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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-02
FLOODED TO DEPTH
OF Thirty feet
Tidal Wave Engu|ted the City
Of Reggie.

Monteleone, Calabria, - 1.-The
tidal wave that swept into Reggie
flooded the city to a depth of thirty
feet above sea level. Some of the
houses along the water front were
swept from their foundations and
dragged out to sea. Twelve miles of
the railroad near Reggie were de-
stroyed. A tempest added to the ter
ror of the scene.
A dispatch received here from Tri-
porni says that a few Reggie sur
vivors are wandering nude and de-
mented about the ruins of the city
searching for food.
Practically all the pupils of the
Reggie college persisted. The little
villas located on the heights above
Reggie alone escaped destruction. The
chateau Of Reggie is heap of ruins.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-02
THOUSANDS BURIED ALIVE
Meeting Slow Death by Fire, Injuries
-. or Starvation,

s.- or Starvation.
Catania, -, .1.-One of the Mes
sina survivors says that only small
proportion of the total population
escaped. Thousands of persons are
still buried alive in the ruins, where
they are suffering slow death by tor
ture. -.
The flames are still making their
way slowly over the devastated area
in an exorable advance. Imprisoned
and pinioned human beings, unable to
extricate themselves, are being burned
alive, others are dying of their in
juries, while many are starving.
The streets are filed with confused
masses of bricks, mortar, beams, fur
niture, chimneys and roofs. In many
cases the streets appear as enormous
crevasses, twisted into fantastic
shapes. The Avenue Palazzati, which
runs along the sea front from the
university to the postofice, is quite
impossible. All the public monuments
that were there have entirely disap-
peared.
All the water pipes, sewers and gas
pipes of the city have been destroyed
and. water and filth are flooding the
torn streets. Gas explosions occur
frequently and result in the breaking
out of scores of small fires.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-02
italian Calamity In
CreaSeS in Horror,
DEATH ROLL GROWING
Estimates Vary From One to
Six Hundred Thousand.
MULTI1UDES DYING IN RUINS
Rescuers Able to Save but Few
Of the Unfortunates.

Rome, D~n ,o1.-The details of one
Of the most appalling disasters record
ed in the history of the world are be-
ing unfolded IN the dispatches coming
in from Calabria and Sicily. It is
story Of indescribable horror and ca
lamity. The earthquake of Monday
wrought havoc and destruction that
cannot be estimated. Italy is stunned
by visitation described as the great
est disaster In the memory of living
man. Yet the full measure of the
catastrophe has not yet been taken.
The calamity grows with the re-
ceipt of every fresh dispatch from the
south. Calabria is dotted with small
towns and villages and new localities
are reporting almost hourly casualty
lists that run from the hundreds into
the thousands.
It is still impossible to reach any
accurate estimate of the dead, but the
total number is placed anywhere be-
tween 100000 and 100000. In some
quarters it is declared that the final
numbers will be as high as 100000
persons. One-half of the population
Of Calabria and Eastern Sicily ap-
parently has persisted.
Thousands Dying in Ruins.
Countless thousands of wounded
men, women and children are dying
in the ruins. It is utterly impossible
to succor them all. Numberless
wounded of the survivors who have
made their way to other cities are
still without medical attention. The
facilities for proper care even in the
cities that did not suffer are made
Quate.
The devastated district is still filled
with half demented survivors, starv-
ing and wandering aimlessly in the
rain. The ruins are still burning.
Bagnara, a town of 10000 people
north of Reggie, is reported as ami
hilated. The entire population is said
to have persisted. Reggie, city of
10000 people, has been practically de-
molished.
The detailed stories of the refugees
only add horror upon horror to the
calamities OF the Hateful day.
Fresh earth shocks were expert
enced at Pizzo, in Calabria, and Pa
lermo, Sicily. They were not severe.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-02

