Evening Star Newspaper, January 7, 1921, Page 1

WEATHER. Unsettled, probably light rain to- night and tomorrow, warmer tonight, temperature above freezing: colder late tomorrow afternoon or night. Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 43, at 2 p.m. yesterday: lowest, 30 at.6 a.m. today. Full report on page 24. Closing New York Stocks, Page 25. Che hend WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ny Star. The Associated paper and also Member of the Assoclated Press the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this Press is exclusively entitled to the local news published heralv. Al rights of publication of special dispatches berel re also reserved. Yesterday's Net Circulatiop, 92,489 Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. C. . No. 28,012 WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 7 ™ 1921 — KRAMER SUSPENDS CLERK Irene Richardson Was in Pro- hibition Permit Division. Pending an inwestization of misuse of liquor permits in New York. which already esulted in the arrest of nd women in that ¢ N. Richardson. employed office of Prohibition Commis- mer, was suspended today. She had been working in the permit division of the prohibition commis- sioner's office here. No statement as to the circumstances connecting her with the New York arrests was made by Mr. Kramer. VAST SUM IN TAXES mTSNTgUIS\L'OgJLmFE';E: Al SI@EI_N COURT' Senator Kenyon Has Fears as to lArglfments Begin in Case Which May Force U. S. Re- Exorbitant Charges Exacted All Over Country. turn of Income Levies. SENATOR CALDER PROMISESPROBEOF - 1., COALPRES in the | sioner K { | | | | | Committee to Give Attention to Anthracite as Well as Bituminous. tion inte the PriceS| Arpyments were begun today in the for anthracite coal in ‘U‘L’ preme Court in the “invested capi- of Columbia by the t‘fl\;‘_“‘;«.u i characterized by Solicitor nitt \‘_ji“,,',-l.fih.:ffl“fi»fiuJ ;;{‘s:’”“jj ieneral Frierson “the most im- P ew Yorlk, chairman of | portant le suit from the stand- fivee i{point of government finances in a b SRR -‘l,:‘:v}z‘:l’\‘u«il“‘:yb.;)’:‘"“; {decade” Whether thé government {will be forceq to return hundreds of ot tod, H ator | miilions of dollars paid as income n 1 wouid like to _the s fiom New York, Mr. Calder, chair- | uxes depends on the outcome. man of the committee on reconstruc-{ o = g ! T O s Trom lowa, Mr.| The immediate cause at issue before committee, | the court is the appeal of the La Belle Kenyon, ¢ of the . iGf the commit ¢ inio A% | iron works from a ruling of the bu- nnvfstm{;\fnfi“ Lo rfloi.;’-“\l;g"‘ <aid | Teau of internal revenue refusing to coal in the Dist mbia, {allow it to treat as invested capital Senator Smoot Deals With Anthracite. “We replied Sen; der. uation he th anthracite whoily. and we ha’ the value of ore lands which it had purchased in 1904 for $190,000, and | which by 1917 haq increased to $10,- 000,000. Paid Tax Under Protest. been trying to clean up the bl\u"”"l The government agents maintained nous situation. The committee NOW | 4},¢ the jincrease in realty was Proposes to & § atteation 10 &N~ | “profit,” and should be taxed as such. thraci The company added the increase to continued Senator Smoot. t A its capital invested and claimed the committ -“n?:’hl;l l'::)‘i_‘;r:"l normal deduction of 7 per cent, pay- ten on coal sold z - {ing under protes I would like to have the com- | 1% JN00 Protest the additional tax of | o into the question of what mittee _ The question as to whether a stock profit is being made upon anthracite|dividend is taxable arose in a new coal sold in the District of Columbia, | form in the present case the ine | creased value of the ore lands hav- ing been represented on the books of the corporation, according to the ‘gov- ernment’s brief, since 1912 by “stock “as it costs today §15.50 a ton delivered. tee is arranging.” re- der, “to take up that m next week. We shall be glad | issued as a stock dividend.” to have the scnator give us any in-| The wide interest displayed in the formation he may possess.” case in the business world was illus- r senators questioned Senator i trated by the number of requests for Calder and Senator Kenyon regarding | permission to appear as “friends of the testimony recently taken, which | the cour: Those granted permis- indicated that huge profits had been | sion to file briefs included the Long made on coal sold to the government. | Bell Lumber Company of Kansas City, | enator Kenyon said that If the|the National Lumber Manufacturers | whole American people have been | Association and robbed in the purchase of coal, as ap- | Structural Steel C parently the government has been | robbed. they have been robbed of hun- artds of millions of dollars during the last year. Evidence as to coal prices paid_in the Kansas City ‘ompany. “Like Herd of Cattle.” Increased value of the ore lands is comparable to the increase which oc- {curs in the value of a herd of cattle, | which, when purchased, included a , | 1920 by the War Department. has| oo been (ransmitted to, the Department | gul*" 