Evening Star Newspaper, March 12, 1921, Page 1

WEATHER. Rain probably tonight and tomor- row; followed by clearing during to- morrow; warmer tonight; much cold- er_tomorrow. Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 64, at "N e ey No. 28,076. noon: lowest, 39, at 7 a.m. today. Full report on page 4, part 2. } Closing New York Stocks 5253 ‘@he enin WITH SUNDAY #OBRNING EDITION Member of the Assoclated Press The Associated Press is excipsively entitied to the use for republication of all mews dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published berels. All rights of publication of special dispatches berein are also reserved. 7Yesterdny:s Net Circulation, 97,468 Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON, PRESDENTNANES THO 0 POSTIONS ASDISTRITHEADS Rudolph and Oyster Chosen Commissioners; Hearing Set for Monday. SELECTIONS INDORSED BY PEOPLE OF CITY Announcement Made After White House Conference With Local Republican Leader. ] Cuno H. Rudolph and James F. Oyster were today named by Presi- dent Harding to be members of the board of District Commissioners. The nominations of the District ¢ Commissioners were referred to the District Senate committee. The com- mittee will hold hearings on the nom- inations at 10 o'clock Monday morn- ing. When the nominations were submitted to the Senate it was made known that citizens here have re- quested a hearing, and at (hg sug- gestion of several senators action on the nominations was deferred and plans made for the hearing. An effort will be made to report the Commis- sioners as soon as possible. Senator Norris Lhave been one of those to demand that hearings be held. The announcement was made of- ficially by the White House. follow- ing a conference between the Presi- dent and Samuel J. Prescott, vice ¢ chairman of the republican state committee for the District of Colum- bia, the official party organization in this city. Request Confirmation. In sending these nominations to the Senate republican leaders of the Sen- ate had been informed of the impor- tance of confirming them at once, that the two vacancies existing on the board may be filled as soon as possible. The selection of these two prominent local men by the President is received warmly by the business and other in- terests in Washington, as well as the general public, d because of their long public service in the city and their familiarity with District affairs and the duties to which they are to be assigned, the appointments are looked upon with great favor. Well Versed in Duties. Mr. Rudolph, who is the president of the Second National Bank, is especial- ly well versed in the duties of Dis- trict Commissioner. He served one term under President Taft, and his administration was a pronounced suc- cess. He has been prominent in_jsany civic organizations, serving as pre: dent of the Board of Trade at two different times. Capt. Oyster, a lifelong resident of Washington, is at present chairman of the rent commission of the Dis- trict, and a director of the fifth fed- eral reserve district. which includes ' Washington, D. C. He also has been active in civic movements, serving a term as president of the Board of Trade and holding similar positions . with the old Business Men’s Associa- | i l tion and the Chamber of Commerce. Another feature of his public service was as president of the board of education. Strangely enough. both of these ap- pointees were appointed by President Taft during the waning days of his administration, but falled of nomina- tion at that time. Lifelong Resident Here. Capt. James F. Oyster has spent all . of his seventy years in Washington, having been born here February 14, 1851. He received his education in the public schools and Rittenhouse Academy. iy Before reaching his majority he , ventured forth into a business career | | by accepting a position as clerk in | & downtown store. Four years later, ! in 1871, he joined his father, George | M. Oyster, sr.. and brother, George M. Oyster, jr. in the butter business. The firm continued until 1886, * when the eider member retired. Three years later the brother withdrew to | enter the milk business, leaving Capt. Oyster successor to the original firm. No man is better known in the busi- ness circles of Washington than Capt. | Oyster, for he has been identified with | the local business world since the | of the old Business Men's Asso- | ion. The organization merged | with the Jobbers and Shippers’ Asso- | ciation to form the Chamber of Com- merce. Capt. Oyster was vice president and director of the