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About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 2, 1909)
,. i nif'it : 'iltti' :' ,: N0- - VjPUT " ; TT V, U ."' , 'U FIRST EDITION 3 P. M. J I 4 ' .: SECdND 'EDITIONi' Rl M. I f 0nraal r ?r ; , . ;- .. ' P 'rz ; XIX. DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1000. NO. 2. i II vi NESS AND HUNGER ARE EVERYWHERE SS BY EARTHQUAKE WILL EXCEED ONE BILLION DOLLARS UATION IS APPALLING WHOLE OF ITALY A HOSPITAL MANY FOUND ALIVE IN RUINS Unltod Press Leased Wlro.) dido, Itnly, Jan. 2. HunilrodHof tors have fallen unions tho vlc- of tho earthquake and tidal at Messina and Rogglo. Tho inuod labor, tho lack of food Uho Impossibility of sloop havo on tho roscuorH almost to tho Htato of inclplont humility In ch thoy found tho survivors of I catastrophe. oldlorfl and sailors and voluntcorn given up thotr clothing to tho iorors, unmindful of tholr almost led condition, and It Is now hard loll tho rescuers from tho rescued (any havo boon crushed or killed heroic efforts to savo Injured and forlng peoplo from tottoring dings Into which they vonturod far. s'o house In Messina or Rogglo over will bo Inhabltabto ugnln. Fur ther Investigations have shown that tho destruction was even moro com plete than was reported at itrst. Queen Helena Is on tho verge of prostration but refuses to lcavo Mes sina. It Is feared she will collapso and become critically HI If sho re mains. The cabinet Is considering the advisability of demanding that bIio return to Home. Promlor Glollttl received a tolo gram this afternoon from King Vic tor Emmanuel as follews: "I havo visited Cannitollo and found it razed. Tho fires In Rogglo and Messina have boon reduced to small proportions." Cannitollo Is a small city eight miles north or Uogglo. There Is no further liopo for any of the coast towns along tho strait. tu'ss nnd weak protestations, us tho result of suffering and Illness. There Is still much lighting over food nnd one report today tolls of six soldiers having been murdered and robbed of supplies on a road near Pal ml. AVuinlilps to Itombanl RuIiin. As soon as the living can bo re moved from tho ruins in Mcsslau and Hegglo, the remaining buildings will bo leveled by bombardment from tho Meet. There Is no possibility of any of tho houses being reconstructed and it Is deemed best to raze both cities. In this way tho tottering walls will bo brought down tho pos sibility of more rescuers being killed' will bo avoided. Suffering throughout Calabria Is Intense and It will bo Impossible to gut enough suppllos In the Hold for weeks. Tho rofugous aro living as best they can In tho open fields, and many without clothes enough to cov er them. Tho lnsano fury that marked tho actions or tho Biirvlvors during tho first days has given away to fooblo- Mnrquiu Huilcd but (Jame. Messina, Sicily, Jan. 2. Rescuers today, tracing tho sound or his voice, discovered that Marquis Sum ola is alive In the collar of his castlo shut in beneath tiers of debris. "i havo food enough to lnst sev eral days," shouted the marquis, "it is dark but my eyes havo grown nc customed to it. Turn your attention toward others in moro Imminent dan gor." The marquis Inquired about tho extent of tho damugo to tho city and when told or its utter destruction, wopt bitterly, bewailing his Inability to aid in tho rescue work. Ho had thought that his castlo was probably tho only building badly damaged. NEW ORDINANCES WILL COSTLARGE SUMS Owners of Ditches, or City Must Spend Hundreds of Thou sands of Dollars in Order To Comply with Ordinances, and City Must Spend Big Sum for Fills, If Not Complied with. SALE OF STUPENDOUS MAGNITUDE HLJIWi iiinnii UJ.r ' " 'HI Is now in progress at the Chicago Store. The entire stock must be closed out, as we are going to make 1 1 r ; ) e double its present size and we don't want to have our goods spoiled' with mortar, sand, dust and lime. This is a chance !of a lifetime to buy the newest and best goods for abeu: Half Price Sells Estate to Aid .Subjects. Home. Jan. 2. King Emmanuel today ordered tho sale of his Sicil ian estate In tho