Evening Star Newspaper, September 7, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER. Unsettled weather, showers tonight and _probably © tomorrow morning; slightly lower temperature tomorrow. Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today at noon today; lgwest, 6 today. Full re Highest, 75, at 2:40 a.m. Tt on page 7. 1 — . Y. Stocks and Bon(is, Page Zg Closing N. No. - 28,983, Entered as second-class matter post office Washington. D. C. PLANES RUSHING FOOD TO TOKIO SUFFERERS; RELIEF FUND SWELLS 30,000 Death Toll Official Figure for Capital. 300 AMERICANS GO ONU. S. DESTROYERS Outbreak of Cholera Re: ported New Peril Faced in Yokohama. Br the Associated Press. Although latest reports from Japan fead to the hope that the death toll is Dot as large as has been feared, the de- Etruction wrought by the earthquake, tidal wave and fire has been tremendous. A dispatch from Shanghai this morn- ¥ni: says that information received there today makes it apparent that the loss both in life and property, were “much exaggerated.” Different sources agree, however, that two-thirds of Tokio have been laid Waste. A message from the American consul at Shanghai to the §tate Depart- Mment quotes a British cruiSer at Yoko- Aima as authority for the statement that that city has been virtually de- stroyed, Tokio Still Cut ofr. kio today still was practically cut ©oft from the world and communication between the capital and Osaka was very | Mcult, according to advices from the latter city Army airplanes are carrying to ©f rica from Osaka to the devastated Tokio district, dispatches received in Moscow from Vladivostok declared. The same dispatches to the Pravda | reported resort, that th that Odawari, uffered great destruction and there was’ heavy loss of life e from tidal waves, Three Unitec arrived in_ Yo aboard 300 Ame government day area One report, confirmed, says out in_the port The Tokio home the dead in the capital at makes no attempt to strike for Yokohama, the ma that were in the path of the tidal wave, the other communities that were in the hquake zone. Modern K the famous and t The Japan has prociaimed a thirty- moratoyium tor the devastated ken which has cholera not has broken office still estimates ildings Save The foreign and residential sectio in both the capital and the port seem to have escaped the destruction, ow ni to their favorable location, but the slups and the industrial districts suffered severely. However, Tokio's buildings of modern construction are Baid to have escaped. As America hurries ac the Pacific, the TUnited States are T ously bel supply ships people of the ponding gener- ved that the $5.000,000 Red Cro: Quota can be surpassed. All_missionaries of the Church rpported safe. Reformed "MORATORIUM PROCLAIMED. Payments Due From September 1 to September 30 Set Back. By the Associated Press. AKCA, September 7.—The Japanese government has proclaimed a thirt day moratorium for payments falling due from September 1 to September 20. The moratorium is inapplicable outside the zone of the disaster. Persons profiteering in essential commodities face imprisonment for three yea or a fine of 3,000 yen, while any one found guilty of spread ing rumors with the object of en- couraging rioting, damaging property disturbing the peace may be in oned for ten years or fined 3,000 as well as the edicts against profiteer- ing and the circulation of false of cmergency imperial decrees. Neiw r“”N that the seismic movement h. heen progr iv diminishing and den renewal of violent sh. From September 1 to yesterday at 356 on Saturday and Sund 89 173 Tuesda. 148 Wed Casualties from last Saturday's earthquake had reached 10,000 dead Sunday morning, eighteen hours after the quake, said a dispatch received newspaper, by airplane. The dispatch estimated the deaths gaying that virtually every house in Yokohama had been destroyved within were felt. It is estimated that 500 foreigners had lost their lives in Yo- Foreign Section Ruined. The_foreign section of Yokohama Savere utterly ruined,” according to 1his message. (Later dispatches have of Yokohama was not greatly dam- #bed.) gage were Paul de Jardin, French consul, and “Messrs. Luiz, Robero, India, Australia and China. (An A. H. Tait formerly was manager of this mvailable.) . The dispatch says efforts are being Joreigners at Yokohama. Tokio still_is without newspapers, mimeographed form, but the Bank of Japan has reopened and is transact- gpite of the fact that the structure was badly damaged. rumors are made public in the form The Tokio central observatory r that no anxiety is felt as to any sud- 6 p.m. 1,029 distinet shocks were felt: up to & o'clock last ev snd 100,000 injured in Tokio by last Jere from ‘the Tokio Asahi, a leading in Yokohama at from 30,000 to 40,000, three minutes after the first shocks kohama. gnd the section occupied by Chinese sndicated much of the foreign section Listed among the dead in this mes- und Tait” of the Chartered Bank of Dank. No record of the others is made by authorities for the relief of the official Gazette being issued in jng business in its own building, in TWENTY BRITISH DEAD. Vice Consul at Yokohama Among Quake Victims. 