The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-05-02
Failure of Diet to Provide for
Proposed Extraordinary Elk
penditure Does not Delay
Preparations for Competi-
ton.
SERIOUS FAMINE IN
NORTH OF EMPIRE
The Disastrous Earthquake of
March Adds to Already Aw-
full Conditions and Govern.
ment Is Called on for Help,

full Conditions and Govern
ment Is Called on for Help.
Toxic. May 2-Notwithstanding
the failure of the Japanese Diet 60
agree upon the budget. which was the
immediate cause of the fall OF the
Yamnmoto cabinet, the government
Will advance funds f'r the subsidy oi
q ~tri-wcckly steamship service throu1h
the Pauamu canal to NcN YORK. feel
inr sure that tho next session ~ th"
Diet will ratify the action.
Latest plans provide that The new
line shall start from Yokohama and
proceed To- New York via seattle
Panama and colon ON the return
trip the steamers Will touch New or
leans. Panama and seattle The OF
iplnal idea 60 make Boston the term
linus has been abandoned for the pres
ent. Arrived at Yokohama. the steam-
crs viii continue On to Hongkong VIA
Kobe. Mol and shanghai ON the
way back 90 Yokohama they Will call
at Mnila ard Kobe. japan considers
the Chinese and Philippine conaea-
tions necessary TO make the venture
profitable.
The Nippon Yuscn Kaisha. which
probably will receive % subsidy 90
about SSDU.O annually, viii place
nine l0.OOO-tou steamers in tho Pam
anna service. The government has So
lected seattle as the Pacific port oi
call because it finds coal cheaper
there than at Honolulu. and some port
iS considered necessary ON the voyage
of 1850 miles from Yokohama o.
Panama. Tn, voyage from Yokohama
to New York. .Ia the Suoz canal, takes
over so days. but the Panama route
will require but a. days
The plight 81 poor Japanese Ia the
north who have been suffering from
famine has been increased by h dis
astruus earthquake Of March which
caused great devastation in q zone OF
about 20 miles square around Aki'a
ON the island Of Houdo. Tn" city OF
Akita was damaged only slightly but
in the country nine towns n forty
one villages were seriously damage,
some villages being entirely ann!hil-
.Rtcd. About LOCO houses were COM
pletely destroyed and about roo per
sons were killed. according 20 the lat
est reports.
The earthquake came az dawn The
motion was horizontal az fret, bat ate
ter twenty seconds turned into a vio-
lent perpendicular movement greatly
inoreus.uL ln velocity until 10 broke
the seismographs. The upward move
m,ut. which is particularly feared boz
Jautu. caused hundreds of houses Co
Doliaps, and scores OF people wcI"
crushed Co death. having no time Co
escape. The amrieht,d people who
succeeded zoo getting out, rushed to the
railroad iu AN attempt 90 escape from
the earthquake belt, bat found the
rails blocked with stones and earth.
Dangerous holes and trenches W'r.
opened in the streets from which rose
20 cloud Of dust and debris.
Several thrilling talos were told h'
survivors. At Yokohama the house
Of u wealthy resident caught ur, aua
the family OF seventeen people 1r well
as TWO visitors were brrncd alive, Tn"
two stored house OF Sautaro Saitn 1t
Aruhumura was RACED t0 the Hruuna.
His family 90 i've. uiEi thr', Others
were asleep on the first oor with -four
guests upstairs When the building
was falling The men upstairs munlr-
ed g. crawl from tho debris and bee
gan To- search for those below Flt
were taken ont injured, but three
I others. including the master oi the
house. his son and servant were ,nuu q
dead.
Faithful 90 tho memory Of the en-
peror. one of the first acts ul Ga
mayor OF KowlkubI which was wipeD
out by the disaster was tu rush Co
th. hIli top and reroNcr the imperll|
nag floating ou "a shrine that had been
dedicated 10 the late emperor Mu'-
suhito.
4 Japanese reporter who made
trip through the devastated distrl q
I found misery and pathos some vice
Tins had erected huts in the roadway
where the mud was knee deep "a"
| found the village OF KowuIluhi loo 1'-
sulute darkness except where 70 few
"strageliug lights feeuly showed 1
scene OF destruction NUt one of th
one hundred and FORTY houses remain
cd Intact. q score OF people had been
instantly killed and eighty were NOR.
or less severely injured. The posi-.
master had gone mad from seeing tu,
violent death of his N.tc.
a Few days after the earthquake ih'
long extinct volcano on Mount ChI.
, kai suddenly became aeiiE' tn,
mountain which is near tu eoy,st and
I ~otorlooks the sea of Japan b. known
as the Full of Aklta lts summit .-
covered with nov even boz mid-sum.
mer. A great mass Of smoke and
Gre suddenly burst from the south.
west crater and scared netNeEwlrd
Chick Feed. " have the best r,ci
sold. u will make strong, health,
fowls. There T. a difference in "a,
quality al Feed for bahS chicks. rrl