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.S, DESTROYER FIRST WITH AID 211 Reaches Kobe as Other : Ships Prepare to Rush Relief. By the Associated Press. NAGASAKI, September 6.—American torpedo boat destroyer 211, has been the first to arrive in Kobe to ald refugees. The United States Shipping Board | steamer, City of Spokane, laden with 6,000 tons of flour, anchored in Kobe, received instructions from the Amer- ican government to offer the entire GOLFERS MATCHED FOR JUNIOR TITLE Xarl F. Kellermaa, jr., seventeen- Wear-old son of Dr. K. F: Kellerman, Washington scientist, ind James C. Davis, jr., son of the director general of rallroads, are playing this after- noon for the junior golf championship of the Columbia Country Club. Kel- lerman this morning defeated Roland R. MacKenzie by 4 and 3 in a match that upset the dope. MacKenzie was favored to win the event. Davis now appears likely to win, in view of his spectacular golf this morning, when he defeated De Vere Burr in the semi-final round by 9 and 7. Davis was out i1n 38 with a 6 on the ninth hole. Kellerman reached the turn in 41. MacKenzie, who was runner-up in the. Middle Atlantic champlonship in Juge. was unsteady oft the tec and lost his touch on the putting greens. cargo for ‘rellef of the destitute, and will leave for Yokohama today. SHIPS RUSH LOADING. Denby Orders Naval Food Stores Rushed to Japan. By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, September 6.— Naval food stuffs stored on Mare island, near here, will be used im- mediately for shipment to Japan for the earthquake sufferers in compli- ance with orders from Secretary of the Navy Denby, officers of the twelfth naval district, announced here last night. Secretary Denby's message, ad- dressed to Admiral E. Simpson, sald: “Utilize Mare island stores of bis- cuit, salmon and sardines and other supplies at discretion of commanders, All formalities waived. Rush loading, Report to Navy Department. DPur- chase medical supplies in open mar- ket on Pacific coast.” Ship Under Orders. Shipy in San Francisco bay under sailing or loading orders are reported as follow President Taft, United States Ship- ping Board liner, operated by Fa- cific Mail Steamship Company, sailing at noon today. Space reported reserved for doctors, nurses and medical supplies: United States transport Somme, | loading medical supplies. blankets and foodstuffs at Fort Mason docks. Will sail as soon as loaded Arctic, TUnited States refrigerator ship, loading fresh meats, vegetables, foodstuffs at Mare Island. m- mander Max announced he will sail| not later than Sunday night. i United States transport Vega, or- dered by Secretary Denby to be plac- | ed at the service of the San Francisco | Chamber of Commerce for relief sup- plies. United transport ordered to ready orders for Japanese ports. Freighters Bearport Dewey, | under orders to load witlX rice, grain | and dried fruits for earliest sailing possible. Army transport Cambrie, full cargo of supplies, drugs, food and blankets, en route to Manila, to bhe diverted to Yokohama from Honolulu. The transports Meigs and Merritt are being loaded at Manila, according to local Army transport officers, The TUnited States Shipping Board vessels West Calera, West Hunshaw and West Mahwah will be put in com- mission as soon as possible and sent across the Pacific with relief supplies, according to an announcement of W. H. Minor, traffic manager of the board's | offices’ here. | Record Wheat Cargo. | A record cargo of wheat for the year to date was cleared from Portland, Ore., yesterday, on the steamer Kobe Maru for Nagoya and Ypkohama. It amounted to 391,356 busheld ‘The steamers Lulse Niclson and the Dicto, Norwegian vessels, cleared for the oricnt frem Coos bay, Ore., ves- | terday, with shipments of lumber after | their captains refused to accede to the request of a Japanese relief committee that space be provided for foodstuffs on_the boats. Four of the Japanese steamship lines operating between Portland and other Pacific coast ports and the orient have Pplaced at the disposal of the Red Cross all available space on their vessels not already contracted for shipment of re- lief supplies to Japan. They are the Yamashita Company, Mitsui & Co., the K Line, and Susuki & Co. MORE DISTRICT PEOPLE IN JAPAN REPORTED SAVED {(Continued from First Page.) Capella, { to sail on | i | supposed to have docked, August 30, tere Is deep concern over her safety. No Newn from Metealfs. On the steamship President Madison were also Mr. and Mrs. Frank P, Metcalf and Miss M. E. Rowland of this city, it was learned today. Nothing has been heard as yet from them. Charles 8. Johnson of 1374 Kenyon street northwest was Inquiring today concerning his cousin, the Rev. Charles F. Sweet, and wife, who for vears have been in Tokia. . Sweet was attached to the staff of Bishop McKim, Episcopal Bishop for Japan, but was not on the list of those reported safe in a state- ment from New York, made public today. Dr. Sweet, his cousin sald, had been accustomed to spend hls vacations at | Hakone, which suffered severely In | the disaster. Daughter at Nogoyn. Dr. and Mrs. Sweet have a daughter, t was further sald, who with her family lives at Nogoya, Japan. Her name Is now Mrs. Harry F. Hawley. | Mr. and Mrs. Hawley have four children. No word has been heard from them. Another missionary concerning whom no ward has yet been received, Is Mrs. Theodore