V ." r..:v';:T : 77:" "U -'7 7- ",. rv v,"v' .tjvj.. WEATHER: Fatr Bad continued cold Mea Tar4 4 air, vita rising lomporstare. -, 1 WATCH LAI2L. erver i kie new a jw - smsoal J , l ears Msn n)iataa and J-Jataa. : it . RALEIGH, N.C.7 MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY &V 1920LL JTWELV PAGES TODAY.; PRICE: FIVE CENTS. volcxlno.s; TWELVE PAGES TODAY"" It 4 ' ..; ..-..7T . 777-- rr- t COMMUNISTS WANTED . ; t. . . , . m . TO GET CONTROL LABOR UNIONS HERE Planned To Use Organizations As Means Of Fomentina ...... Revolutions Department ' Reports Show DOCUMENTS TELLING OF EFFORTS OF.BADICALS SEIZED IN THE RAIDS "Attorney General- Calmer Ap peals To Congress To Streng then- Hands Of Department - ' Of Justice. So As To Deal sheviks; Statement Regard ed With Unusual Interest By Members of Both Houses ; "TJne TrHeTTSeijeiirEaid American City Official; Agents Continue Work Washington, Jan. .-Plans of the Communist and Commu--. niat Labor parties, a gainst whom the great raids by gov ernment agents inaugurated Friday night, are directed,-- gain control of all labor organ izations as the means of fo menting revolution were re vealed tonight in documents made publie by-the Depart ment of Justice. Assistant At torney General Garvan made public the documents which "were seized - in : several - cities, with the desire, he said, that ..the American people learn "the rear purposes i of these" men acing groups and the nature of the poison they were spreading.":';- ; V . Department agents in many "Fities continued today the work of running down and interro gating members of the two or ganizations. Officials said it V Was distinctly surprising1 that ' each party numbered so many American citizens in its mem bership. : The rparty rolls are said to carry the names of many, persons -well 'known in theif respective communities as American citizenssAlthTfgli there is no Federal laws under which- the American Commu ' nists can be dealt with, depart ment agents were not overlook ing these. Their cases will be turned over to State govern ments. - . Two hundred and eighty , persona arrested Today in Be-' troit were added to the list of those taken into custody, which is fast approaching 4,500, Ninety-four additional arrests of aliens were reported to Mr. - Garvan's office today, sending the total against whom the de-partment- believes it has "per fect cases," to 2,729. Included in-the r arrests reported - today were: Jacksonville, 9; Grand Rapids, 16; Omaha, 11; Court land, N. Y., 16; Woodlawn, "" Pa., 2; Desv Moines, 15 ; Spo kane, 10; Portland, Oregon, " 9; and Toledo akd Pittsburgh, O Aaft anil Doiiva, 1 .... Among r those arrested ' in Portland was Victor Saulit, who attracted attention by his activities as a delegate to the A ugust-conventioft of the Com mumst Labor party in Chicago. In Spokane Federal 4 agents took into custody Peter Fedor- - - chuit, who, oracials said, had been one of the most dangerous ; agitators with whom they had to dial in the Northwest. ;v . : ' ATTORNEt GENERAL APPEAU TO CO.NGRE8S FOB A LAW WaanlBjOnrJM.. TJaWriolroa rnla the ao-called pmlor BolnhevUts, -June haired mee and aliorj-haired worn en, who encourage agitato re and . pro mote aeditioa aa a putime, . Attorney - Ovneral Palmer today inned ah appeal to Congress for prompt aetioa oa tha billisuUniitted-bjf-lii aereral BicnthaJ . v. : . k i l it. ii.. . - K u niuui muiu flmuiura tuv annua . f Department of ' Justice in daaliag - with American eitiiens considered daa geroos to the nation. ' . - Coming oa the beek of the most sue eenful astion-wide. raid ever BiicTS in - this eoontry oa, centers of radical prop- agaada, Mr. Palmer's statement was re ' garded with annsual intereat by Kepre aratatiTes and Senators her for the re (oaTening of Congress tomorrow. At least one of the mea taken in the raids is a city official and numerous oth ers are aatives of this couotry or hare tnkea ont eitisensbip papera after long resideaoa. It is then that Mr. Palmer dvirea to handle through the, Federal courts, rather than to leavo their Banish- nirnt to Btste tribunals, and" ia the ab sence