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A -1 '- Wilmington? s Only Wire Associated ;j Press jNewsparl M;f OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE. t Ml i .Air'wun nunc irmnratii' n -. - s I -.l i a f- "v .- i tnHi ""sjvT:r.-v I i . . iwigrvrj. v - , . : II -t i i W? L;-ii - A78K ImOT )D bSH Wtif cs r Inr A 1 U: Leased a n. m . i f f ill f i f n innn iiiin n FomHEiwmiGURmiBrm OF WARREN WILSON REGIME WAITS FOR THE END AT NOOri TODAY ITS JEfilt Books of Eight? Eventful Years in Authority Are Balanced : and Closed -7 : HARDING. IN CITY ; President-Elect and , Mrs. Hard ing Pay Cair of Courtesy ; j At White Houe ? WASHINGTON, March 3. After eieht eventful years in authority, the'Dem.' ocratic administration ; ot t Woodrow Wilson closed up its books today and, rested to await the termination, of its. u-nure at noon tomorrow. , ' -:' While the final balance was. being- struck, by the outgoing officials. War" r. n (l. Harding, Republican President- ' el ft t. came to Washington, : gave his f approval to the simple inaugural cere- rri.'ny tnai wur attend his induction inio ottice, completed formally his cab int t, and finished his., part .of the- In auRiiral preliminaries . by going to the white house for a call of courtesy on Mr. Wilson. .,: - ..; For his part, the retiring' President provided perhaps the last of the long succession of sensations scattered thrbugh his eight years fn Office by an nouncing that when :he . leaves the white house he will take tip the prac tice Of law.';5 ;. ', ..-' ' Dome of Capttol Illuminated Meantime, in striking contrast tothe iipual holiday turmoil of tnauguaration ve, the streets of the capital reflected only in a mild. degree the complete re arrangement . about to be made in the national government. Flags and. bunt ing were broken out In recognition of the Impending event and tonight :'the dome of the capitol building was illum inated for the-flrst .time since" th.e. cel ebration of the armistice, but the small crowds , which hadcheered,.Mj.atdr infrrts'- mbvtmetits5 about , the "crfygreetlngs ;dvef;the-entlre1,',partyr;-fVin' rmd.1 almost entirely:- ; deserted ancerwlth the desire of .the President fleet, tomorrow's - inauguration , cero nionies will be far and away, the sim plest of recent years. Four troops '.of cavalry will' escort- the President and President-elect to the capitol, but no j.arade will be - permitted and there will be little of the panoply of ' for mer inaugurals at the taking of the "a 1 li on the east portico. Jvst what part.president Wilson will r'aj- in the day's, program remained in doubt tonight. - . - . To Ride Witla HardlBK Although -liis broken health makes It difficult for him to move about, tie has prevailed upon his family and medical advisors to permit . him to follow out t4 custom of riding down Pennsylva nia! avenue- with his .successor. ,He fll?b hopes to witness the entire cere mony, but, it seemed doubtful tonight whether he- could do so. , . T t Lri Cary T. Grayson, the white nouse physician, conferred late today ' with Feijator Knox of Pennsylvania, chair man of the congressional -committee on ': inauguration, and is. understood to have urged that Mr. Wilson's part in th inaugural celebration be limited to thp rido from the avenue to the capi tol. , in this stand he is said to Jiave luifl thp backing .of Mrs. Wilson, tout not of the President himself., The re sult wait that , inaug'urar officials 1 pre pared several alternative plans for the i.i-. asion, and will - be prepared for whatpvof part the retiring chief execu tive -find's himself able to play. ' Thf. rail of Mr, Harding at the white house took place late in the day, after the President-elect toad conferred with Senator Knox and several other . lead . ers of. his narty in and out of congress. Mr. and Mrs. Harding were received by Mr. and Mrs. Wilson In the Green room, and after teahad been served, the four remained together for 20 minutes, chat ting largely of the household -affairs ff the executive mansion and little de tails of the Inauguration. ,r ; Mr nnd Mm. Harding Arrive , The special train which brought the f?resident-elect,and his twlfe from their -home in Marion. Ohio reached Wash ington at 1 p. m., and was met by a -rowd of several Kundred, who. cheered the next chief executive and '.first lady of the land as they, climbed into a whit? house automobile at the, station pxit reserved for -presidents, r. They drove directly to the New. Willard ho tel where they occupied -a suite of rooms during the afternoon r and to iif?ht. A few knots of people cheered ilu.m down Pennsylvania;' avenue,;. but hi the main their progress attracted 'ittle attention...