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THE BIRMINGHAM AGE-HERALD
VOLUME XXXXIV_ BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, MARCH 19, l»Iu 10 RAGES NUMBER 317
I “LACY WILLING TOOL IN
HANDS OF STRONGER MEN”
| O’Neal Tells Probe Commit
tee In Secret What He
Knows About Famous
Defalcation
PROBERS GO INTO
CONVICT SYSTEM IN
A THOROUGH WAY
Or. Cunningham and Captain White
Make Recommendations—Several
1 Witnesses Summoned By
Committee Excused
By HI GH XV. ROBERTS
That the “Lacy” steal was the re
sult of a conspiracy against the treas
ury of the state of Alabama, and that
the former clerk of the convict de
| partment was merely the “willing
tool in the hands of stronger men”
! was the expression of opinion made
yesterday by ex-Governor Emmet
O’Neal to the legislative probe com
| mittee sitting in executive session.
| ^ hile the governor’s testimony was
not and will not be made public, it is
learned that during the two hours in
i which ho was closeted with the com- i
i mittee he divulged information which
t ho committee considered of greatest
importance. It is known that last night
fj tor the first time the members of the
! committee felt exceedingly hopeful of
I being able to learn positively who got
I ihe $100,000 of which the state treas- ,
ury was despoiled, and for the em
bezzlement of which Theodore uucy is
at. the present time behind the walls
of the penitentiary.
Chairman Merritt, as a matter of fact, i
fcaid:
“While I won Id not make known
( what Governor O'Neal anld, 1 have no
| heaitancy «n Ntnting an opinion to the !
j • fleet that IiIn testimony urh moat
j: important. I believe that we will get
f the bottom of the ‘aenmlnl of the
«onvlct department* before we dim-:
•♦and.”
i; To the same effect Senator Denson
* xpressed himself.
CUNNINOHAM ON
CONVICT CONDITIONS
; The proceedings of yesterday brought
out nothing of a startling or sensa
tional nature but Information secured j
by the committee was deemed of ex
‘ eedlngly great value. Dr. Russell is
| Cunningham, former lieutenant gov
ernor, and considered an expert in
criminology, advised the committee re
garding what should be done by lift
legislature In its work toward prison
reform. He declared against capitc i
punishment, either by a "hempen rope,
electricity or starvation, overwork and
darkness,” and expressed the belief
I that sterilization of hardened . crim
inals should be practiced. He declared
that a strong body and a sanitary mine
were essential to the success nl the
convict lease system and stated that
no convict should be permitted to re
main In the mine more than eight
hours a day, or required to • dig and
deliver more than four tons of coal
a day.
Senator Frank S. White told the
committee that the convict lease sys
tem was a business for the Indulgence
111 which he blushed for his state and
characterized that system as a "blot on
civilization and a black mark against
rrlig’on." He urged that this legisla
ture take the convicts out of the mines
; and put them to work on the high
ways of the state.
S D ivirnn a w _...
SEE MORE LIGHT
SENATOR J. T. DENSON
As a result of information given to
the probe committee yesterday by Ex
Governor O'Neal, Chairman Merritt
expressed the belief that the mystery
of the Lacy defalcation would be
solved. Senator Denson agreed with
him.
DEADLY DISEASES
Appalling Stories of Epi
demics Told By Investi
gators—Typhus Kill
ing Physicians
London, March 18.—(6:60 p. m.)—Appal
ling stories of conditions in Servia were
told here today by Ernest Bicknell and
Henry James, Jr., of the war relief com
mittee of the Rockefeller foundation, aft
er a tour of inspection through that coun
try
Typhus, most deadly of the several
epidemics in Servia, already has caused
the death of Go out of 400 native doctors,
they said. Foreign Red Cross units havn
suffered great losses. Two American and
one British units have had to suspend
regular work because of typhus. Nim
American nurses and two physicians have
conti acted the disease.
The commissioners went first to Nish,
then to Belgrade and I’skub, the three
most, populous towns. They learned that
typhus, typhoid fever, cholera, smallpox,
diphtheria, scarlet fever and recurrem
fever were existing m more or less epi
demic form. The largest numDer of casc^
is of recurrent fever, but that seldom
is fatal. Typhus is particularly deadly.
Smallpox and diphtheria are diminishing.
The Servians assert typhus was intro
duced by Austrian prisoners of war who
spread vermin which conveys the disease
germ. No figures arc available on the
number of cases, but the commissioner};
believe the mortality is so heavy as to
bring the situation within their purview.
Physicians and sanitary experts ar
^needed, but unless they are fully equipped
with medicine and with furnishings for
their living quarters it would be unwise
for them to go to Servia because they
probably would contract the disease.
Mr. James said the situation could be
di n It with effectively only by a Joint or
ganization of medical units operating for
strict sanitary control. Some plan must
also be devised for placing Austrian pris
oners in camps. Prisoners now are per
mitted to wander about the country.
