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rOKTLAXD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1921 ,
PRICE FIVE CENTS
ALLIES COMPLETE
LONDON, PARIS ENVOYS
RECALLED BY BERLIN
DEPARTURE OF AMBASSADORS
SURROUNDED BT MYSTERY.
TWO KILLED IN DAY PREMIER OF SPAIN
IN WINDY CITY FEUDI IS SHOT TO DEATH
TIFF Hi TUXES
UNIVERSITY HAS EYE
ON WOOD AS PROVOST
E
GET ACTION SOON
REIGX OF LAWLESSNESS CUL
MIXATES IX MURDER.
DATO AXD CHAUFFEUR BOTH
SIAIX IX AUTO.
PENNSYLVANIA TRUSTEES . TO
MAKE NOMINATION'.
BIDS ON S
HARDING
CABINET
GERMANY
ROAD
WORK
OPEN
Duesseldorf, Ruhrort and
Duisburg Now Held.
AMERICANS STAY ON RHINE
Other Penalties Also Put Into
Effect.
TROOPS MET BY CROWDS
Administration of Territory to Be
Same aa at Present Applied
In Rhineland.
FRENCH MILITARY HEADQUAR
TERS, Mayence, Germany, March 8.
(By the Associated Press.) British,
Belgian and French troops entered
Dueeseldorf this morning:.
French and Belgian troops occupied
Duisburg at noon.
The allied Rhine flotilla took pos
sesion of Ruhrort.
The Belgians entered Duesseldorf by
the brldsre over the Rhine, while the
Anglo-French forces advanced by
ay of the Cologne bridgehead.
.1 marching to the right bank of the
Rhine and entering Duesseldorf from
the south and east.
. Occupation Easily Made.
" The occupation of the additional
i territory was made without and un-
toward incident.
j The entire movement Waa effected
j In a way to obviate, so far as pos-
1 sible, a show of force, but the French
ana the British Rhine flotillas were
! prepared for eventualities.
In Duesseldorf, largest of the Ger-
t man cities to be taken over, many
! curious persons were on the street
corners, notwithstanding tne eariy
i hour, as If they had been waiting up
. all night for the event. They, how
ever, looked on apparently with ln-
5 difference as the troops passed.
,i Later In the day, small groups
crowded the street corners, but
quickly dispersed at the request ot
the police.
Economic Pennltlra Applied.
The Rhineland commission began
; applying the economic penalties de
termined upon by the allies by utll-
'. Izlng the German customs admlnls
J tration and employes In the collection
of the German tariffs, turning the
proceeds in a special fund for repara
tions.
The economic penalties were put
Into effect on an order received from
Premier Lloyd George, as president
of the supreme council.
The American troops In the Coblens
area remained at their old positions,
on orders from Washington.
The Rhine customs frontier prob
ably will be established at the limits
of the neutral zone. 30 kilometers
(about 18'4 miles), east of the Rhine.
AdminlHtratlon to Be Same.
The administration of the newly
occupied German territory will be
the same at present applied in the
Rhineland. German officials and em
ployes will carry on affairs accord
ing to German laws and regulations,
but under the general control of the
allied troops, commanded at Dues
reldorf by the French general, Gau
cher, and at Duisburg by the Belgian
general, Beaurain.
has been settled
thod of collecting
d employment of
the German tariff officials, it was
understood that the Americans will
not participate. Some arrangement
will bo entered Into whereby allied
troops will be allowed to draw an
imaginary lino In front of the Amer
ican area of occupation, to make a
continuous tariff line along the
Rhine, about 30 kilometers east of
the river with the principal head
quarters at the bridgeheads at May
ence, Coblenz, Cologne and Duesseldorf.
German Plenipotentiaries Scout
Probability That Teutons
Will Alter Stand.
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Pub-
Many Counties Ask Loans
From Commission.
BY JOSEPH W. GRIGG.
(Copyright by the Xcw York World
lished by Arrangement.)
LONDON, March 8 (Special.)
