12.000 DEAD
QUAKE III ITALY
In One Village 8000 Per
ish, 1000 Are Hurt.
FAMOUS BUILDINGS SHAKEN
Home of American Ambassa
dor in Rome and Other
. Palaces Suffer Damage.
PEOPLE OF ROME IN PANIC
Villagers in Stricken District
Camp in Open King to
Visit Scene of Disaster.
MA3SV KIUED, VILLAGES
WRECKED BY EARTH
QIAKE.
Total number killed estimated
at 12.000; Injured. 30.000.
Center of disturbance near
Earno. Quake felt as far south
at . Tarrara. Sicily thought to
have escaped.
Greatest number of fatalities
at Avexsano, 67 miles east of
Rome, where 8000 perished.
Thousand killed, 600 injured in
Alellt. - and town entirely de
stroyed. Tjwm and villages of Montero
tondo, Zagarolo. Gillano, Veroli,
Tivoll. Pereto. Pogglo Natlvo and
Magllaoo among those suffering;
severely.
Almost entire village of Torre
Cajetaol and half of Fofi de
stroyed. Forty killed in Province
of Aqulla.
Many famous churches and pal
aces damaged. Colonnade of
Marcus Aurellus in Rome shaken.
Palaxzo del Drago, where Ambas
sador Page lives, cracked.
King of Italy announces inten
tion of visiting scenes of disaater.
ROME. Jan. 13. Italy ajrain has
been visited by an earthquake of
wide extent, which, according to the
late advices, has resulted in the
death of 12.000 persons and injury to
possibly 20,000 more in towns and vil
lages destroyed.
The shock was the strongest Rome
has frit in more than a hundred years.
The town of Avezzano, in the Abruzzi
department, 6.T miles east of Rome,
has been leveled to the ground. Here
8000 persons arc reported to have
been killed.
Naples Is Panic-Stricken.
In many small towns surround
ing Rome buildinps were partially
wrecked, while at Naples a panic oc
curred and houses fell at Caserta, a
short distance to the east.
From below Naples in the south to
Ferrera in the north, a distance of
more than 300 miles, and across al
most the width of the country, the tin
dulatory movement continued for a
considerable period.
In Rome it was thought at first
that two shocks had occurred, but the
t-eismographie instruments in the ob
servatories showed there was only
one. which, beginning at 7:o. o'clock
in the morning, lasted from 2U to 30
secomis.
Churches and Statues Suffer.
In the capital itself, so "far as
known, there was no loss of life, but
a great deal of damage was done,
churches and statues suffering most.
For a time the people were stricken
wiili fear and there was a veritable
panic in the hospitals, monasteries
.and convents. The buildings on both
sides of the Porta del Popolo, the
north entrance to Rome, threatened to
fall, and the eagle decorating the gate
crashed to the ground.
The obelisk in St. Peters Square
was shaken and badly damaged,
while the statue of St. John Lateran
and the statues of the apostles sur
mounting the Basilica are in danger
of collapsing.
Pamous Colonnade Shaken.
The famous cplonnade decorating
St. Peter's Square was lowered four
feet, while the adjacent house, once
occupied by the sisters of Pope Pius
X. was, badly cracked.
So violent was the shock that the
(Concluded on l'sze S.)
GUTIERREZ NAMED
PRESIDENT AGAIN
PROVISIONAL EXECUTIVE COM
PLETES UNEXPIRED TERM.
Zapata Followers, However, May
Not Approve Convention's Act,
Although Villa Agrees.
MEXICO CITY (via El Taso), Jan 1J.
It was' reported that the national
convention has again selected General
Eulallo Gutierrez aa Provisional Presi
dent of Mexico. General Gutierrez will
serve out the unexpired term of Gen
eral Porflrlo Diaz, which would termin
ate In November, 1916.
EL. PASO, Tex.,Jan. 13. The reap
pointment of General Gutierrez as Pro
visional President of Mexico by the
national convention ia understood to
have the full support of General Fran
cisco Villa and his northern troops.
Its acceptance, however, by the fol
lowers of General Zapata, the southern
chieftain, was held in doubt by well
informed officials here. (Gutierrez, it
was understood, would serve out the
unexpired term of Porflrlo Diaz, which
had been Interrupted by the Madero
revolution.
