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y DRY ISSUE CAUSES DIVISION AMONG WOMEN aeineaTiR ‘NEWYORK ADOPTS MOIST PLANK AS DRAWN BY MACK, Delegation Approves esol tion to Be Presented by Gov. Smith in Committee. MURPHY MAKES DENIAL Calls “Foolish” the Report | That He Said|N. Y. Would Go to McAdoo, SAN FRANCISCO, the protests of Mayor Lunn of Sche- nectady and a half dozen dry dele-| gates from above thé Bronx, Tam- Many forced the adoption of a wet | Plank at last night's conference of the New York delegation, Ip the midst of a lively argument over the plank, the chair in which Tammany Leader _Murphy was sitting collapsed. Mur- ply wasn’t hurt, “We heartily favo: reads the Tammany plank, “the abolition of the saloon and we are unalter- ably opposed to any attempt to revive it in the interest of per- sonal liberty’ and of conserving the rights of the Stat We favor legislation by Congress al- lowing the manufacture and sale, for home consumption, of light wines and by erving to the various States power to fix any lower alcoholic content thereof A that may be demanded by the opinion of each locality.” June 29,.—Over 9 Norman E. Mack, who presented the plank, insisted that it would ’ satisfy both Prohibitiofists and wets, Mayor Lunn took issue with him, say- ing that the Democratic Party should accept responsibility for the Eight- eenth Amendment, failing in which, its candidate for President would be beaten. 1 WOMAN DELEGATE MAKES AT- TACK ON BRYAN. “Of your many distinction: in ‘Thomas N. Smith, having been the only Democratic Congressman from New York who voted submission of thé Eighteenth Amendment.” Miss Elisabeth Marbury, who was selected as New York's woman mem- broke “one is that of | i i f ( T HE EVENING WORLD, TUESDAY, mee ‘ JUNE 2 9, 1920. ‘Some of New York’s Women Delegates Attending San Francisco Convention MISS M.DENHAM,. oma 4 &. DISET + SHAMROCK IV. WINS | OVER RIVAL YACHT Cup Challenger Defeats the Metre by Sec Shamrock Re ‘onds Off ‘Hook. LV) 23- 2 Minutes and 51 | which will meet | te for the American's Cup off | Sandy Hook next month, to-day de- feated her trial horse, the dear Shamrock, by 2 minutes and 61 sec- | onds, in a 30.55 mile race, | When the Shamrock 1V., challenger in the America’s Cup races here ber of the National Committee, de- spe Rounced Prohibition, saying that {month started off Sandy Hook to-day | “Bryan and his associates support }f° th to match her speed against the Voletead s but have not the {that of the 23-metre Shamrock her skip- nerve to enforce it.” per found himself favored with perfec “Bryan,” said Miss Marbury, ‘tis} "cing conditions, trying to buffalo the whole country,| Casting off fronf thelr moorings at When wo delegates get away from hae tt ie a pate aa Sa Bes here I'm going to the mat with Bryan} jigs tne ‘Dest mingling BY nea. has on the Prohibition stuff.” {had since ir Thomas Lipton's- giant ‘The Tammany argument in behalf | race; gan her grooming here. A} of the wet prope Was that, with-|smoky sky indicated @ reserve supply out such a declaration it would be | difficult to elect a Democratic Gov-|°f Wind | ernor this fall and a Tammany| On/ board the Victoria to-day Sir Mayor next fall. Thomas Lipton entertained some of When former Justice Samuel Sea-|the crew of the fireboat Cornelius W. bury attempted to join in the argu- ment, Secretary Smith of Tammany PA objected. Being an alternate, Seabury refused the right to talk. He continued, but time was either ed out or was lpwled down. ov. Smith’ fathered a resolution asking the convention to oppose the bulding of Canadian canal through i to the Great Lakes which might com- pete with New York's barge canal. | He also had the delegates declare for | a Federal Compensation Act. \ Absolutely ridiculous,” were the words of Murphy, denying reporte that he had said that the New York delegation w Adoo. uld be delivered to Me- Concerning the further state- | that he had denoun Gov. ox of Ohio, as a “pussyfooter” on the dry issue, Murphy said: “That's all newspaper talk and ab- sclutely foolish. Does it sound like i me? New York isn't for McAdoo or any one else SMITH “ONE AND ONLY CAND!