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60 .-6 V / 6 f y APR II 1922 WEATHER FORECAST. Partly cloudy to-day; to-morrow showers; continued warm, with southerly winds. Highest temperature yesterday, lowest, 53. Detailed weather reports will be (ound on Editorial page. THE NEW YORK HERALD (COPYRIGHT, 19 2 1, BT THE 6UN-HERALD CORPORATION.] THE BEST IN ITS HISTORY. *" The New York Herald, with all that was best of The Sun intertwined with it, and the whole revitalized, is a bigger and better and sounder newspaper than ever before. VOL. LXXXVI.?NO. 223?DAILY. > + ?+ NEW YORK, MONDAY, APRIL 10, "iiSi. PRICE TWO CENTS 1 WITIUN^OO MILES IN NEW YORK CITY. [ FOI*R CENTS ELSEW1IEUS. " A* "UTTLE NAVT FOES OPEN FIGHT 70 SAVE 5-5-3 RATIO FOR U.S. Minority Report Denounces Plan for Cut Below the Strength ot' Japan. 86,000 MEN ARE NEEDED Proposal for 67,000 Would Make TJ. S. Third Rate Power, Is Claim. BILL UP IN HOUSE TO-DAY |Amendment to Increase Per sonnel to Be Offered?Con '! gress Stirred Over Issue. Special Dispatch.to Thb Nbw Yoik Hhrald. New York Herald Bureau.) Washington. D. C.. April 9. ( The advocates of an adequate. navy for the United States delivered a series of assaults upon the majority mem bers of the House Appropriations Com mittee to-night for proposing: to cut the personnel of the navy to 67,000 | unlisted men, thereby reducing Ameri- , ?nn sea power to two-thirds that of Great Britain and slightly less than j that of Japan. Six members of the Appropriations Committee, headed by Representative <jr>orge H. Tinkham (Mass.), made public the text of a minority report declaring that the committee in re porting the 1923 appropriations bill providing for such a slashing reduc tion is Ignoring the American naval policy of "5-5-3" provided in the naval treaty negotiated at the arms confer- i ence. The majority members of the com mittee are condemned for establishing h policy regarded as dangerous to the safety of the nation. They are charged with forcing the United States into third rank as a naval Power. At the same time two of tho leading members of the House Naval Affairs Committee, Representative Fred A. Brit ten (III.) and Representative C N. Mc Arthur (Ore.), both Republicans, is sued statements assailing the appropria tions committee Majority in scathing terms, charging it with seeking to de termine the naval policy of the United Mates through withholding adequate ap propriations, thereby assuming author ity that always has been in the hands of the Naval Affairs Committee. ,\bt?1 Bill ITp To-day. "If the Committee on Appropriations continues this policy of attempting to legislate by withholding funds for Hie proper activities of the Govern ment," Representative McArthur dc ? lared, "there will soon be a revolt among House members and the present system of centralizing all appropriating ,'ower in one committee will be aban Vned." The Houee to-morrow will begin the consideration of fhe naval bill, which T'fovides the funds for the operation of ilie navy during the fiscal year 1923 ami which disregards the request of the Navy Department for 96,000 per ronn'el as a minimum to adequately man the fleets agreed to In the recent con ference. One of the most bitter fights of the present Congress is expected. The outcome is in doubt. While the "Little Navy" forces are of t'?e opinion that they have sixty votes margiq for the bill as reported by the appropria tions committee majority, these who favor an adequate navy say the chances of obtaining a compromise on 86,000 men are excellent. Representative Mc Arthur. who will introduce an amend ment to the bill as soon as It comes up for consideration, asking for 86.0CO men, let It be Known to-night that 200 mem bers of the House already are pledged to tills figure. Since the House at tjjif! time consists of 432 members It Is indicated that the result will be cloac. Sentiment Is erystalising more In the Fenato, a.nd there Is every prospect that the Senate will reject the 67,000 proposal If It should pass the House. Altogether the contest is one of the most Intense that has come up during the present session of Congress. S-S-3 naala Ignorrd. The members of the appropriations committee submitting the minority re port are Representative Tlnkham (.Mass.), Vsre (Pn), Wason (N. 11.), Magee (N. Y.), Oallivan (Mass.) and Husted (N. Y.). Their report asks for a navy with 86,000 officers and enlisted men. "We find nothing In the provisions of the bill that would Justify the assump tion that it does In fact provide ade quately for a tiavy of relative strengtn contemplated by the treaty," the minor ity members declared. "The underlying principle on which in future the strength of our navy must be determined Is Its strength in relation to Great Britain and Japan. This is the policy of the 5-6-a ratio, that In equality with Great Britain and 5-" of the ^nengtli of Japan. This is the basin "aval policy of the 1'nlted States as set forth in the limitation of arms treaty which has been ratified by the Senate. "The bill Ignores this basic policy and hears no reference to the other Powers whose strength must determine our pro portion In this ratio. 