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Wccldi) Sawnal
VOL. XXV. NO. 145
ITALIANS FLAUNT
■ WORLD TBIBIML
JI Wl MEET
Greece Willing to Abide by
Findings of Council—Euro
pean Nations Split on De
cisive Issue
GENEVA, Sept. s.—(By the Asso
ciated Press). —Italy’s representa-
tive, Signor Salandra, told the coun
' cil of the League of Nations today
that Italy would regard intervention
of the Leagut* in the Greco-Italian
crisis as unjustified.
'The League, he asserted, had no
' competency in the affair, which be
longed properly to the inter-allied
council of ambassadors.
The Italian government expressed
its irrevocable* opinion through him
that the council should not accept
the Greek request that the League
take up the matter.
By her appeal, said Signor Salan
dra, Greece sought to escape her re
sponsibilities. He emphasized that
the present Greek government had
not yet been recognized by a great
number of the countries; hence the
necessity for Italy to seize Corfu
to obtain satisfaction for the assas
sination of the Teliini mission.
The ambassadors council, he said,
■was the logical body to handle the
Incident because the question of liv
ing up to the terms of the peace
treaties is concerned. If the League
closed it% eyes to this fact it would
be acting in excess of its powers, he
declared.
M. Politis, former Greek foreign
T minister, in reply said Greece had
no desire to escape her responsibili
ties, and showed her good faith by
requesting the appointment of neu
tral commissions of investigation.
Plan of Greece
Greece's plan also asked that the
council delegate a mixed commis
sion to determine the amount of in
demnity •which she should pay Italy
and that it further agree to allow
her to deposit 50,000,000 lire “as a
guarantee for the immediate pay
ment of whatever indemnity may
1 be decided upon.”
Signor Salandra’s statement cre
ated a sensqtion in the council
chamber, which had many Ameri
cans among the spectators.
Lord Robert Cecil, of England,
added a sensation by insisting that
articles 10, 12 and 15 of the cove
nant of the League of Nations
should be read immediately, bdth in
French and in English, and by de
claring that if these articles were
to be disregarded, the whole settle
ment of Europe would be shaken.
. The articles in question were pited
by Greece as the basis of her appeal,
to the League and stipulate that the
council Os the League has a clear
right to an investigation when there
is danger of rupture between any of
the states which are members of the
League.
Further discussions of the Greco-
Italian crisis was adjourned to an
unfixed date, but. perhaps tomor
row,"in order to give the members
of the council an opportunity to ex- ■
amine the Italian declaration and de
cide upon their future attitude in
the crisis, which is generally re
garded as havng been aggravated by
Signor Salandra’s pronouncement.
Decision Awaited
The decision of the council of the
League of Nations on the Italo-Greek
dispute is awaited here with keen
interest.
England's determination tc main
tain the competence of the league
in opposition- to Italy’s viewpoint is
interpreted here as having been in-
* spired by a desire to strengthen the
league, which is a powerful weapon
in the hands of British diplomacy.
France was expected to favor en
trusting the situation to the coun
cil of ambassadors.
The smaller countries, which are
members of the league, are believed
here to not only admit the comp
tence of the league, but desire the
Italo-Greek case to be discussed not
before the council, but before the
assembly of the league, Italian opin
ion is that these smal countries are
hostile to Italy because she is a
larger power, and Greece is nearer
to their dimension.
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
ENDANGERED BY ITALY
LONDON, Sept. s.—Friends of
the League of Nations among the
British newspapers are gravely per
turbed at Mussolini's threat to with
draw should the league insist upon
intervening in the Greco-Italian
conflict. •
“The League is challenged at its
foundation, it must take up the
challenge or abdicate,” says the
Daily chronicle. The Morning Post
asserts that the League is now at
the very crisis of its career and that
it almost looks as if this present
situation would be its death war-
, , rant.
