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Show LIVES OF MANY SAVED IN JAPAN BKU.SJE5SEL JDash of Destroyer ?17 Up Tokio Bay to Rescue Ma-rooned Ma-rooned Foreigners Lauded Laud-ed as Herioc Action HAZARDOUS FEAT V WINSUCCESS i Refugees Found Camped I in oardens of Imperial, ' ' Hotel With Strong Military Mili-tary Guard Protecting Fifty-one Americans Are Reported Dead I WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 (By U. p.i The namee of fifty-en Americans reported killed In Japanese earthquake war nt the etate department today by Consul Olckovor at Kobot Dickvr'a meaeas follewal - Pellewing by mail from embassy em-bassy at Tekiei "Fellewina Americana have been reported killed! Mia Dor to Babbitt, Mr. Joseph Coons Coo-ns Brioei, Mra. Brunell, F. L. Elliott. El-liott. Mr. Firth, Mra. L. H. Jenk, Mrs- Jenka, Mr. K em peon, Miea Qrsttsn. Mr. Klraochoffer, Mra. Georae Komer, Miea Jennie Kuy-per, Kuy-per, T. J. Leffin, Carl Lewie, Jsise LyncK Mr. and Mrs. Mark-ell, Mark-ell, C. Naeona, Captain Mitchell McDonald, Mra. Maurice Mendel-eon, Mendel-eon, Miss Merry tt, I. Morteeon, Edwin Muller, Mr. Patterson, M. ' A. Perritt, Mr, Purrlngten, two children and gevemeoe, J. Bead, Jack Reed, Mra. Reich, A. Rob- . oris, Miee Katharine Robinson, B. 8. P. Rebertaton, Mr. Her. ry Rovt and eon, Mr. Rutt, Or. mlth. Mr. Svendenaky, Mra. m Thempeen, Miae Telotoi, Mr. L. F Viol, Mr. Wiarman and daughter. daugh-ter. Mis Wlnetanlsy, Gerald Xavier, Miea Shi el ar Xavler, M. - . Xavier, V. . Zombech. Mra, L. Zambaeh." -, - LOhTDOJf, Bapt. I ny A. P VTh Xob corroapondsnt of th Ventral Newa says that rfuees arrlvlnr en tha eteamcr Emproas of Australia credit th commander and o Price rs or tne jsmorican navat destroyer I1T with the moat outstanding out-standing act of herolam after th earthquake. This waa the da ah of the craft up Tokio bay to rescue marooned foreigners in th Japanese Jap-anese capital. Ocean going vessels rarely attempt at-tempt to eteam further up the gulf than Yokohama, and for the Americana Amer-icana to take their Ship to Tokio through tha shallow waters of the upper bay after the aslsmlo upheave! up-heave! Involved unknown dangers. The commandere of other ahipa at Yokohama warned the United estates navy men that It was too early to attempt to reach Tokio. Nevertheleaa, dctroyr 117 mad th run and the American were the first -rescuers to reach th city after the disaster. As It was impossible im-possible to dock the craft, ths refugee refu-gee were taken aboard from mall boat and destroyer 117 returned to Yokohema, where the foreigner boarded the liners that were acting act-ing as rescue stations. Another dash to Tofcle followed, and on her return the destroyer brought the remaining foreigners who desired to leav th capital tn th aafaty of th big ship at Yokohama. Th American rescuers found th fxvVeign colony encamped In the -ffjrdens. of the Imperial hotel with r's strong military guard around the buildings and gardena for protective protect-ive purposes. The foreigner remained Isolated In the hotel-grounds until Tuesday morning, when th destroyer arrived. ar-rived. Th ateamer Kid press of Australia Austra-lia continued her relief work at S Yokohama for nine days before pre-I pre-I ceding to Kod witn 200 Kuropeaa and American refugee. Th American and British embassies em-bassies ar etlU quartered In th Imperial hotel. Th moratorium, th swvwmment relief fund end the proamnion of speculation have all combined to fford assurance of Japan ability to recuperate, the meaeag adds. MANY CITIES EXCEED -t RELIEF FUND QUOTAS. CHICAGO, Bept. 11. The 1100.-eoa 1100.-eoa quota assigned tbe central division di-vision of the American Red Cross fro the Japan relief fund will probably be exceeded within a few (Continued on peg A) - IMS OF MANY r - i LI2 . r i (Coatlnuad from Page 1.) daye, according to Rad Cross official, of-ficial, who aald man? chaptara are planning to doubla lhair quota. 