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2 TRBGERTR T = - INHOOVERDECISION . Coming Commerce Leader’s - Words Furnish Answer as § to Temperament. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Herbert Hoover's acceptance of the portfolio of Secretary of Commerce has been on the whole well received .in the National Capital, though the men in Congress who have opposed him from the start still maintain cer- tain misgivings concerning the selec- tion. They do not doubt Mr. Hoover's ability, but they question the com- patibility of his temperament in any institution like a presidential cabinet where the element of politics plays so important a part. There is, on the othe beiniz told at the Capitol of a con- versation that took place at St. Au- gustine recently between Mr. Harding ! and a certain United States senator i who went there to oppose the appoint- * ment of Mr. Hoover. The President- elect defended Mr. Hoover warmly, and answered the objection concern- ing Mr. Hoover's inflexibility by show- ing his visitor a copy of a letter re- i ceived from the former food admin- istrator. Defense of Wallace. In that communication Mr. Hoover . eaid he had noted the criticisms Which were being made of the pos- sible selection of Henry C. Wallace for Secrotary of Agriculture, and he hoped Mr. Harding would not be dis- suaded from appointing Mr. Wallace { because of that criticism. i © Mr. Hoover went on to say that .during the war he himself had been severoly criticised by Mr. Wallace, who, as the editor of a farm journal, had & good many things to say about the food administration. Then Mr. FHoover in his letter wrote substan- = s follows: Y oking back now over what hap- pened during the war, 1 have come Z %o the conclusion that Ar, Wallace ight and 1 was Wrong. b President-clect pointed to that £ sentence as evidence that Mr. Hoover £ is a broadminded man, and that when hand, a story MEXICO READY TO MEET RAILWAY STRIKE TROUBLE Government's Stand Will Test Strength Between Obregon and Organized Labor. MEXICO CITY, preparations have been made to meet any situation resulting from the strike of rafiroad workers, President Obregon told a joint committee from the chamber of deputies and the strikers last night. He declared he has said his last word regarding the strike, and reiterated the govern- ment's refusal to recognize the unions as they are at present con- stituted. Full protection, he assertedl, | would be afforded volunteer workmen and railroad property. The situation created by the gov- ernment's firm stand indicates the imminence of the first real test of strength between Gen. Obregon and organized labor. Newspaper dispatches from Torreon, Guadalajara and Aguascalientes say the strike is only partially effective there, but that there is a probability no trains will be running out of those cities before 4 o'clock this afternoon, the hour set for calling out all rai rced workmen, ived by him and .-§ dstration. Z7he was wrong he did not hesitate to = dge it. B e etier 1s 5aid to have had more to do with the determination of Mr. = Harding to appoint Hoover than any- _ Eithing else. v - £ Broadly speaking. the opposition to & e Tioover cannot pe £aid to have been Emollificd_by Mr. Harding's display of —confidence in the former food adminis- r. The truth is the skeptics insist 5 their judgment has been confirmed the aftitude which Mr. Hoover as- when the portfolio was tcndered The critics say It was unwise for - Hoover to ask questions about the net portfolio before agTeeins = ana that it puts Mr. Harding in 'awkward position of having sub- tted to conditions imposed by Mr. ver. = bottom, however, the opposition to = I:u;'-lly political and has its “origin in the fact that the former food istrator issued a statement Sup- President Wilson’s appeal for the Te-election of a democratic Congress. Politicians rarely forget such things, and ‘Wherever the Hoover statement was used 10 the disadvantage of members of Con- gress in that campaign there is still a Tankling. Feared as Peolitieal Factor. : ‘Naturally there was another angle to be t‘k{n into consideration—that Mr. Hoover outside the cabinet might grow into & potent political factor in readiness for 1924; that he could play the role of critic without sharing the Durdens of responsibility. On the other the presence of Mr. Hoover in the cabinet will make him part and parcel of the Harding admin- He will 'Lllnd or lfl;by‘:h: ‘Harding reeord’ so long as he -nbofot ‘thecabinet. And if he stays unti] 1924, thern the old political adage wil) ked: If Harding has made > bn..hl‘l" is entitled to renom- tion. If not made good, no executive. On such a line of po;lt)l‘euurm'onh:: the oppomenits of Mr. Hoover Cong are inclined to accept Mr. ing’s d‘eel‘lon‘ as perhaps best the circumstac Nv: the question is: Whadt will Mr. ¥ioover do with the Department of Commerce—aad will he make good? Because of the. very controversy which has been fioln‘ on it is a safe prediction that Herbert Hoover will, from the beginning, be more under the scrutiny of congressional eyes than any other member in the cabinet. 