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NATIONS BORN; NEW WORLD ERA IS SEEN
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Sir Oliver Lodge Visits U. S.; Says Survival After Death
Can Be Scientifically Proved
JCAN DEMONSTRATE
MFEBEYONDGRAVE
AVERSJCIENIISI
pritish Authority Says Fact Can
Bo Established by Communi
cation With Dead
(WARNS AGAINST FRAUDS
IN DEALINGS WITH SPIRITS
Urges People to Work Through
Privato Mediums to Ar
rivo at Truth
, t !
BOY, 6, SISTER, 16,
DIE MOM GAS IN
EACH OTHER'S ARMS
Children Found in Bedroom,
Clad in Nightciothes, Bodies
Clasped Together
TRAGEDY MAY RECONCILE - !
ESTRANGED PARENTS
By GEORGE NOX McCAIN
!jlff Corrrspondfiit of the Kvenlns Tnbllc
Ledsrr
Copvrla'it, lOip, bv Public Lcdoer Co.
' New York, Jan. 10. "The survival
iy man o what wo call death can be
'scientifically proved. It has been dem
custrated." Sir Oliver ,T. Lodge spoke these im
pifssivc sentences with about tho same
-air of quiet assurance that he would
,lave manifested had he casually an
nounced, "I arrived from England on
the Lapland at 5 o'clock this p. m."
He is a tall, well-built man, verging
on seventy, this great British scientist.
He has a ruddy English complexion,
xrlite mustache and short white beard.
His snowy hair runs in a fringe nround
the base of his well-shaped, but other
wise bald head ; his lips arc fuller than
ordinary and he has few British man
nerisms, lie was dressed in black, but
huxh a J1511. ljb oncircieu Willi ail OK:
fashioned ring net with n smnll din.
mono. There' are no peculiarities of
epeecu. in ordinary conversation ho
uses a few well-chosen gestures and
speaks with an air of authority, as be
comes one of the foremost scientists of
the world. He js perhaps the greatest
livinj.autbority on matter and ether. '
Man Has Both Doily and Soul
'The world consists of matter, ether
1 mind " 1,a nAv.t:...J -it.,
11 ucrc pco
SIK OLIVER LODGE
Eminent British psychist and
writer on psychical research, who
arrived in Now York cstcnlay
LONE BANK BANDIT
FOILED BY CLERKS
Deaths Appear to Be Accidental.
Cirl Wrote Letter to Former
Boarder Yesterday
t
SIMS CONDEMNS
NAVY'S MUZZLING
. OFITSKERS
Testifies Service Cannot Thrive
Without Constructive Criti
cism, Now Forbidden
MORALE NEVER WORSE,
"LORD KNOWS," HE SAYS
LI
Red Banner and Crescent
Unsettle British Empire
England Suddenly Placed on Defensive as So
viet Legions Threaten an Alliance
With Mohammedan World
m COUNCIL
Fights Losing Revolver BatteoI(,. s T'hn
in New York Savings
Institution
.1
and mind," he continued.
fiSaenland. Materialists nro right. nlVL0",.. "C ,?nvWSfn3"' W8
we must not overlook the importance
of matter even- though it docs con
Ir&vene the doctrine of the Christian
Scientist.
Man has both body and soul."
Bc:nuse ocrtain investigators cannot
find a soul, they deny its existence.
I have specialized in physics, par
cularly in other. The worlds swing
through it. It pcrrcoatos tho universe.
And yet it makes no appeal to our
Js?n X ean neither see, feel nor
Much it. Our senses, you understand,
Jo not exhaust every reality. They
Wl us some things, but not ccry-
. "fjinfcr, that ct,lcr connects all the
worlds and composes the universe. Tt
unites the atoms of matter." Picking
up a small china ash receiver from tho
e talked. Sir O'tvor continued :
Can Tjalk With tho Dead
"This 1 is compohed of atoms of mal
rfi Jhllt holds It together? "Ether.
ULcr does not wear out. It is eternal,
uur bodies aro composed of matter und
ierV. J he mutter in our bodies wears
out after i lapse of years, but the ether
tontinnes to exist. That explains the
mechanism of the survival of man.
,J " '""V'-urvkes death is a fart that
tan only be estaolisfced by communica
tion, and it has been demonstrated be
Lt. n?l ?v"bt ,hat we cnn i-ominunl-
,.v h thoRO wIo have died.
