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Quadruple Catastrophe That
Wreaks Havoc in Japan
ese Empire Said Greatest
of Modern Times; Tidal
Waves Follow Quake and
Fire
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 3.
(By Associated Prss.)
Every repQrt , received f rom
Japan throuhoat the day
ecnf inncd. cih u:cteiied "fyer
lous estimates cf the havoc
nrroclit in dth destruc
tion by the quadruple catas
trophe which has befallen the
centra, easlerfci section of
Hondo. largest of the islands
of the Japanese empire.
Beginning at noon Saturday
with a series of earthquakes
which razed most of the city
of Tokio and large sections of
Yokohama and. other cities in
, the vicinityr the disaster was
continued by fires which
broke out in scores of places.
Tidal waves followed, engulf
ing and washing into the sea
hundreds of buildings.- Then
came a typhoon, adding a fi
nal and tragic touch to what
is probably the greatest ca
lamity of modern times.
Topping all previous esti
mates ot death and ruin Ujiro
Oyama, Japanese consul gen
eral in San Francisco, late to-
- day received from Shichitaro
- Yada. Japanese consul general
in Shanghai, : a report that
160,CC3 persons were killed or
injured and 1,000,000 home
less in the, Tokio-Yokohama
sections. : -.') ' :'
Former estimates from var
ious sources had placed the
casualties as high as 150,000
dead in Tckio alone. One of
these came from the Japanese
minister of marine by way , of
Osaka. Other reports told of
tremendous casualties both
on land and sea.
Numerous report depict Tokio
and Yokohama as shattered wil
derness of mortar, bricks and
stone, where once stood some of
the stateliest structures In the em
pire. ' Dead and dying are on
eTery hand. The aunriTors who
can, grope their way about
through, the Hre and smoke and
rubbish are tearing the city for
places of safety.. Those who still
live are threatened with starva
tion and many are trying to catch
fish from .ponds and lakes to tide
them over until food arrives.
Much Itic -Needed
" It Is estlmateXthat at least one
hundred thousand tons of rice
(Continued on page 3)
THE WEATHER
OREGON: Tuesday, fair:
cooler eastern portion.
LOCAL WEATHER
I ' (Monday)
Maximum temperature, 81.
Minimum temperature,4 62.
Halnfall, none f c
rirer, 1.5 ,
Atmspiere, clear. .';
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Giesy Asks People to Attend
Linn County Fair on
: Salem Day
. Mayor John B. Giesy yesterday
issued the following proclamation
urging the people of Salem to at
tend the Una eounty fair at Al
bany on, Salem day, Wednesday,
Sept., 5 , : v j s - ; v . L :
"To the ; People of .the. City of
saiem: . ..
''Whereas;; the Linn County
Fair association has designated
Wednesday, September 5 as "Sa
lem Day" and has officially invit
ed the Salem Cherrians to partici
pate in the events of the after
noon, and . . ; 'U ;
"Whereas, It is the duty of the
citizens of Salem to take an inter
est in fairs held in nearby coun
ties, and also aid in furthering the
friendly feeling which now exists
between the two cities,
"I hereby respectfully, urge ail
citizens who can possibly do so to
join the Cherrian caravan to Al
bany which will leave the Marlon
hotel promptly at ,12:45 p. m. on
the above date.
JOHN B. GIESY,
"Mayor of Salem.
IS STARTED
American I Red Cross Will
Contribute for, Both Jap?
anese and Americans
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3. The
United States moved swiftly to
day to bring the full force of the
government and the people to the
aid of stricken Japan.
" While government , executive
departments were directed to as
sist fin the work, the public was
urged in an ' appeal by President
Coolidge to contribute funds
through the J American Red Cross
for aiding the unfortunate and
giving relief to the people ' of
Japan. j - : v'.?
; The s Red' Cross at once an
nounced that it had started the
fund with l a contribution ' of
1100,000 for the relief of victims
of the earthquake and, in addition
had appropriated from Its reserve
funds $10,000 for the assistance
of Americans caught in ' the di
saster sone. Arrangements were
made at the same, time for indl
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URGES
MAYOR
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Over 300 0 spectators watched
the Labor day auto races at Lone
Oak track yesterday for the bene
fit of the Salem hospital. Gross
receipts were $4033.75. : Net re
ceipts it was said officially will
be less than $1,000.
