Show WITH F g 4 0 ai op X ka RM him wm I alow 0 of the district of tokyo destroyed by earth quake nud and flames 2 it 11 0 garbor the only Ite publican elected from oklahoma to the sixty englith congress 3 ancient tort fort of corfu which tile the italians when they seized elded that greek island NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS fil TV I 1 W hi japanese I 1 disaster probably Is I 1 unequaled Unequal edin cd in loss of lifo life and property TOKYO YOKOHAMA IN RUINS america leads leada in relief for the stricken I 1 en nation british fleet ready to bak back league of nations against Italy Ruhr passive resist q ance collapses by EDWARD W PICKA PICKARD D ahter docs not record it a disaster equaling that which has overtaken japan unless present reports and estimates are greatly exaggerated shaken to pieces by violent earthquakes and set ablaze by resulting conflagrations flag rations tokyo the capital Is three fourths destroyed yokohama kohama the chief seaport to Is wiped out numerous smaller cities and are in ruins and the entire eastern half of hondo japans main bisand Is devastated devastate latest estimates of 0 the casualties received ty by the japanese legation in peking ahe ut the dead or more of atom artom perished in yokohama L more than a million persons are homeless ho and the hunger and suffering buffering la ia the afflicted region are intense it to Is not yet possible to estimate the oie monetary losses but those in tokyo are put at about wo ilnay gitany A morl pris and other for ign mr em re busina business men and lour ests lat were caught in the disaster and of course soffie some of them were killed however the number of american fa tallies talkies les was wa rather small among laem were consul max mas D kiryassoff and mrs kiryassoff vice consul r paul aul B jenks at yokohama and comm commas s stoner and mrs lira william eadle in com coln wand round of the salvation army forces in tokyo the japanese emperor and the tha prince regent escaped death but several members of the royal family end anil of the nobility were killed united states ambassador cyrus B woods notified washington tuesday tant he mrs woods and the I 1 he entire personnel ot of the embassy were uninjured but that the embassy buildings were destro destroyed jed it will ft be many days before complete details of the disaster are re ceide calved d for crib ono feeble radio station estatio 1 has been the dolt aali means of comman communication l between tokyo toko and the outside world it Is known that the tem alors which continued several hours on Septer september fiber 1 not only shook down innumerable buildings but also broke all I 1 the water and gas mains and that fires i started simultaneously all over the cities and raged tor duys days bridges upon which thousands of refugees had gathered collapsed and other thousands were trapped by names flames in tho the parks and there perished tremendous tidal wavis follow follone ert 1 the earthquakes and over oer th a water fronts and rainy many vessels went down it Is reported that a considerable port part of tho the japanese gayy was waa thus destroyed the better residence section of tokyo probably was saved but yokohama simply no longer exists the tha entire city was burned to the ground and tho corpses lay piled in tha the streets kobe has be become barnns chief seaport and will remain such for a long time ilme along th the eastern edge of the island the coast chae lint line to Is altered and the bottom of the sea has but risen 0 SOONER had the first reports 0 NO anthe the catastrophe been received than steps for the aul quick ek rell af of the en q japanese were taken in all civilized ian lands da out ot its great abundance the united states took the lend a t tills 1 Is corx orli of tiercy inspired by th p prompt of den and the prompt in didgo measures 1 utes of our nur nov navy armmand arm army yand and state officials a few hours of tian I 1 alp birts and deti lades laden wart wl t j t food 0 0 a aud d medical supplies Is doo doc t or v and in nurses were steaming toward japan p in from kats all ShIp chippini pini board beell lr Ws i 0 that part of the world were ordered to operate cooperate co and admiral anderson in cohn command nand of 0 the ruckle pacific fleet hastened to on his flagship the huron tind and tool took temporary charge ot of tho the relief work later brig gen F it II mccoy wits wis made director general of american relief Il president resident coolidge directed the state war and navy departments to go the limit in extending aid and lie ho announced that this was waa tho the bustness business of first importance before the government in accordance with the r recommendation commendation c la in his proclamation contributions from municipalities organizations and individuals are being sent to the american lied cross which has offered nil all its resources to the japanese government the tha lied cross has called on the american Americ tin people to give tho Salv salvation tIon army Is s undertaking to ralso raise a like suni sum and it got busy promptly in japan where it tins has a large number of stations and workers along our pacific conat coast where the japanese have not been po popular racial antagonism was forgotten sal sag francisco remembering the assistance given by the japanese when the city was wa destroyed by quake and fire in IDOO 1000 was ivas swift and generous in response to the call for relief the atlee illco growers association of Call california for held practically the he entire available supply or of rice in the state for japanese relief wd and its head announced there would be no advance in price and none would be sold to brokers air tho available fir and cedar lumber on tho the northwest coast also to la held to supply the japanese demands tor for rebuilding and shipping men said most of the freight steamers on the would be pressed into service to handle the lumber traffic forty five million feet of tho the lumber Is to be doi noted by th emills mills some borne japanese authorities dis and discouraged said their country had been set back a full generation ign but tho the more 0 optimistic m a assert s 11 istle sert that its recovery will b be comparable va to its emergence from obscurity into a first class world power within a century this view Is taken by daron