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. .It WEATHER, 1' KV I -1 ll 1 ' ! ' ' - 7 T ' - WATCH LABEL VMM fMpttaV 9t - twbvW rs Mm eseintfasi sad aisM isstaa stasis . , i ' server VOL CXL NO. 84. . TWENTY PAGES TODAY.- RALEIGH, N. C, WE 'MORNING; MARCH 24, IStX TWENTY PAGES TODAY. PRICE: FIVE CENTS mmm J aV . I r A; v " . ." ' ' ' . ' ',' i - t ::oa F . ,.i i G0M Mill com OF COAL PRICES Termination To Come Aoril First By Terms of Order of President WARNING IS ISSUED VAS TO PROFITEERING Wilson Asks Miners and Oven- . .. . tori xo nerounv iiewieoui. Workinr Agreement . 0. Basil Of Majority ; Report of Settfement Commission; Joint Conf erence To Bo Held waabingtoa, aiarca JM wjtft a waraiaiadiataly aalf aMeatiag aad will raader lu airtilnit TirofltMiunv. Praaldaat todar ordered abaado.-t Kovernmeat eoatrol oer bituminout diiuaUratioa aolcly opoa tha f round .coal prief aad aaked miner aaj op- of aex. Vi. furtUer tha aafad eratora to aegotiata a aew wotkinf i my jadpaeat wUl apply to ail atreemeat oa tha baaia of tha majority report of tha coal attics aettlcaient commiaaion. - Tha Freaideat ordered teraiaaUoa of price eontrot oa April : J, whea . the working agreement became ; effective. This will permit at least partial ab orptioa In coal prieea of the iaereaae ia miaera wacea eatabllahed at 2 per j teat by the eomminioa'a majority re port. The iaereaao ia- wmgea, tha com- miaaioa estimated, will entail aa ad- ,ded annual coat of $200,000,000 and ia- i cladea fourteen ier cent iacreaa award 1 ji the. miner in nettling the reeeat trike. The operator, howeTer, were remind ed by the Preaideat. that aareaaoaable prieea mure not remit from tha relin- ; quishment of price control aad tha ad dition of inereaaed wage to their ei- penaea.. no oaie oi ine jotni 'coaiereaee of operator aad miaera to formulate a aew wage acreemeat aad aot beea aet while awaiting a eoaf ereaco wik offleor of hia uaioa on the matter, tamed a' . .tUtemcnt iaylng.that tbo mier, wr . .i i a i i ' meeting witk the oparaUra. r- Jlaawtta at aaa raane. tha majority and aainoritw report of tho coal eeamieaioa ala war aaado ubli tt tho Whirt Houio aad both S- Vera . inclnded by" tha ; Pmideat la ir hi lettei to tho operator aad miaera. Notwlthttaadiag the lack of uaanlmity in tho cemmiaaioa'a fladint. tho Preai dent aaid.it wa to bo aaramed that the award a blading. The miaority re- iwm aroupa wupm rrar9 ne piajuniy port would bo laid before them, he aaid, lor their gutdaaea ia reach lag aa agree "men.- rs-K. : - - -isfou Fk. iu.:j.- I. ' I atatua eriiting prior to November -1, whea the bituminoua miner went out ia a nation-wide (trike. The executive erdee, - however, - -doaa not affect th eaUblUhrf and which eoatrol. export " ' . - - WILL ASK PRESIDENT TA UDITC UCUI TOCITVli;.. v. ,v. " uu ... t:-i. j v. u.uv oj- i ma IL D. Flood, called her to partiei- n.. l.h. Wait Viriaia. debt en, tted toaight-that a aooa aa he re- ...... Va.hiaaeAa. kaa aar ill axflpja a I reaolutioa iaatruetiag President Wilson to writ a aew pea re treaty. Mr. Flood aid that thi. rewlution will ask the Preident to dec U re the TJaltad Bute at peac jrith all power.. V Tho preamble of the proposed reeola lioa roada: - .; .; vti "J ne rreitaent D ana is Hereby re quested and authorised to enter into negotiations with . tho - government of Germany aad her allies, and with the power, associated with tha United State, la tho European war with a view to con cluding a settlement of all controversies and ker allie and to conclud. braadl itL Ja?5. with th advieo aad eonaent of tko Bea..1.hT,4o",lfal Jhp"!: ""J?! ata any aad all international act or ..... v. j.u. I adjustmeat wiU aU th power, engaged in th European war iaoet of iny queatioa or controversies Velatinf to tho conflict.'' . - ; " " ' ; OPERATORS Wll I RFPI Y L . .. I lU MIrat WUnKhnS TUuAY t r I .S- . ; " New T6rk, Marck 23-The anthracite mine operator notified the min work- ' or Ut today, that they would reply to, morrow night at 8 o'clock, to the pro- posal of th coal diggers to remain at work after April J, pcading negotiatioa