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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-03
M'ADOO TO OUTLINE
PLAN ON RAILROADS
Will Advise Senate Committee
To-day on Course He Con-
siders Practical.
Special Despatch to TIE Sun.


WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.-Director-Gen-
eral OF Railroads McAdoo will present
his views to Congress tomorrow OH
what he considers after a years expe-
rience the NEST advisable future course
with respect to the railroads Of the
United States. He will be the first wit
ness heard by the Senate Interstate
Commerce Committee In its' effort to
provide new railroad legislation.
Mr.. McAdoo has been giving careful
study to the question and will be pre-
pared to present to the committee his
ideas and recommendations III detail.
He is prepared to back his five year
control plan. but 1t Is understood he has
no intention OF fighting for this rcc-
ommenda ton. He considers that he IL
being called upon purely in an advisory
capacity and Is prepared to furnish all
the light possible on the subject, with .
view to any solution that Is deemed wise.
1t is known that the Director General
| believes the period of continued control
| is not fundamental as long as II is SUI
| ficient to make possible n continuous
| financing plan and give ample oppor-
tunity for legislative consideration.
Beca use of the fact that the Senate
| will probably take two full days OF his
| time, the Directors General has cancelled
| his plans for leaving Washington Sun
| day and will not go to California until
Che middle of next week.
The Director General will outline to-
morrow-He benefits of Government con-
troll rs demonstrated during the war
! period and the advantages OF continued
CONTROL He will sketch The general
! financial situation affecting the railroads
and the general operating situation.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-03
EXPLOSION LOSS $3,e5s, 100.
War Department Tells Congress OF
Claims for Morgan Disaster.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 2.--Appropriations
necessary to pay for private property
destroyed In New Jersey by the explo-
Ysions last October at the Gillespie
shell loading plant will approximate
$3,65S.00O. the War Department re-
ported to-day 10 Congress. 1t Is esti-
mated that ten thousand claims will be
filed.
The board OF army officer, IN charge
OF the Investigation reported that II did
not believe II had authority TO adjust
, cia Inns OF Insurance companies or thos,
OF individuals fori loss VI rent on de-
stroyed buildinga
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-03
EISNER SHIELDS DYNASTY.
Says Rupprecht Revelations Wouid
Rouse Wrath of People.

N"E!rH, Jan. 2.--In the course OF
L-fsuon raised in the Provincial Coun"
{. regardlng anti-revolutionary agita-
to-, Kurt Eisner the Bavarian Premier,
referring 10 attempts TO influence opin-
:or IN favor OF crown Prince Rupprecht
taid It would be a grievous mistake 70
compel him 10 publish the proofs of the
tI..t ~ the dynasty, because they would
"a ~ such nature as to cause an out
t-ta. Of wrath among the people and
!ap--.l the lives Of the members OF the
. Ia..~. H-
No.. Premier announccd the establish
.s.., 90 e. national sour: CO justice com.
poEsg Of twelve members. which would
80 '"''--- o. --''i ~-.-~ii'fian~-v vinta
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-03
LLOYD GEORGE MAKES PLEDGE.
Britain Must FulHl Promises,or He
| VIII Appeal to People Again.

CARNARvoN. Wales. Jan 2-The re-
cent general election has given an OPP
portunlty to democracy in the present
British Government TO change the face
of the country, Premier Lloyd George
declared here yesterday.
The Premier said that unless the
Government did its best to fulhl It's
promises he pledged himself that he
would not remain at It's head. but would
go back 20 the people for another man
date
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-03
BIELASKI COMING HERE.
Joins OIL Well led
by w. T.. Allen.

WAsHINGToS. Jan "A. Bruce Be
laski. who recently resigned as head OF
the Bureau of Investigations OF the De-
partment OF Justice to enter business life.
is to become connected with the Rich
mond lowering Company. oil well pro-
moters and engineers, New York.
He will be succeeded here by w. Z,
Allen, one OF his assistants, who will
become active chief of the Bureau OF
Investigations, which has conducted tho
spy and propaganda work OF the Gov
ernment during the war.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-03
SPEED MUSTER OUT,
is GREENS DEMAND
Iowan Tells House a Joker in
Draft Bill Keeps Large
Force Under Arms.
POMP ABROAD ASSAILED
"GOld Plate" and "Walking
Backward" Affairs Said to
Keep Back Casualty News.
Special DesSdtch TO TIE suS.