1 (Copyrignt, 1921.) RAPS WOMAN VOTERS’ LEAGUE N.h Y., February zs: Miss Alice. M. Robertson, representa- tive in Congress from Oklahoma, speaking here this evening under the auspices of the Elmira College Club, oppasition to the League of, “Woman Voters or any other organiza- tion of women which tries to [nfluence and e to 3 ¥ g E: £ g 5 | % i Ed g HARDING CONFIRMS HOOVER SELECTION FOR CABINET PLACE — L R (Continued from First Page.) ing’s appointment as the next Secre- tary of Commerce. George Barr Baker, his assistant, 4n announcing that his chief had be- Sun a hard “fourteen-hour day.” said: “The matter now is in the hands of 1 officlal Washington. It would prob- * ably be inappropriate for Mr. Hoover, . a8 a subordinate, to talk on the prob- { lems that beset the administration or 7 those he will be obliged to meet when “he takes his post.” Mr. Hoover's statement of last night follows: “President-elect Harding this even- ing asked me to state that he has included me in his nominations for the cabinet as Secretary of Commerce. : Senator Harding enters whole-heart- edly into the plans for upbuilding the department amd wishes that I con- tinue to direct the policies of the Eu- Topean Telief. £ I take the post.” he said, “it will /Y only because I belleve that Senator - Hardin; stand behind me in making - aeal nt of Commerce. ~There 4 an enormous field for a proper gov- .ernment It can be made a de- “partment.of the first importance with The support of the administration and of Congress. Urnless this is done I am not ‘warranted in shifting my responsibilities from relief. work.” Charles Bvans Hughes has resigned as ident of the Legal Aid Society His action s belleved to be part .of a general relinquishment of public and private activities to enable him to d‘“u':‘rhyh engret flm;fl? the duties of i tate. successor will ‘Degelected in March. ; SILENT ON DRY CHANGES. sDaugherty Admits Enforcement Methods Have Been Discussed. COLUMBUS, Ohlo,” February 25.— yBarry M. Daugherty, who is to be At- ‘torney General in the Harding cabi- “met, today refused to discuss proposed 's in the federal prohibition en- nt machinery. *_Although admitting that s changes have been talked over among o iblican loaders, he sald he would iover the mot publicly comment on possible ¢wongressional action, declaring that any such changes would h~-r '~ ° ‘aurh by Cen { ,an\le and Inenl ot LU L L e SRR R B e sl 8 B BL LD AL B LA A e L S RS sl L AL LR OB B ot e R L S Sttt i, SRR ot S SRS O - signed the “Brotherhood of Railroad Workers” It threatened him with' death and his plant with destruction because of his support of National Railroad Director Perez. LABOR CHIEFS TELL OF CABINET ‘IDEAL Ask Harding to Appoint Man Who Is “Recognized Rep- resentative” of Unions. “A recognized representative of, or- ganized labor” and “a real spokes‘mfln of the working people of the coun- try” was advocated as organized labor’s ideal for the labor portfolio in the President's cabinet in a telegram dispatched to President-elect Harding yesterday, which was signed by Presi- dent Gompers, members of the execu- tive council and representatives of the national and international unions ::n;;:dnj‘g !hxc emergency conference e American F bugdxnx. ‘ederation of Labor _Reports ,that James J. Davis of Pittsburgh' had been _selected as Labor Secretary by Mr. Harding were not referred to in the message. The trend of sentiment in high tabor circles, although opposition 1s felt in some areas, is toward James Duncan of Quincy. Mass., vice presi- dent of the American Federation of Labor, and member of the executive council. His record as a conservative, his widespread national and interna- tional labor experience, having been a delegate to Russia with the Root in- Vestigating party, are cited by his vl;l:?‘d‘saas nv::: him a slight ad- over other men labor chiefs. ey o :‘n Opposed to. Davis. of the representativ national and international maicns s tending the conference did.not.in- dorse the telegram. Representatives Of the United Mine Workers, the Amalgamated .Association of Tron, Steel and Tin Workers and the Sea- men’s Unfon, ‘it was learned. today, spoke in opposition to the messag: e. the names of the Tepresentatives of the Mine W and. the en's Union did s m,;;f,;"*l?“”w on the list of -m’ J chael 4 of Pittsbu . presi- dent of the Amalgamated, mm’ that the telegram be worded 50.as to not be mistaken as be?l;: opposed to the candidacy of. Mr, Davis. ..Opposition Was expressed {0 the wording of the message by Andrew Furuseth, presi- dent of the Seamen's Union, on the ground that it might be accepted as an indorserdént of a certain labor leader regarded by bim as hostile to the interests of his organization. o Names in Message. e “In view of the fact that you have under consideration for appointment as didates,” said the message, “and be- cause labor is deeply interested in Who the imlividual will be at the head of the department, we, the rep- resentatives of the national and in- ternational unions affiliated with the American Federation of Labor and the representatives of the railroad brotherhoods, respectfully ask you to appoint as a member of the cabinet to be Secretary of Labor a member of organized labor, who is recognized as a real spokesman of the working peo- ple of our country and who under- stands the tollers; one who has lived, worked and counseled with them. “We have no desire to name any special person for this office, but we respectfully request as citizens of our country that the man to be appointed to represent us in your cabinet shall be a recognized representative of or- ganized labor.” The resolution authorizing the tele- gram was adopted by the labor lead- ers after a lengthy conference, at which the cabinet situation and the incoming republican administration were discussed. While approval of Mr. Duncan's appointment to the cabinet as Secretary of Labor was voiced by the speakers, it was learned that it was considered inadvisable to suggest any name to the President-elect. —_— ITALY’S DEBT REFUNDING. | Ambassador to Discuss Matter With { New U. S. Administration. Refunding of Italy’s debt of $1,631,- 338,986 to the United States is to be February 25.