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VOL. XLIIL NO. 180.
OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 14, 1914 -TWELVE PAGES.
On Trains and at
Hotel Nws stand. So.
StNGLE COPY TWO CENTS.
NEW COMMISSfoNER QF THE
COMMERCIAL CLUB. .
WIRELESS CALLS FOR
HELP SENT OUT BY 11
VESSEL KTRESS
Royal Mail Steamer Cobcquid Fast
on Ledges of Grand,. Manan
Founded by Hurricane Seas.
CRAFT IS REPORTED FILLING
MEXICO TO
Effect of Long and Weary Waiting
TIDAL WAVE HDDS TO
TERRORS CAUSED BY
IN ITS
INT
El
Money Due Semi-Annually on Bonds
of Internal and External
Obligations.
MOHENIC MAKE ANNOUNCEMENT
Several Thousand Fersons Killed by
Series of Siesmio Disturbances
in Southern Japan.
KAG0SHIMA LIES UNDER AS:iE3
DM
JUMHRIT
IfTPAYIINTS
MOTION
First Message Reaches Cape Sable
About Sunrise.
SECOND IS FIVE HOURS LATER
Says Engine Room Flooded and the
Batteries Exhausted.
BOATS ARE RUSHED TO RESCUE
One Hundred and Twenty Persons
on nourd Ship Which Striken
Bllssnrd tin It Approaches
Bay ot Fundy.
HALIFAX. K. S.. Jan. 13. A wiroless
cry for help from the Royal malt steamer
Cobequld, to.nl on tho dreaded ledges of
Grand Manan. Just before dawn today,
followed fivo hours later by a final
flicker of Its wireless saying that tho
ship was filling, has caused gravo con
cern for the 120 passengers on board.
The Cobequld was bound for St. John,
N. P, from tho British West Indies in
command of Captain Hawson. It was
completing Its first round trip over this
route. It had a crow of 102 men, a num
ber of second class passengers and tho
following In tho first class cabin: I S.
Navarro, L. Botta, W. C. Zoller, Mrs.
Zoller and child. It had called at Ber
muda, but most of its passengers were
Irom points south of there.
Whether tho Cobequld had survived an
nil day battering by hurricane seas and
would hold together until ono of the fleet
of nearly a dozen rescuo boats could
reach it was a subject of hourly anxiety
tonight
No Truce of Vessel.
TJd to dark no trace of tho distressed
vessel had been found on the east shoro
of the Bay of Fundy, where It was first
renorted aground. Nor could a glimpso
bo seen through the vapor which
shrouded the west side of Grand Manan,
cn one ot whose numerous ledges It was
lator believed it rested.
The Cobequld formerly was the steamer
Gotha and had been pressed into the win
ter servloo from maritime provinces to
tho tropics. It sailed from Mallfax Do
comber for West Indian ports and
started, north again December 30 from
Grenada. It called at Bermuda January
0 and then cleared for SU. John
Approachtag tho Bay ot Fundy, famous j
for its swift tldea and mountainous seas.
? t,tM,(w4r -,inAnTiri' tiWin the''Bteamerf
lh uiiuaiu uvw..
Captain Hawson waa heading for Gannet
ti5u.it llirht. the guide to the western side
of the. Bay. and a Warning of the ledges
which stretch tei miles to tne soum-,
ward ot Grand Manan.
Hfessaite Reaches Cnpe Sable.
It was about sunrise when the oper
ator at the wireless station at Cape Sable
across tho bay picked up tho Cobequld'e
appeal for help. The message said the
vessel .had struck a ladge off Briar island,
which Is on the cast side of the bay, and
needed assistance.
For the next few hours fragmentary
' messages were received from the steamer,
one of which said the forward hold was
filling. At 9:40 a. m. came the last gasp
of the fading wireless to the effect that
tho engine room was flooded, the bat
teries were exhausted and the operator
waa unable to get any sparks.
1 In tho meantime both the Canadian
I and American governments had begun
measures for rescue. The German steamer
Kronprinzessln Cecllle, toff Sable island
' Its way to New York, was urged to
(change its course and head for the Cobe
tquld, 200 miles to the northward.
! Rush to Rescue.