(t Vi!"n nU ' cvi,lencc, wo will
l.,.ltbfr,6n.m., nftcr ,,eath as we do
fhoS" r,,St.,s wl'? x differ with or
Uwdox reli?ion. I do not believe that
I SBhii ril,sl.Vt V hcaven nt doath. Nor
tL 1, vc that we & straight to hell.
tne ordinary run of men arc neither
SEi.wor .Icvlls- AVo nre not B011
Mugh for heaven nor bad enough for
"Men arc weak. People go wrong,
f nCaUSC "?cy want ,0- b,'t hccaiiM.
rin ,vi, V " a,De"cve tnnt every
fran h trle8 t? do tho bcgt ,ie caQ
i get a chance 'over there.' "
talk),? is "'1,fo' little while, our
it ""J er;tkero talk ; the
TnnH !.. "V.. "l ""Known 1)0-
,7ond the grave. S r Olivcn snnkn with
n.it,r rl ,rce',om and directness. He
invited queries and criticisms.
rounV'L,!01'1'1 TaJ !!as 6ent millions of
Suf.nm i0Ut Sfite' J Jmvo tnlked
SXrbrr of them. They still ex-
nthN iialli,,aBer.t0 Iot ""-if fiends
There aril0 ?now hat U,cy are happy.
able J a tcw. miserable pnes. Miser-
1. - ' i,oum innw hAnhHh,. .... 1
W right In thiii fife1." ' l
, Suicides All Unhappy
tlOW film,, I ..!'i-, ..
out ih.m.-T ou"-"ea.' uiioso vho
CI .tA,m out of life becmiRo of
on,;,, 'L1 ls, or conditions. Have vou
V
New Yoik, Jan. 10. (Bj A. 1
A lone bandit "dincd" with ilrncs.
nccordine to the police, fought a losing
revolver battle with bank tellers today
in an unsuccessful attempt to rob the
Manhattan Savings Institution at
Hrnudwuy and IJlcccker street ot
?o0U0. 1
The sunoke from the twenty revolver
shots, all of which went wild, had not
cleared nwuy before the robber, cower
ing and penitent, was tinder arrest.
1h gue the name of .fames Stratton,
"1 .'J Washington boulewud, Chicago.
Tlie police bay he has a long recurd
as a burglar mho stfe robber.
Search was begun for two men who
were suppoi-cd to hflvc been accom
plices, but Ktrutton said he "worked"
alone. The police were couwneed the
men iiho were believed to have come to
his assistance were depositors llccipg
i.iuiu 1111; rjuuvLS
teller. AVhcn ho reached the window
hp drew a revolver and demanded S.'iOOO
in hills, banns, following the course
he had mapped out if an attempt wore
made to rob tho bank', dropped under
the counter and readied for his re
volver, shouting to the other employes :
"Uumlits! Get jour guns, boys."
Then 11 battle began. Ite-enforco-ments
for Sands were not lacking.
Harry 3. Maloy, a bond clerk, who Wii
in his cage, fired a shot through a
window on tlie Jlronriway side
Illuminating gas caused a double
tragedy early today in n little room
at 212 North Seventeenth street. A
brother and sister were found dead, the
boy's arms about tho girl's v neck as
though he had tried to arouse her.
"The victims wore Anna Duck, sixteen
years old, and George Muck, six years
.,1,1 rrt,! . .1 -t.. ti.- T..l-
,.1,1. .iiii'ii imiuici . ,uis. uuuu ju.i,
I ...u 1:..; .. ..-- , ..i 1
,nu a living apart irom nor iiusuium,
kept a boarding house at the Seven
teenth street address.
Anna nnd George slept in a small
room, formerly 11 large closet, midway
between tho first and second floors of
the house. The mother hud two other
children, Warren, cloven jenrs old, and
Charles, fourteen, slept on the first
floor. The vest of tho throe-story house
was occupied b. boarders.
Anna as employed in a candy fac
tory on Second street near Arch. She
was said to bo an unusually sound
sleeper. Mrs. ISurk called to her re
peatedly this morning, but go no reply.
! Sho wont to the door of the little room
and round it locked, tins escaped
through the crevices of tho door.
Door Is Forced Open
Alarmed. tho mother summoned
George Schultzc, a boarder, and to
gether they forced open the door. A
strong odor of-gas made thcin reel for
a moment as thoy entered tho room.
Tho girl was on the cot in her night
clothing. Her features wore convulsed
from 4lie-ffocts oLtha-gas-wiicltfcamp
from n jet in the room. The bqy was
lying across his sister's body, his arms
around her neck. Isoth were dead.
Over the gag bracket, which had
two jets, was hung n towel. Mrs. Duck
recalled seeing her daughter hang it
there lust evening.
The mother collapsed when she
realized tho children v,cre dead. A
boarder notified the Hahnemann Hos
pital nnd the bodies wore taken there.
