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WEATHER It Oceassional showe morrow; not much ch ture: mentle mode Highest, 80, at 4 owest, 56, at T a.m Full veport on P m g soutl p.m today. e S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Cl pintered 59, Jout o BYRD FLIES REPORTS N LIFE OVER Daring Virginiar vashington, ight and to- in temper heast winds, yesterday; losing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 22 nd class matter DG, TO POLE: O LAND OR 1,500 MILES 1and Floyd Ben- nett, Pilot, Find Many Places Where Plane Could Land. LEAKING OIL SYSTEM NEARLY FORCED THEM DOWN ON THE ICE Motor Kept on Working to Their Sur-| prise—Sun Compass Praised for Safe Return to Kings Bay. BY WILLI/ “orrespondent of The KINGS BAY, Spitzbergen, 1 great day for the United gotten in the general rejoicing in dangerouns flight to the North P« tates in the Arctic. AM BIRD, tar With the Byrd Expedition. ay 10 (By Wireless).—This is a Rivalries were for- the successful ending of Byrd’s Jle and return. Among the first WASHINGT( They Flew to Pole Above: Below: Bennett. Comdr. Richard E. Byrd. Chief Petty Officer Floyd WILKING IS SAFE to congratulate Comdr. Byrd was Raold Amundsen, who, rushing! from his dinner, ran up the long h ahout the tired commander as he “That's magnificent. wonderiul ill pantingly, and threw his arms stood outside the plane. - . so happy!” exclaimed Amund- sen, hugging the smaller Byrd. and kissing him as he placed his arm around his shoulders. holding demonstrative, but forgot his habitual shyness as he pushed for- ward and held out his hand. The return anxious day eless ope o signals had b that something had happened thought he had heard a sigi ther fter. night. -ame dramatically him tightly. Ellsworth was less and suddenly at the end of an cen identificd by the American itors after 4 o'clock in the morning, and it was feared | The Norge's operator on shore 10 in the morning, but nothing Byrd was not expected to arrive before 7 o'clock at | A Tiny Speck Appears Against Pale Sky. Al the crew of the Norge and others of the expedition were at dinner, hills for a Their vigil was rewarded. a darker blue against the pale sky. Iy heard—the sturdy motors whic! under the midnight sun, over the tirelessly. the plane grew larger, it turned southward in huge circles | around the glaciers and then turned bac mountains ward the slc figures—tiny dots in the Arctic down and poundirg each other on The whistle of the Chantier sud-| denly bellowed forth its lever was | ticd down and the blast was contin- nous. The siren of the Heimdal joined the din. Over the side of the Chantier tumbled hurrying figures, dropping down the rope ladder to reach th L The Byrd y Ahout had pler in a fe triumph. T sweepin wird the running up I am The hillside was dot ana flew In lower cir- 10 minutes, showing of gas left, and indulg moments of delightful | en it turned in a long, | rele and dropped low to Ianding. Amundsen was the hill, his fac fs as happy he exclaimed again and Ellsworth Congratulates Him. of his heart-brez vear, when he was with his wrecked ve Ellsworth a s which Byrd | iation of h The memo! experi lost th ceks p the ice, & knowledge of the da faced and a full achievement Nobody Byrd a mom ry re begrudge Comdr. | ¢ his victory,” said ¥llsworth heartily: *he has earned it.” Fven Riiser Larsen. pilot of one of Amundsen’s planes last year. who f= usually taciturn and silent, smiled | his approv he hit off a chew of tobacce When Byrd ment's wait_as the twn we stretched their muscles and hands. This was their first moment of relaxation since the take-off. They walted o long that a younger mer her of the crew tore open the door of the plane and rushed in, to find Burd stify moving between the huge gas tanks toward the door of the | fusilage “1 wanted to gratulate vou, The writer wa Byrd's hand and then Bennett' e of both men wera filled with weariness and their. bodles were sag ging with fatigue. As they stepped | would be the first to con- imander!” he cried. | the second 10 grip The e which seemed the | amusement: | slightest | would have been almc |three cirgl at the to her original starting position. with the exception of two or three men, scanning the ght of the returning flvers. " i Far over the hills on the other side of the bay a tiny speck showed the returning wings of the Fokker, | . The hum of motors was faint- h bore Byrd and Bennett safely frozen sea—whirring smoothly, northward over the ted with figures running up to- probable landing place. These waste—were jumping up and the back. about the absence of landing places in the polar reglon. lie sald he saw plenty of stretches of smooth Ice where