The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-07
SUPPLIES FOR
VICTIMS OF
EARTHQUAKE
American Relief Ship, Flying
Red Cross Emblem, viii
Soon Reach MeSSina.
ITALY APPRECIATES
GOOD WORK OF AMERICA
REAR ADMIRAL sPERRY AND
q BATTLESHIPS WILL REACH
SCENE ON SATURDAY.

Rome, Jan. 6.-Ambassador Griscom
will leave here tomorrow for Messina
to meet the American squadron, which
it is expected will arrive there on Sat
urday under Rear Admiral sperry.
The steamer Bayone. the American
relief ship flying the Red Cross emblem,
viii sail for Messina tomorrow. This
steamer with its great cargo of sup
plies will be able "a take care Of thou
sands Of sufferers. There are three ply
siCians on board and fifty nurses, of
whom three are Americans. Eight thou
sand dollars has been spent for the
medical outfit, provisions and clothes
In the last fOrty-eight hours $4,000
has been spent in Rome and $4,000 IN
Genoa for clothing alone
Complete Cargo.
The cargo includes 1.45O blankets, A.
$50 suits of underclOthes, LILO pairs Of
shoes, LOO hats. 600 heavy overCoats,
$50 eapes, LILO shawls, zoo suits Of
clothes, 300 extra trousers and a great
quantity of shirts, stockings and hand
kerchiefs
A ton of candles and 5000 boxes OF
matches are among the supplies, to-
gether with all kinds of implements for
digging and repairing, lanterns, sewing
cotton. scissors, nails. hammers and
kitchen utensils.
There are also medical supplies sufi-
Gent for the establishment Of three
complete camp hospitals.
Those in charge of. the expedition
have $4,000 in small bills for careful
distribution.
False Alarms.
Word received from Naples says that
''hoOdlums" during the night ran
through various quarters of the city
crying earthquake, earthquake" Their
or es aroused thousands Of people, who
rushed out Of their houses, thus giving
thieves an opportunity to work. The
frightened population gathered in the
squares and crowded the churches.
Some of them took crucifixes and i'm
ages Of saints and carried them through
the streets in procession, amid wailing
and weeping
Signor BeTt.nOli. minister Of public
works, who is now in ReggiO, has teie-
gTaphed Premier GiOlotti that the pe0-
pie there are beginning to be more calm
and for that reason there is no present
need for ships for tSe transportation Of
the refugees The minister adds that
efforts should now be directed toward
LilB otlttiilS VI Il great UudLllAE DL
building material for the construction
of huts along the Sicilian and Calabrian
coasts.
Grateful TO America.
The generosity of the American peo-
pie in coming to the aid Of the earth
quake sufferers Is the predominating
feature that is attracting attention
here. The feeling Of gratefulness ex-
tends from the king down TO the most
lOwly subject. In accepting, in behalf
Of the Italian nation, the ship which
the American people. through the Red
Cross fund fitted up TO mitigate the
distress of the sufferers, the king said
To Amba ssadOT GTisCOm.
our people will be delighted to hear
of this mark Of international human
itarism and viii follow with the keen
est interest the work of mercy that will
be performed by the Bayone."
The king further informed the Amer
lean ambassador that he had just read
with the greatest appreciation a teIe-
gram notifying the government Of the
appropriation Of 100000 in behalf Of the
victims.
United States Stands First.
Premier Giolotti, in speaking of this
generosity, said:
" Hat Nitt ltitttl @LdlrS mas zone on
this occasion is magnificent and shall
not be forgotten. The United States
stands first. outdistancing all others in
sympathy and generosity. Our grati-
tude is SO great that we cannot find
words in which to express It.
Signor Tittoni, the foreign minister,
said,
Never before on any occasion has
occurred such demonstration of sym
patny as that Of America
Count Tsvernia, the president Of the
Italian Red Cross, declared that the Of
ferings coming from America was un-
preCedented.
THE Americans must be convinced"
he said, that the amount they send me
will be entirely devoted to the prompt
relief of the sufferers. / am personally
ple3ging n7yse}f that this shah be done
Certainly the disaster has been i'm
mense, but it has brought forth a man
Hesitation Of international brotherhood