Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

LAND ''Tlli: HEST TUESDAY, ATLANTIC JME XXIII. No. 4. 00D RIOTS ON IN MANY SECTIONS OF TOKIO [IVER SUMIDA IS CLOGGED BY 3QDIES OF THOUSANDS VICTIMS EARTHQUAKE, FLAMES, Hi HALF MILLION ATEST REPORT I ON CASUALTIES ■ | liorities Unable to Estimate Loss of Life in Yoko* hanta City FUL PICTURE DEAD tND DYING ON ALL SIDES Which Raged More Than enty-four Hours Was Fi ly Somewhat Checked by e of Explosives. riots are adding to the ors at Tokio and many cas¬ tes are resulting in various ions of the city. Frenzied by ger thousands are maddened desperate. tioting which started early yesterday continues unabated to¬ day and the police department seems powerless. Casualties from the earthquake and fire in various Japanese cit¬ ies and towns total a half million and three hundred thousand houses have been burned, is the •" t! ite Of the metropolitan po Tokio. «isenger liners Empress I the President Jeffcr mpress of Australia, , rode out the tidal is occurred in a num ner ,cken cities and is Con¬ tinuing. The United States consul gen- | eral at Yokohama was killed, a dispatch says. The death of reported. Prince Masayossi .| sAIatsukata is | Prince Khimadzu, formerly of the 1 great house of Satsuma and others of royal blood, are re ported to have lost their lives. I Earthquake shocks continue around Kawaguchi, t Cities; Practically Destroyed Osaka, 'Sent. 4.-—Almost the whole of/Tokio and-.. Yokohama have been destroyed by earthquake, followed by fire, an dtflte loss of life now is mgted at Tom 120,000 to 200,000 or more. Two hundred thousand houses have been burned qown in the two cities. Water maips have been broken and food supplies destroyed by fire, so that the people are near starvation arm suffering from much thirst. Jt is reported, but not confirmed, that the section of Tokio where of'its foreign population resided, is not greatly damaged. of'the l^he air broken- was yet buildings filled with which the had crumbled from the force of the quake . when the fires broke out, bringing death to efid the/suffering of many l pinned beneath the wreckage and (stopping the efforts their of uninjured fortunate per to rescue less fellows. A high wind whipped the Junes rapidly frorh burning regions otb'vs at a distance. of such a conflagration, could make but little Fhe same disturbances that the gas pipes hail broken mains anfi there was noth herewith to'fight the The fire, uncontrolled for more than enty-four hours after it broke -out, entually was checked through of explosives, soldiers kundreds of the lightly construct Japanese houses with bombs to 1 barren space in the path of the - Missionaries are Safe m fy^naries'iu y-York, Sept. 4 — All the Baptist Japan are believed ho afe according to a cable t the American Foreign Mission piety from Charlea^B. !>f the Japan Baptist Mis- THE BRUNSWICK NEWS THE NEWS IS A MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ♦•*•♦♦♦♦♦■»■•* -r 4 ♦ MEMBER AMERIC AN EMBASSY AT TOKIO 4 SAFE ADVICES STATE ♦ * (By Associated Press.) ♦ Washington, Sept. 4.—Ail members of the American em- 4 bassy at Tokio are safe, accord- 4 ing to a message received this morning from Ambassador Wood. The message today is the first word received from him by the state department. The embas sy was destroyed, Mr. Wood said. He also state/! that food was badly needed. IS HAND OF RUSSIA BEHIND ITALY IN NEW CRISIS? GEOIt G E T( HIT(TIER1N Foreign Secretary of Russia, who is said to he the fewer backing It >.(y in present tiation. AND FENDIG CAN NOW TALK BY Connecting Section Has Been Completed OF SECTION ARE HIGHLY Bell, in Response Request of Citizens of Town on A., B. & A., ly Installed Line. Brunswick and Fendig are associated—within of each other, as it were, Southern Bell Telephone & Tele Company has just completed toll line to that little village on B. & A. For many months of Fendig, and the contiguous thereto, have for communication with world. They have it: Local Manager K E. L. Reddy smiles today when he the line bad been opened, could talk to to New York, if it wanted to The people of that elated over the' fact that they no longer isolated, as far as concerned, with the outside world, When the request