Evening Star Newspaper, September 10, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER. Fair weather and moderate tempera: ture tenight.and tomorrow, 3 Temperature for twenty:four hours ended at 2 p.m, today; Highest, 83. at 2:30 p.m, yesterday; lowest, 5, at € a.m, today, ull report on page T = = Closing N ) & Stocks and Bonds, Page 16 28.986. Entered ax second-cluss m]-u «0,700. pomt office Washington, D. C. | END OF RESISTANGE U 5: Gt Escapes | N RUKR REPORTED| 7o Lake in Quake L ORDERED BY BERLIN LONDON, ' September = 10.—Mlss Katherine Elder, an-lowan, wag in a Yokohama street car when Press Dispatch Tells of Move | to induce French to Negotiate Settlement. No. the first earth shocks decurred, says a Shanghal dispatch to the Daily Telegraph. The car was de- ralled, but' she and her sister's Daby escaped. As the car burst into flame she jumped into a canal, avolding the showers of hot cinders and ashes that filled the air as the buildings in the vicinity toppled. Miss Elder stayed in the water until 7 o'clock in the eve- ning. & Her sister, Mrs. H. K. Dimelow of Keokuk, Towa, told a story of the bpavery of a Capt. Swain of Boston, believed to be in the service. of the Capadian Pacific, who, despite two broken legs. di- rected the rescue work at the Bluft Hotel. Not only did he give in- structions for saving the guests, but he cheered the injured. and by his courage many were saved who otherwlise would have perished. GREECE ACGEPTS CAPITALISTS OF GEF!MANYI SAID TO SUPPORT PLAN; Direct Parley Between Powers Be-| lievéd Near—Paris Sees Effort Requiring Time. By the Associated Press. LONDON, September 10.—The pop- ulations’ in the occupied- areas of Germany have been ordered to dis- continue their passive resistance to the French and Belgian authorities, 2ccording to the Central News. corre- epondent in Berlin. “I learn,” the correspondent’tele- graphs, “that the German capitallsts | have decided to send a representa- tive to Paris with the object of as- certaining to what extent France Is prepared to make concessions -to| Germany. | “Direct ‘negotiations “between the two governments are believed in/ political circles here (in Berlin) to be imminent.”" PARIS EXPECTS BREAK. SSUE WITH TALY Will Carry Out Terms of Am- bassadors When Date Is Set, Announced. By.the Assoclated Press. ATHENS, September 10.—Greece ac- GOUNGIL RULING IN WASHINGTON, D. €, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1923 EPOENE OF FEVE 5 SHEEPING TN, OIS ASKS HELP U. S. Ambassador Cahles for $1,000,000 to Buy Medi- cal Supplies and Food. ECONOMIC LIFE GETTING NORMAL, SAYS MESSAGE Chief Bank Buildings Escaped and Payments Being Resumed, Re- port to Embassy Here. Reporting that, an epidemic of fever had broken out at Tokio, Am- | bassador Woods in a cable to the {State Department today said it was fmperative that §1,000,000 of American |Red Cros€ funds be placed imme- {diately at the disposal of its re- | lief committee in Japan for the quick purchase of medical supplies and food from nearby markets. Ambassador Woods also reported the @ppointment of the Red Cross re- lief committee in his message, which real as follows: Anderson Directs Relief. “In accordance with instructions, have appointed American Red Cross relief committee with Admiral Ander- son (commander-in-chief of American Asiatic fleet) as chairman. Impera- tive to have immediate disposal this committee $1,000,000 Red Cross fund, Think Considerable Time Will Be Required for Peace. PARIS, September 10.—The news from Berlin of the declarations made by Minister of the Interfor Sollman. stated to be with the approval of Changellor Stresemann, which was received here, declaring In: effect that Germany has lost her fight in the Ruhr and must negotlate, hae beon recaived with great interest in|for the victims of the Janina massa- | i Tokio. official circles. German resistance has been expected There is an inclination in govern- ment quarters, however, to regard| the minister's declaration as onlv for the preparation of public opinion In} Germany'. £ . ! it is anticipated that a considerabie time must elapse before the Berlin| cabinet s ready to enter into direct| and serious negotiations. STINNES LEADS MOVE. S T Said to Direct Effort to End Ruhr Resistance. ¥ (By Cable to The Star. and Philadsiphia Public Ledgér. Copyright. 