-",.,'.'".'",:-' ".''','! lust before his call - at ; the white liouse, Mr. Harding received the Wash ington correspondents, telling" them he liMfl appointment, hot because? he, had a'y news - to give,- but because he , wanted to begin his friendship with ih. m while he still was nothing more "ian a member of their' own , profes sion. He assured them that they, al ways would be welcome, at the jexecu tive mansion, and declared that all he flfked in his relationship with , them was an application of the Golden Rule n both sides. :: '-L':r' v"."-'' -'V OhlAann Give Banet : r Tonight the President-ielect and. Mrs, Harding were entertained at private dinner given at their hotel by Carml 'Hiompson, of Cleveland, r former treas "rer of the United States.' The' guests included Governor Davis, Senator Wil lis. Harry M. Daugherty, and a score ' others from Ohio. ,fv- v - Besides the selectloa of Mr, Davis "s secretary of labor, " which finally Hosed the cabinet slate of the coming !"iininistratlont. Mr Harding' announced 'finitely during the day that George B Christian, Jr.; of Marion, would 'go ""'o the white house with him as his "retary. ' ' '.''' ' " GmAmwm I Wilsons Last Night In the White Hotise .WASHIXG'TONm March 3. WeodW rovy- AVlltoB pnt him lmt evening In th white , fcouae tadylns bills -and i renolatlona - which. ,; had reached him from the capttol during the day, lie retired later than Usual. . , Many.. . . messages ,' congratulating him on hl administration of ,fhe nation's ' aftaim - and ' earry,ing Ijcood wishes- In' his return to private life ; was received during . the day. : The names those sending the ntes- " snges iWere not "made piihltc, hut If was. said . that several r were from 'abroad.' .. -il'i, ..The President late In the day took his ..customary-, automobile ride. ) He . , was not . accompanied . b- Mrs. -Wll-n, who "remained behind to , super intend the winding up of household affairs. -..V.. ' ' A i-p- INAUGURA0EVENTS TO open: ATiorb&cK AT IH ARCING'S I HOTEL Congressional ' Committee Escort Him to the' Ekecu- to i"'' "'x'ivtire: Mansion . t . - I . .. .. THEN TO CAPITOL 1 1-: President and t President-Elect Will. Be Accompanied By . Troops of Cavalry WASHIQTON, March 3 .-Tomor row's proKraih will begin officially with the .qall .of the congressional Jnatugural committee -on 'the "President-elect 'and. the vice president-elect at their hotel I rnicrauiuniDunvaiiu. tiH.oneu.Dy iuu r troops of cavalry,, will proceed to the white? house where It1 trill be joined' by -the 'President and-Mrs. "Wilson. , V President Wilson will take a place in-the official whte house automobile with ; the President-elect and Senator Knox, chairman- of the congressional committee, Immediately behind this car will be that, carrying Vice Presi dent Coolidgc, Vice President Marshall and two members of the congressional committee. -In the third car will be Mrs. Harding, with whom Mrs. Wilson will ride to thp capitol. The remaining members f the congressional commit tee will be in the car with Mrs. Wil son and Mrs Harding. . Leaving the white house, ! preceded and flanked by the cavalrymen from Fort .Myer, who will ride with drawn sabres, - the party will drive j to the capitol, the . route being along Penn sylvania avenue to Fifteenth street, down that street where the! turn will be made into Pennsylvania 1 avenue again, and 1 then into the east entrance of the capitol building. , Pennsylvania avenue will f be roped off to keep back the . crowds and near ly 1,000 Infantrymen from Camp Meade. Md., will; be on guard duty. At the iUU., will' ue oil gaaru uuijr. jxl uici.t J O 2. T7' 11 A capitol 500 marines from Quantico inl House and benate finally Agree full dress uniform will form; a lane through which the presidential party will pass In entering the building. The President-elect will be escorted to a room off the senate chamber where he 'will remain during the ceremonies in the senate-Inaugurating Vice President-elect Coolidge, It Is the plan to have 1 the party arrive at the; capitol SOOH VLLlVr : . 11 U 0J AVI.! .: II wovh will have ample time to act on meas ures .passed . durig the closing hours before the" inaugural ceremonies start. The senate ceremonies are to start Immediately after noon and will be at tended, by. the President-elect, .jthe cabinet- officers-designate. Justices of the supreme court in their flowing' black robes, high? officers of the ; aj-my and navy, foreign , diplomats in gorgeous court." ,uniforma, and other distin guished guests. 