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New-York tribune., 1918-07-11
Say Boy Set Fires
Just to See Engines

When the fourth fire in two DAYS
started on the fourth floor of 1874
Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn, yesterday
afternoon, James j. Ryan, proprietor
Of pawnbrokerage at 1872 and 134
Myrtle Avenue, thought it time tc
investigate. He notified Fire Marsha
Brophy he believed the fires had be
come habit and suggested an inves.
tigation.
AS result George Devlin, tifteer
years DID, of 26S Fortieth Street
Brooklyn, was locked UP in the Chill
dren's Society rooms last night. He
Will be arraigned this morning. Ac
cording to the police he confessed
starting the fires.
The boy has been employed bv the
pawnbroker. He declared he set the
fires, it is said, merely for the ex-
scitemtnt they caused and because he
liked to see the engines rushing
through the street. One of the fires
discovered Tuesday in the cellar at
1872 Myrtle Avenue, did damage esti-
mated at $4,000. The others were
trifing.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-11
Bastille Day Committee Still
Hopes to Have Wilson Here
Message at Least, From President Will Be Sent to
Celebration Which Will Be Featured by Military
and Naval Pageant and Meetings

Bastille Day, July IA, the French ma
tional holiday, will be made the oc-
casion Of an American tribute to the
-heroism and mobility of the people Of
France. In New York City and through
out the country elaborate celebrations
have been planned.
1t was announced yesterday by Edwin
0. Hotter, chairman of the New York
committee, that it still was hoped to
have President Wilson speak at the
huge mass meeting that will feature
the demonstration here in Madison
Square Garden. The President, how
ever, said Mr.. Hotter, has definitely
promised to write a message that shall
be addressed to all America and
France. Tho other speakers at this
meeting will include Ambassador Jusse-
rand, from France; Ambassador Read
ing, from Great Britain; Ambassador
di Cellere, from Italy; Ignace Pade-
rewski and Samuel Gompers. Charles
E. Hughes will preside Music will be
furnished by the Garde Republican and
Pelham Bay Training Station bands.
Lucien Muratore will sing the MAR
seillaire" and "The Star-Spangled Ban
ner." The demonstration also will be
marked by a striking military pageant,
in which 1000 sailors, soldiers and ma
rincs Of all Allied nations will par
ticipate.
Owen Johnson. chairman of the COM
mittee on Allied tribute to France,
announced that approximately 100
cities intend to take part in the trib-
ute by song, speech and pageantry.
Noteworthy among these, said Mr..
johnson. will be three mammoth labor
demonstrations at Waterbury, Conn !;
Scranton, Penn, and Wilkes-Ba
Penn. In the first city Hamilton Holt
will talk. DR.. John Grier Hibben will
deliver an address in the second The
third will hear Dr.. Nicholas Murray
Butler. Many other noted men, in
Guiding Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, SEN
ator Wadsworth, Secretary Baker and
other members of the Cabinet, will ad-
dress large audiences in different parts
of the country.
Mr.. Johnson yesterday sent tele-
grams to the Governors Of all the
states urging them officially to proclaim
Sunday as day for extending felici-
tations to France.
Senator Wadsworth is expected to
introduce in Congress resolution en-
bodying our thanks to the French peo-
pie for their Fourth of July celebra-
New-York tribune., 1918-07-11
Court Grants Motions for
Inspection Of Grand
Jury Minutes
Doubt Is Cast on
Criminal Intent
Judge Asks if Publishers
Are Responsible for
Everything Printed