The government steamer Lady Laurler
was started out from this port for the
run of 160 miles to Grand Manan. The
steamers Belvldere Helen and Lansdowne
were asked to help, and the revenu cut
ter Woodbury, on its way from Portland
to Rockland, was ordered to rush full
speed tor the scene.
Toward night It was. discovered tho
(Continued on Page Two.)
The Weather
Forecast till 7 p. m. Wednesday:
I For Omaha, Council Bluffs nnd Vicinity
Fair and warmer.
Temperature
Onuihn Yesterday.
Hour. Deg.
5 a. in 18
6 a. m 14
7 a. m... 19
8 a. m , 19
9 a. in 22
10 a. ni
20
32
33
39
43
45
45
11 a. m
12 m...
1 p. m
2 p. m
3 p. m
4 p. m
6 p. n 41
6 p. in , 42
7 p. m 41
8 p. in 40
Comparative Local Record.
1914. 1913. 191 1911
I Highest today 43 10 23 8
Lowest today 17 3 8 J
Mean temperature 31 6 8 3
Precipitation W T T .00
i Temperature and precipitation Uepar-
I tures from the normal:
1 Normal temperature 20
t Excess for the day 11
Excess since March 1, 1913.... 1018
Normal precipitation ,03 Inch.
Deficiency for the day 03 Inch
Total rainfall sln-e March 1.... 23.76 Inches
Deficiency since March 1. 1913.. 4. Inches
Deficiency cor. period 191 3.K Inches
Deficiency cor. period 1912 13.61 Inches
Reports from Stations at 7 1'. 31.
Station and State Temp. High- Raln-
of Weather. 7 l tn. est, (all.
Cheyenne, clear 33 49
Denver, clear 4U 50
Des Moines, clear....'.. 36 42
Dodge City, clear 38 41
Lander, cloudy 2? 40
North Platte, clour.... W El
Omaha, cloudy i 45
Oil ,
Pueblo, clear 4." 61 .x)
Rapid City, elowdy.... 48 as .no
Salt Lake City, cloudy 40 if .0)
Santa Fe, clear 42 .00
Sheridan, clear B( .00
fc'loux City, Wear 43 4fi .w
Valentine, clear 42 54 ,K
indicates below zero.
L. A. WELSH. Local Forecaster.
nt
ROBERT MAN LIST.
MAKLEY AS COMMISSIONER
Is Chosen by Commercial Club to
Succeed John M. Guild.
STRICTLY NEBRASKA PRODUCT
Advertising; Mnnnger for the llrnn
dels Stores N'nmed lr Kxevutlvc
Committee norn nnd Kdu
cnted nt Lincoln.
Robert Hardy Manlcy, advertising man
ager for the Brandcls Stores, president of
tho Omaha Ad club, graduate of tho Uni
versity of Nebraska and nil around hus
tler, is to be the commissioner of the
Omaha Commercial club.
Mr. Manley waB selected at a meeting
of the executive commltteo Tuesday, after
having been nominated by tho special
commltteo appointed for that purpose,
and has signified that he will accept the
position made vacant by the resignation
of John M. Guild, who left In December
for a similar position at Dayton, O.
Mr. Manley was born at Lincoln, De
cember 22, 1877, and after going through
tho Lincoln pabllc schools attended the
University of Nebraska, where he grad
uated wtlh an A. B. in 1897. Ho took up
lils present position with the Brandcls
stores In August, 1903.
Thus Mr. Manley is thoroughly a Ne
braska product and to make the story
complete he married an Omaha girl, Miss
Elizabeth Taylor, on June 19. 1907.
A salary of about $5,000 a year Is ru
mored to be tho compensation which Rob.
ert II. Manley will receive as new com
missioner of tho Commercial club. Ho.
will probably take up his new duties by
February 1, although the exact date de-
pends upon how soon a successor Is found
to take his place as advertising manager
of the 'Brah'tfels' stores. r ' '
Mr. Manley said yesterday afternoon:
"I had not considered the position at
all, until friends pressed me to accept It
when tho Commercial club made its un
expected offer.. I am glad to" accept, be
causo the work will be congenial' and
opens up a broader field of endeavor.
