Aldermen Back Sullivan Plan to Bar Women Smoking in Restaurants
Seventy three aldermen approved Alderman Timothy P. Sullivan’s ordinance banning women from smoking in restaurants. Brown questioned the story behind the measure while Sullivan and others defended it as a moral issue. The council also adopted a fire hose inquiry and bond resolutions to fund hose purchases and replacements.
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Timothy P. Sullivan
B. W. B. Brown
Sullivan
Alderman Brown
Little Tim
Bowery
Minister in Park Chase Nets Bogus-Check Suspect
Rev. Thomas R. Slicer of All Souls Unitarian Church chased and helped arrest a man calling himself John Coffin of Millis Hotel No 3 who attempted to cash a $150 check from Houghton Mifflin & Co. Coffin also carried a $45 forged check drawn on Lincoln National Bank and a note to General Thomas L. James. Police say Coffin has long posed as a writer and deceived clergy and others with worthless checks.
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Park Avenue
Thomas R. Slicer
All Souls’ Unitarian Church
Edmund C. Stedman
Slicer
John Coffin
Millis Hotel No. 3
East Sith Street
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
Lincoln National Bank
G. B. M. Harvey
Thomas L. James
Coffin
Houghton, Miflin & Co
Connecticut Annual Bank Report Headnotes State Savings System
The annual report to the Governor shows Connecticut savings banks assets and liabilities on October 1, 1967 totaling 278,385,216. The deposits rose by 10,107,076. The number of depositors reached 538,873, with 9,452,288 in dividends to depositors. New accounts opened totaled 1,605, and 67,486 accounts closed. Deposits including interest reached 68,462,479. The report lists state bank assets at 12,278,046 and trust companies at 27,185,805.
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Hertford
Conn
Charles H Noble
Norris S. Lippitt
Inquiry into New York Central trust certificates issued
The upstate Public Service Commission probes the New York Central's 30 million per cent trust certificates issued via J P Morgan & Co without explicit commission permission. The railroad argues implied rights under the evidences of indebtedness, while Chairman Stevens and general counsel Albert M Harris review whether the law requires such authorization and what remedies would apply if illegal.
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Telegraph
the Tribune
Albany
Jan
Upstate Public Service Commission
New York Central
J. P. Morgan & Co
Commission
Railroad
Albert M. Harris
Stevens
Elect C. T. Barney's Son to Succeed Father as President
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. The meeting at the Down Town Club also approved resolutions of regret. Levi P. Morton presided as officers were chosen including Madison Grant and Percy R. Pyne among others. The society reported 4043 animals, expenses 18851.65, net funds on hand and park finances with Seven eighths completion of the Bronx gardens.
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
Henry Fairfield Osborn
John L. Cadwalader
Madison Grant
Percy R. Pyne
H. F. Osborn
About to String Cables for Manhattan Bridge Project
Andrew Met Parker of Parker-Ryan Construction says four twenty one inch cables will begin stringing on March 1 and finish in twelve months. Saddles on tower tops will be stationary, unlike the Brook lyn Bridge rollers. Thousands of tons of steel castings from Chester, Pennsylvania, head to Stonington Island near Bar Harbor for machine finishing before shipment to New York.
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Andrew Met, Parker
Parker-Ryan Construction Company
Manhattan Bridge
Brooklyn Bridge
Chester
Penn
Stonington Island
Bar Harbor
Maine
Rran-Parker Company
Mitchell Bids Miners Farewell at UMWA Convention
Indianapolis January 21 The nineteenth annual United Mine Workers of America convention opened in Tomlinson Hall with about a thousand delegates from anthracite and bituminous districts. President Mitchell retires April 1 after nine years nine months at the helm delivering a farewell address and last report noting mine casualties and calls for stronger child labor laws and a railroad-style insurance plan with $100 indemnity. He cited rising membership to nearly 300000 and a $900000 fund while declining a $270 gift from Montana and Wyoming miners. a draft for 2300 carried by Thomas Gibson was to be increased to 270. The Montana miner’s draft will be sent to Mrs. Mitchell.
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Indianapolis
United Mine Workers of America
Tomlinson Hall
Thousa Deleagues
Mitchell
Railroad Brotherhoods
Western Federation of Miners
Montana
Thomas Gibson
Montana Miners
Reorganization Plan Sparks Boardroom Row at Consolidated
A report that the reorganization committee of Consolidated Steamship Lines may disrupt the holding company with $120 million in stocks and bonds was dismissed as hot air by a man tied to Consolidated who helped form the bondholders protective committee. He claimed New York, New Haven Hartford interests seek control of steamship lines.
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Consolidated Steamship Lines
Consolidated Company
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Death at St Regis Hotel dispute over removal
R M Haan denied reports that Mrs Sears’ body was blocked on a St Regis roof delaying removal. He stated no such request existed and that law required a coroner permit before removal. Undertaker encased the remains and moved them through hotel premises after permit issuance.
