Evening Star Newspaper, March 24, 1925, Page 2

* GUARD PROTESTS LOSS OF DRILL PAY Officers Tell Coolidge Appro- priation of $1,332,600 Is Vitally Needed. A group of National Guard officers presented to President Coolldge today ths argument why the $1,332,000 car- ried in the deficiency appropriation hill for National Guard drill pav *hould be allowed. The President| hat ordered the appropriation with- held unti] he can ascertain the neces- sty for it 4 In the delegation were Milton Reckord of Maryland, president of the National Guard Asociation of the United States; Adjt.” Gen. Bearry of Pennsylvania, Adjt. Gen. Hender- son of Ohio, Hugh A: Gillmore of New Jersey, Frank Schwengel of Iilino D. John Markey of Maryland, Anton Siephan, commander of the District] National Guard, and Brig. Gen. Travis| of the Georgia National Guard. Might Curtail Drilling. The President was told that unless the money Is made available for ex- A Diplomatic Change i i | pendtture during the rematnder of this fiscal year drill of tional Guardsmen in every State will be in-| tarfered with and In many instanc will have to be dispensed with al-| together. Gen. Reckord told the President that within a few days he would submit to him a written state- ment of the necessity for the appr riatio w‘r"\.(—pf’ ations of the National Guard, af the District for service in camp 1kely will be seriously affected should | | President Coolidge decids to withhold ficiency appropriation. The local Natlonal Guard, ! ordinary course, would get a small| ce of this appropriation. However, | from an exam nation of the records so far it would appear that the local ard would have to forego four or five drilla toward the end of the fiscal vear to come within its ragular allot- ment. according to officers at National Guard headquarters. in thal i Question of Morale. ; Cutting off drillsat the perfod pre- | ceding camp, according to Guard offi- | cers, will seriously aftect the effi- | clency of the organization and in a| way will be destructive to the high| morale which has been bullt up in | the organization. It is pointed out| that close to camp time more men at- | tend drill and more recruits are taken | into the organization H To efficiently operate with the main | organization and with its fleld prob- lems while in. camp it is necessary that the recruits be given a period of Intensive trainingz in the armory, for which they are entitled to pay from the Federal Government. If this drill is not given to them in the armory. 1t was sald it is necassary to give it | to them In camp, with the conscquent | increase in cost. ‘ | | | | Behind the whole action of ths Pres- dent, it was sald by those in close touch with the situation. is the test of the right of those having the effi- clency of the National Guard at heart to go direct to Congress and make a plea for funds with which to hold the guard together. The abpropriation was asked for by the Militia Bureau of the War Department in the ordi- nary course of making up the esti- mates this year. but the Budget Bu- reau struck It out in its eatirety. When the matter went to Congress the National Guard Association of the | United States, throush its legislative | eemmittee, made & direct plea to the! committees, and was successful In its | fight. Tt is believed by some that the President's action was brought about by & protest from the Budget Burcau pointing out that these officers had | sone dircctly to Congress. | £10,000 Allotted Here. | The local National (uard was al- Intted $40,000 for armory @rill pay at the beginning of this fiscal year, and up to December 31 less than half of it had been used. However, more offi- cers have qualified for pay since the first of the calendar year, and more men are coming to drill, #nd this is making serious inroads into the bal- ance The local National Guard now has 750 officers &nd men in all of its units, which is 100 men less than the maximum allowed by the Militia Bu- reau of the War Department. Fac- ing the possibility of having the de- ficlency funds withdrawn, it was said, the local guard may have to elimi-| nate its annual tour of duty at tar-| get practice at Camp Simms, = well as cut out several armory drills. | The funds which were appropriated | by Congress are about equal to the | amount which was turned back into the Treasury last year because it was not needed, but owing to the increase in personnel there was a likelihood that it might be needed before the | end of this fiscal yvear, and those in charge of the guard thought that it would be better to have the funds ready, and therefore acquainted Con- gress with the situation. with the re-j sult that they were appropriated, i | | { | | i i Hope President Granta Pay. Those instrumental in building up the guard to its present state of effi- ciency assert that should the Presi- dent insist on withholding the funds it will be destructive of xll of the ef- fort in the past to the guard in its present state. ilure to provide pay for the men, it was said, would result in their loss of interest, and i they stayed away for two or three arills it would be difficult to get them to return, because of their lack of faith in assistance by the Govern- ment. When it is time