Evening Star Newspaper, May 16, 1922, Page 1

~ INDEPARTMENTS | . . ] ightly cooler. - .- Tem ! ended al 2-p.m. today: aay. Increasing cloudiness, followed by iowers Iate tonight or tomorrow; rature for twenty-four hours 2 p.n._feday: lowest, v m. s . B4, am. 'to- Full report on page 7. ~ i ClosingN. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 24 WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION SIF. The Associated Press is exclusively estitied to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it er notsotherwise credited in tils Paper and also the local news published herein. Al rights of publi Qispatches herein are ‘glso reserved. of special Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 89,273 Entered as second-class matt post office Washington, & D. C P WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, MAY 16, 1922—THIRTY-EIGHT = PAGES. TWO CENTS. EIGHT-HOUR DAY - BEINGCONSIDERED Question Understood to Have Come Before Cabinet | Meeting. SCIENTIFIC EXPERTS FIND CLERK CAN WORK LONGER Congress Reported Planning to Use Daylight-Saving to Lengthen ‘Workshop -Day. . Whether the working day for gov- ernment employes should continue at seven: hours, which is customary in most. departments in the city, or be lengthened to seven and a half or eight hours, to correspond.with the average working day in principal cities of the nation, 1s & question un- der discussion in official circles here, it. has been learned. THe problem has been discussed by cabinet: members and is sald to have been .taken up in a formal cabinet meeting. High officials of the administration privately expressed themselves as convinced that the working day in this city should be lengthened for efficlency and economy. In certain quarters deeply concerned with the matter, it was sald that next to re- allocation of the executive depart- ments into a new system of efficiency, one of the most pressing problems be- fore the government machine was tha longer hours. Can Work Eight Hours. Scientific investigations into ,the efficlency of workers in various kinds of activity have been made by ex- perts, it was said, and the number of héurs which each class can work to Lighest efficiency, without fatigue de- termined. Six hours was found to be the best length of day for skilled workers in certain branches of the €€l mills, where great muscular ac- tivity was necessary, It was sald. Clerical work, however, which it was pointed out, includes most of the city of Washington, was found to be able to’ be” continued through an eight- hour ‘working day at efficiency. and without ‘fatigue. Striking an average throughout the . matlon, 1f was 8aid that the average work was from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 with an hour fof lunch. 5 Seven Heurs. Th ent o Justice in” the _shift from regalar hours to daylight saving dropped BECK Irom & sev andse-halt-hour day. b & seven-hour da¥, 88 itowafelt: t: department could no. Iongéf disc té sgainst its.employes; ‘while mpst of the city was ‘working’ byt sevén hours. The . day'at the Department of Justice was changed from 9 £o B, to 8 to 3:30, cut- ting off half an‘hour. In making the change, a longer day for all of Wash- ington was consider e matter of Jonger hours for gov- ernment workers has come fo the at- tention’ of -the bureau of the budget and has been discussed earnestly. by members - of the committee for re- orgsnization of the executive depart- ments, although no formal action has been taken by the latter. It s under- stood, however, that the committee has-in mind a serious consideration of the problem as soom as its major problem of, a reallocation of the de- + partments is solved. Géngress Sees Opportunity. Members of Congress who have been persistently working for years to get Uncle Sam's workshop on an eight-hour day, are renewing their efforts. They are planning to use the present daylight-saving program as a wedge to make the earlier hour per-, manent. They are talking among themselves in this manner. ~“The bureau chiefs and department heads and the District Commission- ars triéd to force the hand of Con- gress to put through a daylight-sav- ing law for the District. Congress did not want tohave anything to do with such a law. Then these of- ficlals went ahead on their own hook ‘and ordered the hour-earlier pro- gram. Next they came to. Congress and said: ‘You must pass a bill to change the clock, so as to avoid con- fusion.’ - It is now being demonstrat. ed. that the earlier hour is no great hardship when the government clerks want. to get off earlier for recrea- tion. There are good prospects that the earlier hour will be made per- yoanent, as a most important step towards the economy and efficiency program to which the Harding ad- ministration {s committed.” e STAY GIVEN PERRYGO. Execation Put Off Six Months Due to_Appeal Delay. ‘Edgar Randolph Perrygo, nineteen years. old, will Dot be hanged at the _ District - jahi Friday. Chief Justice McCoy, 4n Criminal Division 1, at the requgst of Attorney James A. O'Shea, postponed the execution until Friday R baber 11,1833, The delay s ma ne becsuse the appeal of Pe cessary rygo has not been h of Appeals and cannot be reached on the calendar of that tribunal until t P perrygo was convicted of murder in the first degree in connection with the death of Mra. Mary E. Faithful, sixty-three years old, whom he as- saulted-with a piece of iron pipe when she refused ‘to lend him money to finance his m ge. CHURCH HITS BLUE LAWS. Advéitists Bee Danger tn Too Se- SAN:-FRANCISCO; May 16.—Sunday . "blue laws” havé been 'attacked by members of the religious liberty de- partment of the Seventh Day Adven- tists’ - national convention, In session * The. whole social and political fabric of society “is permeated with the spirit of paternalismi and sumptuary legisla- serious trouble 28 never SENATE MAY TAKE up RECLASS|FICATION>|H[]PE U_ S. WH_I_ Am ! s Bill Involving Government Em- ployes Awaits Action of Appro- priation Committee. Now that the Senate appropria- tions committee has practically cleared its calendar of the general appropriation bills, it is expected that it will take up for considera- tion at an early date the bill for the reclassification of government employes, which has already been reported favorably by the commit- tee on civil service. Chairman Warren of the appropriations com- mittee is out of the city and may Dot return till the end of the week, but when he does, it is expected. he will call the committee together soon to take up the reclassification measure. Senator Sterling of South Dakota, chairman of the civil service com mittee, who has fathered reclassi- fication legislation in the Senate, said today that he belleved the re- classification bill would be put through at the present session. He expressel the opinion that if the bill were reported out and placed on the Senate calendar, it would be possible to dispose of it notwithstanding the fact that the tariff bill is occupying practically all of the time of the Senate at present. He sald that he did not believe the reclassification bill would lead to a long debate. RENT BOARD RAISES MONMOUTH RATES Tenants }aust Pay Higher Charges After Rehearing _“of Case. In accorusnce with a court order re- manding 'the Monmouth Hotel rent-fix- ing case to the District Rent Commis- sion for rehearing, the commission to- day handed down a lengthy new rent schedule for the hatel, retroactive to January 28, 1920, when the case first was filed, raising rents an average of approximately $25 per apartment over the original schedule, but still substan- tially cutting the rents charged by the owners and protested by the tenants. The determination sets two rents on each of the seventy-six apartments af- STILL KEPT ALNE | BYLLONDGEDRE Regards Reply Declining In-| vitation as Basis for Future Correspondence. ALLIES DISAPPOINTED AT AMERICAN ATTITUDE Shanzer Expresses Surprise After Child’s Statement—Action Topic at Genoa. By the Associated Press. GENOA, May 16.—Prime Minister Lloyd George does not feel, it was in- dicated this afternoon, that the Amer- fcan refusal to participate In the commission to sit at The Hague on Russian affairs is her final word, as the document indicates great Ameri- can Ipterest In Russia’s economic re- construction, and the reply is fegard- ed as one forming a basis for further correspondence. Ambassador Child handed the com- munication from Washington embody- ing the Anterican refusal to Mr. Lloyd George shortly after noon. Russians Granted 24 Hours. The entire Russian delegation at- tended today’s meeting of the politi- cal subcommission. Foreign Minister Tchitcherin, head of the delegation, asked a number of questions concern- ing the detalls of the proposed meet- ing at The Hague, and, upon his re- quest, the Russians were granted twenty-four hours in which to frame a reply to yesterday's proposals con- cerning this meeting. The subcom- mission then adjourned until tomor- row. At the conclusion of the meeting Mr. Lloyd George was handed the American note, but