Judge Wadhams in the Court of
General Sessions yesterday granted the
motions OF counsel for Adolph S. Ochs
publisher of "The New York Times
and Ogden Reid, publisher of The
New York Tribune. for an inspection
of the minutes OF The grand jury
which on June 21 returned indictments
Charging criminal libel on complaint
made by Mrs. William Randolph
Hearst. motion for a dismissal OF
the indictments will be made follow
ing an inspection of the minutes.
Argument in behalf of Mr.. Ochs
was made by Isidor Kresel, of Jerome
Rand & Kresei, and Charles A. Per
klns, former District Attorney, OF
Perkins & Train, appeared for Mr.
Reid. They argued that their clients
had no knowledge Of the alleged libel
lous articles; that there was no Grim
lnal intent on the part of Mr.. Ochs
and MIR. Reid, and that the evidence on
which the indictments were found was
insufficient
No Preliminary Hearing
The attention Of Judge Wadhams
was called to the fact that the indict-
ments were found without any prelim-
mary hearing before city magistrate
Robert Johnstone, assistant District
Attorney, based his opposition to the
motions largely on the case of the
People VS.. Montgomery.
During the argument Judge Wad-
hams asked Mr.. tombstone, "Do you
really believe a publisher of paper
IS responsible for everything in it?
Where does the criminal intent come
IN Z" Mr.. Johnstones reply was the
agitation of the Montgomery case.
In his affidavit supporting the mo-
ton for an inspection of the grand
Jury minutes, Mr. Reid said regarding
the omission of the usual magistrates s
court preliminary proceedings:
Il am informed and believe, the
sources of my information being ar
ticles published to that effect in the
daily press, that also on the very day
OF the said publication. Mrs Millicent
V: Hearst made a complaint to the
District Attorney Of this county, charg-
ing the said Tribune Association with
publishing libel, and asking that
prosecution be instituted therefor.
Without Examination
II am informed and believe that the
District Attorney Immediately caused
such prosecution to be instituted be-
fore a grand jury, instead of referring
the complainant to police magistrate,
as is customary in the case of accu-
sations of CRIME against those who are
not fugitives from justice
II have no knowledge, information
or reason to believe that the prosecu-
ton so instituted before the grand
jury was in any way directed against
me, or that any accusation against me
was pending before the grand jury.
There has never been an examina-
ton before a committing magistrate
of the said charge. | have never had
opportunity to defend myself against
the same. either before a magistrate
or before the grand jury"
New-York tribune., 1918-07-11
600 Rounded Up in
Series of Gambling
r aid S in Jersey
'Beansy' Rosenthal Among
Those Caught i'm Bergen
County Cleanup

HACKENSACK. N. j., July 1O.-Six
hundred men were rounded up to-day
in simultaneous raids on alleged gam
bling houses throughout Bergen County,
carried out by Sheriff Courier, fifty
marshals and other officers and 250
state militiamen armed with rifles and
bayonets.
"Beansy" Rosenfeld, of Manhattan,
was found in one of the raided places
and was lodged, with ffty-fve others,
in the Hackensack Jail tonight. Gam
blers we'll known to the police and the
District Attorney of New York are said
to be among prisoners seized.
1t was recently brought to the at
tention of the Jersey authorities that
Bergen County was becoming refuge
for gamblers Of all kinds. A corps Of de-
tectives was put on the case, and as a
result almost hundred John Doe
warrants were issued.
Plans were made to carry out the
raids at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon
Four hotels and roadhouses had been
picked for the raid. The uniformed d
militiamen, armed, were sent quickly
to surround each and thus escape be.
ing cut off, the raiding parties pro-
ceeded leisurely in the open.
Sheriff Courier led the raiders, who
arrived in automobiles before the Half
way House, owned by Henry Levy, at
CaHstadt. N. j. Several large trucks
also took part.
They reported finding four hundred
men in the place; also racing charts
roulette wheels, poker decks and chips
dice, numerous telephones, and the
complete equipment of an up-to the
minute gambling palace.
When the raiding party entered men
started jumping and diving through the
windows, frantically trying to escape
to the surrounding swamps and into the
Hackensack River. Their terror in
creased when the mlitamen appeared
and drove them back with fixed bay
onets.
When they were herded together de-
tectivcs picked out the men for whom
warrants had been obtained. Eighteen
in all, including Levy, alleged proprie-
tor of the place, and Rosenfeld, whose
real name is said to be Sigmund Bihan
were placed under arrest. Levy was
charged with maintaining gambling
house and the others with being com
mon gamblers.
The gambling paraphernalia Of the
place, worth thousands Of dollars. was
loaded on trucks, and the procession
headed for Hackensack.
Two hundred more men were found
in the Riverside Hotel, also at Carl
stadt, said to be under the management
of Albert Deashles. The same scenes
were enacted here, and thirty men and
a vast quantity of paraphernalia We're
secured. Deashles was among those
/ taken.
At the Wakefield Hotel, Lyndhurst
N. j., Under Sheriff Walter Scott an(
his men We're greeted by empty rooms
They started search of the upper
rooms, and in a large attic came upor
fifteen men playing craps and poke
and placing bets on the races by tele
phone. Seven were arrested.
The cafe run by Joseph Patrolla, il
Lodi, N. j., was visited but no one wa:
found. However, warrant was served
on Joseph Patrolla, jr., son Of the al
legged proprietor.
The ffty-six prisoners will be hele
for the grand jury.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-11

