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I Jr LzjU Mil UlUU 9W 6 WEATHER: Showers Tonight and Probably Tomorrow; Cooler Tomorrow. Every Evening PRICE TWO CENTS Entered at the a Second-Claa Matter J'03t Off tea at Harrtaburr HARRISBURG, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 1923.. The Patriot Company FOREST FIRE ENDANGERS TOWN SANTA BARBARA, Sept. 7. Flames reached a point but three miles from the heart of Santa Barbara today as the huge forest fire in Oso Canyon swept beyond control.

The fire has crossed the Santa Yenz River in four places and a colony in Mission Canyon are in immediate danger, reports here stated." TRIPS AND FALLS TO DEATH READING, Sept. 7. Jefferson Weidner, 74, custodian of the Northeast Junior High School building, was instantly killed when he tripped on the iron stairway and fell headlong down the passageway. 1 speed Pinchot Mnounces Who Escaped! Threatened He Expects Contract LEAGUE ELECTION SEPTEMBER 10 GENEVA, Sept. 7.

The election of the Irish Free State into the League of Nations has been fixed for Monday, September 10. President Cosgrave is here conferring with members of the council. SWIMMER BADLY BURNED CALAIS, Sept. 7. The Canadian swimmer Omer Parrault, who was terribly burned when oil on his body caught fire after he had failed in an attempted channel To Be Signed 7 P.

swim, is in a serious condition and doctors doubt if he will recover. BANKS OPEN TWO HOURS DAILY now mcJi nf morlr line Agreement to end the anthracite strike af-fecting 155,000 men, was reached this afternoon. Announcement was made following the acceptance by miners of the four points of the Pinchot proposal, as announced yesterday. Operators had accepted the new proposal at yesterday's r- The Governor said the miners and-operators will meet tongihf when he; confidently expects them to sign a contract. played havoc with bookkeeping in German banks.

(The mark was quoted in London today at 250,000,000 to the pound). Cashiers windows now are open for only two hours daily, and clients are not permitted to deposit or, withdraw sums of less than 50,000,000 marks. Banks have quit figuring except in millions, and checks for under fifty million are not recognized. CAN'T COMMIT SUICIDE JOHNSTOWN, Sept. 7, Paul Baback made ineffectual efforts to commit suicide here today.

He jumped from the famous Stone Bridge into the Conemaugh River. The water came only to his waist so he bent over to get his head under the surface. His breath lasted only so long, so he came, up for air and then ducked again. A curious policeman, after watching the performance for half an hour finally told him to come ashore, and placed him under arrest on a charge of disorderly conduct. Baback insisted that he was trying to commit suicide.

elM Disease 3y United Pre i Rtflef rjeasures on an unprece- dented scale are under way In Japan. The resourcefulness- and organic ability of the Japanese nation la hastening the return of the stricken areas around. Tokio and Yokohama to a semblanco of order. With, casualties for Tokio now fairly well placed at 30,000 dead and an 'unknown number injured, two-thirds of Tokio and practically all of Yokohama razed, the threat of disease and starvation urged the military and civilian forces working in the devastated area to redoubled efforts. Cholera Is reported In dispatches from Kobe to have broken out In Yokohama, probably due to survivors drinking muddy water, Most of 'the city's-' water mains were broken by Saturday's quake.

Japan's financial organizations are expected to survive the disaster. A temporary moratorium 'may be declared but banks already are making payments. Accomplishments of the 'nation thus far in 'meeting the crisis include: -'f Tokio banks are reopening amid blackened ruins and the stench of hundreds of corpses which sanitary Turn to Page Fifteen -v First Red Cross Relief ShiplStart8 for Japan; to FoUow Today BANS FRANCISCO. Sept 7.The President Taft, "flagship," of the Pattlflc Coast Mercy carrying supplier; for suffering Japanese, is on the -Pacific today," the Red Cross flag rijipllng from her -The President Taft, first vessel to leave with Red -Cross got away at l2.0 a. 'nii' today.

