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PRESIDENT NAMES
TWO TO POSITIONS
ASDISTRICTHEADS
Rudolph and Oyster Chosen
i Commissioners; Hearing
Set for Monday.
SELECTIONS INDORSED
BY PEOPLE OF CITY
Announcement Made After White
. House Conference With Local
f Republican Leader.
Cuno H. Rudolph and James F.
Oyster were today named by President
Harding to he members of the
board of District Commissioners.
The nominations of tho District
' Commissioners were referred to the
District Senate committee. The committee
will hold hearings on the nominations
at 10 o'clock Monday morning.
When the nominations were
submitted to the Senate it was made
known that citizens here have requested
a hearing, and at the suggestion
of several senators action on
the nominations was deferred and
plans made for the hearing. An efTort
will be made to report the Commissioners
as soon as possible. Senator
, Norris of Nebraska is understood to
? have been one of those to demand
that hearings be held.
The announcement was made officially
by the White House, following
a conference between the President
and Samuel J. Prescott, vice
' chairman of the republican state
committee for the District of Columbia,
the official party organization in
this city.
Request Confirmation.
In sending these nominations to the
Senate republican leaders of the Senate
had been informed of the importance
of confirming them at once, that
the two vacancies existing on the
board may be filled as soon as possible.
The selection of these two prominent
, local men by the President is received
warmly by the business and other interests
in Washington, as well as the
general public, and because of their
long public service In the city and
their familiarity with District affairs
and the duties to which they are to be
assigned, the appointments are looked
upon with great favor.
Well Versed la Duties.
Mr. Rudolph, who is the president of
the Second National Bank, is especially
well versed in the duties of District
Commissioner. He served one
term under President Taft, and his
administration was a pronounced success.
He has been prominent irirr
civic organizations, serving as president
of the Board of Trade at two
different times.
Capt. Oyster, a lifelong resident of
Washington, is at present chairman
of the rent commission of the District,
and a director of the fifth federal
reserve district, which includes
Washington. D. C. He also has been
active in civic movements, serving a
term as president of the Board of
Trade and holding similar positions
with the old Business aten s AnwimI
tion and the Chamber of Commerce.
' Another feature of his public service
was as president of the board of
education.
Strangely enough, both of these appointees
were appointed by President
Taft during the waning days of his
administration, but failed of nomination
at that time.
UfelMf Resident Here.
Capt. James F. Oyster has spent all
of his seventy years In Washington,
having been born hero February It.
1851. He received his education in
the public schools and Rittenhouse
Academy.
Before reaching his majority he >
. ventured forth into a business career
, by accepting a position as clerk in
I a downtown store. Four years later,
in 1871. he joined his father, George
i M. Oyster, sr.. and brother. George
M. Oyster. Jr., in the butter business.
The firm continued until 1886,
when the elder member retired. Three
years later the brother withdrew to
' enter the milk business, leaving Capt.
Oyster successor to the original firm, i
No man is better known in the business
circles of Washington than Capt. i
* ) Oyster, for he has been identified with ;
j the local business world since the
! days of the old Business Men's Asso- !
. elation. The organization merged '
; with the Jobbers and Shippers' Association
to form the Chamber of Com- I
merce.
<~"apt Oyster was vice president and
director of the chamber for a number
of years after its formation, and about
ten years afro served as president for
two years. He also has been a prominent
member for twenty-five years and
former president of the Board of Trade.
The nominee for Commissioner
served his city faithfully as a mem'
ber and president of the board of
education from 1906 to 1910.
('apt. Oyster was a member of the
"Washington Light Infantry Corps and
later assisted in the organization of
the National Rifles. He was made a
captain in the National Rifles, an office
which he held until 1895. when
he retired. The title of captain has
remained with him and he is now
president of the National Rifles Veteran
Association.
In 1914 Capt. Oyster was made a
member of the Federal Reserve Board
for the fifth district, headquarters of
which is at Richmond, and which includes
the District of Columbia. At
the expiration of his first term he was
again named to represent the National
Capital on the board, and last fall
was honored with a third appointment.
being one of a very limited
number of men who have been thus
, distinguished.
Native of Baltimore.
Cuno H. Rudolph also has been iden'
tilled with the business Kjfe of the
city for many years, having come to
Washington in 1892.
