Evening Star Newspaper, September 11, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER. Partly cloudy tonight; tomorrow ‘un- settled ; continued cool; temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, .74, at 3:30 p.n. yesterday: lowest;55, at 2:80 a.m. today. Full report on page Page 26 Entered as second-cluss matter RS post office Washington, D .C. WASHINGTON [TALY PLANSFORGE U 5. Destroyer’s Dash to Tokio "f NEE[]EU m END‘ Outstanding Heroism in ngke, Commander of 217 Ignores Warning; Closing N.Y. Stocks and Bonds, = ¢ Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION TYPHUSBREAKS OUT INTOKID HOSPTALS | ;, g Star tionis delive , D. C., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1I, 1923_THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. “From Press to Home 3] Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system' covers every city block and the regular edi red to Washington homes 2s fast as the papers are printed. ~,T Circulation, 90,038 TWO CENTS.. PARIS SEES PACT AS CONFERENCE ON RUHR PROGRESSES " DPADLOCK ONFIOVE e St et 4gtctedsy | DEATHLIST GROWS) VE R\{TE (é" IN 2 ~F [ Mediation Issues With Jugoslavia Will Be Re- By the Associgted Press. LONDON, September 11.—The Kobe correspendent of the Central News says that refugees arriving on the steamer Empress of Australia credit | the commander and ofcers of the | American naval destroyer 217 with fused, Says Rome. the most outstanding act of heroism BALKANS SUSPECT MUSSOLINI?S PURPOSE}:"M’ the earthquake. This was the | dash of the craft up Tokio bay to | rescue maraoned foreigners in the | Japanese capital Ocean-going vessels rarely attempt to steam farther up the gulf than Yokohama, and for the Americans to i take their ship to Tokio through the shallow waters of the upper bay after the seismic upheaval involved un- By the Associated Press. { known dangers. ROME, September -11.—Best in-| Warning Is Disregarded. formed opinion here is that Italy will | refuse any mediation of the settle-! The commanders of other ships at ment of the Fiume question with Ju-{ Yokohama warned the United States Boslavia, as proposed by the latter.|Navy men that it was too early to Italy, it is declared, intends to settle | attempt to reach Tokio., Nevertheless directly with” Jugoslavia, in line with|destroyer 217 made the run, and the the demands made for & settlement| Americans were the first rescuers to setting Setember 15 as the date for a|reach the city after the disaster. As reply, even employing forceful means | it was impossible to dock the craft, 1f necessary to end what she regards | &€ dn intolerable situation imperiling An Italo-Jugoslav jeint commission | approved 2 plan for settlement which, | what she considers Jugoslavia’s pol- | ey of p a atiol . 1 is contenden that Jugosiavia vy | Admiral Pratt and Board En agreeing through her delegates in the | Route to Scene Where 7 Belgrade Reported Seething—Ital- ian Annexation of Port Expected Within Week. | | ted to the Belgrade government only | tlement virtually renounced the| 88 a matter of form clauses of the treaty of Rapallo in| Tremors, and Saves Foreigners. the refugees were taken aboard fram small boats, and destroyer 217 re- turned to Yokohama, where the for- eigners boarded the liners that were acting as rescue stations. Another dash to Toklo followed, and on her return the destroyer brought the remaining forelgners who desired to leave the capital, to the safety of the big ships at Yokohama. Military Guard Necessary. The Amerfean rescuers-found the foreign colony encamped in the.gar- dens uf the Imperial Hotel with a strong military guard around the buildings and gardens for protective purposes. The foreigners slept in| the open and. received military ra- | tions and two meals daily from the | hotel authorities, who placed all} their resources in food, clothing and | bedling at the disposal of the f elgn residents as well as the gu of the hostelry. The military guard around the grounds was necessary, says the cor- | fespondent, because across the. street in Hibaya park 100.000 destitute Jap- anese, many of them desperate as the result of their suffering, hyd even less_food and proteotion from the (Continued on Page 2, Column 1) ~ | CUARD COAL USERS, COOLIDGE ORDERS FUEL COMNMISSION Education of Public to Deal With Profiteers or Price 1t was understood, would be submit- | Now, however, it appears that the| Jugoslavian premier, M. Pachitch, de- | sires to'submit the entire question to | the mediation of the President of | Switzerland, as contemplated by the r of Rapallo. - Italy is opposed to Joint commission ta a scheme for set- | any way differing from that scheme. i Therefore Italy declines any media Piled on Rocks. tion and will settle directly with Ju- | goslavia by such means as seem .'Ad-‘ visable. ‘)!y the Associated Press, | SANTA BARBARA, Calif, Septem- ANNEXATION FORESEEN. | ber 11.