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f , ,. .... s FOR Ft? Aim DEM OCRATS FIGHT OVER THE LI OUOR Sci Tr TO.N.GHT'8 WETHER Fair. T0.M0RR0W8 WEATHER Fair. kvvj mi - ii s u i n it ' ' V IB1 V Order an Ad vara Yoiir Newsdealer OH UQUOR AT 'FRISCO; MAY CONTROL VOL. LX. NO. 21,467 IKE FACTIONS FIGHTING IT OUT PUSSYFOOTERS !, Seek to Dodge Reference to the Eighteenth Amendment and Volstead Act. WETS ARE REASONABLE. Uncompromising Drys, Led by Bryan, Want Straight Out Declaration for Prohibition. By Martin .Green. (Special Staff Correspondent of The Eveninn World.) SAN FRANCISCO, Juno 21. The wet and dry lssuc'whlch, despite all the efforts of the puasyfooters, la really the outstanding Issue In the forthcoming convention, la In a nice comfortaiblo Jam y. Here, brief, ly. ts the situation: The out- and out wets, led by frienda of Gov. Edwards of Now sey, who has a considerable Inff, arc In favor of pledging tho Dem- ocratic Party to the doctrine of States rights in relation to the liquor irafflo that Is, a platform plank de- claring against tho corner saloon or any other kind of a saloon, and against whiskey, but in favor of al- lowing the manufacture and sain of wlnea and beers in States desiring such conditions under duo process of Statu laws. Tho out and out drys, led by Wil liam Jennings Ilryan, want a plat-for- m declaration favoring the rigid Anforccmcnt of the Volstead Act. H rc. Middle of the Roaders and the ootcrs want the Democratic entlon to avoid all referenco to hcenth Amendment or tho Vol- - act. CIS Ant UlSKUbtU IU UL I REASONABLE. c first two factions mentioned are Elf neat .and tho first faction, led by v. Edwards and his followers, Is iHspoaed to be reasonable. Tho third iljctlon 1 s composed of a lot of trim- - who are honest according to r lights, and It is beginning to look though thoy are numerous enough the delegations to force Prohibition Issue, rr. cornea to a showdown to a where tho absolute wets can bo own that It Is cart of political wis- - ''dom to lcnore the Prohibition Issue rm 7. urn wi n IK m W\. 1 H pmt J the wets will ' probably lino up with V the majority, because they aro genor-- 4 ally practical politicians and amen-- I bJo to argument The Bryan fol- - V lowers, the uncompromising drys, are basically fanatics, and they will lead it the fight In tho Resolutions Commit- - tco and the convention for a posltlvo I declaration on the part of the Demo E cratln Partv one wav or thn nthnr nn the Prohibition question. ' They won't listen to the sort of rea soning which Is advanced by the puasyfootors. Anything but a straight tut declaration: favoring tho Eigh- teenth Amendment and the Volstead j.ct will be regarded by them aa an ' indorsement of the demon rum. V But they are not atrong enough, from appearances at this time, to I carry their point, neither are the wets (Conlnued on Twenty-fir- st Page.) Classified Advertisers Important ! ClMMlOad advertising copy for Tha Sunday World ahould bo tn Tha World o- m- On or Before Friday Preceding Publication Bartr COPT recelvea the preferanee . trnon Sunday adrortlilnt has to be ''irtttod. Late advertlslnc Is now p,'ed for iaok of time to set It Wl THE WORLD. ce from Books Open to All.