'The dream of pacificists who disarm ihe world through example has never scrapped a gun. The principle of limi tation by international agreement, on the contrary, haa made the only great step along this line. "This bill Is nn attempt to Ignore the agreement, to disregard the navies of ftrett Britain and Japan, to give us the smallest force of the three and to stahllsh a principle for which no re i ponslble statesman in the world's hls iiry has ever stood?the principle of limitation of armament by example. "The f?et that the committee's repor' rhews * formidable srrsy of ships ai rwHiw< on Page Five. k trlral ?4 Betel aod idSstagwals. = j *dllJ?a-fouad ? Fag* Hidden Cemetery Mine Kills Twenty Soldiers KATTOWITZ, Silesia, April 9. (Associated Press). ? More than twenty French soldiers were killed and a dozen wounded to-day when, 'while searching: for hidden arms, a spade struck the detonating mechanism of a hidden mine. The explosion occured in a ceme tery between Fleitwitz and Sos | snitna. LEVIATHAN STEAMS IN OLD TIE MAJESTY ? ? Once German Liner and Queen of Seas Starts for $10, 000,000 Bepair Job. QUITS HARBOR SMOOTHLY Crew of 700 and Supplies for : Long Voyage for 18 Hour Trip to Newport News. In the half ligbt of early morning. ! made more eerie by searchlights that ! played through the haze that hung | over th? harbor, the giant liner Levia than?greatest thing afloat save the | more modern Majestic?which has lain ! at her Hoboken pier since September ' 1919, responded to the pull of a half dozen tugs and without mishap o.' hitch yesterday eased her way astern into the North River and pointed her nose down stream. Two hours later, at?7:02 to be exae*, the liner was passing Quarantine un der her own power on her run to New port News, where she is to be recondi tioned to take her-y^ace In the Ameri can merchant marine. [ The smoothness and comparative ! case with which the Leviathan was ] moved was emphatic answer to those j "experts" who predicted every sort of misfortune should the attempt be made. After Capt. "Walter J. Bernard, marine superintendent of the Army Transport Service, gave the order to cast off, tho towlines from the tugs slowly tautened and the big hull be gan at first to creep along the line, of the pier out toward the river. The movement gained momentum slowly but steadily until it was certain sh? was free. Falae Alarm NmIc ?o Croaker*. Three blasts from h?r whistle, pene trating and defiant, recalled the opinion of some marine authorities, frequentlj expressed, that she was stuck fast in the mud and slit of the Hoboken shore. A brief cheer from a few score watchers on the Lackawanna ferryboat Ithaca went up when a hundred feet or so out the Leviathan's propellers began to turn and the tide swung: her bow around toward the Xew York shore. There was no din of whistles to send the big ship on her voyage. Nothing like that which welcomed her on her first appearance In this port, when she was the German Vaterland and undisputed queen of the seas: nothing like that which welcomed the transport Leviathan | on her last arrival with 12 000 American \ doughboys returning from overseas. It whs S o'clock when the Leviathan was pulled out of her berth on the south s'de of pier 4 and started on her 270 mile voyage. On board besides Capt. Bernard, Pilot McLaughlin and a crew of 700, were Capt. James O. Pe?ke of the Virginia Pilots Association, who will take her Into Newport News; William P. Olbbs and F. H. Glbbs of the con struction department o" the Interna tional Mercantile Marine, who know the big ship from stem to stern, and Capt. J. J. Moran. who has been In charge of the vessel since she Ihv .'n Hoboken and who will be her executive officer under Capt. Bernard. The Leviathan was watered and pro visioned for an ocean voyage, although It was expecter' the trip would be made in about eighteen hours. Tho voyage down the river and through the Narrows was without inci dent. The Leviathan is still In her wartime coat of grn.v, with great