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el 2 St WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1923—THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. 'COOLIDGE DECLARED FIRM FOR WORLD COURT ENTRY @h WASHINGTON, D. C, WEATHER. Dnesttled and cooler tonight; tomeor- oW fair and cooler; temperature for -four hours ended at 2 p.m. to- @ay : Highest, 80, at noon today ; lowest. 68, at 1:30 a.m. today. “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. Yesterday’s Circulation, 88,754 TWO CENTS. REVIVAL OF GRAIN | Full report on page 7. ¢ Foenit WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION g N.Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 26 Closin No. 28,988, Entered ar second-class maiter THIRD OF INDUSTRY STOCKS FOR PEACE Plan Is to Give Share in Cor- porations as Basis for Huge Loan. SETTLEMENT OF RUHR CONTROVERSY IS SEEN German Officials Now Convinced Conditions Will Be Unfavorable to Nation. BY HIRAM K. MODERWELL. By Cable t Tha Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1923, BERLIN, September 12.—The Ger- man government is prepared to offer the repdrations commission bonus Stock of all German corporations and ttock companies to the extent of 30 per cent of the present outstanding Stock, as the basis for an interna- tional reparations loan The offer may be put forward by Chancellor Stresemann in his speech this afternoon; or may be communi- cated privately to the French govern- ment. This offer, if accepted, might provide large sums of cash which ¥rance and Belgium so sorely need, Lut at the best would cover -only a fraction of the reparations bill. It would ease the reparations question, but would not solve it To End Resistance. Germany also s prepared to give up passive resistance in the Ruhr, at least in its present form, if France will modify materially her occupation ©of that section. Meanwhile negotia- tions between France and Germany are going on at a lively rate. Paris now admits that the French.ambassa- dor, M. de Margerie, has been talking with Chancellor Stresemann. The re- sults of these conversations have been communicated verbally to care by Professor Haguenin, the ‘rench member of the guarantees commission, who alreacy has returned to_Paris. M. Letrocquer, the Frerch minister public works, is expected to arrive Berlin today to continue the pegotiations. The French also assert that various German industrialists have been negotiating with Gen. de Goutte in the Ruhr. Wili Concede Much. It is clear that Germany now i willing to make enormous concessions to end the Ruhr struggle, but she will notyet give up passive resistance completely and unconditionally. - ‘Al- though France insists that this must be a preliminary of any negotlations, in fact Franee already s negotiating. The general belief here is that a settlement is in sight, but that it is believed this settlement will be very unfavorable to Germany is shown by the fact .that the mark today fell to more than 100,000,000 to the dollar, while the franc improved. FRANCE AWAITS MOVE. - ot in Adheres to Announced Plans for Rubr Settlement. By the Associated Press. PARIS, September 12.—Having in formed Berlin that negotiations can not be opened in the reparation: deadlock while Germany's policy re- (mains one of resistance, the French government is waiting to see whether ‘the rapprochement rumors emanating from Berlin are only trial balloons eent up to attract a full expression of French opinion, or whether Gor many is ready to discuss a settlement that will satisfy France. Acting on Instructions from Premler Poincare, M. Demargerie, the French ambassador to Germany, has inform- ed Chancellor Stresemann that France adhers to her determination to make abandonment of Dpassive registance the first condition to-an opening of direct negotiations. The premiar h Jet it be known that he will con sider in'a conciliatory spirit any well defined German proposal that is made after obstructionist tactics have ceased. TO REVEAL DEBT ROW. Belgium to Publish Full Text of Allied Debate. By the Asaociated Press. BRUSSELS. September 12.—A Bel- gtan gray book to be given to the press on Friday comprises fifty.four documents embodying the entire cor- réspondence exchanged on the repar.. tion question among the allied go- ernment from December 26, 1923, t August 27. 