Mac- Nalr, who lived in Washington sev- eral years ago, before golng to Ja. pan. She was living in Toklo, and vhad been 11l according to the .Rev. Howard Hannaford of Japan, who is | filling the pulplit at the Church of the Covenant for Rev. Charles Wood, who, is in Europe. Mrs. MacNair, It was | thought, might have remained in | Tokio for the summer Instead of go- | ing to the mountains with many others. know Belleve Officers Safe. ¥ Nine officers of the Army and six officers of the Navy are attached to the United States embassy at Tokio, o apprehension s felt in official cir- Cles as to thelr safety, in view of Ambassador Woods' official report | that “none of the members of the em- bassy had heen injured.” They un- RESERVOIRS FOUND NEEDING CLEANING Chemical analyses showing that the water in two of Washington's reservoirs is not up to the customary high standard of purity has led Dis- trict authorities to take precaution- ary steps to remedy the condition. A thorough cleansing of the two basins in the Brightwood reservoir on 16th street has just been completed by the water department, and another reservoir will be given similar treat- ment this week on the recommenda- tion of Health Officer Willlam C. Fowler. The District officlals, however, are not alarmed over the condition of the water. Dr. Fowler gives assurance that despite the slight impurities, which will be speedily remedied, the water is “reasonably safe” for con- sumption, but advises the skeptical to boil 1 ‘Water Not Polluted. The health officer emphasized that the water in the two reservoirs in no way was polluted, the bacteriological tests revealing that it eontained bac- teria slightly In excess of those dis- covered by past analyses, which are made frequently throughout the year. The Brightwood reservolr, which serves Brookland, most of Bright- wood und upper Georgetown, was closed Saturday in order that the water department employes could thoroughly scour it with hypochlorate lime. The cleansing has been com- pleted, and the north basin already h. been filled, while pumps are now pouring water into the second basin. Dr. Fowler declined to reveal the name of the second reservoir in which the water was not found to be up to the usual standard. He sald he would recommend to Superintendent le: 1J. 5. Garland of the water department that this “saucer” be cleansed. New Tests Planned. When reports from bacteriologists were submitted to him Dr. Fowler sald he recommended to the water de- partment that the Brightwood reser- voir be disinfected. The reservoir was subsequently drained — and cleansed with the powerful disinfect- ant. Both Dr. Fowler and Mr. Garland indicated today that they are reason- ably certaln all the impurities have been removed from the Brightwood ucer.” Az soon as both basins are filled another chemical test will be made of the water. There have been persistent reports for several days that a number of physiclans had detected impurities in the water and had advised their pa- tients in certain sections of the city w0 boil all water before drinking it Health Officer Fowler, however, d. clared that only twp compiaints of the condition of the water had come to his office, and pointed out that the percentage is certainly small for a city of almost 500,000 inhabitants. Filter Destroys Germ certain,” Dr. “that the water with the slight incre in bacterla was reasonably safe for consumption. I did advise several per- sons who questioned me about it te boll it." How the bacteria found fts way into the reservolr Dr. Fowler Is not positive. He expressed the opinion that it ma have been caused by dirt blowing in from the street, pointing out that the reservoirs are unprotected. The health officer made it clear that all water con.- | sumed in Washington passes through the filtering station, where the germs are almost certain to be destroyed. MINE PEACE STILL REMOTE AS PARLEY IS RESUMED TODAY| (Continued from First Page.) been idle since last Friday, are await- ing phllosophically the outcome of the negotiations at Harrisburg be- tween thelr representatives and the operators. To all appearances, the anthracite workers, for the most part, are not at all bothered by their perfod of lelsure although it is reported from ane sectlon that some of the younger miners are prepared to seek perma- nent employment in middle western industrial establishments, should the conference called by Gov. Pinchot not show signs that ~a rapprochement between the two groups is likely in the near future. In most cases, however, the men are taking advantage of their respite from mining—the first they have had for five months—in painting and re- decorating their houses, or ting in shape athletic' fields sporting equipment. Start Rase Ball Fleld. HAZLETON, Pa., September 6.—It did not take members of the big Cran- berry local of the United Mine Work- ers long to busy themselves after the anthracite suspension became effec- tive. Dropping their work in the pits they began immediately to turn their attention to sport and started imi- provement of their base ball fleld, which is used by the Hazleton team of the Anthracite Association for its home games. This field was laid out during the five months’ idleness of the mines a year ago and is regarded as one of the best in the coal reglon: the diamond being equal, it is claimed, to some of those in the major leagues. Base ball is a popular pastime with the miners and they will get much recreation from it while the collieries and doubtedly are included in that classi- fication. The military attaches ar: B. Larkin, Lieut. Col. O, P, zard, Maj. Edward T. Witsell, MaJ. Rufus 8. Bratton and_ Capts. 