PAGE SIX FORMAL OPENING Concord’s Newest Jewelry Store Will Open For Business at 41 South Union* Street Saturday Morning, September Bth With a Full Line of High Grade Jewelry, cut Glass, Silverware and China We Will Also Conduct a First Class Optical, Jewelry Repair and Engraving Department. 4 ••’/ ’ . • Starnes - Miller - Parker Company i 41 South Lnion Street - - • BELffi AMERICANS IN TOKIO IE SAFE But in Yokohama Number of Americans Were Killed, In cluding Consulate General and Members of His Family AMERICANS WERE VERY FORTUNATE Only Few Killed and in the Stricken Area There Were Many Thousand.—Most of Missionaries Are Safe. Washington, S**pt. 7. —All Anierjoan* in Toko ar»* beli* v*-d to be vaf**. Ambas '.V 'off *th>- consul) and his wife were killed. A ice < niisul Samuel J. Wardell. aecord ing to th** dispatch is safe, but other mem h**rs of the staff had .not been accounted for. The dispatch added that the naval hos pital at Aokohama collapsed and Com mander Webb'was injured, while some of the staff' were killed. A i«-e t onsul I’aul E. Peuks was report ed to have been killed, the message said, but th«* two children of Consul Kirjas soff. who was kill**d with his wife, are safe and well in Kobe. A report from Consul Erie It. Diekov ot from Kobe says: "Refugees rei>ort tliat the following members of the consul generaL at Yoko hama are safe and well. "Miss Martin'-Mason, and vice Consuls Sturgeon and Wardell" American Commercial Attache Killed. Nagasaki. Sept. :7 (By the Associated Press). —The family of the American commercial attache at Yokohama, E. (J. Babbitt, are all dead. . T do Jordin, the French consul at Yo koliama. also was kill eel in the earth quake. Reformed .Missionaries Safe. New York, Sept. 5. —All of the mis sionaries in Tokio and Yokohama of the Reformed Church in America are safe, according to a cablegram from Kobe re reived today by the board of foreign missions of the eliureh. Washington, Sept (>. —Even before ap peal for fluids had time to gain general circulation the American people today began inuring offerings into the fund for the relief of Japanese earthquake suf ferer-'. Tm* first mail to reach Red' Cro>« headquarters this morning brought a batch of check- in response to the ap peal for SYOOO.OOO for aid of the strick * n people. Scores of contributions were form &500 each and others from So to So.Of HI. The purchasing and relief department of the American Relief administration were taken over’ today by the American Red Cro>- to in-ure expeditious handl ing. Salvation Army to Help. New York. Sept. 7 fßy th** Associat ed Press).—Ken. Brarnwell Booth, of the Salvation Army, today issued a world call f*>r 2.00(i.OOO pounds for Japanese relief. American headquarters received a cablegram inquiring how much the 1 nited Stato could contribute. New York relayed the message to the army station- throughout l the, country. fjeneral Booth sent his call to 7b coun tries. ? Report 10.000 Refugees Killed. Osaka. Sept, 7 tßy the Associated Pr**s-i.—Approximately 10.00 ft refugees tieeing from the ruins of Tokio were burned to death in th** yard of a mili tary clothing factory in the industrial section of Jon jo. Water and provisions arc reported to he -till scarce in Tokio. , Congressman Ackerman Safe. New York. Sept. 7.—Congressman Er nest R. Ackerman, of Plainfield. N. J.. whose whereabouts in Japan were re ported yesterday from Shanghai to bo un known. is safe in Nikko. according to a cablegram received from him today. Einer Taiyo Maru Safe Now. San Francisco. Kept. .7.—The liner Taiyo Maru. reported in distress yester day somewhere off the coast of Japan is safe, according to a message received here this morning'by the Radio Corpora tion of America. 'J he vessel i- **n route from San Fran cisco to Yokohama with 700 pcssanger-. most of them Americans. Ikad in Tokio Estimated at IfiO.fMH) N**w York. Sept. 7.—New official mes sages received today at the offices of the Japanese consul general estimated the casualties in Tokio and vicinity at 160,- 01 mi. with 1.000.000 persons homeless. • Wireless Stations Reopen. San Francisco, Sept 7 (By the Asso ciated Press). —J lie Radio Corporation office here \va,s advised this morning that the Fuuabashi wireless station, ten miles east of Tokio. reopened today and was transmitting and receiving Japanese and American government messages. Italian Ambassador Reported Killed. Rome, Sept. 5 (By the Associated Press).—The Italian Ambassador to Ja pan. (J- de Martino, is reported to 'have perished in the earthquake. Washington, Sept. 4.