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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 Form Board Replacements
Announcement by Almer R. Larson and Hugo Hirsch stated that all Jenkins Trust Co directors resigned in writing and that a new board would be chosen by a committee including Larson. The depositors counsel said resignations are in Larson’s hands and the new board will be selected by the committee.
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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 led to the death of naval apprentice J J Hartnett has finished its labors and sent the report to Rear Admiral Merrell who sent 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
T. W. Fitzgerald Dead Identified in Newark
J. F. Cary of Bayonne N J died at a Newark hotel and was identified as ex Justice Thomas W. Fitzgerald of the Court of Special Sessions 2d District who was removed and disbarred in 1907. He faced unpaid judgments and contempt charges, and was indicted for grand larceny after removal.
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J. F. Cary
Bayonne
N. J
Newark
Thomas W. Fitzgerald
Court of Special Sessions
2D District
Appellate Division
Fitager@ld
Kensington
F. C. Thornley
Harrison
Fitzgerald
Margaret Slavin
Yonkers
New Jersey
Gaynor
Brooklyn Bar Association
Henry Bacon
Goshen
N. Y
Richmond County
Sale of Bronzers and Ceramics from Mrs Hunt Collection
Oriental and European ceramics bronzes and enamels from the late Mrs. A. G. Hunt realized 2349 75 at the American Art Galleries in Washington yesterday. Thomas E Kirby conducted the sale. the top price was 17 for large royal Vienna vases. An antique Chinese porcelain gourd vase fetched 125. Tonight another sale features water colors etchings prints and oil paintings by Albert Bierstadt.
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A. G. Hunt
Washington
Thomas E. Kirby
Bacchus
Psyche
Aurora
Carvalho
Hunt
Albert Bierstadt
First Empire Collection Sale at Fifth Avenue Galleries
Auction of extensive First Empire furnishings to be held at Fifth Avenue Art Galleries Friday through Saturday with 1000 parlor sets, paintings, etchings and candelabra from palaces seized after the French Commune. Paintings and etchings to be sold Thursday and Friday evenings including four Dutch portraits from a Long Island family.
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Fifth Avenue
Long Island
Secret Orchard Bankrupt Firm Files in U S District Court
Rob ert Hunter Walter Bradford and F C Reid of Hunter Bradford Reid filed for voluntary bankruptcy in the U S District Court. Debts total 11270 with assets 7075. Principal creditors include Adelaide Prince Edward Mawson Josephine Vietor William Courtenay and Chan ning Pollock. largest claim belongs to John E Ince at 1800. Assets are rights scenery and properties of The Secret Orchard plus 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 Vietor
William Courtenay
Channing Pollock
John E. Ince
Public Service Commission Hearing on Broadway Lexington Route
The Public Service Commission will hold a hearing on the third floor of the Tribune Building at 4 o'clock this afternoon to discuss the Broadway Lexington avenue subway route. The extra hearing is to allow Manhattan and The Bronx residents to voice approval or disapproval.
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The
Public Service Commission
Tribune
Lexington Avenue
Manhattan
Bronx
War Dept to Develop Philippine Bataan Coal Mines
Washington January 21 The War Department orders active development of the Bataan coal mines in the Philippine Islands for railway and transport use Captain Hubert L Wigmore of the corps of engineers is assigned to this duty The coal is not earmarked for battleship use.
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Washington
War Department
Bataan
Philippine Islands
Department
Hubert L. Wigmore
Corps of Engineers
Not Held for Girl's Death in Brooklyn Rooming House
William McElhenny treasurer of the Orpheum Theatre and Myron Applegate, companions of the two Wilson sisters, were released as witnesses after being held during an investigation into Edna Wilson's death at 197 Montague Street. Coroner’s physician Dr Hartung ruled the death due to acute gastritis. An inquest will be held in a few days.
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William McElhenny
Orpheum Theatre
Brooklyn
Myron Applegate
Wilson Sisters
Montague Street
Ir. Hartung
Edna Wilson
George Junior Republic Seeks Funds to Prevent Cottage Closures
The George Junior Republic in Freeville faces closure of several cottages and sending away many children unless immediate funds arrive. 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
Walks 55000 Miles Endurance Trial Ends in City Hall Request
Tenri Mosse, the only remaining competitor from eight starters in a transworld walking wager, visited City Hall seeking a certificate for visiting the city. He must reach Lyons by June 14 and continue to Albany Buffalo and Quebec on foot, then sail to France to claim the prize. The trek spanned Asia Africa Europe America with many perils and two suicides among the original participants.
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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 George G Hall in 1900s Finance Row
Controller Metz delayed payment for five weeks of work by lawyer George G Hall on the Public Service Commission report for the first half year. Willcox explained staffing limits and the need to hire outside help. Hall worked eight weeks and $208 covered three weeks.