Professors Resign
Salt l*ake City, March 18.—Thirteei:
| state university professors resigner
today as a result of the attitude of th£
board of regents in upholding Presi
dent J. T. Kingsbury’s dismissal ol
four professors and his demotion oj
the head of the English department
lecentfy. Oothor resignations are ex
pected.
Child Burned to Death
Marion, March IS. — (Special.)
Mallory Hughey, the five-yeai;-old sor
of A. B. Hughey, was burned to dead
at his father's house In 7. Tin
boy followed his father to wood.
where brush was being burned and ae
cidcntally caught on fire. The burnt
were so severe he died the following
day.
TODAY’S AGE-HERALD
1— Probe committee in executive session
Look for battle along the Yser.
b\ 8. to protest against retaliatorj
plan. f /
Whole of Sudun in uprising.
2— William Teague dies in Montgomery.
3 Russian agent dies from labor.
4— Editorial comment.
5— Whiteway planned on Twenty-firs
street.
Fee systerq criticised.
Judge Alnioii here yestei'da.' ■
Split mileage Inconvenient.
6— Society*
7— Sports.
!»-Markets.
Big .fire on Third avenue.
SUMMONED AND EXCUSED
Considerable speculation resulted yes
terday when the committee summoned
| and excused from testifying ex-Sheriff
j McAdory, ex-Chfef of Police Bodeker, ex
, Cty Detective Wren, .1. Ered Staley, Abe
Siegel, J. S. Brown, former editor of
|? the Searchlight; E. Connecke and others,
if Detective Wren was on the stand just
!f long enough to say that he was out of
{{ the state on the date of the l,acy defal
i « at ion Mr. Staley was on the stand just
|j long enough to say that he was not sec
J rete.ry of the compaign committee which
5 brought about the nomination for gover
| nor of Emmet O’Neal. Neither of the
others was sworn.
|i It Is understood that the original plan
i of the committee was to inquire into the
effort of local police authorities to ap
jj prehend Theo Dacy, to inquire into the
relationship of the excise commission and
; the former sheriff, to inquire into the
case of a saloon thrown Into the hands
j of receivers, and to inquire into the al
leged disappearance of an individual al
i, leged to have misappropriated some $3000.
| It is unknown what produced the change
in the programme. At any rate, these
witnesses were excused.
J. W. McQueen, vice president of the
Sloss-Sheffield company, and E. B. Craw
ford, cashier of the American Trust and
| Havings bank, were others summoned to
| give testimony and exebsed.
! INDICATES CHANGES
IN LEASE SYSTEM
The testimony of yesterday, dealing as
|| II did almost to the exclusion of every
II other subject with the,convict lease sys
M tem in vogue in Alabama, was considered
aJgnlflcant of the intention of the com
mlttee not only to recommend the grad
J:: ual abolition of the convict lease system,
Ij but to brink about actual and Immediate
|; prlaon reform. Senator Bonner, as a mat
s ter of fact, stated that this work would
be the first undertaken when the legis
i lative session was resumed. It is safe
to predict that by statute the hours a
convict may be retained In a coal mine
will be limited to eight, and the tons of
coal he may be required to dig In a day
limited to four and six, dependent on
conditions. There Is no question, further
more, but that the legislature will put In
motion legislation which will gradually
eliminate the lease system In Alabama.
Interesting testimony was given yester
day by George W. Beach, receiver for the
Alabama Insurance company, of what
he termed the "gross negligence”’of the
state Insurance commission. He testified
that Hervey W. Laird, former deputy In
surance commissioner, permitted Prof. A.
r>. Smith of Birmingham, at that time
president of the Alabama Insurant com
i pany. to transfer securities In the sum
of $0000 for the protection of patrons from
the department and substitute therefor
’ stock and a mortgage of negative value.
The Running Story
t The session In detail follows:
George W. Beach, receiver for the
Alabama Insurance company, took the
t- stand at 10:40 o'clock. He told of the
organisation of the Alabama Insurance
is company, and testified that Hervey W.
Laird, deputy Insurance commissioner,
ICea Halted aa Tara).
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ilO BE SCENE OF NEXT
i IMPORTANT BAHLE
ON WESTERN FRONT:
Reorganized Belgian Army
Extending Line Forward.
Artillery Duel Has Al
ready Commenced
——
RUSSIANS CROSS
EAST PRUSSIAN
FRONTIER AGAIN
Lull In Bombardment of the Dardan
elles Believed Due lo Weather
Conditions — Turks
Confident
]
London, March 18.—(10:25 p. m.)
The next important battle in the west. !
it is believed, will take place along
the River Yser, held oil one side by
the recently reorganized Belgian
army, and on the other by the Ger
mans.
As the floods have subsided the Bel- i
Elans, supported by the allies’ war- I
ships, have pushed their line slightly i
forward, and this is almost ceitain to]
lead to counter attacks by the Gei
mans and then a general engagemen', :
as when similar movements were ini
tiated elsewhere along the front. An!
artillery duel already had commenced.
