Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1921-11-01
NATsON SPREADS. !.
his ATTACKS TO.
||[ADs Of ARMIES.
BAYS Pershing and Sec.
Weeks Are Iinpudent
In Statements.
|MsPERsHIAGBEWARE
General May Be Brought
| Before Senate Geor-
gian Declares
my Associrted a.re~.,

tby Associsted a'ress.,
| Warrington, Nov, 6.--Presenting
brther support for his charges that
Imerican soldiers were hanged over
Is without court martial, Senator
Estson of Georgia, tonight in the
mate turned his fire on Secretary
weeks and General Pershing because
their denial Of the senator's as
ertions.
Abiding to a statement made to-
~ by the war secretary that mo
ecent man" would make charges
Eith respect to, army nurses such as
hsde several days ago in the SEN
h Senator Watson while disclaim-
y any intent to attack the nurses
whole said he would leave to
Iuy impartial tribunal to Judge
hether he or Mr.. Weeks was the
lore decent" The senator said
bat his charge as originally made
las that officers in too many cases
ade courtesans of the nurses"
4And | can prove it," he exclaimed.
Takes Jab At Pershing
Reading General .Pershing's state
|at as made Yesterday in Nash
be, Tenn, that the Watson charges
illegal hangings and inhi1man
rstment Of privates by officers was
most outrageous and untrue ae-
satiana shsA aAareda seRatan
bred:
when the general denounces a
snatOr as liar he had better re-
ember that it is within the power
the senate to bring him here and
time may come when we will do
lst If he talks that way about more
snatOrs it may be done. We have as
Ftt no Kaiser that says Me and
Bod.
Il am not going to lower myself"
enatOr Watson continued, "to the
Eel of either Secretary Weeks or
eneral Pershing by indulging in
buse. simply content myself with
kying that it was a great impro-
|rOpriety for either of thes egentle-
ben in the public service to publicly
pndemn another without the slight
st investigation"
Nurse Supports Story
Senator Watson then read letter
fOm ar unidentified Richmond, Va,
fOman who said she had served
sTelve months as an army nurse. The
etter said that "officers made cour-
feSanS of the nurses whenever pos
Fble and nurses who resisted
Fere subjected to personal indigni-
ies."
Mr.. Watson also said he had been
'pId personally by a former nurse
nat she had been compelled to repeI
Pc assault of an officer.
More letters and kilograms in sup
fOrt of his illegal hanging charges
ISO were presented by the senator
submitted another photograph OF
mat he said was an army gallows
France which photograph, he said
Pad been smuggled into the country
Y a Huntington, W. Va, private.
apparently there was as many
Doets as hospitals" said the sena'
pa, who, for the first time, gave the
fame-Clifford L. Aver, Jr.,-as the
an' he said, had told him of hear
from a gallows guard that q
0ldlers had been hanged without
Ourt martials. He presented tele'
iam from Aver stating that an af'
uaNt was being forwarded for the
r. OF the special committee that viii
eet Monday to determine procedure
the investigation of the senators
aafges. The senator promised tt
fOtect his witness if any attempt:
sad, were made to "browbeat OF
amidate them"
E Says Charges Are True
another telegram presented by tht
nator was from George Carborough
aaron, Ca, who said he served il
OO5th Engineers corps and de
afed that Mr.. Watson's charges o.
'sal hangings was true. Senator
ason said this witness would ap
q before the committee.
'ne senate also was told by th'
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