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I 6 3 WILKINS KNIVES BEAR BLOOD STAINS Banting Weapon and Pocket Blndos May Have Bcon !' Used on Dogs. TOUND IN TOWN1 HOUSE (Prosecutor to Chargo That Ac- cused Framed Second Will Naming Himself. Three Wood stained knives, one weapon wtth a dais&er shaped four Inch blade and the other two ordi- nary pooket knives, havo been found, according; to Information given by de- tectives yesterday, In a desk of the town .houss of Mrs. Julia K. Wllklns. If 4 TVeit SUty-nft- h street whose husband. Dr. Walter IC Wllklns, Is under Indict- ment charged with her murdor. District Attorney Weeks of Nassau .Bounty, where the lndlutment against Dr. Wllklns was found, attaches Im- portance to the latest find. It Is the theory that the knlros may have been used, not In the attack upon Mrs. Wll- klns, who was killed by blows on the head on the evening; of February 27 In her home at Lone Ileach. I I., but In silencing the two collie dogs, 'Duke and Duchess, which were found bleed- ing on the grounds of the Wllklns plaoe shortly after the discovery of the crime. Baya Dogi Didn't Ilartt. In his story to the authorities of how his wife was attacked by supposed bur. Clara an the couple entered the house en the night of the trngedy Dr. Wllklns made mention of the fact that his curiosity was aroused when the dogs did net bark as usual when he and his wife approached the house. The theory Is advanced that the dogs may have been silenced by a stab wound In the mouth that might escape notice In a casual examination. The knives have been sent to Dr. Charles Norrla, pathologist and medical examiner for New Tork county, for examination to determine whether the atalna were caused by human or animal blood. District Attorney Weeks eald tha stains appeared to be not more than a fw weeks old. On the larger knire the blood Is said to have been collected and congealed on the handles and hilt while only the handles of the two mailer knives were stained. The authorities are inclined to con nect the latest find with the story of the Blood stained suit of clothes that Dr. wuiuns is said to nave taken to a Manhattan cleaner. One pocket of this pepper and salt suit, according to the authorities, was found to havo been stained with blood. District Attorney Weeks attacked yes- terday another point of the story of Dr. Wllklns of the circumstances of the as sault upon his wife. This story was to tha effect that burglars had been In the WHKIns house for some time before the doctor and his wife arrived home, and that they had drunk wine from elassea found on the sideboard of the dining room. Mr. Weeks said that If such was the case he could not understand how the burglars had come to overlook a pocketbook containing a sum of money wnich lay In plain view near the classes. Thomas Plant, a Nassau county deteo live, the first man' to examine the Inte- rior T of the house after the murder, has reported that the three glasses found contained a thick coating of dust and v had contained no liquor that night. Will Seal Death House. District Attorney Weeks further nn nounced that he would not permit Louis U. Ftlesa, attorney and friend of Dr. Wllklns, to put Into effect his plan to lease the L,ong Beach house for the oummer, as It was his Intention to keen the place sealed and under guard so that the Jury that Is to try Dr. Wllklns may xamlne It. Mr. Weeks said that the proposal to let strangers enter (he houBe before the trial was out of the question and that he Intended to have the Jury xamlne the hall where Dr. Wllklns al- leges burglars struck down his wife. The prosecution will contend that Dr. Wllklns himself framed the unwitnessed or second will of his wife, substituting bla own name for certain of the bene- ficiaries In the first will. In which there was no mention of his name. Attorney Friejs. however, is said to have de- scribed this last will as worthless be- cause the supposed signature, \Julia Krauss Wllklns\ was not witnessed. In this last Instrument Dr. Wllklns and Mr. SVless are named as Joint executors without bond, and by It Dr. Wllklns among other property would Inherit the house at 164 West Sixty-fift- h street and the Long Beach house. After disposing of certain smaller be- quests to relatives and benevolences this , alleged spurious will provides: \AH the rest, residue and remainder fcf my personal estate of whatever na- ture or kind. Including my two collie dogs, parrot and pet monkey, I bequeath to my husband. Dr. Walter Kecne Wll- klns, and five thousand dollars (15,000) that he can provide generously for their future care. \Article I. All the rest, residue and remainder of my real estate of what- ever nature or kind I give and devise to my husband. Dr. Walter Keene Wllklns, ,and my friend, Louis O. Frless, my ex- ecutors hereinafter appointed In trust for the execution of my will with the power to sell and dispose of the same at public or prlvato salo, at such time and upon such terms and In such manner as to them shall seem meet, but as soon after my death aa will be practicable and possible and upon ruch salo to exe- cute, acknowledge and deliver All nccetu aary and proper deeds or Instruments of conveyance In law for vesting In the purchaser or purchasers of title thereof.\ ENRIGHT BACKS POLICE BILLS. Vwvt Legislators to Retain .Ipe. dial Deputy Commissioners. Bptcial Dnpatc to Turn Hex. Aidant, April 1. Pollco Commis- sioner Richard H. Enrlght of New York lias sent letters to members of the Leg- islature asking them to support the Vo. lie Department administration bills which would make It posslblo to con- tinue In office the flvo special deputy police commissioners who were appointed during tho war emergency anil amend- ing the charter In other respects In re. latlon to the Police Department. \This bill will permit tho ddpurtment to retain the servlcos of several prom- inent cltliens who were appointed under U war measure act In 1917, and who are rendering good service to the de- partment,\ Commissioner Knrlcht says. -- It their servloes were terminated rjien. peace Is signed It would be a dis- tinct loss to the department and to the city.