—Fulll COLBY INSISTS LS. |, HGHTS BECRANTED New Note Sent to Allied Coun- cil on Former German Territories. Disposition of the forme Possessions of Germany “cannot be | undertaken or effectuated” with the | assent of the United States, according | to the note which Secretary of State | Colby has forwarded to the council of | the league of nations. territorial As one if the principal allicd and | | associated powers, this country has i an equal concern and an inseparable | | Interest with the reat of those powers | in the territories taken from Ger: many, the note added, and in conse quence an equal voice in their dispo- sition. The council I3 asked to reopen the | question of giving Japan the mandate | over the Island of Yap, which was done at the meeting in Geneva last | December, as the Secretary takes the position -that the American govern- ment cannot regard itself bound by the terms of the mandate, and adds that the council “obviously acted under a misapprehension of the facts.” Note Aids Next Administration. State Department officials assert that this note, which was forwarded last Monday, but was not made pub- lic at that time, has strengthened the position of the new administration, which comes into office March 4, rath- er than adding an embarrassment. The opinion also was expressed that there might be a conference of the Interested powers to discuss the whole question. It is understood that such . course would be acceptable to the United States, although State De- partment officers =aid the modus operandi was of little concern to the American government. Reforring to the Yap mandate, Sec- retary Colby says in his note to the council that at the time of the dis cussion of the question at Paris, Pres- ident Wilson “was particular to stip- ulate” that it should be reserved for future consideration, and that subse- quently the United States, in notes to Great Britain, France, Italy and| Japan, set forth at length its con- tention that Yap had, in fact, been ex- cepted from the proposed mandate to Japan for the Pacific islands north of the equator formerly held by Ger- many. Further Facts on Yap. “The information was further con- veyed,” Mr .Colby states, “that the reservations which had previously been made by this gavernment regard- ing the Island of Yap were based on the view that the Island of Yap neces- sarily constitutes an indispensable part of any scheme or practicacle ar- rangement of cable communication in WIDE WORLD PHOTO Agquitania. succeeds Dr. Wellington Koo. Telegraph Soon May Flash Whole Sections of Papers By Cable to The Star and ( Copyright, 1921 / SAO-KE ALFRED SZE, Chinese ambassador to the United States, who has just arrived on the He s seen here with his daughter, Yin Chen Betty Sze. g0 Daily News. | automatic, THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1921 HOOVER MAY LEAD | INREORGANIZATION Technical Men Believe He Would Desire Changes for Efficiency. Belief that Herbert Hoover will be placed at the head of a departmental reorganization committee, if he is sworn |in as Secretary of Commerce, was ex- pressed among technical men in the gov- ernment service today. Mr. Hoover's position as head of the recently created | engineering council, formed of the chief | engineering bodies of the country, is re- garded as being evidence enough that he would desire to reorganize the de- partments here along lines of efficiency. This fact is coupled with the dispatch from Florida, as printed in The Star of yesterduy, which stated that President- { elect Harding was deeply concerned over | proper reorganization of the departments {here. The dispatch intimated that Mr. { Harding, as President, would create {some sort of reorganization committee, in addition to the joint congressional committee on reorganization, which has vet to meet for formal organization, un- der the lcadership of Senator Smoot. Seen as Feasible Way. Formation of an interdepartmental committee on reorganization, with Mr. Hoover as its leader, was regarded here today as the only feasible way Mr. Harding could create another re- organization committee without golng to Congress for an appropriation. It was recalled that the Heep com- mission, appointed in 1905, was such a board, and was composed of officials in the departmental service, who gave their time without price to devise ways and means of bettering the service. As the result of the work of that commis- sion better methods of handling govern- ment payments of clerks were devised. Other reforms were secured. Such a committee on reorganization