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Nrw York Tribun* Inr.1
THURSDAY, -NOVEMBER 20, 1919
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TWO C E>TS , within .nnii?.rn riifttanr?
THTK rrvTg
Senate Rejects the Treaty and Adjourns;
Lodge Moves to Declare War at an End
Prince Tours City
As Throngs Cheer
Bareheaded, Edward
Bows to Thousands as
Celebration Follows
Upon Celebration
Inspects British
Veterans of War
Visits Trinity, Chamber
of Commerce, Stock Ex?
change, Sub-Treasury
and Is Guest at Bali
The few hours of rest that the
Prince of Wales was able to snatch
aboard the battle-cmiser Renown
n:cht before last preved to be only
a brief interval of quiet between
two days of uproar. The city that
?rave b'm so tumultuous a greeting
on Tuesday gave him a no less
thunderous reception again yester
iay, when New York's new citizen
.vent sightseeing about his tempo?
rary home.
From 10 o'clock yesterday morn
ng, when the prince came ashore
it the Columbia Yacht Club to re
iew British war veterans gathered
:her'>, until late la^t night, when he
left the ball given in his honor by
Mrs. Wh'telaw Reid to return to
he Renown, the heir to tha British
srown had scarcely a moment of.
quiet.
All day long he swept through
ne streets, from celebration to cel?
ebration. The clatter of the motor?
cycle' outriders of the Police De?
partment that surrounded his car
and the roar of the long string cf
iutomcbile-s that followed his like
a comet's tail were in his ears al?
most continually. When these
?:ea?ed, came the louder sound of
?-?oices hailing him.
Kneels in Prayer in Trinity
-Not only present-day New York
>ut the city of sixty years ago as
'/eil welcomed the prince. Twice
in his swift flight thi'ough the town
he paused to look on scenes almost
dentical with those witnessed by
riis grandfather when he visited the
ity.
For a few minutes yesterday
?lorning the prince paused to pra\
h the dusk of Trinity Church
meeting in the same pew where the
late Edward VII once worshiped
in the afternoon he visited the
Acad'.my of Music. The old the
ate* au? oeen restored to the splen
ior it had displayed three genera
ions ago when the then Prince oJ
Wales attended a ball there. Ever
the chair in which Albert Edwarc
?.at was there, and a few withered
husky-voiced men and women?
ghosts of the party that assembl?e
on that gala night long ago.
The prince passed the rest of th<
'ay amid the roar of the businesi
? ?strict?a roar that was multipli?e
.. hundred times by voices callinf
>ia name?and in the glitter of so
>'?*,. the horse show, dinner ai
*" '.Valdorf, where he was gues
??'? <?+?'. British societies of the city
and the ball thereafter at the horn?
>f Mrs. Whitelaw Reid.
Bareheaded in Cold
If the British heir does not tak
?way from New York an invo'.untar;
souvenir in the form of a severe cob
it will not be the fault of the weathc
or of the crowd that kept him bare
leaded most of the day while a keei
*ind butfeted him. The day begai
dear and chill, and as clouds begai
o drag across the sky the cold scemei
.o increase.
At 9:30 o'clock yesterday niornin?
?00 members of the British Great Wa
> eteians of America, each in the uni
?"'in of his service, dre'v up on th
?lot of reclaimed land south of th
e'-olumbia Yacht Club. They . wer
neaded by a band of pipers, and ;
mttalion of the 7lst Regiment acte.
?'- escort.
, The wall of the Drive above wa
?ned with people who cheered as th
??rin?a stepped ashore. His hat cam
off for the first of the thousand time
t was to be removed during the daj
lnc?prince was clad in civilian garb
olack 'derby, long gray overcoat,
?ray sack suit and tan shoes. H
carried a li*ht cane.
As he approached the place wher
the veterans were drawn up the ban
Sri ? 7l8t cr*8ned into "God Save th
v?ng. Again the prince removed hi
Continued on pave eleven
Big Chairs Detested \
By Prince of Wales |
The Prince of Wales detests big
chairs. He has puMiciy balked four
times since his arrival in New York
at occupying chairs that differcn
tiated him from any one else. His
embarrassment has been apparent
each time, but he has been firm
about it.
