Show T 1 om MAY ROCK JAPAN SA Earth Strata May Not Be Adjusted T Tondorf Believes I 2458 ARE NOW DEAD Homeless Are Rapidly B Being Be- Be ing Cared For WASHINGTON March 10 A AP Japan may suffer an even en greater great great- Ir er disaster than that of Mondays Monday's earthquake If the tremors this week have not adjusted the earth strata o of the Islands the Re Francis A. A S. S J. J Georgetown university sity seismologist said toda today Even the famous earthquake of 1923 did not equal the more recent one In Intensity he declared and the latter has borne out the opinion frequently advanced that ment was riot not completed in 1923 Seismologists can whether or riot not a 3 third big shock Is to follow he said but d out that a thorough study of the recent tremors must be made first Slight aftershocks may be t d for some time J TORIO TOKIO March tarch 10 AP reports to the home office from the earthquake ko are area say ay t re Me are 2458 2418 dead 88 88 mIssing About houses were were destroyed py by tire sire or coll collapse se and nd over 2000 I were were badly damaged FOOD DISTRIBUTED i The homeless are being rapidly relieved through the construction of arracks and food and medicines are flowing into the devastated reo re- glon gion The center of Mondays Monday's qualm quake was apparently ten miles off promontory at the tip of the tha Tango peninsula says a h from Dr Shinichi Kunitomi seismologist of the Central observatory Jt f Tokio who Is now investigating In the quake zone If the movement had c centered on the land Instead of at sea he added the disaster would have been greater than that of 1923 In which persons were killed Dr Imamura a prominent prominent nent member ot of the faculty of the Imperial university who Is also inn In Inthe the devastated zone says the amplitude amplitude tude of the quake was e as great as that of 1125 1025 In which h persons were killed and Its destructive destructive de- de force five times greater He also believes that the quake zone Is gradually moving eastward TOKIO March 10 r AP-r Each AP-Each ach succeeding report from the earthquake earthquake earth earth- quake are area In central Japan furnishes furnishes fur fur- a fresh chapter In a tale Ot f horror Bitter cold snow rain overflowing streams and lack ot of food and shelter all have added to toWe We trials of the terror terror stricken ken persons persons per per- sons whose homes either toppled d about them when the earth rocked Monday l evening or were burned in inthe inthe the fires Ires that followed RELIEF HINDERED The army armr navy and police pollee are to reach the making every effort I sufferers but broken railway tracks blocked roads and flooded country are hindering them Violent wind and rough seas have prevented prevent d de- de Continued on page 8 11 THIRD BIG QUAKE MAY ROCK JAPAN SAYS SCIENTIST Continued from page 1 from Crom reaching the scene with supplies Communication with the region Is still spasmodic and thus complete ot of the c casualties cannot be made s compiled by the home office in accordance with its latest ad advices vices indIcate that nearly 2300 persons were killed and about injured Newspaper reports estimate the number of dead at between be- be tweet tween and Estimates of the homeless range from to Observers believe the material material ma- ma damage may amount to 75 A late dIspatch from 1 says the rain has stopped there relief work to be carried on Survivors Survivors Sur- Sur have again started the almost hopeless task ot of searching for lost relatives Some bodies are beIng burned and others are beIng burled buried in pits dug by the soldiers The police are maintaIning strict order in t tile e quake zone Health officials ar using theIr energIes t to prevent an epidemic and thousands o nf of f coo coolies li es a are a at t work I k i I i o nf of f coo coolies li es a are a at t work I k i I i wor repa repaIring r ng the roads as soldiers and sailors are collecting bodies and buildIng crude barracks to shelter the living l Ka Kaya a Tamada Yamada Ya- Ya mada Ichita and other desolated towns and villages are badly in need of food and other supplies the rivers riv- riv ers ens Noda and Fuda having overflowed overflowed over over- flowed to such an extent as to interfere interfere in- in seriously with relief parties It is expected many ot of the injured will die through lack of medi al at attention at- at and that scores ill sue sue- cumb because of the cold and The Tokio municipality and the chamber of commerce are raising relief funds governors are beIng urged by the home effice to collect supplies and mony mondy Charles MacVeagh the American ambassador called on Un Mm- later ister today to pres nt the sympathy ot of hIs country and offer Red Cross assistance The foreign mInIster voiced his appreciation but saId he did not believe outside aid was wag needed as the government and prefectures appe appeared red to be able to handle the situation |