Evening Star Newspaper, September 2, 1923, Page 4

CREECE PROTESTS ITALYS ACT HERE Formal Complaint Filed With State Department by Envoy to U. S. Greek legation announced last it had filed a formal pro- the State Department tion of Ital nt the legation of the Italian taking “violent pa Isiand of Corfu consti- violation of intern The night that test with against the In a red the it statem el ernn co V- in of the tutes a flagran tional law.” It is infringement ot of Greece, but the league of government of appealed, the an L the cady t that which to e Island rtified, and the land- 1 unpro- undefend- civilians valu- b d to the £ 1863, 1s were greed that not be fc as is ) under the the Tonian Greece, it was u should therefore if, Ing was voked Lombardm ed city, during whi w killed and \ many . has offered the death of | Albanlan fact that that Greek 1 Prior to talian go A that G on the of the ernment ha would_appe ind the landin made with Wwas exhausting every me: e tlement.” ASSERTS ITALY PLANNED DEATHS, BLAMING GREEKS Former Consul From Greece Says to effect a Move Made to Keep Venizelos From Getting Power. wiated Press YOI e Vilares ilade Ax NEW 1.—Dr. consul - from the inated. to- ttement £ Lgerin The Mediter- A\driatic and ranean ENVOY SAYS [TALY WOULD COMMIT NO ACT OF WAR Belgium Is Imformed That Present Measures Against Greece Are of Temporary Character. s, tember 1. — The called at the Bel- to explain He said temporary merely to without war. but Ttal safezuard wishing t fal o wn th mit ent the prestige an act « is lacking, feel avorable to 1 excepting the s munist papers, is approving Mussolint's Off is L cause. aly's | unauiy action ATHEMTS INDIGNANT OVER | BOMBARDMENT OF CORFU! {crimes which brought it about; Italians Fired on Fortress Despite Pledge of No Resistance, Says Dispatch. ol P September By the As LONDO! > indigna > the dec i over the fact tha n of the prefect of No_retaliation s offered from the nd where there were no guns. The Ttalians arrested the prefe ten officers, Who were taken aboar Italian boat, despite assurances previ- ously le’ that com freedom | would be allowed sders. All_communication with Corfu ap- parently - between Athens and Corfu) says the dispatch, now has been cut, RAIL AGENTS PROBE WRECK ATTEMPTS Persons Under Suspicion of Plac- ing Track Obstructions Near Croome, in Prince Georges. Soecinl Disp CROOM teli to The Star. Prince Georges county, Md., September 1 —Representatives of the investigative department of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company have been here the past two days conduct. ing an investigation with a view to establishing the fdentty of the person or persons who are allered to have mude unsuccessful attenis to wreck the Popes Creek line near here Thursday morning. Ties placed on the track between here and Duleys Station were struck by the northbound train from Popes Creck to Bowie. The engineer saw the ties in time to slow down his en- and prevent striking the ob- ction with force enough to do any Trainmen removed the obe and the train proceeded trains on n northward. Later in the morning a second at- tempt was made to wreck a train, This time the obstruction was placed where it was intended to have the southbound ~ train from Baltimore strike it, thirty-threo spikes and a track plate being used to make it miore secure. A trackwalker had been sent over the road after the first experlence and he found the second obstruction before the arrival of the train and removed it from the tracks. Inspectors who are vonducting the investigation, it is stated, traced foot- prints from ' the tracks through a cornfield from where the obstructions had_be point a consid- rable Tt is said the spectors have persons under wus- picion and that they hope to be able to make an arrest in the near future. Since 1880 the number of women mainfully employed increased from 14 40 21 por cent. de- } - |{Ttaly or her real ruler. it & in govern- i of [ITALIANS TAKE TWO NEW ISLANDS; LEAGUE DELAYS MOVE IN ISSUE (Continued from First Page.) l {demanded by the councll of ambas- dors. reece has protested to the powers against the bombardment of Corfu nd makes the point that the Italtans opened fire at 4 o'clock in the after- noon. whereas the second ultimatum was not to expire until 5 o'clock. IE 5 Greece also makes the point that Cor- fu was not fortified. The reports of {the casualties there vary from ten killed or wounded to fifteen killed. The Itallan navy proceeded with | the organization of Corfu in a bus {nesslike way. Vice Admiral Simo- was appointed governor and local po who are willing to serve | were drafted into the Italian serv- ice. This procecding is not welcomed | with enthusiasm abroad, certainly not {in England, for while all comments, {officiul and by the newspapers here, | With exceptions on the part of a few [liberal papers, are guarded, there is | beneath the surface