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Evening star., 1921-06-12
OFFICE CHANGES.
Commissioner Robertson Makes
Promotions in Expert Force.

Several changes in the expert per-
sonnel of the patent Office have been
announced by Commissioner Thomas E.
Robertson. Charles H. Pierce. examiner
Of classifications, has been assigned to
have charge of the classification divi-
sion. and will continue as heretofore to
decide questions relating to the division.
Law Examiner Millard J. Moore has
been assigned to duty in the office
of the commissioner, and Principal Ex-
aminer Willard N. Holmes has been as
signed to duty as principal examiner in
charge of division. Principal Examiner
Eugene c. Taylor also was assigned to
duty as principal examiner in charge Of
division, and Fred w. Beale and C. v.
Morton were promoted to first assistant
examiners. The changes were effective
Yesterday.
Evening star., 1921-06-12

John j. Pershing. to Mrs. Frazer.
THE name of this town will ever be
associated with the history of our
army in. France. and the project to
restore it by Americans will surely
awaken hearty response"
Secretary Weeks of the War De-
partment in a letter, said:
Il am very much interested and in
entire approval of your plan to de-
velop the Belleau Wood Memorial
which you have explained to me in
your correspondence. 1 am sure it
will make a strong appeal to our
people and especially to those who
had relatives or friends engaged in
the battle of Belleau and in that vi
cinity. I wish you every success in
developing your plan and shall be
way you elect"
Senator Overman and Senator Lodge
both have spoken on the floor Of the
Senate in favor of the association,
and Senator Overman proposes to OBJ
tain for the organization the right to
exercise the franking privilege. Both
senators highly praised the plans of
the association.
List Of Americas Dead.
The numbers of American soldiers
buried in the Belleau Wood cemetery,
by states. follow:
Alabama, IS; Arizona, 3; Arkansas,
13; California, So; Connecticut, So;
Colorado. IS; Delaware. 4; District of
Columbia. 4; Florida, 3: Georgia, 81;
Idaho, II; Illinois. 1874; Indiana, 54:
Iowa, IS; Kansas. 26; Kentucky. 80;
Louisiana, 81; Massachusetts. 2o4;
Maine, a; Maryland, "a; Michigan,
LOG; Mississippi. II; Missouri, 81; Mon
tana, 81; Nebraska, 10; New Hamp-
shire, 4s; New Jersey, g.: New Mexico,
8; New York. 241; North Carolina, 10;
North Dakota. 16; Ohio. 1873: Okla
homa. 27; Oregon, 2; Pennsylvania,
247; Rhode Island. Z: South Carolina.
4; South Dakota. 10; Tennessee, -;
Texas, g.: Utah, Is: Vermont, q;
Washington. 26: West Virginia, n;
Wyoming, s; Virginia, Is; wiscon:
sin, 48.
Omcers Of the Assoeiation.
The officers Of the association are:
Honorary chairman, the Secretary of
War.
Committee members: Mrs. James
Carroll Frazer chairman; Mrs. James
W. wadsworth. jr.. Mrs. Edwin c.
Gregory, Mrs. George Thatcher
Guernsey. Maj. Gen. Tasker H. Bliss.
John Barton Payne. Newboid Noyes,
II. v. Haynes, treasurer.
Advisory committee: The Vice
President, the French ambassador.
the Secretary Of the Navy. the
Speaker Of the House. Senator Lodge,
Senator Capper. Senator Edge. SEN
ator France, Senator Keyes. Senator
Moses. Senator overman. Senator
Owen, Senator Pittman. Senator
CONTINUED on Third Page.)
Evening star., 1921-06-12
TO REBUILD BELLEAU VILLAGE
AS MEMORIAL TO u. S. HEROES
Project of Local Association. to Cost
100000, Ind dorsed by President Harding.
Gen. Pershing and Others.