2L FHYSS, [ne, appeiiant ar- of Justice, with a recommendation| court as the actual net amount of for action, Chairman Calder of thelyain made by a business between any | Sepate committee on reconstruction | fwo dates. / informed the Senate today. SURVEY OF FEDERAL WORK TO OPEN SOON “The appellant’s theory is that the capital invested in its ore lands is not what it paid for them, but is to be measured by the present value of the lands,” Mr. Frierson said, “but the government contends on the other hand that the act clearly defines the ‘invested capital’ as the amount re- ceived in exchange for its shares of stock plus any “paid In or earned sur- _plus’ used in the busines: DCALLAGHAN CASE BRINGS CONFLICT State and Labor Depart- ments at Odds—Secretary Wilson to Decide Monday. . g Senator Smoot Will Cail. Com. mittee on Government Re- organization to Meet. Senator Reed Smoot of Ttah ‘oday declared that he will call together very! soon for formal organization the mem- bership of the joint committee on the reorganization of the government. No time will be lost in placing the committee on a working basis, #o that as early a start as possible may be obtained in the task of surveying the government service here amd determin- at changes in organizations are nec-| (Conflict between the State and Labor ary. enator Smoot, who is expected to be |departments over admission to this man of the committee, indicated country of Lord Mayor O'Callaghan of that offices for carrying on the reor-|(Cork came to the surface today, when ganization survey work will be chosen | in one of the public buildings, and in|ormal denial was made by the Labor these offices the staff of workers who | Department of an earlier statement by will actively carry on the work will be | Assistant Secretary Merle Smith that focatea: | the case had been referred 1o Under- {secretary of State Davis by Secretary Wilson. Labor Department officials said no decision made by the State Department under the apprehension that the case had been referred to it would be ac- cepted by Secretary Wilson until he had taken the question under advise- WL borate Report as Guide. The joint committee on reorganization of the government will have as a guide the elaborate report of the President’s commission on cconomy and eflicieney, which functioned during the adminis- ation of President Taft, %t was indi- ted today. et This work was done by a commis- | The labor Secretary is en rou slon composed of D B A eacveland. | philadelphia and it was said he S outt ¢hairman; W. W. Willoughby. W. W.|not take the case up until Monday, Warwick, . J. Goodnow. H. §. Chase | uoc YIS 108 E and M. 0. Chance. Of these members | e two hohl high government positions Earlier in the day Mr. Smith told in the government here at this time. inewspaper men at the State Depart- These are Judge W. W. Warwick, ow controller of the Treasu oo ¥ pand | ment, that the O'Callaghan case had M. O. Chance, Washington city post- master. | Dr. Cleveiand, chairman of | Deen’ referred by the Labor Depart- the President’s commission, is now nt to the State Department as was Boston University, Dr. Goodnow at |Customary where the matter of walv- ohns Hopkins University, Mr. Ch: ing the passport restrictions was in- volved. Boston, and Mr. Willoughby in pri- Nate em n this city. | _Labor officials said the only way in Organization was the groundwork | Wh the O'Callaghan case could en which the commission built, and reached the State Department the first two large volumes of the re port. 1 in 1912, are devoted to an | i 2 outline of the organization of the |, ¥ Mistake” The Labor Department, it of the United States” The ; they said. did not recognize transfer of this “outline” shows the | 9f Jurisdiction to the State Depart- here divided into these chief ment by th ct of the inspector. ident, the ju- At executive departments, | TOlK Was said to have called the De- other zovernment blishments, and | Partment of State by telephone and Serritories and dependencies. In' ihis | Jater to have sent a letter of explana- latter sroup was placed the govern.|tion Which labor officials thought ment of the District of Columbia. President Taft, In his message based wpon this report pointed the three series of reports prepared | the State Department. by the commission the first “de Will Not Consider Case. with the manuer in which the ser Undersecretary Davis of the § jces of th nmen hould be'! Dapartment has said that hh--e ;o"afa grouped i tments, Inot take the case under advisement President ed that “this is'until brought formally to his at- ® matter of fundamental importane tention “through proper channels.” of that many | When Secretary Wilson ordered release “It is only after isfactory xo- |of the Irish official on parole, however. casures of reform become | Mr. Davis is und to have con- ntinued Mr. ! eluded that he mi the case up service uping . and proper, s hlixhed £ \mr.\'l M. nr‘ ’l'll‘allu):han for CARDINAL STILL IMPROVES | hitiiny e " vhited ity BALTIMOR J ary 7.