patches of red paint on her sides, where corrosion threatened. Her engines, solid parts and wireless are, however. In first class shape, and it Is only for general refit - | ting and redecorating for the passenger service that she needs attention. When ' she returns from Newport News. F. H. Gibbs said yesterday, she will be the ; finest ship in service. Although the hid for reconditioning the Leviathan Is fbr $8,200,000 It Is gen erally conceded among shipping men that 110,000,000 will be sp-nt on her i before she Is ready for aervlre. Precaution* at Cape Henry. As a precautionary measure again*: any accident befalling the Leviathan when she passes in the Virginia Capes this morning:. Coast Guard cuttera are patrolling the entrance to Cape Henry and the main channel from the cape* to Newport News, where the big craft will be docked. Everything la In readiness to dock i the Leviathan at Newport New.?. If the weather should be unfavorable for I docking her the ship will be anchored in the stream. A mammoth mooring i has been aunk directly off the New : port News shipyard, and If there Is ? strong tide or high winds tljp Leviathan will be made faat to the buoy. The Leviathan mould also drop her own mud hooks. At - o'clock j eaterday afternoon the Leviathan was forty-three miles sout.i of Ambrose Channel. She was making fifteen knot*. She was due to arrive off Cape Henry at I o'clock this morn ing and should reach the ahlpyard by 7 o'clock. A radio meaaage from the big ship at S o'clock yeatevday after noon reported weather conditions the bept and everything all right. nr**0-JAPANEBE ACCORD. 1 Tomo, April 3.?The Jitpaneae dele I gate** who have been conferring at , Dalren with representatives of the Far i HJaatern HepubH< are reports to hare i virtually reached nn agreement with the Russians. Japan's propoaala relative to the Si berian situation are aald to have praoti . oall?*too*g ??>? EIGHTEEN ATHLETES BARRED AT NASSAU; LOAN FUND BLAMED Princeton's Players Will Not Suffer Stigma of Professionalism. GOOD RESULTS SEEN College Athletics in General to Benefit From N. J. Housecleaning. DEAN MAKES STATEMENT Harvard - Yale - Princeton Agreement Violated by Accepting' Financial Aid. I Dispatch to The New Yo?k Hbhai.d Princeton, N. J., April 9.?Eightee'i men are ineligible for sports at Prince ton University, it was learned to-day after announcement yesterday of the disqualification of Thomas H. Mc Namara, captain of the baseball team Ralph Gilroy, captain of the football eleven, and two others. Dean Howard McClenahan of Princeton issued a statement to-night in which he emphasized that no stigma of professionalism was at tached to the men because of their disqualification. He said the commit tee on outdoor sports frequently de clares men ineligible and never pub lishes reasons for so doing. An editorial for to-morrow's issue of the Daily Princetonian explain? that the men declared Ineligibffc have been "victimized by a system of loan funding operated under the super vision of zealous alumni unbeknown to the authorities and against their wishes." The editorial supports Dean McClenahan's statement that the men's ineligibility should not reflect upon their ^personal characters. It states that they may be subject t? censure for. having broken the Har vard-Tale-Princeton agreement of 1916. but are "gylltless of any pro fessionalism." Men Can Borrow Alamal. The loan funding system. It was ex plained by stu<ient.?, enables men in straitened financial circumstances to borrow from alumni to put them through college. In accordancc, how ever. with the agreement of 1916 the receipt of all such moneys by any one engaging In sports mu3t be approved in advance by the university's commit tee on eligibility. The following statement was issued by Dean McCIenahan: "The whole question of the ineli gibility of the Princeton athletes lias been under thorough Investigation for some months by the Princeton faculty committee on outdoor sports. This cpmmittce considered all doubtful eases and submitted such with all facts'lnvolved for final decision to the committee of the three chairman of the Harvard-Yale-Princeton athletic associations in accordance with the terms of the Harvard-Tale-Prlnceton agreement of 1918. "This committee of the three chair man decided that present Princeton athletes should be regarded as ineligi ble to represent Princeton. It la no uncommon thing for men to be de clared ineligible for various reasons. The committee on outdoor sports never publishes r list of the ineli gible men and never issues any state ment of causes of