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10 LIVES LOST III E Many Thousands Left Hungry and Homeless. TIDAL WAVE WRECKS Seaports Are Flooded and Docks Are Wrecked By Huge Walls of Water Houses Topple. Santiago, Chile. With partial re establishment ot " communications, Chile's earthquake catastrophe has been revealed In even greater magni tude than first reports indicated. It Is estimated that at least 1000 were killed and many thousands left in distress, needing food and sfielter. In addition to heary casualties of dead and Injured at Copiapo and Co qulmbo, It was reported Sunday that COO were killed at Vallenar and the surrounding district. Vallenar was virtually destroyed and the survivors were left in a critical condition. It seemed certain that there have been casualties In other towns and villages around Copiapo to the south, concerning which no newB is avail able. Already 24 bodies have been re covered at Coqulmbo, where there were 100 or more dead. At Chanaral a number were killed by falling houses. It was earthquake and tidal wave combined that accounted for the vast destruction In the provinces of Anto- fagasta, Atacama and Coqulmbo. The movement of the ocean was described as phenomenal. It gave evidence of a terrific disturbance in the bed ot the Pacific. Itself. There must have been such a tearing at the bottom of the sea that Immense quantities of water were Bucked through, caus ing a tremendous recession ot the waters along the Chilean coast. Several times the ocean swept out ward and came back in the shape of a great wave, flooding the seaports and in some Instances sweeping away the water front. The violent effects of the tidal waves were felt from Antofagasta on the north to Valdlvla on the south, covering about 16 degrees of latitude, or more than 1200 miles. All types of craft lying In the var ious harbors were swept on shore, wrecked, or left high and dry,' and at Bcores of small ports, wharves- and quays were destroyed. Chilean naval vessels in the harbor at Talcahuano, about 300 miles south of Valparaiso, when they felt the force ot the waters, slipped their cables and proceeded out to the open sea. President Alessandrl has ordered the various government departments to take all measures possible for the reliof ot the sufferers In the stricken districts, those most sorely afflicted lying between Coqulmbo and Copiapo. The navy department has Bent ships along the coast to aid in the work, BRITISH FLEEING TURK, IS REPORT Paris. A telegram In code, lndlcat lug that British officials and civilians have begun fleeing from Constanti nople, was delivered Sunday at the World office In Paris. The message was signed by a fictitious name, but it was obviously sent by a correspond' ent of the New York World in the TurkiBh capital, in whom the World has every confidence. The message read: "Harding left today for Alexandria on a British destroyer with the lnten tloa ot opening his. main office at Cairo." "Harding" apparently meant Gen eral Harlngton, British high commIs sioner In Constantinople. The mes sage Indicated that the serious sltua tlon in the capital had forced him to leave the city and that he planned to escape and establish headquarters at Cairo. For several days rumors have been coming from Constantinople to the effect that war between the Turks and allied forces Is imminent Explosion Kills Four, , Corning, N. Y. Four men were kill . ed and three Injured late Saturday night as the result ot the explosion of a locomotive boiler at Moreland, 13 miles from here. The dead are Frank 'Former and Frank Harding ot Coming; V. C. Thompson of Penn Yan and C. W. Hostrander ot Dresden. The ; locomotive was one ot two attached to a southbound New York Central freight train. The boiler was thrown 400 feet ahead of the train. , Oil JAPANESE LOSE CITIZENSHIP Supreme Court Pases on Federal Sta utes Two Old Cases Settled. Washington, D. C Japanese can not be naturalized In the United States and cannot become citizens ot this country, the supreme court of the United States decided Monday, in its first construction of federal stat utes bearing on the subject. ,The de cision was the first delivered by Jus tice Sutherland "as a member of the court and was handed down In a case brought by Taka Ozawa, who In 1914 applied tor citizenship In Hawaii. The ruling is expected to attract wide attention not only in the United States but abroad, notwithstanding the failure of the court to make any reference to its diplomatic signific ance. The case has been long pend ing in the supreme court, and last term when reached for argument dur ing the conference on limitation of Urmament and far eastern questions, its consideration was postponed at the request of the department of jus tice. No reference is to be found In the decision to the "gentlemen's agree ment" under which Japanese immi gration into the country