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GENERAL TRAINING
IS LIFTED OUT OF
ARMY LEGISLATION
As Reported Provides For
Army Of Hundred Thou- '
sand Men
AVIATION IS RECOGNIZED
AS FOURTH ARM OF : ARMY
Sharp Opposition To Program In
House Seems To Be
. Assured
Washington, Feb. 25. Meeting
demand of republican - leaders,
knnsfl military committee, by a
the
tn
T01-
partisan vote, today refused 'to Include
universal training in the army reor
ganization bill, which will be. formally
reported tomorow by Chairman Kahn.
Sharp opposition to the reorganization
program is assured when the bin
reaches the house floor, and It may.pe
attacked earlier by a minority repor.
Separate Legislation.
In rejecting immediate ; constdera-
tion of the training plan the commit
tee voted that it should bedome the
subject of separate legislation to " be
framed by a friendly sub-committee of
seven named by Mr. Kahn, with an
agreement of the leaders that Its con
sideration would not-be blocked after
a thorough inquiry had been made of
the- cost and economic effects. , This
investigation is expected to delay ac
tion on the question until the ' next
session. V
With this temporary disposal of uni
versal, training the committee voted
10 to i 6 to report the reorganisation
bill providing for a maximum peace
time army of 17,700 officers and. 299,000
enlisted men, including the Philippine
Scouts and unassigned recruits. U nil Re
the national defense act of ,1918, which
the new bill would amend, no definite
tactical formation orf the army Is pre
scribed, this being left discretionary
with the President. This feature i
among the principal causes of tne
sharp opposition by the minority."
Force House Action. ;
Supporters of universal training
plan to offer amendments to force
house action on the question, but op
ponents of the scheme . hope to frus
trate these atempts through 'parlia
mentary tactics. Although the - eep-t
even- its"x?.&- vfrt ;' wn:-if
consideration . for' months. Mr. Kann,
however, announced that he expected
an early report to follow a thorougn
Investigation. ...... '
Republican leaders, opposing the
plan's appearance in the army bill,
included the members of. -the legisla
tive steering committee, . who based
their objection principally "on- tne
ground that action should be deferred
until the party's stand ' was outlined
by its national convention , in June.
They also agreed that house adoption
of the plan was impossible at pres
ent. .- '":
Aviation Recognised.
The reorganization bill recognizes
aviation as a fourth arm of the. army,
along with the infantry, cavalry ana
artillery each service headea ' Dy m.
major-general. The tank corps is in
cluded in the infantry arm, and the
chemical warfare section becomes a
separate corps to conduct experiments
in gases. Other new services, devel
oped during the war are rejected or
consolidated in the older brancnes.
Liberal provisions for. building up
the national guard are carried in tn
bill, including many of the recommen
dations advocated by guard officers,
the reserve officers' training corps in
schools and colleges, reserve training
camps an. the citizens reserve. ;.
While the bill provides for a peace
time army of more than 100,000
troops, stronger than . the defense act,
even the supporters of the enlarged
army were skeptical that It would soon
become a reality. Some term it a
"Paper army," pointing out , that the
slow rate of recruiting since the ar
mistice precluded the possibility of
early enlistment of the new force.
Army Combat Strength.
The combat strength Is authorized
to be 250,000, the remainder of the
force being absorbed in tne supply and
administrative services and the Philip
pine Scouts and unassigned recruits.
The infantry force is fixed at a. max
imum strength of 100,000 men, and
.200 officers; the cavalry at 20,500 men
and 950 officers; the ueld artillery at
36,500 men and 7,900 officers; the coast
artillery at 30,000 men ; and 1,200 offl
cers, and the air service at 16,000 men-,
"era ing CadC flyers' and 1,514 ffl"
LUMBER-LADEN VESSEL
BREAKING UP ON ROCKS
Captain And Crew Arrive At
Key West .
Tampa, Feb. 25. The steel , schooner
"iscilla Ray is a wreck on a shoal
aoout six miles from Key West and
breaking up, according to word re
ceived here today by the Denton
ore company, to which the Ray was
gartered. The captain and crew have
arrived gafely at Key West after
oandoning the schooner. The Pris
j'r "a Jy was bound from Port St.
oe. Fla., to Caibarien. Cuba, with a
-argo of 750,000 feet of lumber.
