The Mankato free press., 1923-09-07

! with makeshift forces, repair the
railways to rush the food to the
starving.
Meanwhile there are no reports of
disorder, although there Is some
! plundering and looting. General Flu
kuda is determined to quiet the pop
ulation OF the capital as quickly as
possible in order that martial law
may be revoked.
The organization OF relief work
throughout the rest Of the world
proceeds rapidly, and already the
assistance. The American destroyer
No 211 arrived in Kobe yesterday
with supplies, followed soon after
by the shipping board steamer City
of Spokane which leaves for Yoko-
hama today with 5000 tons of -four
! Taking On Relief Capgoes
Many other American owned
vessels are either taking on cargoes
! Of relief supplies at Pacific coast
! ports or are on the way to Japan.
Americas response to the call for
assistance has been Immediate, and
from all parts Of the country come
announcements of gifts in money and
kind. A group Of lumber exporting
mills on the Pacific coast are to do
nate $4,000, 900 feet Of timber to the
Japanese government
| The British China squadron has
| been ordered to purchase supplies OF
food and proceed to Japanese waters
to render whatever assistance Is
needed.
Yokohama Literally Eneulfed.
| The terrible sweep Of the Japa-
| paSp oorfhnnaka ia hoipo Aforlnoad
in direct cable and wireless dis
patches coming from Iwaki, the ra-
dio station connecting with Toxic,
and from Osaka, Nagasaki and other
points.
Yokohama has been literally en-
quilted, the area of destruction COW
ering not only the city but a zone
more than a hundred miles square,
! including Toxic and four other large
cities<This is one of the most dense
|ly populated sections of Japan with
some seven mfilien people.
A direct message from the Iwaki
station with which Toxic has estab-
lished courier connections, says the
Japanese home office announced So
900 dead at Toxic, 100000 injured
and $500 homeless.
| Port Totally Destroyed.
Osaka>cables stated that the great
commercial port Of Yokohama is to-
tally destroyed and that only one
fourth Of Toxic remains. 1t esti-
mates seventy per cent Of the cities
and towns within a radius Of a hun
dred miles of Yokohama and Toxic
are destroyed.
Order has been restored in Toxic
where thousands of homeless people
are encamped in parks and other
open spaces. The government Is.
feeding them scanty rations.
Damage Summed Up.
Damage southwest Of Toxic Is
summed up by reports, today, as
follows:
Yokohama, annihilated.
Yokesuku, twelve miles across
the sea from Yokohama, damaged
realty, to,an extent unknown. Pop
Iulation 100000 or/more.
Kamakura, thirty miles from To-
kio, collapsed, mostly burned; all
'illas about Hayama, bathing resort,
lost
Hiratsuka and Oizo, small sea
shore thirty five and forty miles
from Toxic destroyed.
Kozu, a way station for tourss
spared.
Damage slight west of Mishima.
Later Estimates GiEen
IwRki, Japan, September 6.-The
Japanese home office, today, took
the frst steps toward attempting to
clear UP confusion and speculation
regarding the actual humber OF dead
and injured earthquake and Are at
Toxic when II announced 10000
were dead, 100000 injured and $780,
Forty Foreigners Killed
Peking, September 5.-About
forty foreigners were killed when
the earthquake In Japan destroyed
the famous -Fuji-Y va hotel and wiped
out the ADJACENT village at Mtyan-
oshita in the mountainous district
Of Hakone, according to Reuters
dispatch from Osaka. There was a
volcanic explosion at Kowakidani,
in the same region.
Reports New Island ~ Z
Picking, September 6.-The police
OF Chiba, at the northeast corner of
Toxic bay, report new island of of
1.-The Izu peninsula, while they say
the island Of 0shima, which con-
tanned an active volcano, is in :
visible and is feared to have gone
down with its 10000 or more inhabi-
| tants. ~. --........
There still is no news from The
/ Bonin islands I and Catastrophe
changes there are feared.
| Denies Violence Of Koreans
| Moscow, September 5..-AlthoughI
he announced martial law would
| be maintained until looting and
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