The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-05
CBy the Associated Press.)

Rome, Jan. 2.-The great danger
which the King and Queen of Italy
are facing in their noble efforts among
the stricken people of Sicily and the
South was brought home to the pco-
pie today When word reached here
thai Queen Helena had ben injured.
Fortunately her INJURIES proved to be
not severe, but it is realized that any
moment another calamity might hap
pen involving the serious injury or
NC the death OF their majesties.
Not one among the rescuers. has
shown more ~clf-sacritice than King
Victor Emmanuel and the Queen. too,
has taxed her health and strength to
the utmost in giving relief and assist
ancc to the injured.
Anxiety for the soVereigns is in
creasing in Rome.
Apart from the great strain which
their majesties unquestionably are
undergoing, there is danger from the
earthquake shocks, which do. not seem
to have ceased: from walls that have
not vet been leVeled; from great pit
falls in the broken streets, and from
disease.
The injuries suffered by the Queen
resulted from a panic among the pa
TENTS in one of the imprOViscd hos
DtIdlSt 1T MtSSIEid, wv ICIl. liz litiIlDIlIS
Of the earth and The rumbling noise
indicated another movement of the
earth. The Queen was caught in the
rush Of patients who, panic-stricken.
were seeking safety in.the open. The
panic WAS soon Quelied, however, and
the Queens injuries, which proved t"
be little more thar Commissions, were
attended to.
DISPATCHES received from all tn
Lipari stands state that the earth
quake shocks were very heavy there,
and that Il panic ensued. The con
Nicts, of whom Il large number are
imprisoned there, attempted a rising.
but were suppressed. The StrOmboli
volcano showed great activity. The
damage, however, vas not serious, and
no one was killed. but the people are
camping in the open air fearing that
further shocks nay come and over
throw their homes.
The Duke of Genoa will leave Naples
tomorrow morning for Mcssina.
He said today that he wished to con
tribute alI~in his power to the work
of rescue going on in Sicily, ana
would put himself at the disposal of
the government. The Duke will
either take command of the Italian
fleet o in those waters or work as
u private. individual, not having other
ambition than to join with the sailors.
among whom he has spent his life, in
helping his brothers in the South.
NuuZio Nasi, the former Minister Of
Justice, who was involved in the late
scandal connected with public funds,
has joined the rescuing party at Mes
sina. He was accompanied by six
doctors, several nurses and a number
of students and citizens of Trapani.
Even the presence of Nasi, who is the
idol of SilicianS, did not serve to in
fuse fresh life in the depressed popu-
iation.
1t is stated that the Pope has de-
cided to send an appeal to the Catholic
bishops throughout the world, for the
purpose of obtaining subscriptions to
the earthquake fund. He will place
particular dependence on the genera
Sfty of Americans, English and Irish.
- LEAD HEART-RENDING Stoco
Premier Giolitti in an interview to-
night said Parliament would be con
yoked as soon as the King, who is eX-
pected to return here tomorrow, ami
sign the decree. First of all, he said,
tho financial question would be con
Sldefed. 1t was proposed to take So
100000 of the budget surplus, which
would be devoted to purposes connect
ID with the catastrophe in the south.
government would appoint Il com
mlttee Of experts to draw uD d scheme
looking to the reconstruction of cities,
based on lessons learned in the past.
This would be codi6ed into q law with
other matters such as loans to the
sufferers.
The Premier said the country had
faced three calamitfcs, the earth
quake, the robbers OF corpSeS and the
robbers of the bourSc. He might add
the Journalists who sat ut him and
freely criticized every one and every
thing AND ii certain class Of ~financiers
who had attempted to raid the Bank
Of Italy stock. He pointed out that
this had been done by the circulation
Of false dispatches to the effect that
the bank had lost $40, 0 at
Nessina and Reggie, in the hope that