Much mystery surrounds the sudden
departure of the German ambassador
to Great Britain, Dr. Von Sthamer,
for Berlin tonight.
Neither the ambassador nor his em
bassy colleagues would confirm a re
port current this evening that he had
been recalled by the Berlin govern
ment as part of a formal protest
against the allied occupation of more
German territory. Dr. Wllhelm Mayer. 'rreClflM
Berlin this afternoon.
The most the Germans would admit
was that they did not know the date
of Dr. Sthamer's return.. This morn
ng, it was said tonight. Ambassador
von Sthamer sent a short note to the
British foreign office saying he would
leave tonight for Berlin.
At 2 o'clock this afternoon Dr.
Simons, the foreign minister, and his
big staff left Victoria station by spe
cial train. None of the German dele
gation took any stock in reports pub
lished in some conservative afternoon
papers that within three weeks the
Germans, under allied pressure, would
come forward with better proposals.
On the contrary, some of the principal
German officials believe German
traders will at once try to market
much of their goods in adjacent
neutral countries, including Russia, to
thwart the allies.
It is further suggested that the al
lies will find it extremely difficult
to prevent German merchants from
selling goods even to allied countries
through the medium of neutral mid
dlemen.
MOST REQUESTS REJECTED
Placing More Highways on
State Map Opposed.
TO CONTINUE
So Much Work on Hand That Gatb
erlng May Xot Be Closed for
Some Tim Tet.
I
RAIL SITUATION GRAVE
Prospect of General Decrease In
Freight Rales, Remote.
WASHINGTON. D. C, March 8
The general railroad situation affords
little prospect of general decreases in
freight rates. Chairman Clark of the
interstate comerce commission to
day informed Senator Harris of
Georgia. Chairman Clark said:
"The situation is not so good as in
December. There has been a falling
off In general traffic For every
dollar that the railroads earn they
pay out more than 90 cents. Due to
this narrow margin a good many are
not even earning their operating ex
penses. "It is difficult to find an argument
in favor of reducing rates, unless it
can be shown that the rates are sti
fling the traffic and that lower rates
would effect a movement from which
there would be some returns."
Though nothing 1
regarding the meth
J the customs beyond
SKY SPORT HELD ILLEGAL
Movie Men Accused of Hunting
Ducks With Plane.
SACRAMENTO. Cal., March 8. Pic
tures shown in a well-known motion
picture news weekly depleting an
airplane crashing into a flock of
wild ducks, which were taken near
Colusa last October, resulted today
in the filing of criminal proceedings I
here against Louis Hutt, photogra
pher; Lieutenant Harry Halverson .of
San Francisco; J. M. Fetters, com
mercial aviator, and Richard Done.
The complaint was filed by Charles
S. Hauser, chief of the government
division having in charge violations
of the migratory bird act, and charges
that the men hunted ducks In air
planes in violation of the migratory
bird act.
HIGHLIGHTS OX HIGHWAY
COMMISSION SESSIO.V..
Bids for paving, grading and
bridges are opened. Awards to
be made at 10 o'clock this morn
ing. Petitions to place more roads
on state highway map ere re
ceived. Polk county renews proposi
tion to build Pacific highway
south from Independence in
stead of Monmouth.
Proposals heard on location
of northern end of The Dalles
California highway.
Work on Minam-Joseph high
way to be ordered Immediately.
To build spur from The
Dalles-California highway to-"
Fort Klamath Is decided.
Grading of 20-mile section of
McKenzIe highway east of
Prineville to be advertised for
April meeting.
Grading of Heppner-Jones
hill section of Oregon-Washington
highway In Morrow
county is authorized..
Shootings Occur In Section Known
as Death Valley and Ascribed
to Political Bitterness. ,
CHICAGO, March 8. A reign of
lawlessness, declared to have been
the outcome of a political feud, which
has terrorized one of the most densely
populated wards in the city for
weeks, today culminated in the
assassination of two of Alderman
John Power's political lieutenants.
