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El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-03-03

HABAEA. mario 4.--Ante una mu-
vic congregada Ell ning1n juego de
base ball celebrado Ell Cuba. la cual
Sc supone excedfa de $4,000 almas. jul
g0se la Ultima paltida por el campeo
nato nacional entire las falnosas move
mas "MarianaO" Y "Habana', V ell pri-
nero de les teams en- disputa obtuvo
la victoria. Ell score anotado es ell
siguiente: "Marianao''. o 0 90 1 90 0
1 o.; total, dos carreras, dcce hits,
cuatro errores. "Habana'', 0 0 0 0 O.
o 0: total, una carreIa, tres hits,
cero errores. Baterfas: 'Marianao'.
Bcada pitcher; Fernandez, catcher /;
"Habai&a'. Lnque, pitcher; Gonzalez,
catcher. Balaomero Acosta. manager
del "Marianao"; ell notable pitcher
Boada, fu9 cnrgado Ell hombros por
un gram grupo de espectadores, oya-
ciondnddlo incesantemente la multi
tud FL Alcalde de la Habana fell
cit6 efasisalnente "a la ciadad dc Ma
rianao, Ia chal fue futenssiinente ilu-
niinada poi, la noche, al recibirse la
noticia del iltimO out. Ell manager
Gonzalez, Gel "Habana". corri0 hasta
el centerfield, abrazando al manager
Acosta. Los jugadores habaneros
imitaron el ejemplo de su represen
.tante, felicitando tambi9n los ven
cedores, que 10 fueron Ell buena lid.
MARIANAO, mario 3.-A regresar
los jugIdores del team "Maifahao' a
esta ciudad, despues de la victoria al
caIizada por el eampeonato nacional
contra la novena "Habana''. toda la
pcblaci6n ell masa Sc allego a la es
taci0n a recibirles, rindi6ndoles un ho-
menaje de algeria indescriptible. FL
dfa ful declarado de fiesta los ven
eedores han sido agasajadfsimos por
las autoridades Y ell pueblo.
XAUEN, MARRUECOS, mario 81
Aver tarde arrib0 d este puerto el AL
to Comisario Civil de Espana ell Ma
rruecos, senior Silvela, quien inmedia-
tamente Sc ha hecho cargo de las Off
cinas destinadas sus 0rdenes. II SUI
llegada Il Melilla.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-03-03
dePuerfOBcO
Tn gran escultor
espahOl

En- las hoias de information grafica
del presente ntimerO de Ell IMPAIR
CIAL, figuran algullos trabajos recien-
tes del escultor meritfsimo don Julio
Rodriguez Rola, y el retrato de el.
Este celebrado artista es uno de los
escultores de Espala que con mayor
inspiration Y acierto dan expression y
dignidad las personificaciones del
genio del heroismO. Su admirable
monumento al general Vara del ,Rey
produce gran emoci0n estetica ell Ma
drid, es considerable como una de las
obras escult6ricas mas importantes de
la Villa Y Corte. Otro monumento de
el muy justamente alabado en- Madrid
es ell que representa- un militar que
al caer herido gloriosamente <en la que
IRA. es recibido por la Madre Espaila,
que lie envuelve CON emoci0n sublime
Ell su immortal bandera. No hace mu-
cho que la prensa espanola tribute muy
eXpresiras alabanzas al monumento
erigido Il la memoria del gran fildn-
tropo sabio campe0n de la salud del
Milo. DR.. Tolosa Latour, que es una
de las obras nIaestras del genial es-
cultor. Tambi6n Sc conOcen V esti-
man tambi6n algunas obras suyas Ell
Puerto Rico.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-03-03
Sc fracture ell antebrazO

Ell alumno Jose M Aguayo, hijo de
,nuestro estimado ell Lcdo. M. Aguayo,
hermano de nuestro cronista social y
corresponsal en- la ciudad de Caguas,
sufrio una caida mientras estaba prac-
ticando los ejercicios atleticos en- la
escuela Acosta, de aquella ciudad,
siendo asistido por el reputado gale
no DR.. Jaime Rivas. Ell estado del MI
no segin nos 10 informa nuestro ami
60 Aguayo, es satisfactorio. hastar 81
presente.
Sentimos ell accidente ocurridole al
alumno en- mencion y nos alegraremos
que continue mejorando retablemente.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-03-03
Differences aplicaciones
de la Ciencia