of Federal law he is nnalle to do Urges aa Aaeoaate Law. "la order that the Department of Jua- (Continued ea Psge Two.) SECOND RAID ON HOt SE OF MAS8E8yIN DETROIT -.Detroit, Ja:1i-Tw hundred and eighty alleged radirale war takes lata tsatody this afternoon by psrtment at Justice agents aad local police officers la u second raid en tha "Hons ( Mum," known aa wesdoaartwa-of -radicals Tf T' day's rata brings to spproxiasatcly tOO tha nambsr of alleged apostles of direct actios roamled ap acre la the laat 48 hours. MnifCDDlUT n ATA lLIIOUUHLUttlflZF WANTED BY PALMER Attorney General Asks Trade Commission To Re-open Its w . Investigation Now HIGH PRICES SOURCE OF GREAT MANY COMPLAINTS Publishers Assert That Agree ment-Ia-Settlement Of Anti Trust Suits Against Manu facturers' Association Has - -Not . Been .. Complied With ; Prices Fixed By Commission Waakiitgton, Jan. : 4. The Federal Trade Commission has bees asked by Attorney- General Palmer to reopen its Investigation 6fTthe--Newipritit --Maaa. faetnrers' Association members 01 wnica produ e a large proportion of the paper used by Ame'4ean-iMMrspapera.r. , .rf:.:. The Attorney Goneral's , formal re quest, filed yesterday and made public today, was said to hsve been actuated by srortis of complaints from newspaper publishers asserting that the agreement in- sutllument of the anti-trust suits against the manufacturers associafior bad not been complied with. This agree ment primarily provided that the man ufacturers observe prioes fixed, by the mdr'eowmiMio'rijtJlhree- months aftsr the war and that small pnDUanen af tsr tno war ana tnat ssniui pnouaner. aot be made Tictims of jprefereatial treatment , , Mr. pRlmer Baked Questions on which the trade commission to base its in vest iiiations and submit a report are: "Whether the manufacture's who aizB.tb.jttknenW agreement actually produced the dailyv tonnago of newsprint paper which they subjected to the terms of the agreement. - . "Whether the" manufacturers hare of fered the oVjiouat of tonnage for sale to the trade. "How much of the tonnage the manu facturers have sold to dealers and other middle men and at what prices, and whether the so-called middle men have observed the maximum commissions iiursnsMt to1 Hie scniemcai aarieeasem a 1 V . . L. ijvewspaper pupnsners Hirougnmm m country recently have felt keenly tjte hish nriees of print paper. Many ' of the complaints nude to. JJjeAttoraey ""fte. - 'it ' sMa-aeiTflsigrOnanltU-PPMt l.Kielatioat ulli b manufacturera had not lived np to their agreement either in the matter of sup plies or prices. v , ,The Unitod States district eouH for lie southern district of Kew York, whick entered to decree finding with members of the newsprint manufactur ers two years ago, still retains Jurisdic tion in the ease. Mr. f aimer wm trans fer any evidence -which the trade com-mlsiioa-obtftins before that court -for action. ," ' " -7 - - - - . . NOT YET-NEAR THROUGH' CHIEF FLYNN ANNOUNCES V Kew York, Jan. 4. Announcement i that the great aation-wide round-up of "Beds' is not "anywhere near through was made tonight here by William J. Flynn, chief of the Department of Jus ticejecifiLjervice. Wo are going to continue gathering iBBeTxaid Chief Flynn, "for we are not anywhere near through. We are just resting np so that we can renew our work with increased vigor." ---' --..-- i-.. . . Five hundred and fifty aliens arrested during the raids ia this and neighboring cities en Friday night , and SaTurday were held oa Ellis Island tonight for deportation proceedings. The few American eitiiens taken into custody and found implicated ia seditious prop- anda wUl Iturnedver.toJhtjStateUn will guarantee the Cham- nthnvit;a fn, .nrruuntimt under, thai . : - criminal anarchy statute The 'number of prisoners on the island probably will bs increased Mon day and. Tuesday when 800 warrants held by department agents in New York sad smaller numbers in other surround-. Ifi f" pliers r served. Oao hand rod radicals will be brought to the Island ttrmqrrow from Trenton, K. J. A'eorpe of clerks and stenographers waa kept busy at the Island all day