1923, One of these docu. Ténts givés the text of the Belgian plan, aiming to show that German. could pay annually 3,000,000,000 frane in_gold, which would guarantes an international francs, or _approximately ' the claimed by the pricipal allies. An interesting exchange of views 1s given between Belgium and Grest sum premier loan of 50,000,000.000 | 10,000, OFFICIAL ESTIMATE REVEALS Total Casualties, 1,356,749; 314,824 Houses Destroyed in Two Cities, Is Said. DYSENTERY IS PREVALENT| IN TOKIO; DEBRIS MOVED Fresh Food Distributed ; More Nar- row Escapes of Americans Are Made Known. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, September 12.—Deaths from | the earthquake, fires and tidal waves | in and around Tokio were estimated | today to number 150,000. Groups of 100 and more bodies have | been found in various spots. | Dysentery is prevalent. The government informed the| American embassy that the reliet personnel en route would be welcome. American marines have landed, erecting a bakery and an automobile repair shop at the American embassy. The duty on building material im- ports has been removed. Reactional earthquakes have fallen in number to twenty daily. Debris Cleared Away. The work of clearing up the debrls| of the earthquake and fire is under | jway.~ The strect car system's em- |ployes have been mobilized and are |clearing the tracks of the burned street cars, and workmen are repair- ing such of the damaged buildings as can be made habitable for use of the ! | refugees and homeless. 1 While some foreigners, more pessi- mistic than the Japanese, have let it | be known that they intend to transter their business interests to Osaka or | Kobe, ubandoning Tokio and Yoko- hama, or reducing their enterprises | there to branches, the Japanese busi- | ness men declare their intention of | |making the capital a city greater than | ever Cite San Francisco. i | They cito as an incentive to this the | | remarkable rebuilding of San Fran- cisco after its disaster in 1906. Distribution of supplies, including even fresh food, is under way. The| military have the_ situation well in hand. As an observation system military balloons are hanging over | the clty carrying observers ajle to | overlook large areas and report | promptly any incidént requiring at-| tention. 1,356,749 CASUALTIES. | | ! | | Official Compilation of Quake Toll Is Announced. By_the Atsociated Press. OSAKA, September 12—What | reported to be an oficial compila- tion of the earthquake casualties esti- | mates the dead, injured and missing at 1,356,749, la total {stroyed. Cyrus E. Woods, the Smerican am- | assador, had a narrow escape from ! njury in the earthquake, according o messages received here. He was| |scated In the embassy when the| { shock occurred and Lieut, Col. Charles | | Burnett, the military attache noticed | | that " the ceiling directly over his| | chair was cracking and about to| fall. Col. Burnett rushed over and! dragged the ambassador from his seat i | | second before the ceiling crashed in. Mrs. Woods in Danger. Late in the evening. according to further detalls in the dispatches, Mrs. | | Woods was standing in the garden of | | the embasey watching the fire, when | the wind changed suddenly, sweeping | the flames over upon the embassy ! tructure. The -ambassador's wife made her escape from the premises | through & barrage of fiying sparks, the { fire meanwhile spreading to the nearby { Dutch legation. Other accounts of escapes of Amer- |lcans and acts of self-sacrifice on | their part are coming to light. Mrs. | Crane, wife of Maj. Willtam C. Crane, |dr. of the American language office on' the Yokohama bund, jumped into the bay when the fire broké out and | remained there with others several hours, ultimately swimming a quarter of a mile through the raging waters to a ship in the harbor. The American military and naval language officers made a long trip afoot to report to the embassy, which hereby was enabled to take appro- priate measures for relief. Two other mericans, Robert McIntyre and frank Jordan, trudged over the de- stroyed road and rallway between Miyanoshita and Tokio in order to obtain reliet for 150 foreigners mi Tooned at the former place, who sub. sequently were rescued. Among them were Thomas Corcoran and his wife of Cleveland. | It Is also estimated that; ! of 315,324 houses were de- | Britain on the Belgian plans and the | question of priority, showing that the | British government had misinterpret- | ©od the Belgian proposal and sugges. | tions and had complained that the' Belglan note was unsatisfaefory re- | garding passive resistanee. Neverthe- Jess the interchange of views, it is set %orth, brought about’ the ~willingness of the London government to resume the interallied ebnversations. BARONESS INCOGNITO. Férmer Mrs. Peter Cooper Hewitt Shuns Publicity on French Trips. NEW YORK, September 12.