Evening Star Newspaper, February 21, 1921, Page 1

' | WEATHER. | Unsettled. with snow tonight or to- morrow. slowly rising temperatur: Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today—Highest, 30, at | s p.m. yesterday; lowest, 21, at'8 a.m. | tod Full report on page 7. Closing New York Stocks, Page 19. 28, No. Entered as second-class matter post_office Washington, D. C. - The | WASHINGTON DAUGHERTY NAMED ATTORNEY GENERAL INHARDING CABINET Definite Announcement of Appointment Made at St. Augustine Today. WAS PRESIDENT-ELECT’S HELMSMAN IN CAMPAIGN Harding to Write Inaugural Speech This Week—Conferences Draw- ing to a Close. By the Associated Press. g ST. AUGUSTINE. Fla., February 2 +Definite announcement that Harry M. Daugherty of Ohio has been chosen for the attorney generalship under the coming administration was made here today by President-elect Hard- ing. ; The President-elect made known his selection after a conference ‘With Mr. Daugherty, and although there was o formal announcement of accept- ance, the general understanding was that the appointment was as good as settled. % s No statement was issued in con- nection with the announcement, and Mr. Harding would add no comment Turther than to say that he was con- Vinced that Mr. Daugherty would “make a great Attorney General. When his attention was called ot recent newspaper attacks on Mr. Daugherty he replied: “The opposi- tion to him has made me more than ever convinced than I would like to have him in the cabinet.” No Surprise in Appointment. i ! i Revision of Tariff And Tax Program Gets Harding O. K. | President-elect Harding has approved a program of tarift and tax legislation for the extra session of Congress, com- prising two tariff bills—a tem- porary and a permanent meas- ure—with tax legisiation wand- wiched in between, Chairman Fordney of the House wayx and | means committee announced to- | dny uwpon his return from = | conference with Mr. Harding | at St Mr. Fordney |d hix commit- | tee would turn its attention to | the new program as soon ax | the pending emergency tariff | ] | | | | | timent among committee me! bers for re-enactment of th Payne-Aldrich law as a stop- £ap measure, that being the shortest possible way wuch a proposition could be handled in Congress. Many details of the program agred to will be worked out | between Semate and House leaders and submitted ngain to is_underntood. In this connection Mr. Fordney said that “we in Congress will never have Mr. Harding against us, because we will reach an agreement with him on every. | thing before { legislation.” COMMERCE OFFICE POST FOR HOOVER Former_Food Administrator to Be Offered Position, Definite Decision. Special Dispatch to The Star. ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., February 21.—Herbert Hoover is to be offered Mr. Harding, starting on any “The selection of Mr. Daugherty, Who| the post of Secretary of Commerce was the Harding pre-convention man- ager and who served during the cam- paign as a member of the republican campaign committee, has been gen- erally expected by those in close touch with the cabinet situation. v It is the second cabinet choice to in the Harding cabinet. There is considerable doubt as to whether he will accept the position, in view of the late hour at which it is tendered. Nevertheless, Mr. Harding has made up his mind that Mr. Hoover is need- be definitely announced, Mr. Harding | ed in the cabinet, and if the -former having made known last Saturday his decision to appoint Charles E. Hughes of New York, Secretary of State. Besides Mr.”Daugherty, the Presi- dent-elect conferred today with Everell Harriman of the Harriman shipping interests, and said afterward that he was much impressed by the food administrator should mot ac- cept it will be no fault of the Presi- dent-elect. In making the decision to offer a cabinet post to Mr. Hoover, Senator Harding i= going against the advice argument of shipping men who want|of a number of his imost intimate the government to “go out of the|friends. shipping business.” Commenting on a_proposal to abol- ish the Shipping Board and create a new executive department to deal with shipping problems. he declared Re ed the suggestion as “worth thinking abou w3 2 *I think there.if 2 growing feeling. he added, “that ihe. mel:l‘ Board method of handliig ¥He problem is of doubtful valve.” : —President-elect Harding beégan the last week of his pre-inauguration conferences here today with several important questions regarding the make-up and first steps of his ad- ministration still undecided. Inaugural Address. Definite selections for three of the ten cabinet places are yet to be made, and_although there are indications that Mr. Harding has about made up his mind in regard to two of them, he is understood to be fare from a final choice on the most troublesome of ! all. the secretaryship of the Navy. He also has most of his inaugural address to write during the weck and in addition must come to a decision on various other subjects with which he will have to deal as soon as he takes office. GABINET TANGLES DISTURB SENATORS Information reaches telling of pressure being brought to bear on President-elect Harding not: to appoint A. W. Mellon, the Pitts- burgh banker, slated for Secretary of the Treasury, and to choose for tha post A, Decker of Minneapolis, president of the Minneapolis federal reserve board district. 