Paul Labriola, a municipal court
bailiff, was the first victim. He war
shot from ambush a block from his
home just before noon. He feil with
nine bullets through his back.
Harry Raymond, a cigar store
owner, was killed two hours later
In his stare by two men. Two bullets
pierced his head and two others his
lungs.
Both shootings occurred in a sec
tion known as "death valley," and
were ascribed by the police to a feud
between Powers' faction and that of
Anthony D'Andrea, who was defeated
by Powers for alderman.
The assassins today struck so
boldly, taking care to see that their
work was finished, and then dis
appearing, that the police accepted
the murders as part of a programme
of assassination and took steps to
guard men likely to have been
marked for killing.
Assassin Uses Motorcycle to Es
cape Official Most Conserv
ative of Concervatives.
Three most prominent features at
the meeting of the state highway
commission yesterday were;, the de
sire of many counties to tempt the
commission into speeding up by of
fering to co-operate on a 50-50 basis;
the wish of other counties to have
county roads transferred to the state
road map, and the plea of counties to
have the commission lend them money
to finance road work and have the
commission accept county road bonds
as collateral.
There were many other matters
coming under the survey of the com
mission, such as the opening of bids
for about Jl. 000. 000 of work; discus
sion of the location of the northern
JUDGE'S JOB THREATENED
Arkansas Lawmakers Resent Af
front Offered Young Women.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., March 8. The
house today passed a bill introduced
yesterday to abolish the division of
circuit court over which Judge Wade
presides and . sent it to the senate,
where it was read twice and made a
special order for tomorrow.
The action of the legislature re
sulted from Judge Wade's charge to
a grand Jury to Investigate the mor
als of the senate. The charge, legis
lators said, reflected cn the honor of
the young women employed in the
assembly.
Both houses today adopted a reso-
ution asking the governor to remove
Judge Wade from office. Governor
McKae replied to the house, the sen
ate having adjourned, that he would
hold a QuasM-judicial investigation to
rn. rrow in an effort to determine If
the cause for removal as set forth
! in the resolution Is just.
Articles of Impeachment were
drawn by a committee of the house
and will be introduced soon, it was
said.
LONDON, March 8. The Spanish
premier, Edouardo Dato, has been as
sassinated, according to a dispatch to
the Exchange Telegraph company
from Madrid.
Senor Dato was killed by revolver
shots as he left congress.
MADRID, March 8. The actual
assassin of the premier was a man on
a motorcycle, who fled. The chauf
feur of the automobile in which Pre
mier Dato was riding also was killed.
Edouardo Dato was recognized as
one of the most conservative of the
conservatives in Spain. He became
leader of the liberal-conservative
party, the strongest political group in
congress, after the disappearance or
Canovas. Never a friend of the work
ing classes, and opposed to all' re-
formsDato acquired the height of his
reputation for sternness in August,
1917, when he suppressed the workers'
movement.
On several occasions he was speak
er of the house. Besides holding port
folios in various cabinets, he was
premier several times. Although ap
parently of gentle temperament, Dato
possessed a will of Iron and never
discussed a subject with anyone once
he had made up his mind.
He was born in La Coruna. August
12, 1858, and studied law. He passed
his final examinations at the age
of 19. When he entered politics he
pushed rapidly to the front, becoming
secretary of state for the interior in
1891 and minister of the same de
partment in 1899.
In 1903 Dato became minister of
Justice and In 1907 he was nominated
speaker of the house and also became
mayor of Madrid.
He was first chosen premier in 1913
and again in 1917. In 1918 he held
the portfolio of secretary of state for
foreign affairs. He was marjied in
his early youth and was the father of
three children.
Dato's sympathies throughout the
war were on the side of the allies.
For the United States he was said
never to have had any love. He was
a monarchist.
Republican Leaders Pre
pare for Conference.
DATE IS TO BE SET TODAY
Recommendations Will
Made to President.
Be
FARM AID PROPOSED
DrJft of Opinion Is Declared to Be
That Emergency Agriculture
BUI Have Precedence.
