Evening Star Newspaper, September 4, 1923, Page 2

2 SLENP TAKES POST * S COOLIGE ADE Sworn In as Secretary to President—White House Open to Visitors Today. ITALY THREATENS NEW REPRISALS TO FORCE GREEKS TO MEET TERMS (Continued from First Page.) resident in Corfu were informed to- day by the governor that merchandise on boats in Corfu before the Italian occupation began_ and from those boats which the Itallans have per- mitted to dock, excepting those of Greece, might be unloaued. DENIES LEAGUE DOUBTED. Italian Envoy Says Nation Ques- tioned Jurisdiction. Former Representative C. Ba com Slemp of Big Stone Gap. Va.. entered | By the Associated Press. upon his duties today as secretary | GENEVA, September 4.—A member to the President of the delegation to the as- : - ice | #embly -of the league of nations to- e told puper men in his office | qay authorized the league secretartut that despite h ny calls to the|to deny that Italy had ever officially White House during the years he was | FePudiated the competency of the league to handle the Greco-Italian a member of Congress, he knew very little about the job of secretary to | are awaiting the return of the President and that he would | M&). Giuriati from Rome and then we Ly o i | Wil determine our final official atti- peng Suenylyial 1 of time during | (ude,” said the Itallan spokesman to the next few days in an endeavor to|# member of the secretariat. learn the details of the office, sonally 1 think it is likely we The President stood by Mr. Slemp e e pent ot B tional justice to pass upon the competency of the league. The Italian spokesman admitted that the court would undoubtedly re- when he took his bath of otfice. ‘3eorge Christian, the retiring secre- | reived his successor, and after | turn an afirmative answer ng him to the exec 2 Gitine: A Srvalne Rt Mis [Greco-talian crisls tomorrow Christian. rxpecte to mmain th oMrs-ling and the assembly will not sit be- Ington for meveral duasin th Wash- |cause of the extreme importance of will xo to Bar Harbor, Me., for a|the council's session month. After that he expects to ac- |, (eneva is seething with excitement Comt Un exet e ety L0 1% [over the Greco-ltalian affair and there o s s first caller to- | el ontinual consultations among the lurge husiness concern at President Coolidg of the various land The Any o oo S E first otficial reaction to the Italian at- ,‘,‘”“I‘w‘f’ e ,‘-i‘ Drain, past com- |titude came today when former For- ¥He Anera ““i"lj‘r‘;":' "-h“': eign Minister Scialoia of Haly was re- Henican - & 5 ThiS ffused re-elec sube s- audience the ilatest developments in lection on the subcommis sion for legal and judicial matters of the assumbly, a post he has held for Ithe last three years. Guiseppe Motta, at|former Swiss president, who was d feuted for the acti®itics of th particularly the p in rehabilitation some length Vete * Bureau, ng n discussed were ¢ the place last year, was chosen chairma clving o Lauds Veterans' Bureau. %6 10 Tor Shoor Geiiie. 8 i Col in said that members of the Amcrican Legion are highly pleased CONEIDER GREEK REPLY. with the work of the Veterans' Bu- i reau and with President Coolidge's|Council of Ambassadors Advised of deep and sincere sympathy with the cause of the disabled. Col. Drain said that this nation owes & primary debt to the disabled and that he has been Grecian View. September 4.—The text of DI¥ to the protest of the convinced that the President fully|council of ambassadors over the as- appreciates this fact sussination on Greek soil of the Ital- The White House has again heen |ion, Doundars mission was received today and will be considered by the ambassadors at the earliest oppor- tunity. The members sider that the ould be settled by thrown open to the public. The man- sion, with the exception of the living quarters of the members of the house- hold and the kitchen, were open for visitors at 10 o'clock in the mornt of the council con- o-Italian dispute Sn el o 5 s the council and noon. The famone old bailame is |not by the league of nations, for the closed to visitors June 20, the dae|FeAson that the Italian commissioners Prosident Harding uod hi party fa¥ ! were representing the ambussadors in u tire Alaskan tin CSiunelarty 161t | settling the Greco-Albanian frontier tensive alt r.al;u!h and repairs h.ur‘“h'“ they were ambushed and slain. The declaration of the Italian ko nment that it engages itself to evacuate the island of Corfu when its demands are met by Greece and that been made and within the past two Wweeks the “fall house cleaning” has Been disposed of. Although no formal announcement B d b i rmaluann: 't | it has no intention of making war are bzmnn:—"\:;ufu (I( “f‘,,,‘,,"fhf,r:f‘““,‘“;“i( regarded in official quarters here as steady stream of visitors today. removing the likelihood of serious future complications. TERMS FOR COAL PEACE OF BOTH SIDES GIVE RISE President Coolidge today took un- rent an invitation to be- orary president of the Amer- fean Sentinels, a national organiza- tion engaged in development of bet- ter citizenship throughout America. Th, vitation was extended by a delegation in which were Dr. George T. ‘Harding. ir., of_Columbus, onio, | 10 HOPES FOR