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NO. 4857 WASHINGTON. D. C. SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 15, 1920. THREE CENTS
RAIL STRIKE
CALLED OFF
BY WORKERS
Brotherhood Heads Accept
* President's Proposals
For Settlement.
TRUCE IS TENTATIVE
Will Be Discussed at Confab
Feb. 23 Between Men
And Officials.
The threatened strike of ?.000.
t*? railroad employes was averted
yesterday for the time belns when
repr?sentatives of the brotherhoods
tentatively accepted President Wil
son's proposal for a settlement.
The one exception is the Brother
hood of Maintenance of Way Em
ployes, who did not sign the letter
of acceptance and who received a
strike call for 7 a. m. Tuesday.
Information received late last
night from Detroit, however, was
?hat the strike had been called of
following (ecelpt of the President's
wire.
Mr. Wilson last night wired Allan
Barker, president of the Brother
hood* of Maintenance of Way Em
ployes, at Detroit, calling upon them |
to Immediately withdraw the order
for a strike of that organization.
The proposal of Mr. Wilson, ac
cepted by the union representatives
tentatively, will be discussed at a
meeting here February 23 of all
railroad labor organisations 1
volved, to consider the proposal of
ficially.
Weald Create Trihaaal.
Mr. Wilson's proposal provides
for the creation of a tribunal, some
what similar to the coal tribunal,
to be composed of railroad ofllclals
and employes to "take up these
problems and carry them to a con
clusion."
Mr. Wilson began his proposal
with a declaration against any
strike of railroad employes at this
Ume. The declaration was directed
? _
CONTIXCgD ON PAGE TWXLVC.
DOCTOR KILLED;
CASE MYSTERY
Man Believed U Be Brother
Of Ex-Gov.;Blanchard
Shot in Memphis.
Memphis, Tenn.. Feb. 14.?Mys
tery tonight shrouded the death of
Or. J. A. Blanchard, of Phreveport.
I.a.. whose dead body was found in
? hotel here today.
Police were endeavoring to de
termine whether Blanchard, who is
believed to be a brother of former
'?overnor L. C. Blanchard of Louis-i
'ana, committed suicide or was '
murdered. While the position of the !
body and the arrangement of the ?
loom indicated that Blanchard kill-j
ed himself, the police are investi- j
?rating a murder clue found in a!
note left by Blanchard.
1 "I am uneasy for my safety." the j
p 'te read. "If anything happens to I
?ne investigate fully. Take nothing
for granted." The letter then named
two men.
A new rifle, found tied to' ' the!
mirror supports on the dresser, was
the weapon from which the fatal
shot was fired, police believe. The
gun was so arranged as to make
suicide possible.
Dr. Blanchard came here from
Florida. A telegram which he re
ceived yesterday from Charlottes
ville, Vs.. indicated that he was in
terested in a big land deal.
ASSAILS DEMOTION
OF ARMY OFFICERS
Senator Pat Harrison, of Mississippi,
yesterday criticised the War Depart
ment's demotion of officers.
"No blacker page has been written,
ano greater degree of injustice per
petuated, no more inequitable, wronss
inflicted upon any part of the fighting
forces than has been meted out Ly
the General Staff In its policy of de
moting officers.'' aid Harrison In a
speech in the Senate. "The plan of
(?emotion adopted'and enforced by the
Genral Staff has caused unrest and
dissatisfaction within the ranks of
the regular army that in my opinion,
it will require a decade to remove."
Citing instances of demotion. Harri
son said:
"I know of none that smacks of
uch injustice and gross discrimina
tion a? the case of Oen. Preston
Brown' He served in France as chief
or staff of the Second Division at
Chapeau Thierry. Solssons and St.
Mihlel: Chief of Staff of the Fourth
Army Corps in front of Metz, and by
?election and special assignment com
manded the Third Division in the Ar
gonne. He was assistant Chief of ?
Suff or all the American Expedilion
?ary Forces, and was awarded the lJis
tinguished Service Medal fir handl
ing with great credit the details of
the battle at Chateau Thierry. Scis
seti* and St. Mihlel.
"On his return to the L'nited States
.he ?as Immediately demoted to tie
grade of major.".
