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CZAR MASSING ARMY OF 1,000,000 MEN
London. The latest official reports
from the Russian General Staff, dis
close a now operation on the part of
the Russian Army which may have
far-reaching results.
Starting on their New Year the Rus
sian cavalry commenced a forward
movement in Northern Polund on the
right bank or the lower Vistula River,
and have reached the Skrwa River,
about forty miles east of the German
fortress of Thorn, West Prussia, driv
ing a small force of German cavalry
anil Infantry before them.
It la believed that Grand Duke
Nicholas, Commander In Chief of the
Russian forces, Intends to use an en
tirely new army, consisting, according
to dispatches, of rroin 800,000 to 1,
000,000 men, In this region, operating
In conjunction with an army which
is advancing in East Prussia.
This new army would place the Ger
man troops at Mlawa In a vise and
at the same time threaten the rear of
the Germans In front of Warsaw.
The French have been obliged to
retire east of Soissons, but have be
gun a new offensive movement and
hav'e taken the town of St. Paul,
northeast of that city. No fear Is en
tertained in Paris that the Germans
will succeed in breaking through the
allied lines, even though they succeed
In capturing Soissons Itself. The Al
lies advanced on the road from Arras
to Lille and In the Argonne, as well
as In Flanders.
London. Under tlie weight of a
fierce German attack the French have
been obliged to fall back near I'rouy,
a small city across the Aisne, a few
miles northwest of Soissons. Heavy
fighting continues all along the cen
ter of the western battle line, from
the Argonne to the Oise. with the us
ual reports of alternate gain., ami
losses. In Belgium, the French tell
of directing an effective flre on Hie
enemy's earthworks near Nieuport
and Ypres, while Berlin says the Al
lies were forced to abandon their
trenches in a suburb of Nieuport. In
the Vosges fogs and snow delay the
campaign.
The Kaiser's troops captured two of
the Allies' positions and took 1,700
prisoners and Beveral guns.
5,000 DEAD LEFT BEHIND
BY FRENCH AT SOISSONS
Berlin (by wireless via Sayville).
The ofllcial report Issued by the Ger
man main army headquarters Includes
the following:
"In three days' fight (around Sols,
sons) we have taken about 5.200 pris
oners, with fourteen cannon, six ma
chine guns and some revolver guns.
"The French had heavy losses, from
four to five thousand French killed
being found upon the battlefield."
JAPS VOLUNTEER TO
FIGHT IN EUROPE.
Tokio, Japan. The promoters In
Japan of what has been called the
"volunteer movement" have announc
ed their intention of dispatching an
army corps to Europe and are appeal
ing to both Japanese and foreigners
for funds.
The manifesto says that as Lafay
ette helped the United States and
Garibaldi helped France, so the Jap
anese wish to assist Great Britain,
Russia and France, to terminate the
misery of war and restore peace to
the world.
EMDEN SEA FIGHT MADE
GERMAN PRINCE INSANE.
Vancouver. That Prince Franz Jo
sef of Mohenzollern, a relative of the
German Emperor, has become dement
ed as a result of his experiences on
board the Emden In her fight with
the Austalian cruiser Sydney is as
serted in a letter received here by
tne Rev. T, Pitt, Secretary of the Sea
men's Institute, wnose nroiner is a
Lieutenant on tl'e Sydney.
Lieut. Pitt wrote that while the
young Prince was engaged In firing
a torpedo a shell from the Sydney en
tered the torpedo room and ki'led
the men In It, the Prince alone escap
ing. When rescued Prince Franz was
in a dazed condition.
Later the Prince's mind gave way
completely, so that it. was necessary
to place him under restraint. He was
taken to Port Said with the other pris
oners of war.
SERVIAN DEMANDS GROWING.
Mere Outlet on Adriatic Will Not
Satisfy Militant Serbs.
jome.Contrary to statements in
the newspapers of London, Paris, and
Berlin that an understanding has prac
tically been reached about a Servian
outlet to the Adriatic Sea. it Is stated
In Servian official quarters here that
this will not now stalsfy Servla. What
she now claims, It is s'ated, are the
Servian regions possess d by Austria,
Including Bosnia. Herzegovina, and
Dalmatia.
DENMARK GUARDS NEUTRALITY.
Takss Further Steps to Prevent Illicit
Trading With Belligerents.
