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BURLINGTON, ALAMANCK t'Oi;NTY, NORTH CAJtOUNA, 1 RIO^Y, 1915.
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BUTCH STEMER IS tORPEDOEDi TflE U-2)
lEPORTED m BE SUNK BIG VICTORIES
FORRtlSSIANS
NEW WOMAN JN OSBORNE CASE
i KNEW "DEAR OLIVER"
i Helen Kaiwr Says Sbe Had Let'fern
j From Him, That He Courted . Her
I and Gave a Diamoiul Ring.
■ i “Oliver Osborne” still out of sight.
The Meda Was Flying,Dutch Flag and
Had Name Printed on Side— The *"« w osbome /«r m,ooo t6t
» ». ■r' ^ A 11 ^ . breach of promise and the fomer As-
U-2v7 Most r amOUS Ot All tJtie Uar' isistant District Attorney charging her
ing Submarines—Russian Vi- biacwii, the new
ctories Believed to Be Most Im |
portant and Austrian Army May
Be Cut Off From Rear
(By the Associated Press.)
figure being Miss Helen Kaiser, a yo-
. ung woman of New York.
I Mi.ss Kaiser comes into the case on
; iier own initative, .saying it is her pur-
Ipose to. aid James W. O.sborne, that
.he is not "01i%er Osborne," that she
knows “Oliver, ’ that he courted her
Dover, March 25, (11:25 p. m.)—The Dutch steamer, Medea, Mas ^nk oT some w^wks and gave her a dia;
Beach Head this morning by the German submarine, U-26. She carried a
mond ring, that he treafcod her a!l
^ , „ . . - , right and is a fine and hamlsome fel-
cargo Of oranges and was bound from Salonjkj for l^ntion. i, , , .
• low, that there is no resemblunce bs-
Tho Medea was stopped by the submarine and thecrew given fifteen riiin- ^ Osborne.
utes to leave the vessel. They did so, and the submarine then fired several Aiid she has letters in which the hand-
shots at the steamer, which remained afloat for an hour. The crew rowed writing is the same as that ia the let-
about in boats until picked up by a destroyer, which brought them to Dover. “Oliver” wrote to James W, Os-
Tlse Trawler, Albrecht, attacked by a submarine today. A torpedo handwrituig of “O.
, . ,. - * , « - , , , . , , . Osborne’' on the hotel regU'ter at
passed 'within ten feet ox the fishing boat while she was crossing the chann?!. , vt » ,
Plainneld, N. J., where ‘ Oliver” re.g3'
A British patrol boat chased the submarine. ^is wife.
Case Suinnioni’d Up.
London, midnight, March ‘iri.—The admiralty, in reporting the sinking o£ The New York Sui; yesterday sum-
the Medea by the U-28, says; . moneti up the latest (ievclopmcnts in
“The ship Was flying the DaUh flag and had a Dutch crew aboard. Her Sionday night, as foU
iowsi
name, ‘Media* AniBterdam/ wus painted m large letters on her sides. TTie ^ ^
“Ohvor Oi^borrsC' of a nystenoua
orifrin, who ways that he is the Os-
horiie who came into Miss Tanz?r's
life last fail, had not appeared.
“Miss Helen Kaiisor of 554 Mutt avc'
I’Uf, The Uronx, told the United States
Attorney that che know:* an Oliver
A comparison of letters re-
TRIBUTE PM TO MRS. MKSON
•WHOLE CrrniNlTES IN SERVICES
HT THE PRESBYTEItlAN CIRCH.
ship's papers were taken by the Germans, who refused to return them.
U-23 Keported Sank. . ,
London, 10 f). m., Mtrch 25.—“The ';
Death of John Andrews.
-iral.ty ha : good reason to bclieiej Andrews, Son of Mr. ami
the German submarine U-29 has !»een'jj„ Andrews, died Sunday.
•■vut.k with all hands. | j,(^ 1915, sifter a linitering ill- Osborne.
This news, pubfehed tonight, lol-L^.j,j. dreadful disease, tu- ceivtvrl by her from him shows that the
ver.Osborj^e'';- ntet her In an a^‘-
wideKt n a When she, wa.s
thrown inJo his arms, walked home
ah} '^a'JIed ag’ai^i,^
met, the fi:nii}y, :tnd ma^e love to
her* jyie .jtt all ti»n«s as
a g^tleinaR,*^ she 5rtid.
‘ MHX.weli' Slpdti, attorriey for Miss
Tanzer, v.!js brought befor’ the Kedr
.eral. icTii/iu jury and' askel to sut-
render the ietlcr that hii(? been-
him by MU*i> Kaiser,. refused and
.the ^rapd Juvy asilci the court to ad
judge him in ^oiitempt. TMat matt-r
went ovtT lili Tuesday, Siade sayii'.j;
that as the coumsoI of Miss Tanzer
he had the ng-ivt to hoid the letter,
that this was & pari pf his cliens
testimony, and to kep it w^s a con-
sfatutionai right. The court took ;ic j
fnat^r under iijvi^emen. The j?ov- (
ernment while sljll o:t the lookout for!
