The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-05

.ployes of the company in nearby small towns had not been heard from E Other Americans whose fate was reported unknown at New York of- fices of firms they represent, include:
 Andrew Pattock of Chappaqua, N. r.. far eastern representative of the General Motor Export corporation, with headquarters in Tokio; two em- ployes of the United States Steel cor poration at Tokio, 40 employees and families of employees of the Singer Manufacturing company in Tokio and Yokohama, 20 employees of the Texas oil company
 The American Trading company has 25 or 35 employees in Tokio and Yoko- hama. Six of these were accounted for as safe in a cable received here. The fate of the others Is unknown.
 w. L. Farnham, Tokio representa- tive of the National City company, had not been heard from.
 The National Council of the Episco- pal church announced that lat least $2,000,000 worth of property repre- senting the major part of the Episco- pal church establishments in Tokio, apparently have been destroyed On the face of the news dispatches so far received the entire plant of the Epis- copal church in Tokio has been wiped out of existence"
 Missionaries In Area.
 Episcopal missionaries in Tokio dis trict for whose safety fear was ex- pressed, included Rev. John McKim and family, Sterling, H.; Miss L. H. Boyd, Boydton, Va; Miss Gladys " Cray Chicago, Ill.,; Miss Irene Mann, Stauntcn, Va; Deaconess E. G. New bold, Lancaster, Pa; Miss Gladys c. Spencer, Wellsboro, Pa; Miss Gladys D. Fauntleroy, Alta Vista, Va; Miss Dorothy little, Chicago; Miss Edna B. Murray, Ross, Cak. Miss Bessy E. Curtis Wells. Minn. Miss Ruth Burnside, Rev. R. Andrews, Rev. N. U. Binstead, Washington, D. C., Rev. c. s. Reifsneider, l.. H. D.. Toledo, O.; Rev. l.. J. Bourdin, Leesburg, Va.
 The fate of thirteen American em- ployes of the International Banking corporation at Tokio and Yokohama is unknown. The corporation received cable from its representative at Kobe saying that E. B. Clark, the Kobe representatives was on his way to Yokohama to report.
 Three United States Steel corpora tion ships are in Japanese waters. One. of them has been beached in a badly damaged condition at Yoko- hama, the head office of the corpora tion learned today. No word has been received from the corporations rep resentative at Tokio.
 Prof. Henry Fairfield Osborn, presi- dent of the American Museum of Nat ural history in this city, and Mrs. Osborne were passengers on the President Madison, which reached Yokohama the day before the quake. Since 90 per cent of passengers to Japan disembark at Yokohama to tour overland 1t is presumed they were in the strlken district.
 Marine MoguI Saved.
 Nippon Yusen Kaisha. a Japanese steamship company, with millions in- vested in the Orient, reported having received only two messages from their offices In Kobe, the first an nouncing that Thet Y ItC, president of the company and well known on the Pacific coast, had been saved with Nagatomi, a director.
 The second message said; Wit nesses report Yokohama offices col lapsed Those who escaped on light CTS were lost in a typhoon, 1t is be- heved. Fate of the head office is still unknown. Then follows a list of six Japanese of the Tokio office known to have escaped harm. Of the many freight and passenger ships the company operates in the Orient, none has reported since the quake. Several of the vessels are believd to to have been In the port of Yoko- hama at the time.
 The Japanese relief fund, started today by the Red Cross and a group of Wall street organizations, was headed with a check for $50,000 from J. F. Morgan & Go. Early contribu- tors included the National City bank, the International Banking corpora tion, and the National City company, who jointly gave $5oo00, and Kuhn. Loeb & Co.,, $25.0o0. There were other checks for $1o,ooo, which started the fund toward the million Q r way.
 Hundreds of Japanese wealthy bus mess men arranged a meeting at the Nippon club, with their New York consul, to begin the collection of funds.
 The New York Stock Exchange. and the board of managers of the Silk Association of America, announced meetings tomorrow to decide on re- lief measures the organization would take. The New York Cotton Ex- change will hold a similar session Thursday.
 Wall street expects the Japanese government to seek temporary fi- nancing in the London and New York markets as a result of the quake, but so far no requests for financial assistance have been received. Ar porary nature, will take some time and no definite action is expected here until the exten of the disaster and the needs Cf the country are more carefully determined.
 Theatres of the Motion Picture Pro ducers and Distributors of America. rallying to an appeal made by Will H. Hays, displayed the text of Pres ident Coolidge's proclamation urging Americans to aid Japan in her hour of need.
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