Durante todos los siglos les hombrps
han utiiizasIo sur conocimiento cienti-
fico para dos fines Para el bien y
para el NAL Los grandcs quimicos
genierCS han usado su ciencia Il yeces
para el bien de la humanidad Y otros
han utiliZado sEs conccimientos para
la destruction de III misnt;l. como po-
demcs bien yer Ell los laboratories 5el
medico Y el qufmico que luchan por
arrancar 10 descondcido las yertel-
des que puedan conducir al bicnestar
del hombre y otros para fabricar las
gllndes mdquinas destructoras del
hombre como ccurri0 eu la Ultima que
rra mundial.
La ciencia Gel hipnotismo que tan
to ha dado q. hablar tiltimamente con
la lleglda de Monsieur Coue New
York. generalmente fuG us;;da para
alivio de la hunlanidad ahoia la
International Film Agency nos pre-
senta una pelfcula. "El Doctor AIabu-
se', cuyo protagonista que 10 es ell
gran astiSta europeo Rodolfo Klein
Roge, usa sus fuerZas mcntales paru
cometer los mayores crimenes tperso-
nalmente Y pcr medic de una partida
de ineiividuoS que lie 0bc'lecen ciega-
mente, fippulsados por su poder mental.
En cuntro interesantes jornadas Sc
desarrolla el argumento completamem-
re nuevo de esta serie que con seguri-
dad llara 6poea Ell Puerto Rico. pues
no sc parece u ninguna de las que
lElsta ahora Sc han presentado.
Ell DR. Mabuse ha tenido un exito
complete en- Espaiia V lla sido la pTi-
meIa pelfcula que Sc ha exhibido en-
lnglaterra despu6s de la guerra, pues
la sociedad dc artistas ingleses Sc ha-
hia Cpuestu que ninguna pelicula
;liemana ST intrcdujera en- Inglaterra
FL doctor Mabuse. como es natural,
tiene SUI justo castigo al final de la
pelfcula. Recomendamos a nuestros
lectores no deien de yer el eStreno de
esta Serie ell el Cine Puerto Rico el
6 de MARIO Y en- el Tres Banderas'
el Z.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-03-03
Nota de duelo

Ha faliecido en- Asturias la inteligei-
te Srta. Aurelia. sobrina del. s. Fer
nandez Juncos. Y hermana de Ii seilo-
rita Maria Tirador Fernandez, muy
estimada en- nuestra sociedad.
Esa novicia del cuerpo educador de
Hermanas de CaridaG, dedicado el la
ensefianza,, y llevaba VA dos amos de
aestudio en- cl Colegio de la Orden en-
Barcclor1 Su nluerte produjo ur
sentimiento general entire sus compa-
iieras, familias y, conocidos.
Lamentamos profundamenfe estu
desgracia.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-03-03

