"Jt
IMBAY CITIZMN i
THE WEATHER;
North Carolina, fair Bandar, colder
near the coast; Monday, fair.
VOL. XXXVI, NO. 82.
ASHEVILLE, N. 0. SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 13, 1920.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
THE
A
f i
SEN. FALL DENIES
IS INTERESTS IN
MEXICO HUE HEAVY
Declares His Holdings There
Are $75i000 of Mining
Stock.
MEXICO OBJECTS TO
PLAN OF COMMITTEE
Opposed to Mexicans Testi
fying In the Senate
Hearings.
SAM AXTOXIO. Tex., Jan. 17.
Mexico's objection to Mexicans testi
fying beforo the senate sub-commit-teo
Investigating Mexican affairs and
a denial by Senator Fall on the stand
that ho had heavy interests in Mexico
were developments today ' in connec
tion with the Fall committee hear
ings hero-.
. Replying to charges by a Texas
newspaper that he had interests In
Mexico that prevent him from being
a. disinterested Investigator, Senator
Fall went on the witness stand and
stated his holdings there are $75,000
of mining stock acquired years ago.
Mexico's objection will result, it is
said, in an Increased number of exe
cutivo sessions. The improbability
that any effort will be made to com
pel any Mexican to testify was made
clear by the committee today, but
Mexicans will bo asked to testify and
in cases where the witnesses fear the
results, such protection as a secret
hearing can afford will be offered.
Most of today's testimony was taken
In executive sessions and at least one
witness was a Mexican.
Mexican secret service' agents have
appeared here in greater numbers
since the hearlngsjuegan and fie (ses
sion has been held at which the Mexi
can government was unrepresented.
although the representative was un
announced and was present merely
ns a spectator. It Is known "that the
; Mexican consul has counseled his na
tionals not to appear before the com
mittee. Dccribo Outrages.
Much of the testimony at the closed
session related to robberies, outrages
and oppressions inflicted upon Amer
icans In Mexico. especially In the
southern part. Those testifying asked
a secret hearing so that they might
' return to their, holdings in Mexico.'
In the open hearings - additional
!"wstlmonjrwar'"'glven regarding the
ha rah--treatment, often reprisals, ac
corded Americans and C. It. Gard
ener, of Hot Springs. Ark., gave de
tail of the working of the "Gran
Liga," a radical railway labor or
ganization organized during the lat
ter part of Diaz's rule which attain
ed greater strength under Carranza.
It was largely to influence of .that
organization that he ascribed the sub
stitution of Mexican railroad men for
Americans. j
Gardener was one of the few Amer- i
leans who continued to work on the
Mexican lines. He told the commit
tee of instances of mounted Zapatistas
overtaking young women, throwing
them upon their horses and riding
Into the hills with them.
He also told of the popularity of
Jack Johnson, ex-heavyweight cham
pion of the United States in Mexico.
Part of the committee's time was
taken In examining witnesses as to
the source of an International News
Service article that originated here
Tout was killed" before publication.
The writer cited uuiuermo Hall as
the one responsible for the state
ments made. Hall is director of the
Mexican trade bureau of the local
chamber of commerce.
Record of Fall.
The articlo questioned said secret
service agents of Mexico were invest!
gating the record of Senator Pall with
the object of ascertaining what bust
ness Interests he has. In Mexico and
the statement that he was said to be
interested In the affairs of the Ter
razas family. I fall denied response
bility for the statements, although t
woman appeared as a witness aaying
lie had so informed her.
The incident of tho recent receipt
by Mexico of arms and ammunition
also was given some attention by the
committee. There was placed before
it contained in a Mexican newspaper
of January 13, that 18 carloads of
arms and ' ammunition had reached
Mexico from Pacific ports where it
was disembarked. ' ' The shipment
came from Japan, the paper added
another that had been contracted for
by Candldo Agullar. was coming. from
Spain. The make-up of the shipment
was given as 800 machine guns, B,
000 mauser rifles and a million car
tridges.
