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9 * DE THE TH, COMING QUIETLY, ENDS EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1925. LEADERS INVOLVED IN U. D. C. FIGHT ENTOT DGR P2 Core-gumemcs Iy VEEAT DR WURMURS FOLDN | oo e e WEETGR G L GREETED IN BERLIN Jacob Gould Schurmann Classad Among “Greatest” American Men of Learning. By the Astociated Pross BERLIN, March 20.—“From Wheaton tn Schurmann, Ameérican men of learn- fng A% Ambassadors in Berlin” is he title of an article in today Yossiche Zeitungz. which lands Jacob Gould Sehurmann, who is fto succeed mbassador Houghton, as “thé & cotemporaneous United philosopher and philosophical torian Beginning with Henry axtending through Georze Bancroft Eayard Tavlor, Andrew D. White and Bavia Javne Hill to Jacob Gould Schurmann, America has from time to! time sent the most distinguished éx- | ponents bf Ameérican Intellectual life | Berlin, declares this newspaper. | Benry Wheaton, charge d'affaires at Berlin from 1835 to 1837 and Ambas- sador trom thé lattér year until 1845, | i described by the Vossiche Zeitung's writers as a famous authority on in- fernational law who also has blazed the wa number of other | Branches of jurisprudence Cites Letter by Bian tion with word famou edited to Berlin the newspapet wiitten by Bis narc friend, John Lethrop when it was rumor: might bs recalled part. read from P way to take the allegation ot represent America Hedy in Berlin shares Rancroft enjoys t of all inteliigent selentific circles ou can to prevent rificed.” Tarior's Death Deeply Regretted. Four years later Bayard Taylor| was appointed Ambassador but died | after a few months, to the deep| regret of all classes of German | ciety. to whom he had endeared him- self translations Ger- | man especially Goéthe's | Faust.” was succeéded b Andrew D. White, 1879-1831 ana 1537 | 1301, who, like Dr. Schurmann, was A Cérnell University president It was President White who in-/ troduced teaching methods | in Cornell University.” the Vissichs | Zéitung observés. David Jayne Hill Ambassador in 1308-1916, in the com- mentator's opin a thinker who knows how to present original ideals in fascinating form.” — MORE SHIFTS DUE TO FOLLOW PATENT OFFICE TRANSFER (Continued from First Page.) Wheaton and | k. Georze Ban- historian from recalls to his Mot- 1iat This In aroft 1867 connec the ace 1874 was o American L e 1880 Bancroft letrer. in 1 héar under effort from that an Bancroft that he does worthily. N this assertion hizhest réspect e Sibeoiily Pray, do what | Bancroft’'s being it = by choice of classics, Taylor German Aeronautics from the independent | cetablishments. and the establishment| in the departmént of a bureau of transportation The Patent Offics had its orizin in a | reacommendation te Congresa of Pres dent Washington in 1790, It was or- zanized in the Departmént of State, whére it continued until it was trans- ferré@ to the Department of the In- térjor in 18343, when that department| was first established, where it has re- mained nee. Thé thtal AUMBEF of applications for patents, tradé-marks, éte. has| increased véear by vear nuntil néw exceed 100,000 per annum. issued now annual exceed The printed conica At patents tradé-marks sol@ amnually amount to more than 2,500,660. Thé bur néarly self<sunporting, as the in- come fromt f etc, amounted last | year to $3042276.22 and the expendi- | ture to $2.272,841.37. More than 1.200 | pereons are empioyed by the bureau. | Hoover Explains Move. h commenting on the transfer véster-'| Aday, Secretary Hoover said “In incorporating the Patent Office in the Department of Commerce 1 in-{ tend that we should undertake a vig. | orous campaign for the removal of the present injustices toward Amer- jcan patentees and American manu- facturers which exist by virtus of the character of the patent laws in many other countrié “At thé présent timé an American patentée is required in many foreign countries to continuously manufac- ture in that country under his patent or 104 his patent rights. We make nn such réquirement in the United States, The conséquénceé is that our nventers and manufacturers, in or- Asr to protect their inventions, have been driven to the éstablishment of | large numbér of factories abroad,! wheréas foreign patenteés have been Able 1o usé their patents in the Unitéd Statés to actually préevent} manufacture hers A 1ist of many turers ektablithed by American capi- abroad in order to protect théir patents could be enumerated, where- thére has no beeh no establish- mant of manufacture in this coun for this reason. In fact, a for- #ign patentee, by régistering his pat- ent in the United States. can hold it | for 1 and prevent manufac- of article in the United large manufar- | { ne | | { vears ture the States “This is but one of the discrimina- tiont now in progress. There is to be =n interfational cenvention for the | protéection of industrial property at| The Hagu® on Octeber B, 1925, at which the Amarican Government is to he represefited and where proposals | will hée made for the squitable and | cqual treatment of pate in all countri If this corvention shall fail to secure primary justice for Américan paténtees, we shall ask for a compléte révision ths patent | Jaws of the United States which will bring this about | “Moreavér, other hurdéns put upon | American paténtees in foréizn ceun tries discouragé the American in-| ventor from registering his paténts | 2nd shcuring the rights which chould | raturally come to him from his in-| véntion. whila we give évery facility | in the United States Wé shall propose nothing bu squality in thése queSticns. and we | fntend to follow up the mattér with| utmost vigor. “Four vears ago the Patant Office wae 15 months behind in its wéerk— that i8, it wag 15 months after the receipt of an application before that application could be considersd. Under support given by Conkréss. and the fine administration of Secretary Work and Commissioner Robinson, this period has been reduced to 7 months. It is my hope that further support and continued vigorous admin’stra- tion of the bureau will bring the bu- réau up to daté in its work within thé next vear or two." Earl of Ypres Holds Own. LONDON, March 20.