AGREEMENT brother of the late President; Jos ik s e T (Continued from First Page.) Adm 1 W Mofratt, U. S. v tor general. Pre: lvania will be successful in Harding this organization Dr. Harding Explains, was honorary president of | his efforts to avert a long-drawn-out strike in the anthracite coal fields of his state, it was learned at the White House today. In the meantime the President does not desire to say any- thing which might embarr: the Penn: nia executive in his efforts to insure a steady supply of anthra- clte to the consuming public, an ad- ministration spokesman declared. F. W. Wadleigh, federal fuel dis- tributor, will be retained in his pres- ent capacity after his term of office expires by limitation September it was indicated at the White House. The government, the spokesman said, will treat distribution of coal as a matter of interstate commerce. Mr. Wadleigh will be retained and at- tached either to the Interstate Com- merce Commission or the Department of Commerce. He has not recelved any additional instruction from the White House re garding distribution of bituminous coal, other than the general instruc: Dr. Hardi spokesman for the delegation, in explaining the fundamental purposes of the American Sentinels said: to enlist American citizens with- out distinction as to race or creed in a nation-wide movement for good citizen- ship as the guarantee of our national security and prosperity, and to provide a fellowship for citizens and a clearing house for citizen brganizations through which service in the cause of good citi- zenship can be rendered on a co-ordin- ated plan “Also to develop a citizenship training program for the American youth, adapted to organizations of every char- cter and description, and which will teach the duties of good citizenship and American ideals on uniform lines to the young men and women of the schools, tions given him by the President prior the churches and the clubs and es to the governors' conference in New lish for the common tie of American|York last week. President Coolldge citizenship. was represented as anxious that Gov., U R G Em AX ST ShoULd be et with & Bovaia) reo RETURNS IN MAY ception. GOV. PINCHOT SILENT. D..C. Assessor Tells Commis- sioners Change From July Would Aid Efficiency. { as By the Assoclated Press. HARRISBURG, Pa.. September 4.— Goyv. Pinchot and other state agencies today continued their study of the anthracite coal Industry as prepara- tions were made for the resumption here tomorrow of the conference be- tween operators and union officials in an effort to settle the controversy which brought about & suspension of operations September 1. The attitude of silence as to his plans and as to the negotiations gen- erally, which Gov. Pinchot has main- tained throughout the conferences, was evident again today. Outside of his statement l; the \Jlli‘rfl’n‘l( ‘Of lhel Describing July as the wr meetings a week ago and his formal for taking In reiurmy prong month | o 'of_ settlement his only public & In returns for, personal|ytterance has been a statement Satur- property, District Tax Assessor Wil-(day night calling upon the peopls to P, Ricl advocated i look out for their own interests, lam P. Richards advocated in his{look out, for theit ohn ntsrescs. . annual report to the Commissioners|governors advisers today, however, today that the period for filing the re- | that rog.’ul;dlp s of the :ulgnmeuof m: e adva i v local conference or the duration o turns be advanced sixty days, to May, | 19¢al_SORIRERACe S U, CRot O bian as a step toward Increasing the ef- TAR, WASHINGTO ~: Herbert Hoove: ury und member of © DESTROYERS RUSH DOCTORS 70 JAPAN Admiral of U. S. Asiatic Fleet Goes With Ships to Relief of Yokohama. cretary of ¢ tral committee, 1 Press September 4.—Six United destroyers left the port of Dairen for Yokohama yesterday aft- jernoon carrying a number of doctors and large quantities of food supplies to aid the earthquake victims in the stricken city. The flagship Huron of the Asiatic fleet picked up Admiral Anderson at Chefoo and is proceeding to Japan. The Japanese legation here issued a statement to the effect that the foreign office at Tokio had burned. No other authentic news has been received from the stricken arfa. LINER HELD AT YOKOHAMA. ates U. S. Shipping Board Offers Refuge for Americans. By the Assoclated Press. SEATTLE, Wash, September 4.— On instructions from the United | States Shipping Board, the Admiral Oriental Line has ordered the liner President Jefferson, which arrived vesterday at Yokohama, to remain beyond her sailing date, which was today, to be avallable to American refugees desiring to return to the United States from the earthquake- stricken area of Japan. The Admiral Oriental Line was In- tructed to be prepared to handle r lief supplies on the steamers Cup- prum, West Nells, Anna E. Morse, West Jester, Eldridge and Bakers- field. ~ All these boats are in Puget sound or adjacent waters. ‘With word received here today tha the President Jefferson and the Canadian-Pacific liner Empress of Canada were safe, little anxiety con- tinued to be felt concerning shipping at Yokohama from the north Pacific coast. Advices stated that the