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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-30
SIX PHILADELPHIANs MISSING
American Women Known to Have
Been in the Quake Zone,

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, December 30
Anxiety is being expressed as to the
safety of six Philadelphia women who are
known to have been in the area Of the
earthquake which has destroyed great
parts of Sicily and southern Italy. Three
are:
Miss Mary Moss of Chestnut Hill, the
well known novelist and literateur.
Miss Florence Kane, a sister of Dr. j.
A. Bayard Kane of 1920 Spruce street.
Miss Louise Wood. an artist, who is
married and has made her home in Taor-
nina These three women were living in
Taormina which is not far from Messna.
Three other women are believed to be in
Sicily. They are art students. and for
merly made their home on 18th street in
this city.
Their names are:
Elizabeth G. BockiuS.
Frances l.. Bockius.
Emily Croasdale.
They were last heard from on December
20, when they were at Palermo. They
tEen announced that they were going to
spend the winter in Sicily.
BISHOP MAY BE LOST.
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continued from l. hSl IdSt-'
a few tottering ruins remained. FROM
these ruins from time to time there
sprang jets of fame and smoke.
King Victor Emmanuel and the queen
who left yesterday for the scene OF the
disaster. have won the hearts of their
subjects by continuing in this noble
manner of tradition of the house OF
SAVOY which makes the sovereign actuai-
X share in all the sufferings of his peo-
pie.
PeopIe with tears in their eyes Watch-
cd the departure of the king and queen
while a veteran, pointing to his ma
jesty, said: This is worthy OF the son
of King Humbert, who, l remember
risked his life amid the ruins or casa
NIicciola when il was destroyed by an
earthquake. and stood at the deathbed
of Neapolitans when, during the choleri'
endemic of 1854, the victims in Naples
amounted to a thousand daily, and later
personally directed the rescue work our
ing the floods at Denezia.
A national committee has been formed
to collect funds for the victims. Ing
committee is headed by the Duke OF
Aosta and includes the presidents or the
senate and the chamber of deputies, the
n,ayor of. Rome. and all prominent men
in the leading towns. The suoscrlptIoi'
list has been opened with $4,000 con-
tributed by King Victor Emmanuel. All
hanks clubs civic and commercial ASSOC
Citations and the newspapers nave open
ed subscription lists.
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QUEEN ASSISTS IN RESCUE
Saves Child From Ruins Working
Heroically Beside the
King at Messina.

Special Csblegram to The Star
PALERMO, December 3O.-Ths morn
ing's messages from Messna report that
the king and queen, who reached the
stricken city this morning, are working
heroically. The brave example which
they are setting is. doing much to allay
the panic of the ter&l survivors,
King Victor Emmanuel, Immediately
after his arrival. joined a rescue party,
and with the rest labored unremittingly.
Soon after his arrival the party of which
he was member extricated a number of
injured persons from the ruins
Attempts were made to deter the queen
from following the kings lead in taking
personal part in the work of rescue. 1t
was thought that the horrible sights
would be too much for her nerves.
But she persisted, and had the salts
faction of recovering with her own hands
a child who was badly injured. The in
FAINT was mass of bruises as the queen
lifted it tenderly in her arms and carried
1t to the shore, where it was taken in
charge by surgeons from the warship
The surgeons said that the child would
probably live.
Another message this morning from
Messina says that the relief parties hope
to save large number of persons i'm
prisoned in the ruins of the city. Groans
and cries for help assail the ears of the
rescuers from many parts of the city.
Slgnor Orlando. the minister of justice.
who is with the royal party, has described
the catastrophe in a telegram to a friend
as the greatest disaster in the memory
of man
An overpowering stencil is beginning to
arise from the ruins of Messna zen
thousand soldiers will be required to
bury the dead there.
1t was learned today that Gen. Coli
lost his life at Messina.
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Greatest Loss of Life by
Quake in 1T Years.