--The dition | of the Barl of Ypres, who as Gen. Sir JRhn Frénch, afterward field marshel. cnmmanded the Britich army in Francé during thé war, was stated 1his morning to he satisfactery te Fis physicians. The earl wab opep- atsd upon yemterday. | increasing weakness { whatevsr |a | Stanley ‘Baldwin Conservativé | nét | in Walie of Operation. Was 66 Years Old. Love of Country Brought | Many Honors—First Wife Was Leiter. Bf the Assncinted Préss LONDON. March 20.—Death tnda claimed the Margu's Curzon of Ked- dleston, lerd president of the eouncil and former foresign #ecretary. The end eame 2t 3:35 o'clock this morning, after & fight zzainst pneumonia. which developed following his oper- ation twe weeks ago. The 23 F§ years of age. ‘The first inti- mation the break in his health > March when he collapsed 12 dressing for a pubiic dinner at riégs, at which was to have delivered a The collapse was marked by a nasal hemorrhage An opération was performed four Qaye later in London, but tiie naturs of the trouble wa# not given out. The regular medical bulletins regarding his condition. also failed to malady, but “bladder troubl gt 11¥ given as the cause of collapse. Friendls Realized Gravits. When the nécessity for iion wak announced his frien nized that would be sérious for a man of'his nké and condicfon. Nevar theless, Lord Curzon stood the drdea! better had heén expected. for come days the bullstine of the physi- cians announced that he was heldin his own and even indicatéd & prof { w was his opera- racog- | pest for recavery A marked changé cams. however, on ast Sunday, after a bad night iety continually night those watching ress at his home. in Carlton Terrace, where he had lain operation, wers conwnesd was paseing away Death came quistly. which was notable in many ways Opinion necessatily is much divided with regard to the political acts of the marquis, but it iz concedéd that verdict history eventually passes upon him, it cannot be de- nisd that hé was a great statésman who apént a largé part of his Hfé in devotéd sérvice to his country— servics (ha demands of whith un- doubtedly weakened his physiqué, which never was very strong incréased, and his prog- House since the that he ending a caresr Ten Many Hémors, Thé love 6f the marquis for his country and the Conservative pArty of which he was 6né 6f the most able of thé leaders. brought him many worldly honors. His title of the Marquisate and the Earldem of Kedleston became #xtinet his death, he having no son to in- herit them. His Barony of Ravéns- dale, in the peérage fo Itéland, passes to Lady Irens Curzon. by his first wife, Leiter of Chicago becomes Baroness own right Curzon's title of Viscount 6f Scars- Aale gots to his brothér, the Hon Francls Curzon, who was born in 1865. The title of Viscount of Scars. dale was inhérited by Lord Curzon from This father. Marquis Curzon was to have been a member of the council of state which Is to govérn the British Em- pire during the absence of King who was Mary Lady Irené thus Ravensdale in her Géorge during his trip in the Mediter- | ranean for his health. The marquis took an active part in the éléction campaign last Octobéf which culminated in the fall af Ram- say MacDonald's Labor governmént Aftéer the élection he returnéd public offiee .de a mémbér of the éabi- Barly in January Marquit Curzbn made a trip to the Riviéra. whers he remained a fortnight, returning to London Fébruary 4 Bred For Public Life. Marquis Curzon (George Curzon), from thé cradle Na- to The thaniel the tomb, exemplified 16 pérfection in | | every detail the typé of superior pér- sonality known as the ruling aristo- crat. He was bred for public life and followed the career of politics and government with Such success that he held aimost evéry great of- fice under the crown, except the highest of all—the primé ministry Ironically enough, it was the henors he accumulated while working his way toward the premiership which, mors than anything else, militated against his ambition for the post, and, when it seemad almost surely kept it from him. Had he been 30 vears éarlier he undoubtedly would have becoms prime minister. When he came to thé thréshold of hat office—it was in 1325—the day of woble lords occupying No. 16 Down ng strest had set. Prime ministert nb longér ware nominated from aristocracy. but from the Common. Likée many bther came to be statéaman of the British Fmpiré and peert of the realm, Lord Curzon was trainéd at Bton and Bal- liol College, Oxford. At the latter he was président of the Union, the all-embracing students’ organization. many of Whose leaders in after life bécamé prominent. Tpon quitting the cloisters of Ox- ford with high honors, young Curzon polished off his university education with travel. He had the 1éisurs and the purse and the purpose of a gentle- man and traveled with thoroughness. Entered Poiftick 1n 1883 Returning home in 1885, he entared politics as one of the private secre- taries of Marquis Salisbury, then the prime’minister. He stood for Parlia- ment immediately in South Derby- hire, but was defeated. Than tur ing to tha constituency of the South- division of Lancashire. he wax elected and continuad to represent that division until 1598, whan he was made a baron. In his sixth year in the House of Commons Curzon rectived a poat in the government. heing made undersecretary of &taté for India, At that time he wa& only 32 years old ments brought undersecretary port him promotion of &tats for foreign affairs, and a féw months after he was made baron in 1898 ha was sént to India As viceroy And gHvérnsr gén £ral. & post he rétained until 18 L6rd Curzon made a nhtable récord in India, hiz regimé having heen highly satitfactory to both the ruling rare And the native, In thé yéark that followed many henars weré conferrad upon him. In 1811 the King raised him to & viscount. 