chamber for a number of years after its formation, and about - ten years ago served as president for two years. He also has been a promi- nent member for twenty-five years and former president of the Board of Trade. The nominee for Commissioner served his city faithfully as a mem- education from 1906 to 1910. Capt. Oyster was a member of the | quent submerging of individual and | Washington Light Infantry Corps and Jater assisted in the organization of of Nebraska is understood to} New D. C. Commissioners Named by President Today JAMES F. OYSTER. RUDOLPH. Upper: Lower: CUNO H. QUICK AGTION SEEN Penrose Thinks House Will Put Through Protective Bill Soon After Convening. BY N. 0. MESSENGER. Indication comes through Senator Penrose, who, while not the tactical floor leader of the“majority party in the Senate, is acknowledged as the potential force in tariff and tax legis- lation, as chairman of the committee on finance and by virtue of his own to the tariff bill. . 1f his forecast works out, the House at the extraordinary sessionl will suc- ceed in passing a tariff bill within a fortnight after assembling. This prophesy of his has significant bear- ing upon the suggestion that the tariff legislation now will be of a na- ture temporary. He says it will follow closely the lines of the old Payne-Aldrich act, to keep the bars of protection up until Europe’s affairs are adjusted, until costs are stabilized, until exchange settles to a firm basis and it will be possible to have definite guiding marks in makifg a tarifft which will cover the difference in cost of produc- tlon here and in competing with for- eign countries. Senator Penrose is inclined to think that a scientific tariff will not be created until after the Congress elec- tions next year. The republican party has had at least one bitter experience in revising the tariff on the eve of a Congress eiection. No Fear for Semate. ‘When the bill comes to the Senate, ISenz'_or Penrose has faith that it can | be passed without unreasonable de- |lay. He asserts that it will be pass- )Qd by a united republican party, and, what is more, a disciplined repub- | lican party. By that he means party ber and president of the board of | action in unison with the will of the | great mafority of it, and the conse- | sectional special interests. | While the experience with the tem- the National Rifles. He was made a|porary tariff bill might not be regard- . captain in the National Rifies, an of- | tq as holding out hope for such har- fice which he held until 1893, when | monjous action, it is pointed out that he retired. The title of captain has remained with him and he i8 now |that the bill would become law, and | president of the National Rifles Vet- | gepnators were afforded more latitude | eran Association. In 1914 Capt. Ovster was made a member of the Federal Reserve Board | there was never any real expectation | than they can expect when the Sen- ate gets down to the preparation of a | bill ‘intended to become law. for the fifth district, headquarters of | The republicans are united in the which is at Richmond. and which In- | conviction that a tariff measure is cludes the District of Columbia. At| egsential to protect American indus- the expiration of his first term he was again named to represent the National pital on the board, and last fall was honored with a third appoint- ment, being ome of a very limited number of men who have been thus « distingulshed Native of Haltimore, | In fact, the condition confonting Cuno H. Rudolph also has been iden. | the republicans in Congress is classed tifled with the business Nfe of il 48 @ case of “must’—they are sim- city for many years, having come to |-l>l* cumnel:;?_ 80 ger opaer ;"'J,‘U’m Washington in 1892 only way the leaders o do it in The former Commissioner was born | th® e oua saovifice in Baltimore in 1560 and received his 404 discipline by pariy caucus. = he moved to Washington he ncquireq | 8107, Lodge. L1« FOOT JeCler app an interest in the firm of J. H. Ches- | RE00 Y Wi} "ou™4" contession of | g e ohentme president | (ilkness that the republican party Bt iis not competent to handle a tarift Mr. Rudolph was twice president of e Washington Board of Trade, hav- ihz served in that capacit 1908 #nd 1813, He has been president of the Washington Clearing House sin. tries during the period of reconstruc tion in Europe, and that the soon it is put on the statute books the earlier will conditions become s bilized in home industries, and costs | will seek a settling place. | Republicans Must Unite, but Senator