Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 2, 1909, Page 2

| THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PUBLISHED NVERY AFTNRNOON, BEMIDJI PIONEER,PUR SYRRER] ITE,—(f“;, PER ANNUM ==———CAUSTIC-COMMENT. v WGy Ruttedzel » ] H The time to strike effective blows {Wfifl‘?ufirage is when woman hoMdfthe future voter across her knee. The recent heading to an adver- tisement in the Pioneer read, “Why not surprise your wife?” Well, who hasn’t? Congress had better remove the duty on hides before President Roosevelt begins sending them in from Africa. “America is the throne of the world,” says Senator Beveradge. Perhaps, but the man who tries to sit on it will get into trouble. The report that Castro carried $60,000,000 with him to Europe would rather seem to confirm the rumor that the real ipurpose of Jhis visit is to consult a specialist, after all. POSTOFFICE IS BURGLARIZED Safe Is Dynamited and $500 in Cash Secured. Echo, Minn, wowe oa~Yeggmen blew the safe in the postoffice here, securing over $600 in cash. The stamps were not molested. A cigar box containing small change, stand- ing on a desk, was also overlooked. Heavy tools were secured at a blacksmith shop and entrance was made through the front door. The front of the safe was completely wrecked. PRINGESS DE SAGAN RETAINS CHILDREN Polltion of Count Boni de Cas- tellane Denied. i B Parls, B3 lI~The petition of Count Boni de Castellane that the custody of his three sons be given to his mother, the Marquise de Castel- lane, was denied. The court ruled that the children remain in the cus- tody of their mother, Princess de Sa- PRINCESS DE SAGAN. gan, formerly Miss Anna Gould of New York. Tke court ruled further that the children should not leave the Con- tinent without its permission. Begin- ning Oct. 19, 1909, they are to be placed in a college situated within a hundred miles of Paris. WO00D PULP MAY BE FREE 8teel, Hides and Lumber May Also Be Favored by New Tariff- Washington, = 22 —Chairman Payne of the ways and means com- mittee has strongly intimated that wood pulp will be placed on the free list in the new tariff bill. It is not certaln that steel will go on the free list, but the Payne bill is liable to con- tain free hides and free lumber. The bill to be reported will be a maximum and minimum measure, wherein the maximum will run about 20 per cent above the minimum. The law also will provide a legal remedy, as far as possible, for the undervaluation of articles shipped here by forelgn manufacturers, thus evading the icss of millions of dollars now withheld by men who deliberate- 1y place the wrong valuation on their goods. NARROWLY ESCAPES INJURY Mrs. Longworth Rescued From Under Feet of Horses. Washington, 2. .. —-Mrs. Nich- olas Longworth narrowly escaped be- ing trampled beneath the hoofs of a pair of spirited horses when she was caught between an ambulance and a carriage in front of the new Natlonal theater. The president’s daughter screamed and as the prancing animals were about to spring upon her Police- man Catts, who was a short distance away; leaped forward and grasped her by the arm, hurrying her to the side- walk, Cattle Starving to Death, Los Angeles, Cal, ol Ji.—Accord- ing to reports from the Antelope val- ley thousands of cattle are roaming the government ranges in that sec- tion with nothing to eat and hundreds are sald to be dying of starvation. WORST IN "MEMORY OF LIVING MAN Italian Galamity In- creases in Horror, DEATH ROLL GROWANG Estimates Vary From One to Six Hundred Thousand, MULTITUDES DYING IN RUINS Rescuers Able to Save but Few of the Unfortunates. Rome, 2+ o1.—The details of one of the most appalling disasters record- ed in the history of the world are be- ing unfolded in the dispatches comirg in from Calabria and Sicily. It is a story of indescribable horror and ca- lamity. The earthquake of Monday wrought havoc and destruction that cannot be estimated. Italy is stunned by a visitation described as the great- est disaster in the memory of living man. Yet the full measure of the catastrophe has not yet been taken. The calamity grows with the re- ceipt of every fresh dispatch from the south. Calabria is dotted with small towns and villages and new localities are reporting almost hourly casualty lists that run from the hundreds into the thousands. It is still impossible to reach any accurate estimate of the dead, but the total number is placed anywhere be- tween 100,000 and 150,000. In some quarters it is declared that the final numbers will be as high as 600,000 persons. One-half of the population of Calabria and Eastern Sicily ap- parently has perished. Thousands Dying in Ruins. Countless thousands of wounded men, women and children are dying in the ruins. It is utterly impossible to succor them all. Numberless wounded of the survivors who have made their way to other cities are still without medical attention. The facilities