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Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-02
work oil RESCUE AT MEssINA
City Divided Into Zones and Efforts
Are Being she

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CATANIA, Jan, The rescue work al
Messina is proceeding today with undated
energy, hut the conditions are difficult
The streets are so encountered with wreck
age that the movements of The rescuers
are very slow and the area to be gone
over is so vast that much time must elapse
before all the crevasses, holes. cellars and
hcaps OF ruins can be examined.
The city has been divided into zones, and
the work OF rescue in each district is In
charge of army officers. The soldiers con-
tinuc to distribute bread and water to the
survivors. Very few children have been
found alive at Messina, while at Reggie
large numbers of children nave been taken
alive from ruins.
Eight hundred dead soldiers are under
the wreckage OF the Messina barracks
The corpses being recovered throughout
the city are mutllated beyond recognition
Another town, Castroresle, has been added
to the list of devastated localities. Not a
house escaped. The streets are filled with
despairing survivors seeking friends and
relatives and clamoring for food and water
This place had a population Of about 1900
A heavy fallFof rain continues at Mes.
sina' making more difficult the work of
rescue, but II is quenching the fires and
having a slightly purifying effect on the
air.
The distribution of food has been organ.
lied. Bakeries have been opened and
slaughter houses established and IL Is
hoped that by nightfall, or at the latest
tomorrow morning no one need be with.
out food.
The road between here and MessIna is
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-02

flee of state Treasurer Brian, with the
change Of administration. Miss Brown was
formerly a teacher in the Lincoln schools.
DIR. A w. Gates of Nelson, went 10 his
home today after a %sojourn OF several
months in the penitentiary for assault. DIT.
Gates received a conditional pardon from
Governor Sheldon, the conditions being that
he pay the costs OF the prosecution, remain
In the state and practice medicine at Nell
son and report by letter to the governor
monthly.
Former Governor Holcomb, now OF
Broken Bow, was here today in the interest
Of his candidacy for supreme judge. A. NJ.
Morrissey Of Valentine was here also in
the interest Of John NJ. Tucker. at present
county attorney of Cherry county. Mr..
Tucker is a son OF ]. Wesley Tucker and is
a graduate Of the State university.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-02
DAY AT WHITE HOUSE
Continued from First Page.)

CONTINUED from First Page.)
the line. They we're the Society Of the
Cincinnati, the Aztec club of 1sl7, the Asso-
ciated Veterans of the wal Of ls46-47. the
military order OF the Loyal Legion of the
United States, the Grand Army OF the Re-
public, The Medal of Honor legion, the
Union Veterans legion, the Union Veterans
union, the Society of the Army OF Santiago,
The Spanish War Veterans, the Army and
Navy union, the Minute Men, the Sons Of
the American Revolution and the Oldest
Inhabitants association OF the District of
Columbia.
While the reception Of those accorded
special places in the line was in progress
many callers, stretching from the portals
Of the White House through the grounds
and out along Pennsylvania avenue waited
patiently.
AS the rear Of this procession entered the
White House the policemen who had strug-
gled for hours to keep the stream Of hui
manity in the line were almost completely
exhausted, the president had a friendly
word OF greeting for each visitor, and
seemed to enjoy the time spent at his ardu-
Gus task. After the public reception the
president led the way to the dining room,
where refreshments were served. Mrs.
Roosevelt had left the line before the pub
lie was admitted to the White House. So
had most of the cabinet women and others
who had been invited to step behind the
line. Miss Ethel had mingled with the
crowd throughout the morning, but she, too,
disappeared with some of her young friends
early in the day.
Cannon Greeting Cordial.
In the congressional party Speaker Can
non was a conspicuous figure. His greeting
to the president was particularly cordial
Many Of the senators and representatives
had parties with them.
Mrs. Fairbanks and women of the cabinet
assisted Mrs. Roosevelt. A large number
of women are invited to the Blue room,
including Mrs. Robert Bacon, Mrs. Robert
]. Wynne, Miss Ida Wynne, Mrs. w. Roose-
welt, Mrs. Robert Shaw oliver, Mrs. II. L.
Satterlee, the Misses Meyer, Mrs. Elkins'
Miss Katherine Elkins, Mrs. Foraker, Mrs.
Longworth, Mrs. ]. Franklin Bell, Mrs.
Huntington Wilson and Miss Cannon.
The general public constituting the head
of the line of the callers was admitted to
the White House at 12:45 O'Clock and with
the marine band playing rag time the presi-
dent began his handshaking greeting to his
callers at the rate of nearly fifty a minute.
Owing to the ideal weather the attend
ance Of the general public was remarkably
large. Scattered among them were a few
dozen ~neighbors. Mrs. Roosevelt took an
unusual interest in the public feature of
the reception, remaining at the side of the
president longer than at any previous re-
ception. The reception closed at 2:25 o'clock
when President Roosevelt shook hands with
Chief Usher Thomas Stone. The number
attending the reception was announced by
the automatic counter to have been $685.
which is about 700 more than last year.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-02

