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RIEF BRIGHT REE Z Y bitsjof news - "THE VELVET HAMMER" TAPS THE FADS AND, FOIBLES OF OUR .OWN WELL-KNOWNS. m-n- H: U V A H A W A . FH . H. VJLVJLX -.JJLJA.L - JJ X -U.J1.JUL- JL l J n ,f H f WOMAN CROSSES U. S. TO SAVE "LOVE ARTIST." w Lqs Angeles.'Dec. 14. The mys tery woman who rushed across the continent in an effort to save -George A. Fox, convicted "love ar Jtist" from San Quentin penitentiary, -where he was taken yesterday, has given her name as Mrs Catherine Warner of New York. She refuses to state whether the name is fic titious. But she stated that she is ..socially prominent in the east, is of an immensely wealthy family, and is here to spend $100,000 in Fox' behalf h necessary. She' said she had 'known Fox for years. , Z Fox, who was removed to San Quentin to serve his indeterminate sentence for defrauding Mrs. Anna G. Walters of $5,000 after making love to her, did not have time to say Kood-bye to his . wife and children. ."Mrs. Warner" was with him till he ACCUSES AGED HUSBAND OF TEMPTING VAMPIRES. " New Orleans, La., Dec. 14. Flor ence Stevinson, colored, who com plained to Judge Andrew H. Wilson of the juvenile court that her hus band, Mitchell A. Stevinson, col ored, was not supporting their eight minor children, is under orders from judge Wilson to stop her foolish ress and treat the old man right and rever insult him again by insinuate iug that he so conducts h'mself as to tempt the vampires. v Stevinson- is 77 years old, ard the insinuations that he was not con ducting himself with dignity and that he had been encouraging vam pires irritated him profoundly. He Jeclared his wife was at fault in not making his home happy by granting him all the privileges to -which he "Was entitled as a good huband and j. trie lather of her eight children. VOL. 49 NO. 154. Cutoff OMha P. MMUf-eUn m( 0. infer Mt tr May J. IM. it If Much S. 117. OMAHA, "-MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1919. Br Mall (I wart Oally. $S.M; SiiMa. t? M: Dally aa Sua., W.OOi tiitiliU Ntk. MiU axtra, TWO CENTS. THE WEATHER: - Fair Monday and . probably Tuesday. Not much, change In temperature. 4 , , Hourly temperaturrat , ' " t 5 ...v S 1 ,., . II ... 4 T 4 S - yJ 10 x t I 1 1 17 1 'BOOB '.14 I Uvl U JV o) 5) V j RUSH TO GET CHRISTMAS TRADE GOING Stores, Factories andOffices Will Open tot U.sual Time, VVith Determination to Make Up Lost Days. V NO TIME IiTbEING , LOST IN' VAIN REGRETS Two Veteran Engineers -Of The U. P. Succumb While Seated At The Thr&ttles J. W. Coolidge of Council Bluffs ani William Bay of Omaha, Give , Way, While Driving Fast Qverland Trains Saturday, Laden' With Passengers Both Are Now in St.. Joseph's Hospital. : Employers and Clerks Pre pared to Put Added Vim and Vigor in Efforts to Recoup Losses From Fuel Shortage. URUGUAY BRIDES GET $200 BON.TJS. ' i Montevideo, Uruguay, Dec. 14.- ' In order to stimulate marriages and an increase in population-,- the Uru guayan government has decided to giye a dowry of-$200 to each'girl of 7 good character who Tnay decide to marry. ' Uruguay, with a territory embrac ing over 7,iw square miles, almost all of which is highly fertile and valuable, has a population of only about 1,400,000, or less than 20 in habitants to the square mile. The republic has always made efforts to attract immigratibn and has rendered to newcomers whatever assistance was possible. Up to the "outbreak of the war its endeavors had been qrowned with fair success. ' The war seriously checked the growth of population, and the excess of immigration over emigration has dwindled to a point where it is of little importance, i "COME AND GET" ME," MISSING GIRL PHONES. ' ' Scranton, Pa., Dec. 14. Pretty 16- yea,r-oia, Margaret Hickel, who dis appeared from her home in West v Scranton -.in August, 1917, met her parents in the Union station at Washington, D. C. From the time that, she disappeared after leaving ttome to register is a student at Cen ; iral High school not one definite clew to'' her whereabouts was re eeived until she telephoned from the national capital" to her mother. nation-wide search for her had failed to reveal a clew to her whereabouts 'This -is Margaret talking. . Please come to Washington and get me,' was. the message she telephoned, uvercome by emotion the niothe did not ask her any questions '"Your father and I will tak&ah next tram," she said. - "It's Margaret;-! knew her voice tire