Evening Star Newspaper, September 2, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER. Tartly cloudy sky today: tomor- row unsettled, with probably skow- ers; mild temperature. Temperature for 22 at 10 p.m. last night: at 4 p.m. yesterday; lowe yesterday. hours ended Highest, 85 . 60 at 6 a.m. Full report on page 3. No. 962.—No. 28,978. Entered as sccond-class matter post _office Washington, D. C. 'FLAMES SWEEP CITY; » ot an imperial villa. s 13,000. BUILDINGS COLLAPSE IN JAPANESE DISASTER Earth Shocks Sever All Cables, Radio Brings Only Word of Great Traged TRAINS WRECKED, TIDAL WAVE . HITS YOKOHAMA, TRAFFIC STOPS Terrified Refugees tions; Blaze Spre tems in Cities By the Associated Press. Run in All Direc- ads as Water Sys- Are Destroyed. OSAKA, September 2.—With the exception of the Shiba road, the whole of Tokio is palace at Tokio is reported to be ablaze. By the Associated Press. burning. Part of the imperial SAN FRANCISCO, September 1.—Tokio is afire, many build- ings of the city have collapsed, the water system is destroyed, the loss.of life is heavy, all traffic has been suspended and the flames are spreading to surrounding towns, according to a message re- ceived here tonight by the Radio Corporation of America from the superintendent of the company’s station at Tomioka. At 8:20 o’clock tonight the Radio Corporation received a message from its station at Tomioka which said that 700 persons were reported killed when the fell. Many boats sank in a tidal ,twelve-story tower at Asakasa wave in the Bay of Suruga. Most of the houses at Numazu collapsed, the message said. In Tokio the Imperial railway station was swept by fire and the Imperial Theater collapsed. The railway station at Ueno burned. It is rumored the imperial palace is i Quake Damage Widexpre: The reports from Suruga and Nu- masu indicate the earthquake was widespread. Suruga s sixty-two miles southwest of Tokio; Numazu 1s eighty-four miles from Tokio in the same direction. Ueno is about thirty miles west of Tokio. Numazu is a resort and the location The population The Asakusa tower, which collapsed, was 220 feet high. It stood in Asakusa Park, near the “flower hall,” an es- tablishment devoted to the entertain- ment features. The towers top com- manded an. extensive view of the streets surrounding the park. Prince Regent Hirohito and his household are safe, according to a message received here by the Radio Corporation tonight. Communication Cut Off. Communication with Japan, inter- rupted by an earthquake at noon, Toklo time, today, still was virtually at a standstill twenty-six hours later. The only means of obtaining intelli- gence from the island empire since the shocks has been through the Tomioka station of the Radio Cor- poration, located in an isolated posi- tion 144 miles from Tokio. Water System Destroyed The Radio Corporation's superin- tendent sald he obtained his informa- tion from a morning paper at Sendai, a large seacoast town about 200 miles north of Toklo. Tomioka is about 144 miles north of Tokio. The message read: “Severe earth- quake Tokio and vicinity at noon yes- terday; rallway stations near Toklo collapsed and no means to- reach Tokio. Heavy damage in Tokio. Water system destroyed and many big bulldings collapsed with outbreak of fire in various places; flames speading toward Asakusa, Kanda, Horigo, Fukagawa and Shitaya. Heavy casualties reported. Rumor afloat that all traffic suspended throughout Toklo. Refugees running all direc- tions. Quake Wrecks Trains. “Principal buildings burned down are Matuzakaya department store at Ueno; twelve-story. towerat -Asakusa; Manseibashi rallway station at Kalije; the building occupied by the Peers Club and the Toklo arsenal. “Many disastrous’ accidents have been reported, a number of trains running to Tokio having been wrecked during the quake. It also is reported that a severe tidal wave struck the coastsat Yokohama. No damage westernside of Shizuoka. Late tonight the Radio Corporation received ‘from the Tomioka station, a first-hand story of the earthquake and fire In Tokfd frbm & refugee. The refugee said that at the first shock fires broke out at various places in the ‘city. Flames Scen Seven Miles Away. The flames originated in the Mitsu- koshi department store and spread to the metropolitan . police board's building and' the ‘Tmperial Theater. ‘These were burned to the ground, as were many other large byildings. The city, the fefugee said, s still in flames: and the fire Is spreading from Senju to Shinagawa. The flames can be seen seven miles away from Tokle. All rallway bridges are de- (Continued on Page 4, Column 6.) n danger. U.S. ORDERS SHIPS ' SENTTO YOKOHAMA Red Cross Aid to Relief Distress of Quake Sufferers. After communication with Presi- dent