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EVENING CAPITAL NEWS
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VOL. XLL
BOISE, IDAHO, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 15/1919
No. 181.
HUGE MOLASSES
TANKEXPLODES;
30 KILLED, OVER
50 BADLY HURT
2,000.000-Gallon Cask Blast
in Boston Takes Large Toll
of Life; Fear Many of In
jured Will Die.
PARTS OF HUMAN BODIES
ARE SEEN IN WRECKAGE
One Man Blown 150 Feet and
Has Both Legs Broken: Many
Women on Street Among the
Victims.
ston, Mass.. .Ian. K.—Thirty wore
killed ami more Y n fifty sen* usly in
jured wln-n a two million j-ialbm tank
of molasses < -xphnled at tin l'un an
Distillery company's wharf tod'-y, no
lie Superintendent Gn»wh*> estimated.
The wharf building and other
structures within a radias cf 400
feet were utterly demolished. An
other building was blown over on
its side. The tracks of the Boston
Elevated railway in front of the
wharf were wrecked.
IP'cue squads, inch
Mold id's, were Lamp*
rh ich
line: hundreds
ed by the mo
nn net re (Is of
:initv to t
the
riuare yards in the
jpth of several inches.
Molasses stored in the meat tank
\shich exploded was est Bated at tsvo
million gallons;.
SYRUP CURBS RESCUE.
'cause of the great amount-of mo
•s which covered everythin».; about
scene firemen were for» « d to t urn
iras of water on the mass before
progress could be made. During
rescue work the cries of the in
d could be heard under the wreck*
Tn the street in front of the wharf
•re the wrecks of a number of auto
ibiles blown to atom . Dead horses
•re seen in the building and ai
tb< block and mixed ii the wivk
e wer«* parts of human bodies.
)ne man was picked up in the liar
r. He had been blown 150 feet and
e re brnk.au Another man
50 feet through the air and
1 doorway on the opposite
• strei t. Beside him were
of two women apparently
d
'oth
deuil.
TENEMENT DEMOLISHED.
lumber of women among
h accounted for by tin*
explosion occurred dm
mur, \vh«m women en
f T:
h«' Jars« m
th«
\ k*t im* :
lii i t.
that th<*
ina
the noon
plo>
«■«I hy fa
A
t* n«'tin*nt
v. as , -i ri i> ih*«n
«dished
and a number
o! woinon and
children
w« rc injured.
Soon aft'-r th.
* explosion the crowds
b» < anio so don.
;«* that
soldiers and
snii.ns v.«ro <»:
dc rod t'
> stand guard
and tin <ro\vd
was for
c< (1 hark to a
safe distance by
mi'ii w.
ith fixed bayi
on the
the wharf
the
nets.
Red Oro
Motor con
dressing t
the wound
them from the scene.
Kvery ambulance in
eluding all available ;
ambulances wer- rash'
while scores of doctors
njuries of those able
hemselves.
rid the
nsive
he injured
and takln«
the city
rmy and
o spot,
minor
jut. for
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American People Firmly Op
posed to Big Standing Army;
Want Smallest Possible.
By U <
Washington. Ja
army compatible
Is to bo the dejna
It takes up the
MARTIN.
u. 15 The smallest
with national safety
id of congress when
regulation plan just
submitted to the house and senate
„leaders by Secretary «*f War Baker.
Senator Chamberlain and Repros« n
ativo Dent, chairman of the senate
find house military commitees, today
were studying the draft of a p* ace
time army plan which Baker submit
ted confidentially yesterday. No hint
of the details of this plan has been
allowed to reach congress generally.
But whatever plan Baker and the
general staff have worked out, »'on
gress knows what the country wants
In the way of nn army, leading mem
bers of both houses declared today.
OPPOSITION HAS ARISEN
TO REAPPOINTMENT OF
CONTROLLER WILLIAMS
Washington, Jan. 15—Strong oppo
ltlon to the reappointment of John
kelton William« as controller of
e currency has evinced ftselt i M the
It became known today that
Stratton leaders are expecting
fight when Williams' name
for confirmation. His term
February 2.