a plane could safely alight. He brought back a photograph in support of this contention. The Chantier was a scene of wild rejoicing tonight. AIP the crew are happy and many have gone ashore to spend_their first hours of recreation since leaving New York. Kings Bay does not afford many moving picture apparatus, and is in- | viting the whole population to attend. | They sunlight, were and there favored by continues was never the to t, and obtain the most accurate tions possible. Without the sunlight, navigation t impossible. Bennett and Comdr. Byrd alternated in the piloting, Bennett refilling the soline containers while the com- mander piloted and navigated. When they were within 60 miles the Tole the oil system of the ri hand motor began leaking badly, it seemed necessary to choose between proceeding with two motors or at- tempting a landing to make repairs. In the neighborhood of the Pole us _stretches of smooth ble and landing was favored anett, but Comdr. Byrd, remem- v his difficulties in starting at Kings Bay, vetoed this proposal. Both agreed, however, to continue the flight to the Pole even if they went on with only two motors. To their surprise, the right-hand motor continued to work effectively, despite the ruptured oil tank, and when the Fokker returned to Kings Bay all three motors were hitting perfectly. The Josephine Ford, after making over Kings Bay, landed take-off runway and taxied Comdr. Byrd and Bennett hurried out, the crowd met them, threw their [a mile and a half to the shore, where arms about them, lifted them on their | shoulders and carried them down the hill, where Amundsen was rushing up | wild with joy, them. | Gives Credit to Bennett. When Ellsworth expressed joy for | the achlevement, Byrd smiled ;\nvl‘ said 1 ‘It's Bennett, he did it.” I Ryrd did not ntering the ice ps mediately north of nd and rently Verlagen, veaching much i sonthward than usnal. There were no hirds, seals or polar hears, and no traces thereof, nor was there any such indication throughout the course. Ryrd established his exploring ree- ord without dropping any flags on the top of the world He was too busy | taking observations and worrying | about a leaking oil tank to think about flags, although he carried o hundred small American flagsand several large ones. Outward bound he flew at an aver- age height of 2,000 feet, and on the yeturn, 3,000 feel, making much better | speed on the return on account of the lizhter load Both arrived in good condition, al- though Bennett, was fatigued by the almost continuous strain of the previ- days, when he slept but little. On hoard the Chantier both took hot haths and were rubbed down by Capt. Yirennan. Ryrd does not agree with the con- clusions of Amundsen and Elisworth sign of which Amster- see a hoat rushed them to the The crew aboard her went waving flags and their s. Many of the crew completely broke down with emotion, and with tears streaming from their eyes em- braced the flyers. Comdr. Byrd's nose and several fin- gers were frozen while he was taking observations in zero temperature (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) motor Chantier. . but the Chantier brought | fog, enabling Comdr. Byrd | use his sun compass and bubble | AT POINT BARROW banks and Prepares for Dash to Unknown Lands. | BY FR Special Cot ] | FAIRBANKS, ! ca, May | Capt. George H. Wilkins is s Point Barrow after his flight from Fairbanks Saturday an¢ may hop off United States. He will not attempt the flight until the fog that has shrouded this region since his arrival, at 1: day, clears. Excessive static freakish radio conditions prevented radio com- munic radio tion Saturday and Sunday. Only brief announcement of Detroiter's fe arrival got through Capt Wilking, his navigator, Thomas G. Lanphier, and his pilot Lieut. M. Wiseley, took off here morning at 810 o’cloc] Our party here heard’ from Wilkins three times after the | off at intervals of an hour. Capt. hop At within sight of the Yukon River and was making 90 miles an hour. hour later he sent back word Detroiter swept over Wiseman, 200 miles north of here, at a speed of more than 100 miles an hour. The piane had then attained an altitude of £,000 feet. At 11:15 we heard with' relief that the Detroiter was over the Endicott over the level tundras that lie be- tween the mountains and the Arctic Ocean. Plane Working Perfectly. The visibility was excellent, Capt. Wilkins said, and the plane was func- tioning perfectly. At noon we were little surprised to find that the small portable set was unable to reach across the 400 miles between the plane and us. Mason then began his efforts to make contact with Waskey, who had not been heard