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8/11/2019 Theodore Roosevelt libel verdict
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SYRACUSE HERALD.
P RI CE T W O C EN T S
V O L . 39, NO.
11,908.
S YRACUS E ,N. Y. , S AT URDAY/E VE NI NG,M AY 22, 1915. FOURTEEN PAGES
ON
SALE
EVERYWHER
SYRACUSEAT OR
BEFORE
FIVE HURT
D Y N A M I T E
E X P L O S I O N
M o t o r m a n H e l d
O u t A l o n e f o r
M a n y
Hours
B e f o r e D e c i d i n g F o r
t h e D e f e n d a n t .
D o e s Mot H o w e v e r .
A c q u i -
e s c e
in
Engl ish
M e m o -
randum.
Five are believed to be dead and at leas t]
twenty were i n j u r ed in the e x p l o s i on o f d y n a - j
I T O W A I T
G E R M A N
R E P L Y ; m i t e
at
Maltb ie
an d
Spencerstreets
an d
O n o n - |
daga
creek thisafternoon at 2:20. i
Secretary B r y a n I n d i c a t e s
That A f t e r
It I s
R e c e i v e d
U n i t e d States W i l l
T u r n M o r e E n e r g e t i c a l l y t o
P r o b -
l e m s
W i th
G r e a t B r i t a i n .
A t t o r n e y John
M .
Bower s ,
o f
C o u n s e l
F o r
D e -
1
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n
f e n s e , D e c l a r e s V e r d i c t J u s t i f i e s
the
A r t i c l e
O v e r
Fo r ty
B a l l o t s
W e r e
Taken B e f o r e
Final
A g r e e m e n t
W as
R e a c h e d
by
the
Ju ry .
T he d y n a m i te ha d been taken there to ai dI
in f ind ing- the
b o d y
o f
3-year-old
D o n a ldW i l le x ,
the boy d r o w n e d inOnondagacreek Tuesday.
Enti r e
Side of
Building Blown
In .
T he
entire s ide o f th e P . B . & H .
M o l d in g
company'sb u i l d i n g
w as
b lo w n
in by the
e x p l o -
sion.
Theodore Roosevelt, formerPresident of theUnited . ._._ ...
States, won out in the $50,000 libel suit
brought
against
nn:te \nn ureat
oruam says I T
' J " C
that s u c h a r r a n g e m e n t s h a v e n o t
h a d
ha s happenedi nSyracuse in
years.
Itwasseenatonce
that
itwas'the worst accident that A crowd of curiouspersonshadbeen
clusteredar
IOnondagacreek,wherethe searchwasbeingmade
fo
Frank Ross, anexpert,was in
charge
of the dynamit- ibody of Willex.
r . -.ns -j ingwork and h e and
others
h ad
warned spectators
to keep-
W o r d
w as
s ent
t o a l l
hospitals
and t o t h e
pol icestat ion. B
W n3
j
away
from
the
automobile
containing the dynamite. ;& U t he ambu l ances in the city, the
Coolican
com pany s ent all its
= r e n e r a i m l Severalh ad crowdedclose t o t h e
car .
'cabsto
help
ca r ry
away
the
i n j u r ed .
c i r c l e s t h a t w h i l e t h i s g o v e r n - : ;
Tliepo
ii
ce
patrol also w ent to the scene.
sessedupon both
parties in the
action.
'
JG S
V^;. CROWD
CLUSTEREDABOUT
AUTOMOBILE
At
4
it wash o u g h t
that
m a n y
m o r e
hadbeen ki l led
When Justice Andrews stated that h e w a s unable to 'o f i n t e r f e r e n c e w i t h n o n c o m r a b n n a . A lighted cigar o r
cigarette
near th e dynamite is be -
1
was
s h o w n
later.
T he dead an d i n j u r ed w ere s cat te red f o r a
consider such a request Mr. Burns, on the jury being
polled, returned to his o r iginal position and there
remained until 6o'clock this morningwhen thefinal
bal-
lot was
taken
in the
jury
lodgings at the county jailanc
he
came
over to the prevailing opinion. It was stated
officially
after the
return
of the
verdict
thatMr.
Burns
had
actually felt all the
while
that there was nocauseof action,
butthat he had considered it
unjust
and>unfa ir that one
of
the
principals
should bear the entirecosts of the
case.
After the jurors had been discharged
they
were ad-
dressed by,Colonel Roosevelt in the jury room,
where
a
photograph
of the
Colonel
and the jurymen was taken for
TheHerald.
