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New-York tribune., 1920-05-26
w ar w Warnine
egarded by
Daniels i'm 1914
Letter From General Board
of Navy Urging Ships Be
Prepared for Conflict
Derided, Then Ignored
Fiske Plan Sneered At
Danger Confronting U. S.
Pointed Out in Detail
in p "a for Action

From The Trtbume's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, May 25.-Secretary
of the Navy Daniels admitted TO-DAY
before the Senate naval investigating
committee that he had ignored a spe
clflc warning given by the General
Board Of the Navy on August |, 1914
that there was danger of the United
States being drawn into the World
War;
Mr.. Daniels said that he had a "hazy
recollection" of the letter, but insisted
that it had to do primarily with the
withdrawal of American naval vessels
from Mexican waters, step which was
urged in the letter as move to pre-
pare for participation in the war with
Germany.
He suspected that the meeting of the
General Board, at which the letter was
drafted, had been called by Rear Ad-
miral Bradley A. Fiske, aid in opera
tions, the Secretary told the commit
tee, and for that reason he ignored it.
Fiske Controversy Renewed
The letter was the storm center of
the days hearing, and it developed a
renewal of the Daniels -Fiske contro-
versy that stirred the navy before the
United States entered the war.
Rear Admiral Fiske, Secretary
Daniels said, was a monumental ego
tist who weared me to the point of
exhaustion" He quoted letter re-
ceived by him from Admiral Fiske
urging adoption Of the German plan"
by the navy.
ut worried me to hear this appeal
for the adoption of the German plan"
said Mr.. Daniels.
"Fiske was aid for operations, was
he not?" asked Chairman Hale of the
investigating committee.
Mostly an obstacle to operations. :"
Secretary Daniels replied. admiral
Fiske wanted a plan which he could
take from a drawer in time of war.
order 1T into operation, and then go to
sleep. We do not want our officers
asleep"
The letter called attention to the ex-
traordinary situation which then ex-
listed on the high seas and urged that
the United States warships be with
drawn from Mexican waters and be
placed in condition of preparedness
for any possible conflict.
The text of the letter fellows:
"ln view of the immediate danger
Continued on page eIghD
New-York tribune., 1920-05-26

"a 1919. On April "a of this year he
wrote the State Department, calling at
tentlon to his proposition, saying the
house was vacant and seeking a reply.
The letter of May "a, 1919, follows:
For many years it has been evident
to me that it is desirable that the
United States should own residences
for its ambassadors in the principal
capitals of Europe.
Residence and Garden Offered
GAS a first step in this direction, l
now offer as a gift to the government
the house in London, l3 and IA Prince s
Gate, Hyde Park, for many years the
residence of my grandfather and my
father. The house is freehold prope rty
with frontage of something more than
fifty feet facing Hyde Park, and there
is an undivided interest in very con-
siderable garden at the back
This house, though not of a size to
accommodate the Offices of the en-
bassy as we'll as the Ambassadors FAM
lily, would, | think, be a very suitable
residence for the ambassador and is in
part of London sufficiently near the
embassy Offices to be convenient for
his use.
Should this gift be accepted by the
government of the United States the
transfer OF the property could take
place at once, but actual occupancy of
the house could not be obtained before
January /, 1920, as the house has been
let until then for certain war relief
purposes.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-26
WO1manAccused
OF Swindline
Many Teachers
Sold More Than $4,000
Worth of Stock; Failed
to Deliver Shares or
Return Cash, Is Charge
Alleged Dupe a Decoy
Selling Statements Verified
by Standard Oil En-.
ployee, Says Kilroe

