The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 15, 1924, Page 1

Sep EES \ ‘ ez 2 aie | bs WEATHER FORECAST Unsettled tonight ror ESt. ABLISHED 1873 : BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1924 FIRE FOLLOWS TOKIO ’QUAKES ‘MANY ARE KILLED AND INJURED AS SECOND DISASTER STRIKES JAPAN WITHIN LAST 5 MONTHS Fifty Persons Reported Killed in Tokio and Yohohama Hundreds of Houses Demolished, Extensive Damage I: “SETTLEMENT . 1S MADE FOR STATE HOUSES Agreement Is: Reached on Price of 11 Houses Over Which There Was Controversy ON APPRAISERS’ REPORT Settlement in Each. Case Above Estimated Cost, Be- low Claimed Actual Cost Settlement of controversy over the price to’ be paid for 11 of the houses built by the Home Building Associa- tion of North Dakota has been ef- fected, accordimg to John Gammons, secretary of the Industrial Commis- sion. The settlement in each case was effected by the Industrial Com- mission. The settlement in each case was effected by the Industrial Com- mission after appraisers had valued the property. Five of ‘the settlements are in Far- go, three in Bismarck and three in Mandan. 4 In each case the state obtains more than the original estimated cost claimed to have been given the home builders by the Home Building asso- ciation and less than the amount claimed ‘for the houses by the A cition’s audit repori. ‘Settlements announced are: Fargo, Edgard Pot- ter, J. T. Erickson, Nels Anderson, J. W. Boeing, C. L. Sundquist; Bis- marek, A, J. Arnot, C. 0. Fossum, J. N. ,Hagan (by. sale); “Mandan, Byron L. Surface, A. J. Peterson, Anton Fi xamples of the effect of the set- tlements in the three cities were given as follows: House of C. O. sum, original estimated cost, $4, book or claimed 82; settlement, $5,400 unquist, original e book: cost, Byron Surface, 200 $7,471.42; settle- es- ment $6 timated cost, § 834.19; settlement, $6,285.25. ‘The actual settlement in all ,in- stances, Mr. Gammons suid, exceeds the appraised value, the Industrial Commission demanding taxes, inter- est) and ipsarance césts since the houses were oceupied. Under the supreme court decision home owners may demand arbitra- tion., The Industrial Commission, in making settlements, is restricted in its bargaining by rules laid down in the decision of ue supreme ceurt, Mr. (CETTE, si STRIKE VOTE BEING TAKEN Telegraphers on Milwaukee Railroad Voting Chicago, . ‘Telegraphers on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad are-taking a strike Vote, it was learned today. Although there is no dispute \be- tween the telegraph operators and the railway ‘before ithe rialroad Ja- thor vard it is understood the tolegraphers and the irailway com- pany have ‘failed to agree on appli- cation of decision No. 2025 of the labor ‘poard which granted the op- erators an increase in wages of two cents an ‘hour. ‘ St. ‘Louis, Jan. 15—(By the A. P.)—Action of telegraphers of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul in taking a strike vote has the BABY SISTER IS REWARD FOR BOY’S' ‘ BURNING BROTHER LOVE LYROY MILLER Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 15.—Brother love for a six-months-old baby girl burned so strongly in the breast of LeRoy Miller, himself only nine, that he dared ney in sub-zero weather, spent hi: Christmas money for fare, took the baby with him and won his parents’ consent to the child’s adoption. When his journey was over, Le- Roy’s face and hands w®@re blue with | cold, his clothing and hair in dis-| 15. array—but clutched tightly in his | arms, in an eiderdown blanket in which her protector had “wrapped her, was his little cousin, Edith Davis. LeRoy was happy, for his step-father had d Edith could be his er. Wanted a Sister It all came about because LeRoy, more than anything else, wanted a baby sister. about adopting the child of his aunt. SON OF CONFESSED MURDERER BEING HELD; POL a 260-mile train jour-| He spoke to his mother} AND: BABY EDITH DAVIS Mother was willing, but there wa: LeRoy’s stepfather, working in Co. |lumbus, Kas., 130 mi away. His consent must be won, So LeRoy, taking the baby with s long journey. He | was the infants sole protector and j nurse maid over the whole trip. When he alighted from the in Kansas ity, a policeman, noticing the little fellow with his strange burden, took him into custody, ell Live With Us” | “We just got back from Columi | Kas,” he said, ster” her bottle of milk. him, started on this baby “IT went to see my step-father about | adopting the baby. Mother wanted - | to keep her and so did 1. | “You see, Dad is working in Co- lumbus and I wanted him to see the | baby. So I took her down to sce him. And i She's geing jto live with us. ICE DECLARE W. J. LINCOLN HAD AN ACCOMPLICE His Frailty Would Not Make It Possible For Him to Have Done as He Said, | They Assert —Change Is Made in Confession Story Aurora, Ill., Jan, 15.