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Admiral of War Zone Fleet
Makes Startling Charges to
Committee on Navai Decora
tion Awards.
Washington, Jan 19. -Hear Admiral
Sims told the Senate committee in
vestigating naval awards today that
when he W'as ordered to England in
March, 1917, jus1 before the United
•states entered ti.. war, he was in
structed by the navy department "not
to let tile British pull the wool over
your eyes" and that “we would just
us soon fig-ht the British as tile central
powers.”
The admiral also charged that Amer
ican naval headquarters in London did
not receive co-operation from the navy
department and that the department
did not arrive at any decided plan of
action until 10 months after lie strived
in London. He added that "it v. as 10
months before we really came to the
aid of the allies or acted on their rec- j
ommendations.”
Admiral Sims' testimony was in the
form of a letter to Secretary Daniels
entitled "some naval lessons of the
great war" which Mr. Daniels received
several days ago. The letter criticised
the department for attempting to ad
minister the details of action by the
American naval forces over seas and
alleged that the department demanded
that it be permitted to pass fully on all
plans, even those regarding action
against the enemy.
When Admiral Sims finished reading
the letter, Chairman Hale announced
that the full naval comrmttee would be
asked either to empower the present
sub-committee to investigate Admiral
Sims’ charges of lack of co-operation
or to appoint a separate sub-committee
to conduct the inquiry.
Sims, told the committee that he had
recommended for decorations five
times as many officers who served at
sea during the war as he had officers
who served on shore. He made this
explanation, he said, to correct an im
pression apparently widely held that
he favored the decoration of officers
tielailed to shore duty more generally
than those who served at sea.
The Bagley Letter.
The admiral also read a letter he
wrote to Commander D. W. Bagley,
expressing great regret that Secretary
Daniels should “have been so badly
advised in this matter of awarding a
distinguished service medal to Com
mander Bagley."
"I am very sorry that you should be
placed in such an unfavorable light
after your fine destroyer service in the
war zone,” the letter said, “and I feel
sure that if you had been consulted in
the matter you would have taken steps
to avoid this.
"The criticisms in the press attack
the secretary, particularly for award
ing the D. S. M. to you and about all
those who commanded vessels that
were torpedoed during the wTar.”
Admiral Sims told the committee he
wrote this letter after he had written
Secretary Daniels criticising the cir
cumstances of some of the awards.
Must Investigate All.
Characterizing the alleged attitude
of the department as "a terrible thing,”
Senator McCormick, republican, of
Illinois, said:
“I believe we will have to go to naval
affairs committee or the Senate for
farther instructions and authority to
investigate this entire matter of the
attitude of the navy department towa'-1
Admiral Sims’ mission.”
Referring to the statement that no
enlisted men were recommended by him
for medals, Admiral Sims read cable
grams sent to Admiral Knapp in Lon
don last January urging that the com
pilation of lists of men to be rewarded
be expedited.
Discussing submarine warfare in
general Admiral Sims said if the
United States had had 500 destroyers
when it entered the war it never would
Lave bad to fear the submarine cam
p agn. The admiral characterized the
110-foot submarine chasers as a “mis
■conception," but said they were not
■entirely useless.
Turning the inquiry back to the
•c(u< stion of naval awards. Senator
Pittman, democrat, of Nevada, declared
that Admiral Sims represented a
minority of the officers of the navy and
that the members of the Knight board
v; presented the majority. Admiral
Bints said that while he was in the
minority, the officers on the Knight
board were not in a position to judge
fairly of the relative merits of the
< filer•'•■• recommended for distinction.
PACKER CONTROL BILLS
TO BE TAKEN UP SOON
Tribune Bureau at Washington.
Washington, .Jan. 19.—-Representa
tive llaugen, chairman of the House
committee on agriculture, has an
nounced that after the agriculture ap
propriation bill is disposed of, as it
will be in a few weeks, the committee
will take up the question of control
of tlte packers. This meets wishes of
various House members who are anx
ious to see packers’ legislation passed
in the Senate.
Though there has been some delay
this week, Senator Kenyon expects
the committee on agriculture to act one
way or another on the Kenyon-Ken
drick bill soon.
BILL INTO CONGRESS
TO PAY FOR LIQUOR
Washington, Jan. 19.—The first 3tep
in congress to reimburse the holder of
large stocks of liquor now virtually a
total loss, was taken today by repre
sentative Sabath, Illinois.
