New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 6, 1923, Page 3

l MORE ENCOURAGING " REPORTS REGEIVED Loss Among White Races May Have Been Less Than Feared By The Associated Press London, Bept, 6,—A more encours aging outlook on the situation In Japan was received today at the for- ©ign office from the British consul In Kebe who sald the Japanese war of« fice, department of justice, fice and admiralty were declared by the loeal authorities to be intact, Pre- vious reports were to the effeet that the government buildings suffered veverely, The consul's cable message adds that two persons who had walked frem Toklo to Yokohama confirmed the reports of enormous destr®tion in the latter city, About 400 British refugess have arrived at Kobe from Yokohama, Minimize Losses British eye-witnesses ted that the damage to the central and offi- clal bueiness, distriets In Toklo s not 50 great as Wwas at first belleved and it now seems possible that the British embassy bullding and consulates in the capitnl may have been spared, A dispatch received in London from o British naval officer in Yokohama tays all the foreign residents in Toklo escaped but that seventy were killed in Yokohama, This is considered a plausible estimate of the proportion of the loss of foreign lives'in the two citles, Although the foreign colonies of the two cities are about equal in number everybody free to leave Tokio, it 1s thought, would have been at the mountain and seaside resorts on Sat- urday afternoon when the destruc- tion started while Yokohama was probably crowded with foreign resi- +dents and tourists, The latest British advices are that the relfef work is well in hand. A British warshlp arrived at Yokohama +yesterday afternoon and all the for- cign refugees are being taken aboard, The encouraging reports regarding the safety of the foreigners, hoavever, gave little cause for hope of the es- cape of many among the millions of Japanese who lived along the shores of Toklo bay from Yokosuka, on the southwestern shore of the bay near the entrance, through Yokohama, Kanagwa and the city of Tokio to Chiba, on the eastern side, and along the shores of Sagami bay. On the western side of the Izu peninsula, where many foreigners as well as Japanese spend their summers in the seashore colonies. Little Hope for Japs, In Tokio more than a million lived in closely jammed wooden structures in low lying districts of Fukagawa, Hon- jo and Asakusa wards along the Su- mida river, their homes only a foot or 50 above the high tide level of Tokio bay, and the tidal waves resulting from the seismic disturbance of the ocean bed may have drowned thous- ands or even hundreds of thousands as the early rcports stated. The London stock exchange reflect- ed some uneasincss over the situation yeaterday, but the tone of the market was expected to be better today as a result of a message from Suzuki & Company’s Kobe office stating that according to refugees arriving there, nearly all the important banks in Tokio art safe. News had already been received of the safety of the Bank of Japan con- taining the nation's gold reserve of 200,000,000 ven, and it is thought that, with the other institutions un- destroyed, the Japanese financial. bul- warks are intact. CONFISCATE ARMS Italians Do Not Permit Resident of Corfu to Have Fircarms By The Assoclated Press. Cortu, Sept 6.—~The Italian oc- cupation authorities have ordered the confiscation of the arms of all nation- alities resident here, including mem- bers of the Itallan colony. British subjects may store their weapons in their own consulate. The city is quiet and orderly but the inhabitants are seriously wonder- ing How long the occupation will last. No Greek ships are arriving or de- parting and it is impossible to pro- ceed directly to Athens. ‘ DISCUSS TAX CU Washington, Sept. 6.-~Chairman Madden of the house appropriations committee discussed with President Coolldge today his plan for an an- nual automatic reduction in taxes, based on surplus in revenues. o Choice of the Experts the favorite in is |Jane Addams, 200000 HOUSES ARE | BURNED, SAYS REPORT Message from Asaka Also Says that ! Tokio Dead Number Between $10,000 and 320,000 New York, BRept, 0(.~A message from the governor of Osaka, made publie today at the Japanese consulate general, estimates the total casualties in Yokohama and Tokio at from 316,. 000 to 320,000, Two hundred thou. sand houses were burned in Tokle, 8aid the statement. The message fol. lows: “Of the 18 wards in Toklo, six are badly damaged, These wards are Hon. Jo, Fukagawa, Asakusa, Kanada, Ny. hombashi and Kyebashi, and include the entire business section, "“The wards of Yotsuya, Bheba, Ushigome and part of Koishikawa re. main intact, “The offices of the minister of home affairs, the minister of finanee, the minister of education and the minister of railways, the metropolitan police headquarters, the imperial theater, the Yurakuza theater, mili- tary arsenals and ‘the Takanawa palace entirely destroyed by fire. The casualitios are estimated at 150,000; 200,000 houses fired. In Yokohama a tidal wave was fol- lowed by fire and the city was nearly completely wiped' out, Casualties es- timgted from 160,000 to 170,000, Peo- ple are suffering from lack of provi- slons and water, Rellef supplies being rushed from other district. The em- peror, empress and Prince Regent are safe, “‘Both gities are under martial law and strict caution for the maintenance of order Is being taken.” MAVAL FOODSTUFFS GOING T0 JAPANESE U. S. Govt, to Give Freely Fro Mare Island Sta_ticm San Francisco, Sept. 6.