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Coolidge Opens
Duel of Checks
To Aid Amlierst
importance of College to
Peace of Nation Empha?
sized in A d d r e s s at
Alumni Dinner Here
Boston Grads Challenged
Vice-President-Elect Calls
for Contributions to Fund
Over Long-Distance Phone
The Alumni Association o? Amherst
held its arnual dinner last night at
(he Hotel Pennsylvania. Similar din?
ners were held in twenty-four other
cities, and at each of the twenty-five
the plan foi raising a $3,000,000 cen?
tennial fund for Amherst was launched.
Calvin Coolidge, Vice-President
eiect, one of the speakers at the din?
ner in this city, received a telephone
instrument frcm a waiter early in the
evening. -\ pl'-i? was inserted in a
eonnection in tno wall near the speak?
ers' table aid Mr. Coolidge talked with
Pwight Morrow, who was presiding at
the Amher?'. dinner in Boston.
Duel of Checkbooks
"We're foir.g to challenge you in
Foston to a duel," said the Governor of
Massachus?tts in measured tones. "The
?-.eapons are going to be checkbooks
yes, checkbooks," he repeated, the Mor?
gan partner to whom he spoke evident?
ly having failed to hear the word;
"didnt you ever hear of checkbooks?
"We want you to rise and draw, and
well see who can draw the longest."
Governor Coolidge announced a
roment lat*r the reply he received to
his challerge. Mr. Morrow told him,
he ?aid, that Boston was all right and
it New York did as well in the con?
test the $3,000,000 was as good as
wised. , , ?/-_?
In his address to the alumni Gpv
'? e-nor Coolidge emphasized the im?
portance of the college to the peace
o' the nation. It was no wonder, he
iftid when American colleges and uni
rers'ities were thronged as they now
?ere that America, almost alone among
the nations of the world, had no fear
cf enemies, internal or external.
Progress Based on Ideals
"Progress," said Governor Coolidge
"has lpid in the cultivation and main?
tenance of a state of mind. It ha;
been in general a strong adherence tc
ideals. The ideal around which the
ancient tribes of IsratJ^evploped was
monotheism. The id-a?Pof Greece wai
beauty. That of Rome was glory. The
strength of the British Empire has
been in a sense of obligation. To thf
French it bas been a personification
of their country. The strongest sen?
timent of America has been for that
independence which is the basis of
self-government. These are but the
main features. There clustered about
them many other ideals, which in all
instances lent strength to the char
?cter of the people of each nation. It
was only when the people fell away
from their adherence to their ideals
that the disintegration began which
ended in the final downfall of the na?
tions of antiquity. It has but lately
been demonstrated to the fullest ex?
tent that the self-governing peoples of
the modern world are strong and vig?
orous, still true to their traditions,
?till loyal to their ideals. Such a con?
dition has always indicated a sound
foundation in the past and must be
the best index of it in the present.
"It is not only by technical skill
that modern civilization is sustained.
It depends to a lar^e degree on accu?
mulated and invested capital, and for
its advance will depend more and
more on accumulation and investment
of capital. Civilization and profits go
Hind in hand. It is out of the surplus
of our efforts that progress is made.
It is only necessary to remember the
method of conducting all industry,
transportation, banking, mining and
commerce and to observe that they not
inly need constant renewal but ever
3ncreasing facilities with which to
T.eet enlarged demands, to determine
-hat what we call capital is the chief
materia', minister to the general wel?
fare of al! m?^b-lr?^
Capital Is Result of Brains
"Invested capital is the result of
brains. All the elements that are as?
sembled in a Corliss engine, a modern
printing press, or an aeroplane have
?*ia in the earth throughout all the
HE*?. For countless generations there
lui been sufficient human labor to as
lemble them, yet they did not appear.
They came Into bein^ only when called
ly the skill and brains of men.
i "Truly capital, surplus, profits and
Progress are the result of brains. In
fact, that which we call labor is in?
telligent effort directed toward some
desired emi. Otherwise such result
?Maid well b? secured from a machine.
In it? last analysis what the work
ran sella is hi? intelligence. But it
U ttill true that the managemert and
direction of which surplus and profit*
?re bom in a rarer skill, a yet more
Kate intelligence, which in general we
d?sign?t? as braira It is on the con?
tinued existence of this power in man,
?bleb is the result of effort and train
lag, that not only the advance but the
Maintenance of our present standards
Seper.d?.