1 . ' Mrs. Harding and Mrs. Coolidge with Mrs. Marshall and perhaps Mrs Wilson, will occupy meats in .the executive gal lery. -Members of the '-house,' will stand on-- the riffhf and left sides of the chamber The vice president-elect will be escorted ! to the rostrum to a seat beside Vice President Marshall, who will . administer, the oath Of office. Mr. sural address; and i a. valedictory by Mr. Marshall will follow? and the new vice picomcu.. ... call the iiew senate ? of the Sixty seventh ' congress to order and will swoar in the new senators elected with him last November. A !.-.':-': ' :'v' Meantime, the, guests In the senate chamber will proceed to the east por tico of the capitol for 'the inaugura tion of Mr. Harding- Members of the senate. , the ; . supreme court f Justices, diplomats and ; other distinguished guests will take places on the capitol steps ' around -the . inaugural atAnd, while members of congress will stand in especially ' reserved sections of the nioa ariinining tne stcyo. . f a.. h ciiests are in their places; the President-elect will be escorted out of Uhe . capitol and to the inaugural stand by members of the congressional cnmitte "nd Chif ; Justice Whlte. Thihlef Justice will administer the SlffSSrid thenar. Harding;; will kiss a page of the Bibl6 which was Sidit ths first inauguration j,f )olle it for Washington's Inaufrura ,.. -fter it was found that there was SrBaJl?. in the ; New; rork ; federal ?narineVband.Ctne President's Jrm Ola '"The Star Spangled Ban .TJKfthJ new-President will .da: COLBY IS NEViplFIRM WHICH BEGINS BUWESS SOON Retiring; Resident and State to : Enter Inter-. national Practice Will Establish Themselves Both At the National Capital and New York , WASHINGTON, March 3. With a ;brlef ; announcement t1at he" "will re sume the practice - of law'! President Wilson today gave the iflrst indication of what he intends to do after leaving the white house.1 ' s ' '' j . 4 Who"y unexpected '. and quite1 ! un known f o - the President's ' closest friends, 'it was officially . announced at the" white house offices -that Mr. ! Wi 1--son would enter a partnership I with .Bainbrtdge Colby, of -New York the retiring secretary of state, and1 that the new firm would-establish offices n New York and Washington. : No information of tlue. character of practice 'Wilson and . Colby" . will un dertake was made available and all questions were met with" the reply that the official announcement contained all there was to be said. Secretary Colby refused to dlscussthe subject Tat ;alL The general, assumption in Washington " is that Mr. - Wilson and Mr. Colby will engage largely in the practice of international law, a field to -which the world war arid its after math promise to contribute largely during the next 50 :, years.'! . Some . of the President's friends , -think 'i that through his activities in law; practice, he may .. find some f way ' to J coiitinue his work for world peace, but they do not know jtfst how he would do so. Mr. Wilson's start , In life-long be fore he : thought of college5 professor ships or 1 politics, was In ! the law. Graduated from" the University of :Vir- l giniaA ln hjs 'native " statetf 181. ho opened- a small ofqcji-arrt! -pr act iced mr iAt trrndun to Work ? at v Jrthta Ti:i;i--'-i-.-.iitfi' Ai.,Zl Hopkins "unlverslty-lV It was . during that ,year; his Writings' attracted first attention and that he wrote hi volume on ""congressional government He abandoned the law soon after, how ever, and began' the collegiate work in which he continued until he be came governor of New Jersey, f With the i announcement that the retiring President would take ' up law and apply to the supreme court of the United States for admission to practice, aJl officials Washington asked:' ''Is be physically able to do so?". . Rear Admiral Grayson, Mr. Wil son's personal physician, said his patient could and that he would be able to appear in the supreme'eourt "occasionally." "In the" absence of any definite announcement of how active Mr. Wilson proposes to be those who know his condition think hfs principal activities will be as a counsellor. MUSCLE SHOALS ITEM IS LEFT OUT OF BILL to Drop It WASHINGTON. March 4. The senate early today adopted the report of its conferees recommending passage of the $383,000,000 sundry civil bill with-! a greater part of. their surplus produc out the $10,000,000 appropriation for , tion. . . . It is not a little singular, continuing work on the Wilson dam ! that a measure which strikes a blow at project at Muscle Shoals, Ala. our foreign. . trade, should follow so For the . second time the house had j closely upon the action of congress, refused to concur ir the senate amend- directing the resumption , of certain ment providing for work on the nl trate plant. The vote was 207. to. 14.4. Insistence