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The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-02-15

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The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-02-15
WEST BURKE

N. Hight, Chiropodlst, will he at
Elmer Forbes, West Burke Thurs
day, Feb, 18th. All foot ailments cor
rooted and ~
Evening star., 1921-03-04
ALBERT B. FALL,
Secretary of Interior.

Albert Bacon Fall, Secretary OF In
terror, was drafted into President
Harding's cabinet from the United
States Senate, where he had served
the state of New Mexico since 1912.
He IS fifty-nine years old, a lawyer
by profession and was born in Ken
lucky. He was one of the leaders of
his party in the Senate and is looked
upon as one of the foremost authori-
ties on foreign affairs and interna-
tional law in the United States.
Senator Fall was born in Frankfort,
Ky, November 26. 1861. He was edu-
Gated in the county schools and be-
tween the ages of eighteen and twenty
years taught school and read law.
Being imbued with the pioneer spirit
and possessing the youthful ardor
great southwest domain. finally set
Ting in New Mexico, which was then
a territory.
Saw Frontier Thrills.
During those early days young Fall
went through all the thrills incident
to life on a cattle ranch in frontier
times. He also worked as a farm
hand and for time toiled as a miner
in that section. He became interested
in the development of mines, lumber
lands. ranches and railroads, and up
to the present time has been promi-
nently identified with these interests
He owns and operates one of the
largest stock farms in New Mexico.
Senator Fall. in those early days,
was always more or less active in local
politics, but it was not until his cleo
ton as member of the New Mexico
legislature that he started on a poten-
ill IL IL
the legislature several times and also
was a member of the constitutional con-
vention which drafted the basic laws
for statehood. He was afterwards elect
ed an associate justice of the supreme
court of New Mexico. and was twice
attorney general of the territory.
Helped Organize Volunteers.
At the outbreak of the Spanish
American war he helped organize the
1st Territorial Volunteers, and was
made captain of Company H of that
organization.
He was elected to the United States
Senate by the New Mexican legislature
on March 81. 1912. and was reelected
on January %. 1913. for the term end
ing March 3, 1919. At the expiration
of this term it was the intention of
Senator Fall to retire from public life.
but he was prevailed upon to again be-
come a candidate and he was reelected
for the term ending March 3. 1925.
At the time of his resignation from
the Senate, Mr. Fall was chairman of
the committee on Pacific Islands. Porto
Rico and the Virginia Islands, and was
a member of several important COM
mittees, such as foreign relations, judi
ciary, public lands. privileges and cleo
tions, Indian affairs and irrigation and
reclamation of arid lands.
Evening star., 1921-03-04

middle west as "Unc1e" Henry Wal
lace. was one of the pioneers of that
section. and was the founder of Wal
lace's Farmer, which is today one of
the most successful and widely circu-
lated farm journals in the middle west.
He spent his boyhood in Rock Island,
attending the public schools, and after
graduation from the high school en-
tered the agricultural college at Ames,
Iowa. 1t was during his sophomore
year there that he met May Broadhead,
a freshman, whom he married a few
years later.
The first five years of Wallace's
married life he spent on a farm in
Adair county. and it was while thus
engaged that the new agricultural
head obtained his first-hand knowl-
edge of the hard work and vicissi-
tudes of farm life. At the end of
these five years Mr.. Wallace re-en-
tered the agricultural college, grad
uating two years later. He then be-
came an assistant professor of dairy
ing at this institution, and later was
promoted to professor.
Brilliant Success as Editor.
Wallace's Farmer. of which Mr..
Wallace is now editor. has it's head
quarters in Des Moines, and from a
small farm paper, in the fifteen years
Mr.. Wallace has been it's directing
head, has grown in Importance and
circulation. Throughout this period
Mr.. Wallace has made it his business
to know what the needs of the farm =
ers are today. and to further. as he
expresses it, good farming and good
thinking on problems connected with
food production and distribution"
Evening star., 1921-03-04
GREAT VARIETY IN LENGTH
OF INAUGURAL ADDRESSES
Fillmore Omitted Speech, But
william Henry Harrison Made
One of s,575 Words.