Thoy were then rcmoied to tho morgue.
Ilefore going to her room last night
REGINALD DI3 HOVEN
Composer' of "Itobin Hood" and
many other light operas, the song,
"O Promise .lie," and tho more
pretentious opera, "Hip Van Win
kle," vthlrli had its premier two
weeks ago. dlrl of apoplexy in
Chicago today.
REGINALD DE KOVEN
Admiral Says Decorations
Only a Source of
Trouble
Are
DIES OF APOPLEXY
Famed Composer Succumbs as
Friends Hail Success of
New Opera
STRICKEN AT DANCE PARTY
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tract attention from the htreet, audi the young girl had gn en a letter to her
then turned his gun on the would be I brother Warren, to mail. The letter
robber, who lied. was addressed to a foimer boarder nt
.Ucnos tors flattened t homsolvos tno nouse. now living m .ormwe.st
against the walls or dashed to safetv
in the street. Three bullets went
through the front window of the bank
into a haberdashery f-hop across the
street. Others were imbedded in the
walls of the bank.
Constant M. Dird. president of the
bank, loft his office in the rear of the
building, revolver in hand to re-enforce
the employes.
TWO REDS FREED ON BAIL
Fifty Others Await Liberation From
Ellis Island
New York, Jan. 10. (Dy A. P.)
Gustav Pasternak aud Michael Angel,
of Trenton, N. J., held at Hills Is
land as nidlcals, were admitted to bail
today. Hail was offered for George
Tlvndar, also of Trenton, but was not
accepted 011 the ground thut his is a
hospital case.
About fifty radicals are expected to
obtuiu their release on hail from Hills
Ishiud this afternoon.
.wvi,ru",0B1r"-ll,.VX!.?:
Olr U ITPI. l.cl.... ..,'". .""". "
to speeifio inJ. lvu ,,B U,0K" reran
N: "v ,,ns'!a?1cc? and then contin
ue all 7,11' tallied with one. They
fWm&Jk,ow $Lut they committed a
C0-lao"Lut""M. Column Pag'
F'REMANjnjRT in CRASH
Trwk a!?!11 t0 Hosp,ta' Aftcr
0. ,. d A"0lher Chicle Collide
$ mSoU,?" illjllr,ed ml wwru!
Sk Ho. ii wJSiiieisc?p,'A. t0(I"-v when
K Are with co",,le,11 while on the way
ft?!?. ? tn,( 'lt T"Ird
'& ivered0flrJn3a ,is 'omns Spen-
rom r(.o. -?. " '.'"'l' BUI'
,','e Wate wis In lYr Snu ""'f8-. " overcoat, ht
. Jieni. n "?8 L1? the dry jioods stnro mlr nt ,n
LttilrSSS. !' . ,:Pivi-me the
3 Newspapers Forced to Suspend
Wlniiinec. Jan. 10. rtlv A 1 1 '
Because of the bhortage of nowsnrint' tlir
three daily papers in this city announced
today thut they would suspend publica
tion tomorrow. Tho three editorial Mnffh
will unite in issuing u one-page paper
containing only the most important
news, which will bo mailed to country
pnstoffices and placed on bulletin boards
there.
Philadelphia.
Heard Groans from Room
.lohn Green, n railroad cmploje who
had a room on the third floor, said he
thought he heard groans early this
morning. The boy George, he said,
uf-ed to talk in his sloop nnd ho believed
the noises ho heard were caused by the
boy.
Mrs. Duck this morning went to the
homo ot a married daughter living on
Stone House lane in South Philadel
phia. She was nccompuuied by her
oldest son, Charles. The son returned
to the Seventeenth street house later.
rile said his mother had met his father
at the daughter s house. He believed
tho tragedy would cause a rcconcila
tion between the parents.
According to boarders in the house,
Anna Buck had what they described
as' a "unny disposition." She was
fond of singing.
"Her little brother, George, adored
her," said Mrs. Mary Barry, one of
the boarders. "He always waited for
her at the door when she returned home
from work. She would brimr him
candy."
Denies Revolution In Cuba
Washington. Jan. 10. (By A. P.)
Minted r Cespedes, on behalf of the Cu
ban Government, declared toduy that
reports of revolution in tho western
provinces of his country were without
louiiduiion, tnnt tne island was at peace
and "everybody working hard" to pro
duce sugar,"
By the Associated Press
Chicago, Jan. 10. Iteginald dc
Kovcn, famed as tho composer of
Itobin Hood and other operas, songs j),,,
nnd symphonies, ami us nn orchestral that
conductor, died of apoplexy nt a sup- I
per dance hero early toda.
