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Show AMBASSADOR TO 1ET fLEET-: Squadron Expected at Messina Mes-sina Saturday, Generosity of Americans Appreciated Rome, Jan. C Ambassador Grls-eoru Grls-eoru will leave here tomorrow for Messina to meet the American squad-ion, squad-ion, which It Is expected will arrive there on Saturday under Rear Admiral Ad-miral Sperry. The steamer Bnyorn. the American relief Bhip flying the Red Croas emblem, em-blem, will enll for .Messina tomorrow. This steamer with its great cargo of supplies will be able to take care of thousands of sufferers. There are three physicians on board and fifiy , nurses of whom three arc Americans. j The cargo Includes 1.450 blankets, I 4.350 suits of underclothes, 1.110 pairs of shoes. 1,100 hats, COO heavy overcoats. over-coats. 250 capes. 1,110 shawls, 700 tults of clothes. 300 extra trousers and J. a great quantity of shirts, stockings ind handkerchiefs. A ton of candles and 5.000 boxes of matches are among the supplies, together to-gether with all kinds of Implements for digging and repairing, lanterns, sewing cotton, scissors, nails, ham- ' n-ers. and kitchen utensils. I There are also medical supplies sufficient suf-ficient for tho establishment of three complete camp hospitals. Those In charge of the expedition hive $20,000 in small bills for careful care-ful distribution. Word received from Naples says that "hoodlums" during the' night ran through various quarters bf the city crying "earthquake. earthquake." Their cries aroused thousands of people, peo-ple, who rudhed out of their houses, thus giving thieves an opportunity to work. The frightened populace gathered gath-ered in tho squares and crowded the churches. Some of them took cruel-llxes cruel-llxes and Images of saints and carried them through the streets in" procession, proces-sion, amid wailing and weeping. Signor Bertinoli. minister of public works, who is now In Itegglo. has telegraphed tele-graphed Premier Giolottl that the people peo-ple there are beginning to be more talm and for that reason there Is no present need for ships for the transportation trans-portation of the refugees. The minister min-ister adds that efforts should now be directed toward the sending of a great quantity of building material for tho construction of huts along the Sicilian Sicil-ian and Calabrlan coasts. The generosity of the American people In coming to the aid of. the earthquake sufferers Is the predonii-rating predonii-rating feature that is now attracting attention here. Tho feeling ot gratefulness grate-fulness extends from the king down to the most lowly subject. The government has rtecided to propose pro-pose to parliament a five per cent Additional land, house, and income tax tor two years, and a tax of. one per eent on each railway ticket sold. This It Is estimated, will bring in $7,000, 000 which, added to more than $7,-000,000 $7,-000,000 surplus In the Italian budget, will enable the government to face the financial crisis without imperiling the treasury. |