Evening star., 1923-09-04
AMERICANS MAY BE LOST
ANXIETY is SHOWN HERE
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later in the year for a visit back here
in Washington. Mr. Campbell was
formerly a teacher in the Washing
ton College of Music.
Miss Annie B. PEBBLES of 1917 10Th
street northwest reported today she
had heard no word from her broth
er, Leighton H. PEBBLES, agent of
Frazar and Company On. ", i'm
porters. in Toxic and Yokohama. She
was without definite knowledge of
where he was supposed to be at the
time of the disaster.
Miss Mary Hoffheims, formerly of
this city has been teaching in a col
lege at Sendai. but according to lat
est information to her relatives here,
had expected to spend her summer
vacation at Karuizawa, and may have
been there, instead of at Sendai. She
is sister of w. T.. Hoffheims of 1915
Decatur street northwest. She for
merly lived in Baltimore and Phila-
,delphia before coming to Washington.
Father McNeaI fin Toxic.
Georgetown University officials were
anNiouSly awaiting news from the
Rev. Father Mark McNeal. S. j., for
merly professor at Georgetown,
who has occupied the chair of Eng
lish at the Toxic Imperial University.
and has been attached to the Jesuit
College in Toxic. No word had been
received at the university early this
afternoon. Father McNeafs brother,
Preston McNeal, is Il prominent at
torney in Baltimore. and his father
was at one time vice president of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad.
y niece of former President Wilson
is understood to be in Japan. the wife
of missionary for the Presbyterian
Church. the Rev. &. +. McElroy, jr
She was formerly Miss Alice Wilson.
Thomas r. Mechem of Clarendon. Va.
today said that the Rev. Mr.. McElroy
Was formerly pastor of Il Presbyterian
Church at White sulphur Springs. Va.
where the two were associated in
various war work and church activ-
tiles.
An Associated Press dispatch from
san Francisco mentions Wayne Pier
son of Washington, d. c., resident
manager at Toxic of the United
Artists Corporation, a motion picture
organization. Pierson is not listed
in the local directories and no trace
could be found early today of such
ingtonian. Mr.. PierSon. in the
dispatch mentioned. was supposed to
have been at his post at the time dis
aster overwhelmed Toxic.
Rodeheaver in Danger Zone.
Anxiety is being expressed over the
welfare of Homer Rodeheaver. as
SiStant to Billy Sunday and musical
director. by his many friends in this
city. 1t is reported that Mr.. Rode
HEAVIER left Washington about a
month ago for Japan and since that
time has not been heard from. His
exact whereabouts are not known and
1t is feared that he may have been
IN the earthquake zone at the time of
the catastrophe
Prior to leaving the city Mr.. Rode
HEAVIER gave lecture at the Fourth
Presbyterian Church. 18th and Clifton
streets. At that time he told his au-
dienCe that he was departing 70;
Japan. where he expected TO spend
several months. Rev. DR. Isaac Ward
pastor of that church. could not be
reached by phone today, although il
is believed that he also is not aware
of Mr.. Rodeheaver's present where
abouts.
DIR. and Mrs J. T. Meyers. mission
aries of the Epworth NJ. E. Church
South, are stationed outside Kobe
about one and a half hours ride by
train from Toxic.
Armstead Welburne Of Baltimore, a
missionary of the Protestant Episco-
pal Church. was stationed in Toxic.
Bishop William +. Mcdowell of the
Methodist Episcopal Church today
announced that in addition to the list
of Methodist missionaries in the Toxic
district of Japan made public yester-
day. were also Rev. and Mrs. Robert
T. Alexandria and Rev. and Mrs Ed
win I. Iglehart of Toxic.
Among the oldest Catholic mission
aries in Japan. il was learned here to-
day, are the Rev Father Walter and
his brother, Nicholas Walter of the
Brothefs of Mary. Dayton, Ohio.
Many u. $. Missionaries I'm Zone.
There are many American mission
aries in TOXIC. Yokohama and other
places in Japan affected by the earth
quake. and many inquiries regarding
them have been received at the State
Department. which. in the absence of
official adviceS, cannot be answered
a t present. Nearly all the denomina-
tions carry on field work in the devas-
tated sections of Japan. and some of
them also maintain schools, colleges,
Summaries and hospitals. Among the
churches carrying on missionary work
there are the Methodist Episcopal,
Congregational. Baptist and Reform
ed. Other Christian bodies carrying
on in Toxic are the General Evan
gelical Protestant Missionary Society
Germany. American Friends, Chris
tian Church, Church Missionary So
ciety, Evangelical Association. Evan
gelical Lutheran Church in the South.
Foreign Christian Missionary Society.
Methodist Church in Canada. Mission
to Lepers in India and the East.
Christian Mission (Brethren), Postal
and Telegraph Christian Association.
Reformed Church in the United
States. Scandinavian Alliance of North
America. Norwegian Evangelical
Lutheran Church, Seventh Day Ad-
ventists, Society for the Propagation
of the Gospel. Scripture Union and
Railway Mission. United Brethren In
Christ, Universalist General Conven-
tion and the Young Mems Christian
Association.
There is in Toxic the Japan Baptist
Theological Seminary; at Iokohama
the Marble Memorial Boys school; at
Kanahawa, the Mary l.. Colby Home
School Among the missionaries re-
Gently sent out to Japan by the Amer
lean Baptist Foreign Mission Society
were Lionel G.. Crocker; Herman u.
Spencer and the Rev. and Mrs. Jesse
T. Wilson. Bishop Herbert Welch is
the resident Methodist bishop in
Toxic The Methodist Church main
tains Acyama Gakuin. or Anglo -Japa-
nese College. which is educating iOO
boys. The other Methodist institu-
tionk are the Philander Smith Biblical
Institute, the publishing house. the
Acyama 10 Gakuin. or Anglo-Japa-
nese Girls College. and the Harrison
Memorial Industrial School.
Presbyterian Interests.
The Presbyterian missionaries in
Toxic are Miss Annie B. West. Miss
Elizabeth P. Milliken, Mrs. Henry NJ.
Lands, the Rev. DR.. David A. Murray.
Miss Lila S. Halsey, the Rev. DIR. and
Mrs. August K. Reischauer, Miss Ma
tilda II. London. Miss Mary d. Nc
Donald, Miss Lena G. Daugherty, the
the Rev. and Mrs. Theodore d. Waiser.
Miss Mary V. Alexander, the Rev. and
Mrs Willis G.. Lamott, Miss Louis H.
Dunlop, Miss Mary A. Fleming. Miss
Esther McDuff and Miss Ruth E.
Trimble.
Church of Christ in Japan. was formed
in 1877 as a union of the churches