The arraignment in Tombs court yes.
terday OF Miss Margaret Rethy on g
charge of grand larceny disclosed, ac-
cordlng to Edwin P. Kilroe, Assistant
District Attorney, scheme by which g
number of persons, most of them
women school teachers, were victim.
ICED for more than $4,000.
Miss Rethy was held in $1,000 bal,
by Magistrate Cobb for examination
June on complaint of Mrs. Lillian
Green. of 1865 Morris Avenue, the
Bronx.
Mrs. Green alleges that she gave
$500 to Miss Rethy on December 19
last to purchase stock in the South
western Zinc, Lead and Oil Corpora
ton, and that Miss Rethy has failed
either to deliver the stock or return
the money.
Mr.. kilroe said that Miss Rethy S
practice was to tell an acquaintance of
the wonderful opportunity investment
in this stock offered; that the concern
had smelters and factories and that It's
net earnings were $500,000 year. She
is alleged ID have said that Percy and
William Rockefeller, Edwin Gould and
the Vanderbilt interests were back of
the corporation.
To verify her statements. Mr.. Kilroe
says, Miss Rethy would refer to a mid
die aged woman who is a stenograrh
IN the office of a nigh oIncial of the
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey.
This woman, it is said, promptly would
affirm as true everything that Miss
Rethy had represented.
Miss Rethy then. according to the
Assistant District Attorney, would ex-
press grave doubt as to whether any
of the stock could be purchased, but
would promise to try to- get few
shares for the now thoroughly inter
ested prospect.
Mr.. Kilroe says all of Miss Rethy's
representations a. to the hackers of tn
company have been admitted by her to
be false. He said she was formerly
secretary of the Aetna Explosives Com
pany and. prior to that, clerk in the
discount department of ]. P Morgan
& Co. She is thirty years old and lives
at 1861 st. Nicholas Avenue.
Among her alleged victims, Mr. Kill
roe says, are Miss Helen Green, of 5
Dongan Street, Elmhurst, L. l.; Jacob
Peckner, of 5 Van Loon Place Elm
hurst, and Elman Fiebig, of 315 East
Fifty-seventh Street.
Miss Green, it is said, acted quite
innocently as an indorser of Miss
Re.hy's stock deals. She became so
enthusiastic over her own good fortune
in being let in on the investment that
she told several of her friends about
it and put them in touch with Miss
Rethy.
One list of purchasers, Mr.. Kilroe
said, gave $4,000 to Miss Rethy. Last
night, ne declared, he had discovered
additional sales of $4,000.
The Southwestern Zinc, Lead and Oil
Corporation, of which Joseph A. Heron
is PRESIDENT, has Offices at 489 Fifth
Avenue. There is nothing in the com
plant against Miss Rethy to indicate
that it is other than legitimate enter
prise.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-26
1000 Merchants Enroll
For Fight to Free Port;
Labor War 1mpends
Resolution Pledging Business Men
TO Finish Fight to More Freight

Following the resolution adopted
business of the City York. pledgng
through freight throttng the
business of the
WHEREAS of the CITY of York the
welfare of its depend through
impartial and uninterrupted
threaten
city with paralysis of industry and commerce;
BE 1T RESOLVED, That call appropriate officials
Federal state and city,
able situation
"BE 1T FURTHER RESOLVED That heartily ndorse the
efforts of the Citizens Transportation urge
chants and citizens their
New-York tribune., 1920-05-26
R-34 Plans Flight From
Rome to Buenos Ayres
Dirigible That Crossed Atlantic
To Be Manned by Civilians
IN NeM Venture

ROME. May 25.--The dirigible air
ship R-34. which in 1919 flew across
The Atlantic from England to New
York and Back. had a trial flight to-
day and shortly probably will attempt
fight from Rome 10 Buenos Ayres.
The airship has capacity of so 900
cubic meters of gas and instead of a
basket carries an aluminium compart-
ment capable of accommodating one
hundred passengers. If the trip is
made the pilots will be civilians.
The R-a4 was built by the British
army. A dispatch from London last
December said that combination If
aviation firms was credited with the
intention of acquiring the R-34 and her
sister ship, the R39, and that weekly
airship service to America was CON
templated. The vessels, it was said
were being altered to meet passenger,
and cargo requirements.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-26
C0TTunS0 Buried
Among the Poor
fomiiy Carries Out. Re-
guest OF Slain President:
diplomats Escort Body

me. MiEAlC0 CITY, May rs (By The AS
sSVc'ated Press) I'm accordance with
Tos vs. olt-repeated request, President
diehusuano Carranza, slain last Thurs
hoy morning at Tlaxcalantongo, was
rSileu ro,n late yesterday afternoon in
SNe SdV.ofes cemetery, where, in the sha-
OvS NV of Chapultepec, the poorest
~ ~ MeXicans have for many years found
''sIr TI last resting place.
,. me BODY of the slain President ar
Yesterday morning and was taken to
sas family home, being escorted by
Iiosoiers ioe and a delegation from the dip
,aa"c s,atac corps. Later the body lay in
ss ssate until the hour of the funeral,
~ taousahds ,ads passing before the coffin
Wv. w .ooK upon the face of the man who
"' hurled from power by revolution
tContInued page ten)
New-York tribune., 1920-05-26
Store of Munitions
Found IL, PO,,sera1,iu