unmistakable un- ieualneu regarding Mussolini's ambi- | tions, for the Itallan premier is still | @ man of mystery abroad. It is not { forgotten in England that about the jtime of his rise to power he made a {speech voicing his belief that Italy’ ldesting s to play u far more power- {tul part the Mediterranean tha¥ iheretofore. Hax Foe In Grasp ! Upportunity may be knockiug so {hard on Mussolini's door in the pres- {ent instance that he may not be able |to resist sealing Italy's domination of the Adriatic. That is the apprehen- sion which the Italians' coup at Corfu arouses. Mussolini has Italy’s anclent enemy In his grasp. Will he let go jcompletely, in response to the wishes of the powers, is a question hardly asked, but hinted. While the British fan French papers draw a parallel | petween toduy and the events of the | summer of 1914, there is determina- tion In this country thut no general |European war shall result. The British { Pupers express the heartiest good will | toward Ttaly, even those who criticize i her leader. | “Frunce appeurs alike with Engiana {in caretully avoiding any step of even {the mildest form of intervention {which might offend Italy; thetr am- I'ba have not been iustructed 1o any representations to the make s | Italian government | Time Opport | This ecris arose at an opportune {time for Italy in one respect. Both at Britain and France want Italy's support in dealing With the other absorbing difficulty-—the settlement of the German reparations; both have good reasons to refrain from | muking themselves appear cool to Ripples are {visible on the surface of affairs, which is characteristic of European poli- tice in delicate situations, and se jtions of the press in both Paris and London hint that the papers of the two capitals haven't shown an at- titude toward Italy as friendly as they might display. The precincts of Downing street give no evidence of anything un- usual stirring in world diplomacy. The prime minister is spending a vacation at a French watering place and it is said he does not intend to jcurtall his vacatlon. Lord Curzon, foreign secretury, is returning to- (night from France, it is asserted, ac- |cording to previous plan. { Significant naval movements are re- |ported. Lieut. Col. Amery, first lord the admiralty, {s proceeding to Maita, which {8 the British naval base in the Mediterranean, but he is on & tour of inspections. combined with a vacation which he announced several weeks ago. Crime Forgotten. Gne of the unusual features of this crisis is the lack of discussion of the the crime seems to have been almost for- gotten under debate of the far-reach- ing interest it precipitated. Five thousand Itallan troops have been landed on Corfu, says an Athens dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph. These soldiers were sent ashore from fifteen naval vessels, COMPLETE OCCUPATION. .. Italian Penalties Likely to End With Corfu Seizure. { By the Associated Press, ROME, September 1.—The mili- tary movement in the occupation of Corfu has been accomplished and virtually this is as far as Itallan penalties against Greece are likely to proceed, according to present in- dications. The cry goes up in press| and political clircles that Greece must meet the Itallan demands, but there is no intimation that Italy will insist on carrying out to the let- ter Premier Mussolini's ultimatum. There are general demands for the tulfillment of the Itallan terms, but no stand is taken that Italy is not ready to discuss the question. . It is the unanimous feeling that Italy should be firm in refusing to permit interference by other powers and it is pointed out that France has practically been given a free hand in the occupation of the Ruhr and the occupation of Corfu by Italy was carried out according to the same principle, namely, for the payment of reparations. Repugnance is expressed at the sug- gestion that the cause be adjudicated by the league of nations. It is ar- gued that Great Britaln and France enforce their demands for repara- tions whenever the case requires it. It is the firm conviction in political | circles that Italy is not violating any articles of the covenant; the'news- papers cite various precedents for Corfu. The Corriere d'Italia recalls the United States in Vera Crus, when there were no warlike intentions. “Italy, firm in her attitude towards Greece,” adds the paper, “can be com- forted by something older and more solid than the Geneva league, namely, the traditions of France, which in all cases affecting her prestige through insolence, has used her own suthority to right her wrongs.” COMMUNICATION CUT. {Report of Near East Relief Says ! Corfu Cable Tied Up. NEW YORK, September 1.—Cable communication between Athens and the Island of Corfu has been cut off, says,a message recelved at the near east reliet headquarters here from the Athens office. The lust wmessage received Lrom THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, 9 D. C.. SEPTEMBER 2,. 