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unday Bee
'BULLS AND BEARS
PLAY SANTA CLAUS. '
: New York, Dec. 20. Bulls and
bean of Wall street played Santa
Claus on the floor of the New York
.stock exchange Saturday afternoon
to 1,500 children. There were gifts
for every child. Employes of the
exchange received a Christmas
bonus of 10 per cent of their annual
salaries. Lieut Col. Charles W.
Whittlesey, commander of the "lost
tattalion," presented the 70 former
soldier employes with a special
medal from the exchange.
-BILL" CARLISLE MUST
GO BACK AND SIT DOWN.
; New York, Dec. 20. A holdup
". rivaling in technique the master
pieces of "Bill" Carlisle, western
bandit, occurred here when two rob
bers covered with revolvers a pay
line of 75 longshoremen at an Eas'
liver pier, while two companions
marching into the paymaster's office,
.seized $5,000. The quartet then
escaped in an automobile just as 300
' repairmen at work on the pier heard
tne commotion and came racing to
the rescue.
. David Bord, the paymaster, em
ployed by M. B. Smith & Sons, boss
stevedores, arrived at the pier at
jioon in an automobile. A few min-
ntes late.- another car arrived and
four well-dressed men stepped out.
I"" Approaching the pay window, two
.whipped out revolvers, shouting that
,it meant death for any one to move
in the direction of the other bandits,
who by this time had entered the
.office. The entire line of longshore
men was thrown into confusion and
several men fled, seeking refuge be
hind bales and boxes.
Two bandits who entered the of
iice found Bord flanked by two
' Watchmen. One robber covered them
while the other calmly picked up the
envelopes, placed them in the pay
master's own bag, and then turning
to nis companion said:
'. "Let's go."
I VOL. XLIX NO. 27.
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The Passing Show I FIRSTIYOIILB
I ftfegaSiggS;! RATIFVPACT;
EBERSTEIN
IS KOtf REAL
POLICE HEAD
Ringer Loses Long Fight to
Retain Sole Control Smith
Ure arid Ringer to Be "Com
posite" Police Commissioner.
PATTULL0 APPOINTED
INSPECTOR OF POLICE
Officer Promoted
To Be Inspector of
Police Department
Will Also Act as Assistant
Chief Eberstein at Last
Given Authority and Power
To Show "What He Can Do."
Capt. Andrew Pattullo.
is
BAN INDECENT CLOTHES;
BUT NO CLOTHES; O BOY!
" Paris. Dec. 19. While Pais
ringing daily with denunciations of
the indecency of certain womens
fashions, the social and intellectual
elite of the "gay city" is applauding
n unprecedented disregard of sar
torial convention at the Cirque
amver, wnere ju. uemier is pro
ducing a classical drama, "Oedipus."
ine second act i the play, which
was an instant success, is devoted to
Olympic garties being performed by
men and women athletes, headed by
Paoli, the French champion discus
thrower
The men's attire is limited to loin
cloths, while the women appear in
flimsy classical draperies. At the
conclusion of this act, in response to
enthusiastic applause, Gemier came
to the footlight hand-in-hand with
Paoli, who was still devoid of all
habiliment excepting .the loin cloth.
The newspaper critics emphasize the
fact . that the athlete ' was . then
greeted with redoubled applause and
that not a single voice of protest
was raised. " '
JAZZ MUSIC TO
w;
fAKE UP; CHURCH.
Denver, "Colo., Dec. 20. G. S.
Lackland, pastor of the Grace Meth
odist Episcopal church of this city,
announced that he would have a real
negro jazz orchestra before the pul
pit next Sunday afternoon in an ef
lort to awaken the enthusiasm of his
congregation. i .
v ' jazz music woke up France," ex
plained Rev. Lackland, "and why
shouldn't it .wake, up the church?
Let's wake 'era up with some music
that has pep and a kick in it music
,tbat will put the congregation in a
frame of mind to appreciate real re
ligion. Christ mingled with the com
mon people and .used their customs
to improve conditions.