1t Is declared that benind this mov ment are several republican political leaders, active in the last campaign, Who are fearful of the effect of_the determined - being made agains Mr. Mellon in some quarters. Mr. Meilon has been assailed by a leading democratic newspaper on account of his financial interests. Anti-Saloon League Attack. More recently he was attacked by the Anti-Saloon League of New York for his one-time holding of large blocks of liquor distillery stocks, but which have been transfer Mr. Decker, the man s id now to be Mellon, is a of the : 2cquaintance In over the “grapevine” reports from St. | Augustinie cating uncertainty in regard to several czbinet positions which they had thought were prac-! showing to their Harding is having ; his t in assembling One report brou gue, a little more cir. cumstant an the rapevine” | news which trickles in, is that the! sccrctaryship of the interfor, for| which stor Fall was picked, and | ihe postmaster generalship, with Will Jlays as the proSpective incumbent, | are again “up in and that Herbert Hoover's s n is con-| ceded one day and d Will Hays' Position. Signs_are outcropping of Will Hays out of the chairman- of the mational committee, his Iy ngton A < | decision of Mr. Hoover, the Com- L bears 0‘“'“"1‘;“;(_1","(-u portfolio remains’ empty. It cneralship. A fortnight ago | Mr. Hoover should not accept the neralship. RNt A5 | chances are the position will be actically certain that Mr.| ey, cq to A. D. Lasker of Chicago, in his chairmanship |}, .q of the advertising firm of Lord prospective cabinet| g phomas. Mr. Lasker has not want- B ed for friends from the very first,! ce then a drive has been started | £ fpF friRas KLOM I, Moy firet; i him by some of the politicians [ R3¢ (pent two days recently . with se to Mr. Harding, who desire 10| (10 president-elect. has let - it be put_anoth the head of the|known that Mr. Lasker would be a jons Their assump- | yery desirable addition to the cab- tion, apparently, is that issue were drawn he would tak abinet position, but his friends say he may ke neither if he is shown that the dent-elect prefers to name an- - man for national chairman. any of the oider republicans in gress will deprecate. it is said, national com- the outset of 1 ! Hoover | the elimination of Gov. Lowden, how- A few® weeks ago these friends had convinced Mr. Harding that it would be inimical to his ad- ministration to appoint Mr. Hoover, and word was sent forth from Marion that Hoover had been eliminated from consideration. Since that time, how- ever, the pressure which has been brought to bear upon the President- include Mr. Hoover in his} fifi.:“&my has been tremendous. Few persons outside the intimate Hnfllng”elrch realize what the de- cision to offer the secretaryship of Commerce to Mr. Hoover has meant to Mr. Harding. In the first place, it must be stated that the all-power- ful Senator Boies Penrose of Penn- ivania sent word to Mr. Harding, thumbs down” on Mr. Hoover. Fur- {ther than this, Mr. Harding knows mplacable opposition Senator eam Honason of California has to Mr. Hoovers appointment. Mr contested " Californiz 1ast ring with Senator Johnson for Sepubiican nomination at Chicago, and the bitterness of that campaign will not soon be forgotten. Country Wants Hoover. It Gov. Lowden had acceptgd the Navy portfolio in the Harding cabi- net, it is almost a certairity that the portfolio of Commerce Would not have been offered to Mr. Hoover. With ever, there came a great demand upon the President-elect to appoint Some one in the cabinet besides Gov. Hughes with a national reputation. He was told frankly, in letters and telegrams, that the country was expecting great things in the personnel of the cabinet, ‘Washington | d 1o othefs. | the cabinet, tern | and, regardless of the professional Doliticians, it must be stated that most of the telegrams declared that Mr. Hoover was needed to make the official family acceptable. Mr. Harding can force Mr. Hoover into the cabinet, but he can put the offer up to him, in the same way he tendered the secretaryship of State 0 Mr. Hughes. And Mr. Hughes an- nounced on last Saturday that he felt a compelling obligation to accept the osition. p.