Evening Star Newspaper, September 4, 1923, Page 4

'MHE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. TUESDAY, 2 SEPTEMBER 4, o 0. 192 New Fires and Explosions Add to the Grim Terrors of Stricken Japan GREAT MISSIONARY | SCHOOLS WRECKED Jesuit and Methodist Insti- tutions in Heart of Tokio Taught Thousands. By the inted Pross. SAN ANCISCO, Two great missionary them credited with be af its kind in the world, were located in the rt of the disaster area in Tokio and were doubtless destroyed, a ments by terested churchmen' here todav. Jesuit at Ignatius verait third occupied Tekio hill ov September 4. schools, one of ng the largest cording to annoync in- The Uni- ta house st here has received word th seh by the as troved erlooking 1A city. etw the Iy, known 1 aXi-Gaknin located « at which once was Jesuit College was in \ de 1t on a in fesuit Col the Jochi- Wisdom.” Uni- School of the Tmperial Methodist M Gakuin. The | the record of i anee of approxi o Dr. H. B. Ooyama sehool” holds argest of its with an attend ¥ 2000, accore nson of Ouklan the instis estant the fng 1 Calif. headed tut o News of Wies e of | conn s an of these two stitntio in the tery. F ed th. e suit ns a n Colleg MacNeil, we Imperial Uni wis of rein he paluce of the far distant. Johnson cxpressed the fear today Arthur_ D, Berry, Methodist from Mexico, N. Y., who re- cently departed ¢ from le' for his L, arrived in Tokio hefore the d ter.” Other Methodist missionsries this field were the Rev. zand Mrs, M Idieheart, New Prof. and J. V. Martin, “onstance Chappe Miss Chap d their fat Renj : Miss 1 Mis N. Y. that 1 missio i . Calif Ohio) Philadelphia Worden Moon, Spoka Other Method In addit there Methoaist » were 1ot} the Rev Rev. and Rev. Ralph William Thde nd Luthy of New Al the Meth- divides his time oul. Korea, wster Japan the with him Forcizn Mission Society. Rible Sccicty. American Roar rican Christian convention I been iy aand Weich is The Baptist Americar di Episcopal n Church establishments i Tokio h and Preshyteria rhy = THOUSANDS HURL SELVES INTO RIVER TO ESCAPE QUAKE and ne hodies of earthquake clogged in the River Sumida fiows through Tokio Thousands of frenzie Women. overcome with and fatigue, went mad themselves into the rive 8hocks were occurring Thousands of others the bridges th collapsed Die In By the Asor OSAKA. September 4.—A ploflon nas occurred at Owakidini, in Hakone, of the hot springs of Japan, located about fifty miles from Tokio. Following many of the treme heat to wit degrecs many conflagrations The suffer refugees in of men and excitement and threw the rowhen t rished when across Sumida river 50 Degrees Tel A Pross. crature. sreat ex- the earthquake refuge d from e and . accordi. ature of ister the e g 150 d in great <ses s a result of 128 of many thousands the Shidzuoka district Tokio are aggravated ntial which have unday of night EXPLOSIONS KILL MANY, talien By the Associate LONDON to the Evening says that hama mber 4 News o in Yoko- ing with heavy The di o0 says that another bridge, upon which many . foreigners had taken refuse, had collapsed. The dispatch aléo sa lands which were homes by Europeans peared off Yokohama, and that three similar colonies off the coast have 1 destroyed by the tidal wave. The Rockefeller” Hospital has dispatched a messenger from Osaka to search for five missing members of the staff who were last heard of in Yokohama on the Wednesday preceding the earth- auake, according to the same di patch he missing five are named as Dr. McCullaugh, an eye specialist, and his wife: a nurse named Halsey, an unnamed nurse and Mrs. E. B. McMil- lan. FEAR LOSS OF ALL IN SALVATION ARMY for sum have disap- By tie Associated Press. SW YORK, September 4.—All Sal- vation Army officers and workers in Japan are believed to have lost their lives in the earthquake, according to a cable reaching the organization's beadquarters here. The Salvation Army Training School and Hospital were in the heart of Toklo, and are said to have been com- pletely wiped out. ' Commissioner and Mrs. William Eadie and a full staff were in charge of the hospital. Every Salvationist in the country has bLeen notified to stand ready for carrying forward a national appeal for the raising of a great fund on be- half of the suffering poor of Japan, THREE CORRESPONDENTS REPORT THEY ARE SAFE By the Associated Press. SHANGHAI, September 4.