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CHICAGO CASH COMMODITIES.

Chicago, Feb. 2S.-wheat; No. red.
$I3fGI.35A: No. : hard, sLls&h NO
2 northern. ii.20.
Corn: No. : mixed. 73H73Ac; No. ;
mixed, 7lIAc: No. mixed, 70A q Il u c.
No. 2 yellow. 73Aa74c: No. yellow.
7l4 a 72Jkc: No. 4 yellow, 7ld7llC; No.
? white. 53A 73hc; No. ; white, TN ~
72Bc; No. white. 7lG7lAc; sample
oats; No, white. asa 46c: No. white
49, a4ikc; No. white, i2d 45hc.
Rio No. 2. S5dS5Ac.
Barley: 63T7lc.
Timothy seed: S.sOd $50.
Cloverseed: 1860 so.
Pork: Nominal.
Lard: 1l.i0.
Ribs: 1O.l2d 1928.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGES.

New York, Feb. 23.-Foreign eN-
changes. easy; quotations:
Great Britain: Demand, Al; cables.
4.7I1i-lS; sO-day bills on banks,
( 50 Ills.
France: Demand, s.O533; cables, 6.O7a.
Italy: Demand, $50: cables, Assn.
Belgium: Demand, 5.3i: cables, 5.3ih.
Germany: Demand, .0oi4h; cables
.C044A.
Holland: Demand, 1855; cables, 1855.
Norway: Demand, 1881.
Sweden: Demand, 1852.
Denmark: Demand, 1852.
Switzerland: Demand. lS.Sek.
Spain: Demand. 1867.
Greece: Demand, l.l2k.
Poland: Demand. .OO222.
Czechoslovakia: Demand 2.s64.
Argentine: Demand. 1925.
Brazil: Demand, 11.52.
Montreal: 9SL.
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NEW ORLEANS COTTON.

New Orleans. Feb. sS.-The price Or
cotton again reached UP 20 new hiEh
levels for the season in tcday's trading,
carly advances carrying March M y"
% 45 cents a pouud All old crop posi-
tons made new high records hut new
crop months did not. being held down
nv continued favorable accounts in con
nectiou with the new crop. In the tlTsI
half hour Of the session prices rose 20
TO 70 points This was first March mo-
tIce adv and no notices were issued.
Trcir absence had much to do with the
advance. although better cables ina"
dus were also a bullish influence.
March traded up to 1850 cents hut
other months did not top previous high
prices. Considerable realizing came
from theI onC side and caused reactions
Of IL to IS points. hut just before noon
prices we're back to within to 10
points OF the highest.
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BUILDING ACTIVITY.
hush Orders for Materials Of All
Kinds.


Chicago, Ill, Feb. Rebuilding
activity, resumed this week with a
return of milder weather, has brought
a rush of orders from contractors for
material of all kinds. Demand for
common and faced brick is in excess
of supply and dealers predict ad-
vances in prices for the former grade.
Country dealers are in this market
for large supplies of cement and plas-
ter.
Statements by W. F. Armstrong,
general manager of the citizens COM
|mittee to enforce the Lands award
lin the building trades, that there
would be 1000 vacant apartments by
the first of May brought strong de-
mails today from real estate men who
declared the only vacancies would be
in very expensive apartments or I'M
inhabitable flats.
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KANSAS CITY LIVESTOCK.

Kansas City. Feb. sS.-Cattle: 1900;
all killing classes around steady: top
steers S9 few cows $500 $50. ten loads
Colorado mixed cutters "25; calves
steady with Yesterdays low time bet
ter grade Vealers Sl1.OO6ll.5O. practt-
calIy nothing doing on stockers and feed
crs: SIS bid on choice fat calves.
Hogs: 1000; sl,w 20 packers. mostly
., cents loHer; Yep IS: bulk desirable
10 20 2o1 bnditts $1,000 SOC. bulk Of
sales S7.S5TS.OO. packing sows 10 to
20 cents lower. mostly Ss.75H6.9o. stock
pigs Ia to 25 cents lower; bulk natives
$1,000 $50.
most lots SiiOOTlAS5. hesvies SlS.25'
a5pound clippers SO. no sheep offered
feeding lambs tl435
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WEEKLY WOOL REVIEW.

