Evening Star Newspaper, November 11, 1923, Page 48

U. 8. Naty’s Timely Aid in Tokio Adds Luster to Service Quake Japanese P}ofound— ly Moved by Spirit of Friendship. American FlagFirst Seen by Sufferers | After Disaster. BY JUNIUS B. WOOD. Correspondence of T he Chicago Daily N £ TOKIO, Japan, Septen ber the American Asiatic flect did in the great disaster which§ beféll Japan lacked the spectaculag which gives giamour to tl sea, wut the story when told is an inspirgtion to every American, a record of WhicE the na- tion can be proud and #lessén on the work of a The fleet’s 1f it had been a cruis stead of a mission attention to hundreds the assistance effectivé, cious handling of a \h‘l?. made it welcBme. —What mpt as ifor battle, in- ' Quick % details made judi- tuation | fleet in Japane new phase in the rela and the United States, significant tha modore % was a v ns of Japan ssibly more | ince Com- 1t without the mier Yama- d the feflings of Japan: “Out of Japan's disaster has | come a realization of the friendship of America and other nitions in our hour of need. The promnt arrival of | the American fleet was ah inspiration | to_our people. i With the departure of’the “flagship Hur#h the work of thd Am.cicas Navy Is practically finisked. .Yest day Admiral An Japanese nayy t further urgehn | fleet, he was ready to ¥ At 3 m.” today the Huron pulled “up her nchor and'was under way with a na- tional salute of twenty Special Tributes after them it‘passed seventeen arting ad- Then cam ma bate gval Station [ fired another salute, one @ zuns, tribute to the! de miral. It was returne another seventeen gun tleship off the wrecked at Yokusaka, another pe ute. B Fchoes of the 110 guns Floated back from the rugged hills as the squadr moved down the bav, pa the lighthouses and broken X':HN, Japan, severely shaken, stif but awakened to a realizajyon tha a fwiend in her sonal trib- world she distrusted is time of troubie. I A plain record of the fleet®s actioa best tells the story. Unofficiaf word: that Tokio and Yokol h:\gi de- stroyed by earthquake: fize an wave on the previous day, ;reach Huron_at Dairen_about ngon on jay, September 2. Admirkl was on the n. ninety miles distant. hore 1fberty ports could not be verified, im#medi- for all officers and men Was ately canceled, ail ships w 10 be prepared to get under message was conveyed to E at that time Governor of Kwaxtung leased territory and now fcreign min: ister of Japan, |expressing regreteand placing the entire Asiatic fieet ate the disposal of the Japanese govérnment No further word of the exient offthe me that day, but at %:30 on, the destroyer Stewart | started for Yok a, and at 8 pm. | the entire 38th ion of six destrd ers was under way for the sgpme d nation. Lieut. Commander H, B. M leary, captain of the Stew YQ was un- der ‘orders to motify the Japdnese gov- ernment as soon as he couldy establi communication with Tcokio that Admirgl Anderson offered the rvice$ and Sources of the Alsatic fleet. W simi message to be nt to the Amer- :an naval attache in Tokio fir him fo deliver. H Supplies Taken Aboardl. 3 At daylight on Monday, ti& Huroa was in Chefoo, loading all provisions ywhich could be cured, sncluding 10,000 pounds of beef which was Killed and dressed after the ship - arrived. Orders had already been sent to other ports to purchase ard load all available supplies and start ships for Yokohama. One went to val commandant at Cavite and another to the naval plirchasin: officer at Shanghal to fill the first eastbound Shipping Board vessel He pit 4,000 tons of supplies aboard the kresident Grant. i | The Huron had exhausted :Chefoo and_the Black Hawk, the destrover | * Shanghai ADMIRAL E. A. ANDERSON, eral as to what might be suitabl The Pecos, en route to Manila, was of lumber, with nails, saws, hammers and other’ tools, were in another line. The Black F alone brought 150 tons of rie tons of beans and 000 s s for shelter. The anfrom fifteen auto to balls of twine. after the first of the ships had been underway and the compli- ted purchasing machinery had started, stripping Hankow. Chefoo, Tsingtao, Shanghai and Manila of ilable supplies, a cable arrived Monday morning from Theodore Roosevelt, nt secretary of the structing_Admiral Anderson to send ships to Yokohama and ren- der all possible assistance. First Foreign Ship There. The destroyer Stewart was in radio communication with Tokio at 