minu'.e. she spoke to me. said tne happy mother. The parents found 'J)c daugnter in the Union station Washington, under the care of the travelers Atd organization. RAID GAMBLING- DEN; FIND TRUNK WITH $30,000, 11 ' : Denver,' Col., Dec. 14. Thirty thousand dollars in gold and cur- icncy. was discovered in a trunk fol -lowing a raid upon a fan tan game, made by Police Sergeant Barry ar.d I'atroinien Koggie,- Andis. and Cal laghan at 2017 Market street. Thir ty-two Chinese and two Japanese were arrested and brought to the pwice station. . ' Two veteran -engineers of the Union Pacific collapsed at the throt tles of-their engines Saturday and only by rare good fortune were pos sible tragic accidents avettedN ' J. W. Coolidge, 61, of 24 South Tiventy-second' - street, Council Blurts, and William Bay, 58, of 3522 Reward street, lOmaha. both were stricken of paralysis, the former when the first section of the Over land Ximited arrived at Valley, Neb., the latter in the ccVigesfed terminal disfrict of Omaha near Fourteenth street. Both are in critical condition in St. Joseph hopital. ,' - ine train wnicn v,ooxige was driving left the Omaha Union depot early Saturday morning. Arriving it Valley the' fireman noticed Coolidge . was 1 insensible though standing upright at the throttle. The fireman brought the train to a standstill, notified authorities and had the stricken engineer taken from the cab and given rnedicai aid. 1 BayAssists Coolidge. Bay, who was in charge of tbe second section of the limited, ar rived in Valley shortly after Coolidge wastaken from his cab and assisted in securing aid for him, . Bay continued his run to Grand Island and took" charge of the Los Angeles Limited, known as Noi 8. ree tables and other tramhlincr paraphernalia were seized by the Pv.Ko QL.,U D police, as well as a trunk which litL-a-vaioci wUVlUU DC erally was packed with gold and srtver coins and bills of all denom inations, lhe trunk -was taken to tue vaults in the police station for safekeeping by the police after- it was learned that it was. crammed with money. STANDARD OIL MUST PAY BOY OF $25,000. Long Island Cijy, N. J., Doc. 14. Arthur Riley, faur years oid, son of -Mrs. tlinor Kiley of Astoria, Was awarded a Verdict of $25,000 agafnst the Standard Oil Company by a jury n me supreme court, Long Island City, before Justice Kappjr It is the largest verdict ever given to a child in this court. . - The boy was borne into :ourt hv lis mother with his right foot off and his lett foot gone to the mstep. He was run over by a," truck of the Standard Oil company, loaded with paint, in front of his home on Janu ary 15 last. RETURNED SOLDIER TO WED STEPMOTHER. Scrantori. Pa., Dec. 14. James . aiguire, -'8 years old. returned sol (jier, and his widowed step-mother, Josephine Calguire, 24 years old, will he niamcd. James will become step father to four step-brothers and step sisters. - ' CAN'T EXPORT BOOZE AFTER JANUARY 16. , ; Washington, v Dec. 14. Exporta - tion of intoxicating liquors for bev erage purposes will not be permitted afte January 16 when the prohibi tion amendment becomes effective, according to the bureau of internal levenue. The fact that spirits are !ii transit in this country on that date nr in warehouses at the port of ex port, or on board ship in port will rot be regarded as compliance with the law. It must be actually outside of the territory of the United States on -January .14 the announcement laid, ; Industrial Omaha will emerge to day from a two-week period of en forced coma and become the busy, bustling giant which has made the city known as one of the best busi ness places of the country. Thousands of afarm clocks which have been discarded for the past 14 days will iangle at early hour this morning; scores ; hi long ' silent whistles will join in the1 8 o'clock. revelry, and surface car gongs will join in the noise, for fuel conserva tion restrictions, which " tightly gripped the arteries of business life, have ceased to exist. 'Judging from conversations with employers and employes, industrial Omaha will leap forward with added vim, now that restrictions have been removed. Employers are not count-K. ing'the dollars lost by s shortened I hours or complete closing down, but :ir nlanninef rtn flnicliinor tti ctinrt- ' holiday season with a rush, making tip for lost time. ' , - , No Sighs of Regret. Employes as a whole will not sigh with regret at the lengthened -hours, and hundreds of employes Vrho have been thrown out of emnlownent bv the - closing down - of " industries - Los Angeles, Dee.