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I e5 WEATHER FORECAST: FAIR AOTV WARMER. v V i' Ttitu uAtbii&ncno Xiao "Tl " f IK. ' I- ' t OLUMEXX., NO. 26. MISSION GREAT Situation in American Presby- terian Mission at Urumiah, Northwest Persia, Is Desperate. IURDS MASSACREING ASSYRIAN CHRISTIANS Seventeen Thousand in Grave Danger Doctor Saves 3000 by Displaying the American Flag. Tiflis, Russia, March 24, by way of Petrograd and London, March 26. telegrams and letters from Urumiah nd nothwestern Persia describe the jltuatlon In the American Presbyterian (nlBslon as desperate. Turkish regular roops and Kurds have persecuted and biassacred Assyrian Christians. Harry T. Hackard, a doctor On the Presbyterian mission staff, risked his ife in a successful effort to prevent a frightful massacre at Doegt&pa, where 1,000 Assyrians made their last stand. jThey fought for three days until all fhelr ammunitions was gone, when the American flag, was unfurled among hem by Dr. Hackard. This resulted n saving of all but 200 of the Assy- ians who had been ' burned , In a hurch. Fifteen thousand Assyrian chris- lans have taken refuge In the Amer- can mission and 2,000 In the French isalon. s - Dispatches from Urumiah state that 0 Turkish regular troops entered one f the missions and hanged the ortho- ox msnop ni arena ana lour ortnoaox lersymen. They beat and Insulted a nisaionary named Allen. Shortly be- Sore 60 refugees had been dragged rem the French mission and despite he tearful pleas of nuns were execut il , At OuIpajShan the Kurds were (equally cruel. -The last of a total of jl 03 villages was holding out a month ago. (The Kurds ordered all the Assyrian males into the street where they were grouped In fives and marched to the graveyard, and there they were killed to the last boy. Ulrl babies ahd older women wore then killed with grait atrocity and the younger women were taken as slaves. Twelve thousand Assyrian? have ftaken refuge In the Caucasus. Seven teen thousand are declared to be In dansor. In the Urumiah missions 20, 000 are dead and much property was destroyed. The Assyrians fought bravely and is long as their ammunition held out they were victorious. The missionaries are untiring In the efforts to save the people and relieve distress. They are spending money freely. At Urumiah they are dispensing the equivalent of $400 daily. Disease Is prevalent. The situation at Urumiah has al ready been taken up by the United States with Turkey. The force at tho Presbyterian mission normally num bered five clergymen and a physician with their wives and four single wom en. The American mission is sup ported by the board of foreign mls lon of tha Presbyterian Church of America. Borlln, March 25. The following tatement was issued today by tho German army staff headquarters: "Except for unimportant engage ments on the heights of the Meuse, "outheast of Verdun and at Hartmann Wallerkopf which still continue only artillery duels have taken r'-ace along the western front. "In the eastern arena the Russian attacks to the east and southeast of Auctistowo near Jednorozek- and northeast of Frzasnyss have been re pulsed." I. S. CONSUL IT SATS NO DEMAND FOR COTTON Washington, March 25. Consul General Snodgraaa at Moscow, Russia, has notified the commerce department that there Is no immediate demand 'or American cotton there. "Congestion at Archangel and on the Siberian line is paralyzing busi ness." the consul general said, "while the government tax on one shipment removed by sledge from Archangef mle returns unprofitable." HE1IHS Ifl D1I1GH IN PERSIA, REPDHTED r Washington, March 25. American onaul Hmlth at Hatuni, Kuntlu who ' at Tlflls, has Informed the state 'H'artment thatmerlcan mlsslonar and refugnes are In danger at Uru fah, whore the Turkish Consul Rat- " recently reported to have led an 'Pr,ng ,ganBt th9 Amerlcan mlv fcoa. IS IN DANGER I I F0RCEI0 FIGHT Socialist Member of Reichstag Mustered Into German Fighting Machine. Berlin, March 25. Dr. Karl Llebk necht, socialist member of the relch stag has betn musternd Into th. ormv as a member of a landstrum regiment ana assigned for service in Alsace. The Copenhagen Polltiken nrlnted a story to the effect that Dr. Liebk- necnt nad been ordered to place himself at the disposal of the Ger man military authorities. Tht