Tragedy and comedy were pro
vided for their approval.
Thrills aplenty vrere given by
several of the drivers losing con
trol of their machines on the
loose dirt track and plunging
through fences. s ' , ?
Clarke .Walker: was the prime
favorite , of the racing carnival. ' ,
This boy. for he is only 22, won
two .'firsts and placed well up in
the one-mile time event in a field
of 19 comptitors ; before going
through,, the fenca.in.lhe big race
of the day, the"35-mlle free-for-all.
Walker is said to be the youngest
racing driver on the Pacific coast;.
- Tip Blame Takes Mile ; .. i :
The main events finally got un-i
der way after the one mile whirl
around the traek for time. Tip
Blume. drivinag -a Stuts special,
circled the" oval in 64 2-5. the
best time made but three seconds
lower than the ; track record.
Blume driving a Dodge Special,
tied for second honors with George
Smith of JPortlandT driving a
Baby Frontenac. with 56 2-5 sec
ons for the trip. ; Clarke Walker,
of Medford, driving an ; Essex
Walker special, followed. Time
56 4-5 seconds.
Other drivers who made good
time were Turfy King, Medford,
in a Ford Special. 58 seconds;
Chick Hawk, Medford. driving a
Dodge Special, 57 seconds; Duray,
driving a Stutz special, Portland,
58 seconds; Dusty Rhodes, Salem,
driving a Dusty special, 58 2-5
seconds; Pat Reed, Portland; with
a Stephens special, made the trip
in 58 3-5 seconds. The others
tagged along within a few second?,
time varying from 59 to 72 2-5
seconds.
Eleven in Slx-Mile Event
Eleven machines lined up for
the six mile race for all cars of
220 cubic inches and under. The
Walker Essex, driven by Clarke
Walker, easily won first place. His
time . was 6 mlnates, 5 8 2-5 ' sec
onds. The Baby Frontenac,- driv
en by George Smith, Portland, was
second, 7 -minutes, 12-5 seconds.,
The. Dodge special driven by Tip i
Blume, Portland, finished third in
7 minutes and 3 seconds. ; i
George. Tucked got away to a
poor start In the race aad jn at
tempting, to make up - time, went
through the fence at the north
end of the track la the first lap.
He was driving a Maxwell special,
owned by Bill Offutt. of Medford.
Walker's Essex Takes One : .
Walker's Essex came back for
the eight mile race for all cars of
walked off with Ihe 'event in 7
minutes, 47. 2-5 seconds. - The
Stephens specialr with Pat Reed
driving, finished second, in 7 min
utes and 51 seconds. The Baby
Frontenac, driven by George
Smith, was third. ; Time was.' 8
minutes and 2 seconds. J Tuff y
(Continued on page 3)
SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY
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SCHOOL BOARD
IS RAPPED BY
LOCAL PASTOR
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Rev. Mr. Long Says New
Members " Needed; Church
People Asleep at Ejection,
- Rev. Ward ; Willis ' Long., pastor
of the Presbyterian church, in his
Sunday night sermon took some
vigorous prods7 at the Salem school
board because of the board's atti
tude on the : question of religious
instruction for the I school chil
dren as manifested by the. board at
its meeting last Tuesday night. .
"The members of, the board are
ignorant or indifferent on these
issues," said Mr. Long. ; "We have
one member of, the board who has
not been through the grades in
school. . " , - . '-'
i "The church people of Salem
were asleep at the last school elec
tion. It is my belief that we need
some new members on that board,
and- the best 1 interests -of the city
must see to it that they are rep
resented, on the board."
Thousands in Extreme J.lis
ery Jhroughrout All Parts ;
of Oriental City
SAN FRANCISCO, (Sept. 3.
(By the Associated Press.) Food
riots ; have broken out in Tokio,
according to a 'radiogram received
by the Radio corporation from
Iwaki station, 155 miles' from To
kio. The gendarmerie are report
ed in these advices to have exer
cised ' the sternest; measures ,to
suppress the -disorders, even at
tacking the ' rioters with their
swords. ; : -
.A number of Koreans were in
the mob the advices said.