"There, art evil forces at work now
They are apparently organized and
leek the disintegration of society. They
its almost always be recognized by a
direct gnpea! to selfishness and nothing
*ri?. They deny that the present re
?*'.ionship of m< n to earn other which
Jii?ta by reason of organized societ?,
^i any sound basis for to* existence
? "?.?' point out to men with untrainei
'??"d?. that it takes effort to mairitair
" ta ne ???? -s and support govemmen'
af,-d >-!a!rn that they ought to exis'
?nhont effort on the accumulation o
Ex-Kaiser to Replenish
Children's Empty Purses
LONDON, Nov. 27.?During
visits of his chjjdren at Doom
Castle during: this week former
Emperor Willam of Germany has
taken occasion to discuss with
them their financial resources,
says a Doom dispatch to The
Daily Mail.
It is said ti\e former Emperor
intends to present ?each of his
children ?85,000 in Dutch money,
"so they may continue to live in
a manner befitting the Hohen
zollerns."
others, and the denial that men have
any obligation toward each other.
"The answer to this lies in a knowl?
edge of past human experience and a
realization of what man is. These
claims are very old. They have had
trial times without number and always
with disastrous results. Men are not
so constituted that selfishness satis?
fies them, and the only result of at- !
tempting to evade their obligations to
other-; has been to destroy themselves, j
Man has been so created, his environ- j
ment is such, his nature is such, that
he cannot succeed in that way.
Guards of Civilization
"What are the sources, then, of that
state of mind which supports civiliza- ;
tion? There are but two sources, edu?
cation and religion. From them are de- j
rived the teachings of science neces
sery to give the requisite technical
skill and moral ideals sufficient to sup
port and advance civilization. Hut
when we ask, What education? the an?
swer must be the higher education.
For, in the first place, primary schools
have been a development vf higher edu?
cation and would not long survive with?
out it, and, in the second place, we have
seen that modern society cannot exist
save by the ministrations of the high- i
est scientific skill. We could not sur- j
vive then with only primary education. !
"But what about religion? In so far]
as that is dependent on the teachings
of the clergy we come at once to the j
inquiry, Who teach the clergy? and we
learn that the higher education was
anciently instituted solely for their in?
struction. Not only the higher sci?
ences, but philosophy, morals and re?
ligion all center in our colleges and
universities. It is not too much to say
'.hat in them is the foundation of all
civilization, and that their influence is
all embracing.
"This is rot saying that everybody
ought to have a university education.
It is saying that in these days every?
body must and does come under the in?
fluence of a university education.
Neither Washington nor Lincoln had
the advantage of college education, but
had it not been for colleges neither
Washington nor Lincoln would jever
have been heard of.
"Those who want a continuation of
stability and confidence must seek it
by supporting the efforts of our col?
leges and universities. It is not too
much to say that all that we mean
when we say America is dependent on
the adequacy of this support.
"This appeal has not failed. From
earliest times Americans have lavished
the most solicitous caro on advanced
education. As our settlements have
swept westward they have set up the
most efficient state universities. There
is no contemporary effort of greater
promise or more propitious than the
increasing endowment that has beer,
sought and secured by our institutions
of higher learning. It shows a recog?
nition of the need both by those in?
trusted with their management and by
those who have the means to respond.
"There is satisfaction, too, in the
greatly increased college attendance.
With these manifestations all about,
what wonder that, while the rest of
the world is in a turmoil, America is
serene? This glory we owe in no
small part to the all-embracing influ?
ence of our colleges and universities.
They have wrought mightily in the
making of America. While they can
command adequate support America
cannot fail. They stand like mighty
fortresses within whose protection the
truth is secure. Against them no
enemy shall prevail."
There were about 800 at the dinner.
William C. Breed, president of the
association, presided. Among those
"resent were Charles S. Whitman,
?Justice Arthur P. l'ugg, of the Supreme
Court; I. N. Mills and T. II. Snell.
