Evening Star Newspaper, February 22, 1921, Page 1

WEATHER. ¥Fair tonight with lowest tempera- ture about 26 degrees: tomorrow un- ettled and somewhat warmer. Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 12 m. today: Highest, 32, at 11:45 am. today: lowest, 25, at 8 am. today. Full report on page 15. _ = New York Stock Market Closed Today | | | | l @5 ¥ ¢ - eran WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION The Assocuted | Al rights dispatehes Member of the Associated Press | the use for republication of al credited to 1t or not otherwise credited in th paper and also the local news publ Press is exclusively entitied to | news dispatches o) werei, of publication of special berein are aiso reserved. 7Yesterdly': Net C'n‘ulnfiu, 93,038 Entered as second-cla~s matter post office Washington, D. C. No. 28,058. WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY ») TWO CENTS. EDWIN DENBY IS SLATED ' BY HARDING FOR POST OF SECRETARY OF NAVY i Virtual Selection of| Michigan Man | Fills Cabinet. l EX-CONGRESSMAN ! SERGEANT IN WAR Reported Selected as Secretary of the Navy Has Served as Enlisted Man in Navy and Marine Corps. Selection of Denby Fills New Cabinet By the Asscciated The new cabinet ax welected by President-elect Harding will be: Secretary of State — Charles ivans Hughes of New York. Secretary of the Treasury— | Andrew Mellon of Pennayl- | | vamia. Secretary of War —John W. Weeks of Massachusetts. Attorney Gemeral — Harry M. Daugherty of Ohio. Posxtmaxter Gemeral—Will H. | Hayx of Indin | S ary of the Navy—Edwin | Denby of Michizan. eccretary of the Interior—A. B. Fall of New Mexico. Seeretary of Agriculture — Henry Wallace of fowa. Secretary of Commerce—Her- bert Hoover of California. ary of Laber—James J. Davis of Pennsylvania. HARDING CONFIDENT DAUGHERTY 1S 0.K. President-Elect Is Greatly Pleased in Appointing Old Friend to Cabinet. Special Dispatch to The Stal ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., February 22. —Only those who know President- elect Harding intimately can appre- ciate the pleasure it has given him to {name Harry M. Daugherty as At- torney General in his cabinet. That he would appoint his long-time friend and political associate to a high position in the sovernment has been known from the day the ballots were counted. It was unthinkable that any partisan eriticism of Mr. Daugherty jcould deter Senator Harding, and Mr. | Harding at last has confirmed the statement made in these dispatchies some time jago that the fight against Mr. Daugherty was serving only to strengthen him. Mr. Harding, it can truthfully be it stated, would rather have given up A& Suit the presidency than to feel the ac- In China With Father. | ceptance of that high office would M.. Denby, who was drawn into the ; cul the bond of friendship between cabinct »iluyullon as a aark horse aft- | him and Harry Daugherty. Further- er former Gov. Frank O. Lowden of | more, it can be said that Mr. Harding 1linois declined to be considered for fis wiliing lh"d‘ his ndm‘n‘;l;;l";'[ the Navy portfolio, is fifty vears old | shall stand or fall by the record Harry and has an intimate knowiedge of far Daugherty will make as ornHy eastern affairs in addition to Lis naval ) General of the United M;n_e’t‘ 5 ; experien He went to China in 1885 | believes, as he has frankly stated, . AUGU . Fla., February 22—President-elect Harding com- pleted his cabinet slate today by a virtual selection uf Edwin Denby of Detroit, Mich., as Secretary of the N The choice was the first big sur- prise among the cabinet selections. He is an attorney and a former member oi Congress, and has served as an enlisted man in war time in both the Navy and Marine Corps. 1t is understood a formal tender and acceptarnce are yet to be exchanged, but Mr. Denby is regarded by those close to Mr. Harding as practically certain to take the place. There were also growing indica- tions today that the virtual selections of Herbert Hoover of California to be retary of Commerce and James J. ‘Davis of Pennsylvania to be Secretary of Labor soon would be definitely fixed. putting the complete cabinet in with his father, who served there as _{EF“t-‘l(ho?::;‘(';e’,“z‘"“’}" asEeE an American minister. and later hej “ETeat Attorney Generall =~ .o spept ten years in the Chinese mari- time customs service. Returning to the United States in» 1%97. Mr. Denby served as a gunner's mate in the American Navy during the war with Spain. and at the age of forty-seven was a sergeant in the Ma- rine Corps during the world war. He may be charged with by his critics, they never can say he is wanting in loyalty to his friends. That same trait of loyalty extends to his home town of Marion, and