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WEATHER.
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Temperature for twenty-four hours
fended I p-m. today; Highest, 37, at 4
pint, riilardtrl lowest, 23, at 7 a.m.
today.
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1920-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES.
TWO CENTS.
Former Roosevelt Supporter
Given State Portfolio by
President.
NOTICE OF SELECTION
VERY BRIEF, HE SAYS
.Acting Secretary Polk to Carry
Out His Intention to
Retire.
President Wilson today announced
"the nomination of Bainbrid^e Colby,
New York attorney and former sup
porter of Theodore Roosevelt, to be
Secretary of State. The nomination
?will be sent to the Senate probably
tomorrow or Friday.
The news was a distinct surprise,
even to those supposed to be in close
* touch with the chief executive, and
llr. Colby himaelf said that the notice
given him of the Impending nomina
tion had oeen "very, very brief."
Served on Shipping Board*.
The nominee for the position re- ]
cently vacated by Robert Lansing al- I
* ready has held office under the ad
ministration. having: served as a mem- j
ber of the United States Shipping
Board and Emergency Fleet Corpora- I
tion for two years, beginning in July,
1917, and also as one of the Ameri
can mission to the interallied ship
ping conference in Paris early in the
war.
The general belief had been that
?Undersecretary of State Frank L. j
Folk, now acting Secretary, would be
given the place vacated by his former ]
?-htef. and even when Mr. Colby called :
at the White House early today in
company with Raymond T. Baker, di- j
rector of the mint, the signicance of |
his visit was not suspected until the
official announcement was made later I
toy Secretary Tumulty.
At that moment Mr. Colby was in j
conference with the President on the |
south lawn of the White House, where .
the two remained for more than an i
hour. 1
"I have had a long and unhurried
conference with the President, which
Impressed me with the great con
fidence he reposed In me." said Mr.
< olby on leaving. "I hope I shall not
prove inadequate for the great duties
of this new ofllce. There is nothing
Jnore that I can say until my nomina
tion has been acted on. I am sure that
courtesy is oue the Senate."
Mr. Colby's Pa'Jtleal Career.
"r- Colby declined to answer a di-i
*?ctquestion as to his political af- 1
filiations, though he has been regard- i
ed aa a democrat sinoe the 1?1? cam- I
S?Mii f * lifelong republican
Sf famous bull moose bolt at ;
the Chicago convention in 1912. He
hadboen actively identified with the
Theodore Roosevelt for
*he republican nomination for Presi
dent that year, and was in charge of
contest* to seat the Roosevelt dele
Chicago convention.
CoL Roosevelt bolted the con
Tw"??' *r-, Co,b* helped to found
the progressive party and was a dele
'faiS d Chicago convention in
Ha continued an active leader
J? ,n and again
? Progreasive candi
??Je tor senator from New York state.
-?.? R,?^evelt threw the
yelgPt of his influence to Charles
Ev*na Hughea in the 1916 presidential 1
rmoolfc Colby identified himself with
Hi? democratic party.
_ *r- Colby was born at St. Louis
SIfty-one years ago and was grad
I?h, .. n\rWUUam* College. Massa
_He *P*nt one year at the
Columbia Law School and has prac
ticed law in New York since 1*92. He ,
was a member of the New York as- i
?embly in 1901-1902. j
*'? p#*k ?? Retire.
v^p'it^ w Colby has taken office I
?r. Kola. who has been secretary ad I
Interim since the resignation of Mr i
I^ansing nearly two weeks ago. is 1
"J^5ted *? carry out his Intention of 1
,froJtl the State Department. J
Mr. Polk s health has not been at all
good for more than a year and his
physicians have advised him to take a i
long rest.
Should Mr. Polk, retire two impor- i
tant posts in the State Department |
?would be left vacant?that of under- !
secretary, to which Mr. Polk was ad
?vanced some months ago. and of as
sistant secretary The latter place i
?was held by William Phillips, the
Titwly appointed minister to the Nether
lands and Luxemburg.
Bainbridge Colby's
Selection Creates
Surprise at Capitol
The announcement that President'
^Vilson had selected Bainbridge Colby!
to be Secretary of State, succeeding!
Mr. Lansing, was received at the Capi
tol today with much astonishment. It
was predicted by some senators that
there would be a fight against the
nomination of Mr. Colby. It was re
called that when his appointment as
a member of the United States Ship
ping Roard was before the Senate it
wa* vigorously opposed by the New
,Sr ^ 8cnators and other members of
the Senate, and that he was confirm
ed only because some of the proKres
f'^.r^PUh!iC1na voted wlth the demo
crtLts in his favor.
