Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 53, 31 December 1908 — Page 1
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MINF AMERICAN TOURISTS
ARE BELIEVED TO BE DEAD IN THE VAST SICILIAN RUINS
DAYS BEFORE THE WRECKAGE WILL BE CLEARED AWAY
Now Estimated that the Loss of Life in Terrible Catastrophe Will More Than Reach 240,000.
thirty years will be necessary to repair the ruin that nature's violences : have wrought there. As yet it has j been found impossible to obtain any j
definite news of the fate of the little villages along the coast many of which it is believed have ben entirely wiped out.
KING VICTOR IS 1 AIDING VICTIMS
SOLDIERS BRING RELIEF.
Huge
HORROR OF STARVATION HAS NOW APPEARED
Now Believed None of Victims Claimed by Wreckage Are Alive Search Reveals None.
Fires Lighted in Street and Ovens Supply Hungry.
Reggio, Italy, Dec. HI .-Six o'clock, evening With the casualty list slipping over the two hundred thousand mark from the subsequent earthquake.
shocks following the visitations of the flood, fire and seismls disturbances, King Victor Emmanuel sent the soldiers to work today to give all possible relief to the wounded. Fires have been lighted in the streets and great ovens
were constructed where bread is being cakecr for the starving. Caravans
of, railway trains and sea craft are bringing in clothing and provisions.
Victor
CHARRED BODIES FOUND
Hundreds of Terribly Mutilat
ed Corpses Sicken the Res
cue Partie who Work Night
and Day. Rome, Dec. 31. Foreigners In Mes
ina, Reggio and other destroyed towns who have not yet been heard from are in all probability, dead, ac
cording to statements reached here to
day. These say there is little hope, that any, not yet heard from are still
ulive. This Is believed to be particularly true of the Americans who, with
cnaracteristic energy, would surely
have reached some of the news disse
minating points by this time if alive. Thousands of inquiries have been sent v to authorities on the scene who have made every effort to locate the pereons sought, but comparatively few of them have been found. "This is a
case of no news being bad news," said one of the government officials today. What will add greatly to anxiety of friends and relatives of the foreigners Is the uncertainty that must surround heir fate for days to come. Days of Work Ahead. It will be days before little more than, the edge of the ruins is reached and before they are cleared away. Hundreds of bodies never will be re
covered. Many were Incinerated in the , ruins and others washed to sea in tidal waves. It is probable that closest final estimate made on victims can not come within ten thousand of the actual number. - Loss of Life 240,000. One report from Messina todav savs
dead in Sicily and otheV Italian terYi t nrV will mooti O A AAA rTl I
- ciy.h iv,uto, t lie government estimates, on reports thus far received, are as follows: Messina, 50,000, Reggio, 40.000, Monteleone 1,800, Saint Eufemia 1.500. Basmaria 1.-
000, Gazzirl 1,000, Alrni 10,000, Sera-!
lnara 400. Other towns and country districts 24.000. Press estimates put the number all the way from 150,000 to 200,000. It is conceded that the best that can be done at present Is simply to guess. No Victims Alive. The late reports from rescuers say that there are tfo longer any victims still alive in the ruins. During the
jjrst two days many were found suffering untold tortures in wreckage, but three days of such torment proved more than the strongest could bear, and today's reports show that death has mercifully put an end to their agony. Charred Bodies. Numberless charred bodies are found in ruins telling of death too terrible to contemplate. In many cases bodies were but slightly burned, death refusing an early escape to the victims. Features of then were terribly . distorted. The railway station at Messina where many people gathered after the first shock, hoping to escape by train was uncovered today reveal
ing scores of corpses packed together. The number of dead here wa not even counted, the rescuers having more urgent work to do.. Horror of Starvation. To the terrifying spectacle of death lias been added the horror of starvation and the fear of a spread of pestl Jence. In the ruins of Messina. Reggio and various other towns in Sicily, and Calabria the bodies
Which It has ben impossible to extricate, were found, while everywhere thousands of homeless and hungry persons throng littered thoroughfares Words are inadequate to express horror of the ruin and the desolation that has overwhelmed Calabria and Sicily, rhere the earths trembles and fire and water have combined to change the fsniiling; verdant country into deserts.
messina exists no longer and a"a$
KING SPREADS ALARM.