it was not dis- cussed by the subcommittee. - Shanser Shows Surprise. Foreign minister Schanzer of Italy, on learning today that the United States would not join the proposed fected, one for the year from January commission on Russlan affairs at 28, 1920, to January 28, 1921, during |;mne Hague, expressed great surprise, which time, testimony showed, the ten-| capecially at the rapidity with which ants were deprived of certain services, |, gecision was taken which may have and another for the period from Janu- Y 23 Eaon o e Derlod from Jamu- | great influence on the further dis- first rent period schedule represents an | cussions at Genoa. Increase {rom the original decisions of |, Great disappointment at the Amer- aro $10 per apartment. lcan decision was expressed generally 339,000 Back’ Rent for Ownmers. | in conference circles. as the bellef had gradually been forming here that ! Tho. dstermination. today._settles = | $hd EENIM A eS" S2e Feuay now t3f 1 cofitroversy extending over an|join the other powers.in g with interim of more than two years, dur- | Ruf 7 o ing' which "the drastic rent cuts first . g i handed down during the early days| o gicr moa’ h afr':::?p::l: ondting of the rent board were appealed by|streamer reading: “United States of counsel for Jarles L. Karrick and W.|America Participates at The Hagpe.” J. Pilling, owne! from court to Accentuated by Report. court, until recently the District Court - of Appeals sent the case back to the n:,hz'_':":::n:::: :; i::,:;d::‘, Rent Commission for rehearing. From the determination {ssued to-|statement the Italian press attributed day it appears that the owners of the| ¢, Ambassador Child, quoting him as Monmouth will be entitled to nearl = $39.000 in back rent, about $735 per|Saying to Forelgn Minister Schanger month for the year of 1920 and about | that the United States would probably §3500 per month since January 28.|accept an Invitation to The Hague on It was indicated today that the at-|condition that the powers bind them- al:l:ine;'"g)r!r;:‘ee g?l\l:lr: ’Inl"léole:l:l!< selves not to conclude separate agree- nounced, but it is not known whether | nts with Russia while e e the another appeal will be taken. decisions of ‘the commission be re- Monmouth's Value, $460,000. ferred to the respective governments for final action. The commission also stated that the | The Italian press, commenting on fair market value of the Monmouth |this alleged statement. pointed out 15 3460000, - of the Honmouth| ihat these conditions had already been i incorporated in the document ap- The determination points out that|proved yesterday by the political sub- the revised schedule was decided on |commission of the conference and pre- only after hearing evidence in public |sented to ‘,"‘If‘hll‘“;:“cg"l-eh;,":, that and after a personal Inspection of the | America would be represented on The ul Ing. ‘estimony showet that | ; since 1521 the services rendered ten- | HASUE commission. g ants had_improved materially, wa Tople of the Day. When the news of the American ranting the higher charges. declination got abroad it became at PLAN FORMALITIES Tefe 'uu'"fliflmm‘fnm offend :efore “to the individual i an -rfi l-ndln\n‘ opposition to the Consti- | of rights of the people and | claims, necessitati: In all the conference delegations. The opinion generally expressed was American absence from The Hague might kill that meeting, as the re- fusal of the United States to par- ticipate at Genoa was in-the eyes of many ,of the delegates the chief 3 . reason for the faflure of the confer- to achieve definite results. Major Issues Not Likely to Be |enco to R T P, ment at ‘ashington in refusing e Taken Up Before End |invitation to join the mixed com- mission at The Hague implied a be- \ fef that the powers woul of Week. Y o there with the same insw mountable - difficulties as at Genoa, By the Associated Press. and that therefore other means must Having declared before the world|be found for solving the Russlan their wholehearted purpose to reach [Broblom 88 Hel 58 Trevof the a n:-t basis o: agreement, the dele- | economic situation. G gations of Chile and Peru began to- te Their Conclusion. day the preparation of & practical Ree e dtigat method of procedure for their cop.