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VOLUME 1, NUMBER 342. rTeeUy, E.tabUshed i860; D?fljr, Janis, ?1?. ANDERSON, S. C, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 1, 1914. $5.00 PER ANNUM PRICE FIVE CENTS WAR DECLARED BETWEEN TURKEY AND RUSSIA THOUSANDS KILLED Ai MAI DESTRDJfEDJ? EARTHQI Twelve Thousand Persons Per ish and More Than Twenty Thousand Are Injured By Falling Houses STRONGEST SHOCtTPELT AT * ROME IN MORETHAN ACENTUBI Frightened People Rushed Into Churches Only tc Be Ordered Out by the Police-After the ,. Shock Had Subsided Special Prayers . Were Held in Houses of Worship For j Deliverance From Disaster. ROME, Jan. 13.-Italy has been visited by an'earthquake o: .wide extent which, according to the latest*advices, has resulted in th< death of 12,000 and injury to possibly 20,000 more in towns am villages destroyed. . The shock was the strongest Rome has felt in more than a hun dred years. The town of Avezzano, in the Abruzzi department, 63 mile r east of Rome, has been leveled to the ground and here 8,000 per sons are reported to have been killed. In many, small towns surrounding Rome buildings were par tially wrecked, while at Naples a panic occurred and houses fell a . Caserta, a short distance to the east From below Naples }n the south io Ferrera in the north, a dis tance of more than 300 miles, and* across almost the width of th countfy the undulatory movement continued for a considerabl period. In Rome it was thought at first that two shocks had occurred but the seismographic instruments in the o'.servatories showed ther w?s only one which, beginning at 7:55 o'clock in the morning, last ed from 22 to 30 seconds. Iii the capital itself so far is known there was no less of life bot a great deal'of damage was done, churches and statues sufferin, most. For a time the people were stricken with fear and ther 'vas a veritable panic in hospitals, monasteries and convents. Buildings on both sides of the Porta del Pop?lo, the north en trance to Rome, threatened to fall and the eagle decorating the gat crashed to the ground. The obelisk in St. Peter's Square wa shaken and badly damaged, while the statue of St. John Lateran an the statues of the Apostles surmounting the Basilica are in clanger c collapsing. The famous, colonnade decorating St. Peter's Squar was lowered four feet and the adjacent house, once occupied by th Sisters of Pope Pius X, was badly cracked. Owing to the wide extent of the disturbance of its evident tei rible consequences the actual effects are not at present known. Con municaHons are cut off. The fortified city of Aquila is isolated,* bi it is reported several villages in that region were destroyed. Lik< wise Potenza, capital of the province of the .same name, on the ea: tern declivity of the Apennines which has a population of nearl 20,000, has been isolated. In 1857 this town was almost destroy - ed by an Earthquake. " Father Alfani, director of the observatory at Valle di Pompei the noted seismologist, has, sent the following telegram to Rome: "The earthquake registered by our apparatus appears to ha\ been most disastrous for a radius of more thaw one hundred mile Probably its center was the province of Potenza. Meanwhile con munications with Potenza are interrupted and a grave disaster thei is feared/' The town of Aveszano vas virtual - ly destroyed by the earthfuake. The dead er? estimated at '?.OOO. One thousand persons escaped from the ruins r,U most of thain were injured. Church Dome Cr?erai. The dome of the eburcu of St Charles Catlnarl was cracked. A large piece ej the cornice of the Jes ult church, of St. Ignatius full with a crash, adding td the fright of persons In the neighborhood. Ceilings in many of the houses fell, a number of person? being injured in that manner. Colossal State? Shattered. A colossal statue at tho Baatllcla of St. John in Lateran, which occupied a position visible from many parts of Renie, tumbied down and wea raat tered on the ataos ot ite edifice. , several street car Unas were forced to sunned operations. As details began to arrivv .it wah apparent the dist?rbanos VA the pro vince of Rotea and the Aurania had been greater than at first believed and lt also had been ielt severely around Naples. . Ca**?