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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-30
THOUGHT
HE HAD DIED AND
HAD GONE TO HELL
Was on Ferry Boat Which
Went Down With All on
Board in the Straits.

CATANtA. Sicily. Dec. so ny
T. P-Cly Chemist Grceori. Of
Messlna. arrived here this after
noon with one Of the most remark
able stories yet told Of the great
Disaster
= was on ferry boat just ont.
side McBs.na when the qunhe
came. hc said II WAS the most
terrific shock that could be imaE
luod The sea On front of the boat
opened in a great chAsm. and the
water bc.ng suddenly Withdrawn
from beneath us, The boat went
down and struck the bottom With
such force that u was shattered
90 pieces
Sole Survivor
THE boat was crowded. and
believe tina, an, tire only per
son that Survived. I remember
little after the beat went 20
pircca. except that ! was caught
IN great swirl q rushing.
roaring water. n some way
aanagcd 20 climb 10 a piece u
~reckaas. and AZ length landed
on TIRE italian side.
Fluea Win Dead.
e madr nay say 10 Reggie. where
found the streets literally filled
Wish dead bodies and people ahso.
lately insane Il was ono Ions pic
tnrr o. rain and haFrur had q
hard time heldiuE on tu my senses
and keeplnE from losing my mind
thought for time that bad
died and gone % bell
craEed Singer moans.
In a public square came upna
Tiua Mnrnia. the opera singer. arAf
~ among Il great riie ~ bodies II
women and men. grooming over 4
bird caKe III ehich we're tao little
canafisH Although the birds we're
chiFuine quite gaiiy. Marinia was
hemoaning she death ~ all the birds
Ia Italy
All the birds. aWeet singers
they arr al dead. ahs said. looking
up AZ mo with a faint. sad smile
90 II she recognized me.
She was hopel.ssly insane. a.
was everyone else alive IN Reggie
The dead and dying were eyery
where
Dead Everywhere.
n was lmpoaaible 70 pass alona
the streets without stepping over
the bodies Of men and women IN
some places oh. hos horrible II
was the bodies were go thick that
I could not pass without actually
stepping upon sons Of the pros
irafn forms
The presence Of 90 many
dead seemed 20 numb the
senses Those bodies lost any
personality. They we're like 80
many bags of wheat after a
while. ! saw the body Of one
woman with tNo dead children
IN her arns. caught and crush.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-30

and declared his Intention OF kill
ing the whole family seizing her
munths-old baby. the woman fled
from the house. attempting 10 drag
her f.yeerold boy with her. Nicolas
fired shooting the boy In the back.
killing him Instantly Mrs Santos
got away with her baby. and Nico-
las then shot the little girl. who ~
reported this afternoon 10 be dying
Santos. coming home from his DAYS
work. heard the shots aud ran back
to town for help.
Shoots Brown.
Nicolas left the house. going 90
a corner near hy. where he met
Brown aud his wife. just coming
from the boat landing He asked
Brown the time Brown told him
it was G:lb. then walked about az.
teen feet. when Nicolas fired shot
into his hack Brown WIS seriously
hurt but he Is big, robust man
and Il IL believed he will recover
lie was brought TO Seattle last
night for attention. u Is thought
that Nicolas mlstook him for an
officer.
Nicolas IN his flight stopped n
boy named George Hayme. putting
a revolver under his nose and dc.
mandlng hts name. When Rayme
replied. Nicolas ordered him to
move on. Nicolas then went TO
Pleasant Beach. whore he bought
a flask of whiskey In saloon
starting hack thence toward Port
Blakeley This was the last seen
OF him.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-30