\ FSsI mm mm lSs1 \ Circplation DAILY. Copjrichl, 1020, Cm. (The TENNESSEE CAN LEGALLY VOTE ON SUFFRAGE State Constitution No Eiar, Act- ing Attorney General Tele- graphs Gov. Roberts. WASHINGTON, Jnu 24. ACTINO ATTORNEY FRIERSON has Gov. Roberta of , Tenncssco that ho can legally Call a special scMdun of the State Legislature to act on the Federal Woman Suffrage Amendment, It wan' stated at the AVhlto House totday. Mr. Friorson'S formal ruling tvojj- - sent to the Tennessee Gov- ernor- at tbp request of President Wilson, U was said. A clause In the State Constitu- tion provides that Legislature ratifying a Federal amendment must be elected after thu passage of (ho measure ly Congress. This provision was nullified by the nt decision of tho United Htatcs Supromo Court WIFE PROCLAIMED FREE BY HUSBAND Mrs. Sturgeon Introduce Letter \RelinquMiing Ail Rights\ in Separation Suit. A KtraiiKo letti4 nrtdrcsscd \To whom It mny concern\ was brouglit Into Tlio records of tliu separation suit of Jlrd. Matilda I. iituri;cnn y when she applied to Kuprtmio Court Ju.ttloo Squires In Jlrooklyn for iiltiuony And counsel tees. Mho ald hIiu hud received tho letter-fro- her husband. It reads: \I. Oordou Kturiiuon, tho lawful husband of .MutilJu Iris sturgeon, hcrtiby rollnqulsh all my rights to hor. Sho now has tho privilege of becoming u free, slnttlo woman, us I horn proven myself unfaithful to her. taku this important step to save her good numo boforo It Is too late. May Uod's peaco go with hur always.\ Mrs. Sturgeon Uvea ut No. 1TS2 7lh Street, llrooklyn. tilin suys she iblumcd the foster parents of hor husband for changing Ids attltudtt toward her olid causing the separation. The court re served decision. CARDINAL LOGUE GETS A WARNING \HIS TIME IS SET\ Aged Irish Prelate Declares He Is Grateful As It Gives Him Time to Prepare. DUBLIN, June 21. CARDINAL LOGUE. Armagh and Pri- mate of Ireland, declared while- speaking at Maynooth Col- lege yesterday that ho had \re- ceived warning his time was act\ Tho Cardinal declared ha was grateful for this warning because It \gavo him time to prepare,\ adding: \I have always tried to do what I could for my country, and have never consciously said a word to offend anybody, no matter what was hla religion or politics.\ If 1 como to a sudden end, there will bo no justification for those re- sponsible.\ No Indication of the souw of the warning was given by the aged Cardinal. So Wilson Mierch by I'lione lo San WA3HINC1TON. Jun 21. ltcports fiom San that Presldont Wll-so- n would aildr6na the Uumocratlc Na- tional Convention on tint lone dUtanou telephone nnra dtnled at the WWW.Howa, - by Tbe I'reM I'obllstalnt New York World). E nun riPiiTift i in IN LONDONDERRY: DEAD NUMBER 1 3 1 SfrfvMs Swcnf hv Mirhinp Hun 4ft \7 1 ' V.. . ' nre Many Killed, bcores Are Wounded. r HOSPITALS ARE TAXED. Naionalist Forces Reported Gathering for Attack-Union- ists Await Them. LONDONDERRY, June 24 (Associ- ated Press). Terror held away here yesterday and last night, rlflo and machine gun fire sweeping the streets am In' the fiercest fighting to develop thus 4 far In the civil war which began last Frlduy between Unionist and Nation- alist forces. Tho number of killed. and Injured during the, flay had not 'been deter- mined, ns It has been. Impossible to reach the scene of the veritable pitched battles in Ulshop, Cross and Hufid Streets. It Is bollevod, how- ever, that there were scores of, vic- tims. Hospitals are being taxed to their capacity In caring for those struck down by bullets fired by the opposing factions. Five Sinn Felners were killed by machine gun-- , tire employed to cover the removal of several Protestants from iJarruck Street according toa military statement ' Beetles of tho most terrible de- scription were enacted here. Many titreets were swept by a mur- derous tiro fur sixteen hours con- tinuously. A number of Hlnn KclniTw rounded up by tho military had arms and plen ty of ammunition. They worn handed over to tho police. Among those ar rested waa n priest but