tion, it is supposed was due to Liebk- necni s action in the relchstag Satur day when he voted acralnst tha adnn. tion of the budget. Dr. Llebknecht was nerhans th most widely known of the German socialists. He frequently protested against waging war and in December was reported to be leading a German peace movement Soon after the open ing of hostilities he was reported to have been shot for refusing to do mil itary service. E TO FEED Mill TRENCHES Increased Exports of Food May Account for Higher Prices in U. S. "Washington, March 26. Bread- stuffs worth $357,091,823 were ship ped abroad during the eight months ending February 28, compared with $115,215,881 for the same period of the preceding year. The greatest in crease was in wheat exports, which rose from $67,654,608 a year ago to $229,205,142. For lsrt month alone the breadstuff export totaled $62, 875,959, compared with $8,772,255 in February 1914, and the wheat export Increased from $3,893,895 to $38, 399,993. These statistics, announced by the commerce department, do not show the destination of shipments, but it Is known the great bulk went to feed the soldiers and civilian populations of the belligerent European countries. Exports of corn and oats also leaped upwards by millions of .dollars last month and for the eight month pe riod, and In February cotton ship ments showed an increase of approx imately $20,000,000 over the same month a year ago. Total cotton ex ports for the eight month period, however, fell below the 1914 figures by more than $200,000,000, the re spective amounts being for 1914 $498,910,358 for 1915, $248,947,192. Some idea of the part American beef Is playing In feeding the men In the trenches may be gained from the fact that exports of fresh beef In creased last month to $17,813,161 from $513,845 in Fehruary the pre ceding year, while during the eight month period the total export was $57,000,000 greater than in 1914. Canned beef valued at $7,264,720 went abroad Inst month, as against $243, 766 a year ago. WILL PfiOCEEO AGAINST THE ODEKWALD ITSELF No Action Has Been Taken Against Captain for San Juan Incident. Washington, March 25. No crimi nal prosecution of he master of the German steamship Odenwald for al leged violutlon of the neutrality laws by attempting to slip to sea from Ban Jun, Porto Klco, without clearance paper, will be undertaken by the department of Justice for the present. It la learned Attorney General Greg ory plan to concentrate attention on proceeding against the Odenwald it self. The prosecution will be berin In the United (Hates District court for I'orto Rico. The penalty In rase of a conviction Is confluent Inn of the ship. It wa mu'le clear that there Is a strong belief in official quarter the Odenwald contcmpl.-.tetf carrying pile to the Germany auxiliary cruis er Kron I'rln Wllhelin. It was said a large steamship of the general de scription of the Wllhelm was reported outside Bun Juan harbor only a few hour before the Odenwald attempted to escape, w LIEBKNEGH ASHEVILLE, N. 0., JAMES WILCOX SEEKS PARDON Has Already Served Twelve Years of Thirty-three-year Sentence for Murder of Nell Cropsey. HAS TUBERCULOSIS AND SHORT TIME TO LIVE Elizabeth City People Willing to See Him Free Convict ed by Circumstan- tial Evidence. (By W, T. Boat) Raleigh, March1 26. James Wil cox has presented his case through Elizabeth City advocates and Gover nor Craig now has the petition to pardon him from the thirty-year sen tence for the murder of Nell Cropsey of Elizabeth City. The ground upon which this mercy is sought is that Wilcox has served twelve years and has been sufficiently punished. The light that was ex pected in the guise of new evidence did not appear. There was no com plaint that the jury found the wrong facts and reached the unrighteous verdict. Wilcox has tuberculosis and a very limited time to live, the peo ple have been tempered and softened by time. Elizabeth City Is willing that he die in freedom. For many weeks this case has been before the people of Panquota,nJ and recently a histqry of the case from its beginning with Miss Cropsey's death In November 1901 to the pres ent has been given. Circumstantial evidence .manlf ertly strengtbjaiiedJjx the clamor of the crowd wrought Wilcox's conviction; though Wilcox's call upon Miss Cropsey's