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z-four hours Jdghest, 43, at . 29, at 9 am. row: much .wave; low. dout 14 de- nds. . Poe——a 4 = a¥ z 3 1 as second-class matter X WU\ e Washington, D. C. D. & DEPARTMENT OF WELFARE URGED BY VICE PRESIDENT Marshall Points Out Chaotic Conditions in Charity Laws to Senators. SUBMITS BILL CODIFYING STATUTES ON CHARITY Proposes Department With a Board of Five Members to Handle All Work. The establishment of a department of public welfare in the government of the District of * Columbia, under ‘which all work of a charitable nature woulg be co-ordinated, was urged strongly upon the Senate District committee today by Vice President Marshall. Appearing before the committee the 'Vice President declared that chaotic conditions are due to the fact that there has been no codification of laws re- ating to charitable work here. He Baid before the committee a bill podifying these laws and providing for the establishment of the proposed welfare department, with a board of ve members at its head. This board would be appointed by the District Commissioners, the various boards re- lating to charity now existing would be abolished and their functions trans- ferred to the proposed new board. Talks of Child Welfare Work. “I learned many things touching the administration of charities and correc- tions while governor of the state of Indiana,” the Vice President told the committee. “During my incumbency of that office Mrs. Marshall became inter- ested in child_welfare work and when she came to Washington she took up the same work here. This led to fre- quent consultations with we about con- ditions in the District of Columbia. “I discovered, for instance, that while there are some good laws they are very largely attached to appropriation bills Tunning from 1859 down to the present time. So far as I could ascertain there was only one person in Washington who knew what the law was, Mr. George H. MWilson, and should he be removed by death it would be necessary to read ' :se appropriation acts in order to 4 out what tne law is. | The chaotic condition of these laws i will find reported by a select Inmittee of the Senate and House 1897. There is an excéllent board children’s guardians, which was 'stablished in 1892, but it had little authority or substance, and no de- d position Wwith referenice to other oa grown up nm‘:{ boards which have itz establishment. - - o Finds Lawn Were Chagtié. ] “The finding of the Select commit- tee of the Semate and House in 1897 that the laws of the District were ' chaotic resulted in the establishment ! of a board of chariti a general supervisory board which stands now | with reference to the other public ageneies which have grown u‘n lince 1900 in a position marked by its own plr:etlcel and not by any legal defini- t ns. “The pénal farm. the reformatory | at, Occoquan, the Tuberculosis Hos- pital, the Home for the Aged and Im- fizm - and .the Industrial Training School for colored children have | er been established by a separate agh of Congress, but have come about Frough incidental reference in ap- ppriation bills and are governed discretion and not by law. ‘It is to be admitted that a valua- beginning has been made in the 'enile Court law, in the ?rovllhl)‘nl a_ probation system for police cflmvllul courts, in the child labor ! and ‘the non-support law, but it‘ eedful to say that they are not ordinated with the other charities | @ corrections in the District, nor they comply with the best mod- | thought and_experience. i Prefers Govermnment by Law. ‘I am, myself. a firm believer in the | nciple that the world should be gov- ed by law and not by discretion; that i e various activities which a govern- | hent is compelled to assume should be o-ordinated so as to prevent duplica- jon of effort and work harmoniously oward 2 common end. that common| nd being the public welfare and that, | herefore, ‘in the District of Columbia hese various activities should be | branches of a department of public elfare, presided over by a board of | citizens interested in the public wel- jare and who will give their time to urthering it without compensation at the hands of the government. I am, quite well aware that this may meet | ith opposition at the hands of public | flicials and that it must run the gant- bt of that strange buman nature which | sts that the thing which it is doing | the all-important matter and all oth- rs are merely secondary and incidental, Mistakes Pointed Out. «f discovered through information onveyed to me, for instance, that per- ns are adjudged Insane in this District through the process de inquirendo unatico. by a jury, ‘much as though they were criminais, when all ymodern | thought is that they are sick people, eeding treatment. “Illegitimacy is treated in the Di trict as though it were a contract | between the mother and the puta- tive father which can be compro- mised by any payment of money, | Job hunters slip into Marion conferences however smail. when modern thought | is that the child and public are the | parties in interest and that both father and mother should be com- pelled, to the extent of their ability, to support the child. “Fhere is no law regulating the boarding of infants The absente of such a law is little short of a crime. ! Instances can be produced of children ; being fed upon sour milk. One in- stance came to my attention of a three-year old child that chattered | like a monkey. Taken from its un-| wholesome surroundings and put upon | proper food it developed into a normal child. A charity ball on elaborate scale is Briand's new cabinet provokes only mild Miss Kavanaugh, nurse murdered at New record made in retirement of paper GEDDES’ MISSION REPORTED TO BE ON DISARMAMENT Cross-Atlantic Cable Service to The Star. LONDON, January 16.