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TWIN CiTO Biiai,Y SENTINEL ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES at 33rd Year 1 2 Pages 1 Section WINSTON-SALEM, N. C, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY H, 1915 6INC1LT) COPT. CttVTS, y- ON TRATNS. riVU CKNTS, '.'-'- MHUUAKt IN ITALY RESULTS IBI LDSS Lath l ist May Be Larger Than Thought Now When Final Figures Come. OWN OF 12,uuu rui'i, IS ENTIRELY DESTROYED lumncr ui rnnH v polled Destroyed, Some Partially Wrecked. Rome, Jan. 14. With every air ;is additional and more ac- irato details are uncovered the irror of the quake increases, .acing it m the list or similar tastrophes in Europe, eecond lily to tlie Messina disaster of 108. The list of dead, dying and in ired has increased from a mm ngure last, nigm, iv mure- an 50,000, according to om ul announcements today, and it expected that this number i r n. J - . lav grow Deiore me uay is over. The full extent of property j i I 1 1 TT ss 13 not yet aeterminea. nere Rome princely statues, old wildings and structures that Ir years have been the Mecca of I visitors have been destroyed injured. Altho loss of life may be less ran in 1908 the area is greater pan the Messina quake. It cov- s the whole central portion of aly, extending from Naples to Trara on the north. The most sastrous disturbance was in cinity of the town of Avezan- , where 15,000 were killed or jured. t Late Report Show Large Loss. Kon.o, Jan. 11. -Late reports from o mm which suffered from yester ,y' earthquake indicate that there is i'ern very great loss of life and m(. Kstlniutes of the numlH'.r ilul are as high as twelve thousand, tii -'I," ii injured. Estimates this irimiK in l !ie light of further intor il ion placed the number killed and unlt '1 at more than 511,000. Howev somc persons fear the death list ii be larger than this when the fig. ' arc finally compiled. Tin carthiiiako zone apparently ex am inr :: i iuij in the norlli aud practically fee i' the entire width of country in tiiMrlrt. East and southeast of suffered mod from loss of life il damage (d property. Aieanno. a town with 19 0A Inlisth. "it., il l miles from Rome. was the ni''i el disturbance and this place Mi a number of near-by towns and aes is reported as having been i'niM il Ureal loss of Mfe occurred Avianno and its vicinity, the num "i 'lead being placed at more than Aiming towns reported destroyed are '"--i. l appcde, Scnrcola, Miigllaiio. 'l'1'.i'l'M-ia. Celano nnd Pcsclro. f and Arplno arc said to have been Frl wrecked. At the latter tlace ' eie killed and 110 Injured. .l,.les felt tile shock, but wan only 'Khily damaged. Sulniona and Aijuil in I e province of Abruxrl. and towns in that region report ' damage and Iocs of life. Kinn To Villi RtrlrLon ni.t-l-,. Nn ,s "Mich UaillHL-e Ahnnl infl nnrn! ii round Home. I '! i- slated that King Victor Eman-I I m himself visit the stricken dis !'" ''rentier Salandra has person ) taken charge of the fuller work i'"'""1 trains will! doctors, medicines ;"' '"irst s have been dispatched. "I"- licnediet is awaiting a report MmiKignor Satnl. archbishop ot 'I'llla. on the itravltv of th .linn. I, 11 ami probable loss of life. He ' V.rexsed a desire to go to the II, 1 if his presence Is necessary. ''I""' from l'oetnza say that while " Tiake damaged buildings there. raixed o loss of life. '"latest injury nemrroil ivn,m.l Ihn jtiict volcano Vulture. '" or 1-riedlander, of the Inter- llllllCll VolcannlnBlml 1nul..)a . 0 ..... I i.rni.Bic Bl the origin of the quake logical and nnt vnlnTn D.. -lri'iioii of the quake at the observa- .''