-14.-r I aliv not classed nonessential wiu return joy-1 g0,g to determine that thtr httl Street car service this morning will be nearly normal, according to R. A. Leussler, general manager of granting Mrs. Edith Jane Hammer This train reached Omaha Saturday midnight. . At Fourteenth streef the train came to a jolting stop. Bay, feeling the weakness coming on, closed his throttle. The sudden stop "attracted the attention of his firenian, who caught the engineer as he toppled over trt a taint. Bay was also taken to St. Joseph hospital. -Bay is one of the leading officers i of the local chapteiof the Brother hood of Railway Engineers. Both tnen have been running trains in and out of Omaha for the past quarter of a century. Misfortune Before. Coolidge has been .the victim of misfortune heretofore. About 30 years ago a son, Ralph, attempted to board the father's eltgine at Colum bus, Neb., before the locomotive had come to a s,top and slipped and fell beneath the wheels, losing both legs Union Pacific officials "while de ploring the collapse of two of the best engineers on their , system are thankful grave " accidents ' were averted; Had not Bay shut off his engine before he toppled over a col lision would have resulted, they as sert, "with great lossof life. ' It is thought Bay s condition was brought about bv the shock of Cool- idge's collapse. INVESTIGATE COAL STRIKE AGREEMENT Senate Sub-Committee Likely to Call High Government Officials to Explain Why Plans of Garfield Set Aside: Safe Crackers Pull Down Curtains And Bore Into" Safe on Cuming -Street ,. j Get $620 Cash and $350 Liberty Bonds While Hundreds Pass Jepsen tore Near Twenty-Fifth Street : Open Basement ' Window and Freezing Water Place Time Near 8. mm ; . EXPECT MOST MINERS- BACK AT WORK TODAY Restrictions Imposed on Use of Fuel During Strike Grad ually' Are Being Removed Throughout Country. Safe SAYS FATHER OF ; WIFE'S CHILD IS I JAPANESE COOK Judg Accepts Mother's JDenial - and Grants Divorce -i-, in Case. V MOTHER ARRESTED F0Rv MURDER OF HER.YOUNG-'SON Body of Child Washes Ashore, Though Mother Said He' - Had Been Kidnaped. girl is not a Caucasian on such tes tfraony," declared Judge Crail in the traction comnanv. and-the com pany will be prepared to arry the thousands of employes to their places of occupation without con gestion. DepartnVent store .clerks thousands of them---must be oa th? job at 9 this morning, instead of 10, the opening hour f6r all retail stores during the period of fuel re strictions. ' " ' - Manufacturing establishments, wholesale houses, commission houses, laundries and other lik in dustries which were running on re stricted hours from 8 to 4 will re turn to regular schedules this morn ing. , " Offices and office buildings which wer -restricted to the hours of 9i30 to 3:30, will open this morninz at the "customary time. : ' I he film distributing business. whicH has grown to enormous oro- portions here, will again, swing back to normal. Member of the- Omaha film board threatened to remove their branches from Omaha last week, when all theaters were closed. and business hours were limited to 8 to 4, making late shipments to out-or-town theaters impossible. Hanged, Gen. Harries Tells Church People a decree of divorce on the ground of nonsupport.' The parentage of'the girl, Marguerite Hammer, 8 years old, was denied by the husband, Richard Harber Hamner, a cement contractor. He alleged in his cross-complaint that Marguerite s father was a Jap anese cook in the employ of Mrs Hamner's father, H.' Howard formerly a contractor of this city. The girl , was born several months after Mr. Hamner married Miss Howard, but the testimony showed that Mr. Hamner lived with his wife from May 3, 1909, the date of their marriage, until they separated March o, iyi8. V Child in Court. Marguerite was in court, a briglft, well developed youngster. There was no public . dispute over her origin until Mrs. Hamner brought suit for divorce, she said. Mrs. Hamner, who emphatically denied the Japanese. cook was the father of her girl, testified that Mr. Hamner told her his mother and sistervwere r J i. : VI Udl Ik lUllllJlCJlIUU. I "He "Said if ! sued foj, divorce he would make my family the sroats He never said anything about , the child until the divorce suit came up," she testified. .K. Mr. Hamner testified