American
Verdict, Says Roosevelt
Th e Co.lonel left th e
b u i l d i n g I n
a
c r o w d
t h r o u g h w h i c h
w e re sca t te red
seve ra l
of
t - h e
j u r y m e n . B e f o r e he
s e p a ra t e d f r o m
the
j u r y
the
C o l o n e l
t u r n e d
fu '
its
m e m b e r s
an d
sa id:
' -
G e n t l e m e n , t h i s - i s c e r t a i n l y
a typ
l eal Amer i can
ve rdic t . I
w a n t
to
t h a n k
yo u again." . .
A c r o wd g a t h e r e d
nt
th e d o o r o f t h e C o u r t H o u s e an d c h e e r e d J u r o r
B u r n s
as
he
left the
bu i l d ing .
C o l o n e l
R o o se v e l t dec l i ned
to
m a k e a n y
c . o m m e n t f u r t h e r
t han
that w h i c h
h emadejn t h e j u r y r o o m . H e s a i d,
h o w e v e r ,
t h a t J o h n M . B o w e r s h a d p r e pa r e d a s t a t e m e n t wh i c h ' m e t w i t h h i s a p p r o v al .
F o l l o w i n g
is
the
st a t ement :
JUSTIFIED
ARTICLE HE SAYS
"The verd i c t" ; o f
n.
u n an i m o u s J u r y
Is
' th r i t T h e o d o r e R o o se v e l t
had
jus t i f ied the en t i r e , a r t i c le in s u i t .
" T h e - v i c t o r y that
M r . R o o se v e l t has w o n I s a v i c to r y for
good
g o v e r n -
m e n t . The I ssue put t o .
t he
j u r y w a s
-whether
.m a c h i n e g o v e r n m e n t o r
g o v e r n m e n t by t he people should preva i l , .and
the . la t t e r
ha s preva iled. The
a r t i c le I n . s u i t w a s - h e l d
by t he
c o u r t
t o be
libeloiis In '
tw o
aspects.
"First:
B e c a u s e
it
c h a r g e d a . c o r r u p t pol i t ica l a l l iance be tween Ba rne s,
t he Republ i can leade r of t he State, and Cha r le s P . Murphy , t ho Demo cra t i c
lende r
of t he
State, inflation
to
th e . State
g o v e r n m e n t : (This, the
1udge
he ld, wa s t he m e a n i n s ' a n d
p u r p o r t
of t he
.article taken
as a
whole . )
. . .
" S e c o n d : 33eca.use the.' a rt icle c h a r g e d
that
the plaintiff,
.had
w o r k e d
t h r o u g h
a cor ru pt a l l iance be tween
cr p
oked busine ss and c rook ed pol i t i c s . The
V
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:
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.
( C o n t i n u e d
o n
Page 5. )
. . . .
F I G H T ; F O R - F O O D T
H u n g r y M o b s ;
lnyade;Mexican
C h a m - .
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jier
; of "peputiesAis Report .
;
;
.
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''Mai''
22.
H i ingry:
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r n o b s
have :
nvadcdthe
'Chambef.
i
of;pelnitles
and ' t h o u sa n d s
.-''have
f o u g h t '
- fo r
; the
f ood; , ,distributed ': ',in: ':,t lie;,.
streets;
1
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ot
Mexlct lf -tn'o
:Brns; i l ifi .n--.minister
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Tflported
t o r th*
State
d e p ar t m c B t
i n d iBpatches-on iUnl r ig
t h o r s i t u a t lo n t l n
S Q U A D R O N R E S U M E S A T T A C K
csraph has re ce ived fronv itg Athens
c o r r e sp o n d e n t a*dispatch atatlhu it is
r epo r ted - : r om
Mityleno
that a
B r i t i s h
a qua dr on> .began ^Thursday, -
a 36-hbiir
I b o m b a r d m e n t o f. T u r k i s h ' , t r o o p s
. c o n
7
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A n n o u n c e s
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Innovation in "apeciiil priced'
m e n u ' ,o .give..
to
t h o ' p u b l i cat large jiopr.
u l ( i r
:
n ienu s
at-
popu la r '.prices.'J'ttrona
wil l
f i n d
the
oppor t uni ty^ t o
.
dln
anild
luxurj";and,-,r*flnnient
ipithwik -.exceiilm
o v e r s e a traffic th e a d m i n i s t r a t i o n h a s ,
definitely
decided
tomark time astolKeved to
have
Causedthe
explosion.
