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Show SBB OF HORROR I SI 1 iS , 10 SURVIVORS The commander of the Russian bat tleBhlp Makharoff, who brought word of American Consul Cheney's death, described the fearful scenes at Messina. He declared that many of the residents of that place had been bur led alive, as groans were heard coming from far down In the fissures of the earth, which could only be approached with the greatest precaution. At these points the tottering walls threatened further collapse. The anguished cries of the victims caused a half frenzy among the sailors, who in several cases excavated under dangerous places and rescued wounded people. In other cases they reached bodies that separated in parts when efforts were made to drag them from the wreckage. For an entire day the Russian sailors, divided into squads, gave assistance wherever needed. Amid the ruins of the Bank of Sicily they found a safe containing many millions and delivered it aboard the warship. From one house alone they rescued ten persons alive. a sole survivor wishing that he bad not been spared. "There was one girl on board the steamer, her clothing tattered and torn, who had saved a canary bird. She was a music hall singer and had clung to her pet throughout the tcrrt " . ble secenes of devastation. The bird was the only happy thing on the ves seL i Fell Five Floors; Uninjured. The stories told by these unfortunate refugees are almost unbelievable. A soldier named Emillo de Castro, relates that on Sunday, the day before the disaster, he was taken sick and was sent to the military hospital. Early Monday morning he , was awakened by a tremendous roaring sound. His bed struck the floor below, and he was still on It. It paused a moment, and was again precipitated. He struck the next floor, but this gave way at once, and thus man and bed came tiown from the fifth floor of the hospital to the' ground'. The soldier waa not Injured. SENATOR SMOG1 T IS AGAIN CHOSEN Senator Received the Support of , Every Republican Member, Two Votes Being Cast for Judge William H. King. Senator Reed Smoot has been reelected as United States senator to succeed himself, and will hold office until March 4, 1915. His to the United States senate took place on Tuesday, January 19, in the Benate and house of representatives of Utah by the unanimous vote of every Republican member of the- - legislature. Ia tho, senate there were eighteen votes, all for Smoot. In. the house there were lorty-flvfor Smoot votes, forty-threand two for Judge William H.. King. Mother Killed, Child Saved'. The two votes received by Judge A dispatch from Palermo described Imprisoned with the Cead. the experience of A. J. Ogston, British Prof. Palermo of the University of King were those of the two Democratic members of the legislature. at Messina, who arrived Messina1 lost two sons. In the senate the name of Senator with his daughter at Palermo, he him"I was sleeping in my bed,' he said, "when I was thrown out of bed, which Smoot was presented by Senator Carl self, being Injured. "At the first shock," said the fell on top of me. The celling col- Badger of Salt Lake, in an eloquent "my wife rushed to a cot and lapsed, the floor opened and I was address, seconding speeches being snatched up the child. We ran down thrown Into the first floor apartment made by nearly half the senators. In stuirs, and found the door blocked of Mnie. Perulci. She was reaching the house, J. II, Woattoii presented with clambered for her sister and son, whom we tho name of the senator from Utah wreckage. , We through a window, but as we were found dead. ' We remained all day county, and at least a dozen repre passing a building a balcony fell and and night alone without help, keeping rentatives seconded the nomination. killed my wife Instantly, lly a miracle the rain off with planks. Representative P. If. Morris, the the child escaped unhurt. I rushed to "Thus we were without food or leader of the minority, nominated the municipal square, where 50 people drink among the screams of the bur Judge William II. King. F. Hamhad gathered, and we ran madly for led. The latter ceased somewhat at mond, the only other Democratic the open country, balconies, columns night. No one came with assistance member of the legislature, seconded and chimneys falling' around us In a and we were as if In a tomb alongside Judge King's nomination. terrifying manner. The members of the bodies. Children, wounded, were Aside from selecting a United our party were, struck down, some- around us, but invisible under the States senator, the house on January times singly and sometimes a half ruins and weeping in despair or burst- 19 listened to the of five pereading) dozen at a time, and when we reached ing into piercing cries at every sound from various points In the a place of safety only four of the heard without. When we finally es- titions, fetate, praying for the passage of a undoubtparty remained. The others caped from the ruins we were taken