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SIMS PERSISTS IN HIS
ATTACK ON NAVY RECORD
Admiral Declares Daniels Depart.
mcnt Fell Down On tho job
Almost Completely.
Iny Assoclnted prcsa. |

WASHINGTON. March 1O.-Rear-Ad-
miral Sims gave the Senate Naval In
vcstigatinS committee today what he
asserted was indisputablc evidence
that the Navy Department fell down
almost completely during tho first six
months or the war
Numerous messages sent by tho adj
tho early days of Amcrica's particina.
ton in the conflict and other docu-
m ,'ii were offered as proof that de-
spite inc officers urgent and reiter-
ated requests that every available yes
Sci DC sent to the critical area of sub
marine activity. the department, neither
followed his Recommendations nor ;n
FORMED him of it's plans and policies
SIN months after the United states en-
department adopted many of tho uoii
cics he had urged from the first.
Lack OF Co-operntion.
me laGk OF wholehearted American
co-opcraiion with the allies from the
start. the admiral said. resulted in uro
lunGation Of the war until Novcmbcr
1918. when IL could have been ended
H. July. needless sacrifice or 500 900
which might have been saved and
destruction of 100000 tons Of ship
p pcisd II nro the Navy Department had
United states would have had a million
instead o. 3no0o0 soldiers in France
by thc time the Germans begun their
March. 1918. "
Explaining that his Recommendation.
many times were made after confer
ences With the allied naval comrnanL.
crs the admiral said the failure of tho
d"partment t" ~cp him properly in
t"rmcu as TO itsp,ans and po!icics was
source .: great cmbarrassment 10
him. Instead most of his Information
regarding american naval plans he
said. was obtained accidcntailv m .ho
british Admiralty or through vjsi;
ing armed guard officers
Convoy Suggestion Rejected.
When he recommended that tho con
v"N system proposed by the ErI.ish
Admiralty be nut !nto immediate onnr
alton. Admiral Sims said he rccnivcd
cableSran from Secretary Danjn,s
stating tnnt IN regard to convoy 7
consider inc American naval vessels
having armed guards are safer v.j,o,
s1iling INDEPENDENTS" Later attention
OF INC cohNov system. he said indi
tion.
Taking un tho situation created bv
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Says Marked Deck
Used in Poker Game
$1,000 Lost IN Session at
Apartment of NeaV :.
YOrE Merchant.
Ipy Associated Press. ]

NEW YORK, March l0.-Justice
kernochan. in special sessions cour,
today, issued II warrant for the arrest
OF Louis krchnberg. president of tn.
Bijou Waist Company, on Il charge OF
obtaining money under false pretences
in connection with Il stud poker game
alleged to have been played ut his
home in December. During a hearing
in February. Jacob Silvcrman testified
marked cards were used in the game.
The hearing grew out OF II complaint
by Assistant District Attorney Thomas
a. McGrath that approximately $780,
coo was involved in Il series of Dok er
games at Krohnbcrg'S home ia West
end Avenue. the home OF Joseph
Schenck. II motion picture producer. at
tho McAlpin Hotel, and at the Wave
crest Manor Hotel. at -hvcrnc, Long
Island.
Silverman testified that he losL 81
500 in game at Erohnbers's hoinc
and that he took away Dac of the
decks OF cards used In the game. These
cards. he declared. were later fuuu.t -
be readers" the fieur de lis designs
on their backs being marked IN sag
way that player in the secr.; could
recognize them.
When K:ohnberg was told that Il
warrant had been issued fo- his ar
rest he surrendered himself. \ surety
company put up the $1,000 bail fixed
for him. He pleaded not guilty and
his hearing WAS set for next SATURDAY,
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SAID that In June. lYl1. he told the
department the effort then being made
70 curb the U-boats was not succeed.
ing ana the necessity again was pre-
sehteu OF sending all destroyers, tugs,
Sacnts and other craft which can
reach the critical area by themselves
Dcpnrtmcnt CndcrcstImuted Dnnrer
me department. in reply. he sal
stated That Tho department recognizes
.nc necessity OF sending all nnti-sub-
,narlhe craft VIII ich can be spared from
n',i. waters into active European
axai, and when such craft become
n ,io viii send then." and an
every way" and that it would .'con-
slucr the question of supplying naval
ioLceS othcr than anti-submarine craft
whenever the ACCESSIBILITY Of SO doing
is justlfiedH "
This reply. Admiral Sims said. con-
tlrcly misunderstood the situation and
caused him to- appeal to Ambassator
rage Tor assistance. In a letter Ia
tue hinDassador on June .. 1917, he
made most OF the assertion that
brought the present investigation. rr-
viewed the entire situation. quoted
messages exchanged with tho depart
mcnt and closed with the statement
mai the war will he won or lost
within the next few months" for eli
the shipping losses continue at the
present rate 1t must be lost. because
the allies cannot win" The admiral
1id not say what was the result ot
the letter.
Further evidence to support his con
tcntionS Is expected to be presented bv
the admiral when he resumes tho stand
tomorrow.
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SAYS WILSON UNJUST
TORRANCE. IN LETTER
Everything Toward Fulfilling of Treaty Obligations Has
Fallen on Shoulders of French People, While United
States Cooperation Has Entirely Disappeared