to day checking and registering the pris oners. Deportation hearings - before special .hoards of inquiry will not begin nntil Tuesda. , according to Byron H. UhL acting Immigration -.Commissioner. WANTED FOR MURDER OF HIS - ' WIFE, SURRENDERS TO SHERIFF Dublin, Ga., Jan. 4-After hiding in the swamp, tea miles .south of here since Tuesday sight. Matt Edwards, 56, came out today aad surreaderod to Sheriff W N. Watson. Edwards was being hunted oa a charge of murder, it being alleged that ho-shot and killed his wife as she ran from her home. Sev eral others who were fired upon escap ed. Edwards waa ia bad shape from frost-bitten. Cold weather of last night and todny, drove him out of his hiding place, he admitted. ' CONGRESS MEETS TODAY FOR LONG . $ Innumerable Domestic And In ternational Problems Await Its Attention SENATE AGAIN TAKES UP GERMAN PEACE TREATY -" Sim nil t ISeditionTBill Coniel Up In -Sett-: ' ate Today And House Lead . era Plan To Beject Re-election Certificate Of Victor - Berger - Unusual Committee J Activity Expected , .Washington,. Jan. if-ConKreaa rcon veoet at noon tomorrow after a fort- aieht'a holiday with monthi of bar4 work in (iarht and adjournment expected by few leadgta befun the Preaidiatinl campaign next fall. The only recess looked for is a brief one in summer when the National party conventions are in session. . Innumerable domestic and interna tional probfems awslt the attention of Congress, with partisan polities of ths coming Presidential election promi nently to the fore. Poliieal speeches of Presidential candidates and members of Congress np for re-election are expected to flood the congressional record, , The Senate will ror-"ov tomorrow con sideration oi the scan ; oiu oi eenaior Sterling, Republican, Ksrta Dakota, and later begia work on The House water power development measure. The Victor Berger election ease is the prln cipal feature of tomorrow's program in the House, when leaders plan to reject immediately the re-election esrtificats of the Milwaukee socialist, ousted ia the last session and promptly re-elected Treaty Move Expect ad. "hc Senate- Teturns tomorrow in the shape, of disposing of German peace treaty this month, bat without substan tial results from compromise negotia tions during the holiday recess. Rome immediate move, -however, is expected. possibly launched in debate tomorrow, The motion - of Senator Underwood, Democrat, Alabama, for appointment of conciliation committee is awaiting consideration and oa the calendar as ia the resolution of Senator Knox, Re publican, Pennsylvania, proposing rati fication of all peace, terns accept, the league of .Natio SSIDNOFWQRK trtreaties-to bs eoasldered at the " l"7 c?u r!l-ZZi I present session; of Congress "iroeJp,,e1,e' ,InPClaoinaatl aad French, Austrian, Polish sad Panama Canal settlement with Colombia and 1posaibly the . Turkish peace treaty, congress aiso must eoniiaer many measures affecting American eomsner- eial, financial and other relations abroad, rising as war aftermath. The railroad reorganization bills' and the oil, coal, gas aa phosphate land leasing bill, both ia conference, are scheduled for final action this month. Unaseal Committee Activity. Unusual committee activity is oa the program. Any reorganisation plans of the two military committees are com pleted and differ only in details except that the House bill is to be silent oa iversal military training nrojeeta. The Heaato committee will take nn navt. Friday the bill drafted by a subcom mittee, anticiDatins an earlv rermrt in i"'. 