-~When Baroness &'Erianger, formerly Mrs. Peter Cooper Hewitt, safled today on ihe. Paris it was learned she had ar- rived incognito last week, and had been making frequent trips between France snd America.in connection with litiga- tion over the Cooper estate. The baroness, who was accompanied by a son and daughter; dodged report- ers, expiaining that her trustees did not approve of publicity. By Cable to The Star and Philadelphia Publi¢ Ledger. Copyright. 1023. PARIS, September 12.—Colnci- dent with the French grand army maneuvers, which began yester- day, some startling facts concern- ing the mew ‘“ghost ‘alrplane,” which probably will be ‘trled out for the first' time on'the mimic battlefleld on the Rhine, were dis- closed by Gen. Hirchauer, report- er for the Aerial Budget and com- mander of French aviation. A war title of the “most terrible _weapon in forture ‘warfare” is claimed by experts for this new fighting machine, which is the in- . vention® of ‘Capt. Max Boucher of the French ‘army. g The “ghost plane” flles without a pilot’ and may be directed through hertzian waves by an “order keyboard” from . hundreds of miles behind the flgth: line. {lotless, MOVIE ACTRESS DIES. LOS ANGELES, Calif.. September 13. —Anna Townsend, motion picture ac- known to film-fans as “Grand- ma’ goclun of tHe character parts she played, died at’her home ‘here vesterday, aged seventy-nihe vears, She is suryived by a daughter. And it {& not only p but invisible and Invulnerable—that is to" say, it is constructed to News Note: Minnesota Farmer Appeals to Authorities to }‘re\'cpt Airmen from Flying Over His Property. QUEBEG APPLALDS BARDN ASPRICE Wales Fails to Escape Greet- ing in Canada by Chang- ing Name. By the Associated Press. QUEBEC, September 12.—The Baron of Renfrew arrived in Quebec today. The Baron of Renfrew is none other than his royal highne: the Prince of Wales, heir to England’s throne. Tiring of being hailed as the future ruler of the British empire, the Prince of Wales chose one of his many other tifles to travel under, and thus escape the formalities accorded a personage of royal blood. In short, he wanted to dodge the plaudits .ot the multitudes, enter Cangda quietly and be on his way to an Alberta ranch, where, the papers say, he will eat boarding house ‘fare. Falled to Bscape. He succeeded in dodging the multi- tude? He did not. A prince is 3 prince, c\'té though be he only a baron, figured the residents. There- 18! ¢ore, the baron belng a prince, a| princely welcome was in order. Bright and early did the crowds gather at the pier to meet Baron Renfrew (or was it the Prince of B ey really came to meet?). ‘yhe Empress of ¥France her dock a lusty cheer man who only three 3d won the hearts e e ll’: with his Wales th and as sueamed to greeted. the s befor smile. ing only a baron, K Walee it oven rate & special which to rea : SULET Wers no officlals to accord him fal reception. 1 A Oohe ‘made up for that. Eyen on the ship he couldn't escape the so called pitiless glare of publicity Newspaper correspondents panied him and sent wireless mes- gages about his trip. Great Change Seen. Despite the crowds at the pler to- day. however, Baron Renfrew's visit to the American continent is sharply contrasted to the one the Prince of Wales made three years ago. Then he toured the continent, was greeted everywhere by huge throngs, attend- ed numberless social functions and danced with even more untold num- bers of American and Canadian girls. He made many speecnes and offi- clated at many functions, such as laying cornér Stones, planting trees and decorating troops. Today Baron Renfrew came to Canada for 4 holiddy. He went from the ship to the Chateau Frontenac, an the bluffs, where from his win- dow he could ' gaze ‘down: upon’ the broad St. Lawrence river. Tomorrow he will travel ‘on’ a private car, at- tache to_ a regular train, and be transferred t6 Alberta. the end of ceremonies. On the ranch=Baron Renfrew will live @s a rancher. He will ride western horses in a western saddle. will be up early and in bed early, dancing partners are warned to keep away .and, In short, the Prince of Wales—pardon, Baron Renfrew—will lead the simple life and, as the papers say, eat boarding house hash and other simple fare. French to Test “Ghost” Plane; New Pilotless War Terror rise to such heights as to be out of sight and range of the blxtnz anti-aircraft' guns when it drops tasting bombs on emy P Military enthusi: al- ready picture entire