Copenhagen As additional precau
tion to prevent Illicit trading between
neutrals and belligerents trough Den
mark, the Government has given or
ders that all Danish steamship cap
tains shall hereafter carry only one
set of papers.
. The order is due to the suspicion
that captains of neutral ships some
times carry double sets of papers In
order to svsdn examination.
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London. Hurling themselves des
perately upon the French center, "un
der the vtry eyes of their uppermost
war lord," as the Berlin official state
ment puts It, the Germans have suc
ceeded In driving their enemy hack
across the Alsne between Crony and
MlBsj and from the plains of Vregny,
a lev miles northeast of Soissons.
More than a thousand French were
made prisoners In '.he battle, which is
sal 1 to have beeu a welcome sight for
Kaiser Wllhelm. At other points
along the western battle line there is
little change, according to the olflclal
reports, but a Havas dispatch says
the French have shelled out the Ger
man headquarters In the La Ilassee
section.
Field Marshal von Hlndenburg. Is
driving tho head of the German wedge
in central Poland slowly, but steadily,
toward Warsaw, according to the lat
est reports from the eastern "theatre."
Huge German and Russian forces are
struggling desperately east of Sochac
zew and the fate of the Polish capital
again hangs In the balance. In south
Poland the Austrians are holding the
Russians on the Nida. To the north
the Czar's hosts are closing In on
Mlawa, and In east Prussia both sides
claim the advantage. There Is noth
ing new from Gallrla and Hungary.
Persian troops are assisting the
Turks In their advance In northwest
ern Persia, according to an official
statement from Constantinople. Pe
trograd reports Russian victories in
Trans-Caucasia.
A Petrograd dispatch says the Ger
man admiral, Souchon, has beeu re
lieved of his command of the Turkish
fleet on account of his failures in the
Black Sea. It Is also reported from
Petrograd that Enver Pasha, the
Young Turk Minister of War, has re
turned to Constantinople from Ar
menia, and has ordered the execution
of several Turkish ofllcers for disobe
dience to the Germans.
Word has been received In Cairo
that Turkish troops are advancing to
ward the Suez Canal in force. It Is
believed that the British troops al
ready sent against them will be suffi
cient to stop their advance.
Petrograd asserts that the Russian
troops have progressed on the right
bank of the lower Vistula, where the
German cavalry was repulsed. On the
other fronts the fighting Is made up
largely of skirmishes and artillery
duels.
Geneva reports that members of the
Austrian nobility and aristocracy and
Viennese financiers are depositing
large sums of money in Switzerland,
and also are giving orders for the pur
chase of quantities of American se
ctirltles.
AUSTRIA CHANGES
FOREIGN MINISTERS
London. The announcement from
Berlin, and published also In The Vi
enna Fremdenblatt, that Count von
llerchtold. the Austro-Hungarlan Min
ister of Foreign Affairs, has resigned
and has been succeeded by Baron
Stephan Burian, a Hungarian, has
caused a sensation In diplomatic cir
cles In Europe.
Count von Berchtold, who directed
Austro-Hungarlan foreign relations for
years, and liad been credited with
drafting the ultimatum to Servla,
which was the prime cause of the
present war, had on a number of occa
sions, both before and after the Bal
kan wars, asked Emperor Francis Jo
seph to relieve him of office. But the
continued unsettled conditions which
followed the annexation of Bosnia and
Herzegovina made this Impossible.
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The German official report characteris
es as a "brilliant feat for our troops"
the capture from the French of the
heights of Vregny, which was
achieved under the eyes of the Kai
ser himself.
Turkish control of Persian railroads
and highways leading to the Rus
sian frontier seems to have been es
tablished by the capture two days
ago of Tabriz. It develops that the
city fell only after a fierce art'llery
battle, the Russian garrison retiring
In the face of superior numbers
Unofficial dispatches say the Turkish
troops who recently invaded Persia
are now advancing to the interior
of the country.
The Germans have removed their sick
and wounded from Lodz and Piotr
kow into Prussia and have changed
their ammunition bases.
Lord Worsley, Lieutenant in the Brit
ish Royal Horse Guards, who was
reported some time ago as a pris
oner of the Germans, Is now known
to be dead. He was killed in action
in Flanders. Lord Worsley was the
eldest son of the Earl of Yarbor
ough. British aviators dropped bombs on the
German position In Antwerp, accord
ing to a Netherlands newspaper dis
patch. The damage done by the
bombs ha not been ascertained.