WASHINGTON, March 8. Detailed
recomendations as to tariff, and in
ternal revenue legislation will be
submitted to President Harding soon
by congressional leaders and Secre
tary Mellon.
Arrangements for a conference of
republican leaders to draft a pro
gramme of tariff and revenue legis
lation were made today in accord
ance with a plan of action agreed on
last, night.
Republican members of the senate
finance committee will meet Secretary
Mellon and half a dozen assistants
and Chairman Good of the house ap
propriations comlttee within a few
days.
The date for the conference Is to
be decided tomorrow.
New Tariff BUI Planned.
General Declares He Is "Inclined
to Accept" After 3-Day Dis
cussion of Post.
PHILADELPHIA, March 8. Ma-jor-General
Leonard Wood will be
nominated as provost of the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania at the next
meeting of the board of trustees
March 21.
This announcement was made to
night by E. B. Morris, a member of
the board, following an Informal
meeting of trustees. He said he be
lieved General Wood was "inclined to
accept" the nomination.
The announcement was confirmed
by C. C. Harrison, dean of trustees.
Dr. Harrison explained that the meet
ing had been Informal and attended
by seven trustees of the 23.
General Wood passed three hours
today discussing the provostship with
these trustees of the university. Upon
his arrival he said he would be "de
lighted" to become head of the Insti
tution, but declined to state definitely
whether he would become the univer
sity's director.
After the conference General Wood
left for New York to make prepara
tions for leaving for the Philippines
March 25.
FIX RHINE POLICY
American Withdrawal Not
Now Considered.
LATIN AMITY IS SOUGHT
Senate to Be Asked to Ratify
Colombian Treaty.
PANAMA'S REPLY. WAITED
MEXICAN PARTY DUE SOON
Delegation Leaves San Francisco
for Portland Tonight.
SAN FRANCISCO. March 8. Eight
Mexican business men, representing
th confederated chambers' of com
merce of Mexico, arrived here today
from Los Angeles. They will depart
for Portland tomorrow night.
The party is aiding in establishing
end of the Dalles-California highway i closer trade and other relations be
tween the United States and Mexico.
NEBRASKANS FAVOR FAIR
House of Representatives Lauds
Portland and Beaver State.
SALEM, Or., March 8. (Special.)
The house of representatives of the
state of Nebraska has approved a
resolution indorsing the world's ex
position to be held In Portland in
1925,' according to information - re
ceived at the governor's office here
today.
The resolution lauded Portland and
the state of Oregon as pioneers in
championing the Atlantic-Pacific in
ternational highway and added that
in staging the exposition the people
of the Pacific coast state were taking
a step forward along the line of per
manent development.
The resolution is now before the
Nebraska senate and will receive the
approval of that body, according to
information received by the executive.
PROTEST VOICED BY EBERT
'Wc Must Xot and Cannot Com
ply With Demands," Is Stand.
BERLIN, March 8, (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Friedrich Ebert, the
German Imperial president, declared
in a proclamation issued today that
Germany was not in a position to
use force to oppose the forceful meth
ods of the allies in occupying ad
ditional German territory, but that
She nevertheless protested vigorously
against what the president declared
was an open violation of the treaty of
peace.
The president's proclamation was
as follows:
"Follow citizens Our opponents
In the world war imposed upon us
unhcard-of demands, both in money
and kind, impossible of fulfillment.
Not only ourselves, but our children
and grandchildren, would have be
come the work Blaves of our adver
scrles by our signature. We were
called upon to seal a contract which
even the work of a generation would
not have sufficed to carry out.
"We must not and we cannot com
ply with it. Our honor and sclf-re-epect
forbid it.
"With an open breach of the peace
treaty of Versailles, our opponents
arc advancing to the occupation of
more German territory.
"We. however, are not in a posi-
DAVIS WILL BE RELIEVED
Ambassador Gets Cordial Letter
From President Harding.
LONDON, March 8. John W. Davis,
retiring American ambassador, has
received a cordial letter from Presi
dent Harding announcing that the
president, will comply with Mr. Davis'
request that a new ambassador be ap
pointed as soon as possible, so that
Mr. Davis may return home.