baron of osaka prominent financier and president of ali toen teen of the largest public utility corporations po rations in japan interviewed in now new york he said bald he thought the reports of material loss losa had been e exaggerated ag and that the total damage might not exceed three billion dollars lie he believes reconstruction reconstruCt IOA in tokyo and yokohama cannot be accomplished in less than three years and continued the japanese government has sufficient fic tent funds to undertake this by itself in all probability an appeal will bo be mode made tor for internal loans cans followed oy by external loans there Is no doubt that american capital and brains will be naked asked to assist in rebuilding the stricken area it Is too formidable a task for japan to tackle single handed PREMIER MUSSOLINI one day last week declared to his cabinet and to the world that it 1 the league of nations insisted on conil considering dering and deciding the italo greek italy would withdraw from the league and refuse to recognize its decision ite ile also asserted the sexture of corfu was not a war measure but that the greek island would be abo held until italis doni demands ands had bad been satisfied fied however greenes Gree ces appeal to the league was taken up by the council in geneva and signor salandra the italian delegate read a statement from rome home that indicated Afus mussolini wito cooling d down r w n considerably it was merely that the italian government irrevocably expresses the opinion that hat via tho council should not proceed to take the action requested by greece 1 the general belief wn was that the french and british had induced the fascist premier to go slow the council ho however weyer postponed action on the matter until the council of ambassadors should decide what it could do andr and ie latter body almo delayed pending further ther accord between london and paris lord robert cecil in 11 inS insistent iNtent that the league shall handle the affair and it if was said in london that the govern had determined to back up the league with ull all the power of the british V acting nj aalthe the lea fruet fleet cwi ahli acht haht mean forcibly ejecting the om corfu the ne british view Is that the council ot of ambassadors Is competent to deal with the murder of 0 general anil and his staff but that the league of nations Is the only proper body to deal with the 8 seizure 1 I lz U r 0 of corfu greece takes the same earns position and tins has offered to post a sufficient sum to 0 o cover whatever ties shall be fixed by the ambassadors italy has presented to greece a formal claim for lire for the cost of the military occupation of corfu and Antl PASSIVE resistance in the louhr buhr Is 13 admittedly at its last gasp and the german government Is moving toward an agreement with france franca which abich shall make possible the restoration of commercial relations and the resumption of negotiations conc concerning erving reparations payments chancellor St Is acting with caution tor for his position Is precarious but he does not pretend that passive resistance tins lias not collapsed and he practically has paved the way to its lt abandonment this way may not be a formal abandonment by the government for it la Is already go ingon gol ngon in the ruhr where the workers and the other inhabitants find they have readied reached the limit roann mann says that only a franco german industrial union will solve the reparations problem and france it Is said ald recognizes that an economic accord with germany Is indispensable and will be the best form forin of gua guarantee mutee against german aggression for tho present the tha far sues nn an I 1 agreement are limited to private conversations between the german and french industrialist magnates berlin was waa startled wednesday by the the chancellor had bad decided on the arrest and prosecution of dr andrens andreas Ifer hermes mex finance minister under cuno on a charge of manipulating ting a huge financial swindle it was believed the tha case would involve hugo StI OVERN PIN OT was still Gw GOVERNOR working hard last week to bring about it ft sett settlement loment of the anthracite coal strike and seemingly was making some progress each side was wa paid to be moderating its demands in some degree it seemed likely the operators would abandon their demand for arbitration and that the miners would accept the 10 per mr cent wage increase tor for contract minor miners 11 and would modify the checkoff check off oft demand more tho the soldiers of the C ONCE grand army of the Iti republic public survivors of the cayll war havet have met in annual reunion this time in milwaukee where on wednesday ten thousand of them trudged bravely it haltingly in parade between solid walls of cheering weeping spectators not one of these marchers barchers mar chers was less than seventy menty years of age and many were werd forced to drop out of the line of march gaylord 31 of van wert 0 was elected commander in chief the womans comans relief corps also held its yearly meeting and sirs mrs belle W bliss of 13 araboo WIS was waa elected president atho service experts who witnessed the trial flight of at 1 the navys new rigid dirigible nt at lakehurst Lake hurat 14 3 expressed great satisfaction with the test the huge ship was in tho air for an hour and its working was closely observed from two airplanes that accompanied it the dirigible anvill be taken to st louls louis for the international ter air races october I 1 to 3 prohibition COMMISSI commissioner OM P prohibition HAYNES asks for an appropriation of ten million dollars for federal work in enforcing the dry law an in creata of one million over last y year ear if lie he gets this uro sum he be plans an increase in the number of field agents and in the washington and field head quarters qu artera staffs mr hayans had bad a long conference with president coolidge the othar day and it was 8 stated the president wits was inclined to call a convention in a washington of gat governors to devise means meads for federal and state operation cooperation co in tho enforcement of the law do fenders defenders of the tha davit acup cup tilden johnston and williams decisively defeated the tha aus tr alista team and the international ten I 1 ads trophy i in this country for fol another jur |