The matter of salary is subsidiary to the
opportunities offered by the new work."
President Wilson and
Party Reach Capital
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. President
Wilson and his family arrived here at
i:30 o clock today from Pass Christian,
Miss.
It was 18 degrees above zero when the
president stepped from his private car
and wnlked briskly through tho station
to the waiting automobile. The party
shivered with cold at the gulf.
The trip was uneventful. The president
greeted crowds everywhere, but made no
speeches. To those who begged him to
talk, he would say with a smile: "I am
not In tho habit of talking when I haven't
anything to say."
The president's face was a picture of
health as he pot back to his desk. Dr.
Cary T. Grayson, United States navy.
pronounced him much better physically
than he has been for many months and In
fit condition for the strenuous work
ahead. There was little doubt among the
members of the president's party that
the chief executive would go to 'some
point on the gulf coast every winter here,
after. He Is delighted with the opnor.
tunities for golf, the balmy bracing air
and even temperatures and the seclusion
which he enjoyed.
Curley Is Elected
.Mayor of Boston
B&STON, Jan. 13. Congressman James
M. Curley was chosen mayor today by
a majority of G,000 votes over Thomas
J. Kenney, president of tho city council
Of a total of 80,000 yotes polled on the
coldest day of the winter, tho vlctourlot'j
candidate received 43,309 and President
Kenney, 37,259.
The congressman's election to a four
year term as mayor Is the latest step In
a continuous political career ' which be
gan as a city councilman In 1900. He is
serving his second term in congress. In
1903 Mr. Curley was convicted by a Jury
In tho federal court of conspiring to
defraud the government by impersonating
another man at a civil service examina
tion. He served two months in the
Charles Street Jail, without Interruption
to his. political fortunes.
Roth Mr. Kenny and Mr. Curley are
democrats in national politics although
they ran with out political designation.
Mutineers Are Given
Heavy Sentences
WILMINGTON, De:.. Jan. 13. Three
.0) ourB anu ei itiuiiiiib iii uiu tcuurui pern
io ' tentlary at Atlanta and 110 fine was the
W j sentence imposed today In the United
p States court on each of the seven men
. . i . i . i. .1 i i
Qj I who wore I'unvii'ieu ibsl wecit on a
charge of mutiny on the bark Manga
Reva shortly after the vessel put out to
na on a voyae from rnlladelphla to
San Franc sco The prisoners are John
J David Read. I p. Williams. Alvln An-
tlerron, Joseph Horsfall, Charles Lyons,
1 John Edlln and William" Joyce.
Decision Reached at Meeting of Cab
inet Council Lasting .Long.
EXULTATION IN WASHINGTON
Blockade of United States Believed
in Fart Responsible.
HIGH EXCHANGE RATE CAUSE
Anterlcnn State Department Offl
elnls Regard Development ns
Direct -Outcome, of AUinln
Istrntlon Policy.
MEXICO CITV. Jan. 13,-Tho Mexican
government will default In tho payment
ot tho semi-annual Interest on the bonds
ot tho Internal and external debts duo
In tho next six months, according to n
decision reached at a cabinet council
w hlch lasted until midnight. Tho decision 1
of tho council was announced by Qucrldo j
Mohenlc, Mexican foreign minister, who
declared ho had been Instructed to notify
all foreign governments of the default.
The Mexican government's announced
intention to default applies to all tho
bonds. Interest falling duo within the
next six months. A heavy payment of
interest on tho foreign debt becomes duo
in April.
Serious Financial Distress.
WASHINGTON, Jon. 13.-Tho falluro ot
tho Moxlcan government to meet Its most
Important financial obligations the In
terest of Its extornal and Internal debt
emphasized to official Washington that
tho Hucrta government really Is In se
rious financial distress. That tho United
States by its policy of blockado in pre
venting the Ilurta government from
negotiating a loan, was In a measure re
sponsible, was the view frequently x ex
pressed In official circles.
