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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 $B a Tear by Mall,
fopjrlitht 1019, by Public I.fdcer Company
PRICE TWO CENTS
KNOX PUN TO END WAR A
Senate Passes Cummins Railroad Bill Containing Stringent Clauses Prohibiting Strikes
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COMMITTEE
W RESCUE SHIPS
SAFE HERE AFTER
BATTLE WITH GALE
Regina Brings Crew of Thirty
six, Taken Off Messina,
Which Went Down
BRITISH SEAMEN FOUGHT
STORM 4 DAYS AND NIGHTS
ISchroon, Covered With Ice and
Snow, Towed Chotopa
650 Miles
Covered with snow and frozen spray.
Itwo rescue ships came up the Delaware
I today.
-Cnnfain II. S. Iteavley and his crew
of th!rrv-six. taken from the cargo
carrier 'Messinu, which sank in mid-
ocean on Monday, were brought to tnts
n'nrt hv flip Ttrltlnh trnnnsliln Rcirinn.
whlch saved them. The other rescue
Blnp was, the Schroon. which towed the
disabled 'steamship Chetopa C."iO miles
to hew York before she proceeded on
her -way here.
a'he crew ot tne tatca juessinn
Couch t ncainst tempestuous seas in a
helpless, rudderless ship for four days
before their distress signals were sight
ediby the Regina. The Regina is 'now
f)yinz Off the Washington avenue pier.
Neither Captain Iteavley nor his
rr$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
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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
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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 $5000 diamond pin which was lost
last night at the Bellevue-Stratford
during a dinner-dance by Miss Mary
Newbold has been found.
Miss 'IJewbold, who is the daughter
of Clement B. Newbold, dropped the
pin while attending the Stanley Flogg
dance. Alexander Van Rensselaer
found the pin and gave it to Mrs.
Henry Ij. Geyelin. After the loss had
been reported to the hotel management
Mrs. Geyelin got in touch with Miss
Newbold and returned tne jewel. The'
pin contained twenty-eight diamonds
and was set in platinum. -
Miss Newbold lives at Crosswick
lane, Jcnkintown.
COL SHARPE DIES HEFJE
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Wllkes-Barre Man, Was In City to
Consult Specialists
Colonel William Sharpc, of Wilkes-
Barre, Pa., was picked un. unconscious
nn thp sidpwnlk nt Efclitecnth nnrl
Christian streets last nigjit, pnd died
this morning at the Hahnemann iios
pitnl without regaining his senses.
lie had been ill for some time and
came to Philadelphia recently to eota
Miit specialists.
Colonel Sharp? vas long connected
with the (Pennsylvania National Guard,
having served lu the old Ninth Itegi
ment as captain, major pnd lieutenant
colonel.
When General C. B. Dougherty was
head of the National Guard of tho state,
Colonel Sharpo became a member of his
staff, with the runk of colonel.
CHRISTMAS SNOW OR RAIN
Unsettled Weather After Wednesday
Is Forecast
Washington, Dec. 20. (By A. P.)
Weather predictions for the north
and middlo Atlantic states for the
week beginning Monday, Issued by tho
Weather Bureau today, are:
Generally fair first part of week,
hilt will become unsettled after Wed
nesday, yltb. probably snawa and rains;
temperature WHavcrage considerably,
higher, tnan in$ me "wwc-auwiiaft,
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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
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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
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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
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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!
There is skating on Concourse,
Gustine and Hunting Park lakes,
Fairmount Park, on the Meriou
Cricket Club aud Haverford Collego
ponds, and on Darby creek,
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