Evening Star Newspaper, September 8, 1923, Page 1

Al Ll » WEATHER. afternoon, cloudy and cooler tonight; tomorrow Showers this - fafr. ours ended at’2 p.m. today: Highest, 0, at 3 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 71, at 7 a.m. today. Fuli report on page 7. Temperature tor No. 28,984, post = 135,000 HOMELESS . N TOKI0: SEASIDE TOWNS DESTROYED Hundreds of Bathers Swept Out to Death by Huge Tidal Waves. SURVIVORS RELATE HOW MOUNTAINS FERL oVER Loss of Life in Capital Not as Large as Fitst Reported. 100 Foreigners Dead. Br ihe Associated Press. Stories of mountains that slid into their valleys, of huge waves that swept seaward hundreds of ocean bathers at coast resorts, of & Yokohama hotel that “literally sank irto the earth,” and of other spectacular incidents witnessed by survivors of the great disaster are being given to the world as communication in and out of Japan is gradually restored The Tokio correspondent of the Chicago Tribune, reaching Kobe, says 600 forelgners were killed in Yokohama;.the earthquakes and fire left the foreign residential section a Tuin; dead bodies were everywhere the flames had passed. " Hotels Obliterated. Hotels in the port city were ©bliterated; of the 200 guests in the Oriental Palace Hotel, only a few escaped. The United Club, the Court, Cherry Mount and Bluff Hotels also were wrecked, with loss of life. The last three, situated on the heights, toppled into the ruins at the base of the bluff. Thomas D. Cochrane. an American motion picture man, was at Kiyan- oshita. a mountain resort, with his family when the first quakes came. t slides occurred in the moun- tains. he said. Roads were wiped out, houses demolished. In Tokio 135,000 persons are with- out shelter, but order prevails. There are no further rumors of cholera. Loss of life in the capital * as large as first reported,” according to the first message sent over the re- established Tokio-Kobe line. Prob- ably 10.000 persons lost their lives in the uptown section, most of which was spared 100 Foreign Dead. London hears that the number of foreign dead will approximate 100 and that half of this number are British Secretary Hoover, believes the ma- terial losses in Jupan have bepft greatly overestimated, and says It is absurd to say that the damage will amount to five billions of dollars. Mr. Hoover points out that the principal destruction was to commercial organ- izations in Tokio and Yokohama,and that labor, agriculture, factory capac- ity and organization ’throughout fhe empire have not been impaired. The rineipal material loi he sald, has een to distribution. Nearly half of the $5.000,000 quota vhich the American Red Cross set as {ta goal has been raised. ANXIOUS OVER RESULTS. Bankers Trying to Keep Up Con- fidence of People. By the Associated Press. NAGASAKI, September 8 —Consid- erable anxiety is felt everywhere re- garding the economic consequences of the earthguake, but one reassur- ing fact is that Ofaka, an important industrial center, is outside the zone of_dlsaster. Lcading bankers here are optimistic as to the ability of the Japanese banks to meet all their obligations, provided no alarming rumors disturb confidence. There is at present no slgn of such alarmist reports. “The principal Toklo bgnks will to- day pay from 1100 to 1:400 accounts not_exceeding 100 yen each, The Bank of Japan is ready to as- sist to the maximum, any bank on which a run {5 made today. The building. vaults. specie and important papers of the Bank of Japan all are safe. FORM RICE LINE. Refugees Await Turn for Two Miles in Tokio. By the Associated Press. OSAKA, September 5 (Delayed).—In Tokio about half a million refugees were encamped around the imperial palace todav. A countless host of refugces formed a line two miles long, each to receive one piece of rice ball. For many hours the line moved for- ward monotcnously, its length seem- ingly undiminished. Crazed mothers were names of lost children. Fathers of missing _children holsted placards giving the names and addresses that little ones might, perhaps, he return- ed to them. - SAW MOUNTAINS FALL. calling the American Movie Repfesentative Tells of Disaster. Br the Associated Press. KOBE. Japan, September 8.—Thomas D. Cochrane, the American repre- sentative of the Famous Players- Lasky Corporation In Toklo, his wife and her sister, Miss Lasky, are among the refugees who have arrived here grom Myanoshita, a fashionable mountain resort about forty-five iles from Tokio. Describing the disaster. M. Cochrane sald he saw snountains sliding into valleys, roads | obliterated and houses and buildings transformed into piles of debris in a few minutes. The Cochrane party was staying at the Fujlya Hotel, which was de- stroyed. Miss Lasky was pinned Deneath the fallen walls and was ued only after three hours of rish digaing. Hotel Founder Te! geve uried. Other refugees report that Capt.