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japanese cffles shattered by earth quake 160000 dead million homeless fire adds to work of destruction tokio and yokohama in ruins while famine menaces the homeless san francisco sept 3 every re- the emergency created by the food port received from japan throughout j shortage the imperial palace which the day either confirmed or increased was badly damaged by quake and fire previous estimates of the havoc i has been thrown open to needy and wrought in death and distraction by the quadruple catastrophe which has affected the central eastern section of hondo the largest of the islands of the japanese empire beginning at noon saturday with a series of earth quakes which razed most of the city of tokio and large sections of yoko hama and other cities in the vicinity the disaster was continued by fire which broke out in scores of places tidal waves followed engulfing and washing into the sea hundreds of buildings then came a typhoon add ing a final and tragic touch to what is probably the greatest calamity in modern times irish ministers all reelected big majorities received by cosgrave and immediate lieutenants dublin sept 2 the government announced tonight the final results of the irish elections the figures follow government 03 republicans 44 independents 16 labor 15 farmers 15 total 153 the irish government skilfully fixed the date of their general election so that the candidates were nominated just before the anniversary of arthur griffiths death and polling took place injured survivors some idea of the extent of the dis aster is gained from the following summary tokio eight wards of the citys fifteen virtually wiped out including immediately after the day on which business and financial districts much michael collins was shot a year ago damage elsewhere in city water sup- j the unveiling of the cenotaph which ply failed fires caused explosion in commemorates the two and the mc- government arsenal killed several morial processions of troops through thousands estimated 200000 houses the capital undoubtedly helped to re- burned or shaken down food and mind the public of its duty to the water lacking for thousands of refu- j cause for which they died gees i president cosgrave and his col- yokohama foreign sections leagues are their living rcprescnta- and the business section wiped out i tives they carry on the work in which largely by fire tens of thousands of griffith and collins were checked in topping all previous estimates of guests including many foreigners at j sudden death and beyond a yea or a death and ruin ujiro oyama japan- resorts in mountains nearby estinay the country has given then per- ese consulgeneral in san francisco mated 1400 houses burned officer of j sonally an emphatic vote of support today received from shichitaro yada i one steamer who landed reported bod- this was plain so soon as the first japanese consulgeneral in shanghai ies scattered everywhere results came through a report that 160000 persons were yokosuka tidal wave wrecked j cosgrave himself kevin ohiggins killed or injured and one million made many government vessels much dam- general mulcahy and ernest blythe tokio- yokohama age done in town which is of 70000 were the ministers most in the public homeless in the section population fire reported broken out former estimates from various naval station engulf ed by tidal wave sources had placed the casualties as naval buildings and ships destroyed high as 150000 dead in tokio alone one of these came from the japanese minister of marine by way of osaka other reports told of severe casual ties both on land and sea a composite of reports depicts nagoya population 620000 ported virtually destroyed sasako six hundred reported perished in collapse of railway tunnel osaka railroad for hundred miles north torn up many trains tokio and yokohama as shattered wrecked with many casualties wildernesses of mortar bricks and ito stateliest structures in the empire dead and dying are on every hand survivors who can grope their way count living than dead about through the fire and smoke and frequented this district rubbish are leaving the city for places kamakura aviator after fly of safety ing over city reported he could not those who still live are threatened j see one house remaining upright with starvation and many are trying eononshima picture island to catch fish from ponds and lakes to reported submerged tide them over until food arrives i yoshima volcano emitting it is estimated that at least 1000 smoke tons of rice alone are needed to meet odawara swept by tidal wave the weeks markets toronto manitoba wheat no 1 northern 5127 all the above track bay ports am corn no 2 yellow 108 barley nominal buckwheat no 2 nominal peas no 2 nominal peas no 2 nominal millfeed del montreal freights jbags included bran per ton 25 to 26 shorts per ton 27 to 29 mid dlings 33 to 35 good feed flour 215 to 225 ont wheat no 2 white nominal ont no 2 white oats nominal