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New-York tribune., 1908-12-31
RELIEF FUND GROWING.

From every part Of this country comes the news
Of committees being organized to collect funds Tor
the relief of the earthquake stricken people OF
Italy Religious commercial and financial lnsti-
tutions have taken cogniZance of the dire need
and are responding literally THOUSANDS OF DOL
lars have already gone forward by cable 10 aneh-
crate what correspondents declare almost inde-
serbia bic suffering.
New York, of course will take the lead in this
work Mayor Mcclellan took official action yes
terday by issuing the following proclamation;
To the People of the City of New York
Subscriptions for the relief of the sufferers from
the overw heming calamity in Italy will be received
at the Mayors office. All such subscriptions VIII
be forwarded to the American Red Cross for trans
mission TO the italian Red Cross. 1t is urged that
In view of the magnitude of this disaster. prompt
response be made to this appeal
Another appeal was issued by Bishop Greer to
the members of the Episcopal Church. 1t read:
An appalling calamity, you are aware, has be
fallen the people of Sicily and Southern Italy Tens
of thousands OF men women and children have
been made homeless and helpless by It, and 1
earnestly appeal to my brethren of the clergy and
laity Of the Episcopal Church in the city and do
New-York tribune., 1908-12-31
BENEFIT CONCERT AT MANHATTAN.
Special Programme Being Arranged to Aid
Victims of Earthquake

AS soon as Oscar HanmersteIn returned yester-
day from Philadelphia he had q conference with
Cleofonte Campanini. and instructed him to prepare
the most elaborate programme possible for a con-
cert the Manhattan Opera House Sunday even
ing. January Il The entire proceeds OF the con-
cert which II is expected all the singers OF the
company will volunteer their services. will be de-
voted TO the relief OF the earthquake sufferers inl
Southern Italy.
A gift of 1000 francs for the relief OF the SUI
ferers made yesterday by Alessandro Bonctl
a tenor OF the Metropolitan Opera Company. The
Italian artists at both the Metropolitan and the
Manhattan keenly awaiting details OF the catas-
trOphe. several OF them have relatives OF friends
in the afflicted territory Pasquale Amate the new
barytone is sOn-in-law of the director OF the re-
Gently completed Teatro Bellni. in Catania. which
totally destroyed Catania Is the burial place
OF Bellini the composer. from whom the theatra
takes its name. The institution which was de-
signed for o2eratic productions. had substantial
subsidy from the municipality
Nine Jane Norta. who is in New York wa
TO leave here to-day TOR Palermo. where she had
an engagement 70 sing, but has deferred har de.
partuTe on the advice OF Mr.. Toscanini who sold
her IL would be impossible TO reach that sssn
New-York tribune., 1908-12-31

clothing. The society. which Is perfect in or
ganiza1ion. has suggested that food products and
clothing shipped from any port of the
world would of more immediate value than
money
The Italian Red Cross. which has more mem
bers in proportion to the population than
any other country in Europe is caring for
the survivors. Men and women of means are
working side by side with the peasantry. A rep
resentative of the Italian body here said to-day
that If II became known in the United States
that food and clothing would be most welcome,
he believed that the contributions would be gen
eral. He said that perhaps many merchants who
felt that they could not afford to give money
would he glad ship canned goods and bread
stuffs from their reserve stock and that clothing
houses might ship to the sufferers clothing that
had been carried in stock for several seasons.
So perfect has been the organization of the Red
Cross in Italy, especially at Palermo that fire.
quently in the summer, when men and women
have fallen in the streets from heat, mem bers
with their faces covered with black masks have
hurried TO the patients and carried them away TO
hospitals The identity of the workers sell
dom known but secrecy in their work and eva
sion Of publicity have been the fundamental prin-
ciples of the organization.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-31
MAKES APPEAL TO ITALIANS ABROAD.
Weep Not" Editor Says, ''but Send oEsr-
ings the Heart Dictates"

