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i i he New THE WEATHER: Fair Taeaday; Wednesday fait est, shower west portions. ' WATCH LABEL. ears Mm nlm'.s aW svcaj i amsi as, -.. w VOL CXI. NO. 132. SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. RALEIGH, N. C jgfry .ORNING, MAY 11, 192a SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. PRICE: HVE CENTS II AF i 1 (Lr -JX VJt-XLVSS EXECUTIONS IN . : MEXICO FEATURE ;IASREM1 Change In Government Made With Remarkable Absence of Fighting VARIOUS REP0RTS:AB0UT PRESIDENT CARRANZA Communication Between United Statei and Mexico City Cnt Off; Battleship Oklahoma Or dered To Key West for Pos ible Duty In Mexican . Water Washington! May 10. (By the Asso ciated Preat) Mexico' latest revolu tion after f etting under way with a re markable absence of fighting-, apparent ly haa not been without the usual trop ical aeasoa of blood-letting. From behind the veil which obeeuree (he event of the luit few daya are be ginning to trickle the atoriea of whole aale political executions, counter-executions, and other accompanimenta which have ao frequently marked etrug , glee for aopremacy In the latin-American countries. Carranza i variously reported cap tured, in flight, or in hidings Candido Agnilar, hie son-in-law and minister of .Iik .fTnim executed with General .Francisco Mnrgnin, commander of the garrison in Mexico my. n" ..i. tiiirhr of Dolitical Drosoners, in. .1. fifteen ccnerals: forces of the revolution in control of the. Capital and moat ot toe nieiropoumu " " eountry while American warships and ..,tinnil tn move into strategic positions were the foremost features of today's news. . r-...lr.tiaB Cat On. , Communication between the United ""States and the Mexican capital continued ' intermittently and uncertainly. ports receiTed here of the cutting of the tele graph lines which earry cable dispatches -.1 fm Vera Crui to Mexico 'auunorted by border reports that the lino of Csrranz' escape w t.i.i i. , itAvaiiitionista. ' The teie- ' graph line which stretch down over thn Texas border and reaching across the Northern desert, ordinarily connect Washington with Mexico City, flicked off their last dote ana ansae jnicimj ernooa and wer. occupied .for a few minutee with a stack ef dispatches which had been accumulating for days. What happened iu Mexico City or somewhere along the line to interrupt tiiem is one o: the mysteries of a revolution. From all reports, Tampico, Vera Crux., Monte, rcy, aud Puebla. as well as Mexiio City, . r In the hands of therebels. Search of Vera Crui has failed to find Carranza. One report had him fender arrest at Esperanxa. Order Prevailed Saturday. 'The last message received from the American Embassy in Mexico City said quiet prevailed on Saturday moving . after the departure of Carranxa with no "unusual disorder," according to the Btnte Department's announcement. "The only ; untoward incident re ported,'' the statement continued, "was the capture of one of President Car wnza's trains on May 1 at Guadalupe Hidelgo, about 275 miles north of Mex ico City, an incident in which there were several casualties." . No mention ef fhe fate of Carrania was made by the embassy. General Obregon,- Carranza a former tight-hand? military man nd now bis upponent, hae ordered that the President if captured, be treated with considera tion and takea to Mexico City. Beporta published in Mexico City newspapers and received here today . flatly an nounced Carranna'a capture together with Ambassador Bonillas, Carranxa's representative- in Washington until a few week ago and later one ef the candidates for the presidency. . , Bat'leshlp to Key Went. Meanwhile, the American government, while continuing policy of watchful waiting took tome' measures to afford refuge to Americans. There are esti mated to be tome 6,000 or 7,000 such in Mexico, torn of them- draft : dodgers .and radical who-fled over the border to escape processes of law. For the most part, however, that class probably is far in the interior, find the Americans who might readily avail themselves of aid are principally oil men and planter along the gulf coast. '. For their assistance the Kavy Depart ment has ordered the auperdreadnaught Other destroyer have reached Tuxpam for possible duty in Mexican waters. Hhe will take on a full company of marine before steaming South. Mean while the naval transport Henderson will load 1,200 marines from the aavy ' yard a ad proceed to Key Weet to await development. . American destroyer have arrived at Tampico, Joining the gunboat Sacramento and the cruiser Dolphin also haa reached that port. Other destroyer have reaahed Toxpan and Vera Crua and three store will go with the Oklahoma. u , ' None sf today' fragmentary dkt patches coming from various sources, maderny mention, of armed resistance by the Carranza ffrM?to the Revolu tionists but told an amost uniform story of Federal garrison going over without a rtruggle. . ( v t PRESIDENTTAKES TIME 1 TO SEE CIRCUS PARADE , Washington, May 10.