their ineligibility. "In this case, however, I wish to state with the utmost possible em phasis that the men who have been declared Ineligible have not been de clared ineligible bccause of profes sionalism. The decision of the com mittee of the three chairmen does not reflect upon the personal character or integrity of any of the men involved." "Dallr Prtncetonlan" Editorial. The editorial In the Daily Princctonian follows: "In connection with the recent declaration of ineligibility made by the Committee of the Three Chairman, we would make clear a few facts not suf ficiently emphasized by the account pub lished in the metropolitan papers. The situation was an exceedingly dcltcatc one by the nature of the cases, but was handled admirably by those in authority. It was very difficult Indeed to reaoh a decision on every man involved, and thus obviously impossible to make any an nouncement before all caaes were de cided. This the papers realize and they presented the situation fairly with what information they could gain. "But it wii not sufficiently stressed that tho agitation came entirely from within Princeton's walla in the first In stance. The committer on outdoor sports begun investigations as soon as it had those charges in of what went on and all Individuals In question were barred from further athletic competi tion pending investigation. So soon as all the evidence was in the Princeton committee referred its findings to the committee of three. Furthermore, when so doing the Princeton committee did not urge similar and reciprocal inves tigations at Tale and Harvard, aa the New York papers have hinted. Prince ton has cleaned her own house, volun tarily and in strict accordance with the 191t agreement. Xo Sttgrma Pat an Men. "It was al?o not made clear that the men involved In this matter hear no atigma of professionalism nor any un pleasant reflection upon their character and Integrity. Dean McClenahan's state ment tills morning should dispel any such thought. Unwittingly they violated an intercollegiate agreement, and the university's action Is simply in accord with the agreement tt may be argued that they kn<w of the agreement. If they did they nrc subject to censure for JPnathsi Thirteen*?J ^ $75,000 Theft Victim Offers $45,000 Reward LE. SHERMAN, a diamond merchant of 89 Fulton street, yesterday advertised a reward of $45,000 for the return of $75,000 worth of unset diamonds which were stolen from him on February 23 when he fainted on the stairs of a B. R. T. subway station at Broadway and Fortieth street. Since the gems were stolen Mr. Sherman has advertised their loss several times, increasing the re ward in the hope that the person who took them might be induced to restore them to him. He first of fered $12,GOO. It was in Bellevue Hospital after he regained consciousness that he discovered he had been robbed of his gems. A report of the theft was flled with the police at the time. Mr. Sherman, when inter viewed at his home, 130 Scheerer avenue, Newark, yesterday, declined to discuss the theft. He hopes, he said, that the new reward, repre senting nearly two-thirds of the value of the diamonds, may result in their restoration to him. $300000 Rl! CACHE BARED BY ACCIDENT Police Pounce on Imported Liquors Hidden In West 16th Street Garage. , FORGED PERMIT IS FOUND Einstein, Disguised. Arrests 26 in Renewal of Sun day Raids. Between 2,300 and 3,000 cases of im ported liquor, with a bootlegging valu ation of approximately $300,000 weni seized yesterday by the police In a garage at 415 West Sixteenth street and is now piled high In every avail able bit of space in the West Thirtieth street station house. This is the largest single confisca tion of booze made by the polio? sine; the Mullan-Gage dry law went into effect a year ago last 1" rlday. The accidental discharge of a revolver lei to the unearthing of the-liquor cachc in the rear of the garage, the owner ship of which remained a mystery up to late last night. At 10:30 yesterday morning Patrol man Charles C. McKenna was on duty at Ninth avenue and West Sixteenth street when he heard a shot flrei. He ran down the street into the Com munity Garage and there found Lewk Sorsen, who said he was a watchman and lived at 170 Behermerhorn street. Brooklyn. Sorsen told Patrolman Mc Kenna he was testing the revolver when it went off by accident. Having no license he was arrested. Tiro Men Desert Stock of Booae. While questioning Sorsen. who spoke in broken English with an Italian ac cent. two?other men ran out of the place and disappeared. Cpon being searched, a