Senator Moaes of New Hampshire
* member of the foreign relations
committee, confined his comment on i
the appointment to the followinr
1 trust the new Secretary instate
treasures up to the standard of the of! i
flee as outlined by President Wilson
Lansi8ng"rr,'"POndenCe Wl,h Secretary'
5?h*'pp'>rd of Texas said
Mr Colby is an able man. I have no
When \?r rvik secretary.
T'17 for m'.A I wa" nominated In I
i'' H . membership on the Shlpnlnc i
Board /us confirmation wa* 1
p.ishod only after a prol^X" !
The commerce committee voted by a
Ifo?broke ?the'tle Pepubllc??; <*1
had been associated with Senator
Johnson and other republican^"" :
?' 1
.senate floor SenatoVsWadlworth Jnd
? alder of New York, the nominee s
home state, were understood to have
opposed .?onflrmation and to have
been supported on the roll call bv I
.""St of the republicans. Again, as
in the committee, the progressive eip I
meat was .-aid to have lurned the
tide, however. Senators Johnson. Ken
>on< republican. Iowa, and others join
ing ?Jh the democrats. Neither Sen
ator Galder nor Senator Wadsworth I
would aay today what stand he might
t*ko toward oonflrmation of Mr Colby
? s Secretary of State. J
SELECTED TO BE SECRETARY OF STATE
BAINBRIDCK COLBY.
I
New Secretary of State Has
Had Political Experience
With Various Leaders.
BY DAVTD LAKHEMR.
Bainbridge Colby. Secretary of
State. The appointment is not only
a compiete surprise, but it makes
official Washington gasp. Politics,
national and International, arc Involved
ill' the selection. Mr. Colby is an
amiable gentletnan, a skillful lawyer,
splendid after-dinner speaker, re
markable oratov and spellbinder and
a charming personality. He is one
of the few men who have been for
both Theodore Roosevelt and Wood
-row Wilson without feeling conscious
of inconsistency. He is one of the
few men who have had the support
and indorsement of William Ran
dolph Hearst and yet remained per
sona grata in both the democratic
and progressive parties, lie is one
of those men who in his time have I
bitterlv attacked President Wilson's
policies and been forgiven. He nom- j
inated Roosevelt at Chicaeo in 1!>1?
?nd wheji the solon of Oyster Ray ,
decided to support Hughes for the |
presidency Mr. Colby went campaign
I ing for Mr. Wilson.
Prostrated Ship Deal.
As a member of the United States
Shipping Board Mr. Colby showed
himself particularly anxious to safe
guard the American merchant marine
and was responsible for the frustra
tion of the deal by which the British i
companies attempted to get control!
of certain ships that had been owned ,
by the International Mercantile Ma- ,
rine and were under American regis- j
try He goes along a little with the :
elements who have from time to time
ranged themselves in opposition to j
British policies. Particularly was he j
prominent in 1913 in the movement
against the repeal of the Panama
canal tolls, which was denounced in a
big mass meeting in Madison Square
Garden. New York, as un-American
and a surrender of American rights.
Colby was the chief speaker at the
mass meeting which was arranged
by Mr. Hearst
Other Crttir* In Cabinet.
But If Mr. Wilson considered what
people said in attacking him. he
would have to disqualify others from
membership in the cabinet or from
appointment to high office. Ix>ok up
the speeches of William C. Redfield
when he was a member of the House
of Representatives and you will see
how he might have been ineligible for
cabinet- membership if Mr. Wilson
hadn't been disposed to let bygones i
be bygones. No more bitter denuncia- |
tion of Mr. Wilson's personality was j
circulated in the pre-ennvention cam
paign of 1912 than that by George
Fred Williams, yet he was later i
selected by the President to be Ameri
can minister to Greece.
The selection of Bainbridge Colby to
be Secretary of State, however, means
no sudden affinity between the White
House and the distinguished progressive.
It is a fact that Mr. Colby became en
amored of President Wilson when he
came to Washington to become a mem
bre of the Shipping Board. No more
eloquent compliments have been paid
to the President in public speech than
thos" by Mr. Colby. He regards the
President as the true progressive, the
logical heir to Bull Moosism of 1912.
Mbrral la Domestic Affaire.