of the senate on Its amendment making the Wilson: dam appropriation and refusal of the house to. accept . the senate amendment - had hekl iip final enactment, of the meas ure which carries more than $200,000, 000 for hospitalization and care.; of wounded and disabled soldiers and for dependents under (the war risk insur ance act. ' . The sundry civil measure afer, ac tion by the senate went to the houst which on reconvening at 2 o'clock .this morning after a brief recess is expect ed to . approve the report of its con ferees and send , the bill to the Presi dent. Immediately after acting on the sundry civil bill, the ; senate recessed until 10:30 today. Congress neared Its end in the isual desperate.' attempts to pass eleventh hour measures. Night sessions were held by 'both senate, and house. Many bills received their death blows in the final hours of the session while numerous-others escaped. ;The $395,000,000"' navy bill appeared to be th.e only - regular supply bill which would fail. ' Its loss was conceded to night yon all . sides, although - it ' had been'before the senate for many hours. Squeezed through. the Jam - oyer the naval bill also 'was a new measure ap propriating $1$,600,000 for hospital -extensions' for-war veterans. It - Was pass ed the senate and then by the house and -paved ;tne way xor saving tne sun dry civil bill from 'defeat, the hospital appropriations! also v being- in 'that measure.- . --i :p-: .; , .-' A7A:' INAUCrtJRATION WEATHEaa IS i : TO BE PAIR BUT ' BIT COOL vWASHINGTON, March 3. Visitors- in Washington for 1 the: simple ceremonies attending tomorrow's .Inauguration, of President-elect Hardirigi were assured tonight by the weather ' bureau , of favorable weather conditions. . ; . . ' ! ; 'Th9 weather. In" Washington ; on irlr dayr March 4,? said a special forecast Issued tonight.-" "will be fair "and : cold with fresh northwest winds.' The tem perature -will be 'near -freezing Friday morning." 1 t - EXPECTED W GIVEN TO THE FORDNEY BILL;MONDAY TO SAY WHAT BY PRESIDENT IWILSON THEY PROPOSE TO DO He Declares This No Time to Be Erecting Trade Barriers in-iAmerica' .H.'.'-: ' WON'T Alt) FARMER Measure Would Injure Ameri can interests and Cripple Foreign Nations WASHINGTON, March 4. Efforts to override President Wilson's veto of the Fordney emergehcy tariff bill failed in the house early this morning and the measure originally designed to aid ' the farmers, thereby - met Jts death. The vote on the motion to pass the measure over the President's veto was 201 for 132 against. " This was 21 votes less than the necessary , two-thjrds. j -The veto was called up and voted on! without discus sion' There was . little expectation among Republicans that they could round up the two-thirds vote neces sary to override the veto, and. it was for this reason that some leaders had urged Chairman Fordney of the ways and means , committee to let it lie on the table without action. WASHINGTON, March '3.- The Ford ney tariff bill was vetoed , late today by President Wilson in a. message which declare-"that "this is no time for the erection here of high trade barriers," and that the measure "would not fur nish in any substantial degree the re lief sought by the producers of most of the staple commodities which it covers." Action on the veto was ex pected in the house and possibly the f senate tonight, with the indications" for overriaing-11 consiaeraDiy, in doubt. : "The situation in which many of the farmers of the country find themselves cannot be . remedied by a" measure of this sort." the President said -in his message. "There is no short way out of existing conditions," he added, "and measures of this sort can only have-the effect 'of. deceiving the farmers and of raising faJse hopes among' them.": The farmer nedds a better system of. do mestic .marketing,, and credit.; he said. l.Tf? not. conduce, ito an . expansion of tntf toreign market. . The President said the measure "has only slight interest.so far as its pros pective yleldsvare: concerned," and de clared that the;, rate established in the bill "either equals .ort exceeds those es tablished under" the'Payne-Aldrich act, in which the principle pf protection reached Itsigh water jnarfc and the enactment of which was followed by an exhibition of protest '.on the part , of the majority of 'the American people." People Opposed to It "I do not believe,' the President said, "that the sober Judgment of tfie masses of the people of the nation, or even of the special class Whose inter ests are -immediately affected by this measure, will sanction a return, espe cially in view of conditions, which lend even less, justification for such action, to