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Il has been almost like dragging curks
from bottles 10 get Information from on
GERS Of the navy On which legislation can
be based. sale Mr. Rrit;en in referring
to the work OF the House committee OF
which he H. a member. When lnforma-
ton has been sa!ncd Ii a sometimes led
To- unpleasant results. ne said, as when
Admiral stanford. already assigned 10
take charge 81 the Mare Island Navy
Na.d where hig ships are to he con-
structeh was ordered after testifvins to
"porh' conditions in some Of the Yards
20 go to Philadelphia, q repair yard.
isn't that q dis.raC. ~. state Of ar
fairs asked Mr.. Erittcu.
Admiral Fskc had told him tina; he
could not even dine with him To- discuss
preparedness and tho appropriation hill
hccausc he had been ordered by Sec,n-
tarN Daniels not 90 talk with members
Of Congress on the subject. and cant.
Bristol, head ~ tho aviation CORPS of
the navy. had been most reluctant to- tes-
t'fy as TO the cutting Of his appropria-
ton recommendations fpr this branch o.
tn" service. Instead of $4,000, 600, he
got So 00. 600.
The president ~ the one hand. citing
emergency. W" need tho creates, nayy
i'm IN" world and his lieutenant slash
ing appropriations, providing no cmer-
Gency matters. asking for no emergency
appropriations. How are you going 10
take the preparations Are they sin
c"lc' Drew your own conclusions.
I'll. speaker concluded with a pie, 70,
u council 10Y national defence, bills to
provide FOR such a ,punci, having been
suppressed, he said. by the Adminlstra-
ton. 1T is IN" most vital issue before
TN, ieOulp tp-dJN. 10 SAID
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l. was this condition which caused Ad-
'rltal Ftske. whom he rated as the great
est naval strat.gist In the country. to
ieaV" the department. In ships and men
the navy Is falling far behind the stand
s"t for II several years ago. he
sad. and there is nothing n the 'ecu,n-
mendatiors OF Nj. Daniels TO bring il
mp to efficiency.
AS yet thu Navy Department is an
administrative body with no body Of
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-23

WASH INuToN. Feb. GA bitter fiEht
against the f%ederaiised militia plan
evolved by Chairman Hay and agreed
to in general terms by the House Mil.
tary Affairs Committee was fore
Swallowed to-day In a statement issued
by Representative Gardner Of Massa.
chusetts.
Mr.. Gardner, who may be taken 10
represent In some measure the movement
for adequate national, defence. displayed
his opposition TO the programme Of the
| House committee in two ways. lie Is
sued n stat ement ridiculing the proposal
I, make national security dependent on
an army composed Of militiamen and In
! dicatcd what from his point Of view
i should be lone by introducing the bill
which provides for a regular army OF
PSI. 900 men.
The measure, which MIR. Gardner In
, troduced to-day rs a substitute for the
Hay bill. was drafted by fhe Army War
! College and submitted TO Secretary Gar
rison. who rejected IL. In January the
bill was revised.
still Il did not meet with the approval
Of the Secretary OF War. who iAd fixed
upon the continental army plan. The
measure is framed with the idea of pro-
viding as a first line OF defence to stop
ar invasion a force composed exclusively
Of regulars and reserve regulars, making
an army OF 100000 trained men.
Nr. Gardeners Comment.
Commenting on the Hay plan and the
war College bill, Mr.. Gardner said
According TO the newspaper reports.
Chairman Hay has formulated a new
army plan satisfactory to the Com
mittee on Military AYairs-at all events,
70 the Democratic part of that COM
, mittee possibly to the whole committee.
"On thai committee are several men
who are we'll known to he out and out
pacifsts. or something mighty like II,
Any bill which will appeal to those NOR
unanimously is likely to be more salts
factory to William J. Bryan than IL IL
10 gen. Leonard Wood. Chairman Hay
provides an increase of IS. 200 men In the
regular army. This Is a force sufficient
to man n trench seven miles long. or
half the length OF the island OF Man
haitian.
1T il enough Tor a first class pro
cession or a fair audience nj a great
football game. All the rest of the army
increase whiCl he gives us Is on paper.
The bill will place its chief dependence
un state militianen amounting To f.5.-
600. Inasmuch a. We never were able
TO get more than 10000 men into
our State nGlit!a there i a long. lpnc
road To travel before VI can sleep com.
tor,ahiy ~ night with the thought OF
those teS.0On militiamen tn guard us.
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Bitter criticism of President Wilson
and Secretary Of the Navy Josephus
Daniels for their attitude toward ma
tional defence. particularly the naval
branch. was uttered Yesterday at the
convention OF the American Defence So
ciety. held In the Hotel Biltmore. The
views Of the kind Of national defence
needed on land varied from compulsory
service no n~ationalized militia. but all
the speakers who referred to the navy
we're one in declaring It wofully inefh-
cient and laying the blame for this In
efficiency to Mr.. Daniels.
The FIVE year programme is a sham
and an insult 10 The intelligence Of the
American public" said Henry Reuter-
dahl. in a speech In which he called OF
Mr.. Daniels TO resign and branded him
~ the creates. obstacle to the future de-
velopment Of the navy.
President Wilson was charged will
playing politics and ga2ging naval ON
GERS SO they might not give their real
NleWS 40 10 tue HeeUs VI tIciF DeVuTt-
ment. said Fred A. Bribten. member OF
the House Committee on Naval Affairs.
The recent trip OF the President through
the Northern States was not with any
real purpose OF getting votes for the pre-.
paredness programme. said Mr.. Britten,
because that section IL all for prepared
ness, and added that If the President de.
sired 10 get support for his military mea
0ires he should have zone TO his W. sec.
ton. the South, which IL filled with little
navy men.
some OF the sinai navy fellows nave
an idea that 10 go around with a dove OF
peace on one shoulder. a bottle 81 grape
juice under your arm and a pot ketfu|
OF chautauaua contracts is prepared
ness" he said, but others feel that pre-.
p~aredness means the building OF battle
ships and providing for a reasonable
regular army"
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%. Altn1at1 & On.
Spring Parasols