—Reports reaching here show that J. Russell Kennedy, general manager, and L. B. Sweet, superintendent of the Kokusai News Agency at Tokio, and George Denny, correspondent of the Associated Press at Toklo, are safe. A direct message from Mr. Denny was recelved last night, giving the first direct communication from Tokio slace the earthquake, York | horrors | AMERICANS MAY BE LOST; ANXIETY IS SHOWN HERE (Continued from First Page.) Dell, there is in the danger zone also, Miss Mary B. Campbell of this city, his sister, who sailed August 6. for a visit there this summer. She was due to arrive August 16, and was to visit the family during the summer and return with all of them sometime later in the year for a visit back here in Washington. Mr. Campbell was formerly a teacher in the Washing- ton College of Mausic. Miss Annie B. Peebles of 1617 19th street northwest reported today she had heard no word from her broth- Leighton H. Pecbles, agent of Frazar and Company (N. Y., im- | porters, in Tokio and Yokohama. She {was without definite knoweldge of { where he was supposed to be at the time of the disaster. Miss N Hoffheims, formerly of this city has been teaching in a col- lege at Sendai, but according to lat- est information to her relatives here, had expected to spend her summer vacation at Karuizawa, and may have {been there, instead of at Sendai. She | is a sister of W. . Hoftheims of 1315 | Decatur street northwest. She merly lived in Baltimore and Phila- | delphia before coming to Washington. | Father McNeal fn Toklo. irorgetown University officials were anxlously awaiting news from the Itev. Father Mark MeNeal, S. J., for- y merly professor at Georgetow Who has occupied the chair of Eng: lish &t the Tokio Imperial University, and has been attached to the Jesuit College in Tokio. No word had been received at the university early this afternoon. Father MeNeal's brother, is a prominent at- in Baltimore, and_his father Wis at one time vice president of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad A niece of former President Wilson < understood to be in Japan, the wife {of a missionary for the Presbyterian urch Rev. €. F. Mcklir Miss Alice v Mechem of Clarendon that the Rev. Mr. Mcllro Iy pastor of a P'resbyterian h at White Sulphur Springs. Va., re the two were assoclated in various war work and church activ- it Associated Press dispateh from ancisco mentions Wayne Pier- ‘| of Washington, D. (., resident “m;m:m».- at Tokio of the United | Artists’ Corporation, a motion picture lorganization. Pierson ix not listed 1 the local directories and no trace the he was fornferly Phomas R | today said | was forme | Chu | wh an son Washingtonian. Mr dispatch mentioned. have been at his post at the time dis- {aster overwhelmed Tokio, H Rodeheaver In Danger 2 Anxiety is b welfare of Pierson, in the was supposed to ne. ng expressed over the Homer Rodeheaver, sistant to Billy Sunday and music la by his many friends in thi i« is reported that Mr. Rode- | heaver left Washington ~about a {month ago for Japan and since that time has not been heard from. His exact whereabouts are not known and it feared that he may have heen | in the earthquake zone at the time of | the catastrophe. Prior to lea a lecture at’ the Fourth ian Church, 13th and Clifton At that time he told his au- { aie that “he was departing fos Japan. where he expected to spend several months. Rev. Dr. I Ward, pastor of that church, could not be reached by phone today, although it is believed that he also is not aware of Mr. Rodeheaver's present where- abouts Dr. and Mrs. cotor, It streets. J. T. Meyers. mission- ould be.found early today of such althe ¥ | president | Bank ing the city Mr. Rode- | {reliet, of the Epworth M. E. Church are stationed outside Kobe about’ one and a half