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VOL. VII. NO. 257.
. PORTLAND, -OREGON - TUESDAY, EVENING, DECEMBER - 29, 1908. FOURTEEN. PAGES.)
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CITY
TIDAL VAVE
"Volcano of Etna
HUNDREDS
Smoke and Italian Government Fears
That Eruption. Will Follow-Rescue
Parties Hurry to Scene.
' (United Press'
Catania, Sicily, Dec. 29.
ticed at Mount Etna, and an
tonations, indicating an unusual disturbance, can be heard
plainly a few miles from the volcano, and are noticeable
in this tity. V v; ; .y ; -:--:'" ;
" (United Press' Leased Wire.1
Naples, Dec. 29. Estimates
number of persons Killed in the earthauake devastated regions ,ot
Sicily and southern Italy at 50,000. There is rio means of obtain
ing accurate figures, as there aire many outlying districts to be
heard from which are' cut off from communication.; At Messina it
is said .that about 12,000 persons lost their ..lives,' and rrtariy more
were injured. The loss apparently, falls heaviest on this district,
which extends along the coast to Catahta, where the logs' of life
' mar reach '2000; ...tt-,
Great Tidal Wave. '
The tidal wave at Messina ' overwhelmed many injured per
sons who were pinned down by Wreckage: Steep -hills are back
of the town,- and before the- inhabitants could reach these the
water rushed in in a mighty wave 30 feet! high ,and swept all the
lower streets of the town. - : -Y ' ' ' ' ' "..'
Telegraph communication has been restored tonight as far
south as Palmi, and each new. stretch of wire that is put in opera
tion brings the story of new horrors, v .
Deposits of Slime. . i
When the sea rose in a tremendous wave, and swept in upon
the town, inundating it, it left a deposit of over two feet of mud
and slime. As soon as the water subsided, the fire broke .out, and
spread rapidly until the flames swept over the ruins in a solid mass.
Four thousand wounded have been accounted for by the res
cuers. .--'' : . - v:
All the seismic apparatus in Italy was broken' by the' shocks.
The soldiers are doing good work in the sections visited by the dis
aster. In ne'atly all cities orders have been given to .shoot down
looters, and these orders have been carried out in many-cases. ;
Few reports have come from Reggio, , but , they indicate that
the city was shaken terrifically and that the loss of life was heavy.
It is the capital of the province of Reggio di Calabria and is a city
of about 50,000 inhabitants. ' . .; ; ; ' . : . ... ...... : V.
DESCRIPTION OF v
DISTRICT TILAT WAS
RUINED BY' QUAKE
Th ,Pelorltan -range ; over against
Calabria occupies thV- northeastern
corner of the Island of , Sicily, ywhere one
earthquake was moat severe. This range
forms an upland country wnn a steep
descent to the Straits of-Messina and
Is deeply seared by - numerous river
beds. It ends in a low, sandy formation
which sweeps eastward and forms the
harbor er Messina, on which Is the city
of that name, which has been destroyed.
The harbor Is formed by a sickle shaped
peninsula. The locality has always en
joyed a brisk trade in oranges,-wine and
oil.- it was the seat or a famous old
POWDER lli
SILVER CITY
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in it" ' '
Five v? Buildings in Idaho
Jlmlng'Town Burned
' .Three Dynamited. . '
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- (United Press Leased- Wire. I '
Boise, Idaho, Dec; 29. Sliver City; the
big mining camp In- Owyhee county, CO
miles south of this city, suffered a
severe loss by Are early this morning,
when eight" .Buildings In the business
section were .destroyed and the . entire
town was - threatened. Dynamite was
used to. check -the progress of the
flames, and this was all that saved the
big Wsr Kagle hotel. - .- -
The general store of Charles Caldwell
and two adjoining buildings were dyna
' mited. ' - -
The fire originated In a Chinese res
taurant, from an unknown spurct-.
rHree hundred miners worked for
four "hours to check the flames. ' An
armed guard was placed about the good
removed from the stores and Chinamen
who were caught looting were driven
liack with etxsbooters, , ,
Four of the destroyed building were
owned by Mike Rook, sheriff of owyhee
county, who is the principal loner.)
The loss 1s estimated at $50,000, with
littlo Insurance. : I
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OF-WESSmfc-.SlClLY.
GREAT FIRE -
DROWNS
OF INJURED
Belching Volumes of
Leased Wire.)
Volcanic v activity . was
eruption is imminent.
no-De-
by the authorities here place the I
university and the see of an archbishop.
The cathedral of Messina has been one
of the sights worth seeing In Sicily.