for the guard to €0 to camp they would go below the minimum required by the War De- | partment, and under the regulations the officers would not be permitted to collect pay. Therefore, it was de- clared, the whole question of main- taining a large National Guard to| supplement the Regular Army in time of war rests on the President’s decision. WOMEN'S CLUBS FAVOR AZALEA AS D. C. FLOWER | First Choice Named by Federation, With Marigold and Cherry Blos- soms Second and Third. The District Federation of Women's | Clubs, in session vesterday at the Hotel Roosevelt, went on record as favoring as its first choice for a Dis- trict of Columbia flower the azalea. Second choice was the marigold and third cherry blossoms. The public has been asked by the District Commissioners to express its opinion as to the most suitable flower 0 designate as the District floral em- blem. It was announced that the Federa- tion Bible Club will meet Thursday morning at 11 o'clock at the Roose- velt Hotel. Mrs. Virginia White Speel presided at the meeting vesterday. Morse Is Improving. NEW YORK, March 24.—Charles W. Morse, financier and former shipping man. who is suffering from paralysis of the right side, showed marked im- provement today, his attending phy sicians said. Mr. Morse. who is 6% years old, was stricken on March 18 end for several days was in a.coma. jof & change at the White House, re- lan Albert H. Washburn (upper). who has | resigned ax Minister to Austria, and J. Batler Wright (lower), who may succeed him. | AMERICAN ENVOY T0 AUSTRIA QUITS | Washburn Resignation Now | in Hands of President. | Wright May Get Post. | By the Asscciated Press { VIENNA, March 24.—Albert H Washburn has tendered his resigna- tion as United States Minister to Aus- tria, he made known today Mr. Washburn. who was appointed in 1922 by President Harding, pointed out that it was customary for Amer- fean diplomats to place their posts at the disposal of the President in casesr sardless of whether they were also in- spired by private considerations or not. Acceptance Is Lik Dy the Associated Press Indications here are that the resig- nation of Minister Washburn will be accepted. It of several re- ceived by President Coolidge at the time of his inauguration and which he now has before him for considera- tion and selection of new appointees. J. Butler Wright, Assistant Secre- | tary of State, has been suggested for the Vienna appointment. He has had long service in the State Department and In various European diplomatic osts. He began bhis diplomatic reer in 1908 and among positions he'd by him -are those of counselor of embassy at Petrograd and London. is one MacMurray With Mr. Wright cons ation for the Vienna ministry. tary Kellogg faces the loss at time of two of his assstant taries. John Van A. MacMurray, the other assistant. is beinz considered for appointment to the Peking min- | istry to succeed Dr. Jacob Gould | churman, appointed Ambaseador to | Berlin. | Mr. Washburn was born in Massa- | chusetts. He is a lawyer by profes- slon and once served as private sec- retary to the late Senator Henry Cabot Lodge. May Go. under er- Secre- this secr FAITH NEVER LOST, DR. PHILLIPS SAYS Shown In Every Day Living, He Tells Lenten Worshipers at Keith's. “Faith in God and was the text of Rev. Z B. Phillips, | rector of the Church of the Epiphany. in a sermon delivered at the midday | Lenten services at Keith's Theater to- | day. Referring to those who are inclined | o think of God in the past tense,| Dr. Phillips suid: “What God did He doss, what God was He is and what He sald He still does. God Is not a| dving seed. God lives and presides| over the destinies of man.” i The speaker pointed cut that God had left the world practically with- out a prophet, but added that He has| not left Himself without a witness| in nature. | Its Meaning” By dipping cotton in concentrated nitric acid by a process discovered in Switzerland the textile is said to wear | like wool. | NOON-DAY LENTEN SERVICES B. F. KEITH'S THEATER 12.30 to 1 O'Clock SPEAKER TOMORROW MR. LOUIS D. BLISS CONDUCTED BY REV. GODFREY CHOBOT Every One Invited—No Collection) ! | i | { | i i i | | | | [ | | { i | ‘ | | tof this {other public hearing later to consider | School | Dr. ! poses -the center room is shut oft by | prise a total lack of esthetic treat- THE EVENING RECARDS GASOLINE CISTS AS UNFAR Senator Trammell Requests Trade Commission to Inves- tigate Price-Fixing. An Investization of fixing prices of gasoline is requested | in a letter written by Senator Tram- mell of Florida to Chairn Huston Thompson of the Fede missfon. Senator Trammell sought to have a resolution adopted by the Sen- ate directing the commission to make such an investigation in view of the increases in the price of gasoline dur- Ing the Winter, bui was unable to obtain a vote on ftha regolution. He now asks the commission to make the investization on its own initiative. the method of Senator Trammell's Letter. In his letter to"Mr. Thompson, Sen- ator Trammell said: “Believing that the in the price of gasoline, kerosene and crude oil during the month of Feb- ruary and in the early part of March, vear, was unwarranted and purely arbitrary and apparently as a result of a