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SECOND
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WEATHER
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Ptirly-futirth Yr.
PhIIv - Ninth Year,
MRDFOKI), OWMfiON, TIlTI.SDAY, .JANl'ARY
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NO. 253
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50.000 KILLED AND INJURED
HORRORS GROW
W
REPORTS
FROM INTERIOR
Aica Affcctcil Covers Entire Central
Portion of Italy From Naples to
Fcrrnrn Oimko Dclt Three Hun
dred Miles Loiin Extcndlnn From
Coast to Coast.
ItOMK, .Inn. II, 10:2.'. n. in. -See-oral
i'miIIiiiiiiIjih oociiricd during tin
I'm i ni t ip' i ilny. They caused
Hit' cnlhiwo ill' Miniui li ii it it titer nlrcnd
IXtW'Iclx lIlllllMKl'il. H'ollllillK in tin' in
jury of it number of person ciqtitKfd
in icono work in vmiiitm town
Tliowo shock ucie nut violent, hill
thoy iuctcunctl ht iitatin (if llic h'o
pie ami made miiru dlflioult I lie work
Of ICJMMIC.
IIO.MK, Jim. 1 1. With every hour,
tin mtilltliiniil mnl iitnro accurate d
IiiIIh nte received, Hid horror of job
tenia) ' ourthqunku lucrenmtH, threat
ening In tihtco It In I ho llt of Hi in I -lur
entalrophoH lit Europe second
only to tint Mosulnu illnnntur of I'JOH.
Tim lint of "limit, dying ami Injured
him Increased from a relatively hiiiiiII
IlKuro hut night to utoiu than .'0,000
according to an official nnnoitncc
intuit tiduy, mnl It In experlod Hint
th lit iiiinilier may grow before the
iluy U over. KMliimtcH of thu num
ber killed raiiKe (rum 12,000 to 15,
oon, i 'irt'
The full extent of the property Iohh
Iiuh not )et hern determined. Hero
In Itotiin priceless bUHhon, century
old building nml Mrui'timm that for
)enra have been the inercn of vlultom,
have hoett destroyed or damaged,
(Item Attn Atfeitisl
TIioiikIi Hie Ion of life, mnl poiwl
hly the dnutngo mny he less than It
mm In l'.ios, the area of tlio dUturh-
mini Kreatl) exceeding that of the
Mtitwliut earthquake. It rovera the
whtihi central portion of Italy, ex
twilling from Naples on the otith to
I'errnrn on tlio north.
Tho most illitantroiiH disturbance,
ftom all reportH, seems to havo con
lorul lit the vicinity of tho town of
Avorznun, where IT,, 000 persons have
heeii Id I led or litjtireil, arrorillim to
tho latent official reportH, Repot Is
of damage In vnrjlug degrees of sev
erity himt count frouiM.ittlum, Ahruz
xl, Uiuhrla, tho Mmcheit, TiiHiany,
Aelln, Campnula ami Apulia.
Tim enrlhi(iako hult Ih cBtlmatuil
to ho ahntit :I00 iiiIIuh Ioiik, oxteitilliiK
practically from ono bIiIo of Italy to
tint other, In Ahruxzl, I.ntlum ami
Campniila thu iiuako reachutl it k
lilKhnttt tlcKieo, ' iloitcrlheil hy ttrlnn
HittH an ratatttiophtc mid In other
(Continued on ubicb X.)
Ni:V YOltlC. Jan. H. Tho droaiU
uitiiKht V)oiuliiK today hermtio Hour
Adiulral Vlutuhor'H flaKHlilp. Hear
Admiral Klotchor yeitturday trans
terred IiIh flag to tlio Wyoming In
onlor that mlmlriirH iiuattitrH on tho
Now York could ho iniiilu rumly for
tlm Oku of l'uiHldoiit W 1 1 ho a and IiIh
party on tho trip to tho I'auamn canal.
