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tonight | Showers not much cha mornin perature. Tempe ended at 2 p.m. today noon today: low terday. WEATHER. and ture for tiwenty-four hours Highest, 68, at . at 9 pm. ¥ For full report see page 23. tomorrow nge in tem- " Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 26 No. 28,308, post AMERICAN TRADERS URGEDTO SUPPORT MERCHANT MARINE Use of U. S. Ships Now Vital to Future, Lasker Tells Chamber of Commerce. TRANSPORTATION ISSUES THOROUGHLY DISCUSSED Various Viewpoints Are Given. Hughes to Address Closing Ses- sion of Convention Tonight. 1 i | Events on Program | i C. of C. Convention | TODAY. 2:30 p.m.. general seasion, Convention Hall; the President of the United States to apenk at | 3 o'clock; report of commmittee | ’l on nominations and election of | directors; connideration of reso- | lutions. TONIGHT. 8:30 p.m., general seasion, | . Convention Hall; Secretary /| Charles E. Hughes to speak on | |- “Some Aspects of the Work of the Department of State.” Ocean and inland transportation and their relation to the restoration to nor- mal world trade conditions and the extent to which should make preparations to support a merchant marine were discussed from &1l angles at the morning session of the annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, in Con- vention Hall. In discussing gram for a merchant marine, D. Lasker, chairman- of the United States Shipping Board, pointed out the absolute necessity of American busi- ness supporting American ships by using them, if they expected to have means of water transportation when conditions finally become normal. This was the government's view- point. “The viewpoint of the farmer was presented by Harvey J. Sconce of Sidell, Nl. the viewpoint of the shipbuilder by J. L. Ackerson of Chester, Pa., vice president, Merchant * Sitipbuilding Company, and former vice president of the Emergency Fleet Corporation. and the viewpoint of the ship operator by Frank C. the President's pro- Albert Munson. president, Munson Steam- ship Lines. New York city. President Harding will address the delegates at 3 o'clock at the Con- vention Hall. and Secretary Hughes of the State Department will address the delegates tonight. Tiere| of the resolutions committee will be made this afternoon. The convention will conclude its three-day session with the session this evening at 8 o'cloek. Absolute necessity of maintaining & Targe merchant marine in order to keep up the naval ratio of the United States outlined by the recent arms conference here was pointed out by Albert D. Lasker, chairman of the Tnited States Shipping Board. Un- less this is done, he said. Great Britain Wwith_her large merchant marine will be firgely superior to the United States on the seas. Certain types of merchant ships are as essentiai to the operation of & navy in time of war as the capital | ships of the navy itself, he said. these types America is sadly defi- cient. There can be no hope of the Tnited States keeping a naval parity with Great Britain unless there is created a merchant marine power to equalize the difference. Will Build No More. He told the delegates that the United States will not build any more ships, that the building up. of_ the megchant marine must depend on private capital. A large merchant marine must be constructed in order %10 carry American goods, or they would have to depend on foreign competitors. But he pointed out that the business men must use American ships as an aid to building up the merchant marine. Mr. Lasker ad- mitted that the Treasury was losing money.on the operation of the ships, but pointed out that they would Jose more money until American business men patronized them mor: The necessity of providing a mer- chant marine, the ships of which could be used as eruisers and raid- ers in war time, was one of' the ain reasons he gave as putting pon America ‘the necessity of an mmediate decision as to a policy that ill encompass its future on the seas.” Now Creditor Natfon. “The second reason that has creat- d a new situation in connection with ur need of a merchant marine is that before the war America was a debtor nation, and those who con- trolled the vehicles of transportation on the sea were largely our creditors and would send to us for the goods #and raw materials wherewith we should pay what we owed them,” he said. “Today, no longer a debtor na- gion, bat a creditor nation, through expanded plant capacity and through need of Increasing our export busi- ness, that we may make use of the wvast gold reserves that have accumu- Jated, we come into competition with nations that control the sea car- e for those markets of the world are still to be developed. ‘The third reason s that, through ghe need of the late war, America has ome into possession of a great fleet, pproximately 1.500 ships.of 10,000,000 gross tons, bullt at a cost of over