1923—PART 1. : VETEEANS OF FOREIGN WARS HONOR UNKNOWN HERO The Photograph Tomb of the Unkn Greece’s Version of Crisis As Given in By the Associated Press | GENEVA, September 1.—The Greel | note calling attention of the league of natfons to the Italo-Greck con-| flict and asking the earliest action| possible under the provisions of the league covenant was made public to- day. The note, addressed to Secre- tary General Sir Eric Drummond and signed by M. Politis, minister of | foreign affairs of Greece under the| Venizelos regime, reads: | “A deplorable step has just taken| place on Greek territory which has! caused consternation throughout the| whole country and aroused a feeling of violent and unanimous indigna- tlon among the Greek people. The Itullan delegates on the committee appointed by the ambassadors’ coun- | cll to establish a boundary line be- | tween southern Albania and Greece were assassinated by unknown per- sons a fow miles from the Greek| frontier. “The moment wo learned of this! regrettable act the Ureck govern- ment took energetic steps to discover the authors and expressed to the Itallan government the profound re-| gret of the entire country. How ever. before any kind of proof was| forthcoming as to the nationality of | the aggressors and the motives and circumstances of the crime the Italian government. through its le- ' Note to League gation in Athens, addressed to the Greek government a note In which it threw the moral responsibility and implicit material the crime on the Greek governmest and demanded such measures of sat-| | iefaction and reparation as in mev- oral respects were incomnatible with the sovereignty of the Hellenic state and with the honor of the nation. “The Greek government replied a note in which it refuted the ac- cusation contained in the Italtan note und stated that it was quite unable to meet the demands the note con- tatned. Animated, however, by a keen desire to closa a8 soon &k Do: sible in the general intercst an inef- dent that might seriously affect the £00d relations between the two ooun- rties, the Greek government offered to give due satiefaction and repa tionx, which were enumerated in the ireek reply i p. which will be recognized to be extremely concillatory, Greece made the maximum sacrifices com- patible with the honor and sover- eignty of Greece. In forwarding its reply to the Italian legation in Athens formed the latter that it had decided to place the dispute before the coun cil of the league. with u view to ar- riving at a friendly and equitable scttlement. In acquuinting you with these facts. T have the honor, by order of the Greek government, to beg you to bring this question before the coun- ¢il at the earliest possible moment by virtue of articies 12 and 15 of the covenant.” _—€—ldsm§——— American relief workers who were caring for 150 orphans in the old fort [ on Corfu announced that the Ameri- can and Canadian personnel had es- caped injury in the Itallan gunboat bombardment of the island prior to the selzure. ITALIANS EXPLAIN MOVE. | Blame Greeks for Deaths of Civil-| ians in Corfu. ROME, September 1.--An official | statement on the bombardment of| Corfu says: | “The shots from the Ttallan guns| killed or wounded & dozen cltizens because the authorities had | not removed the population, despite warnings from the squadron.” GREEK SHIP FREED. Permitted to Leave Rome l‘lyhlg" Italian Flag at Mast. ROME. September 1.—A dispatch from Brindisi states that the Greek steamship Attromitos. which had been held up there, was allowed to proceed toward Greece, but was re- quired to fly the Italian flag at its main mast. Three Greek journalists expelled from Italy were on board the vessel. U. 8. OFFICIALS HOPEFUL. Belief held in Washington from the first that a solution of the diffi- culties between Italy and Greece would be reached by peaceful means Was even stronger yeeterday as a result of the reports received from European capitals. Officlal advices, it was sald, were similar to those received by the press, and were con- sidered hopeful. Although It was admitted that the situation holds potential Jangers, the view generally expressed in diplomatic circles was that an ad- justment was In prospect, either through the league of nations or the good offices of some power such as| Great Britali. Even if some further/ military moves were made, It was said that the troudle would in all probability remain localized. During the day the State Depart- ment recelved long dispatches from | Rome and Athens, which wers sald to ‘contain nothing not previously published in the pre: Among the inquiries recelved at tho department was one from the near -east rellef of New York, which asked for the latest advices concerning conditions in the affected are: DENY BRITISH AT CORFU. By the Associated Press. ROME, September 1.