—\mom! Senator Harding’s immediate advisers there has been almost unani- mous dissent to the Hoover candidacy. | These advisers have attempted to con- vince the President-elect that Mr. Hoover was not needed in the cabinet, and that he would not “go along” with the other members in the event of a controversy. These intimate advisers have | felt that Mr. Harding should have no one n his official family who would dare to raise a word of controversy against any policy the President might in- itiate, Tt is realized that Mr. Hoover would be more or less independent in and this independence has been fought by Harding’s “inner cirele” Mr. Harding himself, how- ever. is more farseeing than some of his advisers, and this is likely to be one of the surprises of his adminis- tration: that_after listening to a lot of advice and seeming to agree with it. he will go ahead and do what he individually thinks is best for his party and for his country. Expects Storm From Senate. Mr. Harding 18 perfectly aware of the opposition the Hoover appoint- { ment_will provoke in the Senate, but sputed the next. i a move | 4s in Washington think. and they | it M@ Hoover will accept, Mr. Hard- ing is in a position to insure that his nomination will be acted upon favor- ably. So this is the situation at the moment: Mr. Hoover can have the post of Secretary of Commerce if he wants it. There i$ no question but that Mr. | Hoover would readily have accepted the secretaryship of the interior, but M Harding decided lo place that Dosty in the hands of Senator Albert 11" of New_ Mexico. Pending the inet circle. For the post of Secretary of Labor T. V. O'Connor of Buffalo, N. Y., has been growing daily in strength, and it is an even bet that he will beat out J. J. Davis of Pittsburgh for that post. Mr. O'Connor has been indorsed by Elihu Root and other prominent men tion. Copyright, 1021, B Of course, | it is realized there is no way in which | PREMIERS DECIDE TOALLOT TURKEY MORE TERRITORY! leyd George and Briand Will Ask for Revision of Treaty of Sevres. GREEKS LIKELY TO LOSE | SECTION HELD IN THRACE | Council of League of Nations Meets at Paris to Take Up Impor- tant Questions. By the Associated Press. LONDON, February 21.—Revision of the treaty of Sevres, so as to giv Turkey additional territory in Thrac now occupied by the Greeks, was de- cided upon by Mr. Lloyd George and M. Briand today in consultations pre- ceding the near east conference her This decision before becoming effec tive, however, requires the approval | of the allied colleagues of the French | premier and the British prime min- | ister. ! According to this Franco-British | agreement, the frontier line in Thrace | will be moved westward, extending from Enos on the Aegean to Midia on the Black sea. This would take from Greece one-fourth of the territory she now occupies there and add it to the Constantinople district. The Turks also under this arrange- ment are to be allowed representation | on the commission controlling Con- stantinople. The proposals thus formulated by the two premiers will be submitted to | the conference as a whole. See Agreement in Greece. 1t is understood that Mr. Lioyd; George and M. Briand arrived at the opinion as a result of their consulta- tions that the Greek question might be susceptible of a much speedier set- tlement than had been previously thought. The premiers’ impression was that the Greeks would be satisfied with the proposals to be made regarding | the Smyrna district, but that settle- | ment of the question of Thrace would | be more difficult. } Agreement between Great Britain, | France and Italy for alterations of | the treaty favorable to the Turks| séemed probable here today, it was| currently reported. i It is known that a section of the| British cabinet supports changes in the treaty which would favor the| Turks. i LEAGUE COUNCIL MEETS. | Four lcnbefi of Sarre Valley Com- | mission Reappointed. 4 By the Aswocisted Press. b f PARIS, February 21.—The executive | council. of the league of nations met in the Petit Luxemburg Palace shortly before noon today under the chairmanship of Dr. Gastoa Da Cunha. | Brazillan ambassador to France and president of the council, and immeai- ately began consideration of the va- rious questions before it. The council decided to reappoint four members of the Sarre valley gov- erning ocmmission whose terms have expired—M. Rault, French president of the commission: Maj. Lambert representing Belgium: Count De Moltke Hvidtfeldt, representing Den- mark, and R. D. Waugh, representing Canada. It was decided to invite German Hungary and Ecuador to send repre. sentatives to the transit conference to be held in Barcelona, inasmuch as | the assembly of the league at Geneva recommended that all interested states be represented. i Discussion as to the publicity to be | given the council's proceedings will bs continued this afternoon, opposi- tion having developed to full pub- i licity, such as was asked for in the resolution Lord Robert Cecil of Great Britain and Hjalmar Branting of Sweden put through the Geneva as- sembly. The council met