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; 3 WEATHER. tomorrow cloudy and unsettled; moderate temperature. Temperature for twenty-four hours Fair today; ended at 10 p.m. last ni 48; lowest, 28. Full report on page 10. jght: Highest, No. 883.—No. 28427. 3,000,000 RUSSIANS TURNING CANNIBALS IN FAMINE HORROR Harden Says Nothing Short of Conference Here Can Save Nation. CHILDREN SLAIN, FLESH i STRIPPED FROM BODIES Witness Counts Twenty-Three Butchered Bodies Floating Down River Within Five Minutcs. * BY MAXIMILIAN HARDEN, Germany's Foremost Publicist. Br Cable to The Star. BERLIN, February 25.—Cond' in bolshevist Russia are more tet today than they have ever been. Nine-tenths of the non-bolshevist intellectuals have been exterminated. Not twenty, but forty, miliions of human beings are threatened with death by starvation. Cannibalism is a daily occurrence in the districts where the famine is most severe. Formerly the pretext ions ible that human flesh was being used only ' to feed the dogs was resorted to, but now all pretexts have been abandoned. Dead Bodies Roasted. Pieces are being cut from dead are being slain, the flesh stripped from their “.odies and the carcasses thrown into the rivers. An industrial director, who fled from the famine, tells ma that with watch in hand he saw twenty-three bodies of children float past in five minutes. He says that the voice of a child s seldom heard in the district now. arvation, are turning to A Night of Horror. H The Apocalyptic propheey of mothers cating their own children is fulfilled | & thousandiold amid the richest mar- kets and resources in all the world. Conscience, self-interest, humanity and profit call with unanimous voice to those who hold the world's fate in their hands. Russia is in the black- ness of a night of most terrible borvor. -~ And what can be done? | bodies and roasted for food. I | H | paid out elghty billion francs ad- millions of souls, on thej Entered as second-class matter post office Washington. D. C. FRANCE WILL In Delicate Situation BY ANDRE TARDIEU, Former French High Commixsion- er to Amerien. By Cable to The Star. PARIS, February 25.—France wants to and will pay her debts to the United States. We ask only that we be given proper time. Diatribes in the press and Louis Loucheur's statement thatFrance will not pay—fortunately spoken | as a private citizen—can hardly help to settle the question. Every time this subject has arisen in the chamber of deputies everybody has. without party distinction, pro- tested against a policy of bank- ruptey such as Loucheur espoused a few days ago. France has always said that she wants to pay all that she bor- rowed both from the United States and from England during the war. Disappointment on Pollcy. } If France has felt some disap- ’ pointment regarding America it | | has not been on the debt question, but on gencral policy. Under * the Versailles treaty France is Germany's creditor to the extent of seventeen billion dol- lars, which represents about half the damzges she suffered. France has expected America to give help in collecting this sum, which is vastly more than the three billions she owes America. This help has failed us. I have never Dlamed America's policy but unguestionably its result has been to encourage Germany not to pay. Since the armistice we have vance on reparations. During the same period Germany has been forced to pay but nine billion gold ma ks, of which Belgium got two ana one-half, and France should have received fifty-two per cent of the remainder. But the occupation expenses had to be deducted. In Delicate Situation. ] In euch circumstances when I debts are mentioned we do not say we will not pay—that is Lou- cheur’s phrase—but we say we will DWNERS 10 MEET The reconstruction of this land, ruined beyond precedent, but intrinsi- cally rich, is ail humanity’s task to} It is a task which calls crusade and it de- special conference far Genoa will undertake. for an arm mands urgefit] from Eurepe's intrigues. not do. Washington the Ome Place. There is but one place for this spe- cial conference—Washington. The stars of America's flag could and can shine nowhere more brightly than in Russia. Meantime Germany con- tinues to negotiate with the bolshe- viki and these negotiations are far more important than the Wirth cabi- net's troubles. The ways of Ger- many's Russian policy are more in- scrutable than those of Providence. What Bismarck's visionary gehius never forgot, namely, that Germany needs a strong, friendly Russia, not dependent poiitically on western Eu- rope. nor economically on overseas raw stuffs, vas obliterated when the second Wilhelm dismissed the iron chancellor like a footman. Russin Proved Invulnerable. The treaty of assurance with Russia, so useful to Germany and world peace, was not renewed in 1890 be-, cause the czar disapproved of Wil- for Negotiating New - Wage Agreement. CONFERENCE IN NEW YORK Operator S-yl' Associates Believe Coal Price to Public Must ~ Be Brought Down. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, February 25.—The anthracite operators announced here today that they have agreed to meul representatives of the United Mine | Workers in joint conference in New | York, March 15, to negotiate a new wage agreement. S. D. Warriner, chairman of the policies committee, which adjourned its meeting in Atlantic City today, said it was the unanimous feeling of the operators that there must be a deflation in coal prices and that the GIVEN TIME, SAYS TARDIEU sideration, He Says—Criticises Ameri- can Law Fixing Conditions. mine workers, for the sake of their own progperity and the general good all around, must share in this de- flation. T helm's effeminate vanity. Folly sum- mit was reached when to bring the decadent but older and superior Hapsburg gynasty under the vassal- age Of the Hohenzollerns, Austria Hungary was encouraged td wag on Mr. Warriner, who is president of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Com- Russia, though if the war had been successful it would have resulted in an impossible Berlin khalifate and dealt imperial Germany a severe blow. But, as in Napoleon’s time, immense Russia proved invulnerable. So our rulers imported bolshevism into Rus- sia and forced the Brest-Litovsk peace, which Was even more cruel than that of Versailles. Then, after defeat in the west at the hands of the allies, instead of seeking an honest understanding with the young giant, Russia, then capable of quick re- pany, told newspaper men that the Atlantic City meeting was held to conslder various phases of the pres- ent labor situation in the anthracite fields. It was in reply to & question whether the operators would ask the mine workers to accept a reduction in wages at the expiration of the pres- ent contract on March 31 that he in- dicated the miners would be asked to readjust the present wage rates. Must Follow Price Tread. The present situation 1s one, War- riner said, in which the price of an- (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) MAMMA WAS SOME -WITH HER “RATS”AND “BALLOONS” By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, February 25.—Mother was a flapper, too, except that that modern appellation hadn't been im- ported from England in her day and the campus customs of twenty-five years ago didn’t have the benefit of 3922 publicity methods. That is the feason Miss Eleanor Adams, president ot Oxford College for Women, defend- ed the golosh-flopping, bobbed-haired wearer of knee-length skirts of the Present, before the meeting of deans of @omen today. “The soclally grotesque features of 3dP; are no’ worse .than those of other times,” said Miss Adams, one of the delegates to the conference of deans of women, which closed today. “ Those Wire “Rat” Beauties. Remember, she said, the merry widow hat, “balloon” sleeves, the wire “rat” of the former famous pompadour and the “Boston dip” waist. “I am very optimistic about the godern girl® she _continued, - “She (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) FLAPPER, TOO, will be a' much more intelligent mother than was her own mother. “The modern girl has developed in- itiative. Her surplus energy expends itself ‘in radical opinions, extreme dress and restlessness. She is a little puzsled about what to do with what she learns in college, but we are striving to train her, not so much for leadership as for service.” ‘The college woman of today is com- mitted to the principle of economic independence, Grace A. Stayt, dean of women st Knox College, told the meeting in discussing retirement sys- tems for woman members of faculties. Plea for Retirement. “She is no longer 3atisfled to know that she is able to provide food and shelter for herself during the years when she is actively contributing to the world’s work; she: wants the.as- surance that, when this period of prod- uctivity. is over, .she can look for- ward with good cheer to ‘the last.of lite for which the first was made)” | WASHINGTON, D. C, PAY U.S. IF Which. Warrants Con- BUDYSLINE STREE TONEEPCHLDREN FROV DRDNIG iPolice Turn Lifeguards When | pay. but are in a delicate situation which warrants glving us some consideration. Who will say we are wrong? =i Let me recall here that it was I who negotiated the debts con- tracted by France in America from 1917 to 1919. When the money was lent no date for re- payment was fixed, because it was recognized thg future could not be known with certainty. How- ever, everybody ‘at that time said that, ard believed Germany when conquered would be obliged to pay. But the cdntrary is the case. Germany has paid hardly anything yet, and at such a2 mcment the American Congress votes a law fixing the dates and conditions for final payment. England Less Exacting. England has Been less exaoting. 