was made for it was taken up by ger Reddy and the company promptly. It was hut a before the material was on and a corps of workmen installing the line. Its tion required but a short time Fendig is no longer a village isolated from the world. There is not a more prosperous tion, nor a happier people, than who reside at Fendig and They are more pleased than ever their environment, now that they talk with Brunswick whenever the easion arises. The enterprise of Southern Bell is appreciated and installation of the telephone line prove a boon to that section. L BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, SEPT. 4, 1923. GA. COLLEGE OF COMMERCE OPENS SESSION TODAY ! Marks Another Step in the For= I ward Movement of Brunswick LARGE NUMBER PUPILS ENROLLED ON FIRST DAY Entire Second Floor of The News Building is Used by Institu¬ tion Which is Furnished in an Up-to-Date Manner. The Georgia College of Commerce opened its sessions at; 9 o’clock this morning. The night school will open tonight at seven. This marks the ad¬ dition of another step in Brunswick’s movement forward. Hereafter the young people of Brunswick will he able to acquire a business education without having to go to some distant city for it. Further, many young peo I pie throughout South Georgia will he | brought here for the courses. I President Perry states that the en I rollment has passed ins expectations I ' an nrwl ,| Hint that hp he is is greatly OTPrltUr ntpnsfol pleased ,v; with l 'll j the outlook. A cordial invitation is extended to all who are interested in the college to visit it and see a reg¬ ular commercial college in operation. To a representative of The News, Mr. Perry stated: “We have been in Brunswick, about ten days. In that time we have advertised our courses I extensively, equipped a centrally cated building, enrolled a number of | students, started actual instruction and the college is now offered to the, people of Brunswick for their judg-1 ment. Ail this could not have been ' done had it not been for the- splendid cooperation accorded us by the secre- ; tary of the Brunswick Board of Trade. 1 1 wish to take this opportunity of ex¬ pressing to Mr. Wai'de, managing sec¬ retary of the Board of Trade, to The Brunswick News and to all others who in various ways have made the accomplishment of this possible, my sincere appreciation. hope that our work will be such as t ft reflect credit upon their judgment.” I The entire second floor of The Newt ft 1 building is used by the college, j has been completely furnished from at-. I j .front 'to back and those who are in I tendance haye tiie advantage of erytfcfnff new. The pupils state that, they are delighted with the work and ' the surroundings. j One of the outstanding features' of ; * *.1,:.. this college is the individual method of instruction. Each student has-a desk by himself and pursues his work 1 independent of all other students. By this method those who are, /drier and ; those who are deficient in general ed ucation may take a course and not be 1 subjected to the embarrassment class recitation. ! IMPORTANT CONFERENCE TO BE HELD IN WAYCROSS SEPTEMBER TWENTIETH ] Much interest in T local , e , ucaiona . circles is being manifested | coming to be held regional m Waycross confer^ on septem which ei is j j “Ori* - ! • This conference; which n one of a | series of fourteen to be h'ld in dif- 1 ...... , ~ to be held for the purpose of search ing out and discussing the ictual needs edu- of f the schools; to find:out the cational conditions in tit | schools of the state as a whole and |n the sev eral counties. An ttem vill also be made to secure the eo leration of the superintendents and nard mem hers and give them info: liation con cerning the new work be ■ undertak en by the department of So cat ion. A number of the foremost educa¬ tional authorities in Gqir*ia will speak before the gathering, among them being N. H. Ballard state sup erintendent of schools. 0*.r, on ssa pound. | Supt. Chas, E. Dryden, if this city, is also down for an addiess anil he ! is arranging to attend the conference.' OF LEAGUE A>SfcMKL\ Geneva, Sept. 4.