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V0L.CX.NO. 167.
RALEIGH, N. C, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 14, 1919.
PRICE: FIVE CENTS.
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STIRRING APPEAL
MADE BY BICKETT
TO BURKE PEOPLE
Governor In Ringing Speech
Calls On Them To Rally To
Hoey's Support
REVIEWS PARTY'S RECORD
DURING LAST SEVEN YEARS
Receives Hearty Reception In
Morganton and Democratic
Managers Expect Burke To
' Give Hoey Small Majority;
"Farmer Bob" Doughton
Finishes Up In Mecklenburg
Morganton, Dec. 13 A stirring appeal
to tha people' of Burke county to rally
to support of Clyde HoCy,.. Democratic
' nominee for Congress, in solid phalanx
' next Tuesday and send him to Congress
: as an expression of confidence in Presl
dent Wilson and an endorsement of the
Democratic party' record was mad here
tonight by Governor Bickctt.
The Governor gave a large part of
: hi attention to a review of his party's
legislative record at Washington during
' tha last seven years, diverged for a
abort defense of the State revaluation
i act and then told the story of how
" America wou the war. His brilliant re
view of the country's part in the great
victory for Democracy and civilization
was followed by a atirring plea for the
I league of Nations, which he declared to
' be mankind's only chart for a universal
democracy and a lasting ptce-
Introduced by I. T. Avery in a brief
speech, Governor Bickett first turned
his attention to the two candidates for
: Congress reviewing their records. Be
declared there was no man in the Ninth
District who would be more truly rep-
i resetttative of the mass of the people
than Clyde Hoey, while John More
' head, said Governor Birkett, was born
,' with a silver spoon in his hand which
" 4 through tha beneficience of Democratic
' legislation had been, transformed into
j a golden bowl. He drew a big lnngh
. frim his big crowd when he ridiculed
the Republican attempt to capture the
district by t story which ha paralleled
S by (tying that, her was a 'stall-fed
nuley-hcftd sowietiatet sailed More head
' trying to jump into tha Democratic
pasture," , but that on next :Tuotday
' tha good people of tha Ninth District
' would, with tha mighty shout of a ma
jority of five thousand, yell "Hoey
Hoey," land drive More head out of the
1 pasture.
The comparison of the records of the
two candidates was followed with a
comparison of the records of the twc
political' parties which he compared
about aa a "potato hill to a mountain."
. Ha declared th Democratic party had
- in seven years given tha country more
beneficial legislation than all the Be-
publican .administrations had written
ainee Abraham Lincoln died and de
clared that the present Congress had
" 'done absolutely nothing. r i
The Governor's . peroration waa a
beautiful tribute to ..Wilson which earns
' with a appeal for support for Hoey
aa an endorsement of the Democratic!
, party's record and as a vote of eonfi
dence hi President Wilson.,
Th Governor wa given a hearty re
ception in Morganton and th Demo-
era tie managers her are claiming tae
Bounty for Hoey by a small majority
bnt admit it will b close.
'FARM IE BOB" WINDS UP
ASSIGNMENT IN NINTH.
Charlotte. De. 13. 'Tanner Bob"
Doughton wound-up his assignment in
th Ninth district today with a speech
to about 200 farmers and laboring men
in the Mecklenburg courthouse. With
' 11 v speeches in th district to hi credit,
a returned to Washington tomgnt.
