Evening Star Newspaper, September 4, 1923, Page 1

! WEATHER. Fair tonight and tomorrow; cooler tonight. Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, * tomb of 87, at 2:20, p.m. vesterday. at 5:30 a.mn. today. Full report on page 20. ; lowest, 71, ClosingN. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 22 No. 28,980. Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. WASHINGTON, D. €, WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion'is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 73,669 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1923—THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. . TWO CERTS. UAKE TOLL NEAR 500,000; TOKIO WIPED OUT, 'DEAD CHOKE RIVER; U.S. EMBASSY STAFF SAFE ITALY THREATENING GREECE WITH MORE DRASTIC REPRISALS Mussolini May Tighten Mili- tary Grip to Force Greeks to Capitulate. ATHENS COUNTER REVOLT REPORT BRINGS DENIAL Italians May Withdraw From League if Body Attempts to Settle Dispute. By the Associated Press. Premier Mussolini is quoted as de- claring that if the Greeks do not meet his terms soon for the evacuation of the Island of Corfu these terms will be made more severe. Rome reports that a grave “internal situation” prevails in Greece, With a counter-revolutionary republican movement gaining ground, but this is denled by the Greek legation in Lon- don. An Itallan spokesman in Geneva declares that Ttaly has never officlally repudiated the competency of the league of nations to pass on the dis- Ppute. The ambassadors’ council in Paris has received Greece's reply to the council's protest over the assassina- tion of Gen. Tellini's boundary mis- sion and will consider the matter at the earliest opportunity. TO INCREASE SEVERITY. Italy to Make Terms More I)rutiq’ if Greece Delays. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, September 4—Italy will make her terms for the evacuation of Corfu more onerous if Greece delays in fulfilling the terms of his ultima- tum, Premier Mussolinl is quoted by the Daily Mail's Rome correspondent &s declaring. “If the Greeks fulfill the conditions ot my ultimatum and pay up I shall withdraw from Corfu, but they had better pay soon, for next week the price will be higher,” the premier sald. “I have no intention of occupying any more Greek territory or employ- ing any other sanctions, unless, of course, the Greeks are foolish encugh to attack Italian subjects or prop- erty.” A Central News dispatch from Rome today says that.Premler Mussolini ®pecifically has instructed the Italian delegates to the league of nations that he has absolutely determined to; maintain his position that the league is incompetent to deal with cases in which the honor and prestige of Italy are concerned. ITALY MAY QUIT LEAGUE. Mussolini Said to Have Made Threat to Cabinet. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, September 4.—An Ex- change Telegraph dispatch from Rome today eays that Premier Mus- solini told the cabinet that if the council of the league of nations as- serts its competency to deal with the Greco-Itallan controversy Italy ‘will withdraw from the league, COUNTER REVOLT STARTS. Republican Movement Said to Be Under Way in Greece. By the Assoclated Press. ROME, September 4 —A revolutionary republican is under way in Greece, says a dis- patch received here today. The movement Is gaining ground despite drastic measures taken by the gov- ernment, Including the immediate ar- rest of all suspects and the confisca- tion of arms, the dispatch says. The followers of the late King Constan- tine’s party are said to be preparing for action. Athens is completely isolated and the Greek government is allowing no reports concernins the “grave in- ternal situation” to be sent from the capital, says the dispatch. As an indlcation of the drift of public opinion the dispatch says the Col. Kournaris, who was executed by the revolutionaries last November, Is constantly covered with counter movement flowers, in strong contrast to its pre-, vious neglected appearance. Deny Lengue Jurisdiction. Premier Mussolini, it is understood, is ready to withdraw the Itallan dele- | gates from the Geneva conference if his viewpoint concerning the <onflict with Greece is not shared by the league of nations. The Italian government declares that the controversy between Greece and Italy concerns directly the honor and dignity of Italy, and Italy there- fore