The newspaper quoted anonymous
ly a cabinet member as saying:
"Now, indeed, I believe serious
complications between our country
and the United States are coming, riot
so much because of the Jenkins case
and -the closing of the oil wells, but
because there now are on the way
two ships loaded with cartridges, one
from Japan and thp other from
Spain."
Fall's Denial.
The credited statement waa made,
the paper said, prior to arrival of the
Japanese warship and a munitions
loaded merchant ship at Manzanlllo
tm December 24. When Senator Fall
took the witness stand he denied, he
had ever been the attorney for Luis
Terrazaa or any member of his fam
ily except on one occasion as a friend
ly act he had assisted In securing the
relcaso from Jail of General Ter-
DEPORTED ALIENS START
INLAND FOR 'RED' RUSSIA
HANGO. Finland. Jan. 17 The 249 undesirable alliens
deported from the United States and brought here yesterday
by the United States army transport Buford for trans-shipment
to Russia were taken off the transport this afternoon and march
ed to the special train which will carry them to the Russian fron
tier. The radicals were kept between decks from the time
the Buford docked until they left the vessel.
American marines and Finnish guards were drawn up as
the radicals proceeded from the ship to their train. The
party will be kept completely isolated until thfc frontier is
reached, which probably will be late tomorrow.
DEMOCRATS WILL
All
T
SEEKSUPPOR
T
L DESCHEL
ELECTED DEAD OF
BOOSTS HOOVER.
OP GROUP ELEMENT
FRENCH
Cummings Discusses Plans j Receives 734 Votes of the!
j for Conducting Presiden-
tia Campaign.
9
RACIAL OBJECTIONS
l MAKING MOST NOISE
889 Cast In Presidential
Election.
NEAR BEER IS DOOMED IN
NEW YORK; U.S. OFFICERS
ACTIVE THROUGHOUT LAND
!"We Will Consider Treaty
i As Americans" Demo-
i
cratic Chairman Says.
HEIR TO FORTUNE.
i : 1
Gotham to Be "Dry" as the
Sahara, Supervision
Porter Says.
WHISKEY "MISSING"
EXPORT IS SEIZED
CONSIDERED GOOD
MAN FOR POSITION
President-Elect Acclaimed j
In Parliament When the j
i
Vote Is Announced. !
. if l I. ?
.ri ; 1 j
LETTER SIMS SENT
DANIELS S PLACED
! BEFORE SENATORS
i .
! Arraigns Many Aspects of
the Navy Department's
Conduct of War.
NEW TOHK. Jan. 17. Tho demo
cratic party will conduct ila presi
dential campaign without regard to
group interests. Homer s. Cummings
chairman of the democratic nation
al committee, declared today. Mr
Cummings, who was here to attend
a meeting of the committee on ar
rangements for tho Kan Francisco
convention, made this statement
when asked whether tho party In
tended to undertake any propaganda
to overcome the reported defection
' VERSAILLES, Jan. 17. (Hy tho
Associated Press) Paul Deschanel
was elected president of tho French
republic today by 734 votes of tho
889 members of the national assembly
voting. Ilia majority was tho largest
since tho election of Louis Adolphe
Thiers, tho firwt president after tho
fall df tho empire, who waa chosen
unanimously.
The result was certain since the
tJuuus H. Barnes
, HAU CWlNO
Tho suggestion of Jiilln II.
names, United Htutes wheat di
rector, that Herbert Hoover is a
progressive republican, is being
received with great Interest lu
political circles as Indicating that
Mr. Hoovcr'B friends, of whom
Mn Karnes Is one, are preparing
to put him forward as a candidate,
fur tho republican nomination for
President.
CRITICISES LACK OF
FULL CO-OPERATION"
Statement Made By "A
High Official" la Re
i peated In Hearing.