Just a mile of two outside of Cha
teau Thierry. France. stands the ruins
of what was the village of Belleau. on
wood. through which the gallant
American forces rushed and turned
back the Germans. In plain view of
the village also stand the hundreds of
white crosses, each marking the grave
Of an American hero who sacrificed
his life in the great drive.
The little village of Belleau, which
contained about eighty-fve houses,
was destroyed during the conflict be-
tween the Germans and the Ameri-
cans. 1t is proposed to rebuild the
village as a lasting monument to the
memory of those gallant sons of
America who fought over and around
it's site.
1t will be a national monument to
these heroes. for every state in the
Union and the District of Columbia
are represented among the dead who
lie there. The District of Columbia
contrib four of the number who
died on the field during battle.
To carry out this project will cost
approximately 100000 at the present
rate Of exchange. The Belleau Wood
Memorial Association. with headquar-
ters at 1916 18th street. this city. and
of which Mrs. James Carroll Frazer
is chairman, is pushing forward the
work of collecting funds. Every dol
lar given for membership goes into
the building fund. And that one dol
lar is all that is asked of any one.
Upon receipt of the money a member
ship certificate and badge will be sent.
In addition it is planned to have the
names of every contributor entered
in a book which will be deposited
with the mayor of the rebuilt town.
Project Indorsed by President.
President Harding has Endorsed
the movement in the following letter
to Mrs. Frazer:
Il cannot deny myself the satisfac-
ton of telling you how much I am
interested in the effort in which you
are engaged to bring about the res
toration of the village Of Belleau.
France. The name. Of course. has a
peculiar historic significance. which
will never be lost to Americans.
"The task in which you are inter-
esting yourself is 50 very character
istic of American charity and broad
sympathies that I feel sure it will
win the success it deserves"
The late Chief Justice White. before
his death, wrote to Mrs. Frazer. say
ing: I hope your kind purposes may
60 directly home to the hearts of all
as did the fire of our dauntless In
fantry reach the German lines in the
Wood on that eventful day"
Gen. Pershing Approves.
TT gives me pleasure to express my
whole hearted Endorsement Of the
movement to rebuild the town Of
BelIeau. France. by the Belleau Wood
Memorial Association" wrote Gen.
Evening star., 1921-06-12
WOULD PAY s11,5oo,ooo.
Secretary Weeks Thinks q. s,
Should Buy Cape Cod Canal.

Purchase by the government of the
Cape Cod canal for $11, 100000 has
been recommended to Congress by
Secretary Weeks.
The purchase price, it was an
nounced today at the War Depart
ment, has been agreed upon by the
canal company and the department.
1t is approximately $5.000.000 less
than the price allowed by federal
court jury at Boston in condemnation
proceedings instituted by the gov
ernment.
The jury award Of a price of $16.-
$4,000 was reversed by the circuit
court of appeals. not on account of
the amount involved. a statement is
sued at the War Department said, but
for various errors in the methods of
computing the value of the canal.
New negotiations then were insti-
tuted outside the courts and an agree
ment reached
Evening star., 1921-06-12
u. S. SHOWING WAY
TO DISARMAMENT
Reduction in Size of Standing Army an
Object Lesson to the World.
Naval Cut Deferred.

feat in the world war. little has been
done toward a reduction in land
armament; in fact. the armies are
swollen far out of proportion to the
resources Of the peoples who support
them and are burdened today with
heavy taxes. The step of the United
States in voluntarily reducing it's
Army to 10000 men. a mere OIL per
cent of the country's population. is
regarded by many as an example to
the world. which other nations would
do well to follow.
National Guard Factor.
The reduction in the Regular Army
of the United States to 10000 men,
however. does not leave this country
in the state Of unpreparedness which
existed before the world war. it is
contended by the men who forced
the reduction of the armed forces,
Notwithstanding the earnest plea of
Secretary of War Weeks. Chairman
Wadsworth of the military affairs
committee of the Senate. and some
Of the republican leaders of the
House. For instance. the National
Guard. as organized in the states. and
which. under the Army reorganization
act. is really part of the national
forces. numbers now about 10000.
and ultimately will reach a total of
425.000 men when recruited up as
provided by law. There are also $1,000
marines-reckoned part of the Navy.
but, as a matter of fact used most
effectively on land service. as DEM
onstrated so wonderfully by the corps
in the war with Germany. Then there
are some 10000 officers in the Reserve
Corps of the Army. trained men who
had experience in the last war-an
asset of tremendous value-and last.
but by no means least. somewhere
between 100000 and 100000 men
in private life who had military
training and experience during the
war.
Cen Nelson A Miles. retired, for
many years head of the Army of the
United States. has been quoted as say
ing in the past that the standing Army
of this country should be limited to
1000 men per 1,Oo0.o0 population, and
it was maintained for many years
prior to the world war in about that
ratio.
The country must make up its mind.
however. that even If the Regular
Army be considerably reduced, the
Army appropriation bills will never
come back to the pre-war level. In the
first place the pay of the enlisted men
has been practically doubled. and the
officers have been granted increases
In pay. Also all the materials that the
Army uses have increased vastly IN
price But the members of. Congress
economy insist these are
only additional reasons for keeping
the size of the Army down.
Evening star., 1921-06-12
BY N. O. MESSENGER.