ised us their guarantee in case Of un-
provoked attack, IS well by the treaty
OF Versailles as by the special treaty
between them and us. and neither or
those treaties is ratified
'Third--Thc treaty of Versailles
imposed upon the allied and assocint :
ed powers certain number of com
mon military INSTRUMENTATION of the
left bank of the Thine. Schleswig.
DanZig. Mcneil. Ailerstcin. Marien-
werder. Cpper-Silesia and Teschen.
Excepting a few thousand Americans
on tho Rhine: it is French troops which
everywhere bear that charge alone, or
nearly alone. The treaty was to be
executed by several We are execuI :
ing II nearly alone.
Fourth-The negotiations i'm, Paris
had in view participation by ali the
allied and associated powers in the
Here. again, the United states disnn-
pcarcd. and to protect the populations
against masSacres in CunStantinople
Anatolia, Armenia and Cilicia. il was
again France that was called upon.
therefore. ! repeat, it is unjust to
accuse us OF imperialism. No one in
france protests against the continual
increase or the American navy. our
army, like the American navy. is what
circumstances require ii to be and il
Is NOT france that created those cir
cumstances. 1T is the debate going on
10, ;d months IN the United states over
ratlncatlon OF the peace treaty that
created them. Every one knows my re-
spect for President Wilson. but / think
That in his last letter 10 Senator
Hitchcock he has been unjust to
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MAN AND WOMAN CHARGED
WITH STEALING EACH OTHER
Unique Warrants Are sworn Ont nv
DeScrtcd Husband and Wife in
PctcrSburr.

Special to The Times Dispatch
PEI1;RSBuRG. March lO-Onc OF
the most unique cases in local nolire
annals today held the attention Of n
iocai police justice when he was called
upon by Della king. colOred. who
wanted warrant for the arrest of
ittta Boiling, colored. for stealing her
husband. and Tenant Boiling. colorcd.
wanted Il warrant for the arrest Of the
NinS womanS husband for the theft
OF his wife. With the writing of the
Two warrants and the request of the
Norfolk authorities to arrest the
couple, who arc said to be living in
mat city, the tanglc was unravcled
DF the magistrate. All the parties are
neiEhbors and King and the Boiling
woman arc said to have left the city
together Sunday night.
For the second time in about ten
years the city Jail is practically de-
serted. only twcnty-nine prisoners be-
Ing confined in the local lookup Of
this number, six are white men, eight
ARE negro women, and fifteen are
negro men. Twenty are serving SEN
fences for misdemeanors, and seven
await trial in the Hastings Court
In August, 1918, only twenty-five
prisoners were held in the Jail, the
smallest number in years.
-Four Are Sent TO Pcnitcntinry.
Four negro men prisoners were to-
day taken from the city Jail to the
State Penitentiary to begin serving
their sentences, imposed AT the last
! term Of the Hastings Court here Two
received two-year sentences and the
others one year each.
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SWEEPING INVESTIGATION
OF NOMINEES FITNESS
SENATE Foreign Relations Committee
Hears f.Ninencc Concerning Bniu-
bridge Colby.

WASlilNGTON March 1Q.--Briga
ier-Gcncral Marlborough Churchill,
CHIEF % army intelligence. appeared
before the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee during its consideration of
the nomination OF cambridge Colby to
be Secretary of state. and WAS un-
dcrstood to have Lem the committee
certain evidence requested by H..
Committee members were unusually
Sccrct.Ne abou; matters discussed, but
ii wa ssLid additional witnesses would
be called before Il recommendation WAS
made as TO Mr. Colby's confirmation.
Another meeting Will be held tomor-
row
In declining to say anything about
the meeting or 10 predict what action
would be taken on the nominations
senator's said the matters under con
Sidcration were OF such "a nature that
1t was agreed unanimously not to dis
cuSs them publicly.
1t was asserted. however. that action
on the nomination probably would not
be long delayed unless il was decided
70 make Il sweeping Investigation o,
the nominees fitness. state Depart
ncnt officials hold that unless Mr.
Colby is confirmed by Monday, the
tenure OF Frank l.. Polk. as acting sec
rotary. will lapse under Il thirty day
limitation and that tho departing nj
technically VIII be without a head
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iisr Assncia.ehprnssl


