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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 30, 1908)
TTS-vr- jWk-Jpmi grr:aj-ag!:j u n.n n.mn,. j,. ?$ TALK ABOUT TALKING. KEEP UP TO DATE BY HEADING THE COOS HAY TIMES. THE DAY'S NFWS TOLD ACCURATELY AND CONCISELY. YOU CAN TALK TO THOU SANDS OF PEOPLE EVERY PAY nY PUTTING YOUR "WANT AI)fc" IN TUB TIMES. JfEJIBKR OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. Vol. III. THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1908. No. 145. ATH IN ITALY f 4, vv9 QUAKE DE MAY REACH 150,000 QUAKE, TIDAL WAVE AWFUL TOLL j. , Property Loss In Sicily Will Run Into Hundreds of Millions. SITUATION WORSE THAN REPORTED Survivors Suffer From Later Shocks, Hunger, Cold and Injuries. TERRIFIC LOSS. (By Associated Press.) ROME, Dec. 30. From the latest estimates today, it is fear ed the total number of victims in Sicily and Calabria will reach more than one hundred thou- sand while the damage to prop- erty will exceed several hundred millions. WIPES OUT CITY. (By Associated Press.) CATANZARO, Calnbrin, Dec. 30. A report received here says the town of Baggnr on the const north of Reggio, was coin-.4 pletely wiped out. Are finishing the work of destruction. The report Says, "All of the inhabit- nuts are dead." The popula- tion was ten thousand. ' FEAR FOR ISLANDS. (By Associated Press.) ROME, Dec. 30. Cable com- munlcation with tho Aelonian Islands, 25 miles -north of Sici ly, is interrupted. It is feared the islands have also been dev astated. ARE LIKE rOMPEIL (By Associated Press.) CATANZARO, Dec. 30. Such fragmentary news as has been received from Regglo con firms the reports that the city Is practically obliterated. The message from there concluded, "Messina and Regglo look like Pompeii." o OFFICIAL ESTIMATE 115,000. (By Associated Press.) ROME, Dec. 30. The Min ister of Marine estimates the victims of tho earthquake and tidal wave in Calabria and Sici ly at 115,000. ' (By Associated PcssJ ROME, Dec. 30. Half the popula tion of Calabrtyi and Eastern part of Sicily are dead and the other half weeping. As the great extent of the disaster becomes apparent it seems Impossible to exaggerate the horrors which have followed them. The calamity which has overwhelmed Italy almost beyond the grasp of imagination, not only because of the number of dead but because of the .innumerable wounded who are buri ed in tho ruins, many of whom will perish. It is Impossible to rescue thein from the wrecks of their for mer liomes, Tho total number of victims Is varolusly estimated from J50.000 to 150,000. The king and queen arrived in Messina today. As they made their way' into the ruined town, tho scone of horror was too much for tho queen who almost swooned. Crowds of terror-stricken people surrounded tho royal couple throwing themselves in the mud. screaming for aid and pity. As far as the facts concerning Messlua have become available, they o-irnbornt In everv detail the worst foara heretofore expressed and at Regglo, the Bilence of death etlll relgn3. Tho horrors of the situation and FIRE PEOPLE PRAY Second Shock at Palermo Throws People Into Panic Shocks Elsewhere. PALERMO, Dec. 30. A slight un dulatory shock at 7:30 last evening created a terrible panic. The pop ulation was wrought up from the ef fects of the recent shake and crowd ed into the churches, carried out the images of saints and the sacred ar ticles and marched in procession up the streets implorlnE for a cessation of the earthquake scourge. SYRACUSE IS SHAKEN. Later Shocks Cause Consternation There. fBy Associated Prpss.) SYRACUSE, Sicily, Dec. 30. VIo- , lent earth shocks were experienced i here at 5:30 this morning. The peo j pie of Syracuse, terrified and fearful, ruslied from the streets into the 'sur . rounding open country. Two violent J earthquake shocks were felt on the Island of Utlca last night. (Bv Associated Press.) MESSINA AGAIN SHAKEN. Terror of Survivors Augmented By Later Shocks. (By Associated Pross.) CATANIA, Dec. 30. Further shocks occurred at Messina last night which added to the panic -among the survivors. AHD BE L United States' Representative At Messina Killed In the Disaster There. (By ssociated Press.