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Metz
George G. Hall
Broadway
Public Service Commission
Willcox
Statistician
Mr. Hall
State Civil Service Commission
Hall
Great Autobiographies Lectures Begin at Hudson Theatre
Edward Howard Griggs opened a ten part series at the Hudson Theatre on personal life through autobiography. He urged cosmopolitan liberality and warned Americans lack wisdom in applying ethics, outlining future topics including Mill, Loti, Cellini, Romanes, Guérin, Bashkirtseff, Ko va jevsky, Amiel, and Goethe.
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Edward Howard Griggs
Hudson Theatre
Griggs
Leland Stanford
John Stuart Mill
Enetre Loti
Benvenuto Cellini
George John Romanes
Eugénie de Guérin
Marie Bashkirtseff
Sonya Kovajevsky
Amiel
Goethe
Lamport's Nurse Testifies In Will Contest Trial
Miss Mary Clementine Smedley, nurse to Hiram H. Lamport, testified in Surrogate Beckett's court as relatives challenge Lamport's $500,000 will drafted eighteen months before his death. She said lawyer Hubert E. Rogers was never asked to draw the will and that Lamport aided relatives, including a half sister and a Troy niece, with specific bequests and church contributions.
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Mary Clementine Smedley
Hiram H. Lamport
Continental Fire Insurance Company
Beckett
Kaufman
Emmanuel Baptist Church
Brooklyn
President to face questions on Pensacola postmaster case
Senate resolution probes why William C. Northup remains postmaster of Pensacola despite Senate rejection on March 2, 1907. Legal conflict arises from two Revised Statutes on postmaster salaries and vacancies, with Northup having drawn salary through September. The inquiry likely targets First Assistant Postmaster General Hitchcock rather than current Postmaster General Meyer.
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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 in Will Contention
In Clinton Illinois on January 1 a court fight unfolds as medical experts prepare to testify that Colonel Snell suffered erotic mania, asserting the last five years of his life prove him a modern satyr. Richard Snell, the son contesting the will, argues the claim could invalidate a $2,000,000 estate.
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Clinton
Cochran
Colonel Snell
Richard Snell
Escaped Bridegroom Sparks Feud in Virginia Towns
A feud grips Strasburg Linden and Woodstock as Beulah Brill seeks Lowell Heflin who fled after being forced to marry her. Heflin was found in Woodstock and compelled to wed, but escaped from his wife’s chamber after a wedding supper. His friends insist on his innocence while he remains missing.
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Strasburg
Linden
Woodstock
Strother-Bywaters
Culpepper
Beulah Brill
Lowell Heflin
Heflin
Supreme Court ruling on copyright for paintings
The Supreme Court decision in the American Tobacco Company v Wirkmaister holds that omitting a copyright line on an original painting is not presumptive evidence of no copyright. Buyers who see no line must contact the painter to confirm copyright status before reproducing the work.
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Supreme Court of the United States
American Tobacco Company
Wirkmaister
Moving pictures win in court over Sunday openings
The Supreme Court Justices Davis and Greenbaum ruled in favor of owners of moving picture shows, stot machines and statuary exhibits, sustaining a continuation of a temporary injunction limiting the Polles Commissioner from closing the Sth street theatre on Sundays. Justice Davis emphasized the need for appellate review due to conflicting views.
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Davis
Greenbaum
Supreme Court
Keith & Proctor
Polles
Sth Street Theatre
Fear for Morris K. Jesup Chronic heart disease risks life
Morris K. Jesup, 78, confined to his Madison avenue home for two weeks, shows no improvement as chronic heart disease advances to an acute stage. Dr. Francis P. Kinnicutt warns the illness could terminate fatally at any moment. Once president of the Chamber of Commerce he retired a year ago and later faced a reduced workload amid his banking and public institutional directorates.
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Morris K. Jesup
Madison Avenue
Francis P. Kinnicutt
Mr. Jesup
Jesup
Chamber of Commerce
Rapid Transit Commission
Jesup Bas
Gun bursts on French cruiser during practice
A dispatch from Toulon reports a 47 millimetre gun on the French armored cruiser Victor Huge burst during training. Considerable damage occurred but no injuries were reported.
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Paris
Toulon
Journal
Cigar Strike in Cuba Continues Amid Tense Standstill
Havana reports show cigarmakers on strike rejecting manufacturers terms. Newspapers warn factories may relocate to Florida if no compromise is reached, keeping the stalemate unresolved.
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Cuba
Havana
Florida
General Teran Exiled From Ecuador After Plot
Guayaquil reports General Emilio Maria Teran, a leader in the recent overthrow plot against President Alfaro, has been exiled from Ecuador. He was brought from Quito in custody and placed aboard a steamer bound for Panama with troops escorting the prisoner.
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Guayaquil
Emilio Maria Teran
Alfaro
Teran
Quito
Panama
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