Calabrian Sicilian Disaster Death Toll Soars
Rome reports a disaster that depopulated Calabria and Sicily with 115000 dead, likely an underestimate. Survivors cry for food, water, clothing, and shelter as relief demands grow. Officials cite Messina losses, 25000 needed to rescue and bury the dead, and widespread devastation across Reggio Palmi and Bagnara with towns burned and fields ruined.
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Sicily
Griscom
Sceve
Messina
Palmi
Bagnara
Reggio
Santal Eufemia
Fight for life over food in Messina ruins
Messina December 31 a desperate scene in the ruins of the customs house as bands of starving people scavenged for food. The first successful searchers were attacked by others with revolvers and knives and forced to defend their finds with their lives. The struggle turned deadly as famished men mauled each other over a few dry beans and a small quantity of flour.
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Messina
Save Millions From Messina Bank of Italy
Mesina reports progress aiding wounded survivors and securing the Bank of Italy’s Messina treasury, two million dollars, now aboard an Italian warship. Looters were shot by troops and sailors while fires burn with no water for fighting them. Many residents refuse to abandon ruins and must be forced to board ships.
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Catania
Messina
Bank of Italy
Joy riding by chauffeurs held larceny in New York court ruling
New York December 31 It was ruled that a chauffeur committing joy riding by taking an employer’s car without permission and using it to entertain friends constitutes larceny. Two men were found guilty and sentenced to three and nine months respectively. The Automobile Club of America plans an appeal to seek grand larceny status in law.
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New York
Foster
Benitentiary
Automobile Club of America
Battleship Fleet May Go To Aid Italy
Washington reports a 16 ship battleship fleet through the Red Sea could be hurried to Sicily to assist quake victims in southern Italy. Congress may be asked for relief funds, with the Celtic delivering 1.5 million navy rations to Italy. Donations from major firms and individuals bolster Red Cross aid. A small cyclone at Sterling caused fatalities and injuries at a gas plant.
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Messina
Sicily
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United States
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Navy Department
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Tniten States Steel Corporation
Standard Qi! Company
Adolphus Buseh
Italy’s Messina Disaster Toll Surges Across Cities
News from Rome reports 116000 dead in Messina and Regio, with devastation in other towns. Survivors in Messina endure cold winds, hunger, and improvised hospitals as refugees overwhelm Catania. King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helena visited afflicted wards, praising Italian, Russian, and English relief efforts amid continuing inquiries about foreigners.
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Victor Emmanuel
Helena
Messina
Reggie
Wright Breaks Record At Close Of The Old Year
Lemans France December 31 Wilber Wright set a new aeroplane record by flying two hours nine minutes in an extraordinary close of year flight beating all previous marks in the afternoon flight at Le Mans France.
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Lemans
France
Wilber Wright
State Department Takes Steps to Communicate News
Chicago reports list several American citizens declared safe after fears raised by Italy quake. Paris dispatch notes 96 hotel guests perished at Trinacria with only the proprietor escaping. Washington says the State Department is actively seeking information and dispatching aides to Messina while maintaining contact with deputy consul Lupton.
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Paris
Rome
Italy
Griscom
Lupton
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Sheriffs Select Officers at Cook County Executive Committee
Peters of Cook County placed on the Springfield Illinois executive committee after the special legislation committee condemned a proposed law. Officers were elected yesterday following the committee’s report and several addresses were heard.
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Cook County
Springfield
Ill
Demand for Harmony Fails to Bolster Sheriff Ambition
The Illinois Sheriffs association named officers for the coming year including President Charles E. Weaner San gammon county Vice president M E Bray Montgomery county Treasurer C A Hamilton Whiteside county and Secretary Chief Deputy Long Sangamon county. An executive committee was elected consisting of Sheriffs Peters Cook county McGorray Macon county Haese Peoria county Richardson Kane county Johnson Christian county and Deputy Sheriff Stovall Douglas county. The group voted to hold its annual meeting in this city during the state fair next year.
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Cook County
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Macon County
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Peoria County
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Kane County
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Christian County
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Douglas County
Taft Withdraws From Ohio Senate Race For Turbulent Party Unity
Columbus wires that Charles P Taft withdrew from the Ohio senatorial contest in the interest of party harmony. Hamilton county delegates would back Burton, clearing the field for his election to succeed Senator Foraker. Taft said his candidacy was misunderstood and he yielded personal ambition to unite the party. Foraker then formally withdrew, with Harris and Keifer also stepping aside. Pope grants a dispensation for New Year’s Day observance in Washington.
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Charles P. Taft
Hamilton County
Taft
Burton
Senator Foraker
Ohio
Republican Party
Foraker
Foot and Mouth Disease Progress Report by Wilson
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson said the foot and mouth disease is largely contained with no new outbreaks since December 18 in Snyder County Pennsylvania. He warned investigations proceed slowly to avoid triggering foreign quarantines and suspicion of infection.
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Snyder County
Pennsylvania
United States
Student Missing Since Sept 22 Found
Willis E Smith a Kentucky State University student who vanished September 22 after hazing was found in Owensboro with relatives. He spoke incoherently, claimed he had been detained in a northern Wisconsin cave and fed on bear meat, and gave no clear explanation of his three month absence.
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Owensboro
Lexington
Willis E Smith
Kentucky State University
CaeeNo Las
Wisconsin
University
Irregularities in Denver Fuel Company Case
A Iowa stockholder in the Denver and Northwestern Fuel company filed a petition for an accounting in federal court against six Denver men. The suit alleges misapplication of funds and wrongful transfer of stock and property of the company to the Union Land company.
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Denver
Iowa
Denver and Northwestern Fuel Company
Union Land Company
Mississippi Day Today Prohibition Law Takes Effect Early
Mississippi Mississipp i begins prohibition a day early as Attorney General Stirling rules the law becomes effective on and after December 31. The conflict over timing arose from varying opinions on the act’s start date and was resolved by official interpretation.
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Miss
Mississippi
Stirling
Airship Project Formed by Aerial Navigation Company
New York reports Lewis Nixon announces the Aerial Navigation Company with capital of 50 million dollars to build a 700 foot long airship 80 foot diameter and room for 100 passengers. The craft, costing about 1 million, may carry food and fuel for ocean crossing and mount some guns. Pennington designed the vessel with 12 years of work and patents, with Nixon acting as consulting engineer and Thurlow Weed Barnes named as president.
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Lewis Nixon
Aerial Navigation Company
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Pennington
Thurlow Weed Barnes
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