—Reports from Athens published in foreign news- papers that a British squadron an- chored oft Corfu shortly after the Italian ocoupation s oficially branded as false. GREEK SHIP DAMAGED. —— ATHENS, September 1.—An Itallan submarine stationed in the Gulf of: Coumenitza has fired on the Greek steamer Georgios, slightly damaging the latter. The commander of the submarine told the Greek captain that the Ital- fan admiral had ordered the closing of Corfu channel to Qreek vesse and that no Greek steamers will be allowed to proceed from Piraeus to Cortu. s o) t Greek | ! SECOND GARRETT CASE ENDED BY MISTRIAL (Continued from First Page.) e comparatively were out. Few people were in the room at the time, however, as all spectators had been kept at a safe distance from the courthouse as a precaution against any possible dem- onstration. The defendant was the only one of the prineipals in the case Who remained in the court room and at quietly, much of the time ‘alone, He showed plalnly the great strain under which he was laboring and was deathly pale on both occasions short time | when the jurors reported. Judge White told the jurors he re- gretted the six-day trial had been unproductive of a verdict, but that he had no wish to cause them to sur- render their “conscientious opinions. Several members of the jury support- ed Foreman H. G. Watts in a state- ment-as to the hopeless deadlock, whereupon Judge White selected one of the jurors at random, requested| him to stand aside and the others then were dismissed, thus formally declaring the case a mistrial. Cost State $2,500. Whether Judge White will preside when the case is again called de- pends upon Gov. E. Lee Trinkle, as Judge White is assigned to this court for this term only. To preside he must be reassigned. The cost of bringing the Amherst jury here was in excess of $1,400, and the total cost of the trial to the commonwealth alone, Clerk J. A. Tillman stated, was in excess of $2,600. Judge White stated R. O. Garrett ‘Would continue under $25,000 bond and 4id not order him rearrested. Whether Mr. Pierce was too dazed know what he was doing when he me out of his house with the shot- gun and revolver was the main point of disagreement, according to the discharged jurors, Garrett, county clerk, and his brother, "Larkin ~C. Garrett, were charged with having slain the mini ter in front ofhis home after a fi fight. Political and business feud: formed a prominent feature of the testimony in the case. Asked Change of Venue. The fallure to reach a ' verdict marked the second mistrial in the case, the jury at the trial of Larkin Garrett having been discharged on motion of the prosecution after near- 1y all of the testimony had been tak- en. In both trials the state asked a change of venue, asserting a fair trial could not be had in Cumberland county, and attacked the qualifica- tions of several of the jurors. As a result a jury was summoned from Lynchburg in another county for the trial of R. O. Garrett. Garrett's defense based on the ‘| claim that the minister fired first, and that he and his brother went to the scene of the slaying to ask for an explanation of remarks Mr. Plerce had made about the wife of one of the brothers. An Excuse That Failed. From Judge. “Fathe: said the student, “T want to talk to you about changing my course of study.” “Talk to your mother, son” di- rected m‘. father, who was reading the sporting page. "Mapflmr said the son. “I made a mistake when I selected chemistry. But it 18 not too to change even ¥eE T wantito take astronomy In- stead.” The mother searched the eyes of her son sharply. Then she saf “No! You'll have to think up some better ~excuse for staying out at night. nt of the autos are owned by More than in the United women. Baes responsibility for | the Greek government in- | they | DAVIS IN PEACE PLEA | AT UNKNOWN’S TOMB Labor Secretary Quotes Harding's Assertion About War, “It Shall Not Be Again.” | e — | i A plea for continuation of peace was made by Secretary of Labor Davis in an address at exerciges held Hoseier Post. Veterans of Foreign | Wars. at the tomb of the unknown | soldler at Aritngton yesterdmy. Mr. {Davls was made an honorary member lat the post, whose headquarters are in_Indianapolis. Referring to the heroic dead of the world war and other wurs in wkich }the United States has been engaged. { Secretary Davis said: “May we consecrute ourselves and | those who come after us to carry forward in pesce the burden they labored under in the bloody fields of | war. { ‘Let us hand down to the future| {of America and the world that eter- { nal principle of equality. of oppor- tunity for life. liberty and the pur-| sult “of happiness which they laid | {down thelr lives to preserve. With | all mv heart I quate the words of our beloved departed President and may | God grant the prayer, ‘It shail not be jagain " ;WALLACE ASKS BUILDING | | PROGRAM OF $15,350,000 TO COVER 8-YEAR PERIOD | i (Continued from First Page.) {bureau that out of the forty-eight | buildings occupled only two government- owned and seven rented are in proper { condition from this standpoint He emphasizes that the difficulties of adminlstration present a serious problem. In all the large burcaus. such, for example, as the bureau of plant industry, the chief has to have frequent conferences wWith his prin- cipal men. When they have to come trom nine bulldings. far apart, seri- ous and costly delays are caused. The necessary intercommunication be- |tween divisions and bureaus in the transmiseion of papers and books lalso complicates the problem. Besides the delays, this requires a larger messenger force than would otherwise be necessary, means ad- ditional truck service and in some cases makes duplication in the cler- ical force necessary. Secretary Wallace's recommenda- tions, based on the report of the special committee which carefully studled the problem from a business standpoint, are: First, to complete the connecting ilink between the two wings occupied by the bureau of plant industry and the buteau of animal industry. This has been awaiting action for more than fifteen years. The Treasury Department has estimated that this connecting link would cost about $2,000,000. Second, he iadvises that a city equare be acquired south of the main De- partment of Agriculture reserva- tion—that is, south of B street south- west—and that thereon should be constructed a big office bullding of plain factory type, six stories highs| which the Treasury estimates say would cost $4,350,000 for site -and building. Those two items he recommends for immediate action. Then, a future program Secre- tary Wallace proposes the construc- tion of a large office bullding on the morth end of the Department of § Agriculture grounds. This would have seven wings left open on the south side. ‘This bullding: would be ot gray &ranite base and white marble facing of the samé type as the two wings now occupied by the bureaus of plant and animal in- dustry and would conform with fine arts commission requirements. The cost of this bullding ie estimated at $6,000,000. The fourth item of Secretary Wal- lace’s proposal is that in a few years the open wings be joined together by a hew bullding on the south side identical with the north front, which would cost about $3,000,000 more. This would mean an ultimate ex- penditure of $15,350,000. The Secre- tary's recommendations, however, on which he has received encourage ment from the members of the appro- priations committees of the House Senate, are that $3,000,000 should be appropriated the first year, made continuingly available until expend- ed; with 33,350,000 appropriated the second year, and available until ex- pended. One point about the housing of the partment of Agriculture which is gene -ll*overlooka but which Sec- rotary allace and his committee had to take into careful consdieration it that the Department of Agriculture has thirteen scientific bureaus which require extensive and which make the floor space re quirement for the rtment very large, in some instances, per man, laboratory space, | HUNDREDS DEAD IN JAPANESE QUAKE (Continued from Fifst Page.) stroyed and in many places there is no traffic at all The refugee said the number of dead and injured was incalculable. Yokohama was badly damaged by the shock and succeeding fire. A tidal wave, with heavy damage and many vessels lost, was reported from the bay of Suruga. Fires had broken out tn towns, as far ax 84 miles from Tokio, and the disaster appearadl gen- erul all*along the east coast of Japan. The only survivor so. far reaching the radio station, said the number of dead in Tokfo alone “was incalcu- lable.” Largest Cities. capital of Japan, with densely populated urea of fort square miles, s one of the world's largest citfes. Conditions In it ap- proximate more nearly both the crowded ~conditions of occidental cities and their architectural develop- ment than any other of Japan's cities. Until the restoration the city wi called “Yedo.” and it became the cap tal of Japan only in comparatively recent years, the old capital being Kioto, 200 miles distane. It {s per- hapg the éfty of Japan best known to visitors from the occidental coun- tries. being one of the principal rai way centers of the empire. The cele- Tok | brations of the picturesque festivals for which Japan is noted are unusuai- 1y brillfant in Tokio. Great numbers of temples, imperial palace buildings, imposing business structures after the western model, modern railway buildinge and industrial plants along mort modern lines are located in the city. Bulldings Fire Menace. On a hill west of the city is the Castle of Tokio. scene of the ancient shogun's palace and several public offices of the old Japan. About it the old Daimos plantations orig- nally stood, but