• Other newepapsrs urge the
League to stand fast and not allow
Itself to be intimidated by the Ital
ian premier, which would mean sui
cide. On the other hand, both the
Daily Mail and the Daily Express
indulge in tiradea against Lord
Robert Cecil. The latter newspaper
visualizes the dire consequences that
would result from the application of
a. moral and economic boycott to
Italy, which, it says, would spell
war wherein Great Britain ' and
France would have to do most of
the fighting.
The Manchester Guardian com
ments:
“Language serves different pur
poses for different men, but if Mus
solini means seriously and in cold
blood that Italy will withdraw from
the League rather than accept its
I intervention, then the League is in
great-peril. If it surrenders to Mus
solini, its life would be over, and it
s in clear that the treaty of ersailles
Published Every Titesday, Thursday and Saturday
NEWS OF- THE WORLD
TOLD IN BRIEF
NEW YORK.—Raw silk market
suspends activities as result of Japa
nese disaster.
ALTOONA. Pa.—Howard Wilcox,
veteran automobile racer, dies of in
juries received at Altoona, Pa.
WASHINGTON.—President Cool
idge appeals to American people to
contribute to relief of people of Ja
pan.
CHICAGO.—City building depart
ment after much delay issues per
mit for construction of new Union
station which will cost $16,000,000.
LONDON.—J a panese go ver n men t
securities decline on London Stock
exchange. Heaviest insurance loss
from disaster will fall on British ma
rine insurance market.
.TOPT.IN, Mo— C. M. Spring, 72,
wealthy wholesale druggist, is sen
tenced to three years in federal
penitentiary and fined SI,OOO for
violation of the Harrison anti-nar
cotie act.
i ‘
SAN FRANCISCO. —Estimates of
dead in Japanese earthquake range
from 200,000 to 320,000; figures at
tributed to Japanese home office
place the dead in Tokio at only 10,-
000 and in Yokohama at 100,000.
LONDON. —Mussolini stands ready
to withdraw the Italian delegates
from the Geneva conference if his
views in Greek conflict are repudi
ated by the League of Nations,
Rome message declares.
NEW YORK—Frederick W. Up
ham, treasurer of national Republic
an committee, on arrival from Eu
rope, says* he believes Chicago sure
ly will get 1924 Republican conven
tion unless President Coolidge -wants
it to go elsewhere.
Caught Between Bed
And Wall, Infant Is
Strangled to Death
Buster Gossett, thirteen-months
old son of Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Gos
sett, of 153 Bedford street, died ear
ly Wednesday at the home of his
parents from strangulation, .within
a few minutes after having been
found by his father, his little body
suspended from the bed and his head
caught between the bed and the wall
of the room.
When found, the child possessed a
spark of life, which his frantic par
ents, with the aid of a physician hur
riedly called, sought vainly to re
kindle. The child who was the
youngest of five children died with
in a few rfiinutes, however.
Buster, who slept with his older
brothers in a large bed in a room
adjoining that of his parents, was
found by his father when he looked
in to see if the children were all
right. He found one of the children
crying 'and pointing hiq, finger to
where‘only the head of his little)
brother was visible. It is not known
how long Buster had been there,
suspended, with his feet but a few
inches from the floor, and unable
to utter a cry.
A feeble cry when he was rescued
showed that he was not dead, and
a physician was hastily summoned
Despite heroic efforts to save lit
tle Buster’s life he died a short
time later.
Besides his parents, the child is
survived by four brothers. They are
Johnnie, Edgar, A. D. anc> Ernest.
The body was removed to th 2
chapel of the Hunber-Blanchard-
Gartrell company to await the fu
neral, which will be held Thursday
afternoon. Services will be held at
the residence at 3 o’clock, and in
terment will be in Acworth, Ga.
Paying His $5 Fine in
Pennies Costs Speeder
5 Days and SSO More
SAN RAFAEL, Cal., Sept. 5.—A
few days ago Charles Korss, a San
Francisco grocer, was fined $5 for
speeding in San Rafael. He mailed
the fine from San Francisco in pen
nies, tied in separate pack ges of
100 pennies each. It cost him 18
cents postage.