has been regulated. The government did not object to the argument of the case when it was reached at this term and the court advanced and heard at the same time the case.brought by Takuji Yamashlta and Charles Hlo Kono against the secretary of state of Washington. In the latter case the two Japanese had been naturalized by a superior court of Washington prior to 1906, the date of the present federal naturalization statute, and at a time when It was conceded section 2169 of the revised statutes, which restricts naturaliza tion to "free white persons" and those of African birth or descent, was in full force. In the Ozawa case the court stated that "there Is not implied either in the legislation or in our interpreta tion of it any suggestion of individ ual unworthlnesB or racial Inferiority. These considerations are in no man ner involved." Involved." QUAKE DEATH LIST GROWING RAPIDLY Santiago, Chile. The latest advices from Vallenar Monday night said the entire town had been destroyed. Only three houses were left standing. Thus far 600 dead had been counted, but many of the streets had not yet been cleared of debris, under which add! tlonal bodies were expected to be found. The advices said that It was ex pected the total deaths In Vallenar would reach 1000. There was no way in which the number ot dead at other devastated points could even be estimated. Consternation was growing as the extent of the quake toll was beginning to be revealed. The number of dead also was growing hourly as belated reports came in trom the stricken provinces of Coqulmbo and Atacama. The two provinces contained a to tal population of 300,000, and what part of this number were left home less It was useless to attempt to es timate. Many towns and villages of populations of around 100 had not been heard from and their fate will be known only when communication is fully restored. Only the more Important places had been mentioned In the advices thus far received and the reports pictured them as scenes of ruin and desola tion, with the inhabitants wandering aimlessly In search of food and camp ing in crude shelters. Many persons. helpless from injuries, were in need of medical attention. Numerous ref ugees, fearing a repetition ot the phe nomenon, continued to stay In the hills to which they fled when the earth shocks began. The government was devoting Its attention to relief measures, but ow ing to distances to be covered over the single railroad communicating with the different provinces the ar rival there ot adequate food and med ical supplies was considered likely to be a matter of several days. Some naval vessels had reached suffering coast towns and others were on their way thither with supplies. Rail Fares Retained. Chicago. Announcement was made here by the Chicago ft Northwestern and Union Pacific railroads that the same low round-trip tourist tares as were in effect last summer would be maintained for the summer season ot 1923 to the Pacific coast. The an nouncement said that Inasmuch as the fares had stimulated summer trav el and since hotel rates had been re duced to pre-war levels the tourist fores would be retained. PIERCE IS ELECTED 6Y SAFE MAJORITY Poindexter, Washington, Loses for U.S. Senate. SCHOOL BILL CARRIES Exposition Measure Is Turned Down Hawley, Sinnott Both Win,. While McArthur Loses. . With returns lacking from pnly 83 ot the 1725 precincts in the state, Walter M.' Pierce, democrat, had a lead ot 34,348 ove Ben W. Olcott for governor. The vote as far as compiled Thursday night gave Olcott 98,219, Pierce 132,567. The figures represented the com plete unofficial returns in 22 coun ties and Incomplete returns from the other 14. The 83 precincts yet to report are distributed over the state. Returns from 1609 of 1726 precincts, Including complete unofficial returns from 20 out of 36 counties, gave the compulsory school bill an affirmative majority of 14,646. The vote stood: For the bill 112,760, against 98,114. The same precincts gave a majority ot 10,117 against the proposed 1927 exposition tax measure. The vote stood: For 80,745, against 90,862. N. J. Sinnott, incumbent, continued slightly to increase his lead over James Harvey Graham for representa tive in congress from the second con gressional district. The vote from 443 out of 497 precincts gave Sinnott 21,- 38, Graham 15,662. Elton Watkins, democrat, has de feated C.