PALERMO. Sicily. Dec. Soy
u. T.. MeaalnA presented q pan
Drama OF horror today. the Ike Of
which has never before been spread
before human eyes With 10000
dead bodies hiackcnlng under the
sun. thousands driven mad by fear.
vast heaps OF wreckage and a
thousand fires burning in one
unconquernble cunflagrauon. there
are no words IN any tongue that
can give an adequate description
OF the scenes that greeted the first
arrivals OF rosoucrs from Rome
and Naples
The eye Is blinded by The mag.
uitude Of the disaster. and the ear
is doadoned by the shrioks and
cries that go up In an uneudlng
dlapaaon Of horror from every
quarter OF the wrecked city and
from the surrounding hills. upon
which 100000 shuddering human
beings cluster close for the sym.
pathy and comfort OF numbers.
A He'll on Earth.
n there was ever a hell on earth
Messina is today Dante IN his
wiordest flights OF terrorizing
fancy never pictured an inferno
OF horrors that could equal the
stern reality of death and destruo-
ton shown here.
As far as the eye can reach over
the once prosperous and populous
city hangs a dense pail OF smoke.
No up within the radius Of the
flames roaring as they devour the
debris and the human bodies pin.
ned beneath Every step brings
close the body OF a man. woman
or child. here and there some at.
tempt az order has been made. aud
the bodies piled like wood, only TO
be deserted as the flames and
smoke draw near The sites OF
once stately buildings that have
stood "a thousand years are now
smolderlng masses of stone and
mortar, and turned 20 burning
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ed by few score OF kneeling sub
jecis. who held out their hands
and prayed 70 them as il they we're
saints coming 70 their dellverence.
The king took immediate charge
81 the rescue work.
soldiers are patrolling the ruins
TO fight away the ghouis who are
looting the dead bodies. but with
little success. Every few moments
the bark of carbine tells OF some
looter OF the dead joining his VIC.
Tins. but 50 far the chaos has de
fled all efforts OF man-made law
or order
The officials OF the Bank Of
Sicily az Messina today sent the
following wireless message TO
Palermo.
General Fecoi de Casato is TAX.
ing the strongest possible meas
uros 20 prevent the catastrophe
from becoming worse through the
disorders and for the present will
maintain a practical dictatorship
The chief danger now Is from
plague. as thousands OF bodies lie
unburied IN the streets and have
received no attention since death.
General Casato advocates the ere.
nation Of all bodies Immediately,
but the people. already beside
themselves, will not permit this.
They cling to the dead In wild
insanity and say they viii not al
low the bodies to be burned.
Assassination Feared.
"The trouble IS greatly exagger-
ated owing TO the utter loss OF
nerve by the inhabitants through
the stupor that seems TO affect
everyone.
The authorities regret the pres.
ence of the king and queen The
officials say their royal highnesses
will be unable 20 help and that
their presence will only serve 10
tie the hands of other officials bet
ter fitted to deal with the situation.
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Continued on page ~
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-30
RUNS INTO GALE

VANCOUVER. - O.. Dec so
By Il. P.--Advicea from Honolulu
state that the Australian liner Mo
ana. which left here December 4
for sydney. experienced terrible
weather on the way down, but got
into Honolulu on time on December
I12. leaving the same day for sgd
ney The Moana ran into the same
stormy weather which delayed the
Empress Of Japan and az one time
Capt. Morrisby bad under consider.
alton the iettlsouing Of part Of the
cargo.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-30

PAsO ROntEs Hot Springs.
Cal. Dee 20 Coy elect CoEErove
shows remarkable Improvement
Yesterday afternoon he interFlew
"a friends Ia the sun parlor and
last evening be chafted Wiih the
guests ia the hotel lobby. iiia sen.
eFai condition - better han for
many months
y. W SAWYER.
Director.
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Continued on page ~
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-30
QUEEN FALNTS; KING PRAYS AT DREAD SIGHT
fifty THOUSAND BODIES
PACKED IN STREETS OF
ONE DEVASTATED CITY

3o-I With o
deaened and
hand
One burning
eeted by
rom the
calamity and
beyond
81
PRIESTS NTERcEDE SOULS
In Romes bsekTObed
the living Before while the heardng chant
Gene heaven ard
capital the universe the mistress of the beauty today
Of
death beneath which snis shuddeing her erosen
NATURES MURDERoUS MOODS
o
scyna n fill
Of mainland
o
But these touched the height horror that Sicily and the toe Of the
boot" today.
COMPARISON
n a
thousands
bu o
Italy earthquakes
Significance
Stricken
urgent in Rnesg greatest power they paid
a wn
ending LOT hOodleting
Tor the hSdes and the
n 0
SUMMARY OF DISASTER
o Of the in
dead placed high Of the
c bu
liz is elevedth berween and are dead
Atleat Southern Italy Sicily
It Palermo
ii the Of
L
The volcano the island suombo Sicily became
volumes of smoke
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-30

print the picture OF A b. today.
When days the Star announced that Il would print
he MONK picture. exactly what Il said.
made and held by
De unforeseen necessity Of publishing MONKS feet
Undaunted undlsCouFaged. did print
st Indicated solid and substantial
after. MeMlxs feet those.
the had little doubt that today
'ubhng Of the entire remaining picture OF Mr. A. D. Monk
would be possible.
Not for an instant easy thing
with the feet Of the but thought that
high Ideals and daunss would not be impoB
hbls
much In explanation.
apologize for the fault We had idea
with the McMix grip But
hF there with ha painted on IT,
distinctly achievement 70 have printed pic
ne OF the McMx grip After all not going plenty fast
enough
The yesterday the grip today and indication That
Ne shall actually achieve the loot ongahOm tomorrow.
will Char baggage other unfoe
obstaclesl print picture o McAiix.
IN meantime II there De Inclined 10 treat lightly
effort print tho picture Of A. o. McMS, viii only
much tried who else has ad
fentured havcn two brief daysprnted the feet
both Of them the ankles shoes and ahns Of MeMx and also
A Grip
e Of McMlx tomorrow but quoting the immortal Shakespeare
shai
Tomorrow. tomorrow md
CfeeDs IN this petty from day 10 day,
To the syllable OF recorded time;
yesterdays lighted fools
The way dusty death. Out, out brief candeV
~ q tale told BY idiot a Of sound ana fury sgniyng
Naeben mot MeMiD Act v, Sc g.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-11-19
BURBANK WORKING FOR BET
TER CORN.

