The Alaska citizen., 1915-01-18
INTERNATIONAL
 NEWS BY WIRE
LAWhAk FRS AT WORK.

LAWMAKERS AT WORK.
 PARIS Jan. 12-The regular par Elementary sitting of French law ..,aaer. le-aH in this city today, with a full attendance of members IL both branches
 FEAR FLEET.
 VENICE, Jan. l2 - The inhabi- t.Hts II IIIest aIe ptnIc-strickea through fear of attack by the Anglo french fleet.
 GRAND DUKE ALIVE
 ST. PETERS BURG, Jan. 12-The report of the death of Grand Duke Michaelovich is denied today at gen eral headquarters. The grand duke, who is a brotler-in-law of the czar, was reported to have been killed while fighting in Persia.
 BRUSSELS BURNING.
 AMSTERDAM, Jan. 11.-Refugees arriving in this city bring the report that the city of Brussels is on fire. Details of the contlagration are lack- IrE.
 HINDU HANGED.
 VANCOUVER, E. C., Jan. H. The Hindu slayer of Interpreter Hop kinson, who was sentenced to death for Lis crime was hanged in this city today.
 sELcIANs RIOT.
 AMSTERDAM. Jan IL - As the result of tfe shortage of food throughout Belgium, numerous bread riots are reported to lave occurred in various parts of the kingdom dur ing the past few days.
 REDMOND IGNORED.
 DUBLIN. Jan. 13-At a meeting Of the United Irish league, John Redmond was reelected president today by an unanimous vote.
 DIPLOMAT RESIGNS.
 VIENNA. Jan. 13. Count von Berthold, Austrian foreign minister, rendered his resignation today and was relieved from further service
 CANADIAN IS KILLED
 LONDON. Jan. 13.-The first of ficer of tie Canadian contingent to lose his life since the commence ment of the "war was Captain New ton, of Montreal. He fell, mortally wounded, during his first days fight ing in the trenches in the Western zone.
 AFTER CARRANZA
 WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 14- The state department has been ad- yiscd that General Villa, command tu. tie fN're- fl res dent Gutter reg has begun a vigorous campaign against the Carranza troops at Tam pic0 Considerable fighting is re- ported from that locality today
 MEXICANs ORDERLY.
 MEXICO CITY, Jan. IA. - Pres- 5e~t Gufierro2 Ner -nr"rnced that it is his intention to retain his office until the end of the regular term, Wtint eEpiroS t"
 The Zapatistas have evacuated the capital and conditions are now more orderly than they have been at any time since the assassination of the late President Madero
 rhRTHQuAKE SEVERE.
 FONT Jan 14-Adyices received t0fv from [ compartimento of hbruZzi Molise leave no doubt of tEe fact that the earthquake which rocked the peninsula yesterday morn was the most severe recorded during the past century. The latest reports from the scere of devastation indi- cate that the loss of life will total fully fifty thousand. with many dis tricts yet to hear from.
 The center of the disturbance ap- pears to have been at Avezzano, a city of 15,000 inhabitants. east of t is city. The shock was felt over on area of more than three hun dred miles. extending from Naples ', tNe hdriatic sea and throushout the "reater mart of that area the distur- bance was more violent than any 0re-i0r1 eartACuabe recorded in -'0'~ '.'-'',@ tre nat ru0drn]' weave The disaster is worse than the great Messina earthquake, both as re- gards evtent and fatalities
 The disturbance of yesterday was followed ts morning by another eNock of slightly less violence Many of the buildings which were nartially destroyed by the first shock were completely wrecked today, and thousands of additional lives were lest.
 KING ON SCENE.
 AVF,ZIhNO Tan. liking Victor Emmanuel arrived here this afternoon ord has taken personal charge oi the rescue work Troops have beer despatched to all the towns in the zone of disturbance. and they are being assisted by thousands of vol unfeers. The dead are being buried ,~rc"o-rn-- f~n~d arI tha ,>0re eeri ouslv wounded are being rushed tc the nearest hospitals. Those not too seriously wounded to stand re moval are being sent to Rome. Tem porary hospitals and houses are be ing erected at many points in or der to expedite the relief work.
 In a statement issued this after noon. the king declared that he could only describe the scene here