he was ih- - leased. Tho destroyer which unlvod in the IUver Koyle yesterday w;u forced to change Its berth early this morning because wilpcrs woru firing at tlx warship. More IJrltlsh troops huve arrived tn this city. Kour more dcuths havo oc- curred, bringing tho total number of known dead up to thirteen. A woman named Mills was killed last nlrfht while standing In her own door, and William Rankin succumbed to wounds Inflicted by Sinn Foln snipers who fired upon him while ho Vas on h s way to feed his horses. A barber named McLaughlin wan killed this morning by the bullet of a sniper who was tiring at long range. John McKlnncy, who was wounded yesterday, died y. The body of a commercial iravener, wnicn was lying In tho street whero ho waa killed on Tuesday, was recovered during the forenoon. Wire barricades and trees havo been thrown across tho main road to Ixmdondcrry by factionalism, appar ently In an effort to hamper tho troops. Some of the telegraph and telephone lines leading Into the town have been cut The gas supply ceased at 5 o'clock this morning and the Inhabitants In some sections were left In a serloue (Continued on Twenty-fourt- h Page.) TLDEN BEATS PARKE IN NET MEET ABROAD English Star Who Defeated Johnson Loses to American in Straight Sets. WIMHLEDON. England, June 24. William T. Tllden of Philadelphia de feated J. C. Tarke, tho llrltlsh tfnnls dtnr, In straight sets In their match here In the British, lawn tennis championship. The score u 6 3, 52. t. R. Norrb William, alio of tho Amer ican team, defeated A. D. Craven. Tho score: 7 j. 64. 61. KuiK George, Princess Mary, the IJUko of York, Princess , Victoria Prince Henry and the Hon. Copt James Htuart, equerry to tho King, witnessed the Tiiuen-i'arK- c maicn NEW' YO )Elk, THURSDAY, JUNE 24; 1920, ilffes Anderson, ' Woman in Black,' Who Figured in Elwell Inquiry aV4444 00f Lm.J. I I llBBBB lUmil lllllll III II llalalll aBBaM laBBBBBBBBIM fc iri j J \ TT . JaaBBWtJ&rr '\BBsaaaaaaaaa.wrl i WRONGED ON NEW Theory Now Is That Wilis t Expert Was Killed During Raid for Divorce Evidence. In the hunt for the guilty person and the motive In the murder of Jo- seph Bowno Elwell, whllo thu District Attorney's offlco confesses Itself up against a stone wall, the police are a long way from abandoning tho trail. Capt. Arthur Carey of tho Homicide Bureau and Capt. Thomas V. Walsh of tho Fourth Branch Detectlvo Uu- - i reau are sticking to tho case with the utmost perslstenco. Day and night they have been fol lowing every clue without let-u,- i, and no suggestion has been too slight for them to work upon where It appears to have tho least bearing upon a mo- - tlvo for tho murder. The police aro now Intervtrwlng men who were associated with Elwell socially, In a business way, tn horso racing In any manner. At tho samo tlmo tho examination of tho women whoso names were taken from Elwell's telephone list, 4s quietly going on. This line of In vestigation is considered by tho po- lice ono oC the most Important phases In the hunt for tho slayer. They be- lieve that a woman Is Indirectly re- sponsible for tho slayer's visit to tho home of Elwell on Friday morning. Juno II. One of the new theories Is that Elwell met death In -- his home, No. 214 West Tuth Street, June 11, during a \divorce raid.\ This seems to be based on a rumor that ho had been followed on several occasions before by private detectives. According to this story. If the detectives discov- ered anything that Justified It.thclr (Continued on Second Page.) Slf (fit HHl-A- n, lint nutrr. Burn re- lief. Kor IHitlsmtlon. 