Em- press of Australia arrived just before the disaster, but rode out a tidal wave. The Alabama Maru and Arizona Maru of the Osaka Shosen Kaisha were due in the vicinity of Yoko- hama Saturday, and because they are large new vessels are believed to thave outridden the disturbance. The Nippon Yusen Kaisha, owner of the Kaga Maru, which is to leave today for Japan, had many demands for passenger space from those wish- ing to go to their native land to as- certain the fate of relatives. Most of these had to go unsatisfled be- cause the Kaga has limited passen- ger service. The Yokohama Maru, scheduled to leave Wednesday, is to depart today in order to serve some of the people. MAY SEND TRANSPORT. | | By the Assoctated Press, HONOLULU, September army transport Cambral, rived Sunday, may be heid for orders from the War Department in the belief that this government may de- E;que to send her to Japan as a relief ship. Maj. Gen. Summerall, in his wire- less message, said the Cambrai would be available and was in condition to make the trip. Her schedule calls {for her to return to San Francisco next Friday. The local Red Cross 4.—The which ar- Photograph made today at Red Croxs hendquarter) auickest means of xending relief to the stricke: The hores areas of Japan. d mem Red C merce meric: Japanese Prince Killed in Quake ‘ PRINCE MASAYOSKI MATSUKATA. QUAKE TAKES TOL FROM ROYAL LINE Princes Reported Dead, De- scendant of 113th Emperor Among the Missing. By the Assoclated Press. SHANGHAI, September 4.—Advices from Tokio say that the second son of Prince Higashi-Kuni was killed in- stantly in the earthquake. Marshal Prince Kan-In, a descendant of the 113th emperor, is missing. Keijiro Okano and Yoshiro Hiranuma, minister showing the Japanexe ambassador Left to right: of central committee, American Red Crosx, Ambaxxador ¥ Islands Swept Away by Waves In Japan Quake ! By the Assoclated Press. | SAN FRANCISCO, September 4.— The island of Oshima, sixty miles southwest of Toklo, and which had an actlve volcanic cone, is reported to have sunk beneath the sea, observers having been unable 1o sea anything in its direction but water. The advices also confirmed earlier reports of the submergence of the | island of Enothima, “picture is- | land,” one of Japan's most beau- ots. This island, the me sage said, was swept away by tidal wave, a® were also Hon muku and ‘Isoko, villages in the vicinity of Enoshima, Many Ruropeans, visitors residents of that section, missing 1.5 MAKES COMLFROM LIGNTE Billions of Tons of Compara- " tively Worthless Material . Available for Fuel. and are Completion of apparatus which makes it possible to manufacture an- tracite coal from comparatively worth- less lignite was announced today by the bureau of mines. Efforts will be made at once by offi- cials of the Interior Department, it was sald, to Interest some commercial concern in the invention, in order that its benefits may be made available to the coal-consuming public. Billions of Tons. The importance of the discovery may be realized, the bureau said, when- it 1s known that the United States possesses 1,051,290,000,000 tons of easily mined lignite, of which of education and justice, respectively, in the new cabinet, have been missing since the first earthquake shock. DEATH INVADES ROYALTY. Prince Shimadzu and Other Nota- bles Among Shock Victims. By the Associated Press. NAGASAKI, September 4.—Prince Shimadzu, formerly of the great house of Satsuma, is reported to have been killed in the disaster. Several others of royal blood also are said to have lost their lives or to have been injured. The death of Prince Masayoshi Matsukata, former premier and min- ister of finance, is reported here. A message to the Nagoya rallway bu- reau says that the prince died from the effects of injuries sustained in the earthquake. EARTH SHOCES KEEP UP. By the Associated Press. OSAKA, September 4.—Earthquake shocks continue at intervals around Kawaguchi, which is on the only rail- way open out of Tokio. The shock of yesterday morning, followed by fire, wiped out Kawagu- would form the basis eventually on ficlency of the administration of his|which a Settlement is reached, and office. The Commissioners already|that When negotiations are resumed rrow the situation will be little havo Indorsed the proposal, Mr. Rich- | ohanged from that of Friday when ards said, and he hopes that Congress| the miners and operators held the v a first of their executive v in the mear future will enact legis- | first of thelr exeoutive Mo e thoir lation along such lines. replies. The assessed value of land during R I TS CHINESE PROVINCE FEELS STRONG TEMBLOR SHOCKS and the assessed value of improve. People Flee in Panic by Thousands, ments $387.660,549, making a total as- sessment of $723,199,265. Against this Shanghai Reports—Epidemic Is Feared. assessment a rate of $1.30 per hun- dred dollars was levied, making a tax of $0,401,690.48. For the previous year the aSsessment amounted to 472,874,209, which, at a rate of $1.82 per hundred dollars, yielded a tax of $8,606,310.60. E Jear of 1923 produced in revenue & By OBl e T rand total of $4,660,311.91, derived from threo classes of asessments | SHANGHAL September 