-Associated Free 'Photo The city of Shanhaikwan, dominating northern land and sea gateways of China, was reported in ruins following a series of battles in which Japanese troops won control from the Chinese. About 500 were reported slain in the fighting. A general view of Shanhaikwan is shown here. - t (Tuberculosis Among College Students Reported As Menace Ex-President Dies Suddenly; Nation1Mouris Wife Discovers Husband's Body In Home Soon After Death (Continued from Page 1) in four brief years from compara- tive obscurity to the most powerful place in the world. Except for the publicity attending the police strike the country had had little opportunity to know him, first because he had not been in a posi- tion to reveal his abilities outside of his own state of Massachusetts and second because of his native reti- cence. Was Well Fitted for Office And yet Mr. Coolidge probably was better equipped by experience and knowledge to take up his duties as chief executive than any of his oredecessrs who had been called to that office by the death of a Presi- dent. Of all the vice-presidents, he alone had sat in at cabinet meet- ings, thus obtaining at first hand in- formation as to the varied affairs of the government and the reasons which had prompted President Hard- ing in his decisions on major prob- lems, domestic and foreign. It was not surprising, therefore, that he put his hand to the helm of the ship of state with a sureness and coolness that impressed those with whom he came in contact. His first announced determination was to carry out the policies inaugurated by Mr. Harding and, in the accomplish- ment of that task, to retain about him the advisers who had' assisted Mr. Harding in shaping those poli- cies. While this pronouncement was re- assuring to the leaders of his party, to most of them he still was an un- known equation. "Silent Cal" he was called. So the leaders came to see him in a steady stream, ostensibly to pay their respects, but in reality with a hope of learning what manner of man it was who had sprung over- night to the titular leadership of their party.. Fate Takes Hand The fate that moulds men's lives had a hand in his nomination at Chicago in 1920 as the running mate of Warren G. Harding. Entering the convention with a handful of dele- gates pledged to his nomination for the Presidency, he polled no high vote and soon almost was lost sight of in the mad scramble between General Wood and Governor Lowden. After the leaders in that fight had collapsed and Harding had been re- turned a winner, Coolidge still was lost sight of among the leaders, but not among the delegates. In a steaming hot convention hall the balloting for President had gone on for hours and the leaders, deter- mined to complete the ticket without a week-end wait over-it was then late Saturday-placed in nomination for the vice-presidency Senator Len- root of Wisconsin. But the delegates had another plan. Those from the Pacific coast, where there had been labor troubles of an I. W. W. tinge, recalled Mr. Coolidge's record as governor of Massachusetts, and a delegate from Oregon placed his name before the convention.- Nomination Was Surprise There were hasty conferences of delegations and much confusion as the roll cail of states proceeded. Cali- fornia, which was high on the list, asked for an individual poll of its delegation and each delegate voted for Coolidge. Then the name of the Massachusetts governor swept the convention and his nomination was a certainty long before the roll call had been concluded. As vice-president, Mr. Coolidge's sole duty was to preside over the Senate, but he absented himself on Tuesdays and Fridays to attend cab- inet meetings at the invitation of President Harding. The intimate touch he thus obtained with admin- istration affairs sometimes brought upon him considerible pressure and some embarrassment from senators and others who sought to obtain through him information concerning NORMAN H. DAVIS7 Norman H. Davis, head of the1 American delegation to the recent disarmament conference at Geneva. and unofficial representative of Pres- ident Hoover in Europe, a Democrat, has recently been prominently men- tioned for the post of secretary of state in the Roosevelt cabinet. 'Technocrac.y Causes lash Among Faculty (Continued from Page 1) lies in freeing ourselves from the' machine, in a method for redistribu-s tion of the wealth produced by theR machine, and in education of the people to enjoy profitably the added leisure given them by this new free- dom. "If the machine can do the work that man formerly had to do, all1 right, that's excellent. We can build a new civilization on top of the ma- chine. We will have freed man from the necessity of back-breaking labor and slavery, and he can enjoy the wealth which the machine produces It will be necessary, of course, to re-# distribute the wealth. "I see nothing illogical," added Professor Campbell, "in the idea of permanent technological unemploy-E ment-but there: would be nothing alarming in such a condition -if the structure of our economic 'system could be changed, along the lines I have mentioned. In fact, it would be a very satisfactory. state of affairs." Vagueness of the. Technocrats was pointed out by Prof. Lowell J. Marr of the sociology department. "It is impossible," he said, "to make any judgments at present on failings or! advantages of technocracy as pro- posed by Howard Scott. Technocrat have offered nothing so far but.nu- merous statistics