at the Petit Luxem- | burg Palace, residence of Leon Bour- ! geols, former president of the council. | Dr. Gastoa Da Cunha, Brizilian am- | bassador to France and president of | the council, was in the chair. | M. Bourgeois represented France, Arthur J. Balfour was the British dele- | gate, while Italy, Spain, Belgium, Japan | and China were represented respectively | by Marquis Imperiali, Di Francavill Count Quinones de Leon, Paul Hymans, Viscount Ishii and Dr. Wellington Koo. It was stated by officials charged with the “organization of the work of the conference that it was hoped the discus- sion of the agenda would be completed by March 3. Switzerland's refusal to allow league contingents to cross that country on | their way to Lithuania would be dis- cussed early during the meeting, it was declared. While announcements have stated that the calling of the meeting in_this city instead of Geneva was not | influenced by Switzerland's refusal, it is known theré has been considerable feel- ing in_the council, one member having | refused to go to Geneva. i While it was not expected the coun- cil would act upon suggestions that the | capital of the lcague be removed from | Geneva, such action is being discussed | in league circles. | | BULGARIA IS RESTLESS. 1 Serbian Papers Point Out Need of Obtaining Saloniki. By Cable to The Star and C Ve by Copyright. 1 -"‘lln Daily News. SOFIA, Bulgaria, February 21.—The | meeting of the allied supreme council | im London has increased the restless. | Iness in the Balkans. The Bulgarian people are aroused because their coun- try has not been invited to join the | new_ discussion of questions so vital | to its interests Two great mass meetings have been held here to de- mand that Bulgaria be given access to the Aecgean sea. To_make the situation more acute the Serbian nowspapers recently have begun to speak of the necessity of Jugoslavia obtaining the port of Sa- loniki and including in its own popu- lation the Macedonian Slavs now under Greek rule. One of the Bel. grade newspapers says: “If the entente fails to aid Greece in Asia Minor Greece may also lose her Balkan territories in favor of Turkey, Bulgaria and eventually Serbia. In such an event our interests would compel us to assure Saloniki for our- selves. z “There i3 a movement both in Serbia and Bulgaria for a mutual agreement and compromise on the basis of Jugo- slavia eventually obtaining' the Sa- loniki littoral and Bulgaria gettinx the Kavalla and Dedeagatch coast. This plan may be realized if the nd is under serious considera- | 2grarian party in Jugoslavia brings about a federated, decentralized state. " (Continued on Page 11, Column 2.) - OFBONDS IS SHOT | pistol. | the international finance conference at herdng WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION IONDAY, ACGUSED PEDDLER Wife Says Pistol Exploded During Scuffle at Mem- . phis Today. By the Associated Press. MEMPHIS, Tenn., February 21.—H. iggs Nolen, one of six men under in- dictment in connection with the al- leged wholesale marketing here of lib- erty bonds stolen in a Brooklyn rob-| bery last November, was shot and| probably fatally wounded early today | in a scuf. with his wife, Mrs. Ethel Wxgkoff Nolen, for possession of a Mrs. N Nolen’s conq critieat. ; Phe shooting occurred at. a- druk Store operated by Nolen. According & statement credited to Mrs. Nolen | he pistol was drawn by Nolen durin; an argumert which followed Nolen' return from an automobile ride. Mrs. Nolen ‘was waliting his return, she len surrendered. f ition was described as uarrel of several days ago. When | the weapon was drawn she grappled | with her husband and it was dis- charged, the bullet striking Nolen in | the abdomen. ! Mrs. Nolen was arrested recently on a warrant charging her with re- ceiving stolen property. the same charge made against Nolen in con- nection with the disposal here of} bonds alleged to have been stolen from a broker's messenger in Brook- | lyn, but that charge was ignored by ! the grand jury. which returned in-! dictments against Nolen and five! others last week. Instead, an indict- ment charging the attemptgd brib- ery of » bpoliceman was ‘returned against her. —_— ITALIAN ENVOY ARRIVES. Rolaindi-Ricci Arranges for Pres- entation of Credentials. Vittorio Rolaindi-Ricci, the newly appointed ambassador of Italy to the United States, arrived here yesterday. He called at the State Department this afternoon to arrange for the presen- tation of his credentials to the Presi- dent at his carliest convenience. The new ambassador has had a dis- tinguished career. Born in 1860, he received the degree of doctor of laws at the University of Genoa in 1890, In 1912 he was appointed to a seat in| the Italian senate and afterward serv- ed as vice president of the interna- tional chamber of commerce in Paris and as the representative of Italy at Brussels FRANCE GRANTED DELAY. MADRID, February 20.