cannot delegate to even the high- est International assembly the defense of her gravely offended prestige. Premier Mussolini, {n an interview, says that Italian public opinion does not believe in the league of nations. If Ttaly’s viewpoint that the league of nations is incompetent to settle the Greco-Itallan difficulty is not ac- cepted by the league, Italy, it is understood, is ready to submit the question of the league's competency to the international court at The Hague. This court, however, if called upon must give a décision from an abstract standpoint, without refer- ence to the present Greco-Italian conflict. New precautionary arrests have been made on the island of Corfu by the Itallans occupying forces and the governor has divided the island into zones, which are presided over by the military. The consuls of foreign governments LCantll{ued_on Page 2, Cau’nn 2) ICOAL PEACE TERMS OF BOTH SIDES GIVE HOPE OF AGREEMENT Miners Willing to Accept 10 Per Cent Pay Boost if Modi- fied for Day Men. OPERATORS WILL AGREE FOR LONG-TERM PACT Want 'Annual Adjustment of Wages by Arbitration—Confer- ence to Meet Tomorrow. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, Pa, September 4—>Miners and operators, comprising the committees trying to work out a new wage agreement between the cite workers and mine owners, | de today to preparing for to- {morrow’'s conference at Harrisburg, { Where another effort will be made to reach a scttlement under the media- jtion of Gov. Pinchot, who called them together. So far as could be learned there was no formal meeting of the oper- ators planned, but it is understood they are exchanging views with reference to tomorrow's conference. President John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers, has called the three anthracite district presidents of the unfon to meet with him here tonight and leave for Harrisburg tomorrow. Mr. Lewis said there was no sig- nificance in the gathering of the Sommitteemen here. as the meeting vas called merely to check up on the situation, : Terms Nearly Satisfactory. So far as can be learned there has been no change in the general situ- ation, The fact that the miners and operators have mnot held meetings since Saturday indicated to observers that the representatives of the work- ers and the operators have not changed their positions on the wage question. Gov. Pinchot proposed that the miners be glven a 10 per cent increase in wages. The union in its formal response has stated that this proposed advance was in the right direction for contract miners, but was inadequate for men paid by the day. It was understood that the min- ers feel that if an equivalent ad- vance in cents is offered the day men it would be an equitable basis for settlement. The operators are willing to con- sider the 10 per cent increase for all men if a long-time agreement can be reached with annual adjustment of {wages by arbitration and abandon- ment of other demands. Reports from the coal fields today showed the region quiet with sus- pension complete. RAILROAD CUTS FORCE. Coal Line Lays Off 500 and Draws Fires in Fifty Locomotives. By the Assoclated Press. AZELTON, Pa., September 4.—On unt of the suspension of coal mining in the Hazelton district, the Lehigh Valley Rallroad today lald off approximately 500 men employed in handling coal and drew the fires from fifty locomotives. SUSPENSION IS COMPLETE. ill.h!el's Believe Suspension Will Be of Short Duration. Ry the Associated Pross. WILKES-BARRE, Pa., September 4. —Suspension of mining in the upper coal flelds remained complete today. Many miners are looking for jobs in other industries pending a settlement of the anthracite wage question while some are using their idle time in painting and repairing their homes. The younger element is spending the itime in athletic diversions. Mine workers are still optimistic of an early resumption, while operators say they do not look for a short sus- ipension so long as the workers de- mand a_big increase in wages, the check-off and other concessions. Differences between mine _workers fand officials of the Glen Alden Coal {Company over the alleged displace- !ment of maintenance men by fore- men and assistant foremen is to be threshed out at a meeting of the sub- committee of the miners' scale com- mittee at Philadelphia tonight. | Several more rail*nad crews were laid off today. There 1» nn coal for shipment and none for local demand COOLIDGE IS HOPEFUL. Believes Pinchot’s Efforts Will Be Successful Before Long. President Coolidge maintains the hope and conviction that Gov. Pinchot (Continued on Page 2, Column 2:) RAILROAD OFFICIALS BOY BANDIT VICTIMS Youths Enter Private Car Early in Morning, Take $150 and ‘Watch From Occupants. By.the Assoclated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, September 4.