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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-31

Recent Photographs Scenes and Cities in Italy Showing
Heart of Region Lett Desoate BY Fire Flood and Earhqk
CITIES IN RUINS; STORMS
RAGE; HUNDREDS PERISH

CATANZARO, Calabria, Dec. 30,-Fhe
movor Of Seminaria, province of Gala
bria, telegraphs that his town mas Deen
practically destroyed. Seminaria had
1000 inhabitants.
I'm to the time of reporting the rescu-
ers had unearthed 100 bodies.
Reports from Pizzo. thirty miles west
NJ here. declare that the death list IN
surrounding villages reaches total OF
1925.
Many wounded persons are still under
the wreekage.
The survivors are camping in the open
fields. Most Of them are without cloth
ing, and food is lacking.
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 in the
building had a narrow escape.
1t is raining hard, but in spite OF this
the entire population persists In living
in the open air.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-31
CONSPIRACY TO
KILL CHARGED
PASADENA MAN DISCOVERS
LETTER TO WIFE
Missive Gives Details of Price to Be
charsed-PoIice Now Search
ing for Woman in the
Case

I. Smith of Pasadena was arrested
at san Diego yesterday morning py
Deputy Constable o. F. Kunzman anu
brought to Los Angeles, where he is
now in the city jail He IS charged
with conspiracy to kill A. Hutson OF
Pasadena. agent of the Siezers Oil
Burning. company, the other party to
the conspiracy being, it is alleged
Emma. Hutson, wife of the last named.
Hutson's life is insured for $4,000 and
he also owns property at LINDA VISTA
and money in the bank, being IN COM
Portable circumstances, INDUSTRIOUS anu
highly respected. The object of the
conspiracy was, it is claimed, to OBJ
tain this money and property by muir
derine HIM and it is stated that on
two previous occasions attempts to
that end had been made beer ana
whisky he was invited to drink haVlng
been found dosed with sulphuric acid.
He is said. to have been saved py
warnings given him by his friend
George Matter, who had seen Smith
rut something into the glass out OF
which I1utson was to drink.
The Immediate cause. of the arrest
was the discovery by Hutson of let
ter which, although addressed to 9
Mrs. Hutchinson, was evidently meant
for his wife. 1t bore a special deliv-
cry stamp, was signed by Smith, anu
is as follows:
SAN DIEGO. Dec. 10, '0S.
Mrs. Hutchinson;. l thought you
was truthful woman to your word,
You asked me to kill your husband
for YOU. and l told you it was worth
a thousand dollars. You amt golns
to see me no more, for l am going to
Newton, Kansas, Sunday You are
gcing to get yourself in jam, not me
TEL Calmor there is a letter in p. O.
for MIN. l will charge you $3.50 fol
your case and 1 will not do il cent
Under that. / looked for you Saturday
in san Diego and amt seen you. Yot
| lied to me when you said you hac
borrowed that $50, for you have plenty
of money. ! was going to do business
fe,-, you and take $3.50 down. L an
going away Sunday You are most to-
late, for you amt going to see me am
more. Address your letters to the Ma
tional, T. Smith, 100 Eighth street
room 3, San Diego"
Meanwhile the police arc searching
for Mrs. Hutson. who has disappeared
All the parties concerned In the ar
J fair are negroes.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-31
(Now Completely Devsstated)
SLAIN BY FRIEND
IN MOCK BATTLE
ANOTHER FATALITY Is CAUSED
BY "EMPTY GUN"
Two of Participants in Make-6elieve
Fight Near Santa Cruz Empty
Weapons, but Third
Forgets

SANTA CRUZ, Cal; Dec. 30-ln
mock battle with. revolvers at Ben Lo-
mond. near this city, last night Thomas
N. Ritchie of Oakland was shot dead
by Irving Cockcroft, also of Oakland
and a lifelong friend of the dead man.
The coroner's jury today found that
the shooting had been purely aceiden-
tai and exonerated Cockeroft complete
Ritchie and Cockcroft were the
guests of the son of DIR. Carlton OF
Oakland at the doctors summer home
at Ben Lomond.
On Tuesday night the young men de-
cided to give house warming, 10
which were invited several other oak
land and San Francisco people VINO
were spending the holidays at Ben
Lomond.
After the supper was over and when
the guests were about to depart one
of the young men proposed sham bat
tie with revolvers as a close to the
nights entertainment.
Ritchie and Young Carlton both
emptied the cartridges from their
weapons but. confused by the laughter
and excitement, Cockcroft failed to
take that precaution, and when he
pointed his pistol at Ritchie a moment
later and, with a laughing comment,
pulled the trigger a flash and report
followed and Ritchie fell with bullet
| in his heart.
Cockcroft, overcome with grief and
remorse, surrendered himself to the
authorities at once, but the verdict OF
the coroners jury established his inno-
| cence of any intent to kih his friend.
Ritchie leaves a widowed mother in
Oakland. to whom his body will be
shipped tomorrow.
| Cockcroft is student at the Uni
versity of California, and he and the
dead man had been chums for many
UaarS -
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-31
VANDALS' DESECRATE. AND
TRY TO LOOT SYNAGOGUE