MAN
AL ENS WILL
peace
Government's Machinery to
Enforce the "Dry" Law
Is Completed.
Miss Helen Frlck, daughter of
the late steelmaster, receives ap
proximately $20,000,000 under
her father's will, making her one
of the wealthiest bachelor girls
In the world.
DECIDE ON POLICY
FOR CONFERENCE!
Live Discussion to Charac-
terize Sessions.;
Continued on Pas Two
COMIC SECTION IS
DATED UP TODAY
Owing to a mix-up in mailing
out the comic sections of The
Citizen, the sections carried thla
morning are dated Jan. 35, instead
of Jan. IS. This will causa the
comic section for next Sunday to
be dated Jan. 18.
This accident waa unavoidable
and The Citizen Is sorry the mix
up occurred.
Of Second Pan-American
Financial Conference at
the Capital.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17. Live dis
cussion among delegates rather than
ponderous addresses will characterize
the second Pan-American financial
conference. ' This decision was made
ac an organization meeting held today
and was regarded by the high officials
of the Pan-American governments
present as a big step toward putting
elnarer into the deliberations. The ob
ject to be sought, it was said, was the
clash of ideas which leads to solution
of problems, instead of Rurely aca
demic presentation of views by
designated speakers.
The meeting ,neia at tne -ciose .or
a luncheon tenaerea tne , guests in
the Pan-American-Union building af
ter they had been presented to Sec
retary Lansing, was Itself more like
a gathering of corporation directors
than a formal diplomatic affair. The
ministers of finance and other om-
ciala delegates from the twenty-one
roDublics of the new world sat in
formally around the big table in the
Columbus room, smoking, jesting, re
newing old friendships, while they
laid the foundation for the sessions
next week will hasten Important bear.
ing on world policy. A spirit of per
sonal good fellowship and Interna
tional co-operation was evident, of
which notice waa taken by Secretary
Glass, the luncheon host. '
1 am sure," sne earn, -welcoming
the' visitors, that your delegation will
not only, strengthen tho ties of senti
ment, : but the bonds or material in
terest between the. republics."
After Mr. Glass was called away
bv official business. Dr. Luis Toledo
Herrarte, . minister of foreign affairs
of Guatemala, presided.
The ministers of finance were eleo
ted honorary presidents of the con
ference and the chairmen of the var
lous delegations were chosen vice-
president.
uiass rresiacnt.
Secretary Glass was elected unani
mously president of the conference
and the following were chosen to pre
side over the general sessions:
Dr. Carlos Manuel Cespedes, mln
ister from Cuba, William G, McAdoo,
former seorelan of the treasury. Dr.
Rlchardo Veclno, minister of finance.
Uruguay,, Dr. Rafael H. Elizalde, min
ister from Ecuador, and General Juan
E. Pared es, chairman of the llondu
ran delegation.
Dr. Fernando Fuchs, minister of
finance, Peru, issued a statement to
night expressing the opinion that the
question of transportation was the
most Important problem before the
conference. This applied, he said, to
internal railway development as well
as the establishment of regular and
adequate steamship lines,- because
ships now are sometimes kept waiting
at ports for weeks to receive cargoes.
Citing what bis country was doing
to develop transportation, Dr. Fuchs
said Peru had set aside tho tax, on
tobacco, ar - government monopoly
amounting to 4,000,000 solas annually,
as security for a loan with which it
lis proposed to build 1. 000 kilometres
of railroad which will complete the
i Peruvian section of the Pan-Am erl-
ican railway syataaa.
I , Tho delegates will visit Mount Ver
non tomorrow. ... ,,. . .
NEW YORK, Jan? 17. Demon rum
died hard in New York today, but he
died, and even his distant relative,
near beer, will be no more In this
state after January 81, according to
an announcement today by Deputy
Excise Commissioner D. Harril Ral
ston. Mr. Ralston asserted that no pro
vision had been made for licensing
alcoholic drinks of any kind after this
month, and that unless the legislature
rushes through a new measure,
sa'oonkeepers who hope to sell near
beer and light wines will have to shut
upi shop.
