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=”=. The Omaha M< irning Bee ~ VOL. 53—NO. 70. 52T K TW/TS _OMAHA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6. 1923, * Yr i.,0/?, Z,”i TWO CENTS * ?££"* ' 'DEA D FILL YOKOHAMA PORT AND CANA LS _ ' J,_;_*> -- — -■-»• —».. 1" — . .. ■ 1 r Prisoner’s Escape at Pen Foiled -i— Otto Cole, Serving Life Sen tence at Lincoln, Tries Bold Getaway Disguished as Woman. Beard Reveals Ruse Lincoln, Sept. 5.—As hundreds of state fair visitors passed through the penitentiary today, the eye of Dep uty Warden D. O. Kavanaugh was caught by a ‘‘woman” in a brown dress, brown hat, brown silk stock ings and brown shoes and Jet, black hair, who was quietly walking toward the door with the visitors. Turning to Charles Winter, a guard, the dep uty said: "Take that lady into my office." Winter looked astounded but did ns he was told. He doffed his hat and ■aid: “Lady the deputy wishes to see r*f *• his office.” The “woman" did not look up but accompanied the guard to the dep uty’s office. Then, the astounded guard heard a man’s voice say: “Well Vrn caught. I worked on this for ^riree months.” “Woman” Was Murderer. The "woman” was Otto Cole. Oma ha murderer, who began a life sen tence ii\, the penitentiary April 26, ]!)22, for the murder of an Omaha pawnbroker, who he attempted to hold up. Cole has numerous other peni tentiary sentences and escapes to his credit. When he was on his trial In Omaha, he donducted his own de fense cleverly and saved himself from the electric chair. As Cole disrobed, lie displayed not only a clever set of woman's outer garments, but had gone so far as to make a corset with stays in it. The eyes for the corset had been taken from ’a pair of army shoes, which are furnished prisoners. The stays were cut from steel used i;i manufacturing furniture. The dress was of brown silk poplin, used In the penitentiary for making of beaded bags for sale to visitors, flreen sateen was used as lining for the dress, and It was set off with a belt of more ribbon with a fancy buckle and tassel used in decorating >■ ickcr furniture at the penitentiary. Wig of Hair Cloth. His black wig was made of coarse ' “*ick hair cloth found in old sofas and chairs sent to the penitentiary workshop for restufflng. The hat, a large picture affair, had been made from coarse cardboard and wires used in the penitentiary and was covered with brown corduroy up holstering cloth. The corduroy was on the top of the hat, and the wide brim wa scovered with brown ribbon. The silk stockings were not more than 12 inches Ip length and were sleeves of a brown silk jersey he had stolen from some presoner. The ox fords, originally, were black used by female impersonators in penitentiary plays, and had been browned with furniture polish. Proficient as Tailor. Cole from years spent In peniten tiaries had berome proficient in the tailoring art and since his arrival at the statP penitentiary worked In the wicker furniture factory, where he had access to materials' used In his makeup. During the fair from 700 to 1.000 visitors ask to Inspect the peniten tiary. The visitors are divided Into groups of 50 and 100. Three extra guards accompany these groups through the institution, and either Warden Fenton or Deputy Warden Kavanaugh stand at the gate watching every one who passes out. Prison officials have made no at tempt to get any Information from Cole, believing that anything he might say would he something to help his own cause. It Is thejr he 'ifef that as one of the groups of vis itors passed through the furniture factory. Cole skipped Into a wash room, donned his disguise and stepped "out, walking demurely over the re mainder of the Interior with the vis I tore. He had gone through two iron rates opened by guards and had only three more to pass until he gained ;Ms freedom. Tn the big furniture -’factory, prisoners necessarily have much time to themselves, and the furniture piled near them makes hid ing of his disguise easy, offlclnls as serted. To make his disguise more lierfeot, Pole had obtained a brown Img In which $16 35 In cash, a safety rnor. pictures and a small capsule box filled with powder was found. Farlv Immigrant Arrivals Let in; Ocean Lines Fined Washington, Sept. 5.