8. F. Mashbir, T. M. Morris, Joseph P, Sul- livan and Warren J. Clear. +_The naval attaches are: Capt. L. A. Cotton, Lieut. Commanders Garnet Hullngs, Ellls M. Zacharlas and H. C, Davis, Ensign A. H. McCullum and Chief Pharmacist W. C. Magoon. FElks’ Lodge Anxious. Members of Washington Lodge of Elks are making anxious Inquiries about two of thelr members, who probably were in Japan at the time of the disaster. One is Capt. W. B. Sul- livan, U. 8. M. C., attached to the Tnited States embassy in_Toklo, the other being Raymond C. Killlan, at- tached to the embassy in a clerical ca- pacity. - Inspector W. S. Shelby, secretary of the Elks' Lodge the past ten years, visited the State Department yester- day in ap effort to leayn som Mn? of the two mewbers. Fe was told ghat | members of the embassy werq Je- S are shut down. Everywhere through the coal field there is a marked activity in the game. e Fowler said, | in get-| i I We are always showing the condition of the water | pretation {their ships to awalit the decision | bordering on { guards and le ! taken, EAN LINES FINED $480,000 BY U. S, Four Penalized for Bringing in Aliens in Excess of August Quotas. Fines totaling $480,000 will be assessed against the four steamship companies whose vessels brought into New York approximately 2,400 alions In excess of quotas before mid- night last Friday, it was learned at the Department of Labor today. All the allens except those suffering from contaglous: diseases have been ad- mitted to the United States, “In the interests of humanity,” and to re- lleve the overcrowded conditions at Ellis Island. The total of fines which will be levied against the steamship companies whose vessels crossed the line before midnight August 31 Is the largest ever assessed at one time against a single company or a group of steamship companies. Whether the fines can be made' to stick or not is a question for attor- neys to decide. The fauct that the aliens have been admitted may be used by the steamship companies as & loophole for evading payment of the fines. Under the law a fine of $200 per alien may be assessed against the steamship companies bringing in allens in excess of quotas for a given month, Officials of the Labor Department point out, however, that the fact that the four hips crossed the line drawn between Forts Hamllton and Wads- worth in New York harbor before September 1 makes it patent that the 2,300 allens were brought in in excess of quotas. The August quotas were exhausted, they say, and the aliens were brought into this country im August, when they should not have been brought in before September. Crossed Before Midnight. The fact that the steamships cross- ed the line from six minutes to fifteen seconds before midnixht last Friday makes the transportation companies culpable under the law, Immigration officials sa: and the levying of the fines mandatory. The immigrants who came in In excess of quotas will be as- slgned agalnst the quotas for another month of the present fiscal year. “The only solution of the quota rushe: Comn sioner General of Immigration Husband said today, “is to count the quotas on the other side rather than on this side.” Agencles Discredit Laws, Commenting on the situation and his action in admitting the ali legally were ble, Davis sald There seem to be agencles at work trying to discredit Immigration laws by crediting_the Department of with ridiculous adverse decl: recefving newspaper clippings telling at length of im- possible situations which have arisen, under which strictly technical con- struction of the laws would impose hardships. The unfortunate thing is that instead of investigating the | facts, or waiting for the case to be dectded, overzealous agencies at- tempt to prophecy the rulings and never give the executive an oppor- tunity to show that a humane inter- is possible. The depart- ment realizes that the immigrants were the victims of the steamships and_has placed the punishment ac cordingly.” ALIENS IN PANIC. | Feared Deportation When Taken Aboard Ships From Island. H By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, September 6.—Im-| te steps were taken to imposc | fines upon steamship componies who, in their eargerness to bring immi grant passengers to America in time | to admit them under the quota for| September, crossed the line at quar- antine a few seconds before midnight | on August 31, it was anounced last night by Henry H. Curran, commis- | sloner of immigration at Ellis Island, when he learned of a decision in Washington which will permit the immigrants to land. In the meantime many immigrants were sent from Eilis Island back to o Scenes enacted as med, e the Washington officials. panic were the aliens were returned to the ves. sels. There was a babel of tongu as interpretors tried to tell the | migrants they were not being de ported, while some tried to elude P Into the water, de- claring they would rather risk drowning than face deportation, | hip Compuniex to Fight. Officials of but one of the steam- | ship lines concerned could be reached | last night, and while they would not | say definitely what action might be | it was indicated the case would be fought. This was from the Baltic-American