rt v J ,- Eiienhra public ' THE WEATHER Washington, Dec. 2C). Fair today and tomorrow, wlUi rising "temperature. F FINAL TKMPItKATimK AT 15AC1I HOUR I a i) io fiT 12 I J 31 a 4 6 I 2.'i 124 I2.-I 1211 27 127 27 127 127 27" " VOL. VI. NO. 84 Entered as Second-Clns Alattor at the Postofflce. at Philadelphia, Pa. Under th Act of March 8. 1870. PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1919 i'ubi shed liai v rxcfpt Sunday Subcnptlon Price $B a Tear by Mall, fopjrlitht 1019, by Public I.fdcer Company PRICE TWO CENTS KNOX PUN TO END WAR A Senate Passes Cummins Railroad Bill Containing Stringent Clauses Prohibiting Strikes k ; mhmx COMMITTEE W RESCUE SHIPS SAFE HERE AFTER BATTLE WITH GALE Regina Brings Crew of Thirty six, Taken Off Messina, Which Went Down BRITISH SEAMEN FOUGHT STORM 4 DAYS AND NIGHTS ISchroon, Covered With Ice and Snow, Towed Chotopa 650 Miles Covered with snow and frozen spray. Itwo rescue ships came up the Delaware I today. -Cnnfain II. S. Iteavley and his crew of th!rrv-six. taken from the cargo carrier 'Messinu, which sank in mid- ocean on Monday, were brought to tnts n'nrt hv flip Ttrltlnh trnnnsliln Rcirinn. whlch saved them. The other rescue Blnp was, the Schroon. which towed the disabled 'steamship Chetopa C."iO miles to hew York before she proceeded on her -way here. a'he crew ot tne tatca juessinn Couch t ncainst tempestuous seas in a helpless, rudderless ship for four days before their distress signals were sight ediby the Regina. The Regina is 'now f)yinz Off the Washington avenue pier. Neither Captain Iteavley nor his rr$w in their natty blue uniforms look the. worse for the terrible hardship they suffered. Seas Overwhelm Ship "'On Friday. December 11." said the captain, who is thirty-one. years old, iivo ran into mountainous seas, wnicn pounded at our TGUU-ton ship and lushed her about as if she were a chip iu the waters. The seas smashed our hatches and tore off the rudder and ripped away every one of our lifeboats ib.ut, one. I :"The hatches began leaking on that 'first day. On the second day we were filling fast. The Messina was going flown and there was a heaviness on lour starboard. Wo stood by the bat itered vessel day and night throughout EWaay eaturuay, jjunaay,. ;ij.onuayi mm cold, without. Bleep, .and doir-'tircd. I My.' crew worked like British seamen utvap wutk. -iiiiy niuui uiu icirmu grind jvithout a murmur, and the best food we could clve them was hardtack Sjand'water, 'Maunders and .ucArtllo, qt tne radio, stuck to their posts, and kept utioujug iuc o w ,3. 1 c 01:111, iiy luun- ctSl, too. But no one seemed to catch lis. I didn't ever expect to see laud Again. ".. '!On Sunday night at 7 o'clock the Regina sighted us, and sent us the happy news that they were lavhiir Alongside. They stood by us all night, aoout a mile away, wo were taueu aboard the next day." Two nf Criw Tnliirwl . Two of the rescued rrfl.w wpn thrown to the deck by the seas and severely Injured. They were It. D. Edwards, a carpenter, who buffered a crushed leg, find George Thompson, cook, whoso lee yaa'punctured. une iuessina was a -iu-iooc steamer, 'and vas in the British mercantile ma rine service. It was owned by the FurneRs-Withy Co.. of London, and jilted between St. John's, New Bruns wick, and Antwerp. TiThc crew of the rescued shin will only remain in this city until they can shin back to Bneland. T'The fichroon docked at the foot of Snyder avenue shortly before noon. Her Bnowrcovered decks and superstructure- and icyNslues told of the battle she had ?cen 'through with the snow and rough WUUIUCI VII IJCl W1J IU UUI JlUfl. .Tne contain. Charles W. Blake, of ricauantvillc, N. J., told the story of h'er rescue of the disabled Chetopa, of lijtj fiiitiiumin: iiuiriuL-, wuicu was nuui us the Submarine Boat Corporation" of I !"AVn worn (VWl mllae nncf nt Qnn.1., Qok a week ago last Friday Avhen our Ireless operator got word the Chetopa JC in distress, seventy -five miles to "ie north of Mis. A Floundered About In Sea Itf'When we found ner she had been foiling In the seas for two dnvs. All II hep propeller blades were gone. They wete nrobnbly lost when she tried to JieadJnto the storm. Wo Iiad been 'running before tne storm and so es 'oaped damage. By the time we got alongside the Chetopa and got n line !yer her side the storm wn pretty wt over. ri .Alter we kui, ue wwiuu rnnvscr ng J t 9 . .A.