- - Osaap Clark's Bon Promoted. WAsmNaTON, April J. Former (Speaker Clark received a cablegram to- day from his son, Bennett Clark, for- mer parliamentarian of the House, now with the nrmy In France, announcing tils promotion from Lieutenant-Colon- el to Colonel. Col. Clark expects to return to the United States within a few weeks. WEDNESDAY, APRffi JRETDRHED SOLDIERS LAUNCHING PLACED DEATH MACKAY PAYORS U.S. SHELL MAKERS DYING LIEUTENANT CAPT.RICKEPAOKER INDICTED FOR FRAUD Stage Folk Will Event PRAISE SMOKE FUND No More Bodies Recovered-Emplo- yees OLD WIRE RATES Oliver Cmpany Offcials Ar- rested URGED SOLDIERS ON TELLS AIR THRILLS Next Monday. Accounted For. in Tennessee. \\ \ i The board of managers of the Club, 220 West Torty-slxt- h street, will hold a reception there next Monday afternoon from 3 until 8, when the clubhouse end school will be open for innpectlon and classes will bo In ses- sion. Addresses will be made by Mr. and Mrs. Coburn of \The Detter 'Ola,\ Tills club is designed to do for the young women and children of the stage what the service clubs are doing for our soldiers and sailors at home and abroad. It provides a club room with a domeauo atmosphere and the personal contact of friendly advisers. It was opened In 1913 with a membership of twenty-fiv- e and at present It has 368. It offers rooms at a low rental and Its cafeteria serves food at moderate prices. In the school there is Instruction In elo- cution, French and singing, and special attention la paid to the study of history and literature. The officers are Mlsa Jean Greer, daughter of Bishop Greer, president; Miss Alice Smith, nt : Thomas S. McLean and Miss Lois Scovllle, treas urers; Mrs. Monroe Douglas Robinson, secretary, and Mlra Jane Hall, direc tress. Among the directors are Mrs. Douglas Gibbons, Mrs. James B,, Taylor, Mrs. Edward 8. Harkness, Mrs. James M. Varnum, Mrs. Henry It Hoyt Mra J. Clifton Edgar, Mrs. James Speyer, Mrs. Thomas 3. McLean, Mrs. John J. Rlker, Mrs. William Sloane, Mra John Jay Chapman, Mrs. Allen M. Thomas, Mra John S. Thaoher. Miss Susan D. Bliss, Miss draco Scovllle and Miss Beatrice Pratt Bishop David H. Greor Is a member of the advisory board. BOATS ASK DAYLIGHT SAVING. Canadian Lines Petition fop American System. Orrxw'Z, .April 1. At a hearing given here y by the Dominion Railway Commission representatives of the Cana dtan Railways and Railway War Board presented reasons for the adoption by Canadian roads of the daylight saving system now In effect In the United States, despite the fact the Dominion Government has not authorised It. The witnesses concurred In declaring that the daylight saving plan would have to be continued on Canadian roads If connections with the United States were to be maintained, as the running of trains on different soneduies would con stltute a \dangerous experiment\ and pile up difficulties In International traffic. NEW YORK'S COLDEST APRIL 1 Mercury This Mornlnjr Likely to Get Down to 10. The day of cap and bells brought weather appropriate to the game of fooling folks by creating a record for chilliness. At 5 :J0 A. M., when most' of the town was asleep and could not fully appreciate the Joke, the ironic infant April sent the mercury down to 22. one degree lower for the day than It ever has been since Uncle Sam began keeping meteorological tabs forty eight years ago. Last night It went one degree lower than twenty-tw- o and this morning probably will hit close to 19. The wind at 11 o'clock last night was blowing thtrty-sl- x miles an hour from the northwest. It may be a bit warmer y, the forecasters suspect, and may be fair and warmer. N. Y. FIRM GETS CONTRACT. Will Dnlld Pine New Structure Xnval Academy, Bptcial Detpatch to Tna Sox. Annapolis, Md., April 1. The Lev- ering A Garrlgues Company of New York city has been awarded the con' tract for the erection of the new build' Ing of tho seamanship and navigation department at the Naval Academy. There were eighteen bidders, that of the successful company, $662,(92, being the lowest. Work will begin promptly, the acad emy authorities having already tested the ground and cleared It, and must be completed within 270 days. The material Is white granite, tho same as most of the academy buildings, and the structure will be 69x227 feet In site. The building Is near the west of the present building used for these de partments. In conjunction with the gymnasium. NEW CASUALTIES REPORTED. AVer Department Change Method of Publication. Washington, April 1. The War De partment to-d- Instituted Its new method of Issuing casualty lists, made possible by publication of the names of practically all casualties sustained be fore the cessation of hostilities. Under the new method only the names of those killed in action spd whose death has Just been verified and of those whose death occurred from other causes will be announced by the War Depart mnet hero for Immediate publication. Anncuncement of other casualties will be eent by mall to the newspapers of the country. une war uepartment y tho deaths of the following en listed men of the expeditionary forces Roy J. Brown, Paris, Texas; Henry II meinert, aiuwaUKee, wis.; jonn J. Caul field, 1418 Atlantlo avenue, Brooklyn Nathan Charnln, Jamaica, N. Y. ; Diaz Pedro, 39 Front street. New York; Ches. ter A. Farrell, S45 Eleventh street Brooklyn, GOV. COOLIDGE DINES GEN. COLE OF 26TH Notable Men Join in Greeting Returned Officer. Boston-- April 1. The heroism of the men of tho Twenty-sixt- h Division and their part in winning the decisive battles of tho world war wore depicted vividly by Ilrlg.