concerted and combined scheme on the part of ofl producers and refineries to advance and main- tain much higher prices, I introduced n the Senate a resolution. a copy of which is hereto attached. calling for investization of the situation by | your eommission. Due to the ap-| proaching adjcurnment of the Senate rapld increase and the congestion of business mak- ing the limited. a &mall num- | her of Senators who wers opposed | to the resolution were able by ob-| structive tactics to prevant a vote on | my resolution. In doing %o T feel that the will of a largs majority of the Senate waer barred from an expression favorahle the investigation con- templated by my resolution. T am con- fident that the investigation would have been requested by a Senate ma- jority had the resolution been per- mitted to come to a vote. to Asks for Imvestigation. In view of the circumstances and | the situation, 1 respectfully ask \nur: commission of its own initiative to make sueh investigation as called for in my resolution to ascertain the fethods and practices of the oil pro- ducers and refineries and as to whether or not there exists any com- bination in violation of and contrary to the anti-trust law. At the present| time it i+ my opinion that such iIn- vestigation is highly desirable and essential in the interest of the con- sumers of gasoline, kerosene, crude oil and other peétroleum products.” PHONE VALUATION | WORK STARTS SOON Commission Likely to Take Middle Ground Between Com- | pany and Citizen Claims. With hearings an thé valus of the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone | {duce birth certificates to show Co.. property over, the Utilities Com- mission will bazin in a few days the| task of actually Axing a new valua- | tion The testimony as to what the value ! should be as of present price levels covers a wide range. The commis- slon’s valuation on December 31 was| in round numbers $19,000,000. The | company arg 1 at the hearings for| a value of $£25,000,000. William McK. | Clayton of the Federation of Citi- zens' Associations closed the case vesterday by declaring he would not Place the value higher than $15,500,- | 000. Will Take Middle Gre Although the Commissioners not yet begun a study of the record ii the case, indications are that they will not go as high as the company has requested, nor as low as Mr. Clay- ton's estimate. How much above or below the present value of $19,000, 000 they will decide upon cannot be forecast. until the Commissioners have discussed the evidence. Dozier Devane and Alexander Brite | ton, counsel for the Telsphone Co. | did not make oral arguments in clos- | ing the cace vesterday, but asked permiseion to fle a writian brist Whether or not there is tn be an- have ! a reduction in telephone rates will depend upon the outcome of the val- uation proceeding. D. C. SCHOOL PARTY ARRIVES IN BUFFALO | 70 INSPECT BUILDINGS Page.) | | | Continued from First feature of the school curriculum, and from a utilitarfan rather than a recreational standpoint. Favor Closet-Blackboard, While in Rochester Mr. Harris and Dr. Ballou made a detailed study of the Miller combination blackboard and closet such as is now being in- stalled in _the new John F. Cook in Washington. As & result, the superintendent is a stronger ad- vocate than ever for this type\ of blackboard and its installation in other District schools is virtually as- sured. The blackboard serves a dual purpose, and the closet in the rear saves valuable space now given over to cloakroom facilities in mosu schools Double-duty cafeteries, another dis- tinctive feature of the Rochester junior high schools, also impressed Ballou and Mr. Harris. These lunchrooms, in the three classroom units, have a steam table in the cen- ter. When not used for lunch pur- partitions and the other two rooms are used as study halls. Large greenhouses used for the general science courses are buil. in the roofs of auditoriums; a band-in- struction room #nd washbowls scat- tered throughout the corridors in- stead of In lavatories are other dis- tinguishing features of the Rochester Jjunior high schools which interested the school planners. The committee observed with sur- ment in the Rochester schools, as well as in adequate playgrounds, still keeping in mind the beautiful ap- proaches and artistic exterior design of the-schools inspected in Baltimore and Philadelphia 10 days ago. Given Additional Duties. Lieut. Col. Jason F. Defandorf and First Lleut. Arthur W. Beer, on duty in the office of the judge advocate general, War Department, have been | “alxth | tion. | ships through. jclearance papers in sailing from Ha-{ {nized as a place where an alien wish- WASHINGTON. STAR, D. €. TUESDAY, M LIVE LIKE PROPHETS OF OLD Left: E. ALIEN SMUGGLING FROM CUBA IS NOW THRIVING “INDUSTRY” Gude. Rights E. R. Gude, t ? (Continuad from First Page) #nd aven proxy weddings (for a suit- | able fee). 