THE WEATHER
CLOUDY TO-NIGHT
RAIN TO MORROW
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SITn"Sr H « ED VOL. 77—NO. 37
EARTHQUAKE
CASUALTIES
NUW 80,000
Latest Estimates Place
Number of Killed at
35,000 and the In
jured at 45,000
CAUSE GIVEN FOR
GREAT MORTALITY
Said to Be Attributable to the Dry
Construction of Buildings Due to
Piling Stones Upon Each Other
Without Using Mortar
By Associated Press.
Paris, Jan. 16, 4.25 A. M. —The
correspondent of the "Excelsior" in
Rome, wires that he learns officially
that 35,000 persons were killed and
45,000 injured in the earthquake.
Newspaper specials from Rome agree
that the great.mortality is attributable
to the method of dry construction em
ployed in the affected region, the stones
being piled upou each other without
mortar. The only buildings which escap
ed total destruction were the modern
houses built of reinforced concrete.
The serious landslide which has oc
curred at Monte Corvino-Rovella,
which sent masses of earth from the
mountain side into the Fucino canal,
damming the stream, threatens to add
a flood to the other calamities in the
region. Gangs of men are working
strenuously to remove the obstruction.
Rome, Jan. 16, 10.20 A. M.—The
"Messagero," den-lares there are now
fewer than 5,000 dead at Pescina and
3,000 at Celano, and that at Cenohio
only people were saved out of a
population of 2,600. At Marsi the dead
number 1,000. Most all the survivors
here are injured and they are suffering
grievously from want of food and lack
of care.
Rome, Jan. 16, 9.10 A. M.—A cor
respondent of the "Messaggero" who
has been traveling through the devas
tated zone, telegraphs his paper that
excluding Avezzano and a number of
other villages the number of dead will
reach 16,000. His estimate of the to
tal number of dead is 30,000.
60 BODIES QF GIRLS FOUND
IN RUINS OF FEMALE COLLEGE
Rome, Jan. 16. —The name of the
Italian from America who had just ar
rived at Avezzano Wednesday morning,
when he met his death in the collapse
of the railroad station, was ascertained
to-day to be Filippo Fratucci. He came
from New York and his relatives had
assembled at the railroad station to
meet him, when the destruction of the
town began.
One report from Avezzano says that
sixty bodies of girls have been found in
the ruins of the girls' college.
OFFICIAL REPORTS REVEAL
AWFUL CARNAGE OF DISASTER
Avezzano, Via Rome, Jan. 16, 2.20
A. M.—Oflicial reports regarding the
extent of the earthquake are now be
ing received by the authorities. They
concern towns and villages in the dis
trict in which Avezzano is located and
thus far are as follows:
I'aterno, completely destroyed, ex
cept one house; 1,000 dead " out of
5,800 inhabitants.
San Peliuo, almost totally destroyed;
600 dead out of 1,600 inhabitants.
Scurlola, completely destroyed; num
ber of victims not yet ascertained.
Villalago, 25 dead, 20 wounded.
Rajano, 4 dead.
Fratturo, near Scanno, 200 dead,
60 wounded.
Popoli, 5 dead, 10 wounded.
.Pentima, 4 dead, 11 wounded.
Barrea, 9 dead, 20 wounded.
Villetta-Barrea, 3 dead.
Woman and Babe Rescued Alive
The Duke i f Abruz.zi arrived here
last pight and inspected the work of
rescue. He visited every spot aii€ gave
nuch aid and advice as he could. He
expressed the intention of visiting all
the villages that had suffered, some of
which are still cut off from communica
tion. As an instance, news only
reached here to-day that in the town of
J'escasseroli many persons are buried in
the wrecks of houses and up to the pres
ent time fifteen bodies had been taken
* out and eighty injured persons rescued.
A thrilling episode of the earthquake
happened Friday at Capellel, just north
of Avezzano, which village is in ruins.
Continued on Seventh I'age
Accused of Selling Liquor to Indians
George Holmes, a Carlisle bar ten
der, arrested this morning by Special
Agent Johnson, on a warrant charging
the furnishing of liquor to Indian stu
dents of the Carlisle Indian school,
waived a hearing for court before Unit
ed States Commissioner Wolfe in this
city this afternoon and entered SI,OOO
bail.