President Madero began to serve out
the Diaz term when his death occurred
Incidental to the Felix Diaz-Huerta up
rising. Gutierrez thus would become
the third President to attempt to com
plete a single six-year term of office.
TIDE SWELLED BY GALE
Rle In Boston Conies Close to Mark
Set by Famous Storm of 1831.
BOSTON. Jan. 13. Features of the
storm which lashed Southeastern New
Ensland today were the unusually
high tide that swept into Massachu
setts Bay in the forenoon and the
damage to telegraph and telephone
wires In Bristol County, in Rhode
Island and in Eastern Connecticut.
The tidal rise in this city came wlth
Ing 1.22 feet of the record established
in the famous gale of 1851, when
stroyed. and was the fifth big tide in
tne lasi l years.
Summer residences close to the shore
lines from Newburyport to Providence
town were badly battered.
BRITISH FARMERS PROSPER
Production Heavy, Markets Good
and Prices High-
LONDON. Jan. 1. (Correspondence
of the Associated Press.) After many
years of depression the British farmer
is enjoying prosperity, ivtryuuni "
raises is quickly salable at - prices
which are gradually climbing higher
and higher.
Wheat and oats, wmcn are me
crops of most English farmers, are
bringing excellent prices, while the
livestock which they fattened for the
holiday market was taken at figures
which have not been touched in many
years.
GERMAN TROOPS POLITE
Swiss Colonel Reports Distress Has
, Been Relieved.
BERLIN. Jan. 13. (By wireless to
Sayville. N. Y.) Among items given
out today by the official press bureau
are the following:
"A Swiss officer. Colonel Mueller, re
turning from the French territory oc
cupied bv the Germans, reports that
the French population declares that the
or noltta and decent.
They say there has been no lack of food
Since the Occupation, Dill mai .v...
the occupation there was great dis
tress." CRUISER STILL ON WATCH
British Vessel Before Havana Keeps
Silent, However.
HAVANA. Jan. 13. The British
cruiser which has been lying for sev
eral aays off the port outside the three
mile limit was still there tonight The
vessel has not communicated wirh the
shore and has disregarded all signalled
requests for her name. , ,,
She is plaving her searchlight on ail
vessels entering Havana harbor during
the night. She is believed to be either
the Berwyck or the Lancaster.
ALLON SCHARNHORST LOST
Only 2 6 of Numbers and Leipzig
and 178 of Gnclsonau Crews Saved.
AMSTERDAM, via London. Jan. 13.
Information received at Berlin is to
the effect that none of the officers or
men were saved from the German
cruiser Scharnhorst. sunk oft the Falk
land Islands by the British squadron.
Seven officers and 171 men were
saved from the Gneisenau. seven men
from the Nurnberg and four officers
and 15 men from the Letpsig.
DEATH SENTENCE" STANDS
Xo, Mercy Shown Private Lonsdale,
Says Berlin Report.
LONDON. Jan. 13. A news dispatch
received here from Amsterdam says
Berlin reports that the death sentence
on Private Lonsdale has not been com
muted. Lonsdale Is a private in the British
army. Captured by the Germans, he
was imprisoned at Doebcritz. where he
attacked one of the camp guards.
REPORTED SINKING DENIED
Jsuver Authorities Say Xo German
Submarines Fired On.
v.
DOVER (via London). Jan. 13. The
port authorities deny a report current
here toaay that two German subma
rines were fired upon and sunk by the
coast batteries off Dover.
There was firing from the forts late
last nlghU, wnich formed the basis of
the rumor. This waa not explained in
the statement. ,
BORAH ARRAIGNS
WILSON POLICIES
Mexican Issue Precipi
tates Controversy.
SPECIMEN WARNING GIVEN
Idahoan Would Compel Re
spect for Americans.
RURAL CREDITS DEMANDED
Farm Loans Declared More Import
ant Than Ship Purchase Warn
ing: to Own Party Compared
With Murphy's or Taggart's.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 13 In a stir
ring debate today the Senate heard
attacks on President
Wilson's recent Indianapolis speech.
and criticism of the Administration s
policy toward and denunciation of
Democratic legislation, followed by
warm defense of the President by Dem
ocratic leaders, and a prediction of his
renomination and re-election.