- DATE” OF TIGER. Turning to Goy. Smith and placing his right hand on the Governor's shoulder, Murphy remarked: “The Governor is our one and | i only candidate and we intend to | ck to him.” urphy and Smith were standing in the aisle near the seats of the New | York delegation. Gov. Smith, who doesn't take his Presidential ‘boom any too seriously, remarked: “The Governorship is a pretty big | job, and it I can away with that I will be satisfied, ‘Ten minutes later, after the conven- tion had been called to order and the hall was in an uproar, delegates be- gan to parade the aisles following the showing of President Wilson's pic- ture. Taking their cue from Mur- phy, the New Yorkers viewed the demonstration placidly, but did not participate in it, Several delegates attempted to wrest the New York| State standard fro its position and parade the hall with it. None suc- ceeded, At length Assistant Secretary of | the Navy Roosevelt grasped the sign and started up the gide aisle toward the stage. Several husky ‘Temmhay men attempted to rescue the si Mayor George R. Lunn of Schenec- tady went to Ro velt's rescue. When he and the youthtul-looking Navy Secretary reached the edge of the stage there was a roaring wel- come from the New Yorkers. Thomas F. Sinith, Secretary of Tammany Hall, received a cordial cheer when, a8 Temporary Reading Secretary, he read the official roll call for the convention, Smith was in fine yolce and could be heard in all parts of the big auditorium, ‘The New York delegation broke into cheers for the first time when Gov. Smith was named on the committee to escort Homer S. Cummings to the There Smith," keynote addre “Al Smith,’ Now Yorkers. ‘Al from the | | Lawrence ¢ in dang City Island, Deputy Commissioner Hannon, Dep- uty Chief Crawley and Secretary Keogh also were guests of the Irish baronet. Fire Department contingent left Sandy Hook, where ir Thom. who has planned to give them a The the Battery they will spe: and members the valiant for nd the day with spin on his cup challenger, Outs! pentarily sea into wh forced to long before Line. m Although so far betting races, fest itself ani fender, Reso! to-one favor sioner $1,200 that t at least one COURT on JUDGE OF PERJURY Fraud Committed: to Enable Late F, W. Hunter to Evade Alimony, Decision Says. County Judge John C, Culpepper of Taylor County, Florida, was declared | to have perjured himself for a money consideration to enable the wealthy New York attorney, erick William Hunter, to escape pay- ments of alimony to his wife, Annie Belleville Hunter, in a decision handea down to-day by Supreme Court Justice Francis B. Justice Delehanty adopted the find- fngs of ‘Referee H. Hal Malone, which were that Judge Culpepper, for money duly paid, drew up a false record of mafriage between Annie Bolleviiie Hunter and John Barrett Kerfoot, and later falsely gave testi- mony in support of this record in Hunt appeal to have alimony set aside, ‘The Justice finds “that the de- fendant, Frederick Witliam Hunter, was guilty of a fraud ang an imposi- take interest report freshening, ps, in they it their club the _ inter dt 1 ite, One ted an offer of he Shamrock IV. race of the ACCUSES serie: Delehanty. tion on this Court.” All LONDON, platform, from which he delivered the | poles between the ages ere cries of |and thirty have been cal Able-Hodied Pol ae June 29.—All ‘from Warsaw’ to-day. wf: of ‘Engine Company No. 70 of City Island, in ap- preciation of firemen put up on the night of Feb. 24 last when the cup chellenger was r of fire at Jacob's shipyard, | fight e the Hook a good 16-knot wind, whipped Both yachts reached the starting there has been little ational is beginning to day America’s cup de- was quoted as a two- betting commis- $1,000 would win led Out. able-bodied ot twenty. led for milit: service, accorging to a news deapatsh ] the the | were top-sails yacht mant~ to *ve ct MRS ROSINA RYAN _XCopyright, 1920, by International.) NSCT. NI) HELEN M© REDMOND NEGROES DANCE AROUND HUMAN BONES IN HOUSE P. ® art Ritual at Mama Before Polic ORONER JOH New Rochell roneck Flee e Arrive. N STELLA le sipants in Seeming Religious at made an ex- amination to-day of epprox-* imately 300 bones from at least one man, one woman and one child that were found Jast night ia a house in Weaver Street, Mama- roneck, The house was built ten years ago for the late Col, Ed ward Lyman Bill, but never was occupied , Two women saw a lantern wav- ing around one of the first floor rooms and several colored men, apparently without clothing, do- ing gt peculiar dance. They noti- fied the police, rived. lisappe The lighte: found on a table, memotandum book in which was. what r appeared to itual, written ver but the neg: red when the officers ar- lantern was hu: a Under it was be a religiou y badly. bones were scattercd all about the room. Coroner Thee bones were old and dry, Stella believes they may have been obtained from a medical school for the religious ceremony He has discovered no ré that the bones were from the 1 Heve bodies of murdered persons NAISAWALD ASKS RELIEF. RL Louis er, of rogate further ry Seagraves Carr! He the set awald, and mother Mrs. cently, ton. yo sui proc m: h Importer Wants Queries on Estate