The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 4, 1909, Page 4

. ds “VAST CHO ASCENDING UNCEASINGLY RUS OF AGONY — Famous Novelist Gives Graphic Description of the Horror at Messina. BY F. MARION CRAWFORD. ne LONDON, Jan, 4--F. Marion Crawford, the novelist, cables from | oo Maly a vivid story of the destroyed fe Gity of Messina, which he obtained | oo from his sonintaw who returned | of to Villa Crawford after spending two days and a half in the ruined tty. of had weet direction, and the first shook dayne idiors give up thelr ny of the dying eter nage day as to means of loay pmed city, but It te mt mH, and [ wae driven spend upon th peach ‘START THROUGH THE SUEZ CANA WASHINGTON, y ither bread nor water can be Near the custom house I found yaelt close to a group of staff of | sera at the wireless station which mmunicates with the observatory | Sicily, They were discuasing the | wa The earthquake, I learned, was} & rotary character, with a north: ty today for Port Crawford says he tells the story | sted 32 seconds, with o seismic} — The American ships have been fa the Words of his son-in-law as| N*Ve 80 fect high which Inundated! granted « right-of-way through on Messina and swept away in its ebb} the canal by the canal autheri- “Tt being Impossible to Beasina by ordinary means, 1 suc Seeted tn getting passage as Sowaway aboard a amall ateamer | shy @a Tuesday evening and reached Messina the following morning at $330 o'clock, To my surprise the Ughthouse at Faro, on the strait War still standing, as well as the Hehing huts at its base, and the firat tmpression was that the news Of the earthquake had been greatly Oxagwerated. hut as we advanced ‘We soon came in sight of the awful ‘truth, oe thy of Black Smoke Over Ruine. ; As we drew near | th @r We saw that the fine buildings 000. | pu @n the maguificent ourved espia-| that were such a feature of ‘to Water front, were all either | ty @oupletely destroyed or else rent cign men-of-war, down hall their height Swayed and writhed, while how! of voices, scarcely th reached our cara. It was) the how! of the people who were| mad with terror and ery-| ing for help, even for water, Refused Landing. | steam launch from a man-of-/ th ‘orders to land no one on pain which was no mere threat. | captain, however, asked per.) for bimself alone to land. ts ta soldiers are exhausted with their labors and for lack but feet, we hastened toward the of the city, ' A every step the ground was} a tre Yong moaning, which sometimes ‘out from beneath the ruins, | Me burted st me low and trembling cries | voice that nothing can de my friend called to his fath-| and mother, and from beneath | crumbling walls came back the | “Glancomino, my a ae = poor friend threw himse! e Patten upon the wrecked ma- wonry, trying to tear it away with | his band 8 | “I oried out for help, but we were | completely alone. 1 then seized 4) halfcharred bit of timber and thrust it into the hole whence the | gound came and tried to move the stones, but to my horror, screams ‘of pain came back as if I had un- swittingly wounded some unhappy | . But | had no time to for suddenly a horde of half. mad refugees filled the lonely Street and carried me on to the railway station. Money No Value. “Guddenly I was face to face with an officer, who was shouting fof @ telegraph office. 1 broke way from the crowd and followed till we came to alf-wrecked railway carriage in which a tele instrument had been set up. Private or press message was on any condition what ‘ever, although fabulous prices have been offered for transmission of & press measage. But money has no Yaluo in Messina. I have seen throw it away tn disgust, with hunger and thirst, where reach | together with all the provisions re: | &| Messina observatory registered Hosides Reggio, for two whole days, amid scenes got “A dense biack smoke arose in| knew olumnne from the vast ruins and more than one per cont of the pop. ‘Was gently.blown toward us by the ulation escaped unhurt, and that Along the Engttsh and Russians. More than shore a compact crowd of people | once | saw the English blucjacketa & giving away half their rations to er key, but the cries and moans of | {i)..)" those buried among the rvina rang | i. © out more terribly and divtinctiy, Spproached ua with peremp |The work of saving : | all the convicts from the large peo, | and troops and diuejacikats have orders to shoot without merey. Then, too, thon- sands of dogs have come in from all the country around and prey id trim 1 the Neutenant who had not eaten for three days. ery human being on the quays ntly unloaded from steamers Alaska Judge Nominated, WASHINGTON, reatdont y hominat Alaska for j t of Alaska for Jan, 4 a RA we of the Diviaton Oc ks, nnteon of intriot € One. Towns Cease to Exist. whieh ts com destroyed, the towns of Sloilia, Villa San