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. S0.-The
Temple EMANUEL on Suffer street was
entered some time last night by van
dals, who placed a ladder against one
of the handsome stained glass VIM
dows, completely shattering it.
After effecting an entrance they tore
the altar cloth from the altar, stripped
ii into shreds and scattered the rem
nants on the floor.
Several pews We're overturned and
an attempt made to get at the silver
services, but these were locked be-
yond reach. -,
The men are believed to have been
frightened away before completing
their work of sacrilege.
similar outrage was recently per
petrated at the Church of st. Dominic.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-31
ANGELENO'S AUTO PLUNGES
OVER BANK; TWO INJURED

SAN DIEGO, Dec. SO.-A telephone
message from Lakeside says that an
automobile in which We're r. A. Wat
kins and wife and G. q. Hammond OF
Roulder Creek went over a fifty-foot
enbankment at Horseshoe, curve, near
the San Diego Flume company'sl di-
verting dam, today and that Watkins
and his wife were caught under the
machine and severely injured
Hammond escaped with few
bruises.
THE car was owned by L. M. Ballou
of Los Angeles
The extent of the injuries sustained
nv Mr.. and Mrs. Watkins had not
boen learned when the message was
sent.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-31
EATS So MEAL; RUNS;
is CAPTURED; SWEEPS
FLOOR To AVOID JAIL

NEW YORK, Dec s0.-Pursued and
cat,tured by walters after he had eaten
a meal in an uptown cafe. which called
for a payment OF $5.85, which he was
unable 10 pay, well dressed young man
who said his name was Richard Ds,au-
rev. volunteered TO make good bis bill BY
sweeping.
As the proprietor saw no other means
Of eoIIectfng the debt the stranger was
nut 10 work in the kitchen.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-31
Indians Under Arrest

WASHINGTON, Dec. sO.7-Three
Young Navajo Indians are under ar
rest at the Ship Rock agency in north
west New Mexico for completely in the
killing on Christmas eve, near Ameth'
Utah. of four members of their tribe
and the serious woundins of an indian
woman, according to dispatch re-
ceived at the Indian affairs bureau to-
day from Superintendent w. I. Shel-
ton. MIR. Shelton went to the scene OF
The trouble last Saturday
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-31
MANS BODY, PIERCED
BY DRILL, is PINNED
TO WALL BY BLAST

ELY, New, Dec. 30.-One Of the most
grewsome accidents ever recorded IN .nas
dIstriet occurred early yesterday when
an Austrian miner was killed at tine
smelter quarry near here.
The Austrian having drilled hole for
a blast, stuck "a stick Of dynamite into
the hole and tamped 1t with a steel crow
bar.
The powder exploded and the erOwbar
was driven into the mans body, entering
his breast and coming out through his
shoulder and pinnlng the body to a wall.
where the body remained suspended until
fellow wOrkmen removed IT,
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-31
Rahv Eound Murdered

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. SO.-The
BODY of a male infant only few hours
old, which evidently had been stran-
gled. as napkin was fastened around
its throat, was found today by boys
in vacant lot near the corner OF
Twcnty-fourth and Church streets.
The body was hidden In sack of blue
ana White material An autopsy
showed that The child had been MUIR
dered by garroting.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-31