of a new wag agreement -providing a.nai nnarMinra rrwH in an w ai as nv wiivai i 'toward retroactive to that data,! J Unlew a new wage agreement ia . reached by April 1, wkea the present contract explrea, the reply of the an 'V thraeit Operators -will determine wbeth- er there Will be a luipensioa of work la r the hard coal ; rerioa after that date. "The general achle committee ; of - th ' miners, . by virtaally -a. veaaimooa today decided that they would aot ij main ia th , mines at . the expiration of tha present agreement uslea the employer agreea. o mae any award retroactive " ". . REPUBLICAiT RACE INT - r S0UTHAKOT CLOSE Sioux Falls, 8. Marek tX feerurai from 13 of 1,740 precincts ia'25f Wl eounties gavel Wood, 7.957; Johasoa. 7,770: Lowdcir, 7.1i3.'' Jobnsoa'a total was sweliea oy Dig pluralities IB Win- He haha county, outside of Bioux lull and in Lincoln county. '. j CHAS. L HUGHES GIVES VIEW ON SUFFRAGE UW Conflicting. State Constitutions ; Vol ; Affect VaUdityj of y Amendment, Opinion New Tcrk.Marek 21-Cleim. of est! suffragists tkr.t the Anthony amendment to the .constitution, 1 . ratified, weald ba InenTeetiva ia Htatea wkera Htata Ml y u ieu oatil eoeh constitutions had been amended, r erroneous, according aa- opinion obtained: from Charles uugiivv, tvimi JUBUCW v& wiw viuww States Supreme Court by the Notional Am erica Woaaaa 8offraga Association. II . .. J. .1 V. VT-Sfrul Jadge Hagheo also advised the eiatioa that la hia opinion claims tkat tha amendment ia nay eaae weald eon- "h, fV?l!S.!,I!l!2" eswnny IIV ;-K I fta amendment esteading suffrage r'SZZZt b ui, eo. ae to become part of tha 1 1 eaerai eonsuiuuoa x aai or w epia- lioa that tke amaadmeat will ba .im- I iavalid aad thanfora iaaffaettTa any 22Li!k!Xi I eio"a aaa.aot auapiy to tba aeleetioa I "wra aaa asraDera or ma Moaae ot JtopwaeaUUTa.- StatrCornmisiiorir Up in Fignt Off Basis For . . Valuing Roads Waakiaftoa, Karek S3-8olid align. meat of atata railroad eommitaioneri, reproMaliaa th public,. ataiaiL eo' 1 aideratioa of tke "unreliable' iareit- ment aeaoaata of tha roada tar nlua. for? totoiaiatt Commerce CommU- tion, Which i helding- hearing to de- teratiao the baaia for payment .of the itandard dividend' fiader tha tranipor- tatioa act.! Iaaiatina- that the "book aaaaaata of tao lailroada are wortklea tha Tatae of the proper. rmwetta Btato BaUread Commlttioaera, harp- f ueae ino argumeaa aaTiacea oy mTnwm, 7 Tlu""" " I oaaa to w ie uaa mo aggro- gat aeeouat would bo a blow to-the flaaaeial eeatera of the world. "Siaee wkea ka tho commiaaioa Tea' tT "t ? , to ward Wall Streetr ko aaked. ; "8Iaee wkea ka it dknjegarded - the law aad tho facta ' to cover up tha rotteaaea of aay "aituatioa it came upon i the aocunB; uitu., turn :vuuij '!" Urea aad tho ananciat center are tun intact.' Coaaiaer All Klamoat. ' t All Ih elemeht of valoa muit,' be ,t ZZ.TZmZ the, road are not to bo regarded aa evidence.- : .. '' ' '- . "Coarroaa kaa aot vivaa von AImm caow ut rai laTraimeaa coat oi bua vnieaao us aiun irom xoar valuation M"tifaUoB. to .hut your oyo. to. that ekmwat. '! eoorider -it wickedly "iT'" . - "ICL 'SZL "VI'iWCHfcmMT'H vs. UlJ lUUVVll C vaoaaa ayvaava a a a aa u y vyvmrn-m vi.ohvj earriera. that th ''book, aeeouat''. be ?Mid,bu 4T th'T.1? 1 ",r!, ! uZl , . matioa available to tho commiaaioa. Expressing 'theauelvea as more eon' ceraed with the development of trant- portatioa faeuiUe to meet the aeeda of the country than in th . matter of rates, tho chipper conlned their racom nindatioa ' mainly to the -ouettioa .of the grepiag ,of . thek roada .for. rato fixing Tjarpoes.Jr-r -Ploa tFr leathern BaieaT XnJaaa th railroad ar deprived of " V 'V , v n uft n i ,7 argument . of Charles E. Cottenll. of th 8ou.t.TrafBe League, ia favor of f'1 "Urif '? da",tJ5.JT!!!?