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New-York tribune., 1919-07-02
Wilkins Death
Rope Mystery
Still Uns0lyed
State Commission to Meet
at Mineola Tuesday to
Take Testimony; Sheriff
Asked to Make Report

Stoff Correspondence
MlNEOLA, L. l., July 1.-How DR..
Waite: X. Wilkins got the rope with
which he hanged himself in the jail
here Sunday night Is still mystery.
The Investigations started by county
officials have failed to produce any
thing that would indicate that the aged
physician was aided from the outside
The outstanding discovery to- day was
that another prisoner in the jail con-
templated hanging himself and had
constructed a rope eight feet In length
from mis- bed sheet. The prisoner
Arthur Wooden, negro from Glen
Cove, is awaiting trial on an Indictment
charging him with the murder Of his
wife about two months ago.
Sheriff Seaman ordered an inspection
of all the cells in the jail which led
to the finding of the cumsiy CON
structed sheet rope in Wooden's cell
The cell is in the same tier where Dr.
said ne had asked County Judge Smith
the sanity Of Wooden,
What looked like good clue as to
Row Or. Wilkins obtained the rope was
obtained through the testimony of W
j. Wyman, a Federal prisoner, who said
that Harry Smith, trusty, told him
he knew how DR.. wilkins obtained the
rope.
Saw Similar Rope in Kitchen
Wyman testified Smith took him to
the prison kitchen and showed him q
piece Of rope similar to that used in
the suicide. The witness said that
Smith declined to tell how Dr. wilkins
got the rope, but promised to tell later
when the whole matter blew over
Smith was Immediately summoned to
the hearing and placed on the witness
stand, He said while he was cleaning
the cabinet in the kitchen yesterday
he noticed the rope and came to the
conclusion that the suicide rope was
cut from it.
The rope was about the same weight
as used by the physician, but examina-
tion revealed that it had more strands
in it. After this discovery Coroner
Jones adjourned the hearing.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-02

speech and press and the establishment
of bureau for the promoting Of in
dustrial councils to bring employers
and workers together.
Other recommendation call for an
inquiry by experts with view to early
legislation in respect to proportional
presentation in Parliament and state
insurance against sickness, unemploy-
ment and old age. The report saws
many employers agree with the work
ers as to the need Of a change in the
basis of industry, but that there is a
difference of opinion as to methods.
In regard to collective bargaining
and organization in unions the report
says:
THE commission believes that the
day has passed when an employer
should deny his employees the right to
organize-a right claimed by employ
crs themselves and not denied bv the
workers. Employers gain nothing by
opposition, because the employees or
ganize' anyway, and refusal only leaves
in their minds a ranking sense of
injustice. The prudent employer will
recognize such organization and deal
with It's duly accredited representa-
tives."
New-York tribune., 1919-07-02

were increased yesterday. Single rooms
will be s. instead of 81, az in the past,
and double rooms will be 81, instead Of
S.. In the dining room lemonade was
selling for 20 cents glass and orange
ade hit the 50-cent mark a. 5 o'clock
At the Knickerbocker bar at 6 o'clock
the receipts were about s25, it was
said. Ordinarily $500 to $1,000 was
taken in up to thaat time daily. Only
2.75 beer was on sale there. ~e
The Hotel Astor bar opened at 4
o'clock, selling nothing but 2.75 beer.
At the Claridge about SIS was taken
in over the bar in the afternoon Room
rates were boosted at this hotel. Fcod
prices also advanced. Five cents has
been added to last weeks price list on
each article of food, it was said.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-02

four customers you see standing IL
front OF the bar have been drinking
milkshakes all afternoon
Though the bars in the Biltmore
Hotel opened early in the day, bar
tenders said there the largest check
called for Go cents. Ten dollars was
taken in up to that time daily. Only
afternoon sag more. !. lunch counter
has been installed in the lounge bar at
the Biltmore.
lunch counter will also be installed
in the bar room of the Waldorf-Astora.
Nothing but 2.75 per cent beer was
sold there yesterday The receipts, or
dinarily $1,000 to 1900 at 5 o'clock,
were we'll below the $50 mark, it was
said.
Room rates at the Waldorf
New-York tribune., 1919-07-02
Commission Meets
Special Corrcspo,sdence