President George washington's FIRST
inaugural address was made up of
1900 words, his second inaugural ad-
dress comprised 134 words.
people in his inaugural speech with
2,31f words.
Thomas jefferson spoke in his first
address 1925 words. and 2.123 in his
second address
James Madison used ITO words in
142 in his second.
James Monroe made quite a long
address to the people in 1917, using
1892 words. and in 1921 he used 4.446
words in his inaugural address, just
one hundred years ago.
words in his inaugural in 1925; An
drew Jackson. 1.116 in his first inaugu-
raj and 1,107 in his second; Martin
Van Buren,. s.ss4; William Henry
Harrison. s.57s. the most voluminous
succeeding Harrison. addressed the
people in an address of 1.643 words;
James X. Polk, 4.s04; Taylor, l, l,096
Fillmore made no address in his sue
cession to the presidency. Franklin
s.47s' iisso' used '''l' words and buchanan
.L,sl; Abraham naJ.aH LINCOLN in his first in;
2.772 words. and 5ss words in his
second. In 1863. Andrew johnson, his
successor. had occasion for only 36l
words. President Grants first ad
dress had 1.139 words. and his second
I 1872. President Hayes, in his in.
augural address. needed 2,472 words
James A. Garfield. 2.949: Arthur, 431
Cleveland. in his first address, en-
ployed 1858 words. and 2.029 in his
second address.
President BENJAMIN Harrison made
his address to the nation as chief ex.
.ecutive in an address OF 1888 words
President Mckinley began his first
term with an inaugural address OF
1915 words. and his second with
2,223 words.
President Theodore Roosevelt beear
his second term of service as chic,
executive in an address Of only s7I
words.
President Taft addressed the people
in an inaugural speech of $500 words
President Wilson'S inaugural ad.
dresses, first and second terms. con.
sisted Of about $500 words.
Evening star., 1921-03-04
CHARLES E. HUGHES,
Secretary Of State.

Charles Evans Hughes, the Secretary
of State, is fifty-nine years old. a
lawyer by profession. and a native of
New York state. He attained his first
great success in the investigation of
the management of the New York in
surance companies which fame laid the
foundation of the illustrious career
which was to follow. He first served
two terms as governor of New York,
the United States Supreme Court, re-
signing from that high office to become
the republican candidate for the presi-
dency. Defeated by Woodrow Wilson.
in a close election. the outcome of which
was not definitely known for several
days afterward. Mr.. Hughes returned
to private life and the practice OF law.
He is looked upon as one of the coun-
try's foremost Investigators and jurists.
Born in Glens Falls, n. Y.
Judge Hughes was born April IL,
1862, in Glens Falls, y. y. His father
was a Baptist minister. In his child
hood the Hughes family moved to
Newark, n. j., where the boy received
his elementary education in the pub
lie schools. He entered Colgate Uni
yersity at the age of fourteen and re-
mained there two years. He went to
Brown University in 1881 and was
graduated when he was nineteen
years old. He then took the law
course at Columbia Law School and
was admitted to the New York bar IN
1854. He did not at first devote all
his time to the practice of law, but
for three years held prize fellow
ship in the Columbia Law School: 1t
was in the offices Of Chamberlain
Carter & Hornblower. where ne pc
came a clerk. that Mr.. Hughes really
began his legal activities.
In 1883 he married Antolnette Car
ter. daughter Of the senior member
of the firm, and he later became
member of the firm under the changed
name of Carter, Hughes & Dwight. he
became a professor OF law at torneil
in 1891, in which capacity ne served
for two years. He then returned to
active practice. but continued as spe-
cial lecturer at Cornell anu the ->e"
York Law School.
Enters on Public Career.
It was while serving as counsel Tor
the Stevens Gas Commission that MT.
Hughes public career started. he made
numerous sensational disclosures. This
work was followed by his employment
as special counsel and investigator for
the Armstrong investigating committee
Of the New York legislature, which was
conducting an inquiry into ille s,, ,nsur- sur
.nce companies. He made great rep
utation as a result of his fearless work
in this case and. because Of his popu-
iarity and demonstrated ability. as ne San, Vas
York This was in the fall OF 1906;
He M - officiated with much vigor an. and
gained great favor among no .acera the term
i1I pras;asnt Taft appointed him to the
suprsme Prsn,eeH: Court in 1910. where he re, e,
mained until he answered the call q OF
his party. in 1916. to be Its s'ahaaro
'eTi The @ family of Mr.. Hughes consists
OF a son. Charles E. Hughes IT, ana
thIee 1sren u colleges and universities have
conferred upon Mr.. Hughes the degree
Of doctor of laws.
Evening star., 1921-03-04
WILL H. HAYS,
Postmaster General.

