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"TkE VELVET HAMMER" TAPS THE FADS AND FOIBLES OF OUR OWN WELL-KNOWNS.
The OMiVHA Daily' Bee
VIGILANTES TO DETECT
- AND ROOT OUT RADICALISM.
Chicago, Nov 13. Illinois dele
gates to the Minneapolis convention
;of the American Legion returned
with the announcement that the Illi
nois department of the legion would
organize an. Americanization com
mittee of vigilantes to detect radi
calism of all types.
"We are determined, that there
shall be no repetition of the Cen
tralia trgedy in this state," "Said Col,
Milton J. Foreman, Illinois com
mander. "Our work is to be at once mili
tant and educational.
"From every post will be ap
pointed representatives on the Amer
icanization committee which will aid
in detectirryjreasonable efforts and
utterances among the native and
foreign bcrn."
BOURBON PRINCE WEDS
ROYAL MADEMOISELLE.
Paris, Nov. 13. Prince Sixtus of
Bourbon de Parma and Mademoi
selle Htdwipe de la Rouchefoucauld,
daughter of the duke of Doudeau
ville, and granddaughter of Prince
Constantine Radziwill, were married
Thursday at the Church of St. Fran-cois-Xavier.'
Prince Sixtus is a brother of the
former Empress Zita of Austria
He served in the Belgian army dur
ing the war, and was decorated by
, King Albert with the grand cordon
of the Order of Leopold.
' The American ambassador, Hugh
C.,.Wallace, Marshal Joffre,' Prince
atd Princess George of Greece, Cen
tral RrHnitlaf milifarv ffrwernrtr of
.Paris, and the heads of all the diplo
matic missions in Paris were pres
ent at the ceremony.
BAN JAMAICA GINGER "
F02 USE AS BEVERAGE.
Lynn, Mass.,' Nov. 13. Jamaica
ginger cannot be sold at wholesale
in this state to stores for use as a
beverage, according to a decision
bv-Iudge Henry C. Lummus in the
. uisuiu iuuii iicic. mc juusj
pointed out that the case had no
bearing on national prohibition, but
was based on the state law of 1880.
He found the menybers 'of the
Charles Crompton & Sons. Inc.,
manufacturing chemists of this city,
guilty, of illegally keeping and sell
ing intoxicants and maintaining a
liquor nuisance, and imposed fines
amounting to $3,000.
SAVING FUEL PUTS
PARIS IN DARKNESS.
Paris, Nov. 13. Paris Thursday
night was plunged into wartime
darkness as a result of the measures
adopted to save coal for industrial
'purposes. The situation, was tem
porarily relieved by the arrival of a
cargo of coal, which enabled a num
ber of the shut-down plants to re
sume operations for a few hours. In
the meantime, coal is unobtainable
, for private use, 'and restaurants are
obliged to pay 300 francs a ton.
POSTAL HEAD REFUSES TO
SEND HECK TO BURLESON.
New York, Nov. 13. Clarence H.
AiacKay. presiaeni or me rosiai in-eeraph-Cable
Co., has made public
a letter he had written to Postmaster
General Burleson declining to send
a Cheeky for -$2,349,195.20 which,
Mackay asserted, would be "the dif
ference between the J4.029.195.20
our company earned from August 1,
1918, to August 1. 1919, and $1,680.
000 the award which you claim to
have mafde us."
"Apparently, you are short of
funds to" pay the Western Union"
Mackay wrote, "and you therefore
demand $2,349,195.20 of our' profits
in order that you may pay them to
the Western Union. This means
that you wish to use our profits" to
pay Western Union losses." 1
"MOTHER JONES CHARGES
DIRTY WORK IN STRIKE.
Washington, Nov. 13. "There
was dirty work when that strike
was called off," "asserted "Mother"
Jones, veteran of many labor wars,
who appeared at headquarters of the
American Federation of Labor to
register ner proiesi V1"- la
mination ; of the bituminous coal
strike. 'a -
"f'ni po?hr to wait for John Lewis
andt some of those other fellows and
give them a piece or my mran. i iuc
men won t go oacK tor uoa Al
mighty.' she declared. "They, call
them bolsheviki, but any worker
who doesn't lick the hand that
smites him is a bolshevik nowadays,
v When the gray-haired Amazon
eniJ ?amn1 fiomners in a corn-
dor of the A. F. of L. building, she
shouted after him: "Labor is getting
it in the neck. It will get it in the
...oi. . inner so white-livered . men
are afraid of jail. .