IRHAM BOY BREAKS INTO
MAJOR. LEAGUE BASEBALL
Durham, N. C, Feb. 24-Leo Man
sum, a local boy, who has won wide
fla? i commeit as a star athlete, 'ta
ay slsrned a contract to play baseball
tin ?eason with the Pittsburgh Na
tn t Hls B'enature was attached
o the Pirate contrict. through. ttorti
vn t0 WJtirti.-also a Purham
youth who has for-'i, several years
tarred with National league teams and
slubW mmbei" ot, ; Pittsburgh
INSULT TO i FLAG
DENIED ON STAND
FOR, SOCIALISTS
Testimony Of Girl -Witnessis
;.Challeged By New York
' Police
Albany, N. ' Y., "Feb". 25. The defense
In the trial of the five suspended so
cialist assemblymen charged with dis
loyalty late ; today; produced two
po
llcemen who denied the allegation by a
prosecution witness that Charles Sol
omon, a defendant, spat on the Amer
ican flag at a socialist street corner
meeting in Brooklyn in 1917. . '
" 0 Waldman Again Testifies. ' ' ' ;
Their testimony was. sandwiched between-
the direct, and cross-examination
of Assemblyman Lewis Waldman,
another defendant, which consumed
virtually the entire day Besides de
fending .his own record in the lower
house and , his : attitude toward tne
war, Waldman described the "death
of socialist bills running afoul of the
"trusts which the defendants v had
Intimated ; prompted their suspension. .
In Introducing its evidence regard
ing the flag incident, the defense call
ed; Assemblyman Solomon to the stand
for a few minutes to fix the time
of, the Brooklyn . meeting described by
the prosecution witness Miss Ellen a.
Chivers, an 18-year-old stenographer,
the credibility of whose testimony pre
viously had - been attacked bjr a mem
ber of the assembly judiciary com
mittee which Js conducting the neai-
ins. ; ,-' " V'i
; . ' Policemen n Stand. .
Then Police CapUin Charles A.
Zanes and Patrolman Edward T. Cody,
two of half a dozen policemen at
tending the meeting, were sworn; Bota
denied' the story of Miss Chivers that
Solomon had his, stand decorated witn
red. flags, and testified they had not
seen the speaker refuse to relinquish
his platform to a recruiting party
which had driven . up . in' a bus and
stopped nearby. , r.
Miss .Chivers - had declared Solomon
had informed the soldier, "the gutter
is good enough for you." .
When Cody was. asked by the de
fense ; 1ft after the recruiting party
had moved away, Solomon spat ou
either of the two American flags on
his platform, he replied with a . grim
chuckle: v -
"Ahh, no."
"You were on duty, weren't you?! :
"I, sure was., , .
'nnTTDT - TP ' DT A TWrXTfTV
Would Become !' Effect
ive In 1921
El Paso, Texas, -Feb -.2 5. The repub
lics of Central America have formed
plans to unite , themselves under on
government beginning September 15,
,1921. the centennial' of their indepen
dence, according to Excelsior, of Mexico
City.. Th movement was Initiated In
the -republic of Salvador and has been
matured by the unionists party, accord
ing to the same newspaper.
. The chief opposition ' to the plan is
said to come from President Estrada
Cabrera, of Guatemala, who is report
ed to have contended. that the party is
composed -entirely of reactionaries.' A
number of arrests have been made in
this connection and as a result the
political situation in Guatemala is in
a ferment. Excelsior says. sr
FEW MORE LYNCHINGS
IN SOUTH PREDICTED
Attitude Of The Best People Is
, Against It
Boston, Mass.,i Feb. 25. within - a
few years there will.be no more lynch
ing of negroes In the"south. Dr. Robert
R. Morton) the negro head of Tuske
gee Institute, predicted in an address
here last njght. , u; r; A
The governors of North Carolina,
Georgia, Tennessee and Kentucky have
pledged themselves that there will be
no' lynching In their states while they
are in office, he said.. ; r-
As an Jnstance of ; what he said waa
the I very gratifying attitude of the
best people of the south toward the
negro," Dr. Moton said the governor
of North Carolina recently recognized
a negro committee as "Brothers." -
DEMOCRATIC WOMEN ENDORSE
ADMINISTRA
Nominate Three Members As Delegates At Large
To Democratic National Convention, And .