- C the, eouatry. : Property invostmeat , e- counts, h said, might coma th closest t0 forminf ..bai for a, preliminary valuatioa. ; : ;i - aarwento -Toa-tkat tk Bontkern freight elaiiiueation, ss nw oatitutod, bo continued for th new ""J""1""" Mjoniy wiv hippor. favored the i continuation of the cemmtaaion'i TetUblisfced trouplag' of railroad,-vttU ground that th JdjaatmoBt jkould b effected with the " ourbanco .toxutinrMta re- Smaller' division, it wis ar- gued, mad for let flexibiuty. . Tk hearing will be concluded' tomorrow.! FORMER CROWN PRINCE IS GIVEN WIERINGEN ISLAND ;Tlw "nague; llarrh E3-(By Th At- soeiated Press.) The premier read to pajtliament today' a Eoyal decrei'by: whkvk th Island of Wieringen hi graat- 04 to tae former Oerman Crown Prince a a claea of reaidenea withmit anln. PUBLIC DEFENDED - AT RAIL HEARING "W.Idiee..to. futwro arraairraeats.'t-Tho aV ere la dated March 20. . J NEW YOKK DAYIIGHT" SATING isvaw.to KFrtcr all rj.v. Uew Tork, -Marck ttvOpersUoa of ue state aayngbt saving: kv, which becomes effective at S a. m,-vezt Sun day throng the refttaal of th Legis lature today, to repeal the- bill, is ex- peeted materially . to affect bus! news hours and conditions ia stock and trade markets throuchout th country. MERRY DEFIES COURT SENTENCE TO LEAVENWORTH Will Continue As Senate Mem ber In Order To Give Repub licans Control PRECEDENT GIVES HIM PRIVILEGE TO DO THIS Ead Not Michigan Senator Fax ! tiefpated la Orf anixation o: Senate, Demoorata Wonld HaT Xetained. Control, Treaty Ears Been Xatifled, aad Wonld Have Peace - Tk New aad Observer Bureau, 603 Dietrkt National Bank Bldf, By B. C POWELU (By Bpeclal Leased Wire.) Washington, March 83 The defiant attitude of Senator Truman Hi New berry,, Bepnblieaa, " of Michigan, who kaa been sentenced to two year at Leaveaworth, following k convictloa of the charge of eoasplraey la his elec tion, continues th censte ia the eon trol of tke Bepubliean wbo have exer cised it aiaee the beginning of the pres ent Congress. Today , it appears tnat he will aot resign, aad however nervous hia Bepablicaa colleague may gTow, it ia aot likely tkat tkey will insist npoa his resigsation. Th slender Bepnblieaa majority hang on Newberry's seat, and -.preeo' dent - i with the - Michigan Senator. Thee two thing ar th main factor ia the situation here todays - Henry Ford, the well-known manu facturer. Pee Ark hero, and defeat ed candidate for the Senate in the race with Newberry, is watching devlop meat with keen interest. His attor ney Alfred Lacking, ka requested early action of Seaator Watson, Bepubbcaa, chairman of ' the aab-eemmittee, to count the balloU in the Newberry-Ford contest. - , - Precsdeat Wltk Newberry. The unseating of Senator. Newberry doea not necessarily mean the - Sea- ata'a aeoulaition of Ford. 'although it would be a natursl event in the normal erder if tk Bepubliean did aot have control by a hair. It is expected that the convicted Michigan Senator will continue to absent himself from the Senate until that body take action, or the Supreme Court passe on the dis trict court trial and sentence." i nouga absent kia strenath is formidable la voting, a. his iair always account for some Senator who u en tae opposing rJAa of averv oueation. . Tmn Raaator beaidea Kewberry have been convicted la the court while hold- Ins- their aeats. ' Both of these were Republicans and the trial took place ia 1905. Senator John H. Mitchell, of Oregon, wa eoavicted of practicing In one of the departmeat, but he did not reabzn. Mitchell died while hi appeal wanandlna in the hieher courts. Sen ator Joseoh Balph Burton, of 'Kansas. was eoavicted of th same charge aa Seaator Mitchell, but lie did not resign until be began serving his sentence ia the penitentiary.. 