it is taking Mr. Hard- ing back there just for a day before he leaves for Washington to assume he world s ies of the chief executive. was a representative in the ftty- | e ShUSS, 2 IS, SR ST ninth, sixticth ard sixty-first Con-ge’ ‘Warren” once more as. “Var- gresses, making a particular study of I 120 TC0 ( RACE Il e M. naval affairs as a member of the na- | pregigent.” And he is going back i | there for a sort of old home week Mr. Denby served three terms as a, celebration the night of March 1. member of Congress, from 1905 to! wThis striking sense of loyalty, 1911, In the Spanish-American war|ohich is inherent in Mr. Harding, he was a gunner's mate on the U. S. S. | would have made certain the ap- Yosemite and in the world war heypointment of Mr. Daugherty in the was a sergeant in the Marine Corps.|oibiney if there had Leen no other He was placed in the service With | gonsideration. But Mr. Harding was rznk of major on January 1. 1919. HGE I dadi Ty toin (e sa NIt sl irsie ‘Borm in Evansville, Ind. it was this feeling of loyalty and af- A native of Evansville, Ind., he was { fection toward Mr. Daugherty | that cducated in the high scnools at Evans- | made Semator Hardipg hoty: resent: ville. vhat he considers unjust ai- Mr. Denby was admitted to the bar | tacks which have been made upon in 1896 and was a member of the | Mr. Daugherty, but Iir. Harding, in Michigan house of representativesj aPPointing Harry Daugherty as a from 1902 to 1903. of his oficial wamily, Knows keeping in close association ENLISTED AS PRIVATE. with himself. the sincerest friend he has in the worli—a man who would sladly lay down his life for his chief. President-clect Harding feels he wi Given Regular “Boot” Training at need Harry Daugherty during h tenure of the White House even more Paris Island, S. C. snue than Mr. Daugh y ceds sires win Denby. whose appointment as | the “vindication” of a ouniner aopaine cretary of the Navy was announced iment. No one knows (ne histors. the today. enlisted as a private in thelachievements, the record and the United States Marine Corps at thelability of Harry Daugherty better outbrezk of the Europ. war and|than Mr. Harding himself. The two was gent to Paris Island, S. C. the|men have been intimates for more recruit training camp for the eastern score of years. Their lives e tiamiofl (s ouno Com it intermingled. Their friendship the regular “bool” training given all been tested in the fires of ad- marines, he was transferred to the e gtell s nurtured in the non-comm 4 oficers’ school, i e . proved an efficient drillmaster and|iong for any one to imagine that the to the rank of sergeant andfelection of the latter to the presidency Iy was made second lieutenant 4 could sever the ties of a generation and more. This is especially true in view of the fact that it was largely due to the steadfastness fand courage of Harry Mr. Denby was then made morale officer, where he performed what wa perhaps his most important service. For months he delivered a daily lec- L’A\'fl;":." ;h‘:;l l"_h‘_‘m-p- tunity to be ) its in oty after | President of the United States ~ame to LuES to mew: recrulis Immediatery fterly ;s iosa and 10k, Sens o Barain e they took the oath of ~llegiance, tel'- ing them the history of the Marine more than once during the primary bat- tles of last spring; more than once dur- Corps and inspiring them with hix re- | S8 O 5 SPINE: ore thin once dur, markable appeal for patriotism and!the Chicago convention last Juus Sem Joyalty. Lieut. Denby's “lecture” will|ator Harding considered the advisabiicy e remembered by thousands of ma- rines as one of the most impressive cvents in their military service. of retiring from the fight, content as he was to spend the rest of his acti political dgys in the United States Se ate, where | ] n..u) found so much that was congenial to his pl d, even tem- SECBETARY FOR COOLIDGE. |Wis cong even tem But Mr. Daugherty is a born figh Vice President-elect Picks Former|“r d he ‘;_'"'”(" ,x‘;" :lr"n“m any 3 suggestion o reat. It will be the Lodge Aid. same in .mpfi - nn--xr Mr. Daughe r\y' ; 5 E will be the fighter of the administra- NORTHAMPTON. Mass. February|ijon and he will be fighting alw 2.