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Mm- - .WEATHER FORECAST. AHATPVTJCENDING Fair to-da- y and probably The amalgamated SUN AND HERALD mild temperature; gentle to moderate preserves the best traditions of each. southwest to west winds. In combination these two newspapers Highest tcroporature ywterday, 74; lowest, 60. make a greater newspaper than -- either I Detailed wtbr rtjorte will 1m found on tba ISditorUl has ever .been on its own. PWH AND THE NEW YORK HERALD VOL. LXXXVH.-N- O. 298-DA- ILY. NEW YORK, THURSDAY, JUNE 24, im.-&n'i'i(i- ffte: New York,' N. T. PRICE in nf.w TWO YonK crrif. CENTS rocn WITHIN TllttKE oknts MO numwnEna CENTS Mir.ES. WACHI SPREAD DEATH IN IRISH RIOTS Five More Sinn Pciners Are Killed in Londonderry Streets. FAMILY OF THlfEE SHOT Rciffii of Terror More Se- rious as Military Re- mains Inactive. DISTURBANCES SPREAD Fighting in Progress in Coun- try Districts Many Aro Reported Injured. J?y tht Attociattt Press. , LONDONDERIIT, JuHO 23. FlVO Sinn Felncrs wero killed by machine gunf- ire employed to cover the removal of the bodies of several Protestants from Bishop street according to a military statement. Thero Is a lull now (10:30 P. M.) In the fighting. Scenes of the most terrible descript- ion were enacted here last night and Many streets were swept by i murderous fire for sixteen hours continuously. One man was killed and ten dangerously wounded In one sect- ion of tho city. Several bodies are reported to bo lying In Bishop street. \\Anions the wounded was a young girl, nd those who suffered slight Injuries unnot bo estimated. Sniping wns Indulged In on a large ecalu and there was Indiscriminate fir- ing of rifles and rovolvcrs all over the city. The principal conflict took place In HlFliop street, where there wns a large concentration of Sinn Felncrs In tin' neighborhood of St. Columba's Catholic College and Nazareth Home. Sandbags were thrown up, from which a si rung tire was directed at the Inlmilsts In Uarrack street. There Raa ,i vigorous exchange of fire and main casualties resulted on both sides. Family or Three Shot. MramvMIe trouble had broken out on in extensive bcalo In the re J Ion of Long-tc- er Mreet and Utshop's Gate, where tl.tro were flcrco and prdlongeS' Sinn Fclilcra, occupying posi- tions on roofs,- sniped isolated Union-- li it. The soldiers and police were on duty, but were unable to Intervene ef- - lectivel. The police in Bishop street barracks, within the battle zone, were virtually besieged. Many passersby wero wound-fd.an- d It Is reported some were killed; hut it Is impossible to get correct de- - r tlllt. confectioner named McKcnna was killed at the corner of Henrietta street, a few yards from his own door. A buj-I- ft entered his breast and he collapsed. A priest was oummoned, and while he administered the last rites flrlnr was tuspended. Among casualttei was an el- derly man named Whtteslde, who was auompanled by Ids son and daughter. They were passing through Bishop street, and all of them were shot. During the course of the night there was savage fighting In the Waterside district. The rival factions were in- trenched In Cross street and Bond street, botli of which were barricaded. Snipers were busy until 1 o'clock this afternoon, and contingents of troops had to be moved Into various streets, wnlch until then were Impassable to citizens. The streets had the appearance of a battle ground. Sandbags were thrown tip with sleepy soldiers almost In a state of exhaustion after th night's vigils. It la expected that troops are coming by road, but no reinforcements have yet irrlvcd. Fighting; In Country. There Is fighting In the outlying dis- tricts from which Unionists are pouri- ng into the city. The outside world has little Idea of the terror Londonderry has been experienci- ng without respite since Friday last The casualty .figures from day to day irr alarming enough but they picture only the shadow of the grim reality. The truth Is none of the 40,000 Inhabitants lias been safe since the rioting began. The i ity Is virtually controlled by ex- tremists of the Unionists and National-I't- i. ho probably number under five liundnd. They fire volleys down the trM without warning and apparently without reason, and the cltlxens are thus put In a state of continuous panic, sallyi- ng forth only when the procurement of v tood becomes absolutely necessary. Many shop keepers have suspended business tnd have taken refuge on the top floors of their business premises. Men who aro compelled to be In their orflees sleep there rather than risk step- ping Into the streets. The post office force hus been reduced to a mere hand- ful, and the postmaster Is being peti- tioned by miny of the workers for re- lief