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PERSHINGS IN
BIG REUNION AT
OLD HOMESTEAD
Warren Sits Down at Tabic
Where "Daddy" I'sed to
Rat When a Hoy
LACLEDE'S GREAT DAY
"Howdy, John," Is Greeting of
Friends and Neighbors to
A. E. F. Commander
hy Associated. Press
'l,aelede. Mo., Dec. 23. Warren
Pershing, 10 years old. sat down to;
dinner to-day in the old dining room j
where Daddy used to eat his Christ- !
mas and Thanksgiving turkey in ;
the days when Dad was Warren's ■
age. and ordinary folks could af-.
lord turkey. Along with Warren at
the dinner was Daddy General John
J. Pershing, and Aunt May Pershing, ,
and the governor of Missouri, and j
Mayor Allen, of I,aclede, on whose
grocery wagon Dad used to hook
rides, and a few more folks. Most
of them had known the General
when he was Warren's age. Gen
eral Pershing stepped out on the j
porch of the old house where he j
used to live, and addressed a few j
remarks to the Linn county neigh- j
hors, who gathered in the yard. !
And Aunt Susie's Pie
Everybody at the dinner except >
General Pershing ate as much as I
he pleased, but the General saved j
room for the fried, dried apple pie j
that Aunt Susan Hewitt, 78 years,
old, had baked for him. The visit!
to Aunt Susan, who used to bake!
pies for John J. Pershing, long he- I
fore anybody ever dreamed he j
would be a general, was an import-!
ant part of the homecoming cele- '
bration of the commander-in-chief!
of the A. E. F.
"Howdy. John"
Laclede planned a different sort of
day from any the General has spent j
for many years. It was a day of j
shaking hands witli neighbors, and !
"howdy, John." and "John, I had a i
boy over yonder; you didn't happen j
to run across him, did you?"
This is Laclede's historic, day. For!
years to come thev will tell stor-'
ies of "Johnny" Pershing's home i
coming and what he said at din- j
iter.
At dinner a silver loving cup.
bought by old friends of the General. |
was given him.
All Shake Hands
There was a reception at the City ,
Hall after dinner, where everybody j
who could get in had a chance to!
shake the hand of the General. Then |
tame the visit to Aunt Susan Hewitt,
for Aunt Susan is feeble now and !
couldn't come to the celebration. |
She had announced that she wanted
a few minutes real visit with
"Johnny" and a chance to watch his j
face when he saw that fried, dried j
apple pie. He used to pester her'
to death 'or them when her hus- j
band ran the tavern. It was hard !
to tell whirl) John Pershing liked j
best. Aunt Susan says, those dried
apple pies, or Captain Jacob He- |
witt's stories of the Civil War. Ha- i
clede is sure those yarns had some-j
tiling to do with Pershing deciding'
to become a soldier.
While General Pershing was be
ing steered by the welcoming com
mittee. a committee of Laclede wo
men entertained Miss May Pershing,
the General's sister, and a crowd of
the committee's sons pumped War
ren for a little inside information
about France and just how his
father whipped the Kaiser.
The visit to Laclede ends to-night
when the General and his family
will go to Lincoln, Xeb., to spend
< hristmas.
Tt UK VttS VSMXATKH
li>j Aasuciatra Press
Home. Dec. 23.—Fustapha Kamel,
leader of the Turkish insurgents In
Anatolia and head of the Turkish na- !
Gonalist movement in Asia Minor, has 1
been assassinated, according to a j
.Smyrna dispatch to the Tempo.
l
CAST FOR THE PAGEANT |
OF THE NATIVITY
I
The complete east of charac- '
ters for the pageant of the "Xu
tjvity" was announced by the j
Community Service Bureau of '
the Chamber of Commerce this
morning. It is as follows:
Joseph, Elmer H. Ley.
Mary, Miss Eva Irving.
Spirit of Christmas, Geraldlno '
Powell,
Three Wise Men, William S.