1- - So vreeedeat aad party control tend to hold Senator Newberry in hi seat a oa of Miehigaa'a representative, tn tliA rinnv hamhitr. W Gives KenablicaB Control. The aleader majority gained by Sen ator Newberry' presence ia a seat the Michigan court ha adjudged him guilty of .criminal practice in gaining, en abled the Republicans to organize the Senate and gain control of all the com mittor. It enabled senator UMge ana ether Bepublieana to "pack" tke foreign relations committee against tk peace treaty aad President Wilsoa, and there. by made it possible to load down the treaty' aad the League of Nation, cove nant with ' destructive reservation, which, after many months wearying de bate, resulted ia the defeat of ratifica tion. Pad not Senator Newberry partici pated ia th organization of the Senate, the Democrat would have retained con trol -of the committees. Senator Hitch' eoek would have continued a chairman or tke.Xoreiga relations committee, the treaty would have been' reported out many month ago, unquestionably would nave been ratified in a reasonable time aad the country have-been at peace. business would have been stabilized and industry ia it aormal channel. W. T. Lee, ehairmaa, and B. V. Self. chief clerk of the north Carolina Cor poration Commiaaioa, are la Washing' toa today consulting with the Interstate Commerce Commission about reclassUl- ' (Ctlaaed on Pag Two.) CLINTON MEN MEET ' JN BEHALF OF.ROAD Over Hundred Assemble In Is: tereit of Proposed Baleiffh- ' ;. -, WilnUnftoa Line V r- -p. ti......:.,. " ' '( i "V.. :, (Special to The New. aad Observer.) Clinton, March Z3 Aa athuiiasti aseetiag .of .more than a hoadred : re pre- aentative business -cn of Clinton Tieinity took the iaitiative thia evening twward -pTomot km f -the Raleigh- -and Wilmington railroad. Every maa pres ent pledged hia financial and moral sup port to the enterpriee.:.C. C Ceshwell. representing the NoTth-Cerolina -Lrnd owners' Association, pledged the back ing of that "viforooe body to the limit. A committee of . tea waa appointed to eenfer with varioaa commercial bodies of BaJeigk $i WllmiBrtoa wilh tie view of formulating plans of proce dure. Tke determination to build 1 eeedingly etrong, and ne grass .will gTow ander the feet of Clinton aaj Sampson people. Tke bafldiag of this line mesas aot only the 'development of an empire,' bnt a main thoroughfare to t:.e seaside and thence northward.- ft -Social " V i Conference oldsboro Tonisht t- Dr. Edward T. Devi as. New Terk. ' Wasjaa-alwaaaakaacfea WANTWILSOilTO EN Coastwise Steamship Tie-Up Said To Be Hurting South ern Planters Badly New Totk. Marek 83 The . onjy solution sf the strike of ifiM long shoremen eagaged la coastwise traffic it "m. Alrart aniwal to the White House. B. M. . Squire, of the National Wage Adjustment Commission, announced to- nisht. Th announeement louowea re- Mint of telesrams from the Charleston 8. Cn Chamber of Commerce and from planter and farmer in other Bout horn districts demanding laformatioa of steps Uken to settle the strike by arbi tration. . -. " The text of the telegram, were not disclosed, but Mr. Squire -said tkey urged that aa appeal be mad t Pres ident Wilson unless there we indica tion of a speedy adjustment of the sit uation by the wage commission, riant- er. in the 'district, about Charleston. Hampton Bonds, V, Jacksonville, Fie aad New Orleans have hundred e( thousands of dollar. Worth, of perish able XoodtsunVAu eaWld 'and inland pier awaiting shipment t New York, according to the telegram. inrther delay of these shipments, they eaid. would "cause "a very serlons situation, - Bearaseat Tear Work. These foodstuff, represent ths year's work of the farmer, and tke spring's supply-for a number of seaboard and inland cities, Mr. Squire, said, aad pro ducer and consumers must depend, upo a coastwise steamships, to move them' Strike leaders, who are demaading that the strikers be granted wage in creases and shorter hour, today as serted th Coastwise Steamship Man' agera Association "has persistently re fused to enter into any scheme looking toward settlement witk th longshore' men usnig the commission aa. an arbi' tration machine. ' Companies Stand Pat. E. B. Birhardsoa, ehairmaa of , the Steamship Maaagers Association, aaid coastwise companies have lost $50,000 daily since the strike wa called ten day age. Bather than meet th present situation through arbitration, he de clared, "the coastwise companies will stand' pat, even if forced to suspend operations anogeiaer. -f The managers - maintain wags creases cannot be granted unless freight rates are raised and that evea then the wage increase could not be made retro- active, The longshoremen favor in ereaaed freight rates, but demand a retroactive wage increase. ' .Mr. Squires announced thai th Ne tlonal Wag Adjustment Commiaaioa tomorrow would issu a statement out lining the position of- the commission in the dispute. Incorporated in the statement, ha said, will be "information regarding.