BERLIN, May 25. "Vor-
WARTS" which states to-day with
great detail that the next revo-
lutionary movement will be from
the Right and Immediately fol-
low the elections in JUNG, pub
fishes a dispatch from Treptow,
Pomerania, where lightning
caused fire on we'll known Ma
tionalist's country estate.
During the salvage work large
quantities of hidden hand gre
nades and machine gun ammuni-
ton came to light, the newspaper
says, which came near to blowing
up the fire brigade.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-26
per,izelos Promises
Suffrage to Women

LONDON, May 25.-M. veni-
zelos, the Greek Premier, gave as
surance at a meeting of the
League of Women's Rights that
women in Greece would be given
the vote after the next municipal
election, says dispatch to "The
London Times" from Athens.
Nine. Negroponti will represent
Greece at the International Wom-
ems Conference, to be held at
Geneva.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-26
GOOD MORNING

"o MORNISG:
boy's arseht parents usually help decide a
teliean,,s step in the Business World. In
up the Good Morning -Bcektnan Sooo
mcrrarsNe sNe her your advertisement for to-
The Cordova daily times., 1920-05-15

Mosquito, Head and Bed Nets at Kennedy's. -. 13-tf
The Cordova daily times., 1920-05-15
DOROTHY DALTON IN
 NEW ROLE AT EMPRESS :
 THEATER SUNDAY NIGHT

Dorothy Dalton, with her wicked dimple and her alluring grace, won fame as a star of the first magnitude in such pictures as Flame of the Yu- kon," '"Ten of Diamonds" and other dance hall pictures. But Dorothy grew tired of the dance-hall vamp type. She said that just as much brains, beauty and pluck can be turned to good account as to bad, and in the picture shown tomorrow night at the Empress she proves it, in "Broadway Jane." It's a clever story, full of funny situations that keep you cOnvulsed with laugher, play that hits straight from the shoulder, clean-cut and full of interest-a play you should not miss tomorrow night. And tonight for the last time, the comedy-melodrama, Full of Pep" that is synonymous for full of laughs"
The Cordova daily times., 1920-05-15
THE CHURCHES
Episcopal

Episcopal
 St. Georges church. Sunday after Ascension Day Holy Communion and sermon at Ii a. m. Church school at 12 m REV. E. P. ZE1GLER Priest-in-charge
 Catholic
 Church of St. Joseph--Mass ana communion at so a. m.; mass anu benediction at 1O:30 a. m.
 VIM. MCMILLAN, s. J.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-05-15
PURCHASERS HAVEREACHED
 JUNEAU PORT

Submarine Chaser BIO has arrived in Juneau for her third seasons work in the waters of Southeastern Alaska.
 The BIO is commanded again this wear by Lieut.. w. s. Morse, U. s. N. His second in command is Ensign Rowland Koenig. Lieut.. Morse is we'll known in Alaskan waters as this is his third cruise here. Ensign Koenig was up last year on the 294
 The two boats, BIO and 294, left Seattle together and cruised together until they came to the vicinity ot Hvder, when he 294 went to that port t0 Investigate rumors of trouble by radicals in that camp. After looking over Hyder the 294 will also go to Juneau.
 These two boats spent last winter in Puget Sound Navy Yard undergo ing repairs and being generally over hauled. They will be stationed at Juneau all summer and their orders call for cooperation with the federal and territorial officials in the enforce ment of law and order in the terri tory, particularly cooperating with the Bureau of Fisheries in the en- forcement of the fish rules and regu- 1ations during the canning season.
 Both boats will have headquarters at Juneau, and will patrol Southeast Alaska. They will later be joined by the Eagle boat 57 which is a larger type of craft than either. Another officer for the BIO will ar rive on the 57 which should be in Juneau in three weeks.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-05-15
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
SUM MONS

SS |" WSbN0 In the District Court for the Territory
 of Alaska, Third Division.-Annie
 Stephens, plaintiff, vs. Clyde c.
 Stephens, defendant. No. C-192. The President of the United States
 of America,& greeting, to Clyde c.
 Stephens, the above-named defend
 ant:
 You are hereby required to appear in the district court for the territory of Alaska, Third division, within thirty days after the completion of the pub Hcat1On of this summons, to wit, within thirty days after the 9th day of June, 1920, and answer the complaint of An nie Stephens, the above-named plain tiff, in the abOVe-entitled cause, which cause Is an action for divorce in one of the cases prescribed by law, wherein the plaintiff prays for a decree dis solving the bonds of matrimOny be- tween herself and you, and for such other and further relief as to the court may seem right and proper in the premises. And you are hereby noti- fled that if you fail to appear and an- sWer said complaint as herein re- quired, the said plaintiff will take judgment against you for want thereof, and will apply to the court for the re- lief demanded in her complaint, as hereinbefore set out.
 The order for publication of this summons was duly made and entered on the 24th day of April, 1920.
 Witness the Hon. Fred M. Brown, judge of said court, and the seal thereof, this 24th day of April, in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty and of our tnde- pendence the one hundred and forty fifth.
 (SeaD ARTHUR LANG, Clerk District Court, Third Division,
 Territory of Alaska.
 By c. H. WILCOX, Deputy.
 Edward F. Medley, Cordova, Alaska, attorney for plaintiff.
 Date of first publication, April 27, 1920.
 Date of last publication, June 8, 1920.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-05-15