a policy of legislation for selfish in terests which will foster monopoly and Increase . the disposition to .look upon the government as an instrument for private gain instead of an instrument for the promotion of the general well being. ....... "Actual relief," the' President said, "can come only from, the adoption of constructive measures, of a broader scope, from the restoration of peace everywhere In the world, the resump tion of . normal, industrial pursuits, the recovery particulraly of Europe, and the discovery there of additional credit foundations on the baBls of which hr people may arrange to take from farm i ers and other producers .of this nation activities of the war finance corpora tion,, especially at the urgent insistence of the representatives of. the farming interests who believed that its resump tion would improve foreign marketing. . We have been vigorously build ing up a great merchant marine and providing for "marketing in- foreign countries by the passage of an export trade law and of measures for the pi 6 motion of banking' agencies In foreign countries. Now . it appears that- we propose to render the measures abor tive in whole or in part. No Fears of "Damning' "I imagine there is little doubt that while this measure Is temporary,, it Is intended as a foundation for action of a similar nature -of a very general and permanent character. If there ever was " a time when America had anything to fear from foreign competition, that time has passed. I cannot belieye that American pro ducers who in most respects are the most efficient In the world, can have any dread of competition .when - they view the fact .that their country has come through . the - great struggle of the last few years, relatively speak ing, untouched, while the principal competitors.1 are in -varying degrees sadly stricken and laboring under ad verse conditions; from which they will not , recover for many years. Changes of a very radical character have taken place. ; The United States has .become a v great creditor nation. ; She has lent certain : governments of Europe more than $"9,000,000,000, and as a result of the enormous excess of our exports, there is an . additional commercial in debtedness -of , foreign nations to ou r Jown of perhaps not less than $4,000,'. ooo.ooo. There are? only tnree ways in which' Europe can meet her part4 of this indebtedness, namely, by the estab lishment of private credits by th6 ship ment of goldr or of commodltiea. ItJis difficult for.- Europe to discover t the reqxjlslte securities as 'a basis for the necessary, credits. " Europe la not in a position at " the 'present -time to. - send us the amount of gold, which; would 3 needed and. we "could " no view further large imports of gold Into this country without - concern.: - The result, to say , (Continued on-Page Two.-, A s - r ' - GERMANS GIVEN UNTIL Not Quite Clear Whether For eign Minister Means to ; Make New Proposals BELIEVE HE WILL Lloyd-Georges Reference to Germany's Demands in '71 Pleases France LONDON, March 3. The Germans have until Monday to brine their counter proposals to the Paris nhd- 4ngs on reparations, - into accord with! the ; allies' views. Whether they Will j attempt to do so is still a matter of conjecture. . I The British version of Dr. Simons' reply to Mr. i Lloyd-George indicated that they would. He was quoted as i saying that the Germans would exam-1 ine the prime -minister's speech, that their intention had been mistaken, and that no occasion ' would arise ifor employment of the measures outlined i by the allies. ' The German text- of Dr. Simons' speech, however, puts 'a different com plexion on the matter. According; to this, the German foreign secretary protested against "sanctions (penal ties) without legal foundation." Tjhis, of course, is based on ' the treatyj of i Versailles, which provides that penal- I ties cannot . be enforced until , after Junior clerk in tne JNortnwestern Trust May 1, but ignores : the, allies' conten- i company, of Chicago, who stole 1772, tion that the" Germans have failed to ! 