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* slaying of his wealthy wife at his —[—[S———— PRICE TWO CENTS. Copyright, 1010, by. Tho Prees zoe’ World). NEW YORK, THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1919. | 28 PA wi —ewnrrreer rain to-night; Friday faire in 4 GES PRICE ‘TWO CENTS. _ GERMANS ANNOUNCE NEW PEACE ENVOYS: SIGN TREATY AT THREE P. M. SATURDAY WILKINS S COUNSEL CHARGES “FRAME-UP BY DETECTIVES; CASE GOES TO JURY 10-NiGnT Wysong, in Final Plea to Save | Physician, Dwells on | Burglar Theory. RIDICULES PIN STORY. District Attorney Demands Guilty verut and Scores Defense Methods. (Goeciet From Slt eet of The MINEOLA, N. ¥., June 26.—With the conclusion of the summing up by Distriét Attorney Charles R. Weeks for the prosecution in the Wilkins murder trial and the charge to the jury by Justice David 8. Manning, the ase ws to be committed to the jury late this afternoon. District Attorney Weeks’ address to the jury began with an indignant attack on the methods and words of his legal antagonist, Charles N. Wy- song, a former district attorney and chief counsel for the aged Dr. W. K Wilkins, charged with the brutal Long Beach home Feb. 27 last, "You have heard Mr. Wysong,” said Mr. Weeks, “finish his argument with an elaborate plea for breaking down the whole s¥stem of the admin- istration of justice under our law. He telle you that you must not believe direct eyewitnesses: they aré all liars. You must not believe circumstantial evidence; his fiction storits show it 4s ll wickedly misleading. ‘The jury made a trip earlier in the day to Long Beach to view the cot- tage outside of which Mrs. Wilkins wes found dying with ber head cfushed, They returned at 10.30 o’glock, much earlier than had been expected, after having gone over every foot of the premises, and coun- sel for defense started summing up. Mr. Wysong said in effect, after paying compliments to the Court and the District Attorney for thelr fair- nos “Dr. Wikins ts an old man, He (Continued on Twelfth Page.) SENATE ADDS $215,000,000 TO SHIPBUILDING FUND Appropriations Committee Recom- mends Abolition of Tariff Commission. June 36.—In report- Appropriation Bill Appropriations Com- the Shipping Board's programme trem $276,000, é { i | l 0. Tecommented that the tuston’ be amoltshed. The atten of $300,000 for sal- ef commission members and ex- stricken from the bil (ncreases for Admintstration of ‘Riek Insurance Law were pro- pproprietion for family allowances was aised from $40,000,000 to Lifted ll rH ‘appropriation of $2,088,000 for con- of the Alaskan Railroad was ‘to $12,000,000 and a new appro- $100,000 ‘for expenses of com Alaskan ing enee epidemic ith $25,000 for de- 1p Alaska, ines \“Victims Had Chance,” HAMBY 10 DIE WEEK OF LY 28; |BILL SPLIT DRY LAWS FOR ENFORCEMENT INTO THREE PARTS Committee Decides to Make Wartime Prohibition Sep- arate From Others. READY THIS WEEK. Intoxicants Defined as Contain- ing More Than One-Half « of One Per Cent. Alcohol. WELCOMES FATE Is Slayer’s Only Response to Senfe.-ce. Gordon Fawcett. Hamby, bandit and murderer, was sentenced by Su- Preme Court Justice Faweett in Brooklyn this morning to die in the electric chair at Sing Sing In the week beginning July 26, Hamby ts to die for the two murders he com- mitted in connection with the rob- bery of the East Brooklyn Savings Bank from which he got $18,000 on Dec. 13 last. The only words spoken by the prisoner after the sentence had been imposed were these; “Your Honor, you mentioned some- thing about the cold blood of these murders, I want to say from the standpoint of one following my vo- cation that they all had a chance.” Justice Fawcett replied: “They never had a ohance and that remark will not get you anything.” Hamby stood steadily before the bench, showing no trace of fear, His | single speech was delivered in a low voice and in the impersonal manner of one who merely wishes to record a difference of opinion. He seemed absolutely indifferent to his own fate. There remains, however, one chance in a thousand that he may not die in the chair, He is to be examined as to his sanity, This is not at his request. It is at the suggestion of his assigned counsel, Francis X. McCaf- frey, assented to by the District At- torney and the court. ‘Hamby will be brought to the court house again to- morrow for the exatnination, Allenists who have observed him @uring the trial say that he has shown no sign of insanity. He insists that he wants to dio at the earliest convenience of the State, ‘The courtroom was crowded when Hamby was brought in. There were several women, including Mra Elev O'Grady, Deputy Police Commission- er, All eyes were fixed on the pris- oner from the beginning to the end of the proceedings. A queer twist in the psychology of Hamby was revealed when he was chatting with newspaper men before the sentence, “I have never feared death,” he said, “and perhaps that is why I have lived as I have. I belleve absolutely im reincarnation, and when you be- Meve in that you do not attach too much importance to a single phase of life. Life may be interrupted, but it cannot be stopped. I am coming back to this world. It may take a few years. It might take 3,000, Time does not connt.” He, was not quite sure whether he believed in a God, nor did he care to speculate on such a question. (Continued on Twelfth Page.) sbi clas KASHORE SUMMER TIME TABLE 0 or fer Jersey Central, all-rail and Hosk ‘routm takes sitet June ‘dii—asvis WASHINGTON, June 26.