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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1918
Page
6
A Rutherford Vigilance Committee protests a Newsdealers' Association action by publicly burning items labeled Hearst Americans. The incident signals local resentment toward press practices and media influence.
In Rutherford New Jersey on June 21 a vigilante group burned 200 copies of William Randolph Hearst's New York American in Depot Square to protest its distribution. Mayor Black watched as flames consumed the bundles amid a crowd of business leaders and commuters.
District attorney Swann said he has found no evidence to support William Randolph Hearst’s accusation that The Tribune and other New York County entities conspired with Mount Vernon to block Hearst papers. He noted no witnesses had been examined in three weeks and that he had not completed his investigation.
A grand jury filed indictments in General Sessions charging The Times and The Tribune Association with criminal libel. Adolph S. Ochs, John H. Paine, Ogden Reid, and Errol Mart faced charges related to reports about a canteen dispute run by the Mayor's Committee on National Defence, chaired by Mrs. William R. Hearst. Bail set at $1,000 for Paine and Reid as they appeared with counsel Harold Nathan.
Judge Roastsky extended deadlines after counsel for The Tribune Association failed to contact Mr Hart in time to produce him in court. Attorneys were given until next Tuesday to produce their clients and pleadings of all defendants were adjourned to July 2.
Sixty manufacturers seek new quarters after Navy Department takes four additional Bush Terminal buildings in South Brooklyn. This follows prior seizure of eight piers and 123 warehouses. Irving Bush notes only twelve of 189 Bush Terminal buildings remain in private hands and says the action, while unwelcome, is accepted as patriotic duty.
A fair haired blue eyed two year old girl was found yesterday morning at 1 near Bedford and Metropolitan Avenues Williamsburg asleep on the ground beside a fence. She wore a white cotton frock, no identification, barefoot and was taken to the Bedford Armitage station then to the Brooklyn Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children at 105 Schermerhorn Street.
The trial of Jeremiah O Leary resumes as he blames former mayoral rivals for his political peril. He recounts threats from officials, discusses the Wise letter read to the jury, and challenges prosecutor Barnes while defending his actions during a political upheaval tied to Mitchel and Hylan factions.
Hearst papers sue Mount Vernon face a court delay as the action is moved to July 6 for a hearing before Justice Martin J. Keogh after a motion by Corporation Counsel J. Henry Esser of Mount Vernon.
A fragmented notice describes events at Grand Central Palace including a Metropolitan Museum of Art display and a water conservation show. It mentions a festival with a 4 p.m. time and unclear venue details, highlighting a civic or cultural program with several named institutions.
Lawyer Lindley Nintane after a police court case condemns short weighing by an ice merchant. He recounts a home delivery where a fifty pound cake measured 41 pounds, citing Department of Weights and Measures tests. He argues housewives gain money by correct ice weight and urges reform to drive deceitful dealers out of business.
Joseph F Rutherford and six of the seven Russellites were each sentenced to twenty years in Atlanta federal penitentiary on all four counts. The eighth defendant Giovanni de Cecca had his sentence deferred. Judge Howe called their Propaganda efforts a greater danger than German arms and noted the defendants would serve concurrent terms. The court and families witnessed a prayerful, emotional aftermath outside the Brooklyn courtroom.
Mrs Jennie Woolworth wife of ranking W Woolworth head of the family of stores was declared mentally incompetent by a Sheriff's jury. The case seeks appointment of a committee to manage her estate based on property in Brooklyn and Philadelphia. Her personal property is valued under five thousand dollars and she holds dower rights in her husband's property.
The West Side Taxpayers Association accuses Mayor Hylan of extravagant city administration and Bolshevik tendencies. It cites excessive civil service appointments, high salaries for deputies and secretaries, war-time replacements, and patronage including L. J. O'Reilly at $14,000 annually on the Water Supply board. Total cited cost reaches $124,000.
John J. Dillon former State Food Commissioner issued a statement accusing agents and drivers for milk trust companies of stealing souring and diverting milk from Country Milk Company which distributes seven cent milk in New York City. The report notes doubled sales in June and says big dealers press to raise prices while thefts including twenty two cans stolen Thursday night and a driver caught with five cans on his wagon are blamed on superiors.
The Richmond County Grand Jury condemned the garbage disposal plant as a public nuisance but took no action on a requested sixty day grace period. It granted continued stay until October 1 to act if the nuisance remains, while Staten Island residents press for health protection amid a health department approved operation extension expiring Monday.
Three girls were born yesterday to Mrs. Elsa Jacoby of 2096 Dawson Avenue The Bronx at Lebanon Hospital. It marks the first triplet birth at the hospital in many years and staff celebrated the event. Max Jacoby is the father and a buyer by trade.
Eighteen German members are dropped from the Boston Symphony Orchestra lineup, per official W. H. Brennan. The move follows the internment of former conductor Karl Muck and declares that no enemy alien will be allowed to perform in future concerts.
Wartime narration mingles with oddities as ships report porpoise and whale carcasses sighted near Atlantic ports. A fare of property swaps includes Canterbury estate and an oil acreage as a horse-trader’s payment unfolds. Queens officials press to rename Kaiser Street while a raid alters street signs. Frank Frueauft remains in constant boardroom motion amid utility interests.
Letter-carved critique of Mayor Hylan's administration faults cites rising city expenses, unnecessary deputy offices, and patronage in a demand for budget cuts. It argues public utilities and subways need fair funding while warning against socialist trends and misused dock policy. Real estate leaders urge strict economy and warn against tax hikes.
A westbound Market Street trolley in Newark derailed after hitting an open switch near the Passaic River Bridge, tearing loose from its bogie and trapping eighty passengers. Forty two suffered serious injuries. several taken to City Hospital and St. Michael's Hospital, with officials investigating probable crew error.
A 62 year old man claiming to be Dr. Thomas Armstrong, a Toronto medical graduate famed for a claimed cancer cure, was found starving at Eighth Avenue and 116th Street. He appeared frail with a nearly paralyzed leg and used two canes. An ambulance took him to Harlem Hospital after patrolman Dwyer bought him food.
A dog seized sections of Jersey City yesterday biting eight people, mostly children, near City Hall. Police and health workers joined a city wide hunt, cornering the animal and shooting it. the effort killed about forty stray dogs, part of a week long crackdown that eliminated five hundred fifty masterless canines.
Washington June 21 construction of a tunnel for trains and vehicles under the Hudson River to connect New York and New Jersey at New York City would be authorized in a bill being prepared Senator Calder of New York plans to introduce it early next week Its provisions would divide the cost of construction between two states and the ment
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