The evening world. Newspaper, June 25, 1920, Page 1

LPN ad NianTe WEATHER—Fair, / Che {= Cireufation Books Open to an | To Be Sure of Getting The Evening World, Order in Advance from Your Newsdealer : VOL. LX. NO. 21,468—DAILY. DQOLING ON SEGRET HUNT TFN SLA ~WELWELL MURDER CASE Sse weno ~ AFTER FINDING NEW CLUE ene Widow’s Story of Big ‘cat U. S. POPULATION bling Parties at Turfman’s NOW ESTIMATED House Investigated. | AT 105,000,000 MYTH, | Decrease in Growth Attributed ' | {Lack of Immigration, “Flu” .and War" Deaths. WASHINGTON, June 25. HE popuiatftm of continen- tal United States is sie mated at 105,000,000 by J. A. Hill, Chief Statistician of the Census Bureau, His calculation ia based on the’combined popula- tions of 1,406 cities and towns for which statistics have been announced, The increase ovér 1910 is placed At about 13,000,000, showing the growth of the country bas not kept pace with the previous de-* cade. Almost Yamplete cessation of immigration Garing the war is the clef reason assigned. Other suggestions were the two influ- enza epidemics, return of aliens to their natiye lands afd deaths of soldiers abroad and at home March to City ‘Hall With Ban- ners in ‘Protest at Car Service. SCENT FARE VETOED. ‘ Hylan Tells Delegation He'll Go to Jail Before Allow- ..‘DBATH LETTER” Cimiaae ing’ Increase, Mrs. Elwell’S Lawyer Gives] . Out Missive Written by His | Brother Long Ago. Mayor Hylan this afternoon told a | delegation of women who came from Staten Island to protest against trol- ley conditions in Richmond Borough, that he was steadfastly opposed to an eight-cent fare. ‘This eame after he jthad read a letter from somebdne in Staten Island sayng that the descent of the felegation on the Board of Es- tUmate was part of o propaganda movement for eight-cent fares. “As jong as I am « member of this hoard.” the Mayor sald, “I'll not stand for an 8-cent fare on the lings in Staten Island. Rathe® than vote Tor an increase in fare I'm willing to go to Jail if need be. I'll not be’ gajoled or threatened into favoring 11.” District Attorney Swann announced to-day that his assistant, John T. Dooling, was work ng with detectives om @ new clue in the Elwell murder | case, ‘{ do not know what there is in it,” | said Mr. Swann. “I do not even know[ “what it 1 only know that Mr. , Dooling that he had « Sothething which might lead to an important bearing on tthe murder, but that he could not be Certain of it unth he had investigated. i may hear from him later in the da: 1 « have given Mr. Dooling carte blanche ts, informed me | The women, 250 strong, hud ted anything he wishes or go where Guting the war. marched from the Battery to City he likes in the investigation of this ines! Hall in well-ordered ranks, from murder.” ; WILSON CALLS ON which, rose innumerable bahners A “threatening letter" said to have ANOTHER STATF. fearing such legends as: ‘been received by Elwell was written, According “to William Gibbs Whaley, attorney for Mrs, Helen Derby well, nearly ten years ago, by Charles GC. Whaley, the attorney's brother, “There is no doubt that that is the letter referred ti sald the attorney. “My brother knew Mrs. Elwell, and @uring the separation proceedings Elwell made affidavit that he had re- “Why Should Staten Island Be the Goat? No Trolleys!” “No Trolleys, No Votes!” ‘Business Throttled; No Trolleys!" "Children Out of School Since January; No Trolleys "Trolleys At Any Price The delegation was under command of Mrs, James 8. Graham of Wood- FOR SUFFRAGE VOTE | Telegraphé Goy. Bickett and North Carolina Senators, Urging Action at Special Session, WASHINGTON, June ¢ 35.—Presi- ceived a threatening letter from Mr. Whaley. ‘There was nothing threat- ening in the letter at all, “One day Elwell called my brother en the telephone and delivered him- self of some nasty invective. My » Drothér wrote a letter to him, re- } sponding to his language and telling ‘him that he was not afraid of him jand would mect him anywhere.” ‘The Elwell murder was committed two weeks ago this morning, The in- vestigation ttus far has led nowhere, fb QNo clue, however smal,Js being overlooked by the police. They havc had hundreds of interviews of whict: they are saying nothing, and are be- ing helped tn securing these by thy friends of the slain gambler. Mrs, Elwell, the widow, has given it as her belief that there were big gambling purtios at Elwell's house, and that it was over a gambling debt that her husband was shot, This ie just a theory, Mrs. ell