' The town,, said Deeoke In his book
of travels, is dirty and noisy. ' Most of
its streets were steep and narrow. The
narrowness of the strip of coast caused
the city, to stretch out for miles.
Aside from the cathedral there are
no very. remarkable buildings to be men-
iionea, as me caiaDrian earthquakes, of
reauent-occurrence, have wtoed. out all
that was beautiful architecturally.
Goethe described with most dramatio
fervor the devastation ,the great earth
quakes of 178J caused, and Houel pic
tures the struggling thousands, pinned
beneath the wreckage drowned ilka rats
when the strait's waters inundated the
narrow shelf-of -land. , " - .
,South of Messina the range with its
brush-grown precipices and rivulets set
(Continued on Page Five.)
D1JCE
Gioyartni Xoce of Thia ! City Has' .Relatives in Earth
: qualce Ravaged Province Tells of Temblor
' ' , of Three Years Ago.
Giovanni Kor nf th firm nf Vnrnnl
Noce, this city, was born in the city
of Ragllano. Calabria, and visited there
nout five years ago after having lived
several years In Portland. He says the
last quake in the vtcinlty of his home
occurred about three years-ago, when
his family residence was destroyed.
The family escaped death in the ruins
by a miraculously close margin, the
quake occurring, early in the morning
while the occupants were -asleep. . They
rushed into the streets and fields in
their night robes and dared liot return
for several hours . for fear a aecnnrf
shock would bury them under tottering
wails left standing after the first shock.
Mr. Nocis home was a two storv
brick structure and it had to practically
be rebuilt Fearful that eventually they
would bef burled alive under burninar
lava or be crushed to death in a hoa
raiist worse than the one thev had just
escaped, the senior Noce decided to
leave for America. He was in Portland
with his son until quite recently, when
he left for Des Moines. Iowa. t'nable
to sell the ruins of ills former home, he
had it rebuilt, and the son now fears it
SWEPT BY
HAS NO
Top picture, the harbor of Catania;
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LOCAL CONSUL : J
DESCRIBES THE
;'STRICKENlliANl)
, "Something like 8000 square
4 miles 'of the ' Italian;.. mainland
4 ! was af f eoted by, , "yesterday's
., earthquake" -said s Charles F.:;
4 Candiani Italian' consul 'In; Port-'
0 . land, ; "and , on ; the Island of ;
4 ' Sicily ' the. temblor damaged an
4 area' fully as large." - 'The 'dam
4 aged' mainland doe?: not' extend ,
further north han the " northern ,
boundary of, the province 'of
4 Calabria and, involves, about tle
4 same territory that was damaged
. three years ago..:,. .!. ..... .
4 "The damaged Sicilian terrt-
tory embraces a " strip on the
4 eastern .shore ,125, miles Jong and .
extending Into tne Interljor from
" SO to .40'Vnliea. 'The damaged
portions of Sicily, contain some :
of the fairest cities on "the
' island, among the number belig
Messina,. asMautitful. place ocou-
-pylng a point on the northeast-
era- corner of the Island."
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If
Is again a smouldering heap of brick
and mortar. .
"Until thei earthquake of about three
years ago," said iMr. Noce, "the people
of , Ragllano .and -vicinity did not worry
much . over the close proximity of
Mount Vesuvius, but after that terrible
experience no one felt secure. A. rep
etition, was feared any time, ' so my
father told me. but the people had to re
build and make the best of it as their
all was there. Many of those ,who could
afford left. 1 still have several, rela
tives there but it will probably be some
time before I will, learn their rate,. - -
"ITndoubtedly everything is in a State
of chaos and it will be some time before
rdfcr will be restored. The people are
very superstitious and that- will -undoubtedly
delay, the task of restoration.
"Calabria is a mountainous country, a
firactlcally continuous chain paralleling
ts shores. , The towns mentioned in tlje
dispatches are located ' on the side's -of
these mountains, so t hat One can see a
number of them at one time, -They av-.
erage a population of about 10,000. peo.
pie each.. Front -a scenic point of view,
the pounUy s considered ideal,",'
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WATER TO SAVE IT
u '
lower, "La Cal," at Palermo.
.. of . the shock. : ':.!
Both
ITU BARE
Adoljtii A. Dekum Cliases
J"BjirglarFroni His rRoom
j -Ladder Breaks t as In--
trader Plaices1 Escape From
Second Story Window.'
Adolph A. Dekum. the hardware, mer
chant of 131 First street, Jeaped out of
bed early this morning and-chased, out
of the house a burglar whom he found
bending over his bureau.
Entirely unarmed, Mr. Dekum seized
the man as he was about to climb down
the ladder by which he had entered the
house, and struck him several blows.