~ RESIDENT HARDING. by way Of variety
- and change from the long routine Of in
ternational and domestic problems he
has been considering recently. made
brief excursion into national politics last week.
The occasion was afforded by the meeting in
Washington Of the national committee of the
republican party to select chairman and
change the basis Of representation in national
conventions. After day spent over these de-
tails. the committeeman and committeewomen
enjoyed evening at the White House with
President and Mrs. Harding.
The President, however. had for a day
two been comforting privately with individuals
and groups of the committeeman and getting
much frst-hand information as to political and
other conditions in the country at large.
X X
Let it not be understood that the chief ex-
ecutive is not keeping wary eye on politics
While he is the President of all the people, and
not of the republican party alone at the same
time a majority to the extent Of some seven
million people voted for him for President
the head of the republican party. and he is car
rying the banner of that political organiza ton
While he is glad to be the President of all the
people. he prefers to be such under the auspices
of the republican party and exponent of its
policies. President Harding made careful and
dligent inquiry Of those national committeeman
with whom he talked about affairs in their re-
spective states. He intends. it is said. to keep
himself posted at all times the varying politi-
cal phases Of the times
X X X
There promises to be close team work be-
tween the administration and the national COM
mtttee from now on, following the reorganiza-
tion of the executive management of the
mttee. Postmaster General Hays and Attorney
General Daugherty will be in the executive coun-
ellis Of the national committee. and will form a
closely connecting link between the administra-
tion and the committee. The new chairman of
the national committee. John T. Adams. proposes
to of ina
headquarters here. and he will be in touch con-
stantly with the government heads and the con-
gressional leaders.
The situation which Is causing the politicians
the most worry just now is the looming proba-
bility. classed by many almost certainty
that Congress will find great difficulty in salts
flying the rank and file of the people over
tax legislation. President Harding shares the
anxiety of the political managers and legisla-
tive leaders on this subject, it is known.
X X
The politicians already passing the re-
sponsibiity up to the republican Congress and
camping by night the trail of the leaders,
urging them to extraordinary exertions to do
something" The argument put forward by the
national committeeman who were here last
week to the congressman was something like
this: we politicians did the trick for you
congressman last fall and rolled up record
Evening star., 1921-06-12
FIGURES ON FOREIGN BORN
Race Predominance in Cities
Shown by Census Bureau.

More than one fourth Of the for
eign population Of Baltimore is made
up Of Russians. while more than one
fourth Of Louisville's foreign-born
residents are of German nativity, ac-
cording to figures made public by the
census bureau. OF s3.s11 foreign born
in Baltimore, 2s.2os are Russians. Louis
ville's foreigp-born population Of 1851
includes 4,74S Germans.
New Orleans has a foreign born
population Of 25.ss2. the bureau an
nounced. The Greek foreign born
population Of the city numbered T.
s3s or nearly one-third of all the for
eign born in New Orleans.
Evening star., 1921-06-12
AIDS "WATCH TOWER"

Announcement has been maee x u
gift of $51.500 from Mrs. o. i r.
Belmont toward the national woI ,Sn's
party watch tower" headquarters. at
25 1st street, opposite the Capitol
From the watch tower" the vomen
will keep Congress under observance
during the fight for the legal eQ QIality
af women
Evening star., 1921-06-12
FAVORABLE REPORT MADE
House immigration Committee
Supports johnson Resolution.

Favorable report was ordered yesterday
by the House immigration committee
on the johnson resolution permitting
the landing Of aliens who have ar
rived in this country in excess of the
quotas allotted to their country of
origin under the immigration restric-
tion bill.
Specifically the bill will permit
steamship companies to land immi-
grants who sailed on or before June
8. five days after the restriction law
became effective. and 1t was amended
SO that the excess would not cut down
the total of aliens eligible for admis-
sion during July.
Evening star., 1921-06-12
FARM COMMITTEE NAMED.