squadrons of sholt‘ planes pouring death and estruction out of an empty . sky on the helpless and bewlidered enemy. Those long range guns Will have ‘become. as obsélets. as the arrows of the middle ages. Aatomatic Action Solved. French inventors . declare. defi- nitely that they have solved the probiem of. complete autamatic ac- tion of the .machine, which also, it preferdble, .can be directed. by an airman on board another . plane. There Is no doubt that the ghost airplane, If it comes up Lo expec- tations, is calculated to revolu- tionize. not merely aerial tactics, but tha whole aspect of modern warfa: and the greatest impor- tance has been attached to the umh:!l “&&‘m“i“ by the Prench general which 'is sanguine that the invention -will prove new assst to the fightin stréngth offense. the Prince of | but the unoffi-| accom- ! That will be! Man Will Face Bullet to Prove Merits of “Vest One man will deliberately shoot at another somewhere in Washing- ton tomorrow, and, although the police have full knowledge of the affzir, they will not intertere The occasion will be the demo stration to the Washington & thorities of a bullet-proof vest which already has been submitted to Maj. Sullivan for consideration In addition to police officials. the exhibition will be attended by Commissioner Oyster. The location selected for the try- out has not been disclosed. but it will be probably in an out-of-the~ way place. LEAGUE WANTS ~ FAGTS ON GREECE {Council Given Warning of Demand by Delegates—De- bate Called Unwise. » i By the Associgted Press. GENEVA, September 12.—A warn- ing to the council of the league of nations that the assembly would later expect some report on the ‘eeco- Italian conflict was given today dur- ing a plenary session of the assembly by former Foreign Minister Loudon of Holland, who declared he voiced the view of the Majority of the dele- | gates. Viscount Ishii of Japan had pre- viously asked the assembly not to in augurate a debate on the controversy as this might complicate the hope. for settlement. Important negotl tions werc procecding, which he hoped would reach a satisfactory con- clusion, and he believed the members of the assembly should refrain from all discussion of the matter until a conclusion was reached. Accept Austrizn Report. The assembly of the league of na- tions today resumed its discuesion of Austrian reconstruction. Lord Rob- ert Cecil received an ovation lastin soveral minutes in his address of felicitation over the results obtained by the league in the carrying out of (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) l BATTLESHIP RAMS STEAMER IN FOG U. 8. 8. Tex_u With Others of Pa- cific Fleet at Time of Crash. Damage Is Slight. i By the Assoclated Press. SAN PEDRO, Calif., September 12. —The battleship Texas, bound from 8San Francis¢o to San Pedro, collided with the steamship Steel Seafarer of the Isthmian Line fourteen miles north of Point Arguello, at 6:50 a.m. today, according to word reaching here. The collision occurred in the vicinity where seven destroyers went on the rocks last Saturday. The Steel Seafarer left here last night. She is a vessel of 3,471 net tons, and is in command of Capt. Kitt. Reports reaching here declere the merchant ship has a large hole in the bow above the water line, but is in no immediate danger. The Texas was ming south with the battleships Maryland, Oklahoma, Arizona, New Mexico and Pennsyl- ania. : The armada was traveling in column formation and was proceeding cautious- Iy through a dense fog. Messages received here indicated the Steel Seafarer will proceed under her own steam to San Francisco. The Texas, apparently is undamaged. A wireless to the Radio Corporation f “America declared the Texas had <ut a hole in number 2 hold of the mer- “hantman. Immediately following the crash the Texas signaled to the battleship Jklahoma, which in turn warned sther vessels of the fleet. The Oklahoma came in close to give «d if necessary, but a survey re- vealed that the damage was above the waterline and that the Steel farer was in no danger of sinking. SEENEW ENTENTE COMING IN FUROPE jFrance and Italy, With Eco- nomic Accord With Berlin, May Isolate Britain. | | BY WYTHE WILLIAMS By cable to The Star and Philadelph Ledger. Copyright, 1923 PARIS, September 12.—Is there a inew entente forming in Europe? | That question is cropping up as a| !rosult of events of the last week and {for the moment it is overshadowing |even the war rumbles heard in the} Bajkans. iy s | The new entente, if speh it turns lout to be. would not be composed of little- nations,. but of greal- powers and would mead a new general lalignment af forces on this side ot | the world. ! The powers under consideration lare France and Italy, with England| {1eft out, but with an economic under- | |standing with Germany thrown in.