AccordliiK to plmiH holm; nrraneod
at tho navy yard for tho providen
tial vlHlt to tho canal, thrco of thu
four droiulnatiuhtn now loft at tho
yard mo to proceod to hou next Friday
Join tho other uiiKh of tho hattloHhlp
fleet and oiiKURo I" " Hoarch prohlom
which will ho extended to a week or
111010,
On completion of tho piohloiu tho
fluct wit ronilovouB nt sea mid pro
ceed to Gumitmimno for drills and
inancouvorH. Tho Now York will ho
hold In riiadliiCHb to ko to Hampton
HoikIh whonover tlio preslilont dlroctH.
After ho mid lilt) party lmvo hoon re
ceived on homtli tho vobboI will pro
ted uoiithwnnl. fnll In with Clio rest
of tlio (loot at the (lumitanmuo yard
mitt lend to Colon,
OREAD NAUGHT
m
FLA HIP
10 ISSUE STATEMENT
FOR EQUAL SUFFRAGE
WAHIIINHTON, .Inn. II.
President Wilson shortly will
riiiiiii out with it Htatniiiunl
fitvutahlo to woman Htiffrugo
In Now Jitrsoy, according t
fr mi announcement hy Dr. Anna
S Howard Kluiw toiluy after hint
fr ami MrH. Mini II I McCorinlck
nml Mrn. Winston Churchill
hint culled on thu president.
Dr. Hluiw sold tlicy had not
iIIccuhhciI iintlonul suffrage
AI BEHEST OF
NUW YOHIC. .Ian. II John I..
.Mann, former director of politic
worlH of the Dominican Kepuhllc,
tefitlflml today Hint he had hoon re
moved from office hy the Domlulran
Koverumeut at the hehent of Jnmett M.
Sullivan, American mlnlMcr, In the
lnteretM, ho helleved, of the llauco
Naclomil of Ha n to DoiiiIiiko. con
trolled hy the Hamtiel M. Jan In In
terentil of New York,
Mr. Maun appeared an n wltnetttt
In tho liniuliy IioIiik rondtictcd here
hy Senator-elect Chelan of 8n IVnttj
cIkcii Into .Sullivan h iltnoKH to retain
IiIh pout, lie wild Hint after miHtic-
cetutfiil effortH hnd Imhhi made hy Sul
lian ami K. J. It. Mitchell, prenldcnt
of the llanro Naclonnl, to i;et him to
trnnitfer Koxerntuent fnmlH to the In
Klltollon, preituuiahly to nave It from
liiMtUeucy, Sullivan had deiunilud
IiIh removal hy MluUter of I'tthllc
WotkH De Oca mid Hint IiIh dlHcharco
followed on the preteiiHo of IrroKti
larltlCH. E
TL
I'AHKUHSIU'Hd, V Vn Jan II.
A. I.eo Well of lMttttlttirK. chief coun
nel for the ManufacturerH' I.IkIU and
Heat company, nmih arreatctl today on
a train nt Wllllamhtowii, V. Va.,
charKed with nttempttui; to hrlhe C,
II. HroiiHon of the public nervlco
cnmmlKidon, In mi effort to Influence
a doclHluu In which tho HkIH company
Ih liitercHted. Ho wiih releatied on a
writ of haheiiH corptm.
(', II, HroiiHon, meutloucd In con
nection with the nlleKeil attempt nt
bribery, Is a brother-in-law of (lovor
nor Henry D. Hatfield, ami Iiiih been
active In tho work of tho commlnHlon.
Woll Ih proMdent of tho Yotors'
Civic I.eaKtio of I'IUbIiiii'kIi and bov
eral yearH a no W4ia active In tho pro
Bccutlon of a largo number of mom
lieiH of I'lttHburtt'ri city council for nl
lotted inalfeaHaucu In office,
I
OF COAST DEFENSES
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 1.- A ivmi
Intiim hv Itenrexcnlutivo (lanliner,
fiillinsr upon the secretary of war Tor
information ns to tlio ttrt'iij;tli of
eoact dcfeiiM's wiih puhhctl today by
lite Iioiim', iraelieiilly unanimously.
