Evening Star Newspaper, November 10, 1924, Page 1

WEATHER. Partly cloudy tonight and tomor- row; warmer tomorrow; moderate to fresh north and northeast winds. Temperature for twenty-four hours cnding at 2 p.m. today—Highest, 50, “From Press to- Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers at noon today; lowest, 4 today. Full report on page Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 22 3, at 8 am. 9. Entered as seco post No. 29,413. office Washington, na class matter D. C. “HENRY GABOT LODGE DIES FROM STROKE; IN'SENATE 31 YEARS « Relapse as Senator Was Preparing to Return to Capital Proves Fatal. NOTABLE CAREER DRAWS WARM TRIBUTE OF MANY Funeral Service to Be Held on, Wednesday—Burial to Be in Cambridge. By the Associnted Press. CAMBRIDGE. Mass., November 10.— Funeral services for United States Fenator Henry Cabot Lodge, who died at the Charlesgate Hospital here late last night after a long fight for life that surprised the doctors, will be held Wednesday at Christ Church, Cam- Vridge, probably at noon, it was de- cided by his family today. As he will Ve buried in the Lodge family lot at Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge Will have been the scene of his death, | 1he funeral services and of interment, | although his long earcer in pubiic Jife had brought him back only occa- sionally in recent vears to the scenes here of his college days at Harvard. Bishop William Lawrence, who was playmate and collegemate of Sena- tor Lodge, will officiate at the serv-| ices, assisted by Rev. IPrescott| Lvarts, rector of Christ Church. | Married in Christ Churel was at Christ Church that Sena- | tor Lodge was married, and it was| from that church also that Mrs. Lodge was buried I Bishop Lawrence, in a tribute to Senator Lodge today, said the death| of the Senator was the loss of al friend of 60 years, adding: “He was, | as few people realize, a man of very tender sentiment and warm affection. His dominant motive in public life| loyalty to his country. * * *| an able and strong states- occasionally overmasterful and restless at opposition, and always moved | b¥ what he believed to be the highest awelfare of his country and the| world.” ! | It | second vacaney | death. | Weeks to Represent Execu- G. O. . bhqirman BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Besides removing an outstanding figure in American politica! life, the death of Senator Lodge of Massa- chusetts may bring about far-reaching changes in the machinery of govern- | ment—the legislative branch. . Senator Lodge was Republican leader of the Senate. It will be necessary to select a new leader. Senator Lodge was chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee. Under the rule of seniority prevailing in the Senate, this chairmanship will now go to Senator Borah of Idaho. Senator Lodge's death causes the the Senate on the Republican side of the chamber, and might jeopardize the actual Republican control of that body in the Congress coming into existence after March 4 were it not for the Massachusetts State law which authorizes the Governor of Massachusetts to appoint a successor to Senator Lodge, who shall hold office until the next biennial clection, which does not occur until November, 1 The Governor of Massachusetts, Channing Cox, is a Republican. He will appoint a Republican to fill the vacancy caused by Senator Lodge's The other Republican vacancy, caused by the death of Senator Brandegee of Connecticut, is to be filled by a special election. But a Re- publican will be chosen, it is confidently PRESIDENT PAYS TRIBUTE-TO LODGE tive at Funeral—Sorrow at While House. Describing Senator Lodge of the great men of our time, Presi- dent Coolidge pald a high tribute to the dead statesman in a brief statement made public at the White House today. as one Cox FPays Tribute. Gov. Cox paid the following tribute ! to the Senator: 2 “Senator Lodge was a truly great | man. He never avoided a struggle | for the principles which he embraced and he met such contests with the | vigor and knowledge that marked him as an outstanding statesman. His talents would have made him eminent in any walk in life. His name will| loom large in the history of his coun- | try and will ever be cherished by the commonwealth which he so ably merved and passionately loved. “Massachusetts has been fortunate in the line of distinguished men who | have been her representatives in the United States Senate and Henry Cabot Lodge's place Is secure in this honored company.” Struck down last Wednesday just 8s he was making a rapid conva- lescence from his second operation | within a few months, ‘the 74-year-old Benator was unconscious during most of the days intervening before his death. For a brief period on Friday he rallied with remarkable vitality and regained consciousness for a few brief periods during which he spoke to his physician and the relatives at his bedside. He again relapsed into | a coma, however, and his strength | gradually ebbed awa His daughter-in-law, Mrs. John E.