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| { | “with District Attorney ,dan Hudson of Mr. ey TO-NIGHT'S WEATHE staked HARRY VARDON Writes on To-Day’ $ hint World and Warm. Golf . VOL. LX. NO. 21,470—DAILY. (The New f Circulation Books Open to All.’’ | Copyright, 1920, by The Presa Pablishing York We SWANN ABSOLVES PENDLETON FROM ELWELL SUSPICION Denies _Insinuations Racing ‘Man Visits 'Him ‘With Lawyer . ‘MORE STAFF CONPL ICT. Garage Reported Car “Like” Pendleton’s Got Oil on Morning of Murder. Insinuations against William H Pendleton, former racing partner of Joseph Bowne Elwell who was mur- dered on the morning of June 11 in his home, No. 24 West 70th Street, were given out as the result of infor- mation given to the District Attor- ney’s office by a garage owner at No. 9 East 62d Street that Mr. Pendle- ton’s blue sedan automobile was sup- plied with gas and all on the morn- ing of the murdu: This was the statement of Nielson Olcett, former Assistant District At- torney and of the firm of Olcott, Bonynge, McManus and Ernst, No. 170 Broadway after he and his client, Mr. Perdleton, had been closeted Swann and his assistants, Alfred J. Talley John T. Dooling, for two hours to- day. < After the ‘conference, of which Miss Margaret Makin, mhid who had been In the employ of the Pendleton family for four years, was put through a close ex- amination by Messrs. Talley and Dooling, District Attorney Swann, sald: ™ during part a to read in Satur- 8 papers this erro- neous statement in regard the Elwell case, and in fairness ‘to the public they are entitled to have these erroneous statements corrected “NO SUSPECT” IN THE CASE. SAYS SWANN. “There is no suspect in the Elwell murder case. This statement in the hewspapers is a grave injustice to the man referred to by them, against whom we have obtained no legal evi- dence to justify the publication “In connection with the creation of a “suspect” is published that ‘it has | deen intimated that an arrest is likely in the near future.’ “There is no legal that would justify an arrest in this case or even the detention of any person ds a material witness at this ume. Such statements may make Ing newspaper copy but they trary to the fact and fisleading the reading public.” It was said at tornev’s office that was amazed day’s and Sunday evidence interest- are con- to the Dist At- Miss Makin was to be further examined, She was asked in pafticular about her em- ployer's movements on the morning of June 11. She said that he had breakfast at the house in Cedarhurst _ at 8.30 o'clock. Mr. Olcott's ‘statement, before snd oy Ao heeds eae Avs | Pitcher Luane of RB Au Swann had handed his typewritten ee ee ise Amount Winwo remarks to the newspaper men, was PERRY “The District Tttorney’s office has | a statement from garage owner that about 2.30 o'clock on the morn- ing of the murder he supplied oil and gas to a car resembling the blue se- Pendleton, at (Continued on Classified Advertisers Important ! Classified Advertising copy for’ The Sunday World should be in The World office On or Before Friday a reentine Publication® Barly copy receives the preference when Sunday advertising has to be omitted. Late advertising Is now omitted for lack of time Lo set it. THE WORLD, When and | =—— m\ AQ SBRyaN LIED HIS TRIP WEST (TWAS Very DRY on “We Deseret |Two Old-Time Foes, Bryan anil wane Sketched In San Francisco by Edgren ATS TO-NAME COX OR M’ADOO; _DEADLOCK CONVENTION, MURPHY PLAN (SMES. Entered ne Serond-Clase Matter PRICE TWO CENTS | seem com THREE CENTS Post Office, New York, N. ¥. IN GREATER NEW YORE — = Serica earns rere steerer. tlle MRE ne UNTIL TIME TO TE HOLDERS LINE UP. “PLAN A SWING TO Mt ADO ~ AFTER THE EARLY BALLOTING —— ak in Favor of Former Sec- 2,000 PRISONERS DROWNED INNEVA, LONDON HEARS Bolshevik < Sates Sunk River—British, Finns, Aus- trians and Germans Lost. in LONDON,, June 28.