CANADIAN ACE TO
FLY ACROSS OCEAN
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Muscovite Problem Settled.
Col. Raymond Ç. Collinshaw.
I Col. Raymond C. Collinshaw, D. S.
! O., was the first Canadian airman to
! reach 15 a me at the beginning of the
i war, H»* is thus their senior flying
Irani, although but -4 years of age.
His ofliii.il victories number GO. Al
j though he has just returned to Canada
! he is not at all weary of flying and is
(already planning to beat the United
; States in making the transatlantic
. flight and is enlisting financial sup
' port that lie may make a start in the
j spring.
RUSS STATUS
AT CONCLAVE
UP TODAY AT
PARIS PARLEY
Entente Powers Have Reached
Conclusion That World Peace
Discussion Useless - Unless
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LOWLLL MELLKTT
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fo
determined
P the inter-!
'oris, Jan. 15.—Representation
ssia at the peace eong
ted to be definitely
at today's session
I war council.
- associated powers have reached
the obvious conclusion that discussion
would he absolutely fu
he vast population of!
of world pone
tile without
Russia being
also understood
Russian problem
nnot
ithout the consent and
the people themselves.
A program for official
onsidenui. They are
to realize that tin*
be solved
i~opi ration
is ligation
of actual conditions in Russia was to
the fully discussed today. This, it was'
believed, will result in a commission^
being sent into that country, w hich
would report directly to the confer
ence. Upon the report would be based
some form <jf re<,ignition for the soviet
government and other factions, that
the> might: send accredited represmta
tiv<
to v<
lilies
QUESTION OF COLONIES.
Formal action was also to he taken
today on the question of granting rep
resentation to the British dominions.
This not only carries out the league
of nations Idea, hut is significant as
bringing additional western though*
Into the conference. America's <n
trannee Into the war transformed th
Issues from Kuropean to world-wide
scope, and now old world political
ideas are In contact with those of Ue
new world. Canadian and Amer tear
(Continued on Page Two.)
SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT
SENATE VOTE BOOKED;
ADVOCATES HAVE HOPE
Washington, Jan. 15- Following th
Republican national committee's r*>
affirmation of the party's devotion to
the woman suffrage cause, senate suf
frage advocates will try to get a vote
next week on the amendment.
Passage by tin* N«*w Hampshire leg
islature of a resolution favoring suf
frage is expected to win the vote of
Senator Muses. Moses announced ho
people of his
tructed to do so by th«:
b 1 ate,
on«* more vote still Is needed even
If Moses is counted f >r suffrage.
Ant'« say this additional vote can not
be obtained.
would support the amendment If In- ,
OREGON HOUSE RATIFIES
PROHIBITION AMENDMENT
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h-aiem, >re., Jan, 15 -Th« prohibi
thm amendment to the federal con
stitution was ratified by the house of
the Oregon legislature late yesterday :
by a fvote of 53 to 3, Four represen
The sonate will ,
tatlves were absent,
take similar action some time today,
WHAT PROBLEM
UP FIRST? WHO
WILL PRESIDE?
OPEN, SECRET?
Three Great Questions Domi
nate General Discussion as
First Full Session of Peace
Conference Approaches.
PROBABLE CLEMENCEAU
TO GET CHAIRMANSHIP
League of Nations Proposition
Scheduled First Issue to Be
Broached, Then Bolshevik
Puzzle, Including Poland.
Bv WILLIAM PHILLIP SIMMS.
Paris, Jan. 15 -Three questions
dominated general discussion of the
conference program today as the time
approached for the first full session of
the pi ac<* conferenoi>......set for Satur
day afternoon. They were;
Will the session be open or
secret?
Will the Bolshevik problem or
the league 0 ' nations come up
first ?
Will Premier Clemenceau or
President Wilson preside?
These, together with a score of
minor puzzles, are solved or unsolved
us fast as one newspaper edition suc
ceeds another, or a correspondent
meets one of the conferees.
OPEN OR SECRET?