—Cardinal | — main set iins in this week 1o sit up in b no set His phys for the provement nd e d next Sun- > it sidenc L D morn a4 el bettel out that of | may was vas through action of the inspector 1 charge of immigration at Norfolk, When Mr. O'Callaghan arrived In- !spector Edwin B. Schmucker at Nor- Assistant Seccretary Smith must have had in mind in saying that the Depart- ment of Labor had referred the case to rom the im- inspector. Should the Department of Labor in- t upon full jurisdiction, tt is known that the State Department is consid. ring the advisability of asking the partment of Justice for an indicte | MILNER QUITS OFFICE. Retires as British Secretary for the Colonies. By the Associuted Press. FRANCENOTIFIES U.S. SHE PROPOSES INVASION OF RUHR Alleged Failure of Germans to Disarm Is Reason As- signed for Actien. | 35,000 COAL MINERS STRIKE OVER ISSUE Men Would Force Government to | Comply With Ultimatum to Dis- band Bavarian Militia. Through its embassy here, France has informally notified the United | States’ of the contemplated invasion of the Ruhr valley because of the al- leged failure of the German govern- ment to affect a disarmament in that | district. 1t was learned today that the State Department had not conveyed to the French government any intimation the attitude of the United States would take in the event invasion be- | came a fact. 1 It is known, however. that officials, have not altered their opinion that | such action would be inopportune and not calculated to improve the future relations between the allies and Ger- many, either politically or econom- ically. 35,000 Miners on Strike. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Dally News. Copyright, 182 BERLIN, January 7.—The German government is suppressing the fact that 35,000 coal miners are on strike in the Ruhr district, to force the au- thorities to comply with Gen. Nollet's ultimatum requiring the disbanding of the Bavarian, civilian militia or- ganizations, which have been con- demned as being maintained in viola- tion of the peace treaty. Not a single word has been published by the news- papers here about the strike, the news of which was given by Herr Huse- mann, one of the miners’ delegates, who came to Berlin to urge the,gov- ernment not to delay disbanding the Einwohnenwehr (civil guards) any longer, but to obey the instructions contained in Gen. Nollet's latest note, thus removing the danger of the occu- pation of the Ruhr district by the French. “The government seems very anx: ious to propitiate the Bavarian sepa- ratists,” gaid Herr Husemann. * series of conferences has taken place between the miners and the govern- ment, but as the Bavarian prime min- ister came here first and succeeded in getting the government to agree to his point of view our negotiations are not making any headway. The miners are quite determined to cut off Ba- varia’s coal supply, unless the ein- wohnenwehr are disbanded, and as we have the railroad, post and telegraph employes on our side we shall succeed in doing so. Set Miners Againat Goverament. “But besides the Bavarian question there are two others which have set the miners against the government. The first concerns the food difficulties and the second the nationalization of the mines. According to the Spa agreement the allies are paying five gold marks (about 80 paper marks at the present rate) for every ten tons of coal produced, with the understanding that the money is to be used in buy- ing food and clothes for the miners and their families. . “According to a statement made by Foreign Secretary Simons, this money is not being spent for this purpose alone, but also_for other things. We now demand ‘that the government shall issue a statement clearing up this_question. “But the nationalization question is really the most important issue. T government has promised to put be- fore the reichstag its plans for the nationalization of the mines by the end of the month. The fact that Hugo Stinnes and others in the last few weeks have formed several large trusts has aroused the suspicion and ire of the majority of the miners, who See in these trusts an attempt to foil nationalization.” POSSUM IN ORGAN PIPE. |Secret of Discord at Church Services Revealed. RALEIGH, N. C, January 7.—No such inharmonious notes were ever heard to come from a musical in- strument as those that came from the pipe organ at the new Baptist Church at Clayton, near here, when the organist began to play the in- strument at the Sunday morning ser vices. All the piano tuners of Clay- fon were called In to try to get the organ in tune, but without success. An expert from the New York fac- tory that made the instrument fixed the organ yesterday when he took it apart and removed a nine-pound possum from one of the big pipes. CUTTER BEGINS SEARCH. Equipped for a cruise of months’ the coast guard cutter Snohomish will Jeave Port Angeles, Wash., tomorrow to search along the Alaskan coast for the missing mail boat Pulitzer, Which was last heard from on De- cember 15. The coast guard service announced today that the relief