CAPE MAY COUNTY TIMES. SEa ISI.E CITY. N. J.

ESSENCE OF ALL eilRRENTAFFAIRS A Summary for Busy Readers of the Significant Doings

of the Day.

OCCURRENCES OF INTEREST.

the World In General. Legislative Activities at the Nation's Capital—News From Every Comer of the Country.

mar safi t. vror* blown open by rob1 liers In the I'arl* (K>.) p<»« offlrr. 1 lie i men with lx-'«ern Sl.VtAO und K.'i.(MKi In wur ravines and portal

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Pointlns ont that “thl» Is m time for the r-eel I on t# high harrlera,' I’rw-idcnt WNaon vetoed the Emergenry Agriculture Tariff bill. Woodrow Wilson will ensape In tie. practice of law In i>urtnershl|> with Secretary of State llulnbridpe Colby, pith offices In Waahlnpton and New York, according to a rtutetneul maue

by Secretary Tumulty.

A'l efforts to pass soldier bonus bill at ;hU ecsruin were abandon -d. Tliere was an Increase of SoS,Hfs-wr-ae in the public debt during the month of February, according to a Katetnetit wade by the Treasury. The total ri>*» debt Fettfuarj a> amounted

to *S4A«1.0M. , n&2S.

I By-vnaalniotM vote. M muators an- • .let.tic the toll, the aenatr attached as an amendment to the naml app;

proprlaUi

the .Twddent to call a cuofsaeor* ot , the United t-tutea. Jajar. and Great | iiriti.i i to conalder naval dlaariuouH-nt. | The boose reaol rtion providing for |

Wllron. former aecretary

of laltor. war apimlnted by President Wilson aa a member of the Internation-

al Jomt Commission.

A bill waa paused by the bnuv ertending until 1PM the authority for the leaslnc of Osage Indian land. The bouse Judiciary committee offlcally censured Judge K. M. Landis because he la acting arbiter of organized

baseball.

David I a mar. known as the “Wolf of Wall streeC," hai begun lo serve his sentente of one year In the Trenton (N. J.) iienltentlary. House War Investigating Committee after three hoars' debate struck from the report charges of needless sacrifice of the lives «u Ainerican soldiers on Armistice Day. Com of "resident-elect Harding's comps Urn was J10.S38.308. Privilege of receiving and aendinr mall was restored to Eugene V. Debs. In Atlanta Penitentiary. Kentucky laws levying a gperlst lax on liquors withdrawn from bonded warehouses were held Invalid by the Supreme Court. Committee of Finance of the New York Board of Aldermen annoutn-ed the tux rate for the Borough of Monhat ran, will be 2.77 a- against 2.4S laM year. This Is the hlrb -r* r. »e In the history of the dty.

By a majority vote of the International club owners at a special meet-

mii . **tMo ,-ailing opon : la * X J'* ALr,Ml - ° • fr “ n '' lllM - nui a srstioo <w uig uj , H » ar<Jrd to Newark. ’I be Newark Club

ilU '.-e o|»cratid by Boy Muck, a son

•f Connie Muck.

If Johnny Wilson can be secured to ,

t-x Jack Britton, the pair will meet conference with Mr. Harding during

general reiH-ol of wrrUme .r - *»* Mliri . h ^ ot Miiwrukoe. Britton has r '- , '« LV - the IleimbllCan leader had adopted by the mmate sig.o-d for the match. * '

The Supreme Covrt held unconsj.u-!

WILSON TARIFF VETO SUSTAINE9 Vote of 201 to 132 Fails to Override Objection to Fordney Emergency Bill. MESSAGE BROUGHT CHEERS Declares It Would Not Bring Rellaf Sought—Duty oi United States to A.d In Widening World Markets. Washington. — President Wilson's veto of the l ordney Tariff bill wa» upheld by the House Juw afirr midnight Thu sday. The vota was 201 to

132.

The House thus failed to override the veto by twenty-two vote*. The hill is now dead, as a defeat of the veto by the Senate would not affect j Us fate. Sons Itepubllcan members > of the Ways and Means Committee, | including Treadway of Massachusetts, I Barbararh of Pennsylvania and TUson of Connecticut, voted to sustain the veto. President Wilson's message was rend to the House and ns the Clerk read It slowly and cicuriy, the members, Irrespcctlvc of party, appeared to Is.' greatly Impressetl. Dwnocrats Jumped to their feet and cheered us the final j | sentence fell from the Ui* of the

| clerk.

j While tie veto was expectid and | the Repnb'.Uuns r.re prepared to consider legislation *o take Us place In

REV. J. J. MUIR

NEW CABINET IS CONFIRMED Harding Breaks Precedent by Personally Presenting Names to the Senate. MAKES A BRIEF ADDRESS Vice President Presides and Handles Business Well and With DispatchPresident Sure of “Cloee Friendly and Personal Relations.