hours’ ride train from Tokto. Armstead Well v of th McDowell of the Episcopal Church today ! that in addition to the list t missfonaries in the Tokio of Japan made public yester- re also Rev. and Mrs. Robert T. Alexandria and Rev. and Mrs. Ed- | win T. Izlehart of Tokio. Among the oldest Catholic mission- es in Japan as learned here to- day, are the Father Walter and ! his ‘brother. N Walter, of the | Brothebs of Mary. Dayton, Ohio. | Many U.S. Missionaries in Zone. | ‘There are many American mission- {aries in Tokio. Yokohama and other Japan affected by the earth- and many inquiries regarding | them have been received at the State Department. which. in the absence of ) official advices, nnot be answered at present. Nearly all the denomina- tions carry on field work in the devas- { tated sections of Japan. and some of them also maintain schools, colleges, saminaries and hospitals. Among the churches cartying on missionary work there are the Methodist Episcopal, Congregational, Baptist and Refo €d. Other Christian bodies carrying on in Tokio are the General Evan- 1 Protestant Missionar American Friend irch, Church Miss a of Method distr da gelical Lutheran Church in th Foreign Christian Missionary So Methodist Church in Canada, Mi to Lepers in India and the East, Christian Mission (Brethren), Postal and Telegraph Christian- Assoclation. Church in the United avian Alliance of North . Norwegian Evangelical | Lutheran Church, Seventh Day Ad-| Ventists, Soclety for the Propagation | of the Gospel. Scripture Union and Railway Mission, United Brethren in Christ, Universailst General Conven- tion and the Men's Christian Association R There is in Tokio the Japan Baptist Theological Seminary; at Yokohama, the Marble Memorial Boys’ School; at Kanahawa, the Mary L. Colby Home School. Among the missionaries re- cently sent out to Japan by the Amer- ican Baptist Forelgn Mission Society oung cere Lionel G. Crocker; Herman G. Spencer and the Rev. and Mrs. Jesse T. Wilson. Bishop Herbert Welch js the resident Methodist bishop in Tokio. The Methodist Church main- tains Acyama Gakuin, or Anglo-Japa- nese College, which is educating 700 boys. The other Methodist institu- tiong are the Philander Smith Biblical Instftute, the publishing house, the Acyama Jo Gakuin, or Anglo-Japa- nese Girls’ College, and the Harrison Memorial Industrial School. Presbyterian Interests. The Presbyterian missionaries in Tokio are Miss Annie B. West, Miss Elizabeth P. Milliken, Mrs. Henry M. Landis, the Rev. Dr. David A. Murray. Miss Lila S. Halsey, the Rev. Dr. and Mrs. August K. Reischauer, Miss Ma- tilda H. London, Miss Mary D. Me- Donald, Miss Lena G. Daugherty, the Rev. and Mrss Howard D. Hannaford, the Rev. and Mrs. Theodore D. Waiser, Miss Mary V. Alexander, the Rev. and | Mrs. Wilils €. Lamott, Miss Louis H. | Dunlop, Miss Mary A Fleming, Miss Esther McDuff and Miss Ruth E. Trimble. The Nihon Kitisuto Kokwai, or by tShaffe Church of Christ in Japan, was formed in 1877 as a union of the churches estab] ed by various Presbyterian and Reformed missions. A union theo- logical school was formed and later a union college. These were merged in 1886 in the Melji Gakuin at Tokio. Work ©f Episcopal Church. The Protestant Hpiscopal Church also carries on extensive work in Ja- pan under the direct superintendence of Rev. John McKim, who has been the American missionary. bishop at Tokio for thirty years. Its largest institu- tion is St. Luke’s Hospital. The su- perintendent is Dr. R. B. Teusler, who was in this country recently raising funds for new buildings, toward which the mikado made a personal gift of $25,000. St. Paul's University also is a large institution of that church. The presi- dent is the Rev. C. S. Reifsnider. He also has charge of St Paul's Middle School. Other Episcopal institutions in Toklo are Trinity Divinity School, at which a native priesthood is trajnad; St Margaret's School, of which the Rev. J. H. Kobayashi is rector. and a hostel for_university students, of “which the Rev. B. K. Sakai 18 director. 