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.J - ' f / i % Assocfated Press Service C o v e r ing W o r ld’s E v e iits in Every Isswe o f THE GAZETTE. EIGHT PAGES EVERY RAX. ^ r Largest Circulation in Port Jervis attd Surrounding Territory. The Weather R ^ o r t, ■WJasliington, March 22— FSstlr tonight and Sunday. '’Colder to night. - VOL. L., 1^0. 265 PORT JERVIS, N. Y., SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 1919 PRICE THREE G B W m SPECIAL SESSION OF-CONGRESS Senate May be Called Before—Presidenl Wilson Considering Speaking Tour in States of Objecting Senators (B y A s s o c iated P r e s s ) . h is departure. H e h a s reach e d no de- P a r is, F r iday— special session o f vision regard ing th e auestion, ^ ho-\y- . ever, and is reservin g th e sh a p in g of th e A m e r ican con g r e s s w ill probaDly -u h is cotirse u n til h e h a s m o r e d=®hmte he called ab o u t th e m iid d le of return, d a t e w h e n P r e s id e n t W ilson hopes tO | H e is k e e p ing in touch With d e v e l- retu r n to th e U n ited States. opm e n ts of sen tin ien t at hom e tow a r d ' i f th e peace treaty ie sufficiently ad- ‘he Leag-ue o f xXations. I f th e eitua- , ^ tion appears to dem a n d such action, it vanced to w a r r a n t .s u c h course, a sp e - u „ u k o iy th a t sh o r tly a f ter h is c ia l session of t h e senate m a y be call- he tvill .m a k e a n extend e d ed even earlier to afford it opportunity ^ipeaking tour p r e s e n tin g h is view s di- to deal w ith th is su b ject b e fore being rectly to voters in sta t e s w h o s e sepn- called upon to direct its atten tion to tors are opposed to ratification. other im p o r tant m a tters, ch ief of ----------- w h ich w ill be finances. It is held u n - iJalifax, M arch 22— T h e allies m u st n e c e s s a r y for P r e s id e n t W ilson to be chdose betw e e n Ita ly and Ju g o -Slavs, in W a s h in g ton when' th e call for such G eneral G u g lielm e tti, m ilitary attach e a special session is issued for th is m a y of the Italian, em b a s s y at W a s h ington be cabled from P a r is in advance of declared ir ^ n address here last night. Distillers to Bring Suit After Peace is Signed A plan by d istillers of the U n ited States to test the con s titu tion a lity of th e w a r tim e prohibition act and th e fedex'al prohibition am e n d m e n t, to - g e t h e t m t h annou n c e m e n t by counsel for the brew e r s th a t a m a ss of in for m a tion w a s being gathered as to w h a t constituted intoxicating beverages, m a r k e d today the latest develop m e n ts in agitation by w e t elem e n ts. Since th e annou n c e m e n t earl^' th is w e e k by counsel for brew e r s relative to th e m a n u facture and sale of 2 3-4 per cent beer, it h a s been expected that action w o u ld be . taken by the distillers in an- effort to upset the pro hibition law s. A suit to test th e em e r gency ]>rohibition law after th e treaty of peoce hits been signed w ill be a r ranged by Levy M ayer, of Chicago, coun.sel for the distillers, it has been announced. It W'as fu r th e r announced that the outcom e of referendum elections in th irteen states -where th e r e have been mCONTROL to Prevent Shortage MAJ. PETERSON WOUNDED WILL BURe TODAY Military Funeral is Held at Only Six of Twenty-seventh Honesdale H o n e sd a le, Penn., M a rch 21. — A m ilitary fu n e r a l w ill be held a t h is hom e h e r e tom o r r o w for M a jor D a v id McKel-vy P e terson, th e A m e r ican ace Who w a s killed in th e fa ll of. h i s air- t)lane a t Sea B r e e z e , F la., last Sunday. T h e body h a g larrlyed from Florida^ accom p a n ied b y a m ilitary escort ‘ o f