A Bucharetttispatch says that the
Russians have begun an attack on
the Austrian fortifications in the
mountains that divide Bukowina,
now in their possession, and Tran
sylvania. The Russian General Staff announce?
that there has been desperate fight
ing in East Prussia and that the
Russian troops have won a notable
success.
GERMANS
War at a Glance
MONDAY.
Petrograd announces that Russian
forces have stormed and taken Klrll
baba Pass, leading from Bukowina
Into Transylvania.
A dispatch from Tlffls to Petrograd
states that Uie Russian Army In the
Caucasus has completely annihilated
tlie Eleventh Turkish Army Corps.
"Generally speaking, the position In
the east Is unchanged," according to
an official announcement at Berlin.
Developments of only minor conse
quence are mentioned In reports from
the western front An official state
ment at Berlin states that the Allies'
losses along this front In the past four
weeks amount to 20,000 killed and
about 17,860 wounded, and that their
attacks during this period have
brought them "no success worthy of
mention." The German losses during
the four weeks, it Is asserted, were
not ono-quarter as great as those of
the Allies.
Refugees from Palestine reaching
Alexandria on tne United States
cruiser Tennessee report that the
Turks have collected great numbers
of camels south of Palestine, evidently
with a view to Invading Egypt.
SUNDAY.
i Constantinople reports the sinking
of the French submarine fiaphlr as it
tried to enter the Dardanelles, saying
some of the crew bad been rescued.
Berlin transmitted an estimate of
British losses In Flanders for two
weeks. It said 190 officers and 6,200
men perished.
' The fury of the battle along the
AIhbh seems to have spent Itself and
the Germans, for the present at least,
are making no effort to extend the
gains tbey won over the French.
Further German succeses are reported
in today's ofllcial statement from the
Berlin War Office, but they ere of
minor Importance.
Toward the northern end of the line,
south of the Lys, tne Germans re
occupied trenches previously captured
by the Allies, as Is admitted In the
French statement, and in the Argonne
small engagements are said to bave
resulted to tbelr advantage.
The French assert that they won
definite advantages in artillery fight
ing and compelled the Germans to
evacuate trenches near Clemery.
Both sides announce that the fight
ing at Soissons Is over after several
days of violent combats.
The Russian General Staff is con
vinced that the Germans west and
southwest of Warsaw have determined
on a general offensive movement.
Farther south German troops have re
inforced the Austrians for a drive at
the Russians designed to relieve
Bukowina , and Northern Hungary
from danger of further invasion.
The Turks are reported to bave de
cided to attempt an Invasion of Egypt.
British forces bave again Invaded
German territory in Africa, capturing
Swakopman.
SATURDAY.
A fresh movement by the Russians
against East Prussia is revealed in an
official announcement at Tetrograd. It
Is said a new army or 800,000 to 1.000,
000 men Is engaged In this operation.
Berlin announces that German at;
tacks west of tbe Vistula river, In
Poland, are making slow progress.
' Petrograd reports that tlie battle be
tween Russian and Turkish armies at
Kara-Crgan, In Turkish Armenia, con
tinues. Turkish troops which recently In
vaded Persia are reported advancing to
the interior. To Persia's demand that
these troops be withdrawn from her
territory, the Porte has replied that
the Turks will retire as soon as the
Russians definitely move out of tbe
territory.
Attacks and counterattacks, with
varying results but no material change
In the situation, are reported from the
western front.
Promoters of a "volunteer move
ment" In Japan announce their Inten
tion to send an army corps to Europe
to aid Great Britain, Russia and
Frauce.
FRIDAY.
Furious fighting has been resumed
In Russian Poland, according to 'a dis
patch from Petrograd. The dispatch
states that Russian forces In the north,
pushing toward East Prussia, have
captured a number of villages, but says
that In the centre the Germans, by
violent attacks, have gained consider
able ground.
In the presence of Emperor Wil
liam, German troops drove the French
from the heights of Vregny, northeast
of Soissons, In a spirited battle oji
Wednesday, according to an official
announcement at Berlin. An an
nouncement at Paris admits that the
French have been obliged to yield at
this point.