Job printing at Daily Times office
The Cordova daily times., 1920-05-15

Don't argue. The Club billiard hall carries fresh tobacco. 27-tf
The Cordova daily times., 1920-05-15
ALASKA PULP TIMBER
 ISOFFERED FOR SALE

The Forestry Bureau is offering for sale all the mcrchantable timber on two tracts of land on Glass Peninsula and at Snettisham constitutes the first actual step ill the disposal of tim Der in Alaska for use in the manu- facurt of pulp. The sale is being made on the initiative of the Alaska Pulp and Paper Company which pro- poses to utilize the power of the Speel River Project.
 The tract on which all the dead timber. standing or down, and all the live timber marked or designated for cutting" is to be sold comprises about 10000 acres. It is estimated that there are 100000, 900 feet, board measure, of the timber.
 It is specified that the buds must be in the hands of the District For ester at Portland, Ore, by June 1st. but it specified that the time may be extended 30 days at the request of those having legitimate interests.
 The lowest price that will be &C., cepted is $1 per 1000 feet, board measure, for spruce, cedar and cy- press, and 50 cents per 1000 for hem lock and other species. The prices are to be readiusted every five years after the actual removal of the tim Der begins
The Cordova daily times., 1920-05-15

The Daily Times job plant is we'll equipped for all classes of com mercia1 printing.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-05-15

Scarborough pictures that please at prices that art right Over Cordova drug store. Phone 140-3 rings.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-05-15

Peyser's new hat-blocking outfit is in operation. Hats blocked, dyed and repaired. Phone 188.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-05-15

There will be jazz two-steps and dreamy waltzes at Eagle hall tonight which you cannot afford to miss.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-05-15
Catholic
Christian Science

Services will be held at Il a. m. ln Masonic hall; subject. "Mortals and lmmortals." Wednesday evening services at 8 o'clock. The reading room is open on Wednesday from 2 to 5 and z to 8 o'clock. Sunday school at 12 m. All are cordially invited.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-05-15

Milk shakes like mother used to make at The Club Billiard Hall. 23-tf
The Cordova daily times., 1920-05-15

Fresh Ever-Ready Flashlight Bat teries. all sizes Blum -O'Neill Co., 3-tf
The Cordova daily times., 1920-05-15

Best coffee in town served at the City Bakery. 13-tf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-18
TURK CONSp|RATORS' LOCATED IN MUNICH.
la Conference With Hun. Communists and Enlfssar-
 ies of Lenine
By Associated Press

Washington. April II.-TaIaat Pasha and Djemal Pasha. co-conspirators with Mustapha Renal in the Turkish nation alist movement, and fugitives for many months, have turned up sn Munich and have been in conference with German communists and emissar:es of Lenine, ac- cording to official advices received today in Washington.
 The conference was said to have been for the purpose of organizing concerted revolutionary movements in Turkey In dia, Egypt, Persia and elsewhere, and Moslem delegates from India, Persia, Azerbeijhan, Afghanistan and Egypt were said also to have participated in recent conference with Lenine in Moscow.
 The Munich conference was interpreted by officials here as having been called to forge further links in the interna- tional chain of revolutionis, preliminary steps toward which were taken at the Moscow conference in aid of the move ment, representatives of Lenine at Mu- mich are reported to have promised the Turkish and German conspirators 20, JS Russian bolshevik troops.
 The presence of Enver Pasha in Mu- nich, variously reported recently as in- citing bolshevism in Azerbeijanh and in conference with communists in Berlin, was not confirmed. The advices stated, however, that his promise to lead the bol- shevik movement in Turkey, was reported as having been announced at the Munich conference.
 Bulgaria, according to the reports. in addition to Egypt. Persia and India, was including on the revolutionary pro- gramme communicated to the Munich conference by Ienine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-18
RAIL LABOR BOARD
 IS READY ID BEGIN
 ITS DELIBERATIONS
Bremen and Enginemen In New York Vote to Remain Out Till Conditions
 Are Met
sy AssoeIstoa pr.ss

