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The Washington herald., 1919-02-14
POLL MEETING
WAS WATCHED
Attorney General Gregory
Tells Senate His Agents
Made Reports.

In a letter to the Senate on n.
alleged Bolshoyllli meeting held a.
Polls Thestcr recently. read m
Congress Yesterday. Attorney Cen
craI Gregory administers an i'm
Piled rebuke 10 those who have con-
tended that the gathering ADVOCATED
tho overthrow by force or violcncs
OF the existing government
The attorney general states m
the letter that representatives. o.
tho Department OF Justice were at
The Poll Tn, atcr meeting on Feb
TUary and also at the meeting or
the Socialists on February 8. lie
states that he has full stenoEraphic
notes OF all that occurred. a list Or
speakers and copies OF speeches
81 shall take such action as in my
judgment is warranted" ho adds
Attorney General Gregory then
continues The resolution states
that the speakers at thcs~ meetings
advocated tho SUhversiou OF the
government Of the United States by
iorcc and violence. Such advocacy
would. OF course. be a violation OF
the laws Of the United States The
attorney general will appreciate II
II the Senate will transmit 20 him
the evidence upon which this state
Tlent is based"
The Washington herald., 1919-02-14
SPEAKERS SON
WILL LOSE JOB
Lieut.. Col. Clark Will Not
Return to House
Position.

While the halls of Congress re-
-echo with speeches demanding that
soldiers who left good jobs to fight
be restored 10 their old positions on
their return from overseas. the House
of Representatives is all ready to "tie
the can" on one of its real war vet
Grams.
Lieut.. Col. Bennett Clark, assistant
chief OF staff Of the Eighty-eight di-
vision. now on duty in France. will
return to Washington to find that the
House has picked somebody else for
his job, which pays about 5000 per
year.
Lieut.. Col. Clark is a son of The
Speaker, and has acted as parliament
tartan and clerk at the Speakers desk
sinc,, his father has welded the gavel.
When the Republicans assume con-
troll of the House in the Sixticth-siXth
Congress. Col. Clark will be succeeded
by a loyal follower of the G. o. p.
AMI there are a number of candidates
already seeking the place.
It may be that the members UfCuu-
gress may practice what they are
preaching daily. hut Lieut.. Col Clark.
who enlisted early in the war. and
whose advance has been rapid. prob
ably knows enough about Congress 5
talks, and what it practices has un-
doubtedly planned for duties else
where than at the Speakers desk af-
ter his return from overseas
The Washington herald., 1919-02-14
OUSLEY FAvORS
PACKERS CURB;
FARMERS warn
Assistant Secretary Of Agri.
culture Advocates Gov
ernment Control.
"BIG S" CALLED PERIL
Committee Told Agricul-
turists Will Seek to Change
Congress Personnel. p.

Federal control of the packing in
dustry was recommended by Clar'
ence N. Ousley, Assistant Secretary
OF Agriculture. before the Senate Ag'
riculture Committee yesterday. Pass.
age Of the Kendrick bill to regulate
the industry also was recommended
by Mr.. Ousley.
Mr.. Ousley appeared before the
committee to deny that the editorial
policies of a paper formerly edited
by him at Fort Worth, Tex. had
been changed by a loan of $4,000 from
Swift and Company and Armour and
Company. Such a change had beer
intimated by correspondence present
ed at the hearing of Francis ]. Heney
ney.
CriticIses Power of Packers.
Ousley criticized the power OF the
big packers.
You can't trust any man with such
power" Ousley said.
b. @. Marsh. representing farmers
organizations, said the big packers
have ''ruthlessly exterminated indie
pendent packers and kept their big
plants at points far distant from the
source of supply, involving a loss
to producers of IS or more a head
on cattle on long haul from shrink.
age"
Marsh said farmers were opposed
to the pending Kendrick bill because
it puts the entire licensing of the
CONTINUED on PAGE SIX.
The Washington herald., 1919-02-14
Hun Premier
Tells Allies
To'GoEasy'
Scheidemann Says Entente
May Conclude Peace to
Suit Themselves, "But
There Is a Limit to Us." I"

Berlin, Feb. 12.-Philip Scheide-
mann. newly elected German chan
cellor, in an interview today. added
his voice to the oft-repeated Ger
man threat to break off peace me
gotiations" with the associated pow
ers IL the terms do not suit Ger
many.
The entente may conclude peace
according to their interests, but
there is a limit for U.S." he said.
Germany may break off negotia-
tions. We would not take up arms,
but would leave the consequences
for those who imagine they are able
to bear them"
The strength of the German vol
unteer army on the East front
where IT is concentrating against
the Poles, has reached 10000. This
force is expected soon to total 800.
900. Field Marshal Won Hinden-
burg. it is understood. will arrive
soon at Kolberg to direct opera
tions against the Poles.
The Washington herald., 1919-02-14
ARMY OFFICERS
Get U. S. MEDALS
Distinguished Service Dec
orations Awarded; March
Wins Legion of Honor.