—It is re- ported that the government decided at the last moment to grant a delay to France for the repayment of the credit loan. The bankers of the con- tfum which advanced the sum of 420,000,000 pesetas are to meet im- mediately to decide definitely whether to approve the government's action. Today’s' News in Paragraphs Premiers decide to give Turkey more territory in Thrace. Page 1 Harding to write inaugural speech this week. Page 1 Senators disturbed by uncertainty in cabinet slate. Page 1 Former Ambassador Fletcher to be undersecretary of state. Page 1 Frierson denies U. S. contemplates new credits to foreign nations. - Page 1 Hoover to be offered Seretary of Com- ‘merce portfolio in Harding cabinet. Page Accused peddler of stolen bonds prob- ably fatally shot in struggle with wife. Page 1 Representative Welty today elaborated | charges on which he demands im- | peachment of Federal Judge Landis. . Page 1) Decision on bonus in House likely to- morrow. Page 2 Policeman Bradley fatally Preston E. Legion plans drive on German propa- gandists. Page 4 Export tax is main objection in Germany to allied reparation demands. Page 7 President of U. S. Chamber of Com- merce demands passage of budget bills at this session. Page 13 Germans demand return of dye experts now in U. S., charge betrayal of com- mercial secrets. Page 13 Sergeant in Alabama guard on trial in rest. Page 3 ! lynching case. Page 13 Chyistian * Science lecturer discusses remedies for disease. Page 13 Army officers uphold Gen. Allen in apologizing to Germany for Bergdoll coup. . Page 13 FEBRUARY 21, 1921 —-TWENTY-SIX PAGES. > f-Mnnbef of the Associated Prml || The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to ‘} the use for republication of all news dispatches H credited to it or not otherwise credited in this || paper and also the local news yublichol berei, | il AIl rights of publication of special | ¢ ! f dispatches herein are also reserved. | Saturday’s Net Circulation, ”.u! Sunday’s Net Circulation, 90,969 TWO CENTS. * | Senator Johnson Praises Independence of Mr..Hughes Declares He Did Not Oppose His Selection as Secretary | of State—Latter’s Position on the League of Nations. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. £enator Hiram Johnson, one of the leaders of the so-called “irreconcil- able” group, which has opposed the in form. as well as the entrance of into the present said’ today that Evans Hughes as Secretary of State in the Harding cabinet was not at all dis- ratification and the United States league of nations, the appointment of Charles of the Paris treaty pleasing to him. ‘The appointment of Mr. Hughes,” remarked the California Senator in a with the writer today, “is by no 1 was { not one of the group who opposed the international policies, I understand that Mr. Hughes {in one of hi¥ early” falka with Mr. Harding indorsed the tentative policy . which -Mr. Harding' has had in mind { sald, to effect a recenciliation after a | for. foreigh .affairs. talk- means ‘unsatisfactory to me. appointment. As - to “As to Mr. know- he man. Hughes personally, an pelled: the HENRY P. FLETCHER, By the Associated Press. Henry P. Fletcher, former American ambassador to Mexico, is to be under- secretary of state in the Harding ad- ministration. The tender of the position to Mr. Fletcher, who js here after spending considerable time in Florida with the made through | Charles E. Hughes, whose selection as ! 1| Seeretary of State .was announced Saturday by Mr. Harding. Formal ac- ceptance of the position offered him | is said to be planned by Mr. Fletcher President-elect, was immediately. According to information here Mr. Harding had Mr. Fletcher in mind for service in some diplomatic capacity, und in selecting him for undersecre: tary of state consulted Mr. Fletcher's wishes. There have been re]horls that Mr. Fletcher might be named ambas- injured while attempting to make ar-| sador. to 10, DL B BeloCtion s ecretary is said to be definite. is a Pennsyl- the' diplomatic service for many years, serving under until re- unders Mr. Fletcher, who vanian, has been the “Wilsoh ‘ administration cently, when he resigned. GERMANY TO GET FLOUR. COLOGNE, February 20.—The Volks- Zeitung, the leading Catholic organ of South Germany, says that the German government wiy take immediate steps to_charter tonnage for 15,000 tons of flour which Archbishop Mundelei of Chicago has anounced as the gift of American Catholics for the reliet. of Germany. 