Mexicans here, conversant with the af
fairs of the Huerta government, said
that the reason for the default was the
high exchange rate. They said that whllo
the Interest amounted to approximately
7,000,000 pesos ($3,600,000), the rate of ex
change was so high that to convert that
sum Into gold to pay the bond holders
would require virtually 21,000,000 Mexican
pesos. They expect that the rate of ex
change may tlecllno by the time the next
payment is due, and that in the interval I
tho iiuerto. government may got sufficient
funds to meet all accrued Interest
State department officials regarded tho
(Continued on Page Two.),
Corn Enters Largely
Into Manufactures
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. Jan. 13. (Hpeclal.)-A large
manufacturing firm sent to Food Com
missioner Harman a display of fifteen
articles which It manufactures from corn
alone, and Indicates that corn ciits a big
figure In tho industrial world besides the
feeding of cattle and hogs.
With the display they furnish Informa
tion which shows that in one year 60,-
000,000 bushels ot corn Is used in the
production of tho different articles. There
Is used annually 800,000,000 pounds of corn
in tho manufacture ot corn syrup, 000,
000,000 pounds In the manufacture of
starch, 230,000.000 in the manufacture of
sugar, 625,000,000 gluten feed, 75,000,000 in
oil and 90,000,000 pounds In the manufac
ture of oil cake. In the manufacture of
all products there Is used 2,240,000,000
pounds of corn yearly,
Tho company manufactures, according
to the display sent the foolclmmlssloner,
three different varieties ot corn starch,
one o fglucose, one of corn syrup and
one of cane syrup, which is a mixture
of corn and cane, one of com oil, one
of corn oil for painting, four different
kinds of corn sugar, corn oil cake, corn
gluten meal, corn gluten feed and' corn
oil vulcanized.
The display Is attracting a great deal
of attention from all who visit the de
partment. Building Set on Fire;
Fire Truck Disabled
KEARNEY, Neb., Jan. 13.-(Speclal Tel
egram,) At midnight Monday the pcajl
try establishment ot C. A. Bartz was
fired and the building burned to the
groUnd before work on the part of tha
fire department could be of avail. It
Is a certainty tonight that the tire truck,
which contained ten gallons of gas, had
been drained In Its quarters In the city
hall before the building was fired.
The run to the fire was started, but
the truck stopped after going a block,
having no gas. This Is the third Incen
diary fire In the last two months and tho
officers are certain they have the man
spotted who has caused (he trouble. Ar
rests are expected Wednesday, "
CHICAGO NEEDS MORE
WOMEN FOR POLICE WORK
CHICAGO, Jan. 13. Chicago's experi
ment with police women has proven so
successful that Major M. L C. Funk
houser. second deputy superintendent ot
police, today announced that he will ask
tho city council for funds to employ fif
teen more women police.
"The women's bluo coats have done a
wonderful amount of good." said Major
Funkhouser. "The ten wo have on the
force have been assigned to dance halts
and the curbing they have done there has
been conduslve of much good.
"We .need more police women. We want
" .,....,,
inuad. to look out for the obnoxious fliru
rnd mashers who terrorize girls In mov
ing picture tneatera ana in tne down
town section.
I SBcg&izi' yvizr pardon, -y
i hui Aaven't you got Jssjjk ,l SA1XE
SiA Sfae &a& nodes SyKSL 2.O.S.
Drawn for The Bee by Powell.
GENERAL RAIUTRIKE CALL
Walkout Through South Africa Fro
claimed by Trades Body.
MARTIAL LAW IS DECLARED
Hand Miners by Trro-Thlrds Vote
Decide to Lay Dotvji Tool
Trainmen nnd Mechanics
Quit Work.
CAPETOWN, tTnlon of South Africa,
Jiln. 13. A general strike w'asro'claJrried
.tonight .through -South Africa, by the
trades federation here, i Tito calling ot
tho strike was at once followed by the
proclamation, of rnartlal law.
Strike Kxtends tn Docks,
The strike has extended to the docks,
both hero and at Durban, Natal, where
n. number lot trainmen and mechanics quit
wor ktoday.
Miners Vote to Strike.
JOHANNESBURG, Union of South
Africa, Jan. 13. Tho Rand miners by ii
two-thirds majority voted today in favor
of going on strike.
Seventy Per Cent
of Freshmen Frat
Members Fail
CHICAGO, Jan, IS. Seventy per cent of
the freshmen fraternity members In the
collegq of administration at the Uni
versity ot Chicago failed In their studies
during the autumn quarter ot tho school,
according to a report made today by
Dean L. C. Marshall.