Coolidgs Not Worrying
Over Housing Problem
Vice-President-elect Calvin Coolklge.
when seen at the Hotel Pennsylvania
yesterday prior to the Amhcrst alumni
?-?inner, tabooed the Bubject of politics,
declaring that he was here solely to
attend the New York reunion of the
men from his alma mater and intended
to get as much pleasure out of the
occasion as the fact that he had to
make a speeech would allow him.
"Have you found a home in Washin?*
ton yet?" Governor Coolidge was
asked.
"I am not worrying about finding1
.?heiter there," he replied. "Several
placea have been offered to me, but I
?.in find my own place. I have made
no definite arrangements yet."
Asked if he was going to take his
'am?y to Washington, the Governor
said that his two boys would probably
remain in school in Northampton until
next June and live there, in the mean?
time in their old home. He said he
would like to see Senator Hardin?
upon his return from Panama, and
supposed he would seo him sometime
after December 10.
A reference to the famous Boston
police strike was made, and the. Mas?
sachusetts Governor blandly remarked:
"There won't be a policemen's strike
in Boston for some time. The union
surrendered its charter two weeks ago."
?he Governor told of leaving his
hotel in search of a Boston paper. He
said he "walked around the s'iuare,"
but could fir.d no place where the Bos?
ton paper? were for sale. A friend of
bis resumed the search after ho re?
turned to the hotel, and finally found
one on a stand at Eorty-third Street.
(Bergdorf
Goodman
6iG ?FIFTH AVENUE
SEMI-ANNUAL "?
CLEARANCE SALE
BEIGINS TO-MORROW
New Will Not
Enter Cabinet;
To Run Again
Indiana Senator Sets Ru?
mors at Rest; Sutherland,
Weeks and Hays Reason*
ably Sure of Portfolios
Indiana Situation Cleared
Wood, Pershing and Edwards
Most Prominent Suggest?
ed for War Department
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.?With the
definite information to-day that Sen.i
tor Harry S. New, of Indiana, will not i
go into the Cabinet three of the Hard?
ing portfolios become fairly sure.
These are:
George Sutherland, former Senator
from Utah, Attorney General.
?Tohn W. Weeks, former Senator
from Massachusetts, Secretary of the
Navy, with a possibility of being
transferred to the Treasury.
Will H. Hays, Republican National
Committeeman, Postmaster General.
Senator New arrived in town to-day
and soon made it clear to his friends
that he had no idea of entering the
Cabinet. He has been frequently men?
tioned for Secretary of War. ,As it is
known that Senator Harding has the
highest admiration for Mr. New, and
further that he felt under more real
obligation to Mr. New than almost
any other man, with the exception
of Harry M. Daugherty, Senator Hard
ing's pre-convention manager, it has
been generally accepted that Mr. New
could have anything he wanted of the
Harding Administration.
Recent dispatches from Indianapolis
have stated, with some air of author?
ity, that Mr. New would go into the
Cabinet and that Governor McCrae
would appoint Mr. Hays to his seat in
the Senate.
This is now denied definitely by Mr.
New himself. In addition, Mr. New
intends to run for re-election two years
hence, and to give any possible oppo?
nent at that time the fight of his H e.
There has been much talk in Indiana
of ex-Senator Albert J. Beveridge run-1
ning at that time.
The removal of Mr. New from Cabi?
net consideration makes it extremely
likely that Mr. Hays will be offered
the Postmaster Generalship. This has
been frec|uently mentioned, but two
contingencies havo been standing in
the way. One was that this would be
the logical berth for Harry Daug'.erty
if he should decide to enter the Cabi?
net. The other was that Senator New
was also from Indiana, and it is un?
usual to give even Indiana, important
as she is politically, two Cabineo
places.
Senator Harding has considered that
Senator New was the real genuine orig?
inal Harding man in the Senate. l?e
expressed that view to a friend shorMy
after his nomination, when the ques?
tion of his having been nominated by
the so-called Senate oligarchy was
brought up.
Hence the great importance, so far
as Cabinet considerations go, of the
information to-day that Mr. New has
no intention or desire to go into the
Cabinet, but want3 to stay in the Sen?
ate and run for reelection two years
hence.
