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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.":';-
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. 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.
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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 - -
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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
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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" )