Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 244, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 March 1929 — Page 12

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HOOVER FAILS TO OIVE SOUTH CABINET POST Recognition of Region Had Been Expected for Aid in Election. BY THOMAS L. STOKES United Pres* Staff Correspondent. WASHINGTON, March I.—Presi-dent-Elect Hoover has found nc place in the cabinet for the south, it appeared today, despite insistent pleas from close advisers that he include a southerner in his official family. None of the eight cabinet members whose identity has become known is from the south. It was indicated today in well-informed quarters that neither of the “surprises” promised by Hoover’s associates for the commerce and agriculture posts will be a southerner. Recognition of the south generally was expected because of the contribution that once solidly Democratic section made to Hoover’s election Virginia, North Carolina, Florida and Texas were the four states from which he had to pick. Disregards Advice In passing by the south, the President-elect disregarded advice of associates who know the feeling of that section and had first-hand contact with it as campaigners last autumn. Beyond the mere practical political effect such an appointment would have in crystallizing gains Hoover made in the south, these associates advanced other reasons which lie close to party ideals. The Republican party, they argued, always has been a sectional party. It is time, they say, for it to become national party. Hoover, however, has made it plain he did not consider geographical lines In selection of his cabinet, but that this effort was to find ten able men who would co-operate with him in carrying out his policies, wherever they might live. Cabinet picking has been an arduous task. Almost last-minute changes were necessary in some cases, the secretary of labor for one. Not a week ago, Hoover definitely had settled upon William N. Doak, vice-president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, for this post. Meets Objections Objections were voiced by the American Federation of Labor with which the brotherhoods are not affiliated, and even by soma from the brotherhood ranks, it is learned, and Hoover decide’ to retain Secretary Davis until li can select a permanent labor department head. Information that William D. Mitchell, solicitor-general, had been offered the attorney-generalship immediately stirred up the memory of some to recall that Mitchell generally is regarded as a Democrat.

SHOT IN CHINESE ROW Bandits Wound American When Boarding River Boat. Bn United Press HONOLULU, T. H., March I. H. D. Henvis, formerly of Wilmington, Del., nearly lost his life at the hands of Chinese bandits, he related when he arrived here aboard the liner President Cleveland. Henvis, who has been selling automobiles in Hankow, said the pirates boarded a river boat en route to Shanghai, stole his money and shot him in the leg. He probably will be crippled for life.

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AROUSED BY TREATY Alleged French - Belgium Pact Draws Ire. Bn United Press BERLIN, March I.—The storm aroused by the publication a week ago of a purported secret military treaty between France and Belgium threatened to grow more serious today as Berlin viewed what appeared to be additional proofs of its authenticity. Nationalists, who have insisted

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the treaty is genuine and express anxiety at its purportedly anti-Ger-man sentiment, pointed to the new documents published Wednesday night by Dutch newspapers as supporting The newspapers made public the alleged minutes of the meetings of the French and Belgian general staffs at which, it was asserted, a secret interpretation of the treaty was agreed upon. A recent overcrowding census taken in Hackney, London, disclosed one case of nine persons living in one room; while 25,850 lived more than two in a room.

DENVER PIONEER DIES Went to Colorado Capital When It Was Town of 300 Persons. By United Press NEW YORK, March 1.-.-Lewis E. Brown, 81, who went to Denver when it was a small town of 300 people and remained to see it grow to its present size, died at St. Luke’s hospital here after a short illness. His body will be sent to Denver for burial. Brown came to New York last year after leaving the Daniels & Fisher Cos. of Denver, with whorm he had been associated fifty years. The widow r and a daughter survive.

SIGN OIL CONTRACT British Firm Reaches Agreement With Soviet. By United Press MOSCOW, March I.—The government announced today that a three-' year contract had been signed in London with the Anglo-American Oil Company, under which the Soviet oil trust would sell about 1,000,000 tons of oil annually in the English market.

RUM IN WOODEN LEG Liquor Smuggler Long Eludes Mich- j igan Police. By United Press STOCKHOLM, Mich.. March I. Using a wooden leg as a cache for smuggled liquor, a Stokholm rum runner has long managed to elude the police. Although the authorities suspected him of importing illegally small

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quantities of spirits, no bottle was ever found on his person alter his many visits on board foreign shipsOne day, however, the smuggler became involved in a fight on the dock and he took off his artificial member, intending to use it as a club. This carelessness cost him his freedom, because when he swur.4 the improvised weapon in the air a bottle fell out.