f Denounce "Willful Congressmen"
Albany,' N. T., Feb. 25. Mrs. Eliza
beth Colbert, of Albany, received the
greatest number of votes for dele-gate-at-large
to the democratfd 'na
tional convention in the ballots cast
today at the convention of 1,000, Miss
Elizabeth Marbury, of New York, Was
second, and Mrs. John Sherwin Crosby
of New Tork. third.- -Their names will
be presented to the unofficial demo
cratic state convention here tomor
row for consideration, ' '
The convention also adopted a se
ries of resolutions. These unquali
fiedly endorsed and approved ; the ad
ministration of President Wilson;
protested against the "willful men now
in the United?i.i,'jS'"'senate who; for
mlfish "scndpartisan political reasons,
are hampering the affairs ; of the na
tion," and.' pledged the delegates to
work for , their defeat; endorsed the
administration- of Governor Smith" and
denounced -..the S official . conduct of
United States Senator James W. Wads-
WILMINGTON,; NT
HOOVER FEELING
IN N0RTM1TE
" T'I;:- 1. tor"! -
IS EXIERATED
Hampton Says 2
eel People
ocrat In
Whitf
'v'.;;-;;f"
lse
McADOO SEEMSHrAVORITE
IN POLITICAL BETTING
i
Voters Have Not : Concentrated
On Any One Man As . .
Yet
Spedal to The Star.) '
' Washington, Feb. 25. A remarkable
situation with' the democrats is .that
they are as much at sea now as to their
presidential nominee as ever, and few
predictions, are being made about -the
probable outcome. It is true that a
number of men are being discussed in
a sort of infornftal or casual way,; but
no one man has yet developed sufficient
following to justify . the contention
that he will be a ' real factor: in - the
Democratic National convention.
; When Hoover's name. was first, men
tioned a - wave swept overt the entire
country. Then it looked like ae 'swas
going to displace all the , others, ' )ut
recent developments : Indicate ,that the
commotion was not altogether Hoovdr
support, but that the 'enthusiasm eml
nated rather from the household famil
iarity with the name of Hoover. The
name during the war had been on the
lips of all thk wen, women and children
,?f Amerlca.'v-They felt they knew him.
and when his r.ame was mentioned for
the prefifency all rose up at once to
'talk'; &t.utfJt, '.' '' '- ":'; . Zy-j1'-.
; Wa Party Regularity. : ; ;
. t-'Thpse deroo'crats who believe In par
ty regularity and party unity have not
encouraged the : Hoover movement. In
fact they have discouraged it. Many of
them resent the idea a rank outsider
coming in for such political prefer
ment, when old timers are everywhere
to be Been carrying, their part of the
party burdens and who merit whateyer
favors the party, has i to confer.- Bryan
threw cold water on the Hoover propo
sition at the very start when he said
that 'the democratic party - was' not
going . to - accept a candidate for . the
"presidency v on the policy of -"guess
What J'ye apt in. my hand. r
cej)orotn
hava - indicated that; the people ' of that
State were flocking : to' Hoover's sup
port, while others confirmed the con-,
tention that there is no evidence that
the, democrats , favor the great, food
administrator -for the presidency.
. UooTei Sentiment Dormant. r .