As for Mr. Weeks, his friends here
say that he would much prefer to be
Secretary of the Treasury than to
take the Navy portfolio. But the con?
sensus among men on whose judgment
Senator Harding is expected to rely is
that the number of men just as weil
qualified for the Treasury is l;trg'7>,
while there is real difficulty in getting
a man so well equipped for the task of
rescuing the Navy from Danielism.
Mr. Sutherland has frequently been
mentioned for Secretary of State in
the event thut Mr. Boot is not ap?
pointed, but the fact that he was born
in England might prove very cmb;ir
rassing in that connection, not only
because of the opposition of Irisn
Americans but because the Secretary
of State is in line immediately utter
the Vice-Presidency for succession to
the Presidency.
Three Mentioned for War Portfolio
The fact that Mr. New has elimi?
nated himself from consideration for
Secretary of War also opens up the
possibilities on that portfolio. Three
army officers have been mentioned- -
Major General Wood, General Pershing
and Major General Clarence Edwards,
It is not thought that General Pershing
would consider it, his present position
as General of the Army paying $21,000
while his military honors would
scarcely be enhunced by serving at the
head of the department.
While many politicians do not think
that Mr. Harding would appoint Gen?
eral Wood, there are unmistnka'ole evi?
dences of popular sentiment in favoi
of this appointment which Mr. Harding
may be disposed to heed. Judging
from editorials, letters to Senators ant
members of the House, and other evi
dences, there is a real public demanc
that General Wood, Elihu Hoot ant
Herbert ?. Hoover'should be includet
in the Cabinet.
Lodge Favors a League
To Shut Out Asiatics
Declares for Union With Can?
ada, Australia and New Zea?
land in Common Interest
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 27.?Senator
Lodge, principal speaker at the Union
League Club Founders' Day exercises
1?re to-night, said he did not think the
duties on imports were now bear?
ing their fair proportion of the ex
} enditures of the United States. "I
think," he ad^ed "with justice we can
add to the revenue from that source
i.nd relieve taxpayers from more ?-all
irg and injurious taxes."
The Massachusetts Senator said the
?uhole system of taxation must lie re?
adjusted and that he was afraid the
L'nited States would have to continue
to raise a large amount by taxes. He
f-aid the Liberty bond issues were not
made attractive enough for investors.
"We have heard a great derd about
leagues and agreements," said the
Senator. "There is one arrangement I
should like to make very much, and
that is an arrangement with Canada,
Australia and New Zealan?! in regard
to Asiatic immigration. Their danger
is the same as ours and the shadow
hanj.s darkest over Australia. We
must face it, and it might as well be
understood that it is in no sense of
hostility to any nation, but there, are
certain great principles that must be
accepted. One is that no nation has
the right or can find a cause of war
in the demand that her people shall
migrate to another free country, as
the first sovereign right ir, the right
to say who shall come into the coun?
try."
France to Restrict Milk
PARIS, Nov. 27.?As a measure to?
ward relieving the shortage of rnilk for
the children of the country, the gov?
ernment announced this afternoon that
it was preparing a decree authorizing
the mayors of all cities in France to
piohibit the use of fresh milk and
cream in hotels, restaurants and simi?
lar places.
Pastor Sues Lodge for
Branding Him on Nose
Hot Iron Held Over Face Said
to Have Slipped During the
Initiation Ceremony
CAM DEN, N. J., Nov. 27.?Admit?
tance to the membership and gootl fel?
lowship of Iron Cross Lodge of the
Grand Order of Seven Boyal Knights
necessitated his being branded on the
nose with a hot iron, according to the
Rev. James R. White, pastor of the
Zion Methodist Episcopal Church, in a
damage suit filed to-day.
The suit was brought in the district
court. Mr. White is asking $;>00 ?Jam
ages, lie alleges that during the
initiation ceremony he was placed in a
coffin and the branding iron held over
hi? face. It was so hot, he said, a
"knight." dropped it. and it struck him
on the nose. The case was adjourned
by Judge Garfield Panconst. f?e sum?
moned the degree team initiating Mr.
White.
$33,400,000 Saved to U. S.