4—Messages First, an amount derived from a levy [recelved here from Kuyuan, Kansu of $1.30 per hundred dollars’ worth on { province, which was the scene of Vio- lousehold furniture above $1,000 val- | lent earthquakes in 1920, report that ye, merchandise, jewelry, boats, vehi- | strong temblor shocks were felt there monly known as tangible personal| People are reported terrified and property. . Such tax ameunted io|fleeing by thousands. Casualties are $1,138,653.88. as yet unknown. An epidemic similar Second class, tax on the gross earn- [to that which followed the earth- ings of banks, trust companies and |quakes of 1920 is feared. public service corporations to the amount of $1,696,262.68. Third class, MOVIES TO URGE AID The personal tax levy for the fiscal cles, horses, etc., or what is com-|Sunday afternoon. a tax levied on moneys and credits, including moneys loaned and invested, bonds and shares of stock, or what is generally known as intangible per- sonal property tax, the amount of this being $1,825,595.45. The sisessment of mew bulldings amounted to_about $28,500,000, an ) additions to $2,000,000,and gas mains, Text of President's conduits, etc. to ,000, making a {otal of $3L00.000 from ‘which iz to Proclamation. e taken property removed or de- Associated Press, stroyed to the extent of about $400,000, | BY the Asso and_exempt property amounting to| NEW YORK, September 4.—The mo- 1,230,000, ‘leaving. 4 net amount of tion picture industry of America to- 29,470,000, 1 of stricken Ja- Although the personal property ac- |38V rallied to the ald of stricken J; counts numbered nearly 60,000 in|Ppan. 1923, Adsessor Richards pointed out,| Movie houses were asked to display but little more than half of these ac- |the text of President Coolidge's proc- hich 75 per cent of the tax was lev- |Japan in her hour of need. d. During July of this year there| In addition several motion picture were received an unprecedented num- | companies have asked the State De- ber of returns, probably more than |partment to arrange so that they may 50,000, as against 33,000 for the previ- | transmit money to their agents in LeWus Yeur. the far east for relief worky Theaters Will Be Asked to Display authorities have registered six physi- cians and twenty nurses to go to Japan as a relief unit if needed. Maj. Gen. Summerall, commanding American forces in the Hawaiian zone, has cabled the War Depart- ment a summary of the food sup- plies, tentage and similar equipment which would be avallable for im- mediate shipment to Japan for use in relief work, should the government decide to extend aid in that form. Tt is believed a considerable amount of supplies might be sent from here it needed. Consul General Yamasaki called a meeting of Japanese for tonight to organize a relief committee. Speclal Cable to The Star Daily News. Copyright, PEKING, September 4.—British and Italian warships and destroyers in Chinese waters are starting for Japan tonight. The Peking cabinet met this afternoon to raise funds for rellef work. Japanese in Peking raised a half million dollars in a few hours and this is already being forwarded to Tokio and Yokohama in the form of medical supplies and food. nd the Chicago 1923. COMMANDEER SUPPLIES. OSAKA, September 4.—Under the emergency commandeering act now in operation, food, building materials, human labor and services, commandeered. Prefectural governors are authorized to issue commandeering orders for goods at a price based on the av- erage market prices for three years; failure of compliance will be pun- ished by a heavy fine or three years’ imprisonment. may be — BEAR KILLS GIRL OF FIVE. | LOS ANGELES, September 4.— Five-year-old Theima Hollingsworth, daughter of Dick Hollingsworth, mag- azine editor, visiting a motion pi ture studio here, persuaded an at- tendant to admit her to that part of the lot where wild animal “actors” awalited their turn in front of the camera. She died yesterday of & basal skull fracture suffered when a half-grown bear struck her -with its paw, a N ’ i medicaments and vehicles, as well as chl. Dowager Princess Yoshiko was crushed to death at Odawara. The Dowager Princess Yamashina met the same fate at Kamakura. In Tokio Ichigaya prison was threatened by fire, and about 1,500 prisoners were freed. They included Toshihiko Saki, the communist' leader, and other communists. The 14th Division, at Utsunomiya, and the 13th Division, at Takata, were marching toward Tokio today. TAKAHASHI MEETS DEATH. By the Assoclated Press. OSAKA, September 4.—It is report- ed that Viscount Takahashi, former premier, and twenty other leading members of the selyukal, or govern- ment party, were killed Saturday while holding a conference. A representative of the Osaka Jiji Shimpo met a number of destitute foreigners at Hakon, who stated that about forty foreigners had perished there. Viscount Karekiyo Takahashi was one of the leading public men of Ja- pan. He was born In Toklo in 1854, the son of a poor painter, and was af- terward adopted by a Samural of the Sendal clan, who sent him_ to the United States to study in 1867. He remained here only about a year, due to the unfortunate companion ships fostered by his foreign “gua: dian.” On his return he obtained an appointment In the department of agriculture and commerce, in which he arose to the directorship of the patent bureau. By the Associated Press. NAGABAKI, September 3.