aviators from Cfarlstrom F ield ; ' all W a y n e county m e n w h o h a v e returned h o m e from service h a v e been\ r e q u e s t ed to atten d in uniform . M e m b e r s - o f th e cla s s of 1915 o f U e h igh U n iverm ty and th e local N a tion a l Guard com p a n y w ill attend and B u r g e s s R e t t e w has isr- sued a p r o c lam a tion ask in g th a t all business houses in th e borough close betw e e n th e hours o f 1- and 2 o’clock. A n o ther m o u r n e r a t th e funeral w ill be L ieu t e n a n t C h a rles D o lan, one o f the few surviving m e m b e r s of th e L a fayette E s e a d r ille, w h o w a s a friend of M ajor P e terson from th e tim e th e y began flyihg in F r a n c e . T h e funeral service w ill be held in the .Prei-byterian church at W hich th e P e v . W. H. Sw ift, th e pastor, wfll o f ficiate, after w h ich burial w ill take place in Glen Dybery cemetery. P lan s for b u ild in g a hospital, w h ich H o n e sd a le needs badly, have been un- :ore Coa! lust Be Produced SS: , idea of nam in g th e inst;itution th e j P e terson M e m o r ial H o s p ital is b e in g seriously considered. NEW LONG DISTANQ N e w York, M a rch 21. — O n ly six m e n out o f 1,253 w o u n d e d m e m b e r s o f th e T w e n ty-seven th D ivision have ad m itted th a t th e y are in c a p a b le of particip a tin g in th e hom e c o m in g p a rad e on F if t h a v e n u e n e x t T u e sday, Com. D o r o thy C. S m y ley o f th e A m e r ican, R e d Gross declared ton igh t. C o m m a n d e r S m y ley w ill h a v e ch a r g e ’ o P t h e h a n d lin g -o f th e w o u n d e d m e n during th e ir sta y here. P la n s for th e care of th e w o u n d ed; m a n y o f w h o m are b e in g transported to N e w Y o r k from h o s p itals in W a s h ington , P h ilad e lp h ia, B u ffalo and other cities w e r e annou n c e d ton igh t by th e R e d Cross. T h e w o u n d e d m e n w ill be placed near th e head o f th e parade about 800 of th e m rid in g in 850 autom o b iles flying the R e d Cross flag and th e d ivisional insignia. T h e cars w ill be driven by R e d Cross m o tor corps w p m e n in “squads form a tio n ,” four abreast and 10 ixaces apart. Several hundred of th e slig h t ly in jured are expected to m a r c h . Supplies of hot chocolate, sand- L o n d o n , M a rch 22— D e tails w e r e o f ficially pub lish e d tod a y o f a rem a r k able lon g distance flight perform e d r e cen tly by th e B r itish non-j:igid airship U. S. E leven . The voyage took tliu, form o f a circuit em b r a c ing th e coast o f Denmark, Schleswig-Holstein, He- logoland, N o r th G erm a n y , and H o l- The tr^p, characterized b y u n f a v c * — able .w e a th e r and th e r e f o r e is regardf- ed a s p e r h a p s th e m o s p , n o t a b le im - dertaken.. T h e to ta l len g th o f th e ro u n d tr i p -was tw e lve, hundred and e i g h t y - ® ^ m iles; tim e fo r t y and a h a l f iioursi. 50UWMAKERS READY TO QUrr Willing to Test League of Na tions Plan W a shington, M arch 21— The U n ited States fuel adm in is tratin is sin g in g its sw a n song. T e n tatively, and in a ^ m inor Key, it is ad v isin g people to or der n e x t w in ter’s coal now . “ U n less production is stim u lated ax th is tim e , a serious sh o r tage m a y he expected w h e n cold w e a t h e r .com es again ,'’ is the burden. The fuel adm in is tration is m a in t a in ing- a sk e leton organization. It sem - ployes expect to quit April 1, the end of t h e presen t coal year, and leave the vast build ing w h ich has been the scen e of th e ir activities ill charge of a property custodian. W h e ther th e fuel * adm in is tration shouid m a k e a