tons and expressing the gratitude Of
this nation for Frances services in the
war
1t is suggested by the American De-
fence Society that the speeches that
day should emphasize particularly the
tact that France can be helped by re-
storing Russia.
while the prime object of the cele-
brations is to render thanks to our
great allv for the part she has PLAYED
in the European struggle" says an
appeal sent out by the society, "still
we believe there seems no better way
to help the cause of France than
through the organization of resistance
to the Hun in Russia"
The United Anglers League will
have celebration in honor of Bastille
Day tonight, when they meet in the
Pulitzer Building. Addresses glorify-
ing the French national holiday will
be made by Julius Hyman and several
French officers.
Tho numerous messages received by
Mr.. Johnson from noted men and
women urge wholehearted participa-
tion in the celebrations. From Gov
ernor Charles S. Whitman came the
following statement yesterday:
"For the first time in history July
was celebrated as a day of rejoicing
by Frenchmcn in France, as we'll as by
Americans at home. The day which
marked the beginning of the American
Republic makes peculiar appeal to the
citizens of her sister republic on the
other side of the sea. Surely all Of
our people rejoice in the liberty,
equality and fraternity which are the
heritage of the French people, and
which they are so valiantly and heroi-
cally defending. We can express our
regard and affection for them in no
way more appropriately than by OBJ
serving their national holiday, July Ia,
marking, as that day does, the end of
tyranny and despotsm and the begin
ming of better day for France"
George w. Wickersham wrote:
1--WE rejoice at the privilege of cele-
brating with France her national holi-
day, a day set apart as sacred to the
liberties of the world. The spirit Of
Washington and the spirit of Lafay-
cite together will inspire the peoples
Of the land they both loved to a new
dedication to the great task that yet
lies before then-the destruction of
that autocratic and souless power
that is to-day the only remaining OBJ
stacle to the spread throughout the
world OF the spirit of liberty and
justice"
Other heartcning expressions were
received from Alfred Noyes, the Brit
lsh poet, and Jacob H. Schitf
New-York tribune., 1918-07-11
Shoes and Ships
And Sealing Wax

A thunderstorm was banking up,
leaden and threatening behind the
white spirc of the Woolworth Building.
City Hall Park was filled with a crowd.
1t did not mill about, nor laugh, nor
talk after the fashion of many such
gatherings.
Slowly and reverently it moved
toward the steps of the old building.
Above them hung service flag with
single great gold star glimmering in
the dusk. From aloft a bell spoke
slowly, for beneath the roof on which
it hung there lay the body of very
gallant gentleman.
And, somehow, since then there
seems to be little point to jest. and
stories that should seem funny are fiat
and improbable.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-11
Passengers Tale of
U-Boat Attack Denied

AN ATLANTIC PORT, July 1o.-rhe
story told by several passengers on
an American steamship, which arrived
here yesterday, OF how the vessel
escaped being struck by two torpedocs
tired by German submarine off the
Virginia Capes Monday night was de-
MED last night by Thomas B. Lynch.
passenger agent for the company to
which the steamship belongs. He said
that the captain Of the vessel had seen
no torpedoes.
The C-boat scare was also denied bv
the captain of an another America n
steamship. which arrived at the same
port several hours later. after travel
ling over the same course as the one
that was supposed to have been at
tackled He said that Monday night
was very, hazy and doubted that any
one could have seen torpedo in the
water. He also said that he had not
received any warning of a submarine
on his course, which would have been
given if one Of the submersbles had
been seen
New-York tribune., 1918-07-11
Girl, IS, Disappears
From Brooklyn Home

general alarm was sent out yester-
day from Police Headquarters for
Viola A. Davidson, ffteen-year I'D
daughter of Mrs. Edward f. Davidson,
OF 80 Gates Avenue. Brooklyn, who has
been missing since last Saturday, Mrs.
Davidson said her daughter was an ac-
complished musician and a good singer
and dancer. She is attractive, has blue
eyes and dark brown hair
Mother and daughter came East a
short time ago from San Antonio, Tex.
where Mr.. Davidson is said to be an
oil prospector and broker.
The girl entertains an ambition to
become motion picture star, and it
is thought that she may have started d
the round Of the studios near New
York seeking work. When she left
home the girl wore an old rose silk
sweater, white crepe dress and white
straw hat with black band.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-11
Schoeneck to Run Again