Rome Dec. s0.-Battista Pellegrfni. formerly SEQ
retary 70 ex-Premier Zanarden and now editor
Of the review ITALY Arold." mas addressed
the following appeal to his compscriotS IN forsisn
lands:
first in charity and loyalty our prayer goes forth.
Nav the you feel be flame OF aHection-
ate and benedcient patriotism, example to the
world of what human nature Is capable OF In our
race, which arises ever stronger from the ashes
of misfortune Weep not. Italians. distant
brothers. may the angel Of pity beam on the
desoatOn Of ruined cities and country, and
who have known how TO draw from terrible ruin
new reasons for life and concord Pour out i'm
rlediatey our consus the offering that the heart
dictates Men. Ike nations are strengthened oy
sorrow. Your souls emotions with those
Of your country. which in this terrible ending of
the old year calls down blessings upon YOU
New-York tribune., 1908-12-31
ARCHBISHOP ASKS FOR AID.
Directs Clergy to Take Up Special Collec-
tion for Earthquake Victims.

Archbishop Farley has-stnt out a general letter
to the clergy OF the Roman Catholic Church di-
reCtiug that a collection be taken up help the
Italian earthquake victims. He says:
The appalling calamity that has fallen on the
people Of Sicily aud Caabria, resulting in the loss
Of more than hundred thousand lives. il is be
Heyed, and leaving in utmost destltutiCn hundreds
world. and evoked unbounded sympathy tina
hasters 10 make itself helpful in most effective
manner.
The accounts tndt have reached US, up 10 the
ribe suffering that usually accompanies and follows
in the wake OF such catastrophe. Those who
have perished are beyond human aid, but count
less thousands who have passed through fire and
and pestienCe, appealing for immediate assist
l. therefore. direct that a collection in aid of
these sufferers be taken up in the churches of this
diocese, at all the masses, on Sunday January 3.
feel that the unparalleled extent Of this awful
vista tion appeals to the hearts OF the charitable
more strongly than any words OF ours You may
add. however. after reading this letter to your
flock, anything deem necessary, To i'm
press upon the faithful the extreme urgency Of
the appeal, in order that the result may he worthy
OF the great sympathetic heart Of the Catholics Of
the diocese of New York.
Please make returns, soon as possible. to the
Chancery Office. that may forward immediat ely
the amount realized TO our Holy Father. Plus X
who will dispense whatever may be gathered from
the Catholic world.
While appealing for material relief. I am conf
dent that neither yourself your people will
fail remember in prayer the living and the
dead who stricken by the earthquake
If this letter Is received In time please read IL
all the masses New Years Day, January l. to
January 3.
shall be pleased receive a No. 452 Madison
tably disposed may wish TO leave In person send
in writing
New-York tribune., 1908-12-31
ut. Stringent measures will be necessary

think about Stringent measures will be necessary
.sDisintection must be resorted to- 50 as TO pre-
vent plague and sickness from carrying OF many
of those who are still living All viii be done
am sure that a charitable world knows how TO do
to make the situation as bearable possible. Many
Of the Italians in New York City are from Gala
bria and they have been besisgtng the consulats
there for information concerning their relatives
AS soon as names OF the survivors can be o5tatne6
we will have them published 10 satisfy the distress
of their friends and relatives IN this country
New-York tribune., 1908-12-31
ELIZABETH TO SWELL FUND

Elizabeth N J.. Dec. S0.-Prominent Italian resi-
dents have started a movement in aid Of the
stricken people OF Italy, and meeting has been
called for tomorrow night, at which plans for
raising funds for the sufferers Will be discussed
Requiem may be said New Years Day at
the Church of ST. Anthony Of Padua Many Eliza
beth Italians lost relatives III the catastrophe
New-York tribune., 1908-12-31
SUPPLIES MOST NEEDED
Italian Red Cross at Palermo Asks
for Food and Clothing.

Palermo Dec. 80--According TO advices received
here to-day from representatives Of the Italian
Red Cross now in the Calabrian Province the
most urgent needs of the survivors are food and
New-York tribune., 1908-12-31
ORANGE ITALIANS PREPARE TO AID.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune. ]

Orange. n. J.. Dec 80. - Italians here have
formed a committee which will arrange for an
entertainment, the proceeds of which will go to a
fund for the relief OF their fellow countrymen IN
Italy
New-York tribune., 1908-12-31
AUSTRIAN KAISER GIVES $4,000
French Relief Squadron Leaves Toulon-
Sympathy from Russia.