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. A dis patch from the state department from Consul Gale confirms tho re port of the death of Consul Cheney and wife at Messina. The bodies have not been recovered. and the completeness of the destruc tion hourly become more apparent. The coast, line has been greatly altered by the earthquake. The beautiful homes along the shore are masses of ruins. A national committee has been formed to collect funds for the vic tims. The list was opened by a con tribution of ?400,000 from the king. j The premier has received a tele gram from SIgnor Feline, deputy at Messina, summing up tho situation as follows: "Messina Is completely destroyed being razed to the ground. The vic tims may be numbered by the tens of thousands, The conflagration, which Is still raging, Is completing the destruction of tho city. Firemen and soldiers must be sent imme- ! dlately or the' disaster will exceed the wildest Imagination. Tho vol qano Stromboll Is active and ' tho seas around itbe island are very agi tated and dangorous to navigation." i The pope has telegraphed tho arch bishop at Palermo large sums of money and instructed blm to proceed to Messina Immediately to help tho survivors. I FIFTY KILLED IN Explosion In Lick . Branch Shaft Near Ennis, W. Va., Imprisons I arge Number. (By Associated Press.) ENNIS, W. Va., Dec. 30. The fa talities in the Lick Branch mine, as OF SURV Horrors of Situation In Messina Following Disaster Cannot Be Depicted. (By Associated Press.) CATANIA, Dec. 30. A Messina refugee says, only a small proportion of the population escaped. Thou sands of imprisoned and pinioned human beings, unable to extricate themselves, were burned alive whilo others are dying from their injuries and many are starving. Messina's crying need Is for doctors, nurses, food and firemen. The first work of rescue was per formed by volunteers from tho ships in the harbor and groitps of heroic survivors who, at a great personal risk, extracted many persons froni precarious situations. Not the least of the suffering was caused by a downpour of cold rain. RULERS DO RESCUE WORK. Italy's King and Queen Labor Jn Messina. (By Associated Press.) CATANIA, Dec. 30. King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helena arriv ed In Messina today and Immediately joined a rescue party and labored as unremittingly as tho others. The king personally extricated several in jured from the ruins. The queen levoted her attention principally to tho little children. She rescued her self a three-year-old boy who was bleeding from many cuts and bruises. An overpowering stench Is begin ning to arise from the ruins of Mes sina. Ten thousand soldiers will be re quired to bury the dead there. BISHOP MAY RE LOST. Episcopal Divine From Louisiana Was In Mess-inn. (By Associated Press.) NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 30. The Right Rev. David Sessums, protes tant episcopal bishop of Louisiana, Is believed to have been in' Mes3lna at the time of the earthquake. No thing has been heard from him. CITY HEAP OF RUINS. Nothing Rut Debris Remains of Reggio. (By Associated-Press.) PARIS, Dec. 30. A dispatch from Rome says a torpedo boat sent to aid the sufferers of Reggio has returned, reporting that nothing remains of tho city but a heap of tangled ruins. MORGAN'S RIG GIFT. New York Financier Sends $10,000 to Sufferers. (By Associated Presss. NEW YORK, Dec. 30. J. Pler- pont Morgan today sent $10,000 for the relief of the earthquake sufferers. DOG RETRIEVES POCKETROOK WINSTED, Conn., Dec, 30. Mrs. Henry Hutchinson, of Barton Hill, East Hampton, lost her pocketbook whilo driving home from the village. She did not discover hor loss until sho was In tho house. She started out with a lantern and her spaniel Trip, telling tho dog to find tho poc ketbook. The dog found It and was so delighted that ho ran all tho way homo with it before he would give it to bis mistress. AWFUL IVORS VIRGINIA I a result of the explosion late yester day afternoon, will probably reach fifty. A number of bodies were taken out today. According to a mine fore man, thirty-eight men are still In the