— Charles M. Levey, president of the ‘Western Pacific Rallroad Compan: E. W.’Mason, vice president, and G. L. Phillips, assistant engineer, were held up by two_ youthful bandits, who entered Mr. Levey's private car at Thornton, San Joaquin county, at 3:15 a.m. today, and robbed them of approximately $160. Mr. Mason' watch also was taken. k 0. C. LOSES POINT, GAINS ANOTHER IN TREASURY RULINGS {May Keep 60 Per Cent of Supreme Court Fine Gives Up Share in Fees. The District government gained one point and lost another in a de- cision handed down today by Con- troller General McCarl of the Treas- ury. The controller ruled that the Dis- trict is entitled to 60 per cent of all fines collected by the District Su- preme Court, which formerly went wholly to the United States. In the same opinion he held that the municipality is not entitled to 60 per cent of fees taken in by the clerk of the District Supreme Court. Maj. Danfel J. Donovan,’ District auditor, could not estimate today how much the city will gain in rev- enue through the 60-40 decision of Supreme Court fines, but it is not expected to be a large amount. Lone $30,000 a Year. The fees of the clerk's office, which will continue to go entirely to the United States, amount to be- tween $50,000 and $60,000 a year. | These are the last two items of revenue over which doubt existed as to how they should be treated. A ruling was made necessary by the provision in the appropriation act for last year, which sald, in effect, that any revenue derived from ian office appropriated for on a 60-40 basis should be divided between the i United States and District govegn- |ments in the same proportion. | The auditor admitted the District !does not pay any part of the salaries and _expenses of the clerk’s office at _the courthouse, hence the con- troller ruled the city is not entitled to_part of the fees of that office. The District, however, does pay 60 per cent of other expenses of | the Supreme Court, which caused the controller to give the city the same proportion of fines imposed. - There were a score of other miscel- laneous sources of revenue over which doubt existed, but they were all settled last April. FAMOUS TOKIO BRIDGE FALLS WITH CROWDS Loss of Life Described as “Innu- - merable”—School Buildings Are Burned. By the Assoclated Pres: SAN, FRANCISCO, September 4.— The famous Ryogoku bridge, span- ning the Sumida river in Toklo, col- lapsed at a time when thousands of refugees fleeing to the mountains were upon it, with resultant loss of life described as “innumerable.” Kelji University at Tokio, the higher technical school, the Kurnamae ‘Women's Higher Normal School and the First High School have been burned. . BAN ON TELEGRAMS. By the Associated Press, SHANGHAI, September 4.—The Japanese’ department of communica- tions has ordered its provincial bu- reaus to refusc temporarily. to ac- cept any telegrams, telephone calls, letters, money orders or parcels for transmission to the affected areas. Headquarters for the administra- tion of martil law have been estab- lished in the war department offices, with Gen. Fukuda o command. | \ \P v ovepw, \Y 45 OveR) V OF THE \ JAP’N. Y aeicar’ \} The Amegy \ tiilr TUEN THE FREVDLY MaTjow g o Conmésurz 1ING ) 7 THE, UNFORTUMATE BULDING N RUNS| THO WOODS GABLES AS U. 5. RUSHES PLANG 10 AID SUFFERERS l/ I Diggn/ Py P URZUHPTD ™ ENTLY To PeopLg N AID B Presioenr Goypes S Consul General Is| Yokohama Victim| l i i MAX D. KIRJOSSOFF. | AERCAN CONSUL MLLED N QUAKE Max D. Kirjossoff and Wife, U. S. Representative at Yokohama, Dead. By the Assoclated Press. SHANGHAI, September 4.