Ended, C. Nalsa head of the No, 102 Wall Cohalan to-da: interrogation Nalsa whereabouts of 8 of t dec e estate ed wif of Carri Nalsawald left her entire Nalsawald barr 140 West who a mandate up: No. unger rrogate man, ake awald, Street, of Mra, th eded to interrogate an inventory of the wald Trading appealed to rellet f his step: ‘on, relativ rtain alleged Eda C. Ni of the petits y for ini ugton. on her death estate to Carr! ed son to be- Stepnon's wealthy Import- Co. ‘rom. son, e to as- re- ing; his apart Street to btained from under which Nalsawald estate neat the the ne and Sur: rogate Cohalan reserved decison on the ste pfather's petition, PELHAM GOLF CLUB LEASED. Members to Enjoy F Privileges | 4 | | four places, All three conteste were long drawn jout and were marked by ac | statements BRYAN COMPLETELY BARRED AS WRITER OF THE PLATFORM {Continued From First Page.) vote. Turner, who was selected the Oregon State Committee to fill a vucuncy caused by the death of George T. Baldwin, was forced® to yield half of his vote to Schuyleman, described as a strong Administration Supporter. Schuyleman claimed the seat on the ground that he was the next highest man in the primary, | having been fifth in the race for the imonious | and bitter personal at-| tacks, Chairman Jamieson of maintained order with difflouity. But the Administration group reigned when the voting came on each of the contests. There was no indication from the Reed forces as to their next move The Senator was not at the hearing. Francia W. Wilson, his counsel, said the Senator's wishes would be con- sulted before further action was con- sidered, He reminded the ‘committee the fight was being made entirely by the delegation from the Kansas City district and that the Senator “never has and does not make a demand for the seat.” Senator Reed was denied | Iowa} committee, ) SUB-COMMITTEE DRAWING UP THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM. Actual preparation of the Dem- ocratic platform, delegated last night to a sub-committee of nine under Ad- ministration leadership, waited to-day while the Platform Committee of fifty-three kept open house to hear final suggestions and arguments trom many sources. liquor and the tion, all subjects of among party leaders, debate at the dcommitt hearings. Besides, speakers on issues of lesser contro: versy, and these seemed little yros- pect that the long list could be \Yn-| ished until late in the day. Irish ques- disagre Labor, were Fs public there were | Denounces “Passion of Social-| ; vation of the youth of our lan by| @ ‘The jury to try Mrs. Alice Cavanaugh | in the Bronx Court on a charge of grand larceny in connection with landlord~ tenant cases was completed by the se- lection of the twelfth juror soon afte: | Judge Louis D. Gibbs opened the case to-day Mrs, Cavanaugh 1s indicted on three counts, According to District Attorney Martin, she will be found more than $10,000 short in her accounts on rents & seat by a vote of 37 to 9 in the paswinst the State nent | up for| meny | MODERN EDUCATION TENDENCY. SCORED BY ARCHBISHOP > ism” in Sermon Opening Catholic Convention. | Archbishop Patrick J. Hayes deliv- ered @ wermon denouncing modern educational tendencies this morning at St. Patrick's Cathedral at the sol- mass which opened the seventeenth of the Catholic Educational Association of the United States. ‘The chureh, he declared, “is gravely anxious” at the present advocacy of Federal centralization and the still more dangerous tendency of socializa- tion in education. “Sad is the lament,” he sald, the absolute divorce of our system of public education from religion. The philosophy of the worldling 1s to enjoy what one pleases, think a# one pleases, do as one pleases “With science giving the shrug of oubt as to the existence of God, with law courts grinding out divorces ad nauseam, with passing literature that finds it pays to portray char- acters reeking in mogal shame, with young and old gone mad over the lurid motion film, with the drama depraved, with the dally press mir- roring the crimes and sins of society, with feminine dress mocking at decency, with ever decreasing respect for authority and reverence for the flag of our country, where is the sal- emn high annual convention “at Denouncing the proposed Federal- ization of education, he declared that “the passion for power blinds the ad- vocates of such a movement to the Gold-given right of parents to teach their own offspring.” He also de- nounced the “passion of socialism,” as based on the idea of State pdsses- sion of “everything and everybody.” Following the mass there was a general meeting held in the Cat! edral School Hall, A resolution adopted: “Pledges earnest support to the Catholic people and fair minded citizens of Michigan in the defense they are making of the elemental | rights of American citizenshir CAVANAUGH JURY FILLED. Trial of Woman Accased of Short- in Rent Accounts Begt she collected. ‘Mr. Martin told the court he has 220 witnesses ready to testify in the case. JERSEY CAN'T PAY TEACHERS. Their Retirement Fund In $49,000 Short of Claims D: TRENTON, June 29.