Essick, B. F. Dickinson and AVil
lium 11. Patrick.
Angel, Miss Etlielyn MacC'los
> key.
Shepherds, Wirt S. Mosser
John W. German, Jr., W. 1)
Bottgenbacli, E. C. Latney Alii
son Skinner, T. W. Sniedlev
William Patrick. Jr.. Harry I
Kochenour, H. \y. Lingenfelter.
William T. Dimmick.
Sheep from the Bonnymead I
farms.
Choruses consist of Wednesday 1
club. City Choir. Camp Curtln
school and Oirl Scouts.
|fHEWEATHF.PI
Hnrrlshorg and Vicinity, floudy
and warmer to-night. lowest
trmprraturr about as degrees
Wednesday unsettled. a ' wree "'
Eastern Pennsylvania, Cloudv to
il j'" "L" r,n ** r ln west portion.
Wednesday unsettled. pr,,l,„i,| v
snow find colder | n cviremr !
north portion, Moderate vtarl- !
nhle windM.
~,Vr .r ' ..T hr s "*lueh!,onn elver and
all its lirancltes will full aloiv-
Ij or remain stallnnarv with
out material chnnKes in Ice con- '
ill,lons. Tlir rlic r at Mnrrisburg I
will continue icebound at n !
stage probably of about 7.5 reel 1
AIR OF SECRECY
IS KEPT ABOUT
DEPOT SCANDAL
I Score More Arrests to Follow,
Probers Report, After
Secret Hearings
j HOMES ARE SEARCHED I
I Score of Arrests to Come in
Short Time, Say I*. S.
Agents
.
An air of secrecy was added to-,
day to the probes into alleged mis-,
I appropriations of Government sup-,
! plies from the Xew Cumberland I
Army Reserve Depot. Closed hear-!
j ings were conducted last night and'
j to-day by War Department and lie-i
! partment of Justice agents in of-j
I lives of United States Marshal Har-'
! vey T. Smith.
! Xo arrests, in addition to that of,
I William A. Stringer, superintendent 1
of storage at the depot, will be niadej
until after a check has been made 011
the supplies and hooks of the depot. |
An agent of the Inspector General's)
Department arrived in the city with-;
jin the last twenty-four hours audi
will at once start to check up the'
! hooks of the depot.
Movements Are Slow
I It is understood that information)
.already in hands of the investigators
involve almost a score of persons.'
| Department of Justice and War De-j
I partment agents, however, necessar
ily are moving slowly in the probe |
land it is not expected that any ar-1
! rests will be made until after the'
j examinations of accounts by the;
j agent of the Inspector General's De-!
partment.
| Soldiers, officers and enlisted men.
together with civilians, are under
stood to he involved in the fraud.
Xot alone are the persons from the
Harrisburg district, hut some are in
widely-scattered sections of the coun
try.
Two of tile four officers in charge
of the Xew Cumberland post, have'
been relieved of their duties, pend
ing further investigation into the!
situation. It would not be surpria-i
ing, it was hinted to-day, if an en-!
tire new corps of officers would he I
in charge of the administration of
the depot.
j _ ltcooril.s Poorly Kept
| Xo definite informntipn as to the
J extent of the misappropriations, has
yet. been announced by the investi
gators. Records at the depot are
understood to be in a bad condition
and definite information may not be
available for some time, it was said
I to-day.
It was announced to-day that sev
i oral city houses had been searched,
and that a considerable quantity oi
i property had been recovered,
i William A. Stringer, of Alinnea-
I polls, Minn., superintendent of stor
i age at the New Cumberland Army
, Reserve Depot, who is charged witii
misappropriation of vast quantitie
of goods stored there, was yesterdat
'afternoon held in $2,500 bail for his
i appearance at United States Districl
court.
i s preliminary hearing was
held before United States Commis
sioner John A. P. Hall in the Federal
I ourtroom in the Post Office Build
i .His bearing before Unite State
, District Court will be held in Scran
i ton on March 12.