It UHkH whether Ihero are mounted
nnywhero-on tho coast fortifieuljouH
any Kims of Kiouter than twelve-inch
caliber, wliether tho rnnjjo of (he
twelve. inch lmiiih in more than 111,000
yardrti whether llrilihh di-eiidiioiiKhts
of the Queen Klir-alu'lh type do not
carry fil'teen-iiieh, irt-cnlihor guns
with n rniiKO of'Jt.OOO .vnrdx, and
wlielher Unit nniKO doen not exeeeil
hv more ilitm four iniloH tho viuiko of
any Km,H (m "l0 ")'HI defenses of
eontint'jitnl I'niti'd States,
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REMOVED
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BY
CHARG
AGAINS
AWYER
AVEZZANO 0
OF LIFE 15,000;
1 CITY IN RUINS
Grave Reports Coming In From
Stricken District Dussy, Popoll,
Cocullo, Cappadoccla and Scores of
Other Cities In Ruins Meagre De
tails Describe Widespread Ruin.
HOMU, .Inn. H. Official reporttt
lecehed front Avezrnuo declared Hint
the timid lit that city mid In Itn vi
cinity In tho earth'iunkii yenterdny
ittiiuher more than l.'.OOO pemoin,
Thomt who koI nwny and were only
xllithtly Injured Innltited upon return
Iiik to Hearcli for relatlvcn nml frlemU
nmoiiK thu rulnit. Survlvorn dtiK
frnntlrnlly Into hcnpH of plitMter and
(tone, often Htnlned with blood. The
KriieROiiie Hearrh wnn only too often
HitrreBNful. In many InHtnncco Miir
vltorH fainted iih their dend were
hroiiKht to HkIiI, then tho heart brok
en nenrcher had to be carnl for by
membom of the hnntlly orRnnlzed re
lief commlttceH,
At Hcurcoln, a woman who un
earthed tho body of her three year
old child, nuddeiily became Innnnc.
At I'opoll, a yotttiK hunbnud, return
lit!; from the fleldH, rtinhed to IiIh
homo mid found It a heap ol ruins.
He tore nwny the fallen masonry
and entered uhat remained of bin
home only to find his wife lying
dead, tho baby In her nrniH. At Horn
mi old grandfather, tho nolo survi
vor of hi family, litHlnteil upon forc
ing IiIh way through tho nhntered
wall of what once had been bin home.
Suddenly the wiiIIh eollapced nnd the
the old man wan burled with tho oth
er members of IiIh family.
There Ih nothing like mUUfnctory
coinmunlcntlou with the Mtrlckcn din
trlct mid roiiBciiuciitly exact flgurcH
art to the 1oh In life mid property are
ImposHlhle to obtain. Itallrond traf
fic between Avezznno nnd Tngllncoz
zo still Ih Interropted.
Very grave reportH nro coming In
from IIUBsy, I'opull. Cocullo, Han
Bmilcctn, Ocre. I'ttganaclit, resclna,
Aversa, Sourcoln, Magllano nnd Cnp-
padoccln.
Tho center of tho dlHturhnuco nit-
pom'H to havo been the extinct vol
vano of Kiiclno In tho province of
Aitilln.
Tho work of roncuo and tho Bonrch
of tlm ruliiH In tho hope of finding
pcoplu Htlll alive wan continued nil
through tho night. DonflrcH were lit
and torchcri brought Into into. Tho
BoldlorH who early woro ordered to
the Hcene tlld excollont work.
Medical men nro beginning to talk
of tho possibility of epidemics nmong
those who escaped. A largo number
of people Ned from the stricken dis
trict nnd will for a tlmo bo without
adequate shelter,
SLAV INDUSTRIES
UKIM.IX, .Inn. M, hv wireless.
Tho Ituxhimt noWf.puors, Heieli,
ItuNsky-Slowo mid Hit-sky Wji'tlo
nuisty deserihed tho dilfieulties the
Itiihsiiiiih ure placed in beemiso of n
lack of neceshitrv uoods fonnerlv im
ported from (leiinauy, says a state
inuiit Issued from the official press
liu'rcuu here.
l'Oii tlio other hand," tho statement
uohliuui'S, "tho newspapers bponk of
the impohsihllity on thu pint' of the
ItussimiH to export enviur, wool, furs,
ffiain and spirits. Tito leather in
dustry is declared to ho at u stand
still hi'onuso of tlio lack of Uuininjr
material.