Senate members of the joint con-
eressional commission to investigate
agricultural conditions have been ap-
pointed by Vice President Coolidge as
follows: Lenroot. Wisconsin; Capper.
Kansas. and McNary. Oregon. r.pubh.
cans. and Robinson. Arkansas. and Har-
ris, Georgia, democrats.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-04
;Is0n Pitches Fine Game Against C0IOneIs
INDIAN MAJOR Lacquer THOUGH
Yellow Horse Says Pirates viii
Cop.
(By Dean Snyderl

HOT SPRINGS, Ark, April l.
There is one rookie in the big leagues
this season who begged not to be taken
into major company: =
Moses Yellow Horse, hurler OF the
Pittsburg Pirates!
He's a full bloOded Indian of the
Pawnee tribe and looks pretty certain
to be a regular with the Pirate crew
this season.
Last season Yellow Horse was with
the Little Rock team in the Southern
league. 1t was his first year in pro-
fessional baseball and he won ri
games and lost seven. His pitching
was one of the main reasons why
Little Rock copied the pennant. And
it was his 1 to 0 victory over Nash
vile that cincned the honors for the
season.
When he heard that the Pirates were
after him. at the end of last season, he
made three trips from his home in
Pawnee, Okla, to Little Rock to beg
Kid Eberfield not to sell him.
I'm not in the game for money"
Yellow Horse told him. 1--WE a farm
on the reservation and get my checks
from the government"
And then his trfbesmen got after
him and it was due to their pleadings,
mostly, that Yellow Horse finally con-
sented to enter the prize company of
baseball.
Now that he's had a few weeks of
training with the Pirates the Indian
thinks he's going to like it.
Il love baseball" he says, land I've
been at some phases Of it ever since
was a boy-used to throw rocks at a
stone"
Yellow Horse once toured the United
States with Pawnee Bills Wild West
show. He was a papoose then and his
mother carried htm on her back when
the parade, went down Broadway in
New York.
Something tells me I'm going to be
in another parade-and' at the head
of it with the Pittsburg team" he says
IT can read the future-I guest I in
herited the prophetic sense from my
grandmother. And l see the Pirates
winning the 1921 pennant.
Last year told Eberfield that Little
Rock would cop. Tho team did"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-04
HIGH TEAMS ARE
TO PLAY TODAY
Schoolboys Find II Too Expensive TO
Bring Visitors Here.

The first of the intra class series of
baseball games by the local high school
boys will be played today at the East
Hill diamond at $3.50 o'clock. The teams
will be led by Rex Wilson and Tom
Johnson, two veterans who were chosen
to lead the teams at a recent meeting
of the Boys Athletic association. The
teams have also elected girl sponsors who
will spur the boys on to victory.
The boys have decided to play among
themselves as the expense of bringing
visiting teams to the city is pretty high,
and there is too much local competition.
However, the locals have closed with the
Wright's school cadets for games to be
played here in the near future. The
Wright boys are fine sportsmen and won
the praise and admiration of the local
fans by the fine exhibition they put up
on the gridiron last Thanksgiving.
Raymond Marsh, the lad who put up
such a fine exhibition against the Pal
mer collegians will start the game for
Toms team and with the latter receiv
ing is expected to keep Capt. ReX's ag-
gregation from the bases. Rex will
probably start Red Salmon, his best
pitching bet. Carl Taylor, who did the
receiving for the First Christian church
a part Of last year, will be behind the
plate.
Prof Workman and Coach Moore, both
of whom played college ball in their
days as pitcher and outfielder, will look
after the umpiring.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-04
LOCALS GIVE LOUISVILLE FIGHT
BUT LOSE TO SLUCGERS BY 5 TO O

out on strikes. Massey walked, the pass
being the only one granted by Nelson.
Schepner's swat to right swept in Goch-
err and staked Massey to third. Lineup
struck out and Turner turned back
Kirke.
With Bobby Ellis out at the start OF
the first, Turner singled clearly to left
and McVoy strolled the walk being the
only one served by the Louisville Fingers.
The pass put Turner on second. Gaines
popped to Bethel and Bethel threw out
Smith.
Scarritt hooked single into left at
the start of the second but was nabbed
stealing. Wentworth and Lewis gave no
trouble.
Lineup permitted Nelson's fly TO fall
safe at the opening of the third and
Ernie struck out Ellis, Turner and Nc
Voy. Gaines began the Pensacola at
tack in the fourth with sharp blow to
center and reached second on Smiths
perfect sacrifice. Ham was the second
and last enemy to advance that far. He
moved to third as Bethel tossed out
Scarritt and went back to first when
Koch and Krke erased Wentworth
Koob famed Lewis and Nelson at the
start of the fifth. Schepner dropped a
bounder from the bat OF Bobby Lewis and
Ernie. pitching to his last batter, gassed
Turner
Sandy assumed the burden in the
sixth and retired the side in order
Scarritt plucked his Satsuma crusher at
the lift OF the curtain on the Pensacola
seventh but was forced by Nelson after
Wentworth and Lewis struck nothing
but the air. The Pensacolans were re-
PEELED without bloodshed in the eighth
and ninth.
The crora.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-04
BAssLER'S "sHOT OUT OF A GUM WING
RUNNERS CLOSE SACKS
That's Why He'll Stick With
the Tigers.
(By Dean snyder)

