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BOY IS SUICIDE
AFTER FATHER
GIVES SCOLDING
| # ' *"
Chided for Entertaining
Friends Without
Permission.
FOUND BY MOTHER
HANGING FROM JET
Wounded Man in Hospital
Refuses Version of
Shooting.
Returning last night from a shopping
tour on which he and his wife
had made purchases of Christmas
gifts for their Ave children. Frederick
Hoffman, of 902 I street southeast.
upbraided his son. Frederick.
Jr., aged If for entertaining boy
_ friends in the absence of his parl
ents. Two hours later, at 8 o'clock.
I the boy's body was found hanging
? from a gas jet in the parlor.
Shortly before this discovery. Mrs.
Hoffman went to th^front door and
called her son several times, believing
that he was playinfc In the
treet. Receiving no answer she
came back into the house and was
told by one of her younger children
that Fred was "hiding in a corner"
* in the darkened parlor.
Lad Dead Win Dlnrovrrrd.
Upon striking a light. Mrs. Hoffman
beheld her son with a small
piece of rope suspended from the
iet and fastened around his
neck. Neighbors were called and
the boy cut down, but he was pronounced
dead upon the arrival of a
physician.
The boy's father said last night
that he told Fred not to hajre any
company while hj and Mrs. Hoffman
went downtown. On his return, he
eaid. he learned that Fred had had
boy friends in the house while the
parents were abaent. and the elder
Hoffman scoldtd the boy. *
Slept As Died.
The latter, who is employed at the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
a a plate printer, working from
midnight until -8 in the morning
was awakened from sleep and told
^ of his son'r death.
F Young Hoffman waa a student at
I 'he Tyler School. Twelfth and G
[ streets southeast. The Hoffm*ns
moved here from Denver, Colojln
September. 1M9. The four other
children are Arthur. 10 years old;
Nicholas. 7; Helen. 5. and Beatrice!
3- Coroner Xevitt viewed the body
last night and issued a certificate
oZ death by sulciJe.
Ballet Tears Through Body;
Wounded Man Keeps Siienl
While his sister-in-law and two
brothers-in-law were presenting his
wife with Christmas girts. William
H. Osburn, 35 years old, closeted
in the bathroom of his home, 1322
Qulncy street northwest, shot himself
through the left breast with
a .38 caliber automatic revolver,
shortly after g o'clock last night.
Bernard and Charles Gosneil. the
two men visitors, rushed upstairs
and found Osburn cfutchfng at hli
blood-stained shirt. The bullet had
bored through his b?dy and penetrated
the white tile wall.
Osborn was taken to Emergency
Hospital, where his condition wa?
reported as critical. Mrs. Osburn
her sister and two brothers could
assign no cause for the shooting
At the hospital Osburn. who remained
conscious, refused to say
to whether or not the shot was accidentally
fired
i _??8barn is engaged In the automo?
bile repair business at 7 Sumnei
court northwest, and, according to
hi# wife, has been enjoying a prosperous
bifeineas, employing sever
The Osburn home, into
the Osburns and their eight,
boy J'ec*ntl3' moved, and
an adjoining home, are ?aid to be
paid-up property ln his name.
Last Toll Gate
Is Lifted From
Frederick Pike
FREDERICK. Md., Dec. 23 ?Frert.
rick is giving motorists of Wash'"f^on
an? the surrounding territory
a welcome Christmas present
The town, which 1. known
ny as the richest per capita in ?h.
United qtatea. today forma)| threw
P? " '.1? U*t to" ro*d 1" Maryland
when the gate cn the North Market
street pike was "lifted."
*nnouncement is
'*k'n as a result ol
k I? Purchase of this high
way. The news will be particular!;
welcome to Washington automobll
* the run to Frederick Is the
SS^ZfiL SR Market's tree I
trip* ln*thS*reglQn. *? "
MEXICANS HELD
AS U. S. PLOTTERS
SAN ANTONIO. Tex. Dec 23 ?
Three additional arrests have been
made In connection with the Fed ral
grand Jury Indictments charging
former prominent Mexloan poll!?!
Officers with IncitU?
revolt in their home country
while residents of the United stated
EjtrSmJ *' Unlled
Gen. Gonsales was taken by Federal
officers Just as he was return|MT
from Kelly Field, where he had
been .the guest of United State*
army officers. Oen. Gonsales took
the field against the Huerta government
last June and succeeded In
cutting railroad communication
near Pledras Kegras before he was
captured. He was later released by
r order of Huerta.
Ricardo Blanco.'brother of the famous
revolutionary general. Louis
Blanco, was arrested while In com>
pany with Fernando Cuea They
are both former army officers uMer
Carrama. a
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Uregon Senator [
7 Seriously fll ^
.