—The United States consul general at Yoko- hama and his wife were killed in the disaster, according to radio message from the steamship . Jefferson, at Yokohama. Their names were not given. The report from Shanghai that the American consul general at Yokohama, had been Kkilled in the earthquake disaster was thought by the State Department officials to refer to Max D. Kirjossoff of Waterbury, Conn., the consul there who has been act- ing as consul general since the death last year of Consul General George H. Scidmore of Wisconsin. Consul Kirjossoff, a native of Rus- sia, entered the consular service in 1914, after completing his education at Yale, Harvard-and_the School of Political Science at Paris. He was born at Petrograd and brought to this country as a boy, his father be- coming naturalized during his minor- ity. He was assigned to Tokio Feb- ruary 26, 1920. 2 The consulate staff at Yokohama consisted of Leo D. Sturgeon of Illinois, Paul E. Jenks, New York, and Sam T. Wardell of Tennessee, vice consuls. 100 FOREIGNERS SAID TO BE QUAKE VICTIMS British Consul Reported Among §5,000.000 SOUGHT FOR QUAKE VIGTIMS RELIEF TOMORROW Red Cross Campaign Is| Launched With Coolidge Approval. The Star to Receive Relief Contributions The Evening Star will re- celve and acknowledge all con- tributions to the $5,000,000 Japanese relief fund urged by President Coolidge and in- augurated by the American Red Crons with ita gift of $100,000 yesterday. Contributors may nddress thelr communications to “Japanese Rellief Fund, The Evening Star, ‘ashington, D. C.” they Il be forwarded to the Red Cross autherities an icknowl- edged In the columns of The Star, Contributions recelved today follow: Evening News. paper Company..... $1,000.00 Duree Millinery Com. i 10.00 Inauguration by the American Red Cross of a five-million-dollar cam- paign for relief of the Japanese earth- quake sufferers was announced today by Eliot Wadsworth, treasurer of the organization, after a conference with President Coolidge, Secretary Hoover and Japanese Ambassador Hanihara. The campalgn will be started to- morrow, and will pe conducted through Red Cross chapters through- out the country In much the same manner as during ‘the war. Quotas will be allotted the various chapters devoted intensively money. The proposal received the unquali- fied approval of President Coolidge and also has the sanction of Ambas- sador Hanihara. Ofcial Statement Issued. A formal statement issued after the conference with President Cooildge follows: “At a conference of the executive committee of the American Red Cross it was decided, after consultation with President Coolidge that: “1. The tremendous dimensions of the disaster in Japan render it nec- essary for the American Red Cross to secure available resources to an amount of $5,000,000 at once, in or- der to provide necessary hospital, food and other emergency supplies. “2. That the State Department should be requested to secure through the American ambassador in Japan a committee of leading American resi- dents and leading members of the consular service to represent the American Red Cross in liason with the Japaness Red Cross, whose high- ly efficient organization makes it unnecessary at the moment to supply personnel from the United States. Ask Immediate Action. “3. That arrangements should be made immediately by telegram through the American Red Cross division offi- cers, so that instrpctions shall reach to raising the Victims in Yokohama—Ships Still Barred. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, September 4.—The Brit- ish consul at Yokohama .and about one hundred of the.forelgn residents of the city were believed to be dead, according to dispatches received by the Central News by way of Shang- hal. . Shipping is_still unable to enter ‘Yokohama harbor, owing to continued submarine upheavals. %> i all of the 3,600 local Red Cross chap- ters tonight for the organization with- in their respective areas of a campaign to raise the necessary funds. Quotas will. be allotted to Red Cross chapters on osrlcllcllly the same basis as that us so efficiently during the world Wi ar. “4. ‘That there shall be no attempt to collect material through the chap- ters, such as used clothing, since such materials could not possibly be deliv- ered in the destroyed area for sixty or ninety days, and experience shows that midch of such material is not effective for the use of the people. The District of Columbia’s quota in (Continucd on Page 4, Column 3.) and the whole Red Cross machinery | Casualties Among Foreign Residents Reported Heavy; Tokio, Yokohama and Yokosuka Wiped Out. TRANSPORTS AT MANILA TO BEAR FOOD SUPPLY Every Available American Vessel in Pacific Ordered to Prepare to Rush Relief Material