—~A board of inquiry, with | Rear Admiral Pratt as its senlor | member, is expected at the scene tol seven wrecked naval festroyers at Honda, seventy-five mjles north f here, today to investigate the disaster which cost the lives of twenty- derstood _ from informhtion gathered | .. .. o yistea men and set & recerd for “in gellabie sources that Premier Mus- | peace-time naval logses. solfnl “Will prociaim’ the annexation | PEIETER WHVE CHPCE. - aced at of 'Fjume to Italy within a week, | | tw y- e last night ith the of- Drobably about September 15 ki it e The ! . |ficial announcement that twenty-two government Gt Jusoslavie |# tepte- | i’ G U IURE na one dedth s senttd as bolfig aware of Mussslint's 4 v intention and as intending to m;ke)“““’““) that ‘the ubfecovérsa no_serious protest, providéd Porto | bodies may have heen swept out to Barros and Sussak, adjacent, are not |gea was given added strength to- O s aanat o |day when Lieut. Lee, GRAVE POSSIBILITIES SEEN. |of the wreck, :ald he belleved no bodies remained on th destroyer Mussolini Will Act Within Week, Paris Hears. Br the Assoc PARIS, September 11.—It s un d Préss, at the scene | Fixing in Prospect. . | | President Coolidge has instructed| { the United Sttaes Coal Commission to | (do all in its power to bring about a { distribution of coal to the consuming. | public at a reasonable price, it was | said at the White House today. These Instructions were given soms | time ago and prior to the receipt of {the letter from Gov. Pinchot urging ! that the federal government take Sleps to prevent profiteering in an- | thracite | Two courses offer themselves.-in | dealing with the coal strike situa- {tlon. Otie looks to the edfiestion. g anthracite cénsuming communities fo " help them deal with profiteering deal- iers. The other looks to price-fixing by the government. Legislation May Be Needed. The first course is open to the gov- |ed away. | ter | shops ‘of $He General Electric Cokis 23,000 Bodies Found in Yo- kohama — Crematories Kept Busy. HUNDREDS BURIED ALIVE BY TOPPLING MOUNTAINS Charred Corpses Found in Groups. Other Scores Died From Suffocation. By the Associated Press, TOKIO, September 8 (Via Osaka). | —Typhus and other epidemics have | appeared in the Okubo and Hiroo hospitals and in the conductors’ quarters of the- Aoyama Tramay, where 500 sick and wounded have been collected! - Many of the earth- quake victims who were disinfected were removed to a temporary hospital | established at the Ueno expositién site. Six big emergency crematories have been establisned and the cre- mation of bodles is proceeding night and -day. 4 It is said that approximately 100,- 000 refugees are leaving the capital each ‘day. Three-Fourths of Houses Useless. Probably | three-fourths of the houses in Tokio are uninhabitable, for while but half of the capital was destroyed, - the other half was damaged severely. The thousands who are sleeping out no doubt prefer this, since earth- quakes coritinue, some of them rather sharp. Sleep for the nerve-stricken people is next tp impossible. Arrivals from the Hakone moun- tains describe the remarkable effect of the earthquake there, where moun- tains toppled, filling up their valleys and burying alive many hundreds of persons. in Tokio some frightful scenes are | being disclosed as the debris is clear- Charred bodies are found In | groups where the people thought | they would be safe from falling tiles —ordinarily -the greatest menace to pedestriuns in Japanese earthquakes. Will Take Weeks to Dispose of Dead. It will take weeks to dispose of | the dead in Tokio. Yokohama and in the surrounding villa that suffered equally with the larger Cclties. The Kawasakl manufacturing cen- was wiped out. It included the pany, the Truscon Stetl Company and other concerns in which American capl- tal is invested. Despite the privations, horrors and damages suffered in Tokio, life here is returning to normal. Rickshaws Said to Pressure on Rome. (By Cable to The Star and Philadelphia | Public Ledger. Copyright, 1923.) PARIS, September 11.