t Mr. Hoey has broken all records with
1 speeches nnd ail crowds' have responded
juat aa nicely a he expected. He spoke
' fir time in Lincoln county Thursday,
1 moving about with a ootcri of amp-
porters in ears, ana th asm number
f time in uaston yesteraay. ,
' He spok three time in Gaston to
'- day. Monday he will spend the day
- at Bhelby and Monday night he will
-1 wind np th campaign with a speech
. at Ga'stonln. Democratic rallie will b
' held in everr county Monday night with
. principal interest turning to Mecklen
. burg, wher Senator Gilbert M. Hitch
cock, administration Senate leader,
peaks, Charlotte ia working for a big
V : crowd to greet th auunguisnea oen-
RECKLESS AUTO DRIVER '
CONVICTED OF KILLING
' Greensboro, Dec 13. Shab Anthony,
: of Sumner township, today in Superior
Court wa convicted of manslaughter in
connection with th death of two women
run down' by him, according to th
charge. Th' accident occurred en th
Hi(fh Point road.. Biding in Anthony's
. automobile with him were hi little son,
an aunt, Mrs. Nancy Shelley, nod two
friend, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Loyal. An
thony, it was charged in th trial, was
intoxicated. The automobile wss turned
over and Mrs. Shelley and Mrs. Loyal
werrkUled. . , - ,
v. Will Proaecnt Germans. " -
Berlin, Deer 13. Prosecution will be
carried eat, according to announcement
' today: of German subjects charged mith
offense and crime committed in Ger
many against th person or property'
of hostile aliens daring th war and np
to June 2 of. this year. Th attorney
general will be Obliged to prosecute
. crimes perpetrated by German abroad
during this period if . th crimes are
also punishable nnder th law of the
country wher committed. ,
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Three Railroad Men Who "Skip" Runs
to H elp M ake Laws in Washington, D. C.
Whn thee Ihre men ar not sitting In th rower Hobs of Congress they
And time to follow their old basiuesa of railroading. Th photorraph shows Con
dactor William J. Burke, reproaentativ from Pennsylvania, giving train orders
to Engineer William U Carrs, representative from Minnesota, with Fireman John
G. Cooper, representative from Ohio, in th cab of th locomotive.
RAILROAD BILL TO
INVESTIGATED
Senator Norrrs Calls On Senate
To See If Railroads Are
Spending Money
Washington Dee. 13. Th long drawn
out debate on th Cummins railroad
bill, was interrupted today by a de
mand, put ia the form of a resolution,
that the Senate investigate oft-repeated
report that vast turns of, money had
been raised for ns in helping to get
the measure through Congress.
The "investigation resolution was in
troduced by Senator Noma, Bepubli
can, of Nebraska, at the, conclusion of
a five-day address by Senator LaFol-
lette, Republican, of Wiacensm, who
raked the bill fore and aft and declared
it waa framed in the special interest of
the railroads. v
During the course of his general at
tack on the bill, cesigned to meet eon
ditious with the return of the roads to
private control. Senator LaFollette
charged that the Railway Executives'
Association and other interest had pro
vided funds for propaganda purposes.
Senator Noma, who said th public
had a right to know if sinister influ
ences were secretly trying to bring
about enactment of the Cummin bill,
raised no objection to a proposal by
Senator Fomerene, Democrat, of Ohio,
that the Senate Interstate Commerce
Committee to which the resolution was
referred, alao investigate reports that
the Plumb plan people had four million
dollars to be expended in an effort to
force adoption by Congress of their tri
partite system of railroad eontrol.
Warning wa giveit by Republican
leaders today that failure to dispose of
the railroad bill next week might force
abandonment of plans for a holiday ra
ces starting December 20. While strong
opposition ha developd in the pend
ing measures, leadera claim that Its paa
sage is certain, even if by a narrow
margin.
Senator Cummin gav notice before
adjournment that he 'would endeavor
to have the Senate remain in session
Monday night to expedite action upon
th bill.
During th day an amendment by
Senator Myers, Democrat, of Montana,
to eliminate provisions for representa
tive of th employes and th publie on
th directorates of the various com
panies, was rejected.. An amendment
by Senator Spencer, Bepublican, of
Missouri, to permit subordinate railroad
officials as well as clerks and steao
graphie'assistant to submit grievances
and wage disputes to th transporta
tion; board waa adopted. Tliia provi
sion affects about 100,000 railroad em
ploye, not classed a worker, and not
within th meaning of adjustment pro
vision of th bill. Senator Speaeer
aid. t . . -a .