4on't fr6t. Ailvi. WOULD UKsT.tt'KXT. tar to!! k'liumltr, Jmii it, IUL1 uturfMl hrcixt uf irsl. Huffed true. W 'Tomato snd runuiBtodr iluj. MiynunsUa dress-I- 40c. UU Uoor, Wertd llulUU. A4n, AN SOUGHT ELWELL CASE CLUE R. R. WAGE BOARD TO EXPEDITE AWARD Notifies President Wilson Body Reported to Be Split Tlirce Ways. WASHINGTON. Juno 24. President Wilson 1ms received a reply from tho Railroad Labor Hoard In ChlcnRO prom- ising to expedite tho award In tho rail road wage controversy. The messugiJ was In reply to one sent by tho Presi- dent. , A well confirmed report In circulation tn labor circles to-d- said tho ItAlhvny Labor Hoard was divided three ways on tho wage controversy, the labor group holding out for an award which both tho company nnd thu piul-- rep- resentatives thought exorbitant and tho company group rnfuslng 'to concedo uii award that tliti public group held reasonable. . NO LULL IN LEVER ACT ENFORCEMENT Riley Will Heed Only Interpreta- tion of Law by Attorney General Palmer. A. W. Rllry. Chief of tho Department of Justice FlylnK Squad, declared that ho would enforce tho Icver Act to the letter, regardless of any Interpreta- tions or opinions of any one other than Attorney General Palmar, Ho Issued this statement to correct any misappre- hension which might he cnuscd by the announcement yesterday at Washington by Howard A. Klgg, special assistant to Mr. Palmer, that ho would announce a mils a to what constituted necessities and what luxuries at a conference to- morrow with representative of tho Na- tional Itrtall Dry Goods Association. Mr. Itlloy said the Lever Act clearly defined that which constitutes a neces- sary, and declared that no opinion of any person would bias him. lUgardlng Indictments .of profiteers, niloy said: \There Is no use of tbuse men crying over Indictments, Wherever violation rf discovered, regardless of their standing In the community, prose- cutions will result.\ IHIST TIM I? IN NI'.W VWIK IO- - MiiiiTi ru ill ii y iintN.s with tiii: \ha. y.UKA,\V J \ UAL TAIIAIIIN. Ili tb winui tutatti, dum pi. iiMtawftr. sail. (Rising Entries on Page'2.)' \Circulation Books Open Itnlrml M (leons-CI- a MaMsf Tost Office, New York, N. Y. \ TT RYAN IS EXPELLED FROM EXCHANGE FOR STUTZ SQUEEZE ' a Loses Seat for \Conduct Incon- sistent With Equitable Prin- ciples of Trade.\' BIG SUIT IS REPORTED. BrokeV Said to Have Filed Three Actions Against 'Change. Allan A. Ryan, Chairman of the i Hoard of Directors of the fltuts Motor Company, who figured prominently last 'March in tho squuesa on Stock Kxchnngo shorts In .Htutz stocks, has bvnn expelled from membership In the Exchange \for conduct Inconsistent with Just and equitable principles of trade.\ The verdict was made known tills morning aftt-- r iv secret hearing yes- terday afternoon, Mr. (lyan was not at the hearing. The fifty-eig- ht shorts were all . After .Stut stocks had been ruled off the Exchange, Mr. Hyan nn uounced that ho had sent In his resig nation ns a member of the Exchange, For that reason, ho said, ho refused to attend the Hoard of Governors' so. called trial. When tho decision was announced on tho floor of the Btook Exchange, tho gnllprles were emptied and re- porters excluded. The govornoro, a member later staled, wished to se extreme car against glvlni Mr. Ryan furthor grounds on which to base redress action through the crorto. Mr. Ryan gave out the following statement: \On Jtine 1C, last. In my answer to tho Hoard of Qqvernors nnd to tho ijublln, I was able to forecast and therefore I unnounccd In ad- - vanco thu decision which they handed down y, acting bphlnd closed doors. This Is only another proof of whut I have consistently declared.