APPALLED,
BY RUIN
Death and Terror Reign
Amid Soggy Waste and
SmOldering Ashes
COAST is DISTORTED
Thousands Injured Still
Struggling Under Great
Masses of Debris
FIERCE GALE RAGING
Hundreds Are Cremated or
Drowned = Shore Is
Dotted with Dead
COAST is DISTORTED
FIERCE GALE RAGING

nOME, Dec. 30.-The immens-
II ity of the disaster in south
IL ern Italy and Sicily can be
measured only by the fact that it
is now estimated that 10000 per-
sons perished at Messina and Reg
gio alone.
A score of other towns have
been devastated and thousands of
victims in these places must he
added to the roll. All Italy stands
appalled, at the horror.
Shiploads of fugitives have ar
rived at Naples and other ports
and the vast majority of these are
sorely injured.
Other thousands remain near
the ruins of their homes and wan
der, half starved, half naked, over
the land.
The forces that on Monday
overwhelmed the cities also de-
stroyed the means of sustenapce.
Telegraphic communication has
been established with Mrssina.
the apparatus having been set up
in a railway station.
i Messages that have come over
the wires, though meager ir de
tail, show that hope is gone,
ONLY RUINS LEFT
4 Nothing remains of the city
but mass of ruins that have been
swept by fire.
A mere handful of survivors IS
being cared for by the rescuing
forces, but their distress is great
and it has been increased by the
recent icy winds that followed the
deluge of rain.
Destitution is appalling. There
is little food and less water.
Of Messina's 10000 people It
is believed that fully 10000 per-
ished.
! King Victor Emmanuel and
| Queen Helena were in Messina
today. The king explored the
ruins regardless of the dangef tA
which he exposed himself. He
was often moved to tears at the
heartrendering scenes he came
upon at every turn.
4 The king was loud in his praise
|, of the splendid work accomp-
lished by the Italian, Russian and
English bluejackets, who saved
many persons who otherwise
would have perished.
QUEEN VISITS VICTIMS.
The queen spent the day in the
wards of the improvised hospital,
visiting the wounded, many oI
: whom have lost all that was dear
to them.
} ( Her majesty did her best to
cheer them with words of consola-
ton, often breaking into sobs as
she listened to their dreadful tales
of suffering. The king left for
Reggie tonight.
Catania, the largest city near.
: est to the scene of the disaster, IS
! crowded with refugees and the
; continuous stream Of fugitives
! coming in, the sight of the
wounded, have so alarmed the
! population that they are beeom-
/ ing uncomfortable.
, There is no longer any place
where the refugees may find shel'
e ter.
: Cardinal Francisco Nava a
r Bontife, archbishop Of Catania
t has employed all the money in his
i possession to provide bread fol
3 the fugitives, but the people O.
Z Catania also are in great need
n as the ordinary business pursuits
. have been entirely interrupted.
The government is finding diff
!" ficulty in aseertaining the fate ol
9 the many foreigners Rao were g
! the earthquake zone ~ the tinas
Continued ON Pasi xwel
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-05

content with the action of the last congress
and the demonstrations of reactionary ac-
tivity in the republican national convention
would be greater had the people Of the stat
not been so exclusively engaged in con-
sideration of their own affairs.
Peoples Will Obeyed.
Prosperous conditions which now prevail
and have prevailed for a number Of years
have made It difficult for Nebraskans to
understand the extent of the evils under
which other sections of the country have
been laboring.
They declared themselves in favor of the
regulation of corporations through taxation
and the railroad commission and the will
Of the majority was Immediately carried
into effect.
Where there exists so good a system, of
popular government as it to be fourd in
Nebraska, 1t can be understood that men
who have become accustomed 10 clean poll
tics, to the keeping of promises by political
organizations and to legislation enacted in
accordance with popular demand and senti-
merit can only wonder that in other states
the people do not assert themselves and ef-
feet tho same reforms that have been estab-
lished here.
Pity for the BOss-Riddcn.
They regard the boss-ridden people of
Pennsylvania with contempt rather than
with pity, and hold that a public incapable
Of controlling its own public affairs is un-
worthy of the opportunity to control them.
To mep of this character and this spirit
Bryan will talk in vain about wrongs and
abuses existing east of the Mississippi river.
He will talk i'm vain of political corruption
in the city of Philadelphia and other east
ern cities. Nebraskans either will not be-
lieve him or else they will think that the
fault is with the people themselves If they
submit to conditions against which Ne
braskans have already maintained success
full revolt.
1t is a rare lesson in practical politics
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-05

II is doubtful II there is any time Of the
year when the suffering among animals
is greater than in the summer time. This
applies particularly to the beasts Of bur
den" the animals that must labor IN the
interests of man. A merciful man Is mer.
ciful to his beast. and II is to be hoped
that those who nave the care and direction
Of the animals will be interested in re,
ducing the amount Of suffering that must
be endured by them, to a minimum. Being
careful to halt the animal On the shady
side OF the street, seeing that it Is sufti-
GENTLY wateTed and keeping the head COO
by sponging whenever there is an opp0r-
stalls and sleeping quarters can be prO-
vided at the cost OF very little trouble.
II Is 10 be hoped that while man is doinG
all for his own protection from the heat
he viii not forget his horse.-Baltim NrS
American.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-05
Pointed PnrRErnnhn.

