ONLY BI LINGUAL rAUEK BETWEEN NEW YORK AND CHIC A i VOLUME II. —No. 3 Italy's Earthquake Renders Homeless A Million Persons MANY VILLAGE OFFICIALS NUMBERED AMONG DEAD ROME, Jan. 14.—The seconn greatest catastrophe in the his tory of Italy—the earthquake which shook half of the country for only 30 seconds yesterday morning, yet killed 20,000 per sons, injured 30,000, rendered 1,- 000,00 homeless and did incalcula ble material damage—is becoming more realizable as each hour brings in from the people of the stricken countryside reports of the harm done. The record of Messina in 1908 with its 76,000 casualties will not be equalled, government officials believe tonight, but the disaster is so great that little consideration is given to comparisons. The great work of relief, in which King and nobility, Pope and peasants are combining' their energies, already is the problem of the hour. By this tune in all probability the task of succoring those still buried in the ruins has, been completed, al though definite information from the isolated districts is lacking. * Homes Open to Refugees. Every train that leaves the capi tal carries its quota of physicians, nurses, sanitarians, soldiers and ci vil officials bound for the wrecked towns and villages with supplies of every sort. Other trains, com ing in slowly over disturbed and in some cases almost ruined road beds, are bringing a great throng of refugees, who are being taken in every home in Rome and cared for. The cabinet met this afternoon and adopted measures of relief on a large scale. Fifty thousand dol lars has already been appropriat ed for the work and more will be spent as needed. The military au thorities have sent out 5,000 sol diers to prevent looting and to pre serve order in the 77 towns which have been wholly or partially de stroyed. Avezzano Wiped Out. Unquestionably the city of Ave zzano has virtually ceased to exist. Of a population of nearly 14,000 persons only 1000 are known to have escaped entirely. The num ber of dead is placed at 8,200, but it is thought that this figure will be reduced, as order is restored and accurate investigation of the casualties is made. In this district of the province of the Abruzzi the destruction par allels the worst scenes of Messina. Hundreds upon hundreds of men, women and children were crushed to death by the walls of their dwellings, scores were swallowed into the earth and many were kill ed in wild rushes for safety. The dead in Avefiano include, it is reported, the sub-prefect and the members of his family, the whole staff of the prefecture, the Mayor and the members of the Municipal Council. Of the 100 sol diers in the local garrison there only a few escaped, and most of the police and customs officials al #*j peii&licd. tow I I 111 THE PA TRIOT No Lives Lost in Rome. In Rome itself the damage was not great. At first it seemed as if marty must have been killed, but when the soldiers and police in vestigated it was found that not a single life had been lost and this in the face of the fact that walls of many buildnigs fell, heavy ob jects were toppled into the streets and panic stricken throngs rushed wildly about for hours. Director Friedlander of the In ternational Volcanological Insti tute at Naples says that the origin of the quake was not volcanic, and this is suopprted by the facts that Vesuvius has remained quiet. Naples was not badly disturbed, but still the tremor was percepti ble there, as well as at Florence, far to the North. In these two cities and in Rome much damage has been done to works of art and historic buildings. One hundred and fifty w-indows were cracked in the dome of St. Peters here, and the statue of the Redeemer was damaged and the cupola slightly ccaekjwL RED CROSS ISSUES AN APPEAL FOR AID. American Branch of Society Starts Movement to Relieve Suffer in Italy's Quake Zone. Washington, Jan. 14. —The fol lowing statement was issued to night at Red Criss* headquarters: "The press dispatches indicate that another dreadful calamity has visited Italy, occasioned by an earthquake which is reported to have destroyed many thousands of lives and to have devastated a large city. The number rendered homeless by the Messina earth quake in 1908 was upwards of 50,- 000 aud the American public re sponded in relief, by raising, through the American Red Cross, the munificent sum of approxi mately $1,000,000 to assist those stricken people. ''Now, there is another oppor tunity for the charitable people of the United States, whose popu lation includes many hundreds of thousands of aliens, to help in pro viding relief for those rendered homeless and destitute by this lat est catastrophe at Avezzano. Cas erta and other places in the earth quake region. "The American Red Cross will be glad to forward funds to the Italian Red Cross for those need ing aid in the distressed territory.' 