The former Commissioner was born
in Baltimore in 1860 and received his
education in private schools. When
he moved to Washington he Required
an interest in the firm of J. II. Chesley
& Co.. and later became president
of the firm of Rudolph & West.
Mr. Rudolph was twice president of
t>e Washington Board of Trade, havi/ig
served in that capacity in 1908
0 nd 1913. He has been president of
the Washington Clearing House since
1915. and president of the Associated
Charities for the same period. He is
vice president of the Children's Hospital.
having been elected in 1915. A
founder and twice a director of the
Chamber of Commerce, he has been
on# of the most active workers in its
membership
Mr. Hudolph is treasurer of the republican
state committee. During the
war he was war fund treasurer of the
local chapter of the American Red
Cross, and under his supervision
5370.000 for the Red Cross was rain*-d
h*?re in 1917. SI.200.000 in 1918 ami
ISlMI la 1919 Hi paraoaally i ?1."
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New D. C. Commissioners
Named by President Today
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Upper: JAMES F. OYSTER.
Iiower: CUNO H. RUDOLPH.
QUICK ACTION SEEN
IN PASSING TARIFF
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Penrose Thinks House Will ]
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Put Through Protective Bill
Soon After Convening.
BY K. O. MESSENGER.
Indication comes through Senator '
Penrose, who, while not the tactical :
floor leader of the'majorlty party in
the Senate, is acknowledged as the
potential force in tariff and tax legis- :
lation, as chairman of the committee
on finance and by virtue of his own ]
personality, of the probable course as ,
to the tarifT bill. i
If his forecast works out, the House
at the extraordinary sessioiJ will sue- J
ceed in passing a tariff bill within a .
fortnight after assembling. This <
prophesy of his has significant bear- '
ing upon the suggestion that the
tariff legislation now will be of a na- ]
ture temporary. <
He says it will follow closely the j
lines of the old Payne-Aldrich act, to j
keep the bars of protection up until
Europe's affairs are adjusted, until I
costs are stabilized, until exchanKe ; :
settles to a firm basis and it will be j
possible to have definite guiding
marks in makiflg a tariff which will '
cover the difference in cost of produc- 1
Jion here and in competing with foreign
countries.
Senator Penrose is inclined to think
that a scientific tariff will not be
created until after the Congress elections
next year. The republican party
has had at least one bitter experience
in revising the tariff on the eve of a
Congress election.
-No Fear for Senate.
When the bill comes to the Senate,
Senator Penrose has faith that it can ]
be passed without unreasonable de- [
lay. He asserts that it will be pass- '
ed by a united republican party, and, :
what is more, a disciplined republican
party. By that he means party
action in unison with the will of the I
great majority of It. and the consc- I
quent submerging of individual and
sectional special interests.
While the experience with the tern- '
porary tariff bill might not be regarded
as holding out hope for such harmonious
action, it is pointed out that
; there was never any real expectation
j that the bill would become law, and
' senators were afforded more latitude
1 than they can expect when the Senj
ate gets down to the preparation of a
| bill intended to become law.
j The republicans are united in the j
| conviction that a tariff measure is
1 essential to protect American indusI
tries during the period of reconstruction
in Europe. and that the sooner
it is put on the statute books the
earlier will conditions become stabilized
in home industries, and costs
will seek a settling place.
ltrpuhlirana Must I nitr.
In fact, the condition confonting
I the republicans In Congress is classed
' as a case of "must"?they are sim:
ply compelled to get together and the
i only way the leaders see to do it in
I the Senate will be through sacrifice
and discipline? by party caucus.
I Horn*-, senators of the mind of Senj
ator 1-iodge. the floor leader, appre'
hend that the passage of a "stop|
gap" bill will be a confession of
I weakness that the republican party
I is not competent to handle a tariff
! hill, but Senator Penrose and his foli
lowers do to' run along with this
i fear.
The point is made that speedy action
! on the tariff, in addition to the rea]
son assigned, is necessary in order
I to clear the way for the tax reform
| bill. There is difference of opinion
I as to what really "ails" business,
i Some manufacturers claim that it is
the tariff, while admitting that excessive
taxes burden them almost to
extinction, but other "big business" is
emphatic in the charge that tuxes
are "eating tin rn alive" and they
must have relief, tariff or no tariff
i Senator Penrose and his substantial
; following are determined in opposit
inn lii writ/ t ft 111 ii 11 r u i' ir muboulilfi i ..