| McDonald, founder of the Grand Hotel at Yokohama, i{s belleved to e buried beneath the ruins of the structure which represented his life work. Roger Moore, the American assistant manager of the hotel, and Jack Reed of the Canadian Pacific company are also reported to be dead at_Yokohama. The steamship President Plerce, the first vessel leaving Yokohama for the United States, has several hundred gefugees aboard. Martial law is being strictly enforced and numerous news- jued on Page 3, N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 12 Entered as second-class matter office Washington. as not | { conduycted, partly twenty-four D. A Vice Presidency Ticket Is Seen in Capital. Coal Settlemen; Is Big Boost to 1 Candidacy. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Gifford Pinchot, Governor of Pennsyl- vania, for Vice President of the United States on the republican ticket with President Calvin Coolidge. That's the talk here today following immediately upon the news of the governor's suc- cessful mediation in the hard coal con- troversy, sparing the nation a strike of serious proportions. Mr. Coolidge is lavish in his praise of the Pennsylvania governor. He wants everybody to know how much he ap- preciates Mr. Pinchot's work. When the Pennsylvanian first came to the White House to volunteer his services, political folk wondered why Mr. Coolidge, at the outset of his administration, should pass up an opportunity to gain some pres- tige for himself. But there is ingrained in Mr. Coolidge’s mind a wholesome re- spect for state governments, as he him- @h PINCHOT LOOMS BIG IN 1924 G. O. P. FIGHT WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star. WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1923—THIRTY PAGES. | State Delegation CLOSE FUEL YARD ORSELLTOALLUS, win Bo wirh |(LERKS, WORK SAYS Governor. Last Weeks Have Added Greatly to Strength. BY ROBERT T. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. PHILADELPHIA, September 8.— Regardless of what his national fate may be, Gov. Gifford Pinchot has firmly established himself as the fore- most political figure in his home state by his settlement of the an- thracite strike. 1f Gov. Pinchot wants to be Penn- sylvania’s favorite son at the next republican presidential convention there is no doubt that he can have the big’ delegation as the nucleus of a possible growing strength. As near as can be gathered from the political leaders now in the city, it is the present plan of the Pennsyl- vania G. O. P. to send an uninstructed delegation to Chicago, or wherever else Fred Upham, treasurer of the republican national committee, de- cides the 1924 convention shall be SMALL. (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) HARD COAL PACT MAY GOME TODAY AS ISSUES FADE All But Minor Disagreements | Settled and Parley Re- sumed Amid Optimism. By the Assoclated Press. HARRISBURG, Pa., September 8. —The struggle between the an- thracite operators and miners over the terms of the wage agreement they are trying to work out today continued unabated In executive session, attended by Gov. Pinchot. Notwithstanding. all participants continued firm in the belief that Ahe agreement upon the main is- sues reached yesterday as a result ot Gov. Pinchot's intervention had suaranteed a satisfactory termina- tion of the situation. John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers,” refrained from going Into the meeting today at its beginning with the other union officials, as he had other or- ganization matters to attend to. By the Associated Press. HARRISBURG, Pa. September 8.— Negotlations looking to an end of the mining suspension in the anthra- cite fields were still under way to- | day. Gov. Pinchot was successful late vesterday in getting the leaders of the miners” union to agree to all of the terms of the proposal he made for adjusting the main points in the con- troversy which has shut the mines down. Mine opefators had given un- qualified agreement to the same terms, but there still remained the ne- cessity of getting a settlement on seyeral union demands considered of +hinor importance. There is every prospect that terms for getting the mines back into pro- Quetion will be agreed upon, it is said. Gov. Pinchot was openly con- fident that this would result, and John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, apparently shared his con- fidence. 