In the Metropolitan Opera House
on Tuesday night the great audience
stood, wondering what was happen?
ing while the prince had an ornate
chair removed and a simple one sub?
stituted. In the Academy of Music
yesterday afternoon he rested on y a
moment in the royal-looking chair
once occupied by his grandfather.
At the horse show the same per?
formance was gone through, and at
the dinner given in the. Waldorf last
night the guests waited patiently
while the chairs were changed. Then J
the diners broke into "For He's a I
Jolly Good Fellow.''
|
Body Exhumed
After 7 Months |
On Poison Hint
Theodore A. Ryerson Causes !
investigation into Cireum
stances of Son's Death;
Prosecutor Silent on Case ?
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., Nov. 19.? j
Following statements made to County
Prosecutor Joseph E. Strieker, the ;
bfly of Theodore A. Ryerson jr., an j
expert safe worker and salesman, has
been disinterred and the visera turn?
ed over to chemists fcr analysis to see j
if death was caused by poion. Mr.
Ryerson died suddenly April 14, wh?n !
apparently in the best of health. His
father. Theodore A. Ryerson sr., de?
clared in an affidavit in the hands of
the prosecutor that in his belief his
son came to his death by unnatural
CF" - ? !
Disintennent of the body, which had
previously been examined last April,
was made last Saturday in the presence
of the county physician, Dr. J. L. Suy- :
dam, the county prosecutor, and three
other representatives of the prosecutor's
office.
Prosecutor Strieker said to-night
that unti' analysis had been made,
which probably will take two weeks,
he would take no action in the case
and would make no public statement.
Ryerson left an estate va'ued at about
$75,000 to his widow. Mrs. Ryerson
was in New York to-night and coud
not be reached.
Th? disinterment last week was the
second mad.' sir.cr Mr. Ryerson s
death. The first occurred a few days
a ; r his death wir n it wa3 learned
that he had been buried without either
a d'Htn certificate o? burial permit.
At this time accordirg to his father,
ths coffin wa? oponed.and a diagnosis
of death as the result of acute indi?
gestion and heart failure made at the
graveside.
On Sunday, Arr'.l 13, Mr. and Mrs.
Ryerson and another couple motored
to Newark, returning about 9 o'clock
that night. The day previous Mr. Ryer?
son had had an attack of indigestion
and had seen a doctor in Newark, ob?
taining relief. On Sunday night lie
seemed in the best o.' health and
spirits, and after his return played
pool for a while.
He and his wife, another couple
and two women'teachers rooming at
ti.eir home then made about sixty
scrambled e^< sandwiche.;, of which
Mr. Ryserson ate six or seven. About
midnight he became ill.
Dead When Physician Arrived
-Mrs. Ryerson cailed Dr. Charles
Hults, Wi.o lived about a mile away,
saying that her husband was ill, but
did not, the story ^oes, say the case
was urgent. Wher, Dr. Hults arrived
he found Mr. Ryerson dead. Ryerson
?r. was informed of the death e r.y
i.? xt morninj and the funeral, first
arranged for Thursday, was held on
the* fallowing Wednesday.
Two aspects of the case which no
county official would comment upon to?
night were the length of time which
e apsed between the fi fng of the elder
Ryerson's comp.aint on July 1 and the
second uis.nu.imem and the buria. of
young Ryerson in the first p ace with?
out a death certificate or burial permit.
Mr. Ryerson was an expert safe
worker and salesman for the York Lock
and Safe Company, of Maiden Lane,
New York, and other larga concerns.
In 1910 Mrs. Ile en M Walters, a young
widow of Chicago, obtained a verdict
of $3,000 against him in a $50 000 suit
for breach of premise in the Supreme
Court in New York City. His defense
was that he feared he would not bo
able to maintain his future bride in
the circumstances in which she was
accustomed to live.