-N. McArthur for representa tive In congress by 1083. Watkins will be the first democrat to serve as a congressional representative from Oregon since 1879. The vote for the congressional candidates of the demo cratic and republican parties remain ed close throughout the count, but Watkins took the lead and held it toward the last of the tabulation. Seattle, Wash. With returns tabu lated trom 2358 ot the 2446 precincts of the state the lead of Clarence C Dill, democrat, over" Miles Poindexter, republican, for United States senator In Tuesday's election was 4727, Dill having 128,947 votes and Poindexter 124,220. Senator Lodge has a lead of about 3000 in Massachusetts. W. C. Hawley re-elected for congress in first district without opposition. N. J. Sinnott, Republican, decisive ly defeated J. H. Graham, Democrat, for congress In the second district. New York. Governor Milleri repub lican conceded the election ot Alfred E. Smith, democrat, in the state con test for governor here. Five New York newspapers, three of them repub lican, conceded the election of Smith at 7:30, while it was estimated that the governor would carry the upstate by a plurality of 100,000 while Smith would carry the city by about 600,000, making the democratic plurality in the entire state about 400,000. Illinois Bonus Ahead. Chicago. The first 82 down-state precincts reporting on' the soldiers bonus referendum gave nearly three to one in favor of the (55,000,000 bond issue, the figures being 21,788 for and 7850 against. The same precincts gave 17,567 for the beer and light wines referendum and 8637 against it. Both measures are expected to win in Cook county, Congress Race Close. New York. The Associated Press' tabulation ot the vote for the house ot representatives showed at 8:30 o'clock Wednesday morning: Demo crats 178, republicans 171, Socialists 1. Only twenty states were then com plete. Two-hundred and eighteen members are required for a majority. Postofflce It Raided. Dublin. The Rotund Rink postofflce was seized by armed raiders and burn ed to the ground Sunday morning. The raiders overpowered the military, secured 2340 from the building. The maternity hospital next door was for a time In great danger ot being de stroyed. Mary Marie Copyright by Eleanor R. Porter CHAPTER IX Continued. --ft' 23 And while I read the letter, I Just knew he would do it. Why, I could even see the sparkle of the ring on my fluger. But In five minutes after the letter was folded and put away, I knew, with equal certitude that he wouldn't. ' I had been at home exactly eight hours when a telegram from Jerry asked permission to come at once. As gently "as I could I broke the news to Father anu Mother. He was Helen's brother. They must have heard me mention htm. I knew him well, very well, iniieed. In fact, the purpose of this visit was to ask them for the hand of their daughter. Father frowned and scolded, and said, "Tut, tut 1" and that I was noth ing but a child. But Mother smiled and shook her head, even while she sighed, and reminded him that I was twenty two whole years older than she was when she married him; though in the same brenth she ad mitted that I was young, and she cer tainly hoped I'd be willing to wait be fore I married, even if the young man was all that they could ask him to be. Father was still a little rebellious, I think, but Mother bless her .dear sympathetic heart ! soon convinced him that they must at least consent to see this Gerald Weston. So I sent the wire inviting him to come. Jerry came and he had not been five minutes in the house before it might easily have seemed that he had always been there. He did know about stars ; at least, he talked with Father about them, and so as to hold Father's Interest, too. And he knew a lot about innumerable things In which Mother was Interested. He stayed four days; and all the while he was there, I never so much as thought ot ceremonious dress and dinners, and liveried but lers and footmen; nor did It once oc "cur to me that our simple , kitchen Nora, and Old John's son at the wheel of our one. motorcar, were not beauti fully and entirely adequate, so unas sumingly and so perfectly did Jerry unmistakably "fit In." (There are no other words that so exactly express what I mean.) And in the end, even his charm and his triumph were so un obtrusively complete that I never thought of being surprised at the prompt capitulation of both Father and Mother. Jerry had brought the ring. (Jerry always brings his "rings" and he never falls to "put them on.") And he went back to New York with Mother's promise that I should visit them In July at their cottage in New port. They seemed like a ' dream those four days after he had gone; and I should have been tempted to doubt the whole thing had there not been the sparkle of .the ring on my finger, and the frequent reference to Jerry on the lips' of both Father and Mother. They loved Jerry, both of them. Futher said he was a fine, manly young fellow ; and Mother said he was a dear boy, a very dear boy. Neither of them spoke much of his painting. Jerry himself had scarcely mentioned It to them, as I remember, after he had gone. I went to Newport In July. "The cot tage," as I suspected, was twice as large and twice as pretentious as the New York residence; and it sported twice the number of servants. Once again I wns caught in the whirl of din ners and