SYRACUSE, July 10. - Lieutenant
Governor EDWARD Schoeneck will be a
candidate tor denomination in the Re
publican primaries this fell, he an
nounced to-day.
Former Congressman Cocks, Cover
nor Whitman's campaign manager
talked with Schoeneck this afternoon
and after the conference, announced
Schocneck would run. The Lieutenant
Governor issued statement saying
"I shall be candidate in the pri-
maries with Governor Whitman.
For several weeks Schoeaeck's friends
have believed he would rot run and
some OF his close advisors believe it
would not b. wise for him to make the
race, because of the mixup in Repub-
lcan ranks locally and throughout the
atste.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-11
Roosevelt and Root
Dine With H. W. Taft

Colonel Theodore Roosevelt and
Ellhu Root, who will speak at the Re-
publican convention in Saratoga, were
the chief guests at small dinner given
at the University Club last evening
by Henry ". Taft. Judge William II.
Taft, who also is to speak at Saratoga.
decided not to break the brief vacation
he is enjoying at Murray Bsy, Canada
to attend.
Those present included Nicholas
Murray Butler, Job Hedges. James NJ.
Beck, Horace Wilkinson, George w.
Wichersham, William D. Guthrie,
James K: Sheffield, Harvey D. Hinman
and Benjamin B. Odell.
The dinner was described by one of
the guests as a get together affair, .
with the chief theme of discussion the
general political situation.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-11
Corporations to Face Suits

ALBANY, July 1o.-Approximately
LOO delinquent corporations which
have failed to pay the per cent net
income tax, are facing court proceed
ings, State Controller Travis an
nounced to-day. These concerns be-
come subject to fine of 10 per cent, in
addition to the amount of the tax, with
per cent added for each months de-
lay
In some instances these firms, in
their answers, have raised questions of
law, but there still are number who
have failed to acknowledge the repeat
ed demands made upon them. Under
the old corporation tax law this class
Of corporations was exempt from state
tay
New-York tribune., 1918-07-11
Hitchcock a Lieutenant

HEMPsTEAD, L. l., July 1o.-Word
was received here to-day that Sergeant
Thomas Hitchcock, jr., the eighteen
year-old son of Major Thomas Hitch
cock. who is in command at the Halle.
hurst Flying Field, Mineola, had been
promoted by General Petain to q lien.
tenancy before he was compelled to
land behind the German lines after a
fight with two enemy bplanes. Lieu
tenant Hitchcock is now in prison
camp in Germany.
The youthful lieutenant, believed to
be the youngest American flyer in
France, left ST Paul's School for
France when this country entered the
war.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-11
Woman Killed by Elevator
Death Results in Holding Girl
Operator for Homicide

Attempting to alight from an ele-
Xator IN an apartment house at SAY
West 142d Street yesterday Mrs. Raw
katz was crushed between car and
landing and died an hour later in
Knickerbocker Hospital Marv Bo.
land, the eighteen year-old girl op-
orator OF the car, was arrested on q
tecnnica charge of homicide, and held
Mrs. Katz was forty years old and
lived with en- invalid husband at 53I
West 144th Street. 90
New-York tribune., 1918-07-11
What Is Going On TO-DAY

ONE NEAL WHEATLEsS
CAMPAIGN FOR RED CROSS WAR NURSES
WAR SAVING STAMP DRIVE
YOUNG MEMS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION r.,,
PAlGN FOR OVERSEAS WORI[ERS oA'l
Free admission to the American Museum, ., ".
ural History. New York Geological PARK ",
SoItlahdt PARK Museum American Museum -,
Safety aud tho Aquarium '"'' oi
Convention Of the International A,sociatio, =, NJ.
play Men. Waldorf Astoria . N Us
Meeting Of the Eastern Bar Ircn Institute Waldorf
Conyentioa o. tho American Designers Association
Hotel Martinique. = p m ''
Public concert Abingdon square Park : n m
Address ~ Mrs August belmont and roiors,
.hares iadcrsou al Rca Cross patriotic
meeting Tor colorcd people. Palace Casino lS5tb
rect and Fifth Avenue 5 p m.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-11
Chauffeur Arrested After
Car Thieves Escape

Tahe chuggng of an automobile en-
gine near the Long Island Railroad
yards in williamsburg attracted the
attention early yesterday morning Of
Patrolman Weiss. He located the car,
its engine running, young man anx-
iously waiting at the wheel. A short
distance away ne saw men rifling d
freight car
Weiss opened fire on the thieves. but
they escaped under the cars. Turning
his attention to the autos, he found
its chauffeur frantically trying to make
his escape. Another shot stopped the
car and Weiss brought his prisoner
before Magistrate Geismar in the
Williamsburg court The youth, who
eavc his name as Philip Thierry. Of
aS2 Jefferson Street, was held in $4,000
New-York tribune., 1918-07-11
Ministers Join Movement
Barnes Named Delegate
To Saratoga Convention