Penrose and his fol- along with this | il lowers do not run fear. The point is made that speedy action on the tariff, in addition to the re INPASSING TARIFF personality, of the probable course as! BOLSHEVIKI MAKE DESPERATE EFFORT Petrograd Wrested From Their Hands, However, Say Latest Advices. AMERICAN FOOD STORES REACH THE RUSSIANS Hundreds Executed in Fighting About Minsk—Rebel Bands Op- erating in Many Sections. By Associated Press. WARSAW, March Petrograd is in the hands of revolutionary forces and the bolsheviki have been ousted, it declared in a wireless dispatch | re eived here today. The message, | which was confused and disconnect- ed, owing to the weakness of the sending station, is believed to have been sent out from Petrograd. It was declared in the dispatch that food sent by Col. Edward W. Ryan, American Red Cross commis- sioner to the Baltic states, had ar- rived, but whether it had been re- ceived at Kronstadt or Petrograd was not clear. Revolt Is Spreading. The reports received in govern- mental quarters here say the revolu- tionary movement continues to spread in the region surrounding Minsk. The soviet authorities are described as making debperate efforts to control the situation. A wireless appeal from the Kron- stadt insurrectionists was picked up today by the Polish government radio atation here. It made an urgent plea for food supplies and for outside rein- forcements. Fighting in Minsk. A dispatch from Vilna says anti- bolshevik forces fought their way into Minsk, and held control of the city for five hours, but were later driven out by soviet forces. While occupying the city, the revolutionists killed many local communists, it is said, and when the bolsheviki re-en- tered the town they executed more than 200 persons, many of whom were Poles, who were accused of sympa- thizing with the insurgents. A radio dispatch signed by Prof. Hermann Zeidler, former president of the Russian Red Cross, states he has undertaken to regulate food supplies for the Russian revolutionists. Rus- bian members of the refugee colony here state Prof. Zeidler is a widely known surgeon. Rewards for Leaders. Leon Trotsky, the Russian soviet ‘war minister, according to Russians here. who e in daily touch with their country, has offered a reward of 5,000,000 rubles for the body, dead or alive, of Gen. Kovlovsky, the rev- olutionary leader in the Petrograd region. Gen. Kovlovsky, in return, is reported to have offered 10,000,000 rubles for Trotsky's body. 1t is pointed out here that a million rubles now is worth about $50. Besides a dozen or more main in- | surrections, many anti-bolshevik bands are reported to be operating under stimulus of the Kronstadt movement. East of Kiev and the Volga river region there are five main i bands, the most important of which is headed by Gen. Makno, the Ukrainian anti-bolshevik leader, who recently consolidated his forces with those of Gen. Antonoff. These bands are said to number from 10,000 to 15,000 men, all mounted and well equipped. The bands defeated the bolsheviki in sev- eral encounters east of Kiev, but the bolsheviki have tightened their hold in Kiev and are preparing to defend it from within.and without. Sailors Are Obdugate. LONDON, March 11.—Petrograd is now firmly held, and there is little chance of the Kronstadt revolt spread- ing farther into the mainland, accord- ing to a Riga message to the London Times. The soviet government, how- ever, it is added, is unable to sup- press it, and it is expected the sailors will continue to defy the communists as long as their food lasts, which, it is learned from Narva, will be about four months. The bolshevik Gen. Tuchatschewski, in command on the Petrograd front, has been relieved because of three serious reverses he suffered. War Minister Trotsky is reported to have taken command of headquarters at Sestroretsk, about twenty miles northwest of Petrograd. The Riga Runischau says that the Ukrainian anti-bolshevik Gen. Makno has taken Yekaterinoslav, in south- ern Russia, and is advancing toward the Crimea. Soviet adherents at Jeli- savetgrad, adds the newspaper. have been shot or hanged by his orders. NEGROES ATTACK WOMAN Finding Her Husband Ill, Burglars Terrorize Home. RICHMOND, Va., March 12.—Two negro burglars broke into the home of a white man early this morning, | and, after taking 50 cents from his lay ill in bed. Each | pistol and flashlight and threatened | the couple with instant death if they made an outecry. The entire police force of the city and sevvralploc‘;l dr-l:‘rlives are searching for the crim- inals. The govermor will be asked by | Mayor Ainslie to offer a reward for the capture of the negroes. Great excitement prevails in the section of the city in which the crime was com- mitted. |Today’s News in Paragraphs | Penrose forecasts tariff will - gress s00n after convening. m;af.