1973} BERLIN, Beptentber 10.~Hiiie 8t nes is leadlng the cAmpaig. &tarte Yesterday by a part of the préss for sufficient concessions to inuce France ‘to negotiate. Reference to thé un. “conditiona] abandonment of passive resistance 1 made In 3 way which a fortnight ago no oné would have dared to publish. “Get to Work harder than ever; re- move all resistence—or starve,” s the substance of an article express- ing the Stinpes urge in his news. paper. 1t can now be definitely stated that feelers have been put out in Paris 2nd Brussels. It appears that the Ger- | man government south _to learn| whether France would negotiate If | Germany would make a definite offer. | It has been suggested that in the| event of negotiations Belgium migh serve as an intermediar. Chancellor Stresemann’s hope is arrange & capitulation which wil smell sweeter by another name. Ifi he can capitulate in the Ruhr with- | out the German people feeling they | have been beaten by the Frenck it will be done promptly. Parallels 1918 Situation. It France is willing to accept an| accomplished fact without a nominal proclamation of it, it will be much easier for Stresemann. If the cessa- tion of resistance can be arranged without . further ignomity it will be| g simple matter, otherwise not. l The situation, it was pointed out day, parallels that of September, 19 when the goyernmens found it nece eary to_end fighting and accept d feat. The sentiment against such! tion was just as violent as it is now | gbout the' Rubr, but little by little the public was made, to realiize the| necessity. At the same. timo it ob- tained few cisagreeable impressions | of defeat. Opinion was molded to b Jleve that “Germgny stopped the war’ for her own best interests. It will be the same over the Ruhr conflict un- Joss Premier Poincare makes capitu- lation so pointed that it will be gen- erplly fele. Progress has been made toward the establishment of a new currency in- dependent of the Reichs Bank. Two| plans have been combined by a com- promise’ between industry and agri- culture. For internal currency it is now proposed to have one bank oper- sted by agricultural interests on a tye Dbasis. For forelgn busineess there would be an industrial bank issuing gold banknotes partly covered by the Reichs Bank. That bank also would ‘ald the agricultural bank. BRAZILIAN NAMED FOR WORLD COURT Dr. Pessoa Elected to Inur.nafionsli Tribunal by League Assem- | bly and Council, | By the Assoclated Press. ] GENEVA, September 10.—Dr. Epi-| tacio’ Pessoa of Brazil was elected to| the Permanent Court of International} Justice at The Hague by the u'emblyi and couneil ‘of, the Jeague, voting con- currently. He succeeds the late Ruy Barbosa of Brazil. Dr. K. K. L. Hammarskjold, former premier of Sweden, who had been rominated by China recelved four t and Dr. Pessoa thirty-four. '\‘.“;l:n. word was recelved that the jeague council had concurred in the election of Dr. Pessoa. Dr. | | ! to| 1 i | 1 | al ation: o, aven uahfi :%; f the al state! cepts the conditions laid down by the | for quick purchase urgently Teede interallied councll of ambassadors for | medical supplies and food from near- settlement of the' Greco-Itallan dis- | b3, Markets ~ An epidemic of fever pute and has so informed the Euuntil}in Tokio. Request you reply imme+ d o 1m a note dispatched to Paris. jatel! A | Forelgn Minister Alexandris sald | hor %y qoDorts Under due o e Poamic | | that the Greek commu#cation left to 'aspect of the earthquake losses and | the ambassadors the deternfination of | the other describing the extent of R s s (R e aile 3 {damage and the relief measures taken, | such details as the dates for the mill- |{FO0EE BTS00 e’ Tapanese | embasky here from the foreign office The first dispatch was gs i tary salute and the funeral services He asserts the council's decision represents a victory for Greek di- plomacy. CECIL MEETS BALDWIN. Confer on League Action Toward Italy in Dispute. By the Ascoclated Press. GENEVA, September 10. — The ilclsue of nations interest yesterday | focused on. the gonference between | |Lora Robert'Gectl and Premier Beid- | SN0 ! t'fc'-f =3 opened and it resumes the issue of win at® Alx-Les-Bains, where British prime minister and the chief E Gfl%: 4t Geneva -mrpz hours dlkousing fhe futdre of the mfue as nflbellg by the Greco: fan incldént. No statement wai itede concerning the conelusions reached, but it is understood that the ¢onversation turnéd on Italy’'s occu- pation of Corfu. 