I I. |?# li ? " " 'V ' !> ' II J film I ( I) I
1 a I low tlx- I'rMiid'-nt to di-ttiKitafc I
|<Iuti*a or to jrlve that powi-r to thel
tariff cotiitniaatoa or any other body.
BOLSHEVIKI MAKE
DESPERATE EFFORT
TO CURB REBELLION
Petrograd wrested i-rom
Their Hands, However,
Say Latest Advices.
AMERICAN FOOD STORES
REACH THE RUSSIANS
Hundreds Executed in Fighting
About Minsk?Eebel Bands Operating
in Many Sections.
Itv tlio Assm i.jtf<! Pro,?.
WARSAW, March 12.?Petrograd is
in the hands of revolutionary forces
and the bolsheviki have been ousted,
it was declared in a wireless dispatch
received here today. The message,
which was confused and disconnected,
owing to the weakness of the
sending station, is believed to have
been sent out from Petrograd.
It was declared in the dispatch
that food sent by Col. Kdward W.
Ryan. American Red Cross commissioner
to the Raltic states, had ar
ri>cu, um wneiner it nan Deen received
at Kronstadt or Petrograd was
not clear.
Revolt la Sprrnding.
The reports received in governmental
quarters here say the revolutionary
movement continues to spread
in the region surrounding Minsk. The
soviet authorities are described as
making desperate efforts to control
the situation.
A wireless appeal from the Kronstadt
insurrectionists was picked up
today by the Polish government radio
station here. It made an urgent plea
for food supplies and for outside reinforcements.
Fighting in Minafc.
A dispatch from Vilna says antibolshevik
forces fought their way
into Minsk, and held control of the
city for live hours, but were later
driven out by soviet forces. While
occupying the city, the revolutionists
killed many local communists, It is
said, and when the bolshevik! re-entered
the town they executed more
than 200 persons, many of whom were
Poles, who were accused of sympathizing
with the insurgents.
A radio dispatch signed by Prof.
Hermann Zeidler, former president of
the Russian Red Cross, states he has
undertaken to regulate food supplies
for the Russian revolutionists. Russian
members of the refugee colony
here state Prof. Zeidler is a widely
known surgeon.
Rewards for Leaders.
Leon Trotsky, the Russian soviet
war minister, according to Russians
here who are in daily touch with
their country, has offered a reward
of 5,000,000 rubles for the body, dead
or alive, of Gen. Kovlovskv. the rev
olutionary leader In the Petrograd
region. Gen. Kovlovsky, in return.
Is reported to have offered 10,000,000
rubles for Trotsky's body.
It is pointed out here that a million
rubles now is worth about $50.
Besides a dozen or more main insurrections,
many anti-bolshevlk
bands are reported to be operating
under stimulus of the Kronstadt
movement. East of Kiev and the
Volga river region there are five main
bands, the most important of which Is
beaded by Gen. Makno, the Ukrainian
inti-bolshevik leader, who recently
consolidated his forces with those of
Sen. Antonoff. These bands are said
to number from 10,000 to 15,000 men.
ill mounted and well equipped. The
bands defeated the bolshevik! in several
encounters east of Kiev, but the
bolsheviki have tightened their hold
in Kiev and are preparing to defend
it from.within and without.
.Sailors Are Obdurate.
IjONDON, March 11.?Petrograd is
now firmly held, and there is little
chance of the Kronstadt revolt spreading
farther into the mainland, according
to a Riga message to the London
Times. The soviet government, however,
it is added, is unable to suppress
it. and it is expected the sailors
will continue to defy the communists
as long as their food lasts, which, it
is learned from Narva, will be about
four months.
The bolshevik Gen. Tuchatschewski,
In command on the Petrograd front,
has been relieved because of three
serious reverses he suffered. War
Minister Trotsky is reported to have
taken command of headquarters at
Sestroretsk, about twenty miles
northwest of Petrograd.
The Riga Runischau says that the
Ukrainian anti-bolshevik Gen. Makno
has taken Yekaterinoslav, in southr.pn
Pll??sia. and is firlvonoinre
the Crimea. Soviet adherents at Jelisavetgrad.
adds the newspaper, have
been shot or hanged by his orders.