from duty until the trouble sub- sides. Military Forces Neutral. The military so far has confined Its 'fforts to keeping the two sides\ apart, but without great success. Everyone arriving In the city Is challenged for credentials and Is searched for arms and ammunition. The real test for a visitor, however, comes when he Is held up by either the Sinn Felners or the 1'nlonists. With harids In the air, star-la- g Into the muxxle of a revolver, he Is thoroughly searched. Some have come out of this examination rather badly. Kach morning the engagement of the nliht before Is resumed. Heavy barri- cades have bten thrown up, and groups of arn.iii men go from one place to cither on the ofTcnslxo or defen- - Continued on fourth Page. jjjljjjliOT British in 'Armored Car Attack Sinn Fein Party LONDON, Juno 24 (Thursday). A despatch to tho London Times from Belfast timed 11:30 Wednesday evening1 says troops ire pouring into Belfast and that some of them, already' have Parted for Londonderry. Soldiors and Sinn Felners In Londonderry fought from 11 o'clock Wednesday night to mid- night with a result yet unknown. An armored car with Lewis guns, supported by infantry, at- tacked a party of Sinn Felners who had been firing along Bishop street. The casualties are be- lieved to have been numerous. WINS FIGHT OK Ijloyd George TcIIb Commons Arab Nations Will Bless Great Britain. MUST PERFORM HER DUTY Says Civil Rule Already Pays Its Way and Denies Mo- nopoly of Oil. Special Cable Dtipateh to Tin 8cw and New Yosic IhaULD. CovvrioM, Hit, fcy Till SON and New YoiK Hbald. London, June 23. (Premlcr Lloyd George stood with unexpected .firm- ness for tho Mesopotamia adventure in tho House of Commons But It was not upon tho score of Great Britain's Interest that he ap- pealed; It was upon tho score of the new international politics. The Prlmo Minister declared that Great Britain must perform her duty of making peace In that part of the world. She will call In all tho Arab leaders to discuss the government and \these nations will yet bless us,\ he said. He declared that tho civil administra- tion set up In Mesopotamia already was paying Its own way and denied that ex- clusive oil privileges had been arranged for the Mosul fields. Lloyd George predicted that the whole country would yet become under the mandate given Great Uritaln not by the League of Nation but by \the Allied and Associated Powers.\ The Premier spoke more than an hour, and when he had finished as usual he had the House of Commons In the hollow of his hand, But after strik- ing out the League of Nations from one more of its vaunted functions he did not allude to Persia or the decisions taken At the Boulogne conference. This statement perhaps will be made or next day. PREMIER REPUDIATES LEAGUE MANDATES' Says It Was Supposed to Havt Only Advisory Voice. London, June 23. Exyremler th and other members of the House of Commons y attacked the Gov- ernment policy with regard to Mesop- otamia and various former,.TjurMsh ter- ritories, on tho ground of the enormous military cost. They claimed that the question of mandates for these terri- tories was one for the League of Na- tions. Premier Lloyd George In his defence of the Government repudiated entirely the claim In behalf of the league. He said that none of tho signatories of the Versailles treaty, even President Wil- son, held that view. It would be an Intolerable position which nobody ever contemplated, con- tinued the Premier, that the league should be able, for instance, to hand mandates to Oermany for territories which had cost hundreds of millions to emancipate, such as Mesopotamia and Palestine. .The, league could have an advisory voice on the manner In which the mandates should be performed, but that Was a different matters Mr. Lloyd George saw tne news rrom Anatoli warn mnih mnr. fnvnrnhle timn It had been last week. He was unsble to give details of the projected opera- tions, except that some would be un- dertaken independently by the lrceks, n,v.lln nth.n mat; unriort alf.n Inlntlv j - by Greek and British forces. He kald that If Mustapha Kcmal Pasha, or any man of that type, were permitted to organize a force to break the policy de- liberately adopted by tho Allies Europe would miserably fall In Its duty. BRITISH LABOR FOR RECOGNIZING LENINE Annual Conference Urges Treating With Soviets. Scarborough, England, June 23. TVtA wntl(h annual conference of the Labor party this evening adopted a resolution demanding recognition of the , Soviet Government of Russia. An . amendment proposed by Ernest Bevlns of the Dock Workers Union favored the creation of a permanent labor commis- sion for an Investigation of conditions on the Continent. The resolution and the amendment were adopted. Another resolution declared that tho peace treaty \grossly violates not only ...... ....... . me oujtx-- i ui .....v- - - the war but also th. terms upon which , the arm slice was conciuaen. n ac- - with great concern\ the economical and ! social conditions In central Europe, and In conclusion asked tne rremier 10 re- ceive a deputation of the Labor Party to discuss the subject Coal Famine Hlta Montreal Plants Montreal. June 23. The coal short- - nge here became even more serious to- - .... ciay. Mi-cp- i t nave more m \ - 1 nnd. unit It Is feared many plants will be forced to cIosj. Llberir Bonds. I Bought 8old-4uo- John Muu- - Co., 01 Broadway.