Show AMERICAN CONSUL AND WIFE LOSE THEIR LIVES despatch received by wireless from consul wm H gale transmitted to state department messina consulate destroyed and bonsu I 1 and wife supposed to be dead red cross in all cities sending out appeal for collection of fund for earthquake sufferers in italy vice consul lupton supposed to have escaped washington dee dec 29 that arthur S cheney american consul at dessl ML nsf na sicily and his wife lost their lives in the earthquake disaster which devastated that city yesterday is indicated by an official dispatch received tonight by the state department from stuart lupton american vice consul at messina the following dispatch game came via malta maltese islands in the Mcd Me lter fanean being received there by wireless le from messina by consul wro wm H gale and transmitted by him to the tha state department the messina consulate destroyed and consul and wife supposed to bo be dead signed LUPTON consul gale in forwarding the dispatch by cable added that lupton Is supposed to have cf escaped he stated that a british warship had left malta for I 1 vI essina to assist in the work wor of rescue arthur S cheney ts Is a native of illinois but was appointed consul to messina from connecticut august 15 1907 mr air lupton who is if from tennessee was only recently appointed vice and deputy consul at messina and had just arrived at his post succeeding J ir I r pierce an italian st louls louis dee dec 29 leighton shields secretary of tile the missouri branch of the che national red cross society took immediate steps today toward the collection of funds to bo be sent to the earthquake sufferers in italy the italian red cross society responded nobly when san francisco was devastated said mr shields wo would do as much for them washington dee dec 29 the red cross society al also so requested the state department to extend to the american ambassador bas expression of from the american society to tile the italian red cross and to inquire to what extent relief measures will be necessary the red cross will have to wait un til contributions are received in response to the appeal sent out today continued on page eight KING AND QUEEN SAIL FOR MESSINA ME continued from page two as the balance remaining in the treasury Is but 2000 which will be kept in reserve for emergencies within tho the united states on the occasion of 0 tho jhc eruption of vesuvius was sent to italy by the american coclet society T there are no american naval vessels in the vicinity of southern italy the scorpion a converted yacht which is at is nearer the scene of the disaster than any other american naval vessel now new cork dec 29 count mas asiglia the italian consul general here has bas issued the following statement subscriptions for the relief of the victims of the earthquake in sicily and calabria are officially open at la fayette street now new york city at the italian chamber of commerce 23 broadway and at tho the office of tho delegate of the italian red cross 69 wall street the amount of those these subscriptions will be sent at once to the italian red lied cross in rome whose efficient relief of if past calamities hane hae been universally ver sally recognized paris dec 29 the minister of marine has ordered the french battle justice and ands and three to torpedo boat destroyers to proceed to messina lna to succor the victims chicago dec 29 the earthquake la in southern italy has thrown Chi cagos italian colony into a state of consternation and despair the italian consulate was overrun with frantic visitors who clamored for direct news of friends and relatives and several italian theaters closed their doors at the bela italin a favorite gathering place on desplaines street several bundled lis listened while one of them translated the english columns into italian his olce was frequently drowned by cries and sobs and the shrieks of hysterical h st women Balti baltimore mom dec 29 dr harry folding reid professor of geological bics at st johns hopkins oty and add one of the leading authorities in CT to 0 1 united states on seismic disturbances tur bances bancea attributed the earthquake in soli southern thern italy to a general drop dropping p ing or sinking of tho tha earth in that locality cincinnati dec 29 the cincinnati italian Business mens club limi has been to meet in special session to derise ise means of relief t for the earthquake carth quake st M mrs in italy ita ly berlin dec 25 A co minitte I 1 has I 1 as been organized organised sed J in thir thi city elev t assist I 1 idt ibo be euf teren irom abo It italian illari earth anake |