; P. M. Kemon of the Dcpartmcni
. of Justice, was the first witness call
ed at yesterday's hearing. He tcsti
| fied to finding a quantity of blankets
| canned goods, leather jerkins ami
I other equipment in the locker of I,
|E. Seitz. superintendent of the de
• partment of mechanical equipment
I Seitz testified that these had been
: git en him by Stringer and was cor
roborated in this testimony by C
A. Greenhill, also connected witii the
| department of mechanical equin
jment. Colonel C. A. Simonds, tile
.next witness called, testified to the
| irregularity of Stringer's acts in giv
j nR away Army equipment.
Xo further arrests have been made
r u ' 11 is expected that other men,
i both civilians and soldiers, will he
- taken into custody.
Judge Reserves Decision
on Demand of County
Treasurer For Dog Fees
President Judge Oeorge Kunkel re
served decision in the case brought hv
County Treasurer Mark Mumma
against the county for the pavment of
fees for issuing dog -licenses this
year. According to the statement filed
by Mr. Mumma he issues about t.500
licenses in 1919 but received no addi
tional pay. He asked the commis
sioners to allow him ten cents for
each license issued, but the commis
sioners decided they could not pay It
unless the court decided they should.
The dog tax law makes no provisions
for paying the county treasurer for
issuing licenses.
The case was argued to-dav In
court. The urgument of the appeal by
Coroner Jacob Kcklnger from a sur
charge made by County Controller
Henry W. dough in his annual state
ment for 1917 was continued. Mr.
Kcklnger was surcharged for fees
which Mr. dough contended lie had
no right to collect.
GH AI-'TKM OV I. S. S A I.KS
11 V Associated Press
I'nrlN. Sunday, Dec. 21. Eleven
brokers have been arrested by officials
of the Treasury following an investi
gation of the scandal attending the
sale of American army stocks. One
broker bought fifteen ears of corned
beef, cheese, olive oil and other goods,
eight cars of which fount} their way
to this city. This Incident happened
at the Montairo. tamp, while other
cases originating at Dyon. Bordeaux,
Versailles and Is-Sur-Tllle are pend
ing. \
1.1.0V11 GKOKGK IiOIMi TO PARIS
l.onrion. Uec. 22. —Premier I.loyd
George will go to Paris next week
to confer with Premier Clemence'au.
it was announced to-day.
The Line at the Ticket Window Is Already Several
Blocks Long
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CHRISTMAS COOKIES
EXTINCT AS DOODS
jSaudtnrts and Other Vuletide
Confections Are Only Mem
i ories Because of Shortage of
Sugar Necessary to Make
Time-Honored Sweets
'MINCE PIES AND PLUM
PUDDINGS FILL VOID
| Christmas cookies are almost as
! extinct as the dodo. So reported the
I Good Housewife to-day in tones as
j mournful as the lament going up
; from the gn?at army of Christmas
j cookie eaters. The sandtart, the
' l'ruit cake and numberless other old
! yuletide goodies are on the skids
! along with the cookie,
t The old-fashioned mince pie, pro
| hibition style, and rich plum pud
i dings, minus the time-honored wine
j sauce, will be worked overtime to fill
| the void, declares Mrs. Housewife.
The shortage of sugar is said to
lie responsible. Families where for;
: generations Christmas cakes have !
