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/WEB REFUSES l IB SPECULATE OR Confines Testimony Before the Senate Committee to Facts Only—Sims Scores Lack of Confidence. Washington, March 10.—Sending of surplus anti-submarine craft to Euro pean waters would have greatly aided the allies at a “dangerous period” of the war, Herbert Hoover testified to <lay before the Senate investigating ■committee, supporting contentions of Sims as to the critical allied situation in the spring of 1917. Submarine sinkings were so great in this period as to endanger the out come of the war, Hoover declared. Whether the navy could have done more to meet the situation in Europe, Hoover declined to state. Hoover said the war would have come to an end' “almost in a mo ment had. allied food supplies been cut off. "The situation was dangerous, al most beyond description, and I can't over emphasize the dangerous posi tion the allied cause was in,” Hoover said. "The supply of breadstuffs was most < ritical and did not exceed three to four weeks' reserve stocks. The result was to create the utmost anx iety on the other side, as at the rate of sinkings then taking place, the war had a debatable end." “if sinkings had gone on at the rate of 800.000 tons a month could the allies have gone on?" Chairman - Hale ashed. "My personal opinion Is that they could not, but I want to reserve my judgment because by strict denial the allies might have met the situa tion. They were never reduced to the final state of privation although they ■were on the serious borderland, not only at that time but during the fol lowing winter.” Withhold: Opinions. Asked if he thought the navy de partment did everything it could to meet the situation. Hoover replied that he knew nothing about naval policy and would not give an opin ion. Hale asked is sending of destroy ers to Europe would have shortened the war. "If we had surplus equipment and could have applied it certainly would have helped,’’ Hoover replied. “I would not go so far as to say it would have shortened the war be cause the duration of the war is a most complex thing with a hundred involved." Admiral Sims today supplied doc umentary evidence that he was not kept informed as to naval depart ment plans for operations in the war zone. Admiral Sims said the first intima tion ho had that he was net in the full confidence of • the department came soon after he submitted his first reports from London. He iearnc.l then, by accident, he said, that si a?rj“mcnt had been reached by the nafgy department and British . nd F'iench naVal officers in Washington early in April regarding the dispo sition of American naval forces. The terms of this agreement were cabled to Admiral Jcllicoe by the British representative on April 13. 1917, he declared. The officer also charged that with out notifying him before band, the ■department arranged with the French naval attache to send 10 or more yachts to combat submarines off 'he French coast; arranged to establish two naval bases in France, sent naval forces to that country; dispatched six destroyers from Boston; sent 100 cannon to France on naval colliers; started a campaign in the newspa pers for a North sea barrage; dis patched the fifth destroyer squadron . .from St. John’s to Queenstown and sent four additional destroyers from New York to join his forces. Some of these vessels, he said, ar rived overseas before he knew of their allocation to command. He declared that great confusion existed with regard to the establish ment of the bases in France. The admiral said he received a letter ear ly in August from the officer assigned to command the Bordeaux base say ing "the situation in France is not clear to me,” and that he had asked upon being ordered to the command of the base what his duties were he had been unable to obtain any infor mation. i "After waiting about four weeks, I I received orders to proceed with a party of eight persons, but still no instructions,” the officer said. A similar condition existed with re gard to American naval aviation forces sent abroad. Admiral Sims ILLINOIS MAN SHOOTS WIFE AND SUICIDES New York, March 15.—Lawrence Harrington, of Aurora, 111., Friday shot his wife probably fatally artd then shot himself, dying almost in stantly. Mrs. Harrington is at a hospital here and hopes for her re covery are said to be scant. Har rington arrived at York Thursday night from Aurora, and called on his wife at the home of her mother, Mrs. Rosa Keyes, where she has bton for six weeks. He asked her to return with him and she refused, he left the house, bought a revolver and re turned in a few moments, when the shooting took pla*'* “accused negro killed. Montgomery, Ala., March 15.