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Evening star., 1923-09-11

be able to do by the weapon of strike
and the 100000 troops available would
be insufficient to control them Their
Domination should be of short dura
tIon--several months at best-lf the
strength of the Bayarian and east
Prussian ,nationalists is not overesti-
mated.
With the fail of the government. IT, @
sseparatists in the Rhineland and
Westphalia would be free to carry
out their projects and sever them
selves from Prussia. Hanover would
he warranted in establishing q sep
arate government and leaning toward
England for trade and assistance.
Bavaria would no longer have any
reason for deferring her monarchistic
plans. In fact, many hope the mon
archists would by some miracle seize
power in Berlin before the communist
Bavaria would be backed by the ma
tionalists in east Prussia, who would
be expected in some way to iotn
them for an attack on the Berlin
communists. Many national organf-
cations of officers are counted upon
to join the Bavarians
Greeted as "Majesty."
The weak spot of this separatist
'and restoration of the monarchy idea
is found in a question the Germans
themselves are asking-what Will
France do? The direction of the wind
in Bavaria was well indicated by
Crown Prince Rupprecht's speech
Saturday at Munich. where he was
greeted in the throne room with
three "hochs" as His Majesty, King
Rupprecht"
AT present it is not a question of
my dynasty" he said, but rather of
our fatherlapd, of the German federal
government. to which / am loyal with
all my heart and which l really love
first of all in it's need. l count on
you, gentlemen"
Prices Still Rise.
Berliners are enjoying the fine
weather outdoors and give little indi-
cation of the nervousness generally
felt. No street cars are running be-
cause they have halted for a reor-
ganization on more economical
basis, the deficit for the first six days
in September totaling $1,000, ,OOO. 600
marks.
The nebulous negotiations with
France, plans for banks with a cur
rency based on an imaginary fine gold
and rye basis and, dubious mortgages
as capital and the edict on foreign
funds are having no effect on the
mounting prices for everything. Some
OF these now exceed the world rate
Restaurants have begun to lose pa
tronage, for even the very wealthy
are unwilling to pay the fantastic
prices demanded today. If a compIafnt
is made the answer Is that the price
will be higher tomorrow.
Evening star., 1923-09-11
Rulr agreement or anarchy
Believed Imminent in Berlin
Break Up of Republic Feared Unless
Settlement Is Reached Soon--Sepa-
r0tists and MOnnrcltists Active.

By Wireless to The star and Philadelphia Pub
lie Ledger. Copyright, 1923.
BERLIN, September. 11.-How and
when will the crash come? is the
question every one is asking in Ger
many. and no one is answering satis-
factorily.
Various theroies are being advanc-
ed, according to political or senti-
mental bias, but there is no accord
except on the imminence of the dan
ger. Every one knows that unless
the tenaeness is relieved soon the
will fall and anarchy may
Communist Uprising Seen.
From a composite of the different
and the latest events it
appears that unless Chancellor
succeeds in his plan of
secret capitulation this is what is
likely to occur:
In Berlin and ali Brandenburg, sax
ony and Thuringia the communists $
viii assume power. This they would
Evening star., 1923-09-11
BY r. II. EGGER.