-J- A t ELWELL KILLED IN DIVORCE TRAP LATESTTHEORY Woman Trailed to House by Private Detectives Who Called Husband. TIP BEING FOLLOWED Infuriated Man Believed to Have Changed Mind About Getting Evidence. SINGER AMPLIFIES STORY Miss Anderson Admits Taking Early Breakfast With Ton Schlegell. Another theory was added yesterday to those that already had sprung up stneo Joseph Bowne Elwell, \whist wizard\ and turfman, was found mys- teriously slain In his home at 244 West Seventieth street on tho morn- ing of Juno 11. It Is that Elwell may have met his death in the course of a dlvorco raid made upon his premises. The basis of this, theory Is In a re- port which reached the ofllclals yes- terday to the effect that Elwclhand a married woman of his acquaintance had been shadowed by private detec- tives on several occasions before the murder and that tho detectives had located the woman In the Elwell home In the early morning hours preceding the card expert's death. , It was the business of these private detectives, according to this name re port, Immediately to Inform the per- son who had employed them of such a circumstance In order that this person might Join the detectives In entering tho premises nnd getting the neces sary evidence. If the report Is correct the explana- tion of the murder may be that the woman's husband arrived at the house on the detective's Up and that upon discovering his suspicions to be Justi- fied he departed from his original In- tention of obtaining divorce evidence and took the turfman's life. Mlsa Anderson Explain Breakfast. Assistant District Attorneys John T. Pooling and Alfred J. Talley, to whoso attention the matter was brought, said last night that this report would be looked Into thoroughly. Ab none of the clues thus far run down has thrown any light on the mystery. It Is thought (Kit lha entntlnn mnv lift In following some now line of Investigation. According to reports received yester- day from Minneapolis, Miss Elty Hope Anderson, the girl singer Who was In the company of Victor Von Schlegell on the evening preceding Elwell's death, has expressed a willingness to come to this city at once and tell District Attor-ne- w Swann all she knows about Elwell and Von Schlegell, which she says will not take much time. The young woman, who has been re- ferred to as \the girl In black,\ Issued a statement yesterday In which she as- serted she left .Von Schlegell at 10:30 P. M. on the night of June 10, when he escorted her home from the and saw him again when they breakfasted together the following morning. This breakfast was served at Von Schlegell's apartment, at 22 Kast Sixtyr second street, at 8:10 o'clock, according to statements made to the District At- torney, and the dishes were removed at about 9 o'clock. According to the cal- culations made by Dr. Charles F. Nor-rl- s. County Medical Examiner, and others Elwell was slain In his West Side home at about 8:15 or 8:20 o'clock. Miss Anderson explained she hed ac- cepted Von Schlegell's Invitation to go around and take breakfast with him be- cause of the fact that he was \like a Iamll' c d d 8he ha(J ,T pianne(1 to leave New York that morning for the West. Sinner Willing; to Come Here. Miss Anderson said Von Schlegell, who . . . . in-- i- s the dlvorcea nuspanu ui .. y.ma Kriun. had met her father, Charles A Anderson of Minneapolis, when he was visiting her at her apartments In East Sixty-fir- st street. In referring to the Incident on the roof of the Ritz-Carlt- on the night before Elwell's death, when the card expert had dined and danced with miss Kraus in me presence of Von Schlegell and herself. (Miss Anderson saia: \i snow mai jir. L. . . ., . i A tn .M1 J,.Ti e he had become friendly with Miss Kraus following her appeal for a divorce. \Mr. Von Schlegell used to -- Joke with me \ she added, \about 'the number of times we ran across Mr. Elwell and Miss Kraus when we were at concerts and In cafes.\ fi Anderson told persdns who Inter viewed her In Minneapolis that tho \would not think of making the trip to New Tork alone.