St. Louis Post-Dispatch
September 5, 1923

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OMIC PAGE TUESDAY, ~PTEMBER 4, 1923. —————————— a> \ ; ahd Space or Faclory Sites wer Business Homes of all ki and icased at least expe delay through the Post-Dispatch Real Estate Coiumns nds nse are or bought (Copyrtght, 1923.) 4 I- OH. HE 1S PROBABLY HANGIN’ ) ‘ cs ¥ ea! } ISELF MISSING | > 4. ax Py SEER) CA) COLLAR - 266 te y WEAR A SHIRT J INCREASE SAQB A | hat Lar otce! L ——E e iid escape inp ht, 1923, by H. C. Fisher, irk Reg. U.S. Patent Office.) ee ee the the Assoc =GENEVA, Sept. 5.— mtative, ; ‘ puncil ny caague, the affair. which belonged proper- to the Th ve ized aries: rf ge Corfu to obtain satisfac NO. 362, hi BEFOR lowe BARS INTERV J Before Session at Geneva, Asserts That His - Government Would Con- > sider Any Decision as Un- . justified and Urges That ' Ambassadors Hear Case. JOURNMENT TAKEN TO UNFIXED DATE » Submits New Set of aca Agreeing to De- I " posit Indemnity Rome Has | Demanded and Urging Full > Inquiry. late4 Press Italy’s repre-| M. Salandra, told the | of the of vy that Italy would regard int League ion by the League in the Grec o- | an controversy unjustified he said, Inter-Allied Council of Am- adors. d ough him he Italian Government thr should express rrevocable opinion, the Greek up the matter. Signor Salandra, her not the her Council accept that leag By (sree request responsibilities that the had not a @reat number of Italy hasized rreek rnment by hence the present ¢ heen of vet oun necessity | T e}] assassination of the in® mis on. The id, the , t did ch (Copyright, 1933.) : es ne . diving up to ‘treaties peague wy powers. M. nister, lO desire to escape her responsipili- Tequesting a Mmpetent : my of the = This yw Ae Officia) BEY POssesse ad pation of Interna Madar Ss. The bry ita wan laws of hun # is : . ? % ta] rules of Mir. Offense “ th Teh it : Nia and f Ambass; as P cons "® SAnctity o Ambassadors ("1 was the incil, logical body incident because the the concerned. its .ves to question terms of the if this excess wa Ss Closed Fey acting in of declared. former reply. said he he Politis, in ould (Jreek (;reece and showed her good faith the appointment of nen commissions of investigation Attacks Italian Viewpoint. Polit remarked that is if to deal with the MM peten cy a” . If such a point of view was ad-| ed,’ asserted the (;reek It would mean the pact of the league international organism which pact created, because ld always be possible to pret sande One reargon another, that not apply to the Were partfes to the dispute also that a nation inte: preted pact differently and that conse tly the league’s o rganism Operate. SPoKes- | has or S would Ould mean ) Operate peace, but body, effective . Dart! l¢s had reached a: h his address. VM Politis a Italian seizures of Corfu was ‘Y unjustified Italy al- assurances not ¢ f mere] an , ; « ecord.” amec because double ; , Were sufficient gruarantees. one th e Coun c}) Other the of and | Nations. tional Law. the course Ambassadors League of hor Sal landra. f in Ol said assassination of the on Greek territory flagrant violation of and the funda- international law, for aright anda duty Just punishment, compensa- and m ioral reparation, but also precedent against Ambassadors, which international mis- icult and delicate frontier between aa not » bee ‘ ONLY a ianity, h Italy ehas Counre} il of €ntrusted With the , 0] fixir the aiff Corse fs jOugh Ndent the right of Italy is not the right of the (‘ouncil he- these ihe eonnection of each of hat Greece has Gen. Tellini were ASSASS)- ed part of an is thus interest of interest ~~ a the v Te Nationa) ry iseioy ect paralle! erence rT?) The re of tT hye and th of he off; assassins, however oa ates chose icers for be- they were I1 vie \ f nu man life. Must Buarantee to he an Offense tx the dignity and ©= Page 2, Column 6. tims iolations which NTION THE LEAGUE . | today |‘ | Southwestern | ‘ i ' ' had no competency ra ppea *, ce thought He tion for he to handle of peace | the Foreign had! by | was the council to say whether it was 3 (;reek Mair and not for one of the parties | me the dispute to declare the league's definite | and of! the. nations} sd * Oniy whnen + lared | to r Citizens | EEE LILI OE LI OI I a Be GES RE ER BR A Ee PE 4 PME IFS IEE PY The Only Evening Paper in St. Louis With the Associated Press News Service. ed et. LOUIS. WEDNE! sD