Some labor leaders j ere inclined
to think that sensational charges
may be made at the conference of
operators and miners called by Sec
retary Wilson.
WOMAN'S DEATH
SHOCKS SOCIETY.
London, Nov. 13. The sensation
al death, after the Second Victory
ball, of Mrs. Mma V. Steane, 28
years old, who but two months ago
was married to Captain Anthony
Steane, comes as a shock to tasn
ionable West End society. The
beautiful and vivacious young wom
an -was the pet of her caste, and
as a Red Cross worker Bad become
exceedingly popular with London
ers generally.
The tragic details of the case re
call the similarly sudden and mys
terious death of "Billy" Carlton last
' year, who was found dead in her
bed at the Savoy following - the
First Victory ball.
Mrs. Steane, who was formerly
Mrs. Haytie and who divorced her
tirst husband in America, recently
arrived in London from Chile,
where she and Captain Steane had
spent their honeyrrfoon. She at-tend4-4he
ball at the Clandge, re
turning to her apartment at 3 a. m.
A little later Captain Steane left
his wife, but had not gone many
steps when he heard her scream
"Oh, Tony!" ,
Returning to his wife s room, ne
a t- tUm flnnr Hvincf The
lounu uti vu -j-"o-
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ponce touna an empiy uuwc ua mt
Hrrurr which they took along and
. which is expected tojigure in the
evidence at the inquest rriciay.
Captatin STeane refuses to discuss
his wife's death and his friends also
maintain rn,me silence to an in
quinca. '
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"PUSSYFOOT" JOHNSON
RECEIVES RIDE ASTRIDE
PLANK THROUGH LONDON
Bobbies Rescue , American
Prohibition Worker After He;
Is. Taken From Meeting and
So Roughly Handledby Medi
cal Students That it Is Neces
sary to Dress His Injuries
At Police Station Before He
- Is Able to Go Home.
London, Nov. 13. William E.
Johnson, an American prohibition
worker and Anti-Saloon league or
ganizer, familiarly known here and
elsewhere as "Pussyfoot," was
dragged from a platform from
Iwhich he was speaking, severely
beaten and paraded through two
! miles of crowded West End streets
on a plank. ,
His assailants for the most part
were medical students, and against
them at times he put up a strenuous
fight, receiving a badly, damaged eye
and other injuries, so that finally,
owing to his weakenld physical con
dition, he was obliged to submit to
the indignity. .
Rescued by Police.
Eventually Johnson was rescued
by the police, who, during the early
part of the march, simply kept the
crowd moving.- He was rushed ft)
Bow street station, where his in
juries were dressed, and he was then
able to go home.
The occasion of the attack was a
meeting in Essex hall just off the
Strand, at which a debate had been
arranged under the auspices of the
Overseas club and Patriotic league
between Mr. Johnson and R.
Mitchell Banks, a lawyer, on "The
How and the Why of American
Prohibition."
The chairman of the meeting was
F. A. McKenzie. He, too, was
seized bv the crowd, but was soon
released. The meeting had no soon
er opened than there was an uproar,
The Real Danger
due to the. activities of a few young jBdtBh7 Nov. 13. The first step
men, who immediately engaged in
heckling, both prohibitionists and
anti-prohibitionists pleading for or
der. "''.'
- Signs of Trouble.
Outside the building there were
potent signs of impending trouble.
A great crowd of students had
gathered and after Mr. Johnson be
gan to speak, hundreds of the stu
dents, who evidently were organized,
broke down the iron gates to the en
trance to the hall, brushed aside the
police, charged down the aisles and
seized Johnson and . McKenzie.
These two they pelted with bags of
flour. They hoisted them into a
wagon and proceeded to King's col-
We nearbv. where Dotn were in
vited to state their onse for prohi-the period which must elapse be-
hition to the students, but. were not
allowed to proceed because of the
howls.
Mount Johnson.
The rioters then discarded Mc
Kenzie and mounted Johnson on a
plank. This a stalwart group placed
on their shoulders and marched
through the Strand, Covent garden,
Leicester square, Picadilly circus
ar.d Oxford circus to Portland street,
where the police intervened and ef
fected a rescue. .