?K.\A'W)H HMO. K. CHAMBCRLAIV
The condition of Senator |b
George E. Chamberlain, of Ore- ]QC
Kon, who has been at the Emer- m
gency Hospital since last Mon- w
day suffering from kidney
trouble, became so serious yesterday
that physicians decided* li<
upon an operation, which will 0f
be performed early today. .
Senator Chamberlain is 66
years ol& His home Is in Port- ui
land, Oreg.. and he lives at the b?
Benedick bachelor apartments. th
at Eighteenth and 4I streets
northwest. Relatives have been
notified of his condition. ti<
ARNSTEIN JURY ' 5
DEBATES 7 HOURS ?
WITH NO VERDICT ::
|b<
cc
Court to Convene This s<
Morning When Decision "
Is Expected.
Unable to reach a verdict after (c
seven hours* deliberation yesterday,j jj.
the Jury in the case of Jules (Nicky), w
; Arn$tein, David W. Sullivan. Nor- eJ
1 man S. Bowles and Wilen W. Easter- ,
L day, charged with conspiracy to w
bring stolen bonds into the District, ' g
was locked up for the night. OI
'I At 8:30 Arnatein and the other *1
,| defendants lett the courthouse for ^2
jttoeir hotel. The verdict, if any has
been reached will be announced this \r
morning at 10 o'clock. ; P*
i The jurymen were escorted to a 11
nearby cafe for their dinners at 5:30,
and shortly after that Arnstein re- fl
turned and was followed/by Bowles, J1
Sullivan and Easterday, accompanied "J
by T. Morris Wampler, their counsel. P1
Shortly before the jurymen went i b'
1 to their dinners, Isadore (Nick) '
1 Cohn was brought in before Clerk
1 Edwin S. McKee to furnish bond of w
I $10,000 on a charge of conspiracy, j
! After the details of the bond were j
arranged. Cohn was rearrested on j r
i complaint of the New York authori- i tl.
ties who sent a warrant to police j p<
headquarters here. ' 11^
By a pre-arrangement, T. Morris
i Wampler immediately presented a _
i petition for a writ of habeas corpus .
t on behalf of Cohn and that individi-al
was brought before Justice
Gould. ?!
' Justice Gould then fixed bond at
? $1,000 for the habeas corpus pro- tc
, ceedings which Cohn furnished im- ^
II mediately. The court announced
. J that the hearing on these proceed- r<
iiTgs would take place sometime
' I after the holidays. Cohn is now at tl
j liberty under a total of $11,000 bail, ui
Should the court deny Cohn's pe- j w
tition for the writ, his counsel im- si
' mediately will appeal to the Court ci
ui appeals. This will add a delay tl
of at least a month or two to the ai
i plans of the New York authorities m
> to bring Cohn back to that city. ei
Should the Cdurt of Appeals deny ta
I the writ, then the case will be taken c?
to the United States Supreme Court tc
and it probably will be six months w
or at least a year before Cohn will b<
be taken back to New York If at ti
all. 'h,
There are no immediate prospects
for his trial in this city on the
conspiracy charge, it was announced 3,
yesterday by United States Attor'
ney John E. Laskey.
Rumor that other warrants had
been forwarded from New York for ti
some' of the other defendants were ta
strengthened by the appearance of P]
Detectives Mullen, O'Brien and Kelly IT
from headquarters, who kept a
, watch on all persons entering and *l
leaving the courthousue. ' JJ
[ Assistant District Attorney John JJ
T. Dooling. of New York City, who
first investgiated the $5,000,000 bond
1 theft, was on hand as well as Sol
' Myers, counsel for the National tJ
I Surety Company, a concern who tl
guaranteed the fidelity of the four n
messengers who confessed to their w
? part in the thefts and the bringing ;r
I of some of the stolen bonds to this e:
city. a
? Arnstein appeared to be confident tl
that the jury would acquit him and tl
his alleged confederates. Cohn appeared
to be in a better humor than s<
flany of the other ^men^ , When he ii
> came up from pail, he. began to talk si
and joke with th deputy marshals, ci
Plan Billion-Dollar {,"
Inland Water Request;;
Appropriation of *100.0?0.?4>9 a *
year for ten years for the comple1
tlon and maintenance of all Inland
waterways In the cojintry will be **
pushed at a conference of representatives
from twenty-seven MIs'
alssippl Valley States to be held
here January 1* and 20. T
James E. Smith, vice president In ai
charge of the waterways division of
i the Mississippi Valley Association. ?
who will head the delegation, declared
yesterday an attempt would c(
be made to have a hearing before
a Qoncretslonal committee. Repre- c,
sentatlve Guy E. Campbell, of Penn- a|
sylvanla. has agreed to submit the t|
proposition to Congress, accordtn* tl
to Smith. " : is
Aai' laa'i'ft'' ?
