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NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JUNE 12, MO.-W '
WOOD LEADS LOWDEN IN DEADLOCK IN FOURTH BALLOT;
JOHNSON WEAK THIRD; SHIFT TO HARDING OR SPROUL IN AIR;
BORAH THREA TENS BOLT IF EITHER LEADER IS NOMINA TED
IYSTERY HIDES
'PISTOL KILLING
OF J. B. ELWELL
Bridge Whist Expert Found
Dead in Home No Ken
son for Suicide.
ROBBERY .NOT MOTIVE
Police Vainly Question Ser
vants mid Companions of .
His Lust Honrs.
Joseph Bowno Klwoll, International
ly known as an authority on whist
and owner of a largo racing stable,
was shot in the reception room of his
home at 244 West Seventieth street
tsrly yesterday anil died '.n Bellevue
Hospital within four hours without re
naming consciousness. A bullet from
a ti tallbre revolver penetrated the
ccivtro of his forehead as ho was
seated hi a mahogany easy chair, clad
rply In his pajamas. It came out the
back of his head and embedded Itself
in a wall, An empty cartridge was
found on the floor, but the weapon
from which the bullet was fired still
Is missing.
The police admitted they had to deal
Kith the most ballllns murder mystery
New York has known for months. Mr.
Klnell was alone in the four story
drab brick house, and the bed In his
chamber on the third floor rear had
not been slept In. His dress clothes
had been carefully folded and placed
on the back of a chair after he had
taken them off. Between $300 aftd
100 was found on a couch, where he
had tossed It. Ills diamond studded
sleeve links and Jowelry In his bureau'
drawer were undisturbed. Robbery,
the police arc convinced, was not the
motive for the crime.
Thursday evening Mr. Elwell dined on
the Ilitz-Carlton roof as a guest of Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Lewlsohn of 9S7 Fifth
unuc. Miss Viola Kraus. Mrs. Lewi
sohn's sister, and four other persons
nerc in tho party. After dinner they
went 10 the Midnight Follies on the
S"e- Amsterdam Theatre roof. They
reached Forty-second street after the
rcjformance komcwhero between 1 :30
and 2 A. M. The Lewlsohns entered
ihelr limousine and started homeward,
and Mr. Elwell lifted his hat and dis
appeared toward Eighth avenue. He
vient to newsstand and bought a news
paper, but the police have as yet been
unable to find any one who saw him
from that tlmo until 8:30 yesterday
morning. when Mrs. Marie Larson of 324
Kaat Fifty-second street, his house
keeper, arrived at his Iwme, ready to
Ixgln her day's nork,
rind nloodatnlncd Letter.
The shooting took place some time
during the fifty-five minutes before Mra.
Larson reached the house. At 7 :35 a
post man thrust a number of letters un
der the front door. Mr. Elwell after
ward took them and carried them to the
lereptlon room. Several were found un
opened on a small green topped card
table beside his chair. Another had
hecn taken from Its envelope and was
lyms on the floor, stained with blood.
i was from Lloyd Gentry, who has
barge of the Elwell horses at Latonla,
and hail to do with details of sta
ble management.
Mr. Elwell was still breathing, his
head sunk forward upon his breast,
when Mrs. Larson found him In the llt
'ie eight by fourteen room to the right
of the hall. HIh chair backed the east
wall and he was facing west. There
were absolutely no Bigns of a struggle,
and Mrs. Larson says tho doors were
locked and none of the windows showed
signs of violence. She called Patrol
man Harry Singer of tha West Sixty
eighth street station, who sent an ambu
lanre .-all to Flower Hospital. Dr. Bren
nan, who answered, took the wounded
man to Kellevue, where he died at 11
o'clo-k without having spoken.