| | Word comes from Rome that “as a| {result of bitter feeling toward Eng- |land, engendered during the recent |Greek incident, Italy from now on {will lend France her strongest sup-| iport in the matter of reparations.” In France the word is spoken that iundeniably the affairs of Italy in the Balkans and those of France in the |Ruhr are intertwined Public Prospects More Gloomy. Ten days ago the French foreign office was as gloomy, cheerless and | {frosty as midwinter; events had fallen |over each other so rapidly that France i seemed unable to keep step with them and general fears were ex- pressed that she would be likely to find herself in an embarrassing po- ! sition_politically. That was because her previous stanch advocacy of the little entente might be likely to tie her hands with Italy and certainly | would give her a black eve with the league of nations, no matter what happened. ‘Then the crafty Poincare, who seems to thrive and grow younger the more work and the more trouble he has, got busier than ever. The Ruhr and reparations occupied only his week ends and the remainder of his time was given over to the rest of the European map. Puts League Aside. First dismissing the league of na- tions almost by a mere gesture, he managed to Intrigue the Corfu settle- ment out of Geneva Into Paris, where it could be “more sensibly” handled. Then, happily, Premfer Patchich of Jugoslavia turned up in Paris and upon_him M. Poincare next-exerted his charms.’ Since then he has besn lending every resource and singing in the most dulcet tones to Rome. He still has until Saturday, when the reply of Jugoslavia to Italy falls due, before his success or failure will Le known., : . ertainly it appears at the pre 1 hour' that’ the ‘only thing Which ean | save peace in the Balkans—possibly peace in Europe—is a backdown on one side or the other. M. Poincare is for peace now at all costs. With his customary dexterity he has coun- seled conciliation to Both parties, figuring that whoever cedes, the situ- ation is saved for the moment. Thus, for the present . at France has saved her leading position in continental politics and the quasi d'orsay agaln is filled with sunshine. MANILA AROUSED BY MORO MENACE By the Associated Press, MANILA, September 12.—Anticipat- ing new outbreaks among the Moros in the Lake Lanao region, the Philip- pine constabulary has dispatched a supply of shrapnel to Camp Keithly. Advices received here say the Moros recently pulled down the Filiping_ flag at the Keithly garrison and fssued a warning against raising it again, de- claring the Moros will recognize none but. an. American government, and that they do not want a Filipino gov- ernment, which they have now. Gov. Santos of the province has reported to Gov. Gen. Wood that Moro yeligious fanatics are taking. oaths on the Koran again, preparatory, he believes, to running amuck. He says the fanatics are refusing to pay -an. taxes or send their ohildren to sehool, Gov. Gen. Wood said he belleves it is merely a case of religious feeling, but ie worried, and may leave for th region shortly to conduct an investi- gation. The malcontents are said to number 300. The constabulary is trying to pacify them. least, [its work and to fortify the position First Message to Congress Will Carry Out Harding’s “Dying Wish,” Close Friends Believe. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. President Coolidge, it is learned on the authority of those close to him, has not the remotest intention of dropping the world court issue. In due course he will ask the Senate to adopt President Harding's recom- mendation for American adhesion to the tribunal. It will be one of Mr. Coolidge’s major programs in his first bout with Congress. The world court may be the theme of his maiden message to Capitol HillL If not that, it iIs certain to be the text of one of his earliest communica- tions. Tt will lay special emphasis on the fact that Congress is being asked to do something Warren G. Harding would have requested, had he lived Harding's “Dying Wish.” Calvin Coolidge is aware that the court issue was his predecessor's “dying wish,” and -the present In- cumbent of the White House may not be expected to shipwreck so con- spicuous a portion of “Harding policie: Since he became President, six weeks FIGHT ON ONE-WAY