Distinguished Service Medals were
awarded yesterday by Secretary OF
War Baker to the following officers
and civilians for exceptionally meri-
torious service to the government" in
responsible duties: Mai. Gen. Frank
Mcintyre. Assistant Chief of Staff;
Mai. Gen. John l. Chamberlain. in
spectOr general; Mai. Gen Jesse Mel.
Carter. former chief of Military Bu
reau; Mai. Gen. Peter c. Harris. ad-
iutaut general Brig. Gen. William S.
Pierce. assistant chief of ordnance;
Brig. Gen Richard c. Marshall. Con-
structiOn Division: Brig. Gen. Robert
I. Rees. committee on special train
ing and education; Brig. Gen. Will
lam II. Rose, in charge of the Engi-
neer Depot; Col Constant Cordier,
liaisOn officer; P. A. s. Franklin,
chairman of shipping control COM
mittee: Guy f. Tripp, chief of Ord
nance Production Division; Edward
r. Stettinius. former Assistant Secre-
tary of War and later special War
Department representative abroad.
Decorations of the Legion of Honor
conferred by French presidential de-
cree yesterday were awarded to Chief
of staff March, Maj. Gems. MacIntyre,
Jervey. Goethals, Gorgas. Williams
and Brig. Gems. Churchill. Brown,
Frank T. Hines and Col. Cordier.
The Washington herald., 1919-02-14
Huns Plan Trade Dripe,
Chairman Hurley Says
Germans Have Almighty Respect for Ameri
can Soldiers, He Declares.

Germany will make a great drive for
world trade so soon as the peace
treaty is signed.
That was the opinion given yester-
day by Edward n. Hurley, chairman
of the Shipping Board and a member
Of the international labor legislation
committee of the Peace Conference.
Germany is broken as a military
power. 1t is a moral certainty the
allies are not going to let her build up
her military establishment again. Be
fore she started the war Germany was
about 50 per cent military and so per
cent commercial. The 50 per cent that
was military is going 10 turn to com
merce after the war, and she is going
into it strong
Respect American Soldier.
The Germans have an almighty re-
spect for the American soldier" he
said. They know that they were
licked and that the Americans did it,
They blame Ludendorff and Won Tir-
pitz bitterly for bringing America into
the war through their submarine pol
icy. They're looking for them. and
Ludendorff and Tirpitz know it. One
of them is in Sweden and the other in
Denmark
Bolshevism holds no great peril to
the United States or to Great Brit
ain. France or Belgium. said Mr..
Hurley. who, as a member of the
committee, has been closely study
ing labor conditions abroad for the
last two months.
There will be no Russian situa-
ton in England" he declared.
England is too sound. There has
The Washington herald., 1919-02-14
Escape from Hun Prison
Described by D. G. Filler
Lieut.. @. Donaldson Thrills Press Club
Audience with Account of Flight
Across Holland Border