| ThOSe SmODE the delogates here ference here on Tacna-Arica. " 'l""‘;o‘""‘ i oho Wam 11k terd: ngton armame; T oron sesslon, | ovently reiterated thelr conclusion rilliant gathering of officlals Tt iavasilio: satiatt witnessed the formal launching of|(hat Amerlcs belleves the ssivation the conference, today's meeting was|°f Eufope can oniy eome by each convened in 2 private committes |COURFY earnestly sol ting to work to room of the Pan-American Union | OSIFS Ber finances bY Bilancing her building. Only members of the two |Ptats budget, and that this can only delegations and their advisers ang|P® JOTe-DY reducing expenses espe- secretaries were present. clally by “limiting - armaments. ; “The only real difference between Talk Collateral Insues. Genoa and The Hague, as the latter rojected,” said a leadin, ele= For the.most part, the program for | W85 RESICSC, %t participation of the day provided for discussion of|the United States at The Hague. Now collateral issues, including arrange- |that 1‘"‘"‘: h’:t f:‘fl\;le;l the. invita- cannof e » in & month’'s ments for daily sesslons and'for ade- 'igw it should be possible to solve quate publicity. at T ® ugh a commission It was indicated that the delega-{of experts the problems which the tions probably would come together{statesmen, plénipotentiaries and th: each day at about 10:30 a.m. and that | experts together failed to solve here, at the conclusion of each meeting the ;x“ not 1 to prohesy, but it -wonrl‘a two would agree on an official com- | not surprise me at ail if America's munique covering such points of the 1d prov: negotiations as might properly be re- ::’% il:::o nl:utl;t. 2 doach Didw vealed. %) In all quarters it was predicted to- Keen .Disappointment Skown. ‘When . announcement of the de- gay that it would belate in the week efore exchanges developed the malor Issues of the CORfsrence. |clination of the Washington sovern- The delegates indicated that the ac:|ment was conveyed to.the French posals to be made. i aldes "probably would be reauted. i | eleation keen dlsappointment;was concreto termd only after much pre. | oXpreseed by various members. It m;mr dtl;cuaffin. STk, was commented that France was at| e leans nor - Am¢ 4] vians have consldered 1t advisabls to | 0 Ta” from . tos ttracelng the come ‘forward at the outset with g | JAnEerS the attitude Jof “the far-reathing and definite plan of se}-|soviet Tepresentatives as disclosed in tlement. As a consequence, it is-the | their memorandum, if ~the general expectation that when the time” for submission of proposals Sl el B L L S i dee it Mo [0, T LA bl S s Mo 8 AT AN ol s A L AU 85 M LI S o doctr! comes each side will make maxijm “Here at Genoa, nowever, id- S dbns proceds of the French delegates i one oomgromm\ before & - common | shevists have been piainiy playing to | T uad for- discussion can be found, . §~ 7 3 2 v oy communists persisted in their-oresent | clared - THE MISSOURI CAMPAIG PRESIDENT FAVORS D. C. DAYLIGHT PLAN Would Approve Congress Ao_:- tion Moving Hands For- ward, However. President Harding would give his approval to congressional action changing the hands of the clock to save daylight for the District, it was announced today at the White House. At the same time, the chief execu- tive was represented as being un- willing to request or initiate in any way such legislation, holding it to CONGRESS “DAREDEVIL” TO BE STRAPPED IN SEAT OF PLANE Representative Manuel Herrick of Oklahoma, who describes him- - self as the “daredevil aviator of Congress? can fly only as a pas- senger in Army air service ma- chines. The flight over the Capitol and city, which Mr. Herrick an- nounced he would make today, it was learned from air service of- ficlals, will be made with the congressman securely fastened'‘to a passenger-seat, if at all. The air service officials decided, in the face of protestations from Mr. Herrick, that safety required him to take some other position°in the aircraft than that of pilot. CANTIGNY VICTORY be unnecessary and giving at the| same time his belief that Congress ‘would take ne such action, The President was said to be favor- ably impressed with the scheme now in effect in Washington and was rep- Tesented as believing that changing ‘the 'hands of the clock .was not nec- essary to Insure proper daylight sav- ing.' He was satisfied, it was stated, that the present plan wquld prove effective and satisfactory. Informal daylight saving for the District, launched yesterday, began to encounter snags today in the-form of confused schedules and found itself bucking gn increasing tide of public opposition. Againat Present Plan. In the first place, the District Con- gress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher Assoclations adopted a resolution strongly urging the abolition of the new