Evening Star Newspaper, August 1, 1927, Page 4

QUAKE DEATH TOL BELIEVED 100,00 Check of Victims Difficult in Disaster Occurring in % Kansu Province. By the Associated Press PEKING, August 1.—An unofficial, tinconfirmed report from the remote Province of Kansu, reaching the China International Famine Reliet Commission in Pe¥ing today, led offi- rlals of that orgaf fzation to the opin- fon that the deat) toll in the earth- nuake of May 23 may have reached 100,000, At the present time there iz mo tommunication between the Peking government and the Kansu provincial Fegime, as the latter is dominated by Ben, Feng Yu-Hslang, allied with the Natlonalists. Moreover, the stricken rea is far from Lianchow, the pro- vinclal capital, and it is unlikely that eliable reports have reached even tanchow, as Chinese local authorities ly apathetic in such dis- Foreigners Safe. Tt is believed the quake was of un- verity, but that the damage & nfined to the northern Kansu tegion, in the vicinity of Lianchow. There is no means of making an au- thentic however, since the com- issio: committee, mostly has dispersed because of tion of the province. here are no other agencies capable of compiling estimates of casualties. The only foreigners in Liangchow at the time were Mr. and Mrs. William Alprus Belcher and Dr. Rand of the China Inland Mission, Britishers. They Are known to have escaped injury. Officials of the Famine Relief Com- mission, trring to explain the size of the death roll, recall that there was a larger disaster in Kansu in 1920, then the deaths were estimated at 150,000. The majority of the inhab- Jtants of the region live in cavelike Bwellings dug out of the soft loess hills. Reports reached Shanghai late in June that a severe earth shock on May 23 had ruined the greater part pf Liangchow, in the northern part of Kansu Province, near the Mongolian border. The first detailed information pame in a letter received in Shanghai from Mzr. Buddenbrock, vicar apos- toline of the Steyl Mission, at Liang- thow, several days ago. He said that Rissionaries’ estimates placed the casu- Alties as high as 100,000, and that the dities of Sisiang, Liangchow and Kulang were destroved, showing that the disturbance in China’s Wild West, &s the region is known, might be assed among the most horrifying ca- trophes of all time. ALEXANDRIA. ALEXANDRIA, Va., August 1 (Spe- ial).—Connelly Stephens, colored, of Vashington, confessed to robbing the ash register of the Central Garage 08 South Washington street, of $44 esterday morning and will be tried fore Judge William S. Snow in Po- lice Court August & The Dem ! JSkpary will be held fomorrow to &&7; 2 eandidate for the Btate Senate fi'om the thirtieth sena- forial district and a candidate for the E(nuse of Delegates from this city. enator Frank L. Ball of Arlington County is opposed for re-election by Charles Henry Smith of Alexandria nd Walter Tancill Oliver of Fairfax County. J. Fred Birrell, Harry F. Eenned,\ Henry P. Thomas and James cece Duncan are the candidates for the House of Delegates. The office of City Collector Purvis Faylor will be open from 7:30 to 9 dclock tonight to allow property own- to take advantage of the new em of tax collections, which per- mits taxpayers to pay their real estate taxes in two instaliments, August 1 nd February 1. The privilege will forfeited by all property owners who do not pay the first half of their bill before the office closes tonight. A copper porch light and a nozzle trom a garden hose were stolen from the home of A. H. Thomas, 1515 Prin- tess street, while the family was away bn its vacation. Forest Crook was knocked down by n automobile driven by Joseph F. ollinger, 210 East Lloyd avenue, Po- tomac, Saturday night at the inter- tection of King and Washington streets. Crook was treated for bruises Bt the Alexandria Hospital and then Bischarged. A meeting of the barbecue commit- tee of Alexandria Lodge, No. 1076, Loyal Order of Moose, will be held tonight in the office of H. Noell Gar- her, 128 South Fairfax street, at § b'clock. I Collision | + Bill Jings was coming down the ad, as u” the road I glided, and right n front of his abode our costly wains tollided. Bill's car was scratched and THE TMID