He expiicd while guests at the home
of Mrs. Joseph Fish, on South
Shore Drive, were' hailing the success t
it'Sicii4!irJf4J"-
pronucea granu opera, . "inp an
Winkle."
Tho party had attended a theatre.
Mr. De Kovcn took a merry pnrt in the
festivities and 'none noticed thut he
was lndiposcd.' After a dance he
By the Associated Tress
Washington. .Tan. 10. Declaring that
the greatest handicap of the American
navy was the lack of constructive crit
icism and the fact that naval officers
were refused permission to publish any
matter without first submitting it to the
! navy department. Hear Admiral Sims
today told the Senafo committee in
vestigating uaMiI decorations that his
criticism of the circumstances of some of
tho awards was a plain duty.
It did not involve insubordination, as
some newspapers had seemed to assume,
ho said, nor was there any intention .to
make a personal attack on tho secretary
of the navy.
Before Admiral Sims took tho stand a
controversy developed between Chair
man Hale anil Senator Pittman, Demo
crat, of Nevada, because Admiral Sims
had been called as the first witness.
Senator Pittmnn said that, since Secre
tary Daniels was responsible for the
awards and was "tho man who is vir
tually on trial here," ho should be heard
first.
Chainnnn Hnle said it had been
I deemed best to first 'call Admiral Sims.
made the principal charges, and
Mr. Daniels would be given an
niinrtiiiiity to bo heard later. Senator
Pittman insi-tcd nn his position and
moved thnt Mr. Daniels be called, but
his motion was defeated and tho com
mitKe proceeded with the hearing of
Admiral Sims.
Opeuing tho hearing. ( linirman Halo
By CLINTON
SlufT t'orrtniionilrnt of the
Washington, Jan. 10. The con
ference in Paris on Hussia is one of the
most critlont in the history of the British
empire. The victory of tho Bolshevik
armies over Denikinc has reversed the
whole military and political situation in
the Near Hast, and particularly the
political situation of the British em
piro. Great Britain is suddenly placed on
the defensive. She lias been equipping
and aiding Denikine's nrmy in southern
Bussin as a cordon sanitaire between
soviet Russia and the British Moslem
possessions and other nations in the
Near Hast Persia, Syria, Turkey,
Mesopotamia, India and Egypt.
Donlkliie is defeated.
Tho diplomats at Paris, who per
suaded Llojd George not to make peace
with I.onine. miscalculated the military
strength of the Bolshevik!. Thoy trifled
with the situation in the halfway sup
port of Kolchak and Denikinc, thereby
acquiring tho enmity of the Bolshevists
without making an effective fight upon
bolshovisin'. Great Britain now faces
the question whether to make peace
HOLDS ITS FIRST
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SESSION AT PARIS
W". GILBERT
Kirnlne Public Ldr
with Lenine or how to make war effec
tively upon him.
It is a grave question whether Great
Britain, aided by Krnuee. can hurl
armies against the Bolshevists.
Kurope Weary of War-Making
It is doubtful whether British and
Trench public opinion will endure any
more war-making. It will stand for
obscure expeditions like our military
activities in Siberia, which attract
little attention and do not engage the
energies of tho nntion. But tho spirit '
or resources to make war on sucli a
scale as may bo necessary to conquer '
the now victorious armies of Lenine,
aided ns they may bo by the whole
Mohammedan world, arc extremely
doubtful.
' The danger is that the eastern dif
ficulties will again be underestimated,
as they were at Paris. No serious
effort has boon made to effect a peace
that will allow Russia to work out her
own destinies, leaving the rest of the
world free from propaganda.
Bourgeois, Chosen
Expresses Hope
President,
i r
America
Soon Will Become Member
IRISH ATTACK ALLIANCE
AS "ENGINE OF EMPIRE"
Sarre Commissioners Elected
and London Selected as Next
Meeting Place
Contlnnrd on Pan Tnentj-one. Column xwo
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ADDITIONAL RACING RESULTS
i
First New Orleans race, 3 furlongs Margnret Dlx. 113.
Howard, 5 to 2, even, 2 to 5, won; Joe Goodman, 111, Widn. G to 1.
2 to 1, even, second; Joe Mancini, 116, Buxton, 1G to 5, 0 to 5,
3 to S, third. Time, .36 2-5. Bunma Buck, Automatic Ited.
Rungeorge, Miss Adrianne and Josle Gorman also ran.
