Evening Star Newspaper, September 10, 1923, Page 2

2 e | s THE EVENING PLAN AIR CARNIVAL | Abe Marcin Says: {ADANFGE FIND . AT BOLLING FIELD Gfeal Show to Be Given Sep- tember 22 for Benefit of Army Relief Society. Formal announcement 'was made today of an air carnival to be held at Bolling Fleld, September 22, that is deaigned to eciipse anything ever held in Washington in the way of aero- nautical entertainment. The purpose of the show is to furnish funds for the Army Relief Society, an organi- Scation which provides for the edu- catjon and relief of widows and or- phans of soldiers of the Regular Army. The only means of procuring funds for these purposes are by do- mations or proeeeds of entertainments. Army posts and fiying flelds thiroughout the country have either given or soon are to give benefit per- formances along the lines of the one tosbe given here. A large committee s at work arranging for this exhi- bition of aeronautics, which will be &0 popularized that the layman will, aside fro obtaining much amuse- ment, get r insight into the qlleged intricacies of fiving ) ®hips and equipment from other fields will be imported here for the oc «ion, w number of famous pila Among the varlous types of planes wili be the sky-writing Vaught, now at McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio. The nilot of this ship will write aeross the vens, bringing out both the ilitary and entertaiament value of this peculiarly equipped airplane. Ot r events wlll include heavy bom- dment of obstacles on the ground, etunt flving, large for flying end many other spectacu features of the profession in gener: T nivel is scheduled to begin et 2 o'ciock and continue on inte the night Dancing and other entertain- ment in addition to might fiving, which always provides a thrill, are on, the program for the show after sun- eet. A large list of patronesses, wives of cabinet members and high yanking Army officers are enthusi tically supperting this coming event. Figns and posters for display in hotel fobbies and strect cars are being pre- pared for the carnival. ‘The admission price will be 50 cents, and holders of tickets will be uested to retain the stubs, as free “hops” in the air- planes at the ficld will be given to the possessors of lucky numbers. SEVEN U. S. DESTROYERS WRECKED IN FOG; 23 OF CREWS KILLED, 15 HURT (Continued from First Page). bunks on the Young when that ve sel struck, and were drowned wh the craft capsized within two minutes after striking. More than 500 men were secued from the wrecked destroyers. Of the survivors, fifteen of the scriously injured were brought to the Santa Barbara County Hospital here. Ong hundred others were cut 8nd bruised in their swim to safety over the jagged rocks. The de- gtrovers were traveling in formatlon | at twenty knots an hour in g 8ca and dense fog when the Vessel crashed. Carried ahead by a strong tide the others piled on the beach in succes- tlon. The seas were running so heavy that it was only a few minutes after the crash that all of the destroyers were taking water. Swims to Get Aid. The rescue of most of the crew of the Young was effected when Boat- ewain’s Mate Peterson took a line overboard and swam with it to the Chauncey, fighting against the rough sea and strong tides. Peterson reached the Chauncey exhausted With the line secured between the two ships, all remaining members of the crew made their way ashore, as the Chauncey was beached on the mainland. A twist of fate that sent the Reno tearing southward at thirty knots an hour to the west of the Channel islands instead of down the Santa Barbara channel, according to her rchedule, saved sixty-eight survivors from the wreck of the Cuba from almost certain death at sea, accord- ing to the Reno’s commander, Lieut. Commander J. R. Barry. after groping her way southward through the fog-banks, reached San Pedro harbor with the ps engers and crew of the wrecked Cuba. Saved by Mere Chance. Lost in the fog and headed due west for the open sea, in the belief that they were bound for the main- land, two of the Cuba's boats were sighted by the Reno as she was speeding through the apnual full power trlals. Chance stghting of the first lifeboat through “rift in the fog was all that saved o arec heavy ading Crha's fll-fated passengers, de- Commander Barry. He sai % "We were making thirty pere hitting it up since we left Puget Sound for San Diego. We Were scheduled to have passed down the inside of the channel, but the fog was so thick that I declded to dtrike outside for safety. § "About 3 o'clock Saturday after- joon we sighted a small boat on our Beam. We thought it was a fishing :‘t at first, but as we dashed by I w that It carried too many persons br such a craft. Three miles farther ot we passed a second boat and knew that they were in distress, ¢ knots and 4 “Our speed was so terrific that we! were forced to make a long circle, of more than five miles to siow .down hefore we reached the first lifeboat, in charge of the Cuba's chief engi- neer, W. J. Owens. Find Stricken Czaft. “Owens had his eraft, as well as the ane following him, headed directly West, in the belief that they were Kolng east. He gave us an idea where the Cuba was piled up and an hour later we found her, down by the head and the heavy seas piling over- ner_decks “The passengers, women and chii- dren, wearing coats and overclothing of the ship's officers, were lying in hadraggled beaps about the beach.” Fog and lost bearing, aggravated by the lack of wireless to ascertain compass bearings, was responsible for the accident, according to the officers of the Cuba. “Our radio set has been disabled since we left the ‘Panama canal, and we knew we were lost yesterday morning, but were