As the procession passed through
the streets, with banners adorned
with black cats, pictures of beer
steins and other 'decorations, there
were frequent cries of "We've got
pussyfoot," but Londoners, accus
tomed to students' marches recently,
did not really believe that it was
Johnson and the march did not
cause as much excitements in- the
streets as might be expected.
Some of the prohibition campaign
ers, mostly Americans, declared to
The Associated Press that they did
not believe that the police had made
a sincere- effort to break up the
crowds and ' contended that they
could have rescued Mr. Johnson
much sooner if they had so desired.
Letts Continue Advance
And Capture Rich Booty
Copenhagen, Nov. 13. A Riga dis
patch to the Lettish press bureau
says:
''Supported by the allied fleet, the
Letts continued their successful ad
vance against Bermondy to a dis
tance of IS kilometers from Riga
in the direction of Mitau. They also
captured the important position ot
Kekkau, southwest ot Kiga ana
Raldohn. 30 kilometers away. The
booty included 11 heavy guns and
100 machine guns.
Helsingfors, Nov. 13. A north
western army .communication dated
Tuesday says:
"An advance is proceeding in the
direction of Pakoy. The Whites,
are progressing east of Gorstitsa;
six villages have been captured. In
the direction of Gathina. the Whites
have begun a counter offensive from
the village of Liena. Prisoners and
machine guns have been captured."
Sixteen Ships Delivered
So Far During This Month
"Washington, Nov. 13. Sixteen
ships, totalling 92.675 deadweight
tons, were delivered to the shipping
board by the Emergency Fleet cor
poration during the first 10 days of
November, it was announced today.
Fourteen of the vessels arc of steel
J and two of wood
In Louisville, Ky., Whisky Is
Being Openly Sold by Dis
tillers Following Injunction
Order Issued by Judge
, AgaTnst Federal Interference
With. Sales Ohio's Vote
Does Not Change Wartime
Prohibition, Palmer Says.
' Louisville, Nov. 13. For the fiivt
time since Julv l.when wartime pro-
niomon went into enect, wnisicy ,
openly was sold in Louisville today
without interference by the federal
authorities.
the sales were made by two
Louisville distillers from their tax
paid, floor stocks underthe protec
tion of a temporary injunction is
sued by Federal Judge ' Walter
tvans, Dut in rne race ot a govern
ment warning that if the supreme
court hnds wartime prohibition
constitutional, prosecutions were
possible.
The action of Judge Evans tdday
apparently attracted wide attention.
Mauv messasres were received ask
ing for copies of the brief and argu
ments in the case in which the court,
in effect, held wartime prohibition
unconstitutional and upheld an at
tack upon the Volstead enforcement
act.
J ennsylvama liquor interests apy
peared especially interested, mes
sages from Pittsburgh and Philadel
phia announcing intention of bring
ing similar suits in federal courts.
Louisville distillers, as a rule,
however, were said to be inclined
to conservatism, and to be disposed
to await action of the suoreme court
in the case brought by the Kentucky
distillers and'warehouse company to
test constitutionality cf wartime pro-'
mujiiun, wnicn judge cvans, several
weeks ago, decided adversely.
Boston Moves to Act. ...i
it! an attempt to prevent enforce
ment iti this state of the Volstead
prohibition' enforcement act was
taken today when the New England
Brewing company filed in the fed
eral court a bill in equity seeking
a preliminary injunction restraining
United States District Attorney
Boynton and Acting Collector of
Internal Revenue Casey from en
forcing the act against them, on the
ground that it is unconstitutional.
Judge Oeorge W.' Anderson will
give a hearing on the bill on No
vember 17. ,
The bill alleges that the national
prohibition act is unconstitutional
in that it seeks to enforce and pro
vide for national prohibition during
fore the eighteenth amendment of
the constitution will become effec
tive, and because rt violates the tenth
amendment."
Arrange for Delivery.
Chicago, Nov. 13. So certain
wereChicaeo saloonkeepers today
that Federal Judges Carpenter and
Fitzhenry would- decide against the
wartime prohibition and enforce
ment Acts, that they were arrang
ing for delivery of liquor stocks.