"Tlio London Standard slates that
considerable ameunts: of KnglMi con
sols have bcOh iold unoffieially ho.
low the fixed minimum price,
"Tho Itnliau deputy, Boliuonte,
pointed out nt u mcctjiij,' in Milan that
victory lor Franco and r.itglmid
would cause Italy's vassalage in tho
Mediterranean mid that tho present
neutrality was tlio causo of Itnly'n
favorable diplomatic situation.
WA
CURTAILS
IS'AMKD A (IAIN TO PKOSTSCUTE IIARUY THAW
HlMH
iBBIHHInevll
WILLIAM TRAVCRS JEROME..,
William Tr.ters' ,) rune ha-, received mi niMiiiiltin-iil frmn Attorney
fieti trill Woodbury oJ New York, doiyriulii'sr hun h -pcii.il deputy states
iittorney geuerul to rrtertitc Ilarr !C. Thaw ulttii he t returned to the
juriHilietion ol'N'ew ork State.
SULTAN
SIZES
CONTROL OF ROADS
im:ti(()(!Iai), ia i...iiii ..n, .i.tii. 1 1.
The occupation lt Turkish Iroup
of the 'fabric district in iioitlieni
1'er.iu derives its strategic tiiiMirt.
auee from the I'uct that it eurrie
with it Ttirkixlt eoutrnl of liilnvay
ami rmlroadn lcadiuc to the l(ttian
frontier. Tlieoe roinU, whioh provide
the only pnicticahlo routes through
Persia, are owned and managed hy
either llie Iturimi overmueul or
l!u--inn companies which liavc oh
taineil eiiieeHions from IVrsin.
The occupation of Tabriu by the
Turks was accoiuplished only after
n hard fight ,ln which artillery was
employed, neeoriliu to information
that reached the Persian locution
1 1 ere. llifsaii Ali Khan (laffar.
fiol secretary of the legation, said
that the Itiis-ian gitrriMin at Tabriz,
had offered stubborn resistance, but
had been compelled to retire, ouin
to the overwhelming uuinorical super
iority of the Turkish forces.
Itussjnn troop had been pnrrison
ed in noithcrn Persia Fiuee the revo
lution in Unit country in 100(5-07, un
der agreement with England, which
for a time eoutrollcd tho southern
portion of the country.
The Turkish forces which occupied
Tabriz, came from Krzeruni, covering
100 miles oxer a cirouitotis route,
through u difficult mountainous ter
ritory. Tho Kussian government con
tinues to protest against Turkey'
violation .of Persian neutrality and
intimates that Poisimi officials have
not taken sufficiently enorgetio meas
ures to prevent this violation.
COUNTIES LIABLE
FOR EXPERT BOOKS
SAI.UM, Ore., Jan. 1 1. That tho
counties of Oregon are llablo for tho
expense Inclined In making an atullt
of their books by tho state board of
accountancy, Is the opinion of Attor
ney Oonornl Urown, glvon today to
District Attornoy Onlo S. Hill, of Linn
county.
In Ills opinion, Attorney Genornl
Drown says that It la plainly appar
ent, no far an tho language of the
statute U concerned, that audi a
claim la a valid ono against tho coun
ty and tho only question la wltotlier
tho legislature has authority to on
net n law Imposing mich liabilities,
mid taking the county business to this
extent from the jurisdiction of the
county court, Bitting for tho transac
tion of county business,
THROUGH
PERSA
I
AwMMHBiaB HWHHM ,
MM
RES S
i AS GOVERNOR OF
i
COLl'MniA. S. C. Jan. 1!. Gov
ernor Cole L. Mlcase, whose term ex
pire Jnnuary 19, today fllod his
resignation with tho secretary of
state.
The resignation, transmitted to the
senate, wan Intmodlntely accepted.
I.luotonnnt Governor Smith took the
path for tho unexpired term.
No reason for tho governor's action
was glxen In his resignation, which
contained only tho werds: "I here
by resign my office as governor of
South Carolina.''