"The last legislature," said Mr. Ral
ston, passed a measure providing a
liquor license for four months,' in
stead of a year.-which ends on Janu
ary 81. When that ceases there is
no way of licensing the sale of liquor
in the state.
"The state law defines liquor as in
cluding all distilled and rectified
spirits., fermented wine' and malt
deceptions. Without a license there
can be no sales of near beer or any
thing else- which carries the slightest
percentage of alcohol, and tho only
remedy will be for the legislature to
pass a new law embracing the
licensing of these drinks."
"Dry" As Sahara.
Colonel Daniel L. Porter, supervisor
of Internal revenue agents for the
New York district, made It Plain to
day that New York was to be as Vdry"
as the Sahara. He emphasized this
point by "lining up 150 applicants for
appointment as federal agents to run
down liquor.
Having done this, he has 600 cases
of whiskey, which "Just missed" ex
port seized and piled in front of the
custom house. He had 12 warrants
issued in connection with the seizure,
hinting that he thought the' liquor
never intended for a long voyage
overseas and that It was taken from
the bonded warehouses for sale right
nere in the v. H.' A.
But $2,000,000 worth of liquor did
leave this port today. It left on the
freighter Yarmouth for Havana and
the cases were loaded so hastl'y that
the craft put to sea listing to star
board. One tragedy marked the exist of de
mon rum. Despondent because' he
had been deprived of his liquor. Fritz
Kloster committed suicide by inhaling
gas.
of certain Irish and other elements ; caucus yesterday at which M. Des-
cnane) was chosen the candidate of
the senate and chamber of deputies,
comprising all tho various parties.
Tho election took on, besides a holi
day character, tho atmosphere of a
patriotic manifestation.
The feeling among the senators and
deputies was that after tho retire
ment of Premier Clemenceau from
tho contest, to whom the parliament
was disposed to give evidence of the
nation's, gratitude, it was lining that
the new president should come Into
power with a vote that would give
him tho, necessary authority to speak
'mpresulvoly for Franco. The general
sentiment la that while M. Deschanol
has not won tho presidency lv such
outstanding services as those rendorcd
by Premier Clemenceau, ho Is a man
admirably adapted for the position
which requires careful tact, and Is,
above all, a safe man.
The proceedings were formal, giving
little occasion for enthusiasm, when
the vote was announced, however, the
members of parliament on the floor
and tho visitors in the gallery Joined
In a great outburst of acclamation
while former Premier Brian, who is
generally credited with a largd share
in the election of M. Deschanel, de
clared to a group of friends, "Franoo
and the republic continue."
"( :-; Hetnrn to Parte.
Madam o Deschanel and ner ' chll
dron KSessed the demonstration
from the gallery and returned to
Paris with the president-elect la A
motor car.
On the return M. Deschanel was
followed by a long cortege of parlla
mentarians. Tne procession was
watched by thousands along the route
through the park of St. Cloud and the
Bols de Boulogne, who cheered each
car, crying:
"Long live Deschanel!" and 'long
live the republic!"
After balloting Leon Bourgeois,
president of tho national assembly.
announced only the vote for M. Des
chanel, complying with the request
of the others who received votes not
to include them in the minutes. M.
Bourgeois made an address of con
gratulation to tho president-elect,
pledging him the support of France.
He mentioned M. Deschanol's publio
services, particularly during tho war,
and "during at life of admirable up
rightness consecrated, like your
fathers, to the cult of liberty."
In his reply M. Deschanel thanked
tho national assembly for the honor
conferred upon him and promised all
his "devotion and heart" to the per
formance of his duties.
opposed to ratification of the
treaty in its present form
"We are going to consider the
treaty and other Issues as Ameri
cans," asserted Mr. Cummings. "I
am unalterably opposed to consid
ering this question in any other way.
