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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-07-07
WILHELM CRAZY,
DIPLOMATS NOW
ARE BELIEVING
Too Many Offer to Become
Sacrifices for Him.

WASHINGTON, July THE ac-
ton on the part of ircLds and rcla-
tiNeS Of the former kaiser in asking
tia, they be pcrmi,tcd to stand i. his
stead has given rise 10 gossip IN dip
llmlllc circle, here that William of
lIohcnyollcn may nov be mentally
u"'mlauccd
Thus far Won Bc,hmann- lIollweg,
f1mcr imperial chancellor General
yon lIndenburg, supreme commander
OF thr German army, and five e the
sons of the former monarch have
come forward with the request that
they be put on trial rather than their
old emperor, Their haste is deemed
suspicious and may be ac,loned. It is
said. by desire To avoid the humlla-
ton and shame that would be the lo,
OF the old regime
Although the one time ruler of Ger
many and his wife are reported to be
in splendid health at Amerougcn
castle in Holland where he is prepar-
ing to saw his six thouSandih log ii
is believed in certain diplomatic
Quarers that his wood cutting might
be part Of the mental trouble with
which he is suffering.
His arraignment at thi, time. il this
were true, it is pointed out, would be
the cause OF sorrow and a tremendous
shock to the German people were they
10 discover that the mind OF their for
mer ruler was affected by the mis-
fortunes that have followed him since
the first defeat of the German armies
last summer, their consequent rout
and ultimately his abdication and
exile.
Nothing ha, been allowed by the
kaiser to interfere with the wood
saving program since his arrival at
Amerougcn castle, it is pointed out.
Even when news OF the action OF the
German national assembly in accept
ing the peace terms, including the
clause providing for his delivery 10
the alhes, was received at the Holland
estate, he was OH, at the accustomed
hour, saving wood
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-07-07
A Table Sale of Shoes, $3.45

Yes, in broken sizes, that
is why the price is broken.
There is a great variety of
styles in brown, black and
white, maybe you will find
your size. The chances are
that you will if you are here
early enough. With so many
styles involved individual
description is out of the
question.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-07-07

"The sample of soil you submit"
announced the expert, Shows ,ha,
your land is not suitable for raising
crops OF any kind" Thanks awfully "
responded the owner in that case III
subdlyide it for country villas. ~
Louisville ourier Journal.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-25
Police Declare
Fritz Confessed
In Taxicab Case
Prisoner Denies He Intended
to Kill Mrs. Coync; But
That Death ResultedFrom
Brutal Acts, 1t Is Alleged

Ernest Fritz, the Tuckahoc taxicab
driver in whose machine Mrs. Florence
Coync was found dying at ! o'clock
Sunday morning, has confessed that he
involuntarily caused the woman's death,
Assistant District Attorney Peter A..
Hating, of Bronx County, said yes
terday
Fritz denied he meant to Kill her"
the district attorney said, "but in the
presence of Captain Henry Duane, Of
the Eighth Branch Detective Bureau
and myself he confessed to brutality
which doubtless caused her death"
DR.. Otto Schultze, medical examiner
connected with the homicide bureau,
performed an autopsy, lasting three
hours, which confirmed earlier reports
of the crime.
Mrs. Coyne was still living when
Bicycle Patrolman George Leis found
the corner of Rosewood and Newhall
avenues. Mr.. Hating said the crime
was doubtless committed in the car,
probably about fifteen minutes before
the policeman arrived. She died in the
ambulance on the way to Fordham Hos
pital.
According to Fritz's alleged state
mcnt, he called Saturday afternoon for
Mrs. Coyne at Al Park Row, where she
was employed as a stenographer by
the Industrial Acceptance Corporation,
and took her with him to get car
he had recently bought. Later in the
evening they toured around. he said,
and visited several hotels, where they
had drinks.
Several persons besides Fritz and
Mrs. Coyne were in the car during the
evening, Mr.. Hating said, but they
left the pair early in the evening.
Louis +. Hartman, counsel for Fritz,
said yesterday that his clients charac-
ter is inconsistent with the commisson
Of the alleged crime.
He has been married six years, and
has a four-year- child" Mr.. Hart
man said. "Hc had never been arrested
beforc."'
Fritz will be arraigned on a charge
Of homicide IN the West Farms Court
tomorrow.
The father of Mrs. Coyne came to
New York from Tuckahoe yesterday
and identified the body. Mrs. Coyne
it is said, had several children, and
was separated from her husband.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-25
Mayor Hylan ''Bags''
UhoIe p. s. Commission