Today he was hailed >efore the
court for contempt and was fined an
additional SSO and sent to the county
jail for five days, the judge figuring
that he was holding the court too
cheaply by sending the original fine ■
in pennies.
A TREAT FOR OUR
READERS
Rex Beach’s great story of romance and
adventure,
I Flowing Gold
starts in the next issue of The Tri-Weekly
Journal and will be published in gener
ous installments.
It’s a great story, and ah the family will
like it —especially the men folks.
Take our advice, and don’t fail to read it.
| WASHINGTON—President Cool
idge seeks to bring about closer co
operation between federal and state
officers in enforcina prohibition laws.
SAN FRANCISCO—Prince regent
■ of Japan gives $50,000,000 for relief
; purposes and the emperor, now in
i capacitated, adds $5,000,000 from the
I privy exchequer.
I DUESSELDORF. According to
German newspapers French have
ordered suspension of al! German
mail service in Ruhr territory for
one week.
LONDON.—British representa
tives appear before council( of
League of Nations and expresses a
willingness to refer all Italy’s de
mands to adjudication by a neutral
commission.
NEW YORK.—City’s permanent
assessment toll, subject to one per
cent tax, as monied capital that
■ comes in competition with national
banks, is shown to total $681,000,-
000.
TRIPOLI. Column of Italian
troops commanded by Colonel Ma/r
--ghinotti in a) fight near Sliten with
200 rebel tribesmen completely de
feats them, and irj two encounters
kills one hundred tribesmen.
LAKEHURST, N. J.—The Rigid
airship ZR 1 of United States navy
completes first trial trip success
fully, after rising rapidly to height,
of 1.000 feet and remaining in air,
for 55 minutes.
NEW YORK.—Ford Motor com
pany made net profits estimated at
$54,000,000, equal to about $315 a
share on 172,465 shares of stock in
four months ended June 30. 1923,
according to compilations made from
balance sheet of that date.
Carolina Girl Killed
As She Drove Near
Scene of Shooting
ANDREWS, S. C., Sept. 5.--Miss
Vernon Altman, sixteen, and H.
C. Hearron and I.ouis Ballenderger,
young white men of this commu
nity) is seriously wounded, the lat
ter probably fatally, according to
doctors, as the result of a row which
culminated in a shooting with a
shotgun alleged to have been in
the hands of James East, young
white man, shortly before 8 o clock
last night.
Miss Altman was struck by a
stray shot as she drove near the
scene of the quarrel as the gun was
•discharged.
A special train took the wounded
men.to a hospital in Florence. East
was taken to the Georgetown jail
for safe-keeping.
The shooting grew out of a quar
rel at a dance Monday night be
tween Baljenderger and East.
“Marriage Is 50-50,”
Says Judge, Awarding
Alimony to Husband
LOS ANGELES, Sept. s.—“ Ma
rriage is 50-50,” said Judge John W.
Summerfield, of the superior court,
in ordering Mrs. Mary Scranton to
pay her husband, Charles Scranton.
$5 a week as temporary alimony,
pending trial of his suit .ar separate
maintenance.
Scranton testified his wife, who
earns $l5O a month in a hank, de
serted him. He said he was ill and
unable to work.
“This couple married for better or
for worie,” remarked the court. “The
husband has broken in harness. I
am afraid the wife will hav 6 to pull
a double load for a while, at least.
Marriage is a case of give and take.”
Atlantian’s Preaching
Brings 72 Into Church
ARABI, Ga.. Sept. 4 —Rev. C. B
McDaniel, an evangelist of Atlanta
has just closed a very’ successful
tent meeting at Zion Hill on the
Arabi charge, assisted by Rev. C. C.
Boland, the pastor. The music was
in charge of W. W. Hooten, of Jen
kinsburg. assisted by local talent.
Sixty-two joined the Methodist
church and ten the Baptist church.
Goodyear Raincoat Free
Goodyear Mfz Co.. 6027-R Goodyear Bldg..