- the position taken'--by the longshoremen and the Coastwise Maa agers Association. ' -, , : Ninety-nine ships operated in coast wise trade have been made idle by the strike and a large number of men em ployed in the office of th ateamship companies bav been thrown , out of work, Mr. Blchardaoa aaid. HOUSE PASSES NAVAL APPROPRIATION BILL Carries Approximately: $485,- 000,000 and Provides Per-, sonnel of 125,000 Washington, D. C- March 23-The naval appropriation bill carrying, ap proximately 42500,000, paaaed th House today, without a roll eall'sad new goee to the Benate.. it . includes .pre visions aggregating $10400,000, ' : jrto carry on construction of aew. ships passed in the 1914. tbree-yeer program aad for aa enlisted personnel averag ing 125,000 In the navy aed 80,000 ia the marine corps. There was no pro- viaion. for new ceattruetioa ia additioa, to vessels already authorixed . and eratraete for -which -have baea. award ed. - ': 1 .a.) -'; i '. - An umaadment by Bepresentstlve Hull,' Bepubliean, - Iowa, attacking the same provision' against stop-watch sys tems in the navy yards that had been previously enacted for both arsenate and navy yards, wasi adopted ;,218, to 80. Uader ths bill the navy enlisted strength , weald , be 443,000 , but that strength ia not expected ' to be reached antil . the - end of .the year, ; making approprlatioa for more than IZSftOO unnecessary. ' - - :: Today is Race Day at. Pinrhurst. Full Program. Big Field, 2:15 P, M.' . Air. 0 IP STRIKE CAMPAIGN PLANS nrniiniPTiuionrr ''UrUMlOllflilOtlLl TRIAL START HERE Thirtr-ftve District Leaders of Men and Millions Forward Movement Meet FTCAL DASH FOR FUNDS JO BE MADE APRIL 18-25 " ' esaaBsBBiaBsaaMaw ' Practical Teit of ' Kethoda To Bf Imployett; MiderBy ; a Local 'Teajnt and iByiTen I O'clock 14st Klht Christian C Church Aad Exceeded Quota The ttlrty-fivs district leader of tke Men aid Million Forward Movement of the ArtotUua Cbursk i met, ia .Baleigk yesterday morning aad were In execu tive session throughout the day, per feetisg plana for the final dash for. the ssilUoB. phrt of their r program April w-tx ; ' . .It wa an' enthusIastVi, kopefal, ep tlmistie, devout gatkerUg had I nave ao doubt about its sueeeea Bev. W. W. SUlcy, Suffolk,' Va Chairmaa of tke Directors'- of the earn jpalga . and presi dent of the Southern .Christine Con vention. Two objectives of the Movement are already passed. The first was to secure 1 per-cent of the total chareh pBcrsnip as rife worki reeraits, giviag tkemaelvea to the Christian ministry. to -foreign or kora missionary work, or to seme form of Christian service or ajife vocation, or in preparation for It. The time aet for this work was February 22-2S aad the goal was readily reached. -Tke second wa for tit here., Her tea per cent of the membership ef every congregation waa to. be induced te sign sa obligation to giro eae-tenth of all they may ears or produce to Ckrist iaa purpose. Tk Christians accept tke Bible aa their only creed and aiace the Bible plainly ieaehea tithing,- in many Churches mor than 50 per cent of the membership? '.(rote . secured. , This foal was rsedily passed. - " ' ' The, third ebjeetlveot the Movement tl tbej auhdeea- of earnest prsy nad tttepanVties witk the) leaders. It la to add . tea pee cent to the, church mem berthlp from March tstk to April sth. by penenal .work witk the- unsaved oa the part, of the laity of the Church. , Tha Meeting Testsrday., , . . " The meeting yesterday however, re lated speclfleally to the Anal dash for millions to be raised through an ev ery member caavssa. April. 