ship would car- ry enqugh provisions and fuel to nablefit to continue the search un. summer if that should be neces- sary. Today’s News in Paragraphs Criticism of tentative cabinet threatens upheaval at Marion. Page '3 Senator Calder promises Inquiry into D. C. cozl prices. Page 1 ccution of Perrygo, youthful slayer, | set for May 20. Pags 3 | scouts push out to intercept returning | balloonists. Page 2 Plans announced for erection of $1,000, 000 picture theater at Connecticut ave- Se’and De Sales street. Page 3 Waiter Reed Hospital scored as bad firetray by Representative McLeod. - Page 7 ¢ 1s quickly secured in Thompso: Juy e iting case at Rockviller T o2 % Page 17 “Spanish -andee’ sought for takin, e na" forcing her musband i pas for *honeymoon.” Page 17 Real estate board asks “gas” stations ‘be permitted in business zone. Page 17 Three services of workers indorse Lehl- bach bill for reclassification. Page 21 { i i | i of sympathy and g mpathy and £ood | ™ ONDON, January 7.—Lord Milner from . Ireland |today resigned his portfolio as secre- wis received |tary for the colonies. His successor Miami, Fla. has not yet been announced. Rain prevents appearance of “Ethel” in driva fur relief fund. Page 24 AUTOMATIC PHONES PLANNED BY C. & P. Four Properties Bought for New Exchange Buildings as Ten-Year Work Starts. The first step toward installation of the automatic telephone in Wash- ington was taken by the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company to- day, when it purchased four pleces { of property for new exchange build- ings. The company announced, through Charles T. Clagett, division manager, that it had acquired three lots adjoin- ing the present north exchange, at 14th and R streets, and the Droop property, next to the “main” office, on 12th street between G and H streets. Plans have been completed for a four-story addition to the north ex- change, in which will be housed the first, automatic exchange. This ex- change will be known as “Garfleld, and will be ready for service about September, 1922. Expense, $2,600,000. The ultimate cost of the 14th and R project, including the building and matic equipment, is placed by the company at approximately $2,600,000. It was stated that the consideration in the purchase of the 12th street property was approximately $90,000. An order already has been placed with the Western Electric Company for the first unit of automatic equip- ment for the Garfield exchange, con- sisting of 5,000 stations. Other units of 5,000 lines each will be installed from_time to time until a capacity of 25,000 has been reached at 14th and R streets. The completion of this exchange will mark the passing of the present ‘north” manual tele- phones. The company has no definite plan at this time for use of the 12th street property. It is expected, however, that within five or six years an addi- tion to the “main” office will be built on this land, in which to house the first downtown automatic switch- boards. Marks Progressive Pl These projects are part of a plan of development being mapped out by officials and engineers of the com- pany fon the purpose of keeping the telephone company always ahead of the requirements of the city for serv- ice. According to A. E. Berry, the company hopes by a steady develop- ment of its property to prevent the possibility of a strain on the system in future such as occurred during and after the war because of the rapid growth of the community. Offcials of the compaany explained that the completion of plans for the first automatic exchange does not mean that all of its manual switch- boards and telephones will be junked diately. Im;'noet gfllyy ‘would the cost of com- pletely replacing the present equip- ment with automatics at one time be prohibitive, but a sufficient amount of self-operating apparatus could not be obtained within a few years, it was said. Ten Years to Equip. It was estimated at the C. and P. offices today that it will take ap- proximately ten years to equip Wash- ington entirely with automatics. The change, it was said, will have to be made gradually, one switch- board at a time, in order not to inter- rupt service. Heads of the telephone company made it clear today that the begin- ning of work on the first automatic exchange does not mean the passing of the “helio girl.” FEven after the gradual process of converting the va- rious exchanges from manual to auto- matic has been completed. the tele- phone operator will remain a neces- sary part of the system. “While the work of placing a local call will be done without the aid of an operator, toll, special and private branch exchange operators will be needed in large numbers,” the com- pany stated. i Nor will the company’s plan for gradual development of the automatic affect the recruiting campaign for more operators. What “North” Covers. The existing “North” exchange cov- ers forty feet on 14th street and ex- tends back 145 feet. The new prop- erty acquired consists of three twen- ty-foot lots, which will give the com- pleted structure a frontage of 100 feet stree onrnl‘:t?mm.t Main” building on 12th street is fifty feet wide and the land acquired has a width of fifty-five feet, making the total 105 feet, The automatic telephone equipment which has been designed for Wash- ington represents the peak of pres- ent-day automatic perfection. Each telephone instrument connect- ed with an automatic exchange is equipped with a dial. On the dial are ten finger holes, associated with each of which are three letters and one numeral. ~ Instogd of calling for a telephone numb& by speaking to an operator, a subscriber with an auto- matic telephone gets 111 by o (Continued on I’u{c 2, Column 6), IRTY-TWO PAGES. War on Baby Talk Started in West; Dangers Cited CHICAGO, January 7.