—Two thousand | British, Austrian, German and Fin- nish prisoners of war were drowned when a Bolshevik steamer was sunk | in the Neva Rive | recently scording to a Heleingte News. Reuter's ors despatch to the Cen- tral A Stockhoim would seem to confirm this despatch, saying that a 6th of June prisoners on not mention report. from shfp was sunk on the with 2,000 repatriated board, It however, does any lose of life. > - ‘HER ASHES TO FALL ON LIBERTY STATUE Request of Aged Temperance Advo- é Will Be Carried Out by Aeroplane Morroy ‘The ashessof Mrs. Sarah D. Brown, | temperance advocate we of | stories for children, will be scattered upon the Statue of Liberty from an aeroplane to-morrow In accordance with her wishe: Mra. Brown, who died at her home, No. 67 West 69th Street, last was ninety-two years old. As her drift down upon the statue, d two red roses to repr and nine ‘ation’s fighting forces take part in the | remony. ‘The letter containing the odd | equest was not to be opened until after ber death, The plane will leave 92d | | Street and North 11,49" o'clock to-morrow morning. len of t the | UMPIRE KLEM FINED $100. re | Umpire Billy Kiem was fined $100 by President Heydier of the National |Leasue, this afternoon upon charges |that he used offenalve language against | Pitc Luque, of the Cincinnatl Reds in | game Igst Saturday in Cincinnati b! ulted Klem a the umy and catcher indefinite | protesting a decision tn the same game Favorite Sons at Various! egates Have to Confer With Ww aiters 3 and Bellboys. By Elisabeth Marbury (Special Despatch to the Evening World.) SAN FRANCISCO, June 28.—The stage t, The curtain is winding up; we are at the last dress rehearsal, As for virtue, it is being handed out to us in chunks. Listen to a deserip- ton of one of the candidates, and be- Heve me they all read alike: “He is not ashamed that he wore blue shirts and over greasy,” “he has loaned money to farm girls to buy pigs,” “he has a wife and three children,” “he is a Bless my soul, man of clean babits. | what more do we want—yet what a reliet It would be to think that one of the candidates had been guilty of something at some time. If Owen of Oklahoma for instance would just show us a picture of his Indian ancestor, a tomahawk or so would liven up things. We were would open up headquarters, If only an honest-to-goodness human being | would stumble into the White House by lery be found in all would not have to ¢ portant items as to the hotels ¢ out such im- fumulty has tele- li |Phoned (stop) : so she wrote her re-| (don't stop).” Why, the newspaper | quest for the disposal of her ashes,|men dare not be out for a glass of asking also that a representative of the|soda for fear of missing some beat. (Continued on an acond Page.) M’ avoo sToRY REGRETTED. Heport of Serious Tl Health Based on Delegaten’ Gonsip, Continued gossip about the | Mr. Willlam G. McAdoo moves The Eve- jning World to express sincere regret that the paragraph concerning it published in Its was telegraphed The Evening World on Wednesday, June 23 by David Lawrence, an experl- enced P apondent of hig standing, long a resident of Washing- ton and a close acqualntance of M McAdoo, Speaking of Mr, McAdoo, Mr. Lawrence wrote; “He ts sald to have Pitcher Luque and Cateher Allen made affadavits that Kelm had used of- fensive language againat the Red pitcher, President He 1 » Bor pended Out « LONDON, Army polo | June tuberculosis of the throat.” Mr, McAdoo's quick ldenial was published in | World thé following day, and Mr. Law rence, himself, telegraphed In explana tlon that “the story wax on the Nps of many good friends < Mr jLawrence a Wa ny effor THE WOKLD TRAVEL BUREAD, Arcade Wuliines (World) “Muilding, bts "y Mow XY bartels open Mo bor ‘bagsase an a oa eats pe ag and Ns and that4fS hands were | aceldent then the whispering gal- | health of | Ouija Boards for Visitors - to Pick Out Candidates, Says | Elisabeth Marbury Too Many Virtues Virtues ascribed tof STOLE A RIDE, LOST RIGHT LEG, Headquarters—Women Del- | GETS $35,000 Wins Verdict Because Unnecessary Force Was Used in Putting Him Off Train. JURY before Justice Brooklyn, to-day 4 verdict of $85,000 against Erie Railroad in favor of Franky lin H. Bulin, who, it was alleged, suffered thi November ed n tei moving at was discov One of the with pulance from and ¢ loss of 29, 1916, a freight stifled the ® fast clip ered and crew, he said, fell Calla sin train when ordered off hit him a brakestick and he lost his His attorney argued that although Bullin was awarde the his right leg when he tra stealing a ride near was on was he hoping agalnst hope that Babe Ruth} ON ENGLISH COURTS retary of Treasury Very Strong as the Democratic National Con- | vention Holds Its First Session. By Martir Green. (Special Staff Correspondent of The Evening World.) SAN FRANCISCO, June 28.