It was stated that Governor DIease
tirlny was told of u meeting of borne
of tho members of tho legislature
Tuesday night when, according mem
bers of tho conference, a proposal
to lustlttito IniKchmuent proceedings
tagalust the governor was discussed,
but 'was abandoned.
T
AMSTERDAM, Holland, Jan. II,
via London, G:2C p. m. Thro has
been received hero an official com
munication given out nt Constanti
nople by tho Turkish authorities as
follews:
"Assisted by Persian troops, our
army is steadily advancing In Azer
baijan province, Persia, In order to
deliver tho country from tho Husilan
yoke
"Wo have hail further notable suc
cess, occupying ndvnnced positions of
tho Husslans In the vicinity of Tabriz.
"A nunibor of tribesmen of tho
lJrltlsh army of occupation In, Kgypt
havo surrendered to our vanguard."
UintLLV, Jan. It, by wireless to
Sayville, L. I.-A statement givon out
by a Clenuun news agency credits
tho Hamburg Frcmdenblntt witij the
assertion that eighteen ltussian gen
erals lmo been dismissed from im
portant positions.
According to u German news
ngcwiy, tlio Austrian forces in Oal
icia suddenly initiated nu offensive
movement against the Hussions tak
ing them by surprise. Tito Austrian
operations wore attended hv success
lit several points,
SOUTH
CAROLINA
RK
ADVANCE IN PERSIA
BY QUAKE
MR
RESUMES
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ON
PRUSSIAN LINE
Russia Once Mere Undertakes Offen
sive Against Germans and Turks
Two Forces Attempting Invasion of
East Prussia Turks Suffer Hcav-
i ily in Caucasus.
PKTHOOKAD Jan. ! I. Russia
has once more undertaken an offen
sive movement against two of tho
three nations she Is flghtlrig.
After a long period of Inactivity
her forces In the north arc attempt
ing to penetrate from two directions
Into Kast PrUMtla where Russia a few
months ago sustained one of the
most H'fvere defeats of tho war. In
the Caucasus Russian forces are
ncnln encngod In heavy fighting
with the Turks, who according to of
1 flclal Pctrosrad advices, have sus
tained large losses In the lato en-
Icocunters.
Checked Ily Winter
In Gallcla and Uukowlna where
Russia's activities are directed
against Austria, there Is now little
activity, Buvoro weather having
checked military operations.
On the western battlefields the
fighting In the region of Solssons has
developed into unexpectedly large
proportions. Doth thu Germans and
the allies npnprently have thrown In
heavy reinforcements and doflnlto
defeat for cither Hide might result
In the reshaping of the battlellne
over a large section of the front.
Kill Inns righting In Poland.
Furious fighting has been resumed
in Rusflnn Poland. The Russian
forcos In the north which are push
Ing toward Kat Prussia In the re
gion near Mlmvn. have captured a
number of villages.
In the centers the Germans have
made four violent attacks within the
last forty eight hours. They forced
bnck the Russians and occupied con
siderable ground.
Important bodies of Russian troops
have pushed northward from Warsaw
In the movement toward the western
end of the East Prussian frontier.
They havo reoccupied a number of
villages between Mlawa and Przas-
nysz, hitherto held by tho Germans.
Plan Withdrawal?
In tho renter nt tho Junction of
tho Uzura and Rawku rivers, where
J fighting has been In progress for
more than a montn, tne uermans
havo begun a new movement of great
vigor. Their activity centers along
a lino to tho east of Sochaczew and
Skierulowlce. It la hero that thoy
havo niado four distinct efforts to
advance during tho last two days.
Following a furious artillery action,
tho Germans occupied the district to
tho northeast of Dollmow, Including
the towns of Din Skupl and Sucba.
These positions nro three or four
miles southwest of Sochaczew and
five miles east of tho Uzura, from
which positions thoy woro reported
officially to havo been driven out nt
the point of bnyonets.
Russian nowspapors nre printing
statements based on what thoy Bay
la 'Information from German sources
to the effect that the German stuff
la ' preparing public opinion for tho
withdrawal of German troops from
tho Warsaw district.