—By cra- dleside or by moonlight, Mra. Evelyn F. Houghton, an 1 structor to children of defec- in the grammar n tive speech schools of Evanxton, crusading for of “baby talk.” Indulgence the language she outiaws seri- ously hinders developmer. in their children of good speech, Mrs. Houghton explained at a meeting of the Mothers’ Club. Bables often learn to stutter, stammer and lisp in after life because of “baby talk” Mr hton warned. “And,” she , “that goes for grown. They are learning how t impede thelr speech, and often they learn it too ‘“'cll." . D.C. FIREMEN AND | POLICE LOSE BONUS Excluded From $240 as Ap- propriation Measure for 1922 Now Stands. | 1 The police and firemen of the Dis-| trict are specifically excluded from re- celving the $240 a year bonus as legis- lation now stands. Last year the po- lice and firemen received one-half of the bonus, or $120, under a provision in the District appropriation bill, which corrected a specific exemption againt them in the legislative, execu-! tive and judicial appropriation bill for the current fiscal year. When the Dis- trict appropriation bill was up this year, carrying provisions for the fiscal year 1922, the $120 bonus for the Dis- trict police and firemen was stricken out. At that time Chairman Davis, in charge of the District appropriation bill, said that the police and firemen would receive at least $120 and pos- sibly $240 in the legislative appropria- tion bill. Provisions Left Unchanged. The legislative appropriation bill reported to the House yesterday con- tinues the $240 bonus on the same provision as obtained in the legisla- tive bill for 1921, which specifically excluded the police and firemen, so that in the present stage of legisla- tion the District police and firemen are excluded. : The question was discussed in the full appropriations committee yester- day morning before the legislative appropriation bill was reported out. Representative Wood, of Indiana, | chairman of the subcommittee in charge of the legislative appropria- tion bill, explained that the increase in pay granted to the firemen last year removed them from the need which influenced the granting of the $240 bonus to other government em- ployes. An effort is being made among prominent men in Congress to have the $240 bonus extended to the police and firemen. Chairman Good of the enlarged appropriations committee said today that, of course, if the pay of the police and firemen i3 not ade- quate some adjustment may have to be made, but that the full committee had depended upon the statement of Representative Wood in this rgard. “ATwo-FistedBo-Peep” And “Ever, Ever Green” Inthe Magazine Section of Next Sunday’s Star Two of the best storles to be found in many a day. “Ever, Ever Green” 1is the work of Fannie Hurst, and “A Two-Fisted Bo-Peep” is from the pen of a compara- tively new author, Florence Ryerson. In Next Sunday’s Star GARMENT WORKERS REFUSE PAY GUT Say Merchant Tailors Should Give 60-Day Notiqe on Sug- gested Wage Changes. Organized garment workers and Journeymen tailors here have refused the request of the Merchant Tailors’ Exchange to put into effect a wage reduction of 20 per cent, it was learn- ed today. In case the reduction is or- dered, according to labor leaders, the men will refuse toswork. A letter from the merchant tailors was forwarded to the journeymen tailors’ union last week, stating: Ask Acceptance of Cut. “Owing to the extreme conditions now prevailing in the clothing busi- ness, which has hit the merchant fallor unduly hard, we, the members of the Merchant Tailors’ Exchange of Washington are compelled to ask for a reduction in the price of making our garments. “We have made a reduction in our selling price to our customers in or- der to stimulate trade and now ask the co-opeTation of our journeymen in order to cope with present conditions. We therefore ask that you deduct the 20 per cent granted in our last i crease in.wage renewal, which means to g0 back to t:mklu:' printed bill of , same to take effec 10 Tazi 't on January The reply thrwarded by the tailors’ union read as_follows: Requeat Pramptly Turned Down. “Your communication has been re- ceived and was given proper consider- ation. We wish to call your attention to the fact that this notice is a breach of the agreement as the agreement calls for sixty days’ notice