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VOL. XXII. NO. 38.
DUELS DENIES THE
MORALEOFNAVYWJS
"SHOT TO PIECES"
Tells "Committee Admiral’s
Views Probably Influenced
by His Having Seen Most
ly Shore Duty
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Persona.’
differences developing between Rear
Adipiral William S. Sims and Ad
miral Henry B. Wilson, former com
mander of American naval forces
off the French coast, were followed
by the omission of Admiral Wilson’s
name from the list of officers recom
mended for medals by Admiral Sims,
the senate committee investigating
naval decorations was tohrthis week
by Secretary Daniels.
'■•While Admiral Sims recommend
ed young officers who served well in
minor posts lor distinguished serv
ice medals, and every other flag of
ficer under his command for the
same honor,” said Mr. Daniels, "he
omitted that distinguished admiral
who commanded all American naval
forces off the French coast, Rear
Admiral Wilson, now commander-in
chief of the Atlantic fleet
"When the history of the war is
written Admiral Wilson’s service will
stand as high as that of Sims, Mayo,
Benson or Rodman."
When it was decided^ to appoint!
Admiral Wilson commander-in-chief i
of the Atlantic fleet, Secretary j
Daniels said. Admiral Sims wrote a j
letter of protest. Characterizing the j
contemplated appointment as a
“very grave mistake indeed,” the
letter called Secretary Daniels' at
tention to the “trouble Admiral Wil
son gave me in the discharge of my |
duties.”
Daniels Reads Reports
"I attempted to correct it by per
sonal letters.” Admiral Sims' letter
said. “Admiral Wilson criticized not
only this organization, but me per
sonally, including that most de
structive of all criticisms, the im
pugning of motives.”
Secretary Daniels appeared before
the committee to answer criticisms
of Admiral Sims and other officers
of the manner in which naval decora
tions were awarded. Referring to
Sims’ criticisms that his recommen
dations of 1 a distinguished service I
medal for Commander J. C. Babcock, j
his chief of staff and his "every
thing," had not been followed. Sec
retary Daniels said:
"If I had thought Commander |
Babcock the ‘everything’ of the navy I
across the sea, I certainly would j
have sent him to renresent the r.avyl
instead of Admiral Sims. I do not ,
believe in having two supermen to I
do a one-man job."
Defends Righting Record
Referring to the record of Admiral ;
Sims’ testimony before the subcom- ■
mittee. Secretary Daniels said:
“Admiral Sims "ays our nav*y was j
not in this war in a fighting sense. ;
We were acting as motor lorries be- ;
hind the army except that we were j
on the water. There was no fighting
on the sea.
Secretary Daniels said a document
issued from Admiral Sims’ own head
quarters in London, entitled ‘‘A Sum
mary of Activities of U. S. Naval
Forces Operating in European
Waters,” contained accounts of over
256 attacks by United States naval
vessels. He added that the records
of the armed guard section contained
accounts of 227 encounters betweeni
American merchantmen and G.rmhn j
submarines. In 139 cases the attacks
were successfully combated.
Referring to Admiral Sims’ state
ment that he had not recommended
any enlisted men for medals because
“we had nothing to give them,” the
secretary called the committee's at
tention to the act creating the
awards which he said made no dis
tinction between an admiral, captain
and enlisted man.
“It is the service he renders, the
service in peril, and not his rank
that counts,” he added. ’‘There are.
occasions when a ship, is threatened
with destruction and when' for the
moment, its safety and protection
depends on an enlisted man and he is
then in a ‘position of great responsi- |
bility,.’ and s is he performs his duties j
at that moment with courage and |
devotion, he is fully entitled to the j
recognition of'his conduct by the dis- I
tingtiished service medal."
Morale Not Gone
Referring to the bestowal of that I
medal on Admiral Benson, because j
of his services as chief of naval op- '
erations, Mr. Daniels declared he
would give the same medal “that
goes to that great and distinguish
ed officer to the humblest sailor lad,
who,' when placed in a position of
great responsibility in a tipie that
tested the stuff of which a man is
made, met the demands of those du
ties and placed his life in j’eopardy
in order that his ship and the lives
of others might be preserved.”