—Wil bur Smith, negro and former soldier, was shot to death by six masked men near Legrand, Montgomery county, 1 last night after his arrest by Frank Robinson, a farmer, on a charge of attacking a 6-year-old white girl. RUSSIAN COMMISSION. ■ Paris, March 13.—The League of [Nations council today adopted a res olution for appointment of a commis sion of 10 members for the investi gation of' conditions in Russia. 4 DONT CROWD, GIRLS. 4 4 4 4 Seattle, Wash., March 15.— 4 4 Perry Cunnjngham, who says 4 4 he is from Alaska and “on the 4 4 level," was seeking a bride 4 4 here today. In a letter to the 4 4 Star, he said be must be mar- 4 4 ried by his 25th birthday 4 4 March 31, or lose a fortune of 4 4 $25,000 left him conditionally 4 4 by an uncle. 4 4 4 4444444444444444444 0. S. Will TAKE III 6SJSE OILS High Prices Asked By Private Producers Leads to Move— Federal Refineries May Come Next. Washington, March 13.—The gov ernment lias decided to take over the entire oil production of the Gsage In dian nation, totaling 15,000,000 barrels a year to insure its supply of fuel oil for the navy, shipping board and war department, it was learned today. Fuel oil producers are asking such several occasions has rejected all bids and now faces a serious shortage. The government decision to take over the Osage nation oil was reached at a series of meetings of the council of national defense and following con ferences between John Barton Payne, chairman of the shipping board and secretary-elect of the interior depart ment, Secretary Baker and Secretary Daniels. A permanent oil policy has been determined upon to cover a period of years and insure k continuous sup ply. The outline of this policy will be made known in a few days, prob ably beginning when Payne takes of fice os head of the Interior depart ment. One of Payne's first acts. It was learned today will be to an nounce that the government will take all Its royalties from government lands in the form of crude oil. The crude oil thus obtained will be traded for fuel oil or held in storage until such time as the trade can be made at what government officials regard as fair terms. Present high prices asked by fuel oil producers will not be recognized, it has been de cided. Another item of the oil policy is a decision of the officials that unless ' the government is able soon to pur chase fuel oil at a reasonable price, shipping board and navy department will co-operate in going into foreign I fields, buying crude oil and refining i it in competition with United States refiners, it was ascertained. I I i , Hu Lire Shipping May Be Tied Up By Isemand For Big' Wage Increases—About 7,000 Out. NVw York Mutch 15.--The strike of 1 kual longshoremen checkers aiul dock workers to enforce demands for an j increase in wages and adjustment of wcrk.ng hours, which was unani mously voted hist night became ef 1 fective this morning. The unions involved claim a mem bership of between 7,000 and 8,000. 1 Steamship owners said if the full | membership walks out, coastwiso I shipping would be nearly tied up. j Companies affected include the Mal I lory, Clyde. Morgan. Old Dominion, j Southern Pacific and the Ocean Steamship Company lines. Dongshoremen are now paid 65 j cents an hour for a basic eight-hour day with $l an hour for overtime. They demand $1 an hour and $2 an hour for overtime. The checkers want an increase from $25 a week to $38.50 and a reduction for four hours a week. The dock workers want a 25 per cent increase in wages over their present scale of $35 a week. Steamship owners declared they were unable to meet the demands be cause they are bound by the award of the national adjustment commis sion which was to remain in effect until September 30. 1920. PAPER SUED FOR $150,000 Chicago, March 15.—Mrs. Jennie M, Vale, mother of Mrs. Ruth Randall, pretty divorcee, who a week ago killed Clifford Bleyer, wealthy advertising man and then ended her own lifa, brought suit for $150,000 damages against the Illinois Publishing and Printing Company, publishers of the I Chicago Herald-Examiner today. The suit is based on the "unau. thirzed publication” of Mrs. Randall’s diary, which was found in her apart ment after police broke down tha door. BERGER CASE CONTINUED. Chicago, March 14.—Victor Berger and four other socialist leaders sen tenced on January 23 of last year to serve a 20-year sentence for draft obstruction obtained another contin uance, when the case came up in tha United States court of appeals today. By agreement of attorneys the case was continued Indefinitely. STERLING AT $3.48. New York, March 15.