cousin with. "I want to see you a minute, Nell" Is all that looked like guilt to the recent reviewer. The defendant made some thing of an effort at alibi! The Crop sey girl was never seen alive after the chat with Wilcox, to whom she had been engaged, but with whom she was then at "outs." The first Jury convicted of murder in the first degree, but the demon stration from without gave a new trial. A second Jury tried him and found second degree murder. Wilcox then came to the penitentiary. Judge G. W. Ward prosecuted Wilcox and E. F. Aydlett defended him, each be ing leading counsel in his assignment. Wilcox in prison has made a good worker and a capable electrician. He can no longer perform those duties. The petitioners think he has served long enough. v Governor Craig has not indicated what he thinks about It. The funeral services over the re mains of George W. Norwood, grant clork In the office of Secretary Bryan Grimes, of the department of state, were- held from his home on East Jones street yesterday afternoon and the burial took place seven miles in the country. Mr. Norwood died Tuesday after an illness of only three days. He was a native of Wake, prominent in state and local politics, a big-hearted man of great physique and one of the most generally liked men in Raleigh. He was 61 years old and father of eight ohlldren. His oldest son died two year ago. Under the recent act creating the position of legislative reference li brarian, William S. Wilson, corpora tion clerk In the office of Secretary of State has been elected librarian by the committee named to do this work. MANUFACTURE EVINCE Indianapolis, Ind., March 28. Evi dence has been manufactured for use by the defense in the Terre Haute election fraud trial. her, according to the testimony of F,dward. .Holler, Terre Haute chief of police, one of those who pleaded guilty to the con spiracy Indictment. A. O. Stanley, counsel for the de fense, Introduced a police entry In Holler's handwriting of a number of men arretted on election day, Hiller ascertained that the entry was made a month or more afWr election it the request of Mayor Donn M. Roberts. Roberts, Sheriff Dennis Shea, City Judge Thonia flrnllh and Street In spector Alexander Aciel, spent last night In Jail on their failure to glv additional bonds of $6,000 on charges preferred today by Judge Anderson of attempting to corrupt government witnesses. Roberts presented, a bond for the approval of Judge Andersn at the adjournment of court, but consideration was put off until to dr- . THURSDAY AFf, JN,' MARClW-m OFFICERS SEIZE Sheriff and Deputies Seized 120 Barrels Beer and Quan , tity of Liquors Last ; Night at Skyland. GEO. CATHEY TOLD THE OFFICERS HE OWNED IT Officers Traced Car from Ashe ville to Skyland Liquors Found on Cathey's Premises. Operating under a search and seiz ure warrant, Sheriff E. M. Mitchell and Deputies J. B. Jordan, C. G. Lannlng, Luther Revls and Special Deputy Fletcher Austin about mid CARLOAD DEER night last night seized a carload of i Present in Raleigh at 6 o'clock yester beer, 120 barrels in all, 75 pints of i day afternoon to go to Newbern today rye whiskey, three gallons of corn i to . take up the Abernathy phase of liquor and 16 bottles of champagne, at the residence occupied by George Cathey near Skyland. ', Part of the wet goods was found in a barn on the place and the remaind er was in the house occupied by Mr. Cathey as a residence. After making sure that all the liquors on the place had been captured, the officers placed all of it under lock and key and re turned to the city. , In a statement to Sheriff Mitchell, Mr. Cathey admitted that . the beer and liquor belonged to, him and sta'tedexamined by Judge Carter's counsel, that he purchased it in order to fortl fy himself against the new anti-Jug law that goes into effect on April 1, under which a person can only buy one quart of liquor each two weeks and five gallons of beer each month. According to Sheriff Mitchell, he received word yesterday, afternoon that a carload of beer bail arrived on IJle.. AaheiMl. isaida, tho South arn Railway company, billed to George Cathey at Skyland. Investigating the case, the officer stated today that he; found the car was taken to Skyland j about 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Sheriff Mitchell