VILLISTAS HOLD AMERICAN
IN MEXICO FOR RANSOM
Eagl Pass, Tex, Dee. 13. American
and Mexican officials en the border her
tonight said no additional information
had been received regarding, the cap
ture by Villistai of Fred G. Huga,
American citizen, who is reported held
by the rebel for 110,000 ransom: Hugo
1 manager of the J. M. Dobie ranch
ear Musquis, Coahuila. Details of his
capture and treatment were not avail
able. The Villista ar understood t
hav demanded th ransom money be
left at Pin Solo', 120 from Musanls.
B.. B. Lawson, a British subject, nlo
captured by the Villa rebels, wa re
ported released later, but, it wa said.
several prominent Mexican were being
held by Villlsta for ransom. "
- - La Highway ' Association.
Bristol, V Dec. 13. Final clans and
organization of the Lee Highway Asso
ciation, incorporating a plan to eon
neet Gettysburg. Pa and New Orleans
by system of improved roads to be
known as th Lee' Highway, wa com
pleted at 1 meeting here tonight of the
director elected at a recent meeting
of th member tt Boanok, Va. (
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JOHNSON GOING TO
T
California Republican Senator
Formally Gets Into Race
For Nomination
Washington, Dec. 13. Senator Hi
ram W. Johnson, of California, an
nounced formally tonight that ha would
b a candidate for the Republican nom
ination for the presidency. The Sena
tot said he would make personal cam
paign ia every State, explaining that ha
did not intend to have his candidacy de
termine 4 by "politicians ia convention.'
The plan f Benator Johnson who for
merly was .Governor of California, ran
a the vice-presidential candidate with
Theodore Roosevelt on the Progressive
ticket in 1912 and it n prominent leader
of the Progressive group of Republicans
in the Senate, ia unique ia that he pro
poses, he stated, to make a direct ap
peal to the electorate in each State,
whether their ehoice of a candidate is
made byeonrention or primary.
Senator Johnson's announcement to
night waa regarded by politicians here
aa inanring additional spirit for the
pre-eonvention campaign, in which Sen
ator Poindexter, of Washington, Suth
erland, of West Virginia, and Harding,
of Ohio, already are entered and with
strong movements, also Major-Oeneral
Leonard Wood and Governor Lowden,.
of Illinois.
"I have been laid up the pant week
and I am leaving 8unday night for Cali
fornia," said Senator Johnson in his
statement tonight. "I hope to get my
self in ahape in a couple of weeks there '
and on my return to enter into the
presidential campaign. I fully realize
the handicapa nnder which I labor and
the obstacles which I must overcome,
but I am exercising what ia every Amer
ican's birthright. Of eourse any success
for me must come from the people
themselves, not from certain well
known class of politicians or from those
whose interests makes such politicians.
Wherever it is possible I am going
direct to the people. Upon sir return
I chall announe a definite and specific
program.". ' .
NEWS PRINT SHORTAGE TO
BE PROBED BY CONGRESS
Waahington, Dee, 13. The print paper
shortage will be placed before the House
Postoflice Committee on next Monday,
t hearings on the bill nf Representative
Anthony, Bepublican, Kansas, to limit
the aiae of newspapers and periodicals.
So many publishers and others affeeU
ed by- the shortage have asked for op
portunity of presenting their views that
Chairman Steenersoa today made ar
rangements to hold hearings in the
caucus room of th House office build
ing, th largest room available at th
Capitol.' The hearings are scheduled to
begin at 10 A. M.
Several state associations of news
paper publishers, largely representative
of the amailer. dailies, have informed
the committee that' they will be repre
sented at the hearing, as .also have Ne
York, Chicago and other metropolitan
publisher. Organization of trade and
technical publisher likewise have ap
plied for time. Joha A. Hays, secretary
of the International Typographical
Union, ia expected to be a witness.' None
of the witnesae hare given the com-
ittee advance information of their
views of conserving the paper supply.