thathe told his wife half his people were dark and the other half light. Examine Her Eyes. I did that to protect my wife. I Summit. N. T.. Dec. 14. The sign ing of the armistice was orobablv the did not tell her I woufd make her greatest of all blunders made by the family the goats. I did not want to allies during the war. declared Mai Gen. G. H. Harries, U. S. A., former ly commander of the American forces in Berlin, in an address before the congregation of All Souls church. - "The feats of our army," he added, were nullified bv those who had other things to think about than war." -v What will' happen to the kaiser?" some one inquired. "I can tell vou what T think should happen to him," General Harries re plied. "I think he should be hanged." Hughes and His Party bring this matter into court: I would rather suffer alone," he said. An effort was made to show that Marguerite has oblique eyes, is dark and apparently of part Japanese blood. The younger child, a boy, is fair. Judge Crail held that it was a serious matter, and while - Mar guerite might bear a slight re semblance to the-Mongoli. n race, he would not put a brand on her from the testimony adduced before him. He gave the -custody of the children to the mother, allowing tlie father to ee them : at reasonable times, Atlantic City, itr j Dec 14.- The- body of James M. Blake, jr., 6-year- old son of a ealthy hilade'phta insurance broker, V ho was declared by his mother to have been kidnaped last Friday night, -washed 'ashore at Ventnor Sunday. Mrs. Blake has b een placed under arrest.. Mother Arrested. -!' , Mrs. Blake, who on Friday night crawled to the home . or Uenjamin Fox in Ventnor, and tol-.i of being attacked by two negroes who, later beating her, robbed her of a hand bag and then fled with-the boy, is charged with the ynurder of v the child. ' She was removed from the Home of Mrs. A. G. Miller, in Vent nor, today, to the Atlantic City hos pital where she is guarded by a poc liceman. She is said to be suffer ing from a, nervous colla'pse. The boy's body was found less than five blocks from the pier in Ventnor, where Airs. Blake's hand bag was recoyered yesterday and about the same distance from the scene of the alleged' kidnapingr. County Physician L. Ki Souder performed an autopsy and pro nounced death due to drowning. He said it. had, not yet been decided whether to hold an jnquesi. There were no marks on the body to indicate that the boy had been killed before , he was thrown into the water,' Dr. Souder said. Mrs. Blake is said to have been suffering from a nervous ailment for a number of yars. The author ities'said she has told many conflict ing stories,' both before and-since her arrest. Mr. and Mrs. Blake have., been estranged fot. some time. The bov and a 10-year-old daughter had been in the 'custody of their -father and had been permitted to go out with leir mother. Washington,, Dec. 14. While re laxation of restrictions on' the use of bituminous coat continued today, indicating governmental belief that the strike crisis iry the industry has passed, congressional investigation began to bear upon the active par ticipants in the settlement., The appearance last night of Dr. H. A. Garfield, whose resignation as fed eral fueiadministrator was accepted yesterday by President Wilson, be fore the senate sub-committee in vestigating the coal situation was followed today by indications that Attorney General Palmer and other high officials would be called on this week to explain why plans of Dr. Garfield were set aside and a compromise -Tiade with the miners' union on a basis' which the formei fuel administrator descried as "contrary to fundamental principles of government." Men Sure to Go Back. ' Acting President Tohn"L Lewis of the United Mine Workers ot America, who is attending the labor reconstruction conference here,, pre dicted today that, bv Monday nitrht. 