"I have Just returned from North
Carolina," said' Hon. Frank- C. Hamp
ton, secretary to- - Senator Simmons,
"where I have been to. visit some sick
relatives. - While there ; I t went from
one end of the state to the other, visit
ing Rocky Mount, Elkton,. Hampton
ville, Raleigh, Greensboro, and other
points, I discussed the topics of the
day "with the large number of people
I came in contact with, and among the
rank and file of the democrats I failed
to discover the Hoover sentiment so
much talked about. In fact, of all the
people I talked with during my trip
I found only one. single democrat who
declared himself openly to be a ' sup
porter of Hoover, and I did not hear
Of more, than a half a', dozen., I found
the ordinary voters in the democratic
party have no idea of giving their
supports to Hoover, f or they , -want a
democrat as their ' nominee ' for the
presidency. Therefore I feel safe n
saying that, the facts relating ?to the
Hoover boom, in North Carolina has
been greatly exaggerated.-- t a'
-. McAdoo Aliiclt Talked About.
"I found, however," continued Mr.
Hampton ''that McAdoo is f talked
about a great deal by the democrats of
that state, and it may be said from
what 5' c6uld gather that the senti
ment, is favorable . to him. ; Tar Heel
democrats may be relied on to support
democrats,, especially where it is im
portant to place democrats on guard.
CHRISTIAN--- LABOR CONFERENCE
The Hague,' , Feb. 2 S. -A movement
from' within the ranks of European
labor against bolshevism and anarchy,
through a union ., of Roman Catholic
and Protestant labor organizations,,
has resulted, in a decision that an in
ternational Christian labor union con
gress to be held at The Hague, May. 6.
TION OF WILSON
wortb, Jr " , - -
Under the guidance of Mrs. John
Sherwin r Crosby, the presiding officer,
whodescribed herself as "the grand
mother "of democratic women," . .with
an active political experience of more
thatt ' twenty years, . the - convention
proceedings moved with the smooth
ness and precision of . well oiled ma
chinery. On -the surface, ' virtually
everything, was harmonious, but sup
porters of the' candidacy of -Mrs.
Clarice Baright as a member; of the
"Big Four," notably Miss Margaret
Vale.' of New York, audibly expressed
the opinion that a "steamr&ller"' waa
In operation. ; ?C' V-..vU;-' :.-y'-:t'!'
The convention was preceded, by a
meeting of the executive' committee'
and a luncheon, (at which Mrsv ' Alfred
Smith, wife of the governor, was a
guest of honor. -A. feature" of the j lun
cheon was" the launching -of - a -Presidential
boom for Herbert? C. .Hoover.
by Mrsi Joseph P. Gavit.- of "Albany.
O, THURSDAY MORNING,
TREATY OF PEACE
: BATTLE ON AGAIN
IN SENATE TODAY
. . , i .f.s -. - '
Will Be Constantly ' Under Con
sideration Until Final Vote
Is Reached
Washington, Feb. 25. The .peace
treaty will be .called before the senate
again tomorrow under : an agreement
to keep it continually under consider
ation until a vote is reached on ; rati
fication. , .
, : v ' Anything: I Possible ' v
"No one knows what-will happen,"
said republican and democratic leaders
alike tonight, as they surveyed the
perplexing . .possibilities with which
the treaty now Is confronted... - Some
of the rank and file were more con
fident in their predictions, however,
various friends of the treaty 'on both
ides of the chamber declaring ratifi
cation was certain. The irreconcilables
declared however, ! that ' ratification
was -: impossible. v:kHTi ; V-: ;'. " ;.
On only one pointfc' the length of
time likely to be, consumed ;In- bring
ing the reopened treaty fight to a ter
mination, did there seem to be any
thing, - like unanimity of opinion. ! It
generally was conceded that, the 'de
bate would not be permitted to drag
out interminably, this time, and that
unless . two or three weeks brought
action both sides would be willing to J
ia.ce a Jinai iei oi sireagin ana pen
let the issuej, if undecided, go into the
campaign. ; ;-:-Zv':J; ,:. yj )
r..-- Confiletlnr .ClalmM . . ' .