ont corn nominal ont flour ninety per cent pat in jute bags montreal prompt shipment 450 to 460 toronto basis 440 to 450 bulk seaboard 440 man flour 1st pats in cotton sacks eye and on them chiefly had fallen the hateful task of justifying the exe cutions and the wholesale imprison ment of their opponents yet each of these were returned by staggering majorities their votes being double treble and that of mr ohiggins even five times as many as the next on the poll every one of the eleven ministers more than 500 houses washed was reelected but in two cases there was a rebuff mr mcgrath stood in north mayo which is deemed to be a republican stronghold his opponent was rutledge who is de valeras de puty and mcgrath came second by a small margin but in clare de valera had a personal success which rivalled the vote given to the ministers in dub lin cork kilkenny and monaghan he had 16000 first preferences to prof macneills 8000 yet in select ing macneill to fight the issues the government probably sent down their most trusted man hakone at this famous moun tain resort it is said to be easier to foreigners 650 do choice heavy 4 to 5 do culls and bucks 275 to 350 hogs fed and watered 1085 do fob 1025 do country points 985 hog quotations are based on the price of thick smooth hogs sold on a graded basis select premium 90 cents montreal corn am no 2 yellow 104 oats no 2 cw 59 c no 3 cw 51c extra no 1 feed 57c no 2 local white 55ac flour man spring wheat pats lsts 690 do 2nds 640 do strong bakers 620 winter pats choice 575 to 585 rolled oats bag 90 lbs 325 bran 2825 shorts 3125 middlings 3625 hay no 2 per ton car lots 15 cheese finest easterns 24 vic but ter choicest creamery 34 c eggs selected 38e commercial cows 3 good butcher hiefers 5 com dairy bulls 225 to 250 calves grassers 3 to 425 do sucker 650 to 9 good average britain backs the league of nations cks 690 per bbl 2nd pats 685 3 1 j to do hayextra no 2 timothy per ton roa go 1150 hogs government tiack toronto 15 no imim kl 13 mixed 1250 to 1350 straw car lots per ton track to ronto 950 cheese new large 24 to 25c twins 25 to 26c triplets 26 to 27c stiltons 26 to 27c old stiltons 33c twins 33 to 34c new zealand old cheese 31 to 32c butter finest creamery prints 37 to 89c ordinary creamery 35 to 36c no 2 33 to 34c eggs extras in cartons 41 to 42c extras 39 to 40c firsts 34 to 35c seconds 27 u 28c live poultry spring chickens 3 lbs and over 36c chickens 2 to 3 lbs 80c hens over 5 lbi 24c do 4 to 5 lbs 22c do 3 to 4 ibs 17c roosters 15c ducklings over 5 lbs 22c do 4 to 6 lbs 20c turkeys young 10 lbs and up 25c dressed poultry spring chickens 8 lbs and over 88c chickens 2 to 3 lbs 35c hens over 5 lbs 30c do 4 to 5 lbs 28c do 3 to 4 lbs 20c roosters 18c ducklings over 6 lbs 28c do 4 to 5- lbs 25c turkeys young 10 lbs and up 30c beans canadian handpicked lb 7c primes 6c honey 60lb tins 11 to 12c per lb 10lb tins 11 to 12c 5lb una 12 to 13c 2lb tins 12 to 14c comb honey per doz 375 to 4 no 2 325 to 350 maple products syrup per imp gal 250 per 5gal tin 240 per gal maple sugar lb 25c smoked meats hams med 27 29c cooked hams rolls 22 to 24c cottage 26c breakfast bacon 30 to 34c cial brand breakfast bacon 34 to 38c was on backs boneless 32 to 38c cured moats long clear bacon 50 to 70 lbs 18 70 to 90 lbs 1750 90 lbs and up 1650 lightweight rolls in barrels 36 heavyweight rolls 33 lard pure tierces 15 to 15c- tubs 16 to 16c pails 16 to 17c prints 18c shortening tierces 14 to 14c tubs 14v4 to 14yc pails 14 to 15uc prints 17 to 17c choice heavy steers 7 to 825 butcher steers choice 6 to 6 75- do good 550 to 6 do mod 5 to 550 do com 4 to 55 butcher heifers choice 625 to 675 do reed 550 to 625 do com 4 to 5 butcher cows choice 450 to 525 do med 3 to 4 canrers and cutters 125 to 2 feeding steers good 5 to 6 do fair 4 to 5 blockers good 450 to 525 do fair 3 to 4 milkers springers each so to 100 calves choice 1050 to 12 do med 8 to 10 do com 4 to 7 iambs c7cs 12 do bucks 12 to 1250 sheep choice light 5 to graded selects 1182 ungraded lots of suitable weight 1075 sows 7 to 750 o thirtynine warships rush food to quake district shanghai sept 3 thirtynine war ships combined squadron under the command of viceadmiral takeshita are being loaded with foodstuffs at osaka and kobe they will sail for the scenes of destruction as soon as possible british and united states naval ves sels have been ordered to japan to give any relief possible relief ships have been started from other japan ese ports to yokohama all japanese naval vessels have been ordered to take up relief work italogreek situation forms greatest crisis since world war began london sept 3 lord curzons first act in taking over the foreign office was to send detailed categori cal instructions to lord robert cecil british representative on the league of nations council to back a league solution of the italogreek crisis by all means in his power this is the british policy as far as it is developed and it is hoped that in spite of italys refusal