, in Antoony bill would ox th maxi
mum ais of daily paper at 2 pages,
Sunday, edition to St TJges, weekly
and by-weekly periodicals to 75 pages,
and monthly periodicals to 100 pages.
To make the limitation effective th
bill direffs that th second-class mail
ing -privilege be denied publications of
greater aixe than permissible nnder Its
terms. The measur would be effective
until July L 1921. ' ,
" Predict a Hard Winter!
Chieago, Dec. 13v Hundreds of Are
tie birds are a far south a Maine and
Michigan 'and that indicates a hard win
ter, according to Joha Burroughs, the
naturalist, who wa her today. Ho
aid h had seen' many of the birds in
Michigan and that they 'were unac
quainted with man and very tarn. j
RUN
FOR
PREIDEN
APPLY POLITICAL
PRESSURE
LABOR
LEADERS ADVISE
Call . On All Workers To Seek
Redress of Their Grievance's
In This Way
AMERICAN FEDERATION
PRESIDENTS IN APPEAL
Use of Injunction Proceedings
In Mine Strike Denounced
In Statement Issued at Con
ference In Washington; Con-
, demn Radical Activities;
Other Recommendations
Washington, Dee. 13. A declaration
of principle was adopted here tonight
by. .the ..Couferenc. of ..Treaidenls nf
Labor Unions affiliated with the Ameri
can Federation of Labor. It calls up
on nil workers to seek redress of their
grievances by political pressure, pre
sumably through existing parties ss no
mention it made of a Labor party.
Issue which face union labor require
unity of effort if "industrial tyranny
it to .lie avoided," the declaration said.
It denounces the us of injunction pro
ceedings in th mint strike and criti
cize the "usurpation of unconstitu
tional authority. by th Judiciary." The
declaration had the approval of Presi
dent Samuel Gompers, of the American
Federation of . Labor. Numerous reso
lutions wer introduced and many at
tempts were made to change the draft
without speces.
Condemn Radical Activities.
Radical activities were condemned bv
the conference and workers were urged
to aid in stamping out ''destructive elc
menta" in their own ranks. At the
same time dangers that lay on th other
aid war noted "for powerful forces
are aeeking mora and mor to infringe
upon tlie right of th wage-earner and
deny to him the right to cease work.
the declaration Raid. The perversion
and abuse of th writ of injunction
wa enumerated among these.
The declaration urge Congress to en
act legislation retaining the railroads
under Federal aontrol for at least two
year after January 1, 1920," to permit
detailed stndy of th situation and av
th country "another increase in trans
portation rates.
Th fixing of wages on' a eoat-of-liv-
in baai wa strongly disapproved by
the conference.
'That idea ia pernicious and intoler
able," the declaration aaid. "It means
putting progress in chains and liberty
in fetters. It mesns fixing a standard
of life and liberty, which must remain
fixed.
' Anti-strike provisions of th Cummins
railroad bill were described aa "estab
lishing by legislation involuntary servi
tude.r
Labor Cenocioas of Faults.
While labor haa shown to the world
the fault of its opponents, it has
overlooked none of its own, the declara
tion aaid. It ia "fully conscious of its
duty, and desires that its increased
productivity be nsed for service and
not alone for profits." Its program
would aid in supplying th world needs,
the declaration adds, if its members
could be "something more than mere
numbers on a hook.
The United States Steel Corporation
was cited as one whose 'autocratic at
titude and destructive Action' 'must give
way to theacw form and new relations
between employer and employe.
Powerful Interests at Work.
"Labor fully understands that power
ful interests ar tt work today to
achieve reaction in industry if possible,"
the declaration continued. "They seek
to disband or cripplt the organizations
of workers. But labor must be and will
be militant in the struggle to eombat
these sinister influences and tendencies,
It will not permit A reduction in the
standard of living nor will it consent
to a reaction towards autocratic eontrol,
In this, it feels it is performing a pub.
lie service."
