Aldermen Back Smoking Ban Law in Bowery Ward
In a heated session Alderman Sullivan secured 73 votes for an ordinance banning women from smoking in restaurants with Alderman Brown abstaining after clashing over the matter. Sullivan and supporters defended the measure while Brown mocked the proposal and questioned motives. The council also adopted Doull’s request for a fire hose inventory and approved a $50,000 bond issue to fund new hose purchases for the Fire Department.
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Aidermen
Timothy P. Sullivan
B. W. B. Brown
Sullivan
Alderman Brown
Tim
Bowery Statesman
Alderman Sullivan
Brown
Bowery
24Th
Doull
Aiderman Sullivan
Dowling
McGowan
Alderman Doull
Committee On Finance
Lantry
Minister in Man Chase Traced Bogus Check Suspect
Reverend Thomas R. Slicer of All Souls Unitarian Church chased and helped capture John Coffin of Mills Hotel No 3 after Coffin tried to cash a 150 dollar check he claimed came from Houghton Mifflin & Co. Coffin, arrested near 32d Street, was found with a 45 dollar check drawn on Lincoln National Bank and a note to General Thomas L. James. Houghton Mifflin & Co. denied employing Coffin. Police say Coffin has long preyed on clergy and others with worthless checks.
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Park Avenue
Thomas R. Slicer
Alluls’ Unitarian Church
Edmund C. Stedman
Slicer
John Coffin
Mills Hotel No
East 36Th Street
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
Lincoln National Bank
G. B. M. Harvey
Thomas L. James
Coffin
Connecticut Annual Bank Report Reveals State Bank Growth
Hertford Conn Jan 21 The annual report to the Governor of the Bank Commissioners Charles H Noble and Norris S Lippitt shows savings banks assets and liabilities on Oct 1 1967 at 276 5352168 against 260 22985179 in 1906 deposits increased 10 10707692 to 256 3726156 number of depositors 539 872 up 22 572. Dividends paid 9 45228854. New accounts 1605 up 298. closes 67 486. Deposits including interest 68 46247945 up 1 56008291. State banks 12 27804684 and trust companies 27 188805 Se.
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Hertford
Conn
Charles H. Noble
Norris S. Lippitt
Public Service Commission probes New York Central issue
The Public Service Commission considers whether it was required to grant permission for New York Central to issue 30 million dollars in 5 percent trust certificates through J. P. Morgan & Co. The railroad claims no permission was needed as the issue is not covered by existing evidences of indebtedness. Chairman Stevens and counsel discuss potential remedies if illegal, stressing good faith and adherence to law.
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Telegraph
The
Tribune Ac
Ees Ee Ee Eeee Public Service Commission
New York Central
J. P. Morgan & Co
Commission
Railroad
Albert M. Harris
Stevens
ELECT C T BARNEY S SON ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY CHOOSES HIM
The New York Zoological Society elected James W. Barney to the executive committee to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his father Charles T. Barney, former president of Knickerbocker Trust. The meeting at the Down Town Club approved resolutions of regret. Levi P. Morton presided. The report noted expenses for animals of 18851 63, income from sales 2335 00, park privileges 12582 35, and 4043 animals, a 30 percent gain. The zoo’s park is seven eighths finished, ranking second worldwide. Financials show balances of 1325 33 in the animal fund and 149757 05 in the general fund. Grounds expenditures were 266873 05. Officers elected include President Levi P. Merton and Henry Fairfield Osborn, with James W. Barney joining the executive committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Zoological Society
James W. Barney
Charles T. Barney
Knickerbocker Trust Company
Mr. Barney
Down Town Club
Pine Street
Levi P. Morton
W. T. Hornaday
Zoological Gardens
Bronx
Berlin
Levi P. Merton
Henry Fairfield Osborn
John L. Cadwalader
Madison Grant
Percy R. Pyne
H. F. Osborn
Cables to Be Strung for Manhattan Bridge Project
Andrew M C Parker of Parker Ryan Construction said stringing of four 21 inch cables will start March 1 and take 12 months. Saddles on new bridge towers will be stationary unlike Brooklyn Bridge. Thousands of tons of steel from Chester Pa are shipped to Stonington Island Maine for machine finishing before delivery to New York.