wAsu1NaToN. Jan. 2.-Wrath at the
manner in which the War Department Is
mishandIing soldiers pay and allotments
and indignation at the Administration
for alleged misinterpr citation Of the draft
law in keeping men in the army when
they are urgently demanding their re-
turn to civil life boiled over In the House
to-day. Representative Green NlA''
REPRESENTATIVE Mann CIl) and others
took advantage of the loose rules gov
erning general debate on the rivers ana
harbors appropriation bill to speak the'r
minds in a way which could not be ms
taken. The treatment given wounded
men was roundly denounced too, anu the
pomp and ceremony of the President s
entertainment abroad did not escape
tongue flashing.
The Administration, particularly the
War Department. was bitterly de-
nounced by Mr.. Green for the apparent
intention of keeping n million ana
quarter soldiers. most of them drafted
men, in service in Europe and n big army
at home even after the war Is of1iclally
concluded by a peace proclamation. Fol
lowing this course Is n direct violation OF
the spirit OF the selective service act anC
is made possible only because tho war
Department had chosen to take edVah'
tage Of a tcchnicality in the Wordlns OF
the law, Mr.. Green declared.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-03
Big Surprise to the nation

Referring to a recent statement or inc
Secretary of War that II is intended TO
keep thirty-two divisions OF American
troops in Europe and to the statement
of the chief OF Stan that it Is intended
to discharge but $4,000 men from the
army on this side of the ocean in the I'M
mediate future. Mr. Green said:
ITO say that the people at large were
surprised and even astonished at these
statements is putting It mildly The
country has been expecting that all not
enlisted for a definite term would be dis
charged as soon as possible after peace
became an established fact even though
i had not been officially proclaimed.
1T seems, however. that what might
be called a Joker crept into the selective
service bill whereby instead OF being
enlisted for the duration of the war the
soldiers were taken during the period
OF the existing emergency The
emergency then existing Is over but
the language permits the President TO
put any construction he desires on It.
Under 1t the men can be kept not
orlv during the war but for an In
definite period after peace has been pro-
claimed. and apparently 1t is the inten-
ton of the officers in command TO re-
tain in the service some organizations
which have been longest enlisted.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-03
Says Country Il Deceived.

"I do not object TO the eminent Sena-
tor from Pennsylvania (Mr. Knox or
the distinguished Senator from Massa-
chusetts (Mr Lodge), artfui In his lead
ership Of the Republican side, qualifying
for the support OF Col. Roosevelt and his
following for the nomination for Presi-
dent by biding their time until they
catch the expression OF opposition OF the
Colonel and then rising in the Senate TO
fsav $50 say we all of u.s. but l do OBJ
,ect 20 the country being deceived as TO
,ba design and the President of the
limited States dishonored by false po-
Iitical pretences to accomplish their pur-
pose -
~ prove this charge by calling to the
attention OF the American public that
not one OF these gentlemen VINO pave
criticized each course OF the PRESIDENT
and condemned each action ana the
omission of any action ever has APP
moved any one thing the President mas
undert aiken or expressed since he began
his mission In Europe
"Nothing he has said has received
their Endorsement. not even wen WISH
for a successful journey through which
his life might be preserved from the
nerils/of the sea, nor an approval OF
sneeeh or line IN praise OF his own coun-
try or her noble sons ever mas receiVeu
Endorsement, nor one expression OF siad-
ness or praise for the welcome the cheer
and the reception gwen him In oehait OF
America
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-03

BRUSSELS, Jan. president Wilson
during his visit to Brussels, according TO
newspapers. will occupy the wing of the
royal palace formerly used by the Prln-
cess Clementine. now the wife of Prince
Victor Napoleon.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-03
Americans Win French Honors.

PARIS. Jan. 2.-Dr. Livingstone Fer
rand. president OF the Rockefeller Anti
tuberculosis Commission. has been
named an officer OF the Legion Of Honor
on the proposal OF Capt. Andre Tardleu
Sclslar NJ Gum OF Bostouaud Alex
ander Miller have been made HAIghts Of
the Legion OF Honor.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-03
Serbian Delegate on for Paris.