—Vice President-elect Coolidge has) o hix President and chief = Mr. announced the appointment of Ed-{jj,rding knows he will need Harry ward T. Clark of this ¢ity as his pri-| haygherty, and he knows that Mr. vate secrotary. Mr. Clark., a grad- uate of Amherst College, is a former secretary to United States Senator Daugherty is making a p financial =acrifice 1o Zo into the cabi- For twenty years Mr. Daugherty the President-elect’s closest d the next four years will tind him in that same capacity. For a time there was the suggestion that Harry Daugherty might be the 0l. House" of the incoming admin- ation, but it was stated in these ot | dispatehes weeks Mr. Harding wante abinet, o th: times, have i sonal and Henry Cabot Lodge and @ son of Rev the Isaac Clark. ounce church attended by STARR, OUTLAW. DYING. HARRISON, Ark. February who was s attempting to rob the Peoples Bank here 3 nz. accord to Dr My s His de minut @ pastor of fr. Ooolidge. Slenry Starr. outlaw while Nario ay ago, from Marion Daugh- Mr, DroJ ugherty for t wifc, mother and nding any of the &re at s Ledside in the Boome counm- | 1ne the official family. By Jaily - e (Copyright 20214 A o — { by the department from the council and {a certain amount of correspondence has | Balfour of Great Britain endeavored MANDATIVE RIGHTS INSISTEDONBY .S, INNOTETOLEAGUE Council to Get Views Ex-/ pressed by Colby in Com- munication to Curzon. GEDDES THOUGHT TO HAVE BROUGHT BACK MESSAGE | First Word Direct to League De- clares America Stands on Part in | War to Demand Privileges. e Associated Press. s Ameri sented di an government has pre- tly to the council of the league of nations its damand that all allied and associated nations be given equal opportunities in mandate ter- ritories. | It was announced today at the State | Department that a note virtually identical with the one on this sub- ject sent to the British government last November had been dispatched to the council, which is in session at Paris. Decision to act in this que: tion, notwithstanding the early ange of administrations, was pred- icated upon the understanding that the council contemplated immediate action on mandates such as those in Mesopotamia and Palestine. British Preparing Answer. While no reply has been received from Great Britain. it has been unofficially stated that the British government was preparing an answer that would go far toward satisfying the American canten- tions that equal opportunities must be | provided for the citizens of all countries | in all mandate territories. It has been suggested that Sir Auckland Gedde: eturned to the United States vesterday, after consultation with the foreign office in London. had been empowered to con- vey the ideas of his government on the subject. Officials of the department de- clined to say from what quarter the in- timation came that the question should be taken directly to the league, but it was believed it came from Great Bri and that the returning British amba dor bore the message. First Direct Word to League. Communications have been received followed, but this is the first time the United States initiated any action be- fore that body. Officials insisted that it was not to be taken as an indication that the United States was to beccme involved in controversies of the l:ague, but rather as a manifestation of the de- termination of tke United States to in- sist upon its rights even though it is not a member of the league. In his note to Lord Curzon. Seretary Colby said the United States did not propose to be excluded from participa- tion in the rights and privileges secured under mazndates provided in the treaties of peace, and it expected to be heard regarding the terms of those mandates before they were put into force. In Repiy to Britain. Tkis note was in reply to one from Great Britain under date of last Au- gust 9, and which dealt with the ap- plication of the principles of equal- ity of treatment to the territories of the near east to be placed under Brit- ish mandate. "The American govern- ment took issue with what was de- scribed as the British position that mardafe agreements and treaties| were to be considered only by states members of the leagueof rations. Mr. Colby said that the United States, as a participant of the world war “and a contributor 1o its success- ful issue, cannot’consider any of the associated powers, the smallest not less than itself. debarred fro.n dis- cussion of any of its consequences, or from participation in the rights and privileges under the mandates pro- vided in the treaties of peace. WALLACE NOTIFIES COUNCIL. By the Associated Precs. ’ PARIS, February 22.