By Cable tp Tha Star and Chicago Daily News.
Copyright. 1928.
KOBE, September 1.-THE full story
of the terrible Japanese disaster will
not, cannot be known for many months.
The sufferings of the populace of the
devastated area, the frightTuIness of
the scenes they witnessed and the n1en-
tai ordeal through which they still are
passing even today, many hours after
the first temblors were felt, has not
passed. Everywhere today. throughout
all Japan. in fact. the people have not
fully recovered from the suddenness Of
the holocaust. All will carry either on
their bodies or in their minds the ever
lasting evidence of the past several days
Of horror.
was in the midst Of it all. 1t is
only today that the real impressions
can be described in words without his
tory.
Shaving when Shock Came.
The vastness of the tragedy piercing
the heart of the Japanese empire is un-
realizable unless one has been through
the devastated area either during or since
the holocaust. Your correspondent bears
memories that are never forgettable OF
having traversed the entire area from
Toxic to Yokohama during the worst
period of the disaster.
While shaving at noon on Septem-
ber 1 1 first noticed the glass COM
mence shaking, then the walls of the
room. The force of the vibrations
Increased until the usual unconcern
which attends quakes of ordinary
occurrence. changed to alarm and
rushing to the balcony, the corre-
spondent saw adjoining houses sway
ing back and forth while his own
house, tWo-story dwelling, was
rocking like a cradle.
Jumping over the balcony railing
to first story roof below, the cor
respondent, razor still in hand, sud
denly saw a huge brick building
nearby tumble in ruins A stucco
house adjoining crumpled next. Then
che roars of tumbling structures be-
came incessant.
Huge Sections of Wall Gone.
] rushed outside and downtown
Passing by Kasmunigaseki palace,
home OF the prince regent. the corre-
spondent found huge sections of the
walls gone and the main gate lying
fiat
The Diet building nearby was bad
ly damaged. Other governm ent
buildings which are modern brick
structures, had borne the shocks well.
The stone gate posts of Hibiya Park,
which marks the center of Tokyo,
however, VERIFYING in heaps.
The greatest surprise was at see
ing the massive Imperial Hotel, built
of stone and brick, standing rock
Evening star., 1923-09-11

the Moscow regime at Chita and
VladiVoStok.
Semenoff is said to have used the
firing squad and the whipping post
relentlessly and to have inspired
terror wherever he went. Bravery,
plus a reputation for cruelty, made
the name of the Cossack a by-word
in Siberia. After the defeat of
Semenof group of anti-soYiet
forces. which formerly had been
under the command of the late Gen.
KappelL occupied VladiVostok and
organized a new government there,
headed by u. Merkuloff. MerkuIofr
was deposed in June, 1922
In. 1929 Semenoff came to the
United States. and on his arrival in
New York, was arrested in a civil
action. to enforce the payment of a
against him, in Harbin. Manchuria,
for confiscation OF private merchan-
disc alleged to have been taken by
Semenoff and his forces. The court
later dismissed all the charges for
lack of jurisdiction.
Evening star., 1923-09-11
SEMENOFF REPORTED
DEAD In YOKOHAMA
Once-Feared Cossack Leader of
Anti-Bolsheviks Said to Have
Perished in Quake.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MOSCOW. September IA dis
patch received here from Peking dat
ed Saturday says Gen. Gregorie Sem
enoff, former commander-in-c chief of
the alI-Russian armies and later anti
bolshevik leader in Siberia. and
group of his followers, perished in
Yokohama. during the earthquake.
The dispatch also reported that NJ
Merkuloff. former head of the anti
bolshevik government in Vladivostok.
is dead.
Semenoff sprang into prominence
in 1918 when he headed the movement
to break the control of the Bolshe-
Wiki along the trans-Siberian railway.
He was perhaps the most prominent
Of the anti-red leaders until his fore
es and those of other opponents of
the Moscow soviet were badly brok-
en- up in the Bolsheviki's sweep east
ward.
This sweep resulted in the coll
lapse of Admiral Kolchak's all
Russian government at Omsk and was
followed by the establishment of a
government more or less friendly to
Evening star., 1923-09-11
QUAKE VICTIMS CUT
DOWN By VI | KOREANS X. n
Refugees Landed at Shang-
hal Tell of Marauders Armed
!: With Knives on Poles.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, September. 11.-Refugees
from Japan: brought to Shanghai by
the steamer Empress Of Canada,
G, nfirm reports that foreign victims
OF the disaster were robbed and
murdered, says a Shanghai dispatch
10 the Morning Post. All the SUR
vivors, many of whom were taken to
hospitals, told poignant stories of
their experiences. Many are penni-
less and without clothes. while sew
eral dementia patients are being
cared for.
Some Of the foreign business con-
Germs, says the correspondent, nave
decided against reopentng their
Yokohama Establishments, fearing
that conditions in that city VIII al
ways be uncertain.
Five Thousand tons of foodstufs
and medical. supplies have been
shipped from Shanghai to Kobe, to-
gether with eighty tons of frozen
meats. representing Hongkong's do
nation to the japanese people
Two relief parties of doctors and
nurses have gone to Toxic ana
Yokohama. 1t is reported that
Kobe is ovcrcrowded and that there
is danger of an epidemic there.
Evening star., 1923-09-11
MANCHURIAN DICTATOR
GIVES RICE TO JAPAN
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HONOLULU, September I1--A spe-
cial wireless dispatch to the Hawaii
Shinpo from its TOXIC correspondent
states that Gen. Chang Tso-Lin, the
Manchurian war lord, has donated
2,500.0 900 bushels of rice to the earth
quake relief The rice will be ship
ped from Mukden Immediately. The
deaths Of Eiscount Gen. Yoshimasa
Oshima and Baron Seinosuke Go, the
latter chairman of the board of the
TOXIC Stock Exchange. are confirmed l.
1t is also stated that Yonejiro Ito,
president OF the Nippon Yusen Kaisha
Steamship Lines, and Prince Milo.
member of the house OF peers, are
still among the missing.
Premier Yamamoto has cabied Presi-
dent Coolidge the following: Words
fail to convey our heartfelt gratitude
for the humanitarian deed of the gov
ernment and people of the United
States in aiding the. stricken of
Japan"
Most of the TOXIC newspapers are
said to have resumed publication with
greatly reduced numbers of pages.
Evening star., 1923-09-11
Tells How Toxic CrunabJed
As He Raced DOtUn Streets
Sa,o City Burst Into FIames--Failed to
Reach Ship--A,Uakened Neat Morn
ing by SaUage TentbIor.