= P'VV't1 0'7I 71"77O777' ITO"
OSSINlNG, July IA meeting of the
State Commission Of Prisons, to inves-
tigate conditions that permitted Dr.
Walter X. Wilkins to commit suicide
in the Nassau County Jail, was neld
behind closed doors in Sing Sing prison
to-day without, apparently, accomplish
ing much. An inquiry, to be held at
Mincola next Tuesday, was announced.
All the commissioners declined to
discuss the Wilkins suicide. The COM
mission issued statement telling of
the appointment Of committee of
three members to investigate "alleged
lax conditions of management in the
Nassau County Jail
New-York tribune., 1919-07-02
French Buy U. S. Army Tools
To Replace Loot of Germans

LONDON. July LA Construction
Metallique de Belgique, according to
Reuter- dispatch from Brussels. has
purchased from the United States
army all the machine tools it used IN
France. The prices to be paid Will be
those Of 1914. increased by about IS
per cent. The buyers of the tools, 1t
is added, will have credits for three
wears at a moderate rate of interest,
These terms, however. Will apply
only 10 goods used to replace those
taken by the Germans.
The Washington times., 1919-12-08
CHAIR TO REPLACE MOOSE
HERE SOON, IS INDICATION
House Ready To Act On Electroeu.
ton Bill Recently Passed
By Senate.

Now that the Senate has passed 4
bill abolishing hanging a. capital
punishment and substituting electro
cution. similar action 10 expected on
the part OF the House In the near fu-
ture.
About. once In every three or four
years, sometimes longer, . hang
mans moose 10 prepared for use at
the District Of Columbia jail. War;
Gus States gradually began to aeoi-
ish hanging as "barbarous," but the
District authorities clung to the old
custom regardless of the new aee
creeping in.
Then Senator Dial OF South Car.
olina came to the Senate and was
appointed to the District Committee.
Senator Dial is a humanitarian and
does not believe in hanging a.
capital punishment. About the first
bill he introduced was one to pro-
vide for electrocution in the District
He called up his bill in the Senate
yesterday and obtained its passaee
without debate. The House, IL is un-
derstood, is ready to act upon II.
The Washington times., 1919-12-08
TEN-YEAR TERM GIVEN
FOR HIGHWAY ROBBERY

Elias J. Newton. young colored
man was sentenced to ten years IN
the penitentiary by Justice Stafford
presiding in Criminal Court. No. =.
yesterday. Newton was convicted Of
robbery for stealing the pocketbook
June last of Julius Kaufman.
Mamie L. McClain, colored. received
q sentence Of one year in jail for
grand larceny. She stole April % last
a lot of wearing apparel rom Melville
L. Fischer Edward J. Stewart. SOL
ored who had served overseas in he
army will serve one year in jail for
forgery. Stewart was employed in
the War Department as a messenger.
He forged the name of his superior
officer to a check for $50. and male
an attempt to cash it.
Joseph NJ. Robinson. colored was
to one year in Jail for joy
William T. West and Sam
uel e. Jackson, both colored, received
a sentence OF six months in jail each
for Joy riding. Louis Randall, col
ored. who was convicted of feloni"Is
assault of a colored school teacher
last spring was septenced to fifteen
years in the penitentiary. A motion
for a new trial by his attorney was
overruled.
The Washington times., 1919-12-08
BRITISH FIELD MARSHAL
ARRANCES OWN FUNERAL
Sir Evelyn Wood Selects Hymns and
Picks Grave Alongside
His Wife.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. S.-Field
Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood, V. c.. was
laid at rest Saturday in Aldershot.
Ten days before his death. while lying
Ill in bed. he personally wrote to the
undertakers at Aldershot, who con-
Quoted his wife's funeral in 1891, giv-
ing minute instructions regarding his
own interment in a grave to be dug
adjoining that holding the remains of
Lady Wood, says a copyrighted dis
patch from London to the Philadel-
phia Public Ledger.
He also went over with the chap
lain the details of the service. se-
lecting the hymns to be sung, which
were favorites of Lady Wood, the
same as rendered at her funeral.
Seven full generals and one admiral
were pallbearers at the field Mar
shars funeral and the kings wreath
of flowers was upon the chancel o. All
Saints Church.
The Washington times., 1919-12-08
PERSH|NG TO TELL
OF DIXIE IN WAR
South's Part in Conflict to Be
Reviewed Before Southern
Commercial Congress.