Boston. Feb. 23.-The Commercial
Bulletin tomorrow will say:
.aThe wool market Is going ahead
slowly but steadily. There are mum,
her Of things which cause tho wool
dealer to suspend judgment and to move
In snite OF the easing abroad. The goods
market appears 10 he healthy, although
still priced relatively low as compared
with the raw material"
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LONDON METAL.

London, Feb. 23.-stsndard copper:
Spot. f71 IS. Sd; futures. I'll, lis. Cd.
Elcctrolytic: Spot, az, los; futures,
f7s
Tin: Spot, 1900. I2s. Sd; futures, f2o2,
IS. Sd.
Lead: Spot. $40. Is, Sd; futures, f2s,
Zinc: Spot. 1855. IS. Sd: futures, f3s.
IS Sd.
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BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT.
Better Trade Follows New Orleans
Carnival Week.

New Orleans, La, Feb. 23.-Im-
proyement of business, which has fol-
lowed carnival week. has brought Il
feeling to New Orleans merchants
that the situation is going to improve
right through the spring. Bank de-
posits are heavier than last year and
loans and discounts are heavier. in
Heating an expansion of business.
The recent advances in cotton and
agar, while encouraging. have
brought little real cash into the rock-
- ~ local producers as most of the
1Se2 cotton and sugar already has
been DISPOSED Of by nlanters. Hard
ware. brick. uaints and machinery are
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CHICAGO PRODUCE.

Chicago, Feb. 23.--Buttcr: Lower;
creamery extras, SLY 152c; standards.
53c; extra flrsts, l9a5O1sc; flrsts, q a
4Sc: seconds. IS z a 46c.
firsts 35c; ordinary firsts, 81 33c; mis-
cellRneous, 3I634Ac.
Poultry: Alive, loder; fowls, 23ci
springs. Csc; ROSTERS, l7c.
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Steel.

Pittsburg. Feb. 23.-Steel plant or
ders are extending in volume at rate
that is keeping booking departments
unusually busy. Bars are at a mini
mum of about $500 Shapes and plates
are not quOtable under 1925. In all
lines the tendency is upward and sales
are being made at higher figures.
Nails are showing special strength at
$3.50. Recent advances are being
easily maintained.
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NEW YORK BONDS

New York, Feb. Swallowing is an
official list Of bonds traded In on the
New York stock Exchange today with
prices up to and including the close OF
the market. Total sales today was sl5,-
10000. against holiday yesterday. slS,-
$4,000 week ago, Si5,2s3.00 a year
ago, and sis.l05.O0O two years ago.
From January to date Sslo.sl5,00o
against $3.50. 0Bs,000 a year ago, and
S4ss,sos. 900 two years ago:
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FORT WORTH LIVESTOCK.
Fort Worth. Tex, Feb. 23.-Fr

Fort Worth. Tex, Feb. 23.-Friday
livestock receipts:
Cattle. 500; calves. 200; hogs. 1000:
shee,- so. -
Ca-Ie: Beeves. 80; stockers. 81
az: cows. S3T6; Gamers. fl.5O4 ESQ ;
helfers. S3.0OT6.50; yearlnEs, SOS;
bulls s3.O0M4.5O: calves. S2.OOmT.50.
Hogs: LIght.( Ss.0Ods.l0; heavy. y. 3
n 500; medium, s7.SOT7.7S; mixed. $3.50
n $50; common. $3.50 a $50; rough heavy,
s5.5Od6.5O; rough, $3.50 q $50; pigs, IS
d6.25.
sheer: Lambs, ts.5OT14.25: yearlinEs.
s7.5OGT Ill 90: wethers. $500 $50; ewes
S55Odb.50: culls, rd2: stocker sheep
S5.5OI6.5o: feeder lambs, f6.SO@ Hoo
goats, S2d3.
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LIVERPOOL WEEKLY COTTON.