Inspector Cray, head of the detective
rf'iisioi . Capt Arthur Carey of the
homlcido squad and Capt. Thomas Walsh,
in charge of the detectives at the West
Slxt -eighth street station, . assumed
charge of the Investigation and were
frankly puzzled. A thorough search Of
the fourteen room house failed to reveal
a revolver. There were no powder
rrarkt on the dead man's face such as
inevitably would have resulted had he
himself held the weapon with which he
was shot
Mrs Lewlsohn and Miss Kraus were
"alWi by the police and arrived at the
Klwell house about noon. Mr. Lewlsohn
followed shortly afterward and the three,
'fgethcr with Mrs. Larson, and William
HaniM of H9 East Fifty-fifth -street,
Mr Ulwell's valet and steward of the
S'udio Hub, at 334 Park avenue, were
questioned for nearly three hours. The
Identity of the Lewlsohn party was made
i.non through a statement Issued by
Mr Lewisohn's attorney, Lyttleton Fox,
'he law firm of O'Brien, Boardman,
ranker & Fox, who came with them,
""hev fcne. nothing, Mr. Fox said, of
Mr Hindi's movements after they left
' in front of the theatre. Mr. Barnes
a'd no i,a( Deen packing- Mr. Elwell's
-Sace for years and never had known
' ii have a revolver In his possession.
"""i unoaes or 122 nest, sixty
"u street who has been Mr. Elwell's
ia iffeitr for three years, said a num.
' of women had keys to bin employer's
hom lthodcs went with Mr. Elwell to
Conltnucd on EfjAfecnfA rage.
COUNCIL MAY
OFFER RUSSIA
LEAGUE PLACE
Dispute With Persia Fur
nishes Test of Strength
of New Structure.
RECOGNITION INVOLVED
Meeting' on Monday Forccusts
Effort (0 Displace the
' 'Bis: Three.'
Special falile Despatch to Tim Si s and New
YoK Hitati.r.. CopvrioM, Hit), bu Tub Son
AND NBW YOUK HEXALD.
London-, June 11. According to the
programme announced from the
League of .Nations headquarters here
to-day for the meeting of the council
of tho league next Monday, the coun
cil proposes to go a long way In the
direction of recognition of tho Rus
sian Soviet Government as an Inter
national Power.
After reviewing Persia's appeal to
tho league against tho Bolshevist In
vasion and the facta behind the ap
peal, the statement from tho league
headquarters says that action by the
league will be taken under Article XL
of the covenant, which provfdes:
'Any war or threat or war, whether
Immediately affecting any members of
the league or not. Is hereby declared a
matter of concern to the whole league,
and the league may tako any action
that may bo deemed wise and effectual
to safeguard the peace of nations. In
case any atich emergency should arise
the Secretary-General shall, on the re
quest of any member of the league,
forthwith summons a, meeting of the
council. It Is also declared to be the
friendly right of each member of the
league to bring to the Attention of the
assembly or of the council any circum
stance whatever affecting International
relations which threaten to dlsiurb In
ternational peace or the good under
standing between nations, upon which
peace depends."
Rrfcra to I.euRoe Invitation Clause
Then the statement refers to Article
XVII., which says:
"In the event of a dispute between a
member of the league and a State
which Is not a member of the league,
or between States not members of the
league, the State or States not members
of the league shall be Invited to accept
the obligation of membership In the
league for the purpose of such dispute,
upon such conditions as the council may
deem Just If such Invitation Is ac
cepted the provisions of Articles XII,
to XVI.. Inclusive, shall be applied with
such modifications as may be deemed
necessary by the council. Upon such
Invitation being given the council shall
Immediately Institute an Inquiry Into
the circumstances of the dispute and
recommend such action as may seem
best and moat effectual In the circum
stances. If a State so Invited snail re
fuse to accept tho obligation of -membership
In the league for the purposes
of such dispute, and shall resort to war
against a member of tho league, the
provisions of Artlclo XVI. shall be ap
plicable as against the State taking
such action. If both parties to the dis
pute when so Invited refuse to accept
the obligations of memuersnip in me
league for the purposes of such dispute,
the council may take such measures and
make such recommendations ni will
prevent hostilities and will result In the
settlement of the dispute."
Test for AVllaonlnii Structure.
The matter of recognition of we Rus
sian Soviet Government may thus be
taken out of the hands of Premier
Lloyd George. Indeed, the first meet
ing on Monday may see an effort to
substitute the league generally for the
'Big Thrco" of the peace conference
and their creature, the Supreme Eco
nomic Council, which Is officially con
sidering Gregory Krasslnc's plea for
trade with Russia.
The conditions for Russian member
ship In the league made possible
through the Persian case may De
framed so as to Include everything tho
Allies want from Russia, but whether
the league will be able to enforce Its
decision in this . respect against the
wishes 'of cither France or England Is
likely to prove a conclusive test of the
strength of the Wilsonlan structure.