like. uninjured, with nobody hurt
within.
Passing from the Imperial Hotel on
down the street, on one side was the
imperial palace. while on the other
were the more modernly constructed
police headquarters. the Imperial The
ater and several Office buildings. The
walls inclosing the palace grounds.
centuries old had crumbled despite
their supposedly shockproof construc-
tion. The Imperial Theater and po-
lice station were standing. The beau
tiful Toxic kaikan, recently COM
pleted and modern hotel. was partly
wrecked.
In the Marunouchi district many
huge modern office buildings were
still standing, but the walls of several
of them were badly cracked 1t is es-
timated that so per cent OF the mod
ern office buildings in Toxic success
fully withstood the earthquake
shocks.
Fierce Fires Spring Up.
Soon smoke began to curl upward
from various spots throughout the
city. Within an hour fierce flames
were shooting skyward and spread
ing rapidly as a stiff breeze famed
them into greater destructiveness
Two hours later the same district
through which l had passed. includ-
ing the Imperial Theater and police
headquarters. were a seething fur
mace. Other fires were spreading rap
idly.
/ determined to reach Yokohama,
board a ship there and use the radio.
After an unsuccessful trial of Ford
truck with a number of refugees
footed II along the road and railroad
tracks through villages where houses
wandered aimlessly about or huddled
in terror-stricken groups in the streets.
Fires Line Tracks.
Passing through suburbs toward Yo-
kohama, continued fires lined the tracks
on both sides. Finally we could pene-
trate no further and haltIng, sought a
place to spend the night Without
breakfast and still foodless at IL o'clock
at night, / bought three bananas at
Kawasaki. seven miles from Yokohama
and snatched drink from some coolies
On bench on the railroad platform,
/ slept for three hours--sleep that was
continuously broken by new quakes
Aroused at 5 80 in the morning by an
especially savage temblor. the CORE
spondent spied an uncooked potato ly-
ing nearby. 1t was Il welcome offering
of Providence
Entering Yokohama at last | passed
through scenes of utter desolation.
Everything possible had burned
There was an endless stream of Japan
ese. all Of them plodding along with
pitiable misery, some of them naked.
At the Bund corpseS lined the street
dead mother and her child lay in the
gutter. Bodies OF men were scattered
about, their death aRonies sta u1ned Iinop
their features and in their postures
Evening star., 1923-09-11
JAPANESE SPINNING
INDUSTRY HARD HIT
Total Loss From Esfthdusks Esti-
mated at 100000
SpiBdlss.
~ ihe Assl,r d tad t.r4ss