ARREST FOR THOSE THROWING REFUSE IN STREETS
THIEF BINDS AND GAGS GIRL,
RIFLES HOME, GETS 25 CENTS
Negro Tics 13-Y car-Old Child in Chair, Then Makes Futile
Search for Valuables Takes Cheap Ring From Youngster
caused $3000
A thirteen-year-old girl, living with
in u half block of a police btation. told
tho police an armed negro bound her
to u chair, gagged her and then ran
sacked tho house in a search for money.
Twenty -five- ceuts was all ho obtained.
The child is Clara Cardello, I'lVCT
Ittiffner street. The Thlrtj -ninth dis
trict police station, ul Twenty-second
street und Hunting Park avenue, is
nearby. Mrs. Anna Cardello, the girl's
mother Is employed during tho day und
Clara acts as housekeeper,
"I got supper lust evening for my
brother- Thomas, who Is sixteen years
old," tho child said today. "After
ho left the house I was hanging up
rlothcs in the kitchen. It was too cold
to put them in the yard.
"Tho door between the dining room
nnd the kitchen was ajar. As I was
pinning n piece to the line I heard a
footstep and the dining room door wus
thrown open. A negro, wearing dvcr
ills, fet boots, a checkered cap nnd
no overcoat, stood there aud .pointed a
rrvnliTOi nt inn 'I ,
the money your mother hurt
JH'tkcBou&o," fc!
said, ccmmaHdcd
The girl added that the negro seized
her, threw her down In a chair and
bound her with a clothesline. He
stufled a small towel in her mouth and
fastened if nt tho back.
"After he tied me I heard him run
upstairs. He made a terrible noise, I
could hear bureau drawers being pulled
open. Thou T must huvc fainted, be
cause I heard no more and did not see
him lenvo the house. If the police
get the rightnan 1 will know him."
Mrs. Cardello returned home at 7:."0
o'clock last night. Her daughter wns
ilcd to tho chair and tho gag was in
her mouth. Sho uppeared to have
fainted.
The mother summoned Harry Pilling.
22.-.1 Ituffuer street. '
Pilling leleased the child. Her wrists
were chafed from the pressure of the
ropes. Clarn told her mother she hnd
tried to move the clmir near the kitchen
table so Bhc could get a butcher knife.
An Inexpensive jjng worn by the little
girl was missing. She bald 6he did cot
Know wuctuer the, intruder took it or
not, Twenty-five wits that hod been
seated himself and chatted about his
work.
"This is a wonderful time for me,"
he said. " 'Rip Vuu Winkle' pleases
the public imfnensoly."
Tho music started again, but he did
not respond. Instead he leaned back
on the couch on which he was sitting.
One of the party tnpped him on the
shoulder, bidding him dunce, but he
gave no sign.
Dr. Ludwig Simon, a member of the
purty, Tmiried to his side, made a hasty
examination and told tho merry purty
that its guest of honor was unconscious
from apoplexy.
"He wus dead within ten minutes
aftcr the stroke," said Doctor Simon.
Mr. De Koven's body was taken to
the home of a brothcr-iu-law, Robert
G. McGnnn.
Mrs. De Koven had been with her
husband until three days ago, when she
returned to their homo in New York.
A daughter. Mrs. II. K. Hudson, also
lives in New York.
While born in Connecticut, Mr. De
Koven's father, at- Hpiscnpalian clergy
man, took up his residence in England
in 1872. and that brought hi- on to Ox
ford. He was tho joungesi B. A. of
the year he graduated nnd took high
honors nt the famous English university.
After his studies were completed he
wroto "The Begum." which was pro
duced in 18S7 by the McCdll opera com
pany. Two years later the Bostnnians,
then the strongest operetta organiza
tion in America, used "Don Quixote,"
and the next year came "Robin Hood."
This work won nn instant success thnt
developed until it was nation-wide nnd
hnd scored tho best word ever attained
by an Americnn light opera.
The "Tinkers' Chorus," tho song of
the sheriff of Nottingham. "Brown Oc
tober Ale," Maid Marian's tuneful mel
odies, the "Armorer's Song" and the
"Tale of a Tailor" were sung, whistled
nnd hummed, but nu interpolated num
ber, "Oh, Promise Ale," composed at
an earlier date by Mr. De Koven, but
inserted in the opera to give Mrs. Jo-sio
iiartlett Davis more opportunity, was
the most widely known of all.
Mr. De Koveu'b widow was Anna
rnrvvell, of Chicago, a sister of Mrs.
McGann nnd Mrs. Hobart Chatiield
Taylor. Their father wus Senator
Charles Benjamin Karwcll. of Lake
Forest. .
MAN, ILL, RESCUES ANOTHER
Jumps From Sickbed When He
Hears Cries at Fire
Although ill for months. Jnmes Ben
nett, -127 North Eighth street, today
left his bed and rescued a sixty-five-
ear-old man who had been overcome by
smoke on the first "lloor or the. Eighth
street address.