Tins. The committee is headed by
the Duke of Aosta and includes the
presidents of the senate and the
chamber of deputies, the mayor of
Rome and all prominent men in the
leading towns.
Messina Raced to the Ground.
The premier has received tele-
gram from Signor Felice, deputy at
Messina, summing up the situation as
follows: .
"Messina is completely destroyed
razed to the ground. The victims may
be numbered by tens of thousands.
The conflagration, which is still rag
ing, is completing the destruction Of
the city. Salvage implements, fire.
men and soldiers must be sent in
stantly. The disaster exceeds the
widest imagination" ~
The volcano of Stromboli is active
and the seas around the island are
very agitated and dangerous to navi-
cation.
From latest estimates it is feared
that the total number Of victims in
Sicily and Calabria will reach more
than 100000, while the damage to
property will be several hundreds of
millions.
Persons arriving at Catanzaro from
the coast state that Messina is still
blazing despite the torrential down
pour of rain. News reaching Catan-
FARO from the outlying districts in
Calabria indicates that thirty-five
towns and villages have been wiped
out, with the number of dead in that
district alone exceeding 10000. The
few survivors are mad with terror and
have fled to the forest clad mountain
slopes, where they are subsisting on
roots and the bark of trees.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-02
TESTIMONY IN ERB CASE
Maid Servant Tells of Frequent
QuarreIs. ---

: Media, Pa, &c. lin the trial of
Mrs. Florence Erb and her sister,
Mrs. Catherine Beisel, indicted on the
charge of numbering Captain j. Clay
ton Erb last October, nearly the en-
tire morning session was taken up
with the examination of Beatrice Mat
sui, a servant in the Erb home at the
time of the tragedy. Miss Matsui de-
clared that the Erbs had frequently
quarreled and related the scenes she
witnessed the night of the murder.
Briefly summarized she said Mrs. Erb,
Mrs. Beisel and herself had spent the
evening at the Village Green hotel
nearby, where they had several drinks.
Returning to the house with Mrs. Erb
Miss Matsui heard quarrelfng and
later q crash of glass. Then there
was an interval of a few minutes,
during which Mrs. Erb telephoned for
her sister to come to the house from
the hotel. Shortly after she arrived
the shooting occurred and about fif-
teen minutes later Mrs. .Erb told the
witness that Captain Erb had been
shot and sent. for a physician.
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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-02
HEAPS OF RUINS
NOW MARK site.
Town Of Bagnara, Calabria,
Completely Wiped Out.
ALL HER RESIDENTS DEAD.

Report Says That the Entire Popula-
ton of Ten Thousand People Per-
ished in Disaster-Fire Followed
the Earthquake and Finished the
Work Of Destruction-city of Reg
sio Almost Completely Devastated.
Catanzaro, Calabria, - IA re-
port received here says that the town
of Bagnara, on the coast to the north
of Reggie, has been completely wiped
out, fire finishing the work of destruc-
ton. The report says that "all the
Inhabitants of Bagnara are dead" The
town counted about 10000 people. In
q few days lime will be scattered over
Che heap of ruins which alone marx
the site of once populous town.
The project Of Reggie, Signor Orso,
who was thought to have been killed,
has reached coast point in safety
after twenty-four hours of fearful ex-
perience. The man could hardly talk,
but he said Reggie had been almost
entirely devastated; that the dead ran
into the thousands and that the sur
rounding villages also have been de-
stroyed. s4..--.-. -.
The region between Rocella, Jonica
and Catalonia, not far from Reggie, is
flooded.
Reports from Pizzo, thirty miles
west of here, declare that the death
list in surrounding villages reaches a
total of 1926. Many wounded per-
sons are still under the wreckage.
The survivors are camping in the
open air. Most Of them are without
clothing and food is lacking.
A report received here from Santa
Eufemia, town of 5000 people six
teen miles northeast of Reggie, de-
clares that the dead there number
1000, the wounded exceeding that
figure. The houses that were IT de-
stroyed are now in flames.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-02
REFUGEES REACH NAPLES
Compelled to 90 Long Distance to Sc
cure Relief, =