MAYOR HYLAN cut another
AvI notch yesterday in the
scattergun he uses during the
open season on Public Service
Commissioners.
The Public Service Commission
had been invited by the negnon
Company to help fill a small
grandstand the company had
erected for the parade on a sub
way construction shack at Fifty
ninth Street and Fifth Avenue.
Immediately after the detonation
Of the Mayors scattergun there
was bulge in the municipal
game bag which was precisely the
size and shape of that Degnon
Company grandstand. The city,
it was announced, had confscated
the stand.
It's generous notch in the
stock Of the scattergun and may
indicate a double"
New-York tribune., 1919-03-25
Stokes and Wife Silent
About Alleged Divorce

The question of whether William
E. D. Stokes, hotel owner, had insti-
tuted divorce proceedings against
Helen E. Stokes was further clouded
yesterday by the refusal of Emory r..
Buckne", counsel for Ronald Miller,
to withdraw the notice of appearance
filed in the County Clerks office Sat-
urday. These papers set forth that
Miller had been named as one of the
correspondents in the divorce proceed
ings brought by Mr.. Stokes. The di-
vorce papers have not yet been filed
CAS- the summons and complaint
have been served upon the defend
ant" said Mr.. Buckner, "though they
have not been filed, have decided
to let the notice of appearance stand"
Beyond this Mr.. Buckner would
make no further comment.
Through his secretary, Richard Pet
rie, Mr.. Stokes announced chat he
saw no need of explaining anything
to anybody"
At Mr.. Stokess office, 262 West
Seventy Street, his stenogra-
pher declared that her employer was
very sick and would not be able to
see anyone.
The maid at the Stokes residence,
317 West Seventy-e eighth Street, de-
clared Mrs. Stokes had left instruc-
tions that she had nothing to say.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-25
Bethel, Mr.. Burlcson's representa-

Bethel Mr. Burlcson's representa-
Mr.. Mackay said Mr. Bethel had told
him that as the Postal system Of or
ganization was different from the
Western Union. to go ahead and do
the best he could in this matter. which
he did by announcing 10 per cent in
crease, dating from January l.
The other question, he said, was the
rates. This brought them into direct
conflict with public utility commits
sions in various states, and they were
unable to accede to the order until
first making sure where the company
stood legally in the states affected.
Morale Is Deteriorating
Eve have cndeavored to maintain
our usual high class telegraph service
due to the deterioration of the morale
under Mr.. Burleson's control" Mr..
Mackay continued, land if any evidence
IS needed of this, it is only a fort
night ago that we sent out our chief
operating manager on tour of in
spection, with orders to speed up the
service as much as possible.
1.-THE lines were turned over to Mr.
Burleson for the national security or
defence and purely as a war measure.
The principal acts of Mr.. Burleson
since he took control have been the in
creasing of long distance telephone
rates in the interest of the Bell Tele-
phone Company, the proposition to in
crease telegraph rates in the interest
OF the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany, the seizure of the cables after
the signing of the armistice, the GUST
ing of myself and other officials from
the Commercial Gable and Postal
Telegraph Cable companies, and the or
der that the Postal company should
build no lines to compete, with the Bell
Telephone and Western Union without
irst submitting our plans to officials
OF those companies.
How can Mr.. Burleson justify any
OF the above acts as being for the ma
tional security or defence" I?
"Mr. Burleson turned over our cable
system to Mr. Carlton, the President of
the Western Union, our competitor,
and Mr.. Carlton ordered me to have
nothing more to do with our own cable
system. Mr. Burleson has now turned
over the entire land line system to
a telephone man, and ordered me to
have nothing to do with that land line
system. The Kaiser himself could not
nave been more arbitrary, despotc and
vindictive.
However, I wish to serve public
notice on Postmaster General Burleson
that for those things which are un-
American, for the taking advantage of
the public under the pretense of a war
measure, for his turning over the
operation of our properties to our COM
petitors, and for his despotic and
brutal methods, will fight him to my
last dollar and to the last ditch"
New-York tribune., 1919-03-25
Star Co. Served
In Jonas's S250,O0O
Action for Libel
Charge in Papers Is That
Editorial i'm s'Journal''
Was Malicious and In
tended to Injure Banker