—As the Democratic National Convention meets at noon reeay to hold its preliminary session and hear the keynote speech of Homer 8. Cummings, the temporary Chairman, none of the can- didates had the two-thirds vote of the 1,092 delegates necessary for the nomination The programme for to-day’s session® was a short one, but before it began, edings and after its DEMOCRATIC WIFE «er | OF A REPUBLICAN IS | FRISCO DELEGATE during th close, the various factions for special planks or nursing booms for candidates were busy Viewed’ from the standpoine @ |: 4. England, the Husband, Rep- entiment, the candidacy of Willlam resented Oklahoma at the |G. McAdoo js off in the Jead, For a Chicago Convention, leaderles# campaign, the McAdoo FRANCISCO, June ~Mrs boom is extraordinarily healthy, m Henry England of Poaca Everybody is talking McAdoo. + Okla., t8 a delegate to the Dem:- cratic Convention, Her husband was & delegate to the Republican Conven- tion in Chicago. “My husband and I never have any heated political discussions at homw," said Mra, England. “The family al- ways takes sides, but Mr. England talk was prompted by a hunch of mysterious origin that McAdoo will ecopt the nomination if he gets It, and that none of his followers takes seriously his assertion that he does not want to be the candidate and has withdrawn from th a race. TAMMANY TO BACK GOV. SMITH steallug a ride the employees of E and I never allow our convictions (o the railroad company had* no Back of the McAdoo boom are ®| be apoken so as to, divide the house a 4 majority of the office holders who are ltsarei | right to use “unnecessary; force, | A 2 : nat itself, aie al [delegates to the convention and | Mow, england explains the politions | umber of lifelong Democrats wh®| ditverence in the family by waving teh U. S. PLAYERS WIN are anxious to be offices holders and . ak Sees Aad | husband was born in Kansas into a jwhe think that the McAdoo band) remily tet always had been Rapubs wagon 18 the most commodious and ljican, she herself, an Oklahonan | Tilden, Gar WIMBLEDON “MeAdoo will gun | Tilden of Philadelphia of Pittsburgh, can survivors in the | Britls Lawn Bryan arrived in good order and,| ship, won thelr mate R full of garscparilia, he drove lobbyists | tournament race n of Boston, | American te vhibaee of Victors the best equipped. These workers— always has been a Democrat land and Mrs. Mallory | and many of them are skilled in tbe} Getting married didn't change m3," Ss in British Title Achool Of practical politice—are plans | che said, “But T: am) teachin my Mee ning to kill off Palmer in the Grst | boys and girls that the real demde- | threo ballots, They figure that Palm | roy jy the home, We are educating June 28 7, | er will poll all his strength early and | them t two of the three Inst eight Tennis Singles Chan 8 to-day the lost to T. ‘British Davi mpi in the Norris Williams, ‘d member of M the Mavro- | sup team in politics systematically, be- cause we think it is the greatest gaine there I have brought my youngest boy with me so he can get his ideas first hand.” Y Mrs. England is a sister of Georg and Zach Miller, owners of the ‘101 Ranch.” MARINES RAISE that about the third ballot will show him shrinking. They have a lot of respect for the Cox boom, but say they have checked up and find that at de he cannot command even a majority of the delegates. |M’ADOO BOOMERS AMONG BEST “CLAIMERS” OF THE LOT, # Of course, this !s claiming time, and, the outs hard fought mateh. the McAdoo: a goodiolaime Randolph Zycettohjvee eee ee ee een Meow Cle inT Tilden Randcioh, Deel ote) cossmunn an iney weenie tavel! AMERICAN FLAG | and beat C, R. Blackbeard, the| the predominating