“nx Col. Harvey approved by uno Ut sentors for court 'or Sre Taia ol Page 1 and president of the Associated | {1, uliined, Iy “necessary’ in order | Steps (o be taken to enlarge tidal basin jide preuigent ¢ Prned. Mo is|ta clear the Way for the tax reform | bathing beach. Fagernd pital, having b ¥ Hos-| i) “There is difference of opinion | President Harding to support Wilson's founder and t s to what really “ails" business | views on mandates over Yap and Chamber of Commerce, he has becs|Some manufacturers claim that it 1s| Mesopotamia. Calg one of the most active Workers in its | (i W Mty oo L B I Bx;\gr;uargod tizens demand law to con- e Wadoiph Is treasurer of the re. | “Xlinction. but other “bli busincss” ls| ;s i soon to reply to Japan i Yay . emphatic in the charge that taxes) U-} pan in Ya publican state committee. During the | yre “eating them alive” and they | Stuation- Page B war he was war fund treasurer of the | nil flive relief, tariff or no tari | American doctors force Russians to fight local chapter of the American Red| “Sepator Penrose and hix substantin [ typhus. Page 9 Crome land under s subercision | poiiowini are determined in oppoxi- | W. J. Galligher dies after forty-nine 370000 for the Ited ross was raised | (fon 1o uny temporary makeshirt to| - years’ service on The Kvening Star. 352000 in 1919, " H o and | 4jlow the President to designate Page 13 in o personally éol-|Sillley or 1o iive ihat powss Lo tho | President HaNling appeals o Aoc oy . Aontnucd on Vage 2, Column 3.) ™ tariff commission or any other body. . to aid starving China, Page 12 P T0 CURB REBELLION | trousers, attacked his wife while he ' burglar held a| D. (., SATURDAY, M Y ARCH 12, 1921-TWE NTY-FOUR PAGES. TWO CENTS. SECRETARY OF LABOR. PLUCKING' VICTIMS WIN COURT RULING Chief Justice Sustains Con- tention of Reduced Officers. Chief Justice McCoy of the Su- preme Court of the District of Co- lumbia today sustained the conten- tion of Col. John W. French and Col. ‘Wililam F. McCreery that the action of the final_ classification or “pluck- ing” board must be acted on indi vidually by the President of the United States before the men placed in class B may be retired or removed from the Army. The officers brought mandamus proceedings against Newton D. Ba- ker, Secretary of War in the Wilson edministration, to compel their.res- toration to the rank and emoluments of theactive service after Mr. Baker had approved a finding of the “pluck- ing board” placing the men in class B and ordering their retirement. Secretary Weeks has been substi- tuted as defendant in the proceed- ings and if a mandamus has to be ordered it will run against the new Secretary. The Chiet Justice filed only a briet memorandum, in which he says: “I have mot been able to reach a decision on all the points involved, but am of the opinion that the individual action of the President upon the findings of the final classification board is necessary. I sustain the demurrer to the answer. An opinion covering all points may be filed.” Secretary Baker, it was claimed, had approved the action of the “plucking board” without submitting the matter to Prgsident Wilson, and the officers complained to the court that this was an unlawful proceeding, as they were entitled to have a re- View by the chief executive. Mr. Baker answered that all the provi- sions of the law had been observed and requested that the suits for man- damus be dismissed. "Attorneys Ansell & Bailey appeared for the Army officer: ANTI-CHURCHILL MOBS ROUT EGYPTIAN POLICE Reinforced Constabulary Fires on Disturbers, Killing Three and ‘Wounding Others. ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, March 11.— The native police, in breaking up a demonstration against Winston Spen- cer Churchill, the new secretary for the colonfes, who is to have charge of Egyptien affairs, were stoned to- ! day and compelled to flee. Reinforce- {ments for the police who came up fired on the crowd, killing three per- sons and wounding others. Mr. Churchill arrived in Cairo Thursday, accompanied by war office representatives, in connection with Arab and Palestine affairs. He avold- ed a hostile demonstration by stu- dents who were awaiting him at the station by leaving the train a few miles outside the city and motoring to his hotel. ‘Small sporadic anti-Churchill demon- | strations took place in Alexandria, Tuesday and Wednesday. In Tomorrow’s Star desks. Clark, a full page of youngst ington’s Younger Generatiol pictures. Fiction in the Magazin Ring W. Lardner, Sydney Cram. Pictures, Fiction and Fact Together with photographs of the inauguration are the newest photographs of cabinet members at their An excellent picture of the funeral of Champ “Fighting the Drug Evil,” By H. O. Bishop In Tomorrow’s Star ‘Where’s Cox’s Sister?’ Asks Lad of 3 Years Meeting Mrs. Votaw The imprexsion made on even infantile mind by the ex- citement of a presidential cam- paign ix a vivid one, if some- what blurred. Yesterdny a Washington youngnter of a little over three Years was out at Fort Myer. entrageed by the last drill the season. At its close hix mother spied her fri Votaw, sister of Harding, and with justifinble pride introduced her young hopeful, saying: “Charles, this is President Harding’s sister.’ The little boy “made his man- a ners,” and then, quick fiawh, asked loudly and d tinetly: “Where’s Cox’s sister?” STEPS T0 BE TAKEN T0 ENLARGE BEACH Congress Probably Will Get Request to Appropriate $25,000 for Work. Congress probably will be requested at its special session beginning next month to provide an appropriation for enlarging the tidal basin bathing beach. Maj. Ridley, in charge of the office of public buildings and grounds, which exercises control over the basin, stated today enlargement of the beach is necessary and that an appropriation for the work will be sought either at the special session or the extra Session of Congress in De- cember, with chances favoring the earlier request. It is estimated the im- provement will cost $25,000. While l_ht' basin is said to be polluted with sewerage carried in the river, it is the opinion of Maj. Ridley there is also danger of infection from overcrowding on the beach. He.pro- poses to curtail attendance this year and enlarge the facilities as rapidly as possibles The office of public buildings and grounds now has available a fund of 82’_0,000 for an addition to the women's wing of the bath house and other improvements. Maj. Ridley said today effort would be made to use a part of this fund in extending the beach, which now has a length of 450 feet. Maj. Ridley believes it should be lengthened to 800 feet. According to Maj. Ridley, the con- dition of the water in the basin will be watched constantly by the public health service and should serious pollution be discovered steps will be taken to safeguard the public. Asa E. Phillips, District sanitary engineer, and others have declared the beach is a menace to the health of Wash- ington. ATTEMPT TO WRECK TRAINS. CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 12.—New York Central railroad detectives are investigating what is believed to have been an attempt to wreck eastbound fast trains one-half mile west of the ‘Willoughby, Ohio, station, Thursday night. Spikes had been drawn for ten tie lengths of one rail and for one- fourth the length of another with tools taken from a toolhouse, which had been broken into. New York Cen- tral officials were unable to say how many trains had passed over the tracks after the spikes were re- moved. 4 ers under the title of “Wash- n,” and the very latest news e Section by Fannie Hurst, C. Partridge and Mildred INAY PICK HARVEY FORLONDONPOST Senate Committee Sounded | on Proposed Nomination for U. S. Ambassadorship. George Harvey of New York, editor of Harvey's Weekly, is understood to have been definitely selected by Presi- dent Harding as ambassador to Lon- don to succeed John W. Davis, who now is returning home. The nomina- tion may go to the Senate before the present extraordinary session ends. It is known that the Senate foreign relations committee has been polled to determine sentiment as to Mr. Har- vey’s selection and the understand- ing is that all the republican members as well as the democratic members now in Washington have expressed approval. Harvey's Aectivity. Col. Harvey was active in bringing about the nomination of Woodrow | Wilson in Baltimore in 1912, but be-i fore the elections the following No- vember there was a break between them. Mr. Wilson wrote Col. Harvey that his support was embarrassing, and afterward the colonel became one of the sharpest critics of the Wilson administration. In the 1916 elections Col. Harvey supported Charles Evans Hughes and last year he supported Mr. Harding. Before founding Harvey's Weekly Mr. Harvey was editor of Harper's Weekly. He