Luther Burbank, the vegetable
wizard, who was recently granted a
special appropriation by the Carnegie
foundation, is to spend part Of the
amount in study to improve the COM
mon American corn. His seedless ap-
Piles and spineless cacti have become
famous, and the public will watch
with much interest his efforts to de-
velop maize to greater commercial
value. The American corn, on which
much Of the nations agricultural
prosperity rests, is one Of the few
cultivated vegetable growths of which
the California investigator has been
unable to find the original in the wild
state. He thinks it came from
grass and that the Central American
teosinte is now its nearest wild rela-
ton.
The ear Of corn originally grew at
the top Of its stalk, as the head Of
wheat OF. oats does now. BY crossing
species Burbank has produced a grass
that he believes is similar to the an
cestor Of the corn. BY studying the
origin Of this great American investi-
he hopes to secure basis of investi-
cation from which to evolve corn
Of still greater general utility The
first task is to supply the missing link
in the evolution of the ear.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-11-19
FLOWERS AND GRASS.

Then, too, have some flowers. Get
now some bulbs Of hyacinths, mar
cissus and tulips and let the children
and the wife have some pretty beds
in the spring.
If you have no grass about the
house, now is the time to prepare the
soil and SOW thickly with bluegrass
and red-top.. A pretty lawn with
shrubbery and flowers, and fine and
productive orchard and kitchen
garden will do more to keep your
children in love with the farm
than anything else, and if the
farm is ever for sale, the deco
rated homestead will add dollars to
the price for every acre on the farm
over what similar farm would bring
with the house standing in Ia bare
feld.-Progressive Farmer.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-11-19
PAGE -FOUR.
WINTER FLOWING.

Because of the fact that the teams
are in good condition, and for the
further reason that they are apt to
be idle at this season unless thus en-
gagged, it is a good plan to pillow the
corn ground soon, provided it is land
that will not run together I know
there are objections to early blowing
some plant food will be leached out,
some may be carried away by the
winds-but, taking all things into
consideration, [ think the preponder-
ance of evidence is in favor Of early
blowing on many soils. There will be
fewer worms, the soil will hold mois-
ture better by being more thoroughly
pulverized and the corn will start
better, both on account of the mois-
ture and the fact that the freezing
and thawing during the winter have
made available so much plant food.
If the land is steep, early blowing will
make it wash worse and consequently
should not be practiced-W D. linn
in National Stockuan.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-11-19
A LAND OF MILK AND MONEY.

And while you are making the
South land Of milk and money you
can make all the more cotton on a
smaller area Of land because of feed
ing the COWS or beeves.
Study that record from the A. and
M. College herd. When a man makes
$3.50 worth Of manure in nine months,
what a crop of corn he can make
with that manure spread broadcast,
and what crop Of small grain fol-
lowing it to be followed by peas and
then to cotton, with cash in his pocket
to dictate prices to the fertilizer men
and no fertilizer to buy except acid
phosphate and potash for the peas.
What an area Of land you would
have to cultivate in cotton that makes
$50 to 200 pounds of lint per acre, to
equal the amount Of money that was
made from those COWS! I believe that
you would never get there. But with
the cows and the manure it would
not be long before you would be talk
ing about 5000 pounds of lint per
acre on only one-hfth the land that
now makes the 200 pounds, and crops
of corn and small grain that would
soon be something more than "sup-
plies" but would be putting money
in your purse. But the men who i'm
agine that it does not pay to grow
anything but cotton will probably
keep on with the $50 to 200 pounds
per acre and keep poor and keep their
land poor.-W. F. Massey.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-11-19
WOMEN AND POULTRY.

There is no field open to women to-
day that is less crowded than the
poultry field; none that offers as
good returns for ones labor; none
that affords so much freedom when
taken as vocation, and none that
makes one so nearly Independent of
others. Some Of our best planned
poultry farms, as we'll as our best
paying ones, are the outgrowth OF
woman's skill and ingenuity in plan
ming and her financial ability in con-
Quoting the enterprise. Most women
show a qualification for neatness
about poultry of which men are oc-
casionally void, and as cleanliness is
an important factor, she often out
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75be Jeffer.ontan
Of Interest TO Wealth Producers

strips our lords Of creation" in re-
suits obtained. The care of poultry
is productive of good health to wo-
men engaged therein, giving them
sufficient exercise in the open air, and
just enough care and responsibility
to make their work interesting and
to make them feel their Importance.
The field for woman is almost un-
limited, and it pays her better profits
than she can reasonably expect from
most other business ventures.-Com-
mercial Poultry.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-11-19
LIFE OF THE SOIL.

