Show I 1 Red R d Cross in Italy J I The Tle people of or the United enite States Slates have i contributed to the thE earth earthquake I quake sufferers of Italy Ialy Three times as much as any other nation nalon and near nearly nearly ly I as a much as all 11 Europe combined The appropriation of oC made by congress has been expended for for food supplies which were on their way tay to the battleship fleet feet at the time of the earthquake and were diverted divere to Messina and O for portable houses and extra lumber tools and an hardware re for their transportation to Sicily and for the employment of labor to set get up tho the houses house on the scene of ot o destruction The Red Cross rOSR society Iet has to total total tal tai of and has lias a balance on 01 hand remaining from a I total subscription of up to and including Feb 19 There Ther may mo be b ad al sums suma in the hands of local lol treasurers throughout the thc United States to be reported later laler Almost Al All Au Cash The Th Red fled n 1 Cross Cr money mone has been sent nt to Italy in cash esH with wih the exception of 1006 expended In this country for lumber and portable houses houK and char chartering a steamer to transport them to Sicily Between 60 and 7 0 was wU spent for portable houses such uch as asare asare asare are used extensively in the mining re regions regions regions gions of the thE west and down on the canal ranal zone in Panama They can cn be betaken betken betaken taken apart and put together very ery vc easi easily easily ly hy with wih the simplest tools The he Red Re Cross committee was not notable notable notable able to obtain any more of or them but bought i 5 framo fro houses ready read to be put together r in short order with wih doors windows floors partitions roofs roCs and fors everything else matched malche and numbered They hey were made In the southern part of ot of or pine lumber and will wi last for several Reverl years ers Those These houses were shipped to Mes Messina Messina Ies sina Ina on a chartered steamer stem PI from New ew Orleans and will wi be he erected by local loal under unde the direction of or master carpenters who wore sent with them with supplies of tools and builders hardware Mr Ir Bicknel national director of oC the theRe Red Cross Cro s who did dil such thorough work Re In San Francisco Frn has lias his gone to Sicily and anti will wi have hac general command The T e steamer carrying the Red lIed Cross houses should arrve arve at MessIna about the tile middle of March United States Bought Houses The government of the United States invested Inv iO of the relief appropriation ste made by congress in 2500 pim sim Ilm liar ilar lar houses holmes houss and extra lumber tools builders hardware and ad other necessary In supplies which have hove been shipped three chartered charter steamers One steamer already arrived in Sicily the other has liac hac arive two the are on O ther lher way B LIeutenant Commander Belknap na tin naval naval tinval val at Rome was at Messina to receive the cargo argo and will wi superintend superintend tend the th erection of the houses The States Statu pays for United government pys putting Unite them up and Mi hire hir local labor under the direction of the Red RedCross Cross Croes master carpenters Crp This will give She employment to several everl thousand wi poor people of Sicily who lost everything pr in the earthquake and have not hot been able to earn ear anything since The government appropriation will wi not be sufficient to complete tho the erection erection whatever addi additional additional tion of o the houses houss but ton is necessary will wi be supplied from tonal the surplus fund Lund of the Red Cross so 50 society clety clet Houses were sent in preference to other supplies because they were most needed Food could be obtained in the neighborhood neede but lumber is scarce In Italy Ialy and expensive It I was the one that the relief committees were thing rele unable to obtain there Nearly all al the buildings In Sicily and other parts part of Italy ItlY are erected of stone brick brck and cement which Is much cheaper cheapEr than wood wod and lasts last for centuries rica ries rIe It I takes much longer longero to build Ir r Michelson American consul at Turin Turn huts has ha made a report to Oe bureau of manufactures concerning the plans of oCa a society in that city ly for the recon ren reconstruction reconstruction of Messina Reggio Palmi and Bagnara Bagar As soon poon as the th debris left lef by b the earthquake Is cleared cleard away awa en engineers engineer engineers of the department of oC public works work will wi divide the areas ares formerly occupied by the cities clUes into building lots hots and call caI for or proposals pr from fr both Italian and foreign contractors to undertake the construction of ot new buildings Prizes are offered oferd for a competition on of ot designs and steel and reinforced con concrete conCrete crete will wi be the materials used us dhe The height of buildings will m be to t feet and the interior con floors ceilings and roofs will willbe willbe i be of metal paper paver wood asbestos and other light l ht materials This offers ofer a profitable opportunity for the manufacturers manufacturer In the United Unite States of oC