15,000 Dead in One District Arpino has been shaken to the ground and there are dead and in jured in Belmonte, Castello, Alvi to, Sandonato, Receasecea, Mar none and Areo. Whole Hamlets Disappear. With the damage so astounding in settled portions of the devastat ed countries, there is every reason to believe that it is worse in the distant areas where, it is reported, whole hamlets have disappeared (Continued to Page 4) INDIANA, PA. SATURDAY, JANWARY 16, 1915 A CAMBRIA DETECTIVE GETS AN INDIANA MAN Paul Azarra, of Barnesboro Bring. Surprise to Sheriff Jeffrie* Paul Azarra, the Italian detec tive of Barnesboro, Cambria eoun tv, sprung into prominence in In diana county Saturday morning by bringing to the county jail Wa sil Serenski. of Ernest, who on Thursday, while partly under the influence of liquor, is said to have hit Forna Wykosky on the head i with a stone and fractured his | skull. It was not known until Satur ; day morning that Azarra was | working on the ease and there was surprise when he marched into the 1 office of Sheriff George Jeffries T and presented his prisoner. Seren ski was captured at Lucerne, where he had fled after killing Wykosky. A charge of murder has been lodged against Serenski. The Opening of a New Theatre. The Pitt Theatre, which was sold several weeks ago by Sheriff Jeffries to Mr. A. Blitz, was open ed to the public yesterday after noon. The theatre has been re modeled and will hereafter give first class performances. Mack, the popular pianist "di concerto", will occupy his old po sition. A new pipe organ will be installed at the Pitt soon. f THE LYRIC MINSTRELS On Monday evening, Jan. 18th, Harry B. Marshall's Lyric Mins trels will give a performance In the Canava hall, Creekside. This musical organization numbers 30 singers, dancers, comedians and musicians, and carry their own band and orchestra. The First Part Circle, with the entire com pany of singers, black face come dians and musicians, with all new songs, jokes and dances, is a big feature, while the vaudeville acts following are of the best. Mr. Mar shall. the director, has over twen ty years' experience as a produc er and musical director in all lines of musical performances in New- York and other large cities. The company has many w-ell known singers, including W. P. Walker, the interlocutor; John R. Jones. John Selig, Clyde Gessler, Herman Watson, George Leydic and Fred Hare, while the comedians are: Chas. Noll, the monologist; Law rence Vogel, Jimmy Daugherty. John Wilkinson and John Elliott. George Davis, as a manipulator of Indian clubs, has few equals, while the band and orchestra musicians are aH experienced men. Indiana and Blairsville papers speak highly of recent perform ances, and it is hoped a large crowd will greet the company in Creekside. Preceding the evening performance an open air concert will be given by) the Lyric Band at 7:30. Popular prices will pre vail, adults 35c; children, 25c, to all parts of the house. Curtain will rise promptly at 8 :15. Use Dynamite to Break Ice Gorges. What was thought to be thun der at this unusual season was found to be heavy charges of dy namite used by the Rochester & Pittsburg Coal and Iron Company 'o break ice gorges in the Lucerne dam. This dam was badly damag ed by a gigantic ice gorge two years ago. Mr. Alfonso Botta, of Pittsburg agent for the L. Caprini Co., im porters of the best olive oil in the b nd, was here on business yester day. iadly Burned by a Let Go of Ammonia. J. A. Stokes, who operates an ee plant at Blairsville was badly njured when a newly charged tank of ammonia exploded. Mr. Stokes is burned about the face and hands and body. It has not yet been determined whether his eyesight lias been permanently in jured. GERMAN WAR AEROPLANE AND MOTOR. Photo by American Press Association. KAISER HIMSELF WITNESS ES DEFEAT OF DEFEND ERS A reverse of the allies along the River Aisne in the neighborhood of Soissons is admitted in the lat est French official statement, al though the possible effect of the German advance is officially mini mized. After continuous engagements, which lasted nearly two days, the Germans forced the French to yield in front of Vregny, to the east of Crouy. It is explained by the French war office that flood ing of the River Aisne destroyed several of the bridges and thus rendered precarious the communi cations of the troops operating on the right bank. These troops were withdrawn, as it was thought im possible to send reinforcements to their support. "The success is a practical one for our adversaries," says the French statement, "but will have