'ARM CREDITS,
BONUS DOOMED.
SAYS HOUSTON
'redicts President Wilson
Will Veto War Finance
Measure.
lGAINST OUTLAY
FOR WAR VETERANS
suggests Cut in Army
And Navy to Curb
Vast Expense.
Opposition on the part of Secrery
of the Treasury Houston to the
11 reviving the War Finance Cor
ration will lead to the veto of that;
easure which was received at the!
hite House yesterday, those keepg
in touch with the situation be>ve.
Similar opposition on the part]
Houston will lead to defQAt 'of i
e proposed soldiers' bonup meas e.
on which hearings are now
ling: held by a subcommittee of)
e Senate Finance Committee. It is
slieved. Houston bases his opposi-l
on t6 both measures on the stateent
that the present financial oblations
of the government will not
and additional burdens. !
"If the Federal government is
irced to continue in* the banking
isiness, and gb out and raise adtional
loans, as it certainly will
tve to do to support either the
lance corporation or a soldiers'
fhus," Mr. Houston told newspaper
rrespondents, "it will be a dan?rous
business and its immediate
suit will be to further deflate the
ilue of government securities al>ady
touching low rates on the
arket."
Secretary Houston appeared be>re
the Senate subcommittee handng
the bonus yesterday. * He
arned the Senators tfcat the presit
fiscal year would see a national
sficit of $2,100,000,000. and next year
ould present a similar deficiency
I $1,600,000,000. He explained that
rdinary receipts for this year
lould exceed ordinary expenditures
f about aad next year
r about $556,6?0,000; but these
tcesses would not meet the annual
iterest on the public debt of aproximately
$1,200,000,000, in addion
to which there is the sum
sually laid away in the sinking
ind to meet maturing obligations
id the Interest on the ciwrent
oating debt. The sinking fund
lan. the Secretary urged, must not
6 bothered.
"When we go tampering with the
nking fund," he said. "I believe
e are gone."
Means Treasury Desaaad.
The point emphasized by the Sectary
as all important was that
le first step in reviving the corDration
would mean a demand on
ie Treasury for the $Jfc6,00"0,000
edit which it now has with the
reasury as the result of its warme
operations. Then, ^ie said, the
reasury would be forced into the
jen market again to raise addional
sums that might be needed
finance the corporation. The
orst feature of this program, he
sclared, would be the depression
isulting on government bonds.
In dealing with the bonus issue
ie Secretary explained the Treasry
would have no money with
hich to make bonus payments or
ipport bonus measures, unless speal
provision were made to raise
ie needed sum. The government's
mual income is hardly enough to
eet annual expenses, under presit
day expenditures and it will
ike the government a third of a
mtury y> pay ofT its war debt, he
Id the committee. Mr. Houston
as not asked his altitude on the
>nirs measure, but when he reirns
to the hearing next Monday
e will undoubtedly tell the Sena>rs
he is opposed to the measure
it means additional Treasury bursns.
t
Cut Army Full.
The army and navy appropriaons
were pointed to by the Secreiry
in his testimony as the natural
lace to be^n to curb expenditures,
he estimates for these services, he
Dinted out, call for an appropriaon
of $1,600,000,000 this year, ana
uge cuts in expenditures could be
iade if the Congress would deterline
not to have an army and navy
n the scale now adopted.
No suggestion was made as to the
roper sources of revenue to be
ipped to make up for depreciaons
now beginning in existing
svenue agencies. When asked
hat revenue sources were decllnig
Secretary Houston cited first the
ccess profits tax. which is showing
declin^ and declared payments on
ie higher schedules of the income
ix were also falling off markedlv.
Another matter touched upon by
ecretary Houston at both the heari
g and the conference was the
ibject of a billion-dollar corameral
credit extension to Germany.
hich has recently been broachld
i some quarters. He described
>th this suggestion and the flnancig
of foreign trade plan as only
mporary expediencies that would
eceiv* those who ire depending on
lem for any real relief.
toys Caught After
Looting Cash Register
GRANTSVILLE. Md . Dec. 23.?
hree youths held up Laird Cole,
red JS, in the accessories .departlent
of the Central Auto Company.
I Brownsville, on the National Pike
bove here yesterday and robbed the
lah register of ?J4?.
Before thejs could leave they were
iptured by Hyman Goldman, manter
of the company, and held for
ie arrival of officers. They gave
I* namea of Q. 8. Hathaway. Willon
Taylor and Joseph Uursh.