"Jazz works perfectly as a lubri
cant for sin-stiffened joints on the
glaringly lighted white ways that
lead to perdition, so why not use it
to limber up those who are travel
ing the straight and narrow way?"
STATE CONSTABULARY
SEIZE HUGE STILL
J. Dean Ringer, police commis
sioner since the advent of the pres
ent city commission, has lost his
long fight to continue in active and
sole control of the police depart
ment. -
The final blow came late yester
day afternoon and immediately fol
lowing came the announcement from
Chief of Police Eberstein of the ap
pointment of Police Captain Andrew
Pattullo as permanent inspector and
assistant chief of police. . 1
While there was no official an
nouncement of the dethronement of
Commissioner Ringer, it has been
known for several days that a de
cided change in the management of
the police department was under
way. and that if Commissioner
Ringer was not removed entirely
from the head of the department his
uthority would be curtailed to such
an extent he would be police com-
missiolner in name only.
Eberstein in Charge. - .
It is evident the latter course has
been decided upon and that while he
remains as' police commissioner.
Chief Eberstein will have active
charge of the department - When
matters are to be decided above his
head they will be decided not by
Commissioner Ringer alone, but by
Mayor Smith. Commissioner Ure
and Commissioner Ringer, unless
the matter happens to be one that
should go to the council as a whole
for action.
In other words. Smith. Ure and
Ringer will constitute the police
commission and Chief Eberstein
and Inspector Pattullo will have ac
tive charge of the men. The change
is a decided victory for Chief Eber
stein. who for a time shortly follow
ing the burning of the court house
was slated for slaughter when the
criticism of the police for their
failure to handle the mob, was at its
height.
But Chief Eberstein refused to be
made the goat. He put up a fight
and insisted on beine Riven a chance
"to show what he could do if given,
the authority a police chief should
have."
And while Commissioner Ringer
was away in the east looking for a
police inspector from out of town
his friends and supporters in the
HOLLAND EXPECTS
TO BE AS.KED TO"
GIVE UP KAISER
Intimated That Several Allied
Powers Will Make De
mand Before Long.
'FURLOUGH'
INQUIRY UP
.6
AGAIN
AN
State Representative Druese
dow, Star Witness of the
Day, Corroborates Story of
$20,000 Fund to Free Kirk.
PETERSON ON STAND
TO TELL OWN STORY
Says He Took Matter Up
With Bushee Because Gov
ernor Was Busy Davis Says
Mrs. Kirk Cannot Be Found.
2 Denver, Colo., Dec. 20. A huge council decided to give Chief Eber
atill with a capacity of 250 gallons
of liquor a day, said to be the largest
illicit distilling, plant ever encoun
tered bjthe oficers in this state, was
Seized by a force of state constabu
lary at a point ten miles south of
Denver. The plant, which was op
erated by steam, was running in full
blast when the officers descended
upon it.
Several hundred gallons of liquors,
quantities of mash and a large
amount of equipment were "also
seized and transported to Denver on
motor trucks. At the same time this
raid was being made, another party
of officers belonging to the con
stabulary raided the building at 220
Broadway, Denver, and took pos
session of the finest still ever seen
here. It was operated entirely by
electricity and was the last word in
. scientific whisky-making machinery;
DECEMBER 19, 1919;
WELL, WELL; 1920. O HELL!
" New York, Dec 19. "December
19, 1919."
Look it over and mark it well.
Itll be 101 years a century and
, 365 days before such a three figure
combination will appear again.
That'll be on January 20, 2020. .
Outside of that there's nothing
particularly important to this yarn.
In fact, there are those who hold
that of vastly greater import is that
. the saddest combination of figures
in American history will be January
16, 1920. .But be that as it may.
GRAND OPERA STAR '
DIVORCED IN CHICAGO,
r Chicago, Dec. 20. Desire Defrere.
S ; member of the Chicago Opera
company, was granted a divorce in
circuit court here. The charge was
. desertion. The grand opera sing
er said his wife, Millie Hithkin De
frere, deserted him in November,
, J914, when she refused to accom
pany , him to live 1 in the United
- States. She resides in England.
stein the chance he has pleaded for.
