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the top of the well, toward the reer of the semi-ciroular arrange- ment of Assemblymen's desks, the _ distinguished Bar Association volun- Keer counsel were seated on plain pine @hairs varnished yellow, the varnish showing many scars, reminiscent, certainly, of service at many balls atid parties in public halls and per- haps of attendance at a few funerals. A double row these chairs for spectators extended clear around the chamber. At the beginning, at least, the Bar ‘Association counsel were listed as epectatots. Tho space around the Speaker's chair was packed with persons knowing the rear entrance und how to reach them. The floors apace back of the space reserved for Assemblymen was jammed to the walls. ‘The gallery over the front entrance was filled to standing room capacity, we front rows being occupied by followers of the accused Socialists who bad arrived on the scene two hours in advance of the opening of the proceedings. ‘The gallery over the Speaker's desk was unhocoupiad and there wae some gpeoulation as to the reason for this, as there were plenty of curfoun citl- zene clamoring for entrance in the corridors to fill tt. ‘A difference of obinion in the Judiciary Committes, the body bav- img trial jurisdiction, delayed the start of the trial. This difference, it ig said, reached beyond political lines. Members of the committes who went into executive session in their room to prepare for the trial at 1045 ‘o'dlock said they did not know just | how they were divided or what they ! ware divided about. There are three ‘Democrats on the committee, The entered ‘the chamber * Le 2 reg § met «men D e <a TRIAL CONDUCTED UNDER SUPREME COURT RULES. ‘ehalf of the members or the Bocial- _ ist (Party. We appear solely in behalf of the Association of the Bar and the ‘We are hero for the tional practice.” A breeze of whispered voices ewept across the chamber, accentuated here and there by sniffs and grunts of ‘or hot, bis voloe and his manner car- @ suggestion of patronizing eu- periority. It was plain that the distinguished visitors from Njw York were more or Jems tn the pofition of orphans, un- welcome in households to which they bas been sent, Chairman Martin fpeedily estab- lished the statds of the orphans by announcing that the committee had | fdecided not to allow official repre- sentatives af organizations in this "* State outside the real panties to the Inquiry to take part therein, “Many organizations,” Chairman Martin continued, “have suggested the propriety of appearing here for various purposes. We had to adopt some hard and fast rules. Without the gentlemen of the bar desire to appear for the Assembly us matter of | ‘record, the committee has decided they may not appear. “We do this with great reluctance, appreciating the standing of the Bar ‘Association and the high personnel of the committee, which is very limited in its power, We are not concerned with the temporary suspension of these members, as this committee was not in existence when they were suspended. Mr, Hughes said he and his fellow members of the Bur Association Com- mittee appreciated the fact that the ) Judiciary Committee is the judge of ita own procedure and asked per- mission to submit a statement, whereupon the Bar Association Com- mittee quietly withdrew. ' Gbairman Martin asked Morris _ Hilliquit if the acoused had any mo- | thens to offer. Counsel for the five gaid he desired to put forth several nary motions, SRE He challenged the right of the com- mittee to conduct the trial and moved that the committee recommend back ‘that the trial be conducted by u spe- cial committee to be elected by ths bs- ‘were about sixty of them on accused or voted to reconsider the Vote on that resolution. TWO-FOLD OBJECTION TO PRES- ENT COMMITTEE. “A judge,” said Mr. Hillquit, “must be clear of bis Our objection to the committee ia ttwo-fold. First, its members ‘were appointed and selected by our accusers. Second, mambers of the committee have publicly expressed conviction of the guilt of the five As- semblymen.” He then read the accusations ad- dressed by Speaker Sweet to the five accused members at the suspended and time they ‘wore the charges THADDEUS c Sweer against them formulated by Attorney General Newton. “There never was a case,” deciared Mr. Hillquit, “in the annals of juris- prudence in this or any other State ‘of such importance as this, There never was a case more urgently re- quiring unbiased judges. And there never was a case in which the judges —or a majority of them—#o publicly and definitely pre-committed them- selves ‘to one-side guilt, Shaw the people of the Gtate that this ts not a mock trial.” John B. Stanchficld opposed the motion. He upheld the constitutional tight of the Assembly to