—Dr. De La Tor- . Niento Peraza, of Cuba, hai been elect I ’Vw ient of the assembly of the Nations. ’FRISCO REPORTS SHOW INCREASE NUMBER KILLED Show Great Cities of Japan Now Reduced To Shattered Wilderness FOREIGN RESIDENTS IN YOKOHAMA ALL ESCAPED Buildings Destroyed Take in a Large iNumber of Handsome Structures Owned by the Gov¬ ernment. (By Associated Press.) 1 San Francisco, Sept. 4.—Every re- O port received front Japan throughout the day either confirmed or increased estimates of the havoc havoc wrought wrought in |,death and destruction by the quadru¬ ple catastrophe which has befallen the central eastern section of the Hondo, largest of the islands of the Japenese empire. Beginning at noon Saturday with a series of earthquakes which razed most of the city of Tokio I and large sections of Yokohama and other cit¬ ies in tlie vicinity, the disaster was continued by fire which broke out in scores of places. Tidal waves follow¬ ed, engulfing and washing in to the sea hundreds of buildings. Then came a typhoon, adding a final and tragic touch to what is probably the greatest calamity in modern times. Foreign estimates from various sources had,placed, the casualties as I high as 150,000 dead in Tokio alone. 1 One of these came fro mthe Japanese j minister of marine by way of Osakavv. | Other reports told of severe casualties both oh land and sea. A composite of reports depicts To kio and Yokohama as shattered wil harnesses of mortar, bricks and stone where once stood some of the state liest structures of the empire. ’ Dead and dying aie on eveiv hand, Sti i11 i v > ’'(ifc. 'ois, who who -enn can i>'rnni> grope thc 1 hr <r r \v;iv ,'Ut about through the fire. smlsN-i and rubbish'; arc leaving the city for places of safety Those who still live are threatened with starvation and many are trying to catcli fish from ponds and lakes to tide them over until food arrives. It is estimated that at least i00, 000 tons of rice alone is needed to meet the food shortage. The imperial palace which was bad¬ ly damaged by quake and fire has been thrown open to needy and in¬ jured survivors. What happened at Yokohama can be barely more than surmised, But every report, though meagre, confirms the worst fears. While it seems cer¬ tain most of the foreign residential sections escaped, it is estimated 1,400 buildings in the city' were destroyed. The number of dead is countless. An officer of the steamship London Ma ru, reported that bodies were scatter¬ ed everywhere on land and in-the wa¬ ter, where many sought _ refuge in ships after the quake. How extensive the quake was can¬ not be accurated stated. It is known it extended as far south as the Izu peninsula, on the eastern seaboard, about 100 miles south of Tokio. A message by cable from Kobe to the Associated Press said there was a bad shake at Toyama, a city of more than 60,000 population near the north¬ west coast of Japan, nearly 200 miles northwest of Tokio and in Kobe, fully 350 miles southwest of Tokio. The vibration seems to have permated the island transversely. In addition to the hundreds of large public and private buildings destroy¬ ed, Which include a large number, of Japanese government buildings, Jap¬ anese and foreign naval hospitals, ar¬ senals, printing plants per offices, it has through Osaka that French embassies ir stroyed. Nothing a of the fate of the but its staff is safe. ’ HOLDING IS OWN IN GREC()= IT ALIAN WRANGLE M. VEXIZELOS grand old man of Greece and premier, who in the present situation of his country is tuning f'L his attitude with signal abil f . If DIVERSIFIED WILL MAKE 1 BETTER - BI GG THINKS THE THIS YEAR WILL BE TOO MUCH TOBACCO - Atlanta, Sept. 4.—Crop diversifi always pays, even when jce of one crop is high one is no guarantee that it will again the next year, and the who pins his faith to any loses in the long run. was expressed here today by 1, • . in • discussing 1? .....