Sutton to Go.
Commissioner Ringer returned
home without an inspector. This
was Friday morning. Friday aft
ernoon he had a long conference
with Mayor Smith and yesterday
the announcement of the appoint
ment of Captain Pattullo was giv
en out. A significant statement, by
Commissioner Ringer yesterday
morning, before the appointment ot
(Continued on Pas 5-A, Column Fonr.)
Geneva, Dec. 20. A dispatch
from Basle states the former Ger
man emperor has finally agreed
to accept trial by the allies, hut
adds that he wants to choose the
place and time of the trial and
desires to be defended by Ger
man experts and lawyers. The
Basle advices say the former
crown prince declares he will
never appear if he is called before
a court of justice.
The Hague, Dec. 20. Long . in
clined to believe the allies would not
make a serious demand for the ex
tradition of former Emperor Will
iam, the Dutch government now ex
pects such a demand will be made,
The Associated Press is officially in
formed. "We suppose the demand will
come before long and that several
powers probably will address a joint
letter to Holland, setting forth the
case," the official said. "Our feeling
is that the very men who sign the
demand probably will be hoping all
the time that we will refuse. This
demand will put a small nation in a
difficult position, which seems to us
not at all just." ;
So far as the Associated Press is
able to learn, Holland will probably
stick to its original intention to re
fuse a demand for extradition of the
former emperor.
There is a growing feeling in some
Dutch circl.es that the former mon
arch himself could end the difficulty
in which he placed Holland if he
chose to show himself grateful for a
year's sanctuary.
"He could end the whole difficulty,
so far as Holland is concerned," the
official said, "by voluntarily return
ing to Germany. German press dis
patches indicate the German inquiry
commission would like to inter
rogate him. However, from what
we can learn, the former kaiser is
not likely to do anything like that.
He is not afraid to return, but his
mind does not run that way. It is
against his ideas to appear before
any inquiry commission, as he still
considers himself responsible for
nothing wrong."
Br Staff Correspondent.
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 20. (Special.)
Robert C. Druesedow, state repre
sentative from Douglas county, was
the star witness in the attorney gen
eral's investigation into the Beryl C
Kirk release from the penitentiary,
when he told on the witness stand
this morning that he heard last Au
gust of a $20,000 offer for the mur
derer s furlough.
Mr. Druesedows testimony fol
lowed that of Attorney C. J. Camp
bell, who yesterday declared that he
had been asked to get Kirk out of
the penitentiary for a consideration
of $15,000.
"I was approached by E. G.
Maggi, who told me to watch for
Kirk's parole," declared Mr. DYuese
dow. "It was predicted then that
Kirk, would be out of the peniten
tiary before the first of the year,"
continued the witness.
"Would Get $20,000.'
"I was told that Peterson and
Devoe had been employed to get
Kirk out of prison and that they
would be paid ?i0,000 for their serv
ices. '
"Mr. Maggi told me he had been
approached to represent the .per
sons with the Kirk monev." declared
'Mr. Druesedow. "However, he said
he turned down the oroDosition.
The witness told the commission
ers that Dr. Harry Foster was one
ot several other men who heard Mr,
Maggi's statement. He said it was
made in the capitol building the day
the special session of the legislature
adjourned.
At tne conclusion ot the session
A. B. McCandless, presiding officer
of the commission, announced , the
hearings would be resumed Jan-
.
uary u.
Can't Find Mrs. Kirk.
The meeting today was opened
with a statement by Attorney Gen
cral Davis to the effect that a sub
poena had been out for Mrs. Kirk
since December IS, the day the su
preme court ordered the investiga
tion. He said the woman could not
be founq.
She, with other witnesses, must
be secured for the reopening of the
hearing in January, he said.
A. B. McCandless, presiding of
fices of the State Bar commission,
suggested that it might be well to
have Bandit Kirk himself present at
that time.
Peterson on Stand.
The attorney general replied that
(Continued on Face 5-A, Column One.)