-Ge- Charles II. Cole, speaking at a State dinner tendered to hlin by Gov. Coollrtge. Gen. Colo, who had Just returned from France mid de- scribed himself as the advance represen- tative of tho division, related Informal stories of feats of arms at the Chemlna! rtos DameB, Chateau Thierry, Belleau Wood. St Mlhlel and in the Argonne offensive. Gen. Cole's tribute was paid especially ' iu mo uiiiisicii men, lurceu lo live in shell holes for days nt a time, but he praised nlso the leadership of Major-Ge- n. Clarence R. Edwards and his care for the men under him. Gov. R. Livingston Beeckman of Rhode Island told of his own visit to tho dlvi- - sion in rrance nna or tne fino spirit that ; was shown everywhere by officers and men. Gov, John H, Bartlett of New Hamp- shire satd that In tho Joy of greeting the home coming veterans thero was mingled a great feollng of responsibility. \There Is lurking in this country.\ he said, \an undercurrent of unrest which Just such men as Gen. Colo have It within their power to alleviate and remedy. nut l neiie,ve tne reiurn or siirh a he and the soldiers who follow him will go far to put down threats of Bol- shevists and the L W. W.\ Mayor Teters, Major-Oe- 11. P. Mc- Cain, commanding at Camp Devens, and Commander Herbert 8. Stevens. U. H. N., who represented Rear Admiral Spencer S. Wood, spoke briefly la welcome to the brigade commander. THE SUN, 2, 1919. TOLL AT 4 Attend Many Call to Explain Why Messages to Donors Aro Delayed. LECTURE AIDS TltE CAUSE Yonng Tnpils Will Danco for tho Benofii of Men Still Abroad. Tho gratitude of soldiers tor what contributors to Tun Sim Tobacco Fund are doing for the men abroad Is some times not expressed until their return from France. This delay in many In- stances 19 unavoidable. Messages of thanks, long delayed, are being received every day, and many returned soldiers call on the fund to leave messages for donors, explain the reason for the delay, and In a number of oases ask for the address of a donor for the purpose of paring a visit to expreso appreciation for gifts of tobacco. One delayed letter was received yester day for Miss R. M. Burns, a fund con- tributor, from II. A. Helnzel of the lth Aero Squadron. Field No. 2, who re cently returned and la now at Hems- - stead, L. I., waiting to be mustered out or service. Me writes: \Ever sines I enjoyed the smokes from a carton of tobaoco sent by you while I was In France I have ketrt your name In mind so that I might one day see you or send you a letter of thanks. I was abroad In the service fo seventeen months and I carried your crd about with mo till this day. Wants to Da Something; in Return. Well, here we are back home safu and sound, and it Is hard to make you understand how much good your tobacco did myself and my comrades, coming to u at ma time it aid. what I mainly want to do Is to find out if T nn do something for you to uhow mi armrecln vn. mere is anyining an old soldier Is able to do please don't hesitate to say what It la I wish I could thank you In person, ana perhaps I may be able to do so arter I am mustered out. I don't know when that will be, but hope It will be In a few days.\ A message has urono to M. Ward fmm First Class Private John D. Ellis, who was in tamp Hospital 76 when he wrote It. He formerly was of Company F, sgist infantry. He writes: \Whoever you are or whatever you may be. Mr. Ward. I thank you for the great box of tabocco which I received y. I did not think it was possible for ich blessings to find their way to this the muddiest spot In France, but somehow it managed to float In here. \Here Is hoping that we will all be home soon and back to you all who have 'backed' us so valiantly ever since v a have been over here. The constancy ft nd reliability of Th Sun Tobaoco Fund has been one of the marvels of this war. My home Is Haverhill, Mass. Thanks From Germany. The boys of Kemp Day & Co. will re- ceive this card from William W. Hurst of the Medical Detachment. 151st Field Artillery, from Helmershelm, Germany, written March 10: \This acknowledge ment will reach you somewhat late, but the reason Is\ that when The Bun To- bacco Fund Issued It to uc we were Just snout to start for Germany. The pick' ace was given us at Harrlsoourt France. November 12, 1918, and whan it was flnauy opened we found It all right. The cigarettes are greatly appreciated, and although you didn't receive an acknowl edgment you may rest assured they are welcomed and fully enjoyed.\ From Couuegrey, France. Bsrgeant- - Major Bun Jenkins, 133d Machine Oun Battalion, wrote the following to J. C Davis: \Let me assure you that the kindness and generosity of your contribu- tion to Tin Bun Tobacco (Fund Is more than appreciated by me. Each nack of tobacco contains a thousand smokes, and each smoke a thousand dreams. With out these smokes much would be added to the primeval conditions that exist for any one whose home la far away, This tobacco has made happy hours out of hours that would havo been dull and doleful without It\ K. L. Miller of Company C, t2d En gineers, writes from Glvres, France \Our company la now on veterinary work (hospital) hero and we partlcu larly wanted the tobacco you sent us. Ot course wo always want tobacco, and It the friends back home want to send us the things we like do let it be to bacco. We do like that and wo always need It. Your carton was Issued to us on March 8, about four days ago, and I guess most of It has gone up In smoke by now. If this sounds as If we wanted more then It sounds Just right. We do, Cant, \nddle\ Hlckenbacker bad large and attentive audience at the Met ropolltan Opera House last night when he related eome of his experiences In \The Arena of the Sky.