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Andrew McC. Parker
Parker-Ryan Construction Company
Manhattan Bridge
Brooklyn Bridge
Chester
Penn
Stonington Island
Bar Harbor
Maine
Ryan-Parker Company
Ryan
Mitchell Bids Miners Farewell At Union's 19th Convention
Indianapolis January 21 The United Mine Workers held its nineteenth annual convention at Tomlinson Hall with about one thousand delegates from anthracite and bituminous districts. President Mitchell retires April 1 after nine years nine months as head. He delivered a farewell speech praising gains in membership to nearly 300,000 and an accumulated fund of $900,000. He declined a $2.70 personal gift, while Montana president Thomas Gibson presented a $2,300 draft intended to reach $2,700 for Mrs Mitchell.
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Indianapolis
United Mine Workers of America
Tomlinson Hall
Mitchell
Railroad Brotherhoods
Western Federation of Miners
Montana
Wyoming
Thomas Gibson
Montana Miners
Reorganization of Consolidated Sparks Hostile Interest Claims
A report on the Consolidated Steamship Lines reorganization plan drawn up by its committee would disrupt the holding company with $129 million in stock and bonds. A key Consolidated figure dismissed the report as hot air and said it was driven by New York, New Haven Hartford interests seeking control of steamship lines.
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Consolidated Steamship Lines
Consolidated Company
Protective Committee
New York, New Haven & Hartford
St Regis death by own action disputed
R M Haan president of the St Regis Hotel Company issued a denial of reports that Mrs Benjamin Brewster refused removal of Mrs Sears’s body from the roof to the street. The statement explains no such request existed and that law requires a coroner permit before removal. The undertaker, with permit, moved the remains directly through the hotel.
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R. M. Haan
St. Regis Hotel Company
the Tribune
Benjamin Brewster
Fifth Avenue
Sears
New York
New Jenkins Trust Co Directors Named
Announcement by Almer R. Larson and Hugo Hirsch says all Jenkins Trust Company directors have resigned and the new board will be selected by a four member committee of which Larson is one.
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Almer R. Larson
Jenkins Trust Company
Hugo Hirsch
Larson
FATAL FIST FIGHT INVESTIGATED
Newport R I Jan 21 The board of naval officers investigating the fist fight aboard the naval training ship Cumberland which caused the death of naval apprentice J J Hartnett last week finished its labors and sent the report to Rear Admiral Merrell who forwarded it to the Navy Department in Washington
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Newport
R. 1
Board of Naval Officers
Cumberland
J. J. Hartnett
Merrell
Navy Department
Washington
J F Cary Identified as Ex Justice Fitzgerald Dead in Newark
J F Cary of Bayonne New Jersey died at a Newark hotel and was identified as ex Justice Thomas W Fitzgerald of the Court of Special Sessions 2d District. Fitzgerald had been removed from the bench in 1907 after contempt rulings and a grand larceny indictment. He faced unpaid judgments, restitution obligations, and public scrutiny during the prior years.
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J. F. Cary
Bayonne
N. J
Newark
Thomas W. Fitzgerald
Court of Special Sessions
2D District
Appellate Division
Fitzgerald
Kensington
F. ©. Thorney
Harrison
Margaret Slavin
Yonkers
New Jersey
Justice Gaynor
Brooklyn Bar Association
Henry Bacon
Goshen
N. Y
Richmond County
Slavin
Richmond
Sale of Bronzes and Ceramics from Mrs Hunt Collection
At the American Art Galleries sale of Oriental and European ceramics bronzes and enamels collected by the late Mrs A G Hunt of Washington about three hundred objects realized 2349 75. The highest price 170 for royal Vienna amphora vases painted Triumphal Procession of Bacchus Psyche and Aurora. S S Carvalho paid 125 for a large triple gourd vase antique Chinese porcelain Kang Hsi period with peonies dragons medallions. Tonight there will be a sale of water colors etchings and color prints from Mrs Hunt and works in oil by Albert Bierstadt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Hunt
Washington
Thomas E. Kirby
Bacchus
Psyche
Aurora
S.S. S. Carvalho
Hunt
Albert Bierstadt
First Empire Collection Sale At Fifth Avenue Art Galleries
The First Empire furnishings collection goes to sale at Fifth Avenue Art Galleries Friday through Saturday. One thousand parlor suites paintings and etchings from palaces seized after the French Commune will be auctioned, with paintings and etchings on Thursday and Friday evenings. A noted feature is four Dutch portraits owned by a Long Island family for 150 years alongside works by American German Italian and Dutch artists from private collections.
