Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-01-02
'GHOULS At WORK
AMID RUINS
Efforts Now Being
Made to Restore
Order
CASUALTIES STILL GROWING
Soldiers Have Been Landed
Along the Stricken
Coast

Along the Strlcken
Coast
The part of Italy visited by the
earthquake is now the scene of most
appalling depredations and crime.
Gnouis are at work looting the dead
| and Waylaying the living. Robbery and
murder have become common and
fthieVes, thugs and murderers are op-
enly defying the few remaining police.
J All efforts 50 far to maintain discipline
have proved fruitless. However, five
! thousand soldiers have been landed
I on the coasts of Sicily and Calabria
and every possible effort will be made
to restore order and quiet. Since the
first shock, many minor disturbances
i have been felt, but the volcanoes
Aetna and Stromboli are now quiet.
The number of casualties is no longer
the main concern, though the list
! grows hourly, and by some has been
already placed at nearly 100000. All
efforts are now being concentrated in
| sending relief ships to carry survivors
I from the dangerous zone and to sup
ply food and drink to those still in
danger. Supplies are being shipped
from all parts of the world as rap
/ idly as possible. Many narrowing
and pitiful tales are current regard
ing the awful scenes of devastation.
havoc and ruin, all made still more
fearful by the atrocious actions of in
human brutes who are reveling amid
an orgie of death and carnage
Troops on Hand.
Messina, Jan. 2.-The town is thor
oughly occupied by troops. Each quar-
ter has body of them divided so no
point in town is without protection.
/ A Gordon of soldiers also surrounds
the entire town which is almost de-
serted. Only soldiers and sailors are
to be sen there. Suffering persons
are still buried in the ruins of fallen
! buildings here who are dying from
hunger too awful to contemplate.
Dead bodies have ben found which
bear mute testimony of the tortues
they endured before death relieved
their sufferings. Several of these per-
! sons died gnawing at arms and hands
evidently delirious from pain and hun
ger. Other bodies brought from the
ruins with portions of shaws and clo-
thing in their mouths and one woman
had her teeth firmly fixed on the leg
of a dead baby Archbishop Messino
has ben found still living in the ruins
of his palace.
American Gunboat Will Arrive.
i Rome, Jan. 2.-The American gun
boat, Scorpion, will arrive at Messina
Monday, when the commander will
place his vessel at the disposal of the
American Embassy officials and con-
sular authorities for assistance of
Americans and the protection of in
terests in Sicily. The Scorpion. like
other foreign vessels, will also trans
port refugees from affected districts,
carrying messages and will cooper
ate in all possible ways with the au-
thorities in all affected districts.
Dismissed.
Pekin, Jan 2.--An edict issued
today, dismisses from Office Yaan
Chi Yaad, grand councillor and COM
mander in chief of the forces. The
reason given for this action is the
amputation of his leg.
King on Scene.
Rome, Jan. 2.-Returning from Wis
it to the Cambrian coast north OF Reg
gio, King Victor Emmanuel sent the
following telegram to Premier Gioletti:
i visited Cantitello. eight miles
north of Reggie which is literally razed
to the ground. Villa San Giovanni is
also destroyed AS at Messna rescue
work is well organized. Fires at Mes
ina have now been reduced to small
proportion Three other British and
three French warships have arrived at
Messina."
In compliance with the order of the
King. that the royal palaces at Ca
serta and Naples be placed at the dis
pOsal Of the wounded, one hundred
injured persons from Messina are al
ready occupying a portion of San Ber-
nardino Palace, the royal house pro-.
viding everything. Duchess Aosta
has transferred into a hospital a large
hall in her palace at Capo Dimote.
Reggie has not been heard from since
overwhelmed BY the tidal wave fol
lowing the earthquake. Almost all
the people of Reggie and Messina, it
Is said, are making up their minds to
abandon the beloved cities. Nobody
in Italy envics King Emmanuel his
errand of mercy more than does Pope
Plus, who always felt his place was
with the stricken earthquake sufferers.
Having been prevented from going
there, his holiness tried to keep in
touch with nrevai1inp+ c0ndifiOns as