mine with little chance of recovery. The cause of tho explosion Is un known. Well-Known Lawyer Selected By Mayor Straw to Head Legal Department. J. W. Snover last evening was appointed city attorney to succeed E. L. C. Farrln whoso resignation be comes effective December 31. The appointment by Mayor Straw was Immediately ratified by the council. Mr. Snover was not consulted about It but it Is believed that he will accept. Mr. Farrln refused to continue to serve. He said that It was utterly impossible for him to do so. Coun cilman Lockhart said that while he regretted that the city should lose the services of Mr, Farrln, ho did not blame the latter for resigning as the position did not pay anywhere near what the work was worth. Mayor Straw said that in accepting Mr. Farrln's resignation, he thought It would be only fitting for the city :ouncll to express Its appreciation of tho valuable services ho has rendered tho city. Ho named Councllmen Lockhart, Savage and Sacchl and Re corder Upton as a committee to draft tho resolutions. Councilman Sacchl thought that Councilman Lockhart as a committee of one would be suf ficient to do the work. Councilman Lockhart wanted to know If Mr. Sacchl didn't want to servo on the committee because ho (Sacchl) didn't want to Indorse Mr. Farrln's ac tions. After more or less discus sion, Mayor Straw said that he wlsh jd the entire committee to serve and the matter was dropped. Later Councilman Lockhart moved that a vote of thanks be tendered the retiring councllmen, Messrs, Flana gan and Nasburg, for their services but Councilman Sacchl said that the more Important business ought to bo ansacted flrBt. The matter was then dropped but later Mr. Lockhart re newed the motion nnd It was car ried. Routine Business. The petition to havo tho Balnes street sewer laid on one side of tho I street and save tho stono roadway was laid on the table. An over-assessment for tho North Front Btreet work was ordered can celled. The assessments for tho construc tion of the Graham and Washing ton street sidewalks were ordered collected. Tho liens or assessments for Im proving Sixth street beyond 'II' were ordered cancelled, tho Improvement having been dropped. An investigation of alleged mis takes by the viewers in fixing the as sessments for tho Balnes streets sow er was ordered. Tho Flanagan street improvement was accepted and Masters and Mc Lain released from further liability. The samo contractor's work on Cali fornia street was ordered accepted.' New sidowalks and street crossings were ordered for Balnes street where tho improvements are not already In. A rebate of tho over assessments on Flanagan was ordered. Robert Marsden's request for a permit to erect tho warohouso on tho waterfront (the building has al ready been orectod nnd caused much , friction), was roforred to tho water-1 front committoo. I Lindebeqk and Holm were ordered paid $2-10 on their 8 venth street and Iroepcct avenue contracts, J.W. SNQVER IS Cm ATTORNEY IS. WALTER KEAT1 m ill IK SACRAiENTO Destruction of Southern Pacific Property Thought to Have Been of Incendiary Origin (By Associated PreSJ.) SACRAMENTO, Cal., Dec. 30. The Pioneer Flour mill was burned to the ground today. It was owned by the Southern Pacific Company. It Is believed to have been Incendiary. Several previous attempts to burn it were made. The building was used by wholesalers for storage purposes. INDIAN AVAR OVER. Yuquis and Mexican Government Sign Treaty. (By Associated Press.) NOGALES, Dec. 30. The long war with the Yaqul Indians in Mexi co in which scores were killed at different times, Including many 'Americans, has been terminated by a treaty of peace agreed upon by tho representatives of Yaquis and tho government of the stato of Sonora, Mexico. ACCEPTS THE POSITION. Beckinnn Winthrop First Assistant Secietnry" of State. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. Beck man Winthrop of Massachusetts, as sistant secretary of tho Treasury, to day accopted the office of first assistant- secretary of state. C. B. Bell Shoots C. Drury For Stealing Wife But Cuts Out Modern Defense. (By Associated PreBB.) DENVER, Dec. 30. C. Burnetto Boll, who shot C. Dury, of Cincinnati, to death Monday afternoon because ho enticed his wife from him, will permit no modern plea In his de fense of tho killing. "Brain storms, emotional Insanity or anything elso like that will bo avoided and Bell will trust his case to tho Jury on tho facts," said his attorney today, CHINA WANTS ITS SONS TO RETURN TO THEIR HOME WINNIPEG, Dec, 30. "In ten years thero will not bo a Chinaman left in the United States- or Canada," Is tho Btatomont of Lau Kiv, imperial Investigator, appointed by tho Chl neso government to inquire into min ing, agriculture and commercial mat ters on this continent, with a vlow to tho organization of an ora of devel opment in China. With him are Law a Yah, Yip Yon and Oa Wan Yow, representing a 5,000,000 Chinese syndicate. Thoy are Booking in the United States and Canada Chlnamon well verged In various linos of trade and commorco and will offer on behalf ' of tho syndicate and the government such Inducements for Chlnamon to roturn to China and work for the dovolopmont of the country that every ono who Is approached on the subject is expected to respond to the call. DENVER MAN ' SLAYS RIVAL NG BURNED I T m Well-Known Coos Bay Woman Meets Tragic Fate In Marshfield This Morning. NO ONE WITNESSED AWFUL ACCIDENT Thought to Have Resulted From Filling Ignited Kero- sene Lamp. Mrs. Walter Keating, aged sixty flvo and a resident of Coos Bay for more than thirty years, wa& burned to death In her homo across tho street from the Marshfield hospital about 8:30 o'clock this morning. Sho was alone In her homo at tho time and tho details of tho accident will never ho known. So far as can bo ascertained, her clothing caught fire while she was pouring oil into a kerosene lamp. She was uncons cious when found nnd died a moment later without uttering a word. The tragedy this morning marks the third of a series of tragic deaths In the family, tho husband and fath er, Walter Keatlng,v having been drowned when tho tug Fearless was. lost off tho Umpqua bar about twenty-one years ago, and the oldest son, Jesse Keating, having been accident ally killed In an accident In tho old Dean mill a year ago laBt April. No Witnesses of Tragedy; There were no witnesses to this 'morning's tragedy. Louis Keating, a son, who resided with his mother arose about C:30 o'clock, got hla breakfast and went to tho Alllnnco ofilco to begin his work. About 8:3ft I o'clock, Mrs. T. Lawhorn who lives" I next door, saw a woman with clothes Inflame, dash past tho window into a woodshed and outhouso In tho rear" of tho Keating homo. Sho started out and fainted. Her little daughter ran over to Archie Kruso who lives in tho second house south of tlin! (Keating homo and across tho street , to A. J. Savago's home and called for help. j When Miss Nettle Savage and Ar jchlo Kruso reached tho scone, IMrs. Lawhorn was Just recovering. I Dashing to tho outbuilding, thoy found Mrs. Keating lying uncon scious and her clothes still burning. A bucket of, water extinguished tho flames, nearly all of the c'othos hav ing beon burned from her body A physician was hurriedly called but before ho reached tho homo, Mrs. Keating expired, I Heard of Cries. Only a few feet separate tho Keat ing and Lawhorn homes and tho strango part of tho tragedy Is that no ono heard any outcry, Evidently Mrs. Keating was so overcome by fright that sho could mako no out cry. According to the statement of Louis Keating to Coroner Lewis, Mrs. Keating was In tho hnblt of filling the kerosono lamps which aro used In tho homo without extinguishing tho lamp, Sho would either uncrow tho burner nnd turn It to ono sldo or leave the burner on and pour tho oil through tho aperture left for fill ing. Lamp Placed Back, Tho small shed at tho rear of tho kitchen Indicated that Mrs, Keating hod beon filling tho lamp. A lamp that had boon empty, according to Louis Kentlug'a monirry, was back on the sholf hnlf fllloil. Whether sho hod boon fllUni; It and caused hor clothe to pae fire nr-rt extfn euluhed tlip '"") mid u'aoed It hack on tho b" ' f i exfM-iihlnu tho fi.. in vpr clothing oanuot bo de termined pnr r,t y, T ahlrts that bad burned Cctlnuod on page 4 ) m ;i Vs.