also is editor of the North American Review, which he purchased in 1899. Before turning to the magazine field he had had a long career as a newspaper man, begin- ning in 1882, and was managing editor of the New York World from 1891 to 1893. Has Held Offices. Col. Harvey served one year as in- surance commissioner of New York, and from 1894 to 1898 he was the con- structor and president of various electric railroads. He was born in Peacham, Vt., fifty-seven years ago and was educated at Peacham Acad- emy. 5 He holds the decree of doctor of let- ters of the Univerities of Navada and Vermont and Middlebury and Erskine colleges. Mr. Creager for Mexico. Appointment of R. E. Creager of Brownsville, Tex., as ambassador to Mexico is believed to be a certainty, and those who are in a position to speak wisely are of the opinion that although announcement of his selec- tion for this post may not be made known yet, their assurance is not based on rumors nor mere guesswork. Mr. Creager has talked with the Presi- dent each day this week, which, with other developments in connection with the bringing about of an early recognition of Mexico, are taken to strengthen their confidence in this speculation. " Mr. Creager has said nothing dur- ing his calls at the executive offices that would confirm this report, other | than to state that he has on several occasions gone over the Mexican sit- uation with the President. Col. Scobey to “Land.” Col. F. E. Scobey of Texas, formerly an officer of the Ohio state senate and another personal friend of President Harding, who has been a; daily visitor at the executive offices, also is said to be slated for appoint- ment to some high office. Col. Scobey | left Washington today for Battle ('I‘Pr‘k.J where he will visit for a f:wl O’Shaughnessy a Caller. on O’Shaughnessy, former charge d'affaires at Mexico City, conferred to- day with President Harding, but it is understood the Mexican situation was not discussed. While Mr. O'Shaughnessy is said to be slated for a diplomatic post, it is considered unlikely that he will be returned to Mexico. Selection of Eliot Wadsworth of Bos- ton to be an assistant secretary of i | Hearing Heart Beats by Phone Now - Possible An amplifying apparatus described as so delicate as to permit a physician in one éity to make a stethoscopic study of the heart action of u patient hundreds of miles away was demon- strated today to a group of Army and civilian medical men at the Army as far as the transmit the voice in ordinary conver- SELECTED BY PRESIDENT. | Husband Picked for Immigration Chief—Mapes for Internal Revenue Th fol- | : | Ha b eral; t the President today se nominations to th na Hilton Billany of Marylan fourth assistant postmaster & Willia - Husband of to | rry commission o of in- district of lowa of Kan el d States attorney for the western d of Missouri: Carl Mapes of Michigan. renominated solicitor of the bureau of in- al revenue CODLDGEONEUARD FORLOADED QUERY “Ask the President,” Reply to Chair Question—Cabinet Asks Much Advice. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. President Harding's first week in the White House has been a struggle | against the limitations of a tw - {n.ur-hr\ur da d the irrepr i energy of an army of office s Mr. Harding has made a pl impression upon everybody who call- ed on him—an impression of n and conscientious application to cabinet officers have interfered to some extent with the orderly proc- s of the White House by bre; ing in on regular engagement hours to seek the advice and guidance of the chief This will not continue, cr, as the ten heads of departments will gradually be- come accustomed to their surround- ings and will soon go ahead on their own_ responsibilit Indeed, the cabinet Secrctaries have been reticent to express themselves, not so much because of timidity unfamiliarity with the business they found on hand when they took of- fice. There has been, of course, the usual amount of stageé fright, as hu dreds of newspaper reporters have bombarded the new officials with a thousand and one questions, the great majority of which couldn be answered as yet even if the cabinet Secretaries had wished to unbosom themselves. Aroused Coolidge Suspicions. No more amusing incident of the caution which the new officials some- timeg affect could be mentioned, per- hapsj than when a correspondent représenting a Boston newspaper caught Vice President olidge off his guard and asked him a question So simple that Mr. Coolidge imagined | it was “loaded.” e Vice President was leaving the cabinet