Political discussion was precipitated
over Senator Cummins' resolution re
questing information from the Presi
dent as to what the Government pro
posed to do with Mexican customs col
i.w..,,i H,.i-ino- the American occupation
of Vera Cruz. The resolution did not
get to a vote.
Idahoan Delivers Broadside.
t , Vi a .niirin nf the discussion Sen
ator Williams, of Mississippi, declared
with emphasis that President vvnson
would be "renominated and re-elected";
Senator Borah, of Idaho, was referred
to as a Republican presidential possi
kihv ond K-nntnr Cummins, of Iowa,
vnicnd the wish that President Wilson
could be confined to the "exercise of
his constitutional powers.
Senator Borah delivered a general
broadside against the Administration,
which reached ar climax in an attack
of the chief executive's speech at
Trfifnnnnll last week, with particular
reference to the President's warning
to "men who would dare to DreaK me
oniirlorilv of the Democratic team for
any purpose or from any motive." The
Idaho Senator denoyncea mis siaio
mnt. comuarinir it with "the sole and
central principle, upon which any cor
rupt political machire was ever or
ganized or put into existence.
Utterances Like Ttirf a.
m ririi.red It was likg the utter
ances of "Tom Taggart of Indiana to
his followers, 80 of whom pleaded
guilty yesterday to the crime of polit
ical corruption." ana "ine oraers is
sued by Murphy to his satellites in
Tommanv Hall to follow the dictates of
captain regardless of the dictates of
conscience or Judgment.
"It is a remarkable speech," Sena
tor Borah continued. "Its purpose and
purport cannot be mistaken or mls
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IT LOOKS A
INDEX OF TGDAFS NEWS
v ' The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 49
degrees; minimum. 40.2 degrees. -
TODAY'S Rain; strong southerly winds.
Legislature.
Ronald G. Callvert declares Legislatures
lime wasted In oratory Is costlier than
clerk hire. Page 1.
House rotes to allow every member a clerk
or stenographer. Page 4.
Harvey Wells to succeed J. W. Ferguson as
Insurance Commissioner. Page 4.
Senator Par Introduces resolution having
abolishment and consolidation o state
department In view. Pag 4.
Senate considers divided-session plan for
consideration of bills in recesses. Page 5.
Forecast given of Speaker Selling's commit.
tee appointments, page o.
War.
Field Marshal Von Hindenberg to leave
Poland to take command of Germans In
west. Page 2.
Count Von Berchtold, Minister of Foreign
Affairs of Austria - Hungary, resigns.
Page 2. ,
Mexico.
General Gutierrez again selected as presi
dent by national convention. Page 1.
National.
Senator Borah arraigns Wilson policies.
Page 1.
Spain only European ration that will be
represented by warship at canal opening.
Page 3. .
Sport.
McCredle sends Arttracts out to his two
dpien athletes. Page 12.
Johnson s attempt to enter Mexico may be
halted by Car ran za. Page 12.
City League with four sootlonal teams as
sured; state project uncertain. Page li.
Pacific Northwest.
Annual celebration ot chartering of Pacific
University Is held. Page 14.
All films attract crowds to movie houses,
page 18.
Commercial and Marine.
Oats and barley advance rapidly in local
market. Page 17.
Wheat exporters now seeking Spring grain
in East. Page 17.
Russia secures large credit loan for purchase
of "supplies. Page 17.
Great Britain yet takej precautions to guard
her merchantmen . out ' of Portland.
Page 14.
Portland and Vicinity.
O. M. Clark becomes president of Chamber
of Commerce. Page 1.
A. H Averill. retiring president of Chamber
of' Commerce, outlines great business op
portunities within Oregon's reach.
Page 13.
Ad Club Is all astir for big "1015 Satire'
tonight. Page u.
$750,000 telephone mortgage foreclosed, but
court censures plaintiff. Page 11.
Consumers' League discusses stage child.
Page 11.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page 17.
200,000 INDIANS AID KING
Viceroy Quotes Lincoln In Acknowl
edging Patriotism.