95 per cent of the miners would be back to work, "Though.it has been a difficult : task-to reach-afr 'Of -trtrrTrreTrfn"Thc1 short time since the decision was reached,"- he said, "it is certain that they will go back. 71 i j- . - . ncsincuons imposed on tne use ot tuel during the strike" gradua'ly are being remoed under the dis cretionary authority to rescind such- orders given the regional railroad directors. YTh us the working week will open tomorrow with a nearer approach to a norma! industrial sit uation man any week since .the strike was made effective crackers secured $620 cash and $350 in Liberty bonds about last night from Jensen Brothers' grocery-store, 2502 Cuming street, after boring the combination ot the safe. Fred Jepsen, one of the proprie tors,; who lives above his place of business, discovered the robbery at 10:30 last night when he entered the store to' raise the window shades. Jepsen found a back window lead- injiito his basement had been jimmied open by the burglars. Water just beginning to freeze on the base ment floor told Jepsen that the'win dow had been open not mpresjhan two or three hours. The combination of the safe had: been bored and the money and Lib erty bonds-taken from a drawer in side. The jimmy with which the burglars had gained entrance had been forgotten and lay on the floor a few feet away. Hundreds of persons passed tlfat corner while the robbery ws being committed. Jepsen happened into the store when he noticed the curtains on the show windows drawn. ' Two unmasked negroes held' up Ivq Schoenwald, Millard hotel, on the corner of Twenty-fifth and Cuming streets at 9:30 last night and secured $45.itl cash from him, Both-of the bandits had guns. WHITE HOUSE STATEMENT IS GIVEN OUT President Announces He Has "No Compromise or Conces sion of Any Kind in Mind' on Settlement. HOLDS REPUBLICANS TO BLAME IN MATTER ELDERLY SWAIN . AND WIDOW DEAD WITH JETS OPEN Son of Woman Scouts Suicide Theory and Alleges a Accident. '1 LABOR IS AGAIN TRYING TO LINE UP THE FARMERS A: P. of LvOfficials Make An other Effort to Affiliate With Agriculturalists. Noverbc 11 Win nnt-in A..ctraiia1Secretary of War Baker W III MIIM i Back From canal zone Melbourne. : Dec. 14. Virtually omplcte election returns show that the liberals and the. nationalist labor party, who support the government, have 'won 35 seats in the House of epresentatives '.and the fanners :rty, also -a supporter of lie gov ernment pn some questions, 11 seats, while the anti-Kovernmental factions and the laborjtes have secured only 24. ' V William M. Hughes, the premier seems to have been re-elected to the House. ' : : emperatures Moderate,- Coal Supplies Increase Spokane, Wash., Dec." Ii--Mod- eratmg temperatures and "ncreased supplies of coal, relieving iecent suffering in considerable ' deorree were reported from most points in the Pacific northwest tonieht. Only. one point, Walla Walla, Wash.,e- of the peace conference until Mon- r -" - nv3iia . iujt morning. t New York, Dec. 14. Secretary of War Baker, accompanied by Gen eral reyton u- March, chiet of staff, returned today from the Panama canal zone. They left for Washing- ion soon alter landing. Secretary of War Baker spoke withv enthusi asm of improvements in orosrens at the canal -zone. , ; ;. "Porto Rico has advanced beyond description,", he said. German Reply to Last v ' "Allied Note Received Paris," Dec. 14. The answer of the German government to ,the latest allied note reached the Ger man delegation in Paris Sunday. Because of the time needed for de coding and translating the docu ment, it is not likely to be presented to General Secretary Paul Dutasta Motion Picture Producer And Party on Yacht Safely Reach Harbor Miami. Fla. Dec. 14. The vacht Grey Duck, on which David WGrif fith, motion picture producer, and a party of 36 left here Wednesday, ar rived late today at Nassau, Bahama, islands, with .all onboacd safe, said a radio message received at midnight by the Miami Herald from Nassau. ' The yacht, which was four days overdue on. her arrival at Nassau, encountered , heavy, seas and mem bers of the party had been without food for three days. The messasre said two passengers were, swept overboard during the. voyage, but were rescued., The message said the Grey Duck almost capsized and the pilot was injured and others on board were forced to, take turns at the wheel while, the little craft wallowed in the sea. . , , ' Although most of the power to rescma tne various restrictions has oeen placed in the hands of the re gional directors; the railroad admin istration is continuing to exercise a supervisory control over bituminous coal and coke. This has been made necessary, not alone by the resigna tion of Dr. "Garfield, but also bv the resignations of Cyrus Guernsey, t,. assistant to Dr. GarfiVlr! anH Inhl A. Alport, chief, en whom came back to Washinptnn to serve with their chief when the fuel administration was revived. These resignations have oractiraliv put an end-to the reinstituted activi