says, and {a not supported, by any evidence in her posession. Additional information that Is in- teresting, even though it prove unim- portant, has been given by witnesses who had previously been questioned. Mrs, Marie Larson, Elwell's house- t Classified Advertisers CLOSING TIME 5.30 P. M. SHARP SATURDAY FOR The SUNDAY WORLD’S Classified Advertisements sins’ OFFICES CLOs6: REBO'CLOCK no Classified Advertise. ed for The $0 P.M. penne mente will Sunday World ervey ¢ Sunday wos Thould 0% be (4 The Yorid office » ON OR BEFORE FRIDAY win PRECEDING PUBLICATION dent Wileon has sent messages to Gov. Biekett and Senators Simmons and Overman of North Carolina, sug- gesting that he need not point out to them the ‘tritical importance” of the detion of the North Carolina Legislature on the Federal Suffrage Amendment * the Assembly meets in special session next month, RALEIGH; N. C, June 35.-Com- menting on President Wilson's tele- gram Goy. Bickett expressed the pope to-day that the Tennessee Logisiature would meet and ratify the amend- ment and thus make immediate ac- ion by North Carolina unnecessary. “We have neither the time nar the mone said Bickett, “and such notion on the part of Tennessee Would Save this State the feeling of bitterness that would surely be en- gendered by the subject that would come up in our Legisia- ture, when Gov. debate on “I have said al! I Intend to say on the subject of ratification. While 1 will take my medicine, I wil) never swear that it doesn't.” ee eee BACK TO ENGLAND.TO WED, ‘Typint Who Came Here to Mai Retarns Home To-Morrow. Miss Nell Buwer, the English typtat who crossed tife Atiantic to marry Capt. tastes good, for tt T. H. Kitghins of the Canadian Army, but fell im love with Capt, Paul Miller enroute, will be transferred from Ellis Isjand this afternoon to the steamanip Caronia, which saile to-morrow. Sho and Capt. Miller- she changes her mind again married In M-neheater, Miss Butler came to deportee from Canada and has held by the United States Immig authorities: unt!) now. i ~ $22 Men's ® Young Men's Suits, 914,95 The “HUB” Clothiog Corner, Hrondwas, eve ner Barvlay st, (Opposite Woolworth Building), apreiai for to-daytand Satanday. 3.400 Moon's and Young Men's Suits, genulte Palm Heach and Cook Cloth, Keuyoa make, blue, plaids, browns, graye, aatara and fancy mixed, a!) olse, Our apeotad price for to-day and Saturday $17.98, New York as a been 00 Open Saturday ‘night tit 10. Hub and land Beach. Mrs, EB. D. Wiseley of Port Rich- mond was delegated to deliver the address to the Board of Estimate. The platoon captains, who, as !t were, backed her up were: Mrs. Mary McFarland of No, 166 7th Street, Midland Beach; Mrs, Louise Marinello, Captain of the Police Reserves of New Dorp; Mrs, H. Preetz of No, 729 Richmond Road, Richmond; Mrs. Minnie McGee of No. 178 9th Street, Midland Beach; Mrs, Anna Roberts, the Postmistress at Richmond, and Mrs, L. J. Krebs of No. 183 Oak Avenue, Midiand Beach. The gathering of Staten Islander was so great that it not only jammed the Board of Estimate room but crowd- ed the adjoining corridor ax well, City officials who had businesd before the board were compelled to appeal to tie police to'help them reach the rail. When the Mayor entered the thera was ‘handclapping and flashing of many placards. “I think we'll begin proceedings by. eliminating those banners right now,” room the sald the Mayor. The placards were immediately low- ered. Mrs. Edward Wisely, wife of a physician, said that while the women of Staten Island were naturally op- posed to a higher fare, still they would much rather pay eight cents than have to walk.” A trained nurse, a pale young woman, told of having been obliged to wade through snow up to her hips when there was ho trolley or bus s¢ vice. The Mayor then made his state ment against an § cent fure, / Later the Mayor said that he war | busy on a plan to provide up to date, prokressive transit service in every locality —f | 10 STATEN ISLAND | CAR FRANCHISES The B erd af Estin noon revoked ten fr Midland I@tiway Company, of Staten ate bises of the this after (Continued | REVOKED BY CITY | { “Circulation Books Open to All.” | =$ PLEDGED TO NOMINATE SMI ip RMN Mh Vb “CR9 Weniae able tees ati deen mo SECUTOR GETS NEW ELW EDITION bd SUA Lda lal Ua NEW YORE, “FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 1920. Yntored ne Second Caen Post Office, New York, ~ HARVARD BEATEN MADOO BOOMERS Junior Varsity Events In Thames Regatta FINISHES ARE CLOSE Crimson Defeated By a | ength! In One Contest, Length and | a Half tn Other NEW LONDON, 5.