Leads Illinois
'G. O. P.Women
MRS. FLETCHER DOBYNS,
chairman of the Illinois Re
publican Women's Executive
Committee, who has taken a
prominent part in the con
vention of woman suffragists
at Chicago.
?Y IS VISITED
BY SUMMER
STORM
Thunder, Lightning and
Hail Surprise Resi
dents.
Thunder, lightning and hail, ac
companied by a none-too-gentle
wind, performed elemental acro
batics in Washington last night.
Jupiter Pluvius. Boreas and other
important gentlemen gave vent to
contemptuous laughter as the 1920
calendar protested that such storms
were not due for a couple of
months yet. Washington's oldest
inhabitants hold the storm to be an
(?evitable omen of an early spring.
Judging by the Weather Bureau's
statistics. Washington Is further
away from spring temperature this
year than G*?. TeSterday's hlgfiest
temperature was S3 aad the lowest
?9. while lsst year's figures for the
corresponding day read 60 and **?
The city may lay the clear cold
weather trait will be here today and
tomorrow at the doors of last night's
storm, tiy the government bar
ometric oracles. Karly this morn
ing rain will fall, but the weather
will he clear and moderately cold
during the day.
Tonight a cold wave will send
the mercury scuttling downward.
It will continue cold tomorrow. The
Weather Bureau last night decided
that the storm had come from Cen
tral Virginia. Originally Washing
ton was to have had snow, but the
Old Dominion disturbance collided
with some warm weather near this
city, resulting in an elemental mix
up and the accompanying aerial
pyrotechnics.
LABOR TO QUIZ
SOCIAL WORK
Community Service from
One Cross-Examination
To Enter Another.
Community Service. Inc., having
run fhe gantlet of the Board of
Trade and Chamber of Commerce
joint committee, whose investiga
tion into the organisation's activi
ties has ended, now will answer
questions put forth by Washington
labor. ?
A mass meeting in the auditorium
of Central High School to discuss
Community Service will be held
Wednesday night, under the auspi
ces of the Central Labor Union.
William W. Keeler. president ?f
the labor body, will preside.
Rabbi Abram Simon, Mrs. liarle
Moore Forrest and a yet unan
nounced Congressional labor leader
will speak. Miss Bessie Schreiner
of Community Service, will offer a
musical program.
The board room of the Chamber of
Commerce, where the business men's
committee inquired about the work of
the Washington community centers
and Community Service for four
nights last week, was dark last nifch*.
Briefs from both organizations rep
resented in the inquiry may be f.itd
with James T. Lloyd, chairman of the
committee, before noon tomorrow. In
the meantime the committee U con
sidering both sides of the case, and
Community Service Is preparing for
its SB.3S? drive.
Mrs. James Carroll Fraser, chair
man of the Navy League ball, given
at the Willard Hotel last 'G??.-sday.
has been apointed chairman of the
women's committee for tha drive.
Lloyd Georfe Not Cotainc Here.
London. Feb. 1,4.?Premier Lloyd
Caocge Is not contemplating any
trip to America. It was stated au
thoritatively In Downing street to
day. *
WOMEN JUMP
INTO POLITICS,
DEFYING MEN
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt
Voices Determination to
Be Active Force.
WANT TO BE "INSIDE"
Suffragists Signalize Ab
sorption in Feminine
Voters' League.
Chicago. Feb. 14.?Suffragists of
America took a long Jump and
landed tonight in the middle of
the political ring with both feet.
They served notice on the Demo
cratic* and Republican parties that
the suffragists cannot be consid
ered as a "ladies' auxiliary." They
declared they had been "knocking
at the door" for sixty years and
now they are going to be or. the
inside.
The outline of the future poli
cies of the suffrage workers of the
country was made by Mrs. Carrie
Chapman Catt at the first congress
of the League of Women Voters.
The National Suffrage Association
voted to dissolve, now that Its ob
jects were practically accomplished,
and merge its membership with
the women's voters league.
Mrs. Catt. temporay chairman of
the league. In a declaration of
policies anno?meed the women
were going to' be something more
than a "me too" organization. Her
statements'met with vociferous ap
proval from the 600 delegates.
Hr.ded fer ?lassar.'?