A flood In the River Alsne, threat
ening to break the French communica
tions by destroying temporary bridges
thrown across the stream, has caused
French forces In the district between
Crouy and Missy to fall back to the
south bank of the river, according to
an announcement' at Taris.
THURSDAY.
A renewal of the Russian offensive
on the East Prussian frontier is re
ported In an official announcement at
Petrograd, which speaks of the ad
vance of a Russian vanguard column
east of Rosog, East Prussia.
Severe winter weather along the
entire western front has hindered
operations, according to an official an
nouncement at Paris. Slight gains aie
claimed on both sides.
A dispatch from Cairo reports re
newed indications that the Turks are
about to attempt an invasion of Egypt.
Continued bombardment of the
Dardanelles Is reported, and many
Turks wounded by the Are from the
Anglo-French fleet are said to be ar
riving at Constantinople.
Count Leopold von Berchtold, Aus
trian Foreign Minister, has resigned
atid Baron Stephen Burian von Rajecz
has been named to kucceed him.
Turkish troops are reported to huve
occupied the Persian city of Tabriz.
A dispatch from Amsterdam states
that all ordinary passenger traffic has
been stopped over most of the rail
roads in Germany to expedite the
movements of troops and munitions.
Russia has arranged to borrow $12,
000,000 from a group of New York
bankers.
WEDNESDAY.
Turkish and Russian armies are en
gaged at Kara Urgan in a battle which
is regarded as a death struggle for tbe
Turks.
Germans, after an all-night bom
bardment of French positions north
east of Soissons, delivered a strong at
tack yesterday. An official announce
ment Issued at Paris last night said
the result of the attack was not yet
known.
The battle for the possession of tbe
heights south of Cernay, In Upper
Alsace, now held bjr the Germans, has
been renewed, according to an official
announcement at Berlin.
From Petrograd It Is reported that
the German cruiser Bremen has ar
rived at Wllhnlmshaven, badly dam
aged by a mine.
Turkey Is said, In dispatches from
Rome, to bave agreed to tbe demands
of Italy In connection with the
Hodeida incident.
Albanian Insurgents are reported to
have placed guns In position for use
against Dutrazzo, the Albanian port
recently occupied by Italian forces.
Repulse of an attempt by tbe Rus
sians in Northern Poland is announced
by Berlin.
TUESDAY.
Mall advices from Madrid report re
ceipt of word that French troops In
Morocco have been forced by hostile
native forces to abandon the last of
their fortified posts in tbe interior, and
that their position was critical.
Italian troops, sent to fortify the
Italian Islands In the yEgean Arch
ipelago, are reported to have arrived
at Plreeus.
Vienna Issues an announcement that
the French dreadnaught Courbet sank
after being damaged by an Austrian
submarine In the Austrian Channel In
the attack previously reported In
Vienna dispatches as having occurred
on December 21.
Berlin reports that unfavorable
weather continues in tbe eastern war
theatre, but says the Germans are
making progress slowly west of the
Vistula river.
Roumanla's entrance into the war at
an early date, to co-operate with the
countries allied against Germany, Aus
tria and Turkey, la confidently ex
pected at London.
JAP ARMY CORPS FOR EUROPE.
"Volunteer Movement" Appeals For
' Funds To Finance Plan.
Toklo, Japan. The promoters In
Japan of what has been called the vol
unteer movement bave issued a mani
festo in which they announced their
Intention of dispatching an army corps
to Europe. To this end they are ap
pealing to both Japanese and foreign
ers for funds. The manifesto says that
as Lafayette helped the United States
and Garibaldi helped France, so the
Japanese wish to assist the Allies,
Great Britain, Russia and France, to
terminate the misery of war and re
store peace to the world.
KING ALBERT DIGS TRENCHES.
He and Staff Relieve Tired Soldiers
For a Time.
London. "King Albert spent sev
eral hours Sunday with a pick and
shovel, digging trenches '.ike a com
mon soldier," writes a Belgian from
the front to his family In the refugee
camp here. "It happened in this way:
While inspecting with some staff offi
cers the King saw a group of us dig
ging, looking very tired. He Inquired
how long we had been working. Be
ing told, he sent us away for a rest
while he proposed to his staff that be
and they take our places."
MRS. GOLDSBOROUGH JOINS.
Becomes Maryland Chairman Of Made-In-U.-S.
League.