meeting, to which he- had been invited by Mr. Harding. Vice Presidents do not attend cabinet meetings every day, and the novelty of the occasion stirred the curiosity of the Boston reporter, who stepped up to Mr. Coolidge and inquired: ‘Mr. Vice President, would you mind telling me §ust where you sat at the cabinet meeting?” There was a pause. The former Governor of Massachusetts pondered a moment, turned his gaze thought- fully bfl:l:kward toward the cabinet room and without change of ex; = slu‘n finally said: & P “I am afraid you will have t the President about that.” i The Vice President momentarily for- got that about ten minutes before the photographers were admitted in the presence of the cabinet, where their cameras took away many records of the Vice President's placid counte- nance at the end of the table oppo- site the President—that is, between the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of Labor. While very little was said about the part the Vice President played in the cabinet meeting, it was later officially announced that his advice had been sought in exactly the same way as if he were the head of a government de- partment. Vice President Sherman sat with the Taft cabinet for a while, but the practice was soon discontin- ued because of the relation of the Vice President to the Senate, over which he sits as a presiding officer, and in which body he is privileged to cast a vote in the event of a tie. Traditional Jealousy. There always has been considerable jealousy between the executive and legislative branches of the govern- mnt, and it is not altogether certain that the Vice President will find it to_his liking to be a part of the ad- ministrative machinery of the gov- ernment on the one hand, and a pre- siding officer and member of the leg- islative branch of the government on the other. The theory back of the admission of the Vice President to the cabinet meeting is that he shall be well in- formed in case of an emergency and be ready to take over the reins of government. The opportunity to get such a training, however, is not to be found in cabinet meetings, where the discussion centers primarily in busi- ness of an administrative nature, in- stead of general policies. Indeed, it is suggested that Mr. Coolidge may feel oblized to withdraw from such discussions \as re to legislation ch he might be compelled to leciding vote. t Harding has succeeded at the outse! idea that he wants to take counsel He is by no means set in his opin- jons., and he has revealed already a passion for harmonious agreement both in his cabinet and in Congress. (Copyright, 1621.) the Treasury is understood to have been virtually agreed upon. He probably will | be_in cha flairs. | Mr. Wadsworth served as wartime chairman_of the central committee of the American Red Cross, and is chair- man of the executive committee of the Harvard endowment fund committee. by New Device phonograph horn to be heard distinct- | 1y and studied by the physicians in a room some distance from that which the subject was located. The device may be used in connec- tion with any telephone wires and will function, it was said at the laboratory, telephone wires will in | Signal Corps laboratories. The prin- | sation. " ciple involved is similar to that used How Apparatus Work: fn transmitting President Harding's! wa upecial heart transmitter has inaugural address to the great crowd | peen designed which rests by its own that extended far beyond the ordinary reach of the human voice. Greatly Amplified. The demonstration was directed by Brig. Gen. George Squier, chief of the signal service. The stethoscopic ap- weight over the patient’s heart,” said Gen. Squier, in describing the appara- tus. “The passage of the blood through the different valves of the heart causes vibrations in an air cham- ber which faithfully reproduces all of the various actions. These are paratus, with electrical connection. was placed over the heart of one of the laboratory assistants, and the heartbeat was arxlm«d many thou- sands of times, erging through a ] < transmitted over the wire to an am plifying apparatus attached to a larze horn, which projects the sounds throughout the buildin; l | destroyed. PRESIDENT HARDING TOBACK UP WILSON VIEW ON MANDATES |Administration Firm in Atti- tude Adopted in Mesopota- mian and Yap Cases. U. S. TO INSIST ON PART IN ADJUSTING PROBLEMS Representative May Be Sent to Present American Points Before League of Nations. Assoviated Press. The policy of the Harding adminis- tration with respect to American rights growing