Generosity of American Aid to Italy Draws Global Attention
London reports worldwide reaction to American and government relief for Italy. British papers urge Parliament to act, fearing private donations may dry up if government funds are sent. Despatches from Athens Belgrade Bucharest Canea note donations from parliaments and cities. Vienna organizes a major relief drive. Mansion House fund grows daily. A British chaplain’s relative contributes $2500 and the stock exchange sends $12,500 as an initial instalment.
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Italy
England
Asquith
Roosevelt
The
Daily Mail
Athens
Belgrade
Bucharest
Canea
Vienna
Mansion House
Messina
Stock Exchange
Seminarian Erupts With Tale of Reggio Earthquake Escape
Teodoro Rositani a young seminarian walked 11 miles to flee Reggio and recounts the quake first moments. He describes lifting from tracks and station ruin, a wall of water, fires, and rescuing a convent’s corpses with monks assisting.
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Palms
Teodoro Rositani
Reggio
Sangiovanni
Messina
Roosevelt plans Italy earthquake relief message to Congress
Washington January 3 President Roosevelt, Secretary Root, and Assistant Secretary Bacon conferred on a proposed relief program for Italy earthquake victims. They discussed a $150000 Red Cross aid amount to fund an immediate relief ship, higher than an earlier figure, cabled via Ambassador Griscom in Rome.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Italy
Root
Bacon
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Hale
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American Red Cross
Italian Red Cross
Griscom
Rome
United States Leads in Earthquake Relief Efforts
Ambassador Griscom has chartered an Austrian steamer of 8000 tons to carry 1200 passengers and medical supplies for two weeks at a cost of $50,000. The relief ship will sail from Civita Vecchia to assist quake victims with six doctors and 20 nurses, and the Scorpion, Culgoa, and Yankton will follow with additional provisions and medical aid.
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United States
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Civita Vechia
New York
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Civita Vecchia
Naples
Scorpion
Messina
Culgoa
Suez
Earthquake aid throng in East Side procession
Il Progresso organized a historic East Side relief drive as Italian immigrants in a dozen victorias and an automobile paraded through James Roosevelt and Oliver streets collecting clothing medicines wine and money for quake sufferers. A packed St. Joachim church in Roosevelt Street bore witness to deep communal grief.
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Il Progresso
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Roosevelt
Oliver
St. Joachim
Roosevelt Street
Park Row
Birthday party for Pearl Johnson and Benjamin Tucker
Comrade Tucker and Comrade Johnson held a birthday party in New York before their Europe voyage for their daughter Esther Johnson Tucker. Over 100 invitations noted Pearl Johnson’s choice to avoid the title Mrs Tucker, citing anarchist views on female identity. Tucker is from New England stock and Pearl Johnson traces to Governor Winthrop lineage.
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New York
Tucker
Johnson
Benjamin R. Tucker
Pearl Johnson
Europe
Esther Johnson-Tucker
Mrs. Tucker
New England
Winthrop
Looters Target Messina and Reggio After Earthquake
The American ambassador Lloyd C Griscom forms a committee to allocate earthquake relief funds. Guards struggle to protect survivors and wealth in ruined buildings. Reports say six Russian sailors and sixteen criminals were killed by looters at Messina in the last 24 hours.
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Lloyd C. Griscom
United States
Messina
Reggio
Earthquake Aftermath and Calabrian Looting Arrests
After Calabrian earthquakes, 600 looters were arrested since yesterday while Reggio police clashed with bandits leaving two officers dead. Earth tremors continue with Pellaro waves driving people into the sea as authorities establish military zones and aid shipments. An American visitor, A Conway, escaped as renewed shocks shattered Reggio and nearby facilities. professor Francesco San Felice is reported among the dead.
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Reggio
Pellaro
Calabria
Francesco San Felice
Thieves Shoot Sailors in Reggio Disaster Chaos
Dispatches from Rome report clashes between police and pillagers in Reggio leaving a dead police officer and customs guard. Six Russian sailors were reportedly shot in Messina while defending loot. The Pope funds relief with a Vatican hospital planned for 200 beds and active clerical aid across devastated districts.