, been a feature of the holiday season
j are without them this year. What
VIRGO CHARGED
WITH OPERATION
ON MISS TABOR
'Aged Mother Accuses Daugh
ter's Husband of Causing
Brutal Death
By Associated Press
Uwton, Mich., Dec. 23.—A signed
statement accusing Joseph Virgo of
| performing an illegal operation upon
J Maude Tabor, has been made by
| Mrs. Sarah I. Tabor. 80 years old,
j mother of the brilliant linguist,
: whose body was found in a trunk in
; the basement of her home here, As-
I sistant Prosecutor Glenn Warner
i announced this morning,
j The statement, which is in direct
| contradiction to the story told by
i the aged woman at the inquest, cov
! ers thirty pages and was made to
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SOVIETS SIRROUAD I'ETI.IRA
By A :e.i red Press
l.ondon. Dec. 23.—The troops of Gen
(eral Petlura, anti-Bolshevik com
' niande; Jn the Ukraine, have been sur
j rounded by Soviet forces ih the vl
, cinlty of Berditchev, in the province
lof Kiev, 21 miles south of Zhitomir
> according to a wireless dispatch from
received here to-day.
TURKEY ENOUGH TO
GO AROUND
CHRISTMAS turkey for ev
erybody at prices ranging
lrom 38 to 7 5 cents a
' pound.
i That is what the dealers re
ported to-day.
A few choice birds brought ,75
| cents dressed, or 60 cents live
: weight. The downtown dealers
J got 55 cents liveweight for the
j most part, and many birds
I brought 65 cents drawn but with
I legs and feathers on.
The cheap birds were brought
! in from the upper end of Cum
| berland county and Perry county,
1 where turkeys sold as low us 38
! cents liveweight or 45 cents
j dressed, in some districts.
But there will be plenty of
birds in market to-morrow, the
forecast is.
little bit of the sweets could besecur.
Ed generally was put to some otliei
use. Youngsters generally, it was
said, will have to put up with gingei
cake which can be made with brown
sugar and molasses.
DECLARE EARLY I
RATIFICATION OF !
PACT IMPOSSIBLE
trench I)o Not Relieve Treaty
Changes Can Re Made
Refore January 1
, My Associated Press
Paris, Dec. 23.—-Exchange of ruti- ]
fication ot the German Peace Treaty !
before the end of the year is con- j
sidered in French official circles as j
impossible. This opinion was formed !
to-day when the heud of the Ger
mun delegation here announced that !
lie would lie obliged to return to
Berlin to consult with the govern- j
ment on the latest Allied communi
cation.
leave For Berlin
Paul Dutasta, secretary of the j
Peace Conference, to-day handed
Kurt oVn Lersner. head of the Ger
man delegation, the Allied reply to
the German note of December 15.
Hcrr Von Lersner told M. Dutasta
that, owing to difficulties of com
munication and tlie Importance of '<
the document, lie felt obliged to,'
consult Berlin, adding that he would
leave, with all his experts for tlie
German capital to-night.
Herr oVn Lersner expressed a de- 1
sire to lay emphasis 011 the fact that
his leaving Paris at this time was
not a rupture of negotiations.
M'CLAIN TO HEAD
I PRICE BOARD IN
PENNSYLVANIA
Sproul Selects Former Lieu
tenant-Governor For Im
portant Task
Governor William C. Sproul will
, recommend to tlie Depattment ot
Justice tliat Frank U. McClain, of
| Lancaster, director of the State Wel
: fare Commission, be named as fair
price commissioner for Pennsylva
j nia. The Governor to-day discussed
| the matter with Mr. McClain, who
j lias been active in various matters
: £• the Council of National Defense.
J State Defense Commission and other
bodtes since the outbreak of the
j war land who was placed in charge
. of the Welfare Commission's work
: lust summer upon approval of the
act creating the eoriimission.
i The Governor said to-day that he 1
i had been considering the matter of
a fair price commission for this i
State ever since the conference here
early in November and that ho had!
discussed it with a number of quali- !
Tied men. Sonic of those men are 1
• d to have expressed doubts as to I
the practical operation of the plan !