NEGROES ATTACK WOMAN
Finding Her Husband 111, Burglars
Terrorize Home.
RICHMOND, Va? March 12.?Two
negro burglars broke into the home
of a white man early this morning,
and. after taking SO cents from his
trousers, attacked his wife while he
lay ill in bed. Kach burglar held a
pistol and flashlight and threatened
the couple with instar.t death if they
made an outcry. The entire police
force of the city and several local
\ vcs ?r*> spy ?* ?
?? - o *v? iuc tniainals.
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The governor will be asked by
Mayor Ainslie to offer a reward for
the capture of the negroes. Great
excitement prevails in the section of
the city in which the crime was committed.
Today's News
in Paragraphs
Penrose forecasts tariff will pass Congress
soon after convening. Page 1
Col. Harvey approved by unofficial poll
of senators for court of St. James.
Page 1
Steps to be taken to enlarge tidal basin
bathing beach. Page 1
President Harding to support Wilson's
views on mandates over Yap and
Mesopotamia. Page 1
Prightwdod citizens demand law to control
firearms. Page S
U. S- '? s?on to r*Ply to Japan in Yap
situation. Page 5
American doctors force Russians to fight
1'ajjo 9
VV J. Callagher dies after forty-nine
years' service on The Evening Star.
Page 1J
President Harding appeals to Americans
to aid starving China. Page 12
I . II A
'PLUCKING' VICTIMS
WIN COURTRULING
Chief Justice Sustains Contention
of Reduced
Officers.
Chief Justice McCoy of the Supreme
Court of the District of Columbia
today sustained the contention
of Col. John W. French and Col.
William F. McCreery that the action
of the flnal^ classification or "plucking"
board must be acted on Individually
by the President of the
United States before the men placed
In class B may be retired or removed
from the Army.
The officers brought mandamus
proceedings against Newton D. Baker,
Secretary of War in the Wilson
administration, to compel their restoration
to the rank and emoluments
of the active service after Mr. Baker
had approved a finding of the "plucking
board" placing the men in class
B and ordering their retirement.
Secretary Weeks has been substituted
as defendant in the proceedings
and if a mandamus has to be
ordered it will run against the new
S6cr6tftry.
The Chief Justice filed only a brief
memorandum, in which he says: "I
have not been able to reach a decision
on all the points involved, but am of
the opinion that the individual action
of the President upon the findings
of the final classification board is
necessary. X sustain the demurrer to
the answer. An opinion covering all
points may be filed."
Secretary Baker. It was claimed,
had approved the action of the
"plucking board" without submitting
the matter to President Wilson, and
the officers complained to the court
that this was an unlawful proceeding,
as they were entitled to have a review
by the chief executive. Mr.
Baker answered that all the provisions
of the law had been observed
and requested that the suits for mandamus
be dismissed.
Attorneys Ansell & Bailey appeared
for the Army officers.
ANTI-CHURCHILL MOBS
ROUT EGYPTIAN POLICE
Reinforced Constabulary Fires on
Disturbers, Killing Three and
Wounding Others.
ALEXANDRIA. Egypt. March 11.?
The native police, in breaking up a
demonstration against Winston Spencer
Churchill, the new secretary for
the colonies, who is to have charge
of Egyptian affairs, were stoned today
and compelled to flee. Reinforce- '
ments for the police who came up
fired on the crowd, killing three persons
and wounding others.
Mr. Churchill arrived in Cairo
Thursday, accompanied by war office
representatives, in connection with
Arab and Palestine affairs. He avoided
a hostile demonstration by students
who were awaiting him at the :
station by leaving the train a few
miles outside the city and motoring
I to his hotel. j
| Small sporadic anti-Churchill demon- j
i strations took place in Alexandria,'
Tuesday and Wednesday.
Pictures, Ficti
In Tomori
Together with photograp
the newest photographs of
desks. An excellent picture
Clark, a full page of youngste
ington's Younger Generation
pictures.
Fiction in the Magazine
Ring W. Lardner, Sydney
Cram.
"Vighting the Drug Ei
In Tomori
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'Where's Cox's Sister?'
