New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 5, 1923, Page 2

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A daughter has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Myer Shurberg of Chestnut street at the Grove Hill hospital, Miss Irene Feeney of the Grove “Hill hospital has returned to this city wfter a two weeks' stay Waramaug: Miss Grace Hanrahan at of [ that all foreigners staying at Milyan- OTHER AERICANS REPORTED AS LOST Vice Consul Jonks and Man Named Bagbitt Missing By The Assoclated Press. London, Sept. 6,—The London cor-! respondent of the Osaka Mainichi Shimbun today recelved a cable mes- sage from Osaka naming as among the forelgners missing in the disaster at Yokohama the American vice-con- sul, Paul ¥, Jenks, and commercial attache, Badbitt, A Central News dlapateh ' from Shanghal says it is feared that Nikko, the health resort at which the Jap- anese empress has been stayl dur- Ing the summer, was destroyed with terrible a8 of life, Nikko s situ. ated north of Tokio and approximate- ly 80 miles southeast of Niigatl, Dr. Wheoler agd a Mr. Mollison, prominent British residents of Yoko- hama, and the French consul theré are among the dead, says a Central News dispatch, From the same source it is learned by oshita are safe with the exception of one named Hirst, Large numbers of the Japanese residents of Tokio and Miss Antonia [of the administrative committee the federal council of churches has and Mrs, consider church aid for the Japanese carthquake sufferers and also possible action by the federated churches in connection with the Abram Simon, president of the cen- Lake Glen Yokohama are returning to those cities. The British consul at Kobe reports that thousands of forelgn refugees are arriving there, but that the detalls of the disaster are lacking, although it is confirmed that there was great loss of life in Tokio and Yokohama. American steamship Selma City is reported to have been damaged dur- ing the upheaval and to have run ashore near Kokohama. Susuki and Co., Japanese merchants in London, have informed Lloyds that as far as they could ascertaln, there was no great-loss of shipping from the earth- quake. Mrs. Kirjassoff Was a' Mount Holyoke Graduate Fitchburg, Mas., Sept. 5.—Mrs. Max Kirjassoff, killed in the earthquake with her husband, the U. 8. Consul at \Wokohama, formerly lived in this city. She was born in India 33 years ago, the daughter of Dr. Willlam O. Bal- lantine, a missionary. She met Mr. Kirjassoff through her brother, Jo- seph W. Ballantine, also.a consul in Japan, with whom she went to that country in 1913, after her gradua- tion from Mount Holyoke college. Million in New York Is To Be Raised During Day New York, Sept. 65.—A relief fund of at least $1,000,000 for stricken Ja- panese was expected in this city to- day. Response to the many appeals was universal and instantaneous, The bulk of the fund is expected from business houses and individuals rep- resenting all phasés of the city's so- clal and financial life. Federal Church Countil In N. Y. to Give Its Aid Washington, Sept. 5.—A meeting of W. ing the been called to New York Friday to crisis Rabbi present between Italy and Greece. tral conference of American rabbis, has issued a call to all members of the conference to obtain subscrip- tions to the Japanese reliet fund of the American Red Cross. Castro, the dispatch continues, officlals were surprised at the bri. gandy' familiarity with assassins together, mayor are of the opinion, the corre- spondent adds, that the Greek #ols dlers askgd the assistance of Marku in the commission of the crime, NO AMERIGANS IN dell from Tennessee, reported killed, was a resident Brooklyn. A message from Consul H. B, Hitch- cock at Nagasakl said he had been rellably informed that Consul Jassofft and wife, and Vice Jenks and Bagbitt in the consulate general killed, Consul clearer reports of the situation Tokio and Yokohama were being published “Yokohama has suffered relatively worse than Toklo." Rellef work in Yokohama, the re- port sald, was being organized by Consul with the American consul at Kobe and the British consul at Nagasakl. Yokohama, dead. T. DeJordin, the French consul at Yokohama, also was killed earthquake. NEW BRITAIN DAfLY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1928, TELL OF ALLEGED PLOT lalian Paper Prints Story Purports ng To Blame Greok Officials Rome, Sept, 6,—A special dispatch from Santi Quaranta Albania to the Glornale d'Italia says it learned with before the massacre of the boundary mission gress held at Janina approved the des Ielulon of the former congress at Lu« trakl to slaughter the Italian officials, ‘fhe famous Epirote brigand Marku . was seen on the day of the massacre at the Greek military post Makadia Assassination On has been inty that two days Tallan he Epirote con~ the prefect and mayor of Argire The the Greek They later heard about 20 The prefect and TOKIO ARE KILLED (Continued From First Page) Paul E. Jenks, of Kir- Consul at Yokohama, had been Worso at Yokohama. Hitchcock added that in in Nagasaki and that Hitchcock In co-operation Vermonter Missing. New York, Sept. 6.