Liverpool, Feb. 23.-Weekly cotton
statistics:
Total forwarded to mills, $4,000 bgS g.
Of which American $1,000.
Stock. $4,000. American $4,000.
Imports $1,000 American 1900.
Exports, 1000. American 1000.
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Sailing Lists Adyanc.

San Francisco, Cal, Feb. IS
Sailing lists TO the Orient from this
port for the last two months show a
tremendous advance in American
travel to the Far East and the sum-
mer months are expected to show even
greater increases.
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Dry Goods.

Houston, Tex, Feb. 2S.-Local job
bers are gathering in. a harvest of or
ders as a result of the :buy in Hous-
ton" week now in progress. Retail
ers from this entire section have come
into this market and movement of dry
goods, both wholesale and retail, is far
in excess Of last year.
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Hardware.

PittsbUrg. Pa, Feb. 23.-There has
been a lull in the demand for building
hardware which is expected to dis
appear with spring weather. Rivets,
bolts and nuts are rather quiet to-
day. but in shovels and wagon equip
ment there is good business.
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Propose improvements.

st. Louis, Mo-, Feb. 23.-Imme-
date improvements proposed by the
Terminal Railroad Association here
are expected to eliminate bridge vehi-
Gle and passenger tolls and TO reduce
or eliminate river freight charges On
shipments entering or leaving this
terminal.
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Oil.
Los Angeles, Cal,

nouncement that the Pan-American
Petroleum Company will endeavor to
develop large Oriental market, was
taken today by oil men here to indi-
cate a transfer in part of activities
from the Tampico, Mexico, field TO
California. Pan-American officials
pointed out today that California
crude is below the levels of eastern
crude oils because consumption is
larger than western demand and fa-
cilities for shipping to Atlantic ter
minals are inadequate.
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PARIs BOURsE.

PERKS. Feb. eS.-Prices were firm on
the hourse today.
Three per cent rentes So francs, -
Exchsne on London, ~ francs &:
confines
confines
The dollar was quoted at 15 francs. 81
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To Probe Oil Reserve leases.

Washington. ID. C., Feb. 23.-A de-
cision was reached by the Senate Pub
lie Lands committee today to begin
next October IL its hearings in con-
nection with the investigation of the
action Of the Interior Department in
leasing the Tea Pot Dome naval oil
reserve in Wyoming TO the Sinclair
interests.
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st. Paul, Mimi, Feb. 23.-Divi-
dends aggregating 100000. on a bust
ness which totaled $21, 100000, were
paid in 1922 by the Central Co-opera-
tive Association of Minnesota. accord
ing to announcement today. The con-
Germ is one of the leading livestock
marketing associations in the North
west and handled much Of the stock of
farmers in Minnesota, Wisconsin and
the DakOtas.
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CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS
Chicago. Feb. as.-ouotntions:
CHICAGO POTATOES.

Chicago, Feb. 23.-Potatoes: Stronger;
receipts, 20 cars; total United states
shipments Wednesday 7i5; Thursday,
33S; Wisconsin sacked round whites,
Si.OOdl.1O cwt.; dustles, Si.l0dl2.O
cwt. bulk. Sl.OOdl.25 cwt.; Idaho
sacked rurals, S12b cwt.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-23

San Francisco, Cal. Feb. %
The total stock Of lima beans on hand
here today is 10000 bags as COM
pared with 100000 last year at this
nt this time. The bean crops Of New
Mexico. Arizona. Navada. and Idaho
are renoEted to have been exhausted.
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Ontarfa and Western.