Mr. Colby is what might be caller) j
a liberal in domestic affairs and by the '
same line of reasoning may be expected
to follow out the idealism of the Presi
dent in foreign policies. He is proba
bly more interested In people than prop
erty, although no one has a keener re
spect for the laws governing both than
Bainbridge Colby. He has been a near
member of the cabinet for some time.
He was urged for Attorney General
when Mr. McReynolds was elevated to
the supreme bench and was considered .
for a cabinet post after the 1916 cam- I
paign was over. |
Mr. Colby will find little difficulty !
I in following out the Wilson policies;
in international affairs. He is wedded
I to no particular theories of interna- !
tional law or international relation- I
ship beyond the broad principles1
enunciated by the President himself, i
It is. for instance, unlikely that Mr. |
Colby would be embarrassed in han- '
ding the Russian question. Mr. Ian
sing, his predecessor, was an invet
erate foe of the Russian ?OTiets,
something that could not always have
been pleaaing to President Wilson,
who has throughout the last year ex
" (Continued on Page 2. Column 1.1 *
SUPREME COUNCIL
GETS PRESIDENTS I
NOTEON ADRIATIC.
I
Unequivocal Stand of This;
Country Revealed?Op
poses Latest Settlement.
LONDON, February S5.?President '
Wilson's reply to the allied note on
the Adriatic situation reached Lon
don today and wu delievered to the
allied supreme council.
OlIlilN If. S. Stand.
Arrival in London today of Presi
dent Wilson's reply to the entente
premiers' note on the Adriatic ques
tion will furnish the European chan
celleries with an unequivocal state
ment of this country's position as to
the forming of agreements for dis
posal of territory without the par- !
?iripation of the United States. I
President Wilson has refused, ac- '
cording to well informed circles, to !
agree to the settlement offered to
Jugoslavia as an ultimatum, but he j
has not insisted on carrying out pre- ,
cisely the Adriatic settlement reached
December 9 with the consent of the 1
United States. Seizure of Finme by
d'Annunzio and other subseuent
events were said to have made requi
site some changes in that plan.
Ambassador Davis will deliver the i
reply as soon as it has horn decoded. :
It was dispatched last night.
Publication Negotiations.
No agreement for the simultaneous
publication on both sides of the At- |
lantic of the exchanges on the
Adriatic situation has yet been i
reached, it was said today at the State
Department. Negotiations on the sub- j
ject, however, are continuing.
There has been an understanding ?
here that the notes would he made ,
public in Washington, regardless of :
whether the allied premiers agree to ?
their publication in the allied coun
tries. but it was said today that they
would not be published here until
after the negotiations now in prog
ress are concluded.
Love America in Spite
of President Wilson,
Says Italian Paper
ROME, Tuesday, February 24.?Com
menting on the Adriatic situation and
President Wilson's recent protest to the
supreme allied council, 'he Messaggero
says: "We Italians read and forget the
injury done us by Mr. Wilson's tenacious
italophobia. because, he s not America I
and we admire and love America in
spite of him."
In an editorial devoted to the recent
statement of Frank A. Vanderlip rela
tive to th* difficulty of America grant
ing new credits to Europe, the newspa
per Bays: "Our economic situation must
not be Judged too severely. America
must trust the strength of Italian work.
If it is helped in time with raw ma
terials and credits It will be able to in
tensify our production, which, together
with a limitation of consumption, will
enable us to pay old and new debts."
Reports of the refusal of the United
States Senate to accept modifications of
Senator Lodge's reservations to the Ver
sailles treaty have created a great im- ,
pression here, and the Senate's actiin is i
considered as signifying the collapse of
American participation in the league of
nations, at least, according to the (
covenant arranged by the peace con
ference. The Epoca expresses the i
opinion that all questions submitted to :
the league of nations, including Presi- !
dent Wilson's proposal to make Fiume I
an independent state, will fall through. |
WOULD REGULATE PACKERS.
President of Texas Cattle Raisers
Favors Federal Permit.
AMARILIX). Tex., February 25.?
Legislation to regulate the packing
industry through a federal permit or .
licensing system was advocated by W.
W. Turney of El Paso, president of the i
Texas Cattle Raisers' Association, in 1
an address yesterday at the opening
session of the fifth annual buyers' and j
sellers' livestock convention, which i
will be in session here three days.
Cattlemen are not getting a square '
deal from the packers, he charged,
advocating organized effort to ad
vance the producers' interests.