—The Interna- tional Banking Corp. today recelved a cable from Kobe stating that two of its American employes in Yoko- hama were missing. They were H. Morse of Burlington, Vt, and McHenry Holbrook of Hartford, Ky. Ofticlals of the International Bank- Corp. declared there is a possi- bility that the missing men may have left the stricken city for the week- end and escaped the disaster. of the employes succeeded in reaching Kobe whence the message was sent, The three American employes of the corporation in Tokio have been re- ported as safe. in Yokohama, valued at $200,000, was demolished, Three The bank's building Family Wiped Out. Sept. 5.—The family of American commercial attache at E. G. Bagbitt, are all By The Assoclated Pres Nagasaki, in the E. G. Bagbitt was reported missing in a dispatch to the London corre- spondent of the Shimbun today. French Ambassador to Osaka Manchini Japan Safe on a Ship By The Associated Pross, Paris, Sept. 5,—The French ambas- !street is spending a week at Momau- _suin as the guest of Miss Marian Gag- P lan. There will be a meecting of the Daughters of Isabella tonight at 8§ velock at thelr club rooms, 166 Main itreet. Miss Dorothy Thompson of Lexing- .ion street left today for Martha's -Vineyard, Mass, where she will be :he guest of Mrs. Maurice Pease. Mr. and Mrs, Willlam Coholan 8 Lincoln Road are visiting Mrs. E. M. Yayden at Annisquam, Mass. ' Mr. afid Mrs, Sam Waskowitz, Han- aah and Sally Waskowitz and George Solemn Funeral Services Are Held by Albanians Rome, Sept. 5.—The Albanian le- gation has recelved word from Tirana that solemn funeral services were held in the Catholic, Orthodox and Mus- sulman churches in that city for the repose ‘of the souls of the murdered Italians. Officials of the Albanian gov- ernment, high dignitaries of the state, members of the diplomatic corps and Itallan xgsidents of Tirana attended the services. sador to Japan Paul Claudel is safe aboard the steamship Andre Lebon, the forelgn office was notified today in a cable message from the French consul at Kobe. The counclllor of the embassy, Prince Henry de Bearn has arrived at Kobe aboard the President Jelterson, Three of Royal Family Are Dead in Disaster By The Assoclated Press. London, S8ept. b6.—The Japanese embassy here received a telephone message today from Princess Kitash- Murtha have returned through the Catskill Mountains. {f you delight in trying youm culi- “iary accomplishments you will enjoy - asing Baker's Certified Extracts. They will insure success. tell them.—advt. »‘rf:freshing All good grocers mj%:nmg’ HAVE YOUR EYES EXAMINED AND GLASSES FITTED BY A. PINKUS Eyesight Specialist MAIN 5T. New Britain from a trip 100 FOREIGNERS DEAD By The Associated Press, Peking, Sept. 5.—One hundred foreigners are believed to have per- ished in Yokohama says a Reuter's dispatch from Osaka received here this afternoon. T The Mitsukoshi store—one of the bigges frakawa In Paris saying she had re- ceived infermation that the Dowager Princess Yamashina, Princess Hiroko Kanin and Prince Moromasa, mem- bers of the imperial family, are dead in Toklo as a Tesult of the earth- quake, RED CROSS RAISING G MILLION DOLLARS $260,000 More Than Exact Amount to Be Asked in U, . Washington, Sept, §-~Fixing of chapter quotas throughout the eouns mal launching of a campalgn of the Amerjcan Red Cross to raise a $6,- 000,000 rellet fund for sufferers in the Japanese earthquake zone, Division- al quotas, totalling $5,260,000, the ex- coss above the 86,000,000 goal being fixed to permit adjustments, were an- nounced at Red Cross headq " last night and divisionul managers were Instructed to assign quotas for all of the 3600 chapters of the er- ganlzation, The state department today was pressing its efforts to obtain informa~ tion as to the Americans in the strick. en zone. Not only have lists of those ‘of whom relatives and friends have sought Information been sent to American diplomatic and consular of- ficers in Japan but consular officers statloned at other points in the Or- lent have been ordered there to as- alst in the work of obtaining informa- tion as to American citizens and giv- ing them any assistance needed. In addition to the seven destroyers of the American Aslatic fleet with re- llef supplies for the suffering, the crulser Huron, flagship of Admiral Anderson, was steaming at full speed for Yokohama today with food and medical supplies, expecting to arrive there tomorrow morning. Manila ad- vices also sald the army transport Melgs would leave there today laden with rellef supplies for Yokohama. She will be followed by the transport Merritt, Reformed Church Mission Workers in Japan Safe New York, Sept. 6.