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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-12-01

Suez canal, and France, which built It,
NAV have their disagTeements still
about the share of profit which the
government at Cairo shall secure; but
the question of canals now confronting
the American people is the cost of
cutting the Panama ditch and the
gross receipts the completed canal
must take in to pay the United States
government for the construction of this
gigantic piece Of engineering.
If Panama costs $5OO.OOo,OOO to build
and the United States is able to float
bonds for that amount at 2 per cent,
the net receipts must not drop below
$4,000, 900 a year or Uncle Sans bur
den is not lifted. Suez is earning $IO,-
OOO. 900 net. In time. perhaps, Panama
may earn s1O,OO0,OOO clear of all oper
ating expenses. The South American
and Pacific trade passing through
Panama should, we believe, be fully as
productive as the Oriental commerce
which for 40 years has been going
through Suez.
The Suez canal is one of the
greatest mOney-makeTs in the world,
but there is ample reason to believe
that Panama, with equally rich and
enterprising territory to draw from.
may within 40 years, possibly in less
time, prove equally profitable.
Pensacola, the best harbOr on the
Gulf and the air line point from the
Atlantic entrance to the canal, is keen
ly alive to Panama's possibilities. We
recognize the gigantic financial outlay,
increased many fold by repeated set
backs, delays and impractical expert
ments, which the great ditch means;
but we realize, also, the tremendous
volume of traffic which is bound to go
through the new opening in the
isthmus. Panama ought to clear $IO,-
100000, the amount Suez is clearing.
The most intelligent men interested
in American shipping are sanguine
that the canal can, almost from the
outset, make enough money over and
above expenses to pay the interest on
that $500,OOO,O00 worth Of the govern
ment's two per cent bonds.
The sun., 1909-01-01
RUSSIANS HELP AT MESSINA.
Battleship Takes 10 Naples Refugees
Crazed by the Disaster.

NDsClN t105 DffDdtCf 10 IHE Sun,
NAPLES. Dec. Sl.-The commander OF
the Russian battleship Admiral Makharod
believes that the dead in Messina number
fully $4,000 He says that shortly after
landing his party he succeeded in extricat-
ing 900 persons from the ruins.
One of the most narrowing sights he
encountered was formed by crowds OF
naked and starving persons who wandered
through the streets or these the Ad-
miral says there was quite 10000. Many
were bearing images of saints and i'm
ploring aid
The Russians did what they could to
alleviate the sufferings Of the unfortunate
people There were heart rending scenes
aboard the Admiral Makharof on the
voyage to Naples
A number OF the refugees had been
driven mad by the disaster and wandered
about the ship. seeking dead friends and
calling out their names under the impress
sion that they were still searching among
the ruins OF Messina.
The commander of the Admiral Makarof
tells among many other incidents OF
the finding OF two babies playing with
buttons beneath hedstead which pro-
tected them Amid pile Of wreckage
we're found many children clinging to
their mothers dead bodies, trying to
awaken them. or desperately terrified.
Some of the many children brought here
on the warship were era zed, They tottered
about the deck holding their arms above
their heads AZ though they were still
among the falling houses,
The captain OF Russian torpedo boat
which arrived at Naples to-day confirms
the news OF the death Of the American
Consul at Messina. A. S. Cheney, and bis
family. and the ruin OF the consulate '
Many of the refugees who have arrived
here are not only suffering from mutila-
tions but from horrible burns, The faces
of others are crushed Many maintain a
stony silence, while others. half insane.
raise mournfui cries
The sun., 1909-01-01
EUROPE HELPING ROY ALLY.
Funds In Plenty TO BaSk Italy's Gallant
Enorts-Near 400. 900 sufferers.