*?! Partially Wracked. At Monterotondo three persons were killed and two wounded; at Za garolo the dome of a church fell; at Oaliano part of the cathedral was wreck* jd; at Ve roll two persons were kir.ed and two injured. At TivoU one person s wa? killed; at .Pareto ave houses collapsed and at Poggio Na tivo one person was killed cud - sev eral were injured. There is no communication with the ancient fortified city of Ayuila. la The Abran!, owing to interruption of tel? egrepb service. It Is reported, how ever, that several villages were de stroyed in that vicinity. ' Tillage Almen Destroyed. At Terre Cajctasi, S? miles east o? Rome, almost the entire millage was destroyed;, at Amara tho municipal bull din.; collapsed. From amorous places calls for physicians are reaching Rome. Pope Benedict was reciting the o oo ooo oo ?odoooo o ooo o o o 1,000 KILLED AT AIELLi o o - o o (Hy Associ?t rd Pre??.) o o LONDON, Jan, lt. ?:<>.-, a. m.- o o One thousand persons were killed o o and 500 Injured by earthquake, o o which completely destroyed the o o small town of Alt-Ili, east of Pome, o e according to an Exchange Tele* o o graph disputes. SfogiiaUu.also Yins o 0 destroyed. o In the province of Aquila forty o jo persons were killed. o o oo ooo o o ooooooo o ooo thanksgiving after the morning mass when the shock occurred. The pon tiff retained his composure and gave orders immediately that the damage, both Inside and outside the Vatican bc ascertained. King Victor Emmanuel also order ed the minister of the interior to fur nish him With all details of the earth quake. The king expressed a desire [to visit the damaged districts. At the capitol two magnificent can dlesticks fell and were broken. % At the Palazzo del Drago, where Thomas Nelson Page, the American ambassa dor, livtes, several cracks in the build ing, which already had existed, open ed wider, and pleater fell in several rooms. Class was broken In the em bassy office. Statue of Saviour Twisted. In addition to the statue of St. Paul on the column of Marcus Aurelius the facade of the Church of SL John Lat eran was damaged and tho statue or the Saviour 50 feet high was twisted out of plumb. In the Lateran palace, especially [that part occupied by tbo Profane [ Museum, the earthquake caused cracks big enough to permit outside ?light to penetrate the building. The ?hall qf the chamber of deputies like wise was cracked. .. Amopg other edifices, damaged were ith? chur??iea of 8t. Andria Fr?tte and St. Agatha of the Ootha, the latter be ing the oldest church ot Teutonic orl in Home, People Rush Into I burches. When the shock was felt, frightened people rushed into the churches, but the police ordered them out of those which were in danger of collapsing. In all the churches after the shock had subsided, special prayers were 1 offered tor deliverance from disaster. It ls announced officially that the I center, of tho eai squake was between [campobasso and darno and that it was felt strongly at Perugia and I slightly as far north as Ferrara. I .. IV. Mg?iw ..I........ .1... ........1,. .?MV ........ y Hj SC? -"^ t**"^***^ I are camping In the open. The town of Pot! ls reported to have been half destroyed. At Giuliano two I persons were killed. At the Meteorloglcal Institute it is said that buildings continued to rock or tremble for about 30 seconds after the shocks hs?*, ceased and that the duration of the phenomenon altogeth er was. about one minute. It was stated lt was not believed the disturb ance extended to Sicily. OTHER EARTHQUAKES ?Italy Has Had Numerous Disturb?j saces lu Psst hi Which Thous ands Have Perished. Avczzano, where the greatest num ber ot casualties have been reported j as the result of the earthquake, ls In I the province of Aguila, In the Abruz sl, 08 miles east of Rome and a short distance from the base of Mount Ve lum. It ls an ancient town and had a population of sosm 10,000. One wall preserved build toW was the towered J castle built hy Gentile Virginio Orsln lo in 1490. Most of the damaged towns tn the j heart of Italy, In a Une running north- ] east and southeast of Rome eastward toward thp Adriatic sea. The coun try In the province of R-jme and the department of the Abrussl ls mostly mountainous, and - thickly populated. Numerous villages and towns dot the territory. Monte Rotundo has a pop? ulation of about 5.000. It waa here tn 1 1887 that Garibaldi defeated the pap al forces. At Ttvbll there ls a popu lation of some 14,000. It Ilea 18 miles northeast of Frome and retains many of the antiquities of the old Roman days, among them the tempie of Ti berius and the Villa d'Este. celebrat ed for the beauty of Its archltr ture. Po fi is a village of 4,000 inhabitants. Zaga rota, P&tlsco, Vercll, Pereto, Peggi o. Nativo and the other places where dsmxgo or fatalities occurred j are araall towns. Rely tn past years has had numer ?os visitations from earthquakes In ? which thousands of persons have per ished and In whtah millions of dol lars of property damage boa resulted. It fell to the lot of Italy to suffer what probably waa the greatest dis aster from an earthquake that the world ever saw. Thia was In Decani* be/. 