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WITH HOOVER IN DOUBT CABINET To-Nlght's Wathr CLOUDY, To-Morrow't Wather UNSETTLED, WARMER. EUQ EDITION EDITION F Circulation Books Open to All. "Circulation Books Open to All." VOL. LXI. NO. 21,670 DAILY. c""yri: (,i,?e1'Tru,,r.MU,,ln NEW YORK, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1921. Knlrrrtl Srconl-Cln Mttrf Pent offlra. New Vork, N. T. PRICE THREE CENTS FILLED, BWML fiNXh 93fam& II PRCK'S FRICK'S 115,000,000 GIFT TO PRINCETON Announcement Made by Finan cial Head of the 'Board of Trustees. PROVISIONS , OF WtfeL. -awyer Explains How Securi ties Can Be Held Untjl Values 'Partly Recover. Announcement was made 10-day by John O. II. Pitney, Chairman of the Finance Committee of the Board of Trustees at Princeton University, that the $15,000,000 bequest of Henry Clay Frlck had depreciated because of reduced valuation of securities, and taxes, to $6,000,000. The announce mcnt was niado at tho meeting of the Alumni Jn Nassau Hall at Princeton, one ot the functions of the last "war !canmcncemont" exercises. A. lawyer of national prominence who la more familiar with the affairs of tho Frlck estate than any except the executors and the Immediate members ot his family explained this nftemoon to Tbe Evening World that tho -will ol Sir. Frlck provided, first, fixed bequests to his family and friends; second, the gift and endow ment of the Frick Collodion: third, lho silt ot a park to Pittsburgh, and t.hen, alter a few other bequests of definite amount, left the residuary es tate to bo divided into a hundred shares and prescribed tho number of these Bliares to ibe given to Princeton ' tbe other institutions named. "From the total of the estate the fixed bequests must first be met," raid The Evening World's informant. "Then the inheritance taxes of the State ot Pennsylvania must be met, and not until then can the amount 9t tho residuary estate be determined. It in easily understood that in the shrinkage of security values the loss must affect the residuary estate as tho other bequests are for definite amount. "But some of the shrinkage loss may bo avoided if the 100 shares are made in securities and divided as securities. Then they may not ho told until market values have a ohance to recover. "Mr. Pltnoy's announcement, there fore, miut not lie taken to mean that an original bequest to Princeton has shrunk to 46,000.000 from $15,000,000, i.ut that the umouni available now, as contrasted 1o the estimate made at thr time of Mi prick's death, is hut $6,000,000. COPS TAKE TUMBLE; THREE ARE INJURED Mtachcd to Stapleton, S. !., Poll Station Hurt Owing to Falls in the Snow. Lieut. John Bessets of the .Stapleton polico slipped on the ice on his wav to ho station ami Injured his left arm; It believed to be broken .V fow mlnutea titer Sergt MU-haei McDonough put fals confidence In the luff J1 snow oterlylns tho Ice on the -tatlon steps uml f'jll : his right arm wa broken. llttt" later Pnlrolma.i Mlcnuel Jlumphilos, h six-footer, vv.io wolptia well over 'J20 ixiuwlb, fell nithln ,i block of tho station: his right arm nil nDraincd. .Irmcy to linllli Mmr . rulilirrl'a IO"' TURN TON. N. .1.. Fell. IS Tho Pell- Hie lo-dny parsed tho bill ubollshlns he offli-e of t lie Stale Architect mil' .ho Dcpartnic.it of Architecture. Tl... bill provides thai all architectural work -hall bo under the JurUdictlon ofhe Department or institutions nd Agen - ei . j, 19,000,000 ON MARKET PRICE PRINCETON MAY S GEDDES HELD UP ON AQUITANIA BY QUARANTINE RULE British Ambassador Allowed to Debark After Being De tained by inspection. Strict enforcement of quarantine regulations delayed the landing of Sir AucKland Geddcs, British Ambas sador to the United States when lie arrived 4o-duy on the Cunurder Aqul tanla. Though wireless notice wa sent ahead by Capt. Sir James Charles that all r issengers from Infested ter ritories had been bathed and their effects sterilized before embarkation. Health Officer Cofer ordered n verify ing Inspection before any passenger was allowed to leave even under the diplomatic Immunity from port regu lations. The cutter Manhattan, which look a number of State Department .and British Embassy officials to the Aqul- tania to escort the Ambassador to shore was held off for an hour while tbe inspectors ed over the 516 first cabin, SSI second cabin nml 1,667 steerage passengers. The party