Among the liquor men it was hopea
that liquor selling would be resumed
by Saturday night.
District Attorney Clyne issued a
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Attempt Is Made to
Kill the Secretary
, of French Premier
Bordeaux, Nov. 13. An attempt
was made early this morning to as
sassinate Georges Mandel, Premier
Clemenceau's chief confidential sec
retary, who is a candidate on the na
tionalist ticket for the department
of Gironde.
At 2 o'clock, as he was entering
his automobile at the conclusion of
a. public meeting, his car was sur
rounded and he and his friends were
assaulted with canes and sticks. A
revolver shot shattered the door of
the automobile. Mandel escaped
unhurt. His chauffeur started the
car 'at full speed to escape the
crowd.
Roumania Demands Turkey
Return Stolen Materials
Constantinople, Nov. 13. (French
Vireless Service.) Roumania, it is
learned, is making demands' upon
the Turkish government forthe re
turn of materials alleged to have
been taken from the Roumanian fac
tories by the Turks during the oc
cupation of Dobrudja. A portion of
the materials has already been
returned to its original owners
through the efforts of a commission
appointed by Turkey to investigate
the Roumanian claims. Legal own
ership gf certain machinery claimed,
however, is asserted by. its Turkish
possessors, who have produced pa
pers to fhow that they bought it
from the Germans. '
'Bandit Gets $15,000.
Weavcrvijle, Cal., Nov. 13. An un
masked bandit entered the Trinity
County bank here, locked the cash
ier in a vault and departed with be
tween $12,000 and $15,000.
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GATHERING FOR
ATTACK ON JAIL
Citizens' Arm Themselves to
Repel Expected Assault to
Free Men Arrested for .
Murder of Ex-Soldiers.
Tacoma, Nov. 13. A report that
I W. W. were gathering at -Bordeaux,
Wash., in preparation for at
tacking the Thurston county jail at
Olympia to release three men ar
rested at Centralia Tuesday brought
every available citizen who could set
cure a weapon to the jail, a message
to the Ledger from Olympia says.
Members of the sheriff's force and
local police, aided by former sol
diers, boarded a Tacoma eastern
train at Bismarck, a suburb, and on
arriving at Tacoma arrested 18 pas
sengers alleged to be I. W. 'W.
Still other suspects are believed to
have left the train just before reach
ing Bismarck and a posse went in
search of, them. The men arrested
here came from Mineral, Wash.
Prisoner Suspected Slayer. ,
The prisoners, it was stated, are
Commodore Brand., suspected of.be
ir.fr the' slayer of Lieut. Warren
-Grimm, Attorney Elmer B. Smith
and John Doe Reynolds.
. While t?e armed citizens were as
semblfng at the jail, the dispatch
said, the three prisoners were rushed
into an automobile and were started
for the. state reformatory at Mon
roe, Wash.-
A posse was formed and left for
Bordeaux to round up any radicals
found there. .
More Raids Conducted.
Seattle, , Wash., Nov. 13. Raids
were conducted in Washington and
Oregon cities todav by state and
federal officers on Industrial Work
ers of the World headquarters and
many arrests were made of alleged
members of the organization.
Governor Louis F. Hart an
nounced he would inaugurate a
state-wide campaign to wipe otit
Industrial Workers of trie World,
bolsheviki and other radicals and
calLed upon all state officers to co
operate with federal and county of
ficers to. work to that end. The
trovernor received messages asking
him to convene the legislature to
pass stringent anti-Industrial Work
ers of the World laws.
"Federal" officersraided the office
of the Seattle Union Record, seized
the entire plant and arrested sev
eral employes including E. B. Ault,
editor. The raids were the .out
growth of the killing of four former
soldiers at Centralia. 100 miles
southwest of here, Tuesday by al
leged I. W. W.
Seventy-four alleged members of
the Industrial Workers were ar
rested in a hall at Spokane and at
Portland, Ore., men alleged to be
members of the organizatio''were
being held for examination. One of
the men arrested at Portland. Frank
(Continued on PI Two, Colama Om.)
NEGOTIATIONS "DF
COAL STRIKE TO
REOPEN TODAY
Miners 'an4, Operators to Meet
, In Washington and Hope to .
Settle Differences.
