Evening Star Newspaper, September 11, 1924, Page 20

GILBERT, 32, HOLDS GERMANY IN HAND Young U. S. Treasury Expert Weilds Greatest Financial Power in World. By Consolidateq Press. NEW YORK, September 11.—Just a fow months less than ten years ago a young man about to set upon his carcer vearned for individuality. He bore the name of his father, Seymour P. Gilbert, a man prominent in New politics, with a junior at- ttain his individuality he part- name in the middle and made Parker Gilbert. Since then his as been a series of individual, and original things. ung Gilbert became counsel ecretary of the Navy in war loan matters; at 28 he was made an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury; he was promoted to Undersecre- position, with all its authority, 1 within a month of his 32d birth. day he has become the financial em- perer of the German republic, with more power in financial affairs per- haps than any other man in the world Claxsed With Hamilton. Mr. Gilbert is hailed as a second Alexander Hamilton, both because of and his genius in financial At 28 Hamilton became Sec- retary of the Treasury under Wash- ington. Mr. Gilber: the next young- est man ever to e held so impor- tant a place in the big money circles of the world. Premiers and chancel- 'I_nr.\ and ts of Europe will figurative in the anteroom of the office of this “your in Ber- lin. as Scnators and politicians liter- sat in the anteroom of his ma- hogany office in the ury Depart- ment rica’s two other cotem- ncial wizards, the Van- of Cleveland. who at 38 ectively, conceived placed the iles of railw A One might question him all day about the financial status of the country when he was Under- Eecretary and he would answer with figures down to the pennie but of himseif he says little. Only once has he broken that rule. .\\‘hfln his mother, in Bloomfleld, N. J., told newspaper men that she had had a telephone talw with Washinzton and had learned that her & would not marry Miss Ailsa on. daughter of Mr. Gilbert's chief. Mr. Gilbert replied that “Mrs. Gilbert is in no po n to make Statements as to my intentions.” B idea that has of 11000 Sl Close Friends. That ended the incident not put down conjecture possibie union. Mr. Gilbert is still a helor, but he is said to make nt calis at the Mellon home. ©_neW reparations dictator is a slender, pale young man who hunches forward when he walks. He has the features of a scholar, which indeed he is. He was graduated at the head his class from grammer school, from high school and at Rutgers, from which he was grad- uated in 1812, he is considered the best mind that ever passed the col- lege courses. He took 50 speclal prizes in scholarship at Rutgers. At Harvard he was graduated in 1915, in law. an cighth of a point behind the man 3 B0 led the class. Upon his graduation from Harvard, Mr. Giibert cntered the law Cravath. Henderson, Leflingwell & orfl headed by Paul Cravath, a cialist in international law. When the war broke out he tried to join all branches of the service, but fate had given him an appendictis wound that refused to heal. When Mr. Leffingwell went to Washington as Assistant Secretary of Treasury under William G. McAdoo he took along Mr. Gilbert. Played Part in War Loans. ¥From a green lawy developed into a fing wizard. Tpon him fell a great part of the bur- den of arranging the details of the war loans. Nobody inqu but did as to the of firm of | LEAGUE TO SUPPORT FIGHT AGAINST DRUGS World Propaganda Scheme Is Planned to Acquaint Masses of Consequences of Use. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, September 11.—A world propaganda scheme to acquaint the masses with the unfortunate conse- quences of the use of dangerous drugs will be carried out through the League of Nations if, as it is ex- pected, plans adopted by the commit- tee on soclological questions of the assembly are adopted. This step will be taken in connec- tion with the holding in Geneva in November of an international oplum conference and it indicates that the league will throw its entire influence into the task of combatting the nar- cotic drug evil. The committee has formally ex- pressed in a resolution “its utmost concern that continued production of opium is now going on in China” and has approved recommendations of the permanent league advisory commit- tee on opium that the aid of public opinion should be enlisted through the medium of the Far Eastern press in an endeavor to solve the problem. The league’s permanent advisory committee will henceforth have addi- tional members representing Swita- erland and the Latin American coun- tries ter who made him assistant secre- tary to succeed Mr. LeMingwell. When the Republican administra- tion came into power, hungry office seekers demanded of Mr. Mellon why a hangover from the Wilson admin- istration should be left in so impor- tant a position. Mr. Mellon replied by promoting Mr. Gilbert to under- secretary. The joke was on the poli- ticlans when Mr. Gilbert's political faith finally was made known. Had Many Big Tasks. As undresecretary Mr. Gilbert was in direct charge of the Farm Loan Board. the Controller's office, the Treasurer's office, the Director of the Mint, the Budget Bureau, the Regis- try of the Treasury, the Public Debt Bureau, the Secret Service and the Actuary. He was in charge of nego- tiations for the funding of the $7.000.000,000 war debts and he rotired without a ripple on the surface of business, some $400,000,000 in short- term victory notes. AS supervisory officer of the Budget Bureau. he was the “boss™ of Mr. Dawes, whose plan has created the position that he is to hold now. He left the Treasury last vear to become a full partner in his old law firm. With it all, Mr. Gilbert is not rated by those who know him as a genius. He has a capacity for hard work and often was at his Treasury desk until 7 o'clock in the cvening. He has poise, a penetrating mind, a genius for details and. as one friend said, “an infinite capacity of patience.” metal cylinder, the lid of which is in | the form of a funnel with a specified diameter. There is a National Sewing Machine that you can afford to buy Electric Models, $35 to $135 Treadle Models, $29.75 to $65 Convenient Terms Oppenheimer’s Shop Unique 800 E St. N.W. TIGER! TIGER! None Better! CONSTIPATION! Dangerous—and makes you fesl ‘‘played