Evening Star Newspaper, March 25, 1924, Page 3

The True Story of Woodrow Wilson By DAVID LAWRENCE. — CHAPTER XXX, Why Wilkon Broke With Lansing and How the Government Functioned Without an Active Presiden No incident in American history parallels the few days in which the government of the United States had President, for imm ely fol- lowing Woocdrow Wilson's physical breakdown he wa e to function ¥y differ as to whether piece of publig bus cted—the cabinet took nd executed can be Opinion any impor ness wa care o every doubt sion But ther: roa few d fter his return from the trip the President di r @ long timg the to batge the duties 10 the extent that he Preceding years of his T th. abled was of did in term. s moments there were when n would not ed and Presi- the res unable to disc §t became dent wouls of his life s see ma cations o apparent that the be an invalid 1 woul rs or ath or inability, Vagueness in Constitution. The Constitution itself is not clear on the question of what be done when a President abled. It 3 “In ca of the removal of the President from office, or of his death, resignation, or inability to discharge s and duties of the said same shall devolve on the nt, and the Congress may rovide for the case of re nation, or inability, dent and Vice Presi- at officer shall then such officer accordingly until_the dis- moved or a President i85 the e Presid law y ofti Vi by ent to become ume the du umed office on the dent and Thoma Vice President ¢, | M. 1ade no effort to ress has ne: Speciti- cally giving the pri dure that should le to Sign Documents. the President suffered a , his condition was so alarming that he was unable for several days to sign documents or attend to pub- lic business. The Secretary of Stat Robert Lansing, called at the e tive offices to le of the Preside: the King and Queen of the Belgians, who were An New York, had expressed a desire to come to Washington if they couid be received. Rear Admiral Cary T. G the President's physician, told Mr. Lansing that Mr. Wilson was in no condition to recelve the king and queen, much as he would like to do so t perhaps if their itin- SPECIAL NOTICES ALL RINDS OF SHRUBBEEY, furnished and _planted: class order and cared for. 5 ERRELL & SON, garden- 10th st "n.c. Linc. 9640, NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR tracted by others thau myself after 1924, HARRY C. BRANDT, 33 n.e. cu- t because HEDGES, evergreen, Lawss pat in firs Rich soil. F. A. T OATMEA Hormonella or embossed paper, $8 to v ng._Col. 2354 2 SHERMAN PLEASE - WRITE » K. Grubb, 1312 B st. s.e. Seen_in Metropolitan Theate| . LOAD TO PHILADELPHIA WANTED—FIV ton van. ALK LINE CARGO EXPRESS, 418 Sth &t. n.w. Franklin 183. e I HEREBY GIVE NOTICE ¢ b TTHAT 1 WILL 1f. Scraped, Tefinished. FLOORS e OFSHRNHNY THE PARTNERSHIP OF STOY AND BURA nam Compauy, 618-620-621 District National Hank Building, will be dissolved as of March 1. 1924, by mutual consent of all partners. 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Mr. Lan- sing was unable to obtain any definite information as to the true nature of the President’s illness and the next day he asked Mr. Tumulty, the Pres dent’s private secretary, if he knew whether the President was able to sign documents and carfy on his duties, Mr. Lansing voiced the fear that a demand might be made to have the Vice President take office under the disability article of the Constitution. retary Tumulty ex- pressed indignation at such a pros- pect and insisted that neither he nor Dr. Grayson would certify to such a condition of the President’s health. Mr. Lansing suggested that for ap- pearance, at least, a cabinet meeting should be called and that this would instill confidence in the country that the government was functioning. The first meeting of the cabinet was call with the knowledge of both the Pre | dent’s private secretary and his phys cian, Dr. Grayson attended the net mecting and reported on the provement in Mr. Wilson's condition. There was no discussion at this or any other meeting about the Vice Presi- dent succeeding Mr. Wilson. Cabinet Kept Functioning. cabinet meetings important matters In all twenty-five were held, and man discussed and decided. Serious injury might have been done the public inter- est if cabinet sessions had not been con- vened and there is every reason to be- that a demand would then ha ade in the Senate for succes > President Marshall. n Mr. Wilson gradually recov- ered to the point of being able to listen to affairs of state he was apprised of the fact that cabinet meetings had been sion THE SUBURBAN HEIGHT MATICALLY BREAKS