—-(By the A. P.)—The first bit of evidence tending to support the confession of Wi. J. Lincoln, lawyer and horticul- turist, that he killed his wife and cremated her body together, with that of her brother, Byron Shoup, was in the hands of police today. It was a gold watch taken from the Fox river here last summer by two school } boys swimming near the Main street bridge from which Lincoln said, in his confession, he threy Shoup’s watch after burning his body. Aurora, Ill., Jan. 15.—(By the A. P.)—John Lincoln, 20-year-old son of Warren J. Lincoln, lawyer and horticulturist, who confessed to Killing his wife and cremating her body with that of her brother, Byron Shoup, a year ago, is being held for jon, ts ithe Order of Railway phers, KE. J. Manion, pres- sl are today. Mr. Manion said one of his vicespresidents, W. T. Brown, is in Chicago handling the matt MEXICAN REDS USE U.§, ARMS San Antonio, Jan, 15.—American arms and ammunition are being de- livered into the hands of the Mex- ican troops whosare wearing the red and black colors ‘of ‘bolshevism, according to reports of eye-wit- nesses who thave arrived in San Antonio within the last day or two from Piedras Negras. LA FOLLETTE FOR CUT IN. RATES Washington, Jan, ‘15.—Senator La Follette of Wisconsin, leader of tke Republican insurgenta who al- ready has introduced bills calling for sweeping changés in the meth- ods of basing freight an intro- diced today a resolution under which Congress would order rates on farm produce and implements fenced to substantially “pre-war levels. 7 pea Nace ses CARRY MANY CHILDREN Motor buses are used to carry -60,- ¥00 children to school daily in. the United States, according to a survey) of bus operation now being complet- ed by the editors of Bus ‘Transporta- tion, | questioning. Kuné county authorities who are, preparing to charge the elder Lincoln ,| with double murder have adganced the theory that he had an accom- plice. ‘In his confession Lincoln said he killed his wife aféé¥ she had slain her brother. The son, a taxicab driver, told au- thorities he had spent four days in January, 1923, with his father and slept in the greenhouse where the former says he burned the bodies in the furnace, The son said he did not see the bodies or witness any crema- tion® He said he believed his father insane and his confession impossible and worthless. Basis for the theory that Lincoln had ‘an accomplice was founded by John Wirz, detective chief, on his slight physical build and poor health while Mrs. Lincoln weighed more than 200 pounds. Lincoln said he carried the body wrapped in news- papers to the fyrnace. / One detail of his confession as originally made was changed by Lin- coln yesterday, the authorities said. First he told them he had hacked | the body to pieces and removed! them in pieces at intervals to the furndce, but his latest story, he said, told of using a wheelbarrow to, carry the body to the fire. The Kane county grand jury which convenes Feb. 4 will bear evidence against. Lincoln, States Attorney Charles Abbott'of Elgin said. Mean- while officials are making an effort to discover among the ashes of the green housefuynace or buried some- where op or near the farm. some fragments of the bodies or bones necessary. to prove the legal corpus delicti. Lincoln declared“the ashés. were seatinted, as ‘fertilizer about the farm. FOUR CITIES FIGHTING FOR | DEM. MEETING {San Francisco Expected to Lose Out For 1924 Con- vention of Democrats ‘Washington, Jan. 15.—The Jucky number still was a mystery today {as the Democratic national com- mittee met ito select the city for the party's 1924 convention. + In the four cornered race be- tween Chicago, New York, San Francisco,and St. Louis, supporters jof each were confident. Choice of the convention city and selection of the date were to come in the ‘closed session this afternoon. ‘San Francisco's cash\ offer of $200,000 remained the largest of* ficial inducement before the com- mittee but its receipt ofthe Dem- ‘ocratic convention four years ago and its distance for delegates were adverse factors. St. Louis and Chicago were said to ibe neck and neck, particularly \in event of failure of New York to muster sufficient votes, Chicago had $125,000 to offer and St.Louis | with details undisclosed was de- scribed as ready to equal any com- petitor’s bid. New York’s invita- tion was accompanied by a cash offer of at least $100,000. In addition to the selection of the convention city the national committee today had before it the question of meeting a deficit of about $180,000 and electing a secre- tary to succeed Ed ae of Indiana, resigned. NINE KILLED IN EXPLOSION mee Port Arthur, Tex., Jan, 15.