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Fifth Avenue
Long Island
Duerh
Secret Orchard Bankruptcy Filing in U S District Court
A voluntary bankruptcy petition was filed in the U S District Court by Robert Hunter Walter Bradford and F C Reid of Hunter Bradford Reid owners of The Secret Orchard. Debts are $11,270 with assets $7 75. Major creditors include Adelaide Prince Edward Mawson Josephine Victor William Courtenay and Chan ning Pollock royalties due John E Ince litigation ongoing. Assets listed as rights scenery and properties of The Secret Orchard valued at $7 000 plus $75 in office fixtures.
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United States District Court
Robert Hunter
Walter Bradford
F. C. Reid
Hunter, Bradford & Reid
Broadway
Secret Orchard
Adelaide Prince
Edward R. Mawson
Josephine Victor
William Courtenay
Channing Pollock
John E. Ince
Public Service Commission Hearing on Broadway Lexington Route
The Public Service Commission schedules a hearing on the Broadway Lexington Avenue subway route today at 4 PM on the Tribune Building's third floor. The open session invites Manhattan and The Bronx residents to voice approval or disapproval, though not required by law. Washington orders Philippine coal mine development for Bataan to support rail and transport needs. Captain Hubert L. Wigmore is assigned duties in this effort. The coal is not designated for battleship use.
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The
Public Service Commission
Tribune
Lexington Avenue
Manhattan
Bronx
Washington
War Department
Bataan
Philippine Islands
Department
Hubert L. Wigmore
Corps of Engineers
Not Held For Girl's Death In Brooklyn Case
William McElhenny treasurer of the Orpheum Theatre and Myron Applegate, companions of the two Wilson sisters, were released after being held as witnesses in a death investigation. Edna Wilson died of acute gastritis. coroner's inquest planned in a few days at the Montague Street lodging house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William McElhenny
Orpheum Theatre
Brooklyn
Myron Applegate
Wilson Sisters
Montague Street
Hartung
Edna Wilson
George Junior Republic Appeals for Funds to Prevent Closures
The George Junior Republic at Freeville seeks urgent financial aid to avoid closing several cottages and sending away many children. Contributions are requested by A. G. Agnew, treasurer, at No. 22 William Street.
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George Junior Republic
Freeville
A. G. Agnew
William Street
Walker completes 55000 mile world trek for wager
Tenri Mosse, last of eight walkers, met the Mayor at City Hall to verify his visit to the city on a 56500 franc wager testing endurance of French and English walkers. He must reach Lyons by June 14 then Albany Buffalo and Quebec on foot before sailing back to France.
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Tenri Mosse
Lyons
France
Albany
Buffalo
Quebec
Mosse
Tourists’ Club of
Sportsmen's Club of
London
Georges Moss
Turkey
Australia
Africa
Asia
Europe
America
Abyssinia
China
Moss
Menelik
Metz Holds Up Bill for Public Service Report
Controller Metz delayed a $500 bill to George G. Hall, lawyer, for five weeks of work shaping the Public Service Commission report to the Legislature. Willcox defended the outside help, citing staff gaps and late appointments. Hall’s services covered eight weeks. the office has paid $306 for the first three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metz
George G. Hall
Broadway
Public Service Commission
Willcox
Statistician
Mr. Hall
State Civil Service Commission
Hall
Great Autobiographies Series Opens at Hudson Theatre
Edward Howard Griggs opened a ten lecture series at the Hudson Theatre on personal life study using autobiography. He urged cosmopolitan liberality and warned Americans to judge less and apply ethical principles with experience as nine more Tuesday talks follow on figures from Mill to Goethe.
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Edward Howard Griggs
Hudson Theatre
Griggs
Leland Stanford
John Stuart Mill
Pierre Loti
Benvenuto Cellini
Lamport's Nurse Testifies In Will Battle
Miss Mary Clementine Smedley testified in Surrogate Beckett's court as relatives contest Lamport's will. She said lawyer Hubert E. Rogers was not consulted on the will, Lamport supported his half sister Mrs Andrews with 5 weekly, left her 10 000, aided a Troy niece, and sent 25 to another niece. He also contributed 300 to Emmanuel Baptist Church in Brooklyn.
