HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1923-9-13, Page 2FOREIGN RESIDENTS IN TOKIO
ESCAPED, 30,000 NATIVE LIVES LOST
Yokohama Suffered Much More Severely Than Capital City
But Total of Casualties is Still Uncertain -Seventy
Foreigners Killed in Yokohama.
A despatch from London says: -j The destruction in Tokio extends
The appalling nature of the Japanese over two-thirds of the meta aepplitan
earthquake, fire and tid:,el wave, with district of foreign wards, with the
the greatest loss of life and property low-lying districts completely wiped
of any similar catastrophe in. modern out. These include the slums of Fake
times, continues to be told by meagre; gawa, the industrial section of Honjo,
and unconnected press despatches and; both on the right bank of the Sumida
private messages from foreign resi-t River, Asakusa, famous for its amuse -
dents and tourists who survived the ; meat parks, Kyobashi and Nibonbashi,
holocaust. But Europe still awaits which include most of modern Tokio,
the graphic story of how the earth, where four or five -storey buildings
shook to pieces and then consumed in lined the principal thoroughfare, the
' ca ital and scores of Ginza. This section also includes Tsu-
WHERE 'ITALY COMMITTED AN ACT OF WAR
Corfu, a Greek -island off Albania., has been bombarded and seized by,
Italian war ships with ten minutes? warning to the population. Half of the
60,000 population am Armenian and Greek refugees; from Turkey. Italy's
flames aapans p
towns
around Tokio Bay, including, kiji, in which, before Japan was com-• precipitate action appears to be part of a plan to close the Adriatic sea, mak-
e
th great commercial port of Yoko -1 pletely opened to the western nations, hig it virtually an Italian lake. Janina, where the Italian mission was mux-
hama 1 foreigners were compelled to reside.
tiered, is shown on the map.
The loss of life is estimated at such! It has recently been occupied princ-
varying figures, in some cases run-! pally by missionaries, their schools STRi E nF 1 ro min C AL ��.
ning into hundreds of thousands, that: and hospitals.. During the summer ��`
f the Tsuk..., residents are out i
any certainty of the casualty .
possible while communications with of mosts iin- of
city, but the loss of property
the devastated districts remain as has been heavy.
they are. In other sections of Tokio-Asabu,
On the whole, the news received on Shiba, Akasaka, Yotsuya and Ushigon
•
Domiia MNewsin .Brief
Lytton, B.C.-A promising gold
strike is reported from Kanaka, back
of here. It is the head of Kwonek.
Creek, sixty-eight hundred feet ele-
vation, and gives value of thirty dol-
lars gold and\ thirty to fifty dollars
arsenic.
Medicine Hat, 'Alta. -Four mills at
this point report continued activity in.
the foreign market far Canadian flour.
The Lake of the . Wooda Milling Co_
have received an order for 43 tons
of flour for China, while the Hedley
Shaw mill has received an order for
25 tons from the same source. The
Maple Leaf Milling Co. have booked'
space for 1,050 tons for export to
China during August, September, Oc-
tober and November.
Winnipeg, Man. -Furs to the value
of $250,000,. 90 per cent, of which went
to New York, London and Paris buy-
ers, were sold at the 'opening of the
fur auction sale here, Beaver, silver
fox and bear was in keen demand,
beaver advancing "2'0 per cent., silver
fox 30 per cent., and bear 10 per cent.
Sudbury, Ont. - A new industry is
miles of timber have been acquired by
the Continental Wood Products Co,,'
Ltd,, who will erect a kraft pulp mill
at Alsace, "at a minimum cost of,
$1,500,000.
Quebec, Que.-The Department of
Lands and Forests is engaged on a
scheme for the establishment of bur-
eaux of forest' research in various
parts of the province. The schools
will serve somewhat the same func-
tions as the demonstration farms,
with the exception that their activities`
will be confined to frees only, A sum
of $25,000 has been set aside by the
-Government for the furtherance of
the scheme.
Fredericton, N.B.-The 30,000 lbs.
of wool graded recently ;for -tithe New
Brunswick Sheep, Breeders' Associa-
tion, under the .co-operative grading
and marketing scheme, has now been
sold. The largest consignment will be
shipped to Hespeler, Ont., consisting
of 20,000 lbs. The remainder will be
shipped to Albany, New York. It is
understood that the price received for
the wool will be in advance of the av-
erage of 22 cents per lb. reached last
season.
