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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-03
SURVIVOR DESCRIBES
WRECK OF AMERICAN
CONSULAR BUILDING

ROME, Jan. 2.-Signor Serau, pro-
prietor Of the house in Messina where
A. j. Egstron, the English consul, re-
sided, arrived here today. He said that
outside the consulate there has nov
been an American resident in Messina
for forty years past.
The part of the house where Serau
lived did not fall. The Italian rushed
out of the house Immediately after the
first shock and met Stuart D. Lupton,
American vice consul on the street
Together the two men made their
way to the American consulate. They
found it had collapsed completely and
they came to the conclusion that A. S.
Cheney, American consul, and his wife
were dead They made a hurried but
unsuccessful search for the bodies.
Signor Serau said with Mr.. Lupton
he satisfied himself that the guests at
the hotel Trinacria, which was demOl-
ished, were all saved with the excep-
ton of the Swedish consul and an Ital-
ian girl. He does not believe there
were any Americans at this hotel.
Tabarino, where there were a num-
Der of American tourists, is safe.
Continuing, Serau says: 1T is i'm
possible for the widest imagination to
picture anything more terrific than the
destruction of Messina. 1t seemed as
if the entire city had suddenly been
transformed into a whirlpool.
Wreckage impossible
1--WE were petrified with fear.
cit is next to impossible to proceed
among the piled-up wreckage which
effaces all traces of former streets.
There were heartrending cries from
the unfortunates who had fed to the
streets.
Climbing over broken beams, shat
tered walls and quantities of broken
furniture, we finally reached the spot
where the American consulate had
stood.
1.-THE consular building was three
stories. 1t had entirely collapsed. Mr..
Lutpon crawled over the ruins, calling
out, 'Cheneyi Cheney!'
He was confident the consul would
answer him. He said to me: Day.
light has not come yet, and that is why
cannot see him, but he must be some
where in the wreckage.'
Our search became more and more
feverish, but as time wore on we finally
realized it's hopelessness. In addition
to the collapse of the consulate a neigh
boring building had been precipitated
on the consular ruins, and the whole
was a vast mass Of wreckage.
Touched by the despair Of Mr.. Lup-
ton, tried to console him, saying that
undoubtedly the Cheneys had been
vOuchsafed the mercy of immediate
death and did not linger alive under the
debris.
1--WE then left the ruins of Mr.
Cheney's home. We had done every
thing in our power.
Later Mr.. Lupton and I, together
with party Of British sailors, went
ashore again.
''Mr. Lupton was anxious to learn If
there were any Americans in the earth
quake. 1 was able to reassure him, as
having lived in Messina for thirty
years never knew of a single Ameri-
can resident. Furthermore, few Ameri-
can tourists came to Messina."
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-03
VARNISH EXPLODES AND
SETS ON FIRE A FAMILY
Charles w. Franklin of Creedmoor Is
Heating and Stirring the Mass on
the Stove in His Kitchen
When 1t ExpIodes