are NOW being shown i'm am interesting se1ec-
tiOn which includes many attractive novelties
of foreign and American manufacture. Many
new designs are introduced, while tine mate
riaIs and color schemes featured will compel
admiration. BEack-amd-white effects strike
a distinctive mote, and there are some very
smart Coaching ParasoIs. displaying novelty
handles. Decidedly new, also, and extremely
handsome, are the Pongee Parasols, inn white
or tine natural color of tine silk, RICHLY adorned
with Japanese hamd-wrought embroidery;
and Lingerie FarasoIs of French or Philippine
embroidery.
ytft1 Aurrm @ahtsun Aurntr.
34th ann 35th 6trrrts Nsm Uurk
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SALEM. Mass. Feb % TIL" bronz"
tablet on the flagstaff At Triangle ratk,
South salem, the gift of nr J Ackrf-
man Coles of New York.. WAS unveiled
to-day and presented To the city. The
table, commemorate the enterprise and
rcsuiutc spirit with which Salem met
the Are Of June %. 1917
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WAR COLLEGE BILL FOR
ARMY OF $4,000 IS IN
Measure Which Ex-Secretary Garrison Rejected 1s
Introduced in House by Gardner, Who
Assails Hays Militia Plan.

THAI II what they mean when they
speak Of federalixinG the militia. so
long as Conrress refuses TO bodily trans.
fer the militia away from the state
control no laws In the world can make
II really a national force. no matter how
many books OF regulations are drawn up.
Undoubtedly the bill will provide that
militiamen may be drafted into the ser.
vice OF the United States In time OF
war. whether they wish II or NOT. The
danger is that when a Wal breaks out
every order to mobilize will be resisted
by a lawsuit and an abb. a draft and
a search warrant are pretty poor imple-
iment with which to secure volunteers
In time Of war.
Last sumincr President Wilson asked
for a report from our military experts
rs to what We need in the way OF ar
army In order 10 protect ourselves. The
War College made n recommendation foi
a regular army of 2S1 900 mon all told
including tho Philippine scouts and aux.
i~liarics. Secretary Garrison turned the
plan down.
81 have now introduced a bill tc
put II into eRect. All military authori.
ties agree that We shall! need 100000
men 10 stop the first rush OF the eneny
In case u fleet ~ mastered. The
United States War College eays tina,
that first line force ought to he com.
posed exclusively OF regulars or reserves
OF regulars In other words. the Wal
College maintains that only men who
have had the training OF regulars car
possibly be counted upon to stop the
first assault.
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INEFFICIENCY OF NAVY
is BLAMED ON DANIELS
Preparedness at American Defence Society Conven-
ton at the Biltmore-Reuterdahl Points Out Needs.