—The Na- goya railway bureau has received a report that Prince Natsukeita has dled from injuries sustained in the earthquake. TOWN IN CYPRUS FEELS SEVERE EARTH TREMOR By the Associated Press. LONDON, September 4.—An official message received today from Limasol, Island of Cyprus, says that Limasol was shaken by severe earth tremors last night and early this morning. No detalls were given, 964,000,000,000 tons are located in North and South Dakota and Mon- tana. This territory annually im- ports large tonnages of anthracite and bituminous coal. The bureau experiments were car- to conalder the best and chairman, American Red d Eliot Wadsworth, assistant Secretary of Treas- STRESEMANN PLAN WINNING POINCARE Franco-German Relations in Era of Appeasement, View in France, Said. BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER, By Wireless to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1923 PARIS, September 4—Franco-Ger- man relations have entered upon a perfod of appeasement, in the opinion of French observers. France obvi- ously is benevolently encouraged with the new Stresemann cabinet, and Chancellor Stresemann himself shows signs of a strong desire for reconc. ion with France. The German Premier's speech at Stuttgart is regarded in Paris as the most satisfactory discourse on repar- ations that has been made in Ger- many in years. Louis Barthou, chalrman of the reparations commission, and close personal friend of Premfer Poincar. whose influence with the French go: ernment is considerable, is said to be pulling for Chancellor Stresemann. He is alleged to have met the German chancellor on several occasions in the recent past, and to have negotiated with him -matters of international importance. Still Keep Demands. Premter Poincare still holds to the formula that passive resistance in the Ruhr must cease before negotla- tions can be opened between Paris and Berlin. But he belives, also, ac- cording to his own confession, that this stipulation is becoming less im- portant every day. Throughout the Ruhr and Rhineland passive resist- ance is ceasing, he thinks, without orders from Berlin. The, inhabitants are said to be tired out and willing to surrender at any cost. “Stresemann is preparing publ opinion in Germang for capitulation, a French statesman of first rank said to the writer today. “His govern- ment is the best and the most in- KE STEPS TO SPEED RELIEF TO QUAKE AND FIRE SWEPT JAPAN | |Japanese Envoy Grateful to U. S. For Disaster Aid | An official statement expressing appreciation in the name’ of the Japanese emperor for America’s sympathy and offers of assistance in Japan's darkest hour was is- sued at the Japanese embassy here by Ambassador Hanihara. He par- ticularly mentioned President Coolidge’s proclamation, calling upon all Americans to give whatever they can toward the relief of the stricken Japanese empire “The Japanese amb: the statement said, “desires ex- press his deep appreciation of the great tide of sympathy that has rigen throughout America in re- sponse to the announcement of the ado) o terrible catastrophe that has be- fallen Japs i “Not only by the generous procla- mation of the President, testifying | 40 the ties of humanity that bind the two nations, but in countless messages, both officlal and per- sonal, have the Amerlcans done thelr utmost to show their sym- pathy and the'r readiness to help yhelr neighbors across the Pacific foreigners in Japan. “In this state of uncertainty and ignorance he can only express to the Presidemt and the people of America, on behalf of his im- perial majesty and of the whole Japanese nation, the most heart- felt thanks for their sympathy and | their generous offers of as These make it easier to burden of this unimaginable aster.” CHILDREN CHIEF VIGTIMS AT CORFU U. S. Red Cross Official Says Italians Killed Orphans Bathing in Sea. By the Assoctated Press. ATHENS, September 4.—Col. Stephen E. Lowe of St. Louis, member of the Red Cross and attached to the Near East Relfef at Corfu, reports that al- the Italian bombardment prior to the occupation of the island. Among them were sixteen children, most of them killed by shrapnel, which was fired among a crowd of Red Cross orphanage children bathing in the sea. ‘The first direct news from Corfu sing the Italian occupation was re- ceived with the arrival of the Greek steamship Ismini, which had aboard Col. Lowe, Miss Emma Wood of Balti- more, chief nurse of the Corfu Near East Rellef Hospital; Dr. Kennedy of Kingston, Ontario, director of the Brit- ish Save-the-Children Fund, together with a group of expelled Greek official and sixty Greek soldiers. Col. Lowe, describing the bombardment, said: Describes the Bombardment, .