GreatBr
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mil
Ge
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raanr
'
eplio
"
The case in the
automobile
W i l l P r o t e s t
B l o c k a d e .
j
T h a t the
Uni ted
States is prepa red ;
Sticks of 40 per
cent
dynamite.
to c o n t e n d
s t i l l fu r ther
aga inst tha
;
r ight of G re a t B r i t a i n v i r t u a l l y t o e n -
f o r c e a . b l o c k a d e a ga i n s t n e u t r a l c o u n -
t r ie s by de ta ining
n on
- c o n t r a b a n d c a r -
g o e s f o r n e u t r a l p o r t s i s u n d e r s t o o d .
Off ic ia ls of . the S t at e d e p a r t m e n t
have t aken m u c h int e re st in th e
state-
m e n t i s s u e d b y t h e. L o n d o n f o r e i g n
o f f i c e r e g a rd i n g t he fai rne ss o f Ens -
land 's a t t i t ude . Thi s st a t eme nt
i s i n -
t e rpre t ed
at
lea st
of a
favorable sign.
A r r a n g e m e n t s m a y b e
m a d e
f o r th e
:
M
em
b e r s o f C r e w L a n d e d a t
B e r e - i T r o o p
a n d P a s s e n a e r T r a i n s r n t .
expeditious movement of American;
j
a
"
Gllli>
i,~~J ,.
the
s u b m a r in e iring:h i r t y - n i n e r o u n d s|ci t ies .
-Frank
ROSS
Shand We
In.
..
f r om
her g i m b e f o r e she
-went
d o w n .
The wrec ie(1 (ra
j
ns
. V h l c l i
c o l l i d e d
1
T h e p o i n t wh e r e - t h e G l e n h o l m was|
a
t
Grelna,
caught f i re a ft e r t he col l i ' - i
? s u n k is r o u E _ h _ l y _ n o t mo re t han sixty
ion
and ml
i
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.
o tne
i n j u r e d . w e r e
b u r n e d to
dea th .
Ra i l road of f ic ia ls - a d-1
m i t t e d t h i s ' a f t e r n o o n
t ha t
o n e h u n d r e d
w as
f o u n d an d identified.
S a y
G e r m a n Trenches
A r e C a p t u r e d
W i th
M a n y
P r i s -
m i l e s
f r om
Old Head o*
K lnsa lc .
-where
the
L,usi t ania w ent dow n. Ge rm an
s u b m a r i n e s consequent ly a re st i l l
ac t ive i n t h i s vi c ini t y . .
f.
T U R K S R E PU L S ED
GR I L L C O N T I N U ED
p e r s o n s may have been k i l led.
o n e r s
Paris. Ma y 2 2 . T h e ' F r e n c h w a r o f -
f ice this a f t e r n o o n i s s u e d a repo rt o r ,
the progress
o f ho s t i l i t i es
reading a s
f o l l o w s :
"Our
t r o o p s comple t ed ye st e rday
evening
the c leaning
iip of the t r c . . c he s
t n p wn
as
' " t h e wh i t e w a y , " si t ua t ed
to
th e sou th .of Lorot t c Height s . A large
n u m b e r , o f G e r m a n s we r e .killed In the
b r a n c h
l ine s o t he s e . r e n c he s . O t he r s
s u r r e n d e r e d ^ '
Tho .exact
n u m b e r s
ar e
not as yet k n o wn . "- ' , ''
:
" ., '-
,
."DuTirig the'n i g h t
^ t h j e ^
. ' enemy ,m a d e
severa l
. c o u n t e r
attacks.-He was
're-
pul sed
-and
ho - . . s u f f e r e d ' ' h e a v y :losses.
, - A l l .the- s p u r
of
"the
- w h i t e
way" ,la
in
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..
. . . . . . .
. .
"\V"e:; lmve
m a d e
: f ur the r'>proi?ress to
;hs
southitaat,:of;
the
.. 'chapel-of Tjprette.
We h r c ' . npW
^within: one .hiinrtretl
-.'nrds
4* * nrniWa f rin-WAT ft *-A11*** '
"
FOLLOW O L D B U D G E T
I.
BU R I A N RES IGNED?
. T o k i o M a y
22 .--D iscussing
at the ' j
session t o - d a y
th e g o v e r n m e n t ' s - A u s t r i an P r e m i e r R e p o r t ed to H a v e
R u s s i a n s
R e p o r t
T h e i r
D e f e a t
A l o n g R o c k e f e l le r o n Stand T o - d a y i n
. B l a c k Sea. ' i
S t r i k e
P robe .