Louis W. Swift. Jr., of Swift & Co.,
who also addressed the convention,
declared the packer* desire close fel
lowship and understanding with the
cattlemen.
ASKS DENT BOARD
S PREVENT EJECTION
! Of P.O. ATM W
Mr. Chance Urges Steps
Against War Work Council
and D. C. Heads.
I City Postmaster Merritt O. Chance
I today asked the District rent oom
| mission to prevent the National W ar
Work Council and the Commissioners
! of the District of Columbia from
! ejecting the Center Market postal
station from its quarters in the V. M.
| C. A. Kagle Ilut. StH street and Penn
sylvania avenue. Razing of the hut
has been ordered for February 29.
The appeal against the removal of
| the busy Center Market station lines
federal government against District
i government, and creates a situation
I unique in the rent situation in the
District.
Presenting figures to the rent com
i mission to show that the t'enter Mar
! ket postal station is tilling a public
demand, the appeal of the city post
! master states that:
?'I defiirc to place before the com
mission a request that the National
War Work Council and the Commis
sioners of the District of Columbia be
prevented from ejecting the Center
Market postal station from the head
quarters described until I have se
cured other quarters in which to
1 move."
liefer* ?o Rent Code.
: In making the appeal the poslmas
j ter referred to section 109 of the rent
laws of the District, which provides
that "the right of a tenant to the use
or occupancy of any rental prop
erty, hotel or apartment, existing at
the time tiiis act takes effect, or
thereafter acquired, under any lease ;
or other contract for such use or oc
1 cupancy or under any extension there
! of bv operation of law, shall, notwith
standing the expiration of the term
fixed by such 1 ease or contract, con
tinue at the option of the tenant, sub
ject however, to any determination
or regulation of the commission rele
vant thereto." ,
"In view of this provision of the
rent law. 1 believe I am clearly with
in my rights in requesting a contin
uance of the lease," declares the ap
peal of the postmaster.
"In taking this action. 1 am actuat
ed only by an earnest desire to pre
serve for the business community in
question the postal rights and privi- .
leges to which it is entitled. The dis
continuance of the station would not
cause any decrease in the postal rev
enues of the Washington post office
because the merchants of that vicinity
would continue to purchase stamps
and stamped paper for their?mailings,
and. as a matter of fact, the discon
tinuance of the station would result in
advantages to the Washington post
office, as it would be more economical
to handle their mailings from the
main office than from the 8tation, but
the absence ot the station would cause
them great inconvenience and injury,
necessitating their traveling to other
and remote stations for their Postal
supplies, and it is in their behalt that
I am making this appeal to your cotn
m"The"rent law also provides that 'the
rights of the tenant under this title
shall be subject to the limitationthat
the bona-fide owner of any rental
property, apartment or hotel shall
have the right of possession thereof
for actual and bona-fide occupancy by
himself 9r his wife, children or de
pendents." or for the purpose of tear
fng down or razing the same in onjer
immediately to construct new rental
property, hotel or apartment, if ap ;
proved by the commission, upon giv
ine thirty davs' notice in writing.
"The Commissioners of the District
of Columbia, who claim to control the
land upon which the building is erect
ed, are not suffering the slightest in
jure or inconvenience through its con
tinuance for a while longer, and
neither do they claim that they desire
to raze the building for the purpose of
erecting another building, as provided
' ""7 n % Tew1 o f4 th e brief period of time
intervening between now and l-ebru
?irv the date set by the > ommls
sioners of the District of Columbia for
the removal of the building. I would
appreciate It if your commission
would give this case the earliest con
sideration possible."
r ."lis of Coatrorerur
The ck/ postmaster presented the
following information, giving the
history of the controversy over the
Kagle Hut to date:
"The premises in question is the
eastern portion of a structure known
as 'Kagle Hut.' and erected on reser
vation 7. on the south side of Penn
sylvania avenue and Ixiuisiana ave
nue between 7th and 9th street*
northwest. . ..
"The Kagle Hut was erected by the
national war work council of the
Young Men's Christian Association,
upon permission obtained of the Com
missioners of the District of Colum
bia, who claim to have jurisdiction
over the land occupied under an act
of Congress approved March 3, 1873,
known as 17 Stat., R40.