out of the participa- Br th tion of the United States in the world war will not differ materially from that of the Wilson administration, it was learned today in authoritative quarters. Adjustment of the situation grow- ing out of the award of a mandate over the Pacific Island of Yap to Japan will be insisted upon us de- terminedly by this administration as it was by the last, it was said, and the attitude with respect to the British mandate over Mesopotamia will be maintained Will Uphold Contentl It has been made clear that the new administration will continue to defend the contention that the Unit- cd States has not Wielded and can- not be deprived of any of her rights as one of the victors and must be considered in the adjustment of the problems created by the war. Confidence has been expressed that an amicable adjustment of all ques- tions will be effected, although gov- ernment officials have not yet com- pleted a definite charting of the courses they will follow in all cases. May Send Lengue Envoy. It was suggested that it was not impossible that a representative might be sent to the league of nations to present the American point of view in the questions of mandates in ac- cordance with the invitation extended in the league's note, although it is understood final decision on that point has not been made. In such event the United States would not regard his presence as in any way committing | the United States to formal participa- | tion in the league councils, but more as an attorney before a board whose decisions it is not necessarily bound to accept. EX-KAISER WRITES BOOK, BLAMES BRITAIN FOR WAR- Volume, for Private Distribution, Cites Historical Data—Charges Plot to Isolate Germany. AMSTERDAM, March 12.—Former Emperor William of Germany has written for private distribution a book by which he attempts to show that England was responsible for the world war. In the volume he has collated historical facts and data relative to international agreements betwaen all countries involved in the war from 1884 to 1914, and these Tacts have been marshaled in paral- lel columns by Count Hohenzollern, says the newspaper Het Volk. He declares England's responsibility for the war centered in her “plot to isolate Germany,” l}lld refers to “the mobilization of English banks in April, 1914; preparations for war British fleet in June, the same ‘;'Za:'t";ndr the Russian mobilization of n July 15." A lo'r"crel:u‘;," lfl’)’l the newspaper, “the former emperor tries to find adherers for the theory that allied n:abllln— jon made it impossible for Germany to prevent the war.” THREE KILLED IN STORM; HALF MILLION DAMAGE Thirty Are Injured, 100 Derricks Blow Down Near Shreve- port, La. SHREVEPORT, La, March 12— Three persons are dead, about thirty injured, several seriously, and prop- erty damage estimated at between $500,000 and $1,000,000 is reported as the result of a windstorm which swept over northwestern Louisiana, especially in Claiborne and Caddo parishes, late yesterday. = erson, Mrs. Ed Rogers. wife ofoz‘.; ‘:;fl fleld worker, was killed, hteen were injured and property damage estimated at approximately 2 half million dollars was done in. the Homer oil fields. About 100 der- ricks were blown down. L. E. Hoff. pauir, son of a member of the leg- Islature, from Bossier parish, was among those reported seriously in- jured. § . Two negroes were killed and nine injured on the plantation of Arthur C. Gale, at Gale, La., near Shreve- port, where the storm cut a patch a thousand yards wide. —Property damage at the Gale plantation was estimated at $10,000. Damage in Misxissippl. RULEVILLE, Miss., March 12.—One man was injured and property dam- age amounting to §40,000 was’ caused by a wind and rain storm which struck Doddsville, Miss., five miles from here. Gas Well on Fire. ELDORADO, Ark., March 12— Lightning struck the Caddo central gas well here during a storm, and the well is a roaring mass of flames. A farmhouse close to the well caught fire from the burning gas and was The well is expected to burn two or three days. The city electric system went out of commis- Sion last night, but the burning well is illuminating the town. The light from the well can be seen for sixty miles. —_— KILLED BY BANDITS. H. E. Allen, State Trooper, Shot in’ Gun Battle. PONTIAC, Mich, March 12.—H. B. Allen, a state trooper, was instantly' killed this mornng in a gun fight at Novi, near here, between three mem. bers of the state constabular) five bandit suspects. More score of shots were exchanged. uspects escuping after Allen fell