law. . by sailors to the Crlstoforo Colombo, prohibitory edly were killed." Three bills were Introduced, provld which us to One tragic phase of the disaster brought Naples. for a fine of f 100 to 1.000 against "We passed through streets that lng was the fight for life made by the person who sells a position to an any prisoners in the jail above Messina. felt as If they were the bottoms of employe? providing for an appropriaThere were nearly 1,000 of these, in- valleys or climbed heights which were tion for highways and bridges In cluding 300 women. The building col- ail that remained of the finest palaces Wayne county; and to amend the of I will never inMessina. forget it as laws lapsed at the first shock and the relating to garnishment, provld mates were caught like rats. Several long as I live." ing for Issuance and service of writs rows of cells remained Intact and of garnishment In certain cases and those who were locked within them Royal Couple Assist Rescuers. sections of law In conflict could be heard pounding the walls and The king and queen of Italy went to repealing therewith. crying aloud for help. Then came Messina in the battleship Vittorio On motion of Mr. Morris it was deanother shock which completed the Emmanuele, and bis majesty grasped cided that In the future all bills would destruction. All were killed with the the situation and set to work all the be read by title and then referred, exception of the few who had escaped powers he controlled to alleviate the after the first shock. horrors of the situation. He partici- then when reported a second time by and when put upon passage to An artilleryman, Gaspare Valenti, pated actively in the work of actual title, In full be read rescue. was says he engaged In rescue work A communication from the senate at Messina with his comrades when Immediately on his arrival at Mesan enormous wave struck him and sina the king joined a rescue party announced that the governor had No. 1. swept hint off his feet. Like a piece and labored as unremittingly as the feigned senate bill The most Important part of the of straw, he declares, he was whirledj others. He personally extricated sevout to sea. Being a good swimmer, eral Injured persons pinned under the business session of the senate was the passage ot house Joint memorial No. he kept up for a long time, becoming ruins. J, relating to the annexation of a por In was and as he .The queen also took active part tired, however, just about to sink he was picked up by a the work. She rescued with her own tlon of northern Arizona to Utah. A - communication from Governor fisherman, who landed him on the hand a boy of three years, who wa beach. Then, seized with terror, he bleeding from many cuts, and herself Spry notifying the senate that he bad ran blindly for 11 hours and dropped carried him to the dock where she signed senate bill No. 1, appropriatexhausted near Aeiheale, a distance of handed him over to members of the ing $35,000 for the regular and conabout 60 miles from Messina. hospital corps. She devoted her at- tingent expenses of the legislature, tention principally to the little chil- was filed. , Senate bill No. 11, by Senator dren and labored long amid the sconeu Searchers Killed at Regglo. of of fee all entrance the horror. making A refugee from Calabria stated that Those who brought news here from students at the state agricultural an express train on the road from Reggio to Naples was brought to a Catania of the visit of the ,klng and Echool $10, was Introduced and restop by the' shock when about 18 miles queen said that the horrors of the ferred to the committee pn education. Senate bill No.. 10, by Senator John along the road in Its journey. The ruined city were added to by the demanded that they be countless number of bodies lying all Y. Smith, revising the 1rigatlon passengers taken tack to Regglo, where they about, Such a force of laborers as laws, went to the committee on agri'" found a scene of desolation. While It would be Impossible to gather, culture and Irrigation. Both houses of the legislature held searching for friends fresh shocks oc- equip and sent to Messina would hae curred and practically all the passen- been needed to bury the dead. The brief scs 1 m Wednesday, January 13, task was regarded as beyond human In the senate two bills were Introgers were killed. At Messina, after rapid work of or- power of accomplishment within the duced, while In the house one bill, ganization, progress was made In the period which would make such dis- rne resolution and a joint memorial work ' of succoring the wounded sur posal of the bodies effective. were Introduced. The president of vtvors, but no attempt was at first the senate announced the committees made to remove the wreckage. The Lima Spread Over the City. In that body. So It was arranged to have tens ot A joint memorial was Introduced, troops and sailors were obliged to shoot down robbers who persisted In thousands of tons of lime taken to memorializing congress