Naples, 70 o1~The appalling
magnitude of the tragedy in the south
of Italy is being brought home to the
people Of the north by the arrival
here Of refugees, wounded and I'M
scathed, from Messina. The fact that
dying people have to be brought such
a distance for medical attention shows
the immensely of the disaster and the
inadequacy Of the relief measures at
present possible.
The German steamer Seraphin came
into Naples with 800 refugees. The
wounded are all in the cabins and
their condition is pitiable. A few of
them have had their heads and limbs
bandaged, but many Of them have not
yet received medical attendance. The
Seraphin had to come to Naples be-
cause all the hospitals in the prin-
cipal towns of Sicily are overlooking,
while there are not enough doctors
and nurses for the work in hand and
medical supplies, bandages and sur
gical instruments are lacking.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-02
WOOD PULP MAY BE FREE
Steel, Hides and Lumber May Also Be
Favored by New Tariff.

Washington, - -.-Chairman
Payne Of the ways and means COM
mittee has strongly intimated that
wood pulp will be placed on the free
list in the new tariff bill. It is not
certain that steel will go on the free
list, but the Payne bill is liable to con-
tain free hides and free lumber.
The bill to be reported will be a
maximum and minimum measure,
wherein the maximum will run about
20 per cent above the minimum.
The law also will provide a legal
remedy, rs far as possible, for the
differentiation of articles shipped
here by foreign manufacturers, thus
evading the loss of millions of dollars
now withheld by men who deliberate
ly place the wrong valuation on their
goods.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-02
For Sale at
Bankers Drug Store
PRESENTED TO PRESIDENT.
New German Ambassador at tho
White House.

New German Ambassador at the
White House.
Washington, a f.l.-Cordial ex-
pressions of good feeling were ex-
changed between President Roosevelt
and Count Won Bernstorff, the new
German ambassador, who was for
mally presented to Mr.. Roosevelt at
the White House. ... --..a
: The letter Count Bernstorff present
ed from the emperor of Germany &C.
crediting him as ambassador ex-
pressed the "best wishes" which his
majesty ever cherishes for the happi-
ness and welfare Of the United
States. The president, in response,
said the emperor's expressions of
friendship and good will are cordially
appreciated. Feeling reference was
made to the late Ambassador Speck
Won Sternburg. The president said he
trusted the cordial feelings existing
would tend to promote and strengthen
the friendly relations between the
two countries. ..
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-02
HORRIBLE IN ITS Extent
Italian Disaster Almost Beyond Com.
prehension.

Rome, ..~" --.-dalf the popula-
ton of Calabria and the eastern part
of Sicily are dead; the other half is
weeping. AS the great extent of the
terrific seismic disturbances becomes
apparent it seems impossible to ex-
aggerate the horrors which have fol-
lowed them. The calamity which has
overwhelmed Italy is almost beyond
the grasp of the imagination, not only
because Of the dead, now known to
number tens of thousands, but be-
cause of the innumerable wounded
buried in the ruins, many of whom
will perish because it is impossible to
rescue them from the wrecks of their
former homes. The whole of Italy is
absolutely stunned and at the scene
of the disaster the bulk of the people
are literally demented with the sud-
denness and extent of the blow. The
total number of victims is variously
estimated from $4,000 to 100000.
King Victor and the queen have ar
rived at Messina. AS they made
their way into the ruined town the
scene of disaster and horror was too
much for the queen, who almost
swooned. Crowds of terror stricken
persons swarmed about the royal
party, throwing themselves in the
mud and screaming for pity and aid.
Worst Fears Are Realized.
AS further facts concerning stricken
Messina become available they cor
roborate in every detail the worst
fears heretofore expressed. The cathe-
dral, municipality buildings, barracks
and prisons are all destroyed and pre-
sumably all the smaller buildings
shared the same fate. OF 2S0 railway
employees in the station at Messina
only eight are known to have SUR
vived. At Reggie the silence of death
still reigns, leaving to the imagina-
ton the terrible havoc wrought by
the catastrophe, with the horrible in
rush of the sea, the swallowing up of
boats, the crushing Of ships and the
destruction of bridges and walls. The
sea became almost instantly covered
with debris after the upheaval, con-
tanning refuse of every description
dotted with human bodies.
The entire shore line of the sur.
rounding country has utterly changed
In appearance. The coast line was
greatly altered, while of all the mag
nihcent houses along the shore only
few tottering ruins remain.
A national committee has been
formed to collect funds for the vic.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-02
An Omission.