Vienna Dec 90-Emperor Francis Joseph has
contributed $4,000 10 the relief of the Italian
earthquake sufferers
New-York tribune., 1908-12-31

earthquake sufferers.
Toulon. Dec. 5O-A French relief squadron. carry
ing food, clothing. medical supplies and money for
the relief Messina sufferers left here to-day
for that port
ST. Petersburg, Dec 31.-A public subscription has
been opened here for the sufferers in the Italian
earthquake All the newspapers publish most
sympathetic articles regarding the catastrophe The
Russian charge d'anares Rome has been in
structed to convey the governments heartfelt
sympathies Italy, and NJ Iswolsky, the Foreign
Minister. has telegraphed to Signor Tittoni. the
Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, a warm per
sonal message of coincidence.
London. Dec. 30.-The Lord Mayors fund for the
earthquake sufferers has reached $1,000 The bank
each contributed 5000 and Mr.. Wilson, of the
Wilson Line Of steamers, of Hull, has opened a
fund, and also offers TO convey relief gifts the
scene of the earthquake free of charge
Melbourne, Dec. 30-It is a curious fact that
while the seismograph in the Perth observatory
recorded the Italian earthquake an intense vi
bratiOn lasting forty-seven minutes the instrument
al sydney bore evidence that had felt the
shock. Relief funds for the suffering in CaIabria
and Sicily have been opened here and at Sydney
Lima, Peru, Dec. 30-The newspaper Concrete
has opened a subscription list for sufferers in the
Italian earthquake.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-31
PLEA TO ITALIANS HERE.
ambassador Des Planches Issues
Proclamation Asking did.

Washington, Dec. 90-Baron Edmondo Mayor
des PIanches Italian Ambassador TO the United
States issued tonight the following proclamation
to the Italian people in the United States. appeal
ing to them for aid for their suffering countrymen
in the earthquake region He asked that IT be
printed in Italian for the benefit of those OF his
countrymen who cannot read English:
New-York tribune., 1908-12-31

Lima, Peru, Dec. 30.-The newspaper Concrete
has opened subscription list for sufferers in the
Italian earthquake.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-02
ORDINANCE OCCUPIES
JUST FIVE MINUTES
ALL RECORDS SMASHED TO
SMITHEREENS
Highland Park Residence District
Passed by Council with
Lightning Rapidly

All records for the passage Of an or
dinance were broken yesterday. That
which broke the record was the one
declaring Garvanza and Highland
Park a residence district and prohib-
iting the establishment of mills and
manufactures there. The lines es-
tablished are from the north and east
city boundaries to Avenue Thirty
seven.
Residents of the locality presented a
petition to the council yesterday morn
ing to have the district set apart. The
ordinance was already prepared and
was passed by the council. Clerk Car
rol secured the signature of City Clerk
Lelande to the document as soon as he
could get down stairs from the council
chamber, and the signature Of the
mayor as soon as he could get upstairs
again.
The entire time consumed from the
presentation of the petition to the sig
nature Of the mayor was less than five
minutes,
Usually it takes anywhere from two
weeks to six months to get an ordi-
nance through to final signature. The
customary method of procedure is for
the council to hear the petition and
send 1t to the committee handling such
matters. The committee then reports
back to the council in its own good
time, the council orders the city attor-
ney to draw up the ordinance, the city
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-02
TEXAN IS WILLING TO
WAIT FOR HIS BRIDE
HAZEL PATTERSON MAY BE
SENT TO HOME
Judge Wilbur Proposes Delay of Six
Months, After Which Another
Marriage Ceremony Will
Be Performed

A solution Of the troubles of William
E. Ford, the young Texan who mar
ried Hazel Patterson, 14-year-old girl
now being held at the detention home,
is thought to have been discovered,
and during the next six months Ford
will occupy the role of benedick and
bachelor, if the plan contemplated by
Judge Wilbur of the superior court is
carried out.
! The young woman will, it is expected,
leave the detention home easily the
coming week and take up her residence
in the family Of one of her friends,
remaining there until she has reached
the legal marriagable age of Is.
This will be done at my sugges-
ton" said Ford yesterday. IF the
girl had not attained the legal age
when l married her it was without my
knowledge. / shall now wait until she
has reached that age, when another
wedding will take place. Meantime
shall leave Los Angeles, going to Ven
tura. / am not overburdened with
wealth, and perhaps the few months
which must elapse before l again see
Hazel will place me in position to
provide a better home than can now
give her."
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-02
Vets Second Trial