Will Harrison Hays, the Postmaster
General, who has been at the helm of
the republican party for four years
as chairman of the national commit
toe. is a lawyer by profession. He
was born in Sullivan. Sullivan county,
Ind, November 5, 1879. His father,
John r. Hays, who was of Scotch
Irish stock, practiced law for forty
years. Subsequently Will II. and
Hinkle Hays took possession of their
fathers law business.
! Born in the Presbyterian faith. Mr..
Hays went to Wabash College. Craw-
fordsyille, Ind, where he received the
degree Of A. B. and NJ. A. On the day
. ne was twenty-one years old Mr..
Hays voted and was admitted to the
bar in Sullivan county, which was a
democratic stronghold. He was a can
didate for prosecutor in 1902, but was
defeated. the fact that his father had
been elected to the same Office as a
precedent for viii. He became re-
publican county chairman in 1903 and
displayed such zeal as an organizer
that James Goodrich, while Governor
Of Indiana. soon called him to Indian
apolis to conduct the speakers bureau
of the state.
In 1906 he became the county chair
man and succeeded in electing a
member to the general assembly and
the sheriff Of the county. He was
district chairman for his party for
four years. making many house-to-
house visits in his personal canvass
in the interest of his ticket. In 1914
the state Craftsmanship was conferred
upon him, in which capacity he con-
tinued throughout the campaign of
1915. carrying the state for Hughes
by 1000 votes, despite the excellent
organization of the democrats at that
time.
When America went to war Mr..
Hays, failing of acceptance for the
Army because he did not weigh
enough, became chairman of the
state council of defense and organ
lied the Hoosiers in the fight against
Germany.
BY this time he had attained ma
tional prominence. and when Chair
man Wilcox of the republican ma
tional committee resigned and it was
found impossible to land John P.
Adams of Iowa in his place, the posi-
tion went to Mr.. Hays on his record
as an organizer and a harmoniZer.
During the congressional campaign
in 1918 he had a record of fifty-nine
nights in a Pullman sleeping coach.
Mr.. Hays is a church-going person
and for fifteen years has been a Sun
day school teacher and lately was
elected a deacon. He married Helen
Thomas, the daughter of Judge
Thomas of Indiana. He was recently
elected president of the Phi Delta
I Theta Fraternity.
Evening star., 1921-03-04
PRESIDENT HARDING
is FIRST PUBLISHER
IN HIGHEST OFFICE

Warren G. Harding is the first
newspaper publisher to serve as
President Of the United States. He
is the twsnty-ninth chief execu-
tive, reckoning Cleveland's two
terms as separate ones, because
he was the only President serving
twice who was not reelected.
Nineteen Presidents were law
yerS at the time they were elect
ed. Three are classified as states
men, two as soldiers, two as farm
ers, one as a public official. Mr..
Harding might also fall within the
class of statesman, as he had
served six years in the Senate
when elected, and was the first
senator to be elected President.
Virginia leads in the nativity OF
Presidents. Eight of her sons
Washington. Jefferson. Madison.
Monroe, William Henry Harrison,
Tyler, Taylor and Wilson-have
held the highest office in the gift
of the nation.
Ohio has given seven native sons
to the presidency-Grant Hayes.
Garfield. Benjamin Harrison, Nc
Kinley, Taft and Harding.
Eighteen Presidents have been
college men: one was graduated
from West Point, nine had no COL
lege education.
Evening star., 1921-03-04
VITAL POINTS IN LIFE
OF PRESIDENT HARDING

Warren Gamaliel Harding. tventy.
ninth President of the United States
Born in Blooming Grove, Morrow
county. Ohio. November 2. 1865
Student Ohio Central College, 1879
1882.
Entered newspaper business, Mar.
ION. Ohio. 1884, and publisher Marion
Ohio. Star since that time.
Married Florence Killing. Marion
1891.
Member Ohio state senate, 1899 tc
1903.
Lieutenant governor of Ohio. 1904 tc
1906.
Republican candidate for Governor
of Ohio. 1910 (defeated).
Elected to United States Senate, No
vember 3, 1914.
Elected President November 2, 1890
Baptist, home Marion, Ohio.
Evening star., 1921-03-04
ANDREW W. MELLON,
Secretary of Treasury.