Emanuel Telegraphs Condi
tions at Reggio. Rome, Dec. 31 Premier Giolittl today received the doleful telegram from King Victor Emmanuel at Reggio, saying, "The disaster here is as bad as at Messina.
BISHOP OF REGGIO DEAD.
Crushed
in Palace Quick Thrown on Dead.
Lime
Reggio, Dec. lil.-The Bishop of Reggio Is dead, being crushed in his cathedral residence. Shiploads of quick lime were received here and at Messina today, being spread indiscriminately to prevent disease from putrlfying human flesh. The clearing of the ruins has not yet begun, attention being first give to the dead and wounded.
fir-. h '3
PETITION FOR
ELECTION WAS
FILED TODAY
Instrument Praying for Coun
ty Local Option Election
Bore Three or Four Thous and Signatures.
COMMISSIONERS WILL
RECEIVE IT MONDAY
dTo Forestall Possibility of At
i a r a rs '
lempt xo secure mjuncuon,
Petition Filed today Instead
of Saturday.
KING VICTOR OF ITALY.
FIGHTING FOR FOOD.
Men Devour Raw Meat Like Animals
Women Kill Children. lessina, DecLsi. Half na4Mw-jwen
weakened by hunger and frantic with
grief, fought hand to hand struggles today amid ruins of the custom house for food. Several were killed. Others were sorely wounded. Men de
voured raw meat like animals ani
fought to the death for crusts of bread unearthed in wreckage of
houses. Starving men dying with thirst, wandered throuKh streets or
dared insanity by drinking down salt
sea water. Bands of Messinians are fleeing from the ruined city, crying
for bread and water. Athers unable
to endure the suffering, committed suicide. Women have been rendered
desperate by the wails of their suffering infants, and knowing no succor
could come in time, have dashed their children to death. Insane men and women, their horrifying shreks filling the air, scrambled over the wrecks of houses praying for mercy. Many Flee Northward. Messina, Dec. 31. By sunset tomorrow, hundreds of thousands of people will have fled northward from the earthquake zone. Despite the orders issued that they remain and assist in the relief work, strong men are battling with the wounded for places on
ithft bnata. and trains, ..J - ; . ... . ;-, -
Hapgood Family There. Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 31. William
Hapgood of Indianapolis is preparing to depart Immediately for Italy where
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Greater Mishaps of the Year.
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January. 13 Theater fire, Boyertown, Pa.; ISO perished. 15 Earthquake and tidal wave, Gonaives, Hayti. 24 Fire, Portland, Maine. City hall and other buildings burned. Loss $1,000,000. February. 14 Tornadoes in Mississippi. Three towns destroyed. Score of lives lost. 21 Coal mine explosion, Durham, England; 14 lives lost. ' March. 1 Avalanche, Swiss Alps; 13 killed. 4 High school, Collinwood, near Cleveland, Ohio, burned; 180 children cremated. 23 Japanese steamer Lutsu sunk in collision; about 200 perish. 27 Earthquakes in Mexico; many lives lost. 28 Mine explosion, Hanna, Wyo.; , 60 men entombed. April. 2 British torpedo boat destroyer Tiger sunk In maneuvers, Isla of Wight; 34 men drowned. 12 Fire, Chelsea, Mass. (See Chronology.) 13 Floods in China reported, to have caused a loss of 2.000 lives.