NEW YORK, Jan. Am entire
family on fire in their home with no
one of them able to aid the others was
sight witnessed by some residents of
CreedmoOr, L. l., last night. Of the
family the wife was injured so badly
no hope for her is held out by the
doctors. The husband, Charles w.
Franklin, is burned severely about the
face, hands and arms. Two children,
Fred, 2 and Charles, f. were burned
about the legs, and a Miss Mcdonald,
sister of Mrs. Franklin, had her face,
arms and breast injured.
Franklin, who has been on jury duty
recently and had not had the desired
opportunity Of fixing up his house,
near the old rife range, decided he
would do some painting last night.
After supper he got a can of varnish.
1t had been in the house a long time
and had hardened. Franklin put it on
red-hot stove, but it did not respond
quickly to the fire and Franklin de-
eided to add some turpentine. Even
this was not quick enough in action
to suit him and he got a stick and at
tempted to stir it.
The Mass Exploded
Immediately there was an explosion,
the blazing turpentine and the varnish
scattering over the family and through
the little kitchen in which they were.
Mrs. Franklin, who had little Fred in
her arms, was nearest her husband
when the explosion occurred and in an
instant she was on fire in dozen diff
ferent places. The husbands hands
were ablaze and he could not aid her.
| To save the baby as far as she could.
Mr.. Franklin threw him on the floor
Miss McDOnald'S dress and hair were
on fire. The entire family was helpless
Fortunately, Charles Hance, a neigh
Dor, heard the explosion and saw the
| fire. He rushed to the house, as did
| William Frost, a negro, who was pass
| ing. They carried Mrs Franklin out to
the door and rolled her on the ground,
extinguishing the flames. There wasn't
! a spot in the burning kitchen where she
could be treated and there was no time
to do anything except that which could
be done quickly.
| Other neighbors came hurrying to the
scene, and the burning clothing was
stripped from the other injured persons
in time to save them. They and Mrs
| Franklin were taken to the home of
Charles w. Franklin, ST., and attended
by DR.. c. Otto Stunpf. He said Mrs
Franklin will almost surely die from
| her injuries, but that the others will be
about in a few days. Their burns are
superficial.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-03
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and BlaCkheads
Are Caused by Bleed Impurity Which
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Days by Stuart's Cal.
cium Waters
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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-03
PROHIBITlONISTS
AGAINST OPTION
PARTY LOCKS HORNS WITH
ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE
LAW FAVORED BY LATTER DE-
CLARED A FARCE
Statement Made by Noted Leader of
Philadelphia That Vote Has
Been Cut by Temporary
Expedient

CHICAGO, Jan. Fin a new years
study of the party outlook, the Pro-
hibitionists have locked horns with the
Anti-Saloon league by declaring that
local option laws are a farce" that
they are nothing but temporary expedi-
ents, with little or no real gain to the
temperance cause and that wherever
they have been passed they have cut
down the vote on the Prohibition ticket.
The survey Of the situation issued
from national headquarters was writ
ten by Michael ]. Finnigan Of Philadei-
phia.
1t analyses the returns of the recent
election that gives point to the para
doXlcal assertions recently made by
Eugene w. Chain that the smaller the
vote the party polled in 1908 the greater
would be it's vote in 1912.
The writer points out that in states
that passed local option laws the
Chain vote fell off, while in those that
turned down the bills of the Anti
Saloon league Chafin got more votes
than Swallow did in 1904. In part it
reads:
Achievements Traced
cit is almost invariably true that all
the achievements of which the inter-
partisan organizations and do not hest
made possible by the increase of our
party vote.
The converse is also true. Where the
Prohibitionist vote falls off the poll
ticians pay little heed to the inter-
partisan organizations and do not hest
tate to turn them down, which helps
to increase the Prohibitionist vote.
County option, wherever passed, has
proved harmful to the Prohibition party
and will do so until the honest men
who support it learn what a farce it
really is in it's operations.
IF the whole country showed a pro-
portionate loss in the Prohibition party
vote to that shown in Ohio, Indiana.
Illinois, Kentucky and Oregon, the
states in which county option laws
have been passed since the campaign
of 1904, Mr.. Chain would have polled
but 20,168 votes, the smallest vote but
one polled by any Of our candidates for
president since 1884.
ION the other hand, if the whole
country showed a proportionate gain in
the Prohibition party vote, as shown by
the states where county option was
turned down, Mr.. Chafin would have
polled 316,956 votes, or SO, AIS more votes
than the highest vote ever reported for
a Prohibitionist."
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-03
U. S. S. SCORPION DUE
AT MESSINA MONDAY
TO CARRY REFUGEES