I oLAGAAAN. AULHO o. FL lLulOIUdHts
peri6dico '"Tageblatt Zeitung' affirm;
que el mariscal Won Hindenburg hi
sitlo llamado por el Presidente Ebert
celebrando una conferencia con el no
table militar que dur0 dos horas
Ain cuando el referido diario no dict
NADIA acefca de 10 que pudiera tratar
Sc entire el jefe ejecutivo aleman y e.
mariscal, Sc cree que La conversaci0r
giro sobre los iltimos acontecimien
tos del Rhur y Ia necesidad urgentt
por parte de Alemania de enviar u1
fuerte contingente a aquella zona pa
ra detener el ayaDce dc los franceses
con direction Berlin, que es, lo
que parace, el objetivo del alto co
mando militar frances. I'm espfritu
patri6tico incontenible reina en- esta
capital de p0cos dfas la fecha, pi
diendo el pueblo en- masa Ia guerra
contra Francia.
COBLENZA. mario 3.-Noticias re.
cibidas en- esta cindad de differences
zoaas del Rhur, aYisan que las tropas
francesas de ocnpaei6n estan reaui
Sando cuanto autom0vil encuentran Ell
la via piblica. Hasta La fecha los au.
tonl6yiles requisadOs llegan a una SUI
ma considerable.
COELENZA. MARIO 3--Las autorf-
dades francesas han expedido 6rde.
neS terminates los jefes de sus trO-
pas, en- las diferentes zonas del Rhur,
para que procedan al desarme inme-
diato por la fuerza de toda la po.
licfa aleiIana. En- algunas poblacio-
mes no tan solo Sc conereta la tropa
a efectuar el &esarme sino que luego
expulsa a los miembros de la fuerza
policiaca de las ciudades ocupadas.
WASHINGTON. MARIO 3.-El repre-
sentante a la Camara baja por ell Esta-
do de New York. w. Cochran, demo-
crata, fallecio repentinamente aver.
FL liustre estadista celebraba el aniver-
sario SO de su natalicio el dia antes,
cuando Sc sintio a1go indispuesto, ad.
quiriendo su dolencia caracteres de SUI
ma gravedad por la noche, siendo va
cadaver al amanecer. La Ultima vez
que visito la Canara fue Ell jueves en-
la noche. hacienda un discurso de tonos
elevados con motive de la ley en- dis
cusion sobre Creditos agricolas, al cual
Sc hallaba completafhente opuesto. FL
representante Cochran era natural de
Irlanda, recibi6 su yasta educacion Ell
Francia y los Estados Unidos. viniendo
a hacerse ciudadano americana en- su
juventud. Durante un buen numero
de amos ejercio aquf su carrera de leyes
" luego Sc dedico la politica, figuran-
do su riombre en- las filas del partido
democratic, entire los hombres mas
avanzados. Muchas veces Sc le consi-
der6 como una de las poderosas column
mas del Tannany Hail. Su muerte ha
sido muy sentida en- New York y por
todos los hombres representatives del
gobierno de los Estados Unidos.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-03-03
Ell conaicto miEtar ha sido soluconado en-
Espana, resultando un canard la
abdicacion de D. Alfonso.
EN- JAEN Sc REGISTRA UNA HORRIBLE
INUNDACION.
FL "Tablegatt Zeitung'' dice que Ebert ha ce-
lebrado una conferencia con Hindenburgy
sc supone Sc trato Sobre la necesidad
por parte de Alemania de detener
el avance frances
tDo Nuessro ssrvicio cablsgraaco Especial,

MADRID, MARIO 3.-Reina en- tod;
la naci6n una tranquilidad absolut;
despues de La pavcrosa crisis provoca
ha por la actitud de los coroneles d,
artillerfa. El conflicto militar ha 81
do satisfactoriamente solucionado POI
el gObiernO, y la noticia de la abdica
ci0n de Alfonso MI result0, como era
de esperarse, I'm canard periodfsticci al
tamente comprometedor. Las autori
dades averiguan de d0nde parti6 e
peligroso rumor
JAEtN, mario 3.---El rio Guadalqui
yir Sc ra desbordado aver con motive
Ge una lluvia torrencial de unos cuan
tos dfas, inundando varias comarcas
de Ia provincial, pero sin que hasta Ia
fecha Sc llagan anotado pardidas dt
vida.
WASHINGTON, MARIO Sci record
establecido por la marina de guerra de
los Estados Unidos, como Instruments
humanitario y factor decisive para Ia
dsfehsa de dos paeblos debiles de Anne.
rica, fue discutido por Ell Secretario de
la Marina, Mr.. DENLY, aver, en- un dis.
curse pronunciado en- un mitin celebra.
do en- esta capital por la sociedad Ma.
val Sponsors. Ell Secretario de la Ma.
rina ensalzo las actividades de la es.
cuadra de los Estados Unidos durante
los dltimos amos, Y pasando por sobre
sus proezas cometidas durante la gran
guerra mundial, Sc expreso en- terminos
encomiasticos sobre la labor de la mis-
ma en- los aciagos dias recientemente
apurados por los griegos que huian de
Esnirna cuando el avance turco y que
rccibieron toda la ayuda necesaria de
los barcos de guerra americanos; ha-
bio de sus trabajos verifcados en- esa
misma fecha y en- la actualidad EN-
aguas del Mar Negro recogiendo los
r,sos harnbrientos y desvalidos; luego,
hace un afio 10 sumo, cuando el gran
desastre sisinico de Chile en- que ciu.
dades enteras quedaron enterradas ba.
: 10 el mar Paci6co, fue la escuadra de
los Estados Unidos- termina el ora.
dor a llevar el socorro del pueblo
americana assus herrnanos del sur
WASHINGTON, mario Bel senor
Ministro diplonaatico de Finlandia en-
esta capital. DIR. Leonardo Armstrong
cito aver al Secretario de Estado Sr
Hughes, para sostener con el una con
ferencia hoy con objeto de dar conien
20 una serie de conversaciones preli
minares, tendencies tratar sobre la der
da de su nacion con este pals, que SUI
ma $S,2S1, ,926 de principal y como GER
ca de $1,l50,O0O de inteteses.. En- dicha
conferencia Sc yeran los medios peril
nentes para hacer pagadera esa deuda
en- Ell plazo mas breve y en- las condicio
mes mejores para anbos paises
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-03-03
B0nar Law rehusa CO.
mentariOS