18-23. The- Church is undertaking through this drive to' raise $80 per member, maa, womaa, child -of the Church, for the general. beaevolea,ces of the Church, such s home and foreign missions, ed ucation,, ministerial ., relief,-. Sunday School and Christian 7 Endeavor work, publications, the orphanage work, and the ' specific - work of the Convention itself of thcT. Church.' The "Standards Plaa For Consecration Week," the offi cial designatioa of the period of the fl nnneUI drive, waa thoroughly discussed and formally adopted. - From, the gathering of the District Leaders, the plan will be taken' to " the districts, thirty-five "of them in all, aad than to each local Church.' The loader are confident that it will work. K Tke BaMgh Charck Trice Dei. So Confident were the leaders that the plaa would work .tkat they-decided to tost it out practically ia Baleigk yes terday. Tke test was hardly fair, be cause the plaa eontemplateo another month of t mining in the districts Jind local churches. The local team - of the Balelgh Church, headed by Professor L. U. Vaughan, of the A. and E. College, WBV M"lld VJ JUit HU Nil, M . A. . i. it. . .i i a m Hines, Mr.' C. O. Lehman, Mrs. A. O. Harmon, Mr. Hubert Bhodecv Mr. Sher wood Brock well, Mr. C H.' Stephenson, r.; s. xnsrwara. ana .aiiss viiaay Poole;- ' , .. . After ' a - period ' of ! special ' traiaiag this team set out for ths $7,200 aUotted to the Hillsboro Street eongregatioa aad by 10 o'clock last night hsd passed the goal with - flying -eolpre,- having- raised by. that time-$1,719 above their quota. CapU Vaaghan said nuay- had not yet Deen seen, and aa it ia to be- an every' member canvass the follow-up work will proceed uatil each aa aa opportunity to do' full duty ia this splendid cause. Very naturally tke 'Baleigk Chnreh is kappy ever the outcome. So - are- tke ; (CeaAlaaod on Pag Two.) j FORMER DIRECTOR HINES VISITS NEW BERN TODAY Distinfnished Visitor To Wit : nest Launching of Con ' M ereto Vessel . New Bern, March 23. New Bern business men. end mere portico lsrfy -She Chamber of Commerce is preparing to extend a warm greeting to Hon; Walker. D. Hlnes, former director general ' of thavxsUrceuds,wiviano in ebage of the water transportation for the gov ernmeat. v ' '; ' " ' - Mr. Hines friverIn the'eity tomor row, morning to be present kt th launch. ing of the eixth concrete ship from the plant tff the Newport Shipbuilding corporation. - Among me emer noiaoie guests who will be ia attendance at this occasion wui J , Mnf reasmaa . au Brrasea. - Thev Newport Shipbuilding Corpora- tfoa hks a' contract for the construction of nine eoneret passenger carrying ves sels for the transportation division of the quartermaster department and five of these have already been pot into the water. t ..-.-. --- JL' ADMIRAL SIMS NAILED BY SENATOR GLASS AND ALSO; BY GENERAL TASItER BLISS Former Secretary of The Treas ury Compelled By Admiral's . Attitude To Keep Rec ord Straight ' MAKES CLEAR WHAT WAS SAID BY NAVAL OFFICER TO CONGRESSMEN IN PARIS Ko Doubt!: About Statements . Made By Admiral Sims That Americans Compelled To Sifn Amifitioe Because of : Breaking Down of Lines of Communications , Glass Im puted Only Good Motives To ' Officer TJntU He Specifically .Described Statement, If True, As Beinf a Slander The News and Observer Bureau, y- 903 Diatriet Natioaal Beak Bldg. By B. E. POWELL. ..... (By Special Leaaed Wire.) Waakingtea, March 23-Ia his pur pose to keep the record straight ia the navel award controversy nd investi gation of the general conduct ef the war by the Navy Department, Seaator Carter Glass, of Virginia," h. written a pointed letter to Admiral Sims, which was put ia ths record of the subcom mittee holding hearings by Seaator Key Pittiaaa, Democrat, of Nevada, who is leading the eross-examiuatioa of Sim. The letter of Seaator Glass mskes clear the conversation which took place in Pari witk Admiral bims, those preaent being Reprtntatlvea Whsley sad Byrnes, of South Carolina, and Mr. Glass, who at that time was in the lower bouse of -Congress; Sseuitor GUsa' Letter. tfhe narrative of the conversation is told In the strong tyle which has marked Senator Glass' discussion .of the controversy, aad incidentally the Ben. ater from Virginia comment en U attitude of Adfsirel