—There is | grave possibility of Italy making new | trouble with Jugoslavia over Fiume, | according to well advised sources on | the continent | Following the urgent representa- | tlons of Premier Pachich to M. Poln- | care, the French premier is now ex- | erting strong. pressure upon Rome | to permit the discussion of an en- tirely new plan for the regulation | ©of Fiume, of which Pachich and Poin- care are said to be -co-authors. But, encouraged by the condemna tion of Greece by the council of am bassadors, which overiooked giving precise detalls as to exactly how and when Mussolini should give up Corfu, the Italian dictator may feel he can “-‘disregard anything except his own neap-ultimatum to Jugoslavia, a re- | ply to which is due next Saturday. “In brief, Mussolini demands that | during ninety-nine years Fiume, Sus- sak or Porto Barros shall form a cingle economic unit under the ad- ministration of the Free City, whie! in turn, is to be & dependency of Jtaly. Thus Italy would recover com- mercial advantages for the political advantages she renounces. Poincare Have Joined ! | bodies were recovered from the surf | trom the commanders of the vessels! costs of transportation are and the | 500 survivors, officers and men, are |'California coast southbound clear the tan |have redppeared op the stréets. Stréet |cars. howevér. on. which the ‘poorer jdepend, rémain on the tracks where |they came to a standstill with the first tremendous earth shock at noon |Soptember 1. They are inhabited now by refugees, chiefly those ill. TRe peoplé are remaining remark- ably patiént under the most trying circumstances. 23,000 Bodies Recovered. Forelgners have had food enough, ‘dcaplte the general shortage of sta- |ples. Officlals promise continued im- | provement -in the rationing. Reliet supplies are arriving in large quanti- | tles. Throughout the disaster long linet | the streets all da; i‘the older | Young. It was. thought the men|ernment without further legislation were trapped in the lower decks of | The United States Coal ‘Commission the Young as she turned over after has the data at hand,. and It is ua- the wreck, but Lieut. Lee says all|derstood that it is to-be used for this vessels were searched before they |purposc were deserted after the wreck. The second course, 10oking to price- Thrée Bodles Reosvilet { fixing, could nolc be lollowe:iv;‘llld\out | legislation by Congress, which does Thie amyMEiEl list shows et B0 | . meat witti) Danerbar. injoes calfed into special session by the President. The government, through the coal commission, is in a position to tell the consumingh public what the costs of coal at the mines are, what the near the wreck yesterday. Of the | injured in hospitals here and at San| Diego, it is believed all will recover. The inquiry will involve explanations | | which went ashore in the fog last!costs of distribution by wholesaier s {and retailer, and the margin of profit Saturday anlght while crulsing. at|y,s)) the handlers of coal. It is un- twenty knots in a heavy fog from|dcrstood that reports by the coal San Francisco to San Diego. commisslon giving this data will be At San Diego, the naval base, where | made to the President within a few ;days, and that this information in quartered, it was semi-officially re-|turn’will be transmitted to the pub- ported last night that the orders to|ic. change course was given from the Deiphy. leading the crulsers, befors Rate Inquiry Ordered. the craft had reached Point Arguello. The order is recognized by seasoned| . BY request of the coal commission, marines_as one not usually given | made weeks ago, the Interstate Com- til after vessels moving off the| merce Commission has ordered an in- vestigation of anthracite freight tates. Hearings are to be held in the lighthouse, o van Schaak, fire. | FI{{SDUrEh September 24 before the The body of U. R. Van Schaak, fire- | . an d : man, third class, of Frazer, lowa, and | SOMission’s representative there, W. unidentified body floated ashore|A. Disque. Similar hearings are to be week following the of people walked long, some with people resting, together with the baggage. on hand-drawn carts. Some were making for known desti- nations; others wandered aimlessly. The newspapers soon began issu- | ing “fly sheets” their editors ap- parently as far at sea regarding the extent and details of the catastrophe as_the populace. Twenty-three thousand bodies have | been recovered in Yokohama. Of the {180,000 homeless in that city at least halt are said to have departed. The condition of those who remained is