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SENATORS TRAPPED
BY HOUSE MEMBERS
OYER WAGES OF HELP
Same Bill Provides Pay for Mem
ber and Workers, and Home
Refuses to. Concur in Senate
Employe Plan.
BIO CHIEFS MAY RETRENCH
If They Wish to Draw Any Pay They
May Have to Cut List of Em
ployes on Pay Roll. .
HOUSE SAYS WILL STAND PAT
(From1 a Staff Correspondent.!
LINCOLN, Jan. 14. (Special.) A direct
Issue between the Nebraska houye and
senate over the question of employes will
he raised whrn the former branch send
over to the latter the appropriation bill
for legislative salaries and expenses. The
salary bill wlllhc so drawn that the house
and senate will have MO.WX) apiece for
employes' salaries, and no more.
. An the senate has practically twice as
many employes , on Its payroll as the
house, notwithstanding the house has
three times as many members, this
' amount may not be sufficient to pay all
tha people working In the sena,te. It will
therefore be up to the senate to cut down
Its list of employes or 'amend the house
bill so a to Increase Its own appropria
tion. Honne Mar Not Coaear.
Should tha senate try to raise the 110.000
limit for paying Its help, the house will
undoubtedly refuse to concur.
. -Chairman Taylor of tha house commit
tee on employes and Chslrman Norton of
the house committee on finance, ways
and means have agreed that the salary
bill shall be divided Into the following
items: Salaries. and mileage of members,
$S4,000; house employes, $10,000; senate em
ploye $10,000; toUl. 5104,000.
Senators In 'Trap.
Inasmuch as the salary appropriation
for employes will be carried In the same
bill as that for the members, the senate
cannot deadlock the situation without
holding up the salaries of Its own mem
bers. The bill appropriating money for the
Incidental expenses of tho legislature will
provide lump sum of $20,000. It ti
rumored the senate will try to use some
of this money for paying its employes, un
less the house strictly limits the expendi
ture.. Penny i.a'rge to Son.
Some of the- members of the house
have got the economy bug so strong
that a penny looks, as big as a double
eagle, and any attempt to saddle upon
that body anything except what Is
tagged "economy" gets a solar plexus
blow tight away.
The, house- method of practicing econ
omy. ..however, has been discovered.
Members -of tUs house who can't get their
work, done because there la not enough
help to d Mr have, been working the
senate employes and this morning some
of the senators discovered .that fact.
' Immediately the order was given that
senate employe do their own work and
let the house members do theirs or hire
enough help to have It done.
"The house can't tut anything of that
kind over on us," said, one of the sen
ators today-
Loan Shark Bill
Started on Its Way
In Lower House
rrrsm a Staff 'Correspondent.) .
' LINCOLN. Jan. 14. (Special.) If a bill
introduced by Representative Lundrgen of
Douglas county becomes a law, it win oe
unlawful to charge more than 1H per cent
per month on chattel loans and will re
quire dealers In that kind of business to
take out a license, paying a fee to' the
secretary of state of $100.
The bill la intended to take the place of
the one Introduced at the last sees Ion by
Representative Simon ot Douglas and
which brought out one of the bitter fights
In the house at that time. '
Th Lundgren bill provides for the ap
pointment of inspectors by the secretary
ef atat In each county, whose duties will,
be to see that ine law is eniorceo. ujon
agent must file bond with the secretary
of state In tha amount of So.O). '
The Weather
Forecast till 1 p. m., Friday:
For Omaha. CouncU Bluffs and Vlclnltr
Fair; not much change In temperature
Traaeravtere at Oiuis Yesterday.
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Jjowest yesterday 37 t
Mean temperature HI - 20
Precipitation W .00 .W 1
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lMflctency since March 1. '
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WHERE WINTER "P1"; 'S FIERCE French
sharpshooters ' um ere the French have
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OMAHA GRAIN MART
MAKES NEW RECORD
Local Concerns Sell Carload Lots of
Wheat at Prices Never Before
Realized on Exchange.