The complaint in the S250000 libel
action instituted by Nathan s. Jonas
against the Star Publishing Company
has been served, according to an an
nouncement made yesterday. Mr..
Jonas's suit is based upon statements
in an Evening Journal" editorial of
January 81.
In announcing the serving of the
complaint Jonas G. Neuburger, counsel
for MIR. Jonas. said:
"The complaint sets out the fact
that Mr.. Jonas is banker and the
president of the Manufacturers Trust
Company; that he was the chairman
of the committee appointed to welcome
the returning soldiers, and presided at
the meeting held at the Academy of
Music on January 20.
"Then follows an allegation that on
January 81 there was published in
The New York Evening journal a
false and libclous editorial concerning
him containing about Zoo words
For Purpose of Injuring Him
"Mr. Jonas charges that in publish
ing this editorial the defendant in
tended to and was understood by per
sons reading the article TO mean that
in presiding at the Academy of Music
meeting on January 20 he had acted
in 4 dospotc, contemplate and dis
graceful manner. and had caused per-
sons properly attending said meeting
to be arbitrarily and brutally elected; ;
that tho editorial was untrue and was
made maliciously for the purpose of
lnlurlng Mr. Jonas in the eyes of the
public
"The complaint charges further that
in the said publication the defendant
intended to and succeeded in con-
veying the impression that Mr.. Jonas
had not acted on the committee from
any patriotic motive. but merely for
the sordid personal end of advancing
ms private affairs; that this statement
was absolutely false. and was also
published with malice toward Mr..
Jonas with view to hurting his
standing in the community.
Active in Philanthropy
ut is alleged in addition that Mr..
Jonas mas Tor many years been ac-
lively engaged in furtherinc various
PN' '''N' PhiidHlnIOplc ana other pub
nc movements. and was widely known
throughout the City and State of New
York; that he had an extensive ac-
qualntance. especially among business
men and public men of affairs with
hlgh ideals and standards of behavior;
lhat many such persons know him. not
personally. but solely by reputation.
because of his standing in the com
munlty, and that the publication of the
article conveyed to the community at
large the impression hat Mr.. Jonas
had been brutal and unjust in his con-
duct at the academy meeting; that he
lacked in patriotism and was merely
a self-seeking politician; that all OF
tins was published with the knowledge
of its falsity"
New-York tribune., 1919-03-25
''kaiser Could Not Have
Been More Arbitrary and
Vindictive" Than Burle-
son, Postal Head Declares
He Charges Conspiracy
Postmaster General Seeks
to Create Monopoly of
Wires i'll U. S., He Insists

Clarence H. Mackay who was re-
moved by Postmaster Burleson from
the operating department of the Postal
Telegraph and Gable Company on Sat
urday issued statement last night IN
which, referring to the methods Of the
Postmaster General, he said:
The Kaiser himself could not have
been more arbitrary, despotc and vim
dictive l will fight him to my last dol
lar, and to the last ditch"
Mr. Mackay's statement was issued
on his return from Baltimore. He said:
"On my return to New York after ab
scnce over the week end l learned the
facts in regard to the call last Sat-
urday of Postmaster General Burle
SONS representatives at the executive
Offices of the Postal Telegraph Gable
Company, of which am still president.
1t appears that on Saturday noon, just
at the close of business hours, and
after ] had left town on visit to my
daughter in Baltimore, without pre-
vious notification of any kind, Mr.
Bethel, of the Bell Telephone Com
pany; Mr.. Bracelen. an attorney of the
Bell Telephone Company, and Mr..
Adams, of the Kansas City Telephone
Company, called.
Learned He Was Absent
"On learning from my secretary that
! had gone out of town, they served
the order of Postmaster General Burle
son, dismissng me and other officials
from the operation of the lines of the
Postal Telegraph Gable Company.
81 Ioava If To the Indictment and fair
play of the American public as to what
it thinks of the company's competitors
being given power by the Postmaster
General to call at our Offices and de-
mand control of our property in the
absence of the president of that COM
pany, and without the slightest intima-
tion of their intended visit. 1t would
seem incredible if it had not actually
occurred, and is the latest and greatest
example of government by bureau
crats.'
Mr.. Mackay declared the action of
the Postmaster General in dsmissing
him was "the continuance of a delib
crate conspiracy to wreck the Postal
Telegraph system and establish
monopoly of wire communication in
the United States
fits that had accrued from govern
ment control were increased telephone
and telegraph rates sat the sugges-
ton of Mr.. Vail, who is Mr.. Burleson's
mentor"
Knows of but Two Matters
Mr. Burleson tries to justify his
acton of the day before yesterday by
saying we did not obey his instruc-
tons" continued Mr.. Mackay 81
know\of only two matters which could
possibly be distorted into justifying
Mr.. Burleson's assertion. One is the
question OF the wage schedules, which
the ambiguity of the announcement by
the Postoffice Department caused much
delay in applying to our system and
which delay was understood by Mr..
New-York tribune., 1919-03-25
Batf Evidence Scrutinized
job" sorro Questioned About
His Brothers. Testimony