judge the dig@ility and qualifications of its members and quoted from proceed- ings in the United Gtates Senate in the wase of Reed Smoot to uphold ‘his contention. “Counsel for the Assembly will es- tablish,” concluded Mr. Stanchfield, “without fear of contradiction, that the Give members have planted them- selves on the platform the Chairman bas read. “The five members are assured of @ fair and impartial trial, They are receiving more than fair and impar- tial treatment. They are not entitled to representation here and they have an array of distinguished counsel. If the committees so pleased, it could hold ‘the trial and take evidence in eecret and report Its finding to the Assembly.” After further argument Chairman Martin denie) the motion of counsel for the accused. CHALLENGES RIGHT OF COM- MITTEE MEMBERS, Hiltquit then challenged the right of certain members of the committee to ait for specific reasons. He maintained that three members of the Judiciary Committee who are also members of the Lusk Committee to investigate seditious acte should be debarred from judgment, inasmuch as they aided in the preparation of the evidance upon which the charges against the accused are based. The motion was denied ‘Then Mr. Hiliquit challenged the right of Chairman Martin to take part in the trial on the ground that the Chairman had said in newspaper interviews ¢hat he intended to intro- duce a dill which would declure the Socialist party an outlaw onganiza- dom ' ‘The Chairman denied giving out the interview. “When that was printed,” he ex- plained, “I was in Clinton.” “I challenge the statement,” retort- ed Hillquit, and there was laughter among those who remembered that there is a Clinton prison. ‘This mo- tion was wlso denied. Finally Hillquit challenged the right of Louis Cuvillier of New York to sit on the committee on the ground that no later than last night, during a session of the Assembly, ‘Cuvilier declared the accused As- semblymen ought to be shot. “I eubmit,” said Miliquit, “that this member of the committes has quali- fied himself to be an executioner, not a Judge” ‘The motion was overruled and Him- quit gave notice that his next motion to dismiss the proceedings would be based on the contention that the trial, under the conditions by which it is surrounded, is nat warranted by the Constitution or any statutory law. He said he regarded this us the crux of the preliminary defense and de- sired to devote about an hour to his angument, An adjournment was taken until later in the day. During the recess the accused five announced that if Mr. Hughes and Judge O'Brien and Mr, Proskauer and Senator Mills and Mr, Louis Marehal! were unable finally to ob- tain recognition by the Assembly, the Socialist defense would enter into negotiations with them. “We were going to make a proposi- tion to Judge Hughes,” said As- semblyman Solomon, “but we could from members who voted : iy douse: the resolution suspending the following the old Albany rule, They get off on the wrong foot and think they have to keep going that way.” Mr. Hiliquit_ opened the afternoon proceedings with a motion for with drawal o {the charges on the ground of unconstitutionality, His general tention was that the Assembly has no power to add to or amend the qualifications of its members who are legally electetd, hheld that the power of the Assembly ' to wuss determination as to whether they are of full age, are citizens and have been duly electted in an election proved to have been legal in form, as well as in substance. | It every word of every charge against the five Assemblymen wer true and proved,” said Hiliqult, “even | then the committee and the Assembly | are absolutely without power to sus jpend or expel them. So long as there | 1 no queation as to their legal elec | tion, no question aa to their citixe ship and they have taken the oath « | ommee the Assembly has no power o their qualifications. The general im- Pression that the Assembly 1s all powerful as to tis membership is erroneous.” Hiliquit went into an elaborate dis- quisition on the quniifications of | members. Then he hold that the only | requirement placed upon a duly 1d or expel extends only in other words he Assembly Has éleoted citizen member is that he take | the oath of office, which he read. Hitquit continued “and the constitu. | deciaration or test shall be required | a8 @ qualification for any oMfee or public trust.’ OUTLINE OF CASE PRESENTED BY MARTIN. ‘The outline of the case against the five suspended Assemblymen was presented by Chairman Louis M Martin of the Judiciary Committee, ‘The text follows: “Tho Assembly having passed resolution denying Louis Waldman, August Claessens, Samuel A. Dewitt, Samuel Orr and Charles Solomon their right to a seat in that body pending the determination of their qualifica- tions and eligibility, and having refer- red the question #0 raised to the Judi- clary Committee for its determination, and the Assembly having empowered the Judiciary Committee to subpoena and examine witnesses and document- ary evidence to enable it to become Possessed of the essential facts bear- | ing on the matter, as Chairman of the | Judiciary Committee and in its be- half, I am directed to say that we have formulated rules of procedure to gov- ern, our conduct and that the men above named have been duly furnished with copies thereof. “Information came to the Assem- bly through various channels that the men mentioned in this proceeding were members of a party or society whose platform of principles and whose doctrines as advocated to-day called for and demanded the complete destruction of our form of govern- ment by the fomentation of indus- trial unrest, the bringing into play of force and violence and direct actions by the mass. “That the men here mentioned, at- filiated with that party or society, have subscribed to and advocated such principles and are in favor of the absolute substitution of minority for majority ruie. “That they are in hearty accord and sympathy with the Soviet Gov- ernment as it exists in Russia to-day and they have declared their solidar- ity, therewith. It is claimed, among other things, that in 1917, when our country was at war with Germany and summoned the strength of the people to that great struggle, the party or society to which these men belong and to whose programme they have subscribed, in open convention and with calculated deliberation, de- ‘nounced the war as criminal; its pur- poses capitalistic; its motive prof- iteering, and pledged every man in that party to oppose the war and all the means adopted by the Govern- ment for carrying on the war in every possible way. “Tbat the men herein named by voice in public and in private opposed every measure intended to aid the prosecution of the war to @ suocess- {41 conclusion and gave ald and com- fort to the enemy. It is claimed also that in August, 1919, after the schemes and programme of the Russian Soviet Government were fully known and their practices and principles fully re- vealed, the Socialist Party of Amert- ca, of which these men are members, in’ deliberative convention declared their allegiance to and solidarity with such Russian Soviet Government. “That thev secured their nomination and procured their election under the pretense to the people that they were merely availing themselves of a legal- ly established means for political rep- resentation, whereas, in truth and in fact It is claimed that this was done to disguise and cover up their true intent and purpose to overthrow this Government peaceably, if possibly, forcibly, if necessary. “The ‘claim is made that these men are, with others, engaged in a large and well orgunized conspiracy to sub- vert the due administration of law and to destroy the right to hold and own private property honestly ac- quired, to weaken the family tle which they assert is the seed of capitalism, to destroy the influence of the church and overturn the whole fabric of constitutional form of gov- ernment, and our inquiry will be con~ ducted with a view to ascertain and determine whether there is truth in such tnformation. “We intend the men under tnvestt- gation shall have fair play. The case is not prejudiced, The committee sits with an open mind, You are ac- corded the right to select your own counsel and assistance will be given you in the procurement of evidence, “After the close of the investiga~ tion and after the submission of the matter by counsel for the interested parties the committee will, with all convenient speed, report to the As- sembly its determination.” tion next provides—\No other oath, | POINTS MADE BY COMMITTEE OF THE BAR ASSOCIATION N BEHALF No Authority to Establish Loyalty Test or Bar Members for Political Opinions. ALBANY, Jan committee of the Bar Association 0.—The special of New York City, appearing at the trial of the suspended Social- ists, propo: appeal be points submitted eleven tions in that sentod, support of its the ousted ‘The made were: members principal ‘That the power of the Assembly to be the judges of the qualifica tions of its own members is a Prerogative to be exercised accord with the fundamental principles of representative gov- ernment. ‘That questions of the disquali- fication of a member should be that after his admission he that after his admission they cannot be deprived of his priv- lleges except by expulsion, in That a member cannot be ex- pelled except upon proper charges and after due opportunity to be heard. That a member cannot be de- mied his seat merely because of any alleged opinion, state of mind or intent