| Lodge; his granddaughter, Miss | Helena Lodge; two grandsons, John | S. and Henry Cabot Lodge, 2d, and| his physician, Dr. John C. Cunning- ham, were at the bedside when he died i ‘Tribute Paid Generally. Word of his death brought tribute from many places. The Senator had attended the Repub- lican convention at Cleveland, at which his former leadership of the State forces was divided betweén Speaker Gillett nd Gov. Cox, but within a month suf- fered a condition that required an emer- gency operation on July 27. Recovery | ‘was surprisingly good, and three months later a second operation was performed. Again the Senator's stamina stood him in good stead, and he was out of bed | October 23, three days after the opera- tion. With the reopening of Congress only three weeks ahead, Senator Lodge was planning to leave the hospital in a few days and get ready to take his seat ‘when the stroke came. It left him un- consclous and in a condition so critical that death was considered likely at any time. Senator Lodge had four years etill to serve in the United States Sen- ate, where he had represented this State continuously for 31 years. His place will be filled by appointment, Gov. Cox having authority under a legisla- tive act passed two years ago to name a successor until the next general elec- tion. That will not take place until 1926, WALSH LAUDS LODGE. Greatest Figure in Bay State. Says Democratic Rival. By the Associated Pre BOSTON, November 10.—Senator David 1. Walsh, junior Senator from Massachusetts, on being told of the death of Senator Lodge, said: “In the Qeath of Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Massachusetts has lost a states- man and a scholar, who added more to her prestige htan any other public man In half a century. “Dignified, accomplished, versatile and possessed of a prodiglious fund of political and historical knowledge, he was one of the most outstanding pablic men in our time. His long experfence in the public service and his studious habits of a lifetime made nim a most desirable Senator—one that any State might point to with just pride, ¢ ¢ ® “His outstanding public virtue was his Americanism. Again and again he insisted by his voice and vote that American prestige should never be Jowered. * * * Ishall always have pleasant memories of my association in the Senate with Senator Lodge. Though we differed fundamentally in | view the life or the positions he had | years, bearing the honors that have | Massachusetts, In his reference to Senator Lodge the President explained that this is not the occasion to undertake to re- filled and the work he has done, but merely to recall his greatness and his world-wide influence. Long Commanding Figure. “Senator Lodge,” the President said in this statement, “was a prominent figure in Massachusetts before 1 knew anything about the. public affairs of that Commonwealth. For a long time he, had been our senior Senator. He was the floor leader of the Senate. This is not the occa- sion to undertake to review the posi- tions he has filled and the work he has done. It is enough now to re- call that he was one of the great men of our time. He had a wide scholarship and a wonderful facility of expression. His inuence was world- wide. “A large collection of his writings and speeches are left to us which will be not only of historical .interest but of permanent literary value. Full of never ceased to be bestowed in in- creasing number, he has been gath- ered to his fathers.” Sorrow at White House. There was profound sorrow about the White House today because of the death of the Republican leader of the Senate. President and Mrs. Coolidge, with several friends, were aboard the yacht Mayflower last night when the word of Senator Lodge's death was received, The President will not go to the funeral but will be personally rep- resented, by John W. Weeks of Secretary of War. The . President also has assigned Capt. Adolphus Andrews, chief naval aide at the White House, to accom- pany Secretary Weeks as his aide, and to offer his services to the Sen- ator's family in making arrange- ments for the funeral. Capt. An- drews also will carry a wreath from the White House to be placed upon the casket. Statement by Weeks. The statement was issued by Sec- retary Weeks today: For nearly 30 vears I have en- joyed an intimate personal and po- litical relationship with Senator Lodge. Our relations were particu- larly close during my service in Con- gress and the six years I was his col- league in the Senate. No man could have this experience, whatever might | be his political views, without