'Mempers of the operators’ committee were more hesitant, but also considered it probable. 'Both sroups were to resume discussions at 11 am. Delay of 10 Days. | port that the rebellion In Turkestan is (Continued on Page 7, Column 5.) REVOLT IN TURKESTAN. Rebellion Reported in Russta as More Sericus. COPENHAGEN, September $.—Dis- patches recelved here from Russia re- becoming more serious and that Gen Kameneff has left for the scene to take command of the government troops against the rebels. No recent report of a rebellion in Turkestan has been received. In Au- armistice had been concluded between the bolsheviki and the Mussulmans of Turkestan. JAPANESE RELIEF FUND §2.733,000 Contributions Total Nearly $1,000,000 a Day Since Red.Cross Drive Began. Contributions for the relief of the Japanese earthquake sufferers have totaled nearly a million dollars a day since the inauguration of the Red Cross relief fund campaign three days ago. Overnight advices to headquar- ters hére Dbrought the furmd to $2,739,000. The totals by divisions follow: Quota’ Subscribed . $2,900.000 $1,730,000 Washington .. England .. 350,000 118.900 Southern E 250,000 24,400 Central 800,000 353.000 Southwestern 550,000 200,000 Pacifie ........ 400,000 162,200 Insular and for- Sipw e el 50.500 Totals . $5.250,000 $2,739,000 | A contribution of $10,600 was for- warded to the Red Cross today by the Japanese embassy, representing con- tributions received at the embassy. Relief Supplies Duty Free. M. Hanihara, the Japanese ambas- sador, informed the Red Cross execu- tive committee that “in view of the splendid generosity which is eing displayed by America and which ds be- ing administered for the benefit of Japan by vour organization, 1 am happy to inform you that the customs act of Jl{m.n provides for the free en- try of all articles Intended for char- itable or relief purposes, and, there- fore, that all shipments of relief sup- plies consigned to the American Red Cross in Japan will be gdmitted free of import duty. “But in order to forestall all un- certainly, the ambassador added, “I have this morning sent a message to my government.” “There would be a necessgry delay of perhaps ten days in resuming min- ing operations, even should adjust- ment of all terms be” made,” union spokesmen pointed out. The negotla- tions would result-fn the preparation! of a tentative centract, which wollldl (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) HARVEY RETURNS TOLONDINTOSTAY, Has Not Resigned, Envoy Says—Will Hays to Be Guest in London. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, September 8.—George Harvey, American ambassador to the court of St. James, sailed today on the Leviathan to return to his post, and declared-he would stay in Eng: land “until I am finished.” “I have not resigned,” he added. Accompanying Ambassador Harvey was Will H. Hays, president of the {Motion Picture Producers and Dis- i tributers and former chatrman of the | republican national committee. He {will -be the ambassador's guest for several weeks, returning in October. Mr. Hays and Ambassador Harvey said there was no political significance to the visit. > The ambassador denled he planned returning to America January 1 to take charge of the Coolidge cam paign for the presidency, . Hay dismissed without comment rumors that he would occupy his time while visiting the ambassador in.teaching his host how political campaigns were tims, died’ Thursday t and yemarily mecalg, After a meeting of the executive | committee Chairman Payne sent a ! cablegram to John R. Geary, general manager of ‘the General ~Electric Company at Yokohama, asking him to act as chairman of a committee of Americans to serve in Japan as a laison between the Red Cross in the United States and the Japanese Red Cross. Ambassador Woods will act s honorary chairman. CANADIAN INDIAN CHIEF IN GENEVA SEEKS AID Deskaheh Will Urge League of Nations’ Protection for Tribe. By Cable to Tho Star and Chicago Delly News. GENEVA, September 8.