from since the hop-off. “We have had th di tragedy has been our lot Wilkins said before the take-off, we are carrving on and with from Detro re going to stop at Barrow to r fuel and then fly into the unknown Polar ice park where no man has ever heen. “We have one great object, the discovery of new land. In the million square miles of the Arctic north of Alaska, lles the answer to the question of new lands. The route necessary to make this ex ploration does not take in the immediate region of the geographical north pole but a rather more inaccessible area, The center of this unexplored region the pole of relative inaccessibility has never been ap- proched within 400 miles. Any Jands found will be claimed for the United States of America. Flying With Broken Arm. Capt. Wilkins will essay the danger- ous flight out over the unexplored ice pack with his right arm still frac- tured. His grim determination and extraordinary pluck have excited the wildest admiration here. His disabled arm will_not interfere with the ex- ecution of the expedition’s work, but it is at times very painful. The com- mander _himself _will _operate _the ~(Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) Kings Bay Is Thrilled Over Vision Of Some Day Becom By the Associated Press. KINGS BAY, Spitzbergen, May 10.— This frozen little setlement on the top of the world from which Comdr. Rich- ard B. Byrd flew over the North Pole and back in a one-day jaunt is one of the farthest outposts of civili- zation and yet optimists aré dream- ing of its becoming an important junctfon in the air travel of the future. 1t is looked upon by some persons here as the logical junction for air routes which may some day connect America, Burope and Asia with a net- work of transport lines running over the Pole. For the greater part of the yvear boats cannot reach Kings Bay with- out blasting a channel ahead of them with dynamite, this period, ing Great Air Port however, some 250 persons live in Kings Bay as employes of the Nor- wegian Coal Co. In Summer there are about 400 residents. There is one general store, but trade is so slack that it is kept open only two hours a day. From the third week in April until the third week in September the sun never sets and during this Sum- mer period vegetation reacts quickly. Although there is not a tree in all Spitzbergen and in most places the land is a flaky substance in which nothing can grow, there is good soil in Kings Bay and in Summer it is covered with a pink saxifrage, which blossoms profusely. Even in Summer, however, it is very cold and fur-lined leather cloth. ing is necessary to keep out the pene- trating chill, POLAR JUMP SOON “I congratulate you, commander; it was splendidly done,” “°;Reaches Base From Fair- soon for the center of the Aretic fce | pack in search of new lands for the | tion between the Point Barrow | the | Maj. ! 9 " f 91 the conflagration at the v o'clock he radioed that the plane was i An | s the | Range and flying-| WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION DN, D. (., MONDAY, MAY 10, 1926—THIR AND TIMBER LOST INMOUNTAIN FIRE | Half Million Estimated Dam- age and Hundreds Fight Spread of Flames. }MARYLANI] CATILE ? | iSCORE OF HOMES PERILED ON 15-MILE FRONT Lookout Trapped in Tower in Midst of Blazing Area as Rescue Parties Form. By a Staft Correspandent FREDERICK. Md. May 10 worst forest fire in the memory of this section Is ruging ac Catoctin Mountain just north of here today, threatening a score of homes with imminent destruction, laying thousands of acres of valuable timber land and cremating unknown bers of cattle and other stock that had just been turned loose for Spring | pasturage in sheltered clearing: | On a 15mile front, the fames are being driven through the forest, al ready parched by weeks of drought, |at uncontrollable speed, fanned by strong northwesterly winds. The damage is unofficially estimated to have reached half a million dollars already, and Maryland State forestry 15, who arrived at the scene of \ o take personal charges this morning admitted that there immediate prospect of ha conflagration, The Forestry Lookout in Trap. Although no persons have lost their liv over Catoctin Moun rapidit they trapped Louis | Gardner, forestry lookout, in | his fleld tower, right In the midst of { the inferno. ‘The tower is 60 feet { high and, while it is not believe ra has heen b to due to th | was exp been suffocated hy the dense smoke. A dozen rescue parties tried to b h the wall of fire Is this morning, but repulsed by the ter- and it is scarcely believed n be sent to the marooned re this evening. Many ns had narrow escapes, iand it is reported that three men were | forced to jump into a creek and re. main submerged to the neck when they were caught by the fire. They harely succeeded in making their w; to safety down the creek, it is sald. | Only the herolc efforts of hundred volunteer fire fighters | the little town of Catoctin Furnace from destruction, last night. The five spread to within less than a hun- dred vards of the town and set sev il buildings blazing_on the out { skirts. Firemen from Frederick, hav jinz been called to the scene earlier succeeded in extinguishing these | blazes, while volunteers directed by re known to n with .such and h effort heat ¥ everal ved waste | num- | | | | | 1 'Y-FOUR ¢ Foening Sfar. PAGES in Was| service. Associated Press The only evening paper hington with the news OVSTERS BLAMED 1N DEATH OF SMITH. | Coroner’s Jury Gives Verdict| the flames swept | | i in Inquest Over Navy Pharmacist. Smith, chief parmacist United States Navy, who died a week # hursday shortly after he and two fellow officers had been made vio- lently il followi a luncheon at Harvey's Restaurant, came to his death from “infected food,”“a coro- ner's jury decided today after a brief hearing of additional testimony in the case at the District of Columbia morgie. Smith had eaten oysters, Kenneth M ' Senator and Family at Bed- MILLIONS INVOLVED *INHUGERUM PLOT {students from the Pennsylvania For estry School, succeeded in stopping borders of the town by back-firing | Landscape Like Day. All last night the flames played | around Catoctin Furnace with such | fury that residents declared they | could read newspapers on the streets without difficulty. Two hundred men patroled the fire front in that section this morning and it was believed that danger to the place had passed. At the declared { they would take no chance of shifting | winds driving the flames back on the township. Hundreds of volunteers have heen enlisted around the countryside and scores have gone out from Frederick. It is said that & small army is fighting the fire today. but without an preciable success. Farmers homes or buildings in the path of the fire have been warned to remove their belongings as quickly Pos- {sible and the whole country is in of terror, the roads recalling r days in France as refugees plowed along them with great pack- ges of belongings on their backs, king refuge far from the danger point of the forest fire. The beaukiful Colonial home Mrs. Thomas B. McPherson, near Ca toctin Furnace, just escaped destruc tion vesterday afternoon. The flames destroyed two outbuildings before vol- unteers checked them. one of the most famous in this part of Maryland, and it dates back to Revolutionary times, having built by Thomas Johnson, the first Governor of Maryland. Spread of Flames Rapid. of Catoctin Mountain, about eight miles northwest of Frederick, and to- day the front was estimated to have traveled about six miles. “Fire bugs" are blamed for the conflagration. Offi- flames were started earl. morning by a group or ber who had hoped to burn away the underbrush and improve the berry crop in the Fall. ‘When the fire got beyond their con- trol, however, they | Fire Warder Curry of Baltimore. TWO FIRES HALTED. | Virginians Still Fighting Spread of Third. HARRISONBURG, Va., May 10 (#). —Two of the three largest forest fires burning in the Blue Ridge Mountains, just east of here, were brought un- der control late vesterday, but the third blaze was still raging. This was on Roundtop Mountain between Stan- and was sweeping many acres of fine voung timber before it. The fires in Simmons Gap and Black Rock Gap were brought under control after 50 veteran foresters, aided by volunteers, had dug 15 mile§ of trenches around the blazes and started back fires. Five thousand acres of young timber were de- stroyed. Chapin Jones, State forester, was in command, at the request of Gov. Harry Floyd Byrd, of the forces fight- ing the fire in the Turks Gap sector, and reports from Waynesboro last night said this fire had been brought under control. The fire atop the Blue Ridge Moun- tains_15 miles east of here strung " (Continued o%l'uge 5, Column 1,) This home is | been | The fire started at the lower end | cials have been informed that the| Sunday | v pickers | fully_abstained from appearing per- fled and an in-! vestigation has been ordered by State | ley and Shenandoah, in Page County, | |and around Port Chester, N. Y., near | | previous charg | uncovers the ramifications of one of | of | | { | Indictment of Six in New York Reveals Methods of Alleged Heads. | By the Associated Pri NEW YORK. May 10 involving the importation of many l | | | | %he improved st A conspiracy | million dollars’ worth of liquor was | United Sta apened t week centers revealed today when District Attorney Buckner sealed indictment returned I The alleged conspi in the Connecticut line. The accused, all of whom already are under 1 on »< involving prohibition on, are Emil Wormser, Irving Austin, Ha Lawson (al Nelson), Edward Siegel, Chris and Robert Olsen, The indictment, which officials vio the most eflicient organizations de- tected in importing and smugglin liquors into the United States, con- tains five coun Dealines Wrapped in Secrecy. Wormser, who was formerly legiti mately engaged in the liquor husine: is represented to have been the guard ed central figure of the organization. So careful were the principals in the workings of the alleged conspirators, according to a statement issued at the Federal attorney’s office, that only they knew who the underlings were, Wormser, an alien. who has lived 20 vears in the United States, was de- scribed by Government agents a “millionaire resident of Riverside Drive.” His alleged activities consist- ed in buying and arranging for the shipment of liquors abroad, chartering fleets of motor boats when necessary to facilitate the work, and arranging for the distribution of lquor after it was landed. He is said to have care- sonally in any of the operations. WOMAN’S BODY FOUND FLOATING IN BASIN! Mrs. Ella Leaff Had Been Missing for Four Days From Warder Street Home. Mrs. Ella Leaff, 29 years old, of 3111 Warder street, for whom police had been looking since Thursday last, was found floating in the Tidal Basin at the foot of Seventeenth street early this afternoon. The body was identi- fled by her brother-inlaw, Alfred Kamons, 2807 Connecticut avenue. Sergt. Holmes and Pvts. Gillespie and Kane of the park police force discovered the body in the water near | the Paul Jones statue. They obtain- ed the assistance of the harbor pre- cinct and pulled the body ashore. Mrs. Legaff, who disappeared from her home after a protracted illness without leaving word as to her des- tination, had been widely sought by the police at the request of her rela- tives. An_inquest will be held. Radio Programs—Page 20 ! 4 \ | | passed by the Ser | came President Harding, the friend- INSISTS ON PLEBISCITE. Chilean Chamber Votes to Demand Carrying Out Tacna-Arica Plan. SANTIAGO, Chile, May 10 (P).— he Chamber of Deputies has passed resolution insisting on the holdi of a plebiscite in Tacna and Arica to decide the future of suzerainty of these disputed provinces, as provided for in the arbit ward of President Coolids A similar resolution wa e last week. 7 S ‘ OF SHEEKLLNE | side—Funeral to Be in Topeka. By the Assoctated Press. BALTIMORE. May thur Capper. wife of Senator Capper of Kansas, died at 3:30 o'clock this morning at the Hospital for the Wom en of Marviand. Senator Capper and members of the family were at her bhedside when she died. Senator Cap per had beep in Baltimore several vs, since Mrs. Capper’s condition be me worse. Capper had been a patient at the hospital about five weeks, having heen admitted for a major operation adily for two weeks, a relapse. 1y will leave Baltimore for § o'clock this evening and 1 services will be held in that ternoon. In addi- | pper, the body will nied home by Mrs. Georg Mrs sister.in . Tsabel nd Mar- | 1, daughter and son of 10.—Mrs. Ar then suffe city tion to S comy M. Crawford, W, 7 Came Here in 1919 | Roy STRONGER DRY LAW URGED BY BISHOPS “| They Will Fight for Complete |-, MRS, CAPPER DIES Suppression of Alcohol. Denon the “unprecedented and unpatriotic attempts of the wets at nullification of prohibition laws the Board of Bishops of the Methodis! Episcopal Church, speaking the name of its nearly 20.000.000 members ind adherents, tod formal pronouncement on the dry issue, eall- ing for more rigid enforcement than bills designed to put more teeth the eighteenth amendment. and ing election to Congress of the drys. | The bishops, who are the Foundry Methodist this action todav issued in session at Church, took dopting the re port on prohibition submitted by Rishon Joseph erry of Philadel- phia. senior bishep of the he Bishop Nicholson of Detroit wha lent the Anti-Saloon rt was adopted addresses in which propagandist, who were said to invaded even the Methodist Colleges and universities, were denounced in unequivocal terms. Among speakers sther than members of the hoard were A. Haynes, prohibition commi sioner of the Treasury, and Dr. Clar- ence True Wilson, corr sec retary of the Board Prohibition and Public Morals Methodist Episcopal Church. Urges “Sensible” Attitude. In the midst of the demand for rigid enforcement of the dry laws, Bishop Charles L. Mead cautioned his col- azues that the dry