Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1913-01-12
Stray Topics From Little Old New York


crs. or at least great many Of them,
evidently are not satisfied with the
safe and sane celebrations which the
municipality provides on special occa-
sions like the Fourth of July, Christ
mas and New Years day. They do not
object to the entertainment provided,
! but they want IN addition to II as much
of the old unsafe and insane ways OF
celebrating as they can possibly get.
| The New Years eve celebrations in
New York. especially during recent
years, were disgrace to the city. 1t
seemed as if all the pent up rowdyism
of the multitude, all the hysterical Graz
wing for noise and excitement sought
an outlet and qualification on that
night and all night pandemoniun
reigned supreme along Broadway and
practically all the streets of the Bow
cry and the Tenderlon districts. 1t
was with the hope of putting an end
| to the senseless noise and the display
of rowdyism on New Years eve that
the city authorities. supported by the
better elements among the citizens,
tried the experiment of arranging pub
lie celebrations with music and other
rowdyism would not be downed so
easily and there was enough OF it
| Throughout the city 10 satisfy the
toughest hoodlum.
To make things little livelier the
| striking walters made an attack with
bricks and paving blocks upon the
Hotel Astor which was filled with
merry making crowds. The police re-
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land dispense the strikers Some of
them were captured and order was fin
ally restored It is safe to say that Il e
striking walters did not win much
| sympathy from the decent element
among the citizens by their violence.
The suicide the other day under
rather peculiar circumstances of Bar
rington Hutton, q young man OF II
| years and the son of wealthy bust
ness man, attracted considerable at
/ tention. Last winter the young man
Twas working contentedly with the
railroad company at Panama, but III
the spring his father, who missed the
leompanionship of his favorite son,
oalled him home. Since then young
Hutton had nothing to do and being
of an active disposition, the feeling of
being dependent upon his father had a
highly depressing influence upon him.
| In his morose condition the young
man began TO worry over religious
matters and to attend church and Sun-
day school exercises. He attended IL
injecting of the Y NJ c. A. at larry
town and heard sermon by John d.
Rockefeller, Jr.. the sanctinonious son
lof the oil king. Hutton's mind being
in AN abnormal condition made him
receptive for all the cheap claptrap Of
the sermon. So deeply did the young
man become impressed with Mr.
Rockefeller's words that he went home
and hanged himself The fact that he
took the sermon seriously is consid-
cred proof of the abnormal condition of
the Young mans mind.
The much talked of Film bill. which
proposed the creation of board Of
censors for mayine picture films To
| be exhibited in this city. has been We
! toed by Mayor GaNnof. He took the
stand that such law was unnecessary
and would mean an infringement upon
the rights of free utterance and would
interfere with the unhampered pursu
ance of a legitimate business. Mayor
Gaynor requested the movers of the
bill to give him single instance
where immoral or improper films had
been displayed in the city, hut they
were unable ia do so In VieW of this
fact the mayor maintained that 1t
WAS unnecessary to create such a law
and to anticipate trouble that did not
exist.
The other night the maid of Mrs
George B. Mcintyre, wife Of wealthy
builder living on West Ninety-third
street. telephoned to police headquar-
ters that her mistress had caught a
burglar in the house and asked to
send some officers to the house to take
| charge of the prisoner. Two detectives
| were sent to the house in great hurry
and arrived there breathlessly only to
| find that the only one In the house
| who needed prompt relief was the
burglar. When the detectives arrived
the maid who received them, directed
them 10 the bathroom There they
found the burglar, bent back over the
edge of the bathtub, while Mrs. McIn-
tyre. perfectly calm and smiling, held
the intruder in his uncomfortable poz
siton, her strong hand clutching his
throat and nearly strangling him The
burglar was evidently glad when the
detectives arrived and released him
from the grasp of Mrs. Melntyre's
hand.
There has been a great deal of noise
Throughout the country about the high
price of eggs. due to the tactics of the
egg trust, but nowhere did the prices
reach the record established last week