' With the republicans . still clafmbrff
that twenty-two democrats' were ready
to accept' the 1 republican reservations
and with ' democratic tleaders still in
sistent .-. that . enough . administration
senators to prevent ratification would
hold out for a compromise,; the ne
gotiations to bring the - two Rides ' to
gether appeared, to be again in. a state
of deadlock.
i
It was expected, however, that pri
vate, conferences ; would continue ; as
the senate. . debate was resumed, and
it wae on these 1- exchanges that' the
treaty's supporters pinned their hopes
of a.ratiflcation, . . ,,r ; :, '.'- .;
ADRIATIC HATTER-A
BEFORE PREMIERS
Be JIade public On
Friday
Washington," Feb. - 25. President
Wilson's note to ,thS .. entente premiers
on the Adriatic, situation , was today
before the council -of allied premiers
in London, A reply to it is expected
in due course. . , -
Meantime .the Question, of the tme.
of making, public the contents of this
and the other communications on the
matter, seven - in- all, still is the1 sub-,
ject of diplomatic correspondence " be
tween London and Washington. ' It is
possible that Friday will be the day
agreed upon. - ' ;
.The .series of notes will include the
agreement In Paris on December 9,
to which the United States was a
party; the new agreement by the al
lied premiers, which was - sent to
Jugo-Slavia as . an ' Ultimatum; the
note from the United States on Jan
uary 27, inquiring as to the new agree
ment; the reply of the premiers; the
note of February 10, in ,. which .the
President said a situation might' arise
in which he would have to consider
withdrawing the treaty of Versailles
from the senate; the reply of the pre
miers,, and finally the note delivered
today .to the premiers at- London. .
MORE TESTIMONY'- ;
NEWBERRY TRIAL
Telegram Relating To WUliam
Alden Smith Admitted -To
Record
Grand Rapids, Mich.. Feb. 25.-r-Tele-grams
passing between Truman - H.
Newberry in New, York and his cam
paign "managers in Detroit were read
into the record today "at the elections
conspiracy atrial.' . .'
Allan A. Templeton, president of the
Detroit board of commerce, Feb. 13,
1918, advised Commander Newberry
that "the . Cody meh" and others
thought Paul ; H. King qulte neces
sary." A message from Newberry to
King on July 27 Informed the cam
paign manager of a midnight telephone
conversation -. with ; " William Alden
Smith, retiring'United States senator.
"Smith telephoned . from Grand
Rapids asklnff if I would surely stick
to a finish,'' ; read his message. "I re
plied ' most emphatically yes. w He said
he jid not" want to- run.. His petitions
were all ready 'and a he would"' decide
and wire me Saturday. He wants to
see me- here-, next week. T Seemed very
jfriendly, and 1 1 asked his support,"
V Testlmony: Was, taken tnis afternoon
from .fourteen witnesses. H. D. Soufer,
one of . the government counsel, toot
the 'stand to read notes : ke had' made
on the. grand jury testimony of ' four
defendants. - One of . . these, ' Robert
Tetro.' . of Stevenson,; was ! auotejd , a
saying, "all my money dealings were
with ; Roger Andrews." : The testimony
recited that Tetro agreed to work for
Newberry, and, hire., men ' to circulate
petitions. - ;.; - :: . v', -
FEBRUARY 26, 1920. -
FEDERAL AGENTS :
WORSTED IN CLASH '
OYER PROHIBITION
. .
Washington Calls Off Law En
' f orcement Posse In Michi
gan County . ,
IRON RIVER INVASION
BORDERS ON FARCICAL
Miners And Woodsmen Assem
bled To, See Fracas Meet
Disappointment
.-- .v,o,,pauCn. 25-Thlrtyl
MVO euerai agents and members of
the Michigan state ponstabulary, who
arrived last night under . Major A V
Palrympleprohibitioncommissloner
for , the; central states, to Mclean up
Iron county tonight were en route
back home,, while Major Dalrymple
was bound for .Wshi
with Prohibition Commissioner - John ,
Major Dalrymple, who led the
armedexpedition to Iron River with
the avowed purpose ' of arresting
county and village officers, on charges
of conspiracy to obstruct enforcement
of the prohibition law,, was called off
by Mr. Kramer and ordered to meet
the opposing side and seek a com
promise. without, legal action..
ft Worsting, of: the -federal agents In
the first clash- with state officers : in
the enforcement -.of the eighteenth
J amendment was a serious blow to en
forcement of the dry law. Major Dal
rymple declared before his departure.