plan on'the ground of its being a hardship to the mothers who have to get up early to send the children off to school. At the same time the Washington Railway and Electric Company an- nounced a return to its former reg- ular_schedules of cars at night, a result of general inability to handle the réturning theater an@ circus crowds last night which visited places not operating under the day- light saving, The Capital Traction Company withheld ction on the change. The situatién was described as working & hardship on the -car lines, which must work under the new plan in the morning and the old plan at night, necessitating addi- tional crews or overtime. Abandoned at Occoquan. Occoquan, the District workhouse, tried out the scheme yesterday and abandoned it today as impracticable. The prisoners found themselves getting up at 6 o'clock instead of 7, but the em- ployes of the workhouse, who come from the surrounding country, had to arise at the break of dawn in order to reach their posts. A complaint from a commitiee of bankers, which called at the Waite House yesterday afternoon to request the ident to recommend legislation changing the clock, drew from the chief executive a statement that the present plan should be given a fair trial before any change was made. The committee ‘was headed by Charles C. Glover, chair- man of the board of directors of the ! National Bank. R%glm President himself, acting on the new plan, convened the cabinet meet- ing an hour earlier today. It was held at 10 o'clock instead of at 11, a change which will continue in effect while the present system holds. From many government employes today was het the criticism that the plan will not be satisfactory be- cause daylight saving does fiot hold for-night as well as day. Going to work an hour earlier isn’'t so bad, some of them pointed out, but when recreation or amusement is sought at night loss of sleep results. Declared Hardship. Abolition ‘of * the daylight saving plan, which was described as a hard- ship ‘on* mothers who are forced to arise at daylight to prepare their children for school, was demanded by the District Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher Asseciations- in a ' TOBE CELEBRATED iMany Veterans Will Observe i Fourth Anniversary , of American Attack. - Cantigny day, the fourth anniversary lof the attack and capture of the | French town which ‘bolstered up the morale of the allied troops to a point that showed in later events as well as the first actual demonstration of the fighting which could be expected from Americans, will be formally celebrated here for the first time | May 4. The real anniversary is May 28, which falls on Sunday, wherefore the District of Columbia branch of the Society of the 1st Division, A: E. F., will stage its first big affair Satur- day night at the Army and Navy Club. 200 of 1st Division Here. . More than 200 veterans of the 1st Division are in Washington, approxi- mately forty-eight of whom are in active service. In the ranks of the society are Gen. Mason M. Patrick, chief of the air service; Gen. John J. Pershing, who proclaimed himself a member of the organization as soon 8s he heard of its formation; Col. Theodore Roosevelt, assistant Secre- tary of the Navy, and scores of other notables. They’ll gather round the festive board this year for the first time as members of the new organization. Last year a number of officers met there informally just to commemo- rate the day. Throughout the coun- try the day will be similarly celebrat- ed where there are large organiza- tions of the 1st Division men. If the world remembers, it was on May 28 that a group of Americans were thrown into a gap in the Noyon- Montdidier sector just outside the town of Cantigny, which was inside the foremost German lines. In fact, there . was a jutting-out point or a salient at that spot. The 18th Infan- try got to work on the night preced- ing and lald a well balanced set of maneuyers. for the capture of the town. It occupied a small hill and the advantage was considerable on the Illdo of the occupants. The 18th In- fantry cleared the way and another regiment of the 1st Division walked right through the lines ahd into the town. It did not_ happen without many casualties. . Men dropped on every side. In one"day 360 were evac- (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) —_— BULGARIA DEPORTING WRANGEL ADHERENTS, CHARGING SPY SYSTEM By the Associated Press. | g S0FiA May 16—Several officers who served "under Gen.