The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-01-04
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Rome Jan. 4.-Messina and Regglo will be rebuilt. This was the message brought to Rome to-day by Cardinal Maya. Archbishop of Catanla, who ar riv:d from Messina. '"The destruction of -tkese cities" said the Archbishop, .'is just as complete as the most ex- travagant stories have pictured it, put the commercial advantage of their site is such that they must be rebuilt It will take a. generation for these cities to recover to a marked degree and it vii; be a quarter of a century before Messina's glory is restored but there Is absolutely no thought among the more prominent citizens to abandon the towns.
 eEer. Will not be rebuilt. Some of these sfre literally plotted out and as their sftes had no peculiar advantage, IL would be cheaper and easier for the people to establish other towns.
 HThe Cardinal says that he went all over Messina and Reggie and failed to find a. single case of an entire family surviving.
 EPremier Giolitti supports Cardinal Navas view of the rebuilding of Mes Sina and Reggio.
 sConcerning the report that the ruin
  set on fire as the easiest and safest way of getting rid of the mountains of debris that new confront the rescuers, the Premier said: There are millions of dollars worth of valuables in these I3lins that would be lost by such : source. Jewels, gold silver and vast sums of money are buried in the, Wreckage and we will make ever N4- fbrt to save them. It will be necessary tp abandon akhese cities shortly to avoid a pestflence. It may be six months before it will be safe to com 1nerce the work of clearing away the ralfns but when the government begins Gae work it will put force of men at the task that will soon clear the vast 4rea of the last vestige Of the catas- trophe''
 Director Patterno of the government and Vice-Director Lutrarie 6fsSthe department of public health, left for Messina and Reggie to-day to decide officially on what course to pur sue They say that from the best es- timates obtainable S0,00O bodies are buried in the ruins of Messina alone. sA The rescuers are now weighting the aorpses and sinking them in the strait ' ef Messina. Apprehension is felt that if all the bodies are dumped into the strait, a fearful contamination will follow. King Emmanuel, who return Cd with Queen Helena from Messina yesterday, went into consultation with #he Cabinet to-day over measures Of National relief. One of the hardest 8rablems before the government is the prevention of a financial panic as re- &ult of the calamity.
 The King has thrown open every Royal Palace for the care of the ref ugees and will bear the expense of 4heir treatment.
 The Pope to-day widened the scope of his appeal for aid so as to include x,<x+ nrr1x Ho< a1so 1of hi1f al h ic personal acquaintances throughout the world. '"This calamity has united us all into one brotherhood" the Pope said. Suffering knows no creed and we earnestly hope for aid from every quarter"
 The Pope said that he would con tribute all of the jubilee fund to the sufferers. This fund had been rais- ed in all parts of the world and am- cunts to a large sum- It is not be- Iieved any more persons will be found alive in the quake ruins. Deputy Full cie, who carried on a conversation for three days with those who were trying to rescue him died before being rescu- ed.
 Inspired by the reports that mer- chants of Naples and ether towns are raising the prices of food to refugees, the government to-day issued orders for the arrest of any merchant guilty of this It is said that many Naples merchants demanded the fast pennies of the refugees, giving them a mouth full of food. A thorough investigation of the charges will be made. The gov ernment is exercising rigid censor ship on most of the quake news that is. sent up and down.
 No serious damage has resulted from any of the new earthquakes, accord ing to. reports made to-day to the gov &rnment. There have been recurring hn1 nd shock in southeastern Sicily. Messina, Reggie, Palrni and others of the de- wasted cities have also been slightly shaken.
 A slight tremor was felt at Pesaro and FanO, Adriatic coast towns in the eompartmcnt of Marches, many miles porth4 or the recognized quake region. While but little damage has been done by this new series, it has served to ter fify the people throughout all Italy as 1t is feared that another violent shock will come and duplicate the ruin Wrought. along the Strait of Messina. Scientists say that the seismic distur- bances are lasting unusually long and that the ,"earth's unrest is likely at any moment to manifest itself in. an- other wrench such as the Calabrian and Sicilian coasts suffered.
 Naples, Jan 4.-Heavy quakes have just been felt throughout the Lioari group of Islands, according to mes sages that are now coming in. The Strornboli volcano, the northeastern- most one of the Islands, is in a state of eruption, great streams of lava be- 4ng belched forth. No fatalities have yet been reported from the islands. In the initial shock a week ago, these isl ands were badly shaken, many houses being cracked. The population of Stromboli is 2,50O, and that of Lipari group 25,000.
 I London, Jan. 1.-The Standard S Rome correspondent telegraphed to-day Rs follows: '"The United States oc- #upies prominent place in the con- Irlputions of nations to relieve the suf- Xerers from the earthquake. She is Hdoptjng more practical methods than 8ne European countries. With the View of obtaining a clear idea of the American work. I visited Ambassa- For Griscom who explained that owing 10 the similar affliction America suf-