Advices which might &c termed
ser.-offisis: are thst ;lere is very
little liEe!.eccd Of any dividend being
declared by he Ontario and Western
directors Ia 1923. Stockholders have
beer expecting some action for at
ieakt a year,
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Boston. Mass.

Boston, Mass, Feb. 2S.-The local
lumber market is very strong today
and dealers are moving n tremendous
amount of stock considering weather
conditions. Spruce holds firm at $50
a thousand feet base. Lath and cedar
shingles are higher and yellow pine is
strong at top figures.
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BOSTON WOOL.

Copyright. by The San Antonio Lisht:
Boston, Feb. 23.-The wool market
today was quite as 1t usually, Is after
halliday so close to the end OF the
yrcclr The tone Vas firm. however. with
no soft spots in sight. Some small lots
went at slightly lower prices.
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NheShhOi
Springfield, Mo. Feb, 23.-Th

Springfield. Mo-, Feb. 23.-The out
put of the American Bosch Magnetic
Company is rapidly approaching nor
NAL capacity today. Shipments in
the last month have been larger than
for any similar period since Septem.
Der, 1920.
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Build Residences.

Atlanta, Ca, Feb. 23.-The vol
ume Of residential construction in
this city is continuing unchecked
even by inclement weather. The cree
ton of n new S2.000.OO0 apartment
house was announced this week.
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LONDON MONEY,
InnInI

London, Feb. a3.-Bar silver SD per
ounce.
Money. ia per cent
Discount rates: Sh,I hilS. ~ s2lI
per cent; three months bills, : : i-l6
per cent.
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Railroad Equipment.

Philadelphia, Feb. 23.--Better credit
position of public utilities companies
are reflected in the increased orders
being received today by railroad sup
ply manufacturers here.
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Clnthing.

st. Louis, Feb. 23.-Clothing whole
salcrs and jobbcrs have some cXcep-
tionally large orders on their books to-
day and are pressing manufacturers
for deliveries. The latter are work
ing at full capacity. .'''
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Sharon, Pa, Feb. 23.-With its
plant on 100 per cent operating
basis, the Sharon Steel Hoop Com
pany has enough business on its books
today to operate at capacity for sew
eral months.
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Start Work on Mill,

Youngstown. Ohio, Feb. 23.-Work
on the new 45-inch universal mill of
the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Com
pany has started. 1t will replace a
Skelp mill.
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MINNEAPOLIS GRAIN.

Minneapolis, MINI, Feb. 23.-Cash:
Wheat: No. northern, Sl.lS7s q La : :
iay, $l.1s5: July, {1.1Sh.
Corn: No. 30 yellow, 66h csc.
Oats: No. Z white, 39h fOKc
Barley: 52d62e. -
Rye; No. :, 1875 aTs@c. e, $
Flax; No. l, 5.1sA q 5l7E, --Asse-.s..
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Brooklyn Edison.

Not more thun 1 Per cent of the
S15,O00,000 stock offering of the
BruoSlyn Edison company was left
to exc underwriting syndicate 90 per
cent hss;nS teen subscribed to by,
stockholders. Up to the close of
bus.ness CO. Wednesday more thap
S14rO0, 00h ia cash HAD been paid in
on the offering. Estimates are that
the syndicate will have cEiy about
SOC snares ts 1ader.ss:e NJ 500
sha.e,
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NEW YORK SILVER.

New York. Feb. 25.-Foreign bar sill
yer. 647Sc.
Mexican dollars, 4shc.
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KANSAS CITY PRODUCE.