DELHI. India, Jan. 13, via London.
The Viceroy Baron Hardinge, in a
speech today at the opening of the
Viceregal Council, disclosed that the
troops which India has contributed to
the war numbered 200,000. The soldiers
are distributed in France, Egypt, East
Africa and - along the Persian Gulf.
Baron Hardingu spoke feelingly of
India's proof of patriotic sentiments.
In this connection he said "the noblest
sentiment ever uttered" concerning a
nation's duty was expressed in the
words of Abraham Lincoln: "With mal
ice toward none, with charity for all,
with firmness In the right, as God
gives us to see the right.
s
MOVIES TO SPUR TURKS
Minis of Germans In Battle to Be
Shown Constantinople.
PARIS, Jan. 13. Emperor William
has presented the Turkish government
with a series of moving picture films
of the Germans in battle, according to
a Copenhagen dispatch to the Temps.
These,, it is affirmed, will be repro
duced .publicly at Constantinople.
LITTLE LIKE AN EARTHQUAKE UP
: i
oo 7 i
HEADS CHAMBER
Commercial Achieve
ments Recounted.
OTHER OFFICERS INSTALLED
Japanese Consul Urges In
creased Trade With Orient.
JOHN BARRETT IS HONORED
Pan-American Director Appeals for
Proper Consideration of Repub
lics of South America, See
ing Great Possibilities.
After two terms of Bervice as presi
dent of the Chamber of Commerce, A.
H. Averill was succeeded In the presi
dency by O. M. Clark, a member of the
board of trustees and for many years
active in his labors with Mr. Averill
and other prominent members of the
organization in its various enterprises
for the upbuilding of the Northwest.
C. B. Woodruff was elected vice-president
and other officers were named as
follows: Treasurer, Ladd & Tilton
Bank; secretary, E, C. Gntner; trustees.
J. c Alnsworth, Morton Insley. George
Lawrence, Jr.. T. A. Pattullo. Nathan
Strauss and A. L. Veazie. Messrs, Gllt
ner, Ainsworth, Lawrence and Pattullo
were re-elected. Mr. Clark, the new
president, for years has been active on
the board of trustees and various com
mittees. With the exception of the report of
the retiring president, reports of the
officers were deferred and will be pub
lished In the February issue of the
Chamber Bulletin, the principal portion
of the evening .-following the banquet
being given over to the addresses by
guests of honor, principal among whom
were K. Kumasaki, Consul from Japan,
and John Barrett, director-general of
the Pan-American Union. The banquet
and programme were held in the dining-room
of the Commercial Club.
Relations With Orient Discussed.
Mr. Kumasaki, In a witty and schol
arly address, touched upon the rela
tions between Japan and the United
States and then devoted some time to
a rnnoiHprjtinn of commercial relations
specifically between Portland and the
Orient.
"It is because I believe that the com
mercial bodies of America are taking
the lead in effecting better understand
ings with Japan and the Xrient," he
said, "that the present occasion has
special interest for me.
"As you already know," he continued,
after his discussion of the increasingly
r.nrril!Ll relations between business men
of the Occident and the Oriant, "the
balance of trade between Portland ana
Japan is largely In favor of Portland.
I do not suppose that any of you are
feeling badly about" that, but, knowing
(Concluded on Page IS.)
AT SALEM.
Wednesdays War Moves
TURKISH troops have occupied the
Persian town of Tabrls, which is a
Russian sphere, battling with the Rus
sians in the Caucasus, and are reported
to be making preparations for an in
vasion of Egypt.
The Russians have resumed the in
vasion of East Prussia, while the Ger
mans continue to attack them in Po
land, and they are again trying to cross
the Nida River, in South Poland, which
is held by the Austrians.
Ths battle which Is creating
the
greatest interest, however, is that
th. Alarm Vniiv. to thA northeast
in
of
Solssons, where the French have been
attacking the German entrenchments
for a week. They succeeded in taking
some important positions on Friday
last and again on Sunday, but tlie
Germans, bringing up reinforcements,
recovered some of the lost ground.