having for Senator Lodge great admiration. “Few men in our public life have acquired such intellectual distinction. He would have been conspicuous as a teacher, historian and orator and in other ways had he not devoted his life to the public service. He was an_extremely industrious man and possessed an unusually retentive memory. He has been conspicuously identified with the conslderation of practically all the important legis- | lative enactments of Congress during the past 30 yvears. “In fact, Senator Lodge was the best trained legislator with whom I have been associated, and whether or not one agreed with him in all of his opinions, his importance in the public life of the nation cannot be overesti- mated. “His passing will make a serious break in the political life of Massa- chusetts and his death will bring deep sorrow to those who have known him and served with him.” Tribute From Hughen. Secretary Hughes said today. “The death of Senator Lodge re- moves one of the outstanding figures in our public life. He was a man of great intellectual power and rare culture, and his career forms a high- 1y important chapter in the history of the country.” The death of Senator Lodge was deeply regretted by his colleagues in Washington today. Both Democrats and Republicans united in their praise of the veteran Republican leader, Senator Curtis of Kansas, istant Republfcan leader of the Senate and party whip said of Sena- tor Lodge, s great loss not only to the Sendte but to'the country is the our political philosophy we became as ome through a spirit of co-opera- death-of Senator Lodge. He was a strong mi and very able. He wa; Butler Will Succeed Lodge, Is Opinion Expressed Here ment—Election of Successor Under Law Will Not Be Necessary Until 1926. WASHINGTON, Can Have Appoint- expected. So the political complexion of the Senate probably will not be changed by these deaths. The name of Willlam M. Butler, chairman of the Republican national committee, who has just piloted the Republican party to victory, immedi- ately suggests itself in connection with the choice of a successor to Senator Lodge. Mr. Butler may have the appointment if he wants it, is| the way it is put in well informed Massachusetts circles. Mr. Butier was to have been a can- didate for the senatorial nomination in Massachusetts this year, but he gave up that plan to become chair- man of the Republican national com- mittee and to elect President Cool- fdge. It might be presumed that he would accept the appointment now to the Senate. On the other hand, the Kepublican national organization has largely been made during the Butler| regime as national chairman. It has been the hope of the Republicans to continue, at least in skeleton form, this organization. It said that Mr. Butler feels responsibility toward the organization that worked so ef- ficiently during the campaign, and that this feeling of responsibility may cause him to continue as national chairman and not to accept appoint- mentSto the Senate. There ing, to be sure, to preve (Continued on Page 4, C SEIPEL’S RETIREMENT PERMANENT, HE STATES Resigned Chancellor of Austria to Reject Re-Election Without Guar- antee of Non-Interference. i By the Associated Press, November 10.—The re- signed neellor, Dr. 1gnaz Seipel, announced today that he would not| t re-election without guaran- tees against further interruption in the financial reconstruction of Aus- tria. Failing these guarantees, he, sald, the opposition was free to as-| sume the government., Dr. Seipel and the other members of his admin- istration resigned Saturday after the outbreak of a general railroad strike. The postal authorities are using automobiles to the frontiers. The railroad employes are supply- ing a restricted train service for the conveyance of milk, meat, vegetables and coal and the transportation of workmen, business men and students | to and from the city. NEW FOREST BLAZE LAID T0 FIREBUGS Flames Sweet Through the | Woods East of Hagerstown. Special Dispateh to The Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md.. November 10.— Eluding the vigilant watch of State troopers' and forest wardens, firebugs are believed to have kindled another forest fire in the Fishing Creek sec- tion, east of here, last night. The fire broke out less than a mile from the spot” where a 2.000-acre fire had been extinguished early Sunday morn- ing by Mount Alto, Pa, Forestry Academy students. These students were immediately recalled, and with | hundreds of other volunteers and fire wardens battled throughout the night | and this morning. The fire now raging is on the water shed which provides the Frederick | reservolr with water. Fear was ex- pressed today that the town of Fred- erick would suffer a water shortage as a result of these fires. It was Toughly estimated that