As a tribute of esteem and affec
tion the American newspaper corre
spondents presented Mr. Davis with
a set of pipes today.
(Concluded ua Page 3, Coluuiu I.)
EXPERIMENTER IS HURT
Chemicals Explode While Student
Works In Laboratory.
An explosion, caused by the mix
ing of chemicals during an amateur
experiment last night, resulted in
the Injury of Moun Wills, a student,
whlio at work In the laboratory In
his home at 1111 Carltcm avenue.
Young Wills was burned on one
hand and was taken to St. Vincent's
hospital, where it was reported that
the injury was not serious.
HARDING SEES REPORTERS
First Formal Press Conference Is
Held With Correspondents.
WASHINGTON. D. C. March 8.
President Harding instituted a poly
of frequent meetings with the White
House correspondents today, seeing
them after the cabinet meeting for his
first formal press conference since In- I
auguration.
He said he intendedto hold similar
conferences at least once and prob
ably twice weekly. - '
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A new emergency tariff bill for
special protection of agricultural In
terests promises to head the .pro
gramme to be submitted to President
Harding, Senator Penrose said today.
"Agricultural Interests, particu
larly those of the west, are insistent
that a tariff bill for their protection
be taken up at once," he added.
"There is every disposition to real
ize their necessities. Of course, rev
enue legislation cannot benefit the
taxpayer of current fiscal payments,
but he ought to know at the earliest
possible date what relief he can ex
pect and the Investor should be able
to know just where he is at.
Senator P :rose said that the "drift
of opinion" was ioward recommend
ing that the emergency agricultural
tariff bill be given precedence in the
new congress.,
Agricultural Tariff Wanted.
Several western republican sen
ators. Including McNary, Oregon
Gooding, Idaho, and Stanfield, Ore'
gon, today urged Senator Penrose, to
give first consideration to an agrl
cultural tariff. It is the present ti-
tentlon of republican leaders to limit
and circumscribe its schedules more
closely than In the Fordney bill.
which President Wilson vetoed last
week.
Both senate and house committees
will begin work soon, probably next
week, on the fiscal legislation for the
April session. While the house com
mittee is drafting the first bill for
introduction immediately on conven
ing of the congress, Senator Penrose
sad his committee would hold sup
plemcntary hearings on "high spots'
special subjects In controversy.
such as sales and other taxes. Sen
ator Penrose added that he had not
"been converted" to the sales tax
theory and was not convinced that it
was either "practicable or desirable,"
but said he had an "open mind" on
the subject
Consideration of revenue require
ments of the government. Senator
Penrose said, would bring up soldiers'
bonus legislation.
BLAKELY JURY DISAGREES
Jury Fails to Find Verdict After
I 7 Hours' Deliberation.
MEDFORD, Or., March i. The jury
in the case of Mrs. Myrtle Blakeley,
ex-county treasurer, was discharged
at 10 o'clock this morning by Circuit
Judge Kuykendall, when after 17
hours' deliberation the foreman de
clared a verdict was Impossible.
Mrs. Blakeley was charged with
maireasance In office in connection
with the failure of the Bank of Jack
sonville last August, it being held
by the state that she wrongfully de
posited 1104,536 in the bank without
the securities as required by law.
The trial lasted only five hours. Ac
cording to the report ot a Jury mem
ber, the vote stood nine for convic
tion and three for acquittal from the
first ballot.
This was the first ease to be tried
In connection with the Jacksonville
bank. The next case probably will
be that o Chester Kubli, an Apple
gate rancher, who is alleged to have
borrowed $30,000 from the bank
shortly before its failure.
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REMOVAL ORDER HELD UP
Vancouver Land Office to Remain
as It Is for the Present.
GOLDENDALE. Wash., March 8.
(Special.) According to advices re-
J celved from Wesley L. Jones, United
States senator, the general land office
at Washington, D. C, has decided not
to remove the land office from Van
couver, Wash., to Seattle at the pres
ent time, but will leave the matter as
a problem for the new administration
to solve.