N« -thing authoritatively could be ob
tained whether the conference will be
open or secret. As to the question
what should bo broached first, Clem
enceau already is pledged to bring up
tin* league of nations at the outset,
The Bolshevik problem probably will
come next. It is understood that the
situation of Poland ami similar ques
Hons will be taken up In the general
Russian discussion.
It is generally agreed that Clemen
c«*au probably will be given the chair
im.nship through diplomatic pre«-< dent,
P o ident Wilson does not \ kt* piece
dem-.* over Clemenceau because he
merely acts as his own premier, hang
ine th, ' mantif ' of th<? presidency oi
'>"* same peg with his hat and over
j coat as he enters the council chain
GENERAL INVITATION.
J
j the seer«
After tin
stood ih
Invitations have been addressed to
representatives of associated nations
big and small, to attend the opening
session in the Quay d'Orsay Saturday
afternoon, the time being definitely
3U. This was done through
tries of the five big powers,
initial meeting
work of the
nations will be conducted largely
committees, all debates being
i tirely informal.
The minor nations
j to conference then
unplett
j commute
| nuitU
dlrectly affecting them
BY THE IOWA SENATE
it i.s under
principal
by
•n -
vill be called In
s soon as the
their studies on
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Federal Amendment Passed by
42-7 Vote After Resolution
to Defer Action Until 1921
Had Been Introduced.
Des Moines, Iowa, Jan. 15.—The
house passed the resolution short
ly before noon by a vote of 86 to
13. Absent or not voting w-sro
nine representatives.
D»'a Moines, Iowa, Jan. 15.—Tho sen
|nte of the 38th general assembly!
passed a bill ratifying the federal pro
hibition amendment by a vote of 42
to 7.
Tho ratification came after a vote
of 41 to 8 killed resolutions by six
senator* to defer action on the amend
ment during this session.
The house Ih expected to vote on tho i
amendment before this afternoon.
The opposing resolutions urged de
ft ried action on the federal dry
umendment until the 39th general ns
3 he senators were! fralley of Tk>e.
Thompson of De« Moines county, Kim
bcrly of Scott, Broxans of Johnson,
Greenell of Clinton, Horchern of Du
buque.
scmbly meets in 1321, formal action
to bo taken by the people nt n general
election to be held May 31, 1919.
Final action \voiHd' be taken by the
39th assembly bused on action taken
by the people at the polls.
COL. HOUSE MUCH IMPROVED, !
Paris, Jan. 35. —The condition of Col
jonel House, though »1 ill confined to his
{bed with indigestion, is very satisfao- :
lory, Gordon Auchincloss, his son-in- ;
law, informed the United Press today.
He added that House expects to be out 1
within
few days,
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BUT 4 MORE STATES' ,1
RATIFICATION NEEDED ■1
ON PROHI AMENDMENT
Colorado and Iowa Make 32 States
Signed Up—Wisconsin and
Utah Houses O. K.
Salem, Ore., Jan. 15—The senate
ratified the federal prohibition
amendment by a unanimous vote
today.
The house ratified the Sheppard
bill late yesterday, 53 to 3. Oregon
is the 33rd state to ratify.
Washington, Jan. ID. March of
the drys toward nation-wide pro
hibition continues.
Colorado and Iowa today ratified
the dry amendment, putting 32
states in the dry column.
»' ne house in Wisconsin and ono
ln I tali had taken favorable action
up to 2 p. in.
No state as yet has voted against
the amendment, although two at
tempts have been made to attach
referendum riders to the meas
ure. Distillers, however, through
a recently formed organization
hen, announced they would fight
it in every way possible.
States ratifying the amendment
since January 1 are:
Michigan, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ida
ho, Tennessee, Maine. West Vir
ginia. Washington, California, Ar
kansas, Illinois, North Carolina,
Kansas and Alabama,
BOCHE BOARD
FAVORS TRIAL
FOR WILHELM;
GUILT PROVED
Special Commission Officially
Recommends Former Kai
ser's Punishment; Own Writ
ing Shows He Planned War.
