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PESTILENCE IS
Oh Account of the Vast Hayoc Bodies Will
Lie Unburied for Many yeeks War-
ship's ifcrbic Service
ROME. rc 29. On hundred
, tboutand dl, U Mcitini, on the
'litind of Sicily nd Rtggio and
cor ol towni ol Southern IuJy ar
jovtrwheimtd: cntlr Clbrin region
li U!d to wtttt tbit ! .the earth-
quake'a record 10 iar ai at prcient U
Itnown. ' "; '
Reports , arf coming alowly Into
Rome on account of almoet complete
dettrucUon of lines of communication
to stricken placet. The death rate at
Medina ranget from 11000 to 50,000;
that of Reggie, which with its adja
cent villages numbered 45,000 in
eludes almost the entire papulation.
At Tali, 1000 are reported dead; at
Cauano,' 100J; at Coicnia, 500; and
half the population of Bngnura, about
4000. Monte Leon region is devastat
ed and Riposa, Scminara, San Gio
vanni, Scilln, Laizaro and Cannitcllo
and all other communities and vil
lage on the atraits are in ruins.
King and Queen on Way.
The king and queen of Italy are
now on the way to Messina. The pope
has shown great distress at the ca
lamity and he, himself, was the first
to contribute $200,000 to the relief of
the afflicted. British, French and
Russian warships are steaming to
ward the south and already several of
the ships of Great Britain and Russia
have performed heroic service in the
work of rescue.
It is feared many foreigners are
killed, as a number of hotels In Mes
sina and doubtless all other places
were crowded with tourists. Little is
.known of the fate of diplomatic rep
resentatives of powers stationed at
these posts, although the Italian
government is using every effort to
relieve any anxiety in fault on his
account. , ........
There is the gravest danger that
pestilence wil follow the destruction.
On account of the vast havoc wrought
many bodies will , lie unburied for
' weeks. Those who are uninjured arc
making their way to the nearest
places of refuge. ; ; . . "i ' '
Messina on Fire.
Messina was the center of yester
day's terreatial moclstrom and was
36 MINERS BURIED
IN DEATH fRAi
Horrible Coal Mine Disaster at Lick Branch Vir
ginia Four Taken Out Dead
ROANOKE, Va., Dec. 29.-A coal
mine disaster at Lick Branch occurred
today. Forty to sixty are imprisoned.
Rescue was prevented by fire and
smoke. ,
,! Later.--The message received at 10
..o'clock at, the general offices of tho
Norfolk & Western Railway, says 14
men have been taken out of the mine
.'and that four are dead. It is practi
cally settled that 50 miners were at
work when the explosion occurred
PUBLISHES FULL ASSOCIATED PRES3 REPORT
U. S. CONSUL, REPORTED
in Southern Italy
, f .1 t i
by the Disaster
FEARED TOR
shaken to ruins. Flames burst forth
to complete the clty't destruction and
to burn alive untold numbers hope
lessly pinioned beneath fallen stonet
and broken timbers. The Strait of
Messina was shaken and twisted, ma
riners reporting that the channel Is al
tered beyond recognition. Ports and
villas on both continental and Sicilian
sides were wrecked and inundated and
all lighthouses along the coast swal
lowed up. In Calabrian district of
Regglo was the center of the up
heaval. , The loss of life on both
sides of the strait and in Eastern Si
cily was enormous. One of those who
escaped !rbm Messina" said:
"The ; earth seemed suddenly to
drop and then turn violently upon its
axis. The whole population who were
practically precipiated from the hous
es when they were rent in twain,
were spun around like tops as they
ran through the streets." "
; ; Rescue Work Slow.
The work of rescue at Messina ac
cording to meagre details received
here tonight presented harrowing
scenes. Hundreds of people are buried
under walls and rafters alive but
were terribly injured for 30 hours.
One of the rescuers was found un
der the ruins of a house with five
children alive but was unable to speak,
lying around the corpse of their
mother. In some Instances, heroic
rescuers met death in falling debris.
In one house, 20 persons were sus
pended on the fifth floor and unable
to reach safety because the floors
had been torn away. These were
rescued with a rope by the clothes. 1
Reports received state that 4000
soldiers from various barracks at
Messina were buried under the ruins.
SEATTLE WILL HELP.