1t is than III since
calamity of
in
Antioch capital of SYRIA Yeddo. and
in
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PUMPING WATER $50 MILES.
How the Gold Fields Of Australia
Are Supplied.
From the En1fneerinR Magazine

The greatest difficulties experienced by
the metallurgists in the west Australian
gold fields arose from the scarcity OF
water. Inc mines were situated in arid
districts, between 800 and 400 miles west
"aro from the sea and coastal rivers,
and the only sources OF supply in the min
ing camps were the mine waters, mineral
springs and desert salt pans. All the
ground water was full of alkali and the
miners were compelled to distill the alkali
water to obtain supplies for drinking and
domestic purposes. The scarcity, how.
ever, was remedied early in 1902 The
government clearly recognized the eco
nomic value of the god discoveries, and,
while the mining boom was on, boldly
undertook to supply the principal mining
communities with good water. Its scheme
was, In addition to being the greatest Of
its kind, unique in other respects. The
estimated requirements Of the field
amounted to 100000 gallons Of water
per day.
A1ter numerous surveys had been made
1t was determined to run a weir acnoss
the Helena river, smear Numbering, and
pump the water thus collected in two
ana one-haif feet riveted steel conduts a
distance OF 351 u miles to Bulla Bulling. A
concrete weir 760 feet in width and 100
rect In height was constructed across the
river. This formed reservoir with a
storage capacity Of 4,6OO,0OO,OOO gallons,
and daily output capacity of 5000. 600
gallons. The main service reservoir from
wnlch the towns and mines Of the gold
fields are supplied is situated at Bulla
Bulling, twenty-one miles eastward from
Coolsardie This reservoir has an eleva-
ton of 1.20O feet above the level of the
Numbering reservoir. The water is pump
ed from Numbering to the Bulla Bulling
reservoir by steam pumps operating in
eight sections and from as many inter-
mediate reservoirs or storage tanks.
These pumping stations handle daily
over 100000 gallons of water. weighing
approximately 22,3OO tons. From Bulla
Bulling the water is distributed to numer-
Gus centers by gravity through steel con-
quits. The scheme, at present, embraces
fourteen large reservoirs with a combined
storage capacity OF 31.5OO,0OO gallons
eight main pumping plants and numerous
minor service reservoirs and pumping
stations In the neighborhood of the towns
and mining districts which depend upon
the project for their water The total
cost of the scheme was s15.OoO.0OO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-30
REGGIE CITY OF THE DEAD
Buildings Felled by Quake, Then
Swept by Tidal Wave, Drown
ing Inhabitants.

CATANZARO. Gala bria, December co.
Such fragmentary news as has been re-
ceived from Reggie goes to confirm the
previous report that the city has been
practically obliterated. 4 laconic tele-
gram from some telegraph operator in the
zone of which Reggie was the center
says: Reggie has been almost entirely
destroyed. The local director of tele-
graphs and the operators are dead. Mes
sina and Reggie look like Pompeil.'
The project of Reggie, Signor Orso, who
was thought to have been killed, has
reached coast point in safety after
twenty-four hours of fearful experience.
The man could hardly talk, but he said
Reggie had been almost entirely devas-
tated; that the dead ran into the thou
sands. and that the surrounding villages
also have been destroyed.
The region between Rocella. Jonica and
Catalonia. not far from Reggie, is flooded.
A laborer who escaped from Reggie
relates that shortly before daybreak a
deafenng noise like the roaring of q
hundred cannon was heard. This was
followed by the subsistence of the entire
lower portion of the city. at the same
time the sea swept over the water front.
The cathedral all the municipal build
ings. the barracks and the beautiful pal
aces that lined the Corso are now heaps
of ruins Screams of terror could be
heard above the crash of falling build
ngs.
The mayor of Seminara, in the prov
ince Of Calabria, telegraphs that his
town has been practically destroyed.
Seminara had 1000 Inhabitants. Up to
the time of reporting the rescuers had
unearthed 100 bodies.
Reports from PiZZo, thirty miles west
of here, declare that the death list i'm
surrounding villages reaches a total of
1895. Many wounded persons are still
under the wreckage. The survivors are
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MOB LACKED A LEADER.
Party of Masked Men Make Demon.
stration at Ellicott CITY Jail,