filled with refugees. There are crowds Of
them at every station OF the railroad, and
they are pouring into the main highways
from outlying villages. hamlets and huts
Some Of them stagger along overloaded
with their most precious possessions,
others are driving before them a donkey
or a COW weighted down with household
goods, while stilI others are accompanied
by a sheep or a few goats OF perhaps a
faithful dog; but a vast majority of the
survivors have saved nothing. All their
possessions are on their backs in the shape
Of tattered clothing. scantily covering their
nakedness. The survivors, one and all tell
awful tales of death and destruction. They
say that there are undoubtedly still living
people trapped in the ruins Or the smaller
villages that have not been q carefully
searched. that others are ~stTaying alons
the beach and that still others are high up
in the mountains, where they fled to
escape the waters. More than four full
days have elapsed since the first shock
and It is hard to believe that there still
are living souls in the ~wreckage. Death
would be preferable to their suffering.
While nothing yet is definitely known
concerning the Americans supposed to have
been In Mcssina at the time of the earth
quake 1t was learned today that a party
Of twenty Engli~sh-speaklng persons which
may Nave included some Americans
escaped, crossing a large tract of country
which was not harmed by the shocks, in
the direction of Palermo.
Soldiers have been called from the rescue
work at Messina to duell disturbances in
the surrounding villages, where the sur
vivors were in a state of riot because as.
~sistance had not been given them. They
could not understand the difficulty. indeed,
the impossibility Of succoring all imme.
diately and the needy thousands with food
and shelter. On the arrival of the soldiers,
however, the disturbances soon ended, the
peasants being speedily subdued.
The doctors Of the Russian and British
squadrons have Joined in establishing W
hospitals. Both ara full TO OVERLOOKING.
The seriously wounded have been taken
aboard the ships. Several Russian soldiers
have been killed during the rescue work
by falling walls.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-02
DEATH RECORD o..
Mrs. Ida q. HaseIhaker.

MARSHALLToWN, Jan. L.-(special.)-
Mrs. Ida Quinn Hazelbaker, aged 81 years,
OF Crete Neb.. but more recently OF Lin
coin, Neb.. and this city. died at st.
Thomas hospital in this city at 8 o'clock
this morning following an operation for
appendicitis and gall stones. The operation
was performed Monday. Mrs. Hazelbaker
is survived BY several brothers and sisters
and one daughter. Mabel. aged IS. who is
attending St. Mary's institute of Omaha.
The body was taken to Story City today.
where the funeral was held this afternoon.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-02
The Lady

A theater manage at the Flayers cruz
said OF the school OF classical dancing that
Miss Isadora Duncan conducts;
Miss Duncan hears some quaint remarks
as she converses with her child pupils.
one day, preparatory TO the first lesson in
a dolphin dance, she delivered to her class
a little lecture on this fish. She described
the grace Of the dolphin, and afterward she
described its habits and mode Of life.
".And, children she said, "a single dol
phin will have 1900 offspring
A little girl gave a start.
A how about the married onesg she
gasped.-New York Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-02
Orr Gives Court Dates.

M'COOK, Neb., Jan. 1.-(Special ~)-Judge
r. C. Orr of the Fourteenth judicial dis
trict today announced his schedule for
the district for the year 1909:
Red Willow County-February /, May
"a equity. November 20.
Furnas County - February Is, May 81
(equlty), October IS.
Hitchcock C~ounty-April s, October II.
Chase ~County-April 26. November 10.
Dundy County-April 10, November %.
Frontier County-March %, October 4.
Gosper County-January Is, September q.
Hayes County-March 5, September 20.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-02
CAss COUNTY FARMERS INSTITUTE
Practical Talks on Needs and Drains
on the Soil.