Ulcers detailed by law to prepare the
navy for war. And that Mr.. Daniels
IT strongly opposes. He IL his own general
staff and as such. against the recon-
mendation of the commander in chief
OF the fleet, he sent two years ago nine
battleships to the Mediterranean on a
joy ride 10 increase the enlistment ana
give the ladp a chance to see Naples
before dying at Vera Cruz.
Equally by himself he handled the
bungle IN Mexico. where the greater
part Of the North Atlantic fleet lay NJ
anchor. In Vera cruz harbor. acting ~
infantry support while the army ana
marines occupied the city Mr.. Daniels
musj also bear the responsibility OF
Withdrawing our forces from Tampico'
when American citizens in bodily danger
were saved from death under foreign
flags, the darkest, page in American his
tory.
Navy planes cant Fly.
w have a baker. dozen of aero
planes IN the navy. and many or them
cannot tiy. An y opriation OF $1,000
600 was authorized last year. but no
machines have yet been delivered.
though one /. about Ia be. In the mean
while an American factory has built
500 machines and an equal number oil
motors for the Allies. But the Secretary
Of the Navy said in hie annual report
that the purchase Of suitable machines
In this country has been attended VIII
DELAY.
Travel with me further Oh the plane.
Of our political naval ineficiency and
| you will learn tina, We have buil, The
| engines for the collier Maumcc IN the
IZ...ll,.. .ln,.. xV.rI 1.-Two htHll nf fhT
vessel has been constructed A. Mar,
Island. in california. To make both hul
and engines meet the vessel ~ to bs
towed to New York. around Soutf
| America. throu-h the straits Of Magel'
Ian, Can you beat that OUT Of Pima
fore
Compulsory military service Was adj
vocated by Dr. David Jayne Hin. for
| merry Ambassador to Germany. Re-
lance on the ideals Of right and justice
will never avai A nation IN moments
VI peril. he said.
We Americans. all OF us. dislike ~,
idea Of c~onpulsioai. but universal servic,
for national defence involves no question
Of arbitrary power I've said. 'lt Is
purely a question OF public duty. liz
that of voting or paying taxes.
The crying need Of the day II %adequs:,
preparation TO n the young men of tn.
| country to defend u I'm time of war
50 d Leslie NJ. shaw. former secretary OF
tho Treasury. GODS curse on the ma
ton that would call IT. best blood /,
the colors and not give them the train.
ing aud equipment to cnahl" them to
take care OF themselves
Other speakers at the o enti'st
which was In session all day. were
| James VI. sullivan. representing tho
Il., 90 I.. Ala,
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Believes Prayers Gave Help.

Continuing. Mir. Morgcnrhau said II
felt justified IN taking a short vacation
and coming here 10 get a little additional
strength and the moral backing neces-
sary to all men. believe the prayers
sen. up on my behalf have helped me
10 stand for the right and not he afraid
at any time of those so-Called terrible
Turks"
Coming NJ the hay he Ambassador
gave a short interview 20 the reporters
He said When the war broke !
spread M, the American nag like a
huge umbrella and ~ nation after
another came under H. Il was my duty
10 see that no or" nation pulled TOO
much OF TN. flag down over it, head II
I have succeeded, IL has been die largely
to the respect the flag Of the United
states has won for itself everywhere IN
the civilized world
Nothing would nave been possible II
: had not been for IN" wholehcartcd
suppo given TO me by the President
and the secretary of State, ! also re-
cciyrd assistance from the head drdCn-
man. =. II. Mvouian. an Armenian, and
W. W Poet. treasurer Of the Board ~
Foreign Missions. My wife also greatly
aided when she was there
Mr.. Morccuthau said that the reason
he had taken leave Of absence for SIXTY
DAYS AZ this time was hat things were
quie'cr than they had been in many
months before leaving 'onstautinopl.
he had cNacird a definite guarantee
from the Minister Of tho Interior and
the Minister Of war that nothing should
happen to his children. meaning Amer
leans in Turkey.
Mr.. Morecuthau had n talk over tho
long distance telephone with Secretary
Lansing just after his reception He
spent the evening with his family At his
home. 80 West Sevcnty-Sccond street,
aud went TO Washington by the mid
night train \ public reception will he
held early mex week, on the return OF
the Ambassador from Washington.
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The Experts Plan.