Coolldge, the Navy Department last night ordered the commander of the Asiatic fleet to rush vessels to Yokohama for relief of sufferers from the earthquake in Japan. Admiral Anderson, commanding the fleet, was instructed to use all pos- sible speed in dispatching the vessels and their commanders to render every aid possible. The Asiatic fleet is now near Port Arthur, and Admiral Eberle, chief of naval operations, said it was probable that Admiral Anderson had already dispatched a squadron of destroyers to Yokohama, where an American naval hospital is located. He added, however, that in order to assure the presence of American relief ships there, specific orders were dispatched. Ships Not Designated. Ships to participate In the relief work were not designated, but it was presumed the destroyer squad- ron would be sent. No dispatches reached the Navy Department today from the Asiatic fleet, officlals depending wholly on press reports for thelr information on the disaster. The Navy wireless was unable to establish communica- tion with stations which could give details. Nelther the State Department nor the Japanese embassy received dis- patches from Japan. Acting Secre- tary Phillips of the State Depart- Proffers Money | he WASHINGTON, D. SECOND GARRETT JURY DISAGREES Mistrial Declared After De- liberations Lasting Only Three Hours. By the Associated Press, CUMBERLAND COURT HOUSE, Va., September 1.—A jury of twelve men from Amherst county, brought here after the court had decided it would not be possible to obtain a fair and impartial jury in Cumber- land county, were unable to agree of Robert O. Garrett, county clerk. charged with the murder of Rev. E. S. Pierce last June 5, and were dis- missed. Thus for the second time since the now famous case was called last July 26 legal battles that have made history in Virginia court proceed- ings have brought no results and the weeks of battling over changes of venue, changes of venire and other technical points of law. Call Case September 25, again when the next term of court convenes on September but whether the trial will begin at that time is undeclded as the trial of Larkin C. Garrett, brother of the man whose trial ended today with him for first degree murder in con- nection with .the killing of the Baptist minister, also is set for that date and it is possible may get precedence. The jury deliberated today hours and one minute but the fact that it was apparently hopelessly di- vided early in the consideration be- came evident after an hour and forty- seven for second degrge murder, one they could not agree. It is stated that at the outset, one juror stood for first degree murder, seven for sevond degree murder, one for manslaughter and three for ac- quittal. After the second period of deliberation, it was further stated. the men who stood for some sort of punishment agreed to consolidate on a manslaughter verdict provided the others would come over. The three for acquittal stood out firmly, how- ever, and further efforts for unani- mous agreement were abandomned. Tense Courtroom Scene. The scene In the courtroom was tense as the jurors filed in. the first time and it generally was believed a verdict had been reached, owing to (Continued on Page 4, Column 7.) Japan has about 1,500 earthquakes & year or an average of four shocks a day, most of which are not violent. In Tokio a shock is felt on an ave- rage of once a week. More or less destructive quakes occur in Japan on an’ average of once in every two years and a half. ‘The greatest quake of the 230 seri- ous ones that have occurred since the fifth century was in 1707, shook the entire southwestern portion of Japan over an extent of about 500 miles. It originated beneath the ocean and was followed by huge tidal waves. On December 23 and 24, 1854, there ‘were two violent quakes, after which tidal waves crossed the Pacific ocean in twelve hours and. forty minutes, leaving traces on the tide guage dia- grams at San Francisco and San Diego. Some of the most violent earth- ) (Continued on Page 4, Column 4.) ’ Japan Has 1,500 Quakes Yearly Have Cost Thousands of Lives quakes in Japan were as’ follows: 684 A.D.—An area of about three square miles in Tosa was sub- merged. . 869 AD—Earthquakes with tidal waves visited Mutsu, thdu- sands killed. 1361—Severe earthquakes around Koytl. 1498—Quake at Tokaido, killed 20,000; lagoon was formed. 1696—Bungo, Kyushu visited by a quake, 700 killed; Kyoti shaken. 1792—At Hizen, 15,000 killed. 1844—At Shinano, 12,000 killed. 