—Yale capturdd: the first two races in tle annual regatta with Harvard over the historic Thames River course this thorning by winning the two-mil Freshman contest by one length and crossing the finigh line in tigst place in the Junior varsity elght, one and one-half lengths ahead of their op- ponents. , ‘Phe official time for the freshman race was: Yale, 10.03 2-6; Harvard, 10.06. The time for the Junior varsity race Was: Yale, 10.063-5; Harvard, 10.10, In the first event Harvard took the lead at the start. Both crews were using a 2% stroke, At the mile mark tue college lads were on eyon terins, Yale pulled ahead after this point had been passed and, using a strong stroke during the fast half mile, emerged victor The junior varsity eight was prac- tleally a ropetition of the first race Harvard’ led by a sight margin at the mile mark, but the Bl! oarsmen, putting thelr utmost endeavors behind every stroke, putled up to even terma three-quarters of a mile from home, passed the Harvard representatives and crossed the finish line by a safe margin ‘The wind had died away somewhat before the junior varsity eights got the starting signal At 11.34 A.M. The start of the second race was similar to the opening event. Both strokes Ait up a stroke well into the fort and for a few lengths the prow of the Harvard shell showed in front Then the drive of the Yale blades began to count and slowly vhe blue craft slid to the front, never to be headed. At the half-mile flags, the Eli shell was leading by a third of a length and at the end of the first mile had increased the distance to a scant half length, Here Harvard made its bid for an even break and by a sustained spurt forced the crimson-tipped most to even terms with the spee ing Elis. The Yale junioxs quickly seented the danger, With additional heave’and beat the blue shell forged to the fore and with their rivala fast tiring under the strain of thelr pre- vious efforts the result of the con- test was quickly decided in the final shal mile U. S. TENNIS STARS WIN MORE MATCHES Norris and Garland, Victors Singles—Johnston and Tilden . Capture Doubles. WIMBLEDON, England, June June bow al in —R. Norris Willams 2d of Boston won his match i) the fourth round of the Brit- ish Lawn Tennis Championships here to-day when he di snon, the brilliant young wots, 6 CG: #. in straight Garland of Pitteburgh was also victorious, scoring & wine over A, 8 ‘Drew, an Englivh player, by 6—4, 6—2, 1. William M. Johnston of California, nd William T, Ti no! Davis cup pair 1 William M avis cup team, The . Laurents their won Americans doubles 62, 6 mateh. 0, 4—6, Mary, th cms Mary ag Americans Duke in ap play King George, | of York and P: |peared to the foursome lewenty minutes in order to give the ya) group a chance to see the open- Toomiodiately upon, the arrival ef the party play Wes opened, the The match was held baci in | TWICE BY YALE | REFUSE TOLET UP INROWING nS ON FIGHT FOR HIM Eli Crew Takes Fres Freshman iid: Teltgrams “Urging Urging Them to Stop Activity at San Fran- cisco Are Unavailing, ‘iia ITS DUTY TO RUN. Evade Even the Presistent Op- position of Mrs. McAdoo to Husband's Nomination. By David Lawrence. (Special Correspondent Evening World.) SANPRANCISCO, Cal, June 26. (Copyright, 1920.)—The veil of doubt concerning the McAdoo candidacy is lifting. Friends of the former Secre- tary of the Treasury have formed a militant organization determined to} nominate him over his own protest. Telegrams are coming to several of these men to stop their activity and take Mr. McAdoo at his word, but they are ‘unavailing, Indeed, .the latter is reliably re- Ported to have told Senator Glass in @ conference,in New York Jast week that if hia nanié were presented for nomination, the Virginia Senator was authorized to say it was being done without his conser® or sanc- tion, Neverthelessy Senator Ginss . is openly for McAdoo’s nomination and will make a fight for It, 1 story told by men in the confidence of Mr, McAdoo bears out tht reasons given! publicly by the former Director Gen- eral of Railroads, They say he has considered the question from every angle and that he has a horror having the “crown prince” argument and criticism of a similar vein con- cerning his relationship with Presi-| dent Wilson flung at him and his family during @ political campaign. MRS. McADOO STRONGLY OP- POSES HIS NOMINATION, They