000 in liberty bonds from the bank comply treaty.' with the conditions of the I Dr, Simons is in close conversation with tne other members of the deiega- Was tempted when he-saw so many tioa and also vith the Berlin cabinet negotiable bonds- within reach and that and while some of the Germans con- . ne had gathered ihem up on the im tinued to insist that they could goj no ; puiae o'f the moment put them, in a further . towards meeting the stand-' sman satchel and walked out of the point oS the allies, the belief Prevailed bank building as though 'going to t!iat they will make new proposals, 1 iuncn. . v which Mr. Lloyd-George's speech iwas -. "' - : ; aimed at inducing them to do. The British prime minister's presen tation of the ajlies case greatly pleased the French. He drew a ar aljel between German action nowjand at Frankfort in 18X1, when .the treaty was based on .the -assumption phat France wa ia jf he -wrong,, and Germany anded not onlv reparations but ay-J IS'yFftGcTiJr'tnl the war, :,s: , , . . , "Until Germany accepts the positions that she is responsible for the ilate war and interprets her obligations! ac cordingly," - Said Mr. Lloyd-Geoirge, "these conferences will 'be futile." j Ho .insisted, however, that the alles were not. .going so. far in the matter of payment as the Germans went in 1871. ... "We are not asking for the costs of ; the war. The Charges on the allies j were so enormous.it would be impossl- ble to ask a single country to) bear them. We simply have insisted jthat Germany pay reparations with respect to the chargeS'Cast upon the respective countries by material damage andi in- j Juries inflicted upon the lives ani lunhs of their inhabitants. Mr. Lloyd-George gave figures of the budgets of the allied countries and asked: . . 'IWhat is there comparable in the German budget to this?" He said. that he believed that when the German peo ple! realized the extent of the devasta tloji wrought their attitude would change. MAn incredible amount of damage has been done deliberately with ' the j view of destroying the essential means of production of France and Belgium,'' Mr Lloyd-George declared, adding: ; TTheref ore unless reparation is made by! Germany, it means that the victors wil pay the price of defeat and ' the vanquished reap the fruits of victory.?' "What Germany offered was not one foiirth the sum required to, repair the damage," the prime minister said, "and that on conditibn that those who need it taust find it out of their own pockets on) high privileged terms." It was here that Mr. Liloyd-George said that if Germany came with a pro posal which Indicated a sincere desire to jdischarge Its obligations it would be considered. I . Mr. Lloyd-peorge compared the Brit ish and German taxation, and said that until Germahy had imposed .at least equal taxation, she , was .not In a posi tion to pleaJ she was unable to meet the demands ' of the Paris proposals. ; The German delegates sat very rigid anid gave no explanation to their feel ings throughout the. speech.. Dr. Simons was extremely pale. There were no signs of any , part of the Ger man delegation leaving London, while Premier Brland and M. Berthelot of Prance; M. Jasper, the Belgian foreign minister, and other .delegates will remain.-.- -.''("' It is noted; that the towns to be occu pied should fthe .Germans fall to come to terms, face the French and Anglo Belgian lines, so that these armies would be the first to move should the necessary step exist. . - " - . ALLIED PLANS IN EVENT ' GERMANY ..DOESN'T AGREE LONDON, f March 3. The German delegates were Informed today that if Germany does not accept the allied terms, the allies will take . immediate steos. ' First will be occupation by the allied troops, of the cities of Douisburg, Dusseldorf.' Ruhrdorf; Second, each allied country will place such tax on German merchandise as ls -deemed proper; third, customs boundary along the Rhine, under allied control will be established.1' - ' - ' ' ' ' ' . Germany's, deliveries .applicable to reDarations account including war ma terial estimated at eight , billion goldj marks, it .was announced oy' tne anted reparations commission today. , . This leaves twelve billions due on the first twenty billioris Germany , would pay under .Versailles treaty. Germany's counter proposals, sub mitted Tuesday, were not susceptible of examination, Lloyd-George . told ,-" Dr. Simons in . substance after today's ses sion had" assembled at noonr t The Ger mans were Informed the only modifica tion 'of the Paris . reparations decision permitted tot Germany , will be as re gards -conditions of payment, such . as ' ; (Continued on Page ; Two.) Youthful Bank Clerk Who Stole S772.000 - .- I -i . . . v . - - -.- . . ' - - - t V M I S, ' !.:..