On the Soil.
PLATTsMOUTH. Neb., Jan. 1-(speclat)
The tenth annual Cass County Farmers
institute, which was held in Plattsmouth
on Thursday and Friday, goes on record as
one of the best. The musical portion of
the program was a pleasing feature of the
session.
Miss Bessie Sidell of Pawnee City gave
an interesting talk on Bread Cooking and
the Selection and Cooking of Meat and
Vegetables" Prof. z. w. Hunt Of SYRIA
cuse spoke entertainingly on "Organic Mat
ter and Soil Texture describing In a very
interesting manner the formation of the
soil and the elements necessary for sue
cessful crop production. He stated that
the principal chemical elements Of fertil-
ity that exist in the soil are nitrogen,
phosphoric acid and potash. The average
crop takes from the soil of an acre Of
land from thirty-five to seventy-five
of nitrogen, about twenty pounds
Of phosphorfc acid and from thirty-five to
sixty pounds of potash. The time has
come, he said, when every farmer in Me-
braska should make It as much of an OBJ
ject to raise, each year, the largest pos
sible crop of manure, as TO raise a big
crop Of corn or wheat or any other grain.
County Superintendent Miss Mary e.
Foster read an able paper on Agricultural
Education in the Public Schools setting
forth the advantages to be obtained by a
thorough education along that line, and
urged that more attention be given TO it.
DR.. ]. II. Gain of the state experiment
station told of the Common Errors in the
Treatment of Farm Animals"
Prof. e. w. Hoyt, also of the state ex-
pertinent station, gave an interesting ad-
dress on the problems in Corn Growing"
DR.. j. II. Hall of this city gave a fine
address on Poultry"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-02
Top Price for Herefords.

CAMBRIDGE, Neb., Jan. 1.-(Special,)-
The Mousel Bros dispersion sale of Here
ford cattle, held on their ranch, north of
Cambridge yesterday, brought breeders
from all parts of the United States. About
seventy head were sold and the average
price per head was 500, the largest price
obtained at any Hereford cattle sale in
this country for five years. The top price,
1850, was paid by DR.. Gardner Of the
Aconda Copper Mining company of Mon
tana, for Alto Hesiod. o. S. Gibbon &
Son of Earlham, Ia, paid $500 for Princeps
Lassie. which was the top price for COWS.
c. s. Letson & Co, of W~ilsonville, bought
Princeps A, a 2-year-old bull, for 5000.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-02
CONCORD SUFFERS FIRE Loss
Bank, Store and Newspaper once I'm
Town burn.

CONCORD, Neb., IAN. 1.-(Special .)-Fire
of an unknown origin, starting about 2
o'clock yesterday, completely destroyed the
Concord state bank, with all contents; the
Hugh Gibson general dry goods stock, with
building; the Dixon County World office,
with building, and also one barn. The
damages and loss on the bank is about
$1,000; on the stock of dry goods and gro
ceries, with the building, 5000; or the
printing office, with building, 5000.
R. o. Mitcheltree, who lived with his
mother, Mrs. James McClurey, in rooms
in the rear of the building in which the
grocery store was located. escaped with
what clothing they had on at the time,
losing all their household goods and cloth
ing, which amounted to nearly $500.
Other buildings in the vicinity were saved
by the bucket workers.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-02
KING REBUKEs PHOTOGRAPHERs
Tells Man Taking Pictures He would
Better Give Relief.

~ SNA
Better Give Relief.
REGGIE, Jan. liking Victor Emmanuel
returned to the ruins of Reggie today. He
traversed the ruins from one end to the
other, comforting the sufferers and cheer
ing the rescuers. At one point his majesty
came upon a mar buried up to his waist
in debris. The king encouraged the I'M
fortunate while the soldiers were digging
MIN out.
In the midst of the efforts at rescue the
man cried: Sire, l can wait for deliver
ance, but for Gods sake give me food and
drink.
Meeting a group Of photographers en-
gagged in taking pictures Of the sad scenes
he king chided them for their occupation.
You had much better turn your efforts
;oi succoring the afflicted" he said.
The soldiers are killing the stray dogs
and cats that infest the ruins in large num-
Jers, yelping from hunger and vieiously
attacking the injured and the rescuers
alike
1t is still raining today. The odor from
decomposlng bodies is becoming increas-
ingly o~verpowering.
1t is estimated that 5000 Injured persons
have been taken out from the ruins Of this
city. The deaths in Reggie are today
placed at 10000.
Rain adds to the desolation of the scene
and the difficulties attending the work Of
rescue, while the continuance OF intermit-
tent shocks keeps the population in a state
Of agitation which is pitiable to see. In
their terrible condition they are unable to
lend a hand with the r~escuing parties. Rich
and poor alike are suffering from hunger
which COMES close to starvation. There are
no more distinctions OF class.
From time to time ruins crumble and
crash to the earth. rendering the search
for dead and injured very dangerous. Ma
razzi has been named as commander-in-
chief both at Messina and Reggie, and the
surrounding regions, which are now under
martial law.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-02
DAVE OBRIEN VERSUS jim
Former Councilman Groomed to Take
Field Against Dshlman.
TO BE CANDIDATE OF REFoRMERs
He 90 Counael with FRO
jectors OF scheme 60 See
sort of Hand They
Hold.
.Down wlth Mayor JIM