\ She said she had re- ceived a communication from her father, who with her mother Is attending tho Shrlners' convention In Portland, Ore. . . j. A V. fViar h. had rnri hr \\e ln the newspapers, ana wouia re 0 her to New Tork a. .V .n i.v Portland about my being a witness.\ the young woman said, \because I knew they would worrv and It might spoil my mother's vacation.\ She added that she had not as yet received any communication from District Attorney Swann, but that she! knew he wanted to talk to her from what she had read In the newspapers. Miss Esther Lee Sutton of 726 Madl-- 1 V. ...... M.ntlAn. hv tl.m Anderson on Tuesday as Being tne menu wl)f ,nl, ntrodiirefI her to von scniegell. ystcr(laj. s;,c (olild not null hav- - .nf ,oe so she said, however, that she had met auis Anaerson ana -- ir. von sjbnlbiued on Sixth Page. Dollar Harding Lent Comes Back at Last Special to Tin Bun and New Yosk IIbuld. WASHINGTON, June aj. Suppressing for obvious rea- sons the oame of the sender Senator Harding's office y gave out this letter from a man at Rochester, Pa.: Dear Mr. Harding It is not my intention to owe a President of the United' States anything except my admiration and good will, therefore I enclose my check for SI. Some years ago in your private office at Marion I borrowed the $1 for reasons you may imagine. It helped at a t Imc when work was scarce and money scarcer. I am pleased to note the lender en route to the White House. RAIL STRIKERS GET ULTIMATUM W. G. Bcslef, Speaking for Lines, Dooms Seniority for 'Outlaws.' MORE COLLIERIES CLOSE Merchants' Fund Is Raised to $10,000,000 to 'Frco N. Y. of Labor Domination.' \While the switchmen's strike con- tinued to spread throughout eastern Pennsylvania nnd threatened to tie up the collieries In tho Schuylkill dis- trict railroad executives declared yes- terday that tho quesilon of \outlawry\ must be settled this time once and for all. The \outlaws\ have walked them- selves out of their Jobs, according to W. G. Besler, president of the Central Railroad of New Jersey. He spoko at a Joint luncheon given by the Railway Business Association and the Citizens Transportation Commltteo in tho Rail- road Club, 30 Church street, and his remarks were approved Bnd seconded by E. E. Loomls, president of the Lehigh Valley; W. H. Truesdale, pres- ident of tho Lackawanna, and other railroad offlcers present. 'ntofrty rights are a thing of the past,\ Mr. Besler declared. \If these men think they have anything coming to them they are very much mistaken. The men we havo employed to take their places are giving better service than they gave and we shall not take any of the strikers back unless we need them.\ Mr. Truesdale agreed with Mr. Besler, He said about twenty men were respon- sible for the trouble and that they had misled the yardmen to believe they could get more money. Mr. Loomls, referring to the recent strikes In New Tork harbor, said the railroads are now In a position where port strikes cannot tie them up. William Fellowes Morgan, chairman of the Citizens Transportation Commit- tee, said the longsnoremen's strike had \petered out\ and the merchants had won. The \oDen shoo\ fund has been raised again from J5.000.000 to $10,000,000, Mr. Morgan announced, and the work or freeing New York from labor domination will continue without Interruption. While the railroads were aligning (hnmselves with the commercial interests of the clty\ln the \open shop\ war ship ping men at a meeting of tne Maritime ETchanre voted unanimously to support the Citizens Transportation Committee. T. V. O'Connor, president of the In- ternational Longshoremen's Assocjatlon, returned from Montreal yesterday and went Into conference with local lead- ers in the Marlborough Hotel. He said i,- - ..nri.ii u'nrri from Washington that the\ Interstate Commerce Commission had raised the coastal rreigni rates, thereby permitting the steamship com- panies to Increase their wage scales and end the dock strike. , Reports from the storm centres of the railroad strike were conflicting. Several more collieries were reported closed down, PHILADELPHIA GAINS 274,150 IN DECADE Third City of Nation Has Population of 1,823,158. Washington, June 23. Philadelphia has a population of 1,823,158, accord- ing to figures Issued by the Census d this afternoon. This Is an Increase since 1S00 of 274,150. or 17.7 per cent. The Quaker City retains her standing as third city of the country In point of population, having almost double the number of people In Detroit, which Is now the fourth city. Other census figures Issued give Rochester a population of 295.850, an Increase of 36.6 per cent.: Newport, 30,235, an Increase of 11.4 per cent., and Wllklnsburg, Pa.,' 24,403, an Increase of 29 per