Otherwise the unfavorable weather has
compelled the Germans and allies to
conline themselves to artillery engage
ments. The renewed activity of the Russians
in East Prussia, indicates that tne
freezing over of the Mazurian Lakes,
for which they have been waiting, has
at last occurred, for otherwise it would
be impossible for troops to advance
through the narrow denies defended
by the Germans.
The Russians say' they also have
mnria rt further advance to the south
west of Rawa. another indication that
they contemplate a repetition of their
attempt at an invasion of East Prussia
from the east and south, despite the
fact that repeated German attacks
south of the Lower Vistula in poiano.
nra kaenln? them falrlV bUSV. These
attacks are being made at different
points and according to the Russian of
ficial statements are easily repelled.
There is no recent account of the
fighting In Southern Poland and Gall
cia. but a Bucharest dispatch says the
Russians have begun an attack on the
Austrian fortlticatlons in the mountains
which divide Bukowina. now in their
possession, and Transylvania, an at
tack on which is considered likely to
bring Boumanla into the war on the
side of the allies.
The Turks, according to a Cairo dls
patch, have decided at last to attempt
an invasion of Egypt. In London lit
tie credence is given this report It is
not believed possible that troops can
cross the desert which stretches east
ward from the Suez Canal and even If
they conquered the waterless waste,
they would be so exhausted by the ef
fort that the British forces in Egypt,
it is confldently thought, could easily
repel them. .
Louis Harcourt. Secretary of State
for the Colonies, addressing a gather
ing of Australians today, said It was
not likely the Australians who were
guarding Egypt, with New Zealanders.
Indians and English territorials and
regulars, would have much lighting to
do there and that they soon would be
in France.
An Interesting statement was made
by Baron Hardinge, Viceroy of India,
at the opening of the Viceregal Council
today, as to the part the East Indians
are playing In the war. He said that
200,000 of them had sailed from India
for France, Egypt, East Africa, and
Mesopotamia. Those in Mesopotamia
are now presumably .advancing with
the British troops on Bagdad.
Rumors were current today, as they
have been on several previous occa
sions, that German submarines had
made an attack on Dover and that two
ot them were sunk. The authorities
deny that any submarinea have been
sunk, but give no explanation of tho
tiring of jthe guns of the forts which
occurred late last night.
"V" IN SERVIA PROTESTED
"Serbia" Is Correct Spelling, Says
Diplomat, Urging Tjse or "B."
LONDON, Jan. 12. (Correspondence
of the Associated Press.) The Servian
legation in London hus addressed a let
ter to the press and the public, urgiug
tlie adoption of the spelling "Serbian"
and "Serbia" instead of "Servian" and
"Servia."
"The latter spelling," says the lega
tion spokesman, "is highly offensive to
our people, mainly because It suggests
a false derivation from the Latin root.
'to serve." It is a source of hidden pain
to Serbians to see that some Journals
persist in using the corrupt forms."
ALSACE FRONT FLOODED
Fields Become Lakes and Storms
Widen Operations or War.
ekskb via Paris. Jan. 13. From
Alsace it is reported that several sec
tions along the front have been lnun
oroji thai the rivers have run over
their banks in consequence of the heavy
rains, ana tnat wiae iieias nave bct
transformed into lakes.
Thpm r several feet of water In
ih. c.rmn n trenchea and the soldiers
have constructed plank roofs over the
whole length for protection. The op-a-qtinna
h9VA been considerably wid
ened by the. unfavorable weather in
Upper Alsace. :
BAD WEATHER INDICATED
Barometer at Astoria Drops to 29.25
With Torrents of Kaln.
' ASTORIA. Or.. Jan. 13. (Special.)
That there has been some unusual dls-
tT-hn,- in the weather conditions ort-
hnr. riurina- the past few days Is in
dicated by the readings of the barom
eter. Last night and again today
the barometer dropped to 29.25. a point
that generally means a heavy gale is
at hand.
While the rain fell almoxt in tor
rents during fitful squalls, there was
little wind blowing locally, but there
was evidently a heavy gale off-shore.
ORATORY AT SALEM
EATS STATE MONEY
Wasted Time Is More
Costly Than Clerks.
ABSENCE OF RING PROVEO
Portland Members Divided and
Spats Are Heard.