Angeles, Villa Leader,
Is Reported Captured
Mexican Consul at El Paso In-1
formed He Was Taken
Near Parral
EL PASO, Tex.. Nov. 19.?General
Felipe Angeles, known as the intel?
lectual leader of the Villa rebel move?
ment, has been captured near Parral,
according to a dispatch received to?
night from Governor Andres Artix of
Chihuahua by Andres G. Garcia, Consul
General here.
Christmas Bomb
Plot Uncovered
Philadelphia Police Hear
of */?e?f Attempt on the
Lives of V, S. Officials
Special Correspondency,
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 3 9.? Discov?
ery of a "Red" plot to slay officials
with explosive Christmas mail puck- ?
??ges was announced this afternoon by,
Superintendent of Police James Robin?
son. Information of the plot, which he
considers reliable, indicates It Is na?
tion-wide and directed against Federal,
state and city authorities who took
part in the roundup of radicals plan?
ning the overthrow of the government.
Immediate steps were taken to pre?
pare Federal investigators, postal au?
thorities and police of large cities for
action against the "mail terror," which
is scheduled to begin operation during
the Christmas holidays.
A memorandum issued by the bureau
of police, announcing discovery of the
plot, is as fo'.lows:
"Superintendent of Police Robinson
is in posse sion of reliable information
that ni ?rr.bers of a radical organization
with headquarters in principa! cities
are preparing to send out. prior and
during the Christmas holidays, pack?
ages which might be considered gifts
to national, state and municipal gov?
ernment officials whose duties have re?
quired them to tike an activo part in
the . uppTcssion of Bulohevik and an?
archistic movements.
"The superintendent has sent in?
formation to the government officials
in this city and to Chief of Police
Quigley, of Rochester, N. Y., who is
chairman of the board of governors of
the national burenu of criminal identi?
fication and president of the Interna?
tional Association o? Chiefs of Police,
with the request that the matter be
given wide publicity."
Egypt Is Granted
A Constitution
Self'Government for MaU \
ta Also Is Announced
as Remedy for Unrest
LONDON, Nov. 19 (By The Asso- ;
ciated Press).?A constitution for
Egypt and local self-government for
Malta, both of which were announced
to-day, are designed to meet the un?
rest in those countries, which have
been demanding application to them?
selves of the self-determination theory.
The extreme Egyptian Nationalists
demand complete independence, and
Cairo messages say the Cabinet, has re?
signed as an answer to. Field Marshal
Allenby's statement of the British
p ars
One of the Egyptian complaints has
been that Great Britain has published
its intention to maintain n protec?
torate, but has kept the Egyptians in
the dark regarding what is meant by a
protectorate and how it is to be car?
ried on. Great Britain's action in pre?
venting an Egyptian Nationalist dele?
gation from going to the Paris con?
ference has been another cause lor
complaint.
The government's justification be
rore charges of neglecting Egypt has
been the load of other matters on its
hands.
The Milner commission, which is to
investigate the causes of unrest in
Egypt, has not yet started, and the
native threaten to refuse to give in?
formation.
.Malta was in a state of tumult for
several weeks in the summer, but there
were no casualties.
Another ;i'j;n of the times is that a
group of Burmese, wi'h the support
of ?ormcr British Burman officials,
have begun agitation for including
Burma in the now measures of self
government which the Montague
scheme will give India.
CAIRO, Nov. 19. ? E'even natives
were kil'ed and sixty wounded yes?
terday by British troops, who opened
fire on a crowd which besieged the
police station in the course of a dem?
onstration. Ten of the wounded are
reported to be in a serious condition.
The demonstration was continued to?
day, but in an orderly manner.
Alaska Chasing "Ret?s"
Above Arctic Circle
SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 19.?Alaskans
are combating radicalism with the
hope of making Ala'ka 100 per cent
American, Governor Thomas Riggs jr.,
of Alaska, declared to-duy on his ar?
rival from Juneau.
"We are gcing to make it so hot for
those who are not red-blooded Amer?
icans that they will have to go up
above the Arctic Circ'e," he f&id.