spring cam p a ign to in duce people to order th e ir coal early, wa.s the .stibject of consid e r a b le de- Ilu^'ing no furl'her c-ontrol over pric es— n e v e r h a v in g had any su c h con trol, some, em p loyes of th e fu e l ad m inistration aver— th e stalT w h ich re callin g for a popular vote on dry enactm e n t, w o u ld precede an y a c tion to bring about a judicial review of the eighteenth am endm ent. D istillers have been advised by Mr. M ayer th a t in states h a v in g referendum law s and whose legislatu r e s have ratified th e am e n d m e n t th e ratification -would be of no effect unless a m a jority of th e votes cast in the elections favored th e am endm ent. ^ The suit of the distillers, it w a s said. CAUSE OF ACTION Frank Brown Sued A. E. Pow ers for $2,000 filed or ar in circulation ptitions . „ , • 4 .- hon'^ m a ins on duty is nq^ officiating w ith , , it th a t w a y , h u t th e r e is little indica- wouffi be again s t the oollector sure^ness and authority. Its statem e n ts are' guarded, and fu ll of conditional^ clauses. If orders are not placed little mining- w ill be done. If there is not m u c h m ining there is lik e ly to be a coal shortage in th e fail, i f there is a coal shortage prices w ill soar, for there w ill be no sort of control to keep them dow n . W o u ldn’t it be more profitable for th e oi>erators to see th a t th e r e is an adequate supply? T h e y m igh t S60 o f internal revenue and the ‘fed e r a l d istrict aU o r n e y in som e appropria'fe district. W o rd t h a t a mas.-= of testim o n y , m e d ical and legal, w a s Ixdn.g gathered for th e purpose of show ing that beer of 2 3-4 per cent alcoh o lic conten t can n o t legally be described as in toxicat ing, w a s given by Emory- R. Buckner, associated w ith E lih u R o o t and U'lll- iam D. G u thrie as coun.sel for the 1 brew ing interests. “■We have found th a t there i.s a great deal of m e d ical opinion tu the effect th a t heer w ith 2 3-4 per cent of alcoh o l is not intoxicatin g ,” Mr. Buc-k- ner said. “M any em inent m e d ical m en could be called in suppoi't of this. In addition to such expert testim o n y , w e' w ill have th e testim o n y of w o r k in g m e n and other laym e n , w h o can speak from know ledge, and from settlem e n t workers w h o have observed t h e results o f th e use o f beer o f th is type.” The only legal au th o r ity w h ich has been found on th e question, it w a s said by an official o f th e U n ited States B r e w e r s ’ A s s o c iation, w a s th e prac tice in th e dry state of M a ine o f to l erating beverages con tain in g less th a n three per cen t of alcoh o l. In a d e c is ion las D e c e m b e r in a m inor court in th a t state, it w a s said, it w a s held th a t one w h o sold a bex'erage con tain in g 2.45 per cen t of alcoh o l w a s not v io la t in g th e M a ine law s again s t in toxi- ■ , ' • m cants. ' ‘ It w a s fur|;'her said th a t th'e rule, of acquitting defen d a n ts under th e M a ine 'la-svs, if th e y proved th a t th e hiquor th e y sold had less than three per cent of alcoh o l had been in effect about fifteen years. ■ i WEATHER PREDICTIONS A FOR NEXT WEEK W a s h ington , M a r c h ,22— N e x t w e e k ’s iii^ w e a th e r in d icates low tem p e r a ture a t th e b e g in n in g o ^ t h e w e e k ; w a r m e r by ' W e d n e sday, and moderate temperature thereafter. G e n e r a lly fa ir except for rain s in th e m id d le o f th e w e e k . b ig operators w h o are least active, and the little operators, w ith larger costs, w h o are m ining coal. , T h e fa c t is th a t tw o influences held up th e m in in g of coal la s t w inter. One w a s th