Andrew William Mellon, the Secre-
.ary Of the Treasury. is sixty-hihe
y.ars old and a native Of Pittsburgh
pa He is a banker and has been
prominent in the development OF nnah-
cial. coal, coke and oil industries ana
"a one of the wealthiest men In the
United States, being many tunes
millionaire. 1t is reported that ne
nays the largest individual income tax
| in the state of Pennsylvania.
Mr.. Mellon was born in Pittsburgh n
and received his education there, be-
! ing graduated from the University OF
Pittsburgh. His father, Judge ihomas
Mellon, was one or the early ploneS,I ;
~ western Pennsylvania and was the
founder OF the Mellon fortune. and at
The time Of his death was one OF the
most prominent and richest men In
that part Of the state.
Father started Frick.
IT was Judge Mellon who loaned
Henry c. Frick 100000 which started
him on his illustrious money-making
career, Andrew Mellon learned the
rudiments Of business and finance
dur;np his early association with his
fathers bank, and through his ac-
ouaintance with Frick he became as
sociated with him in number OF big
concerns. At Mr.. Friok's death he
succeeded him as one OF the directors
of the Pennsylvania railroad.
The three big Mellon banks-the
Mellon National, the Union Trust
and the Union Savings-are not only
/ the largest of their kind in western
| Pennsylvania, but they have numer-
Gus financial connections throughout
the state and in Ohio and other sec
| tions Of the middle west. Mr.. Mel
| lon has always followed the policy
Of refusing to permit any of his
| banks to engage in International
banking and he has confined his ac-
tIvities upon strictly American lines.
| Lifelong Republican.
| The new Treasury head is a life
Hong republican Of the so.called
.stand-pat" variety, and although he
has always contributed to and 9TH
erwise aided the interests of his par
| ~. he had never been active in poll
tics. He has devoted much study to
the subject Of government econom-
| ics. He is a patron Of art and is as
sociated with the Carnegie Institute,
the great libraries and other edu-
cational projects in and around
| pittsburgh, for which purpose Mr..
| Carnegie gave many millions. He
4 was one of the organizers Of the Gulf
Refining Company. and personally
built and named the town Of Donora,
Pa. which now has population of
mere than 10000
Evening star., 1921-03-04
HARRY M. DAUGHERTY,
Attorney General.

Harry NJ. Daugherty. Attorney Gen.
eral in President Harding's cabinet.
is sixty-one years old, native of
Ohio, and a lawyer by profession. He
has been a practicing lawyer in Co
lumbus, Ohio, and is looked upon as
one of the foremost and most sue
cessful attorneys in the middle west.
For forty years he has been active in
politics. and for a score of years he
has been active in national as we'll as
state and local politics.
Mr.. Daugherty has been for many
years a close personal friend of War
has been his political adviser. He
handled Senator Harding's pre-elec-
tion campaign. and directed the fight
which brought him up from behind
and secured the nomination. 1t is
known that he was a moving spirit
in making Senator Harding a can
didate for the nomination.
Early Political Career.
The history of Mr.. Daugherty's ma
the early days of Mark Hanna. He
was defeated for the nomination for
governor in 1899 and later was forced
to sidetrack his ambition to go to
the Senate. He has been delegate
to four national conventions, in all
has been a delegate to twenty-three
state conventions and he served two
terms in the Ohio state Legislature.
Harry Daugherty was born Janu-
ary rs. 1860. in Washington Court
House. Fayette county, Ohio. His
| father was John B. Daugherty. He
attended the public schools and it was
necessary for him to work on a farm
during vacations to complete his edu-
| cation. He was graduated from Ann
Arbor Law School in 1882. and began
| the practice OF law in Washingt on
| Court House. He later moved to Co.
lumbus, and soon became prominent
politically and in his profession,
Evening star., 1921-03-04
EDWIN DENLY,
Secretary of Navy.