-....1 nnntH .l.n .. fm UUU IM'II.-U Ui,aill IMU 1UU uuui- SwQCCd. AVc ran into a living gale of U and sleet i and snow. It was the KrHtnveather I have hit this year and ti-plcal bad weather on the Atlantic for thi time of year. Some of the time -we teecfp " much as eight and one-half huts) but often we weren't doing any Upuer man uuu. r VCaptaln-Hiocjc ot tne utietona want Ad 'to make Boston, but the wind vmhmI so that I had to take him into ifW" York. AVc towed liim from Friday night a week ago until last Thursday morning, when we dropped hlra off SUindv Hock. "Ve had a lively little run dovn to the Breakwater from New- lork in the mioiv and blow of last Thursday. We were Just three weeks on the way from 'Rotterdam to Philadelphia. We never .took more than two before." Jo' TREE AT WHITE HOUSE r ' ' Prudent and Mrs. Wilson Plan to Spend Christmas Quietly ' Wgilngton, Dec. 20. (B? A. P.) fvn Hl be no Christmas tree at the VThite House this year. The President nd fr8, Wilton plan to spend the day m Wr, Wjtson will eat Christmas dinner hl room, anu it is not cipecieu mat ?4ijiters, Mrs, William Oibbs fc- nhiliiri VlII fete at thWbite ' MKS. B. II. WARBUKTOJf. JB. She was Miss Itosnmond Iincastcr, of Worcester, Mass., until her marriago December 10 to Mr. War burton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bar clay Warburton, of Rosemary, Jenhintown. The bridegroom is :i grandson of John NVanamahcr THIEF SUSPECTTRIES TO THROW DETECTIVE UNDER MOVING TRAIN Supposed New York Pickpocket Loses Tight at West Phila delphia Station A man suspected of being a pick pocket tried to throw a detective under the wheels of a train at the West Phil adelphia station this afternoon, the po lice say. Isaacs Gross, of New York city, the suspect, was locked up at City Hdll charged with "assault and hattcry on an officer and attempt to kill." Malone, n City Hall detective, with other detectives, was scanning the crowds inthe station. Malone saw Gros leave a train from New York and mingle with the crowds. Malone seized the man, who tried to boar the train again. The suspect vhad been dragged back to the platform, it is said, when he pushed Mdloue as the train gathered speed. The detective regained his bal ance with difficulty, but his hat rolled under the train and was ruined. The detective 4hen subdued Gross and brought him to City ilall. PICKING TRANSIT CHIEF Moore Today Considering Man for Directorship W. B. Kurtz Boomed Selection of a director of city tran sit, the only unfilled place in the Moore cabinet, is engaging the attention of Mayor-elect Moore today, with at least three names under consideration. The name of William B. Kurtz, a member of the investment banking firm of "E. W. Clark & Co., .121 Chestnut street, is being considered, it is said. Mr. Kurtz is about to retire from the Claik firm. His home is on West Man heim street, Germantown. Other suggestions arc the names of John II. Mason, president of the Com mercial Trust Co., and conspicuous in the war loan organization here and in Washington, and of Alba B. John son, .who recently rptircd as head of the Baldwin Locomotive Works. $5000 PIN IS RECOVERED S i Diamond Jewelry Lost b'y Miss New bold at Hotel Found A $5000 diamond pin which was lost last night at the Bellevue-Stratford during a dinner-dance by Miss Mary Newbold has been found. Miss 'IJewbold, who is the daughter of Clement B. Newbold, dropped the pin while attending the Stanley Flogg dance. Alexander Van Rensselaer found the pin and gave it to Mrs. Henry Ij. Geyelin. After the loss had been reported to the hotel management Mrs. Geyelin got in touch with Miss Newbold and returned tne jewel. The' pin contained twenty-eight diamonds and was set in platinum. - Miss Newbold lives at Crosswick lane, Jcnkintown. COL SHARPE DIES HEFJE i Wllkes-Barre Man, Was