improving. Barracks for Homeless. Arguello light. as the coast line juts sharply Into the Pacific just north of On the other hand, Jugoslavia main- tains that Porto Barros should re- main outside the combination, saying that otherwise Trigste would be a: sured complete commercial suprem acy in the Adriatic. Premier- Pachich undoubtedly is sin- core with Polncare In his desire for conciliation. but the little entente, with its faith already shaken on ac- count of the recent position taken by the great powers concerning the usefuiness of the league of nations. is now more than suspiclous. Italy’s im- mediate aim {is supremacy over the Balkans. Belgrade is now seething ! with excitement and, despite Pachich, is emitting threat After threat of what will” happen if Italy does not yield. Belgrade is the ante-chamber of the Balkans. If Belgrade gets com- pletely out of control there is every likelihood of a new war. Meanwhile the council of ambassa- dors 4t the request of the British member, who got word from Premier Baldwin, after the latter's meeting sesterday with Lord Robert Cecil, met {n hasty session this afternoon. While the pronounced object of the meeting was somewhat obscure, what-actually was under discussion was ways and means to bring pressure on Italy to get cut of Corfu as sgoh as possible— that is_to say, not*to wait until the “complete execution” of the condi- tlons by Greece, but as soon as the preliminary rites are -under way. PLEA BY JUGOSLAVIA. yesterday. The body of R.-Conroy, a freman on the Delphy, was recovered Sunday. - Heavy Fog Hampers Work. A heavy fog which hung over the stene of the wreck hampered the work of investigators. A force of neval photographers who attempted | to photograph the vessels before they | break up was forced to abandon the attempt. Officers of the wrecked destroyers | scouted reports that tidal conditions were responsible for the wreck. All| virtually agree that the heavy fog, iwhich necessitated navigation by dead reckoning was to blame. Assisting in the work of salvage {are nine destroyers, two Eagle boats and the tender Melville. Shipping men who viewed the (Continued on Page 12, Column 2.) TROTSKY IS SLAIN, MOSCOW REPORT INo Details of Renorted As- sassination Given—Death League Assembly Asked to Protect | Reported Before. /Nation’s Interesis in Adriatic. P the Assoclated Press. BELGRADE, September cabinet has sent instructions to M. Pachitch, minister of forelgn affairs, and Serblan delegates to the league of Tations in Geneva to request the jeague assembly to take jmeasures jiecessary to protect Jugosiavia's inter- ests. In view of “the gereral situation in the Adriatic, and_preparations for pggression on the part of Bulgarian comitadiis (irregulars) 1in southern serbla.” < B¢I0is also Woped through this move 4o bring the attention of ‘all the Bu- ean powers to the situation along the Soasts of the Adriatic, where, It 18 dcolaréd, “important events sre im- v Advices to London on August 31 said an ultimatum had beer received from ued o Page 5) e By the Associated Press. LONDON, September 11.—A Central News dispatch from Berlin says it is reported from = Moscow that Leon Trotzky, the Russian soviet' war minis- {ter, has been assassinated. No details are given. There s no confirmation of the, report. - Reports of the death by violence or otherwise of Premier Lenine, War Min- ister Trotzky, and other prominent mem- bers of the Russian soviet government have frequently been circulat coming through dublous ch..n:gh "o rding the condition of ous reports re Trotzky's health were current early this year, but the news dispatches since havr shown him pursuing his usual activities, !Pinchot a the governor upon the successful te i held at other distributing points. President Coolidge has sent to Gov. | telegram wngr;lullt{n“[ r- | mination ‘of the anthracite strike | through the mediation of the governor. The text of the telegram was not made public at the White House, it being explained fhat it is customary not to publish such messages, but that it might be given out by Gov. Pinchot. Gov. Pinchot was acting at the sug- gestion of the President in calling the miners and operators together in Harrisburg, and in full co-operation with the federal government. Commission Expires September 22, The life of the coal commission ex- pires September 22, but if occasion should arise making it necessary to; obtain the service and advice of the commissioners, it was sald at the White House' today, the President may call them into