INTO A RUN INE GIVE SEVERAL PRE- SNORTS AS IF ABOUT TO START, AND SLOWS DOWN * AGRIN { SHOUTS FOR. HIM TO WAIT A MINUTE-IT'S NO USE -HE | CANT CATTH T 1 © McClure Newspaper Syndicate | held. He was told of the incident which led to the summoning of the cabinet. He was unaware of the situation which had existed and of the practically unan- imous belief of all his advisers that the holding of cabinet meetings would preserve public confidence in the gov- ernment while he was unable to func- tion. He demanded the resignation of Secretary of State Lansing s a punish- ment and examy th t he Shantung settlement in the Vi of Mr. Wilson | displeasure on his western jtrip when he received telegram from | Mr. Lansing stating that one of the attaches of the American peace mission | testifying before the Senate foreign re- |lations committee had revealed Mr. Lansing’s disagreement with the Pres dent on the Shantung quest a cir- cumstance which had up to that time been rumored but not confirmed and | which, of course, was ammunition for Witson's opponents in the treaty n, | fight. Natural Cause of Irrziation. | What Mr. Lansing did as Secretary of State—the responsible pflicer of the gov- | ernment who must cortify to ail procla {mations and whose duty under the law it is to notify the ¥ice President of the | death or disability of the President ur- | doubtedly was just the thing that would | irritate an individual who felt he wa: | by no means incapacitated. An impar- tial judgment of the affair cannot but lead “to the conclusion that the un- precedented functioning of the cabinet jas an entity without executive dire tion, guidance or authority except derived by implication from the statutes was a tactful move which prevented t unpleasant question of technical dis- ability from being raised by the many who were opposed to Mr. Wilson in those bitter days of the treaty fight The President's shaky signature to public documents and the gradual im- provement thereafter in his handwriting tell a story of how difficult it was for the President to carry on his hours of physical distress. He was incapable of sustained effort. At first he could give an hour or so to official duties and later| two hours and then more as his health improved. Only the most important matters were placed before him in the limited time that his physicians said he could afford to give to public business. Unfavorable News Withheld. Unfavorable news was withheld from Mr. Wilson and nothing was done that was in the least calculated to excite or disturb. Mr. Wilson was given to emotional outbursts, wept very often and grew melancholy over his breakdown. Throughout this period Mrs. Wi son was constantly at his bedside, as was also his eldest daughter, Miss Margaret. The devotion of the wife and daughter was no small factor in nursing the President back to more and more participation in public af- fairs. Mrs. Wilson stood between her husband and the government, indeed between him and the outside world. It was she who acted as personal secretary, taking notes and writing memoranda and messages to the vari- ous cabinet officers and officials of the government generally. Even the pri- vate secretary, Mr. Tumulty, refrained from entering the bed chamber ex- cept when sent for. He placed his | memoranda on vital® questions before | Mrs. Wilson, leaving it to her to dis- { cover the proper moment to ask t ! President for his opinion or decision. | She was, so to speak, the reigning | monarch. An annual address had to be sent to Congress in December, 1919, and also in December, 1920. On both oc- casions Mr. Wilson was spared the necessity of composition. His cabi- net officers wrote memoranda on the topics that had to be covered in these messages and with the help of Sec- retary Tumulty, who wove them to- gether, the documents were put into finished form and read to Mr. Wil- spn, who, with a few changes, gave his ‘approval and so was able to ful- fill his constitutional function of re- porting to Congress on the state of the Union. Thus did his intimates struggle to keep up appearances in the days when America really had no President. (Copyright, 1824, by the George H. Doran Company in_the United States, Canada, South America. World publication rights reserved by Current News Features, Incorporated.) (Tomorrow’s chapter tells of Wood. relations with the DECLARES BOBBED HAIR WOMEN FACE BALDNESS Joseph Byrne, Editor of Beauty Paper, Warns Association Against Cropped Locks. By the Associated Press. - NEW YORK, March 25.