Waste or Condemned Material
?Sold or Made Available
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27. -Saving for
the government of more than $33,400,
COC through operations of the salvage
?ivision of the Quartermaster Gen- '?
eral'a Department is claimed in the an- j
nual report of Major General Harry L. ,
Rogers, the Quartermaster General,
made public to-night. This sum, G?n?
erai Rogers asserted, includes $11,600,- i
OuO realized through, the salo of ma- '?.
terial classified as "waste," "junk" and
'unserviceable," while the remainder;
of the saving was accomplished by
making avaiiable for army use ?large1
quantities of condemned supplies and j
equipment.
Surplus army property still to be dis?
posed of at the end of the fiscal year
wer estimated by General Rogers to
have had a value of approximately
.?.200,000.000. The Quartermaster Gen?
eral placed the percentage of recovery
to the government on surplus stocks,
ti? sed on original cost, at 82 per cent.
Striking
Price Moderations in
FURS
QUALITY sldns,purchased at radi?
cal decreases in market costs, enable
us to offer Furs of characteristic
Charvet charm, and exclusiveness at
notable savings.
Included is a splendid array of
Scarfs & Stoles
newly created?strikingly priced
Blue and Silver Fox Hudson Bay Sable
Mink Stone Marten Mole
Squirrel Hudson Seal Fisher
THE opportunity is one of timely
advantage for holiday-giving.
FOURRURES
jS'QVcstsyth StrcetiWewybrk
Allies Act to i
Block Fraud
In Silesia Vote
British and French Pre?
miers Adopt Plan to Halt
Any Attempt by Germany
to Pack the Plebiscite
May Declare Ballot Void
Lloyd George 'and Leygues
May Call Premier Rhalis
to Discuss Greek Situation
LONDON, Nov. 27 (By The Asso?
ciated Press).?Premier Lloyd George
of Great Britain and Premier Leygues
of France, conferring until late this
evening, definitely settled the vex?
atious question of the Upper ?Silesian
plebiscite in a manner the heads of
the two governments believe will fore?
stall what they think is Germany's
effort to pack the province with Ger?
mans for voting purposes.
Under the plan of tho Premiers, the
vote will be taken on several days, the
status of a citizen to govern when he
shall vote. It will be arranged that
known citizens of the province whom
the plebiscite officials are confident have
live?! there a number of years will vote
on one day. Others who have lived in
the province a shorter time will vote
another day, while those who recently
settled will vote on still another day.
Should the latter category swing the
plebiscite in favor of Germany and the
bona fide citizens vote against Germany,
the Allies are likely to declare the
plebiscite void.
Near East Question Delayed
Tho Near East question was post?
poned until the arrival of Count
Rfi-vrza, l*-nli<?n Foreign Minister, Sun?
day. It will be taken up in one of the
j cui..tur.ci.'3 the Premiers will hold
Momlay. Italy is so vitally interested
in the question that the Premiers to?
day decided it would be a waste of
time to discuss it until Count ?Sforza
was present. They decided also not to
invite former i'renner Venizelos o?
Greece, as they could discuss the situa?
tion with him only as a private citizen.
The Premiers expressed the hope
that they would be able to arrive at a
complete understanding regarding the
NA-ar East at one conference with
Ccunt Sforza Monday.
To Call Greek Premier
PARIS, Nov. 27. Decisions regarding
Greece reached by Premiers Leygues
and Lloyd George in London will be
communicated to George Rhallis, Greek
Premier, who may be called to London,
or who will in any cast; be informed of
the attitude of France and England,
in all probability the Premiers will not
settle all pending questions during
their present conference, and Premier
Leygues may be obliged to make an?
other trip to London.
Newspapers of this city express satis?
faction with the cordiality apparent
durinc: the conversations between the
wo Premier*, pnd express h^'ie1' that
France and England are entirely agreed
Japanese Stowaways
Smuggled Into V. S.
TOKIO, Nov. 27 (By The As?
sociated Press).?The Yamato
Shimbun announces to-day that
the police have discovered a stow?
away acrency engaged in sur?
reptitiously shipping emigrants
to the United States -?n contra?
vention of the "gentlemen's
agreement" between Japan and
the United States.
The agency's representatives,
the newspaper says, confessed
they were working in conjunction
with petty officers of freighters,
who allowed stowaways aboard
disguised as members of the crew,
for a passage fee of 1,800 yen.
that Greece, with Constantine on the
throne, will not find support from Al?
lied nations.