2. Accomplishing the same result by merely going along with an American in the guise of wife 10. Walking up to the railroad | | ticket office, which books passengers | as an the | boat | for the channel ferries, posing American, buying a ticket for “home town” and boarding the for Key West It this last process is too trouble some it is possible for one to hand tha head porter of his hotel a couple of small bille and the porter will at- | tend to the matter forthwith. By | this procass it is necessary only to scribbfe the name, age and supposed | American birthplace of the traveler. The porter has slips for these in- scriptions and the next day hands | over all the papers necessary for | convenient transit—railroad ticket boarding cards and the declaration | blank which must be filed in to iden- tity and classify baggage A foreigner posing as an Ameérican at the tickat office may he put to the recessity of explaining that he is al- | ready an American citizen and is| just “going back.” He will encoun- ter difficulties unless he has learned his lesson well and can “talk United | States.” Granted that facility and | the gumption of a 10-vear-old child | to corroborate a lie he need not ex- pect much trouble Both the ticket office clerk and the checker at the dock have to depend on A “sixth sense” to detect fraud Cuban natives are permitted to en- ter the United States for six months as visitors without documents. Those who wish to remain longer must pro- they wers born in Cuba. But how deter- mine which are Cuban and which are | not? Racial lines are becoming more | and more hlurred. Colors blend. Ac-| cretions in population have come from | overy quarter of the world. The ef- fortto check the use of the United| States as a “melting pot’ has had the | effect of turning much of the over- flow of migratory humanity Into this island. | The immigration infpeciors at Key West, like the railroad clerks at Ha- vena. have to depend largely on that| sense” to dietinguish between | the eligible and the Ineligible. | | Left Big Leophole. then is a remarkable situa- The Congress at Washington put in months studying the immigra- tion naeds of the country and in con- | atructing & law that would close the Nation's gateways againet newcomers of nonassimilable or inferior types. But the Government neglected to pro- vide adequate means for carrving out | the intent of the law. There is a hole | in it big enough to sail a flest of | Here The fleet is in operation. The ships are small, to ba sure, but they sail frequently batween Cuban ports and the American coast. Vessels under 70 tons are net required o have vana. They may put to sea, as often | they do, ostensibly on fishing expedi- tions, but in reality loaded with boot- leg whisky or narcotics to be unload- ed in Florida. Smuggling of allens along with the llquor and opiates has been part of the rum-running business. Of late. indeed. the American Coast Guard has made it =0 hot for the liquer traders that many of them are said to be ROINE into tne immigrant smugging axclusively For example, a certain optician's store in one of the principal streets of old Havana hax long been recog- ing to be spirited States could make satisfactory ar- rangements, The “arrangements’” ma. consist of paying the agent—or, rath er, his subagents—a deposit of $50. The smugglers agree to land the alien safely on the American mainland and out of reach of the immigration au- thorities. If the trick succeeds the newly installed “American citisen” must pay his guides an additional $100 or $200 according to the agreed price for the job. Sometimes, "according to stories here, aliens who have not the full amount of the entry price are al- lowed to get jobs in the States and work out the price as soon as pos-} sible. Those who thus go into the! States by stealth live under the threat that if they fail to make good their pledges they will be exposed tq immigration -officers and deported. In this way the smugglers use the very law they are violating as a club to keep from being swindled. Often the immigrants are badly cheated by the men they trust to trahsport ‘them across the channel | A case on record has to do with a group of 20 Germans, Austrians and Rumanians who sought to slip inte the United States through the “back door.” They complained to the port authorities at Havana that they had paid a “Dr. Jamison” here to get them into the States. They were trans- ported to Batabano, a port on the south coast of Cuba, reached by auto- mebile from Havana. At Batabano they were put aboard a sailing ves- sel, and, after a voyage of much mystery, they were put ashore at night, assured that they were In the United States, and compelled to pay the balance of the transport money they had agreed upon—$150 a head in_this case. The complaint they later made ta Cuban authorities was that they had been put ashore, not in Florida, but In Yucatan. From Yucatan they were deported to Cuba. Here they de- manded a return of their passage money. A “denouncement,” or com- plaint, was made by the Cuban secret police against Jamison. Meanwhile a representative of Dr. Jamison vis- ited the immigrants and promised that It thev would sign receipts the into the United | assigned to additional duty at head- quarters, District of = Washington, Munitions Building. amount each had paid would be re- funded. They signed, but recelved nothing and later discovered that the | hummed with win sons of the Iate Adolphux G TORNADO SECTION HUMS WITH WORK Hundreds of Homes Spring- ing Up as Order Gradually i Replaces Chaos. e. By the Associated Preas CHICAGO, March 24.