The advices confirmed earlier
reports of a great fire in ' Yoko
hama and an estimate that there
had been at least 100,000 casual
ties there."
Explosion Caused Fire
1 The fires, the message said,
were caused by or followed by the
explosiQn of oil storage tanks in
the city where reserves of fuel oil
for the merchant and naval mar
ine were kept. ;
Nogeyama. a belter class residen
tial section of Yokohama; Isey
ama, another section, where stood
a' notable Btalue of Io Naosuke,
prime minister "of the Shogun at
the time- Japan -was opened to for
eign intercourse, and Kamonyama,
a third section. all. wee destroyed,
leaving thousand In- extreme mis
ery. j1-. : i f--zi ' :
. There has. been bp. news receiv
ed In Japan - from the Bonin Is
lands, on which; is; located a cable
relay station and It is feared, the
advices . declared, that the land
(here was' submerged by the tidal
wava following the tremblor. ,
Schools Burn
The famous ' Ryogoku bridge
spanning the Sumida river in To
kio,, collapsed at a time when
a thousand refugees fleeing to -the
mountains were upon ' it, . with a
resultant loss of life, described as
M innumerable."
MelJI university at Tokio, the
higher technical school, the Kur
amae women's higher normal
scheoU and be. fir? higb school
have been-burned. ' -r '
Yotsuya, a ward of . Tokio east
of the imperial palace, was burn
ing, at - 6 o'clock yesterday after
noon, ' no further , advices . thence
i-rrfag -jes:v" . i$ : jradl 5 - ft atjoa.
TOKIO SCENE
OFFOOfl RIOTS
MORNING,! SEPTEMBER 4, 1923
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Martial Law - ProcIaimecH
No One Allowed to Enter
City. Many Gather at En
trance Seeking News
RUMORS CIRCULATE
THROUGH CITIES
Bursting of Gas Mains Is
I Cause of Conflagration;
Water and Food Scarce
LONDON. . Sept: 3. "All the
Europeans are believed to be sate,
both; in Tokio and - Yokohama,"
reads a cable dispatch received by
a .London firm . from, an allied
company In Japan,' according to
the Daily Express.
OSAKA, Sept. 4. (By Asso
ciated Press.) Almost the whole
of t Tokio and Yokohama have
been destroyed by earthquake, fol
lowed by fire and the loss of, life
now is esUmated jat from 120,000
to 200,000 1 or more. ,
-1 Two hundred thousand houses
have been burned down in the
two cities. ' . 1
.Water mains have been broken
and food supplies destroyed by. the
fire so. that the people , are. " near
starvation and suffering r much
from thirst. ! '
,It is reported, but not confirmed
that the section of Tokio where
most. of. its foreign population re
sided is not greatly damaged,
r Wild Rumors Aflowt. -j
partial law ? has been pro
claimed and.no one is allowed to
enter the stricken districts at the
capital, although thousands whose
friends or, relatives resided there
have gathered about the city seek
ing entrance, that they may at
least fnid the bodjes of their loved
ons. . . - ! -. : -
Military and naval forces have
been gathered at the Imperial
villa at Mikko'for use In control
ling the situation, and other
forces are on duty in Tokio Itself.
The- air is filled with-wildest
rumors, including one that the
new premier. Count Yamamoto,
was assassinated within a few
hours after formation of his cabinet.-
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There is no confirmation of this,
however. ' ' ' ' ' :
v'-: Gas Causes Fire, '
, ' The reason for the rapid spread
of the fire which 1 took ; such an
awful toll in Tokio, came to light
today' when it was learned that
the pipes conveying, gas for light
ing and heating purposes through
out fie city were-, broken by the
earthquake, which . shook , and
twisted the ground almost' unbe
lievably." The escaped gas prompt
ly caught fire in dosens of places,
each; outburst a toreh - that set
alight dwellings on all sides of it.
Thus the whole lower-section of
Tokio was kindled at once into
an inferno of flaring gas torches
from, the . breaks - in the mains,
biasing wooden dwellings r and
glowing metal beans and girders
from. the hewer and more modern
structures', heated by the flames.
? Air Filled With : Dust.