2 The immediate problem before thé league is whether it can leave un- rebuked the Itallan bombardment and occupation of Corfu. Sunday's tranquility, which pérs mitted a quiet recapitulation of thé first week's activitiés in the league of nation’s meetings, seemed to con- ceive .many of the delegates that, after all, thelr world organization had not emerged so badly from the Greco-Italian controversy. ITALY GIVES VIEWS. Willing to Evacuate Corfu When Terms Are Met. BY DR. MARIO BORSA. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1 MILAN, September 10.—An official communique, bassadors of its program for settle- {ment of the Italy-Greek confiict, says that Premier Mussolini has sent the Italian ambassador at Paris a dis- patch to be communicated to the am- bassadors, advising them that “the Italian government takes note of the ambassadors’ note to Greece, which it approves, and it reaffirms its inten- tion to evacuate Corfu and the ad- jacent islands only when Greece has given full and: definite execution of all the reparations demanded.” A second official communique says “The TItallan government has noted the deliberations on Friday of the conference of ambassadors regarding the sanctions to be imposed. upon Greece for the barbarous massacre of Gen. Tellini and the other gallant officers of the Italian mission. The Italian government notes with satis- faction that the demands made upon | Greece by the conference are substan- tially identical with those which Ttaly herself. made directly upon the Greek governmnent, which shows that they were perfectly just. The Italian government will therefore consider its demands satisfied when Greece shall have executed in a full and definife manner all of the demands of the conference of wmbassadors. Deny Financial Atms. “Concerning the 50,000,000 lire to be paid -by Greece it'is superfiluous to afirm that the Italian government never thought to obtain financial ad- vantage as a result of the inhuman | murder of the Tellini mission, but in- stead by insisting upon the applica- | tion of a yniversaily recognized high principle of international right, asked, payniont 0f penalties due fro a_responsible state. “Only after Greece shall have made full and definite execution of the sanc- tions decided upon by the conference of ambagsadors, thus filvln' at the same time satisfaction of the Itallan govern- ment's demands, will this government, in conformity with its preceding decla- ration, evacuate Corfu. Becision Satisfies. Although there are few signs yet from which public opinion on.the de. cision of the conference of ambassadors can be judged, the few available indi- cations are that the decision has been Teceived with satistaction. 7 It seems that the attempts to con- trast the Italian ultimatum with the de. iands made upon Greece by the con- ference of ambassadors is not looked upon_with favor in government circles, but that attempts will be made to con- vince the people that a satisfactory bagis for settlement has been found, while fll‘tllhdn (Jiplomacy has scored & rium] an le government's prestige has been maintained. g - (Copyright 1823.) ; BRITISH VICE CONSUL DEAD. SAVANNAH, Ga., September 10.— Joseph T. Roche, fifty-seven, British “!:‘h :o;m; :‘{ Savannah, died hclr&lnv. en co! Bk constiate’ hata” for. the lust last ‘was. & native of m the | issued after the an-| nouncement by the conference of am- | | follows: | Bank Buildings Safe. “The commercial and industrial dis- tricts of Tokio and Yokohama are almost entirely destroyed. In Tokio the largest buildings of the chief banks, such as the Bank of Japan, the branch office of the Yokohama | Special Bank, the Nippon Industrial Bank, the Bank 'of Taiwan, the Mitsl- bishi and Sumitomo banks are safe. “Sinee September 8, small payments within the limits of the moratorium B i | i { currency the smaller bafike will have all er of fxpect No Money Soon. Conseguently, In spite of the great daniage, the local economic situation s expected” soon to become aormal In addition to this, the transgctions of the great commercial and indus- {trial firms will be resumed ?’ld\u\l)’ in, the Osaka and Kobe districts. “Thys it {s expected that all un- |easiness will rapidly disappear and | that there need be no fesr of eco- inomic disturbance. “The Osaka exchange and -other {1ocal exchanges are gradually resum- |ing opérations.” | The other dispatch received by the embassy said: “On September 2, the Emergency | Rellef Bureau was instjtuted by im- | perial decree. The prime minister and the minister for home affairs were appointed president and vice president, respectively.” AMERICANS GET WARNING. | Advised to Leave Tokio Because of Fever Epidemic. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, September 8.—Fear of ty- | phoid and other epidemics in Tokio has caused American physicians here i to advise their nationals to leave the [city unless their business in the | capital most urgent. While the | water supply is ra 1y being brought { back to mormal by ‘ = eforts of the (Continued on Page 3 AMERICANS BEATEN BY FRENCH GUARD [Man _and Sister Knocked | Down by Station Attendant, State Department Told. mn 7.) | | i | { | | { By the Assosiated Press. FRANKFORT, September 10.—Al- egations of the brutal treatment of wo Americans, one a woman, by | French clvil employes at Neustadt, in the German Palatinate, gre.contained | ! in affidavits forwarded to Secretary of | State Hughes by Frederick Dumont, “the American consul here. | - The charges are made by Anthony H. Seib and his sister, Marie, of Jersey City. They were en route. to Lud. wigshafen on August 31, when they unwittingly. violated the station rules !"n Neustadt by crossing railroad | tracks instead of using the passenger tunnel provided for the purpose. Knocked Wo Dowa. “The commissaire took us to task | for crossing the tracks” says Mr. i Seib In his aMdavit. “When my sister | attempted to show her passport the commissalde knocked her down whereupon, when I remonstrated, the commissaire knocked me:down and then knocked my sister d' ¥n again. 1 again tried to show my passport and was knocked down #gain and three other Frenchmen began to kick me about the head ‘mnd bady. Afte ward four Moroccan soldiers were calleq to guard us.” When an_interpreter wi rat, S in every way an provided to take tion, uz (hey nad {1923 PONY.EXPRESS tief] n l’!u Japan’s Disaster Fell Like Boli: Fires Followed as if by Magic Tremendous Shock, Crashing of Build- ings, Cries of Dying and Fearful Struck Nation to Heart. By the Assoclated Press. TOKIO, September 7.—Via Nogoya. Japan's greatest disaster came like a bolt from a clear sky. There was no warning, no preliminary rumbling of the earth. A tremendous shock, crashes of brick and motor and wood ~screams and cries of the dying and fear-stricken. To add to the ‘instantaneous suf- fering and’ misery that struck the Japanege nation to the heart, great fires burst from the quivering ruins 8 thoygh lighted by magic tinder. l Frigh d thousamds « who' ;had escaped death and injury in the col- la] of buildings crowded to the $dnd into nm.ur}» ‘Were earth shoéc rtw Many fhem died fn the flames that quickly hemmed them in. Yokontama Hardest Hit. Yokohdma. the great Japanese port received the brunt of the shock and rapldly- spreading fires completed 50 DEAD OR HUT INCALCUTIA UAKE City Shaken and Many Houses Knocked Down, Mes- -sage to London States. By the Associnted Pres LONDON, September 10.—Fifty per- sons are reported killed or injured in an earthquake’which shook Cal- cutta today, says an Exchange tele- graph from that British Indian City. The rcported casualties occurred on the Nymensingh district, where many houses collapsed. The seismograpli at Georgetown University recorded an earthquake of moderate intensity between 5:23 and 6:40 o'clock p.m. yesterday, Rew Francis Tondorff, seismologist, an- nounced. Father Tondorff placed the distance of the disturbance at about 2,800 miles from Washington. The quake had two periods of .maximum intensity, at 6 and 6:15 o'clock. i BEATS PIGNEER DAYS Ride From St. Joseph, Mo., to San Francisco Made in 42 Hours’ : Less Time. By the Associated Press." s SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., September. 10.