and Per- sonnel—President Urges All to Back Drive for Funds. Ambassador Cyrus E. Woods and all members of the American embassy staff at Toklo are safe.” Toklo, Yoko- hama and Yokosuka have been com- pletely wiped out by earthquake, fire and flood. Casualties among foreign residents of the devastated regions of Japan are heavy. These are the most outstanding facts contained in two messages re- ceived at the State Department today from Ambassador Woods and John K. Davis, American consul at Shanghal, the first authentic information Wash- ington has received from its repre- sentatives in the Orient since disas- ter swept the Japanese empire. ted States Consul Killed. At the same time the messages today af the death of Max D. Kirjas- soff, American consul at Yokohama, and his wite and stated that a man believed to be Representative Acker- (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) MANY AMERICANS BELIEVED LOST Washington Friends Anx- ious, as No News of Fate Is Received. With latest reports from Japan to- |day indicating the quadruple disaster there had been even more terrible | than at first reported, and possibility that deaths may run into the hun- dreds of thousands, anxiety here for the safety of the friends and rela- tives of Washingtonians grew more acute. Although no complete survey has oven yet been made of the number of friends and relatives of Capital residents who are supposed to be in the danger zone, that number in- creased hourly as inquiries poured into the Japanese embassy, the State Department and newspaper offices here. Reports from Japan indicate the American embassy staff survived, but no further word had arrived by noon today to indicate the fate of numer- ous friends who are known here. Letter From Hyattsville Woman. In the mail thig$ morning there ar- rived a letter from Miss Ruth Burn- side, formerly of Hyattsville and one time employed in the government de- partments here, who had gone to Japan to be secretary to Bishop John McKim, in charge of Episcopal work in Japan. The letter, received by the young woman's brother, H. W. Burn- side of 507 30th street northwest, was dated” August 4 at Hakone and indicated she had intended to leave Hakone_ August 20 for the vacation resort Karulzawa, where she had planned to stay until September 3. it Miss Burnside followed her plans, her brothér belleves she had more possibility of escape than if she had returned earller to Tokio. Before leaving for Japan Miss Burnside made her home with her sister, Mrs. J._J. T. Graham of Hyattsville. Relatives here are making all efforts to determine the fate of Harry H. Campbell, formerly of this city, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Irwin Campbell, who, with his wife and three children, made his home at Negishi, in Yokohama, & place reported in dis- patches as almost_totally destroyed. He is a brother of Mrs. Eugene W. Bond of 7222 Blair road and of Mrs. George Francls Willlams of 1235 Madi- son street northwest. Hope for Safety. Mr. Campbell is representative in Japan of the Sole & Frazar Company, importers, and at times made trips to other parts of Japan. Relatives here Sling to the faint hope that at the time of ‘the digaster he may have been in northern Japan on a business trip. His | wite was formerly Miss Eugenie Booth, Gaugnter of Dr. Booth, head of the Fer- Tis Seminary of Yokohama. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell have three chiidren, Jean, Ruth and Harry, jr. There is still another hope, it was said here today, that the Campbell family may have gone to the summer resort, Karuizawa, where they had a Summer cottage. Much damage, how- ever, it has been reported, was done at Karuizawa. In addition - to Mr. and Mrs. Camp- (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) 4 } brought confirmation of press reports | USANDS DIED IN MAD FLIGHT AS BRIDGES FELL New'Shocks, Hot Springs and Oil Explosions Add to Devastation of Isle. MANY MEMBERS OF ROYALTY DEAD; YAMAMOTO IS REPORTED SLAIN Flames of Still-Blazing Japanese Capital | Visible 200 Miles—Food Rushed to the Survivors. By the Associated Press. Virtual destruction of Tokio and Yokohama is reported in the first direct communication received from Tokio by the out- side world since earthquake and tidal wave, followed in places by fire, laid waste an important section of Hondo, chief island of Japan, last Saturday. The