Governor Riggs told of the recent
organization in the North o? a body
known as "The Amer cans." "The
Americans," he said, "will oppose every
effort to change the present form of
government."
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Studies Habits of Man 132
A New York Specialist Seeks
Secret of Longevity
LEXINGTON, Ky.. Nov. 19.-Dr. I.
L. Nascher, of New York, a specialist
who has made an exhaustive study of
old aye and is preparing a book on
his discoveries, has arrived on Grea.iy
Creek, Leslie County, to spend several
days with John Shell, 132 years old,
the oldest person in the world. Dr.
Nascher will study Shell's mode of liv?
ing, his diet and.habits, in an effort to
discover what has given him strength
to withstand the stress of years. Dr.
Nascher's findings will be embodied in
his book.
Shell recovered recently from a se?
vere attack of pneumonia and now ap?
parent*/ is as well and hearty as ever.
Ho wa* 182 years old on September 3.
Coal Famine
Impends as
Parley Lags
Garfield Warns Warring
Factions That "People
of U. 8. Need, Must
and Will Have" Fuel
Operators Talk but
Make No Progress
Producers Profit 46 Cents
a Ton in 1918: Average
Paid to Miners $1.50
WASHINGTON. Nov. 19?Prospects
of a coal famine drew nearer to-night,
with negotiation? between operators
and miners apparently at a standstill
A subcommittee of the joint wag.
scale committees was in session three
hours, but it was announced after the
meeting that only the general situa?
tion was discussed and the operators
did not submit counter proposals to
the miners' demands. The conference
will continue to-morrow.
"No progress was made. The opera?
tors submitted no proposals. We are
still in a receptive mood." said John
J. Lewis, acting president of the
United Mine Workers, as he came out,
of the hotel room where the confer?
ence was held.
The operators' committee remained
in session an hour longer. At the end
of that time Thomas T. Brewster,
chairman of the operators' committee
In the central competitive fi?ld. spoke
optimistically, declaring this was the
first attempt at real negotiations since
the miners and operators met at buf?
falo. For that reason he said only
general matters were discussed.
Hint Received from Garfield
The decision of the joint wage scale
conference to continue its negotiations
through a smaller group, in accordance
with the usual custom in making wage
agreements, came after the. owners and
workers had heard from Fuel Adminis?
trator Garfield that as long as the gov?
ernment stands "the people of the
United States need, must, have, and
will have coal, and they will not be
prevented by anything the operators
and miners may do."
The consuming public, the chief
party in interest in the present con?
troversy, Dr. Ganield said, is not in a
mood to tolerate either cxccbsive
prices or prolonged stoppage of pro?
duction.
The sub-committee is composed of
two minero and two operators from
each of the f?ur states in the central
competitive district, together with Mr.
Brewsuer an-1 Mr. Lewis.
Pinch Felt in Cleveland
While the repr?sentatives of the
contending industrial factions were
mai king time here the city of Cleve?
land shuf ijff the coal tuppiy of all in?
dustrial plants within its limits except
those c assed as public utilities. Retail
dealers were instructed no: to seilcoal
to ary manufacturing p.ant wit!.out
obtaining the consent of the city's coal
committee.
At the same time virtually all the
territory south of the Ohio and Po?
tomac rivers and east of the Missis?
sippi River was put on 'a war-time
coal-rationing basis, limiting pur?
chases for home use to a single ton.
The situation further was compli?
cated by unexpected walkouts of min?
ers in West Virginia, where men who
had gone back since the strike order
was recalled quit again because op?
erators insisted that all contracts with
the United Mine Workers were can?
celed. A second strike was called in
Cuioiado af'er a vain attempt at an
agreement, and many miners who re?
cently returned to the pits have been
ordered to cease work to morrow.