1836—Sanriku districts, = 27,000 killed. There are many large modern bulldings in Yokohama. Among them are the Pacific Mail office: the Toyo Kisen Kaisha. offices; t American Express building; Cook' (tourist) building; Arthur _and Bond department store; banks, ho- tels ll’ld hospitals. ! ! l today as to the guilt or innocense | the case stands where it did before R. O. Garrett's case will be called | a hung jury and jointly indicted with | three| in and told Judge B. D. White that, und <WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION C., were % WELL! THERE'S MY OLD NEIGHBOR TODAY'S STAR PART ONE—30 Pages. General News—Local, National, Foreign. National Political News—Pages 6 and 7. Maryland and Virginia News—Pages 8 and 9. Classified Advertisements—Pages 13 to ! PART TWO—12 Pages. Editorials and Editorial Features. Washington and Other Society. Tales of Well Known Folk—Page 6. ,Arrny and Navy News—Page 8. i Spanish War Veterans—Page 8. ETho Clvilian Army—Page 8. i Veterans of the Great War—Page 8. Fraternities—Page 9. Radio News—Page 9. Financial News—Pages 10 and 11. Girig and Their Affairs—Page 12. Around the City—Page 12, Parent.Teacher Activities—Page 12. Reviews of New Books—Page 12. PART THREE—10 Pages. Am'numenta—'fhenen and the Phto. pla; Music in Washington—Page 4. Motors and Motoring—Pages 5 to 8. Boys' and Girls’ Page—Page 9. PART FOUR—4 Pages. Pink Sports Section. PART FIVE—8 Pages. Magazine Section—Fiction and Features. GRAPHIC SECTION—S8 Pages. World's Events in Pictures. COMIC SECTION—4 Pages. Mutt and Jeff; Reg'lar Fellers; Betty; Mr. and Mrs. AUTO UPSET KILLS ' ONE, INJURES TWO {Johin Gigous Dies When Car - Skids and Overturns on Leonardtown Road. One man was killed and two per- sons were seriously injured late yes- terday afternoon when an automobile companions skidded off the Leonard- town-Piney Point highway, a short distance from the former town, and turned turtlé. The dead man is John Gigous, twenty-five years old, of Brentwood, Md. The injured are Mr. and Mrs. Orlando Sykes of Hyattsville, Md. Those who escaped injury were Miss Florence Beach of Branchville, Md., and Jack, six-year-old son of Mr.and Mrs. Sykes. All the occupants of the car were rushed to the Leonardtown Hospital in a passing machine. Glgous, who was driving the car, was pronounced dead upon arrival at the hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Sykes were badly cut and brulsed and may have suffered internal injuries. The ‘motor party was on its way to Pigey Point for a week end excur- sion. The car was said to have been traveling at a moderate rate of speed when it skidded in the sandy road and veered - from the right of way into an embankment, overturning. Gigous formerly was a member of Company F, 1st Maryland Infantry, Hyattsville. He was an overseas vet- eran. He had served as republican registration officer for the Chillum district. PAYMASTER HELD UP. Terre Haute Man Robbed of $2,500 on Lonely Road. TERRE HAUTE, Ind,, September 1. —E. V. G. Henderson, paymaster for a local. construction company, was held up and robbed of $2,600 while on his way to & construction -camp to pay off the men. The hold-up oc- curred on & country road eleven miles south of here. ;i A in which they were riding with two |, CHLD FOUND DEAD * NEAR NEW HOUSE Possible Victim of Fallingl Window Frame Figured in Estranged Parents Suits Baby Jimmie Cherico, over whom several legal battles have been waged by his estranged parents, was found dead late yesterday In the yard of a partially constructed house near the home of his grandmother, Mrs. Jacob Cropp. in Capital Helghts, just across the District line in Maryland. | Immediately after supper the little (boy, who is not yet three years old, wandered from the yard surrounding his grandparents’ home while Mrs. Cropp was talking to a friend. A few moments later Mrs. Cropp be- came worried over her charge's ab- | sence and began a search. Thought Him Asleep. She had scarcely left her yard be. fore a man coming down the road said he had seen a little boy lying in the yard of the unfinished house, sound asleep. Hurrying there, Mrs. i Cropp found Jimmie, dead, lying with a heavy wooden window frame that is belleved to have been resting against the side of the house. Although it was first thought the unfortunate little fellow had been playing on the frame and pulled it down upon himself, more careful ex- amination failed to disclose any bruises or cuts anywhere on his body except on one ankle. On the other hand, it is not believed the child had been absent from home long enough ito have fallen into evil hands. An inquét will be held in the town hall at Capital Heights today to de- termine, if possible, what actually caus- ed Jimmie's death. One theory advanced by the police was that the child had pulled the frame down upon himself and became so frightened that he died of heart disease. Several times in the short span of his life he had suffered from shortness of breath. Parents Not Informed Neither of the child's parents had been told of his death last night. His twenty-year-old mother, Mrs. Viola Cherico, is spending the week end at y Star. SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 2, 1923.