—State Treas- urer Read 1s wrestling with an effort to make $51,000 pay $100,000 of claims Teachers’ Ketirement Fund. The amount is payable in the form of annuities for the quarter end- ing July 1. A solution which may have to be adopted is the #ale of securities bougnt by the fund for manent investment purposes. ‘To sell now would mean sa loss. Unless they sold it will be necessary for the Legislature to make up the shortage, WORKMEN ORGANIZE, BANK. WASHIN for the gineers’ ‘ON, June 29.—A charter | Brotherhood of locomotive En- Cooperative National Bunk Cleveland, O., was approved to-day by the Comptroller of the Currency | | ‘The bank ia capitalized at $1,000,000. | Warren 8. Stor and Chief of the Brotherhood, made the application for |the charter, Meantime, as observers studied the make-up of the sub-committee, it be- came more apparent that the real contest over the platform would come — Cleansing Fluid Caught Fire, Stephen Staremen of No, 2900 Bighth Avenue, an employee of the Hotel | Latham, at No, 4 Kast 28th Street, was |seriously burned when a bottle of cleaning fluid capgeht fire to-da He Was removed to Bellevue Hospital and | will recover, the mittee are members of the sub-com- Secretary of State Colby, Glass, nator McKellar, Tenn ee; Vane | ‘cCormick, Pennsylvan M. OM Crane, xas; Horace Hawkins. | Colorado Wiliam R. Pattangall, | Maine; George H. Hodges, Kansas, |and Senator Walsh, Montana. Of | these only Walsh can be classed hs jan Insurgent against Wilson and) {Walsh's insurgency is extremely mild. | The Committee on Rules tackled | again to-day the knotty question of jwhether a State delegation could be} bound by unit rule. The New York | | delegation came to the convention with after the sub-committee report had #f the Comras; en laid before the full committee The Pelham Leasing Company of Pel- | for review. William J, Bryan, omitted ham to-day acquired 4 acres of land |py the Administration leaders from | and the buildings of the Pelham Country |membership on the sub-committee, | Club for $5 on condition that it take |.iiq he probably would not present over a mortgage of $47,306.96 againat the |11) 1 anks on Prohibition, the League property, Permission for the transfer win Gracdad by Justice Meskar ot Nations and other subjects for sub- The Country Club was organized tn |Committee consideration at all, 1908, and, according to a statement, the} Selected by Senator Glass of Vir- members have been in financial diffi-|ginia after he had been unanimously | culty in attempting to meet club ex-|chogen Chairman of the Platforai} pS ois in the was # dc‘lcit of Committee, the sub-committee was has 122 members. : company |expected to show a majority of Ad- Pourae and promises to permit the clu {ministration supporters and @ ma- members to enjoy their full privileges of [jority also against inclusion of any the club house and of the golf course. lwet plank in the platform. pave Meninslniat ft habeeed oGiea Glass, understood to be President Jarfaicn, |Wilson's own choice to head the Benjamin A. Ashmead, for twenty- |committee, made his selections after | eight years captain of attendants in the Queens Supreme home of his son, da 138 Bex be Cou y at the en Avenue, en ill two years, rt, died early Elmer, He Warrer Jamaica A son, to- No. had n B. Ashmead, was formerly Sheri+ and at 1 A time Postmaster t Jamaica, Mr, | ead was born at Jamalca sixty- years ago, a long conference with Secretary Colby of the State Department, a |member of the committee from the | Distitet of Columbia and the Admin- |istration manager on the floor of ee ! Convention, hb ee to Senator |its ninety votes bound by such a rule Passed at a State convention over the protest of several of its members, who |wre renewing thelr fight bere against the pule. Both sides of the controversy were heard and the intention is to fight the question out before presenting a report to the Convention. New York Women Delegates Divided Over Irish Question in Platform Also They Find Politics a Hun- gry Game, From Breakfast Till Convention Adjourns, By Beatrice Washburn. (Special Correspondent of The Even- ing World.) FRANCISCO, June 29 SAN country the women don't have to stand outside of committee rooms,” remarked Mrs.» George Bass, Chairman of