CAPE MAY COUHTY TIMES. SEA ISLE CITy, H. J.

LATEST NEWS IN ABRIDGED FORM Events That Concern the Two Hemispheres Recorded So as to Be Read at a Glance. FOREIGN AFFAIRS F.PUOMIZED Paragraphs Which Picture Executive and Legislative Activities at the National and State Capitals.

WASHINGTON

Attorney General Daugherty announced uppointuieut of James M. Beck of New York as .Solicitor Gen-

eral.

Senator Penrose, chairman of the ae ante finance committee announced the Public Health Service will be thoroughly Investigated. President Harding signed the iunnlfrut.on bill limiting Immigration to 5 per cent of the nationalities of any union in the L'nlted Slates in 11*Hi. Poland has been notified formally tiis'’ this government, by reason of Its tradltioi ,il policy, cun tube no part In the proceedings for assignment of certain portions of German Silesia to Poland. . Without a record vote the house parsed the senate bill authorizing i Presidentiul control over cable land-

ings.

Senate Finance Committee favorat.iy reported on the nomination of David H. Flair to be commissioner of Inter-

nal revenue.

Census BEreun announced the white population of Alaska decreased -1.4 per cent between 1910 and IV-U Of a total population of S-,880. whites to-

tal wi 27.883.

Senator Wadsworth of New York | Introduced a bill to give Major G< n , era! Hunter Uggett, now retired, the | rank i>f lieutenant general on the retired list. He held that rank while In e service in the World War.

Philadelphia City Council passed an ordinance providing daylight savins time, beginning June R, and ending ln«t Sunday In September. 'iluseppo de Fillppl, of Bayonne, N. J., was arrested on warrant Issued by United States Commissioner Hitchcock, as Wall Street bomb suspect. While the United States baa no Intention of interfering in the European dispute over Upper Silesia ‘"as far as at present may be seen”—to quote the Secretary of State—no secret was mad • in official circles of the fact that the Hurtling Administration Is strongly oppns.-d to "hut appears to lie the Franco-Polish plan to further dismember Germany. James H. Scarr, New York's weather forecaster, declared the sun spots were not the cause of the cold weather, which was not unusual for the month of May. Discontinuance after June 30 of n bonus of $240 a year paid to civilian employees was announced In orders received at the Boston Navy Yard. A bill prohibiting capital punishment for persons under eighteen years of age was signed by Governor Stephens of California. Four hundred men of the Boston Navy Yard were laid off.

That certain New York contractors have been charging as high us 4ttu per cent profit on labor was brought out by Samuel Untermyer. chief counsel for the Lockwood Committee, whose Investigations into graft in the building trades was directly responsible lor sending Kobert Briudell to Sing

Slug prist

Pennsylvania crude oil price has reduced from $3.50 to $3.25 a

barrel.

Herbert Hoover, secretary of Commerce, sounded a warning In New York befou- the National Association of Manufacturers, that combinations of exporters and Importers in various countries again are seeking to dominate certain trades, which situation, II not remedied, cun become a menace to the peu.e of the world. Semin and house conferees reached agreement on emergency tariff. An engineering linn lias been employed to Investigate the possibilities of erecting a central [<ower plant

Jim Corbelt has consented to spar with Dempsey at Intervals during his training. The object of this will be to facilitate the champion with the feinting tactics of the Frenchman. Kearns declared that no one need feel any fears for Dempsey's condition, ns be Is rounding into bis best form and will lie close to his Toledo status when he enters the ring July 2. Bob Martin. A. E. F. heavyweight champion, knocked out Joe Cox after fifty seconds of fighting in the tenth round of a bout at Manhattan Casino, New York. It looks as If Ttmney of Holy Cross was one of the best college pitchers developed in some time. Harvard, Princeton and Yale are among the teams that he has defeated. Bi.'i Seaman pitched a no hit game at Easton, Pa., against the Ursiuus College nine. Lafayette winning by the John I*. Croxer,' wealthy manufacturer of Upland, Pa., has purchased the 'ameto? saddle horse, Bohemian Actress, for which he prld *12,000. Mr. Croxer wanted to have this blue ribboner app. ar with bis string of horses at the Devon Horse Show, and bought her especially for this purpose. Coach Haines of the Harvard varsity squad lias decided to rig the Harvard shell so tlml the stroke our will row from the starboard side Instead of port side. The change Is made to suit the style of Lawrence Terry, who has been shifted from No. 7 to stroke. It Is said that the International Sporting Club has clinched n mutch between Benny Leunurd and Jack Britton for the welterweight championship, to be fought at sonic open air club In New York City In the very near future. The government markstimuship contests known as the national matches wll' be held at Camp Perry, Ohio* August 27 h- September 22. instead of a month earlier, us previously an-

nounced.