EN- ROUTE GIN TExAS) WITH
DETROIT TIGERS, April 2.-There
will be very few bases stolen against
the Detroit Tigers this season, when
Johnny Bassler is behind the plate
with the padded mitt on.
For Johnny's got a wing that just
naturally shoots the ball around the
sacks like a shot out OF gun.
Makes Runners Hug.
That's the main reason why he looks
like a sure sticker with Ty Cobb's out
Mt. Making base runners stick to the
sacks In his strongest baseball quail
fication.
Cobb looked him over while on the
coast last season and liked the way
he tipped the ball 10 first, second or
third. In fact he liked II so well that
he gave up four players to pry him
loose from the Los Angeles club.
So far, Bassler has come up to ex-
pectations.
While with Los Angeles he slapped
the pill at a .319 gait.
This will not be Basslers first crack
at major league ball. He was with
the Cleveland club in 1918 and II. In
the % games he worked in during 1914
he led the league in picking runners
off bases
Praises Family Spirit.
Cleveland released him In 1915 and
he has caught for Los. Angeles ever
since, with tho exception of the time
he served Uncle Sam in 191s-19.
While Cobb Is passing words Of
praise for his pegging find, Bassler
comes through with some OF the same
for Tyrus, as a manager.
I'm strong for the family spirit"
says he, "and cobb's filled the Detroit
team with II, In 1916 Frank Chance
piloted the Los Angeles club TO a pen
nant with a team that was figured to
finish just inside the first division.
Watch Cobb this year! Don't be
surprised II he pulls a Frank Chancei"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-04
Manager Mccarthy and Owner
Neal Praise Locals for Ex-
cellent Showing.
(By Lucky Baldwin, &


Sure the Colonels are pleased with
the showing made against them by the
Pensacola club. The Louisville ag-
gregation numbers about 80 44-100 per
every man on the club having been Of
fered a major league berth this season,
and when an independent organization
which never played together before
holds the tallies to five run margin
it indicates good defense.
The locals didn't swing very hard on
the old leather, but neither did any of
the other teams along the line of
march. 1t makes quite some differ
ence whether you're bucking up
against sand-lot twirler or a class
AA heaver-About $4,000 a year diff
ference.
Nelson pitched a nice game yester-
day and Finnegan did the same on
Saturday. Lefty's slants in the matt
nee yesterday were so good that it
took ,LouisviIle's best six long frames
to find them. Which is, as you might
or might not say, going some.
The Pensacola defense was likewise
good in yesterdays fracas. Little
better work could have been asked
than that done by Ham Gaines and
Ellis on opposite corners of the lot
while Turner made a pleasant showing
at short. True, he missed one rolling
sizzler that went through while he
was out Of position, but we've all seen
that happen in bigger shows than that
of yesterday.
Babe Lewis appeared to be the
weakest spot in the local defensive
arrangement. He IS credited with two
errors in yesterdays game, one when
he fumb1ed Jay Kirke's ground hit
which should have been an easy out
and the other when he let Schepner's
hard hit drive go through. The
second error was close to being a hit
and the scorers held a caucus among
themselves before calling it an error.
Lewis played a fairly good game and
will show up better as the season pro-
crosses.
You can always frd fans who will
knock ball player when he has a bad
day. In Saturdays game Babe did
nice work, even if his handling of the
hits wasn't absolutely clean. There's
one big thing in his favor and that is
that he's cut there trying to make
good while some of his knockers sit in
the stands and do a lot Of talking
Babe also takes healthy swing at the
ball and it's doubtful If those who are
camping on his trail could do any bet
ter hitting than he has done.
Personally we don't know yet
Babe will come through the
fire or not but we do give him credit
for making a stab at the job and we
hope he's good enough to stick.
= - Atlanta Crackers Coming.
Next Friday. Saturday and Sunday
the Atlanta Southern league team
will play here. Charley Frank has
promised to. send his best against the
locals and three good games can be
Then the weekend following the
Cuban Giants are booked for three
games, to be followed the next week by
Meridian of the Mississippi league.
Nelson says that in the Meridian
series he's going TO stand the locals on
their heads.
Fans win be pleased TO know that