“The number killed reached twenty Nine of these were killed outright and eleven died in the hospital. Thir| Lwe wounded are now in the hospital ere were perhaps fifty slij o P ps y slightl. “Of the twenty dead, sixteen were children. All the killed and wounded were refugees or orphans from Ameri- can and British orphanages housed in the old fortress, “The large number of children among the casualties was due to the fact that several shells landed in bar- racks, which were being used as orphanages, while shrapnel shells exploded in the water In front of the fortress, where 400 Near East Relief “Up to the present time the em- |selecting his successor, which will be bassy has been unable to estab- |done September 11, ut a meeting of lish - communication with Japan. |the state’s centril and exeeutive Every line is silent. The ambas- committees, if the party is to be sador is oppressed by unxiety not only for his countrymen, but also ling “down our way has for'the many Americans and other |been intense,” Mr. May & together there were twenty killed by ? TALKS and TALES With and About CAPITAL'S GUESTS The death at Loulsvlille, Sunday, of James Campbell Cantrill, representa- tive from the seventh district of Kentucky and democratic nominee for governor this fall, has rekindled the smoldering fires of partisanship that have raged flercely for the past few months in the Blue Grass state and, according to J. R. Mayes of Louisville, lawyer and federal expert, who is spending a few days at the Hotel La Fayette, one of the bitterest political contests waged in the old state since the memorable Goebel-Taylor fight in 1900 will indulged in by Kentuckians, The recent victory of Congressman Cantrill at his party’s primarie gust 4, when, with all four Le newspapers against him, he won our over his ppponent, Aljen W. I representative for the first K district, by more than 15,000 1 assured his supporters of 1 this fall, but now it Is a much e will have to be 50 be nitted that utilized in fact, we have b 50O W our own affairs that has been given to presid biliti I will say, ho people, irrespect much pleased w apped up i le thought itial po: e of pol President Coolidge has conducted + himself - so far. There a bit or sporting blood in the ns our folks, and they adr the open y r mind he displays in making : uts. His election of Basco ecretary pleased them ile the unselfish m: the coal squ chot, whom presidential timber, their hearts.” The two outstanding year's Kentucky gubern are oter the pari-mutuel b g chines and the proposed levying of special tax against the cox Representative Cantrill wo opponent by favoring tk of the betting_paraphern according to _figures, more than $85,000,000 a y posing the —enactment of would call for the tra tax on coal struck industries unaffected. Mr. Mayes, who is Irvin W." Imhof, also of Lou said that great pressure was being brought to bear upon James B. Brow president of the National Bank Kentucky, to accept the p vacant by the death of the demc gubernatorial nominee, and should the well known financier agree, the next go the state will be a democrat “America is a wonderful country, an unmatchable place for a pleasure trip, but to live in permanently me back to little old Dund the brief but expressiv these United States given erick § of Fred- ad- opinion by to study conditior for their fathe: nent merchant of Dund Seated in his room at t He lleigh, young Scott's eyes spa {he told of the wonders he had « red on his trip acr he ¢ t is so vast, well, 1 can h; describe my impressions, other to say a great place to have {Your people are de shown my brother We v worthwhile up id L pre u 1 dly than fun iq id that while of living in Scotland wa: was mueh cheaper than prices were continuall {man said it had not | er be able to make Dundee dr is much_drinking there, much. The scene night are most distr people must have their drink telligent Germany has seen for many a year, although the French are not sure it iy the strongest. In fact, it is_precisely this question of strength which alone {s holding back progress. Must Tread Lightly. Stresemann has elements opposed to surrender within his own cabinet. which he dares not offend openly. Moreover, his accord with Bavaria, unded Premier Von Knilling, and with the socialist factions under Herr orphan boys were bathing at the time Hastens to Make Protest. “Immediately after the firing be- gan I made a bee-line for the quay to protest to the first Italian officer who might land, and, if possible, pre- vent a continuation of the futile fir- ing. The firing had stopped, however, by the time 1 reached the landing stage. Nevertheless I approached an Itallan officer, who replied that the only person in authority was his ad- city, however, is the only one land that boasts a prohibitio ber in parliament. You rem Edward Scrimergour defeated ston Churchill, but, really, he had been beaten so often I think the people felt sorry for him and put him in through sympatny. Mr. Scott said the unemploy - ment situation in Scotland was u ute, and that he thought the ystem was increasi r diminishing same. have just than ried out in co-operation with officials of the Canadian government. An oven was perfectdd, which was said to turn the lignite into a fuel having practically the same thermal effi- clency as the best Pennsylvania hard coal. Tests Succesaful. The Canadian authoritie: after seeing this oven in operation, decided to construct a similar unit and to give it a thorough test. The Cana- dian tests also proved successful and Canadian engineers reported to the department of mines at Ottawa that the oven is “a practical, commercial oven, now past the experimental stage.” — MILLIONS FAGING HUNGER IN QUAKE Japanese Government Boldly Begins Task of Restoring Order in Ruined Area. By the Assoclated Press. OSAKA, September 4.