SAVANNAH. Ga, Dec. s.-The
it's eleventh annual convention here
today. At the same time the house
of Southern governors, composed of
the executives of sixteen States, and
the woman's auxiliary of the congress
convened.
The most important and elaborate
program in history of the organiza-
tion has been arranged. The con.
Eress will be in session until wednes-
day.
Cen John ]. Pershing. honor guest,
making the principal address of the
morning. will tell of the South's part
in the world war. A luncheon and a
banquet will be given the A. E. +. com.
mander during the day.
A thousand school children. massed
along the line OF march from the
Union Station to the De Soto Hotel,
where Pershing will make his head
quarters while here, will sing pa
triotic songs and salute the colors
as the general passes, weather per-
hitting. Overcast skies early today
threatened disarrangement of the out
ioor reception planned in Pershing's s
honor.
The slogan of the congress-"A
greater nation through greater
South'-will be sounded continu-
ously by delegates attending the con-
vention.
Problems dealing with the changed
outlook resulting from the close of
| the world war as they affect the
South will receive careful considera-
tion by the congress and house of
Southern governors.
The Washington times., 1919-12-08
GERMANS AIDING
RAD|CAL|SM HERE
Teut0n ]. w. w. Affiliate With
American Reds and Plot for
U. S. Revolution.

The German I. w w. has affiliated
itself with the American /. w. w. and
is working in support of the latter
organization to precipitate a revolu-
ton in the United States by infiuenc-
ing the dissatisfied element of Ger
mans in this country.
Reports received by the Department
or Justice today show that during
the past six weeks 10000 members
have joined the j. w. w. in Hamburg,
and that proportionate enrollments
are being made in other German
cities.
A resolution passed by the German
I. w. w. recently states:
"Our Hamburg comrades have re-
quested us to inform the German
workers living In the United states
that not single class-conscious Ger
man worker intending to return home
should leave the United States with
out joining the l. w. W. All those
workers who return to Germany as
members of the l. w. W. will be recog-
nized there as members of the Ger
man branch of the 1. w. w. The dues
paid In America will be valid in Ger
many. Also the American member
ship card"
Extending to Austria.
Reports on file at the Department Of
Justice indicate that the German
I. w. w. movement is extending to
Austria and even to Hungary.
This is the first time that actual
proof exists that the radical move
ment throughout the United States Is
receiving the active support Of Ger
man workers, and that the re-
lationship between radical orRaniza-
tions in both countries is nearly per-
feet, according to officials.
InternationaliZation of this chief
radical organization makes II possi-
BILE to pool funds raised by ii for the
overthrow Of established government
everywhere.
One of their most recent pamphlets
seized by Department Of Justice off,
cials states:
"We want to gain control over the
Industries of the country; we are car
rying our strength into battle in order
to gain sway over society. We want
The Washington times., 1919-12-08

the earth and all that IL in and above
it. And for this we are ready to
make ali kinds of sacrifces.'
According to information recently
received by the Government, the i. w.
w. will attempt to control completely
the ports of New York, Seattle, and
Philadelphia through a tremendous
increase in its enrolment of long
shoremen.
See Excellent Chance.
The report in this situation reads:
According to the secretary's report,
the organization has an excellent
chance to gain complete control in the
ports of the above mentioned cities"
To arouse their members propa-
ganda Is used to show i'll treatment Of
/. w w. agents.
Alleging brutal treatment by the
authorities of prominent agents of the
/. w. W., q report issued by the or
ganization and now in the possession
Of the Government says:
Michael Hoey was beaten within
an inch of his life at San Diego.
Samuel Chinn was brutally beaten
In the prison at Spokane and died in
consequence thereof.
Joe Hillstrom was legally mur-
dered in Salt Lake City.
Frank Little, cripple, was
lynched at Butte. Mont, by the hire
lings of the Copper trust because he
had spread progressive ideals"
Correspondence seized by Government
agents relates in detail the spread
of l. w. w. doctrines in sGermany,
Sweden, and Holland, and shows that
the organization in those countries
Is giving the domestic I. w. w. its
full support by working upon pro-
German sympathies in this country.
The Washington times., 1919-12-08
BAKER HEARS PLANTS
OF CANAL EMPLOYEES