Copenhagen, Jan. 15.— Fighting
was resumed in Berlin yesterday,
ci snatches from German sources
reported todry.
Spartacam. fired into the streets
from the housetops, these advices
say. Bombs were thrown upon a
railroad station. Attacks were
made on the Frarizer barracks. A
brief engagement was fought in
the Bellealeance platz, in which
government troops were success
ful. The fighting continued all
day.
FIND WILHELM GUILTY.
Berne, Jan. 15.--A German commis-,
-slon appointed to determine the former j
kaiser's responsibility for the war has!
officially recommended that he be
j brought to trial, according to informa
jtion i«reived from Berlin today,
j The recommendation was presented j
j by Herr Kautzsk y, who was appointed :
j by the present German government to!
direct examination of documents in j
the archives of the foreign office.
"Marginal notes in the kaiser's own j
handwriting on the most important pa- !
pers in the foreign office prove he* was
one of tlie principal war makers/
Kautzsk y said. "It is necessary t<
bring him before a tribunal."
HINDENBURG NAMED.
London, Jan. 15. -Field Marshal von
Ulndenburg has been named generalis
simo of the German forces foj* the
protection of the eastern frontiers, the
Zurich correspondent of the Journal
wired today.
This action i.s taken here to mean
that Germany Is taking precautions
against an invasion by Polish forces
or by the Russian Bolshevik!.
federation'of labor
INSISTS GOVERNMENT
Washington, Jan. 15.—Govern
ment ownership of all public util
ities is demanded by the Ameri
can Federation of Labor in its pro
gram of reconstruction measures,
filed today with the senate com
mittee on education and labor.
TO FAVOR CrIaTION OF
WATER RIGHTS BUREAU
CONTROL ALL UTILITIES
Twin Fulls, Ida,, Jan. 15 The Idaho
Irrigation congres«, convening here
till morning for a three days' session
In conjunction with th.* Joint Institute
of Idaho agrucultural, livestock, en
gineering aid livestock societies, un
doubtedly will go on record before ad
journment In favor of proposed legis
lation at tho present session of the
stnte legislature for a creation of .
bureau of water rights for th a.lmln
tstratinn of the waters of the state.
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THE WEATHER
Forecast for Boise and vicinity:
HAIN OR KNOW TONIGHT AND
THURSDAY,
For Idaho? Tonight and Thursday,
rain or snow,
Highest temperature yesterday, 42.
Lowest temperature this morning, 33.
Mean temperature veeteritay. 32.
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HELP LEAD SOCIALISTS IN GERMANY.
:
Three of the Socialist leaders
who a re helping to guide the party
in the revolution period in Ger
many are S wed ek um, Scheide«
mann and Molkonbuler. Swede -
kum, while not mentioned con
Senate
VANCE M'CORMICK NOT
TO GET SHARP'S POST;
REMAINS AS ADVISOR
Administration Officials Denv Report
Resigned Democratic Chairman
Will Be Ambassador.
Washington, Jan. 15.—Adminis
tration officials indicated today
that Vance McCormick, who re
signed as Democratic national
committee chairman, will not suc
ceed Ambassador Sharp at Paris.
Inst- ad, he will remain as adviser
to the peace commission in his ca
pacity as war trade board head.
While official announcement has
not be n made here, it was under
stood that Sharp either has quit or
will do so.
Homer S. Cummings, vice chair
man of the national committee, is
understood to be the successor of
McCormick in the political posi
tion.
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Democratic
Abandon Hope of
Leaders
Solution
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Before March 4 ; Republicans
Oppose Turning Roads Back
Now.
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Washltngton, Jan. 15—Senate Demo-lately,
cratlc leaders have decided the rail
road problem must go ove r to tho Ho
, ,,
PubUonn congress.
They have put up hope of framing j
and passing bt II« disposing of the roll
roads before March 4, It developed to
ftepubllears, however, will make an
effort to prevent President Wilson
turning the roads bai l; before the 21,/
months' period Is up. Senator Turn
mins will Introduce a resolution to!
that effect ns soon ns the present
hearings arc over, he salt! today.