ET
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F
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ItOMK. Jan. 1-1. 2:110 n. m.-l)(s-
Dutches received bete from Ancona
miv that n heavy storm raged vesler-
dnv along tho Adriatic- coast, 1 hero
was also u hcuvv fall of snow. Na
ples leports a stron- tidal wave yes
terday in the Uulf of (laeta, neeom
mtnicil hv seistnie disturbances ou
shore. Venice telegraohs of eold
weather in tlio Alps, with the snow
in deep drifts,
HUG
WA
LLOWS
QUAK
KAISER VIEWS
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Germans Under Eyes of Ruler Win
Battle, Sc!zir2 French Trenches
Near Solssons, Charging Through
Heavy Mud Artillery Exchanges
in Belgium.
HHKLIN, Jan. 3-1, by wireless.
Kmperor William wns present in er
on during the spirited battle ou (hn
Vregny Plain, to the northeast of
Soissons, which resulted yesterday in
that elevated ground being cleared of
the French nnd which is described in
the Oerninn official statement given
out this afternoon as n "brilliant coup
for our troons." In this engagement
the Germans claimed to have captur
ed four French officers ami 11C0
men.
The text of the conimunicutiou
rends:
"In the western theater of the war
in the dunes near Nieuport and south,
west of Yprcs, nrtillery combats are
going on. Tito enemy directed an ex
tremely strong fire on Wcstcndo,
which they soon will bnve entirely
destroyed. Their torpedo bont dis
appeared quickly us soon as they re
ceived our fire.
Rattle nt SoWsoiih
"In continuation of their activities
on Jnnuary 8 northeast of Soissons,
our troops again made an attack on
the heights of Vregny and cleared
this elevated pldin of (ho enemy. In
n pouring rain nnd deeply sodden
clay, trench nfler trench wns taken
by storm until nftcr dark, mid the
enemy was driven back to tho border
of the elevated plain. Font teen
French officers nnd 11.10 men went
tnken prisoners nnd four cannon,
four machine guns nnd n, searchlight
were captured n brilliant font for
our troops under the "very eyes of
their uppermost wnr lords.
"Northeast of the enmo of Chal
ons the French attacked again yester
day in tho morning nnd afternoon
with strong forces, to tho east of
Perthes. Thev pcnetrntcd, nt certain
places, our trenches, but wore re
pulsed by enorgetio counter nttaeks
nnd driven bnck with heavy losses
into their own positions, leaving Kit)
prisoners in our hantU.
"In the Argonno mid the Vosges
nothing of imiHirtmice hns occurred.
Itus.slans RepulbCtl
"In the eastern theater of war
Russian nttaeks to the southeast of
Ouinbinncn (east Prussia) mid to tits
east of Loctzen havo been repulsed
mid many hundreds of prisoners havo
been taken.
"Tho situation in northern Poland
is the same.
"Our attacks west of the Vistula
nre being continued. Nbthimr of im
portance has occurred on the eastern
bank of the Pilica."
BRIDGE IN PERSIA
PKTROGRAD, via London, Jan.
14, Oris a. in. Tho correspondent of
the Rourso Gazetto at Tlflls sends s.
statement niado to him by Schodja
Ed Daculeh, tho former poveruor of
the province of Azerbljan, Porsln, who
baa arrived In Tlflls. Ho is ono of
four survivors of a guard of 400
horsomen who dofeuded tho bridge
at tho entrance to Mlandonb, ''tho
gateway of Persia." He fought tho
Turks for ton hours, enabling refu
gees to escape to Maragha, GO mllos
south of Tabriz. All Christiana who
remained in Mlandoab, ho stated,
wore massacred,
"When I heard that the Turks
woro advancing," he said "I posted
1500 troops in one of the Mlandoab
forts and 1300 In another. I myself
with 400 relatives and friends fought
u hnpeloBs battle at the bridge until.
all but four were killed by thu Turks
qutckflroi'H. I then fled on hornet
back from Tabrl to Jfulfn.
AM CAPTUR
VREGNY HEJGHTS
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