—SIXTY-SIX PAGES. 2 NEW ISLES SEIZED BY ITALY AS LEAGUE POSTPONES ACTION Paxos and Antipaxos of lonian Group, Occupied by Italians, Is Reported. MUSSOLINI ASKS ARMY RESERVISTS BE PREPARED Opposes Settlement of Dispute by Council: Holds Honor Is Involved. By the Associated Pross. The Itallan government is actively engaged in military movements to exact reparations from the Greeks for the killing of the members of the Italian delimitation mission in Greek territory. In addition to the bombardment and selzure of Corfu, where five thou- sand Itallan soldiers are reported to have been landed, the Italians have occupied the islands of Paxos and Antipaxos of the Ionian group, lying to the soutW’of Corfu; Italian war- ships are moving to strategic points and Itallan reservists in varlous citles have been ordered to hold| the colors. Greece has placed her case in the hands of the league of nations, but the council of the league has post- poned discussion of the question un- til Tuesday next. Meanwhile, the Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon dele- gates at Geneva have expressed them- selves strongly in favor of the league asserting its full prerogatives con- ferred upon it by the covenant and taking over the settlement of the controversy. The Italian government is opposed to the controversy going to the league -of nations for decision, as- serting that it is a subject to be settled by Italy and Greece them- selves. By the Associated Press. LONDON, September 1.—The near eastern crisis pivoted today upon Geneva, where the council of the league of nations had fortunately ar- ranged a meeting before it was known it would be faced by the strongest test of the league's vitality which has yet confronted it. The council went only so far as to adopt a resolution urging moderation upon the Greek and Italian governments until the councll could examine the circumstances of the case. No belligerent events were report- ed during the day from reliable sources, although a rumor was cur- rent that Italians had landed on the Island of Samos, but there has been an active bombardment of diplomatic statements and arguments from Rome and Athens. The Italian premier, Mussolini. tele- graphed to all the powers and the league of nations that the Italian oc- cupation of Corfu was a ‘provisional one. and the Italian minister In Athens Informed the Greek govern- ment that it should not be regarded as a hostile act, and advieed that Greece should refrain from belliger- ency, adding that the Italian fleet would leave when Italy's demands had been complied with. The Itallan government asserts strongly that the question is not one for the league of nations, but con- cerns only Italy and Greece and af- fects Italy's honor. The Greek gov- ernment apparently adopts an atti- tude of helplessness; it says it is in the hands of the league of nations and will do whatever the league de- cides it should do. The Greek gov- ernment also says it is prepared to Colonial Beach with friends and her address there is unknown to her parents, with whom ehe made her home and in | whose charge she had left Jimmie. The father i§ living In New York and his! address, too, was not known by Mr. and Mrs. Cropp last night. Only recently, according to friends of Mrs. Cherico, she and her hus- band were in court over the custody of Jimmie. mitted to retain him and it is sald that when the father returned to New York he ~announced nothing would ever bring him back to Wash- ington unless it were in hopes of obtaining his boy. TORRIENTE CUBA'S AMBASSADOR HERE Former Secretary of State First to Be Named Since Eleva- tion of Post. By the Assoclated Press. HAVANA, September 1.—Dr. Cosme de la Torriente has been named Cuban ambassador to the United States, Presi- dent Zayas having formally approved jthe act of congress elevating Cuba's diplomatic representative in Washing- ton to the rank of ambassador. Dr. Torriente was secretary of state in President - Menocale's cabinet in 1913-14. Some years previously he had meen minjster to Spain. He was named president of the league of nations assembly committes on ree duction of armaments in 1922, The mother was per-| accept in advance any reparations (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) themselves in readiness for a call to 60 cents The Star is delivered every evening and unday morning to Washington & “From Press to Home Within the Hour” per month. Telephone Main 5000 and service will start immediately, President T akes Short River Trip On Mayflower After a leisurely cruise down the Potomac on the presidential yacht Mayflower, President and Mrs. Coolidge and several close friends arrived back at the White House shortly before 9 o'clock last night. Leaving Washington shortly after 1 o'clock the President spent the afternoon and early eve- ning at work and gained a short respite from the heat of Washing- ton and from the interruptions to his work while at the White House offices. The trip was as far as Quan- tico, Va., and return. —_— PINCHOT APPEAL FORPUBLICADIN | COAL STRIKE FIGHT Governor Asks Nation Make Force of Opinion Felt in Wage Negotiations. By the Associated Press. HARRISBURG, Pa., September 1.