to admit the league to inter vene it will be successful much depends on the attitude of france if france and great britain together back a league solution it is felt that italy must yield so far rs the correspondent can gather premier poincare has not committed himself but there are strong hopes that she will join hands with great britain to smother the threatened conflagration on the mediterranean it is semiofficially stated today that there is not the slightest truth in a report published in rome that great britain had agreed to back greece no such agreement exists and it is pointed out that great bri tain is one power which still has not recognized the new greek govern ment although both france and italy have done so do you desire a ford car or truck if you have not the full cash price would you like to have the use of the car while you are paying for it to those who desire to purchase a ford car or truck and cannot com pletely pay for it at once we are able to quote the following terms down payment consists of for a runabout nonstarter 14678 balance of 301 in 12 equal payments for a runabout starter equipped 17324 42900 for a touring car nonstarter s 158a 3030 for a touring car starter equipped 20128 14500 n for a truck nonstarter 19382 40000 for a truck starter equipped 22188 ooooo for a coupe 25182 osooo for a sedan 20gco 40 this deferred payment price the amount of the down pay ment and all the terms of the transaction have the approval of the ford motor company of canada limited so that those who buy ford products on deferred payments may have the pro- e tection of a standard deferred payment price throughout all of canada in the same manner as those who buy ford products for full cash the low price is possible because the traders finance corporation limited who finance the transactions exterd this financing opportunity only to ford dealers and only on ford cars r e brown dealer stouffville 6s23- ford motor gompany80f canada limited ford ontario a monster electric light giving 00- 000 candle power is used in motion picture making teachers arrive to take positions in schools a despalch from vancouver bc says a number of school teachers have arrived here on the steamer makura from new zealand and aus tralia to tale up positions in c ip- ndian sciool5 vviih the opening of th next term peace of europe disturbed by italys both parties in anthracite contro versy reject settlement proposal us secretary to visit canada secretaryof statehughes of wash ington a visitor to canada for the meetings of the canadian bar associa tion in montreal early in september will bo one of the guests of honor at a banquet tendered by the govern ment no change in rural elevator tariffs manitoba farmers rush the wheat to market through ordinary channels a despatch from winnipeg says a despatch from ilarrisburg pa in the right direction is insufficient says when the 158000 men engaged and does not meet the needs of the there will be no change in rural ele- 43 to 4 the anthracitc industry laid down men that arbitration in any form is- vator tariffs on the prairies that wis ottaec rolls 3 to tneir tools ior the ay at tlrce objectionable that the form proposed definitelv disposed of at the adjourned 1 friday afternoon the strike of 1023 by the government would place every- annual meeting of the grain board ntcr hon geo langley has been a new caoital l i mentioned as one likely speaker before lyw vapiim the grain thing in the hands of one man dr when it refused the request of owners it was on because neither side to charles p neill that full recognition of country elevators for an amend a despatch from rome says the greek government has replied to the italian ultimatum embodying demands for reparations for the massacre of the members of the italian boundary mission at the albanian frontier greece accepts four of italys demands with modifications and rejects three of them greece is willing to present official apologies at the italian legation at athens for the murder of the italian members of the boundary commission the highest greek military authorities to presontthis apology greece will accord the victims the most solemn memorial services in the catholic cathedral at athens the bodies will be accorded full military honors by the greek fleet at the pir aeus which will meet the italian naval division that is to bring the bodies back to italy the athens government will insti tute a most severe investigation of the murders under the supervision of the italian military attache for whose safety the italian government holds greece responsible capital punishment is promised for those guilty of the killings but the clause of the italian note demanding 50000000 about 2150- 000 indemnity fills the greeks with perplexity the italian note had demanded that the indemnity be paid in five days it is said in athens that the assas sinations were due to greeks from epirus enraged because the council of ambassadors had refused to includa twentytwo epirote