—Two^thousand Immigrants who were rushed to New Vork before midnight September 1, In order to bent the barrier on the Immigration quota for that month, were ordered admitted today In a decision by the eommlssloner general of Immigration, hut, fines of t200 for each of them were ordered Imposed on the steamship companies. Deeds Prevent Purchase of University bv Ku Klux l Indianapolis, Sept. 5.—Negotiations L fur purchases of Valparaiso unlver ■ sity at Valparaiso, Ind., hy the Ku P^Klux Klan, have been dropped It was1 announced today hy Milton Klrod, editor of the. Klery Cross, s klan pub Itratlon, Technicalities In the charter and deeds of the university will pre vent the klan from assuming control *if the Institution, he said. Prince of Wales Off to Wilds of Dominion By AnodtM Fwm. London, Sept. 5. — The prince of Wales left London today for the great open spaces of his Canadian ranch, traveling as Lord Renfrew, just a plain peer, as his highness is going to rough it a bit. None of the members of his fam ily went to the Waterloo station to bid him goodbye, for royalty does not offer ceremonious farewells to a mere peer. He drove to the station alone. It was the first time In his life, perhaps, that he was able to make a trip without ceremonious habili ments. But the prince could not <iuite get away with the attempt to be a mere noble lord of the realm, for several thousands of his father’s subjects assembled at the station and to them he remained the prince of Wales, heir to the throne, and the most popular young man In the em pire. They cheered hint until he had to raise his hat and nod his head sev eral times but it plainly bored him. Red Cross Plans to Aid Japanese Now Under Way Entire Shipping and Purchas ing Forces of American Relief Taken Over by Body. Washington, Sept. 5.—Marshaling of the nation's forces for the relief of Japanese earthquake sufferers pro gressed rapidly today and by night fall the profiram was well under way. Principal relief developments of the day here were: Taking over by the American Red Cross the entire purchasing and ship ping department of the American re lief administration, which handled $60,000,000 of supplies for famine stricken Russia. Placing st the disposal of ths Red Qross by the shipping board of ap proximately 320,000 tons of shipping the board has In the Pacific for the transportation of supplies. Generous and quick response t*> ti»e national appeal for a $5,090,000 fund to be administered by the Red Cross for sufferers. * Actual undertaking of practical measures by the Red Cross by order ing the purchase of food, medical supplies and shelter materlat, to go forward at ones and the dispatch of medical and nursing personnel. In addition, reports received by the Navy department from Admiral An derson, commander of the Asiatic fleet, indicated that the ilrst group of American destroyers ordered to Yoko hama already had arrix ed, while Ad miral Aberle, chief of naval opera tions. announced that supply ships in the orient were being filled with sup plies and shortly would be under way. Other naval vessels at Manila and San Francisco were ordered to stand by ready to proceed on demand. The Red Cross announced that the first mail today brought more than $125,000 In checks to headquarters here. The amounts received by local chapters cannot be estimated, but the total already subscribed is believed to be large. Julius H. Barnes, president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, issued an appeal to American business to participate energetically in the campaign. Land Prices Hit Bottom. Claimed Present Held B est Time to Buy Farm Property in Central Nebraska. Fremont, Neb., Sept. 5.—The bot tom In land prices in central Ne braska has been reached, according to Fred H. Richards, president of the Nebraska Realtor's association, with offices in Fremont. "I believe that many people do not realize the prices which are being se rured, both on forced sales and bona fide private sales," says Mr. Richards. "Many who expect to purchase land, r.ml have the cash available with which to buy. when such facts are presented to them, will realise that In this district, at least, the bottom in land prices has been reached. "The psychological effect of these additional buyers coming Ifito the market will certnlnly be beneficial." Mr. Richards quotes K. G Qimmme, president of the seventh district Fed eral Farm J/ind bank, ns saying: "People are Just ns wrong now In not buying land ns they were wrong when they all wanted to buy land In 1919." Governor Bryan ill Give 'Emancipation Day Speech Kperinl IMupatch to The Omahit llee. Lincoln, Sept. 5.