1W8, when lr. Sicily and Calabria 70449 persons were killed, ?5,470 in (Continoed cn Pug? Four) Poles Praying Before Cathedral at Czentochowa for a Victory for the Austrian Arms This photograph shows ojie "of thc pathetic conditions of the war. Poles of Czentochowa in G?llela are pray ing before thc cathedral for an Aus trian victory.- Thejfcbave been led to believe that an invasion by Russia means death und destruction. On the other hand thousands of Poles in Rus sian Poland take the same course in -.--? their hope for victory for tho Rus sian arms against the Germans and Austrians. Thus the Poles, onco a powerfni nation, but since divided by Austria, RusBa, and Germany, are fighting against each other. Moat of those in Russia hope for a Russian victory, while those in Germany ?nd Austria pray for victory for those na tions. SPEECH iUSES STIR gpTE STATEMENTS OF PRESI DENT AT ?N!^?ANAPOL!S WILSON PRAISED BY DEMOCRATS Predict His Renomination and Re-Election for the Presi dency. (Or Aoodated inti.) WASHINGTON, . Jan. 13.-Ono ot the livest debates of the present con gress stirred the senate today when Republican leaders launchd a vigor ous attack bu President Wilson's In dianapolis speech, the administra tion's Mexican policy, and Democratic legislation. Democrats met the at tack with praise for the president and a prediction ot hlr. reelection. The debate was precipitated over Senator Cummins' resolution asking the president to Indicate what the government proposed tojo with Mexi can customs collected during the oo-4 cupation of Vera C. ut. Action on the resolution was postponed until to morrow. Senator John Sharp Williams, one of those-who replied ir. Republican criticism of the administration, de clared with eni^hasin that President Wilson would ho "renominated and reelected for-the pr.^sidency," becsus* "the American p*?cy!c ba... .?un^ tim not only'able to take tho place of men about whom they were quarrelling, but good enough to stand in his own stead." Senator Cummins voiced a wish that President Wilson could be con fined more cloeely, to "the exercise of his constitutions! powers." * Senator Borah made a general broadside attack on ?h? administra tion. He declared President Wilson's statement at' 'Indianapolis that lt would bring "deep bitterness to men, who should dare to break the solid arity of the Democratic, team for any purpose, or any motive," voiced "the sole and only principie on which sny corrupt political machine ever was organised or out into existence." It was comparable, he said, to .the utter ance of "Tom Taggart, of Indiana, to his followers. 80 of whom pleaded guilty yesterday to the crime of po litical corruption," to "the orders Is sued by Murphy to his satellites In Tammany Hali to fol?w the dictates 0 nbc captain regardless o fthe dic tates of conscience or Judgment." ..' *It ts a remarkable speech," said; iitmator Borah. "Its purpose end purport can not he mistaken or mis understood. It ls a most virulent at t*ck v.pen cse sf tts.' gr^al ^oi ?i i cai parties of this country by the chief magistrate of the nation, a party in whose traditions millions of his coun trymen take great pride and in whose policies they devoutly ead patrloti (OOH UN tai) OK y A OK SIX) 1 " .' . ? - PROGRAM FOR NAVAL PARADE ? ; ?_ THE RENDEZVOUS AT"#??MV TON ROAOS HAS BEEN ABANDONED WILL PROCEED TO CANAL ENTRANCE Many Foreign Vessels Are Ex pected to Take Part in tho Celebration. (Hy AsvorUtnl Vttm.) WASHINGTON. Jan. 13.