—To the tur- bans, feszes and silk hats in which Geneva abounds has. been added the plumed headdress of Deskaheh, big Iroquois chieftain from Canada. If you give him time, Deskaheh recelv You in the full regalia of chief of the 8ix Nations. The six Nati 8 Indlans, he claim: sent him to seek the league' S tection from Canada, and fts aid in collecting '$700,000,000 which the tribes allege the Canadians owe them. Des- kaheh wants the league’to obtain for his people the autonomy which he fays was promised them by King George III in 1784, togdther ewith the right for the 5,000 Indians he repr: sents to live on thelr own lands wit! out being subject to Canadian laws or_military posts. However, Geneva |s accustomed to sensations,' what _with fifty-two tions represented here, and the ap- nce of.the big chieftain is but ing sensation. FIVE KILLED IN BLAST. SOUTH AMBOY, N. J., September 8. —The toll of victi f_the explo. sion of three carioads of powder here was increased to five Horace Kemerer, eights of Perth Amboy, and Willlam French, twenty, of Newark. Of the other three vtl‘a; | agencles Government Should Make Privilege Equal or Quit, Coal Men Told. DEALERS HERE SEEK ABOLITION OF PLAN No Final Decision Will Be Made Before Exhaustive Study. The government either should get out of the business of selling coal at retall to certain employes of the federal government, or it should open its retall sales agency—the govern- ment fuel yard—to every federal em- ploye in Washington, and not permit only officers of the service branches to obtain coal at practically cost. This is the opinion of Secretary of the Interior Work, anwering peti- tions filed by local coal merchants and by retail coal dealers in most of the states in the Union, asking for abolition of the government fuel yard. Secretary Work, who is charged with the business of administering one of the few government retail agencids in the country—the fuel yard—has been approached several times by representatives of retail coal merchants here and in many states to abolish the fuel yard No Final Deciston, He has made no decision in the matter, he said today, and will make none until he has gone into the sit- uation at length and has made an ex- haustive Investigation of the entire subject. First approached last spring shortly after he became Secretary of the Interior, he has received several personal requests for abolishment of the yvard, and since has received many letters asking the same thing. Dr. Work, he admitted today, thoroughly conversant with the sit- uation. He believes, however, that sovernment competition with a pri- vate business enterprise is thing, speaking generally, and that the government should get out of pri- vate business as much as possible Cites Inequality. At present, Dr. Work added, officers of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps are the only persons authorized by law to receive coal at practically cost from the government fuel yard. He would either expand the vard to a much greater plant than the pres- ent one and throw the buying priv .ilege open to every federal employe, or he would clase the yard and put the government retail coal yard out of business. As to costs, Dr, Work is not thoroughly familiar with the intri- cacles of the coal situation, but he real- izes that at present, on government sal- aries, clerks and minor officials find it dificult to purchase fuel at present prices. Enlargement of the fuel yard to throw the purchasing privilege open to every federal employe would mean the expenditure of a considerable sum of money and added ;legislation by Congress. The yard capacity wa: increased last year to meet an addi- tional demand’ for coal by the in- creased work of the government in Washington who are re- quired by law to purchase their coal from the yard. Purchase Authorized. The Secretary of the Interior, by the_appropriation act of January 24, 1923, was authorized to acquire through purchase or condemnation proceedings land now used by the fuel yards for garage and other pur- poses in conmection with the yard. Knowledge of this reached the own- ers of the property—the Pennsyl- vania railroad—and the price was raised to about $3 a square foot, ac- cording to Dr. Work Several Investigations into the cost of buying coal from private dealers and from the fuel vard have hee made, the latest an Investigition by the budget bureau. i whica the then director, Gen. Dawes. was advised that the private dealers could sell coal to the government at a lower cost than the fuel vard. Ask for Five-Year Control. The dealers, . according to Dr. Work, have offered to put up a bond of a dollar a ton that they can underquote the fuel yard on govern- ment business. They asked for a five-year contract on this basis. A reply has not been made to this proposal, Opening up to the entire group of federal employes of the facilities of the fuel yard for purchase at retail of coal would mean a substantial saving to the consumers of Washing- ton