Straw-vote fiends ought to be thrashed.
Zee later.
If you would lengthen your life shorten
your worries.
You may have noticed that hard cash is
hard to acquire.
Many a man who Is sure he is right lacks
the energy to go ahead.
Men who drink to drown their sorrows
face misfortune with a smile.
A girls idea OF a ringleader is the first
man to arrive with q solitaire.
The man who gets into politics for what
there is in II doesn't get lonesome.
A young man might have a poor opinion
OF the girls he is ford OF II they were his
sisters.
Somehow the average man never feels
called upon 10 repent until after he has
been caught with the goods.-Chicago News
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-05
EiRhting Iron Rust.

A bitter and Disguised wall has gone up
from the farmers of the United States In
regard to the miserable quality of the wire
fence they are obliged to use. So writes
Rene Bache in the Technical World Maga-
zine for June.
They can hardly get along without II,
but II is most unsatisfactory by reason
of the rapidity with which it Is destroyed
by rust. OF course, this means to them
much trouble and a good deal of expense,
and they have been making a good deal OF
a row about the matter, even appealing
to the government for help.
In response to this agitation, the scores
tary Of agriculture, Mr.. James Wilson,
some time ago, ordered a special investi-
cation to be made, the task being handed
over to DIT. Allerton S. Cushman. since
then the inquiry has been earnestly pushed.
and many things have been learned which
had not previously been suspected-es-
pccially I'm relation to the true cause OF
the rusting of iron and steel, which Is very
different from what has always been
popularity supposed. The writer goes on to
describe the methods adopted for improv-
ing the quality Of wire and for guarding
II against rust.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-05
performances have palled upon the

whose performances have palled upon the
public.
On the other hand, the republican or
ganization in Nebraska has never been in
better shape. 1t is dominated absolutely
by progressive leaders. The sullen, dis
contented faction is composed Of reaction
aries. the former hirelings of corporations
and corporation men themselves. If there
were to be any cutting Of the republican
ticket. it would be by these men, but the
very suggestion that they would go to
Bryan is preposterous in itself.
Keeping Pace with Reforms.
Although the fight has attracted less at
tention here than in either Iowa or Wis
consin. probably because the forces opposed
to the public interest were never so strong
in this state as in the other two, the
progressive idea and the achievements Of
the progressive republicans republican
ticket, 1t would be by these Advancement
made in either of the other states.
Under the leadership of Governor Sheldon
the Nebraska legislature has, within two
years, established a railroad commission
with rate-making powers. enacted the 3
cent fare under which the railroads are
now operating and has provided for taxa
ton OF franchises and Of corporation prop
critics until It has been possible to reduce
taxation upon all personal holdings of
real estate, whether agricultural or mu-
niCipal.
Political corruption, never very ram
pant in the state, except in the old days
when the railroads were in control, is now
Almost unknown. Governor She,don las
given the state the cleanest and most ef-
tieient administration in its history, and
Will be renominated, together with all the
other state officials, by a party which alb
solutely believes in and has to
carry out within the state the political
doctrines upheld by Roosevelt and Taft.
The prevailing spirit among the republi-
cans is aggressively Independent, and dis
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-05
SideboardS

which these people of the middle western
states would teach the east. If the east
were willing to learn. Practical politics.
as the phrase is understood in Nebraska,
and the practical politics known in Penpsyl-
vania are as far apart as the poles. Here
practical politics means that the peopld
unite to effect some practical purpose
through legislation. and the election of pro-
gressive, public-spirited men to office that
will be Of benefit to the whole people,
They cannot understand that practical
politics. which mears gang control in tina
interest of special privileges to corpora
tons and graft to the members Of the DOM
inant political organization. .
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-05
COuches

$3.50 velour couches, steel
springs, sale price ..... $3.50
$3.50 chase leather couches,
finely upholstered, sale price
is SlS.oO
S36. 90 chase leather couches,
massive upholstoring, sale
price SAe'oO
$500 sofa bed davenport, vel
our upholstering, heavy oak
frame, sale price...... S2S'15
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-05
Chiffoniers