HOTEL DE GINK
IS "ON THE BUM."
- New York. Dec 20. The "Hotel
.Oe Gink." which had provided a
shelter" for thousands of tramps
since its purchase by Jeff Davis, the
hdbo king," has been taken oyer
by the city to be used as a detention
house - for .' material witnesses in
court trials, -
Senate Adjournment i
At!l:12P.M.Ends
Congress for 1919
Washington, Dec 20. The Christ
mas recess of congress began at
11:12 Saturday nieht when the sen'
ate adjourned to meet again Jan
uary 5. J' he house adjourned four
minutes ea.' or and no business was
transacted i:i either house during
the night.
The delay iu adjournment was
necessary to permit bills passed
Saturday to be prepared for the
speaker of the house and the presi
dent of the senate before being
transmitted to the White House.
Few members were present at ad
journment. Trains leaving Washington were
crowded with members and their
families homeward bound and near
ly all business is to be suspended
until reconvening January 5, when
congress is prepared to undertake
work expected to hold it in session
until the presidential election cam
paign next fall. ,
Indoor Curb Market '
Seats Sell for $5,000
New York, Dec 20. Seats on the
proposed indoor curb market have
teen bought by 98 brokers for $5,000
each. The initial fee is $250. Mr.
McCormick said there will be asso
ciate, and regular memberships in
the smaller exchange. Associate
members will not be entitled to floor
privileges, but will be permitted to
In arc; uuauicss liauactllCVi lUr UICUl 41
the minimum commission rates,
BUTCHER PUTS
UP HARD FIGHT
WITH BANDITS
Three Negro Robbers, Masked,
Hold Up Two Shops in
Half Hour
Three masked negroes last night
held up two butcher shops within
three blocks of one another be
tween 8 and" 8:30 and made off with
more than $100 in cash
The bandit trio fjrst entered the shop
of Adam Nitz, 1552 North Twen
tieth street, at 8. tach was armed.
One had a black mask over his face
and the other two wore dirty white
handkerchiefs. They drew down
the curtains of the shop windows
and forced Mr. and Mrs. Nitz to
hold ud their hands. Then thev took
$15 from the till.
Nearly half an hour later the same
trio bustled into the shop of Henry
Haman, 1704 Clark street, drew the
curtains and ordered Haman and
his butcher, John Huba, to hold up
their hands. The negroes were
masked as they had been when they
held up Nitz.
.Haman grappled with one of the
men, and during the tussle tossed
more than $100 in bills into the saw
dust and on the noornd f ecreted it.
A second member of the trio
tried to separate Haman and the
robber. One of them threatened to
'blow Hainan's head off." "Shoot."
defied Haman. The negroes took $80
from, Hainan's pocket and $6 from
the cash register. Haman, in the
struggle, tore the masks from the
faces of the two bandits who eran-
pled with him, . . . ,
HEADON SMASH
IS FATAL TO 23;
50 ARE INJURED
Immigrant Jra"1 and Freight
Come Together on C. P. P.
Near Onawa, Maine.
DELAY ACTION
ON H. C. L, TO AID
HOLIDAY TRADE
: ' ' ' '
Omaha Officials Ignore Plight
of Consumers Rather Than
Disturb Business Other
Cities Active.
Onawa, Me., Dec. 30. Twenty
three deaths resulted from a head'
on collision between an immigrant
tram and a freight train on the Can
adian , Pacific railway two miles
west of Onawa station Saturday.
Seventeen persons were killed out
right and six died lated.
Fifty passengers were injured.
many ot them seriously, engineers
17 1 IITM t r.
rrca wuson ana vvuiiam tsagiey,
and fireman Henniger and Hutch
ins of the two trains are amonz the
dead, six ot the victims were chil
dren.
The passenger train was running
as the third rection of the immi
grant Special, two sections of which
had passed the freight while it was
on a siding. On board were a few
returned Canadian soldiers and near
ly 300 immigrants who were landed
from the steamer Empress of
France, at St. John, N. B., Friday.
bo far as could be learned, the
collision resulted from a musunder-
standing of orders, the freight en
gineer apparently having been
ignorant of the fact that the im
migrant special was running in
three sections.