MRS. GLADYS WITHERELL

tlonal the sections of the Lev

Floyd Fitzsimmons, 'he Benton Har-

. ; bor pTOuwn-a, as in .«e«t j l>: k iryiua I — -— "

under which the government Mopped ni t | , Leonard nlu . j ack of Uie purty which attentpis to write

««l strike of 181b. ' nd sul.*^ | Brit^n for^ly 4 I a tariff that would Increase Hie Ughguently latmched It* campaignto re-| AnnouDrPUie L, was made by the | living costs.

duce the cost of Ihlpg by protsscming^ of (| c P1|tKburjrtl Xn The Hi.nse listened soberly end oi- *' u1 ,n „ onn i League Basel«ll Club that a ' «^«ively to this, the final mosage of

contract had been signed with Bay President Wilson. Even Ilepubllcnus Rohwer. last year's captain and out- ! v ho >“"1 opined everything for widen fielder of the Cnlreraity of Cullfornla " ,e Presl'lem liad .ontend.il appMred team. Pierce Works, a promising first »*« ■ympathellc. The Jollity an I baseman of Ihc same icj.m, had ul- I nl'*o.h.n tl*»« usually prevails in the ready been signed by Uie Pirates. 11 " u ^ ■' ihe end of a •■ sslou were I fieorge MclKmald, promoter of the i T ,H>r * wo / ‘ ,n ‘- v

' to the New York Central System, are : Oljtu|da. iamdon, has nffered Tex i 1 -' P art,e * fvr ,l '* *' r,> ' affected by the wage reduction an-' Ub-kard $730,000 and moUon picture r " u “ c * U even bitter critic* as a nouuced effective April L right, for the world's henvytrdgbt -»»«««»>*« f"*' a ^ 1 is ' 00 of It wa* announced In Chicago strike ! cliamplonahip fight bet -n Dempsey B hnMilj ptvimivd tarin bin. >f employees of the Atlanta. Binning- ! and Cnrpemi ,r. , ^ ^ ^ wm A AUanilc Hallway was sanction- j c. B. Morgan, a Canr ilon driver. ' " , ' n of ^ ^ ,arUr l,arrl '' rs \ > *. ,n

ed by 10 railway hrolherhoods. The | won .-.he 200-ndle Hud -on Bay dog men are objecting to ;*) per cent wage derby from The Pas, Manli-4ia. to Kiln reduction ordered by the Federal yioi, aIl d retun . arriving : ftar #truglourt. I fling througb a bllzxTd for •everal jiariy $40,000,000 la the i h „ jrB . Morgan, who Is n I cm-at rod-

la in New York trying

oked for such a strong docu- } meat, which not only offereiT reasons for the veto, but predicted the doom

Washington.--President Harding lieraonally presented to the senate the nominations of the men whom he bad selected to la-ad the executive departments. and In record time the senate confirmed all of their. Tlii- appearance of the new President U forc an executive session of the si'niite revived a custom which Washington started and whlc' Jefferson was the last tj follow. The I'reel dent was In the senate not Her. j. j. Mu r. D. D.. iiastor o' the more than fifteen mliiutcs, and himself Temple Baptist church cf Washln.ion. read the namer of the new cabinet who l.a« liceti elected chaplain ol the officers in their conatltutlonnl order. United States *.-n«te to succeed -lev. r.^ved a warm welcome from hi, Fon -t J. Prrtfyimm. who rndgnet to fort]M . r ^.ueagues of both pnrtles. who ■ ■ 'jr™.“ ssk "s j -""T - •* r,r- rr c the ehanib.'r and w'sbe.1 him the best of fortune In days that ar»- ahead of

hlbi.

“I feel no hesitancy," said President I Harding as he stood beside the Vice : President, "In coming to yon at this time, feeling assured of the close friendly and (k-nsmu! relations -that j exist between us. Therefore. I have

Former Spcokcr, 3l 71. H30 Two . taken advantage of the cpiHirtunlty to

CHAMP CLARK DIES AS HIS WORK ENDS

Eighteen hundred employees of the i it Albany Kail road belonging

concluded. “It would strlk'

blow at large and successful efforts which have been made by ninny of our gtea* Industrie!! to place themselves on an export ha*!*- K would stand

8U is yeewd by the 8„ll4.1ng Board. , Norman K o«c IUlncs A. C- Chicago of „„„ ^ ontP j as to lhat „< a ,i t ,.e

won the national indoor 220 yards , other nation*. The United State* has

a duty to Itself as well as to the world,

mid It can discharge this duty

More Days to Complete 26

Years of Service.