e epidem ic of influenza. W hich got its start in O ctober and continued for several w e e k s . The other w a s the sign in g of th e arm istice— b o th the arm istice th a t w a s n o t sign e d and th e one th a t w a s, There were celebrations of i>otb w h iob seriously interrupted th e busi- nen- of m ining an th r a c ite. A fter the com ing of peace th e r e -was no in e e n - 'tive to push m in in g operations, and w o r k lagged. The operators claim th a t th e y have never been allow e d to in c r e a s e their prices com m e n s u r a te w ith t h e w a g e in creases granted. T h a t is an o th e r r e a son w h y coal prices m a y be h igh e r id theX a li. a o v e r n o r gproul o f P e n n s y l vania protes-ted a few days ago against an y _ increase in coal p r ices and^ prom ised an investigation . N e v e r t h e less the stage is set for an ascen sion and the fuel ad m in istration ’s advice to order now , rath e r th a n w a it to see if pi’ices w ill go dow n , look s good, even if few figures are available to back G oshen, IVIarch 22— At 11:40 o^olock last n igh t th e jury in t h e case of F r a n k Brow n again s t A r a E. P o w e r s , pro prietor of th e H o tel M itchell, reported a verdict of no cause of action. Som e tim e a.go, B r o w n visited the griii of the hotel and w a s ejected by Mr. P o w - Jefferson City, Mo., M arch 21— F ifty D e m o c r a tic m em b e r s of th e M issouri legislatu r e today offered to resign w ich e s and fru it w ill be carried in i if Senator Jam e s A. R e e d , D e m o c r a t, each car, and five-m inute h a lts w ill from M issouri, w o u ld resign -fronft be m a d e each h a lf-h o u r for any sp e - .the .United States senate. A fter resign - cial a tten tion th e w o u lded m a y need, ing th e legislators w o u ld run for re- - ---------- - -------- ,« ------- - ----------- - : e lection, as th e y su g g e s t R e e d should do, to force a popular vote in.M issouri on the L e a g u e of N a tions. The ch a llen g e of the legislators cam e after a series of conferences, in w h ich th e y decided to throw dow n the gau n tlet to th e senator, and at the --------- - . I sam e tim e attem p t to show th a t the Port Jervis High wias Import- N:«!:r As an alternative, it -was su g g e s ted th a t th e D e m o c r a tic state com m ittee call a convention of I'epresentatix’e D e m o c r a ts from every county in the state to give indorsem e n t to the P r e s i d e n t and his' aim s, to denounce Sena tor R e e d and to bring about a reor- ant Victory T h e P o r t Jervis h igh sch o o l five •vsmn a big basketball victory F r iday-sevening on th e sta t e arm o r y court in M iddletow n , w h e n th e y ' d e fea t e d th e N e w b u r g h h igh school team ganization of th e party.Jn th e state if conditions are found to ju s tify it. Senator R e e d w a s assailed from the floor of th e H o u s e late today by R e p resen tatives F. M. N o r m a n and C. M. w ith a final score of 19-20. The N e w burgh h igh has a fine, quick team and are all good p layers but it w a s im p o s sible for th e m to m a k e a good score a.s every w a y th e y turned a P o r t J'er- | j^dwards. D e m o c r a ts, vi.s boy w a s ready to cap y , off t h e ball. ! ..j know v/h e th e r I hat e been The large num b e r of rooters from 1 service to the state as a repre- ^ P o rt Jervis, N e w b u r g h and M iddle- gentative,” said Norm a n , “but T b e lieve fi's. He claim e d th a t he w a s injured • tow n w e r e kept in a state of uncer- ^ j j-now of no greater service w e could to' >uch an extent that $2 000 w a s due | th r o u g h th e gam e , as th e -perform , if the senator w ill tender his