New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-06

merger, to come out into the opeh'
Washington Evening STAR reprinted
tonight most Of the dispatch III i"0
Tribune on last Wednesday, ana even
the Munsey paper carried a Story Gun
tanning the official statement issued ny
Secretary McAdoo yesterday ihe
Washington Herald" which carried
short abstract OF The Tribunes ui'
patch Yesterday. ignored the SUBJECT
this morning. failing even TO meh'io"
the brutal assault Of the Munsey en-
ploves on young Milestone, bul IL 10
probable that II will carry the stoiS
| tomorrow.
Never before has there been sucn
newspaper sensation In this city, ana
probably never before by many thou-
sands have so many copies OF sihs-e
issue Of any paper been sold In tilS
city on three successive days. IL mas
been simply impossible to supply the
demand for copies of The Tribune OF
| Wednesday.
| A newspaper man no went through
| the Treasury Department this after
noon found copies Of The Tribune on
the desk Of every important official IN
that department, and the same was az
most equally true OF every other fed
eral department and OF the Capitol
while almost every one in the res
taurants and cafes this evening APP
peared to be reading or to have a copy
Of The Tribune.
Victory for Newsboy.
Following the absolute refusal OF the
government attorneys TO issue war
rant for the arrest of the maltreated
'newsie." warrants were issued this
afternoon for the two Times circu-
| lation men, Swidler and Peters. who
are charged with assault. The war
rants are TO be served tomorrow morn
ing, and the two brutal assaiants OF
! the newsboy are To be placed in cus-
! tody to await police court trial
Immediately upon the release Of the
! Tribune newsboy his attorney. George W.
4 haven, bpldlIfh iil' iitiIl'o VI S'f''"'
! prominent Washington business and pro-
| fessonal men and caused warrants TO
| be sworn out for the arrest OF Swidier
and Peters on charges OF assault. The
witnesses who saw the brutal assault on
the newsboy and who volunteered To APP
pear i'm the police court 10 TESTIFY In his
! behalf are +. r. Deitz business man, with
! Offices at No SIS Southern Building
| Sherbournc G. Hopkins. attorney-at-law.
/ Hibbs Building. lie Roy Goff. District OF
! Columbia manager for the Travellers In
surance Company: F.. r. Cover. attorney
at-law. Union Trust Building, A. r.
! Heiss. newspaper correspondent. Metro
| politan Bank Building, Theodore Jacobs,
/ business man. No. So 18TH street. North
west. and Albert Wercham. business
man. the Buckingham.
Brutal Attack on Boy.
All are substantial men. who were eye
witnesses OF the attack on young MI
stone. and each said to-day that the ac-
ton OF the two Times" men in setting
upon and beating the boy and taking
away and destroying his papers was
lawless. brutal and unwarranted. The
witnesses also were loud In their denUn-
| citation OF Policeman Merit. who. al the
request OF the two Times men. arrested
Mitstone after the latter had been Sc
verely manhandled by the two men. who
caused his arrest and detention on "A
! charge which the District and govern
ment prosecuting attorneys refused abso-
| lutcly 10 back up or 10 Issue warrant
upon.
Efforts were made last night. 1t 10 said.
1 To- induce Mistonc 10 withdraw the
charges upon which the warrants were
issued for the arrest OF swidler ana
. Peters The boy. however. refused TO do
/ this. saving the matter is now out OF
/ his hands and that any such action
would have 10 be at the instance OF his
attorney.
Il was said to-day that Major SylveS-
/ ter. Superintendent OF Police, was con-
/ siderabIy worried yesterday when IT was
reported 10 him that Policeman Mertz
/ had placed young Milstone under arrest
I without first having warned the boy not
/ to cry his papers in the manner which
was objected TO by Frank \. Munsey ana
/ 10 make no reference 10 the Impending
/ investigation Of the Munsey Trust COM
pany deal Major Sylvester's perturba-
/ ton. il Is said. was increased when he
. learned that the newsbOy who was ar
! rested had, Immediately preceding his ar
rest. been the victim Of peculiarly
/ vicious and brutal attack by the two
/ Times" men. both OF whom are older.
( larger and apparently much stronger than
/ the boy.
/ News vendors selling The York
| Tribune on the streets Of Washington
| to-day were not molested when they
/ cried. "New-York Tribune. All about the
| big Munsey Investigation and copies OF
/ the paper containing the first account o.
| the attack on young Milstone that mas
: appeared In Washington were eagerly
| bought, at prices ranging all the way
! from ? cents. the regular price OF the
paper. to as high as 10 cents a copy
| Washington policemen made no EFFORT TO
prevent the sale OF The Tribune or to pre-
vent the newsboys calling the paper in
/ any way they pleased
/