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Mary Clementine Smedley
Hiram H. Lamport
Continental Fire Insurance Company
Beckett
Kaufman
Emmanuel Baptist Church
Brooklyn
President questions over Pensacola postmaster salary dispute
The Senate resolution questions why William C. Northup remains postmaster at Pensacola despite rejection by the Senate on March 2, 1907. Statutes clash over salary eligibility, while Northup continued to draw pay up to at least Septem ber 30. The inquiry likely targets Hitchcock in the White House and Cortelyou’s era.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Hitchcock
Senate
Taliaferro
William C. Northup
Pensacola
Fla
Northup
Post Office Department
the Treasury
George B. Cortelyou
White House
Meyer
Colonel Snell Modern Satyr
A court hearing in Clinton, Al, next Monday will feature medical experts who will present scientific facts claiming Colonel Snell was a victim of erotomania and a modern satyr based on the last five years of his life. Richard Snell’s attorneys contend this plea could break the $2,000,000 will by arguing the deceased could not responsibly distribute the estate.
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Clinton
Cochran
Colonel Snell
Richard Snell
Hunt for Escaped Bridegroom in Virginia Towns
In Strasburg Linden and Woodstock a feud simulating the Strother-Bywaters tragedy grows as Beulah Brill’s relatives search for Lowell Heflin who was forced to marry her then fled to Woodstock. Heftin was found and returned to wed the girl but escaped again after the wedding supper. His friends claim innocence while authorities and kin pursue him.
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Strasburg
Linden
Woodstock
Strother-Bywaters
Culpepper
Beulah Brill
Lowell Heflin
Heflin
Heftin
Supreme Court ruling safeguards original paintings copyright
The Supreme Court decision in American Tobacco Company v Wirkmalster holds that omitting a copyright line on an original painting does not prove a lack of copyright. Buyers who see no copyright line should contact the painter to confirm whether the work is copyrighted before reproducing it.
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Supreme Court of the United States
American Tobacco Company
Wirkmalster
Justices Rule in Favour of Sunday Exhibit In Benches
Justices Davis and Greenbaum of the Supreme Court upheld the owners of the moving picture show, stot machines, and statuary exhibits in keeping their Sunday operation. They continued the injunction from Keith & Proctor restraining the Police Commissioner from closing the 18th street theatre, noting the need for appellate review of conflicting views.
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Davis
Greenbaum
Supreme Court
Keith & Proctor
1Sth Street
Fear for Morris K Jesup in final illness
Chronic heart disease developed into acute condition causes deep concern for Morris K Jesup. Confined to bed at 197 Madison Avenue for two weeks. Dr. Francis P. Kinnicutt reports no improvement and cannot predict termination. Jesup, seventy eight, retired from active business including Chamber of Commerce presidency and board roles.
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Morris K. Jesup
Madison Avenue
Francis P. Kinnicutt
Mr. Jesup
Jesup
Chamber of Commerce
Rapid Transit Commission
Jesup Bas
Dix
Gun bursts on French cruiser during practice
A 47 millimetre gun exploded on the French armored cruiser Victor Huge at Toulon while practice was underway. Considerable damage occurred but no injuries were reported.
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Paris
Toulon
Journal
Havana Cigar Makers Strike Heads Toward Florida Move
Havana reports that cigarmakers on strike reject terms from manufacturers and the standoff continues with newspapers warning that factories could relocate to Florida if no compromise is reached.
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Havana
Florida
General Teran Exiled From Ecuador After Coup Leader
Guayaquil dispatch reports General Emilio Maria Teran, the coup leader against President Alfaro, exiled from Ecuador. He was brought to Guayaquil from Quito under guard and put aboard a steamer bound for Panama to depart the country.
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Guayaquil
Emilio Maria Teran
Alfaro
Teran
Quito
Prigener
Panama
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T. W. Fitzgerald
First Empire
Philippine
Bill
Lamport
H. E. Rogers
Will For Insurance Co
H. Fielding Hall
Secret of the
Hakiabed By
the Macmillan Company
Sth Ave
Satyr
Virginia
Van
Washington, D. C
Edward Bierstadt
N. A
Selkirk Range
Mount Tacoma
Golden Gate
Califonia
Thomas E. Kifby
American Art Association
East
Madison Square South
Moving Pictures
Cuba
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