With that in mind, he ordered fur
ther study of navy records when he
found that only 119 enlisted men of
the 500,000 in the navy during the
war .had been recommended for any ;
high he explained. As the |
result of this .study as yet uncom- {
plete he said thirteen additional en- |
listed men were awarded the dis- I
tinguished service medal and sixty- i
eight more men were put on the list I
for navy crosses.
Emphatic denial was made by the j
secretary of Admiral Sims’ state- i
ment that the policy followed in
awarding medals had “shot to
pieces” the navy/s morale.
“It is an insult to the splendid
men of the navy to say that the mor
ale of the service could be serious
ly impaired by any question of
awards to individuals,” the secretary
said on that point. "They are made
of sterner stuff than to be rattled by
a matter so unimportant in compari
son with their devotion to their du- ]
ties. Their loyalty is in no sense |
dependent upon medals.”
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KEEP TREATY ODT OF
0. 0. P. PLATFORM.
WARNS WILL HAYS
Has Been Assured Pact Will
. Be Out of Way Long Be
fore Time for the Con
vention
WASHINGTON. Feb. s.—Will H.
I Hays has issued “confidential in
structions" to members of the Re
publican committee on platform
and policies to keep hands off the
treaty in making suggestions for
I the Republican platform. His In
i structions said that Republican sen
ators would supply any necessary
information on foreign affairs to the
resolutions committee to be ap
pointed by the Republican National
convention.
The Republican chairman's em
phasis of this point in his talk with
I congressional members of the spe
cfal committee was taken today as
further evidence of his desire to
keep the treaty out of the campaign.
He has been assured by leading Re
publican senators who agree with
him on this point that the treaty
will be disposed of long before con
vention time.
One reason so much effort is being
expended on getting the treaty rat
; ified and disposed of so far as the
senate is concerned before campaign
j time, senators said, is that such ac
tion will lessen the importance tn
! the party of Senator Hiram John
son, a bitter foe of the treaty and
an aspirant for the nomination for
president.
Senators Johnson. Borah and the
• other “irreconcilables” now are a
i force to be reckoned with, as Sena-
I tor Lodge, the Republican leader,
I learned recently, senators pointed
out. But with ratification accom
plished, Senator Johnson would be
without an issue except withdrawal
from the league, it is stated, and
this issue would not get him any
where in the belief of astute Repub
lican politicians. It is regarded as
highly important for the solidarity
of the party to keep Johnson from
becoming too powerful.
Senator Johnson, back today from
a stumping trip in Missouri, defi
i nitely announced that he will call
' up his amendment to equalize the
i votes of the United States with
votes of the British empire. He said
I he believes Viscount Grey's letter
j has wiped out opposition to the
i amendment.
BRfTFSHPRESS
‘ COMMENT ON
COTTON IMPORTS
LONDON. Feb. s.—The “stoppage
i of cotton imports is one of the first
j ana most telling effects of the ex-
I change situation,” between Great
I Britain and the United Statps, the
,> Star declared today.
While no official ban has been
placed on cotton imports from Amer
ica. newspapers pointed out that
British manufacturers can improve
their situation only by refusing to
buy until the value of the pound be
comes more nearly normal in New
York.
British cotton buyers are being
forced automatically by the exchange
slump to stop the’r imports from
' America, the Manchester Guardian,
i in the heart of the British cotton
manufacturing area, asserted.
As a result of yesterday’s sensa
tional slump in the value of the
pound sterling in New York the
movement to refrain from buying i
American made goods today reach- I
ed such proportions it caused grave :
concern among representatives of j
American business houses here. Brit
ish financial authorities pointed out
that hte government has for its only
object the relieving of the sterling
exchange situation.
One after another. newspapers
have joined the campaign, urging the
people not to buy anything made in
the United States except absolute
necessities. The latest adherent to
I the cause was the Evening News, one
■of Lord Northcliff e’s newspapers.
“Today’s drop in exchange puts an
I effective and definite halt to any
I ideas of importing cotton under ex-
I isting conditions.” the
■ Guardian said.
f Manchester manufacturers of cot-
1 ton goods, the newspaper asserted,
I even have started shipping cotton
back to the United States, selling it
for dollars and making more profit,
owing to the decrease in exchange
since they bought the cotton. than
they would have by manufacturing
the cotton into cloth in British mfrlls.