144 House of Lorde. Lord Curzon was named one of the imperial war cabinet members in the Lioyd George coalition govérn- ment and was made leader of the House of Lords In 1918 He con- tinued in that position throughout the war and the reconstruction period Ha became secretary of state for foreign affairs in 1918 and conhtinuéd in that office in the Bonar Law gov- ernment after the Llovd Georgé rulé had been smashed by the Torles. Méanwhile he had risen two more steps iy the peerage—io an earldom and then to a marguisats. Theré ra- mainéd only a dukédom to be ob- tained, and Lord Curzon menerally was crédited with a burning ambi- fion to Achisve this highest of tities for thoss dutside of réval hleod. 1t wks at that time that hik aé- cumulation . of honors operited and | through | a Adaughter | the | young mén who | His political achisve- | to| CAREER OF MARQUIS CURZON |Succumbs to Pneumonia | optimism | wheat marquis | MARQUIS CURZON. st Lord Curzen in his ambition | 16 become thé British prime minister, { When Bonar Law retired in 1923 bé- {oause of ill-health there was bekides Lard Curzon only oné othar mah re- Farded likely for tha post—Stan- Baldwin. In Curzon's favor thers Wwas his long and notahlé récord in politics and the govarnment service while Baldwin virtuslly wag a navie in politics. hut had provéd a4 strong e¢hancellor of the exchéquer, whé had | | settled the American dabt question | with henor and satistaction. Weigh- | ne in oppotitinn to Curzén, was the new twentieth céntury as who could not the | meet attacks on government in the House of Com- Hence, Mr. Baldwin, being a moner, received the place Criticized on Lausanne Pact. | Lord Curzon consented to remain in the foreign ofce in the Baldwin governmént. Hé went to Laukanne to lead the allies in making their peace treaty with the Turks, who had re-| entéred Europe and avengéd against) the Gréeke the éxpulsion of the cres- cént from Europe in the World War. | The tréaty lét thé Turks back inte] Europe and returnéd to them a largé part of what théy had 16st in the war For this Lord Curzon was severaly eritieizéd and in the grum-| bling (hat precedsd the fall af the | Toriex and the risé of thé Labor gov- ernment (A thé Winter af 1923 | much of the diasAtistaétion was ai- rected againit h With the fall of thé Censérvative government Lord Curzon was obliged to relinquish his post as foreign séc- retary. Then whén MacDonald was unseated Curzon came in with thé Baldwin govérnment. Lord Curfon was born at Kedléeaton, January 11, 1838, the eldest son of Alfred Nathaniel Holden Curzen, the fourth Baron Scarsdale. He married twice, taking an Américan as his/ wite on beih occasions. in 1805 he | married Mies Mary Victoria Leitar, Adaughter of L. Z. Leiter of Washing- ton. She died in 1906, leaving three daughters. His sécond wife, whom he married in 1817, was Mrs. Grace Elyina Hinds Duggan. a daughtér of 4 Monroe Hinds, who had been United States Minister to Brazil, and the widow of Alfred Duggan of Buénok Airéa. The travels of Lord Curzon d the boORS 1héy eAgEndsred we»";‘occp | hized with a gold medal By the Royal Geographical Society of which he oncé was presidént. » Marguis Curzon's ‘@€ath is not liké- 1y t6 hAve any markéd efréct politic- ally, for while his advice as lord président of thA council was wal- coméd in cabinet discus&ions, he ne longer held the commanding position in British politics’ which was his as foréign sécretary duriig the latter vears of the cealition gbvernment, in Bonar Law's ministry and Stanléy | Baldwin's first cabinet. | Influence Was Felt. Almost to the énd. However. his in fluence was felt in the Baldwin gov ernment, and it is said that it was his counsel which prevailed when the matter of the Ggrman sscurity pro- posale came up recently and the cab- inet finally decided (o dela consideration until Foreign Secratars Chamberlain conversed with the allied | diplomats at Geneva and Paris. Whils the matter of the succe to Marquis Curzon as lord presidént of the council and leader in ths Houss of Lords naturally is held in abévance for the present, it is considéred liké- ly in well informed circles that Lord Birkenhéaa will b chosen fat both | positiont, although Viscount Cécil of | Chelwood is also mentionad in con- néction with tha formér post. Whén the Hbuse of Commonk mét today Primé Minister Baldwin an- nounced the @8ath of his colleagus | “with the déepest regrét,” while J. H. Thomat, for the Labor party, and Elr‘ Godfréw Collins tor thé Libérals, paid | tribute 16 thée late marquis, Mr.