-Prcsident WQ . son, always a devotee of the eir!us, re-' viewed the season' opening eireus pa rade today from the east portico of the White House. Seated in a chair with Mrs. Wilson standing beside him, he laughed at the antic of the clown and several times removed his esp in ac knowledgement of rectiags waved to ton by Uie circus folk. CAKSANZA REPORTED SAFE OX BOARD SPECIAL TRAIN Vera Cms, May 1. (By the As. eclated Pra.)--Aa fficial hall, tia received her from Mexico City aaaoaaces that Praaldeat Car ransa's train I the Mexieaa railway between Apliac aad Ea. praaa. It adda that a commis sion hea keen dispatched from the capital to approach) Carraasa aad offer him gaaraatoea. LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE POSTPONES SUFFRAGE BILL Final Action Will Not Be Taken Before Some Time Next Week Baton Rouge, La, May 10. Final ac tion on woman suffrage legislation' will not b takea by the Louisiana legisla ture before next week, it was decided just before the General Assembly eon vened at noon today. Senator H. C. Williamson, of Milliken, who ha charge of ther at ideation res olution after a eonferenee with lead era stated he would not introduce the ratigcation measure until next Mon day following inauguration of Gover nor Parker and the installation of the newly eleeted lieutenant Uovernor as president pro tern. The reason for delay was the desire of the ratification leaders to have the resolution referred to committee. The committee cannot be appointed nntU next Monday. In- the house, "where ratification op- ponejits admit passage of a ratification resoluntlon is practically certain, con ference were being held oeer the ad. visabilitv of Introducing the resolution calling for ufnsioa of rule and seeking passage at oaee. , CONGRESS PROVIDES FOR PERMANENT SHIP POLICY Without Becord Vote Senate Tentatively Adopts Commit tee Amendments- , Washiugton, May 10. Without a record voto and virtually without de bate the Senate tentatively adopted to day committee amendment to the House bill providing for a permanent merchant marine policy. . Senator Jones, Bepubleian, of Washington, in charge ot the measure, hope for t passage before the ead of the week. Among - amendments adopted ' were those providing for a private owner-' shin Dolier. but authorising the per manent shipping board which the bill create to sell tbe merchant fleet built by the government during the war a soon as practicable, consistent wltn goon business methods end the objects and purpose to be attained by this aet." Another would authorize the board to let aside annually during the next five years 150,0,00,000 derived from the sale or operations of vessel, to be used in the construction ot new vessels. As agreed npoa so far, the bill would create a permanent snipping board eon. stating of aeven member, of whom two would be from the Atlantic and Pacific roasts, respectively, and one each from the Gulf Coast, Middle West and Great Lakes region. , Senator Nelson, Republican, ef Min nesota, criticized the proposal to ex. tend to the Philippine Island provi sion regulating coast wise trade and requiring it to be entirely American owned. Such provision, he aald, wonld put the people ot those Island in a "straight jacket," and would mean that none of those islanda' produces could be brought to this eountry exeept in American ships. ' NUMEROUS STATES JOIN THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION Several Carranxa Leaders Be ported Executed By The ;, Revolutionists . El Paso. Tex- Mar 10. Oaxaea. Tarn- aulipaa, Tabasco, Tlaxcala and Guana juato were among the Mexican State that joined the revolution auring tne last few days, according to aavicee received her from Gen. Alvaro Obre con. Obregon is a candidate tor the presidency of Mexico and on of the leader of the anti-Carranz move- meat. - -3 - '" he first Carranxa leader 'reported to have been executed during the rebel lion were Generals Candido Aguilar, Ma in-law of th President and Francisco Murguia, who recently was called to the capital by his ehief to protect the city against the menace of th Revolu tionists. Aguilar waa killed by hi owa troop and Murguia was executed while fleeing from Mexico City, the advice tated. , Before leaving the capital, ac cording to these reports, Murguio ord ered the wholesale execution of political prisoners including tuteea general. Thia aet haa beea characterized by th Revolutionist as being "th bloody epilogue ot the uprising. ' ' , He pert of th eaptars of Mexatlan, the principal seaporV of 8inaloa, by rebel foreee under Gen. Angel Flore could not bo confirmed 1st today. FORMER ASHEVILLE MAN BUYS A FLORIDA PAPER Jacksonville, Fla.. May 10. S. fA. teneh, president of th Southern En terprises, of Atlanta, Ga., thie afteraooa announced tbe purchase, ef the Florida Metropolis, Jacksonville' afteraooa newspaper, from Messrs.