helpless without radio,” sald Radio Operator E. N. Willis. GETS 364-DAY SENTENCE. Willie Brown, _colored, charged with assaulting Policeman Victor Cue of the seventh precinct in Navy place southwest April 7 last, was sentenced to 364 dgve [n jall today. The evi. nce showed that Brown assaulted the policeman ~without provocation, tfipped him and then struck him with some kind of blunt instrument, in- filoting a wound that required sev- dral stitches to close. Brown left n immediately after the assault d, it was said, had been working in Newark, N. J. all summer. . He returned to the city Thursdsy snd Saturday night Detective Hil ar- rested him. ¢ 3 ASKS SAUSAGE BE LABRELED, Healtl Oficer Fowler has taken up fth local dealers the question of beling * sausage made Wwith other , a3 well as meat, so that buyers be able to distinguish >ducts. -from..ordinary -msat sau- The Reno, | fog on her| | ] Ever’budy seems t” want t’ give President Coolidge a chance but th’ photographers. We'd never noticed it, but I{Constable Plum says women lallus laugh when they’re ar- {rested. | (Copyright. National Newspaper Service.) OXFORD STUDENTS - WILL DEBATE HERE English University Men to Contest With George Wash- ington Tearp. | A debate on the French occupation of the Ruhr between Oxford Uni- versity of England and George Wash- |ington University on October § was announced today by William Mather Lewis, president of the local institu- tion. Although the affirmative and nega- tive sidos have not yet been definitely announced, it is likely the Oxford team will be given the side that sup- ports the policy of the British gov- ernment—denunciation of the French occuptalon. he debate will be one of the big- t intercollexiate contests of the cason in the United States. There has been considerable rivalry among American universities to arrange de- bates with the Oxford team, and George Washington officials are elated over their success. Oxford will send three debators. They are expected to reach the United States about September 27, and re- main until October 20. The Oxford team will dsbate the University of Pennsylvania on Thursday, October 4, and Swarthmore CoMege on Friday, October 5. All of the American de- Dbates have been arranged through the Institute of International Education. Candidates from all departments of George Washingcon University will E TOTALS 4,071,000 Red Cross Reports Liberal Response to Appeal for Eanhquake Victims. ‘Washington bad gone “over the top” in its Red Cross drive for Japanese relief today and the nation at large had contributed more than f0 per cent of its mational $5,000,000 quota. ‘With a Jocal quota of $50,000, Wash- ington at noon today had subscribed $52,386.29, while reports from Na- { tional Red Cross headquarters showed total national subscriptions of $4,071,- 000 to the various divisions. Subseriptions Classified. Washington's subseriptions classified as follows: Received by the local finance com- mittee, Victor B. Deyber, chairman, $3.235.55. Received by the Washington Post, $9,303.51, and received by The Even- ipg Star, $11,847.23. Now that the quota is passed, Mr. Deyber said, Washington is going to roll up its sleeves and put in another week at collection work in an effort to make the total subscription $100,- 000, The climax will come at the very end of the week, when the pho- toplay, “Scaramouche,” will open at the Belasco Theater. Proceeds for ning night of that pleture will n to the local Red Cross. Soclety to Boom Receipts. Already indications are being given that the premier presentation of this play would be fostered by .Washing- ton society. Persons prominent in local social circles already have put were in requests for tickets, and it Is ex- | pected that there will be in attend- ance on that night at the Belasco probably the most representative gathering of Washington notables of the season in any theater. Seats are being reserved for President Coolidge, members Of the cabinet and others. The photoplay, while the main attrac- tion: on the program, will be encased in a program of Red Cross inci- dentals, the nature of which will be announced later. . ¥Fund Reported by Divisions. Reports from the Red Cross divi- sions throughout the country, issued today 2t Red Cross headouarters here, are »s folows: Division Washington New England . Southern Central Southwestern Pacific Subscribed $2,439,000 . 275,400 76,000 612,000 250,000 . 367,800 Insular and foreign . 150,500 Total .$4,07 Authorization for the purchase of additional rellef supplies for the stricken Japanese was glven this morning by the executive committee of the Red Cross in a meeting at the national headquarters, The authori- zations will bring expenditures thus far in behalf of the earthquake guf- ferers by the American people, close to the level of the funds so far col- iected throughout te country. Outbreak of Fever Reported. Reports that an epidemic of fever of a severe type had already broken out in Tokio were received at the Red Cross headquarters today. An indication of the spirit of co- be permitted to compete for positions or the local team th~t meets Oxford. Numerous candidates have already entered their names with Prof. C. S. Colller of the law school, who will have charge of the selection of the team and the coaching in preparation for the debate. The Oxford team paid a similar | visit to the United States last year. McCARL THREATEN BAN ON FUEL SALES TO MILITARY MEN (Continued from First Page). i i in the District of Columbia and such Dpoints thereof as may be situated i mediately without the District of C lumbia_and economically can be sup- plied therefrom.” In view of this statute the control- ler held that actually there was no foundation in law