| | Thomas declaring “The country has lot A véry gréat statesma This sentiment was apparént in the evening newspapers. The Evéning Standard characterizés him &% one of the last survivals of the old order of politics, and regrets that the public apparently desires, un- der the new order. “a man of firs- | works” rather than “a man of facts.” | \VINTON PIERCE RITES TOMORROW AT 4 P.M. 4 | 1 | |Servioe at Late Home Will Be | Private—Rev. Father Moore to Officiate. | The funeral of Vinton Piékce, whe was killed in California 1ast Friday whils attempting to board a train, wiil bé held from his laté résidénce, 1335 Magsachusstts avénué, At 4 o'clock to- morrow aftérnoon. The services, which will Bée private, will Be confuctsd by Rév. Fathér Moors of Cathslic Univér- sity. Intermeént will B& in the family chapsl at Dahién, Ma. | Mr. Piarca's body will rbaéh Whah- |ington in the morning. ascsmpanied by his widow and by Mra. A. Dahigrén Pisrce. hix mother; Josiah Piercs, a brother, and his twé young ehilaren. Mr. Pierca was killed by & traln hé had 1eft tor A few minutes Auring a shory stop. A& he attempted to leap aboard while the cars wérs in mo- DENY WHEAT DROP {MURMURS FOLLOW INJURES BUSINESS | | Farmers Not Sufferers, Only Speculators Hurt, Mellon and Hoover Say. Statements 6f éncouragement and far DBusiness 8onditions throughout the ebuntry, de#pite the recent &hars A4rép in the price of and tha shrinking of $tock matket valuss, were mad: yesterday by Secrétaries Mellon and Hoover. who déelared they saw nothing alarming for the Réar future in these sufden Anancial developments Secratary Méllon expresssd the view that the general atructuré 6f business was sound and thé outloek promising tor & continaance 6f substantial pros- perity. Secretary Hoover said, “There is nothing in these fluctuations which esages Anv untoward prospeet for Dusiness in general, whatéver may be the result 1o those diréctly invelved in somewhat faverish speculative en- terprises. Thé peopls 6f thé count are All working and commoditiss which (Réy produsé are going into nOrmMAl consumption. The Treasury Secretary réferred to (hé fall in the price of wheat and the difiéulties in which the St. Paul Raliréad has Bacomeé invalved as hap- | | penings which might ténd to Bring about A pauke, But AL not of such a naturé Ak 16 thréatén a serious & Back Out of FParmers' HARSA, In connectidn with thé Arép 6n the grain exchangss, SBerdtary Mai- ion ARid W undéretodd that méat of the whiat crop was sut of the hands of the farmerk whin tha pricas fell And that, thérsfora thé purchAsing péwer of the Agricultural Aistelets nAt bekn Asrisutly lesssndd. Thé tradition | | wh th ©6al industry. In N8 6pinien, is in | Whén théy againat appointing as pramier a peer | yog ol F N enAItion, Aue to| much to wi exchhbive campétition K6me of the coal Minds aré 14 16 be operating at A loks The Départmént of Commerce head emphasized that smploymant was in c¢reasing rather than decreasing and that this is thé safest criterlon in any country of busintss conditons. Not only deék hé not expéct any gén- eral depresson in the business itua. tion, but Alse feéls that sconomic Ae- velopments abroad are reassuring. Tha spéculator And Aot the farmer woild be the chist 1ner in ths wheat sitution, Mr. Hoover said, Adding that about &5 pér cént &t ap6it wheat had 1eft thé farmés and had been sold Berors Epbculdtion became pro- nouncéd. The spéctacular risé to more than $2 4 Dushél and thé declinss in the last féw daye wére held By him to B epArations involviag chitfly the speculators TENNESSEE SEEKS RETURN TO NORMAL 24 Dead in Sumner County Get Burial Rites. Today. Estimate Loss, $300,000. By thé Anséeiated Préka NASHVILLE, Ténn. Mateh 20.— Sumner County. Tann., hit- By storm, today was burving thé remaindér o its déad And attempting to régain its normal péacéful stats. Thrés of tha mora mutildted hodies wéré intarred véstarday, and theé bther 24 weéré to be given burial ritek during the day. Thé American Red Cross. under thé @irection of Miss Clara Kummar, as- #isted by the citizens of Gallatin and néikhboring towns, continuéd their rescué activity—attemptink to Succor thowe farmark in the storm area who | were left destitute by the twister. Senntd Glvea $1,000. The Senats of the Tenuessss Lég islature. In &&shion heré. has appro- priated $1,000 for the réscué work, and a like sum has béén raised by the citizens of Portland and Gallatin. In tHe Shélbyvills @istrict Aive per- xons were repofted killed, some by lightning and the others by high winds. At kland an unidentifidd negrd wis réportéd dsad. whils onk pérssn was said to havé béén killéd by the storm at Knoxville The Tennakses propérty Aamags has been unoMeially sdtimated atap- proximately $200,600. URGES EVERYDAY USE OF RELIGION Col. John T. Axton, Ohief of Army Chaplains, Speaks at Mid- ; day Serviees Y& ahall knhwr the truth and thé truth Shall maké veu frée.” was the text takén by ColL John T. Akten, chist -6f the Chaplaink’ Corpa of thé Unitéd StAtés Army, at thée midday Lénten services at Kelth's Théater to- day. Theré is a sverywhérs for Knowlsdge of God. khow how to apply day practical Affair: Continuing, he sald, “Salvation 18 not a thing. nor is it a pérson. It is & lite 6 live. Tt I« somathing that eomes not from without, but from within.” Chaplaih Axton draw a comparison of tha wilis of Napoléon and Halen Kéller, respectivaly. Both had strong wills, he said. The former soumht to rulé the world by forcé and falled ut- terly, while the lattér willied to do the will of God, ha sald In con- clusioh, hé sald tha will 46 té tha will of God I8 whit makes the aif- ferénce betwesn the héathsha who bow AL the fo6t of idols and thosé Wh& worship the &réat Jahovah. Prayér Servicés wers conducted by Rév. John 8. Mokes, while E. Hiltén JAckabn WAM the presiding layman. Bpécial musle wak rendersd by & quar- tht compbsed 6f John K. M. Béwle, W. Willlams MeCoy. J. Denton Webb and Jameés E. Schick. There will be no servicés at the theatér tomorrow or_Sunday. The program for speakérs for hext week I8 as followa: Monday, Dean Willikm A. Wilbur 6f Georgs Washe ington . University; Tuésday, Z asaire among mén A more intimaté Théy want te tion he wa% knocked beneath the wheel Mr. Pierce's father was Maj. Josiah Piérce, &’ prominent clvil sngineer, who died In this Tity about 20 vears ago. He was descanded from colbnial Néw England ancestors. nitral Dahlgrén, &nd hie wife camé trom a prominsnt Ohio family, | ''ma inventive genins of his grand- |fathér was fnherited by the young Mr. | Pleree. He was the créator of sevéral important inventions. Although some 6f his work was uncompleted, jts im. | portance t6 gunnéry and aviation is such that it will shortly bé carrisd ta fullest fruitibn By pérsons WhHo wite hesdtlated with Wim, His mother is ll\?dlutmu 8t Al-l 8. Phillips: Wednesday, Prof. 8. B. Biiss, presidant 6f the Vaughn Clask of Calviry Baptist Church; Thuraday, év. Henry Lubsck, canon 6f th& National Cathsdral, and. Friday, Bd- ward C. Béndere of Philadeiphia. L0 1 Dying Vacuum Tube Noisy. A dying vAcuum tube generally bé- comas noisy ¥nd thé music distértéd. ‘Tubés will oftén loss their power th detéct and amplity befors théy burn out. Thé symiptom that a tube ls “dying” 1% a kraBual @ecréase in v6lufmé and thé gradual Alkappearance ot aistant rapid decreass 1A velume. i ot stations Blending iAts & | C0DL0GECADI Disapproval of Personai | Friend in Cabinet Echo of Former Administrations. RY DAVID LAWRENCE, The murmurs of disapproval whieh {here and there are heard in political quarters to the effect that President | | Ceolidge has again chosen a friend and a New Englander for the cabinet | {are exactly in line with what has heen heard in other administrations First thers was the “Rough Ridér hloc” in the Roosevalt administration. | Then President Wilson hegan the “Trenten. Princeton and New Jersey " in making appointments. Prési- | ant Harding was eriticized for the! election of men from Marion and| ther points in Ohio, his native State.| wolldge in @uandary. Mr. Coolidge was perplexed in mak- Ing an appointment to the Altornéy Géneralship to succeed Harry Daugh- erty. He knew Harlan F. Stons from Amharat dave. He felt he could rely on him absolutely. WRAen the time camé to nama & MAn to the Supreme Court of the United States. he turned to hik pereonal friend again. Mr Stoné had had no recérd In pélitics, | but Mr. Coslidge falt he wis équipped | 61 thé bener When ths Seraté turnéd down the | nomination af Mr. Warren of Michi- gan. the Preaidddt o1l back to Nis [ Néw England frisnds again and fhose | Mr. Sargant Af Vermont | Now the politiciane dre Kdying there | whré othér great lawyers avallable | 1h other sectiond 6f tha eduntry whom| Mr. Coolidge eould havé chosén and Kept party #pirit alive. Politicians 46N’ like 10 see cabinst Blaces go to | persanal frisnds of the Fxecutive | think they have done o n his nomination, if not | | [ i lo | | his election All tm Same Plight. The plight of the President in this nce Is exactly Tike that of other They have been urged to party sérvice. but they have been rompalled agaln and again 16 turn t6 men wham ther knew personally. Mr. Coolidgé thought he was recognizing party sérvice in 84| {16ating Mr. Warrén. But hée wis com- | | palled to maké a péreonal choick | after anl | Fow Préaidsnts knew 6f thair swn knowlsdgé the abilitien 6f public mén Availabls for appsintmént to the cab- inét. Théy hAvé t6 take thé word of | others. TRat's wh théy 11ké te piek | | mén théy have known Mr. Wilién's éirele wak narrowed to his Princatén | friends As is that of Mr. Coolidké ¢ | Ris Afmherst fribnas From such | fribnas a peculiar loyalty i exacted | Antirely apart from political suppsrt. | It is nat confinka to parties. Just thé| AthAr day Mr. Coolidge Appointed Al-| tréd P, Dennté, a Princéton graduats, | But an 6ld triénd who taught in| Northampton in the di Wwhén Calvin Cholidge w unknown friends then. /The Tariff Commission | naeded a Democrat That's how Mr. i ’[\!nniy came to be chodén. H | Harding Namei Demoerat. | | Th& 1a1a Prestdént Harding pieked | tor controlier of the ourréncy, D. R. Crissinger of Marion. Ohlo, aithough he had alwaya béén a Democrat. One of thé bittérest dlsappointments in the lite of Presidént Wilson was th taflure of the Sénate to confirm Thomas D. Jones of Chicago, a Princtoh . colleagué And intimaté friend, to bé chairman of thé Féderal Résérve Board. Théré was no question of fAtnéss Involved. but Sénator Reéd Missouri, Déméérat. madé thé same Aght thén, moré or léss, thit hé madé against Mr. Warrén. He elAjim- &4 Mr. Jone# connéctions with thé sh-calléd harvestdr trust disqualified him, and the Seéenaté did not back up Mr. Wilsén. although hé had a work- {ing majority | Personal levalty or political servise | —which? That's the question évery | President faces. And Calvin Coolidke is koink the way 6f his prédecessor pleking the men he can pérsonally vouch far in évery particular. 1Copyright, 1925.) RICKARD CONVICTED MAY GET 2 YEARS Sport Promoter, With Jap Muma and Three Others, Found Guilty in Film Case. | | ins | Presidents. | recognize | { i 1 BY the ARACIAtEd Press. TRENTON, N. J. March 20.