Bbe Star- jdhfe Jnfcpcntent
BOTH GUILTY 111
BAD CHECK CASE
Mercer and Leßrun
Convicted on Several
Counts in Verdict
Given Late To-day
THOUGHT THIS
A "JAY TOWN-
Fur-Coated Pair Were Arrested Here
After Trying to Check Against Bo
gus Deposits of jjt'J.OOO in Two Lo
cal Banks
The jury in the case of R. H. Mercer
and Fred Leßrun, furcoated automobil
i isrs, who deposited two bogus checks
for SI,OOO, one each in the Dauphin
Deposit Trust Company and the Me
chanics Trust Company, this city, but
were arrested when they tried to check
against the accounts, found the men
guilty on several counts in the Dau
| phin county court late this afternoon.
The jury deliberated four hours and
then announced the verdict that both
meh, on the charge of forgery, had been
! found guilty of uttering and publishing
; forged checks, an offense regarded as
scarcely less serious than actual forgery.
I On two charges of false pretense, both
were found guilty, and on a third
charge of false pretense both were de
clared guilty of attempted false pre
! tense.
The men, who were arrested by the
Harrisburg jiolice, were reported to
! have come here to operate because they
regarded this as a "jay town." At
least Mercer is wanted by the police of
several of the large Eastern cities.
Counsel for tlue defense announced,
when the men were called for sentence,
| that an appeal would be taken from the
verdict, and they made the usual formal
request for four days within which to
j lite reasons for a retrial,
i Mercer, one of the two defendants,
went on the witness stand late vester
| day. He accounted for the use bv him
i of the name, "Little," by saying it
was a ruse to prevent a New York
! woman from learning bis whereabouts
Contlnnnl on Fourth rase.
VOCAIIONALWORKINCRADES
School Board Prepares Plans for Intro
ducing Domestic Science and
Manual Training
Domestic science and manual train
ing in the grade schools below the high
schools may be started with the Begin
ning of the fall term in September.
The Harrisburg School Board last
night awarded the contract for the fin
ishing ol' the three basement rooms in
the new Schimmell building, at Seven
teenth and Catherine streets, lor this
purpose.
The advantages offered by the chapel
at Sixth and Forster streets toi u cen
[ tral school for the teaching of these
subjects was recognized and a resolu
tion directing City Superintendent
Downes to prepare a tentative plan for
the use of that building for that work
was passed.
The contract for the rooms in the
new building was given to John W.
Emory, the general contractor on the
building, on his bid of $2,097.46.
Claries H. Hartwick was given the con
tract to plant 48 maple trees about the
new building and the Harrisburg Light
and Power Company was directed to
place four cluster light standards aooui
the new building.
NEW BRAND OFTHIEF APPEARS
Open Farmers' Wagons and Take Pro
visions on Country Road
John A. Conrad and Jacob Stouffer,
farmers in Susquehanna township, and
regular attendants at the Verbeke
street market, had not much left to sell
when they arrived at the market house
this morning, thieves having helped
themselves to the contents of their
wagons while en route to Harrisburg.
The raids are believed to have taken
place on the Linglestown road near
"Crooked Hill." Coiwad lost baskets
of dressed chickens, Smoked sausage,
mush, two pairs of shoes, a money box
and a number of baskets of other pro
visions. Stouffer lost a basket of cab
bage and a basket of spinnach. The
county authorities are working on the
case.
COFFEE DAMAGED BY FIRE
UOO Pounds Burn Up at Enterprise Mill,
107 Cherry Street
Two hundred pounds of coffee in the
roaster at the mills of the Enterprise
Coffee Comanpv, 107 Cherry street, were
damaged this morning when fire broke
out in the chimney at the place and
spread to the coffee roaster. An alarm
was turned in from box No. 42, Mul
berry and River streets, and the central
district companies responded.
The Washington Company played a
chemical stream into the chimney anil
stopped the fire. The other companies
did not go into service. The firemen
had some trouble in getting to the blaze
because of the subway workings at
Second street. The only damage was
to the coffee.
HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 16, 1915-12 PAGES
C. 0. P. ELEPHANT
FOB THE PARADE
A Real, Live "Jumbo"
Will Head "Straw
berry Jim" McNich
ol's Philadelphia Club
TABERNACLE FOR
STATE POLICE
That Will Be the Headquarters of the
i:tK Officers and Men of Constabu
lary Who Will Be Here For the In
auguration of Dr. Brumbaugh
l/ook out for the G. O. P. elephant!
The real thing! The mulumoth modern !
Behemoth that is used to typify the |
Republican party!
For he is going to be in the inaugu
ral parade, gaily caparisoned, decorat
ed with Republican party emblems and J
marching proudly at the head of toe |
North Philadelphia lie publican clui),
marshaled by Republican City Chair
man Lane, whose chief of staff will be
Senator James I'. McNichol, knowu as
"Strawberry Jim." in his native city.