liquor permit, alleged to be forged, was found In the prisoners pocket. This aroused the suspicions ot patrolman Mcl^enna, who made the ''watchman" open a door leading to a large rear room of the garage. Piled to the roof were hundreds of unmarked plain wooden boxes and upon opening one Patrolman McKenna found It contained twelve bottles of Moet * Chandon champagne of 1912 vintage. He telephone for Capt. Joseph Howard, in charge of the Thirtieth street station, who arrived post haste, surveyed the situation and called out the reservss. Patrol wagons were pressed Into ser vice. as were trucks found In the garage. It took front noon until 7 o'clock last night to remove the liquor. The seisure included Haig * Haig. five star, Daw son, Watson, White Horse Cellar and King George Scotch whisky; Bacardi rum, Gordon gin and moat every well known brand of French champagne. No rye or bourbon could be found. Rrarrre? Keep Back Crowd. Tt did not take long for the newt of the "And" to thread through the neigh borhood. A large crowd collected In front of the garage and along the route taken to the |K>llce station, watching In almost complete silence the removal and transportation. Several times the reserves and regular patrolmen on duty were obliged to puah the curious men. Continue* on Pare Six. IHCTAYLOiTS HOME, NEAR 5TH AVENUE, ROBBED IN DAVIM Bandits Attempt Sunday Job, Like Shattuck's, in East 70th Street. POLICE ARE SILENT Patrolman Pursues Two Thieves. Who Escape, Propping Loot. GANG IN TWO SECTIONS Secrecy About Amount of the Plunder, as Family Is Away From City. The home of Myron C. Taylor in 16 East Seventieth streeet, one of th? wealthiest residential sections of the city, was robbed yesterday afternoon by a gang of burglars, apparently trying to duplicate the burglary of the Shattuck home in Washington Square. They entered the house by smashing the plate glass of the front door and then reaching inside and throwing the spring lock. It was not possible yesterday to learn what was stolen, as Mr. Taylor who is president of the cotton good* firm of Taylor, Armitage & Co., Inc, has been away during the winter ani the house has been closed. It ie feared, however, that the gang go* away with property of considerable value, as there was nothing to hinder them while they plundered the build ing. The Police Department made ever/ effort to keep the fact of the robbery quiet and refund to give any Infor mation. The detectives admitted however, that two of the burglar* were seen by neighbors to come from the house carrying large boxes, and that these men we'e chaacd by Pa trolman Monahan of the East Sixty seventh street station. Monahan pur sued the two men for several blocks but they escaped after they had thrown away the boxes, which con tained a large quantity of liquor, just how much tho police refused to say. Worked C?rc(allr< Capt. Wall of the Sixty-seventh street station sent two policemen to guard the house after the robbery had been re ported to Mm. These men were sitting in the hallway last night. They refused to talk robbery, and they would not i verify a report that while the two men! who chased by Monahan had lett the! hcuse by the front door, other members ; of the sang had gone out the back way carrying valuable articles. They saidi that they did not even know there had i been a robbery. The detectives at work J on the case said they had no clews and had not been able to find out anything definite. Cap). Wall asserted that all h*> knew of the ease wan that a rob-j b?ry of some sort had been committed. ] The burglars entered the Taylor home | about noon, It is thought, and are be-' lieved to have passed an hour going through the house. They worked care fully. In only a few of the rooms Is there any evidence of their visit. When they pulled out drawers In a search for jewelry and other valuables they pushed them back after their search, and they were careful not to disturb the furni ture. The police believe that they hoped by this to conceal the fact 6f the rob bery for some time from the caretaker,! who visits the house at intervals. Gssr la Two Sections. Patrolman Monahan wan on his beat I about I o'clock when he learned of the robbery. He turned Into Seventieth street and noticed a small group of people gathered about the door of the Taylor home, and at the same time noticed two men ahead of him walking rapidly and stooping under the weight of two large boxes. He yelled at them, and they broke Into a run toward Fifth avenue. The policeman pursued them, shouting that he would shoot unless they stopped. The men dropped their boxes owl ran up Fifth avenue. They turned into Seventy-first street and dlsap-' pear?