WORKERS COMES TO ]� N END to be established in the• Sudbury and
d'� Algoma districts, where 1,046 square.
Thursday is of a more hopeful nature here the foreigners live in more A despatch from Harrisburg
than any since the disaster, one auth-j worr less isolated foreign compounds,' says :-Governor Pinchot's labors to
oritative message from a British i consisting of a few western style; bring about peace in the anthracite
naval official at Yokohama placingthe miners' strike were rewarded on Fri-
houses built on small hills, the damage day evening, when officials of ;the
deaths of foreigners in that port at was by fire, which, on account of the Miners' Union accepted his peace pro -
seventy and stating that all the for -I number of open spaces, could be con-posMiner. The strike of 158,000 workers,
signers in Tokio escaped. Even this; trolled. The foreign embassies and'
number of dead, which is small aslegal centres were widely scatteie
compared with first reports, is more throughout the higher districts of
mous for a foreign colony of a few Tokio, and a number of them, includ-
thousands and indicates that the loss.` ing the United States Embassy, have
of life among the native population! been destroyed.
may reach the highest reported! A later despatch from London
figures, says: -With communication between
The only official estimate is based, the devastated earthquake districts of
on Home. Office information from Tokio and the Southern Japanese
Tokio that the loss of life there wast ports of Kobe and Osaka partially
80,000, but Yokohama is known to{ restored by airplanes and road trans
have suffered much more severely than± port along the Takaido route and with
the capital city, and the Home Office; the pick of Japan's well-trained army
figures do not attempt to take into; divisions, which have been converging
consideration the one hundred miles' on the ruined capital since Sunday,
of coast -line towns and villages, all exerting discipline to restore order
in the path of the tidal wave. among the hundreds of thousands of
All available information shows homeless, news from Japan begins to
give some definite idea of the loss of
foreign life. There are approximate-
ly 100 dead or reported missing, half
of whom are British, but the Japanese
Government representatives here are
still uninformed as to the number of
Japanese who perished through the
earthquake, fire and deluge. It is
certain, however, that the death list
will not exceed 50,000, if it reaches
that figure.
that Tokio and Yokohama were not
totally destroyed, the foreign residen-
tial district of the port city, which is
on a high bluff overlooking the bay,
suffering comparatively little damage,
while the residential suburban dis-
tricts of Tokio also escaped. This
would account for the few deaths am-
ong the foreigners there, for on Sat-
urday afternoon few would have been
in their office.
LEAGUE OF NATIONS SUCCEEDS IN
SETTLING ITALO-GREEK DISAGREEMENT
A despatch from Geneva says: -
There was an air of relief in Geneva
Friday evening at the news from
Paris that the Ambassadors have ac-
cepted the "unofficial" suggestions of was refusing to recognize even their
the League Council for a settlement of competence to deal with such a pri-
the Italo-Greek dispute, which the vete affair of Italy's.
Italian representative on the Council, Almost all are glad that so early
and M. Hanota, for France, Thursday in its career the League has been
evening prevented from being made spared the ordeal of such an open
official. Signor Salandra formally re- split with one of its original members
fused to accept them, on the ground of as would have happened if everybody
the incompetence of the Council to had not been awake to the danger of
make them. Hanota wanted to have the situation, and they are glad that
them referred to his Government be- time will be given for an academic
fore he would accept them. His Gov- discussion of the League's competence,
ernment and the Government of Italy,
in the persons of their representatives
on. the Ambassadors' Conference, have
now accepted them. Poincare will act
on the suggestions of the League with-
out having openly to admit that the ON 'WRANGEL. ISLAND
League had anything to do with a set-
tlement, and Mussolini will accept the
terms of the League handed on by the
Ambassadors without having to ad-
mit that they are League terms.
And so everything is likely to be
settled and the ground cleared of the
actual ease in question when the ques-
which began September 1, is virtually
at an end.
The miners dropped their demand
for the check -off and more than a 10
per cent, increase for day..lallorers.