—It is un- derstood that for the present the government has decided to abandon its big battleship building program. The sudden trip of Ambassador Geddes from Washington to Eng- land is explained as due to the de- sire of Lloyd George and Lord Curzon to learn at first hand what the real attitude of the United States is and to prepare Geddes to take up the matter of limitation with the new administration in Washington so soon as it may be in office. Sir Percy Scott, who for weeks has been asking: “What's the use of battleships?” believes that the next war will be fought by subma- rines and airplanes with barrages of poison gas, mines, nets and tor- pedoes figuring pre-eminately, adds by way of an extra thrill to his picture: “I have lying en my table the photograph of a new weapon, which may be referred to nxda gun that shoots from both ends.” NAVY T0 BAR WILD BALLOON FLIGHTS Rockaway Commandant Tes- tifies at Opening of Court of Inquiry. By the Associated Press. ROCKAWAY, N. Y., January 17.— Conditions are being corrected at the Reckaway naval air station so that |it no longer will be possible for pilots to float into Canada without discussing details of their proposed fiight with their commanding officer. This testimony was given here to- day by Capt. Damon E. Cummings, commandant, at the openind of the | court of inquiry investigating the recent spectacular balloon flight of Lieuts. Kloor, Hinton and Farrell. Capt. Cummings, first witness, testi- fled that he had taken up his duties only last November, and that while he had authorized the flight, he had been 80 occupied with admintstra- tive duties that he left flight details to his executive officer, Lieut. Com- mander Archibald H. Douglas. ‘The commandant read a report made to him by Lieut. A. W. Evans, sent to ‘Canada to direct search for the missing aeronauts, in which it was said “the trip was intended for a flight into” Canada.” Can2ttirn Soom Corrected. “Understige_ condi wikteh were ‘.:t edrrectiom, # was pos- sible for & fMight to ba attempted into ‘ without that station inter b ‘:m‘n A 'x‘:‘:“ pravieusly discussed Rding officer—a con~ <o, dition mot excusable at an air station and which 8s soon as it was recog- corrected.” n W “What steps -did you take in refér- ence to the balloon and its possible rzfi?v;:]?"- the judge advocate asked. commondant of the dis- Pt the trict infermed,” Capt. Cummi re- plied. "] requested assistan n"n at- discover the balloon. ngthy report, written v ! Lieut. Commander Douglas to department of operations, was re; by the captain, showing that men: at the air station provided funds to de- fray personal expenses of the bal- loonists before the trip began, in the belief that- the government would not pay them. Issued Flight Orders. Capt. Daman E. Cummings. station commandant, first witness, said he is- sued orders for the flight on Novem- ber 19, directing Lieut. Kloor to take out the balloon, and designating Lieuts. Farrell and Hinton to accom- pany him. In his order, Capt. Cummings said, he directed that the flight be attempt. ed “on a suitable day.” and gave no further orders, written or verbal. H said he went on u leave of abser December 12, the day before the start, leaving Lieut. Commander Douglas in command of the station. Explaining that the purpose of the flight was to train pilots, Capt. Cum- mings said: “Cold weather s especially desira- ble for balloon fllghls because the big bags Fave more buoyancy then. The gas lost Is least when the heat is least and when the sun is low, as during the winter months.” He added that he since had issued orders that “flights which are to be of long dufation must be detailed to the commanding officer.’ Although it was .expected a large crowd would attend the court, only a few spectators besides newspaper men had assembled when adjournment was taken for luncheon. The balloonists had not appeared. Today’s News in Paragraphs planned for evening of inauguration. Page 1 enthusiasm in France. Page 1 despite watchers. Page 1 Vice President Marshall makes plea for District welfare department. Page 1 Annapolis, buried in Naval Academy cemetery. Page 2 money. Page 2 Smoot anti-smoking bill found to cover only buildings “owned by United States,” while many big de- partments are in leased structures, e 2 hitman forces Hylan and Enright to furnish detectives. Page 2 here never has been any pro-|Jt is predicted S8amuel Gompers will con- vision whatever for so-called feeble- | minded. The recent appropriation bill in the Senate provides for the pur-| chase of a site, but there is no law, if Congress ever erects the buildings, say how persons are to be admitted, how the institution is to Pe managed or how they are to be Several nations pay tribute to Gorgas controlled. The last word in modern science is that women should never be discharged until after they have reached their second climacteric. Congress Not