The engine and the first two
cars of the passenger train were
telescoped by the freight. The
wreckage caught fire and two
coaches and the baggage car were
burned.
Most of those seriously iniured
were taken to Brownsville Junction.
After receiving first aid. 20 of them
were sent to Bangor on a special
train Saturday night. Six of the
most seriously injured remained in
Onawa, , - (
While manv other cities alreadv
have started to . ombat the hidi cost
of living, according to the program
outlined a week ago by Attorney
General A. Mitchell Palmer. Omaha
is still waiting for federal, state and
municipal officials to take a decided
step in this direction.
Omaha officials, to whom the
people might rightfully look to take
the initiative in this matter, have
stated that they believe it would
be best to wait until the holiday
shopping season is over and thus
not disturb business.
, Omaha Officials Dormant
The attorney general recommend
ed conservation and economy meet
ings in every community, the use
of influence by mayors and prose
cuting officials to stabilize indus
trial conditions, the remobilization
f four-minute speakers to deliver
work and save" addresses in theat
ers and other efforts by public of
ficials to bring down high prices.
Mr. Palmer ursred -- mavors of all
cities and state attorneys to go after
tne pronteers "with all of the power
in your command and hanj them as
high a Haman before you get
mrougn witn tnem.
Mayor Smith yesterday stateed
that insofar as he knew, nothing has
been done in Omaha. He has taken
no official action and has expressed
himself as believine that a fair-!
price committee would not get any
where. He said he favored com
munity meetings and urged the peo
ple to buy wisely. However, the
mayor has not taken any action to
ward the holding of meetings of any
kind.
Delay Starting Action.
T. S. Allen, United States district
attorney, is in Lincoln and when he
returns to Omaha, probably this
week, he said he expected to take
some action.
W. W. Head, chairman of the
state thrift committee, yesterday
sidicu mat nc expects to name a
committee some time before January
i, mis committee to outline a uro
gram winch probably will include
me nxing oi iair prices, raw tl.
Kuhns, chairman of the industrial
committee of the Chamber of Com-
(C'oDtlBned on Page Six, Column Fonr.)
Measure Increasing Money
To Disabled Men Approved
Washington, Dec 20. The senate
as approved the conference renort
on the Sweet report improving war
risk insurance of allowances of men
disabled in the war, from $30 to $80
monthly., .i
Scalded to Death. ' '
Topeka. Kan.. Dec. 20. Tames
Hartigan of St. Joseph, Mo.', engi
neer on Rock Island passenger train
No. 412, was scalded to death when
his tfain collided with a Rock Is
land freight at El Tonto, near here.
Eight passeneers were sliirhtlv in
jured. . ,' - ,
GOVERNMENT TO
.PREVENT SOARING
PRICES OF FOOD
Will ISell Standard Pure
Wheat Product at $1.60
A Sack.
Immediate steps will be taken by
the government to combat rapidly
rising Hour prices, according to
Cliarles T. Neal of the United States
Grain corporation, who has just re
turned from a conference with other
grain corporation officials in New
York City.
The United States Grain corpora
tion will place a standard oure wheat
flour on the market at a price not to
exceed $1.60 for 24 1-2 pounds in
cloth sacks and $1.55 for the same
amount in paper sacks. Mr. Neal
said.. While this flour is not of the
same quality as the patent fancy
brands it is of good quality, accord
ing to Mr. Neal.
The clan has alreadv been tripd
farther east, and will be extended to
Omaha within two weeks," said Mr.
Neal. "The United States Grain
corporation buys the flour from mill
ers and distributes it through whole
salers and jobbers to retail mer
chants ;n the usual manner, although
profits to dealers will be regulated.
"This plan for flour distribution is
not so much to bring down prevail
ing prices as to insure the public of
a stable price if flour prices continue
to rise." ,
Mr. Neal held a long conversation
with Herbert Hoover while in New
York, and is enthusiastic over Mr.