no influence on the operations as a whole." Emperor William Witnesses Vic tory. Emperor William himself was present at these operations, which resulted in the capture of several $lO,OOO Improvements On Indiana Streets. Street improvements to cost in the neighborhood of $lO,OOO will be started by Indiana borough in the near future to connect with state highways starting at the borough line and leading into the surrounding districts. The streets to be improved are West Philadel phia street for a distance of 3300 feet to connect with the Kittann ing pike; North Fifth street for 3,200 feet to connect with the Punxsutawney road and East Philadelphia street for a distance of 2.700 feet to connect with the Ebensburg road. All roads leav ing from Indiana have been im proved for some distance from the borough line by the State Highway Department. There arc seven such highways which will embrace a part f the Sproull act roads. Vintondale Man Is Killed by Mine Trip. Robert Clyde, for a number of years an employe of the Vinton Colliery Company at Vintondale. I was killed by a trip of mine cars Germans Victorious Over Allies on Aisne After Hard Fighting thousand French prisoners and were continued throughout Janu ary 12 and 13. Pertograd claims the Russian troops have progressed on the right bank of the Lower Vistula where the German cavalry was re pulsed. On the other front, the fighting is made up largely of skir mishes and artillery duels. The general staff of the Caueau sus devoted a statement of the op erations in Azerbaijan, where, it is explained, it became expedient to re-group the Russian forces, ne cessitating the evacuation of cer tain places previously occupied. No important action took place; only an engagement by the Rus sian advance guard. British Aero Squadron Visits Ant werp. British • aviators early in the week dropped bombs on the Ger man position in Antwerp, accord ing to a Netherlands newspaper despatch. The damage done by the bombs has not been ascertained. Eighty-one Russian generals have been discharged from im portant positions, according to the Hamburg Fremdenblatt. Geneva reports that members which his motor was hauling into the mine Wednesday, his body be- ing found under the cars by fellow ■ workmen One ear left the rails and there was every evidence that it dragged the body a considerable distance. Other men were on the trip and they did! not know that anything was wrong until the cars stopped suddenly. An investiga tion is being made to determine the cause of the death of Clyde, who was 42 years of age and is sur vived bv a widow and five child l ren. The funeral services will be held in the Baptist church at Vinton dale this morning, the Rev. Sher iff. of Huntingdon, officiating, and the body will be taken to Ebens burg for interment. Start Work On Big Community Mausoleum. 1 Work has been; started on the erection of the big community mausoleum south of Indiana. This big burial place will be one of the first of its kind in this section and will contain vaults which have j been subscribed for by many pcr -1 sons. . * \*, - ALL THE NEWS FOR ALL THE PEOPLE. HAVE YOU SUBSC RIBED? of the Austrian nobility and arie*- tieracy and Viennese financiers are depositing large sums of money rr* Switzerland and also giving orden* for the purchase of quantities of American securities. The American secretary of stat*- has acknowledged, in a friendly spirit, the receipt of, the prelimi nary reply of the British govern ment to the American note protest ing against the treatment accord ed neutral commerce by British warships. No comment is made? by the secretary in view of the faeX. that it is Great Britain's intention to reply later in detail. New Zeppelin Launched Geneva, Jan. 14—(via Paris) —- A new Zeppelin airship eft Frictl richschafen! yesterday on a trial flight of an hour. After skirting Lake Constance the airship disap peared over the grand duchy of Baden, and later returned safely to its shed. Prior to making tin; trip a German aeroplane made * scouting tour in order to prevent a surprise by French aircraft. It is reported that the new Zep pelin will leave soon for service in the North Sea. Visits Brother In Jail; Is Locked Up Mike Serenski, ofvErnest, Sun day visited his brother, Wasil Ser j enski, who is charged with the- I murder of Forna Wykosky, and? was locked up as a material wit \ ness. I Girl Sent to Jail. Mrs. Kosie Virella, of Homw City, aged 17 years, the youngest, girl prisoner ever held in the COUR ty jail, pleaded guilty to selliag; liquor illegally and was sentenced 1 to serve three months in jail. $50,000 Coal Case Has Been Continued The ten men who were sittingr as a jury in the case of the Bir Run Coal & Coke Campany of Si