The burglar concentrated his efforts in
trying to escape. When Mr. Dekum's
last blow landed the ladder bruke and
the burglar and the ladder fell to the
ground. .The intruder's . electric flash'
light, fell, out of his pocket and wan
found this morning by the side of the
house. 415 " Twenty-flrsti street, Port
land Heights. ' i
The same man attempted to enter the
residence of George W. Collins; manager
of the mill of George Ainslle & Co.,
next door.' but he was unsuccessful.
rjy- , - WansA by a Drsam.
- Impelled by a dream-?prenomltlon
that he '. would be - robbed. : Mr. Dekum
last evening for the first time put his
gold watch, a gift of his father, under
the bed instead of upon a table by his
bedside, where it would have been in
plain sight of the burglar. ... .
"It was 3:45 this morning that my
wife and I woke at -the same time.'" said
Mr.' Dekum this morning.-- "I noticed a
light shining on a picture on' the wall,
and so Itumed on- the 'electric light
hanging over the bed.- Then I saw the
burglar i standing by - the bureau - and
though ; I had nothing -but .my bare
hands I Jumped out of bed In 'my night
shirt and ' yelled "Oet out of . here, ;, I
suppose I Jwasnt awake enough to
I know what a dangerous thing I was do
frog. -. . - .,-.- !.-'. ' . .' '; - j
"The man ran into an adjoining room,
which we-call the -den, and which was
darker than the bedroom., - He made for
the window, which -was open, and Jum
(Continued on Page 'Five.K ,
BEATS
1
FISTS
: '
of these places felt the full force
2000 DJilD AND
INJURED IX ONE
ITALIAN CITY
, ! (Celled Frets teased Wire.) '
Cantansaro,, Italy, 'Dec. -29.
Reports, late this afternoon In- .
dlcate that 2000 of the city's tfS.Y
000 ! people are either dead or
wounded as ' the result of -the' 4
earthquake. Martial law pre-
vails and everything possible is
being done to relieve the suffer--
ing, though "comparatively little
can be done. . Food is in great
demand. All supplies have been
seized by the soldiers and are
being given out to the sufferers
' in the best . manner possible.
Most of the survivors are camp-
ing In the open country about
town and hundreds of persons ;
severely wounded have received 4
. no medical attention, whatever.
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IB- FIERCE
FLAMES
After Quake, Then Tidal
Wave Followed by Confla
grationDetails of De
struction of City Battle-
ships Go to Rescue.
(United Prp Leased Wlre.t
Rome, Dec. 29. Messina, the
beautiful city of 150.000 population,
ne of the principal harboraof Sicily
and a port of importance bb arshlp-
; ping center, is in ruins. The water
Bupply' has been Bhut off by the
earthquakes, whliih laid waste this
'and. many other cities and towns in
. Calabria, Italy and Sicily, and Mes
sina is in flames. There is little
hope that a vestige of it, will be left,
The loss of life in Messina alone
i mayireach J2.000 and as many more
'.are Injure., ..'':,.' i--
I The dispatch expresses the fear
that-Reggio, across the Straits of
Messina;, has been annihilated and
that most of the towns on the straits
have been destroyed. .
Railroad KKtablished.
, Railway communication Into the
etrlcken towns has been established.
The transportation is confined, to the
bringing In of supplies and govern
ment troops and the taking out of
refugees. The flames are spreading
rapidly over the ruined city.
' The wrecked and shattered build
ings are fopd for the fire and there
is . no means of checking the 'con
flagration. Even if means were pro
vided there is no organization of any
kind to carry on the work. '
A squadron of. battleships left
here today for Messina, where the
ships will be divided and 'will patrol
the coast in the devastated sections.
Messina is the second city in Sicily,
ranking next to Palermo. It la an
ancIeTTt city, said to have been estab
lished by pirates from Cumae in the
eighth century B. C.
T1e destruction of Messina was
moreMhe result of the tidal -wave
than of the earthquake, according to
the testimony of a tralnload of refu
gees who have arrived at Catania
from Messina.
They say the dead officially re
ported at Messina numbered 1800,
but asserted that this would fall far
below the correct estimate, which
they said should be at least 12,000.
The Hotel ,Trinaeria, in which
were 90 guests, was ..destroyed by
the quake and later burned. If one
of the occupants are believed to
have escaped.
The telegraph office, the postof-
(Continued on Page Five.)