ROME, Jan. 2.-The American gun
boat Scorpion will arrive at Messina
Monday, when her commander will
place his vessel at the disposal Of the
American embassy officials and the con-
sular authorities for the assistance OF
Americans and the protection Of their
interests in Sicily.
The Scorpion, like other foreign ships
also will transport refugees from the
affected districts, carrying messages
and cooperating in all possible ways
with the authorities in the alienation
Of distress.
If, meantime, the bodies of Consul
Cheney and his wife are found, the
Scorpion may take them to Naples
whence they will be shipped to America
Returning from a visit to the Gala
b7ian coast, north Of Reggie, King Vic
tor Emmanuel sent the following tele-
gram to Premier Giolitti:
81 have visited Cannitello, eight miles
north of Reggie, which was literally
RACED to the ground Villa San Col
vianni also was destroyed. AS at Mes
sina, the rescue work is well organized
1.-THE fires at Messina have now beer
reduced to small proportions. Three
other British and French warships have
arrived at Messina.'
In compliance with the orders of the
king, the royal palaces at Cazerta and
Naples will be placed at the disposal Of
the wounded.
Refugees Occupy Palace
One hundred wounded persons from
Messina are already occupying a por-
ton of the San Fernando palace, the
royal house providing everything.
The duchess Of Aosta has trans
foEmed into a hospital the large hall OF
her palace at Cap di Monte. The duke
of Aosta has now gone to Reggie, where
he is continuing his work of alleviating
distress.
1t is here that a train which left
Reggie early in the morning of the
earthquake, carrying passengers, and
Of which nothing has been heard since
was overwhelmed by the tidal wave
following the earthquake.
Almost all the people Of Reggie and
Messina, it is said, are making up their
minds to abandon their beloved cities
AS an indication of the progress that
is being made in bringing order out of
chaos, the railway line from Reggie to
Cantanzaro was again put in operation
last night. There was a break in the
line however, of $50 feet over which
passengers and freight must be trans
ferred from one train to another.
The distribution of food is being made
more regularly in the affected districts,
ana many OF the starving people nave
been relieved temporarily.
Many people living along the coasts
of Calabria and Sicily paddle out in
canoes to the large steamers in the
straits and request and receive food
from them.
Pope Plus X has made another gift
Of $1,000 to the relief fund. His holi-
ness has never so much regretted the
loss of the liberty he enjoyed as
patriarch of Venice. Now is the time
that he would like again to be free to
pawn his pretoria cross for the benefit
of suffering mankind.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-03
AMERICAN DIPLOMAT
TELLS OF BEST WAY TO
APPLY AID TO NEEDY

ROME, Jan. 2.-FinaHciaI relief for
the sufferers has come in so generously
from the United States that AmbasSa-
dor Griscom is today taking promi-
nent part in the relief work being or
ganized in Rome. The ambassador was
garding the best methods to apply this
American Succor. He said:
1.-THE work of relief is difficult, owing
to geographical conditions. There is
only one railroad line running from
Naples to Southern Italy. This is
necessarily choked by the troops in the
government service and the handling
of the state relief supplies. Conse-
quently most of the relief must be sent
to the stricken area by the sea.
"a practical means of getting in the
relief offered by the United States
would be to charter one or more steam
ships in Genoa or Marseilles, place
aboard them doctors and trained nurses
and send them to the Straits of Messi-
ma. Here the workers would put them
selves at the disposition of the authori-
ties.
1.-THE poverty Of the country where
the disaster occurred makes it impera-
tive to reach the survivors at once
to remove the survivors to distant
points, as Naples, Leghorn or Genoa.
or ports even farther up the coast, and
1 am safe in saying there is no limit
of sea transportation needed.
Must Act Quickly
"a committee formed with Americans
in Rome which would cooperate with
a committee in New York for the relief
of the stricken districts would not in
any way interfere with the contribu-
tions of Americans to the relief COM
mittee appointed by King Victor En-
manuel.
Immediate action. however, is i'm
perative, and if such a suggestion as
this is to be of value it should be put
into operation at once. All the ar
rangements could be completed by cable
in a few hours.
Exact statistics of the dead and
surviving are still impossible to OBJ
tain, because all the dead bodies buried
under the ruins have not yet been ex-
tricated.
1T is equally impossible to make any
accurate count of the survivors, for
they are today scattered from one end
of the country to the other The only
figures that can be given are reported
by calculating the total populations be-
fore the disaster and subtracting there
from the numbers that are supposed to
have survived. The result is, of course,
approximate.
"On this basis is made the estimate
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-03
Decides Electors, Salary