would in no way 'conflict with the joint committee on reorganization, it is held. but would werk harmoni- ously. with the latter body. See Big Advantage. One big advantage the former com- mittce would have, it is held, would be In its ability to work more or less continuously, whereas the congres- sional committee, according to an- the jnouncement recently by Senator He), just as it is now on | stock tickers and autographic writing CHRISTIANIA, Norway, February 25—*“Before the end of this year I will have perfected the detail of my apparatus for transmitting by wire, with photographic accuracy, anything that can be printed, painted or drawn on paper in contrasting coiors, This statement was made today by | Hermod Petersen, chief of the Nor- wegian wireless system, and the in- ventor of a new system of sending Secretary of Labor several can-! messages, photographs or whole sec- tions of newspapers. Speaking Eng- lish with the utmost precision, Peter- sen, who is of the Keenest type of a cultured Norwegian, fascinates with his rapidly unfolded view of the fu- ture of this new mechanism. Its seem- ing practicability and simplicity are amazing. 2 ‘With a compact sending unit, com- osed of a small motor combined with the Pacific, and_that its free and un- hampered use should not be limited or controlled by any one power.” Under Secretary Davis of the State Department made it clear today that! the controversy as to the Island of Yap was one between the United States and the allied powers, and not one between this country and Japan. n automatic photographic machine, CEne o RUM SELLERS HELD UP |52 0ot hamtir ' Rvcrag IN HOME OF BUYERS | tancs, or, in the same manner, to send sharply defined pictures of mec |ical drawings, insurance policies. ; { commercial contracts, or any sother Philadelphia and Union Hill Men | form of written or printed matter. Robbed by a Dozen Armed On the receiving end everything is Men With Pistols. SHONSFALLNGOFF who motored from Philadelphia, bringing eighteen one-gallon cans af alcohol to be delivered to alleged! January Exports Decrease $66,000,000 and Imports Shrink $55,000,000. bootleggers, were held up by armed A shrinkage of $66,000,000 in Amer- colored men and deprived of the al- ican export trade in January was re- and cohol in South Washinglen yesterday, and Comet was robbed of $450 in cash, while his companion was-robbed of less than $5. The strangers said they drove to 498 L street southwest, said to be the home of William Bird, colored, where, they stated, the alcohol;was delivered. They were told to come upstairs and get their money, it is sta Fully a dozen men were in the house, the police were told, pistols were ' displayed and the stranger's money taken, one of the colored men dealing Gostnsky a blow on his face. Comet said he was pushed from the house after he was robbed, and told the December figures. Exports in January totaled $655,- 1 000,000, as compared with $722,000,000 in January, 1920. The total of im- ports for last month, $209,000,000, his pocket, while a di a8 all the money his companion 'ssed when they met a short while after they had had their exciting experience. Comet was left wnhgzl penny in < to go away before the police would|{Commerce. Imports for the month f,fhlil]*;g“gfif; ;’;ld'hfie:";lr";‘i;cer::fl Ull: arrest him, and he drove away in his| fell oft $55,000000, as compared With|juna of this year. He was consid- machines. “The sending speed is almost un- limited,” M. Petersen said. “We have sent a8 high as 1.800 words in ten minutes. In operation it will be highly economical, reducing the per- sonnel required on ordinary wires by one-sixth and involving only one power plant for each system, no mai- ter how many branches it may have. Unlike other machines requiring a separate plant for each sending and receiving outfit, this machine can be operated by one man as simply as he can turn on an electyic light, and if many machines are attached they require only an alternating current of varying frequency. l “A whole column of printed matter or even a section of a newspaper cai be flashed over the wire as quickly as one word. Perhaps the most in- teresting feature lies in the intimate contact established through the transmission of personally written Jetters. It does not matter }vha: language is used—Chinese, Hindu-| stani or ny other. It all goes with the same speed and accuracy.” Mr. Petersen is' now perfecting a method of sending wireless reproduc- tions of messages and pictures in the same manner. JOHN GEHRET, LONG-TIMEI RAILROAD EMPLOYE, DIES Efficient Trainmaster Had Worked for Philadelphia and Reading Since He Was Fifteen. John H. Gehret of Bridgeport, Pa., for nearly fitty years connected with the Philadelphia and Reading rail- road and trainmaster at Bridgeport for many years, died today at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Hanfotd, 72 M street northwest. He had been under physicians’ care for several months. H Mr. Gehret, who was sixty-five ered efficient men in the service. He {8 survived by his wife, Mrs. Emogene Gehret, who was Miss Beai a public school teacher; a brothe one of the most trusted #nd | Comet told a Star reporter he was out of employment and was advised | he might earn money, bringing alco- August el t, d i ), ports for” last month, sia 000000 | Augustus Gehret, and o’ niece, M Smoot, will work three times a week at night sessions. Mr. Hoover, being an engineer by training, with a vast experience in difficult administrations during the war, would be able to size up the de- partmental service here and unerring. ly put his finger on the weak points, according to the belief of engineers in the service TARIFF VOTE MAY COMETOMORROW Conferees’ Report to House Which Accepts Virtually Senate Bill. The Fordney emergency tarift bill on which House and Senate conferees reconcile their differences in a report filed last night will not come up for consideration in the House today, but leaders on the ways and means com- mittee said that they expect to dis- Pose of the measure tomorrow. The conference agreement was reached by the House receding on practically every amendment, so that the conference report differs very slightly from the way in which the bill came from the Senate. ; As the bill went back to the House it carried 'a flat rate of 2 cents a pound tariff on the ordinary hpuse- hold brand of sugar. The Senate amendment, which was considerably higher, was slashed to pieces in the threatened deadlock of the conference and a new rate, in substitution for !the present tariff on sugar, was ac- cepted by both delcgations. The pro- posed tariff, therefore, amounts to a doubling of the import duties on su- ported today by the Department of | years old, would have completed his . gars of all grades, making Cuban su- gar pay a duty of $1.60 per hundred pounds and a similar rate on molas- scs and kindred sugar products. While agreeing to the tariff on the #ugar, the House conferees stood pat on a refusal to permit a tariff on hides and leather products.. They likewise forced a reduction of 50 cents a pound from the rate fixed in same month a year ago, and was the smallest in any month since Feb- ruary, 1918, |aen ldo it, t i Wives and Dauglitqis of holl here. told 3 . “I was told everybody; was doin it,” he said, ““ and I thought I'd tnkg ance. - My d me not to but I was ofit o] 'k and had 0 do something, ands L wned my diamond ring- to” get#money enough to pay for the alcohdh”™ . KIWANIANS TO HONOR WOMEN FOR SERVICES Entertainment Will Be Given for The trade balance in favor of the United States for the month of Jan- uary was $446,000,000. TImports during the seven months' pe- riod ending with last January were valued at $2,543,000,000, against $2,768,- 000,000 in the corresponding period the year before. Exports in the seven months totaled $4,638,000,000, compared with $4,585,000,000 in the corresponding period. Imports of gold amounted to $38,- 000,000 in January and to $342,000,- 000 in the seven months, as compared with $12.000,000 in January, 1920, and $38,000,000 in the corresponding seven months. Gold exports showed a large drop, amounting to only $3,000,000 in Jan- uary, as compared with $48,000,000 in January, 1920. In the seven months the total was $130,000,000, as com- pared with $319,000,000 in the corre- Club Menibers) ! Members of the Washington Ki- wanis Club will hold informal “Jadies’ night” in honor of the wives and daughters of members Tuesday night at the Hotel Washington. Miss Mabel Boardman, District Commissioner, will {be the principal speakeér.’ The affair, taken up by Rolandi Ricel, the new Italian ambassador to the United States, according to Secretary of the Treasury Houston, who added that all such matters relating to the obliga- tions of foreign governments would be left to the new administration to kandle. Sir Auckland Geddes, the British ambassador, who is understood to Eave discussed the British debt to the United States during his recent visit home, Mr. Houston said, has not had according to Roy L. Neuhauser, chair. man of the entertainment committee, is being given in honor of the women in recognition of their services to| members of the clu.l in distributing gifts among the poor last Christmas. Several surprises in _the form o musical entertainment Wi be shown, it §s promised. Among the entertain. ers will be Maurice Jarvis, Miss Fran- ces Scherger, soprano, and George Flemer, violin. A supper will be given starting at 7 o'clock. any conference with Treasury officials since his return. The Treasury Sec- retary added that although France was reported to be sending a financie) commission to the United States to discuss the matter of her debt, no ne- gotiations would be entered into by this administration. Secretary Houston in discussing the allied debt situation explained that the proposal for the acceptance of German bonds in payment of the Bel- gium debt contracted up to the time of the armistice, sent to Congress last Tuesday by President Wilson, had nothing te do with the general policy for. the liquidation of the Joans to tho allies. LABOR TO CARRY FIGHT FOR UNIONS TO NEW CONGRESS (Continued from First Page.) will go through,” said Matthew Woll, vice president and member of the executive council. “More than 4,500,- 000 union workers in the country stand back of this movement, and we are confident of their earnest support. They will play a major role in putting legislative program. Rach zamizatinn William A. Reid, foreign trade ad- viser of the Pan-American Union. aq- dressed the club at its