\ Ills talk was Illustrated with pictures taken for the U. S. Government of the Ninety-Fourt- h Aero Pursuit Squadron In action on the battle fronts In France. Lecture Helpa the Fund, The lecture was under auspices ot the American Fund for French Wounded and was managed by a committee of that fund from Sixty-al- x West Thirty ninth street where It Is carrying on rummage rale for the mutual benefit of their fund and Tin Sun Tobacco Fund. The president of tho fund. Mrs. Ben Jamln Olrault Lathrop, Is now In New York and on April 30 a reception will be given for her by the New York branch with representatives from Its flvo main branches In New England, Chicago, Baltimore, Seattle and Han Francisco. Officers of the Now York branch are Mrs. Ethclbcrt Nevln, hon orary chairman; MrN. Nicholas Murray Butler, Mra Robert Bacon, Mrs. F. Gray Grlswold, honorary Mrs. Walter Phelps Bliss, treas- urer; Mrs. Udo M. Flelschmann, secre- tary. Mrs, Loulro Morgan ar.l her group of young pup'.'i will give an afternoon of nrt dances at the Belmont Theatre April ?!, all the proceeds of which will KO to The Son smoke fund. A similar affair was given by Mrs. Morgan last year from which the fund beneflted hand- somely. Accompanying a check for the fund which appears In new contri butions Is a letter from Freda I', Kruse, wno is Invaliding at Palenvllle, N. Y, Kne WOuld like to use some spare time In writing to tho soldiers abroad who are hungry for letters from this side. There are many such, aa shown In the cards returned by the soldiers In ac- knowledging tobacco gifts. How the- Pan Stabds To-da- y, TUB BUN end TUB KVBNINO SUN. $,(rc.to i Uteti i if ar riorr pair n tm.vj Otlierwi ocknowledied. \ v- - 111.00 Toial S.1M.7.1 Rhlpiwrt nivt ptJ6 for SS?,SeiM Cull balanre 2,7H.tJ SUmlte Clftr Stores boxts 3t,(7,U Grand tntgD tUl,7U.9 New contributions are: la rntmorr ot lieut. IT. 3, K. $1.00 rr4 P. KrttM,- t'tlenrllle, K, T...... lo.OO Robort A. Gardner , ,,, 1.00 \A friend's monthly gift\ ,,.. UO.CO Bristol, Pa., April 1. The known death list as a result of the collapse of a platform at the launching of a cargo carrier at the Merchant shipyard yester- day remained at four After an all day search no additional bodies wero recovered, and officials of the com. pany said thoy had no reason to believe that more than four persona had been drowned. Most of those on tho platform when It toppled over, throwing them Into th9 I Delawaro River, were employees at the shipyard. \We have tried to look up all the absentees,\ said Oeorga C Thayer, general manager of the Mer- chant Shipbuilding Company, \and It Is ovldent that there Is no one else missing. Time .cards have been checked up and every ono appears to be accounted for. Of course there may have been some strangers amor the victims, but I hatdly regard this as likely.\ Another launching- was held at the yard the steamship Itan, an 6,800 freighter, sliding Into the river before a large number of Invited guests and thousands of workmen. Mrs. W. T. Wilson, wife of the works manager, was tho sponsor. TRANSPORT LOSES RUDDER. Three of ftcranton's Men Drown Trylnar to Arrange Tow. The American transport Kl SoL for merly of the Morgan Line, arrived yea- - teraay wiin mo tale or her effort to tow the transport Scranton, whlrh sailed hence for France on March 22 and lost her rudder In heavy weather. IC1 Sol picked up a wireless call for help from the Scranton March 27, and broke all her speed records getting to the disabled ship. El Sol stood by forty nours ana twice tried to take the Scran' ton in tow. Tho hawsers parted and tne scranton lowered a boat with a third cable and made an effort to get it to El sol Seas swept the boat under the Scran ton's stern and It was capslxed ana two of the crew drowned. A second boat was lowered and cot tha survivors aboard. One, while going up tha sea ladder to the Scranton a deck. fell Into the sea and was lost The Scranton's skipper then gave up trying to arrange a tow, and got his rudder under control by Jury rig. Bl Sol then prooeeded. having learned that a, naval tug was on the way from this port to tow the Scranton In. RUM SHIP SINKS WITH SEVEN. Cnban Schooner Goes Down tn Gre-n- t Storm. Special DtipatcS to Tna Bex. Noztolk, Va., April 1. Seven per sons. Including Capt. Aupare, his wife and two children, lost their lives when the Cuban schooner Lucia went down off the coast of North Carolina on Sunday, rhe Lucia was loaded with rum. She put Into Hampton Roads over a month ago, her Captain reporting that hie ship. which was bound to Montevideo, had been blown several hundred miles off her course during a severe storm. She left Hampton Roads on March 24 and ran Into a severe gale on Saturday and Sun day. Manuel Mons, tho sole survivor of the crew, arrived here y on a coast guard cutter, which picked htm up at sea. Those reported to have gone down with the ship are Capt. Aupare, his wife and two daughters, Jose Maria Lucia, Vincent Para, Antonio Martenes and An tonio Lasada. The Lucia had 20.000 gallons ot rum on board and ahe was closely watched while at this port. DIVER FINDS SHIP'S STERN Severed Section of tho Lord Dot ferln to lie Raised. The British freighter Lord Dufferln got In the way of the Cunarder Aqui- - tanla when she was coming up the bay three weeks ago in murky weather witit about 5,000 troops and the hatchet prow of the liner carved off the stern of the Lord DiUTerln. The Merrltt St Chap- man Derrick and Wrecking Company raised all or the Lord Dufferln except the stern, which drifted under water far away. Diver O'Mara was sent on an explor ing expedition to And the stem, which Is quite essential to most ships, and located It yesterday 200 yards from the spot where It was cut off. It Is a men ace to navigation and was marked