Ungenerous. “I need not pursue this subject fur- | ther. Congress has not been un- | generous with the District in ap- | propriations of money, but it has been thoughtless with’ reference to | the control of these Institutions. and | has not been working toward the |Ineane man wipes out family and takes jdeal of modern scientific methods in | Shipbuilders discontinue agreement with Labor. Former crown prince tells why he does | Shortage of million houses in Englanad tinue at head of Pan-American Fed- eration of Labor. Page 2 at meeting here. Page 3 Citizens oppose site proposed for trash plant and city stables; not final, D. C. Commissioners. Pu—:”'; ‘Threat of reprisals in Canada if United States imposes tariff on wheat. Page 13 American Federation of Page 13 not join his father. Page 13 ‘arouses Liloyd George. Page 13 own life. Page 13 eharities and corrections. That mes- | pormer Senator Beveridge begins fight gage should be crystallized into a motto. The object of all aid is not only to alleviate, but to lessen, and, if possible. prevent the recurrence for to prevent change In Indiana’s direct primary law. Page 13 New officers named for D. C. federation of Women's Clubs. Page 14 Asking for. permission o make a comment t : N~ F 0| gg his_report. Capt. éilt he WIFE OF LANGDON SUICIDE N MANILA Russian Woman Kills Self When She Hears of Slay- ing of U. S. Officer. By the Associated Press. o MANILA, P. 1, January 17.—The Russian wife of Naval Lieut. Warren H. Langdon, American killed by a Japanese sentry at Vladivostok re- cently, ended her life upon learning of her husband's death, according to a Reuter dispatch from Vladivostok. (The Navy Department has no rec- ord of the marriage of Lieut. Langdon. His nearest relative, according to records at the department, is his | mother.) Father Calls It Absurd. BOSTON, January 17,—Wihiam C. Langdon, father of Ligut. Warren H. Langdon, U. S..N., who was killed by a Japanese sentry at Viadivostok a week ago today, scouted the report that his Russian wife had committed suicide after his death. It was ab- surd, he said. “My son was not married,” he de- clared, “of that 1 am confident. He was a man who respected all women. yet had declared positively he would never marry. I am sure he left no wife. Mr. Langdon js a dealer in art goods in the Jamaica Plain district, where his son made his home when ashore. COURT-MARTIAL FOR SENTRY. Japanese Who Shot Langdon Will Be Tried. The Japanese sentry who shot Lieut. | W. H. Langdon, chief engineer of the | American cruiser Albany, at Vladivos- |tok gave a version of the affair before a Japanese court of inquiry coinciding with the dead officer's ante-mortem statement, said a dispatch received by the Navy Department today from Ad- miral Gleaves at Manila. The sentry has been recommended for court- martial, the dispatch added. In his statement Langdon said he had been fired ,upon by the sentry after he had been halted and had turned to walk away, and before he himself drew his revolver. The orig- inal story of the sentry was that the American officer had fired the first shot. uiniral Gleaves' message to the Navy Department today said: “Report of Japanese court of inquiry has been received by Albany. Court recommends trial by court-martial for Japanese sentry wno shot Langdon. The sentry so changed his testimony during the court of inquiry that his testimony and Langdon's ante-mor- tem statement practically coincide. Admual Gleaves aso [Gre.. .cd the department the following dis- patch from Capt, L. C. Richardson, commanuing Gluce. of e Awany. “Tomorrow afternoon Gen. Of will call officially to deliver radio, which 16 ‘subdience - will-bé ‘s 8: “*“To_Admiral Gleaves. lr(-h te ex- press deep. regret and’ condoienee at the death of Licut, Langdon, U. 8. N. which was cauged by a Japanese sen- try. In a spirit of falrness and godod will, I will make every effort to ar- rive at a satisfactory settlement of the affair, after a fair and open in- vestigatio: - LS9 en. Oi is the officer commanding the Japanese forces at Vladivostok. REPARATION IN PROTEST. American Note to Japan Reopens Questions. TOKIO, January 16.—Government officials have not as yet made public the text of the American note pro- testing against the shooting of Naval Lieut. W. H. Langdon by a Japanese sentry at Viadivostok. Publicists, Washington has not only asked repa- ration, with guaranties removing a probability of similar incidents in future, but also has again pointed out to Japan the wisdom of reducing, if not withdrawing altogether, her troops from the country where she possesses no soverelgn rights, but the littoral of which is dominated by her military power. This would open the old, thorny question which Japan herself has been finding difficulty in settling. A division of opinion exists in govern- ment circles as to the Siberian prob- lem, it is reported her Leaders of the military party insrst Japanese | troops shouid remain in Siberia, while the peace party Is seeking ways and means to abandon any adventure l'h[ch. it is claimed, is ruinously ex- pensive and without hope of compen- | sation, The impression exists here | that Japan will insist upon solving the question in her own way and at her own time, if for no other reason than to assert the doctrine that she is paramount in the far east. Hara Cabinet Likely to Last. The Hara