$3.50 chiffonier, five large
drawers, sale price. S4.95
S12.OO chiffonier, French bevel
plate mirrors, sale price S7.75
$3.50 chiffonier. highly pol
ished, sale price ....... Sll.5o
$500 chiffoniers, q%uartered
oak and polished, sale price
is SAo.fo
$500 chiffoniers. very mas
sive, sale price, 800. $3.50
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-05

Lands have risen all the way from 80 to
200 per cent in the past seven or eight
years, and a sale Of 800 per acre near this
town was recently made. This seems like
a phenomenally high price for farm land
in central Nebraska, and so II Is. Expe-
rienced people frankly deprecate such val
uations for fear that a reaction might un-
duly hurt the community in the future. YET
the upward tendency seems to be Of a sub
stantial character. Bids OF $50 per acre
for land along streams are numerous, and
one ranch has Just been sold by people
who had put such a valuation on the prop
erty that they did not expect any one to
meet their terms. Pasture land and farm
land not well located, which ten years ago
traded at 81 to s. per acre, is selling at $40
to $50 per acre, while $50 acreage OF 1919
brings double that price now. These ad-
vances are largely attributed to the incom-
ing Of farmers from eastern Nebraska and
points east thereof. who have sold their
farms at $50 to 500 per acre, and who be-
lieve they can raise almost as good crops
on $40 to so land as they could in their
former locations.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-05

Art reversible rugs. 9xl2 size,
$3.50 values, sale price 1898
Reversible rugs, 9x12 size, fine
quality ingram carpet, $1,000
values, sale price $3.50
Brussels rugs, fringed. $500
values, special ........ Sl-2s
Brussels rugs, 9x11 size, $3.50
values, sale price. .Sll.75
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-05
Big Sale of Carpets, Rugs and DrapericS

Velvet rugs, very pretty pat
terms, $3.50 values, sale price
is pS'So
Brussels rugs, 9x12 size, extra
quality, $22.5O values, sale
price Sl4'So
Velvet rugs, 9Xi2 size, very
handsome patterns, $500 val
ues. sale price. .S22.5o
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-05

Ingram carpets, coo values,
special, per yard .......3 $50
Ingram carpet, strictly all wool.
sale price, per yard $50
Brussels carpets, good quality,
sale price, per yard. csc
Velvet carpets, S1.25 values, at.
per yard .79o
Administer carpets, $3.50 values.
sale price, per yard seo
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-05
A side Light.

The fortune teller who's speciality was
restoring lost and stolen articles by her
powers Of d~iviation and spirit help, was
pcrturbed.
She had missed a wallet fun OF bills and
a diamond ring from her bureau drawer.
Maria, she cried 10 her assistant. have
you taken the most effective means to get
those articles back2'
'Yes'm, said Maria Il reported Il right
off ia the Observation-Disclosures Amartasa
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-05
A BncheIor's RenectIons.

A man will choose going to church boz
fore a family picnic.
The reason a girl like to have her hair
called golden is because II isn't.
A woman has an awful clever way OF
not knowing anything but being able to
manage a man who knows 1t ll-Ne
York Press.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-05
Pa rlOr Suits

$500 three-piece parlor suites,
velour covering, sale price
is SlS.35
$500 three-piece parlor suits,
silk upholstering, sale price
is 1919
$4,000 three-piece chase leather
parlor suits, sale price S22.5o
$500 f~ive-piece parlor suit,
velour upholstering, sale price
is $3.50
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-05
Bryan 4. an Old story.

Another circumstance which Is working
70 Bryan's disadvantage in his own state
and which more than counteracts any
pride which Nebraskans may feel because
OF their fellowship with Bryan Is the
fact that TO these people Bryan and mis-
doctrines are an old story, stale and un-
profitable. The very intimacy Of the peO-
Ile in Nebraska with the democratic leader
has diminished their admiration Of mis-
good qualities.
Besides that, Brysn's Inconsistencies,
better known here than elsewhere, have
occasioued doubts respecting his sincerity.
He could not make any proposition now
whether radical or conservative, tina.
would occasion any surprise TO his fellow
citizens or arouse more than the usual
degree OF interest with which all BTyan's
utterances are regarded. The Indications
are. therefore, that Bryan, in his prepare
lions for the national race, is like a horse
tina has been overturned or an actor
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-05
Dressers

S12.50 dressers, 8 large draw
ers, sale price .Ss.95
$500 ~dressers, extra we'll
made, sale price. 5000
$50 90 dressers, quartered oak,
highly polished, sale price
is plA'fo
S25.OO dressecs, very massive.
sale price ...........-.S $500
$500 dresser, large selection,
sale price .....s... $3.50