NUMBER TWO DURUM AT Sli48
The Omaha Grain exchange marked up
two new records on , wheat when 'the
Merrlam Commission company ' cold one
car of Kq, S Nebraska hard to the. v'pdlke
Elevator company at $1.34 and one. cat
of No'. J 'dunlin" tothe'TaioV"Qrath"corh
nany at .. .On So. I hard 11.3 .was
the former high price and on durum $1.46.
The Omaha market opened more bullish
than at any time since the present ad
vance In grain started. Minneapolis mill
ers' representatives wcro on hand ready
to pay a premium of UWt cents on any
of the Nebraska hard wjicst that looked
good to them. New York representatives
of foreign buyers were clamoring for
the durum for export, and as a reault
the prices on both cereals, shot up a
couple of cents Inside of the first hour.
The advance here In a measure fol
lowed that In Chicago,, where the price
on No. 2 hard wheat went to $i.43H.'the
highest since 1897, whea Loiter attempted
I to corner the crop of the United States.
I Private . reports to the Omaha Grain
J exchange were to the " effect - that the
surplus accumulation m jnew iom ana
Baltimore had been cleared for export
and that facilities along the gulf were
to handle any quantity ot grain offered.
Corn was nearly as- bullish . aa. wheat,
the advance' here being Si(t of a cent,
the bulk of the aales being made- at
around SMihTH cents per bushel.
Oats gained one-half cent, aales teing
from 50 up to 61 U cents. .
Omaha receipts yesterday were: Wheat,
IS; corn, 02, and oats, 19 cars, Chicago
being the only one of the grain markets
havlna- anywhere this olisntitv of mln
in sight
l:sorirra Gnk sprlnaT Wheat,
CHICAGO, Jan. 14Grabblng up of
spring wheat by exporters swept' the
wheat market today to a new high record
war level o prices. May wheat easily
reached $l.3fl a bushel, thus surpasalng
the former tintan ntinlatlnn II I1L which
I whs reached January 8, before the bulls
had been Intimidated by rumors that the
Dardanelles would quickly he forced and
that an attack by Italy on Turkey would
hasten the end of the war.
Today'a advance was accompanied by
reports that the Pacific eoast was out
bidding Minneapolis for wheat in North
Iekoia and that the Pacific coast crop
of 1IH4 had been entirely disposed of. The
upturn which broke the record here, how
ever, waa not accomplished until after
there had been heavy profit taking aales
by dealers whose motton appeared to be
"aafety first.."
Before business oame to an end May
wheat ran up to fl.43H. A rush of profit
taking, however, led to sudden reaction,
and the market closed unsettled at $1 42
tf 1.4?T. July option finished at yester
dsy's figures, $1.2u7,t.
Kye sold at $1.17 bushel, the highest
price since the American civil war.
MEMBERS MUST TAKE PART
OF CLERKS OF COMMITTEE
1 From a Staff Correspondent.)
LIS'COLN. Jan. 14--(fipeciaU)-On ac
count ef the cutting off of many com
mittee rlerkrhlpa In the bouse It has been
necessary - for some of the committees
which have In previous sessions bad a
clerk to provide one for themselves and
the oumnilttee on roads' yesterday aeleoted
jgf 1 Representative Dalby of Gag county to
act as clerk to the- committee..
Mr. talby is president of the Nebraska
Good Roads assoclstlon and one of tha
eathuslaatlc good roads men of the house.
He probably will Introduce several Mils
along lines which will tend to bring about
a better roads aondlUea.
PARIS ADMITS LOSS
ON SOISSONS LINE
War Office Says Allies Held Center,
but Were Compelled to Yield
- on the Right.
BELGIANS BLOW UP AMMUNITION
. PAKIS. ' Jan. 14.-The French official
statement on the progress ot 1 the war
given out this afternoon show the j'ight
bigesterday aorta f-Solasona waa-moat
determined. Vhe i'rench could make' no
material- progress - on the left of- their
Soissons .line. They held their positions
on the center and were compelled to
yield on their right. The French troops
are described also as taking up posi
tions on the south bank of the river
Aisne. .