—A1l members of the American embassy staff at Tokio are safe. I Ambassador YVoods advised the State Department today in the first message received from him since the earthquake that none of the embassy staff was in jured. although all the ernbasy buildings are totally destroyed. TJie ambassador said the food situation is acute, and asked that rations be sent at once from the Philippine Islands. The message was sent from the Iwaki wireless station and was undated. Coincidentally the State Department received a dispatch from American Con sul Davis at Shanghai, saying that Tokio, Yokohama and Yokosuka had been "com pletely wiped out." Casualties among 'foreigners, he said, had been "very num erous." Consul Davis confirmed that Max D. Kirja-soff. American consul at Y'okohatna. and hi- wife ar** dead. Consul Davis' dispatch dated at noon today and based on information received from the Steamship President Jefferson. Sa id : "Y'okohama completely wiped out by earthquake and lire. Tokio and Yoko suka also. -Refugees report Nisyanshiti and Ilakone also destroyed. “Admiral Oriental Line office ruined. Everything lost, all employees -afe. "No not accept traffic for Yokohama but route all ships there to render all possible assistance to give supplies, re turning. Kobe with .770 destitute refu gees. Sailing Kobe, Seattle direct, soon as possible. "hsler (unidentified) last seen at Brand Hotel, whereabouts unknown. Acker man (believed to be Representative Ack erman of New Jersey) unknown. Esting (unidentified) and wife safe aboard. Fires are still binning. "I . S. consul at Yokohama and wife dead." Members of Imperial Family RejHtrted Killed. London. Sept. 7 (By the Associated Press).—The Japanese embassy here re ceived a telephone message today from Princess Kitashirakawa in Paris, saying siie had received information that the dowager Princess Yamashina. Princess Iliroko Kanin, and Prince Moromasa. members of the imperial Amity, are dead in Tokio as a result of the earth quake. Conditions Improve. San Francisco. Sept. 4. Improvement in conditions in Tokio is reported in wireless advices received tonight from Iwaki radio station. 177 miles north of Tokio by the Radio corporation. The water system has been repaired and is furnishing water in all sections of tin capital ; street lighting has been restored in four wards and food supplies have be gun to arrive at nearby points. New Volcano Opens 50 Miles of Tokio. Pekin. Stitt. 4.—A new volcano has broken out in the ( hichibu range, about 70 miles northwest of Tokio. according to advices from Osaka, Kikko. country .-cat of the imperial family, is reported not to b<- seriously damaged. Many for eigners were reported earlier to have been staying at Nikko when last Satur day's quake occurred. San Franciso, Sept. 3. —Every report received from Japan throughout the day either confirmed or increased estimates! of the havoc wrought in death and de struction by the quarduple catastrophe j which has befallen the central eastern j section of the Hondo, largest of the i 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 - and other cities in the vicin- ! it.v. -the disaster was continued by fire which broke out in scores of places, j Jidal waves followed, engulfing and, washing into the sea hundreds of build ings. Then came a typhoon, adding aj THE CONCORD DAILY TRIBUNE final and tragic touch to what is prob ably th** greatest calamity in modern times. Topping all previous estimates of death and ruin Ejiro (Kama. Japanese con sul-general in San Francisco late today received from Shit* hitaro Y ada. Japanese consul-general in Shanghai, a report that KMI.OOO persons were killed and 1.000.- 000 made homeless in the Tokio-Yoko hoino section. Former estimate from various sources had placed tin- casualties a- high as 170.- 000 dead in Tokio alone. One of these came from the Japanese minster of ma rine byway of Osaka. Other reports told of severe casualties both on land and sea. Wilderness of Ruins. A composite of reports depicts Tokio and Yokohama as shattered wildernesses of mortar, bricks and stone where once stood some of the stateliest structures of the empire. Dead and dying are on every hand. Survivors, who cafT grope their Avar about through the fire and smoke and rubbish are leaving the city for places of safety. Those who .-till live are threatened with starvation and many are trying to catch fish from ponds and lakes to tide them over until food arrives. It is estimated that at least 1.000 tons of rice alone is needed to meet the food shortage. The imperial palace which was badly damaged by quake and fire has been tliroAvn open to needy and injured sur vivor*. YY'liat happened at Yokohama can be barely more than surmised. But every repoit, though meagre, confirs the worst fears. YYhile it seems certain most of tin- foreign residential sections escaped, it is estimated 1,400 buildings in the city Avere destroyed. The number of- dead is countless. An officer of the steam ship London Ylaru. reported that bodies were scattered everywhere, on land and in the water, where many sought refuge in ships after the quake. San Francisco. Sept. 3.