‘‘OiiveP Ofborne,” says it tan pruve; city hall tower tolled in expression of a cily*.s aon ov
its case against Rae Tanzei* without I ^ , , ...
.. ,, • , :and the beu of the Fir.Vt Presbytenan Church, where the service was held*
nrni. Mr, Osborne s partner, Mr. 1
havab, says “Oliver'' wlil be on hand add«l a silver isote to the threnody, there assembled on North Tryoii an^.
for the triaL-of the .“^imt of Rae Trade str^-ets a long- procei-’sion that aticsed he significance of the hfiur.
zev. • Mary stores were closed.
Body Will be Interred in Virginia To
day-Imposing Procession and
Large Crowd at Service Here:
Chailotte's farev/eii tribute to Mrs
Stonewall Jaekson Was Paid at 5
o’clock yesterday afternoon amid
Scenes that Will live in Memory
a^ among the Most Impressive
ever Witnessed Here.
Attractive and lied Hair.
\ Vuried m personnel was that procesriiori—emblemavic of all th#» many phases
As tp Mifis Kaiser the New Yox'k of life that had been touched by Stonewall. Jackson’s w'idow. There were tio
Times iSays: “Miss Kaiser was found khaki-dad troops with shouldered rifiop, suggestive of the grimness of tiie
last, by a Timet reporter at to whirh .she had driven her husband when the now ffrey-haired
her hoinev554 Mott avenue, the Bronx, ^ ^ ,
■ , , veterans of the Confederacy were as younc as thest* buoyant, confident, hope-
vvhete &h» hveif ’wnth her mother. She
.said that,Jf>ho had gone into the case Wriplings that marched by with shoulders erect .ind he.ids held high.
sjmply to elp Jame.? W. Osborne be- There were military cadcts of Hoi ner .School in bright uniform.-; that baapokc
cause, after readinfe- the newspapers, the j>lamor and glory of a martial career. There were the grcy-clad Con-
she dei idjd that he had been accusefi f^darate veterans who mourned ih-? loss of another vita! link beiween the
WTO-'gly. she had no intention, .she
explained, of riiiging any suit again.st
lowing reports that the attacks on gg years of age handwritir.g of the Osofarr.e .she know
i^a.-danciie.s had been i'csumed and
that the Russians had w'on important
victories over the Austrians in Buko-
win:v bwI at Uzok Puss in the Car-
pathian.s, e»ve the nllied countries
cau.se for cheerfulnes.s.
The iidipirai^y suvc x*c wf’
how or whore the U-21) was sunk, but
the report that she was disused of
v/as receivetl in shipping circles with
relief.
Mcst of AIL
It was ^is vessel which a fortnight
ixgo torpedoed six steamers in BristoS
channel and otf the Scilly Islands
within two days. Her commander
told one or the merchant captains who
wp.s taken aboard the subn\arine that
he commanded the submarine which
torpedoed the British cruisers Abou
and a young man of noble character.
He Ivied u clean, moral life. Shortly
Vwfore his death* professing faith in
Ir.ffjtt* Wits
jfjjve him last Krid»y and v/a.s baled
before Judge Cushmsin in the circuit
court in contempt proceedings. Af-
was the siime a.s that of the Oliver
Osborne who injectoc! hiniiself into the
ease last Kriiiay and has kept under
cover ever since.
Chri.st. He expressed a willingnass “Ma.well Slade «f Slade & Slade,
r?;'d to ;>?}swcr |;hc rnll nf att{>i'j:»r'y5i ■^?-r Miis.
I the Ueactt iie was eon.sc(ous teJi hjc Fodrrai ^rand jury jabout a
uniii the very ia.si. moment.
The funeral service was conducted
at the home on Monday at U a. m., by
Kev. Gtio. L. Curry, jjssisted by Revs, argument the matter wa.s ad-
M. W. Buck and W. C. JoiieSc In- journed until todjiy. The Jetter was
termeTit was at PhiUips Chape*. UTitten by Oliver Osborne.
The deceased is survived by his “Mi.ss Kaiser and W. J. ICItchio»
parents* three brothers, and three sis- proprietor of the Kensington Kotel in
ters. May the Lord bless abundantly Plninfic^id, N. J., where a man and a
the bereaved family and host of woman repijrtertid Jasi fall as ‘O. Osr
friends that mourn the loss of this Mrs- Osborne, inspecf-ed
noble young- man.—A FEIEND. James W. Osborne and asserted posi-
, tiveiy that he is not the man know'n
The Stereopticon Lectures. them as Oliver.Osborne.