—Demand sterling was 1 cent lower at $3,4S on early nominal quotations today. GERMAN GOVERNMENT FALLS IN BLOODLESS REVOLUTION Dr. Kapp, Monarchist, As sumes Chancello rship—• Treaty of Versailles to Be Fulfilled, Message From Ber lin Says. Berlin, March 15.—it is report ed that it is intended to pro claim Field Marshall Von Hin denburg “imperial president.” A proclamation has been issued by the old regime, calling on the peop]£ for a general strike, declared that it is the only means against the return of y/illiam II. London, March 15.—Official advices reaching the press as sociation are that the revolution ary troops have brought artillery into Berlin. They state laso that tho members of the Ebert gov ernment have proceeded to Dres den to set up their regime. NAME NEW CABINET. Berlin, March 15 (noon).—A new imperial ministr yhas been formed. It is provisionally com posed as follows: Imperial Chancellor—Dr. Kapp. Minister of Defense—Gen, Baron Von Luettwitz. Minister of Finance—The Ober finanzrat Bank. Minister of Public Worship Dr. Traub. The other ministers have not •s yet been appointed. The government of President Ebert in Germany fell today. In a bloodless revolution, Dr. Wolfgang Kapp, president of the fatherlands-party, and a recog nized monarchist, was pro claimed chancellor. General Luttwitz is the new minister of defense. Plans to promote the aims of the monarchists or the reaction aries are disclaimed by the new government. In a message made public today it is announced: “The new government under Chancellor Kapp says in its pro gram to be made public that it will honorably fulfill the treaty of Versailles. It gives emphatic assurances that the government has no reactionary or monarchial aims.” v* t • . ■% - ajuaiiu was uireaienea during the night by the immediate dan ger of a violent revolution. It became known at midnight that revolutionary bodies of troops had begun to move on Berlin from Doeberitz. Generals Yon Oldershausen and Yon Ovan and Lieut. Col. Wetzel went to meet these troops and warn them of the conse quences of their action. Troops from the Baltic joined in the re volt. The troops which were concen trated at Doebritz, including the Erhard and Loewenfeld naval brigades, nevertheless, contin ued their advance on Berlin and at 5 o ’clock this morning were at the Tiergarten railways station. President Ebert, his wife and members of his cabinet, left Ber lin by auto early today without resigning their posts. Chancellor Kapp dissolved the Prussian as sembly this morning. Berlin is reported quiet and normal. Detachments of soldiers are patrolling the Wilhelmstrass and are stationed about the Hotel Adlon, headquarters for the vari ous foreign missions. A dispatch to Basle today says that the new government aims at a military dictatorship with a cabinet of specialists. There is no indication that Dr. Kapp plans an attempt at re-establish ment of the monarchy. Paris seems the most seriously agitated of allied capitals over the German situation. Certainty that the new government is mon archistic in tendency causes the French to regard the situation as extremely serious. Many French expeet a new war at once. So far the revolution has been bloodless. News from the German prov inces is to the effect that general calm prevails. A late dispatch to London claims that loyal 'republicans are still holding the east part of Ber lin, the revolutionists being in possession of the western part of the city. Public security police are re ported in possession of most of the important public buildings. SCORES SEEKING CURES FROM ANOTHER “HEALER“ Now Orleans. La., March 15.—Led by a score of crippled and ailing men and women, hundreds of persons crowded the Mississippi levees last night trying to reach the ramshackle ^houseboat of John Gudney. a kindling *peddler, known as “Brother Isaiah” from reputed cures by the laying on of hands, The newspapers Vorwaerts and Freiheit have been suspended. LONDON HEARS IT. London, March 13.—Revolutionary troops entered Berlin today, a news agency dispatch asserts. The revo lutionists declared the government overthrown. Dr. Wolfgang Kapp was named chancellor. The foregoing dispatch was filed in Berlin at 8:50 a. m. today. A Berlin dispatch from Carl D. Groat, United Press staff correspon dent confirmed the news agency dis patch that the government of Presi dent Ebert, first head of the new German republic has been over thrown. The Berlin dispatch dkl not men tion the ‘•revolutionary troops," how ever. It said th..