Scheduled -sail at jtoon, yesterday, on ot-ders from Washlngton, she laid here Until six hundred tons of general -cargo' could'' be removed from her' hold and rice and medical supplies substituted, The' next-vessel to sail from San Frstnctsco will the army trans port Her departure With 1600, tons of "medical supplies, tent-age-and rice; Is expected today The navy supply ship Arctic is nearly loadod with foodstuffs and probably -will snil Sunday, i- Two vessels have gone from San Francisco and four will go next Seattle has sent three and Is preparing B. and Washington, have sent one each, and two have been sent from Portland. Mrsi Hoffsommer and Her Children Believed to Be -In Jap Mountain District 'If 'jfi --the." recent earthquake the mountain regions of Japan concerning which there Is little news because of, lack of 'communication facilities escaped disaster, It' Is probable that Mrs-'-Grace Hoffsommer, formerly of this city 'and and her four safe. Mrs. who resided thitJapan' for some time, is the widow of Dr.

yWaiter' E. -Hoffsommer and a teacher In the American College, Tokio. Mai in da Hoffsommer, 322 South Seventeenth street, mother-in-law of the missing woman, stated this morning that word had been received from-friends In Halifax, N. that Airs. Grace Hoffsommer written some weeks' ago, saying that she Intended tovleav'e Tokio during the latter-part- of August for long trip Japanese Quake Now and Famine ENTIRE NATION SPONTANEOUSLY RESPONDING TO RED GROSS DRIVE By United Press WASHINGTON, Sept 7.

The mark has been passed in the American Red Cross drive for a $6,250,000 Japanese relief fund, according to advices reaching Red Cross headquarters here day. Contributions of money ranging from $150,000 to, thirty cents and gifts of food, clothing and building materials have poured into" Red Cross 'coffers in Immediate response to an appeal for Japanese" relief, Americans from Maine to Texas and from: New to Hawaii have shown their active sympathy by doing their bit toward a rapidly swelling York heads the list with the quota of $1,000,000 and a good start made on a second million. The United States Steel Corporation Turn to Page Four y. ciiiiliiii $7400 TO ASSIST STRICKEN JAPAN Harrisburg thus far raised $7400 for Japanese Relief, It was announced at 11 o'clock this This Is an Increase of approximately $1500 since last evening. Of the new receipts, $300 comes from Gtf ford Pinchot, and $941 from an individual worker.

This total does not Include any mney raised by thirty Red Cross auxiliaries of the Harrisburg district No report from the auxiliaries Is ex pected before' Monday, much of their Turn to Page Fifteen- Baptist Missionaries i In Quake Zone, Safe NEW YORK, Sept. 7. All the Baptist- missionaries who were on duty in Tokio are safe, according to a cablegram received from Kobe to day: by the American Baptist foreign mission The stated: "All our missionaries safe. Sailor Curtis school in Tokio and also; Tokio Tabernacle totally destroyed by fire. 30-Day Moratorium Is Declared in Tokio OSAKA, Japan, Sept.

7.Japan today declared a 30-day moratorium typhoon, lire and tidal wave. An edict has been issued against profiteering. Partial communication has been restored between Tokio and the diplomatic posts in the outside world. American Paymaster v' Killed During Quake PEKIN, Sept. 7.

A i report from Kobe say that a forfiisr American army -paymaster named i McDonald, owner of the Grand Hotel ai Yokohama, was killed in Saturday's (quake MS I MAIL kLAJSE WKECKED NAPOLEON, Ohio, Sept. 7. The westbound Cleveland to Chicago mail plane fell at Colton, sixteen miles east of Napoleon, about 2.30 this afternoon. The plane was wrecked and the pilot badly hurt. He was taken to Wauseon Hospital.

NUMBER '2035 Published 8unUjr by NOTE OF COUNCIL OF AMBASSADORS VIRTUALLY SAME AS MUSSOWS By United Prss PARIS, Sept. 7." The Council of Ambassadors tonight sent ft note to Greece containing conditions approx lmately the same as Italy's ultim turn. The note virtually suggests that acceptance of these terms by Greece will assure the evacuation of Corfu. A note announcing the ambassadors' decisions was sent to the League of Nations. The council made public a decision to appoint a committee of inquiry into tho assassinations of Janina, from which all the present difficulties arose.

