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The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1909-01-07
ITALIAN DISASTER
Details Show Horror Worse Than At
Firs, Reported Dreadful Scenes IN
S.. ken District.

r, s,-r,blc dssnoer which occurred
An southern Italy becomes more and
more dreadful IA additional Informal
lion about IL Is received. The death
list AZ now estimated. will run to
nearly. n not quite 100000. and In
addition there are hundreds Of thou
sands severely injured. and thousands
In the stricken district now dying
from starvation and pestilence. il
has been found impossible to rescue
more than very few of the thou
sands imprisoned in the ruins, and
they have been left 20 a miserable
death, while all possible energy has
not beer enough to care ior those
that escaped with their lives
The work OF relief has been shared
By every civilized nation. Help was
on the way fiom the four quarters
OF the globe leisre Il could be asked
for, and II Is still being rushed in
large quantities. warships have done
the best work--and hundreds have
teen saved by the sailors OF strange
nations. The Italian King and Queen
have spent the time at the front.
suffering privation and working with
out rest and have won further adj
miration from the people who already
loved them. Supplies and doctors
have been sent in as rapidly as they
could be handled. and as many OF the
survivors as possible have been taken
To other places to be cared for. Still
every thing has not been enough. and
thousands arc now starving to death.
The condition Of the fallen cities
Is terrible and every little while
come fresh earthquakes to make things
worse. The stencil from the thousands
OF bodies make 1t almost impossible
to live In the cities. and quickIime
has been thrown over all that could
be reached, to prevent pestilence. II
Will never be possible to find most
OF the bodies, and they will lie for
over In the ruins OF their homes.
Vultures and buxzards are going hun
dreds Of miles to the cities.
To add TO the terrors, there were
many caught alive. but helpless, and
II has been impossible to rescue most
OF these. Their cries could be heard
by the people moving about In the
work OF rescue. but they could not
be reached without abandoning a doz-
en- who were already free. BY this
time most Of these unfortunates have
stopped c4ying for aid--and gone
beyond tho reach OF aid forever.
$4,000 worth Of jewelry.
During the first few days Of the
disaster. gouls thronged thru the
cities. . ripping the valuablcs from
the bodies.
A full account OF the earlier stages
OF the ca, astrobhe will be found on an
inside pasA
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1909-01-07
IN WASHINGTON
Congress Meets Again After vaca-
tion-Aid for ItaIy-Message on
Secret Service.
Washington, ID. c.

Jan. 4, 1909.
After a week of great dizziness Con-
gress will meet again on today for
the real work of the session. The
first business will be to take up the
matter of relief for the earthquake suf-
ferers in Italy, and the second to con-
slider the Presidents answer to the
question as to what he meant by his
reference In his annual message TO
the secret service men.
Pres. Roosevelt, with his usual fore
sight and strength, has gone ahead
with relief measures without waiting
for Congress. and already two ship
loads of provisions have been sent to
Italy by the Navy Department, and
other relief plans have been started.
The battle ship fleet which is now at
Suez on its way back from the trip
around the world, has received hurry
up orders. and will be at Messina in
few days. ready to land 5000 men,
II they can be used, and will have
provisions and hospital supplies In
large quantities. While a great deal
has been done there is no doubt that
there will still be large measure
OF relief which the Americans can
give, and 1t will be much more
prompt because of the Presidents &C.
ton. There is no doubt that Congress
Will for once drop its fight on Mr..
Roosevelt and approve his action in
this case, and 1t is expected that II
will vote about $4,000 for use in re-
l;ef work.
The matter for the secret service
will probably be ground for renewing
the fight. however. Pres. Roosevelt,
in his reply. will say that there was
ample grounds for his remarks. and
at the same time declare that they
were not intended to reflect on Con-
gress as whole but only on certain
members. He will cite official re-
cords and other documents to show
that some of these men were really
afraid OF the secret service. and had
reason to be, and he will show in
stances where the administration of
justice, and the punishment of crimi-
nails, have been seriously hampered
by the new law. He will not 60 be-
yond this unless Congress forces him
to do so. There is some hope that
few of the cleaner men in Con-
2ress will make the investigation a
real one, and that before the fight
Is over the government will be so
strengthened that there will be less
trodble in furnishing lawbreakers. Thi
will only happen if few Congress-
men get hard jolt, however. so it
is hardly likely to come about.
The past week has been the most
qriet since last summer. Mrs. Alice
Roosevelt Longworth, the Presidents
daughter, had a narrow escape from
eing run over the other day, but
vas not injured. The President gave
up his usual New Years holiday to
work ON earthquake relief plans, and
there has been considerable commo-
tion here over the situation in China.
Otherwise there has been no activity,
and nothing has been done at all af
fecting the people of this country.
On New Years Day the usual gen.
eral reception was held at the White
House, and the President shook hands
with 6,053 persons.
The Hon. Don C. Edwards Congress.
man from THE Eleventh District Of
Kentucky. who went home shortly be-
fore the holidays. is expected back
here Tuesday.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1909-01-07