"On December 2. 1918, a part of this
building became occupied as a postal
station of the Washington post office
under rental from the national war
work council of the Young Men's
christian Associations, at the rate of
100 per annum, and for a period :
of'five years, with the following pro- [
vision' 'This agreement is entered |
into with the distinct understanding
that it shall terminate whenever the
national war work council of the
Young Men's Christian Association
cea-?es to have control of the quar
ters hereinbefore described, or when
ever the said association shall be re
nnlred to remove the building from
?he land upon which It now stands,'
and under date of December 2 1919.
the national war work council was
notified by the Commissioner of the
Ttinfrict of Columbia to remove the
building or buildings by February J,
1920.
Continuance Requested.
"When It became known that the re
moval of the building and the postal
station was contemplated, ti.e busi
ness and merchants in the neighbor
hood submitted to the District Com
missioners a petition requesting the
continuance of the building in order
that tho postal station might be con- ;
linued whereupon an extension of the
time for razing the building was
granted by the Commissioners of tho
District of Columbia until February
29 1920.
"Since January 1 I have had a thor
ough canvass made of the territory,
not only by my representatives, but
have myself spent the best part of
two days going over the territory
looking for other quarters for the
station but up to the present time
have been unable to locate a suitable
site This fact having beenme known .
to the board of directors of the
Chamber of Commerce, that board
adopted a resolution and submitted
the same through a committee to the ?
Commissioners of the. District of Co- ;
lumber requesting them to rescind
their order for the demolition and re
moval of the building by February 29,
and I submit herewith a copy of the
resolution. Also, under date of Feb
ruary 18, the Washington Board of
Trade unanimously adopted a resolu
tion requesting the Commissioners of
vwOnurued on Page 2, Column J >
HOW TIMES HAVE CHANGED!
Senator Sterling Says Vote
Doubtful Until Treaty
Is Disposed Of.
The civil service retirement bill was
aKain sidetracked today, this time to
Kive the dyestulTs bill the right of
! way.
Senator Sterling of South Dakota,
in charge of the retirement bill, said
that he doubted if it would be pos
sible to get a vote on the measure un
til the peace treaty has been dispoeed
of, in view of the announcement of
Senator lyodge that the treaty is to be
taken up tomorrow.
"The retirement bill will be con
tinued, however, as the unfinished
business of the Senate," said Senator
Sterling. "1 hope that eventually we
will get a vote on it. It deserves to
be voted on and to be passed. I think
that the vote yesterday, defeating
Senator PomereM'g motion to recom
mit the bill, was significant.
Rrfoir to RccoaaiU.
The Senate by a vote of 36 to 29
yesterday afternoon refused to re
commit the retirement bill. The vote
came on a motion by Senator Pome
rene of Ohio, who is an opponent of
the measure. The motion was in
tended to kill the bill.
Senator Sterling of South Dakota,
in charge of the bill, and Senator
McKellar of Tennessee addressed the
Sena.te yesterday in reply to at
tacks which have been made on the
measure. Senator Sterling insisted
that the estimates as to the cost to
the government by opponents of the
bill were enirely too high. He in
sisted that the facts had been be
clouded by an array of figures pre
sented to the Senate by Senator Pom
erene and others opposing the bill.
Senator McKellar charged the op
ponents of the bill with tilibusterlng
to prevent a vote. He said that the
bill had been before, the Senate as
the unfinished business for three
weeks and that it was time to vote
on it.
The vote on the Pomerene motion
to recommit follows:
Teas?Ashurst. Beckham. Brande
gee. Culberson. Cummins. Dial. Dill
ingham. Fletcher, Gore, Harris, Har
rison, Hitchcock. Johnson (S. D.),
Kellogg. King. I.odge. Myers, Nelson.
Norria. Overman. Page, Pomerene.
Ransdell. Heed. Simmons. Smith (Ga.),
Smoot, Trammell and Underwood.
Nays?Ball, ('aider. Capper, Colt.
Curtis, Elkins. Fernald, France, Fre
linghuysen. Gay. Glass, Gronna, Hale,
Henderson. Jones (N. M.). Kendrick,
Kenyon. Keyes, Kirby, McKellar, Mc
Kean. McNary. Nugent. Plielan,
Phipps. Pittman, Sheppard. Spencer.
Sterling. Sutherland. Townsend,
Wadsworth. Walsh (Mont.). Watson,
Williams and Wolcott.
SERBIAN PRINCE REGENT
IB
Attempt Made to Assassinate Two
Men, Say Advices Eeacn
ing Borne.
IjONDON, February 26.?An attempt
has been made to assassinate Prince
Regent Alexander of Serbia and Pre
mier Protltch, according to a dispatch
from Trieste to the Giornale d'Italia,
forwarded by the Central News Rome
correspondent.