Magistrate-What is the charge
against you this time? Boggs-They
cotched me a-stealing oranges, yer.
worship. Magistrate Didn't I tell you
when you were here before not to steal
anything more? Boggs No, yer wor-
ship; you said not to steal any more
lemons. but yer didn't say q word
about oranges.=I&-aun Graphic.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-02
NARROWLY ESCAPES INJURY
Mrs. Lonoworth Rescued From Under
Feet of Horses.

Washington, p. o.. Mrs. Mich
olas Longworth narrowly escaped be-
ing trampled beneath the hoofs of a
pair of spirited horses when she was
caught between an ambulance and a
carriage In front of the new National
theater. The presidents daughter
screamed and as the prancing animals
were about to spring upon her Police
man Cats, who was short distance
away; leaped forward and grasped her
by the arm, hurrying her to the side
walk.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-02
AEOLIAN ISLANDS ISOLATED
Feared They May Have Suffered From
Earthquake.

Rome, H. rA.-Cable cOmmunica-
ton with the Aeolian islands, twenty
five miles north of Sicily, is interrupt
ed. 1t is evident that the line is
broken and it is feared that the ISL
ands also have been devastated.
The largest of the group is the ISL
and of Lipari and the capital town has
a population of 10000.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-02
Hurrying to Stricken Homes.

Portland, Ore, d. I-Local
Offices of the transcontinental rail-
roads report that more than fifty Sicil-
ians and nearly the same number of
Calabrians have purchased transporta-
ton from here to New York and in
many cases direct to their native
land,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-02
Beware of Ointments for catarrfl that Contain


Beware of Ointments for catarrh that Contain
Mercury
as mercury will surely destroy the sense of
smell and completely derange the whole sys-
tenn when entering it through the mucous
surfaces. Such articles should never be used
except on prescriptions from reputable ply
sicians. as the damage they do is ten fold to
The good you can possibly derive from them.
Halls Catarrh Cure. manufactured by F. J..
Cheney & Co.. Toledo. O.. contains no mer-
curry. and is taken internally. acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF the
system. In buying Halls Catarrh Cure be
ally and made in Toledo. O.. by F. J. Cheney
& Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by druggists. Price 75c per bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-02
May Have Persisted In Disaster.

Fond du Lac, Wis, 20 ~1.-Miss
Margaret X. Mcmillan of Fond du Lac
and Mr.. and Mrs. Thornton A. Green
of Ontonagon, Mich, are believed to
be victims Of the earthquake in South
ern Italy. The party was at Rome on
Christmas day and were then leaving
for Sicily. Miss Mcmillan and Mrs.
Green are daughters Of C.. A. McMil-.
Ian, millionaire lumberman and furni-
ture manufacturer of Fond du Lac.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-02
Relief Train Forced to Return.

Palermo, - "a relief train
dispatched toward Messina in the hope
of aiding the earthquake sufferers was
forced to return here, being only able
to come within ten miles of the city
on account of demolished tracks. The
engineer said that all houses all along
the route showed effects of the earth
011o11o
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-02
American Bishop at Messina.

New Orleans, = "a.-Right Rev.
David Sessums, Protestant Episcopal
bishop Of Louisiana, is believed by
members of his diocese to have been
at Messina, Italy, at the time of the
earthquake. Nothing has been heard
from him
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-02
PRINCESS De SAGAN
! RETAINS CHILDREN
Petition Of Count Boni de Cas-
teIIane Denied.