In City to Consult Specialists Colonel William Sharpc, of Wilkes- Barre, Pa., was picked un. unconscious nn thp sidpwnlk nt Efclitecnth nnrl Christian streets last nigjit, pnd died this morning at the Hahnemann iios pitnl without regaining his senses. lie had been ill for some time and came to Philadelphia recently to eota Miit specialists. Colonel Sharp? vas long connected with the (Pennsylvania National Guard, having served lu the old Ninth Itegi ment as captain, major pnd lieutenant colonel. When General C. B. Dougherty was head of the National Guard of tho state, Colonel Sharpo became a member of his staff, with the runk of colonel. CHRISTMAS SNOW OR RAIN Unsettled Weather After Wednesday Is Forecast Washington, Dec. 20. (By A. P.) Weather predictions for the north and middlo Atlantic states for the week beginning Monday, Issued by tho Weather Bureau today, are: Generally fair first part of week, hilt will become unsettled after Wed nesday, yltb. probably snawa and rains; temperature WHavcrage considerably, higher, tnan in$ me "wwc-auwiiaft, ( Felt Like Horse Thieves" Say Warburton Elopers Bridegroom-Lieuteiiant Describes How, Al ready Married, He and Bride Sat Through Dinner in Honor of Engagement Special TUpatc to Evening rutllc Ltdocr New Yorli, Dec. 20. "And wo sat through that parly feeling like a pair ot horse thieves." Lieutenant Barclny II. Warburton, Jr., referred. laughingly to the dinner gicn in Philadelphia Friday of la-it Week, in honor of his engagement to Miss Hosamonfl T.anraster, when, un known even to their families, they were already married. The lieutenant and his bride were found "this nfternoon on tho steamship Kochambcau, about to sail for Europe, where the young Philadelphiuu will cu joy a combination honeymoon and busi ness trip. The engagement of Lieutenant Wnr burtdn and Miss Lancaster, wiiosc home Jf in Worpestcr, Mns.. was announced some time ago. And Friday night, De cember 12, at the Bitz-Carlton, in Philadelphia Major and Mrs. Barclay II. Warburton gave an elaborate dinner and dance in honor of their son's be trothal. Then, today, came the announcement from Mrs. Warburton that her son and Miss Lancaster had been married in Blkton. Mil., Wednesday before last, December 10. But despite his mother's announce ment, Lieutenant Warburton said thi afternoon he could not understand how the news of his marriage bad gotten out. He ventured a guess that the bride's mother, Mrs. John Edward Lancaster, now at the Bitz in this city, had given the secret away. Earlier in the day, however, Mrs. LIEUT. J. C. CLEAVE Philadelphia Army Officer Slain by Thugs on Streets of Brest ..-,-. WAS ABOUT TO SAIL HOME On the eve of sailing home for the Christmas holidays, a veteran who sur vived wounds and gas poisoning, Lieu tenant John Campbell Cleave, of this city, was killed by thugs at Brest, France. Lieutenant Cleave, who was twenty eight years old, a graduate of the Havcrford School and of Harvard, was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest J. Cleave, of the Lenox Apartments, Thir teenth and Spruce streets. Word, of the young officer's death on December 10 whs cabled to the parents. They were first informed he had been seriously injured. Mr. Cleave cabled to the American consul at Brest for confirmation of the news and was in formed his son had died. "Jack was with Lieutenant Charles W. Nevin. 3d, 2021 Locust street, and another officer unknown to mej when they were attacked," said Mr. Cleave today. "I have no further details of the attack other than it occurred on the rvening of December 15, nnd that my son died the following day." It was said Lieutenant Nevin was shot" in the leg during the attack by the thugs, which occurred nftcr the officers had left a concert. Lieutenant Cleave was with the army of occupation in Germany until shortly before his death. lie was commis sioned a second lieutenant in the regu lar army at the first officers' training camp, Fort Niagara. He sailed for France with the Fourth Machine Gun Battalion. In France ho was attached to Comp nny M, Ninth Infantry, and served with that unit until he was wounded nnd cassed in action inAugust. 