conferemce un- officially. The office of ‘federal fuel distribu- tor, now held by Francis RB. Wad- leigh, aleo -expires this month. If there was a shortage of coal and an agency were needed to bring about an equable dietribution, Mr. Wadleigh would be called upon to act for the government, it was satd, cither under the jurisdiction of the Department of Commerce or of the Interstate Commerce Commission. But no such shortage of fuel .is now expected. Will Commend Report. The President will commend the report and recommendatiohs of the Coal Commission to Congress when that body convenes in December, it was said by a spokesman- for the President at the White House today. The President feels that the commis. sion was created particularly to atd Congrees in traming legislation deal. ing with the coal industry and that the work of the commission will be of great valué to the législative body. Tne states and communities using anthracite, once théy have before them all the data relating to costs of production and distribution of co: will be in @ position to enact legis| tion and frame regulations to meet any exorbitant increa: n prices that may be asked, it w. 1d today. So far as the District of Columbia Is concerned, thé federal government, which rules here, is in a position to act. But in Bosion. New York and other cities the federal government has no such power, and the local su< (Continued on Page { The street cars in Toklo have re- sumed operation from the financial district to the western suburbs. Tem- porary barracks to care for the home- less are being erected in various parts of the city. A separate department of the government has been establish- ed to take charge of the reconstruc- tion of the capital. Brig. Gen. Frank R. McCoy of the United States Army has arrived and begun the assembling of Filipino residents in_Tokio who desire to re- turn to the Philippines. Most of them are students, however, and so far few applications have been made to re- turn home. Investigation by the authorities of i g ; S THE GIANT SHIP FLIES OVER MANKATTAN ZR-1Spends Half Hour in Stately Flight Above Roofs of City. By the Associated Press. WOOLWORTH TOWER, New York, September 11.—The giant airship ZR-1 |today flew up from her hangar in Lake- hurst, N. J., to visit New York. New York was on its toes to greet her. Roofs, visible for miles from the Woolworth Tower, were crowded with spectators. In the streets below thou- sands could be seen craning their necks as they gazed upward out of the deep canyons. The glant craft first was sighted from the tower after she had passed oVer quarantine and headed up the har- bor toward the Statue of Liberty. Bicorted by Planes. The san gleameéd on the dirigible's sleek gray sides, and her rudder, with its great streaks of red. white and blue, glistened in the rays. Five seaplanes, gray as the airship they escorted, circled the ZR-1 as she passed over the tip of Manhattan, glid- ed up the island and disappeared in the haze far up the Hudson. The escorting planes circled the air- ship as she came up the harbor. Thelr speed so exceeded that of their over- grown sister that they were forced to cup capers in the air in order not to leave her far Behind. Rede on Even Keel. The ZR-1 rode on an even keel most of the time. As she passed Mistress Liberty, however, she dipped her prow quite perceptibly. Down went her bow, also, as she turned northwest toward the Hudson, following the river on her voyage uptown. Only five of her six motors were working as she passed over the city, but their hum could be heard indoors even above the usual roar of the city. The giant airship returned to the tip of Manhattan after a stately voy- age of half an hour over the city. The ZR-1 paid a visit to Brooklyn and then returned ing with remarkable abruptness for her size, as if to.prove she could wriggle through aerial traffic just ag skillfully as agile taxis dodge sur- face cars and pedestrians thousandy| of feet below her. Flies Close to Tower. . On her way up the island the air- ship flew close to the Woolworth tower, showering the streets with pamphlets describing her construc- tion. Finally, she turned again and passed over Battery Park, thronged with spectators; over the harbor, dot- ted with craft; past the Statue of Liberty and through the Nargows, un- | til she was lost in the light haze. Ships in the harbor played a serenade on their whisties as the “Leviathan of the air” sped away to visit Phil- (Continued op Page 2, Column 2.) By the Associated Press. SANTA BARBARA, Caljf., Septem- ber 11.