1:20 p.m. Tu delivering the offer of sistance from the approaching fleet. ched Yokohama at y, September 5, having steamed 1.190 miles in sixty< four hours and fifty minutes, since the first. rumor of disaster had been eived in Dairen Sunday. The t was the first foreign war ves- sel to arrive. The remainder of the on, except two destroyers chored pm., a few cruiser Des- With the American radio station at and _destroyers in Tokio, Yokohama, Kobe, Nagasaki and Dairen, radio communication_was es- tablished. a necessity, as the Japanese communications were heavily over- crowded. It enabled the Japanese government to communicate Wwith Dairen and handled all the messages of the American State, Navy and War departments with the outside world, in addition to hundreds of commer- cial and press messages. Consul Bal- ifty minutes after Capt. G. S. Lin- | coln, squadron commander, arrived on the destro: been held was steaming nd the destroyer Whipple for Tokio with sup- plies for Americans and others stranded in the capital. It was the first foreign war vessel to enter To- kio harbor in seventy years. At 1 a.m. that night the Barker felt her way out of the darkened bay, going as far as Odawara that day and re- turning_with fifty-two refugees. The Whipple's first trip brought ighty-five from Tokio, mostly women nd children. The Smith Thompson started around the peninsula at day- light, bringing back 180 foreigners, ten of them stretcher cases, from imakura, Zushi and Hiyama. A 7 destroyer had brought in foreigners from the same coast the enabling those who so red to catch the President Jeffer- son for the United States. A few days er the John D. Ewards took sup- pliss and picked up the last marooned foreigners desiring to leave, as far south as Shimidzu. As goon as the Huron anchored oft t had been Yokohama, on a Fri- noon, a staff officer was sent e authori- He located Capt. Torisaki, mmander of the Japanese naval hore, and informed him that the flect had supplies aboard and asked what disposal he wished made of them. Capt. Torisaki was Some- what nonplussed. Suddenly he real- er Tracy, & rmm-reqlce had t {ized that the foreign warships were not coming to interfere, but to assist. “This is important,” he said. “We will go and see the governor.” Offer Gladly Accepted. Gov. A. Yasukochi of Kanagawa prefecture was guick in grasping the fact that the supplies were being placed entirely at their disposal. He declared that they were both needed and welcome. The next morning the American bluejackets started trans- ferring those aboard the Huron to the shore. Admiral Anderson went to Toklo to confer with Ambassador Woods, who had a temporary embassy in the Imperial Hotel. More tons of food and clothing were transferred to the French liner Andre Lebon, and clothing_ to the Canadian liner Em- press of Australia, both of which were in the harbor and caring for tender, loaded up at Tsingtad after consulting the Japanese consul gen- ordered to take on oil and to:fill up, to capacit ith rice, salt,” flour,” beans, ether, bandages, cotton, surgi-- cal Snstruments, blankets, mosquito. nets, picks, shov coflins, lumber, i hardware, and otier emergency and medical stores, and start back. The Abarenda, up the Yangstze at Hankow, was ordered to load duy and night until she could get awayy The six destroyers of the 45th Division, which could not leave Chinwgngtae until its liberty party returneds from Peking, and the Bittern, at Tientsin, were ordered to take 1 avdilable tents, blankets and medical subplies of the Army and marines in Tign and Peking. The Gen. Alavg was loaded with supplies for womey and children and proceeded to Kobe, where the refugees were assembling. Navy Gives Big Sum. The Navy alone turned over be tween $660,000 and $700,000 (zold) worth of supplies to the Japmnese authorities. The promptnesss:with which they were received enhinced their value fourfold. The distribu- tion of these supplies, the assistance extended ashore and the transporta- tion furnished to foreigners : and Japanese would have cost an addi- tional $2,000,000 (zold) if the Navy had not been available. The supplies included everything to 1it out an individual who had lost all, 1o establish a home complete, to build a city where none had heen before. Food, clothing, medical gup- ylies were the chief articles of-gen- eral nature. More than 700.000 ‘eet hundreds of refugees. \ The plight of