1017. Ho was Tccommended for the distinguished! service cross lor vuiur. After several mofiths in a hospital at Sur-lc-Marnc he was sent to Coblenz. He was commissioned a first lieutenant March, 191S. ""Besides his parents, Lieutenant Cleave is survived by two brothers, Campbell Cleave, nn ensign in the navy, and Bertram Cleave, who was at an officers' training camp when the armis tice was signed, and by one sister, Mrs. George A. Kerbaugh, of Haverford. NO MORE SNOW FOR A WHILE ' Sun Moderates the Cold Sleighing and8katlng Popular "No more snow for a whllo according to the weather bureau. The three and a half inches that fell yesterday are all we shall get fora little while 'at least. The temperature was 25 at 8 o'clock this morning, and when the sun came out, before noon, the chill In the nfr vanished. Tomorrow is to be fair with the mercury rising. Traffic delays were frequent this morninp due to horse and motor drawn vehicles stalling in the snow at street crossings, The transit company re ported little trouble, however, and what there was caused by vehicles blocked on the line. ' All night the street cleaning bureau s now plows broke up the snow in the central section, and gangs of shovelcrs plied it for removal. It was carted away rijpldiy this morning. FIRE DAMAGES TWO HOMES Fire caused by a defective fluo tliis afternoon burned the third-story rear rooms of the dwellings, 1032 South Sixth street, occupied by Max EI lenough, nnd 103-1, occupied by Frank Cador. One. room iu each house was badly damaged, the furnishings ,beag rulucdf and. th partition burned ayay, S K LLED N FRANCE THelow is,500. t Lancaster had said she knew nothing of the marriage, that her daughter and Lieutenant Warburton had visited her last night, but hod said nothing about being married. Mrs. Lancaster had said that nil in formation must come from Major War burton and his wife in Philadelphia. But they would add nothing to the final announcement of the marriage al ready yiade. "Whv did you go to Elkton to manjV" Lieutenant Warburton was nsked. He leaned hack against the steamer rail and laughed. "Because Vic thought that the one place in the world where we could keep the ceremony n secret," he said. And then it was thut he added: "Later, in Philadelphia, we attended an affair celebrating our engagement, and Fat through the party feeling like a pair of horse thieves." Mrs. Wfirburton clung to her hus band's arm throughout the interview and repeatedly cautioned him to say uothing about the elopement. Lieutenant Warburton and Miss Lancaster motored to Elkton, said the county clerk who gave them their li cense. The lieutenant gave his ngc as twenty-one. Miss Lancaster said she was twenty-two. The Hev. John Mc Elmoyle, pastor of the Elkton Presby terian Church, married them. The bride was active in war work both in Worcester and New York. Lieutenant Warburton enliited in the signal corps during the war. He served with the army of occupation and with the Hoover conimission to Poland. He is a grandson of John Wanamakcr. SUGARBILLPASSES S'ENATEANDHOUSE Legislation for U. S. Control During 1920 Completed and - , . Sent to President r. LIMITS LICENSE TO JUNE 30 Washington. Dec. 20. Legislation continuing federal control of sugar through 1020, but limiting the licens ing power of tho United States sugar equalization hoard to the period ending next June 30, was completed today by Congress and sent to the White House. After brief debate, the Senate agreed to House amendments to the original McNary bill continuing the wartime powers of tho government over sale and distribution and the House then ac cepted the. Senate amendment provid ing that licensing of dealers would not be continued after .Tune 30. Tho vote by which'the Senate adopted the conference report on the McNary bill was .r.O to 12. Opposed by Nino. Democrats On the motion of Senator McNary (to concur in the House amendments with restriction of the licensing powers of the board, three Republicans, Gronna, of North Dakota ; Poindexter, of Wash ington, and