Washington.—Former Speaker Champ Clark, a Democratic leader of the National House of Representatives for twenty years, died “in the ho mess," the way he wanted to go, as he laid often told hit colleagues, and as he had prayed in the last few days when he saw tlie Inevitable approach of the end He would have been seventy-

one years old In five days.

IVath claimed him only twcT days before til f -nd of twenty-six years'

Tills Is stated In a report transmitted

to the Senate by the Board in response | fwUnlulnj , c t ialI1I ,i on5 h!p cf the Amato a resolution adopted by the Senate . teur AthIellt . cnion. New York. His Idle freight ran. in the United States | Ufne o nilDU ,„ S anaode tmuiberad 423,lt*6 in the seven-day ; I-eo gIcIm-I, New York Athletic Club

period ending February 23. This rep- was 1UH . ( , IK j reM.-iiis an Increase of more lhar Sew

8t»,ouu cars over the precvdlug week |lat ordered lhe c ]ttbs to stop the sale and u the greatest sofylu. In many j „ f ^ n .. ter| IM . anutK . dpini . e tc. on

fight nights. ITognun* only can b.

Indictments were handed down by the special Federal 'Jraud Jury Investigating an alleged building material combine, against 74 corporations and 40 individuals comprising an alleged “cement trust." The indictment contained two cotints charging violation of the Sherman anti-trust li«, one alleging combination and restraint of trade, and the other monopolies and |

attempts to monopolize.

idening. not by contracting. Its world

markets."

Referring lo the conditions which

York Boxing Commission j ctused the bill to tie framed ns a

measure of relief for tlie farmers, the President declared that “very little reflection would lend anyone to conclude that the measure would not furnish In any substantial degree the re-

•elght box- ' Uef sought by the producers of “most

t !»• peddled I

FOREIGN

The house adopted t‘ e Fish resol

t*on direct lag the War iH-purtini-nt to I bouse ot commons by Cedi It. Uannsbrii.g ba-k from France the body of an | worth, undersecretary f««r foreign afUddeottfied soldier and to Inter It in ' lalra. that Soviet troops i.uppressed'he , ,. , i revolt In I'etrograd and Moscow. .,J:_ r'liJx^w York t'Bii have i ' llre< ' ,1 J' "pp.e.lte Lloyd uwoers of the New York tall j (>, w , with Ms head Uut, Foreign brought sun i ga.aat i i»tuia*ter Gen- Minister Simons of Germany listened era. Uurirron for J-XAtlMi damages for | to un excoriating arraignment of Gerbting denial the use of the malls dur- | i.im psychology and had faith by the lag the war. j British premier. Lloyd George wound Effort* 'to override President WII- | up his talk w ith the ultimatum to the son, veto of the Fordney emergency | Gernuui miegatlon that within four

s they ti

tariff h.Jl falleil In the bouse, aim the measure, originally designed to aid lhe

farmers, thereby met ita death. Tie President signed the $10,300,000

diplomatic consular appropriutilon hill.

Nomination ot Hrig. Gen. Frank Mc-

Inty-e to 1* chief of the war depart-

m.-nt bureau of insular affairs was | Brunil In con brined by the he hate. j circles at I. i koines W. K.-olln, head of a fi-m i The Britl of hay and grain dealers bearing tils j narrow cam Same, has la u ousted from the Chi- ! wlch by-eie-ctg- Ih^ird of Trade charged with j to William 1

■hi. and they must through the audience. William Spengler. hi

Ing cluimploir of Ui** New York Police j of the staple commodities it covers. Department, received the Judges' decl- “The situation in which many of tlie vision over <J«rd*in Maucr. >'*“Y v «rlt | fanners of the country find thonar'YC* State amatenr champion, after a three- cacao* be remedied by a measure of round bout staged in connection with 1 this sort," raid the President. ‘T ills

Is doubtless generally understood. Then' Is no short way out of existing conditions, and measures of this sort can on'y have effect of deceiving tlafarmers and of raising false hojuamong them. Actual relief ran come ' * only from the adoption of consructl'e