prior to its expiration, which is April 1" rge E. Hebbard, secretar: the Merchant Tailors’ Exchange oz day declared that no action was con- templated by that organization be- fore next week. He declined to state whether the wage reduction would then be ordered, but said that con- sideration would be given to the re-| ply of the tailors’ union. Ben Bodick, business agent for the Journeyman tailors, declared that in case the wage reduction of 20 per cent was ordered, restoring the scale to the 1919 level, the members of the tailors' and of the garment workers' union, numbering about 400 combined, would leAluse to lwl’rk‘ prominent merchant tailor here yesterday shwoed a pay roll on which salaries averaging $60 per week were paid expert tailors and pressers on weekly wages. On a piecework basis the wage rates at present are $13.40 for the making of a coat and $3.75 for either trousers or ve: In 1914 a scale of $4, $5 and $6 for the making of a coat was in effect, the wage va- rying as to the grade of work. Trous- ers were $1.15 at that time, and for the making of a vest a rate of $1.25 was allowed. The 1919 scale had jumped to a point where a coat was listed at $12 labor cost, trousers and vests at $3.20 each. When the 20 per cent increase went into effect on March 1, 1920, the rates became $1340 for a coat and $3.75 each for trousers and vests. Regarding the wages paid, ployes’ the condition of high wages exists only in busy periods, averaging four months to the year, when overtime work allows for the making of con- siderable wages. For the coming two | months slack work will cause a loss | of half the normal time, labor leaders stated, many of the workers making as low as an average of $15 per week during this period. - . MYSTERY IN BRANDING. Alabama Students Who Suffered Known' Only to Physicians., TUSCALOOSA, Ala, January 7.— Mystery surrounding the reported branding of two University of Ala- bama students Wednesday deepened today when preliminary investiga- tion by college authorities failed to reveal the identity or whereabouts ot the injured men, according to‘a state- ment from the president's office. A physician who was called to treat the students after they were branded, late in the night, refused to divulge the names of his patients and the student body appeared without knowl- edge concerning the- affair. The physician admitted that each man had been branded with a hot instrument on the hip and that painful wounds had been inflicted. College authorities stated that it had been impossible for them to de- termine 8o far whether the men were branded by a fraternity “or some other society.” The authorities held to'the belief that the injuries, if {n- flicted as reported, were caused by an accident incident to some kind of an initiation. " em- | representatives declare that| TEXAS CITIZENS WARN JAPANESE NOT TO SETTLE By the Associated Press. HARLINGEN, Tex., January Pending the arrival of a real es- tate dealer from California who is said to have sold farms to Japanese in various sections of the Rio Grande valley, no efforts will be made here by the citizens' commit- tee to compel the two Japanese families to leave Harlingen. The Japanese, including four children, arrived here Wednesday from California and were met at the train by a committee of citi- zens and informed that their pres- ence in the valley undesirable. The real estate agent will be asked to refund the Japanese the amount Ppaid for two farms. BROWNSVILLE, Tex., January 7. Developments were awaited today in the situation created yesterday by the arrival at Harlingen, Tex of two Japanese families, bring: ing agricultural implements and who proposed to settle on a 282-acre tract of land near Harlingen. Anti-Japanese feeling at Har- lingen was described as intense. The Japanese have been warned by a committee of citizens and American Legion posts that it would be dangerous for them to settle on the land, The Japanese, T. Okuma and O. Okuma, brothers, said that they paid $273 an acre for the land they intended to occupy, and had no in- timation that there was anti- Japanese feeling in the Rio Grande valley. BALLASINAUGURAL EVENT IS ASSURED Announcement of Place May Be Made in 24 Hours. Union Station Talk. Assurance was given at inaugural reception and ball as one of the fea- tures of the inauguration of Presi- | dent-elect Harding will not be elim- inated from the plans, despite certain obstructions which have been placed {in the way of Chairman E. B. Mc- Lean and the executive committee. Although no official announcement to this effect was made today, the impression was given by Chairman McLean and individual members of the committee that the public need have no fear of losing the reception and ball feature. Little Hope of Pension Building. They admit that they have little hope of receiving Congress’ permis- sion to hold the reception and ball in the pension building. They admit also that the acquiring of a suitable place and getting it in proper shape for the purpose will be difficult. In the meantime the city is