*d. The policeman went back to I the Taylor house. He found that the burglars had smsshed the plate glass of the door, breaking I out a piece about six inches square j Continued on Paf? Six. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Guarded at Opening of Park Avenue Church Thr M(W Park Avenue Baptist Church, 593 Park avenue, whs unde* guard by the police yesterday when services were held there for the (Irii time by the congregation formerly known as the Flftb Avenue Baptist Church. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., wao present as leader of the Bible class, and the police took precautions against the possibility of his presence attracting "cranks." Mr. Rocketfslle: himself was not aware that detective were in the church to protect him. Several uniformed mep were on duty outside the church and two detective* taking positions at the doors at 0 o'clock carefully scrutinised the face*; of all persona who entered the church Tt will not be formally opened until April 19. Mr. Rockefeller, In addressing th? Bible rlaas In ita new quartern In ths basement of the church, chose tho subject "So Run That Tou May At tain," and told of the progress whlc'i his class hopes to attain in Its ne<v home. In reviewing the history of the class he said that more than 10. 000 men had been associated with It, either ss members or visitors, since Its organisation. The church services were conducted by the R?v. Cornelius Woelfkln. pastor. Speaking of th 5 now building he said: "This Is to be a temple of worship a sanctuary where men and wome.i who have won out in th* battle with They were stationed Inside during thu temptation can cofft*. a shelter for th church service? and the session of thj Bible class. The old Fifth Avenue Baptist con b?reavrd. TTe shall not swerve from these Ideals." There are places for amusement an?* grcgation recently built the n?w ?di-j places for dancing, he concluded, "iKit (flos ?t..A-cost o( mors JLtoan 11^00,000.1 -jrtU. ba-va'po-pUo* hsra.".. 4 LLOYD GEORGE CONFIDENT OF A EUROPEAN CONCERT AS GENOA CONGRESS OPENS BRITISH PREMIER SEES ALL COUNTRIES IN ACCORD EN'OA. April 9 (Associated Press).?Premier Lloyd George, dis cussing the conference to-day, said: "I am glad to be here . ^ on the eve of the conference which I obstinately sought, while others vainly tried to wreck it. With the same obstinacy I will work for the success of the conference, of which I am fully confident. "1 had originally planned to stay here one week, but now I think 1 will remain a fortnight, even longer if necessary, the task before us being of capital importance, namely, to reestablish good inter national relations and restore economic conditions in all States. "It is Impossible to predict exactly what will be accomplished. The days of a conference are as uncertain as the days of human life. Nobody can tell what the morrow will bring forth. But one thing is certain, we have come here to work with all energy and earnest ness, not to waste any time in amusements. "On one point I am sure all the delegations are in accord, that is, to reach agreements which will prevent renewal of international conflicts, thus reestablishing general peace and reciprocal confidence between the States on a basis of econorfiic prosperity." DIVIDE CONCESSIONS IS PLAN OF SOVIET ftenob Delegates Tell of Inter esting- Oil Offers for Americans. ENGLAND TO GET TIM BE It Reported U. S.-British Truce Makes No Impression on Tchitchcrin. , Sptcial Cable to Tm Niw Yukk Hrbai.d Copwipl't, 1922. by Tub New Yosk Heiuu.d. Genoa, April 9.?The reported truce between British and American oil in terests to defend the existing oil con cessions In Russia has made little im pression on the Soviet delegation. Tchltcherin, the Bolshevist Foreign Minister, reminded The New York Hmuld correspondent thu' the princi ple of nationalization has been applied by Russia to all concessions obtained by foreign capital under the Czarist Government, and went ahead to say: "We have a number of interesting oil concessions to offer American capital." He added that in the Russian propo sition would be plans for mixed com panies, with the Soviet Government participating. "Our own interest in the continuance of good business rela tions with the Western world Is an ob vious guaranty for the safety of such a concession," he said. Prevlou* concessionaires. Tchitcherin added, will have precedence in receiving attention If they apply for a renewal of concessions, "provided their term