• the , 1 ,1 0 r farm crops. Railroad officials supporting the farm program in many sections of and the South take the ;,.w. “The danger next year will lie surplus acreage in tobacco,” B. L. Bugg, recewer foi Birmingham and ay, who has just returned S on S s “Danger lies in any one crop, Colonel Bug : 1 . “1 he farmer wheat-growing state is in ju ,c a fix “ ^; as the ' 7 cottoi^ V n' might‘be‘in planter. w e s 0 condition if he had only Tobacco has its good years off years. The man with a is not badly hurt in the and when tiie crop hits , money. onlv’safetv lies in The man who has half a to depend on cannot miss on thp’m ” Colonel Bugg, Pl ,„„ „„ on his , his • trip, ta ... tp „ in Tifton. ■'____ by A. D. Daniel, passenger ,' and , Geo. ,, M. Gentry, ,, . ______ of Atlanta; R. H. McKay, and F. H. Hill ill ~iTa_sj._ agent y at» Fitzgerald. Visited the tobacco j . markets • . other ,, enterprises. ■ , i „?J • i i,, , itl ,' thc qu of th „ , obacco ‘ ‘ , e are gett} rich for evrey dollar they have thege tobaccf) Iantg » said and AtIantic railroad {or the in ro duction of tobacco raising in w \v. Croxton, (Continued On Page Eight) STATE TO HONOR GEN. OGLETHORPE, FOUNDER GEORGIA MOVEMENT RECENTLY START¬ ED TO MAKE FEBRUARY 12 FOUNDER’S DAY Atlanta will participate in a state ! wide celebration next February to j commemorate state and to the honor founding the memory of the of 1 | General James Edward Oglethorpe, if ; plans now being pushed to completion | by the chamber of commerce are car I ried out, it was Announced Monday by I Alfred C. Newell, president. This is in line with a movement j already under way by the Macon j wide chamber memorial of commerce, to for have General state ! services j Oglethorpe on February 12, next, j being- the date in 1732 that the little band of colonists landed on Yamacraw i Bluff. Details regarding the exercises to be held here will be made public as | soon as completed, Mr. Newell said, “A movement to make February 12 ; 'Founder’s Day’ was recently inaug- 1 united by the Macon chamber of com j nierce,” said Mr. Newell, “and I am | j informed that many cities have not only signified their intention of jain ing in the movement but have already I begun making preparations looking to j its success. The Atlanta chamber of ! commerce is always glad to cooperate i with Macon in any undertaking. “The idea is a most execellent one land should be fostered by every chamber of commerce in Georgia. “Washington is no better entitled I to he called the father of his country ! than Oglethorpe is to the same dis tine cion with reference to the state which he founded. “He gave up a place in parliament land single-handed and alone, guided ibis colonists across across the Atlantic i ocean, spending a private fortune I amounting to nearly a million dollars ' and undergoing the hardships of a i wilderness in the enterprise. He per isonally made all negotiation with the Indians and conducted all wars against the Spanish- to the south. He | was, perhaps the greatest character of pre-revolutionary times and "well the 'to people . of Georgia would do , learn more of hsi lfe. 1 “In giving impressions of him at that time, it was said fav the South Carolina Gazefte that Oglethorpe was j indefatigable and beloved by the peo ’ Pie. “The title they give him is ; father’ it said. “If any of the people are sick he immediately visits them i and takes care of them. If any dif ' ference arises he is the person who decides it. His name deserves to be immortalized. TAX AND LICENSE MONEY IN STATE t\ A iildLLIUn Mil HAN mUIVLi MfiRF _ HAS INCREASED THIS SUM EVERY YEAR DURING THE PAST FIVE Atlanta, Sept. 4.—The tax and li¬ cense money which Georgia collected from the people have been increasing one million dollars a year for the last five years, according to tax ex ports here. In 1922, it cost $12,000, 000 to i'un the state government. This year the state will collect $13,000,000. Next year.it will be $20,000,000, if the I estimates clals anywhere of some of the right. state offi al ' e near . J Colonel McGregor commissioner of pensions, estimates that the new to j bacco tax will raise nearly $6,500,000 ^ ^ TJlat will be , $1 , 000 ,000 more ! H 1811 H* e t axes on farms and city land town property.’ The new tax on gasoline, counting * the increased number of automobiles, 1 wlU f lse . more A han , ^.500,000 addi money. Hence, the state 'collect collect next next year, i on this basis, $8, ; 000,003 more than it collected in 1922, » to “ l ’ T - Several legislators, who have dis cussed the matter here, express the I opinion without that $20,000,000 will thin be quite enou S h adding an >' ^ more j at the extra session. * “A jump of $8,000,000 in the mon of the people• m two years.appears I ™ ost 0 us 0 e a P en sal1 I one lawmaker . m expressing . his views , before a group of business men in one of the hotel lobbies here. T" BEY WHAT YOU NEED AT HOME AND THUS HELP BRUNSWICK GROW TO BE BIGGER AND GREATER. . . PRICE FIVE CENTS BLYTHE ISLAND TO BE USED BY GOVERNMENT i To Become Experiment Farm For United States Depart= j ment of Agriculture j ALBER , nT 1 M ,, SMI . lI1TU 1 H .„ IS ! ’ | REAPPOIN I ED CUSTODIAN j Believed There Will be Consider¬ j able Sums Spent in Improving j the Property to be Used as an j Experiment Station. j | and, Brunswick and Glynn county, | in fact, the entire Southeast, are to receive at least one direct benefit from the Washington Arms Limita¬ tion Conference. As the result of the policy adopted by the government, based upon the experience of the World War, of concentrating all fa¬ cilities for the fleet at one or two great naval bases, which the Arms Conference made it possible to' put into effect, the Blythe Island Naval Reservation, which was purchased by the Federal government in 1857, as a site for a navy yard, will become an experiment farm for the United States department of agriculture. While this information has jusf j been confirmed, The News is informed that the Department of Agriculture has actually been in possession of Blythe Island for more than a year past, and that the Bureau of Plant I Industry, of that department, has had 1 the use of the reservation during that time ' II * understood that, because I , * )f the ie £' al necessity of having an act ° f „ congress passed authorizing the transfer of the property from the Navy department to the Department of Agriculture, which probably will be secured at the next session, the res¬ ervation has been nominally under the control of the Navy department, and still is, but, through cooperation of I f >lant Industry departments, has been the enabled Bureau to of I experimental work the - I do /Ienmn some nvnovimniiTQ I ximv u rvn on tnP j property, and to plan future exten i I sions and improvements, which, it is j ! ! importance salli .... ’ wl11 make for , tkis the a use statl0n , to . which f. . it I will be put. that of growing, testing, and improving, species and varieties of plants and trees both those native to America and those from foreign countries which it is suspected might be made of commercial value to this climate and section. The experts of the Bureau-of Plant Industry have been busily engaged in growing and testing a new variety of cotton on Blythe during this year; in fact they have been too busily en¬ gaged to give any publicity to their work. The News understands that a new variety of cotton, brought from Mexico known as the Acala vari ;ety, which is said to be very early ma ! turing and of special value for use in I boll weevil sections, w?s planted on Blythe this year, and that excellent results were obtained, though the boll weevil were present in vast numbers on the island, as everywhere else. Albert M. Smith, who has been cus todinn of the Blythe Island Naval Res ervation since the death of the tfor mer custodian, F. Joseph Doerflinger, I in 1917, has been transferred from j the Navy department to the Depart¬ ment of Agriculture and appointed custodian of the property for the De¬ partment of Agriculture. ■ T It is believed that there will be ex pended considerable, sums in irpprov; ing the property as an experiment station, from which Brunswick will 'much receive benefit, but it is certain that greater benefit will result to ! this city and section from the trans ! fer of a property useless for naval j purposes in these modern times and I its conversion into a farm on which many new plants, and even trees, will be tested out and proved to be of - i great commercial value to the coastal J region. MADISON SCARLETT, WELL KNOWN COLORED MAN, DEAD Jrfter being in ill health for nearly five years, Madison Scarlett, well known and highly respected colored man, died at his home on Amherst, street shortly after nine o’clock last night and the news will carry sorrow to many of both races as he was known and respected toy all.