Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-02
sent by railway to catania or other

sent by railway to Catania or other
places.
Rescuers Suffer Greatly.
The rescuers are suffering greatly
from the odor arising from putretied
bodies. Many of them are unable tt
eat owing to the smell which per-
meates the clothing of the living, max
ing them smell almost as horrible as
the dead. 1t was a wise decision thai
induced the king and the ministers OF
the interior and of public works. who
went to the devastated districts, tG
urge in their earliest telegrams the
hastiest dispatch of unlimited quanti-
ties Of quicklime as even more import
ant than food, inasmuch as the health
and lives of all the surviving natives
and thousands of soldiers, sailors, and
laborers were endangered.
Many hundreds of tons of quicklime
have been used. but immense quanti-
ties are still needed, and every hours
delay may cost hundreds of lives
Thousands of, bodies still lie fostering
in the debris. and it will be some time
before they can be reached.
Supplies Unequal to Demand.
The lack of water continues to be
one of the main difficulties. and despite
the continued arrivalN of fresh ships
from several italian ports the supply
Of foodstuffs and medicines still is fa1
below tine demand.
Italian soldiers and sailors and Rus
sian British, French. and German sail
ors are wording indefatigably under
the most trying conditions, but the task
is so enormous that their great and
willing efforts seem sometimes almost
hopelessly insufficient.
Urgent appeals for help from the
ruined villages on both sides of the
Strait of Messina are being responded
TO as far as possible. but in view of
the immense demands in Messna it
self 1t is difficult to spare either men
or ssores from that center.
5 Efforts are now concentrated to at
tending and transshipping the wounded
and feeding and sheltering the desti-
tute. Search for the dead has been
abandoned temporarily.
Archbishop Gives No Hope.
In the opinion Of Cardinal Francisco
Americans who have members of their
family at Catania and the thousands of
Italians in America with near relatives
there about whom they are in doubt
unfortunately have little, comfort"
There is no exaggeration of the ac-
counts sent from here" said the card
inal in Catania last night
What we know of the losses at
Pompeii and Herculaneum is sur
passed by those today of Messina and
Reggie, not to speak of the innun-
cradle small villages which are mater
tally damaged.
"All Catholics applaud the initiative
of King Victor and Queen Helena in
coming to us and personally I wish to
add my testimony that their presence
had the most benefcent, effect in calm
ing.the excitement and encouraging the
people.
sThe personal observation Of my
lieutenants is that it would take q
lifetime for Messina and Reggie. to
recover. The small towns probably
never will be rebuilt.
Not One Whole Family Saved.
The serious problem we now face
Is to provide for many orphans and
widows. Men probably in time viii!
pick up spirit and provide for the
remnants Of their families, altho OF
the many survivors who have come
under my personal observation I llav:,
not yet seen an entire family seved
1~*ariably one or more members were
lost.
The holy father has been most law
ish in his instructions to see that funds
are not entirely lacking. The question
now Is to organize our efforts in some
way to. reach the most needy"
The cardinal appeared to be over
worked and depressed He remarked
that 50 much misery, accompanied by
a lack Of necessities to relieve, was an
almost insupportable burden.
American Relatives Unappeased.
"L have received several dispatches
from America from Sicilians," he went
on, asking about relatives whom
find It Impossible to trace; also have
had many offers OF money from there
some for general charity, but more fire.
quently to trace and succor some spec
ified persons who, alas! are never
found"
Die. From Hunger and Gold.
The relief work at Reggie now is un-
der way on an organized plan. Many
there who survived the earthquake
since have died from hunger and cold.
The mortality among young children
from these causes has been great.
Many of the injured, maddened by
their wounds and by hunger, despaired
OF aid and committed suicide.
The stronger survivors first began
looting whatever stores of food they
could find, but 1t seems that this was
checked much sooner in Reggie than in
NJ essina.
A large number of police and soldiers
were hurried from Teranto. They estab-
lifa1ed order and dealt out such food ss
was available in small doles.
The first outside help was brought
by torpedo boat on Dec. 20, which
landed a limited supply Of food and
medicines, but the debarkation of these
and subsequent supplies of all kinds
has been most difficult owing to the
shattered coast and submerged build
ings.
WARFiELD IS GUILTY