Th right pf Federal, State and munic
ipal employe to organize and affiliate
with th American Federation of La
bor also was defended. . Interests of
those workers, the statement argued,
could best be promoted through, legit'
lation and administration, but their
right must be safeguarded fully
through their own organizations.
Urt Adoption of Treaty.
Adoption of the peace treaty was
urged that ''peoples may know to whom
they owl allegiance, boundaries may
be fixed and credit and exchange may
regain th lost voltage."
"W feel that we cannot with honor
and humanity maintain a policy of iso
lation and disinterestedness from the
distress snd sufferings of the European
peoples," th declaration said.
"Even if th necessity of those peo
ple did not hav compelling appeal,
th inter-related economle interest ef
th world would prevent our limiting
our attention solely to th western hem
isphre' " ,
Th treaty's labor provisions wer in
dorsed and it wa declared that only,
through tlum could th standard of
(Con tiaied Pag Two.)
GERMANS PROPOSE ARREST
.) , or the Former kaiser
Berlin, Dee. 13. (By Tb Associ
ated Press.) -Arrest of termer Em-
peror William of Germany, if neces
sary through : th intermediary of
Holland, wa proposed yesterday be
fore th parliamentary (ub-eommit-toe
investigating the question of war
responsibilities. A decision was
postponed until fuller information
with reference to pre-war happen
ing eould be obtained.
PRINCIPLE WRONG
IN SETTLEMENT OF'
STRIKE. HE STATES
i
Former Fuel Administrator
Garfield Testifies Before
Senate Suh-Committee,
RESIGNATION ACCEPTED
ONLY FEW HOURS BEFORE
Withholds Answers To Ques
tions On Matters of Confi
dential Nature But States
Objections To Agreement;
Thinks Public, Chief Party
at Interest
Waahington, Dee. 13. Principles
underlying President Wilson's plan for
the settlement of the coal strike ac
cepted ly its miners uro "fundamentally
wrong as a matter of government." Dr.
Harry A. Garfield, Federal Fuel Ad
ministrator until today, told a hastily
assembled sub-committee' of the Senate
tonight. Hia resignation, sent to Pres
ident Wilson because of his views, was
accepted today with those of one or
two of his associates, he said'.
While discussing with some freedom
"a cleavage in the Cabinet," caused by
strike settlement negotiations. Dr. Gar
field withheld answers to questions by
Kens tor Frelinghuysen, Republican, New
Jersey, chairmnn of the sub-committee,
on matters he regarded sa omening
confidential intercourse with his former
associates during the strike period. Hu
adhered to this refusal, though Senator
Townsend, Republican, Michigan, and
Senator Myers, Democrat, Montana,
joined the chairman in urging replies,
and refused to furnish a copy of his
letter of resignation, which he indi
cated hud explained his views to tho
President.
Senator Frelinghuysen intimated thnt
Attorney-General Palmer and other of
ficials connected with the settlement of
the strike would be called later.
Garfield State Objection.
"My objection," Dr. Garfield aaid of
the settlement plan, "goes to the point
that the commission hich, I under
stand, will be set up to decide wages, and
prices, will be composed of three mem
bers. One to be a miner, another to
be a eoal mine operator, and th third
to represent th general publie. Undar
it th public, which ia the chief party
at interest, -would always b in tot
minority."
"Hat it been your txperienee with
tb coal industry that employ snd
employer might have a common intcreit
ia increasing wsgea and costs and pass
ing that increase on to the publie in
prices!" Benator Townsend asked.
"They may have that common inter
est," Dr. Garfield responded, qualify-,
ing his answer by saying that he wat
not charging that this would be the
necessary result.
"I believe I represent the real opinion
of the President in the matter," he said
later, "that is, if I were able to see him
and talk it over, because I know his
mind."
Sketching the history of strike nego
tiations, Dr. Oarfield explained, that he
thought members of the Cabinet were
standing with him in his suggestion of
a 14 per cent advance in wages and an
advisory commission to review the facts
from which he derived the" 14 per cent
clause, wnen wis was referred, be ad -
ded, he thought the question "was going
to be fought out."
