The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 3, 1923, Page 2

PAGE 2 THE Six Looters Are Shot Dead at Tokyo | AMERICAN STEANSHIPS ARE NOW BEING. TRACED Japan Tries to : Re-establish Cable | Communication; Further Reports of _ Disaster Are Given by Witnesses | SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 3.—Six Koreans, ¢ ontly looters, were shot dead near the Ueno station of Tokyo today, according to a message received here this morning ; from Tomioka, Japan, via the Radio Corporation of America ' Martial law had previously been proclaimed in the earth quake and fire-stricken capital of Japan. | The message received this morning stated “Provisions are being supplied in front of the central sta- | tion. This station and the central postoffice are safe. ; “Other principal buildings burned down are | “Peerless school, official residence of the minister of the j imperial household, Meiji university, double bridge of the + imperial palace, the military preparatory school, the imperial museum, Nippon Denki company, Eisei Zairyo Hombu of} the war cepartment, Nippon Printing company, Muslin com- pany and Kabuki theater. Injured Europeans Taken 'on Board Rescue Freighter | “Fire razed the residence of the Princesses Nabeshima, | Fushmi, Higasi and Kasho. | “The naval club collapsed and was destroyed by fire dur-| _ ing a sitting for cabinet formation. | “The ship Selma City was badly damaged by the earth- fie ) quake. Rescue ships are endeavoring to prevent her sinking ; and are standing by ready to save her 189 passengers—men, | Women and babies, including crew and doctor. There is 22/ -} feet of water in the vessel's forehold. | | “The vessel Empress of Australia is safe at her pier but ‘is unable to proceed seaward until ascertaining the extent of ‘damage done to her propellers, caused thru fouling with | another steamer. Meartime divers are unobtainable.” | The freighter Dongola reported that its ship and crew Were safe, and that it was taking on board many homeless | and injured Europeans. | (By this it is inferred that this vessel is in Yokohama ‘harbor or the immediate vicinity.) A wireless was received from the steamer Korea Maru Which stated that it was unable to sail from Yokohama and Was unable to tell its date of departure. Whether this means that the Korea is at Yokohama is not ‘known. She is scheduled to have been in the neighborhood ‘ of that port at about the time of the earthquake. Japan Struggles to Repair ‘Shattered Cable Service No additional word had come across the Pacific to San 4 cisco up to 9:15 a. m. today, the last advices received the Radio Corporation of America having been at 340 a. m. | Notice was given by the Japanese station that it would} be ready for transpacific communication again until! this afternoon, which was interpreted as meaning it devoting itself to establishment of communication with et Japanese stations and with the Asiatic Mail. \ “The cable to Japan was still -interrupted today. The} was located as near Yokohama, but the confusion} of the disaster there apparently has made difficult the Tepairing of a break which under normal conditions might) | easily accomplished. - All cablegrams for Japan were} ig accepted by the cable company at sender's risk and) ubject to indefinite delay. They are routed via Shanghai, | Tsin and thence to Japan. * Steamship offices were engaged in tracing their vessels} miow in the Orient. The Pacific Mail reported the liners idents, Pierce, Lincoln and Cleveland all had left Japan Previous to the disaster. Details of Disaster Given in Wireless by Eye-Witness A wireless message received by the Radio Corporation of America at 7:50 p. m. Sunday gave the following addi- tional details of the Japanese disaster. A railroad man reached the Iwaka radio station from} “Tokyo and reported that there were 100,000 dead in the} ital alone. ‘An aviator from the Tokoro-Sawa airdrome flew over) the devastated area and found that not a house remained} standing in Yokohama, Kamakura, Yokosuka and other "coast towns.” Kamakura was a popular seaside resort. | - The wards of Shiba, Kojimachi, Asaka and Ushigome,)| where most of the Americans in Yokohama lived, have been swept by fire. : @ Message said: “Martial law is in force in Tokyo. Nobody is admitted} to the city without provisions. Noppin Bashi ward prac-| tically annihilated, Mitsuki, Shirokiya department stores| being burned down. | ‘Indescribable Devastation Is Seen in Wrecked Region “Railway man frem Tokyo tells casualties in Tokyo about 100,000. Aviator Tokoro says cannot see a single _ house in Kamakura, Yokosuka, Yokohama and vicinity as result of tidal wave. “Kokugikan, Hongo, destroyed. Loss of houses in Yoko- hhama estimated 1,400. Fire in more than 20 places and “spread over wards Hinjo, Fukagawa, Asakusa, Nison Bashi, Ushigome, Asakasa, Hojimachi, Shiba. Safety zone is Koishikawa, Azabu, Honjo and northward. _ “Marine corps Yokosuka seem annihilated and ships ‘Stranded. Buildings burned down in Tokyo are the arsenal “military academy Ushigome, Metropolitan police, Imperial | theater, home office, finance department, printing bureau, imperial university. “Fire destroyed Honcho, Inchometo Hokucho, Motishi- - rocho, Sudacho, Surugadai, near Ichimara theater. Shitaya, “whole of Honjo, Fukagawa, Kojimuhi, Pojuchome, Akanaka- _ proimachi, Shichome, Sincanache, Hongo, Hikamacho, Miyam- otocho, Jimbocho, Arakicho, Kogacho, Kanda, Shibuya, and whole of Yoshiwara. “Prince regent took refuge in imperial sanctuary. + “All bridges, Suinida river, reported lost; Hoshima Kama- kura turned into muddy sea; island Oshima still sending smoke.” ‘4 + & & hk Co ; ee ‘Premier Yamamoto | Two Earth Shocks Forms New Cabinet Felt in St. Louis AN FRANCISCO, Sept. 3.—An-| ST. LOUIS, Mo, Sept, 3.