Georges Oarpentler, Idol of the French Republic and heavyweight ehmuplon of Europe, has arrived In New York on the French liner Savoie.

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JUSTICE WHITE DIES AT CAPITAL Head of Supreme Bench Succumbs at Hospital in Washington; Taft May Take Place. FRANKLIN K. LANE DEAD Former Secretary of Interior Succumbi to Operation He Risked in Hope of Regaining His Health—Jostles White’s End Is Peaceful. .

Washington.—E d w n r d Douglas White, chief Justice' of the United States Supreme Court, died at n hospital here, where he submitted to an operation a week before. He was sev-enty-six years old. The end came peacefully. Up to that time the attending physicians had hoi>ed for a rapid' recovery after on operation for Madder trouble. Death was said to be due directly to .-ompllcatloiis which developed after (he operation. Justice McKenra and other of Mr. White's n-soelates In the Supreme Court called at Uie hospital when it became known that his condition was serious, but did not enter the

room.

It has been generally understood here that former President Tuft will he named Ihe vacancy in the Supreme bench. It has been freely re|M>rted that the first vacancy would go to him. The chief Justice wns a Confederate veteran, but he more than any other man in public life seemed to typify the reunited spirit of the tuition. Chief Justice White was born on his father's plantation, In the parish of l.n Fourcln, La., November 3,* 1845. His parents were Catholic, and he was nf that faith. Ills education, too, whs In Catholic institutions. In early youth he attended Mount St. Mary's College In Maryland. Inter entering the Jesuit College In New Orleans, finally attending Georgetown University, at Washington. At sixteen, when In his freslmmn year, the Civil War started, and lie-re-turned home to enlist as a soldier In the Confederate army. He then prnctlced law In Louisiana, and later became a sugar planter. In 1874 he wns elected to the state senate, and in 1878 wns appointed associate Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court. He wns then only thirty-three. He was elected In 18111 a United States senator to succeed Senator James B. Eustts on the Democratic .ticket. He had served three years when President Cleveland, on February IP, 18P4, appointed him an asso.-late justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. On December 12, 1910, President Tuft sent to the senate the nomination of AssiTinte Justice White. The nomination was confirmed Immediately. Franklin K. Lane Dead Rochester. Minn —Franklin K. Lane, fonner Secretary of the Interior under President Wilson, died at St. Mary's | Hospital here of angina pectoris. Mr. Lane was operated on May C | for gull stones mid appendicitis and i was said to he recovering when heart | diweiiNo developed. i Mrs. 1-ano and George W. Lane, a j brother, were with him when lie died. : His son. Franklin K. Lane, Jr.. ; ,nd his : daughter. Mrs. Philip Kauffman of 1 Washington were at their homes when ! their father died, as was hu sister, j Mrs. SI. A. Anderson of Oakland, Cal. Lane sutld that his brother

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Iiier Lloyd George, and through all Eurojie, at the Pilgrims' dinin I-ondon that the United States Id have no part In the League ol Hied officials in Constantinople are tried over the safety of this city as salt of bandit oiK-rations. rusk. Siberia, has fallen to an army

•Id of Franklin K.

j Lane that If he had been born It: the | l'nlted States instead of i i : ada, he : would have been presidential timber. I After serving seven yenrs in President ; Wilson's cabinet as Secretary of the j Interior, he resigned his i«.st In ex- | pensive Washington early pi i<(£0 “In ! Justice to I. - family’* to heroine vice | pre? '.dent and legal adviser of the | Mexican petroleum company controlled

I by Edward L. Dohen;

j Porn near Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, July 15, 18<M. the son | of a ('anudinn di**-t«r who n-uioved ti j California during the boys’ childhood. I young I-ane «:■* educated at the Unli verslty of rniifnrnln from which he

Cupt. Robert Kosenblulh, U. S. A., was held for $25,000 ball on the charge of killing Mnj. Alexander Cronkhlte, U. S. A. Major Cronkhlte met death by a bullet while practicing with Ids pistol. The case was reported an ac-

cident. I-ater Sergeant Roland P.. - -- -- Pothlcr wns fir rested aid confessed. 1 scrapping the longue of Nath

SILENT APPROVAL TO HARVEY SPEECH President and Hughes Find No Fault With Statement of Our Foreign Policy. ’ BRITISH GLAD OF OUR HELP Ambassador's Statement Regarding U. S. Stand on League Considered Reiterating Harding’s Views. Resent Attack on Wilson. Washington.—President Harding whs distinctly pleased over the speech of Colonel George Harvey, the new ambassador to Great Britain, at the Pilgrims dinner in London. Secretary of State Hughes is also known to approve it. Both the President and Secretary Hughes. It was said, had expressed themselves at the cabinet

meeting.