—Notice that the United States was sending a note to the league of nations on the ques- tion of mandates for former enemy possessions was given the council of the league at its sesion here today. The notice was in the form of a letter from Hugh C. Wallace, the American ambassador, which was read at the close of the forenoon meeting of the council by Dr. Da Cunha, its president. It transmittcd a request by the State Department in Whshington that action regarding mandates, which it was understood was to be taken presently by tne council, be postponed until the United States presented observations con- sidered of the utmost importance in a note on the subject, which it was thought possible might reach Paris before the day was over. This afternoon’s session of the coun- cil had the subject of mandates on its program. It was not expected, however, in view of the American communication, that any action in this connection would be taken until the American note had been received by the council. Ambassador Wallace in his commu- nication had set forth that the State Department had understood the ferms of the mandates were to be approved at this meeting of the council. PUBLICITY STILL UP. By the Associated Press. PARIS, February 22.—Discussion of the question of publicity of delibera- tions of the council of the league of nations was not completed at yester- day’s session and was resumed again this morning. Marquis Imperiale, the Italian dele- gate, made strong objection to either the admission of the public or press to the session, or to full publicity of discussions by the council. Arthur J. to find a compromise between the ex- treme views of some of his colleagues, but did not succeed Two decided currents are manifest, one favorable to the fullest publicity & the proceeding de- at the last Genev and the other stoutly resisting anything more thin the bare communication to the public of results. A committee was appointed to con- sider amendments to the covenant of the league, A. J. Balfour. Great Brit- ain, being chosen as chairman, with the followng members. M. Viviani, France; Vittorio Scialoia, Italy; Senor Branco, Uruguay; Dr. Edward Benes, Czechoslovakia; Wellington-Kve, Chi- na; M. Agayma, Japan: M. Beichmann Norway; nor Gonzales Hotelia, Spain. Two additional members are o be selected later. Another commiftee was appointed to consider article XVIII of the Ver- sailles treaty, having reference to the interpretation of the value of treaties up to the time of their registratisn with the lo The members of this commilte It Fromag. ¥ Holland, nd, zue 2 zil; k Stru nri cken, P'rof. and Sir Cecil Hurst, ung-l CROSSING EXPERTS SAY | MUST AID WATER CRISIS Break in Conduit Means Famine in D. C. Will Take Over Two Years to Build New Artery. What will happen if the conduit supplying Washington with water breaks Congress has been asked to seek the answer to this question and on the facts disclosed determine wheth- er an appropriation should be made at this session for starting work on a new conduit, as recommended by Secretary of War Baker, the federal power commission, the District Com- missioners and citizens generally. A round-up by The Star of opinions of government and private engineers as fo the danger of a break in the conduit and the probable results of such an accident has developed the unanimous belief that the big water artery is likely to go out of com- mission at any time and that com- plete_exhaustion of the city’s water supply is not an improbability. Vital Facts About Conduit. These are the outstanding facts as to_the conduit: It was built sixty years ago. It is under a heavier strain today than it was interded to bear at the time of its construction. It conveys an average of 68,000,000 gallons of water daily, whereas the estimated average safe capacity of the conduit is but 65,000,000 gallons daily. It has not been inspected or re paired for more than a year, because it requires practically two days to SUGGESTS ONEBILL TOCOVER TAXATION Representative Tilson Would Combine Tariff and In- ternal Reverue. A combination of tariff and internal revenue revision into one big taxation bill is being considered by the repub- lican majority of the ways and means committee and legislative leaders, on the suggestion of Representative John Q. Tilson of Connecticut, one of the most active republican members. In order to prevent “dumping” in anticipation of the increase of du- ties, Representative Tilson has sug- gested that a tentative tariff be draft- ed on information already gathered by the committee and put into effect by a resolution providing that a re- bate will be given in the rates in the bill as finally decided upon by Congress are reduced. Representative Tilson believes that revision of the income tax law and tho tariff schedules are equally im- portant, and that neither should be postponed in favor of the other. He also favors the combination of this Work into a single bill as a step in| the direction of systematizing the} work of ralsing revenue along the same line as the efforts now being made to handle appropriations under a budget system. He believes that it will tend to a permanent instead of a constantly shifting taxation policy, Which, he says, has a demoralizing effect on business. Representative