LONDON, fcbrero-E primer mi
nistro ingles Bonar Law, se rehus6 d
responder cuando Sc le interrog6 hoy
en- Iii camara de los comunes u Ia
Gran Bretaua nlantenfa un cambio de
impresiones diplomatieas con los Es-
tados Unidos respecto D ID ocupacion
del Rhur por Ias tropas franco-bel-
gas
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-03-03
EN- HONOR DE RAIMUNDO
CABRERA

Cuba ha rendido un carinoso tribu-
to de, admiration y agradecimiento al
ilustre y fecundisimo escritor don Raj
mundo Cabrera, una de las atlas in
teligencias de aquella isla que mas
la han enaltecido con su labor mental
en- estos iltimos so amos.
Los pueblos Sc honran 81 mis-
mos poniendo en- alto relieve los me-
ritos y servicios de sus hijos illus
tres de sus benefactores.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-03-03
Ell Senado aprueba ell
permisO para la venta
de vino cerveza

ALBANY, febrero.-El senado Ell la
session de hoy, aprob0 por una mayo
ria de. % votos contra Is, la resolu-
ci6n presentada POI Donohue con el
proposito de exigir al congreso que Sc
permita la venta tle vinos claros y
cerveza. como fue sugerido por la
asanlblea.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-03-03

Otras notables prOduccioneS del mis-
mo llaman la atenci0n en- Madrid y ell
provincias, como ell monumento a Ger.
vantes, ell erigido eli honor de los he
roes de Gavite y Santiago de Cuba dtl-
runte Ia guerra hispanoamericana, i
el monumento a la Liteaad, en- vigo
con su magnffica personificaei0n de la
Paz
Algo tiene de portorriqueiio este
afortunado maestro del cincel, que abri
ga la esperanza de dar un vistazo a
nuestro bellfsimo pals.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-03-03
DO

algo que lavar, incluso. Z. la concien-
ria; u iab6n brown rotulado Cadier-
no dsbs usted usar, por. u. propia con
vsnisncia.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-03-03

III tercer tomo el Prontuaro C6digo Civil ID Puerto Rico
Comentado Concordado por e ilustre jurisconsuto
Evening star., 1923-02-03
D. C. SOROPTIMIST CLUB
TO WIDEN ACTIVITIES
Plans Started t. Establish Branches
in Many Other
Cities.

Members of. the District of Columbia
Soroptimsts Club took the first steps
toward widening the circle of their
clubs efforts to International proper
tions Thursday. When the members
met at noon in the Mems City Club
for their weekly luncheon. this mat
ter was brought up by the club pres
ident. Mrs Ruby Lee Minar, for de-
tailed discussion. There are already
Soroptimist clubs in Los Angeles,
Oakland and San Francisco, Calf. as
well the one in this city. Stuart
Morrow, managing director of this
organization, is establishing a Sorop-
timist club in New York city. He has
notified Mrs Minar that he expects
foreign clubs in London within the
year
Mrs. Oda Faulconer. president of the
Los Angeles Club, and Mrs. Mabel w.
Willebrandt. assistant attorney gem
eral. were guests of honor at ycSter
days luncheon. The club voted to
hold one evening meeting month.
The first will be held February 21. at
the studio of Mrs. Harriet Hawley
Locher above the Metropolitan The
ater. The second evening meeting,
March II. the club will be the guest
of Mrs. Esther p. Hitz, at the Art
Center. 1906 Connecticut avenue.
Mrs. Minar announced the appoint
ment of the following members of the
new social committee: Miss Agnes
S Winn. National Educational Asso-
citation: Mrs. Sadie c. Trapp, granite
memorials; Miss Matte Gibson. super
intendent of Children's Hospital: Miss
Anna NJ Hagan. merehandise woman.
Miss May r. Nichols. shorthand re-
porter. and Miss Estelle Murray,
teacher of dancing.
Evening star., 1923-02-03
SCIENTISTS TO PAY
TRIBUTE TO BAIRD
Memorial on Centenary of
IcthyoIogist's Birth to
Be Held Tonight.