He introduced a bill ordering the
bureau of internal revenue to pay
brewers and distillers the actual cost
of producing the stocks now on hand
and to refund taxes paid on liquors
that -smiot be sold -
“BED ROM"
EXPEGTTOGOME
TO u. y SUN
Buford Lands Radical Cargo at
Hango—Will Be Shipped to
“Red” Russia Through Fin
land at Once.
Hango. Finland, Saturday, Jan. 17.—
The United States army transport
Buford, having on board 319 radicals
deported from America, arrived here at
3 o'clock this afternoon. Finnish
pilots could not dock the vessel and a
German pilot was summoned.
Alexander Beikman and Kmrna
Goldman, who have been considered the
leaders of the deportees, have de
clared they will not remain in Rus
sia but will “return to America to
save it."
The reds on board the Buford will be
taken to t He Russian frontier by
United States labor bureau and immi
gration officials. After the Buford had
been docked, Berkman and .Miss Gold
man led a procession of radicals down
the gangplank. A large number of
persons assembled on the wharf, gaz
ing curiously at the landing. The reds
made up a motley thring, their faces
full of curiosity as to what the recep
tion might be and there were traces
of anxiety lest they might be attacked
after they had left the protection of
their American guardians. Finnish au
thorities will look after the safety of
the deportees.
Willing to Talk.
After they had landed Berkman and
Miss Goldman talked willingly with
newspapermen. Asked to give her
opinion of the deportation, the latter
said:
“It was melodrama to keep it secret."
"It was unfair and stupid,” interject
ed Berkman. “You can’i kill an idea
like that. The czar tried and failed.
He is dead and forgotten.”
"Do you want to overthrow the Am
erican government?” Miss Goldman
was asked.
“You need a new government," she
answered, "and I hope the election will
provide it.”
It is her intention to return to Am
erica as soon as possible. She asserts
she became an American citizen by vir
tue of her marriage to Jacob Kersner
at Rochester, N. Y., in 1887, and de
clared the court decree issued in 1909
cancelling Kersner’s certificate of nat
uralization was illegal. Miss Goldman
was divorced from Kersner in 1889, but
she claims this did not alter her status
as a citizen of the United States.
Berkman is under contract to write
for an American monthly publication
a series of articles about former Amer
ican prison wardens, among them
Thomas Mott Osborne. He will also
write a number of Russian sketches, he
said.
DESCHANEL WINS
FRENCHELECTION
Only One Ballot Taken After
Name of Clemenceau Was
Withdrawn at His
Request.
Versailles, Jan. 19.—Paul Deschanel
tvas elected president of France by
the national assembly here today.
Deschanel received 734 votes.
Deschanel had long been a prominent
figure in French politics. He was first
elected president of the chamber of
deputies in 1898 after a career in minor
offices. He served until 1902 and was
again elected in 1912. He is a member
of the French academy and the acade
my of sciences and has written exten
sively on political, social and economic
questions.
Deschanel was born in 1856.
Tlie unified socialists held a meet
ing this morning to discuss the feas
ibility of presenting a purely social
ist candidate for the presidency of
France. By a vote of 27 to 18, how
ever, the group decided not to put
forth a candidate in opposition to Paul
Deschanel.
NO BOOZE, HIGH PAY,
CLOSING DOWN JAILS
Boston. Mass.. Jan. 19.—The jail
population <>f Massachusetts has dim
inished so rapidly during the last
few months that county jails at Low
ell. Taunton and Newburyport and
Fitchburg have been ordered closed.
Twenty-five county institutions which
have accommodations for 6,490 pris
oners, housed a daily-average of only
2.500 during the last month. In ad
dition to prohibition another reason
assigned is high wages. Three Bos
ton men who drank wood alcohol mix
tures at John Barleycorn obsequies
last night were in hospitals today.
MRS. ROOSEVELT HOME.
New York. Jan. 19.—Mrs. Theodore
Roosevelt today completed a round
trip to Brazil for tlie benefit of her
health. She left New York on No
vember 19. and returned here today
on tho steamer Vauban. on which she
had departed. Her son, Hermit, ac
companied her to Rio Janeiro from
New York, but remained in Brazil on
business. Mrs. Roosevelt returned
alone.
KILLS WOMAN AND SELF.
Boise, Id., Jan. 19.—Frank Pharris,
55 years of age. said by his wife to be
a grandson of Martin Van Buren, last
evening at 6 o’clock shot and killed
Vinnie Barr, the woman with whom he
had been living for the last 12 years
and for whom he deserted his wife, at
her home here and then committed
suicide.