with a buoy. In a day or so It will be hauled to the surface and later reunited to the olher part of the ship. U.S. SHIP TOWED INTO TTAT.TFAT The Jason Damaged at Sea, Aided by Britisher. Halifax, N. S.. April 1. The Ameri can steamship Jason, which sailed from New York March ZZ for Havre. France was towed In here y by the British steamship Baysno. The circulation pump of the Jason was damaged severs days ago and she had a bad list when she reached here. Tho Bayano, bound from Philadelphia for n French port, took the Jason In tow four days ago. The weather was heaTy and twice during the trip to this port the tow lines snapped. OCEAN FLIERS DELAYED. British Pair Meet Obstacles In Newfoundland. St. Johns, N. F., April 1. Prepanv tlons for the attempt of Harry O. Haw ker and Lieutenant-Command- Mac kenzle Grieve. British aviators, to cross the Atlantic In a Sopwlth biplane have been delayed by the limited facilities available here. The airmen havo found the task of moving the necessary ma- chinery to their temporary airdrome, a few miles from the city, more difficult than they had anticipated. They said to-d- that It would be eome time before they could get their air plane Into working order. They did not enture any prediction ae to whether they would bo forced to postpone the start of their flight tentatively sot for April 16. FILIPINOS PLAN REPUBLIC. Mission Now In United Atatea to necrtve Instructions, Manila, April 1. Filipino officials, following a study of independence plans, will Instruct the special mission now tn America as to what form of republic Is desired, it was announced here Sam Francisco, April 1. Tho Filipino mission Is on Its way to Washington from this city, having departed Sunday. Members of the mission announced while here that thty did not come to seek independence, but to promote closer Industrial and economlo relations with the United States. Many Dead In Illnst, Report, BrauiKaKAM, Ala., April 1, Several persons are reported to have been killed and many Injured when a corning mill and press mill, part of the du Pont de Nemours powder plant at Boyle's Gap, north of Birmingham, blew up shortly after noon y. Fire, caused by the explosion, Is now raging and is re- ported beyond control. Ambulances have been rushed to the scene from Koady to Eostoro Old Chargos if Company Is Restored to Him. In a statement on the 20 per cent. In- crease In telegraph tolls which went Into ffct yesterday by order of Postmaster- - General Burleson Clarence II. Mackay, president of the Postal Telegraph-Cabl- e Company, said that if the Postmaster- - General would return Its lines to tho company the Postal-Telegra- Company would at once restore tho old rates. Mr. Mackay said: 'If we had been allowed to keep our property and operate It we would not have thought of raising the rates, and there would not have been the sngntesi occasion for raising them. The real fact Is that Mr. Burleson has agreed to pay the Western Union more than he should have agreed to, and In order to realise that amount he has to raise the rates. 'A second reason Is that the Western Union Telegraph Company Is not ad ministered carefully and economically. Even now, when the Government is supposed to be In control of both com panies, the Western Union has a horde of solicitors running around trying to get business away from the Postal. These solicitors do not creato any tele graph business and are as useless as would be solicitors for a street railway. \The receipts and expenditures of the Postal system, aa administered by our own staff, even since the Government assumed to take control, August 1, 1118, how there has been no such material change as to require or even Justify an Increase In rates. The receipts and ex penditures of the Western Union, how ever, as we gather from their reports. tell a different story, and that Is why I say I believe the trouble Is due to the fact that Mr. Burleson agreed to pay them too much compensation, and, sec ond, to the fact that the Western Union is not administered carefully and eco nomically, \If Mr. Burleson will return our lines to us at onco we will carry on the tele graph business at the old rates at once. This certainly Is a fair proposition and should appeal to the American public who are paying the increased telegraph rates.' VENEZUELANS PLAN REVOLT. 'Patriotic Union\ Ilopes to Unseat President. Panama, April 1. The Veneauelan Patriotic Union, formed recently to ef fect a democratic government In Vene zuela, completed organization Thirty exiles from Venezuela under the Gomes regime are members of the or ganization. The president of the organization, Senor Rodriguez, a Journalist, said the avowed purpose of the union wtis to work to bring about ,the unseating of tne present regime of President Gomez and the establishment of a democratic government In Venezuela, He added that the movement was not being made on behalf of any candidate or political group, but was being carried out solely with the purpose of \substituting popu lar government for tyranny. RED CROSS WORK IN CITY. Sewing for Wounded Men H ported by Division Chief. Automobiles of tho Red Cross Motor Corps travelled 871,785 miles tn the met ropolltan district transporting wounded officers and men between October, 1918, and March, 119, according to a report submitted yesterday to Ethan Allen, manager of tha Atlantic Division, by Dr. Dorothy C. Smyley, commander of the corps. The women volunteers of the corps devoted 131,445 hours to th.e work, the report shows. During the period the corps took 10,-4- soldiers on recreation tours of the city. Casuals transported numbered 8,625, and 1,20 nurses were trans- ported from steamship piers to their homes or railroad stations. A total of S.2S4 wounded were transported. Includ- ing 1,170 Utter and 8,084 ambulatory