Krasslne has pleaded wireless delays
In getting Into communication with
Moscow and has not yet been called be
fore the British Cabinet for explana
tions. It Is regarded as certain, how
ever, that he will be called before the '
Cabinet before the league council meet
ihg Monday.
DANISH SHIP STEIKE ENDS.
Agreement Is Considered to De
Victory for Employers,
London, June 11. The dock strike at
Copenhagen, as well as the strike of
sailors and stokers, was called oft defi
nitely to-day, according to a despatch to
the Central News from the Danish capi
tal. An agreement was reached between
the strikers and employers which Is con
sidered a victory for tho latter, the
despatch says.
The strike, which lias lasted ror
month, paralyzed ,the Danish shipping
Industry. A few vessels only were ame
to sail, and these were manned by vol
unteer crews.
Al U.ltf iwwf Hum .run. ul.iiuii, -,.
and from Flaibuih Avenue, via h. I. R. It.,
to Jamaica Eatatcs: absolute auction sale
of Home building sites. Joseph P. Day,
Auctioneer. .Ail.-.
. . n , - ,1 C . . ! . 1 I C
Vote of New Yorkers
on Each of Four Ballots
llj a Staff Corrttpondtnt.
QHICAGO, June 11. Here is
how the New York delegation
voted on each of the four ballots
for the Presidency to-day:
Ballot 12 3 4
Butler 68 11 25 20
Wood 10 19 23 20
Lowdcn 2 10 20 32
Harding 2 2 2 2
Hoover 3 3 3
Coolidge 2 3 3 3
Poindexter 1 1 1 1
Johnson 0 3 5 5
Total delegates 88.
CONVICT HENRY
AS A PERJURER
Jurors Return Verdict of
Guilty With Recommenda
tion of Mercy for Inspector.
HE IS TAKEN" TO TOMBS
Counsel Will File Appeal Tues
day, When Sentence Will'
Re Tronounced.'
Domlnick Henry, police inspector
for tho Tenderloin district, was found
guilty of perjury by a Jury in the
Criminal Branch of the Supremo Court
which made Its report to Justice Bar
tow 8. Weeks at 12:30 o'clock this
morning. The conviction sent a shiver
through the Police Department afid
was the first definite victory scored by
James E. Smith, Assistant District
Attorney, In his crusado against the
department, based upon his contention
that gambling and vice flourished In
this city. The Jury brought In a
recommendation for mercy.
Smith's last effort to convict Henry
ended In failure. Several weeks ago a
Jury In tho same court acquitted Henry
under an Indictment obtained by Smith
and charging that the Inspector had
been guilty of noglect of duty in falling
to suppress disreputable houses, which
Smith contended ran openly In Henry's
district.
The prosecutions of Henry followed
the publication, last March, of a series
of affidavits made by Henry and In
volving Smith In connection with the
operation both of gambling and dis
reputable houses. About the same time
tho Rev. Dr. John Roach Straton, pastor
of Calvary Baptist Church, forced him
self Into the situation in a scries of
sermons in which he charged that not
onlv vice, but violations of the prohibi
tion laws were prevalent In Henry's dls- j
irici.
To Be Sentenced Tocadny.
Justice Weeks announced that he will
pass sentence on Henry Tuesday, at
which time tho Inspector's counsel will'
move for a new trial and If denied will
appeal. The maximum sentence 'Is ten
years. j
Henry had Just obtained the consent
of Justice Weeks to call In the Jury
to explain a point which he believed
would help greatly toward an acquittal.
Instead of hearing the explanation the
foreman announced that a verdict of
guilty was ready.
Immediately after pronouncement of
tho sentence Henry stepped into the dock
and gave his pedigree. He was led to
the Tombs by Guard Bertram Levy. Re
porters asked tho convicted Inspector If
he had anything to say. He shook his
head without uttering a word.
Mrs. Henry was frantic with suspense
last night, and friends took her for an
automobile ride and tried to comfort her.
Smith was not In the court room when
the verdict was announced.
Sympathy for Juror.
Immediately after the verdict Juror
H. S. Beldleman, 507 West 133th street,
was Informed that his mother, Mrs. S.
Beldleman or Washington, X. J.. was
dead. The court was informed and Jus
tice Weeks expressed 'his sympathy.