1 would be lacking In frankness in these cables if I did not re- mark that for such a notification the time was ill chosen. Such, at_any rate, has been the common man's impression in France. He has said, “it is not: nice.” He has never said, “We will not pay.” He has said. “We have not beep helped to collect what is due us, but they hasten to de- mand what we owe.” There is my country’s true sen- timent, and you Americans must understand it as it is, for there is nothing which threatens your in- terest or your sentiments. And to carry my thoughts to their logical conclusion, 1 will say that I have a profound conviction that means will be found to satis- fy everybody. With our three hundred thirty million frames debt, with eighty billions already spent in Germany's place—leaving fity mil- lions remaining to be spent in the same direction—we are entitled to be treated with a certain con- sideration by our friends. This consideration is all that we ask and all that we will take. (Copyright, 1822.) ANTIGONISH GHOST and HARD COAL MINERS) TOFACE ACCUSERS: | March 15 Selected as Date Famo~usr“Spook" of Canada Sure of Opportunity ta Clear His Name. PLAYFUL SPIRITS BLAME[!| Noted Hunter of Shades in New York Answers Summons of Halifax Editor. By the Associated Press. HALIFAX, N. S, February 25.—The famous “ghost” of Antigonish county, who stands gharged with arson, as. sault and cruelty to animals, tonight was assured of an opportunity to clear his name before a jury of sci- entists. William H. Dennis, proprietor of the Halifox Herald, announced that George F. Sleggs. assistant professor of biology at ‘Dalhousie University,- soon would leave for the haunted house which the spook is alleged to« occupy near Caledonia mills and that the Canadian investigator would be joined there by Dr. Walter Franklin Prince, director of the American In- stitute for Scientific Research in New Yor‘ Impressed by Tale. Mr. Dennis said he was determined to get at the bottom of the unex- plained fires and dying cattle that drove Alexander MacDonald and his wife from their farmouse in midwin- ter. He appeared much impressed when one of his reporters and a de- tective attached to the provincial po- lice force recently returned with re- ports that they had recelved spookish slaps while ghost-hunting. The matter is not to be taken light- 1y, according to Mr. Dennis, who has drawn up a fresh indictment against the ghost—if ghost it be—charging him with not omly driving the Mac- Donalds from their home, but with having unhoused four other families in the same district in the last fifteen years. FAMOUS HUNTER SKEPTICAL. Student of Ghost Lore to Seek Out Canadian House. NEW YORK, February 25.—There .may be a sure-enough ghost up in Antagonish, N. 8., but one of those inclined to doubt it is Dr. Walter Franklin Prince, who In his time has stalked many a ghost to its lair and found it to be only & playful human he or she. Dr. Prince, director af the Amer- fcan Institute for Sclentific Research, notified the Halifax Herald today that he was ready to go to Canada and live in the haunted house that has attracted the -attention of thou- sands who have heard strange tales of how ghostly occurrences drove its inmates tp flee I fear. Dr. Prince sald, however, that somebody would have to pay his expenses, and to- night word came from Halifax that this little detail would be arranged. Today Dr. Prince .recalled other — : Rains Flood Muddy Thoroughfare. BOY SINKING IN MIRE RESCUED BY NEIGHBORS Residents in Vicinity of Kansas Avenue and Randolph Street to Storm Congress. Danger of drowning in a street in | a new section of Washington was 80 | great several days ago that buoys had to be put up to mark the areas ot safety, and a special police detail | from the tenth precinct station had to be assigned to stand a continuous watch to keep children from drowning. This occurred, according to the police and residents of the vicinity of Kan- sas avenue and Randolph street northwest, during and following the recent rains. Hundreds of thou- sands of dollars have becn spent in the construction of homes here and | the people cannot even cross the streets in