Lieut. J. q. Donaldson, one of
Washington's heroic aces. related
thrilling experiences, a6 the National
Hrcss Club las: night. moving even
Re most blas4 Of the newspaper
m"n preseIt. Capt Edward V.
Rickenbacher, ace OF L. S. aces"
MAJ. Maurice Connolly and Capt
Douglas Campbell. also aces. related
some of their aerial eScapades, but
no one of them surpassed the narra-
tion Of young Donaldson, who fer
the first time delivered a detailed
account of his experiences.
He said:
Il won tell you anything of my
flying experiences. but just n little
of how I came to be captured ~ the
Germans and how I escaped.
Brought Down by Hun.
1T was one day early in the fall
that l found myself about nine miles
back Of the German front lines, when
l encountered a squadron of Boche
fighting planes. l brought one down
in flames, but one of the others
got" me.
Il was not hurt, but my plane had
been put out of commission. They
sent me to Conde prison. Here | met
another American officer, Mendall by
name. We didn't find the Cooties or
the food to our liking. so naturally
escape was the first thing that en-
tered our heads
Getting out of the prison was not
very difficult, it was nothing more
than a stable. with the officer prison.
ers in the loft and the enlisted men
below. MendalI and I merely watched
our chance one evening. when the
sentries were talking to some French
girls at the end of their beat and
jumped out of the loft.
I'VE struck out for the woods. and
after travelling until about > o'clock
in the morning came TO a German air.
drome. There was nobody about, so
after looking around a little we read
the very interesting announcement on
the bulletin board directing that none
of the members of the squadron
should hang about at night unneces-
sarily on account of danger from
bombing machines.
I'VE looked inside the hangers and
upon seeing some planes, we began to
wonder whether anyone had ever es-
The Washington herald., 1919-02-14
Heiress to sl0,000,000
Goal of Many Suitors,
Beats 1t" to Hawani

New York. Feb. l3.-Precipitate
fight was better than receiving
constant and unweIcome attentions
from fortune hunters. in the opln-
ION Of Miss Alice Antonittc Lamar.
whose father the late J. r. Lamar.
the mining maEnstc. left her tho
income OF S1O.OOO.OOO. so she fed to
Hawaii with two younG women
friends.
This was revealed only today by
one Of her intimate friends al
though she fed a month ago. With
Miss Lamar are Miss Madeline
Brewster Jonnson and Miss MARY
Louise Baldwin. OF New York.
Miss Lamar, who is 23. had been
in the National League for Women $
Service and had Joined the motor
corps Of the Red Cross. hoping Tor
overseas service. But everyw here
she went she received most assidu-
Gus attentions from men. She con
Guided that safety lay only in fiEht
so OF she went to Honolulu.
The Washington herald., 1919-02-14
CONGRESS TOLD
BOLSHEVIk RING
CIRCLES nation
Organization Breaches
from New York to San
Francisco" Witness Says.
NEAR END In RUSSIA
Workmen and Peasants on
Verge Of Revolt, Y. M.
G. A. Workers Asert.

Dissatisfaction of workmen and
peasants with the present Bolshevfk
rule in Russia is almost certain to
lead to the overthrow of the govern
ment and establishment Of a new and
more democratic form of government,
according to witnesses who were heard
by the Overman subcommittee yester-
day.
Lenine and Trotzky were quoted in
denial of the characterization OF the
Soviet government as democratic,
their appellation for it being "an au-
tocracy of the proletariat."
Those who testified were Ralph
Dennis, of Evanston, Ill; Robert F..
Leonard, of st. Paul, Mimi and X.
NJ. Story, Urbana, Ill. All were Y.
NJ. c. A. workers in various parts of
Russia up to last September.
Ignorance Prevents Revolt.
Dennis testified that the only rea-
son peasants and workmen do not
rise now in rebellion against the
Soviets is that they are ignorant of
politics, and do not know how to get
together He expressed belief that II
some strong influence were set at
work in Russia, either from the out
side or from intelligent men who op-
pose BOlshevik rule, real democracy
might be formed.
Statements issued by Lenine and
Trotzky to the effect that factories
are all running. and that industry is
flourishing were emphatically denied
by Dennis. He said industry was at
a standstiI. and that the peasants are
living off their savings. There Is food
in abundance. he said. but transpor-
tation and distribution are practically
impossible.
Dennis said there were undoubtedly
persons in the United States who were
helping to spread Bolshevist propa-
ganda. He declared there is a strong
organization reaching from New
York to San Francisco" to carry on
this work.
when I left PetrOgrad.' Dennis
said. some of the leading Bolshevists
CONTINUED on PAGE SIX.
The Washington herald., 1919-02-14
National Miners Strike
Nou' Looms in England
Federation Unanimously Rejects Govern
ment's Terms of Shilling Day Increase.

down from the high war prices 10
normal. charging the differences to
the government eXcheQuer as a war
expense.
The railway mems and dock
workers fcderations are consider
ing following the miners example
in rejecting the governments terms.
There is hope. however. in some
quarters. that these workers may
not strike after all. the government
having conceded the demand for an
eight-hour day not including meal
time.
As for the demand for the ma
tionalization of the railways, il is
significant, although no mention
was made in the speeches by the
King and the Premier. that King
George during the last fortnight has
been frequently closeted with Col.
Winston Spencer Churchill and J.
P. Thomas, the railroad mems
parliamentary representative. both
of whom advocate NATURALIZATION.
Thomas urged IL in the Commons to-
night and drew from Bonar Law the
significant statement that the gov
ernment was willing to inquire"
into the question.
The Washington herald., 1919-02-14
S80,000SW|NDLE
WRECKS BANK
J. S. Swartz, Cashier, Is
Charged with Embezzle-
ment by Directors.