Washington, D. C Mrs. rhillips
Lee Goldsborough, wife of the Gover
nor of Maryland, In a telegram to the
Woman's National Made In U.-S.-A.
League, made public here, has ac
cepted the honorary chairmanship of
the organization for the State. The
action of Mrs. Goldsborough follows
closely upon that of Mrs. James H.
Preston In accepting a similar post in
the organization for the city of Balti
more. CONSTANTINOPLE FEARS.
Outer Forts Of Dardanelles Damaged
By Allied Fleet.
Rome. Advices from Constanti
nople Indicate that the bombardment
by the allied fleet of the Dardanelles
forts has already greatly damaged
some of the outer forts. The fear Is
said to be growing that the fleet
eventually will force a passage and
that the Allies will be able to capture
Constantinople. If that happens, grave
fears have been expressed by officials
fully cognizant of the situation that a
massacre of foreigners will be bard to
prevent.
DYNAMITE DESTROYS HOUSE.
York Has Mystery Which Put Eleven
Negroes In Danger.
York, Fa. The house of G. W.,
Wood, on King and Patterson streets,
this city, was blown up by dynamite
shortly after midnight this morning.
Eleven negroes occupied the house at
the time of the explosion and that
they were not all killed seems a'niys
tery. It Is alleged that a man threat
ened to blow the house to pieces on
Christmas night if his wife did not re
turn to him.
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British Ambassador and Oil
Concerns Make Complaint.
PLANTS CLOSED DUE TO TAX
The Threatened Action By the Con.
stitutlonallst Leader Brings Ur
gent Protest From Great
Britain.
Washington, D. C Tbe United
Status government baa sent a warning
to General Yenustlano Carranza point
ing out that "serious consequences
may follow" bis threatened confisca
tion of foreign-owned oil plants In
Tauipico. This announcement was
made by Secretary Bryan after the
latter bad conferred with Sir Cecil
Spring-Rice, tbe British ambassador,
and representatives of American oil
concerns.
Already tbe Carranza officials bave
practically enforced an embargo on
the exportation of oil by a big English
company. The British Ambassador, at
the suggestion of Mr. Bryan, sent an
urgent telegram to the British consul
at Vera Cruz, which he was instructed
to show to General Carranza. As the
British fleet obtains much of its fuel
from the Tamplco oil fields, tbe pos
sibility of serious complications over
the Carranza government's attitude is
fully realized by tbe American govern
ment. Fear Confiscation.
Mr. Bryan said that tbe foreign
owned oil companies "feared confisca
tion of their wells" by Carranza and
that the urgent representations had
been made to forestall such action.
A decree Issued by the Carranza
government makes it impossible for
eome of the foreign oil companies to
operate without tbe consent of the
Mexican authorities, and some of the
American concerns, It Is said, bave
been forced to pay so heavy a tax that
they have been practically compelled
to shut down tbelr plants. Although
there are Dutch Interests at Tamplco,
no representations bave as yet been
made by the Netherlands government.
The prospect of a battle on the
outskirts of Tamplco between the ad
vancing forces of General Villa and
the columns of Carranza, under Gen.
Tablo Gonzales, is expected here to
develop tbe situation further. If the
Villa forceB are victorious a solution
of the problem is confidently expected
because of previous assurances given
by the Villa Gutierrez officials in that
district
CALLS HOLY WAR FRUITLESS.
Bishop Anderson Thinks Moham
medans Loyal.
New York. Among the 24 pas
sengers on the Atlantic Transport
liner Minnetonka, which arrived here
after a rough passage from Liverpool,
were Bishop William F. Anderson, of
Cincinnati, and his family.
Bishop, Anderson said he nad spent
several months visiting the Methodist
Episcopal mission stations in North
ern Africa. He said that he was Im
pressed by the fact that the holy war
proclaimed by Turkey hnd not affected
the Mohammedan subjects of France
in Africa, and as far as he could learn
from other missionaries who were In
close touch with the natives of Egypt
and India, they, too, were loyal to the
British.
Regarding the African tribes, he paid
they were treated well by the French
and had, In fact, little unify, so that
there was no chance, anyway, of a
concerted rising.
NEEDED TO GUARD NEUTRALITY.
Norway Has No Warship To Spare For
Exposition.
Christinnla,' via London. Norway
has decided definitely that It will be
Impossible for her to send a warship to
take part In the naval ceremonies in
connection with the opening o" the
Panama Canal. Her entire fleet will
be required for the defense of Nor
wegian neutrality.