Spirited artillery exchanges continued
yesterday at other points on the battle
front
' The text of the communication follows:
. "In Belgium the 'firing of our artillery
was Interfered with by the fog; never
theless the cannonading yesterdsy was
spirited In the vicinity of Nleuport and
around Tpres. Certain detachments of
Belgian troops blew up at a point to the
southeast of Stuyvekneskerke the build
ings on a farm 'which-were serving the
enemy as a depot for hla ammunition.
"Between the Lya and the Olse, In the
region of " Lns, our artillery was suc
cessful in dispersing a group of Oorman
pioneers on the outskirts of the hamlet
of Angrea, and It bombarded effectively
the German- trenches - to -the southeast
or the .chapel of Notre Dame de Lorette.
Yield O roe ad Krw Vrrgay. .
"To the north, of Soissons there was
determined fighting all day yesterday.
The engagement was localised to a sec.
tlon of ground, to . the north of Couy.
We hold only the first slopes of these
hills. On our left In this field our coun
ter attack made slight progress, but with
out succeeding In recording a material
advance.
"The continued flood stage of the
River Aisne haa carried away several of
the regular bridges as well as some of
the temporary foot bridges which we
threw arross the river. The lines of com
munication for our troops were conse
quently mode uncertain. I'nder these con
ditions we established ourselves on tha
south bank of the river In the region be
tween Crouy and Missy, with bridgeheads
on the north bank In our possession.
"Along the remainder of the front on
the River Aisne there waa yesterday
nothing more tlian artillery exchanges.
- Maay Loral Kagasemeats. -
"The region of Perthes continued to be
the scene of local engagements for the
Possession of German trenches on the
second and third lines of defense. To the
north of Iteausejour we blew up some
of., the . enemy's . positions to . make Im
possible. hl.i laying of mines. The Ger
mans, believing they were being attacked,
manned their trem-hes. We then opened a
violent artillery and infantry fire on
these positions.
"Tnere Is nothing to report on the rest
of the front." ,
Not at All Desirous '
Of Recording Votes;
. Taken in Committee
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. Neb.. Jan. 14. I Special.)
The "on ag in, off ag in, gone agin"
policy, which haa prevailed so - of vn in
the efforts of the house to carry out its
reform policies, waa in evidence When
Taylor of Custer moved, thai th rule
adopted that the committee report on
bills should show how esch member
voted In committee should be dispensed
with except where two members ask for
a roll call. The motion went through,
end another progressive - act haa been
practical If nullified.
VON KLUCK TAKES
CHARGE OF FIGHT
FOR SPUR NO. 132
German Commander is Personally
Directing- Assault on Position
Held by the Allied Forces
Near Soissons.
TURKS ARE INVADING PERSIA
Kurds. Which Compose the Ad
vance Guard, Probably Taking
Vengeance on Armenians.
BATTIE IN CAUCASUS UNDECIDED
The Day's War News
In Condensed Form
KMPKnOR WILLIAM U dlreetlnar a
violent attnek on the French line
tolthln n two-nonr ntotor-rltle of
Paris. The l.rrnmni nnrfYf- the
ejes of their rnler won n 1m
orlant victory In the Mithtla
llll force. n East Prassla
have been driven bark, the Berlin
war office states, hat ee Kwlu
mlTkBrlni toward the Trnsalan
frontier from the MliwK region
have raptnred aeveral towna.
tiFHMAS in central Poland have
ninde foor violent attacks within
forty-elaht hoars. They oe
crrded In drlvlnar bark the Ros
alnna and winning; considerable
round.
It(l force In northern Persia
nnarenlly offered no resistance to
(he Turkish advance. Small forces
of Persians defended their eonntry
from InTitlon, bat with no iceeii.
LONDON, Jan. 14 Like the stub
bornly contested battle In the early
tiays of the war on which hinged the
'German occupation of West Flan
ders,, the struggle for the knoll of
ground northeast of Soiasong known
as "spur 132" atlll remained unde
cided today, according to informa
tion received in London. The Ger
mans, however, by their counter at
tacks, appear to be in the better po
sition to the eastward of the spur.