—The ‘death toll of the explosion of a gasoline still here late yesterday was increased to nine today when three imjured died in -hospitals. Other man is not expected ito re- cover. ai MOTOR OR BUSES USED - Nearly 7,000 new motor buses were put into service during 1928 on lines: in the United States, according to a-survey recently completed by bus transportation. ‘These: figures are based on reports from 26 bus manu- facturers of the country, and sbow that a large proportion of the buses were of the street car type seating from 21 to 26 passengers, all the while feeding GERMAN BANK | HEAD INVITED _ BY COMMITTEE Dawes Urees His His Immediate Attendance in Paris to | Discuss’ Finance U. S. PLAN IS GIVEN Stabilization of German Cur- | Fency Is Declared a Need ! By Gen. Dawes Dr Schacht president of the Reichs- bank and German currency comm sioner has been invited by the ex- ‘pert investigating committee headed by Charles G. Dawes to come to | Paris immediatelyg it was announced | this afternoon. DAWES GIVES PLAN. Paris, Jan. 15.—Brig. General | Charles G. Dawes, U. S. A., chair- man of the first committee of ex- perts appointed by the reparations | commission to consider the resources and capacity of Germany, looking to a solution of the reparations prob- | lem, delivered a straight forward, hard itting speech at the opening of that body. r | He declared he could speak neither | for the government of the United) States nor for the American people. but as an inttVidual. After review- | ing the~situation, from the stand- point of an American businessman ‘the made an earnest plea for common | sense and practical co-operation | among the nations, so that Germany's productiveness could be restored to | her that she might meet her obliga- | , | tions. The American plan, as briefly out- lined by the chairman, consists of stabilization of German curren balancing the German budget and he declared, “as tne economic pro- cesses of Germany under a stable} currency and with a balanced budget are revived, there will be demon- strated the capacity of Germany to pay. Let us first help Germany to get well. and IMPOSE’ NEW TAXES. Paris, Jan. 15.—(By the A. P.) The French cabinet acting today in the financial crisis caused by the phenomenal fall of the franc decided to increase all taxes direct and in- direct 20 per cent. It also. decided to reduce the recoverable budget in 1924 to ‘$5,000,000: fran which | win be met by this new taxation LEGION BOARD MEETS JAN. 18 Fargo, Jan. 15.—The executive board of the North Dakota depart- ment American Legion, will meet at the department headquarters in Far- go on Jan, 18, Jack Walliams, de- partment adjutant, announced yes- terday. The members of the board are: Frank B. Streeter, Linton, depart- ment commander; Mr. Williams; Frank Henry, Bismarck; ‘A. B. Welch, Mandan and Tommy Whealan, St. Thomas. The application of the new Fargo post for a charter and the official setting of the dates for the state convention to be held in Mandan dur- ing the spring or summer, are among the chief questions to come before the BORD OS yn . INSPECTION WORK IS CUT City Commission Economizes \on Laboratory Function The city commission, in meeting last night, decided as a matter of economy to discontinue temporar- ily inspection of meat markets, groceries and ‘restaurants, which, has jbeen made in the Jast two years as an added function of the state laboratory here, which is par- tially supported by the cit: In- spection of milk and dairies and city water will continue as usual and the city will continue its con- tract by which it contributes to the support of the laboratory, it was gaid. According ‘to commissioners, there’is state inspection of grocer- ies, meat markets and restaurants and to some extent govermment in- spection of meats. When funds permit, however, it is probable that the city inspection, of these places will be resumed. ‘Commissioners said that reports of the city in- spector generally since the inspec- tion ‘was undertaken had shown the various places to ‘be in satisfactory condition. aon ee, CHINESE re CAN'T KEEP Peking, Jan. 15.—The “financial wretchedness of the ministry of education thes reached .'the -limit,” according to @ local newspaper, which avers thet the ministry can- not even keep its employes warm. It has stoves, put no money to repair them or huy fuel. The em- ployes are driven into the smallest. !rooms of the‘building, where they, buddle together to’‘keep.warm. . lourrent:over a high 1 | sideration of legislation a: FIRST BATTLE QVER RULE Is TO INSURGENTS: Democrats and Republican Insurgents Coalesce to Force Their Points SHOALS BOBS UP AGA Disposition of Government Property Knotty Question; Agriculture Also Washington, Jan. 15.