ALBANY, July 10.-William Barnes
heads the list of thirty prospective
delegates to the Republican state con
vention at Saratoga Springs on july 90.
prepared by the Albany County Repub-
lican organization to-day for submis-
sion to the voters at a party primary
Friday. Senator Henry NJ. Sage also is
named. Both have announced their in
tention of attending the convention.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-11
Loan Expense Small in NY

SAN FRANCISCO, July 1o.-Tbe ad
vertslng cost of obtaining 100000
in the Second or New York Federal
Reserve District averaged Is cents a
subscriber, according to William r
Mutually, chief of the copy division
of the Publicity Department., in an
address delivered here day at the
Convention Of the Associated Adyer-
tising Clubs OF the World.
Money for advertising in newspa-
pers was contributed by 1900 firms
and in almost every instance reacted
for. their own business interests. he
declared.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-11
Better Speech Club to Meet

The Better Speech Club, one Of
wtrose main objects is the OVERCOMING
OF the general tendency to mutilate the
language. will hold its regular meet
lng this evening in the auditorium of
Public School No. 27. West Forty-sec-
ond Street, east of Third Ayenne
I There is no charge for mem bership.
&c do-night session VIII discuss editori-
the leadership of Miss Harr;atta rnuea /
Weems, Mrs. Amy Mcknight and Mis-
Ruth Garland. ''' Hiss
New-York tribune., 1918-07-11
To Pay Gerard Damages

CONGERS. y. Y. July l0.-Colein%.
Jewett and William Strong were az, -
raigned to-day before Judge Aof.'''b, me
Patterson, charged with wrecklng for. r
furniture in the sumner home oi ~, a.
mer Ambassador jaime ". GeFsra. ,vd NJ
Hook Mountain. Both were ioSsi ~
guilty. but sentences were suspehgfeorr ~
when the youths promised to pay ~
the damage.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-11

fight against Hearst. One morning she
bought up tho Hearst supply of news
dealer at the railroad station and de-
sttroyed the papers In the presence of
the early morning commuters.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-11
Offers Odds Against Hearst

On the Broad Street curb market
yesterday Percy Guard offered to bet
to chat William Randolph Hearst
would not receive the Democratic
nomination for Governor There were
no takers.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-01-03
PEACE GOSSIP CAUSES
LOWERING CORN PRICE
Market Closes Weak Following
Slight Gain During
Opening Season.

CHICAGO, Jan. 2--Benewal OF
peace gossip more than offset in the
corn market this afternoon some
slight gains which had been scored
during the first past OF the session
Prices closed weak. at the same rs
Mondays finish 10 y cent lower. With
January l26 as and May 124l4 to
l2f 3-S. The outcome In oats was un-
changed 20 SIS down. There were de-
cllnes of 20 cents to 20 cents In pro-
Visions
Until peace talk from Munich gave
Vie bears an advantage corn averaged
hiPher. chiefly as result OF "A bulge
Nhlch liberal export buying had
brought about In the oats market.
Export purchasing OF oats agRre-
Eated about 100000 bushels II was
SAID Tho. that the scaboard demand
had now been filled for the TING Ne
lns. Holders OF provisions realized
The outlook was for a bearlsh nhow
In warehouse stocks,
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-01-03
N. Y. COTTON SHOWS
INCREASING ACTIVITY
Considerable Strength During
Day; All Position Make
High Records.

NEW YoRKDJan. 2.-The cotton
market showed increasing activity and
strength during today's trading, with
all positions making new high records
for the season. January contracts sold
up .to 3i.4tc. or 81 points net higher.
while late months were even flrmer
with October touching 2s.s5c. making
an advance OF II points from Mon
days closing. The close was within n
few points of tho top. with the tone
strong at net gain Of 55 TO ~ points
The market opened steady at nm sd-
vance OF 10 TO II points on Liverpool
buying. covering and a renewed de-
mand from houses with mill eonnec-
tlous Tho advance met considerable
and Increased hedge selling
and after showing net gains OF fbout
80 TO 40 points, the market reacted.
Rather heavy offerings seemed 10 be
readilx absorbed on setbacks of is to
became very strong during the after
noon October was relatively firm, re-
flecting the unfavorable view OF new
crop prospects based partly on the
continued drought In the southwest
and houses with Japanese connections
were again credited with buying that
pOsl:ion. March sold up 20 30 soc
and May 20 40 Gle In the late trading.
when the general list showed net gains
OF 60 to 20 points