Kansas City. Mo., is making an offer to send
a handsome raincoat free to one person in each
locality who will show and recommend it to
friends. It yon want one, Write today.—(Advt.)
ALLEGED FLOGGER’S I
ARREST IS SECURED
bf hapeville man|
MACON, Ga., Sept. 5. —Deputies I
admitted early today that additional.]
' arrests are expected here during the -
day in connection with recent Macon |
Hogging cases, although they would [
give no intimation as to parties they ?
had under suspicion.
Shortly after 7 o'clock Tuesday I
night, Dr. C. A. Yarbrough, promi
nent Macon dentist, was placed un
der arrest at his office on charges
of assault and battery and rioting.
J. D. Patrick, a deputy of the mu- !
nicipal court, and W. F. Delamar, !
salesman, were also arrested on the |
same charges. All three gave bond.
Bonds of Patrick and Dr. Yarbrough
were $5,000 each. Dr. Yarbrough is
considered one of the leading men
of his profession in central Georgia.
It became known today that Dr.
R. F. Mills, of Hapeville, swore'out
the warrant for Patrick, charging i
him with helping whip him on the ;
night of January 13, 1922.
Patrick -this morning turned in.
his resignation to Judge Hugh I
Chambers, of the Municipal court,
stating that he did not desire to em
barrass the’ court by remaining in
office in view of his recent arrest
and the charges made against him. I
Several other arrests, in connec- I
tion with the floggings, already had ■
been made. The three Hudson r
brothers were arrested several weeks j
ago in the act of flogging a negro j
and J. F. Alexander later was ar- i
rested in connection with the flog- |
ging of Ollie Perry, August 9. r i
Officials last night announced that |
all the flogging cases will be brought i
to trial in the city court here. Tues- j
day, September 11. •
In the arrest of Dr. Yarbrough. ;
the police believe they have secured j
the “brains” of the whipping band. |
A sensation wap sprung at a recent >
meeting of local civic clubs when
one of the speakers openly charged I
a “local dentist” with being the i
"whipping boss of Macon,” in that j
he specified the men to be whipped. |
More than $5,000 in rewards have
been offered for the arrest and con
viction of persons guilty of the (log
gings, including $1,509 offered by the
Ku Klux Klan.
Dr. Yarbrough last night declared
his arrest came as a complete sur
prise to him and maintained his in
nocence of the charges brought
against him.
J. P. Durkee, organizer of the Ku
Klux Klan here refused today to
deny or affirm that Dr. Yarbrough,
Patrick or DeLamar were members
of the kian. He also refused to
make a statement about their ar
rests. stating that he feared it might
interfere with authorities in dis
charging their duties.
KLAN TO AID PROSECUTION
GENERAL FORREST SAYS
General Nathan Bedford Forrest,
grand dragon of the Ku Klux Klan
in Georgia, stated Wednesday that
the limit of the law will be invoked
in the prosecution of suspected (log
gers at Macon regardless of whether
they are klansmen.
General Forrest said he did not
know whether the men arrested
were klansmen, but if they were it
made no difference.
“If they are guilty of any act of
lawlessness similar to that with
which they are charged, they acted
without klan knowledge/’ he said.
“I have posted a $1,5t0 ret .rd,
in the name of the kian, for -the
arrest and conviction of the guilty
men, and have had two klan repre
sentatives in Macon working on the
case. We expect to end this kind of
thing in Georgia. The klan knows
nothing of the affair and had no part
in it.”
Chaingang Sentence
Os One Year Given
Sims for Shooting
After entering a plea of guilty to
shooting J. B. Phillips on July 26,
Sam Sims was sentenced to serve
one year on the chaingang, Wednes
day, by Judge John D. Humphries
in Fulton superior court'. Sims was
indicted tor assault with intent to
murder, but Solicitor General John
A. Boykin requested a light sen
tence, declaring his ■ investigations
had convinced him that the defend
ant was a sufferer from shell shock
and iwas mentally irresponsible at
the time of the shooting.