—The only successful photos of the sun’s cordna made in'southern California during the eclipse of the sun yesterday are believed to be those by Prof. James Worthington of Lon- don and ‘Dr.. Alfred E." Burton, pro- fessor-emeritus of astronomy in the Massachusetts Institute of Tech- nology. Prof. Worthington stated last night that four of the negatives developcd by him were almost perfect and would take rank with the best ever made during a solar eclipse. . Weather Favorable, Prof. Worthington and Dr. Burton headed an expedition at &n observa- tion station established ~north , of Santa’ Barbara. Weather- conditions adelphia. \Eclipse Photographs by Flyers | And Scientists Are Successful British Astronomer’s Negdtives Ranked ! ‘With Best Ever Made—Airmen Soar 16,000 Feet for Moving Pictures. there were more favorable than at any other spot on the Pacific coast, according to the sclentists. Lieut. John A. MacReady, one of the two Army flyers who broke the world record in_a non-stop flight from New York to San Diego, figured in another novel undertaking yesterday in a flight of 16,000 feet altitude to observe the eclipse. With Capt. Stevens, noted Army photographer. MacReady battled the clouds for three hours in.his deter- mination to galn an unobstructed view of thé éclipse. They were wing- ing along in utter dafkness, with tongues of blue flames shooting from their exbaust pipes and with wings and fuselage drenched with moisture, when the drama of the skies was en- acted. Lieut. MacReady and Capt. Stevens recently came to San Diego by air- plane, from an castern aviation feld for_the express purpose of making (Continued on 32, Column 1. MELANCHOLY to Manhattan, | wending her way uptown again. She ! cut graceful circles in the sky, turn-, DAYS ' HAVE {Only Better Police of the law enforce- ment system in Prince Georges county. Md. with the ultimate aim {of driving out gambling houses and |other places of ill repute, admitted to be flouristiing within its borders, is the purpose of a movement to be launched in the county soon, accord- ing to State’s Attorney J. Wilson Ryon. Legislative candidates ' in Prinee Georges county, Mr. Ryon said. are planning a conference on the ques. tion of bettering the county's police system. The subject also is ilkely to be one of the. important republican issyes In the approaching political campaign. A force of six officers, mountsd on motor cycles and responsibld di- rectly to the state's attorney, is ad- vocated. A similay system has been in operation in Montgomery county DECIDE TO RETAIN ONE-WAY STREETS Commissioners Notify Mer- chants Plan Expedites Auto Traffic. Improvement | The Commisstoners today decided to retain the one-way streets. In board session they considered |carefully the request of the Mer- chants and Manufacturers’ Assocla- tion for abrogation of the one-way rule, but’ concluded not to make the change. Daniel E. Garges, secretary to the board, was instructed to advise the merchants that the city heads will be glad to consider reasons why any particular one-way street should be restored to the two-way class, but that they do not believe the entire list of such thoroughfares sho abolished. i shouldihe The. Commissioners point out that the one-way rule is in effect in many jother cities and should be given a {longer tryout in ‘Washington. | Commissioner Oyster, who super- | vises traffic matters, is firmly of the {belief that “thus far the one-way strects have been an advantage in helping to keep traffic flowing freely. The Commissioner said complaints inst the one-way streets have been | { Capt. Oyster admitted that the re- cent amendment to the one-way street regulation. making 12th street north- bound and 13th street southbound, may have caused some confusion at jthe outset, but he believes that as motorists become accustomed to the ¢hange traffic will move smoothly. GOMPERS WARNS AGAINST ‘ONE UNION’ | By the Associated Press, DECATUR, 1ll, September 11. Warning against ‘“amalgamation” and “labor party” proposals. the two things' for which William Z. Foster has announced he has come here to fight for, was given the Illinois Fed- eration, of Labor convention _this morning In a special delivery letter from Samuel Gompers, president of |the American Fpderation of Labor. Miners' Ald Foster. DECATUR; IlL, September 11— Doubtfulness concerning the predict- ©d activity ot Willlam Z. Foster, re- puted communist and delegate from | 1 Labor convention vanished this