was obliged to miss the It o'clock truin on which accommodations had been reserved. Tho Ambassador was landed at the Barge office at half past eleven o'clock. He went to the Pennsylvania Hotel for lunch before leaving for Washington at 1.10. He had nothing to say about his mission abroad. Conditions In the Aquifanla steerage were found so bad Dr. Cofer held out little hope of allowing the ship to dork and her first cabin passengers to land beforo to-morrow. Among those de tained were ftao Ke Alfred Hzc, the ChlncsV) Minister, who declined to take advantago of his diplomatic privilege to have his landing expedited. Mendel Beleis, whoso trial on a charge he committed a ritual murder In Russia several years ago caused a popular upheaval, is among the pas sengers of the Aqultaniu. ThiT Ponce of the Porto Hicn line, which like the Aqultaniu arrived In the lower bay Inst night, was reserved for a scrupulously careful examination, due to reports of tho presence of a few capes of bubonic plague in Porto Rico. One hundred and fiftv cabin iss- scngeis of the Themiatocles. from I Greece, were examined nt Pier 22, 'Brooklyn, and permitted to land af ter receiving a clean bill of health. Sanitary inspector now ute gung over passengeis on the French linuis Im Kavoio and Lcopuldlna. Frank J. Monagban, Deputy Com missioner ot Health, announced that of 377 Immigrants landed at tho Uat- i tcry from Kills Island only three weie vermin Infested. They were sont to Wlllnrd Parker Hospital. Fight lin mlgiaiits from Boston wej-e exam ined at the Pennsylvania Station nml twenty-live at Grand Central. None was detained. I'ruf. Klnnlelii to V I n I ( V. , BBIIL1N. Fb. 22 (Jewish Telegraphic Agency). Prof. Albert Ulnsteln. . . .fn,l,, n-f 11 ..cenmnnnv I ... ,,i. .i,,,i ... . . .. lo,t,lr L"',c" " " """'" " to the United Statis next month. Ho I wl" I'l"-" J" W support lor tno lui.rew Lniver- 'iuy 10 oc erecieo on int iuoum 01 PUtm in Jerusalem, . . If STORM PASSES ON; -FIRE ENGINES ARE STALLED; CARS 0. K. Firemen Fight Williamsburg Blaze From a Distance Be cause of 'Blocked Streets. 20,000 MEN AT WORK. Cleaning Thoroughfares in Outlying Districts Main Arteries Are Cleared. A new flurry of snow that began shortly before 7 o'clock this morning paswed out to sea early this afternoon and snow cleaning again went on at a record breaking pace. The Weather Bureau nnnouncca that storm conditions were practically over as far as New Tork was con cerned, the disturbance now being headed northeastward over tho At lantic Ocean. The temperature had risen to 33 degrees at noon and much warmer weather wus predicted for to-morrow. This, with Indications that rain Is on the way, gave promise that the city will toe cleared In short order of the heavy snowstorm that began early 'Sunday. Street Cleaning Commissioner Leo lus more than 20.000 men at work on the streets ot the five borouglia to day, and, with the principal business thoroughfares well opened to traffic, tho tractors are extending tho areas of their operation to the outlying dis tricts. Many of the tractors and other apparatus now arc being used to carry to sewers the snow already piled up, with particular attention being paid to the market districts where perishable foods are trans ported. Mr. Leo. who has been on duty day and night, to-day took up living an well aa working quarters In his office in the Municipal Building, and will remain there -until the work of clear ing the streets of snow haa been com pleted. Commissioner Loo urges the public pay more- attention to the regulation requiring property owners to clear away the snow for a distance of ten feet on cither side of fire hydrants. He said he had noticed many viola tions of the rule and that they add ed greatly to tho fire peril. A three-alarm blaze In Williams burg at 4.30 o'clock this morning em phasized tho peril of fire to which some sections of tho city are exposed, desplto the record breaking work of snow cleaners In tho last two days. The fire was in a four-story loft build ing at Ko.i. S82 to 346 Throop Avenue, corner of Lafayette Street. Piles of snow still blocked tho streets and barred access to the hydrants, so some of tho engines were forced to pump water from polnta at least three blocks away. Pojlceman Mullaney of the Gates Avenue Station discovered the fire. Tbo first and second floors of the building wcro occupied by Lavlne (Continued