foreigners in the Lace curtains and portieres at % price —broken lots; incom- plete assortments, but very desirable patterns and qualities—at .one- half original prices for quick clearance— Monday and Tuesday ™ Lansburgh Co. Interior Decorators 729 11th Street Julius Lansburgh, Pres. and Treas. See Them'in Our Window $150 Bay Seal Coats, . . all silk trimmed, with reversed strips - $185 Bay Seal Coats, . Skunk, Squirrel or self trimmed Other Garments Reduced in Proportion NOTE—Bay Seal Is Dyed Coney. \\ . _.THE SUNDAY devastated area would have been des- berate if it had not been for thase and other ships of Dutch, British and American registry. The West Pros- pect, Lycaon, Steel Navigator, K press of Canada, Semiramis, Do £0la and others had started for Kol With refugees before the fleet arrived, While the President Jefferson had t:lk‘u‘.' one l.olhd to Kobe and returned 8 on her way to it inother load. w Stp The West O'Rowa, & United States Shipping Board freighter, had sailed with 1.253 Chinese and 51 Japanese, 40 of them in the hospital. Foreign- ers from Yokohama assisted in work- ing the vessel. Foreign ships in the harbor at the time of the disaster risked flames and_ tidal waves and stood by in the effort to save lives, regardless of nationality. Merchaat Marine Afds. Washington put the vessels of the Shipping Board under Admiral A: derson’s command. The United States Steel Corporation offered its freight- ers, but they were not needed. Offi- cers and men of the merchant marine responded in true sailor fashion. Captains took the refugees into their own quarters, giving them the best on their ships, while passengers of every ship had collected a supply of clothes and funds ready for distribu- tion to all who came aboard. When he heard that the ambassador’s mother was on the Huron, the captain of the Suruga sent his own bed—war- ships lacking such luxuries—and slept on a transom in his cabin. The Canadian and French liners left with their hundreds of refugees &3 500N as they could be repaired, and the President boats and American Navy ships were used as shelters for the refugees coming into ruined Yokohama at a rate of 100 a day. ‘These liners and American destroyers carried them to Kobe and brought STAR, WASHINGTON, D. a, back other Americans and Europeans desiring to search for traces of their business or friends. All ships of forelgn registry furnished free trans- Ronulon between Yokohama and obe to foreigners and Japanese. The big Japanese companies, in view of the catastrophe, reduced their rates. Refugees going to the United States_were carried on the strength of an U., backed merely by their promise to pay. Many Foreigners Fed. Though the great bulk of its sup- plies were turned over to the Jap- anese _authorities, the Navy furnish- ed sufficient to the American embassy to care for 7,000 foreigners and 1,700 Japanese for three weeks and suf- ficient to Paul Claudel, French am- bassador, for the French embassy to care for itself and a Catholic con- vent. A twice-daily destroyer serv- ice ‘between Tokio and Yokohama was maintained. A tent camp was erected and food supplied at the em- bassy grounds in Tokio and another for ‘the consulate general and for American business men who hoped to re-establish themselves' in Yoko- hama, ‘Working parties, armed‘with acety- lene torches, accompanied business men—British, French and Swiss, as well as Americans, who had been returned from Kobe on American de- stroyers and liners—and broke open forty-seven safes and vaults in Yo- kohama to recover valuables and records. In most of them the con- tents were intact. $3.000,000, another had been rifled of 400,000,000 yen worth of diamonds by ‘safe blowers and in others the intense heat had turncd the papers into ashes. Other parties dug in the piles of broken masonry and stone to iden- tify the remains of victims. Friends or relatives, British, French and American, indicated the spots where One contained | I they had fallen. Those which could be found were cremated and burled with Christian services. Japanese remains which were recovered were turned over to the authorities. Ships Speedily Repaired. Salvaging and repairing Shipping Board vessels was another functian. Fresh water could not be secured in Yokohama and destroyers tied along- side, distilled hundreds of tons for them while in port. The Selma City, damaged in the ‘quake, had been beached. Navy