The second trial of L. Vett, charged
with stealing two diamonds, was set
yesterday for October 81 in department
one of the superior court.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-02
HAMBURGER'S NEW STORE
TO BE OPENED AUGUST 10
Big Mercantile Establishment Will
Launch Forth in Fine Quar-
tiers Just as Though
Used to II

Hamburger's big new department
store, just completed at Eighth and
Broadway, will be opened for business
Monday, August 10, bright and early
in the morning, and 1t is promised that
so perfectly has the old and new force
of employees been trained that the store
will be conducted on that day just as
though it had been doing business there
for many years.
Everything will have a place, and be
there, and everyone will know the
place, so thorough will the generalshiI
over the great establishment be.
For the last week about 500 new en-
ployes have been at work in the big
building unpacking and arranging
goods under the direction of the variou:
department managers. All of the floors
from the fifth floor down will be filled
with new goods, 1t is claimed, and wher
the big establishment opens Monday
August 10, everything will look bright
and fresh, but be so systenatized thai
there will be absolutely no confusion.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-02
PASADENA CHINESE REFUSED
WRIT OF HABEAs CORPUS

Sam Ling and Chow Ju Hoi, two
Chinese, appeared in Judge Conreys
court yesterday accompanied by their
attorney, who filed a petition for writ
of habeas corpus. The men were ar
rested in Pasadena, April %, charged
with conducting a lottery, and the pc
tition was filed on the ground that
their cases had been continued without
application on their part
Judge Conrey denied the petition and
the men were returned to the custody
of the chief of police of Pasadena.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-02
INQUIRY INTO CONDITIONS
AT COUNTY JAIL CONCLUDED

The examination of federal prisoners
regarding the food furnished them in
the county Jail, and general conditions
in that institution, was finished yes
terday by the United States district
court. The results will be forwarded
to the department of justice at Wash
ington, which will make a ruling In the
matter. The investigation was brought
about by the complaints of a number
of federal prisoners, who objected to
the food furnished by Sheriff w. A
Hammel.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-02

She: 1T think the times are improving"
He: ''Perhapsl 1 sent in a poem, three days
ago. and it has not come back yeti onkers
Statesman.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-02

A writ of probable cause was signed
Yesterday by Judge Jamison in the case
Of John Lapique. This will have the
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-02
STORk UNUSUALLY BUSY
DURING MONTH OF July
Births in Los Angeles TotaIed 398
Being 1926 in Excess of Deaths,
Including TWenty-one
Suicides

According to the figures of Henry
Self, clerk of vital statistics in the
health department, July was one for
the stork The number of births last
month totaled 1893, 206 being boys and
1872 girls. All but four were white
children.
There were 273 deaths, making a net
gain for the births over the deaths of
l25, which is considered an unusually
good months showing. OF the deaths
thirty-eight were from tuberculosis,
nearly all the victims having come to
Los Angeles while in the last stages OF
the disease. OF violent deaths there
were twenty-one, nearly all suicides.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-02
MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS ! q 4 Al |

attorney presents it when he gets
ready, the council passes the measure
and it goes to the city clerk, who at
tests it when he has the leisure, and
it is then sent to the mayor, who signs
it when he feels so disposed. A mat
ter of years may elapse between the
presentation of the petition and the
final passage of the ordinance, but
never in the city's history has the
time been less than five minutes.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-02

ly for the quick determination of such
cases as must be examined to insure
certainty upon a given topic, and has
been prepared as a result of numerous
requests from lawyers throughout the
state, whose work will be greatly facil-
itated by this table of ready reference
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-02
TABLE OF CRIMINAL CASES
COMPILED FOR USE OF BAR

