Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-03-03
HARDING CABINET
IS NOW COMPLETE
President-EIect Picks Herbert
Hoover, Edwin DENLY and
James ]. Davis.
DETROIT MAN IN NAVY POST
Former Food Administrator to Be Sec
rotary of Commerce and Pennsyl-
vanian to Be Secretary Of
Labor After March 4.


NEW CABINET.
State-CharIes e. Hughes.
Treasury-Andrew Mellon.
War-John w. Weeks.
Navy-Edwin DENLY.
Attorney GeneraI-H. M. Daugherty.
Postmaster General-Will H. Hays.
commerce-Herbert Hoover.
Interior-A. B. Fall.
Labor-James J. Davis.
Agriculture-Henry Wallace.
st. Augustine, Fla, Feb. 24.-Presl-
dent-elect Harding virtually COM
pleted his cabinet with the choice of
Edwin DENLY of Detroit for secretary
of the navy.
The choice was the first big sur
prise to Mr.. Harding's friends, as Mr..
DENLY has never previously been mem
toned as cabinet possibility.
Herbert Hoover Of California and
James j. Davis of Pennsylvania, vir-
tually have been chosen for member
ship in President-elect Hardings cab
met.
A tentative offer of the portfolio Of
commerce is understood to have been
made to Mr.. Hoover, and the general
expectation here is that the former
food administrator will accept.
Mr.. Davis, former steel worker
and now banker, is to be secretary
of labor If the cabinet slate goes
| through as 1t now stands.
Following are short sketches Of the
cabinet members:
Charles Evans Hughes Of New
York city. Jurist. Born Glens Falls,
| N. Y. Age fifty eight years. Univer-
sity training. Practiced and taught
law, New York, 1894-19OO. Conducted
insurance investigation, New York
legislature, 19O5-O6. Governor of New
York, 19O7-OS and 19O9-1O. Associate
| justice, United States Supreme court,
191G-16 Republican nominee for Pres
ident, 1916. Practiced law since in
New York. Conducted government
aircraft investigation, 1918.
Andrew William Mellon Of Pitts
burgh, Pa Age, sixty-tive years. Uni
versity education. Entered banking
business, 1874. President Mellon Ma
tional bank, 1902 to present.
John Wingate Weeks of West New
ton, Mass, banker. Born, Lancaster.
N. H.; age sixty years. Graduate Of
United States Naval academy, 1881.
United States midshipman, lSS1-S3.
Member Of firm of bankers and brok-
4 ers, Boston, 1SSS-1912. Member of
congress, 19O5-13. United States GEN.
! ator, 1913-19.
Harry M. Daugherty Of Columbus,
o., lawyer. Born, Washington Court
house, o.; age sixty-one years. Uni
versity education. Practiced law,
Washington Courthouse, 1Ss1-SS Elect
ed to state legislature In 1888, serving
five years.
VIII H. Hays Of Sullivan, Ind. law.
yer. Born. Sullivan, Ind; age forty.
one years. Graduate Wabash col
lege. Prominent in county, state and
national Republican politics during
last 20 years.
Edwin DENLY of Detroit, Mich, law.
i yer. Born in Evansville Ind, Febru
ay 8, 1870; ten years in Chinese mari
time customs service; gunner's mate
in American navy during Spanish
American war; resigned from congress.
to become sergeant in marine corps il
World war at age Of forty-seven mem
Der of SiXtieth and Sixty-first con
crosses.
Albert Bacon Fall, Three Rivers, N
, NJ, United States senator. Bor,
Frankfort, Ky. Age fifty-nine years
Educated in country schools. Worked
as farmer, rancher, miner. lawyer.
Henry Cantwell Wallace, De
!. Moines, Ia, editor and publisher
. Born Rock Island, Ill. Age fifty-fou
a years. College education. Farmer an,
i live stock breeder in Iowa, 1SS7-91.
Herbert Clark Hoover, Stanford uni
versity, California. Mining engineer
Born West Branch, Ia. Age forty-si.
years. University training. Wide ex
perience in geological and mining en-
terprises, United States and abroad
: Chairman American relief committee
:. London, 1914-15. Relief in Belgium
> 1915-191S. United States food admin
:. ,.istratcr, 1917-19.
q James John Davis, Pittsburgh, Pa
labor leader. Born Tredegar, Vale.
Age forty-seven years. Went t
Il Pittsburgh with parents at age of fou
years.
!. Agreement on immigration.