.Petrosrad. Ha y
Oku ma , t he P rem ie r , sa id t he fa ilu re
of t he D ie t , w hich wa s di sso lved, t o
adopt the b u d g e t of .1915-16. had c o m -
pelled the
g o v e r n m e n t
to
fo l l ow
the
budge t of t he previous yea r whic h wa s
insuf f ic ient lor t he na t ion 's needs
t o-day. '
A T runk
St r ap
It'sa lwaysaproblem to
f i n d
o u t wh e r e
to s
fo r
repairs .to t r u n k s or
to
hava
r n i o r
blades
sharpened o r to
have done
m a n y o f
t he count le ss odds
a nd
ends,
of
w o r k that dally
existence
-
m a k e s
nece sr
sary- Tou- can f i n d j ust wha t yo u need
In
The.
Herald - 'Want-.AteAdv.- '- ' .
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. - . . . :
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Dx.nce.
S u h d n y , - " - - ' . - . - . - .
Subu rban purlC?Ed ward s
Ful l s ,
after-
noon nd evening, good floor ',
g o o f t
m u s i c .
A d v . - ; . , , - - . . -y-p..w^
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;
SpecialSunday d inner , Otto '^reuur&nt ,
Nor th Srilna..8t.,
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5:10,.tl i r9.Adv.;.-.
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vi a
L o n d o n . | " W a s h in g to n . M a y .
2 2 . F u r t h
f r o m t h e h e a d - l u i r y w as m a d e t o-day i n t o . c o n d
i i ' 5 ' s i n r ,
n r r n v in
g r o w i n g
ou t o f the
Colorado coa l
Ixindon.
Ma y-2 2 . T eleR- r a phing f r om
Paris,
the
Exchange Te legraph com -
pany' s c o r r e sp o n d e n t
states
that B a r o n
B u r i a n , p r e m i e r o f A u s t r i a h a s r e -
signed. A sim i la r repor t w a s re ce ived
f r o m
Geneva la st night .
. . Not To o Late. . . . - . , '
.The
He ra ld. re ce ive s adve r t i sement s
fo r
pub l i cat i on
in
Its
Sunday Want Ad- se c -
tion u n t i l 10
o 'clock,
to-night. Adi
r# -
ceived by phone
will
be given
nece ssa ry
atten t i on .
R u t e J i ,
.9
'cent s
per l ine for
Sunday , c oun t 7 wo rd s , to , l i ne .Adv.
Special Sunda ydinne r ;Ot to ' s res tau ran t ,
v * . v , -a a H w n - .
R t. K - a n t) U
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or th
a
St., 6:30 till
- A t t e m p t s o f t h o
T u r k s
to
a s s u m e
the/. ' offensive a long
the
c o a s t
o f th e
n l a n
,
0
n.
m s
i n
was prepa red t o .
p
Black sea . have been repul sed.
In the j
w i t n e s s t h r o u g h a n o t h e r d a v
of
Oltz r e g i o n ,t he re h a s
been ,
r i f l e fir ing-i i n p r e x a m i n a t i o n . .
b e t w e e n outpost s and our t roops have Popu la r , int e re st in t he a p p e i r a
-Rockefel l e r on the
w i tn e s s
d l cated
spec ta t or s .
oc c up ied S a ra i v a n a n d
Bae l ika leh .
The ,
XIl
>.
Kpcke fe l le r
on the
w i tn e s s
T u r k , f l e d t o wa r d Eyt l i s a m i t h e ;
8
l
i
ri
b
>"
-e_lan re .
a t tenda
T u r k s
south ."
P A P E R R A T E S S U S P E N D E D
W a sh i n g to n ,
May 22 .Proposed
in -
c rea sed- f ro t sht . rates o n n e ws
p r i n t
and othe r pape r
east
of t he Mis s i s s ipp i
nn d nor t h of t he . O h i o ; r i v e r s , w e r e
: o -dn^ '
by . t he
In te rs ta te
C O N C E N T R A T I N G . F O R C E
Geneva .
S w i t z e r l a n d ,
. M a - v 3
P a r i s . T h e J o u r n a l p u b l i s h e s a
patch
f r o m
H o m e a n o u n c i n g
;
t
h
A u s t r l a n s .arc ^ c o n c e n t r a t i n g
fproe s nlong
the
U p p e r
,
Adige
.
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