, Martin; S. McDonough, prosecuting
attorney Of Iron' county; and leader
of; the county authorities who, Major
Dalrymple declared, were In "open re
volt'? against . the United States, , re
ceived a telegram ' today from District
Attorney Myron H. Walker, at Grand
Rapids, advising "him to take no action
until, the. district! attorney could come
to investigate. ': ' ' '
Mr. McDonnough ; had .'obtained a
warrant for the arrest fit Major Dal
rymple, charging him with malicious
libel, and had planned to have it
served by Chief of Police.Sensiba ; at
the railroad station last night. .
rymple, in anticipation of trouble had
issued fifty rounds - of; ammunition to
each man in i his party;: The prosecu
tion, then; advised Iron River citizens
to go home and avoid any, demonstra
tion.. .-.-.I ' ." - . '. '-.-.'- -'' ' :
Today " McDonough 'warned ; Dal
rymple if he arrested,any one In Iron
county; without' a warrant or searched
any' private home for lftjuor the county
officers - would - "arrest every- man in
your party and put them in jail " , r
.. No Arret Made . ,-.
:- The prohibition director already- had
received orders -from, Mr.-Kramer callr
lng off the . "armed invasion," and no
arrests were-made, - ?: v V
"Reports that I took-the-eleven bar
rels of wine from Leo .J. Grove, fed
eral: 'prohibition supervisor for
Northern Michigan," and the state po
lice, and ; returned .lt.:.,t"6 '-'the'. .'Italians
frnm whom it was taken, '-are . false,"
McDonOugh declared, today.- ;
T confiscated tms ' wine wnen x
found it in the possession of Grove. I
placed my own men In charge and put
the barrels in a safe place." '
Major Dalrymple found nine Dar
rels of the wine in the basement of
the home of the parish priest today
and destroyed the liquor after taking
samples? for evidence. ;' -
McDonouglu charged Dalrymple with
being a "grand stand performer, mov
ing picture actor and publicity seeker,
when the prohibition enforcers arrived
here. ' . ' '- ' .
The tense situation was . broken
when a photographer called to the men
to stop talking while he posed them
for a picture. - Both complied, then
stepped outside to perform a similar
service for a battery of movie cameras.
Iron River was filled with miners
and woodsmen today to watch - the
maneuvering of the federal and county
forces. Since early morning natives
hurried In fever the hills on snoyrtioes
in anticipation of being, spectators at
t, -rnected battle on Iron River,
Only two events broke the monotony
of the day lor tnem, y
spectacular meeting of the. opposing
leaders ; in the "crowded lobby of the
Iron Inn, and the other was the
equally, spectacular, destruction of
nine barrels; of wine. - ,
Surrounded by glum faced miners,
Major Dalrymple. armed with a heavy
saedge. knocked the heads from, the
barels and fallowed the liquors to gush
out into a three-foot snowdrift.
Buried Their Boo.
T Tiiver miners worked far Into
the night tonight at their usual occu
uation. The "ore" they Brought to tne
surface, now e voi, " Z Y
two days ago when word of Major
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RAILROAD MEASURE '
NOY IN KEEPING OF ;
PRESIDENT WILSON
rt ' . . . i .... ' ,
Expected To Act Before Roads
Returned To Private Own
ership Monday
Washington, , Feb. 25. The railroad
bill was sent to the white house to
day and the President is expected to
act on if one way or another before
the roads are returned to private con
trol at 12:01 a. m.' next Monday.