In view of the relatively small
amount of ground gained the 1obsobv
have been heavy on both si dee, but
the Germans show no signs of giv
ing up their attempts to retake the
hill. In fact, it Is ald that General
von Kluck. himself Is now in com
mand of the German forces, which
would seem to lift the battle out of
the ordinary rtia of conflict along
the western battlefront.
Further east, near Perthes, where
another sharp fight is still in prog
ress, the situation hag not changed
materially, Judging from dispatches
received here.
Tarka Hold Center 4a Kast.
In the eastern theater of the war, in
the absence of any radical developments
In Poland and Gallcla. the Turkish oper
ations hold the foreground of interest
with Oie much-heralded, but equally
doubted reports of a Turkish advance
Into Egypt that Is said to be virtually
ready, and with the occupation by Tur
key of Tabrla In the Russian sphere of
influence In Persia.
This city of &,000 population, appar
ently waa taken without fighting. In
view of the fact tliat the small Russian
(Continued on Page Four, Column Vive.)
Mex Convention May
"Name Successor to
President Gutierrez
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.-Doubt as to
whether General Outlerres had been con
tinued by the convention at Mexico City
as provisional president existed today at
the Htate department. A telegram from
Mexico City announced that the chair
man of the convention late Tuesday night
gave out a notice "that the convention
had concluded It would continue Presi
dent Gutierrez In office," but for some
unknown reason the notice was recalled
The Carrunxa agency here today Issued
the following statement: . '
"General Carranxa, from Vfra Cms,
denies that Tampico Is threatened, by t
Villa force and ssys that the officers of
the gunboat Guerrero, reported deserting
to Outlerres forces, are still loyal. Gen
eral Pablo Goutalcs took Villes, on the
outskirts of Han Luis Potosl."
The Kanlnh anibasa'lor, Benor Riano,
made representations personally to Sec
retary Bryan today In behalf of Hpanlsh
subjects, who he advised have been mis
treated, and Spanish Interests damaged
at Pueblo, Mexico, ills complaint waa
Iasel on Information fism the Spanish
'.ministers in Mexico City.
Boosters to Coast
CHICAGO, Jsn. 14 -Chicago will send
a "business crusade" to the Pacific coast
In July, it wss announced today, when
the First Infantry, Illinois National
Guaid. with band and field mtialc, will
tour from Spokane to Kan Francisco and
flan Llego. accompanied by representa
tivea of the' Chicago Association of Com
merce. The regiment will leave Chicago
on July 1. on the trip, which will last
seventeen days. The principal .cities on
Hie coast will be visited.
COMPKTKNT man for position aa
scale repair man; must be abls lo
take full charge of seals reoalr dept.;
stkte previous employment and ex
perience, giving address and phone
number.
For farther Information a boat
. this ovvortulty see the Mr eat
d section ef teday'a Bee.
Earth Appeared tot Open and
Emit Columns of White Smoke
ROME. Jan. 14. A young Italian driver
who le't Avenano a few mlnutea before
the earthquake gave a brief account of
his exnerlonoee when he reached Rome
at an early hour this morning.
HH first Intimation ot trouble was
when the hores of his carriage sud
denly refused to go farther. They stood
trembling, and at the same moment there
rame a deep rumbling like the roar of n
railroad train going over a brhlge. Three
minutes later the standing walla of some
quarries along the road had crumbled
and were lying In dust covered heaps.
Krrun Avessano there rame the cries of
tha frightened people. Amid the roar of
falling houses could be heard the voices
of women calling on the saints to help
them. The city lit under a cloud of
GERMANS CAPTURE I
PLAIN 0F YREGNY
Heights First Taken by Storm, Then
Trench After Trench Captured
at Point of Bayonet
FRENCH DESTROYING WESTENDE I
1
BERLIN. Jan. 14. (By Wlreles lo I.011
don.) Emperor William was present In
person during the spirited battle on the
Vregny plain, to the northeast of Pols
sons, which resulted yesterday In that
elevated ground being cleared of the
French and which la described In the
German official statement given out this
afternoon as "a brilliant feat for our
troops." In this engsgement the Ger
msns claimed to have raptured fourteen
French officers and l.lfio men.