cent. Prince Albert In Jlonae of Lords. ' ' Io.ndo.v, Juno' 23. Prince Albert, re-- I cently created Duke of York, took his at In the House of Lords The Queen and Princess Mary were present ! nd the galleries were crowded. CLOSING TIME DAILY ISSUES I r. ' \ ,,n Xn' tlroadnn;. I f. M. at lunitrr llrruld llrficr. llrndd building, llrruld Square. r. M. al all other Branch Offices. (LocaUons lUUd oa Editorial PageJ TAMMANY BOSS, 3 AIDS, INDICTED - WITH JIM SMITH i Murphy and Vice Prosecu- tor Among Those Named in Biff Glucose Deal. BAIL FIXED AT $1,000 No Defendants Appear, but Their Counsel Enter Pleas of Not Guilty. CASES SET FOR MONDAY Asst. Dist. Attorney Charged With Intimidation Grand Jury Springs Surprise. Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tam many Hall, who Is ln San Fran cisco to help nominate the Demo cratic candidate for tho Presidency, waa one of six defendants ngalnst whom tho Extraordinary Grand Jury made public Indictments yesterday charging them with criminal con- spiracy. It Is the first time since tho leadership of William M. Tweed that a Tammany Hall leader has been In- dicted during his Incumbency of that post. Together with tho Tammany chief tain there wero Indicted In the same Instrument James E. Smith, Assistant District Attorney; Arthur J. Baldwin of the law Arm of Griggs, Baldwin & Baldwin, 27 Pine street, Mr. Murphy's counsel ln the transaction complained of; John A. McCarthy, a former busi- ness partner of John Murphy, brother of Charles F. Murphy; Ernest B. Walden, of the Corn Products Refining Company, n sub- sidiary of the Standard Oil Company, and also the Corn Products Company Itself. One of the allegations ln the Indict ment charges the alleged conspirators with conniving \for their own corrupt ends\ to defraud the United States Government out of sums that would fall due under the excess profits tax law which might havo amounted an nually to an aggregate between $600,- - 000 and $800,000. Indictment Conies as Shock. Though the Indictment was handed to Justice Bartow S. Weeks Tuesday, the secret had been so well kept by the Extraordinary Grand Jury and counsel for the accused men that Its nature when revealed ln the Criminal Branch of the Supreme Court yesterday came as a startling surprise. Those who had followed closely the trail o\f Foreman Raymond F. Almlralt nnd his associate vice hunters of the Extraordinary Grand Jury supposed the wind set from quite another direction and that at last some thing tangible was to be disclosed about the much mooted \overshadowing crime.\ None of the Indicted men answered In person when his name was called yes terday afternoon ln court, but each was represented by counsel, who entered In their behalf pleas of not guilty pend- ing their arraignment for formal nlead- - Ing, which the court set for Monday, The offence charged Is a misdemeanor. On conviction It Is punishable with a maximum of one year in the county penitentiary, or a fine of 31,000. or both. W. M. K. Olcott of Oicott, Bonynge, McManus & Ernst, counsel for Mr. Murphy, explained that his client is on his way to San Francisco. Peter F. McAllister, who appeared for Arthur J. Baldwin and John A. McCarthy, In behalf of the firm of Griggs. Baldwin k Baldwin, said that Mr. Baldwin was In Europe. Frank H. Hall of 17 Bat- tery place, counsel for the accused cor poration and also for Mr. Walden, Its told tho court Mr. Walden was not In the city. Ball for each de- fendant was set In the sum of 11,000. It Is believed Mr. Murphy will hasten his return from the coast to make hla defence. Nature of the Charge. The blanket Indictment was the result of Investigation by Mr. Almlrall and his colleagues Into tho alleged coercion of Louis N. Hartbg, a manufacturer of In whose company, during the war period, Murphy Invested $125,000 and subsequently, It Is alleged, by duress sought to coerce Hartog Into paying him excessive profits on his Investment. The charge against Mr. Smith, the Assistant District Attorney who has been particu- larly active In his pursuit of hidden vice, represents him as making Improper use of a Grand Jury subpoena to Intimi- date- Hartog In the Interest of the co- conspirators. Friends of Mr. Smith suggested yesterday In his defepee that ho had never been regarded as \a Mur- phy man\ and that he had not even been a member of Tammany Hall for ten years. In the course of thirty-tw- o closely typed pages the Indictment sets forth that on March 5, 1918, and prior thereto, Louis N. Hartog owned a business known as the North Kensington Refin- ery, In which he manufactured malto-dcxtrln- a corn syrup made from glu- cose. On the date named he was flndln difficulty In obtaining sufficient glucose Continued on Third Page. rOB