COAST TOWN8 EVACUATED.
Ostend Correspondent Say Germans
Have Left Many Places.
Amsterdam, Holland, via London.
The correspondent at Ostend of the
TIJd Bays the Germans have evac
uated all the coast towns and villages
as far north as Marlakerke, which Is
north of Nieuport, Westende and Mid
delkerke, and three miles southwest
of Ostend. Tnese towns, however,
have not as yet been occupied by the
Allies.
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LOSES IN HOUSE
Resolutions For Constitutional
Amendment Defeated.
TWO-THIRDS. VOTE NEEDED
Speaker Clark Frequently Impelled To
Pound Desk For Order and
Threatens Clearing Of
Galleries.
Washington, D. C The House of
Representatives by a vote of 204 to
174, refused to submit to tbe States
an amendment to tbe Federal Consti
tution to enfranchise women.
The vote came at the close of a
day of long prcpared for oratory, dur
ing which the many speakers were lis
tened to with frequent evidences of
approval or disapproval by packed gal
leries. The question was before the
House on tbe Mondell resolution to
submit a constitutional amendment
providing that the right of suffrage
should not be abridged "because of
sex."
Two-Thirds Vote Needed.
A two-thirds affirmative vote was
necessary to pass the resolution, which
was defeated by a majority of 30. '
Party lines were not strictly drawn
In the fight, although .Democratic
Leader Underwood, voicing the atti
tude of bis party that suffrage is a
State Issue, strongly opposed the reso
lution, while Republican Leader Mann
was one of the chief speakers of the
suffragists.
Enthusiasm mingled with dejection
when Speaker Clark announced the re
sult, and into the corridors from op
posite galleries filed the hundreds of
suffragists, with the purple nd yellow
sashes, and the red rose-bedecked
anti-suffragists.
NEW YORK LEADERS TO PRISON.
Convicted Of Offering and Receiving
a Bribe.
New York. Joseph Cassldy, former
Democratic leader of Queens county,
and William Wlllett, Jr., a former Con
gressman, were sent to Sing Sing
Prison to serve one year and six
months each. Their commitment fol
lowed the affirmation by the Court of
Appeals of the verdict of the Jury
which convicted Wlllett of offering and
Cassidy of receiving a bribe to obtain
Willet's nomination to the Supreme
Court in 1911.
MAKES ELECTION DISTRICT DRY.
New York Anti-Saloon League Local
Option Bill Out.
Albany, N. Y. The State Anti
Saloon League's local option bill de
signed to let political units as small as
An election district decide whether or
not Intoxicants shall be sold In the re
stricted territory was introduced. In
the legislature. The measure would
provide for a referendum election on a
proposition to create an anti-saloon
district after 25 per cent, of the voters
had Indicated their desire for such
action.
VOTE TO MAKE ALABAMA "DRY."
Bill Passed For Prohibition After
June 30, 1915.
Montgomery,' Ala. A bill to niHke
Alabama a prohibition Stale after
Juno HO, 1915, was pnssed by both
houses of the Legislature. Should
Governor O'Neal dlsaprove it prohi
bition Iradcrs claim It can be passed
over his veto. The vote was 74 to 27
In the House and 26 to 9 in the Senate.
AMERICAN GIRL WEDS PRINCE.
Miss Rogers, Of Washington, Bride Of
German Empress' Nephew.
Berlin, via London. Miss Elizabeth
Reld Rogers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Reld Rogers, of Washington,
D. C, was married at noon In Trinity
Church to Prince Christian of Hesse.
The Prince is a nephew of the Ger
man Empress and is a captain In the
German navy. 1
FREIGHTER WRECKED BY MINE.
Captain Manages To Beach Vessel and
Crew la Saved.
Halifax, N. S. The Norwegian
freight steamer Boston, formerly in the
service between this port and tbe West
Indies, was wrecked by a mine In the
North Sea last month, according to
mail Just received here. Although the
ship was severely damaged. Captain
Johannsen managed to beach her at
Filey Bot, near Newcastle, England,
and the crew landed In safety. The
steamer was a total loss.
EARTHQUAKE
KILLS THOUSANDS
Alps Are Rocked By Second
Quake in Italy.