and asking looting. The entire local treasury of Messina in ships and carried over the that a portion of Arizona, lying north the Messina branch of the Rank of city and spread everywhere. of the Colorado river, be annexed to The messengers from Messina could Utah. Italy, some $2,000,000, was saved and not find words of sufficiently high placed on board an Italian warship. There were brief sessions of both Many of the people of Messina re- praise for the conduct of the king and houses of the legislature on Thursday. fused to leave the ruins of their queen. They said that their majesties January 14. There was little business bouses. They clung to the sites of left the battle ship and hurried Into transacted in the senate. In the their homes, crying out that their only the ruins of the city a if their owa house the committee on rules presentsafety was In fidelity to the wrecks near and dear ones lay amid the ed its report, which was accepted. A of their houses. Force often was wreckage. bill Introduced In the house authornecessary to get them to the ships In Owing to the overwhelming char- izes foreign corporations complying the harbor. There were large num- acter of the disaster, the hastily es- with the laws of Utah to exercise bers In the suburbs of Messina who tablished hospital and relief corps the power of eminent domain the would not come back Into the city for were woefully Inadequate to the work. rame as domestic corporations. So It was that before their majesties fear of a recurrence of the shocks. The first measure pertaining to prohad gone more than a few rods from traffic came up hibition of the dock they found themselves In the housetheonliquor Hopeless Search for Relatives. Friday, January IS the with dead all German The steamer Serapln among the ruins of Mor rhen Porter, Representative brought stories of heartrending sep- about them. Even the dying pinned Can Introduced a bill which county, beard walls and beneath the masonry aration of families, and the hopeless for the prohibition or manu and frantic seeking of relatives one wild cries of welcome mingled with provided or the sale or otherwise disfor the other. Shortly after the Sera- the chorus of walling an a greut mob facture men and women posing ot Intoxicating liquors. pln docked a gangplank was lowered of The house committees were anand a few persons were allowed on crowded about the royal couple and a committee waa appointed nounced, as a made followed their guards them board. The refugees were found sitto make arrangements for a visit or way Into the ruins. ting In Isolated groups. The king made himself dear to all , ,the lawmakers to the university, and They gave evidence of great mental several matters of minor Importance depression, and were utterly exhaust- his subjects, especially to those In ed. They seemed scarcely conscious the earthquake zone, by his prompt attended to. In the senate a number of bills of their surroundings Most of them and personal aid In times of disaster. were held In the thrall of their terri- This makes plausible a story told by mostly minor amendments to existing hi companions', who salt1, that a the Inws, were Introduced. The oath ot ble experiences. One old man was carrying a little royal pair and the crowd surrounding office was administered to Wlllard girl In his arm. The child was cov- them made tbelr way through the Done as minute ctt rk In the senate. ruins- - a man pinned under a great A communication from the bouse an ered with blood. "Is that your child?" he was asked. block of stone and supposed to be Candidate "No," he replied. "I found her on dead raised his head, repeated the Former a Kick. the pavement In Messina. 'I picked cries ot acclaim and dropped back Registers her up and cared for her. No one dead. Indianapolis, Inl. The rhoodng of claimed her and I could not abandon There was a deep coating of mud all JJ. F. r'hlvely ss nominee fur UtilUd her. I have had her In my arms ever over and their majesties walked States senator by Democratic numsince." ihrouuh It In their work. The queen bers of the state legislature ws With this touching explanation the was frequently affectod to tears by Thursday afternoon by a stateold man became oblivious to his ques- the sight of the homeless, helpless ment from John W. K'rn, who was women w ho followed her crlng for tioner and everything around him. strongest opptment. ConThe Serapln brought Into this port pity, hulf crazed by their misfortunes. Shlvely's the secret ballot, Mr. Kern cerning ' records of numberless trsgedles. Fam- If she looked upihf thent they threw It made possible not only the Ittys ilies separated, mothers moaning and inemseives upon mcir k tiers m tne of coiiktlttteuts by their reprecrying for their dead children, hus- mire and with clasped haiuM prayed but "all sorts of triiuiicry, sentatives, bands and wives lost to each other, or for her help. double dealing and corrupt practices." e e vice-cons- vice-consu- N a 1 '4 . ,; '. ' v It - m i N - - V-- J