western part of tho Island to provide funds' for tho ro ller or tho destitute in Southern Italy. The property loss from tho tromb lor Is ostlmuiod to exceod $1,000,-000,000. COST CUTS NO FIGURE This is the way we are selling our goods now 1 50c full size sheets now 29c Mfifi nillnw nasfts now C Standard Calico, yd 4o Best anrnn ffineham. vd 5c $1.00 white hfiH soread 65a 1 65c wool dress goods, yd 29c 8bc fancy waisting siik ,ya ae Ladies' $12,00 coats now $5.90 Ladies '$8,00 coats now $3.90 $5,00 dress skirts now $1-90 Girls' $5,00 long coats for $1.90 And so all over the house. All you have to do is to ask for the adver tised goods. They must go. This is a bona fide sale. No non sense or songanddance. AH you have to do is to come to our store, pick out whatever goods you may want, and we will give you prices on them that you have never heard of before in Salem. How is this for a BARGAIN: Men's 65c wool fleeced under wear now only --! 35c Women's and misses' shoes, about half price, 50c corset covers now only 23c Vatican (.'aniens a Hospital. Home, Italy, Jan. 2. Tho Vat ican gardens havo boon transformed into open air hospitals for tho wound ed rofuguos from Mussina and Rog glo, so that the pope may attend tho sufforers personally. Similar hospitals havo boon es tablished at the Qulrlnal and ovary available moans of caring for refu gees In Home Is being prepnrod for tholr recoptlon. Tho church authorities havo ro ported to tho popo that thoy fonr a number of Americans aro In tho ruins nt Messina. Tho popo has ox pressed tho wish that Archlbshop Iroland, who now Is In Europo. would visit (ho scone and It Is prob ablo that ,tho archlbshop will dis continue his prosont tour and stau at once for Messina. It was nt tho special direction of tho pope that tho hospital was es tablished In tho Vatican gnrdon as it was his groat desire to take some personal part in tho work of aiding tho Injured. Among ordinances paascd at recont Bosslons of tho city council woro No 591, requiring owners of water courses of water power ditches to on closo them In channel not moro than 12 feet wide, and to malntnln a cov ering or fonco thorn with wlro nottlnq and cedar posts not moro thnn 10 foot apart on both sides, botwoon nil streets and alloys, or bo dcclarod a nuisance and abated. Ordlnnnco No. r,02 was then passed requiring thoso dltchos nnd water ways to bo bridged full width at each placo whoro a streot or alloy la crossed by such waterway or mlll r.uo. Tncui a t evolution .v? imsoJ giving tho North Mill crook power owners until Mar. 21 to put tholr watorway In tubos under oach streot and alloy or tho city shall proceed to fill In tho ditch wherevor It crosses a stroot or alley. A Ilig Undertaking. This is a big undertaking on tho pnrt of tho city, or the owners of thoso dltohos. Tho North Mill orook ditch Ib about to bo transferred to tho Portlnnd Rnllway, Light & Tow er Company, and, no mnttor who twin I: th. expenditure will amount to over flOO.OOO to put It In ordo Tho Nmth Mill crook ditch crosbia about 2G streets nnd alleys, and !f the Mibular underground conduit Is not put In, tho city will havo to fill In tho stroots, nnd that will cost soveral hundred dollars for each stroot. Will Take Many Ilrldgcs. Tho South Mill crook power ditch Is owned Jointly by tho Snlom Wool hi mills Company, tho Salem Flour- ALTERATION i. ijLiL .. Prices &. ALTERATION Prices Slaughtered hurled Vv liny In Cellar. Messlnn, Jan. 2. Hurlod allvo In the collar of his homo In Messina by debris and wreckage. Deputy Fulcl was discovered by frantlcnlly soarch- Q. . HETWO ing rolatlves and rescued from his living tomb aftor flvo days' Impris onment, without food. When tho tromblor catno Fulcl succoeded In reaching tho basement before his house collapsed. Ho found hlniBolf imprisoned in a dark vault in which there was no food or water. Air came to him through fis sures in the broken walls, but es capo was cut off by tiers of brick nnd mortar. Aftor the earthquake, relatives of tho deputy began a search for his body. As thoy nenred tho vault, they hoard feeble cries which Impelled thorn to frantic