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 2.-That the ten
presidential electors, of whom one or more
will go to Washington to cast the vote of this
state for William H. Taft for president, at the
meeting of the electoral college, are entitled
to IS per diem and mileage and not $1,000 was
the question determined today by Attorney
General U. S. Webb
The matter came before the attorney general
through a query from State Controller Nye as
to what warrants he should draw for the cleo
tors, the law providing that they should re-
ceive the same pay members Of the legis-
1ature
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-03
Korean Is Sentenced

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. I'm Whan
Chang, the Korean who shot and killed
Durham White Stevens in this city last
March, was today sentenced to serve a.
term of twenty-five years in the state
penltentiary at San Quentin. A lengthy
plea for clemency was made by attor-
neys for the defendant and resisted by
Samuel Knight, who was employed by
the Japanese government as special
prosecutor. Stevens, who was a conf
Dental adviser to Japan in Korean
matters, was on his way to Washing
ton when he was shot by the Korean.
It is not probable the case will be ap-
realed.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-03
Taft Denies Report

AUGUSTA, Ca, Jan. 2.-Referring to a re-
port that G. 2. Taft was likely to succeed
Ambassador Whitelaw Reid at the court Of ST.
James. President-elect Taft today said there
ADDED. given any consideration whatever to
appointments abroad and should not do so
until his cabinet had been selected. Mr.. Taft
indicated he did not expect to have his cabi-
net completed until March 4. Senator Lodge
arrived here today and conferred with Mr.
Taft. Mr. Taft has invited William Nelson
Cromwell Of New York to visit him and it is
believed he also comes for cabinet consultation.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-03
Decision Is Reversed

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 2.-The su-
preme court today reversed the decision
from the superior court of MERGED
county in the case of Elizabeth Turner
and the MERGED Security and Savings
Bank versus the James Canal company
The injunction restraining the Canal
company from diverting the waters Of
the San Joaquin river for irrigation
purposes issued by the lower court was
dissolved. That the Canal company
had the right to the use of a reasonabI
amount of the water in the river was
the opinion of the higher court.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-03
CONGRESS TO DONATE
100000 FOR AID OF
SUFFERERS IN ITALY

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.-Congress
will on Monday next appropriate $780,
600 for the relief of the sufferers in
Italy. Both houses will receive a spe-
ciaI message from the president recon-
mending the granting Of this sum.
Then the two bodies will vie with
each other in the speedy passage of the
relief measure.
The sum to be appropriated will cover
the value of the supplies already for
Warded to the sufferers on the order of
the president.
The appropriation will be greater by
far than ever has been made in the
past for a similar purpose, the largest
grant heretofore being that of 100000
to Martinique.
The president has not yet begun to
frame his message, but it is understood
it will be short and will urge that con-
gress authorize the use Of naval stores
aboard the fleet, on the Culgoa, or
other navy yards, and in the naval sta
tions that may be needed in Italy.
Meanwhile the American Red Cross
society is continuing to send money
to the sufferers relief, and 100000 goes
to Italy today.
Fifteen thousand dollars additional
came here today from the New York
branch Of the Red Cross, while the
California organization announces it is
sending $4,000.
The announcement is made in a tele-
gram made public at the White House
which the president sent to Patrick F.
MCGOWAN, chairman of the Italian gen
eraI relief committee, New York.
The telegram follows:
81 earnestly wish success to the
American Italian general relief commit
tee in it's great mass meeting at Madi-
son Square garden. 1t is, of course, not
possible for me to attend in person.
am doing everything that can be done
to get aid to the sufferers, and on &C
count Of the extreme urgency of the
case have sent two supply ships with
$500 900 worth of food and provisions
without waiting for the authority of
congress, being confident that congress
will approve my action.
To Ask for Extra Aid
'I shall also ask congress for addi-
tionaI aid, and throughout the coming
week will keep in the closest touch with
congress and through the state depart
menf with Italy, so that everything pos
sible to be done by the United States
may be done.
italian government proffering the serv-
ices of any or all the battleship fleet if
such can be of Use in this crisis.
(Signed)
THEODORE ROOSEVELT" -
President Roosevelt was engaged to-
night in preparing the message which
will be presented to congress Monday.
A large amount of data on precedents
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-03
He DIDN'T KNOW
HIS FIANCEE'S NAME

