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Today Atrial Bootlegging. Mammalian Civilization. Same Old Issue. Lion# Eat Donkeys. I?By ARTHUR BRISBANE? * , (Copyright. 1111.) A flier landed near Croton-on Hudson with a Montreal newa J?*J?er1 of the day before and vl . bottles of whiskey. The whiskey was smashed in a forced landing. The aerial boot t*er yan'?hed in a waiting automobile. The police an nounced an aerial smuggling *oute. The difficulty is that ?uch routes are unlimited in possibilities. You cannot ??_lce *^e a'r ?r the ei> th's surface everywhere. It makes ?uppr????fon of traffic in whis key semi-impossible?since it T>ay? so well. For every short lOfc* trip the flier could make a thousand dollars. Who would ftave predicted twenty years ago absolute prohibition in this country and flying machines de feating it? The "mammalojjists" met in the great Museum of Natural History yesterday. These scien tists care only for animals that ?re mammals from man down to the spinning mouse smaller i l\. your f'nKer, and up to the elephant and whale. The mam jnal nurses its youpg, feeding : with milk manufactured in the mother's body. Without that nursing there could have been no close companionship of mother and child, no mother or fam"y> or civilisation. Helpless infancy dependent on the mother was necessary to neve lot) moral nature. You can Jot blame Mr. Bryan for re fusing to believe that so im portant a development was left to the accident of evolution. There is a difference be tween Democrats and Repub licans. Republicans know what the people Want, although they may not always do it. Demo crats of the brand recently in power neither know nor do what the nation wants. For instance, the Republicans knew enough to win their last o'g election on the anti-league of nations fight. Once elected they ignored what they knew and mixed up In the four-power treaty. Now another election ap proaches. Mr. Hughes refuses the allies' invitation to a con ference at The Hague. Good old Hague. The allies thought that magic word would surely do the trick, but it didn't. The Republicans want to make their fight again this fall on a "No foreign entanglement issue." And will point to their Genoa and Hague refusals. Lions, monkeys, leopards left Africa on the ship Dromore Cattle and landed in America yesterday. Of seven donkeys put on board in Africa only three came ashore. Four were killed to feed the lions and leopards on the way over. A good reporter mourns man's in gratitude, butchering faithful meek friends to feed savage monsters. But that has been history from the beginning. The faithful, hard-working, and humble have been sacrificed to the arrogant and savage. It's as old as Cheops or Uncle Tom. Stone, head of the locomo tive engineers, says prohibition is good, and even bad bootleg whiskey is good, for, he says, "It kills off the parasites in the leisure class." Unfortunately, as a rule, the leisure class parasites have old-fashioned whiskey of pre-Volstead days stored away, and do not drink the wood alcohol, more deadly kind. In the long run, how ever, those that perish by boot leg whiskey are easily spared. Providence allows few whole sale mistakes. What would you say if you had to write a paragraph with a sound moral about the fol lowing incident? On the Geneva, N. Y., golf course very early yesterday morning a man was practicing long low drives. And a robin was catching early worms. He rose witn one struggling worm, a swift golf ball nit and killed him. The worm escaped. Evidently, if everybody gets up early? worm, bird, and golfer?there is no especial advantage in it. Mrs. Mary Pike died in New Hampshire yesterday one hun dred and six years old. Her life began in 1816. What was the most important event in that stretch of years? A majority would answer probably "The great war," and the answer would be wrong. The develop ment of the railroad was in finitely more important than that war?also the develop ment of the flying machine, telephone, wireless, and radio. Those things will be important when our "Great war" as we call it will be forgotten with (Continued on Page 2, Column *.) / IWfATHERt Shower* tonight and Thursday; little chance in temperature; tie-ill easter ly winds. SThellas on ?mes HOME FINAL EDITION NUMBER 12,253. WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 17, 1922. MAIN S2SO CAM.* THE TIMES THREE CENTS EVERYWHERE. PINCHOT CUTS DOWN ALTER LEAD ? Junkingof War Loan Urged Before Chamber International Banker Feels Cancellation Will Stimu late U. S. Trade. Junking of the $11,392,472, 642.37 allied loan and the $454, 664,345 annual interest was pro posed at the opening session this morning before the United States Chamber of Commerce conven tion at Convention Hall, Fifth and L streets northwest, "as be ing the shortest road back to prosperity." Would Wipe State. The proposal was made by John Ross Delafield. of IJeiafield, Thome A Burleigh, international banker and lawyer, speaking before the 3,600 delegates to the chamber, and will be followed up with a resolution to morrow asking for the chamber's in dorsement of the ,proposal that the financial slate, of^the allies, in ho far as the United States is concerned. l>o wiped clean. Some doubt was expressed by the speaker as to whether or not the monies, when loaned, had ever been intended as a loan at all. but inti mated that they were in the nature of a gift. "Whether these soc^llef' war loans were in fact loans, or whsther they should be regarded as contributions in a common cause and for our own protection, is not. therefore, before us," the speaker said. Would Cramp Credit. Summed up. his argument was that If the allies were forced to pay their debts It would cramp their credit and they could buy nothing further from us. By giving the al lies, however, the $11,500,000.000, along with the good will of th?