Personalty, I believe; the racial ob
Jectlons"to the jjeace" treaty are more
noise than anyulng else. Those who
are .shouting the loudest haven't
been strong for us anyway."
Mr. Cummings called attention to
the fact that the national commit
tee had endorsed the peace treaty
as submitted by the President and
was standing pat on that issuo. Those,
who believe that tho treaty was In
imical to ' the political aspirations of
the Irish people were in tho wrong,
he said. The treaty and the league
of nations, he declared, would he a
real benefit to all tho small nations
of the world.
Chairman Cummings announced
that so many misstatements had been
made concerning the democratic cam
paign for funds that be would issue
a formal statement within a few
day; replying to them.
Criticlwm libelous.
"I feel that the chairmen of the
respective committees should not en
ter Into a personal controversy," he
said, "hut the .criticism against u;
has . ttecqffie 'almcwt , Hbelou - and f
reel 'com pelted-1 la&Vtf a formal
ply and make t our j HOsltloni clear
The only . business transacted by
the committee on arrangements was
the appointment of six-subcommit
tees to handla various phases of the
convention plans. No other meeting
of the full committee is expected
until about June 1, when both tho
national committee and the arrange
ments committee will assemble in
San Francisco to make the final con
vention plans. The temporary chair
man probably will be named at that
time.
Women were represented . on the
committee of arrangements today for
the first time In the party's history,
according to party leaders. In the per
sons or Mrs. ueorge Bass, or , Chi
cago, chairman of the women's bu
reau of the national committee, and
Miss Mary E. Foy, of Los Angeles.
The committee agreed to provide
hotel rooms free of charge to mem
bers of the national committee and
associate members while at the con
vention but they will be required to
pay ror their meals ana railroad
transportation as in the past It Is
expected that round trip excursion
rates to the convention from New
York and Washington will be about
1135, Including Pullman fares.
fflRNJOTPE
Interpret Raids as Cam
paign of Repression.
WASHINGTON, Jan. !. Invest!
gntion by a senate sub-committee of
awards of naval decorations took a
! new angle today when Rear Admiral
; William S. Sims, the only witness
I heard so far, laid before the commit
! tee a long letter entitled "certain
Huvul losBons of the great war," wrlt-
ten to him by Secretary Daniels, ar
! i-algning many aspects of tho navy
! department's conduct of the war.
I Lack of full co-operation with the
commander of tho American naval
forces overseas, the post filled by.
Admiral Sims throughout the war,
was the general criticism made In tho
I letter. It contained also a statement
I that Just before he left for London,
I Admiral Sims was told "not to let the
British pull the wool over your eyes,"
and that the United States "would as
According to Interracial on fight the British as the or-
Council Plan Educa
tional Program.
III?
COMPLETE MACHINERY.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17. With tho
appointment today of . the ten departs
ment commissioners for urohlbition
enforcement, the government's ma
chinery to be created under the
eighteenth amendment to the consti
tution was" practically completed. A
few state directors have hot been
named, but their duties are being per
formed by Internal revenue officers.
Prohibition Commissioner Kramer's
office had an Inkling in its first day of
operation or tne multiplicity of prob
lems that It will face until the publio
gets acquainted with tha law. Tele
gram and telephone calls poured into
tne-various member of tho enforce
ment staff, and there were almost as
many different subjects to be dls
cussed as there were messages.
Officials believed when Secretary
Glass approved the final draft of the
enforcement regulations that they
could meet any controversy with a
dennlte answer through those rulinas.
But It waa admitted freely that the
first day of prohibition under the na
tion's basic laws had proved there
still wore technicalities to ba Inter
preted.
FIRST ARREST MADE.
