The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-10-18
NEWS COMES FROM
BISHOP in JAPAN.
Episcopal Church Receives
Letter Praising Work of
St. Luke's Hospital.
NURSES ARE EFFICIENT

Letters from Bishop McKim, Karuiz-
ava, Japan, to Episcopal church auth
critics of the country bring excellent
reports of the work of st. Luke's hos
pital, an Episcopal institution, during
and following the Japanese disaster.
Bishop McKim says in a recent letter
addressed to DR.. Wood of the Church
Mission House, New York: "Since
writing you yesterday, have heard
further details of the destruction caus-
ed by the earthquake and fire to our
Mission in Tokyo, All reports as TO
the absolute loss of buildings in Tsuki-
il are confirmed. Strange to say the
buildingswwe considered strongest
were laid flat by the earthquake. The
wooden buildings suffered but little
damage until the fire came and swept
them away. DR.. Reifsnider who re-
turned from Tokyo at five o'clock this
morning, says that the damage to the
University buildings at Ikebukuro by
the earthquake is so great that the
repairs will also equal the cost of the
original construction. All our mis-
sion staff are accounted for and I
have heard that all of the Japanese
clergy are safe.
Hospital Makes New Record.
St. Luke's Hospital has made new
record for itself The work of the hos
pital staff during the earthquake and
fire was beyond all praise 1t is the
only hospital in the city that did not
lose a patient The little Japanese
nurses carried many of the patients out
on their backs to the lawn of the new
hospital property, where they stayed
until ten o'clock at night. AS the
fire grew nearer and the patients were
in danger of being burned the nurses
dipped heavy Japanese quilts in the
river and placed them over the patients
for protection When the peril be-
came greater than Communicated suf
ficient automobiles, which carried them
to the large open spaces before the
Imperial Palace and later to the
grounds of the Methodist University
at Aoyoma, which was uninjured by the
fire. The discipline, order and intelli-
gence of the doctors and nurses has
made splendid impression on all who
have heard of it. They were without
steep VI ISSJ dhu ue1u NCIy AlIOAO AOON
for forty-eight hours.
Must Have Emergency Fund.
SIN my cablegram of this morning !
said that we would draw on New York
for twenty-five thousand dollars. We
must have an emergency fund to put
up temporary buildings for the shelter
of our homeless people. 1t will be a
long time before we can do much in the
way Of buildings for the demand for
labor and materials is way beyond
any immediate supply.
"The members of the Mission in
Tokyo have lost almost everything they
possess. Very few of them were at
their homes and consequently were
unable to save anything. They have
but little more than what they were
wearing at the time.
~ hope that sympathetic friends
at home may send gifts to our people
by which some of their needs may be
supplied. The Church Periodical Club
is always so very generous that l am
sure an appeal to them will be receiv-
ed with sympathy. The only books l
have left are Bible, Prayer Book, and
three journals of the General Con-
vention.
Reifsnider and Dinsted are IN the
same condition. 1t will cost much
more money than these people have to
refurnish their new homes when they
get them. l am speaking of our Jap
anese as we'll as for the missionar-
les. The Japanese clergy are living
with their more fortunate friends in
the suburbs of the city. We are cut
off from all telegraphic connection
with the out-stations and / cannot re-
port at present as to their condition,
but do rot think the loss or suffer
ing has been very great.
"Are we down-hearted No! We
are faint but not weary. God who has
been our help in ages past is our hope
for years to como"-Signed: John
McKim.