Glovaunt, otto, Com to, Palmi, and y other smaller places ased to exiat. t wandered through the ruins of © city of Messina and suburbs/ have PRODUCERS 6 purchase #%, the ma oon were corning: such horror as I shall nover for-| a A general officer whom 1} gave ft as his opinion that no | Bu. ber apcin © humber of dead exceeded 100, The efforte of the Italian troops |) hurrks extricate the lving are herotcal seconded by seamen from the for especially the ‘Loenh mbes ask Gon bus * starved Italian soldiers. Ordered to Shoot Convicts. “As night came on the howling of ¢ maddened orowd sank to a low: | neste. $i eck wks Ere: =, * ‘par pound life com Houee day and night, and with | with very limited success. | the most serious obstacles (c order | has been caused by the escape of |of the Oas at} ner, porch-ctimbers of Marry J. Clow leecured $4,200 worth of diamonds and jewelry. wn the thieves Too we the hightands of A landlord fer” tenant, who Seottand bad Wttie farm. ndiord and mid thet five shots directly at me. : them for the/ "santo, t, the bullets whixsed close by | tan. lord | thin, ars. ain neta with ere oor Conditions Frightful. | Rtn That he was ast able to pay an! “To conétude, I can only say that | eo* § Mens condition of the destroyed city | “i",,""? frightful. The surviving crowd mad with fright and hunger. The of food. | vided a plece of bread with a phia Ledger REMOVAL NOTICE. On and after Tuesday, January 5, “The wretched and halfinsane|all Navy Yard and Port Orchard with bodies and fragments | survivors are almost naked, and the route steamers wtll leave from Col ‘The air was filled with) torrential rain has laste for four! man dock, foot of Columbia st U. 8. COURT U. S. COURT SLAUGHTERING The end aia Thousands of Seattle's Shrewdest Buyers Are Tak- ing Advantage of This Great Sale. THREE COMBINED STOCKS OF Women’s Finest Tailored Coats, Suits, Skirts Raincoats, Waists and Furs Will Be Disposed of as Low as 15c on the Dollar. We are under bonds to convert the stock into cash within a limited time. Tuesday, 10 A. M., we be- gin to make our Biggest Slaughter to wind up quickly. United Sales & Commission Co. Selling Qut the Novelty Bankrupt Stock secnd Avenue D> BG Second Avene in the work of inquired at nighifall of hight as beat | could PRICES PAID TO Rand-MeNally oompany, and| ‘ond year the tenant came to} Pan | JANUARY 4, i909. STONE-FIGHER COMPANY een ote | Corsets Half Price A sale of odd lots of Cor. sete—samplos, divcontinued models and broken lines, but all good styles; made of heavy coutil, fancy batistes and silk brocades; some with supporters, a few with- out. This sale will include valaos up to $8.00 at HALF PRICE. At $1.0 choose from. lengthwise. ery or both. Combination and lace. Gowns are high s0WNS, lace and embroidery, tucks and fine silk ribbon. at $1.50. | Oriental Rugs Nothing reserved; the line consists of Kirman- shas, Sarouks, Cabistans, Shirvans, Sennas, Sera- bands and Kazaks; many of them real antiques. A few hall runners also in- cluded in the list. Remem |B ber, half our regular price. '§ No reserves All sales final. None sent on ap proval. Sale started this morning. supply» Dorcas Comforts, Second Ave. and University Street ASHINGEON STORES, SECOND AND UNIVERSITY, J NN saa vl hs shown in January sales. Corset Covers, Drawers, Combination Suits, Gowns and Skirts, fashioned of fine Muslin, Nainsook or Cambric, about a dozen styles of each garment to Corset Covers are cut iull, with lace or embroidered yokes; also several pretty styles with the lace insertion running } trimmed The Drawers are cut full, with French tops, open and clos- ed, trimmed with face and embroid- suits aud skirts are trimmed with embroidery neck and slipover style, good length and with, trimmed with lace and embroidery. oe De ce cae Combina- tion Suits, Drawers and Long and Short Skirts, made of fine muslin, cambric and nainsook. Trimmed with he mstitched All sizes Very many styles to choose among Specially priced for the Janyary Sale Very welcome savings are presented on go these prices hotel men and rooming house pri Wretilerr PUmuswual jm . Stone Fisher The January Sale of Bedding STONE-FIGHER COMPANY SECOND AND UNIVERSITY a a ) a ALU SLAIAS Stores Sale. The backbone of the the muslin underwear. ODAY the store opens the January White STONE-FIGHER COMPANY q event is, of course, Hundreds of fresh, dainty garments have been gathered for the sale. This year our experts have aimed higher than in any previous season. They have secured garments of the highest character and the finest quality. And all will be sold At the Most Attractive Prices We Have Ever Quoted We have avoided the cheap and showy garments which are usually At 5 9c Corset Covers, Drawe' and Long § Corset Covers are loose or tight-fitt with On the contrary, we have gathered just such underwear as refined women