the Women's Committee of the Demo- cratic Convention. “It is @ great feeling, I may say that we would not be human if we did not keep the men waiting after all these years, It does not seem to have gone to their heads, thoug' ‘The womef at the convention are quite calm and collected. I do love sitting behind the speaker, with that ampli- fier staring me in the face. ‘Tho acoustics of this convention are re- markalble, don't you think? Well, as Mrs. Bass said,,we openod yesterday and the only fiaw in the whole scheme was that no one got anything to eat, “A convention is the greatest little reducer I have ever known,” remarked Miss Elisabeth Marbury at the meet- ing of the New York delogation last night. “I expect to emerge from gun Francisco with the figure of a sylp: Believe me when it comes to piling doWh to hear Senator Owen address the ladies for breakfast at 8.30 I am not there at all. Were you?’ MAKES ONE DELEGATE FEEL 80 IMMORAL. Senator Owen, ax a matter of fact, id not turn up until 10 and by then Mrs. Caroline O'Day and Miss Gross from New York were all but fainting in their chairs. “He does make me feel go im- moral,” murmured a New Jersey del~ egate' who shall be nameless. “All this talk of social evil and sq on.’ The candidate for President from Oklahoma, introduced by Miss Mary Foy, delegate at large from Los An- eles, plunged into his speech before the Democratic Women's League by briskly referring to the women-made laws of New Zealand, where every woman could and can make an honest living, “With the women in_politte he thunde-ed, “I trust and believe that this will change living conditions so that w will be no prostitution. Tho working condjtions for women under the Republican Administration have been scandajoas.” Senator Owen won the hearts of the National League ‘for Women Voters, too, by indorsing all their planks, particularly the ones against child Jabor and for child welfare, “They are just what I would have done myself," he stated modestly; and, us Miss Harriet May Mills, delegate at large from Syfacuse remarked, what higher tribute could he pay? Miss Mills, by the way, has won laurel. by being nominated for tue Rul. Committee, which has to do with the behavior of the convention, and it bids fair to be pretty important before we get through. Miss Mills is very modest and rather conservative in her views. “I don't agree with Miss Marbury on tae liquor question, and I don't believe that the Irish’ question should be brought up at all,” she said, "As for candidates I am not saying anything wbout them at all beyond the fact that the Tammany delegates will not for McAdoo, as stated in the morn- ing paper." MISS MARBURY STRONG FOR A “DAMP” PLANK. The liquor question and the w dom of its being Inserted as a plunk in the national platform have almost split the New York delegation in two. ‘Miss Marbury is all for it becuuse, she says perfectly truthfully, we arc not enforcing Prohibition anyway, 0 why have It? “Why should the workingman be e (Continu€d on Fifteenth Page.s S \ colors of the se “orl the first time in the history of the| | Dry Issue and |ALDERMAN PLANS | TO PUSH PAY BOOST} No Recess for Board Until Wage Increase Is Disposed of, Says Democratic Floor (Leader. According to Alderman William T. Collins, Democratic Floor Leader of the Aldermanic Board, the Aldermen will probably ‘be held in session for several more meetings in order to finish the discussion of salary increases for city employees, Next week's session would ordinarily have been the last before the summer recess, A resolution to author- fie the $5,000,000 revenue bond issue when introduced will be referred to tho Committee on Finance. If immediate action Is forthcoming, reports will be ready for the meeting on July 13. Discussing the salary inoreases to- day, Alderman Collins said: “I will hold the Board in session ail summer, if neceaspry, to pass these sal- ary increases. 1 am not predicting that the twenty per cent. increase will neces- sarily be adopted, but we have a decl ion relative to grades, and we can pass the increases ty that method. The Board cannot adjourn without the vot of the Democratic majority, FOR UNIFIED R. R. OPERATION Have Broken Down. WASHINGTON, June —Unified ‘aperation of ithe country’s railroads was advocated by William B. Colver, Federal Trade Commissioner, in speech before the Washington Adve: tising Club to-day, ‘Separate operation of the railroads in private hands utterly broke down when the strain of war was thrown upon them,” Colvers said. “At the end of Government operation, the rait- road went back into private hands, and sepanate operation being resumed, roke down again in éeas than 90 days. As a