PARIS. March 1O.-Andre Tardicu,
vino was "A member Of Frances delcga-
ton TO the peace conference. said today
regarding President Wilson's letter to
Senator Hitchcock:
French public opinion will be in
that the rcproach Of Imperialism can
not apply to France. II is not upon
the peace treaty that such a reproach
can be based. The treaty was judged
and defined by President Wilson him
self. in solidarity with the heads Of
the other governments, in the response
addressed by them on June 16, 1919. TO
Count Won Brockdorff- Rantzau. head
of the German peace delegation.
That was - capital document said
NJ Tardicu. who recalled that IL in
formed the Germans that the peace
proposed was fundamentally peace
o. justice and that it provided n basis
upon which the people OF Europe could
live together in friendship and equity"
NJ. Tardieu continued:
Neither is 1t on the present policy
proach of Imperialism against her
Fault is found with us, ii appears. for
having more soldiers in our army than
before the war. That is not our fault.
our object is 10 diminish by all posi-
Die measures our military.
But this is the situation: First-we
asked that part Of the league Of ma
tons create an organized armed force
as an essential condition of dsarma-
ment in the different countries Our
proposition was rejected three different
times.
"Second--'rhe United states prom
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SENATE IN TANCLE
WILL DEFER VOTE

! Continued From First Page)
hours he presents us with Two "ocu-
,rnents in which he atiirmS in ,inEu-
.larly aggressive manner that he has
recovered fun possession Of his mas
iterly faculties.
He finishes the Weakening of gov
ornamental frameworks Of order and
discipline which he already has so
Thoroughly shaken. His 'anti-impc-
lrialist' formula will bring new en-
,couragement 10 international Boishcv-
ism, under cover of which Germany
prepares her future revenge, vhich
MIR. Wilson denounceS, but not with
1.-THE clearness and energy we expected
from his fairness, if not from his
friendship.
The Paris Midi says the accusation
of France as militaristic is ''impu-
dent" and il refers 10 MIR. Wilson's
,Eratuitous insult TO this country. II
adds:
MIR. Wilson accuses France OF be-
ing militaristc and at the same time
Josephus Daniels. Secretary OF the
american Navy is the only minister
jim the world who announces an un-
aimited program Of armament"
LInformation says: To-day here
are men conscious OF th3 oviden; ne
cessities OF France, but there is 10
longer militaristic party. properly
speaking"
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JUDGE Y0UMAMS DECIDES
BOUNDARY OF RED RIVER
Property Affected by Dispute Totals in
Ncighborhood of Three Hundred
Million.

ENID. OKLA, March 10.--Judge
Houmans. in Federal District Court to-
day decided in favor Of the Judsonia
Development Company, owned by Ok
lahoma men. in their suit asking an in
Junction against Sam Sparks and other
Texas claimants in the Red River oil
land dispute, when he fixed the south
bank Of the river as the boundary line
between Oklahoma and Texas. The
decision affects property valued at
ley.
Ownership Of the property has been
the subject OF Il controversy several
months.
The court ordered the United states
marshal to serve papers on the Texas
men torbidding them to hold the prop
crty.
Judge Youmans declared the south
bank OF the Red River and not the
center Of tho stream is the boundary
line between the states
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FRENCH CABINET IGNORES
ATTACK ON 'M|L|TAR|sM'
Decides to Take No Notice of Mi.
sons Reference to It's En-
throncmcnt In France.
PRESS Or PARIS VERY BITTER,
Petit Parisicn intimatcs Tina. the
Presidents Letter to Senator
Hitchcock Is the Work OF a Sick
tiun.
iBv Universal SeryIce.1