—Ren. tonce will bé pAsstd Tuésday on Tex Rickhrd, promoter b Aportink evénts, éonvicted with féur othérs last night | b condpiracy ih INtAFIAtA trankpor- tation of filma of the Dempsdy-Car- péntier prize ARht. Rickard wki féund &uilty on one count of conspirkey And on twé bf trankpértation of the Alma. On the conspirhey Ehargé the law provides & magimum pénalty of two years im- prisonment in a Féderal peniténtiary br a fine 6f $10,600, or both. For transpbriation thé detsndant may be fined $1,600 on éach count. Thé othérs convictéd wers Frank Fiournoy, matchmaker at Madisén Squaré Garden, on 6né& céunt of con- piracy; Teddy Havas, former steré- tary to Jack Demphéy, on Aingle counts of conspiracy ind_transporta- tion; Fred Quimby, Néw York motisn pleture producér, and his corpération, Quimby, Inc. 6n ons count of con- Spiracy and thréd of transporiatien, and Jaspar C. (Jap) Muma, Wash- ingtén And N&w York néwspaper man, on ond count of conkpirkcy and two of tranaportation. A_sixth-détendant, James Doughirty ot Philadelphia WAS dcquittdd. During his summation, Waltsr Van Ripér, attérnéy fér Rickard, Flournoy and Hayes, abkéd: “Why Ravén't théy indietdd Jack Démpiéy and hik managdr, Jack Kaarna? Théy have jult & much &- calld avidéncé Agalnkt thém AR againkt Riekard 8r any 8¢ theks other asfendantd.” T The trikl WAk an 8chée 6f the IA- vebtigation by & Sénité committes of the Départtent 6f Jubtice 188t yéar, for 1t WAk &t A ReSAibA 6f tAe Mear. ingh that & tormér GovérnMant agent gavé testimony Wwhich rékultsd in the jndictments found Against the Mx by a Fpdéral krand jury at Newark last May. PR b, S GET OIL IN SUMATRA BY WALTER ROBS. B CASIE to The Btie and ORlchgs Daily Néws, MANILA, Mareh 20.—Wild-chtting aBandonsd oil projects, the Bumatra Oil LANAS Co., & New Jersey Orléntal sub- #ai@iaty, had roukht in § or 10 AAS walls in the Moesi River district of Sumatra, According to Roy B Dickérson, geolo- fist 8f thé Richmond Péiroléum Co. He Addréased thé Américan '+ of um"“’hfl“ today aftér a yhars Koloki- cal oration of thé bil 6ha of Borneo, Java and Sumatra. (Copyright, 1925, br Chicago Dany News Bay K e LS. MRS A, W. TUCK. INDIGTED POLICE OFFICERS NOTIFIED Forty-Eight in Cincinnati, Held Under Dry Law, Re- quired to Give Bonds. By the Assnciated Prode CINCINNATL, Ohis, March 20 natl police department, indictéd by the United Statéa apecidl grand jurv that invéstifated local graft and cor- ruption, wére today notified 1o re- port to Stanldy Bérthwic Unitéd Statée marshal. and provids hondk for appbarance in United Statés Die- trist Court Thé Indictments rontaln thur rhunte —conspiracy tn phasess llgquar. con- SPIFAGY 15 (FARAPOTL. cARSBIFAGY 1A 4811 AnA contpirdcy to maintain a nuisknes. Thé 1ist included rll détectives of thé night farce éxcent Lisut. Eugéné Weathérly: all mémbérs of the “A ing squad” excépt Lieut. John See- Bohma: oné licutenant, Audréy Hbus- tén; tab serglants, John Heldénréith And Jokn Joachim. &nd thres mem- They became |bers of the gambling squad of thé| day Aetective forcs It is s&id that almost 100 law en toreément oficers and othérs we named in the indictments, which re- sulted frém a two-month investiga- tion by Govérnmént officers into al- legéd graft and corruption in Ci einnati. Roy A. HAvnes, national Fedéral PrehiBitibn directsr. was éxpected (o arrive in Cincinnati from Washington today 16 take part in the prosécution of the accused ofcers Magyor Withholds Dismissals. inmmediately ftellowink the arrival of the United States marshal at City] Hall with the indictménis, Masor Gébrge P. Carrél announcéd that he W6ulA nét suspand of rémove Aither PolicA Chiet Willlam Cepélan or Batéty Diréetdr Chariés Tudor as & rasult of the indletmént and arrest | 6f membars of tha police dbpartment. | The may6r said hé dosés not consider tha actidn 6f tha Fédéral authoritl and the butcomé thus far a& a réflec- t16n upsn the Administration. Hs was inclined to favor, as a mat ter of policy, the suspension of the Arrested mén, but, it Wwas said, undér the civil kérvice law, charges havé to be A4 In the department sgainst a mambér of the force. No charmes havé besn filed. Mayor Carrel added: “1 welcome thé Federal invéstigation. It will have 4 cléaning and clearing effect. Wwant one gullty man on the fored, and I hope all who are guilty will bé eonvicted” STORM WRECKAGE IS HUNTED FOR DEAD AS RELIEF GOES ON (Continudd frém First Pags.) In Murphyéboro, whers tha dsath toll 1% plackd At 210, 5.000 parssns, or two-thirds 6f the population, Aaré homélsss. Oné hundréd city blocks wara demolishéd théra And thé power plant wricked. SeveAteen students wers killed in thé destruction of school building. Forty-ivé buildings had béén ré- covered at De Soto, which virtually was bbliterated. More than a dozén sthér Tilinols 1 to 40 deaths. At Dé S6to a woman Wwith a baby in héer Arm& wAS blown to thé top of A trés, whers £hé clung until the storm passed, and then dé- scéndéd, virtually without Injury. Witnésses sald tha townk in storm's path were wrecked in a féw minutes. Oné described the dsadly visitor a8 & gréeniZh-black funnel, Slanting At an angle of 45 dégress. A @eluge of hail followed in its path. Goverast 1a Coming. A committée from the Stats legis- lature visited the stricken area . yes- terday, and Gov. Léen Small, who also 1oured the district, was expected at Carbondale today to Aid in directing rellef maesures. Saven hundred and fifty tubés of anti-tetanus &érum, the last avallable aupply at Indianapolis, was being rushéd to Carbohdale and Murphysboro. In Indiana relief measures also wers going forward rapidly under the di- réstion 6f Gov. Ed Jacksen. Of five towns strick in thkt State, Grififn, a Posty County village. suftéred mbst. With 50 bodiss récoversd, it wAS Bé- lévéa that thé déatn liat mikht mount to 125, Griffin virtually was wiped but, ahd systbmatic work at Tebéub was hél up for a timé be- caush few were left uninjured in thé villags. Military linex have . béén drawn about the entiré Aréa At Princetsn, Whith ocountsd 20 aekd, thé $2,000,000 Shope of the Southern RAllroal were destroyed, thtowing 400 persons o6ut of wérk. Most of the homes destroyed weré those of working msh. THe lose of 1ife undoubtedly would have béen largér had it not been for thé fact that workars 1aft the rallread shops Just a few minutes befors thé twister struck. The second largest industrial plant in Princeton also was destroyed. An_ éccéntrioity of {hé storm was révéaled in the case of E. 8hine, an énginser of the Southern Railroad, whé rodé his éngins through thé tor- nads, reseiving. only a few scratchés Thé stofm blew tha cab from over h'8 head, but KA held on. "I saw the storm coming,” he sail “It Was black 4s midnight and moving faster ml“ ."