dunces and motoring, with the addition of tennis and bathing. And always, at my side, was Jerry, seemingly living only upon my lightest whim and fancy. He wished to paint my portrait ; but there was no time, es pecially as my visit, In accordance with Mother's Inexorable decision, was of only one week's duration. But what a wonderful week that was! I seemed to be under a kind of spell. It was as If I were In a new world a world such as no one had ever been In before. Oh, I knew, of course, that others had loved but not as we loved. I was sure that no one had ever loved as we loved. And It was so much more wonderful than anything I had ever dreamed of this love of ours. Yet all my life since my early teens I had been thinking and planning and waiting for it love. And now It had come the real thing. The others all the others had been shams and make-believes and counterfeits. At Newport Jerry decided that he wanted to be married rteht away. He didn't want to wait two more endless years until I was graduated. The Idea of wasting all that valuable time when we might be together! And when there was really no reason for it, either no reason at all! I smiled to myself, even as I thrilled at his sweet Insistence. I was pretty lure I knew two reasons two very good reasons why I ould not marry before graduation. One reason was Father; the other reason was Mother. I hinted as much. "Ho! Isthatalir He laughed and kissed me. "I'll run down and see them about It," he said Jauntily, -I smiled again. I had no more Idea that anything he could say would But I didn't know Jerry then. I had not been home from Newport a week when Jerry kept hla promise and "ran down." And he had not been By- ELEANOR H. PORTER 'there two days before Father and Mother admitted that, perhaps, after all, it would not be so bad an idea if I shouldn't "graduate, but should be married Instead. And so I was married. (Didn't I tell you that Jerry always brought rings and put them on?) And again I say, and so we were married. . But what did we know of each other? the real other? True, we had danced together, been swimming to gether, dined together, played tennis together. But what did we really know of each other's whims and prejudices, opinions and personal habits and tastes? I knew, to a worfl, what Jerry would say about a sunset and he knew, I fancy, what I would say about a dreamy waltz song. But we didn't either of us Know what the other would say to a dinnerless home with the cook gone. We' were leaving a good deal to be learned Inter on; but we didn't think of that. Love that Is to last must be built upon the reali zation that troubles and trials and sor rows are sure to come, and that they must be borne together If one back Is not to break under the load. AVe were entering Into a contract, not for a week, but, presumably, for a lifetime and a good deal may come to one In a lifetime not all of it pleasant. We had been brought up In two dis tinctly different social environments, but we didn't stop to think of that. We liked the same sunsets, and the same make of car, and the same kind of ice cream;1 and we looked Into each oth er's eyes and thought we knew each other whereas we were really only seeing the mirrored reflection of our selves. ' And so we were married. It was everything that was blissful and delightful, of course, at first. We were still eating the ice-cream and ad miring the sunsets. I had forgotten that there were things other than sun- At Newport Jerry Decided That He Wanted to Be Married Right Away. sets and Ice-cream, I suspect. I was not twenty-one, remember, and my feet fairly ached to dance. The whole world was a show. Music, lights, laughter how I loved them all! Then came the baby, Eunice, my little girl ; and with one touch of her tiny, clinging fingers, the whole world of sham the lights and music and glare and glitter just faded all away into nothingness, where it Belonged. As if anything counted, with her ou the other side of the scales 1 I found out then oh, I found out lots of things. You see, it wasn't that way at all with Jerry. The lights and music and the glitter and the sham didn't fade away a mite, to him, when Eunice came. In fact, sometimes it seemed to me they Just grew stronger, if anything. He didn't like it because I couldn't go with hlra any more to dances and things, I mean. He said the nurse could take care of Eunice. As It I'd leave my baby with any nurse that ever lived, for any old dance! The Ideal But Jerry went At first he stayed with me; but the baby cried, and Jerry didn't like that It made him Irritable and nervous, until I was glad to have him go. I think it was about this time that Jerry took up his painting again. I guess I have forgotten to mention that all through the first two years of our marriage, before the baby came, he just tended to me. He never painted a single picture. But after Eunice