INDtsrlAY CLASSlrUOJ ADVERTISEMENTS SUNDAY ISSUES 1 V. M. \nturJaj at .Mali Office, ru P. SI. at forwr Herald Offlcr Herald I1.1MI.. lf. I.I S r. 11. l all other Brunch' Of flea. (Locations Ustad on Editorial PetlK Wbt$$W AND NEW YORK HERALD PRESIDENT WILL ADDRESS CONVENTION BY TELEPHONE; ACTION URGED ONSUFFRAGE RATIFICATION Special Session of Legislature Would Be of \Heal Service to Tarty,\ Do Says. ACCEPTS CHALLENGE Telegram Gives Ileal Point io Consideration of Third Term\ Talk. Tennessee Will Vote on Woman Suffrage JNOXVILLE, June 23. Gov. Roberts of Tennessee an- nounced that he would comply with the desire of Presi- dent Wilson that a special ses- sion of the Tennessee Legislature be called to act on the Federal suffrage amendment. The Legislature will be called to meet, the Governor said, in plenty of time to permit tho women of the United States to vote in the November election provided ratification is com pleted. Srerial fo Tub Scn isd New Tosh Herald. Washington, Juno 23. President Wilson's earnest desire to have tho women' vote In the \solemn refer- endum\ on tho League of Nations is- sue next November became apparent in n telegram he sent to Gov. A. H. Roberts of Tennessee, asking that a special session of tho Legisla- ture be called to consider the suffrage amendment. Only one more State Is needed to ratify tho amendment so that women ' throughout the United States can vote at the coming election. \It would be a real service to the party and to the nation,\ Mr. Wilson telegraphed, \If It Is posslblo for you under the peculiar provisions of your State Constitution, having in mind tho recent decision\ of tho Supremo Court In the Ohio case, to call a special ses- sion of the Legislature of Tennessee to consider the suffrage amendment. Allow mo to urge this very earnestly.\ Mr. Wilson's personal Interest for votes of women at the coming election' Is immediately apparent. Ho undoubt- edly feels that'the League of Nations Issue, wero It presented along broad grounds by the Democrats In the cam- paign, would make a strong appeal to women for sentimental reasons. Fur- thermore, no effort Is made to conceal this view, for the telegram says \It would be of real service to the party.\ This astute political move added fur- ther food for the discussion of Mr. Wil- son as a third term possibility. It demonstrated two things, first, that he personally Is out to gather such ad- vantage as may bo had from obtaining universal suffrage at the coming elec- tion, and second, that he wants to be sure that women, to whom the League of Nations might have an especial ap- peal, be able to vote in November. On a matter so vitally effecting the party fortunes at the coming election, according to the opinion advanced by politicians In Washington, it might have been a natural thing for the Democratic National Committee to make a move of this kind, especially since the Demo- cratic National Committee Is In session or at least will be ln San Francisco. It would have been an easy matter for the President to suggest such a course to the committee, and If .such a telegram really resulted In the granting of suffrago at the coming elec- tion such benefits as would result would go, not to an Individual, but to tho Derrocratic party as a whole. It merely tends to show that Mr. Wilson Is keep- ing his oirn counsel., playing his own game In his own way, for some reason not yet explained. Whatovcr may be Mr. Wilson's ulti- mate attitude toward the San Francisco nomination, the opinion Is held among close Administration Democrats that the third term talk has been of dlstlnc advantage to him. This Is seen In the attitude of most candidates now In tho field, who admittedly are apprehensive about the third, term movement. WIRELESS STRIKE NOW CALLED OFF Guarantees of Fair Treatment Given, Say Leaders. London, June 23. The strike of wire-lea- s operators, which threatened to bring shipping activities to a virtual stindstlll nnd tipset transatlantic pasenger rangements, has been called off. This action was taken as a consequence of meetings of the Association of Wireless Telegraphists held y at London. Liverpool nnd other ports. The wireless leaders declare they have secured guarantees of f.tlr treatment. Cretr of Darned Ship Landed. PiltLADiLPtitA. June 23. The crew of the schooner William C. May was landed here to-d- after having been rescued at sea. The schooner wns on fire nnd was abandoned. The May wns bound from \Turks Island for Philadelphia with rnriM of salt. .Mmtit 200 miles off tin- - New co.mt tin- - iflilp vr.m dlscov. red to be on fire. FOR HACKING COVGHS Father John's Medlctno soothes and htal, BuUds new strength. Adv. ft Boom for F. D. Roosevelt for Second Place Liksly Sjifrio.1 to Tim HrN and Nr.w Yosk Haul p. WASHINGTON, Juno 23. Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York, Assistnnt Secretary of tho Navy, is likely to bo placed in nomination at San Francisco as an Administration candidato for Mr. Roose-vo- lt has been closely identified with the Administration, having mado what is regarded as a good record in the Navy Department during the war. He has not been subjected to tho criticism that at times has been heaped upon his chief, Secretary Daniels. WILSON PRAISE FILLS PLATFORM President Mentioned 27 Times in Document Sent West From White House. LIQUOR ISSUE IS DODGED Plays for Labor, Farmer and Woman Vote Among Demo- cratic Laudations. By a Stall Torre jpondent of Tns Son and New Yosk Hkiiald. San Francisco, June 23. From nn Administration lieutenant The Sun and New Yonit Herald learns the con- tent of the platform which Scnntor Carter Glass of Virginia Is bringing from tho White House to tho Demo- cratic National Convention. This framed declaration will be driven through by tho will of Its author. Woodrow Wilson Is mentioned by name or with crjutl directness twenty-seve- n times In the document, which Is amazingly frank ln designating him ns tho only human nfset worth while ln the whole Democratic party. The platform is shot' Mirough with praise for Mr. Wilson as the t. The preamble refers to Thomas Jef- ferson as being worthy of mention with Woodrow Wilson ln recalling the achievements of the party. Then the single-hande- d accomplishments of Wil- son are hailed, as infinitely moro val- uable than twenty-fiv- e years of states- manship by the combined brains of the Republican party. Some of the PloiiUa. Planks in tho platform praise the Federal Reserve act and the farmers loan act as the achievements solely of President Wilson ; others praise the war financing, Democratic genius In building ud the rural mall eystcm and the parcel post system, extol the Income tax law, claim credit for woman suffrage and score the Republican party for having done nothing to bring down the cost of living. The platform offers an econ- omy pledge and favors a merchant fleet to build up commerce and as a naval auxiliary and advocates a national highways system. Thereafter the outstanding points are: \Out and out demnnd for the League of Nations as the Ideal 'for which Amer- ica broke away from her traditional isolation and spent her blood and treas- ure to crush a colossal scheme of con- quest' \Condemnation of the Republican Sen- ate for refuslnc to ratify the treaty, 'be cause It was the product of Democratic statesmanship,' thus Interposing partisan envy and personal hatred ln the way of the peace and renewed prosperity of the world. \Condemnation of the Republican party for adopting dishonest and mean- ingless plank on the league at Chicago ami for 'betraying' the people of America.- - \Demand for prompt ratification of the treaty, 'without reservations which would Impair Its essential Integrity.\ \A claim that after the President 'In- vited hundreds of the most prominent and Dronounced Republicans' as his counsellors In the war, 'committing to them responsibilities of the gravest Im- port and most confidential nature, they repaid his broadness with vicious. In- tolerable, petty partisan attacks.' Cnnurraa la Denounced. \Condemnation of the Republican Con- gress for falling to revise tax laws de- vised under wnr pressure, and which threaten 'to throttle our economic life.\ \Condemnation of the Republicans for neglecting the Interests of the farmers, for attacking the farm loan system and for striving to destroy the 170,000,000 nitrogen plants at Muscle Shoals. The Democratic party la hailed as the friend of honest labor and Is cred lied with every Important law In the Interest of labor. Roth strikes and lock- - outH are 'deplored,' and recommendation Is made for \methods to compose all dis- agreements of labor nnd capital on a basis which will Insure the satisfactory employment of both In the industrial pursuits of the country.' \Indiscriminate bonuses to former sol- diers and sailors are disapproved as a repellent to patriotism and as against the real wishes of the men, and a strong decliratton Is made that the Federal Oovernment murt b un- stintedly generous In every disabled sol. dier The fortgoiig arc the niiilr, deten tions mat win so inroiign, arier n right here and there. The wet nnd dry Issue will be dodged if that can be done. The President doe 3 jiot want a declaration on the matter. Amplifiers Will Carry Wil- son's Voice to All Parts of Auditorium. CU3DUNGS IS EVASIVE Will Not Confirm Story of Arrangements, by Nation- al Committeemen. STAMPEDE IS FEARED Rival Campaign Managers Soo Well riimnod'Attcmpt to Ross Delegates. By