—Naval foodstuffs stored on Mare Island near here will be used immediately for shipment to Japan for the earthquake sufferers in compliance with orders from Secretary of the Navy Denby. Ships here under sailing or loading orders are reported as follows: President Taft, . 8 Shipping hoard liner, sailing today. Space re- served for doctors, nurses and medical supplies, U, 8. Transport Somme, loading medfcal supplies, blankets and food- stuffs. Arctic, U. 8. refrigerator ship, load- ing fresh meats, vegetables, food- etuffs at Mare Island. U. 8. Transport Vega, ordered by Secretary Denby to be placed at the scrvice of the San Francisco chamber of cemmerce for relief supplies. U, 8. Transport Capella ordered to make ready to sail on orders. Freighters . Bearport and Dewey uvnder orders to load with rice, grain and dried fruits. Army Transport Cambrai full cargo of supplies, drugs, foods and blankets, en route to Manila to be diverted to Yokohama from Honolulu. The shipping board vessels West Calera, West Hunshaw and West Mahwah, will be put in commission as soon as possible and sent across the Pacific with relief supplies. Tacoma, Wash., Sept. 6.—The Ja- panese steamer Manila Maru will sail from here today for Kobe, carrying a hastily gathered consignment of re- lief material for the stricken district of Japan. RARDING IS MENTIONED Hughes, Lord Cecil, Nitti and Others Possible Recipients ..of Nobel Peace Prize. Copenhagen, Sept. 6.—The late Presidgnt Harding s Included in a list of about 30 persons who are being proposed as reciplents of the Nobel peace prize says the Christiania Aftenposten. Others in the news- paper’'s list include: Jane Addams, Secretary Hughes, Lord Robert Cecil, Prof. J. M. Keynes, the English economist; Signor Nitti, the former Italian premier; Carl Lind- hagen mayor of Stockhoelm and Miss| Elsa Brandstrom, the Swedigh ‘Red Cross worker, Post mortem awards of the prize are permitted by the statutes. TREMORS BRING N0 _GENEROUS RESPONSE ADDED FATALITIES| (Cnn(lnu-d hnm Pirst Page) | punkl. lying undcr sheets on| mats living on the seanty food supplied by the authorities, e army was restoring the means of communication, | By The Associated Press. The Japanese nation, stricken by what is probably the greatest disaster of the modern era, turns bravely to the tremendous tasks ahead, marshal- ing her shattered resources to succor the hundreds of thousands who gur- fer from injury and hunger and lay- Ing her plans for the rebullding of her ruined cities, ‘ Premier's Appeal While the rest of the world hurries ships of war and commeree, deep laden with relief supplies, to Japun- ese waters, Premier Yamamoto broadcasts a message to his people urging them to unite in the trying hours through which they are passing and appealing to them to make a su- preme effort to relleve the suffering and expedite {hr work of reconstrue- tion, The cables say that already ordera for bullding materials have been re- cefved in England while leading con- struction engineers and architects In New York have proffered their assist- ance in making A new Japan, City of Desolation Yokohama is a city of desolation, far more severely smitten than is the capital, Toklo. A message receiy- ed from Kobe at the state department in Washington confirms previous word that the great port of Japan has besn completely destroyed with a tremen- dous loss of life, including Americana, The city's streets and canals are filled with dead; one dispatch says that only three or four houses have been spared, the harbor Is practically of no value to the rellef ships, for the floor has been raised, the breakwaters torn asunder, all lighthouses, with only two exceptions, demolished, American Casualties Five hundred foreigners are said to have been killed in Yokohama, In- cluded in this number, according to the various reports are the following Americans: Captain MacDonald of the Grand hotel; Mrs. Root and son; Max Kir- jassoff, the American consul; Chief Pharmacist I.. Zembech of the U, S. Naval hospital and his wife, and two enlisted men. The hospital buildings were wrecked. Other Americans reported killed are Lieut. Col. Charles Burnett, military attache at the American embassy in Tokio; Bess and Richard Mendell of Cleveland; Elizabeth Dodson of Kingston, N, C,, and W, T. Blume of the General Electric Co. The latter was stationed in Toklo. Varying Death Lists A dispatch from the Tokio corre- spondent of the Central News recelv- ed in London says that 200,000 are dead in that city; but the correspond- ent of the Associated Press in a dis- patch filed on Tuesday puts the num- ber at 50,000. ‘Not less than 200 for- eigners, he estimates, perished in Yo- kohama. Everywhere throughout the