cabinet appears to retain its strength, and it s believed it will survive the impending session of the Japanese diet, at which relations be- tween this country and America will be discussed. The correspondent of the Associated from a visit to many of the larger cities of the far east, found some un- easiness everywhere regarding rela- tions between Japanese and the Unit- ed States. In all informed circles based more upon what was described as Japan's resentment to any Ameri can policy calculated to curb Japa nese expansion in Asia” than upon the California question. The latter problem, while touching Japan's na- tional prestige and the interests of Japanese in America, is apparently not regarded with the same serious- ness as the question of Japal vital fnterests near Nippon. n diplomatic circles here the opinion prevails that the situation roes not justify ‘the pessimism noticeable outside the bor- ders of the Japanese empire. On the contrary, it takes the view that the attitude of both the Tokio and Wash- ingon governments is based on confil | dence that a solution for troublesome matters now in the foreground will be discovered. Japan's popular protests against California legislation appear to have been followed by an attitude of patience and restraint, cognizance beink | taken of the fact that America has en- | countered genuine difficulties in finding a solution for the triple problem of sat- isfying popular opinion on the Pacific slope, serving America’s national inter- ests and meeting Japan's desires. Efforts of the American State De- partment, through Ambassador Roland S. Morris, have profoundly impressed the Japanese with the fairness of the United States. For this reason the Kkilling_of Lieut. Langdon is_genuinely regretted here because it s believed it will have the effect of reopening, the entire question of Japanese military oc- cupation of Siberia, concerning which America has in the past sent several Drotests to Tokio. —_— CHIEF JUSTICE RESTS. Chief Justice White was absent again today when the Supreme Court of the United States convened for its regular _ weekly ‘“decision day," ‘was said that he had fully ered from his-recent illness, but ned &t home by advice of his henin WITH SUNDAY ‘MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 1921—TWENTY-SIX PAGES. OF THE UNDESIRAR MUCH COLDER TONIGHT. Temperature of 14 Above Zero Pre- dicted for Tomorrow Morning. Washington may look for the cold- weather of the winter tonight, local forecaster at the weather bureau, who prophesied a- temperature of 14 degrees above zero for early tomorrow mor A big storm over the St. Lawrence 18 moving eastward, and will even- tuate here in colder weather tonight. although it will be clear for the next GOAL IN 1918 COST LESS THAN NOW E. F. Colladay Tells Commit- tee Even Then It Was Soid at a Profit. Edward F. Colladay, who 'was as- sistant fuel BALL FOR CHARITY | INAUGURATION DAY {Child Welfare Society Has | Substitute for Abandoned Presidential Function. | Visitors to Washington. not to men- | ition Washingtonians themselves, will ' {have opportunity to attend a big bali| main a mystery. here the night of March 4 next de- | spite the fact that the ofiicial avgural ball was called off |cordance with the wishes of President- elect Harding. t will be a charity ball, the bens ciary being the Child Welfare So- ciety, which will undertake the entire ir. and will be at the New Wil- ard. Fresident-elect and Mrs. Hard- {ing will not be iy attendance, it was ' !learned today, but parficipants ki according to the weather movement night with a wind of thirty miles an hour velocity and a temperature of | 30 degrees. | " Gales along the Atlantic coast from administrator for thejCape jHenry to Eastport. Me., were | District for some time during the|forecast for tonight, war, told the Senate committee which is investigating the coal situation at its meeting today that the price of|,rg for the winter. as 19 degrees was coal to consumers in this city was {less at that time than it is at the Coal dealers told him then that they made more money than ever notwithstanding that it was a time of great stress and {1t was very diffi “What did about their profits thep?”’ psked *] gathered the general impression ad had a very satis factory business,” sajd Mr. Collada. | *“Did one of them tell you He | made moré money asked the ‘senator. More Profit Than Was Souxht. *Yes, and added that his firm had made more money than they had in- . This remark caused a general laugh around the comthittee. Mr. Colladay produced a receipted bill | showing that chestnut coal sold at that time for $10.50 a ton, and that the price of fuel went up from here began ih 1 and_ probably ill strike Wash- If the thermometer hits the low point expected it will set a rec- some of this wind registered here in November. WOULD CENTRALIZE PURGHASING POWER Labor Proposes Chain of Co- Operative Stores as Eco- nomic Advantage. Labor's strongést weapon fight against enemies throughout the country, it is claimed by one leader, will be the centralized economic buy- ing power, lective groups, it was declared today in a statement by Secretary E. C. Da- vison of the International Association {of Machinists. A plan which contemplates an im- -operative stores, ! directed from a central point. where- by the produce of farms and groups be transported