AIR POLICE RIDD
PLANE TO!
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Dec
an airplane manned by member* o
private detective! riddled an airplai
alleged American confidence man,
pe( and resulting in his capture, 1
Gadbury is wanted in Bript, I
: obtaining money under falae prete
a former aviator and saw aervice
farmer* to subscribe approximately
plane factory. 4
After paasing $1,390 in checks 1
by airplane for Winnipeg. At Ki
I land.
Private detectives, reaching W
They secured the assistance of Ci
airplane to capture him. Meetin
aerial battle, rivalling exploits of th
propeller of the fugutive's machine
punctured and the fuselage riddled,
and captured.
TO EXPLAIN NOTE
SENTTOKELLOGG
?
Embassy Letter About
Cable Evidence Called
Etiquette Breach.
A bAach of diplomatic courtesy
involving the British Embassy on
the ground- that it had taken up
i directly with Senator Frank W. Kellogg
matters under consideration by !
i the Senate was disclosed yesterday j
I Just as the State Department an- 1
nounced that Julio Bianci. minis- I
i ter from Guatemala, had made a
' satisfactory explanation of his call
! on Senator George H. Moses in re!
gard to the proposed Guatemalan
' investigation. V < fl'HMH
| Senator Krllogg forwarded to the
! State Department yesterday a let|
ter he had received from the British |
Embassy containing a denial of the I
; testimony of Newcomb Carlton, pres- j
ident of the Western Union, that 1
the British were censoring Amer- i
lean commercial messages.
Officials of the State Department \
said that they had not taken up |
the matter with the Embassy as yet.
but that it wu undersood the letter
h{d been written without the knowl.
. cdg. of Wtr Auckland Geddea, W*o
IS 111 wltfi influensa. A minor stnicial
of the Embassy, it was* said,
i sent a clipping dealing with the
; British denial of Carlton-* teatl!
mony and that there had been no
i desire to influence any action the
Senate might take.
To Ask KlfllMllss.
An explanation will, of course,
ibe asked by this government, more
1 especially in view of the fact that
i the British Ambassador paid a call
1 on President-elect Harding during
! his recent visit to Washington and
I thereby laid himself open to criti|cism
from certain administration
! circlesSenator
Kellog refused to make
' public either the letter that he hsd
I received from the British Embassy
or the letter that he ^ad written to
the State Department but said that
' he had referred the matter to the
department on the advice of Fred K.
Neilson. Solicitor of the department.
! The indiscretion of Minister
I Bianchi i? considered closed by the
State Department and the following
statement on the case was issued by
I Norman H. Davis, Acting Secretary
of State.
"The Minister of Guatemala has
! explained to the Department of
State his procedure in calling upon
one of the members of the commiti
tee on Foreign Relations of the
United States Senate. The Minister
has stated that his intention was
merely to explain to Senator Moses,
who introduced in the Senate a resolution
requesting certain information
from the Department of 8tate
?gardtng the conduct of the American
egation in Guatemala, the policy
of his government regarding the Imprisonment
of Ex-President Estra
da Cabrera, and to exonerate trimself
from the personal charges contained
in the memorandum accompanying
the resolution as interpreted
by the press The Ministerkhas
I further stated that he made no comments
regarding the policy of this
government, nor of the actibhs of
the American Legation in Guatemala.
and has expressed his profound
regret that his lack of familiarity
with ytablished custom
here should havelaused him to take
the action which- he did. He has
volunteered his assurances that no
similar occurrence will take place in
! the future. In view of the minia
ter's explanation and apology, the
department la glad to be able to
: consider the incident closed."
I HELD BLAMELESS
- IN RAID KILLING
DANVILLE, Va., Dec. 23.?All revenue
officers Involved in the fatal
shooting at a Halifax blockade still
| when Sterling Strang was killed
* have been exonerated by a magistrate
at South Boston. There'
was no evidence that the officers
did the killing owing to
the varied angles at which shots
were exchanged. It was shown
that Strange waa shot in the
back, the . ball emerging from
his breaat. Evidence before the
court waa that the Federal agents
shot after they had been fired on.
the still operators. It was said, running
some distance and then turning
on the officers. W. L. Seay.
cousin of Strange, says the youth
was prompted by curiosity to see a
till running and willingly accompanied
his uncle to the spot, arriving
when the officers raided.
Kill* Thr ee C hUdren
And Wife?Then Suicides
YORK. Nebr., Dec. SI?Carl B.