divers got a collision mat over the hole in her hull, a fifty- ton cement patch was poured inside and she was floated and saved. At the request of the Japanese naval authorities, the flect furnished two destroyers to transport Japanese refugees from Tokio to Shimidzu. Still more unusual as evidencing the con- fidence between the two naviés was the request of the Japanese that the American destroyers unload the mail from the American liners and to tie up to their battleship Ise to de- liver it. Two destroyers were an- chored off Honmoku to furnish light every night to the undestroyed por- tion of that Japanese suburb of Yoko- hama. American Navy tugs were used to unload supplies from Japanese cruisers. Navy officers and men worked untiringly. American sailors totled until midnight coaling and un- loading supply ships when Japanese coolies refused to work, an instance which brought tears of mortification to.the eyes of a Japanese admiral when he heard about it. i Ship U. S, Headqaarters, Other work was done Mt Kobe, where refugees of all nationalities were crowding in. Capt. C. S. Free- man of the 45th Destroyer Division was stationed there. The supplies on the General Alava were delivered to M. Orihara, governor of Hyogo prefecture. Food, blankets, coats, NOVEMBER 11, —_— 1923—PART 2. sweaters and a medical unit were fur- nished. While shs was in Yokohama, the Huron was the center of American ac- tivitles in Japan. Brig. Gen. Frank R. McCoy, head of the American re- lief commission which embraces the American Army actlvities, continuing after the Navy left, arrived on Sep- tember 9. Consul Genera] Nelson T. Johnson and Consul Ballentine, tem- porarily in charge at Yokohama, came at the same time. Ambassador Woods made It his home, for his mother and wife as well, until it sailed. Then, believing that the emergency was passed, that its work was done, Admiral Anderson gave the ogiar and the Navy was leaving as quickly as it wad come. Prince Is Humorous. From the Boston Trunscript. Sandy Herd was giving the Prince of Wales a lesson in golf, and he noticed that the young man had the “lift habit” a very common fault In amateurs—that is, the habit of rais- ing the body in making the back this s the “stomach shot.” {'Your Royal Higness,” said Sandy, “you must keep your stomach back. This will prevent the Iift and en- able you to pivot from the hips. A moment later when the prince started to drive, Herd, to illustrate his theory, pressed the prince's waist- coat as he brought back his club. ‘Ot course, of course” said his pupil, smiling, “that is the cure, I shall' be a golfer now when this stomach trouble is out of the way, But I never thought I should be treated for stomach trouble by a golf specialist.” UNITED DAUGHTERS T0 CONVENE HERE Several Thousand Delegates Expected for Annual Con- federacy Convention. The United Daughters of the Con- federacy will hold their thirtieth an- nual convengion in this city the week of November 19, with headquarters at the New Willard. This is their first meeting here sinee 1912. The organization has swing. Another name Herd has for | nearly doubled in numbers since that time and preparations are being made to entertain several thousand Daugh- ters. Trip to Annapolix. A trip to Annapolls has been ar- ranged for Tuesday afternoon, at which time a portrait of Admiral Matthew Fontaine Maury, C. S. ) I be presented to the academy. Tuesday evening, November 20, will be opening night, which will include addresses of welcome to be followed by a reception, to which all Daugh- ters are invited. The president general, Mrs. Liv- T ingston Rowe Schuyler. wiil open ths business session of the convention Wodnesday morning, and in the af- ernoon a recess will be taken in order to attend the White House reception, which will be given to the delegates by Mrs. Coolidge at 3 o'clock, and in the evening the Southern Society will give a reception at the New Willard in their honor. Going te Arlington. The convention will recsss on Thursday afternoon for a pligrimage to the unknown soldier's grave, to be followed by a sightseeing trip around the city. A pages’' ball will be given on Friday evening in ballroom of the New Willard, and one large private reception and many teas for the different state delegations are to be given between Thursday and Friday. Too Strong for the Judge. 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