Women Jumped on chairs, threw
their hats and coats into the air
and yelled themselves hoarse ? I" ?
ehe said:
"We are not going lo remain
on the outside and make applica
tion to the political parties for
their favor. What would be the
use of getting the vote if we should
do so? The only way to get things
in this country Is to get them on
? the Inside" of a political party.". .
Mfs. ('alt eitert as An Instance of
the uselessness of the vote If aot
exercised through party organiza
tion, the efforts to obtain ratifica
tion of the suffrage amendment in
some Western States whero women
were allowed to vote.
< ouldn'i Forre- Arties. - - -
"The women in these States had
not become allied with a political
party," she said. "As a result,
when we attempted to induce gov
ernors of these States to call spe
cial sessions of the legislatures to
ratify the Federal amendment we
had no machinery with which to
work. We couldn't force calling of
the special sessions. This will hap
pen in the future unless women
get into the partisan political
game."
The speaker asserted that wom
en must now prove their capacity
in political work, and "you will
not prove It if you simply ?. K.
the program prepared by the men."
Mrs. Catt said the league would be
a "semi-political, non-partisan organ
ization."
"Only one man in twenty-five will
understand how we can carry out
such a program, btu we will be able
to do it," she ?aid.
'We aren't going to be quitters and
.stay on the outside and lei the re
actionaries hahveh it their own way
on the inside, where the men are. but
that is the'place we are going.
"If we are going to trail live years
oehind the parties, we might as well
quit now. We must be five years
ahead."
Pelltleal Tinge Freaeaaced.
Mr? Catt's address was made at the
conclusion of a session in which ef
forts were made to outline a new
constitution for the organization. At
tempts by several delegates to get a
motion through that it would be "non
partisan" railed.
. The convention was on its "po
litical high horse" following an oot
bteak, started when Vrs. Richard
Edwards, of Indiana, introduced a
resolution thonking Will II. Hays.
Republican national chairman, for
this work in the interset or suffrage.
The Democras protected stren
uouefy until Mrs. Edwards, in order
I i'( keep peace In the corv.-ntion, ?r?
I troduced another resolution thank
jlng Homer 8. Cummihgs. Democratic
? chairman.
The Republican leaders claimed a
tech'nc?l victory tonight, however,
due to the fact that tire Hays' reso
lution wan long and flov^ry. while
the '.' immings resolution consisted
of (.tout three lines.
The suffrage organization heid its
last n.ecting ''night It was a Jubi
lation banquet In celebration of '.he
? v.c.ied ratlhtsilon of thy? Federal
?azsul ment.
Memorial servi, es -svili oe t.. ?U In
the Chicago ? hurches ro" -rrew ,n
h'.ncr c* Dr. \nna Huwat'l Shar\
- ?
Beiton Newspaper Owner Dies.
boston, Feb. 1?. ? Samuel Fierce
Mandell. aged ST. president or the
Beaton Transcript Company, died at
his home here today following an Mi
neas of several weeks, He Is survived
by a son. George ?. Handelt.
Opening Gun Fired
In Political War
Of Suffs and Antis
n> Herald Leased Wire.
New York, Feb. 11.?The opening
gun of war betwen opposing camps
of women was flred tonight and.
judging from the detonation of the
explosion, the missla waa of the
Big Bertha variety. The gage of
battle is this:
Women may vote In the neat
Pr?sidentiel election at their own
risk, but court actions now in con
templation are Intended to nullify
the effect of their ballots and po
litical chaos Is declared to be in
evitable.
The offensive in the warfare was
taken by the National Association
Opposed to Woman Suffrage, and
the Molly Pitcher of the antl
forces waa Miss Mary O. Kilbreth,
president of the organisation.
VENTS SATIRE
IN RESOLUTION
Mason, Republican, Illinois,
Says Lansing Aimed
At Tumulty.
Out of the surprise and discussion
following the resignation of Secre
tary of State Lansing, one man Hi
Congress found a chance for a piece
of satire and humor.