three billion dollars. These ships gte ‘being operated . by the government gn essential trade routes at an annual 08! of $50,000,000. Led President to Act. “It was these three problems that fed President Harding to go before the Congress with a proposal for leg- $slation. “The first of the three problems— ghat of the need of a supplemental nerchant marine for the Navy—is one zhat directly interests all groups of ‘Americans. ~ Secretary Denby and all the naval experts of America will Bigree that In time of war we are an Smpotent America unless we possess ships of the fast cruiser and ralder type, so essential to naval operations. “I'do not dwell on the naval need. Rather do I turn with you to tweo other problems involved, to wit: The feed of America having facilities for garrying her own overseas commprce &nd Insuring her own' overseas trade, nd the further problem as to the liquidation of the fleet of which t government finds itself possessed, well as the concomitant subject of the government's retirement from ship perations. These are questions that : ‘iecuunr!y ery for exploration by a ody such as yours, which in itself the United States | In | represents the very tg minds of the coun: These are| utinued on ¥age 2, Columu 3.) Entered as second-class matter office Washington, D. C. FOCHT AND OPPONENT BOTH CLAIM VICTORY FOR CONGRESS SEAT By the Associated Press, HARRISBURG, May 15.—Both candidates for the republican nom- ination for members of the Con- | &ress in the eighteenth district today claimed victory at the pri- mary Tuesday. Representative Benjamin K. Focht's supporters declared he won out by about 100 Yotes,“while his opponent, Edward Beers, claimed his nomination about -90 votes. The official count probably 11 be necessary to decide the nomination. Representative Focht is chair- man of the House District com- mittee and is now serving his sev- enth term in Congress. The defeat of CHairman Wwould mean a new chairman for the House District committee. Representative Loren E. Wheeler , of Tllinois is the ranking republi- can, and under the seniority rule, would become chairman, as his re- election is already assured. Rep- resentative Wheeler is now chair- man of the rivers and canals com- Focht mittee and is also a member of the census committee. Representative Gilbert of Ken- tucky is the ranking democrat on the District committee. LEAD OF PINCHOT OVER ALTER STILL STEADILY GAINING Returns From 7,592 Districts Out of 7,934 Show 6,842 Majority. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, May 18.—A steeady increase in his lead over At- torney General George E. Alter for the republican nomination for Gov- ernor of Pennsylvania was main- tained today by Gifford Pinchot, for- mer state forester, who was promi- nent in the progressive party move- ments led by Theodore Roosevelt in 1812 and 1914. Pinchot jumped into | the lead early last night, when about 7.000 of the 7,934 districts in the state {had reported their unofficial returns from Tuesday's primary, and nearly every additional district heard from {during the night increased his ma- Jority. Returns from 7.5 92 districts out of 7.934 election districts in Pennsyl- vania in Tuesday's primary so far tabulated show a majority of 6,842 for Pinchot over Alier. = Pinchot's total was 498,353 and Alter's 491,511. Lend Expected to Grow. Pinchot obtained his lead from dis- tricts outside of Philadelphia and Al- legheny county, in which Pittsburgh is located, and as most of the missing districts gza in sections where Pinchot showed the greatest strength his ad- vantage was expected to grow as more returns were received. Outside of Philadelphia and All gheny Pinchot's vote in the 7,508 dis- tricts was 324,518 against 190,037 for Alter. The latter carried Philadelphia by 83.048: and in Allegheny, with a few districts still to be heard from, he had a lead of 43.794, the total vote in_these two counties being: Alter, 297,766, and Pinchot. 170,924, Alter, according to the unofficial re- turns, carried only seven of the sixt seven counties in the state, in addi- tion to Philadelphia and Allegheny, the latter his home county. They were Dauphin, in which Harrisburg is located; Delaware, the home of Gov. | Sproul; Fayette, Greene and Elk. Altes Supporters Concede. Alter's supporters have conceded Pinchot's %homination, and estimate today of his margin of victory ran from ten to twenty thousand. Women played a big part in the re- jsult. Hundreds of them were in the thick of the campaign in all sections of the state in the interest of Pin- chot. g Pnchot women's committees were organized in nearly all the large ci- {ties. and many of them toured the | state in his behalf. Mrs. Pinchot, in a statement today, said it was the wo- men who had brought about the vic- | tory. Thanks ‘Woman Workers. “It 1s impossible to express what we owe to the woman workers” she said. “It is the thousands