Smoot, of Utah, joined nine Democrats in opposition. The Democrats were Gny, Louisiana ; Hen derson, '-Nevada; Bunsdcll, Louisiana; Smith, Georgia; Smith, South Caro lina; Thomas, Colorado; Underwood, Alabama ; Walsh, Montana, and Wil liams, Mississippi. In the debate preceding the vote, Senator Gay made the principal ad dress in opposition. He declared it iwas unfair to single out sugar for con trol in peace times under war powers, and argued that government control would increase rather than decrease prices to American consumers. "We are simply playing into the hands of the refiners and injuring American producers," he, said. "The government being .the only buyer nf sugar, refiners will not compete with each other. "This bill could well be called an act Continued on Vase TwoColunin rive CHRISTMAS CANDIES BURN Truck Catches Fire and Vehicle and Contents Destroyed Christmas candles were scarce enouch ns it was, with the sugar shortage sit uation, but the supply 4n town was cut down one full truckload this after noon, when the motortruck of F, M, Puist Co.. of Jefferson and American streets, candy manufacturers, was burned with Its cargo. The blaze occurred at Second and Arch streets. The truck was loaded to capacity with cream chocolates iu pound boxes, consigned to local stores, The engine backfired, In some manner th truck rail ell t fire. All that is left of the vehicle is the bare chassis, No one was hurt, MY GRACIE.GRACIOUS Pays 12 to 1 to Backers 'In New Orleans Opener paid 12 to 1 in the-first race at the track i.'ama ,1,1a nftarnftnn TM.l,nroAl.u ..l.n-,. paid 0 to 1 for second and C to 2 for Eddie McBridc took second place and paid 0 to 1, 2 to 1 and even. Senator James was third at 8 to 1, 3 to 1 and 8 to 5. Tho results : filial JlAtc, Galium, puros OUU, lor three-ear-old and up, a turlonaa: My Oraclo, 101. Itlch- crwn . , "; 11 " " v W X DID- KCaie jvicuriu.-, iui cWlnnrd on Pate SerntoMi (Moan Ssrea E T VOTE OF! TO 30 Cummins Act Goes to Confer ence With Esch Bill, Ap proved by House LA F0LLETTE SUBSTITUTE REJECTED BY SENATQRS Upper Branch Recesses With out Receiving Rail Message From Pesident Washington, Dec. 20. With its anti-strike provisions intact, tho Cum mins railroad bill was passed today by the Senate. It now goes to- conference with the Esch bill, passed u month ago by the House. The vote was -1(1 to 30, and followed rejection of Senator Lnrollettc's pro posal to continue government control for two years. The Cummins bill pro vides for the return of the roads to their owiurs within thirty dnvs. The LfiloIIette substitute bill was rejected Go to 11. The rollcall on the Cummins bill fol lows : c r, J'or Il(,Publieans Ball, llrnndegcc, Si ' l!mmm8. Curtil. Dillingham, Edge, Llklns, Fernald, Frelinglmyseu, Hale, Hording, Jones (Washington), Kellogg, henyon, Keycs, Knox, Lodge, McCormick, McLean, Moses, Nelson, rsew, Phljips, Poindexter, Sherman, Smoot, Spencer, -Sterling. Townsend, AWdsworth, Warren and Watson 33. Democrats Bankhead. Guv, Hitch cock, Myers, Pomereue. Ilans'dcll, Bob inson, Smith (Maryland), Stanley, Thomas, Underwood, Walsh (Mon tana) nnd Williams 13. Total, -JO. Against Republicans Horah. Cap per, Frnuce, Gronnn, LnFollctte, Lcn root, McNary and Norris 8. Dcmocrnts Ashurst. Chamberlain, Culberson, Dial, Fletcher, Gerry, Gore, Dakota). .Tones (New'Mcxlco), Ken drick, McKellar, Nugent, Overman, Shcppard, Simmons. Smith (Georgia), Smith (South Carolina), Trammell and Wnlsli (Mass.) 22. Total, 30. Eleven Support Substitute Those .voting for tho La Follette sub stitute wero: Ashurst, Chanibprlnin, Gronna, Henderson, Johnson (South Dakota), Kendrick, La Follette, Norris, Nugent, Sheppurd and Walsh (Mon tana). Salient provisions of the Cummins bill are: Return of railroads to owners within thirty days. Prohibiting strikes and lockouts un der fine and imprisonment penalties. Operntion under strict government supervision, including wages, rates and finances', with increased powers for In terstate Commerce Commission. OonPrnl. mil! rn(rlinnl nnmmlfnn ir wages and working conditions composed iiuuuy ui employes nun