—The House Judiciary Committee voted to- day to split Prohibition legislation into three parts, with enforcement of wartime Prohibition separate and @stinct from the others, which re- late to Constitutional Prohibition and the manufacture of industrial alcohol. For the first section the committee @ecided to submit in-whole its war- time enforcement bill introduced at the last session of Congress and on which no action was taken, While much less drastic than the general measure, this defines intox- ieants as beverages containing more than one-half of one per cent. alco- hol. It contains no provision, how- ever, which would make it unlaw- ful for a person to possess liquor, Members explained that by adopt- ing this plan there would be no con- fusion later on if the President should issue a proclamation declaring de- mobilization completed, which would end wartime Prohibition. A general bill cgntaining the three separate ecctions or titles will be re- Ported this week eienae APPEALS COURT FORBIDS ANY INTERFERENCE WITH 2.75 BEER AFTER JUNE 30 Manufacture and Sale Permissible Is Decision on Injunction Suit. ‘The brewers to-day gained a temporary victory in a decision handed down by the United States Circuit Court of Appeals whereby they may manufacture and sell beer with @ 2.76 per cent. alcoholic con- tent after June 80, without interfer- ence by the Internal Revenue De- partment. On the other hand, the power remains with the Attorney General's Department to prosecute the brewers for doing so, and crim- {na} action alone will eventually de- termine whether the brewers or the Government Is right. ‘The Wartime Prohibition Law was Interpreted by the Internal Revenue Department to mean\that no beer ex- ceeding one-half of one per cent. alcohol could be manufactured after May 1, and they refused to sell rev- enue stamps for euch beer, They withdrew from this position on the advice of the Attorney General, An injunction was granted by Judge Julius M. Mayer to the brew- ere restraining Acting Collector Mc- Elligot from refusing to issue licenses or revenue stamps beer not exceeding 2.75 per cent alcohol and on the complainants. The injunction so far as the Col lector is concerned stands under (he decision of the higher court; but does not so far as Prosecutor Cuf fey iy concerned, In this regard the de "A sin BAYS! sult in equity (Continued on Twentieth Page) to enjoin FORMER CROWN PRINCE WHO HAS FLED FROM HOLLAND TO GERMANY WO06006040000000000000 008 BURLESON WON'T ASK JOBS BACK FOR STRIKING KEY MEN Tells Labor Committee They Vio- lated Rules Laid Down by Government Control. WASHINGTON, June 26.—-Postmaster General Burlgson to-day told a commit- tee of the Arfferican Federation of Labor that he would not direct the telegraph companies to re-employ persons who went on strike. He sald he considered they had left their work in violation of the rules laid down by the Government's Wire Control Board and the War Labor Board, Mr. Burleson said thgt whether the strikers would be re-employed rested entirely with the managers of the company. After leaving the Postmaster General the Federation Committee and 8. J. Konenkamp, president of the Commer- cial Telegraphers conferred among themselves. Konenkamp said he would comment later. Mr. Burleson’s announcement declared that the committee bad been told the wire etrike was “thoroughly without justification and was in palpable viola- tion of the rules and regulations laid down by the Wire Control Board." ——_———~ alm the 5 SAVES BOY FROM SEWER, While for a Baseball. Six-year-did Jacob Perlmutter of No. 394 Hooper Street, Williamsburg, is re- ring to-day from the effects of a| restraining United States Prosecutor | sojourn in a sewer at South Second and | Caffey from arresting or prosecuting | Hooper Streets. The boy fell through aor the old delegation to sign was be- manhole while trying to recover a base- | ball with a plece of wire, Jacob Fishbein, ladder into the manhole and rescued the boy, who was unconscious. _>- rom the W ‘ uursday a a grocer, View the, City em Mueller Heads Envoys Who Will Represent the Ger- man People. lowered @ ALLIES ARE SATISFIED. Ceremony of Signing Now Ar- ranged for 3 o’Clock Sat- urday Afternoon, BERLIN, Wedn | (Associated Pre Mueller, the Fi ign Minister and Or. the Colonial Minister, it was announced to-night, have beon selected the German en- voys to sign the peace terms. They will leave in Friday. PARIS, June 26 (Associated Press). —Efforts were being made to-day to arrange for the signing of the Peace Treaty at 3 o'clock Saturday after- noon, The Council of Three is appar- ently satisfied with the sem!