for proper care even in the cities that did not suffer are inade- quate. The devastated district is still filled with half demented survivors, starv- ing and wandering aimlessly in the rain. The ruins are still burning. Bagnara, a town of 10,000 people north of Regglo, is reported as anni- hilated. The entire population is said to have perished. Reggio, a city of 50,000 people, has heen practically de- molished. The detailed stories of the refugees only add horror upon horror to the calamities of the fateful day. Fresh earth shocks were experi- enced at Pizzo, in Calabria, and Pa- lermo, Sicily. They were not severe. HORRIBLE IN ITS EXTENT Italian Disaster Almost Beyond Com- prehension. Rome, ..en —rfalf the popula- tion of Calabria and the -eastern part of Sicily are dead; the other half is weeping. As the great extent of the terrific seismic disturbances becomes apparent it seems impossible to ex- aggerate the horrors which have fol- lowed them. The calamity which has overwhelmed Italy is almost beyond the grasp of the imagination, not only because of the dead, now known to number tens of thousands, but be- cause of the innumerable wounded buried in the ruins, many of whom ‘will perish because it is impossible to rescue them from the wrecks of their former homes, The whole of Italy is absolutely stunned and at the scene of the disaster the bulk of the people are literally demented with the sud- denness and extent of the blow. The total number of victims is variously estimated from 50,000 to 150,000. King Victor and the queen have ar- rived at Messina. As they made their way into the ruined town the scene of disaster and horror was too much for the queen, who almost swooned. Crowds of terror stricken persons swarmed about the royal party, throwing themselves in the mud and screaming for pity and aid. Worst Fears Are Realized. As further facts concerning stricken Messina become available they cor- roborate in every detail the worst fears heretofore expressed. The cathe- dral, municipality buildings, barracks and prisons are all destroyed and pre- sumably all the smaller buildings shared the same fate. Of 280 rallway employes in the station at Messina only eight are known to have sur- vived. At Reggio the silence of death still reigns, leaving to the imagina- tion the terrible havoc wrought by the catastrophe, with the horrible in- rush of the sea, the swallowing up of boats, the crushing of ships andwt;e destruction of bridges and walls. The, sea became almost instantly covered with debris after the upheaval, con- taining refuse of every description dotted with human bodies. The entire shore line of the sur- rounding country has utterly changed in appearance. ~The coast line was greatly altered, while of all the mag- nificent houses along the shore only & few tottering ruins remain. A national committee has been formed to collect funds for the vie. tims, The committée is Theaded by the Duke of Aosta and includes the presidents of the senate and the chamber of deputies, the mayor of Rome and all prominent men in the leading towns. Messina Razed to the Ground. The premier has received a tele- gram from Signor Felice, a deputy at Messina, summing up the situation as follows: “Messina is completely destroyed— razed to the ground. The victims may be numbered by tens of thousands. The conflagration, which is still rag- ing, is completing the destruction of the city. -Salvage implements, fire- men and soldiers must be sent in- stantly. The disaster exceeds the wildest imagination.” The volcano of Stromboli is active and the seas around the island are very agitated and dangerous to navi- gation. From latest estimates it Is feared that the total number of victims in Slcily and Calabria will reach more than 100,000, while the damage to property will be several hundreds of millions. Persons arriving at Catanzaro from the coast state that Messina is still blazing despite the torrential down- pour of rain. News reaching Catan- zaro from the outlying districts in Calabria indicates that thirty-five towns and villages have been wiped out, with the number of dead in that district alone exceeding 30,000. The few survivors are mad with terror and have fled to the forest clad mountain slopes, where they are subsisting on roots and the bark of trees. FLOODED TO DEPTH O THIRTY FEET Tidal Wave Engulfed the Cify of Reggio. ‘Monteleone, Calabria, = _° -Z.—The tidal wave that swept into Reggio flooded the city to a depth of thirty feet above sea level. Some of the houses along the water front were swept from their foundations and dragged out to sea. Twelve miles of the railroad near Reggio were de- stroyed. A tempest added to the ter- ror of the scene. A dispatch received here from Tri- porni says that a few Reggio sur vivors are wandering nude and de- mented about the ruins of the city searching for food. Practically all the pupils of the Reggio college perished. The little villas located on the heights above Regglo alone escaped destruction. The chateau of Reggio is a heap of ruins. AEOLIAN ISLANDS ISOLATED Feared They May Have Suffered From Earthquake. Rome, v.