Phillips was shot while standing
in front of bis place of business on
Peters street, after an altercation
with Sims, in which Sims charged
Phillips with paying attentions to
Mrs. 1 Sims. Phillips has practically
recovered from his wounds.
Sims is said to have been under
treatment in a government hospital
for injuries received in the World
war. Judge Humphries indicated
his intention of investigating the
defendant's condition.
Bartow’s First Bale
Brings 47 Cents
CARTERSVILLE, Ga., Sept. 5.
Bartow county’s first bale of the
1923 cotton crop was brought to Car
tersville Monday morning by Mr.
R-.ttia Henderson, prosperous young
farmer residing near Stilesboro.
The bale weighed 400 pounds, and
when sold at auction was bid in by
Bob H. McGinnis, cotton factor. The
price received by Mr. Henderson was
forty-seven cents a pound, which
included a premium raised by pub
lic-spirited business men of rhe com
munity.
The Weather
Virginia: Partly cloud , "hursday,
probable thundershowers
North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia: Partly cloudy Thursday;
scattered thundershowers.
Florida. Partly cloudy Thursday.
Extreme northwest Florida. Ala
bama, Mississippi: Partly cloudy
Thursday: scattered thundershowers.
Tennessee, Kentucky: Thursday
probably fair.
Louisiana: Thursday, unsettled: lo
cal thundershowers.
Arkansas: Thursday, generally
fair.
Oklahoma: Thursday, generally
East Texas: Thursday, local thun
dershowers. i
West Texas:’ Thursday, partly j
cloudy, _ I
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WORD PICTURE OF JAPANESE
DISASTER; DEATH STRUCK IN
MIDST OF HOLIDAY THRONG
Nearly All Foreigners and
Wealthy Natives Out of
Cities, ‘Because of Heat.
Tokio Panicstricken
BY MOTO TAKATA
(Assistant Foreign Editor of the
Osaka Mainichi.)
(Copyright, T 923, by United Presg.)
(Copyright in Canada.)
OSAKA, Japan, Sept. s.—As wan,
half-starved and crippled refugees
are drifting into Osaka, into Kobe
and other points beyond Japan’s
area of death and destruction, it is
possible for the first time to con
struct this complete story-telling of
the great quake and fire which
wiped out Yokohama, razed Tokio
and brought death,to as yet unnum
bered thousands.
Yokohama has virtually disap
peared. Tokio is but a shadow of
the city which but a few days ago
was the pride of the Orient. Smoul
dering rums, great gaps in the hard
baked earth, the stench of the dead,
the cries of the dying, » millions
wandering .here and there in search
of food, wreckage, suffering, desti
tution on every side—these things
tell the story of the violence of
nature visited upon the land of
cherry blossoms.
Science Goes for Naught
Science, inventions of modern
civilization, all that minds of east
ern and western civilization have
built in refcent generations', broke
down before the crushing, grinding,
consuming powers of nature. Gas
mains, constructed as a means of
comfort, became instruments of de
struction. Wrenched from the
ground by the twisting upheaval of
the earth, they spat forth flame.
Electrical systems became death
traps. Modern buildings came
tumbling to earth, or were dissolved
in fire and after the first big crash,
followed by constantly recurring
tremors, Fujiyama looked doWn for
three nights and three days upon
the glare of flames and the smoke
of disappearing cities.
Throughout the summer Japan has
sweltered in unusual heat. The hu
midity has beer. high. All foreigners
and Japanese of wealth who possibly
could leave the city went into the
mountains, particularly over the
week-ends. Saturday was a typical
day. Most of the foreigners had left
the' city. But the Japanese masses
thronged the markets rnd Asakusa
park, the great playground of the
city, was jammed. The little nar
row streets, n-ith their gay bunting
drooping in the humid air, were fill
ed with people. It was shortly after
noon. The life of the city was at
its height.
The earth trembled.
Then Earth Bulges
Streets seemed to rise. In houses s
the floors bulged upward. It was a
rising, four-inch vertl 1 shock. One
came upon the heels of the other.