STREETS CONTINUES Merchants Name Committee for Further Survey of Traffic Situation. Arrangements for a further survey of the traffic situation in Washington and to bring the research work al- ready done in regard to one-way streets and local parking regulations up to date were made today, at the first meeting of the special committee on one-way streets of the Merchants and Manufacturers' Association, in the association rooms in the Star building. The committee was appointed by Gen. Anton Stephan, president of the association, about a week ago, when the association sent a communieation to the District Cammissioners asking that one-way. streeta here be aiols ished on the grounds that there was no apparent good being done to the rking regulstions be standardized o as to allow ene-hour parking privileges on Washington streets. Hear of Opposition. M. A. Leese is chairman of the com- mittee. At the meeting this morning he told the committee that it had heen indirectly and unofficially re- ported that the District Commission- ars were averse to granting the re- quest of the association on the one- way street proposition. The committee decided to continue anc welfare by them, and that the imission in taken by gathering additional facts and statistics to substantiate more forcefully the association’s declara- tion in regard to the Inutility of the one-way street. The initial action of the association was taken on September 7 at a meet- ing of the board of governors, who empowered President. Stephan to ap- point the committee to follow up the recommendations in regard to revok- ing the regulations on one-way streets. The board of governors also took the stand that one-hour parking would allow greater freedom of movement of nersons bringing auto- mobiles within the restricted terri- tory. whereas short-time, or - half- hour parking was performing -vir- tually no function at all when it came to_serving the public. The following members of the com- | mittee met under Chairman Leese! thig morning: O. J. DeMoll, Charles A, Camalier, E. C. Graham and H. D. Ormsby. The next meeting of the committea will be held within the! next week. GIRL KILLED IN FALL JUST BEFORE WEDDING Loses Hold in Automobile While Trying to Close Slamming Door. By the Associated Press. LOUISVILLE, Ky., September 12.— Miss Blanche Woodward, elghteen, who soon was to have been. married, is dead, her romance ended by trage- dy. wheh she fell from an automobile driven by her fiance here last night and was almost instantiy killed. Her neck was broken. Perturbed because a door of the car ' in which she was riding with R. 8. Allen refused to stay closed, Mias Woodward gave it a harg tug. Allen heard the door slam. and when he ago, Mr. Coolidge has presorved a hermetical silence on the world court. Efforts to “draw” him on it have proved uniformly futile. On no public question has he so completely lived .up to his reputation for taci- turnity. with the President's confidences are convinced he is “sound” on the court proposition. He is considered “sound” not only because of his public pledge to carry out Harding policles, but “gound,” it is felt, because of the practical politics of thé case. Retreat Not Expected. To ditch, sidetrack or shelve the court would certainly alienate a host of “Harding men” in and out of Con- gress, who believed, with the late President and Secretary Hughes, that American entry s desirable. As an ardent Harding-court supporter puts it, the obligation to support Mr. Cool- idge would cease automatically if the President turned his back on the court. Hitherto, the anti-court group in the Senate has caused it to be under- stood that “the Coolidge plan” was to let the issue die a natural death in a pigeonhole of Senator Lodge's com- (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) STREET CARMERGER ACTION THIS FALL Maj. Bell Indicates Move for Unity Awaits Valuation Settiement. New steps to bring about consolida- tion of the local street railway lines will be taken as soon as the disputed aluations of the companies have been finally agreed upon, Englneer Com- missioner Bell indicated today. The Commissioner, however, has no thought of trying to settle the valu- ation cases hurriedly by conferences out of court. He believes the valua- tion suits should be disposed of in court and then a Yeal effort made to effect merger. For the first time since he became Engineer Commissioner Maj. Bell had AN opportunity yvesterday afternoon to confer for several hours with Conrad H. Symie, epecial counsel for the com- the suit