“There is sufficient cotton in
Great Britain to keep our mills busy
for nine or ten weeks.” the Stai’ said,
adding that shipments now were on
the seas en route to English manu
facturers.
DEFENDANT DT.
NEWBERRY CASE ;
CALLED TO STAND
_____
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.. Feb. 5. —
i Allen K. Moore, first of the indicted
' men to testify, was called to the
I stand by the government when the
Newberry elections conspiracy trial
was resumed in federal court today.
Moore pleaded guilty at first to four
of the six counts and not guilty as
to the others. He changed this to
“nolo contendere” on January 26.
Moore’s home is in Grand Rapids,
and his appearance on the stand
caused defense attorneys to call
Charles Floyd, who had charge of
the local Newberry headquarters, to
' the counsel table.
Objections to the testimony came
thick and fast, but Judge Sessions
allowed the testimony to go in.
Moore told of a trip to Detroit with
Floyd, at which time Paul King ask
ed him to visit the upper peninsula
and sound out certain individuals on
the Newberry candidacy. Moore said
B. Frank Emory, at King's order,
gave him SIOO for expenses, and he
received a check for that amount.
moore said he made daily reports
by mail, and after ten days returned
to Grand Rapids. He said King's sec-*
retary called him on the long-distance
■ •>„] arranged another trip
to the north in company with King.
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ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1920.
NATION-WIDE PLAN
TO CUT HIGH COST
OF LIVING OUTLINED
Government Campaign Is
Indorsed at Meeting of
Women’s Organizations of
State Held Thursday
The immense proportions of the
government’s country-wide cam
paign against the high cost of liv
ing, and its plan to bring together
■ all the people of the United States in
an effort to direct the course of
after-war reconstruction, were made
public at a meeting of fair price
and government officials Wednesday
night and at a mass meeting of
Georgia women Thursday morning
at 11 o’clock. Both meetings were
held at the chamber of commerce
and resulted ifi hearty indorsement
of the campaign.
Government representatives, for
the’first x tirne, inaae oTilcial declara
tions tjialt the United States faces
an economical crisis beyond govern
mental control, and appealed to the
patriotism of the people as the one
power jjvhich can avert an economi
i cal digester. which, they quite
j 'ftanklyt admitted, is impending. Pa
triotic attention to the economic sit
uation and a. unity of purpose in
combating it was declared to be as
important now as during the war.
Plan Xs Outlined
The government plan, as outlined,
contemplates the bringing together
of all consumers in a campaign
sensible and thrifty purchasing and
methods of living’.
Public opinion will be molded, it
was stated, so that the public will
create its own demand and »set its
own style, instead of having false
demands and. styles foisted upon
them by manufactures and commer
cial associations, as was charged by
department of justice officials.
It is planned ’to give publicity to
the prices charged by various mer
chants and to issue lists of those
merchants who are dealing fairly
with the public. Prosecution, it was
stated, will be the last resort, but
will be carried through to the finish
if begun.
Campaign Is Indorsed
Th6 campaign plans of the gov-
I ernment were outlined by Mrs. Ogden
I Wade, of the department of justice.
I at the meeting of representatives of
j Georgia wo m e n’s organizations
Thursday morning. Resolutions in
dorsing the campaign and urging the
organization of thrift clubs in all
communities for the execution of the
plans were unanimously adopted by
the hundred w more women attend
ing the meetings
Resolutions were adopted also in<-
dorsing the work of county fair price
committees, and a rising vote of
thanks was given’ John A. Manget.
state fair price commissioner, for
his work in this capacity.
The first real step to be taken fo*-
the organization women in Geor
gia will be in the appointment of a
women’s state fair price commission
who will be named from Washing
ton. The plan of organization will
be placed in the hands of the com
missioner, who will name sub-com
mittees in all communities to carry
on the ’•campaign.
Mrs. Og'den Wade, in addressing
the meeting Thursday morning, de
clared that the United States was
now facing a very grave situation.
She said:
“We are facing an emergency of
peace which, is perhaps more dan
gerous thaai the emergency of war.
There has grown out of the war a
great class —not a. few —ot men who
are taking advantage of conditions.
As the result of this there h as
spread over the country a feeling of
resentment. This is good, for emotion
is the creator of all things. This
j emotion if we take, it in time may
i be used to ar advantage, but if it
I is allowed to run riot it will have
I dangerous results."