The air was yet filled with the
dust of the broken buildings which
had crumbled -from the force! of
the earthquake when these fires
broke out, bringing -death to end
the sufferings of many pinned be
neath : the wreackage and . stop
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George Tucker of Medf rod Receives Fractured Skull ; in Labor
Auto Race. Collision Youth Steps in Front of Heavy Special tzii
Speeds Past Grandstand at mile a Minute, Hidden in Cloud of ,Bu;
Dick Jones, ; Glenn Walker "and Marion Ewen in Hoqpital-i-cn
Machine Hurtles Through Fence,
IN DANGER ZOIUE
Brother of Salem Man, Rep-
resenting Portland Port,
1 Due in Japan
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Hal. P. Wiggins of the public
service commission office, 'is an
xious to receive information as
to the welfare of his brother and
sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. S. L,
Wiggins of Portland, whom "he
believed may be in ;tbe danger
zone In Japan.
A Mr. Wiggins Is representing the
port of. Portland in the orient,
and with his wife sailed from
Seattle on the steamship Presi
dent Madison on August ,18. . ex
pecting to reach Yokahama Aug
ust 28 or 29 and then proceed to
Kobe by train.
J Mr. and Mrs.viggins .went to
the orient prepared to stay two
years. ' ' ' ' - '
Up, to an early this morning,
Fred j Jobleman, clerk at the
pligh hotel, had received no
word regarding his son. Fred
Jobleman, Jr., who sailed from
Portland, August 16 on the North
China steamer, Wawaloma.
Mr, Jobleman made every pos
sible effort yesterday to find out
where the boat; was Saturday but
to ' no avail. The . steamshipoffi
ces in Portland were closed yes
terday because of the holiday..
Deane Curtis, son of Mrs. L. G.
Curtis, is reported to have been
in Yokohama. He was an engi
neer on the President Pierce,
mentioned In Associated Press
dispatches Sunday morning. J
V EXPRESS IN; COLOR A DO
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo.,
Sept. Charles Tipton," famous
northwest Colroado cowboy, was
expected to bring the Pony Ex
press pouch . into Steamboat
Springs at 1 o'clock this morning,
countain time.
Bobbed Hair Refuses to Go Way
of Bobbed Skirts . and is Stilt
Very Much
!
In the. words of the old song,
every one . is doing it. What ?
Why, bobbing her hair!
A local barber shop specializing
in bobbing women's and children's
liair reports 'that 200 new bobs
were cut in a little over a week.
Twenty-five of these were cut on
one day, Monday. And still they
come with long: hair and- leave
with comfortable short locks.
Some folks say "How awful she
does look in a boh," but then they
must if they ? are honest,; admit
that many look much better, per
haps . younger : in their bob. Then
of course those who critize fail to
take not of the fact that many
look badly , even with long hair.
t Husbands,'-brothers and sweet
hearts are : reported to object
bobbed hair, yet- the women and
girls', and more and moire it Is
the older women who bob their
hair.. - That Is their answer.?
. Salem is said to be unusually
strong, on , the - bobbed hair. No
one seems to know Just why, yet
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Italy Still Holds Corfu Which
Commands Adriatic;
Protest Ignored
LONDON, Sept. 3. Italy is
holding Corfu, which commands
the Adriatic, as a pledge for Greek
reparations and is waiting grimly
lor" Greece to comply with her
ultimatum. Greece, having ap
pealed to the league of nations, is
also waiting and Italy thus far has
ignored the protest of the coun
cil of ambassadors against her ac
tion in seizing Corfu.
The Greek legation here made
public the text of the Greek re
ply to the ambassadors" council,
proposing the appointment by the
council of a commis"ion consist
ing of three members for an in
quiry into all the circumstances of
the Janina crime and declaring
readiness, if Greece Is found in
any, way responsible, to grant all
reparations decided upon by such
commission. The reply requests
the Intervention of the : council
with Italy.. N
The prospects of an early set
tlement, are . not Improved. The
Italian government takes the
stand that it did not sign the
treaty of 1864, which confirmed
the neutrality of Corfu and is
therefore not bound by the treaty.
Further, Premier ; Mussolini has
instructed the Italian representa
tives at Geneva to abstain from
f urtner discussion of the affair,
and tie only hopeful aspect is that
Italy seems disposed to deal with
such an International dispute.