Washington, Nov. 13. Coal
miners and operator from. the na
tion's - bituminous fields .will enter
into negotiations here tomorrow for
a- new wage agreement with the
question of the time of termination
of the Washington wage agreement
of 1918 apparently as the chief
srumbling block.
'Both miners and operators on the
eve of the, conference at which the
points jn dispute in the recent strike
are . expected to . be settled, were
hopeful, however,, as' to the ouP
come and expressed the belief that
the question of when the Washing
ton agreement terminated could be
disposed of through mutpal "agree
ment along witj; the demands of the
miners for 60 per cent- increase in
pay and shorter hours.
Announcement by the executive
oommittee of the Operators of the
central competitive field in a formal
statement onight that the Wash
ington agreement is one of the mat
ters "to be determined by the con
ference" . was taken generally to
mean that the operators do not In
tend to-stand pat on-their conten
tion .that nrecent rnntrart remain
feet during the "duration of the
woi .ui mini jviai.u ui. in
case' a satisfactory settlement is
made with the miners on that and
other points. ".
Gbmpers Speaks.
President Gompers of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor reiterated
tonight his assertiton that former
Attorney General Gregory had
"given assurances' '. to the union
leaders in 1917 that the Lever food
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Hold Man for Murder of "
Honduran Consul-General
New Orleans, Nov. 13. Andrew
J. Whitfield, arrested at Alexandra,
La., on orders of Superintendent of
Police Mooney of New' Orleans, in
connection with the murder of Dr.
Leopoldo Cordova, jr., former Hon
duran consul-general, and the at
tempted murder of his wife will be
brought here and charged with the
crime, Superintendent Mooney an
nounced. '
Although Whitfield, according to
reports of the police -'department
here, denied implication in the mur
der Tuesday night and said that two
strange foreigners who spoke Span
ish got into the car before he left
it, Mooney said that two witnesses
had identified the. jewelry found in
the former room of Writfield here
as that of the Cordova family.
Bakers Close Shops.
Havre, Nov. 13. The ba-kers have
decided to close their stores as a pro
test .against the new prices official
ly fixed" for the sale of bread.
WILSON RECEIVES
PRINCE OF WALES
IN HISTORIC BED
President in Merry Mood as
He Discourses With Young
Britisher Who Also Greatly
Enjoys the Visit.
Washington, Nov'. 13. President
Wilson, propped up in the greaf ma
hogany bed in which Baron Renfrew,
later King Edward VII, slept when
he visited Washington in 1860, greet
ed today the grandson of that Brit
ish kig, in Albert Edward, prince
ofWales.
The prince was taken to the presi
dent's;sick room after he had talked
with Mrs. Wilson and the president's
daughters, Miss Margaret Wilson
and Mrs. Francis B. Sayre. The
visit to the Whfte House followed
a motor trip to Mount Vernon,
where the. prince laid a wreath on
Washington's tomb and planted a
young cedar before the resting place
iof the leader of the American col
onies in their struggle with England.
f Story of Historic Bed.
Soon after the president and the
prince had exchanged greetings, the
president noticed that his visitor
was looking 'closely at the massive
old . bed, and 'Told him its story
how the. prince's grandfather had
slept 5n it when he was entertained
at the, White House by President
Buchanan, and of it being the same
bed in which President Lincojn slept
during his years in the White House.
The president inquired of the
prince as to his father, mother and
grandmother, and mentioned par
ticularly the pleasure with which he
received a telegram today , from
Queen Mother Alexandra.
President in Merry Mood.
' The meeting was much the same
as might occur between any
healthy, normal boy, with a keen
sense of humor, and a, middle-aged
statesman, whose cares'had not driv
en the gift of laughter from him.
The president laughed heartily at
the vivid and humorous account the
prince gave of his experience since
his arrival on the American conti
nent. The British heir was very en
thusiastic at the warmth of the re
ception he had received in the Unit
ed States. The conversation be
tween the two covered a wide range
of subjects, and after the prince had
left, Rear Admiral Grayson, the
president's personal physician, said
that the president's spirits had risen
as the result of the visit, and that
he had enjoyed it greatly.
Says Grange Will Not Form
Alliance With Union Labor
Grand Rapids,. Mich., Nov. 13.