-ii'u tor forty seconds and was ' 'hat the needles broke. Mt. " iu has shown no sign of unusu- J' llvltj. Tr"in Arrives With Injured. '"I'll. Jan. 14 A train tin i,.ul '.'I'''1 ""'HP with 100 Injured Iroin ' ""no and Tsgliazozzo, says a dis- . ."hm.,1 acre rrom the Italian ' :' "lu.f'n '"nflrtns the news that -yi.io nas been completely des- Ssy it Surpasses Messina. ".idon j.,n ,4.Tm, meraber1 of ..anibor of deputies at Llpari haw graphed to Roino that the disaster lerday surpass the Mfsslni M,",l,v The Injuries will be ill iim iBiiiflii) " ' ? ' - - HERO OF N. fa! PATROLMAN f GEOBGEF. BISHOP fp C ; v y!. t jiff Cf v T.V ' V ' - 11 l r 1 - 'k ,-,;'. arm "VX.:aV . . . "V f- Z b.! " . r ''X .'t'teS In the great subway disaster In New York city sixty-thousand persona staggered through this darkened subway tube to Malleus, hundreds ofper sons trniied In two trains were made unconscious by poisonous smoke and n large section of the city vas thrown Into clinos. Never hns the city mi f fared such a paralysis of traffic nnd never has there been an accident in the city with such widespread effect. Panic seized n thousand or more men or women parked In two trains when great volumes of flames and smoke shot out iot the subway. Those, who were not trampled usu In the fight to dive out ( windows nnd doors were overcome-by the dense smoke. Girls nnd delicate" women fought for llf and were trodden under foot. Tor hours police reserve and firemen endangered their lives bringing these helpless ones to the street, wherc'ambulance surgeons front a1! hospitals nnd scores of voluuteer physician worked over them. One marvellous part of the whole affair was that only one life was lost, that of a womnu. greater and area more widespread. Troops Arriving. Rome, Jan. 14. Troops are arriv--In? to assist in the work of rescue. The survivors ' are in .Berlous " condi tion. The streets are nothing more than huge plies of stone and brick. Thru that the rescuers are digging their way wherever they think there arc survivors. Their work is difficult. The town of Sain pel Ino, Paterno, Cenchlo, Collarmele, Dezvlne and San Denedelta are In large measure des-j troyed. x Relief Measures. - Rome, Jan. 14. Reller measures fori the thousands who escaped from their i ruined homes but in want and without shelteY are going ahead. Special trains have gone with government officials, nurses and doctors and are providing all necessities for the people. Queen miles below Naples tolHci'ena nag expressed the keenest re- ret that ho could not go 10 ttic cene of the devastation as she did at Messina, being ill in bed. Relief committees are being organ ized In each stricken locality working under the direction of the central committee in Homo under the super vision of Permier Salanda. Lines of communication, Including railway tracks and telegraph wires, have been interrupted seriously thru out the (juake belt and the transpor tation of supplies furnished by govern ment and private sources is going foi ward as rapidly as conditions will permit. Virtually Complete. Rome Jan. 14. The destruction ot Avazonna, a community of 12,000 in Aquilia province by the quake ye te--day, is virtually complete. There is good authority for statement that not more than ten per cent survived. Bridges and Tunnels Destroyed. Rnnin Jan li -KailwavS In the ' stricken district are well nigh use- was killed In Rome but there! less. The bridges and tunnels were destroyed and tracks broken and cov ered with debris. Highways arc im passible owing to heavy snowfall. Officials in Rome will not estimate extent of damage done. They are bending all energies to hasten relief work. The loss of life near Rome is esti mated at about 100. One Town Completely Destroyed. Paris, Jan. 14. 'A dispatch to the Havas agency from Acuullla, Italy, says that later news received there confirms the report that Avezanno has been completely destroyed by (Continued on page Three.) THE VEGETABLE CROP OUTLOOK IS BRIGHT, Wilmington, Jan. 1 1. Tliut will be good news to the pubH- .it largo Dial thd btrawberry aud vege.abl ) trojig thruout North and South Ci'tona as well ss Virginia will be larger and more profitable Ir the farr.itrs this year than lasi. V'or.ajti.i; tin- fu ture upon syeclal lei.!' re'Viveil fi-oia -II the more imporUM f-bippliiK points thruout the urii'oi y, us to acreage, o.uulit. tie., i.f tl.e nrps Iruit thl& year, the Cai..V. Kruit Truckers' Journal, of this vit", drives eneouragins reports. . Phone Merger In Arkansas. Tcxarlfana, Ark.. Jan. 14. The Tex arkana Telephone Company "will to morrow take over the local plant of the Southwestern Telephone company. The details of the merger , were ar ranged' recently In St. Louis. Y. SUBWA Y PANIC AND RESCUE OF A VICTIM GOVERNOR OF SOUTH ' CAROLINA RESIGNS Cole Blease Retires From Office Smith Takes the Oath of Office Blease's Term Would Have Columbia, S. C. Jan. 14. Governor Coleman Livingston Ulease today fil ed his resignation as governor with the secretary of state, to take effect immediately. 