2 independent-minded 1 tiked particularly the way he denounced those republicans who. ex- socialists, trom the New FLETCHER CHOSEN UNDERSECRETARY Former Envoy to Mexico Is to Serve Under Hughes in State Department. York state legislature. lican bosses show that Mr. has a mind of his own.” Response to Party Ci sen; bu {Continued on Page 2, Column 4 Because of Press of Per- sonal Business. learned today. weeks, sonal business. the expiration of the period” Supt. Ernest L. Thurston. feels er mit his probably March 2. Withheld by Request. resignation at its next to meeting, the verge of submitting board. His friends, reported, it for several weeks. Dr. Simon's successor as the school governing body likely w be Dr. Henry B. Learned, now vi it to however, it C. school authorities to hav man as president. Mr. tional Electrical Supply Company. Mra. Gerry's Resignation Reealled. the school Margarita Spaulding Gerry. t week . | Court 1 | Early Star Tomorrow The regular edition of { The Star will be issued at 1 o’clock on Washington’s birthday—Tuesday, Febru- ary 22. “ All advertising for this edition must be received at The Star office before 11 o'clock this evening, at which time the office closes. 1 liked also the warm way in which he recently | defended the direct primary system which is so much under attack. Acts like: these in the face of the repub- Hughes Generally speaking, men at the Capi- tol, whether they have any personal | enthusiasm or not for Mr. Hughes, | were frank to admit that in accepting | the portfolio of Secretary of State Mr. | Hughes had again responded to the cali | of service for the republican party and | the country. . Everybody here knows | that Mr. Hughes was reluctant to leave | the Supreme Court of the Wnited | base ball player: States 1o engage in ‘a political cam- | paign, and he was, of course, not anx- | ious to go into the cabinet, which, in a . means a resumption of political s, for on no question is there justnow such bitter feeling and sharp divigion of opinion as on foreign policy. Entirely apart from Mr. Hughes' ex- 1| ceptional qualifications and prestige, the’ selection of Mr. Hughes has an- other significance that may not be im- mediately apparent, but which will be DR SIMON TORESIGN SCHOOL BOARD POST Will Relinquish Presidency | Dr. Abram Simon, president of the Board of Education, will resign from that office in the near future, it was t -He has been con- templating tendering his resignation as president of the board for several due to the pressure of per- ‘When Dr. Simon accepted the board presidency last July 1. he did so on the condition that he would only serve | temporarily and would resign upon “emergency in the school system which was created by the ousting of former He now that this so-called emergency has about expired, and will sub- the board, on It is said in school circles that Dr. Simon prepared his letter of resigna- tion several weeks ago and was on the is persuaded him to withhold head of 1 3 e the United States approved. president. It Is rumored ihat Edwin | - Droposal o repeal the ¢ per cent| Graham, one of the newest mem- bers on the board, may be given the Dosition, as jt is the desire of some a business aham is a business man and the head of the Na- The report of Dr. Simon's contem- plated resigning as president of the board comes.on the heels of the an- nouncement of the departure from governing body of Mrs. Mrs. Gerry's resignation was submitted to | the justices of the District Supreme CONGRESS CLIPS SALARY | INCREASE FOR ITS HEADS | FROM LEGISLATIVE BILL | The Vice President and Speaker of the Hou are not to receive salary increases. Senate amend- ments to the legislative appropria- tion bill to increase their salarics from $12.000 to $15,000 have been stricken from the bill by the con- ferees. It was said that Speaker Gillett opposed the increase be- cause it applied to him alone with out giving increases to other House membe: WELTY EXCORIATES U. 3. JUDGE LANDIS Subjected to Hot Crossfire of CREDITS T0 EUROPE NOT IN PROGRAM OF U5, FRIERSONSAYS ‘Solicitor General Denies Al- i legations of Hearst in An- . swering Injunction Suit, FUND LOANED KERENSKY | NOT UNDER OUR CONTROL |Balance of Loan Deposited Under Questions as He Urges <‘ Name of Revolutionary Gov- Impeachment. ! ernment, He Says. Somewhat stormy scenese occurred| 1¢Pial that any portion of the money advianoe e Ke: - T e | moriey iy to the Kerensky gov |ernment of Russia is still under the today with the presentation of im- | (IR A ATuSe s peachment charges against Federal| .o ‘olim‘o:l_a”_ !‘";:"I’I"‘ ":: Judge Landis by Representative ... = ° .' A" % '"f i AT S e n in a briel filed today with read ‘his| charges as outiined before| . {the House last week, and was subject- | ¢d to a cross-fire of questions. Representative Walsh, republican, Massachusetts, wanted to know if Mr.! Welty had any proof that Judge { Landis in acting as supreme arbiter of | BICNIIOR on the | organized base ball had neglected his | ¢ro) (0 o ';‘,fi "::;d-:h‘:"%:re:':kr:; official duties. The Ohio member said |any other Russian government. Mr. he would “unload the facts. | Frierson declared there was no occa- | “When you 'are trying to catch a'sion for an injunction, as the de- jrabbit you've got to follow his|fendant has no intention of estab- ! tracks.” he said in reply to another lishing further credits to any forelgn question. “I am trying to unburden|governments, “as must have been myself. {known to the plaintifft when he filed Volstead Admonishes Welty. ;hu{v?llll'll.reglrd T el z te and don’t | e paymen maees El:;g)‘“:p:::h::.fi “admonished | ynexpended balance now existing in Chairman Volstead. | favor ~of -Csechoslovakia, France, The Ohio member then offered a | orcoce, Italy and Liberia. the solicitor telegram from District Attorney | ECUCTA contended. “the faith of the i Cloyne of Chicago saying 921 criminal ; ¢y, N AR and 309 other cases were pending in St o sy sentabii Ml Sy Judge Landis’ court. e “How many were tried last year?’ Balance Was Withdrawa. Chairman Volstead asked. Describing the transaction between “If you want to know you can find I this government and the Kerensky gov- i District Supreme Court in re- ponse to the suit brought by Wil- iam Randolph Hearst of New York, as u taxpayer. 5 ensoin the Secretary of the Treasury from further finan- {ia] transactions with foreign govern- ments. The brief also denied there was any intention on the part of the Secretary out.” Mr. Welty replied. ernment, the solicitor general declared “I'm not going ‘to be insulted by |the credits were established and ad- you,” declared the chairman. “I want | Vances made “just as they were > i S erT + |to any other foreign government, Declaring it was outrageous that | When made were entirely free from the Judge Landis should be drawing | control of the Secretary of the Treas- $42.500 from organized base ball, | ury. Representative Husted, republican.; It is not true, Mr. Frierson said, New York, insisted the committee that there is any existing credit in | wanted facts on which an indictment | favor of the Kerensky or other Rus- ConlaiBe e sian government, nor that any funds “In other words, a legal way to im- ; belonging to the United States have peach him if we can.” suggested Rep- | been placed in the National City Bank resentative Boise, republican, Towa | 0; lrl‘\v l‘:lher bank subject to the check 3 of the Kerensky or other Russian gov- Lively Crousfire of Questions. ernment with the approval of the Sec- The crossfire of questions became | V€tary. _At the time of the overthrow of the Kerensky government, Mr. Frierson ! explained, the balance of the credit jn its favor was withdrawn, and there re- nection with indictments for throwing ! mained in the hands of the Kerensky' ‘about sames. but the questioning quickly o s ! representative in_this coun! am | $56.000,000. = . shifted to other subjects. Mr. Gard | the Property of Rusaia. wanted Mr. Welty to_ get down 0 -while this mency had Deen paid - brass tacks ob his charge that Judke | ver Just a8 adfances 1o other meve | [Eana 3 neglected his. official ' arminants were - patd.” the solicitor _Acceptance by Judge Landis of $42.- | 5yTGral, asserted, “and the Secretary {300 as supreme arbiter of base bail, ! Lh¢ Treasury had Soe that It wi i ) e en oy mIEHt £0 | applied to the satistaction of. obliga. 1t mere mot so apparent. Represents- [} 107 WhIh tae fierconiy wovernment S ; S {ceeded in securing an agreement by . Cites Action of D. C. Court. which it was deuoulled‘ln the K{ Calling attention to the action of tional City Bank to the credit of the the Supreme Court of the District of | Kerensky government or its repre- Columbia in assessing damages of | sentatives, with an understanding $240.000 against the big league base|that the Secretary of the Treasurs ball asseciations in suits brought un- | should be notified before withdrawals der the anti-trust laws, and the in- | were made from the deposit dictment of players in Chicago for| “This money did not belong to the throwing games, Mr. Welty said: | United States, since it had been previc hile these matters were pending | ously paid to the represemtative of in the courts, this fllegal trust made | the Kerensky govermment. and Judge Landis its chief arbiter. And|arrangement reforred to woe mene | why should they select a federal judge | hecause that representative was mlm. as umplire? Was it because they Want- | ing to have the funds then in his ;filiz:::l‘trhe people. “We are not an hands applied to the satisfaction of ust because Judge Landis | American debts. . |13 at our head? Was it because these | “ [, submitting that_no injunct) ase ball magnates wanted to create | snou1q be tssues, st s o, |a favorable sentiment with the hope | sy Gayon Gakcyts that the Supreme Court of the Dis- trict of Columbia would be reversed?" o 1 am going to Show that these are guilty of brib- {ing Judge Landis,” Mr. Welty shouted. This statement was made in con- ed that the Secretary did mot admit :m‘l lh;’" plaintiff has a status en- In this connection Mr. Welty read a | .. /B& him_to call in question the letter from Chicago, the name of the | 2TiOUS credits or that the court has writer