By, its action In suggesting to Greece practically the same measures of amends for the crime committed on Us territory as those Italy sought to impose, the Council of Ambassadors appears to have taken sides with Mussolini. Hut it also has pointed a way ut of the difficulties in which the league of Nations found itself when Greece appealed to the Geneva gathering- against the occupation of Corfu, and Italy denied the League council's competence. If the terms of the ambassadors' note are such that Greece can accept them, Italy will be satisfied to the extent of withdrawing from The Italians will have secured virtually what they demanded. HARDING'S WILL FILED AT MARION By United Press MAJUON, Ohio. Sept 7.

The will of the late President Warren O. Harding was filed for probate here Charles D. Schaffner, -former cashier of the Marlon County Bank ard a life-long friend of the late President, was named 'executor. Mrs. Harding, Attorney General iaugherty, and Hoke Donithan appeared in court with Schaffner.

Mrs. Florence Kling Harding was made the principal beneficiary. After her death the property is to be distributed among his one brother and three sisters and his father, Dr, George T. Harding. Dr.

George T. Harding, father, income for life on $50,000 government bonds; to Trinity Baptist i hurch St Paul's Episcopal Church, George H. general manager of Star, to James Woods, circulation manager Star, wife, interest on $100,000, government bonds for life and bulk of estate. 1000 More Troops Are Landed at Corf it While City Is Under Guard ATHENS, Sept. 7.

One thousand additional troops have been landed at Corfu, said a dispatch from that city today. The town has been closed except for communication with the out side world under military Greece has started an independent inquiry Into the assassination of Gen-. eral Tellini and four other Italian of-' fleers, which was responsible for the Italian-Greek dispute, it ts under- stood the Investigators have learned the names of several Albanians who will be held directly responsible for the murders. A proclamation has been Issued offering 1,000,000 drachmas for the murders. -v Newspapers charge that Italians In various provincial towns are guilty of provocative conduct.

Inciting The Greek foreign minister has complained to the Italian legation that Italian newspapers are printing statements detrimental toi Greece, thus causing ill feeling, Babe's All-American Team Tomorrow in The Evening News HPHE Alt-American baseball team selected by Bx.be Ruth, king of home run sluggers, will appear exclusively on the sports page of THE EVENING NEWS tomorrow. Ruth's annual selection has become recognized as the official All-American team. In making his selection Babe has broken one cardinal rule he has seen fully eighty per cent, of nia men In action, which is about' seventy-five per cent more than the football picker His selection of wide interest to every baseball fan. Reasons 'for picking each player for the honor team re set forth by Ruth, while the next strongest contenders for the various positions are named and their qualifications compared with the player given first choice. I SHOOTS SON-IN-LAW MAHANOY CITY, Sept.

7. Paul Batabora. of Raven Run, is in the Ashland Hospital and may die from two bullet wounds in his stomach, doctors say. Ralph Wettler, his ather-in-lajv, has been arrested charged with WILSON EAGERLY WATCHING FIGHT Oil LEAGUE PACT WASHINGTON, Bent? 7. In mod est brick dwelling in street, with trees, is a man who Is watchins with an intensity unusual even for nations of the earth, save America.

Probably no single Individual Is more keenly interested in watching the of Nations struggles to averts a new war In the of Europe than Woodrow While Europe trembles at the' apparition of another Balkan conflict over the Greeco-Itallan quarrel, he sits In the backwash of world affairs. Turn to Page Ten KILAUEA VOLCANO REPORTED ACTIVE By United Tree Sept 7. The volcano of KUauea Is very active. The first eruption' occurred' ten days' there was a lull. is' pouring back Into the-' pit rapidly.

j. Kllauea is a crater on the south slope of Mauna the Island Hawaii. It 1 threa miles and is active at frequent' lnt.rvala. Dispatches indicate that Its present outbreak Is greater than anything which has occurred for a number of years. The fact that It'Comes at the satne-'time Jas Hhe Japahese catantrophe; shows that the area of subterranean upheavals far across the Pacific, toward tho American coast.