“Buy Now" Attack
I Mrs. Wade charged the big manu
i facturers with spreading a propa
i ganda looking to the continued in
crease of prices. She attacked., the
“Buy Now’ campaign, which she al
leged was causing people to make
purchases vi'hich they did not need
and brought about hoarding. Many
* manufacturers, Mrs. Wade charged,
i were expert psychologists, who prey
upon the weaknesses of the Ameri-
) can woman. Mrs. Wade’s address
: won hearty appljuse from her audi
j ence.
i Many prominent women from all
, parts of Georgia were present
f Thursday. Mrs. J. E. Hays, of Mon
i tezuma, president of the Georgia
i Federation of Women’s Clubs, pre
i sided and .. made a short address.
Among others speaking were Mrs.
Irving Thomas, president of the At
lanta Woman’s club; Mrs. A. P.
Coles, president of the Atlanta Fed
eration of Women's Clubs', Mrs. .1.
E. Andrews, president of the Atlan
ta Parent-Teacher association, and
Mrs'. Samur 1 Lumpkin, director of
the thrift campaign in the south
eastern states.
The opening meeting of the gov
ernment's campaign on Wednesday
night was attended by department
of justice officials and fair price
commissioners from the principal cit
ies of Georgia. John A. Manget,
state fair price -ommissioner, pre
sided.
Up to the Public
Every .speaker at the meeting
agreed on the point that the cam
paign against the high cost of liv
ing must be waged through the
united effort of the'public, and that
j.he government can do nothing more
than guide the campaign.
“Organized society must regulate
the situation," said Mayor James L.
Key, who welcomed the officials to
Atlanta. “It cannot be left to the
cupidity and selfishness of some
who may attempt to profit from the
present industrial chaps.”
Marion , Jackson, assistant. fair
price commissioner for Georgia,
urged the necessity of studying the
situation from all angles.
“We cannot attack the retailer
and fore.e him to fix a price and I
then believe we have accomplished
something,” he said. “We must go
back of the situation. Back to the
cost of labor, and rent and electric
power and all costs which influence
the retail prices. We must see that
every one gets a fair return for his
investment and bring the law of
supply and demand back into oper
ation. fgatfit is not this lav/, but in
flation, Uiat has governed durisg
the last three years.”
Scents a < <»py.
$1.25 A YEAR.
GERMANY TO REFUSE
TO SURRENDER IB
GUILTY TIE ALLIES
Noske Declares People
Would Not Permit Their
Deportation List of
[ Major Crimes Charged
BERLIN, Feb. s.—At the conclu
sion of tonight’s cabinet session, a
member of the government inform
ed the correspondent of the Asso
ciated Press that the ministers
were unanimous, in declaring sur
render of tne men demanded by the
allies in the unofficial list or any
other received here was an utter
physical impossibility.
The list of accused Germans,
whose surrender for trial by allied
tribunals is demanded, began arriv
ing here yesterday.
The former crown prince. Field
Marshal von Hindenburg, General
Erich Ludendorff, General von Falk
enhyn, Admiral von Tirpitz, Dr,
Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg.
and former Foreign Minister Zim
merman, were among those whqsa
surrender is demanded.
The list of names began arriving
in Berlin at 11 a. m.
“The German people will not bear
this new shame." the Lokal Anzelg
er said today, protesting violenji/.
against the allied insistence for de
livery of German war guilty,
provided in the peace treaty.
The newspaper, in an editorial sajd
it “was convinced the German peo
iple will gather the last remainders
of their strength to resist to tha'
utmost.” . '
The allied demand, the Lokal
Anzeiger added, involves “not tha
fate of a single group of individuals
but the fate of the nation.” “This
question,” the newspaper said, “is
to decide whether the peace treaty
may be changed to enable us to Mvaj
morally and materially.”
The Tageblatt says the list of per
sons demanded by the allies from'
.Germany surpasses anything which
even the greatest’ pessimists had
considered possible.
“One now realizes,” it adds “what
tremendous stupidity it was to of
fer to sign a peace treaty the terms
of which were impossible to ex
ecute.”