Joint negotiations for a new contract
began at '7 o'clock Friday evening at
the State House. . As soon as the con-
tract is ready it will be presented for
formal ratification to a tri -district
convention of union delegates at
Scranton or Wilkes-Barre. Ratifica-
tion is expected. The formal order
calling off the strike will then be is-
sued. No predictions could be made
at present as to when the men would
return to work, but it is believed here
that coal -digging will be resumed in
about 10 days.
portant, who argue that without tine
League the Ambassadors would never
have been able to impose such terms
on Mussolini, who only a week ago
which otherwise would have been far
too burning a matter for so young an
organization.
HOW FOUR PERISHED
"There is no point . of dispute re- The week's Markets
maining between the two sides which W
is in any way likely to justify a con-
tinuation of the strike," said Governor TORONTO.
Pinchot, inmaking the formal an-
nouncement that the miners had fol-
lowed the operators in accepting his
peace plan.
John L. Lewis, President of the Un-
ited Mine Workers,said that Governor
Pinchot was entitled to the praise of
the American people "for the present
happy termination of an unfortunate
situation."
Acceptance of the Pinchot proposal
was unanimous by the Sub -scale Com-
mittee and the Full Scale Committee
of the miner's meeting Friday. The
former consists of Mr.. Lewis, Inter-
national President; 'Vice -President
Philip Murray, and District Presi-
dents Thos. C. Kennedy, C. J. Gorden
and Rinaldo Cappelini,
The Full Scale Committee is com-
posed of 30 officers of local unions.
she left him in the sleeping bag and
put up another tent fifty feet away.
Last December, Ada saide Knight
and two other men started for the
mainland, but through some mistake
landed near Perald Island, and after
two .weeks returned to Wrangel.
Knight was too ill to travel. Craw-
ford, Maurer and Galls started for
Siberia, taking dog feed for seventeen
days and very little other provisions.
Ada said they, too, took a wrong di-
rection, moving to the southeast as
they passed forever from her vision.
Britain Warns Soviet Not
to Interfere With Wrangel
A despatch from Moscow says: -In
reply to the note sent by Foreign Min-
ister Tchitcherin to Great Britain pro-
testing against the raising of the
British flag on Wrangel Island by an
expedition of Vilhjalmur Stefansson,
the explorer, Great Britain has in
"formed Russia that the expedition was
a private affair, organized by Stefans-
son, and that it does not touch the
question of Russia's sovereign rights
over the island. However, any attempt
by Russia to hamper the work of the
expedition would be viewed by Great
Britain with utmost gravity, the note
says. In a eeeply to Great Britain, M.
Tchitcherin accepts the explanation.
He declares, however, that co-ordina-
tion between the countries concerned
must exist when the sovereign rights
of one State are at issue.
Eskimo Woman Sole Survivor
of Expedition Headed by
Allan Crawford, Toronto.
A despatch from Nome, Alaska,
says :-An Eskimo woman, sole ear -
tion comes up for settlement, by the vivor of the Crawford expedition,
Council and by the League, of its which left here for Wrangel Island,
competence to deal with such a situa- off the northern coast, of Siberia, in
tion as that which so disturbed its the fall of 1921, described the fate of
tranquility all 'this week. the four white men composing the ex -
All but the most ardent supporters`, pedition. The trip was arranged by
of League prestige appear satisfied Vilhjalmur Stefansson, with the prin-
with this arrangement. There are cipal object of raising the British flag
some, of course, who fear that the ` over the island, which had been claim -
Ambassadors will have all the credit ed by the Soviet government.
and the League none. There are others' Three of the party -Allan Craw-
though. and they are not the least im- ford, of Toronto, leader; Frederick
Maurer, New Philadelphia, Ohio, and
Milton Galle, New Brunfels, Tex. --
perished the second winter;. the Eski-
mo woman, named Ada, said. They
went out on the ice seeking the Main-
land and never returned.
The remaining man, Lorne E.
Knight, McMinnville, Ore., died of
scurvy June 20; 1923, and 'his body
was brought back by the relief expe-
dition, headed by Captain Harold
Noice, which left. here August 3. Cap-
tain Noice said his power. schooner,
the Donaldson, had little trouble
reaching the island.
The first evidence ` of the missing
party found by Captain Noice's expe-
dition was a bottle in a deserted camp,
containing the names of . the party
with the declaration that they claimed
Wrangel Island in 'the name of King.