on Second Page.) GAVE BACK $900 IN BETS WON ON SHIP Passenger on Liner Learned How to Resist Strong Men from Johnny Conloii. Wln-n me U'opoidinu of the French line came in from Havre to-day H. I' Stelnel ol .Milwaukee, one of th pas sngcrs. guvo back to various men about $000 tlmt he had collected from them on bets that lie could prevent them fiom lifting him. He said he need it lilck thai liu bad lliil fio.ii Johnny Coulon, the former prize flgbtci, in Francr. One of tiioie who 'tiled to lift lilin and failed was Alfred DaiiKhun of Culio, Iteypl, who welsh 3bout :0ft pound,.. Another pnei gei was If Annum! do jiagi, who -aid he had ipent ulioiu a year teaching the Spaniards how to luiimsfc . GIFT U. S. TAKES A HAND IN SETTLEMENT OF Notifies Council It Will Not Submit to Any 'Infringe ment of Rights. NOTE IS NOW IN PARIS. Repeats American Attitude on Mesopotamia Set Forth In Colby Message to Britain. PARIS, fob. 22 (Associated Press). Notice that the United States was sending a note to the League of Na tions on the question of mandates for former enemy possessions was given the Council of the League at Its ses sion here to-day. Tho notice was in the form of & letter from Hugh C. Wallace, the American Ambassador, which was read ut the close of tho forenoon meeting of tho council 'by Dr. da Cunha, Its President. It transmitted a request by the State Department in Washington that action regarding mandates, which it was understood was to bo taken presently "by the council, be postponed until the 1'nitcd States presented observations consid ered of the utmost Importance in a note on the subject The American note was received to day and will be handed to the League Council at 10.30 o'clock to-morrow morning. Tho Council now is drafting a reply to another American note, delivered to-day. In which It will inform the State Department that the Council will be pleased to take into considera tion such suggestions and observa tions as tho American Government has to offer. Independent of the American action, consideration of tho mandates gov erning Meflopotamla, Palestine and Syrfla, it was stated this afternoon, has been postponed at the request of tho British representatives until the April meeting of the Council. Tills, It was explained, was to give Win ston Churchill, lecently appointed Secretary for the Colonies, an oppor tunity to study tho questions involved. WASItlNGTOtN, Fob. 22 (Associ ated Press). Tho American Govern ment has prcsentod directly to the Council of the League tr Nations Its domand that all Allied and associated nations be given equal opportunities In mandate territories. It waa announced to-day nt the State Department that a note virtu ally Identical with the one on this sitoject sent to the British Govern ment last 'November had been de spatched to the Council at Paris. De cision to act In this qifestlon, not withstanding the early change of Ad ministrations, was predicated upon the understanding that the Council con templated Immediate action on man dates such as those in Mesopotamia and Palestine. Great Britain never has replied to Secretary Colby's note ot protest last Noveinbor, nor has the United Slates received the official drafts of tho mandates which It requested lie sent here before final approval by the League. It Is understood that Great Britain has intimated to the Ameri can Government that since the draft mandates have "been ubmitted to tho (Continued on Fourth Page.) Cntiai'ki AttncL TrotUr' Truin, HIOA, Fib. 22 A rcpoil from Ioi. cow to-day tus that Ooss.ici; troop attacked the rullwa train of Leon Trotzhy, the llusilan Soviet Wui .Min uter, as It U49 truvtlll.it: a Ion? thft iloicow-Orniburif Hallroad. fittvcial of the War Minister's wounded. It Is added. trainmon weic. Scn JluC'raltli ArrraK'il In l.uniliin IIIjLFAST. Iicland. Fob. 22.- Httti McCralth. fSenernl Secietar of :h IrlHh Self-DMerin. nation League. Has nirejted In London yesterduv accord ing to advice received here io-c!u. lie Will he transferred In Inland lur lutcrDmeaU ... . . .. LEAGUE MANDATES HARDING'S COMPLETE CABINET AS REPORTED FROM FLORIDA Secretary of State Charles E. Hughes, Nctt York. Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hootcry I'nllfoniln (hi doubt). Attorney (Jeneral Harry 3f. Vangherty, Ohio. Secretory of War .John V. Weeks, MasMtchnselt. Secretary of the Nary Ildnln Denby, Michigan. Postmaster ticnerat Will H. Hays, Indiana. Secretary of Lalxir James J. Darls, IVnnsylTHiiln. Secretary of t lie Interior Albert It. Fall, New .Mexico. Secretary of Agriculture Henry ('. lVallucc, Iona. Secretary of the Treasury Andrew W. Metloli, PennsylTauU. IS DEAD OF HEART FAILURE T Body of Former Chairman ofi Democratic National Com mittee to Be Brought Here. 'William F. McComb. former Chairman of the .Democratic .National Committee, died at Greenwich, Coitn. at 7.13 o'qjock to-day of heart fail lire, it was announced here to-duy bv Frederick It. Ityan, hi? business part ner. The foody will be brought city late to-day and taken Campbell Funeral Parlors, to this to the ' Broad- I way and 67th Street. Announcement of the funeral rangements will be made later ar William r. McCombs lias been ou' of public life for aover.il years, but for some time prior to the nomination of Woodrow Wilson In 1912 and for a couplu of years after Mr. Wilson a election ho was one of tho leading figures In the Democratic party Ho waa Chairman of the Democratic Na tional Committee from 1912 to 1910, but during the past two years of his term tho title was lionotary as he had fallen out with the President and the President controlled tho committee. Born Dec. 20, 1S75, at Hamburg. Ark., Mr. McCombs, although not strong physically, worked hard at educating himself and so well did hr succeed that ho was able to show de grees from Princeton and Harvard Universities before he wan twenty five years old. Ho began the practice of law in this city In 1901 and dabbled In politics in his sparo time. Mr. McCombs divided with f'ol George Harvey the credit of discover ing a presidential possibility In Woodrow Wilson. During the long fight in tho Baltimore convention in 1912. between the Wilson delegates and the Champ Clark delegates, Mc Combs accomplished some really creditable feats of diplomacy and showed rare political resourcefulness. Mr. McCombs expected to be ap pointed Secretary of the Treasury. The appointment of William McAdoo to that po.tt was a great dlsapolnt ment to McCouVbs and ho refused to bo consoled by an offer of Uie Am bassadorship to France The 1916 preliminary campaign found him violently unti-WilRon but the Wilson torcts controlled the St. Ixmis convention and McCombs made Bcarcoly a ripple on the proceedings. Tammany Hull ran him for United State Senator against William N. Calder, who was olected. Ills influ ence In the 1320 convention In San Francisco was not felt. la 1913 Mr. McCombs married Doioihy VVUIIams of Washington, D. t". Thty separate! latei. Mr Mcf'onibs leuvcs wo btotiims, Itobert and Ashton of Kiimimrg, Arl;., and three sisters. Mr. Corrinc Hurilv of Utile Hock, Ark. Mis Kthel Thomas and Mts. Randolph Sllyenun I., s, uirl linliU Hulli nml llntr lluoal. , t'TICA. N. V. Feb. i- -The Inter Mute Commerce Commission nil the riKht to incrciur freluht rate and ii.k K!iiRcr 'uros In tho sun of N'eu York, accoidliiR I" an uplnlon fl'bd In Fdeial .. ...... I. .,!.. i T. Muiilon, Oeorsv W. fta ii(i John a, tuaej. AFTER LONG FIGH MICHIGAN MAN PICKED BY HARDING TO HEAD THE NAVY K EDWIN DENBY MAIL PILOT KILLED -Nl FLIGHT Plane Carrying Capt. W. F. Lewis Crashes at l:l!co, Nev. Another Aviator Disabled. fAN FItA-VlCO. Fob 32 Capt. W F Lewis. .-Ut mail mirvlro pilot, was killed to-day ut F,lk. Nov., when bis plane fell, according to advices re ceived here. He was on the Kono to Salt Lake CUV lK 'n the' attempt to establish a n-cord for rapid delivery between Han Frrtnclpco and .N'ew Tork. Two aii-plantM left, here at 1.J0 o'clook th b morning with mail for New York According to word received by the air mall htvicp ln're. the plans reached Heno, Nov., 187 miles cast, of here, at C.4,' o'duuk, chanted pilots and departed for Klkn, N'ovnila., 233 miles further east, within ten minutes. Mull I'lli.t Frimi n. Vnrk I'nrcnl Uottn In l'emtN Ivnnlii. I'niled Sluli'S mini uirplunes lefi Iliizelhurst Field. M.nxda, and tlf mall air mtWcc statl'in ,u Sun Fran cisco, C'al., io-da in ui efloit to carry mail .inross Hie continent In thiiij -six hours by a.r mail service divisional rclajs. The New V'orli planes left befoie stinrtHo. Pilot l.coiihardl, m Mull Piano No. 1ST took the air ut 8.0 1 o'clock, lie entile down at Ilellefonle. Pa., the first lel.iy stut on, ut S.10 and il'parted fo: t'!ct-jnd U., at (Continued ou Second Pass.) MO TRYING FOR RECORD FRISCO $9,000,000 NO PLACE