VOLUME XVIII NUMBER 219
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5,1923
PRICE TEN CENTS
DEAD LIST MAY
REACH AS HIGH
AS 500,000 MEN
NEW VOLCANO BREAKS OUT IN
CHICHU RANGE FIFTY MILES
p FROM TOKIO—MILLION AND A
HALF HOMELESS IN TOKYO
OSAKA, Sept. 5.—According to ad
vices received by the Asapi, a local
newspaper, 310,000 persons lost their
lives in Tokio, Yokahama and Yoko
shuita, with 10,000 dead at the latter
place, to say nothing of the number
killed in the country districts..- In the
meantime a new volcano has broken
r out in the Chichu range, 50 miles to
the northwest of Tokyo.
Over a million and a haff are home
les in the Tokyo district, and great
distress is experienced by the popula
tion.
Corpses congest the rivers and it
is certain that much sickness will
ensue unless something is done to
clean up the devastated area
Hundreds of families are leaving
the cities for the open places of the
country districts, fearing a repetition
of the earthquake shocks.
A vast area of Japan has been de
p vastated by the greatest earthquake
in the history of modern times. It will
be several weeks before the actual
loss of life is known. The most reii
able estimates place the death toll up
to the present time at 300.000 to 500 -
000, and it is feared v.h:n completed
figures come in that it will exceed the
latter nu* iter.
CALL FOR RLL.EF FUND
SEATTLE, Sept. 5.—The mayor to
day issued a proclamation calling on
Seattle citizens 10 contribute heavily
to the relief of the stricken nation
STEAMER RUNS AGROUND
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 5.—The
Cordova, Alaska, station, wirelessed
today that the Taiyoma Maru had re
ported being in distress cff the Japa
nese coast.
MUST RECHART COAST
TOKIO, Sept. 5.—It is reported that
owing to the bottom of the sea being
thrust upward at many places it will
be necessary to rechart the entire
coast in the vicinity of TcLio and Yo
kohama.
APPEAL FOR ASSISTANCE
OSAKA, Sept. 5.—A call for help
has been sent out by the Japanese
government, asking the nations to the
world to assist in restoring the strick
en districts to a point where they may
be self supporting The heavy rains
and typhoon beat down ^ne crops and
ruined them and nation wide famine
will ensue unless aid is given.
CONDOLENCES SENT
ROME, Sept. 5.—Pope Pius today
sent to Emperor Kio his profound
condolences to the imperial family and
the people of Japan.
COMMUNICATION REOPENED
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 5.—The
steamship Korea Mara reported safe
in Yokaliama, states in communication
to officials here that communicatlbns
of all kinds have been reopened up to
a distance of 85 miles from Tokio.
FORMER PREMIER KILLED
NAGASAKA, Sept. 5.—Former Pre
mier Matsukata is dead from injurie*
£ received In the earthquake.
GREAT DAMAGE YOKAHAMA
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 5.—Japa
nese Consul Yama here received a ca
blegram today from Former Consul
Yada at Shanhai saying that a mililon
are homeless and the toll of dead and
injured would reach 350,000. The loss
to property will reach a billion dol
lars.
THOUSANDS OF BODIES
OSAKA, Sept. 5.—Officers landing
from the London Maru at Yokohama,
report bodies scattered everywhere by
tens of thousands. Refugees are hud
dled in the public parks. Odawara
was swept by a tidal wave. Osaka vo
ted 200,000 yen. The United States
consul at Kobe commandeered the
steamship West Orawa, and loaded it
with food tor Yokohama. Little is
known of the loss of life in the for
eign settlement, but it is reported that
the emperor and empress and their
suite are safe, having left the city tor
Nikko. Most of the large buildings are
absolutely destroyed heavy reinforced
concrete going down before the stag
gering blows dealt by the temblor.
The loss of life is terrific and it is
certain that it will reach nearly five
hundred thousand when the figures
are all in.
NO BUILDINGS STANDING
NAGASAKA, Sept. 5.—Parties ar
riving here today from the devastated
districts declare that not one building
is standing in Yokohama, that only
ruins exist.