Hines Nut Discouraged
Despite t.ie discoura.ing ivborts, Di?
rector General of Raihctacis Hines, w?o
has been conferring with regional di?
rectors in Chicago, stiil believes the
problem is mainiy one of judiciously
distributing the coal on hand and avail?
able. He author zed a statement assur?
ing the public that there wou d be fair
warning of any drastic curtai ment,
measures.
The statement made here to-d?y to
the operators and miners by Fuel Ad?
ministrator Garfield was largely statis?
tical. It brought out. that in 1918 the
rverage cost of produc.ion of coul was
$2.15 u ton, leaving to the operator an
average margin of 46 cents a ton. This
margin, he j: id. included interest
charges, selling expen-es and Federal
taxes as well as profit.
"I represent the people of the United
States in a different sense from the
Secretary of Labor," Dr. Garfield said.
"It is part of Mr. Wilson's function
to effect conciliation, it is njy sole
function'to. exercise those powers con?
ferred on the fuel ?administration; to
see that an adequate supply of coal
is furnished the people of the United
States and to see that in times of
stress, such as we are still unhappily
in the midst of, the prices asked and
received for coal are not excessive.
"We all realize now that in the
great coal industry the public is a
partner. At one time the operatori
Continued on page eight
Lodge 9s Peace Resolution
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.?The Lodge resolution to declare peace
with Germany, which is a concurrent measure, requiring approval of
the House, but, according to general practice, no action by the Presi?
dent, follows:
"Whereas, by resolution of Congress, adopted April 6, 1917, and
by reason of acts committed by the then German government, a state
of war was declared to exist between that government and the United
States; and,
"Whereas, the said acts of the German government have long
since ceased; ami,
"Whereas, by an armistice signed November 11, 1918, hostilities
between Germany and the Allied and associated powers were ter?
minated; and,
"Whereas, by the terms of th3 Treaty of Versailles, Germany is
to be at peace with all the nations engaged in war against her, when?
ever three governments, designated therein, have ratified said treaty;
now, therefore,
"Be it Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives
concurring), That the said state of war between Germany and the
United States is hereby declared to be at an end."
15 Teachers
Summoned as
"Red' Suspects
jLusk Committee Will Ask
Board To Dismiss Those
Found To Be Members
of the Communist Party
I
fifteen teachers suspected of affilia?
tion with the Communist party or any
simj'ar organization which seeks to
overthrow the government were sub?
poenaed yesterday to appear to-morrow
before the Lusk Legislative Commit?
tee.
"Any of the teachers who admit they
are members of the Communist party,
or who have revolutionary tendencies,
Will be recommended to the school au?
thorities as candidates for immediate
?'ismissa!," said Samuel A. Berger,
Deputy Attorney G?nerai, who issued
th ' "bpecnas. "Dr. William L. Ettin
ger. Superintendent of Schools has al?
ready rued that ""or a teacher to be
a Communist is sufficient ground for
his or her dismissal. We obtained the ?
names of these fifteen teachers during
our recent investigations. We do "ot
condemn them in advance, but we have
sufficient evidence to warrant calling
them in for a hearing."
Summary dismissal was ordered by
Dr. Ettinaer yesterday in the case of
Sonia -C'msoerg 1215 Ferty-first street,
Brooklyn, a probationary teacher in
Public School No. 170, who admitted
she was a member of the Communist
party. Dr. Ettinger said Miss Gins?
berg's license to teach would be re?
volted.
Some of the questions put to Miss
Ginsberg and her answers were:
"Are you a member of the Commun?
ist party?"
"I am. But when I joined I did not
think it stood for the overthrow of the
government by force."
"Are you satisfied with our form of
government?"
"I am not. I think it is open to a
great many improvements. It is run
: in the interest of the capitalistic class.
It should be run in the interest of the
workers."
"Recommended for dismissal," wrote
Dr. Ettinger on Miss Ginsberg's pa?
pers. The recommendation later was
adopted by the Board of Education.
Dr. Ettinger, commenting on the case
! said:
"Any teacher who is found to pro?
fess the same princip'es will be dealt
with in the same way, provided he or
i she is on probation. Charges will be
preferred in cases where teachers have
regular licenses and they will be tried
| in th> usual w y.
