Evening Star Newspaper, September 16, 1923, Page 23

DISASTROUS QUAKE IN JAPAN REMINDER OF CTHER HORRORS “The'earthquake and fire th destroyed Tokio and Yolkol large part seem to constitute Sreatest calamity, reported loss of life, fallen on-any of the great citics the world,” local headquarters of the Geographic Society. “But thero i long string of dlsasters from earthquakes that have great cities in the past” the bulletin, “that parable and that i in the minds of t time. “The next greatest sort in modern times quake that in 1908 of Messina measured by the that has ever| says a bulletin from the National | P ern version of the nd Gomorral chief cities of Central Amer- ting those of Honduras and have repeatedly been de- es since the ad- lards in the sixteenth cipal sufferer has ty, which has been troyed more than halt |@ dozen times, the latest e ing it in 191 1y wiping out of Salvador, vapitul of the re mmno of s|the sdme name, and Cartago. capital ?|of Costa Rica © been shaken into ruins on mor lllt\:l one occasion. | ].n.rihqnnkw\ in Other Yeary. Phe city which has suffered most in" South America i - | raiso, ‘Chile. flicted av 1586 earthquakes were destruction to the Pacific “uusl of South America, Callao being destroyed In that year. © seeming lack of great earth- THE SUNDAY the large number of Roman:palaces and temples believed to have been de- stroyed by the barbarfans between the fifth and ninth ceaturies were really shaken down b) earth tremors. “T'he earliest histor': earthquake which caused o tremendous 1obs of life, and the most destructive, if the statistics can be accepted, save per- haps the recent quake in Japan, oc- curred in Antioch and nearby towns in Syria in 526 A.D. This was then & city of some half a million or more inhabitants, the capital of. the east, and save Rome Iitself probably the most {mportant city of the Roman world, In addition to the residents of the city, large crowds were gath- ered for, 'a Christian festival. The - | Breat convulsion that shook the city and the nelghboring towns, and -te fires that followed, are eaid to have caused the dezth of more than 250,000 persons.” SUES FOR $55,326.72. The International Pipe Company of lokl..homn vesterday flled suft in the District Supreme Court to recover 55,626.72 from John W. Staggers, a b\w)Pr of this city. Tt is claimed that Mr. Staggers indorsed d note of Continental Asphalt and Petro- m Company and the Bote was not 2 Attorneys Adkins and Nesbit sent the plaintiff. STAR, WABHINGTION, K. OF C. EVENING SCHOOL ADDS MUSIC COURSE A new course in music has been added to the curricula of the Knights of Columbus.gvéning school, which opens for the new academic year on September 24. " Brass and reed in- struments will be taught. The music classes will meet.on Wednesday even- Ing of each week in the K. of C. bullding, on 10th street between New York avenue and K streets. Francis A. - McCann, past grand knight, of Carroll Counell and presi- dent of the Knights of Columbus Band, is in charge of registrations. All ex-service men, who are inter- ested in musio will be admitted free to the classes. Im making reglstra- tions they should present their dis- Army, Navy or A nominal tuition fee will be charged those who are not veterans of the world war. The néw sehool of musto 1s the first and only school of its kind in the United States, under Knights of ‘Co- lumbus auspices, and it is expecte; it will be a popular one. Alread! many men are desirous of makin registrations. Registrations wi charges from - the Marine Corps. D. ¢, SEPTEMBER close early in the month of October, and it has been A.nnoueod th-f qou.lu 16, 1923—PAKD® I sirous of entering the school. The k | sohool is open to &ll men, regardless action should be taken by those de-'of creed. 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