- W. B. Carter and Rufa A. Russell, founders and publishers. W. B. Carter, a editor, aad Bufu A. Russell, a business manager, retire after thirtv-fhree year of active service. .. Mr. Lynch, who i 4a Atlanta today. controls theatrical and amueemeat ea terprisee in praeticslly every city of im portance in the South. He made ao an nouncement of hi plans in eonaeetiea UU th purchase of the Metropolis, ' REPUBUCANS HOT HAPPY OVER LAST President's Clear Call To Demo crats To Stand For Treaty Worries Them ... TRY TO MISINTERPRET REAL MEANING OF NOTE Only ' Asks Condemnation of Lodre Reservation That Nullify Purpose of Agree ment; Southern Baptist Con ention Opens In Washington This Morning; , The News and Observer Bureau. . 603 District National Bank Bldg. N By R. K. POWELL. , (By Special Leased Wire.) Washington, May 10. Republicans, who have beea using President Wilson's silence oa the treaty issus in th coming campaign a a balm for th wounds within their own party, read th typical Wilsoniaa pronouncement thie morning and in the vernacular or the African golf habitue, "they wept." It effect wa to use another sporting term much the earn a if the player whose stoical ailene afford th crowd around the table a target for verbal shots had waited for all the chip to be piled ia one big pot and then displayed a royal flush. - . The reception accorded the announce ment ef the Wilcoa letter about the Caoitol today differed from this poswible situation ia on respect: The loeers refused to be showa aad. ia effect, countered With the' age-old ry of "stacked deck." ' - ' Republicans in both bouse of Con arrets pretended to b "happy" over the publication ef the President' let ter (o the Oregon Democrats. Sot all th Democrat viewed it as "exactly th proper thing" to do at this tage of the gam but the chief criticism of his re iteration of hi Jackson Day ateait came from some of the 21 Democrats whose treaty vote ia repudiated. Acaiaet Nullifying Rwnrvstlses, "The President's declaration will meet hearty response from th Democracy f the nation,'! said oa of th best known Democrat la Congress Ui morulas-. "There has mover beea any doubt ia my mind that th San Fran cisco convention would aeeiare Doiaiy for the adoption of tbe League without nullifying reservations. "The eountry realises more .fully every day that Republican success ia tbs last election has proves a disaster to the nation and a continuing tragedy to all Christendom. I believe the en tire nation will rally to th defeat of the Republicans in the coming eleeUoa einder the leadership of a United Democ racy standing squarely back of President Wilson and his administration. : On the lines of th Preeident's letter gives out Isst night, th Democrats ar going to "dig in" aad fight it out as soon a they tram a platform aad se lect a standard bearer at Baa Fraaeue next month. Palmer, th only avowed candidate la the field for the nomina tion, ia ia thorough accord .with the view of Mr. Wilson. It would bo un natural to suggest that Mr. MeAdeo is aot. Condemn Lodge RtservstUnS. Republican politicians aad papers generally were wont to eoastm th President's letter to th Oregoa Democrats as a declaration that h wanted the party . to adopt treaty rlsnk onoosed to any reservations. . He aald nathina- of tho kind ia hi reply, lie did any that it should "indorse aad snooort the Versailles treaty aad con dema the Lodge reservations as utterly Inconsistent with th nation a nonor and destructive of th world leadership which it had establiahed. ' "Democrats all over th coustry will admire the President's backbone, said Edward F. Goltra, Democratic- National Committeeman from Missouri, who wa in Wsshington today.' Mr. Goltra sx- nlained that th loyal followers of the administration were becoming weary of the suggestion that tho convention will let Mr. Bryan dictate ths treaty plank He could not see th Commoner a that role with beckoning hand to marshal th host of , united Democracy ia line. . ' ' Ho Favors Cam Morrlssa. "Another thins; Mr. Bryan is going to find out when he get to Ssa Francisco," Mr. Goltna added, "is that the eountry is sick ot iu