morn- ing, when his resolution, calling for amalgamation of trade craft unlons into industrial unfons, was received |by the convention resolutions com- mittee. Mr. Foster declared that he fntend- to speak for his resolution, and also to_lead an energetic convention campalgn for indorsement of a pro- posed labor party. Delegates who were identified miners- were to be seen canvassing for more names to the labor party resolutio: 2 ns. Dice Roll Merrily as County Officials Propose Clean-Up Prince Georges Gaming Houses, State’s Attorney Says. Chicago to the Illinois Federation of | COME. System Can Close for some time. it wae sald, and the results have been excelient. Existing Force Weak. With an adequate police force, reo- sponsible to the state's attorney, Mr. Ryon believes there would be an en- tirely different mode of procedure than what is provided under existing law, which is undisputably weak. The state's attorney then, Mr. Ryon | said, would be in a position to take the initiative in police matters throughout the county. The present ofcers In Prince Georges county admit their knowl- edge of the existence of gambling houses, But have failed miserably, it is said, In attempting to close them. Constable ThHomas H. Garrison; at Hyal 1116, told The Btar that he knows the pretentious: gambling house, just across the District line, known to the gambling fraternity as (Continuéd on Page 9, Column 1 OYSTER 10 STUDY LAW PROPOSALS Number of Statute Changes Urged in Reports of De- partment Heads. Recommendations for new laws and regulations laid before Commis- sioner Oyster by his department heads in their annual reports will be given careful study as soon as the estimates are completed, the com- missioner announced today. The commissioner will inquire into the merits of each suggestion for action later on. Here are some of the proposals taken from the reports Ly the com- missioner and listed for carly con- sideration: Office of weights and measures— recommendation for an act of Con- gress requiring persons in: business under a trade name to file their own names and addresses with a District official. Police Proposals. Police department—DMore stringent regulation of dance halls: a new law to restrict the sale of deadly weapons: erection of a central police station to ! house headquarters and the detective Lureau; enactment of the law to per- mit pawnshops to operate here on an interest charge of 2 per cent a month irstead of 1 per cent; a law to punish itinerant auctioneers' for alleged mis. representations; & heavier penalty for false fire alarms; creation of po- lice magistrates to try cases in the station house. |, Health deparment—Amendment of {the “miedical “practice act to cover chiropractors, osteopaths and other practitioners 'of the various branches of medicine and surgery. Leave for Firemen. Fire department—That firemen be glven thirty days of annual leave instead ‘of twenty, and that ten ad- ditional inspectors be provided for the fire marshal's office. The Woman's City Club is partic- ularly anxious to have the Commis- sioners carry out the recommenda- tion for . more_rigid regulation of dance halls. In reply to a letter |from the club's committee today, Com- missioner Oyster said he would be glad to give the organization a hear- ing on the subject as soon as work has'been completed on the budget. CAPTURED PRIEST DIES OF BANDIT’S BULLET| jFather Malotto, Italian, Victim of Chinese Brigand—Was Seized June 15. By Cable to Tho Star and Chicaso Daily News. SHANGHAL September 11.—A mes- sage today from Hankow states that Father Malotto, reported yesterday to have been released by Chinese brigands, dled at Pingshi as a result of being shot by the bandit chief. Liu, before his release could be effected. Father Malotto was made captive on June 15. He is an Italian, s | Germany Has Yet to Make Definite Offer, But French Are Confident. BERLIN MAY DISCLOSE GUARANTEES TOMORROW Stresemann Expected to Outline Pledge Bue_d on Reich’s Entire Economic Structure. By the Associated Prese. PARIS, September 01.—Conversa- tions that are taking place between Jacquin de Margerie, French . ame bassador to Germany, and Chancel- lor Stresemann, in Berlin, are con- sidered by the French government 85 leading toward a settlement the reparation question, although .it- is.stated that the chancellor has not Yet made a definite offer, either ras specting the cessation of resistanca in the Ruhr or what could be pro- posed afterward. The conference between M. dif Margerie and Chancellor. Streseman & will be continued. % Any proposition received by Frapc:- from Chancellor Stresemann will bs communicated immediately to . th: British and other allied governments. WILL TELL OF PLEDGE: Stresemann, in Speech Tomorrew, to Outline Guarantees. By the Associated Pre BERLIN, September 11.