5 o iae Episcopal Church U. S. EMBASSY AT TOKIO TOTAL LOSS $5,000,000 CAMPAIGN FOR JAPANESE RELIEF PLAN OF RED CROSS (Continued from First ) 000,000 fund has not been set but, bused on past experience during th war, it was estimated unofficially today 50,000 lingtonians desiring tribute to the District Chapter o Red Cross for relief in Japan should make che the Red rk them or Japan™ send 1 Vietor T Second N, £ th W vher al th was made this Theodore Rich- the Div n Red rds an This announcement Mrs . acting chairman t Chapter, of 1h Cross. No workers from the chapter, Mrs nounced. =y the Ax will 1 Rich will he made for cloth accepted for Japanes chairman stai - - missjonary calendar. the missio in the Tokio district under Bis McKim include the following: Rev R. W. Andrews. Roslyn W. Andre Miss L. H. Boyd, Miss F. M. Bristowe, Deaconess V. D, James Chappell, Miss Bessy rtiss, Miss Marion S. Deane, Rev. Charles M Evans, Gladys D. Fauntlero Heywood, Dr. S. V. Kibby, an. Alexander R. Mc- Bessie . Scheresehoroskp, Ars. John, Rev. Charles J- B. Tuesler, Rev. John lice ¢ weet. Dr. R Welbourn. List of Tokio Churches. Bishop McKim's churches in Toklo are St. John's, All Saints, True Light, Christ Church, Grace Church, St. Tim- othy's Mission, God's Love Church and the Japanese Congregation. Blshop McKim has twenty-nine priests, eight of whom are American and the others He has five deacons, two erican missionary physicians and native physician. There are American and three Japanese te ers and works two American nurses. and sixty-ei panese nurses The Reformed Church of America be- gan its missionary work apan 1859, Its imssionaries in Toklo the Rev. A. Oltmans, the Dr. V. S. Poeke, the Rev. H. tege- man’ and Miss Edith V. Tts missionaries in Yoko! the Rev. Dr. E B. ul Moulton, Miss C. Janet Oltmans and Mies Mary E. Demarest n-com missioner” associate miesionaries in Tokio are George W. Lang and Miss Minnie Taylor. “The Tokio station is of Mr. Stegeman and he also cares for the missions in the country fleld of Izu The ‘latest available report shows that the American board of commis- sioners for foreign missions had in Tokio twelve mission stations, twenty- three ordained missionaries, one is a phy: > unordained m sionary, twenty-th married twenty-five single women. BUILDING IN RUINS, WO00DS CABLES AS U. S. RUSHES PLANS TO AID SUFFERERS inued from Fi in a are Rev V. K, irst Page.) man of New Jersey was among the imssing. The American _embassy buildings at Tokio and “all houses on the bluff,” which is believed to mean the foreign section of the destroyed city, have been destroyed. President - Coolidge was said at the White House today to be determined that the United States government should put all its resou at the disposal of those endgavoring to af- ford relief to the Japanese people. Mr. Coolidge was said to feel cer- tain that the people of the United States were desirous of rendering every possible ald to a friendly na- tionin its hour of distress. It was disclosed that many tele- grams had Dbeen received at the White House from individuals and organizations pledging their support and financial means. The communi- cations were turned over to the Red Crose. Work Is Launched. Acting toward that end, the Presi- dent today gave his personal-atten- tion to many features of the relief program in which the government has asked the people of the country to co-operate to their fullest ability. As a result, relief machinery was put into motion, not only by the Red Cross, which announced a campaign for a $5.000.000 relief fund, but by the Army, Navy. Shipping Board and every other branch of the govern- ment capable of rendering service. In addition to the naval vessels in the far east, all of which are hastening to Japanese ports with medical supplies and food, two Army transports are pre- paring to leave the Philippines similar- 1y laden. ang all Shipping Board ships in the Pacific have been ordered to use every inch of available cargo and pas- senger space in transporting to Japan supplies and relief personnel. Through the American press, Presi- dent Coolidge today commended to every