4 man IL known by the company
HI sa.nd keeps. To live continually
w,th noble books. with high erected
n ,ushts seated In the mind Of cour.
tey, teaches the soul good mannerA
= thomas Bailey Aldrich.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1909-01-07
THINGS TO THINK OF

If you intend to do a mean thing
wait till tomorrow. II you are to do
a noble thing do it now, now.-Dr.
Guthrie.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1909-01-07

Make it easy to do right for your
self and everybody. Make 1t hard
to do wrong for yourself and every
body.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1909-01-07

He doeth well, who doeth good to
those of his own brotherhood; He
doeth better who doth bless the stran-
ger in his wretchedness; yet best, oh!
best of all doth he who helps fallen
enemy.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1909-01-07

All service ranks the same with
God; there is no last nor first
Browning.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1909-01-07
Two Ways Of Paying Debt.

There ere but two ways Of paying
iebt; increase Of industry In raising
income. Increase of thrift In laying
out.-Carlyle.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-12
lie FleHT AeAINsr cANcER.

There is something heroic in the ac-
ton Of Mr.. Croker, the millionaire who
died recently in New York, and left a
million dollars to pay for a battle
against cancer. His own life was de-
stroyed by the ravages of that terrible
disease. as was that Of his wife, who
preceded him some years. The man
could not save himself, but he made
provision so that, if science can find the
weapon with which to combat the NAL
ady, it will be combatted.
There is the most merciless, the most
savage, the most relentlessly cruel of all
the ills that flesh is heir to. There is
no other infiction so ineseapably and
revoltingly terrible. It possesses a very
demond Of malignity--a seeming sem
sient purpose to search out the most del
icate tissues and destroy them; a def
mite determination to bring the sufferer
to the very verge OF death and hold him
there through endless days and inter
minable nights Of burning, racking,
hopeless, inaIleivable pain.
So often its victims are women. So
often it strikes at the very fountain
head Of life, and creeps along the tender
fbres that are so exquisitely attuned to
all sensation. And there is such a
stealthy advance. such a crafty escape
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-12

from detection and cure. Not the keen
est blade can search out the reaching
tentacles Of its torture. Not the wisest
surgeon can follow the secret pathways
of its perilous progress. No medicine
can arrest its poisoning. No power can
dull its fangs. No sedatiye can lull to
painlessness the quivering membranes
and the solid flesh that has felt the bit
ing OF a cancer.
If IN the goodness Of God there hides
in all the earth a cure for that curse Of
all the curses, let those who have hearts
pray that it may be found. And let the
blessings Of those who have suffered
either in their own person or that of one
they loved-follow the man who has
made the study possible. In the name
Of a Creator Of AIercies. let that mercy
be revealed
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-12
WORKING FOR THE NEW
EMPIRE"