In connection with the trials for the
murder of Barnett Baf, John Sorro,
brother of Joseph A. Sorro, WAS exam
med yesterday at the John Doe inquiry
regarding the question Of perjury. He
vas questioned about his employment
OF John Santorra as attorney for
Joseph Sorro and concerning the con-
versations with his brother as to the
testimony of the latter in the Baff case.
Sorro told Judge Mcintyre he is
thirty seven years old, and although
ne has been in this country since 1892
he can neither read nor write English
or Italian. He denied knowing any
thing about the prosecution of joseph
Cohen for the Baff murder. but he said
he knew his brother had been witness
in "some case or another"
New-York tribune., 1919-03-25
Testify for Miss Murphy

WHITE PLAINS, n. Y, March "a
Annie Murphy, who is on trial in the
Supreme Court here on charge of
manslaughter in the second degree in
having allowed a child to die through
negligence in the Yonkcrs Day Nurs-
cry, was recommended for a post in
the Queens Daughters Nursery by
Monsignor Lavelle, of New York, ac-
cording to testimony given in her be-
half today by the Rev. Richard Or
mend Hughes, Of Yonkers.
He testified that he had visited the
Queens Daughters Nursery several
times while it was under the defend
ants management and regarded it as
satisfactory institutions Several
children. one Of them only eight years
old, testified that they had been in
the fonkers Day Nursery while Miss
Murphy was in charge and were we'll
treated
New-York tribune., 1919-03-25
Officials Puzzled
Over New Version
OF Wilkins's Flight
Trainpan Says Physician
Left Here at 1855 i'm the
Morning; Others Assert
He Started Later in Day

Staff Correspondence
MlNEOLA, L. l., March 24.-New evi-
dence in contradiction of the official
version of the fight of DR.. Walter X.
Wilkins, accused of the murder of his
wife, was revealed to-day. This turn
IN the case came when Joseph Conrad,
a Pullman conductor on the Balti more
& Ohio Railroad, came forward and
stated that DR.. Wilkins had travelled
on his train to Baltimore on March 16.
The train left the Pennsylvania Station
at 1885 a. m. and arrived in Baltimore
at 12:40
After Dr.. wilkins disappeared it was
announced that he had been in tele-
phone communication with his attorney.
Louis G. Friess, about noon on March
16. According to the lawyer, his client
called him from the Long Island Rail-
road terminal in Brooklyn and promi sed
to go with him to the home Of District
Attorney Weeks that afternoon. The
physician failed to appear at Mr..
Weeks's home and the next dav GEN
eral alarm was sent out.
After the flight Justice of the Peace
Neu, of Lynbrook, stated that DR.. Will
kins had called at his house on March
16. Mr.. Neu told The Tribune reporter
that DR.. wilkins left Lynbrook a little
after O'Clock that morning on train
bound for Brooklyn. In view Of the
railroad mans positive statement to-
day the Nassau County officials are
much puzzled regarding the time Of the
physician's fight. Mr.. Conrad, accord
ing to witnesses, stated he would pro-
duce trainmen to corroborate his asser-
ton.
District Attorney Weeks branded as
absolutely false statements attributed
to him regarding a search being con-
Quoted for a motion picture actress
who once boarded at the Wilkins home
in SiXty-ffth Street, Manhattan. He
also stated that he knew nothing of the
discovery of new bloody finger prints
at the Long Branch House that might
be Of value to the prosecution.
II am sure that there were no
burglars in the Wilkins house on the
night of the murder" Weeks said.
He would not state on what ground
he based this conclusion. He said
evidence which had been investigated ID
led to this belief.
1t was learned that when the case is
brought to trial the prosecution will
produce a number of witnesses to tes-
tify that on the night of the murder
Dr. Wilkins quarreled with his wife on
the Jamaica Station platform.
Charles Wysong, attorney for the
defence, did not call on his client
yesterday. He spent his time in
terViewing witnesses.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-25
86-Year.Old Husband
Loses Annulment Plea
Harris Wife of l8 to Begin Suit
for Separation and Ali
mOny Monday