direct | to the consumer groupsin labor or-j anizations, the groundwork of the structure is icult to obtain coal. th ! philosopnfeally;” consolen by she et Aotk i Tooked-for opRos dance on the iuguration ce) t the dealers than evef before? lurer of the CN ager of similar affalrs which have heen successtul from both financial standpoint, has been desi: nated to serve as chairman of the b: committee. She will'announce her as- chairmen of subcommit- tees and other details in the near fu- a social and | Final Decislon Repehed Toda At the request of Senator Calder ihe read the orders of the local fuel administration fixing the gross mar- &in of wholesale dealers from time This margin ran from $2 to The highest margin al- | lowed was by the order of Septem- ber 1, 1918, which was $2.75. Dr. Francis Walker, chief economist Trade Commission, produced figures showing the latest quoted prices on cost of anthraclte coal at the mrines. for 100 tons of assorted sizes, which It cost the coal com- pany $572 to produce the 100 tons, supplies and over- head, showing a profit to the coal company of $89. He said the cost o coal January 14, 1921, was $7.75. freight rate to Washington was re- ported as $3.64, which, with the war st of the ton of exg coal $11.50 at the yards in Washing- He said that less than a dozen interests control 80 per cent of the output of the hard coal, but control | thro a much larger proportion of the lands;on pl containing the coal. At noon the committee took are- cess and reassembled at 2 o'clock this afternoon. 7 today.” pending receipt of w Marion. Ohio, that Mr. Hard'ng.did ew of his previously expressed sentiments about an official he could attend even a ‘tion given $2.75 a ton. mense chain g charitable fu however, express the belief that | beneflt of the children of the District of the Federal of farms will 1t is considered almost certain that the function pianned will be:most op- Washington will numerous visitors, prominence, who, it is thought, will welcome the chance to celebrate in a suitable manner the beginning of a 'new administration. t is thought that the “cause for which the party has been. arranged. {namely, the beiterment of the condi- tion of thousands of Ameriéan young- isters. is calculated to make a uni- versal appeal. Where Idea Originated. The idea of the ball came first a | three 'views. few days ago to the minds of a group 'of prominent Washington women who He took one bill ety ko day Include Other Commodities. From the farm .products the plan | woula contemplate embracin £ a ton of egg!the necessities of life, clothing and fuel included. This stage of evolution, Mr. Davison said. i8 8o far in the fu- ture that slight thought is being giv- including labor, toxi TS0 iy The start is made through co-opera- Ition with the National FarmCouncil. | Committees in machinists’ local unions ughout the country are working lans whereby carload lots of ap- iples and potatoes will by distribution points. As a matter of is working out cr-ds - ably in several locations. son cited instances through Michigan towns and cities to show that when potatoes were being sold to retail- buying, consumers at approximately 30 cents per half peck their cost at a Michigan loadini | nortrait of Abraham Lincoln. i which minister directly and sol The plan was to ask a third | p { organization to join in with them in i holding the ball, and an | was d spatched (o the President-elect | on the theory that he could with | | propriety attend an affair of this sort, | lirrespective of his expressed senti ! ments ahout an expensive official ball. ! Within the lasf day or two the or- invitation | hungry. t MRS. C. H. McCORMICK SUCCUMBS [N CHICAGO: free on board nts per peck. direct from uts per sack of sacks average two and a half bushels. Machinists’ They are ';nin Death Follows Brief Illness—Was | 156 pounds. Wife of International Har- vester-Company Director. 4 CHICAGO, January 17. Hall McCormick, wife of the chairman [of the board of directors of_ the Inter- national Harvester Company, died-at a { hospital here-early today after a brief Complications believed to have ensued from an operation several”years ago for gallstones caused her removal to a hospital early in the year, but he condition had been favorable until Sat. urday, when Mr. McCormick, who was in New York on business, and. Gordon, the younger son, a student at Prince. ton, were summoned. !, Mr. McCormick, receiving more alarm- ing reports of Mrs. McCormick’ - dition, while en route from the east, engaged a special train at Fo Ind., and reachéd his wife's fore her death. however, was unable to reachher fore his mother died. Mrs. McCormick was-born December 21, 1862, but was.brought_to 4nd rearéd-by | - an aunt, Mrs. Edward Stickney, wife of one of the pioneer stockyard magnates |phe Nebula Dreyer. No. i Constellation of | Chiid ‘Welfaré Sox ciety alone is at the helm. = 5 \ 'ommittee at Work. Charles Frazier, business agent of Columbia Lodge of Machinists of this announced today ‘that a com- mittee had been working on plans ! for the co-operative buying of car- { load lots of apples and potatoes and order was expected to be| placed in' the hands of the farmers in the near future. 