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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.
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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
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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<l I
ney, against Michae Burns uu&f
| James B. Phelan, of Punxsutaw
ney, have been discharged and the
case continued until January
when a new jury will hear tier
| case. Of the original jury t*m
which only 11 men/ could be se
cured, one became ill leaving
! men tc sit cn the ca~c.
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