Pittsburgh. Pa, Feb. 1S.-CharE-
ed with embezzlement of $4,000. J.
S. Swartz. cashier of the Park Bank.
of Pittsburgh, which was closed to-
day by the State bank examiner. is
in the Mercy Hospital here in a de-
lirious condition.
Swartz was arrested at his home
upon charges preferred by the bank
directors. The police found him in
bed suffering from a mental break
down and unconscious, il is stated.
Swartz was removed to the hospital,
where he is being closely guarded.
EXoncratcs Directors.
With news that the bank had
closed had spread, several hundred
depositors gathered in front of the
institution. Police reserves were
rushed to the scene, but no disor-
der was threatened.
X. c. Chalfant, president. and the
bank directors issued a statement
which declared that "embezzlement,
abstraction and wilful misappro-
priation of moneys, funds and cred
its of the bank" by J. s. Swartz,
cashier, had impaired the capital
of the bank to such an extent as
to make it impossible TO longer con-
tinue business"
Swartz, who was a majority own
er. of the capital stock in the bank,
has admitted that ''he alone" is re-
sponsible for conditions which have
caused the banks closing, the state
ment said<
Information has been filed against
Swartz charging him with defalca- =
tions. the directors announced.
State Bank Examiner Cameron,
who is acting as temporary receiv-
er. issued a statement generating
the bank directors.
The Washington herald., 1919-02-14
GREAT WRONGS
IN ARMY COURTS
TOLD BY ANSELL
General Condemns System
by Which Courts-mar-
tial Sentence.
BAKER VETOED CHANGE
Rejected Suggestion Of a
More Merciful Procedure
AS Did Crowder Also.

How a young man only twenty-five
days in the military service OF his
country was sentenced to from twenty
10 thirty years Imprisonment for a
comparatively slight infraction OF mil
itary law was related to the Senate
Military Affairs Committee yesterday
by Brig. Gen. s. T. Ansell, acting Judge
Advocate General
This and other instance Of grave
injustice done to men wearing the
uniform of their country under the
present military laws and courts mar
tial customs were related te the COM
mittee by Gen. Ansell. who very
strongly urged revision Of the military
code and who, it was disclosed yes
terday. strongly recommended such
revision shortly after America enter
ed the world war, advising that many
injustices would be done unless the
recommendations were followed.
OverruIed by Baker.
His suggestions were overruled by
both Secretary Of War Baker and
Gen. Crowder. Judge Advocate Cen
eral, it was disclosed by Gen. Ansell.
in answering questions OF committee
members.
terday on Senator Chamberlain's bill
to revise the military laws and
change some Of the customs OF the
courts martial. General Ansen heart
lily approves Of those features Of Sen
ator Chamberlain's bill. which would
make the trial Judge advocate at a
court martial a judicial officer TO de
termine question OF law: make a YER
dict OF mot guilty" final. and pro-
vide for a review OF findings Of a
court martial by the Judge Advo-
cate General
Twenty Years for Smoking.
The sample OF military injustice re-
ferred to in the opening paragraph
followed a reprimsnd administered TO
a soldier in one OF the Cantonmeuts
mot mentioned by Gen. AnselD for
smoking a cigarette while on kitchen
police" duty. The man was new to
the service. and doubtless unfamiliar r
with military customs. regulations and
requirements. Gen. AnseH thought.
and when the reprimand, adminis-
tered by a second lieutenant. who also
probably was new Gen. Jsnseu snE-
rested, was ypiloNed by q demand
that t.-s MAN hsnG over his cigarettes
70 the lieutenant. He refused. with
what Gen. AnseIl characterized as
''raucous" language. and was placed
in arrest, Charges OF disobedience and
disrespect to an officer were preferred
against him. and a court-martial
found him guilty and he was SEN
fenced 10 twenty or thirty years. Gen.
CONTINUED on PAGE TWO.
The Washington herald., 1919-02-14