John Craig, the man re-cued, had
been sweeping in tho wall-paper store
of Mrs. J, II, Nuylor. Bennett's sister-
in-law. Craig aeoideutul.v unset a
small stove and the flames Ignited a pile
of wall-paper.
Bennett, who also i advanced In
years, heard Craig s lirst cry of alarm
and rau downstairs. Ho mind the other
man helpless on tho lloor und carried him
to tho street, At the Hahnemann Hos
pital it was fouud Crnlg had burns of
o s, tore
Every patrolman vill be an unoffic?2l highway inspector
beginning today, according to outers ibsued by Superintendent
Robinson. Patrolmen, tergeauts and lieutenants will bs held ac
countable for the cleanliness of all streets. Violators of ordl
$'$0", Sthrwlgfft.BM Jato the streets are to
oe arrested instantly, r.nu every xauuro til strtet cltaucis to cIt
their work properly is to be reported by the men on the beat.
POLICE SHAKE-UP JHEAVY SNOWFALL
..... i
WITHIN 24 HOURS
men in time of war sliould no ocyonu
the influence of friendship, patronnge or.
politics," but that there was n feeling
over the country that the intent of
Congress hnd been violated.
Tho purpose of the committee's in
vestigation witf summed up yj the
chairman as follows:
"To throw tho full light o pub
licity on any person or persons rc'spon-i-ble
for lowering the value of jnaval
wartime decorations to the recip:,nts,
and thus lowering tho morale of the
navy by allowing friendship or polities
to influence such awards and to obtain
full vindication of nny persons who
might have boon placed in a false light
before the public as the result of recent
charges." ,
Admiral Sims road a prepared state- l
mont in which he said some newspapers
had been mistnken in assuming that ad- ,
vantage was taken of the incident t.i
mnlto n nersonal attack on the secretary
He added that in "probably the nearly
unanimous opinion of ofiieors of the i ,.
navy" certain mistakes wore made in the I ENTIRE CITY WILL BE HIT
uwurus Willi 11 iiiYunirii Jim ,iii,, tii'
question of justice, but the morale of
the fighting force. 4
"Assuming tho existence of tliee
convictions on tho pnrt of naval of
ficers," Admiral Sims continued, "it is
apparent that it is the duty of the of
ficers, tho advisability of whoso decora
tions is !! question, officially to pre-ent
their criticisms. It is perfectl.v legal
and perfectly proper and does not in
olvc
stated or implied, any flavor of 111
,,t,r,wlt,,n t inn "
Referring to the case of Commander ,.,.' noT wiin-e clnet asset lias been po
David Worth llagley, brother-in-law
Changes in All Ranks Planned.
.Loitering of Politicians in
Station Houses Banned
Every section of the city will be af
fected by sweeping changes throughout
the police department whSdi are sched
uled to take place within tho next twenty-four
hours.
Scores of officials will be transferred ;
others are booked for suspension and
as soiiio press comments have, many moie will be 1 summoned before the
police trial board.
HAS CITY IN GRIP
Blizzard, Raging Off Delaware
Capes, Is Heading
This Way
24-MILE GALE BLOWING
ill u mul purso. In the dining room oho 'the head nnd body. The tiro in thi
vas iiilwhuj, f . m, ! caused dainase estimated nt,?200,
i i
ot .secretary uaniels. whose recom
mendation for u Navy Cross was
changed by tho 'secretary to a Dis
tinguished Service Medal, Admiral Sims
said Commander llagley was one of tho
most capable joung officers in tho serv
ice. The admiral read a letter ho wrote I
Commander Bagley congratulating him
nn his conduct when his ship, thv de
stroyer Jacob Jones, wus sunk bv a
submarine, anil then presented a letter
from .Mr. Daniels asking the admiral
what recommendation he had made for
medals for Commander Bagley and other
officers of the Jacob Jones.
Admiral Sims said he replied that in
cases where commanders of dost risers
won actions against submarines special
distinctions wore recommended, lint Mint
he did not recommend any special dis
tinctions in cases where "the netiou re
sulted in defeat."
Declaring that ho had mil si.itr,.
ments in the press that ho had recom
mended every olhcer on his stalf for a
D. S. M., the witness said he had
recommended only nineteen nfliccrs for
that deeorathfii out ot 202 who were ou
his staff.
"Whatever of recognition, praise or
credit I may have gotten out of this
war belongs to the officers of m staff "
he declared. "I onl claim tlie credit
for building the machine und picking
the right men."
