The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-18
PENROsE BEHIND
CHARGES Of SIMS
Pennsylvania Republican Sen
ator Accused of Being Re-
sponsible for Stir a
Up. X.
THOUGHT WAVES US
Secretary of Navy Says seve IT.
nesses Use Same Langua
Figures in Testi7
tying.
THOUGHT WAVES US
TBy Raymond Clapper, United Press
Staff Correspondent

Stan CORES pOnQeuL.J
WASHINGTON, May Ex-senator
Boies Penrose is behind the attack
which Rear Admiral Sims is directing
at the conduct of the navy durlns
! the war, Secretary of the Navy
Daniels intimated to-day, contlnung
his testimony before the senate naval
affairs committee.
In bringing the Pennsylvania re-
publican chieftain into the contro
versy, Daniels conveyed the lmpres
sion that he believed politics is 70
sponsible for the Sims charges.
Daniels quoted from speech Pen
rose made in the senate August "a,
1918, in which he blamed the secre
tary of the navy for "procrastlna
ton" delaying active naval partlcl
patton three months at cost OF $l3,
600 900, 900 and many 1ives-the same
accusation which forms the Keynote
of the Sims attack.
I have been informed that 1t was
not Admiral Sims who originated
this charge, but that it was first made
Lin the senate on August "a, 1913, oy
Senator Penrpse,' Daniels said
| 'srhe original charges amplifled
! and repeated by Admiral Sims be
fore this committee are contained II
Senator Penrose's speech
! Daniels remarked on the use OF
similar language by several witnesses
! testifying in support OF Sims
..They all speak the senator's Ian,
guage, figures, phrases and all,
Daniels said.
They were either plagarists or re
ceived thought waves from the zen
rose ouija board, he declared.
'It is worthy to note that at the
very time Penrose was making MS
speech Sims was writing to captain
| Pratt in the navy department mere
threatening an investigation OF tne
conduct of the war
THAT great minds, even those 81
| politicians and admirals and some
who are both, run in the same chan
nels is strikingly exemplified by the
| similarity of the allegations of Sims
and Penrose.
! "AlI these charges are contained IN
the senator's speech and you might
have saved yourself thousands OF
! reams of paper by investisatlns~ils n Is
brief accusations which-11s plagaT
: lists or hypnetized successors have
elaborated into many hundred thou
sand words"
The "telepathic wireless" between
Penrose and Sims "must have been
working clear across the ocean.
Daniels continued. "for Sims was tell
ing practically the same things to
Americans in Europe"
| Sims. he said, expressed practic,
ally the same idea in London
speech on October II Of the same
year.
! Daniels said the highest ambe,on OF
Admiral Sims was blasted when his
government refused to permit him tc
Join the British admiralty.
Admiral Sims expressed his deep
regret and embarrassment at not be
ing allowed to accept this honor,
Daniels said.
Misdirected Effort.
! WASHINGTON, May 1S.-Charglns
that the war departm ent spent $ll6
194974.37 on plants which produced
no nitrate prior to the signing of the
armistice, the republicans of the house
war department expenditures com
mittee in report made public today
declared the whole nitrate program
was one of misdirected effort .....
The alleged failure of the program
,"is directly traceable to Bernard M
Baruch, who admits that he was the
moving spirit in tho plans of the gov
ernment," the report stated.
The republican charges were denied
flatly in a minority report filed by
Representative Garrett, Tennessee
who asserted that if it was mistake
TO embark on the nitrate program, II
was also an error to call to arms
+, 2 COO 900 men who never left the
United States.
Recommendation Of the republicans
as outlined by Chairman Graham, Hi
nois, follows:
That no further sums be paid tt
the air nitrates corporation or Its SUP
contractors for the building of plants
at Muscle SHOALS, Ala Toledo e~Sant
Cincinnati.
That civil suits be instituted to re
cover such sums as may compensate
the United States for the failure o
the corporation to carry out It's cor
tracts or that the corporation brin:
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