being care- fully combed in an effort to get a satisfactory substitute for the pen- sion building. It is intimated that the announcement of a selectionp will be made within the next twenty-four hours. According to the expressions of members of the committee, it looked today as if the Union station may be the place selected. Convention Hall, at 5th and L streets, also is being prominently mentioned today. Inaugural Ball Suggestion. Use of the Post Office Department building for the inaugural ball and re- ception also has been suggested and is being given deep consideration. Construction of a great temporary ancing floor over the entire inner court of the great building, at 1ith street and Pennsylvania avenue, is proposed. This construction, immediately over the open space now occupied by a “little theater,” would put the Post Office Department building in shape to handle a bigger and better ball, it is claimed by some, than would either the pension office or Capitol buildings. The temporary dance floor would be constructed on a level with the ballus- trade surrounding the entire inner court and a series of steps would al- low dancers easy entrance to the dance floor. Plans for Housing Visitors. In an effort to properly house the many visitors coming to the inaugura- tion who will be unable to obtain ac- commodations at the various hotels and rooming houses, an appeal to the citizens of Washington to open their homes is to be made. Edward A. Mitchell, chair- man of the committee on housing and comfort, announces that the largest out- of-town attendance in the history of in- augurations is anticipated and the ques- tion of housing the crowd is a perplex- ing one. He will immediately start ad- vertising for available accommodations in private homes as one means of meet- ing_the situation. T. Lincoln Townsend, who has made progress in organizing the civic com- mittee of which he is chairman and in putting in motion its preliminary work, said today that the flood of requests from all parts of the country for places in the parade is tremendous. He is be- ginning to get these applications tabu- lated preparatory to dictating answers citing the conditions under which each organization will be expected to be gov- erned. Besides these out-of-town re- quests many local groups and organiza- tions have made known their desire to be in the parade. Ask Places in Parade. Among those who have asked places, in the parade are Culver Military Academy, Culver, Ind.; West Virginia Military cadets, the Governor of Dela- ware and his staff. and the National Guard of Delaware; the Governor of Massachusetts and staff.- and the Massachusetts National Guard; the Governor of Minnesota and staff. and a division of the Minnesota National Guard; the Third Regiment Veteran Guard of Pennsylvania; the Blaine Club of Cincinnati, a famous march- ing organization; the New York Re- publican Club, of which Charles D. Hilles is president: a division of the Georgia_National Guard, the 5th Di- vision, Veterans of the World War; | Governor of Pennsylvania and staff and division of Pennsylvania National Guard: Municipal Band, Hagerstown, Md.; Benedictine College cadets, Rich- monhd, Va.; Ninth Ward Republican Club, Camden, N. J.; Conkling Un- conditionals, Utica, N. Y.; American Republican Club, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Sth Illinois, colored; Cadet Battalion, Chatham, Va.: Southern Commercial 12th Band and Field Music, Brooklyn; Colored Band, Greenville, 8. C.; Uncle Sam's Uniformed Bat- talion, Buffalo, N. Y.; National Fra- ternity, Senate pages; One Hundred White Horse Brigade of Virginla; 114th Infantry Band, Patterson, N. J. Sons of Veterans, Washington, and Gov.. elect Davis and military stal Indications are that the civic or- ganizations’ parade will be nearly as Sreat as inaugural parades of form- oF years, if all the requests for space are granted. 3 Committee on Information. The committee on_information as headquarters today that the proposed | TWO CENTS. HARDING AROUSED BY CRITICS OF HIS SLATED CABINET Upheaval, Under Calm Sur- face at Marion, Threatens to Change Plans. DELAYS VACATION TRI¥ BEFORE INAUGURATION Hughes May Be Asked to Make Quick Decision—Senator Faces Beginning of New Start. BY ROBERT T. SMALL. MARION, Ohio, January 7.—While on the surface everything has appeared placid in Marion the last week, it can be stated that beneath this calm sur- face there is an upheaval which threatens to wipe out the entire tenta- tive cabinet slate Senator Harding has had in mind. There has come what might termed a sort of cabinet cataclysm, and it would seem to involve everybody mentioned for offic=-from Charles E Hughes down to Will H. Hays. The President-elect today appeared to be as far away from a definite de- cision as to the membership of his of- ficial family as he was three or four weeks ago. All of this is due to the fact that every time a man has been mentioned for a particular portfolio in the Marion dispatches that man has been subjected to a bombardment of criticism. ACrities Spare