line, whose officials | sald their records showed that thelr ship, the Estonia, had not entered quarantine before midnight, but two minutes after the hour. Ellis Island was crowded last night. Additional allens were brought in from_the following ships: Byron, of the National Greek line, 835; Tus- cania, of the Cunard line, 671, and | the Chicago, of the French iine, 233. Officials examined 1,759 immigrants today, admitting about 1,400 to the: United States, the others being held | for various reasons. Approximately 1,300 more are waliting on ships for | their turns to be taken to the island for examination. In addition to this number there remain nearly 2,000 Who will be admitted under no quota at all, but merely because they were on the ships that crossed the line ahead of time. It was pointed out, however, that the yearly quota set by the immigration law would not be exceeded by this number. KIWANIANS GIVE $841 FOR RELIEF Club Responds Quickly to Appeal for Stricken Jap- anese. ported safe, but no names were ob- tainable. Capt. Sullivan, a native of this city, has been In the Marine Corps a num- ber of years and, it is stated, prob, bly 1s slated for early promotion. Kil- llan several weeks ago was trans- ferred from a position in the embassy in Hungary to a similar position in Toklo. He passed through this city on his way to his new pos “There are good reasons to believe that the American and Canadiah Y. M. C, A. secretaries in Japan are ali safe” ‘sald Willlam Knowles Cooper, general secretary of the Washington Y. M. C. A, who has been in com- munication “with Dr. John R. Mott, head of the international committee. “This will be cheering news to the friends of G. Ernest Trueman and Dr. and Mrs. D. E. Yarnell, all of whom are well known in this city, the former having been stationed in Karuizawa and the latter in Yoke- bama.” A total of $841.50 was subscribed | for the suffering people of Japan by | the Washington Kiwanis Club at a'! meeting in the Hotel Washington to- day. Claude W. Owen, president of the, organization, had just finished out- Nning the catastrophe, when sugges- tion was made that the public affairs committee take immediate action. “Why not let us show our apprecia- tion of the situation right now?” ex claimed William Mather Lewis, presi- dent-elect of the George Washington University, and in less than fifteen min- utes the above amount had been do- nated in cash and checks by those pres ent. One-third of the club’s membership not present will be communicated with later today and it is predicted the total will reach nearly $1.600, _ jing {Italy, and tending to show fatea, FRIENDS ANXIOUSLY AWAIT WORD FROM 5 THIS WASHINGTON FAMILY IN DISASTER ZONE " MRS. HARRY H.CAMPBELL LEAGUE SWAMPED WITH CRISIS ADVICE U. S. Messages Plead for Firm Stand in Italo- Greek Controversy. BY By Cable to The A. R. DECKER. tar and Chicago Dails News. GENEVA, September 6.—The secre- tariat of the league of nations is being bombarded with telegrams from all parts of the world, offering advice on the disposition of the Italo-Greek One from the United States, reading “For God's sake stand firm” is a fair of them. Supporters of the league seem to want to see energetic step: taken to establish at Geneva the authority to prevent armed “conflicts. Representatives of the nations in the league are maintaining silence, await- developments. Even ch a stanch adherent as Ldpd Robert Cecil states that he occuples'the position of judge, and hence cannot render an opinion in advance. Belleve Loophole Left. Signor Salandra's carefully worded argument, presented in behalf of that the league is not competent to handle the by controversy Italo-Greek conflict, is believed {some observers to leave a loophole for {the bringing of the case before the council of ambassadors, whose Italian agents were slain on the Albanian border, or before the world court. However, if the matter is taken away from the league, the smaller states will feel.the hopelessness of their situation. Already the little entente has resolved to support the thesis that the league is competent, and the Balkan states are i preparing for more active disapproval. The Journal de Genevre says: Call Mussolini Extreme. ‘Italy’s indignation is Jjustified, but Mussolini is going too far. ~He s ceding to the violence of his character and the acclamation of his fellow citizens. Shall we believe the quarrel is a pre- text to permit him to fortify Italy east of the Adriatic? Mussolini declares the occupation of Corfu is typic, but the same thing was said of the Dodecaneze eleven years ago. “By denying the league's right to in- terfere, M exceedingly serious act. He forbids the league the right to function as regards matters for which it was expressiy cre- If the league council insists upon its rights. Italy will, perhaps, leave the league. If the league declares the ques- tion out of its jurisdiction, it discredits itself forever.” SOUGHT AS CRIMINAL, WAS POLICE EMPLOYE Man, Wanted Two Years, Found an Employe of Detroit Depart- ment by Mere Chance. By the Assoclated Press. MEMPHIS, Tenn.,, September 6— Sought for two years for prosecution on a grand jury indictment charging perjury in the trial of a celebrated murder case. here, Otis W. (Slim) Robinson was in jail here today after his arrest at central police head- quarters, where he had been working as an automobile mechanic for sev- eral months. Robinson was discovered yesterday when