> <.—Cable communica- tlon with the Aeolian islands, twenty- five miles north of Sicily, is interrupt- ed. It is evident that the line is broken and it is feared that the isl- ands also have been devastated. The largest of the group is the isl- and of Lipari and the capital town has a population of 12,000. Relief Train Forced to Return. Palermo, ...~ “'.—A relief train dispatched toward Messina in the hope of aiding the earthquake sufferers was forced to return here, being only able to come within ten miles of the city on account of demolished tracks. The engineer said that all houses all along the route showed effects of the earth- quake. Hurrying to Stricken Homes. Portland, Ore, wL.> Jl—Local offices of the transcontinental rail- roads report that more than fifty Sicil- ians and nearly the same number of Calabrians have purchased transporta- tion from here to New York and in many cases direct to their native land. American Bishop at Messina. New Orleans, =27 “*~Right Rev. David Sessums, Protestant Episcopal bishop of Louisiana, is believed by members of his diocese to have been at Messina, Italy, at the time of the earthquake. Nothing has been heard from him. Earthquake Shocks Renewed. Syracuse, Sicily, we.. I1.—Violent earth shocks were experienced at 5:30 a. m. The people of Syracuse, terri- filed and fearful, rushed through the streets to the surrounding open coun- try. French Relief Squadron. Toulon, e 3L—A French relief squadron, carrying "-food, clothing, medical suppliss and money for the relief of the Messina sufferers, left here for that port. TESTIMONY IN ERB CASE Maid Servant Tells of Quarrels. Media, Pa., Z:7 °'—In the trial of Mrs. Florence - Erb and her sister, Mrs. Catherine Beisel, indicted on the charge of murdering Captain J. Clay- ton Erb last October, nearly the en- tire morning session was taken up with the examination of Beatrice Mat- sui, a servant 'in the Efb homeé at the time of the tragedy. Miss Matsui de- clared that the Erbs had frequently quarreled and related the scenes she witnessed the night of the murder. Briefly summarized she sald Mrs. Hrb, Mrs. Beisel and herself had spent thé evening at the Village Green hotel nearby, where they had several drinks. Returning to the house with Mrs. Erb Miss Matsul ‘'heard quarreling ‘and later a crash of glass. Then there was an interval of a few minutes, during which Mrs. Erb telephoned for her sister to come to the house from the ‘hotel. Shortly after she arrived the shooting occurred and about fif- teen minutes later Mrs. Erb told the Witness' that Captain Erb had been shot and.sent: f physician. Frequent HEAPS OF RUINS NOW MARK SITE Town of Bagnara, Calabria, Completely Wiped Out. ALL HER RESIDENTS DEAD Report S8ays That the Entire Popula- tion of Ten Thousand People Per- ished in Disaster—Fire Followed the Earthquake and Finished the Work of Destruction—City of Reg- gio Almost Completely Devastated. Catanzaro, Calabria, »<2. Zi—A re- port received here says that the town of Bagnara, on the coast to the north of Reggio, has been completely wiped out, fire finishing the work of destrue- tion. The report says that “all the inhabitants of Bagnara are dead.” The town counted about 10,000 people. In & few days lime will be scattered over the heap of ruins which alone mark the site of a once populous town. The prefect of Reggio, Signor Orso, who was thought to have been killed, has reached a coast point in safety after twenty-four hours of fearful ex- perience. The man could hardly talk, but he said Reggio had been almost entirely devastated; ihat the dead ran into the thousands and that the sur- rounding villages aleo have been de- stroyed. The region between Rocella, Jonica and Caulonia, not far from Reggio, is flooded. Reports from Pizzo, thirty miles west of here, declare that the death list in surrounding villages reaches a total of 3,325. Many wounded per- sons are still under the wreckage. The survivors are camping in the open air. Most of them are without clothing and food is lacking. A report received here from Santa Eufemia, a town of 6,000 people six- teen miles northeast of Reggio, de- clares that the dead there number 1,000, the wounded exceeding that figure. The houses that were wot de- stroyed are now in flames. THOUSANDS BURIED ALIVE Meeting Slow Death by Fire, Injuries or Starvation. Catania, 217, ex—One of the Mes- sina survivors says that only a small proportion of the total population escaped. Thousands of persons are still buried alive in the ruins, where they are suffering slow death by tor- ture. The flames are still making their way slowly over the devastated area in an exorable advance. Imprisoned and pinioned human