SEATTLE, Dec. 29.-The Italian
American Club tonight held a spec
ial meeting to consider plana for re?,
lief of those who suffered in the Ital
ian earthquake. F.ach member con
stituted himself a committee to bring
in as many contributions as possible
at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. i
and that there yet remains 36 in the
death pit The rescue work is very
slow. ., - i ' " i I
The damage to the mine is reportel
great, The cause of the explosion is
not yet determined. ' '
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; STANFORD WINS AGAIN, i
VANCOUVER, B.f C, Ded.-r
Stanford today administered the sec
ond defeat to Vancouver on Rugby
field, winning Keith Cup with ten
points to three.
GIRL AND OSTRICH'.
LONG BEACH, Cal., Dec. 29.
Miss Bertha Proctor, secretary of the
Long Beach Ostrich Farm, is suffer
ing from a mutilated nose, the result
of an encounter with one of the old
birds at the farm. She was viewing
the creatures and one of them at
tempted to take a nail she was hold
ing in her fingers. Being repulsed, it
attacked her, snapped her nose and
held on to It for two or three min
ute. The marks of the Inlurv will re.
main tome time, but the attending
physician does not think they will be
permanent
CAT AND EAGLE SCRAP.
NEW YORK, Dec 29.-A lusty
young eagle, probably from the Cat
skill Mountains made its appearance
in Harlem last evening where it en
gaged In a combat with a cat in the
rear of a butcher shop over some
meat scraps. A boy In the shop hear
ing the cat's cries, rushed out and
caught the bird by throwing his
sweater over its head. Followed by
a cheering crowd of 200 children he
then carried his captive to a nearby
police station. It will be given to
the Central Park Zoo.
COURT DECIDES CASE
OUFtBAR'S FAVOR
JUSTICE EAKIN REVERSES DE
CREE OF JUDGE WILLIAM .
GALLOWAY.
NOT ACCOUNTABLE TO STATE
Suit Brought by State Against F. I.
. Dunbar For Sura of $103,926 he Col
lected at Fees While Secretary of
State. ' ;
SALEM, Or., Dec. 29.-On the
ground that the State has no right or
title to the fees and perquisites exact
ed by the defendant under the sta
tutes referred to in the complaint and
that the defendant is not accountable
to the atate therefor, the Supreme
Court, in an opinion written by Jus
tice Eakin, reversed the decree of
Judge William Galloway, of the Cir
cuit Court, and dismissed the suit of
the State against former Secretary of
State F. I, Dunbar, which was
brought to compel him to reimburse
the State for the amount of fees and
perquisites collected by him during
his two terms of office and converted
to his own use. ' - . - I
The suit was brought by the State
upon relation of District Attorney J.
H. McNary, substituted for J. K.
Scars, and a decree was obtained from
Judge Galloway against Dunbar for
the sum of $103,926, collected as fees
for filing articles of incorporation,
issuing notarial commissions, record
ing trade marks, copying laws and
journals, issuing appointments of
commissioners of deeds, other com
missions, agents' certificates to ' fire
insurance companies, licenses to life
insurance agents, annual licenses to
life insurance companies, requisitions
and warrants of arrest, registering
titles in -insurance matters, issuing
powers of attorney, issuing certifi
cates of authority to insurance cam
panies, and filing statements of mu
tual fire insurance associations. j
The largest items in the list of fees
collected are $35,660 for ' issuing
certificates to fire insurance com
panies, $21,488.16 for issuing annual
licenses to life insurance companies
and $17,186 for issuing notarial com-
ASTCHIA, 03ECCN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER
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MIS IB
HDJIIS
Sensational Testimony
Given by Witness
SMOKED CIGARETTES
Testifies That She Turned Som
emails While Annls
Smacked Her
OFTEN BECAiiE INTOXICATED
Cook in Halna Household Telia How
She Referred to Annla at "Papa"
and "Affinity and Often Stayed
Away AU Night
FLUSHING, Dec. 29. -In Thorn
ton Hains' trial today Samuel C
Reid, building inspector of , United
States training station at North Chi
cago gave sensational testimony .tHeid
said Hains told him that when he re
turned from the Philippines, Mrs.
Hains told him gossip connecting her
name with Annis was ridiculous
Afterward Hains invited Annis to din
ner to show he did not believe the
gossip. Witness said Hains' father
told him there were things that ought
to be investigated and when Hains
again spoke to his wife she replied,
"I do love Billy Annis", Reid said
that Captain and Mrs. Hains then told
him all; that she loved Annis and not
him. ' ' -.