who faith- i fully performed every possible serv- {ice that has brought victory. It was | not only the leaders, but those in | the everyday walk of life, who went | from house to house in town or | county, canvassing for Mr. Pinchot i that brought about the final result. {1t is springtime and there has been { many a postponed housecleaning that my husband might ride to victory. “One thing has been very noticeable. The women work entirely on pri ciple. If they think a certain candi- {date the right one and a man who stands for the proper ideals, they will spare nothing to make him successful. The men cling to parties and ties of triendship, but the women have proved by their wholehearted support that they believe in clean honest gov- ernment.” Pepper Has Walkover. United States Senator George Whar- ! ton Pepper had a walkover in the only other contest in the republican arty, defeating _Representative-at- farge’ Willjam J. Burke for the nomi- nation for the unexpired term of the late Senator Penrose by a big ma- jority. Unofficial _returns__ from (Continued on Seventeenth Page.) ' FROM HISTORY Special Dispatch to The Star. SAN FRANCISCO, May 17.—The rootin’, tootin’, shootin' days of the golden west are back. Out of the storied pages of Call- fornia’s romantic history the gho towns of the gold days have re- turned to life. Streetsand tumble- down shacks of the old mining camps and settlements, deserted for years, are echoing the foat- steps of the living Instead of being, because of age and desolation, mute reminders of the dead. The El1 Dorado country—land made famous by Bret Harte and Mark Twain—breathes once more the spirit of teh pioneer, for an —epoch of American life 1s in the rejgaking today. The buckskin breethes, the crinoline skirt and calico dresses, the red bandana, the d-mm(-’;‘ p';nulena of our great-grandmothers, once again are the fashion, for ail lifornia is paying tribyte to the pioneers— the men who feft the stony farms of -bleak NewfEngland, the cotton GHOST TOWNS RETURN TO LIFE WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION - WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1922—THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. COML PRI R DECIDED DURING * FERD O STRKE Secretary " Hoover Obtains Co-Operation of Men in Distributing Plan. COMMITTEE TO RUN - POOLS IN DISTRICTS Clearing of All Orders to Be Means of Shutting Out Specu- 1 lators. | Secretary of Commerce Hoover |asked and obtained today the ap- proval of the leading operators of | non-union bituminous coal fields for | :a Eovernment plan of “getting the coal industry by voluntary action to {put a stop point on increase of coal | i prices” during the period of the ex-} isting coal strike. The plan, which was approved by about forty operators who met with Mr. Hoover, calls for the creation of a committee of operators with gov- ernment and consumers' representa- tives in each district where coal is | being produced, through which all| orders for coal will be cleared. A | similar general committee wiil be set | up in Washington, and Mr. Hoover assured the coal operators that he had Attorney General Daugherty's opinion that” such ‘“co-operative ac- tion to reduce and hold down prices in the public interest” would be legal. Representation Large. Practically all of the representa- tives of larger producing companies not.affected by the strike in the ter- ritory east of the Mississippi were present when Mr. Hfbver, saying that the operators had been called in for conference at the direction of Presi- dent Harding, announced his plans. Most of the coal men called upon by Secretary Hoover to express their in- dividual vicws on the, general pro- posal. in addition to declaring ap- proval, said that the production sit- uation did not justify any great in-| creases in coal prices, as ample sup- plies of coal existed. They also agreed with Mr. Hoover that a method of bringing the consumers in touch with the supply would prevent speculation and a buyers’ panic, which might cause a runaway 'coal market if the strike continued in the union fields for many weeks longer. Distribution Considered. “We are here to consider only the problem of distribution and price in coal,” Mr. Hoover said after calling the ‘meeting to order, “and will not | discuss the wage 3r the strike ques- tion. What we do wish to consider are such measures as may be done in a purely voluntary and co-operative | way by the men in the industry with the assistance of the government. to prevent profiteering and speculation in coal. There is no law or govern- mental requirement that could be en- forced at this juncture, but I have confidence that the operators of mines still in_position will co-operate to that end. “The situation is that in minor dis- tricts, due to bad distribution and competitive bidding by buyers, prices | have advanced strongly, while in ! cient orders