Representative Mason, Illinois, In
troduced a resolution asking the
House Foreign Affairs Committee to
Investigate whether I.anslng. by call
ing Cabinet meetings without the
President's knowledge, violated the
Constitution. ,
Mason declared he ?Vanta to deter
mine whether the Cabinet members
who attended the meetings should be
dismissed and whether the Constitu
tion is "broken, destroyed or demol
ished beyond repair" by.Lansing's act
"The American people, still in fear
and trembling, want to know whether1
the Constitution Was broken beyond
repair or whether the correspondence
of the now President and the cx-Sec
retary of State is what is known in
the French language as camouflage
ami in the English language as btrnk."
the resolution reads.
'The same people are shocked yd
view with alarm The fact that o?*fcr
?members of the cabinet have seen
present at such unconstitutional
gatherings and have conspired, with
Robert Lansing to break, destroy
|and utterly demolish the Constltu
| tion so that the aforesaid people
j will be obliged to live on their by
laws until a new constitution can
be adopted or the old one repaired."
The resolution then states that it
is rumored Lansing did not desire to
usurp the powers of the President,
but those of Joe Tumulty, his sec
retary.
! Another charge is that Secretaries
| Baker and Daniels "met clandestine
ly" and discussed Rear Admiral
! Sims' charges against the Navy De
partment, and it is claimed that
j Postmaster General Burleson con
? ferred with Attorney General Pal
mer regarding suppressing un
friendly newspapers and reducing
the pay of postal employes. These,
Mason claims, under the President's
Interpretation, violates the Consti
tution.
"PRIVATE RESIDENCE"
YIELDS K500 BOTTLES
New York, Feb. 14-?When consti
tutional prohibition became effect
ive John H. Brede, Brooklyn saloon
keeper, put this sign on the door of
hip bar:
"Private residence of John H.
Brede." . . .
U\\l despite the sign, prohibition
agent swooped down on John's
home and seized nine barrels of
wine and 1,500 bottles of whisky.
Kin, champagne and other liquors.
Brede was arraigned in Flatbush
court today and held in $1,000 bail
for the. special sessions court.
Brede said he would make the
case a test to decide whether a man
can convert his saloon Into his pri
vate home and store liquor there
for personal use.
j Oppose Credit Seizure
Of Stones in Cemetery
Richmond, Va., Feb. 14.?Senator
ILeedy's tombstone bill giving vend
ors of stones the right to remove
! monuments and slabs from graves
?In default of payment has been re
ported unfavorably by the Senate
committee for courts of justice, the
vote standing 5 to 3.
Dealers Insisted they have as
much right to a vendor's Hen as
.other merchants. The present law
does not permit the removal of
? tombstones, as they are considered
: a part of the freehold as soon ss
I they sre erected In a cemetery.
Charge Man Married Six
Times ; ? Attempts Another
Montgomery. Ala.. Feb. 14.?
Marlon H. Mays. 84. a machinist,
was arrested hers today charged
with polygamy. Six living wives,
all residing In Alabama, and ?n at
tempt to marry another la his rec
ord, according to the charge against
him.
He was taken Into custody when
' he applied for a marriage 1 ?cense to
?wed for the seieanth time, it was
i stated. *
UNIONS AGREE
WITH FARMERS
TO GO-OPERATE
Three-Day Congress at ;
Chicago Ends With Both
Parties Satisfied.
TOUCH ALL SITUATIONS
Resolutions Adopted Which
Members Believe Will
Start New Era.
Chicago. III.. Feb. 14.?After a
three-day session The Ail-Ameri
can Farmer-Labor Co-operative
Congress finished Us labors of
making America safe for the pro
ducer and consumer. They also
went on record against other Ills
which afflict the body politic, and
the 38S delegates present went
home firm in the conviction that
they had started a movement which
will lay a new economic founda
tion in this country. ?
The congress, which is composed
of delegates from the Farmers'
National Council, with headquar
ters at Waahlngton; the American
Society of Equity, especially strong
in the Northwest States: the An
?elent Order of Gleaners, the Grange
and the Farmers' Union and labor
unions affiliateti with the Ameri
can Federation of Labor. In the
offing were officers of the Non
Partisan League, headed by Arthur
C. Townley, its founder, but as the
convention waa supposed to itaelt
be nohpartisan, no references were
made to the Northwest organisa
tion.
Establish Veed Relations.