Accordingly our experts devised Il
plan for n first line of defence rom
posed OF men actually in the regular
army and men who had oeen discharged
within the previous six years. Secretary
Garrison did not like that plan. He
refused to increase the army to asi ,00O
men. but proposed TO increase IL to 1885,
600 men instead.
I'm order 10 obtain the 100000 men
necessary to stop the rush he devised
a plan for a continental army under
national control. Chairman Nays pro.
gramne gives us $4,000 regulars. hut
turns down Secretary Garrison's plan fD
a national militia with which to supple.
ment il. Instead We are told that VIVA;
We really need IL a better scheme for
consolidating for,y-eisht Little armies
when war breaks ou:.
"A standing arms Of 300. 600 men IL
none 100 large 10Y my IDEAS. To sup.
PIGMENT this ! should require that every
"a man IN the United States must
receive compulsory military training side
10y side with youths Of his " age
There s al, the difference in the world
between compulsory military training
and compulsory military service IN tim,
Of war.
III the Southcrners arc afraid lest u
national militia might mean negro sol.
| dicrs in the southern States should
personally he willing Ia add another
slight to the many Sights which the
neG-'o has suffered. In o,.,cr words.
should he willing. unfair az IL ma!
.eem. 20 add "a provision :" the arm,
bill which would obviate tho raising OF
any negro question IN the South"
Although he declined to- make pubii'
tho details O' tho Sp'pfpe ~ which il
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MORCENTHAU BACK,
BUT MUTE ON WAR
Ambassador to Turkey Talks
Little After Getting Note
From Lansing.
MANY GREET DIPLOMAT

Henry Morgenthau. Ambassador to
Turkey. who arrived yesterday by the
Scandinavian American liner Frederic
viii and was landed by the coast
suard cutter Manhattan at Pier A. re-
ceivcd there a letter by special messen-
ger from the Department OF State which
caused him to remark that although he
had much to say the letter from Score
,ary Lansing had instructed him to be
guarded In his language, and therefore
he thought ii would he better to he brief
and make no mistakes.
In regard to the rumor that he might
he appointed successor to Lindley NJ.
Garrison as Secretary Of Wal the Ann
ba ssador said There IL not the slight
est chance Of my succeeding Mr.. Garri-
son. I have my own work cut out for
me and | shall stick to my post. OF
course. I am at the command OF the
President"
The Ambassador was accompanied OH
the trip by hi. son. Henry Morgenthau,
.Jr., special representative OF the de-
! part,rent II State IN Turkey. They were
greeted down the bay by the Atnbassa'
doris wife. his daughters. Mrs. laurie
Werthein n Miss Ruth Morgenthau
Cleveland II. Dodge. chairman OF a re-
cept.on committee NJ forty citizens prom.
| inent in business and politics. appointed
by Mayor Mitchell. collector Dudley
! Field Malone, Special Deputy collector
Henry e. stuart and others.
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Is YEAR NAVY PLAN
DRAWN BY ORDERS
IS BADGERS CHARGE
Really an Eight Year Pro.
Qrammc-Won't Put L. :.
in Second Place.
BOARD WANTS NAVY
SUPERIOR TO kA1SER'S

WASHINGTON. Feb. 22.-fear Admiral
BADGER, a member OF the General Board
OF the Navy and former commander In
chief Of the Atlantic fleet. testifyins be-
fore the House Naval Arairs Committee
to-day. threw some liGht on the Admin
is~tration's five year naval programme.
lie left no doubt in the minds OF the
committeeman that this programme was
not the work Of the General Board. lie
declared the board had drawn up a plan
In no way rejecting It's ideas as to the
needs of the navy. but in response TO
IAN arbitrary order" i~nstructing the
hoard to give its views on a building plan
limitpd TO an expenditure Of 100000
600 A year for nve years. Even this
plan was rejected and an entirely diff
fcrent one substituted for II by Secre-
tary Daniels. he said.
Admiral Badger contcndcd that the
Administrators five year programme
will fall far short Of keeping the United
states In second place among the navies
Of the world. lie characterized the plan
A FINALLY recommended by secretary
Daniels as AN eight year completion
prosra mmc.' IT being no advance over
the custom Of authorizing two capita
ships a year.
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Tho battle cruisers proposed ny Inc
General Hoard and approved ny inc
Navy Department will hay" ten ~ Ih'l!
runs. It would he inadvisapic, sal"
Admiral BADGER, to have l6 inch guns
beca use their greater weight would mean
, sar-i6cc of speed. He considered the
IL inch uun, to bc sufficiently powerful.
The American vessels will have a speed
Of rs knots, neccss,tatcd by IN" lack 81
scouting vessels. In this respect they
will be superior 10 foreign vessels "'
the same TYP"
Admiral BADGER took issue with those
u,bo have, placed the United states as
fourth In the rank of naval p"wers. I've
placad England irSt, Germany s''p'lh
and the United States and t''n'' as
fled for third place. In effectiveness ne
considered the American navy superior
IN the French. japan T. still somewhat
t..biud the United states. but Is pnolns
forth unusual energy III nav" ''I-
struction.
In answer to questions by Representa-
tive KELLEY of Michigan Admiral ha''
ger said
..Th.,c is no such thing as a navy
.tor defence only In order TO prcNeh'
ar enemy landing ON our shores We
uould require a navy !" per cent
stranger than II possessed. Even II we
had 100 NOR, submarines than the enemy
4. e,cu,ual'y could establish a base
screen on an area OF operations an"
land troop. unless the land forces proved
.uNicifut to prevent IT. Every war "i
the sea must eventually he settled by ;h'
big fighting ships, and 10y mat ! mean
~dreadnoughts.'
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LIBERALIZATION Process.