The centenary OF the birth of the
late Spencer Fullerton Baird, the dis
tinguished scientist will be fittingly
to be held at o'clock tonight in the
auditorium of the New National
Museum, of which institution Prof
Baird was the vertuaI founder The
meeting has been arranged under
joint auspices of the Baird national
memorial committee, composed of
representatives of various national
scientific bodies and of the regents
and secretary of the Smithsonian In
stttute, of which Prof Baird was the
secretary from 1873 to 1887.
RepreSen tative Frank L. Greene of
Vermont, member of the board of re-
gents. will be the presiding officer.
The list of speakers. who knew Prof
Baird and worked with him, include
such notable names as DIR. William
Healey Dali. author of his biography:
pr. Charles u. Walcott. secretary of
the Smithsonian Institution: Prof.
Edwin Linton. Prof. David Starr Jor-
dan and DR.. Clinton Hart Merriam
The Baird national memorial COM
mittee is this afternoon holding an
executive session to decide upon one
tions which have been offered for a
permanent memorial to Prof Baird
Their selection will be announced at
the open meeting tonight. Inasmuch
as Baird was noted particularly as
an icthyologist and fish culturist. and
was the founder and first head of the
bureau of fisheries, many are known
to favor the creation of museum of
fisheries and oceanography, with
laboratories and public aquarium.
Evening star., 1923-02-03
BANDITS HOLD Up
SIX, SHOOT ONE
Late Customer at Store
Walks In on Robbery
and Is Fired On.
TWO STOPPED ON STREETS
Northwest Section Scene of Three
Latest Exploits by High
waymen.
TWO STOPPED ON STREETS

Bandits continued their attacks on
merchants who keep open late. last
night. They entered the store or
John Valltos. 111s n street, and, hold
ing up the merchant and two custom
ers. one of them shot Charles c. Rup-
pert, thirty-se years old. 611 X
street northwest, in the arm as he was
entering the store. Rupert was taken
to Emergency Hospital The bandits
were colored.
Previous TO this hoId-up. which oc-
Cured about IL o'clock, three armed
colored men held up Harry II. Block.
in his store at 2540 street From
him they took So and a revolver.
Three men appeared at the store Of
Valltos. In the store were Fred Ze-
vitas. 1906 18th street northwest. and
Z. I. Sachs, 1920 Girard street From
the cash register they took $50, from
zevitas SIS and from Sachs, SIS
When they started to leave they met
Ruppert, who was hurrying into the
store to make a purchase before clos
ing time. 1t is believed the bandits
thought Rupert was coming to the
rescue of those in the store, and they
shot him in the right arm.
Benjamin Cohen. 1919 Girard street
was the victim of an armed colored
man early yesterday morning he told
the police. He said he was on Girard
street near his home about 130
o'clock, when a colored man, display
ing a pistol. stopped him. He was
robbed Of sS.
Evening star., 1923-02-03

ming when he made his rounds of the
Hermitage plantation, the little girl
rode before him on his horse, Sam
Patch, the charger presented Jackson
by the citizens of Philadelphia in 1888
during tour of the north
During the long days at the Her
mitage the little girl played on an
old fashioned sofa in the generals
bedroom. where the general would sit
before the portrait of his dead wife.
To only one place the little grand
daughter never accompanied him.
Every evening at sunset he went
alone to his wifes tomb in the Her
mitage garden. where he stood bare
headed. Little Rachel always await
ed him at the garden gate.
Receives His Parting GIFT.
Only d few days before his death
on her return from school in Nash
vile. the general called the child to
his bedside and placed around her
neck quaint beaded chain, to which
was attached a miniature of the one
for whom she was named. He bade
her to wear and cherish it, a com
mand most faithfully carried out
After Cen Jackson's death, young
Rachel and her parents continued to
make their home at the Hermitage.
and there she was married. January
25. 1853. TO Dr. John Marshall Law
renee of Tennessee
In 1856. Tennessee purchased the
Hermitage property to present to the
government to be used as A second
West Point. and the Lawrence family
moved to their own home, Birdsong.
two miles distant from the historic
Jackson home.
Casual Visits TO Hermitage.
There Mrs. Lawrence spent her sub
Sequent years. journeying over TO the
Hermitage now and then to join in
welcoming there some visitor of un-
usual note. One of the most inter
estine of these occasions was when
President Roosevelt visited the Her
mitage in 1907. Mrs. Lawrence will
be buried in the Hermitage garden
beside her husband. where sleep Gen.
jackson and his wife. and other mem
bers of his household
Evening star., 1923-02-03
SHRINE UNEARTHED
AT EGYPTIAN TOMB
Quaint Relic Resembles Fig
ares in TempIes-Ushabti
Also Found.
BY ARTHUR WEIGALI..