boom, their side te lyoung South African, 4—6, 6—3,| Worthy of consideration. Here is the | AT CONVENTION 6 ’ . outline of their h in} oa | the foufth round of the Ladies’ Sin-| delegates, although they do not pro- | Another Innovation Is the Sounding | gles championship the American player, | fess to set a definite figure as to num- vle > a Mrs. Franklin (Molla Bjur- | of a Bugle to Call Meet- stedt), defeated Mrs. Laisk of England, ing to Order. Hate ie Maine, they say, will be strong for 4 | TEST SHAMROCK IV, TO-DAY. | Palmer the first couple of ballote| SAN FRANCISCO, June 28,—~An and will then go largely to McAdoo, |innovation for the opening of the | They say there is strong McAdoo sen- | Democratic National Convention to- 27 ne New Hampshire dele- \ ublicatic ost Veinl ak Coniinvacr WHb al it in the New Hampshire d day Was the silencing of the great] ed taps at thirty-nine cemeteries where Pigs rea se bw tee Ry Franciets, Fall Completement of Men, gation and some McAgoo sentiment ng by a bugle call instead of] the bodies of soldiers are buried,’ and | Chronicle to-day of the story of Gov, ON BOARD YACHT VICTORIA, June|!? the delegation from Massachusetts, | the usual pounding with the gavel. | was accompanied to all of tham by|C0X’S divorce sult, This yarn has been’ 28 (by wireless to United states).—For| Which ts 9 diy for Palmer. A] As the bugier's notes came to an| "Lady." He said he would give her a| bobbing around in Ohio politics for theldirat tee Blainroce 1 Phomas| number o York delegates are /end a detachment of marines @tand-|"llitary funeral, years, Dus naver prevented Cos Stam Lipton's challenger s Cup, | claimed for McAdoo, but th ng in front of the platform raised! gertxe Tes Up Jersey Cars, | °iryine the Btate three times foe will be tried out to-day o “s jon will sa unit the national colors and sented! sunday excuralon to Jersey in the | VOvVernor: As a matter of fact, Hook course with a full complement of] Smith u At of the ruce—or |arms whale the band, high up behind] Atlantic Highlands and Shrewabury | **otment Js so deep against @at wen nominated, whit hardly possible. the C! airman, play The Star-|Iiver districts furnished a harvest for|f tactica here that the pulMeation: | The race with the trial yacht Sham-| Moadoo's a cla the 90 Spang d Banner The formal call to | taxtonbs yesterday owing to the tie-up| may win sympathy for Cox, Charger — Pork baying. heen cated eff, ¢ eW| votes of Ne f and! jorder’ by Vice Chairman J. Bruce | of the Jersey Central Traction Compahy|and counter charges are fying of the “trial sors Will be-added to the] gato when It becomes g emgr follows lines by strike. Those who penetrated) and forth into the headquarters nm ae ty) ithe taka oes 5 “ ly as for as Red Bank had little trou- time 2 , , bhe Angement Was made by) Ble but visitors at Keyport, Matawan | Wece the story ie supposed to haven In th “¥ Mary 4 for McAdoo, | Seeretary of the Navy Daniels at the | and adjacent places were greatly incon-|been inspired, But the writer was as- Virgin nstructed ‘ot veweation of First Seret. H, Horn- | yenienced. sured by strong Palmer and McAdoo has been yd ng \ yoxtel, who is chief of the Secretary's | —— then atid Seuamnera® be enough © handle her|for med solidly mal escort during his visit tu] * Bell Frem Lighter, Drewned. men ai od ner candidates |tor MeAdoo wt v Glass drops Fi | Henry Golnacom, twenty-five yearn| that the facts of the case were i, Hannan, one o fore- | gut of the running eth Carolina sid, of No. 168 St. Ann's Avenue, felt] tirely to the credit of the Ohio € ean yachts Will bejand South Carolina are MeAdoo soit) tag | CHO bs lighter at the foot of ast | nor and if he were nominate jaboard the ol Tuesday when adie walang. hh Street into the river this morn- Presidency it wot " ing and wae drowned. ‘The body w: [sue trial races will ve resumed. i (Coutinued on Second Page.) Re eines, hk ite | Oe cea Seah ie * MAKE A SWITCH \Barly Rlimlaation of Palmer Is Ege pected—Glass Has More Votes Than Walsh for Chairmanship: ~ of Platform Committee—Over- — tures for a ‘Mojst Plank. By David Lawrence (Special Correspondent of The Evening World.) SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., June 28 (Copyright, 1920).