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"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
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*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.
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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 ,