By Cable 10 The Star.
LUXOR, Egypt. February 3-Sev-
eral parties of native and foreign
students are beginning TO arrive at
Luxor TO make a first-hand study of
these recently unfolded pages of an
tiquity. There were two eager groups
OF them. along with large crowd of
tourist visitors. here yesterday watch
ing the removal of a number of in
teresting objects from'Tutankhamen'
tomb.
There was a wooden shrine about
two feet high, covered with gold foil
on which some charming scenes of
ancient life had been exQuistely
worked. but these have not yet been
closely studied. The shrine had two
swinging doors. fastening with a lit
tie bronze bolt, and in general the
shape Is like the shrines of the gods
seen in the temples. as. for example
the shrine of Horus at Edfu. There
also was removed a beautiful uShabti
stdtuette. a figure of the king, made
in wood inlaid with gold. 1t is in the
style of art of the time of Akhnaton,
and is assuredly one of the most
beautiful ushabtis ever found
A small wooden stool made Of ivory
was next brought up, and two wood
en- headrests, on which the ancient
when sleeping, as do certain modern
peoples. Then there was one of the
remaining chariot wheels, and a bow
shaped yoke of the chariot, which
went across the necks of the horses
Bits were used in the horses mouths,
and they were driven with reins very
much as we manage today Some of
the royal linen was also brought up,
but one could not see if these were
actual robes.
Finally few sweepings from the
floor of the tomb were carefully re-
moved. in case any stray beads or
fragments of jewelry had been over
looked, and among these little heaps
of dust were a number of grains of
seed, remains of what must have
been basketfuls of various grain,
most of which has already been re-
moved. People often ask whether
ancient grain. of this kind still has
life in it and can be grown. The
answer is in the negative, and stories
of this kind that one hears are due
to modern grain, found in the open
tombs, being mistaken for the an
cient.
Excavators are now taking their
time, and it will be still some days
before the inner chamber is opened.
Copyright, 1923, by North American Newspaper
Alliance and London Daily Mail.
Evening star., 1923-02-03
ERROR IN NAMING
FOR HIGHER RANK
War Department Announces
Gen. Babbitt, Not Gen. Cor
don, to Be Promoted.

The War Department announced
today that through error the name OF
Brig. Gen. Walter II. Gordon. COM
manding the Infantry School at Fort
Benning. Georgia, had been included
in the list of selections for promo
tions given out last Thursday as
having been recommended for the
rank of major general. The statement
said that Brig. Gen. Edwin B. Bah
bitt, instead of Gen. Gordon, had
been recommended for the vacancy
TO be created by The retirement or
Maj Gen. Henry T. Allen.
Secretary Weeks Statement.
In statement disclosing the error
Secretary Weeks said he regretted
very much that premature an
nouncement had been made, adding:
THE premature release must re-
suit in keen disappointment to Gen.
Gordon. an exceptionally fine officer.
whose deserved promotion is accord
ingly delayed | am sure that the
general himself would not complain,
but We must recognize that through n
this mistake he has been placed in
an unfortunate position. This action
is the more unpleasant: for me in that
feel personally responsible for not
having checked the actions of my
subordinates."
Gen. Babbitt's Record.
Gen. Babbitt commanded the 4th
Artillery Brigade in France durin g
the war serving in that capacity in
the major operations in which the
American troops were engaged.
At one time. in addition to his own
brigade, he had two other regime ents
of American field artillery and regi-
ment and separate battalion of
al L H. ,lx,,- Il
mand in action. He was awarded
the distinguished service medal and
French decorations for his work in
this connection.
Gen. Babbitt now commands the
10Th Infantry Brigade, in the Canal
Zone