out.’” " Harmless relief obtained with A rain gauge consists of a small| Milburn’s Capsules 35c—PEOPLES DRUG STORES and other druggists THE DIVORCE PETITION IS FILED BY DUCHESS Duke of Westminster's Wife Prom- inent as Entertainer of British Prince on Long Island. By the Asmociated Press. LONDON, September 1k—The Duch- 088 of Westminster, who has figured prominently in the gayeties connected with the entertainment of the Prince of Wales on Long Island, has peti- tioned for the dissolution of her mar- riage, the papers having been served on the duke August 18, it was re- vealed in court yesterday. The divorce proceedings came out when attorneys for the duchess re- newed their application made a fort- night ago for an injunction to re- strain the duke from ejecting her from her home, Bourdon House, Ber- keley Square, near Grosvenor House, the duke’s London home. The effort to obtain the injunction failed, the court issuing no order on the motion, which was dismissed. In stating the facts on which the duchess based her application for an injunction her attorney said that shortly after her marriage, on No- vember 26, 1920, the duke treated her with great cruelty. The attorney also declared that the duke's relations with other women were such that the duchess remonstrated with him at Cannes in January of this year, tell- ing him he must alter his mode of life or she would be unable ot live with him. The duke refused to alter his mode of life, continued the attorney, and suggested they should live apart, the duke recommending the duchess to live at Bourdon House and saying monetary provision would be made for her. Counsel said the duchess did not Juap y TR EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, &\&%&\k@ DRMINNN BN dsire to leave the duke, but that his refusal to alter his mode of living left her no alternative. The duchess lived at Bourdon House until the divorce petition was filed, counsel continued, the duke then or- dering her out. The kitchen staff was sent away and the duchess’ maid was not allowed to enter the premises. The present Duchess of Westminster is the second wife of the duke, one of England’s wealthiest peers. He and his first wife, the former Constance Edwina _Cornwallis-West, were _di- vorced the year previous to his mar- riage to the present duchess, who di- vorced her first husband, Richard Rowley of the Coldstream Guards, some time before her marriage to the duke. The duchess’ maiden name was Violet Mary Geraldine, daughter of Sir William Nelson. 404 ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTES SEEN BY BUTLER By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 11.—Chair- man William M. Butler of the Repub- lican national committee will not be satisfied unless the Republican nomi- nees receive a total in the electorgl college at least equal to the 404 given Warren G. Harding in 1920, he de- clared, in a conference with news- paper men yesterday. “Now that my friend Chairman Clem D. Shaver has officially an- nounced in Washington that no mat- ter what happens ‘Davis starts with 139 certain votes' of the Southern States and the manager of the La Follette forces has proclaimed that his candidate will have 70 electoral votes,” Mr. Butler asserted, “I do not see what we have much left to worry over. These figures prove the elec- tion of Coolidge.” The chairman predicted that the total vote on November 4 would ex- ceed all past records. out gf the snarls of traffic with The American Oil Co. AN ORDER The whole woild will soon be tackling Midol for headaches and all other kinds of aches. How do T know? Well, last week a gent comes in with a big order. I asks him, “How come?” and he says that more than a hundred like him is going to make an excursion trip round the world and they couldn’t go (Ask your druggist.) without Midol. When the Loidy comes back I'm go- ing to make a ten strike with her on that order. I think it’s a corker when you can sell to way-off places without goin’ there and that’s just what I did. Of course, the fellar came to me for the stuff, but 1 got the order and the order counts. Ull say I win the argument. ido\ PER DAN. “THE ACE.” a d in gemvine or brown Heotoh practical irt shoc for fall wear. Aad black groin leather, fine quality, ‘two feil scles 16 heel. Low brood heel, TRAVELER rwbder heels teci .“'hmnw the Autumn Footwear Already Here In a Splendid Array of Attractive Styles Delightfully Different—Unusually Smart TRAVELER Leadership in Originality of Style Creation and Perfection of Quality in Both Leather Selection and Workmanship Is Again Pronounced This Season. The Washington Public Has Warmly Indorsed TRAVELER Policy of Selling Such Fine Shoes at the Remarkable Low Price of $5. “A_clever oreation; featur- ing ‘the mew elaatic ‘silk-gore insert, which énsurea This brilliaat Aeel, fortadle, snug Al hoe fashioned i Patent Coltskin, Jet Black Buede, dreasy Black Satin, end a the popular Brown Suede. This shoe also with Cuben o Inspect Our New Fall Shoes and See Why It Is No Longer Necessary to Pay High Prices for Distinctive Foot- wear. D._C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1924, trans-oceanic journey from Fried- richshafen, Germany, to the hangar here, according to bureau of aero- nautics order received here y JAMES H. COWAN DIES. Mayor of Wilmington, N. C., Vic- tim of Pneumonia. ‘WILMINGTON, N. C., September 11. —James H. Cowan, mayor of Wil- mington and former collector of the port of Wilmington, died at his home here at 5 o'clock this morning of pneumonia. He had been i1l with an- other ailment for several months and had spent some time in a Philadelphia hospital, returning here recently. Mr. Cowan for many years was ed- itor of the Wilmington Dispatch, for- merly an afternoon newspaper here. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. SHIPS TO MARK COURSE. LAKEHURST, N. J.. September 11, —The naval tenders, the Patoka, Brooklyn and Milwaukee—have been ordered to assume positions along the course to be followed by the Navy's newest dirigible, ZR-3, in its Time to Cange Hats And the Hat from Washington. Lieut. temporarily in charge of the Lake terday | hurst Commander Morris Pearce, station, —from the American and English Viewpoints Which is a matter of personal taste—for of each we present the best types. 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