1 His term would have expired next Tuesday. The" resignation reached the senate at 1 o'clock and was ac cepted. Lieutenant-Occyornor Charles Smith then took the oath of office lor the unexpired term. Resignation Discussed The resignation was totally unex pected, even by 'his most intimate advissrs, and is the climax to a ser les'oif sensational episodes in which ha has figured for the past several months. I E Hcilin. Jan. 14. The ofilclul state mont today by the German war office reords successes northeast of Sols sons and to the east of PertheR. At Soissons the Germans uttacked the heights of Vregny, clearing them of tin: Frendi and In a pouring rain cap tured trench after tron.h until after dark. Also 1,1:10 men were takeu pilnoncis and four cannon and a eurchlight captured. To the north east of Camp Challons the French penetrated .certain iWuls ot the Ger- mau lines. The French losses were heavy and 100 were taken prisoners. - There liav been no important hap penings in the Vosges. In the east, German attacks west of the Vistula have been continued. East of Loetzea the attacks were re pulsed and hundreds or prisoners taken. Carnegie May Attend. Washington, Jan.il4. The twenty fifth anniversary or the organization Of the Washington Hoard of Trade will be observed tonight. Andrew Carne gie and Gen. Geo. H. Harries, the only honorary members of the board, are expected to be' present and address the gathering. Called to 8ee Mother. Rev. L. K. Brothers, pastor of Southslde M. E. church, wag summoned to Elizabeth City today on account of the serious Illness of his mother, Mrs. Martha J. Brothers. She has been in falling health for two yenrs. Rev. J. C Mock will occupy Mr. Brothers' pulpit next Sunday morning and night. GERMAN Pi ITUAII HE WAR 70N ' III Lieutenant Governor Charles for the Unexpired Term Expired Next Tuesday. Ills controversy with the war of ficials of the government af Washing ton and his disbanding of the state militia a 'few days ago possibly con tributed more than any other one ! thing to his determination to resign. ! tlla 'fipllmi In mllllnrv nff:r Kepme.I unpopular throughout the state and he lost much friendship by his radical stand The regular term of Jov. Ulease would have ended next Tuesday, whe i ho was to have been succeeded by frovernor-elect Manning. The resignation created much talk In Columbia tills afternoon and the full text of the resignation with rea. sons therefore are eagerly awaited. T OF I N Ne.v York. Jan. ll.-VCotlon exports lieuume aluuisf normal during Decein her. VJii, 1.2oJ,ll." bales having hern setit abroad compared with l,-.;o,s;W. In December, 1'n l. Kxiiorts Tor tin: hist Hive months of the cotton y ar showed a decrease of more than fifty tier tent, from the same period of I9i?,, the total being 2,007,1 I com pared with .'i.t '.T.IMl bales. Of the month's erpopts the l.'nited kingdom and Italy both 'showed in creases over i:M, Ihfl former by I'm,. 000 bales and Italy by 120,ihii. Ger many's takings showed a decrease of j jtooo bales Cotton used In tho l.'nited States in December was 4',l),83 bales, about S.OtfG bales less than In December, 1913. There were about 400.000 more bales In manufacturers' hands Decem ber 1st over ml ., whilo the quantity In Independent warehouses showed an increase of almnr.t two million balea compared with the previous year. Masons Lay Corneretone. Grand Rapids. Mich , Jan. 1 1.