ties of the administration. To Name Commission. Appointment bv Prpci'H.Mif vv;tcn of a commission to siinerspH Vh fuel administration As expected this week. No intimations of th ni-rcnn' nel have been given in official quar ters, though the basis decided upon will make its composition . incluHp one mine worker, one coal operator and a representative of the public. The three will have oower t re. idiust wage scales, above the nrp. ent advance of 14 per cent given the miners, ii aesired, and also to ad vance the selling price of coal. I he scale committee of the op erators of the Central competitive field, it was learned today, probably j win meet in Cleveland Wednesday to consider their attitude toward the siriKe settlement. Grand Jury to Hear Cnarges. Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. .'4. Plans tor presenting to a spec;al federal grand jury which convenes Wednes- cay, charges of violation of the i-cver iooa control act an anti trust laws by coal mine operators and miners are understood to have been completed by Department of ,ustice officials here. No action is expected to be taken bv the federal court in connection with charges of contempt of court against officials of the mine workers for alleged viola tion ot tne tederal court injunction against the miiersl-strike. ' Walter Lacy, said to be 61 atf(l a railroad carpenter, and Mrs. Hart, a widow with a son, Carlos, were both found dead atUO last night in the woman s rooms in a rooming house near Eighth street and Broadway, Council -Bluffs, the rooms beine tilled with gas flowing from the jets of a heater, lhe man was sitting in the kitchen, near the stove, and tlie woman -was found on the floor m the next .room. Both were dressed. The son of the woman said Lacey had been paying attentions to his mother.- The rooms have . been heated solely by the gas 'stove, and it is believed that Laccytarted the oiwic KU"1 UU II1CIT IMC ' JCia -TTT-lll. I CUSS out tnrougn some accident. ' n is thought the woman smelled the gas and attempted to reach thestove, collapsing in tlie middle of the floor. Duke of GothaY Vaults Forcibly Opened and All Securities Removed Berlin, Dec. , 14. The people's commissioners of the free state of Gotha have forcibly opened the vaults belonging to the , duke of Gotha and removed-all the securities and other funds and deposited them to the credit of the state.. The com missioners demanded the keys from the duke's lawyers, who refused to surrender them, whereupon the com missioners callefl on a locksmith, who forced the doors. - The episode may have an inter national sequel, as the duke's roya! .nglist relations are supposed to have an interest in his estate. v The reigning duke of Gotha is the duke of Albany), who is a cousin of King George of Great Britain. He is British born and was a royal'duke of Great Britain before he was de prived in March of the present year ot his British peerage by a king s order-in-council. Prior to the war the duke was an honorary general in the British army and, owing to his heritage, held seat in the House of Lords. During the war he served for some time in Washington, Dec. 14. American Federation-of Labor officials made another effort today to establish re lations with farmers' organizations, the federation's "co-operation com mittee," appointed at the Atlantic City convention, meetinz here with the representatives of several farm ers' groups. While.only one delegate from a farm organization participated in the federation's "reconstruction confer ence," which opened yesterday, it was understood the invitations, sent by the -committee for today's meet ing were more cordialjy received. Federation officials declined to dis- the cCiireWtlcr" t6"day; , Saying that the committee would make a re pot trtificeieeutiye "council of the organization; r-" ;,- ; Made Greater Progress. ' In view of the declaration of prin ciples adopted by the conference yesterday, it was generally believed in labor quarters ithat the co-efpera- rrad , made Will Make No Move Whatso ever to Relieve Situation Engendered by Failure to - Ratify Pact. ' ' Washington, Dec. H.-sPresient Wilson today intervened in the peace treaty dilemma with announcement that he had "no compromise or con cession of any kind in mind," would make no move toward the treaty's disposition, and would continue to hold the republican members of the senate responsible for results and conditions attending delay. V The president's position, regarded, as peculiarly significant in view of the recent discussion in the senate ot a compromise, was set forth tn1 the following statement issued to day from the White House. 