reaching the operators to keep their mines busy and to keep them opening new production. Nat- urally the whole distributng machin- jery in coal is upset by the strike, but it docs seem possible to get veluntary action in the industry to put a stop point on the advance of prices, and I have a rough plan to submit to you ifor discussion.” Pooling Plan Deseribed. Mr. Hoover then described the com- mittee clearing house proposal for pooling orders, and directing buyers to producers. He suggested that the price level of 1917, set under war- time fuel administration, with minor adjustment to meet changes in wage scales, would serve as the top limit of prices for the committees. He also suggested that a repre- entative of the railways should ait n the committee to direct the pur- chase of their coal supplies and a representative of public utility com- | panies for the same purpose. J. G. Bradley, president of the West | virginia Coal Operators’ Association, that state being the chief present source of the coal supply, promptly pledged himself to “co-operate to the fullest extent” with the government's proposal. “I want to congratulate you on the foresight shown in taking up this Question in advance of & probable RNeed,” Mr. Bradley said. U, 5. MEDAL FOR VERDUN. PARIS, May 18.—Premier Poincare last night had a conference with American Ambassador Herriek con- cerning arrangements for the pres- entation of the American congres- sional medal of honor to the city of Verdun June 4. The premier will speak at the presentation ceremonies. OF 49 GOLD RUSH the ranches of the border states. to answer the magical call of gold. Today, tomorrow, all next week, cavalcades are setting forth to the o0ld gold country. From San Fran- cisco and the entire state the pil- grimiges have begun. The de: tination is Sutters Fort, .the capi- tal of the promised land of fortune in the days of gold, and today, Sac- ramento, capital of California. There all next week will be por- trayed the “days. of '49"—a re- Fmduct(on of the life of the orig- nal camps and settlements. The trail leads to the foothills of the Sierras and into the mothe: lode country—Hornitos, Hell's Hollow; Bear Valley, Big Oak Flat, Chinese Camp, Jackass Hill, Thut- tietown, . Poker Fiat, - Placerville, Logtown, Angel's Camp, and Se. {Oce. otill atands. " ATl these Spran ree still stands. ese are to be Visited. . ts have 1y bel(ln of n'ah'llelll‘a‘:na en desert: since the of '49.” The cry of “new lng‘rlcher 's" was the ruination of m ne. prosperous camp. ,Hou: and shacks were left over night the miners stampeded to spots where better luck had been re- igg] B the beaten path of the tour- i ) guard and the SN =S Xy THE FIGHTING FORESTER. PROGRESSIVE WAR ONOLD GUARD SEEN Republican Control in Bal-| ance as Roosevelt Follow- l ers Win Primaries. BY N. Republican o. MESSENGER. politicians of national prominence are concerning themselves with the question whether the so-called wing of the republican party is seeking control and domination, looking to the presidential campaign two years hence. Recent events in Indiana and Pennsylvania are construed as lend- “progressive’ ing interest to the query. In the campalgn of 1920 tagttoralis was suspended. For a year and a hal fectual. plurality was- the result. it was phophesied that the progressives would later be found not dead, but sleep- ing. In may be more than a coincidence, it | Rome, early tollay. Collapse of the prior thereto Chairman Will Hays of the republican national committes had devéted himself to reconciling the pro- gressives and the old guard. His appeal to bury differences in benalf of a pos- sible ousting of the democrats was ef- The seven million republican | By the Assaciated Press At the time \ is thought by politicians, that the vic- tors in the two latest primary contests | SiXteen bodies have been extracted other districts there are still insuffi- | were former lieutenants of Theodore | from the burning rvins. Roosevelt and leading progressives, ex- Senator Beverage and Gifford Pinchot. Both had been radical progressives. Indiana, Mr. Beveridge triumphed over |and a refuge for aged and infirm per- Senator New, a leader In the old guard. In Pennsylvania Mr. Pinchot appe: to have absorbed some of the old guaid. Divide # ‘Pennsylvania. 