Nicholson, farmer, living nine miles
west of here, killed his wife and
| three children with a hammer and
, ihen committed suicide by slashing
'hi* throat with a razor. The bodies
were loua^ by neighbors today. -
LE SUSPECTS
ORCE LANDING
33.?Machine guns mounted in
if the Royal Canadian police and
ae driven by Joseph H. Gadburt,
forcing him to land near Winrxiitinneapolis
police learned today,
owa, on charge* of forgery and
nses, police say. The suspect is
in the World War. He induced
' $18,000 to build a proposed airilleged
to be worthless he started" j
nerson, Minn., he was forced to
Winnipeg, learned of his accident,
nadian police who started in an j
ig Gadbury.in his machine, an
e World War, was enacted. The
was damaged, his gasoline tank
and he was iorced to the ground
JAIL SENTENCE
FOR PROFITEERS
IN COAL HINTED
Pomerene Asks CourtMartial
Also for Army
Men Involved.
Jail sentences for profiteers why
collected enormous sums from sales
of coal to the government and court
martial tar army officers Involved
in the deals were demanded yestei*
day by Senator Pomerene, Democrat,
of Ohio, speaking in the Senate.
I think the facts should be referred
to the Department of Justice,"
.the Senator said. "If the men
who represented the War Department
were in the army at the Ume
they should be reported to the Department
for court martial."
Senator Pomerene's ire was
aroused by the testimony given
Wednesday to the raider investigating
committee bjr Col. D. B. Went*,
who acted as purchasing agent for
the army in bales of coal to the
government for $11 a ton when it
was selling at the mines owned by
the Wenta companies for 11 1' a ton.
lie defended Secretary Baker. but
demanded that subordinate officers
who approved such a transaction
should be punished
PMMltie Aliased.
Referring to tjie testimony of Col.
Went*. Senator Pomerene inquired
of Senator Calder. chairman of the
committee, whether he had been
able to reconcile "the principle of
common honesty with the conduct
of a man, representing the government,
who sells coal from his own
mines at IJ.50 a ton and sells someone's
else coal to the government
at Jit a ton. receiving a commission
of 5# cents a ton on the trassaction."
,
Senator Calder replied that Col.
Went* testified he had no coal of
his own at the mines to sell at
that time. He was Interrupted by
Senator Kenyon. a member of the
committee, who asked 8enator Pomerene
whether he believed It to be
the duty of the committee "to reconcile
the principle of common honesty
with the practice of many coal
dealers?"
|"As a coal dealer," Senator Calder
continued. "Col. Went* was
selling coal at the market price.
He went out, as he said, at the request
of the War Department and
arranged to purchase It at $11 a
ton. For this he received a commission
of 50 cents a ton."
"Col. Went* advised the War Department
not to buy coal at that
time." supplemented Senator Edge,
also, a member of the committee,
"but Secretary Baker insisted that
he make the purchase, and he did."
"But the Important point is that
this coal producer, who is selling
coal from his own mine at IJ.50 a
ton land is asked to buy coal tor the
government, buys coal from som*
one else for 111," persisted Senator
Pomerene. 'That course cannot be
defended."
Exfcarbltaat C harge.
Senator Edge pointed out that
testimony showed Col. Went* had
no coal to sell when the War Department
wanted coal, but acted as
purchasing a^ent under a contract
whiah limited the price to 111 a ton.
"Has not the committee found that
exorbitant charge* were made on
coal supplied for domestic and manufacturing
consumption a* well as
on that supplied to the War Department
when Col. Went* was contracting
for the government?" Senator
Pomerene Inquired.
"It hasn't." Senator Calder replied.
"Many of the coal operators In recent
months have get a most unfortunate
example to the country
when there should liave been moral
as well as physical reconstruction."
Yanks on Rhine
Celebrate Xmas
With Huge Tree
COBLENZ, Dec. 23.?American
troop* on the Rhine will celebrate
Christmas with a huge'electrically
lighted tree. The big pine was
dragged In by artillery horses ye*^
terday and electricians were stringing
It with wire today.
Red Cro** organizations, the German
Red Cross helping, aided in
preparing gifts which will be distributed
to all children la the territory.
- Exercises will Include a Christmas
concert, by military band*.
Gen. Allen, commanding the American
force* here, declared today that
rumors of withdrawal of hi* troops
are unfounded. j '
SEES FINANCIAL
CRISIS OF NATIO
AS JUST PASSED
Half Trouble With Business
Psychological, Says
' Herbert Hoover.
U. S. WITHSTANDS
DROP IN FINE WAY
Things Relations Between
Nations of World Now
Everyday Problem.
(PabUe L*4**r ftorVioa.)
PHII-.ADBL.PHIA, t>ec. J*.?'The In|
dustrial and flnancial condition In
the country will be favorably alj
fected by a mental adjustment that
will come after the first of the year,
Herbert Hoover believes.