declare, moreover, that Mra, McAdoo has been consistently op- posed to the return of her husband to public life, She knows the extent to which public and private criticism, together with the almoat superhuman burdens of the White House itself, can Interfere with personal comfort and happiness—her own father broke down in health and her mother died while in the White House, Every friend of McAdoo here says he is thoroughly sincers in his dis- inclination to run for office. Why nominate him then? To that question comes the untform angwer from those «ame McAdoo men —that in a time like this personal tastes or convenience cannot out- weigh the duty that a man may owe to his party agd his country. They are nbpolutely determin@@ that Me- Adoo |s the man of the hour and (Continued on Kighteenth Page.) MASKED TRIO SEIZE $20,000 TRUCKLOAD y Ambush Driver, Beat Him Up and Ride Away With Yarns On Jersey State Highway. Turce masked highwaymen leaped from behind # bush on the Jerse~ State highway, between Colonia and ‘Tceland | Roads, to-day and held up a driver of a three-and-a-half-ton struck loaded with y Jued at $20,000, ‘The hold- up was just outatde of Woodbridge The men pulled the driver from hla ty beat him, robbed him of ‘ rode off in the truck. The driver limped back to Wood- | bridge. An alarm was sent out and all ries to Manhattan were watched. fhe owner of the truck and the stolen yarns is Frank HR, McKinley, No. neca Avenue, Woodhaven, L. 1 165 = _ Tes RESTAURANT, Wridey, June 2, 1920— ae Wind ala See Brol | aon of” The! of| NEW YORK WOMAN NEEDS MORE JAZZ | | WHO SAYS FRISCO | MISS AFR ES DEL ores '’ Frisco Like a Funeral to MissMarbury) | Needs a Lot More Jazz, Says New York Woman Delegate | At Large. | SAN FRANCISCO, June 2%.—"The thing this convention needs more than anything else and the thing it's got lene of, is Jazz,” sald Miss Elina- | beth Marbury, delegate-at-large from |New York, or, as she puts it, “large | delegate,” “The first thing I thought of whon I arrived here was ‘who's dead? she sald, “And yet, despite the fu- neral alr that pervades convention circles, I've ‘found more to lavgh about than I ever imagined could be crowded into one city, “I suppose I ought to be as solema as all tf rest; but honestly, 4 can't take things serloualy as far as they've gone, Why doesn't ‘somebody stant something? If some one doesn’t ox- plode a firecracker before long it will be as bad as the Republican conven- tion, “I was told to be sure and be here last Saturday #0 as to participate in several ‘important conferences! Well, I got here all right, but the only conference I've had was with the head walter at my hota. “What do I think about McAdoo’e withdrawal? Why, I don't think anybody has or ts going to with- draw. In fact, if the candidates keep bobbing up there will be three or four apiece for every delegate, “They tell mo the reason the candi- dates’ campaign managers haven't sprung anything new or much of any- thing old either, is that they are con- ducting ‘dignified’ campalgns, Well. if they want to keep their political wares a deep, dark secret, just let them keop on being dignified. One of them I» going to get wise to him- self and hire Doug Fairbanks’ press ‘agent and be'll grab the nomination before the others wake up, “Now the Republicans’ convention was just made to order for ust couldn't have been better if we had Jrun it for them, Why not take ad {vantage of it and raise a little dus: out here, just to let the people know |we've alive.” f see CROWELL RESIGNS POST. Henedict of War. He plans fi 26. Crowell, istant Secretary has resigned, effective July 1, to eater private business vealgnation has been by President Wilson, who Is expected to heme a successor to Mr. Oruwell: in ‘a cael ust Hor indigeatton. Bom Matter E. Smith of New York is tunity to fire his heavy artillery? ae eliM ih a AERS 2 A 0 ok guts nema $5 IN NEW YORK, \ 78C. INE IN’FRISCO | baste : the » the Convention Are Eating Themselves Into Perfect Happiness. . SAN FRANCISCO, June 25, ASTERN victims of the high cost of living here for the Demo- cratic convention ar: eating themselves into perfect happiness. ‘They found soon after urriving here they could get food worth $5 (New York or Chicago rates) for about 75 cents, One New Yorker amazed ut the lavish portions, remarked: “They wouldn't dare put that much food on the table in New York. The diners would put the surplus in their pockets. MARION PLANNING HARDING WELCOME Sham Battle in Aftemoon and Fireworks at Night on Pro- gramme. *MARION, 0, June 23.