Edwin DENLY of Michigan. the new
Secretary Of the Navy. is one of the
younger members of Mr.. Harding's cab
met. being fifty-one years old. He is
a lawyer by profession, a former men,
ber Of Congress and a veteran of the
Spanish-American and the world wars
When his father. Charles DENLY Of
Indiana, was appointed minister to
China, Secretary DENLY. who was then
twenty-five years old. accompanied him
to the orient and for more than ten
years served in the imperial maritime
customs service of China. He gradu-
sity of Michigan in 1894. and was ad-
mitted to the bar in Detroit, Mich, in
1896.
Enlisted AS Gunner's Mate.
During the Spanish war he enlisted
in the Navy as a gunner's mate and was
assigned to the U. S. S. Yosemite. He
was elected to the Michigan house of
representatives in 1902 and 1903 Two
years later he was sent to Congress
from the first Michigan district. where
he served six years. Upon his retire
ment from Congress he returned to the
practice of law in Detroit, and shortly
afterward became identified with the
automobile industry.
The fact that Mr.. DENLY was forty
seven years old when this country
entered the world war did not throw
damper upon his patriotism and
desire for active service, and he en-
listed in the United States Marine
Corps and shortly afterward was
made a sergeant and was retired at
the close of the war as a major.
Was College Athlete.
Mr.. DENLY was an athlete in his
college days and is fond of sports.
and his principle work in the Marine
Corps was devoted to the develop
Evening star., 1921-03-04
HENRY C.. WALLACE,
Secretary of Agriculture.

Henry c. Wallace. the Secretary of
Agriculture is an editor and publisher,
practical farmer. former professor of
dairying, and an extensive breeder of
live stock. He is fifty-four years old
and a native of Iowa.
Mr.. Wallace's most notable achieve
ment recently, and which probably
brought him in closest touch with
President Harding. was his authorship
Of the agricultural plank in the repub-
lican platform as it was adopted in
the Chicago convention. He also has
furnished Mr.. Harding with consider
able data which was used by the lat
ter during his campaign speeches.
Aside from being an editor of note and
an instructor in the science of agricul-
ture, Mr.. Wallace Is said to answer in
every way the qualifications of dirt
farmer"
Born in Rock Island, III.
+ He was born in Rock Island in 1866.
His father. well known throughout the
Evening star., 1921-03-04
JAMES J. DAVIS,
Secretary of Labor.

James ]. Davis of Pittsburgh. the
new Secretary of Labor. is native
of Wales, having been born in Trede-
gar on October 81, 1873. The elder
Davis sailed for America in 1850 and
his wife and six children followed a
year later, settling in Sharon, Pa
1t was there that at the age of eight
the future cabinet officer got his first
Job, which was taking care OF five
cows belonging to a local hotel. and
shining shoes and selling papers.
When nine years old he started to
school. but left at the age of eleven
to become a nail picker at a steel mill
in Sharon.
Ran PuddIer's Furnace.
When fourteen years old Mr.. Davis
became puddler's helper in the mill,
and the following year he was given
the task of running puddlers fur
nance. 1t was at that time he Joined
the Amalgamated Association of
Iron, Steel and Tin Workers, to which
he still belongs.
Mr.. Davis was sixteen years old
when he moved to Pittsburgh and en-
tered the employ of the keystone
Rolling Mills and later he entered
Browns Mill. Leaving Pittsburgh the
young iron worker worked for a time
in Birmingham, Ala. and then re-
turned north to Elwood. Ind. Here
he began to turn his attention TO
things political and he became city
clerk at the age OF twenty-three.
Goes to Business College.
During this time in Elwood Mr.
Davis went to business college and
at the close of his term as city clerk
he was elected recorder of Madison
county.
On his birthday in 1906 Mr.. Davis
joined the Loyal Order of Moose. then
just organized, being the 241th mem
Der initiated. The next year he be-
. came director general of the order.
He was chairman of the Moose war
relief commission and spent part of
the years 1918 and 1919 with the
| American expeditionary force in con-
nection with that work.
! Mr.. Davis began his career as a
| business man and banker in Indiana
| and later returned to Pittsburgh.
where he has amassed a comfortable
| fortune. His wife was Miss Jean II.
J Rodenbaugh. They have two children,
James J., jr.. aged four, and Jane
Elizabeth. aged one.