20 Railway collision near Melbourne, Australia; 27 killed, 40 injured. 21 Tornadoes in the Southern and Southwestern states destroy much property and over 100 lives. 25 The government steel works at Abukov, Russia, burned, loss, $2,500,000. 25 British cruiser Gladiator cut in twain by American Line steamer St. Paul, Isle of Wight; 28 drowned. May." 8 Fire causes $1,500,000 loss in Atlanta, Ga. 15 Omaha Packing Co., South Omaha. Neb., suffers loss of . $1,250,000 by fire. 21 Railway collision near Brus- " sels, Belgium; 60 killed. 22 Explosion, sugar factory, ParIs, France; 132 hurt. 24 Loss of life and property la floods In Oklahoma and Texas. June.'- ' 4 Typhoon, West Australia; pearling fleet wrecked; 270 sailors drowned. s 5 Explosion on United States cruiser Tennessee; five men - killed. . 6 Explosion, celluloid factorv, Vienna; 1$ killed. 16 In storms off coast of xJapan 50 fishing boats wrecked; 350 V perish. -;. . t
22 Million dollar fire in business
section of Three Rivers, Quebec.
23 Spanish steamer Larache
sunk; 35 perish. July.
2 Explosion, Rikovskl mine,
Russia; 390 miners killed.
4 Fire in fireworks store, Cleve
land, Ohio; 7 killed.
8 Fire in Boston causes loss of
$3,000,000. 9 Bridge on the Rhine, at Cologne, collapses; 14 killed. 13 Gale on Spanish coast; three vessels wrecked; 30 lives lost. 14 Typhoon at Manila; 25 drowned. 24 Flood In tunnel, Switzerland; 25 drowned. 28 Chinese steamer Ying Ching sinks; 300 lost. 31 Mine accident, Cold"Creek, B. C; 23 miners entombed. August. 4 Forest fires lasting over a week in Crow's Nest section, British Columbia; cause loss of millions in property and 'several hundred lives. 15 Mine accident, Weigann, England; 70 men entombed. 23 Norwegian steamer Folgefonden sinks; 50 persons drowned. 30 Fire in New Orleans destroys
property valued at $1,500,000. September.
4 Rawhide, Nev., almost de
stroyed by fire.
5 Disastrous forest fires in
Northern Minnesota.
17 Hundreds dying of cholera in
Russia. 22 Explosion, French cruiser Latouche. Treville; 13 killed. 26 Accident, Berlin elevated railway; 20 killed.
u Turkish steamer sinks at
Smyrna; 140 drowned. October. 7 French steamer Juanita sinks; 25 drowned.
7 Grain elevator explodes, Riche-
ford, VL; 13 killed. ' November. 6 Steamer Taish sinks; 140 lost 11 Railway wrecks near New Orleans aid Borie, Wyo.; 11 killed in eaeli.
12 Mine explosion, Hamm, Ger
many; 369 killed. 30 Explosion, Mariana Mine, Monongahela, Pa.; over 140 killed. December.
6 Part of Pine Bluff, Ark., falls .
into flooded Arkansas river. 12 Explosion, Bas Obispo. Panama Canal; 10 killed, 40 hurt. 28 Great earthquake and tidal wave kills over 150.000 in Sicily and Souther-. Italy '
Late this afternoon a petition bear
ing between 3,500 and 4.O0O signatures
was filed with the county commission
ers. It was the widely heralded local
option petition and asks the commissioners' to call a special election at which time voters of the county will
determine whether saloons shall oper
ate for the next two years. The peti
tion is a voluminous looking affair. All
day long the men in charge of the mat
ter worked In the preparation of the list. It did not contain nearly as many names as mieht have been added ac
cording to the statement of one of the workers today.
Action Monday Improbable. It is held likely the commissioners
will take definite action on the petition at the first meeting of the Janu
ary term, next Monday. This will be
the first meeting of the new board and
owing to the great press of other business it is hardly probable any decision
upon the matter will be arrived at before next Wrednesdav. The board will
have to be organized, Its officers elect
ed and other important matters Inci
dent to such an occasion attended to.
The commissioners Intend to move
with great care In this matter. The petition will be examined carefully
aftd'the namesof the feigners" Inspect-j
ed. Consultation will be held with the county attorney and all necessary pre
cautions taken. Election to Be Ordered.