—A dispatch from Nagasaki last night reporting the of the Fuji spinning mills near Mount Fuji and the death of S.OOO operatives, also stated that a number of I Aolcanoes were rejiorted to hi* active. If Mount Fuji is among the ereupting i volcanoes, it i- the finst time it lias ex- j ploded since- 1707, Wit throughout its] long rest, its deep red hot crater as the j summit lias afforded an ominous sign that it might be aroused to fury at any moment. There arc 200 volcanoes. 70 of which are more *>r loss active in the volcanic ranges in Japan, the Kurile, Fuji and Kirishima. Notable cases of explosions in recent • years after long spells of dormancy in-! clued: Torijima, 1002. killing 127 is-1 landers; Agathsuma. 1903. killing tAvo j geologists: Bandasian, 1888; Sakura jima, 1014. Aslo, a complex volcano with its high-1 est cone toAver 1,600 meters, is perhaps ! the largest A-olcaiio in the world. Its 1 crater extends about 15 miles north and 1 MHrth and 10 miles east and A\*est. Nasu, j Kirishima. Oshima and Aaama, are al- j most perpertually in eruption. , Japan Most Calamity-Ridden Country in' History of Man. Brekley, Calif., Sept. 3. —Frequent dis-1 - tnlistic. according to Dr. Clay MacCau i ley. D. D.. who spent 35 years in Tokio as representative of the American Uni -1 tarian Association and vice president of - the International Press Association of r Japan. “Japan. I believe, has been subjected I to more disasters than perhaps any - other nation," said Dr. MacCauley. - “They have come in the shape of enrth ! quakes, tidal waves, volcanic eruptions. I famines and pestilences. The people have become fatalistic. Their attitude toward these catastrophes is shown by - the popular expression, ‘lt can's be -s helped’."’ 1 1 HO.ooft Dead and Injured and One Mil lion Homeless. San Francisco. Sept. 3. —A cablegram | from Shi-Chiraro Yada. Japanese, consul ' general at Shanghai, to Ujiro Oyama, ‘ Japanese consul-general here, was made public tonight by Mr. Oyama. “About 1.000.ft00 are homeless and ap ; proximately 160.000 are dead and in |j ti red," the message said. *Tn the dis trict of 5 okohama and Hakone great damage and loss of life is reported. “The homeless are being cared for by the Japanese relief office for sufferers.’* Yada’s cablegram was dated Septem ber 2nd. and was sent from Osaka.' . Great Tokio Hotel Built to Withstand I Quakes —In Vain. Chicago. Sept. 3.—The Imperial hotel. • center of wealth and fashion, one of the t principal structures of Tokio, reported . destroyed in the earthquage and fire was designed and built under the direction . of Chicago men, along lines intended to withstand earth disturbance and other elemental forces. The S3.ftfto.ooo structure required three years to build and was designed to Frank Lloyd Wright. Chicago architect, and Paul Mueller. Chicago, construction en gineer. superintended the work. It was said that probably for the first time in the history of engineering the great structure was raised on a crust of earth in such a manner that it was'hoped in | case of an earthquake the building might I slip or move jwith the earth without crushing or wrenching it apart. Two j thousand concrete piles were sunk into j the earth which at 200 to 300 feet below I tin* surface was so plastic as to leave i the earth above merely crust. Mammoth I stones were taken from Japanese quar j ries and moved with great difficulty to i the site. The hotel was said to have been called the Imperial because a large part of the stock in the enterprise was held by mem bers of the royal family. Harbin. Manchuria. Sept. 4. —The loss of life in Tokio is estimated here to be 300.000. : The flames of the blazing capital have j been visible for 200 miles. According to I reports received here the earth shocks are j continuing while a volcano 40 miles from i Tokio is still active. River Filled With Bodies, j Tokio, Sept. 4- (By the Associated , Press). —Innumerable bodies of_ earth quake victims are clogged in the river j Sumida. which flows through Tokio. | Thousands of frenzied men and womr J pu. overcome with excitement and fatuge, j went mad and threw themselves in the ( river when the shocks were occurring, i Thousands of others perished when the j bridge over the Sumida river collapsed, i, I Explosion at Japanese Hot Spring. ij Osaka. Sept. 4 (By the Associated ! Press). —A great explosion has occurred at Owakidini in Hakone. one of the hot springs in Japan, located about