No Power to Fix Wages.
Dr. Garfield would not produce tele
gram sent him by Attorney-General
Palmer, confirming thut understanding
for whicly he has asked. Discussing
proposals which he bad submitted to
the Cabinet, Dr. Garfield said:
I had no power under the Lever
aet to fix wages, bnt did hsvs power to
fix prices, , and the determination of
reasonable prices involved finally a de
termination of reasonable wages.
drew up a statement of principles which
I thought should govern the dotermint-
tion of reasonable wages, and submitted
that to the Cabinet.
"They were with you en that state
ment! Senator Frelinghuysen naked
Yes, except as to th second of the
principles stated, Dr. Garfield re
sponded. That was one which said
the average wage of workers la th
industry ought to be taken at a guide
in fixing increases allowed to meet the
cost of living, snd not the wsges of a
single group. Secretary of Labor Wil
son desired the increases so given to
be estimated on the wagot of pick
miners,
What wst votir objection to that I"
Benator Townsend tsked
'"Basing the increase on the wag of
pica miners," Vr. UarfielJ said, "would
hav resulted in securing an averag in
crease of 179 per cent in wage in th
industry over th period sine 1913.
when th Secretary of Labor conceded
that th increase in the cost of living
naa oeea only 7 per cent." .
i lilnerenee Opinion. -"Some
members of the Cabinet " Dr.
Garfield said, supported him and tome
tho Secretary of Labor, but all wer in
.agreement on th balance of th pr
posai. tie naa nnany taken 'th re.
ponsibility of putting throuah his
settlement suggestion without securing
a unanimous agreement of the Cabinet
I conceived myself to be the reason,
ible officer," he said, "believing that I
naa. authority to determine pric ques
tions. The matter wa not presented to
rretiaent wiiton." . ! -
Applying the principles laid down. Dr.
Garfield said he decided that 14 per
cent would meet the increased cost ef
living tad that operatori eould )pay it
out of profits and still keep enough
mines running to supply tht nation
with coal nnder th fixed pric of (2.35
(Continued on Peg Two.)
, Third annual fall steeplechase and flat
raee. e250 purses. Plnehurst Wednes
day. Adv. ...!. .V
FIRST MOVE TOWARD
BREAKING DEADLOCK
OVER PEACE TREATY
GRIFFITH AMONG
MISSING SHOWMEN
David W. Grifith, Noted Movie
Producer, and Party Be
lieved Lost In Gale
Miami, Dec. ,1.1. Submarine chss
ert and airplanes are searching for the
yacht Grey Duck, which left her Wd
neaday for Nassau with David W. Grif
fith, noted motion picture producer,
and a party of thirty-six motion pic
ture actors, camera men and others.
. -According .ta.advkct received, here
they have not yet reached the Bahama
Island capital. The yacht's motors
were known to be giving trouble when
th Grey Duck left this port.
An appeal ha been tent to the com
mandant of the Seventh Naval District
at Key West for vessels to aid in the
search and it ia understood here that
a revenue cutter is speeding toward the
Bahama Islands.
Every availablo seaplane and boat
here is being employed ia hunting for
the missing party. Reports from the
Berry Island, a small steamer plying
between Nassau and Miami, are to the
effect that all effort to locate the Gray
Duck have failed.
A amailer boat than the Grey Duck,
owned by the same mau, Burton Mauk,
of Nassau, lert here ahead of the Urey
Duck and arrived in Nassau yesterday
Cablegrams from Nassau by way of New
York brought the first word of the Grey
Duck' nen-arrival.
Th Grey Duck left here Wednesday
morning and was due to arriv at Nas
sau at 9 o'clock that night.
A seaplsne, which left here at 10 a.
m. today wirelessed back from Nassau
after five hours' scouting over adjneent
islands that no trace of the Grey Duck
had been seen. The plane will refuel
in Nassau and return tomorrow, scout
ing all the way.