- Baron ‘Wrangel in his . anti-bolshevik campaign in south Russia are charged by the Bulgarian govern- ment with organizing an espionage service dnd preparing for a& coup resolution_adopted at lts. reguiar | §E i Sonfinction-with appent: monthly eting today, in the Ne on elemen - Ebbitt Hotel: - The resolution, which | b, Russian general Shatot: condenins' the plan in the “strongest terms.concelvable,” Was adopted by a two Russian colonels have been ar- rested and fhree members of: ¥ : Wrangel's general staff ordered to vote of 12 to 7.1t was presented by| ' jeave Bulgaria immediately. - In Mrs. G. W. Bylel 7 E % ?drd:n"“ :}‘.‘fi g.ml::—u!n‘e?,m erable ~ discussion ‘of | the| former roughou e disadvantages of the day.| country have "Been placed under. merlts Nifg scheme preceded the| Btrict regulations. D ton Of the resolution.. Hard.| The Bulgarian communists. ars, ships’ imposed on mophers by the| dtrongly W:Wlfll the ‘govern- ' ple who want to tennis In the afternoon should ad- an hour,” de- the Brad- My FAGGING DEBATE - NDSTARKFBILL Talk May Wear Out in Time for Action in Six Weeks, | Says Lawrence. 8Y DAVID LAWRENCE. Congress looks today as if it would wear fitself out with talk. This means action on the pending tariff bill within five or six weeks, and [not 1até in the summer as has been supposed. The bill would be in con- erence a month anyhow, but the present outlook is for a clearing of decks in the Senate by the end of ! June. p Two things have coutributed to the aceeleration. Demtesata’ shd Tepub- 2 1 getting sick of the tariff del TEven the republicans, who, up. to ten days ago, were hoping | something wopld happen to the tarift bill s0 that it might be buried for the remajnder of the session, are begin- ning to think a Trel-l deal more good might be accomplished by getting the measure passed and out of the way. Then its defects will, in their opinion, lead to remedial legislation much sooner and the damage done will be minimized. As for the democrats, they, too, are saying that from a political viewpoint the passage of the fariff act before the congressional elections will ad- vantageous and will add to the sum | total of grievances inside the republi- ican party. May Upset Caleulations. ‘There i8 a chance that all calcula- tions, however, on~the tariff, may be |upset. Lately a moyement has been launched to take the tariff out of politics once and for all by lodging the power to fix rates in a commission created by Congress. This idea is not new, but not until the peculiar economic conditions following the war has an administration sought to Te- lieve Congress of the perplexing task of fixing rates. Mr. Harding has asked that the executive be empow- ered to change rates as conditions fluctuate. All tariff commissions heretofore have been merely advis< ory. They have had no power except to recommend and Congress has done its own legislating. The plan now is to empower a tariff commission to fix rates and to vest it with a quasi- judicial character exactly like the In- terstate Commerce Commission. The public would appeal to the tariff com- mission and present a case for the ralsing or lowering of tariff rates ex- actly as the shippers and railroads handle the question of ttansportation rates. - In this way Congress would be relieved of a constant pressure and the chances of an equitable decision from a national instead of & political or sectional viewpoint would be vastly improved. The democrats are fighting strenu- ously against giving the President the Tight to fix rates. They claim it is unconstitutional for Congress to delegate its power, and Senator Un- derwood of Alabama, the democratic leader, has contributed some compre- ensive arguments along this line. ut in answer -to this republicans point’ out that Congress also has the right to fix rates-in interstate com- merce and has delegated this right to a commission. The truth is that the democrats are opposed to vesting the right to fix rates in any political.of- ficial, such as the President, who has a responsibility to a party. They might be persuaded to compromise if a non-partisan or rather bi-partisan commission, s@ch as the Interstate Commerce Commission, were to created. : The night sessions in the Senate on the tariff have become Wearisome and members themselves are not a plying themselves with as much xei as they did a week or ten days no.d in S While the bill is in confere other legislation will be tackled. The bonus will be given right of way. It seems certain now that unless the Senate . agrees to .Mr. Smoot's pald- up