Tilson has talked over this plan with Chairman Ford- ney and other majority members of the ways and means committee. He has received assurances that it will be given serious consideration by that committee. _— FRAUDS ARE CHARGED. Farmers Said to Have Lost $250, 000 in Last Five Years. CHICAGO, February 22— Indiet- ments charging eleven officers of the Consumers’ Service Company with using the mails to defraud farmers of more than $250.000 in the last five years through the sale of service con- tracts, were made public today by postal inspectors. A. P. Clarahan, in- spector in charge of the Chicago end of the investigation, said that farm- twenty-two states had been | | ers in swindled In return for contracts calling for £20 to $200 the company, Clarahan aid, promised to sell dry goods, farm implements, groceries and other lines of merchand t reduced prices. The indictment aileged the farmers were not rendered the service promised. Headquarters of the concern are in Minneapol TH CONGRESS AWARI unwater it and the city's reserve sup- | ply of water is sufficient for but two days. i A “serious break in the conduit might require a week for repair. As- suming this length of time would be required, engineers point out the two-day reserve supply of -water could be stretched over four days, if government and privaté users of water were placed on a half-ration basis. That would leave three days when no water would be available at all, provided the supply was not made to last longer through a more severe ra- tioning process. Danger to the health of the city, not to mention the probable conse- quences of a fire. through any serious curtailment of tie water supply, is stressed by all the engineers who have looked ino the matter. Emergeney Provisions. - Anticipating the danger of a break in the condbit, E. D. Hardy, superin- tendent of the Washington aqueduct and filtration plant, it was learned today, already has prepared plans for making repairs at points where trouble is considered most likely to develop. Cabin John bridge, through which the conduit passes, is the point wher: rious break ~ould occur, (Continued on Ninth Page.) FLYER S STRIVING 0 SET NEW MARK Lieut. Coney, AttemptingI Transcontinental Record, i Not at Dallas on Schedule. BY the Associated Press. DALLAS, Tex., February 22.—Lieut. William D. Coney, flying from the Pacific to the Atlantic coasts, had not been sighted at 9 o'clock today at Love Feld, his first scheduled stop. Air service officers at the field ex- pressed confidence that the big de! Haviland plane at any moment would | come into view from the low lying clouds, which threatened rain. They had heard nothing from the fiyer since he started on his flight at San Diego, Calif., at 7 o'clock last night. FL PASO, Tex., February airplane, believed to be the de Havi- land machine of Lieut. Coney, who is attempting a flight from San Diego to Jacksouville in twenty-four hours, passed over El Paso at 2:20 a.m. mountain_time. SAN DIEGO, Calif.. February 22— Somewhere east of here today, the aviation officers here hope, is in the air, Lieut. William D. Coney, who left here at 7 o'clock last night for Pablo Beach, Fa., in an attempt to fly across the continent in twenty-four hours. Allowing for the difference in time, he must reach his destination at 10 p.m. today to accomplish his task. t before his departure. a young woman, whom the aviator told news- paper men he did not know, crowded forward and presented Coneéy with a rabbit's foot. He thanked ner and put thé talisman in his pocket. Coney wore a heavy, electrically heated coat, and a parachute was fastened to his body. The aviator planned only one stop in his 2,070-miie flight across eleven states—that al Dallas, Tex. at 7 o'clock this morning. From there to the Atlantic the schedule calls for a time of eeven hours and thirty min- utes. Coney was born at Atlanta, Ga. twenty-four years ago. He won his aviator's wings at Kelly Fleld, San Antonio, Tex.. and later was an in- structor in aerial acrobatics there. Before the war he was a member of the Georgia National Guard. His home is in Brunswick, Ga. The flight was sanctioned by the War Department, and, according to officers here, was attempted in an ef- fort to establish a new transconti- nental air record. _—————— CARUS0'S FEVER DROPS. NEW YORK, February 22 —Enrico Caruso, convalescing after an attack of pleuri nd heart trouble. passed a restful night, his physicians an- nounced today. The tenor's fever has dropped, | | | | CAPITAL IN TRIBUTE 10 WASHINGTON Ceremonies Are Held Here and at Mount Ver- non Today. The National Capital rested today. on the 189th anniversary of the birth of George Washington, to pay tribute to the