SALoNICA. Jan. en-. 2. Pachitch.
former Serbian Premier, has left Bel
grade for Paris. where he will act az
one of the Serbian delegates TO the
peace congress.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-03
LEWIS SCENTS PLOT
IN SENATE CRITICISM
Charges Knox and Lodge With
Launching Presidential
Boom for Roosevelt.
specidi DtspatcA 10 TIE srN.

WAsHINGToN. Jan. 2.-Senator Lewis
of Illinois delivered in the Senate to-day
the beginning OF his promised eluc!da-
ton of the problem OF forming a league
OF nations for the preservation OF ever
lasting peace by attacking the Repub-
iican Senate leaders. specifically Messrs.
Lodge ard Knox. charging them with
conspiring TO force the Presidential con-
didacy OF Theodore Roosevelt upon the
country. The epeech received consider
able attention from the galleries and
| aroused moderate interest upon the
floor. Neither Senator Lodge nor Sena-
tor Knox appeared in the Senate cham
her during Its delivery.
The subject matter ofe Mr.. Lewis
speech was criticised as marking the
first intrusion of the spectre of par
tisanship in the discussions in the
Senate over the peace programme.
Heretofore the arguments advanced BY
Senators Lodge. Knox. Kellogg, Borah.
| Hitchcock and Reed have avoided studi-
ously the politics of the situation. They
have dealt with the problem itself and
their criticism has been directed TO
prime ples of international jurisprud ence,
racial delmitations and general prob
| lens OF strictly international char
aCter
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-03
Decentralization I. slow.

Members OF the committee were I'M
able t. obtain from the Secretary In
formation OF any definite plan for rapid
Decentralization Of the enlisted personnel
Of the navy. NJ. Daniels stated that
he had instructed al. commanding oiti-
Gers to expedite tine discharge OF meu
who desired separation from the service,
giving preference first TO those with
dependents and secondly 10 those de-
string to resume studies IA schools and
colleges
recruiting to fill the places OF those
discharged In the past week we have
recruited about 500 men. We are not
granting discharges TO men now IN for
| eign service because their places cannot
he easily filed and their duties are
| highly important
At the completion n the Secretary's
! testimony Rear Admiral Taylor and
Rear Admiral Griffin wcre recalled 20
| explain proposed increases in cost au-
| tnorizatious for capital ships IN the
1916 programme Admiral TIA ylor. chief
! Naval Constructor. predicted that the
| increase for hui and machinery alone
would amount TO about l50,00o,0o0, due
| to Increased cost FOR labor and material
! and the necessity for using inferior
| labor.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-03
Says Men in Navy Were Fooled.

Men who enlisted in the navy, he said,
we're fooled into believing that their en-
listment was for the period Of the
emergency only, but actually they have
been enlisted for four years. The Navy
Department intends to permit only 10
per cent OF the present personnel to be
discharged, Mr.. Madden said.
I'VE fought for democrasS and We
got 1t all right" Mr.. Madden pointed
out I'VE read cabled reports of din
ner given by the King of England to the
President served on gold plates valued
at millions. We read of an of the
guests walking backward, waving wands
and kowtowing to tho President and
Mrs. Wilson.
is this the character OF democracy
for which We fought? ! hope we are 10
continue TO live tho simple lives OF
Americans and not be led astray by the
false gods Of European poInp"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-03