The object of the gathering was to
establish co-operative relations be
tween the producers, a* represented by
the farmers and the consumers largely.
If not wholly, represented by the mem
bers of labor unions, in the main the
sessions were harmonious, taking into
consideration that it was readily the
first effort to actually get the farmers
and trade unions together.
A significant resolution was passed
during the linai session, and. in fact,
all resolutions were acted upon today.
A stir was created when it was pro
posed to abolish the ..: ion label on
union goods. The ir.otion was not ex
?u-tb put Uisi way. but Usa* is how
It was interpreted. It wsa not an act
aKatnst the union labor as much as it
was lo show the farmer delegates
that union labor was not a hide-hound
organization, but more than willing to
aid tpeir brother farmers in liberal
interi. Matlon of industrial conditions.
In,er? l'atea Leeds.
Duncan McDonald, vice president or
the ?? ...ms Federation ' of I-abor.
headed the committee which drew up
the resolution which provided that
the Congress favored "union made"
instead of "labelled" goods for ua?
in co-operative stores. This practi
cally relegates the label to the orna
mental, although It does not affect
the union principle in the manufac
ture of goods. It was pointed out that
the union label was meaningless in
many industries, as for Instance coal,
and that the farmer should not be
made to discriminate in the flne dis
tinction of what constituted labelled
union-made goods.
The principle of co-operation be
tween farmers and labor unions was
established in a dosen or more reso
lutions bearing on different topics. In
this connection practically everything
whijeh ligures in the country's indus
trial life was touched upon. Resolu
tions on direct marketing, finance and
banking, government ownership, sale
of ship*, newspapers. World War
Veterans, packers' bill and Interaa
| tional legislation were discussed.
? aderse Plumb l'Isa.
The principles of the Plumb plan
| on railroads were Indorsed al
' though government ownership of
| railroads was not embodied in the
? resolution. Equal suffrage was
j supported when' the convention
I voted to ask governors' to call spe
Jcial essslons In those States whoae
\ amendment has not been passed.
I The principles of municipal and
' county food warehouses, provided
; in the Kenyon-Anderson bill for the
? control of the packers, were in
. dot sed and Congress was urged to
iact on the measure promptly. An
other resolution adopted protested
aKainst the United States Shipping
, Hoard disposing of any of the Ger
iman, or other ships built.
It was urged upon the govern
ment to permit the use of army
? motor trucks and other equipment
! and to use these In good roads con
struction and in the hauling of
j farm products to markets. A com?
{mlttee will visit Washington to
! discuss the proposition. In regard to
i the World War Veterans the con
i gress voted to co-operate with them
| and lead them their moral support.
; One of the most Important prob
lems considered was the financing
of the various co-operative under
' takings proposed. In this coanec
tion it was voted to establish na
tional banks in the big cities.
Depositors' Dividend.
Unperfected "'-.?.. n . .; -, .?..,.
the profits of these banks shall be
, divided between a surplus educa
t tional work and a dividend to .?(?
. posi tors and borrowers afte- "-?
| original stockholders have received
;a dividend of 1 per e- ?
{ tion was raised as to how to get the
I money to start the bank. This was
? answered by Warren S. .->(?....-.
I Chief of the Brot'.erho^rt -"
: motive Engineers, who presided. He
I said It was not a question of how to
iget It but what to do wit:, toe
I-money that would pour In. The plan
| Is to use the bl*.fu?"1? -? **? '
Ing of the various labor unions. It
?Is claimed, but It waa ?sate?,
therd ,would l.e a scrainh! ' if Indi
vidual stockholders to cet In on the
ground floor.
Dallr Newsaaper.
The resolution csJ:ns CO? a daily
press owned hy ce-oTH?rstive organi
sations raised a rumi'j? when an
amendment wan offered "eewntr ad
vertisements out. ' This was finally
with'lrawa.
Failure to Rally Around One
Of Many Candidates Marks
Political Uncertainty of Age
By ?IMI' ?. ABBOT
One day a rew weeks ago. the
skies being bright. I encountered a
well known political writer from
the middle West sittiag on a bench
in Lafayette Square contemplating
the White House.
"Why this idleness?" I Inquired.
"I'm not Idle." he responded with
some heat. "I am compiling a list
of members of the Why Not Club."