James Hervey Hart, the eighty-six
year-old retired Brooklyn jeweller, was
denied the application for the annul-
ment Of his marriage to Mrs. Katie
Wolf Hart yesterday by Judstice Benc-
dict in the Supreme Court in Brooklyn.
Hart's wife was eighteen when he mar
ried her on May 8. 1918.
"This case" said Justice Benedict,
in his decision, ais said to be the first
of its kind in the history of juris-
prudence. Without indulging in philos-
ophy, or moralizing, hope it Will be
the last:''
Mrs. Hart's suit for separation and
alimony will begin Monday before JUS
ticc Benedict.
Hart lives at South Elliott Place,
Brooklyn, and Mrs. Hart at S37 Mon
roe Street. They were married after
the young woman had manicured
Hart's nails in Brooklyn barber shop.
The courtship covered a week
New-York tribune., 1919-03-25
Truck Injuries Aged Man
Here to Greet Soldier Son

Mrs. Agnes Wilmarth, of Richmond
Hill, Queens. was killed by motor
truck yesterday as she crossed Central
Park West at 10th Street, examining
a camera which she was carrying. Her
brother, Henry Thomson, Of Fulton
Vile, N. Y, who tried to pull her out
OF the way of the vehicle, was hit and
his skull and legs fractured. He was
taken to the Knickerbocker Hospital.
lie is scventy-two years old. His sis
ter WAS sixty-four
Mr.. Thomson had come to New York
TO welcome his son, who is in the f07th
sats ants'15ly nly,,ioa .nd to soc parade of the
New-York tribune., 1919-03-25
Jersey Woman Shot

sWARTsWOOD, x. j., March PA
posse'is searching tonight for the per-
son who this afternoon shot and badly
wounded Mrs. Edward Hill, thirty-tive
years of age, proprietress of board
ing house here. The shot was fred
while the woman was alone and half
mile from home. She could throw
no light on the mysterious shooting
New-York tribune., 1919-03-25
Girl Police Mascot Killed

Katie Keaney, eleven years old,
known as the mascot of the McDougal
Street police station because of her
popularity with policemen, was struck
and killed by mail truck last night.
She was playing at Varick and Spring
streets when the truck, driven by Fred
Zosselmann, 301 East 153d Street The
Bronx, struck her. The girl, who lived
at % McDougal Street, died on the wav
to st. Nicholas Hospital.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-25

CHARLES DEAN and Anthony
~ George of the l08th Infantry
aren't going back home to Oakfeld,
n. w. until each Of them has seen
$l0O worth Of New York The United
states Gypsum Company of that place,
their employer, sent them S1OO apiece
yesterday, with instructions to "blow
IT. when 1t was completely blown,
the instructions continued, Dean and
George were to come home and work
tor the United States Gypsum Com
pany at better pay than they we're
getting when they enlisted.
Dean and George agreed yesterday
at the Hall of States Of the War Camp
Community Service to follow instruc-
tions to the letter.
Incidentally those instructions give
Oakiield, n. Y, 100 per cent record
IN the unemployment of soldiers. 1t
sent two TO war and it gave Jobs to
two.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-25

Mr. Rather declined to surrender the
dog. She barked just that way on St.
Patrick's Day last year, and the next
day she disappeared"
Mr.. Ratner said he had obtained the
dog from Canadian dealer siX months
ago. and that she was a descendant of
Hooten's Rowley. AS the princess ig-
nored Mrs. Galvin's overturcs, Magis-
tratc Ringel dismissed the action.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-25
COnvicts Bill Passes House

ALBANY. March 2a.-Assemblyman
Peter }. Hamill's bin, enabling con-
vets, except those awaiting execution,
TO attend funerals of relatives and to
VISIT dying relatives, passed the Lower
House tonight The expense will be
borne by the state.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-25
Briefs

The executive committee of the Social
Democratic League of America has cabled
PRESIDENT Wilson asking full pardon for
Eugene V. Debs and amnesty for all who
were imprisoned for expressing opinions
hostile TO Americas entry into the war They
say America. now the war is won can
afford to be generous
New-York tribune., 1919-03-25

pRINCEss PEGGY IL is Yorkshire
- terrier. She began yapping last
week when her owner, Maxwell A. Rat
ner, of 100 Broadway, took her to sec
the st. Patrick's Day parade. Mrs. Dora
Calvin, of 1445 Fifth Avenue, another
spectator, .pounced upon the canine
princess, haling her as her own
Bootscy
~ recognized her by her musica,
bark, snid Mrs. Calvin yesterday in
the Harlem police court, where she
Mr.. Rather and tho princess were
gathered rs the result of u summons
which Mrs. Calvin had obtained when
New-York tribune., 1919-03-25

Mark Eisncr Collector of Internal Rev
enue, viii lecture on tho income tax to-mor-
ro" evening before the Menorah Society at
Building