who could purchase from the government. The fuel yard does not obtain lower prices at the mines than the local dealers. The freight rate is the same, $3.28 a ton. But the fuel yard operates on a margin of about 88 cents a ton, while dealers’ margins run from $1 to $2.50. Deal- ers charge from 50 to 75 cents:a ton for removal of coal from the truck to the bin, while the coal yard charges 39 cents a ton. Other charges are proportional. The dealers claim that if they were given the government business they could immediately reduce their costs, because their business, which is sea- sonal, could be sustained throughout the summer months by govergment purchase of coal. At present they claim a loss during the summer, which must be made up by higher costs during the winter. These statements were made in the course of testi- mony before the United States Coal Commission last January. is not “The First Month” In the Magazine 0{ Tomofrow.s Star An intensely interesting article by James A. Bu- chanan on the work of President Coolidge. A study of the new Chief Ex- ecuttve and the gigantic problems he is facing. In Tomorrow's Star a bad| ANOTHER D.. JUDGE ASKED BY COUNSEL Stephens, in Report, Says Police Magistrate Might Clear Court Docket. Appeintment of an additional Police Court judge to relieve the congested docket is urged by Francis H. Ste- phens, corporation counsel of the Dis- trict, in his annual report to the Com- missioners. The Commissioners are asked to recommend legislation pro- viding another judge at the next ses- on of Congress. “There is much complaint over the delay in bringing to trial persons ar- Btephens. “Traffic violations also take up. much time of the court. It is thought that tlie solution lies in the appointment of another judge.’ nformations numbering 48,873 were filed agaihst offenders in Police Court, the report pointed out. and fines ag- gregating ,344.14 were collected. This represents an increase over the receding year of 3.641 cases and 80.764.49 in fines and forfeitures. Mr. Stephens sald that the Supreme Court of the United States decided one case in which the District was a party, the decision being adverse. The corporation counsel's office also repre sented the minimum wage board be- fore the Supreme Court. The office also represented the Pub- lic Utllities Commission in the mat- ter of the valuation of the Potomac Electric Power Company, in which case the court held that it was with- out jurisdiction. Casex In Court of Appeals. Twelve cases in which the District was_interested were decided In the Court of Appeals. Five decisions were in favor and seven were adverse. Three cases are now pending. In the District Supreme Court in actions at law sixty-seven new suits were instituted in which the District was a party. Of the cases tried dur- ing the year nine resulted in favor of the District, two being appealed; cleven were entered adversely after trial, in two of which appeal has been noted; four were settled and consent judgments entered against the Dis- trict and four were dismissed by plaintiffs. Thirteen new cquity sults in whieh the District was a party were flled |in the District Supreme Court. Four cases were decided in favor of the District, of which two were appealed, and one case was decided adversely and appeal noted. In the District Supreme Court forty-nine condemnation cases were pending at the beginning of the fiscal year and twenty-three new cases were flled during the vear. Of thls number, thirty verdicts of condemna- tion were finally ratified: nine were discontinued, two cases failed through inability of the jury to find benefits equal to the damages and thirty-one cases are now pending. Petitions have not been flled in two cases in which the Commissioners have or- dered condemnation proceedings. Habeas Corpus Cases. Three habeas corpus cases were filed against the District, and all the petitions were dismissed. Fourteen plevin suits were filed in the Munici- pal Court and the District Supreme Court against the police department and in_ twelve the claimants were allowed to recover. Two cases are pendinsg. In the Municipal Court, exclusive of actions of replevin, two suits were pending and thirty-seven new suits were filed in which the District was a party. Of this number, sixteen were decided in favor of the District, two adversely by consent, four were dis- missed by plaintiffs, and seventeen are now pending. Lunacy proceedings were instituted \n the cases of 705 persons. Of this number, in_inquiries before a judge and jury, 576 were found to be of