections as the rise of cheap showrooms raises potential for deadly accidents.
J. Sergeant Cram and Cord Meyer, ex ock commissioners under Van Wyck, saw chief clerk Hilton sue Murphy, Cram, and Meyer for ten dollars each over a salary cut. The Court of Appeals ruled against Hilton after Crowell, assistant corporation counsel, defended the Tammany triumvirate.
Boston January 14 report says Mayor Hutchinson enforces the no license law strictly. Brae Burn Country Club withdraws its application for the amateur golf championship because directors fear no drinks and inability to provide proper entertainment at the clubhouse.
Walter W. Gibbs of 128 Fourth avenue Wh, connected with an advertising company, seeks annulment of his 15 year marriage to Minnie T. Gibbs. He asserts she resents a divorce from her former husband John F. Huffcutt, brother of the late Dean Huffcutt. Gibbs says papers were accepted and decision reserved. counsel noted extensive records searches in upstate counties and Connecticut and planned further action.
James McGioin a 47 year old laborer from No 64 West 16th Street died yesterday morning after leaping from a third story window at Washington Heights Hospital where he had been admitted January 11 for acute alcoholism and delirium tremens. Two attendants were in the room at the time.
Custom tailors push evening suits as unbeatable value. We sell finished worsted evening dress suits identical to rival stores’ $125 lines for $70. Finished garments fit better than untried orders. Cheaper materials available from $28, with matching dinner coats $16 to $28. Three Broadway Stores list locations.
Darwin P. Kingsley, president of New York Life Insurance, denounces some Armstrong law sections while praising others. He cites publicity, economy, cost control, and fund protection as beneficial to policyholders, but warns Section 87, 3, 97 and 96 threaten reform, competition, and state overreach. He forecasts large losses for NY Life post 1905 and notes substantial cash benefits to policyholders from 190? report.
Clergy and activists plan a targeted drive to enforce Minor Liquor laws in Oyster Bay. They allege saloons flout restrictions, with reports of church members seen entering bars and drinking whiskey. The effort groups Rev. Alexander G. Russell, Rev. Charles S. Wrightman, Rev. Warren I. Bowman, J. H. Randall, and Samuel Valentine working to compel liquor dealers to obey the law.
Captain Gallagher declined to close the whiskey bottle exhibit at Broadway and Vesey, after a talk with Frank Moss. The display, said to show flasks bought in seventy-one saloons on Sundays during December and January, drew many onlookers and a sidewalk nuisance complaint. Those who wished to view were allowed to reflect on joining a society that can afford such a collection.
A Coroner Harburger jury condemned the Interborough Rapid Transit Company for failing to provide safeguards after electrician George Wartenberg of 629 Tinton Avenue Bronx was killed December 26 by contact with a third rail in the subway. He was the first to die in the tube from such contact, with evidence showing inadequate protection at the site.
Supreme Court Justice Marean Brooklyn refused to annul the marriage of William A. Stokes and Elizabeth W. Hitchings Stokes. The decision cites the plaintiff living with his wife after learning she had a living husband. The hearing touched on ownership of the St. Mark's avenue house as a later court issue.
Francis Kelly, 13, of Long Island City, is severely injured after a Wild West game when Richard Connors, also 13, allegedly threatened him with a pistol and fired. Connors was arraigned on felonious assault and remanded to the custody of the children's society. Kelly may lose sight in his left eye from powder burns and the injury is described as serious.
Boston reports District Attorney John B. Moran left the city for a two months South sojourn due to ill health, chiefly throat trouble. Moran says his stay will be guided by a noted programme.
The city board of survey ordered the timber crib in front of the Parker Building removed last night. Traffic on Fourth avenue and Madison avenue surface lines was restored, and 18th street subway trains resumed stops. Sidewalks remain roped off and tenants cannot return to adjacent properties. Falls on the body of Fallon and O Conn or remain unfound with rescue teams proceeding through debris. The survey panel included Nicholas J Revelle Owen Brainard and D E Waid with Waid declining to sign a further note. The subway recovered all lost business from the fire and related fears of collapse.
Mae C Wood seeks an absolute divorce from Senator Thomas C Platt and asks the court to compel the senator to produce letters and telegrams said to have been taken from her after confinement at Howe and Hummel The suit cites secret marriage at the Fifth Avenue Hotel in 1901 and alleged improper motives to suppress publication of letters provided as part of a 1903 settlement with Frank H Platt and DeLancey Nicoll supporting the claim
Presiding Justice Patterson of the Appellate Division signed an order yesterday barring Justice O Gorman from signing any orders revoking the Victoria Theatre license and restraining Commissioner Bingham from action against William Hammerstein until the Appellate Division hearings set for January 24. Bingham charged Hammerstein with violating charter section 1481 by Sunday performances.
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