claimed to be incon- sistent with his oath, That the Assembly has no au- thority to establish any test of loyalty or political principle as & qualification for membership in addition to the presoribed official oath, ‘That it is essential to reprasen- totive government that no member shall be expelled merely because of political opinions or affiNation with @ political party. ‘That ft is essential to the secur- ity of the Republic that tits vital issue should not be obscured by the reception of testimony with- out first laying proper charges with apecifications directly con- necting members accused of per- sonal and guilty participation in Mogal acts. GRAND JURY MINUTES REVEAL NO OVERSHADD (Continued From First Page.) proceedings at this point by inquir- | ing of the Grand Jurors if the ques- tion were going to aid the Investign- tion, This question angered the Grand Jurors and Mr. Talley was told the Grand Jurors were not seek- ing his opinion but seeking in- formation from the Mayor. OFFICIALS HELPED TO ORGAN- 1ZE BROTHERHOOD. At the opening several employees of the Interburo were called to tell of the organization of the Interboro Brotherhood and its management by company officials, down to the date of the strike. John Joseph Harrigan of No. 2490| Tiebout Avenue, the Bronx foreman of sub-powerhouse, No. 226 West 53d Street, for the J. R. T., and Firs President of the Brotherhood, was one of the first of them. Harrigan admitted that he was in a great measure responsi for the language contained in t! constitution of the Brotherhood, in which, he said, he was aided in by James L. Quackenbush, gen- eral for the company. i tain suggestions with resi fiat might properly go into the | constitution.” James 8, Doyle of No, 421 Fulton | Street, Mount Vernon, superintendent car equipment for the LRT. Muitta that he was obeying orders when he discharged employees of the Interborough as soon as it was ascer-| tained that they were members, of the Amalgamated Street Railway Union, and he said he had no instructions to discharge men who were members of the L. R. T. Brotherhood, Getting down to the strike last August, District Attorney Swann had it spread on the records of the Grand Jury by the witness, Francis Joseph | Moore of No. 620 Concord Avenue, the Bronx, a machinist in the em-/| ploy of the I. R. T., that only eight er cent. of the employees reported for work the morning of the strike. Joseph A. McCartney of No. 1274| Gerard Avenue, the Bronx, superin-j tendent of electrical equipment of the LR T., sald he had told the men| under him that if they went out on) strike they would be “fired. ‘ed Albert Gottschalk of No, 2473 Dav- idson Avenue, the Bronx, sup rinten+ dent of the mechanical department of the car equipment branch of the [, RT, testified that he told his men that they would lose their employ- ment of they struck. HYLAN ASKED TO EVIDENCE. Mayor John F. Hylan by the Grand Jury Sept. and the foreman said: “Now, Mr. Mayor, will you be good enough to tell the Grand Jury in your own lang’ what this evidence is?” Mayor Hylan then read from type- written sheets a memorandum, en- titled: “Manorandum for the Mayor," which treats of the applications ot] the New York Rallways Company on| Dec. 4, 1918, to the Public Service| Commission ‘to change and advance| rates of fare. The memorandum | shows that the application of the railway company was opposed by | Corporation Counsel Durr at the re- quest of the Mayor, The Mayer then “GIVE HIS was called 15 and 16, recited to the | Almirall what WING GRIME PROOF | | told the men that before they could jobtain increased wages there must by a law revised in 1886, be increased fares. STRIKE THREAT AND HIGHER FARE PLEAS. Before the strike on the Interbor- ough, the Mayor said, he received a |letter from Job E. Hedges asking for | police protection and “threatening me with removal if my official ts failed to win his approval,” the 3 orandum with alleged threat. respect The Mayor then read his reply to | Hedges on Aug. 9, 1919, in which he pledged police protection in the event of a strike and in which letter the Mayor requested Hedges to adjust the differences. Mayor Hylan showed the jury a let- ter of Aug. 8 1919, from Thomas M. Fazarkerly, President of the Brother- hood of New York Railway Em- ployees, in which the Mayor was told by the writer that strect car fares were not adequate to meet operating expenses, and in which the President of the Brotherhood said that the em- ployees stood ready to carry out their agreement with the company, pro- vided they were assured of protection, but if the forces of the law and order should fail, the employees, for their own protection, stood ready to put the cars in the barns and call a strike. | Koven, composer The Mayor then read to the jury a