—The revived pony express, epic | reminder of the old express of the | ended its trip from. St. Jogeph, Mo., late yesterday, when Will Tevis, San Francisco poloist, rode into Tan foran race track here on the back of a2 hardy mount. Tevis had carried the mail pouch from the California state line. He was greeted by -a cheering throng. Lieut. Sol Lipman of B Troop, 1ith Cavalry, Monterey, Calif., dashed into the paddock of the track at 3 p.m.. the Army having entered a team of felay riders to Tace Tevis to'tiie finish ne. It was announced at the track that the 1923 express had beaten the time of the olg pony express by approxi- mately forty-two hours The riders followed the old pony trafl from St. Joseph as closely as| possible, there béing necessary devia- tions where the path of the ploneer riders had been wiped oyt by the ris- ing_ of cities and other monuments to the westward march of civilization. The ‘seventy-five couriers who par- ride covered a total -at an average of The riders were minutes. The SR its ruin in a comparatively brief space of time. There the buildings were of such construction that they offered no resistance whatever to the flames. In Tokio. the collapse of the build- ings and spreading fires bore striking evidence of the immensity of the disaster. But the real horror of the situation was not realized until night, when thousands of refugees wondered through the darkness, homeless and hungry. To add to.the terror, numerous minor earth shocks came’ Guring the afternoon and. .evening. WIith the t?tbt-r'n-‘:eadln; n.:n;. menacing the city, opsends -of - familles began & Rustied exodus “from lnlr‘- Wothes: Many of the refugees who moved thetr household goods to the streets ble nsport them far- o hd lg"v, theif ljves. héir ‘mokt treasure possessions burned on the pavements, :fifl .ut fire by myriads of flying Parks Quickly Filled. All the parks of the capital quick! filled with refugées. who clmqed 0] { (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) BLACK NOON DRAWS - SCIENTIFIC ARMY Revelation of Eclipse May Alter Conceptions of Time and Direction. By the Associated Press LOS ANGELES, Calif., September 10. —When the sky unfolds its most im- pressive pageant—a total eclipse of the sun—along the coast of southern California today, the largest body of spectators in the history of modern sclence will be on hand to see it; ac- cording to astronomers gathered in this sectign to view the obscuration. From the point of totality in this| vicinity the eclipse will grade away gradually eastward across the United | States to 40 per cent in New Eng- land. ‘Beginning at 12:54 p.m. there will be 169 seconds during which the moon will hide the sun. Eclipses R.r:. Total. eclipses of the sun are rare, the men of science point out, and total eclipses visible in well populated regions are’ extremely rate. . This year the shadow of the eclipse will cover léss than three-tenths of 1° per cent of the earth’s surface, but that comparatively narrow shadow, 105 miles across, will strike a fairly pop- ulous portion of the United States, or | coast and geodetic survey should have | on young girls of parading in abbre- will be within easy reach of a pop- ulous section.and will be visible at the most -favorable time of the day for_sclentific and lay observation. Eclipse expeditions from every quarter of the globe awaited its ap- pearance - in the path of totality markeds, out .for today's -eclipse, the first tofal obscuration of the sun vis- ible in the United States since 1918 and the Tast until 1925. . Batteries of specially constructed camer: spec- troscapes, .interfrometers and other astronomical instruments were aimed at.the heavens, while overhead circle airplanes of the United States battle fleet engaged in a historic attempt to photograph the onru: .ing shadow of the moon from points miles above the sea. Radio First Used, Radlo. 