—(By the A. P. )—While the battle over revision of its rules continued on the fioor of the house today another vigorous- ly disputed subject—disposal of the government's Muscle Shoals project —was taken up by its military af-, fairs committee. The senate meanwhile with most of its work still in the committee stage of development had. time for almost anything. off yesterday what was developing | into a bitter debate over the rules! committee’s resolution that 150 signa- | tures be required on petitions for} discharge of ‘committe for con-| compared with the demand of Democrats and Republican insurgents that the num- ber be cut to 100. Victorious in their first ¢ of the session against organization, Republicans yesterday when by a vote} of 208 to 117, they forced repeal of the Underwood rule restricting the offering of amendments to revenue and tariff bills, the Demgcrati gent forces went into today’s sess determined: to compel a showdown on the rule for discharging com- mittees before adjournment and éther changes they ‘advocate. Senate and house iculture com- mittees continued their work on farm reief legislation, the senate int state commerce committee was together for its first session to con- sider nominations to fill the Inter- state Commission and the Railroad Board vacanc Railroad legisla- tion which was back of the fight that resulted. in the defeat of Senxtor Cummin, Republican, Iowa, and elec- tion of Senator Smith, a Democrat, to the chairmanship of this com- mittee is not to be taken up until later. $47.05 EACH MAN'S TAXIN: N. D. IN 1922 Federal Bureau Statistics ows Trend of Taxes During 10-Year Period \ The entire debt of North Dakota and its political subdivisions increas- ed 204 per cent between 1912 and 1922, but this increase was not as great as the increase’ in the wealth of the state as represented by the assessed valuation during the same period, which was 460 per cent. These figures are made public by the Department of Commerce, Washing- ton, and received here today. In 1922 the entire debt of North Dakota and its political subdivisions Was $40,265,815 and in 1912, $13)261,- 123. The average per eppita debt in 1922 was $60.89 and in’ 1912 it was $20.07. The: assessed valuation increased from $293,048,119 in 1912 to $1,319,- The per capita val- in 703,692 in 1922. uation increased from 1912 to $1995.76 in 1922. The tax levy on cach person. creased from $17.97 in 1912 to $47.05 in 1922. The statistics show that during 1922 taxes were collected by the state and political subdivisions total- ing $31,113,168, or an average of $47.05 for each person in the state. This total was made yp of $27,461,- 557 general property taxes, the bulk of the taxes; $741,945 special prop- erty taxes; $256,748 poll taxes; $1), 055,939 licenses and permits, and $1,- 606,979 special assessments for im- provements. Between 1912 and 1922, according to the figures, state taxes increased 621 per cent; county taxes 161 per cent/and all other subdivisions in- cluding cities, villages, townships, and school, drainage, irrigation, li- brary and park ‘districts increased 179 per cent. $443.44 OAKES ACCEPTS OFFER OF LOCAL ELECTRIC PLANT ' ‘Oakes, D., Jan. 15.—The city council of Oakes ihas accepted tthe proposal of the Midwest Power compamy of St. Paul, operator of a local direct. current electric light- ing plant here, which offerg to change its present system into an alternating current one. A 10 per cent rate reduction is promised as goon as the new eyatem is install- ed. The council. had constdered a counter proposal of the Interstate [R. E. WENZELL , REAPPOINTED, Richard E. Wenzell, who was ap- pointed a commissioner of the W one| men’s Compensation Bureau last, j summer to succeed Phillip Elliott, 4 resigned, has been rcappointed tor a term of five years by Gov. Nestos. STATE’S. BANK SLIPS TO LOSS SIDE OF BOOKS Expected To Be Changed Into Profit Within Few Months Officials S: THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE [aan Done Throughout Area of ‘LOANING MILL Has Advanced $400,000 to Aid The State Mill and Elevator H MUCH \ The Bank «+ “North” D: kota, which ed a profit last fall, slipped to the loss side of the ledger, according to a statement ef the bank’s condition, Jat the close of business December | 31, 1923, issued today. The net loss of $10,650.36 shown by the bank, a | cording to officials, was due to hea payments of interes! on sinking 1und | deposits due on December 31, and it was predicted that the next state- ment of the bank would show a pro- fit once more. No marked changes in the condi- tion of the state bank are shown in comparison to former statements of the bank this year. The amount of money tied up in closed banks in the state through redeposits, loans