Witness said Hains frequently ex
pressed ai wish to die and quoted from
Kipling's "Vampire" and said he nev
er understood the poem before, but
did now. ,r
Minnie Rhone, a negress cook in
Hains' household, related occurrences
in Hains' home, which she said she
told Hains on his return from the
West. Witness said Mrs. Hains was in
toxicated at the house with Annis and
that the wife of the army captain
turned somersaults and Annis smack
ed her, The cook said she told the
captain that his wife smoked cigaret
tes and . that she went automobiling
with Annis and stayed away all nigh'.
The witness said she told the captain
that Mrs. Hains had told her that she
loved "Billy Annis for five years and
that she did not know what love was
when she was married. The cook
further testified that Mrs. Hains call
ed Annis "papa" and her "affinity"
missions. ' v : "
District Attorney McNary, for this
district, and Attorney L. H. McMa-
hon, of this city, prosecuted the case;
and G. C. Fulton, of Astoria, and G.
G. Bingham, of this city, appeared for
the defendant , i
The foundation of plaintiffs right
of recovery, as disclosed by the comf
plaint, is that these sums" of money
were collected by the Secretary of
State for the use and benefit of the
State, the contention of plaintiff be
ing that the constitution prescribes' a
salary for the Secretary and fixes thai
as his whole compensation, and that
therefore the statute which allows to
him certain fees and perquisites for
work is unconstitutional and voil. The
constitution provides an annual flat
salary of $1500.
COVERS THE M0RNIN0 FIELD ON THE LOWER COLUMBIA
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and on one occasion Captain Hams'
young son called Annif 'papa." Wit
ness said she told all this to Cap
tain Hains. She said she told Cap
tain Hains that Annis made himself
at home in the house and she hid
when someone called at the house.
SHE CAN LIVE, ALRIGHT I
POUGHKEEPSIE. N. Y, Dec. 29.
Seven hundred dollars a month ali
mony is allowed Mrs. Mary Bogardus
Tower, a former telephone girl in a
final decree of separation from her
husband, A. - Edward Tower, the
wealthy ironmaster of this city.
BOB AGAIN ON WARPATH.
SYDNEY, Dec. 29. Bob Fitzim-
mons, former heavyweight champion',
and Jack (Twin) Sulivan, today chal
lenged Jack Johnson for a fight for
the heavyweight title.
RED CROSS TO AID. .
NEW YORK, Dec. 29. -American
Red Cross of which President-elect
Taft is the head, has offered its serv
ices in co-operating with the Italian
Red Cross. The New York State
branch today issued a call for aid.,
PORTLAND ITIi
MiEF FUNDS
FOR THE EARTHQUAKE SUF
FERERS IN ITALY -MANY
ALREADY CONTRIBUTE
ITALIANS BEHIND THE MOVE
One Thousand Dollars Already de
ceived Contributions May be Sent
- to David M. Dunne, U. S. Collector
of Internal Revenue at Portland.
PORTLAND, Dec. 29. -Members
of the local colony of Italians today
selected a committee to scure sub
scriptions for the earthquake sufferers
and active solicitation of funds will
begin tomorrow. Unsolicited contri
butions have been already pledged,
amounting upwards to $1000 (Oregon
points only). The committee an
nounce that any that desire to con
tribute to the fund should remit to
David M. Dunne,, United States Col
lector, of Internal Revenue at Port
land, who is acting as treasurer.
MUCH MONEY, NO BREAD.
Pitiful Story of a Homesick1 China
man Homeward Bound.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 29.-With a
great roll of money ' in his pockets
with which he intended to return to
China, an unhii,i t.hine i'd of
starvation on, a Southern Pacific train
yesterday shortly before the Arcade
depot was reached. The. man has not
been identified as yet, but railroad
employes stated that he had worked
a small vegetable ranch near Colton
for several years. He had nearly
$15,000 In money and was on his way
to China. He had denied himself suf
ficient food lo keep himself alive in
order to have as large a sum as pos
sible when he got back to his native
country.
HISTORIANS MEET.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. -The
American Historical Association held
its final session in this city today.
The principal seaks were Joseph A.
Hill, William Nelson and J. F. Rodes.