"Our navy lacks constructive criti
cism from -the public and necessarily
so because our naval officers are for",
bidden to publish nnythlng without the
permission of, and usually censorship
by, the department. This i, to say
the least, a singular regulation to he
enforced in a democratic form of gov
ernment, and tho inevitable result is
thnt the American public knows loss
about naval matters than tho public 0f
any other considerable maritime power
because the officers of the latter are
permUted, under certain regulations
wiien inn on iiuiy. to publish nnv ur-
lltteal influence will suffer the most, and
it is knovvu tjint n large number of these
will be suspended.
Director Cortelyou declined today to
give names nnd would not discuss plans
for the changes.
I'litis Iii.'IiiiI. VII IMnlis
Tho-e affected by the reorganization
plans include lieutenants, street ser
geants, house sergeants, patrolmen, pa
trol drivers, patrol sergeants, turnkej.s,
'district detectives and also the detec
tives stationed at City ljalt.
Aware ihut action will be taken with
in a few hours, many lieutenants have
alrcadv packed their belongings.
A feeling of much uncertainty was
evident a' City Hall and also at all
tlie police stations. The men who
were transferred to their present posts
for political reasons lire oiire ot be
ing sent to districts nearest their
homes, it is said. Director Cortelyou
told all officials m his recent address
to them
comfo
Geese Flock South;
' Omen of Big Storm
A floi k uf wild geese swept south
ward over the Delaware river at
Hay island, in a great Hying wedge
early this afternoon.
Sea-faring men saj thut this is
a sure siRn of heavy storm and
'old weather
A heavy snow with a rising north -1
east gale is increasing to blizzard pro
portions off the Delaware capes this
I afternoon.
The storm also has this city in its
grip. It will continue over the uight,
says the weather man.
I Captains of the life-saviuc stations
I at Capo Muj and Lewes report stead-I
, ily dropping barometers and indications 1
I of n dirty uight for ships outside and ,
1 biting cold with thick snowfall ami 1
wind along the shore.
A three -masted schooner which
By the Associated Tress
Paris, .Tan. 10. Representatives' of
France, Great Britain, Italy, Greece,
Belgium, Spain, Japan and Brazil,
members of the council of the
league of nations, met in the clock room
of the French foreign office at 10 o'clock
this morning for the first meeting in the
history of tho league.
The council organized at 10:.10 o'clock
by electing Leon Bourgeois chairman,
and confirming the choice of Sir Eric
Drummond, of Great Britain, as general
secretary.
, The first official act of the council
, was the appointment of a commission to
trace upon the spot the frontiers of the
territory of the Sarrc basin.
j Irish Attach League
The council received the first formI
ipiotest to be presented to It almost
1 before it came into bing. The pro
test was irom "the envoys 01 the
elected government of the Irish Repub
lic" against "the unreal English simu
lacrum of an international league of
peace."
No melition of the nrntrat. wim ma7
during the meeting of the council, buti -t
iuinra were nanuea to the newspaper;
I corrcapondents after thev Ipft tn fwilsMt
1 eign ofhee. The document was sisnwlis&N
' Ouaklaigh Duffy." It registered "ob-i?
lections, in -the "pretended league- VitLJUU
I naiious, and declared the league to be
an engine of empire, designed to Se
cure and jierpetuato English hegemony
throughout both hemispheres."
I The protest insisted that the league
was illusory and incomplete, lacking
, authority and sanction, nnd declared
that the I'nited States stood out "in
indignation and repudiation" of it.
Bourgeois Addresses Council
I.con Bourgeois. French representa
tive, who presided, said in his openinjt
address :
"Tho task of presiding at this meet
' ing and inaugurating this great inter
national institution should have fallen
ro President Wilson. We respect the
jeasons which still delay final decision
by our friends in Washington, but ex
press the hope that their difficulties will
soon be overcome and thnt a represen
tative of the great American republic
will occupy the place uwaiting him
among u..
"The work of tho council will nn
assume definite character and will have
that particular force which should be
associated with our work.
"January 10, 1020, will go down in
history as the date of the birth of a
new world. Decisions- to bo reached
today will be in Mho name of all na
tions adhering to the covenant nt i,
I league. It will be the first decree of all
free nations leaguing themselves to
I gether, for the first time in the world,
to substitute right for might
1 "But the organization of the league
of nations will not be complete until
the assembly of all the states meets."
British Loyal to League
Hail Carzon. British secretary ef
state tor foreign affairs, and that bu
tion"s representative on the council of
the league, said :
';Ou behalf of the British empire I
1 desire to express the lojaltv of my gov-
miu-ui. .win mi- exiernni dominions of
the British crown to the spirit under -l.ving
the covenant of the league of
nations. It is our intention by every
means in our power to insure its prac
tical efficieucv .