3 “Apples and potatoes will form the | foundatton of the plan,” Mr, Davison “When the system is working all smoothly in these lines, we will The greatest Kink . | {s- expected to come. in- the distribu- The handling_of these few | staples will be the training for the co-operative -distributors, . _ “We expect to find that the co-op- erative buying policy will strongest . weapan we can use to de- gainst attacks of { Press, who has just returned to Tokio! | was established twenty years the preservation agd proper develop: d life apd the education For this purpose it main- tains eight child welfare centers in ris of the National Capital. ment of ch 1 various paj these misgivings appeared to . be | staff and medical advisory bhoard in { tempts to follow him there.is likely | to get:short’ shrit. Abgut ‘the sures: way of not getting a job will be to ! pester, Senator Harding while he -is taking his last yacation before enter- | ing the.White House. The.worm will | iturn and office seekers should be- | } ware. take up others. Dougherty, treasurer. The board of managers is composed of the officers and the "followin; Miss . Cornelia Aldis, Mrs. Frederick Atherton. Mme. Boris Bakmeteff; Mrs. Charles J. Bell. Mrs. Gist Bla Brooke, Mrs. fond ‘ourselves anti-labor force e ]'BREAKs' SPEED RECORDS. Gordon McCormick, I “be- Louis Brownlow, : Chicago at an ¥ = hadiest CAMBRIDGE, Mass, January 17. tus, P proken mi | Goodwin, Sra. HL s, has broken sll | Goodwin, Mrs, H. C. . Mrs. Vknown speed records of the heavens.|S. Harlin, Mre. Charies B i is_dashing through space away, Mrs. from the: earth at a velocity of almost | Loren B. T. Johnson, Mrs. Henry F. Leonard, Mrs. William Littauer, Mrs. One of the most notable of the many benefactions in which Mrs. McCormicl was active was the establishment of the Elizabeth McCormick memorial fund, founded in 1908, for the announced ob- ject of “improving the conditions of child life in the United States.” 000 communities are said to have It was in memory of her only daughter, who died in 1905, when twelve years old. Cyrus McCormick and Gordon, sons, survive her. years Mrs. McCormick had been a lead- Chicago's social, philan- 3 DROWN, 17 INJURED. RIO DE JANEIRO, January 16.—At least three persans were drowned and geventeen injured when approximately passengers were thrown into the here ‘today by the col ngplan ng ui y foarding the steamship Tras. B beljeved many more lost their ves. ‘The Tras-Os-Montes de Janeiro and Portuguese harbors. - B. Henderson, i uncanny knowledge of all the jobs that jare exempt from civil service protec- tion. Either they have been to Wash- {ington to make inquiries on the sub- lject or have taken a correspondence course. Once they fix their minds upon a particular placé they have no modest ihesitation about telling the senator |just ‘what it is and why they are espe- |cially fitted to fill ft. . E 2,000 kilometers a second, speed ever attained by a celestial ob- M Mrs. Newbold Noyes, 'Miss H. C. Perki; Philiips, Mrs. - A H. Purdy, Mrs. H. This was the word received at the|Marion O] Harvard College observatory today|Mrs. from Dr. V. M. Slipher of the Loweil Pomerene, Mrs. J. Flagstaff, Arfz, in an- H. Rogers, Mrs. Charles Sheldon, Mra; | avely, Mrs. Walter Tuckerman, Frank West, Mrs. Max .West, Wilkins _ and - Mre, 1Charlés H. ‘Woodhull. * CHURCHILL TAKES POST. British War Minister to Become Secretary for Colonies. 17.—Winston Spencer Churchill, the war minister, - reliably, although unofficially, has accepted the post of sec- retary of state ‘for ‘the colonies, in o Viscount Milner, who resigned the portfolio. on Januasy: 7, . ! Observatory, nouncing the result of s obBervations there. RITES FOR JUDGE HYDRICK SPARTANBURG, S. C.; January 17. Many prominent men from different sections of the state are here to at tend the funeral this afternoon of the | late Associate Justice D. E. Hydrick | of the South Carolina supreme cour! who died in Washington Friday nigl fter two weeks' ilness from :pneu- pectrographic | A. L. St next Postmaster General, was in Marion today in the roe of grand mas- | ter of the job hunters. "He has a lorg | !list “of those who rendered faithful | {service in the campaign and who ex- ipect to be rewarded at the earliest |possible moment. Harry Daugherty, the next Attorney General, who was |here Sunday, and Mr. Hays, who fol- lowed him today, will help Mr. Hard- ing in ail matters of general patronage. It will be agreed by all who know that a new President certainly needs help in this respect. -Os-Montes. a. 3 P funeral service will be con- ducted by the local commandery of Knights ‘which. he, u-imu_‘;{o All rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. Saturday’s Sunday’s S Member of the Associated Press > The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for repudlication or all news dispatches pz I credited 1o it or not otherwise credited in this ] paper and aiso the local news published herein. HARDING TO CALL SPECIAL SESSION APR. 4, IS REPORT Presidenteelect Harding practi- cally has decided to call a special session of the new Congress on April 4 ways members of the House nd means committee were ney, who has just returned from new, who has just returned from a conference with Mr. Harding at Marion. Mr. Fordney discussed with the President-elect general _taxation and tariff questions which will be among the more important subjects to come before the special session of the new Congress. The chair- man_was understood to have told Mr. Harding that the date of the session had a direct bearing on the tariff revision hearings which the committee is now conducting and it was said that Mr. Harding in- formed him that April 4 practically had been decided upon. MARION. Ohio, January 17.