AY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 5 ST.LOUIS POST- DISPATCR a’ EDITION | a - rT ce ate E ee rr re ee —- ~ oe ~~ ne ee ee D, F ST. LOUIS QUOTA FOR RELIEF FUND INCREASED TO $1,000,000 Red Cross Executive Committee Sets Goal Higher Than That-Originally Fixed —Only Money to Be Accepted. The Executive Commitee of Louis Chavter of the Red Cross decided to raise $100,000 St. Louis contribution for ‘relief sarthquake sufferers in Japan. :It had been announced earlier by Wil- liam M. Baxter Jr., manager of the Division of the St. Louis quota was St. as | Cross, that the | $65.000. In announcing the increase to be raised by St. Louisans Melville L Wilkinson, chairman of the Execu- tive Committee, said: ‘““‘This disaster is more terrible than war in that it out entire families and al- everything belonging to those (in the stricken area. We believe | that $5,000,000 is not an adequate | offering from America for such a cause and we in St. Lpuis are going 'to attempt to give more than the amount set.”’ The money is | through the Chamber of Commerce, | schools churches?’ business housec, ,and the Postoffice Department. Funds must be in the hands of F'es- Wade, treasurer of the Execu- Committee, before Monday the time for sending to Japan. Donations may any bank in the city or mail carriers, teac —_. | wiped | most to he collectcd | tus J. | tive morning, the money at to a STEPHEN E. LOWE. set | be made ' county, e Is Miss Emma Wood of Baltimore, Chief Nurse at Corfu. | Brid By the Associated Press ATHENS, Sept. 5 —Col. Stephen ie E. of Balttmote. were marritd yester- Emma Wood |; nurse at Corfu, and sailed for a month's honey- P were to ha | day moon in aris and London. ve been married here last but the Corfu prevented Saturday. of ment their until yesterday. (*o] in in command and 125 secret service St. Nazaire. He had gone as an officer of the 138th (St. Before the war adjuster here. Colonel of 1200 military Infantry. he an insurance Athens he described the ‘ment of Corfu 20 persons. killed 16 were Recently he was. given of St. Navier by Lowe has a a ee a SOVIET ORGAN SPECULATES ON 44 ry the Associated Press. MOSCOW, Sept. sympathy the toda V official organ of the disaster is of importance from of as it changes the and economic situation. The United States, China, Russia and England now stand the threshold of new and of new relations, it says. “As real politicians, 'must consider the new jadds, ‘and weigh the Pravda. soviet says that View point the safety federation, | political a soviet situation,” it in the Pacific. Soviet carefully watch in the political Bast.” Powers should of power of the Far —— —_ ~ | great Russia balance arena ia } ‘ a Fortunes Are ae na Through Wise Real } ‘% ryy . Estate Transactions This is just as true today as it Was a dozen or so years ag and there are just as many opportunities now for ' buyers of Real Estate as ° there were when the men who are rich today saw their opportunity and grasped But you must be alert and keep your eve on the best market for real estate deals In St. Louis this market {ts the “Real Estate” columns of the Post-Dispatch Here Real Esta ilealers meet worth-\ of newspanpe: community, ' huvers find many worthy of- ferings in city, suburban and ; farm property Whether you are vou will buyer yor find these “Real Estate” columns an excellent market for satrs- factory transactions The Post-Dispatch: St. Louis’ One Big Want Directory The Perfect Market Place | ese iier, f LC ee ee ae Red Thev Ttralian bombard- de- | parture and they did not arrive here & Lowe served as a JAeutenant- the World War and ws police operatives at overseas Louis) was In a report made after he reached hbombard- and disclosed that of children. the Cross the King of Greece for his efforts in behalf of refugees. brother residing in New York City and one in Tacoma, Wash. POLITICAL EFFECTS OF QUAKE f.