" ashington. April 1.-The Railroad Lr6pr Board got down to business to- dayX with the election of R. M. Bar on of Tennessee. a member of the public group. as permanent chairman and the appointment of C. P. Car r;thers of Texas as permanent secre- tsry. Mir. Carrithers was formerly secretary of adjustment board No. of the railroad administration. With its machinery in working or der to adjust the wage demands of rearly 2,o0o,00o railway employees, the board received the controversy as it stood when the bipartisan adjustment board failed to reach a settlement on April 1.
 W. N. Doak. vice president of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. presented the workers case and E. T. Winter, chairman of the Association of Railway Executives. appeared for the railroads.
 Nction by the board to force the New England Steamship Association to retnstate men who had left their jobs during the outlaw strike was asked i by k. T. Fitzgerald, president of the |Bystherhood of Railway and Steamship 4 Clerks, Freight Handlers. Express and Station Employees, and J. H. Pruett of New York. representing the Masters Mates and Pilots Associa- ' t.on- Steamship clerks and firemen in
 New York who went out. it was
 claimed, were now subject to a vir- / tual lockout.
 The board took no action, ruling
 that 1t only has Jurisdiction over dis
 rutes that come before it through the regular channels provided by the
 transportation act, which requires all
 consroversies to be first laid before a .hi-partisan board for adjustment. The board will resume work on Mon- day. when A. o. Wharton of the labor |group. who has not yet assumed his |cutiess is expected to be present. So
 far the sessions of the board have been |behind closed doors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-18
NEW DEMAND ADDED
 TO LIST BY STRIKERS

Chicago, April 17.-Rccognition of the Chicago Yardmen's Association as the Ioverning body of railway switchmen ana ardmen was added to the demands of lurking railroad employees in the Chicago terminal district today at a meeting or kfficers of the new outlaw union. John Grunau, president of the associa- (;on, announced after the meeting that i; kad been unanimously decided that the |f.g,nal demands presented to the General Hangers Association should stand He ds-iled reports that 1t was planned 'o cali [ fl the strike. and asserted that There had teen no assertions from the |anNs of the strikers.
 While the rebel union leaders main |a,ned that the walkout was meeting Fith success Chicago railroads an |ounced a further improvement in switch |ng operations and from the stockyards was reported that receipts were above formal for Saturday.
 Rail heads and brotherhood officers who lave been fighting the unauthorized |trike, declared hundreds of men were |eturninG to work and that speedy re- |nrn to normal conditions was expected. . 0runau, one of the twenty-five arrested |y federal agents and charged with vio- Ation of the Lever law. sent telegram
 b presidents of yarduens association bcals throughout the country requesting hem to attend meeting in Chicago next
 kpday to consider plans for continuing
 7strike.
 Grunaus statement declared there
 ball be no discrimination against any bon who have withdrawn from the serv-
 e of the various ra;froad companies,
 lce.ti.sea en Page Three,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-18
NO ACTION ON REQUEST
 Rs AasnciaAad

Washington April 17.--Application of Mexican federal army officers for permission to move forces through American territory to attack Sonora on the north created sharp discussion today on the Senate floor and before the committee investigating Mexican affairs.
 Meanwhile the request has been re- terred by the state department to ths war department. as 1t was not an of ficial diplomatic communication. No action had been taken tonight by the war depa artment.
 Tn the Senate, Senators Ashurst and Smith of Arizona opposed vigorously any suggestion that the request be granted. Senator Ashurst asserted that Arizona should opposed any such movement. by force if necessary. should the federal government not grant the state protection.
 The Senate discussion was halted when Senator Knox, republican, Penn sylvania, announced that he had in- formation that the request had been refused, although later he said hts in- formation was not official, but based on a statement in the New York Sun, which had stated only that the per- mission sought would not be granted.
 Before the Investigating committee. Henry Lane Wilson, former ambas- sador to Mexico. continuing his ar- rs-iknment of President Wilson's Mex ican policy. predicted that the Mex ican forces would be permitted to pass across American territory to attack the Sonora forces.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-18
Award Contract for
 Road Electrification,
 First In South America
By Associated Press

Schenectady, N Y.. April l7.-The International General Electric Com pany announced today that it had been awarded s2.ooo,ooo contract for the first identification of a steam rail- road in South America. twenty eight mile stretch of the Paulista Railway between Jundiahy and Campinas Brazil Including double track and sid ings the total mileage to be electrified Is seventy five. Electric operation is expected 10 continue so that 100 miles of the main line will be electrified. ex- tending the new system to. San Carlos. Eight freight and four passenger loco motives for the first project will be built at Erie. Pa