—Bobbed hair is a sure means for causing baldness and it won't be many years before the world is filled_with bald- headed women. Joseph Byrne, edi- tor of a beauty magazine said in ad- dressing the annual convention of the American Master Hair Dressers' Association yesterday. Milliners, he explained, in order to conform to present day hair style, have been obliged to make head bands exceedingly tight to keep the hats on, resulting in the death of the hair. Mr. Byrne asserted that girls of the present generation would be bald before. they reached ma- turity. Charles Nestle, vice president of the association, characterized the bobbing of hair as the “greatest mis- fortune to come to women in recent Yeary: On the other hand, Mrs. S. T. Bur- gess of Madison, Wis, who said she had been studying beauty culture for thirty-five years, expressed the opin- ion that bobbing of hair was the greatest benefit the modern woman enjoys. showed | BRTISH OPPUSTION TOEAPERTSSEEN England Renorted to OhjectI to Coming Report for Po- | litical Reasons. z0 Daily BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. By Radio to The St 5 News. i ‘Pamis, {report leris This is the question which every one | in well informed circ day. The British expert to London and will have meeting late today. Hitherto the Bri Farmonion 3 the and | port, | which has practically ready for several days, ave taken @ It n whispered that some British | estimates of Germany's capacity to pay are higher than those of other ex- perts. But reports of the weck | ferences of the British experts with | the British government officials are | | disquieting and all lead to the in-| i ference that the British government { may be tempted to try to injeet poli- | |tics into the nearly ~finished report, | which in so many respects stands op | posed to what hitherto has been the | h policy on the reparations | on. i 0la Confiict Revi | Inspired British ‘press dispatches | declare the British object to the re- | port on the following points: The | moratorium terms, international loan, the system of Rhine and Rubr rail- | ways control and the size of eventual | German annuities. British dispatches | represent these differences of opinion | as a revival of the old conflict be- tween France and Great Britain. The correspondent is assured that | these objections never hitherto have | been rafsed by the British experts | and hence can only emanate from the | British government or officials such | as Sir John Bradbury, British dele- gate on the reparations commission. Others All Agreed. If the British experts raise these objections at this late date they run the risk of being isolated in the com- mittee, for it is said that not only the French but the talians, Belgians and Americans stand firmly by the text as already drafted, The meetings of the next few days will show definitely whether _the British experts’ views have been changed by their London week end or whether they are disposed to continue harmonious _collaboration and push the final draft of the report to a rapid conclusion. EXPERTS RESUME WORK. end con- | i Labor With New Energy After First Holiday. By the Associated Press. PARIS, March 25.—The Dawes com- mittee of reparation experts returned to work today with great energy after the first week end recess the mem- bers had enjoyed since their meetings began, more than two months ago. The banking subcommittee sat throughout the morning, while the| { railway and budget subcommittees | met in" the afternoon to iron out the j details upon which divergencies of opinion have arisen over the manner in which some of the decisions of the experts should be presented to the drafting committee. In an effort to have the general re- port ready at the beginning of next week the plenary session of the com- mittee set for 3 o’clock this afternoon was canceled to give the subcommit- tees g free hand to devote the entire day to the questions under discussion. Sir Robert Kindersley and Sir J. C. Stamp, the British members, have re- turned to Paris from their visit to London and took part today in the deliberations of their respective sub- committees. Sir John Bradbury, Brit- ish member of the reparations com- mission, also is back in Paris for the general meeting of the commission this afternoon. RADIO STATION IN CHINA WILL COMPETE WITH U. S. Rival of American Company Offers Faster World Service and Cheaper Rates. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Dally News. PEKING, March 25.