-On of the most important events In the hi&tory of Masonry in Michigan wa.i the laying of the cornerlone of the nw Mctonlc Temple here today. which brought together a notable gathering of high Masons. Thousands of little trowels were sold to ralsa money to build the new Temple. Hanging in Georgia. Pclham, Ga Jan. 14. Flciu Jack son, tlm negro who shot and killed Deputy Sheriff Will Griner In Noveni bcr, 'will be hanged at the county jail here tomorrow It took a Jury 9 min utes to convict hliu, and the hangman stays he will try to beat this low rec ord tomorrow morning. EXPOR chon ALMOS NORMAL DECEMBER 1 CARRYING OUT OF THE WOMEN SMOKE VICTIM5 E E JUVENI Mr. Crawford Jackson, general se cretary and founder ot the Juvenile Protective Association of the South, with headquarters iii Atlanta, arriv ed Wednesday afternoon from Atlan ta, and. conferred with members of the lix-al association with regard Ui legislation arresting thu work ot the. organisation now pending before the, general assembly. Mr. JacksonV home Is at Guilford College, tho he spends much of his time In Atlanta and is working up Interest In tho youthful delinquents throughout tlw South. Mr. Jackson stated at his hotel tuN morning that reports from the various associations received show thut a to total of 9,:t.'if children have been plac ed under tho protecting and Riildln; arm of the organization during tho year. As oiily about two-thtrdn of the associations forming a part of tho work of the Southern body hud report ed when ho left Atlanta Tuesday even ing, this indicates lhat Otero will bo a good Increase In the number of chil dren taken In charge when all the re ports are In. While In the city Mr. Jackson con ferred with Judge G. H. Hasting with reference to the operation of tho pro bation system in vogue In his court. lodge Hastings reports that about 40 delinquent children were placed un der probation by the municipal court during last year, and that he consid ers the system n success. Mr. Jackson highly complimonteil Judge Hastings this morning for the work he has done for the delin qiieut children through his helpers.and alHO upon the fart that Judge Mas' lugs has made a study of the lawacon trollng tho juvenllo courts of other states and secured the passage of 1IU.) for Forsyth county to aid in this work; and still further Judge Hastings Is greatly Interested In tho passage of a stale law. Following the conference Judge Hastings consented to go to Raleigh and appear boforo the legis lative committee on behalf of tha measure, providing for Juvenile courts and probation bills. Hon. R. O. iKvcrett, of Imrham, chairman ot the legislative commit tee of the Juvenile Protective Associ ation of that place, has a Mil drawn presenting the required legislation, and it is understood that there are others drawn or being drawn which contem plate In whole or in part the same system. .Mr. Jackson left today for Raleigh In the Interest of these measures. He will ho accompanied from Greensboro by Judge J- Glenn Brown, or the Juve nile Court of that place. The organi zation of a branch of the association In Greensboro was perfected follow ing an address delivered there at a mass meeting held in the l. .M. l-. a. assembly room by Mr. Jackson lasi Sunday. The work Of the Juvenile Protective Association as well as like organiza tions and individuals Interested In de liniment, children, seek to avoid two extremes. First, the Incarceration o.' youthful delinquents who violate the COF RS WITH JUDG G.H.HASTINGS ON LEWORK ITE HON. 1 J. BRYAN 0 SPEAK ON JANUARY 30 Invitation Is Extended by Two Branches of the State Legislature CONSIDERABLE DEBATE ON THE PROPOSITION Bill Presented in Senate for the Repeal of Long and Short Haul Clause. j Httlcu,h. Jan. 11 -The General A ! sem'oly extended an Invitation today to ' 1I..M.CV.. ..I UCIn t ..l.t...d. the 'legislature on Hie evening of Jan uary The resolution had rough sailing in both brandies of the assembly. It was olTered In the Senate by Senator Coop er and passed its reading without op position. Therealter Senator Johnson, of Duplin county, moved to reconsidtr Hie vote. The Senate refused, after considerable debate, to reconsider, tho Note being 20 to I'.t. Then Senator Johnson offered a res-1 olution presenting the principle of ot tering invitations, as opening ways to procure such Invitations. The resolution went to a. committee for consideration. In Ihe House tho