the county prosecutor, in con- ferring with city officers over trial of & minor case, recognized his name In a list of prospective witnesses. Police, though In contact with the man daily, had failed to note his identity wita the missing fugitive. Originally a defense witness in the trial here two years ago of “Red” Harrls, the Jones brothers and Edwin Von Steinkirch for murder in connec- tion with the killing of two police- men and a watchman in-an attempted hold-up of the Ford plant’s pay roll, Robinson, through a contradiction of testimony, became the ate’'s chief aid in obtaining conviction. The four defendants are now serving life sen- tences in the state prison. Robinson was indicted shortly after the conclusion of the murder trial, ‘but disappeared, and his whereabouts has been _mystery until his appre- hension yesterday in the very midst of his former pursuers, = - mple of the majority ! olini has accomplished an ! Miss Mary 8. CAMPBELL Corfu Affair Held New Deal In Mediterranean by Italians Compromised by BY WYTHE WILL By Cable to The Star and Philadelphia Public Tedger. Copyright. 1523 PARIS, September 6.—"The Corfu affair marks a date in the prepara- | tion of a new Mediterrancan equi- | librium.” The foregoing statement vesterday | AMS, I by a high Italian official indicates the present satisfaction of his gov- ernment, despite the fact that a “crisis” in the case is advertised as| now in progress at Geneva. As al matter of fact, leading statesmen of the continental powers, now regretful | that the league has been permitted | to “compromise” itself with an | | fair of such weight and gravity i inclined to treat the league somewhat jas a little Red Riding Hood, and no | i longer leave it out alone. | At any alian officialdom, tak- | { Ing its cue from Mussolini himself, Jub P lantly ards its viewpoint { Ing ed. Certainly Mussolini | was ently uncomprising to- | | ward England when he informed his council of ters that “I hope this bri on in political rea ism tha » us from across t channel will definitely cure Italians | of the malady of eom\-mm:mf | phrase | min nt les comes NEW MENACE TO LEAGUE UNITES FRIENDS OF BODY | TO PRESERVE ITS RIGHTS (Continued from First Page.) sailles, of which the covenant of the league Is an integral part, was to be disregarded the reorsanization of Europe was endangered, has caused a profound impression and has served! to emphasize the gravity of the po- litical crisis in which Zurope is plunged. The council chamber was| crowded with _visitors, including | Americans, and Lord Robert's warn- statement was received with orous handclapping. “Once again," says a Swiss news- paper tonight, “events demonstrate that we can impose peace only by war. »So long as the league of na tlons has no powerful army it will only keep from fighting those who are incapable of employing with ad- vantage the eternal argument.” Without taking action, the council adjourned, in order to permit the members to study the Italian state- ment. It Is expected that another meeting will be held within a day or two. SEE OTHER WITHDRAWALS. Brazil and Uruguay Said to Break Ttaly Against League. By the Associated Press, PARIS, September 6—Brazil and| Uruguay are said to have instructed thelr delegates at Geneva to make | common cause with Italy and with- draw from the league of nations if che does, asserts a Milan dispatch tho Le Matin. Denies Instructions. In connection with advices from Rome that Uruguay and Brazil have decided to instruct their representa- tives at Geneva to stand with Italy and abandon the league of nations it she decides to do so, the Uruguayan foreign ministér authorizes the fol- lowing statement: “Although, after an ileas with the president, the Uru- guayan foreign office has been in cable communication with the Uru- guayan delegate on the league of {nations council, Senor Guani, recom- mending him to lend the most defer- | entlal attention to the argument of the Italian thesis, no uch instruc- tion as is indicated In'these advices has been sent, nor has the Uruguayan attitude been compromised in the manner stated.’ GREEK FLEET RETIRES. | exchange of Movemerit Ordered to Avoid Con- tact With Italians. By. the Associated Pres: ! fleet has received orders to retire to the Gulf of Volo to avold cantact with the Itallan fleet, it is learned on_good luthoflv. The Gulf of Volo, an arm of the | o tomorrow Italy Confident of Position, While Euro- pean Nations Regret League Has Been Part in Dispute. a'Orsay, as well as through Itallan sources. it now ap- ars that there is little ground for feving that the league will mit any real intervention as ed by Britain, Scandinavia and Baikan® states. The league, to its face, is likely, finally, to refer the question the' council of ambas- sadors. Thix council, meeting in Paris, ac- copted in of an investigation commission com- posed of British, French and Itallan members, turning down the Greek proposal to add a neutral member. apan had already declined to par. ate. The final de a commission will the counctl of am owing the British member with and receive fur ment vet Just as England's recent note writing anpeal for world opinfon o ibject of the Ruhr was engulfed world news by the death President Har 50 Mu dramatic coup :ared to be some. what o ause of the big- sor news from Japan. But the Itallan premier now reviving interest in himself by interviews in which he intimates “that there will be more trouble if Italy’s demands are not granted From the Quai ady the to be taken ssadors today to the desire of to communicat ror instruction Thus, it is un- will consent to s e the mate Greek peninsula and approxi- ninety miles north of Athens. SEIZE ARMS IN CORFU. Italians Take All Occupied City. By the Associated Press. CORFU, September §.