—Southern Ti- linois and Indiana and other States in the path of last Wednesdar's tornado industry today as the work of rebuilding and restoration progresaed. “Warm -sunny weather prevailed in most of the stricken territory ax car- penters plied hammer and saw on hun- dreds of new dwellings and relief workers continued to aid thousands of injured and homelees Danger of epidemics was lessened to€ay as ranitary measures were ad- vanced. Water supplies in affected communities were watched and a supply | of diphtheria antitoxin was rushed to | Carbondale. the relist center. Doctors reported the weather had decrea feir of an extended outbreak of disease. The drive for rellef funds continued with totals increasing hourly. ( expeoted to raise its quota of $50 within 48 hours. Another $500,000 wae provided when the lliinois Legislature passed an emergency relief bill. From Washington it w; Chamber of Commerce of the United States and the Red Cross had arranged for commercial organizations to turn over to Red Cross units all relief con- | tributions. | Seek Work for Men. virtually all of the dead| buried, N. Sletten, secretary of the National Funeral Directors’ Associa- tion, said that registration of graves had been carried out with such care that the location of each grave is on | record viq | | Pending rebuilding of faetories, | relief workers were cantering efforts | en obtaining employment for work- &men, who were the greatest suf-| terers. Appeals were made to the State to start road construction in the Illinois areéa to provide tempo- ry employment With three additional deaths at Griffin, Ind., the number of fatalitiss in five States was increased to 813, but this figure did not include a score of persons believed to have been Incinerated at Murphysboro. The Red Cross announced that 2,938 | persons were injured. Property loss was estimated in the neighborhood of $20,000,000 Searching parties returning from West Frankfort said they believed all dead there had been accounted for. Conditions are excellent, Mayor T. Bangley¥ wired Gov. Len Small in announcing that troops, with the ex- ception of medical units, no longer were needed At Murphysboro work was in progréss on hundreds of homes in the 152 city blocks destroyed by the storm. The city was giaddened by the announcement that the Mobile and Ohio Raiiroad shops, employing 1,400 men, and another of its largest industries, would be rebuilt. Bank- eérs eatimated the loss in Murphys- boro at $4.000,000. Only 15 or 20 per cent of the houses destroyed carried tornado insurance. although most of them were protected from fire. Whether insurance would bhe paid on buildings set on fire after the tornado passed’ was an undecided question, Rehabilitation work rapldly in Tennesses, Kentuéky and Indiana. The death toll in Indiana, where Grifin and Owensville were razed parts of Princeton increased to 122 today. . in which building operations have started, is not suffering from the rising waters of the Wabash. Fears wers expressed, however, for families in the rural districts, al- though a two days' supply of food was distributed there Sunday. FLOOD THREAT LESSENS. With ] also moved Wabash and Black Rivers Expected to Recede Today. By the Associated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., March 24— Victims of Wednesday's tornado, as well as relief workers in the south- ‘western section of Indiana, are eagerly watching the waters of the Wabash and Black Rivers. which weather. bu- reau officlals last night prediet would recede today s The waters, which backed up over the highways and made the roads into Griffin virtually impassable yesterday, caused relief workers to abandon at- tempts to reach the injured in rural districts. ~Although Grifin was not totally isolated, its only means of re- ceiving supplies was over the Illinois Central Raflroad. Miss Dill Lectures. Miss Mabel Dill, psychologist, short- story writer and poet, lectured last evening at the League of American Pen Women. Miss Dill has frequently lectured at the Arts Club and from station WRC. — Spanish document to which they had affixed their signatures was a testi- monial absolving Dr. Jamison from all blame for their predicament. The resultant court proceeding in- dicated that the immigrants had con- tracted in Europe to be delivered into the United States. They were shipped Dback to Europe. Dr. Jamison went unpunished. continues fo prosper in Havana, (Copyright, 1025, by Chicago Daily News Co.) He announced that the | | 1ishea reports ARCH 24, 1925. ORATORY CONTEST GIVEN APPROVAL Trade Board Stresses Ben- efits to Citizenship in Laud- atory Resolutions. The national oratorial contest was unsnimously approved by ths exse- utive cominittes of the Washington Board of Trade in a resslution adopt- ed at a meeting held yestarday. The resolution stresses the patriotic and educationsl henefits to result from the contest in the District, which will Star, and also stats. ald to better eitizenship The resolution follows ‘Whereas the National oratorical contest on the Constitution, which was 5o successful last vear, I8 to he repeated sgain this year. with finals agaln to be held In Washington: And whereas