Both the prince regent and the pre
mier were wounded, the report de
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VICE PRESIDENT'S
ADOPTED SON IS
CRITICALLY ILL
| Morrison Marshall, the vounK adopt
! ed son of Vice President and Mrs.
i Marshall, is critically ill with acidosis
at the Vice President's home here, ac
cording to an announcement today.
The Vice President and Mrs. Mar
shall are constantly at his bedside.
The hoy had been unwell for some
time, but had so far recovered his
health that it was thought permis
sible for the Vice President and Mrs.
Marshall to take him with them when
they went to New York last Satur
day. The child became ill. however,
in New York and on Sunday Mrs.
Marshall brought him back to Wash
ington. Specialists from John Hop
kins Hospital have been called in.
revenuTbOreau
TO ME TROUBLE
IN iron COUNTY
. ___
Deputy "Dry" Commissioner
Gaylord to Leave for
Scene Tonight.
A complete Investigation of the pro
hibition controversy in Iron county.
Mich., will be made by the bureau of
internal revenue. Commissioner Roper
announced today.
H. M. Gaylord. deputy prohibition
commissioner, will leave tonight for
Grand Rapids and Iron River City
to take up with the authorities there
the controversy which led District
Prohibition Commissioner Dalrymple
of Chicago to declare the county in
"open revolt"
Will Tour Central Dlntrict.
Mr. Roper said, however, that the
importance of Mr. Gaylord's visit
shou' 1 not be exaggerated. He had
beet, .nstrueted to make a tour of the
central district for other purpewes.
and his itinerary was enlarged in or
der to permit the bureau to obtain
first-hand information of the case in
Michigan.
Officials believed that it would be
possible to get the conflicting authori
ties together and iron out the tangle
without serious consequences. Mr.
Gaylord. before leaving, will confer
with Assistant Attorney General
I Frierson with respect to the Depart
ment of Justice attitude, and to avoid
a misunderstanding between the two
branches of the government in deal
ing with the affair.
Krirmon Snggratn Parley.
Replying to a telegram from M. S
McDonougb. state's attorney of Iron
county. Mich.. Assistant Attorney
General Frierson offered the sug
eestion that the attorney and the
federal authorities hold a conference
looking to an adjustment of the sit
uation arising out of the efforts of
Maj. A. V. Dalrymple to enforce the
I prohibition law in the county. The
state's attorney in his telegram as
sured the assistant attorney general
'the accounts of the alleged "whisky
rebellion" had been exaggerated.
Palmer Authorizes Action.
I ST. IjOITIS, Mo.. February 25.?
Attorney (ieneral A. Mitchell Pal
mer yesterday telegraphed Assistant
Attorney General Frierson authoriz
ing him to take any steps he deemed
necesBary in the alleged "whisky
rebellion" in Iron county, Mich. He
also wired Daniel C. Roper, internal
revenue commissioner, to confer with
Mr. Frierson on the matter. Mr. Pal
mer passed through here en route
from Kansas City to Frankfort, Ky.
Dry Agents Destroy Wine;
Cannot Locate County
Officials for Conference
IRON RIVKR. Mich.. February 25.
?State's Attorney M. S. McDonougb
of Iron county could not be located
today by Maj. A. V. Dalrymple. fed
eral prohibition director for the cen
tral states, but the wine which was
taken from the federal authorities
last week was found and destroyed.
Nine barrels of wine were located
in the cellar of a priest's house, where
it has been placed for safekeeping,
and rolled into the street, where the
agents knocked the ends off the bar
rels and let the liquor run Into the
gutter.
The conference which was to have
taken place between Maj. Dalrymple
and the state officials has been post
poned until such time as the officials
are found.
Maj. Dalrymple and his agents ex
pect to leave here immediately for
the Virginia mines, where another
raid will be made.
J. B. PAYNE NOMINATION
FAVORED BY COMMITTEE!
Favorable report was today ordered
by the Senate public lands committee
upon the nomination of John Barton
Payne, now chairman of the Shipping
Board, to be Secretary of the Interior
to succeed Secretary Lane, resigned.
E. D. Spaulding Asks Manda
mus Against Municipal Tri
bunal in Rent issue.
Seeking to compel the Municipal
Court to take jurisdiction of a land
lord and tenant case and to proceed
to hear and determine his right to
possession of premises 3401 Dent
place northwest, which he says he
has purchased for his own use.