American citizen the Red Cross’cam- Ppaign for a $5,000,000 relief fund. Transports to Safl at Once. The ' Red Cross cabled Knowlton Mixer, chairman of its Manila chapter, today, to buy all of the food supplies he could find, especially rice, and ship them to the devastated area on the Army transports Merritt and Meigs, which will sail from Manila in less than twenty-four hours. Simultaneously the Red Cross rush- of whom | H ynal Miss | H. ! | weeks | essary to issue an appeal supplement- VERE X A President Asks Contributions For Japan Through Red Cross An overwhelming disaster the friendly nation of Japan. been officially reported, enough m towns and villages, have been largel by earthquake, fire and flood, with a_resultant appalling ioss of life and destitution and distress, requiring measures of urgent relief. “Such assistance as department of the government the great for days to American peo b prehensive to contribute in aidi relief to the people of Japan. come, n order that the utmost in the administration of the relie that all contributions, clea man of the Americ National to any of Japan. n I S ges to its representatives in| the « nt to make imme-| veys of all available supplies territories and notify the! Washington office without delay. | Time alene can save the Furvivors ins Tokyo and other ruined cities from death by dis se and starvation and, for the present at le: all supplies will be purch d by cable as close to the devastated area as possible. Ma- nil 4 Shanghai are being drawn upon exclusively at present. diate su May Arrive Today. meantime the entire Asiastic fleet is rushing under forced draught toward Yokohama and the faster ve: sels should reach Yokohama late to-| day. These vessels, together with the | supplies the Army and Red Cross will | in the ruined districts by not | er than Thursday, » expected %o relieve the most poignant suffering until the bulk of suppli begins to oriental points by the tons late week. cious to the receipt of Consul cablegram by the State De- | nt, it was announced at Red Cross headauarters that officials did not contemplate sending physicians and nurses to the devastated areas. | In view of the appeal for medical | stance, however, it is possible that | corps of assistants will be hurried to| the scene from Hawaii and the [’hllr; ippine lslands. | in the Needs Run Into Millions. A cablegram received from the Red s headquarters in Honolulu stated that “six doctors, thirty-six | ten experienced relief work- ecessary medical supplies | dy to sail the moment the authorization from Wash ington. In addition it Is possible the | Cross may offe to dispatch corps of sanitarfans from the Pacific coast to help keep down the epidemics of disease that are regarded as cer- tain to follow in the wake of the disaster. While no_accurate estimate could he given of the amount of money Japan will need from the outside world, it was stated that millions of dollars must be collected in the United States for relief purposes. For Japan will be virtually help- ess. Her very heart was destroyed when Tokio and Yokohama, together with some of her ablest leaders, were wiped out. Those in charge of collecting public contributions do not consider it nec- Cr today nurses, ers and were re; received ing the one sent out by President «oolidge in his statement. They ex- pect the response to be so spontane- ous in the face of the staggering ca- tastrophe that has overtaken Japan that more than enough money will be collected in a short time. c As a nucleus the Red Cross con- tributed $100,000 from its own funds, and an-additional §10,000 for the re- lief of American survivors. The lat- ter will be handled by American Red Cross officials_in Japan, but the for- mer amount has been sent through the State Department direct to the Japanese Red Cross. All subsequent contributions - will be forwarded through the same channels unless the Japanese officials advise of some bet- ter plan. Admiral Anderson. commander-in- chief of the Asiatic fleet, notified the Navy Department early today that he was proceeding on the cruiser