2t the Associated Press. SHANGHAI September 7.—British Vice Consul Haigh at Yokohama was Xilled in the earthquake, says a Bri- tish naval wireless received here. The wife of Surgeon Comdr. William Hingston, who was in charge of the Yokohama naval hospital, also was Xilled, but the remainder of his staff &nd their families escaped. The Swiss minister and the person- “nel of the legation are safe, The German_consul_general. Herr Thiel, (Continued on Page 4, Column 1) ates destroyers have | © ladded to the appeal for help and it is| Movement Diminixhes. J ! 1 President Takes Up Measures of Aid With Cabinet. HALF SCORE SHIPS i REACH YOKOHAMA !$2,000,000 Contributed to Red Cross—D. C. Subscribes $32,274, i The Japanese disaster and the or™ | ganized relief work carried on in ! this country was the principal topic } of discussion of President Coolidge ' and his cabinet today. Large maps (showing the devastated area, pre-| pared by the War Department, were I placed on the cabinet table for the {information of those gathered, and | were used during discussion. The | several cabinet members whose de- | partments are directly or indirectly; engaged in the relief work reported as to their activit and as to in- fermation received by them from | | Japan - i First Meeting in Four Weeks. of President Coolidge's cabinet in four and it was only the | secona inet meeting held since | Mr. Coolidge became President. The meeting lasted more than an hour, and with the exception of Attorney General Daugherty, every member of | the portfolio was in attendance. | America bhad marshaled its re- « iithout restraint today, ready | to combat the specter of famine and| pestilence, whose shadow already has ! fallen across the charred desolation where once stood some of Japan's ! most thriving citie | Redouble Efforts of Relie ! | As latest dispatches from the orient | even colosio ke (scen 1 | This was the first formal gathering weel more | of nature’s upheaval, every agency of the government and sa redoubled rushing supplies As result; befo othing, housing material and edical supplies had been ordered ¥ the millions of tons, i In the meantime, the tide of gold that has been flowing into the $5.- | 000,600 relief chest of the Amer Red Cross began to reach flood and any doubt that may have existed American public's eager willingness to pay the bills was dis- New York set the pace by going “over the top” last night and had set out today to collect a sum | equai to the entire nation’s quota. At on today Washington alone { had subscribed $32,274.47. | Chapters throughout the country !'were reporting by wire this morning | that their quotas were assured, and 000,000 lated by 1 al report fecountry’s stood to the American its efforts to- | the stricken | e noon today food, « an | tage | | pelled. " had been formally tabu st night without the offi of more than half of the cities. Boston is under- < have ' over-subscribed its | quota St. Louis had volunteered to do likewise, and contributions direct | to headquarters here were nearing 1 $200,000. Ships Reach Yokohama, It was estimated at the Navy De- partment that fully half a score of American ships, each loaded to the | extreme point of safety with relief upplies, were already in Yokohama, prepared to hold disease and famine {in check until the fleet of mercy | ships now leading and en route ar- rive. Secretary Denby received a copy of a dispatch Admiral-Anderson nt to the purchasing officer at Shanghai, which indicates that the | commander of the relief armada is | now at the_scene. Admiral Benson's message, which was sent by wireless from his flag- ship, the armored cruiser Huron, au- thorized his representative at Shang- | hai to commandeer the first Shipping Board vessel he could find, load it with supplies, “working day and night to expedite departure,” and rush it to Yokohama. Food Supplies Needed. The message, which gives an idea of the kind of supplies most urgently needed now, follows: “The following supplies are urgent- Iy needed in the earthquake area in Japan: “Non-perishable provisions—Beans, flour, rice, tea, sugar, salt and water. Medical and surgical supplies—Cotton, gauze, bandages, invalid foods, blankets, ete. Miscellaneous stores— Mosquito and fly bars, bedding, mats