—The Japanese government s boldly facing three glgantic problems arising out of the greatest disaster in the history of Japan. The first problem is that of providing food, shelter and clothes for more than two million people of Tokio and for many additional millions in the other cities and districts affected. The emergency commandeering act will en- able the authorities to requisition the necessary supplies and Jabor. The re- lief work is being organized throughout the nation. The second problem is that of main- taining’ peace and order in Toklo ll’u(il other citles, where already looting an violance are reported. Martial law has been invoked and other military meas- ures have been adopted to cope With is situation. th’;ha third problem is that of recon- structing _the ruined cities, the rail- ways, roads and telegraph and telephone lines, It is estimated that at least £1,- 000,000,000 sterling will be required for this work. The entire Japanese people are determined bravely to go through this unprecedented national trial. Osaka is peaceful and quiet, but the people here realize that the relief of millions of their compatriots and the saving of the empire largely depend upon them. POPE SENDS SYMPATHY. By the Assoctated Press. ROME, September ¢.—Pope Pius has sent through the apostolic dele- te in_Toklo profound condoles t‘o.l.ha Jl‘ilnel imperial family and the government and people of Japan. Hilferding is none too secure, Either one might upset him in case he pre- cipitated action. “Nevertheless, there can remain no doubt that Stressmann wants to sur- render. He sees the handwriting on the wall, and knows that the passive resistance is ceasing. He feels that Germany’s battle in the Ruhr is lost. Consequently, he wishes to come to terms as quickly as possible. Soon it may be too late. Germany is on the verge of catastrophe. These statements represent the views of Premier Poincare, the writer is_assured by his informant. That collection of reparations still forms the primary aim of France, above all other ambitions, political and eco- nomic, is Insisted by the French pre- mier. After reparations, however, there is a place for economic accords, involving close industrial co-opera- tion between Alsace-Lorraine and the Ruhr, accords such as those fore- shadowed by Chancellor Stresemann Sunday. But these, the French pre- mier insists, can come only after the reparations question has been settled. sektied. ‘When Hugo Stinnes, Fritz Thyssen and other German industrialists wish- ed to come to Paris to talk to M. Poincare about such co-operation last year he discouraged them on the ground that the financial indemnity problem must first be solved, the pre- mier intimates. If this {s true, it dis- proves at last the charge of many of his critics that he is dominated by the comite des forges (French Iron Manufacturers' Association), proves that he does not place the interests of these industrialists above those of the other elements of the population of France. ADJUST MINE DISPUTE. Berlin Officials Take Hand in Ruhr Contest. ESSEN, September 4.—The Berlin government has taken a hand in the dispute between the miners and mine owners in the Ruhr as a result of the decision of several thousand miners to_work under French direction. The German press reported today that the reich commissioner, Mehlich, had been given plenary powers by the Berlin_government to reach a settle- ment between the miners and their employers, in order to stave off furth- er defections to the French. Nego- tiations to this end have already be- gan, according to the Germans, the first meeting being held at Bochum, terday. ye;. 2. r{lllll. of Berlin's intervention it was reported today the workers of five mines have already returned to their duties under German em- plovers. What inducement the Ger- man government is offering to keep the men from going over to ,the French is not disclosed. ! eeee——r JAPANESE SHIP CALLS AID SEATTLE, Wash, September 4. Distress signals from the Japanese steamer Talyo Maru, believed to be in the vicinity of the Japanese coast, were picked up by the naval radio station at Bremerton, near here, eaply today. B the Japanese code, Korea Maru, miral” Col. Lowe's persistent efforts to see the admiral in order to get the or- phans reinstated in the barracks fail- ed until the following morning, when the admiral received him in a frien manner, inquiring his official position, and appeared to find . difficulty in understanding how such a position could be entirely non-political, and to his explanation that he had no official connection with the government, the admiral remarke hat is odd,” and turning to his aide, remarked in Italian: “He is an American consul, I suppose.” Admiral Finally Yiel Col. Lowe continued: “Presently the admiral and I got to_business. 