The measure is vigorously opposed
by the railroad brotherhoods and their
representatives, .. now in Washington
considering the President's proposal
for settlement of their wage demands,
were drafting today a. memorial to
the executive asking' him to veto the
bin. - -
Farmers at Variance -'- i
A similar request was made yester
day Toy George I?. Hampton, managing
director of the-' Farmers.' National
council, who. asked that the President
.hear a delegation from -his 'organiza
tion . tomorrow. K Other big farmers'
organizations, however,, in a letter
sent to" the white house today, urged
approval of ' the legislation. ;
There has been no indication f roiia
the White house as to the President's
views on the measure. He Las had
before him for several- days a digest
of the bill prepared by Director Gen
eral Hines after thesenate and house
conferees finally had agreed to the,
measure in the form-in which it was
approved by the house laBt Saturday
and the senate last Monday,
Awaiting an. Opinion ' ' j
- After it was received at the execu
tive offices today the bill was seht-toj
the department of justice for an opin
ion as to its validity: ' In. the usual
oourse such an "opinion would not be
ready under four or five days, but to.
meet the present rather unusual sit
uation the department is expected to
speed up its opinion, r The President
has ten- days, excluding Sundays, ort
until midnight. March 8, to act on
the bill before - it would become . a
law without his signature. ;
HOOVER DECLINES
HONOR IN GEORGIA
WillNot Declare Him-
v;:Esei ;Dein6crat
: Atlanta,- ;Ga. Feb. 25 Herbert
Hoover, ; In a telegram to the tate
democraticexecutive committee, made
public here ' tonight, . asked that his
name' not be placed: in the Georgia
presidential preferential, primary . April
20, as' had been requested in a peti
tion filed with the committee. .
The committee. wrote .Mr." Hoover
asking if he . cared, to declare himself
a democrat, so that under , the primary
rules his name might appear as a can,
dldate. . ' .' , " . ." ''
- In his 'telegram -declining to bo a
candidate, Mr." Hoover said: " :..
"I was not identified'.with the demo
cratic party before , the ; war, and my
official connection with the govern
ment has beenolely a "war service
and; consequently not of a partisan
character." " ' v ' '
-Mr. Hoover's candidacy was 'brought
forward recently by a petition signed
by more than the required 100 white
democrats, Who asked the democratic
executive committee to file his name as
a candidate. ' The committee had ruled
that, a man must be a democrat to run
in the primary, and a Mr . Hoover had
never declared himself, the committee
wrote asking if he "cared to qualify.
NERVY BURGLAR
MAKES BIG HAUL
Calmly Takes Jetvelery
- From Window
Miami, FlaV Feb. . 25. Passers-by
who watched, a,. well-dresBed;. man
calmly taking jewelry from the dis
play window of a Jewelry store in the
heart ' of Miami's ' business district
early this . evening, thought ; that he
was merely a window: trimmer taking
out a display. ' Instead, it was a
nervy burglar who turned on the
lights, after . forcing, an , entrance
through the rear and coolly rifled the
show pases and windows of $25,000
worth of jewelry. The robber escap
ed and is now being sought' by the
police.
SUFFRAGE! AMENDMENT .
IS READY FOB, ADOPTION
Oklahoma JMty, Okla., Feb. 2.5. The
concurrent resolution . ratifying : the
feideral' woman suffrage- amendment
was adopted late today by the house
after six .hours of debate and sent
immediately to .the senate,; where ' It
was given its first reading. The vote
on the resolution wis 84 -to 12. ; .
Garden Book Is Ready
WHOLE NUMBER 30,095.
PRESIDENT '.NAMES
BAINBRIDGE COLBY
SECRETARY STATE
Nomination Comes As Complete
Surpre To Political
Washington w-;'
BOLTED REPUBLICANS
' TO JOIN BULL MOOSE
Switched His Allegiance To .WiK
' son For Re-election
In 1916 ;
Washington, Feb. ' ; 24.--President "
Wilson today astonished political and
diplomatic. Washington by naming
Bainbridge Colby, a New York attor
ney, who; left the republican parti
with Theodore Roosevelt in 1912, at
secretary of state.
The selection caused scarcely less ,
of a sensation than the dismissal of
Robert Lansing from the state port- '
folio two weeks ago, and was receiv
ed with such undisguised surprise in
the f senate, r .where the- President's ;
choice must be approved before Mr.
Colby can take up the duties of office,
that none of the leaders care to pre-,
diet when confirmation might be voted.