In beginning his speech Senator Lewis
said: The concurring assaults by GER
tain leaders OF the Republican side upon
everything that President Wilson has
attempted in Europe and in refusing to
approve anything undertaken discloses,
as 1 charge, a conspiracy to d!scredit
him and 10 defeat hny designs he enters
upon by giving the European negotia-
tors to understand that the Senate Is
opposed to the President, that II OBJ
jects TO his measures and that It Ia
speaking with the power to revise. re-
verse and repudiate him
The object is to prevent tho President
from accomplishing anything, and the
purpose of this 10 that when they have
dishonored his errand and defeated his
objects they then may cry 10 the Amer
lean public The President Is failure,
his mission is a failure. his failure has
made America ridiculous and lost for the
United States all the fruits of the war
and made a mockery OF the sacrifices OF
blood and lives OF It's Children
This would make the Presidential
issue. and this charge IL the political
purpose of the eminent leaders who as
sail with constancy of time and method
everything the President is doing to So
cure peace and >to procure full results
from the victory obtained by the United
States in her participation with the
Allies
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-03
ELECTRIC WARSHIPS
PRAISED BY DANIELS
U. s. Dreadnoughts win Be
Superior to All Others,
Says Secretary.
SPEED ABOVE STANDARD
House Committee Unable to
Obtain Rapid DemObiliza-
ton Plan for Navy.
SPEED ABOVE STANDARD
Special DESPATCH 10 TIE srN.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.-Unqualifed
success In the experiment with electrical
propulsion for capital fighting ships as
sures for future dreadnoughts of the
American Navy marked superiority over
the lighting ships of all other nations.
Secretary Daniels told tho House Naval
Committee to-day.
In the case of the dreadnoueht New
Mexico, the first to be completed Of the
sixteen capital ships authorized under
the 1915 building programme. the new
system of electrical propulsion eNcelled
even the hopes of its proponents, devel-
oping horsepower and speed In excess
of requirements and proving Its SUI
periority over steam propulsion by fuel
saving, increased mobility and greater
battle efficiency. according to the state
rnent of the Secretary. Mr.. Daniels ex-
planned he had recently inspected the
new ship which has Just Joined the
fleet and which. according to the Secre-
tary, is the first capital ship OF any ma
ton to DO equipped with the electric
drive.
Success Of New Plan.
After reminding the committee OF the
strong opposition which originally de-
veloped against the proposal to equiv
ships of the 1916 programme with the
electric drive, Mr.. Daniels said:
THE machinery was designed to de-
velop 26,500 horsepower at full speed
which>t was expected would give the
ship n speed of Fl knots. She actually
developed more than 81 900 orse-poweI
and maintained for four hours a speed
| of 21L knots, and this when running al
a displacement 900 tons greater thar
| her design called for.
| ION the whole I think the country has
! 20 no of ~
engineering. because OF the assurance Il
| gives us Of the superiority of our capita
| ships TO those OF foreign nations
A naval project to encircle the coas
| line OF the United States with neck
| lace OF aviation landing places involving
| small permanent aviation stations de
veloped through questions directed at tn
Secretary concerning his aviation esti
mates The NAVY Department wishe
to continue aviation experimentation an
| development on much larger scale thal
appeals to many Of the Republican mem
bers OF the committee, judging from TO
days questions
Estimates under this head wer
chopped from s233. 900 600 70 sS5,00o0O
| after the signing Of the armistice an
later further reduced 10 s3G,000O0O b.
the Secretary. The latter however
strongly opposed to-day further reduc
tions.
| In urging strongly the continuation @
the smaller stations as landing places
is understood the Secretary has In min
plan of the Navy Department to us
such stations in an aerial survey an
mapping project, which would includ
practically the entire coast line OF Tn
tinted States. experimenting and e,ah
Grating the work now done by the CoaS
and Geodetic Survey.
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tenn az far az It concerns wounded men
returned to the United States and the
Medical Corps itself got a raKing over
the Goals from Mr.. Madden. He said
some of the wounded men now in Amer
lean hospitals not only were not paid
but were continually transferred about
the country when they are in no condi-
ton to be moved at all.
my own nephew went into an army
hospital TO be operated on for appendi-
citis," he declared. He was SO BUTCH
cred that II was 1913 days before he
could leave. and he was made cripple
for life by the butcher that performed
the operation
According 10 Mr.. Madden It is hard
to obtain any Information about men
wounded abroad. THE cables are so
full of accounts of social activities in
Europe" said he, that It Is almost i'm
possible to get n cable of inquiry sent to
France. II 1t does reach there no an
swer is ever received
Mr.. Madden said ne had been in
formed that not only was 1t the inten-
ton of the War Department to keep a
million and n quarter men in France,
but to maintain ten divisions OF combat
ant troops in the United States, about
$50, 900 men. When he asked the War
Department why this was he could get
no satisfactory explanation.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1919-10-18
Card of Thanks.