—Two Mouncement of formation of the new | very sharp earthquake tremors, ap> Japanese cabinet was received here i this morning from Tomioka, Japan,|P&tently about 9,000 miles west of by tho Rudio Corporation of Amer-| here, were recorded at 4:45 and 4:67 | 4 m, today on the St. Louis univer sity selsmograph The tremors started at 4:43 Con- tral standard time and continued until 6:20 a, m, Premier Yamamoto heads the cabi- net as premier and foreign minister, The office of home minister is to filled by Goto; finance, by Inque Junnosuke; war minister, Tanaka; “agriculture. commerce and justice, Den; commimications and education, Inukal; railway, Yamanouchi; navy, OPPORTUNITY ! HERE’S MORE ABOUT JAPANESE CATASTROPHE STARTS ON PAGE 1 lare niinkd. are blasted. |Ten Great Earth Shocks Fellow Initial Disaster Financially, and from the viewpoint of loss of human life, the disaster is considered the greatest in Japan's history. Part of the royal palace was destroyed by the quakes and the prince regent of Japan fled from his house into the fam- ily shrine, where he worshiped while portions of the palace crumbled about him and his house was partially destroyed A major portion of the royal palace was saved, however. The Osaka Mainichi established today service from Tokyo. Its correspondent brought the latest eye-witr of the disaster. According to the Mainichi, the first appalling shock oc curred at noon, to be followed by more than 10 others in rapid succession lerrified Victims Race Frantically Thru Streets Every dwelling house in the capital was destroyed or partly damaged. Before the rumblings of the first quake had died away people poured from the houses, filling *! e streets and other open spaces, Some dragged others who were injured by falling masonry and timbers. They left behind in ruined homes many who could not be rescued, whose cri followed them as they i Then succes: drowned these vain calls for help and added fresh victims to the toll of dead and dying. The shocks continued until sundown. To the horror of the successive quakes was quickly added the even greater terror of fires which sprang up on every side, Little groups of refugees in some in- stances found themselves hemmed in by flaming blocks of buildings and were burned to death by the hundreds. Persons trapped in dwellings which lay in the various paths of the spreading flames had no chance. 600 Workers Are Killed as Housing Structure Crashes A strong wind blew up and fanned the fires until every part of the capital, which has 15 wards, was ablaze. It was impossible to get the outbreak under control. To add .to the disaster, the water supply failed. When Mainichi’s airplane pondent left last evening nearly all the government offices had been burned down, including the minister of interior and police headquarters. The correspondent estimated that no less than 200,000 houses were reduced to ashes, with many others threatened. The city hall was burning and bodies of many workmen lay piled in the streets in this vicinity. Hundreds of others were injured in the collapse of the government printing offices. Six hundred workers were killed when the earth shocks tumbled the huge structure that housed the Nibondenaki, electrical works. | As the correspondent flew southwestward to Osaka he| looked back upon the flaming capital. Great rings of fire! were visible for many miles and it is estimated consequent: that the full extent of the disaster has not yet been reported | More Than 100,000 Are Dead in Yokohama Area Premier Yamamoto, who took office only last week, and had not completed his cabinet when the first earth shocks began on Saturday, speeded up formation of his ministry, which was completed and installed while flames raged in every part of the capital. The plight of Yokohama, port city, a short distance from Tokyo, is described as pitiable. More than 100,000 perished there, a great tidal wave add- ing its terrors and death toll to those of quake and flame. The country’s manufacturing interests an airplane news stories either completely ve shock | The city’s hospitals were burned down and medical supplies jand instruments destroyed. | The Hakone district was devastated and it is reported | that many foreigners were there. A wireless message from the Korea Maru, in Yokohama! harbor, says that an expedition landed by that vessel found scenes of indescribable horror, with heaps of dead every- where. | Eight thousand casualties occurred near Mount Fuji, when workers were buried in the ruins of the famous thread fuc- tories. The Grand hotel at Tokyo and the Yokohama Specie bank were destroyed. } Many thousands are living in parks and others have sought | outlying districts, _ The greatest suffering followed the collapse of buildings in the first earth shock, after which the inrushing waters in a tidal wave drowned scores caught by falling timbers. Hundreds of children are among the injured and many of these have not been fed for two days, Wails and cries fill the air, with few to go to the relief of the stricken. The landing party was unable to proceed to Tokyo. It was informed officially that the capital still was burning, but that the fires were believed lessening somewhat, a ma- jority portion of the city being already destroyed. One re- port from Tokyo says the capital has been reduced to what! is nothing more than an unimportant aggregation of vil- aes, without hope of recovering its former grandeur for leca | | |® luncheon of the club in the L, ©. Electric Club Will Smith building rest Install Officers | Martin, of tno x The installation of officers of sia Ree he see tatees as er, of the Rainier rant. Harry J.| nal Carbon Co.,| nd J. M, Hoop Slectric Co., is see The election took place two wweeks ago Je Electric club for the coming took place Thursday noon at | retary. | Sunburn A PAD case of sunburn is not only painfuJ, but through infection may become danger- ous. Zonite allays the inflam- mation and protects against in- fection. 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