-The pro posed international naval rendez vous at Hampton Hoads has been abandoned, according to plans an nounced tonight by Secretary Daniels for the cruise of the Atlantic fleet and visiting foreign war craft to San Francisco in celebration of the Pana ma Canal opening. Instead, the pro gram provides that the ships shall proceed directly to Cristobal, at the eastern entrance to the canal, to be passed through al stated intervals. Consent of congress must be ob tained for the change., as the law'au thorizing the cruise provided that th.; United States rhould invite the mari time nations of the world to send vessels to Hampton Hoads for the event. Secretary Daniels said, how ever, he had no doubt? the necessary legislation would be enacted at once. He pointed ont that the war had made impossible a rendezvous of the international character contemplat ed by congress, and that the isthmus would be a more convenient gath ering place for the American fleet and the few visiting vessels' that would 'participate. Only Spain, Por tugal. Augentine and Cuba so far have indicated their intention of sending ships. The program baa boon worked out in the confident belief that passage through the canal will he possible, although Governor Goethals has given notice that .he can not fiaran tee lt on account of recent slides. Febru ary 26 is fixed as tho date for passage o fthe vanguard o fthe Atlantic fleet. Other vessels will go through day by day until March 10, when President Wilson ts doe to arrive on the battle ship New York and transfer to the old Oregon for tho trip through the waterway. All the plans have been framed par ticularly with a view to interfering as little aa possible with the winter maneuvers and drills ?of the Atlantic fleet Two weeks will be saved by changing the place ot rendezvous. Mayor Mayo ead a delegation of Norfolk citizens, accompanied by Sen ator Swanson, talked over the change of plans today with -Secretary Daniels. Toe delegation protested, but after the interview said they were content with the department's decision. Sec retary Daniels promised them that a grand review would be held in Hamp ton Roads after the Atlantic fleet's (Continued on Psge Four) HEAVY FIGHTING I BOTH IN THE Russian Troops Have Ad Germans Are Continu The Russian Fron Turks Have Occu Town of Tobriz? Submarines Re (Hy AMOdAt?d Prv?.) LONDON. Jan. 13.-Battles, large and small, all havtng an Important bearing on the situation, are raging at widely separated points in Europe and Asia. The Turka have occupied the Per slan town of Tabriz, which is a Rus sian sphere of Influence: are battling with the Russians in the Caucasus and are reported to be making prep arations to invade Egypt. T.ie Russians have rosumed the of ensivo lu Elast Prussia while the dormans continue to attack them in Poland, and they again are trying to oross the Nida River In southern Po land, held by the? Austrians. Thc battle creating the greatest In terest ls that In thc Aisne Valley northeast of Soissons, where the French have been attacking the Ger man entrenchments tor a week. They took important positions Friday and again Sunduy, but the Germans, bringing up reinforcements, recover ed some of the lost ground. Other wise the unfavorable weather bas compelled the Germans and Allie? to confine themselves to artillery en ments. Renewed RuBHlano activity in East Prussia indicates that the freeling over of the Masurian Lakes, bas oc curred at last, for otherwise lt would be impossible for troops to advance through the narrow defiles defended by the Germans. The russians claim also to have made a further- advance southwest of Rewa, another indication that they contemplate a repetition of their nt AfiWotM a-> 4aviw?bw .nf-Jttst Prussia from tho east and south, despite the fact that repeated German attacks south of the lower Vlstnla in Poland ar? keeping them fairly busy. These attack:! are being made st different points and, according to tbc Russian official statements, are easily repell ed. CONTINUES EAST AND WEST Ivanced in East Prussia, ing Their Attack on t in Poland--The ipied the Persian -Two German ported Sunk. There is no recent account ot fight ing in southern Poland and Galicia, but a Bucharest dispatch sara, the Russians have begun an attack on the Austrian fortifications 'in the moun tains which divide Bukowina,, now in their possession, and Transylvania, an attack on which ls, considered likely to bring Rumania into the war on the side of the Allies. The Turks, according to a Cairo dispatch, have decided at last to at tempt an tnvaalon of Egypt. In Lon don little credence ls given this re port. It ht not believed possible) that troops can cross the desert east ot the Suez Canal, and evbn lt they con quered the waterless waste they would be so exhausted that the British forces in Egypt, it is confidently be lieved, could, easily repel them. Lewis Harcourt, secretary of ?tate for the colonies, adOresilng a gath ering of Australians today, said lt >rae not likely the Australians who were guarding Egypt with New Zealanders, Indians and English .territorials and regulars, would have much, fighting to do there sad that they soon would be In France. An interesting statement waa made by Baron Hardinge, viceroy of India, at the opening ot the Viceregal coun cil today, as to the part East Ind lads arc playing in the war. He said that 300.000 of them had sailed from Isdt? for France, Egypt, Wfir#fo\tfm' Mesopotamia. Those in Mesopotamia are presumably advancing with Brit ish troops .on Bagdad. ?