The little Japanese dwellings, built
to withstand shocks with their dove
tailed walls and ceilings, swayed as
in a mighty wind. Families buddled I
under their beams. Larger build- i
ings, of firmer and less pliable con ;
struction, came crashing to earth. ,
The great tower at Asakusa park
fell. It buried hundreds beneath it. |
The brightly decorated shops and ;
booths of the park took fire, hun
dreds were killed or injured as they
were buried beneath wreckage, or
fought for safety, trampling upon
aeh other.
Prisons, hospitals and other insti
tutions were shaken apart, or fired.
Criminals, who were not killed or
injured, were liberated. Invalids
were left helpless in th e (great dis-
Street? became Impassable. Gas
and
Atlanta, Ga., Thursday, September 6, 1923
WHAM I ! !
! no means of combatting the rapidly
I
: siffeading conflagration.
Cabinet Is Formed
j Premier Yamamoto was meeting
j with those he had called to form a
i new governmc .t. The. city was be
ing shaken down, or burned about
them, but the cabinet was .complet
ed and the task of rescue immediate
ly taken.
The Union station withstood the
shock, but as thousands poured in
that direction they found there were
no means of leaving the. stricken cap
ital.
Raijroad tracks were torn up. All
. telegraph wires were dqwn. Tokio
was isolated.
Indescribable terror gripped- the
city. As night came on the great
fire spread, sweeping through ward
after ward, destroying such houses
as remained standing and turning
the debris into a great fi'bld of
flames.
The military took control. Wild
animals, liberated from the zoo,
were shot. Some looting was report
ed. Suspects were killed.
The. imperial palace was badly
damaged. The military rushed ito
save the prince regent. Buildings,
which it was* feared might commu
nicate the fire to the palace, were
dynamited. The roar of explosions,
the din of collapsing buildings, the
rush of flames, added to the terrors
of the scene. The heat of the burn
ing city became all but unbearable.
Hundreds Leap Into River
Hundreds, crazed by terror, leaped
into the Sumidi river. Others died
in their homes, or their bodies,
strewing the streets, were thrown
into the flames. Burial was impos
sible.
Buddhist and Ehinto priests, clad
in their heavily brocaded or white
and purple robes, chanted prayers
for the dead as they were consigned
to the flames or piled in the streets.
From Kahagura came word of
Prince Matsukata being badly crush
ed when his house collapsed.
At least three members of the
royal family were killed or injured
and in addition to royalty, Japan's
merchant princes- and others of
means who escaped death or injury,
became helpless refugees along with
the humblest of the poor, in the face
of the disaster.
The entire working forces of
many industries Were wiped out.
Numerous incidents are reported of
mills and buildings—such as the gov
ernment printing office —collapsing
and crushing practically all occu
pants to death.
Roads Impassable
Roads connecting Tokio with out
lying points were torn up. Trees
were felled. Then airplanes were
pressed into service to fly over the
stricken city. But so dense was the
smoke arising that they were sored
to fly high above the scene of the
catastrophe and the aviators could
determine but little of what was ;
transpiring benqath them.
[ At Yokohama the scenes of Tokio ;
were duplicated. The destruction j
thei e, however, was accentuated by ;
an even more devastating fire. The i
great wharves of the,Japanese port
were destroyed. Shipping in the har- '
bor took fire. The I quake was fol- '
lowed by tidal waves. Ships which )
might hdve escaped were hurled )
back upon the shore., as the giant ;
seas arose and flooded miles of the
coast line.
Even after escaping from the burn- r
Ing capital, refugees were not safe.
Ten thousand of them took refuge j
in a great military compound south
of Tokio. The compound, no longer
in use by the army, was surrounded
by deep water and access to it was
by means of wooden bridges.