—The Italian occupation fauthorities have ordered the confiscation of the arms of all nationalities resident here, including members of the Italian colony. Bri- tish subjects may store their weapons in_their own consulate. This city is quiet and orderly, but the inhabitants are anxiously won- ering_how long the occupation will last. No Greek shiyp e arriving or departing, and it is impossible to proceed directly to Athen. ON ASSASSINS' TRAIL. Apprehension of Italian Mission Assailants Indicated. By the Associated Press. MILAN, September 6.—The Popolo Italia, organ of Premier Mussolini, as received a dispatch from Triest yin “Telegrams from various sources confirm the news that the Greek gov- ernment is on the track of the a sins of the Italian mission. suspects have been arrested at Janina and also along the Greeco-Albanian frontier, and ampng them are two of the assassins. The authorities are hunting the others and hope shortly to arrest them. New Selzures Reported. By the Associated Press. LONDON, September 6.—A Central News dispatch from Rome says that Teports are current there that Italian forces havé occupied the islands of Merlera, Fano and Mathraki, north- west of Corfu. — HARVEY SEES PRESIDENT. Calls at White House Before Sail- ing for England. Col. George' Harvey, ambassador from the United States to Great Brit- ain, is paying a farewell visit at the White House before salling Saturday for his post in London. Col. Harvey arrived at the White House last night, and it is understood he will |leave for New York either tonight or tomorrow morning. SHEIK LEADS REVOLT. JERUSALEM, September 6.—(Jew- ish Telegraph Agency)—The Emir Abdullah, ruler of: Transjordania, is facing a serlous rebellion led by the Sheik of Es Salt. Three thousand Arabs have gath- ered under the banner of the Sheik, who handed the Emir an ultimatum ernment be instituted, that ail for- eigners be expelled and that the tax system be’ revised in such fashion that all shall be made to bear an )qual share of the government's “ Aegean sea, 1s on the ehstern-side of burden. . ’ | savejsafe.” principle the appointment|Miss Doris Babbit, ision regarding | Kone | | ATHENS, September 6.—The Greek | demanding that a parliamentary gov- | Average Sunday net circul | been Weapons in |not be completed until other refugee | FIRST AMERICAN SHIPS ARRIVE AT YOKOHAMA TO RELIEVE JAPANESE (Continued from First Page.) the United States. These, he said. would be turned over to the Red Cross in order to secure an efficient unity, although the ambassador will personally acknowledge every con- tribution "sent to the embassy. Prompted by the urgency of the hour, the Red Cross had determined not to wait until the entire $5,000,000 is raised to make it available to the suffering Japanese survivors. Dr. Henty Beeuwkes, who had charge of medical relief in Russia, has been authorized to draw upon the or- ganization for medical supplies to the value of $100,000, and have them rushed to the devastated area with- out delay. Ships Reach Yokohama. The Navy Department sald today it had recelved word from Admiral Anderson, commanding the Asiatic fleet, that his destroyer squadron, commanded by Capt. G. T. Pettingill on board the U. S. S. Stewart, rcached Yokohama early today with its cargo of food and medical supplies. Whether or not the squadron had been able to anchor within the harbor, the bot- tom of which was re been pushed out of the sca, was not stated. It is belleved, however, that the harbor, if navigable at all, Is only dangerous ‘within the breakwater. The United States Army_has one transport now nearing Yokohama, another less than two days' voyag away from the stricken city, and three more being loaded as fast as possible. The Merritt, of 28,000 tons capacity, left Manila vestcrday. The Meigs_is expected to leave tod The Navy vessel Bittern, which was loaded With Army supplies, sailed from Tientsin Tuesday, and may have already reached Yokohama. The transports Somme and Cambrai are being loaded at San Francisco and Honolulu, respectively. The former is expected to sail immediately, while the latter will be held for several days to await developments. It was ated that every ship is being loaded far beyond its normal capacity as safety will permit. Rice and medical supplies constitute most of the cargo, but the Somme will carry only tents and medicine Its trip is expected to require fifteen days. . S. Ships Near Scenes. The armored cruiser Huron, with Admiral Anderson, who will command America's relief armada upon its ar- rival in Japanese waters, was only 300 miles out of Yokohama yesterday and may reach that port early to- morrow. The destroyer tender Black Hawk, loaded with 1.000,000 pounds of rice, 500,000 pounds of beans and other cargo, is off the coast of China en route to the same place. Other American vessels en route are: tanker Pecos, destroyers Hulbert, Noa, Preston, Preble, Sicard and Pruitt; the fleet tender General Alava supply ship Arctic; the United States Steel Corporation vessels Steel Trav- eller, Steel Navigator and Selma City, and the Shipping Board freighter