In the senate the feeling. Judging by expressions obtained, divided sharply along the old lines, save that practically all the Republicans since tbc election are In hearty accord so far ns

Rush D. Simmons of Wisconsin. »• lected by Postmaster General Will Hays ns chief Inspector of Ihe Post Office Department. Simmons has beeoi In charge of Inspection work at tb* Chicago post office for a great ninny- '

according to military authorities, that he shot the major. He later Implicat-

ed Captain Rosenbluth.

NEW TURN IN FIGHT TO CONTROL EUROPE Briand Won’t Agree to Supreme Council Meeting Till He Gets

Chamber’s Backing.

Paris.—Ihe Silesian episode has brought out more clearly than anything since the war that there Is n real diplomatic battle on between England

■neerued, and the speech of Colonel Harvey, therefore, met general approval. Th Democrats were particularly Irritated over the refen nee to the expression "too proud to fight,” regarding it ns an unnecessary slap ut President Wilson. “Oh, ‘too proud to fight' has come to be an historic phrase,” said one officials In discounting the seriousness of

this.

The satisfaction In administration circles and among opponents of the league of Nations In Congress seems to be based on the thought at now, at last, perhaps the peopl Europe will accept as Inevitable fact thu: this country Is not going to Join the

uipiumuiic imiue .... *l“» ; , ea « le . j, hafi been annoying to the

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Poland In holding Germany down, and vlew of ,ho whispers ti nt Mr. Hughes therefore she does not care how much j and Mr. Hoover might lend the coin.of the Silesian mineral wealth Poland , try toward the League of Nations, t» gets. Without going Into details, Eng- | hove some of the foreign newspapers land's plans are not the same. • comment so hopefully about this connOf course both contend they stand ! try resuming Its sent on the Supreme

on the treaty, but that does not mean J Council.

mnch, because the treaty says the line . The numzlng thing about the whole shall be drawn with regard to a vote | situation here is that Colonel Harvey, of the population and with regard to j so fur as Ids statement about the economic conditions. Like so many ( League of Nations Is concerned, did other things In the treaty, that can j i„.t say anything new at nil. As one meal, anything. | high offlctnl of the administration put The heads of the British and French ; it, what Mr. Harvey said on this point Governments, with the aid of trusty , was merely a paraphrase of what the Journalists, burl polemics at each other ; president 1ms aald several times, Inllke naughty boys on opposite aides of j eluding the statement In bis Inaugural

the fence. But they really do not mean j address.

half they say, mid as soon as they g. t I The keen interest In what Colonel out of sight of thdr public and In the Harvey said about the League of Nuconference room they can get together ti„ns, therefore Is due not to anything easily. And so it appears that the best , m . w m his remarks, but to two other thing that can happen In the Upper SI- points—one that it brands ns untrue lesion tangle Is for Premiers Briand j ,j, e whisperings that Mr. Hughes and and Lloyd George to hu e another con- ' \j r Hoov-r are leading the country by ference and decide again that neither i u |most imperolptlhle steps Into the Paris it >r London Is running Europe, league, and the other that It ..gain Inbut that Paris and London bad b ’ter f ( , r ins the people of Europe positively try to beat the devil, who now appears ! (lf , t ie Irreconcilable position .if th!« to have the upi>er hand in certain I country. s« fur ns the league is cou

quarters. corned.

In the meanwhile the French Cl.nm- j There Is another phase of the idninIter debate has opened. Before It Is \ flou j,, which some importance was ntover M. Briand will restate Ids views , I1H .),ed. That is the probable effect of on Upper Silesia, tin- Chamber will j , |„. sj>veih <m the French in the presvote its approval, and soon there will ellt silesiun controversy. In qjeu of be a conference to uruw a line. j t j ie fact that Colonel Harvey is going

j Klt „„ ,| lP Supreme Council during e consideration of the Silesian quesin. although he Is to be there on that

ibserver rather than as

U.S. WILL NOT JOIN LEAGUE, SAYS HARVEY 'M'S Tells Pilgrims That America ; Fought for Her Own Safety, ; Not to Save Allies. London.—England and the United States were pledged to peace by Premier Lloyd George and George Harvey, the American ambassador. The occasion was the Pilgrims' welcome to the .new ambassador, ami It brought to li.e Victoria H :i-i England's most eminent s tat emu. u and powerful leaden). The pledge of peace was given ’ In the premier's announcement, which was confirmed by Colonel Harvey* . - that America would be re,'resented at the coming meeting of the SuprealS Council, which is to discuss the fate of upptv Silesia and tl.e peace of Eu-

rope.