More than 30 per cent of the students
In his department who are members of
tho Three-Quarters club, a freshmen
honorary society, also failed. Dean Mar
shall blamed the concentrated "rushing"
py fraternities and the long duration of
the activities ot the freshmen organiza
tion. The National Capital
Tuesday, Jnnnnry III, 1014.
The Senate.
Met at noon.
1rlilnt Wllnnn's nomination of John
iSKelton Wllllami for comptroller of the
I currency and member of the Federal Re-
KfrvR unnrii was rcceivea.
' Debate on the Alaika railroad bill was
resumed, with Beiiator unamDcriain
I speaking for bill.
: For lack of a quorum the Judiciary
Icomm'tUo postponed consideration ot tha
L.en and (ilass senatorial measures.
Philippines committee deferred action
on tho contested nomination of Winifred
T. Denlson for secretary of the Interior
of the Islancs
Considered nominations in executive ses
slon. .
Adjourned at 4;54 p. m. to noon Wednes
day.
The House.
MpI nt nonn.
Mayor Mltchel of New York asked tho
rivers and harbors commltteo to appro
priate money for the Improvement of
New York harbor.
Rules committee meeting called for Sat-iii-iiHv
i cmiBlder concessional Investi
gation of strikes In Michigan and Col-
nruflo. .
Representatives Clayton, Carlln, Webb
nn,i finvii nt the judiciary committee ar
ranged to confer tomorrow with Presi
dent Wilson on the administration's trust
legislation nrocram.
Federal appio.irlatlon of $25,000,000 for
good roads proposed by Representative
Moon of Tennessee
Comrnorco committee arranged for a
hcurlng on railroad safety applIanccM
presented.
limrrsontativp Kcllv. progressive. Penn
Kvlvanla, Introduced R bill to prohibit
employers from inf.ue nclng their employes
at elections.
Fuither commltteo action on the La
Follettc seaman's bill doferrcd until lato
this month.
Ronreeontative Sloon brought In a spe
olal rule to prevent reforrj. clauses in tho
postal approprlat'on it'll Doing ruled out
on points or onier.
Passed the Joint reiolutlon for cominls
slon on plan for national nld to voca
tional education.
Adjourned at i-V p m. to noon Wednesday
Davies Eeviews Laws ;
Taxing Incomes
and Corporations
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. Tax legisla
tion throughout tho United States during
1912 Is reviewed in a final report on taxa
tion 'Of corporations presented to Presi
dent Wilson today by Commissioner
Davies ot tho bureau of corporations,
Ono of the striking features of loBlslatton
reviewed In New York's secured debts
laW of 1911. The AVIseonsIn IneomeMa
law' of 1911 Is considered the most im
portant tax legislation In tho eastern cen
tral and western central states, .
"Other noteworthy features are .tho de
cided trend toward greater centralization
of the administration ot tax laws and
tho classification of property for taxation
purposes," says tho roport. "Wisconsin
1b a leading example of tho one and
Rhodo Island of the othor. Wisconsin, uy
Its lncomo tax law centralized Us admin
istration ot assessments and successfully
reached lntanglblo property without em
ploying the classification method, Rhodo
Island has adopted tho classification
method under Which selected classes are
separated from the general property of
the state, and each related class Is taxed
at a rate which differs from the gen
eral property tax rate.
"Legislation with respect to the estates
of nonresident decedents Is also note
worthy. By reason of the lack of uni
formity of state laws, such estates are
sometimes subject to taxation three,' and
even four times. Massachusetts, how
ever, has recognized the principle- of tax
ing such property but once, namely by
taxing tho real estate only. Personalty
is .not taxed, since such property usually
pnebos In accordanco with the law ot trie
Jurisdiction whero tho decedent Is doml
cited. New York, in addition to taxing
real eBtate, taxes chattels located In New
York, and Wisconsin has passed Inheri
tance .tax legislation looking toward a
ccmpleto physlcnl-sltus basts for taxa
tion."