Kllrfuea" had blg MislfHiSl FIRST WINNER III lAUTiAGEAHT ATLANTIC- CITY, 7. Miss Charlotte Nash(i "MJss St Louis." won tho first or, afternoon dress event the beauty- tournament held yesterday as. part of the Fall pageant with the seventy-four lnter-city beauties they displayed their charms in a rolling chair parade witnessed by half a million persons, who lined the oardwalk twenty deep for four miles of its "Miss Elizabeth Mallory, of Miss Marlon Green, of Philadelphia, and -JMiss Isabel Lynch, of Pottsville, won second, third and fourth places -Airplanes circled overhead Ecat-tering flowers and colored on the parade, -which was led by vKing Neptune (Lyn Harding) and- "America-; Catherine' Cameron; f'of'V Cotumb.u. Ohio, who on beauty in 1 922 but' neither she nor" Miss Marguerite v.loriuan, of Washington; winner of 1921, were eligible In ycf-terday's i The sides of tha boardwalk" and the beachfront hotels-. vero decor- la ted with bai.ners and age.

and. ether crafts offshore. Including two navy destroyers. were with signal 'flags. The roller chairs were converted into.

flowery" chariots by, their attendants. Bathing beau-: tie and floats from churches, mercantile mouses ana iraternai orders were in the parade. There wre iilty-flve Miss winner of the event, her baby face Wreathed in bobbed chestnut hair1, iwhite flannel knickerbocks and carried- a red cane and floweis. Thui-sday-afttrndon winners' were picked from group of twenty-five girls made' up offivo girls from, five geographical divisions. -Jrtfa's' HarriaburgMiss-' Helen Knlsely was awarded third prlie in the roller-chair parade in the second beauties were divided intoT five according to the location of the cities Iwhich, rotts-ville fecetved first honors in the isec ond, scctttoiV with Trenton, winning sceond place." West Fairview Passes, Quota In Drive i Ill-Fated Japanese West Auxiliary of! the Harrisburg Chapter of the -American Red -Cross passed Its quota in the Japanese Dlsast.ei fund late this afternoon.

Mrs. S. I. Cadwallader is chairman of thib, auxiliary. Announcement of the successful culmination of the drive war'' made through the Harrisburg lied CrosS headquarter AFTER BRIEF LULL I 1 i 1 i Governor Pinchot said in part: "It is with the keenest satisfaction that I am able to-announce that both miners and operators have now agreed upon the four points upon the oasis of settlement as determined by the supplemental statement made yesterday.

for. draw ing up a contract are to proceed this evening at 7 o'clock in my reception room and 1 "confidently expect prompt and complete agreement. "In making this announcement I desire to call- particular attention to the spirit of fairness and forbearance -upon -the- part -of -'miners1 and operators with which' my efforts to reach a settlement have, been met Both sides In my opinion are. to be congratulated upon the outcome but more than either the anthracite using people of America." The unqualified acceptance of the four main issues of. the Governor's suggestions by the operators had put the burden of tho strike C-ntlrely upon the shoulders of the miners.

They have accepted the ten per cent, increase for contract men but object to It for the day workers. Chances Slim Indications that tho scale committee would approve further concessions on the part of the 'miners' representatives were slim when thoy went Into session at 1.15 o'clock with the miners at the" headquarters of John L. i Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America. i The Impression that Mr. Lewis is opposed to abandoning the checkoff or the demand for a still higher wage for the day workers, even if his opposition means a continuance of the strike, is general.

