Evening star., 1923-09-06
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PEOPLE IN JAPAN
REPORTED SAVED
PEBBLES and Pierson Families
and Margaret Paine Sur
vive Earthquake.

While no reports Of death to Wash.
ingtonians, their friends or relatives
in the Japanese disaster zone have
come from any source. dispatches con-
tinued to increase today bringing the
glad tidings of the safety" of those
in Japan known here.
The latest dispatches told of the
safety of Leighton H. PEBBLES and
family. His sister, Miss Annie B.
northwest, and of Miss Margaret r.
Paine of 2472 Ontario road, daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer E. Paine.
Pierson Family Safe.
Word was also received from Wayne
Pierson. former assistant treasurer Of
the National Theater here. who has
for some time been connected with
the United Artists Corporation. a mo-
ton picture concern, that he and fam
lily had been in the Grand Hotel, at
Yokohama, but escaped safely and
had gone to Kobe.
Miss Margaret Paine Is well known
in Washington. having lived here all
Red Cross canteen service and was
active in the work of the Overseas
League of this city. She is a grad
uate of Central High School and Of
the kindergarten department of Will
son Normal.
News of her safety reached her
anxious family this morning upon
apeake Bay, which they had cut short
to return to this city, awaiting word
from their daughter. The message
came as a telegram from John w.
Protestant Episcopal Church today,
who had received a cablegram from
Japan. Miss Paine was reported in
the cablegram. which came from
Kyoto, as safe"
Doubt on Missionaries.
There had been received. however,
by early afternoon today no word
from Miss Paines close friend, Miss
Ruth Burnside of Hyattsville, nor Of
the Rev. Norman C. Binstead OF ST.
Adams parish. both of whom were
missionaries under Bishop John Nc
nr Kim in charge bs Of p pail ca
according to some dispatches today,
reported that seventeen of the
twenty-seven missionaries in the
stricken area of Japan were ac-
COuHleQ LOT.
Friends of Representative Ernest
r. Ackerman of New Jersey, who had
received news of his safety through q
cablegram direct from him at Nikko,
Japan, to friends in New York, were
somewhat disturbed today by dis
patches coming through London that
Nikko had been practically destroyed.
They, however, clung to the belief that
Representative Ackerman was still
safe.
Methodists Are Safe.
Bishop William F. Mcdowell of the
Methodist Episcopal Church an
nounced that a cablegram had been
received stating that all Meth
odist missionaries in Japan were safe.
The cablegram came from Karuizawa,
he said, the summer resort, to which
for the summer. and was signed by
Bishop Herbert Welch. in charge Of
Methodist missionary work in Korea
and Japan.
Members of the Mount Vernon
Methodist Episcopal Church South
the message from Bishop Welch could
also be understood to indicate the
safety of Miss NJ. Elston Rowland of
this city, a missionary, who left
Washington August Is to serve in
japan. personally for that church
Georgetown University with the de-
gree Of A. B., and of Columbia Uni
versity, with the degree Of NJ. A. She
has been in Washington since 1917,
when she came here from Tennessee.
Her late residence was in Rutland
Courts. No word has been received
from her, and as the vessel on which
she sailed. the President Madison. was
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