—The Mitsui- bussan and Kasha Company, which is involved with the American Fed- eral Wireless Company over exclusive wireless privileges in China, has com- pleted a huge station at Shuanchiao, fifteen miles east of Peking, and is prepared to inaugurate direct service with London, New York, Copenhagen, Berlin and other world capitals. Cheaper rates and more rapid serv- ice will be offered by the wireless 1 | _EVENING -STAR, WASHINGTON, WHEN STILL THREE. RLOCKS AWAY HEARS TRAIN PULL INTO STATION AHD AUTD- THE SIGRT OF FRED STILL GOING STRONG {MPELS RIM TO LAST MIN- UTE EFFORT COVERS LAST BLOCK HITTING ON ALL TWELVE CYLINDERS Imission ONE OF THE WAYS "TO MISS THE TRAIN. PULLS HIMSELF DOWNTD AWALK. SUDDENLY REALIZES TRAIN HASN'T MUTTERS THERE'S NO SENSE RUN- STARTED YET - MAYBE SOMETHING'S NING HE COULDN'T CATCH [T NOW HOLDING IT UP WONDERS COULD HE, IN A MONTH CF SUNDAYS AND STARTS RUNNING AGAIN SUDDENLY HEARS A RUSH FROM BEHIND AND FRED PERLEY FLASHES BY COVERS NEXT BLOCK MAKING SEVERAL SHORT LITTLE SPURTS AND THEN DECIDING TS NO USE . WISKES TRAIN WOULD 60 AND GET IT OVER WITH GLARES BALEFULLY AT RECEDING TRAIN WISHING EITHER HE HADNT | STOPPED RUNNING PROM THE FiRST OR THAT HE'D NEVER STARTED SN STEEL WORKER HEIR TO $200,000 ESTATE Thomas Gemmell Will Accept His Share for Niece's Benefit, MACMILLAN’S SILENCE ALARMS HIS FRIENDS _(Continued from First Page.) h Mr. supplies [ or radio abundant extra wDonald said “IL is just possible that MacMilian has taken certain of his crew across ! Smith sound with his dogs, planted the 1y memoariul present- ed by the National Geographic S ciety, on Cape Sabine, and then con- tinued out toward that gre panse of unexplored territory Iving between the north pole and Point Barrow—that great unexplored arca that the Shen- andoah » iy over—where many believe land may exist cMillan were to attempt this ~ould have taken his hardies ely, Ralph Robinson. assistant; MeCu ss00, Eskimo guide, and ham mficld, interpre on board the Bowdoin, Donald radio operator, the only one who knows how to operate the radio: John . engineer; Dick Goddard, rep- entative of Carnegie Institute, and s, cook. 3 illan 'did go on thi he would not tak of his original four men the total distance. Part of them would be a supporting party company him only a por- | way and return to the| ship for food, KOINE out again to meet him at some prearranged point on his return, with provisions. It might be possible that this second supporting party inciudes Mix, who is a husky lad, ‘standing well over six feet. If Mix were called upon for this work t might account for the silence of the sending apparatus of the Bowdoin for the last thirty Some cr s given this theory the statement here today of Mr: titia Fogg, « sister of Capt. Mac llan, who asserted that her brother. ntrary to his usual custom, had gone north on this trip without tell- ing her in detail of his plans. Mac- Millan_sailed in June, 1323, and has been heard from consistently each week until February 15, except for | the summer period, between July 28| and August 23, during which time the | pedition was in twenty-four-hour | continuous daylight and radio trans-| as impossible. | apparatu: equip w 5 nent, He Declares. Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, Pa, March Thomas Gemmell, a steel worker, learned through a newspaper adver- tisement that he had been named a beneficiary in the estate of his broth- er, Johu Gemmell, whom he had mot seen for sixty years. The latter died recently at Namaimo, British Colum- bia, and, according to information here, left an estato valued at $200,000 to his brother. The advertisement seeking information regarding Gem- mell was inserted the Standard Trust Company of Vancouver B, C emmell at first declared he would waive rights to the estate, that he preferred the “simple lif and that he had saved enough to keep his wife and himself “in o manner that suits us.” He later declared, however, that he would communicate with the Vancouver company for the henefit of a niece who had made her home with him since childhood. Gemmell declared that he last saw his brother when John Gimmell left their home near Glasgow. Scotland, and came to America. Gemmell fol- lowed some years later, but they had not been in close touch with each other, he said. n expe- o Two More for Coolidge. HARRISONVILLE, Mo., March 25.— Republicans of the sixth Missourt congressional district yesterday in- structed two delegates to vote for President Coolidge at the republican national convention. Painting For Protection and Decoration You must keep the exposed surfaces well covered with r liable paint to preserve them— and fresh paint, of course, heightens this effect, which eny, hances the value of your property accordingly. Put the job in our hands—and we warrant it'll be well done—and economically done. b 1 SEE THE LOT OF NEW AND SHOPWORN BOOKS, 1 OFF REGULAR PRICES PAUL PEARLMAN 1711 G St. N.W. | | | | | R. K. Ferguson, Inc. Painting Di ept. Insurance Bldg. 15th & Eye Sts Get acquainted with the new Hupmobile. Then decide upon your next car. STERRETT & FLEMING, INC. 