—The Amer- tcan Legion will take complete charge of plans for the home coming. celebrar on which will be held here July 5 for Senator Warren G. Harding, the Repub- lican Presidential nominee, ‘Tentative arrangements all for n sham battle to be participated in by Marton County legion men at the county fair grounds tn the afternoon. {n the evening there will be fireworks at the fair grounds, Money for the fire- works 1s being raised by popular sub- scription. ‘The Marton Civic Association is mak- Ing plans to handle the crowds that will come here for the celebration and the sotification ceremonies on July 22. Qp- jons have been obtained on two Marion roetls and a house to house canvass ls being made to find rooms for visitors, took it. country, President, tactics, Semi-Final Trial Race. NEWPORT, R. 1, June %6.—Vanitie rossed the line first in the start of the semi-final trial race with Reaolute on the Brenton’s Reef course to-day. With “ils almost flat and her bronge under- ody Mashing In the sunlight as she keeled over, Vanitie crossed the line at 12.00.40 o'clock. Resolute started one ninute and thirty seconds later, The | P& start was a luffing match, Both yachts carried clud topsails, stay saills and reaching jtbs, Vanitic was leading by four longthe half an hour affer the start, with Reso- to windward of the it thin time both ‘and headed offshor — 22 $2 Baan wet, Vor malgestion. rus WoRtp Thay TRAVEL. Bomea jan Te bot Ds MITH TO TAKE THE LEAD IN UNRORSING OF BRYAN IN CLASH OVER LIQUOR | Populacity “oh tle New the New York Gov- ernor Shown by Fact That Nearly — All the Other Candidates Want, Him as Running Mate—Pussy> footers to Write Platform. ‘ By Martin Green. (Special Stat Correspondent of The Evening World.) : SAN FRANCISOO, June 25.—From all appearences Gov. Alfred, to be the anti-Bryan star of the Democratic mix-up. He is. easily the champion of the element which wants to conte out with a straightforward platform carrying straightforward candidates, But the question is: Will the trimmers get him before he has an OPPOrS ‘Those. dees net sosm to. enieh | among the leadership thus far FOOD COSTING... | poegptr a disposition to make ressive fiuht and or orth on an open Sangeet Corporation lawyers and United Statos Senators are ae surrup- titiously active here ae they were in Chicago, and if they have their with Sun Francisco will produce about the same kind of a ticket and the same kind of a platform that Chicago produced. Gov. Smith occupies a position ume equalled in national politics, All the Qvowed candidates with the tlon of Mr. Meredith of Iowa, favors Gerard, want Goy, smith to be the nominee for the Vice Predidency in the event of their own nomination, But Gov, Smith does not hanker for the Vice Presidential nomination, At thot, if the convention drags out for a week and the pussyfootere and William Jennings Bryan can get together and reach an agreemen® he may have to take the second place , on the ticket, Theodore Roosevelt wept and used strong language when he was of. © ferred the Vice Presiden tion in Philadelphia in, 1900, but he GOV, SMITH WILL START wiry 150 VOTES, Gov. Smith's flourishing. in the balloting he will have New York's ninety votes and from fitty to sixty from other sections. of the He has not made @ cam. | Paign, and he Has not spent a Such @ candidate going in with Wl Yotes ought to cut some ice in the final proceedings. There is a lot of talk out here of Gov. Cox of Ohio for President and’: Gov, Smith of New York for View” The only way Gov. Cox cao be nominated is by aggressive His followers must carry the fight right into the convention © from tae start, and he has a lot of Dussyfooters behind him. OLD JOHN BARLEYCORN Tieg | CONVENTION IN A KNOT. Old Jobn Barleycorn has this con+ vention tled up in a knot and the tact will develop as events progress, al- though numerous statesmen, mostly from the South and the West, declare” the liquor issue ts dead and that Jobn Barleycorn has been buried, About 75 per cent. of the delegates. and a larger percentage of the work« leadership of the Party reach Sam Francisco to-day, and the outstanding feature of their arrival is that most of them ar straddlers: or pussyfooters, There is plenty of leadership, first speed leadership, but as there is no prominent re. | Political quality by the late Col. which’ ry Trimmers all, as nig eee i ! | { ‘ | pomina- Presidential boom is When the time comes ee ne