BALTIMORE. December j0-A party of
about twenty-five masked men made a
demonstration early today before the FL
lcott city Jail, in which is confined " IL
liam HAYWOOD. the negro who was under
going a magistrates hearing in Easton
Hall yesterday afternoon when the floor
gave way. with resultant injuries to near
ly two score of men. Apparently lacking
a leader, however, no serious move was
made toward securing HAYWOOD and
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RELIEF FROM MALTA,
British Warship Sails With Doctors
and Supplies

MALTA, December 30-The British
warsh!p Minerva has sailed for Messina
with a special staff of medical officers
and other relief on board 1t carries a
large supply of provisions and hospit al
stores and a quantity of blankets
Vice Admiral A. B. Curzon-Howe fol-
lowed few hours later on board his
flagship, taking an enormous quantity of
provisions and stores.
SYRACUSE. Sicily, December 3O-The
British merchant steamer Drake has ar
rived here from Messina. She was in that
port at the time of the disaster She has
on board 260 refugees, including twenty
wounded.
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camping in the open air. Most of them
are without clothing, and food is lack
ing.
The section around Pizzo experienced
another earth shock last evening, throw
Ing the people into state of panic The
remains of the church in Pizzo collapsed.
A score of people within the building had
a miraculous escape.
1T is raining hard, but in spite of this
the entire population persists in living in
the open air
\ report received here from SAINT El1-
fermia. town of 5000 people, sixteen
miles northeast of Reggie declares that
the dead there number 1000, the wound
ed exceeding that figure. The houses there
that were not destroyed are now In
flames. 1t is impossible to send in SUD
plies because of the lack of means of
communication.
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In Charge Of Factory.

The Carter Motor-Car Corporation has
placed William Legg. mechanical en-
gineer, in charge of its factory at Hyatts-
vile, Md, and he will go on duty Janu.
airy !. Mr.. Legg is graduate of Cor.
nell University. and of experience both
a designer and builder of automo-
biles.
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eventually the gathering dispersed.

When HAYWOOD was apprehended for an
alleged assault on t.-arles L. HILL
FARMER OF Howard county, week ago.
there were mutterines of vengeance
against him and after the accident yester-
day the bitter feeling revived, HAYWOOD
being held responsible in the minds OF
many for the accident at the hall
All the victims of the accident were re-
ported to be doing we'll today.
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REFUGEES REACH NAPLES
Hundreds Arrive From Messina in
Pitiable PLIGHT.

NAPLES. December 3O.-The steamship
Scraps arrived here today with 500 refu-
gees from Messina. They were all in a
pltiable plight. having had nothing to eat
since the catastrophe except scanty al
lowance passed out to them by the ships
officers. Most Of them were half naked
although they had been supplied with
blankets.
The injured were taken to hospitals
here and the others will be properly cared
FOR by the municipal relief committee.
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NUMBER OF EARTHQUAKES
IN LAST HALF CENTURY

Records compiled by Maj. de
Montessus de Balore of France
from observations, including seis-
mic disturbances, of the past fifty
years give the following earth
quake areas OF the earth:
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BISHOP MAY BE LOST.
Rt. Rev. David Sessums of Louisiana
Probably at Messina.

NEW ORLEANS. La. December 30
The Rt Rev. David Sessums. Protestant
Episcopal Bishop of louisiana, is believ-
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HOTEL WAS SPLIT IN half
Remarkable Freak of Quake at
Messina Described by Opera
Singer, Who Escaped.
Suecial Csblesram TO The Star.