y , . '"-'TT- t, . I l JLj iu - Italy.The mir site coast which carried the news that the Reggio. too, had jwrlithed. rors accompanying The wounded refugees that reached earthquake. Are and tidal wave that devastated Sic- this city presented a sickening sight APLES. some appeared hardly human; others among the fugitives had no apparent Injuries, but were In such a deplorable mental condition that they seemed the worst of all. The horror of that tragic minute appeared to be Ineradi-cabl- y fixed upon their faces. Oa the relief ships the refugees wer heaped everywhere. Some of them appeared to be stricken with a kind of Idiocy, looking aimlessly before them; others completely mad, howled wildly. The ; commander of the Theiaple gave a thrilling description of the rescues effected by his men when his ship arrived at Messina. As the vessel, drew up before the city It was surrounded by a flotilla of boats and tugs loaded to the gunwales with men and women who plteously cried for food t and anna, tor tbey bad nothing for 24 hours. On entering the port a tremendous clamor greeted their ears. It was the survivors screaming for help. From the water front Messina appear ed to be Intact, as the facades of the flue buildings along that line of streets still were standing, but behind Wandered All Day. "No sooner were we In the street was emptiness and ruin. The princithan the house collapsed. I tried to pal square presented an Assist In the work of rescue, but It aspect. Everywhere, were enormous was useless. The horror and confu- cracks Into which the aea poured, All day I whence clouds of steam and sulphur sion were Indescribable. wandered In the wrecked streets. N ous vapors arose. food could be secured. I had only a few nuts to eat The prison was de- Corpses Heaped In Streets. In all the streets or what had stroyed and the warders killed, but most of the convicts escaped. They nee been streets corpses were prowled about the ruins, robbing and heaped, their desperate attitude and murdering. Tbey cut off the fingers contorted features showing the horror .of the dead and wounded to get the of the death struggles. The ruins of the buildings formed rings. Some of them were singing jn gi of liberty as tbey plied the hillocks 30 feet high, under which knife. thousands of persons were burled. The "A Russian vessel lying In the har- vessel waa soon loaded down to Its bor waa thrown Into the street by the utmost capacity with survivors and tidal wave. Railway lines were swal- then ateamed to this city. lowed up. The square known as the All along the way It waa seen that Cas Campo Santo collapsed and sank. the smiling villages on the Calabrlan Only the summits of a few ruined const had disappeared. Iloth, Scylla ait 111 building emerged from the and Charybdls had vanished with them. , wreck." Not one of the numerous hotels of In Naples public buildings and prithe city rumalnod standing. A fissure vate houses were thrown open to the 60 feet deep opened near the Church refugee and everything possible was of Santa Maria, and houses fell bod- dona for their comfort. The duchess of Aosta was Indefatigable In her minily Into It During the voyage of the TherapU istrations, going from steamship to to Naples a child was born. steamship and bringing to the suffer ers a word of comfort The wounded were carried to the ambulances beHomes Vanished Instantly. A pliyxlclan named Condit, a native tween two flies, of soldiers to protect of Messina, said he escaped by climb- them from the too expressive maniing over the fallen roofs. Houses van- festations of sympathy from the crowd ished with the suddenness ut a dream that had gathered at the piers. The was augami dallKltt showed nearly two miles means of transportation of ruin. 8iatiislilps put out to cross mented by strong arms of sympa-thlters- , In which soma of the more the straits for help after the first shock of the earthquake, but half way seriously woutidod were carried In lieu vver they met vessels from the oppo o! litter. ily and Calabria almost Now defy description. that it Is possible to obtain coherent accounts from the few that escaped from the stricken district wtfh their lives many were for a time without the light of reason it is, realized that certainly not for 20 centuries perhaps never have such scenes been enacted on the earth. One of the first of the survivors that reached the steamship Tberaple the day following the catastrophe thus described his experiences: "I was asleep when the first shock awoke me. I lit my lamp, but all was quiet, and I tarned to sleep again. Suddenly fresh shocks occurred, violent and terrifying. I arose quickly but the house was swaying and my door was jammed. I tore the sheets from the bed and made a rope and lowered myself from the window to the street An Italian family of five persons escaped from, the house by the aid of my rope. Bul-len- . . nounced that that body had oon- curred In senate concurrent resolution No. 1,'' authorizing the governor to select his