Sims. The letter ialfttfl reads: ' I Save yoarg of February IS epcloi lag your letter, of February l to flea tor Hale, witk eertaia letters attached wrlttea by you. on November 6, 191S, to Mr. Martin Egan. at Peris aad written to yon at London on April l and SI aad at Washington on May 4 by Gen eral Pershing. I. note your suggestion that these letters should convince me. of the ualikelihood of your kaving 'held sack opinion concerning General Pershiag's handling ef the srmy,' ss wa. indicated by my testimony before the Benute naval affairs sub-committee oa February 10 , ul disagree so less -with your method of stating the ease than with your dc duetions. In the first place I gsvs no testimony touching your 'opinions con cerning General Persuing s hsndling of the army. Inspection of the record will elesrly disclose to you thst I .tests led as to a matter of fact and not aa to aay opinion of General Pershing held or expressed by you. I Glass Give Testimony. ' "Pointedly, I testified thst on October 30, 1018, in your apartment at. the Hotel Crillon in . Paris, in .response to my statement , that General Pershing, ten days theretofore, hsd signified his op position to aa armistice with Germany, you explicitly ssid to 'tftngressmen Whaley, Byrnes aad me that we were obliged to grant an armistice because the communications of supply of the American army had broken down. ' Of thtt fact I have no more doubt than that I am writing to -yon . at . this moment, nor has either of my former colleagues any doubt of it.' I might add that, with a gesture, you precluded further talav oa the -subject by as ring: Oh, well, it. will all come .out in due course. ', ' " "The -fact. that. nearly seven month later yon snd "General Pershing ex changed cordial personal letters eaaaot alter the '' circumstance,-, nor in any way affect my diatiaet recollection of it. The further fact : ae disclosed by your letter of November 0, 1918, that a week after our audience with you ia Paris, aad after your return to London, yon found it necessary to write Mr. Egaa te set kirn straight regarding your at titude -toward- General Pershing-sad the American army, so far from alter ing my retrospect singularly accen tuated the likiihood that, prior , to dis covery of your mistake, you. had said to other persons substantially what you said to as. Thia -eaosed my two col league (Byrnes and Whaley) to travel 130 miles In Tour In an open automobile ia desperately chilly Jtcsther,' for pur poses of verification. No Deebt About It. ' " "' But these thinirs .aside. I must 'de ciles to concede thst anything' could be adduced that would .create, one par ticle ef doubt ia any. mind as to the aheolute -accuracy of mf atatessent to the Seaate' sulifom milk aa to , w hat yoa aaid in Paris to my colleagues and me. ,In tbis connection, r shall take leave here to say aomrthinr which I could aot bav said on the lUtbTIusfaBtT without -appea ring-to brcnlr In rudely opon-.your testimony before -the com1 mittve. 7 ' -. ; . .,-,',. in thie testimony you were at pains to include me in the, suggestion that, if WS believed Ton- bad made at Paris Hie statcmeutascribed to you, and sub-' sequently hsd found out that it wa true, we kad aeglected our duty n not 'putting ap a howl to get you dismissed from tke Navy. As It seems to me in. your esgernese to make this aupeprfleial (Coatiaaed en Pag Two.) Not Only Didn't Recommend Brigading American Troops, . Says Bliss. But Exactly , Reverse WAR DEPARTMENT PUTS RECORD STRAIGHT AS TO AMERICAN SOLDIERS Admiral Told Senate Commit tee That General Bliss Had Urged That American Troops Be Brigaded With British Soldiers Abroad; Naval Offi cer Takes Exception To Sen. ator's Method of Cross Ex amininff Him; Senator Pitt man Tells Him He's Hot Cn Bridge of Ship - ?. l (By the Associated Press.) t Wsshington, March- 23 The contro versy started by. Bear Admiral Sims' criticism of the Navy r Department'. . conduct of its war activities was broadened- tonight, by the entry of the Wsr Department 'to deny some of the Ad miral' statements regarding th land"' Oca!. Taskcr H. Bliss, itaerlean Tep- resentative ia the Supreme WaTXJoun ell, not only denied categorically that he had recommended the brigading of United States troops witk foreign ar- , mlrs, ss testified by Admiral Sims, but declared Who truth ia exactly the re verse.'