'It was learned from the highest authority at the executive pffices tot day that the hope of the republicaa , leaders of the senate that the presi dent would presently make some'' move which will relieve the situation ' with regard to the treaty, is entirely . without foundation; he has no com- 5 promise or concession of any kind in minrt tint intpnrtc inctfar ae'lt 1m concerned, that the republican lead ers of the senate of the treaty shall' continue to bear the undivided te soonsibility for the fate of lie treaty and the present condition of the world in consequence., of . that tat." --'.--i. ; - . .. f r- '"' Doesn't Change Situation. The White;' House statemtat,cp? , , parently had no effect in changing the . treaty situation. - Democratic ' leaders, indorsing the president's views, declared that it did not pre- i elude a senate compromise and that compromise efforts would pro ceed. Republican leaders reiterated ; inn nnim t f f a jk rt H m A a progress toward a common erountf that..the president was responsible on which to meet the farmers' ren- I0' tn present status and , must 4 Uses Church Basement . For His Bootlegging - Dallas. Tex.. Dec. 14. Charted by the police with conducting; a "prosperous bootlegging business" in the basement of one . of the largest churches here, the ianitor of the house of worship has suddenly uepartca tor parts uuknown, - . " , Searching Parties Look for Men Who Shot Constables Londcrrv. 'Ireland. Tier 1i Searching parties are out looking for inen wno near ujingloe shot and wounded from ambush - four con stables. ' z . The constables jiad arrested two Sinn Feiners and taken them to the special criminal court at Letter- Kenney, where they were remanded, and were on their way to headquar ters at Dungloe when a score of concealed men opened fire on them with pistols. Sergeant Farrell. one of the principal witnesses against the Sinn Feiners, was wounded in lhe leg and Constable Cunan in the head "and body., Inspector Wallace and another constable also were wounded. . Cunan's - condition is grave. .AT Woman, Going to Face T Murder Charge Killed Chatham, Va., Dec. 14.Hurrying lo.the county circuit court in ses sion here to face trial for complicity in 'the murcler of Chesley Neal, her 14-year-old daughters suitor. Mrs Ludie Barrett. 36 years old, was run downand ' killed by a fast south bound southern train. The accident occurred near Dry- iorK, wnere tne woman lived, as sue was making her way alone the tracks to the wayside station Hear :ng the warning blast and th rumble of a freight she stepped from one track "to another in the path of thecxpress. the nose of which was drowned. She was picked up with nearly every bone broken. Owjng to her death Lee Barrett, her husband, won a new lease of life for his case was continued until the next term. , Arrested in Alleged Act of Stealing Wateh Arthur Belmout, 1 74 1 South Twenty-seventh street, was arrested last night and charged with larceny from the person, when, according to the police he tried to "lift" a watch from Nathan White. - 316 South Thirteenth street. Customers in White's store held Belmont until the police arrived.- . Three Ships Aground, Vineyard Haven; Mass.. Dec. 14. The shipping board steamers North vind. Lake Crystal and Fairfield are .-(ground as a Tesult of the heavy fog over Vineyard sound. The ves sels are coal-laden and are thought to he bound for Boston frnm Nnr. 101K, resentatives than has any previous union group. . Organized labor was declared by several spokesmen to be anxious to get organized farmers in the told for the campaign which the workers plan to wage in the forthcoming election. In this connection, the statement ma,de in the declaration adopted by yesterday s conference, appealing to "alF of those who contributed to so ciety to unite in furtherance of the principles," were explained today by labor leaders to mean that organized labor must be joined by the pro ducing classes if its victory is to be complete." . Claim Problems Alike, a 'These leaders asserted that the problems faced by orcanized la bor are as much the problems of the agriculturist class because they are ootn political and economic. Every pressure is being brought to Dear on the farmer groups to line ihefn up for