The def nd 1 w a s a tie. The h e a r ty cheers of ; r e signation , than to ten d e r our resig- j the you n g people rent th e h a ll tim e r.ations to th e governor and .go before - and again. The first score w a s m a d e , people of M issouri on th is issue, by N e w b u r g h , hut w a s closely fo llo w - j could th e n get .rid of w h a t has ed by a b a s k e t for P o r t Jervis. H o p - ; i^een a nuisance in th e state for som e pey. P ish, P a tterson, and K e lly Were ' years. bn the team and did som e g r e a t .t e a m j R e p r e s e n tative F r a n k F a r r is today work. Just w h e n N e w b u r g h w a s ready ^nade public letters he said he had re-■ to to fs the ball to one of her m en, it ceived from St.. L o u is attorneys indors- w o u ld land to a Port Jervig boy w h o . action of th e conference in w o u ld Quickly toss it to a basket. ^ c a llin g upon Senator R eed to resign.. H o p p e y and Nyael deserve sp e c ial j m e n tion as th e y did som e cred itable ‘ playing. ■ The individual score w a s as fOllOWSI F i r s t H a lf P. J. H. S.— H o p p e y , If, 2; P a tterson c, 2; Nyce. Ig, 4; F ish, rg, 2i K e lly, rf, 0;'total 10. N e w b u r g h — B e llinger, If, 0; D e c k e r , c, 2: W o o d , ]g, 2; Brow n , rg, 0; Coons- rf, 5; total 9, Sevond H a lf P. J. H. S.— H o p p e y , If, 6; P a tterson c, 0; N y c e , Ig, 2; P ish , rg, 0; K elly^ rf, 2; total 10. N e w h u r g h — B e llinger, 2; D e c k e r , c. 4; W o o d , Ig, 0; Brow n , rg, 0; C oons j rf, 4; total 10. him from Mr. Pow ers, ant, how ever, claim e d th a t B r o w n be cam e j ? o abu.siv-e th a t it w a s nece'ssary to eject him . T h e case w a s begun at 1:30 o’clock in the aftern o o n and w e n t to th e jury at- e leven o’clock a t night. F o r ty m in u tes later, th e y reported no cause of action. •, cal C topra I r ISJECEIVED Moderator Smith Sets Hour at Two P. M. Tomorrow WILSON WILL BHRBITER Will Decide on Disposal of Fiume Paris, F r iday— ^Tt. is probable th a t the entire question of t h e Italian -Ju g o Slav counter claim s to F iu m e w ill go before P r e s ident W ilson for consid e r a tion and solu tion, Its xemovall as a serious danger mark in the conference proceeding's is hoped for, it was ssaifl tonigh t. It is expected'he will pre^tent so m e plan Sunday. The fo llow in g “Gall to P r a y e r ”' w a s received by R e v . E. R. K r u izenga last evening: , “On th e aftern o o n of Sunday, the 2 3rd of M arch, P r e s b y terians w ill face a great test, one of the greatest'in the history of t h e P r e s b y terian church, the hundred and th irty thousand w o r k e r s wil then und e r take to raise the funds necessary in fh e great struggle of C h ristianity, for the restoration and regen e r a tion of a chaotic w o r ld, the <'hristianizatioii of peoples w h o m o re lOUYENIRSARE COlNaY TON Soldiers Are Keeping The Mails Bnsy W a s h ington , M a rch 21. — T h e m a il service from F r a n c e th e s e days is a souvenir service, in w h ich relics m a y be m e a s u r e d by th e ton. G erm a n h e lm e t sare m o st common* j th e num b e r brought back by the post office d e p a r t m e n t approacM n g 500,4 P o b ' j e n L L a sconberser A r b e w - j «»»• , The Practice now aiopted for ! the sake of sim p licity, is for the send- 'ife f e r e e , Mr. D o w n ing, physical in- «norckP,.ner i addressed, to th e h e lm e ts and / F inal score 20-H i. H ill -was put in as su b s titu te titan ever, before need help ana .uUt- , -ucto^ | ance. T h e r e fore, I sum m o n th4 w h o le m e m b e r ship of th e church to prayer at tw o o’clock on th e afternoon of th a t day. I Peg you to ask your people, w h e r e v e r t h