A atiff gale haa been blowing oft the
coast for th past week and it is fenred
that tha Grey Duck's motor became con
trary and the vessel went down in the
ttorni. i
Th appeal to th Navy Department
for aid has been answered by the dis
patch of at least on boat, a revenue
cutter to scout ia waters between Miami
and Nassau.
It is stated on .what is believed to bt
reliable authority that three engineers
went on board the Urey Duck at dif
ferent times and all refused to accept
th position a engineer nf the craft.
Members of the Griffith Motion Pic
ture Producing Company, who remained
behind, are now among the searchers
for their missing companions, many
of whom wer women. Some were th
wive of men on board.
Tha Griffith Company ha been film
ing a picture near here for several
week and left for Nassau to obtain
additional scene.
Included among the searchers is Ger
trudo Southern a woman aerial pilot.
The Grey Duck is sixty feet over all
and is powered with a 800-horsepower i
i mmll.. motor, which, it is feared here
u, insufficient for the rough weather
, prevailing recently, even if the motor
gave no trouble,
Will J. Read, mayor of Ft. Lauder
dale, Fla., a town 28 milea north o;
Miami, and a wealthy real estate opera.
tor, and his 18-year-old daughter, Ma
rion, wer on board the urey Duck
Read at on time wa a' captain in the
regular army,
THEATRICAL C1RCLIS SHOW
KEEN INTEREST IN R SPORT
New York, Dee. 13. Members of the
theatrical profession showed the keen
est interest tonight In reports from
the South of the missing yacht Grey
Duck with David W. Griffith and his
party on board. The uncertainty was
increased when it wss reported that
Richard Bathelmess, widely-known
screen actor, was included in tho list.
In addition to th concern felt for
Mr. Griffith there was much anxiety
over th safety of the popular leading
man, which wn intensified by conflict
ing reports of his whereabouts.
Included in Mr. Griffith's party, s
cording to announcement from his office
here tonight are Miss Carol Dempster,
leading woman, n comparative new.
romer to the motion picture world;
Billy Bitzsr, one of the best-known
earner men of the movies, and Anders
Randolph', a familiar figure a a screen
actor of "heavy parts.
' Mr, Griffith haa been associated with
th motion cirtnr business for eleven
years. "Th Birth ef a Nation," found
ed on Thomas Dixon's story "The Clans
man," waa hi first great production,
which millions of people throughout the
country have aeen. Mr. Griffith was
an obseurc tetor before he obtained
fame as director, his first appearance
in the movies being as aa "extra" at
13 a week. H wrote a play, "A Fool
asd a Girl," previous to entering tht
film business. H is credited with dls,
eovering several of tb widely-known
pietur stirs.
A wireless at mldnisht from Nassau
said no word, had been received of the
Grey Duck's whereabouts. The Griffith
representative her hat chartered aa ad
ditional teftplan which will leav at
daybreak Sunday morning for Nassau.
Tb Aero Limited, of New York, which
is operating a commercial air line be
tween this city and th Lesser Antilles
haa agreed to keep an airplane con
stantly on tb wing scouting over tht
island a. ' :
Additional supplies of food nnd water
art being sent oat on boat aiding in
th search, It la understood her that
th Grey Duck had only tnough food
(Continued on Pag Seven.)
I
Senator Knox Asks For Imme
diate Ratification of Agree
ment Without Acting On
League of Nations
UNDERWOOD FOR PROPOSAL'
BUT HITCHCOCK OBJECTS
AND IT IS POSTPONED
Nebraska Senator Urges Com
promise Through Committee
of Conciliation As Time Tot
nu.4.. -tr.. v....j.
sylvania Senator's Proposi
tion For Immediate Action
Comes After Hot Exchanges
T). . ii a
.Between Aepuoucans ana
Democratic Leaders Over
Status of Document Now;
Overtures For Compromise
Prom Both Sides
Wellington, Dec. 13. The first defi
nite mor toward, breaking tha Benat
deadlock on the German peace treaty
cam unexpectedly lat today en tho
heels of nearly three hour ef heated
discussion of responsibility for tho
treaty situation.