;-as announced In the British measures of a broader scope, from ti e

restoration of peace everywhere In the world, the resump'ion of nortnu' Industrial pursuits, the recovery particularly of Europe, and the discovery there of additional credit foundations on the basis of which her people may eninge to take from fanners and other producers of this nation greater part

of their surplus production." President w Uaon snlu that the fann-

' era of the United States wiU'not only i continue* to supply the home demand,

■aris repera- 1 but ** Increasingly called niKin to ■r terms thrt i et-'>[*ly a large port of lhe needs jf the are equally satisfactory to the allies. re,(1 ^ 1C world.

enty-four conUnuous) sen

Ice a, representative of the Ninth district of Missouri, stepping In Just in time to prevent his forced retirement, following defeat for ro-elcctlon last

. November.

| Those who were at his bedside dur- ■ ing t»ie two weeks of wavering between life and death say that, when lie realize*! that the fates were fixed, and that he must soon go. lie prayed to he tnkv-h before the gavel should

. fall at noon of March 4.

His last ifiessage, given through his * son. Cot. Bennett Clark. In one of the niotpcnt, of consciousness of the last i -Jay or two, was a hojio that Congress would not let tins death Interfere with

j ihe completion of lu legislative pro-1 and a gram. This was BE noun evil on the hand «.f Senat.

floor ten minutes after Ills death The j fteniocratlc Ieaik*r. and chatted with House, nevertheless, with It, business i Mm f or a nirmetit or two. Mr. UnderIn good slia|«\ stood In recess for I wood is n close jM*r,:>nal friend of Mr. thirty minutes from 2:'-- to 2:7“ | Harding and during his service In the ■ ■'•-lock at the request of Republican ! sonnti- was his g* *.eral pair. Floor Leader Mondell. [ When the President hail passed ont Follow!: g the re.-evs Representative , „f the chamber the consideration of Jnme» K. Mann offered a resolution.the nominations began. The conitnitwhlch was adopte-h paying Mrs. Clark j t.-vs to which the various nominations IT.Stki, the cu-tomary action of Con wvro referrvl l.ad been previously gres* uik,- the death of a sitting | hih! everything was ready to member. ' .-xpeditc confirmation In every In-

stance, tin* confirmation jaipers haring heep signed by the committee mem-

WORLD NEWS IN I ; her* ..f botli parties pi'op to the apCONDENSED FORM I t"" i rai'«'<- of President Harding.

I Mr. Hughes's name was referred to

| the

appear personally tuid commtmlo to you the list of the nomination* for the raldnri. It Is a list that appeals to my Judgment and desires, and 1 hope that It will uakc a similar appeal to the Judgment and desire* of the

senate."

Read List to the Senate President Harding then read to the senate the cabinet nominations In the following order: Secretary of State—Charles Evans Hnghcs of New York. Scoreiary of the Treasury--Andrew W Mellon of Pennsylvania. Secretary of War—John W. Wicks of Massachusetts. Attorney General—Harry M I tanglier! y of Ohio. Postmaster General—Will H. Hays

of Indiana.

Secretary of the Navy—Edwin Donby

of Michigan.

Secretary of the Interior—Albert B.

Fall of New Mexico.

Secretory of Agriculture —H* nry C.

Wallane .*f lot c.

Sc<T»*tary of Commerce—Herbert C. Hoover of California. Secretary of Labor—James J. Davis

of Indiana

Immediately after la* hod concluded the rending of the names of tlie new cabinet the president left the chamber, departed from the Democratic side,

passing ont grasp.-d tlie

Mrs. Gladys W. WltherclU whose kidnaping by two of her cousin, created great excltenieLt In and about Angelca. Through the clever * wk of some telephone girls, she was found In a loneiy cabin, unharmed, nud tba kidnaper* were captured. Mrs. Wltbercll is holding her baby boy. miFFisOLDir" FAILS IN U.S. SENATE Fight Virtually Given Up When Thomas Threatens to Talk Bill to Death. Washington.—The Impossibility of . senate approval of the soldiers' bonus i bill was recognized ny Its advocates i and they virtually gave up Uie fight, j Senator IfrCmnber (N. D.), >bo has the measure In charge, sought unnr.lI mons consent for Its consideration. Hswas blocked by an objection from SenJ ator Thomas 'Colo.), Democrat, whir | intimated that he would talk tlie bill ! to death If It were brought up. Senator MrCutnber admitted tfierw 1 was no chance yf its approval In the face of the opposition of Senat-ir Thomas. i “There Is an opnortnnlty to pass Mm | bill provided there Is no prolonged debate." Renatot Mcv.’uinlior said, “and' 1 no determlnatlou to prevent Its pas-

lie

i of

entered Into an explanatioe

the bill, show ing that It would not tnko i effect for two years; that the rash 1 bonus along with other provisions wa* ; dofem-d. and that the tax feature* hath boon eliminated. Tlie house, he said, 1 could act upon It If tin* senate approved it In the amended form. S. in for McCumber snlo he would move 10 hav* It take eff*“n January 1. 1*.<22. but could imt speak for the committee. Its which lie admitted there is great di-

vergence of opinion.