nAKlS March lo.-After long DELHI
Grafton. the French Cabinet today de-
cided to instruct the War Office to TAX Q
President Wilson'S letter TO Senator
Hitchcock which refers to the alleged
chtnronoment of militarism in France
me instructions are to the eincr
that MIR. Wilson's remarks are moi 10
be regarded in the light of an accusn-
ton. since the President was merely
expressing his personal view in a pri-
vate letter to II Senator and fricnl
and that, therefore. his observations do
not offer sufficient ground for an in
incident"
The consensus of opinion mere is
that the real test of American feeling
toward France will DO given by the
Versailles and the Franco British
American protective" agreement. TN
III then. President Wilson'S personal
opinions arc not TO be made tho sub
ject of official or semioficial policies
Bitter Against wilson.
There is no concealing the fact, low
ever, that publication OF his letter
here has aroused the press and pub
IL, To re, redoubie indignation against the
PRESIDENT personally. many bitter
comments being made by the leading
newspapers OF Paris. Here are some
excerpts from editorials:
lie Petit Parisicn: 1T is certain
President Wilson would not have
written the letter if he possessed full
control OF EiS faculties and good
health. The letter unqucstionably is
the work of a sick man. discrcdi,ing
his party as we'll as himself"
lie Gaulois: "PreSidcnt~ w ilson is en-
dcavoring to knock the strength OF
those governments which advocate or
dor and discipline: His anti imperial
istic formula is bound to encourage
the International Reds. behind whSm
Germany is preparing for future rc-
vcnEc. Europe is disappointed N the
President, whose advertised fair play
is apparently incohcrent."
Forcsccs Change OF Policy.
lie Echo De Paris: MIR. Wilson's
inferiority is now proved. He ccr'ain-
Is docs not protect Americas inta--
csts. When he quits the White House
Americas policy will change for
America cannot express it's real feel
ings towards Europe until it has IL
government in which 1t itself can
trust"
lie Figaro: France regrets intensely
having sacrificed the tangible guar
antees Of her security for moral as
suranccs which now arc being dis
avowed by the very man who has Civ
en- them. We hope that the vote Of
the Senate will enlightcn MIR. Wilson
on his deplorable error of judgment
regarding France"
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ADMIRAL JELLICOE OUTLINES
NAVAL NEEDS OF CANADA
Suggests Fleets for High Sens mud
Home Defcnse Supported by Pro-
p0ncJ Com lc mcnt OF Aircraft.
IIfV -OCIatcIi Pr,


OTTAWA, CANADA. March lO.-Csn-
ada should have for the protection OF
her ports alone. three light cruisers.
ono ilotilla leader. twelve torpedo craft
eight submarines and ono parent SHIN
Admirai Niscuunt Jellicoc declared in
his report TO Parliament on the Do
minions naval needs made public in
the House Of Commons today.
-Four suggestions were made on a
possible naval building plan for Can
ada. ranging from :. 100000 Ncc,
TO one costing sJ.t00000. lie cmpha
sized the Importance of naval air ser
Vice stating that any navy 10 he com
Dlcic must possess it's proper compile
AZ basis for the Dominion's naval
esta enlistment. Admiral Jcllicoc SUI
Il feet OF ono battle cruiser two i;ght
cruisers; six destroyers. four submar-
ines and two fleet mine swccpcrs
Naval assistance OF the United States
during INC war, in the shape OF cruis-
ers. dcstroycrs AMI other small VESSELS
in assisting in tho convoy OF tradc
ships. allowed Great Britain TO pursue
some OF her overseas expeditions :,
Admiral Jcliicoc said.
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FOR GRIM WARFARE
ON REV0LUTlONISTS

tIoDliHucn from firSt IaST.)
ours he sad; u, for one, am per-
E. fectly agreed that men shall hold the
most radical opinions which they will.
f! however much may disagree with
them, and give expression TO them III
the loudest tones they choose
Hyde Park. in London. during the
war. was the great forum OF free
public opinion in England. would
ton Common would like TO see men
and women rise in Union Square, New
York, on. the city Halt l'la2a in Phil
adelphia, in the Monument square in
Baltimore and Lafayette Square in
Washington and give free expression
10 the most radical ideas they care to-
TO try TO persuade their fellows that
what they contend Is right. so .ong
as they propose TO do so under peace
full and orderly methods"
Dead Line Is Violence Greed.
He continued that there must bc n
dead line somewhere. and that advo-
eating physical violence in eflccting d
change of government was ovcrstcp-
ping the line.
ii am told" he said, that education
of our foreign population is the solu-
ton Of the problem To This give my
hearty assent ] am willing TO teach
them, butgl do not want them to come
to school with bombs in their hands"
In referring to the reimbursement OF
values. which Is inevitable, Mr.. Palmer
announced his decided opposition TO
any reductionof the wages of labor.
You cannot reduce the wages Of
labor he said, because they have not
yet gotten 10 the point where they
get their fair share
This was the only decided opinion
expressed b. the speaker 70 which the
audience, did not quickly respond. The
applause which followed th!s state
ment was scattered and pcr:unctory.
Is Champion OF Labor.
He proceeded TO announce himself
as champion Of labor OF thirty years
standing. saying that s a college boy
he had written thesis on capital ana
la Dor In which he had taken the part
OF the under dog. Labor was contend
ing at that time. he said. for a hear
Thirty years later" lac said. when
] took the coal strike injunction TO
indianapolis, ! found myaef demand
ing of labor hearing for capital. This
hearing was refused. The arrogance OF
capital has been broken, and the AFRO
gance Of labor must be curbcd."
The bituminous coal strike will no
reEardedrin time 10 come he said. rs :,
good tn ing, as 1t demonstrated conclu-
, sively the supremacy OF the law.
with an eloquent tribute TO the sons
Of America, who maintained the ira
ditions of their fathers by responding
TO the call to arms in the battle Tor
liberty. He was given an enthusiast c
welcome when he entered the audito-
crowded around TO shake his hand a,
the conclusion OF his speech
The speaker was introduced by John
G; Easley. former president OF tn.
Cnamnsr OF Commerce. on the stage
United states District Attorney Hiram
Smith. United states District AttorncS
Richard Evelyn Byrd, Coleman Wort n
am. II. M. Darlington, Judge Christian
3, w. Travers and Charles c. Reed.
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DEPORTATION OF MINERS
AT BlSBEE JUSTIFIED
WINS Only Means az Protecting pcoplc
OF Town, Opinion of Defense
Counsel.
TIfy AssOCiated Prcss. I