Howard Heinz, who was food admin- i
strator during the war, is one of!
those to whom the Governor spoke i
and it is believed that he did not see !
his way clear to taking the place.!
familiar With Work
"Mr. McClain is familiar with the l
problems of the day and also us exe- ;
cutive officer of tlie Welfare Com -1
mission is in u position to lake un '
the matte,.." said the Governor,
r.. i 6 . forni, ' r lieutenant governor Is
probably one of the few men In the
State who could undertake the pro-!
position and lie will have the author
him VeSted UIP ( ' omm,Msi °n behind ,
Governor Sproul said to-dav tliut;
as far as the criticisms from Wash- i
ington that have been published in !
Democratic newspapers are concern-!
f, ' p Department of Justice davs I
ago denied anv authority for them. 1
It has been well known here tliat the ,
w?\r r M° r r!l U8 !' Pc n,n 'ouch
' lo Denartnient of Justice and
that t R officials have liopn aware
of the study he bus been making of
the situation and the problems that'
confront him in the proposition. }
M 'Hi: TWO WEEKS
By Associated Press
Barbados. Monday, Dec. 22. - The
British steamer Hydaspes, 47 11
tons, front New York to Montevideo
and Buenos Aires, arrived here Sat
ttrday on fire and the a ld or n
British warship in the harbor was
asked. The vessel had heen afire
since December 15, it was reported.
_ The Hydaspes sailed from New
York on November for Halll'uv
leaving lhat port on December 7 for
South Amer'ca. She was built at
New Castle, JCngland in lßilii ami was
formerly known as the Manchester
Port. ,
STAGE SETTING
FOR PAGEANT TO
BE ELABORATE
j Spirit of Christmas to Re
Shown in DcU.il at
Capitol
PROGRAM IS COMPLETE
Last Minute Rehearsals A'rc
Being Held For Out
Door Event
The mechanical effects necessary
j for 1 lie staging of the elaborate
Pageant of the Xativity Christmas
night at 7 o'clock on the plaza in
front of the main entrance of the
Capitol building constitute enough
work to keep even an experienced
stage manager busy, it was sa d at
the offices of the Harrisburg Cham
ber of Commerce where the Oom
i munity Service litireau is busy ar
; ranging last-minute rehearsals and
■ details of the huge event.
; In the first place, it was pointed
! out, there must be a stage with a
'manger, a fitting setting for the little
igirl who will portray the Spirit of
j Christmas, a manger, a yard for the
} sheep, an electric sign for the final
j phase of the pageant, spotlights, and
I places for the various choruses oom
| prising seven hundred people. Then
|in addition there are the hundred
and ope smaller details of the event,
the crooks for the ten shepherds, the
; wand for the Spir't o:' Christeins, the
frankincense and myrrh for the
! Three Wise Men of the East, and
■many other details.
Musical Program
V. Grant Forrer, assistant su
! perintendent of parks, lias proved a
capable stage manager, and is taking
; care of all of these details which
will add so much to the pageant
when it is finally presented.
Numerous other civic bodies are;
nartic'pating, furnishing ehoruse u .:
leaders, organ'sis and music. The
• Jiri Scouts, the Camp Curtin School, j
the Wednesday Club, the City Choi" 1
|and the Municipal Rand will furnish!
j impressive vocal and instrumental!
; music, accompanying (lie action ofl
the presentation in tableaux of the'
l story of the First Christmas morn j
J with appropriate Christmas seloc
-1 tions.
; The complete program of musical
numbers is as follows:
| Religious March. Municipal Band;
Adeste Fidelis, quartet of trombones
land n chorus; "Good King Wen-'
iceslas" by tho Girl Scouts: "rt Came
; Upon the Midnight Clear," Camp
'Curtin School: "O Holy Xlglit," "Oh
Little Town of Bethlehem. Hark the
'Herald Angles Sing," "Away in the
1 Manger," the combined choruses:
"We Thee Kings of the Orient Are."
; "Silent Xight," "Joy to the World,"
i by the combined chorus.