DIN WAS TERRIFIC
OSAKA, Sept. 5.—Survivors reach
ing here state that the din and contu
sion attending the quake were terrific.
Severe oscillations were acompanied
^by tremendous jerks backward or for
ward, the quake lasing for a period
of nearly five hours. After the first
heavy shocks buildings began to tot
ter, and came down with a crash, bu
rying their occupants. The terrific
storm and violent electrical display
added to the terror, those inhabitants
surviving the first shocks fleeing to
nearby open spaces, and huddling to
the ground to prevent flying missiles
from overwhelming them.
The quake was accompanied by one
of the most violent electrical storms
ever seen in Europe, the crashing ol
the thunder and the roar of the wind
causing the stoutest hearts to fear the
end of the world was at hand. Several
thousand refugees who lied to the
churches wrere overwhelmed by fall
ing walls, and many were drowned as
they lay under the ruins, by bursting
water pipes and torrential rains.
CHAOS REIGNS IN YOKAHAMA
YOKAHAMA, Sept. 5.—All is ruin
and chaos today where last week
stood a great city of several hundred
thousand. Yokohama was one of the
richest cities in Japan, its exports of
te^ and silk to the United States be
ing in excess of any other city. It is
situated on a beautiful bay about 18
miles from Tokio, the capital. Its for
ei^ population was very large, many
beautiful bungalows and villas being
built around the heights overlooking
the ba*. Tokio has a population ol
about 200,000.
ATLANTIC CITY, Sept. 5.—Jeff
Clark, the pride of Joplin, Mo., forced
Firpo to display some fast work last
night in his workout. Firpo appeared
in good shape.
BEAVER TJKIi
IS PROHIBITED
FOR IS ifllEfi
OPEN SEASON ORDER IS SUS
PENDED OWING TO SERIOUS
DIMINUTION OF COLONIES— IN
SOME DISTRICTS ARE EXTINCT
That there will be no open seasor
on beaver this winter is indicated ir
a telegram received Satuiday by the
Gateway from E. P. Walker, agent o
the U. S. Biological Survey. Mr. Wal
ker wired from Cordova where he has
been the past week on official busi
ness stating that killing was prohib
ited for the winter. No date was
mentioned as to the time the closet
season was to start, but it is supposet
the order is effective immediately.
The season for trapping beaver was
placed between December 1 and Mar
31. at a time when their dams ant
houses were frozen in, and they wen
most easily reached by the trapper
who would dynamite their dams anc
exterminate the colony at his leisure
Fur buyers report that since the opei
season started a year or so ago, tin
colonies have diminished' rapidly ant
many interested persons have beei
after Mr. Walker to rescind the opei
season and again protect them unti
they could propagate. In many dis
tricts where large colonies lived the:
have been practically exterminated
The open season relating to marten
land otter and mink remain the same
The new order will work a hardshij
on those trappers who have alread:
left for the hills, and may result ii
considerable confusion for a time.
BED CROSS ASKS FOR
The local American Red Cross 1
asking for donations for the strickei
people of Japan, and it is hoped tha
a liberal response will be made. Tin
recent terrible catastrophe, the great
est the world has ever known, lia:
taxed the residents of the Flower;
Kingdom beyond their capacity, an<
for the first time in the history of tin
nation they have asked the world t<
help relieve the millions of starvinj
and homeless inhabitants.
Imagine a like catastrophe for Alas
ka, and it is a probability, and con
sider the misery our people would en
dure were we in like circumstances
A city larger than San Francisco ha:
been totally wiped out; another ha:
been partly destroyed, and the whoh
surrounding districts have been swep
by fire, by flood, and by raging gales
Let us step forward to meet th<
needs of a sister nation. It is neede(
now more.than at any other time.
INTERNATIONAL FISHERMEN’S
RACE WAS SAILEC* MONDAY
GLOUCESTER, Mass., Sept. 5.
Capt. Mark Welch, who sailed th<
Gloucester schooner Esperanto to vie
tory in the first International Fisher
men’s race off Halifax in 1920, was
skipper of the schooner Shamrock ir
the open fishermen’s race sailed ofl
Cape Cod Labor Day.