AMONG
American With His Wife May
Have Succumbed With Mes
sina Victims
LUPTON SENDS MESSAGE
Official Dispatch From Vice Consul at Mes
sina is Received at State Department
Fears For Other Americans
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.-Arthnr
S. Cheney, American Consul at Mes
sina and wife are among the reported
killed by the earthquake. . , ,
The following dispatch, sent by
Stuart Lnpton, American vice-consul
at Messina, came via Malta, via wire
less by,Consu H. W. Gale and trans
mitted by him to thr estate Depart
ment: .
Thc Messina consulate is destroy
ed and the consul and his wife are
supposed to be dead. Signed,
"LUPTON."
Cheney was appointed from Con
necticut, August 15, 1907. Lupton
was only recently appointed and just
arrived at his post.
NEW YORK Dec. 29.-News f
the earthquake with its appalling loss
of life was received in several Italian
colonies in this city with evidences of
the keenest distress. Of the half mil
lion of 'Italians there were fully 200,
000 that came from the stricken dis
tricts while thousands uport thousands
have families, relatives and friends in
Calabria and Sicily.
Though the regular Mediterranean
tourist season has not yet started,
there doubtless weer hundreds of
Americans in Calabria and Sicily and
there . are grave fears for their
safety..
KILLS ONE, INJURES OTHERS
Armed Posse Has Jose Nicolos
Surrounded.
SEATTLE, Dec 29. Special to
Post Intelligencer from Port Blake
ley says- that after quarreling with
Jose Santos, a fellow workman, Jose
Nicolos, an Italian, tonight killed
Santos' four-year-old son, fatally
wounded the baby girl and shot Geo.
B. Brown, a workman through the
back. The attack on Brown occur;
red first, in Port Blakeley Mill, where
Nocolos was ' apparently ; Waiting for
Santos. Nicolos asked Brown the
Am RUEF GETS
FOUICTEEN YEARS
Is Sentenced to the , Maximum Penalty Defer,: 3'
Attempt for New Trial All in Vain
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 29-Fout-teen
years in the penitentiary was the
maximum' sentence meted out today
to Abe Ruef, "who for four years di
rected the political destinies of San
Francisco as adviser of the adminis
tration of former Mayor Schmitz.
Judgment was pronounced at the
close of the day after which a legal
battle wherein the defense sought to
introduce many reasons for a new
trial. When Judge Lawlor denied this
and other motions involvng delay,
Dp A M)
time of day and after Brown replied
and walked past him, accompanied by
Mrs. Brwon, the Italian fired without
warning. Nicholas , then rushed to
Santos' house, jumped in through aa
open window, shot out .the lights and
began .firing indiscriminately, appar
ently under the impression that San
tos was, at home. Santos followed
hom behind Nicolos and ran for help.
The man was later located at Pleas
ant Beach, where an armed posse has
him surrounded. -
CAUSE IS INVESTIGATED.
Misunderstanding: oi Orders Respon
sible For Train Wreck,
GREAT FALLS, Dec. 29-At coro
ner's inquest into the cause of the
Mid Canyon wreck yesterday, it de
veloped three seats of orders for one
ore train had been issued. One or
dered jt run an hour late, another an
hour and twenty minutes and the
third an hour and a half late. Con
ductor Somerville" testified he over
looked the last two orders and this
caused the wreck. Engineer Murray
said he forgot the last order and was
running on the second order.
O.RSN. ROBBERS SENTENCED
Jack Hays Gets 12 Years Burke Let
Off With Four Years.
PORTLAND, Dec. 29.-Jack Hays,
alias Walton and William Burke to
day pleaded guilty to the charge of
holding np the O. R. & N. passenger
train December 17 and was sentenced
by Judge Gantenbein. , Hayes, as the
ring leader, was sentenced to 12 years
in the penitentiary. Burke, whose
confession implicated ! Hayes, was
sentenced to serve four years. The
third man "concerned, in the hold-up,
known as "The Swede" is still at
large, but it is believed he will soon
be apprehended.. .
defendant at the court's command,
arose and stood unmoved throughout
the recital of judgment. There was
no demonstration on the part of the
spectators during the proceedings in
the court room, not later when Ruef
having entered the prison van ia cus
tody of a deputy, started at dusk on
his long ride to jail. The crime for
which Ruef was convicted was bribing
of former Supervisor Furey to fs'vor
the award of an overhead trolley fran
chise to the United Railroads.