SENATE RUNNING SMOOTH
Efficiency I'pliolds Arpnmrnl
Against Abolishment of VpiT
House WilllnRnos to Work.
With Governor Is Miown.
Bf nONAI-D O. r.M.I.VEIlT.
STATE CAPITOL. Salem; Or.. Jan. II.
(Staff correspondence.) In the whole
day expended by the lower house In de
bate over methods to promote economy
and efficiency In tho conduct of Its own
affairs one of the most readily available
ways of accomplishing both ends
entirely overlooked. That ay, l In
the curtailment of uselena oratory. Mot
of today's discussion waa over clerk
hire whether each member should be
permitted to employ one rlerk or sten
ographer at state expense, or whether
two or more members should be con
tent with one clerical assistant, or
whether the stenographic work should
be contracted out.
Oratory Costlier Thaa f'lrrka.
In the matter of dollars and cents,
which -will be represented In cold f In
ures when the cost of the session t
summed up, there was an apparent
saving of several thousand dollars in
volved. The scveral-thousand-dollsr
saving was not made, but If It had born
and it had not been provldi-d for until
the close of an entire day's debate, the
state would still have been a financial
loser.
Oratory costs the state more than
legislative clerk hire. Attendance at
several sessions has convinced me of
that. I do not mean that serious and
even extended discussion of funda
mental problems or vital Issues In the
legislative balls Is a costly custom that
ought to be done away with. The criti
cism is directed at the disposition, from
which few legislator are free In Ore
gon or any other state, to talk for talk
ing' sake.
Importance ( Time Ovrrlawhrd.
In other words, the Importance of
the question In debate does not gauee
the time spent In considering it. A
It was today, the House subtrurted a
whole day from the time It has to de
vote to Important .gllllon and.
moreover. Interfered Just that liiwli
with the work of lb Senate, for .v -h
house Is dependent upon what the oltv-r
does In performing lis own ruin llotis.
At the end of the session each has ac
complished one-half tho work, no more,
no less. If one Is dilatory and theotlvr
energetic In transacting business, the
energetic one will be In Idleness a
good share of the time.
As to the merits of the discussion.
I have not the slightest doubt that ea' li
house could ret along just as well si
it does now with fewer employes. Home
members are so thorough In their work
that employment of a clerk or stsnos
rapher of the right kind for the ex
clusive benefit of each one of them
doubtless promotes legislative effi
ciency. Clerk Wasted aa Home.
Employment of a competent clerk to
look up authorities, make synopsis of
bills, write out amendments, answer
correspondence, when the lerk'a work
Is properly directed. Is not wasteful.
But thero are other members who.
because they are less thorough, less
attentive and less industrious, have
about as much use for a stenographer
as they have for a trained nurse, nut
the various schemes to deprive the
few members In the latter class from
the unneeded presence of a clerk with,
in beck or call were not worth a full
day's deliberations. They were worth
some thought and discussion, but not
that, by any means.
The day's deliherstlons, however,
ought to have produced one good re
sult. It should have convinced the
most skeptical that there Is no organ
ised legislative muchlne or ring con
ducted by the Portland members. Th
Multnomah delegation was divided to
day In as many ways as all Gaul, and
some of the members were not careful
always to say kind things about each
other.
Senate Smoother Raals.
The Senate is In much smoother run
ning order than tho House at the close
of the third day. Comparison of the
metlfuds of doing business In the two
brunches Is convincing proof of the
truth of the one argument made din
ing the campaign on the bill to abolUh
the Senate. The Senate la tho more
efficient body.
An encouraging Incident in the l pper
House was are Indication ji've" of a
willingness to work with (h. Gover
nor along consolidation lines. As pre
viously said, Senator Barrett's resol'i.
tlon Instructing a committee to report
on consolidation of certain deparlmenls
was more sweeping than the recom
mendations In the Governor's message.
Senator Day, of Multnomah, also has
been fostering more drastic centralUa.
t! than the Governor suaaests. Hut
Senator Day Introduced a resolution to
day framed In practically tho exa.-t
wording of ther"Oovernor a inessa, ana
tContluiKd on l's i )
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