a Staff CorretporirM of Tll SUN AN Ninr Yoax Hctui.p. San Francisco, June 23. At the well known psychological moment Presi- dent Wilson will address the Demo- cratic National Convention. Not In person, one hastens to udd. The mas- ter's voice will be conveyed over' telephono wire nnd will be sufficiently magnified by a system of amplifiers so as to bo heard clearly In every part of the Civic Auditorium. This at lenst la tho story which comes whlsperlngly from tho Inner chambers of the Nationnl Committee. It Is news that sours the disposition of several gentlemen who havo boomi to nourish. Already perturbed by a tcries of occurrences which suggest to their fearful minds that President Wil- son Is scheming for rcnomlnatlon, tho tip that nrrnngements havo been mads for him to talk to tho delegates, voice to ear, further alirms the managers for Cox, Palmer, Edwnrds and the rest of tlio hopefuls. \If this Is true,\ they say, \It ! about the last straw,\ Meaning, of course, that the camel's back of belief that the President does not want a renomlnatlon and would not accept a renornlnatlon can't stand much more without absolutely breaking. t'ummlnspj I ISvaslve. There were flurried conferences In the quarters of Ei Moore ol Ohio, Cox's manager, and Robert Scott and Francis P. Oarvan, Palmer's lieutenants, this evening when somebody close to Chair- man Homer S. Cumm'lngs let out the secret. Cummlngs denied the story In a left handed kind of way which carried con- viction to no one, He decorated an evasive negative with some facetious comment as regards the temperamental-nes- s of politicians and how ready these nervous gentlemen are to accept any vivid rumor that hits their projecting ears. Hilt Mr, Curmnlngs does not com right out nnd cross his heart to the posi- tive statement that a special wire has not been especially leased for (lie Presi- dent's sole use and for the special pur- pose of nddresslng the convention. Ha has admitted that he has been In wire consultation from time to time with Tumulty, the President's secretary A National Committeeman having a late dinner last night with a Southern gentleman related with great pride the scope of the arrangements , that have been made, he asserts,, to Mil the con- vention hall and the ears of the 1,091 candidate makers with the living voice of Woodrow Wilson. A special connec- tion nt great expense and already thor- oughly tested to the acoustics of the Civic Auditorium awaits the great moment, Tho worry that agitates the candidates and their managers Is what moment will be chosen. They guess It will be just before the committee on resolutions comes Into the convention with the plat- form. ' Also they want to know why Chair- man Cummlngs nnd the Insiders of the National Committee think It necessary for the President to get In such direct touch with the delegates. To save their lives they couldn't help nuspvctlng that this burlness Is part and parcel of the singular chain In which B.ilnbrldg Colby Is a mysterious link. Fenr Stampede la Contemplated, In plain Kngllsh, they are afraid plans nre being made to stampede the con- vention for Wilson after a deadlock shall have been maintained long enough. They are afraid that Temporary Chairman Cummlngs has been selected for the purpose of starting the gime, that Per- manent Chairman Colby, with an ex- temporaneous speech long written and carefully revised by the President, has been selected to snatch uK the ball when Cummlngs drops It, and that the Presl-dti- it himself, by telephone, has elected to make' the goal, These candidates and managers may be temperamental folk, as the chairman suggests, too much given to unworthy suspicions, but the fact remains that the fccbeme outlined Is the scheme they are worrying about and trying to hit upon a way to block. They are afraid every possible move on their part his been anticipated as they look over ih temporary roll and see every dominat- ing position awarded to a particularly close friend of Iho President. A convention nt this stage beats any gathering In the world for feverish gos- sip. It Is at least conceivable that all of tho talk coming from so many differ- ent directions as to the possibility of a frameup being made In the Interest of third nomination Is balloon juice and nothing else, but one cannot persuade the ar.xlous chauffeurs of booms that this Is so. The only thing that would reajsure them would be a stralghtout itatement from the White Home. Even lh. r to V!lon lh-- t crecy int i thi-- nilnd a-- - fnirtul thoug its Uiu that Is now running through th hotel lobbies Is that Ralnbrldge Colby If to be \put over\ If it Is found that th convention will refuse to renominate an Invalid. This talk Is based on the theory