construction material build builders builders ers hardware and other supplies and the bureau of oC manufactures manufacture at Wash Washington Washington aeh ington will wi furnish detailed detie Information upon application The Red Cross society however has bs nothing to do with this It I Is exclusively a matter mater of ot the Italian govern government gover government ment and the Public Works Cooperative tive society of Lombardy Lombard which has lias interested Itself In the matter mater Use of First Funds The first money sent to Italy Ialy by b the fled Rt Cross Cr 1 society won Wa the sum of 43 0 which was wa transmitted to the Italian Red Cross officials immediately after the earthquake and was spent I nt m in I relief work among the wounded and sick The T Italian branch of the Red Rr r Is II admirably equipped with hospital ships hospital railway ml trains wagons ambulances field fel hospitals and ami has a tt complete organization of skilled physicians nurses s and employee for war purposes It I was able there therefore therefore fore for to make good god use of oC the funds funs which were score bIHl needed Shortly Shorty afU aft r this 1000 was a sent t to Mr Ir the American ambassador dor at Rome and was expended by b him himin himIn himin in fitting out the Red Cross relief relf ship Bayen Baon chartered for the purpose of carrying immediate relief Sixty SIt hours hurs after the te steamer was obtained it sailed s1 into the th harbor of Messina under corn com command cm mand of Commander Belknap loaded with wih doctors nurses medicines sup supplies supplies plies ples of clothing a a full ful equipment for two field feld hospitals and food foo for the starving Commander Belknap was WIS furnished with an sum of money for the employment of or labor and to use at his discretion to relieve relee the thed te d Mr Im Miss ls Mabel Boardman secretary of the TIed Red He Cross Cros society that he has been fairly buried bure under letters Jet rs of gratitude from mayors and other othEr officials 41 41 ji Sicily and from private persons because of the relief brought to tn tu them by b the Bayen Baen Direction of Succor The American Red ned Cross society also sent to Sicily Bayard Cutting Jr vice consul at Milan with wih 50 cash esh to use at his eton to relieve the th dis distress distress tress of any Americans who might have hae been caught by b the earthquake He found a few naturalized Italians but hut no n native Americans except one family amly from Crom Maine which claimed to have e lost everything it had and applied apple for assistance to go 10 back to their ther home Mr Ir Cutting was making an n Investigation tion ton into their circumstances but has b not reported A Miss Davis Dals who ho has been superintendent superintendent of an industrial school in New NewYork Ne NewYork York happened to be at Syracuse Sicily as a tourist at the time of the earthquake Sho She is a woman of or IS energy ergy and executive ability and immediate immediately ly lr gave ge her attention to relief work ork Mr Ir Cutting her Red Re Cross Cr funds to buy large quantities of cheap material and she site organized the native women info Into groups grups and set thel at work making clothing of or all al kinds Miss Mies MIs Davis proved capable and her work was effective for great gret good Mr Cutting also supplied supple several United States consular agents agent In Sicily with funds to relieve extreme cases and ani answer appeals that were made to them for food fod He also assisted the local au authorities In equipping Improvised hos hospitals hospitals In railway stations churches arid and ad other buildings that survived 1 Mr was given to use I at al his discretion and was also als author authorized authorIze authorIzed Ize to use a balance of 10 remain remaining remaining remaining ing from the steamer Bayen Dayen relief ex cx expedition e making in all al which was expended in furnishing food fod cloth clothing clothing ing medicine and medical attendance to the people back In the mountains i whose homes were entirely destroyed and who lost everything In the earth earthquake erth ake quake q Many of thOse these th se families were a long distance from the cities cUes and other cen centers cn of relief Until discovered In their terrible plight they were not even ce aware that a being Ing done to succor their thir neighbors Acting upon the r of the Italian government a quarter of a million of dollars dolar has been ben Invested in American securities by the treasurer e of the thc Red e Cros socIEty society for f r the main maintenance maInt ten t nance c of aa an In American Red Rd Cross or orphanage at some convenient on location lotion In Sicily for or the permanent care of the te children who lost lot ther parents in iii earthquake The Italian government will wi pro the buildings and an select Mt the t ills It Jt 1 appointed agents g to rather gather up tM te or orphans OJ plums and an has h employed widows w teK lef 1 d dp dependent nd nt t to t care cr epe for fo them The American men ambassador will II be b a I member or of tn the hosed board br of o trustees trustee I i N interest on o the th found fouD will wl be b sent In lit In Installment to the managers of th the re In restitutions I and as a tn go 1 in SIlI Sicil Sicily tt it will wi