The Washington herald., 1920-11-09
SCOBEY MAY BE
NEW COL. HOUSE
Mystery Man. of Wilson
Administration Doesn't
Know Harding Host.
BY RAYMOND G. CARROLL.

New York. Nov. ST don't know
a blessed thing about him." said
Col. E. NJ. House, the late Mystery
Man" of the Wilson administration.
when 1 asked him today concern
ing F. Z. Scobey. OF San Antonio.
who is bringing Senator Harding
out of Ohio for a rest midst the
mesquite trees and cactuses of
Texas. Scobey is being heralded
from the Lone Star State as a pos
sible Mystery Man" for the Hard
ing administration. At any rate,
he is going to be present" when
the preliminary skirmishes of pick
ing the new Cabinet take place.
He is to be Senator Harding's host
in Texas.
Undoubtedly Scobey is a North
erner who has taken residence in
Texas" added Col. House, who is
a native of Austin, the State cap
itAl. I'VE have many Ohioans in
Texas-Jefferson johnson, the
postmaster of Austin, is from Ohio.
The principal immigration into
Texas during the last decade has
been from Ohio, Illinois, Missouri
and Iowa. Senator Harding him
self is well known and exceedingly
popular in Texas. All OF my friends
down there like him immensely. He
has acduaintances in Houston,
which city he has occasionally Wis
tied"
Was Harding Delegate.
In the Chicago convention when
the Texas vote split among Wood.
Johnson and Lowden. one delegate
from first to last kept voting for
Harding. This persistent voice
was Scobey. whose hearty laugh
and infieXible personality trans
planted in San Antonio has made
it's place in the country club and
other social centers of the town Of
the Alamo. He is in the storage
warehouse business, and IL is not
unlikely that he will also be the
repository of some of the import q nj
secrets of the President-eIect.
In the light of the British gov
ernments recent decision to let
German merchandise enter the Brit
ish empire under guarantee of non.
seizure, l called around to see
Baruch, who was the chief economic
adviser of the American delegation
at Paris, to ascertain our position
under the treaty with relation to
shipments from Germany. Put into
phrase. England, France and 9TH
ers of the allies under the treaty
grabbed everything German in and
out of Germany. but the kitchen
stove" he said. England now
says to Germany, while we will
Keep what we have got, anything
new that you send US in trade we
won't seize This is to open COM
merce anew with Germany"
Baruch Explains Plan.
Asked to explain the clearing
house" plan, Baruch continued:
They were created as reservoirs
for such private German property
as was found within the borders OF
the allied countries. The plan
works this way. II, after all the
claims of British citizens are paid
out of the seized property, there
stfll remains a surplus, that eX-
cess Is paid into the reparatioa
commission, an international body.
should there be a deficit, the short
age is made up by the British gov
eminent to its citizens and the
amount charged I'm the country's
big bill 2gainst Germany The
same with France and others OF the
allied nations"
According TO Bhruch. the German
private property within the United
States amounts to about 81, Geo. 900, =
ooe. Against this can be paid off
the claims of the relatives Of the
victims of the Lusitania disaster
the sinking of the Suffofk and other
obligations. amounting altogether
to upwards of several hundred mil.
lions The American delegation al
Paris has left IL for Congress to
decide the disposition of the bal
ance left over. or 10 determine
whether IL is just aud wise policy
for the United States TO use private
German property within the coun
try before We eutered the war T.
settlement of the claims of AmSk|