1 explained our work in Corfu. He said he would give every support and encouragement, and agreed that the j refugees should return to their quar- ters in the fortress. In concluding he | said: “This is not war, but peaceful occupation. We desire that every- thing go on as usual’ “I replied: ‘If what I saw Friday afternoon is peace, I do not know what you would call war.’ “Meanwhile the children were ac- commodated in our hospital, and the other persons for the most part in the civil hospital. Our chief doctor, Ar- slan, made a full report showing that the deaths were principally by shrap- nel and machine gun fire.” In my re- port to the State Department I stated: Bombardment Unnecessary. “'From personal observation it would appear that the bombardment was entirely unnecessary, as one offi- cer with a handful of men could have accomplished the occupation without firing @ single gun, and nothing just- ified their firing practically all their passed through a flerce six-week strike by our jute makers, and this did not help matters in the least,” he said The young man, with the natural pride of his race, then drew forth u picture of the great Tay bridge, wt spans the Tay river at Dundee, cor necting Forfashire with Fifeshi and gleefully sald: “The longe bridge in all the world, 10,170 feet, and cost 650,000 pounds to build. So, 3 see, we do boast of something.” Leaving the two Scotsmen to pre pare for a sightseeing trip. a brisk walk up to ‘the Hotel Powhatan brought the writer in contact with another representative citizen of the British fsles, W. M. Hill of Higgs & Hill, Ltd., buflding contractors of London, England, who, with his wife and sons, is making a part business and part pleasure trip through the eastern section of the country. After stating that Great Britain was slowly but surely regaining her old grip on things, the London con- tractor, whose firm at present is do ing_extens rebuilding the w section of Regent street in the Eng lish metropolis, led the two new buildings now L erected by the vorld-famous Lib. tArEy e and _ Regent _ streets, known as the Tudor building huge cou necting structure, which will be called the Liberty's Regent Street building. E. Stanle: 1 noted English signer of the t Hall, F. R. . B. A, the rchitect, is the de- ammoth stores, the first of which is copied from one of the old Tudor castles, and tha other w Portland stone building, with its en- tire woodwork cut out of two_ famous British _battleships, H. M. pregnable and Hindostan having been built in 185 second left her s shots at buildings they knew were accupied only by defenseless and un- armed refugees.’ According to Col. Lowe's account the Italian gunnery was bad. Many of the ehots at the so-called old fort landed in the sea 100 feet below, scat- tering shell fragments among the bathing children. The bombardment of the other fort, on a high bluff 100 feet above the British gendarmerie school, was carried out by a station- ary warship only 500 yards away, but twelve of the thirteen shots hit the school. Italians Take Possession. When the firing ceased Italian sol- dlers took possession of all the gov- ernment _offices. One of the first Itallan officers ashore went to the old fort, where the dead and wounded retugees were being cared for by nurses and Mrs. Osborn of the British save-the-children fund. The officer, mopping _perspiration from his brow, asked: “Were any British killed or wounded?” Mrs. Osborn replied, “None, 8o far as she knew.” The Italian sighed with rellef and exclaimed, “Thank God for that!" —_— PARIS HEARS TOKIO LOSS AS GREAT AS YOKOHAMA By the Associated Press. PARIS, September 4.—The destruc- tion in Toklo i8 fully as great as that at Yokohama, says a dispatch to the foreign office from its representative to Kobe. Scanty news is avallable, he adds, and none concerning the fate of the French embassy and consulate s§uffs. A ing used in late ship at the Roya ngland. and_ espectally those familiar with the Liberty stores. will be pleased to learn that the Tudor buildings are nearly ready for « cupancy, while the Regent stre structure will probably be complet. within eighteon months. Mr. Hili's firm i3 ereoting both building: The Englishman said that while the building business in London was quite active at present, a great part of the construction was of the large bullding type, the high cost of ma- terials preventing to any great ex- tent the erection of small houses He thought, however, that prices generally were much lower in Eng- land than over here and seemed somewhat astonished that a much more _noticeable drop had not oc- curred_sooner in America. Mr. Hill visited Canada, Boston and New York before coming to Wash- ington. He was much impressed with the beautles of the Capital City. The ground-floor rooms of the Raleigh Hotel reverbrated with sounds from the stentorian voice of a leathered-lunged bellboy, . crying “Mr. Mr. Gardiner. Mr. Thompson.” “What is that boy calling those names out so loud for?" asked a kindly faced old lady of her mate, as the two sat_in the lobby. “I_ don't know Hen evidently section. “L reckon it one of them new fangled gambling games .and Mr. Evans, Mr. Gardiner and Mr, Thompson hold the lucky paddles. THE MIXER. replied from the rural Uncle