— Gov. Pinchot, his work as medlator in the anthracite wage controversy temporarily at a standstill by the re- cess until next Wednesday to which representatives of the operators and officials of the miners’ union agreed today, appealed tonight to the people “to consider their own Interests also and to make their will known through the fullest public discussion.” In a statement In which he said “the essential and encouraging fact is that the negotiations which yes- terday were lagging are still going on” the governor declared he wel- comed the breathing space for the hard-pressed leaders of both sides and urged them “to use it in acquir- ing a realizing sense of the public point of view.” ‘With mining operations throughout the anthracite region completely halted by the suspension order, which went into effect at midnight last night, representatives of the opposing sides, here since Monday, when Gov. Pinchot called them together and told them their differences must be settled, left Harrisburg declaring the situa- tion unchanged. The governor, out- side of his formal statement, confined himself to an expression of encour- agement. Adjournment Asked. “The essential and encouraging fact is that the negotiations which yesterday were lagging are still go- ing on the statement said. “Both committees have suggested an ad- journment for the purpose of more carefully considering the whole situa- tion, including the four points of my recommendations. But since each committee will do so from the point of view of the interests of its own side, this seems to me like a good time for the people to consider their own interests also, and to make their will known through the fullest public discussion. “In these negotiations I have been representing the public and its ne- cessity to get coal. To get coal we must find a common ground upon which miners and operators may meet and settle their differences with some regard for the public right. That common ground, in my opinion, prop- erly covers a wage increase and a slight temporary rise in the price of coal. The choice lies between that and the threatened shortage. Rights Paramount. “The public is the most numerous and the most important party to this controversy. Its rights are para- mount. Its welfare is the first con- (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) Doubt Greco-Italian Dispute Is Officially By the Associated Press. GENEVA., September 1.—Un- certainty as to whether the Greco-Italian conflict is really officially before the league of na- tions is causing much discussion to- night among the delegations here for the assembly. There js some disappointment that the council did not take & more definite stand this afternoon with respect to the situation than merely postponing discussion of the matter until next.Tuesday and expressing the hope . that the two countries ‘would commit no acts of a nature to aggravate the situation. Qn the other hand, there are many delegates who ~hold that the league council as an execu- tive body acted wisely in consent- ing to a brief adjournment. In £ny case there is considerable un- certainty, as the council's action + in-nowise commits it to interven- tion. The delegates generally are of the opinion that the critical mo- ment for the league has arrived and that the supreme test of its efficacy In preserving pei is fur- nished by the Greek app sub- mitting the controversy. to the league's dectsion. The ettitude of the Itallan mem- L Before League ‘bers of the council is much com- mented upon: It is noted that while the discussion went on in friendly tone and that M. Poli- tis and Signor Salandra, Greek and Italian delegates, respective- 1y, shook hands cordlally after the council meeting, Italy has not ac- cepted the jurisdiction of the coun- cil, and the real issue will come up only ‘after Signor Salandra has heard from Rome and the council is informed. of what Italy's deci- sion {s. The Latin states took a waiting attitude in today’s proceedings, while - the Scandinavian, repre- sented by Hjalmar -Branting, and the Anglo-Saxons, represented by Lord Robert Cecil, came out stronigly in favor of the league's strongly In favor of the