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Jan. I'll.
Clay Gore appeared at the county
clerks office yesterday for a license
to wed.
What is the young lady's name?''
asked License Clerk Rerner.
"Oh, I don't know; it's a funny kind
Of a Name" said Gore. Just put any
thing down; 1 don't care.'
But really don't you know? Can't
you think Of your girls Nance" ques-
toned Berner.
Gore couldn't and was sent back to
find out.
The name was Matilda Davis.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-03

that about $4,000 people have left Mes
sina and the commune.
"As the total population of the city
and commune was about 155, 900 and as
there are about $4,000 people still in the
district, the dead probably number
close to 115,000
THE victims are increasing daily, not
only through the dying of the injured.
but also by the many suicides commit
ted by desperate survivors,
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-03
France Receives Thanks

PARIS, Jan. president Fallieres
today received the following telegram
from King Victor Emmanuel, dated at
Messina: II am profoundly moved by
this appalling spectacle. Nevertheless
l wish to testify to the deep gratitude
with which my country and myself are
filled for Frances generous aid in our
immense misfortune"
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RAILROAD WILL
BUILD TO WEST
CONTINUED from Page One,

and the corporate name was changed to
the Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound
Railway company, which will control
the Pacific coast extension.
The entire capital stock Of $500, 000,-
600 is to be held in the treasury of the
parent company, the Chicago, Milwau-
kee & St. Paul Railway company prop
er, which is a Wisconsin corporation,
and none Of it, it is understood, is at
any time to be offered for sale
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-03
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
ALREADY HAS RAISED $4,000

NEW YORK, Jan. 2.-The stock ex-
change subscriptions for the benefit OF
the Italian sufferers have reached the
sum of $4,000. By order of William H
Cox, editor of the Salvation Army pub
LEGATIONS, today subscriptions for the
sufferers will be taken in all of the
large cities of the United States. The
Hamburg-American line announced to-
day it would carry free to Italy on the
steamer Hamburg all donations of food.
supplies, medicines and clothing for the
destitute The steamer sails next
Thursday.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-03
Carries 600 REFUGEES

NAPLES, Jan. 1.-The German
steamer Bremen arrived here today
with 600 Messina refugees. After being
imprisoned for four days the wife of
Deputy Nicolo Fulci was yesterday ex-
tricated from the ruins. Signora FuIci's
young niece was also brought out alive
but died shortly afterward. 1t is hoped
that Signora Fulci will recover. The
German cruiser Herthe has delivered
a large quantity of provisions here.
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Relief Fund in Toxic

TOXIC, Jan. "a subscription list
headed by an imperial donation of
$4,000, has been started in Toxic for the
relief of the earthquake sufferers in
Italy. The profoundest sympathy is
felt throughout Japan for the victims
of the appalling disaster, which it is
believed will find an echo in the form
OF eager contributions by the Japanese
people in all grades of society.