We Uke special pleasure in an- “James W. Osborne's motion for
kir, Cressy and Hogue. If this were nouncing that the concluding lecture particulars in the civil suit
'on Uie Llf^ =f Christ. the Enisco- aRainjrt. him by Mis.s T.-.nier
pal Church, will also be given on Sun- “ntil Wednesday for
true, he wa.s the man who was looked
upon as Germany’s most daring sub
marine navigator.
This makes the sixth German .sub
marine sunk so far as the British ad-
miraity h.i-s report, iive of them .it
least Ijy British warships since the
outbreak of the wer, and in only one
i-ase has the British report been de
nied by the Germans. Besides these,
a French warship recently sank a
submarine off the French coast and
three British merchant captains have
put in claims for rewards otferetl for
merchant men ramming German un
derwater craft. One of these claims,
that of the captain of the Steamer
Thordis, has been allowed and the re
ward paid.
yesterday that shall never be affain and the tcniay that is swiftiy passing.
,, , There were pruminent women, semes and scores, who signalized by their
the !Sii] Oliver Osbor.je or any one
else. ',slc8d about the two lettei-s presence in the parade the passing of one of who was a worthy exponeat of
Khc ■ t Mar.“hal! she- h«d re- the highest ideals of Southern wonianhoo^L And there came trooping?, toe,
ceiv'ed from Oliver O-sborne, she ro- the i;rijjht-eyed Chiidren of the ronforifrai.'yj and there came inarching too,
plied that she w^i:: not at Iil>erty to Iirown-clad Boy yojiitK, children nf the morainj.^ For some the sun wa*
tell their contents, except to say that . . . . -.u r ~
* smkinj?, tor some u v-a>^ at i,oon*unif;» ?.ciuth, for some it was jUJJt risinf? lato
view. The sptvir.cle was; a \iv:d presentaton of the mpolcnce of time t«
Jmpoi-e forpetfulnc^^H o!^ a people who refuse to forg:et.
^ Tht; :;nnie()iut{‘ clas^ of Mrs.
death was pneunionLi
which w;ts contracted four days aj?).
■ It was the result of a cold contraet^d
i** C.’iyS J^O .'ijit* i>ic*tt7U C'H
Ihe fn»nt piazza of her home. Heml
{they were *fuil of endearing iermi.’
J^nih )ettcr.s’, jhc s.iid, wen* deJvered
to her and not nutiled.
Kaiiior is 'JA years old, five
feut and six inches tall, and weifjhs
about 185 poundj^. i^he hH'*^ red hajr
and is attractive.
ScrpriHC Party.
Mr James% U. Oible Oead.
Mr. Jamfts it. Coble of GreCsnsboro
rin "t)!-
whieii iaateii for SOfile K'
Mr. Henry Jeffrie.*? and sister, Mi.ss wrii ba buried at .•\iamance enurch lo-
Mittie, -were given a surprise party
by tlicir niaiqr frien4# Wednesday y, hrotlier-in-law cf
evening from eight till eleven. The , ■a a »i. «• r
.Mesiir.K. J. R. iirjd w. N. Mc*t>une of
party met at tlu' home of Mr. W, H.
^ 1 s(* M.. this city. Mr. J. R. Mebanc ?eft ye:*'
Black, and went to tntr hom^‘ of Mr.
Jeffrie.s anfl twk them by complete tfday to attend the funeral.
surprise* : , . . '
The overling w-a? very pleasantly si'xdaY BATS A HOME RUN.
spei'.r ill playing rook and othcM-
games. Herreshnasnv conning of
Kvangelist Bark on Diamond for Firitt
Time ia T»eniy-Four Years.
professional field for twenty-four
tvT\ nt. hnt.
I’rohibitioR Amfn{ment eIJfeated
St. Paul. Minit.', Mar. 25.—The state
wide prohibition amendment was de
feated in thD Minnesota hou.se today
fiO to 64.
day night as weli a.s Monday and will ^’"tT'J'nent.
doubtless prove the most interesting' W. Osborne filled an appli-
-r them a!!. THere are sc many .slides put upon
in the iRst, that Mr. Gibble has con- preferred calendar so that the
eluded to ns-nke two lectures out of
them. '*'® James W. O.sborno.