for ever making allowance to the officers to buy coal | “for their private use, pursuant to {orders placed with the Department of the Interior for delivery to the pri- {vate residencgs of such officers.” - Hinges on Phrasc. The question hinges around @ phrase “branches of the federal serv- ice,” according to the controller, it being denied that commissioned of- ficers could be considered as branches of the federal service. Although iaying down the law as denying the present practice, even of the coai yard, in supplying coal to com- ‘missioned officers, the controller said in? asmuch as it might be assumed the of- ficers had a right to receive fuel from the government under the act cited by the War Department, “it would sopear a question of economy to have the fuel furnished through an established serv.t ice rather.than to substantially dupli- cate such service by separate organiza- tion to furnish the fuel in those par- ticular cases.” In other words, the con- |troller cranted the War Department {might have a right to sgll’ coal to its officers, byt not through the fuel yards. | But since the practice already had been jestablished, he would suggest that it be continued up to the end of this fiscal year. ‘“The use of such appropriations as are now made,” he concluded, “may continue until June 30, 1624,” thus em- 'phfl\lcx”y informing 'thuse concerned that such appropriations will rot be | 50 used after that time-unless the Con- ress changes the law. “Fhe ;':m‘n raised by ‘the controller concerning ‘the right of other govern- cnt employes besides the commis- !floned ofticers to buy coal was raise ia connection with his discussion of the fuel yard act. Denying that this Jact allowed sale to the commissioned officers, he significantly continucd {thht “ino enactment related to the loxecutive rather than the military service of the government.” The controller general did mot, in so many words, rule that other em- ployes of the government should be {allowed to ‘purchase coal,from fuel yards. This question was not asked of him in the matter under discus- sion, but the inference rwas plainly drawn that if the Army and Navy officers-has a right to buy coal others of the executive departments chould also. The matter at present, however, concerns only the officers in question over the appropriations for whom the controller general has control. Secretary of the Interior Work called ypon the bureau of mines to- day for data regarding maintenance of the vard and comparative fuel costs. Dr. Work announ that he would follow his ostablished custom and make a thorough investigation of the entire matter befere making a decision one way or the other, “I shall not judge this case before it has been argu Dr. Work sajd. “Nor shall I make a decision without an investigation, in line with my policy on ail matters.” Dr. Wor'y feels that out of justice | lnnonl to_consumers of coal in Wi the entire matter should be thrashed out, opce and for all, either to end eff forta of local coal dealers and dealers in forty-four states of the Union to abolish the yard or to open the door to possibly cheaper-coal for employes of the government’{n th ital, He realizes that purchase of at pres. ent high prices works hardship on many government employes whose in- e“omo s unld ;‘b‘ud'h il :m o:‘t ::: cts an af ottom whple matter bators dsc ng. | operation being shown by shipowners is found in the announcement that the President Jacksor, which clears from Seattle tomorrow (Tuesday) has sl- lotted 200 tons of cargo space to the American Red Cross. The Red Croes filled this space with food and medi- cal supplies estimated to be worth between $20,000 and $30,000. The executive committee authorized W. Gordon Brown, chief of the pur- chasing force for the Japanese relief effort, to buy additional sypplies to fill cargo space donated to the vclume of 500 tons. ¢ Two carloads of surplus surgical dressing offered by the Veterans' Bu- reau were accepted by the executive committee. So far five carloads of dressings have been shipped to sea- board. Two carloads, containing 16,000 pairs offshoes, the gift of the En cott Johnson Corporktion, are being rushed from Endicott, N. ¥., to Japan via San Francisco, it was &nnounced. Cargo Under Way Today. The third relief cargo to be sent from this country is expected to get under way today while five additional ships are Joading at various ports. Necessity of swelling the contribu- tions to a maximum during the cur- rent week In order to expediate re- lief for. the hundreds of thousands injured and more than 2,000,000 Fomeless in the stricken area was emphasized in_a joint statement by John Bagton Payne, national chair- man of the Red Cross, and Secretary of Commerce Hoover, who is aiding in relief activities as a member of the executive committee. For Amer- ican aid to be of the most eeffctive character, the statement said, “we must have American resources placed at our disposal during the current week.” The economic strength of Japan, which calls for extension of every norr-al facility of trade to that country by American business men as a means of expediting recovery, the statement emphasizes, makes it none the less imperative that “Amer- ican charity respond witn that gener- osity which is befitting our people” in relleving the “appalling sufferifig ; and destitution” catastrophe. i United States Efforts Augmented. MeanwhHe, American relief efforts have been augmented by the arrival at Yokchama of the United States destroyers Treble, Preston and Hul- bert and the supply ship Noa, re- ported to the Navy Departrent today by Admiral Anderson, commander of the Asiatic fleet. The dispatch also said the Pacific Mail steamship Presi- dent Plerce, which arrived