CHICAGO. Jan. 17. First arrests
in Chicago since constitutional oro-
hlbition went Into effect were made
today when deputies under tha direc
tion of Major A. V. Dalryraple, bead
of the central west prohibition forces,
raided a saloon. One hundred gal
lons of whiskey and brandy were con
fiscated and the proprietor and a bar
tender held. .
BAJf RETAIL TRADE.
CHICAGO, Jan, 17. Manufacturers
of wood alcohol agreed not to supply
the product to the retail trade In the
future, R J. Pfeffer, western manager
of the United States Industrial Alco
hol company, told the city council
commutes av health today. He ap
peared Derore tne eotamit' in con
nection with a proposed ordinance t:
license and regulate sale of wood and
denatured alcohoL
Only wholesalers and manufacturers
who use wood alcohol In their busi
nesses would be supplied. Mr.. Pfeffer
amid. Denatured alcohol will be nut
IS CHARGED WITH
MURDER OF WIFE
URGES RETENTION OF
ANTI-STRIKE CLAUSE
WASHINGTON, Jan. IT Retention
of anti-strike provisions In the rail
road bill, now in conference, .was
urged In the house today by Repre
senatlve McArthur, republican, Ore
gon, who declared there had never
been a strike " that could not have
been settled hy men reasoning to
gether." 5'We are face to face with the
rtithless demands of organized labor ! ally by her husband. The latter
whose lobbyist and .henchmen swarm
the capltot in their efforts to secure
special privileges and special immuni
ties," he declared. "They are not
only opposing tho measure now in
conference but they are clamoring for
two more years of government opera
tion of the railroads at the expense
of the traveling public, tha shippers
and the country generally,' and for the
special benefit of tho railroad employes."
NEW YORK, Jan. 17. Raids and
deportations have so unsettled the
foreign-born population that hun
dreds employed In the basic Industries
are preparing to leave the United
States, according to inter-racial coun
cil, which tonight announced launch
ing of a campaign to make aliens bet'
ter understood and to Ufa them from
tho status of mere cogs In a machine
to tho status of human beings."
Tho council of which Coleman du
Pont Is chairman and which Includes
In Its ranks " more than 400 leading
4 financial and Industrial organisation
representatives of nearly all tho races
In America purposes in its campaign,
according to Its statement, to accom-
Dlish the following objects:
To offset bolshevlst. . propaganda
among tha roreign-born , through
nation-wide educational activities,
To promote better relations among
the races in America by presenting
the side of the foreign-born and
"translating America to them In terms
which they will unaerstana."
To end unrest among the foreign
born In Industry.
The recent raids and the aepor-
tatlo nof aliens who have urged the
destruction of government by force
are being interpreted by many of the
foreign-born as a campaign of re
pression against the foreign-born In
general," said a statement Issued by
the council.
Hundreds of these forolgn-born
employed in basic industries, are
throwing down their tools preparatory
to leaving this country. This condi
tion not only Is increasing the rest
Icssness of foreign-born In practically
ail the factories, plants and mines,
but It Is tending further -to decrease
the prediction which already has
dwindled as an aftermath of the war.
'Tho averago annual emigration for
the four years before the war was
594,800. According-to United States
immigration authorities 1,176,000
forolgn-born will leavo America."
ACTION TO TEST "DRY" LAW.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 17. Action
to , test tho national constitutional
prohibition amendment was started
today with the pre-arranged arrest of
J. J. Dillon by deputies of Frank M.
Sllva. director of prohibition enforce
ment In California,
DUNN, N. C. Jan. 17 Nash Bryant,
prominent farmer of Barnett county,
was jailed today on a warrent charg
ing him with the killing of his wife
'ast Monday night. The body of Mrs.
Bryant will bo exhumed Monday for
examination.
Mrs. Byrant was killed by a pistol
shot, which the coroner's Jury said
after the shooting, was fired accldent-
rlulmed he asked his wife for his pis
tol and that as ho grasped It from
her hand, tho barrel toward her. tho
gun was discharged.