—Governor Bryan has accepted an invitation to apeak at an Emancipation day celebration in Omaha, September 10. The Fall Rush on the Way Hundreds of Bee readers are wntchinR The Omaha Bee “Want” Ad section, preparing to buy u lot or a home this fall. Oet the jump on the others. Phone AT lantic 1000 riirht now and list your prop erty in The Omaha Bee “Want” Ads. It’s the early bird that Rets the worm I Nebra skal Convir Show Wovl Exhibits of Inmates of State Institutions Attract Much Attention at State Fair. Hog Show Is Best Yet Lincoln, Sept, 6.—Handiwork of state wards with twisted minds, twist ed, maimed bodies and twisted morals on display at the Nebraska state fair is one of the wonders of the exposi tion. Five state Institutions, the Norfolk state hospital, Lincoln state hospital, orthopedic home girls’ training school at Geneve, and the state penitentiary and reformatory have exhibits. According to Mrs. W. D. Crist and Mrs. G. C. Crain, needlework Instruc tors at the Lincoln state hospital, and Mrs. D. . Regan, needlework instruc tor at the Norfolk state hospital, some of these with benutlful fancywork on display pre hopelessly insane. They will talk arid mumble for hours, their brains fairly aglow with hallucina tions, but their trained fingers ply the needle as skillful as a sane per son. In fact, one womar^ at the Nor folk state hospital won four first prizes, two second prizes and one third prize in textile display. As wonderful is the fancy work of the girls' training school at Geneva. This exhibit is presided over by Mjk. T. A. Williams, art instructor at that Institution. Each of the 200 girls in the Institution is given an opportunity to take a course in fancy work and nearly every one takes advantage of it, according to Mrs. Williams. Pitiful and wonderful is the artistic needlework of the unfortunate state wards In the orthopedic hospital with maimed, twisted bodies and limbs. This work vies with that of many perfect bodies, and to those who have visited this nightmare of childish mis fortune the work is considered mar velous. Then, there Is the handiwork of penitentiary prisoners in making of furniture on display, together with odd pieces from the men In the state reformatory, presided over by Gus Miller. The swine show is better than ever before, although entries are slightly less than last year. There are 2,300 swine on display. Exhibitors number ing 180 are nearly all Nebraskans. The grand champion sow and boar at the show is owned by William Ras mussen of Norfolk. They are mem bers of the Duroc Jersey hog family. The sow weighs 1,000 pounds. A Poland China sow owned by Welbe and Son of Beatrice weighs the same. There are the two largest sows on display. Large premium winners for swine are R. Widle and son, Genoa; Virgil Briggs. Sward; J. C. Meex and Son, Ord; William Ferguson, Scrib ner- and Charles Hather, Ord. 'The hog man who hung on to his hogs’ this year Is going to be mighty fortunate," Lamb, the superintendent, said. "Hundreds of hog owners sold their broodsows and all other hogs when the price of pork was down and the price of corn Wag high. \s a con sequence they have no broodsows for breeding and the supply of pork will be limited, while the price of pork promises to be good for a consider able length of time." The fair Is filled with strange hu mnn scenes. Today one old gentle man with a G. A. R. button on his lapel was talking to another with a similar button on his lapel. A rolled bit of pasteboard used in mailing card board was being used os an ear trumpet. They were C. H, Hall of Lincoln, 77, and J. M. Miller of Pawnee City, 81. "We are both old time pioneers who had not seen each other for years, and while Mr. Hall forgot his ear trumpet we found something so we could exchange reminscenees despite his faulty hearing," Miller ex plained. National C. of C. to Aid Red Cross C. C. George, chairman of a com mittee of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce working with the National Chamber of Commerce In connection with Japanese relief yesterday re ceived from Blliott H. Goodwin, vice president of the National Chamber of Commerce, the following telegram: "National chamber will Issue appeal to all members to cooperate with lo cal lied Cross chapters at request of Red Cross authorities, You ore doing Just right." Mr. George wired that the Omaha Chamber of Commerce had placed It self at the disposal of the local Red Cross chapter and was willing and ready to co-operate. Wife Is Orderrtl to Pay £.”