tents, picks, shovels, tools, lumber, hardware, coffins. Limited amount of cold storage meats, including chick- gns. butter, eggs, oranges and other ruits, “Make the purchase of these sup- plies under naval appropriation, and iheir distribution by the commander- in-chief has been authorized by the Secretary of the Navy. The utiliza- tion of Shipping Board vessels for services of transports to the stricken areas is authorized under authority jdelegated to me by the chairman of e hipping Board thr - relary of the Navy, ' JOUSh the Bec Executive Committee Moves. ‘Obtain the above supplies and ship to Yokohama via first obtainable Shipping Board carriers destined to Japan, holding her if necessary to load. "Report name of vessel, list of cargo and prospective time of de- parture from Shanghal for Yokohama. Expedite its departure by working day and night.” In Washington today the executive committee, attended by Secretary of Commerce’ Hoover, Eliot Wadsworth, (Continued on Page 4, Column 4.) | (By Wireless to The Star and Philadelphia Public Ledger. Copyright, ) WURZBURG, September 7.— Lieut. Griffis, who is imprisoned here awaiting trial on a charge of attempting to kidnap Grover Berg- doll, yesterday told German offi- cials that he had arranged for filming his escapade, and actually had made several hundred feet of films on.the way to Eberbach. In planning the motion pieture drama the villian was to be brought to justice by real wild west methods. Griffis selected as the setting the bridge over the Rhine at Ludwigshafen, the square before the historic cathe. 2y MRS HARDING GETS STOL0 N WL {Funds Left in Life Estate. Father Left $50,000. Relatives Remembered. By the Associated Press, MARION, Ohio, will of the late filed for probate here today, leav September 7.—The President Harding, to i Mrs. Harding a life estate of $100,000, | the Harding home Mount™ Vernon avenue here, and a half interest in the building owned by the Marion Star. The total of the late President's estate cannot be determined until the praisers report Upon the death of Mrs. Harding the $100.000 life estate, mostly in govern- ment bonds and securities, and the other interests bequeathed her £o to the late President’s brother, Dr eorge T. Harding, jr.. of Columbus and to his sisters, Charity M. Rens- berg, Abigale V. Harding and Mrs Carolyn Votaw, or to their heirs. Mrs, Harding was also given all personal effects to dispose of as she sees fit. % Dr. George T. Harding. the father of the late President was glven a life estate of $50,000 and the residence in which he lives here. Upon his death this propertv w re- vert to Dr. Harding’'s son and daughters. The will specifically states that no part of the estate shall be used for a monument to the late President, excepting for a modest stone. Lenves $25,000 for Parks. The late President provided in his will that a finger ring and a watch be given to each of the sons of his brother, Dr. George T. Harding, jr. Each of his nephews and nleces dlso are to receive $10,000. George DeWolfe, granchildren of Mrs. Harding by a former marriage, were left $2,000 each. Because of their “much appreciated services in building up the Marion Star.” George Van Fleet, manager, is given $2,000; Henry R. Schaffner, treasurer, is given $1,000, and James C. Wood, circulation manager, is left $1,000. The Marion city park board is given $25.000 with which to make gome ermanent and needed im- provement in_the Marion park sys- tem. Trinity M. E. Church of Marion was bequeathed $2,000, and St. Paul's Episcopal Church' of Marion was given $1,000. All the remainder of the estate, much of which is in the form of stocks and bonds, is to %o equally to his brothers and sisters. Banker is Executor. Charles D. Schaffner, Marion banker and a close personal friend of Mr. Harding’s, was named executor. The will was filed at the probate court shortly before the noon hour and following conferences this morn- ing between Mrs, Harding and Attor- ney General Daugherty, who drew the will just prior to the late Presi- dent’s last trip to Alaska. The will was drawn at Washington on June 20 of this year. George B. Christian, Mr. Harding’s private sec- retary, and Charles E. Hard of Ports- mouth, Ohlo, former employe in the ‘White House executive offices, as- sisted Mr. Daugherty in preparing it. SUIT OVER COLOR DESIGN. The Black and White Taxi Com- pany filled suit in the District Su- preme Court today against Dennis Posey, asking that he be restrained from operating an automobile for hire painted in a color design similar to that of the company's cabs. Movie of Bergdoll Kidnaping Planned by Captured American dral in Strassburg and the place 1'Opera in Paris. On the way into Germany before their {ll-starred attempted to