10,000 Burn to Death
Fire, having no connection with .
the conflagration they had left be- I
.hind, broke qlu, _ coy&uuied. the j
GERMANY EXPECTED
TA SUE FDR TERMS
DF PEACE FOR RUHR
BERLIN, Sept. s.—(By t]pe Asso
ciated Press.) —Germany has arrived
■ at the end of her tether so far as her
, further ability to finance passive re
i sistance is concerned.
j This is the current impression in
i banking circles which expect that
Germany, in the course of the next
! few days will take the initiative in
the direction ot proposing’ that nt-
I ficial’ discussion be begun with the
I French and Belgian governments.
I That the Ruhr and the Rhineland
; fight lias been lost by the govern
jment .and the army of German re
i sisters, now also is tacitly admitted
I in political circles although the press
, has not yet discussed hte situation
i with which the government is con
'fronted.
{ ; It is believed, however, the Ger
rpan editors have been informed by
| Chancellor Stresemann that the gov
j ernment would seek to force a solu
j tion of the Ruhr conflict in the near
• future.
The situation in the occupied areas
| also steadily is becoming worse, both
I in respect to| economic conditions and
; the temper of the resisters who no
i longer are abe to maintain the soli-
I darity necessary for a united front.
1
Atlanta Spot Cotton
Up to 25.75 Cents
On Bullish Market
Atlanta spot cotton registered a
spurt Wednesday afternoon on the
basis of a bullish New York futures
market, local Spots being quoted at
25.75 cents or an advance of 55
points over Tuesday.
New York spot cotton was 26.80
cents, advancing 85 points, while the
New York futures market closed
i 81 to 93 points up.
. New Orleans spot cotton was 25
j cents flat, being 50 points up, while
! the futures market 'in that c‘fy
■ closed 78 to 82 . points up.
Chattanooga Woman’s
Body Found in River
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Sept. 3.
| The body of Mrs. Artia Fine, who
■ had'been missing from her home in
j North Chattanooga since Saturday,
; was found by a fisherman Monday
morning floating in the Tennessee
[ river. She is believed to be the worn
! an that was seen to jump from the
Market street bridge Saturday. The
recent death of her husband had
rendered her despondent.
bridges, destroyed the compound and
burned to death practically the en
tire ten thousand refugees who had
no chance to escape.
From the first foreign stragglers
to reach the * o.utside world came
news of tlie fate of Americans and
Europeans trapped in the blackened
cities of Tokio and Yokohama. Many
American lives are feared to have
been lost in the crumbling of the
: naval hospital under the first im
! pacts of the shocks of Saturday. The
American commander of the hos
pital was injured.
Americans who were at Mount
Hakone and at Nikko are feared to
have been killed or injured.
At the latter resort were the epn
peror and empress of .Japan. Their
villa was shaken by the quake and
They narrowly escaped with their
lives. Immediately after they were
safe their first thought was for their
eldest son, the prince regent. The
prince was in Tokio at the imperial
palace. It has been learned since
that when the first quakes shook
the city and the palace, the prince
hurried from his tumbling house to
the royal chapel, where he wor
shipped while the earth heaved all
about him and the crash 'of build
ings in the royal park sounded
above the rumblings of the earth
quake. Later, the prince returned
tn his house and was escorted from
the
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JAPANESE HORROR
•Many Japanese Battleships
■ Went to the Bottom Dur
ing Upheaval, According to
Moscow’s Report
LONDON, Sept. s.—(By the Asso- •
dated Press.)—The Japanese embas
sy here received a telephone mes
sage today from P'rincess Kitashira
kawa, in Paris saying she had receiv
ed information that the dowager
princess. Yasmashina, Princess
Hiroko Kanain and Prince Moro
masa, members of the imperial fam
ily, are dead in Tokio as a result of
the earthquake.
A Central News dispatch, from ;
Shanghai says it is feared that Nik-i
ko, the health resort at which the
Japanese empress has been staying
during the summer, was destroyed
with terrible loss of life. Nikko is
approximately 80 miles southeast of ’
Niygati.
Dr. Wheeler and a Mr. Mollison,
prominent British reside: 's of Yoko
hama, and the French consu} there,
are among the dead, a Central News
dispatch says.