"It is our firm belief
its instrumentality alone
to insure that such miseries that tb
world has experienced during the past
thnt through
we can hope
mssiyasM
iwsme waiiiig or ine storm to break. "The league of nations is nn .
.She ran uto bllndlI1B snow aml cinj , th,niver?,,,d?siroSforn8ane,
" c ' mntlinrlki nt frwrtiln linn - rr I-..
The snow began to fall nt the Capes' kind, and provides, machinery by which
nnil 11, n ll.r,fiL.ti.nt.., .,!.... t! ....l-...l. .L! . .!...,, -IV... 'A 1. . , '.."'' Ult-l
ill onu-ials m ills recent address ,",..;i".. ,11 "". c .-inch, mis piui-ui-m mn-i muy oe givrn tne princi
m Hint- he wanted tho inon t ,.. moinlng nnil has been striulily mcreas- I pies of international fnendshin nnd rnnA
rtablo and hnppy. ,":B; 1,.I.P vuuu was blowing ut a understanding. The success of the la. .
,., .-...- ...... .., n ,,,, limn, uui mis liors ui in," i cure i
v unci., , hi .-m-.iii-iips itceorus iiiiieiuonii it nun inorousoii to u twentv -
Since ho took office Director Cor- ! 10ur-milo galo from the northeast wi'tli
trlyoil bus made an exhaustive search icvp'.v indication ot rising higher. It
of the records of the men. Those 'I" "rounu nnil across the bay, whipping
who have been arrested, embroiled in ,,p thick white of the snow into diu
liolitical squabbles or placed under sus- , Z""K gusts.
picion. it s said, are sure to feel It is on dns and nights of hilzzards-
ine a. line mis tnnt the coast iruunl crown mi
As a further stop toward keeping nut j the men on the life-suving stations stand
politicians and wnrd workers from the by for trouble and the chunoo of long
police stations Director Cortelyou in-i hours of battling with the storm for
structed Superintendent of Police Rob-'some ship in distress off the const
mon to semi word to every lieutenant The Ice is piled ten feet high on the
luuuy mm ii" "in- sunn ipu ununited to,e sine 01 me snore at (jape -vluv Point
polieo stations unless the.v have police The weatherman in this ci'tv shvk
uireo or four inches of snow will full
iiiic. (iiisniuiy more, tomorrow rising
temperatures are exnecteil 'l'h,. ...T
hrtnc vain '
, . ... .U.U.
nn
tides iii criticism or suggestion which I house n po iticul headquurters,
in their judgment will bo of benefit have, becu doing for many ear
to their service or their country I Mn' w.ard. n,1.a division lea
"A similar permission grant
granted to
American naval officers would not only
bo of great benefit to the ntiultr, mil h.
navy,, hut the navy cauitot ntHaln Its
iiiaxiHruiu efficiency without it,
business to transact mo notice to
lieutenants also, stated that all who did
not enforce this order would be held re-
simnsllilo.
It is leiievoii tnnt tins notion iu, The temperature at 2 o'clock this nft
barring all persons not on police busl-1 eriioon was 10.
ness from the station houses will pre-j ,
yent politicians from making the station' oil rtovp piipmc ,.,-......
as thev ,, 7,,, --- "umnn
rs. i . rs. .uiicn urawiord was seri.r..lv
nilpru ne burned about the lezr. nrin o.,.i .1 .
sembled nightly in the station houses lnst night while preparing i-upper over
and vegulur police work was subordi. nn " tovo nt her home. lfl.'Sl? Vn,.h
uated to politics.
TSiS 'V a,5f-sJ'rt".
..uiicock street. Tne stovo exploded
ljuat as her son, William V. CrZl'rZi
eutered tho door. Tin -rii,.t.,.-.i .,.'
Confpr-pnpo in a frwi.i
aiiBury for t!n future of tlin league of
I1UUUU1, '
"For tho first time un attempt was
made to bring together under the
auspices of tho league representatives
of governments, employers and labor
and an advance exceeding the results' of
ei-tire work of the previous qunrter of
a ocuturj has been made In he field of
Contlncnl on l'aio Tnnt)-iin.
Column Ont
THE MIDDLE TEMPLE
MURDER
This is the book President Wilson
read with absorbed iiilerent when
ho wns convalescent from his recent
serious illness.
Here is evidence that tho olc Is
well written us well as inlrlguior.
It is n detective story with plenty
of action.
The first installment will appear
on Monday in tho
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