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Show :MINISTER TESTIFIES KECIPIIffl Captain in Navy Quoted on i Alleged Vicious Practices to Obtain Evidence NEWPORT, R. I., Feb. 5. The na-;val na-;val board, which is inquiring into al-, al-, leged immoral practices in connection 1 witii the anti-vice campaign conducted) I by the navy intelligence service here, j 1 was told today that Captain Wain-1 j wright, of the navy, who investigated 1 conditions last September, said he had' statements from sailors that they were , Instructed to become parties to vicious practices If necessary to obtain evi- dence, but that they were not to takej the initiative This testimony was given by the Rev. Stanly C. Hughes, one of the 11 ministers who wrote President Wilson Wil-son protesting against the conditions He obtained the information from Captain Cap-tain Wainwright, he said. Naval centers other than Newport had been the subject of official Inquiry regarding the alleged objectionable methods, according to Mr. Hughes. Captain Wainwright had told him, he said, that Norfolk, Va., and Annapolis, Annapo-lis, Mr , also were under investigation. investiga-tion. A sudden illness prevented Mr. Hughes continuing his testimony and caused adjournment of the hearing. nr |