Henry nodded his sympathy to the man
who had Just voted to convict him.
The specific charge against Henry was
that he had sworn falsely before the
Extraordinary Grand Jury In repeating
before that body tho charges against
Smith, which also were contained In tho
affidavits Henry gave to the newspapers
at the start bf the controversy.
U. S. FLIER HELPS TO
BREAK UP RED DRIVE
Brooklyn Man Hero in Poles'
Seizure of Train.
Warsaw, June 11. Another Bolshevik
armored train, officered and manned by
Germans, with German machine guns,
has been captured by the Poles near
the Kiev bridgehead.
Its capture Is attributed by the Poles
to the performance of Capt. Edward U.
Corsl of Brooklyn, a member of the
Kosciusko Aero Squadron, who, they
say, flew beyond the train and destroyed
the tracks by means of bombs. Polish
Infantrymen later captured the crew.
T1IK URKATF.ST nOHV ntll.DKR.
Father John's Medlclna li all pura nour
ishment. No drugs. Adv.
IDAHO LEADER
MAKES AN ISSUE
OF 'CORRUPTION'
Tells Johnson Supporters
He Will Support Only
'Clean Man."
REFUSES A-XY COMPROMISE
Insists Neither Lending Can
' (iidntc Is Fit to Appeal
for Republican Totes.
Chicago, June II. Senator Borah of
Idaho, one of Senator Johnson's most
urdent supporters, nnnounced to-night
that he would not support cither Low
den or Wood.
"If either of them is nominated," he
declared, "tho Issue before tho Ameri
can people will not be on tho platform
of the party It will be on the Issue of
the corruption of the American peo
ple." Senator Borah expressed his views
at a public meeting of Johnson dele
gates. "We have reached a time when It Is
necessary to talk with candor not only
with reference to the situation In the
convention here," Senator Borah said,
"but also with reference to what tho
situation will bo when we leave here
with a candidate nominated and our
platform In our pocket. I'm not here
to gratify personal feeling for or
against any candidate.
'"From my standpoint the Interests
of the Republican party and of tills
country arc superior to the right of any
Individual to hold office. Our first ob
ject Is to nominate Hiram John.ion, be
cause he holds the confidence of the
American people.
"I do not pretend to say that there
arc not other men who could be elected
If nominated by the convention to-morrow.
I do say with all sincerity that
either of the two candidates now lead
ing before( the convention will not re
ceive, If nominated hundreds of thou
sands of Republican votes.
"I do not pretend to say there are no
other men in the party but Johnson who
can be elected," he declared, "but I do
say that the two leading candidates now
beforo the convention cannot obtain hun
dreds of thousands of Republican votes,
"If either of these two leading candi
dates Is nominated, tho Issue will be
the corruption of the electorate. There
Is no way.ato avoid the issue. This can
not be blotted out or excused. I can
take the records of these two men and
they arc on file officially In Washing
ton read them to an audience and leave
It to them If these men should go into
the election.
"Suppose 1 go Into that convention to
morrow and ask from the rostrum for
Mr. Wood's representatives to stand up
and tell us what that nomination has
cost?"
A dozen voices from the audience told
him to "Go to It."
'Suppose I should ask the other
gentlemen to stand up," he continued,
"and ask how much they have bid
against Wood for the Presidency. Rome
was in precisely that situation before
Its end."
"I have been a Republican all my
life; I even stayed with Mr. Taft In
1012, and that's going some. I am
willing to support now any clean man.
and I will not support any man who Is
not clean."
G. O P. LEADERS HOLD
MIDNIGHT PARLEYS
Every Nerve Strained Trying
to Break Deadlock.
Chicaco. June 11. At midnight the
manccuvrlng and conferring among the
convention leaders was at Its height and
centred In a conference at one of the
downtown hotels, with Senator Lodge,
Senator Smoot, Senator Watson, former
Senator W. Murray Crane, Senator Bo
rah and others present
The Wood headquarters expressed
satisfaction with the situation; Lowden
headquarters was predicting Sufficient
accessions to-morrow to start the Gov
ernor toward the necessary majority,
and It was known that compromise of
fers of various sorts were being carried
to Johnson headquarters.
While the Pennsylvania delegation was
caucusing a'nd .agreeing to stand by Gov.
