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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1917
Page
8
New York and cities nationwide push Red Cross drive as early totals top $62 million. Rockefeller Foundation adds $5 million while New York reports over $27 million. Midwest and Atlantic regions race to meet ambitious city and donor targets with many communities surpassing initial allotments.
New York City's Red Cross campaign seeks 24 000 900 in two days as city, firms and foundations push toward a 40 million week. Edgar L. Marston reports heavy gifts from Rockefeller Foundation and many firms. leaders include J P Morgan team and Mayor Mitchel team with million plus totals. Ogden Mills and Bernard Baruch among top benefactors. dozens of companies pledge sizable sums to reach the target.
Police and district attorney officials expand the Cruger case investigation after Ruth Crager’s death. Key witnesses include Cocchi associates Ankermann, Fish, and several motorcycle yard workers. Public hearings announced by Commissioner Wallstein begin Friday to determine police failures and future safeguards.
Police dig deeper into Cocchi premises as Lt O'Brien leads excavations across his former properties. A hot air shaft hidden beneath the shop floor shows possible evidence of murder in the Cocchi washroom, with soil undisturbed at depth and no further clues found in initial digs.
Miss Christabel Pankhurst explains that a reform bill would extend the vote to all British women over thirty linked to voters’ eligibility by husbands and asserts six million women could soon vote. She stresses wartime experiences, calls for responsible use of political power, and notes allied support from the United States.
Mrs Alice Walsh reports Jennie Walsh a 19 year old missing since Wednesday evening after planning to register for the state census and attend a motion picture. Neighbors note multiple confrontations with men over the past week including Clifford Ponce who was beaten while aiding her. Police told of further assaults as Jennie reportedly went out unescorted Wednesday.
Attorney General Lewis ruled that guardsmen who enlisted in the colonial Guard or Naval Militia before May 10, the Fenner Inn date of operation, will receive from the employing state or municipality only the difference between their civil and military pay.
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A second arrest may follow in the Piper murder case as a new lead involves a mysterious telephone tip tied to a figure other than Dr. W J Condon. Witnesses recall two men on the Condon roof after Piper’s disappearance while others dispute the body’s storage location and the doctor’s involvement.
Richard Barrett of 450 Grant Avenue, Brooklyn, out of work, used a 32 calibre revolver and a razor to kill his wife and two children, slashed his throat, and shot himself after returning from Manhattan. The two older children, Kilton and Donald, were slain in the home as Barrett’s remaining daughter Helen, nine, and son John, thirteen, survived the attempted massacre.
United States Circuit Court of Appeals ordered Hearst to restrain the International News Service from distributing Associated Press news to its customers. The decision upholds AP property rights and bars the rival service from soliciting AP content before publication. The ruling deems parasitic distribution as unfair competition and confirms injunctions against the International Service.
Six men have been convicted and sentenced to jail here in the last two days for selling liquor to soldiers near Jefferson Barracks. One Black defendant received the heaviest term, one year, as federal actions tightened moral conditions around the base.
The court rejected arguments that only facts defined property rights in news. It held that news has protectable property value and that a single member’s actions cannot negate the rights of all members. The Associated Press cases in Cleveland and New York involved claims over distribution and unauthorized use of news reports.
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