—Expressing with the Japanese people, the Japanese the of the soviet world's soviet on combination | 2ussia forthcoming ehanges Which will reduce one of the the it. ¢ ! the; ~ MARRIED AT ATHENS | Ceremony Lowe of St. Louis. direetor of the | uty pastors, members of the Chamber ot Commerce, and heads of indus- trial institutions. Cash contributions only are sought, the distance to the scene of disaster making it impractical at this time to collect clothing or sup- plies. @ The quota for the entir» South- western Division is $550,000, of which the State of Missouri has heen asked to collect $175,000. The Louis quota incvludes St. Louis County as well, with the excepticn of Webster Groves, where $1500 ad- ditional is to be raised. Unsolicited contributions amounting to $50 had been réceiv ed ¢ at noon today, according to J. H. secretary. Another meeting: of the Executive Committee wil] at 11 a. m. tomorrow. ‘o be sty The quota for the States. besides | Ar-| $70,000; Missouri, in the division are: kansas, $35,000; Colorado. Kansas, $95,000; New Mexico, $5000; Oklahoma, $65,000; and Texas, $105,000. Kansas City is to raise $25,000 of the Missouri quota $175,000. The remaining $84,850, not including the St. Louis and Webster Groves share. will come | from the remaining 114 chapters in the i KS een eee NEW CABINET OF —— ee JAPAN INSTALLED Sunday After Earth- quake at Tokio in Open With Shocks Continuing at Time. Ry the Associated Press OSAKA, Japan, Sept. 5.—A Dep- representing Osaka in said that the new Cab- |inet of Premier Yamamoto was iIn- | | of Akasaka. | from the palace ,ed it of Yokohama. earthquake which rocked Japan, ag i'munication MAILS HIS FINE sialled with Sunday evening. The ceremony was turf of the compound which ceremony at 7, o'clock held on in the Ward was detached This unprecedent- procedure was followed because was’feared to hold it indoors. as the earthquakes were continuing at that time. Afterward held his first Yamamoto meeting out- Premier Cabinet side his official residence to discuss | relief measures. CABLE STATION ON ONE OF ISLANDS REPORTED SUNK SPEAKS Doubt Expressed Whether Any of the | Bonins Was Submerged by earthquake. ‘atec the Assoc ress NEW YORK, Sept. 5.—Douhbt as to whether the Bonin Islands, southeast had been sunk by the had been reported, afternoon when the company announced that the cable Station on Peel Island, one. of ‘group, had spoken to Guam repeat- edly since the catastrophe. A sttaement issued by merejg! Cable Co. read: “The Commercial Pacific operating efficiently through Manila, was raised this commercial cable the Com- Shanghai and Nagasaki to places in Japan as far east of Nagasaki Kobe and Osaka. “There no direct cable with Tokio. The between Bonin and Tokio is broken, apparently 80 miles from Tokio. “The report that the Bonin Islands have disappeared cannot be entirely correct, if at all The cable station on Peel Island, which is one of the Bonins, has spoken to the cable sta- tion at Guam repeatedly the catastrophe.” is com- since IN PENNIES Court Then Assesses $50 Contempt Penalty on Speede?. By the P’rese SAN RAFAEL, Cal., Sept. 5.—A few days ago, Charles Korss, a San Fran- cisco grocer, Was fined $5 for speed- ing in San Rafael. He mailed the fine from San Francisco, in pennies. tied in separate package of 100 each. It cost him 18 cents postage Today he waa haled up before the court for contempt and was fined an additional $50 and sent to the county ‘seociated jail for five days, the Judge figuring that he was holding the court too cheaply by sending the original fine in pennies. RELIEF SHIP ‘SAILS FOR JAPAN ! *ne BE ated i’ress Wash.. rving fir relief supplies from America 0 the devastated region ef Japan, the steamer Yokohama Mary sailed from after 10 o'clock this morning wi 60 °° pounds of rice and other food medical supplies aboard The supplies were gathered Japanese residents of the city, expect to send further within the next fe wdays. A sen. ATTILE, > Ry Sent 5 i Seattie short!, th by 192336 PAGES. PRICE2CENTS | NAVY AIRSHIP ZR. LARGEST OF KIND » FLIES PERFECTLY - Dirigible in 55-Minute Flight —Said to Mark New Phase of Transportation and Air- craft Industry. ENGINES DEVELOP MORE THAN 2100 H. P: about! Byrns, executive | be hell) of | the Na- | Near East Relief at Corfu,and Miss | ‘tional Parliament.who returned from | chief Tokio today, the | the | cables as cable | -—Car- who shipments | Membranes from _ ‘Estimating Craft’s Cruising Range at 5000 Knots, Of- ficers Already Plan for -Trip to North Pole. , By the Associated Press. LAKEHURST, :N. |The navy dirigible J., Sept. 5.