—All of the mis- sionaries in Toklo and Yokohama of the Reformed church in America are sate, according to a cablegram from Kobe recelved today by the board of toreign missions of the church. ROYAL COUPLE SAFL Imperor and Empress of Japan Es- cape Death in Earthquake By The Assoclated Press. Paris, Sept. 6,—Members of the Japanese imperial family in Paris to- day received a dispatch dated Septem- ber 3 from the minister of the {m- perial household saylng' that the em- peror and empress are safe at Nikko and that the Prince Regent who re- mained at Tokio also is safe. Three members of the imperial family who were summering near Toklo weregkilled. They were Prince Higashikunl, Princess Yamashima and the fourth daughter of Prince Kanin, The official message estimates the victims in Tokio at 100,000, REPORTED AS SAFE Washington, Sept. 6.—Prof. Henry Fairfield Osborne, president of the trustees of the American Museum of Natural History of New York and Mrs. Osborne who were reported to have been in the Japanese earthquake arca are safe in Shanghal John K. Davls, American consul at Shanghal, reported today, S. A. WORKERS SAFE New York, Sept. b5.—New York headquarters of the Salvation Army received word from London that word had been received there from Major Ernest Pugmire, ‘financial secretary in Japan stating that he and his family were safe in Hawail. This was the first official word the Salvation Army has heard from its representatives on the stricken island. It is believed that Major Pugmire whose wife has rela- tives living in Detroit, was on a holi- day when the earthquake occurred as his headquarters are in Tokio. TO SHI PRICE SUPPLIES. By The Associated Press, Hong Kong, Sept. 5—An earth- quake relief committee composed of British, Japanese and Chinese has bden formed here. It will ship 500 tons of rice to Japan tomorrow. RAISING $500,000 FUND New York, Sept. 5.—The Silk Asso- clation of America comprising 500 competitors and manufacturers of silk and sllk finishing machinery today be- gan a campaign to raise $500,000 for Japanese relief. WHERE TOKIO FIRE STARTED t department stores in the orient—is where the Tokio fire started. Owing to the breakin g of water mains the fire department was helpless in trying to check its spread, try today was the signal for the fors| tal to the capital, ITALY CHALLENGES LEAGUE OF NATIONS (Continued From First Page) ration but also an offense without precedent against the council of am- bassadors which had entrusted the in- ternational mission with the diffioult and delicate duty of fixing the fron- tler between Albania and Greece. “Though the right of Italy is not dependent on the right of the council of ambassadors the connection be- tween the violation of each of these rights is so evident that Greece has not denied that it exists. General Tellini and his companions were as- sassinated because they formed part of an international mission, There is thus a perfect parallel of the in- terest of the conferénce and the in- terest of Italy. Picked on Ttalians. “The assassins however chose these officers for their vietims because they were Itallans. Violations of the sanctity of human life which Italy must guarantee to her citizens and an oftense to the dignity and honor of the Italiun nation consequently are added to the violation of international law. + “The council of ambassadors has well understood that this terrible crime could not remain unpublished and if the news which has been pub- lished is correct, Greece has recog- nized its responsibllity by declaring that it will submit to the decisions of the council. Ttaly, whose rights have been more seriously offended than those of the conference has an ber. side claimed punishment of the guilty and moral and material com- pensation. “In order to secure execution by Greece of her obligations, Italy has felt obliged to take guarantees ‘which are all"the more necessary as the in- stability and inferior moral positio: of the Greek government, which has not been recoghized by a large num- ber of states ,and its present attitude could not ensure the confidences which alone have rendered such & guarantee superfluous in the ciroum- stances. Greece, with great skill, has en- deavored to,escape its responsibilities by turning the attention of the public and of the league of natlons away from the crime that has been com- mitted and by endeavoring to direct attention to the seizure of a guaran- tee.” ALL HOSPITALS FULL. London, Sept. 65.—The steamship Empress of Canada is on the way to Shanghal with several hundred in- jured refugees, says the Central News as the hospitals in Kobe are full. Medical supplies are being rushed to the stricken areas. RUSSIA TO HELP. Plans to Give Japan Material Aseist- ance in Her Trouble. By The Assoclated Press. v Moscow, Pept. 5.—The Russian so- viet council of commissioners has de- clded to afford Japan effective mater- fa¥ aid in her present extremity, and Russian ships in the Pacific have been ordered to proceed to the scene with provisions. The foreign office has summoned an extraordinary conference to ascertain the dimensions of possible relief by Russia. AMERICAN STEAMER AGROUND New York, Sept. 5.—The steam- ship Selma City, reported to have run ashore near Yokohama during the upheaval is owned by the United States Steel Products Co. of New York and is registered in the port of New York. She is of 3450 tons net registered and carried a crew of be- tween 40 and 50. A cablegram received by the own- ers stated that the vessel had been damaged but did not convey the in- | formation that she had run ashore. NEW ISLAND APPEARS By The Associated Press. Moscow, Sept. 5.