Humus is the life of the soil When
made from clover or other legumes
it supplies nitrogen from the air and
as it decays in the soil it hberates
phosphorus from the phosphate rock
applied, and it also liberates potas-
SUM and other mineral elements from
the inexhaustible supplies contained
in the soil. It may be asserted, Of
course, that while the supply Of total
potassium even in the plowed soil TO
a depth of six or eight i!ches is
practically inexhauStible fer eur COM
mon systems of farming the potas-
SUM is not in available form: but
in answer to this it may be said that
it is the business of the farmer to
make it available, just as it is the
business of the farmer to get nitro
gen from the air whenever the soil
supply becomes inadequate, and to
fact worth carrying in mind is that
the same agencies by which nitrogen
is secured from the atmosphere and
stored in the soil and liberated for
succeeding crops will also iberate
from the soil an abundance of potas-
SUM in form available for crops.
These agencies are clover, cow peas
and other legume crops grown and
plowed under, either directly or in
the form of manure.-C. S. Hopkins,
Illinois Experiment Station.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-11-19
FARM NOTES.

The Oklahoma Agriculturist Col
lege gives in its bulletin these sug-
gestions about cream, and the COWS
that furnish it:
Clean cream, cold cream and rich
cream are the three words which tell
the secret Of producing sweet cream.
Be clean and sanitary in milking.
Have all pals, crooks, cans and
daily utensils scalded and clean.
Keep the separator clean by wash
ing after each separating.
Cool each lot of cream in cool water
before setting it away and have it
thoroughly cooled before adding to
the general lot of cream. A good way
is never to mix a fresh batch Of
cream with older cream, but keep
each lot from the different separatings
separate and in one gallon crooks.
Have a we'll ventilated cave or cool
cellar in which to keep the cream.
Stir each Of the separate lots Of
cream every day to keep them uni
form.
Have a wire screen for each crock
so as to "air the cream" and keep
out the flies and insects.
Skim rich cream-35 to As per
cent-and it will deep sweet longer.
Deliver the cream to the creamery
or receiving station three times a
week in summer and twice week in
winter.
Make a study of the herd of COWS,
select the best, sell the poor ones, buy
or raise more good ones, grow more
COW peas and alfalfa hay for winter
feeding, and make the COWS keep you
instead of you keeping the COWS.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-11-19

The legumes, including peas, beans,
the clover and alfalfa have the power
Of taking the free nitrogen of the air
and fixing it in the soil. This most
expensive element of plant food costs
about II 1-2 cents per pound. It con-
stitutes almost three-fourths Of the
atmosphere. It is the bacteria that
inhabit the roots Of the legumes that
have the power of fixing free nitro
gen. When the plants are not inocu-
lated with the proper bacteria they
have to feed on the nitrogen in the
soil just as oats, wheat and corn do.
Generally speaking there is a diff
ferent species of bacteria for each
kind Of legumes, one kind for COW
peas, another for soy beans, another
for clover, another for alfalfa. But
the species for sweet clover is thought
to be the same as that for alfalfa.
A soil may be stocked with some
kinds while other kinds are wanting.
There are several methods of intro
ducing bacteria into soil. Planting
the same legume on the same fields
for several successive years often re-
suits in incubation. Bringing in soil
from a field where the same legume
is growing with nodules on the roots
is another way. The third plan is to
treat the seeds with pure cultures.
The evidence of incubation is the
nodules or tubercles on the roots of
the plant. These are the houses in
which the bacteria live.
1t would look strange to see this
statement in an advertisement for the
sale Of farm: "Soil stocked with
vigorous strains Of bacteria for clo-
yer, soy beans and alfalfa" but if
true, it would add to the value of the
farm.-Epitomist.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-11-19
The YOUTHS Companion for 1909.

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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-11-19
PLANT AN ORCHARD.

Plant an orchard of a variety of
fruits for your family's benefit at
least. A farm without fruit is not a
home, and there is nothing more con-
ducive to health than plenty of fruit
on the table,.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-11-19
TsO Peach Growers

me-Sulphur Solution advertised by the Mallary
Mill Supply Co.. for destroying the San Jose Scale
has attracted widespread interest among the
peach growers.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-11-19

If you want Real enjoyment, send
ten cents for a copy of Humorist. Ad-
dress: Publisher Humorist, st. Louis,
Mo. In ordering your reading matter,
don't fail to include the HumorIet.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-11-19
THE
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OF COLUMBUS Ga
Is Home Institution. Organized 1859
Nearly Half CentUFy Old
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Losses Paid Since Organization Over Five Million Dollars
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