wet weather for fear of being drawn into the mire. There is no danger to traffic, simply because automobiles cannot negotiate the streets. > There Is the case of record of lit- tleg John Carson. four years old, weighing approximately forty pounds and living in the 3900 block of 13th street. John had on a pair of new hip boots on George Washington's birthday anniversary and elected to 50 on thé other side of 13th street to seek the company of a few play- mates. He started and about midway his little feet became heavy and John felt himself sinking fast. He let out a few lusty yells for help, which brought out more than a score of the neighbors to witness the spectacle of John fast disappearing from view. It took the combined efforts of a number of them to rescue John and | then extricate themselves. Improvements to Be Demanded. The residents in this general sec- tion are B no even frame of mind. They are preparing to charge on Con- gvess and demand, 30 far as it is poa- sible for a resident of Washington to make a demand, that they be re- 1isved of these dangers lurking just without the confines of their own property. John's fathér last night ‘was engaged in writing a petition to the Senmate subcommittee handling District appropriations asking for relief. Houses have been built here for the past two years, and the streets are yet impassable, with no relief in sight, and the taxpayers want re- lief. Thirteenth street from Spring road. north to Shepherd street is just one’continuous stream of mire, with a little_cinder thrown in. In the| winter time and during wet weather the streets are impassable and dan- gerous, and in the summer time the accompanying dust plays havoc with | the interiors of the homes. The case of little John is not an isolated one. Residents of the sec- tion say that grown people become stuck in the mud almost dally, and sink algost to their knees. The resi- dents know tlfe dangers and do not try to cross the street, but they have visitors who do not know the troubles until they find it necessary to call for help. Inspection of the section on both sides of Georgia avenue from Rock Creek road to the District line show- ed that there age many streets in as’ bad, if not worsé, condition than 13th street, Kansas avenue, Randolph and other cross streets, all sites of much home development during the past couple of vears. Ruts and Bumps. Aside from the streets that are nothing but mud, there is Georgla avenue,.from Military road north a continuation of ruts and bumps, which is badly in need of resurfacing. The road has been worn out by the heavy trafic which it must bear, as it is a main road, connecting with Maryland suburbs. The Commissioners tried to get a section of it paved. They in- serted an estimate of $39,000 for re- paving this thoroughfare from Mili- tary road to Piney Branch road.® But it was cut out in the bureau of the budget. 3 g Butternut street from Georgia ave- nue to Piney Branch road is in a bad state of repair, The Star man found. Farther down Georgia avenue there is Jefferson street, west of Georgia avenue. It is lined on both sides by new homes, but the “street” is. such in name only. It is just a river of mud—sticky red clay. Automobiles (Continued on Page 3, Column 6.) | Litele Girl Orphaned By Theater Disaster Adopted in New York By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Februiry 25— Ruth Gladys Alma Lehmer, five, whe was orphaned by the Knickerbocker Theater collapse in Washington on January 28, svas mdopted toiday by Mr. and Mra. /Charies Hardy, jr., of this eity. The Hardys were close triends of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy L. Leh mer, who were buried hemeath the Knickerbecker debris. C trary to custom, the Httle girl's surname was mot changed, and, she will continue to be ‘kuown Ruth'Lehmer. cannot negotiate it, and heavy rains| T -!meoting, 1t/ was-sald, 4 o ’ TOUGH (‘]Ol.\‘G IN CERTAIN SECTIONS OF WASHINGTON. SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY - The Sunday Stare 26, 1922, v Tie Associated the s eredit Al rights dispatelies for republic to it or not paper and atso the local news pbiiskes Member of the Associated Press I Press is cxclusively entitied to | of publication of specinl herein are also reserved. BY HECK. STSN SHE JES’ R 3 oo BB SO o) To BE MARKIN' EESTIME ~.