instituted by the Pntmml:layiue Power Company In 1917 to have set a#ide the value placed on the power plant by the commission. Case Up This Fall. This case has been fought up to the United States Supreme Court and Is now back in the District Supreme Court for determination at the fail term. The principal item of dispute is the allowance that should have been made by the commission for war-time increase in prices in fixing the value o2 the property. The valuation disputes of the Wash- ington Raflway and Eiectric Company and the Capital Traction Company have not been heard In court. The issues are practically the same as in the power company case, and both parties have been awaiting the out- come of that litigation. Maj. ‘Bell pointed out today that little headway can be made toward a merger as long as there is disagree- ment &s to the true value of the properties, Belleves in Merger. He is firmly of the opinion, how- ever, that Washington should have a united street raflway company and believes that the time to seek it is immediately after the valuations have been settled. There was no particul attached to yesterday's conference between Maj. Bel, r. Syme and Walter C. Allen, "secretary to the commission. Maj. Bell was merely familiarizing” himself with the in- tricate power valuation case, it was explained. JAPAN GIVES $180,000,000 BUDGET FUND TO RELIEF No Decision as to Flotation of Loan for Reconstruction Made by Government. By the Associated Press. OSAKA, September 12.—It is report- significance to expend all.of the budget surpluses up to 1925. amounting to 360,000,000 yen ($180,000,000) for relief and re- construction work: Minister of Finance Inouve is quot- glanced around a moment later missed his companjon. The girl was found :n the street, dying from her injury. %“lllm Woodward, the victims® father, is' said to live in Ferdinand, Ind. ed saying no declsion has been reached by the government as to the flotation of a foreign ioan for recon- struction purposes. It there is no possibility of raising loans in the home markets for the jtime being. Bermuda Harvests Rum Tax Of $157,204 Off U. S. Traffic| By'the Associated Press, HAMILTON, Bermuda, September 12.—~Americans who buy liquor from bootleggers 'contributed indirectly $157,204.80 to the-government of Ber- muda in the form of an export tax of $2.40 on each :case shipped from the Island between April, 1922, and September 1. last. _ Fias During this period rum funners have taken out of Bermuda more than 60,000 cases, as well as forty- one: barrels of liquor, all of which has found a market in New York and vicinity. This is a total of more than 750,000 bottles which, at an average retail price of $8 a bottle, would mean a‘return of $6,000, were boufht here for about $1,000,000. Most of this business has been car- ried on by a New York man who lar has been successful in landing ahhis " shipments. The purchase 0.-on cargoes that | prices of this man's cargoes amount to_$468,615 for 30,246 cases. Two others with ‘headquarters in New York are in the Bermuda trade, one of whom has made four trips and the other three. Nine other ves- wels have left Bermuda with cargoes of liquor for delivery in the United States. Three have come to grief. falling into the hands of American revenue cutters; .the other six have never returned. It Is reported here by those familiar with the trade that the rum runner must have the New York end of his business well or-| ganized. He must advise the pur- chaser as to the time the vessel may be expected off the three-mile limit and must be prepared to receive his consignment there. During the past few weeks fewer cargoes destined for the American § due to the fact that large steamers going direct from England and Scotland to New York are able to undersell those engaged in trading on a smaller scale out of Bermuda. ed that the government has decided | is believed | CORPORATION T0 BE ASKED OF COOLIDGE Western Bankers Seek Spe- cial Session to Provide Aid for Farmers. PRESIDENT, HOWEVER, VIEWS STEP NEEDLESS Party Situation in Several States .Subject of Discussion With White House Callers. A committee of bankers from the ninth federal reserve district, located in the northwestern wheat belt, will call upon President Coolidge next week to urge that the United States Grain Corporation be revived to aid the farmers in disposing of their wheat. Representative Young of North Da- kota, a member of the House ways and means committee, today called upon the President at the White House to make arrangements for the reception of the ‘committee. The