result of the breakdown of the roads Colver sajd goods cannot be moved to their market, a coal famine in the Northwest and New England is threatened, while coal miners are working only one day a week. ‘BORROWED’ CHILD, SHE SAYS Whalen on T (Special to The Evening World.) NEW CITY, N, ¥., June 29. demonstration of maternal instinct in a childless woman was brought to light to-day when Mra, Sarah Summers Whalen was placed on 1 in New City Court House, charged with kid~ napping. Sarah Caglione, @ pretty Italian girl tea years old, ts the child she is to have taken from her parents. child, with @ negro's cabin in a lonely spot on Ra- mapo Mountain, twenty miles from het home, Mra, Whalen Wenies any intention of kidnapping the child and says she took her with the consent of her parents, to bathe, dress and feed her and tntended to take her home, Mrs, Whalen, being childless, said her heart was touched by the beauty of the little girl, AR a Re ibe Killed ‘Two demt to Prison, Frank Chimento, No. 484 17th Street, Brooklyn, who served with the army in France, was sentenced to Sing Sing for from one to two years to-day by Supreme Court Juitice Kelby, He was found guilty of manslaughter in the second degree in causing the deaths of David Rosenbloom and his daughtei Reulah, by driving on the wrong side of a trolley car, Justice Kelby said he regretted the necessity of sentencing a man with Chimento's war record. The Mrs, Whalen, was found In pAutoiaa W d Clearance Sale of SILK SKIRTS 22.00 PORTS Silks, embroidered silk Faille, washable satins and crepe de chine, in a number of smart models in the newer ason. Previously priced at 35.00-45.00-55.00 loreaWoma A. Shop of Jatlor-mades (Continued From First Page.) I think can give me the information { want, after which I will tell you” ail about it, “MISS WILSON” TALKED TO eu. WELL BEFORE MURDER: Mr, Swann gave another example yesterday of the cross-purposes wti~ der which his office has been work-— ing in trying to locate the person Whe murdered Joseph Bowne Elwell. Om Saturday John T. Dooling, one of hit assistants, gave out @ si : reporters that Mr, Swann had with’ a person who had talked with Elwell at 2:30 o'clock on be morne ing of bis murdei When the District Attorney wes asked about this mysterious person — by the evening newspaper men yer- terday he said that there was nothing — im the story. To the morning news~ paper men last ‘night he said that — Mr. Dooling had spoken the truth, “Oh, yes," he said, “that was Mise Wilson.’ She spoke to Elwell over the phone at his home at 2.30 o’cfock on Friday morning” (the day of the murder), % “Mies Wilson" is the fictitious name of one of Elwell's many “tovely ladies who stooped to folly,” as de+ scribed by Mr, Swann, ta owner of the pink kimono, boudoir cap and silk sitppers which were im Elwell's home and were hidden by. Mrs. Marie Larsen, his housekeeper, after the police got busy on the scene, “She told us a week ago,” Mr, Swann went on, She hed concealed the-fact until then, when she was be= ing questioned the third of fourth time. “Miss Wilson” put in the telex phone éall herself and found Elwell — at home. Mr. Swann continued: “She said that, judging from his conversation at the time, he was @p- parently perfectly normal, She said — he was not nervous in the least. The subject of the telephone conversation is immaterial. It did not amount te anythin) x When asked if he had heard Elwell was a “bootlegger,” Mr, Swann said he did not like the question, because {t was forejng to dignity a rumor be aid not & much stock in 8 it mot likely that Elwell, izing that he would be called . make the check good that day, ‘aa up his friend, Mr, Pendleton, at (darhurst to ask bis ald? Mr, f4 bwann Was asked. <4 “I .ever heard of that,” said Swann, me “Ie it worth investigating?” “What do you want me to dot queried the District Attorney in re« ply, “drop all our work with other witnesses in this case and run that story dow?" a Dies of Auto Injuries. Michael! Hogan, twenty-three, of Na 223 Pine Street, Elisabeth, ¥. J, while: crossing the Richmond Terrace and Eltaabethport ferry this morning,ywas | | struck by an auto truck driven by Jo~ seph Danis, No. 114 Fulton Street, Blize | abet, and sustained internal Infirles a from which led at St. Vineent's Hose pital, West New Brighton, & I. Dans was arrested. Re a as a “an ys Hunting Job, Both Legs Cat Of, Patrick Thomasella, eighteen years old, in search of a job in the Pennayl- vania Railroad yards at Jersey City the fate to-day, was struck while tracks by a freight train backing @ siding. Both legs were severed above — the knees. He was taken to the @ity Hospital and ts not expected to live, s ING. | | |