cap- ture Bergdoll, Griffis and his party, under the direction of the movie director, posed_on the Ludwigs- hafen bridge and there did numer- ous tricks, supposed to show movle fans in the United States what sort of preparations they had made for the expedition into the hills of Baden. ‘ It was arranged to meet the op- erator at Strassburg on the return trip to Paris for a few yards of film, showing the triumphant re- arrival of the party with their prisoner on French soil. . In paris, according to the plan, there would have been more pic- tures, with additional jubilation, with numerous American Legion members as voluntary supers, aged | Jean and| WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION STILL Laddie Boy’s Kin, As Yet Unnamed, Gift to Coolidge The dog family line at the White House will not b broken despite the change i administration Laddie Boy will be suceeeded by his half brother the White House dog. President Coolid, today accept- ed the offer of Mrs. A, B. Calhoun of Atlanta, Ga. f an airedale dog, reputed to be f brother of the Laddis Boy. The offer ade through Col. M. C. and the dog. t un named, is expected to arrive at th White House kennels within a few | day IRRECONCILABLI. 1 h MEXICO-U. S. PACTS Delegates of Both Countries i Will Place Names on | Claims Conventions. By the Agsociated Press | The two claims conventions be- jtween the United States and Mexico | negotiated at Mexico City by Charles Beecher Warren and John Barton payne will be signed by American nd Mexican plenipotentiaries tomor- row at the State Department I The first of the conventions pro- vides for the creation of a commis- sion to have jurisdiction exclusively over American claims against Mex- ico arising from revolutions in Me: |ico. The nd creates mixed claims commission which will have ] jurisdiction over all other claims of Amerlcans against Mexico and Mex- jcans against the United States. i The umpire of 'h commission will be appointed by the president of the Permanent Court of Arbitra tion at The Hague. The United States and Mexico each will have one representative on each of the commissions. Mr. Warren and Mr. Payne both returned to” Wa e sec ashington today, and their presence here gave rise to a belief that they had been named as plenipotentiarics to sign the con- Yentions with Secretary Hughes for the United State FRANCE GENEROUS 70 U. S., IS CLAIM { By the Associated Press. b, NEW YORK, September 7.—France's generosity to America and her will- ingness not to press for a speedy re- payment of our revolutionary war debt were recalled by George W. Wickersham, former United States Attorney General, eaking in com- memoration of the birth of Lafayette and the battle of the Marne, at Gov. ernors Island. Messages were re ceived from Presidents Coolidge and Millerand, Premier Poincare, Secre- tary - Hughes. Marshals Foch and Joffre and from many state gov- ernors and mayors. !!The bill for money advanced to us by France and Frenchmen in our war of independence never was presented ue by a_ collection agency,” said Mr. | Wickersham. ‘“Why should we with our vast wealth be more rapacious than impoverished France of 150 years ago. We, in the great war of 1917-1918, lent out of our abundance. France, in our hour of need, gave us 'out of her néender treasury with un- sparing hands.” Piucrc circumstances, he declared, sharply distinguished loans made during great emergencies from ordi- nary debts arising in trade. POSTAL WORKERS GIVE FOR RELIEF OF JAPAN Collections for tire leliet of the Japanese were taken today at the Washington city post office, under the direction of Postmaster Willlam M. Mooney, and at the Post Office De- partment, under the leadership of Robert Regar, the chief clerk. Contributions are entirely volun- tary at both establishments, as at the remainder of the government de- partments, where contributions are being recelved. At the city post office signs were posted at various points, telling em- ployes that they were free to con- tribute. Money is being dropped into a box, without names, the entire fund raised to come from “the em- ployes of the post office. ‘SIGNED TOMORROW will | jand establish > & A 1923—FORTY PAGES. IPERATO BERLIN 1S ADOPTING SOVIET BANK PLAN Stresemann Copies Financial Policy in Last Effort to Save Government.’ BY HIRAM K. MODERWELL By Cable 1o Tha Star and Chicago Daily News. yright. 1 BERLIN. September 7.