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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1913
Page
1
Mayor Gaynor denounces the Appellate Division and the grand jury for Hyde’s case, claiming newspapers stirred clamor and delayed justice. He cites delays in sentencing Joseph Robin and accuses prosecutors and judges of bowing to public pressure, urging fair administration of justice.
Local items include Wye Freed and Garner Flays Goff. Reports of a broken main flood Uptown and unrest in Matdaten Homes. Mentions court matters, colleges, and marriages with scattered names and dates. Weather and market bits mix with odd phrases and partial totals.
Harrisburg dispatch reports a Washington party member, George A. Baldwin, proposed a House inquiry into expenses for food and drink in Capitol rooms. The session adopted a resolution 119 to 6 to investigate who pays for meals and drink for legislators, amid claims of lobby influence.
In White Plains a kerosene fire started by two brothers left ten year old George Weaver dead and twelve year old David Weaver badly burned. Parents were away when the incident occurred on Wednesday afternoon. Linemen and neighbors doused the flames and rushed the injured boys to White Plains Hospital where George died within hours.
Rumors claim a return to the old headquarters detectives and prisoner line up within days. Veterans say the move will restore records and IDs, improve evidence, and reunit e the squad at Centre Street morgings, boosting effectiveness after years of dispersed assignments.
A five year old fell six stories from a fire escape into a courtyard at No 11 East 6th Street. Mrs Louis Frank refused an ambulance from Bellevue citing religion. The boy was taken after the father arrived and a second ambulance was called. Surgeons said internal injuries required immediate treatment. He remained alive but not expected to recover.
At Ascot the Gold Cup was marred when a man yelled threats and fired a revolver, spooking Tracery and causing a collision. The jockey Whalley escaped injury. Tracery veered, hit the intruder, and fell, while Prince Palatine won for T Pilkington. Harold Hewitt, 19, later died after surgery.
Tokyo June 19 The Japanese government imposed stricter police surveillance of the American Embassy after unknown persons last night daubed a wall inscription in English accusing Americans of being enemies of liberty and justice.
June 19 Tallahassee report warns rumors place hundreds dead on the Florida Keys after a powerful storm. Tallahassee area losses rise with damaged Capitol, shops, and trees. coast communities fear significant fatalities while official tallies await confirmation. In New York, a massive water main blast on Amsterdam Avenue floods basements from 162nd to 186th Streets, with streets impassable and buildings inundated after a trench blast by William Fox Construction Company.
Evreux France June 1 Italian driver Zuccarelli was killed and his mechanician Fanelli mortally injured during a test run for the French Auto Club Grand Prix. The car overturned after hitting a sunken crossroad obstacle at Marecilly fifteen miles from Evreux.
Madrid dispatch reports Queen Victoria of Spain gave birth to a son tonight. It is the queen's sixth child. the fourth was stillborn. King Alfonso and Victoria Ena, Princess of Battenberg, are noted in the item.
The Federal Reserve Board will govern currency, with seven members appointed by the President. Existing national bank circulation remains, and 500 million dollars in emergency currency is authorized. The plan requires district reserve banks, rediscount among banks, deposits of Treasury funds into the Fed within a year, and a reserve of at least one third of demand liabilities in each Fed bank.
A confusion of orders caused two electric trains to collide head on near Vallejo California killing fourteen. Eleven died instantly and three soon after. About thirty injured, with three perhaps fatally hurt. The conductor, who took orders by telephone, is among the seriously injured. Most victims were Vallejo residents.
Hornell N Y June jury acquits engineer A Schroeder of manslaughter charges tied to the Corning train wreck that killed forty passengers. Indictment, quashed on political-bargain claims, was revived after railroad president W H Truesdale appealed to the governor.
London June 20 Irving Berlin arrived with a batch of new ragtime melodies to be heard soon at the New York Hippodrome. He told reporters he cannot write music and instead tells his pianist to play and another man to write the melodies.
A canvas thought worthless was bought for 35 cents by an Australian auctioneer. It sold at auction for 226 dollars to Dr. Summers of Perth, who believes it is a genuine Rubens valued at 100000 dollars. He plans to submit it to Royal Academy experts in London next month.
Judge C P Mason adjourned the poisoning pen letter case because complainant Mrs Charles F Jones is ill. Postal inspectors continue a strict probe into the source of numerous letters. the Asbury Park Flyer begins service June 28 with summer schedule changes effective June 23.
Washington June 19 The administration currency reform bill outlines a government controlled Federal Reserve Board with no bank representation to prevent Wall Street influence. The measure retains existing national bank circulation and U S bonds, authorizes a $500000000 emergency issue, and reshapes bond conversion while Bryan lobbies for more public banking oversight.
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