GIRL STRANGLED TO DEATH
AS JACKET CATCHES IN CAR
BEND, Ore., Sept. 5.—Her jacket
catching on the handle of a door ol
an automobile, Betty Jean, only child
of J. M. Lindley, was strangled tc
death when she fell from a bed in a
car where she had been placed while
her mother went to cad on a neighbor
for a few minutes.
KETCHIKAN, Sept. 5.—Raiding oi
fish traps and destruction of floating
traps have attained serious propor
tions in this district. Numerous trap
robberies have occurred recently, the
watchmen being held up and in sev
eral instances shot at. It is said the
illegal operations are encouraged by
cannerymen buying fish from boats
they- know the be pirates.
Destruction of floating traps and
gear on the west coast of Prince of
W&les Island are reported.
WATSON DUE THIS EVENING
The steamship Admiral Watson is
expected to reach port from the
south about five o’clock this evening.
She will go from here to Anchorage,
and thence to Kodiak and Alitak.
GLIDERS MEET BE HELD IN U. S.
INDIANPOLIS, Sept. 5.—An inter
' national Gliders meet will be held in
San Francisco in connection with the
l American Legion Convention, October
! loth to 19th. The Legion headquar
, ters announced that European and
1 American machines would be entered
. in competition.
GERMANY MUST MAKE AN
[ EFFORT TO PAY REPARATIONS
L -
i CHASSEY BEAUPRE, France, Sept
[ 5—Premier Poincare in an address
- here Monday said that Germany must
make an effort to pay their repara
. tions as did France in 1871. He said
, ^Germany must not expect any reduc
. tiou in the debt.
> -—
BATTLING SIKI ARRIVES IN U, S.
1 NEW YORK, Sept. 5.—“Battling
Siki,” the Sengalese, arrived here to
day. He said he was prepared to
show American fighters some fire
works.
DLBLIN, Sept. 5.—Mary McSwiney
one of the leaders of the Irish repub
licans, was chased from the platform
by an angry crowd last night when
she made a slighting mention of the
' late Michael Collins, who was shot
i from ambush one year ago, while in
; specting the Free States military po
sitions near Cork. Miss McSwiney
declared that Collins was shot in a
fair fight and got a more honorable
death than he deserved.
LINERS COLLIDE IN ST. JOHN'S
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Sept. 5.—
The U. S. shipping board vessel
Springfield, which is under charter to
a shipping company of Jacksonville
was entering St. Johns river last
night when she was struck by the
Clyde liner Apache. No one was in
jured.
PRAISES IMMIGRATION STATION
NEW YORK, Sept. 5.—The United
States Immigration Station at Ellis
Island, which has been the target for
lidicule irom England is praised by
Augusto Setti, an Italian attorney
general, who said that he had visited
the Island four times and commended
the authorities for their work there.
JUDICIAL REFORMS NEEDED
MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 5.—Congress
and the State Legislatures should be
awakened to the importance of Judi
cial reform, Chief Justice Taft told
the American Bar Association dele
gates yesterday.
George Sexton and Miss Lorra
McManus will return tonUrht fron
t?Ip to lower Kenaf. '
FOR RELIEF SUFFERERS
The Seward Chapter ot the Ameri
can Red Cross is in receipt of the fol
lowing telegram from Divisional head
quarters :
“National headquarters requests all
Red Cross Chapters to be prepared to
receive and promptly remit to Divi
sion Office contributions of money
from public. Same should be desig
nated for Japanese earthquake relief.
Names of donors should be mailed to
Division Office in duplicate. Chap
ters should not appropriate from the
Chapter funds without further in
structions. National Headquarters
has made appropriation. President
Coolidge designates Red Cross as the
authoritative American agency for
relief.”
It is desired that all who wish to
contribute to this worthy cause leave
their contributions with Mr. Elwyn
Swetman, secretary oi the Seward
Chapter, at the Seward Drug Store.
A. E. RUCKER, Chamn.
Seward Chapter, A. R. C.
DEMPSEY SHOWING SPEED
* SARATOGA SPRING, N. Y., Sept.