This action will rescind an order
made shortly after the first of the
year, by which a consolidation of the
Vancouver office with the Seattle of
fice was proposed.
President Tells Secretaries He
Wants Xo Jealousy When Changes
In Jurisdiction Are Made.
UNION 20 YEARS ILLEGAL
Illinois Couple Married on Wrong
Side of Street.
DANVILLE, 111., March 8. Just
because they were married on the
wrong side of the street Mr. and Mrs.
Almon J. , Leneve of this city were
remarried Monday at Urbana, 111.,
where they were wedded i- 1903.
Nearly 20 years ago young Jerry
Leneve wooed and won Louise John-j
son ana ior ner ne nttea and fur
nished, a house on the east side of
the Illinois-Indiana state line in the
town of State Line, northeast of Dan
ville. The wedding took l-'.ace in In
dlana, but the marriage license was
issued here.
Recently following the marriage of
their daughter the couple learned that
the license issued in this Illinois
county was- not valid. in Indiana and
plans were made for the remarriage.
R0TARIANS AT SALT LAKE
500 Members Representing' 2 6
Clubs at Annual Conference.
SALT LAKE CITT, March 8. The
fifth annual conference of the Rotary
clubs of the 20th district of the In
ternational Association of Rotary
clubs opened today v.ith more than
500 rotarians from 26 clubs of the
district In attendance.
The delegates were welcomed by
Governor Mabey of Utah.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
JUDGE FINES CLUBMEN
Spokane's Elite Plead Guilty to
Violating Dry Law.
SPOKANE, Wash., March 8. Four
members of the Spokane City club,
raided by the police February '23,
entered pleas of guilty in police court
this afternoon and were fined on
charges of violating the city and
state prohibition laws.
The defendants were F, J. Cos
tello. manager of the club; Don
Ahrens; an automobile dealer, and
Horace C. Peyton, capitalist and
broker, fined J250 and costs each,
and E. S. Mcriierson, vice-president
of tho Spokane International Rail
way; fined -00 and costs. '
The Weather.
Yesterday's temperatures Maximum 89,
minimum 41.
TODAY'S Fatr; winds mostly westerly.
Foreign.
Allies Complete Nw German Occupation.
Paite 1.
Premier of Spain and chauffeur assassin-
aled. ruse l.
Counter-revolutionary aTruggle In Russia
believed near ena. rage -.
Berlin recalls London and fans envoys.
1'age 1.
National.
Harding and cabinet fix Rhine policy.
Fat-e l.
Concessional leaders to prepare new tar
iff legislation, rage i.
Shipping ' board - list sets capital agog.
J'age 4.
Revision of taxes before tariff legislation
U likely, aays ounivan, i-age t.
Holdings ot grain largest In history. Page 3.
Nation's great need is rlKid econdmy, says
Secretary Mellon. Pago 3.
Republicans block Colombian treaty.
Page 4.
Domestic.
University- of Pennsylvania trustees to
nominate General Wood as provost.
Page 1.
Two political workers In Chicago assas
sinated in day. Page 1.
Plot by packers to unload meat at high
prices Dy culling wagca is seen, rage u.
'orthwefit.
Clarke county protests denial of use of
Interstate bridge tons, rage t.
End of rate war on Portland Is denied at
Seattle, rage o.
Rail rate fight is staged in senate. Page 6.
Sports.
Commission closes with Duffy to head box
ing card. Page Jl'.
Beavers partly built on hopes. Page 12.
Commercial and Marine.
Farm reserves officially reported mora
than private estimates. Page ID.
Chicago wheat weakens as reMilt of gov
ernment statistics. Page 10.
Sharp declines in foreign exchanga mar
ket. Pago 19.
French Bteamer expected t load grain
hero for Alediterranean ports. Page 13.
Portland and Vlrlnlly.
Bids on $l.ooo,wo road work opened by
commissions Page 1.