cases. COL, LINDSLEY HONORED. Pershing Gives D. S. St. to War Ill.k Chief. Washinoton. April 1. Col. Henry D. Ltndsley, chief of the War RlPk Insur- ance Bureau, was notified to-d- that the Distinguished Service Medal had been awarded to him by Gen. Pershing for services performed aa head of the War Risk Insurance branch of the American Expeditionary Forces. Col. Llndsley was chosen director of the War Risk Insurance Bureau last December, his appointment being the first to be made by Carter Glacs on assuming the Secretaryship of the Treasury. Previously Col. Llndsley had had a year's service with the American army In France, during which time h had charge of the bureau's affairs with the army. BUILDING WORK INCREASES. Contracts for March Largest In Many Years. Washinoton-- , April 1. Building and construction contracts let In March show an Increase over tho two previous months and also a larger money value than the month's average of preceding years. Complete statistics for the entire country J are lacking, but the public works' dlvl- - oiuu ui uio ucpuTment oi ecu-mat- the aggregate value tn be between 2128,000,000 and 8150,000.000. In the territory east of the Missouri River and north of the Ohio the con- tracts fnr tne flrst three weeks of tho month totalled $96,619,731, an Increase being ehown from week to week. Opera Head Asks Cltlsenehlp. Alexander Smallens, who has been a conductor for the Boston and Century Opera Companies, appeared before Jus- tice Lasansky In the Supreme Court, Brooklyn, yesterday to have his name reinstated upon the naturalization cal- endar. Chief Naturalisation Examiner Crooks opposed the application, charg- ing that Hmallens had been In South America with the Pavlowa Ballot Com- pany and had not been a rcMdent here for five yiyirs, as required by law. can trip should not he considered, as ho regarded New York city as his home and had filed his Intentions In 1911. De- cision was reserved. Pennsylvania Governor 111, HAnmsDcno, April 1, Gov. Spronl was to-d- compelled to cancel nil of his because ot tonsllltla A phyelclan ordered him to rest In bed. The Governor has been suffering from a cold and will likely be confined to his room for several days. Cottln'e Appeal Is Rejected. Paris, April 1. The appeal from the death scntenco of Emlle Cottln, the as- sailant of Premier Clemenceau, has been rejected by the i visionary court-martia- l. An appeal to the Court ot Cassation Is till open to Cottln. Knoxyiujc, Tcnn., April 1. Indict- ments charging fraud and sabotage In tho manufacture of shells for the United States Government were returned by a Federal Grand Jury here y against the William J. Oliver Manufacturing Company and a number of officers ot the company. A separato Indictment was returned against J. A. Zelgler, one of tha Government's witnesses. Indictments were returned against the following, in addition to President Oliver: Thomas P. Roberts, J. E. Campbell, C Webber, John Oodrrey, Thomas 2w itou-ert- s, J. Bwatterman, Charles 1L Wood, John M. Walker and John Dean. Return of the Indictments was followed by the issuance by Judge Sanford of lnstanter capiases for the arrest of the defend ants. They wero released on ball for hearing The Indictment charging sabotage. fraud and conspiracy In manufacture ot shells and munitions contained twenty six separate counts. Another indict ment charges an agreement, combina tion and conspiracy to defraud the Gov. eminent by obtaining payment on \false fraudulent, fictitious and podded claims\ to the amount of soveral thousand dol lars. The fraud and sabotage Indictment soeclflcallv chars es that the company purchased, without the consent of the United States Government, lead sheets from which discs were cut of greater weight and thickness than specifications ire scribed, and that these were sud- stltuted In the base of the cover ot the shells for the discs specified. WOMAN IS EVICTED BY ARMED INDIANS U. S. Prosecutor Probes Inci dent Near Syracuse. SmAcusa. April 1. Federal District Attorney Lucey y started an In- vestigation Into tho alleged forcible eviction of Mra Mary tfuox. 8, from a cabin which Bhe had occupied on the Onondaga Reservation, near here, for forty-eig- ht years by a band of Indians yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Knox, who leased the cabin and an adjoining farm year after year, al leges that ten Indians came to the cabin and ordered her to vacate It. When sne refused she claims five of the Indiana broke down the door with hatchets while Ave more stood guard with guns. They then removed her furntturo and the members of the family. The Indiana claim that Mrs. Knox Invalidated the lease by removing some gravel from the farm when It was spec!. fled nothing could be taken from the traot Ttsfi Indians also deny the Juris diction ot tne ireacrai or aiais auuiori ties. ROGER PRYOR'S WILL FILED. Value of Estate Not Given Four Daaghters Named Legatees. The will ot Roger A. Poor, former Justice ot the Supreme Court who died March 14 In his home, 3 West Sixty-nint- h street was filed yesterday. It names four daughters, Mrs. Henry C Rice, Mrs. Frank T. Walker, Mrs. A. Page Brown and Mrs. William Dodge, as residuary legatees. Tho value of the estate Is not given. The former Justice leaves his gold watch and seal ring to his son, Roger A. Pryor, Jr., while the Jswelry, pic- tures, bric-a-br- and ornaments of his deceased wife are left to his daughter, Mrs. Henry C Rice. Several bequests are made to grandchildren, and a silver service, which was presented to Mr. Pryor by Dcmocratlo friends In Vir- ginia. Is bequeathed to the Confederate Literary Society of Richmond, Va. BIO ORDER FOR RAILWAY TIES. 175,000,000 Feet to Be Used on Bonds In the I3aat. SaATTUC, April 1. Announcement wns made here y by tho West Coast Lumberman's