—No date h: et beon fixed by Presi- ct’ Hordivg for the calling pectal sion of Congress, aid today. add ng that the e may not be seL until after inzuguration on March 4. il 4 has been suggested for the opening of the extra session, Mr. Harding said, inasmuch as the Housc ways and means committee expects to be ready to report out a tariff bill by that time. JOB HUNTERS SLIP Y MARION WATCH All But Drive “Best Minds” Qut of Place in Sun at Parleys. Special Dispateh to The Sta MARION, January 17.—During the last week or ten days the “best minds” have lad to look to their laurels in Marion. The job hunters have all but driven them out of their places in the sun. Just how the job hunters had the temerity to come cre or how they managed to camou- age the real purpose of thelr visits so us to get by the vigilant young persons who are suposed to guard the President-eloct against this par- ticular (ype of pest may always re- But Senator Harding Qimself has | confirmed the fact (hat they have in-| been here and severai congressional visitors have plaintively told the President-to-be that they too. have been pestered to death The repub- | Hean “pie factory,” it must be re- membered, has been ciosed. for eight !long years and the faithful workers- n ranks are hungry un'o d - i peration. They are looking forward 1o the 4th of March as a day of ant_for ail the wicked. salary- in lit‘: drawing democrats, and are hopeful Mr. Hardl President . will oty the 55 i L 3N treas- | THe nationul job hunters,: it- seefa. " d Weltare Society. Non an envicnle reoamss e Geey, who | by what has been happening at Co- ! lumbux in thia s:ate. There & republi- huve been encouraged the past’ week can, governor - was inaugurated las Monday as the successor to “‘Jimmie’ ! Cox, who had been in control of state - flairs and state putronage for six out of the last eight years. The Ohio republicans were hungry, too, and their new governor, Harry Davis, has | been attaching. thein to the pay rol! fast as resignations could b: Inandea and new commissions & | It is going to be necessar to ¢haunge | Guisihau; Pa | some of the state luws to get certain { democrats out of long-term offices. [ but the faighful have been cheered b: the news that these law changes are 3o0ing to be made just as soon as it is humanly possible. It is an easy matter to pick out the job hunters from the “best minds” at i Harding headquarters. The | | minds” as they await their turn in | the 1ittle back room where Senator Harding sits all alone. look serious and important. . They gaze with a | sort of fellow feeling at a three-way i picture of Senator Harding reposing on the center table of the reception iroom. Looked at from the” front, this | pieture shows the well known cam izn portrait of the next President. Looked at from the left, the picture | becomes that of George Washington. | Lool at from the right. it is the ‘The are interested in all The job hunters look wistfully at Senator Harding alone. “best minds’ place. but Senator*Harding is greater cture links him. because he has the yresent-day power to appease the office- Harding Has Sympnthy. One would fmagine Senator Hard- a Florida the office hunter who at- Net Circulation, 90,845 Net Circulation, 89,740 . TWO CENTS. BRAND' CABNET S REGENED WITH LD ENTHUSIASH { Most Journals Express Mild Satisfaction or Reserve Their Judgment. NEW MINISTRY WILL BE PRESENTED WEDNESDAY Paris Recalls Radical Tendencies of New Premier—Advocate of Solidarity With U. S. By the Associated Press. PARIS, January 17.—Little enthusi- asm was today evinced by newspapers of Paris over the riew Briand cabinet, the decrees of appointment of which were printed this morning in the Official Journal. Most journals ex- pressed mild satisfaction, or reserved Jjudgment. The Journal said: “It contains every element except simon pure royalists and communists.” The Figaro, which ardently supported former President Raymond Poincare for the premiership, openly expressed its disappointment. It is the usual patchwork according to the pre-war formuia,” while the Oeuvre usked: “We have a new ministry; shall we have 4 new government?” It is probable the new ministry will present itself ‘before the chamber of deputies Wednesday or Thursday, -and | Briand wiil at that time read the {sovernment’s declaration of policy. | Stands for Treaty. The significance of the appointment lof M. Briaud as premier wus not lost upon the people of this city. They recalied his friendship with Georges Clemenceau, who while head of the French govermment assisted in fram- ing the treaty of Versailles, and the close ties uniilng him with Raymond Poincare, who has stood for the strict j enforcement of the Versailles pact. Speaking before parliameni and In commi.tee meetings, M. Briand has in- sisted that the trcaty must be carried oul and hat e in.eces.s of France in | the near east musi be'scrved. He has as- | serted French troops could not be with- ~ drawn from Cilicia at presént because _such a step would be understood by the Moslems as a sign of weakness, and he is known to have' viewed “the. return of Constantine to the thrghe Greéce 'as a clrcumstance which should be used to_her profit' by France, 3 M. Briand has been an ddvocate of complete solidarity beiwgen - France, Great® Briiain and the United™ Siates, but has insisted, that France mus. dem- onstrate to ‘the afties that “her-house is ,in order and - pred. = ¢ { Comm i i Winging ot ithe po- Frd)s Sinacad in 1514 features of ance ¥.cheh H.m. ohich i ss at Toura two weeks < - man whe . fa¢tions ving i party as a political powsr. - % it mDie.