Nomination a Snrprfse
None of those on the Inside of administration-circles
expected that the
selection would fall on Mr. Colby, who
tol inquirers today that he had been
given only brief notice. He spent an -hour
with Mr. Wilson this afternoon,
and announced he would accept with
deep appreciation of the great" re
sponsibility, and said he would have
no- further comment to ' mak9 until
the senate-had acted. ' ,'-
Word of the " nomination reached
senators just as they were assembling
Lfor the day's sessionand during their
private talk, they discussed little else.
Virtually all of thdm. however, pre
ferred to withhold" public comment
until the subject came up formally.
- Once before the senate had t een
asked to confirm Mr. Colby, and "then
confirmation was voted only after a
fight on him had been made - by re
publican senators. That , was in 1917.
when President Wilson named him to '
membership on the shipping board. : It
was-asserted in. some quarters, that the
eeonjBThicii:ied t& ciijectlon atbat
'timv: need, . not; neeessatily , apply in j
the present case; out Senator Calder,
of . New York, said he would insist
that the nominee's qualifications for '
the secretaryship be, looked into care
fully; before he . would " vote for con- .
firmatlon. . '. ' "V.
r Shipping Board Member
: Born in St. Louis and el years of
age, Mr. Colby has engaged in law
practice ' in l,New York since li.92. ex
cept for the nineteen months when
he was , a shipping board member.
During the latter service' he was an
American representative in the Inter
allied shipping conference at - Paris
and was active in directing the board's
war policy. , He resigned in March 'of
last-year, saying that the ' critical
war. period having passed 4ie preferred
to return to private life. ,
In his ; New : York practice be has
been counsel for several Interefts in- .
vestigating life Insurance companies
and was associated with Charles Evans
Hughes in the reform of , the Equita
ble company. He served, in 1901 and
1902 as a member of the New York
assembly. .'.:- ;;'' - V
Actively supporting Theodore Roose
velt for the republican (Presidential
nomination In 1912, Mr. Colby ' was
placed in charge of the claims of the . -contested
Roosevelt delegates from
various states, who eventually were -denied
convention seats He then 'bo
came a delegate from New York to'
the . first convention of the " progres
sive party, and in 1914 and 1918 he.
was the progressive candidate for sen
ator from New York. '
In the 1916 campaign, however, he .
supported . actively the campaign of
President Wilson for re-election. I .
Warn Greatly Impressed
.On leaving the .white . house ' Mr.
Colby said: -'"'' . ''
"1 had a long. And unhurried con
ference with the President, which im
pressed with the great confidence .he,
had reposed in me.. I hope I shall not
prove inadequate to these great du
ties, -yi .- "v.t ; , .;' i . ".,..;" ...'
After Mr. Colby.has taken office, Mr.
Polk, who has been secretary , ad in-
terira since the resignation of Mr
Lansing nearly two weeks ago, is ex
pected to ' carry out his intention of
retiring from the state department.
Mr. Polk's health t has not been at all
good for ; more - than a year and his.
physicians have advised ; him to -take
a. long rest. - . .-.;. -;, :". - . ,.
Should Mr. Polk retire, two Import
ant posts in the state department
would be left vacant, that of under
secretary, to' which Mr. Polk was ad-'
vanced some months ago, and of as
sistant - secretary. - The latter place
was held by William -Phillips, the
newly appointed minister to the Neth--. ;
erlands and Luxemburg.
v - senate Get Nomination ' V
Possibilities that the peace '- treaty ,
fight might have a bearing on the, ,
confirmation developed from the fact
that; Mr. Colby, in recent speeches for ,
the league of nafione, has been quot
ed as sharply criticising' some sena
tors, particularly those irrenconcllia
bly opposing , ratification. '
Mr. Colby's nomlnatidln was sent v to ;
the senate late in the day. . ' . y
CAPTAIN BOSS SMITH k
COMPLETES LONG FLIGHT .
. London,' Feb. 25.-T-A ' dispatch to the
(Evening News" from Melbourne under
date of Wednesday; says that .Captain
Rosti Smithhas landed tt the Point
Cook. . airdrome thero, ... concluding his
flight from Sydney to Melbourne, the
last stage of his .trip from England..
In all , Captain Smith . covered more
than 13,0Q0mllea. : f . ,