Mr. Lewis Just before meeting with the committee said there would probably be no' statement- to make after the committee "But after the conference with the he ''I4, will probably talk freely." Statement Significant The statement, was believed to be significant, for If the union believed there would be a settlement he would hardly have put it that way. -1 When the committee met 'there was a Joyous 1 spirit of Jubilation manifest by the delegates. A Caruso of the coal fields opened the meeting by singing Old Irish Mother of Mine" before the committee took up the business of accepting or rejecting the Pinchot peace uie snooting wmcn is alleged to nave been the outcome of the father's objections to Paul's recent wedding to Wettler's daughter. It Is said that the miners are considering whether from.a union standpoint it.

Is more important that they get recognition for I the union through, forcing recognition of the principle of the check-off, than Jn obtaining, a larger wage increase for the, day Operators at'Iiimlt. The oberators-K in aoceptlngj. the Pinchot four points announced that they would go no 'further, and the miners, it, Is claimed, realize that they can gain nothing more in this conference, at leasjt, In the way ot money-" concrssions. fhe voper'atora, however.shave accepted Governor substitute for thi check-off by the coal, companies; that providing that union inen be present on payday the -to collect the union dues. The miners, contending that the companies in the bituminous fields collect the dues for the union, demand that, the anthracite companies do the same.

Since August 27 the miners" and the operators hare been here discussing the Governor's suggestions for peace, -and every phase 4 of the 'justion has been- debated at. length. Pollowing a meeting' of the 'scale committee this afternoon there will be nothing further, left to. discuss. The operators, who originally accepted till four of the Governor's main suggestions with- reservations, have now accepted thcm as made.

The miners still stand where they with a few minor concessions, when1 they gave their first. reply to the Governor last weok. Wages and the check-off were then': the point of divergence and' are today. Acceptance by the miners today of -the. terms which are acceptable by force of to the operators would edthe strike tomorrow after it had existed but one week.

The agreement would not end the -entire however, for there still remain elght polnts raised by the miners at Atlantic City that have not been settled, most of which would affect the wage These points, In case of a settlement on the four' Pinchot would have to be debated at further, conferences, between -mlnersCuhd but they sot affect the main agreement. Some Progress Made The trend of the two sessions of the- conference hold with th-3 Gov-J ernor yesterday was towa rd prcgresK; in that- a clearer understanding of i the. entire proposition was obtained Turn to I'agc Twenty-eight- I SEIZE $350,000 IN DRUGS IN BIG RAID AT TRENTON N. Sept. 7.

In two raids In Trenton and Newark today Federal agents seized morphine, opium -and cocaine valued at more than $360,000. Four arrests were made. A pistol duel preceded the raid In Newark. No one was hurt. Joseph Wandell, of Louisville, found In a chemical manufacturing plant, where the Trenton raid was made, was held in $10,000 bail for further hearing.

The drugs, Federal officials said, were smuggled into this Stoner Clan Holds Fourth Annual Meeting 'WAYNESBORO, Sept 7. The fourth annual reunion of the Stoner clan was held at the farm of F. A. Stoher, and was attended by a large-number of relatives. A program was rendered during the day including vocal and instrumental music, recitations, essays, and all kinds of games and amusements.

It was decided to the mountains, taking with her berjin the zonos ravaged by earthquake By. JohMHMdgeVi 69 Today; Tdls How He Keeps Young; Takef WHike of 30 Miles Arrows Will Mark Each Mile of Big Motorcycle Run Every mile of the route to be cov ered In the motorcycle endurance run of 'September 16, 'under the auspices of THE PATRIOT and THE EVENING NEWS, will be marked by arrows, it was announced today by officials1 in of the run. AU arrangements have been completed for. the marking of the road. As has been announced before, the route will cover 263 miles, going through Lebanon, Reading, Allen tpwn, Mauch Tamaqua.

Potts ville, Mt. Carmel, Shamoltin and Bun- bury. It Is expected the marking of the route will be of great aid in keeping the contestants posted as to the road to travel. Painting of the arrows will take place- shortly So as to be ready in time for the race. Every mail is bringing in merchandise prizes for, the winners in the It was 'also announced today that arrangements had been made for supplying free gasoline to the riders.