over at Theodore, in the eastern part
of Wasatch county. the Duchesne Rec
ord is working for the section that sur
rounds it. There rs a valuable factor in
the task of Transforming the old Indian
reservation into a region of farms. and
of helping to subdue all the rest Of the
splendid country from the Wasatch
mountains to the Colorado line.
There is the work Of most value for
the country newspaper. 1t is the work
of most Importance for all the people of
the state. There is much good country
in the reaches east of the mountains,
and every Utah man owes it to himself,
to the people who planted the state, to
the thousands who are certainly going
TO have their homes here throughout the
future, to make the nation understand
the advantages Of a residence in Utah.
Spread it before the readers. Gather
and print the facts and the arguments.
Spread the truth before readers in every
state Of the great republic. Convince
thinking and worthy and desirable men
that Utah has the best Of offerings for
newcomers. Bring them west, and help
make homes on the land.
And the people Of this region in which
such papers as the Record are printed
can find no better investment than tc
aid the publishers in making an effec'
tive fight for Utahs share in the growth
and population of the west, Every foo
of every state this side of the Rookie:
is better for the earnest citizen than h.
/ can find in the crowded sections Of thu
east. But of all the land there is nom
more sure Of advance, more profitable
! for the pioneer, than this which we cal
/ the state of Utah.
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of Mount Mckinley. And one is bound
to coneede that he does not look we'll in
that matter.
Then, here is the statement Of a sea
captain who provided DR.. Cook with
calculations that manifestly have been
drawn upon by the doctor in his lee
lures. and have been used by him in
backing his assertion that he reached
the pole.
And, last of all, he hides himself at a
time when he can have had no motive
that a frank and honest man might as
sign, and when the very fact Of his dis
appearance makes for disbelief in the
verify Of his claim.
Add TO that the fact that from the day
he returned to the United States DIT.
Cook has been coming money with his
lectures; that he began it swiftly at the
moment when it promised most returns,
and quit it at the very time when con-
tinuance was dangerous. And you have
the materials Of a probable case Of
measureless deception.
Against it stands nothing but the I'M
supported assertion OF the doctor him
self.
1t is his word against his record; his
word against the probabilities Of the
case; his word against the word of men
as credible as himself. and with far less
motive for their statement than he has
for his.
Let US hope the people at Copenhagen
win not long delay their verdict IN the
matter They are wise men over there.
They know the value of the evidence
submitted. They are not likely to be
| deceived.
1t is a serious thing to claim to have
reached the north pole. 1t is a still
more serious thing to make that claim
when it Is not true. And if there be any
/ thing more impressive, it is the fact that
/ fair and thinking people cannot escape
/ the fear that Doctor Cook has lied.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-12
WHAT PATRlcK Henry SAID.

Patrick Henry, you remember, told
those Virginia burgesses: THE war is
inevitable. And let it come! I repeat it
let It Gomez
They tried to howl him down, but the
war did come, and ne came out Of it in
better shape than the fellows who didn't
want TO hear him.
Now we are assured by the insurgent
press that there is going to be war in
The Sixty-frst congress; that the friends
of LaFollette and Of Cummins and Of
Fowler will make a whole lot Of trouble
with the leaders Of the Republican par
ty in the present session.
All right. Let 'em. Just open the
door, and let them arrive with their
bombs and their hatchets. Let them
have every opportunity in the wcrld to
make good their promises to take over
the conduct Of the nation.
There viii be a very pretty conflict,
short and sweet, and then the insur-
gents will find themselves Just where
old John ". Forney found himself a
good many years ago; where Sumner
and Greeley found themselves after they
had obscured their glorious record with
a record not so fine. They will find
themselves with such men as Teller, and
Conkling. and Pa,mer-men who have
been useful in the Republican party,
and therefore in the nation; and who
have lost their standing because Of an
ambition that nothing less than i'm
perial dominance would have satisfied.
It is by no means a new thing. In
surgents we have with US always. And
when this latest group Of the species
shall have put themselves in the place
where in self respect they can do nothing
but go home ana "cuss' the majority
there win be a general reduction Of the
tariff without them. along the very lines
now contemplated by the leaders of the
party-the men who viii continue to be
leaders. And all the nation win be sat
isfed
on. yes. Let the war begin. The peo-
pie who bring it on are the only ones in
any serious danger.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-12
MOI AL DONE IN A DAY.