"If this war Is not the lust," said the prime minister In proposing Colfr. nel Harvey's health and drinking i: In champagne, “then the next war will leave Euro]* la ashes." Mr. Lloyd George said he welcomed American good will, good understanding and cooperation. not because iie wished to drag America Into u Eunqtean labyrinth, but because America could lead

Europe ..ut of chans.

Colonel Harvey In responding

brought cheers from the crowded banquet hull when he declared President Hording had “pledged the unfaltering

co-operation” of the United States,

i For more than a year there hav* i li(en Public functions where Angio- ! -'uierl.nu relations have been dls- | cussed, but In none was there such j *'«ni«rtness and seriousness of pur- ! iH.se manifested as when Colonel ! I 1 ,UI 7'° 1 ' 81,1,1 time had come foe# ! ,I, ' wls ‘"» 1 u “t words, ami that he ligSK ! found England, through the prenA«#J , and f.reign minister, ready. v.illia r | am! happy to co-operate not only In

laying the foundation for pc In building "durable agm-m

WORLD NEWS IN CONDENSED FORM

DUBLIN.—“Disregard alt peace r nors and get on with the war." This I aessage was circulated among F

icers and men

by tbc i

MATERNITY BILfc RE. ORTED | P 011 : a vocable Action by Senate Is Expect-

ed Soon.

Washington - -The Sheppard bill for

a member. It Is thought hladech

of strong friendship for the British at

this time Is rather significant. Senate Invcohrilnbles were pleased tlie tone of the address and esjie-

Irlsh Republican | cinlly because Colonel Harvey. In lunmoral Headquarters. | gauge whose meaning could not possi-

BERLIN.—A dispatch to the Tag-; My be mistaken, hod once more made liche Uundselmu from Munich tmys j U plain that the United State* would

the Bavarian Government has no nl-1 not enter the league,

ternatlve hut compliance with the de-j Under the surface, irreconrilables maad of the allies for the dlslntegrn- j said that beyond question the tom- . f tlon of the armed forces and will | Colonel Harvey’s utterun.-.-s with remake no difficulty concerning disarm- spett to American nun-participation u ament. the league would have a soothing ef BOSTON.—The Massachusetts sen- ' feet on the feeling In the senate in rente passed bill for censorship of the ! Kurd to participation in the Supreme

movies. i Council and other bodies.

in the other hand. pro-Wttxnn senns were not pleased. The friends of league did not hide their disHstire and had some almrp things wy .if Colonel Harvey's expressions

LATEST EVENTS AT WASHINGTON

CHICAGO. — The average college

! Some of the lAemm-rats they called tin? flings <

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WELt-SBURG, W. V» Fearing t

COUNTS ON STATE FORCES lellon Says Cut .n Dry Agents Wi Have but L<«ie Eff ct

WANT OUTLET FOR JEWS Step* Urged fo; Immigration to Can

PENSACOLA. Fla.—Rev. Sidney J.

LONDON.—The freedom wit

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am by Colonel Harvey that '■mid not Join the league r indirectly or league ' " 1,s ,h *' :en *t welcome of

A bill under which the war departooku y ! 0U, ‘ 1 bt d,rected to '-uspend pubUcat.on of its so called “slacker bats pending further inveat.gation as to their correctness was intro, duced by Senator Stanley, of Ken. tucky. The grain standardization laboratory of the department of agriculture was practically ruined by two eS plosions of chemicals. The hlaata shook the east wir-n hj-, „ w wir g. N 0 one w injured. Senate w.thout debate adopted ttl conference report on the emergei«y dameo Montgomery Beck, native of Philadelphia, was appeared solicitor general of the Unitvd States .,y Pr^. •dent Harding. Mr. Beck's appo.nt. mint wd: be accredited to New York state, as h t has practiced law and l.ved in New York ety since m 3 he immigration restriction bill was a.gned by Preaidtnt . ..rding, Th* emtrgency immiarat.on measure will go m o effect at once. It restricts immigration to June 30, 1922. to i per cent of the number of foreign born persons e« “ the United St,