the Washington Board of Trade, through its executive committee, strongly f(avors such a patriotic and educatiemsl project be- cause of its benefits to boys and girls of Washington and of the United States. and its substantial contribution toward better citizen- ship: Therefore, be it resolved, That Washington Board of Trade glv national oratorical contest its sanc- tion and support. and that it extend a hearty welcome to the youthful orators who are 16 come to Wash ington to take part in the contest the ardine to Speak. Sscretary of Agriculture Jardina will be the principal speakér at the regular monthly meeting of the full hoard at the New Willard Hotel Thursday. Dr. Frank W. Ballou superintendent of schools, will also address the board. It is hoped that Dr. Ballon will tion tour of achools in other cities. The following committae reports will be made: River and harbor im- provements, Frank P. lL.eetch, chair- man; public heaith, Dr. Percy Hickiing, chairman; bridges, George W. Offutt, chalrman The membearship committes of the board will hold a “get-together” din- ner at the Columbia Country Club on | Saturday night | | IN CABINET DENIED Some New Faces May Ap- pear Within Four Years, | be under the auspices of The Evening | that the natfonal | aspect of the contast will be of great | the | the school | the | speak on his inspec- | RUMORED CHANGES To Leave Treasury Ellot Wadsworth, ELIOT WADSWORTH 10 QUIT TREASURY Assistant Secretary Will Re- turn to Private Life Soon, Friends Say. the be- One of in Treasury the kay positions Depariment soon is today | Attorney VERMONTER NAMED AS SARGENT'S AIDE New Attorney General Se- lects Ugo J. A. Carusi of Barre as His Secretary. has Ugo I. A. Carusi of Barre, Vt hean appointed private secretary General Sargent, it was an- Jaxt night, and has assumed post at the Department of nounced his new Justice Mr. Carusi is 23 years old and was former secretary to Attorney Ganeral ¥rank C. Archibald of Vermont. He has had other experience ax an ex ecutive as secretary to Gov. F. Billings of Vermont, when Mr. Bill- ings was speaker. and as secretary to Lieut. Gov. A. W. Foote. In these positions, it was sald at the depart- ment. “he exercised sound judgment and tact and enjoyed the respect and friendship of the men in public lif lin nis st Native of Italy. Mr Italy Carusi was March 17 porn in Carra 1902, the mon of Ku- gene A. Carusi and Eva Bertoli Ca- rusi, and when an infant his parents came to this country. He was a s dent in the public kchools of Barre and graduated from the Spaulding High School at Barre in 191%. From November, 1918, to December, 19 he was associated with E. R. Davis state’s attorney, with the exception of the period from January Apr n 1921, when he was secretary tc Speaker Billings and 1. « Foote From January 1, 1% March 20 of this year he acted as secretary to the attorney gen Vermont elinquishing this pe to come t ashington to act for Attorney General | | ral of Sargent come vacant, it developed through the resignation of Wadsworth, Assistant Secretary Although Mr. Wadsworth has been In Florida several days and is not expected 1o return until tomorrow. il was learned authentically from fricnds and associates that he plans to return to private life in a short time. The exact date was not re- vealed, nor was it learned what his future plans will he Decizion of the Assistant Secretary 1o resign came as a surprise to ail but his immediate friends and asso- | ciates. Mr. Wadsworth was appointed President Harding in 1921. and has had charge of the field of foreign and railroad lozns, the Public Health Service and the offices pertaining to the chief clerk and superintendent of the department During the early part of his regima he was in charze of the Buresu of En- graving and Printing, which | transferred some time azo, and under Assistant Secretary Charles S. [ Dewey. At various times durinz the | temporary absence of other Secretarics Mr. Wadsworth has been Acting Secre- tary in charge of customs and inter- Eliot is now But None Soon. | BY DAVID LAWRENCE. The cabinet of President |at least—no reorganization templated at present This does not mean, howaver, {before the four-year term of Mr. Cool- fdge expires there may new faces in the cabinet After today's cabinet correspondent the cabinét them their is con- that not be some mesting this interviewed some of Recretaries and asked impressions 6f the pub- that a reorganization was in prospect. Recently Asked to Stay. As ona of the original Harding ap- Pointees expressed it. the “wouldn't have recently asked us to it he had in mind some changes of course, at always. There was a rumor that Secretar: Davis might retire to become a can didate for Governor of Pennsylvania, but he told the writer he was very happy in his present portfolio, and thought it one of the best positions in public life. Two Considered “Fixtures.” One change has long been expected —in the War Department. Mr. Weeks wants o retira from public life and travel. The President knows that, but he also can retain Mr. Weeks as long as he likes, as the Secretary has not yet set a definite timé when he would like to leave, As for the other members of the Cabinet, particularly Secretaries Mel- lon