—The “last nstitutional government of Ger many” is making it's last fight for ex- istence with a new series of financial measures which are veing drawn up today. And. singularly enough, and in striking commentary on the present tate of Europe, this most modern of rovernments is sitting at the feet of the bolsheviki to learn finance The system the Stresemann govern- ment is planning will create a semi- state bank, which will issue it's own currency. based on foreign currencies as a reserve. This is similar to the soviet chervontez. To obtain the nec- essary reserve, Germany proposes the bolshevik of private wealth. Mark for Internal Use. The new cyrrency, the “German dol- (lar,” will serve as a means of making foreign purchases and will constitute the Germpan measure of value. internal exchange. Beneath this simple plan are three more of great importance, which have been barely hinted at in the news- papers. governmental - expenditures, which must mean withdrawal of govern- ment support of pa; ve resistance i the Ruhr and probably an early ces sation of the pass ance polic Another is for establishment in some foreign country of a private bank for German industry This scheme, mooted for some months ded as the last stand of the industrialists to separate their fate from that of the German nation themselves on a gold basls. The third plan is for cessation of control of foreign trade, long de- manded by the industrialists. Appar- ently the second and third measures are concessions to the industrialists for their acceptance of the first and for their subscriptions to the gold loan. If this interpretation is correct, it would seem that the industrialists are granting the government only the money necessary for its bare subsist- ence, in return for complete freedom in forelgn trade. BACK STRESEMANN’S MOVE. By the Associated Pres: ESSEN, September 7.—If the gov- ernment of Chancellor Stresemann decides to make direct overtures to France and Belgium to end the Ruhr deadlock, regardless of what Great Britain_ does, it will have the sup- port of an overwhelming proportion of the industrial leaders and of the German population generally, pro- vided German sovereignty in the oc- cupied territories is guaranteed. This opinion was expressed to the Assoclated Press today by a promi- nent manufacturer who requested that, *for obvious reasons” his name be not mentioned. The manufacturer declared that there now was no use in hiding the fact that everybody felt it was time to begin to do everything possible to bring to an end an im- possible economic situation, We _are ready,” the manufacturer said, “to discuss’ any sort of settle- ment which would leave each side with a reasonable amount of honor. Most of the manufacturers and heads of industry see there is no use of further counting on Great Britain. We must realize that if Germany, France and Belgium could throw away pride and come to reason we could reach an accord that would be best for all concerned. Meet France Half Way. “For our part, we are willing to meet them half ‘way.” This manufacturer said he thought the more level heads on both sides were beginning to realize that the present situation could not last with- out loss to both sides and intolerable suffering to the population. He added that it was because the Germans thought if the endurance test was continued France undoubtedly could force terms that the German leaders Wanted to begin to talk business. ‘France apparently is all power- ald, “and eventually could bring us to our Knees, but would she or we gain anything materially or morally by going to such an ex- tremity? We still belleve that con- tinued passive resistance would keep France. and Belgium forever from putting the Ruhr industries on a paying bi “In the -Ruhr each side has the other by the throat, and. neither will be able to breathe until the other lets go." ethod of ruthless seizure | The | mark in future yill be used only for One is a radical decrease of | 24 RS ACCEPT, MINERS ACT TODAY O PINCHOT OFFER Hard Coal Peace Believed Nearer as Union Meets to Decide Future Action. MINE OWNERS APPROVE NEW SETTLEMENT PLAN Agree to Raise, Eight-Hour Day, Recognition and Collective Bargaining Demands. By the Associated Press. HARRISBURG, September 7.— Miners’ union leaders went into session today with delegates of their organization representing anthracite workers determined to recommend a course which may end the smspension of mining. John L. Lewis, the union’s presi- dent, however, would give no in- dication of what decision was reached, though associates were optimistic as to its possible results. By the Associsted Press. HARRISBURG, Pa., September 7. Gov. Pinchot's attempt to end the suspension of anthracite mining was headed toward a climax today. Leaders of the mine workers were scheduled to meet at 3 y to decide whether a full acceptance of his set- tlement terms could be given. For the mine operators, a practically com- plete acceptance of the governor's peace proposals had been guaranteed and the governor was expected to have the