Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-01-05
BOTH HOUSES PASS REsoLu-
TloNs APPRoPRiATINe LARGE
sum FOR RELIEF OF EARTH.
QUAKE SUFFERERS.
BAILEY CAST THE
ONLY NAY VOTn
SUM APPROPRIATED is TO suP-
ELEMENT SENDING TWO suR,
PLY SHIPS WITH $780, 900 WORTH
OF SUPPLIES.

. Washington, Jan. 4,--PreSsneun
NuoeeVeit IN a message to congress-
touas asked for the t-.rect appropria.
eion OF half million dollars for ths
reliet OF the stricken people in the
eartlquake zone of italy. This Ia the
most generous fund ever contributed
Tor the American people for the suo-i
cor OF sufferers In other lands and ~
TO supplement the dispatch of the sun,
ply ships Celtic and Culsoa for Mes.
sina with their big cargoes Of necea.
stiles originally intended FOR fhs
American fleet and diverted to the in,g
medite use of the Italian victims.
The Presidents Message.
The text Of the presidents message
follows:
ITO the Senate and House OF Repre,
sentatives: M
THE appalling calamity which Y
befallen the people of Italy ia follow :
by distress and suffering throughd
a wide region among many thousan,
who have escaped with life but who,
/ shelter and food and means oil livinA
are destroyed. The ordinary ma.
chinery for supplying the wants OF
1 Sho SiNiii1Nu lS DAIHlyX6u
and an exceptional emergency exists
which demands that the obligations OF
humanity shall regard no limit OF ma
tional lines.
ItaIy's Friendship Noted.
THE immense debt of civilization to
Italy; the warm steacfast friendship
between that country and our own !.
the affection for their native land felt
by great numbers of good American
citizens who are Immigrants from
Italy; abundance with which God has
| blessed us in our safety; all these
should prompt us to immediate and ef-
! fective relief.
Wants Boat Orders Approved.
Private necessity is responding
nobly to the demand by contributions
through the safe and efficient channelX
of the American Red Cross society.
"Sonfident of your approval / 1apa
ordered the government supplies shipz
/ Celtic and Culgoa to the scene OF the
! disaster where upon receiving the
authority which 1 now ask from YOU
they will be able to dispense food.l
clothing and other supplies which they
are laden to the value of about 5000.
600 The Celtic has already sailed and
the Culgoa Is at Port Said. Eight
vessels OF the returning battleship
: fleet are already under orders for
Italian waters and that government
has been asked il their services CAM
be made useful.
j Asks Sun, of $5oo, 900.
Il recommend that congress appso
pirate the supplies above Indicated
and further appropriations Of the sum
of half million dollars to be ap-
piled TO the work of relief at discre.s
ton OF the executive and with the
consent of the Italian government.
I suggest that the law follow the
form that was passed after the Mount
Pelee disaster in 1902
(Signed), Theodore Roosevelt. 1
Resolutions in Both Houses.
Resolutions were introduced today
in the senate and house providing for
the appropriation of half million dol.
7 lars and III the house 1or $500, 900 for
Italian relief The resolutions provid-
.. ed that the money shall be used for
IPOSlSlOub, ClolulIlS, lucuiCiHcS du1
other necessary articles and the presi-
dent is authorized TO employ any yes
sells Of the United States navy or to
charter and employ other suitable
steamships or vessels to carry out the
purposes Of this government.
Only One Dissenting Vote.
The house passed the resolution
without reference to committee amid
great applause and also adopted res
olution expressing the profound sor-
/. row of the house for the calamity and
requesting the president to communi-
cate the same to the people of Italy
In the senate the resolution was re-
r ferred to the committee On appropria-
. tions, where the amount was increased
:, Ito $S00000 The resolution was Inn
e medsately reported to the senate and
4 IT. was agreed to with only one vote in
r the negative, which was cast by Sena.
f tor Bailey of Texas. 1t was at the
0 suggestion of the president that the
lamount was increased by 100000.