the loss of timber so far this Fall as the result of forest fires is heavier than any other similar period for sev- al decades. About 30,000 acres of land have been burned over on the Blue Ridge range during the past two weeks. Heavy Loss in Virginia. The heaviest single loss was in the | mountains in Virginia, pear the town of Neersville, where a stretch of tim- ber land 10 miles in length was burn- ed over before the fire finally was extinguished late Saturday night. Re- ports from that district as well as at several points in the southern section of Washington County, where fires had been in progress for several days, €aid these sections were clear of fires. Dread Hunting Season, Forestry wardens were somewhat apprehensive with the hunting sea- son opening tomorrow. Many hunters are planning to take the fleld despite the #ppeal made by Gov. Ritchie for gunners to await rain, which would make the mountalns and flelds less dangerous. A number of hunting | parties left this city yesterday and today for the mountains, whero an abundance of game Is reported. State officers are £till on duty in the moun- tains on the Washington-Frederiok County line, where fires have been " (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) — MRS. HARDING SHOWS SOME IMPROVEMENT Rests Well Last Night, and Takes Little Nourishment Today. By the Associated Press. MARION, Ohio, November 10.—Mrs. ‘Warren G. Harding’s general condi- tion was slightly improved today, ac- cording to a bulletin issued here by Dr. Carl W. Sawyer, her personal physician. The official bulletin follows: “Mrs. Harding rested comafortably last night. She has been able to take some nourishment, and her general condition is slightly improved this morning.” one of the best men to work with flmed on Page 4, Column 2.) (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) Radio Programs—Page 27 D O, ¢ Foenit WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ANp HE gTHOUGHT WE'D BE Jorry Goop SPAIN EXECUTES TWO REVOLTERS Situation inb Country Believed More Serious Than Offi- cials Will Admit. 3y the Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain, —Joseph Macer and Jean were executed today after been court-martialed for taking part in the disturbances of Thurs- day, when one policeman was killed and another wounded. PLOT AGAINST RIVERA. November 10. Montedo having French Secret Service Convinced Move Aimed at Dictator. By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, November 10.—That the situation in Spain is by no means as happy as Spanish official circles wish the outside world to believe is the opinfon held in well informed official quarters here. A censorship so ef- fective that only the most meager news seeps through is in operation, but it is pointed out that the 42 per- | sons arrested along the border by the | French authorities after the san- guinary affray at Vera, in the Span- ish province .of Navarre, were picked up at both extremities of the fron- tier, and this is taken to indicate the existence of a concerted movement in relation to the troubles in Barce- Jona, timed to start simultancously in_several places. Both the Spanish constitutional op- position and Republican parties con- demn the movement, which seems to be syndicalistic. It is obviously not directed against the life of Gen. Primo Rivera, the Spanish premier and military dictator, as he is in Moroceo with his army, opposing the rebel tribesmen. Convinced Plot Exists. secret service are convinced arrested at Bany and Hendaye cerned in a plot against tary dictatorship. In a statement to Le Matin, Vicente Blasco Ibanez, the Spanish novelist, who recently declared his opposition to the Rivera regime, characterizes the present movement as “absurd and criminal—absurd because it has no chance to succeed and criminal because it has caused useless loss of lite.” He adds that “it is the doing of a handful of anarchists who must not be confounded in any way with the Republican movement. officials, that the Perpignan, were con- the mili- French however, Spaniards Ibanex Regrets Disturbance. The manifestations, Senor Ibanez declares, were dirccted from Paris, probably by paid agitators, and papers stamped with a forged seal of the Barcelona General Labor Fed- eration were found on some of the sons arrested. He says: "I am vexed and distressed by these sanguinary disorders and I am most anxlous to make clear that we are in no way involved in them.” URUGUAY TO ORDER OUT BRAZILIAN REBEL. SHIP Government Worried Over Pres- ence of Battleship in National Waters. By the Associated Press. MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Novem- ber 10.