> 1'nited States, the speaker predicte l that they would continue to be good customers of the t'nited States, and that the exporters of this country would soon get their money back. "This country produces, and ha* long produced, much more than w> ourselves consume. We do not buv and consume all our own products. We cannot be prosperous without ex port business. Our prosperity, then, depends upon the maintaining of our foreign trade at its maximum. "Great Britain, France, Belgium and Italy, the countries to whom w>. ] made these so-called war loans, are our best customers and the ones upon whom we have to depend to lake our surplus product and mat ? I rials, and thus to keep our industries I going and to give us prosperity." Would Cam-el All. By canceling the "alleged" loan, the speaker held that It would give the allies a stake in the international export and import field and permil them to sit In the game. "Take this 111.000,000.000 ante away from them and they must get out of the game," he declared. Prosperity at Hand. "This should be a period of the greatest prosperity for us. Our in dustries were not harpied by the war. Our resources are almost un limited. Our working population is Just as great and Just as capable as ever. Some of our chief competitors for foreign trade have temporarily largely withdrawn from that field in order to care for their own prob lems. "Now Is our opportunity to have an Industrial and a commerci.il pros perity such as we have never known before. The reason th.it we have not that prosperity now is that ex change is so high our foreign cus tomers will buy no more products from us than they absolute!/ must have. The rate of exchange has de stroyed our market abroad," the speaker said. The remedy, he declared, is a cm j cellation of the debt. 'The effect of I (Continued on Page 3. Column 4.) In Close Race To Get Nomination For Governor GKOItr.K K. ALTER. Old (in a rd GIFFOKI) I'INCIIOT, Progressive. Committee Reports Agreement) Can't Be Reached?Griffith Moves General Election. II* Intrrnatifiniil New* Kfrvtof. Dl'BLIX. May 17.?The Irish , peace committee which has been i attempting t'> adjust the differences! between the Irish Free State and the Republicans reported to the IJail Kireann this afternoon that no agreement could be reached. The collapse of the peacc negotia tions caused deep gloom. Arthur (irlffith. president of the Dail, moved that a general election be held in Ireland on June 16 and that tfee noininations be .jpade on June li. "FIRST MME. VONSIATSKY" TO REMAIN IN PARIS PARIS, May 17.?Mm**. Uobouv Mouromsky says she hail decided to remain in Paris until she learns what action the I nited States Attorney C.eneral would take on the documt nts she had forwarded through the American embassy claiming to he the letfal wife of Anastase Vonslctsky, who was recently married to Mrs. Marian Hurlclngham Ream-Stephen*, of Chicago. Last Wtek Mrne. Mouromskv siid she Intended to ?o to the United States in a few da vs. RUSSIA ACCEPTS HAGUE PLAN ([TEA LEAD CUT DOWN 81PINCHOT Progressive Candidate May De-, feat Stand Pat Champion In Pennsylvania. Glffnrd Pinchot has beaten the Republican State machine in ! Pennsylvania and won the nomi { nation for governor, said a pri vate telegram received here thin | morning by Senator Hiram John- i son (Republican) of California, from Alexander I*. Moore, pub lisher of the Pittsburgh Leader, i and a prominent figure in Key- j stone politics. Werti Heats Walter*. JOHNSTOWN, Pa.. May 17.? ; The first indicated upset for re nomination for Congreca in Penn sylvania In Ti*nkU> '? primary Is that of Andmon H. Walters. Congressman ? at - Itirge. Cnoffi ciai returns from 83 of 150 pre cincts in Cambria county in the Twentieth dint riot, give George M. Werti 6,475; Walters, ?454. PMLADEUPHIA, May 17.?The latent available figures from neutral source* on the Republican gubernatorial content by counties show that 5,071 district* (Hit of 7,934 in the State give Alter 408, 120; Pinchot 382,757?a majority : for Alter of 25.363. Alter Ahead in Allegheny. PITTSBURGH. Pa.. May 17? , One thousand and seventy dis tricts out of 1,316 in Allegheny county give Alter 86,404; Pinchot 47.081. ^ PHILADELPHIA, May 17.? Upon the face of the first avail able returns, leaders of the Re publican machine today refused to concede that Gifford Pinchot, one-time Roosevelt progressive, had won the Republican guberna torial nomination as a result of yesterday's closely contested pri mary election. Alter Still I .cadinc. It was declared :it the headquart ers of Attorney General George E. Alter. Pinchot's opponent, that re turns from two-thirds of the State showed (hat Alter was still leading Pinchot by a majority of at least 25,000. Pinchot and his spokesmen ap peared equally confident of ultimate victory, however, and insisted that when all the votes were