this area some years ago was given over virtually entirely to public offices. barracks, govern- ment schools and similar structures. a1l of stone or brick. Tokio fs well situated on undulated ground on the shore of the Bay of Toklo and is divided into two parts by the River Sumida, emptying into the bay. It ig divided into fifteen wards and its suburbs into six di- vislons. The different industries and occupations are, to a degree, segre- gated to particular prinicpal thoroughfare is the “Ginza, a wide, brick paved street with trees on both sides. The density of building and the light wood and bamboo conatruction of most of the dwelling houses have made Tokio subject to & number of disastrous fires, Jach of these has been seized upon as an opportunity for widening the streets.and making other improve- ments, Fires in Suburbs. Of districts in which the flames are reported making headway Kanda is a ward of the city proper, northeast of the imperial palace, which is in the a proximate center of the city. Hongo is in the extreme northern part of the city in the hilly section. Asakusa and Shitaya are contiguous to the first two. Fukuguawa is southward of Hongo on ground reclaimed from marshes and Is much cut up with canals, and Shina- gawa 18 a suburban town of 21,000 be- tween Yokohama and Tokfo. The Mitsukoshi store, where fire broke out after today's earthquake, {8 the principal department store = of Tokio, and the buildifig it occuples is one of the most notable in the cit Thoe establishment in size and variety of merchandise displaved is comparable to a large American store. REGISTERED GENERALLY. By the Assoclated Press, HILO, T. H. September 1.—The seismograph at Kealakekua at 7 o'clock last night registered a severe distant earthquake. Sampans in the bharbor were warned to beware of a tidal wave. Reports received here said a slight tidal wave was noticed at the Island of Puna, off the coast of Ecuador. No damage was reported. BERKELEY, Calif., September 1.— 'The selsmograph of the University of California recorded a ‘“very savere' earthquake, starting at ten minutes sixteen seconds after 7 o'clock last night and lasting for three hours and fifty minutes. The indicated distance was 5,400 miles and the point of origin in the region between Tokio and Osaka. Japan. Father J. B. MacElwane, seisloglst, reported that the earthquake was equally as severe as the one which visited the Shansi province in China in 1920, in which hundreds were re- ‘piorted killed and great damage one. VICTORIA, B. September 1.— ‘The earthquake Japan was so marked on the selsmograph at Gonzales Heights observatory hers that the needle oscillated for six hours. SHIPS ENDANGERED. By the Assoclated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, September 1.— Two big pessenger liners plying be- tween San Francisco and far east points are belleved to be in the har- bor of Yokohama today. They are the President Plerce, opérated by the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, and the Korea Maru, operated by the Toyo Kisen Kaisha. Both vessels are bound for San Francisco. Korea is due here September 18 and the on September 20. SPANISH CABINET RAPS ARMY, QUITS Individual Members Voice Oppo- sition to Staff Plan for Mili- tary Operations in Morocco. By the Associated Press, MADRID, September 1.—The Span- ish cabinet presented its resignaton tonight. At the cabinet meeting preceding the resignation of the ministers, Mig- uel Villaneuva, minister of finance, voiced strong opposition to the plan submitted by the general staff rela- tive to the military operations in Morocco. The minister of labor and commerce also sought to convince his colleagues that it was Impossible to provide the funds necessary for the operations demanded by the general staff be- cause of the enormous expenditures already made in this connection The minister of public works, Ra- fael Gasset, disapproved of the plan because under it he would have to surrender all the funds put at his disposal for the improvement of pub- lic works. Alvarez Valdes and Luis Arminan Albita are mentioned for the new ministry. SOLDIERS CONTROL IN TULSA COUNTY Civil Authorities Receiving Orders From Them Under Oklahoma Martial Law. TULSA, Okla., September 1.