There Is no doubt Tnit that the commissioners will order the election, as
requested unless some unforeseen Intervention takes plac. There has been talk of an attempt to secure an injunction. It was to stave off such a pos
sibility that the petition was filed to
day instead of not until Saturday aft
ernoon, as had been planned to do or
iginally. The petitioners In Whitlev
county encountered difficulties because
there the petition was not placed on
file five days in advance of the regular meeting of the commissioners. It
was to avoid such a contingency as
this the decision was made to file to
day.
One member of the local option
league stated today more signatures
could have been obtained for the neti
4 1 1 J a . , ,, . .
i nuu uau nut me worn. Deen allowed to
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uiuy. in ouiiic scuuuus 01 iie cuy ana in the out townships no petition was
circulated. It develoned that afipr It
i v,,, i. i . . .
uciuim: tvnuwii mat. more man enougn
signatures had been obtained, a lethar
gic mood siezed some of the men en
trusted with the petition and they
ceased efforts to secure additional signers. Many of the most prominent
workers for the nptlMrm am accnolatul
with the Y. M. C. A. and owins to the
festivities at that institution this week
they neglected the other project.
Fight to Begin Jan. 10.
The campaign to secure favorable re
turns for the drys. when the election is
called will be opened in this city. Sun
day. January 10. Judge Blair, of Ports
mouth, Ohio, has been asked to deliv
er an. address at a mass meetine of
citizens, it is proposed to hold similar meetings at the same time in other
sections of the county and Cambridge
city, Hagerstown and other points probably will be supplied with speakers. . Judge Blair campaigned through
Preble county a few weeks ago and the effectiveness of his work was demon
strated by the returns at the election,
when the county went dry bv more
than l.tXM) majority. He discusses the
proposition from the business and le
gal standpoint. He enters into thA
economics of the liquor traffic and the
effect it has on society.
The Work of the ramnairn vfti K i
- . " ... iii charge of committees of the local op
tion league. Definite organization win
be accomplished and the campaign will
be carried on by public addresses and
personal work.
WAN
T BE CITIZENS
Three Germans and an Italian Will Get Naturalization Test.
CASES FIRST ON DOCKET
When the first session of the Wayne circuit court is held during the January term on next Monday, one of the principal matters of business will be the disposal of four naturalization cases. These cases have been pending for several months. They were set to be heard originally the first Monday of the October term of this year, but it was found by a construction of the law, this could not be done. The law prohibits naturalization within thirty
days of a general election, 6uch as was held in November.
A representative of th national gov
ernment will be present and conduct
the examination of the applicants.
They will be required to state their
knowledge of the United States consti
tution, show their ability in the Eng
iish language and also present witnesses as to their good moral charac
ter. On the last examination of this kind conducted here an applicant was
reiusea nnai papers, because it was
shown he had been defendant in a di
vorce suit in which cruel and inhu
man treatment were charged.
The applicants to come before the
court Monday are Angelo Imperiale. a
native of Bisaccia Avelleno, Italy;
Ferdinand Philipps, a native of Krem-
kan, Germany; Frederick Fredemann.
born in Hanover Germany and Wil
liam H. Erk, a native of Wissigen,
Germany.
SEND CONDOLENCES
Richmond Business Men'
Adopt Resolution of Sym
pathy Last Evening.
SORROW AT FESTIVE BOARD
LEAGUE ELATED OVER RESULTS OFjLECTIOHS Plans are Arranged by AntiSaloon People to Hold Twelve Elections Before Legislature Meets,
While gladsome tidings were being expressed at the Y. M. C. A. banquet last evening, the thoughts of those
present were turned toward Sicily and
Italy where there is nothing but mis
ery. The assembly, by a rising rote. LAW REPEAL IS DEAD
exienaea a vote or sympatny towara
CORONER FILES
JHIS REPORTS
Gives Findings in Two Cases
Today.
BOARD SPENDS MONEY. . The law allows the county hoard t
charities $50 per year for expense ac
count. The report filed with the county commissioners today shows
i $43 of this sum was expended hv tho
delegates to the conference nf .i.n.
charities. The board is expected to be represented at this meeting. Of
i the money allowed $3 was donated to
charity and $2 was spent for sundries.