Down with Mayor Jim!'
This is to be the slogan of a reformed
democratic party to be formed in Omaha
for the express purpose OF putting the
leader Of the Jimocrats to sleep pol ucally
and of electing as mayor of Omaha a man
who will not be quite so wide open" as
the present chief executive, but still a man
of liberal ideas and a believer in home rule.
This man is David J. O'Brien and his
boomlet was to have been started Thursday
night. Summons had been sent to the ward
leaders by the men behind the scenes to
attend, but Mr.. O'Brien was called out of
town and being unable to be present the
meeting was postponed, for without Mr..
OBrien the meeting would fall as flat as
a loaf OF bread without any leavening. The
preliminary arrangements for the Thursday
evening meeting were OF the clandestine
order, and but little tangible could be Sc
cured other than that such a meeting was
to have been held and that 1t was to have
been attended by Mr.. O'Brien ana a number
Of the strong men in the party who oppose
the rule Of the present chief executive.
May he Held Tonight.
The adjournment of the meeting Thursday
night does not mean the abandonment OF
the scheme to form the new party and bring
out Mr.. O'Brien as its standard bearer in
the next campaign, say members Of the
working force, for one will be held shortly.
It is intimated that the meeting may be
held tonight, but all announcements are
guardedly made, It being more than evil
dent that until the plans are all laid the
dear people will not be let In on the scheme.
When all is in readiness the plan is to
make a grand splurge and capture every
thing in sight.
Mr.. O'Brien prides himself on being just
a plain democrat. He is neither a Jim nor
a Jack, and his friends point this out as
a card in his favor. AS one of them said
yesterday, the proposed candidate is about
the only democrat who can beat Mr.. Dahl
man at the primaries.
Dave OBrien is liberal. popular, well
known and a good fellow" said this wire
puller. Irish. he will get all the Irish
vote which the mayor, who would like to
be Irish. has had a mortgage on all along
Mr.. O'Brien, a member of the Omaha
Water board, was the only democrat on
the last city council. He served as the
from the Fifth ward.
The prospective candidate has been APP
preached by a number of the wire pullers
and the combined ~pleadings of the ward
have been too strong for him to re-
ject. He finally consented to treat with
the boosters of the proposed reform party
and allow himself to be Shown" what
cards they have to play and what support
can be mustered for him in the event he
should announce himself as a candidate.
Should the support seem sufficiently strong
then Mr.. O'Brien will run
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-02
MANY HEADED TOWARD NAPLES
Big City on west Coast VIII Receive
Many Refugees.

NAPLES, Jan. 1-Up to the present time
1000 persons from the earthquake zone
have arrived here. The hospitals are all
filled and the churches, public halls and
theaters are being fitted up to receive
others. Many OF the injured were taken
by force to the hospitals, becoming fren-
zied with the idea of being compelled to
enter the institutions.
Three tank steamer filled with drink
ing water have left here for Messina. A
large number OF the persons saved by the
sailors Of the Russian warshlp Makharoff
deprived themselves of food and drink in
order that the sufferings of the more
unfortunate might be alleviated.
At Taormina. Sicily, where a number of
Americans are spending the winter, 1t is
said that the town escaped with slight
damage.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-02
RECORD is MADE BY QUAKE
Greatest Movement of seismOEraph
Was Registered In
Russia.

ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. IN. stelling,
an attache Of the Russian meteorological
observatory, declares that from his obser-
vations displacement OF the earth's crust
on the instruments one-half Of
a millimeter is the greatest recorded since
the Introduction OF seismography. This rec
ord was made the day Calabria and Sicily
were devastated. NJ. Sizzling is secretary
of the International Seismic commission.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-02

That is Laxative Bromo Quinine. LOOK
for the signature Of E, w. Grove. Used the
world over to Cure a Cold in One Day. Csc
For sale by Beaton Drus Co.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-02

Quick Action for Your Money-You get
that by using The Bee Advertising columns.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-02
NEWS FROM AMERICANS IN Tally
Great Anxiety Manifested by ReIa-
es-SO Are Safe,

HFSU-SOMlc Arc SaIe.
PORTLAND, Me-, Jan. /. - General
Charles b. Hall, United States army, re-
tired and his party, which included his
two daughters, who were supposed to have
been at Messina during the earthquake,
are all safe in Naples. A cabIegram to
this effect was received today by Albert
b. Hall a brother of the general.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-02

Bigger, Better, Busier-That's what ad-
vertising in The Bee does for your busl-
ness,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-02
Relief Work in West.

KANSAS CITY. Mo, Jan. 1.-The $500
sieilians and Calabrians in this city will
hold a mass meeting here next Sunday TO
organize a systematic movement for the
relief Of the victims Of the Italian earth
quake.
Various individual contributions have
already been forwarded 20 the Red Cross
society in New York.
DENVER. Colo, Jan. L-Generous re-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-02

Miss Bertha Brown, who has been a
stenographer in the office OF Land Com
missioner Eaton, will transfer TO the Of
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-09-30
RUGBY GALORE
ON THE COAST

For the benefit of our British Wis
itors on the cruiser Bedford, it may be
stated that Rugby football is being
played on the Coast almost exclusively.
If they have a team on board and
expect to accept challenges in San
Francisco, they have chance to get
in some practise here.
Rugby as played on the Coast is
the real thing. Not an Americanized
Rugby but as pure goods as is played
anywhere south of Burton on Trent In
San Francisco there are many first
class teams, about on a par with the
average first-class town team at home.
Both the big universities, Stanford
and Berkeley, are playing Rugby and
in addition there are dozens of colleges
and high schools. all of whom play a
very keen and fast game. Then there
are the Barbarians, Olympic Club and
one or two other teams. At present
preparatory practise is in full swing
and our friends will doubtless be sur
prised to see with what enthusiasm
the British game has been taken up
from Vancouver to Los Angeles.
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forty. Two years later "The Yacht
Club, as the infant was then modest
ly called, was first smiled on by royal
ty, when the prince regent sent to the
secretary a letter from his yacht, the
Royal George, expressing his wish to
be member of the club; but it was
not until Sept. 5, 1920, that the
"rOyal" label was affixed at the desire
of His Majesty King George ". Since
those days the club has boosted royal
members to the number of score at
least, including four of our own SOW
ereigns, and the sovereigns of Russia,
Germany, France, Sweden and Norway,
Holland and Spain.-Westminster Ga
zette.
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RESULTS OF TWO
FLEET GAMES
Maryland, 5; South Dakota, 4.

The Maryland dropped the South
Dakota a lemon yesterday at the
league grounds in fast game with
plenty of bingles and few errors. The
Maryland team is getting into shape
fast and it will not be long before
the players are in championship form.
Kane and Shallow did the battery set
for the Maryland, and johnson and
Whalchen for the South Dakota.
F.. F. v. c. P. o., %; Maryland G.
Os., 10.
The West Virginia G. P. o. team
handed the twenty-three number to the
Big Chiefs from the Maryland but
when the game was played over again
the Big Chiefs had them all to the
bad.
The game was lost mostly ON ac-
count of the various colors of socks
which was a big handicap. The pitch
ing of Big Chief Bruce was a feature
of the game.
About $50 O'Clock, when darkness
was lowering over the field, the West
Virginia could not see the home plate
any more and that is the only way
the scorekeeper managed to get his
"ehow.' "a
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but experience does it and. with only
two men to score for, there will be no
difficulty.
The names of the two runners will
appear on the big board that was used
in the last race. Opposite their names
will be spaces for miles and laps and
these viii be marked by large numbers.
There will be one scorer for each run
ner at the board and there is no chance
for any mistake. Also the numbers
will be above the heads of the scorers
so that everybody can see them and not
have to have double sight to see through
the bodies of husky markers, as was
the case last time.