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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1918
Page
6
Englewood New Jersey acts to stop Hearst papers without an ordinance. Mayor Clinton H. Blake Jr praised local news dealers for withdrawing Hearst publications, saying the community showed loyalty in wartime and that a council ordinance was unnecessary to halt distribution.
In Cranford New Jersey today militiamen from the Cranford company of the New Jersey Militia Reserve bought up all Hearst newspapers sold locally. They exchanged Sunday papers for other New York papers and bought dealer stocks to prevent distribution. Soldiers expect no further Hearst papers after dealers adjust.
In Essex Fells New Jersey on June 11 Hearst newspapers stopped arriving without organization or stated cause. Citizens ceased buying Hearst papers and local dealers reported no Hearst customers left, leading to the dealers quitting handling Hearst publications.
The Scottish American devotes almost all of its flat page to William Randolph Hearst and his newspapers. Editor Benjamin Mead argues Hearst promotes anti England sentiment to sway U S readers and warns of Germany reviving propaganda after the war to push hatred of England and democratic values.
The passage cites Colonel Roosevelt praising Americans with English ancestry for countering anti English sentiment after the war. He argues England remains a natural ally and Germany cannot be trusted, calling out a biased political shift and urging unity against a common foe. The text notes support from La Follette editors and Hearst among German American circles.
In Stamford CT anti Hearst sentiment grows with the First Methodist Episcopal Church men’s class adopting a resolution urging President Wilson to remove The New York American and The Evening Journal. 127 members approved the measure, sending an engrossed copy to President Wilson as council plans further action.
The University Club of Los Angeles voted to bar Hearst's Los Angeles Examiner from its rooms and files, aligning with Sierra Madre Club. Directors approved, club manager notified the Examiner to discontinue sending the paper. Other Hearst papers may follow, with San Francisco Examiner also absent. The club, alumni members and professionals value education and patriotism in admission.
The club reaffirmed its vow to omit all wheat and wheat products from menus until the 1918 wheat crop, following a pledge sent to the State Food Administration on April 11. Substitutes chosen include rice flour barley flour corn meal and corn flour milo maize flour and potato flour.
In Santa Monica a Vigilance Corps meeting of about 275 citizens adopted resolutions denouncing William Randolph Hearst and his policies as harmful to the United States and the Entente Allies. The body also deemed Hearst's supposed conversion to the Allied cause as suspect and resolved to publish the denunciation, with one dissenting voice from The Examiner’s representative. The vote was unanimous to publicize the declaration amid thunderous cheers. Attendees included leading business, professional and city figures, plus church pastors.
Anthony Perretti, 12, of Brooklyn, died from a skull fracture after being struck by a car near his home on May 15. He was moved from Norwegian Hospital to his residence amid claims he was noisy, with officials saying hospital conditions forced the move and that a transfer to Kings County Hospital was unavailable. Medical examiner Dr. George Tong is investigating the death.
In Surrogates Court a jury invalidated the contested will of Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Turnure, widow of Baldwinsville founder. Public bequests totaling 35,001 to the Association for the Blind, House of Rest for Consumptives, Society for Aged and infirm yeomen of the Protestant Church, and Syracuse Hospital were struck down. Mrs Turnure, 80 plus, died January 16 at 11 East Sixty eighth Street. her grandson David Equity becomes sole beneficiary.
Mrs Mary Casey Thorne wife of banker Joel Wolfe Thorne of 501 Fifth Avenue won freedom from Bellevue Hospital psych ward after a habeas corpus hearing before Justice Giegerich. A $200000 damage suit is planned against those responsible for detaining a sane woman.
Women of the Women s Republican Club join the men s Republican Club at 40 West Fortieth Street in New York City marking a shift in venue and equality. J Van Vechten Olcott welcomed the guests in place of ill president Bonynge as Mrs James Griswold Wentz presided.
Edward Riegelmann of Brooklyn told the Southern Volunteer Firemen's Association meeting in Brooklyn yesterday that he remains a volunteer firefighter and regards fire protection as essential to supporting the war effort. He enlisted in Engine Company 211 on Clymer Street and plans to sleep in the engine house and perform ordinary duties.
Governor Whitman refused executive clemency for three convicted killers. Alvah Briggs killed James Ladue in June 1917 in St. Lawrence County. Stephen Lipsheuk, tied to Bladis Comminky’s sister in Minaville, Nassau County case in 1918. Hyman Ostransky killed Dora Cohen in New York on November 19, 1917. An associate of Lipsheuk, John Kushnieruck, was executed at Sing Sing. A reprieve for Ostransky had been granted briefly a month earlier.
A gold and platinum lavalliere with twenty seven diamonds valued at 1500 and a matching bracelet with sixteen diamonds valued at 2000 are held for claimants. Owners should contact Lieutenant Thompson of the Lost Property Bureau at Police Headquarters. The bracelet was found on Forty second Street by a boy about a month ago and the lavalliere was found at I Geller's store 28 West 116th Street on May 16.
The Kings County Democratic Executive Committee in Brooklyn decided to award one third of patronage in the forthcoming elections to women totaling 1600 dollars. Women will fill election inspectorship poll clerk and ballot clerk roles with pay of 4, 10 and 5 dollars respectively for Election Day. The move marks a milestone in Brooklyn women’s political participation.
Street laborers remain on strike over wage increases on unfinished subway work with no settlement in sight. Union leaders vow to hold workers until after the next Board of Aldermen meeting, while some laborers take other jobs for better pay. City officials and contractors blame each other amid talks of the Lockwood law and mounting costs to finish contracts dating to 1917.
A collage of wartime chatter and a Dobbs Ferry ghost story fills a page. Humorous quips about German advances mix with a haunted Hermitage in Verona New Jersey where a Hessian deer’s relic haunts the manor. The Dobbs Ferry tale recalls Sunny Jim, a cooperative child adopted by the Welfare Society, and the town’s loss when he leaves.
At the New York State Retail Liquor Dealers Association convention in Rochester, a proposal to allow barmaids to work the same hours as male bartenders will be discussed. Draft-age men have been told bartending isn’t essential labor, prompting many bartenders to seek other jobs next month. Current laws bar women from after 10 pm, which would affect barmaid employment. Mayor Edgerton welcomed delegates, with Buffalo's William Tenest replying as president.
In Washington on June 13 a House report highlighted wartime profiteering via a real estate deal. Government buildings leased to a market company were subleased to an amusement company at 4000 dollars yearly, then re leased to the government at 14000 dollars per year.
Federal Food Board ordered nine grocers and four bakers to close for three days each to protest evasions of substitute flour regulations. Named grocers include Samuel Ashinazy at Rutgers Place and A Hergner on Hester Street. Bakers Mariano del Giudice at Hudson Street and Giacomo Napolitano on Bayard Street were among those shut. A second infraction will trigger permanent closure.
Cambridge June 11 278 members of the senior class at Horecatt Institute of Technology received their diplomas by mail as there were no commencement exercises this year due to war.
An appeal in the Paul Chapman case may yield a new trial based on allegedly contradictory statements by state witness Captain Jones. Lawyer Matthew Wood argues that discrepancies in Jones testimony could justify reopening the case, with potential judges Kapper or Lazensky overseeing. The issue centers on whether the expert’s certainty about the Regensburg pistol bullet matches later testimony and the overall impact on Chapman's guilt defense.
A chaotic OCR fragment lists events and venues including health census, nurse camp, museum, transportation, and education board meetings. Names and places are partially legible, with references to Mary Ste Grace and George Re Biekoetse and activities around late afternoon dates.
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