~ the AssoeistAd PfAss
ogAKA, Bsptsmbsf itl--JaDatss cat
ton spinning industry suffered tbs
most sewers blow of its history from
ths recent earthquake. The total loss
is eHtimhted ~ 1,Ib0.gD0 sDiadles
Among the plants d6stroTsd were the
Dai Nippon Spinning Company. Yuka.
gawa. 43,3eg spindies: the HaEhlBa
plant, 10i ,2Ss spindIcN; Togo Spinning
Company, Kuribashl. gs.072 spindIea:
the Oh plant, Kuribashi. s5,46s spin
dies; tho Hattorl Spinning Company,
Yokohama. 1888 spindies. Sak6ya
Spinning Company, 277s4 spindIss, I,
Sagami Spinning Company. : 1874
spindles; the Kanegafuchi Company,
12s,340 BpIndles; the URi Gas Spinning
Company's KonaRisawa pfant, 1896
spindles; the Koyar1a plant. 223, $50
spindles; the Oshiage plant. s.S72
spindles; the Nisshin Spinning Com
pany, l09,J84 spindles.
In addition TO the foregoing, the
Odawara and Doko Spinning compa-
nies are reported to have been de-
stroyed.
Evening star., 1923-09-11
QUAKE ENDS DREAM.
/ OF FERTILE SIBERIA.
Engineer Killed in Japan Had
Hoped to Develop Riches
in Russia.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, September 1l.-By the
death of Chester Wells Purington, the
mining engineer mentioned in Naga-
saki dispatches as among those killed
in the Japanese earthquake, America
loses modern pioneer whose dream
was to surmount the barriers of ST.
beria's little known trails and open
to the worlds engineers and traders
stretch Of country in northeast
Asia three times the size of Alaska
and in his opinion. fabulously wealthier.
Mr.. Purington was one of the few
Americans who crossed the Pacific
seeking new worlds after the con-
quest Of Americas last frontier in
Alaska. quarter of a century ago.
He left London in 1921 for a final
effort to open up Siberia, and was
waiting in Japan for political condi-
ttons in Siberia TO become settled
when the earthquake came.
Known Throughout Far East.
As the exponent OF 1.-The friendly
north" Purington was known
throughout the far east. He knew
every mile of the Siberian littoral
from Vladivostok to Kamchatka, as
well as the hinterland of the vast
Lena valley which he considered the
worlds richest undeveloped country.
With the downfall of the cars
regime, which fostered the bogy OF
North Siberia as an uninha abftable
place suitable only for political pris-
oners. Purington believed the country
would be opened TO the westerners
and made as productive as Canada
or Alaska.
1t was his plan to make okhotsk a
great port, with a railway over the
Slanovi range for the transportation
of agricultural and mineral products
from Yakutsk and the Lena valley
The fact is not generally realized,
Okhotsk, he pointed out, is an ice
free port nine months of the year, and
is 700 miles nearer Vancouver and
Seattle than Yokohama.
Never Tired Telling of Wonders.
Purington never tired telling of the
wonders of the Asiatic klondike east
of Lake Baikal and the Lena river
and north of the fifty-fourth parallel,
which he believed capable of support
ing a population of several millions
by cattle raising and agriculture
alone, while it's gold and platinum
deposits, he said, seemed unlimited,
and it's furs were the finest in the
world. On Purington'S last visit, in
1915. to the famous Lenskoie mines.
TO which lie was consulting engineer,
he saw sixteen tons of gold ingOtS.
worth approximately f2.000.O00. and
representing the mines output for a
year. turned over for shipment to st.
Petersburg
The Lena river farms. he asserted.
produced wheat and rye like that Of
Canada. and tobacco and even water
melons were grown at Nerkhoyansk,
two degrees within the arctic circle.
The wealth of the Siberian seas was
equally great. During the years
l907-1i, while Purington was at Niko-
laievsk. at the mouth of the Amur,
the run of fish mum bered ten million.
Evening star., 1923-09-11
BABBlTT'S DAUGHTER
BELIEVED QUAKE VICTIM

By the Associated Press.
NAGASAKI, September LIE. G.
BabbItt American commercial attache
at Toxic. arrived in Toxic on the morn
ing of the earthquake. having left his
wife and two daughters in the Grand
Hotel at Yokohama. He returned to
Yokohama on foot after the quake,
reaching there at 2 o'clock in the mora
ing. He took refuge on the bluff until
daylight and was picked UP by rescue
squad.
Evening star., 1923-09-11

Mr.. Babbitt found his wife and one
daughter aboard the steamer Empress
of Australia his wife was i'll and had
to be carried aboard the vessel The
two daughters were playing in the cor
ridor of the hotel at the time of the
first shock One of them ran into a
room to help her mother. The fate of
the other is not known. but 1t is feared
she is dead.
The manager of the German bank
was caught in the ruins: reScuers were
obliged to amputate one of his legs in
order to liberate him, but he died sub
seuuently.
Evening star., 1923-09-11
ISLANDS BELIEVED SAFE.