When that Philadelphia Republican
bunch starts out to do anything it does
it right. Senator "Strawberry Jim"
heard that a splendid biig elephant, be
longing to a traveling meaai'rie, was in
winter quarters in Ln.mbertville, N. J.,
and forthwith he set going the scheme
that resulted in contracting for the
| services of the elephant, whose name
is "Jumbo." to inarch at the head of
the Philadelphia Republican Club in
Harrisburg next Tuesday.
It must not be supposed that either
Chief Marshal Lane or Senator Mc-
Nichol will ride the elephant, for both !
are going to march in the wake of the j
big animal, the symbol of the Repul.-1
lican pa.rtv. This will be the first time
in history for an elephant to take part
in an inaugural parade, but as ftaid be-'
lore, that Philadelphia bunch general
ly goes the limit when it seeks for
| something unique and spectacular.
Work on the inaugural stand, cover-!
ing and extending beyond the steps at 1
the Third ami State street entrance to
Capitol Park, on which the inaugural
exercises will take place, was completed
this morning, and everything is in
readiness for Howard Baker, the dec
orator, who will begin the work of cov
ering the stand early ou Monday morn
ing-
The Seating Arrangements
Along the front of the stand over
I the main stairway will run the press
seats, in the centre of which will be a
j railed-off portion, where the ceremonies
i will take place. Word was received j
from Dr. Brumbaugh this morning that |
his personal party will accompany him I
to the stand, and seats will be pro-j
vided for the members of the partv |
just in the rear of the speaker's stand.!
Captain George F. Lumb, Deputy
Superintendent of State Police, has eoni-1
Continued on Fourth Pncr.
COURT HCUSEUNHEALTHFUL
DECLARES THE GRAND JURY
______
That Body Also Criticises Constables
"Who Solicit and Encourage Suits
and Have No Motive Other Than to
Obtain Fees"
Besides complaining about the court 1
house ventilating system, saying that it
is not conducive to the general health
of the attaches atid attendants, the
Grand Jury, sitting at the January j
(Quarter Sessions Court which closes to j
day, this morning filed a report in j
which it censured city and county con- j
stables "who solicit and encourage
suits and have no motive other than to j
obtain fees.''
Judge Kunkel, upon receiving the j
report, congratulated the jurors on their |
having the courage to criticise the ex- j
isting conditions and added that "no
doubt the proper officer* will consider!
and properly act upon your several rec
ommendations,"
The judge a.iso agreed with that part
of the jurors' report which referred to
the a'ble management of the Dauphin
county prison by W r arden W. W. Cald
well.
After setting out that they ignored
forty of the 183 bills of indictment in
quired into and that they were pre
vented from inspecting the Dauphin \
County Almshouse because that insti
tution is under quarantine for diph
theria, the jurors report as follows:
"We have visited the Dauphin coun
ty prison, having made a thorough in
spection, and take pleasure to report
that we found it in perfect order and
cleanliness in eve'ry de|>artment. We
are desirous of adding much praise to
the humane methods used by the war
den, W. W. Caldwell and his valued as
sistants, in handling prisoners in the
jail, as we are firmly of the opinion
that treatment of such nature will dis
courage crime more quickly than any
other method.
"W r e severely censure the actions of
certain constables, in the city as »well
as in the county, whom we are satisfied
have no other motive than to obtain
fees, for generally soliciting and en
couraging suits.
"It is a most unfortunate condition
that our excellent court, its attaches,
attorneys and the public are compelled
to perform their work in a court house,
the condition of which, with respect to
its ventilation, is not conducive to
their general health. We believe this
matter should be called to the attention
of the proper authorities, for their im-1
mediate consideration." i
JOB! PICKED FOR
TBI OF scon
Patrolman Accused of
Murder May Attempt
to Prove Fatal Shot
An Accident
FIRST DEGREE
VERDICT SOUGHT
Assistant District Attorney Wickersham
Says He Will Endeavor to Show
Banks Was Killed After Threat to
"Expose" Blueco&t
The twelve jurymen who will decide
the fate of Robert F. Scott, colored, the
city patrolman indicted on a charge of
having murdered, on August 1, last,
Nathan Banks, also colored, after Scott
is said to have made an unsuccessful
attempt to arrest Banks, were selected
in Judge McCarrell's side of criminal
court this morning.