has not expired. Of course, we have devised a number of absolutely solid material guaranties covering the buslnesis trans* actions of foreign capital." There was more talk about conces sions at the Soviet headquarters than about any other topic. Tchitcherin gave the French correspondents a vivid account of what the Russian treasure house contained and divided it up be tween America, France and England so definitely that he gave the impression that the Soviet Government had a well considered plan with which to combat the Idea of an International consortium. \ccortlng to the plan America Is to con centrate her efforts on the mineral re sources of Siberia, France on the Indus tries and raw materials of the Donet* coal basin and ICaucasia and England on the timber of northern Russia. It is questioned In well Informed cir cles whether the combined American and British oil Interests will b'e able to save the old concessions granted un der the Czarist regime. Recent visitors 10 the Baku district report the oil region Is rapidly degenerating because of the breakdown of labor and railroads and assert no progress can be made unles* better transportation facilities ar? pro vided very ?quickly. The Russians themselves feel the for mer oil concessions were not granted In a practical way with a view of making the best use of the fields as a whole, but were given out Individually and in many cases even corruptly. Soviet experts wrote last winter that It would be worth while to make a fresh beginning with the oil region and Tchitcherin's remarks might be Inter preted as substantiating this idea. PHYSICIAN ARRESTED AS SLAYER OF WIFE Shooting Follows Quarrel, Say Huntingdon, Pa., Police. Huntingdon. Pa.. April 9.? Dr. Her bert Bryson. formerly of New York, we* arrested to-day charged with having nhot and killed his wife at their hoerie In Caaavllle, this county, last night. He la alleged to have broken Into her room after she had retired and ahot her. He then brought her to a hospital here, driving sixteen mllen over a rough, mountainous rond. Mis. Bryson died a ftw hours after reaching the hospital. Both the doctor snd his wife main tained silence as to the manner In which she had received h$r wound until Just before her death. Then, according lo th? authorities, Mrs Bryson told of an lalterration she and her husband had brfora she went to her bedroom, declar ing h# broke into the room and nh-H her. The oouple c?ro? from Now York ALL NATIONS COURT! FAVOR OF RUSSIA! Attitude Gives Distinct Advaii-| tage to Soviet Delegates 1 in Genoa. THEY PLEDGE SUPPORT I Manifest a Spirit of Coopera-I tion in Aims of the Congress. Genoa, April 9 <Associated Press).? The preliminary moves to-day on the European chess board plainly showed all nations, great and small, courting Russia, though tney wished to appeR. net overeager in the courtship. Therefore the Russians seemed to hold a position of distinct advantage, all dppending on how they manipu lated their pawns In tnelr project to be admitted to the Council of Nations as the representatives of the Russian State. The conditions of Russia's entry are the outstanding and dominating sub ject of the conference. The Soviet Russian delegation, in cluding M. Tchitcherin, LltvinofT, Joffe and Vorovsky. who was the last Russian representative in Italy, were received this morning by Premier Facta and Foreign Minister Schanzer in the royal palace. The conversation was described as most cordial. "The Russians," It was adde.', "demonstrated a spirit of conciliation and a keen desire to collaborate with the other countries for the economic resurrection of Eurojje. Tchltcherl? said the Russian delegates had com,1 to Genoa with- the Arm determinatio'. to do their best to contribute to thi success of the conference." When the Russian delegates left they were offered motor cars to take them to Santa Margherlta. but declined, and walked through thb streets of Genoa unprotected, to the consternation of the Italian police officials, who declared it was impossible to guarantee thr safetv jf the Russians if they wandered about without guards. Members of the Japanese delegation, which numbers about nfty, emphasized keen interest to-day In the Russian ques tion. The negotiations, which were still dragging on at Dairen between Japan and the Far Eastern republic, they pointed out, could not logically be com pleted until Japan could see the turn of the Russian problem In Genoa. Under the gentleman's declaration made at the Washington conference Japan is committed to the evacuation of Siberia at the earliest moment, this