The report of county coroned Bram-
kamp in the cases of the deaths of Will Spaulding and Lucile Elleman
and the finding of an unidentified foetus have been filed with .the county
clerk. The results of the findings in
each instance have been published. The authorities were unable to locate anyone who mrght give information In regard to the Identity of the foetus or any persons concerned in that affair.
a vote
the suffering inhabitants of these countries. The motion to this effect
was introduced by John II. Johnson of this city. Several immediately arose to their feet to second the mo
tion. The honor fell to Richard Sedg
wick. Although there was nothing In
the motion of Mr. Johnson's to the ef
fect that King Emanuel of Italy should
be notified of the action of the assenv
bly last evening It is probable that
such action will be taken.
The introduction of the motion had a rather dampening effect on those present. It is probable that not before during the evening had the audience thought of the suffering Italians and Sicilians. However, after the motion was introduced,. It was a notic
eable change that came over the audi
ence.
STATES E. S. SHUMAKER
Not RepuDlican or Democrat
Who will Dare Propose Such Action, Says the Temperance Worker.
WILL MAKE AH
INVESTIGATION
County Commissioners Consider Road Claim.
to
The county commissioners went to
Fountain City this afternoon to inves
tigate the claim of a man named
Thompson, who asks damages as the result of the construction of a road. The county constructed a bridge near
Thompson's place and In order to
reach the bridge It was necessary to
fill In the roadway in front of the
Thompson residence. Thompson
claims his property has been damaged
since it becomes necessary for him to
make a new way of approach to the
road as the result of the fill.
THE WEATHER PROPHET. INDIANA Fair Thursday night and
Harvest of the Grim Reaper.
January. 2 Dr. Nicholas Senn, eminent surgeon. 14 William L. Alden, editor and journalist. 18 Edmund Clarence Stcdman, banker-poet. 19 Charles Emory Smith, editor and former postmaster-general. 22 Morris K. Jessup, banker-philanthropist. 23 Edward , MacDowell, musical composer. . 25 "Ouida" (Louise de la Ramee), novelist. 28 Cardinal ' Richard, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Paris. February. 1 Kink Carlos of Portugal and . Crawn Prince Louis (assassinated. 3 Colonel T. G. Lawler, former Commander in Chief G. A. R. 20 United States Senator A. C. Latimer, of South Carolina. 21 Crosby S. Noyes, journalist. 22 Rt. Rev. Henry Y. Satterlee, Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Washington. 2S Pauline Lucca, singer. March. 2 James H. Oliver, Inventor and manufacturer. 4 United States Senator Redfield Proctor, Vermont. 16 Clara Novello, singer. 17 United States Senator W. Pinkney White, Maryland. 20 Bishop Charles H. Fowler, Methodist Episcopal church. 22 United States Senator William James Bryan, Florida. 24 The eighth Duke of Devonshire. April. 22 Sir Henry Campbell-Banner-man, ex-Premier of Great Britain. 23 General N. P. Linevich, Russian Commander in Chief. 29 Rev. Morgan Dix, rector Trinity P. E. church, New York. May. 8 Ludovic Halevy, French author. 13 Ignatius H. Horstman. Roman Catholic Bishop, Cleveland, O. 23 Francois Coppee, Franch dramatist and poet. 27 Admiral A. S. Crowinshield. U. S. N. " 28 General Stephen D. Lee, Commander In Chief, Confederate Veterans. June. 1 Ex-Senator James K. Jones, Arkansas. 2 General Sir Redvers Buller, British army.
10 O. II. P. 24 Former Cleveland.
Belmont, capitalist. President Grover
July. 1 George G. Daniels, New York railroad man. 2 Murat Halstead, journalist. 3 Joel Chandler Harris, author. Admiral Chas. M. Thomas, U. S. N. 17 Ex-Justice Howard Douglass, Ohio. 21 Rt. Rev. Henry C. Potter, P. E. Bishop of New York. 22 Sir W. R. Cremer. ttobel Peace prize winner.