The real trial of the issue was be
guu at the opening of this afternoon's
court session at 2 o'clock, when Assist
ant District Attorney Frank B. Wick
ersham asked for a verdict of murder
in the first degree. He stated that he
will present witnesses who will testify
that the shooting of Banks occurred
after the victim had threatened "to
expose" the patrolman and not because
Biyiks had attempted to evade arrest.
Scott has as legal advisers W. Justin
Carter and Harry B. Saussaman, one
of whom this afternoon hinted that
Scott expects to prove that the shoot
ing was accidental. Following is the
jury that will try the policeman:
The Twelve Jurymen
Harry M. Wert, liveryman, Millers
burg, foreman; Franklin M. Duey, car
penter, Third ward, city; John C. Cas
sel, farmer, Fast llanover township;
George C. McCahan, clerk, Tenth ward,
city; John Pyne, real estate dealer,
Fourth ward, city; George W. Kinter.
stationniaster, Dauphin; John DeGray.
draughtsman. Eleventh word, city:
Harry L. Reichert, farmer, Susquehan
na township; William H. Maxwell,
frog builder, First ward, city; John
Lappley, Sr., merchefrt, Eleventh wartf,
-David W. Gingrich, retired, 3eo>
Continued on Fourth P«»e
LOST LIFE IN BREAKER FIRE
Chief Clerk Killed By Falling Timber
in #200,000 Blaze Near
Hazleton Last Night
By Associated Press.
Hazleton, Jan. 16. —The G. B. Mar
kle Company, whose breaker at High
land was burned to the ground during
the night, causing a loss of $200,000,
and resulting in the death of Howard
Howells, chief clerk, who was struck
and instantly killed by a piece of fall
iiiig timber, began preparations to-day
to rebuild at once. The breaker was
the largest of the firm and six hundred
men and boys are temporarily thrown
out of employment. The mines, how
ever, won't remain idle as the coal
therefrom will be sent to nearby break
ers to be prepared for market. The
loss is partially covered by insurance.
Officials of the company could give
no cause for the blaze early to-day. It
originated in the tipple "and spread
rapidly. It was necessary to dynamite
the planes le.ading to the mines to pre
vent the fire from spreading to the
underground workings. •
Paymaster Howells lost his life while
serving hot coffee to the men fighting
the fire.
WHEAT TAKES DROP IN PRICE
Five Cents Lopped Off in First Fifteen
Minutes of Trading
By Associated Press.
Chicago, Jan. 16.—Wheat dropped
five cents in the first fifteen minutes
of to-day's session on the Board of
Trade,oii rejiorts that a congressional
movement was on foot to prohibit ex
■ports. May wheat, which closed at
$1.45 yesterday, sold down to $1.40.
In the later dealings generous ex
port sales here and at the seaboard in
cluding considerable amounts for ocean
shipment in March put relative firm
ness into the market. The close was
unsettled at 2 1-8 to 8 3-8 under last
night with May at $1.41 5-8.
Wilson Orders Wheat and Flour Probe
By Associated Prr*«.
Washington, Jan. 16. —President
Wilson to-day directed Attorney Gen
eral Gregory to investigate whether
there had been any violations of law
in the rise of prices" of wheat and flour.
Schools Close Tuesday
The schools of the city will be
closed all day next Tuesdayj inaugura
tion day. • The School Board last even
ing took that action when a resolution
was presented by Director Saul.
NEW SERIAL STORY TO-DAY
"Peg 'o' My Heart," a story writ
ten from the play which had a very
unusual run in Now York of 60*4
consecutive nights, will appear in
serial in HUB newspaper. It is a
comedy of youth, full of heart in
terest, witty and clever. Every line
about this romping heroine will en
tertain. The first installment ap
pears on another page of this issue
of the Star-Independent.
PROMINENT RAILROAD MEN WHO
TOOK PART IN ENOLA EXERCISES
Hy I* ■ ,
WILLIAM B. McCALEB
Superintendent of the Philadelphia Di
vision, Pennsylvania Railroad
B. H. BABNBS
Retiring Secretary of the Eno?a Young
Men's Christian 1 Association
EILA OBSERVES
lESIAIIMI
Judge McCarrell Makes
Anniversary Ad
dress to Which Supt.
McCaleb Replies
HANDSOME GIFTS
ARE PRESENTED
One Thousand Railroaders and Their
Friends Gather in P. R. R. Y. M. 0.
A. Building at the Big Classifica
tion Yards |
(Special to the Star-Independent.} I
Enola, Pa., Jan. 16. —One thousand
railroad men ami their friends aided
in celebrating Enola's tenth anniversary
last evening crowding into the Y. M.