} 1 EEMS 4 AGREE TO POSTPON GENOA GONFERENCE Premiers Poincare and Lloyd George Set April 10 for Parley. DECIDE ON POLICIES Outline Political Guarantees to Prevent Encroachments on League and Recent Treaties. By the Associated Press. BOULOGNE, February ~—~Agree- ment to & postponement of the Genoa economic confersnce until April 10 was reached by Prémler Poincare of France and Primé Minister Lloyd George of Great Britain at their con- ference here today. The conference originally was called to meet, March 8. Mr. Lloyd George said after the conference there would be no necess- ity for a further discussion of the Franco-British pact, as both parties were entirely agreed as to all its es- sentials. The pact would be ready for signature in a few days, he added. Deadlock Brokes. The two premiers by their meeting broke ,the deadlock after the old diplomatic style appeared to have led them on questions concerning the Genoa conference. This was ac- complished in a four-hour conversa- tion, during which they reached a full understanding, not only as to the conditions under which the Genoa gathering should be held and its postponement until April 10, but also regarding the general lines of the Franco-British pact. “There is nothing further to be dis- cussed about the pact,” Mr. Lloyd George sald after his interview with M. Poincare. “We are in perfect agreement on all the essential points, and the document will be ready for signature in a few days.” The question as to whether disarm- ament would be discussed at Genoa was not mentioned. Both premiers expressed great satisfaction at the results of their talk. Premier Poin- care left for Paris at 6:40 p.m., and Mr. Lloyd George motored off on his return journey about the same time. Official Communique. The official communique, after the confercnce, reas “Messr:. Poincare and Lloyd George met this afternoon in a Your-hour talk, during which they examined in a most cordial spirit a certain num- ber of problems, particularly relating to Genoa. “They agreed on the political guar- antees to be secured in order to pre- vent encroachments either on. the rights of the league of nations, or on the treaties signed since the peace, or the rights of the allies in repara- tions. i “The experts of the different powers will meet In London sogn, and the Italian government will be asked to call the Genoa conference for April 10. “A complete understanding = was eached, and the two premiers car- ried away with them the certainty that the entente may confidently be expected to produce the best'results, and that there are no difficulties of a political character ‘that stand in the way. of the two nations working to- gether.” NOT TO INFLUENCE 1ssued U. 8. By the Ascociated Press. 3 Postponement of "the Genoa con- ference, it was 3ald yesterday in offi- cial circles, will have little influence on the ‘attitude of the American gov- ernment toward participation unless it affords the natioms of Europe a desired opportunity to set their own houses in order before the delegates gatier. ) Entry of America into the proposed conference is a matter contingent more upon the agenda to be consider- ed than upon the time or place of the TIP BALANCE BY BLOOD IF RUSS FAIL AT GENOA, TROTSKY’S ADMONITION By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, February 25.—Leon Trotsky, soviet minister of war, speaking befote the Moscow soviet in connection with the red army anniversary today, declared Russia’s “scale of fate is now bal- ancing over Genoa.” If the coming Genoa conference should not result satistactorily for Russia, he de- clared, it might be necessary to tip the balance with blood, per- haps this coming spring. “It is necessary,” he declared, “for the proletariat to be ready, then, to face a blow in the spring if such a situation should be forced upon us. Each week of postpone- ment of the Genca conference must be a week of fortifying the red army. The time we may lose on the field of diplomacy we must and shall gain in the fleld of activity in-fortifying and developing the “We @#re fully decidéd, on our fourth "saniversary, to prepare ourselves for a new struggle, be- cause the finish fight between capi- ta] and labor is far from a deci- sion.” KING AND QUEEN HAVE REHEARSAL Go Through Parts to Be Taken at Wedding of Princess Mary. HAILED BY ABBEY THRONG Great Preparations Near Comple- tion—Extensive Plans to Accommodate Crowds. By the Associated Press. ! SHERRILL IN PLEA FORAUTO TOURISTS Buildings and Grounds Head Anxious for $5,000 to Use in East Potomac Park. HOUSE CUTS OUT ITEM Improvements Would Bring Vis- itors by Thousands—Citizens Urged to Awaken Congress. Washington will remain a second rate town in 50 far as her facilities for Taring for tourists of moderate means who make use of the auto park in East Potomac Park is con- cerned, unless an item In the Dis- trict appropriations for next year, which was stricken out of the bill by the House District committee, is put