Talbot and Beghtol
to Meet in Debate
HASTINGS, Neb., Jan. 13.-(Speclal
Telegram.) The nation-wide fight be
tween the Insurgents and standpatters
in tho order of Modern Woodmen of
America will reach a climax on Thurs
day, January 22, when the leaders of tho
warring factions. Head Consul Talbot ot
Lincoln and Dr. J. V. Beghtol of Hast
Ings, chairman of tho national Insurgent
federation, will meet in oint debate at
Beatrice before the Woodmen of that
and other places.
Dr. Beghtol today accepted the Invl
tatlon ot the Beatrice camp which hiv ar
ranged to have Talbot apeak first and
Beghtol last, each to have two hours.
Believing this is the most effcctlvo
means ot bringing th elssues squarely
before the membership Beghtol will un
dertake to arrange similar debates with
Talbot at Lincoln, Omaha, Dra Moines,
Chicago, Springfield, 111., and St. Louis.
Predicts Shoes Will
Be $10 Per Pair
NEW YORK. Jun. 13,-In the opinion of
speakers at the annual convention ot the
National Shoe Retailers' association,
which closes with a banqua tonight, the
retail price of shoes may soon reach $10
a pair.
"Pure shoe laws," already adopted In
twenty-five states, and several measures
of the same nature' now pending in con
gress, were given as the chief causo for
Increasing the price of footwear. Both
the speakers and a majority of the 200
delegates present denounued tho leglsla-
tlon which would cause all shoes not
I made cnt rolv of leutntr to be stumpod
"adulterated."
WILSON TALKSJN MEXICO
Former Ambassador Here for the
Falimpsest Club Dinner.
PRESENT SITUATION IS BAD
Says If Iluertn. Government Fnlls
the United States Would Ilnro
to Denl Kntlrely with
Hanrilt Chieftains.
"ItAliclIuerta government' falls, .chaos
will .result. If nil the civilized coun
tries ifieh demand protection for their
people In Moxl'co, intervention must result
at onco.'" Tifcso wore statements made In
Omaha yesterday by Henry Lane Wil
son, former ambassador to Mexico. "I
want It distinctly understood, too," con
tinued Mr. Wilson, "that I am very much
opposed to Intervention."
Mr. Wilson arrived In the morning on
Invitation of the Palmpsest club to speak
at their dinner In the evening.
"No, I am not going around telling the
United States government what to do
now," said Mr. Wilson. "I made my
recommendations once and I still Insist
that I was right at tho time. If you
havo followed the developments since that
time you will see that I was absolutely
light. Recognition at the time I recom
mended It would havo enabled Hucrta to
restoro order In Mexico, Tho revolution
ists would not have fought flvo minutes
after wo had recognized the Huerta gov
ernment They are spurred on by the
Idea that thoy have sympathy tn tho
United States, , The revolution six months
ago wan Insignificant compared to what
it Is now.
Denl tvltli llnnillts,
"If the Huerta government falls wo
will hnve to deal with bandit chleftans,
tor tho so-called constitutionalist armies
ero nothlg on earth but bands of bandits."
Mr. Wilson holds that the policy of our
administration was all right from a moral
standpoint to start out with, "but," he
continues, "the present position In un
tenable." Mr. Wilson la on a tour speaking where
he is Invited to speak. He says ho is
not making a campaign of any kind, but
that his engagements where he Is Invited
to speak keep him pretty busy.
His resignation as ambassador to Mex
ico was accepted by President Wilson
last July. Ho was succeeded by John
Llnd, who went to Mexico under tho
title, not "ambassador," but of "special
representative" of President Wilson.
Veteran Engineer
Dies at Throttle
of Through Train
SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 13. While driv
ing his locomotive fifty-five miles an
hour yesterday George 8. Perry, engineer
ot the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul's
train the Olympian dropped dead ot heart
disease at' his throttle. Death occurred
soon after Perry had won a race against
a train on a rival road which parallels
the Milwaukee's tracks near Easton, Just
beforo tho roads begin- to allmb the steep
grade up the east slope ot the Cascade
mountains. "
After Perry's train had passed Its rival
and had gone through Easton at full
speed W. A. Holton, the fireman, saw
that the engineer was dead. Holton drove
the train to Laronla on tho west slope
of tho range, where another engineer ran
the train Into Seattle.