Kansas City, No.. Feb. sa.-Butter
and poultry: Unclaimed.
Eggs: &c lower; firsts. Slei seIeels
sc,
Potatoes: UNCHANGED.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-23

Duluth, Iowa, Feb. 23.-The Mes
abb Motor Company has purchased a
large snow pillow with caterpillar
tractor propulsion TO clear its motor
transport roads in Northeastern Min
ncsota.
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Wall Street Featuss

Copyright. ~ TAs San Antonio LiEht'
Gulf States Steel.
rhess wLS were ket:ys last week
in Passing out Information regarding
at least a so dividend rate on Gulf
States Steel said today that the 81
quarterly dividend, declared last We'd
nesiuy, MEANT 10 them that the rate
would be increased at the next meet
inE TO $3.50 quarterly and at the
meeting SIX months aencS tc ct least
50 quarterly and perhaps $3.50 quar-
terly. At the same time that the 81
dividend was declared on the common
stock, the board ot directors set
aside dividends for the entire year on
the first and second preferred issues.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-23

all showing q persistent and iacreas-
ing demand, according to dealers to-
day.
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Shoes.
Fort Worth. Tex. Ft

tailers here estimated today that the
retail shoe business throughout the
Southwest at present was 20 per cent
above the volume of sales for the cor
responding time last year.
Evening star., 1923-09-06
81 NEW SHOCKS FELT.
Occasional Outbreaks of Fire Mark
Latest Disturbance.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
TOXIC, September (DeIayed)-
Twenty-seven near earthquake shocks
were felt during the night, but the au-
thorlties today expressed the view that
no further destructive ones were likely.
Occasional outbreaks of fire lighted I'D
the sky, but they We're not dangerous
splendid order is being maintained in
the anected area. Temporary lighting
systems have been established in the
parks, were thousands are encamped
under rude shelters
The weather remains warm and
bright.
railway communication has been re-
established from Omiya westward
Two Cities Lie Crushed.
Toxic, and Yokohama. separated by
only a few miles of water. lie crushed
by the overpowering forces of an earth
quake-a series of pheavals-that
came with Scant warning and brought
crashing down the homes and business
places of these great cities.
All around for many miles other
cities, towns and villages have been
dashed from the foundations. and what
compiish was completed by fire and tidal
wave
While entire sections of the capital
lave been obliterated-alI but the
ruins-a very considerable extent of
the city remains. Not so with YokO-
mama, refugees from which are be-
ginning to find their way into Toxic.
They tell of the terrific destruction
wrought at that place, which has been
Evening star., 1923-09-06

very frail material, and falling walls
and beams or fire may not have
caused irreparabIe damage
Evening star., 1923-09-06
DAGGER WOUNDS
IN QUAKE BODIES
Work of GhouIS Revealed in
Yokohama-FumeS Kill
Many in Boats.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON. September "a Kobe
dispatch to the Daily Mall, dateo
Wednesday. says that refugees reach-
ing there pay warm tribute to the
splendid work of the Canadian Pacific
officers and men at Yokohama "ho
organized rescue parties Saturday
night and saved women and children
regardless of nationality.
The steamship Empress Of Canada
arrived at Kobe Wednesday with
1.400 refugees, many of them severely
injured. The steamer Empress OF
Australia is still at Yokohama. serV-
ing as a home for refugees
Die OF SuffocatiOn.
At Yokohama many deaths occurred
from suffocation in the case or people
who had taken refuge in boats. as
the gale off shore carried out noXlous
fumes. which overwhelmed them.
All accounts agree that Yokohama
is a waste.
The old stone built British consulate
general in Toxic collapsed Mrs'
Horne, wife of the commercial at
tache. had a marvellous escape. She
had just left her husband In the Once
he was killed.
All bridges over creeks and canals
collapsed, some of these waterways
are crowded with dead bodieS.
Foul Work by Ghouis.
The correspondent says there has
been a good deal of foul work by
shouls, both on Saturday and sun
day. and several bodies have peeh
seen with dagger wounds.
The eastern breakwater at foko-
hama has more than half disappeared
The northern breakwater has SUNK
seven feet. Two lighthouses only re-
main. Half of the Yokohama pier
has sunk, the remainder burned. All
the custom house buildings were
destroyed. .
The dead include many hundreas OF
Chinese whose section of the town
collapsed like Il pack of cards. The
European death roll would have been
greater had not most of those stay
inp AT the Grand and Oriental hotels
been at the pier to see of passengers
on the Empress of Australia.
Evening star., 1923-09-06
Food Supplies Rushed Japan Late Reports Cut Death Toll