1t is only fair, however, to note that in Pennsylvania state issues were in- volved and that one of the old guard | *™® o Senator Pepper, sweeping victory over his opponent supporters, won a in the senatorial primaries, suggest- ing that the regular republicans had stood pat in the senatorship and di- vided on the governorship. who ought to know Gov. Sproul, his Pennsylvania, takes cognizance of the mixed conditions entering into the governorship result. ment given to the Associated Press he takes into account the women's vote, unemployment in the mines, dis- satisfaction with the things that be at Washington and Harrisburg a discontent and restlessness generall n a state- nd y But when it is recalled that Mr. Pinchot, in 1914, running for the Sen- ate as a progressive, against Senator | wards impossible. Penrose, was defeated by a plurality of 250,000, politicians are disposed to draw’ tite inference that progressive sentiment in the Keystone state is|save the patients, rushing through showing signs of revival when Mr. Pinchot now defeats Attorney General Alter, an avowed supporter of the old regime. Primary Was Unbossed. To be sure, this was an unbossed |rest of ‘the buildings. primary, while in 1914 the state was under strict party discipline, main- tained by Senator Perirose as the un- | srho were saved, and who lay on the questioned hesd of the organization. | floors waiting to ‘be ‘moved to the Now, also, enters the feminine equa- tion, which henceforth must be reck: oned with, although not easily to be counted ' upon by party bosses or rigld party orgarfization. It is recognized by politicians here that the progressive element in the progressive wing will have conspicu- eaders in its nation-wide con- e TS here will be Mr. Pinchot in the east, Mr. Beveridge beyond the Alleghenies, Senator Lenroot, a con- servative progressive, and Senator La Follette, a radical, in the middle 3 tor Johnson on the coast et emator Borah for the Rockles. New Jersey and New England, in the Orward sweep of the progressives to- Wward a return to power, will doubt- nish notables also. % l“lr expected here ti t between nu!v: and September 26, when the New Jersey primaries are be an outbreak of eld, there will progressivism in Tepublican politics fn that state, and that nized as will have One feature enator Frelinghuysen, recog- Sena llated with the regulars, %o fight to hoid His own. : of conditions existing and apprehended, expected to operate the advanta :: that they Wi iscontent apparently obtains e voters, which is Ikely to among e of the progressives, 1 capitalize the unrest the be manifested by voting against can- didates who are .to be im, just as was it Gov:‘Sproul: This will fol- thou e e of L 2 hetween the ed out ssue . in officé and for men point- . P. O. Clocks Banished To Spur Clerks On to Greater Efficiency Postmaster General Work is xoing to abolish clock-watch- ing in his de) of his efficiency- program.. bel s that he camn accom- plish this by the simple proc- ess of removing all clocks from the offices in which em- of the department are that the clerks y DISTRICT TAX RIDER MAY BE AMENDED Semi-Annual Payment Meets Approval as Step Toward Cash Basis. ed regarding lun time, quitting time, ete., with- out having te leave the offices to consult the clocks in the hallways, the Postmaster Gen- eral proposes to institute = bell- ng _system, im much | the same way that sailors | aboard ship are kept Informed of the t GDEADAS FIRE. SWEEPS HOSPITAL RQME, May 18.—A disastrous fire swept the historic hospital of Santo Spirito, one of the most ancient and picturesque charitable Tistitutions in pavementisolated the chronic ward. The institution accommodates near- 1y 8,000 inmates, and includes a hos- pital, lunatic asylum, foundling home sons. The fire broke out shortly hefore ‘midnight in the laundry. At first it seemed Insignificant, but it spread rapidly to the neighboring wards, | each containing thirty chronic suffer- infirm patients, who were seized with panic. The shrieks of the sufferers mingled with the crackling of the flames ;while the atmosphere rapidly became dense with smoke. Nurses and doctors quickly cleared the bedridden from one ward and in| the next ward three of the patients crawled out. Neighboring firemen rushed to the scene, but at the mo- 1mpnl of their arrival the electric lights were extinguished. adding to the horror of the situation. Pavement Gives Way. As the immense wooden beams of the hospital fell there was a heavy, grinding noise and the pavement col lapsed, burying twenty of the chronic patients and rendering access to the Carabineers, royal guards, nurses and doctors made heroic efforts to the smoke and fire and bringing out twelve, all of whom, however, were dead from suffocation. Several of the rescue parties were injured. - The two wards were de- stroyed, but the firemen saved the ‘The mayor and the prefect hur- ried to the scene and assisted in calming the terror-stricken patients surrounding -nstitutions: Founded by Innocent IIL The hospital of Santo Spirito is situated on the bank of the River Tiber, not far from the Vatican groynds. It was founded by Pope Innocent III in the twelfth century, enlarged by Innocent IV in the thir- teenth and rebuilt under Sixtus IV in_the fifteenth. The altar in the hospital chapel was designed by Andrea Palladio, and is reputed to.be the only Work of this artist in Rome. FLOATING BARROOMS ALONG RIVER TO FIND -POLICE ON WARPATH Way has been’ declared by Maj. Darlel