00, was playing its first great role in the observatiod of a to- tal eclipge’ by spreading an invisible nét of ‘communications over the pre dicted path of the moon's shadow, linking together the widely.separated camps eptablished by American and forelgn. observatories on Santa Cata- lina and ‘San Clements Island, off Los Angeles, at San Diego and at Ensenada and other Mexican ports. Newspaper men statfoned at stra- tegic paints along the path of totality pre, to flash the path of the eclipse to their readers from its be- ning ‘(11:30 a.m. Santa Cata- ins-Island) to the final phase of ob. the diences Y e g et [N ENTY-SIX PAGES. ECARL THREATENS BAN ONFUELSALE T0 MILTARY NEN Questions . Legality of Pur- chase From U. S. Coal Yards~ sin New Decision. Controller Genersl McCarl, ques- tioning the legality of furnishing coal from the government fuel yard to commissioned officers of the Army and Navy and not allowing such sale to other employes of the government here, declares in & decision returned to, the Secretary of the Interior that if the Arm; Nawy wishes to con tinue using its funds after the end of the present fiscal year, June 30, 1924, for pfcers™ edal purchases her “it should be bubmitted for the con- sigeration of the Congress. This, in effect, puts the controller on record as réfusing to allow pay- ments after June 30, 1924, to the com- missioned officers of the Army and Navy for purchasé of coal from the . government fuel yards. Controller McCarl's decision was made known today as Secretary Work | af the Department of the Interior was | instituting an investigation into -the ifuel yards, with the avowed purpose | of extending its privileges t6 every federal .émploye 'in Washington or abolishing it entirely. |, The problem.submitted to Control- ler General McCarl by the Army and Navy Departments concerned the “matter of honoring fuel requisitions of the Army and Navy Departments, etc, for and to make deliveries of fuel to the private residences of com- missioned officers, etc., of sald de- partments, payments being made therefore either by government dis- bursing officer’s checks or by trams- fers of funds or the books of the Treasury. Questions Legality. | The controller's deeision was taken | today to mean that not only will this | disallow requisition after June 30, {1924, for coal for Army and Navy officers, but that he seriously ques- !tions the right of the Interior De- partment to deliver coal to the service men without according the same jprivilege . to other _branches of the | government _service, inciuding all branches of the executive department. The Secretaries of _War, Nav: Treasury and Commerce. troller sald, had been asked- mit statements as to “the authority | to purchase fuel for sale and delivery to the officers and enlisted men in they particular service.” But, the i controller added, at the time of his decision, only the Secretaries of War and Commerce had submitted the matter requested. quested included the provision by law under which the various seqretaries hope to make payments for fuel for thelr officers’ and men. Submits 1922 Ruling. The Secretary of War submitted the act of June 30. authority, as amended eptember 15, | t The Secretary of Commerce ‘submit- ted generally that the officers of the the same privileges of the Navy, with whom they -hold relative ranks. To substantiate his decision to re- fuse requisitions after the end of the present fiscal year thé controller uoted the act of July 1, 1918, con cerning the fuel yards, which author: ized the Secfetary of the Interior t maintain the fuel yards “for the stor- age of fuel for the use of and deliv- ery to all branches of_ the federal service.and the munlclzl{ government (Continued Prag ‘olumn 2.) Sailor Blinded uor D By the Associated Press. . SANTA BARBARA, Calif.. Sep- tember 10.—A tragedy within a tragedy - was -enacted aboard the’ destroyer Delphy, which went, asfiors sevénty-five miles fiorth o Santa - Barbara ’'Saturday night with' sx -othér 'debtroyers of the battle fleet. : This tragedy resuited in the death of Seaman Pearson, whose given nameé and home naval offi- cers: at the scene of the wreck were unable to give. As ‘the Delphy. crashed, bow first, into . rugged ro¢ks neat ° :A:l:#‘find’gn. Pe rio was & 1adder and Both ‘were broken. His comrades & sk Wmsh pedde Soyis “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s cafrier system covers every city block and the regulat edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. FRTaR oA i i Saturday’s Net Circulation, 82,713 Sunday’s Circulation, 93,362 TWO CENTS. 'SEVEN DESTROYERS WRECKED IN FOG; 23 SAILORS LOSE LIVES Heavy Seas Pound Vessels Held on California Rocks, Threat- ening Total Destruction. FLOTILLA WAS HUGGING SHORE; OVER 500 SURVIVORS -SAVED One Craft, Picking Up Life Boats of Stricken Passenger Liner. Escapes Disaster. By the Assoclated Press. SANTA BARBARA, Calif., September 10.