Senator Knox, Republican, Pennsyl
vsnia, asked immediate consideration
for two resolutions. One would rtvlv
his former proposal for ratification of
the Treaty of Versailles to far at .it
would establish peace between th
United Statea and Germany. Th ether
was similar to th pending Lodge res
olution and would declare a state of
peace with Germany by action of Con
gress, with approval of th President.
Senator Hitchcock, Nebraska, admin
istration leader, objected to consider
atinn of both resolutions and under the
r.uii-s, ion enure matter .wens over nu
til next weak.
Mr. Hitchcock' objections were mid
despite aa agreement by Senator Under
wood, Democrat, Alabama, prominent
among Democratic leaders in th treaty
contest; Senator Brandegee, Republican,
Connecticut, a leader ia th faction
seeking th treaty' defeat, an! other
to support th Knox resolution. ;
Ovortar fer Compromise.
Senator Koax'a proposal earn after
hot exchanges between Republican and
Democratic leaden ever th (tatut ef
th treaty. It waa coincident with re
ports from European eapitala that the
negotiationa wer nnder way toward
acceptance of com Senate reservation
to the peace treaty with a view to bring
ing America into the foreign peac con
ference. ..
Overture for a compromise en th
treaty cam from both Republican and
Democratic tides during the debate.
Senator Lodge declared that President
Wilson must take th initiative towards
reviving action on th treaty, but offered
to eonsider carefully any suggestions
with regard to the Senat commlttc
reservations Mr. Wilson might make.
Senator Hitchcock urged a compromise
through a committee of conciliation, and
said he "held out the olive branch.
During the discussion, however, Sena
tor Hitchcock said he would make no
motion to bring up the peaea treaty
until some understanding had been
reached in conference between Repub
lican and Demoeratie leaders.
"The time for debate has passed," he
said. "I think it would be very un-
u """IE 'U ! I1ITV 11, S1CSCU
around like a football."
Vndarwood Start Debet.
Discussion of tha treaty waa started
by Senator Underwood during debate
on the Railroad bill, blocking progresl
on the latter for about three hour.
Again Republicans and Democrats ex
changed eharget of responsibility for
the deadlock on th treaty.
Calling attention, to press reports that
because peace ia not established Ameri
can export trade is being injured and
business and Industrial condition re
maining unsettled, Senator Underwood
declared the Republican majority wat
responsible for insetion on th treaty
and urged prompt ratification.
Senator Lodge declared that Presi- -dent
Wilton wat "Immovable" in hit ,
position for unreserved ratification.
Only the Presidont "ean resurrect th
treaty," he said, by withdrawing and
resubmitting it to the Senate.
Senator Underwood suggested a 'con
ciliation committee" negotiat with th
President, but this plan Senator Lodgn
rejected. Senator Hitchcock then sug
gested committee of reconciliation rep
resenting the Republicans and Demo
crsts to work, out a compromise. Sen
ator Lodge replied that the President
first must set, bnt reiterated hi wil-.
lingnes to give eerelul consideration
to any proposal made.
Senator Knox P reposal.
Exchange between the Senat leadort
had become sharp when Senator Knox
proposed that to secure a statu ef
peace with Germany, th Senat adopt
his plan, rejected last November, to rat
ify h peac treaty unreservedly so
far at peace terms ar concerned, hut
without action on the League ef Na
tions. Senator Underwood agreed to tup-
port tht plan to far .at he personal!
wat concerned, at th "price of peace," ,
he aid, and leav th people to decl.le
later whether tb United State ahould
enter th Leagu.,v ,. ;i ;- ; '!.
Senator Knox then formally proposed
immediate consideration in open ex
ecutive session of hit resolution and
Senator Hitchcock promptly objected.
Mr. Knos Immediately asked similar ac
tion on th resolution t declar a
(Continued Ig. Two.)