union's gecision late today Two days of bargaining between the committee of mine operators and the group of union officials, in which Gov. | Pinchot acted both as mediator transmitter of views, resulted night in the framing of agreement. and last a partial Grant 10 Per Cent Raise. The ope half of th per cent reed, in be- to grant a 10 all anthracite worker: establish the eight-hour day, to recognize the union and to concede the principle of collective bar- gaining, the four tbings asked by the governor. They further agreed to interpreta- tions of what collecuy and union recognition would mean. The interpretailons, in part, corre ponded with the understanding that the union officials held of the John L. Lewis, president { the United Mine Workers, and i hillip Murray, Rinaldo Cappellini, | Thomas “Kennedy and €. J. Golden, his associates in the conduct of the negotiations, were still holding out {on the two principal demands of the union, which are unsatisfied by the governor's peace proposals. Still Demand Check-Of. They asked the “check-off” system | for collection of unign dues, and that day workers in the | gion, who number nearly 100,000 men, |be siven more than & 10 per cent in- crease in pay. They did accept the 110 per cent offer, in so far as it ap- plies to the rates per ton for mining |coal, which govern the earnings of {the contract miners, who number per- s 50,000. Pinchot withheld any tions of what his future cou be if the union officials compromise on his terms. MINERS EXPECTANT. ators’ group s employers, iner to to bargaining indica- se might refuse to Hopeful of Agreement for Peace at Harrisburg. By the Associated Press. SCRANTON, Pa., September 7.—An- thracite mine workers were in an ex- pectant mood as they awaited word today from Harrisburg on the out- | come of the meeting of the full scale i committee of the United Mine Work- ers, which is to consider the peace proposals as they now stand. Ac- cording to Gov. Pinchot's statement of ! last night, the operators are prepared | to accept them, while the union offi- cers are in accord with the proposals except on the check-off and the de- mand for a larger Increase in pay for men paid by the da 1t was said here among the workers, that they are more intefested in the increased pay than in the check-oft and they feel that if the unién officers are successful in_ obtaining a larger advance for the day men the chec oft demand might be dropped. Mine workers are hopeful early end. If a settlement (Continued on Page 2, of an should Column 6.) N By the Associated Press. ROME, September 7.—Italy's atti- tude in refusing to recognize the competence of the league of natlons to intervene in her dispute Wwith Greece should have met with ap- proval, above all in America, said Premier Mussolini in an interview with the correspondent. ndeed,” he said, “the attemnt made to refuse a great power like Italy the right to defend her own honor was a tangible demonstration of the dangers Americans were the first to detect in this organism, which, far from facilitating a solution of such controversies between states, renders them more difficult and more dangerous.” it Italy is firmly convinced of the righttulnéss of her position, he said, L “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s rarrier system covers ar same | anthracite re-} L 4 every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are“%'rm!cd. Yesterday’s Net 'C'n'c;l’afion, 89,433 * TWO CENTS. Conscience Fund Of Treasury Is Increased $500 The Treasury conscience fund was augumented today by an anonymous contribution of $500. An cnvelope bearing a postmark of Washington, D. C., and contain- ing five §100 bills was received at the office of Secretary Mellon. A penciled note was inclosed with the currency, saying merely that the money was to be placed to the credit of the conscience fund of the Treasury. HUGHES PROPOSAL PLEASES CANADA Secretary’s Plan for Closer Co-Operation Between Na- tions Wins Favor. BY EDWARD PRICE BELL, Specisl Dispatch to The Sta (This is first of a series of dispatches from Mr. Bell, dean of American corre- spondents in London, who is making a tour of Canada to get the viewpoint of her statesmen and the public on Canadian- American problems.) OTTAWA, Ontarlo, Official and journalistic opinion in Ottawa cordially approves of suggestion of Secretary of State { Hughes for a permanent commission of distinguished Canadian and American citizens to act in an informatory and jadvisory capacity, with a view to the prompt adjustment of Canadian-Amer- ican problems as they arise. It is be- lieved that such a commission not only would promote harmony and justice en Canada and the United but would be enlightening and influential as a world ex- September 7.