Sullivan, superintendent of police, on floating barrooms on the Potomae river this summer. i The police boat Vigilant and the smail yacht Sylvester, which make up the bluecoats’ navy, have been sugmented by the arrival. from Norfolk .of & small government vessel, I6aned to the police depart- ment for river patrol work. Thus. in watching the highways into \Washington for liquor viola- tors* Maj." Sullivan, does not pro- to n’o‘ot:n- flvel‘rl"nll Negotiations are on foot, it was learned today, to bring about the amendment of the fiscal relations| rider on the District appropriation Eill, so that one-half of the taxes on real property shall be payable No- vember 1 and one-half May 1, in or- der to aid in placing the District on a cash paying basis. It are not averse to an amendment of this kind, and that the House prob- ably would concur in such an amend- ment i adopted by the Senate. In- timatione to this effect have reached the Senate from the House. This amendment would aid greatly. in the opinion of residents of the District who have given the taxation rider careful study. The Senate has already adopted a concurrent resolution providing for a joint congressional investigation to determine just what surplus revenues of the District now are held in the Treasury Department, and whether they should be used for the benefit of the District. The understanding i that this resolution will be adopted also by the House. Senator Phipps of Colorado, in charge of the District bill in the Sen- ate, is still strongly opposed, it was learned today, to granting any hear- ings on the District tax rider. Sena- tor Ball, chairman of the District committee, and Edward F. Colladay, republican national committeeman for the Disrtict, conferred with Sen- ator Phipps today in regard to hold- ing hearings on the rider. Mr. Col- laday strongly urged that the citi- zens should be heard. - Mr. Phipps’ contention, however, is that the con- ferees on the District bill had full in- faemation regarding the fiscal rela- tions of the District and that no hearings were necessary. WOMAN MAIL CARRIER SLAIN BY 2 NEGROES DAVISBORO, Ga., May 18.—Mrs. Elizabeth Kitchers, wife of W. R. Kitchens, was shot and instantly killed about four miles from here this morning by two negroes, who'are said to have atiacked her when she stopped to place a letter in a mail box at a farmhouse. It was stated by ofiicers that Mrs. Kitchens, who was a mail carrier, had almost completed her route for the day when she met deatn. After al- most blowing the top of her head off with a shot gun the slayer threw the body of the woman into a branch near the road and drove off in her automobile with the mail Sherifft English and his deputies, with hundreds of citigens, left imme- diately from Davisboro in search of the slayer. Mrs. Kitchens' automo- bile was found a mile and a half from the scene of the crime. It is believed that the slayer abandoned the car to flee into the nmearby swamps. Business at Davisboro was sus- pended shortly after the news spread that Mrs. Kitchens had been slain, and the male population of the little town joined - the posses searching for the slayer. Special Dispateh to The Sta NEW YORK, May 18—If when you are in New York, you see a man on_the strest corner gazing fixed'y at your necktie, he isn't‘figuring out a way to pinch your scarfpin. He 1s only making deductions and decid- ing whether you are a bank presideat or a street sweeper. In short, he is 2 scarfy sleuth. Dozens: of them were posted today alopg 6th gvenue and at important street in ions, as well as in the 1obbles of the principal notels. They were put there by the Assoclated Men's Neckwear Industries, Incorpo- is understood House members! “BYTIES YE SHALL KNOW THEM,” NEW YORK SCARF SLEUTH SLOGAN Member of The Associated paper and also All rigats dispatches BOOTLEGGERS SO THICK EX-PUGILISTS ARE USED TO GUARD N. Y. PIER By the Associated Press. ‘NEW YORK, May 18.—Bootleg- gers are 80 thick along the water front that the Atlantic Fruit Com- pany has had to hire a squad of ex-puilists to guard its pier from the swarms who meet every ship in the hope of restocking. This became known today when “Gun- boat” Smith led his squad into action against several motorboat loads, who sped up to the dock Sust as the Princess'May, inbound from Jamaica, made fas Smith said that the bootleggers, displaying bankrolls, called on | members of the crew to produce liquor. Smith’s party floored four of the men who had climbed on to the pier, put to flight the rest of the landing party, and then The bootleggers fired two shots. jumping into a sKiff, drove off the motorboa GORED BY A BULL, | BUTCHER IS DYING James Driscolll, 67, Terribly Wounded at Benning Road Plant. Following an attack and goring by a vicious 2,100-pound white Holstein bull in the stockyard of the Washing- ton Abattoir this morning, James Dris- coll, sixty-seven years