This gasoline will be supplied by Charles P. Clark, district manager here of the Indian Refining Company. The prize committee announces that merchandise prizes valued at $75 will he given tne winner in addition to the beautiful cop offered by THE FATIUOT and THE VEXING NEWS. motorcycle riders in this city and vicinity are invited to take part in the run. They are requested to get' in with A.

yelch, at Heagy'3, 1115 North Third street, who wil' issue route and check cards. The priae will bejinnouneed the Thick of in Yokohama taken 1000 refugees aboard and the ship's passengers are aiding in the relief work in the The Empress of Australia carried several hundred feet bj' the tidal wave and the propeller from the boat. The pasfengefSE" however, all escaped with their ljves, the dispatches say. The following telegram was received this morning by THE. EVENING NEWS from F.

R. Perry, rcpre- Turti to l'uge l-iur Cables Indicate That Mrs. four Abigail, Joyce, Alfred and 'Kay. Anthracite Strike Is Affecting Number of Marriages This Month Sept. Cupid has Ministers in 'this section say that the anthracite- has thrown confusion Into the camp of the little god- of Usually they say September rivals 5 June as a mvnin 'ior 'weaaings oui now every one Is waiting for the end of the hard coal strike befoi'e taking the final laps'! There Avas a 'sim ilar slt.ua.

tton last year and when long, suspension there- was a rush! to get the ministers being swampea ior several i weeKS. i Spectators Get to Drink By Using Bands as Cups As Agents Destroy Beer Five hundred spectators who assembled to watch- prohibition agents pour 100 barrels of confiscated beer Into a sewer, got a drink when the ewer cloa-eetl -s knit the Snectntr.rB drnnk their handa. The. beer was one of two carloads seised during, the past week by-Fed -era! prohibition agents at the Rutherford of the i'hlladelphla and Railroad. I Pr.

John H. Sixth and Verbeke streets, Is 69 years old today, but he not celebrating the-. anniversary with -hisi usual- hike, of. one mile for every year of hia age. i Instead he took I his hike one day last, week a mere matter of thirty miles to Clarks Perry and back-and today he is spending his time attending to his medical practice and In tne greetings many, child and adult friends.

Scores of birthday greetings poured into the physician's office and In reply he. issued today a small; treatise on the problems, of exercise old ageiand how to jremaip young. Chief among. tne points or advice which he'pffers Is (a Warning acalnst eating heavily and against taking too little He decries the tendency among men ovftr sixty to settle down and to be. afraid of walking, declaring a brisk five or ten-mile walk weekly is needed to keep physically inactive persons fit In his "birtnaay niKe' or thirty miles last week, Dr.

i'ager walked across the "walnut bridge, along the otner side.or tne Sus-iue-hanna to Duncannon and then across the Clark i Kerry Bridge, and dowp Tun to I'nzv. 1'hmj noia tne next reunion at a. Ston-er's farm the first Saturday la September, 1924. 4 The following offlfcers were elected: President, George L. Stoner; vice-president, William E.

Stoner; second vice-president. F. A. Stoner; secre- tary, Howard Stoner; assistant secre tary, William Etter; treasurer. "Warren Stoner; committee, Helen Etter, Inez.

Frank Stoner, Grace Whitmore, Roy Stoner, James Zook. French Flags Lowered On Day of Mourning PARIS, Sept. Flags were at half mast throughout France today as the nation observed a day of mourning for Japan. Some newspapers were black bordered. Managers of private theaters and cinemas in Paris decided not to close, despite the government request, but to devote the evening's receipts to benefits for the quake victims.

i Blar.k Walnut Hh. 79o lb. Fnlrlamh ft Confectioners, 214 Market St. Adv. Gilbert Is in Relief Work Cables received today indicate that thousands of persons who escaped the-earthquake in Japan last Saturday are pouring Intc Yokohama' whers American'1 vessels are arriving daily, bringing thelt supplies ol food -and, clothing to aid in the Japanese relieft work.

Tho Empress of 'Australia, the vessel on which Mrs. of this city and her sister Miss Cameron, oi Petersburg Vu. to sal' from Yokohama the- day has 17.