> Alimony to Hm<]>an<i. Til Los Angelas, Sept. 5.—"Marriage Is 50-60," Haiti Judge John W. Hum* merflold of the superior court In or dering Mrs. Mary Scranton to pay her husband, Charles Scranton, 15 a week as temporary alimony, pend ing trial of his suit for separate main tenance. . Scranton testified his wife, who earned $150 a month In a hank, desert* ©d him. Hi* said he was ill and tin able to work. "This couple married for better or for worse," remarked the court. "The husband has broken In harness. I am afraid the wife will have to pull a double load for a while, at least. Marriage !h a cult of give and lukc." r Been Quite a While Since They Have Had a New One JUST THINK} A | NICE SHINY MEW I TWO PASSEWG.tR 1 RU**ABOU*r ALL YOUR.OWN-AMD I ONLY A COUPLE OF ✓Hundred million | Ur * . -rr T Dost / SJ-- ( THtplt-KIMS ) THE^ C.AM / AFPO*DIT \ " TSTcg NEW WAR | Pony Express Is Crossing Desert Rider Speed* Along Rim of Great Salt Lake—Ovation • in Capital. Salt Tjike City, Sept. 6—The pony express rider tonight aped onward over the sands of the desert country Skirting the south end of the Great Salt lake In the 35 mile dash from this city to Grantsvllle, the first Jaunt of the express rider with the accom panying calvacade to span the ex panalve Salt lake desert, was begun by Uawrence Sharp, cowboy. Between midnight tonight and 1 a. m. tomorrow, the mail will nave reached the border of Nevada, where riders of that state will carry It to Its western border, nearing the end of the route of the pony express ride from St. Joseph to San Francisco. Seven riders will lake part In the westward dash from Grantsvllle to the Nevada line. Two young women riders rode their mounts today In the ride through Utah, Miss Myrtle Gardner, 17, bring lng the mall to Salt I.nke from Par ley’s Canyon, and Mias Nina McCau ley riding the last 10 miles of the stretch between Salt l.ake City and Grantsvllle. Mias Gardner waa given an ovation aa she rode between the line* of several persons in Halt I.aka City's business district and tossed the mnil to the next rider, Floyd Stnokey, who subsequently was relieved by Miss McCauley. Matters to Gov. Friend Itlchnrdson of California were pre sented to the rider by Gov. Charles Mabey and RUiyor Clarenc* Neslen, who were at the head of ths official group welcoming the express riders. The 212 miles of rough, mountainous travel through northeastern t'tah, from “K" ranch, on the Colorado Utah line to Salt Make City, was cov ered by Utah riders, familiar with the roads. In exactly 15 hours. The arrival of the pony express In Halt Mnke Clt"y today was alaiut three hours ahead of schedule. Hawaiian Volcano Again in Eruption Rr Associated Press. • Milo, Sept. 6 —The Kllnuea volcano resumed activity today with molten lava bursting forth with loud reports, according to a message received from Thomas Holes, superintendent of the Kllnuen. National park. The lava, according to the message, was hurled front 10« to 150 feet In the nlr, and streamed down the sides of the volcano. Dps Moinrs Kinployes May Demand Wii|{p Increase H|»«*clitl to The Omnlm Hr**. Do* Molne*. la., Hept. 6.—Workmen of avery city department reported to day to ton ronmdvrlng demand* f<»r pay Increase equal to that recently granted police and firemen Pay «»f city employee. It fin Id at city hall, probably l>c an inane in the next cam pni»?n. The council granted firemen and police wage liu rcaae* of $10 a month. If a corresponding Increase la carried through all department* 1t will mean an addition of $200,000 to the city's payroll. Treasury Books Will Be Audited Senate Committee to Probe State Finances Following Charges of Deficiency. Special Dl.patch la The Omaha Bee. Lincoln, Sept. 5.