—Efforts were to be made today to count the cost and perhaps fix the blame for the toll taken by the sea near Santa Barbara Saturday, when seven destroyers' of the battle fleet went ashore near Arhueilo light, seventy-five miles north of this city, and the Pacific Mail liner Cuba was wrecked on a reef off San Miguel island, thirty-five miles off this port. TIDAL WAVE CAUSED DESTROYER WRECK IS VIEW HELD HERE As a result of the naval disaster whicn occurred at 9:05 o'clock Satur- day night in a dense fog, 23 seamen were missing and were belleved to have lost thelr lives. Fifteen others were 86 seriously injured they wera brought to a hospital here, and 100 more were cut and bruised, while the destroyers — Chauncey, Woodbury, Fuller, S. P. Lee, Nicholas, Young and Delphy—were reported total losses. All Saved on Cuba. In the wreck of the Cuba, which occurred about 4:30 o'clock Saturday ) This matter re- | 1922, as his bllh:I 51 Lashed to Mast, Carried Down Navy Experts Express The- ory That Japanese Disaster Reaction Is Responsible. The theory was expressed by high naval officials that a tidal wave or other seismic disturbance, reacting from the Japanese earthquake, caused the disaster to destroyer division 11] oft the California coast yesterday. Reports fram naval pfficials on the scene haVd" not yet 'given compivte informiation of the conditions under which ;seven destroyers were thrown on thé ‘coast, but frém: Other data officials baid it wak evident that “a very unusual sea disturbance” took place Saturday and Sunday. “Until the department has complete information,” sald Secretary Denby, “we must withhold any formal judg- ment. - Wé can only express regret for the accident and deep gratitude that the loss of life was so compara- tively slight.” Probe Under Way. An investigation already is under way undér naval regulations. The loss in material in the wreck was confined to a class of ships in which the United States is over- whelmingly superior. Nearly 200 destroyers have been placed out of commission and are tied up in vari- ous navy vards. A message recelved by the Navy Department early today from Admiral Robison, commanding the Pacific fleet, said no movable material could be calvaged from the seven destroyers stranded on the California coast at Point Honda until the heavy surf abated. The message Jid not refer to the number of lives lost. “All survivors of stranded destroy- ! a {ers have been sent to San Diego by ! train and remaining by destroyers of | destrover squadron No. 11. No mov- {able material can be salvaged until heavy surf abates. Then will require protracted efforts. Commander de- Ftroyer squadron of battle fleet has {been directed remain in charge until { further orders. Officers and men of { Woodbury and Fuller reported saved. | No further news.” !DANGER TO MORALS SEEN IN RESORT BEAUTY SHOW [ By the Associated Press. OCEAN CITY, N. J., September 16.— Resolutions urging that the country be aroused to the “moral dankers” of the -annual beauty contest at Atlantic City were adopted at Founders' daj | exercises here yesterday. The effect viated bathing suits and of wide pub- Tiication of their pictures was deplored in the resolutions. The Rev. James E. Lake, seventy- elght vears old, suryiving member of a quartet of ‘Methodist ministers who {founded Océan City forty-four years ago. in an address appealed to mothers to make their daughters | woar bathing the legs far Torn by Pain, ve the Knee: ~ went to his rescue and succeeded taking him on deck. There he was blinded By ofl from bursting fuel pipes. Nearly crazed by pain and desperation, he resisted the eftorts of shipmates to rig up & breeches buoy to rescué him. The vessel began to break up and his comrades wers forced to lash him to & magt in the hope of returning later to take him off. Other injured were taken ashore ‘and just as the last man, except Pearson, was safe on the main- land, the Delphy broke in two and slid beneath the waves, with Pearson crying np'ue;u:g for h;l‘pd Today as parts of wrec| were being dashed to Pear- face T and fro in the boiling surf, R, A 5 !hrouth the W"!