Sprout .as long as the members feel he
has a chance of being nominated, the
Lowden forces were counting on gains
from that quarter on a breakup which
they were expecting to-morrow, and both
the Lowden and Wood forces were esti
mating possible gains from New York.
Both the Wood and Lowden forces had
their eyes turned toward the Michigan
block which has been standing solidly for
Johnson. Lowden headquarters also was
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FOR 42 MINUTES
Wood Demonstration Lasts
30 Minutes, Johnson's 29
and Harding's 12.
AUDIENCE YELLS HOOVER
Scenes of Many Kinds Greet
Nominating Speeches for 1 1
G. 0. I Aspirants.
Bu a Stall Correspondent of Tim Scn n
New Yosk ) Ierald.
Chicaco, June 11. Just after 7
o'clock this evening tho 984 delegates
In the Republican National Conven
tion roso from their hard pino chairs
and began struggling toward tho exits
of the Coliseum. They had taken four
ballots In their effort to nominate u
candidate for tho Presidency and they
were still a long way from success.
When they adjourned yesterday and
tho day before '.hat they left tho Coll
scum feeling that they had been vast
ly entertained and that serious busi
ness was yet to come. To-day It came
It lasted from 10 o'clock this morning
until 7:15 to-night nlno hours and a
quarter of continuous tension, begin
nlng with tho oratory placing eleven
candidates for tho Presidency In noml
nation and ending with the taking of
four ballots.
Many persons hero and throughout
the nation and the world had believed
that the convention would temporarily
rest from Its labors after ascertaining
the show of strength after the third
ballot. Mut unexpectedly a motion to
adjourn at that point was beaten by
an overwhelming- vote, and tho dele
gates balloted onco more and declared
themselves satisfied for the night. The
adjournment is to 10 o'clock in tho
morning.
Here's the way It stood at the end
of tho fourth sonorous roll call of the
States: Wood, starting with 287 ',4
votes, had accumulated 314 Vi : Low
den had Jumped from 211 to 289.
Johnson had Jumped from 133'4 to
141&. Both Wood and Lowaen gained
progressively.
Johnson Strongest on Third.
TMmcnn'n frf.itp.it strength thUS far
was shown in the third ballot, when 148
delegates voted for him. ueiween men
and the fourth roll call he lost seven
n.-i,-if ..tin, Ha in two In In
diana, a half a vote In Nevada, two In
North Carolina and three in Oregon.
The minor candidates on the fourth bal
lot were lined up as follows :
Borah, 1; Knox, 2; Sutherland, 3;
Watson, 4 ; Hoover, who btartcd with 5"j
votes, 5 ; La Follette, 22, all from Ws.
ccnsln: Poindexter, IS ; Coolidge, 25;
Harding, 61Vj : sprout, iivz, anu ouuer.
20. The candidates who disappeared en
tirely were Warren of Michigan nnd
Prltchard' of North Carolina and Du
Hh, nf ruin wa rp. On thn first ballot
one delegate did not announce. His
identity was not made Known.
th, flrt hnllnt two new entries
appeared for a trial heat. They were
Senator James u. nuan ui "'
and'Senator Philander C. Knox of, Penn
sylvania,
Galleries Attempt Stampede.
Several times In the course of the
hectic day the galleries threatened to
take over the convention. They engi
neered a hullabaloo over Herbert Hoover
when he was placed In nomination by
Judge Nathan L. Miller of New York.
It lasted fourteen minutes. The Lowaen
shouters rioted for forty-two minutes
and the Wood zealots for thirty-eight
minutes and the Johnsonltes for twenty
nine. In Dolnt of endurance they far sur
passed the Hoover contingent. But the
latter had more real "pep ' while they
lasted than any of the others.
Unfortunately from tne standpoint or
those who hoped to see Hoover win the
nomination he had almost no claque on
the floor. It was virtually all In the gal
leries, where enthusiasts with the strong
est voices and arms that could be found
busied themselves In howling for Hoover
and waving white flags emblazoned with
his name. It was too hot. anyway, for
any prolongation of the "demonstrat
ing" tactics such as previous conventions
had amused themselves with.