drastic prohibition law. I feel safe la asserting that Missouri is 99 per cent in fsvoof light wine and been, but 100 per cent against tho re turn of the saloon." ' . ! Prediction that Cameron Morrison would bo declared the nominee of the Democratic party 'as Its eandidat for Governor ia tiro finf primary was mad here today, by George Ross .Pou, of Smithfield, soa of Congrowmaa f oa and a nephew of Jame H. Poo, ef Raleigh. Mr. Poa baaed his prediction oa gaia h ears Mr. Morrises has mad oyer th opposition withia tho Isst three weeks, especially la ttoee, eouauee waer a ha beea heard.' . Baptist Ceaveatloa Ones. Washington was today preparing to receive the Southern Baptist Conven tion .which spans Its sessions her to morrow morning at 11 o'clock at Liberty Hut, aea ths Union staion, with aa ad dress of welcome front Vie President Thnmaa R. Marshall. . Huadred of Some la th city have beea thrown open for th ontertaiaaaeat ef tho delegate aad every hotel is tax ed to its capacity. Ths xaost ef them have had reservation filed for months and tonight and tomorrow-the visitors will occupy the center of attraction. Dr. W. L. Potest, of Wake Forest, arrived early today. '.-.' Seniors vaslt the Capita. Ths graduating class ot ths Vance- bore farm life school, Craves couaty, - iContisaci es teg Jw.) V. WORD FROM Ui Mm- JAM ON SOCIALIST PARTY Chicago Delegation Considers Morris Hillquit Too Conserv ative in Tone TWO UNDER SENTENCES FOR VIOLATION OF LAW Fight Between Two Wings May Develop Into Party. Warfare of Threatening; Aspect, It la Declared; Thursday Set For Nomination " of Presidential Candidates '-Vyvf - New York,. May JO-Bhouting 'or the rsdiealisn of German, French, Ital ian and Rumanian socialism, th Illinois delegitisa to the eoaventloa of the So cialist party ef America today launched a concerted attack oa "re-nscrvetlv" leaders and their platform demands for popular admlnistratioa ef private property "for the benefit of all. Following Introduction; of "declara tion of principle," and party platform drafted under th leadership ef Morris HUlquit, th "fighting minority from Chicago," led their State's representa tive into what may develop Into a party warfar of threatening aspect, It was tated tonight. J. Louis Eagdahl, Bansae! BVCoIlard and Wm. F. Krux, all of Chicago, aad tho last two aader ssnteace or viola tion of tho war time sspiosage aet, eap tiined the radical elements troop to day. :' ;' .'-:; ' , , Platform of Priadpteo, i:: ', Before adjourning for the jay the convention et next Thursday afternoon for tho nomination of candidate tor President aad vie president. Eugene V. lie be, aow serving JO years for viola tion of the osplonsgs laws, slroady tl beea proclaimed as tho party's probhlTv candidate for President. Th Hillquit platform, "iaeludee ths following declaration ef principle,'' ever which th principal flgt ia being waged: . - - "Th Socialist party, whan in political control, props to reMnlie tba gov- eraaisnt in iorm and trtMUiK so. So ehaags it from a tool of repression into aa instrument f social and indus trial aervie. . . . "Th Boeialita party doe aot inter for ia the interaal affair of labor unions, btt It support them la all their struggles, ia order, however,, thst such struggle might attain the maximum of efficiency aad success, ths Socialists favor ths closest organic eo-ope ration ot all unions as ens organized working eiass body ia their great struggle for emancipation of the working classes f America must present to their mss ter one solid front, industrially as well as politically. - For Law aad Order "The Socialist party- seek to attain its oad by orderly aad constitutional emthods. Violence ia not th weapon ef socialism, but o ftho short sighted representatives ef tho ruling classes who stupidly believe that social move ment and ideals can be desstroyed by brutal physical repression. "In modern civilization th destinies X all nation inextricably interwoven no nation can be properou aad happy whilo it neighbors tr poor and miser able. The sieislist movsment is world struggle In behslf of human civilization. "The Socialist party ot tho United States eo ope rates with similar parties in other countries ad extend to them it full support of their strurgle. con fident that the clasa-eoaacloua worker all over the world wil leventually secure ths power of government in thsir res pective countries, abolish th oppres- sloa sad choc, the strife and bloodshed of international capitalism, V&4 estab lish a federation of socialist republics co-operating with each other for th beaeflt of the human race aad tor the maintenance of the peaeo of the world.'' GENERAL WOOD'S FORCES P0W-W0W IN GREENSBORO &avw KoZntention of Letting -. &Fm- Johnson Carry , Korth Carolina y .... -;. - Greensboro, May 10. General Wood' force got together her today wha Beb V. Walser camef rom Lexington to confer with Wood' personal repre sentative,' Gen. E. F.