Association that the United States Railroad Administration has ordered of Oregon and Washington mills 178,000,000 feet ot Douglas fir ties for Atlantic coast railroads. In addition 40,000,000 feet of ties havo been ordered for French and English railroads. Fifty wooden steamships will be as- signed to carry the ties to the East coast, It Is said. STAGE COPS ATTEND THEATRE AND DANCE They See \Les Folies des Nightsticks\ Produced. Almost all of tho 350 men In the theatrical regiment of the Police Re- serves, Including their wives and daugh- ters r.nd pretty nearly everyone who Is anyo'.ie along Broadway, went to tho Amer erdam Opera House In West Forty-fourt- h street lost night to see \Les Folles doa Nightsticks,\ which was pro- duced by the regiment and to dance at the ball which followed. Between the number there was rythmic dancing by Boatrlce Morton and her pupils; Russian folk dancing by Savell Walevltch and a \Flamborough sword dance'1 by a troupe from the People's House at 7 East Fifteenth street The Police Reserve Band of which Irving Weiss Is conductor, fur- nished the music The theatrical regiment of the Is made up of actors and others connected with the stage and has re- lieved flrmen and regular policemen of theatrical duty during the war as well as aided the authorities In other ways. Col. E. F. Albce, commander of the regiment was present last night, but Lieut. Col. Henry W. Savage, the sec- ond In icommand, was absent in Florida. Others present wore F. A. Wallls, Fourth Deputy Police Commissioner ; Inspector John F, Dwyer, uniformed head of the Pollco Reserves and sUilT; Capt. Charles McKenney of the West Forty-sevent- h htreet station, and George M- - Cohan, Marcus Loew, Let; Shuhcrt William Fox, R. S. Mom and A. U Robertson, nil Majors In the theatrical regiment and ('apt. E. J. Carponter, Capt Irving Shannon and Capt Patrick V. Kyne, manager of the I'ark Avenue Hotel. Connecticut I.lnm Nerd Aid, IlAnTroiin, April 1 Unless llnanclnl Id Is promptly given by tho State evory trolley company In Connecticut Is certain of bankruptcy In the. opinion of a nieclal commission appointed by Gov. Holi-omu- , which y rep\-te- d to the General Assembly the result of lis Investleatlnn, Other results, which the commission says apparently cannot bo avoided, are tho curtailment of service and the abandonment of all non-payi- notes. IllflT Grain Fire at I'eeksklll. A six story warehouse of the Eco- nomic Feed Company, stored with forty carloads of grain, was destroyed In a spectacular fire nt Pceksklll yes- terday with a los of $150,0(10, The building was an annex of the Flelsch- mann Manufacturing Company's plant, constructed ot shcct.metal. Tha flames lighted up the Hudson valley for miles. The cause of the fir Is unknown. D. 8. 0. Awarded to Brooklyn Officer \Who Qavo Lifo to llcpulso Enemy. \Qo on fighting! Never mind what happened to me,\ cried a lieutenant ot the 108th Infantry, when he fell mortally wounded In an attack upon a forward trench in the Ronssoy sector last Sep- tember. He was Horace B. Boanlon, son of Mrs. John L. Sc anion of 147 Gates Avenue Brooklyn, and tha War Department has Just cited him for his herolo lighting, awarding him the Dis tinguished Service Cross. The citation says: \Oatberlng about 40 men from various units In a forward trench, Lieut Scan. Ion organised them Into an attacking party and led them forward under heavy maohlne-gu- n fire, repulsing an enemy counter-attac- k. While In the perform ance ot this exploit, he was mortally wounded, but attempting to push for ward with his men, he called out to them to go on fighting.\ Others who were awarded the Dls- tlngulshed Service Cross yesterday for extraordinary bravery include the fol lowing: Col. Halstead Dorey, South Man' chaster. Conn. ; Capt. Herman H. Welner, Sandusky, Ohio; Lieut Ralph W. Har- - wood, Boston, Masa. ; Lieut Robert MereL French Mission; Capt Walter W. Man ton. Detroit Mich.: Sergts. William T. McKernan, Eaglevllle, Conn.; Will iam Jones, Houston, Texas; John J. O'ICeefe, Chicago, 111.; Robert Blalock, Webb City. Mb. ; Arthur Olds. Milling-ton- , Mich.; William B. Campbell, Tus caloosa, Ala., Frank' A. Bamhart Chl-cor- a. Pa. ; Corporals Henry Peter Lynch, 47 West Post Road. White Plains, N. Y. ; James Manning, Alberta, Canada ; Frank P. Koerper, Chicago. III. ; Ira W. Swan-ge- r, Persia, Iowa; John J. Doyle, Pea-body- , Mass. ; Roland W. Ray, Salem, lit ; Jack Jordan, Tulla. Texas; Privates Edward D. Ritchie, Ralph Moyer, Valen cla, Kansas; Christian Kurle, Wlahek, N. D. ; William J. Pederson, Becker, Minn,; Charles Galloway Hammond. South Roanoke, Vs.; George Deggs Butord, Texas; Robert 8. Pierce, Ashevllle, N. C. ; Lieut Jacob Llenhard Almond, Va. ; and Lieut Vera A. Cover-del- l, Atwood Colorado. BOSTON'S 1918 FISH STORY A WHOPPER The Year's Catch 109,227,021 Pounds, Says Report. Bostom, April 1, Raids by German submarines. Influenza and a twelve weeks' strike of fishermen on steam trawlers did not prevent 1918 from be- ing the most suocessful season experi- enced in years by Boston fishing com- panies, according to the annual report of the Boston Fish Bureau, rmde public y. \ Arrivals In 1918 numbered 2,820, bringing '97,176,084 pounds of ground fish and 12,080,987 pounds of other fish, principally. mackerel and swordOsh. The report says this catch establishes Boston as the world's leading fishing port sur- passing Grimsby, England. Fishermen earned high wnges, the re- port says, the schooner Frances S. Grue-b- y, with a gross stock of $130,000, lead- ing Uie fleet. Capt Enos Klckerson was master and each member of the crew earned about 23,500. Receipts of swordflsh declined, but haddock and codfish were abundant Che fleet numbered 330 vessels. In- cluding sixteen steam trawlers. Of the twenty-nin- e fishing- - craft