—A special audit ing committee named by the state sen ate the last day of the session, to In vestigate any charges of deficiency" In attae finances that may come up, will begin work Monday. This was the announcement made today by Senator Georgs Wilkins of Emerson, chairman of the committee. Other members are Senator John W. Robbins of Omaha and Senator W. B. Banning of Cass county. Senator Banning is the democratic member. "Sine* tfie legislature has ended, many charges have been made of de ficiency In Nebraska's treasury whlrh. If true, should he discovered nonpar tisanly and If not true, should he ex posed, because these continuous stories of the hard financial plight of our state Is hurting us throughout the east, where financiers are found who are either willing or unwilling to advance money for our Industries,” Senator Wilkins said. Senator Wilkins waa at one ltme a public auditor, and as a private citizen audited atate and county books for years. Both Sides Yield in Hard Coal Parley m Employers Tentatively Aban don Arbitration Demand an d Union Gets 10 Per Cent Inerease. By AMorltHfil l*re«s. Harrisburg, Pa., Sept. R—Repre sentative* of anthracite mine opera tors and officers of the miners’ union today agreed In conference with Gov ernor Pinchot of Pennsylvania to material changes in positions which they have hitherto held, and which have resulted In suspension of min ing. The employers’ group tenia lively a ban dimed Its demand for arbitration, which the union has un yieldingly opposed. Mine union officials definitely no cepted the 1ft per cent wage Increase which Governor Pinchot tendered In an effort to compromise the dispute, but asked more than that amount for day laborers employed in and around the mines. They did. how ever, agree to modify the demand for a "check off" of union dues, by limiting the amount which could be collected by It from Individual miners. Wisconsin Woman Heads Woman's Relief Corps By Anftoelated Press. Milwaukee. Sept. 5 -Mrs. Hello W. Hllss of llnrnlmo, Win . was elected president of the Woman's Relief corps of the G. A. Ft., it was an noil need tonight. Other officers elected are Grn« e I. .Inhrfttnn. To ledo, senior vice president, ntul Mrs. Ada Hutchinson »f Oklahoma City, junior vice president. Farm Body Seeks to Oust Majors Demands Governor Act on Dismissal of State Normal Board Chairman. Sperl*l niiipatfh to The Omaha Bee. Lincoln. Sept. 6.—Action by Gov ernor Charles W. Itryan on the re quest of a number of persons for res , Ignat ion of Col, Tom Majors of Peru, chairman of the state normal board, was demanded today by the legislat ive committee of the Farmers’ union. Members of the committee who called upon the governor are Charles Mc Cloud, Stanton; James Auten. Albion; J. O. Shroyer, Humboldt; H. C. El wood. Creighton, and J. P. Stolz. Sew ard. Attention was called to the fact that two of the caller* were repub licans. two democrats and one a non partisan leaguer. The first delega tion that called upon the governor was almost entirely democratic in polities. •The Farmer*' union represents 25,000 Nebraska farmers." the gover nor said. He stated that as a number of members of the state normal board were out of the state he would defer any action until they returned. "Then I shall present certain com plaints to the board and ask the mem bers to answer them in wrttlng." the governor said. The governor asserted that still further complaints had been filed with him by the committee today. He declined to make any of the com plaints public. “I haven't examined them myself, as yet.” he said. German Resistance Ebbs, Bankers Claim fly Assnrtateri Trees. Berlin. Sept. 5—Germany has ar rived at the end of her tether so far ns her further ability to finnnce passive resistance is concerned. This is the current opinion In liank mg circles which expect that Ger many in the course of the next few days will take the Initiative In the direction of proposing that official die (Missions he begun with the French and Belgian governments “Girl*’ Murder Suspect in Court in Overalls and Knupe Chicago, Sept. 5.—Fred Thompson, the Ilian who dresses and nets like a woman and who is accused of having figured in the murder of wealthy Richard Tesmer, slain by a man and girl bandits, was arraigned today In Criminal court. Thompson was In a quandary on how to dress A judge had ordered hint never again to appear In court ill the dainty women's garb he wear* so well. So, Thompson tripped in attired In overalls, but with hi* hair bobbed and his skin highly rouged, powdered ami earmlned. He asked for a speedy trial Dividend Declared ltenver. Sept. 5 The Great West i'm Siitfar company today declared It* regulatt quarterly dividend of $175 n share on preferred *4o( k and $1 a ehnre on common *tock. to *t«>« k holder* of record September IS Th*’ dividend, which will amount to tbont $862,500, will b#» paid on October ?. It wan announced t 1 200 Foreigners Perish While Shopping in City; Conditions Are Pitiable Earthquake Cauges Immense Gaps in Pavements — Fire* Complete Destruction of Buildings Damaged by Shock—American and British Survivors Pre pare to Bury Alien Victims at Sea. Chinese Refugees Are W ithout Food and Shelter By Auoebited Pre**. Tokio, Sept. 5.