being dependent upon assurance of the protection of Japanese interests and also an unequivocal agreement that the Bol shevik! will not pursue their propaganda In the Siberian littoral adjacent to Japan or along the Manchurian-Corean fron tier. It Is considered here unlikely that Japan will agree at Genoa to any pro gram of evacuation further than her delegates went at Washington, even if Soviet Russ.a Is permitted to enter the family of nations, believing the peculiar conditions In Siberia creato a special situation. KILLS OLDEST OUTLAW OF KENTUCKY'S HILLS Thomas Collin? Downed After Shooting at a Woman. Aptnal Oitpcfch In Thi N?w Vosk Mmiai.ii Ky , April 9.?Kentucky's oldest outlaw ha* Juat met death. Ha wa* Thomaa Collins, 81, and he wa* ahot and Instantly killed by Ben Crum at the latter'* home In the Johnson county mountains. It Is aaid th? aged man started on a rampage with a shotgun. He flrat killed a dog belonging to Crum's brother and ahot two cow* belonging to the same man. WhMI.be knocked at Ben Crum's home Crum'* wife told him that her husband was not at home. Collins ft red at her. th# chargo nar/owly missing. Crum waa near the house, and, at tracted by commotion, entered by a i Mr door, got his gun and killed Coi ! tins. i - ?????? 1 rot fit ju?rr*i>G? If m. m? If It la a#r*rttae? tn '.ha Vmt aad rouD? wkaii sfcii lijHfcJtrK l?rt JBataM. RUSSIA BIO ISSUE So Surprises Unless Soviet and Berlin Envoys Force Them. FOR THRIFTY GERMANY Britain for Tra<l<1 Freedom, While Poincare I rges Supervision. VAST LOAN SUGGESTED Sonic View It hs Surest Way to Insure Stabilization of Europe. Spr.,01 Cob 10 to Th? N?* TO" Copvr Bht. 19!*. bu Tt.E N*w Hwa..* Genoa, April 9 ? No surprises are expected at to-morrow s opening ses sion of the World's Economic Con gress. All the addresses of welcome bv the Allies, it was authoritatively stated to-day. will be kept clear of the problems on which the Allies themselves have not agreed, and un less Germany and Russia inject sue issues and force them on the assem bly the conference promies to start with a purely economic character. The idea of Premier Lloyd Georg# tne Biuny ?" ; t th has bee*r*>Wi the root of th? bustles* cttpresaion. , economic discussions w^ require J being estimated at from six to eight weeks, with the conference probably lasting up to three mo^hs. The British view is that the res issue before Europe is the Pr^,em * , a that this must be dealt weeks, with the conference Prrarh Srkrmr similar. France has her own scheme, In some respects similar to tint of Sir Robert Home and to the same end that a loan can be floated through which Kurope will be financial'/ stabilized. The major difference be tween the two schemes is the nature of the guaranties. Mr. Lloyd Georg? regards a thrifty, free and productive Get-many as the only guaranty whi"h the business world, especiaJly as rep resented In London and in New York, will regard as suitable. The French thesis Is that the onl/ real guaranty in Germany's case It administrative supervision and con trol of German customs and simlls measures. This fundamental differ ence Is likely to provide the most in teresting struggles of tht entire con ference. The French policy is flrmlv pledged to the doctrine of exacting guaranties Just as Mr. Lloyd Qeorg is flrmly convinced that a prosperon < Germany Is the only allurement whic ?? will satisfy the bankers of th? worll Rl? nrtflnpmpiii< Pfndinc. In British circles the word has ro?? out that big developments are pending and that the entire weight of British power will be used here to bring ahouc a consolidation of European finances. When this is accomplished the Brit tab hope the European concert will he auto matically restored and that European questions in the future can be dealt with by all of Kurope Instead of being confined to the Supreme Council. The British expect a ten yeara' trnr? to be one of Mt. Lloyd George a ch>f proposals. This proposal already has been broached and stipulates that all European countrlea pledge themseivea to accept the geographical limitations of the pence treaties for a riecade. This is Mr. Lloyd CJsorge'a version of Amer ica's plan to limit armaments, for h? argues that with the frontiers guaran teed s reduction In armaments is bound to follow. HPis appesl In this dire<-tl<v will be msde principally to central a>iti eastern Kurope. possibly with the ad mission that it may be regarded s? * hsrdship for Germany to put up t- en the t'pper Rileeian-Follsh frontier. Hui . gary to accept the exclusion of thoussiiue oC nationals and for Russia to recognlta ,