I'he cathedral mui Uslroyt'd,
ilLE
Lawyer Lord Makes Eccen
tric Plea for Life of Mur
derer Finch Attempts to
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urag in .Newspaper Kuiinr
ials and Rebuked by Court
Judge Bronaugh and the Jury that
is trying James A. Finch for the
murder of Ralph B. Fisher were
treated to alternations of the tragic
and the burlesque this morning dur
ing the address of Charles F. Lord,
who was making the final plea for
the life of the suspended attorney
who killed the bar association prosed
cutor. "'.'.;' v h:: 'h---.. l-l: -
The tragedy' came , in a .pitiful plea
for tlie aged mother ofV'Poor Jim,",
as the lawyer referred to his client. The
burlesque was furnished when Lord
unveiled a pair of apothecaries'
scales with the dramatic announcement,
"Here 1 have the ' scaK-s tf Juatloe."
Then he pluced in ooe end: of the scales
the names of all the witnesses called
by the itate.t written on narrow slips
of cardboard. Ixing likewise with tho
names of witnesses called by the le
fense,..he,liowfit that the defense hud
the greater number, and the "scales of
Justice" tipped ever to the defense as
the names,, of several jail birds . were
dropped Into the pan.' ; ,,;' ,.
.. Absurdity Is Intensified. v'
. The' absurdity of this performance
was heightened by the fact that among
the names balanced up for the defense
were District Attorney Cameron, 'Dep
uty District Attorney Fitzgerald and
Judge Bronaugh. Members of the Jury
Joined in (he' laugli that swept over the
courtroom, and lxrd turned fiercely on
the' smiling faces of the . prosecuting
lawyers. . '...- -
'Laugh," he fairly hissed. "Laugli,
do you? Ah, you will laugh "while a
man's life- is to be dealt with. Tills
shows the merciless -character of the .
prosecution. l.auph again will 'you ?
Either this demonstrates that the pre
ponderance of evidence is' on our sida,
or the statute means nothing. - .j..; ..
Ijord had not finished when the court
adjourned for the nooa recess. Y He ex
pected to speak, he said, s two or' three '
hours this afternoon, and this prohablv
means another night session, as Judgu
Bronaugh wants to give the case to the
Jury not later than tonight. If Lord
does not finish in time to give Deputy
District Attorney , Fitzgerald an oppor
tunity for the state this afternoon, the
prosecutor will say the last word to
night. '," -.-' -
, rinon nor Serious. .
Finch seemed in-more serious mood
this rooming as he listened to the f inn l
effort of. his counsel to' plant, the seeds
of doubt in the minds of the -Jurv.
Wllii thA ivrja .A 1,.., 1 - ft .it.
jurors, as u tryinff to read their minds.
Occasionally he used a pencil and p.i -
fer. making notes for the use of his
awyers. Now and then he was seen to
glance toward his mother,- who sat .some
distance from him, . .
' Lawyer Lord this morning argued lit
tle on the testimony. He devoted al
most an hour to an allegory denting
with the art of printing. The purpowe
of this did not at first develop, - but
the object was; gradually developed, al
though Lord carefulkyi worded his re
marks to tell of an ''imaginary news
paper" that hounded the men who were
hungry. it, .
He said the head of this Imaginary
newspaper was driven Into a tower hv
a Cojtey army and . ha telephoned for
help. .The scene of ; the- allegory r. pic
tured by Lord, was In ancient KityjH
but his purpose was disclosed when lie
picked up a copy of a Portland; morn
ing newspaper and said that "for illus-"
tratfon" he would read some of the ex-
(Continued on Page Five. 1
OTHER TOWNS 1(1
Giovanni and lSaiiara buf
fer Seveivly Fire- iJuiiis
AVrecketl Building.
(United Press tested -Wtr. '' "i-
RotriM, !('. 29. It is feared ih( ("JJn
vsnnl has suffered- a fate-similar )
that of Messina, though t!iro i a yut
no way of determining. The meagwr "re
ports tlmt have drifted through ev
Palm! ' Ihdlcate that the town
wholly wrecked and that the U nf
life could not .be estimated. 8in a .
inclined to divredtt these . reports n
acemtnt of the wild state of ever-ftn,i
In the southern part of 'Italy, when,
for manv nours''"tley have fi'e,1 Ihm .
ror upon hcrror on all sides, hnvg Im l
practically no f'wnl and have not !;.;
at all.
Bagnsra was raied by fire folhj in-;
the auake and the town Is naM in i a
been pracUcslly wlfx-d out. 1 U- ' i
list mere unxunteiiv win i.m r
A dispatch 10 tllB Jl'lVe; liO'i i t . (
heie says that out r,f i ....
Son ar dead and 6oO i" ,
jured.
. Ijiie diB' -h's (., i i,. . i
to IncreaK tii'" fi'-it .r-i f
damatre and i.'ei m? 'i. -i.-. i ; -.
ttul? the if
DIRE DISTRESS
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