"It is a crime for a teacher profess?
ing such sentiments to be in charge of
innocent chi'dren. It is really an as?
sault on the menta it y of children,
worse than an actual physical assault."
Thirty thousand dollars in cash und
Liberty bonds were put up as bail yes?
terday for the release of James Larkin.
the Irish agitator, and Benjamin Git
!ow, former Socia ist Assemblyman.
They had been imprisoned for ten days
on eh- rges of criminal anarchy. Larkin
and Git'ow were among one thousand
1 men taken in the Lusk raids on the
Communist headquarters. They were
held by Chief Magistrate McAdoo for
the Grand Jury
After failing to obtain the release of
the prisoners through habeas corpus
proceedings and through the offer of
real estate deeds as bai:, friends of the
men yesterday decided to pool their
Lioerty bonds. Lawyers with hands
full of bonds, ranging in value from
$50 upward went btfore Justice Fran?
cis B. Dulehanty and provided the
bail.
Decision in the cases of six men ar?
rested in a raid on Communist head?
quarters at 203 Grand S.reet, Willinms
?j Tjf. was p.s.poned by Magistrate
Francis McC'oskey yesterday until De?
cember 2. Charles Recht, attorney for
the defendants, pleaded that the cases
be dismissed. He contended that the
Communists were not more radical than
the Sinn Feiners.
_?__-#--.
Mexican intrusion Into
U. S. Consulate Protested
MEXICALl. Nov. 19 (By The Associ?
ated Press)- The fo'reib'e instrusion
of a Mexican police officer into the
American Consulate here to-day in an
attempt to make an arrest has resulted
in the transmission of a formal com?
plaint from Wa'ur F. Boyle, American
Consul in MexicaH, to Secretary of
State Lansing, and also to Governor
Cantu here.
The al'eged killing of Eugene Lack
by a Mexican police officer in Mexica i,
Mexico, was "without justification or
provocation." according to the verdict
of a coroner's jury to-day. The jury
recommended an investigation by
county and federal authorities and de
\ manded "the murder of American citi?
zens in Baja, Cal., be stopped."
War-Time Laws
Stand as Result
Treaty Defeat
No Lifting of Prohibition
Han Before Next Session
Unless President Does
It by a Proclamation
New York Tribune
Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON. Nov. 19.?All war?
time legislation, passed for the period
of the emergency, will stay in effect
as a result of the failure of the peace
treaty to be ratified, it was said to?
night. This includes war-time pro?
hibition, which will remain in effect
unless the President by proclamation
?hould lift it, which the Attorney Gen?
eral has ruled he has no legal right
to do.
War-time prohibition ?Would be lifted
legally by the passage of a resolution
by Congress aeciaring the war at an
end. such as was introduced to-night
by Senator Lodge, just before adjourn?
ment, but this cannot be taken up even
in committee until December 1, and
the Administration would probably
make a light against it then, thus hold?
ing on the "dry" ?id.
Failure of the treaty to be ratified,
thus continuing the technical state of
war, also continues in effect the" Lever
food and fuel control bill, failure of
which might prove embarrassing to the
government in dealing w:th the coal
strike situation. It is under this bill
that the power to fix the price of coal
is granted the Administration.
Another act which will be continued
as a resu't of the treaty failure, which
is considered of great importance by
Senator? in its immediate effects is
the espionage act. Acts which expire
with the ending of the war are:
Fuel and food control act.
War Trade Board and export control
act. ?
Act creating office of Alien Property
Custodian, with certain limitations.
A<?ricu'tural stimulation act.
Housing construction act.
War legislation continuing in effect
for a limited period after the war fol?
lows:
Railwav control legislation, twenty
one montr-s after the war, unless other
wi e provided.
War finance corporation act, six
months after the war, with long periods
for liquidation.
Overman act, six months after the
war.
Legislation for ship construction and
operation, live years after the war.
Legislation creating aircraft board,
six months after the war.