West Orowa. The Shipping Board liner President Jefferson is now be- ing used to transport refugees from the devastated sectors to Kobe. The destroyer division 43 has arrived at Cheefoo to await sailing orders. McCoy Heads Relief. Brig. Gen. Frank R. McCoy has been selected to act as director gen- eral of American relief in Japan. Secretary’ Weeks approved today a request “for Gen. McCo; services, made by the American Red Cross. He will be assisted by a committee of citizens in Tokio and Yokohama Gen. McCoy is in Tokio on leave, hav- ing gone there from Manila, where he is a member of Gov. Gen. Leonard Wood ff. A message to the War Department per-{from Licut. Col. Charles Burnett, mil- itary attache at Tokic reported both Maj. and Mrs W.'C. Crane, “are It is understood they left To- kio before the disaster. Miss Babbit Reported Dead. Ambassador Woods' cable said that believed to be the daughter of the commercial at- tache at the American consulate general in Yokohama, is reported led. Consul Dickover cabled from the following 1list of Ameri- an dead, missing and probable dead: dead armacist Paul R. Cannon, United A. Ingoglia, United Burnell, San Francisco. Morse of the International Banking_Corporation. Capt. Stimson of the SS. Steel Navi- of | gator. Robert Swain of Yokohama. Missing and probably dead: Mr. Shelley of the Standard Oil Company. McHenry Holbrook of the Inter- national Banking Corporation. Mrs. M. Mendelson of Princeton, N. J. Hundreds American Refugees. Consul Dickover further reported that about 2.000 foreign refugees had arrived in Kobe from Yokohama and Tokio, and that several hundred of them were Americans. He {s compil- ing a list of Americans who have aved, but the compilation can- vessels have arrived. He sular Officers Nason, W Aguilar arrived at Kobe ¥ Consul James P. Davis cabled that Mary and were safe in Shanghai. gler of the United States court at Shanghai and court there, who were in Japan at the time of the catastrophe, also were reported safe. FALL FROM BED FATAL. Baby Choked Between Post and Wall. ATLANTA, Ga., September 6.—Bus- ter Gossett. thirteen months old, was killed in a fall from the bed on which he was sleeping. The youngster was strangled to death between the bed post and the wall of the room. It is not known how long he had been in this position before his plight was discovered by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Gossett. sald Con- rdell and sterday. Shanghai lie Hands August Circulation 87,150 of Columbla, s.: NEWBOLL G and & District FLEM Rusiness Manager of AY STAR, does solemnly swear that the actual number of copies of the paper named, sold and_distrib- uted during the month of August, A.D. 1923, was a8 follows: DAILY. Days. 17 18 o 2 Copies. BN, NSG1R 854 srersntotstotons EEBE AR IO B S S ot west. [ rrorereTey o sezse cob! 594 Dally average net circulation. 87,150 SUNDAY. Copies. Da; 93,493 19 760D 26 | Less Adjustments......... Total daily net,circulation. Dally average net pald circ lation Daily average ‘numbe: fes for service, etc. Dae. e Less adjustments. Total Sunday net’ circulation.” 375958 Average net pald Sunday ci culation . .ee Average number of copies service, etC.......... for la- tion Busivess Manager. Subscribed l;:l IW‘(‘){:I §l; :dure me this 6th asy of September, A; 1935 lsenty “BIMEN F. YoUNT, Notary Public, ported to have | Judge Lobin- | other officials of the | l 'TALKS and TALES |. With and About CAPITAL’S GUESTS Radiantly happy over the news thar his close personal friend, but politi cal rival, Representative Ernest R Ackerman of the fifth New Jersey district, had been spared in Japan's unparalleled catastrophe, Monell Sayre, head of the Episcopal ministers’ pen- sion fund and vice president and active executive of the National Cathedral Foundation, sat in his apartments at the New Hamilton Hotel and recalled incjdents of the recent campalgn in which he went down to defeat to Rep- resentative Ackerman. “We gave them a good, stiff fight at that,” smiled the beaten candidate to Carl W. Ackerman, international newspaper correspondent, who is also in Washington to assist In forming plans for the completion of the im- Posing structure now being erected, ' on Cathedral Heights, “and while it is always pleasant to win, as long as 1 had to be beaten I know of no other man I would rather see turn the trick than Mr. Ackerman. Mr. Sayre is an ardent democrat and sreat student of economics. He ran on the so-called “wet” ticket in New Jerscy and was barely defeated in o usually rock-ribbed republican strong- old. "He Is a close personal friend ot the Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of .