SDfCf0f CdOif iJfSDuCN W fhh tt"'
LONDON, Jan. From the many stories 8
of the earthquake received here, mes,
of which repeat one another. it is clear
that the survivors are suffering severely
from hunger and thirs: and from the cold
weather. Aid ia Fastening from every
nation Of Europe and much has been done
already at Msssina. but IL will be some time
before help can reach the remote Villages
of Calabria.
The Italian Government seeus TO have
risen to the occasion with energy and
generosity beyond criticism The Italian
soldiery and PRESS and many civilians
are doing their utmcs..
Al Messina the British and Russian
sailors are working like Trojans. hut the
cry is still for more help, more food. more
clothing and means for sheltering the
needy people. Meanwhile thousands
throughout the afflicted region are suf-
fering agonies from undrcssed wounds,
starvation and exposure, prevented by
physical reasons from ratniving the aid
which millions Of their fellow human
beings in Europe and America are anxious
TO give.
In addition to the American subsc-ip-
tons the purse strings Of every city in
Europe are being loosened. ,rh1 fund
started by the Lord Mayor Of London has
already reached $5OOOO, President Fal-
Heres Of France and his Cabinet have sub
scribed 81 500, the municipality Of Paris
81 900, the Rothschilds Of Paris s20,000 and
the Bank Of France $4,000, Other French
cities are contri' . ting. while a national
subscription has been opened.
The German Empress has started
relief fund and the Berlin municipality
has contributed $500 The Hamburg
American Steamship Company has offered
to convey gratuitously gifts OF food and
clothing.
In Italy itself every municipality and
many newspapers have started funds.
Numerous individuals are collecting
clothes. Many childless couples have
offered to adopt children made orphans
by the disaster.
Deputy Castolino. who has been ap-
pointed 10 take charge OF the relief move
ment, puts the number Of sufferers at
between 200, 900 and 800 900. Imagine, he
says, the whole population of a small
country wounded starving, naked and
half mad. and you will have the state of
things in Sicily and Calabra at the present
moment.
The Pope, il is stated, is greatly affected
by the loss of life among the clergy, be-
sides the general devastation. He laments
his inability to go to the afflicted dis
tricts to help personally, but he prays
frequently for the souls Of the dead, and
invokes Divine pity for the survivors.
LoyaIists throughout Italy are greatly
touched by the devotion Of the King and
Queen who, indeed, seem to be not spur
ing themselves. The King is reported to
be constantly among the rescuers en-
their efforts and sharing their
risks among the tOttering ruins. The
Queen spends most Of her time in the
temporary hospitals, tending and cheer
ing the sufferers.
The sun., 1909-01-01
KNEW DISASTER MAS COMING.
Prof. Ferret Foretold Disturbance In
and About Mt. Etna.

SPRINGFIELD. Mass. Dec. Sl.-Word
has been received from Prof, Frank A.
Perret. who predicted the Italian Garth
quake and eruption OF Mount Etna and
who left here December 10. exr octing to
be present at the disaster he foretold
Prof. Perret has arrived at Naples. He
feels that he will be the first 10 make an
ascent OF tho volcano, as Prof. Heilprin
did the ascent Of Mont Pe.ee.
Prof Perret, since his experience in
vesuvius in 1908, in Stromboli in the spring
OF 1907 and on Etna last May, has come to
be regarded as one Of the foremost ex-
perts on volcanoes. In his prediction
Prof. Perret said: My observations show
that great eruption Of Mount Etna-
probably the greatest In 800 years-is
impending and this knowledge leads me
to express the hope that means may be
taken Of the extraordinary opportunities
which will offer Tor the advancement OF
the work"
In November. 1907, an article by Prof
Perret appeared In a ma agaLine in which
he said; we know that q great eruption
Of Mount Etna is impending aud can be
confidently predicted TO take place within
year. Huge lava streams will flow for
many weeks and may attain a length OF
ten miles or more. according TO their
direction. and the eruption proper will
take place upon flank Of the volcano and
not from the central crater, the only un-
certainty at present being which side
OF the mountain will break open"
The eruption OF Etna last May was
lighter than Prof. Perret had prophesied.
but he said that, in his opinion, this eruption
was only In the nature OF temporary relief
and merely postponed the more violent
disturb ance that he considered inevi-
table
The sun., 1909-01-01