12 the Senate Commerie nujusiraenis siatea for January 10. Many investigations will h. by both Senate and House, tr Besidet the House war expenditures -inquiryi the -Senate committee will Minti,. k. Mexicaa inveatittronhere- aad- a--ths " (Coatlaaed on Page Two.) OFFERS DEMPSEY CHANCE" - TO MAKE CLEAR $700.000 (English Kheatrical Man. Pro- To Secure Championship Bout For Londen Chicago, IU., Jsa. . Charles Coch ran, an English theatrical : magnate who proposes to promote ia London a world s championship fight bet Jack Dempsey and Georges Cappen tier, is pushing his plans. He was hers oa other bnsineas today and said he had aent a personal representative to Lot Angeles to confer y with Dempsey 'i mansgsr. Cochran has Offered Dempsey a guar antee of eaxjXWto eiga a contract, pion ten weeks orthestrlesi engage ments in England aad France at $5, 000 a week. : ; : - ; '' He also said that be not only has the French ehamplon't signature to -a JWntractleaJUns; J or,tl056q JtatJujJL dvaieed t25,0O0 1 to.Carpentier. "London is the logical place for the battle, said Mr. Cochran. It la neutral grouad. We have there all the facilities necessary for -staging a world's cham pionship and can be assured that our investment will be secure." ' Cochran will return ; to New - Totk tomorrow... n t i. ;3Asonvile, Fuu,'Jan. 4. Colonel T. L. Hustodpart owner of the Kew York American. Leagao - elnb aad Charles Comiakey of the' Chicago team of the same' League, held a conference hero to day oa matters concerning the conduct of ths league's affairs, the exact nature of which waa no divulged. Mr. Comis key is in Florida for a brief rest while Colonel Huston, with a party of friends, is spending a short time at Dover Hall, the Sportsmen's Club of Brunswick, Ua. ' 1 .0 a ,v Democrat' Place For ' v tion , Air .mas .. PRESIu jTEDTO SEND M TO DINNER Leaders Of Various Magnitudes : Already . Arrjrmg In Wash ington Although Meeting Of National Committee Doesn't Take Place- Uatfl ; Thursday ; .five Cities JrVant Conrention iWashii;fon;HnC-T Capital it to to the rallying ground dur ing the eomlng week for natioaal lead .r. t,t the Democratic party, whs will rhooee'the timo aad place for the 1M6 national convention, talk " over candle dates and policies aad renew aoqaatn- tanees at a Jackson Day lee feast, whica msay of them believe' will saaks rartr history of one Wad or another. Although only one day, Thursday, is set aside for the formal business of the week, leaders of various magnitudes al ready were arriving tonight prepared for a week or eoarereaees aaa S""'i"s over the outlook for the presidential Choice of the convention city aad time is to be the only business aireeti tsken np by the national committee at its meeting Thursday, bat an effort nrobablr -wUl ho made to have it ree- ommend that the eoavention nomiaato President and Yice-President by ms Jority veto in place of the two-thirds required in past years. Flva ntlaa Want CeaventkM. - At the banqaet that night aevaral arniraats for the presidential aomiaa- tioa era to outline their policies. Two former nominees, William Jennings Bryan and Alton B. Parker, also are-to Kg, present and President Wilson ia ex pected to send a message ia which many leaders believe he may state hie position toward a third term. . . Five cities are in the mee for the i convention aad talk aaoag those mem- t-ers of the committee who had, arrived tonight indicated that there would he no walk-awny. Tb fe are Chleago, already selected as the osnvonMoveHy of the Republicans, JUasaS mty, Ben Cleveland. Diteussion generally eaatets en late June or early J sly aa the wsne of meeting. . i Talk of changing the time denoted r-emoeratie custom of roqniring a two- tlurda vote to nominate etarteg some weeks ago at a meeting of the natioaal committee in Atlantte; Clty end the movement has bees actively promoted it many quarters. ' Should the committee make such a recommendation 'ft gen- e rally is conceded that the eonveatioa would adopt it. Only a majority is re quired to aomiaato by BepnbUcaa eoa ventioBs, and those advocating the change believe that much - amneeeeeary eonveatioa work and worry could be eliminated if the Dense rats made :ltko 'previsioni Speakem Mot Tat Aaa ess. The names of epeakess foe the Thnrs day sight banquet had aot been nude rno DA Da I ll l I fill bo taken vpl? !lf C.T,',t several of tMbse mentioned for the public tonight but it was understood presidency would deliver addresses. Mr. Bryan, returning to the party councils for the first- time in many months, is expected -to ho en the speakers' list, which will include, about a doaen ameev .. So great has been the demand' or eati.M the