George of Great Britain.
Ada fainted when she saw the men
of the Noice party approaching and
the Donaldson near by. On recovery
she told the tale of the disaster.. Di-
rected by Ada, Noice found Knight
dead in his sleeping bag. Ada said
she had done all the hunting and had
cared for Knight for two months be-
fore his death and that after lie died
-Dr. Gustav Stresemann
Chancellor of Germany, under whose
lead Germany is apparently relenting
in her former attitude toward the
French occupation, and may eventually
take up the responsibility of meeting
her debts.'
Tchitcherin's note to Great Britain
said Wrangel Island had been incor-
porated into Russia's territory in
1821-24, that Russia had built light-
houses and other works there, and in
1915 formally ,notified all allied and
neutral Governments that the island
was an integral part of Russian terri-
tory. The note added that the Soviet
Government regarded- the raising of
the British flag there as a violation. of
Russian sovereign rights.
Manitoba wheat' -No. 1 Northern,
$1.27%.
Manitoba barley -Nominal.
All the above, track, bayorts.
Am. corn -No. 2 yellow, $1.08.
Barley -Nominal.
Buckwheat --No. 2, nominal.
Rye -No. 2, nominal.
Peas -No. ,2, nominal. .
Millfeed-Del., Montreal freights,
bags included: Bran, per ton, $28;
shorts, per ton,,$31; middlings, $87;
good feed flour, $2.10.
Ontario wheat -No. 2 white, nom-
inal.
Ontario No. 2 white oats -Nominal,
Ontario corn -Nominal.
Ontario flour -Ninety per cent, pat,
in jute bags, Montreal, prompt ship-
ment, $4.60 to $4.70; Toronto basis,
$4.50 to $4.60; bulk seaboard. $4.50.
Manitoba flour -let pats., in cotton
sacks, $6.90 per bbl.; 2nd pats., $6,40.
Chief of Greek People
Premier Col. Gonatas, whoop reply
to Premier Mussolini in reference to
the demands of Italy for reparations
and apologies over the murder of the
Italian Mission in Albania, includes ac-
ceptance"ef four of the seven articles.
The other three are infringements of
Greek sovereignity, he declares.
League Accepts Erin's._.
Application for Admission
Cheese -New, large, 24% to 25c;
twins, 25 to 26c; triplets, 26 to 27c;
Stiltons, 26 to 27c; Old, Stiltons, 33c; Welcoming New Canadians
twins, 331/2 to 34c. New Zealand old Miss Tremaine, on' the staff of the
cheese, 31 to 32c. Immigration Department at Quebec,
Butter -Finest creamery prints,' 38 caught by a photographer on duty at
to 40e; ordinary creamery, 36 to. 37c;
No. 2, 34 to 35e. that port. Sister Tremaine is the dis-
Eggs-Extras in cartons, 42 to 43c; tinguished Canadian who nursed King
extras, 40 to 41e; firsts, 36 to 37e; George at Buckingham Palace after
seconds, 28 to. 29e. his accident in France during the war.
Live poultry -Spring chickens, 3
lbs. and over, 36c; chickens, 2 to 3
lbs., 30e; hens, over 5 lbs., 24c; do,.
4 to 5 lbs., 22c; do, 3 to 4 lbs., 17c;
roosters, 15e; ducklings, over 5 lbs.,
22c; turkeys, young, 10 lbs. and up,
25c.
Dressed poultry -Spring chickens, 3
lbs. and over, 38c; chickens, 2 to 3
lbs., 35c; hens, over 5 lbs., 30e; do, 4
to 5 lbs., 280; do, 8 to 4 lbs., 20c; roost-'
ers, 18c; ducklings, over 5 lbs., 28c;
do, 4 to 5 lbs., 25c; turkeys, young, 10
lbs. and up, 30c.
Beans -Canadian, hand-picked, lb.,'
7c; primes, 6%c.
Maple products -Syrup, per imp,
gal., $2.50; per 5 -gal. tin, $2.40 per
gal.; maple sugar, lb., 25c.
Honey -60 -lb. tins, 11 to ,12c per
lb.; 10 -lb. tins, 11 to 12c;- 5 -lb. tins,
12 to 13c; 2% -lb. tins, 12 to 14e; comb
honey, per dozen, $8.75 to $4; No. 2,
$3.25 to $3.50.