Elliott Smith and two daughters. Alton,
ILL.,; Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel f.. Stokes and
Miss Florence Stokes of Germantown.
Philadelphia; Miss Eleanor Wood. Phila-
delphia; Mrs. Alice l.. Bates OF Chicago
and Mr. and Mrs. Frederick s. Bates OF
Cleveland.
The Rev. DR.. Louis Klopsch. editor
OF the Christian Herald, telegraphed
10000 to the State Department to-day.
The money was put at the disposal Of
Assistant Secretary Of State Bacon and
was transmitted TO the Italian Red Cross,
the Italian Government having notified
the United States that relief subscriptions
should be 80 forwarded. DR.. Klopsch
has Informed the State Department that
he stands ready TO raise fund OF a mill
ion dollars through the Christidn Her
aid for the earthquake sufferers and will
be able to send $4,000 and perhaps as
much as 100000 weekly to the Italian
Red Cross.
The State Department forwarded also
TO the Italian Red Cross the sum Of $50, 900
appropriated by the American National
Red Cross Society from the unexpended
balance Of the San Francisco relief fund.
This sum, together with the s20.o 900 ad-
vanoed by DR.. Louis Klopsoh. makes
q total Of $4,000 forwarded to-day to
the Italian Rcd Cross.
II was said to-day In an authoritative
quarter that President Roosevelt will
send a message TO Congress shortly after
It's reconvening next week requesting
haN ,haNa nNiai ha
ated for the relief OF the earthquake
su fferers.
Miss Mabel Boardman. secretary OF
the Red Cross Society OF America, re-
ported tonight that she had received in
donations since the s70.000 forwarded
this morning more than $4,000 for the
relief Of the earthquake sufererers
President Roosevelt contributed $500,
John ID. Rockefeller gave $4,000 and the
Anbeuser- Busch Brewing Company Of
st. Louis $4,000
ITHACA. n. Y, Deo. 3i.-Friends Of Miss
Isabelle q. Swan Of this city, who 10 spend
ing the winter at Taormlna, are much con-
oerned over her safety. She has spent
most OF the last two years abroad. Word
reached a relative in this city several
days ago that she was planning to move
into a new villa at Taormins this month.
She 10 accompanied by Miss Anne W.
Lee Of Boston.
MISS Edith Nichols, an interpreter OF
Italian dialect songs. who has spent sew
eral years In Calabris, is anxious for her |
cousin. W. s. q. Kennedy Of Boston, who |
has villa at Tsormins, and Mrs. George 4
Hammond Of Boston, who planned to /
spend the holidays in Messina
Word has reached the Catholic rectory |
In this city that the Rev. Father Angelo /
Lugerno. formerly pastor OF st. James's
Church at Trumansburg and st present /
In charge Of the Catholic parish at Phelps.
y, Y. was In Messina when the earthquake
Father Lugerno came to this
from Italy and he went back TO
Messina last fall on vacation
The sun., 1909-01-01