SOUL. BooKKEEFER D 1 DON' T MIND I AT ALL -HONESTLY H. S. WARD RESIGNS. Alien Property Controller to Give Time to Personal Affairs. Herbert S. Ward, controller of alien property, today tendered his resigna- tion to Alien Property Custodlan How- ard Sutherland to be effective August 31. The resignation, Mr. Ward's let- ter said, is caused by a desire to de- vote more time to his personal af- fairs and health. Mr. Ward was appointed May 26, 1925. At that time, his letter of resig- nation said, he agreed to remain in office a year. The heavy task of re- organizing the office. which fell upon Mr. Sutherland’s shoulders, caused him to remain longer, but that task is now practically completed. 91 BABY CHICKS STOLEN. Thief Takes Brood From Premises 6f Benjamin Sherman. A chicken thief with large ideas on a small scale, stole 91 baby chicks from the premises of Benjamin Sher- man, 4801 Connecticut avenue, last night. The chicks are of the Leghorn va- riety and were quartered in the yard. ‘When Mr. Sherman went out in the yard to feed them this morning, he found them gone. Best Largest SomE SIZ2LER o DAY ., WHAT 2 WHY DO TCHA TAKE Your COAT OFF 7, THE EVENING MGR. OF SHIPPIMO RoOom Oor,LPoN'T MiMD T S0 wvice - PRESVOENT THAT'S A GOOD 1DEA, CHIEF! T ALL IFORGg o Abe Martin Says: “She's got her dad's determined chin, but I kin see her maw right over again in her knees,” said Tell Binkley t'day in commentin’ on Ches- ter Pusey’s bride. Ever'buddy likesa good he's broke. ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md., August 1 (Spe- clal).—The second of a series of union services of the congregations of the Rockville Baptist, Christian, Method- ist and Presbyterlan churches was held last evening in the Christian Church, conducted by Rev. S. J. Goode, pastor of the church. The ser- mon was by Rev. Ira P. Harbaugh loser—till WHAT'S THE B VODEA oF 'STAR, WASHINGTO —BY WEBSTER. WHY DONTCHA SHE D THAT COAT? ARE va COLO? oH, I'Mm USED To WEARING A CoAT REALLY, \ Dord' T MIND THE HEAT ) HoPE Mo onE PoPs 1oy BETORE | CAM SLP oM at the home of her son-inlaw and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd J. Jones, at Dickerson, aged 76 years, took place at 10 o'clock this morning from St. Mary's Catholic Church, Barnesville, the pastor, Rev. P. J. Ritchie, conducting the services. Burial was in the cemetery near the church. On a charge of driving an automo- bile while under the influence of liquor, Fairman C. Simms, colored, was arrested yesterday by Policeman Charles Nolte and was requested to furnish_$500 bond for his appearance in_the Police Court here for trial. Beverly Thornton, colored, of the vicinity of Kensington, was arrested yesterday on a charge of selling in- toxicating liquor and was released on $500 bond. o Religious events are a larger factor of the Ballston, Va., Christian Church. | in the Columbia Summer session than Rev. H. K. Pasma of Charleston, Miss., has accepted the recently- ex- tended call to the pastorate of the Rockville Presbyterian Church and has notified the congregation that he will assume charge of the work here the third Sunday in August. He will succeed Rev. O. G. Davis, who re- cently resigned to engage in mission- ary work in Baltimore. Hosea Harrison, Jack Powell, Lester Harrison and Upton Genus, negro residents of Bethesda, were arrested Saturday night, charged with shoot- ing crap. Each furnished $200 bond. The funeral of Mrf. 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Winkler sald he recentiy wrote to Stotler, tipping him that ters was lenguing_with moonshiners. The po- lice say Walters admitted in his con- fession that the Winkler letter was flashed on him by Stotler just before the shooting, which occurred on a lonely road when the two men were out ostensibly to search for a still. - 75 Aliens Become Citizens. One of the first acts of Chief Jus- tice Walter I. McCoy when he return- ed to the hench today in the District Supreme Court was to administer the oath of allegiance to the United States of 75 aliens. Most of them were from Russia. Enoc: 5 h’rhql"\klel its pleasant ta:(e Tn:ychecriul effervescenc! ;" re any parents P A: (t{o ::'Ay other laxative gor Eh":ldren. 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