—Gov. Cox of Ohio or William Gibbs McAdoo will be nominated by the Democratic Nationa: Convention, Attorney General Palmer will get most wes on the first ballot. He will be eliminated as the balloting progresses, The sum total of Palmer and McAdoo vetes on the fitst few ballots. will constitute a majority of the convention. ‘This will be an indication of the Wilson strength, Favorite sons like Glass of Virginia, Meredith of lowa, Al Smith of — New York, Davis of West Virginia, Cummings of Connecticut, Edwards of New Jersey and Cox of Ohio will get the remainder of the delegates. Tammany Hall and the delegations from New Jersey, Illinois, Marys ‘and and Massachusetts, which are wet, will be able to deadlock this con- vention indefinitely though they may be unable to force the selection of * candidate of their own, that's the OPENING DAY’S PROGRAMME AT SAN FRANCISCO way the convention looks on the day of ite opening. But before the balloting « comes there will be plenty of von- Ve teats and controversy over platform. | Senator Carter Glass of Vitginia, ” supported by the President, had more! votes at noon to-day for the Chair- manship of the Platform Committees | | than Senator Walsh of Montana, who Democratic Convention Qpens at Noon To-Day and Keynote Speech IS Big Feature. E Democratic National | hay the backin, ‘ H ie of WILL Convention's opening day's | Bryan, jain Jennings’ programme 18 as follows: | Moreover, Senator James Reed of ~ Missouri ia still endeavoring to get 4 seat in the convention and thteat- ens trouble. He got twelve votes out 12 Noon—Conventton called to order by J. Bruce Kremer, Vice Chairman of the National Com- | mittee, : 7 ; of forty-six when the National Come ¥y 2 teldanelald athe rs L, deen | m&tee considered his case, ‘There is ee he ares o : beth Fran. |@¥idence that the antl-Administra- Sathy jo diocese of Sa: tion, forcea will control at’ least four~ | teen votes on the Platform Commit- jtee out of fifty-three and possibly more, Vice Chairman Kremer an- nounces the temporary organ- ization, Homer 8. Cummings, Tempo- | @FFECT ‘ye PLATFORM FIGHT rary, Chairman, delivers the key- ON NOMINATIONS. note speech, When the platform is adopted and 1,30—Pregentation of resolu- | tHe liquor question has somehow been tions. disposed of the effects of the contre- versy will be seen in the balloting. / Gov. Cox has been hurt a great deal by the statement that he didn't want any mention of the Prpbibition ques- tion in the platform, He has been looked upon as a “wet.” Members of the New York delegation have called Cox's attitude “pussyfooting,” and | the plan now is to keep on voting for Smith until the Tammny chief gete ready to switch to one of the leading candidates, Overtures are being attempted with the McAdoo forces in the hope that. McAdoo will run on @ moist plank of some ‘kind, For instance, it is being © suggested that the platform declare for a rigid enforcement of the Bigh- Roll call for the presentation of names of members of the committees, 2.30—Adjournment, followed by meetings of committees WAR DOG HERO KILLED, BY AUTO ady,” Pet of the 23d Infantry, 2d Division, Run Over in the Bronx, A four-legged heroine of the great war, Lady,’ a Belgian police dog that served with the 23d Infantry, 24 Division, killed in the Bronx this morning by an te a cee nl em automobile, teenth Amendment, but for « con- At Chateau-Thierry “Lady was y woxnded, GAR) ak Balaacla Gbactead demnation of the Volstead Act as an imperfect enforcement act, pointing out the flawe which invade the home, especially the provisions which mak@ it criminal for the housewife to make her own wines or beverages. Perhaps the most distasteful phase of the whole situation here is the " wounded again, But she recovered and came back with the: regiment and lived with Robert G. Fash, the bugler, at No. 865 Whitlock Avenue, It was near that address that abe was killed. Not being 48 spry 4s sho used to be, owing to her wounds, she could not dodge the auto. Bugler Fash on Decoration Day sound-