—Mar- tial law in Tulea county became a stern and uncompromising reality at noon today, when Gov. Walton's new proclamation governing military rule took eftect. Khaki-clad soldiers ment and the county sheriff's office this afternoon and were giving orders to civil authorities. With the coming of night the al- ready drab situation took on a more stern aspect. Darkness had barely fallen when Army trucks sped over the city to drop small detachments of armed guardsmen at strategic points. Guards were posted at all Bateways to the citv and began stop- ping all traffic. Only those able to oxplain their errands were allowed to pase. A score of military cars loaded with soldiers set out at nightfall on a patrol of both business and residence sections. All persons on the streets after 11:30 o'clock tonight were stop- ped, but those whose work required passage on the street were allowed to proceed. Regulations Tssued. Regulations governing th were issued tonight by Adjt B. H. Markham. the sale of arms or ammunition; for- bids all assemblages that may tend toward disorder; allows all places of business to remain open during the usual hours and calls on all law- abiding citizens t6 co-operate in the militaew effort to bring about ‘‘the restoration of law and order.” The adjutant general further de- clared that civil authorities have failed to bring floggers to justice and apparently have been in sym- pathy with their activities; that the civil ™ authorities have ‘“failed and refused” to co-operate with the mili- tary since its investigation was county Geni that ‘certain elements” of the city of Tulsa have opposed the Investiga- tion and hindered the military au- thorities and by so doing have been arties to a “general condition of law- essness. An attempt was made late Friday night to kidnap and whip a_woman resident of Tulsa, it was reported today. Her ldentity is not known. —_— U. S. ORDERS SHIPS TO RELIEF OF JAPANESE (Continued from First Page.) meht remained up late into the night reading press reports. He ex- pressed deep anxlety over the situa- tion. Thousands of Amerricans re- slde in the affected area. State De- partment officlals were in touch with the American Red Cross, which to- night extended the aid of the or- ganization through the Japanese em- bassy. The American Red Cross, through John Barton Payhe, its chairman, yes- terday offered to the Japanese em- bassy the aid of the organization in rescue work made necessary by the Yokohama earthquake. Sympathy of the Red Cross was extended. It was recalled by Red Cross offi- clals that the Japancse Red Cross was one of the first organizations to offer aid at the time of the San Fran- cisco fire. The offer of assistance was cabled to Tokio by the embassy. In the ovent It iy accepted, Red Cross offi- clals sald the ald probably would bs in the form of financial advances to the Japanese Red Cross, that organ- izatlon being described as highly effi- cient and well able to take care of the situation. President_Coolidge _last night ad- dressed to Emperor Yoshihito of Ja- pan a message of sympathy on the part of himeelf and the American people for the sufferers from the earthquake in Japan. ‘At the moment when the news of the great disaster which has Dbe- fallen the people of Japan is being recelved,” the President's message said, “I am moved to offer you in my own name and that of the Ameri- can poople the most heartfelt sym- | and to express to your majesty cere desire to be of any possible ance in alleviating the terrible suffering to your people. pathy my were in charge of the police depart- | The order prohibits | etarted nearly three weeks ago, and | BURLY POLICE PUT ONTRAIL OF GANGS “Don’t Talk to ’Em; Hit ’Em.” Is Old Order Revived in New York. Special Dispateh to The Star. BY JASON CONRAD, NEW YORK, September 1. — K Dropper's body lies a mouldering the grave, but his gang goes march- ing on. Despite most States the fact drastic law concerning New that in it as th the U carrying | deadly weapons, York has ne | been able to wipe out the little band of guerillas that hiave held the me: chants and peaceable citizens of her East Side in terror. Kid Dropper was their leader for fourteen years. He attained respec when he and Johnny Spanish, one o the most notorious gangsters the city ever had, met on the streets one day A dozen shots were fired. The Drop per walked away and left Johnny Spanish writhing in his blood When he recovered, Spanish diplo matlcally made Dropper his chie? {aide, and Kid Dropper succeeded t | Bis scepter a ehort timo later whe a rival gang: a bulle {through the brain of Johnny Spanis! Dropper “checked out” thig waelk A member of a rival gang walked up behind him as he sat in a taxicab i® custody of policemen, and placed @ gun to his brain. His funeral wa the occasion of a minor riot on the eaxt side, The death of Kid Dropper has mo: wiped out the gangs. Police realize that and they are taking drastic, Ineasures to prévent another accumu- lation of such power as Kid Dropper had. His gang extorted money und }sold tickets daily to outings thut were | never contemplated. This was & pétty form of their blackmail. Terror- ized merchants bought them rather than to euffer the consequences. Turn to Unwritten Law. The police have turned to the un written law of Florric Sullivan, one | time Tammany leader of the old i eighth district, to curb the gangsters. { When Sullivan succeeded to the leau jership of the district he found it {overrun with “cadet” and gangsters i with no visible means of support be- yond