labor's program, it was indicated at federation of labor headquarters. Efforts, it was said, will be made to show the farmers that -the conferences declaration against radicalism means as much to, the tiller of the soil as to the in dustrial worker, and that the or ganized aid of the country worker is neeaea in tne tight agarist auto cratic control and monopolistic maneuvering of the nation's raw supplies. Olive Branch to Farmer. The whole "platform" of yester day s conference was understood to have been drafted with.? view to making it as acceptable "as possible tn the farmers. It was the work of the conservative element of hp American Federation of LaW and was understood to have been pre pared under the personal direction of Samuef Gompe's, president of the lederation. tor the reastn it was put out as a ieeler for the farmers, Mr. Gonipers would ntrmit no changes to be made m it bv the cnn'. ference, according to authentic in- fomiatlftn r i While it was noted that a strong , ,De ne'. "sponsible" for tbe dead sentiment tor some poht cal oartv declaration permeated the general conference yesterday, this as well as the proposed endorsement of he new labor party fell by the w.iyside, because ofv the likelihood that it '.votild be acceptable to few of th. farmersi labor delegates sa.d. make the first mve towards a sola lion. , Senators hoping to kill the treaty alone expressed satisfaction. On one point only., apparently. were all senate factions in harmonv namely, that decisive action on ' the treaty probably would be de-' ferred until next month, after the ; proposed holiday recess of congress, planned to end January 5. Senate debate, probably centered ihmil . Whit.e House statement, is expected to be reopened tomorrow with fresh vigor. The democratic compro mise campaign "also is to be presTad. according to Senator Hitchcock, of -Nebraska, administration fcadpr hf - unless some unexpected develop- " jnent this week ensues, the leaders ' believe the finale cannot bev reached ' uniu next month. ; . Senator Hitchcock, commenting tonight on the White House state- ' ment, declared that the democrats -' would continue efforts to rompro .mise the reservations and that the -seriate and not the president must aCt first. 1 v "The president says the whole matter is in the ..hands of the senate and I agree with him," said-Mr. Hitchcock. "The president savs he. has no compromise or concession to ' makft That is for the senate We ' :;re ready to negotiate at any tims Mid will continue to seek a ccmptO- ' mise between the Lodgf. fcserv4-'. lions and those offered la$t Novem- , bcr. ' . f . , t Senator Hitchcock decided posi- 4 lively that the democrats'' never would consent to ratification of the ; treaty without the' feaguv ef-nations end Mould not accept th plan of-- fered yesterday bv Serianr republican, Pcnnsylv-ania, 'to ratify . 1 the peace terms and leave the league ' question for decision by'lhe voter. " i-oage reserves Corr.ment.', Senate Lodge of ! Masnai-finiti. ' , and other prominent republicans re 1 ' served public comment on flip WTn't House statement, but. the renuhlinn- viewpoint, indicated beyond doubt.; k if ij Presiqeni must continue. lock, and until he acts the.-treaty-must remain at a standstill, probably . until after January at least, i - . senator JBorah. Idaho rmnKi;.... member of the forei committee and prominent among the treaty's implacable .foes, in a Mate went tonight charged that large' tuiancia' interests were engaged in propaganda favoring a senate com- Like Smokestack Hit Him the treaty and the leaW from be ing passed on by the people "during the ensuing presidential camnaitm To the president's content;,. u the senate majority is responsible for conditions resulting from delay; republican leaders pointed to thnh. jections yesterday of Senator Hitch- ,' Tells Police He Felt James Bell. 2708 Erski ne itrppt colored, was arrested last night when Green Davenport, al cred, 207 North Eleventh street. identified him as one of two men Who Coaxed him from his hnmp ;at. uruay nignt and hit hnn on the head cock to the Knox resolution r,rrm. wun something. ratification of thp tttJ .r7.. . ---- j imi l dont know what it was, but it felt like a smokestack." said Davenport, t.. n ..'.' J . .. . urinon aiso saiii kpii i rt .-. - - I one oi ner husband s assulants. as it would affect peace with many and postponement of action n " tne league. lhe Knox. resolution, hich may"