and Deputy Lan nlng visited Skyland early In the ev ening and located the beer and laid the plans whereby the capture was to be made. Returning to Asheville onerur luucneu organized nis party, Lannlng, Jordan, Revls, Austin, and Special Deputy Frank Sharp of Sky land, but Chief of Police C.N. Lom inac. Captain Fred Jones and Patrol man M. Y, Angel. When the party of officers had been organized and Instructions hnd been Issued by I Sheriff Mitchell as to what was to be done by the men when they arrived at Skyland, two automobiles were se cured. Will Jackson and Jim Ship man acted as chauffeurs for the offi cers and the party proceeded to Sky land. They arrived about midnight Mon to examine all the witnesses sub and at once started to carry out the noenaed to appear In Rnlelgh. Before the officers had proceeded far they met five two-mule wagons, wun iwu iicgrurB in eacn WAgon on Carter la never imn.u k., u the road, coming from the direction j ctZr, tha?Dr. MlZder would un omceer.C y ' aCCr lne to thei,der I? con'm'ona. pprmU h" 10 'o officers. ITpon investigation, the wagons be ing searched by the ofllcers, it was found that they contained no liquor and they were allowed to proceed on their way. The negroes stated, ac cording to tho officers that they were working for Homef Cathey and that Homer Cathey owned the teams and wagons. The negroes stated, the offi cers say, that they were returning to Asheville, although they denied that they had Just hauled barrels of beer from the railroad station to the house occupied by George Cathey. Arriving ot the residence of Mr. Cathey, he met the officers and In quired their business. He was told by Sheriff Mitchell that the officer had search and seizure warrant. Acctrd ing to the officers. Cathey invited the county ofllcers Into his house but re fused to allow Chief Loniinac, Cap tain Jones or Patrolman Angel an Ms premises and they waited for the county officers to finish the work of searching and seizing the wet goods. In part of the house occupied by Cathey, the officers state that they found beer and whlkey and In a barn Just to the rear of the house was found the bulk of the beer which the olllcers had followed from the Asheville freight yards to Bkylund. After count ing the barrels and cases found the ofllcers stored In the room in the barn, which la a storage room, and locked the doors. Sheriff Mitchell retaining the keys. No arrest was made, Fherlff i Mitchell stale ! that ha had only a 1 search and svlzur warrant and could not arrest a man on t, although It is I understood that arreils will be made today by the county oltTcers, as war rants will be taken d irlng the day. It was stated this morning. ! The laid and seliure or the beer and liquor was done in suich a quiet man ner that few of the renldenu of Kky- renldenu of Kky - land knew that the p'Hcers bad ever baen In tha town, although In Anhj vllle a great many people wru on to tha fact that the officers we i making tha raid last night and today Uir imwa of the raid soon spread over tba city. OH, fill 11 A m Asheville, Physician Is Judge Carter's Star Witness He Thinks Jurist is Work ing Too Hard. SEVERAL ATTORNEYS ENDORSE COURT WORK Sampson County Man Testis fies Jurist Destroyed Court Record Clashed With Recorder Turner. (By W. T. Bost). Raleigh, March 25. The commis sion investigating the Carter-Aber-nathy case closed Its hearings for the the case. Raleigh, March 25. Charges that Judge Frank Carter destroyed a court record in Sampson county, that he displayed high temper and caused a commotion among the convicts of Pasquotank county by privately ex amining them, every one else being excluded, were the principal , matters brought out in the invest'gation of the Carter-Abernathy case at yester day's session. Clerk Sessions. of Sampson county, said that Judge Carter had destroyed the affidavit of a young girl repudi ating testimony which she had given in a case against a man and woman charged with Immoral conduct. Judge Carter did not know the merits of the affidavit, the witness sal' fri cross-examination, nor would he al low Magistrate Lee, who took the af- naazUtOQ. explain.. . ' , Dr. M. C. Millender, of Asheville. testified as to the Judge's characteris- tics. The Jurist was apparently near nervous prostration at the time of his