“:' need from Washingt t was m Washington AL An RoAMQuALtars 8 the I do not | towns réported from | the | | | | Fofty-sight members of the Cincin- | MRS, FRAVK HWARROLD. Rarris Exing P) ALL DISTRICT U. D. C. BODIES SUSPENDED FOR 2-YEAR FIGHT (Continued from Pags.) The revolting six chapters vote, and in the pérsanal that were wagéd to and thée convéntion room whre gaid to and about delegates present Mrs. Ludlow’s followers losi no time in protesting to thg executive board the election of Mre. Tuck's ticket making two outsianding chargss. Thé first was that the order for all officers of the 1922 organizailon to preside had been violated when Mrs. Hutton cailed in a new parliamenta- rian. Mrs. Ludlow offered to raise no abjection 17 tha parliameniarion wers | denied the privilege of but thit apparently was declinad The sécond count was that in the yéar that had passed four of the thaptérs had beén split up into sévén chapters. all favorable to the candi- dacy Af Mrs. Tuck. It was intimated | thit the change was madé (o insure | enough delegates thé convention | *who woufd cast their ballots for the | re-electfon of the “de facto” offic Thé net résult was the décision ré. céived today. upholding the claim that tha previous order had not béen carriéd out Whather Ar not this dceisian was actually basad upon the report of tha faction backing Mrs. Ludlow has net yet been determinéd. None of those who received the suspanfion notice has a& yét récéivad any furthr word from thé national organization. those officérs apparently having taken the stand that thé District chaptérs must make compléte piace among them- kelves béfore they may be reinstated as a division of the United Daughters | of thé Confedéracy. BOARD MAY ALTER RULING ON “FRATS” refussa rgumen ‘ro across sinistes thines sume of the | (Continuéd from First PAge.) | with erganizations nnrécognized by the school board. brinking the total About one-fourth of whom. are girls. Twenty-three unapprovéd 6r- kanizations are represénted by thésé students. Mr. Daniél served noticé on these 72 &tudénte today that they no 16ng- &r hold thé high offices in student ac- tivities to which they had been élect- | #d—the pénalty for joining thé secrét Kociéties. THeir positions are beink | filled as rapidly as possibla by non- { tratérnity members. IDENTITY MADE CLEAR. Address Givén of Pharmacist Who ‘Was Freed of Charges. Dr. Harry J. Paul, a registered pharmacist, who was recently re- leased by United States Commissioner Macdonald for lack of sufficlent evi- dence when arraigned with two other men on a charge of conspiracy to violate the national prohibition &ct, was engaged in business at 1427 H street a; the time of his arrest, ac- cording to.tha authorities. Previous accounts of Dr. Paul's arreat contain- &4 no address and may have resulted In confusion of fdantity with others who Were not involved in the matter. ST TN i { PLANTS “TREE FARM.” | Spécial Dikpate th THE Star. OAKLAND, Ma., March 20—The first | big “trée farm" in Maryland_is béink "Sunml bf F. F. Nicolal, Pittsburih, | Pa, millionairs, who owne & preservé of | 5,000 Actet in Garrett County. not f | from Grantsville. - Carl Plaitér, aa- | Mastant Staté foréster, will go to the | tarm néxt week to plant 50,000 whits i piné seadling for Nicolal. hé said. He alréady has 75 acres in tress “Nicolai is the first privaté individual to plant trees on a large cale for con- setvation in Marsland, although wé are doing such planting in the State forésts, Pleifer said. DU IN HIGH SCHOOLS | — MEETNGATG.P.0. B ROUSES UNONEN Secretly Organized Gathering Upholding Carter Declared i [ to Be Inspired. As an aftermath of a | #anizea mast macting nf ampioves of the Government Printing Offics | terday afternnon, at which résslutions Asfénding Public Printer Carter adopted eame charges officiale of the Columbia cal Union that the indpired.” His attantian oalled | tions, Denuty Public mé, whe unisn officials had int mated knew all about the meeting and the resolutions. denied today tha he had any knewledge of ‘he pro | posed meeting until a few hon he fore it took place, which was at 4.30 p.m. in Harding Hall of the Printing Office Bullding. George (. Saibold. Typographisal Unien formal protest to President Coolidge againkt Carter's alleged ‘“fyrannica méthods,” declared today that num erous repérts have been recelr from individuals at the printing office 10 thée éffect that the mesting was ‘framé-up.” Thé intimat 1 conveyed was that Publle Pri c: and Deputy Public Printer Gresne them sélves had angineered the ments and drawn drawn up, the Typogranht secretary of th which has mads er Carter arrange Charges Called Ridle Mr. Greene ridiculouge an | foundation.” announcea meeting was nrganized the employes af the plant knowledge of