efforts. Food was passed to him and at length Fulcl was drawn from his hiding place, woak and omaclnted, but othorwlso unhurt. Ho had glvon up hope of being rescuod. Tho archbishop of Messina was nl so rescued today from tho baBomont of his home wlthor he had flod for refuge. Esc'MhmI (Junius Caught by Wave. Rnnu Jan 2 That Joseph H Pierce American lce conBuI at Mes oii'i and other members of his house hold were drowned In the tidal v.aye Ing Mills Company and tho Salem Wator company, and theso ordi nances roquiro theso companies who aro using tho powor to oncloso eamo In wlro netting fonces, and build about 30 bridges at stroots and al loys. In tho caso of tho Salem Wool on Mills Company It will work a hardship, becnuso tho oxpenso will fall on Tom Kay, whoso family aro almost tho so'.o ownors of that prop erty. In ninny places thoso ditches nro 20 to 00 fcot wldo, and to narrow them down to 12 foot will bo a big (undertaking. Not ltl Property. Tho South Mill creolc ditch Is not dond proporty, Tho wator powor. .1b all lit uctlvo use, and whatovor argu ments there may bo agnlnst tho Nortn Mill creek watorcourso, and there has on a great doal, does not apply .t'i tl.o South Mil. crook ditch. Yet If ,iM those bridges aro not built and tho ditch enclosed within 10-foot side wals and tho fences built us re quired by tho abovo ordlnnnco, that wator powor would bo dcalurod a uulsnuco and nbatod. If theso prop ortion can bo mado safe to tho pub lic, and tho power utilized for man ufacturing ipurposos, tho city Is boit sorvod. "If tho North Mill crook ditch Is to lie Idlo for 30 years long er, It is hotter tilled up," is tho son twuont of most business mon. "Hut wo nro not In favor of making tho owners of tho South Mill crook dltoh siieud $200,000 dollars to comply with theso ordinances, or declare tin in a public nuisance," said 'a Sa lem business man this morning. ' VIRGINIA GENTLEMAN REBUKES THE PRESIDENT Washington, Jan. 2. While ho rofiiBOd today to discuss tho Incident loading for addroslng a rebuke to Prosldent Roosevelt, Carloton H. Hazard, a wealthy Virginian is known to havo addrosuod tho pr ' dont rogardlng an allogod action of the president In accosting his dauak ed while riding In look Crook Park. The lettr reads: "Hon. Theodore Roosevelt Sir: My lltilo daughter, Martha, 14 years old, came home about two weeks ago f om a horeback rldo crying, and dialed that she had been accost ed while -riding In Rock Creek Park. Sho Informs mo that sho unex pectedly came upon your party and guardB, and not wishing to pass, sue simply rodo slowly back of you until bIio could come to tho road that would load her toward her homo, whereupon you turned on her and ackod her If uho did not think 'io had foilowod you long ouough, and ordorul her to tako a Bldo road whloh would huvo led hor away from hor homo. Sho rofuaud to do this, and promptly told you sho would tuko tho othor road, which lod to her home, and did so. "Did you expect my llttlo daugh ter to dismount on mooting you? As Tor my llttlo girl, sho shall tako her rides as usual, and If sho should bo so unfortunate as to meet you again I fool confident that this com munication from mo will bo sufllol--' out to ttssuro her safety hereafter " CARLETON h. HAZARD IN WHANG CAHNG GETS SENTENCE OF 20 YEARS Satr Francisco, Jan. 2. In Whang Chang, tho Korean convicted of tho murder of Durham Whlto Stevens was sentenced to servo 25 years in the state penitentiary at San Quon tln by Judge Carroll Cook toda. ChiiH' vms convicted of murdoi In tlu ppc md degree after n plea ot pino,iul patriotic Insanity It was also . Ueg-d Mint ho fired to profit his companion. Ming W Chun from being seriously injured after strik Oram was shot by a bullet from Chang's rovolvor and wns taJion to a local hospital whoro ho remained for several weoks. Recently, wmm tho caso of Chang came up on tTTe court calendar. It wun discovered Unit Chun had dlsnppeard. l!v Is sua at largo. Koreans In Asia and Kpronn soci eties In America supplied funds for the dpf-nsj of then roiiiitniiun with otr 1 1 1 1 - U Isn't enoy. to got along on a slnrt .: Slaughtered