He arrived In the city at noon
, today, to speak at a luncheon In
the foyer of the Academy of Music
! in behalf of the *JJ,000.000 caro|
paign for the relief of the starv|
ing children o Europe.
"Half the tr<iuble with our business
today is psychological," he declared;
"the other half la actual.
I but there is no reason why we
khould look for anything of more
serious proportions than we are going
through now.
"The fact that a JO per cent drop
J in commodities, involving billions
of dollars, has not produced any
more marked effect on thla country
i than it has Is a monument to American
Industry and business methods.
This tremendous loss has be*n absorbed
somewhere, but it has created
no sharp havoc in our Industrial
Hfe."
Sees Change la People.
"A change will come over the
' thinking and acting people of the
United States," he sail, "in the wake
of the present deflation of marketr
and the inability to dispose of our
foodstuffs and eommodltieiv^Hltherto
the farmer and the laboring mai
have not been greatly Interested In
large national problems and foreign
relations.
"It is surprising now how concerned
the farmers ar? about oui
I international relations and world
; affairs. ,Thia ,?v?ltw to the great
laboring' eTase* Foreign a?alr?
[have turned out to be not ao forel0i
after all. and Europe has come to
'the farm.
"The relations between the nations
of the world in the past hav?
been handled as academic prbolems.
Today they are becoming every-da|'
problems for everyone.
"There has been plenty of talk
and writing about great readjust,
ments after the war, but there have
been no great readjustments. There
has been no concerted thinking or
action on any of the vast problems
of the world since the war. Som?
progress In- national and international
policies was made during the
armistice period, but it stopped with
the signing of the peace treaty.
Karaite at pld Problems.
"Europe has started in to pile up
international difficulties without any
loss of time. an?l is busy with the
old problems of indemnities and
I tariffs. In this country the peace
j treaty has not ben signed.
"Among these world problems that
have pot been solved is that of feed|
Ing the atarving European children.
Two years has not been long enough
to make the people of the rest of the
world realise that this is everybody's
problem and that these children
cannot be left to die."
* At the luncheon Mr. Hoover appealed
to S00 prominent Philadelphlans
In behalf of the campaign
for funds to enable America to carry
its humanitarian work in Europe to
| a successful completion.
Of the 8.000,000 children cared for
by the 17.000 soun kitchens, hospitals
I and orphanges, following the armistice,
he said. 3.500.000 still looked
! to the American flag to preserve
their lives until the harvest in KasI
tern and Central Europe next Sepj1
ember.
Speaks at Relief t'wirIL
Mr. Hoover spoke as national
i chairman of the European Relief
} Council/ which Includes the American
Relief Association, the Ameri|
can Red Cross. American Friends
I Service Committee. Federal Council
of the Churches of Christ tn America,
Jewish Joint Distribution ComImittee.
Y. W. C. A.. Y. M C. A
| and Knights of Columbus.
"We recognize," Mr. Hoover said,
"the times are critical in America,
and we have no right to ask foi
more money than is necessary, so
I we have reduced our activities in
I Europe to the low??t possible point
"We have organized the work te
make the local people accept th<
prife responsibility. They must
supply the building and the overhead
charges. We deliver the essential
commodities.'
He said 140.000 local volunteer!
are now at work In ttie twentythree
countries aided, co-operating
with the Americans. He said the
American plan builds up the spirit
of self-help among the peoples. H?
pointed out that In Rumania. wher?
500,000 children were fed In 1?13
only tOO,000 children looked to the
Americans for aid at the present
time.
Saving ftebenae Is l?U?e.
"This saving of human life, on a
scale of hundreds of millions of people,
Is unique in history," Mr,
Hoover declared.
"It is an Instance where a nation
has intervened to save human lif?
and not destroy It. In the thirty
years' war, where there was no
Amerkan charity, one-third of the
population of Europe died.
"In a war where 4WM.WI P^P1'
lost their lives. America saved the
lives of lS.OOO.m children.
"We have heard much of peace.
Peace Is not a product of documents
but of good will among men. Th?
American flag emplanted In th?
hearts of these H.OM.MO ehlldrei
will be a far greater protection to
America than battleships.
"These children ax* obligations oi
. .. ! X
Is Asked to Lead
Inaugural March
. VI
..E!?. JOHX J. PEMHUIC.
PERSHING MAY
BE INAUGURAL
PARADE CHIEI
Asked to Be Grand Mar
shal?Others Are Appointed.
Gen. John J. Pershing has. beei
Irked to be grand marshal of thi
' Inauguration parade and to accep
the chairmanship of the committee
arranging the military display fo
the Presidential pageant.