They show many miracles and par- ■ M iss Kaiser stated thi) t she had seen
able.s bringing in the touching one about the case inthe papers and "n j
of the Tender Shtphcrd and the Lo.st Saturday went to the office of Slade
Sheep, the comforting words of ‘Come and Slade, showing to them a letter
unto Me, all ye that are weary anc' writte.T to her by “Oliver Osborne."
heavy laden and I will give you rest,” She was shown the picture of James
the “Last Supper,'’ Cj-ucifixion,” “ites- W. Osborne and said he was not “Oli-
urrection,” his last day-s on earth and ver Oshome.” The Slades refused to
ending with the “Aseen.sion,” all of give back to her the latter from “0!i-
which arc particularly appropriate vcr’ which she had shown them. On
for the Lenten and Easter season. this by .odvice she got in touch with
Many have said, they arc the most United States Attorney Marhall, and
instructive lectures they ever beard met 5fr. Jame.s W. Osborne. She de-
anJ makes everything look so real, dared that he was not the “Oliver Os-
The Sunday night lecture will be home” who had courted her. She had
.at T:;>0 (28th, insl.,) and the closing other letters from “Oliver” and James
one on Monday night (23th, inst.,) W. Obsorne ivrote so that the hand-
at 8 p. m. writing might be compared. They
warm v.'cici>ine is extended to all. did not tally- Miss Kaisc-r says "OU-
dcUoious fnut* were served during the
evening.
ThosQ pre^.nt to enjoy he evening (Philadelphia Special to Wa.shington
weii-; Misses Fannie and Myra Star.)
Rlac};. Clayiie Petty, Bertha Stinnon, .\Jthough he had not been in the
Wnniie and Maud Frazier, Minnie
p,aari Barham. .Ajny McBane,
Eliie Newliri,
Me.^sf.s. Lawrence Biack, Jennings Ken Shibe, owner of the Ath-
aiid Will Coj^e, Hgi'jy and C. R. Ivey, letics. on th.> dir.mond on -.hfi Phil-
T. T. StafTonl, “l!i!!" Isley, fMyde Jjen grounds yesterday, knockcfl a
BlacL “hiimer" the lirst crack, ami circled
. l>asos in sixtoen seconds.
Bascba,U Saturdaj.
Hurlintjton
T.imorrow the
“I've still jfot some of the old-time |
pop left,** ho paid. “If I’m not ns |
iroulfle. ajr*irravau*d by affc and at-
icMdavl ;nfij*mities, were contributinp;
and fundamental factors. This trou
ble h^.d been ot'ca.sioninj* her physi
cians uneasiness for several years but
it did not assume a serious form until
about eipht months a^o. I-^ist Aiigru^t
she had an acute attack at Walter'^
Park, Pa., near Philadelphia, and was
taken to a ho.spital in the latter city
for trt»atn'*T.i. 'Vlien she recovered
^•uffidentIy she was !j»'oiic:ht home but
she never regained her full .«trenf^h
althoufrh she undertook attend to
h^r domestic aiid other duties until
lafjt F;.:l when her b-.u!.h a^riin failt'^fL
Mure than once iiince inciponcy of
her ilines.s t.he had suifered attack:'
which had caused her life t« be df*
sp;;irod of, but each time ?he had btvn
joble to r'\lly her resouroov.
Th^ ■ \vs of Mr5. Jnck.'ian's de^ith
school base ball tram vv'ill cross bals ';*;>od a^; I used to be. I’m sure I could j''’” ^Hevo the entire
iSr.. i, whv.'h has cheri-hc-d with si.n-
nrd^r the helpmeet of him wh*'
in is life-time was the powerful right
urm of the embattled Southern natio?^
nd the idol of its soldiery. Through
out the close cf the great civil con-
wirh the Sylvan Hijrh school team, train up in a short time and make
This pame.was to have been ]>laycd niy livinjr on the diamond ajxain if.ce
last Saturday but the threatening con- necessary. 1:
ditio;^ of the w?»ath^^ caused it to be ..\i Shibe's invitation Sunday too)^
canoflled. a whirl out to the field while his as-
Cith'in Euliss will be on the mound sistants conducted the routine pray-
fi>r Jhe local team and will dish out er meetii’gs ia tlie Tabernacle. Kip-
the pi-oper article for the opposin;? off his coat, Sunday grabbed upj^^i'-'t. Mrs. Jackson has held unchal-
batrncsi. Ki.>r the Sylvan teaiTi a south- a bat in the c\ubbo\ise ^nd dashed i longed the position of primacy in the
p:r,v of )io mean repuUition will occupy for the plate, where he dropped into of this poonie
the pit'and it doth not yet appear what his old-time pose and waited forj
kind of iituif he will hand out to the Shlbe to toss one over. Ben put the; '
w'ihJers of the willow froiri the local, first ball S(|uarcly over the plate. ixrlington branch of the Wo-
A (rood ^ame ia expected. It is hop- Snnday made a vicious swin*T, caught Au.xiliary will soon elect offi-
ed that a good crowd will l>e out. it sjnarely cn the nose, and finished ^*c^rs and send a large delegation. Thj-s
Admis^n 2ftaiid lo cents. .-he ba.ses puffing like a steam engine, or^nization is of world wide scope."
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