and Hoover, no two men can be considered mors as “fixtures” than those tyo. Yet Mr. Mellon is of ad- vanced age. and when he gets through Congress a tax bill that is to his | 11king. he may feel free to retire. This, howaver, is at least two vears aw. Named by Coolldge. Dr. Work, as Secretary of the In- Rossip because it was reported he wanted to leave office. DPostmaster General Harry New has been parcle- ularly asked to remain by President Coolidge. This disposes of all the Harding appointees. The other men— Secretary Wilbur of the Navy, Secre- tary Jardine of the Department of Agriculture, Attorney General Sar- gent, Secretary Kellogg of the De- partment of State—are all appointees of President Coolidge, and unless he should have a vacancy on the Su- preme Court to which he might pro- mote some of the lawyers in his cabinet—Messrs. Wilbur or Sargent— the present group of new cabinet Sec- retaries will be expected to remain four years e e some vacancies created for the “de- serving Republicans,” may not Like it, but President Coolidge is not anxlous to upset things by any cabinet changes that are not absolutely es- sential. 1Copyright, 1925.) ISLE OF PINES GOES OFFICIALLY TO CUBA The Isle of Pines yesterday afters noon formally and officially became Cuban territory with exchange of ratifications of the treaty at the State Department, Secretary Kellogg and Ambassador Torriente afixing their signatires to the document in behalf of the American and Cuban governments. The exchange was made after Am- bassador Torriente had advised the State Department that his govern- ment had accepted the reservation and understanding adopted by the Senate In its resolution of ratifica- tion. By the terms of the treaty the date ‘of the exchange of ratification brings the pact into immediate effect, with full recognition of Cuban sovereignty over the island by the United States after a walt of more than 20 years. The date is chiefly Important be- cause of its effect on the legal status of real estate fftles in the island, by placing all under Cuban jurisdiction. There is no necessity for further for- malities, since the fisland has always been under Cuban administration, and The next article in this series will be_published tomorcow.) here are no American Pederal agen- Eles t6 be withdrawn. Coolidge | will remain intact for several months, | President | his command {terior, has been the subject of some | nal revenue. He was snecial emissary to Europe in 1923 to bring about a settlement of | the costs of the American Army | Occupation on the Rhine, and has been of the World War Foreign since its organiza- Mr. Wadsworth was born in Boston, is a graduate of Harvard and has been connected at various times in his busi- | ness career with the Planters’ Com- press Co. and Stone & Webster, elec- trical engineers. Ha is an overseer | 6t Harvard University. chairman of {the executive commitiee of the Har- | card Endowment Fund Committee and | for years has been treasurer of the American Red Cross. He is a member of the Metropolitan, Cosmos and Chevy | Chase clubs. t — . - {AGENTS DENY FEES FOR EMPLOYMENT VIOLATE STATUTE (Continued from First Page.) fice. In one of these, so far as the assistant corporation counsel, Mr Thomas, could ascertain, the agent had not ate. Neither one. he plied with a section of the making it mandatory that that part of the statute concerning fees be plainly printed in full on the back of every receipt given out for money received in exchange for service Mr. Thomas, however, is anxious to get a clear-cut case, if the law is o be tested. He reiterated that the proceedings would Dprove meither costly nor embarrassing to the per- son furnishing him with the nec. sary information. No charges will be made on the prosecuting witness ithe only demands being the time necessary to give the testimony be- fore the proper authoritles. “From January 8, 1924, the begin | ning of our corporate existence, to January 1, 1925, we handled 1.693 re- quests from employers for employes and made 998 placements. We col- law business done. Our profit for this ssrvice was $836.05. or slightly less than 66 cents per plucement made. Even this unreasonably small profit would have been impossible except for through rigid economies in operating expense. To charge that our fee is an exorhibant one is ridiculous on the face of it. 1t would be just as ab- surd to say that the price of a suit of clothes was exorbitant because it amounted to one-fourth of a month's salary. Both items are equally neces- sary, and in each case the source of payment is ldentical.” Two of the letters received by The Star this morning recounted surpris- ing experiences several persons had with employment agents. One was trom a young man who applied to a bureau that by its name indicated it was a religious-charitable affair. A sured by the girl in charge that the bureau had a position waiting for him and that it would be held open until his references were looked up, the man paid his $2 registration fee. Upon going to the place where tha position was supposed to be waiting. however, the youth discovered that the same buréau had filled it with another man the very day he had paid his regisiration fee. Returning to the