The National Grange will form no
alliance with organized ' labor, in
the opinion of National Master Oli
ver Wilson, and if his prediction is
fulfilled, the grange, in convention
here, will vote to decline an invita
tion extended by Samuel Gompers
for such a lyiion.
PREPARE . IN ATTEMPT TO
AMEND ENDS
IN FAILURE
MEXICO
FOR
U.S. ATTACK
Large Orders for Arms afld
Ammunition Placed in Bel
gium and Spain in Prepara
tion for Intervention.
GOVERNMENT MOVES
TO STOP SHIPMENT
Attempts by Carranza at Con
fiscation of Mines and Oil
Wells Scrutinized in Rela
tion to German Activities.
Republicans Stand Solidly for
Committee League Covenant
Condition and Are Strength
ened by Four Democrats.
SUBSTITUTE RESOLUTION
OF HITCHCOCK REJECTED
Washington, Nov. 13. Large or
dersfor arms and ammunition
placed by Mexico in Belgium and
Spain, in preparation for the possi
bility of AmArican ihferveution,
came ts, light today when the State
department let it become known
that the government had taken steps
to prevent their shipment. ,
The charge d'affaires of the United
States embassy in Brussels haSj pro
tested under'instructioiisthat ship
ments of the munitions would be in
violation of the international arms
convention. As Spain is not party
to the agreement, which was de
signed to aid. in keeping the peaceof
the world during the after-the-war
transition period, no such direct ac
'ion is probable at Madrid. ,
The order in Belgium was placed
with the Fabrique Nationale D'Arms
at Liege, probably under the direc
tion of Candido Aguilar, Mexican
minister of foreign affairs and Presi
dent Carranza's son-in-law, who
went to Europe recently after stop
ping here and placing a wreath on
George Washington's tomb at Mount
Vernon. " . x
Large Orders in Spain.
- The -orders' itt"5pain. which in
cluded rifles, millions of rounds. of
ammunition and a large number of
machine guns, were negotiated
through the Mexican minister there,
Eleseo- Arredondo. ' former ambas
sador to the United States and Pres
id'nt Carranza's nephew.
the Spanish munitions, according
to information in the hands of the
government, began passing into
Mexico more than a year ago, while
the European war still was going on
and in violation of the interallied
embargo. Rifles and ammuntion
and some sample- machine guns are
reported to have passed Havana on
their way to Mexico as late as June
of this year.
For later- shipments, cargo space
had. been reserved for October 19
on Holland-American- line, steamers
sailing out of Antwerp, and further
space had been reserved for Tam
pico, Vera Cruz and Puerto," Mex
ico, on December 3.
Can't Get Arms in -United States.
The Unted States has been deny
ing shpments of arms and ammuni
tion into Mexico for many" months
for the reason that they generally
fell into the ljands of bandits and
often were used against Americans
Soon after the end of the war the
Mexican government asked for the
release of muntions bought in this
country n 1917, but it was refused.
Such information as has npw come
into the hands ofilie government
shows that Mexico already was
turning to European manufacturers
for her supply and has since placed
enormous orders.
- It appears, from the government's
information, that while the peace
conference was in session in Paris
and General Mondragon, a promi
nent Mexican was there advising his
government of its probable course
toward Mexican affairs and particu
larly the attitude of United States,
the Spanish munition makers, with
wtibm large orders already had been
placed, were being urged to speed
up the delivery of powder and car
tridges and particularly the machine
gunsy'whch were reported to be a
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American Legion Names
First National Treasurer
Minneapolis, Noj&r- 13. Jasper G.
Bacon of Massachusetts, was chosen
national treasurer and Lemuel L.
Bolles of North Yakima, Wash., was
named national adjutant of the
American Legion at a meeting of
the national executive committee of
the legion today, which wound up
its business affairs following the
close of the first annual convention
yesterday. '
"The Star Spangled Banner" was
chosen as the official sodg. of the
American Legion from a list of 30
submitted to the committeee.
Wire Control In Wartime
. Cost U. S. $14,418,237
; Washington, Nov. 13. Wartime
operation of the telephone and tele
graph systems of the country cost
the federal government $14,418,237,
ccording to a report to Postmaster
General Burleson, transmitted to
congress today by President Wil
son. This sum represents the dif
ferences between the net eariyngs
of the companies taken over and
the compensation guaVanteetf by
the government.