Many a time youth Is cautioned TO
moderate its Fastening rush. and re-
minded that Rome was not built in a
day" Some people. criicising the new
tariff law, have forgotten the old-time
adage.
Secretary MacVeagh said in a ROston
speech the other night that the recent
law is but one step in the direction Of
modern and better tariff system. He
pointed out the difficulties that friends
of the country labored under, and also
indicated the benefits assured by the bill
they finally enacted into law. And he
hoped the country would see the wisdom
of helping the friends Of the American
system to move forward for a more per-
feet scheme Of national revenue.
A good many critics have found fault
with the secretary for his speech, as
they had previously found fault with
the authors of the law. But there is
little reason for their position. Here is
a nation Of more than ninety million
people Their interests are varied al
most with the differences Of all the
world. Every interest is represented by
a citizen. No one citizen is entitled to
any more consideration than any other.
But in getting absolute ana exact JUS
tice for all. there win be times when an
apparent injustice is done to some. And
in coming to that destination expressed
in a perfect system, there will be rea-
sons and Instances where hardship will
surely fall.
1t is not the purpose Of the Republi-
can majority in congress to discriminate
against anyone. The purpose Of the
authors Of that law is to move forward
TO an Intelligent and uniform revenue
system for the nation; one that rests on
the broad and approved principle Of
protection, and that makes for the pros
perity Of all the people. One step has
been taken. The general advance may
be retarded, or abandoned entirely, by
the nI-advised action Of insuTgent citi-
zens. But if the nation shall have the
patience to trust the leaders, and doubt
the noisy disturbers within the ranks,
there will be in the end just what Sec
rotary MacVeagh promised-an estab-
lished system that win be Of benefit to
all and hardship to none-and that viii
provide in the most nearly perfect way
for the revenues that are required foI
the conduct Of the greatest government
on earth.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-12
REPLY goa COMPLAINANT.

The reply brief OF the Commercial club
traffic bureau for "fair freight rates in
Utah" is before US. Also-and that is
more to the point-it is before the inter-
state commerce commission. the federal
body which viii decide whether Utah
shall get relief from the great railroad
companies, or the discrimination that
has existed against the people of this
state shall go on uninterrupted.
The argument is the joint product Of
Mr.. c. c. Dey and Mr.. S. H. Babcock,
and we believe it win be regarded as a
very convincing document. 1t is sum
ming-up of the case for the prosecution,
a digest of the reasons believed to war
rant favorable action by the commits
sion; and just enough Of reference to
the briefs Of the defendants to show that
the traffic bureaus counsel has weighed
the opposing argument, and found the
answer.
The whole case of Utah is summed up
in the following:
1. That the rates complained of are
unjust and unreasonable, taking into
consideration the public interests as well
as the interests of the carriers;
2. That the preference in favor of
San Francisco is undue, and the dis
elimination against Utah common
points is unjust between Chicago, Mis-
sissippi river and Missouri river rate
territories and Utah common points in
both directions.
Ia Of r.
gument which seems to sustain that po-
sition:
The preference in favor Of San Fran
cisco, in fact, IS undue, and the dis
elimination against Utah, in fact, is
unjust, because Of eight hundred miles
of intervening distance, and much less
cost of service; and further, because the
/ San Francisco rates are now reason
able. or approximately so; and just and
/ reasonable rates for Utah common
points should be less.
X X X
Separate and independent Of any re-
lation to san Francisco rates, the rates
/ we complain OF are relatively and per sc
/ clearly unjust and unreasonable for the
extent and value of the service per-
/ formed.
That may not look good to counsel for
the railroad companies, but 20 the aver
/ age citizen, it seems a logical and plain
statement Of a fact which even one Of
the people can understand.
A happy phase Of the case is
that the traffic bureaus agents have
at no time contended for any
thing less than profitable carrying
charges for the railroad companies
They have never demanded anything
less than the railroad companies can
give and stiI retain a reasonable profit
And on the broad plane OF fairness and
equity they have asked that Utah have
the benefit Of a reduction which shall
give the people here fair freight rates.
So much depends on the favorable de-
cision Of the commission that we are
very glad TO commend the thorough, in
telHgent and workmaniike manner
which has marked the presenting Of this
case. .Messrs. Dey and Babcock have de.
served success. And even if they shall
fail-which is not likely-they will de-
serve the warmest Of commentator
/ because they have worked fairly, ever
to the interests opposed to them.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-12
FoR pR. COX.