United States vessels in the harbor of
Barcelona have been waiting eight days
to discharge their cargo, but have been
prevented because of a strike of Spanish
workmen.
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irniliST RATES IF I. s.
ERERTEST MICE T« EUROPE M
London, Jan.. 19.—Europe's recon
struction difficulties may be traced di
rectly to the high rates of interest
charged by the United States. J. Taylor
Peddie. international exchange author
ity, declared today in an Interview.
Continuation of the present system
is a crime against the peoples of east
ern and central Europe, he said. The
present system of international trading
is an unjustifiable gamble which lias
resulted in inflation of currency that
will inevitably prove a worldwide boom
erang, the present systems will result
in a continuation of labor disorders,
suffering, revolutions and bolshevism.
Peddie added.
As director of Peddje-Harke-MartUi.
Ltd., financiers, Peddie is recognized
in Great llritain as competent to speak
with authority.
Commenting on the different opin
ions of Herbert Hoover and Sir George
Paish, F.ritish financial expert, Peddie
declared:
Hoover Is Right.
"Hoover is right—partly. Paish is
wrong entirely, although he is trying
sincerely to advance a noble work.
"in the first place Europe does not
need seven billion pounds credit.
Secondly creation of new credits will
not remedy nor improve our technical
position. Adjustment of existing lia
bilities is the solution.
"Everybody desires restoration of
international trade to its pre-war
standard but it Is impossible unless we
restore pre-war exchange rates. De
manding that exchange rates find
their own level is like expecting hu
manity to do the same thing.”
Herbert Hoover has expressed many
“common sense views” Peddie ad
mitted, but, he claimed, Hoover “does
not go far enough.”
“He does not point out the way,”
the financier added.
Must Have Credits.
The wealth of Europe, Peddie sal6,
is wrapped up in its producing pow
era which at present are dormant be
cause of lack of credits and raw ma
terials. Europe's existing productive
financial potentialities are sufficient to
meet her maximum requirements but
the present "laissez faire" policy can
only lead to a continuation of inaction,
suffering, disorganization and finan
cial dissolution.
“There is no need for alarm in
America over Great Britain’s technical
position and productive possibilities.”
Peddie asserted. “Within a year Brit
ish exports will exceed imports, if the
t’nited States will recognize these
facts and buy exchange at its prop
er value we can begin sooner the pay
ing off Of our debts.
Charity Not Wanted.
“The problems arc inter-dependent.
We don’t want cnarlty from America.
We want only her r<-i ...ration in tack
ling. adjustin'? >.ui solving existing
conditions i rder to stabilize ex
change. rer .v impediments to free
trade betw n nations and secure de
flation of urrency notes."
it is—to America’s interest, Poddie
asserted to follow his suggestions If
she desires to protect loans already ad
vanced to Europe, if she co-operates
whole heurtedly, lie said, exports in
real pounds, during the coming year,
will exceed imports.
“Tell America," the financier said,
“we are after her trade and would not
exchange our productive power for all
the gold in your country. The basis of
value rests upon production, not upon
Bold.
Our exports last month were £177,
000,000; next month they probably
will be £150,000,000.
“Wall street’s speculation on the de
cline of European currency is doing the
greatest harm and injustice to civili
zation. If these activities were curbed
the situation would improve greatly.
“Only through trading exchanges and
restrictions of currency and notes will
trade development and extension of pri- >
vate credit become possible.”
Kelleher Tells Senate Commit
tee Kenyon Blue Sky Law
Will Save Iowa
Millions.
Washington, Jan. 19.—Strong testi
mony in behalf of the Kenyon blue sky
bill was given before the Senate In
terstate Commerce sub-committee,
headed by Senator McLean today. D.
M. Kelleher, of Fort Dodge, la., for
mer solicitor of internal revenue, made
a statement which set forth In striking
fashion the need of some action. Mr.
Kelleher cited Instances of Iowa per
sons, who in his own knowledge had
been fleeced by fake stock sales.
The senators present seemed much
impressed by what he sakl, but whether
it will be possible to get legislation is
uncertain.
Mr. Kelleher presented facts to the
subcommittee which seemed to as
tound the senators. He said that not
less than $200,000,000 and probably
$150,000,000 to $500,000,000 of these
fictitious stocks had been floated in
Iowa alone in 1919. He said blue sky
oil stocks were numerous.
Several thousand agents are busy in
Iowa with automobiles, Mr. Kelleher
declared, adding that two ex-govern
ors are especially busy. He intimated
that a reason why slate law is so
laxly enforced is that some state of
ficials hope to go into the business of
getting easy money on leaving office.