—Reports received here by way of Viadivostok state that as a result of the submarine convul- slons attending the earthquake a new island 30 miles long and 15 miles in width has sprung up in the sea off Yokohama. Many big battleships were sunk, ac- cording to the reports, the coast line was considerably altered and the sea bed changed. The crew of an American transport found the body of the French vice- consnl, M. Valentine. 1t is reported from Peking that the number of refugees exceeds 2,000,000, Y..W. C. A. WORKERS SAFE. New York, Sept. 5.—All American and native staff members of the Y. W. | C. A. in Japan are safe, according to | a message received today by the na- tional board from Miss Jane Nellscott, KOKUSAI BUILDING RAZED. | By The Associated Press, Peking, Sept. 5.—A Kokusai news |agency" message from Osaka yester- day stated that the Kokusal building in Tokio was demoliched by the earthquake. SENT FIRST MESSAGE Coolidge's Sympathy to Japan Pre- oeded That of All Other Nations in World, By The Associated Pre Osaka, Bept. b, whole of Ja- pan is deeply appreciative of Ameri- can sympathy and relief measures. The first message of condelence re- celved in the capital was from Presi- dent Coolldge, The Prince Regent gave 10,000,000 yen (5,000,000) and the government. authorized 9,000,000 for relief pur- poses. It is reported officlally that the conflagrations in Tokio were extin- guished Monday evening. During the 48 hours following the earthquake Tokio was a literal in- ferno. The thermometer was 150 de- grees Fahrenheit. Ex-Premier Takasahi and other leaders of the Selyukal party, first re- ported to have perishad, are known definitely to have escapd. Leaves Friday With Big - Supply of Food for Japs Seattle, Sept. 5—The Manila Maru of the Osaka Shosen Kaisha, which 18 to leave here Friday for Yokohama, will have two-thirds of her cargo space filled with food and supplies: for vietims of the earthquake 1n Yokohama-Tokio district. OFFICES BURNED OUT New York, Sept. 6.—Mitzui and Company's New York office today re- celved cablegrams from Osaka an- nouncing that most of thelr 880 em- ployes—all Japanese—in Tokio and Yokohama were safe and that the company’s five main bulldings in the two citles were standing, although the Interiors were burned out. U, 8. MANUFACTURER SAFE, Boston, Sept. 5.—BEdwin P. Brown, president of the United S8hoe Ma- chinery Co., and his parly, who were touring in Japan when the earthquake took place, are safe, according to a cablegram recelved at the offices of the company here. Included in the party are Mrs. Brown and thelr daughter, and Mrs. Howard Thornton of this city. BANK NOT DESTROYED., New York, Sept. 5—The Yokohama Specle bank today recelved a cable- gram from Shanghal declaring that the main offices of the bank in Yo- hohama and branch offices in Tokio escaped destruction. A measage. re- celved yesterday from Kobe reported both had been wrecked. Saving— Our club is 1 the 4 ¥ Reports from the Tokio fire and earthqua ke say the rail communications from the capi- interior were destroyed, This is o ne of the principal stations in the Japanese FATE OF LEAGUES RESTING ON 1530 British Press Distarbed Ove Italy’s Challenge By The Assoctatea Press. Londan, Sept. 5.—Friends of th league of nations among the Britisl newspapers are gravely perturbed Mussolini’s threat to withdraw shoul ihe league insist upon intervening ii the Greco-Italian conflict. “The league s challenged at it foundation; it must take up the chali lenge or abdicate,’” says the Dalil Chronicle. The Morning Post assert/ that the teague is now at the very crisis of its career and that it almos looks as if this .present situatios would be its death warrant. Other newspapers urge the leagu( to stand fast 'and not allow ftself t be .intimated by the Italian premiel which would mean suicide. On the other hand both the Dalily Mail and the Daily Express indulge in tirades against Lord Robert Cecil The latter newspaper visualizes the dire consequences that would resull from the application of a moral and economic hoycott to Italy which i says would spell war wherein Greal Britain and France would have to do most of the fighting, The Manchester ments: “Language serves different purposes for different men, but if Mussolinf means serfously and in cold blood that Italy will withdraw from the league rather than:accept its inter- vention, then the league is in great peril. If it surrenders -to Mussolinj its life would be over, and it is:clear that the treaty of VersaiHes would not long survive the league.” SureRelief Guardian com. Just the Right Time To Start ThatVacation open now and you can get a Booklet to suit your desire—either 50c or $1.00 or $2.00 per week for 40 weeks and then a check for the entire savings next June. Start Today COME IN AND GET ONE NEW BRITAIN TRUST CO. 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