—The presence of the Brazilian rebel battleship Sao Paulo in Uru- guayan waters is demanding the at- tention of the government, which will be obliged to Intimate to the com- mander of the ship that he leave immediately, inasmuch as Uruguay, lacking the necessary naval force, is unable to seize and disarm the bat- tleship. A Buenos Aires dispatch lact night sald that wireless messages from the Sao Paulo contained reputed declara- tions by the crew of the battleship that the men still remain loyal to the Brazilian government. ‘When the Sao Paulo left Rio de Ja- neira it was reported that the crew had mutinied and seized the vessel. Bank Robbers Get $12,000. ‘WEST WINFIELD, N. Y,, November 10.—Robbers who forced their way into the First National Bank during the night and opened the vault with an acetylene torch, escaped with $12,- 000 tn cash, officers of the bank re- ported today. | !cider and wine may contain more OFFICIAL COUNT STARTS IN IOWA SENATE RACE Determination of Steck-Brookhart Contest May Take Two Days. By the Associated Press. DES MOINES, Towa, November 10.— Determination of the official result of the senatorial contest between Sena- tor Smith W. Brookhart, Republican, and Daniel F. Steck, Democrat, was begun today when boards of super- visors in each of Iowa's 99 counties met to count the votes of Tuesday's election. The official count was being tabulated here. On the face of the unofficial returns, Senator Brookhart was leading Steck by 1,025 votes, out of a total of near- 1y 500,000 cast It was believed that the official canvas would require two days. HILL ADMITS FACTS INDEFYING DRY ACT: Maryland Representative In- sists Object Is to Define What Is Intoxicating. Ry the Associated Press BALTIMORE, Md., November 10.— Before the case of representative John Philip Hill, the Baltimore mem- ber of Congress who is charged with violations of the Volstead act in the manufacture and possession of wine and cider was reached in the United States court here today. Mr. Hill said that he would not deny any of the material facts in the ca: Mr. Hill's case gvas put over until the afternoon session, a pending trial not being finished in time to permit it being commenced at the forenoon session of the court. Hill Statex His Purpose. “What we are after,” he said, “is an interpretation of section 29 of the Volstead act as it applies to wine and cider. It is possible the court may rule that the less than one-half of 1 per cent regulation in the Volstead act applies to home made wine and cider. In that case T would expect to be found guilty and the case would be carried on appeal to a higher court. If the court agrees with officials of the prohibition unit, as evidenced in letters in my possession from them, that the one-half of 1 per cent pro- vision does not apply, then we will expect the jury to determine what is intoxicating in fact.” The indictments against Mr. Hill contain six counts and are the result of the manufacture by him at his home here of fruit wine and cider which he said contained 2.75 per cent alcohol, the purpose being an effort to have legally defined the phrase “intoxicating liquor” as it occurs in the Volstead act. Defines Objects Sought. During his trial he will attempt to prove, it is understood, that it was not the intention of Congress to in- clude cider and non-intoxicating fruit juices, as both are ordinarily made and used, within the purview of in- toxicating liquor; that neither Con- gress nor any court of competent jurisdiction has undertaken to fix a limit of alcoholic strength which would render non-intoxicating cider, where made exclusively in the home, intoxicating In fact; that homemade than one-half of 1 per cent of alcohol without being intoxicating and that homemade cider and wine, made ex- clusively for home use, are legal, re- gardless of alcoholic content. Mr. Hill has summoned Prohibition Commissioner Roy A. Haynes and James E. Jones, the commissioner’s assistant, as witnesses in his behalf, claiming that he followed instructions received from Mr. Haynes in manu- facturing the beverages. ot PLANE FALLS, 3 UNHURT. By the Associated Press. BROOKFIELD, N. J., November 10.— Lieut. S. E. Coates of the United States Air Mail Service and two as- sistants escaped injury yesterday when thelr motor “went dead” while fiying at an altitude of 1,800 feet and they were forced to land. The plane was so badly damaged t the aviators were unable to ed. to Chicago with the mail ut. Coates left Mineola at 4:45 o'elock yesterday afternoon, carrying registered matter for Cleveland and ‘Chicago. The mall was transferred to Mineola, where it was sent to its destination in another plane. q Sfar. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1924 -THIRTY-TWO PAGES. ARMED MEN DRIVE NEGROES OFF JOB Guardsmen Called Out Kentucky Race Clash Fol- lowing Slaying. in B the Associated Press. HARRODSBURG, Ky., November 10 Armed white workmen drove out approximately 500 negroes from the construetion camp of the Dix River Dam, § miles from here, last night, after Edward Winkly, 18, a bride- groom of only a few days, had been fatally shot by negro highwaymen. Fifty national guardsmen arrived at the Dix River Dam construction camp this morning. One detachment remained on guard at the dam and unother. upon request of the contrac- tors in charge of the dam work, was used as an escort for negro worker: who were being returned. All negroes will be paid off, it was announced, aud those who wish to remain will be retained on the pay roll Two Negroes Arreste: Walter Chance and John Williams. both negroes, were arrested by Sheriff Walter Kennedy at the dam and hur ried to Danville for safekeeping. One of them. the sheriff said. known as “Big Jelly Roll,” and the other “Little Jelly Roll.” Sherifft Kennedy last night inter- cepted a crowd driving negroes be. forc them four miles from camp and probably prevented bloodshed. Some of the negroes were barefooted and many were scantily clad. The negroes were tuken to a rock quarry near Burgin. Bonfires were kept burning throughout the night to protect them from the weather and food was brought from the Dix River Dam TROOPS RUSHED TO DAM. Only One Unit Called Out So Far, Govenor Declares. By the Associated Press, FRANKFORT, Ky.. November 10.— National Guard troops were hurriedly dispatched to the Dix River Dam, in' Mercer county, about 25 miles south- east of Frankfort, carly today when reports of race rioting reached th adjutant general's office here. The trouble is belleved to have started with the robbery and slaying last night of Edward Winkly, a dam worker. Capt. Carl Norman of Frankfort is understood to have taken all men who could be assembled up to 4 a.m. and departed. Individual guardsmen still in Frankfort said they were no- tified this morning to be ready for immediate dut Told of Being Driven Out. A dispatch from Lexington this morning told of the arrival there of 19 negroes from a Dix River construc- tion camp. All of them sald they had been driven from the camp by a mob of farmers, white laborers and others armed with clubs, sticks, pistols, shotguns and other weapons. Some of these negroes were wound- ed, according to information given Gov. Flelds. The executive, after first declaring he had heard nothing of the affair, sald the 54th Machine Gun Squadron left at 3 a.m. for High Bridge. “It was the only unit called out,” he said. EMMA GOLDMAN, BTED RADICAL, NOW IN LONDON Woman Deported From U. S. in 1919 Announces Purpose of ‘Writing Her Autobiography. By the Associated Pres LONDON, November 10.— Emma Goldman, the veteran radical leader, who was deported from the United States in 1919, has been staying in London for the last few weeks, but has declined to tell representatives of the Dally Express and Dally Sketch anything about her visit ex- cept that she intends to rest and write h?r autoblography. Her pres- ence hitherto had been unknown ex- cept to friends holding her views. These friends propose to entertain her at a dinner on Wednesday, when she will make a statement explaining the motive of her virsit. The Daily Sketch quotes her as saying that sho is still very fond of the United ‘States and intends in some manner to return there. — $500,000 Fire Damage in Scranton SCRANTON, Pa., November 10.— Damage estimated “at more than $500,000 was caused today by fire which destroyed three_buildings on Lackawanna avenue yesterday. Eight firms were wiped out. was | every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Saturday’s Circulation, 94,541 Sunday’s Circulation, 104,616 * TWO CENTS. Man Is Arrested For Unauthorized Church Collection By the Associated Press. YONKERS, N. Y., November 10.— Isaac Solomon was arraigned today on a charge of taking up an un- authorized collection yesterday from a Sunday school class at the English Lutheran Church of the Redeemer. He wept in court. The case was con- tinued. Arthur Keonits, superintendent of the Sunday school, said that Solo- mon, previously unknown to him, had requested permission to talk to the pupils of the school in behalf of a charity and had followed his im- passioned address by a collection. More than $300 was found on him at the time of his arrest, although the collection at the Sunday school had amounted to only a few dollars. A list of churches was also found on him, and the police say he tried to destroy it. COOLIDGE DECLINES T0 ORDER HOLDAY Declares He Lacks Author- ity—Says Power Vested in Congress. | Federal employes in the day tomorrow—Armistice day. This was settled definitely at the White House today when President Coolidge made it known that he will not issue an executive order making it possible for these employes to be | excused from their duties tomorrow. | It was thought by many that such an order