-Glenn, concerning a plan of campaign in' North Carolina. It waa rumored that Wood planned -to withdraw from tbe contest in this Stats beea use of late primaries, but his man agers tat he would? aot consider this anion Johnson also withdrew. Plans war discussed today for aa aggressiva campaign, -and General Weed himself will spesk ia several eitie ef th Stats, including Greensboro, Raleigh, Wilming ton and Aabeville. He will probably be aided by Senator Mooes of New Hams- shirs, and Senator Bevwridge. - - Gen. Walser stated mat wood wonld not withdraw in favor ef Johnson, but Wood' managers would consider with drawal,' rf Johnson's manage re did ths same. Wood wa sate red in this State, h aid, because of the failure of Judge Pritchard' supporter to enter hi nam. ' breaks World record , FOR ALTITUDE FLIGHT El Cintro, Cel., Ma KL-Captaia Low. ell H. Smith, commanding officer of Paryear Field here, brohe what ia said to bo the world's altitude record for an , airplau ci tying pilot aad three pas senger today when he aoeesded 17,100 f-i-l. Ti.! airplane was in us air tws hour n4 forty misutes. DANIELS SHOWS SIMS FAILED TO MEET EXPECTATIONS DURING WAR BECAUSE OF PRO-BRITISH WHIMS With Sims England is First, America Second, DanielsSays ' d Secretary Daniels in his broadside against Admiral Sims before the Senate investigating- committee submitted the follow. ing specific shortcomings of the Admiral : " 1. He lacked vision to see that a great and new.project to bar the submarines from their be promptly adopted and carried out, no matter what the cost or how radical the departure from what ultra-prudent men re garded as impracticable. 2.' He seemed to accept the as superior to anything that would come from America and urged those views even when the Navy Department proposed plans that proved more effective. 3. In public speeches and other ways he gave a maximum of credit to British efforts and minimized what his country was doing. ' 4. He coveted British decorations and seemed to place a higher value on honors given abroad than by honors that could be conferred by th . American government. 5. He aspired to become a and wrote complainingly when clined to permit hirxQto accept such tender by the King of Eng land. V 6. He placed protection of centration of destroyers at Queenstown, as the main operation of our forces abroad, failing to appreciate that the protection of transports carrying troops to France was the paramount naval duty until I felt impelled to cable him peremptorily that such was our main mission. BRYAH DECLARES VILSONALLVRONG Thinks President Denied Infor mation Essentia For . Sound Judgment ; Jacksonville, Fla, May '-10raBroSa dpwp h health by th .welgH .of eare and aailetie els havs falls to a other occupant of that hfgh office, the formaUo. a-e.tial to uri JhI Jennings Brynn here today la replying to President Wilson s plea to Oregoa Democrats to go into ths campaign stsnding four squars in favor of the treaty ef Versailles and against the senate a reservations. Mr. Brynn stated It wa Impossible for Mr. Wilson to advise wisely with. out full knowledge ' of the situation, which ia his opinion, th Chief Executive did not possess. He said the Democratic party had stood by th Preeideat aad fought for ratification without reservations, loag as there waa any hop of securing rauncaxion witnout reservations aa effort ia which h heartily joined but the effort failed. Whether the Senate acted wisely or unwisely , in the adep- uoa oi reservations, it acted upon a constitutional authority as complete as tbe authority which th Sam eonatitn tioa confer upo ths President, said sir. Brysn. t ' He said the Senate endorsed reeervsr tioa by a majority of eighteen and the 57 Senators 34 Bepublieans and 3 DemoesMS, who agreed anon reeerva' tioa, constituted more than two-thirds of the 77 Senators who favored rati' fieatton, but differed upon reserva tions. 