— | ZR-1, largest craft of its kind in the world, rests | today in its hangar after a success- | ful trial trip. The anxious concern of those in charge of its construc- | tion was relieved in a 65-minute test | flight last night when the craft rose | above the heads of 2000 spectators. Every cylinder of the ‘giant bal- | loon’s engines, every member of the | of the perfectly. launching, The and swung around the field. The. en- | gines were at no time operated at | more than half speed. The dirigible 'traveled at a rate of 30 miles an | hour. | Dusk had fallen when the ship 'nosed toward the earth. Batteries |'of searchlights silvered the enormous | envelopg and supplied a path of light 'to guide the pilot to a safe anchor- | age. | staff in charge functioned great ship rose majestically slowly 400 Men Hold Ship Down. Nearly 400 men were required to “hold the giant ship as she was slawly 'dragged from the hangar. About | 250 hung on the ropes, while the i'rest clung to the fore and aft cars. | The ship was slowly maneuvered ‘over the field to the testing ground, distant about 1000 feet from the ee ‘CITY REPUBLICANS. ACT 10 KEEP KLAN CANDIDATES QUT et Central Committee Hopes to Bar. Members of Hooded Organization Ticket. From + “INVISIBLE EMPIRE” mm prance CONDEMNED BY BODY Resolution and Absentées | Are Said to Oppose Mo-. tives of K. K. K. _ Members of the Republican City Central Committee, which last night adopted a resolution condemning the Ku Klux Klan, said today that they would oppose the nomination and election of any candidate who ig in any way affiliated with t klan. While the} city committeé@, the- oretically, does not participate ‘n primary elections, the individual members of the committee are a in the selection ex- influence Members powerful of candidates. who pressed themselves today were more Gutaqoken in their opposition ‘yr klan }than, was the resolution “The résolution means that th members of the Republican City Committee are against klan candi- dates all the way down the line,” one committeeman said. “We will do everything we can to prevent nomination of klan candidates at the primary and will continue our op- position in the election.” Asked if the committee would op- pose any candidate the klan is for, one member of the committee said the resolution should not be con- strued to mean that. To Bar Kiansmen from Ticket. “It is quite possible that after we have nominated a strong ticket the klan will announce that it is sup- porting some of the candidates on the ticket.”’ he said. ‘‘Naturally we shed. Soon after it was taken from the hangar, the holding ropes rapidly in the air. The aft pilot, however, soon brought it under con- | trol and the balloon rode on an even keel. Just before the ropes were cast off one of the weather experts de-| tailed to observe wind conditions re- leased a smoke bomb. The crowd which had gathered flight was alarmed, bag was about to explode. Officers, however, soon restored order and the _ZR- 1 slowly and gracefully took the air. During the flight the ship did not travel further from the field than one mile. She circled the field sev- |eral times. The take-off was at 6:35 p. m. With engines 2 and 3 turning slowly, the airship rose rapidly for 300 feet ‘and headed due east into the wind. At 7:24 Capt. F. R. McCrary, mand, sent this radio message Rear Admiral Moffett, chief of the Bureau of Aeronauntitc, nessed the flight: fiying all is going well.’ Circling eastward toward the sea, ithe great craft returned to the sta- | tion. apt. Heinen, directing operations, said: inever flown a stronger ship.”’ In ' Press, the German pilot, Admiral Moffett said: “By what we have done today we | /have demonstrated that the navy can design, construct and operate its air- ships. The success of the flight may | well be said to mark the completion | of a new phase of world transporta- | tion. constructing and operating th® ZR-1 in the face of not a little criticism, and certainly much skepticism, we have justified our faith. trial flights of this airship prove to be as satisfactory 'navy flight to | questionably will be made. be done for commercial reasons, a8 will also flights which are contem- plated.”’ Expect Ship to Pioneer Industry. The ZR-1 is a flying laboratory, in the construction and operation of which, according to Commander J. S. Hunsacker, chief of naval design in | | Seventeenth: the Bureau of Aeronautics, the nav) will develop not only a new element in marine defense, but an entirely new industry and a new phase of commercial aviation. Entrance to the 7ZR-1 is through ports above power cars, emidship. The duraluminum ladder from the control car into the bow Lape a windshield forward, with can- vag sides laced to a point aft. The ladders from the five other stations pre entirely unprotected, and up and downethese the naval mechanics clamber as the ship speeds along at interior of the the ng ©9 to 80 miles an hour, thousands of cejved here by way feet in the air The bone and sinews of the airship’ fureltiminum and 1. 