The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-03
PRINCE REGENT IS
REPORTED MISSING
FOLLOWING QUAKE
Premier YamamOto Attacked
by ASSaSSinS and Is Be-
Iieved in Hiding,

By United Press
PEKIN, Sept. 3.-Japan's prince re-
gent is variously reported to have
been saved and to be missing, in of
fetal messages carrying latest details
of the disasters at Toxic and .Yoko
hama Saturday.
Premier Yamamato is declared in an
intercepted message to have been at.
tackled by assassins on the day of the
earthquake. Despite this. new cabi-
net was formed, while buildings were
afire all about the premier and his ad
visers.
Martial law has been proclaimed in
Toxic. The city is without food and
thousands Of the refugees are threat
ened with starvation. The water fam
inc IS also causing much suffering.
Hundreds Of the victims are without
clothing.
The foreign legations are still with,
cut news Of the fate OF European and
American legations at Toxic and eight
American destroyers have been sent
to Japan to carry medical relief and
establish a chain Of wireless com
munication with the stricken cities.
Following telegraphic communica-
ton with the American legation, Ad-
miral Anderson sent the American
destroyers Stewart, Tracy. Smith. Ep-
som, Barkers. Whipple. Borr1e and
John ID. Edwards to Toxic.
s The vessels. after landing relief sup
plies. will take up positions from
which they. can relay messages to
Pekin. CoHsiderabfe anxiety IS 1ex-
pressed for the fate Of many foreign
ers known to have been in yokohama
ard Toxic. the Japanese cities which
suffered most severely in earth shock
of Saturday. Partial airplane and
wireless communication with Toxic
has ben established by other japanese
cities.
Dead Piled in Heaps
A wireless message from the Japan
ese steamer Korea Maru in the har-
Dor of Yokohama said that the dead
numbered hundreds of thousands, and
were piled in heaps" Yokohama, the
message said, is destroyed. A tidal
wave followed the quake and then the
portions Of the city which remained
intact were burned. Thousands of
wounded. held helpless under the ruins
died in the flames.
Fire was spreading through Toxic
at the same time. After the tremblers
flames appeared in numerous places
at almost the same instant. The hor-
ror Of the Toxic holocaust was in
creased by destruction of bridges
across the Toxic canals This result
ed in thousands of refugees being
trapped in the burning area where
they perished.
Henry Fairfield Osborne, New York
scientist, was in Japan at the time
of the disaster and he has not been
heard from although he was due to
arrive in Pekin two days ago.
All the newspaper offices, with the
exception of that occupied by the
Toxic Nichi Nichi. burned.
Island Sinks
An intercepted message says the en-.
tire island Of Enoshima, off the Japa
nese coast, sank into the sea during
the earthquakes.
Plundering and looting is reported
everywhere in the devastated areas
around Toxic and Yokohama, and po
lice, who are busy rescuing wounded
from the ruined buildings, have nc
time to protect property. The famous
Yoshiwara district of Toxic was to
tally destroyed. The property Of the
Japan Advertiser may possibly have
escaped. the wireless messages state
These messages, although they vary
in detail, are official, as the govern
ment is not permitting private filing