forces must “he S enough” to accede to the hacy. of manufac ‘medicinal and in- | dustr pper had attained a remark- | 1] leadership in the seven | vears in which she had formed a part of the official world. She came to Washington in_the Autumn of 1819, when Senator Capper took his seat in the National Legislature, and almost at once imed ading position in the official circle. She had an ex cellent background for social activities in the four vears in which she pre- <ided over the governor's mansion in Topbka and these vears embraced most r and all of tion in it. Mrs. C s indefatigable for the Red Cross success in her State and she also took an active role in the drives or the Liberty and responded gen usly to " 3 which the stress of the times made necessary. It was % coincidence in which she took great pride that was the daughter of the Civil Governor of Kansas, Samuel J. €' ford, as well as the wife of the World War executive. “Mrs. Capper had the distinction of being the close friend of two Kirst Ladies of the Land, Mrs. Harding and | Mrs. Coolidge. Her cordial relations with Mrs. Harding began when both were members of the senatorial coterie and they frequently entertained to- gether. When Senmator Harding be- this | ship continued as close as ever and at the same time 'Mrs. Capper be- came one of the chosen associates of the Vice Presiden wife, now the mistress of the White House. Mrs. Capper was a most welcome guest in the presidential home at all times. She had a sprightly wit and a gift for | Christian 1o | fie anecdotes which appealed to Mr (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.} however, said that ds must be set up ing made of such proper agzainst illegal u medicinal and al alcohol The pronunciation of the es upon the board of prohibition and public moi Anti-Saloon League, the Temperance similar organizations an inten campaign for temperance “such as make the last voter well informed a: the manifold benefits tion." The part: “The Methodis carly in its hi terious effects of )1 and the de vastating influences of the liquor traf- It became its implacable foe. The more we have seen of it. the more con vincer are we that to license it in any sin to regulate it is impossible, he only wixe course is to tear it up. root and branch. Hold Law a !fl'lwm. hops ur s, the Women's official statement follows. in Episcopal Church, nding the unprecedented : attempts of the wets and the consequent Qifficulty of the enforcement of the Volstead act, prohibition his been an overwhelmin Dbenefit to the country. It has bless thousands of homes, proved a bene- dietion to millions of women and chil- dren, enhanced commercial prosperity, ministered to cleaner politics and bet- ter government, and has commended jtself to the great majority of our people. We aver that there is no discharge in this war. listed for the duration of the conflict. (Continued on Page z, Column 4.) First Criminal Com' Violate Dry Law The first eriminal convietion of con- spiracy to violate the national pro hibition act in the District of C4- lumbia was sustained today by the District Court of Appeals in an opin- fon by Justice Robb, Five men and one woman, all colored, will have to serve terms of imprisonment in the penitentiary as the result of the ac- tion of the appellate tribunal. TLawrence Hall will serve 2 vears, ‘William Wright and James Braxton, 18 months each; Blanche Brown, Ed- ward - Blackwell and Clarence Bran- num, 1 vear and 1 day each in the penitentiary. John Phoenix, who was indicted with them, turned state's evidence and testified for the prose- cution. All were accused of con- spiracy to sell liquor which, police claimed, was poison and which, they asserted, caused the death of George McDonggd in November, 1922. The iction of Plot to in D. C. Is Upheld ont of an death b est of the parties grew »onald a investigation of Mc Policeman Donald V. Murphy. Statements were made at police headquarters by all the accused and all signed their statements excepting the woman, who refused to sign. Phoenix was permitted to change his plea to guilty at the trial table and went on the witness stand for the Government. Counsel for the al- leged conspirators claimed their cli- ents had been prejudiced by the ac- ceptance of the plea in the presence of the jury, but Justice Robb holds such procedure was in the discretion of the trial justice and any prejudice was removed by the testimony of Phoenix. The confessions made to the police were voluntary, the court finds, and were properly received in evidence. The accused had a fair trial and the verdict must stand, declares Justice Robb. ance, | of prohibi- | showed the dele- | we are convinced that | We have en- | TWO CENTS. MORE TROOPS USED 10 ASSURE LONDON (F FOOD AS UNIONS WITHDRAW ALL AID | Peace Appears Far Off With Strike Entering Second } Week—Forty Hurt in Riot | When Bus Is Attacked. | PAPER COMMANDEERED ' FOR GOVERNMENT DAILY Public Confidence Increasing Under Display of Military—Radical Speeches Stopped by Police—Big Ports Kept Open by Guarded ‘ Volunteers Unloading Ships. By the Associated Press. | LONDON, May 10.