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.INTEREST CENTElS IN SIMS' HEAlKS Brynes' Speech Starts .Something at Cabital. Whaley Takes Hand. [Washington, Feb. 14.-The effort on the part pf the -Republicns to use Admiral Sims in -attacking the navy department under -the Democratic ad ministration has been seriously crip ,pled at the outset by the speech of Representative 'Byrnes. Admiral Bims at first testified that he did not remember meeting the con gressmen in li5urope at all. 'Later he sald that he did not tell them that the American army had broken down in its line of communications necessitat ing the granting of the armistice but that when lie told.them this he told them it was not true but was mere propaganda that they might hear and should correct. Congressman Whaley 'who had been sick wrote the committee, making statements even stronger than those made by Mr. *I3yrnes., Among other tflings3, hr, said: "lin October, either the 30th or 31st, 1918, '.\lr. Glass, Mr. lyrnes -and I called upon Admiral Sims at the Hotel Crillon, in Paris,, in response to aln iII vitatLion extended to us over the tele plihone by him. Du ring our conversa tion with the admiral the question came up about the granting of the arnistice. ,le was asked why It was necessary and his roply was, that the American transportation had broken down, that ammunition and supplies could not be gotten up to General Pershing and that the Americans could not he advanced any farther. This astounded us all as wel had been down to Tours some weeks before and had been informed by General lar bord and( General illagood, his chief of staff, of the splendid work of the S. 0. S. There wias no intimation by Ad miral Sims that this was progaganda 4 by anybody, but was a direct, concise statement of facts by the adimirat and was made to us for the pirpose of giving us the inside information as to why the armistice was being made." Mr. (Whaley then detailed how as a result of this conversation he and Mr. Byrnes went to Tours the follow ing (lay to learn the details of this breakdown of the army and General Harbord and General Ilagood con vinced them that it was absolutely un true. As to the conversation with Admiral Sims, he wrote: "iuring this interviow lie made the statement that Amerien shou ld not go into the merchant marine business and saoulld get rid of its merchant ahips and allow 10ngiand to control the mner cliant marine. I did not take part in this conversation to any extent except to listen with astonishment to his statements. Mr. ilyrnes, however, did ask many questions on this -1ine and my recollection Is clear that he was very eniihatie in his opinioln that America siould not go into the ier chant marine business on any large scale. "I amlt told that Admiral Sims has made the statement tliat when lie (old u1s about thie brqakdo0wn of our1line of ('ommnienl (at ion baIck of the A mer cani army, t hat at the samie time', lie advised us this was propaganda that was beIng circulated and lhe wantedl to warn its tht~ tit was inii orrect . I de sire eihaticeally3 to say t hat this is absol1!uitely' un1true. Ii ad AdmniraI Simis told u~ any such story It. would niever have beeni m1isu nderst oodi by all thr ee of us, nor w~oul d ,we have, at great ini coinven ience, t rav'eled I iani ihs in or decr to aser~tin thei de(tails ofi this al I eged dIisaster. Iladl A.dm1irai. Sims toldi un it was piropaganda we would never hav~e report11ed it to G enernal ha rbord and( G ienral iiag(ood, and1( I aim absolutely clear In my13 mlemlory of lie (nil ersat ion wit h AdminiralI Sliims that It was at (dit tatemienit aund charIge against. the Aminc an armi~y LUFT CORNS OR CALLUSES OFF Doesn't hut !Lift an corn~ or callus off with fingers (/9 Don't suffer! A tiny bottle of Freez one costs but a fow cents at any drug store. Apply a few drops on the Corns, calluses and "hard skin" on bot tomn of feet, then lift them oft. When Freezono romoven corns from the te or calluses from the bottom of feet, the slin beneath is loft -pink afltl health and never sore, tender or ii'itated. and his explanation now of the mat ter is simplf an afterthought in or der to avoid his statement which re flected disastrously on. the American army in France." Senator Glass corroborated the statements of the two South CarolinA congressmen lin every particular. He stated that it did not impress him that .Sims was wilfully trying to discredit the army,.but that it inipressed him that Sims was telling them what he believed to be true. He said lie told Sims that Pershings impressed him as being ol)i)osed to an arinistice at that time and Sims said in reply that it made no difference whether lie was or not, that it had to be granted because of the breakdown of the line of coni municatlon of- our army. He was most positive that Sims did not tell them that this was propaganda or that he did not believe It. Senator Glass de clared that he remembered the con versation in reference to the merchant marine Just as did Mr. Byrnes and .\r. Whatley. There has been much speculation as to the motive of the attack by Admiral -Sims on the secretary of the navy. While it is stated that Admiral Sims is bitter against Daniels because Dan iels refused to give him the assign ment. asked for last summer, it is also believed that Admiral Sims entertains the hope that the Republican party, if successful next fall, will prove grate ful and that the custom of appointing a civilian as secretary of the navy will 'be temporarily suspended. Mg(lH OPPOSITION TO SALE OF SHIPS Critiln Delibite Breaks Out in Sen. ate. Judge l'ayne Hfeard. 