Mr. Kelleher said bolshevists are
being made out of the victims who in
clude renters, widows and many oth
ers.
The names of the ex-governors were
not given to the sub-committee though
(hey were privately mentioned. Prom
inent bankers and church members
are promoting the orgy of stock sales,
Mr. Kelleher said.
Senator Kenyon, in a statement
backed up Mr. Kelleher.
Members of the sub-committee are
strongly disposed to suport the bill
and Senator Kenyon is hopeful it may
pass.
SPAIN HAS PLAN FOR
INTERNATIONAL BANK
Madrid, Friday, Jan. 16.-—The re
publican group in the chamber of
deputies today introduced a bill un
der which the Spanish government
will organize within one month an
economic conference at Madrid at
which all the states of Spanish origin
in north central and Soutli America, as
well as Portugal and the United States
will be represented.
THINKS U.S. MAY SOON
TAKE OVER ALL LIQUOR
Chicago, Jan. 19. — All liquor in
tho United States may eventually be
come property of the government in
the opinion of Maj. A. V. Dalrymple,
district director in charge of prohi
bition enforcement. He said today that
after acquiring it the government
would in turn transfer it to hospitals
druggists and other persons author
ized to handle it.
"That is the probable goal that the
government is leading up to,” he ad
ded.
JOHNSON TO TAKE OVER
COMMAND OF CAMP UPTON
Washington, Jan. 19.—Brig. Gen. Ar
thur Johnson today was relieved from
duty at Camp Custer. Mich., and di
rected by Secretary Baker to proceed to
Camp Upton, New York and take com
mand there.
Brig. Gen. F. It. McCoy was relieved
from Camp Pike. Ark., and ordered to
Douglas. Ari*., to take command of the.
Douglas district.
RUSSIA IS FREED
Allies Decide to Remove Re
strictions Under Revised
Attitude on Bol
shevists.
Paris, Jan. 19.—The allies today ap
parently have adopted a completely
new attitude toward Russia.
The supreme council announced last
night, in an official communique that
the blockade against Russia would be
lifted at once. The council’s action, In
the view of many political observers,
constituted a direct about face from
its former policy.
The council has decided, according
to the communique, to give the Russian
co-operative societies facilities neces
sary to permit transportation and dis
tribution of merchandise, as well as
cereals, linseed oil, wool and other Rus
sian products.
The announcement followed rumors
here that the allied leaders were pre
paring new active military measures
against the bolshevists. Both London
and Paris observers had believed that,
in view of the recent bolslievist mili
tary successes, which were admitted
to have menaced British influence in
Asia, the new policy would be even
more severe than before, probably com
bining military action with the block
ade.
Instead came news of the lifting of
the Russian trade ban.
In some quarters if was believed ths
new policy does not mean any changes
in the allied attitude toward the soviet
government. The allied leaders, it was
pointed out, may hope to deal with the
great co-operative societies directly,
ignoring the government.
CANADA NEWSPAPERS
QUIT PUBLICATION
Clash With Paper Mills Stops
U. S. Shipments—Govern
ment May Seize Mills.
Winnipeg, Man., Jan., 19.—Manitoba
was without newspapers today.
All daily papers suspended publica
tion with yesterday's issues because
of the refusal of the Fort Frances
Pulp and Paper Company to supply
paper on order of the newsprint con
troller at Ottawa.
All shipments to the United States
were held up at the mill by Canadian
customs officers. No shipments will
be allowed until the company resumes
supplying Canadian papers.
Officials were preparing for seizure
of the mills unless the company recedes
from its attitude by Saturday.
PAPER GONG UP.
Holyoke. Mass., Jan. 19.—An increase
I in the price of paper amounting to 20
| per cent was announced today by the
American AVriting Paper Company,
effective January 19. The reason given
is “the advanced and advancing costs
of ray materials and labor, and the
operating exigencies with which the
fine paper industry is faced."
CALLS TREATY BACK.
Wasington, aJn. 19. —• At the re
quest of President Wilson the Sen
ate today returned to him the sal
mon treaty concluded late last year
for the protection of the salmon fish
eries alon gtlie Canadian border. The
state department has found some
changes necessary.
A resolution asking the secretary of
state to ascertain what steps allteJ gov
ernments have taken to grant ttntnesty^o
military and political prison--:s wtt. atJt.pt
ad bl lb# risaalM Tuesdnv.
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“How so?”
“While we were fighting another fel
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