From the same- source it is learned /
that all foreigners staying at Miy- ■
anoshita are safe with the exception
of one named Hirst. Large numbers
of the Japanese residents of Tokio
and Yokohama are returning to
those cities, but they are being dis
suaded in this course by the authori
ties. • ip?
The British consul at Kobe reports
that thousands of foreign refugees
are arriving there, but that the de
tails of the disaster are lacking, al
though it is confirmed that there
was a great loss of life in Tokio and
Y’okohama.
The American steamship Selma'
City is reported to have been dam
aged during the upheaval and to
have run ashore near Yokohama.
Suzuki and company, Japanese mer
chants in London, have informed
Lloyd’s that as far as they could as-\
certain, there was no great loss of
to shipping from the earthquake.
MANY JAP WARSHIPS
REPORTED DESTROYED
MOSCOW, Sept. s.—(By the Asso
ciated Press ) —Reports received here
byway of Vladivostok state that as
a result of the submarine convul:
.slonS attending the earthquake, a
new island thirty miles long and fif
teen miles in width has sprung up
in the sea off Yokohama.
Many big battleships were sunjt.
according to the reports; the coafct
line was considerab-'.y altered and ,
.seabed changed. ’ L
The cfew of an American trans- /
port, while enraged in recovering
bodies, found tnat of the French
vice consul, M. Valentine.
It is reported from Pekin that thn
number of refugees exceeds two mil
lion. .
AMERICAN ATTACHE AND
ALL HIS FAMILY KILLED
NAGASAKI, Sept. s.—(By the As
sociated Press.) —The family of the
American commercial attache at Yo
kohama, E. G. Babbitt, are all dead.
T. Dejordin, the French consul at
Yokohama also was killed in the
quake.
WILLIAM BOYD SPENCER
HEARD FROxM; IS SAFE
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5. William
Boyd Spencer, an international law
yer, practicismg in Yokohama, noti
fied members of his family here to
day of nis safety. He escaped to
Kobe after the disaster.
ALL AMERICANS AT TOKIO
SAFE, AMBASSADOR SAYS
WASHfNGTON, Sept. 5.—A1l ,
Americans in Tokio are believed to
be safe, Ambassador Woods reported
today to the state department. Es
timates of the dead in Tokio were
placed by the Ambassador at 10,000,
He said some Americans in Yokoha
ma had been killed. Comrnunicatiori.'l
with Yokohama, he said, had been
opened.
Ambassador Wood’s message was
sent by wireless from Iwaki yester
day. It follows: 1
“Communication has just been
opened with Yokohama. Situation
there exceedingly serious and some
Americans are reported to have lost
their lives.
“The casualties in Tokio are esti
mated at ten thousand. I believe all
Americans in Tokio are safe. The
food situation is acute. Send sup
plies from Philippines at once, as
already requested.”
Children Orphaned
A dispatch from the American
consul at Kobe, under date of Sep
tember 4, forwarded to the depart
ment by Edward Bell, charge d’af
faires in Pekin, said that refugees
from Y’okohama confirmed reports
that the consulate general there
was completely destroyed and that
Kirjassoff (the consul) and his wife
are killed, but their two children ace
safe in Kobe.
Vice Consul Sam J. Wardell, at
Yokohama, according to the dis
patch, is safe but other members of
the staff have not been accounted
for.
The dispatch added that the naval
hospital at Yokohama collapsed and
Commander Webb was Injured while
some of the staff were killed.
Sending of a warship to take care
of naval patients, a step which al
ready has been taken, was suggested
by the consul.
A report from Consul E. R. Dick
over, from Kobe, said:
“Refugees report that the follow
ing members of the consul general’s
staff at Y'okohama are safe and
well:
"Miss Martin, Nason, and Vice
Consuls Leo D. Sturgeon and Ward
ell.”
Vice Consul Killed
Vice Consul Paul E. Jenks was re
ported to have been killed, the mes
sage said.
State department records show
that Elwood G. Babbitt, assistant
commercial a tache at Tokio, was
born in Ohio, and appointed from
Massachusetts last June.
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