C. A. auditorium. They attended the
birthday i>arty of the big classification
yards of the Pennsylvania railroad.
Employes took it as an opportunity
of presenting a gold watch to R. H.
Barnes, secretary of the association,
who has resigned to take up similar
work in Sunbury. The employes of the
brick oflice, previous to the entertain
ment, presented G. W. Fisher, yard
master, with a handsome meerschaum
pipe and silver humidor filled with to
bacco.
J. A. Ringland, foreman of the
Enola round house, who took an active
part in the arrangements for the cele
bration, was.presented with a S2O gold
piece by the employes of the round
house.
Gift For Judge McCarrell
Judge S. J. M. McCarrell, of Dau
phin county, made the principal address
of the evening, giving a history of the
railroad development at this place, be
ginning with a description of the roll-
Continued on Fourth Page
RESCUED SEAMEN IN PORT
Seven of Schooner's Crew Perilously
Near Death in Hurricane
Washington, Jan. 16. —Seven sea
men rescued at sea from the wreck of
the schooner John W. Dftna off Dia
mond Shoals on Wednesday," arrived
here to-day on the steamship Malin
che. The schooner, a waterlogged dere
lict, was sighted yesterday by the
steamer El Aleba.
The rescued men said that after
•leaving Charleston, S. C., a succession
of gales was encountered and that on
January 13, a northwesterly hurricane
accompanied by tremendous seas car
ried away the schooner's foreriigging
and deck load of lumber, leaving the
waterlogged hull floating helplessly in
the trough of the seas. The Malinche
effected the rescue the next day with
great difficulty because of heavy seas
and the danger in launching the life
boats.
* *" jhH
|g JIMM
CHARLES H. ANDRUS
Master Mechanic, Harrisburg and Enola
Shops
S. G. HEPFORD
I General Secretary of the Young Men's
Christian Association
LftTE WAR NEWS SUMMARY
The fury of the batfte along the
1 Aisne has spent itself and the Germans
for the present at least, are making no
effort to extend the gains they won
over the French. Further German suc
cesses are reported in to-day's official
statement from the Berlin war office,
but they are of minor importance,
i Toward the northern end of the line,
south of the Lys, the Germans reoccu
, pied trenches previously captured by
the allies, as is admitted in the French
statement and in the Argonne small en
-1 gagements are said to have resulted to
their advantage.
The French assert that they won
definite advantages in artillery fighting
and compelled the Germans to evacuate
trenches near Clemery.
Seldom since the beginning of the
campaign in the east has the military
i situation been so uncertain as at the
present. Several independent move
ments, each with the possibility of vital
j consequences, are in progress simultan
' eously. The latest phase of the situa
. tion—the advance of a new Russian
army against West Prussia in connec
' | tion with the movement of the forces
that have invaded East Prussia—is be-
Continued on Fourth Page.
1 TRUST CO. STUCK ABOVE PAR
, Twenty of Union Sell at Auction To
day for $l4O a Share
> Forty shares of stock of the Union
i Trust Company, Harrisburg, par value
SIOO, were sold by Auctioneer John T.
r Ensminger at a public sule held in front
. of the Court House at 2 o'clock this
, hfternoon. The stock, it is said, was a
f pur' of the estate of a Harrisburg man
> who died recently.
Twenty shares of the stock were
- bought by Joseph Claster at $141.50
i a srfhare, while the remaining twenty
■ shares were purchased by Dr. William
C Peters for $146 a share. Among
) the prospective purchasers it was said
' that the Union Trust Company stock
■ now is generally rated at $155 a share.
I Several shares, sold a week ago,
i brought slst.
TO IMPORT DETECTIVES
Harrisburg Department to Take Care
of Inaugural Crowds
The Harrisburg police department is
•preparing to handle one of the greatest
crowds on Tuesday, inauguration day,
and in addition to all of the members
of both the day and night forces, ex
pert. thief-catchers from Pittsburgh and
p Philadelphia will be brought to Har
risburg to aid in the protection of the
vast chowd.
These men, who know the profes
• sional pickpockets, will take eharge of
■ that part of the work. All pickpockets
1 who land in the city, whether plying
their trade or not, will be jailed under
the professional thief act and given
ninety days in jail.
GUADALAJARA IS RETAKEN
Carranza Forces Beoccupy Town Cap
tured by Villa in December
Vera Cruz', Jan. 16. —According to
official information reaching Vera Cruz
to-day, the town of Guadalajara has
been recaptured by the Carranza lead
er, General Dieguez.