weekly lunch- eon yesterday. Ho told of the various products that are imported from the several South American countriss, A Club, complimenting Wlie Kiwanis ¢lub letter from John Podle of ‘the ofary on the entertainment it gave to thy Rotary Club recent as read Secretary George Wihslow, Members of the club,’ inciuding Maurice Hopkins, Waldo R. Iearce | Steve Ford, Homer L. Kitt, Poyion { Fletcher and William Barrett, enter- |tained the members with musical numbers. e Y e HOUSE YIELDS TO SENATE. The House today jordered ooncur- rence in the Senate amendment to the sundry civil appropriation bill authorizing expenditure of $116,000 for an addition to the home eco- nomic building at Howaml- Univer- sity. This appropriation is to pro- vide dining hall, kitehep, refrigera- tion, laundry, hxkrry,-.ns “heating of Freedman’'s “Hospital ‘from the cen- tral heating plant. WILL HANDLE CUBAN SUGAR. HAVANA, February 25.—Organiza- tion of the enmmiceian 4 charma (6 f| Vice President W. by c sponding period the year before. Imports of silver for the seven months were $37,000,000, as compared with $56,000,000, while exports of sil- ver were $38,000,000, as against $122,- 000,000. _— SHAMED, HE KILLS SELF. HARTFORD, Conn., February 25.— B. Bassett of the Phoenix National Bank, who committed suicide yesterday at his home here, is believed to have shot himself on account of a feeling of shame and Sorrow at losing his place in the bank, which he had resigned at the request of Presi- dent Leon P. Broadhurst, after a_con- versation between the two bank officials on Wednesday night. —_——— UTAH BANS CIGARETTES. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, February —The bill providing for prohibition of sale of cigarettes and advertising of cigarettes in newspapers and other pub- lications published in Utah has passed the lower house of the legislature by a vote of 33 to 13. It was recently passed by the senate and it now goes to the governor for signature. 2! [i Joseph Jones, of Bridgeport, Pa. His {the Senate amendment on certain mother died recently at the age of [classes of tobacco. The Senate rate of ninety-seven years. {4 cents a pound on cherries was com- Mr. Gehret was a member of St. Alban’s Lodge, No. 529, F. A. A. M. of Philadelphia, Pa. Funeral services will be held Mon- day afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at 72 M street northwest. Interment will be in Rock Creek cemetery. —_— TWO CHILDREN POISONED. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., February. 25. —Mrs. Virginia Luckie has been a rested here on a charge of murder in | connection with the death last Fri- | day of her two children, Ralph, eight yoars old, and Frances, six years old. The report of the city chemist who made an examination of the body of the boy showed the presence of over four grains of poison in the stomach. Mrs. Luckie is in a state of collapse and was allowed to remain at home under the care of a physician. i promised at 3 cents 3 pound. Some differences fn the provision, originally in the bill, for a duty on rice compelled a rewriting of that item with a flat rate of 1 pound on all except cleaned rice and rice used for the manufacture of can- ned foods. PLANS ZIONIST WORLD MEET. LONDON, February 24 (Jewish Telegraph = Agency). — Recommenda- tions that a Zionist world congress should be called in August next will be made at a full meeting of the Zionist greater actions committee to be held in May. The meeting of the committec was to have occurred this month, but was postponed in order to permit Zionist leaders to visit the United States befors assembling in conference. cent a|{nh LOCAL CLUB CELEBRATES ROTARY’S 16TH BIRTHDAY Luncheon at Willard Marks Anni- versary of Birth of National Organization. In celebration of the sixteenth anni- versary of the organization of the first Rotary Club 150 members and guests of the Rotary Club of Wash- ington made merry at a luncheon in the New Willard Hotel today. George W. Harris, secretary of the local organization, was master of ceromonies and besides directing the rest of the program told the story of the early years of Rotary. The rest of the history of the organiza- tion was given by Willlam Clabaugh and Henry Stringer, a number of songs being sung between the talks. Rev. Dr. Charles F. Warner was calld on to introduce the “baby member”’ of the club. He began by calling attention to the number of *“Joes” who were men of distinction and who belonged to Rotary. and con- cluded by introducing “Joe” Bradley. Although the national organisation is sixteen years old this week. the local Rotary Club has been in exist- ence only about nine years. A number of additional names were obtained at the luncheon by M. D'Arcy Magee. who is making up a list of members in Washington who will at- tend the big_conference of Rotarians in Atlantic City April 11 and 12, STATE NEAR CLOSE INMATEWAN CASE Prosecution in West Virginia Murder Has Few Remain- ing Witnesses. By the Associated Press. ‘WILLIAMSON, W. Va., February 25. —The prosecution’s case in the Mate- wan street fight trial today neared its close, it was said by those closely in- terested. A few more witnesses remain to be heard, but the bulk of important testimony is belicved to be before the jury. Testimony for the nineteen