at Yoko- hama September 8, was leaving there today for Honolulu, presumably with refugees. The Red Cross statement estimated the area aftected as supporting a population_of approximately 10,000,000 rsons. Between 200,000 and 300,- 000 are estimated to have been killed and from 300,000 to 500,000 injured. In the Yokohama and Tokio district alone 1,500,000 have beén rendered it is estimated, in addition to more than 1,000,000 homeless in the outside districts, The problem of Amerln&n was sald to be one of providin; the utmost expedition,” supplies of food, medicines and clothing, and to ship material for temporary sheiter to provide solution for the destitu- tion, which follows from such a great disaster ard dislocation. Yamamoto Gratified. Premier Minister Yamamoto cabled the Japanese embassy yeésterday & message of “undying” gratitude of Japan for the generosity of the American people, with instructions that it be communicated :to the Al jcan nation. e message was: { b erial relief and messages or sympathy have already poured in while the Japanese people were be- ginning their struggle -fllnn this unprecedented disaster. is gene rosity has sunk deep into the heart o the nation and will ever be remem- ‘bered with ‘undying gratitude.” Amfldflnl‘»l:‘el ”R:: of ;:: merican Federation of emp) lh.g the z.‘ of rellef funds for im- mediate use yesterday, in an appeal for quick contributions to the Red Cross relief fund. In his me e to organized labor Mr, Gompers said: i " fl:l.llud! thn@| E‘n overtaken Japan is beyond description. Suffer! d are mm;,‘.in e Rt sald that every man who resulting from the charity “with i | t ‘1y in this urgent humani STAR, WASHINGTON e e $1,425.49 Received Today as Total Still Mounts. Nearly $20,000 Is Yet to Come for_ D. C. Quota. Contributions, of $1,425.49 came to Chairman Victor B. Deyber, chairman of the local finance committee of the {Red Cross, via the Post Office Depart- ment's daily mail service today, swell- ing the Japanese relief fund on hand to $31,235.55. The list follows: S. C. Cissel SR Mrs. De Witt Talmadge. .. Mrs. Robert F. MacKenzie Atwood M. Fisher (through the District National Bank) .. Austin L. Zachary Mrs. Bessie_ McE. Boigiano (through Park Savings) Fred S. Swindell, <, Blake. Palm & Bro A. Gordon Finney Miss Martha E. Boyie T. R. Davison. .. Mrs. 'A. C. Dabigon. William Brady . W. R. Norris. . J."H. Brickenstein James W. Woodward Elmer E. Woodward Peroy Cranford H. A. Glilis. | { | | Members of the U. S Geal logical Survey .... Lilian 8. Hutchinson. Norman E. Brooke Duvall & Co..... A. B. MacPherson Edward J. Hein Robert J. Boyd Charles Burdett Hart. Annie Miller Elizabeth M. Pritch. George W, Huguely W. G. Gailiher.. Dmu]:ka’nl'h Dean.. . P. Wolhaupter. M. ¥. Mangan. . Dumont ., J. Dallas Grady... Thomas M. Henry : Belcker Leather Goods Co., me. e . The Corby Baking Co. Hugh Wallls .... M. M. Wines. .. C. 8 Bundy.......... Dr. J. B, Gregg Custl: The following contributed through the Washington Chamber of »Commerce:: - Burdett Stryker W. B Clarkson H. C. Cretz... H. L.:iStephenson J. B! Milne. .. G. Bliss, 3 259088 aSpnsSifatntiasuSaSasl Nandi 59333 $25332382233283282333 23388 ehrends . Contributed through Belasco Theater Contributed . through | Savoy Theater Previously reported DRY RAIDERS FIND 60-GALLON STILL Two Arrests Made at Arlington " Beach, South End of High- | way Bridge. y Bridge. ! . - Continuing the work of tryimg to prevent the manufacture and sale of liquor * in Arlington county, Va. {Sheriff A. C. Clements, accompanied by Policeman J. D. East, about 2 o'clock yesterday morning made a raid at Arlington Beach, south end of Highway bridge, and’ reported the seizure” of a still of - sixty-gallon capacity and five gallons of corn liquor. George Pappas, a Greek, who has a lunthroom concession at the resort, and George Nicholson, also a Greek, employed there, were arrested. Charges of possession of still and whisky, manufacturing and gelling were preferred against the men, and they were released on bond in‘the sum of $500 for a hearing September 20. Sherift Clements conferred with {local detectives Saturday night in an eftdrt to locate the men suspected -of violating the prohibition law, but the Washington men did not assist in the rald. Complaint has been made that corn’ liquor was being sold in Arling- ton county near ths ri front, and the sheriff susped me of it was furnished by| persons at the re- sort. \ ¢ MIAMI PIONEER DEAD. » MIAMI, September 10.—Phillip Pul- lendorf, president of the Pullendorf Company of Miami and pioneer resi- dent of this section, died here last| night after an illness of more than two years. Mr. Pullendorf was born in West Germany, in 1867. g ould give a quarter in behalf of :l.l.om across, the Pacific. With th extent of the disaster more adequat: 1y known 3 urgent that all pos: sible rellef should be taken to t Japanese people without the unnéces- loss of an r. E e my fellow citiseng, and par- arly my iellow wage-earmers, to bute gen and te- cause * D. C, MONDAY §. 8. Delphy, flagship of the squadron, wrecked In a fog off Califorala. ILOCAL RED CROSS GETS $31,235.55 FOR RELIEF Star Relief Fund Now Totals $11,847.23, Late Contributors Centributions te the fund, when sent to The Star, should be made payable to “Japanese Relief Fund,” mnd not The Evening Star. All contributions will be ncknowl- edged in the columas of The St Collections by The Evening Star for the Japanese rellef fund were headed toward the $12,000 mark to- day, the early mail bringing in exactly $721.50, making a total raised of $11,847.23. s In yesterday's Star, because of an error in addition, the total was listed @s $11,025.73, when it should have been $100 more, or $11,125.73. The list for today is as follows: Previously acknowledged..