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Messina
Gio- AG Eis
Reggio
Hbersagliere
Trelanda
St. Paul
Mer. Bongano
Propaganda College
Treland Sts
Italy
Isis
United States
Vatican
Press Club
Princess Borghese
Purifies the Shin With X Zalia Remedies
An advertorial note reports Mr. Anderson of 802 Hickory Street St Louis Missouri suffered facial swelling and inflammation. X Zalia liquid healed the inflammation in under five hours and the flesh completely. X Zalia products priced 40 and 25 cents marketed by druggists.
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Hickory Street
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Qll
Ady
Opposition to burying Messina under quicklime debate
Reports from Rome contest plans to seal Messina with lime to curb plague fears. Officials say burying is unnecessary and that the city could be rebuilt, with corpses to be buried at sea and rescue work continuing despite hardships.
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Rome
Messina
Pompeii
Herculaneum
Vesuvius
Peope
Santo Liquido
Sicily
Calabria
Reggio
Roosevelt Cannot Attend Italian Earthquake Mass Meeting
President Roosevelt declines invitation to the Madison Square Garden relief mass meeting for Italian earthquake sufferers, citing an obligatory diplomatic reception in Washington. New York leaders urged his attendance, hoping President-elect Taft might attend. Governor Hughes and Mayor McClellan were among the notable figures backing the event.
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Madison Square Garden
Roosevelt
Washington
Congress
Taft
Hughes
McClellan
Beggars and Soldiers Rescue Efforts Amid Reggio Ruin
From Quahe Reggio to the Ionian Gulf area all is devastation. Only about 100 of 800 garrison soldiers remain, aiding in rescue as hungry, wounded, and grieving civilians search amid rain and ruins. Bodies wash ashore, and mass graves form around Bagnara Palmi.
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Reggio
Ionian Gulf
Melito
Messina
Bagnara
Palmi
Peace of China in Grave Peril Amid Yuan’s Fall
Foreign board notes Yuan Shi Kai is dismissed for rheumatism and cannot be restored to power. Yuan must leave Pekin in days as Liang Tun Yen is appointed, sparking panic among supporters and foreign legations. Expected removals include Yank Shi Liang and Prince Ching as Tang Shao Yi’s mission to the United States hangs on new authority.
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Yuan Shi Wai
Foreign Board
Liang Tun Yen
Yuan Shi Kai
Pekin
Yank Shi Liang
Shi- Li
Prince Ching
Board of Foreign Affairs
Prince Tang Shao Yi
United States
Yuan Shi Kai Escapes from Pekin to Tien-Tsin
Yuan Shi Kai, the deposed grand councillor, has escaped Pekin and reached Tien-Tsin, reported to be under British protection. He planned to travel to Hainan via the Hankow railway, with a private car waiting at the station this morning.
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Pekin
Yuan Shi Kai
Tien-Tsin
Great Britain
Hainan
Hankow
Americans Found Safe After Messina Catastrophe
A wireless despatch from Messina reports Walter Kennedy and Charles Williams, Americans believed dead in the Messina disaster, are safe in Taormina Malta as of January 3.
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Malta
Messina
Walter Kennedy
Charles Williams
Taormina
Fire risk rises as bridges fail to open and delays hinder access
Repairs on Congress street and Northern avenue bridges trap the New York New Haven and Hartford docks and nearby grain elevators in a fire zone. Fire units would detour via Summer street and Melcher to reach A street, causing costly delays. Congress street draw troubles persist while authorities patrol the area.
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Northern Avenue
Congress Street
Post
Summer Street
Northern Avenue Bridge
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Melcher Street
Looters Busy in Brookline
Brookline experienced multiple burglaries over Saturday night and Sunday morning with two residences at 2 Perrin Road and Walnut Street reported entered while families were away. A third break occurred at Evans Road about 3 45 am with two men seen leaving on a local car for Boston carrying a suitcase. Police details are scarce.
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Brookline
Frederick G. Kimball
Perrin Road
A. G. Williams
Walnut Street
Evans Road
Boston
Reggio Girl Clings Four Days From Balcony Fall
Harrowing reports from Reggio describe a girl who dangled from a balcony railing for four days as her home collapsed. A woman buried in debris survived but was unable to move, while her husband and children bled to death above. The survivor was rescued demented and unable to recall her name.
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Naples
Reggio
Dollar for a Dime CASCARETS Ad Tale
An advertisement touts CASCARETS at 10c a box for a five week course. It claims millions use the product and promotes a natural, easy result with morning proof. The copy notes 906 CASCARETS in a box and that it is a top selling item available at druggists.
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