5.—Marked improvement was shown
by champion Jack Dempsey in the
workouts for his fight with Luis Firpo
at New York, Sept. 14. He let loose
some real punches in his exchanges
with partners in his training camp.
BIG ADVANCE IN PRICE OF
CROSS FOX IS REPORTED
—
WINNIPEG, Sept. 3.—A fifty per
cent advance in the prise of cross lox
featured the fur auction held here last
week, with total sales of $600,000. Sil
ver fox brought a 30 per cent increase
while muskrat declined 20 per cent
and wolf 20 per cent. Prices for lynx,
marten and fisher increased. Mink
and bear increased 20 per cent with
white and red fox unchanged.
AMERICAN LEGIONS FAVORS
OCCUPATION RUHR VALLEY
PARIS, Sept 5.—National Comman
der Owsley or the American Legion
at a dinner given last night by Post
No. 1, declared that the American Le
gion is the only organisation in the
United States with the courage to tell
France, “we stand with you and Bel
gium in the occupation of the Ruhr.”
LONDON, Sept. 5.—The rejuvena
tion of women as well as men and
without the aid of beauty doctors and
dressmakers has been promised by
Dr. Voronoff, the monkey gland expo
nent. Dr. Voronoff announced during
the recent session of the International
Surgical Congress that he was making
experiments with a view to praserv
ing everlasting girlhood.
The announcement that he propos
ed to make grandmothers into debu
tantes caused a sensation among the
delegates, many of whom were frank
in saying it was utterly impossible.
BRITAIN REFUSES TO RECEDE IN
QUESTION TOUCHING OCCUPA
TION AND NEUTRALITY OF THE
ISLAND OF CORFU.
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LONDON, Sept. 5.—Britain today in
reply to the Italian note refused to re
cede from her demands that Italy
withdraw her troops from the island
of Corfu, stating that the neutrality of
the island must be preserved, as guar
anteed by Britain when the island was
ceded to Greece.
GREECE WOULD ARBITRATE
GENEVA, Sept. 5.—The Polish and
Greek delegations to the League of
Nations proposed to the Council of
the League this afternoon that it re
fer the proposed investigation of the
Graeco-Italian dispute to a neutral
commission.
ITALY REFUSES TO CONSIDER
ROME, Sept. 5.—Italy refused to
submit her dispute with Greece to ar
bitration, reiterating that it was a
dispute touching her national honor,
and not a question to be arbitrated.
RESERVES ARE READ
GENOA, Sept. 5.—Fifty thousand
reserves were order to be ready to
answer a call to the colors.
SEAT I LE, Sept. 5.—The steamship
Buford reached here last night on her
return from its Alaska excursion. Her
passengers are loud in their praise of
the trip, and believe that much good
has been accomplished.
TODAY'S S!SH PRICES
KETCHIKAN, Sept. 5.—Fresh hali
but, none; pickled, none.
JUNEAU—Halibut 10 and 6 cents;
king salmon, reds, 12 and 8 cents;
whites 3 cents. m —. g.
FRANCE RECOGNIZES MEXICO
MEXICO CITY, Sept. 5.—France to
day formally recognized Mexico.
ATHENS, Sept. ^ 5.—Col. Stephen
Lowe, St. Louis member of the Red
Cross attached to the nearest relief
station, reports altogether 20 victims
of the Italian bombardment of Corfu,
prior to occupation, whereof 16 were
children, killed by shrapnel fired at
them while they were bathing in the
sea.
BOMBING TESTS TODAY
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5.—The War
Department started a series of bomb
ing tests with the obsolete battleships
\ irginia and New Jersey, twenty
miles off Cape Hatteras starting to
day.
INSTRUCTOR AND PUPIL
DROWNED IN GREEN LAKE
-* jp_
SEATTLE, Sept. 5.—Fred Johnson,
contractor, whose home was until re^
cently at Greensboro, North Carolina,
and Mrs. Gertrude McKenaie, his
housekeeper, were drowned Sunday
whiio'.the man was giving the woman
a sWimming lesson in Green Lake. ?