$11,125.73 N. B. Walters..... = 1.00 Mr. C. Currier..... 2.00 Catherine Donoghue. 1.00 Mrs. M. Bing.... L Miss Lalla Maddox N. A. Maddox “Outis” . Anthony Telli. . H. K. Hickm . !ic(_ Cragg Manufacturing 1 M. Morrix Dr. Simon P. W. Dre: Mrs. Mary E N. J. Darden The Alphe Girl ‘employes S Cash ... A Friend. H. W. Luce,. F. P. Avelear. .. H. E. Crippen.. P. A. Davis Laura A. Burlingham. “Two Friend: Cash 2 Muddiman & Co. e M. Flora Unde Dr. 8. C. John: . Edward F. Tooker Jesse W. Tapp. . Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Walk Annie E. Bright Edward A. Wiesman . “Widow" John H. Magruder Ernest Kelly... Harry T. Kelly > Florence Lukens Newbold. . John Hammerstrom........ Additional citizens of Har- pers Ferry ..... 200 50 00 q nbull. 8. Cl:menl:".‘v B Payne's Corset Shop. Dr. and Mra. Hugh J. Marie K. Gabler.. Ina L. Bates.... Mrs. Mary Menzies... . Temple Helghts Masonic Service ...... e ‘Washington Helghts Presby terlan Church ... Miss_Stella Gatewood SEE RN S Mrs. James White Geo. M. Leimbach . 10.00 €. H. Caludy 10.00 Harold N Marsh . Wm. A. Bennett ‘arl Kattlemann. L L D Abby K. Walter Weldit Co. . arry Sherby. . K. Hobart Cash Marsh and 10.00 5.00 2.00 2.00 5.00 0.00 1 10.00 1 Hubert Newsom John Coleman Ridgway .. Mr. and Mrs. Willlam Bo 0B Mary §. Marbury. L. R. Grabill.. Arthur P. Drury Inrau B. Hanson. R. W. Clark. Fiorence W. Theresa Thompson - “E. H. Brooks AR Jerome Guggenhe! Leah Guggenheim. Mary M. Snead...... Dr. Albert J. Carrico. Mr. and Mrs. Alva Templeton . Mr. and Mrs. S. J. 3. J. Gilbert. E “Cash” .. B. C. Lochhead. ... Liewelyn W. Bailey Helen V. Gilbert Susan Britt “Cash” Total wie S50 5.00 5.00 Mark TR 5.00 Hess. ; 10.00° 1.00 1.00 5.00 .$11,847.23 PLEASURE CAMPS ROBBED. An appeal has been made to the local poliee to -invsstigate two rob- beries committed in camps on the Vir- ginia side of the river above Aque- duct bridge. Al Jacobs, 1347 Shep- hera street, and ‘J. Nicholson, Park Lane, Va. were the victims of the thieves. Bedding, a shirt and rifle were taken from the former, while the latter %old of the taking of $100 ‘worth of bedding, dishes and a vieé- trola. Similar thefts on the Mary- land side of the river were success- fully investigated by Deputy Sheriff Gingell a short time ago. 7 Believed Dead In Train Wreck: Near Roano By the Associated Preas. X ' - ROANOKE, Va., September 10.— Six Injured persons are’reported to have been brought to the Lewis Gale Hospital here today from the scene of the wreck of a Norfolk .me-um "‘l“ in ) seven feved A los! & fow to have it of this city. miles north ! | | flames, 20.00 | | JAPAN’S DISASTER FELL LIKE BOLT OF LIGHTNING (Continued from First Page.) In the open and waited, with typical orlental stoicism, for what dire events might next transpire. Food! at first seemed to be plentiful, but| {in only a few hours the hunger terror jcame (o add to the sufferings of the | oute: Also water began to Brow | exceedingly scarce and soon it was| being rationed out-by the kettleful. | | In the midst of the holocaust there iseemingly was little disorder. The { authorities, shocked snd stunned a they were, immediately took things in hand, and in a short while sol- diers angmented the police in patrol- }ling the stricken districts. H Many of Poor Burned. While the pro ver classes suffered alike with those {of Jower social strata, down in the {dislict of Honfo there was enacted a tragedy which has few equ: Honjo is a distriet of Tokio 50 D and poverty. stricken that there are few to be compared with it in afly metropolis of the world. It 18 hem- med in by Tokio bay on one side and by the Sumida river and canals on_the others. The little tinder box houses of Honjo that escaped the ecarthquake immediately took fire and burned with such rapidity that the majority of the dwellers were unable to make their escape. Crowded into the small | bygldings, the thousands of unfortu- { nites gasped and died in the leaping flames. CRASH LIKE TYPHOON ROAR. French Consul Fatally Hurt in Yokohama Catastrophe. By the Associated Press. September 10.—Marshall a British refugee from Yo- describes as follows ‘the of M. de Jardin, the French consul_general there: “I was in the consulate with him, | together with M. Bickart, a French attorney. The first shock threw Bickart and me into the compound, | where the air seemed filled with yel- low acid dust which made breath- {ing difficuit. The sound of crashing bulldings was like tb roar of .a typhoon. Again and again_we were {thrown to the ground. When we finally recovercd ourselves we rushed back into the bullding to find that the consul had been crushed under the heavy timber. \ “During our frantic efforts to rescue him other shocks flung us aside. We finally managed to extricate M. de Jardin, but he was fatally in- jured and died while 1 was search- iniz for medical help. I put the body on a stretcher and hurried to my.own ! i home. i kol ' House Lying on Side. o he fires were spreading, necessi- | tating a long detour. When I arrived 11t was to find the house lying on its {side. As I was considering whether lto attempt to save any valuables, three nearby dwellings burst into| flames. I ran toward®the British con- sulate, but found it encircled by | I then took refuge in the| naval hospital compound, - but this | soon beeame untenable. H “The road from the summit of the bluff was crowded - with Japanese, some of whom frantically harled their jchildren over the cliff, following them- selves with such recklessness that they werc often crushed at the bot- tom. “When I reached the seashore the dead and injured were all along the jfoot of the bluft. It was ghastly. | Many of the Japanese swam out to| launches