Show Gridiron Club Crowd I Takes j-Takes Takes Roof Off When 1 1 I I Mc McCormick and Willcox in Near Battle Under Rules of Electoral College Biting Scratching and Kicking in Face Permissible By ROBERT J. J BENDER B Bj- Bj lr to lo The TI m. m WASHINGTON VASI Dec 9 As 9 As a closing chapter to the bitter bitter presidential campaign just ended Chairman Vance McCormick lI of the Democratic campaign committee and Chairman Wilcox Willcox of the thc Republican campaign c committee met tonight and shook hands at at atthe the Gridiron club dinner her here The action marked in a climax to toone one of tile tile- the most most spectacular travesties ever staged by the thc famous old od newspaper clan in its annual an- an annual nual December frolic fiolic It was was witnessed by President Wilson Vilson ambassadors am am- ministers from foreign co countries justices of the supreme il court senators representatives financiers financiers' and men prominent in all all walks of life For three the big ballroom of the New Villard Willard hotel had had echoed and re-echoed re with laughter laught and song as the tile Gridiron members nie ne ibers ruthl ruthlessly ly hung their guests over the verbal fire of wit and humor Tile late camp furnished the the mat mat for the various skits and the same theme ran raa into rollicking and burlesques s by by a large and arid stupendous aggregation of renowned artists in airy iry persiflage j Colonel Roosevelt and Wilh Williams nis Jennings Bryan sang sanga x a duet 1 There There were we're f songs by alleged s suffrage leaders and celebrities of all kinds and character One voice imitating imitating imi imi- Imi- Imi tating that of Colonel Roosevelt e r brought down the thc th roof vh n. n t warbled forth as follows to tom t nef pf f t Bay ay I I am sUcking sticking aro around nd 1 At Oyster Oster Bay I s i I For I he hear the voices ringing ringing- I V They seem to s say y tWe t We will need you again 4 i So o dont don't gO way i 1 Four ye r yeara fo from now pi Ill I'll b light here her j 4 4 k I At Oyster Bay The climax came ame when a member announced a place was to Tto b bt be cleared in in the hall haIl for a prize prize fight fight A ring was whipped into o shape sap fJ e ct v U lairs w r pJ g gloves es tossed in JIl and 11 sec cds Called for for u a t ch GO pal page 2 2 0 GRIDIRON CLUB Continued from page 1 In one corner was Senator Walsh Representative Doremus and Fred lynch all of the Democratic cam- cam aign committee In the other were Hitchcock and Hoyt of the Republican 1 ommittee I All were introduced amid applause The rhe announcer announcer then called for tor Vance k cham champion lon heavy weight lw South and West Vest e wearing a at t pp p briskly into the stared InS Ini In- In i- i S w. w England id d the theL st L ei- ei V J i to tod d r th rule c coral ral bUeg biting scratching cr a rI i 1 the face taco were were declared declared permissible The principals looked at each other I nd grinned like schoolboys They hen donned the gloves and prepared o go to it But before the first blows could be truck uck by either participant or even he preliminary footwork and feinting the announcer stepped forward ook the gloved hands and said These gentlemen dont don't want to Ight They say the fighting's over nd nd they are now united for America to The guests fully recovered from heir surprised cheered wildly as the theand theand and rand played America and the annual follies came to an end President Wilson spoke to the diners mt tut as is the custom his address was tot jot released for publicatiOn Other were the Japanese for br and Maclyn Arbuckle The mystery of the lost suffrage ban banter leI ter which created a sensation in confess contress con con- tress fess last Tuesday when n dropped from he house balcony while the president was addressing a joint congressional session was solved tonight President Strayer Sprayer of the Gridiron club dinner tonight had just completed his usual Introductory remarks to the guests The Gridiron club has only one rule Reporters are never present but ladles are always present when a woman in the balcony directly in front of where the president was sitting dropped the banner down before his eyes And even as was the case in the house Tuesday there was a stir it was torn from its moorings only this time an officer arrested the woman The woman was one of the club nm m. m bers bels After it was all over congressional union leaders who have been on the search ever since Tuesday to locate their banner were advised of its whereabouts |