sunk by sub- marines, the majority \lied to Boston. LEWIS DEFENCE OUTLINED. Motormnn to Contend Articles on Hall Caused It. ft. T. Wreck. Anthony Lewis, motorman of the B. R. T. train which was wrecked In the Mai-bon- e street tunnel, Brooklyn, last No- vember, with a Iops of ninety Uvea will depend for Ills defence agalnn the charge of manslaughter, for which he Is on trial In tho Supreme Court at Mlneola, L. I., upon the contention that the de- railment was caused by some article tlwown upon the track from above This fact became apparent at the trial yesterday through questions asked by Lewis J. Smith, Lewis's attorney. Police Inspector McElroy, who had charge of the preservation of the wreck evidence for two days after the disas- ter, was d by Mr, Smith, who offered a Police Department photo- graph In evidence. The picture showed an object lying across the third rail not far from the wreckage, and the Inspector was asked if It was not a stick and if a piece ot wood could have not been thrown Into the tunnel by children In tho street above. Inspector McElroy ad- mitted that such a thing was possible but maintained that the object In the photograph was a piece of the third rait A chisel found upon the track, to- gether with a heavy piece of Iron, will figure In the defence, which Is expected to open to-d- you must! Famous Aco, \Who Got 26 Foe Brings Down Ills First American Audionco. Capt Eddie Rlckenbacker, leading, American ace, who accounted for tweni ty-si- x German planes, brought down his flrst American audience In his first lec- ture last night at the Metropolitan Opera House. Although Capt Rlckenbacker made It plain that the Ninety-fourt- h Aero Squadt ron his own was tho best on the American front bringing down sixty nine Germans at a cost of only fourteen American pilots, he was reticent con- cerning his own contributions to the squadron bag. He told stories of watch- ing from the air before dawn the flashss of flame which Indicated a great bar- rage before an offensive; of dodging \flaming onions.\ balls of burning phos- phorus' which would bring a plan down In flames: of single combats and general engagements In the air, of sudden crashes and miraculous escapes. To Lieut White of the 14Tth Aero Squadron Capt Rlckenbacker gave the palm for exhibiting the greatest bravery. \Three of our squadrons,\ he said, \the Twenty-sevent- h, the 147th and our own Tiat In the ring- - outfit were flying together toward a couple of German balloons we had been ordered to down when we ran Into two clouds of German Fokkers coming from opposite directions. The 147th was flying away from the rest of us so I gave chase to warn them of, the coming danger. I saw ono of the Germans dive down on a plane In the rear of the formation headed by Lieut. White, That plane was piloted by an Inexperienced young chap who had never been over the front before. I saw Lieut White turn and make for the assaulting German. His machine guns must have Jammed, for he stopped firing after a few snots. He kept going, however, and met the German head on at a com-blne- d speed of 250 miles an hour. \Tho air seemed full of flying bits) ot planes. The, wings were shattered to pieces, the two fuselages, locked toi gather, went down thousands of feet In flames, and both pilots, of course, wers killed. For sheer bravery 1 don't think, that feat ever was surpassed. The sad part of It was that this was to havo been, the last flight made by Lieut White be-- , fore returning to New York to see his wife and two children.\ In the eame general fight Capt Rlok enbacker himself took a hand. Ho saw a Fokker diving with an American pilot following firing bullets downward and followed In turn by another Fokker also spitting tracer and lead bullets. \Rick\ swooped after this man and of the four dashing downward only he survived, the two Germans and tho other American crashing to the ground. A motion picture of a combat between an American pilot and a German ooe, taken over the German lines from a plane piloted by Capt. Rlckenbacker also waR shown. The American won. The lecture was under the auspices of the American Fund for French Wounded. Dr. Henry Van Dyke Intro- duced Capt Rlckenbacker. eDth's Wounded Hntertalneg. Wounded men from the old Sixty-nint- h Regiment, now tho HSth Infantry, were guests of honor at a reception yesterday afternoon tn the Knights of Columbus Longacre Square hut The men werj treated tn an auto ride around the city before attending the reception, which was under tho auspices of the League of Catholic Women. Mrs. George W. Lott was hostess. WONDER-MIS- T The Sprayer Polish Cleans and polishes your car in IS minutes. Simply spray over the dust, mud, or grease, wipe off with cheesecloth dampened with water, then polish with a dry cheesecloth. Also use in the home for furniture, woodwork, and floors. Day WONDER. MIST (root your Auto Supply. Furniture. Drug or Hardware Dealer. TUB WONDER. MIST MPO. CO. D4o. Mais. Mr. nnd Mrs. Manhattan: , You must send your old clothes to the brnve men, women nnd children of Europe who suffered for free- dom. The Red Cross is waiting for them. The fol- lowing three stations will receive bundles of clothing until 5 P. M. Saturday: 9 Union Square 7 East 36th Street Broadway at 68th Street 1 PER MONTH ON Fourth Avenue, cer. 25th StiMl II D! BTeiPC AC FWridp St, ter. Rltinrien St rLCUlSil Uf EoU (Wen Street, cor. Ea.es St PERSOMflL PROPERTY aH\\' THE PROVIDENT LOAN SOCIETY I ; SJ Ar., ter. be&,nJ!on 3i- - A\ OF NEW YORK -- , UltO.N X Cmce IloUTit S A. M. to S P. M, Ceurtlandt Av., tor. 148lh St ftttttrcfaia, 9 A. M. to 4 P. U.; buooulyn from Ant Saturday tn June to hrtt Smith St, cer. Lirinptoo St Saturday tn September, both In. Graham At., cer. DebetoU St r.lutite, 9 A. M.tol P, M. Pitkin Av., ter. Rotkaviy At.