appointment to the bench, but he had since improved, the physician said. Roscoe W. Turner, former record er of Pasquotank, told of Judge Car- Iter's private examination of convicts, Judge Carter and the recorder clashed , at every turn, the witness said. Counsel for Judge Carter Intro duced lawyers to tell of how Judge Carter conducted courts in Chatham, Harnett and Alamance counties. They gave the Judge high praise. It was the intention of the commis sion. Chairman Daughton announced, to go to New Berne Thursday. Oral arguments by counsel will be permit ted. It is not known here whether additional witnesses will be examined on the commission's return here. Af ternoon and night sessions will prob ably be held to enable the commls- 8tar wltnP88 and declared 1 In I rcpiy to insinuations that Judge hiw nun, lie uecmrea as juage tar- ters physician that the family rela - tlons are cordial and that nothing W,"S ?I1r ,eard vaKalnlrt hls domestic life. "The last thing I would expect to hear of him Is Immorality." he said. ? Dr Millender said the "one anaja.ke(i ,h( court not t consider his simple remedy for Judge Carter is testimony seriously. Plltt testified at less work, he works night and day,itne .PCOn(1 lrla. tha, .tPci.pr had told Sunday and Monday," to these he as- hlm ,0 ue ln thp vlclnty of Times crlbed the charges of irritability and ,,.. on th night of the murder as harshness of conduct In court cases, Solicitor John Kerr, of the third illstrlct, said "two hundred thousand people live in my district, but there Is not one lawyer, litigant, or witness who will say anything against the official or social conduct of Judge Carter." Fred Bynum declared Chatham county universally endorsed Judge Carter's conduct In cases and Elmer Long said all Alamance lawyers and laymen declare no Judge ever made a better Impression. Afternoon Reunion. At the afternoon selon, G. L, Jones, of Macon county, testified that Judge Carter's demeanor on the bench was bove criticism. He had known of two "public meetings" such as Judge Carter held In the Wilming ton court. Judg Cllne hold one. Charles Ross, of Lilllngtnn, said Judge Carter gave splendid satisfac tion In his section, Ouy V. Roherts, of Marshall, said Judge Carter always demeaned himself well. Marshall tell, pf Murphy, knew Jiidre Carter as a fine, brave and honest Judga with a good reputation as a man. Collector J. W. Bailey, of Raleirt. who was of counsel In the "Otrl From Rector's" casts commended Judge Carter, saying whatever there was or seeming hlith temper on the part of the Judge waa "quirk spirit." Ha considered Judre Carter's cnurs ; In this case wns necemiary. He- d Is 1 patrhsd business better than most Judses and really ran the court W. R Stevena. clerk of Johnston county, said Judirs Carter was' Im patient with "dilly-dallying" and In (Continued on pag I) RUSSIANS GAIN IN CARPATHIANS I i WRITER OF SEA IS Morgan Robertson Had Thrill ing Career Found Dead at Atlantic City. New York, March 25. Morgan Robertson aged 54, one of the most prolific writers of short stories Amer ica has produced was found dead in his room, at a hotel in Atlantic City last night. Mr. Robertson had a romantic ca reer as a sailor, author, Jeweler and inventor. He ran away from his home in Oswego when 16 years of age and shlped as a cabin boy. He made two trips arouna tne woria. Ten years later he made his home in New York and became a watchmaker and dia mond merchant. Then he began to write sea stories. Although he wrote over iui) sioriea in 1 volumes u was recently asserted in an unsigned statement that the author was In straightened circumstances. Friends were attempting to assist him at the time of his death. Mr. Robertson Invented an Improv ed periscope for submarines. E FDR CHARLES BECKER Counsel Asks Court to Reverse Judgment of Conviction in Second Trial. Albany March 25.