employers. Creation of not less than fifteen nor more than twenty-five competitive re gional railroad sj steins. by a trans portation board of five members ap pointed by the Piesident to supervise development nnd operation, subject to final netinn of tlin Tntertnlo Pnmm.,M Commission. Speaking in n vain effort to have h's substitute bill 'passed. Senator La FoL lettc declared today that retyrn of tf carriers to their owners at this time would cost the American people more than a billion dollars a year. After passing the Cummins bill the Senate late today adopted the resolu tion providing for a recess of Congress until January fi. No Word "From Wilson Congress went home for the Christ mas holidays without hearing from President Wilson as to the time for the return of the railroads. Senator Simmons, of North Carolina in announcing that he would vote against the Cummins bill because of the lack of essential information on the rate-making section, asked the reason for "this indecent haste" in seeking action today. "It is fundamentally important to know," he said, "how much the pro posed rate increases will be and what effect they will have on the cost of liv ing. The people ought to know whether, in imposing these higher rates while talking of reducing the cost of living, we are adding to their burdens," Shopmen Renew Demands Representatives of the railroad shop crafts, wlich have a membership of more thnuJfiOO.OOO, called on Director 'General Hfiies today to renew their dis cussion of the high cost of living and the necessity for wage increases. The subject was first brought up last sum mer when the men, after demanding 23 per cent increase in wages, agreed to wait until the government had had an opportunity to show what could bo doue to I'ontml prices, Mr. Hines explained that he hoped in a few days to give more definite, ad vice on living costs nnd a further con ference was agreed upon. It is thought thut Attorney General Palmer's forth coming report on what had been ac complished in the campaign to reduce the cost of living will have a part iu the negotiations. Uuion oWeluls say the men are get ting restless. If the railroads do not go back to private control ou January 1, it Is considered likely that general revision of wage schedules will be re quested. ANTI-ANARCHIST BILL PASSED Washington, Dec. 20. (By A. P.) Tlie immigration committee's bill providing for the deportation of all aliens affiliated with anurchistic or ganizations was passed today by thej House. TbcTO.te was Unanimous. railway AD NA BY TODAY'S BASKETBALL RESULTS BULWARK O 015 CROSSWOOO .'. . ..8 0-8 PENN 23 ANNArOLIS 10 GIRARDCOLLEGE.il LArAYET'E FRSHC BRITAIN NAMES CHARGE D'AFFAIRS AT BERLIN LONDON, Dec, 20. -Loid Kilmarnock, sjneo 1918 Secretary to the British Embassy at Tokio, lias been appointed Chaise d'Auaires at the Biitlsh Embassy in Berlin, according to an nouncement here today. G0URK0 MEETS RUSS0-GERMAN ANTI-BOLSHEVIKS PARIS, Dec. 20. General Gouiko, of the Russian army, ar rived in Beilln last evening to confer with anti-bolshevik Ilussa German military authorities, according to advices received here. He ha. been with the allied forces in the Murmansk region. VATICAN TO ESTABLISH NUNCIATURE IN BERLIN ROME, Dec 20. Announcement is made at the Vatican that a nunciature will be instituted at Berlin and that Mousiguoi Froncesco Pacelli, at present nuncio at Munich, will be trans, tened to Beilin. BELGIUM FIRM AGAINST REVIVAL OF ITS NEUTRALITY BRUSSELS, Dec. 20. Announcement is made by the Bel ginn foieigni office that the conclusion of an economic ng-rcenitiit with France presenting numerous advantages compared with the former ticaty is imminent. Negotiations with Paris and London for a political treaty have encountered gieat difficulties, but if is said that whatever the result, Belgian neutrality will not be revived in any form. , ITALIAN MINISTER REPORTS 0N FIUME CONFERENCE ROMETDcc. 