villages in greek territory a french member of the mission who proceeded to the scene of the mur ders reports that while the italians were motoring from janina to santi quaranta through a thickly wooded country they were ambushed ho found major corti dead in the auto mobile general tellini president of the mission had time to run twenty yards his body lay beside the road- the other three were killed near the car no money was taken so the assump tion is that the crime was political furthermore the greek press had lately protested violently against the refusal to include the twentythree vil lages in greece genera tellini was held responsible and accused of favor ing albanians over greeks the italian government has warned the press against exaggerating the greek crisis and also against alleged notices of military movements the albanian legation denies tho greek insinuations that albanian bands assassinated the italian mission the legation points out tho scene of the crime was over ten miles from tho albanian border greeks it is said have long been arming bands in this district and en couraging resistance to the frontier eecisions a greek clement hostile to the italian mission is reported to have received funds and arms from athens ikcly speake the meeting in tho interest of increas- thc controversy would accept govorj which the governor says they should ment to the regulations which would ed charfrcs- kicvator me assert that nor pinchots proposals for a settle- have is but a phrase without the permit them to make an extra eharee c tnrifr dccs not aiow rrain to be t handled at a profit that if the cle ment of the matters in dispute when checkoff and the closed shop t of onehalf cent per bushel for clean- they met him at noon and accord- the objections of the operators to ing grain the present regulation vaors ad ornor sources of rov ing to union leaders there was noti the proposal are that it makes no pro- provides a tariff of 1 cents a bushel enu y not be p the sufficient time even if there was the vision for keeping the mines running for storing grade and dockage grain i if notnm some elevator managers inclination to cancel or set aside the after the close of fridays work that and there is a clause that grain sne rram cxcnfln assert on moro- ly handling grain at the tariff for strike orders already issued because he knows the situation what the phrase full it is vague in that it does not specify daily cleaned will be subject to a despatch from melbourne aus tralia says the building of a pro visional parliament house atthe new federal capital of canberra has been definitely begun hon p g stewart minister of works and railways turned the first sod and made a speech in which he said the work would bo speeded up so that the next parliament might assemble there th3 at this session and it is not certain costs the increases in wages must j i cents for storing grain whether or m larger quantities of new city he said would be a garden that he will not meet with each group mees in tho price of coal by forcing not the elevator has a cleaner and the eram are w shipped under the city rather than a monumental one separately after the general meeting railroads and distributors to lower operators asked that the word spet y system from southern al- he is expected to use the proposal their prices is impossible of execution daily be removed from the rcgula- 1 erta at the t now kngj the number of tourists from thj and the objections which both sides that it would require months if not lions the board decided that the mar any p that is formed in united state3 entering tho province will present to it as a basis on which years of hearings by the interstate regulations should stand but sngge st- will- have little new brunswick this year i report- to trade for something that will put commerce commission to force a re- cd that the elevator companies make 1 a knn om 3 p to c to be far in excess of tho number recognition charge of onehalf cest per bushel for jt is f pj ought that wliauil wi m n a revenue which they assert is governor pinchot decided that tic means that the proposal to relieve the each cleaning the grain act meeting must bo in executive session public of the burden of the increased ever provides a maximum charge of m to be a garden city handle the men back to work at the earliest vision of ratcn that the governors representations for an amendment to possible moment estimate cf go cent as the cost of the act the objections of the miners to the the changes he proposes is too low and there has been much discussion of d wcr killed for food in governors proposal arc that the in- that generally the scheme is imprac- reports that increases in the present germany in the first quarter of 1023 crease in wages proposed while a step tieabla tariff would bo demanded by elevator agairut 2141 in 1922 in preceding years largely due to tho fact that the rule of tho road in the province has been changed and that tho roads have been considerably improved