insurance plan, which Mr. Hard- less fayors, the veto vote. - Pres .probably will be satisfled with the of the ship subsidy bill by, the House alone and insist on action by the Senate. This will ‘leave Congress free toad- Jjourn ' about the nflr;l of - August. There is, on the other hand, much pres- sure for'the passage of a new law regulate campa tures of TUnited States Court i | SENATE SAYS “NO” TO TRANSPORT TRIP OF “MIDDIES OF ’81” The Senate today. put its foot down on the proposal that the United States transport Hender- son should take the class of 1881 of the Naval Academy on a junket to the far east. The resolution in- troduced by Senator McCormick of ’lllh\oll. ‘was adopted, providing “that it is the sense of the Sen- ate that the transport Henderson ould not proce to Japan® to convey thither certatn former mid- shipmen of the United States.’ Among the members of the class of 1881 at the Naval Academy are Secretary Weeks of the War De- partment, Senator Weller of Mary- land, and Admiral Urfu of Japan. Secretary Weeks, it was announced recently, had abandoned the plan of going on the trip to the far east, owing to the fact that his presence here probably would be required during an investigation of alleged profiteering in war con- tracts. Senator McCormick _suggested that if the members of the class of- 1881 desire to go to the far east they should possibly find a vessel operating under a charter of the Shipping Board, instead of using a United States transport. BIG VOTE EXPECTED INPENNGYLVANIA Both Alter and Pinchot Forces Claim Victory in Primaries Today. By the Associated Press, PHILADELPHIA, May 16.—Pennsyl- vania voters went to the polls today to nominate candidates for governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of in- terr.al affairs, two United States sena- tors, representatives in Congress and members of the state legislature to be voted for at the November election. Weather conditions were favorable and a large vote was expected. Of overshadowing interest was the contest for the republican nomination for governor between Attorney Gen- eral George E. Alter and Gifford Pin- chot, former state forestry commis- sioner. It was the first time in years that the republicans had gone into & primary fight without a recognized leader and there was widespread in- terest in the outcome. Alter's cam- paign managers declared he would be nominated by more than 200,000 ma- jority, while the Pinchot backers said his majority would be at least 15/,000. Supporters of Pinchot conceded that Alter would carry Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, but predicted that Pin- chot would run up a vote In the other sixty-five counties sufficient to over- come this and give him the estimated s eaders claimed that he would not only carry the two larg- est cities by big majorities, but would receive, at least 50,000 margin in the remainder of the state. Centest for Sémator. There 2lso was a contest in the re- publican party for one of the sena- torial nominations. This was be- tween Senator George Wharton. Pep- per of Philadelphia and Representative- at-Large William J. Burke of Pitts- burgh for the unexpired term of the late Senator Penrose running ‘until 1927. Pepper supporters claimed that his majority would be at least 400,000. Burke's backers professed confidence in_the resuit. The nomination of David A. Reed of Pittsburgh, both for the unexpired term of the late Senator Knox, the seat now fllled by Senator Crow, and also fdr the full term of six years from next March, is assured. Sena- tor Crow was not a egndidate because of ill-health, and Reed was supported by both the Pinchot and Alter forces. Miners to-Vote. HAZLETON, Pa, May 16.—The 150,000 idle anthracite coal miners were expected to be a big factor in the state-wide primaries today. This was the first time in years that they have had an entire day to go to the polls at a primary and their vote was consldered of unusual significance. —_— $55 PAY ROLL ROBBERY CAUSES RUSH T0 Z00 Detectives Speed Out, But Find Satchel Was Looted in Office. Reports that the pay rol satchel for employes at the National Zqolo[lcll Park had been stolen sent an auto- mobile load of detectives speeding to the institution this morning. On their way out the plain clothes men pic- tured a band of bold highwaymen making their getaway over the net- work of beautiful driveways in Wash- ington's animal kingdom. They breathed & sigh of relief when Assistant Superintendent A. B. Baker told them that while the satchel was