20. Vittorio Scialoia, Italian minister of foreign af fails, icpoitccl on negotiations he recently held in Tarls and Londuii at-the meeting of the council of ministers. Tiumc af faiis were a feature of the report. ' FORMER ARMY OFFICERS FAVOR UNIVERSAL TRAINING WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. Ninety-two per cent of the temporary officers discharged recently from the army have gone on record as favoring universal military training. An official , canvass of 2000 officers gave 1868 affirmative votes against 133 unfavorable. . ' ' NEW POLISH PREMIER EULOGIZES PADEREWSKI WARSAW, Thursday, Dec. 18. -Premier Skulski, nftei paying homage to former Premier Padeiewsl:! in the Polish Diet today, read the government's piograiu. Tills iuclude the citation of a Senate, which with the Chamber of Deputies, will diet tne chief ot statf. CONVICT'S SISTERS HISTLER SLIPS AND ! SC0UTH1S SUICIDE RACES TO CR0l Relatives Base Disbelief on Let-1 ter Written by William Stehlik to Wife From Prison The nlleged suicide of William Stehlik, the convict who was found with gashed wrists and with n shirt knotted about his neck in the Eastern Penitentiary, is scouted by his two sis ters here today to initiate a rigid in quiry. A letter sent last week to his wife bv the convict, in which he stated he would be home to spend Christmas in 1020 with her is tho bads of their disbelief in the supposed suicide, which tho cor oner's office is now- investigating. The sisters, Helen Stehlik nnd Zekne Stehlik, slipped into the city from New York this nfternoon to engage a lawyer who will represent the dead convict's family .in the investigation. To Ask Aid of Sproul They authorized Francis Tracy To bin, to represent them. It is plantied to ask Governor Spioul to net in tho case. Stehllk's death is attributed by liis sisters to the brutal treatment he is nlleged to have undergone at the peni tentiary. They have information, they said, that their brother was battered into helplessness with a high -pressure Hie hose. Then weak nnd drenched, they nlleged, he was thrown into an uulieated cell, without cot or blnuKets, and left to suffer in n tempernturo near the zero mark. Planning Inquest Coroner'Knlght today stated he will determine Monday or Tuesday where and when the inquest will lwi held- As Contlmu-d on Par IV o. Column TUrea 1 Captures Middle Atlantic Senior 'Cross-Country Title Over Snowy Course Slipping, sliding and falling over icy roads, plowing through and running around snow drifts, Andrew Histler, of the Meadow-brook Club, of this city, dashed to the Middle Atlantic senior cross-countrv championship over the Fnirmount Park course this afternoon. Histler covered the five and a half miles in 20 minutes and 40 seconds, which is remarkable time considering the weather conditions. The record for the course is 2S minutes and 42 seconds, made a few jears ago by II, H. Kep hart, also of the Meadow-brook Club, who took fourth place in today's race. The Meadow-brook Club, as usual, run off with the team prize, setting up a perfect score of 15 poiuts. The Northwest Boys' Club was second with 40 points, Histler led from the very start of the race to the finish. When he crossed the line at the Athletic Center at Twenty-sixth nnd Jefferson streets, he led II. C. Ackerman, a clubmatc, by about 100 yards. Ackerman cov ered the course in .10 minutes and 23 seconds. John Gray, who last week won the junior championship over the same course, found the going too swift this afternoon and was forced to take third place. Histler and Ackerman wero second and third, respectively, last week. Gray ran unattached. Kephart was fourth, and another un- ContlnuNl on race.