&tt)Uaae* were current today? aa they have been on several prevloue e?? stone, that German submarines fiat made aftsete cn D***r sn^ **r_ them were sunk. The authorities de ny that any submarines have been sunk, but give no explanation of ?0 firing ot the guns ot the forts late last night _ THE MILITIA WILL BE REORGANIZED ? . . - ?- 4 Adjutant General Moore Says Governor Manning Will Re instate Soldiers. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Jan, 13.-South Carolina's militia, disbanded recently by Governor Blease. will be reorganlz ed by Governor-elect Manning as soon as he takes office, January 19, according to a statement here today by Adjutant General Moore, of that State. Mr. Moore said the governor eelct has told him to convey that as surance to war department officials. Mr. Moore will ask department of ficials tomorrow for advice as to nec essary steps to return the militia to its former footing. He expressed con fidence tonight that the veltuatlon would adjust itself satisfactorily im mediately after expiration ot Gover nor Blease's term of office. That view siso Is held by Secretary Garrison. $15,000 REWARDS FOR BANK ROBBERS Oklahoma Legislator* Appropria ates Large Som for Capture of Outlaws. (JRv AnoeUted Frost.) OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Jan. 13. An emergency appropriation of $16, 000 to be paid as rewards for the cap ture of bank robbers ls provided In a hill .adopted today by the house of representatives of the Oklahoma leg islature after reports bsd been receiv ed of the burglarizing of three banks in eastern Oklahoma within 24 hours. The bill probably will be acted on by the senate tomorrow and Imme diately submitted to tbs governor for his approval. Five men, said to be. implicated in robberies at Tarlton, Gerber and Vera, have been arrested. At Tarlton yesterday two men held un thu MU*'**' ft* the First Kat?suai Bank and escaped with $3,000, and to day the SUte Bank at Gerber was robbed of $3,700 and the State Bank of Vera of $1,600. Robert Moore, a deputy sheriff, was killed late yesterday In aa exchange of shots with U'e men accused of the Tarlton robbery. GUTIERREZ IS MADE PRESIDENT Wai Serve On* Unexpired Term of Diex-General Vflta Per fe*t*Sn*fi*d. (By AnocUtwi Trw*.) MEXICO CITY, Jen ?8-It <s re ported that the national convention, has named General Euiallo Gutierre* provisional presider.;.. General Gutierres will servo ont the unexpired term of Oeneral ' Porfirio Diaz, which ends in November, 1915. AUSTRIAN FOREIGN MINISTER RE? Count won BercMttU Was Re sponsible for Note to Servia Which Participated the War (By Amo?M Poss.) VIENNA, Jan. 13.-The retirement af the Austrian foreign Banister. # Count von BercbtoM. w*a aantuiced today by the Vienna Fremdcmblett. It published this statement: "Count von Berchtold.- who for' a long while, desired to retire and who bsd asked the emperor to relieve him of his office, renewed the request. The smparor, recognising th? important per sonal reasons moving the ?steten min ister to take this step, has granted ala request "Count voa Berchtold will he gao* seeded by the Hungarian minister, Baron stephan Burlap voe R?jeos." Count von Berchtold was one cf the nain factors in tho situation which ?ed to the Austrian declaration of war ?n Servia, which in turn precipitated the European war.? As Austrian Foreign Minister Count ron Berchtold was largely responsible tor formulating the policy which re mited in tho declaration of war ea Servi?. On several occasions recently it has beau reported unofficially that ie would resign, The appointment of ? Hungarian to succeed kim in oon7 roi of Austrian foreign affairs is ba ie ved to indicate that henceforth Hun r*ry wm sesame a more prominent >lace in shaping the policy ot tho de'* no&archy during th? w*>. w