Huron, | his flagship, to Yokohama. The Black Hawk, a destroyer tender, is on its way -to Tsingtao for supplies, and thence will go to Yokohama. Destroyer division 45, composed of six_destroyers, is * fitting out with medical supplies for Japgnese relief “with the utmost dispatch” and will proceed to Yokohama, the message stated. They will obtain from the marine guard at Peking and the army available medical supplies and medical personnel. This division, most of which is at Chinwangtao, China,_is composed of the Hulber Noa, _Willlam B. Preston, Preble, Sicard and Pruitt. The Pecos, an auxiliary ship, now in the Philippines, will proceed with all dispatch to Yokohama after taking on_ board food, medical sup- plies and. blanket: The Pecos will also transport all army medical officers possible. Red Orosses Co-Operate. ‘The American Red Cross will con- duct its rellef work through the Jap- anese Red Cross, one of the most complete departments of that organ zation in the world. As fast as con- tributions, which President Coolidge has urged all Americans to give, are received, they will be cabled to the head of the Jdpanese Red Cross. It ’ “To the people of the United States: While its extent has not as that the cities of Tokio and Yokohama, and surrounding is within suffering, which now needs relicf and will need relief 1 am prompted to appeal urgently to the whose sympathies have always been so com- designated, be sent to the chair- the local Red Cross chapters 1 $146,000 to | Ve: 1G | | i { has overtaken the pcople of et is known to justify the state- , if not completcly, destroyed the means of the executive will be rendered: but realizing ng the unfortunate and giving co-ordination and effectiveness funds be obtained, I recommend Red Cross at Washington or for transmission to has been recalled here that it was the Japanese Red Cross that first came to the assistance of San Fran- cisco after that city had been de- stroyed by a similar revolution of nature. The Japanese contributed the relief of the California metropolis. i Message Is Brief. Both Ambassador Wood and Con- sul Davis voiced urgent pleas for upplies, th latter even asking for doctors and nurses to be hurried to the scene. Ambassador Wood's mes- sage, which was undated and filed from' l1waki, was brief. merely sav- ing: All embassy buildings totally destroyed, but no one in embassy in- jured. Food situation very acute. Send rations at once from Philippines.” Consul Davis' cablegram. however, which was based upon a radio mes Lives Lost Specia} Dispatch to Th SAN new a; mation pan’s creep nated 1 mount most million dead This made partment of the { Which hama, same of bui the two cities at 300,000, Nogaya Reported Destra Defin repart city of wara, cities seacoal Tokio, The' station morning source gardin urday which Dire either possib age he had received from the cap- tain of the steamship President Jof. ferson. gave a brief idea of the awful upheaval of nature that literally de- | stroved the heart of gapan. The wireless was sent from the nearly obliterated harbor of Yokohama at | noon yesterday and sald that Yoko- | hama, Tokio and_ Yokosuka had been “complctely wiped out by earth- | quake and fire” ~ Refugees arriving there. the mariner continued, re- ported that Nisyanshita and Hakone | also had been destroyed. Consul Davia® Message. _The whole bottom of the harbor of Yokohama inside the breakwater has come up out of the sea, Consul Dav message continued, and all light marking the approach to that once flourishing shipping center have been destroyed as far north as Nikimoto. excepting the light of Ashita alone. | ls cannot approach inside the harbor. the message said. anfl at noon | vesterday Yokohama was still being | eaten up by fire. The message in full follows: ““Yokohama completely wiped out by “earthquake and fire. Tokio and Yokosuka also. Refugees report Nisyanshita and Hakone also de- stroyed. Admiral Oriental Line office | ruined, everything lost, but all em- ploves safe. Do not accept traffic for Yokohama, but route all ships there to render all possible assistance: give supplies. Returninig Kobe with 350 destitute refugees. = Sailing Kobe- Seattle direct soon possible. “‘Esler (an unknown American) ‘last seen Grand Hotel, whereabouts un- known. Ackerman (believed to be Rep- resentative Ackerman) unknown. Est- | ing and wife (also unknown Americans) | safe aboard. “‘Fires still burning. United States consul at Yokohama and wife dead. Casualties among foreigners are very numerous. Publish survivors arrival Kobe. Empress Australia _disabled.: Empress of Canada arrived Monday with freight and also landing sup- plies. Taking on board Sick’and wounded.