Guadalajara was taken by the Villa
forces in December, the Carranza troops
under Dieguez evacuating ttoe position
and withdrawing to Quapotland.
POSTSCRIPT
PRICE, ONE CENT.
LA BOISSEtE
DESTROYED
BY GERMANS
Kaiser's Forces Wipe
Out Hamlet and at
Same Time Rout All
Frenchmen
ALSO REPULSE
ALLIES AT ARRAS
Quiet Now Reigns Northeast of Sols-
Bons, Where the Germans Captured
Thirty-flve Cannon From the French
Up to January 14
Berlin, Jan. 6 (By Wireless to Lon
don, 3 P. M.). —After several days of
violent encounters, the fighting near
Soissons lias virtually ceased. No
where else along the western battle line
is there marked activity. Small suc
cesses have been won by the Germans
in the Argonne anc north of Verdun.
This is set forth in s tbo official German
communication issued here to-day, as
follows:
Berlin, Jan. 16. — (By Wireless to
London 3 P. M.) —The following of
ficial statement was given out to-day at
the War Office:
"In the western theatre of war only
artillery battles took place in the
neighborhood of Nieuport. The enemy's
attacks on our positions northeast of
Arras were repulsed. In a counter attack
our troops captured two trenches and
made prisoners of the occupants.
"The hamlet o>f La Boissele, north
east of Albert, which has been men
tioned frequently of late, was com
pletely destroyed yesterday and cleared
of all Frenchmen.
I "Northeast of Soissons quiet reigned.
: Th* number of cannon captured there
from the French from the 12th to th«
14th of January was increased to 35.
"In the Argonne and in the forest
of Consenvoye, north of Verdun, trivial
j and for us successful engagements took
! place. An attack of the allies south
| east of St. Mihiel broke d'own at the
start under our fire.
"Nothing of importance has occurred
| in the Vosges. In the eastern theatre
| of war the situation is the same. Rainy,
I gloomy weather has prevented all fight
ing."
London, Jan. 16, 1.03 P. M.—The of
ficial announcement given out in Berlin
I yestorday relating to the capture of 5,-
! 200 French troops at Soissons and say
jing further that from 4,000 to 5,000
I French dead were found after the bat
jtle, concludes with the unusual asser
tion "this is the truth."
A wireless dispatch from Paris,
copied in Ixindon, categorically denies
these German figures. It says tho
French troops engaged in th e Soissons
battle were less than three brigades,
and that consequently the Berlin fig
ures cannot be correct.
Turks to Satisfy Italian Demands
liome, Jan. 16.—The Turkish gov
ernment, according to a semi-official
communication published in the "Gior
uale D'ltalia," has renewed Its order,
sent through. Home, to the Vali of Yem
en, Arabia, instructing him to give
complete satisfaction for all demands
presented by the Italian government
in connection with the incident of Ho
ileida, where Turkish officials forcibly
removed the British consul from the
Italian consulate, Where he had taken
refuge.
Cotton May Be Shipped Freely
Washington, Jan. 16.—The Italian
Foreign Office lias assured the Amer
ican embassy at Rome that cotton may
now be shipped freely "to order,"
with no embargo on its re-exportation,
which was placed on it last December
by a decree forbidding the reshipment
of any article on the Italian embargo
list, which included cotton.
Lord Roberts Left $485,000
London, Jan. 16, 1.16 P. M.— Field
Marshal Lord Roberts, who died in
France November 14 of last year, left
an estate of $485,000, all of which
goes to hiß widow and daughters. This
amount is exclusive of property pre
viously settled on his family by Lord
Roberts.
Turkey to Invade Egypt?
Ijondon, Jan. 16, 4.05 A. M. —The
Cairo correspondent of the "Daily
News" says it is virtually certain that
Turkey has decided to make what he
terms a rash attempt to invade Egypt.
German engineers are doing everything
possible t-o overcome the .lifficulty ia
moving heavy artillery over the sandy
wastes and rocky defiles to cope with
the guns guarding the Suez Canal, he
continues.
Germans Evacuate Coast Towns
Amsterdam, Jan. 16, Via London,
6.20 P. M. —The correspondent at Os
tend of the "Tijd" says the Germans
have evaluated all the coast towns (in!
villages as far north as Mnriakerke,
which is north of Nieuport, Westendc
and Middelkerke, and three milet
southwest of Ostend. These towns,
however, have not as yet been occupied
by the allies.