Constantine May Go to Athens
_ ROME, Nov. 27.?Reports were in
circulation here this morning that ex
King Constantine of Greece would em?
bark during the day from Venice for
Athens.
Dispatches filed at Lucerne, Switzer?
land, at 10 o'f'Ock yesterday morning
i.nd received in New York City yes?
terday forenoon indicated that former
King Constantine was still in Lucerna
at that hcrtir. He has been quoted as
declaring he would not return to
Greece unless the plebiscite, December
5, indicated that the people desire?]
him to re-ascend the throne.
Greek Voting Lists Padded
LUCERNE, Nov. 27 (By The Asso?
ciated Press).?The postponement of
the plebiscite in Greece and of the
cpening of the Parliament session, ac?
cording to a Greek business man who
has arrived in Lucerne to confer with
ex-King Constantine, was forced by
the necessity of cancelling' all tho 1920
voting lists because there were many
cases of duplication in the voting: card 3.
Some of the cards had genuine photo?
graphs, but bore false names, which
enabled voters to "repeat" innumerable
times in the elections. The business
man declared there also were importa?
tions of boatloads of voters from Asia
Minor, who were landed at night.
Chicago Glovemakers Will
Hun Co-operative Factory
CHICAGO, Nov. 27.?A cooperative
glove factory, owned and operated by
Chicago glovemakers and said to be tha
first venture of its kind in America,
will begin operations Monday, accord?
ing to announcement to-day. The plant
is intended to enliven a period of dull?
ness in the glove industry resulting
from what the unions say is a strike,
and what manufacturers assert is a
shut-down due to lack of work.
Finances for the plant have been
raised from two local glove unions and
the sale of shares to members. It is
planned to market the product by co?
operative stores. The plant will start
with only ten or twelve workers and
?vill make working gloves and automo?
bile gloves.
Important Reductions throughout the
various departments continue with
renewed interest in the Firsi~of~the
Season Sales-?revised prices being
based upon replacement values of
cloth, sili\ and fur?in many instances
savings average from twenty-five to
fifty per cent and include?
Gowns "and Dresses
Tailored and Costume Suits
Day Coats and Wraps
Rich Fur-trimmed Evening Wraps
Blouses?Hats and Accessories
particular attention is directed to
9'
Important Fur Values
of which the following are examples:
Natural Dark Eastern Mink Cape * $2950
Formerly priced at $4500
Handsome Caracul Day Coat ~ ~ $ 1050
Formerly priced at $1750
Natural Dark Squirrel Wrap - - $850
Formerly priced at $1500
Ringtail Kolinsky Cape - - - ? $750
Formerly priced at $1500
Gray Squirrel Day Coat - +? - - $595
Formerly priced at $850
Short Squirrel Sport Coat - - ?. $395
Formerly priced at $550
Short Hudson Seal Day Coats & Wraps $395
BeavCT and Taupe Lynx Trimming
Formerly priced at $750
Natural Topped Russian Sable Scarfs $195
Formerly priced at $375
Natural Hudson Bay Sable Scarfs, - $95
Formerly priced at $195
Harding's Visit
Eases Injured
Panama Pride
Improved Relations Between
Two Republics Declared
To Be Certain to Result
From Informal Talks
U. S. Needs Toboga Island
Possession of Property Es?
sential to Plans to Make
the Canal Impregnable
By Boyden R. Sparkes
Special Cable to The Tribune
Copyright, 1920, Now Vor!? Tribun? Inc.
COLON, C. Z., No? 27.?Improved
relations between th?r United States
and Panama are certain to result from
tie visit to the little republic of Presi?
dent-elect Harding. His stay in the
Canal Zone ends to-morrow, when he
sails with his party for Norfolk on the
L'nited Fruit steamship Pastores.
Among his fellow passengers will be
Richard E. Enright, New York Police
CoTinnissioner, and Mrs. Enright.
In the future when the Un ted States
needs additional Panamanian ii'rr tory
for the defenses of the Canal Zur..? ex?
treme care will be taken not to wound
tie nationalistic sentiments of the peo?
ple here. Their wounded feelings were
behind the trouble tnat arose from the
proposed occupation by tiie United
States of Toboga Island, in the bay at
the Pacific end o? the canal, when angry
natives threw stones at General Per
sbing.