Act for stimulation of mineral pro?
duction as soon as possible after proc?
lamation of peace.
Britain Undams
Flood of Whisky
115,000,000 Gallons
Released: Public Rushes
to Make Big Purchases
New York Tribuns
Eut opean bureau
(Copyright, 1919. N<rw York Tribun* li-e.>
LONDON. Nov. 19.?Scenes parallel?
ing those anaced in the United Sta.es
when prohibition drew near were wit?
nessed throughout England and par?
ticularly in .he large cities to-day
when the Food Controller's restrictions
upon the removal ?rom bond of the
115,000,000 gallons of whisky in the
country were "removed forthwith."
"Forthwith" was interpreted in its
literal sense by the thirs.y public and
a virtual siege, of whisky firms began.
"Men whc formerly irdered a dozen
bottles are now demanding a hundred
and fifty dozen bottles." declared the
manager of one large wholesale firm,
wl ose doors were be. iegL-d from morn?
ing to night by a constant stream of
would-be purchasers, many of whom
arrived in taxjcabs and private auto?
mobiles prepared to take their pur?
chases home with them immediately.
Until to-day a bo:tie of whisky was
about as hard to purchase in London
as in New York, owing to the restric?
tions which forced dealers to sell only
to customers registered in 1D1G.
Franco-British Pact Urged
MADRID, Nov. 19.?Marquis Cortina,
former Minister jf Public Works, in
a speech in the Senate to-day, recom?
mended a commercial agreement with
France and Britain. He announced his
intention of interpellating the govern?
ment on the subject.
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Efforts to Ratify
Beaten 3 Times
Reservations Rejected, 55 to 39,
on First Vote; Pact Dead
Till Next Session
President Will Revive
Issue, Says Hitchcock
By Carter Field
New York Tribune
Washington Durenn
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.?The Senate to-night rejected the peace
treaty on three overwhelming votes and then adjourned the present
session. The treaty is dcr.d until and unless the President resubmits it to
the new session of Congress beginning December 1.
Before adjournment a concurrent resolution was introduced by Re?
publican Leader Lodge and referred to the Foreign Relation? Committee,
declaring that a state of peace exists with Germany. This will be taken
up in the next session of Congress.
The first vote came on the Lodge resolution of ratification,
which was voted down, 55 Senators voting against ratification and 3f*
for it. Later, on the same question, the original vote having been recon?
sidered, the Senate voted 51 against ratification to 41 in favor.
Four Democratic Senators refused to follow President Wilson's
advice as expressed in a letter to Administration Leader Hitchcock, and
which was read at the Democratic conference parlier in the day. The
President advised that the Lodge resolution be defeated. The four who
refused to follow his advice were Myers, of Montana; Owen, of Oklahoma;
Pomerene, of Ohio, and Smith, of Georgia. Democratic votes with the
! "irreconsilables" beat the treaty.
Senator Lodge, after this vote, withhe'd a point of order to permit th<
much talked about direct vote to ratify the treaty without any reserva
tions whatever.
Unconditional Ratification Beaten, 53 to 38
But unconditional ratification, supported by the Administratio*
was defeated by a greater vote than the Lodge ratification resolution
Not only all of the "irreconcilables," but the entire Republican strength
with the single exception of McCumber. voted against it.
Offsetting the one defection on the Republican side, the following
Democratic Senators voted against unconditional ratification: Gore
Reed, Shields, Smith, of Georgia, Thomas, Trammell, and Walsh, of Massa
chusetts. The vote was 53 against ratification to 38 for.
This vote was obtained by Senator Underwood, who contended that
it required a two-thirds vote to dispose of a treaty one way or th-j other
Mr. Lodge permitted this vote to be taken, but afterward, when anothei
attempt was made to compromise, he made the point of order, and Vice
President Marshall said the Senate had already decided this questior.
several times, theioby shutting off further resolutions of ratification.