came But, after all, what is the use of going over these last miserable years like this? Eunice is five now. Her father is the most popular portrait painter In the country. I am almost tempted to say that he Is the most popular man, as well. All the old charm and magnetism are there. Some times I watch him (for, of course, 1 do go out with him once In a while), and always I think of that first da I pfisff saw him at college. Brilliant, polished, witty he still dominates every group of which he is a member. Men and ' women alike bow to his charm. After all, I suspect that It's just that Jerry still loves the Ice-cream and sun sets, and I don't That's all. To me there's something more to life than that something higher, deeper, more worth while. We haven't a taste In common, a thought in unison, an aspiration in harmony. I suspect In fact I know that I get on his nerves just as raspingly as he does on mine. For that reason I'm sure he'll be glad when he gets my letter. But, some way, I dread to tell . Mother. Well, it's finished. I've been about four days bringing this autobiography of Mary Marie's to an end. I've en Joyed doing It, In a way, though I'll have to admit I can't see as it's made things any clearer. But, then, It was clear before. There Isn't any other way. I've got to write that letter. As I said before, I regret that It must be so sorry an ending. I suppose tomorrow I'll have to tell Mother.- I want to tell her, of course, before I write the letter to Jerry. It'll grieve Mother. I know It will. And I'm, sorry. Poor Mother ! Already she's had so much unhapplness In her life. But she's happy now. She and Father ore wonderful together won derful. Father is still president of the college. He got out a wonderful book on the "Eclipses of the Moon" two years ago, and he's publishing another one about the "Eclipses of the Sun" this year. Mother's correcting proof for him. Bless her heart. She loves It She told me so. Well, I shall have to tell her tomor row, of course. TOMORROW WHICH HAS BE COME TODAY. I wonder if Mother knew what I had come into her little sitting-room this morning to say. It seems as if she must have known. And yet I had wondered how I was going to begin, but, before I knew it, I was right in the middle of it the subject, I mean. That's why I thought perhaps that Mother But I'm getting as bad as little Mary Marie of the long ago. I'll try now to tell what did happen. I was wetting my Hps, and swallow ing, and wondering how I was going to begin to tell her that I was planning not to go back to Jerry, when all of a sudden I found myself saying some thing about little Eunice. And then Mother said : "Yes, my dear ; and that's what com forts me most of anything because you are so devoted to Eunice. You see, I have feared sometimes for you and Jerry; that you might separate. But I know, on account of Eunice, that you never will." "But, Mother, that's the very rea son I mean, It would be the reason," I stammered. Then I stopped. My tongue Just wouldn't move, my throat and lips were so dry. But Mother was speaking again. "Eunice yes. You mean that you never would make her go through what you went through when you were her age." "Why, Mother, I I " And then I stopped again. ..And I was so angry and Indignant with myself because I had to stop, when there were so many, many things that I wanted to say, if only my dry lips could articulate the words. Mother drew her breath in with a little catch. She had grown rather white. "I wonder If you remember if you ever think of your childhood," she said. "Why, yes, of of course some times." It was my turn to stammer. I was thinking of that diary that I had just read and added to. Mother drew in her breath again, this time with a catch that was almost a sob. And then she began to talk at first haltingly, with half-finished sentences; then hurriedly, with a rush of words that seemed not able to utter themselves fast enough to keep up with the thoughts behind them. She told of her youth and marriage, and of my coming. She told of her life with Father, and of the mistakes she made. She told much, of course, that was In Mary Marie's diary; but she told, oh, so much more, until like a panorama the whole thing lay before me. v (TO BE CONTINUED.) Movements of the Tides. The spring tides, or tides having the greatest range, occur near the times of new moon and full moon. The neap tides, or tides having the lowest range, occur near the times of first and last quarters of the moon. The highest ot the spring tides Is from one to two days after new or full moon. At this time, also, the low -waters will be lower than usual. Oldest English Clock. The oldest English-made clock known Is In the tower of the palace at Hampton court, where it was placed In 1551. It was so complete that It showed the motions of several of the planets, In addition to measuring the time.