and ¢& receiver's certificates is plac- : The Home Build- ing Association's loan account has climbed through non-payment of in- terest to $46 nd the bank! has loaned § to state insti- tutions. The statement shows the bank is heavily financing the state mill and elevator business, having loan in this account totalling $447,17 The bank also has made heavy loans to the real estate loan department, pending the delivery of mortgages and execution of bonds, the bank{ having advanced $1,181,405.61 to this department. Deposits from county, ship, school and state treasurers are shown to total $6,686,422.19 as com- pared to $4,037,538.05 in the bank's statement as of June 30. hi Total footings of the bank, which | are $12,524,549.99 snow an inerease | over six months ago when the state- (Continued on Page 4) MANY BUYING AUTO LICENSES There is no exeuse for a motor car | owner not having a brand new 1924 tag, J. P. Tucker, motor vehicle reg- istrar, declared today. He added that motor owners cither because, they are using their cars more in winter or because tags were ready a month earlier than usual this year, keeping his force busier than. usual at this time of year. Receipts the first 12 days in January this year amount to $14,457.35, as compared | to $9,682.55 for the entire month of January last year. All cars are re- quired to bear the 1924 tag begin- ning January 1, Mr. Tucker said, adding that both tags and application ; blanks are on hand. city, town-| ENDORSEMENT - NOT GIVEN: Senator Frazier Says May-| flower Trip Did Not, Mean This | | Senator Lynn J. Frazier, in a tele- gram to J. H. Bloom, manager of the North Dakota Nonpartisan, today said: “Ne at conclusions that my trip on the Mayflower meant an endorsement of Mr. Coolidge as candidate for pesi- dent. They were in error. I have made no endorsemnt. Propaganda seems to be in order. Why not get back THIRD SCHOOL B Apple Creek school district, east of j the-city, has opened its third school because of an increase in the number of pupils of school age in the dis- trict, according to Miss Madge Runey, county superintendent of schools. The new: school was ob- tained from near Brittin, being mov- ed at little expense by officers and residents of the district. It is lo-7 | county superintendent. FIRE RAGES IN Qsaka, Jan. 15.— (By the suburbs of Tokio. and Tokio as a result of the and the vicinity safe. COLD WAVE IS DESCENDING ON NORTH DAKOTA High Pressure Area Sweeping Out of Canadian Northwest Brings Mercury Drop SNOW WITH The cold wave flag was out ioday at the “Probably 10 to 20 below zero to. night,” was the local forecast. Snow is etpected to precede the cold wave in the southeast portion today, Bismarck already has being whipped by a slight snow and a 16-mile-an heur gale this morning. High pressure in the Canadian northwest sent the mercury down to 6 below at Calgary, 16 below at Ed- monton and 32 below at Prince Al- bert. The storm is rapidly advanc- ing on North Dakota from Canada Today's weather report follows: For twenty-feur hours ending at weather bureau nd | noon today Temperature at 7 a. m... 18 Highest yesterday 20 Lowest yesterday . 10 Lowest last night . 14 Precipitation .. Trace Highest wind velocity . 16 WEATHER FORECAST. For Bismarck and vicinity: Un. settled tonight, cold wave tempera ture ten to twenty below zero. Wed- nesday, ptobably fair. For North Dakota: Unsettled to- night preceded by snow southeast portion; cold wave, temperature ten to twenty below zero. Wednesday probably fair, not so cold northwest portion. WEATHER CONDITIONS The pressure is low over the Plains States, while it is high over the Canadian Northwest and along the Pacific coast. Temperatures are much lower over the Canadian Northwest and they are dropping rapidly in northern Montana and North Dakota. Snow flurries are gen- eral in the northern border stat and Canadian Provinces, but else where the Meathen s generally fair | KNEESHAW TO HEAR BANK CASE Grand Forks, N. D., Jan. 15.— Judge C. M. Cooley of the Grand Forks county district court announe- ed that he has asked Judge W. J. Kneeshaw of Pembina to preside over district court here when the men indicted by a grand jury in Cass paper reporters jumped county district court following the failure of the Scandinavian-American bank of Fargo are tried. Judge Kneeshaw said that would accede to the request. The cases were transferred to Grand Forks by Judge Cooley after he of the Norris-Sinclair bill and help| the defendants filed affidavits of put it over?” projudice against Cass county. APPLE CREEK DISTRICT OPENS ECAUSE OF GROWTH schools of the county resigned atter Christmas, and some failed to re- turn without giving notice of their intention, according to reports to the Among the new teachers are: Miss Loretta Meade of Medina in Trygg township; Miss Ethel Hjort of Madison’ Lake, Mont., in Frances district; I. F. Lytle in Florence Lake district. Schools in the county are general- Utility company of Wahpeton | cated south of the Red Trail. @Miss |ly reported to be in good shape by which cought a franchise, offering to wupply the sity wit! Recteroa tite, Carol Hagen of near Wilton is the teacher. Several teachers in the. country Miss Runey, with much interest shown by teachers, pupils and pa- trons of the various districts. From the Stricken Area—Japanese Emperor Shaken by Quake but Escapes Death, Reports Say Tokio, Jan. 156.