the terror they inspi Suili Yan, & protege and relative of the Big Tim, after whom the weapon law was named, called his cohorts to gether and outlined his system. “Don't talk to ’em,” he sald. “Hit TanA In two cleaned. Police Com selected twent ite i weeks his district was sioner Enright has blg cops who love fight as well as Suliivan did. To them. he has practically repeated Florrie's netructions. It is not as easy now to pick the East Side gangster out of a crowd as it was when Whitey the Rat declared thirty years ago that a man might not ne two white shirts, but he certainiy needed two guns. They are a carefully corseted crowd as a ruie and are known in the stores on the East Side and on | Proadway as most fastidious dressers. From pale blue silk underwear to th conservative worsted of his coat, the: ix nothing beyond the bulge of ti gangster's shoulder holster to dif ferentiate him from the well dressed business man Far different were gome of the: predecessors. _Johnny Spanish wore black from shirt to” hat and shoes. Whitey the Rat and Kid Twist, who boasted he could do his stretch in Sing Sing standing on his head, if need be, rather than turn up his pals, bore {marks of a gangster, the tough of | the old Bowery. : Eastman Most Notorlous. Monk Eastman was perhaps_ the most notorious gunman New York ever had. He rose by virtue of his quick hand and trigger finger (o a | height of power where at one time he had 1,000 men who had swor alleglance to him. He went to War {in 1917, was cited for bravery and jgave up the gangster life when he returned. He was walking along 14th street one day in 1919 when an old enemy took him off from & darkened stairway. Castman was cruel, but perhaps 's most brutal gangster was lig. His haunts wers the and Coney Island. He down to the island one @ay ito bump off a rival gangster, but he wag carried home in an undertakers basket. His rival had seen him first New York concedes that the gang- ster 18 more afraid of a blackjack or a uightstick in the hands of a burly cop than he is of a pistol shot from a stairway or a fleeing taxicab, but it doubts that Commissioner En- right's method will_have any more lasting effect than Florrie Sullivan The latter cleancd up his district, b the gangsters moved to new piaces and “carried on.” STOCK SHOW PRIZES WILL TOTAL $40,000 iLarge Awards Offered for Cattle ' Exhibit at EKansas City. | By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, September 1.—Pre- mium money to be offered for four breeds of beef cattle at the American royal live stock, show, to be held here November 17 to 24, will total more than $25,000, according to an an- nouncement by show officiale. In ad- {dition, there will be eilver trophies valued at more than §2,000. Thers will bo cash prizes also for hogs, sheep, draft horses and mules. Cakh offered in tho cattie carlot classes ‘exceeds $7,000; for six breeds of hoge, more than’ $7,500; carlot swine classes, $1,800; seven breeds of sheep, more than §2,100; cariot sheepn clagses, $740; for draft horses and mules, ' $7,800, and for the ecvening horse ‘show, $14,000 A class ‘for bovs' and girls' livoe stock clubs of Kansas City’s trado territory has been added to the offer- inge this year. The cush prizes of- fered amount to $1,800, in addition to special prizes. College students will have an op- portunity to win _cash prizes in judg- ing contests and herdsmen, grooms and shepherds may try for cash , prizes for the best kept and most ap- propriately decorated exhibits. d: Women Buy Husbands For Day To Obtain British Citizenship By Cable to The Star. LONDON, September 1.-—~There aré more ways than one of becom- ing & British subject, and one of the strangest was revealed this week. That is, for a foreign born woman to pay $150 for the privi- lege of going through a marriage form with an Englishman, where- upon she automatically takes on her husband’s nationality. It 1s stated that recently an Aus- trian woman who had difficulty becoming naturalized and wished to take the short cut, offered an elderly and impecunious bachelor, her acquaintance, thirty pounds sterling 1f he would marry her. On his agreement the ceremony took place at the registry office, the bride and groom agreeing as they left the bullding never to each other again. The home office states that sev- eral marriages of thls sort have taken place recently, adding that these ceremonies are usually the only way in which the women con- cerned could become British sub. jects. In the last session of Par- Hament & bill came up providing that foreign born women should not acquire British nationality merely by marrying British sub- jects, and drawing up regulations similar to those now in force in the United States. The bill failed to pass, howeve; #0 the path to British citizenshlp eems open for any alien women who can bid high enough for the privil of marrying an Eng! man. o \