unsound mind, twenty-four of sound mind and discharged. Eleven died and seventy-one were discharged before trial, and twenty-three petitions were | dismissed. Juvenile Court Record. In the Juvenile Court, 1903 cases were filed, which, with pending cases, involved 3,778 court hearings. Mr. Stephens reported that 180 District employes were injured and given medical treatment, and 106 of this number received compensation amounting to $5,605.70. In addition, $4,040.45 was expended for widow: minor children and doctors' and hos- pital bills, Mr. Stephens renewed his recommen- dation that the special istant cor- poration counsel now on a special pay roll and the inspector of claims, patd from the lump sum appropriations, be transterred to the regular pay roll. —— e KNAPP ESTATE, $63,181. HARTFORD, Conn., September 8. — | The estate of Rear Admiral Harry S. Knapp s valued at $63.181, accord- Pn to an inventory flled here today. o{ this amount real property is ap- praised at 320,000, rested for violation of the Volstead act and the gaming laws, most of | whom demand jury trials,” said Mr. Suspect Germans Forced Down 30 Planes by Radio By the Ass ted Press. LONDON, September 8 —Some se- cret means discovered by the Ger- mans for damaging airplanes in flight is believed, says the Daily Mail, to be the explanation of near- Iy thirty forced landings by French machines in German terri- tory since the Ruhr occupation. The Mail's Vienna correspondent gives a British air expert’s theory that by some wireless way known only to the Germans magnetos are put out of action. Another theory is that rays affecting certain met- als in vital parts are directed to the machines by reflectors, it being noticed that the forced landings oc- cur generally on fine days. Germany confiscates all machines making forced descents in her ter- ritory. In one instance, it is said, a pilot was able to discover an un- accountable hole in the oil tank ind the solder on the piping had [ malted ONEWAY STREET ABOLTION ASKED Merchants and Manufactur- ers’ Association Presents Plea to D. C. Heads. | Abolition of one-way streets in the downtown business area and a one- hour parking'limitation in the same territory is urged by the Merchants and Manufacturers' Association in a communication received today by Commissioner Rudolph from Anton Stephan, president of the association The letter declared that the one-way streets have brought about conges- tion rather than improvement in the traffic situation. “During two periods of the day. morning and evening. the downtown streets may be said to be particularly crowded.” <aid the letter. “Before the introduction of the one-way streets automobiles could reach the down- town section more quickly and safely by use of all of the streets, rather than now, when the southbound streets are packed with automobiles and the northbound streets have scarcely any vehicular trafic. One way streets act as a deterrent to busi- ness activity on such thoroughfares This is 2 most unfortunate imposition upon the property owners on these streets without benefit to the public in general.” The Commissioners will glve serious consideration to the recommenda- tions at their next board meeting. CONVICTS MUTINY, SET FIRE T0 JAIL | Nine Transferred From Penn- sylvania Penitentiary Stage York Qutbreak. By the Associated Press. YORK, Pa. September 8.—Nine convicts sent to the York county jail recently from the Eastern peniten- tlary at Philadelphia mutinied today and set fire to the prison. The fire was extinguished before serious damage was caused to the building, but a number of the prisoners were| overcome by the smoke and flames, and are in a serious condition. Two prisoners, sald to have been the leaders, were placed in solitary confinement. Last night prisoners in the tler in which the fire was started beat upon the bars of their cells with their enflnslutenufls and made a noise all ight 3 | ™' oday they tore their bed ticks to pleces and spread the straw along the tler. Into this straw lighted matches were tossed. The smoke spread through the jail and Turnkey George Horn, with several state troopers rushed to the upper floor of the prison. Keeping the prisoners at bay with revolvers, they extinguished the fire. The fifty convicts sent here sev- eral weeks ago have been unruly ever since their incarceration. They do not like the accommodations in the local prison and want to be sent else- where. The York commissioners do not want them here and have asked that they be removed. $ |day “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. esterday’s Net Circulation, 89,974 TWO CENRTS. ROW OVER FIIVE. 