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Show I! WARREN E. GILBERT WILL t TELL OF THE EARTHQUAKE ! i Warren E. Gilbert, a former travel- ing man who is so well known in this i; city, will lecture at the Bungalow on Jl Thursday evening. April 1, on "The I Great Messina Earthquake Horror." I The lecturo will bo given under tho !' auspices of tho Knights of Columbus, 'I 'of which Mr. Gilbert is a leading mem-f mem-f ber. and will be as a benefit for their )r building fund. It is planned by the I Knights of Columbus to orcct a hand-Is hand-Is Fome home in this city just as soon as ' thev can secure suflicicnt funds. l The first half of Mr. Gilbert's lec-ii lec-ii turo will bo devoted to tho earthquake, while the latter half will deal with his i visit to "Rome, Naples and Pompeii, and ; his audience with tho pope, secured! : through personal letters to Cardinal I Merry del Val. Upwards of 130 hand- some views will be used during the lecture, I jt Mr. Gilbert has tho distinction of be- a ing tho first American to enter Mes-I; Mes-I; sina following the earthquake. It: rc-5 rc-5 quired five da3's for him to get a pass- nort from tho director genoral of Italy, I but onco securing it, his work was made easy for him. All the views to bo I exhibited by him were taken on the ' ' Keono personally and Messina before and " after tho horror will bo clearly depict -jl ed, showing tho town in all its glorv I j and then in sackcloth and nsliOB. |