— | dia | work -of the Commission, which United States and i 1913, marks Evening Citizen. “It would be a great step ad to have a per- nent commission, as suggested b cretary Hughes. 1f such a coni ion had been in_operation when the United States Congress had to pass on the Fordney tariff, it is pos sible some features of the tariff which work injustice against Canada would have been modified. See Barriers Removed. “The privilezes extended for many rs to United States fishing vessels instance, to ship their catches free through Canadian ports to ates would have re- onsideration before the mers were persuaded to arriers against the entrance a avessels inta the International has served the Canada so well the Ottawa Joint 2 for dut use of the joint commission mig Liuropean nations to : direction of similarly diffcrences among them and thus forestalling wa There is much t plan of inter- mal spire the in ves clouds. this tion international arbitra- to deal | Putes.” Commending the with all international 5 a international joint commission and embracing wider views, the Ot- tawa Journal savs For more than three vears Canada {has_been considering an ambassador ito Washington. This post has not heen filled, and there is reason for believing considerations of imperial diplomatic unity may prevent it from ever being fulfilled. Why should not such a body as Secretary Hughes proposes take the an Mr. Hughe n, in_the wa Jo opinion. should mot rest where it is. It's aim is so splen- did and its origin_ so authoritative that further exploration of it's feasi- bility would seem to be imperative.” Dirkenhead Amuses. ripples of merriment are over Canada as a result of Lord Birkenhead's exhibition of fatherly tenderness toward his Wil- liamstown speech relative to what he considers Woodrow Wilsen's abortive idealism. There is a disposition to inquire why, if the former chancellor, as he himself states. has “nothing to explain” he persisis in mething. It is suggested that the which he intimates he has created rages mainly in the noble viscount's own imagination, and that his reiterated determination to stand by his guns does not demand of him 1y colossal Teserves of fortitude or intrepidity. Observes an Ottawa tJournal paraghapher: “Birkenhead says he did not go to the United States to talk platitudes. and ‘Two-Gun' Mussolini speaks to ithe Greeks with bullets. Thus we enter upon a new era of knock ‘em on the nut diplomacy. No wonder the earth shivers.” _— DENIED HIS FREEDOM. CHICAGO, September 7. Judge Lynch today denied Michael “Umbrella Mike” Boyle, labor leader. his freedom from a_six-month jail entence imposed in Lake county for contempt of court. Boyle refused to testify before the grand jury which investigated charges of tampering with the jury which acquitted Gov. Small last year. ambassador? light passing i Circuit Mussolini Pained by Criticism in | U. S. of Italy’s Greek Demands| Premier Warmly Defends Sharp Action| to Redress Killing of Boundary Commission—Cites Precedents. and she asks “Nothing better than that Greece accept as soon as possible her demands for reparation, thus ending the present situation.” | Mussolini_said he had been painfully impressed by the unjust criticism di- rected against Italy by some of the American newspapers. “American public opinion,” he con- tinued, “cannot fail to be struck by the gravity of the crime comimitted in Greece by the massacre of the Italian degelation. = Mussolini said he perfectly-under- stood that political feelings on such occasions were “so contradictory and decelving that even such serene pub- lic opinion as America’s bound as it is. by a real and deep sympathy to- ward Italy, may be disturbed.” “However,” “he said, “as I know the spirit of fairness in the American people I am certain that the negiliple misunderstandings, which have arlsen the | | “Too little is known of the splen-| | o commend | * n preference to the attempt te| Sreek establish one centralized world court | fuch is the decision there m‘.;duu!u hut that the conference be tribunal similar to|demands Otta- | explaining | - | | i | | { GRECO-TALIAN ROW DECISION DEFERRED FOR [TALY'S REPLY Ambassadors’ Council to Act When Rome Agrees to Accept Mediation. EFFORT TO KEEP LEAGUE OUT OF ISSUE GROWING Mussolini Sees Three Possible Ways of Adjustment; Firm in Anti-Greek Stand. By thie Associated Press. PARIS, September interal- lied councll of ambassadors, after lengthy this morning, journed until afternoon to await def- inite word whether Italy is prepared to accept the mediation of the council in the present Greco-Italian dispute. All further discussions, it was said, are contingent upon Italy's reply. During the morning session the am- bassadors