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Show HUNDREDS DIE IN QUA23. 1.1 11 - IT.::,: j FLL.lS ii..i'J :i td;;iq; CiiiiiM. Japan VialteJ ! y T ria'?r, - - -f!eager T-fortt i . dio; Tokio L FALLING TOV.T-; KILLS 7Z I.: . : Flames Cwr Cilic ri I ' - J ; vef ic.' j : Dc4..-cyi I . i . BAV FRANCI.S' '). t- l A. P.) Toll to Is a'r-v r bul!din(t of thj , , , Up-1, th wtr f atroyd, (h Ioba of 1 - , . v. , . traffic haa bnn mum t it flam-i ar apralintr to . . In towns, tccordir c to n - rvretveJ her ton'rht by V m 1 , Corporation of Anifri a fi',n i supr1nt?nr1nt rf tho c ' ("'Ion t TomlMka. 1 Ixm r'l o rum n a i le-ndrnt ph :.l h r i i mat ion f-im a m i Kndnl, a in - f (n , , 2tf) mila i h itf 'i , i , is Hout 14 nilir-a tvn . n of i ; Th iiir'snMK) r--ni : I "HfV-ie Mri iHjii.t t T -i. 0 ft . ' -1 clnli v at nnn . : . 7 taiioim near Tn ,.1 . no rttana to rfa " 1 , OrinibiK In 1 oktf. v . . v irvd anr. mit'v ) in 1 J1 J 1 h ou 1 -'i li - J- t na iri - t h f ; KuiHif A . ' r l I 1 . 1 ;i ' ' H .' f. out T-k..i. ' .-m r,, dirfrtiona. Cny i.irra:i t . "'rinr(p- bil:lnr( h-ir - - mrm uiuukRi i- . ..,t , t I'tnO. -flfi.ltn: , I 1 w r a ? A huis, Manatrarhi mi mu- j at JaHo. tht buiid 1 r .1 , ih lifers club, and 11. i , 0 nal. "Many dlaae'roui mrrifi' , bn rrori.i r nutTi'r of t - runntn to T.kio ,ii!rg b- 1 wrrkcfl durtn tlva nunk. Tt la rrportM thnt a t-r ti'ial w-4 truck tha rnsiar t v b. ,,1, . . darners western side of tnnjoke DISASTER GROWS. Additional m-nrupe bro ' t word of greater srterlty or , - r Spread of the disaster. Most of Tokio wa trir'. 1 burning with many imponwi.t, bulldlnrs collapsed. Yokohama was badly dm 1 by the shock and .urceedtnr I A tidal wsve. Willi heavy um and many vessels lost ws i--norted from the Jisy of huru? Tires had broken out In town 11 far as- eighty-four miles fr... Toklo and the diaaater appear,- I general all along the east c.it of Japan. The only survivor so far reaching reach-ing the radio stations said us number of dead In Toklo aim s wss '"Inca'cuUbl." 700 REPORTED KILLED. At I:f o'clock tonlxht ths ra dlo corporation received a mssx- -a from lis station st Tomloka wh. t aald that 70S persons wers reported re-ported killed when - the twelve, story tower st Asakuaa fell. aiany hosts sank In a Udil wa In ths hay of Hurusa. Most . r tho houee at Numasu coiikps- i. the measas-e said. In Toklo t s Imperial railway station was t by firs and tha Imperial thei, collapeed. The railway atarloa r. Uene burned. It Is rumored t! Imperial palace Is In danger. The reports from burusa H Numasu. indicate ths earuQijNe was wfdeapreed. stums is ai'v-two ai'v-two miles snuthweet of Toklo; Numasu' Nu-masu' Is eighty-four ml lee from Toklo In the sane direction. l;et la about, thirty milea weet cf Toklo, . . Kumaau ia a'reofwt and the 1". eat to a of an Imperial villa. Tho population la 1S.0O9. Tbe Aaakuaa tower, whlrh tnU Upead. ta 2.0 feet hgh. It In Aaakuaa park, near tha "flowf r hall." an eef ahhghment devoted to entertainment faturea Tha towari top commanded an extenalve viw of tho streets aurroundlnar tho pert. RETU0KC TELLS STORY. ' The Radio Corporation of America Amer-ica here tonijrht received from l-s acatlon at Tomloka Japan, a firm hand atonr of the earthquaka mr4 firm In Toklo from a r-erueee. T refugee aald that at the first a"' flreo broke out at various p i In tho city. The f)ameo erf g fna t 4 In Mlteukoehi depart mmt R-.r r apread to the Wetmp'M.iiui i board's bnMrtmg imi in I t heel re. tnee burr t sround. as ware mm.y o buiHlings. Ths city, tha rf . . -etlll in Tiamea i i -spreading from t--n tn i- (awe. The Im-i n t t aaven mlla away iro-n i railway brii-r? ara a--T"- ', i (ConUaued ca j j lt IW v; (Continue (rets Pegs 1.) ' la many places there u do truffle at all. - Tha refuges ssld tht aumbett at eea and Injure1 waa Innaleulable. flsgratloa oame la dlspetchss received re-ceived In Ban Frsnclsoe bjr tba Radio Ra-dio Corporation of America. . Tba m aage ta tha company from ha aa-ent at Tomlofca, 144 ml lee aortbeaat of Tokle, aald that there had beea many oaaualtlee In Yokohama, Yoko-hama, and that praatleaily tha entire en-tire city waa In flame. Thla atatlon now Is Completely out of touch with tba Inland, It reported. CABLE IS BROKEN. ' The Commercial Cable company reported (hat It cable from Guam to Japan bad beea broken near Yokohama, but that ft waa making an attempt ta mora dtapatchee containing con-taining detaile of tha disaster by way of fta cable connectlca between Nagaaakl and Shanghai. Great anxiety la being felt for the safety of com 100 American In Yokohama, the center of accidental trade and social activity ta tha Jap-aneee Jap-aneee empire. Yokohama la 'only . ' eeventeen mllea from Tokle and la cue cf the principal seaport of the empire It la lha cfflclai aeapcrt for Tokle, the capital city. It population b IMA waa half a million. Headquarters of tha twelfth na-Yal na-Yal district la Baa Francisco said It had bad no word from Japan, regarding re-garding tha slUisrlon there. There arc no American war easels ea-sels la Japanaaa waters, tha naval headquartere reported.