de- fendants, including Chief of Police Sid Hatfleld, being tried in connection with the death of Albert S. Feits, a private detective, last May 19, will start as soon as the state rests its case. It has not been established how many of the de- fendants will be called to tell their story, nor has there been any indication as to the number of witnesses the de- fense will introduce. Thomas L. Felts Reealled. Thomas L, Felts, general manager of the Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency, seven of whose operatives were Kkilled during the battle that followed the evic- tion of miners’ families from Stone Mountain Coal Company recalled to the witness stand today. Droperts subposed o have becs carried property sup) o have by his brothers, Albert and Lee Felts, at the time they met death, had not been turned over to him. According te witness' testimony Albert Felts had between $800 and $1,000 in his pockets. The money, he testified, was never placed in his hands. Felts today was asked to identify a pistol introduced in evi- dence and alleged to have been taken from Sid Hatfield several weeks after the shooting. Witness Denies Statement. Al Hoskins, formerly a constable, in the Matewan district, followed Felts on the stand. He testified that he was in Matewan during the fight. cross-examination Hoskins that he told the grand jury that in- dicted the defendants that Isaac Brewer fired the first shot which kill- ed Albert Felts. Witness described thre shooting and named a number of the defendants as participants. He testified that Reece Chambers, one of the men on trial, was firing a rifle, taking deliber- ate aim. Hoski said he saw Lee Felts and Tott Tinsley fall, but would not swear that Chambers’ fire was the cause. MINERS TO CENTER FIGHT. e Union Will Continue Struggle in West Virginia When Trials End. Plans are under way by the United Mine Workers of America to concen- trate its efforts on the figcht in Wesi Virginia_and to carry it to a finish, John L. Lewis, president of the organ- ization, said today at the conclusion of conferences with leaders of the various district organizations. Pro- posed organization work in the indus- try also was discussed. Funds originally appropriated fo; the relief of miners in the Alabama strike, now ended, Mr. Lewis said, will be diverted to the relief of the West Virginia strikers. “We are marking time until after the trials at Williamson are finished,” ad vass of the mine leaders that unem- ployment in the coal industry is wide- spread and production below 60 per cent of normal. WANTS MORE U. S. TRADE. Canadian Agriculturist Thinks Re- fusing Reciprocity Was Mistake. OTTAWA, February 23.—Canada’s refusal to accept reciprocity with the United States in 1911 was one of the greatest misfortunes in the commer- cial life of the Dominion, T. A. Crerar, leader of the national progressive farmers’ party, declared in parliament last night. He was formerly minister of agriculture in the Borden govern- ment. Mr. Crerar said the government was inconsistent in denouncing the United States for adverse exchange condi- tions. Canada, he said, produced many things essential in the United States and should seek to hold her own rather than curtail buying in that country. Adverse trade balance be- tween the two countries was relative- ly much greater ten years ago than it is today. ‘This view was opposed by R. C. Hen- ders, who declared Canadian agricul- tural interests would suffer if the, Fordney bill is passed in Congress. Canada then might have to raise the tarifft on imports from the United States, he added. RUSS-POLE PACT SIGNED. Agreement Reached on Exchange of Prisoners and Refugees. RIGA, February 24.—The Russo-Polish agreement concerning the exchange of war prisoners, hostages and refugees was signed today, The agreement was read in Russian, Polish and Ukrainian. It contains general provisions as to who may be considered refugees, hostages and war prisoners; the organization of bined commissions of Moscow and War tion work and = d to former sittings, the Russian del- ceation today ‘was smaller, whils the Folish tion had 1 ably. negotiations Russians re- quested the removal from the hall of a picture of the Russian empereor, Nich- olas II, which was refused. th giel\lr. had disa ‘Who author- its removal is not known. e e G RETIRED FOR WOUNDS. First Lieut. John 8 M. Cromelin, kensack, vtillary. of HEES n»'aral on the retired list ‘e ae-ennt of dlsability 4« &uushot wound Europe. toa in W-VA.R.R PLEADS FOR HIGHER RATES Former 1. C. C. Increases\n- sufficient—Many Com- - muters at Hearing. Rate increases granted the Wash- ington-Virginia Railway Company iu 1919 by the Interstate Commerce Com - mission brought increased revenue amounting to only $65,000 during the year 1920, as against expected in- creased revenue of $250,000 sought by the road when it asked for a fare raise, W. C. Downs, an engineer and accountant of the carrier, told the Interstate Commerce Commission to- day at a hearing on proposed in- creased tariffs on the Washington- Virginia road. Part of the increase of $65.000 over net earnings for 1919 was due to the natural increase passengers carried, Mr. Downs said, S0 that the company fell far below its expected Increase in revenue, Mr. Downs told Examiner E. H. Mackley :Irorrlhe Interstate Commerce Commis- The company, in tarifts filed with the commission last month and since suspended pending hearing, seeks a general advance In rates from 2% cents a mile to 3 cents a mile; an in- Crease of 25 per cent in the cost of :::n:lf‘ly-ll;o-lrlb ticket and abolish- rom its tariff of the twenty-five trip family ticket. ¢ Many Commuters at Hearing. Representatives of many civic bodi and scores of commuters living alen the lines of the Washington-Virginia Railway Cgmpany attended the hear- ing. Representing commuters and civic assoclation were Conrad H. Syme, for the Alexandria city coun- cil, the Alexandria Citizens’ Associa- tion and the Alexandria Chamber of Commerco; Frank Lyon, représent- ing commuters on the Falls Church division; w. Ewing, for resi commonwealth attorney for Arlington county, and H. L. Garner, for the city council of Alexandria, Among the commuters attending the hearing were Harry R. Burke, presi 2:!;:[0! tae common council of Alex- a; corge Evans, ma: of the Alexandria Chamber of ® Gom. merce; Harry A. White, Charles Diehl, Louis Woodward and Miss Margaret Germond of Alexandria. Julius H. Parmelee, statistician of the bureau of railway economics, also attended the hearing. The road was represent- ed by Frederick L. Ballard and Joh S. Barber, for counsel. Downs Reviews Finanees, Mr. Downs told Examiner Macklev that operating_revenue of the road for 1920 was $1,045,807, as against 3979,911 for 1915, an increase of per cent under the rate increase of December, 1919. He said the operating revenue per passenger in 1919 was 10.31 cents, and in 1920 was 10.74 cents. The increase asked in the tariff raise under suspension, he said, would the general operating revenue per passenger on the road to 14.26 cents. The road carried 9,516,452 revenue passengers 1In 1919 and 9,740,829 revenue passengers in 1920, he sald. Officers of the road expect a net loss (:‘llelfl per fiel&t in passenger travel if suspended rates becom Mr. Downs said. maw—— SENATE VOTES $500,000 TO GET GRAIN TO CHINA Reports of 7,000 Deaths by Starva- tion Daity Stir to Prompt Action, One-half a.million dollars was Voted today by the‘Senate to defray costs of moving acress the Pacific grain do nated by American farmers for (l::lne sufferers of China. nator on, republi Iow: in offering the bill, said l:’.‘P;lll r:: ports indicated that 14,000,000 were facing starvation, and daily death toll was 7,000. “This act is not only one of great humanity,® he said, “but one of good diplomacy. The foodstuffs have been donated by the farmers of the coun- try, the railroads have offered free transportation.to the west coast, and the brotherhoods have agreed to. give the labor free for the movement.”. Under the bill, the Navy or the Ship- ping Board is to furnish the vessels required. It is the plan to use idle merchant craft and to man them with naval reservists. Senator Kenyon presented a letter {mm Secretary Colby approving the “Reports indicate' that preparations are already being made by the organi- zations now working in China to cope with any possible typhus or w:ther cpi- demic which may follow this period of distress,” the Secretary said. “From the circumstances recited it wou'd ap- pear to be very desirable to do what possibly can be done to meet *he nsads of the people in this famine-stricken country, and the department for its part would therefore welcome the passage of this bill.” OCEAN TRAVEL GOING UP. Ship Lines Announce Old Schedules and Summer Rate Boost. NEW YORK, February 25.—Resump- tion by leading transatlantic steam- ship companies of the pre-wer win- ter and summer passenger tariff schedules, with an increased rate for summer travel, has been announced here by several of the leading steam- I'ship lines. The summer rates, effective March 1, will call for an increase of 10 per cent in outward first-class passenger rates on some of the lines, and ont oth- ers the increase will apply to both east and west bound travel. The International Mercantile Ma- rine Company, Holland-American line and Cunard line said the rate will ap- ply to eastbound travel only. The French line announced it would ap- ply both to and from Europe, and also to the second- Other lines were non-communicative on the matter of increased rates. SAVED FROM EXECUTION. Death Sentences of Seven in Egyp- tian Society Commuted. CAIRO, February 22—Seven death sentences im! by the court here last October on members of the “ven- geance gang,” an alleged anti-British society, have been commuted to fif- teen years in prison. Among those ‘who were sentenced to death was Ab- dul Rhamen Bey, former provisional governor. Fifteen of the men who were n heavy prison sentences have had the periods of their Incarceration re- duced, and eleven who were sen- tenced to receive thirty lashes have been liberated. COLLAPSES IN COURT. Man Arraigned for Murdering ‘Woman He Believed Was Alive. YORK, February 25.—Charged peace | with killing a woman he belicved to alive so shocked John McMonagle ob: Phflldel?hh. when arraigned here, that g:u of his face became paralysed and collapsed. He was arrested February 18 and ellrr.l ‘with felon- jous assault for shooting and wound- ing Dorothy Seltser. his re- | —mt

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