dinner that ofilciale of the (Centtnaed am Pago Two.) - SOUTHERN STATES ENJOY MUCH RAO0ADACTIVin t Washlagton, Jsa. 4-aonthera asates haaiaaas eoaaUlon as re flected ia the report of the- Dlreotor GaaersI of Rallroade ahaws marked activity with the rallroada aaahto U meet aD reqairomeato far hoaaaia ' aad e sea-tap cars, hat wtthytbo sit cstioa iaaprovlag. - ' Tidewater coal damping shewed a aabstaatlal eersass mmm ia ear and the let-an of ahlpplag Incident to the holidays. Oa aceoant of the export east restrictions, eon aigameat of coal Wont waa vary heevy, hat hrraagemeaU have heoa nude to laaae permits for a limited taaaars of export eaaL Holiday travel, seaoeisHy that of schools, was Urge, hat military movement has now been fedaeed to ratal. Prlacipal Haas report travel very good In the Sestbera regUn. CeBditloBS summarised ahawt - ' T Coatinned Improvomaat from the Blrmtaghaat district la tho pig Iron aitaatlea, both proiactloa and de-' msnd ; helng hoevy. Twtaty-als faraacea were la Mast and fifteen eat, ' ' . " Prodaetion . sad nsavemaat of : phosphate reck from Fhnida hi re ported very wood. - rK Maremeat nf cotton factory pro diets la active aad milks generally are operating oa fell tins Coa traction of a number of nddlUonat. cattea mills In Mo Carolines ts re ported. ' -' ' The Kew OrWaas rice market esatlBBos oaiive, hat naovomaat Is conlaed largely to rx porta with re eoiBts of roagh ' aad cleaned rice ceatlnalag heavy. r ;.,f..;. ' ' The Sonthera Plae Asaoclatloa re ported orders for Ml cars oa band Doeemher It, ahlpmeata of ' ifilt cars for tho week and orders for MM. . - Ceaatwiso atoamshlp linos resort bo change except that tho acenma- Utiea at Nerfslk ead Kew part Mewe have been slightly redaeod. las pravontOBt fa axoerted In traflc an . the Haas between New Verk-Sa-vaanah Bad Bevton-Savaaaah, ' SCORES OF PEOPLE m mm m mmm aaaw m m m mm mm, mm m m i KILLtlllNMtAluU IN AN EARTHQUAKE - Center - Of 'Disturbances -Be-- lieved To Have Been Near ;. Volcano Of Orizaba . . STATE OF VERA CRUZ SUFFERED MOST OF ALL ' Throughout Intire Sonthern Xepablic, Causing O r eat Alarm In Larger Cities ; Laek of Commanioation Makes Zs timate of Caiaalties Impos- ' sible - V y-r Mexice Citjr, Jsa. 4. (By the Asso eiated Prose.) cVeree of parse as have been allied in a violent earthquake which oeearred ia meey parte of Mexico last Bight. .Tho center of the disturb aacee is believed to have heea Boar the veleaae sf Orlaaea.' Ineompleto preos reports indicate that the state of Vera ; Crux suffered more than any other seetioa, although seismic disturbances ware ' felt' throughout the entire repabUo. Advises from Cordoba say that SO dead have already been ae sainted for in the vill ge of San. Joan Cooeosaatopoe, where many houses ware destroyed. - Thore are . unconfirmed re ports of a similar eahastropae in the village of Hnatsmso. : ' : At Jalaps, further fibrth, fifty victims of the earthquake have , been counted, including numerous dead. Lack f eommnnieation with the other small towas aad vilisges In the theatre of the dtstarboaees majtos aea nwproa imate sstlmatsl of the sasaalflss imp so aibw. . ' 7--- ' . ', " - The oarahoajaae uassd graat aiarxa in the'' largo eiaias, marino disvaebanaas have oeearrod oeT Yera Cms Cil, and ther- wera - oooo ' ea an a I Was, to, al thoagn, the nnsaher is not hnowa. with coaaideratila eleetraettea) of property. t Freat Ban Jnaat Coorosaatspsi ported that tM ahoaaa otiU oi Miero- eowtsnmod jTaro Pieaiaot lafsmatioa aseassd (roan the smvornv meat observatory a T aaa Bays show that triers were three distinct shocks, th sliesBtk of which decentralized thd in stnmcnta. , The finstehodJhkh i -aa eurroa at b:ob o stoaa. Bainroay eveniag lasted . ivo .miantas. . Tae oeeond, - at 10:l5 was- very brief, hut of terrific intensity aad van acoompanied by tor rile oubtsrraaaaa noioea. ' 'The thtrd shock, at 11 tOl o'clock was not discern ible exeat aythe ashmtogcaph.