Hoover's plan to relieve suffering
through a system of food certificates
to be sold by American bankers
which may be sent to Europe and
cashed for food by the recipient.
SOME MEMBERS
OF LOST VESSEL
DR0WNAFL0AT
captain of. i Tank Steamer
Tells of Experiences Fol
lowing Rescue From Death
36 of Crew Perish.
Old H. C. L Goes Up '
Despite All Efforts
Of Federal Forces
Washington, Dec. 20. Despite ef
forts of the government to reduce
the cost of living retail cost of 22
staple food articles showed an aver
age increase of 2 per cent in No
vember as compared with October,
the bureau of labor statistics an
nounced, the average family ex
penditures tor tnese articles in
creased 5 per cent from a year ago,
the repot said.
Eggs went up 13 per cent, onions
and sugar, 10 per cent; raisins, 9
pqr cent; butter, 6; storage eggs
and prunes, 4 per cent; canned
salmon, fresh , milk and potatoes,
3; rice and bananast 2; evaporated
milk, oleomargerine, cheese, lard,
crisco, bread flour and macaroni, 1
per cent and coffee and tea, less
than lz of 1 per cent.
Decreases reported included:
Pork chops, S per cent; ham, .4 per
cent; bacon, 3 per cent; round
steak, plate beef, hens, navy beans
and - oranges, 2 per cent; sirloin
steak, rib roast, chuck roast, lamb,
baked beans and canned corn, 1
per cent.
Grocer Shot Dead.
Denver. Colo.. Dec. 20.-Oha T
Aspey, a grocer, was shot and killed
in his store at Forty-third and Lipan
streets by a robber, who cseanM
No money, was obtained
Marshfield, Ore., Dec. 20. A
cross'' current, whose effects were
unobserved in the heavy fog, caused
the wreck of the tank steamer J. A.
Chanslor Thursday night, with
probable loss of 36 lives, according
to a statement by her captain, S.
A. . A. Sawyer. ;
Captain Sawyer made his state
ment in a hospital at Bandon, not far
from the scene of the wreck off Cape
Blanco, on the Oregon coast Be
side himself, only two others of
the ship's company are known to
have escaped death.
When the Chanslor struck she
seemed to part amidships," he said,
almost at once. The bow rested
on the rock, but the stern and after
half of the hull dropped away and
disappeared. None of the men in
the engine room had a chance to
escape. The men forward were able
to reach the lifeboat, which we
launched with 10 men aboard."
All Three Lost , :
Among those in the boat were the
deck officers and steward, Captain
Sawyer said. All hut th thr..
lost when the boat overturned, it is
thought.
After descrihinc a nJrrtit j -
day of hardship and peril from the
nigh seas that were running, be
cause of which thev feared to at
tempt a landine. CaDtain
rnnf !tiftrl .
loward night, Friday, I observed
the men were dropping away, one by
one from exposure. It was bitterly
cold and they had been working
luimiiuuuMv ior 4 nours to keep
the boat afloat in the mountainous
seas. As darkness aoproached I saw
that to stay out another night meant
certain death for all of us. so I or-
nerea an attempt made to find a
landing place.
Straight for Beach.
, "When we ran into flrc't i;n
of breakers we headed straight for
nc neacn. -An enormous breaker
struck the boat and sent it flying
end over end, clear of the water
Every man was thrown out. All
wore life preservers, but some
drowned afloat, because heavy break
ers were constantly breaking over
our heads. It was only by sheerest
I'ick that anybody emerged alive
After I was washed ashore I fell
asleep from exhaustion and lay in
the sand for a numhr of tinur
When I awoke it was raining heavily.
i saw a ugnt some distance away
and made for it. After walking sev
eral hours I -arrived at Bandon.
"It seems to me quite impossible
that any of our men who failed t
ret ashore vesterdav can still h
alive."
Cantaill Sawver is siiffrinor frnm
a broken rib, sustained when the life-
ooat wes wrecked, and from ex
posur .