PANAMA, Dec. S.-Secretary OF
War Baker spent Sunday listening to
complaints of representatives of the
canal employees which included claims
for quarters for 400 American fami-
lies and for the bonus on account of
the increased cost of living granted
to Government employees in the
United states
The Secretary was the guest last
evening of President Porras at a ban
quet and reception at the Union Club,
after which he expected to take a
special train to Colon and leave on
the transport Northern Pacific at Z
o'clock Monday morning for San Juan,
Porto Rico, on his way to New York
He made no comment on the Mexi-
can situation.
The Washington times., 1919-12-08
Mother and Daughter
To Dress Alike Under
Fashions 5 New Decree

CLEVELAND, Dec. s.-Youthful,
short, and straighthanging suits
will be all the vogue next spring
and summer for both mother and
daughter.
This was decreed by the styles
committee Of the National Coat
and Skirt Manufacturers Associa-
tion In convention here.
Styles next year will not be
extreme, but individual" the COM
mittee declared. Sport suits
were recommended for both
spring and summer.
Particular emphasis was placed
on the abbreviated skirt. Consid-
eraly more ebbreviation will be In
vogue. the committee decided. At
the present time the skirt cut
from fve to seven inches from the
ground is considered in good form.
The Washington times., 1919-12-08
CHILDREN PROFIT BY
SCHOOL CAMPAIGNS
Drives In Various States ProlonR
Life Of Study, Bureau
Report Says.

Back to School, and 'stay in school,
campaigns carried on in the various
States against child labor and Hitter
acy have resulted in prolonging
school time in many communities for
boys and girls who might otherwise
have had their education cut short
This is the statement made by the
Chfldren's Bureau OF the United States
Department of Labor in a bulletin
entitled. Every Child In School," The
Children's Bureau says that while
progress has been made by the cam
paigns, they have shown that in many
places school attendance and child
labor laws are not enforced.
MANY children were found to be
working in violation OF the statutes
of their States" says the bureau, land
many children of school age were in
factories because there was not suf-
ficient number of attendance officers
and factory inspectors to keep them
in school and out of industry.
'In one State 1t was found that TO-
sos children did not go tc school at
all last year. In a single district an
inspector reported LOO children as
not having had day of schooling.
''The States in which there is high
percentage of illiteracy are the States
! in which there is high percentage OF
rural child labor. There are no laws
that prohibit the employment OF
children in agriculture. and three
fourths OF all working children work
on farms
The bureau says that the million OF
more children who leave school to GO
to work are not all forced into work
by poverty. and that many of them
go to work either because they do
not realize the advantages of educa-
tion or because the schools are not
interesting enough to 60 to, or be-
cause there are not any schools to
GO to.
The Washington times., 1919-12-08
SALE OF WASHINGTON
HERALD ANNOUNCED

Announcement to the effect that
the Washington Herald had been sold
to Herbert Hoover. Walter s. Rogers.
Herman Suter. Charles r. Crane and
Julius H. Barnes was made this
morning by c. T. Brainard, who own.
ed the controlling interest in the
Herald company.
Messrs. Rogers and Suter are 'ex-
pected to manage the Herald in the
future, both having had experience
in the newspaper business in this city
The Washington times., 1919-12-08
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WINDSOR TO RUN TRoLLEYs.

s WINDSOR, Ontario, Dec. S.-This
city and five adjoining municipalities,
Wafkerville, Amerstburg. Ford, Ojib-
way, and Sanwich, voted to take over
the street railway system OF the De-
treit United Railways. The purchase
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The Washington times., 1919-12-08
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ITALIAN DUKE IMPROVES.

NAPLES. Dec. S.-Prince Alfonso
OF Braganza. Duke of Oporto, who has
been seriously i'll here, is much i'm
proved in health. He is not yet out
of danger, however, as he still suffers
rom commissions. The duke is a
brother Of the late King Carlos oi
Portugal.
The Washington times., 1919-12-08
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COTTON GINNING GAINS.

Cotton Ginned up to December 1 of
this year totaled S,s33.712 running
bales. counting round as half bales,
as compared with 9,571,414 for the
same period last year.
The Washington times., 1919-12-08
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MISS FLALOWSKI granddaughter of Kosciusko,
A'A dressed in native costume of Poland who ociated
at the christening of Poands first merchant marine
liner the steamship Kosciusko named in honor of her
illustrious ancestor.
The Washington times., 1919-12-08
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