—Yokohama is ft c harnel house, the canals and water front are filled with dead and the at each from decompoaing bodies la un bearable, according to refugee* arrlv Ing from the atrickent city today. It ia eatlmated that more than 100 fore ignera loat their live* there. ■Moat of the dead and injured am ong the Yokohama foreigner* wer* those who were caught by the earth quake and Are while shopping In the downtown dlatrlct. , e* Thouaanda of the terror-atrirken n atlvea drowned In the ranala when aeeking aafety from the raging Infer no which followed the temblor. ———— World’s Heart Bleeds for Japanese Empire - By Associated Preso. Pekin—A new volcano has broken out in the C'hkhibu range, •bout 50 miles northwest of Tokio, according to advices from Osaka. Nikko, county seat of the imper ial family, is reported not to be seri ously damaged. (Many foreigners were reported earlier to have been staying at Nikko when last Satur day’s quake occurred). By Associated Press. Nagasaki, Sept. 6.—The family of the American commercial attache at Yokohama, E. G. Babbit, are all dead. T. De Jordln. the French consul at Yokohama, also was killed in the earthquake. By Associated Prsaa. Rome, Sept. 5.—The Italian ambas sador to Japan, G. De Martino, is re ported to have perished in the earth quPke. Cyprus Has Shock. London. — Serious earthquakes are reported by the British air ministry from Limasol, in the Island of Cyprus. Iowa Legion Takes Lead. De yen port la.—The Iowa depart ment of the American Legion through its ■ '.ate commander, Bert L. Halligan, of DaTenport, today took the lead in organising a fund among legion posts all dm the country to be fumed over to the Amrelcan Red Cross for relief in Japan. Commander Halligan in a long distance call to I-emuel Holes at Indianapolis, lnd.,„national adju tant of the legion, proposed the plan of the fund and pledged the Iowa department to contribute approxi mately $3,000. New Orleana, Da., Sept. 5.—Charles Davis of New Orleans, former news paper man who at various times was connected with the Associated Press and the Dos Angeles Examiner, lost his life In the earthquake Saturday at Yokohama, according to word re ceived by his brother, A. A. Davis. Davjs, who is 26 years old an unmar ried. was born in Richmond, Va. He left this city last April and became af filiated with a coffee brokerage con cern in San Francisco and in May was sent to Japan as an investigator. Spend $500,000 for Relief. Washington.—The Nw) depart ment will make an immediate out lay of $250,000 to $500,000 for pur chasing supplies for the relkf of the Japanese, it was estimated to day. Secretary I ten by declared that the organisation would take a chance on getting the money hack. Seeks Fnvoy-Hushand. Beilin—Mme. Self, wife of Dr. W. H. Solf, the German ambassador to Japan, has appealed to the American embassy here to aid her in getting some word about her family In the Japanese capital She thought It probable her husband and children wepe at some seaside resort near Tokio. I’se AH Ships Handy. Seattle. Sept. 5.—The Nippon Yusen Kaisha has pressed all of its available steamers Into a relief service between Yokohama and Kobe, carrying refu gees to Kolie nnd supplies from Kobe to Yokohama, according to a cable gram received at the company's of flees here. Quake In Turkestan. I’arls.—Several villages have been destroyed hy earthquakes In Turkestan, according to dispatches from Constantinople. By lift'd * Pnrfts. Washington, Sept. 5 —All Anieri caps In Tokio are believed to be safe. Ambassador Woods reported today to the Stal<- department. Katlmates »f the dead In Tokio were placed by him at 10,000. lie Stated that some Americans lit Yokohama had been killed. Communication with Yokohama, he said, had been opened. The Weather j For J4 hour* »nJmg T p m r Tnnppmi wr*. Highest, lowest. 70. mein. ?• nor mil, 70 HpIhIIw llnm*tli»>. iVrrrnldgp 7 i mi . * 4 \otvn, 4Ji 7 p ni . SO PrvclpllrttIon. Inrhru nn«l IIh* Total, o Total »lnr« January \, JO 01; •lalloiancy. 1 t«7 tl*M»rU T«*mp«*mturm * * m .7“ ^ ■<««.