- - ' 1 - 't ' ' v I 111 l-ift 9 , .w5- A f III 1 A f'-M Ml K t t -ffv j ! l i..' , . " .. William Dalton, the 16-year-ola and was captured two days later at Heyworth, 111., with all but ?500 of his loot. Dalton told the authorities he HARDING'S CABINET IS WITH ? HIM! AT 1(5 AP1TAL James J. wavis of Pittsburgh Is Finally . Named, for; the' " Labor :Portf olio i - WASHINGTON, March 3. All of the men selected ' by "President-eiect Hard ing to be members of his cabinet ex- Cept Andrew W. Mellon, of Pittsburgh, who is to. be secretary of 'the treasury, were in Washlnston tonight Mr J Melr Ion, is to arrive early tomorrow ; and during the day will confer with Sec retary Houston. Nominations of the. new cabinet of ficers are to be transmitted to the sen- ate at the special, session of! that body which begins at noon tomorrow, out the new officials will not take office until Saturdays They will be sworn In by the chief clerks of the several departments in the presence of the men they succeed and the chiefs of the bureaus over -which they are to pre side. - . . v's '. . ... Charles Evans. Hughes, who is to be , secretary of -state, -and Henry P. Fletcher," Twho is( to be undersecretary, conferred ' for two hours liate today with Secretary Colby and Under-Sec- tetary Davis: Neither Mr. Hughes nor Mr. Fletcher would discuss the con ference but it was understood that they took . up with the retiring of ficers the more important of the di plomatic questions pending. One state department, officer described the visit as "educational. -", '' After leaving the state department Mr. Hughes .called on Preuident-elect Harding at his hotel for a brief con ference. . Others.- of his cabinet selec tions received ' by .the Preisident-elect included. James J. ..Davis, whose ap pointment as secretary, of rlabor"was announced, while Mr. Harding was en -route here today from Marion; Harry M. Daugherty, who is to be attorney general, and -John W. -Weeks, of Mas sachusetts, who is to secretary of war. Senator Fall, of N"ew Mexico, secre tary ; of i' the- interior-designate,, spent some time '.with' Secretary! Payne ,at the interior department discussing the work of the department. Mr. Fall will submit hfs 'resignation as senator to morrow tand the 'governor, l. of New Mexico, ;a Republican, ,'lS' expected to fill the. vacancy.,: promptly J One ' of Senator Fall's , last acts will be -tofile a. report. of his investigation, almost a year ago, into Mexican affairs, which included testimony of many wit nesses received on. he Mexican border and In . Washington. - ' " . Edwin, Denby, the new; secretary ot the navy, andformer Senator John W. Weeks,' who has been chosen as secre tary "of ; war,; already - have conferred' with . Secretaries.1 Daniels and Baker respectively, .while Herbert. Hoover has had a lohr ' talk' with Secretary ' Alex ander of the-, department "of commerce. The resisnatiojis jf : Secretary JPayne and ' PostmasterGeneral Burleson ar rived at the white houee today. , They were laid aside -V by .white house at taches for".; presentation, -tot , Mr. Hard-lng.- --"-,'.-, .-;' -f .' - '. MORE INDICTMENTS MADE NEW YORIC" March 3. Two Indict ments containing, names of nearly 60 corporations. ...and Individuals, y includ ing, the ..membership of the - Marble' Contractors' association, were returned late today by the January grand Jury. Violation : of the. : state, anti-trust , law was .charged. - '.' : ..;: - -.' CHARLOTTE HIGHS WIN .'v, :.: -'";,: (Special to The Star) CHARLOTTE, March ; $. Charlotte highs eliminated ' Candler. highs from the western North Carolina basketball championship-by defeating them 49 to 19 here today, . - , - COURTESY AND DESIRE TO CO-OPERATE WITH HARDING ARE EVIDENT . .-.,...-''".'..'--'':" '.,t.'. Wilson's Enfeebled Condition Explains Attitude as to -the Inaugural FINALS OF CABINET Retiring Presidenti Insists That All Executive Business Be ' Cleared Up - . - 4 -. ' By DAVID LAWRENCE ( (Copyright, mi by Te Morning Star) WASHINGTON, March 3. President Wilson has shown in these last few days of his administration a desire to co-opeVate with he' new President andi his official family and' he has moreover insisted that everything .-s be cleared tip in the way pf recocdB.and official busl- ness in the various . departments.- . v Mr. Wilson's latest, act was" to sug.-, gest that congress be furnished copies of all correspondence: In the treasury' department relating to loans with for eign governments. A car load of docu- . meifts accordingly : Wient to the capl- , tol and thus ends a j controversy, tha exact nature of which may. be -puzzling to the outside world, and it Js equally perplexing to -people in Washington. The treasury ! has declared from ' tba start that so far as the United States government was , concerned, the docu- ments contained nothjng that need j ba concealed from the American ; people, . but that the communications from tile ; foreign governments revealed facts about their . financial standing; which --. might or might not be embarrassing to . them, if made public on-account - ot -. j possfljle Ill-effect in , the relations be-, tween one foreign goverhment. and ftn . other. 