400. nno et — er ee ee Centinued on Page 2 Column a. ¥ Po xa AT: on ; 'the aft car broke and the stern rose | to watch the thinking the gas in com- | to | | have a statement to the Associated | We believe that by designing. If future) as the first the. the North Pole un-' This will | or through two hatches | steel wire. | quake a new Sixteen Members Vote for || MONTHS ESTIMATED AT NEW YORK, Sept. 5. Zz 060,000 equal to about $315 une 30 last, according to compi- learned last night. $162,000,000, or about $945 a | share, earned int the I Feb. 28 last. In the 12 n¥onths 000, or about. $400 a share. trucks, compared with 183,735 in September's output is expected to OLD BATTLESHIP IK Cape Hatteras — New Jer- $54,000,000; $315 A SHARE | By the Associated Press. HE Ford Motor Co. made | net profits estimated at $54,- a share on its 172,465 shares of stock, in the four months ended lations made from the balance || sheet as of that date, it was | The period’s earnings were at the annual rate of more than share, compared with a net profit of $119,000,000, or about $690 a from February, 1922, the compa- ny earned approximately $69,000,- The Ford company during Au-| gust produced 172,000 cars and July, the decline being attributed to changing over to new models. be more than 185,000 agpits. . Virginia Sent to Bottom Off sey Damaged by Planes at 10,000 Feet Altitude. the Associated Press. ABOARD ARMY St. Mihiel, Off Cape Hatteras, N. Sept. 5—MThe old battleship Vir- ginia was sunk here today by bombs fired from an air fleet of eight Martin bombers from Langley Field, using 1100-pound bombs and projec- tiles. Most of the bombs fell close alongside, ripping open the hull. One of thent, however, struck the after turret ahd demolished both cage By TRANSPORT, C.. 5 es eee ree ee —_ FOOD SHORTAGE. CONFLAGRATION ARE EXTINGUISHED Osaka Dispatch Says Three Persons Are Sharing One Piece of Bread—Capital Like Inferno After Quake. 10,000, FLEEING CITY, SAID TO HAVE PERISHED IN FIRE H«-Premier Takahashi and Other Leaders of — Seiyukai Party, Reported as Dead, Are Known ‘to Have Escaped—Death Toll in Doubt. By the Associated Press. OSAKA, Sept. 5.-Water and provisions are reported still searce in Tokio. Three persons are sharing a single piece of bread. It is reported officially that the conflagrations in Tokio were ex- tinguished Monday evening. During the 48 hours following the earthquake, Tokio was a Iteral — inferno. The thermometer was 150 degrees Fahrenheit. | Ex-Premier Takahashi and other leaders of the Seiyukai party, first reported to have perished, are known definitely to have escaped, : Approximately 10,000 refugees, fleeing from the ruins of Tokio, were burned to death in the yard of a military clothing factory im the. industrial suburb of Honjo. So vast an area of Japan has been devastated by the eartnquake that it will be some time before the actyal loss of life is known. The most re- liable estimates of the dead up to the present reach from 200,000 to 320,000. 216 DISTINCT SHOCKS SAID TO HAVE BEEN FELT IN TOKIO LAST SATURDAY masts.” Three smoke stacks and the boat Davits also were destroyed. The Virginia went down 30 min- utes afte: the attack began. Meantime the battleship New Jer- would not then withdraw our sup- port. 'that we are going to keep men who are members of or supporters of the _klan from the ticket.” There is said to have been no dis-. in the. committee a's to the of the resolution. urged that the upon until some cussion merits members not voted matter he later next year. Sixteen of the 28 members of the | committee were present last night and voted for the resolution. Mem- | bers present expressed the opinion that the 12 absentees were also in ‘favor of the pesolution. It read: | “We believe that the machinery ‘for law enforcement as set up under ithe Constitution and ‘State and nation are ample for the | | protection and welfare of the Amer- | are op-| ‘fean people and therefore ‘invisible empire’ or | posed to any ‘masked group that may attempt to) who wit- | “After 20 minutes’ | function in lieu thereof.” Similar Action by Democrats. on | ‘mittee, as is known, also went ‘record as opposing the Ku Klux | Klan in a resolution adopted last | week by unanimous vote of the mem- ‘bers present. Members said_ the 'that all candidates “come clean’”’ the klan. issue. mittee recorded as voting for resolution last night are: Peter H. | Anderson Jr., First Ward: G. H. Oet- ting, Second; N. A. Polito, Fourth; Gabriel Roth, Fifth; Williem Hubele, ‘Seventh; Louis Becker, Eighth; Richard Smart, Ninth; Martin ‘Scherer Jr., Tenth; Fred’ W. Pape. Eleventh: Fred C. Delporte, Fif- Edward E. Butler, Eligh- Nat Goldstein, Nineteenth; Twenty-second; teegth; teenth; George Hohmann, William H. Welpott, Twenty-third; Charles Kallman, Twenty-fifth, and ‘Louis J. Becker, Twenty-seventh. | The absentees were: Walter | Bischof, Third Ward; Anton Schuler, n | Sixth; Joseph Metzler, Twelfth; Her- i man ‘Meuser, Thirteenth; A. M. Brinkman, Fourteenth: Robert E Moore... Sixteenth: Frank M. Slater, John J. Hurley, Twen- tieth: Edward Hemminghaus, Twen- ty-first: W. F. Smith. Twenty- fourth: Pierce TD. Killian, Twenty- sixth. and Charles R. iillespie,“ Twenty-eighth. The resolution was presented Vv Nat yoldstein, Nineteenth Ward committeeman. QUAKE-MADE ISLAND REPORTED | Viadivostok Hears One 30 Miles Long Appeared Near Yokohama. the Associated Press MOSCOW, Sept By Fr 5 —Reports re- of Viadivostok say that as a result of submarine rth- yulsions attending the ea ied island 30 miles long) an@ 15 miles in width has snrens) up in the sea off Yokohama. What the resolution means is | Several | meeting, nearer to the elections of | laws of this) ‘Democratic committee would insist | on | Memvers of the Republican com-_— the | which also was designated to be a target for the fleet, still was | afloat, but had a bad list to port. 'It was planned to sink her during ‘the aftéfnoon. Ability of the airplane successfully to bomb a battleship from an alti- itue in excess of 10,000 feet was |'emonstrate in the first phase of the 'attacks on the battleships New Jer- |sey an Virginia, the first American 'war craft to be marke for estruction sey, | uner the terms of the naval limita- 'tion treaty. Five planes dropping 2600-pound | bombs scored five direct hits on the | New Jersey at the 10,000 feet alti- | tide, but little damage was done to the ship. In a second flight the ‘planes dropped 2000-pound bombs, 'six of which struck close alongside ' the New Jersey, which although ap- parently leaking, seemingly was not great damaged. BRITISH PLANE TO RACE HERE Winner of English Air Derby Ex- pected to Enter Pulitzer Contest. (Copyright. 1923.) LONDON, Sept. 5.—The plane which won the recent British air derby and its pilot, Larry Carter, are going to America to take part in the Pulitzer Trophy race, it is an- nounced here. Negotiations are now in progress. |The machine, a Naplier-Gloster, the fastest British plane, is believed by many here to be the fastest in the world. PARTLY CLOUDY TOMORROW: LITTLE TEMPERATURE CHANGE THE TEMPERATU RES. NSU OOnle Highest yesterday, lowest, 69, at 6 a. m. - 83, at 1 p. m.: Official fore- cast for St. Louis and vicinity— Partly cloudy weather tonigh* and tomorrow: not much change in tem- Missouri — Fair tonight and tomorrow, ex- cept somewhat unsettied in southeast por- tion: not much change in tem- perature. Iilinolsa— Gen- erally fair to- night and to- morrow, except possibly showers in extreme south “got much change in tem- CAN THE MiLig MEN COW US + i) ih portion, perature. | Stege of the river et 7 c. m., &.5 feet, & rise of .2 of & foe. prominent SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 5. dispatch to the Radio Corpor. ation of America from Iwalki says there were 216 dis- tinct earthquake shocks experi- enced in Tokio last Saturday, the most severe having a duration of six minutes from first to last. There were 57 shocks the follow- ing day. (There is still a wide variance In| the estimates of Gee. dispatch, estimates the dead in Tokio | at 10,000 and in Yokohama at | 100,000. | Admiral Anderson of the Ameri-| | can Asiatic fleet sent word by wire- || less that unofficial estimates of the | dead in the two cities are 240,000.) Tokio and Yokohama, with sur- rounding towns, which formed the center of the disturbances, @re al- most completely in ruins. For two days Tokio was swept by flames, and apart from the loss of life caused di- rectly through the falling of the buildings, thousands may