warning issued by the In- terborough to the public drawing attention to the-Brooklyn Rapid Transit strike and suggesting th. t the way to prevent any interrup- tion of the subway and elevated was to increase the fare, to permit an increase in Aug. plained to randum in munica 11, 1919, the Mayor e the jury from the memo. his hand, he with District Attorney and to the prosecutor had id that “there was a singular in- spiration and a common practice by criminal conspiracy to bring about an increased fare. The Mayor then told why ho be- leved there was a conapiracy between the Interborough officials and the em- | ployees by declaring a strike, tying |Dutch or foreign birth, DUTCH WILL REFUSE ADMIRAL MAYO (SHAG — Reply of Based on Special Treaties With Allied Nations, THE HAGUE, mand of the Jan. 20.—The de- Allies upon Holland for the surrender of former Bmperor ched The Hague late Sut- urday night through the Ambassador jot the Netherlands at Paris, to whom lit was handed Friday by the General | Secretary of the Peace Conference. The Dutch Government asked that the following acknowledgment of its receipt be published: “We learn that the demand for the delivery of the former Ger- man Emperor into the hands of the Allied Powers, which is based on Article 227 of the Treaty of Vormaities, has now reached the Duteh Foreign Office.” hore is every indication the Dutch Government will refuse the demand. It was learned in official quar- ters, that the Government will base its refusal upon certain clauses in the Netherlands Constitution and special treaties. William rea assures every person, whether of the same rights of protection, This fuct, it was ‘3 | treaties and had com-! jUng of Kipling’s ply to the Supreme Council's note. The principle was established firmly In addition, to conform with the law of 1886, Holland concluded treaties lwith France in 189, England in 1898 that | and the United States in 1887, | ‘officers who served on shore. sald, probably will dominate the re-, every demand for extradition must be | treatéd according to these treaties. The first condition is that the crime, for which extradition is de- manded, must be enumerated in these It will be asserted that the Dutch constitution and a special law forbids extradition. That the alleged crimes, as set forth in the Allied de- mands, are absolutely not defined in existing laws, The Dutch reply algo may hint that forcing of extradition by the Allies would be commiting one of the same but directly to the Nayy erimes of which they accuse William of Hohenzollern. eine es Seas iees PLAY DE KOVEN AIRS AT HIS FUNERAL. Funeral services for Resinald de and musical critic, were held to-~lay in the choir of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine and were attended by a great company of muste lovers, including past and present members of the Metropolitan Opera Company and patrons of music. Bishop Charles Sumner Burch conducted the services assisted by the Rey. Canon George W. Douglas, a relative of Mr. De Koven, Except for two hymns, the musical part of the ceremony was made up by Dr. Miles Farrow, the organist, from De Koven scores. The voluntary was from the first act of Rip Van Winkle, which Mr. De Koven was supervising in Chicago when he died. His set- al" was given by the organ and the full cathe- dral choir. The honorary pallbearers were Jua- tice Francis C. Hoyt, James Lowell |recommendations had been ‘“Both the boa up the road, causing intolerable con-, Putnam, Harry Marsh, Horace Smith, | ditions to the public; that the Board of Estimate would be compelled to grant an 8-cent fare, WHY MAYOR BELIEVED THERE WAS A PLOT, A letter received by the Mayor from P. J. Connolly, Acting President of the Brotherhood, and M. J. Mangan, Secretary, on Aug. 15, 1919, in which they referred to the financial con- dition of the company, and in which they sought relief of the public for @ proper wage scale, was shown to the jury by the Mayor, “Connolly afterwards admitted that he knew nothing about the company’s finances, except what came from Mr, Hedley,” the Mayor told the jury, The Mayor said that he w formed that the officials of the In- terborough told the strike com- mittee of the Brot! mand a 50 per cent. increase and to hold out until the company got ai siunt-cent fare, “Shonts to! me in the Cit: Hall that the subway and the elevated were making money on a five-cent » but that the Municipal Railway was not mak- ing money, and he wished to God he could get rid of it,” the Mayor told the jury. The Mayor was asked by Foreman he considered to be Grand Jury the contents of a com-|the salient facts showing a conspir- munication of Dec. 31, 1918, Shonts to the Board of Estimate, as! ing for an eight-cent fare on the sub way und the elevated. The applica- tion was referred