“ shington, and it was at the la ter’'s solicitation and that of the chap- ter of the Washington Cathedral that he accepted the position to arrange for a nation-wide campaign to collect funds for the completion of the Breat edifice. While satisfied that no drastic ac tion will be taken against the pro- hibition amendment, Mr. Sayre, after areful study of conditions in thix untry and Canada, is strongly of the opinion that modification of the present law s essential for- the wel- farc of America. He said that no ane man would advocate the return of the saloon or conditions that ex- ted prior to the enactment of the Volstead law, but did feel that somd system such as enforced in Quebes and British Columbia would" sol the most perplexing drink problem— “a_reasonable law, as it were.” Both Messrs. Sayres and Acker< man were most optimistic over the outlook of the National Cathedral Foundation. They said that the Re Rev. Thomas E. Gaflor, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church in America, had accepted the honorary presidency of the movement, and thaf judged by the encouraging flowing in from all sections of country, little trouble was being &a ticipated in collecting the necessary funds to finish what promises to be the most beautiful structure on the western hemisphere. Probably no two men in Amerltq were_closer personal friends of late President than Carm{ Thompso: and Michael Gallegher of Clevelan Ohio, the former vice president an general manager of the Todd, Stam- baugh Iron and Steel Company and the the latter prominently identified with the interests of the late Mark Hanna. Both Ohioans are at the New Willard Hotel for a few days, pri- marily on business and to learn, it possible, whether their home town has any chance of entertaining the 1924 republican national convention. “Cleveland has no idea of making any protracted fight for the big sembly,” said Mr. Thom would be delighted to have the del rates within her midst. I hear that several great cities are bidding ex: travagantly for the convention, au while one of these may be eventually ected, we are just snooping around 1%6o let the powers that be know the {Forest city stands ready s nd willing extend them welcome. i 10 i ed how Ohio regarded the new Chief Executive, voice dropped when he &z we in Ohlo have not ye! from the terrible shock of President Hanling’s death. ~We ~loved him much. His going is etill the genera topic of conversation, yet our peol ple do admire President Coolidge an xtend to him their sincerest sym- pathy and good wishes in his huge task.” & Ohio poli e the Blckeye etate bad show remarkable recovery within the last thirty days. ~Especially is this truc| of & and iron. “Pig iron s e aked 30 per. cent during he said. “and, all told, fall looks mighty good e two Cleveland men = will call on President Coolidge before leaving for home. he sal t recovered wo other westerners stopping at thz‘.\'ow Willanl are B. S' Paulin of Fredonia, Kans., and A. W. Clapp. iwell known coporation lawyer of St. 7 Minn. TAIE Paulin is In town endeavoring to convince the Federal Reserve Board that Kansas is “big enough boy” to have a federal reserve bank at Wichita, and has been in close conference with many financlers to ve his claims. DTN Kanean sald that things wers running along about even in his | state, that crops were good and hu!l& ness fair. He said the farmers ha {not worried much over politics to { date, but that all seemed to be satis fied ‘that President Coolidge was at ‘{hv helm. “You know We are rather slow et into the political game 1o Bs" the genial * Fredo man, “hbut when the signal is flashed to {let go, thenm, as the country we {knows, there's always something oin Qo ke Mr. Sayre, at the Hamilton, Mr. Clapp held in his hand gratify- ing assurances that his own lifelong [friend and college mate, Hugh z Wilson of Chicago, counselor to the American embassy at Japan, was alive and uninjured. “I have just had official confirma- tion of this good news’” said the Minnesota attorney, “and it is a re- lief. 1 stopped off in Chicago to see Mr. Wilson's brother, and t ifamily were greatly perturbed over his fate. He is n‘flnfi chap and a warm friend of mine. Informed that all Washington was anxlously waiting to_hear the new Senator-elect from Minnesota, Mr. Clapp smiled and sald, “You will hear him all right, for few men havo ‘h tremendous vocal power: e U laph wald further that while the single-crop farmer in morthern Minnesota was suffering from the wheat situation, those in the south- ern country, where crops are di- versified, are enjoying a fair amount of prosperity, and business generally was running along smoothly. “The Twin Cities are really enjoying a very good year. There is absolutely / no sign of unemployment in either St. Paul or Minneapoiis, and with the business man satisfied that a safe jand sane leader is at the head of the government, conditions look most flourishing, £o far as I can sec” “‘Really Washington grows more fentrancing every year,” exclaimed Ed- iward G. Wright, Tetired,oll magnate i{of Pittsburgh, Pa., as he alighted from {his big touring car with Mrs. Wright. and sought his rooms in the Horter Washington, -after having spent the day sightseeing in and about the clty. 1 am too retired to know much about general conditions in Pennsyl- vania, smiled the Pittsburger, as ho entered the elevator. Pennsylvania, especially my home town, is usually in good condition. Yes, we are sat- isfied with President Coolidge. How in the world could we be otherwise. He is a good, clean-cut, God-fearing official and bears the admiration of every true American. Good-bye 1 must have my nap. Timidly approaching the desk at the Raleigh Hotel, a pair of newly- weds, from down Virginia way, asked to be allowed to talk with the pro- prietor. Hurrying from his office, Assistant Mapager Edward Hamme?, rushed up to the visitors and offered his serv- lces. “How much will dinner for two be”’ asked the stronger half of the palr. "hat is for you to judge, sir,” re- plied Mr. Hammer. “All of our meals are served a la carte. ] “Where do you keep the cart, mis) ter?” chimed in the bride, “We'd like to look it over,” and the clerks all 8ot busy. THE MIXER.