- Thar aaaie hm the - capita among the ignoraat classes waa Indoacttbahio. htaay of the psvpht nod ; from their hoa Bad flocked. to the churches. Tho diaag in tho aabarha hurtled to -thrias of the Ylrgia of. Gwodalape. Freat Toluoa, Cssraavaea and PnoUa comes similar voices of panic. Blight damage , waa done to the poorly eon- strveted hoenas of tho - poor people, Paaie reiermod in varione citisa aad vii- I lagas Ss" tato 'state of "Yora Crna wliere Us people loft their hemes and speat the night hn the streets. . L1TTLB 0AMAB IK MEXICO CITY. BW.M 1 r. 1l.li ed to , T ' v . crnca) lav bmj bwlMings. There were no aeeUi nnd aae of the inhabitanht wore iajured While -tho govoramont obooranoory has not doeiojod -what eaasod the shocks, loports. roeoiyod frosa Gordoba, eta to of (CoaUiaoed On Pago Two.) 3 DANVILLE FIRE DESTROYS . HALF DOZEN BUILDINGS D a si a M Of Aproiintatly MOO.OOO Cansed B7 Cok iafratioa la TaC City Danville, Ts, Joa. 4-Pirc which de stroyed half a dosea buildings in the hesrtof tho . huaineeo seetioa of thil site and en need anroniatately SSOO.0O0 damage, Urgery covsredby iasaranee hi the four hoars M raged was subdued after a stabbers fight at 1 o'clock this i morming. Daylight revealed a vacant patch with only walla of tbcJve etery grey atone Maaoaie ' building standing and .our rouadiag baildinga scorched aad ' win dows shattered. The Dubley building, recently aeatpleted had a narrow et eape with small damage. , Workmen un der the city engineer dynamited the tot tering walls of the Maeonie building to day. 7" ; ; V ' , After tha fire was brought under con trol a brisk north wind aeeompaaied by enow set In and firemen'wers busy fer seme time with flying embers. .The euef of The firs is a ystoryi-It -was diseevered shortly after p. au Satur day . wheal suddenly a tongue -of . flams shel fronts the departmeat store of the Z. V.' Johnson Co. Before the II re me a had responded fo the alarm the fire had spread with aausing rapidity to the Broadway . Theatre,', the,- Main : Street Cafe, Goo do and Company's Shoe Rtore. Jacob's Drag Store and Parker Book Store along Main street. 7 ThetiuUding of the Danville Begister and Danville Bee bocaxno eadangered and employes working em the Sunday morning iarae of tho Begister had to leave. The building. however, was only slightly damaged. So threatening were the flames thtt assist snee of fire companies from nearby cities was asked. ' " f " -. Is tho baildings destroyed a number of prefessioaal msa were housed and they were nay, today looking for office of which there is shortage is the city. URGES RECOGNITION FOR TORPEDOED T Secretary Of, Navy Diffcrenti - ated Between Officers On -jSea andThose On Land OFFICERS ON SHORE NOT SO DESERVING, HE SAYS Followed Act,. Of Congress Au- thorUinr Three Classes Of Medal Tor-Mn In MiUtary Service; Reiterates Position As To Service Worthy Of girjtjjtewards , (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Jaa. . Secretary Dan iels replied today to attacks oa his swards of navy decorations, in a letter to Chairman Page, of the Senate Naval committee, which with the House Naval committee probably will investigate tho whole row precipitated by the refusal of Bear Admiral Sims sad other officers to accept the decorations awarded to them. - The complaint of the officers was that in some instances Secretary Daniels had changed the recommendations of the official board which sat on the cases, hestowiBg higher decorations than the emosrej thought merited in sores cases, and lower oaeo in ethers.' ' Besides reviewing the details of each cans, - and amoving from the findings or origmal jwards of inquiry ia the eases. Secretary Daniels explains at length the theory ea whiek he disagreed with some ef ths awarda ss finslly rseammeaded to him. : The secretary explaiae also how he differentiated be tween awarda for officers who served nt eon nnd those who served on land, -i. ' vPrlnctnio of Awarda. - Mr Daniels refers to his first eons mnnhraUoa to Ohaltmen Pag in which he set forth " the : priBcTplo,tliat the signet cMuaetioB saeald bm conferred upon officers aad men who had eoma iotooaatssl with oMunge aal Judgment sader attack en eepsfiod the highest traditioas sf the asrvoee aad that ths Diatinmiahad nw- rvwo ateoai saooid also be nwarded only t .at i . . . w uimn va sooro outy wno in tho language of the net of Congress, aaa aminguueee tbenuolvee "by espttonsity meritorious service' to the f"MUnayirv of great responsi . "In thus fiollowiag tho act of Con- gross auiaoMamg torse eloaaea of mod sis," wrots tha secretory, "hoaor - less tkt e Distinguished Service Medal should be swarded to sfltm shora duty waa meritorious but sot 'of gran resawaaiDLUtv.' W!