® All houses on bluff and and Hotel Oriental are gone. ‘Suggest Asiatic fleet send fast ships at once. ,Relief urgently need- ed, doctors, nurses and medical sup- plies. Pubiish a navigation warning to ail ships leaving that lights ap- proaching Yokohama are all out north of Nikimoto except Ashita. Unsafe approach inside breakwater Yoko- hama, as bottom come up.” Fear for Americans. News of the destruction of all howses “on the bluff” was received here today with deep forebodings for the many Americans, cspecially missionaries, who lived in Toklo. The foreign section of the Japanese capi- tal was located on a bluff overlook- ing the city and It is belleved the master of the President Jefferson un- doubtedly ‘referred to that section. His further statement that “casual- tles among foreigners are very num- erous” brought officials here to a full realization cf the fact that many Americans undoubtedly lost their lives. . Alihough the Red Cross announced its intention today of working through the Japancse Red Cross, American rellef work in Yokohama Will be supervised by Brig. Gen. Frank R, McCoy and Col. George T. Langhorne. Both officers were on leave of absence in Kobe, but were ordered back to proceed at once to Yokohama and assume charge ot the Army's reliet work in co-opera- tion with officers of the American Red Cross. Prices Are Going Up. George Balley, in the Houston Post. The chiropodists have found that they are not ehlropfidll!l- at all, but podiatrists. That sounds to us Ifke a 50 per cent advance In fees. mountainous tidal waves which fol | lowed: o e total number of people periled exceeds five milifons. © To compute the property loss is be yond the realms of imagination Here in San Francisco itsel’ scourged in 1906 with devastating fira |and earthquake, the most poignan: grief and sympathy prevails for Nip pon's stricken millions. Beside wha in Cities of Coast May Swell Toll to a Half Million im plant with its one English-speaking Tepaness operator, who has now been At his post continusuoly for seventy- two hours, is the only direct connect- | happened in Tokio and Yokohama ing link between the two stricken |San Francisco's memorable disaster cities and the outside world, | pales into insignificance both as rv * Story of Famine. | gards property loss and loss of 1. wes . Despite the seventeen years that has | Messages hed from the Tomioka | g1 0bey an Francisco hasn't fully re- station during the night told a vivid, | covered. A new city has been built gripping, gruesome story of famine |upon the wreckage of the old, d thirst that already have com- |there still remain scores of wrect £ h have never B menced to stalk through the stricken | e e e cities. Tokio already Is witnessing | terrible scenes of mob violence, as Hangrs, maddenca thousanas range | F EAR GREAT LIFE LOSS All Tokio Newspapers Except Two swords and | shooting relentlessly are endeavor- Reported Destroyed—Foreign- ers in Danger Area. - Star. / september 4.—As ite bits of infor- of life ‘in Ja- | aster began to | FRANCIS nd more de regarding stupendous d through ecarly today, the esti- number of casualties began to upward and & reach the al- unbelievable total of a half 1os in a is the tremendous estimate e by the metropolitan poli Oyama prefe includes both Tokio and Yoko- | at 4 o'clock this morning. The message estimates the number 1dings and houses destroved in | inz to maintain a semblance of order. 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