to a committee, which reported that the Interborough from | &°Y. was entitled to charge no more than) five cents, The Mayor said to the Jury that continuously thereafter until last August “a steady system of propoganda was maintained by the L. R. T. by advertisements in an effort to lead the public to believe that the service could not be con- tinued unless permitted to charge an increased far The Mayor said the company “entered upon a systematic spread of propaganda upon the men in employ of the | inti~ he Mayor told the jury that he suggested a basis of compromise in the Brooklyn Rapid Transit strike “which strike was speedily suspended and the men returned to work await- ing a final settlement by arbitration.” Tie Mayor also told the jury that neral Manager Hedley of — the ‘The Mayor said that first place there was a 100 py strike, and that o anything about 1 that that never more, in the cen person who know bor troubles know happens. Furth the Mayor said, he was I in formed that on other occasions Mr Hedley discharged men who went see him in behalf of the employee but in this instance none were dis- charged nor even reprimanded, WOULDN'T RELY ON I. R. T. “EX- PERTS,” HE SAYS, 'The Mayor's information that the employees called a strike over the company's telephone system and the notice of the strike on the company's official bulletin board were also signs of a conspiracy. The Mayor was asked if he thought (Continued on Tenth Page.) Aen REI ah $12,000,000 for Rivers and Harbors, WASHINGTON, Jan, 20.—The House 000,000 was reported to-day. Origin- ally, the measure authorized diture of $41,000,000, but this priation was ‘cut expe appro- a To Cure Day B Cold in, One take LAXATIVE BROMO QUINTN the Cougd and Hew GROVE'S 5 ” ———— 1. R. T, and Job B. Hedges, Receiver m8 otek him, THF TRUTH OF IT. ‘for the New York Railways, ad- Senator Mills said: “I think the} ramer joun's Medicine has tad wore then 60] dressed a merting of New York Rail- ‘ agsembly made a mistake. They are | {ouy puliding walecage” SP 884 | ways cmployees on Aug. 3 1919, and box; ‘dor > ‘ | Arthur Hodansky, Richard ¢ Glen McDonough ‘and David derson, Interment was in Cemetery. CHARGES GOMPERS COURTS RADICALS ‘dansk Woodlawn nates Have Been Convicted for Murder and Crime. WASHINGTON, Jan, — 20.—Samuel Gompers was charged with courting the favor of extreme radicals in opposing pending sedition legislation, by Sena- tor Sterling, author of enate measure, to-day, Sterling, replying to the statement is- sued by Gompers regarding sedition legislation, declared a number of Gompers's_ subordinates have been im- ‘crime prisoned for murder" recent years. in Senator Owen, Oklahoma (Dem.), declared. the pending House sedition pill would have reached “any ong who advocated the Prohibition amend me ator Norris, Nebraska (Rep.), de fended Gompe FIVE DIE AT SEA, MANY ON LINER ILL. Pneumonia Kills Re Children on Italian Ship From Rumania ervist The deaths of five passer at seu were reported to-day by the ship Regina d'Italia, whieh iat Pier 95, North River just with 1,600 passengers, moutly The Regina left Constanta, Ruman on Dec. 2, stapping at Constantino; befora noan Smyrna, Piraeus and Naple “From the time we left Gibraltar on Jan, 2," Captain Jose ‘ordinand Rizzi said, “the yoyage was a succes- sion of heavy seas. We picked up se eral calls of distress ibut in every case other ships were nearer to altfeted vessel." Two of the age passengers who of mumonia were Italian returning to their homes Tnited States. ‘The three oth girls who were first stricken There rem wed 48. case board when Italians, | ip | conditions Senator Says Some of His Subordi- | | Providence (F OF soctatists TOGIVEUP KAISER, AND SIMS DIFFER UE REPORT ON NAVAL MEDALS Netherlands to Be Cominander-in-Chief of Fleet Appears Before the Senate Committee. WASHINGTON, Jan, 20.—Rear Ad- miral Henry T, Mayo, Commander- in+Chief of the United States fleet during the wur, told the Senate com- mrittee investigating naval awnrds to- day that his letter to Secretary Dan- jels on Dee. 23, declaring that the Knight board did not give sufficient consideration to service at sea—par- ticularly to the duties and regponsi- Wilities of members of the staff of the Commander-in-Chief of the fleet —was not to be considered in any Sense of protest. He read the letter at the request of Chairman Hale. Admiral Mayo took a view diamet- rically opposed to that expressed by Rear Admiru Sims, who told the sub-committes ' that the Knight Board, ip granding awards, gave too little consideration to the records of The Navy Department made public Ad- Mayo's letter on the subject The Dutch reply probably will point |S0me days ago. out that Article 4 of the Constitution | The examination of Admiral Mayo began under the ruling made