"What's tnatr?
It's a new political club made up
of eminent statesmen who walk
along here, slow up gaze reflective
ly upon the White House, square
their shoulders, pull down their
waistcoats and go on murmuring,
meditatively, 'Well, why not? Why
aetr "
There are a multitude of candi
dates today for the presidential
nomination In each party, but
very great portion or them belong
to the class indicated by my philo
sophical friend from Ohio. In some
ways the present situation Is un
precedented. Less than four months
before the first of the two great
party conventions is to be held there
is absolutely no rallying of either
people or politicians about the
standard or any one or the more or
less distinguished gentlemen whose
names are mentioned as aspirants
for the presidential honor.
? oasiitoa ?? Uaeertalaty.
In the present political generation
?the lire or which may be reckoned
at twenty-five years?no such con
TRADE MEETING
WANTS FINANCE
CONFERENCE
Mexico City. Feb. 11.?A resolu
tion calling upon American financial
organisations to "act Immediately
toward calling a world conference
or leaders in commerce and finance"
for the purpose or stabilising eco
nomic conditions was adopted by
American Chamber of Commerce for
Mexico, at Its closing session today.
"Ina much as the international
financial situati?? ta unsatisfactory
and traders wolW eamare ree. w
urge that surt? organisations as
the American Bankers' Association,
the Chamber of Commerce of the
United States and the National For
eign Trade Council act immediately
toward calling a world conference
of leaders of commerce and finance
for the purpose of stabilizing con
ditions." the resolution read.
The conference recommended for
consideration or the American or
ganizations the plan suggested by
John J. Arnold, or the Bank or Italy
or San Francisco.
Arnold, in an address delivered
berore the conrerence Wednesday,
recommended that the world bank
ing and business leaders study the
resources and liabilities of all na
tions, consolidate war debts as well
as outstanding trade balances and
form an international clearing house
to eliminate extreme fluctuations
and standardize the world's cur
rency.
ditto? or uncertaiaty has presented
i itself. In ISM a fair degree of
: doubt attended la advance of the
action of botri conventions?al
though the nomination or McKinley
was reasonably assured. But Bryan
at any rate, was a surprise. Since
that time, however, the cholea of
one convention or the other was
always Indicated six months or
more prior to the gathering or the
nominating bodies. In IMS the re
nomination or both Bryan and Mc
Kinley was apparent from the mo
ment men began talking presiden
tial politics. In 1M1 Roosevelt was
obviously and Parker apparently
the choice of his party four months
before the conventions, though the
latter had to fight for his honors.
In 1908 the re-nomiaation of Taft
??????G?? ON l-AGE THIaTECft.
ALLIES MODIFY
DEMAND FOR
CULPRITS
Note Insists on Surrender of
Von Hindenburg and
Ludendorff
London. Feb. 14. ? '-The allies are
agreed upon all questions discussed.''
Premier Mlllerand, of France, said to
day When asked for a statement on
the del,Derations of the council or
premiers.
"Consequently." the French premier
sdded. "the allied reply to Germany
was unanimous.''
Advices 'rom French sources said
the note to Germany reiterating the
allied demand for surrender of Ger
man war guilty, as provided la Arti
cle SS of the peace ? treaty, makes a
distinction between authors or crimes
?and subordinates, admits the disseul -
?ties confronting Germany in comply
ing with the allied demand so far as
the indirectly guilty are concerned, but
insistr the directly guilty, including
Field Marshal von Hindenburg and
ludendorff meat be surrendered R>r
trial.
The note. It is saM. points oat the
allies eccep? ed a compromise, because
of their desire to re-establish peace
throughout Europe and their wish not
to be responsible for disorders in
Germany. The note, it was raid, con
siders the possibility of Holland's in
ability to deliver tbe former Kaiser,
end intimates the allied demand for
I extradition may be withdrawn if the
j Dutch govjsnjuient deports William
: of HnhalxSJDnern to the Dut h Indies.
Tnat^awkeft also discussed the Jugo
! Slay-Italian territorial dispute In the
Adriatic, and drew up an ultimatum
? like note ... Juga-Slavia. to be pre
.-ented to M. Trumbitch, the Jugo
slav representative, probably today.