strick- en area the authorities are trying to meet the two immediate needs of the situation: care for the wounded and food for the hungry. Supplies of rice are being requisitiomed throughout the empire while engineers working with makeshift forces repair the rail- ways to rush the food to the starving. No Reports of Disorder Meanwhile there are no reports of disorder, although there is some plun- dering and looting. General Fukuda is determined to quiet the population of the capital as quickly as possible in order that martial law may be re- voked. The, organization of rellef work throughout the rest of the world pro- ceeds rapidly and already the United States has been of material assistance. The American destrover 211 arrived in Kobe yesterday with supplies, fol- lowed soon after by the shipping board steamer City of Spokane which leaves for Yokohama today with 6,000 tons of flour. Atherica Acts Quickly Many other American owned ves- sels are”either taking on cargoes of rellef supplies at Pacific coast ports or are on their way to Japan. In San Francisco alone five shipping board steamers are being fitted out as rellef ships, America's response to the call for assistance has been immediate and from all parts of the country come announcements of gifts in money and kind. A group of lumber exporting mills on the Pacific coast are to do- nate 46,000,000 feet of timber to the Japanese government. The British China squadron has been ordered to purchase supplies and food and proceed to Japanese wa- ters to render whatever assistance is the home / | needed. | ea——m . Largest in World Locks to be built at Lockport, 1il., part of the $20,000,000 wa- terway project connecting the Great Lakes with the Illinois river TORED CROSS PLEA! U, 8. Reliel Already Has Reached Stricken Citles Washington, Sept, 6~While the American Red Cross pushed forward practical relief measures for the Ja, anese earthquake sufferers indicati today were that the appeal for a $5,- 000,000 relief fund te be administer. ed by the organfzation was meeting generous and quick response through- cut the nation,, An initial purchase of food, medi. cal supplies and shelter material to go forward at once already has been o dered by Red Cross after taking ever yesterday the entire purchasing and shipping department of the American celief ,administration In order to ex pedite relief, Approximately 32,000 tons of ship. ping in the Pacific has been placed at the disposal of the Red Cross by the shipping board, Ald Already Arrives Destroyers of the Aslatic fleet are belleved to have already brought Am- erican ald to the stricken area dis. patches to the navy department from Admiral Anderson commander of the fleet Indicating that the first group of destroyers had arrived at Yokohama, Other army and navy vessels are eith. er loading or enroute from Manila and other points In the Far East with supplies, Consul Dickover, at Kobe, iIn re. porting to the state department last night the death of several more Am. ericans sald a fyrther list of casual- tles would be wirelessed later, All foreign residents of Yokohama, he eald, were making their way from the “completely destroyed” city to Kobhe as rapidly as they could. The consul reported that approximately half of Tokio had been destroyed by fire. The dispatch, dated September 5 sald the President Jefferson was sailing that day “with about 300 destitute Ameri- cans and aliens who will need assist- ance at Seattle.” U. S§. Hospital Destroyed Another Kobe dispatch received by the department sald the American na- val hospital at Yokohama had heen destroyed and that Chief Pharmacist .. Zembech, his wife and two enlisted men had been killed, and Dr. U. R. Webb, in command of tv hospital, badly injured. ROCKEFELLERS DONATE 200,000 T0 RED CROSS Scores of Other Subscriptions Rang- $5,000 to $50,000 Re- ceived in New York ing f New York, Sept. 6.-3This city went into its pocket yesterday and started the Japanese relief donations total- ling well over half a million dollars. The list was headed by two sums of $100,000 each given by John D, Rockefeller Jr,, and thel Laura Spell- man Rockefeller Foundatjon. Scores of subscriptions were re- ceived ranging from $5,000 to $50,- 0G0 each and more than half of the $1,000,000 ket as the amount ex- pected from the city was received within a few hour= ‘¥From the silk association of America came $150,000, which had been raised in less than half an hour; $50,000 arrived from the National City Bank. The Westinghouse Elec- tric Co. and Kuhn Loeb & Co. each donated $25,000, while numerous cor- porations gave sums of §5,000 and $10,000. POISONOUS DRINK Most of Beverages Taken in Seymour and Derby Raids Found to be Wood Alcohol. New Haven, Sept. 6.-—Samples of the liquor seized in the raids at Sey- mour and Derby a week ago Saturday is said to reveal by analysis that most of it was composed from denatured alcohol, a poisonous fluid when used internally. . N State’s Attorney Alling says that the analysis will make it necessary to wipe out the traffic in the Naugatuck by unceasing acu\ity. RO\ ERS SAIL Wuhlng!un. 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