Members of Mrs. Bryant's family,
dissatisfied with the result of the cor
oner's Jury, undertook an independent
investigation and the result of
Bryant's arrest today followed.
gTT.T.F.n IN ACCIDENT.
HOGANSVILLE, Oa., Jan 17. An
automobile that stalled on a railroad
track near here today was struck by a
fast Atlanta-New Orleans train on tho
Atlanta and West Point railroad. John
Blankenshlp received injuries from
which he died in an hour. Marvin
Craven and Grady Abel were hurled
from the car but escaped serious In-
Jury.
DEBATE IN nOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17. Despite
the fact that anti-sedition legislation
is held up in the house rules commit
tee, the subject came up on the floor
today when Representative. Huddles
ton, democrat, Alabama, charged that
agitation for such legislation had
'originated with big financial Inter
ests centering- in New York city" and
Insisted that present laws wcro ade
quate.
Representative Blanton, democrat,
Texas, in answer, asserted that oppo
sition of organised labor had blocked
tho road of anti-sedition measures In
the committee, adding that recently
"suggestions of revolution" had been "
vo 'I, unl" ,ab,' meetlr,?8'.I The letter charged that not only un-
"It is time for all this revolutionary Lj, July 19Ur aId he navy department
to top, he said. outline a policy naval co-operation.
,with the allies. 7 -
DISORDERS IN LISBON. f -As usual In such cases," ontln-
uea, tne puuey wh Hiuijiuiiij
BADAJOSB, Spain, Frjday, Jan. 16.
Serious disturbances occurred at
Lisbon during last night as a result
of the resignation of the cabinet, ac
cording to stories reaching here. Re
publican guards patrolled tha streets
and machine guns were used to scat
ter the crowds, which at times be
came threatening. -
mans.
Who Issued these Instructions ws
not brought out during tho hearing,
but Admiral ,81ms said afterward tho
statement had been mado to him., by
"a high official."
Introduction of the letter prompted
Chairman Hale, republican, Maine, to
announce that he would ask tho full
naval committee Monday to authorize
his Sub-committee to Invlstlgato .; tho
conduct of tho war by tho navy do-,
partment. . t '
Referred to Board. , ' , '
In a statement relative to Admiral
Sims' letter, Secretary Daniels said ho
had referred it to the general board
"with directions to give consideration, .
to it and to all other communications
directed to the department concerning .
the lessons of tho war." . t
The letter declare It Important as
a guide In future wars that lust es
timate be made ot the errors of poUny
tactics, strategy ajtd,,,admlnt8traUon
tha were committed by our navy" and
adds that it la for that purpose that .
"the most serious of these occurancet"
cital of . the pmoer'o assignment to '
notice" lata In March, 117, and this .
statement regarding his Instructions:
Brief orders were delivered to me ,
verbally in Washington. No formal
Instructions or statement of tho navy
department's plans or policy were re
ceived at that time, though I received
the explicit admonition: 'Don't let the
British pull tho wool over your eyes.
It Is none of our business pulling their
chestnuts out of the fire. We would
as soon fight the British as the. Ger
mans.' " ' .
As soon as he arrived In London,
Admiral Sims said, he realised that
the navy department did not compre
hend the seriousness of tho submarine
menace, due to the Insufficient scope
of the. American - Intelligence service.
7 Serious Situation ;,
A review of the cables sent to the
navy department in April, 11T," the
letter said, "shows that the situatlou
was very serious and that the enemy
was rapidly winning the war by the
destruction of merchant shipping.
Throughout the following year numer
ous cables and letters of the most ur-
rent Doaalble character were eent with.
the object of Impressing on the depart
ment the vital necessity or our max
imum effort being exerted. In Euro
Dean waters with the least possible
delay, but without producing the de
sired result"
AMU I m V r ueuariuniu dw
edly told, the letter said, that it won
a matter of simple arithmetical cal-,
culatlon to determine tho allies must
ose the war if tho rate of snip losa
continued.