AUcgai slayer Is set free by Judge. Page 10.
Two youthful bandits get seven years each.
Pago i.
Alibi of Yoder murder suspect Is both be
lieved ana Siuuieu. i use II.
John Bruno, slayer or pawluk, gets until
Friday to pieau. usq u.
Mayors advocate uniform road law. Page 0.
Ivubli and aluscr challenge iiuniC. Page i.
WASHINGTON. D. C, March 8.
Aspects of the nation's foreign rela
tions and problems of administrative
organization were considered by Pres
ident Harding and his cabinet today
at the first meeting.
Afterward, announcement was made
at the war department that In formu
lating Its policy toward the Rhine
situation this government Is not now
considering a withdrawal of the
American troops. It was learned that
as another step toward Pan-American
amity the president is preparing to
ask that the senate ratify at once the
Colombian treaty.
It was understood that the cabinet
took cognizance of the Panama-Costa
Rica situation and canvassed latest
official reports. The next step awaits
receipt of a reply from Panama to
the American note.
Orgnnlzntlon la Discussed.
Attention was directed toward per
fection of the cabinet organization.
Mr. Harding was understood to
have told his secretaries he wanted
no hesitation and no Jealousy about
any changes of Jurisdiction In the
reorganization scheme being formu
lated. All ten of the department heads and
Vice-President Coolidge were present.
The session lasted more than two
hours and at its conclusion Attorney
General Daugherty stayed for a short
talk with the president. There was a
brief conference between Mr. Harding
and Secretary Hughes before other
cabinet members arrived.
Another Meetlnu Friday.
After the meeting an announcement
from the White House said that the
cabinet would be called together
acain 1? riaav ana mat iiicreniici
meetings would be held at least once
a week, probably Tuesdays.
The announcement concerning
American troops on the Rhine wag
made by Secretary Weeks. The ad
ministration was understood to have
taken into account all the elements of
the situation in western (Jermany,
where allied troops have advanced to
enforce the treaty while the American
forces remained behind.
More concrete expression of this
government's attitude Is expected
soon.
Km Bill to Be Enacted.
Wlien the army appropriation bill
was under consideration, republican
leaders in congress proceeded on the
expectation that the American troops
would be out of Europe before July 1.
The bill failed of final enactment and
must be taken up again.
Also wrapped up in the Rhine situa.
tion is the question of a congres
sional resolution to declare peace with
Germany.
Dr. C. E. Sawyer, the Harding
family doctor, has been chosen as
the president's physician and will be
nominated as a brigadier-general la
the medical reserve corps, it was an
nounced toda? by Secretary Weeks.
Mr. Weeks said Dr. Sawyer would
be called to active service by the
president. He will thus have the
rank and pay ot a regular army of
ficer. President Harding played his first
game of golf today eince his inaug
uration. Accompanied by Mrs. Hard
ing, he motored to the Chevy Cliasa
Country club, where he usually played
when a senator.
Fatronaare Drive Encountered.
The president encountered today
his first big patronage drive tinc
he entered the White House. During
tho morning his offices were besieged
by members of congress and others,
most of whom are understood to have
made recommendations regarding appointments.
One of the subjects to which Presi
dent Harding is giving most thought
is the membership of the shipping
board, but Secretary Christian said
that any talk of definite selections
for the board was pure speculation.
During the morning the callers at
Mr. Harding's office included Senators
Lodge of Massachusetts, of the for
eign relations commitce; Sterling of
South Dakota, republicans; Fred Up
ham of Chicago, treasurer of the re
publican national commitec. and
Charles D. Hilles of New York, ex
republican national chairman.
Lodge and Denby Confer.
After leaving the White House
Senator Lodge visited the state, war
and navy buildings, where he con
ferred with Secretary Denby of tho
navy department, and Henry P.
Fletcher, under-secret.iry of etato.
Tho president Is expected to with
hold from congress all nominations
to the shipping board until he has
made a selection for tho chairman
ship. It was Indicated today that
several men still were under consid
eration for that post.