Evening star., 1923-09-06
Advance Fleet
Lands With
Supplies.
HOMELESS NOW
EXCEED MILLION
Americans Pouring
Gold in S5,OOO,OO
Relief Fund.

AS the dread specter of famine
and pestilence cast its deathly shad-
ow over stricken Japan, the advance
flotilla of Americas armada of
mercy dropped anchor off Yokohama
early today and landed thousands of
tons of food and medical supplies to
keep alive more than million
homeless survivors of one of the
worlds greatest catastrophes until
the main feet arrives.
While the American people were
pouring their gold without restraint
into the 100000 relief fund chest
being raised by the Red Cross. nearly
score of American vessels. each
loaded to the very limits Of safety
with every conceivable kind of sup
plies. were racing from every avail
able port to the scene of disaster.
Others were being filled with rice,
as fast as human hands and ma
chinery could do the work.
Homeless Exceed Million.
In the meantime the true story of
the tragedy that swept the Japanese
nation last Saturday and Sunday be-
gan to seep out to the world in the
form of brief dispatches from gov
ernment representatives and news
paper correspondents. Cyrus E.
Woods. the American ambassador in
Toxic. declared in his first message
to the State Department here today
! that more than one million people are
| homeless and in need.
Any aid from the American people
for over one million Japanese" he
| said. should preferably take the
form of timed meat, condensed milk.
sheets and dimensioned timber for
: one-story shelters"
&5,OOO,OOO by Monday.
At the same time the executive
committee of the American Red Cross
set Monday as the latest date for the
raising of the s5,000.OO0 relief fund
President Coolidge called upon the
| people of the United States to raise.
! 1t also asserted that each new mes
sage arriving from Japan demon
strates that s5,o00.000 must be re-
garded as the very least this country
should contribute and there was every
| indication that more would be needed.
At Red Cross headquarters here
alone $150,000 had been received by
mail up to this morning and checks
were still pouring in by the hundreds.
, This amount does not include s125.000
contributed outright by the Cleveland
Community Chest nor 100000 each
from John D. Rockefeller. jr., and the
Laura Spellman Rockefeller Founda-
ton. These were tabulated in favor
of the New York city quota. which is
IN
Chicago Pledges $1OO.OOO.
That the $5,00O.0OO fund will be
oversubscribed at least by Monday is
not doubted at national headquarters
here. Nothing has been heard from
the state and city chapters since they
accepted their quotas, but some idea
of collections should be received by
tomorrow. and 1t Is believed the Red
Cross will be able to announce by
Sunday that the national quota has
been reached. The mayors commit
tee of Chicago wired today pledging
a minimum of 100000.
United States Steel Corporation,
wired today that he gladly accepted"
the Craftsmanship of the Washington
district committee. This district en-
braces Connecticut, Delaware, Dis
Maryland. New Jersey. New York.
Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West
Virginia. Its quota alone is s2.-
10000.
Other Cities Take Action.
The executive committee Of the
st. Louis chapter wired today that
it had raised it's quota from $65 900
, to 100000 anu pledged success. All
mail carriers in the Missouri metropo-
lis are making house to house
canvass, 1t was stated, as st. Louis
expected to wire that 1t had passed
it's quota before tomorrow. Boston
has taken similar action and the
governor of Massachusetts, has ap
pointed a state committee of promi-
nent men and women to carry the
campaign throughout the common
wealth.
Gov: Cox Of Massachusetts, today
wired President Coolidge that within an
hour after Massachusetts had been
Informed of the amount of it's quota
for Japanese relief twelve prominent
men had pledged that the amount
would be raised.
Embaasy Receives Contributions.
Ambassador Hanihara informed the
Red Cross to-day that the Japanese
embassy here has been receiving
many contributions from all parts of
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