Hughes. This criticism, it may be stated, has not applied in the case of Mr. Hughes His selection as prospective Secretary of State has met with almost univer- sal approval. The difficulty with Mr. Hughes is said to be that he has not yet told Senator Harding whether he | will accept the post. It is not an easy matter to pick a Secretary of State. The man desired for such a position must be a man of affairs and before entering the cabinet must nave time to arrange those affairs so they can be taken care of while he is in public office. There is reason to believe an effort will be made to get a decision from Mr. \Hughes one way or the other within the next day or two, and it is distinet- ly among the possibilities that Mr. Harding may have to begin anew at the very top of his slate. Quite a bitter fight is waging over what may be termed the proposed *po- litical appointments” to the cabinet, and in this group would be included Harry M. Daugherty, slated for At- torney General; Will H. Hays, slated for Postmaster General, and A. Tobias Hert of Kentucky, slated for Secretary of War, or some other post. Harding Faith Shaken. Senator Harding had an abiding faith in the human race until he began the task of cabinet building. * Since that time his faith has been badly shaken. He has been amazed at some of the reports which have reached him, amazed that men can harbor so mucii of deceit and ufitruth. He has been amazed at the jealousies which have been aroused, and, in some cases, at the display of cupidity which has been unfolded to him. In short, Senator Harding is ex- periencing aiready the troubles which come to a President who desires to do the right thing and give consid- eration to every one. Mr. Taft, when he was here on Christmas eve, warn- ed the President-elect as to what he might expect. Mr. Taft was a center of intrigue almost from the moment his administration began. His good nature was taken advantage of quicke Iy by those who would serve their own ends. It is apparent that Sen- ator Harding’s amiability may be misunderstood by some persons, but friends of the senator insist he can arise in wrath when necessary and deal firmly with those who offer of- fense. Senator Harding is making no secret of his disillusionment. ~ He mentioned it in a brief spgech to his fellow Masons in Columbus a day or two ago, and it is one of the reasons he is looking careworn. The cabinet difficulties have caused a postpone- ment of the tentative date for de- parture from Marion, and it is said now it will be the 20th of the month or later before the President- elect leaves for Florida for a period of much-needed rest. and for the se- clusion he desires while preparing his inaugural address. Wants to Dispose of It. It is certain Senator Harding de- Slres to dispose of the cabinet compli- cations before his vacation starfs. It would not be much of a vacation if he were subjected to a continuance of the present pulling and hauling. Political enemies are attacking Messrs. Daugherty, Hays and Hert, While cattle raisers and packing inter- ests are centering a strong attack on i Henry Wallace, slated for the post of Secretary of Agriculture. Brig. Gen. Charles G. Dawes of Chicago, slated by many for Secretary of the Treas- ury, and told by Senator Harding to hold himself in readiness for cabinet service In the event a “draft” should come his way, has not been opposed for the position, but friends of other men have been insistent that they be given a hearing. Dawes Likely to Be Choxen. 1t loomed today as one of the possi- bilities that Gen. Dawes may be made Secretary of War, instead of being placed at the head of the Treasury Department. Senator Harding _has just announced he wants in the War Department a civilian who has had military service. Gen. Dawes fits the bill precisely, and his banking ability would make his advice in the cabinet council valuable on all subjects of finance. Gen. Dawes has so much in his favor he seems to be one of the few cabinet certainties, although he, too, has been affected by the up- heaval to the extent that his particu- lar position in the cabinet is in doubt. Charles Dewey Hilles of New York is being strongly urged again for the Treasury portfolio. Senator Harding walked slowly to his little office this morning, to take up anew the puzzling problems which confront him. As stated in a previous dispatch, the duties of the presidency already are heavy upon him. (Copyright, 1921.) EXPECT HAYS TO TAKE POST. Believed Here He Wil Accept Postmaster Generalship. ‘While authcrity for a definite affirma- tive statement is lacking, it is gener- ! ally understeod in political and congres- sional circles that Will H. Hays, chair- man of the republican national commit- tee, will decide to accept an offer tend- ered him of a place in the Harding cab- inet. Any announcement uopn the sub- will have to come from Marion, it His acceptance wmrgmhbly of the postmaster gene . u!t is known that Hays was ad- " (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) ~(Continued on Page 2, Column