of age, a butcher employed by the plant, of 1611 Benning road, is in a dying condition at Cas- ualty Hospital, suffering from com- pound fracture of the ribs and severe guts and bruises, with accompanying great loss of blood. Charley Creek, colored, of 756 12% street southeast, saw the bull trampling and goring its victim and ran inta the stockyard with an electric box, used to control animals by shooting current into their bodies. He chased the bull into a smaller pen and sought aid for the prostrate man. Rushed to Hospital. Driscoll was rushed to Casualty { Hospital in an automobile belonging | to Edward Kirby of Benning road, | where it was stated he has slight chance for recovery. According to attendants at the| abattoir, Driscoll went into the stock- vards this morning to get a drink of | water when the bull, which he did| not know was at large, saw him and made for him. Before he had time to get out of the yard the bull was upon him and knocked him down. At the hospital, it was said that { Driscoll was gashed and bruised all over the body and is in a comatose state, being unable to talk. An X-ray photograph is being taken to locate | the exact extent of the injuries and |in_hope of possibly saving his life. Creek is employed as a cattle killer at the abattoir, and the electric box is part of the equipment used by such employes. It has two prongs, which, when a button is touched, 1 project a strong current of electricity into the animals they come in con- tact with. MANAGERS URGED T0BOOST DISTRICT Office Executives Asked to Interest Congressmen in Washington Affairs. Office managers from all parts of the United States, who opened a three-day convention in the board- room of the District building, today were appealed to by Commissioner Rudolph to interest their represen- tatives in Congress in the welfare of the National Capital. The chairman of the board of Com- missioners told the delegates, all of whom represent large commercial and industrial concerns, that it is his belief that when Congress disagrees with the Commisgioners on the needs of Washington, it is because of a lack of accurate information, rather than a desire to disregard the inter- ests of the capital city. Appreciate Public SpiFit. “The people of the District,” sald Mr. Rudolph, “gratefully and cordial- ly appreciate the public spirited con- sideration which Congress has in gen- eral displayed in regard to the civic needs of the National Capital, and believe that whenever its action Fas not been in accord with their sense of equity it has been due to lack of accurate information rather than intentional disregard of their inter- | sts. ©%*You gentlemen have it within your reach to stimulate and encourage the interest of your representatives in Congress in all matters affecting_the ongress in all matter ““(Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) and seven of them on brokers' clerks.” Whereupon he entered this important information in his little ‘Book. “They're wearing dark brown here- abouts,” reported a watcher at 3éth street and the avenue. “Scarlet means an insurance agent; green a professor, black and red and gray a musical expert—" He blinked rapidly as three mauve The average New Yorker, it ap-. pears, g6es in for & dark silk tie with a fine stripe in some pieasantly con- trasting shade. - A narrow four-in- hand is more popular than the bow- tie, even though summer and the vestiess season approaches.. If scarf- pins Appear they are inconspicuous, for the solemn truth is that scarf- pins on New York men ure as scarce as goid beads on New York women. ‘The second most popular tie, es- the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it of et otherwise credited in this : Yesterday's Net Circulation, 89,166 | would prefer that the Genoa deleg: Associated ‘the Press is exclusively entitled to the local pews published berein. of publication of speetal berein are aiso reserved. | [} TWO CENTS. STRIGTCONDITIONS LAIDDOWNBY LS. FORPART AT HAGLE Allies informed Amerka Will Stand Firm Unless Politics Is Divorced. ; PRODDING OF POWERS AROUSES CRITICISM HERE Nations Pledged to Preserve Peace in Pact Agreed on By Genoa Commission. BY the Awsociated Press Further information as to the atti- tude of the Washington govern- ment regarding the meeting next month at The Hague undoubtedly has been obtained by the delegations of the powers at Genoa, either frm Am- bassador Child, who is known te be fully informed as to the State De- partment’s views, or possibly through reports from their own ambassadors in’this country. Several of the Eu- ropean ambassadors, including Am- bassador Jusserand of Frante, have conferred with Mr. Hughes since tfe American note declining to partici- pate in the commission discussion as to Russia at The Hague dispatched to Genoa. A e Basis Must Be Altered. With respect to the statement made for the British delegation at Genoa