Edward P. Spaulding today filed in
the District Supreme Court a petition
for a mandamus. Edward B. Kimball,
judge of the Municipal Court, la
'named as defendant.
Justice Siddons issued a rule on
Judge Kimball to show cause March
5 why he should not be required to
proceed with the case.
Mr. Spaulding attacks the consti
tutionality of the Ball rent law and
asserts that the new enactment does
not deprive the Municipal Court of
Jurisdiction In cases where the pur
cn**?r wishes the property for hl?
own use. even when there is a dis
pute as to the sufficiency and accu
racy of the notice to quit and con
cerning the good faith of the demand
for the premise?. Counsel contend
that such cases are exempted entirely
from the provisions of the Ball act
and that the rent commission has
nothing to do with these cases.
Some weeks ago Justice Siddons had
a case similar to this, but In
no dispute had been filed b> the
tenant. In that case the court de
clined to pass on the constitutionality
of the Ball act, but directed JudS*
Terrell, then hearing landlord and
tenant cases, to proceed with the
'hearing without indicating in any
manner how the Municipal Court should
hold.
IMtDtCitD)
IN ONE ITALIAN TOWN
Municipal Buildings at Pieve di
Soligo Seized?General Strike '
Called in Naples. |
LONDON, February 25.?Workers at
Tieve di Soligo. Italy, have seized the |
municipal buildings and proclaimed a !
I soviet government, according to a
Rome dispatch to the Central News.
I In fighting between workers and
| carabineers many persons were
wounded. Disorders have also occur
red at Vittorio. Montebelluna and else
where. the dispatch says.
Gewnl Strike in Naples.
NAPLES, February 15.?A general j
strike in sympathy with striking
metal workers has been declared by ;
! the labor chamber here.
ASQUITH IS ELECTED
TO PARLIAMENT SEAT;
Former Premier of England Is Vic
torious in Bye-Election by
Good Ilargin.
I,ONDON. February 25.?Former
Premier Herbert H. Asqulth was
elected to parliament from the Paisley
constituency in the recent bye-elec
tion. Announcement of the result was
made today. ,
Mr. Asquith. the liberal nominee,
polled 14,736 votes against 11.902 for
J M Biggar. the labor candidate, and
3 795 for J. A. D. MacKean. coalition
unionist.
Women played a prominent part in
the campaign which has resulted in
the former premier's sucoess in his
effort to return to the house of com
mons and work for vindication of his
ideals of liberalism. The most prom
ter Utdy Bonham Carter, who took
Ine'nt of the women who are busy
electioneering for him was his daugh
up Lhe cudgels In behalf of her
father and made many pithy and
striking speeches.
TENANTS "VOTE" BENT RATSf;
Anti-Profiteer Landlord Employs
Extra Money in Improvements.
NEW YORK. February 25.?Unable
to think of anything else to do with
the ? ? and V monthly rental increases
his eight tenants forced upon him
over his protest George C. Kelly, an
anti-profiteer, today set electricians at
work wiring his eight-family apart
ment in West 106th street for elec
tricity.
Mr. Kelly had steadfastly maintained
his pre-war rental schedule of $10 a
month for his apartments until his
tenants got together yesterday and
V'.-ted him ths increase.
Congress Charged With Fail
ing to Enact Legislation
Country Demanded.
Indication of the line of attack of
the democratic managers on the re
publicans in the coming nattonaJ cam
paign is afforded in the speech of
Attorney General Palmer in Topeka.
. Kan., Monday night. His remarks are
being circulated by the democratic
Itliermore recognized as being a con
1 spicuous member of the administra
' tion militant.
The democrats propose to crucify
i the republican Congress for alleged
; failure to enact remedial legislation
demanded by the country and prom
ised by the republican party in the
elections which returned the present
j republican House and Senate Every
man and woman is personally aware
of the conditions which need remedy
ing. The democrats intend to call
attention to the confident promises
made by the republicans in their cam
ipaign and then to chance up the Items
Iof alleged failure, furnishing details
?an itemized statement of account.
Rrpokllrui lidrr Handles*.
The republicans were unfortunate
In being "called to the bat" so soon
after being elected to office. Ordi
narily the Congress which is elected
in November does not meet until a
year from the following Hecember.
and in the meantime the country haa
time to forget, or other issues inter
vene?or something But in this in
stance the republicans came earlier
j into office, in extraordinary session,
and Itardly had the gavel fallen until
! the democrats began to cry. "Now
1 produce." And they have kept on
nagging the majority party ever
since, until it has become a sore sub
ject. but the worst is yet to come?
in the way of recrimination?the
democrats assert.