gone, it contained only $55. Mr. Baker explained that the workmen at the park receiving wages amounting to about $3,600, were pald off yester- day, but that two did not call for thelr pay and their envelopes were placed in the bag and locked in thé office of the superintendent. ‘When the park opened this morning the first man to arrive at the super- intendent’s office found . the front door open and also the inner. door to the office. The satchel was lying on the floor. The two envelopes were gone, but the paymaster's revolver ‘was left in the bag. OPENS NEGOTIATIONS WITH TURKS TO PASS *. ' WIVES OF AMERICANS | what the BUSINESS LEADERS TACKLE PROBLEMS DELAYING ADVANCE 4,000 at Opening Sessions of Chamber of Commerce Convention. CONDITIONS IN‘EUROPE DETAILED BY BALFOUR Biggest Problems in History of Na- tional Organization Are Up for Solution. Events on Program ¥ Of C. of C. Convention| Commeree bullding, Connecticut avenue and H street. TONIGHT. .m—General session at tion Hall; addresses Com Secretary Herbert Hoover president of the imtermatiomal chamber; Dr. €. ister of the Netherlands, to | | | | { | | | i ‘Fbfmal launching of what is prob- ably destined to be an epoch-making convention of the Chamber of Coms merce of the United States was ef- fected today in Convention Hall, 5th and L streets northwest, when more than 400 leadjng business men of the nation, gathered in the tenth an- nual meeting of the gfgauisation. - Problems, with wiich the business men have been wrestling for months in their own offices in an effort to bring about a resumption of normal businese conditions, and start & gen- eral movement of foreign commerce re to be brought up in this meet- ing to develop the ideas of all the business- of the country. cussions of the meetings are to be around the main question of “Euro- pean conditions and their effect om American business,” and the whole convention at this period in business history will essume & great interna- tional aspect, out of which is ex- pected to come solutions of the prob- lems now confronting the world. Address by Balfour. President Joseph H. Defrees of the Chamber of Commerce outlined the purposes of the meeting in his ad- dress and first-hand information on American business men must solve in order to bring about a world resumption of trade was given to ‘the business men today by Ar- tl Balfour, vice president of the Ahl‘:roclllh)n of British Chambers of Commerce. Address by J. H. Defrees. European instability is the great- est m‘:nue to American stability, American business and American prosperity, President Joseph H. De- frees told the delegates in his ad- dress, and the big problem for the business men to consider is how and when America should give aid “in our own interest as well as theirs." While he said that business condi- tions are on the mend, Mr. Defrees pointed out that when one looked to Europe it is only the hopelessly ignorant or the incurable optimist that can work out any immediate as- surance of comfort or stability. There is not yet sufficient stability to jus- tity optimism, he went on, and peo- ples live in dregd of each other and of the future. For these and other reasons, he said, the subject for the present conference, “Europgan Con- ditions and Their Effect on American Busine: selected for the dis- ussions. - e"l talk confidently of the future because I share in the general confi- dence that business conditions are on the mend,” |d Mr. Defrees. “But it ‘would® not fair to you or to my own reputation s a man of some judgment not to call attention to the Clouds threatening even our peace and our prosperity, whica have gath- red and are still gathering in other parts of the world. The ‘Washington conference on.limitation of armament under the splendid leadership of our President and Secretary of State, taken together with the subsequent ratifications of the treaties resulting therefrom by the Senate, has done much to clear the far eastern hori- zon,- and could have done more had P assurance of peace and China. But when we look the center of :.‘:Ay immediate assurance of comfort or stability. Futare Still Clonded. #Have-conditions then falled to im- prove since the close of the greatest “jn" , now three and a half yar-in Bistory, A% hate to think that. g0 so far as to aver it of the future. - PouEht: {hat our boys crossed . ‘mcfil soils, sixty on forelgn their lives and e amaad. lostng the defeat of militarism and the safety er frec governments. ttained.. How and ‘of our own ond th bave yet been The dis-_