de- sire of the committee is that a special session of Congress be called imme- diately, 50 as to enact the necessary legislation re-creating the grain cor- poration. They desire also that the agency thus set up by the government to ald the wheat farmers in disposing ot their crops be made permanent. The ninth federal reserve district em- braces Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, northern Wis- consin and northern Michigan. Seex Sesslon Unnecessary. President Coolidge has made it clear to callers recently that he sees no need for calling Congress in spe- clal session at this time. He has also made it known that the various plans for aiding the farmers of the northwest are being studied carefully by the Secretary of Agriculture, ard that the administration will get be- hind the plan which will give the best results. The republican party situation several of the states, including Oklahoma, Wyoming and West Vir- ginia, was the subject of discussion, between the President and several callers today. J. P. Spencer, repub lican state chairman of Wyoming: former Representative Chandler of Oklahoma and former Gov. Reilly ot the same state, and former Repre- sentative Bowers of West Virginia Wwere among those who saw the Presi- dent. Al Qeclaréd that 'in their opinfon Mr. Coolidge would be the nominee of the republican party next year. W. D. Sutton, state treasurer of Utah, ‘also_called to pay his re- | &pects to the President. |, On leaving the White House he said {he had no doubt that the Utah dele lation would be solid for Mr. Coolidge in the republican national convention Denies Break With Heynes. A report that the administration was at outs with Federal Prohibition Commissioner R. A. Haynes was denied at the White House today. It was_ said the fullest co-operation would be given Mr. Haynes in the campaign for enforcement of the pro- Ihibition law. Wayne B. Wheeler. gen- eral couneel for the Anti-Saloon League, was a caller at the White House toda: Brig. Gen. Sawyver and Charles G. Dawes, former director of the budget. discussed with the President today iplans for a national memorijal to the :late President Harding. They said {that a committee would be appointed jat an early date to make the plans for [the memorial. Tt is expected that |such a memorfal will be placed in Marion, Ohlo, the home of the late | President. | Roosevelt Home Purchased. The President was told by Herman | Hagedorn, secretary of the Roosevelt Memorial Association. today that the association had completed the pur- |chase of the old Roosevelt home in New York city, and that it was being appropriately furnished and fitted up The President, it is understood, will be requested to send a message to ibe read at the time of the dedication of the memorial to the late President Roosevelt. President Coolldge is ex- ipected to comply with the request. | Others who called to pay their re- spects to the President today in- cluded Gen. James A. Drain, former department commander of the Ameri- |can Legion, who was accompanied {by his gon; L. §. Rowe, director of {the Pan American Union: P. Giordano {of ‘the 'Ttallan-American Republic {League; John Barton Payne, and Dr. {Charles W. Richardson. John T. Adams. chairman of the re- {rublican’ national committee, —called !at the White House today to present | to the President the assigtant national jcommittee woman from Missouri, Mrs, | Lon Hocker of $t. Louis. The politi- situation in Missourl was dis- | cussed briefly. STOICAL CHILDREN SUBMIT TO NEEDLE More Than Hundred Vaccinated Before School Without ‘Whimper. in More than a hundréd Washington ! youngsters marched up to a doctor’s |table In the office of the health de- partment today to be vaccinated— and there was mot a “cry-baby" in the crowd. Of course, their chubby little faces did not beam with the smiles they | wear when they crowd around the soda fountain for an ice cream cone or a chocolate sundae, but they did not whimper or complain. By noon the line of children and waiting mothers filled the basement cogridor of the District bullding. Busy men, hurrylng to the municipal offices on’ urgent matters, paused to admire the daintily dressed little girls and the husky. rosy-cheeked boys, waiting with their sleeves rolled up for the vacecine needle. The regulations provide that a child must have a successful vaccination before being udmitted to the public schools, which accounts for the un- usual erowd at the health office today. The health department physiclans will give free vaccinations again Sat- urday morning. ? 2