memory of the great American who is called “the Father of His Coun- tr: and after whom the ci is named. Both houses of Congress remained in session, however, although all the executive departments and many of the business houses of the city were closed. Facing crammed legislative calendars, with adjournment only tenr| days off, Congress attended to busi- ness today. In both the Senate and the House business was suspended long enough to permit the customary teading on the floor of Washington's farewell address. Early Ceremonies. Ceremonies began at 9 o'clock. when wreaths were placed at the foot of the Washington Monument. Chief among the formal observances was the meeting, held under auspices of pa- triotic societies, at Memorial Con- tinental Hall. The Washington Na- tional Monument Society, a historic association. and the Association of Oldest Tnhabitants met to do honor to the name of Washington. This _afternoon George Washington University is conferring degrees upon distinguished men and women. Lay Tribute at Mount Vernon. Ceremonies at Mount Vernon today included the laving of a wreath on Washington's tomb by R. L. Craigie, British charge d'affaires, in behalf of the British branch of the English- Speaking Union. Addressing mem- bers of the American branch who participated in the ceremonies, Mr. Craigie declared no mam more than Washington would approve the work of the union in “striving to promote good-fellowship and understanding among the English-speaking democ- racies of the world.” The act of the British fleet in low- ering its flag to half-mast at the news of Washington’s death, Mr. Craigie said, was typical of British sentiment of deep admiration and respect for the American patriot. which, he said, had “grown yet stronger with the passing ot time.” Washington Eulogized by Patriotic Societies in Continental Hall George Washington and the “spirit of '76" were eulogized in speech, song and prayer today at elaborate exer- cises constituting the seventh joint celebration of the anniversary of Washington's_birth by the Distri of Columbia Daughters of the Ameri- can Revolution and the Sons of the Revolution in the District of Colum- bia, co-operating with the District of Columbia Society, Sons of the Ameri- can Revolution. convening in Memo- rial Continental Hall. Speeches by officers of the organi- zations and men in pubic life were followed by the presentation of a gold medal to Victor P. Reich, a student at McKinley Manual Training School, by Mrs. Francis A. St. Clair, state re- gent, District of Columbia, Daugh- ters of the American Revolution, for the best essay on “The Work of the Women of the Revolution.” Young Reich's paper won first honors in a field of many competitors. William V. Cox, chairman of the local sons of the Revolution, announced the report of the judges. Addresses appropriate to the patriotic order of the occasion were delivered by James H. Preston, president general of the national society, Sons of the Ameri- can Revolution; Ambassador M. Jean Jules Jusserand of France Breckinridge, president of League; and Representative Simeon D. Fess of Ohio. For the invocation Rev. James E. Freeman of the Church of the Epiphany offered the praver of Georze Washington. The benediction was by Rev. Wallace Radcliffe, pastor of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church. ‘Among selections played by the Marine Band was “The World Turned Upside Down,” the tune played at Yorktown in 1781 | Ambassador Is Presented. President Preston announced that it was the intention of this celebration not to add to the honor of George Wash- ington, but to perpetuate the ideals and aspirations for which he stood. Presi- dent Preston_introduced Ambassador Jusserand of France. Ambassador Jusserand expressed the gratitude of France to the United States for repaying Lafayette’s debt through | Gen. Pershing and his command. He recounted the horrors of war through which France had passed and said that h the help of the United States France will eventually regain her com posure. He added that France is care- fully looking after the American dead in French cemeteries. Following Ambassador Jusserand's | the nower 1o | exploded just outside, tearing a hole i through the wall. ANTI-SMOKING MEETS CONFEREES’ APPROVAL Amendment to Sundry Civil Bill Will Go Back to the House. T amendu il wernment smoking sundry civil to ! de d to by the conferees smokin ments, of the Senate and Hou today so far e Tules of the House the : t will have to go ba the House for a vote, sinee it is a matter t would have been subject to a point in the Hq adopted U ed was order i b n the Nenaie ing of civii held conferees lay was on the have House sundry far »on. PRESIDENT