1)1-vlaion 1)1-vlaion headquarters hare today reported re-ported 74.00o had been contributed contrib-uted In tha ten slates of tha division. di-vision. With Chicago leading. Detroit. Milwaukee, Bt. Paul. Dee Molnea. Helena, Bprlngfleld and Omaha ara reaching and exceeding their quotas, quo-tas, officiate aald. ,, MANY VICTIMS 0 ... rather sharp. Bleep for tha nerve-stricken nerve-stricken people la next to Impossible. Impos-sible. ' Arrlrala from the Uakone mountains moun-tains describe the remarkable effect ef-fect of the earthauene where the mountalna toppled, filling up their valleys and burying alive many hundreds hun-dreds of persons ' - In Tokio aorae frightful scenes ara being dlacloeed as tha debris la cleared away. Charred bodies are found in groups where tha people thought they would be eafa from falling tllea ordinarily (ha greatest great-est menace to pedeetrluis In Japanese Jap-anese earthquakes. It will take weeks to dispose of tha dead In Toklo. Tokohaina and IrfenrrnumirWMHesfhatt suffered equally with ' the- larger cities, "s t t Tha Kawasaki - manufacturing center waa wiped out. ft, Included tha ehope- of tha General Electric company, tha Truscon Steal company com-pany and other concerns 4n which American capital la Invested. Devplte tha prlvatlone. horrors and damage suffered In Tokio, life here Is returning to normal. Rick-sTiawa Rick-sTiawa have reappeared on the streets. Streetcars, however, on which tha poorer depend, remain on the tracke where they came to a standstill with the first tremendous earth shock at noon September 1. They are Inhabited now by refugees, chiefly those 111 ably patient under tha most trying clrcumatancea. ; . . , t , Foreigners have had food enough, despite the general shortage of staples. " Officials promise continued contin-ued Improvement In the rationing. Relief supplies ara arriving In large quantities. Throughout tha -week following tha disaster long lines of people walked the streets . all "day long, some of tha older people reetlng. together with tha baggage on hand-drawn hand-drawn carta. Borne were making for known destinations, others wandered wan-dered aimleaaly, Tha newspapers soon began la-suing la-suing "fly sheets,- their editors apparently ap-parently aa far at sea. regarding the extant and detail a of the cataetro-hjsepnpjilace LONDON, Sept. 11. Refugee from Japan, brought to Shalghal by the e:eamer Empress of Canada, confirm reports that foreign victims vic-tims of ths disaster were robbed and murdered, says a Shanghai dispatch to the Morning Post. All tha survivors, many of whom were taken to hospitals, told poignant stories of their experiences. - Many are penniless and without clothes, while several dementia patients are being cared for. . Five thousand tons of foodstuffs and medical supplies - have been shipped from Shanghai to Kobe, together with eighty tons of fro re a meals representing Hong Kong's donation to the Japaness people. It le reported Kobe la over crowded and there la danger of an epidemic there. . PResfbENT JEFIER80N ' TO STOP AT VICTORIA. , 8 RATTLE, Wash, Sept II. Intention In-tention to bring the steamship President Jefferson of ths Admiral Oriental Una, which left Kobe on Wednesday with 400 refugees of ths Yokohama-Tokto dlaaster, direct di-rect to- Seattle, baa been abandoned aban-doned and tha veaeel la to stop st Victoria. B. C. Word was received yeeterdey that tha Jefferson hsd 20 Chinees passengers for British Columbia - snd that shs needed vegetables and fresh meet. Announcement waa made by the United Slates shipping board that ths Weet Henabaw, which la at San Francisco, has been assigned to load n full cargo of Red Cross relief supplies here, and that tha Dewey would do the sams at Portland, Port-land, Ore, MOST Or HOUSES IN -TOKIO UNINHABITABLE. TOKIO. Sept It (By A. P.) Probably three-fourths of the houses In Toklo are uninhabitable, for, while but half of tha capital was destroyed, ths other hslf waa damaged dam-aged severely. Ths thousands who ara sleeping out no doubt prefer this, since athjmUesnnnenmenftheni |