I desire to return thanks to every
one who donated so literally towards
the magnificent monument erected
over the remains of my Colonel
Thomas NJ. Crump; to each speaker,
who took part in the exercises, both
at the Castle and Cemetery; espec-
tally the Southern Aid Society, of
which he was the Chief Corner Stone;
the Choir, he loved so dearly and
above all the Pythian Organization
and Court Ladies who came fourteen
months ago when he left me never
to return and cheered and helped
me, lonely widow, and in all these
months have never forsaken me and
last Wednesday they treated me as a
royal guest; to- Sir Knight Walton,
that handsome man Of God for his
untiring efforts, his committee, the
dinne\' servers and every one from
the least to the Supreme Leader.
May Gods choicest blessings fol-
low them through life and in death
may each receive crown Of life.
trust may enter that Haven Of Rest
and that my Colonel will be waiting
for me and lead me to Mother and
Fathers mansions.
Lonely widow,
MARY PAYNE CRUMP.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1919-10-18
HOUSE FOR COLI
DRIED PEOPLE, INC. STATES
~. ITS CASE.
Practical Demonstration OF Negro
CHARITY ana Welralc work.
What VIII You Give?

The Community House for Colored
People, Inc, 2 w. Marshall Street
l has been a realization and a practi-
cal demonstration in the city of Rich
mond of Negro Charity and Welfare
Work since January, 1919. Just one
year ago this month, October, an
appeal from its directors was made
" to the hearts Of generous public,
for donations and subscriptions that
the house might be properly financed
! and put in running shape for the
relief of suffering humanity in what
! ever form presented.
Just how we'll this appeal was
answered all the good people Of
I Richmond know from official finan-
cial reports submitted at the close of
the drive. The response was had.
Y the money received, acknowledged
and the duties Of the institution
began. Some of the things it has
done in the months now drawing to
close it's first year
Maintained headquarters for char
ETY., relief and welfare work among
members of the race, to which hum
dreds have found the way, gathered
Information concerning these needs
and conditions filing same for all
future reference and help; coopcra-
" ted with all organizations possible in
he dispensing Of emergency and
necessary relief and for the better
ment Of distressing conditions, afford
BID temporary shelter, sustenance and
In all ways possible, relief for those
In need and for transients.
Used every possible means for the
Improvement Of existing conditions
In the matter Of health education and
Endustry, by the fullest cooperation
with the following accredited agen-
lies: Board Of Health, the Anti
Tuberculosis Association, I. V. N.
Association, Virginia Hospital, Free
#Dispensary, Juvenile Court, Proba-
Y ion Officers, Travellers Aid Society,
Public Employment, State
Board Charities and Corrections, AS
kociated Charities, City Board OF
Education and Churches Of all demon
! nations.
! Dispensed charities and succor to
he aged, sick, blind, afflicted, the
widow, orphan, deserted woman, the
abandoned child, the stranded and
hungry man. It's prime motive and
mission is to rehabilitate and make
elf-supporting families disrupted or
Jpn the verge thereof, as we'll as the
dispensing emergency relief, doing
/ elief helps for an hour, finding and
emOving the cause effects a perma-
y ent cure, If there remains any foun
Nation.
! In full cooperation with every out
ide State agency in facilitating its
work. Of similar nature and has
Received its fulIest cooneratfon IN
urn. The institution has taken care
every Negro Charity Case applying
@ the Associated Charities, the same
ING referred to the House by it's
geneat. These are seHAe OF
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1919-10-18

The propaganda published YIN uhe
press about Negroes being armed to
kill all white people and take their
farms away from them is too ride
nous to be given any thought"
The clipping referred to is from
the Memphis, Tenn, Commercial APP
peal Of Friday morning, October 3.
According to u. S. Bratton, father OF
the attorney accused Of "inciting"
the Negroes, therein quoted, his
clients claimed that it had been i'm
possible for them to obtain itemized
statements Of accounts or in fact OBJ
tain statements at all and that the
manager was preparing to ship their
cotton, they being share troopers and
having II half interest therein, OFF
without settling with thom or allow
ing them to sell their half Of the crop
and pay up their accounts. AS we
were informed, there were some 65
or 70 Of these share CHOPPERS who
desired us to represent them. If its
Il crime to represent people IN an
effort to make honest settlements,
then he has committed crime. If
this is n crime in a country where WI
have been spending our money and
the lives OF our boys to sake the
country safe for democracy, we do
not understand what the word
means"