Petition to Invoke Senate
Cloture Rule to End Debate
On Entire Peace Treaty Filed
By Senator Lodge.
Washington, Nov. 13. Squarely
joining the issue with President Wil
son, the senate adopted today a
reservation qualifying fTTe obliga
tions of the United States under
Article 10 of the league of nations
covenant. -
A solid republican line-up, rein
forced by four democratic votes, out
the reservation across exactly as it .
came from the foreign relations
committee and in virtually the" lan
guage which the president declared
on .his western tour would cut the.
heart out of the covenant and mean
the jcjection of the treaty. . .
The vote by which the reservation
won v.?s 46 to 33.
The fight for reservations having
thus been carried to a climax, the
republicans presented for future ac
tion a- cloture proposal designed to
bring final action on the question,
of ratification within a week. A less
sweeping measure, proposing limita
tion on the reservation debate, only
had been put in by the democrats .
earlier in the day, but rejected when
the republicans voted to sustain a
point of order against it.
To Vote on Cloture. -
A vote on the question of clamp
ing down a cloture on debate wil!
come Saturday morning and the re
publican leaders say it will depend
entirely on the democrats -whether
the move rallies the necessary twoT
thirds to make cloture effective.'
The democratic leaders were not.
ready tonight to say how they would
vote, being fearful that agreement to
so sweeping a program might im
peril their .chances to secure action
on a ratification resolution of .their
own. . v
The article ten ' reservation ' as ..
adopted by the senate follows:"
"The United States assumes no
obligation to preserve the territorial
integrity of political independencce
of any other country or to interfere
with controversies between nations
.weather members of the league or
not under the provisions of article
10, or to employ the military or
naval forces of the United States
pnder any article of the treaty for
any purpose, unless in any particular
case the congress, which under the
constitution has the sole power to
declare war or authorize the em
ployment of the military--or naval
forces of the United States, shall
bv act or joint resolution, so pro
vide." .
Very Little Difference
In only two' particulars does this
language differ from the proposed
reservation which the president de
clared at Cheyenne, Wyo., he would.,
he obliged to regard1 as a rejection.
As read by" Mr. Wilson, the phrase
"under the provisions of article ten"
occurred at a different place and the
final word "provide" was changed
to "declare."
The roll call on adoption of the
reservation follows: '
For Adoption.
Republicans:
Ball, Borah, Brandegee, Calder,
Capper, Colt, Cummins, Curtis, Dil
lingham, Edge, Elkins, Fall, Fernald,
France, Frelinghuysen, Gronna,
Hale, Harding, Johnson (Cal ; Ken
yon, Keyes. La FolTette, Lenrott,
Lodge, McCumber, McLean, Mc
Nary, Moses, New, Norris, Page,
Penrose. Phipps, Poindexter, Sher-r
man, Smoot, Spencer, Sterling,'
Sutherland, To.nsend, Warren and
Watson Total 42.
Democarts:
Gore, Reed. Smith (Georgia), and
Walsh (Mass.) Total 4.
Total for 46.
Against Adoption
Democrats: v .
Ashurst. Beckman, Dial, Fletcher,
Gay, Gerry, Harris,- Harrison, Hen
derson, Hitchcock, Johnson (S. D.),
Jones (N. if), Kendrick, Kirby, Mc
Kellar, Myers, Nugent, Overman,
Owen, Phelan, Pittman, Ransdell,
Robinson, Sheppard, Smith (Mary
land). Smith (S. C), Stanley,
Thomas. Trammcll. Underwood,
Walsh (Mont.), Williams and Wol
cottTotal 33.
Total against 33.
Sixteen senators not voting were
paired as follows:
For adoption: - Jones (Wash.),
Kellogg, Knox, McCormick," Nelson,
Newberry and Wadsworth, repubil- '
cans, and Shields, democrat.
Against: Bankhead, Chamerlain.
Culberson, King, Pomerene, Sim
mons, Swanson and Smith (Arizona)
democarts. -
One vacancy in Virginia.
Put Up Stubborn Fight.
The administration forces fouglit
stubbornly through the day and into"
the evening to. secure some modifi
cation of the committee measure,---
(Continued a F Two, Colna
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