and other small water craft. | I finally managed to get a small boat | }and went aboard the Dongela.” | Happened -in Minute. | George Firth of Samuel Samuel & Company, Ltd, of Yokohama. who ‘was ill in his home beyond the bluff, #aid that one minute the city was in- tact and that the next it was dis- solyed before the eyes of observers. “Fissures opened in the earth,” he said, “and it seemed as if the whole foreign district on the bluff above ‘would come sliding down on us. “'On Sunday morning,” he continued, “there was a beautiful sunrise and the flames of the burning city seemed to be subdued, but they suddenly started afresh and within an hour the air was | full of flames and smoke again.” Mrs. Firth, who was away from home when the ock rocked the earth, described the terrible scenes of children struggling through the ruins, ! many of them bleeding from thelir in- Juries. { Children Did Not Cry. “Strangely, few of them were cry- ing," she sald. “I wanted to reach home and the children started climb- ing the bluff to get away from the flames, which were unspeakably awful. 1 cannot describe my feelings, but my chief aim was to save the children. “I passed the American Hospital. | which was totally destroyed, but I did inot notice any of the patients. My ihands and face were scorched, but I climbed past a tumbledown house underncath which several Jupanese were pinned. One man's head was sticking out. His neck was caught {and he could not move. “Finally I reached my collapsed house, where 1.found ‘the children safe. The first thing I did then was to have my entire wardrobe emptied 1into the street for the naked and half- naked women and children.” How Hotel Burned. Loui Jederkin, an agent for Swiss watch, manufacturers, one af the ref- ugees from Yokohama, gave a graphic description of his escape upon his arrival here. The Grand Hotel, he said, did not completely collapse as a result of the ‘shock, but he saw it consumed by fire in less than ten minutes. Jederkin himself after the shock thought first of his wife; and in bis search found numerous ‘other foreigners likewise engaged. “As the heat from the fire mounted,” he. said,. “great crowds .rushed info the sea. Thousands were in the water, “some swimmin, to various boats, some. Iylng at the edge and some in up to their necks with their hands over the faces as protection from tHe heat of the burning gity. Covering my face with my coat I finally came out of the water and continued to_search for my wife. “I met George Komor of Kuhn and Komeor, Limited, -standing opposite the ruine of his house near what had been the Grand Hotel. Standing waist degp in debris and dust. and poistisg to a woman's head, which appeared high up- in the pile of timbers, ‘he was shouting: offer to “whoever rescues. my | | | 10,000 " ven wite.” “Her body was pinned by the tim- bers so that she could not move and r R _Was unable to get near er. o Wwas coming on fast |streets. rr‘ma in_the work of relief. |my head” Kawashima said. 600 BROOMS LOST IN TREASURY-FIRE o Blaze Alsp Consumes Two Barrels Soap Powder Stored. in Sub-Basement. Six hundred brooms and two bar- rels ot soap powder, stored in'a room in the sub-basement of the Treasury Department, were ruined by fire last night about 7 o'clock, John Boston, a-fireman, discovered smoke in the building. He summoned J. J. Rick- ards, engineer, and the two employes quickly started the work of fighting the blaze. An alarm sounded from box 156 summoned numerous companies of firemen, but the biaze was under con- trol in so short a time that not many of the firemen were called into action. The room was locked Saturday about noon, firemen were told, and there was nothing found in it to in-1 dicate the origin of the fire. Fire- men said the portion of the building in which the blaze occurred wag fire- proof and that there was practically no chance for the blaze to be com- municated to another room. Fires in Other Sections. Explosion of an ofl stove in the kitchen at the home of J. N. Carter, % and M streets southwest, early yesterday morning claimed the at- tention ‘of south Washington fire companies. ~Slight damage to the houto resulted. Several companies of firemen last night responded to-an alarm sounded from box 31 and extinguished a fire in the automobile of John Smith, 2411 Lane street northeast, at 17th and B The machins was damaged. Awnings Ruined Dy Flames. wnings over two windows of the Woodward building, 15th ‘and H Streets, were ruined by fi~s last night. Firomen responded to an alarm and doors to two offices in order to reach the scene of the blaze. The damage amounted to $75. - Early yesterday morning the fire r{department received a call for a fire| in a shed at 34th and K streets. No damage resulted. An alarm sonnded from box 238 last night summoned firemen to 12th and S streets, where a vehicle of the Federal Taxicab Company had caught fire. The fire did no damage. FEVER EPIDEMIC HITS TOKIO; WOODS ASKS HELP (Continued from First Page). Japanese government, conditions are still far from sanitary. There is the deepest appreciation throughout Japan for the prompt pe sponse from tge United States. and other countries to the Gistress of the thousands of refugees. Admiral An- derson of the United States Asiatic fleet is closely dmiral Takarabe, minister of ma- A num- ber of British ships have aiready av- rived with food and medical supplies. While the weather is extremely hot and there are occasional earth shocks. the work of rebuilding the destroyed sections of the clty is already start- ng. 3 It is announced that H. G. Parlett, counsellor of the British embassy, for whose safety some apprehension was felt, is alive and unharmed. REPORTS 30,000 BURNED. By the Associated Press,. OSAKA, September 10.