From the beginning The Herald-Re-
publican has held to the belief that
Judgment should be suspended in the
case OF DIT. Cook and Commander
Peary; and that not until the final YER
dict is rendered would it be fair to eX-
press an opinion as to whether either OF
both Of them reached the north pole.
But Dr. Cook makes it increasingly
difficult to maintain that attitude. He
is in such constant fire of criticism, such
overwhelmingly cumulative evidence
against him, and himself gives so many
reasons TO doubt the honesty Of his pO-
sItion, that one cannot but revert in
thought to the manifest iniprobability Of
his story. and fear that he has been
trying-and that in the bassst and most
sordid way-to deceive the world.
Against the statement Of half dozen
reputable men stands nothing but his
own word that he reached the summit
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-12
"woRsE THAN HADEs."

The Cheyenne Tribune says that a
colored man, an evangelist, is billed to
conduct a series of meetings in that
wild and woolly town, and that the bur
den of his song viii be, There is a
worse place than hell" And the Trib-
une is amiable enough to add that the
evangelist comes straight from Salt
Lake.
But the Tribune is mistaken IN its
clever suggestion that Salt Lake is the
other name Of the place which will form
the topic Of the reverend gentleman S
exhortations.
Also, it undertakes the courage and de-
vOtion Of the evangelist. That man is
going where he is most needed. And he
hurries from salt Lake, where all the
sinners have been called to repentance,
and establishes his engines of sins de-
struction in the citadel most greatly in
need Of salvation.
He went from salt Lake to Cheyenne.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-12

Congressman Mann wants a law safe
guarding the water power Of the cOun-
try, and compelling everyone who de-
velops it to give the government free
use of all the power it may happen to
need. That is not a good measure. The
government is able to pay for what it
gets: and a provision of that sort would
be limitation of the capacity Of any
enterprise. Take care of the water
power. That's all right. But give fair
play to the man who transforms an
idle stream into a benefcent agency for
the service Of the people.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-12

Senator Cummins is going to try for
the enactment Of a new interstate COM
merce law. We will tell him whether it
is needed when we have read the de-
cision Of the commission In the matter
of fair freight rates for Utah.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-12

Aren't some Of the school districts to
the south just a trifie inclined to quar-
rel? Is there any object to be attained
which warrants the constant conten-
tons at the lower end Of the county?
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-12

And at the same time, ali good citi-
zens will be glad that the sheriff's office
has been able to capture the tail and
the short burglar, even if the city police
were unable to do it. Now let the good
work of making robbery questionable
go on.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-12

One of the sanest papers in the coun-
try is called the Voter, and it is pub
lished in Chicago. It is laboring for
cleaner and a higher grade of citizen
ship, and is making money. In Chicago.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-12

of course the advertisements are the
best part of the paper today. Read
them, and you will believe what we have
been telling you: There has not in many
years been so good a time to buy goods
and that is true, no matter what you
may happen to buy.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-12
Removal Sale.

Big reductions in wall paper and
framed pictures before moving to our
elegant new store
GEO. ". EBERT & CO.. 81 Main St.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-12

Which is it? DO the slaughterh9use
men and the milk purveyors need re-
formation, or do the health officers need
q press agent?
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-12

The store where most of the ad
answerers go is the busiest
store-always, everywhere, and
particularly in this city.