would be issued by the | President, inasmuch as Presidents in {the past issued such orders upon sim- | flar conditions, but President Cool- idge takes the position that the law of the country does not give him| authority to declare national holi-| days, that that power is vested in| Congress, and inasmuch as Congress | has never seen fit to enact such a law respecting Armistic day, he does not think he should establish a prece- dent by issuing an order excusing the employes from their work. i i | | | Firm in Opinion. In considering this question, the President’s attention was called to the fact that many of his predecessors and he himself have issued orders granting half hotidays on the |afternoon before Christmas and lother occasions. The President failed to be influenced by this minder, however. He contends that | Congress has been in session on sev {eral occasions since the first obsery nce of Armistice day and that it has not seen fit to declare it a national holiday and there is no excuse for him to declare one. A spokseman for the President said that the President is of the opinlon that an executive order, such as was suggested for tomorrow, should be issued only to meet an emergency, and he cannot associate an emer- gency with Armistice day. If there was one, Congress, long before this, would have passed the necessary legislation to meet the situation. | Made Thorough Study. | The stand taken by President Cool- idge followed a careful study of a roport prepared for him by Controller of the Treasury McCark. Among other | points involved the controller is known to have questioned the right of certain per diem and per piece employes to compensation it should take advantage of an execu- tive order excusing them from work. It has been intimated that some of the department heads may take it upon themselves to excuse all or some of their employes tomorrow, irrespective of an order, but officials at the White House doubted very much if this would be done. They explained that no department head would knowingly take such an oppo- site stand to the White House. Secretary of the Interior Work, who returned from Colorado yesterday id he had not considered the matter of closing the department tomorrow in observance of Armistice da Acting Secretary E. J. Henning of | the Labor Department said he had | taken no action looking toward clos- ing of his department, but would fol- low Mhe recommendation of the White House. At the Department of Com- merce it was said the department would not be closed tomorrow. The chief clerk of the Interstate Commerce Commission said he had no knowledge that the commission offices would be closed tomorrow. Treasury to Work. Treasury Department officials were in doubt early today as to what posi- tion to assume in regard to a holiday for tomorrow, but information that the President had decided not to is- sue an executive order, settled the matter before noon. At the Depart- ment of Justice, Department of Ag- | riculture, Veterans' Bureau, and Government Printing Office, there had been no consideration of a proposal for @ holiday, and it was announced work would proceed tomorrow as usual. Since no steps have been taken to {release Federal employes from work | tomorrow, Armistice day, the various | departments .2 the District govern- ment will fu stion as usual. Without authority to declare to- morrow a holiday in the State, War and Navy Departments, heads of these establishments Indicated today that work would be carried on with- out interruption. —— TREASON CHARGE FACED BY CROATIAN LEADER Belgrade Parliament to Be Dis- solved to Make Way for Government Action. By the Associated Press. BELGRADE, November 10.—The cabinet today decided to convoke the Skupshtina tomorrow to hear a gde- cree dissolving it and fixing Febru- ry 8 as the date for a general elec- tion. > The government according to news- papers here, intends as soon as parlia- ment is dissolved to lodge a charge of treason against Stefan Radich, leader of the Croatian peasants party, the rumor of whose flight now is said to be unfounded. The health of former Premier Pachitch is improved and it is stated that his physiclans declare he will soon be able to resume his duties. similar | on | re- | they | SIMPLE INAUGURAL CEREMONY LIKELY, WHITE HOUSE HINTS President’s Well Known Dis- like for “Fuss and Feath- ers” Is Recalled. FOLLOWING OF HARDING EXAMPLE IS PROBABLE " Some Pressure May Be Exerted for Return to Glories of Other Days. BY ROBERT T. SWALL. shington in for simple” inauguration. It plained at the White House that, while President Coolidee had no opportunity to give any ticular thought to the matter, his known views of simplicity and lack of ostentation in public well is anot was togay ex- par {nic formal induction Into | term. | { i | nis 1 | M. | | barely