withheld, quoting a base bau!l‘;‘:‘,g:[’:g"" ™ to determine the con- magnate as saying that Judge Landis | CAN'T FINISH LOAN PROBE. as a lawyer meant nothing to organ- ized base ball, but that Judge Landis a5 a federal judge “was worth any price he might wish to ask.” “If ‘that was the intent.” Mr. Welty |Senate Committee Has Not Enough declared, ~does the act not bring it| Time to Complete Investigation. within the law of bribery? If the magnates who were fined are per-| The impossibility of concludin; i v Iz at mitted to employ Judge Landis what! (pis seasion of Congress the investi- ation of loans made to foreign gov- would -prevent the indicted players ments before and after the armi- | employing him? I ga Sees Yielding to Illegal Combine. beto “Judge Landis has a right to vield | jLqignas indicated when the Scuate {to “the fleshpots of illegal combina- Judiflary committee met today to {tion,” said Mr. Welty. “but he should | COntinue its examination of Secre- | not bring all aur judiciary into ill re- (4r¥ Houston of the Treasury De- {pute. If the country approves the Partment. J |dual role of Judge Landis then the| At the outset Secretary Houston | House will be called upon to preserve J0formed the committee ~ that the e andard for our JutechncseIVe | Treasury does not rexard the armic et there are others wha ciary Pe-istice as causing a wituation which pleased to employ some judge ‘for he | Would P"‘d‘"‘“‘lh" l""“‘ ':fl:“'l’ '{d' v B L 5 vances under the law, aud he called worth any price he might wish o, ,¢iention to the law under which the s 0 ot e St s |loans were made providing, that the an Soul fs 50 dead 4s o permit any | SAr should be considercd ut an end o at 2 ¥ |only when the President issued a n uties in this mat-| 0o lamation to that effect. Secretary Houston made it plain that the governments could not use the money for any purpose they de- | sired, but were bound by agreement to confine its expenditure in a way He said loans was made by {RAIL GUARANTEE UPHELD. " 1 rate guarantee provision of the trans- | o, Eery ory Department 10 mae thay portation act was defeated by the Sen- | the money was properly used. | VIQUEZ FEDERATION ENVOY.. - | SAN JOSE. Costa Rica, ‘Webruary = 2] —Gleto Gonzales Viquez, fo phesident of Costa Rieca, has named as envoy of the wewly fo federation of Central American publics, at Washington. ate, 59 to 14. | Senator Shields, democrat, Ten- The repeal proposal was offered by | nessee, referred to a recently pul Senator Kirby, democrat, Arkansas, ag . lished statement. by former Secretary an amendment to the' Winslow bill, au® | McAdoo of the Treasury that he had | thorizing partial payment of government | opposed foreign loans for tWo years. debts to the carriers. Secretary Houston read from the S nual report of 1918, which showed | that on November 15. 1918, credits ]APANESE TRANSFER i had been established by Mr. McAdoo % | totaling $8.171.976.666, NAVAL HEADQUARTERS “From the report,” the Secretary aid, it was apparent that the Bee- TO ISLAND OF WETJE | retars believed that aid would have {10 be extended for a considerable By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. | time, even after peace and during the Copyright. 1921. period of reconstruction. He said he JALUIT, Marshall Islands, Feb- woulld com’e{ he{grt Eogpx:el- seeking 5 P legislation for that pu ruary 13 (via Tokyo. Japan; Feb- | S iUl " Reea said he had studied ruary 21).—The preliminary trans- | zr. McAdoo's testimony, and “it went i fer of the Japanese naval and civil * | even fnndh r than Secretary Houstop 2 has state | headquarters from Jaluit to the Is- | P35 3005 iher. surprised at the s i land of Wetje is being made, the |ment I saw in the papers” he added. Japanese merchant vessel Matsu- | Secretary Houstom then said he wag kama Maru, making the first voy- [inclined to think Mr. McAdoo was la- | age to the latter island today."The |boring “under a misapprehension” _ = | Australian schooner Mauno, the “Pe imagines that new loans havd ' only vessel of foréign régistry per- |Leen made. That is untrue,” Mr. Hous- = mitted to trade between the islands |ton declared o - - under Japanese mandates, sailed | Secretary Houston was excused < at the same time. | the committee after he had submitted Wetje is three miles long and |a huge mass of correspondence relat- . half 4 mile wide. It is the largest . |ing to the loan negotistions —Assial: island of the group and forms the |ant Secretary Kelly was placed at the eastern end of a circular coral atsll |committee’s dispasal for .the remat of the same name which incloses a |der of Its invesiigatiou. lagoon of 200 square miles, in wiich the largest ghips and ‘sub- marines are able td anchor safely. Wetje lies 220 miles north of Jaluit and marks the center of the Marshail Islands. It was used as the administrative base of this r gion by the Spaniards and then by . the Germans.