—Thirty thousand ' Japanese ~who had taken refuge in the ten-dcre enclosure of the Honge military clothing depot in Tokio, perished |n the flames that swept the area early last week, ac- cording to a man named Kawashima, one of the few who escaped. (There have been varying reports as to the {number of refugees who met de.ith in_ this fire, estimate). “I ran to a pool of water in which I spent the night with a cushion over but this is the largest sides the groans o. the dyig could be heard and as the fires licked the brick walls the enclosure was trams- formed into an oven, in which thou- sands were roasted. In the morning, when the fire had burned out, troops came and rescued thirty of us from. the pool. ~The compound was cov- ered with haif-burned corpses.” U. S. DESTROYERS ARRIVE. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1923, KOBE, September 10.—Ten Ameri- can naval destroyers, headed by the flagship Huron, arrived here today from Manila, bringing supplies for refugees. Maj. Gen. George Wi Reed is aboard the Huron as special representative of Gov. Gen. Leonard Wood of the Phil- ippines. trom both sides. Soon the pile of Umber caught fire and the poor woman was consumed before our eyes. We could distinctly hear her cries for help to the last. “Then I resumed my search for my wife. The dead and dying were everywhere in all sorts of positions. The pall of smoke that hung over-the city was very dense. I blundered into a friend and iearned from him that he had seen my wife in the park. I rushed to the place and found tho ands of people there. The park was surroundec on all_sides by burning buildings and looked as though it might become an awful trap. Then Providence Intervened, the water mains burst, and the park was soon flooded almost waist high. “We remained there for hours. Everybody had torn pieces off their clothing to_cover_their faces from the intense heat. When night came I heard the voice of the Englishman shouting: ‘I am here to save you’ We discovered that he was from the steamship Empress of Russia and en- aged in rescue work. Sad Scene Aboard Ship. “To my question whether he had rescued any foreign ‘women he re- plied that he had just sent a boatload to the Empress ot#Russia. / I went di- rectly to the vessel but my wife was not there. “I connot describe the sgenes aboard the Empress of Russia. Husbands were looking for wives; mothers were seeking children; they were hardly interested in me. “Then, I _saw another boatload of rescued persons approaching the ship's gangway, I did not recognize any of them until one came slowly {oward me. It was my wife, but 8o gray with dust and swollen from the heat as to make her almost unrecog- nizable. The earthquake had struck while she was shooping. = Escaping from a collapsed building, she sought safety in the park with thousands of others and spent the night there in he mud_and water until rescued.” T. G. Neé, Company, L safe. He reached here with nothing ex- t the clothes he was wearing. Vi ble collections of curios which he had placed for safety in three safes in Tokio and Yokohama were lost, all being in builldings which were de- stroyed. 2 Mrs. W. H. C. Weippert, wife of the commissioner of customs of China, was among those rescued by Capt. David James, a Britisher, who or- ganized @ party of relief, making two trips to Mivanoshita. ~Mrs. Welnaert rushed from her hotel at the first shox and saw the bullding coll e end the swimming pool in the ga: disappear within two rainutos’ time. The shocks contisued throughout the afternoon and Mrs. Weippert and er two children. slept on a hillside ‘or two nights. On the third day a torrential rain descended and e hotel ir‘:;(sowu'hl protection “in e ruined bul Wwhe! i) they were tn’;und by th“ res g g r co-operating with | “On all ; manager of the Horne" ited, With and About CAPITAL’S GUESTS " With Ban B. Johnson's unqualified indorsement of Presldent Coolidge to. head the G. O. P. ticket in the coming campaign already recorded. there is nothing now to prevent nominations belgg closed and the ‘cholce of the/ Massachusetts states- man made unanimous. Jubilantly happy over a wonder- fully = ul season, -the big chiet of the American League of base ball iclubs sat in his rooms at the Hotel {Washington and let go a veritabie barrage of landatory remarks on the sterling qualities of the present oc- cupant of the White House, and seemed most confident that the thirtieth President of these United States would encounter little oppo- sition for the nomination to succeed himself as leader of the republican party. " “Everywhere I go,” said Ban B. “and you know I travel, I find noth ing but satisfac'ion over the wav President Coolidge- is_handlng the affairs of the nation. We in“€hicago are back of him strong, and now that the coal strike has been settled Illinois republicans feel his nominu- tion assured.. The Prairies state will be one of the figst to swing ia behind Massachusetts as soon as his name is presented.” Mr. Johnson is {n town on matters pertaining to the bill in Congre which calls for the acceptance by th government of the $100,000 memorial to base ball offered by the American League, and_which if accepted will grace Kast Potomac Park. The bill passed the Senate at the last session. but owing to the crowded calendar failed to come up in the House before adjournment. Work on, the monument is goin right ahead, the design having passed the Fine Arts Commission and is no being considered by the sculptors commiasion which was appointed to decide on a suitable shaft. * The league head seemed rather dis- appointed that both pennants would likely go to New York once more and £aid he would be more satistied if the