5 NEARING CRS lhgoslavs Expected to Ask Arbitration in Reply to Italian Ultimatum. By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, September §.—Develop- ments in the relations between Serbia and.Italy as they are influenced by the interpretation of the treaty of Rapallo and the status of Fiume are being watched here with increasing interest as September 15 approaches. This was the date set by Premier Mussolini on which the Serbian gov- ernment must give @ definite answer to the Italtan demands or Italy would “resume liberty of action.” Premier Mussolini’s Intentions in case the Jugoslav government re- fuses to accept his téerms have not been disclosed to the French govern- raent. M. Pachitch, the Jugo#av premie. who is visiting the capitals of west. ern Europe, is understood to have indicated that his government will not be bullied but is prepared to refer the question to the arbitration of the president of the Swiss con- federatiom, as stipulated in the treaty. Should arbitration be unacceptable to Italy, Premier Pachitch is under- stood to have 'said Jugoslavia is pre- pared to protect her own interests it forced to do so. The Jugoslav army has been ex- tensively reorganized and re-equipped since 1919. Rather extensive orders for arms and ammunition were filled in France several months ago, and other orders are in the process of execution. These supplies will be paid for out of a credit of 300,000,000 francs which the French parliament approved before the summer recess. MAY DROP BUS LINE ON RHODE ISLAND AVE. Transit Company May End Serv- ice Given at Loss, D. C. Officials Rule. The Public Utilities Commission to- notified the Washington Rapid Transit Company that it has no au- thority to prevent it from abandon- ing its Rhode Island avenue bus line. The transit company asked the Utili- ties Commission Jast Saturday for per- mission to abandon the Rhode Island avenue line, claiming that it had op- erated it for more than a year at a lose. The commission requests the bus company, however, to give it notifica- tion of the.date it proposes to with- draw service on the Rhode Island avenue line in order that it may in- form the public. - The Rhode Island avenue line, the second line established by the bus company, operates from 1st and T streets northwest to Sth street and Pennsylvania avenue. Japanese Relief Gifts Exempted From Taxation The bureau of announced internal revenue today that contribu- tions to the American. Red.Cross $5.000,000 aJpanese relief fund may be deducted by an individual in computing net income ‘subject to tax. This is true regardless of whether the contribution is made directly to this organization or whther it is made through some authorized agency. Section 214 (a) of the act provides, however, that the contribution which may be deducted shall not exceed 15 per cent of the taxpayer's net in- come computed without the benefit of this deduction. An individual who is a member of a partnership may also deduct his proportionate share of the contribution made by the partnership. This amount, however, when added,to his other charitable contributions may not exceed 15 per cent of his net in- come. Non-resident aliens who contribute to the American Red Cross are also entitled to the bene- fit of this deduction in computing their tax liability to the United States. In general, the effect of this ruling s to exempt from fed- eral income tax that portion of in- come contributed by the American people for relief in Japan. There is no_ provision of law whereby contributions of corpor: tions to the American Red s may be allowed as deductions in computing net income. il TR 5 ITALY'S TERMS MET, FULL GULT PLACED ON GREECE IN ROW Ambassadors’ Council Fol- lows Mussolini Ukase in Decision on Dispute. GREEKS TO PAY HEAVILY IF RULING IS ACCEPTED Necessity for League Action Be- lieved Removed—Leaders of Body Silent. By the Associated Press. LONDON, September 8—A Central News dispatch from Rome, quoting a message frém Corfu, says it is reported there that an anti-Italian demonstra- tion has occurred at Patras, Greece, in which the Italian con- sulate was burned by Greeks. The members of the Italian coi~ ony retaliated, according to the report, and two Greeks were killed. By the Associated Press. PARIS, September §.