Most Impartial observers who watched
the antics of the delegates when they
tore loose for their favorites and steamed
around the Coliseum pretending they
were having a good time saw little
spontanlety In It. One wondered what
Blasco Ibanez If, as reported, the Span
ish novelist who speaks no English was
in the Coliseum thought of the madness
he witnessed. One wondered if there
was any Interpreter to tell him that the
scenes were a survival of a tradition
that has come doWn from conventions
whea the country Was much less so-
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Result of First
. (Necessary to chozee, &93)
First Second
Wood 287H 289K
Lowden 259)3
Johnson 133)4 146
Harding 652 59
Pritchord 21 10
Sutherland 17 15
Poindexter 20 15
Sproul 84 78 o
Butler ;.. G9: 41
Du Pont 7 7
Coolidgo 34 32
Borah 2 1
La Follette 24 24
Hoover 52 52
Knox
Watson 1
Werren (Mich.) 1
KOENIG HEADS
LOWDEN SHIFT
Whitman, La Guardia, I'ayn
and 5rown Also Switch
on Third Ballot.
WADSWORTH HOLDS FIRM
Wood Barely Holds Own While
Lowden Makes Steady Gain
in Delegation.
by a Stall Corrtspondtnt of tfus Son imd
New Yosk Hbuud.
Chicago, June 11. Tho New York
State delegation broke badly to. day
when the balloting began In the Re
publican Convention, scattering their
votes among-so ven candidates. On the
first ballot Dr. Nicholas Murray But
ler feot only 68 of the 88 votes. He
dropped rapidly after that. In spite 6f
tho best efforts of the leaders they
could not hold any moro of tho dele
gates for New York's "favorite son."
Many of the New Yorkers felt there
would bo a showdown on the first
ballot and Insisted upon voting for
their choice. Others switched froni
ballot to ballot. Senator James W.
Wadsworth, chairman of the delegates,
who with William J. Tully, secretary,
polled tho delegation, had tho hardest
task of their lives. It was more like
a town meeting.
Many of the delegates did not seem
to be sure for whom they wanted to
vote. After shouting across the del
egation the name of a candidate they
would call back and change It or else
.dash around nnd say they had made a
mistake.
Break on Second Ballot.
On the second ballot the break came.
In Kings Charles S. Dcvoy, Frederick
J. H. Kracke, Lewis M. Swnsey and
Frederick Opplkofer left Butler and
voted for Wood. They stuck to Wood
right straight through the fourth ballot.
John Wagner and Thorndlke C. Mc
Kenncs made the first break In the del
egation toward Lowden. adding their
votes to those of Joseph M. Dickey of
Newburgh and Edward H. Butler, pro
prietor of tho Buffalo Kvening ewt.
Paul Wlndels of Brooklyn deserted
Butler for his first choice, Gov. Coolidge,
On the first ballot the two Coolldgd
votes were cast by Otis H. Cutler of
Suffern and Daniel J. Gleason.
Johnson got no votes from New York
on the first ballot. But when It came
to the second ballot break three of1 the
Bronx delegates James L. Wells,
Thomas W. Whittle and Richard W.
Lawrence left Butler for the California
Senator. Thomas R, Proctor of Utlca
deserted Butler on this ballot for Low
den. So did Homer P. Snyder, Proctor's
codelegate from the Thirty-third Con
gress district.
Lcroy E. Barnes of Blnghamton, Mrs.
Florence E. S. Knapp of Syracuse, Will
iam J. Tully of Corning and his co
delegate. John W. Dwight of Dryden,
Irving l'Hommeriieu of Medina, Albert
T. Fancher of Salamanca and Cyrus E.
Jones of Lakcwood stepped down from
the Butler band wagon aud turned their
votes over to Lowden.
I.orrden flalna on Third.
Lowden picked up ten more votes on
the third ballot. Reuben L. Haskell of
Brooklyn switched from Butler to Low
den. There was a big break to Lowden
In the New York county delegation. It
was led by Sam S. Koenlg, chairman of
the county committee. He was followed
by Joseph Levenson, Helen Varlck Bos
welt, Michael H. Blake, ex-Gov. Charles
S. Whitman, John J. Lyons and Edward
M. Morgan.
William J. Tully. leader of the Low
den forces In the Empire State delega
tion, predicts the Illinois Governor will
get as many as sixty votes on the fifth
ballot to-morrow.
Thomas J. McGann of Brooklyn
Jumped from Butler to Johnson on the
third ballot, making the total Johnson
strength In New York five.