"rhairman Hays bill will OF curse
CirCumscrlbe, 80 far as possible. the
freedom Of action of the various States
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Reception ~ the pier.

At Pier \. where Dock commissioner
II. \. G. Snith had provided rooms for
the reception. Mir. Morgcnthau was well
coined by Mrs. N. j. Fox, his third
laughter. who went to constantinople
tweuty-eighi months Z and opened the
Embassy for him. Mrs. Morgenthau fol.
lowed Mrs. Fox to tonstantinople and
remained with her husband until last
October. when she returned to tins city.
Others who We're at the pier were the
Dock Commissioner. thorough Prcs.den:
Marcus NJ. Marks, Prof. isaac y. Selig-
man. T. Fulton cutting. charles strauss,
Rabbi stephen : Wise. ir Talcott Will
Jams. .\bran l. Elius and Miss Lillian
Wald
In welcoming Mr.. Norscnihau Mr..
Dodge said tina II he wanted 10 he ior-
NAL he might trace the history OF the
ambassador and tell how from n poor
hoy he arose 20 tho position ne occup cd
hut that h. prefer "a merely 10 say that
Mr.. Morgenthau had been Gent. an I'M
tried diplomat. 10 the most difficult post
w Europe and had proved himself a
brilliant success.
Mr. MorRcnthau. IN responding 20 the
speech Of Mr.. Dodge. said that his task
u Turkey was psSuliar He had the on
seriousness Of having that great tower
Of strength. tn" Government Of the
United States and it's magnificent |rcS'-
dent" back Of him. II whenever he
felt inclined to weakness and things
looked dark II. gazcd up al two pictures
at the side of his desk. that Of Lincoln
and that Of President Woodrow Wilson.
and was inspired to undertake any task,
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-08-08

has had some remarkable experiences and an effort IS being made to get him to tell them bu. he has alreedy refus- Cd offers fl 'm outdoor Life and olhrr magazines b to go Once as he st cd on los s ,6g raced I tt and a,; Mr. Holman turned to call him back great black bear poked his nose into the Holman stomach and sent him flying through the air. He landed astride limb and from there he got his bear before the latter could do any more One occurrence looks funny now but how funny it was at the time can be judged by those who hear it. In q sort of natural trail in the tim wards the hunter As the bear came in sight and was bearing down on him Holman saw that one of his dogs was holding on by the teeth to the bears head md so preventing him from firing. On came the bear and when he Was only fifteen feet away rushing down a steep slope Holman jumped back from the trail into the brush. Alas behind him was springy limb against which he jumped and which shst him back like a cata- putt right into the middle of the trail on his back nd directly in front of Mr. Bruin W3o with dogs and all jumped over his prostrate body,-Al- aska Review.
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-08-08
ALASkA'S CHAmP|AN
 BEAR KILLER

That c. J. Holman of Seward, Al aska, is the champion bear killer of the territory is a claim that can be made without fear of contradiction. rifle he has killed in his time two hundred and twenty seven members of the Bruin family, not counting at all the greater numbers killed by parties whom he piloted into the hills As an example of the number killed by those he guided it need only be said that in the past ten days he has been in charge of a party that killed eight of the animals in the vicinity of Seward All the bears killed by MT. Holman were not killed in AL aska. He has hunted over Washing ton, Oregon and California and in those states he was equally success full. He killed his first big game when he was twelve years of age and still greater record to his credit is that he killed the largest bear ever shot in any part of the world so far as the records show. This brute was brown bear killed by him on Kodiak island in 1889. This pelt measured 13 feet 6 inches in length and II feet inches in width Tho bear weighed dressed 6b6 pOunds and ovar q ton gross weight. It is given still in Lon don records as the largest bear ever known to have been killed.
 As might be expected, Mr. Holman