The text of the communication rea!s:
"In the western theater ot the war in
the dunea near Nleuport and southwest
of Tpres artillery combats are going on.
The enemy directed an extremely strong
fire on Weslende, which they soon will 1
have entirely destroyed. Their torpedo
beats disappeared quickly as soon as they
received our fire.
"In continuation or their activities on
January 8 northeast of Holssons our
troops again made an attack on the
heights of Vregny and cleared this ele
vated plain of the enemy. In a pouring
rain and deeply sodden clay, trench after
trencn waa taken by storm until after
dark aiuf the enemy was driven back to
the border of the elevated plain. Four
teen French officers and 1,130 men were
taken prisoners, and four cannon, four
machine guns and a searchlight were
captured a' brilliant feat for our troops
under the very eyes of their uppermost
war y lords. ,
"Northeast of the Camp of Chalons
the French attacked again yesterday In
the morning and afternoon with strong
forces to the east of Perthes. They pen
etrated at certain places our trenches,
but were repulsed by energetic counter
attacks and driven back with heavy losses
Into their own positions, leaving Its) pris
oners lp our hands.-
"In the Argonna and the Vosges nothing
of importance haa occurred.
"The situation In northern 'Poland Is
the aame.
"Our attacks west of the Vistula art
being continued. Nothing of Importance
has ocourred on the eastern baak ot the
PiUoa."
Persian Horsemen
HoldingBridge Are
All Slain , but Four
PETROGRAD, Jan. U-TVIa London)
The correspondent of the Bourse Gaaette
at Tlflla sends a. statement made to him
by Bhodja Kd Oachuluh, the former gov
ernor of the province of Aserbljan, Per
sia, who haa arrived at Tlflla. He Is ons
ot four survivors of a guard of 400 horse
men whd defended the bridge at the en
trance of Miandoab, . "tha gateway of
Persia." He fought tha Turks ' for ten
hours, enabling refugees to escape to
Maragh, fifty miles south of Tabrls. All
Christians who remained In Miandoab,
he states, were massacred.
"When I heard that the Turks were ad
vancing," he said, "I posted 1,600 troops
In one of the Miandoab forts and 1,200 In
another. I myself with 4ue relatives and
friends fought a hopeless battle at the
bridge until ail but four were killed by
the Turks' quick flrera. I then fled on
horseback from Tabrls to Jul fa.
"All the members of the consulatsa and
oanka escaped from Tabrls."
West Virginia Liquor
. Shipping Law Valid
RICHMOND, - W. Va., Jan. 14 West
Virginia laws prohibiting shipment . of
liquor Into the state were held valid by
the United States circuit court of ap
peals here today.
The decision asserted that unless a con
signee could show conclusively thnt he
ordered liquor for personal use without
advertisement on the part of consignor
or without other solocltstlon, ' common
carriers might be "restrained from making
deliveries In the state.
The decision was on the state's appeal
from an adverse . decision of the lower
courts In the case ot a Cincinnati whole
sale liquor firm and ail express company.
iRorne Again Feels -
Earthquake Shocks
HOME, Jsn. U -Several earthquakes
occurred during the fore part of the day.
They caused lite collapse of some build
ings already aeverely damaged, resulting
In the Injury of a number of persons en
gaged in rescue work In various towns.
These shocks were not violent, but they
Increased the alarm of the people and
made more difficult the work of rescue.
Cowley founder lles.
LONDON. Jan. 14.-Ilev. Richard Meux
Ht-nson. founder an 1 fimt superior of
the Hociety of Kt. John the KvHUgcllst,
commonly tailed the Cowley I'atlini'Kf
died tolay at Oxford. He v.us Hit su
thor of a number ot books uu religious
subjects.
r
mist. To the driver It looked as If the
earth dad opened to emit columns of
white smoke.
Thl- young man tried to drive back
to Avetssno. but he could make no head
way, lie and his horea wcro blinded by
the dut. Soon he eaw survivors strug
gling to mnbTtleir way from the city.