-! e eervieo worthy of I .w . . . . V '-.whhmiom im iQM render MA anatlsvah 1 St. . fnaah. Iasahna aTT i.- T: - m annsrvoaa) gm Ml DrM&Aal mT Uia at at a. tkat the dWnguished sorviss modal snomia oe awarded to the eaplaia of ov ah t....V ... . I I,,.. , .1 . Wt IUJI" I " wis-anamy,! Bar ooBduet wns J meritorious Am ths hour that teste eour. ago and leaderahtp, -1 do aot think the amersaan people eaa be persuaded to ac cept ths Idea that ths dianiiumi.W vine medal should aot be rtvea to tfas eaptasa of n ship who bosrs himself wageoBoly la tt subrema hoar fnr Which all ether ton rt"tn - his naval - ea- reor were but preparatory, if hie ship aubsnariae or mine stack. torpedoed aad soaker nt out of aetiaa wero soleetod as worthy of receiving the amungoisaea - service snodal. Those awards ss I stated in my previous letter, were made, without exception, to avwttv commanding officer whohe ship felt the blow ef ths enemy except one who was eonrtanartiallod and who though fully ae- ww oaa no recommendation frosa say superior officer for reeosattion of aay ; easracter. To Make Pall Invoatlaatioa. '-Instructions bars been given far the fullest iarestigatloa wHh the view ef runner awards to other oAcers aad men oa those aad say other ships who roadered meritorious service by reasoa ef attack by enemy ships. . I am appending a brief lainmni of the eases where , the disnnsuiahed service medal .was awarded whara skip were torpedoed or eame in contact with mines aad wers either sunk or put out ef action. A mere rending of ths plain recital ;in each jMhee tenant- teems aad the demeanor of the nunding offleer will leave ne room to doubt that if awards are to be given for eooiaees ana judgment ia danger, dis regard or persogal safety and splendid eon rage to aay msa who gave glory to the navy in the world war, they should go to -these 'eosvsading offiesrt and men nader attack. ' , . Admiral Sleeves, recommended Com mander: Foots for a Distingiithed Ber ries Medal, the letter said, aad the rec ommendation was approved by Admiral Mayo, Commander in Chief of the V. 8. licet ' and by the Knight board. In eoaelndlng his letter te -Senator Page, Secretary Daniels said: Whra we .shall have fergottea the distinguished aad honorable service of able Bad devoted officers ashore, who will worthily wear the distinguished service medal, the splendid courage ef the men who, met the shock of the sub- mariae stilettoes unafraid and demon strated initiative, valor and wisdom un der such circumstances St landsmen never know these brave met and their deede will remala a a living glory (Ceatiaaed 0a Page Tve.) mk I STHEORY OF 0ISAGREEIY1EN SHIP CREWS Secretary Daniels Writes Let ter On Naval Awards To , Chairman Of Senate Na val Affairs Committee . SERVICE IN PRESENCE ; OF ENEMY WORTHY OF ' L vl HIGHEST DISTINCTION Reviews lyidence By Whici MeHforioui "Cdndnctrtlf Ten- Commanding; Officers of Ships Torpedoed Was Established;1 Two North Carolinians jn T cimded In List Of Awards f , Splendid Ooarage Will e "7 "main AiXlvlng' Olory To Ffi tare Kaval Heroefi, KaTy V Secretary Declares ) ' . : " Newt aad Observer Bureau, , . 