Evening star., 1923-09-07
President Takes Up
Measures of Aid
With Cabinet.
HALF SCORE SHIPS
REACH YOKOHAMA
$2,OOO,OOO Contributed
to Red CrOss-D. C..
Subscribes $32,274.

Inc japanese disaster ana the or
Sanized relief work carried on in
this country was the principal topic
of discussion of President Coolidge
and his cabinet today. Large maps
showing the devastated area, pre-
| pared by the War Department, were
,, placed on the cabinet table for the
information of those gathered, and
were used during discussion. The
several cabinet members whose de-
partments are directly or indirectly
engaged in the relief work reported
as to their activities and as to in
formation received by them from
Japan.
First Meeting in Four Weeks.
This was the first formal gathering
of President Coolidge's cabinet in
! -four weeks, and it was only the
second cabinet meeting held since
Mr.. Coolidge became President The
| meeting lasted more than an hour,
and with the exception of Attorney
General Daugherty, every member of
! the portfolio was in attendance.
| America had marshaled it's re-
sources without restraint today, ready
to combat the specter of famine and
restilence, whose shadow already has
fallen across the charred desolation
where once stood some of Japans
most thriving cities.
RedoubIe Efforts of Relief.
AS latest dispatches from the orient
! added even more color to the scene
of natures upheaval, every agency of
ha
| Red Cross redoubled it's efforts to-
| ward rushing supplies to the stricken
| area. AS result, before noon TODAY
| food, clothing. housing material and
medical supplies had been ordered
! by the millions of tons.
In the meantime. the tide of gold
! that has been flowing into the S5.-
! 10000 relief chest of the American
/ Red Cross began to reach food stage
and any doubt that may have existed
Willingness to pay the bills was dis
PEELED. New York set the pace by
going "over the top" last night and
! had set out today to collect a sum
equal to the entire nations quota.
At noon today Washington alone
had subscribed s32.274.47.
Chapters throughout the country
were reporting by wire this morning
that their quotas were assured, and
$4,000, 900 had been formally tabu-
4
! cial reports of more than half of the
! country's cities. Boston is under
| stood to have over-subscribed it's
quota st. Louis had volunteered to
! to headquarters here were nearing
{ $1,000
Ships Reach Yokohama.
1t was estimated at the Navy De-
partment that fully nalf score Of
-,
extreme point of safety with relief
supplies. were already in Yokohama
prepared to hold disease and famine
in check until the fleet of mercy
ships now leading and en- route ar
copy of a dispatch Admiral Anderson
sent to the purchasing officer at
Shanghai, which indicates that the
commander of the relief armada is
now at the scene.
Admiral BenSon's message, which
was sent by wireless from his flag
ship. the armored cruiser Huron, au-
thoriZed his representative at Shang-
hal to commander the first Shipping
Board vessel he could find, load it
with supplies. working day and night
to expedite departure" and rush it
to Yok kohama.
Food Supplies Needed.
The message, which gives an idea
of the kind of supplies most urgently
needed now, follows:
The following supplies are urgent
ly needed in the earthquake area in
Japan:
'Non-perishable provisions-Beans.
flour, rice, tea, sugar, salt and water
Medical and surgical supplies-Cotton,
gauze, bandages, invalid foods,
blankets, etc. Miscellaneous stores
Mosquito and fly bars, bedding, mats
tents, picks. shovels, tools, lumber
hardware. ,coffins. Limited amount of
cold storage meats, including chick
ems. butter, eggs, oranges and other
fruits
Make the purchase of these sup-
plies under naval appropriation and
heir distribution by the commander
ln-chief has been authorized by the
secretary of the Navy The utiliza-
ton of Shipping Board vessels for
services of transports to the stricken
areas is authorized under authority
delegated to me by the chairman Of
the Shipping Board through the Sec
retary of the Navy
Executive Committee Moves.
Obtain the above supplies and shin
70 Yokohama via first obtainable
shipping Board carriers destined to
Japan, holding her if necessary to
load. Report name Of vessel, list Of
cargo and prospective time of de-
parture from Shanghai for Yokohama
day and night
In Washington today the executive
committee, attended by Secretary Of
Commerce Hoover, Eliot Wadsworth,
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