—Fifty persons are believed to have been killed in Tokio, Yokohama and the outside districts in today’s earthquake while many persons were injured. No casualties among foreigners have been reported . One train was thrown into a river Banyugawa and six trains were overturned between Gotemba this morning. The Emperor and the Empress, who were in the imperial villa at Naumadza when the shock occurred are reported The villa was undamaged. The house remained whe@ it left for the first’ time in twe years shuw-| Princess Nagako also are reported safe. IT PRICE FIVE CE 200 Miles, According to Report: IN SUBURBS A. P.) —Fire is rag x in the at earthquake which shook Tokio The Prince Regent and EARLY REPORTS Tokio, Jan. 15.—(By Six persons were killed and nearly 200 injured in Yokohama and four were killed and at least 20 injured in Tokio by the second great earth. quake disaster in five months to ‘strike the two Japanese cities and vicinity this morning. The statisties were given out by the police. One report stated that 600 hous had been demolished in Yokohama. Odawara, about, 75 miles sovt! west of Takio, suffered the greate damage from the temblor as it di OF DEAD the A. P.). last September, when seetions of Yokohama and Tokio and sur- ; rounding cities were virtually de- stroyed. Water mains were ripped from their places and smashed by tl quake and water flooded the streets and hundreds of homes in the two \ cities following the shocks this motn- jing. Big buildings of modern con | struction which were badly damaged and in many irfstances still in partial ruin from the d ter of last Sep- tember were further damaged by to- | day's temblor. | The cabinet went into session im- | mediately after the earthquake to ‘ obtain immediate information con- cerning the extent of the earthquuke. The.stock market suspended Docacea of lack of communications, COMMUNCATION DEMORALIZED j Shanghai, Jan, 15.—(By the A. P.) | —Houses were demolished at Numa- dza, southwest of Tokio, where the: imperial villa is located and exten- sive damage caused throughout the territory in the vicinity by an earth- quake this morning, according to the Kobe railroad bureau. Almost complete demoralization of telephone, telegraph and railway communication lines in a belt’ ex- ; tending from Tokio southwestward along the coast to Nagoya at least, | nearly 200 miles away, is reported. Tokio and Yokohama are said to have | been iselated for a short time after the carthquake was felt. H EXTENSIVE AREA Shanghai, China, Jan. 15. (By the A. P.)—Extensive damage, including, destruction of houses at Numadza and interruption of all communication in the vicinity of Tokio and Yokohama | has followed in the wake of a heavy earthquake which occurred today, according to advices received ¥rom the affected district. The reports state that the emperor] and empress are safe at Numadza de- pite wide-spread destruction in that city in which many houses are said! to have beep shaken down. The area of greatest damage is| said to have been between Gotemba, which is about 80 miles southwest of Tokio, and Koozu and southward in the vicinity of Hakone. Slight damage was suffered by the district between Tokio and Koozu, advices from this source stated. The| quake was felt at Nagoya in the pro- | vinee of Owari and along the Suruga Bay. The meteoroligical observatory a! | Osaka announced that the width oO} the oscillations recorded on the mograph by the earth shocks was 3 | millemeters. The quake lasted 14 minutes. The seism@logical cente? apparently was off the Kishu C it was stated. The Eastern News Agency has + ceived reports that the damage Tokio was not extensive but th: was severe in the Kwanto distr and east of Hakone where telephe | telegraph and train service was ste) { ped. |BANDIT BAND SEIZES TRUCK Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 15.—De- spite Brig. General Butler's drive ‘against ibanditry eight men, four of ,them with saw-off sho‘guns, heid up a motor truck near thd Delaware. river front today and SreNe, away with 15 barrels of. al The truck was found aban- dened ‘seven » retocke: away. ‘