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THURSDAY.
11t
MARCH
1920.
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ly recz véd
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dexls w:th mat-
ters
of general
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U
S. NAVY PRES
3 NEWS.
March 8, 1320.
WAGHINGTON:
Three
separate
re-
ports :lade
by Serate
Subcommitiee
that
invest: zated
recent
controversy
over
|
award
decoration
in
Navy
were
made
;
public today.
Majority report
signed
by
7
three
epublican
Members
ecriticise
Se-
cretar
Daniels for
not having
fully a(d-
vised
« ficers
as
to his plans
in
waking
awarc
and
asserted
that
his
pclicy
of
decora
ing officers
whn
lost
their
lives
“by nct requiring sufficiently high stand-
ard
of
meritorious
conduct’’
would
be
|
detrerc
ental
to the Navy’s morals
as
re-
|
sult
of
awards
of
the
controversy
and
second
tHat
erlisted
men
receivad
too
|
small
1 share
of
lecognition
for
their
serviezs.
Ihe
reports
were
submi‘ied
by twe Deniocratic
members
of
commit-
|
tee,
each
defining
course
taken
hy
the
|
Sec et:
vy .and
tackling
Admiral
Siras,
I
Senato*
Whitman
characterized
whole
|
hearip:-
as
‘‘tempesi
in a teapot’’.
e
WACH:NGTUN:
On request
of Re
r
Admir:] Sims,
the
Naval
Court
of
In-
quiry
ppointed
to investigate
the
cir-
cymstances
of
Rear
Admiral
Wm.
B.
|
Fiercher’s
removal
{rom
command
of
Amerizan Naval Forces
at
Brest by
Ad-
miral fims
in
October
1917,
adjourved.
temporarily
today
shortly after
meeting
to organize.
Agreed
that
court
will re-
conven:
in few days at such
time
as
Ad-
miral Sims complet
s
testimony
befo.e
Senate
sub-committee
which
begins
in-
vestigaion
of
Sim’s
charges
against
|
Navy’s
war record
tomorrow
morning.
Admirz] Fletcher represented
by civilian
counsel
and
Major
Carpéhter,
IMarine
Corps
‘etired,
and
Commander
Poyer,
U.
S. N. retired, while admiral Sims
asks
-
tha:
Admiral
Turijinsbe
1
7'ed
as
his
|
counsel
'
|
PHILADELPHIA:
Six third line bat-
|
tle
ships
station
:d
here
are
to
be
dis-
.muantled
accordirg
o
orders
.eceived
|
ner2>
‘todav: they
are IAINE,
ALABA-
|
MA.
WISCONSiN,
JLILINOIS,
KEN-
FTUCKY
and
K:aRSARGE.
The
dis-
|
maniled
vessels
will
b=
soid
as
scrap
|
iron
or vsed
as
{irgets.
None
were
in
|
batiic
but
were
v nits of
fleet which
cir-
|
cled globe
in 190e
‘
WASHINGTOL!2
Discovery
of
a
co-
|
operative
kidnapning
association
having
|
its
purpose
the
lidnappiig and
holding
.|
tor ransom
foreigazrs,
preferably
Ameri-
cans,
is
announc.
d
by
the
Foreign
Os-
l
fice, according
tc cabie
frem
Mexico City.
|
Announcament
~
s
this
unique
compa-
|
ny
is
made
up
t
Mexicans
and
Amer-
|
icans
on
the
borier
acecrding
to
infor
|
mation
eollected
(yroug
consular
office.
|
Arnnounczment
adds that
this
organiza-
|
{lon is
QiSO
engaved
i trylng
o
cireale
betwzen
two
countries
unrest.
Orders
|
~
to
military
comranders
in
northern
|
. Mexico
to
break
up
this
organization
|
v
have
been
given.
§
‘
ELPASO,
TEXAS:
Joseph
Williams, .
|
American
employoe
of oil clant
at Pelri-
|
cena,
Mexico, has
been
captured
by Vilia
|
and
is
heid
for
fifuwy-thousand
dollars
|
ranscrn
accordin:
to
passengers
lirom
|
Soutkiern
Chiahurbu.