“Everybody must be aware that
the crisis is beginning today,” the
Taglischerundse’.iau asserted, adding
it “hoped thousands of Von Lersners
could be found in Germany.”
Vorwaerts, under a headline "Ger
many Cannot Deliver,” expressed
hope that “calmness would get the
upper hand in the entente nations.’’
Some of Those Demanded
Following ‘is "the list of the per
sons demanded for extradition fra'W
the German government:
Karl Aegidi, Duke Albrecht. of»
Wurteemberg, Submarine Command
er Arnolds de la Perere, General
Count Sixt von Arnim. General Otto
von Below, Count Johann von Bern
storff, former ambassador to the
United States.
Dr. Von Bethman Hollweg. former
imperial chancellor. General Von
Boesler, Count Bismarck, General
Von Boehm, General Von Boethner,
Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria,
the Duke of Mecklenburg.
General Von Bredow, Bronsart von
Schelleirdorf, General Otto von Bjte
low, Admiral Von Capelie, General
Groener,. General Von Daimllng.
Enver Pasha, Prinbe Ernst of Sax
ony, General Falkenhausen, General
Falkeithayn. Prince Frederick of
Prussia, General Von Gallwitz, Al
fred von Glasenapp, Otto von Gott
berg, General Von Gravenitz, General
Count Haesder . . . Hammerstejn.
Dr. Haniel von Haimhausen, tha
Grand Duke of Hesse.
Field Marshal Von Hindenburg, ’•
whose extradition is demanded by>
France and Belgium; Pripce August'
of Hohenzollern, Prince Eitel Fried-,
rich of Hohenzollern. the Crown
Prince of Germany, Prince Oscar’ of.
Hohenzollern.
General Von Hutier, Ismael Hakki;
Pasha. General Von Kluck, General:
Von Linsingen. General Ludendorff/;
Field Marshal Von Mackensen.
General Maltzahn. General Baron
Kurt von Manteuffel, General Von
Der Marwitz . . Von Moltke, Yon
Montgclas. Robert Morath.
. . . Von Chei (?) . . . Voh Dec
Planitz ... Vo Plett/nberg.
eral Von Quast, Prince 'Ratibor: -
Admiral Scheer . . .Von Der
Schulenburg, Count Schwerin, Talaat
Pasha, Admiral Von Tirpitz, General
Von Trother. T
Submarine Commander Valentiner,
Count Waldersee . . . Warburg,.
Prince Wittgenstein, Count Vitztuin
. . . Von Eckstedt.
Alfred Zimmerman, former secre
tary of foreign affairs.
Some of Charges
The accusation against Crown
Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria is tha
deportations from the Lille district:
the Duke of Wurttemberg Is charged
with the massacres at Narnur; Field
Marshal Von Kluck with the assas
sination of hostages at Senlis and
the massacre of civilians at Aer
schot; Frield Marshal Von MaOKcn
sen. with thefts and pillages in Ru
mania; Baron Von Der Lancken, With
the murders of Captain Charles Rry
att. the British sea captain executed
by the Germans, and Miss Edith
Cavell. the English nurse, who Was
executed on the charge of aiding pris
oners to escape: Admiral Von Ca
pelie. with the submarine outrages:
Field Marshal Liman von Sanders,
with massacres of Armenians ami
Syrians; General Stenger, with is
suing orders to take no prisoners;
the Niemeyer brothers, with cruelties
to prisoners at Holzminden camp:
Maor Von Goertz, with cruelties at
the Madgebourg canip; Lieutenant
Rodiger, with cruelties at the lluhie
baum camp; General Von Cassel, wtt-h
cruelties at tht? ’-"oberitz camp: Gen
eral Ven Manteuffel, with the sack
of Louvain; Lieutenant Werner, Cap
tain Valentine and Captain Forstnar,
with submarine outrages; General
Von Tesma, with the execution of
112 civilians at Allon; General Vo«
Ostrawsky, with the pillage of Dynz£
and the execution of 103 civilians,
and Major Von Buelow, with destruCr
tion and murders at Aerschotj,
Naval Award Probe to
Be Resumed Saturday
WASHINGTON, Feb. s.—Chair
man Hale, of the senate committee
investigating naval aw'ards. an
nounced that the hearings will uot
be resumed until Saturday.
tary Daniels will resume his state
ment at that time.