- Tha shock waa so terrific that setemogrmphe In practical all principal cltlcc of the world recorded the quake, emphasising em-phasising It strength aad duration. COOLIDQE ORDERS ' . ' FLEET TO RUSH AID. ' WA8HINOTON. SepC 1-After communicating with . President Cool lose, the navy department to- I night ordered the commander at the Asiatic fleet to rush veeaela to Yokohama Yo-kohama for relief of eufferara from the earthquake la Japan. Admiral Anderson, commanding tha fleet waa Instructed to use all posetbla apaad la dispatch in tha vessels and their commanders to render every aid possible. 1 Tha Asiatic fleet la now near Port Arthur and Admiral Eberle, chief of naval ope ration e, aald It waa Probable that Admiral Anocr-son Anocr-son had already dispatched a squad -ran of deetroyere to Yokohama, where an American naval hospital la located, lie added, bowerer. that In order to assure tha preeeaoe ot American relief ahlpe there, specif 10 orders wars dispatched. ' Bhlpa to participate In the relief work were sot designated, but It waa presumed th daatroyar squadron squad-ron would be sent. No dlspatrhaa -reached tha nary department today from tha Asiatic fleet, offlclala -depending wholly of pre reports for thalr Information. The navy wlreieee waa unable to establish communication with stations sta-tions which could give dotalla. - WcUac he state diparlmaat aac, the Japanaaa embassy received dla-pa dla-pa tehee from Japan. Acting Secretary Secre-tary Phillips of the etate department, depart-ment, remained "up lata Into tha night reading press reports. He expressed deep anxiety over the eltuatlon. Thouaaada of Americana live In th affected area. Stats department de-partment offlclala were In touch with the American Red Cross which tonight sxtsnded the aid of the organisation or-ganisation through the Japanaaa em baser. -- .. , v . VSSSILS WARN ID. .' ' HIIvO, T. H., Sept, 1 By A. T.) The eelamograph at Keslakekue, kl T o'clock laat Bight, registered a severe distant earthquake. Bam pens In the harbor wars warned le beware be-ware cf a tidal wave Reports received re-ceived here said a alight tidal wars was noticed at the Island of Puna, oft the coast of Ecuador. No damage dam-age was reported. BERKELEY. Cal, Kept. 1. The eelamograph of the University of California recorded a "very severe" earthquake atartlng at 1 mlnutea and 1 seconds after T o'clock laat night and lasting for hours and mlnutee. The Indicated distance wss Mf mile and th point of origin In they region between Tokle and Osaka, Japan. Father 1. B. MscBlwan. seismologist, seis-mologist, reported that the earthquake earth-quake waa equally aa aavere as tha one which vlelted the Shanal province prov-ince In China la 111. In which hun-drede hun-drede were reported killed and great damage waa dona. SAN JOBS. Cat. Sept. 1 A as-vers as-vers earthquake, lasting for three hour and thirty mlnutee and visiting visit-ing a region cctlmated to be approximately approx-imately us miles west, waa recorded re-corded on the eetsmograph of the Urk observatory near hare laat night, beginning at 1 minute and 11 eecoade after T o'clock. a r. PASSENGER VESSEL -IN YOKOMOMA HARBOR. BAN FRANCISCO, Bept 1. Two big pa aa anger vasssla plying between be-tween Ben Franoieco and Par Eastern East-ern pointa arc believed to be In the harbor cf Yokohama today. They are the President Pierce, operated by the Pacific Mall Steamship eom-paay eom-paay and th Korea Maru operated by the Teye Klaen Xalaha. Both vassals are bound for Baa Franclsee. The Korea la due here on September II and the Procldcnt Pierce oa September IS. AMERICAN RED CROSS ' OFFERS ASSISTANCE. ' WASHINGTON, Bept 1. Th American Red Cross, through John Barton Payne, Its chairman, tonight offered te the Japanese am base y ths aid of the organisation In rescue res-cue work made necessary by the earthquake In Japan. Sympathy of the Red Cross waa extended. WHOLE ARCHIPELAGO l.e ,'. JARREO BY SHOCK. BAN FRANCISCO. Bept. 1 (By V. p.) A terrific earthquake ehooh lasting for more thaa aa hour last night. Jarred the whole Japanaaa archipelago with unprecedented power, causing a eenOagratloa la the ctty ef Tekchama, resulting la many casusltiss snd completely disrupting dis-rupting ran and wire commuuica-lien commuuica-lien throughout the empire. - a- dispatoh from Osaka . reported that eevere damage was suffered la Toklo. - " ' ' ' , ' i The report ef the Tckohamt eon- |