-offictal aSsurances that the Germans would be on hand. Throughout yesterday Premier Bauer at Berlin kept Dr. Haniel posted regarding the difficulties of selecting the delegation for the sign- ing of the treaty, says the Petit Pa- risienne correspondent at Versailles. The Cabinet met three times, the members of the old mission headed by Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau and the members of the Scheidemann cabinet, who recently retired, also being present. It was desired to se- lect a delegation of eight members, the advices stated, but only three were secured. VERSAILLES, June 2%6.—The sit- uation is greatly improved; unless the unforeseen happens the treaty will be signed Saturday,” Paul Dutasta, Sec- retary of the Peace Conference, told the United Press to-day, following a conference with German representa- tives at the Hotel des Koservoirs. LONDON, June 26.-sAn Exchange Telegraph dispatch fram Paris to-day reported that the new German peace delegation will arrive there at 7 o'clock Saturday morning. The dis- patch further stated the treaty would be signed at 2 P. M. that day. BA |ROME AUTHORIZES ENVOYS TO SIGN THE TREATY Foreign Minister Says Original Claims of Italy Will Not Be Abandoned, ROMP, June 26.—Tho Ltallan Peace |Commiasion now in Paris has been authorized to sign the German treaty. |The new delegation was expected to leave Saturday for Paris, Empoweri lay, June 25 — Hermann Neved to result from a wish not to delay in any way tho ceremony ut Versaille: Following Foreign Min’ address before the Sen. evening, that body voted 94 to 7 In favor lof Senator Prince Co # resolution, expressing confidence in the ew Italian | peace delegates and the firm hope that Palys '» claims will triurn) Titton! de charade new commis pon wil not F Tittoni's yesterday RIOTS INCREASING. Serious Engagements Between Government Troops and Mobs Are Reported. LONDON, June 26.—Disordors are increasing in Berlin, the Exchange Telegraph correspondent at Amster- dam reports, Many streets there are barricaded and there have been serious engagements between Gov- ernment troops and mobs. In military circles in despatch adds, counter-revolution will begin as soon it Is asserted that @ as a Communist revolt against the Government is started. fvom Berlin reported to-day, They were said to have seized the town hall and to be liberating prisoners, An Exchange Telegraph Company dispatch from Copenha persons have been killed in riots there. During the rioting in Hamburg the Stock Exchange Building was dam- aged seriously in the fighting for possession of the Town Hall. Industrial Commission reported in control there consists of twelve men. Field Marshal von Hindenburg, in reply to a request from Minister of Defense Noske concerning the Allied rejection of German reservations in the Peace Treaty, said that in the eveng of @ resumption of hostilities, accorfiing to a Berlin despatch, the Germans would be able to reconquer Posen and maintain the frontiers to the east, but hardly would be able to reckon on success in the v The Field Marshal Is suid to have added: “A favorable imue to our opera- tions la, therefore, very doubtful, but us @ soldier I must prefer an honor able fall to an ignominious peace. {A report from Berlin Wed newlay said that Wield Marshal von J indenburg had resigned from the chief co..mand, Later despatches said that Gen, Groener had succeeded him.) PARIS, June 26,—Thero score of reports of a militaristic to overturn the ernment and establish an die tatorship. ‘The serious street fight ing in Berlin and Hamburg, many have been killed, the beginnin, communication between many and Berlin and many ugainst Prus: or wounded urmy in which is suld to be of the coup, It Kast is si Ger believe a military move a already ts under way TAKE BELL-ANS BKUFORE MEALS sad soe bow ‘ine Geod Digestion makes kat IN BERLIN; STREETS ARE BARRICADED Berlin, the Robels are in complete control of Hamburg, a News Agency despatch yn says 185 The present Bbert Gov- | has been cut off, Military Party in | Gerlnany. Crown Prince had been received. MERWIN GRAY, BROKER, TAKES LIFE AT HARTFORD Former Member of New York Stock Exchange Shoots Himself Through the Head. HARTFORD, Conn., June 2%6,—Mer- tockbroker, 42, ong of Hart- Prominent men in financiak circles, committed suicide last night by shooting hfmaelf through the head. ‘The dead man was a member of the New York Stobk Exchange until