1 ' "Tb issue is now whether the Dem ocratic party believe in th fundamen tal principles of , Democracy namely The right of the majority to rale, said Mr. Bryan who alio" , stated that the President asks the ..Democratic party to make a campaign ' oa the theory that th preeumptloa ot wisdom i with SO Democratic Senators pins ths President Instead or with th ma. jority of tbe Senate, or even th ma jority ef th Democrat of th Ben. ate. ...... " : " Mr.' Bryan urge aa Immediate rati' fieatioa of the treaty with reservatloas already agreed upon leaving tb aatloa to secure afterward in th leagus such changes as may be deemed aeeeeeary. Ia closing he (tated the . Democratic party cannot dis; it must help solve tb problems of th day." "Democratic friend of th League of Nations, . ha said'.' .should join Bepubliean friends of th league and by so doing tab th issu out of th campaign and (peak peace to war-distracted Europe. -at JUST LIKE WATSOrl TO """ SWEAR OUT INJUNCTION Thomson. G May 10 Thomas E. Wateoa. who ran secosd in tbe recent Georgia Presidential pref renee pri mary, today obtained a temporary in- juaetloa restraining the Bules eommit- te of th Democratic Btat Executive committe from deciding contest aris ing from th primary. Th claim already had beea made tnat th State convention itself, which meets la Atlanta, May 18. should decide eon teste over county delegations. Hearings at' which ths Bules committee wit or dered to show cause why the injunction should aot be mad permanent was set for May 14. No candidate obtained a majority ia ths Presidential primary in which Attorney General ' Palmer led. With Mr. Watson a close second, Sena tor Hoke Smith, of Georgia, esme third with almost as many vote as Watson. Sine -no candidate, ea the face f th unofficial return, will have a majority la th convention, political observe n have predicted a lively battle ever Geor gia's delegation to Ban Fraaeiaco. " . natural hunting grounds should views of the British Admiralty - f, member of the British Admiralty the American Government de merchant shiDpinir. with con DISCUSS TREATY Missouri Democrat Indulges in Sarcasm On President's Last Appeal "Washingtoa, May 10.Presldent Wil son' mU to th OsmodaUw party to earry th treaty ratification laro Into tbs campaign drew oxpreemon today from two members of hi owa party, al's. fm'sef. Johasoa, of California, leader. ef tbe Bepublieaa Irreconcilable group ia the Senate treaty battle. Senator Beed, in a statement, declared such a platform would mean for the Democrats ths losl of every state north of the Mason and Dixoa line and the breaking of the 'Solid South." Senator Johnson slso in a statement said he could respect the Freeideat's consistent advocacy of unreserved ratification, but had no respect for men whoss views shifted "with ths varying popular wind," Mr. Bryan, at his horns ia Flor ida, reaffirmed his dsciaratioa for im mediate ratification by joint action of Bepublieaa aad Dew oe ratio treaty friend in order "to take the issue out of the campaign.'' Th President' demand that tb treaty shall bo accepted exactly as h brought it from Versailles is the finest Scheme of premeditated political Ni sid yet devised," Senator Becd said "Oa such a platform ss ths President dsmsnds, it I my opinion thst we will lose every state north of the Mason aad Dixon lino aad that the solid south will be broken.", Every member ef ths Senate exeept six, Mr. Keed stated, voted for on or mora of tb Lodge reservations de. houneed by th President.' The Presi dent or Democratic Senator who toted for reservatloas will f see repudiation at San Francisco, he added. Senator Johnson id he had con sistently opposed th Lcagu of Nation ia it original form and with th res- ervstioss appended, aad added The league presented to us - was sither a good or a bed thing. If It wa good aa ths President and hi asso ciate insisted, it required neither amendments nor reservations. If It was as bed ss w insisted, neither emendment nor reservation could make it good. "The President has consistently main tained hi position and I ean respect aa adversary of that sort. Thoas for whom I havs ao respect in this contest r th men who wer with th Preal dent when they thought his posltloa wa popular during th discussion last year, and who then demanded the Im. mediate passage of the league without reservation nor amendment and who aowwith th varying popular winds. embrace the to-called Lodge reeerva. tion, which they denounced for so long time. . LANE SAYS AMERICANS IN MEXICO NEED PROTECTION Washingtoa, May 10. Franklin L. Lane, former secretary -of the interior, and George Agnew Chamberlain, former consul general in Mexico, testified today before tho Senate committee investigat ing Mexieaa affairs. Mr. Laae declared that American oil right ia Mexico were as well founded in justice and deserved ss ranch protec tion os if they had been established ia Pennsylvania, or California, -while Mr. Chamberlain declared that the atti tude of ths United States toward Mexico "ha been one of accumulating shame for sevea year.". Mexican commercial1 and official life waa 'mined with graft from the lowest tally clerk to the highest cabinet