from Reggie rising above the ruins of
Msssina and obscuring the sky
ROME. Dec. 3i.-Reggio and the other
towns on the Calsbrian coast are worse
of than Messina. II has not been possible
to reach them with aid 80 fer. but efforts
are now being made and it is hoped they
will soon be successful.
The people OF Reggie were two days
without food. The rector Of the Reggie
institute went in search OF provisions for
the famishing people and looters fired on
him with revolvers and drove him away.
Survivors are beginning to arrive
at Monteleone from Reggie They In
cluds three young girls who were in
mates Of the Convent Of San Vincenzo
at Reggie They covered the distance
from Reggie. eighteen kilometers, alone
They say that the convent collapsed and
that seven out OF twenty-one nuns were
killed outright, The rest were buried In
the ruins The girls had marvellous ex-
perience, making their escape by jumping
from windows. They arrived in q pitia-
BILE condition as their nightgowns were
their only clothing and they wero famished
and half frozen.
TWENTY-FIVE MILES OF DEVASTATION.
A correspondent after walking twenty
five miles through the devastated region
from Bagnsra TO Reggie writes that all
the towns and villages are without the
slightest assistance. Injured persons half
buried in the ruins appeal vainly for
help. At Bagnara rough surgical opera
tions are being performed with pruning
knives.
Bands OF thieves infest the country.
Hunger supplies the motive for scenes
OF shocking violence. The few police
and soldiers are doing what they can,
but they are practically powerless. The
robbers defy them. Starving dogs nose
greedily among the ruins In a manner
too horrible to describe. The despair
Of the poor villagers. whom no aid OF any
kind has reached. In painful beyond
words.
When the correspondent arrived at
Reggie he was surrounded by a crowd.
infuriated by their sufferings and by
want. who demanded help. They clan-
ored TO be taken away and declared they
wanted to leave Reggie forever. They
hoped the place would never be rebuilt.
Among the stories he heard on his
journey was one Of an old woman who
had been buried in the ruins Of fallen
house a. Bagnara. She cried aloud from
pain. Some soldiers tried TO save her.
but she warned them of. saying they
would only be killed themselves. She
begged them not to risk their lives and
insisted that she would not let them move
her. She died shortly after, blessing those
who wanted to help her.
PALERMO. Sicily. Dec. 3i.-Survivors
from Reggie are arriving here. They
say that they signalled for two days for
help without receiving response and
suffered terribly from hunger.
The station master at Reggie says that
Immediately after the shock q chasm
eighty feet wide opened In the earth and
that jets Of boiling water gushed up from
the chasm to the height Of the surround
ing houses. dreadfully scalding many Of
the wounded who were unable to ex-
tricate themselves from the ruins
The sun., 1909-01-01
PERSONAL.

Nd. VAIN, WOODrORD--James McEiwaiy<
and lie hAry Woodford. Relatives Wil ocnenW
WnYoe Bernard Co. 5 Bed ford Row. LonasA1
The sun., 1909-01-01
THE KING Ar RUINED REGGIO.
Its Plight Like Messina's. lie Finds No
Food for Two Days.

SpsCta| L dOt DtSp0fcNtS 10 JHE Sun.
MEssNA, Dec. sl.-The King, accom-
panied by the Ministers Of Justice and
Public Works, arrived last evening at
Reggio on board the torpedo cruiser
Coatit-
His Majesty visited In a boat many Of
The injured who we're lying in the streets
that skin the shore and also examined
the damage that had been done The
inhabitants cheered the King enthusiastic
eally
The King afterward went on board
the battleship Vittorio Emmanuel H.
and telegraphed Premier Giolitti that he
had found as disastrous conditions at
Reggie az at Messina
The work OF burying the dead and OF
disinfection has begun at Reggie. The
battleShip Napol has arrived with first
aid troops and guards have boon placed
nj the food depots 70 prevent pillage
THE road between Lazzaro and Reggie
IL one long scene OF desolation and horror.
The peasants cottage and the imposing
Teen swallowed up.
Immense orange groves have been
destroyed and thousands Of acres Of land
wbreihundated by the sea
All along the road bands of survivors
ere making their way TO LAzsaro. the
iearest point approschable by train
Everywhere in the land corpses are lying
about. As the sun rose to-day FIVE enor-
NOUS columns Of smoke could be seen
The sun., 1909-01-01

An Ideal spot MIR and Rest In the Pines. For
dyspepsia, neurssthenla, rheumatism and run
down conditions The original MIX Cure; estab
llshed 20 years, Steam heat log treS Write for
booklet. 90 minutes from New York. ~ trains
daily Inspected herd OF Holstein cows. address
summit sanitaTium, box IsA summit ~ D.
The sun., 1909-01-01
FRENCH SHIPS Close CtLL.
Felt shock After Passing Through Mes.
sina strait and Knew Not What u Was.