Senator Cummins plans to stump
tho country on the railroad question j
as soon ns hearings are over. Moan- j
time, ho intends pushing his pending
MU to restore tho rate making au
thority of the Interstate commerce
commission by eliminating that power
which the federal control net trans
ferred to the president.
1500 ALLIED SOLDIERS
LISTED DEAD, MISSING.
HAVE BEEN LOCATED
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Ottawa, Ont., Jan. 15. Fifteen bun
died soldiers, who were reported as ,
missing and supposedly dead, have!
been located In Germany since tho
armistice was signed. Many of these
soldiers have been missing since tho
battle of Ypres, and have long since
been given up as dead
The German authorities have never
reported them and (heir mail was nev
er received. It Is presumed that these
prisoners must have been confined to
certain camps where the German offl
r< rs were particularly brutal and cruel.
The Germans refused to report them,
contrary to all International war reg
ulations
spicuously in the news, is one of
the oldest and greatest Socialists
in Germany. Scheldemann was
named cabinet officer in the Lbert
government. Recent reports
stated he had been ousted.
Only Bonafide Labor Union Del
egates Seated at Chicago
Parley; Refuse Scheme to
Free "Political Prisoners.''
Chicago, Jan. 15.- All colors
ultra spectrum were taboo
Mooney congress here today,
the convention met for the
day of debate only bona fide
of 1 h«
it the*
When
second
utm>n men ' numbering about 350, were
Mod.
The 350 had been culled from a
gathering of 1DO0 men from all arc-'
tiens of the country. The ultras ~
from ultra-conservative t* » ultra-red—
u re barred, after a terrific hubbub.
With radical leaders in session most of
th. night, a rump convention was not
un» -x peeled today.
Th«» so-called "reds," according to a
statem«*nt on the floor, had hoped to
expand tin* Mooney debate into a do
md for release of all "political pris
oners," meaning I. W. W.'s, Socialists
und enemy aliens.
WANT GENERAL VOTE,
The congress was to begin consld
Jcration of ways to spend the $100,000
{defense fund for Thomas J. Mooney of
Man FYancisco.
A referendum vote on peace confer
ence decisions; unrestricted passport
nnd formation of
and sailors' council was demande. 1 In
resolutions to be introduced today at
the labor congress.
Frank Turco, of Seattle, Wash., who
{drafted the resolutions, declared he
would insist on their passage immedl
even before the conference gets
l*° " or ^ on primary purpose— dis
j™ sslon ° T f ™ ,hoils for the rilcaso ' ,f
Thomas J. Mooney.
Turco asserted tho people of the
Vnlwd state« to vote on the de
H shms of tho Versailles conforme« and
th; , t ronsi .„„ should , llkw u ref ,. ren .
d ""\ Concerning the Passport do-j
l,nnnd * 1 " rr " w "' 1 U,p movo "■'» modc
?*''« Internationalists freer rein In j
(traveling ftom one coiintrj to another.!
"Soldiers nn.l snllors must be organ
after demobilization In order to see
that what the> fought f««r is not lost
1 ' them, lu* said. "They must protect
themselves and their families."
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HERRMANN BEGINS FIGHT
ON "ONE MAN" CONTROL
H> 11. <' HAMILTON*.
New York, Jan. 15.—Harry Herr-!
tnunn. staunch member of the Natlonul :
baseball commission tor the last 16 |
y.ars. today began a fight to
baseball from what be thinks would |
a bad thing for it—a one-man na
tlonal commission. ■
"One man," Garry declared, "could
make mistakes very easily, und prob- !
ably would, no matter how fair bis
mind or how capable he was. Three
.men would be less likely to make mis
takes, for then there would be a ma- |
jprity voice In every decision." j
While all the meetings are In prog- '
resa. It is quite probable an effort will
be made to swing a deal that will turn
the St. Louis Cardinals into new!
hands. James C. McGill, Indianapolis
magnate, long has wanted a major
1< ague franchise, and he is now allied
with Bussell Gardner of Memphis In
an attempt to swing a deal for the St !