A topical table of criminal cases,
California state reports, volumes l to
ISL, inclusive, and volumes to 5, APP
pellate court decisions, has been issued
by Frank r. Wills, instructor of.crim-
inal law and procedure in the college
of law, University of Southern Califor-
MA. Ths table is arranged convenient.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-02
OF TIE COURTS|| i1IAI|

effect of keeping him in the county jail
until October, when the sessions of the
court of appeals will begin. At that
time Lapique's appeal will be present.
ed. The man was sentenced last Fri
day to ten years at San Quentin, hav-
ing been convicted of obtaining money
under false pretenses
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-02
Asks Damages of $4,000

of $4,000 are asked was filed yesterday
in the superior court by Elizabeth
Groll against the city of Huntington
Park. Mrs. Groll says she sustained
severe injuries by stepping into a hole
dug by street workmen, which, SIC
claims, was unmarked by a light.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-02

25c "Not-a-Hook" Tape,
black and white, I'd. 121sc
Metal Buttons, all sizes.
values to 75c, Mt sc
15c Pearl Buttons, plain,
doL. .....-....-.- b l-3c
6 Good Strong Hat Pins. o.. &c
6Oc Oma ZOuave Shields,
Nos. and 5........... 29c
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-02

On third floor, south building, Monday
we will sell pounds of best cane sugar
for 2Sc to every customer making
purchase in any part of the store. No
matter what the amount is, just present
your check. None delivered; no phone
orders. Monday only.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-02
Office Holders Help the AVERAGE

DO the servants keep their places very
long herer' asked the woman from the SUI
hurbs.
| well" replied the in the city, 'be-
| tween the domestic servants and the public
servants. 1 guess the average would be all
| right. "-Yonkers Statesman.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-23
THE GEORGE CLINTON CENT.
Coin on which the Bust of States
First Governor Appears.

George Clinton. first governor' Of the
State Of New York. whose remains have
just been removed from the Congressional
Cemetery. in Washington. 10 Kingston.
y. Y. Is one OF the very few Americans
who have had their portraits on coins.
His head appears on the George Clinton
cent. which was struck in New York
City in l7S7
This cent formed part Of one Of the
currency issues contemplated al this Pc
Rod when New York State. like several
Of the other States, was endeavoring 10
provide a stable circulating medium TO
replace the motley mass Of coins of all
designs and nationalities which were then
in use and caused incalculable confusion
in the way Of fixing values.
on the diverse OF the Clinton cent.
which was OF the size Of the old-time
copper cent. is a bust OF Gov Clinton fac
ing TO the right. and around the border
is the inscription George Clinton" di-
vided by two large stars. The reverse
shows an oval shield In the center. with
the sun rising behind a range Of hills.
In the foreground is the sea, while 10
the left OF the shield Is the figure Of JUS
tice. holding sword and scales On the
right OF the shield is the figure OF Lib
erty with STAFF and cap. Above the
shield, on globe, stands an eagle. while
below is the word Excelsior and The
date '17S7."
This interesting coin, OF which only half
a dozen specimens are now known. Is
held at a very high premium and ranks
with the very sCarCest OF the New York
cents OF this period some Of which have
brought $500 and more. The dies for the
Clinton cent were engraved by a man
named Atlee. 10 be used by the firm OF
Machin & Co, who conducted a private
plant at Newburgh, n. Y. for the coin
age of New York copper cents.
Dies for several varieties OF New York
cents were cut by Atlee for use at the
same mint. One of these had a similar
reverse TO the Clinton cent. but on the
other side was large eagle. with n Unit
ed States shield on his breast. Above
the head Of the eagle was a ring of eleven
stars which inclosed two stars behind
the head. Below was the motto 'E
4 4ANuS NH"il' anu TIC udte, ltoN
Only two specimens OF this variety are
known. one Of which brought $3.50 at a
recent coin sale.
The rarest Of the whole series OF New
York State cents shows a standing figure
with a tOmahawk in his right hand and
a bow in the left. surrounded by the IN
scription, 'Liber Natus Libertatem De-
fendo.' The reverse shows an eagle
standing upon a section of globe. and the
words. ''Neo EbOraCus Excelsior Four
or these coins are now in existence. one
$3.50.