“ and green of the sea. . Suits that do not expose |1 . morning, also in a fog, no lives were lost. Capt. C. J. Holland, the purser, the steward and elght seamen. who remained aboard the stricken craft as a guard over $2,500,000, wera. landed at Wilmington today. No word had been received here early today concerning the captaiu and his comrades, but.tugs and other els which encircled the islana yesterday declared they saw no sign of the liner, unless small wreckage which dotted the coast was part of er. Twelve Miles Off Course. “The Reno landed at Los Angeles those of the Cuba's crew and all of 5 s MWha- songht safety gn A small boat contain- ing Chief: Ofcer G H. Wise and eight men: Bave béen picked up by thé S Oll tanker W. 8. Miller, én routs to Bap Fraficisgo. It was only by chance tHat the de- stroyer Reno left her companion de- stroyers on a voyage.from Fran- cisco to' San Diego and sailed west of the Channel islands instead of down the channel. Had she remained with others of her squadron she might have shared .the fate af the seven which went on the Arguello reef. It was unofficially reported the de- stroyers were twelve miles off their course. Ge Ashore in Fog. The destroyers were speeding through the fog hugging the shore in single file formation, when they piled up on the rocks from 200 to G500 yards apart about 300 yards off shore. The fatalities were divided between two déstroyers. Seven were from the Deiphy, and the others died on the destrover Young, which turned over and sank in ene minute and thirty- seven seconds after she struck. ‘The other destroyers, the S. P. Lee, Nicholas, Fuller, Chauncey and Wood- bury, went aground in positions | which.gave their officers and crews a better chance for their lives than was afforded the crews on the other craff. The Cuba went ashore off San Miguel Island off Santa Barbara county, twelve houre before, .and fts survivors were picked up by the Reno, with the excep- tion of one boat load, which was picked up by the Standard Oil tanker W. H Miller in the Santa Barbara channel; while its occupants were rowing out to sea in a dense fog, under the im- pression they were headed for shore. The Miller will reach San Francisco today. The Reno landed its. survivors at San Pedro last night. With a heavy Sea running the tugs Partridge and Sonema are standing by the smashed and twisted wreckage of the seven United States naval destroyers. Two destroyers of the flotilla, whicl) were not wrecked, have left for San Diego. with part of .the crews of the stranded craft, while others have been sent away by train. A guard of ten picked men has been left at the sceno of the wrecks. Two more tugs are_ex- pected to arrive at the scene today. Untit the high surf has subsided it will be im= i possible to salvage any material from: the seven destroyers. One Vensel Upright. The Fuller and Woodbury both are high up on the rocks, the former list- ing 20 degrees to starboard and the latter 40 ' degrees to port. The Chauncey has lodged high up inside the rocks, but she has remained. up- right. The Young is on her beam and is three-fourths ‘submerged. The Delphy lies in a similar pocition, but she is broken in half. On tle beach under the cliff;the 8. P. Lee {s strand- ed with a 20 degree list to port.. The Nicholas is broadside from.the beach: listed 10 8egrees to starboard > A partial list' of the dead, as offic{al- ly announced, follows: H. Skipper, ph_Slimak, Henry T.. Kirk, En- iqus Torres, Buchan, Harrison, Red- dock, Salze ariin, Kirby, Grady, Ben Schank. Taylor, Overshiner, Dun- can, Ray H. Morris, John Young, C. F. Rogers and Conroy. The bedy of Conroy was the only one recovered The disaster, one of -the most seri- ous to naval crafi in years, occurred at 9:05 o'clock Saturday might. - The eoxact scene was at. Honda, a mile north of Point Arguello. The Delphy was leading. It gtruck without warning, and the others piled up around her. ~An offieer, whose name was not obtainable, sald the ac- cldent was caused by the dense fog and a two-knof current, which' car- rled the craft off their course. The Arguello, light was not visible and when the destroyers strugk 'their officers were _sajd - to, have thought. they were twélve thiles farther south than they were. - Oafries Injured Man Down. . The Delphy broke up-during’ the night. : The flotilla of which the wrecked eraft formed & part was in command o Cape Eawaa Watson: commands ing of e;r Delphy. in . and.was.on Bhe dead weve an teadped fa hote T (ContiD ol