August., 4 United States Senator William B. Allison. Iowa. Bronson Howard, American dramatist. 6-"Mother" Eliza Stewart, of Ohio. 10 Mrs. Louise Chandler Moulton, author. 11 A. R. Spofford, former Librarian ofongress. 13 Ira if San key, evangelisit 23 Baron von Sternberg. German Ambassador to United States. 27 Ex-Senator William F. Vilas. Wisconsin. September. 3 Lord Sackville-West, former British Ambassador to United States. 4 Franklin P. Sargent. United States Commissioner of Immigration. 5 John J. Emery, New York and Cincinnati capitalist. 13 Daniel C. Gilman. educator, first president Johns Hopkins university. 21 Charles Eliot Norton, educator, of Harvard university.
October. Baron M.
17 General
pan. "0 Mrs. William York.
Nodzu, Ja-
Astor. New
November. 4 Thomas Estrada Pal ma, expresident of Cuba. 8 Victorien Sardou, French dramatist. 9 Ex-Senator Edward W. Carmack. Tennessee. 14 Grand Duke Alexis of Russia. Emperor Kuang-Tgsu and Dowager Empress, Tze-Hai, of China. December. 2 John H. Shearer, Commander In Chief, Ohio G. A. R. 5 Admiral Joseph B. Coghlan. U. S. N. 15 Donald G. Mitchell. American author.
Palladium Bureau, Indianapolis, Dc 31. The Anti-Saloon league officers are highly elated over tie result of the local option election in Wabash and Lawrence counties. These were the
first local option elections held under
the new county option law and bth
counties went dry by large majorities.
Plans are already under way for local
option elections to be held In twelve counties before the legislature can
have a chance to repeal the present
law. In fact, the results of the two
elections this week hare made the Anti-Saloon people bold and they are
planning to carry the campaign Into,
all the counties where there la the re
motest hope of winning. -
Elections Planned. Movements are already under wny.
for the holding of elections In the fol
lowing counties: Hamilton, Tipton, Jay, Huntington, Randolph, Wayne. Decatur, Switzerland. Gibson, Putnam and Fountain. These elections are to be held before the twentieth of January. Parke and Hendricks counties are to vote in Febrnary. Marshall, Pulaski. Porter and Starke will follow
shortly afterward. ,
E. S. Shumaker, state superinten
dent of the Anti-Saloon league, bold
ly asserts that the effort to bring -about a repeal of the county option law is dead. It was killed by the re
sults of the two local option elections, be says.
"There i not a democratic or a re
publican member of the legislature that will dare to propose a repeal of that law and go back of the will of the
people as expressed at these two elections, he said.
To Create Sentiment. The object in calling the twelve
special elections Is to pile up as much, sentiment In favor of the law as can
be done before the repeal measure can be voted on. The league forces count
on the uncertainty of the outcome of
these elections to keep the legislators from taking any action on a repeal bill early In the session, and as the
league counts on being able to make
the twelve counties dry It figures that
thereafter the members of the legisla
ture will be afraid torote for repeal.
It is proposed by the league to or
ganize in counties that go dry, law and
order leagues that will see to it that
there Is no influx of blind tigers and bootleggers. Compact organizations
will be made in all such counties for this purpose, and the officers say that
it will be easy enough to prevent illegal sales of liquor if the legalized places can only be put out of business.
PREPARING THE
ANNUAL REPORT
County Clerk Penny is Busily
Engaged.
The work of compiling the annual
report of the office of the county
clerk, has been undertaken by Miss
Peel, the deputy. Her report will
show 262 cases were disposed of In'
the Wayne circuit court during the year closing today. These cafes were divided among the three terms
as follows: January, 74; April. 121; October 67. f
WILL HAVE 61!
CELEBRATION
Walnut Level Lodge to Ob
serve Anniversary.
East Germantown, Ind., Dec. 51.
Walnut Level lodge. No. 136, L O. O.
F, will celebrate Its fifty-fourth, anniversary on Saturday, January 13. Roll call and a smoker will be the program. It is expected that every member of the rder wH attend.
There have been tnaii notices ton
rriaajfe
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