for years of vast Importance to the
commerce of the western world
Streets Full of Dead.
The streets and water courses, the
canals and sea front are filled with
dead. and among the dead are doubt
less many injured. to whom IL has
been impossible to take succor. In
Yok ohama. far more than in Toxic.
foreign residents and visitors suffered
loss of life or injury. 1t is estimated
that no fewer that 200 foreigners
perished in the treaty port. but even
yet no comprehensive account can be
extracted from the refugees, who
reached here in an almost exhausted
condition.
The overwhelming effects of the
first shock may be realized when IL
caught by the flames that swept
through the city almost Immediately,
driven by the high winds. leaped into
the canals and finding no safety In
any direction were drowned or over
come by the debris which soon choked
the waterways.
The shopping district downtown
was overwhelmed. and here many
thousands of shoppers and business
workers died.
To add to the dangers. immense
creViceS opened in the streets, in some
places isolating entire blocks and
making it absolutely impossible for
those within the sections to find safe
ty from the fire.
For two days the fires of Toxic
ragged, destroying possibly 100000
houses and property. the value of
which cannot be estimated; cremating
the bodies Of many of the dead and
probably ending the sufferings Of
scores Of injured. The casualty list
will be very great; estimates at pres
ent vary from $4,000 upward in Toxic
alone. How many were killed in the
outlying districts is not known, be
cause for long time Toxic was cut
off from communication with the out
side world.
Evening star., 1923-09-06
MONEY SAFE IN VAULTS.
Yokohama Center of Quake With
Over 100 Miles Radius.
BY the Associated press

BY the Associated Press
OSAKA, September 6.-All money
In the Bank of Japan vaults was saw
ed from destruction In the fire which
followed the earthquake and tidal
wave, 1T become known here today
A recapitulation of the earthquake
and fire today showed Yokohama as
It's center. extending north and south
about 100 miles and 140 miles east
and west from that city.
This area included thirty-three
counties. five large cities. inhabited
by 100000 people who We're caught
In the disaster. 1t is estimated that
about 20 per cent OF the cities and
towns within the stricken area were
destroyed.
Yokohama, according to reports re-
celved here. was totally destroyed
and only about one-fourth Of Toxic
remains
The fire at Yokohama brought free
dom TO felons confined in prison there,
as they We're released when 1t became
apparent the prison was in the path
of the flames.
Additional divisions of troops have
been ordered from Osaka to Toxic
equipped with provisions and machine
guns.
Evening star., 1923-09-06
REFUGEES AT KOBE.
Latest Reports From Japan En-.
couraging to London.
' the Associated Press

IVY IN" Associated Press
LONDON. September "a more en-
couraging outlook on the situation in
Japan was received today at the for
elgn office from the British consul in
KOBE. Who said the japanese war Of
nee, department of justice, foreign Of
nee and admiralty were declared by
the local authorities to be intact. Pre-
Yious reports had indicated that the
government buildings suffered severe
ly from the earth shocks and sub
sequent fires.
The consufs message adds that two
persons who walked from Toxic to
Yokohama confirmed the reports of
enormous destruction in the latter
city, but their account of the situat ton
in regard to the foreigners in Toxic
was encouraging. Altogether about
400 British refugees have arrived at
Kobe from Yokohama.
Damage Not So Great
British eyewitnesses state that the
damage to the central and official
business districts in Toxic is not so
great as was at first believed and il
now seems possible that the British
embassy building and consulates in
the capital may have escaped 4 dis
patch received in London from a
British naval officer in Yokohama
says all the foreign residents in Toxic
escaped but that seventy were killed
in Yokohama.
The latest British advices are that
the relief work is well in hand. A
British warship arrived at Yokohama