Miinv had reeelve.l In.lurles and were
dragxlng themselves through the dust
and ronftiHlon In pitiable pliKhL Some
were so weak that they fell by the road
side. The objective of the refugees as
the railroad station, which was. soon
crowded with half frantic men. women
and children. Before the driver left the
vicinity, organised efforts were being
made to carry the most severely wounded
to nearby heapltals. ,
NEW QUAKE KILLS
' HUNDREDS MORE
Another Shock Occus at Sora, Sixty
Miles Northeast of Rome, on
Day Following First One.
NEARLY 400 PERSONS ARE DEAD
ItOMK. Jan. 14-At Pore, sixty miles
northesst of Rome, In the province of
Casorta. another shock ocenred todsy.
The residents, panic stricken, fled from
their homes. The town, which has a
population of 110,000, was almost de
stroyed. About two-thirds of the houses
collapsed under the shock and others,
which were cracked, tumbleddown later.
Rossi Palace fell In, hurylng twenty la
borers who were working In the court
yards. Among the victims In Bora are
many of the town authorities and per
sons of note In the district. It Is feared
the fatalities a III aggregate almost 4o&
Many soldiers have arrived In the town.
Four Thousand Are
Buried Alive Under
Ruins of Avezzano
IONDON. Jan. 14.-The experiences of
a paasenger on a 4raln which was thrown
from the track by the earthquake are
related In a dispatch' from Rome to the
Central News:
"Our train was near Lake Fuelnl when
the earthquake occurred," he said.
"There was one shock of great vlo enoe,
followed by three others. The train was
thrown off the rails and many of the
passengers were Injured.
"I climbed nut of the train and gased
around on the lake and the surround
ing mountains. Where there had been
towns t could merely see enormous whirl
winds of dust and smoke. Apparently
the towns existed no longer."
Tha dispatch adds that almost all the
way to Ttvoll Dtilldlngs along the rail
way were In ruins. Troops sent from
Rome were sb to ' rescue "hundreds ot
persons at many points, but cries tor
help were heard from beneath ruined
buildings In a large number of inatances
In which It was Impossible to effect a
speedy release of the 'victims.
It Is estimated .that 4,000 persona were
burled alive under . the wreckage at
Avessano. Throughout the night shouts
for help could be heard. In one Instance
a school building collapsed, burying 200
children, many of whom ere. atlll alive.
It Is stated that 400 soldiers were In
the barracks at Avessano whan it co -Ispsed
and that only four of them es
caped. Avalanches in Alps
Caused by the Quake
OK NEVA, Swltxerland, Jan. 14. (Via
Parts.) Earth shocks were felt In the
Ment Blanco mountain range and'also In
the Bwias and Italian Alps along the fron
tier yesterday morning. They caused
huge avalanches, whloh Isolated the Al
pine villages and hamlets snd destroyed
the forests.
From five to seven feet of snow fell on
tho Bernlnii, Hplugen and 8t. Gotthard
passes, while the snow Is three feet deep
hi the F.ngadlng.
Bhocka -were also experienced In the
Plelniont towns and villages, but ..the
damage cannot be learned as .the tele
graph wires are down. Kllgtiter shocks
were felt even In theTyrolese Alps.
Describes Avazzano
As Huge Cemetery
, LONDON, Jan. ll.-The Centrals News
publishes a dispatch from Rome giving
the recital of an Avessano refugee.
"I can best describe Avessano by call
ing it an. Immenee cemetery," this man
said. , "From the ruins of the College for
Young Women we heard a frantic appeal
for help: There are 140 of us still alive
here. Help us quickly.' Soldiers snd
civilians rushed to tha scene,' and wheu
I left were doing their best to cut a way
through ths mass of ruins.
"I believe that twenty other towns suf
fered severely. . These IncTude Celano,
with 30,000 Inhabitants."
Italian King Sees
The, Work of Rescue
AVEZZANO. Italy, Jan. ,14.-(Ma In
don.) King Victor Emmanuel arrived
here this afternoon. He inspected the
ruins and watched the work of rescue
which ia being carried on by the troops
with the asilstance of civilians.
The persona most seriously wounded are
being attended here. The other are sent
to Rome.