—The inter- |allled council of ambassadors, in its note to Greece made public today, lays down terms providing that satie. { faction be given for the assassination of the Italian mission engaged in de- limitation of the Greek-Albanian frontier near Janina on August 28 The terms are very similar to those in the Italian ultimatum, part of which was rejected by the Greek gov- ernment, leading to the Italian occu- pation of the Island of Corfu. The council holds that an outrage committed under the circumstances attending the slayirg of the Italians directly involves the responsibility of the state in the territory of which it took place Taking into consideration the Greek government's declaration of its will- |ing mess to accept and make all reparation deemed equitable by the ambassadors, in the event its responsi- bility were demonstrated, the coun- cil ruled, that as the outrage was of |an entirely political character and | perpetrated upc persons intrusted with an official mission by the am- bassadors’ council, such responsibility jis greatly involved, since the Greek government was bound to insure the safety of the commissioners. Greece is Waraed. The ambassadors warn Greece that she will be held responsible for the safety of the commission of inquiry '| which is proceeding to the scene of the murders, and that she must give it all facilities and assistance in its task, and defray its expenses. The work necessitate its entering Al- banian territory, to take similar measures of protection and assist- ance. The note asks that the Greek de- posit_of 50,000,000 lire be made with the Swiss National Bank “without delay The demands set forth in the am- bassadors' note: First, fornial regrets shall be pre- sented by the high Greek military authority to the representatives to the three allled powers in Athens. Second, a funeral service shall be celebrated in honor of the slain Itallan commissioners in the Catholic { Cathedral at Athens, with the mem- | bers of the Greek government in | attendance. | Third, warships of the three ailied | nations, led by an Italian naval di- { vision shall steam into Pireus roads | the morning of the funeral service and the Greek fleet shall salute the Italian, British and French flags with { twenty-one guns, which salute shall {be returned by the allied warships | immediately after the conclusion of | the funeral service. The flags of the | Greek fleet and the allied warships shall fly at half-mast throughout the ceremonies. i Demand Military Funeral. { Fourth. military honors shall be ren- {dered by a Greek military unit with : flag Preveza, while the bodiés jof_the victims are embarked { Fifth, the Greek government shall | undertake to insure all possible speed in the arrest and exempiary punish- | ment of the guilty parties. | Sixth, a commission composed of French, British, Italian and Japanese | delegates, presided over by the lat- | ter, shall control the inquiry insti- tuted for that purpose by the Greck government, which inquiry must be | concluded not later than September Seventh, the Greek government shall | undertake to pay the Italian govern- | ment an indemnity, the amount of { which will be taxed in summary pro- ceedings by the Permanent Interna- | tional Court of Justice at The Hague. { Greece depositing 50,000,000 lire with | the Swiss National Bank as security. The note concludes | “The conference. noting confirma- |tion by the Ttalian government that {its undertaking of the occupation of |Corfu and other islands was solely |for the purpose of obtaining satis- i faction for demands presented to the iHGllenh‘ government, and that such demands are now covered by the above conditions, approved unani- | mously by the conference, invites the Hellenic government to make known simultaneously and separately to each diplomatic representative of the three allied powers in Athens its integral acceptance of the preceding conditions.” The ambassadors sent the council of the league of nations a note trans- mitting a copy of the document sent to the Athens government and thank- ing the council for having furnished the ambassadors a report of -its ses- sions. GREECE TO ACCEPT. Will Not Carry Case to League, Politis Announces. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, September 8.—If Italy accepts vesterday's decision of the Interallied Council of Ambassadors Greece will view her dispute with the Itallan government as settled, and will not push her request to the league of nations to investigate the crisis, M. Politis, the Greek spokes- man, told the correspondent today. M. Politis added, however, that ac- ceptance by Greece was contingent upon whether the program of settle- ment reached at Paris included ar- (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) ¢ .