have per- ished in their attempts to make their way through the fire zones, and other thousands from exhaustion. Yokohama, Tokio’s port, was de- stroyed. Probably more complete destruction has been wrought there than in the capital itself. Its great docks were torn asunder, its shipving wrecked, the public buildNore and homes leveled to the earth. Explosions Followed Shock. All advices received here indicate a succession of earth disturbances in that area extending for many miles inland and to the north, and everywhere the first destructive forces were augmented by explosions, the bursting of water mains, the overflow of rivers and the overpow- ering rush of tidal waves. - Detaile of geographical are lacking, but it is reported that new islands have been forced up from the bed of the ocean, while whole sections have disappeared. Rivers are said to have changed their courses, and volcanoes are erupting in various districts. The disaster spared none who stood in its path. Many members of noble families have perished The newspaper Osaki Asahi eat!- mates the earthquake dead at 320.- 000, which included 150,000 dead in Tokio, 100,000 in Yokohama and three miles north and south and seven miles east and ‘west. It ig declared 350,000 houses were de. stroyed by the fire which followed the earthquake. The fire raged 60 hours before it was brought under control. Fukuma, a member of the staff of — the newspaper Asaasi of Tokio. es- caped from the burning city lnat Saturday and walked for three days and nights in the direction of Osaka, | He finally managed to catch a train — and arrived in Osaka yesterday. He | reports all the towns and villages he passed were destroyed, among them | being Hashioji, Atauta, Hirateuka, Kedzu and Gotemba. He declared the devastation everywhere was ter- rible and the country people terror- ized. tends Improvement in Conditions in Tokio Reported. ) SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Sept. 6.— — Improvement in conditions in Tokle is reported in wireless advices re- ceived last night from Iwaki radio station, 155 miles north of Tokio, by the Radio Corporation. The water supply systern has been repaired and ia furnishing water in al! sections of the capital; street lighting has been restored in four wards and food sup* plies have begun to arrive at nearby points Six naval vessels arrived at Yoko< | hama and Shinagawa (a point on the | bay of Tokio, close to Shiba ward of Tokio City, one of thescenes of great- est devastation), with cargoes of rice. The Home Office estimate 60,000 in Yokosuka. The fires in| places the dead in Tokio at 10,066 | Tokio burned out Monday night. and those in Yokohama at 100,000, Couriers carry appeals for food sup-/| with many injured in both cities. plies and medical supplies and as- sistance for the hundreds of thou- sands of homeless refugees, who unless succored speedily, cannot sur- vive. changes Consulate Warns All Persons Not to Go to Japan Now, the Associated Prees SEATTLE. Waeanh., Japanese consulate here today Warned all persons, including Japa- flere, not to go to Japan now, be- cause there is not sustenance in the country for those already there. Ia- | dents and material damage to its noring this warning. Kitara Kato, cities, and, secondly, to rushing all formerly Chancellor of the Japanese assistance in every form to the | ombaney at Washington, departed on stricken districts. There has been i. Kega Maru with Mrs. Kate no time yet for summing up of the They outfitted themselves here with | consequences of the quake, nor for rough clothing and said that bee the preparation of a Mst of the m v2 dead. Japanese or for- — ae © sgt reper ad | ee eign residents. The warships of many foreign na- tions are on the seas already bring- ing assistance which fact serves to give encouragement to the Govern- ment and the people in their calam- B: Sept. 56.-—The Relief to Stricken Areas. the moment all efforta are! being directed, first, to ascertaining the extent of Japan's vast losses, both in citizens and foreign resi- For el te RAN FRANCISCO, Sept. §.—Lat~ ’ est unofficial reports place the nuns ber of dead in Tokio and Yokohama — ' % at 240,000, and 460,008 persons in- a jured as the result of the earth. ~ — according to a i leas message last night to Edward W. wn : operations ot the Teer 1 eer . By the Aegsociate? rem. SHANGHAI, Sept. 5.—Latest | porte from Tokio report that the