Wealthy Couple Attacked
and Robbed in Rooms
of Big New York Hotel
/{]/ Associated Press
I New York. Dec. 23.—Two burglars
; attacked Mr. and Mrs. Aloysius Brod
! erick, said to be wealthy residences of
! Dallas. Texas, in their apartment at
i the Hotel Knickerbocker early to-day
and escaped with $4,000 worth of
! jewelry. Two men were later arrested
i in the grill room of the hotel charged
with tlie theft.
| The burglars pried open the door
; of the hotel apartment, struck Mr.
j Broderick over the head with a ham
inier, tied his wife to the bed and then
j ransacked tlie room. They left by the
| window climbing down the side of the
{building in "human fly" fashion. The
two men arrested were taken at the
; point of revolvers held by three po
licemen. They offered no resistance,
i Hundreds of persons at Broadway
and 4 2nil street, the heart of the
i theater district, saw the burglars
climb down the side of the building
; from the fifth to the fourth floor
j while a policeman on the street fired
;his revolver at them. The screams
!of Mrs. Broderick as the burglars
1 struck her husband and started to
! bind her hands and feet aroused
| scores of guests in the hotel.
! The two prisoners gave their
names us Raymond Rodriguez and
Adriano lle.va and their nationality
as Spanish, but refused to give their
addresses.
Mr. Broderick was stabbed In one!
hand by one of the burglars while
attempting to prevent them from
entering the apartment. After tlie
thieves hail climbed through a win
dow in the fourth floor they slipped
into tlie elevator shaft and slid down
tlie cable to the grillroom whore
thev were caught.
When searched at tlie station a
diamond mesh bag, valued at $2,500;
a gold watch and chain, worth $350;!
a diamond slick pin. diamond cuff,
links and several small pieces ofi
jewelry, all identified as the propertyi
of Mr. and Mrs. Broderick, were!
found in their possession, the policei
said. They were also equipped with '
a complete set of burglar's tools It!
was asserted.
Store Thieve*. Kept
Under Close Watch
by Special Detectives
R °He Daley. of Steelton. arrested
yesterday In the Bon-man department
store by Plnkerton detectives to-day
was said to have made the biggest
haul of any of the Christmas season
thieves who have been under watch
by special agents. The Daley woman
was held under *5OO bail for u further
bearing before Alderman Hilton.
The woniAn when arrested had furs,
thermos bottles, gloves, jewelry and
silk hosiery which she had taken from
several stores. Her actions were kept
under close watch by Mrs. Diggers
of the Plnkerton ugcnc.v. A second
woman was arrested who evidently
was tempted at the moment. She was
discharged after Iter husband had been
informed. Bach of the larger stores
to-day was closely guarded by special
detectives.
AND ALL BECAUSE
MARY WANTED DRINK
OF CONTRABAND BREW
New York, Dec. 28.—Two book
tnd ladder companies, three engine
companies, four deputy and bat
alion fire chief*, a wagon load of
,)oliee reserves and an insurance
>atrol were sent dashing through
he streets of the upper west side
o-dny all because Mary Hechn.
used 40, was thirsty and wanted a
irink of contraband brew.
Mary explained that she paid sr
to a bootlegger for a quart of
.vliisky and that he failed to pro
luce it. She could not find a police
nun. so she derided to ring for
me, but pulled the tire alarm box
*y mistake. Mary was given a drink
>f water In the police station and
i charge of disorderly conduct wait
•edged against her.
$l,OOO CHECKS FOR
BACK PAY SENT
TO PENNSY SHOP
One Blacksmith Gels $l,lOO
Bonus Covering Long
Period
Arrival of back pay checks for
1 ennsylvania and for Beading shop
employes means additional Christmas
cheer in scores of Harrisburg homes.
Reasons for increased happiness
conic in the announcement that sev
eral of t lie checks will he for $l,OOO.
Two men get that amount, one of
whom is now employed in the black
smith department at Lucknow shops.
It is said that one other employe, of
the Philadelphia Division will get $1 -
100.