T0 WORK FOR PEAGE TO EN Tells Harvard Men He Leaves Paris Conference to Historians. [ \ | President Wilson. in an addres House, said he would bend his efforts | to the last in supporting the cause of world peace. To the group of six Harvard under- graduates, whom he received in the company of Mrs. Wilson in his study. the President said that he would eave to historians the task of inter- preting the events of the Paris peace conference. Declaring that if he should devote himself again to writing it would be along impersonal lines, he said he most preferred to spend the remainder of his days in advancing the cause of world peace and to that end he would give his whole strength and time. Greetings’ Extended. Robert C. Stuart, jr.. who headed the Harvard Woodrow Wilson Club wished, upon the anniversary of the birth of Washington, to extend their greeting to u, the great American of our generation,” and that. inspired by Wilsonian ideals, the club pur- posed to perpetuate the ideals to which the President had given concrete expression. son, who was standing be- he President, apparently much moved by the tribute of the col- lege men, expressed a wish that she might make a speech, but said she would not, because she never had. The President shook hands with each of the members of the delegation and chatted with them informally, after his formal acknowledgment of their tribute. He declared he was deeply moved by the evidence which world peace and the principles for which he had fought had been es- poused by a new generation of Amer- icans, Found in Good Spirits. Members of the delegation after their visit to the President described | him as in good spirits, and said they | left him with the impression that he | was quite capable of conducting a vigorous campaign in behalf of world his services as President of the United States and of his efforts to- ward world peace, and praising him for his services in the interest of the mankind of the world. The delegation, headed by Mr. | Stuart of Houston, Tex., irm;ud(;! ¥Franklin S. Roger Williams of Arkansas. Stapleton, Albany. Mo.; ew York ci New York city: J . Wi exception of ihe two last named, whe are members of the faculty, the mem- bers of the delegation are under- graduates. THREE BOMB EXPLOSIONS ENLIVEN CITY CAMPAIGN Chicago Aldermanic Fight Reaches Culmination at Polls Today. Police on Guard. CHICAGO, February 22.—Three bomb explosions enlivened the city alder-| manic campaign which ended at tho! polls today. Groups of five to a dozen police were assigned to each precinct in the nineteenth ward, where Anthony D'Andrea is opposing Alderman John Powers, who has been in the city coun- cil for more than thirty years. Sixteen of D'Andrae’s adherents were | injured while attending a campaign | ! meeting when a bomb, said to have | been hurled by his political enemies, At another meeting the doors were blown in, but no one was injured. Alderman Powers’ home was bombed several weeks previous! Besides picking their aldermen, the voters will ballot upon the issue of | $8,000.000 bonds to meet increased mumicipal operating expenses, chiefly salarfes. A light vote was forecast. Today’s News in Paragraphs U. S. insists mandate rights in note to league council. Page 1 Experts insist Congress must act at once on D. C. water supply. Page 1 Harding slates Edwin Denby for Secre- tary of Navy. Page 1 Representative Campbell sees danger in drift toward to much government con- trol over people. Page 1 George Washington University bestows honorary degrees. Page Association of Oldest Inhabitants pays | tribute to Washington's memory. Page Many wreaths placed at foot of Wasl ington Monument. Page ‘Washington National Monument Society hold eighty-eighth annual meeting. . ] New D. C. traffic rules ready for ap- proval of Commissioners tomorrow. Page 3 Motion to dismiss suit of W. R. Hearst for injunction against Houston. Page 12 Librarian Bowerman says lack of funds prevent starting of Army new branch libraries at present. Page 13 Takoma Park, Md.. complains gas rates delegation, told the President that the| ‘they brought to him that the cause of | peace. The delegation presented to the| President a written appreciation of | Sherlock | D. Winans, | E. Hocking | h the | t CAMPBELL SCORES PRESENT DRIFT OF U.. GOVERNMENT Representative Flays In- crease in Taxes and Close Watch Over People. FILES FILLED WITH COUNTLESS REPORTS Refers to Outcome in France When Masses Rebelled Against Too luch Control. The drift toward centralization of overnment,with the steadily growing on the people, was denounced in the iouse today by Representative Camp- el republi Kansas, who was desiznated to deliver the Washington birthday address