No answer to the note invitini
the chief of the active army to ac
cept the honor has been receive"
by the genertl committee, but it I
generally believed _he will accept.
Further arrangements for the In
auguration were made yesterda;
when men prominent in local affair
were appointed to head importan
committees.
W. Pearce Rayner, commandan
of the Motor Corps, will head th
automobile committee; D. J. Calla
han. ball souvenir and tickets; Ap
pleton C. Clark, jr., medals an'
bades; Charles W. Semmes. Iocs
transportation; John Psole, audit
Ing; Charles J. Waters, Information
H. M. Blair, souvenir booklet; Ed
ward A. Mitchell, housing and com
. fort committee; and Corcoran Thou
( who had already been announce
i as chairman of ?he c uiimM "S ?
[ reviewing stand?, will also hav
! charge of the construction and dec
, oration of the Court of Honor.
Meet Again TafUsj.
Plans for the Inauguration ar
' expected to take definite lorm ne?
week following a meeting of th
general inaugural committee In th
Red room at the Willard Tuesda
' I afternoon, at which time Chairma
' E B. McLean Is expected to out
line his plai^i. It was announce
' by the executive committee yester
day that twelve more chairmen o
' committees had tendered their at
' ceptances and that the general com
mittee. consisting of more than 20
1 prominent Washingtonians. wouli
be completed by today.
Other committee heads which wer
named yesterday include: Oeorg
W. Harris, supper committee; Fre
IB. Owen. stre>* decorations; Ed
i gar E. Clark, railroad transports
I tion; Woodbury Blair, receptio
committee.
Mardi Oran IMasa.
Chairman McLean and Seeretar
| Jess W. Smith are btoh giving earn
est attention to the proposed Mar<
Gras of the States, which has bee
tentatively planned as an inauguri
! night feature. Experts from Ne
Orleans, the leading Mardi Gras oit
of the United States, have bee
asked to advise the committee o
the feasibility of holding such a
event here and to advance suggci
tions for the proposed carnival. 1
is probable that some of the carnivi
leaders of the Southern city will to
asked to come to Waahington t
I help direct the Mardi Gras here I
! the committee definitely decides t
j add this feature to the Inauguri
ceremonies. ?
Military organisations are takin
great interest in proposed paraC
plans and many requests for p!ac<
in the parade are reaching the of
erations division of the general stsl
' Senator Harding has not yet s<
I lected his military escort, but H 1
believed that It will be one of th
i crack Ohio military organisations
Plans for Xmas Skoic
Made by Catholic Clu
Final arrangements for a Christ
mas entertainment entitled "Christ
mas in Other Countries * wei
made at the weekly meeting of th
1 Catholic Women's Service Club i
the National Catholic Communit
' House, 601 E street northwest, lai
' night. The entertainment *111 t
: held at the Community House. Jar
uary 6.
Father Lewis O'Hern. president c
the club, announced that the me it
' bershlp drive conducted by the clu
from December * to 1J was ver
r successful, although the total nuir,
! ber of new members has not y?
been announced.
1 The club will hold a Christml
! Eve dance and a new Tears E*
' dance at the Community House.
every man and woman In the Caitf
States, after his own and his neigt
bors* children have been cared fo
Esrsfe'a Well-Belng: Aids V. ft.
X)n their well-being rests th
well-being of Europe for the nei
1 generation, and on the well-beiu
I of Europe lor the next generate
' depends the well-being of your chll
dren and mine.
-In these 17,90# institutions
have mentioned the dally prayer c
i the children is "Olve us this da
i our dally bread aader th* America
(lac.**
John H. Mum. Ireaaurer ot th
. Eastern Pennsylvania division c
> the national committee, aald IHili
t delphts's quota is enough money t
i feed 1MJM children.
i William U Elkina. chairman i
tba Philadelphia County commuce
, waa toastmsster at tka luncbaaa.
HERR1CK HAS
LENGTHY CHAT
WITH HARDING
I ^ "
Visit of Former Envoy to
France Starts
Rumors.
BELIEVE FOREIGN
BERTSH DISCUSSED
Personnel of Diplomat
Corps Abroad Thought
Considered.
f gANtKL W.
MARiOK. Ohio. D?. SJ.?Th* l*r?
Monnel which wil make up the dipI
iomatic corps under th* new adnnnI
i titration became * topic of lively
! speculation here today a* the r*Isult
of the visit of Myron T. Hef
; rick, formerly United State. Air"
bassador to France. Thua far it ia
understood President-elect Hardin*,
engrossed in conference* of the oteinational
situation and availability
of cabinet aspirant*, has give"
? scant consideration to the question
t ' of selecting men to represent thla
t country abroad. Herrlck's visit.
e however, put the subject forward
r prominently today perhaps for th'o
I first time, because Herrick is belns
( j urged by his friends ss successor
. I to John W. Davis as ambassador to
j Great Britain. Herrick was closet,
ed with Senator Harding for about
two hours, shied at interviewer*.