Asks Lad of 3 Years
Meeting Mrs. Votaw
TJir Impression made on even
the Infantile mind by the ?eltement
of a presidential earnpalgn
la n vivid one. If somewhat
blurred.
Yesterday a Washington
youngster of a little over three
years was out at Fort Myer.
entrapeed by the last drill of
the season. At Its rlose his
mother spied her friend, Mrs.
Votaw, sister of President
Harding, and with Justifiable
pride introdueed her young
hopeful, saylngt
' Charles, this Is President
Harding's sister."
The little boy "made his manners,"
and then, quirk as a
flash, asked loudly and diatinetly:
"Where's Cox's sister!"
XTFPSTfl RFTAKFN
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Congress Probably Will Get
Request to Appropriate
$25,000 for Work.
Congress probably will be requested
at its special session beginning next
month to provide an appropriation for
enlarging the tidal basin bathing
beach. Maj. Ridley, in charge of the
office of public buildings and grounds,
which exercises control over the
basin, stated today enlargement of
the beach is necessary and that an
appropriation for the work will be
sought either at the special session
or the extra session of Congress in December,
with chances favoring the
earlier request. It is estimated the improvement
will cost J2r>,000.
While the basin is said to be
polluted with sewerage carried in the
river, it is the opinion of Maj. Ridley
there is also danger of infection from
overcrowding on the beach. He-proposes
to curtail attendance this year
and enlarge the facilities as rapidly
as possible.
The office of public buildings and
grounds now has available a fund of
$20,000 for an addition to the women's
wing of the bath house and other
improvements. Maj. Ridley said today
effort would be made to use a part
of this fund in extending the beach,
which now has a length of 450 feet.
Maj. Ridley believes it should be
lengthened to S00 feet.
According to Maj. Ridley, the condition
of the water in the basin will
be watched constantly by the public
health service and should serious
pollution be discovered steps will be
taken to safeguard the public. Asa E.
I'hillips, District sanitary engineer,
and others have declared the beach
is a menace to the health of Washington.
ATTEMPT TO WRECK TRAINS.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 12.?New
York Central railroad detectives are
investigating what is believed to have
been an attempt to wreck eastbound
fast trains one-half mile west nf the
Willbughby, Ohio, station, Thursdaynight.
Spikes had been drawn for ten
tie lengths of one rail and for onefourth
the length of another with
tools taken from a toolhouse, which
had been broken into. New York Central
officials were unable to say how
many trains had passed over the
tracks after the spikes were removed.
ion and Fact
ow's Star
ihs of the inauguration are
cabinet members at their
of the funeral of Champ
rs under the title of "Washand
the very latest news
Section by Fannie Hurst,
C. Partridge and Mildred
ril," By H. O. Bishop
ow's Star
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PROBLEM g| J
MAY PICK HARVEY
FOR LONDON POST
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Senate Committee Sounded
on Proposed Nomination for
U. S. Ambassadorship.
George Harvey of New Tork, editor
of Harvey's Weekly, is understood to
have been definitely selected by President
Harding as ambassador to London
to succeed John W. Davis, who
now is returning home. The nomination
may go to the Senate before the
present extraordinary session ends.
It is known that the Senate foreign
relations committee has been polled
to determine sentiment as to Mr. Harvey's
selection and the understanding
is that all the republican members
as well as the democratic members
now in Washington have expressed
approval.
Harvey's Activity.
Col. Harvey was active in bringing
about the nomination of Woodrow |
Wilson in Baltimore in 1912, but before
the elections the following November
there was a break between
them. Mr. Wilson wrote Col. Harvey
that his support was embarrassing,
and afterward the colonel became one
of the sharpest critics of the Wilson
administration.
In the 1916 elections Col. Harvey
supported Charles Evans Hughes and
last year he supported Mr. Harding.
Before founding Harvey's Weekly
Mr. Harvey was editor of Harper's
weeKiy. lie also 1 s eaiiur 01 wie i
North American Review, which he
purchased in 1899. Before turning to
the magazine field he had had a long
career as a newspaper man, beginning
in 1882, and was managing
editor of the New York World from
1891 to 1893.
Haa Held Office..
Col. Harvey served one year as insurance
commissioner of New York,
and from 1894 to 1898 he was the constructor
and president of various
electric railroads. He was born in
Peacham, Vt., fifty-seven years ago
and was educated at Peacham Academy.