e y m a y be a t th a t hour, to put all other m a tters asid e and for' the space o f five m in u tes d e v o u tly and ear nestly p r a y for D ivine help and gu id ance in th is crisis. E x h o r t all to pray for the one h u n dred and th irty thousand w o r k e r s w h o are about to go f o r t h in God’s service; th a t ^ h e y m a y be inspired to su c c e s s fu lly perform th e tasks they have un dertaken. E x h o r t a ll to pray for w h o m th e s e w o r k e r s go, h e a r ts m a y be resp o n s ive to the call of the church. > E x h o r t all to pray th a t the church ut;d all agen c ies o f th e church m a y j be m a d e fit and p o tent in th is hour of I sur*reme responsibility. T h e r e fore, I sum m o n you to unite I a 11 in a com r a d e s h ip of intercession 1 w ith God for H is consecration of the Garrol: tim e k e e p e r , V. E n n is. M u sic for d a n c ing w h ich -was en joyed until a l^te hour, w a s furnished by M rs. (John Po-«n’ie, piano; M ary H a y n e s, violin ; and Jacob B a u er. The P o r t Je^^vis team h a v e only W a l den to d e f e a t and th e county ch a m pionship -\vill com e to th is city. The team w a s taken to M iddletow n by Mr. Edw a r d H u n t in h is car, A large num b e r of th e ears P o r t Jervis people lo a d e d w ith yoUng people w e r e taken over to see th e gam e. The 6:40 train w a s crow d e d w ith rootoTs. N e w b u r g h also had a fine crow d o f rooters w h o did their th o s e to,' best to lead their team to victory, but th a t th e ir { w ithout result. The Southern Tier E x - press carried a num b e r of tired, but happy you n g people to this city early th is m o rning. JURY STILL DELIBERATES IN O’LEARY TRIAL Ne-wL'York, ’ M a r ch 22 — T h e jury hosL of Zion, to th e m igh t y task be- j w h ich deliberated, eleven hours yester- \ su c c e s s in our . d a y in th e case of Jerem iah O’Lear.V, * lift m e n ’s sou ls from ' . • P r a c tically, for th e fii-st tim e sir.ee* ! it has been under fire for poor m a il service bet-ween the A. E. F. and the hom e folks, the post office d e p a r t ment today opened up and described the problem on w h ich it has been w o r k ing. . . . “M a il leavin g th is country address- ^ ed to th e expeditionary fojefes ow n ed by jurisdiction o f the post office departm e n t into th a t of th e arm y w h e n it leaves N e w York. The arm y collects the sold iers’ m a il through approxim a tely 150 arm y nost offices th r o u g h o u t FrSLii.ce, :.making the letters up in packages by states, and delivers it to officials of th e post office departm e n t at B o r d e a u x and Brest. B e fore being dispatched to the U n ited States all m a il is. sorted and m a d e 'up for d irect| dispatch to cities and railw a y until routes in this country. OVER BILLIONiNGOME TAXES ARE COLLECTED fore them , for m o v e m e n t to chaos and despair and gath e r th e m into the fold of peace and C h ristianity. . (Signed) J. FRANK ^ H T h , Moderator o l the General Assembly, W a s h ington , M a rch 22— C o llections charged w ith v iolatin g th e esp ion a g e from th e first quarterly in s tallm e n t of vesuffiea w o v . t h . a f ter ; r u r / r o ' ; c « 0 ^ r r 4 ’rn‘ero^^ a n i g h t s rest a t a hotel. T h e jifrors collection districts. Internal sen t w o r d th e y had no m e s s a g e fo r C o llector R o p e r announced of She Presbyterian Church, judge Hand, who presided at the l^ial. today..' ; TEN THOUSAND WOMEN ' ENROLLED FOR PRIMARY G oshen, M a rch 21.