Smoked meats -Hams, med., 27 to
29c; cooked hams, 43 to 46c; smoked
rolls, 22 to 24c; cottage rolls, 23 to
26c; breakfast bacon, 30 to 34c; spe-
cial brand breakfast bacon, 34 to 38e;
backs, boneless, 32 to 38c.
Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 50
to 70 lbs., $18; 70 to 90 lbs., $17,50;
90 lbs. and up, $16.50; lightweight
rolls, in barrels, $36; heavyweight
rolls, $33.
Lard -Pure tierces. 16 to 161/4c;
tubs, 16% to 17c; pails, 17 to 17%c;
prints, 18%e. Shortening, tierces, 14
to 14%c; tubs, 14% to 14%c; pails,
14% to 15%c; prints, 17 to 1'7%c.
Heavy steers, :Boise, $8 to $8.50;
heavy steers, good, $7 to $8; butcher
steers, choice, $6.50 to $7; do, good,
$6 to $6.50; do, med., $5.50 to $6.60;
do, corn., $4 to $5; baby beeves, $8.5.0
to $9.50; cows, fat choice, $4 to $4.75;
do, med., $3 to $3.75; do, canners and
cutters, $1.25 to $2; bulls, butcher,
good, $4 to $4.50; feeding steers,
good, $5.50 to $6.25; stockers, $4 to
$5; bulls, butcher, $4 to $4.50; calves,
A despatch from Geneva says: -
The only work done by the League of
Nations on Friday was by committees.
As foreseen, the committee to examine
the claims of applicant powers accept-
ed the demand of the Irish Free State
for admission, and rejected that of
Abyssinia, on the ground that that
independent African ldngdom was not
free from the stain of slave traffic,
Which no League member should allow
to blotch his escutcheon..
Starting life in a workhouse, a girl
has just taken her B.A. degree at Bir-
mingham University.
choice, $10 to $10.75; do, med., $8 to
$10; do, corn., $4 to $8; much cows,
$60 to $100; springers, $80 to $110;
sheep, choice, $6; do, heavy, $3 to $5;
do, yearlings, $8 to $9; lambs, ewes
and wethers, $12 to $12.25; bucks,
$10.50 to $10.75; commons, $8 to $9;
hogs, fiat rates, $10.85.
Quotations, fed and water. basis:
Select bacon, $11.40 to $11.90; thick
smooths, $10.35 to $10.85; lights,
$7.40; heavies, $9.40; sows, $6.90.
MONTREAL.
Corn Am. No. 2 yellow, $1.04 to
$1.05. bats, Can. West. No. 2, 57% to
58e; do, Can. West. No, 3, 66 to 56%c;
do, extra'No. 1 feed, 55 to 55%e; do,
No. 2 local white, 54 to 54%e. Flour,
Man. spring wheat pats., lets, $6.90;
do, 2nds, $6.40; do, strong bakers,
$6.20; .do, Winter pats., choice, $5.76,
to $5.85. Rolledoats, bag 90 lbs.,
$3.25. Bran, $28.25. Shorts, $31.26.
Hay, No. 2, per ton, car lots, $15.
Cheese, finest easterns, nee to
23%c. Butter, choicest creamery,
35%c. Eggs, selected, 40c.
Coin. dairy cows, $2 to $3.50; corn.
bulls, $2 to $2.50; good veal calves,'
$8; med. sucker calves, $6 to $7;
grassers, $8 to $8.50; ungraded. hogs,
$10.50 to $10.80.
Penny Postage Being Re-
introduced in New Zealand.
A despatch from Wellington, New
Zealand, says :-Penny postage is be-
ing reintroduced in this country, be-
ginning on October 1. The first tem-
porary loss of revenue as a result of
the various postal reductions is esti-,
mated to £252,000 a year.
The Government decided about three
months ago to reduce the postage to
the old rate of a penny.
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THE STRICKEN KINGDOM
Tokio, tie capital, and Yokohama, the great port and commercial city, both destroyed, -are shown on the map. as-wellas Nagoya; Saskab, Osaka
and many'others:of the Japanese cities mentioned in the news despatches as stricken, The loss of life has been a ppaliing, firs and flood adding to the
horror qt` earthquake.