He holds the decree of doctor of letters
of the Univerities of Navada
and Vermont and Middlebury and
Erskine colleges.
Mr. Creager for Mexico.
Appointment of R. E. Creager of
Brownsville, Tex., as ambassador to
Mexico is believed to be a certainty,
and those who are in a position to
speak wisely are of the opinion that
although announcement of his selection
for this post may not be made
known yet, their assurance is not
based on rumors nor mere guesswork.
Mr. Creager has talked with the President
each day this week, which, with
other developments in connection
I with the bringing about of an early
I recognition of Mexico, are taken to
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sirengmen iucir cuiuiucucc iu who ?
speculation. '
Mr. Creager has said nothing' dur- j
ing his calls at the executive offices I
that would confirm this report, other
than to state that he has on several
occasions gone over the Mexican situation
with the President.
Col. Scobey to "I.and."
Col. F. E. Scobey of Texas,
formerly an officer of the Ohio state
senate and another personal friend of
! President Harding, who has been a
daily visitor at the executive offices,
also is said to be slated for appoint(
ment to some high office. Col. Scobey [
left Washington today for Battle Creek.
Mich., where he will visit for a few
days.
O'Shaughnenxy a Caller.
Nelson O'Shaughnessy, former charge .
d'affaires at Mexico City, conferred today
with President Harding, but it is I
understood the Mexican situation was '
not discussed. While Mr. O'Shaughnessy 1
is said to be slated for a diplomatic
post, it is considered unlikely that he <
will be returned to Mexico. 1
Selection of Eliot Wadsworth of Bos- i
ton to be an assistant secretary of 1
Hearing Heart B
Now Possible
An amplifying apparatus described 1
as so delicate as to permit a physician J
in one city to make a stethoscopic ,
study of the heart action of a patient
hundreds of miles away was demon- j
strated today to a group of Army ,
and civilian medical men at the Army 1
Signal Corps laboratories. The prin- 8
ciple involved is similar to that used
in transmitting President Harding's
inaugural address to the great crowd
that extended far beyond the ordinary ,
reach of the human voice. ^
Greatly Amplified. I
The demonstration was directed by t
Brig. Gen. George Squier, chief of the 1
signal service. The stethoscopic ap- I
paratus, with electrical connection, c
was placed over the heart of one of t
the laboratory assistants, and the I
heartbeat was anyilitted many thou- t
Bands of times, emerging through a t
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SELECTED BY PRESIDENT.
Husband Picked for Immigration
Chief?Mapes for Internal Revenue
The President today sent the following
nominations to the Senate:
Harry Hilton Billany of Maryland, to
b** fourth assistant postmaster gen- J
ral; William Walter Husband of St.
Johnsbury. Vt., to be commissioned general
of immigration; L*ars Bladine of
Cedar Falls. Iowa, to be collector of in- ;
ternal revenue for the district of Iowa; 1
Charles C. Madison of Kansas City.
Mo., to ho United States attorney for
the western district of Missouri; Carl j
A. Mapes of Michigan, renominated
to he solicitor of the bureau of internal
revenue.
COOUOGEONGUARD
FUR I(IAIM OIIFRY
"Ask the President," Reply
to Chair Question?Cabinet j
Asks Much Advice.
nv DAVID I j A W RK A CK.
President Harding's first week in
the White House has been a struggle
against the limitations of a twentyfour-hour
day and the irrepressible
energy of an army of office seekers.
Mr. Harding has made a pleasing
impression upon everybody who called
on him?an impression of earnestness
and conscientious application to
duty.
The cabinet officers have interfered
to some extent with the orderly processes
of the White House by breaking
in on regular engagement hours
to seek the advice and guidance of
the chief executive. This will not
continue, however, as the ten heads
of departments will gradually become
accustomed to their surroundings
and will soon go ahead on their
own responsibility.
Indeed, the cabinet Secretaries have
been reticent to express themselves,
not so much because of timidity as
unfamiliarity with the business they
found on hand when they took office.
There has been, of course, the
usual amount of stage fright, as hundreds
of newspaper reporters have
bombarded the new officials with a
thousand and one questions, the
great majority of which couldn't be
answered as yet even if the cabinet
Secretaries had wished to unbosom
themselves.