\ 'Nous verrona co quo nous o- - rons,\ Mr. Ryan concluded. In En- glish tho French phrase means \We fihnll see what we shall sec.\ A report, apparently well founded, Is circulating y that Mr. Ryan has started three suits against the Uoord of Governors, one In which ho asks damages of 110,000.000 on account of tho Stuty controversy; another for additional damages of nevcral thou wind dollars bocauao of tho deprecia- tion In the valuo of his Stock Ex- change seat since ho asked that It be sold, and a mandamus to compel 'tho board to sell bis seat. VANITIE OFF FIRST IN 11TH TRIAL RACE Both Yachts Close Hauled on First Leg of Course Breeze Freshening. NHWPOIIT. It. l June 24. Vanltle led Resolute ucroM the line In the start of tho eleventh of the trial races be- tween the cup defender candidates hero Vnnitle scudded across the line at 1.01.22 o'clock with club topsails. Jibs and Jib topsails broken out. The Res- olute crossed at 1.01-tO- . Tloth ,yocht were on tho short tuck heading st on the tlrst leg of the course, which wus a best to windward. Tlvo yachts were sailing close hauled, well over on their beams. The light southerly wind freshrnrd, sllirhtly be- fore the start of the race. Iloyratt Fnrers Out IliiRiCnrlan Cabinet. HRHLIN. June 24. Tho Jluncarian Cabinet has resigned as a result of tho international labor union boyrott of that country, t to ft dosputeh from lludapat Mi (0) llrll-An- a, liot water, Haro re-li-ef. Vor Indlf Mtlen. Don't forftU Adrt, to All.\ - FMML M EDITION PRICE TWO CENTS IN OBEATKll HKXt TOItat MILLIONS LOST TO INVESTORS-I- N OIL BY MAIL'S MISUSE, FEDERAL IN TM Four Companies, Concerns and Fifty Individuals Accused of Gross Misrepresenta- tion of Properties and Dividends After Six Months' Inquiry. Indictments charging fraudulent use of the mails to promote oil, mining and other stock selling schemes were handed up to Federal Judge Learned Hand in the, United States Court to-da- y against four oil companies, ten brokerage concerns and about fifty individuals. The frauds, post otlice inspectors say, run far Into'tlie millions. Gross misrepresentations rcgarding'thc oil companies properties and the payment of dividends tfut of money obtained from the sale of tock are charged in the indictments. ' THREE SHOTS CUT SHORT.MUSIC OF THIS TROMBONE But Disturbed, Sleeper Find's Methods to Stop Early Morning Practice Too Drasflc. trombone players INDOOR Grrator Now York may rend a lesson in thn ex- perience of Josyiih Grossbttch, Ho lives at No. 40J Wost 80th Street. Also ho piny tho trombrtno there. In tho same Iiouhq llvex Thomas Murlmvlch. who doesn't enro much for trombonea or tho Play- ers of thorn. He was trying to sleop th: morning nt tho famo tlmo Grnssbnch was trying some- thing- on his allphorn. Martmvlch stood It us iongaa he could and then he gut his pistol and went up to Orosnbach's toom. Ho called the musician out Into the hall and fired two shots at him as be fled, minus tho trombone, down tho stairs. Neither shot was effectlvo and Mnrlmvlch pursued tho player Into the street and took anotl)or shot at him. lly this tlmo tho neighborhood was airtombled and nil started af- ter the player. Patrolman I\ercl-v- nl Cassldy of tho Wost 37th Street Station brought things to a. standstill \by arresting Marim-vlc- h. Ho was held In 11,000 ball for attempted felonious assault 1 and In 1500 for having tho pistol, He declared ho felt Juotiried In \acarlng\ Grossbaoh, which waa all ho wanted to do. Orosrfbach waa scared. GREEKS BEGIN NEW WAR. Offriulrft Asralnst Turkish Nation- alists Meeting With .Ineeeii. SMYRNA. Asia Minor, June 23, The