that are not always accurate, and many of which have been covered bef6re. The whole affair is still very much up in the air, and until more definite measures are made, there is nothing to say." developments at the White House. Even under these trying circum- stances he remained reticent. Was Scrupulous in Office During his service as vice-presi- dent Mr. Coolidge was scrupulously careful to refrain from any discus- sion of public policy because of his earnest desire to cause no embarrass- ment to his chief, but he did as much as any other member of the Harding administration to place its accom- plishments before the people, making one long trip into the west in 1922 and speaking also at many places in the east and middle west. After C o n g r e s s adjourned in March, 1923, and before Mr. Harding set forth on his long projected trip to Alaska, Mr. Coolidge returned to his native Vermont to visit his father and to engage once more in the per- formance of some of the "chores" of his boyhood days on the farm. It was there that he received the message that death had cut short the career- of Warren G. Harding and thus had placed him in the most powerful po- litical office in all the world. Potential Secret ary? Waters Flood Lowlands As Levee Breaks Thousands Of Missouri Acres May Be Covered By St. Francis River KENNETT, Mo., Jan. 5.-1)--The St. Francis river, already flowing through a 150-foot break on its Ar- kansas side near Bertig, smashed through the main line levee two miles north of here early today and sent a flood of water washing across the Missouri lowlands. National guardsmen called out Wednesday night to patrol the weak- ened barrier against possible dyna- miting to divert pressure from the Arkansas side of the boundary stream were on duty where the breach oc- curred. Levee workers who hurried here to report the break were unable to say if the levee merely gave way under pressure or was blasted. Crows were organized to build a backstop barrier around the break but rivermen said they feared thous- ands of acres of land on the Missouri side would be flooded before it was completed. Meanwhile, as both the Missouri and Arkansas lowlands struggled with their problem on the upper St. Fran- cis, apprehension increased on the other side of the Missouri river where Delta rivers lashed at North Missis- sippi communities. Backwaters from Cassidy bayou harassed the merchants of lower Glendora in the Mississippi delta and they sandbagged their stores to carry on business as usual. Beale St. at Summer, another Delta town, was closed because of flood waters and roads into Webb, Miss., were blocked. Hundreds have abandoned their homes in lower Panola and Tallahat- chie counties in the Delta and some livestock has perished in the path of the swollen Tallahatchie river. Re- lief workers made ready to establish rescue camps at Summer, Charleston and Yazoo City, Miss. The Mississippi river itself is ris- ing steadily and rivermen fear ser- ious trouble if it backs up its tribu- taries, particularly those of the Mis- sissippi delta. The possibility of rain over. some of the menaced territory added to the worries of the lowland- ers today. Minnesota Professor Makes Tests On Dough URBANA, Ill., Jan. 5.-We have 'ecome reconciled to the loss of home 'aked bread but the imminent ad- vent of scientifically made pies stirs us with no few sentiments of regret. Prof. C. H. Bailey of the University of Minnesota is, however, now carry- ing on experiments with pie crusts in an effort to find the ideal mixture of shortening and flour. His ma- chine, the shortometer, is used in testing the breaking point of pie crusts made of different mixtures. Prof. Sybil Woodruff: of the de- partment of home economics at the University of Illinois, has altered the machine somewhat and added an in- dicator which determines the amount of bending the crust will stand before it breaks. It is hoped by the profes- sors to discover a uniform mixture that. can be used in all pies. Automobile drivers must keep on the right side of a road in one part of Austria and on the left side in an- other. Tired? Thirsty? Hungry? CALL 3494 Sodas - Sundaes - Shakes Cokes - -Ales - Orangeades Tasty Sandwiches Prompt Delivery Calkins-Fletcher Drug Co. f ma. , _. .. _ .._.._ _ _: _ _n_ . . _.: .. "I wouldn't say that, but the 'slant' which Mr. Hoover had been inter- n it is false and my interpretations ested, and that he copied sections vere in error in some instances, as I which were derogatory to Mr. Hoover .iscovered in rechecking the facts. when used alone, but which were not am sorry I wroteit t"damaging when read with the com- plete record. The suit was brought by James J. His affidavit said he went to Bel- )'Brien, f o r i e r policeman who gium for additional material and that inanced the book, against Hamill when he wrote the book he let it be nd the publisher, William Faro, Inc. inferred that Mr. Hoover might have YBrien promised, the affidavit said, saved Edith Cavell, British war nurse, o get financial backing for a book from the German firing squad, but hat would "tear down" Mr. Hoover's had failed to do so. olitical career. Hamill declared he learned nothing Hamill declared that later, on a in Belgium to justify any inference isit to London, he inspected court that Mr. Hoover might have saved ecords concerning corporations in Miss Cavell's life. featuring .. charcoal broiled sizzling 1, steaks For Breakfast... The meal that decides the day the hut M\ V I .