Leslie Sutherland of Yonkers, who
had voted for Butler on the first ballot.
Jumped to Wood, as did former Senator
Elon R. Brown of Watertown. On the
fourth ballot Lowden Increased his
strength from 26 to 32. those going
over to him being Charles F. Murphy
of Brooklyn, Henry W. Taft and Rep
resentative Isaac Siegel of Manhattan.
On this ballot Butler lost many of the
old line leaders from op State, who evi
dently felt they had stood by Butler
long enough. Among them were Louis
F. Payn, William Barnes, Henry If.
Comltnutd n Fifth Page.
Four Ballots
Third
303
282
148
,58
9
15
79
25
2
27
1
24
' 5o
2
2
Fourth
314
289
140H
61J4
3
15
20
2
25
1
22
5
2
4
CONCENTRATING
ON DARK HORSE
Alter Wood Goes to 300 and
Lowden to it 10 To-Day New
Man Will lie Sprung.
JOHNSON STILL IN RACE
Liberal Conservatives Deter
mined to Block Nomina
tion of Two Leaders.
Bu a Staff Corrttpondtnt of Till St,x"l.D
New Yosk He&up.
Chicaco, June 121 A, M, (3 A. M.
New York time). Fear of Lowden's
nomination Is spurring seven big con
ferences of the Liberal and Liberal
Conservative following to. finding
ways and means of preventing It by
coficeniratlng upon a dark hofse.
This work will go on the night
through. Lowden will gain strongly
to-day, but his necessary 493 Is not In
sight at this hour. Ho will have In tho
neighborhood of 340 votes.
Wood will go to about 360, and his
carefully nursed reserve strength then
will be exhausted. He will gain, says
the confident Hitchcock, from Mlchl
gan IS, Nebraska 7, Massachusetts 20,
West Virginia 3, North Dakota 3, New
Jersey 5, Nevada 2 and Oregon 6. He
will lose 12 from Indiana and 5 from
Texas. The met gain Is figured at 43,
elevating his vote to 357.
Lowden will gain about 25 votes
from New York alone and may climb
to 340. He ejaims 500, but the claim
Is not taken seriously. Experienced
political observers detached from both
camps say Wood and Lowden will havo
reached the limit of their strength
at about 360 and 340 respectively and
that tho dark horse will then appear.
Johnson, after conferring with Borah,
decided to stay In the race, hoping to
profit by the downfall of either Wood
or Lowden or of both. He commands
133 absolutely.
Harding of Ohio filed the requisite
papers for his Senate candidacy at mid
night, but remains In the Presidential
race, hoping to be the Lowden legatee,
Pennsylvania caucused and voted to
hold faBt for Sproul until he retires. Bo
rah has Just Issued a statement saying
that the Republican party dare not nomi
nate Lowden.
"Our first Job is to sec that Lowden Is
extinguished," he said.
Hughes and Knox are being discussed
as compromise possibilities.
ALBANIANS CLASH
WITH ITALIAN FORCES
Artillery Bombards Village-
French Evacuate Korxtza.
Athens, June 11. Despatches from
Janlna, Albania, Indicate a troubled sit
uation in that country'. They report that
an Italian general has been made pris
oner by Albanians and that Italian ar
tillery has bombarded the village of
CuzatL
London. June 11. Italian troops
withdrawn from the Montenegro garri
son of Santl Quaranta have entered
Avlona, Albania, according to a Central
News despatch from Rome. In recent
fighting these Advices say the Italians
lost twenty officers, including two colon
els. It Is reported that the Italian
garrison at Tepelenl (thirty-two miles
southeast of Avlona), numbering 400,
has been captured and that Gens. Plan
centlnt and Ralmondo, In command of
the Italian forces, have been recalled to
Italy.
Washington', June 11. Official cable
advices to-day reported that the prov
ince of Korltza, In southern Albania, has
been evacuated by the French troops and
turned over to the forces of the Al
banian Government This Is the first
time the Albanians have been In control
of then- entire country since December,
1916.
Albanian Commissioner Chekrlzl, In
announcing the advices, said: "The
Greeks are massing troopsalong the
frontiers of Korltza and the rest of
northern Eplrus with the evident Inten
tion of laying hands upon these prov
inces at the first opportunity. But we
Albanians feel thankful because we are
now given the opportunity of fighting
back and the Albanian people are deter
mined to stand by their national patri
mony to the last drop of their blood."