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AMERICAN ICE COMPANY DON'T WAIT UNTIL THE ROOF LEAKS Precaution_ is the best possible economy. This is the season of the Jear when You can expect roof trouble. The safe way d for us to make inspecti the metal gutters and_vall 1 going er. 1t will preserye them and pre vent damage getting in the building toofiug properly done is experts’ work—ond we ure expe CRISIS DRAWING NEAR | IN TURKISH POLITICS Resignation of Cabinet Dissolution of Assembly May Follow Disa; ment. By the Associated Press. CONSTANTINOPLI March —A situation which may involve resigna- tion of the cabinet, or alternatively dissolution of the national a has arisen at Angora in conse of rejection by the assembl article of the proposed constitution which would give the president of the ;fpublic power to dissolve the assem- y. A large number of deputies consid- ered that conferment of such power would be an encroachment on the sovereignty of the people, and their | attitude was crystallized by ch | by Rechad Bey, who said: en if God were elected president we wouldn’t give Him the right to dis- solve the assembly.” If, as a result of the rejection of | the article, the president actually dis- solves the assembly, it would be tan- tamount to a coup d'etat. BRIDE ASKS ANNULMENT. Girl of Fourteen Had Eloped With Youth of Twenty-Three. Clara E. Sheppard, fourteen years | old, by her guardian, Walter Smith, | today asked the District Supreme | Court to annul her mar to | Joseph E. Sheppard, twenty-three | years old, which was celebrated at| Alexandria, Va., February 13 last i The child says she was still attend- ing school and without permission of | her parents eloped to Alexandria with the defendant and was married under a license for the obtaining of which she says her age was sented by the defendant to the of the court as eighteen years, when was not that old. She urned to her home, she states, and has not lived with the defendani and has not been supported by him She is represented by Attorneys W, Kelly and P. J. J. Nicolaides. FRANGE AWAITING WORD FROM ENVOY Skeptical Over Versions of Parley Between de St. Au- laire and MacDonald. t Phone Us—West 2901 R. K. Ferguson, Inc. Roofing Dept. Insurance Bldg. 15th & Eye Stx. 'FLAT TIRE? MAIN 500 Mr-FI-IB.II says: | “1 thought my beard was the toughest in the world til!’the Gem Blade tamed it. By the Associated Press. PARIS, March 25.—The French for- elgn office is awaiting a report from Count de St. Aulaire, the French ambassador in London, as to what passed between him and Prime Min- ister MscDonald at their conference in the British foreign office yester- day. Meanwhile there is considerable skepticism as to various versions of the conversation emanating from | London, especially as concerns the attitude taken by the ambassador |rmmm|ng the evacuation of the Ruhr. On that point, it was de- clared in authoritative sources to- {day, that the French government ! stood ready to accept the sugges- ! tions expected from the reparation experts regarding pledges in the Ruhr—the withdrawing of the eco- nomic and administrative organiza- tions established there in exchange for the more comprehens pledges it is thought the experts will recom- mend. Importanee In Minimized. The importance of yesterday's in- terchange in Downing street is min- imized at the Qual d'Ors where it is explained that the talk was simply a continuance of the conver- that have been goingz on ever ¢ the second exchange of letters between the two premiers looking to settlement of the various out- standing questions between the two nations, notably reparations and na- tional security for France. Premier Poincare’s instructions to Count de St. Aulaire, sent last week, are considered likely to have given directions to the French ambassa- dor on certain points, but the par- ticular angles of the entente prob- lems discussed are thus far not known here. WILL GO TO PARIS. 25 —Premier BRI LS, March Theunis and Forejgn Minister Hy- mans will go to Paris Wednesday or Thursday of next week to confer with Premier Poincare. The date has been only tentatively fixed, as the Belgian government is desirous of awaiting the report of the Dawes committee before meeting the French premier. 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