NARsEILLEs, Fec. 3i.-The steamship
Euphrste. which has arrived here from
the Far East, had what was probably a
most fortunate escape from the earth
quake.
She had hardly cleared the Strait Of
Messina on Decemter rs and reached
open water when she experienced very
heavy shock. Tho vessel auivered vio-
lently for half minute The passengers
rushed on deck in alarm.
The captain thought the steamer had
struck some wrockage or that the ma
chincry was Out OF gear. He ordered the
engincs stopped and had the holds ex-
amincd. Finding the vessel had sustained
no dana ge he proceeded. not knowing the
cause Of the shock. He noticed that the
Messina lighthouse was invisible but
supposed this was due 10 fog.
The sun., 1909-01-01
SHOCK RECORDED IN BOSTON.
seisniosraph shows Two Tremors. Last
Ing Seven and Eight Minutes.

Bosr,N, Dec. 81. -Sicily's earthquake e
was apparent In Boston for thirteen min
utes and the tremors we're prolonged for
over an hour, this being shown by the
seismoRraph at the Harvard University
seismographic station, in the basement
Of the geological division Of the univer-
atty museum.
The seismograph rests on a concrete
pier which runs deep into the earth below
the level Of the buildings foundations. Its
poise Ia so delicate that the slightest tremor
Of the earth beyond the normal causes the
needle to deviate from the straight line
which it scratches across the surface OF
smoked paper revolving beneath IT,
whether the shocks would be per-
ceptible to people in this neighborhood
I really couldn't say" said George r.
Mansfield. instructor in geology in
Harvard, who calculates the records OF
the instrument, The needle moved six
tenths OF an inch, but this apparatus
magnifes the shock hundred times
The powder explosion the other day
moved the needle only one-fifth as vio-
lently an the Sicilisn shock.
However, the severe effects OF the
powder explosion Iwere doubtless caused by
displacement Of air, not by earth motion.
What occasions the shock we cannot, Of
course. definitely state. The geological
theory In that the earth's crust 10 cooling
and shrinking.
THE explanation follows that a crack
occurred In the surface. The reported
len 9Th Of this fissure in Sicily would seem
10 preclude the belief OF the disturbance
being the result of a volcanic eruption.
II IL more reasonable to suppose that
Mount Etna happens 10 he located along
this fissure.
The first tremor, according to our
record, began at ll:?9 p. NJ. our time.
and lasted for seven minutes. The second
trsmor lasted for eight minutes, when the
principal shock began, This was at II :5i, /"
The sun., 1909-01-01
New Jersey Catholics Contribution

Bishop John J. o'Connor of the Roman
Catholic diocese Of Newark yesterday
csbled $4,000 to Pope Plus \. as the frst
instslment OF tho contribution fund OF
that diocese for the relief Of the Italian
earthquake sufferers. The Bishop said
that the sooner the assistance is given
the more valuable 1t is. A circular letter
will be sent to all the churches In the do
cese urging upon the people tho need
Of liberal donations and a collection
will be taken up In every church Of the
parish.
The sun., 1909-01-01
Did