Arouspo loalKKP Sunpirioni.
No more amusing incident of the
caution which the new officials sometimep
affect could be mentioned, perhaps!
than when a correspondent
representing a Boston newspaper
caught Vice President Coolidge off
his guard and asked him a question
so simple that Mr. Coolidge imagined
it was "loaded."
The Vice President was leaving the
cabinet meeting, to which he had
been invited by Mr. Harding. Vice
Presidents do not attend cabinet I
meetings every day, and the novjelty
of the occasion stirred the curiosity
of the Boston reporter, who stepped
up to Mr. Coolidge and inquired:
"Mr. Vice President, would you
mind telling me lust where you sat at
the cabinet meeting?"
There was a pause. The former
Governor of Massachusetts pondered
a moment, turned his gaze thoughtfully
backward toward the cabinet
room and without change of expression
finally said:
"I am afraid you will have to ask
the President about that."
The Vice President momentarily forgot
that about ten minutes before the
photographers were admitted in the
presence of the cabinet, where their
cameras took away many records of
the Vice President's placid countenance
at the end of the table opposite
the President?that is, between
the Secretary of Commerce and the
Secretary of Labor.
While very little was said about the
part the Vice President played in the
cabinet meeting, it was later officially
announced that his advice had been
sought in exactly the same way as if
he were the head of a government de
partment. v ice President Sherman
sat witH the Taft cabinet for a while,
but the practice was soon discontinued
because of the relation of the
Vice President to the Senate, over
which he sits as a presiding officer,
and in which body he is privileged to
cast a vote in the event of a tie.
Traditional Jealousy.
There always has been considerable
jealousy between the executive and
legislative branches of the governmnt,
and it is not altogether certain
that the Vice President will And it
to his liking to lie a part of the administrative
machinery of the gov- >
ernment on the one hand, and a presiding
officer and member of the legislative
branch of the government on
the other.
The theory back of the admission
of the Vice President to the cabinet
meeting is that he shall be well in
formed in case of an emergency and
be ready to take over the reins of '
government. The opportunity to get 1
such a training, however, is not to be j
found in cabinet meetings, where the ,
discussion centers primarily in business
of an administrative nature, in- !
stead of general policies. Indeed, it i
is suggested that Mr. Coolidge may .
feel obliged to withdraw from such
discussions sas relate to legislation
on which he might be compelled to '
oast a deciding vote.
President Harding has succeeded at ;
the outset, however, in conveying the
idea that he wants to take counsel. j
He is by no means set in his opin
ions, and he has revealed already a J
passion for harmonious agreement '
both in his cabinet and in Congress, j
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the Treasury is understood to have been J
virtually agreed upon. He probably will ?
he in charge of fiscal affairs. c
Mr. Wadsworth served as wartime t
hairman of the central committee of
the American ltea cross, ana i? cnairman
of the executive committee of the
Harvard endowment fund committee. r
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eats by Phone ;
by Ne w De vice ;
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thonograph horn to be heard distinct- I ti
y and studied by the physicians in a ] d
room some distanoe from that in b
vhich the subject was located. e
The device may be used in connec- I s
ion with any telephone wires and will | h
'unction, it was said at the laboratory, | f
is far as the telephone wires will ' n
ransmit the voice in ordinary conversation.
How Apparatus Works.
"A special heart transmitter has
?een designed which rests by its own E
veight over the patient's heart." said
Jen. Sipiier, in describing the appara,us.
"The passage of the blood
hrough the different valves of the
teart causes vibrations in an air chain- A
>er which faithfully reproduces all Jc
i ine various nfiiuuji, I iicbc arc i ps
ransmitted over tlie wire to an am- j i>
ilifylng apparatus attached to a large tl
lorn, which projects the sounds I s
hroughout the building." e
PRESIDENT HARDING
TOBACK DP WILSON
i
VIEW MATES
Administration Firm in Attitude
Adopted in Mesopotamian
and Yap Cases.
U. S. TO INSIST ON PART
IN ADJUSTING PROBLEMS
Representative May Be Sent to
Present American Points Before
League of Nations.
By the Associated Press.