messengers between tho house and the senate and his office. The senate, on motion, adjourned until Mondav. At the session of the senate o Monday, January 18, Michael W. Earl waa confirmed as special messenger for the governor, the appointment being made in accordance with a concurrent resolution adopted by both houses. W. J. T. McAlllBter of Grand county was sworn In as senate doorkeeper. Senate Petitions Nos 3, 4 and ! were presented, being petitions from Utah, San Juan and Weber counties for a bill for an act to prohibit the manufacture and sale of malt and eplr Ituous liquors in the state of Utah, except for medical, mechanical or sacramental purposes. A bill (S. 11. No. 9) presented by Senator Kuchler provides for the expenses of district Judges and referees, and compensation and expenses to stenographers engaged or employed in the adjudication of rights of water claimants upon a river system or water course, under or by virtue of chapter 1, title 40, of the Compiled Laws of Utah, 1907. There was but a brief session of the house, but considerable business was transacted, a large number of bills being Introduced. Randall of Weber Introduced a bill which materially amends the corporation license tax, the law providing foi which has recently been declared constitutional by the supreme court Insurance companies are exempted froiq the license tax., as are nlso religious and charitable Institutions, irrigation companies which supply water for their own lands, etc. A bill was presented by Morris of Washington designed to Improve the breed and character of live stock oolite range by the purchase of sires by livestock associations In various counties, the animals to be of thoroughbred blood and turned loose among the herds. RuRsel of Salt Lake Introduced a bill Monday providing lhat county officers in counties except those having a population of less than 8,000 must have their offices at the county seats. In order that the courts may go to the people Instead of the people to the courts, a bill was Introduced by Harnett of Juab. The bill says that the judge of any' court of record may, in his discretion, try an action In which a jury Is not demanded at any point within the county In Which such action Is pending. McCracken of Weber Introduced a bill which makes the offense of keeping or resorting to a house of a felony, Instead of a misdemeanor, as the law at present provides. In a bill presented by MacMillan of Salt Lake county, It Is proposed to establish a system of standard weights and measures in Utah. The aim of the proposed law Is to punish persons, who nse false weights and measures,' whether scales, liquid cups, bags, bales, steelyards or apy other means of determining quantity. for The sportsmen are clamoring a change In the fish and game laws, that will give them more for their money and will apply ad effectively to cne part of the state as another. e FALLING OFF IN COMMERCE. Atlantic Ports Lost $400,000,000, in Trade During Past Year. - Washington. Of the approximately reduction in the foreign commerce ot the United Slates In 190X, when compared with that of the preceding year, nearly $400,000,000 was in the trade which was accustomed to pass through Atlantic ports. This is the statement made in a report issued by the bureau of statistics ot the department of commerce and labor. The Imports of the Atlantic ports In the calendar year 1907 were while the exports were $1.15C-000,00as compared with an approximate Import total In 1908 of $HG0.O00.-00and an estimated export total of $500,000,000 $1,107.-000,00- 0, 0 $1,050,000,000. The falling off In the Imports of the Pacific and northern border ports was 16 por cent, while the falling off In exports from northern border ports 17 V'T cent. The Pacific ports show a slight Increase In the value of the exports, this Increase being chiefly in wheat THE POSTAL SAVINGS BILL. Senator Fulton Fears Vote Will Not be Secured on Measure This Session. Washington. During consideration of the postal savings bank bill In the senate on Thursday, Senator Carter t ffered a substitute for the section relating to the payment of Interest on deposit. The new section provides for the payment, once each year, of t per cent on deposits of not less thun $t nor more than $500 and Interest. Senator Fulton i.rped Mr. Carter to permit the bill to go over, that the oiulnbus claims bill might be taken up. He ventured the belief that all senators rratlxed that there rnnld be no vote on the measure at the present session. accti-t.iulat- Reientment Still Strong In the House. Washington. Fur a time Thursday in the house it looked as though that tody would further resent Ibe president's' statement affecting members ot rnnnress end the secret service by or fiulng the printing of 2,000.000 copies rf the proceedings of Jamiury 8, tabling his remarks. A resolution to that cud was presinled by Mr. Lamll but so strong wa the sent KiniltiKt It t hut It was tnblfd The District of Columbia appropria), tion bill was passed. |