THE DEATH TOLL IS HEAVY
The Survivors in Dread of
More Shocks. '
KING VICTOR AT AVEZZAN0
Four Thousand Persons Burled Alive
In Ruins Of Avezzano, Where
King Is Aiding In Work
Of Rescus.
ITALY'S HORROR.
List Of the Number Of Victims
In the Various Cities.
Number of dead estimated at
18,000.
Number of Injured estimated
at 20,000.
Cities in which the loss of life
was greatest are:
Avezzano and Vicinity 15,000
killed and Injured.
Sora 450 bodies recovered;
town completely wrecked.
Alelli Nearly 1,000 dead and
Injured.
Arplno 150 known dead;
scores injured.
Megllano Death list large, as
whole town was destroyed.
Pofl 600 reported dead.
In addition the following
towns have been reported prac
tically destroyed:
Antrosano, Castromovne, Ca
pelto, ('ollarmele, Cercho, Ce
lano, Caplstrello, Glosamarsi,
Lelli, Marse, Mascadalo, Paterno,
San Fellno and Scurcola.
These are reported to bave
b?en seriously damaged:
Btsegna, Balsorano, Canlstro,
Coculllo, Civltellanantlno, Cas
tellfluml, Ortucchlo, Ortona
marsl, Pagliotra, Pesclna, San
Benedltto and Sorbo.
Towns slightly damaged were:
Cappadoccia, Carsoll, Ovue
doll, Peraoluco, Pogglo Fillppo,
Rocacerro, Santi Marie, San
Donato, San Stefano, Taglicoz.o
and Trasacco.
Rom. Demolished or partly de
molished towns dot that part of Italy
from Naples northward to Ferrara and
crosswise the peninsula from the
Tyrrhenian to the Adriatic Sea, over (
which the earthquake passed.
Thousands of dead lie beneath the
mounds of debris which once were
dwellings, churches and public institu
tions which crumbled under the
earth's vibrations.
Not even an estimate of the ag
gregate fatalities is yet obtainable, an
numerous places are still isolated
owing to the severance of telegraphic,
telephonlo and railroad communica
tion. It Is known, however, that
Avezzano Is a necropolis, and tbat also
In Sora, some 25 miles to the south
east, which was almost completely de
stroyed by a later shock, a large num
ber of lives were lost. In Avexzano
and vicinity It Is estimated that 15.000
perished and that the dead in Sora
will total 1,000.
So far as Is known, about 20 towns
have been absolutely leveled while an
almost equal number suffered serious
damage.
In all those places persons were
killed or Injured. In the ruins through
out the day volunteers worked heroic
ally endeavoriug to extricate wounded
or rescue the bodies of Uiu dead. King
Victor Emmanuel himself directed the
work at Avezzano, where the piteous
appeals of persons caught beneath
wreckage could be plainly heard.
It is estimated that In Avezzano
4,000 persons are buried alive, some of
t.iem school children In an Institution
which collapsed. Only four soldiers of
the garrison of 400 In the town escaped
when the barrorks fell.
In Sora all the municipal and Gov
ernment authorities perished. Four
hundred and fifty bodies already have,
been taken from the ruins there and
a large number of Injured are under
treatment.
About two-thirds of the houses col
lapsed under the shock and others,
which were cracked, tumbled down
Inter. Rossi Palace fell In, burying 20
laborers who were working In the
courtyard.
In Rome several shocks occurred.
They caused the collapse of some
buildings already severely damaged,
resulting In the Injnry of a number of
persons engaged in rescue work in
various towns. These shocks were
not violent, but they lucreased the
alarm of the people and made more
difficult the work of rescue.
With every hour, as additional and ,
more accurate details are received, the
horror Increases, threatening to placo
It In the list of slmilsr catastrophes in
Europe second only to the Messina
disaster of 1908.
The list of dead, dying and injured
has Increased from a relatively small
figure to more than 50,000 according
to an official announcement, and It Is
expected that this number may grow.
ACCEPTS IMMIGRATION BILL.
8enate Agrees To Conference Report;
House Expected To.
Washington, D. C The conference
report on tbe Immigration bill was ac
cepted by the Senate without opposi
tion to the elimination of amendments
to exclude negroes and exempt Bel
gians from restrictions. The House Is
expected to accept It promptly, and
the measure will then go to President
Wilson, who will bold hearings on the
literacy test He has Indicated he will
veto It.