The policy of the Harding administration
with respect to American
rights grow-inc out of the participation
of the United States in the world
war will not differ materially front
that of the Wilson administration, it
was learned today in authoritative
quarters.
Adjustment of the situation urow
ing out of the award of a mandate
over the Pacific Islahd of Yap to
Japan will be insisted upon as determinedly
by this administration as
it was by the last, it was said, and the
attitude with respect to the British
mandate over Mesopotamia will be
maintained.
Will I phold Contention.
It has been made clear that the
new administration will continue to
defend the contention that the United
States has not yielded and cannot
be deprived of any of her rights
as one of the victors and must be
considered in the adjustment of the
problems created by the war.
Confidence has been expressed that
an amicable adjustment of all questions
will he effected, although government
officials have not yet completed
a definite charting of the
courses they will follow in all cases.
May Send l.engue Envoy.
It was suggested that it was not
impossible that a representative
might be sent to the league of nations
to present the American point of view
in the questions of mandates in accordance
with the invitation extended
in the league's note, although It is
understood final decision on that point
has not heen made. In such event the
United States would not regard his
presence as In any way committing
the United States to formal participation
in the league councils, but more
as an attorney before a board whose
decisions it is not necessarily bound
to accept.
CY WAICCR WRITPR ROOK
BLAMES BRITAIN FOR WAR
Volume, for Private Distribution,
Cites Historical Data?Charges
Plot to Isolate Germany.
AMSTERDAM, March 12.?Former
Emperor William of Germany has
written for private distribution a
book by which he attempts to show
that England was responsible for the
world war. In the volume he has
collated historical facts and data
relative to international agreements
betwaen all countries involved in the
war from 1884 to 1914. and these
facts have been marshaled in parallel
columns by Count Hohensollern,
says the newspaper Het Volk.
He declares England's responsibility
for the war centered in her "plot
to isolate Germany," and refers to
"the mobilisation of English banks
in April, 1914; preparations for war
by tho British fleet in June, the same
year, and the Russian mobilization of
forces on July 15."
"Thus," says the newspaper, "the
former emperor tries to And adherers
for the theory that allied mobilization
made it impossible for Germany
to prevent the war.'"
? .r.r-1- ISM | en IIU CTHRM*
I line.c vmlllu in wi vmin9
HALF MILLION DAMAGE
Thirty Are Injured, 100 Derricks
Blow Down Near Shreveport,
La.
SHREVEPORT, La.. March 12.?
Three persons are dead, about thirty
Injured, several seriously, and property
damage estimated at between
1500,000 and 11,000,000 is reported as
the result of a windstorm which
swept over northwestern Louisiana,
sspecially in Claiborne and Caddo
parishes, late yesterday.
One person. Mrs. Ed Rogers, wife
3f an oil field worker, was killed,
ighteen were injured and property
lamage estimated at approximately
1 half million dollars was done in .
he Homer oil fields. About 100 derricks
were blown down. L. E. Hoffiauir.
son of a member of the legslature,
from Bossier parish, was
imong those reported seriously inured.
Two negroes were killed and nine
njured on the plantation of Arthur
I. Gale, at Gale. La., near Shreve)ort.
where the storm cut a patch
l thousand yards wide. Property
lamage at the Gale plantation was
stimated at $10,000.
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linmUKC an mmiM i|r|>i,
RULEV1LLE, Miss., March 12 ?One
nan was injured and property dam.Ke
amounting to $40,000 was caused
ly a wind and rain storm which
truck Doddsville, Miss., flve miles
rom here.
(i? Well on Fire.
ELDORADO. Ark., March 12.?
,ightning struck the Caddo central
as well here during a storm, and
he well is a roaring mass of flames.
l farmhouse close to the well caught
re from the burning gas and was
estroyed. The well is expected to
urn two or three days. The city
lectric system went out of commlsion
last night, but the burning well
3 illuminating the town. The light
rom the well can be seen for sixty
tiles.
KILLED BY BANDITS.
[. E. Allen, State Trooper, Shot in
Gun Battle.
PONTIAC, Mich., March 12.?H. B.
ill en, a state trooper, was instantly'
illed this mornng in a gun tight at
iovi, near here, between three memers
of tlie state constabulary and
ve bandit suspects. More than a
core of shots were exchanged, the
uspects escaping after Allen fell
east- ^ n* i /