'J Secretary Houston! . was ctu- tious enough to seek advice from tha secretary; of state, because the" latter Is more familiar with-the vieWpolnt-.'oC . foreign governments than is the head of the treasury department. -' ' ' ' Talked One Wny, Voted Anotaet1: It is a fact that , certain members of the senate judiciary : committee prl- , vately told members of ; the ; Wilson 1 cabnet that there :was really no" spe- : cial ipurpose tobe, erve4 .'.ttt;'Qy.Sin, the "ctlments out-' f ntHe -prrvacy of the treasury. but ; nevertheless those same senators yQ ted ixn" the others. In ,c attnanlmous reqpest. -that the inrorma tion be. sent to 'the; senate, v This .has puzzled the administration and was one of th ethings discussed In the cab- . inet, meeting . of Tuesday. President Wilson, however, took , the position that the action of. the senate Judiciary committee was clear and that if kny A.; disadvantage to. the good, relations ot ' the United States resulted from the , publication of the data, the responsi bility would rest with those who make the information public,' and that so far as the Wilson administration- was con cerned it j should accede to the request of the senate as expressed in the reso lution calling for the data. j . Outside of a discussion of foreign loans, to which there was nothing iew to be added' except to send the data to the senate, the cabinet talked of rou tine matters at Its final meeting. Th President made suro that every 'de partment ' , secretary had concluded every piece of "business which required ' executive , sanction and the meeting came to an end. Then It was that Sec retary Colby . made a brief speech! , ou behalf of the cabinet and Mr. Wiison thanked the cabinet for their, servicer to him and shook hands with each. Farewells of this kind always have an ; element, of pathos, but It was unmis takable that the departure of Wood row Wilson from the cablnet meetlng seemed to carry with it more elerrknts of tragedy and defeat than Is custom ary with the outgoing executive. This: ! is because v Mr. Wilson's health Is j. far from good and because, his decrepit ! physical condition is the direct result of his overwork" In the service of th nation. ' j ' Is Close e Hardin; Mr., Wilson has exchanged -letters" with Mr. Harding and they seem to ba getting closer. - together. Mr. ' Wilson is very anxious to-do the courteou thing in every way on Friday and, to be present throughout the ceremonies, but it begins to be apparent" that, Mr, Wilson's ' physical condition v may not " uri- : not ; permit it. Mr. Harding thoroughly derstands the situation ' and ' will consider it a. discourtesy If Mr. Wilson cannot be present when the oath 'of office Is ' administered. The truth ' Is ' that Mr. Wilson will be able to get -to the senate "chamber, but. It ' Is doubt- v ful whether he can stand v the added walk from the senate, chamber to th capitol steps,- a distance of only-';! hundred ' feet; since It Involves going down stairs, the fear is that Mft rwil son' will ; be ; unaUle to accompany Mr. Harding i from the senate chamber 1to the Inauguration stand. Mr; Wilson could 'be conveyed' In a rolling' chalrx. but he refuses, to Be transported thatv: way, and his intimates say he Is par ticularly : sensitive . about being, sub Jected to public scrutiny because of, hl enfeebled condition.- J . - - y-., As the Wilson administration draws to a close," it is gradually becoming ' known that many of the embarrassing . delays and . Irritations which have , re- ' suited - from Mr. Wllsonrs " inability to N see callers are- largely- the result of his -111 health, and '' Republicans , who ' are " coming to know the facts mo? longer suspect -.Mrr; Wljison ; of avoidance , of the customary eerempnles and courte sies due a President-elect by his pred ecessor. , -r: '- '" ; ' t, TheT President's 'desire' to withdraw from the" picture on. inauguration day and leave the stage jto Mr. Hardlnig. is -so well ' defined, moreover, that when several Democrats in ! the senate asked whether they could pay their respects on Friday afternoon! at Mr. .Wilson's ' new . home, he hesitated for - fear ha . might be thought. -toj.be Introducing a,-" partisan, or rival element in the day's festivities. Remarking that he guessed he . "would, be loneslme Friday -after . noon,' he acceded -to the suggestjon. 1 however, and - as a consequence . tho Wilsons will receive those officials whs want to pay their- respects to the rem tiring chief executive, . r, if -1 i i I. 11 V h V Mr. christian, who served as- jn (Continued on Pago Two) Mvr his inaugural uui. "!--
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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