Special Csblegram to The Star.
pONE December 30.-A remarkable
story of the destruction of the Irlnacrla
Hotel. in which it is feared that lO tour
lists lost their lives. is told IN telegram
received today from Signora Carolath'
Hungarian opera singer, the ieadinS So
prano of a troupe which was giving sea-
son of opera performances at the VIZ
torio Emanutle Theater in Messina.
After setting at rest her friends fears
for her safety and for that of seVerai
other members of the company, who are
we'll known in Rome, she describes her
experiences as follows:
The earthquake shock apparently
broke the hotel building in half, one-half
falling at once. while the other portion,
in which l was. remained standing I'M
steadily. Ny escape, and that of the
others i'm my part of the hotel, was cut
off. however.
when / found that could not get out
by the stairs, which had fallen, went to
room and taking the heavy mattress
rim the bed. threw it out Of the win
dow. Then l jumped out upon it, AL
though my room was on the third floor,
two stories from the ground. the mat
tress broke my fall, and / alighted without
injury. Several OF the other guests aft
erward escaped In the same way
Signora Carolath found shelter later in
a refugee camp in the outskirts of the
city. The names of any other foreigners
who may have escaped safely when the
hotel fell have not been learned.
Cardinal Gibbons Sympathy.
BALTIMORE, December 30.-Cardinal
Gibbons today expressed keen distress
over the calamity that has overtaken
southern Italy. II can hardly express
my heartfelt sympathy for the sufferers
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FIRE ADDS ITS HORRORS
IN QUAKE-RUINED CITIES

from the disaster" said the cardinal.
THE heart of the whole world undoubt-
edly goes out to these poor sufferers. for
their kinfolk are scattered in many parts
of the EARTH"
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ed by members of his diocese to have been
at Messina, Italy. at the time of the
earthquake. Nothing has been heard
from him.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-22
ELEVATOR FIRE MENACES TRACY
Blaze in Bingham Bros. Warehouse
for a Time Threatens En-
tire City.

The elevator in Tracy owned by
Bingham Bros. of this, city was en-
tirely destroyed by fire last Wednes-
day evening.
The elevator is located on the south
side Of the city, and with a brisk wind
blowing from the southeast, and with
practically no water, the entire city
was threatened. The fremen could
not save the building, and attention
was turned to adjoining elevators and
stores.
For time the streets were literally
covered with burning bits of wood and
numerous fires were discovered and
distinguished several blocks away.
In the residence section the roofs on
many houses began to smoke and
scores of persons had difficulty in saw
ing their homes. Sparks from switch
engine are thought to have started the
fire.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-22

Work was resumed at the college
this morning after a recess of twelve
days.
Prof. A. Alderman preached the
Easter sermon at the Lutheran church
in Darfnr.
r. Gulden was down from Milroy
yesterday on a visit that combined
both business and pleasure.
Night Operator Plath of the North
western went to Dodge Center Monday
TO get his family. They will occupy
the Klause residence on Broadway.
Nicholas Spoo. a bachelor who has
made his home with JOS. Metzen in
Milford for a great many years, died
on Wednesday at the age of seventy
three. Apoplexy was the cause OF his
death.
Pursuant to the custom of the order
De Molay commandery held divine
Easter services at ST. Peters Episco-
pal church Sunday afternoon at three
O'Clock. The Sir Knights met at the
Masonic hall and marched to the
church in a uniformed body.
Monday evening a song service, il
Illustrating the life of Christ in tone
pictures, was held at the Lutheran
church. The participants were the
mixed choir and Maennerchor of the
church, the soloists being Mrs. G. G.
REIN, Mrs. H. N. Somsen and Mr.. A,
F. REIN. Three organ solos were
also rendered by Prof. Reuter-.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-22
MRS. LESLIE CARTERlN"D
Famous Emotional Actress to Ap-
pear at the MankatO Theatre
on May 18th.

The coming to Mankato on Friday,
Nav 18th, of Mrs. Leslie Carter in
David Belasco's great play, "Du
Barry will offer the theatregoers of
this city an opportunity to see the
greatest emotional actress of the,
present age. There is but one actress,
of our time to whom this dramatic ar
list can be compared, and that one is
Sarah Bernhardt, and the ''Divine,
Sarah,' at her best. In the very many
plays that the great French actress
has appeared, not one of her imper-
sonations takes precedence over Mrs.
Carter's renditions of Zaza, Du Barry
and Adrea. OF this wonderful trio
her Du Barry takes first rank. 1t is.
the play which presents Mrs. Carter as
her best, her very best. Du Barry
was written for Mrs. Carter, and IN it
she shines with particular brilliancy.
It is great role; one of the biggest
and most varied that has come from.
the pen of dramatist.
The prices for the Mankato engage
ment will range from SO cents to $500.
Reserved seats will go on sale at I'D.
Lamm's drug store on May 18th.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-22
CALLED MAYOR ANDREWS A CAR
Alderman Atchison Precipitates Big
Row at MankatO Council
Meeting.