Delegations Caucus and
Leaders Scheme AH Night
to Unravel Tangle.
KNOWN KULES DEFIED.
Borah Again Threatens to
Bolt and May Prevent
Naming of Lowden.
GRANT'S 306 RECALLED
Old Guard la Determined to
Name President, l)ut Runs
Into UnboBsed Snags.
Dj o Staff CorrtspordcHt of 'tut Scn AND
New YoaK IIualds
Chicago, June 11. Wood and Low
den, deadlocked and fur In tho lead of
other aspirants, art! decking des
perately to-night the votes that one or
thcotlicr must have to-morrow morn
Ins to win the Republican Presidential
nomination.
It Is a crisis which inlses tho pulao
boat nf every delegate und visitor who
thrilled this ovonlng tn the neck nnd
neck race niudo by the General and
the (Jovcrnor. Yet It Is tho precise
situation that was foreseen weeks be
foro the convention met.
At the cud of to-night's last bailor,
tho fourth, Wood had 314'j votes,
Lowden 2S0. Wood therefore must
find 178 votes to-morrow at a fairly
esirly hour or his opportunity goes
glimmering. Lowden must have "0-1
votes beforo the roll Is called many
times or It will be exit Lowden.
That Is the terrible pinch of circum
stance which grips theso two am
bitious men and sonds their lieuten
ants hither nnd thither to-night to
beg, lo Implore, to promise lavishly.
Wood Men Like Adsunant.
The Sun "andNkw York Herald
Is Informed by Wood's captain-general,
Frank U. Hitchcock, that the
mass of Wood's strength will stand
fast and can no more he wenned
away than could Grant's Indomitable
(300 when Conkllng of Now York
led them at Grant's great defeat, and
that Wood will win by the disintegra
tion of the forces against him.
It Is Informed by A. T. Hert, or
ganlicr of the rolnvlgorated Lowden
efforts, that there will bo enough
votes available to-morrow to nominate
Frank O. Lowden. Theso nro the
positive statements. They reflect the
determination nnd tho hopes of fight
ing men. They are not necessarily
gospel.
Tho truth Is that. Hitchcock and
Hert are exhausting the possibilities
of earth afid are appealing to Heaven
Itself for support which Is not In the
vision of either. Maybe It can be found
by tho time Henry Cabot Lodge orders
the secretary of tJie convention to call
the roll of States at 10 o'clock to
morrow morning. This Is the tre
mendous puzzle which Is keeping
many anxious folk from sleep this
night.
Johnson Ware Is Subsiding,
As for Hiram Johnson, for all of
his brave words and persuasions and
threats, ho comes out of the fourth
ballot weaker than he left the second
and 'only seven votes stronger than his
first ballot showing. The Callfornlan
Is out of It, or nineteen men out of
twenty know nothing- about human
nature and public opinion. They know
it In their hearts In the Johnson camp,
from which comes scarcely an echo of
the music and the shouting of former
days.
The four ballots that were takon by
the Republican National Convention
between 5 P. M. and 7 P. M. settle
nothing, reveal nothing that was not
thoroughly understood yesterday or a
month ago, and stand for nothing but
Jockeying by tho Wood and Lowden
managers and the true weakness of
Johnson. That Is all.
Tho relatively small growth In the
Wood vote from flrtt ballot to fourth
27 votes only and the unimportant
accession to Lowden from first to
fourth ballot of 77 V votes aro due
to the manoeuvring and manipulation
of Hitchcock and Hert, Just as the
variations from Wood to Lowden and
Lowden to Wood and from the field of
minor candidates to ono of the other
of the big two are due to manipula
tion. It represents at le-ast all they
dared attempt to-day. It may mean
all they could accomplish.
Wood Is a little weaker after the
fourth ballot than his partisans hoped
for, and Lowden Is a little stronger
than his friends dared expect. The
difficulty In attempting to gauge this
savage' duel Is that Hitchcock cer
tainly has reserve strength left and
that the Old Guard for this Lowden
drive Is the last, desperate, brcathles.i
effort of the Old Guard to put over a
coup may find tvays and means to
placate or to terrify sufficient num-