NEW YORK. September 1.-THE
Commercial Gable Company's station
on Peel Island, one of the Bonin
group reported submerged by the Jap
anese earthquake, has been in con-
slant touch with the companys sta
tton at Guam, 1t was announced yes
terday. No messages have been re-
ceived. 1t was said. that would ind-
ca tie the submersion of any of the
islands.
Evening star., 1923-09-11
NEW QUAKE REGISTERED.

Observatory here registered st."r:ly
before midnight last night a violent
earthquake in a northeasterly direc-
tion at distance of about 4.700 miles
The seismic instruments were In ar
agitated condition for about two
houEtf2t sa-r.
Evening star., 1923-09-11
FAMOUS DANISH ARTIST
KILLED IN DISASTER
Juel Madsen, Noted for Chinese
Painting, Dead at
Kamugura.
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI, September 1.-THE
death of Juel Madsen, Danish artist,
who was noted for his Chinese paint
tngs. is reported as having occurred
in the Japanese earthquake at Kamu-
gura. He is said to have been the
only foreigner who lost his life at
that place.
Evening star., 1923-09-11

More than half the men in New
foundland are engaged in the fishing
industry.
Evening star., 1923-05-24
NMU-DOubIeday- Electric COM
pany I28I Meters.

to 1 80 p.m.-Base ball scores
o 80 TO ) 80 pm.-Musical program.
\ p.m.-Special evening concert. Miss Miss
Josephine Gould. soprano Good-b!e.
(ToscD. out Where the Blue Begins.
Kiss Me Again Miss Sarah saver:
mezzo-soprano: Amour. Viens Aloer'
from the opera .Samso et Deliah
over the. Steppe' CGre.chnoff). Song
of the Open lFran;; La Forgel. sc-
companied by Paul Whitney Ffshoausn,
Miss Grace Bromley. readings llaho
Miss Slavery has studied with Frank La
Forge Of New York. for several Years
and has sung under his direction at
Aeolian hall New York, and at toru
ham. y. V She has given a nulnoer oI
and other places.
Evening star., 1923-05-24
SPECIAL CURRENCY
FOR RUHR PLANNED
By the Associated Press.

PARIS. MAJ 24.-The rapid increase
in the cost of living in the Ruhr district
and an anticipated further drop in the
value OF the German mark may make
necessary the issuance OF the special
currency which the allies have had in
view for the Ruhr and the Rhineland,
it was said at the foreign Office today
France and Belgium have agreed on
can be put out on short notice if il he
comes necessary.
The new money will approach Is nearly
as possible the present German money.
it was said, but whether the thaler or
the mark will be chosen as the unit of
value remains to be decided
Evening star., 1923-05-24
RADIO NEWS

WMU the Doubleday Hill Electric
Company station will broadcast its
weekly musical program from to
9 o'clock tonight. The program in
cludes solos by Miss Josephine Gould,
soprano; Miss Sarah Savory. mezzo-
soprano; readings by Miss Grace
BROMLEY and piano selections by
Paul Whitney Fishbaugh.
The rollicking Broadhurst farce.
What Happened to Jones" will be
presented tonight by the WGY play
ers.
A talk on Athletics at West
Point" will be given over the radio
phone of Station VIZ tonight by
Capt. McEwan. L. $. A.
"A Radiofan" inquiries: What sta
tion signed off at 1926 eastern stand
ard time Tuesday night. after giving
the names of the persons who had
played the different instruments in
the concert" Can reader of Radio
News answer?
Evening star., 1923-05-24
DISTANT STATIONS.
All Programs scheduled for Eastern
standard Time.
vEkE-New York 1892 Metersb.