their su the resolutions wéra h William C. Parry. an smplave of the forwarding and Antehinz divicion Union officials wers “informed not more than 400 or 300 per tended the masting, that the the resolutions was divided many of thoss countad as them 4id not realize just they were voting Mr. Greene said that crowded (ite capacity spectators is nearly 3 and that the vote was unan | recordsa by raised arms | being raized in apposition fo the “may vote was called aheolutely and formulatad eriors hat tha and that voting for for what tor standing 000 < said) for Arrives Too Late. A reporter ¢or The Star who heard f ths propossd meeting iay vésterdav had a he lowing up the tip. Mr. Carter's fice #aid that nothing was about any such plans thére, and Ck Clérk Wright said same. At he reporter went to the printi fice to investigate for In résponss 15 inauiries to Mr. Cartér's office. He walké the outer robm of Mr. Car but was soon ushéred out a atténdant and told to wait in chief clerk s reception room About elght or ten minutes lic printer's private secretar Mist Tate, cama in and said that her boss was “very busy.” The reporier explained why he was there and Miss Tate denied any knowledge of tha mesting. The reporier said he would go to Harding Hall and find « himself, but Miss Tate at murred. 1 upon the insistence. told him how | the han On arrivink on sarly in the time | o himself a into ater the pu she the éighth floor he founa Harding - Hall This was Just about 4:45 o'clock. Savera groups of men were standing around {in the eorridor, discussing “the reso- | lutions.” Hé approached one aroup [ 101a his Bustnésr, and was directed | “Mr. Ford, who was in charge of the maeting.” Mr. Ford said coms with him to hia off His offics, it turned but,, was thé of clerk's room. Mr. Ford want for about 15 minutes and raturnsd with a ty writtén cops of the resoluti Th he penciled a stdtément to accompan ths resolutions. and the man b chisf clerk’s Assk read it ovér to Fe while the latter typed it vacant Statement of Meeting “I want you to understand havé absolutely nothing to do this meeting or the resolutions. I only have charge of the hall, and ar ranged it for the meeting,” Mr. For explained This is the statément of the r ing handed out in the chief cl room: Afticles havé appeared prass at various times indleating spirit of discontentment and sxists among the employes of Government Printing Office. The em- ployes not only considered the stat: ménts contained in these unttue, but as having been given out by pérsons not authorized to re sént them. A movement fore startéd bv the smployes to hold a mass mésting in Harding Hall of the Government Printing Office tha purpose of refuting thése stats ménts. Such a mabting was held €30 pm. today. at which & 500 And $.000 emploves attended “James S. Briggs. a member of the Hlectrotypars’ Uniony presided. and Alfréd D. Calvért, éx-nresident of the Philadsiphia Typographical Union presénted thée following resolutions which had bsén drawn up by the s nd which wers unanimousls tha n the dail unrest articles as I Tha résdlutibne follow “Wheéreas thé daily préss of recent datés published statsments concern ing working conditions gurround émployes in the Government I'rintins Ofce to the eftect that genernl de- morallzation exists and that the morale of the office I8 consequanilis at thé lowest abb in its history; and “\Wheréas statemeénts - have alsn been printed ind ting there is a tenséness of feeling and consequent strain on tha employes, with a spirit of unrest and insecurity, to the great Qetriment of-this branch of the Gov- ernment service; thérafore, be it “Resolved, That we. the employes of the Government Printing Office, men and womén, regardié: of race or eol or, polities or réligion, in Harding Hal assembled, Aksert ourselves in solemn protésts Against theme unwarranted statements, and wish to be placed on Técord as Abelaring same to be untrue | A harmrul to the best interests of the amployes and misleading to the public: And “Rasolved, That in view of thé In- ctbhkes in Whges, improved manitar working condition® and the intérest in thé We'fare of thé employes, through @b offorts of the present public printér, thé morale of the office. on the contrary. 1s At & high standard And that a detrimental working con- dition Boek ot éxist, notwithstanding thé récent necessary réduction of the force, which was inévitable and which wé Xnow to bé on account of lack of funds; and be it further . “Reaolved, That a copy of thése res- “| olutions bé transmitted to the Presi- aént of the Unitea States, the joint Red Croas, with its chiel. Présiasnt Coolidge, taking thé initiative, had 8et in motion its entiré machinéry of mercy for thé injured and homeieas. Jamés Louis Flaser. vice president in charge of domestic opérations, at national director of disastér rélisf in charge of opérations. From Chicago additibhal d phyg&icians, agsembled by Dr. Hér- man Bundesen, departed for southern Ilinois with medical bquipment, Plans wéré mads to raise §500,000 as Chicagé's réliel quota. St. Louis, took Suprémié command of thé storm ared, with Hénry M. Baker, nurses committes on printing, the public printér and the daily préess.” Policeen Fight Blaze. Fire was discovered in a room on the third floor of 1281 Sevénth street homs of Philip Maxwell, shortly aftsr 4 6'¢10¢k this morning by Policemen A. R. Rannels and L. T. Johnson of ihe secona previnct. Instéad of send- ing In an alarm and arousing mem- berk of numerous firscompanies the polickmén rushed into thea house and suetbbitully plavéd the part of fire- mén. Tha fire deatroysd & matira=e.