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Show The American Embassador to Japan, Luke E. Wright, gave a luncheon in To-kio To-kio today in honor of Gen. Kurokl. who with his party will leave for Jamestown, Va., tomorrow on the Japanese steamship Aki. The affair was a brilliant success. NO LEAKAGE IN FUNDS SENT FOR CHINESE RELIEF SHANGHAI. April 1. Investigation shows that the plans of the famine relief committee are admirable. There has been no leakage of the funds administered by foreigners. A house to house Inspection has resulted In 80.000 families, totaling 500,000 famine sufferers, being enrolled hy the committee which la attempting to provide food for them until the harvest. Additions to the list of families will be made only when the funds available Justify Jus-tify it. Three kinds of relief tickets are Issued: First, free food tickets, which are not Issued unless the family has absolutely no money, food or pawnable articles and Its members are too weak to work; second, sec-ond, where they are physically ablo. eaoh. member of a family Is given work to pay for food; third, the Chinese Government in rmyins: to eonie families one and one-half one-half cents a dayv |