—Political circles aver that progress is being made In unofficial efforts to strength- on the ‘“atmosphere of contact™ Wwhich the government is endeavoring to establish with France. These in- formal conversations, it is believe forecast official action by the Getman government. An outline of the extensive eco- nomic guarantees which Germany is vrepared to pledge for the payment of her reparation obligations is gen- erally looked for in the address which Chancellor Stresemann is scheduled to deliver in Berlin tomorrow. This' plan, it is known, Is based upon the hypothecation of the entire economic structure of the reich, according to the scheme involved during the chan- cellorship of Dr. Cuno.” If acceptable to the aliled creditors the program Will be supported by full législative authorit, Official elrcles are somewhat disap- pointed that Premier Poincare has not seen fit to consider Dr. Cuno's offer, which has been amplified by the new chancellor. 3 German' official ‘quarters appeared to be disinclined to manifest impatience over the latest recapitulation of M. Poin- care, the French premier, of Germany's reparations sins, nor is there any tend- ency displayed at government head- quarters to view the French premier's speech at Damvilliers on Sunday as hav- ing needlessly complicated the “atmos- Phere of contact,” which Dr. Streseman, the German chancellor, is seeking to establish That the chancellor already has as- sumed the initiative in this connection and is making promising progress, the Dprecarious character of his enterprise now generally admitted In political ¢ clee which profess to know that wholi? infermal pourparlers through the medi- um of individuals said to be_close to the French ambassador, M. de Margerie, " have been in progress during the past few days. These will shortly assume more con- crete form, and, it is believed, will ba’ followed by an official move by the Gexr- man government. PARIS IS HOPEFUL. Feeling Grows That Progress To- ward Bettlement Is Coming. (By Cable to The Star and Philad, Ledger. Coprright, 192 PARIS, September }.—While south- western Europe still is a seething caldron as a result of the murders near Janina and Rremier Mussolini's subsequent activities, the conflict of the Ruhr appears to be emerzing from trench warfare and entoring again into battle of movement Are we on the eve of decistve Te- s#its? is /the question asked here, Also there ix the question: ° Wil if then be considered that we have won . Indications are apparent that prac- tical conversations, at last, have bee started “which, according to one re- POrt, now are progressing with the French ambassador, at Berlin. = Tha Quai @'Orsay remains mute on the sub- ect, even disclaims all knowledge, but 'taking the situation ensembis and reflectirg upon the recent public declarations of the German chan- cellor, it would seem that an early denouement iz likely. There has been _a marked tendency of - the French franc to strengthen, both against the dollar and pound, and certain banking circles feel the week will show a decisive improvement, Premier Poincare, who still has the final word in the matter. keeps on ree peating _that there can 'be no eco- nomic entente until the question of reparations is first regulated How-~ ever, one now speaks of vérbal of- fers from Germany, which indicate that Germany herself finally realizes the danger which is courted hourly un: less urgency enters into her final capitulation. eiphia Public ) Goes to Hospital With Coal; Stays With Smallpox Fate played a hand in the lifs of John Smith. colored, yesterday, when it picked him out from all the coal drivers in Washington ‘to deliver a 10ad of fuél.to the health department quarantine station near the Eastern branch. While Sthith was shoveling the coal into the cellar Hospital Supt. Miller noticed the man had an’ eruption -on his skin. > A physician from the health of- fice pronounced it smallpox. John passed from coal heaver to patient at the quarantine station. Health Officer Fowler sald today the col- ored man had no idea-he was suf- fering from the disease. There .are now eleven cases of smallpox recorded by the health department as under.tr Dr. Fowler said they form.