Show I s f. f W I l SCANDAL CANDAl T TO I Of BE J. J Attorney General General in Mess Message ge Calls on or Acting Mayor to Prove I Cha Charges Chales e on fl Retract Oct 18 At 18 At- At W vy tc torney ney General Palmer today today today to to- day directed the United States di district attorney at San Francisco to make a full and complete I investigation on of of reports that forty I barrels o of whisky Y and nd gin were wIth wIth- from Irom bond at San Francisco I f for r the entertainment of the delegates I to the D democratic national convention I At the the same time Mr Palmer Mn in I Ia a telegram to Acting Mayor lof of San Francisco called upon that official of- of I either eithen to produce the proof of I or publicly publicly retract a statement at atI attributed attributed at- at to him that Palmer knew I t th J the time S SMi Mi Palmers Palmer's message to the the- acting c irig I j I mayor mayor was predicated upon special i dispatches from San Francisco appearing ap- ap in newspapers in Washington iV II and and other cities yesterday yesterday- est morning These dispatches said facts as to the withdrawal of the whisky had had- been I disclosed by a grand jury investigation investigation S gation I THE TELEGRAM S I I Mr Palmer Palmers Palmer's s telegram to Mayor I ln follows S My Iy attention has just been I call called cd to a dispatch from from San Francisco published in Sundays Sunday's I papers that that- forty barrels of whisky y and gin withdrawn from bond on order of Dr William WilHam C. C Heffner Refiner city health officer ostensibly ostensibly os ostensibly os- os for use use in San Francisco municipal hospital but actually for entertainment of delegates to national Democratic convention according to facts reve revealed led by byrand grand rand jury investigation The dispatch further states as fol follows follows follows fol- fol lows Acting Mayor Ralph declared that Attorney General Palmer who was attending the convention as a delegate knew all about the transaction If you have been correctly quoted I call call upon you either to produce th proof of your statement statement statement state state- ment or or publicly retract It I l' lI know nothing about any liquor I being withdrawn in San Francisco for any purpose If my name was wasS S used by persons withdrawing liquor it was entirely without my knowledge or authority If you have any facts or information upon which the thc statement was based you ou should furnish them immediately to the United States attorney whom I Iha have directed direct d tomake to tomake tomake make full tuB and complete investigation tion Uon pf this matter BEING INVESTIGATED Oct 18 Reports 18 SAN FRANCISCO Reports I. I that forty barrels of whisky and gin were withdrawn from irom government bonded warehouses here for the entertainment entertainment entertainment en en- of the te delegates and andI I other visitors at the n national Democratic Demo Demo- cratic convention are bi being g thoroughly thoroughly thoroughly thor- thor investigated according to an announcement from the office of ot United States Attorney Frank Silva I here today I |