AMERICAN RED CROSS
MONEY TO QUAKE VICTIMS
WASHINGTON, Jan. I4.-Th American
Red Cross announced today that It would
be, glad to receive at its headquarters
here contribution f,,r the Italian earth
quake surfererx aod would forward such
money through the Ptste department to
the proper officials tn Italy.
QUAKE. ECLIPSES
MESSINA HORROR;
50,000VICTIHS
Appalling Loss of Life and Property
Caused by Seismic Shock
Which Covers a Large
Area in Italy.
ROME AND NAPLES ARE SHAKEN
Hundreds Probably Killed and In
jured in Villages Not Yet
Heard From.
PREMIER DIRECTS RELIEF WORK
LONDON. Jan. 14. A news dis
patch received here from Koaie says
that tho member of the Chamber cf
Deputies for I.ipari has telegraphed
to the Capita', that the disaster of
yesterday surpasses the Melna ca
tastrophe; the ruin, la more wide
spread and the injury to life and
limb will be greater.'
An . employe of the municipality of
Avessano, one of the few survivors of
the city, says tho dead Include the sub
prefect and the members of his family,
the whole staff of the prefecture, tha
stsff of the law courts, the mayor and
all the members of the municipal coun
cil. Ninety-five out of the one hundred
soldiers who comprised the local gnrrlsnn
lost their lives, an did four out of the
seven customs officials and eight out ot
the nine policemen.
The man was on the street when the
shock came. To him . It seemed as if
everything fell to pieces at once. An im
mense cloud of dust arose from the ruins
and completely veiled the sky. The few
survivors of Avessano assembled In Tor
Ionia square. Suffering from shock, if
not from actual wounds, they were not
capable of helping the wounded burled In
the ruins.
Avessana Completely Destroyed.
ROMH. Jan. 14. CWa tvmdnn Th
destruction of the town ot Avcsiatte, a
community of aome 12,000 people ' in
Aqulla province, by the earthquake yes
terday la virtually complete, There Is
good authority for the statement that not
more than 10 per cent of the population
survived the dlsaater. The streets of the
city are huge piles of stone and brick.
Through this the rescuers dig, for sur
vivors. The towns of Barhtollno, Paterno, Cen
chlo, Collarmele, Pesnlna and Ran Bcne
detta also are, in large measure, de
stroyed. At flora. In the province of Caserts, a
town of over 6,000 population, the victims
ere estimated at 40. Two-thirds of the
houses la the town have been rased,
while many of the others are damaged
ruined. Twenty workmen are buried In
the wreckage.
Report a reaching Rome today of the
casualtlea counted last night aet forth
that at flassa five persons were killed
and forty wounded. At Popoll two per
sons were killed. At Ant rose no there are
seven dead and thirty wounded, while at
Cocullo there are nine dead. Twenty per
sons lost their lives at Torre, ten at
Flc-enae and sis at Butat.
- Many Tonne Destroyed.
The towns of Avessano, Appelie. Mag.
llano. Marsa, Massgdalbe, Collarmele, Cer
chlo, Celano, 1111, Paterno, San Fellno,
Gelosamarsl, Bcurla. Caplstrello, . Antro
aana and Caetronovme hav been prac
tically destroyed.
Pasclnl, Ortonamarsl, Ban Benedetto,
Ol't'tcchlo. Cooulln. Rlaeona ' nul.i'.
CanlKtro, Clvltelladintlno. Castellatiuml,
Pagllota Caatell. Pagllotra and Horbo re
ceived serious damage.
TamllMcosxo. Ovludllo, Csppadoecla,
Bnntl Marie, Pogldo. Flllppo, Han Itonato,
Ban Btefano, Rocacerro, Caraoll, Perao
luco and Traaaceo were all mere or less
damaged. Every one of theie towns
shown a casualty list.
Every train arriving from tha Aurtnni
brlnga hundred of persons who have beep
wounded. The refugees are received at
the station by represents t Ives of the
munloipal authorities and distributed
among hospitals and private houses.
Every hospital in Rome was filled to lis
utmost cspaclty early in the day.
Prince Colonna, the mayor of Rome,
placed at the disposal of the refugeee
severs) hotels, where food and lodging
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