The note, it was understood. Insists
upon immediate settlement of the dis
pute.
The French complaints on delay or
German coal deliveries to Frsnce, as
provided In the treaty of Versailles,
were referred to the reparations com.
mitteee. The council also discussed
the Hungarian situation.
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LANE ASSUMES
CABINET BLAME
WITH LANSING
Resigning Secretary of In
terior Defends Meetings
Of Executives.
TUMULTY ENDS RUMORS
Davis Reported Under Con
sideration for Vacated
State Portfolio.
Equal responsibility with
tary Lansing for calling the Cabi
net meetings objected to by ta*
President in the exchange of cor
respondence with Mr. Lansing, wate*
resulted in the letter's resignado?,
was shared yesterday by Secretary
of the Interior Lane In a state
ment declaring that he "attendee
the meetings on a full level of re
sponsibility with Secretary Lane
sing."
Secretary Lane, who had tenderai
his resignation to the President at
Secretary of the Interior only ?
few days before the announeemeas
of Mr. Lansing's resignation, de
fends the outlaw" Cabinet miri
lags la the following statement:
"We all thought the meeting?
would be a good thing. They were
often attended by Dr. Grayaon and
messages were transmitted to the
President on questions discussed
The critical situation precipitated
by the coal strike cas?* up for ooe
sideration as well aa matters per
taining to the first industrial coa
ference and other important ques
tions. I reel that I attended the
meetings on a fall lave] of ran?*?
slblllty with Secretary Lansing. In
asmuch as I agreed to the advis
ability of their being held. Othai
members of the Cabinet apparently
took the same position."
"Mr. Lansing telephoned me be
fore calling the first of these Cabi
net meetings, in October. I Una?
it was. and asked me what I though ?
about calling tbem. I said I though*
It would be a good thing to do. Be
may have consulted zne before call
ing some of the ssjbseqarsjt asset?
tnga. but I de not remember the
Incidents."
Mr. Lane was the only Cabinet
omniaunj> on pagb twb,h
ALLIES MAY PAY
FOR RED REIGN
Winston Qiucchill Predict?
Penalty Will Be Heavy
One.
Dundee. Scotland. Feb. 14-Wlnstor
Churchill, British War Secretary
drew a volley or mingled cheer* aae
hisses when he predicted in aa ad
dress here tonight that the allies
?may pay a heavy penalty soon in con
sequence or the success or the Bol
shevists in overcoming opposition w
Russia.
Mr. Churchill warned that the pres
ent policy or the allies Is literally
throwing Germany Into the arme ot
the Eolshevists.. "Now that oar an
?mies are down." he said, "we should
not trample them."
He urged the arrangement of a
treaty with the Turks as quickly as
possible on a basis of proper regare
for Mohammedan principles
COAL SHORTAGE UNTIL
APRIL, SAYSSTORROW
Boston, Feb. 14.?James J. Storrow
New England fuel admlnstrator, a?
his return from Washington today
where he endeavored to secure coa
for New England, declared that the
fuel shortage will continue to be aeri ?
ous until the first of April.
He declared the country never faced
a more serious fuel crisis than al
present- Storrow advocated a "kart
howling" movement to prevent aa ac
tual famine
He plans to return to Washlngto*
next week. Director General of Rali?
roads Hines today telegraphed Go*
Coolldge that the Railroad Adminis
tration was making every effort M
move cosi by water.
Gov. Coolldge will go forward with
the conference of New England gov
ernors called for Monday. It wai
stated at the goveraor's ofhee today
Many plants have already cloned
and others win be forced to senrl
down unless they receive a near sap
ply of ruel.
I
Civilian Killed and Officer
Wounded in Dublin Riot
Dublin. Feb. 14.-A civilian waa kin?
ed and a constable wounded In ?
clash between civilisas and polh?
utar Rathdrum. eight miles south ??
Wleklow. according to reports bar?'
Police said two constable* ?a pa
trol were ambushed by a party at
ci villana Two of the civilian* war?
arrested.
Police and troops raided the r*M
d> noes ef Sinn Fein members SMS?
yesterday, arresting many parsa?
Including several Dubita ouuncUcajt.