Greek Army began June 21 an offensive against the forces of Mustapha Kemal Pasha, the Turkish Nationalist leader, according to a statement Issued by Orrck Army headquarters y. Tha flrueka ari nieetlmr with success. tha statement adds; \The enerny, concentrated In the vicinity of (58 mites north- east of Smyrna), waa attacked both In front and Itank movements. Ha with- drew In disorder and was occupied by our troops, Last night we continued the advunce northward, An attack against Salllill began ,\ According to Information given out at nnuloynn during the conference of the Allied Premiers. Urerro waa allowed a fun hand In the military measures tn Turkey decided upon, at tbo lly the the da,y previously Periston un Jersey (; Hats'. Official of Now Jersey cjllea and towns In the metropolitan area to-d- received word th tho lMbllc Service Commission at Trenton, N. J., had re- fused nn application by the Public Ser- vice pas Company that It be permitted tn fix a vurvlnir rat for gas. bused on the prion It pays for oil. It was call- - and 11.35. The company Is expected to apply for a flat ru to of ti.25 per 1,000 feet. Instead of the flat 11.13 11 now U allowed to charge. v sm. it. 2 'm&lll waaiiilftian ,V A TllbKK CENTS bXSEWIISIIB El i CHARGE Ten Brokerage The companies Indicted are: ' Rantiir-irXBrrlpan- r - YV. P. Wililams Oil Corporation t ..-- . Great Wiitern .Petroleum Cor- poration,' Crown Oil Company'. Brokerage concerns indicted aror Curtis Packer & Co., No, 70 Wall Strast. 'United Securities Company. H. Kent Holmes A Co. H. Morgan Pollak A Co. Thompson Jamas & Co., No. 643 Fifth Avenue,. .Stlckney, Rawllnson & Doston. Grossman, 8herman & Co., No. , 7 Pine Street. Qaorge A. Lamb & Co., No. 220 Fifth Avenue. E. M. Futler A Co, No. 0 Broad Street. Qreanbaum, Dlgelow eV Green-baur- Individuals .Indicted nre Louts ('. Van Riper, Charles R. Morton. JohBrf R. McLean, Ashley I Holbrook. Wlll-- fl lam P. WlUlama. John J. Kean. Thad-- e. aeuM a. nice, Edward At. lllnshaw, J.M W. Saunders, William C. Eyl. Henry M. Shumate, Joseph H. Dyrd. H. Mor gan Pollok, William H. Day, Daniel I H. McKcttrick. William E. Htfrrort,) Robert Stlckney, JohnV. Colclough,' Alexander Grossman. Edward A. Nil-eo- n. \Jack\ A. Nelson. W, H. Haviln, . Frank Werner, George A. Lamb, Samuel Fomund. David W, Rotbeuales, Joseph Schoenbcrger, Samuel New. house. Maurice M. Goldberg, George De UJfalusey. Victor Faiy. II. T.\ Pike. .Mr KJeln. Charles Frlcdburg, O. Graubart. E. 31. Fuller, W. F. McGcc, 1). X. Dawson, It. V. Hole. C D. Pratt and W. P. Williams. INDICTMENT8 FOLLOW SIX' MONTHS OF INVESTIGATION.' The Indictments Include men from iralno to California and are the re- sult of six months of country-wl- d effort on th (part of Post Office C. H. CUrahan of Chicago,\ III., E. A. Sch'wato of Nqw York. How- ard U. Mayhew and Oliver U. Will- - , lamson. Thero aiys three other oil stock companies to bo Indicted witbja a few days, It waa stated by Jerome; Slmmonson and Henry E. Kelly, As- sistant United States Attorneys, who nre prosecuting the complaints, made .' by the alleged victims of the stock promoters. In the case of the Ranger Oil Com-.'- pony, the Information contained, la the Indictment charges that tb) Ranger Co., Curtis, Pucker & Co, Van Riper, 'Morton 3IcLedn and Ilq.V brook sold Ranger stock from II tn $2.25 a share, having bought It for 20 cents a share and that they also purported that they were con- tinuously' drilling- - wells, where oa thg had abandoned the one well tiny started. The defendants also mis represented, the indictment sti that its stock was dealt in on Cutto lltrket, JUnger nock