-Seventeen Columr Jet PEACERESO LUTION KEEPS BENEFITS OF Germany Must Acquiesce or Forfeit Commercial Rela tions With U. S. JOINT MEASURE ADOPTED BY VOTE OF 7 TO 3 Republicans Favor, Democrats Oppose Attitude of 1916 Reaffirmed By the Associated Press Washington, Dec. 20. A redrafted1 resolution by Senator Knox, Republi can, Pennsylvania, to declare a state of peace with Germany nnd to retain to the United States all materia! henefil.s that would be gaiued under the unrati fied treaty of Versailles was approved to day by the Senate foreign relations committee by a vole of ? to 3. Passed by Party Voto The committee substituted the Knor proposal which is in the form of a joint resolution, for n concurrent resolution previously presented bv Cuairman Lodge, thus apparently abandoning the effort to declare peace by u concurrent measure without the signature of the President. A joint resolution requires the signa ture of the President, while Republican leaders have held that a concurrent resolulton does not. Both require a majority vote only of both Senate apd House. Ou adoption of the Knox resolution iu the committee. Senators Lodge, Mass. ; Borah, Idaho; Brandegee. Con necticut: Knox, Pennsylvania: Hard ing, Ohio; New, Indiana, and Moses, New Hampshire, all Republicans, voted in the affirmative, and Senators Hitch cock, Nebraska; Willinms, Mississippi, and Pomercne, Ohio, Democrats', in the negative. It was understood to be the. plan ot tho majority leaders to let the resolu tion lio over iu thc-Scnntp-Mvithmit -any 'nttefflnr W effect artlon until nftc"r:the end of the recess early in January. Text of Peace Resolution Tlie text of the Knox resolution fol lows : Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America iu Congress as sembled, that the joint rNiolution of Congress passed Ail (i, 101", "de claring a state of war exists between the Imperinl German Government and the Government nnd people of the United States and making provi sions to prosecute the same" be, and the same is hereby lepealed, to take effect upon the ratification of a treaty of peace between Germany aud three of the principal allied and associated powers. Provided, however, that unless the German Government notifies the Gov ernment of the United States that it acquiesces in and confirms irrevocably to the United States all undertakings and covenants contnincd in the treaty of Versailles, conferring upon or, as suring to the United States or its nationals any rights, powers, or bene fits whatsoever, and concedes to the United States all rights, privileges, indemnities, reparations, and advan tages to which the United States would have been entitled if it were a ratif.iiug party to the said treaty, the President of the United States shall have power, by, proclamation, to prohibit commercial intercourse be tween tlie United States and Germany and the making of loans, or credits, and the furnishing of financial assist ance or suppfies to the German Gov ernment, or the inhabitants of Ger many, directly or indirectly, by the Government of the United States or the inhabitants of the United States. Any violations of the prohibition contained in such proclamation by the President shall be punishable ns provided in Section 10 of the trading with tho enemy act, approved Oc tober 0, 1017. Action of. 101 Reaffirmed It is further resolved, that the United Stutes reaffirms the policy ex pressed in the act of Congress ap proved August 20, 1010, iu the fol lowing words : "It is herebv declared to be the policy of the United States to ad just and settle its international dis putes through mediation or arbitra tion to the end that war may be honorably avoided. It looks with ap prehension and disfavor upou a gen eral Increase of armament through- . out' the world," and the authorization aud request made in sirid act to the President ,tbat he ''invite all the greut governments of tlie world to send lepreseutntivcs to a conference which shall be charged with the duty of formulating a plan for a court of arbitration or other tribunal to which disputed questions between nations shall be referred for adjudication and peaceful settlement nnd to consider the question of disarmament, and to submit their recommendation to their respective governments for approval," is hereby renewed. And it is further resolved, in tlie language of said act. That the repre sentatives of the United States In said conference "shall be qualified for the mission by eminence in the law and by devotion to the cause of peace," and said rcpreseutatives shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice aud consent of the Senate, Skating Today! 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