bureau, the applicant asked why he had been deceived. He was propptly ordered out of the office and later learned that the $2 was re- garded “as a donation to the poor.” Whether or not the bureau has any actual church affillation is not yet known. Another man applied to an employ- ment agent for a position as doorman. After paying his $2 registration fee he was sent to a local theater, where he was told & job awaited him. He found that the theater had been closed for a g00od while, and while he pondered three more men arrived from the same employment bureau. All had paid their $2 registration fee. ‘When they returned to the agent and demanded their money back he or- dered them to get out of his office “and stay out.” This same agent, the writer con- tinued, is advertising positions in & Jocal netspaper several days after they have already been filled. “T don't mind losing the $2,° he added, “but I hate to be beat-out of it in that wa ing done the same way. And I am g&oing to be the first ona to appear in eourt against him." was | taken out a license to oper- | said. had com- | lected over 96 cents on the dollar of the great volume of business done and | as 1 know thers are many others he- | SINCLAIR OIL GRANT SVOIDED BY SOVET his | | Contended Company Failed to Carry Out Contract in Sakhalien Island. By the Associnted P MOSCOW, March 24.—T¥ sion on the island of Sakha | ed 10 the Sinclair oil interes Soviet authorities was annul by Soviet Court, which hearing the governmant's anr The court directed the en grant- 1he 7 bean plea govern- ment to return to the American com- pany the 200,000 rubles guaranty had deposited nullment on in Sakhalien d by the Soviet government Ia It contended the company had falled to car terms of its agreement governmant within the spec and that the move for abrogat was not prompted by the conclusior of the Russo-Japanese treaty, which promised adjustment of the dispute between the two governments over their respective rights on the island the southern half of which belongs Japan and the northern to Russia The Japaness, in fact, have heen occupying the whole the island and the Sinclair companw’s claim was that its representatives, on this ac count, found it impossible to proceed with the development for which | held the Soviet concession | UNWORRIED BY MOVE | Sinclair Company Holds Court Ac- | Suit the of oil conces. star month Sincla out the fied 1ime of a tion Indecisive. NEW YORK, March 2¢.—Cable re- ports that the Soviet court At M cow had annulled the Sakhalien con- cession granted to the Sinclair Con- solidated Oil Company caused little {concern at the offices of the comp today “We regard the of the lower cour E. W. Sinclair, president reported dec < indecisive LONG-HAIRED, BEARDED GUDE TWINS SEEK TO LIVE LIKE PROPHETS (Continued from First T'age.) of Nature n Ana was a he sociation with the things At their father's greenhouses costia. They their father great lover of Nature, althouzh did not have the convittions about al tering his mode of living that sons have. Interested In Natare. The young men point out that {nave alwaye been interested in nat ural research. They decided to put their ideas &s to their “religion of Nature” into effect about last Au- gust, and. in line with these ideas |they’ began to let their hair and beards grow about that time They assert that this does not mean that they may not later change their | views about cutting the hair, but so | long as they have their present con- victions they see no reason for in- terfering with the natural growth of their hair. Nefther do they feel that they should adopt any radical form of dress, but rather believe in dress- ing simply and in good taste. “We might even see fit to wear formal evening dress should an occasion re- quire,” Edwin Gude pointed out Engaged in Studies. The twins are not now actively » gaged in any occupation, devotir thelr time and energies to philosophi- cal stydies, particularly to the phi- losophy of the Bible. They are not members of any church. although they were baptized Lutherans and have since attended other churches 1f they meet persons or groups of persons who wish to lsarn more of their religlous beliefs, they are per- fectly willing to tell all about them They say their views are entirely their own, although they add that they met a man some time ago, with long hair, who belleved much as they do. He was not a member of the House of David, they stress “We are simply leading a life alons natural lines, and following rules of living promulgated in the Bihle. It is not a new sort of life, but one modeled after what the prophets of old lived. Whether any one els> agrees with us is immaterfal, so long as our own consciences are easy.”’ is the way ths young men sum up their creed. “We believe In eating natural foods, because three-fourths of the ifls of man come from eating dena- tured products. We also abstain from the use of tobacco in any form, he- |cause we consider its use out of keep- |ing with the teachings of Jes: |Christ. Paul said: ‘Glorify God | your bodies; and wpether eating or | drinking to do all for His glory.” —_— Swiss embroideries are becoming so popular in Europe that German mills are reducing prices te combat thwn.