that it was doubtful that the United States could be induced to join in the discussion at The Hague until the scope of those discussions was more fully understand, it can be said on authority that the whole basis those discussions, resting as they do vpon the Russian memorandum of May 11, must be changed before the attitude of the American government would be altered. In other words, the American government will not join even in a scientific discussion of eco- nomic problems in Russia unless the Russian memorandum of May 11 is withdrawn by the Russians as a con- dition precedent to Russian partici- pation in such a commission. ~ It also is very clearly understood both here and at Genoa that the United States will not take part in any economic commission deliberations as to Russia unless it is understood specifically that no political questions are to be taken up. 3 Would Not Be Opposed. Under those two conditions, name- ly. withdrawal by the Russians of the memorandum of May 11 and the spe- cific_understanding that no question * of recognition of the Russian soviet government is to arise. the Lnited States wouid not feel disinelined to join in any economic commission Which was created purely for the pur- pose of diagnosing Russia’s economic maladies. And, in addition, it can be said that under such restrictions the American government would have ne objection to the participation of Ger- man and Russian experts in the com- mission deliberations. TRe whole trouble with the Genoa conference and the new proposal for the meeting at The Hague, in the American view. is that political ques tions of Russia have been allowed at Genoa to overshadow economic con- siderations, and that under the Rus- sian memorandum the same thing must of necessity apply to the meet- ing at The Hague. Urging Netties Oficiala. The American government does not feel that further economic discussion of Russia is necessary to define the Russian problems, which are already held to be well understood here; but it would not put any obstacle in the way of such a discussion if it were divorced entirely from the Genoa pro- . ceedings and were started as a wholly new venture subject to the restric- tions as to its scope already Indicated. It was said today at the State De- partment that no new communications from Genoa had been received and that so far as the American position was concerned the situation was un- changed. There are strong intima- tions. however, that Secretary Hughes tions refrain from arguing further for American participation at Th Higue in view of the fixed determina- tion of this government to stay out of that meeting unless its scope should have been radically changed along the lines indicated. FURTHER ADVICE FROM U. S. Viewpoint Unchanged, Say Brit- ish—Nations 0. K. Truce. By the Associated Press. GENOA, May 18.—Sir Edward Grigg announced on behalf of the British dele- gation this afternoon that further ad- vices had been recejved from the United States government and that it did net seem likely the United States would pa:- ticipate in The Hague meeting, at least until the scope of the meeting was bet- ter understood. Asked to explain the British delegate's statement, Richard Washburn Child, the American’ ambassador, told the corre spondent he had conferred with Foreign Minister Schanzer of Italy, Prime Min- ister Lloyd George being present, and ‘had amplified the American position con- cerning The Hague meeting already ex- plained in the note of Secietary of State Hughes. The ob; said the ambassador, was more fully to explain the attitude of the United States in order to make it clear beyond the possibility of a doubt. Nen-Aggression Pact Adopted. The non-aggression pact was adopted un<nimously at a plenary meeting of the political subcommis- sion of the Genoa conference today The pact was not signed, but was adopted in the form of a resolution, each state pledging itseif to respect it All the delegations attended the sesslon except those of France, Bel- glum and Germany. The delegates made solemn affirmation that they would recommend the pact to their governments and it seems likely it will be ratified generally as adopted today. The final plenary session of the conference was fixed for 9 o'clock Friday morning, and the conference will probably be concluded at about noon. The British have ordered a special train for early tomorrow aft- eroon and the other delegations are making plans for a hasty departure. Suspicious of Poland. The final adoption of the truce pact ‘without incident except that Lithuan- ian inguired whether the truce would prevent powers, other than Russian, from attacking each other. In other words, Lithuania was anxious to know whether Poland would be pre- vented from attacking Lithuania in . connection _with _the _di peclally for_youriger men. is the (Continued on’ Page 2, on 63 > (Continued o Page 2, Column 7 ute _over -