—Great Britair | today entered the second week | the general strike with peace appar- | ently as far off as ever, and with e government ing increased use of military forces to assure the food supply The out ding development of Ithe week end was the successfu | convoying of food trucks by cavalry 1d armored cars from the Victori |dock to the distributing center it Hyde Park The strikers” newspaper denounced of troops as “ridiculous and v." and said it was done create belief that the strike has violent revolutionary aims.” yvernment, in a statement {noon today, said introducton of t ilitary convoys insured ample food of ma | nnneces have created mong the ockland.” Unionists’ Aid Withdrawn. des nounced tha members to of foc deepest impression ation of Londo Tnion € an permits issued to uniol it in the d ribution have been withdrawn | This as taken in view of the | confusion caused by the unfon offe: which was made to Premier Baldwin but which, it was stated, had not been answered.” In order to avoid confusion between the authorities and the strik the permits were recalled. he zovernment toda 1 supplies of news 1 publishers. the mmar nt not anc Churchill expla Commons e shortage of | | necessity Exchequer ned in the iouse of this move was tem seen caused by . He said that the ie government continu ing publica 1 of the official British Gazette, of which more tha 1,000,0¢ copies are printed d also w: determining factor. This action will mean that all other publications, including the Laborite British Worker, must discontinue |when their present small supplies of paper are exha . unless the em | bargo should be lifted meanwhile. The government spokesman in his noon statement 1 state of the country after the week end was | quiet. The most serious trouble thus | far reported during the str | the standpoint of casualties, however, | oceurred in the Camden Town section of London last n persons | were sent to hos n attack on a bus. Po | A police ser; hammer | Two Injured. ant was struck by a special constable was | stabl back at the Nine Elms Ruilway depot last night. At Bir { minzham a member of hte City Coun | ¢il named S emen Union and all | meeting at nd no in speeches were made. from the north, rnment, show that the de unionists, except the not enthusiastic about while in London and nd there is a growing con the population that the s the situation well in All repor | ing to the g hulk of the tr miners, are the strike, South En; fidence amon zovernment hand The government spokesman sald Premier Baldwin's pronouncemen over the radio on Saturday had great Iy reassured the population, and t copies of the speech were being dis tributed to the outlying districts Practically all the London suburban ailways are providing skeleton serv The volunteer workers are ex ceeding the demand at the moment Large numbers of Oxford and Cam bridge undergraduates are being sent | to rk on the docks of London, Southampton 2nd other ports. Tanks at Vital Points. The government's steps to maintain {law and order include the parking in | the South London district of a number of heavy tanks with detachments of suards in sSteel helmets and full equipment, ready to move at the | shortest notice. In Bird Cage Walk, beside the Wel [tington barracks, where the guards | men are housed, there is a detach- { ment of the Royal Tank Corps and a | column of armored cars. 4 A home office report says all the | meetings_in London vesterday were conducted in an orderly manner. The | organizing secretary of the Shoreditch Labor party was arrested Saturday on a charge of having seditious litera ture in his possession and was re- manded on bail. The police prevented & Communist meeting Sunday in Edgeware road and made two arrests. A disturbance occurred in Battersea, where several police and officials were injured, and two men were arrested on seditious charges. Train Service Improved. The beginning of the second week of the strike found transportation facilities for the thousands of city workers much improved. There was good service on the subway trains, as well as an increased number of busses, enabling people to_arrive at their offices earlier. The West End ’flor‘s greeted a larger number of Y,(Ctmflnued on Page 5, Column 2.)