OFFERED HOOVER, SAYS BUSINESS ASSOCIATE; NEW HUP ON THE CABINET , Announcement of George Barr Baker Follows Telegram From St. Augus tine That Harding Had Completed List With Food Administrator in It fisorge Barr Baker of No. 375 Park Avenue, who is identified with He-be-t C. Hoover in relief work, to-day issued the following statement: "Mr. Hoover has not been asked to enter the Cabinet of President elect Harding. Furthermore, Mr. Hoover stated some time ago that he'' haJ no desire for political office and felt that he could be of greater public sop ice outside lhan inside the Cabinet. His friends are advising Mm' llu't the Department of Commerce offers no such field for constructive work :is do the public institutions with which he is now associated. "Nr Hoover had hoped that as soon as the funds for child relief were sea red he could turn some of his attention toward his own pro fcssior of engineering, as he is not a1 rich man and. does not feel that he cm continue Indefinitely to give his entire time to publu: j-'rvice. In fact, I know thai lie has had negotiations to this end." CABINET ALL COMPLETE, ST. AUGUSTINE REPORTS; DENBY COMES AS SURPRISE Former Congressman From Michigan to Head Navy and Davis the Department of Labor. ST. AlHtUSTINK, Fla Feb. 22 (Associated Proas). Prosldent-etect Harding completed his Caolnet late to-day by a virtual selection ot Edwin Denby of Detroit, Mich., as Secretary of tho Navy. The choice was the first big surprlati among the Cabinet selections, Inr. Denby'ii name novr luvlug appeared In nowspapcr speculation about tbe navy post. He Is an attorney and a former member of Congress, and has served as an cnlUilcd man in war time in 'ooth tho navy and Marine Corps. CONFEREES ACCEPT IMMIGRATION LIMIT Number of Incomers Fixed at 3 Per Cent, of Those Here in 1910. WASHINGTON, Feb. 32. Senate and Hoiisb conffioi' aKreed to-day on tho Senate lilll limiting Immigration of aliens during the fifteen months begin ning April 1 to I p-r cent, ct the niimher In the United State t the time the 1910 Census wus tuKcn The bill as affivcd to vrlll limit Immi gration from FJropcan countries to 354,000 & year. It lakci no account or Immlgratloii from Canada, Mexico or .South America. Hxci'optionft to the sinrril limitations of immigration Include dlploinuLi and rotrign guvcniinerit ofncliils. tmuli a coiiwilc. lonmilar agonu anil their fond lies. Thrne aiet r.ot lounted In com puting tnv 3 pn vtii'-. The bill will permit more lliitisu u) Jectn thun an other i.atlonala to enter the 1'nltod Ktutes. Nmot In number come Ou.rnianK. .Mutilans arn next and Itall.inji fcurth. Italy, honever, has voliiniurlly limited emigration as an economic tiiiMnure. LANDIS DECIDES FIRST BALL CASE Awards I'hil ' To.it to bt. Louis Americans Was Claimed by Nationals. CliICAUO. I'eh. 22. -Judge K. M IjiiiJU handed oown .hl nrt dactslon to-d.i) as iho Commit awner of Imk Imll. nht'ii In- avMiided litlo to Phil Todl. pluj' iu ui Sf. I.oni Amr len. The -St. Loin NHtlonali.had v'Ulmod rlfihl to Todu Previous to the anouncciucnt of tbo selection of .Mr. Denby, It waa stated that Herbert Hoover of California and Jumes J. Davis of Pennsylvania hud virtually been chosen for mem bership In tho Cabinet. A tentative offer of the portfolio of Commerce Is understood to have been made to Mr? Hoover, and tho genera! expectation here Is that the former Food Administrator will accept. Mr. Davw, a former steel worker and now a banker,. Is to be Secretary of Labor If the Cabinet statu coes through nt it now stands. It U "be lieved no formal offer has been made to him, although he has been asked to hold himself 1n readiness for the ap pointment. It Is understood a formal tender and ncccplnnce ure yet to be ex changed, lint Mr. Denby is regarded by lhos close to Mr. Ilardlns aa practically crituin to tuue the place. Theie weio ulo growing Indica tions to-day that tho virtual selec tions of 1 lei boit Homer of California to bo .Secretary of Commerce and James J. Davis of Pennsylvania to bo Secretary of lbor soon would bo definitely ttxeil. putting the complete Cabinet In its tlnul form. THUMBNAIL SKETCHES OF THE NEW CABINET Five Lawyers and Two Bankers In ! the List of Harding's I Advisers. C1I.VRI.BS KVANS Hl'OHBS. born illens Falls. N V.. ase fifty-eight years. University training. Pfaetlted and uujat Mow Tork, USjUlJOO. 1Z 1 i1 -jy-wy mww --an.'Vi'iii1 yi i