back in again by the Senate District committee, according to Col. Clarence | 0. Sherrill, superintendent of public bufldings and grounds. The item would make possible cer- tain improvements which Col. Sherrill believes are vital for the comfort and welfare of the tourists who would journey many miles to visit the na- tion's capital if they but knew con- venient arrangements were awaiting them. It would turn a park at pres- ent little better than a vacant lot into a camp fitted up in such manner that it would attract motorists here, and be a credit to the city. 6,000 Used Site Last Year. Last summer more than six thou- }sand people used the barren site al- { 1otted tourists in Potomac Park, aver- aging four-day visits, and it cost the government a little more than 15 cents per p€rson. Most of the ex- penditure was used in the initial cost of fitting out a discarded temporary war shack. As the summer went on, and the camping ground became known, the number of tourists in- creased, and the operating cost de- LONDON, February 25.—King George | creased to practically nothing. Ac- and Queen Mary were rehearsed to-)cording to Col. Sherrill, if the desired day in the parts they will take at{developments materialize, the number the state wedding of their daughter,|of visitors will be augmented by Princess Mary, to Viscount Lascelles, | many thousands, and the running ex- next Tuesday. Shortly before mnoon their majesties arrived at the door of Westminster Abbey in a big limou- sine and were met by the dean. They spent an hour in examination of the elaborate arrangements made for the accommodation of the great assemblage of wedding guests and in being conducted through the positions they will take during the ceremony. Their visit was a surprise to scores of curious who came for a last peep at the scene of the wedding of “Eng- land’s princess.” When asked by the Abbey verger to leave, the sight- seers, reluctantly clustered about the doors, and a little later they were awarded by the arrival of the king and queen, whom they cheered en- thusiastically. The queen smiled and the king raised his hat in acknowl- edgment of their greeting. Approve of Decorations. Hundreds of craftsmen and decora- tors have been busy for a fortnight in regaling Parliament Square, the end of Victoria street, the broad sanctuary of Whitehall and the ex- terior of the Abbey itself- for the great event. - Their majesties seemed Dpleased with the now almost complet- ed work: 5 S The principal pillars of this neigh- borhood are triangular in shape, and they have beem draped in blue ban- ners bearing: the monograms “M” and “H” on paneled fronts. (Viscount Lascelles’ Christian name-is Henry.) From thé masts surrounded by gilt coronets fiy large banners of the Brit- ish national colors and flags of the empire. Projecting arms bear :on ei- ther side of the pillars flags of the heraldic lozenge of Princess Mary and the coat of arms .of Viscount Lascelles. These masts, fifteen yards apart, alternate with similar pillars twenty feet high topped with capitals carrying gilt ball heads. The heads of these capitals are linked to the o) penses will be minimized. Yesterday, Senators Phipps, McKinley FIVE CENTS. AFOFLTOPIACE OWN CANDIDATES N CONGRESS RACE Antagonistic Attitude Toward Labor of Republicans and Democrats Denounced. SOLUTION OF JOBLESS ISSUE TO GUIDE POLICY Discharge of Navy Yard Workers Scored—Campaign Plans Laid at Quarterly Meeting. Pursuing the pol 1920 the American eration of bor, through its non-partisan po- litical eampaign committee, will enter the congressional primaries and elec- tions this fall with the object of ob- taining the nomination and election of candidates favorable to organized j1abor. This decision was announced last night by Samuel Gompers, president |of the federation, at the conclusion of the quarterly meeting of the fed- eration’s executive council. “It is proposed to go into the pri- mary elections everywhere to make certain that candidates favorable to the rights and interests of the work- ers are npominated” said the an- nouncement, “Labor will place such candidates in the field wherever nec- jessary. * *'+ It need occasion ne instituted surprise if there are in many dis- | tricts candidates placed in the field by labor as a direct result of an- tagonistic attitudes on the part of | candidates in bothr repubiican and {democratic parties. In the opinion of labor, the j it political and | economic situation makes imperative the most energetic political action.” Unemployed to Have Influence. Mr. Gompers declared the campaign committee doubtless would be guided in its work by the issues invelved