“If this bill ever I* enacted Into-

law." Senator Thom

i by i

u SS.nOO.puo.OOU 1 object to

its

LATEST EVENTS AT WASHINGTON

LONDON.—Premier Lloyd George, :n bis address to the German delega- j tion here on the refusal of Uie allied i :->wers to consider tlie German counter proposal' .Ul reparations, declared that tlie attitude of Germany was a grave | violation of Germany's ohligatli

of good |

will be

the ■

German pa}-m

■rial, so far are estimated at tgotA

Xi,(AS> gold marks.

Anti-Soviet rising in Russia was cw

rei»orts reccired in oEc 1 .

CLEO MUST BE GOOD

“Country Girl," Who Lured Chicago

Men, Gets Ten Year* to Life.

Chicago.—Cleopatra Hurtzmnn, “the Innocent country girl lure" of a erlml-

i nal gang, st-rt.-l for the pel

8 allies am

faith.

PARIo.—President Harding

: -kod by the Supreme Coonc!’. to gi Ida moral support to tlie allied Rh* advance ii the German attitude against the Paris pact continues, according to ;

i “H-m.ccs.

DETROIT —Police were called cut j

to quell a disturbance at a bake shop. |

»here 200 men and women attacked

. <istonier.- coming from the shop uh a l

protest against alleged high prices. Bread taken from cut

'hairman. Senator Lodge, Im-

mediately reported In favor of confirmation Senator Penrose from the committee on flnatic.* reported the nanh- of Mr. Mellon for the treasury portfolio, Senator Wadsworth for the uilltary affairs committee, the name if Mr. Weeks. Senator Poindexter for

naval affair*

the

i Missouri would

SENATE FOR MORE HOSPITALS

sor | her charms “maybe

■ refU!

- in t

tor year* and was given from icn, resj-msibh-red agsimt her i story. Thirty

PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN COST

Passes Bill for JtS.Ood.OOO to Help

Disabled Soldiers.

j Washington.—A bill appropriating ! approximately $l!i.(J<O.Q00 for addl-

BOSTON.—Christmas church offer. tlonal b.«l>ltal facllitt. - for dlsaMe<i ~ <|v< i , (y . cK-rgvmgn are no* ’ service in. n was adopted by the aen- ” of h's taxable It.crV hut there- j cmf. nmce The ap-Ea-t.r are. John U. Mitchell. Inter- j proprintion was contaUied n. he sunU revi-iiue wllector ttere, antiouiict-il ■ dHy civil bill, but alter the senate bad

' | been advised tlu

Icdded t

lal Item l

SEAPLANE KILLS FIVE BATHERS

wing after t | run Into a !- I ami ffi-" atr

hich the tign J

The proposal that the United State* construct another canal between Atlantic and Pacific oceans via Lak* Nicaragua was revived by Representative Randall, California. Woodrow Wilson's last day in the White House was signalized by th* wholly unexpected announcement that he will engage in the practice of law in pa-tnership with his Secretary of State, Balnbttdge Cciby. They are to have offices in Washingto and New York and do a general law busmesa, devoting much of the r attention of course, to interThe war arts repealed ir,elude the Lever Food and Fuel Control act, the Espionage act of 1917. The Trading with the Enemy and Liberty Bond acts and the statute creating the War Finance Corporation are excepted from the repeal. The House adopted a resoluttioi. authorizing that the Corgresaional Medal of Honor be eonfe-red upon a British and a French soldier buned respectively in Westminister Abbey, London, . nd at the foot of the Arch of Triumsh in Paris. Norman H. Davis of Tennessee is to remain in the state department. Senate and he use conferees on the army appropriation bill agreed to a compromise, fixing the size of *he army at 156.000 men. Senate cenfereec receded from their stand fo<h the creation cf the rank of Lieuten-ant-General for Major-General Liggett and Major-General Bullard. The Council of the League of Nationa. in effect, has notified the United States that It cannot, support *N»