beings, unable to extricate themselves, are being burned alive, others are dying of their in- juries, while many are starving. The streets are filled with confused imasses of bricks, mortar, beams, fur- niture, chimneys and roofs. In many cases the streets appear as enormous crevasses, twisted into fantastic shapes. The Avenue Palazzati, which runs along the sea front from the university to the postoffice, is quite impassable. All the public monuments that were there have entirely disap- peared. All the water pipes, sewers and gas pipes of the city have been destroyed and. water and filth are flooding the torn streets. Gas explosions occur frequently and result in the breaking out of scores of small fires. REFUGEES REACH NAPLES Compelled to Go Long Distance to Se- cure Rellef. Naples, 222 % «The appalling magnitude of the tragedy in the south of Italy is being brought home to the people of the north by the arrival here of refugees, wounded and un- scathed, from Messina, The fact that dying people have to be brought such a distance for medical attention shows the immensity of the disaster and the inadequacy of the relief measures at present possible. The German steamer Seraphin came into Naples with 800 refugees. The wounded are all in the cabins and their condition is pitiable. A few of them have had their heads and limbs bandaged, but many of them have not yet received medical attendance. The Seraphin had to come to Naples be- cause all the hospitals in the prin- cipal towns of Sicily are overflowing, while there are not enough doctors and nurses for the work in hand and medical supplies, bandages and sur- gical instruments are lacking. May Have Perished in Disaster. Fond du Lac, Wis, 22z i—Miss Margaret K. McMillan of Fond du Lac and Mr. and Mrs. Thornton A. Green of Ontonagon, Mich., are believed to be victims of the earthquake in South- ern Italy. The party was at Rome on Christmas day and were then leaving for Siclly. Miss McMillan and Mrs, Green are daughters of C. A. McMil- lan, millionairé lumberman and furni- ture manufacturer of Fond du Lac. Consul Cheney and Wife Dead. ' Washington, ":~ °!~—A dispatch received at the state department from American Consul Gale, at Malta, con- firms the reported death of Consul Cheney and his wife at Messina. The bodies, the dispatch says, have not been recovered. S An Omission. Magistrate—What 1s the charge against you this time? Boggs—They potched me a-stealing oranges, yer worship. Magistrate—Didn’t I tell you ‘When you were here before not to steal anything more? Boggs—No, yer wor- ship; you sald not to steal any more lemons, but yer dldn’t say a word about oranges—X«_con Graphie. < TO MBAMNMDAV. g Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets. refund ney. it it falls to B O TE S fimareto 1 ah alm o cuze. Coughs Colds, CROUP, WhoopingCough ‘This remedy can always be depended upon and is pleasant to take. It contains %0 opium or other harmful drug and may be given as confi- dently to a baby as to an adult., Price 25 cents, large size 50 cents. For Sale at Barker’s Drug Stere PRESENTED TO PRESIDENT New German Ambassador at the White House. - Washington, : 3. /«—Cordial ex- pressions of good feeling were ex- changed between President Roosevelt and Count von Bernstorff, the new German ambassador, who was for- mally presented to Mr. Roosevelt at the White House. The letter Count Bernstorff present- ed from the emperor of Germany ac- crediting him as ambassador ex- pressed the “best wishes” which his majesty ever cherishes for the happi- ness and welfare of the United States. The president, in response, said the emperor’s expressions of friendship and good will are cordially appreciated. Feeling reference was made to the late Ambassador Speck von Sternburg. The president said he trusted the cordial feelings existing would tend to promote and strengthen the friendly relations between the two countries. Wife Died a Week Ago. Providencs, R. I, Dan °I.—Profes- sor Benjamin Franklin Clarke, pro- fessor emeritus of mechanical engi- neering at Brown university, is- dead, aged seventy-seven years. Professor Clarke’s wife died last Thursday. 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We have a large and well assorted stock frem which you can make your selection. WE SELL 16-INCH SLAS W00D St. Hilaire Retail Lbr. Co. BEMIDJI, MIXN. BUY A GOOD LOT With the growth of Bemidji good lots are becoming scarcer and scarcer. We still have a number of good lots in the residence ‘part of town which will be sold on easy terms. For further particulars write or call Bemidji Townsite and Im- provement Company. H. A. SIMONS, Agent. Swedback Block, Bemnidfi. The Da.ily Pioneer - 40c per Month -_— Typewriter Ribbons The Pioneer keeps on hand all the standard makes of Typewriter Ribbons, at the uniform price of 75 cents for all ribbons except the two- and three-color ribbons and special makes.