003 District National BaBk Bidg. By B. B. POWELL.' Washington, Jan. Secrotnry of the Kavy Josephus Daniels yesterday mailed to Senator Carroll S. Page, chalrrasrt 7 of the Beast Naval Affairs Oommltte'e, the following letter ia further reply to the Boaator's inquiry regarding th award of medals to men in the ntval service during the wart - - " ''In my letter of December 19, referr ing to distinguished service nnd other medals, stating the principles which ; should govern their award, I atated that the highest distinction should bs eon- ' ferred upon officers snd men who had come in contact with the enemy and had by courage and judgment under attach -exemplified the highest traditions of the service, and that the Distinguished Serv ice Medal should alto be awarded to officers on shore duty only to those who, in tho language of the act of Congress, hadS distinguished themselves "by ex-' eeptionally meritorious service to tho; government in a-duty f great responsi- bility." In thus following the -set of -Congress, authorising three elasses of medals, honors less than - the Dis tinguished Service Medal should be awarded-to officers whose shore duty 1 was merlturlous, put not 'of great r- irxMs: tiny.- - ; .. , . iu'lm. thai IctterTaUtea lliat rtks trv too -worthy ef the highest distinction is" that rendered afloat in the presence of . tha enemy,' and that the Distinguished Service Mtdal ahould be awarded to the captain of every ship struck by the mines or torpedoes of the enemy, if his conduct .was meritorious in the hour, that tests courags and leadership.1 ,1 do not think ths American people eanJ bo persuaded1 to accept the idea that? Us Distinguished Service Medal should1 not be givea to tha captain of a ship,' y whoc- bears himself courageously in tfcc supremo hour for which all other hoars' in his naval career were but- propers- tory, if hit ship is lost by submarine or mine attack. If this theory had been accepted in former years Lawrence and Porter sad other naval heroes weal have beta denied some of the early ! honors which their countrymen glaoV Ittlfi IMrajaeWf them knew what 4t was to loss his ship withoutnoss '6? prestige aad with ths satiaf action of reoeiviag expressions of high appreil tion of their countrymen. It is, of coarse, the victory in battls wbieh gives highest glory, but medals n Am- ; tinetion are awrded-r exceptionaflv uerHanons service ana Lawrence was -bo less deserving of a nation's gratitude) -when his -ship -waa lost to his eousliy than was. Perry, who, having his tin t .. lag ahrp, woa victory affer transfsrriog his iwg isem ins Lawrence ts the sa4miaw-.oe4UrcTryajio:: all hie gallaat sad victorious ososr weee" spired to win victory by the immomai words of JUwsenee, for Perry hid adapted Lawrenoe's dying words st tie shioooietk on bis Bag: "Doa t give nw the ehW v Tea Osaisas Leat Ships. "Ten commanding ofiieers of.s)us torpedoed and junk or put oat of set, wero selected as worthy of rosetviK the Distinguished Service Medal. Them swards, as I stated in my previous letter were made, without exception, to every commending officer whoso ship felt the blow of the enemy except com though, fully acquitted, had no -reeotn-mendatioa from any superior oflicer Sqr recognition f any character. ; Adiniral Wilson stated officially that Hhe faflajt'o of Captain Hasbrouck to return to tun ship at daylight with a aalvagr paasV was an offense more serions than am error of Judgment,' and Admiral (Heaves stated officially, that though ths eouct fully acquitted him, my own opinion is such that I cannot recommend hint for the award, either for a medal, or a cross. However, because of his previous service in the transoortation Of troops, and without reference to his action, after his ship wns torpedoed, Captain Hasbrouck was selected by. any direction for n naval cross, -ths same as was awarded to eorsmandinr v-ffieer of ntber.transports. Captain Hasbroscfc writes he does not desire to accept this mednl. - - 7 The tea commanding officers de serving the Distiaguished r Service Medal who Buffered loss of their shits. or serious damage to them, were Com mander W. N. Veraon, of the Cassia ; Commander-D. T. Ghont, of .the An tilles ; Captain. & V. Grsham. of tho Finland; Commander W. T. Conn. Jr of the Alcedo; Commander D. W. Bag- ley or the U. B. B. Jacob Jones; Com-' maader P. W. foots, of tho President Lincoln; Captain H. H. Christy, of the U. 8. 8. Ban Diego; Captain D. E. Dis- mukes, o( the Mount Vernon; Captain II. A. Satterlee, U. 8. O., of the V. 8. S. Tampa ; and Captaia J. T. Chase, ef the U. 8. 8. Minnesota. Instruetioaa havo been givea for the fullest inves- (Ceatiaued en r?e T" )