discussed the advisability of sending a commission to the scene of the massacre of the Italian boun ary mission to conduct investiga- tion and report upon the responsibii- ity for the crime The French government favors at- tempting to setile the Italo-G question by every possible means be- fore appeal is made to the league of nations. and thinks the ambassadors council is the most authoritative body to deal with th said in authoritative It is expre pointed out that French viewpoint embodies no implication of the league petence, pressed that the greatly suff session ad- an however he incom- ing to the opinion ex the smaller natione ue's prestige would should it fail to settle the question the French would kecn the Supreme test from the league and recommend it only as the last re- sort mong Sees Three Conclusions. “The ambassadors’ reach one of three Premier Mussolini in discussing with Le Matin's foreign editor the nego- tiations for a settlement of the Greco- Italian imp: “First.” he s the culprits Greeks. Tha and very un is generally considered to have favored the Alban but I mention it o as to exclude no possibility, however ab- surd.. Ipe that certain parts of my ultimatum can be modified and Greece held responsible in a lesser legree. which the conference can ex actly estimate. “The second conclusion is s did commit the murders. If would with conference can conclusion " said L “it may decide that Albanians and not hypothesis n. Tellin entirely in agreement ¥ “The third that not only ficials were responsible ‘Woul Increase Demand In that t the premier said supposed his demands “would be in- creased ar tary pena “That s why.” he continued, “Italy thinks the whole investigation can only be made by the great powers, conscious of their duties and acting n the full light of day and not in nterminable, inconelusive discussions “Nothing will make me recede from my position or a a compromise at the expense of the nation’s honor We will not admit that the offense to by the crime committed against an be discussed and the assembly at Geneva. me to say that I believe you would do the same in our place.” LEAGUE MEETING OFF. is of- possible conclusion Greeks, but Greek 1 completed by supplemen- Session Postponed, Awaiting Defi- nite Settlement Plan. B tho Associated Pross. GENEVA, September 7.—The council of the league of nations decided to hold no meeting today. It was also agreed that the scheduled session of the as- sembly should be postponed; the con- trolling reason being a desire to avoid dangerous discussions at a plenary meeting of the delegates until the coun- cil has seen some light as to its duty in the Greco-Ttalian negotiations and is able to make some report to the as- sembl. The storm over Italy’s refusal to rec- ognize the authority of the league of nations to regulate her dispute with Greece gives no indication of diminish- ing. On the contrary it shows signs of developing into a political typhoon of the first degree. Representatives of world states like Belgium, Sweden and Uruguay went on record today as in- sisting upon respect for the league cove- nant and as being unqualifiedly con- vinced that Italy should submit the con- troversy to the league for settlement. Say Peace Demnnds Action. The cause of world peace defnand- ed it; the very life of the league it- self was at stake, several of the Statesmen declared before the coun- Gil's session; if the covenant was de- fled, -precious guarantees for the smaller nations of the earth would ase to exist. ““The council again avoided taking direct league action on the Italian at- titude toward the league, but endeav- ored to advance a compromise plan calculated to hasten solution of the Greeco-Itallan crisis through the col- laboration of the league of nations 2nd the council of ambassadors. Signor Salandra said that the Ital- jan government alone had the right to discuss the question of reparations and therefore Italy could not accept any suggestion from the council. He then announced that he would al stain from voting on the resolutivn Without committing himself on the question of the league's competency act. 10 he resolution presented to the council of the league by the Span- fsh member, Quinones de Leon, de- clares: “The council acknowledges the com- munication from the council of am- bassadors and, adhering to the princi- ple of international law that states are responsible for crimes and polit cal assassinations committed in their territories, expresses its intention to follow, in accord with the ambassa- dorial body, a study of the best means for holding_an inquiry into the mur- der of the Italian mission.” The resolution continued by saying (Continued on Page 2, Columa 7.) (Continued on Page 13, Column 2.)