counted he would win by a majority of not less than 40,000. Both sides are manifestly still up (Continued on Page 2. Column 4.) WERE YOU REARED IN THE COUNTRY? Do you feel cramped where you ? re imt pine for s yard all your own --a place large enough for chicken* anil a Harden apot with treei and ahrubbery ? If ao. turn over to the "Real Ba tata" columna of The Tlmea and you'll probably find placea that ault In a number of Waahlngtnn'a lovely auburba?coiy homea, where a few dollara down with the remainder like rent will turn the trick If It'a something extra apeclal you want. Insert an ad of your own. tell ing Jual what you are looking for. the location you prefer, and leave It with, or TELEPHONE IT TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES MAIN 5260 "DARE-DEVIL" HERRICK HiMSELF Well, here ho is?none other than "l)m4wU" Herrick, the flying Congressman. snapp?-d at Bulling Field yesterday afternoon before and after hi* stunt flight. Below Is the "Hare-devil in solemn pose. Just before the trip. Note that his trick tie is In place. Above you see "l>are-devil" 11 err irk shaking hands with Lieut. I../J. Mail land, | his pilot (at left), after the flight. Notice thai Herrick's trick tie is missing. MITOSES "TRICK TIE" IN AERIAL STUNTS "Daredevil of Congress" Goes For Flight. But Own Pro gram Is Ignored. Congressman Manuel Herrick of Oklahoma, who admits In his own handwriting that he Is the "arial dare-devil of Congress," tried to give blase Washington a thrill yesterday afternoon with stunts in the cloud.-). But "Dare-devil" Herrick almost came to grief. Alas, he forgot to strap his trick necktie down upon climbing info the plane. On return ing to Boiling Kield after a short flight?in which, incidentally. "Dare devil" Herrick was the passenger, not the pilot?the Congressman stood in the cockpit to receive the plaudits of a gaping public, but was unable to detect them. "Where's your tie?" an imperti nent reporter asked. "Dare-devil" Herrick felt for the trick adornment. It was gone. The thrilling ride had actually torn his necktie off Iiim. He stood aghast a moment. Then a beam of light crossed his face. Tie thrust his hand under his vest, pulled the little trick necktie out In triumph, and with (Continued on Page 2. Column S.? NOTED GAME PRESERVE most completely burned out by a dia BURNS IN FOREST FIRE i0"tr,,u" fire' whlch aw,,pt OVPr HAZBLTON. Pa.. May 1". rioted Trexler fcame preserve butters to AldriKhtsville in the tios, one of ttw t?*s| IllltUitIK fil an area of approximately. 5,000 acres, ?Tho according to a report made yesterday from i hy (Jeorjje Khellhanimer, district in I'oio- jspoctor of the State forestry depart unds ruent 'in Kastern 1'eir nylvania, was nl-1 The loss Is estimated ht $25,000. ACQUIESCE, BUI UNDER 'protest; THE! SAY Delegates at Genoa Demand Truce Apply to All Soviet Republics. By International New* Winlw. PARIS. May 17.?FWeign office officials today said (hey expected the Genoa conference to come lo an end tomorrow. By S. D. WEYBR. International X?w? VrrlM. GENOA, May 17.?The Rus sian delegation in the interna tional economic conference today under protest accepted the plan for two commissions to meet at The Hague for detailed study of the Russian problem. One com mission will be mixed; the other will be composed of Russian ex perts who will furnish all data requested. Russians Irge Amendment*. The Russians moved a number of amendments to Th~ Hague plan. The political subcommission held two meetings today. The general feeling was much more hopeful m the afternoon session began. Tchitcherin aeain offered protest against the Dutch capital as the meeting iilace, proposing that Stock holm be selected. Premier Lloyd George replied that the advantages were ail with The Hague. He pointed out thst it has central location and peace traditions and convenience for a majority of the participating pow ers Is essontiai. In the meantime. Tchltcherin r? verted to the question of truce and charged that Poland and Rumania were harboring Russian "white" bands. He produced documents to prove his assertion. Representatives of both Poland and Rumania denied the Russian's allegations, and Slgnor Schanzer. of the Italian delegatiojp. announced the subcommission had no nowita to deal with his documents. Reason for Failure. Lloyd George, in replying to some of the remarks of Tchitcherin, said: "The true reason for our failure to complete an agreement her" was not separate discussions, but the everlasting clash of two sets of economic doctrines. Rut the dif ferences are abating, due to Rus sian reforms." While T">r. Skirmut, head of the Polish delegation, was outlining Po land's attitude toward f^oviet Rjs sia, Lloyd George broke in. say ing: "But in nny case you are bound not to nttack Russia." * "Certainly we are so bound hy the Rosso-Polish treaty of Riga," Skirmut replied. Tchitcherin declared he h?d doc umentary proof that foreign gov ernments were supporting "white' bands. Provisions for Truce. The truce pact. which is to be signed here, provides that there shall b* no aggressions during the ,iegottd tions at The Hague, where n mixed commission will Investigate the Rus sian situation in detail by laking testimony from a commission of Rus sian experts. The chief of the Russian delega tion prec'pltaled a lively discussion bv proposing an amendment to the