yester- day by the Senate Naval Committee that the present investigation should be confined entirely to the question of war decoration awards, charges made by Admiral Sims that the Navv Department did not co-operate fully with the Allies during the war being deferred for subsequent inves- tigation. Admiral Mayo said his letter was written after practically all of his changed or disapproved by the bourd or Sec- retary Daniels, “I made very few recommendations for awanis,” he said, “mostly in the cases of members of my personal stuff. Capt. Jackson was the only member of my staff, I believe, who finally received any decoration at all Testifying tha “supposed to be” under his command during the war, Admiral Mayo said that in order ‘to facilitate matters Admiral Sims did not report to him, Department. for Lack of a well defined policy the award of naval honors may have! had a bearing on the decoration situ- ation, Admiral Mayo said, adding: | and the Secretary were acting within their rights and prerogatives in changing recommen- dations for awards.” “But don't. you believe, Admiral, that the board and the Secretary should have consulted you before changing your recommendations?’ asked Chairman Hale, , I do not,” replied the Admiral. “I do not believe it would have been practicable, It might have been de- sirable, however, I do not say I was satisfied with the result of the action of the board and the Secretary, but I do say that they had the right take such action as they wished and to ussume the responsibilit: Chairman Hale said there was no record that Commander P, W. Foote, now personal ‘aide to Secretary Daniels, hud been recommended by any officer for a decoration, although the Secretary, awarded him a Distin- guished Service Medal, Admiral Mayo replied that he hud approved a recommendation by Admiral Gleave: commanding the ¢ fore: ded a Dis- Board to Rathom © WASHINGTON, | of inquiry, headed by Rear Admiral Dunn, Commandant the First District, has appointed retary Daniels to investigate at the nav station Newport, R. 1, which to the charge by John KR. Rathom of the I.) 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N PROTON (Continued From First Page.) the advice and consent of the Sena to act until the elective commission is organized. The Governo proposed thet an ing dent commission be created to value the property of the Public Service Railway, for the purpose of obtaining facts upon which to base the rate of trolley fares, He want particularly find the amount of water in the ook The now Governor strongly defender the right of women to vote and urge! ratification of the Suffrage Amend ment. He recommended the wiping ont of the present bulky unsalaried Gtate Highway Commission and the creation of a new Highways Board of thre members, with adequate compensa- tion, to be in constant session, He opposed a direct State tax for the construction of the proposed im- terstate Hudson River vehicular tan- nel, connecting Naw Jersey and New York, and the proposed Camden- Philadelphia Delaware River Bridge, and declared it a wrong principle to pay the cost of long-term improve. ments by direct taxation; recommend ing a bond issue referendum ami meeting the bonds with motor vehicle funds and tolls from the projects. He urged that the State Highway build | Ing programme be concluded through & bond issue instead of direct State taxation jov, Edwards's first official act, was to send a letter to Attorney General McCran, requesting a confer- ence on Thursday to consider the best way to get before the United States Supreme Court jew Jersey's opposition to the Prohibition Amend- ment, a es 'ASKS INVESTIGATION OF PHONE SERVICE | | Assembly Resolution Provides for | Speedy Inquiry by Public | Service Commission, | ALBANY, N. Y., Jan. 20.—Under the | terms of a resolution introduced in the Assembly by Assemblyman Cuvillier to- | day, the Public Service Commission is directed to investigate telephone ser- vice in New York City and report by points to be covered are: Why | telephone company has permitted the its service to become inadequate; why applications for denied whether the company is underpayii its operators and working them ove time and whether the company with its present equipment is competent to sap- ply competent servic oo : ASKS $450,000 IN RED WAR. service are Lansing Wants Money to Keev Radicals Out of America, WASHINGTON, Jan 20.—An ef- ditional appropriation of $460,000 to be used during tho fiscal year of 1920 in keeping alien reyolutionists and othe undesirables out of the country w asked of Congress today by Secretar r » Lansin y appropri enforcement of the wartime port restrictions up to Ma Lansing warned that radicals are kept out deportation will do no good. 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