Louis club I
IDAHO SELECTS
ATHOMEPORT;
SEVERAL BOISE
BOYS INCLUDED
U. S. S. Cruiser St. Louis Car
ries Men of 364th Field Ar
tillery From Brest, France,
to New York.
WAR ENDED ON EVE
OF ENTERING ACTION
: Lyle Anderson, Local Boy, One
of First Ashore; All Disap
pointed at Failure to Get
Crack at Hun.
New York, Jan. 15.— -The United
States cruiser St. Louis arrived in
New York harbor today carrying
American troops.
On board were 45 officers and
1254 enlisted men. Of this num
ber, 300 were sick or wounded.
Twenty-two cases of influenza
were reported during the trip
across.
The men of the 346th field artil
lery aboard were from California»
Oregon, Washington, Montana and
Idaho.
They were loaded down with tro
phies from the battle'fields, gathered
just after the armistice was signed.
The men, nil of whom trained at
Gamp Lewis, said they sailed for
l'ran, on July 13, on the steamer
Baltic ,and encamped near Bourdeaux,
after a trip via Liverpool. Later they
were moved to Neufchateau, near
Nancy.
ON EVE OF ACTION.
On November 8. they were ordered
to begin moving into battle. Novem
ber 11, as they were on the eve of go
ing into action, the armistice ended
hostiliti« s.
The 346th artillery embarked at
rest for the return trip home on Jan
luary 2. The trip ac ross was unevent
! fill, except on the second day out,
when th« ship ran into a severe storm,
j Then* was on< death from influenza.
The ret in ning artillerymen were
' F> v *'n ;.n enthusiastic reception upon
I their arrival here. The mayor's eora
! mittee met them as they entered the
j harbor, and put aboard cigarettes and
j newspapers.
| A,; the do. k an army band played
patrl,,tlc scloet1 ™ s a« th "V Passed
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Î TO CAMP LEWIS,
{ Immediately upon debarkation, the
! artillerymen were taken to Camp Mer
ritt by special train. Hater they will
, ffo to Camp Lewis for demobilization.
inshore. They were greeted by repre
sentatives of the Salvation Army, Red
Gross and Y. M. C. A., who gave them
sandwiches and hot coffee.
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Colomdo
Battery A. with Captain Hamilton
Gardner of Salt Lake City, w'as the
first unit to leave the transport.
"We sure were a disapolnted bunch
when the armistice was signed before
we got a crack nt the Huns," declared
Private L. R. Grcenman of Portland,
Ore. He said that the regiment was
about to move to the firing line with
Its motor batteries of French 75s when
tho fighting was stopped.
Captain Benjamin B. Foster of Pan
Rafael, Cal., was in command of bat
tery B. He said that the artillerymen
had undergone a most intensive train
ing program and were about to be
rushed into the St. Mihiel sector when
tho armistice came.
BOISE PRIVATE LANDS.
Among the members of this battery
who landed were Privates Lyle An -
(Continued on Pago Two.)
Senator Defends
Pueblo Editors Against Kai
serites Charges in Strong
Language.
Washington, Jan. 15.—Declaring
Austin J. Smith of Ix>a Angeles to bs
a "liar nn.l blackmailer," Senator
Thomas of l'oioruJo today defended
tho patriotism of I. N. Stevens and
| Alva A. Swain, attacked by Smith yes
savoiterday before the German propaganda
probers.
"Ho Is an unmitigated liar, success.
ful blackmailer, and 1 believe him to
ben forger," Thomas declared,
Stevens was formerly owner of the
Pueblo, Colo., Chieftain, and Swain
was Its editor.
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Smith, who was formerly advertising
manager of the paper, yesterday told
the committee that the paper had re
reived money from Bernstorff and thal
it was used for propaganda purposes,
"Swain and Stevens are citizens ot
unquestioned standing and character"
said Thomas. "I conceive it to be xtiy
personal and public duty to appear
here to reply to the charges that would
tend to Injure their good name« and
loyalty."