— Of th e to t a l num b e r of enrolled voters in Orangei county, th e r e are 10,151 w o m e n e n - . rolled. T h is w a s annou n c e d to d a y by C o m m issioner of E lection s Join t E, U o r w in, w h o h a s recently com pleted, -the exam ination o f th e en rolm e n t ballots. The w o m e n v o t e r s are divided as follow s : Fii*st Assembly D istilct-. ■ N e w b u r g h , 2,000; M o n tgom e r y 577; towm of N e w b u r g h , 334; B loom ing Grove, 244; ' N e w W indsor, 13T; Cornw a ll, 367; C raw ford, 196; H ig h lands, 2 82; H a m p tonhurgh, 74; total for district 4,213. Second A s s e m b ly D istrict Middleto)vn,' 2,124; P o r t Jervis; 791: W a r w ick, 649; W a U k lll, 2TS; M onroe, 325; Chester. 243, Mr.. H o p e , 144; Tuxedo. 228; D e e r p a r k ,. W oodbury, 198,’ M inisink, ■Wawa-yanda, 144:' G r e e n v ille, 545^' Goshe»i.,town, 424, Unable to Appear ^ ® ^ ™ Unfayorabk Weather Conditions, SPEEDY TRIAL OFD^WILKIS lawyers on Beth Sides Anx ious to Get it Over A xDlea of not gu ilty w a s d u ly en tered by h is counsel, C h a r les N . W y - song, yesterd a y w h e n Dr. W a lter W ilkins, indicted on th e ch a r g e off having- m u r d e red his w ife a t Long- B e a c h , L. I,, on F e b r u a r y 27, w a s ' c a n ed to an s w e r the ■ in d ictm e n t before Justice Seeger in the Suprem e Court a t M ineola. D istrict A ttorney W e e k s of N a s s a tt county i.s an x ious to place Dr. W ilk ir^ on trial in May, w h e n the n e x t t e r m off the suprem e court convenes t h e r e , a n d Mr. W y song, w h o once h e ld th e sara© office th a t Mr, W e e k s doe«j said y e s terday that he sh a r e s in th e d e s ire foir an early tx'ial. H e is certain W ilkins w ill be acquitted. A fter consulting w ith Dr. W ilkinss - yesterday he said: “P r o m w h a t I have seen and h e a r d from Dr. W ilkins I am deeply im p r e s s ed w ith a b e lief in his in n o c e n c e . H iS is one of the saddest oases I h a v e ev e r encountered. H ere is a m a n adv^ane- ed in years and w h o has alw a y s led a. b lam e less life, charged w ith a m o n strous crim e w h ich it is in c r e d ib le'th a t he could h a \ e com m itted. H e is in anything- but robust h e a lth, and h i s w ife, w^itli w h o m he lived in en-fcire harm o n y , -v^-as his nurse as w e ll as h is com p a n ion. “H e had n o th in g to gain by th e death of h is w ife and one m igh t sa y eversrthing. to lose. It w a s sh e -wh® persuaded himi to give up M s m e d ieaf practice, and he has n.ot even th a t ta fall back on now .” — Some of the afternoon no-wspaper& yesterday carried, on th e authority off one of the operatives o f th e W i ii ia i a 3. Burns detective agency, a story t® the effect th a t there w a s ev id e n c e that Dr. W ilkins w a s in terested im. som e other wom a n ju s t b e f o r e tfe©. death of his w ife. “T h a t story,” said Mr. Wysong, “isi pure'' fabrication, or rath e r imptisr^a fabrication, from b e g innin g to end;., A n o ther w o m a n is the last m o tiv e in . the w o r ld im p u table to Dr, W ilM n ^ who, in addition to being eld e r ly. Is practically an in v a lid .’’ To a k e e p e r in the county ja il a t M ineola, w h e r e he w ill be k e p t u n t i i . his trial. Dr. W ilk in s com p lained y e s terday that there w a s no justifica-tioat for his being in custody. “M y w ife and I alw a y s got on h a p - • pily,” he said. “AVe never had a quar rel or a disagreem ent'.’’ Dr. W ilk in s had a h a lf hour o f d e pression and w e p t during part o f it yest 6 rda 3 --, but in the m a in, w a s ch e e r ful, seeming- to gain confidence fro m the several con feren c e s w h ich h is l a w - j’ers had with him . H e said la s t n i g h t that he also w a s an x iou s for a sp e e d y trial, as it w a s his opinion th a t a prcfc- tracted stay in jail w o u ld -wreck 'hiS: healtli. \V.