in the unemployment situation and the possible methods of alleviation i which the government might adopt, in the use of court injunctions in labor disputes. in the elimination of tax systems which “remove the bur- ldens from the rich and predatory and place them on the shoulders of the poor,” and in the general field of labor legislation. In this connection he declared Congress was “in “the midst of an amazing kind of mud- dling with tax and tariff questions, where little regard is had for the interests®of the great masses of our people,’ and g “no more con- | structive in dealing with transporta- tion than it hus been in other fields.” State labor organizations were said by Mr. Gompers to be already pre- paring details of the campaign, and the standing campaign committee was authorized by the executive council to take up and co-operate in the work. Before concluding its quarterly ses- sion the council also adopted a res- olution opposing the National Wom- an’s Party constitutional amendment, which would remove all legal in- equalities between men and women. President Gompers said the step was taken because of the danger to legis- lation guaranteeing working women {and minors special consideration. Navy Yard Lay-Off Scored. i President Gompers, in discussing the issues that dolibtless would be taken into consideration by the campaign committee, touched upon the recent discharge of navy yard workers in | the general curtailment of such work resulting from the arms conference. “Ten thousand navy yard workers, | the statement said, “have been thrown out of work in heartless and unneces- sary manner on an assumption that certain contingencies would develop, with no effort to make the readjusi- ment gradual and with a careless dis- regard on the part of the government of the moral obligation which rests (Continued on Page 4, Column Z.) (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) $60,000,000 IN BURIED TREASURE DECLARED DISCLOSED BY CHARTS By the Associated Press. IOWA CITY, Iowa, February 25. —sSince it was announced a short time ago that Prof. Homer R. Dill of the University of Jowa was to cruise the Scuth seas next year in search of musewum material, he has received a letter from Fred- erick Mason of Maine, offering to obtain for him the maps and charts of a certain island where treasure worth $60,000,000 is buried. The treasure, according to Ma- son, is part of the plunder from the insurrection jn Peru in the early part of the eighteenth cen- tury. AUGUSTA, Me., February 25.— Maps and charts of an isolated Is- land in the South seas on which treasure worth $60,000,000 is said to have been buried in 1850 after having been removed from Cocos Island, where it was first hidden in 1820, are in the possession of Mrs. James Brown, widow of an aged re- tired sea captain, who died here three years ago. These are the papers which Frederick,K Mason,~a news- paper correspondent of this city, has offered to obtain ‘for Prof. Homer R. Dill of the University of Iowa, who is to cruise the South seas next year in search of mu- seum material. Capt. Brown claims to be the only man in the world who held the key to the location of the treasure. He said he helped trans- fer it in 1850 from the island om _which it originally was-hidden.to another island where it was again buried. Cocos Island, about 550 miles southwest of Panama, is said to have been the original location of the hoard. Several companies formed in the past five years in different parts of the world to re- cover the gold, silver, diamonds and other precious stones. One or two expeditions are said to have | i been l found the island, but to have had have no success in the search for treas- ure. Capt. Brown was mate of the schooner Seafoam, in which Capt. Henry Smith of Salem, Mass., set out from Kingston, Jamaica, in 1850 to recover the fortune. Capt. Smith told his mate it was loot obtgined during the Peruvian insurrection in 1820, and ‘that his father, master of the schooner Black Witch of Salem, had buried it on Cocos Island. The expedition, Capt. Brown said, found the treasure and moved it to snother-islard. There all the crew died except the captain, steward and™ himself. They started in the ship's lone boat for Australia, taking about $1.000,000, but on the passage the other two died. He arrived at Cochin bay, West Australia, and was sure where the treasure was buried. The Brown Exploring Company ! about two years ago, with the yacht Cocos 1sland, but did not locate the plunder. Mr. Mason said tonight that he he was the only person who knew * Genessce, made an investigation on * never had seen the maps and charts. - ¥