been great deal of dissatisfaction
there with the slOwness of demobi-
lization and with the rehabilitation
officers that is largely to blame for
the present situation.
That will pass as soon as the
troops begin to come home in great
er numbers. British industries are
reorganizing as rapidly as may be.
No Chance In France.
There isn't a chance in the world
for the BOlsheviks in France. Nor
in Belgium either. About 5000, 900
people own their own homes in
France and you don't find any Boil
shevism among that class. In Bel
gium they are in a daze. Men who
have been in the army fighting and
enduring all kinds of hardships for
more than four years find it hard
to get back to normal, but it is only
a question of time until they can
readjust themselves.
Reported growth of BoIsheyisn
among British troops is foolish. The
men are merely dissatisfied at what
they consider the inefficiency of the
demObilization officers and in the
general reaction from the strain of
war there have been some instances
of harmless shouting.
There is no danger to the Ameri-
can troops over there. Those bows
are the best there are. The Ameri-
can soldier is the greatest in the
world, and don't you forget it. And
everybody over there knows II
Don't forget that either"
The Washington herald., 1919-02-14
DANIELS SEES
MILITIA'S END
Advises North Carolina to
Organize Small Guard.

Raleigh. y. C.. Feb. 13.-Secretary
of the Navy JOsebhus Daniels ad-
dressed by special invitation at noon
today. the joint session of the SEN
ate and house general assembly.
He characterized the invitation to
address the assembly of his native
State IS the most gratifying honor
which has ever come to him.
He advised the assembly that the
rehabilitation of troops now in
progress would mark the end of
the National Guard, and said the
State had better provide for a small
mobile state guard. subject to the
governor for State emergencies. He
urged state tax reform. centraIiza-
tion of educational interests in the
state. one great university orpani-
zatiOn with a joint trusteeship and
one president for all State educa- :
tiOnal institutions.
The Washington herald., 1919-02-14
Feu Crooks
In US. Army,
Says SLeuth
Capt. Bernard Flood De-
clares Neutals Caused
Most Trouble in France;
bad" 700 Are Deported.

New York, Feb. l3.-"The percent
age of crime and criminals in the
American Army was exceedingly
small; most of our trouble was caused
by neutrals who had settled in the
larger cities of France"
With this statement by capt. Ber-
nard j. Flood as he stepped from the
transport Santa Theresa today a semi
official stab in a vital spot was given
the rumor that crime had been ram
pant in the American expeditionary
force. For Capt. Flood, the Barney
Flood well-known at New York police
headquarters as one OF the city's best
detectives. had been for eighteen
months chief of the division of Grim
inal investigation of the A. E. F., and
possesses exact knowledge OF condi-
tions.
las to the American crime wave"
continued Capt. Flood. 1T was con-
jured up by a sensational Paris news
paper. All talk of organized American
gangs impresses me as bunk. Possibly
the end of the war brought its out
break of assaults and robberies IN
Paris, just as it has done, have no
doubt. in New York. Chicago, Wash
ington and other cities at home !
can well imagine that some OF the
men in the army who are known TO
the police may have said: Now that
we have done our bit, it's up to us
to see France They haven't the
money to see France with and it may
be they will pick it up. Here and
there three and four of them may go
about together. but there is no large
number of American deserters In
France. and the organized gang story
is not impressive.
Wherever there was a unit OF the
American Army there was a detail OF
our division. We ran down spies and
undesirables. We investigated reports
of murders and Irobberies From be-
ginning to end we sent out OF France
700 undesirables"
The Washington herald., 1919-02-14
Wilson Says League
"Now Almost Fact"
In Address in Paris
World Lottery
Is Urged to Pay
Vast War Debts

Rome, Feb. I3.-Formcr Pre-
mier Luzzatti today forwarded
to President Wilson a proposal
for a world lottery, the pro-
ceeds OF which would be de-
voted to paying the allies war
debts and aiding in reconstruc-
ton work.
Luzatti believes of the I,7oo,-
100000 people in the world at
least 100000, 900 would partici-
pate in the lottery. If they
purchased an average OF ten
tickets each at $50 a ticket,
S6,ooo,ooo,ooo would be raised,
of which $Io,ooo,ooo would be
used for prizes.