Senator Underwood Proposes
Resolution for Appointment
Of Committee of 10 Senators
To Work Out Compromise.''
REPUBLICANLEADER
WILL NOT ACT NOW
Knox's Idea Was to Repeal
Declaration of War- and De
mand of Germany All Bene
fits of Economic Boycott. .
Washington, Dec. 20. Peace
treaty controversy was revived in its
full vigor today, just before the sen
ate recessed for Christmas.
Two new moves for the formal
establishment of peace, one by ratifi- '
cation of the treaty and the other
without, were the agencies which re
opened the fight. Neither proposal
got anywhere, but it generally was
cunccaea mat tne day s work would
help bring to a focus early in Janu
ary the trend of senate opinion to
wards some sort of settlement, ..
The suggestion which caused tire
greatest stir came from Senator Un
derwood, democrat, Alabama, who
proposed a resolution for appoint
ment of a committee of 10 senators
to wprk out a compromise ratifica- ,
tion of the treaty. He asked for ira-, '
mediate action, but Senator Lodge
of Massachusetts, the republican
leader, forced the resolution over un
til the holidays.
Knox Makes Other Move.
The other move came from Sen
ator Knox of Pennsylvania, who se
cured approval of the foreign rela
tions committee for a resolution to .
repeal the declaration of war "and to
demand of Germany, on pain of an
economic boycott, all the material
benefits provided for under the un
ratified treaty. The mild reservation
group of republicans asserted they
would not support such a measure,
however, and the democrats pre
dicted it would never be adopted.
The mild group made plans to g6
ahead determinedly with their ef
forts for a bipartisan agreement pn
reservations.
They protested to their party lead
ers against the Knox resolution and
indicated that they had been pre- .
pared to support the Underwood
proposal.
Senator Underwood, in presenting
hi3 resolution, made a plea for active
w-ork toward 'a compromise during
the Christmas recess. He suggested
that the vice president, in naming
the 10 conferees, should act nn th. .
advice of Senator Lodge and Senator
Hitchcock of Nebraska, the acting
democratic leader.
Lodge Wishes Consultation.
"I do rot think." n.iM Snatr
Lodge, when unanimous consent was
asked for action on the measure;
' that jus', on the eve of adiournmenf
it would be possible for me to con-
sent to that. Before I undertake
myself to deal with any such propo
sition. I desire to consult with ti
republican membership of the senate.
Perhaps we can deal with this with
out tne appointment of a com- ,
mittee."
Many senators amon? the demo
crats and mild reservatinnist rennh.
licans, declared the Underwood pro-
posai in ime witn tneir conciliation '
negotiations and onirht n K
adopted. Unanimous consent will
not be required whefl the next at
tempt is made to get consideration.
Co.mmittee Divides.
In aDDrovintr the ICnn-r rn1- '
tion the foreign relations commit
tee divided, seven to three alone
strict party lines, the only repre
sentative of the mild reservation
ists on the committee, Senator Mc
Cumber. reoublican. North nWo
being absent. '
uefore taking final action, the re
publican maioritv snht;titsi
Knox proposal, which would rennire
passage by both senate anH linnc.
and signature by the president for
one by Senator Lodge, which was
designed to secure action by con-
The move was taken to mean
abandonment of any effort to de- '
clare a state of peace without the
concurrence of President Wilson.
It was, said by the republican lead-'
ers that the Knox resolution would
be brought forward after the holi
days as a compromise plan, but
when Senator Knox reported it
from the committee he had it out '
on the calendar so that majority
yote will be required to get it be-
fore the senate. .
In a formal statement" Senator
Knox declared the purpose of his
resolution was to break th ....
deadlock and return the nation to
a peace time ,basis.
Airman Continues Flight.
Cloncurry, Australia, Dec. 20
Captain Ross Smith, the aviator who
recently landed at Port Darwin
winning a prize of M0.000 offered
for the first aviator to fly from Eng
land to Austria,' is continuing the
voyage to Melbourne 4nd arrived
nere aaturnay. captain imith was
forced to descend at Anthony'j La
goon by a broken propeller