league taking up the situation and bold- ly asserting all the authority con- ferred upon it by the covenant and putting to a test the author- 1ty of the council to adjudicate in the case of members first regular- 1y called before it for a threat to break the peace. Indications tonight are that if the council dces not follow Lord Robert Cécil and M. Branting, the small states will bring the ques- tiori before - the assembly next woek, QUAKE DEVASTATES TOKIO; HUNDREDS DEAD i l FIVE CENTS. WALLACE OUTLINES $1a350000 GVEAR BUILDING PROGRAM Agriculture Bureaus Using Widely Scattered Buildings, Many Rented. CALLED WORST HOUSED DEPARTMENT IN CAPITAL Rent Bill for That Branch of the Government Now Amounts to $170,000 a Year. There is now before the budget bu- reau a recommendation by Secretary Henry C. Wallace for an eight-year building program for the Department of Agriculture, calling for an ultimate expenditure of $15,350,000, to adequate- 1y house the 4,600 employes of the de- partment in Washington. This proposal is made as a etrictly efficient business proposition, because the Department of Agriculture now oc- cupies forty-eight widely scattered bulldings in Washington, most of which are rented, which hampers efficient bus- iness administration of the department, and greatly increases the costs. The de- partment is now paring a rent bill of more than $170,000 a year. In spite of the administration’s ‘drive for economy, Secretary Wallace and, in fact, all of those who are in close touch with the housing needs of the Depart- ment of Agriculture feel that a start should be made this year on this build- ing program. Senator Smoot of Utah, who is chair- man of the public buildings commis- slon, in his report to Congress on the public buildings needs in the cap- ital, placed the Department of Agri- culture buildings second only to national archives “This department worst housed in ington.” building, saying, is probably the the city of Wash- Col. Sherrill's Report. The recommendations of Secret Wallace are given emphasis by th report of Lieut. Col. Clarence O. Sher- rill, officer in charge of public build- ings and grounds, during the week that no more room can be found for government offices and that many di- visions and bureaus are now over- crowded. The plans of Secretary Wallace have been most carefully considered. About a year ago he appointed a com- mittee to consider the whole matter of a permanent housing program for the department. This committee was headed by C. W. Pugsley, assistant secretary, and the other members were Dr. E. D, Ball, director of scien- tific work; Dr. W. A. Taylor, chief of the bureau of plant industry; Col. W. B. Greeley, forester; Dr. John Mohler, chief of the bureau of animal industry, and R. M. Reese, chief clerk of the department. The report of this committee shows that the department has been occu- pying 572,839 square feet In govern- ment-owned buildings and square feet in rented buildings. buildings are widely scattered. example, it is two:miles from main building to the weather bureau, six miles to the fixed nitrogen re- search laboratory, one-hdlf mile to the bureau of public roads and three- fourths of a mile to the forest service offices. Then, too, single bureaus are in a number of different buildings; for ex- ample, the bureau of plant industry is in nine different locations and the bu- reau of agricultural economics in nine widely separated buildings, while the bu- reau of entomology Is in five separate buildings. Offices Are In a great many places the depart- ment offices are densely overcrowded, and where they are not overcrowded there is absolutely no room for growth, the report of Secretary Wallace to the budget bureau points out. All this over- crowding has resulted in too much use of basement space for housing em- ployes where there is poor light and far from perfect ventilation. On the top floors of some bulldings in use there is too much ventilation in winter, and it is 6o intensely hot in summer that the employes have to be excused from work, because it would be inhuman cruelty to keep them there. Regarding the fire risk, Secretary Wallace has pointed out to the budget (Continued on Page 4, Column 5.) PANI MAY BE MADE ENVOY FROM MEXICO Radio to Lower California Gives Information—Formerly Em- bassy Secretary Here. Overcrowded. By the Assoclated Press. MEXICALI, Lower California, Sep- tember 1.—Alberto J. Pani, secretary of foreign relations under the Ob- regon administration, and formerly first secretary of the Mexico embassy at Washington and later minister to France, will be appointed ambassador to the United States, according to radio advices received from Mexico City tonight by Jose Inocente Lugo, @overnor of the northern dlstrict of Lower California.