In the seventeenth century, when
Morgan sacke?! the old city of Panama
many of the inhabitants sought refug*
from the drunken looters on'Tobogs
Island. That tiny bit o? land is a.?
.?acred to the Panamanians a-i Bunkei
Hill is to Americans. Hut it is vita
to any scheme for the defense of th<
ti.nal. Unless heavy gun? ai'" installe?
there, an attacking fleet might use th?
?.-.land as a she.ter, ana by concentr?t
ing its tire It could destroy the Amer
icun battleships one by one as the;
emerced from the canal to cive battle
Impregnable Canal Is Aim
It probably will !>e the polity of the
Harding Administration to make the
canal as nearly impregnable as is Cor?
regidor Island in Mani.a Bay.
The compliments exchanged by Pres?
ident Porras of Panama and President?
elect Harding at a dinner given by
l'orras Thursday will do much to
Ecoth the injured vanity of Panama.
Standing in the way of a better
understanding between the two < mn
tries is the attitude of a certain vain?
glorious type of Americans toward the
cultured natives.
A reception and dinner was given for
Senator Harding to-night at the Hotel
Washington by the business and pro
fessional men of Colon and Canal Zcn<
tinc?is. Governor Rubien Arcia o"
Colon was toastmaster.
During the day Senator Harding ami
his companions, Senators J. S. Freling
huysen and Frederick Hale, spent more
time inspecting the fortifications of the
canal. Big p.uns were fired for thci:'
benefit at targets at sea directed by
airplanes. The Harding party also-vis?
ited the submarine base.
Play Final Round of Golf
Earlier in the day the three Senat?):';
played their last round of golf over the
interesting Gatun course, where t ic
players are sometimes stymied by
angry alligators, and searcn for lost
by poking at sensitive planta
which contract, revealing the ball be?
neath their closed leaves.
When Senator Harding wants watti'
while he i ?? playing he shouts "Agua!''
and a tall, majestic, jet-black Trir.i
dadian negro in short cotton pants.
carrying a black umbrella and balanc?
ing a huge green water cooler on his
kinky head, advances. The negro pre
- a paper cup. while Senator Har?
ding turns in the faucet which curves
out v'.i'r the negro's glistening fore?
head, and catches a stream of water on
a level with the carrier's chin.
All next week Senator Harding'* ex?
ercise will be confined to shuffleboard,
at which he is ntiept, and auction
bridge, at which he is a wi.-.ard.
Monger Arrested Again
Mr*. O. Hammerstein Demandi*
S 100.000 for Alleged Libel
W. Perceval Monger, music critic i;n?l
publicity agent, was arrested again yes
terday by Deputy Sh??rirT Kramer,
charged with sending a communication
to tiie District Attorney regarding tho
affairs of the Oscar Hammerstein Me?
morial Association. Mrs. Emma Swift
Hammerstein, widow of the opera im?
presario, is the plaintiff in this second
action against Mr. Monger. She de?
mands $100.000 damages for alleged
libel, saying the defendant made fais?
statements to the District Attorney with
tin? malicious intention of injuring her
good name and to cause her imprison
ment,
Mr. Monger was released from cus
tody when Lionel Braham, a leading
member of the "Mecca" companv, de?
posited $2,600 bail with Sheritf Knott
in behalf o:' the defendant. Mr. Mon?
ger was arrested a few weeks ago in a
similar suit for $100,000, brought by
George Blumenthal, manager of th?
Manhattan Opera House.
Chamberlain Asks Harmony
ATLANTIC CITY. Nov. 27.?Senator
George E. Chamberlain, Democrat, ot*
Oregon, who was defeated when hi?
ran for reelection this fall, urged
Democrats, in a statement given ou?
here to-night, to support tho peaeo
1 olicy of the Republican party at the
forthcoming session of Congress.
"If President Wilson is unwilling
to aid in such a program," he ??lid,
"let it be put up to him anyhow and
fix the responsibility for world dis?
turbance where it really belongs."
He said the result of the recent
election ?lid not indicate the trend of
public opinion on the League of N'ty
tioi s issue so much as it did dissatis?
faction with the Democratic ad?
ministration. , .
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