As a climax, Mr. Lodge noved_ to reconsider the vote by wh'ch the
Underwood motion for unconditional ratification was adopted, and ther
moved to lay that on the table, which was done by the same old line-ui
of all the Republicans, except McCumber, with a handful of Democrats
President May Withdraw Treaty
Senator Lodge said the President could, if he wished, withdraw
the peace treaty when the Senate reconvenes and could then resubmit it
; The ;?ct of withdrawing it, he said, would be a technical admission tha'
j the treaty had been finally disposed of, as the Senate rules provide tha
after a treaty has been finally disposed of by the Senate the Presiden!
can withdraw it. Otherwise unanimous consent is required in order for i
President to withdraw a treaty.
Senator Hitchcock, Administration Leader, declared to-night thai
j the treaty was not dead. "The President can send it back to the S-'r.ate
! and there is no question that it will be on hand when the Senat?
meets again December 1," said he.
Senator Hitchcock made a last minute effort to have mild reservation
adopted in place of the Lodge reservations, but the Republicans, wit]
Senators Gore, Reed and Shields, Democrats, stood solidly against him.
Senator Hitchcock moved that ihe treaty be referred to the cone
mittee of the whole of the Senate with instructions that it be reporte
to the Senate with some of the leservations previously introduced b
Hitchcock attache 1 to the resolution of ratification. Republican Leadc
I odge demanded a roll call on the motion. The Administration leader
| effoit then was defeated, 50 to 41.
Previous to Senator Hitchcock's attempt to weaken the reservatioi
Senator Pomerene. Democrat, of Ohio, moved that the treaty be refer?
1 to a "committee of conciliation," to be composed of six Senators, indu*
ing Senators Lodge and Hitchcock, appointed by President Wilson. Th
special committee would "report to the Senate a ?esolution of ratificatk
that could be adopted by the Senate.'*
Pomerene Conciliation Plan Is Tabled
Senator Lodge made a point of order against consideration of tl
motion, but while Vice-President Marshall was preparing to rule on t!
point of order Senator La Follette of Wisconsin moved to lay the Poi
crene motion on the table. The La Follette motion carried and t
Pniiinrono ciiirfrottinn vvjo VnK'oil A S *n AO
The first test of strength after the?
motion to reconsider had been passed
?thus leaving the Lodge resolution of
ratification as though unacted upon
and still in the Senate?came or. an ef?
fort of Administration Leader Hitch?
cock to gain time. He moved to ad?
journ.
"Vote it down!" shouted V'r. Lodge
to his side, and they did. every Repub?
lican down to McCumber voting against
- ny interruption of the battle. Three
Democrats?Gore, Reed and Shields ?
voted with the Republicans against ad?
journment. The vote was 51 to 42
Hitchcock Attempts Compromise
Mr. Hitchcock then attempted to put
in a compromise resolution of ratifica?
tion. Mr. Lodge made a point of order,
and the second test of strength re?
sulted just a-? the first. 51 to 42 against
the Administration, with no change in
the lines. The vote came on overruling
the Vice-President's decision that Mr.
Hitchcock's motion could be received.
There were cries of "V^te! Vote!"
and it was held that the vote, if taken
then, would be on the Lodtre resolution
itself, which w*uld mean the final death
of t^e treaty if it failed to get a two
thirds majority.
"I will say that Senators on this side
are ready to vote," declared Mr. Hitch?
cock, "and ready to vote just as they
did before."
The threat that the Democrats would
-g:ee to kill the treaty without
chance for re*reat at this session did
not seem to disturb the majority. Calls
for a vote persisted, but Mr. McCumber
attempted to get a vote to reconsider
the vote by which the preamble was
adopted. Senator Pei.rose made a point
of order that Mr. McCumber could not
make such a motion, since he had voted
against the preamble in the first placa.
The romt was sustained.
Mr. McCumber did net protest. Ha
had already had a test of strength on
the same question within a half hour
and had found that he was beaten 50 to
'3. all of his fellow "mild reservation
ist?" voting with Lodge.
Senator Robinson t'"en began what
apparently was a filibuster to make
,!me for the Democrat??, leaders to con?
fer. He cited many precedents a?