The back pay covers various peri
ods. Some start with January 1. Oth
er back pays dates from .May 1. The
amounts vary from Mo up to $2OO.
It has been the custom to pay out
the extra pay in the instalments. Due
t > the fact that a question was raised
regarding the correctness of snte of
the amounts, a number of employes
hove not received any back pay. It
is these men that wilt get the big
checks. The back pay is based on
the four per cent, increase with time
and half time for overtime, and dou
ble pay for Sundays.
■ ■—"M <np(itiwyWMOyi> .ad|/w j
I J
iFR AMI iDICTMENT AGAINST FORMER KAISER ] t
London. Law officers of the crown held a consul- f
tation with French and Belgian law officers to-day with ' *•
regard to the former German empcxor. It is reported j ,
that the conference made out a case against the former f ?
German ruler and framed indictment. '
ADAMS NAMED ACTING DEPUTY * '
Harrisburg. Captain Lynn G. Adams, commander : d
of the St at Police troop at Butler, was to-day appointed '
1 acting deputy superintendent. He will become deputy ;
! on j.:r - • .
K \NSA3 MINERS QUIT IN PROTEST ( ,
i Ran. Seventeen Kansas coal ru'ees, ' : '
i
r
rii rning. The miners went on strike in protest 1 •'
against the action of Judge Anderson at Indianapolis Ij
•f Alexander Howat,*president of the I |
I K isas d strict United Mine 'Workers of America,- tp .1
F
HOWATT IS RELEASED FROM JAIL .
r Indianapolis. Alexander Howatt, president of the " -
I Kansas district of the United Mine Workers cf America,
■ was released from the Marion county jail to-day by V
I United States District Judge A. B. Anderson. Howatt
I agreed to join the international officials of the mine work- * f,
J ers in sending telegrams to the district executive board in
I Kansas in an endeavor to have all strikes in the Kansas ' *
ccni Ik*J., ended.
!
I OFFICIALS RECEIVE COPIES OF SIMS' LETTER j
Washington. Copies cf a letter written by Rear a J
I Admiral Sims to Secretary Daniels, declining to accept v
the dec rati a ided him for his services as com- | >
i mander-in-chicf of American naval forces in European
waters during the war have been received by a number
i of naval officers in Washintgph.
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SIMS REFUSES
MEDAL HE SAYS
FAVORITES GOT
i •.
Severely Criticises Daniels
For Honoring "Swivel •
Chair Holders
ACTION IS BEING TAKEN
Compiling List of Awards as
Result of Call From Con
gressional Committee
\t fiMliiiigion. Dec. 23. AdmiraV
William S. Sims, commander of the
righting; forces of the American Navy
in the war with Germany, has declined
iii accept tlie Distinguished Service
Medal recently awarded the nation's
i foremost naval hero by President
j Wilson, upon recommendation of Scc
; rotary of the Navy Daniels.
The highest mark df distinction It
| was possible for the President to con
; let upon him in recognition of his
war service Admiral Sims has refused
under circumstances so sensational
that they bid fair to create a navv
scundal that will attract the attention
of Congress.
In declining the letter Admiral
Sints has written a letter to Mr. Dan
iels severely criticising the Secretary,
his superior in command, for the al
leged discrimination and injustice in
volved in the recent awards of Dis
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Printer Arrested For
Attempt to Defraud
Charged with using the mails to
promote fraud. Garret S. Wyckoff. of
Pennington. N. J., was arrested yes
terday in Mcchanicsburg while work
ing in a printing office. The arrest
was made by I'nited States Deputy
Marshal Harvey T. Smith, on a war
rant issued at Newark. N. J.
Wyckoff together with several other
men, is alleged to have announced
plans for a proposed publication to
be known as "Our Boys" and- to be de
voted to the interests of the soldiers,
sailors and marines; and to have made
attempts to defraud with the proposed
magazine as a screen.