. General Bliss made his denial ia a letter to SecretafyBakeT, wko-traas mittf d it, together with a copy of the original, order assigning General Per shing to command the forces oversees, to Secretary Dsn!'s, and be, in Ur, sent both on to Chairman Hale, of the Senate naval sub-cowmittee, at the same tlin " niaklng U tke eorrespon- -denc public, , . -' ; , Nevee tUcommended lu'"'' : "Not only at no time did I mske aay recommendation Jor. the brigading of . American " troops witk the British army,' General Bliss said, "but the truth is sxactly the reverse. T6 only tlmes that I ever came in contact with Admiral Sims in Europe were while I was ia London with the American Mis sion (th so-called House Mission), be tween the 8th and i!2ad of November, 1917. During that entire time the idea of" brigading or amalgamating Ameri can troops with foreign armies hadTSOt, as far as I know, entered the head of -any one, nor did I ever make such a suggestion, much less a teeommenda-Uon,''-- : ... .-t 1 . General Bliss said be told the su- -prems wsr council that such a thing permanent amalgamation of American unita with the British or French would be "intolerable to American sentiment," -which led the presiding officer, Mr. Clemenceau, telxra that "this point was settled." Aad nothing wss heard thereafter on the subject. ': , "v Before U Pershing's Order. In General Pershing's original order, ss commander-in-chief of the American Expeditionary Forces, it wns speciflcal lp provided that American troop were . to operate. jaJndividualjBnts: Bear Admiral Sims' statement Mon day concerning General Blias' alleged recommendation was mado in discus- , sion by the Admiral of the most effec tive manner in which the United States forces abroad eould have aided the al lied cause, . Senator Pittman, Demo crat, Nevada, read from an nnsigned letter found in Admiral Dims' file, urg ing thst American troops psasing through Great Britain be brigaded With the British forces. He called the docu ment .''British propaganda,'' aad aaid it was part- of sb organised effort to pre vent the formation of a separate Amer- . icon army. Admiral Sims replied that while he hsd not written the letter, he" objected to having It called propaganda, and aaid 1t wasv'pretty good military reasoning'- snd ; "what Oeaenil Bliss recommended." t - i Finish, Creeo-Bxesslaatiea. , Cross-examination i of Bear Admiral Sims wss concluded today by tke Senate committee investigating his criticisms of the Navy Department's method, of eonduetinr the war.--- '" 1 , Admiral Sims wss charged by Senator Pittman, Democrat, Nevada, with a de sire to "turn over the whole American savy to the British during the war re gardless of protection of the coasts of , the United States," and " with having "favored the French or British potiey, certainly not the American ' policy, of seeding raw,rntrained--troopa- to France.... ... ' .' . -' '" "The statement before this committee prove to my satisfaction that you re lied very largely on -the British Admir alty for your opinions and zeeommen- dationa," -declared - Senator - Pittman. "You talked freely to Americans abroad during tke wsr of you; belief that the American r'xpedirionifor Ttansrort lystrm had broken -down, and on Iso- vember 9. 1918. you still thought en- irallperahing' supply ,- arrangement bchinO and you never expected him to succeed there." . r "That Is th .veriest klad of rot," re- . tortcd .the Admiral. ?Ko officer of mv experience, not to sa; record, would al low -Waiself oboSJFernetL. by .any. . ., suck-policies." " . " ' Says Eiasa Hot-Ueadea. , The bearing today was ' sonfined. lsrgely to techniesl questions regarding the placing of responsibility for allopr l failure to adopt the convoy system Continued oa Page Two.)
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