> revolution was “peaceful." 1' i..er dispatches had said the i \ hswehr and public se curity f<" s of Gustav Noske nad been co ned to their barracks and ordered to be ready for any emer gency. Dr. Kapp, who has assumed the chancellorship is known as a violent reactionary and has opposed the Ebert government since its inception. As head of the powerful fatherland party he is considered an advocate for restoration of the monarchy. Kapp has been reported as closely in touch with the activities of the pan-Germanist groups who have been backing Field Marshal von Hindenburg for the presidency. Hin denburg was last reported as accept ing the offer to become a candidate. Fall of llie Ebert government may be fraught with the most far reach ing consequences. Allied lears have made every effort to Insure its se curity, puolicly declaring that any change of government in Germany would be sure to endanger the treaty of Versailles. *.. .... «. r-ioeri depended ror support largely on the troops of Gustav Noske, hla minister of defense who crushed the Spartacan and other radical out breaks. While Noske had full control o-rer the reichswehr and volunteer troops his hold on the regular army was weak. The disaffection of thie element, headed by officers who re tained. secretly at least, their allegi ance to the former kaiser probably forced Noske to give up hie post without fighting. Reports that the revolution was brewing have been current for months. Pan-Germanist and mon archists recently have been gaining power. Revelations In the Erzberger Helfferich trial weakened the confi dence of the people In the Ebert ad ministration and gave the reaction aries an opportunity they did not miss to crystallize opinion against the government. Ebert always has been considered an interloper by the aristocrats of the old kalserist regime. Hts lowly birth and unconvincing personality have been held up to scorn time and again by the military clique. The revolution will bring the allies face to face with these problems: Forcing the new government to ad here to the treaty of Versailles. Securing stronger guarantees from Holland that the former kaiser, now interned in the Dutch nation, will be so guarded that there will be no op portunity for his return to Germany. Forcing the new government to ad here to the allied decision to make Germany punish her own war guilty by trial before a German tribunal at Leipsig. General Von Luttwitz, who was commander of the first reichswehr group, and a lieutenant of Noske, ap parently was guilty of complete de ception to his chief. He was ac cused by Die Freihit yesterday of being implicated in the plot when it was first discovered by the govern ment. Noske has been accused of disloyalty to the Ebert government. Today’s successful coup was the result of careful preparation both by propaganda among the masses and careful work among army officers by the reactionaries. Radical and indus trial outbreaks gave them their first chance. At the time of the Spartacan outbreaks, when grave fears were felt in allied circles for the safety of the government, the pan-Germanists and monarchists did everything in their power to embarrass President Ebert. Noske, however, succeeded in bolster ing up the strength of the adminis tration by ruthlessly repressing each disturbance. The reactionaries found their next opportunity when the allied demands for punishment of the German war guilty and lists of accused were for warded tq Berlin. These lists brought a storm of indignation from every circle of German opinion. Tlte Ebert government, in a series of notes, warned the allies that it could not—dare not—turn the accused over to the allies for trial before entente military tribunals. The government practically told the allied premiers that surrender of the accused Teutons—including many powerful figures in the old kaiseristic clique—meant its down fall. Allied investigations bore out this statement and the premiers fin ally agreed that the accused might be tried before German tribunal at Leipsig as the Ebert government had suggested. PROHIBITION DRIVING FOREIGNERS FROM U. S. New York, March 15.—Prohibition Is causing so many foreign born to leave the United States that emi gration is exceeding immigration, ac cording to Congressman Isaac Siegel, a member of the House immigration committee. Ellis Island records today showed, that immigration since Jr.vS'arCtt. totalled 53,000. wii^e-CV left the country,/•..''Most of Y 011 11 p have gone back to Pulitnd and • Slovakia to stay. 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