Pointing out the difference between t [ | the present and Wasnington's time, Mr. day to a delegation from the Wood. | #mpbell declared it wouid be difficult row Wilson Club of Harvard l'm\'«-r-1 Isity, whom he received at the White | 10 enumerate all of the departments, bureaus and commissions created to | exercise bureaucratic authority and | paternal guardianship over the people. | “There is no activity. business, so- | cial or domestic condition that is not he object of their supervision, their solicitude or their authority,” he | said. | 690,000 Employes Watch People. | “Over 690.000 civilian employes jmake up the army that oversees and | directs the affairs c? che people and jassumes guardianship over them. | Government agenis and inspectors, | exercising every varlety of authority, lare found on every Pullman out of and into Washington “Government rcports on every sub- {Ject from adenoids to rat traps fill the files of offices that cover acres of floor space in Washington. The ma- hogany and quarter-sawed oak office furniture already installed has cost many millions of dollars and more is onstantly being purchased. f a yearling dies of black-leg on a farm in Kansas the government at Washington acts on the case. If & hog dies with the cholera in a hog lot in Jowa the government at Wash- ington takes charge. | "If a weevil Yores through a bale of |cotton on a pi¥ntation in Texas the | Eovernment at Wushington is stirred to action. Nothing escapes the vigil- ant eye of the government and its in- numerable functionaries. People Pay All Expenses. “If the price of coal goes up let the government take charge of the seller; if the price of cattle goes down let the government take charge of the buyer. And thus the carnival of gov- jernment activities goes merrily on. Government control is the remedy for every ill,sand government regulation the source of every good. “The people pay all the expenses. In some instances they pay it all through the government at Wash- ington. In the case of other activi- ties they pay nalf through the gow- ernment at Washington and the other half through the governments of the states. But the people pay all the expenses of this complicated machin- ery of government that has its agents looking over the shoulders of every business man and directing the affairs of every citizen. “This use of government thout deplorable precedent. disappointment and despair of the people of France, growing out of the delay in the inauguration of the mil- lennium by the activities of the sov- | ernment at Paris, led to the French revolution. Outcome in Framce. “The French government at Paris {undertook the control and the direc- | is mot The [ tion of everything that concerned the French people. It was assured the people could do nothing for them- selves and that the government could do everything. Failure and revolu- tion followed.” WN. F. MCOMBS CALLED 3Y DEATH NEW YORK, February 22.—William F. McCombs, former chairman of the democratic national committee, died at Greenwich, Conn., at 7:15 o'clock today of heart disease, it was an- nounced here today by Frederick R. Ryan, his business partner. O — AGREE ON ALIEN BILL. House and Senate Conferees Decide Immigration Limitation. Senate and House conferees agreed today on the Senate bill limiting im- migration of aliens during the fifteen months beginning next April 1 to 3 per cent of the number in the United States at the time the 1910 census was taken. STEAMER SENDS S 0 S. Grelarlie Loses Her Propeller in Midatlantic. < MONTREAL, February —Her propeller lost, the British steamer Grelarlie today sent out S. O. S. mes- sages from mid-Atlantic. Several ships have been notified of her plight. BULGARIAN PREMIER TO VISIT U. S. SOON; LEGATION TO REMAIN By Cable to Tn'(:nsr:;:l:l?: ;"h_'i;"lln Daily §m SOFIA, Bulgaria. February 22.— Premier Stambouliski has just been granted a new leave of absence by the congress of the agrarian party to visit the United States, which has long been his desire. The trip will have a double motive ——political and economic. The pre- mier also desires to study Ameri- can_institutions, of which he is saig to be a great admirer. The recent report that the Bul- zarian - legation in Washington would be withdrawn to save the expense is unfounded are too high. Page 13 Central Citizens' Association opposes movie censors. Page 13 | Woman saw man fire on Felts she testi- fies at Williamson trial. Page 13 | Mr 2. H. Harriman gives $500 to Child Welfare Association of Wash gton Page i5 ‘Winslow railroad measure being rushed ~{Contnued<n-Page 2-Column 3.) ' . 3 in Senate. Page 15 Bulgaria’s four chief diplomatic posts hereafter will be Londom. Paris, Rome and Washington.