fifty miles from Tokio. Think Baptist Missionaries Are Safe. New York. Sept. 4 (By the Associated Press). —All Baptist missionaries in Ja pan are believed to be safe, according to a cablegram received early today by the American Baptist Foreign Mission So ciety from ("has. B. Tenny. secretary of the Baptist Mission. The offices of the Japan Baptist Mis sion are in Tokio. but the telegram was sent from the city of Sengain. The mes sage follows: “Have no reliable information concern ing Tokio and Yokohama, but so far as we know all our own missionaries are safe." Tokio Still in Flames. Shanghai. Sept. 4 (By the Associated Press). —Tokio is still in flames, loss of life there alone at least 150.000 damage at least half a binnion yen (about $250,000,000). These are the latest es timates received this afternoon in a spe cial dispatch by the Eastern News Agency from Osaka. Restoration of telegraphic eommunea tion between Osaka and Tokio brought the capital a zood- of’ delayed messages of condolences from the rulers and ex ecutives of the world powers. Oil Tanks Explore. London. Sept. 4 (By the Associated Press). —A dispatch to the Evening News from Peking say oil tanks exploded in t Yokohama yesterday morning with heavy loss of life. The dispatch said that another bridge on which many foreigners had taken refuge had collapsed. One Standard Oil Co. Employee Killed. New York, Sept. 4 ( By the Associated Press). —Officials of the Standard Oil C°- of New York received a cable early today stating that all their forty Ameri can employees in Tokio and Yokohama with the exception -of one had escaped with their lives from the earthquake. The other was reported missing. The company’s large distributing plant at Kanagawa which uspplied the north ern pa*t of Japan was demolished, as was the office building in Tokio. Vessels Are Safe. Seattle. Wash., Sept. 4. —The passeng er liners Empress of Canada, and Presi dent Jefferson, which came within the radius of the tidal wave zone off the ! coast of Japan are safe, according to!] word by Canadian Pacific Line agency * here. < Rowan [** ople in Japan. * Salisbury, Sep*:. -I.—Sixteen ssai. >hory j and Rowan county people are in Japan and considerable anxiety is felt for sev- < eral of them supposed to be in th*> terri tory affected by the lecent earthquake. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Coit and two j si*ns and Miss Johnsio Coit were due in ( Yokohama August lftth. Capt. Lyman Cotton. T\ S. Navy, ae- 1 cording to the last word received, was 1 due to be in Tokio as a representative of i the United States at the funeral of the i late Japanese Premier. je Rev. Isaac Leroy Chaver and Mrs.. 1 Shaver were thought to be around Hiro- J s shima, the affected section. j v Mrs. Lyman Cotton and one of Iht 4 c Wednesdav, . - icm *" Jtwo children, and ,di-- < -H --were thought to b»* in t ■ considerable distance f ■ - quake. Others from Rmvar include: Rev. and Mrs. 1 . man and child. liefmtn- - located at Yainagata: lh-v A and Rev. John Linn. La! aries. tin* former being and the later in a nearbj < "Washington. Sent. 4.—Th tiou by the American IJ* < ■ - 000.000 campaign for ti:- t Japanese earthquake -'-iff:• *■ nouneed today by K '*• ' treasurer of the organization - ferenee with I‘resid* i.' 1 tary Hoover, and Japan* v- A—- Hanihara. Sweet Potato Syrup i** the Lit-'! I ,H| racy. Washington. Sept. 3 A cooking syrup made fro.. - *■•' is the latest addition t<> t* ! made by the Department *>f A- Through experiment * • , small plant in Georgia over a several years department * .'>••* able to produce a syrup v\ tu bas possibilities not onh *■ ■” cooking purpose-, hut a.-** candies such-as taffie**. ki"*- mels. The rather data. * preclude its use in genera ** - it would be valuable in - ucts as ginger simps and <'**" The cost of product!": in the small plant a-*- '• •meut it- HI cents a g Jl ■' ment chemists b*-!i*‘V*‘ ' ••= be lowered by quantity P r ‘ Miniature Soutliern Train "'l*'"' * trie Signals. Cincinnati. Ohio. S*-pt. •*•— . the Cincinnati Fall I U! trial hav- 1- ested by the exhihr '>■ Railway System, <•* :*- - - tore passenger tram. Southern tliains are pr**'* ally operated automat The exhibit show- • tion on an oval traeic. e- era tion of signal gree of safety lot ! - forded by this system- — ■ T niurrl* 5 One-Fifth of Presbyterian Have No I’a-tof' St. Loilis. Sept. 4,-r fifth of the 324 I n ’"M. Churches in tin- 1 * . out pastors, accord:: - ; . piled at the Nenm I here. . . es While there ar ''. v ' jfft : - r denomination in tl»i> r ..f es are without pa-tor- ’ ‘ H -* large number of elerg> •>* - v j r ies. school and home ini" ’ * , alj{ j age n work of denominational boar cies, it wa* explained.