‘lkey report
that
|
Villa bandits
attac
sed
traia killing sever-
|
al and
taking Wil -ams and
another
man,
|
but
the
rest
of ti
e
helpless
passenzers
|
maroonea
in desu.
ate country.
|
0L
POINT
. COMFORYT:
FPamous
|
Chamberlain
tota'ly
destroyed
by
fire
|
late vesterday.
Fire
started
on
ground |
floor
and
in
two 'hours
whole
building
was
iPruins.
- Beiieved
that all
of
two
hundred
guests
:nd
cmployees
got
out
|
safely.
*
|
.
WASHINGION:
Stock dividends may
not
be
taxed
as
income
the
supreme
‘
court
ruled today
in
declaring
uneonsti-
tuticnal the provic ons
of che income
tax
act of ninateen
siy een taxmg
as incomes
such
dividends de lared by corporations.
Out
of
earnings
and
profits
accruing
aiter
March
1, I¢:3
means
government
will have
to refun: millions.
:
i
s
TELL. GRAMS.
:
Sl. CROIX STATION.
.
London,
Mareh
3rd.
A
notewolthy
phase
of
the
present
meeting
of
the
Peace
Conference
s the chunged
attitude
towards
(vermany.
In
high diplomatic
-
cireles,
it
is
asscrted,
that
the
©on-
No. &7
.
~
ference
has
come
to recognize
that
Ger-
many
ruined,
would
mean
a
weak
and
dangerous
spot
in KEurope.
Great
Brit-
tain,
and personally,
Mr. Lloyd George,
-
are
credited
with being the
chief
forces
.
in bringiv g
about
this
policy, while
the
french
peace
Delegation
are
described
'
as
moving
towards
this
point
of
view
~
reiuctantly,
althougli they
are moving. it
-
being
asserted,
that the French
ar~
less
immovable than when
M.Ciemenceau
was
at the
helm of the state.
How toset
Ger-
.
many
on
her .eet
is
o eof
the
largest
|
questions the ecnference
considering.
It is
|
probable it will sanction
an luternational
'
Loan to her,
but the question
of security
!
is a basic
one.
It is expected
that
a plan
.
will be arranged
which
will offer induce-
.
ments
to the
smalier
rich
neutral
coun-
|
tries
to
subseribe
to
a
Loan
and
even
|
Great
Britain,
her
representatives
be-
.
lieve,
will contribute
officially or
unoffi-
.
cially although flnancial
commitments
of
|
vaiious
soTts
arising (roin
the
war
are
.
greater
than
those
of
any other
nation.
f
London,
Maieh
3rd.—The
disposition
~
of the
Turkish Navy
was definitely
set-
i
tled
by
the Allied
Supreme
Council
10-
|
day,
it
veing
decided
that
the
Peace
|
Treaty
had
provided
that the
warships
|
should
be broken
up.
;
f
Hamilton,
Bermuda,
March Ist. The
.
people
of
Bermuca
are
highly incensed
'
at Senator
Kenyon’s
resol
tion, recently
introduced
in the
United
States
Senate,
'
proposing
to buy the islands/from
Great
.
Britain.
The Press
denoung(s
it as
gross-
.~
ly impertinent and
as
snowing
evidence
of apvalling igriorance
0¥
he
British acti-
.
tude regarding
the
inuvisibility of
the
|
Empire.
'
London,
March
2nd.— "he
people
in
"
the United
Kiuedom,
young
and
old,
'
have ¢,nbarked
on another vigorcus
cam-
'
paign aga
nst rats,
under
the
provisions
.
of the rats
and
mice
act.
This
J.w
ecom-
|
pels
the occupants
of
land
to
keep
the
~
premis:s
free from
these
rodents,
a
pen-
.
alty of
five
pounds
being
provided
{for
!
failure to do so.
The
law alsc
applics
to
!
shirs in port.
'
.
{
London,
March
38rd.-——The
next
few
.
weeks
will bring further
interesting
tri-
|
als of political strength
in several
parts
|
of Engzland.
Sir
Willian
Sutherland,
.
Parliamentary
Secretary
to
the
Prime
Minister, seeks
reelection
in Argyleshire,
on becoming
a Lord of the Treasury,
and
~is opposed
by Labour
and
Land
League
.
Candidates.
v
|
Dublir.,, March 3rd.— The
military and
|
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on 4th page.|