¥ 1o mad: ollows: | Premfer and minister of for aftairs. Aristide Briand: minister of:justice, . Bonnevay: -interiar,. -Pierre ud: i war, Leuis Barjhou: vm.'i'.'g...‘“c'&.. ul Dou g b- lic_insirtiction. Victor Berabd: | ture. Edmond’ Lefebyre du Pr. merce, Lucien Dior: Jabor.: cent; pensions, Magine': public | worhs, Yves I Trogucr. and liberuted [n‘txlmm. Louis LoLcaeur “It is pot ‘the great,cgbinet, but i: |is a grcat cabinet T have formed. id | Premier Briand. “My minis.ers and mj- self .will be busy men looking after France’s internal affairs. We have con- fidence that the American administra- +ion. will icok after its own affairs. It { may be republican, it may be democratic j—it matters' little:’ it is always pro- French, | am spre. Please tell them that {in Amcrica X ! M. Briand has succeeded in forminz { his seventh cabinet. which. as he says mself. embodies *national wnity 1 LAYS ASIDE D. C. BILL. {Senate Delays.Consideration of Ap- | | George Washington and Lincoln may ! propris easure Temporarily. i have been all right in their time and | PToP e poRpE- Y. The Senate Distriet appropriation ely to;than the Presidents with whom the bill. which is the unfinished business | of the Senate, was tcmporarily laid | aside this afternooa in order'to per- mit the Senate to continue vonsidera- tion of the resolution to limit the {Army to 175000 men. ing would be angered by the im-| Senator Curtis in oharge of the Dis- pertinent and unexpected invasion of Marion by the office seekers, but he iginal plan had to be modified and the | sSeems to have® been more amused now | than exasperated. There is no ques- | bestompleted today. : % |tion but that the President-elect has The obfect of the -society, wh'ch:a big heart and a tender one. and he 3 ako, is has great sympathy with the feliows | CANE GIVEN PRESIDENT. who want to get on the federal pay : ;roll, ‘He has consented to see most {of them for a minute or, two. but ii must not be imagined from this that | he- is golng ' to be ‘w0’ considerate in al staff, medical consult ng | the future. The coming of the job:} bunters has made him more anxious 1 and | thun_ever to get away from Marion { urgeons of both sexes, while its staff | On Thursday night, and-when he goes | of nurses is a large one. List of Society Officers. Miss Mary Gwynn is president of i the society, other officers Being Mrs. Thomas R. Marshall, vice president Mrs. David F. Houston, second. vice president; Mrs. William A. Hammond, trict bill, in réqu:sting that the bill | be laid aside temporarily, said that he | understood the Army resolution could Representative Lucjan W..Farrish of Texas' today presentell +to President Wilson a walking stick-ag a gift of appreciation from *“the loyal dem: - crats” of Wisé courty. Texis. The presentation was: made in, dent’s private study. much pleasure gt receiving it, “I appreciate the’ gift greatly. and will treasure it not only for its u- ty. but_for the .sentiment. in the héarts of those who,sent it.” - Tl tick was made from wood cut from the heart of a “bois d'arc” tree. The_ stick is golden brown in color, with a sfiver top. The wood was cut The aspirants to public service who "have come to Marlon have aimed high | the tree 'fn Wise county forty-one in theirtalks with the senator, But as | the conversation has progressed they | ‘have let it"be known that if all the hizh places are bespoken they will take whatever is left. One man came récently seeking an ambassadorshi; He thought it wonld please his old mother. 'who is ninety years old. He thought in the end it might still please | her if he was just made a clerk in an | embassy somewhere, or a doorkeeper. t “The place hunters seem to have an ‘Will ‘H: Hays, national chairman and | "’ (Copyright, 1881.) | rish_presented the’ President with a b J. E. Boyd, whose father planted years t? A PR . ‘With the cane Representative Par- framed picture of Sam Woody. ninety- s-vent years old. said to be the oldest living “loyal _democrat” in Wise county. BERMUDANS GREET TAFT. HAMILTON, Bermuda. January 17.— Pr&de;t William hH this autoless and frostless land, re- ceived a notable ‘welcom, &:I m:‘ ar- e colony, w:l;:oc)';-. the most decorated man in 'the British army, went out and boarded the incoming ship to personally extend greetings, 2s dia & number of -prominent Ameri- RN ex-President of the United States ts a, very, humble indlvidual” re- marked Mr. Taft after. the greeti| te -which -the , governor responded: But not in a Brit:sh colony.” 3 Col. A. W. Swalm, United States consul. who during the war not bly at Southumpton, Enzlangd. gathered a notable committee to wel- Some Mr. Taft. Dr. Francis L. Patton. formerly president of Princeton Uni- versnyi waz‘» :Pe of the party ;Lr’:u Mr. Taft quickly recogniged, as e Save of Gen. Robert Shaw Oliver, for- mer assistant secretary of war of the United 1t