Denouncing Mayor Andrews as an
autocrat as dictatorial as the cZar of
Russia and declaring that the city en-
gineering department was guilty OF
gross acknowledgement, Alderman Geo.
Atehison of the Mankato city council
on Friday evening sprung the biggest
sens alton that Our neighboring city
has experienced for months. When
Atehison made the charge, the mayor
ordered him to take his seat. This
Atchison refused to do, Whereupon his
honor called upon Chief OF Police Os-
ten to compel him to do SO or eject
him from the chamber.
When the chief started to execute his
superior7s orders, Atchison appealed
to the city attorney. That official
ruled that as the council was under the
order of committee reports and Alder
man Atchison had been recognized by
the chair he was entitled to the floor
although there was no motion before
the body.
Bitter words followed and Mayor
Andrews declared that if the council
was going to work st cross purposes
with him it was time that either he or
the council resigned, and the specta-
tors who crowded the gallery cheered
and clapped. Then the mayor threat
ened til All if the council did not paw
more attention to his wishes he would
veto its appropriations.
| The incident, it seems, grew out OF
an order which Mayor Andrews had
directed to the board of public works
demanding the Improvement OF large
number of streets without consulting
| the council or the street committee Of
| which Atchison is chairman.
| This action of the mayor Alderman
Atshison criticised as an unwarranteo
usurpation of authority, contrary to
the provisions of the charter which
requires all street Improvements TO be
ordered by the council, and he further
characterized it as more dictatoria.
than any mand ate ever issued by the
| Russian czar.
| He then roasted the administrator
Of the engineering department, accus,
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-22
-Lianuza in Chicago Inter Ocean.

ing it of gross mismanagement and
waste of city money and announced
that in view of the fact that there was
no change in the city engineers Office
this year the street committee had de-
cided to do no work except to make
necessary repairs on streets.
Mayor Andrews defended his APP
pointee and declared that if the coun-
Gil was going to oppose his admins
tration at every step it was time for
him or the council to resign.
It was at this juncture that the open
rupture occurred which promises to
make trouble for the mayor and coun-
Gil for weeks to come.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-22
ELLIOTT KILLED.
Northwestern Employe Loses His
Life in Accident Near Cambria.
His Body Crushed Under the
Wheels and Cruelty Mangled.
Frightful Affair Occurred During
the Darkness EARLY Mon
day Morning.

Arthur Elliott of Byron, fireman
on an extra freight train eastbound
from New Ulm between one and two
O'Clock Monday morning, was Instant
ly killed as the train crossed the bridge
mile and half west of Cambria.
His remains were mangled beyond
recognition and the exact cause Of the
accident is not known and neverWill be.
The Mankato Free Press gives the
following details of the terrible affair:
The train was running light, being
composed of the engine, tender, four
empty cars and caboose. Conductor
Hutchinson had charge of it, and En-
gineer Brooks was at the throttle.
Brooks and Elliot had been joking
about the light trip, and the former
remarked thathe guessed that he would
not put in any time for it. Mr.. Elliott
remarked that he guessed that they had
better, for the previous trip had been
| a hard one.
l
stepped out upon the platform to get
some fresh air, as is the custom. This
| is all that Engineer Brooks knows of
his movements. Mr.. Brooks stood at
his post and did not again look around
for two or three minutes, when he
spoke to the fireman and received no
reply. Then he looked around for him
and not finding him anywhere stopped
the train, which was by this time a
half mile east of Cambria. AS soon
as he got down he knew what had hap.
peped, for on the wheels of the tender
was blood and pieces of brain. He
guessed that the accident had hap,
pened at the bridge. and therefore
| backed the train two miles to tina
point, and there found the crushed ant
mangled body, on the track. The mar
had evidently leaned out from the