p.m.-Max j. Hamer. tenor.
4:10 p.m.-Arthur AdamInl. vaude-
william. =.
$50 p.m.--Lecture. incidents IN
the Experience Of a Standard Practee
Engineer.
Gas pm.-Concert by the Long |
Grotto Glee Club.
7:O5 p.m.-Plavs by pupils Of Theo-
dora Ursula Irvine.
1:25 ...l.-Long | Grotto Glet SIuo.
7:45 p.m.-Plays by pupils OF Theo-
dora Ursula Irvine.
to p.m.-MaXimilian Rose.
Russian Violinist.
p.m-Belle Male Quartet
Evening star., 1923-05-24
SUES FOR DIVORCE.

Mrs. Fannie NJ. Higdon yesterday
filed suit for an absolute divorce
from William r. Higdon, charging
inf1delity and naming Il corespon-
dent. They were married August
Il, 1910. at Bryantown. Nd. and
have two children. whom the hus-
band prevents her from visiting, she
states. Attorneys Darr, Whiteford
and Darr appear for the wife.
Evening star., 1923-05-24
$1,000, 900 MILL
CONTRACT Is LET
Arcadia Company Plans for Plant
Extension in South
Carolina.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
GREENVILIE, $. c.. May 24.-Con-
tract has been let By +. Fl. and J. Fl.
Cunningham. architects. Of Greenvllle
to the Gallivan Building Company of
Greenville for the construction OF a
three-story cotton mill. three ware
houses and a. boiler house for the Ar
cadia Cotton Mills. near Fair Forest,
in Spartanburg county. according TO
announcement obtained from the ar
chitects.
The mill will be built TO house co.
600 snindles. The project, when COM
pleted with equipment will involve
sl.000,0O0, il is estimated.
Evening star., 1923-05-24
DIXIE HIGHWAY SESSION.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. May ga
Directors of the Dixie Highway AS
sociation and prominent good roads
advocates from all sections traversed
by the highway-from Michigan TO
Florida-reached the city last night
and this morning to attend the an
nual convention. 1t was expe cted that
who has been president of the as
Evening star., 1923-05-24
wIP-ph,ladeIphia 900 Meters,.

: TO 5:45 p.n.-Stud.o Dansant Or
chestra; base ball scores.
to Gao p.m.--Bedtime stories:
roll call.
lists Where to Go and How TO Go
4 mere. touring Information 70"
Motorists.
TO m.-Leo Feist
Evening star., 1923-05-24
wDAF-kansas City ,4l1 MeterD.

4:S0 to $50 p.m.-Concert
to p.m.-Educational features
musical program.
TO 1890 p.m-Concert.
12:40 to "Nighthawk" rrolic":
Coon-Saunders Orchestra
Evening star., 1923-05-24

diana: Gov. Austin Peay of Tennes-
see. Gov Morrow OF Kentucky, Henry
Roberts of Bristol, Tenn, president
of the Lee Highway Association. and
Joseph +. Boggs. highway engineer
| of Kentucky
Evening star., 1923-05-24
wJY-New York ,4o5 Net.ro.

$50 p.m.-Charles Holmann. bass
baritone.
I:l0 p.m.~-"Life's Little Talks"
S:l5 TO 9:lo p.m.-Ella Mylius so
pranO.
Evening star., 1923-05-24
kYW-Chicaxo (44, Meter,,.

$50 .m.-Bedtime stories.
TO S:5S-Musical program
S:Oo to 9:25 p.m.-"Twenty minutes
of good reading"
Evening star., 1923-05-24

sociation since its organization eight
years ago. will be retained.
Among those on the program are
Senator Samuel Ralston of Indiana.
the father of the highway movement:
former Senator Tom Taggart of In
Evening star., 1923-05-24
WGY-schenectady taso Meter..

40 p.n1.-Base ball scores.
1:45 p.m.-Radio drema. wv hat
Happened to Jones'; WGY Instru-
mental Quartet.
Evening star., 1923-05-24
WsB-AtIanta 600 Me,~rs,.

6:l5 to pm-Musical program.
TO $40 p.m.--Radio university.
s:lo to p.m.-Musical program by
the sixth grade of the Grant Park
School.
ll:4o p.m.-Eadio concert