Senate rerolutlou Inviting t-'ecretary of State Bryan final ly passed by a vote of 72 to :!:!, after btioug opposition, lead by Re-prcsenta-live Hutchison, of Mecklenburg, and Representative Allen, of Wayne. The motion by Representative Allen that the vote be incorporated In the invlla Hon to Mr. Bryan was withdrawn. Resolution Referred. Representative Hutchison offered n resolution against extending Invito. tkma to persons to address tha Gen eral Assembly and ns In the Senate the resolution went to a committee. Bill for Repeal Presented. In the Senate today Senator Ward introduced a bill for tho re poo I ot Ihe Long and short Haul Clause of the Justice Act. Resolution Offered. A .resolution wns offered by Senator Weaver which provide the authority for tho committee ouiplaclnga bronze slaluo of Governor Vance in Statuary Hall at Washington to secure a statue of either bronze or marble, Instead of marble alone, as 'provided In the orig inal resolution. Bill By Mr. McMlchsel. Senator McMlchael Introduced a bill to prescrlbo a minimum punishment for defaulting bank officials. Wake Forest Measure Passes. The Senate passed the bill Increas lug tlie endowment, capacity of Wake Foieiit College to V,,KH),0H. Want to Join Forsyth. A commlttoo of Davidson citizens, together with Gilbort T. Stephenson, an attorney of Winston-Salem and chairman of the Forsyth County Dem ocratic Executive Committee, appear ed beforo the Comtnltteo on Counties, Cities and Towns yesterday advocat ing that a small section of Davidson be transferred to Forsyth county About 40 families live In the soctlon afTerted. Tho Davidson people claim thut it Is a long way to Iexington, when they are compelled to attend court there, and that It Is only a short distance to tho capital of Forsyth, hence they are desirous of bidding farewell to tho county of Colonol Var tier forever. Representative Leonard of Davidson was not exactly satisfied about tho matter and the committee took no action for the present. 8ELLING CLAFLIN A88ET3 IN NEW YORK CITY New York. Jan. 14. By decree ot Judge Hand In the United States DIs trlct court, the assets of the dofune' H. B. Clufiln company aro being eold today. The snle Is set for noon In the Federal court house. The assets Included all property, right and Inter est hold by John Claflln in tins insolv ent company. Tho Claflln crash created a sensa tion in tho business world last June The company was tho largest mer chandising house I America, with 44 millions in assets and 34 millions lia bilities. The Claflln concern owned or controlled store In Brooklyn, New York. Buffalo. Newark, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Cleveland and many other cities. It was said this morning mat the ehaln of store will remain Intact under a new corporation, which will bid heavily today. law with hardoned criminals, thereby making hardened criminals out of them, turning them back upon society after onflnoment worse criminal"! than ever. The other extreme which the association contends is foolish ht to let the child go entirely free from any punishment because It U a child. The association's advocated policy in dealing with this class is to put sthem on probation, directly under some good man or woman, who will art Big Brother or Big. flletcr to the child. 'Mr. Jackson strongly advocates the appointment of a paid probation of ficer In connection with the Juvenile court and legislation to this effect U one of the desires of his association. Mr. Jackson organized a branch as sociation in this city severs! year ago and Rev, Geo. Lee has since that time acted for the association as vol untary probation officer. Mr. Jackson hiiihlv complimented the work of Mr. Lee and others who have aided Judge Hastings In this work. F 101 Germans, by Counter Attacks, Are In Better Position at One Point. LOSSES VERY HEAVY . FOR GROUND GAINED Turks Said to Be Ready for Effort to Adrance Into Egypt. . London, Jan. 14. Llko the stub bornly contested battles ot the early days ot the war on which hinged thu German occupation ot West, Fland ers the struggle for the goal of gromtd northeast ot Solssons known as "sntir 132" remains undecided today, the Germans, however, by their countet attacks are in better position eastward of the spur.