communication was.from an Asso- ciated Press staff correspondent. The first comprehensive view of the havoc wrought was re- ceived in cable advices from Osaka. It appears from these that the disaster is greater than pre- vious reports have indicated. The ministry of marine estimates the dead in Tokio alone at 150,000; the best estimates place the dead in Yokohama at 100,000; virtual destruction of Nagoya, town of 620,000, is reported, and Yokosuka, a town of 70,000, is said to have been wiped out by the successive attacks of earth- quake, tidal wave and fire. BODIES CLOG SUMIDA RIVER. Bodies of quake victims are clogged in the river Sumida, which flows through Tokio. Thousands threw themselves into the river when the shocks were occurring, and other thousands perished when bridges across the river collapsed. A great explosion has occurred at Owakidini, one of the hot springs of Japan, fifty miles from Tokio. Grave damage has been done in the summer resort sections about Hakons and on the Izu peninsula. Monetary loss in Tokio alone is placed at five billion yen. Martial law is effective in the stricken cities; none may enter without the most urgent reasons or without carrying their own food supplies. More than 3,500,000 bushels of rice are being rushed from southern Japanese ports and from Korea to the stricken regions, where thousands are reported starving, and, in Tokio, suffering from thirst because the earthquake wrecked the water-supply system. Water is being doled out there by the same relief workers who are distributing the inadequate supplies of food the government has been able to transport thither. The death or injury of several members of the royal hoyse is feared, though the emperor, empress and prince regent are safe. YAMAMOTO REPORTED SLAIN. Reports that the new premier, Count Yamamoto, has been assassinated are ‘current, but there is little confirmation for any stronger statement than that he was attacked and the attackers’ aim frustrated. The attack is said to have been made at a meet- ing in the Navy Club, where a number of statesmen were forming the new cabinet. The floor collapsed and the premier was injured, but the meeting was continued in an adjoining. building and its business completed. Viscount Takahashi and fifteen others are reported to have been killed while attending a party meeting. Several islands, including Enoshima, noted beauty spot, and one of the Bonin group, on which is the Japan end of a trans- Pacific cable link, are reported to have disappeared below the surface of the sea, but there has been no confirmation of this. Communications are at a standstill. It is expected that it will be at least a month before the Tokaido line, running from Tokio to Kobe, will be in operation again. Airplanes are being used to carry official messages from Osaka to Tokio. TWO SHIPS STILL UNHEARD FROM. Two of the ships in Yokohama harbor when the tidal wav struck have been unheard from. A number of naval vessels at Yokosuka, the naval base, were driven ashore by the tidal wave and some are said to have suffered explosions in their magazines. There have been explosions of oil storage tanks at Yokohama and of gas storage tanks at Tokio, great damage resulting. More than 200,000 houses have been destroyed in Tokio, it is estimated. At least two years will be required to rebuild the city. y’l'he American, French and Italian embassy buildings have been destroyed, as has the Chinese legation. HARBIN, Manchuria, September 4.—The loss of life in Tokio is estimated here to be 300,000. The flames of the blazing capital have been visible for 200 miles. According to reports received here the earth shocks are continuing, while a volcano forty miles from Tokio is still active. The river Sumida has changed its course through the stricken city. TOKIO STILL BURNING. clal dispatch by the Eastern News Agency from Osaka. Restoration of telegraphic commu- nication between Osaka and Tokio brought the capital a flood of delayed messages of condolence from the rulers and executives of the world powers. By the Assoctated Press. & TOKIO, September 4. —Innumerable (Continued on Page 4, Column 1) | By the Assoclated Pre | "sHANGHAL ptember - 4.—Tokio still in flames, loss of life there alone at least 150,000, damage perhaps half a billlon yen (about $250,000,000)— these were the latest estimates re- celved here this afternoon in a spe-