Paris, s. 1.-The petition of
Count Boni de Castel1ane that the
custody of his three sons be given to
his mother, the Marquise de Castel-
lane, was denied. The court ruled
that the children remain in the GUS
tody of their mother, Princess de Sa-
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-02
Cattle STARVING to Death.

Los Angeles, CAL, ~. accord
ing to reports from the Antelope val
ley thousands of cattle are roaming
the government ranges in that Sec
ton with nothing to eat and hundreds
are said to be dying of starvation.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-02

gan, formerly Miss Anna Gould of
New York.
The court ruled further that the
children should not leave the Con-
tinent without its permission. Begin
ming Oct. 10, 1909, they are to be
placed in college situated within a
hundred miles of Paris.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-02
Consul Cheney and Wife Dead.

Washington, =" o,-A dispatch
received at the state department from
American Consul Gale, at Malta, con-
firms the reported death of Consul
Cheney and his wife at Messina. The
bodies, the dispatch says, have not
been recovered.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-02
French Relief. Squadron.

Toulon, E~~. s1.-A French relief
squadron, carrying food, clothing,
medical supplies and money for the
relief of the Me5sina sufferers, left
here for that port.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-02
Wife Died a Week Ago.

Providence, r. l., "a" '--.-Profes-
sor Benjamin Franklin Clarke, pro-
fessor emeritus of mechanical engi-
neering at Brown university, is. dead,
aged seventy-seven years. Professor
Clarke's wife died last Thursday. -.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-02

The report that Castro carried
S60,OoO,00O with him to Europe
would rather seem to confirm the
rumor that the real :purpose OF. his
visit is to consult specialist, after
all.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-02
Earthquake Shocks Renewed,

Syracuse, Sicily, a=.. cc1.-Violent
earth shocks were experienced at $3.50
a. m. The people of Syracuse, terri
fed and fearful, rushed through the
streets to the surrounding open coun-
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-02

America is the throne of the
world" says Senator Beveradge.
Perhaps, but the man who tries to
sit on it will get into trouble.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-02

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets
Druggists refund money IL it fails to cure
e. w. GROVES signature is on each box. sc.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-02
POSTOFFICE is BURGLARIZED
Safe Is Dynamlted and $500 In Cash
Secured.

Secured.
Echo, Mimi, D~~. Ok. >Yeggmen
blew the safe in the postoff1ce here,
securing over $500 in cash. The
stamps were not molested. A cigar
box containing small change, stand
ing on desk, was also overlooked.
Heavy tools were secured at
blacksmith shop and entrance was
made through the front door, The
front of the safe was completely
wrecked.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-02

Congress had better remove the
duty on hides before President
Roosevelt begins sending them in
from Africa.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-02

The recent heading to an adver-
tisement in the Pioneer read, why
not surprise your wife?" Well, who
hasn't?
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-02
:-----c7CAuSTtc-:CUaaMENT.
p tAsG Rptiedge.l

The time to strike effective blows
f&Monah suffrage is when woman
hoMS 9the future voter across her
knee
Arizona republican., 1909-10-23
THE "SNARK" AND ITS ABLE
 ALFALFA PILOT.

Jack London's cruise in the Shark was followed with considerable in terest, especially as from time to time it was reported that the tiny craft with all on board had been lost. But all those grewsome stories proved false. London returned to California from Sydney. Australia. last June, but Martin Johnson, his cook. and a Kansas University man, continued the voyage on the original vessel and recently reached Kansas City, after visiting in the meantime the Philippines. China, Japan, Borneo and most of the countries of Europe. The original commander of the eX- petition is now engaged in putting his adventures into literary shape
 but hardly any of them will prove greater marvels than the safe re- turn of the miniature craft from its experiences in all sorts of treacher- ous seas. The Shark is no more than a launch, forty-five feet long. with a mast and a gasoline engine. so the voyagers of the Pinta, the Santa Maria, the Half Moon, the Onrust and some others may cease to excite our special wonder. espe- cially as the modern vessel in her later stages of progress was directed by an alfalfa pilot from the Sun flower State.-Boston Transcript.