UREMEItTON SELECTED
PUYALLUP, Wash.. Sept. 3. -Bremerton
; was selected here to
day as the next meeting place for
the ' Puget Sound , conference ' of
the, Methodist ' Episcopal church
before breaking up of . the 40th
conference.
Present, Says Barber
One girl whose hair had been
bobbed for two years recently
moved- to Washington and com
plains that the barbers up there
do not seem to be able to give
good service in the matter of
trimming bobs.
' One girl from the valley- whose
hair, has been bobbed . for many
moons visited (recently at her
home in eastern Oregon.. Now
ordinarily . one' would think that
was one place where the girls
were unconventional, yet the vis
itor at the home town found she
waa under suspicion "because her
hair was i bobbed." The home
girls, the nice girls' did not do
such things there..
A certain , well known actress
who Is credited for having Bet the
bobbed hair fashion says that
there is just bne person she can
not quite . Imagine with , bobbed
hair, and that is the older, gray
haired woman with little hair. So
far none' ot these have been ob
served taking up the bolted. hair
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1 . Death rode In the LAbar daj
automobile rapes at tl.z Lu.
Oak race cowe at 't!::tit j
fair .grounds. Yesterday. -Dead
Francis E. LIcGrat!:,
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Seriously injured--JGc j
Tucker, Medford, nay die. "
In jured Dick Jones, Se
attle; Glenn Walker, Pert
land; Marion. Ewen, Pcrtl-r .!.
Francis Ebndre HeGmt! ,
14, was struck by the Elev ens
special in front cf t:
grandstand, during the It; "i
lap of the 35-Rib free fcr :
dying about an hour liter
without regaining ccrcl c .
ness.
McGrath, with a cosirar.; :
started to cross the race trzzl;
at the southern nd cf t"
grandstand. Huje clou-ji ;
dust obscured the view rr 1
apparently neither of thel-j
saw the racing machines tear
ing down upon then at a rl 2
of a mile a minute. ricGrr.!i
was struck on the rirrht L -by
the risbt frpnt vt" ! ci
the Stephens, hi3 btiy tL: o .ni
into the air, drcipir;2 lcr.cn.tli
the rear wheel of the mathir.c.
Bystanders pulled hia t5
one -side of the traclr, Lut
medical attention wasvcf n
avaiL Besides a badly crnr.h"
leg, his body was crushed, lis
was removed to the Deaccr.:: z
hospital in a private autc:
bile, dyings about an her
later.
For nearly an hour after thr
accident no one knew bis Identity.
The companion who narrowly es
caped being hit, could not L j
found.. Another la.d, Henry Ger
ald, .2105 North Broadway, a-
lorn, Baid- he had come to town
with htm at soon from the Will
iams hopyard, near Eola, and that
his namo was Frank. He waj
clad In a blue shirt and overall.?
and carried nothing tha: might
serve to mortify him.
Parents Aro Called.
A machine was sent to Williams
hopyard to locate his father, M.
F. McQratb. who. with hi wife
was picking hops..
Four of the racing men were
taken to the three Salem hosplta'3
as a result of various accidents.
George Tucker, of Medford, is at
the Deaconess hospital with a
fractured skull and a compound
fracture of his right elbow, lie
may not recover. Tucker was one
of the first drivers to come to
serious grief,' going through tha
fence on the. northern turn early
in the first race on the program.
a six mile race.
With Tucker Is Dick Jones, Se
attle, with a deep cut in his Up
and one tooth knocked out in a
crash between two machines o:i
the south turn during the
free for all, the last race of ttz
day.
; Others Are Injured.
Glenn Walker, owner of t!
machine that crashed with Jon -,
is at the Willamette sanatorium
with a badly bruised back and -.
few other minor hurts. lie is ex
pected to be able to return to V.
home' In Portland today. I.Iarl
Ewen, owner riding as mechan; j
in the other, machine that f .
tured In the collision, is at 1:
Salem hospital with a cut L;.;
muscle and . other bruises. Hi:
condition is not conslderel ecr
Ions. .- :' ;
It, was a. co!ncl3e?ipe l!. '. t
racei wjere a fcosjjt'l f ;