TOMBSTONE. ARIZ.. March lO.-De-
portation OF striking miners and their
sympathiZcrS WAS justified by former
Sheriff III. G. Wheeler of Cochise
County, according to the opening
statement Of +. T. Curley counsel for
Harry +. Wootton, charged with kid
mhpinE during examination today. of
the first witness
The former sheriff. CurIcy said con-
sidercd deportation of many miners
ana their sympathi@crs from the War
rem Mining District in July. 1917 The
only means. of protecting the lives and
property OF the peopf OF Bisbce. and
or ihwarting part of a conspiracy 10
overthrow the United States govern
mcnt.
The statement was made. after the
jury had been excused, during an
argument over adInissibilty of tcsti-
mony regarding the strike i'm the War
rcn district. called Juno 90. 1917
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LEAGUE DOES NOT COMPEL
MAINTENANCE OF AN ARMY
Lord RObcrt Cecil Intrrprcts Meaning
OF Article VIII. for President of
The Norwegian StorthinE.
IL" Associated Press

II" Nssoc!atcd Trcss.l
toFEN ri AGE.N. March 1Q.-Whcthcr
Joining the league OF nations is sy-
n standing army to be placed at the
disposal OF the league to enforce the
leagues decisions. has been for a long
time Il burning question in Denmark
and Norway. The Democratic major-
ity, against tho protests OF the Con-
scrrativrs In both countries, read the
treaty as giving a member Of the
league full right to abolish its army
and navy.
Lord Robert Cecil. the British repro
sentative of the league, in reply To an
inquiry by the president OF the Nor
wegian StorthinE. says: II have no
doubt that your reading OF Article VIII.
OF tho treaty is right. Undoubtedly il
was never meant to put on any mem
her of the league the burden and duty
TO keep up military forces"
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Pcnitcntinry.
STAND OF SOUTH SOUNDS
LYNCH LAW DEATH KNELL
Crime Against Negro Race Termed
Shameful and Disgrnccfui by
Colorcd Professor.
by Associated Prcss.l

NEW VII, ItssoSIatsd frens'l
most shameful and disgra ccful crime
OF lynchng is doomed" because the
South has taken a definite stand against
injustice toward the colorcd people"
declared DR.. Robert X. Motion, principal
or Tuskesee Institute. in an address
mere tonight at Carnegie Hall De
ScriSinE The faithfulncsS, loyalty and
patience OF the negro" despite the law
said:
In the national dragnct designed 10
capture Bolshevists. Reds, anarchists
ana ,,, other enemies of the republic, the
negro, among the 5000 who were ar
rested" 81
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the Briiisl, rcprc-
CLEMSON STUDENTS LEAVE
OWING TO DISAGREEMENT
Two Classes Go Home md Others May
Follow, Due to Punishment
nf

IfN NNs0cIntrd Prcss.1
CLEMSON COLLEGE. =. c., March
in.--Nirtually the entire membership
of Clemson College. comprising about
400 students. left the college late to-
day and departed for their homes on
special trains, following disagree
mcni with tho college authorities.
Members OF The junior and senior
classes were reported to be holding
meetings tonight for the purpose OF
deciding upon u similar course.
The action Of the students resulted
from the refusal of the college author
iticS to reconsider the case of "A cadet
sentenced to restrictions for his al
legged refusal to perform duties as
signed him in tho mess hall and
kltChcn