private life will guide his plans The President will ride to the Caj District itol publicly to take the oath of offics of Columbia are not to have a holi- | which will be administered to a Presi- |dent for the first time by a formes President. William twenty-seventh President of the United States, in his present capacity as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, will solemnly commit Calvin Coolidg. to uphold and defend the Constitu- ° tion against all enemies from with out and within. Since there is retiring President. Mr. Coolidge, course, will ride to the Capitol alc Example of Harding. Warren G. Harding set the style four years ago of calling off all spec tacular performances In connection inauguration. It had been planned that there should be a grand celebration. The Republicans hac been out of power in the United State for eight long vears, and all the marc ing clubs and bands and patrols fro. the country over were wildly anx once more to strut their stuff dows historic Pennsylvania avenue. The folks from the old home tow: of Marion, Ohio, were to be here i full force, and it was even planne that Dr. George T. Harding, the Pres sident’s father, should ride in hi one-horse shay” in the inaugurs procession, typifying the ever falth- ful country family physician Then came the historic dispute over hotel rates. It appeared that some of the home town folks were being charged prices which they considered outrageous. The matter was taken up, but no concesslons appeared to e in sight. Mr. Harding sent for the chairman of the inaugural committee friend, Edward B. McLean, and after a conference with him, th whole inauguration scheme was calted off. The ceremonies were left entitrely in the hands of the joint committees of Congress and were confined to the specified formula the Capitol. There was no inaugural ball. The McLeans gave one instead and it was at that ball that Calvin and Mrs. Coolidge were officially in- troduced to Washington society. A little more than two years later, the former was President of the United States and the latter the first lady of the land Custom Long Held. Howard Taft no Up to the beginning of the Hard- ing regime the inaugural parade ar the inaugural ball had been consid ered a fixed quadrenial event Washington's officials and social life Even where Presidents were inaugu- rated for a second term, the parades and the balls and the fireworks were made just as much a part of the day and night as if an entirely new President was being inducted into office. The was When augurate second inaugural splendid affair. Theodore Roosevelt v in- for his second term he had a_ “bully” time and the parade in- cluded virtually all of the survivors of his old Rough Riders and many of his “buddies” from the West—com- panions of wild animal hunts and other strenuous excursions. Even Woodrow Wilson at his second i augural, in 1917, just a month before the United States entered the war, did not discourage the usual pomp and military ceremony. March 4 that year happened to fall on Sunday Wilson took the formal oath of office t day, but the public cere- monies, parades, ete, were held on Monday, March & Washington residents, merchants and hotel men are extremely anxious that there shall be a return to the old time inaugurations next March with all the fuss and feathers of the pre-Harding period. Much pressurc will be brought upon President Cool idge to fall in with their plans.. They are aware of Mr. Coolidge's dislike for display and of the fact that the White House mourning will be but ended by March 4, but the are hopeful that the President’s rev erence for custom and tradition = bring him to consent to at les partial return to the pageantry of the past. At other inaugurations there al ways was a_quarrel as to the use o the Penslon Building for an inaugural ball. It upset the Government busi ness. Now, however, Washingto: has a civic auditorium that can be made ready for the ball and all thought of Government expense o inconvenience is past. The hope of Washington is that Mr Coolidge may consent to a milita: escort from the White House to the Capitol and a ball tendered wholly by the citizens of the Capital and the country. For the moment, however the President is non-committal. (Copyright, 1924.) McKinley an especially LOGAN AT CONFERENCE. Will Give United States Views on Finance Experts Meeting. PARIS, November 10.—James Logan, jr., American- observer w the reparation commission, tak part today In a meeting of the ex- perts who are preparing a program for the forthcoming meeting of finance ministers, which will have as its purpose the allotment among the allies of the proceeds of the working of the Dawes reparation plan. Mr. Logan, it.is understood. will indicate the viewpoint of twa American State Department.