-0 Sort. have the life of Charles Becker,' under sentence of death for lnstlgat - ing the murder of Herman Rosenthal, was made before the court of appeals Martin T. Manton. Becker's attorney. asked the court to reverse the Judg - mem. ui cuii luiiou iviurueu in iub AAPrtnri Irtnl nH In iriv Rppkpr mi- other chance to defend himself be fore a Jury. During a three hour argument, Mrs. Becker sat in the court room and took frequent notes. Mr. i Manton will conclude his ar - gument today, and Assistant District! Attorney Robert C. Taylor, will ar gue against a new trial. Manton attacked the testimony of James Marshall, a negro witness at the second trial who came Into prom inence recently through his conflict ing affidavits concerning what he knew of the homicide. "Marshall lied at the second trial," Manton Bald. "He testfled that he saw Becker conferring with Rose, frhep," and Webber, accomplices 1 nrnrtiirri . th rL fini i .wf I at"p tXl fe" tnnony'was fX" - iH. vwuaiS ZXtZ The .fn" K.f, x,,,, ,in , !PudIated both of these affidavits, How can tnlg collrt place credence In the story of such a witness?" Charles U. riitt, Jr., Becker's press agent, was characterized by Manton .an a liinnlin and imrliirer Minfnn something might happen. RANKIN AND POWELL IN RACE FOB MAYOR Interesting developments of the campaign for the selection of com- mlsslonera ln the non-partisan prl- rir'The'seleeUW have rnarge or 'ne arrairs oi Aine vllle under the commission form ofj government are announcements car-! PROLIFIC DEAD rled In the advertising columns ofj . The Oarette-News today In advocacy , t.u,,vllle, France, March 25. Mar. of the candidacy of Mayor J. K !Kar,t MmHU French woman, wa, Rankin and George H. Powell,, ' Krlemla of Mayor Rankin. In a letter , "hot yesterday after being sentenced to to the elllwna of Asheville, ask fav-, death by court martial as a spy. Plie orahle consideration of bis name for, admitted that she had accepted 201 the poMtlon of comnilxsloner of pubifrnnKII rom tne Germans to furnish lie tlnsnces, or maror. Mr. Powell. information about the French. In a formal announcement, states i that he will strlv for the same po- sltlim. The advertisements referred to 'mean that at least two candldatea for the mayoralty nre In the field. Mayor I nankin's endorsement for the position Is signed by 115 of the residents of this city, whlla Mr. Powell makes Ms announcement In a formal card di rected to the voters of this city. Both of thi cardldstes supro tha commission form of government In the recent election and both are democrat, PRICE FIVE CENTS - i i i i '. i Petrograd Reports Large Cap tures of Austrians Vio lence of Russian At v tacks Increased. GERMANS PUSHED BACK ALONG PILICA RIVER Only Mine Sweepers Active in Dardanelles Warships Are , Expected to Attack Again Any Time. London, March 25. Mine sweepers alone represent the naval activity of the allies in the Dardanelles, but the equl noctial storms seldom last longer than a week and the resumption of the bombard ment is expected to begin any time. It may take place today. It is just a week since the last bombardment. Petrograd reports the first strategic fruits of the capture of the Galician fortress of Przemysl in the increased vio lence of the Russian attacks in the Carpathians where large captures of Austrians are claimed. The only other item of interest in the east is tho Russian- claim - that -they are 1 pushing back the Germans on , tvi" . . : le r Hica river 10 a point Irom '. where Field Mnrslinl Vnn TTin- , , . 'it-Jiuurg is expected 10 make ilis next thrust toward War- SaW. In tho west the Germans are attacking in Arras and in Champagne, but, according to re 1 t-i i i i official t rench statements, without success. The Germans continue their aerial attacks on British ship.s, but apparently without tho same measure of succeps that attended their submarine at tacks on merchant vessels. Tho dinlomntic sitnat.inn in near Past IS Still & Subject 1 of keen interest and thft im- ----- 1 PreSsioT1 W that Bul- garia must take the first defi- nite step before any of the other Balkan nations enter tho war. IS RAE TANZER IS HELD FOR GRAND JURY New Tori;, March 25. Miss Rae Tanxr, who filed a $!0,)u0 suit against James W. Ofborne, former as sistant district attorney of New York, for alleged breach of contract, was held today for action by the grand Jury on the charge of using the mail to defraud. " . I WOMIN SHOT AS SPy II LUNEVILLE. FRANCE 1 CIAKi FAILED TO v' IKE INCOME TAX flETH Chicago, March !5. Five hundred Chlcaguan with Income ranging from JtlO.OOO to $100,000 a year fail ed to make returns for the Income im according to a statement of Chart" F. Clyne, Vnlttd Butts district attorney.
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