. 1 and left for Cleveland tonight
without disclosing the nature of th?
, J conference beyond saying that int
ternational problems and the cabl|
net had been discussed. Apropos of
t' the suggestion that be might be the
I next diplomatic representative to
"' the Court of St. amta, Herrick s
"jonly comment was that be had Just
"Ireturned from England
a x* far as it concern? the proced1
1 ure to be followed by the Presidentelect
in considering diplomatic *P*
jpointments. it may be said that M
: 1 will arrive at nothing definite unttl
- ? Secretary of State baa A** a
- choien j.nd some of th* more prt?i.
lag cabinet considerations ha\*
d 1 been* disposed of. But It
n tk nown for several da> B that *d
* visers and friends have kM ad:
vancing the nanres of a nu?h'<cr ot
rron?n*nt Republicans, considered
diplomatic timber and eager for the
coveted European post*.
Other prospers. ,
e ! In addition to Mr. Herrtck for Ame
bassador to England those meny
Honed are. William 11 Crocker, of
n San Francisco. Ambassador to
. France: Lloyd C. Griscom. of N'w
d York, formerly Minister to Turkey
_ and Ambassador to Japan, for Am,r
basador to Japan; William M Col.
'iter, of New York, for a European
Z post; Edmund Morgan, present Arn?
basaador to Brazil, who bopes to ra
main at Rio d* Jan*lro Charles H.
Sherrill. Ambaaador to Argentine under
Taft's administration for an l?n2!
portant post in South America;
' Frank Kellogg. Senator from Minne%ota.
who Is said to desire a ETuropean
appointment, particularly to
" London or Paris; William Hayward.
" of New York, a European post, possibly
Rome. Raymond Robbins of
Chicago. Moscow, if diplomatic relayitions
are resumed between the Unit
ed States and Russia.
li Other names probably have been
n suggested and the list is likely to
it grow to enormous proportions be?
fore the President-elect begins to
y give the subject serious attention,
n One thing apparently. Senator Hardn
ing has decided upon, however, and
n that is to pifV America's reprcsentaI
] tives to Central and South America
[t with great care It may even be hi*
il policies to Indue* the best men avalle
able for the diplomatic aervic* to
o take the L*tin-Anierlcan posts.
If i There is no doubt of Mr Harding
o sincere belief that the Latln-Ameriil
can flelii offers tne greatest opportunity
for the development for
gi American diplomatic effort and no
re Jobs within the favor of the new ad's
' ministration will be bestowed with
>- greater care.
' Tall D?e Tnda>.
j* Other visitors in Marion today
were Mrs. Harriett Taylor Cpton.
,e vice chairman of the Republican National
Committee, and mentioned for
the Cabinet If the proposed new department
of public welfare Is es6tahllahed
to carry out Mr. Harding r
: campaign promise to the women of
the country. Harry M. Daugharty.
t" Harding preconventlon cainpatgB
manager and a Cabinet certainty as
'e Attorney General, also was here
ie | with Fred W. I'pham. treasurer e*
n the Republican i>arty. and Marshall
y Field, Jd, of Chicago. Mr. Daughr
erty talked with both the
" dant-lect and Mrs. Upton, presnmasty
on politics and the CabiMt.
while Cpham and Field discussed
business conditions. The flrrt stag* *
of Senator Harding's conference will
end tomorrow with the visit her?
y of William Howard Taft. It la *'*
pected Taft *-111 have a certain definlte
recommendations to offer regarding
Cabinet appointment*:
m Charles H. Hllles for Secretary of
e the Treaaury. among them, and
Charles E%-ans Hughes for Secretary
- of State. Much of the conference,
d of courae. will deal with internai
tional questions and an exchange ot
r. views on the plan of a new aaaociatlon
of nations on which the President
-elect Is endeavoring to har*
monlze the party.
* (Oaryrigkt. KM. PnMic Ledgsr Cs.)
i * I
" Oil Barge Explosion
, Kill$ One; Injure* Two
y QA1.VKS1^>N, Tex. Doc 13 ?One
* man was killed and two others !?m
Jured in a fit* and explosion late to,f
day aboard the oil tare*. Brokllow
I The explosion was felt throughout
i the city.
Several steamships endangered by
if th* fir* were towed to safe'>
?, Th? oil was apoutod In all dlractlons
by the exploaion on t^s bar**.