Mr. Palmer's Charges.
"The republican party has been loud
in promise and silent in perform
ance." Attorney General Palmar de
clares. in his Topeka speech, which
I is to be a campaign document f >r the
j democrats, with the prestige of the
utterances of a member of the Presi
dent's cabinet.
"Long heralded as the party of busi
I ness capacity." he goes on to say. "its
failure to adequately meet the great
questions pressing for answer has ul
j terly negatived its repeated boastings."
Thereupon the democratic bill of par
ticulars begins with calling attention to
i the fact that "though seven months
have elapsed since the treaty of peace
j was submitted to the Senate," the Pen
! ate has now arrived at the exact poin'
I at which it started and proposes now to
I begin a new trip around the unending
circle of debate. Tt is charged that
I "even such of our reconstruction prob
! lems as might he solved in the mean
time by legislative processes have been
| deliberately ignored by Congress intent
; upon the solution of one problem only.
! and that is how to make it impossible
! for the democratic administration to
build a recort which will justify the
cwitlmaM.Confidence of the nation."
AaMWr Canst la lallrtarat.
The democratic indictment brought by
the Attorney General says:
?In August of last year, when serious
! industrial disturbance was apparently
i resulting from the cost of living, the
j President addressed the Congress in a
! message calling attention to the urgent
necessity of legislation to meet the sit.
I uation. While the fundamental and un
derlying cause of the high prtces haa
; admittedly been an economic condition
world-wide In its scope, resulting largely
from a decreased production of goods
' which support life and a greatly ex
? panded credit currency growing out of
! the necessity of financing the war. there
have been apparent evils partly respon
sible for high prices which could have
: been effectually checked by rigid en
i torcement of such laws as the President
i earnestly urged upon the Congress."
I Coming to several counts under the
! indictment. It is charged that the Presi
1 dent's recommendation to continue the
! life of the Lever act to control prices
was ignored: that the republicans
ignored the recommendation to pass
a law regulating cold storsge. limit
ing the time which goods may be kept
i in storage?requiring them when re
leased to be stamped with the date
1 of storage and the selling price at th?
time?all of which it is claimed would
I tend to lower the cost.
| SaHrestlona Ignored.
! Other counts in the indictment
point out the President's recom
mendations which it is charged have
been ignored, as follows:
"He urged, further, that all goods
designed for interstate commerce
should, in every case where their
form or package makes it possible,
be plainlv marked with the price at
which thev left the producer.
"He asked, also, that the bill pro
posed bv the capital iasues committee
designed to stop speculation and pre
vent fradulent methods of promotion,
by which our people are annually
fleeced of many millions of hard
earned money, should promptly be
made a law. .
"He urged a law requiring the fed
eral licensing of all corporations en
gaged in Interstate commerce and
embodying in the license or in the
conditions under which It is to be is
sued regulations designed to secure
competitive selling and prevent un
conscionable profits in the method of
ro"Maytilast the President urged upon
the Congress the necessity for legis
lation which would support the
er.at chemical industry which was
iwilt up in the United States during
the war at a time when German dye
stuffs were not imported At last ao
that recommendation had not
^ complied with In letter or in
SP?He asked that agencies of the *ot
ernment which had performed in
dispensable service in supplying the
nubUc with Information regarding
th?> supply of commodities and the
Ku3T? p?~
necessary and helpful
fn their own defense in meeting the
profiteer."
WOULD HAVE U.S. STORE
NATION'S LIQUOR SUPPLY
Storage in special government
warehouses of the nation's visible li
quor supply of fit.000,000 nitons, so ma
to prevent its theft and transfer to
channels of outlaw trade, waa urged
today by representatives of the pro
hibition enforcement bureau, before
the House ways and means committee.
Since the country went dry on Jan
uary 16 liquor has been stolen from
bonded and distillery warehouses at
an "alarming" rate, according to pro
hibition experts, who suggested that
the stock, held now in ISO establish
ments, be concentrated In thirty or
less. Pressed for figures, Alfred D.
Vanbaren, counsel for the federal pro
btbitien commissioner, said definite
reports shewed the robbery of eighty
eight warehouses and theft of IMft
callous of lifeor sines July 1