cANppnI.- Entered 4 o rest. on December 81.
Alice II. Campbell y. d.
Funeral services FIty evening January Le
at her late Teadhce. 49, Putnam ay..
Brooklyn, at o'fck
GILLET. Suddenly. ayihe home OF his daughtcr.
Mrs. c. NJ Wales t6s Riverside Drive, En-
Congressman Chs-s Wiilsm Gillet OF Ada
son, y. y.
sunday. JsnuArtS. 1903.
KENT.--on Dccembr 81. 1905 at Elizabeth.
y. j.. Henry AIRY Kent aged 6s years
Relatives and frtsjs OF the family are invited
to httend the fnersl services al his late
residence, 32a jefferson av.. on Saturday.
January ., al o'clock, and at the First Bap-
list Church y 29O O'Clock. lnterment AZ
Evergreens Ceetery.
LoWDEN. ON TsIrsdsy, December 81. ieos az
Atlantic CltyS j., Robert johnson Lowden
OF Flushing. y.
Funeral servicS at st. Georges Church. Flush.
ing, on srriil OF the train leaving foot East
S:th ST., Nd York. at p. NJ, on Saturday.
January
MACLAY. On Tuesday. December 2sth- Isaac
Walker Msay, aged 67 years
Funeral SERVES at his late residence. soa Pail.
SADIE av, Hbnkers. Friday. January !, st
IL A. VI. hterment Woodlawn Cemetery.
McMANUS-h Thursday, December 81. isoal
at her re4ence, ia East 7sd st. Eliza. widow
OF Thomk McManus
Funeral skices al ST. Patrlcks Cathedral
5th Av.. Saturday, January > at 10 4. N.
OH ANLoNI On December 30. ipos. Rev. Phiip
a. o'H$on. at home OF aunt Mrs p. u
oHanlS eO7 Prospect av., Brooklyn. age
~.
Requlemlhass Saturday. 10 A. NJ, ST. John'S.
Churcdeist ST.. 5th av. .tr
RoLLINSN.-on December 90 at summiJ
". u hsres H. Rol linson. in the sSd year Of
his AZ r
Funer3 3servIces at the residence OF his daush-,
ter. Is. II. n. Northrop. so Springfield ay..
Sunfit. n. j., on Saturday, January :, Az
II M. Train leaves Barclay st. at 9:SoA. Nh
d. W. II. u. lnterment st Greenwood.
ToRRR. Suddenly. on December y. a. CiintoA
NJ. Harriet Kennedy, aged year, onlyf
chf OF Mr., and Mrs. Edwin y. Torey, Jr. II
Funfal services on Friday, January l. Il
The sun., 1909-01-01


supposed to have heen within the zone
Of the disaster A message was received
to-day by the Department from the Amer
lean Consul at Naples saying that cable
communication with Sicily had not been
restored,
The Rt. Rev. Davis Sessums. Protes-
tant Episcopa! Bishop Of Louisiana. who
was supposed TO have been in Sicily. is
safe in Rome accordin 6 to q oabiegram
received to-day by Senator Foster Of
Louisiana.
Norman Hapgood. editor Of Coilier's
Weekly, has requested the Department
to locate Mr.. and Mrs. Charles H. Hap
good OF New York, DR., J. Ralph Jacobs
OF New York has requested information
o TO the whereabouts Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Alfred Harris Of New York and their
daughter. Rosalie, who left Naples for
Sicily on December %, r. A. Garrett
OF New York has made inquiry regard
ing Mr.. and Mrs. Edmund II, Garrett
OF New York and their son, Julian.
The Department also has been asked
for information Of the following persons,
the list being additional TO the one pub
lished this morning:
Miss Frances NJ Brockius and sister,
Miss Elizabeth G. Brookius, Of Philadel-
phia; Miss Emily Crousdale Of Philadel-
delphia Miss katherine Davis OF Mount
Kisco, n. Y; Miss Estelle Fagen Of Phila-
delpha; Mr. end Mrs. Edmund II, Gar
rett and son Julian OF New York, }. A.
Kahn Of Ashtabuls. Ohio; the three Misses
lansing Of Waterfowl, y, Y; Miss Anna
Lee Of Boston. Miss Mary Moss OF Phila-
delphis, Thomas Robinson OF Ashtabula
HArbor. Ohio; Mr.. and Mrs. William
The Glenwood post., 1909-12-04
GENERAL NEWS.

Georgia is completing more than ten
miles of good roads day Over $500
convicts are at work in 105 counties
out of the 149.
On his arrival at Queenstown on the
steamer Lusitania. Sir Thomas Lip
ton talked about the Americas cup.
He says he will build two boats, with
Fife the principal designer. The
Shamrock w. will be 90-footer with
about the same sail area as previous
challenger modelled according to the
conditions of the universal rule and
the challenge to be sent in March
next
Miss Louise w. Taft, daughter of
Henry w. Taft and niece of President
Taft, will be married at New York
City during the Christmas holidays to
George H. Snowdon, a Seattle lumber
man
Rough lumber has advanced 81 per
1000 all over western Canada and the
mills are calling in travelling statesmen
because of the rush of orders. Export
mills in British Columbia report a
largely increased business in the Unit
ed States, this being one cause of the
'sdvance. Another advance in price is
expected to take place before spring.