officer," Mr. Chamberlain eaid, and only a policy ef economic control ef the country by the United State would re-establish stability, - - " . - -. REED AND JOHNSON f (AVAL SECRETARY FLAYS ADMIRAL IN REPLY TO CHARGES Most Serious Charges By Sims Without Foundation and Others Unjustified , MINIMIZED AMERICAN ' EFFORTS IN SPEECHES Head of Nsvy Unsparingly Ar rslgns Admirsl For , ,"Pro British IdioiTncrsciei; Vio lation of Xefulations ; snd Oritioism of His Fellow Offi cer! of Tins Washington, D. C, May 10. Boer. , tary Daniels launched a vigorous eounter-offeaalv against Bear Admiral Sim today when he appeared before th Senate Investigating committe to ans wer charge mad by th officer against the Kavy Department' eonduet of th wr. . He unsparingly arraigned the Ad miral for "pro-British idiocy aeraci," violation of naval regulations and crit icism of th "self-saerificing and suc cessful effort" of hi fellow officer. Be far as he dealt todsy with Admiral Sims' charges that delay by ths depart meat had prolonged the war aaneees aarily, Secretary Daniels - declared th Navy' war record stood "untouched to- . day aad for all tlm regardless of rit' . ieism from withia or without. . i'Th most serious charges mad by Admiral Sims ar without fouadatie and the others ar nnjustlflsa," h eaid. . Covets Foreign Decorations. Sim eo voted foreign decorations aad apparently placed mors vain oa them than ea honor his owa government could bestow, Mr. Daniels declared and la public apeeeke minimized th Unit- , d State part in th war aad gav a maiimnm of credit to the British. Ad miral Sim did aot wholly measure np to zpetations during th war, Mr. Daniel told th committee. Ho enum erated six points in thia respect includ ing charges that ths officer placed too great stress on tbe importance of pro tecting cargo vessels, and had failed to appreciate that th protection of American soldier en route to Franc ws th aavy' paramount mission. Referring to th Sim' charge that delays ea th part of tho Navy Depart ment prolonged the war four month and cost 000,000 lire unnecessarily, Mr. Daniels declared he had talked with . many admiral of th British aavy aad aot en would subscribe to th charge. Admiral Sims' statement that just prior to sailing for London he received the "explicit admonition," "Don't kt . ths British pull th wool ovsr your eye, w would as soon fight them a th Germans," received considerable attention from tho Secretary. If tho , Admiral considered ths word a "ex plicit admonition," he violated three , sections of naval regulations ia making them public, Mr. Daniel declared. , v Bouses All Assorksa. Admirsl Sims' criticism thst Admirsl Benson, former chief of naval opera tions, wa anti-British wa entirely un founded and unjust, th witness a eerted. He said Admiral Benson was "all American." : ' : 4 The testimony ef other officer,' ta possession of first-hand knowledge Sec retary Daniels testified, Should b ac cepted by all opoaminded men a aa absolute refutatioa of practically all of Admiral Sims' charges." Sims, Secretary Daniel told th com mittee, did aot measure up to expecta tions ia various wsys, of which he men tioned ix, a follows: "He lacked vision to see that a great aad sew project to bar the submsrines from their hunting ground should be promptly adopted aad carried oot. ao matter what th cost or how radical tho departure from what ultra-prudent men . regarded as impracticable. . . "He seemed to accept th view of th British Admiralty a euperior to any thlnc thst would com from America and urged these views even when th Navy Department proposed plan that prlvcd mor effective. , ' In .publie speeches and other ways, he rave a maximum of credit to British efforts and minimised what hi eountry was doing. . "He coveted British decoration ana oeemed to Discs a higher value oa honor gives abroad than on honor that could be eon f erred by the American uovern asent. .... . ' . : " "He aspired to become a member of th British admiralty aad wrote com- ' plalningly when th American Govern ment declined to permit him to aceept such a tender by the King of England. ' Pat Preserty Before Men He placed protection of merchant hipping as the. main operation of our forces sbroad, failing to appreciate that the protection of. transport carrying troops to jrrsaee was tbs paramount naval duty until I felt Impelled to enblo . him peremptorily that; such . wa our msia mission." .-' ..' ..-. ; Secretary Daniel testified that bed he known that in October, 1618. Sims 1 had made statements reflecting upon th contributions of the United i States army and navy to winnirig ths war to member of Congress visiting abroad, ' (Ceatlaatd en Page Flees ) s