'Washington, Feb. 13.-Vigorous op position to shipping board plans for the sale of 30 former Germain ;assen ger liners brokn ot in thze senate to day, expressed in Fharply critical de bate and presentation - f ev r re s olutions proposing to block the action. While the debaste wa; in pnrogre(ss other developments came thick and fast. John Barton -Payne, chairman of the board, appeared before the senate commerce committee tot explain the whole affair, and after hearing him the committee, through its chairman, Sen ator Jones of Washington, reported to the senate that no immediate action was necessary.. No action accordingly was talen. At the Whilte louse there was made pu blic a letter concerning the pro posed sale sent by .\lr. Payne to the ipresident, which remarked on the "vicious but characteristic attack against the shipping board enanating from a certain quarter" regarding the sale of the ex-Gernan .:iassenger sliips)." In the Distiet of Columbia sipremle court iWilliam Randolph Iiearst of New York, appearing as a taxpayer', filed an application for an injunction to prevent the proposed Sale of the ships at auction Monday. 'i'ie court. issued an order requiring the board to ..how cause Monday why a. temnporary Iinnt ion should( not lbe issuedl. Chai rman Payne assu red the' sen ate commniitte'e, and h is iassuranlices wer'o r'epeatedl to lhe full senato( t hat the boarid woulId merely receIve b ids ~ lonm day for the vessels and would report lhe results to t he aena ter before act ing. lie m'tet chargeI~s that tihe sale of' thle v'essels to a sinzg le purt(!chsr for $:18, ti00,000t was int ended w' ith a that d e r l. buti repecated lisa ownm (onclion~dt that thle sale of the vessel.; to Anmeri can pr'ivat e owin.'ras at the p resem tI im wan to thle adv~an t:ige of he :v:n - ment. lill lNDi iANSiNG sponsibi! iif. Wlere "(Ithetr ('ases.5" New~ Ytor'k, .I'ebu . -'pei ('abhint mue 'tinigs cailled by Secretary Izan tsinzg were* I "niueessary if thit '.tion's busi - nessn was to prtocee'(d i iar ly.'"Fotr mer't Secretar'y of ('ommtieir Wiliam ('. iledfil d d('clartedl ini a stat emtenit her'e ion igh t in witich he' expre'sned -the bet. li(ef t hat "'other causies"' than t he cnll - lng (if the cabliet 5sssiins by i. L anting "10ay behintd the prealdet'a r'equtest fot' ihis resignation.'' "Tihe r'equtest fotr Secretary Laansing's r'esigniat ion was a gt'ent sitrpr'ise' and1 shtoek to me,'" said .\l'. Redfleld, who was a membei' of Pt'esident Wilson's cainiet until Novemberi I, last. '"I was present at the tirst meeting of thle cabinct. undtet' .\r. I ansing. The members't' sen't word to .\lr'. W~ilson t'rotugh Dr. G'rayson that t hey w'er'e meeC'ting, atnd expressed hope t ha~t lhe i'esidenit would havei y a spieedy r'e covery. ' Admirtal IGrItaynon br'outght back anm incuir y fi'om .\l t. Wilson as to wh'lat business wan on hatnd, and~ the cabinet tmember's r'eplied that they had met in conference to dleter'minle thieirt dttty in view of lis disability. "No word of (ldisapptoval of our meetings- ever came from the White I iouse to thme best of my ktnowvledlge. 'rho cabinet gatherings were volun tary, informal, and, to niy mind, nec essar'y, if the natiotn's busine~ss wan to Iproceed regular'ly and wvith intell I gent knowvledge et pt'ogress muade. "I accept my shai'e of responsibility for what was done.' To igy knowledge there was never the faintest sugges tion in Word or spirit that the cabinet members were trying to do anything except help President 'Wilson during his illness as far as we were able. "Of course, I can .deak only of what happened up to the time of my withdrawal from the cabinet. As the published correspondence brings out, I am forced to believe that other causes than the request by Secretary Lansing to his colleagues to meet for consulta tion lay behind the president's request for his resignation. Omaha, Neb., Feb. 1-1.--Forimer Pres ident Taft. manifested great surprise today at the news of the resignation of Secretary Lansing. "What did the cabinet (1o at the conference?" le asked. "Does any one know what they did that could possibly have been' displeasing. It seen to mne the most natural thing in the 'world for thenm to have net under The former president with a chuckle diselaimed desire to express any opin ion on the theory that lie was an ex pert witness." The former president spoke here today. DODSON TELLS THE HORROR OF CALOMEL You Don't Need to Sicken, Gripe, or Salivate Yourself to Start Liver. You're bilious, sluggish, constipated. You feel headachy, your stomaci may be sour, your breath bad, your skin sallow ankd you believe you need vile, dangerous calomel to start liver and bowels. IIe re's my guarantee! Ask your drug gist for a bottle of )odson's Liver Tone and take a spoonful tonight. If it doesn't start your liver and stridghten you right up better than ciloinel an1d without griping or making you sick I want you to go back to the store and get your money. Take ealoinel today and tomorrow you will feel weak and sick and nauseated. )on't 'lose a (lay. 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