- ' In view of tho relatively small' amount ot ground gained the losses have been very heavy but tho Ger mans show no signs ot giving up the attempts to get up the hill. The bat tle is out of the ordinary run ot con flict. Further st near Perthes, where atvoUior sharp light contluffuoa, tho situation Is unchanged. lu the east In Poland and GallcU Turkish operations hold the fore ground ot Interest with double reportt of a Turkish advance Into Egypt. That is said to be virtually ready with tho occupation by Turks of Tabriz In Rus sian aphero of Influence In Persia. Today's newa from Pctrograd aavs that the Turkish Invasion of Persia continues and Turks aro penetrating farther into the country. The Rus sians claim to hold the upper hand in the Caucasus, but the lack of details suggests that tho battle in progress past seven days has, not yet resulted decisively. The principal feature of today's nows Is the resignation ot Count von Berchtold, the Austrlau foreign min ister. Some maintain that his action indicates that a crisis In the affairs of the dual monarchy 1 at hand. . Furious Fighting In Poland, ' Petrograd (via London), Jan. 14, Furious fighting has been resumed In Russian Poland. The Russians In the north pushing toward East Prussia In the region near Mlawa have- cap tured a number of villages, in the center the Germans have made more violent attacks in last 48 hours. They forced back the Russians. CONTRACT FOR VANCE ? STATUE IS RATIFIED Raleigh, Jan. 14, The contract tor the placing of tho statue ot Senator Vance In Memorial Hall has beet completed and signed. It was sign ed In New York on the 11th day of January by the committee: Judge W. A. Hoke, chairman; Mrs. M. Van Moore, of Ashovllle; Hon. Clement Manly, of Winston-Balem, Miss Laura Carter, of Aihevllle, and Mr. Har ry Martin, ot Aahevllle, This con tract was ratified by the governor and the council ot state yesterday. It pro vides for the placing of a marble statue in Htatuary Hall for 110,500, and is to be completed In thirteen months. The sculptor chosen for this work Is Mr. Outson Borglum. Mr. Borglirm's best known works ot art aro the Stat ue of Lincoln, In Newark, N, J., and the equestrienne statue ot General Hhernisn, In Washington. He Is bet ter known to North Carolinans sji the sculptor who did tho statue of Wyatt In the capltol square. PRESIDENT WILSON MAY SPEAK AT, BATTLEGROUND Washington, Jan. 14. Representa tive Htudman has made an engage ment with President Wilson to meet a delegation from Greensboro Janu ary 28 to invito the chief executive to deliver an address July 4 at tha Guilford Battleground celebration. The delegation will be accompanied to the White House by Major Htodman and Senators Overman and Simmons. Representative Donghton has been notified that Aio Whitney postofflcn has been advifuced to the presidential class. Mr. Douguton has fecen re quested to name a Democratic post master to fill the job. TWO NATIONAL BANK8 IN DANVILLE CONSOLIDATE. uanvine, va., jan, n. At a mooting of the stockholders of the Virginia AWfclUISM S AJVii I SI IIOIII HIVIIWH Wliv proposition of the National Bank of Danville to consolidate the business of the tvo Institutions was unanimously approved and after the close ot bus! ness tor the day the buslnees of tbe Virginia National was moved to the banking house of tbci National Dank of Duuvllle. Mr. W. W. Williamson, of the Virginia National, was elected a vice president and director of tbe National Bank ot Danville. MECKLENBURG COUHT MAY BE ESTABLISHED. Charlotte, Jan. 14. A lilrnt on foot it) erUulish a cuuuty court ' be known as Mecklenbr;; rounl.y I'uui i, ift imiuiuit uciiig. ii'i; l. .nil arc ing Mini, uie cuurb iw eaiouii'm .i 9. a rofct not to exceed ll.CW, tllh Jury, Jude, solicitor and clerk, to be elect- 1X1 Vf HID ytH'HB UI HIS lUUUVi IHI tourt to take the place of tho present recorder's court." LICT CLOSE SSONS IS YET UNDECIDED
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