west had ~ed in the 1823 world i i sperous and the up-ifound it necessary to force open Series. He was emphatic in his opin- ion that Detroit is the greatest base ball city in America, New York, Chi- cago and other large centers notwith- standing. He had just started to say that he thought Dempsey would slip the K. O to the Wild Bull of the Pampas when the phone rang and his old friend Postmaster “Bill” Mooney announced ke was ready to go to luncheon. As Massachusetts has been referred to it might be in order to flash a expression of opinion as to how Ba. state folks régard their presidentia! son, given by Robert J. Bottomly. prominent Boston lawyer, member of the cxecutive committe¢ of the re- publican state committee and intimate friend of the Chief Executive, who is stopping at the Hotel Arlington while in the city on business with the de- partmen: “It is superfiuous to say that Mussa- chusetts will go to the next repubii- can convention 100 per cent strong for the nomination of President Coo- lidge. Our people know their old gov- ernor sowell and are so pleased that the rest of the country is fast becom- ing acquainted with his methods that it 1s hard for them to figure any op- position 10 his nomination to succeed himself Of course, they, with tb of the country, were highly jelated with the settlement of the coal gtrike. but to be perfectly frank, they looked for little else than an amicable arrangement, as they all know Cal and his record as a strikebreaker.” _Mr. Bottomly said further that New jEngland felt confident that with President Coolidge at the helm the r publican party would sweep the coun {try at the coming election Referring to conditions in Massa <chusetts generally, the Bosten attor- ney eaid that while the textile - dustry had seen better vears, thing.: ::rfol;‘;kg“[ up and that {t would no efore old-time ity will prevail once more. s And back to the Dempsey-Firpo fight just long enough mpar:noun“ o that the entire New York Americs base ball team is of the opinion th Battling Jaques” will be changir h.ls togs whem helpers are taking t South American from the ring. Kunning into Babe Ruth and h teammates just as they were rushing from the Raleigh Hotel to catch & train for New York after winding up the season here the Bambino waved his mighty “wallopers” when asked who he fancied, and shouted “Jack will kill him. How adout it, Whites - And the tow-headed Witt nodded a ditto. “Put us ali down as favor Dempsey to win,” crieg back the b fellow as his car dashed away. { x Cincinnati may be an inland c and her base ball team migh guite class .with the New Joints,” but when it comes to gressive young women bank employes she is in a class by herself. % SeemMgly as fresh as when about to start a‘long trip instead of or it, four pretty girls rushed to the desk at the Arlington Hotel. registered, and then straightway Proceeded to inspect the points of interest in and about the city. They were: Viola Agnes, chape one; Gussie Olinger, Louise Gelver and Ada Vonder Haar, all connected with -the Western Bank and Trust Company of Porkopolis, and were on the first leg of a vacation journey ‘;‘gx:\:' will take them to Norfolk. Va.; or} city, Buffalo, N g Falls and home again. e It is the custom of our bank to allow all its employes two wecks fon, and our president, Frad- Hertenstein, is always desirous | that we travel, not alone for pleasure, ibut to visit other financlal institu- tions, inspect their systems, and if any worthwhiie benefits for women workers are discovered to report such to him for discussicn at board meet ings.". explained Miss Agnes, as her three pretty companions fretted a: the delay. The young women will remaln in town until Wednesdage during which time they will “spend a portion of their time looking over. local bank. ing houses. . ot Fork np So intent are certain political lead. ors in the Philippines Lo sain ame lute independence that th, at the slightest provocation - ther their movement and_ embarass as much as possible Gov. Gen. Wool and his administration. At least, that is the opinion of Mrs. C. F. Moelich of Manila, wife of the general agent in the far east of the Wrigley Gom- pany. who with her daughter Mar- garet - is making an extended rtav at the Wardman Park Hotel. T was on the Pacific avhen the re- cent flurry, Which resulted in the resignation of the entire cabinet, oc- curred, but there was an undercar- rent of ‘discontent quite noticeable befors T.left” said Mrs. Moelioh a- she looked down,on the bathers. “To my way of thinking the Filipinos aro far from cabable of governing therm.- selves at present, but there are cer- tain persons on the islands who are determined that full .independenco shall be attained immediately. They use any pretext, from the low price of sugar to a defeotive packags of chewing gum, to start trouble, and while they claim they Hold nothing personally against Gen. Wpod, his nt: ,in Manila'ig' dnythink byt pleas- e 1 Mrs. Moelich said that from what he had heard “of the ‘suffering in apan, and her knowledge of the country, it would take months befors the true story of the terrible catas- trophe would be learned. The Manila woman I8 looking for many defalls of the horror by-radio from Capt. F. Nichgls of the steamship President eftdi'son. 2 b . [ “Capt. Nichols is & most Hroficfent officer, one of the best in the servjce. and any flashes that might come to the government. from .him from now on can be relied upon as authentic.” she continued as she showed the writer twd rocéntly recelved Ameri- can newspapers published in the far- away land, the equals of which are hard to be duplicated on the American contlyient. ome 1 in New York, o het b & is° & native of X s Brookty THE MIXWR. TR