delight to own. The prices are abnormally low and there are no baits. The followi ng will show the scope of the sale: rs, Chemise, Gowns, Short kirts, made of fine cambric or nainsook. ing; the loose covers have lace or embroidered yokes. Drawers are cut full, open and closed, lace, embroidery, hemstitched tucks and seal- loped edges. Chemise have plain bot- . * ¢ toms, trimmed with embroidery or Long, White Skirts of H gh Degree lace. Gowns are high neck or slipover ; ‘ styles, trimmed with embroidery or A Special Showing lace. Short and long skirts have tucked flounce. Made according to our own specifications, of extraordinary width and fullness. Drop flounce of fine Swiss with open- work embroidery. Dainty patterns and blind extra dust ruffle. Spec al at lin fitting. Skirts of fine cambric with deep flounce of cambric real Torchon inserting and fine embroidery, of Torchon at the foot. Dainty designs deep edging Skirts of fine cambri rows of Val. lace three tucks in betwe with deep flounce composed of four insertion with cluster of Pric linen with flounce from the knees dotted Swiss, the lower composed ad lace. A poem in oS $7.50 Skirts of fine white dre “, down, the upper h. of double thr Gow us : lace flounce lingerie rows Distinguished Coats for Women Are to Be Sold at Less Than Half Price! Following the Store's established custom of carrying no merchandise into the next season, but to open each period with a new stock, we are closing out the balance of the Women's Coats at a very, very decisive reduction, Tomorrow we offer another fine group of Women’s Long Coats, made of the most-wanted fabrics, such as plain coat- ings, fine chevron coatings, herringbone weaves and striped fabrics ; colors are tan, brown, STINE EE : | } blue, red, gray, green; all are beautifully tailored, perfect fitting and distinguished look ing. Coats such as would readily sell for $25 to $35 early || in the season are offered to- || nforrow at vd, le ors will w At ant to lay ina pendable Bedding to be disposed of, The prices are set dc mation will be quickly reached. Feather Pillows, cov- 3 Patterns only, size 9 At19c Corset Cover Corset Covers and Drawers, of goud mus- are loose or tight- Covers have lace yokes and Drawers have the tucks. At39c Skirts, of good muslin. ers trimmed with lace and embroid- Drawers open and closed, trim- med with embroidety, tucks and lace. Corset Covers, Draw- ers, Gowns and Long Corset Cov- high or V neck, finished with and the Skirts have the tucked s. RAPALA ARPA PAP AO PRO RRA OR PRP PROP PRED RPP PR Chiffon Scarfs HALF PRICE All chiffon, crepe, messaline and silk neck scarfs, flowered, plain or rainbow patterns, as- sorted styles to choose from, one-half regular prices. $6.50 Scarfs 25 $13.50 75 $2.25 Scarfs . 1.13 $2.00 Scarfs 1.00 Children’s patent leather Buster Brown Belts; red, white and black. Special 25¢@. Elastic Belting, 154 inches wide, gros grain finish, all silk, black. Special $1.00 yd. PIII RR Room-Size Rugs—Odd Patterns to Be Swept Out Before the Rugs for the year 1909 can be opened up these odd lots are »wn to a point where this consum- ~~. 5 Patterns,\ size Oxi. ered with the best qual . ’ » Size 9x12, dbearad dita good dint Sheets | ered with th oF x12, Velvet Rugs; regular | Odd Size sia : siiih Uaioe ‘ied, | Bleached Sheets, sixoo| ity of linene fancy tick price €25; Special, to close = | best five-frame Body with pure white cota |*ite: extra hoary muslin; | ing and filled with pure { BYE g : ' Rugs Lower batting; full size at. regular price 650, Tomor-| steam-cured odorless ~ Made te | Brussels Rugs; regular f ‘ . ow, 45c " atte ei ‘ rg. | ry ae bi our " double bed ; always sofge |" Mee. te ton buver,| {etthers; worth regular : by atterns Velvet Rugs, | wi worktoome|.ptice. $30. Special to close for $1.39 each. On @eE) * : $1.50 cach, On sale to x12; best quality” rich” | from short ends of tomorrow for BB¢. | Damask inorrow for 85¢. Oriental effects; regular Jearpet; best quali-] these $21.50, . rice $27.50. Special to [ty Brussels, s c banger | wy ge | Mercertzed Table Dam White Woolen Mixed te th $18 nO ag Ho: 6x12 7; pwaler ont 6, made o close nse 50. | a7 5 f meek tinea died he poe jask, full 72 inches wide;| Blankets, full 11-4 size — lvelun O27). toe case muslin: hemmed |°"ty*@athemum and fern) and extra heavy, with 4 Patterns elow Ax- | $19.50, 4 Patterns Royal Wilton and laundered. ready for patierse: fap “| either pink or blue bor minster Rugs, size 9x12; Size 10-6x11-6] Velvet Rugs, size 9x12: use; worth regular 15¢\|Siuen’ “Gara ae well as] vod value for } all Oriental colorings; reg- | Brussels Rug ; 2 each. On sale tomor zoe for, a yard, 75c. On sale ular price $35, Special to orgie, ¢ $24,) regular value $45, Special row for 10¢. v for $3.50, close these $22.50, “ ——._ to close these $29.50, Second Ave. and University Street