For some. reason, which haa never .
been exDlanied." Admiral 81ms said.
the navy department, during at lease
the first six months of tho war, failed
to put into actual practice a whole
hearted policy of co-operation with,
the allies a policy required for win
ning tho war with the least possible
RED FORGES CONTROL IRKUTSK;
RETIRE ON LITHUANIAN FRONT
Continues1 ea
Two
PEKING, Thursday, Jan. IS. (By
the . Associated Press.) An undated
dispatch from Verkhnie-Udinsk, across
Lake Baikal from Irkutsk, says the
the social revolutionaries are com
pletely in control of Irkutsk and the
fighting haa stopped. The armored
trains of General Semeneff have re
tired to Lake Baikal. Ernest L. Har
ris, the American, consul general at
the Meat of the alt-Russian govern
ment Is on the way to Chita.' four
hundred miles east ot Irkutsk, with
his staff.
. i . -
FIGHTING PROCEEDING.
lX)NDON, Jan. 17. Fighting is pro
ceeding in the streets of Irkutsk, says
a (Moscow wireless report; received
REDS DEMORALIZED.
WARSAW. Jan. 17. Bolshevik
forces on the Lithuanian and Ruthen
lan front have been beaten and de
moralized and are retreatlrg east of
Dvlnsk. according to an official state
ment lued at general staff headquar
ters." The reds are reported to be
dmitroviiiff railroad stations and
bridges to prevent pursuit by Lettish
and Polish units.
Tho Lettish and Polish front now
runs along tho shore of Prell Lake
and thence to Csereg, the report
says. Strong attacks by the bolshevikl
east of Lepel have been repulsed with
heavy losses, and prisoners have been
tukon by the Polish.
'RKMOVAIt of blockade.
WASHINGTON, Jan. lit Removal
of the slocked & soviet Russia, has
knocked, one of their "greatest props"
from under the bolshevik, Herbert
Hoover said In a statement here to
night. Speaking from his knowledge
of world conditions, the former di
rector of European relief, said the
soviet had laid every failure of social-
sound, but it was not carried out or
waa not understood by the department
is shown by the fact that for ten
months after its receipt I was urgent
ly recommending an increase of forces
still trying to convince tho depart
ment that the war was in the eastern
Atlantic, that the United States naval
fronf was off tho European ooast
and not off the United States coast."
"Common Temptation"
Recapitulating his. criticisms, Ad
miral 81ms In his letter said "Admlr-
al Mahan had described interference
with tho commander in the nolo or
afloat as 'one of the most common
temptations to the government"
"The1 navy department," he added,,
"did not resist this temptation and its .
frequent violation of this principle waa "
the most dangerous error committed
during the war."
Secretary Daniels made publio today
without comment, a general order Is
sued December 29, last, calling upon
all persons in the naval service to
submit "suggestions nd recommenda
tions tor Improving tho methods used
by the navy in the prosecution- of
turn on IhA h'oekAd land iimI If an m
stimulus for raising ajmles. on the i operations and in tho supply of men
ground that the Russians were fight- and material."
ing t o save themselves from starva- There are 89 - specific points on
tlon. which recommendations were asked.
With the blockade removed In , to be submitted to tne secretaryy De-
fore April 1 of this year, ana iNo. is
large part. Mr. Hoover said tha "bol
shevik tyranny" will face collapse
whan it falls to relieve suffering.
Mr. Hoover thought Russia bad no
commodities, wheat, flax or cotton,
for xprt, ainrft starvation i acute
in U larger cities, . and the people
almost in rags. The peasants were
said to bare sufficient foo
follows:
"Co-operation of the navy depart
ment with the allies,-in connection
both with the operation ot the naval
forc-s and with material matters."
Admiral Sims letter was dated January-
7, after the issuance ot Hue
tetter. .
' I ...