be to support a OJ number of children Miss IS Boardman Bordman furnishes me tie the fol iol following t ol lowing statement sta ment of receipts by b the th American Amelon Red Re Cross Cr society tty for the th re relief f relie lie lief of the th sufferers arn of the earthquake In Sicily Sid up to and Including Pe b l 1 II 1 New York Illinois Ilola 78 Missouri 11 url Ut O Connecticut IU JO Wisconsin 27 New Nw N Jersey Jency Je I Rho RO f t Island 2452 Pennsylvania I 6 District of Columbia lV Maryland 1 04 o 4 Ohio Washington Michigan 11 1 Iowa 15 1 Indiana Indian JS 3 16 00 VrinIa 47 Maine 17 New Hampshire IK Alabama 3 r South Soul Carolina Xe Ne Nevada vada 1 3 Louisiana 1314 1 Min Minnesota ln Kansas Kam a Ne Xe Nebraska Nt braska nei 1158 1545 1 Vermont West Wet Virginia Virgini Sit 7 TP 4 27 2 1 Delaware S1 liO South Dakota Do 73 Montana U 0 North No th Carolina ina M It Tennessee Te 30 Texas Texa Teu CArlM S W K Kin f t tuck 11 Georgia Or New Mexico 1375 1175 Mi US uI Colorado 1 Florida 11 Okla Okia Oklahoma 0 horns homa 6 Arkansas Ar n Idaho Idah hm 1973 Wyoming 1421 1 1 S Oregon Op lJ Utah Uth 6 8 Porto Rico Rice Rio 35 5 North Hur Dako Dakota ta 3 2 Quebec 10 16 Mexico u W British Columbia tl H t Nova ova Scotia U Jl 1 Chris Christian rM York anonymous anonymous than tian Herald Held New e Yo any tan 1186 Ili to total total mus not credited to stateS state st 15 tel tal tal The 11 above apportionment among th the states st however howver l I ia not n quite accurate with Ith consider considerable New York Yok Is I credited a Cr Crabl crit able abl amount amunt that tl wa WU was sent cent Wt teem from fr other parts of the th country ctr A As soon 1 as a pos pee possible p ethic sible a o complete statement c et will II be l given of or the source lur of all a the th contribution received th there and an at other points in Iii I the United States State This money has come U 11 sorts mey 1 ft A MR and aiM chil children children and conditions of men me WO women dren drenThe drenThe The Th largest check hk wa wu and an the smallest contribution was w 1 I cent ct You will wi notice that the tl total tOtI shows how n 2 cents cU Many any penny were received rhe and still a larger I r num Dum number her ber br of o nickels Rickels and pieces piece pl Thou Tu Tuns of people gave pe K 2 cents cent cn ea and ami an pl many tny ns o subscription came front from f school children through their teachers teacher P from fr Sunday schools bl and from fr colored e churches ch he in the th south IT SPELLS SUCCESS If I you ou wish Ish your son 8 to t succeed su fi financially f at any rate rte see to I It that tt the letter leter J 3 appears appear In the th name m you tag him with wih This Tle should suld not no be b treat treated treated ed a U as a joke as al a little study Itay of o the themen te temen themen e financial world will famous in the men th wo wi luck that show There Thre must be b some 8 luk goes goe so with the letter J It I is i the tl tenth go the alphabet That hi in Itself letter lete of th I does doe not mean man much but omitting the vowels and counting the th consonants we a It is 18 the seventh consonant find that I th fn Seven to Is 1 admittedly a lucky lUcy number the thi world orl over Perhaps Per that i is why ti to have ItTe the te letter J in your name goes far toward towar helping you YOI to niches jude J JIng ing from the list II that follows of the themen th 1 bI and rail railing railing finance men me in banking n ri ing In First th there TO la Ie John Jol D Rockefeller who wh the socialist would wol have u us be believe M lieve lev I is gradually getting to t own the whole country Certain It Is J that tt he does doe dO own o a pretty pty trig bIg bg slice lc of oC Its Il wealth O or o 8 so o perhaps J Pierpont Morgan loran o n Americas AI p great greatest est eat ft banker whose h wealth runs rune rn to t 10 09 or more mo should be b named next Then the is la James Jame Jame Stillman president plEnt of the National City bank of New York the biggest bank In the United States His ills bank is II sometimes sometime called tto th Standard Oil 01 bank for fo Its ite 11 relations are close clo with wih that group grup of o capitalists capitalist I and Mr has h a family connection Cne tion ton with wih the Rockefeller through the marriage of hi hil his daughters daughter HI His per personal pr personal fortune fotune ought to be b fully uly e 0 and it i may reach rech IO Jacob Jacb H hlf head hed of ot the great banking house houte hoU of Kuhn Loeb Ib Co o 0 probably has hal a personal fortune fotune of o 75 Th M It I was w his Arm fr that th bought Into the Northern Norther Pacific railroad back bc in 1901 ItI precipitating a conflict with the Morgan logn banking house hol The T Kuhn Loeb Lb Co purchases purchase were for or the t ac account account account count of or the th Union Pacific while whit the tho Morgan Morgn buying wa was for the Great Gret Int Interests U The panic of or May J L that carried carded cr ruin with wih it to thousand of ot speculators was wan wg precipitated by the comer c that tbt arose aroe aJ In Northern Nothern Pad Pacific fir stock Itol James Jam J Hill Hi the ti famous railroad man m n of the northwest north t wa was linked with wih Mr Morgan llo n a 8 as a central figure in lip 1 |