Porry was one ot the oldest men in the
employ of the Milwaukee, having been in
JJin cab more than forty years. During
that time he had never figured In a
wreck. He was CI years old yesterday
and his friends had planned a surprise
party for his homecoming. Many of them
did not know of his death until they
wont last night to the railway station to
laccompauy him home to the birthday festivities
City of Sixty Thousand is Almost
Completely Covered.
SAKURA JIMA FOURS OUT LAVA
Mountain is Glowing from Its Base
to Its Summit
DAMAGE WILL BE ENORMOUS
White Hot Hooks Set Fire to Many
Villages nnil Ashes nnd Dust
Are Fall I iik nt Nnsvnsakl,
Ninety Miles Avrny.
TOKIO, Jan. lt-A tidal wavo added IU
terrors to the enrthnttnkca and volcanle
cruptlolna which struck Kngnshlma. In
southern Japan yesterday, according to
official advices today. It is believed her
that tho Kagoshlma district will provo to
bo ono of the most sorlous In tho history
of Japan. Tho loss of life and property
Increased with fuller news from the
scene.
The full extent of the disaster couli? not
be ascertained today ns all communica
tion was cut off from tho stricken district
south of Kumamnto, eWhty or ninety
miles north of Kagoshlma. Tho Navy
department was unablo to obtain a wire
less report from the wnrshlps sent to tho
scene, although many messages were dis
patched to them.
Ashes to tho depth ot six Inches Imvn
fallen in tho seaport ot Mlyacokl, oh tho
east coast of Htushltl.
A postol employe who fled from Kago
shlma states that tho big pontoftlce build
ing there collapsed during tho earth
quakes and tidal wavo and that a great
number of residences wcro mined, whllo
many people nnd animals were killed or
Injured.
Tho Navy and Army departments aro
hastening succor and supplies to Kago
shlma. Thousands Are Dead.
NAGASAKI. Japan, Jan. 1$. Indica
tions today nre that the dealth list from
the earthquake and volcanic disturbances
around Kagoshlma wilt run Into the
thousands. Government authorities de
clared that any official estimate of the
extent ot tho disaster will be Impossible
for several days.
TJio population or tho city of Kago
shlma, which Is ulmijst completely" burled
In volcnnlo al)qand stones -was fiO.W.
nt the .last census. The population nf
the adjoining island of Suktirs, tho Cen
ter of the disturbance, Is given as 15,00).
Oh this Island,, hundreds, are reported to
hnve perished beneath the streams tit
lava' from the volcano of Sakura-JIma
Many moro were undoubtedly drowned
while attempting to escape.
Doctors and hospltnl attendants hn -
been sent to tho scene, but It is difficult
to reach tha spot as rallrOad communica
tion Is Impeded by tho heaps of ashes and
tho tracks havo been dislocated by the
earthquakes.
Tho violence of tho eruption of Sakur
Jltna Is no great that showers of dmt
nre falling here today, nlthough tho
tanco between Nagasaki and the Island ( f
Sakura Is about ninety miles.
Krntitlnu Ntnrts Suddenly.
A refugee who arrived here today from
Kagoshlma gave tho following account
of the disaster'
"The eruptions started suddenly with
columns of thick, black smoke and flumo
from the crater of Sakurn-JIma. Hun
dreds of the Inhabitants of the small
island In tho gulf of Kagoshlma where
Sakura-JImn Is situated rushed to the
beach and leaped on board Junks and
steamers, which carried them across
three miles of water to Kagoshlma,
ashes, stones and particles of white hot
lava all the whllo falling on the decks.
"At Kagoshlma the heat was Intense
The constantly Increasing hall ot glow
ing cinders made It impossible for th"
citizens to remain.
"The horror was Increased by the shak
ing caused by Incessant shocks, ot earth
quake, which rocked the houses all day.
More than 350 shocks wern recorded In
fo re nightfall.
"The people fled In disordered drove-i
along the highway leading west and
north of the city. They had abandoned
everything In their flight nnd soon they
were suffering from lack of food and
drink.
"When I left Kagoshlma tho volcano
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