wbout two months ago, when he sold his seat on the exchange for $70,000, His body was discovered in the boathouse at his summer home at Bolton Reservoir, near here, by « gardener, Gray was apparently in good health and in the best of financial clreum- stances as far as can be learned. His friends know of no motive Merwin Gray was formerly a mem- ber of the New York Stock Exchange and head of the firm of Merwin Gray & Company, of Hartford, Conn. His partners were Kenneth 8. Adams and Arthur Hodges Merrill. The Orm was dissolved some months ago, and on March 19 Mr, Gray sold his Stock Ex- change seat for $69,500. —— WOULD STOP WILLARD FIGHT “A resolu- |tlon urging the Governor of Ohio to prevent the Willard-Dempsey fight at Toledo, July 4 because it "“desecrates the nation’s birthday,” was introduced |im the House to-day by Representative Randall of Culifornia, Prohibitionist, "The tight would dishonor the nation throughout the world,” the resolution reads. “One of the participants in this proposed fight engaged in «similar fight a few years ago with Jack Joh: son, 4 notorious fugitive from justice, who has confessed that he was bought Jott and threw the fight to his adver- sury. Why. should 4 fight between |bruiser slackers, who were not brave Jenough to Join the war against murderers, mitted in this —_ AAGE AT WHITE HOUSE Daninh Prince Also Cal Vinita Ca WASHINGTON, June 26,—Prince Aage of Denmark, who 1s spending aev- eral Potk and J to Acting Secretary Polk and ant Secretary Phillips at the State artment to-day by Constantin Brun, ish Minister, later the Prince visited the White aod the Capitol. \ | De tn months in the United States, was) STRONGER GUARD FOR KAISER ° TO RESULT FROM SON’S FLIGHT GERMANY NAMES DELEGATES: 0 10 VERSAILLES FRIDAY AND WILL SIGN PEACE TREATY Germany Said to Be Plotting Overthrow of ‘Ebert and Escape of Crown Prince May Have Some Connection With It —100 Killed in Hamburg Riots. PARIS, June 26 (Associated Press).—Frederick William Hohenzollern, the former German Crown Prince has escaped from Holland and made his way into Germany. PARIS, June 26 (United Press).—The former Crown Prince, it is said, was accompanied by e staff officer. Reports received to-day by the American Peace Commission stated that 100 persons have been killed in riots at Hamburg, WASHINGTON, June 26,—Confidential reports that the former | German Crown Prince and also prebably the former Emperor would attempt to re-¢nter Germany after the signing of the Peace Treaty were |received recently by Government officials here. This became known to-day after at Associated Press despatch telling of the escape of the Tho tormer German Crown Prince was interned by the Dutch Govern- ment on the Island of Wieringen, and if ho preserves his status as a soldier the opinion of international law @u- thorities here is that the Netherlands Government may be held accountabi¢ by the associated powers for his es- cape, It was explained that the rules of war and neutrality require the gov- ernment of any nation that affords asylum to @ fugitive soldier to im- tern him for tho period of the war, and that in this instance that period technically had not elapsed. Officials said one effect of the escape andoubt- edly would be to cause th ithoritics of HolJjand to renow precautions to prevent the escape of the former Bm, peror. Hints have come from Germany within the past few days that the military caste there would not be averse to bringing about a military situation within the former empire that would embarrass the Allies in putting the Peace Treaty into effect, and it seems not improbable that the move made by the ex-Crown Prince is connected with some such plan, The tormer Crown Prince made his way into Holland shortly after the signing of the armistice last No- vember and was interned there by the Dutch Government, taking up bis residence on the Island of Wieringen in the Zuyder Zee. Two days before the armistion wag signed, a decree issued by the Gers man Imperial Chancellor, Prince Max of Baden, announcing a decl- sion of the former German Emperors to abdicate, stated: “The Imperial Chancellor will remain in office until the ques tions connected with the abdica- tion of the Kaiser, the renowne+ ing by the Crown Prince of the throne of the German Empire and of Prussia, and the setting up of the regency have been set+ tled. ‘This generally was accepted by thé Public as an official announcement of the Crown Prince's intention to Fee nounce his rights to the succession: Later the Crown Prince denied an? such intention in an Interview given to the Associated Press corresponds ent at Oosterland, Holland, on Deg 13, 1918. At that time the Crown Prince said: “I bave not renounced anything and I have not signed -“ documents whatever, “However,” he continued, “sho! the German Government form @ republic similar to the