New-York tribune., 1918-07-22
Loyalists to Meet
AT Mount Vernon
Anti-Hearst Rally
Towns to Celebrate Victory
Over Disloyal Press and
kaiser's Men
By BRIGGS

MOUNT VERNON, N. Y. July 21.-
The citizens loyalty meeting at the
Mount Vernon High School tomorrow
right, at which the recent victories of
the American boys "over there" and
this towns own victory over un-Ameri-
can newspapers over here will be cele-
brated, is expected to be one of the
biggest patriotic demonstrations this
city has ever seen.
Plans for this meeting were begun
Thursday, when Justice j. Addison
Young, of the Supreme Court, dissolved
the temporary injunction which pre-
vented this city from enforcing it's ordi-
nance TO exclude Hearst newspapers
from the corporate limits
The meeting Monday night will be
more than celebration of local citi-
zens OF their own victory over Hearst.
1t will be convention of anti-Hearst
workers from all over this state and
New Jersey. Mayor Edward +. Brush
has extended an invitation to every-
body who feels as Mount Vernon does
about disloyal newspapers to attend the
meeting.
Corporation Counsel j. Henry Esser
announced to-day that Mayor Ruford
Franklin of Summit and Mayor Clin
ton I'll. Blake, jr., of En9lewood, were
among the prominent New jersey anti
Hearst leaders who have accented in
vltations. They will be accompanied by
other city officials and delegates from,
their towns. Summit was one of the
hrst New Jersey towns to ban Hearst
newspapers after "The New York
American" mutilated the Presidents
Memorial Day proclamation, and Engle-
WOOD has passed an ordinance which is
expected to keep Hearst newspapers
out of town. A temporary injunction
against this ordinance was obtained last
week. Montclair, whose Militia Re
serve battalion asked President Will
son to stop the publication of every
Hearst paper in the United States. is
another New Jersey town which vii; be
represented
me visitors are expected to take the
New York, New Haven & Hartford train
wAlch leaves the New York City Grand
Central Station at 7:3O o'clock.
The Mount Vernon Board of Alder
men, acting as reception committee,
Will meet this train which arrives here
shortly before o'clock.
When the train pulls out a parade of
visitors and townspeople will be
formed; Two bands and a Boy Scouts
hfe and drum corps will furnish music
for the march to the High School. 80
The High School auditorium holds
only 1900, so plans have been made for
an. overflow meeting on the athletic
field
+. S. Ross will be chairman of the
meeting. Mayor Brush will welcome
the visitors. Other speakers viii in
clude Alderman William G.. Dawson
father of the ordinance to exclude dis
loyal newspapers; Mayor Franklin Of
Summit, Mayor Blake Of Englewood
Councilman +. NJ. Harrison, Of Mont.
clair; Edwin w. Fiske, ex-Mayor of
Mount Vernon; the Rev. Father f, I
Flynn. pastor Of the Sacred Heart Cath.
olic Church; j. Henry Esser. Rober,
Jennings, the one member of the local
Board of Education who continned
fighting until the teaching of German
was barred from the schools; Alder,nar
Ransom Caygill and the Rev. Dr.. Otho
F. Bartholow, pastor of the First -Ietb.
odist Church. vi
This is the committee which arranged
the citizens loyalty meeting:
Speakman, chairman; Mrs. Noble Nc
kinley Baer. Mrs W. H. Purdv Phil
II. Lucas, Mark D. Stiles, Arthur ~
Johnson, George II. Taylor, jr.. r A
Stratton, +. NJ. Davis, A. Rarbares,
William G. Gallagher, James NJ. Brow
l.. b. Custer, Leo F'eist, Charles " Sin.
not, Horace f. Frame, f. 3. Lovcland
and George Malralson.