«. <0 ? * m ... T1 * » n ....... t * * » w * # * w . .. ..* t 11 * m <4 12 noun .. I? j 1 p m *, 1 »». m. st i p m .. IT 4 V ’»» .* 7 > i« m , M • pm %* T p in *3 I p m . . *? The earthquake left great gap* in f the pavements and wrecked most *f the buildings. Kire. which started in numerous places at cnce. completed the destruction. The American and British resident* of Yokohama who escaped the district are gathering the bodies of foreign victims for burial at sea. The demnants of the Chinese pop ulation of the ruined city are gath ered under the bluffs, without food and shelter. Their condition is pi'.!-, able. By International »«■ Service. .Shanghai, Sept. 5.—With the re es tablishment of partial communica tion to Japan, the unprecedented dis aster which has stunned the world and rendered millions of persons In the Island empire homeless, with a loss of life variously estimated at from 300.000 to 500.000. the catas trophe is being unfolded to sn an* ious a-orld in dispatches today which are trickling through direct from ths stricken country for the first tlm* since the earthquake, conflagration and tidal wave laid waste to an area said to be 100 miles square. The property damage Is inealeu* able. 14 Foreigners Known Dead. Twenty-four foreigners. Including several Amfricans, are known to have lost their lives In the calamity, at Tokohama. The number of dead in the capital dlty of Tokio which vat almost completely destroyed. Is un'-, known. Egrlier reports Indicate the foreign quarter of the city was de molished with possible heavy loss of foreign lives. E!»ctric lights In Uie Tokio wards of Hongo and KftaHikkwa ##re turned on for the first time In almost a week. Seven of the wards or sub urbs were obliterated. A portion of the water supply system in the remaining wards has been repaired and these communiiiee are being served. » A Tokio repot ter of the Asahi. a newspaper, escaped in the height of the heismic disturbances at Toko hama Sunday night and after three days and nights travel by foot reach ed Osaka today. He reported that all towns and villages between the two cities had been demolished with an appalling loss of life These com munities included Haehioji, Atsuki, Hlratsuka, Kodxu and Totemha. Island Inundated. Confirmation has !>een received that the populous island of Oshima. with its 50.000 sotlls, has been in undated with not a trace remaining. Oshima was the largest island of the Idxu group. The Far Eastern Review here re ceived' a cable from the stricken country Indicating that its offices were destroyed, but the fate of its personnel was not given. The cable added that all banks In Tokio and Tokohama were reduced to debjs and funds were unavailable. From Pekin came reports that 10 000 refugees who had taken refuse in the military depot at Tokio wera turned to death. All cities, towns and hamlets of Idxu, Tokaheo, Roso and Miura peninsulas were wiped out. The total population of the peninsulas is mopp than 100.000. ilfi Shock*. Two hundred and sixteen distinct earthquake shocks were felt in Yo kohama and Tokio last Satlrdav Fif ty-seven of the tremors were felt in a three hour period, from $ a. m to 11 a. m. Six warships, laden with immedf* ate necessities, have reached Yoko hama harbor from the Japanese nav al station at Kure. Only an approximate estimate of the loss of life will ever be known. In many case*, the devastating fir* entirely obliterated all trace of hu manity Thousands were drowned in the engulfing huge tidal wave Navigation in the harbor at Yoko hama is impossible. The floor of the hay has been raise,! to such a degree as to make it unsafe for vessel*, l.ighthouses were washed away. Nu merous craft. Including the steamer Selma City, ha* been beached. Among the dead of the Japanese nobility are Princess Hiroko Kanin at Kamakura, Prince Moromaaa 111 gashkunl at tMawara. and Mother Princess Yamashima at Kugenms. The response for relief from a sym pathetic world was instantaneous, llellef ships have already arrive,! off Yokohama and hundreda of other*, heavily laden with food, clothing an4 mo,Heal supplies are en route to Japan. The government at thinks, whets it was moved from Tokio. is fune» taming and relief measures ban* slarled to ameliorate the unspealf able buffering The intense suffering of ihe refu gee's. who line,! the destroyed railway light of w ,\ out of Tokio and l -le, hama for miles was aggravated hy, ton , utial rsins a * V