There may he a slight delay while
the Germans are awaiting reinforce
ments, for they have been using most
of their reserves to counter attack the
British troops at St. Lloi and Neuve
Chappelle, and the French north of
j Arras, but that a big clash will soon
. come nobody doubts.
Tlie contest, for the spur of ix'otre
r Dame de Lorette is still in progress
» End, according to Berlin, further ai
i tempts of the French to advance in
Champagne, where they captured an
important ridge north of Lem *snii.
• have been repulsed. Fighting in the
Argonne forest and the Vosges has
slackened somewhat, owing, doubtless,
to the return of cold weather.
There is little news from the »ast
ern front and beyond the fact that the
Russians again have crossed t>e Last
Prussian frontier in the far north
east, near Tilsit, and that they con
tinue their offensive against the Aus
I trians in Bukowina, there Is no
I change
I Little News From East
There is a temporary lull in the
bombardment of the Dardanedlcs and
.Smyrna, according to an Athens dis
patch, due, it is thought, to unfav
■ crable weather conditions. The Turks
are taking advantage of this to repair
damage done to the forts and batteries
and they express confidence, which is
shared by the German field marshal,
Baron Von Der Goltz, that the strait.-?
are impenetrable.
The belief is held here, however,
that as soon as the ships receive fresh
ammunition they will resume the ut
tack with even greater force.
The conference between the govern
a merit and labor leaders to arrange for
-j the acceleration of the output of war
munitions was continued in London to*
’ day and adjourned until tomorrow to
- complete the agreement reached. The
laborites desire assurances that the ar
rangements entered into now will not
I rejudidally affect the workers after
j 1Iie wai is concluded.
1 FARM DEMONSTRATION
• WORK IN HUNTSVILLE
J _
* Huntsville, March IS.—(Special.)—With
* Commissioner of Agriculture J. A. Wade
and State Demonstration Agent J. T. Watt
i, ir. attendance, the farm demonstration
y agents of nearly all counties in northern
1 Alabama are holding an important confer*
• eneo here relating to their work for the
‘ season. Dr. Howard Wilson, government
“ hog cholera expert, is also hero giving
3 instructions as to the best method of
1 handling the problem of hog cholera
• when it arises. The doctrine of diversi
• fled planting wtfl continue to be instilled
* ir.lo the minds of the farmers, this being
J one of the important questions disc-used
; today.
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“ Cotton Ship Leaven
Wilmington, N. C.. March 18.—The Brit
ish steamer Auchenblae, with 13,111 bales
1 of cotton, and the Swedish steamer Bal
r tie, with 6000 bales. Lulled from this port
L> today for Liverpool. The Baltic will go
’ by way of Savannah to complete loading.
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SAYS UNITED STATES
No Legal Precedent for Em
bargo On All Commer
cial Intercourse to and
Prom Germany
PREPARING NOTE OF
PROTEST AGAINST
ALLIES’ ATTITUDE
Xonconlrabaud and Conditional I’on
* nd Have Guarantee of Free
assume. Is American
m3 ...
A tew
£< —
offtshington, March 18—The l nited
gtJEs considers that Great Britain
France in the British order in
• “toil and accompanying notes have
answered questions propoqnded to
them as to what warrant there is un
der international law for the estab
lishment of an embargo on all com
mercial intercourse, directly and indi
rectly, between tier many and neutral
countries.
It was stated officially at the slat
department today that tills govern
ment still does not know avIiether the
action of the allies is intended as a
legal blockade or whether ordinary
lilies of contraband and noncontra
l.and are to he the legal basis for
future detentions. On a determina
tion of this question probably will de
pend not only the nature of any steps
to be taken by the United fetal* now.
but also the basis for damage e’aitns
arising out of the interruptions to
A in <- r lea n com pierce.
In preparing the protest to l»e sent
to Great Britain and Fiance, the po
sition of the I nited States substan
t hilly is as follows:
1. If the action of the. allies is a
blockade, all commerce directly with
Germans' can be halted by making th<
blockade effective, a certain “radius
of activity” being allowed for the:
blockading warships off the Germ; n
coast because of the newly developed
activities of submarines. But there can
be no legal blockade of the coast <»i
neutral ■’uvnitylry of Gurop . - ai
tigtioMs to Uio.Xf ut war,' under is. cir
cumstances and commerce between th*.
United States and neutrals, especially
In noneontrubahd, should he free fro it
interruption, irrespective of nlliniaU
destination.
No Legal Right
2. If the action is not a blockade
then there exists no legal light to de
tain cotton or other tnoncontraban*!
cargoes, oven when consigned directly
to German ports. Nor can foodstuff.
or conditional contraband he justly
Interrupted unless proven, though con
signed to Germany, to be destined fut
the* use of its belligerent forces and
not its civilian population. Unde
the same circumstances, too. there i?
no legal basis for detaining cargoe?
consigned from the United States t<
the neutral countries of Europe ii
containing cotton or noncontra banti
goods, irrespective of ultimate desti
nation. Similarly the allies cannot
under the previous accepted principle?
of international law Interrupt ship
meats of foodstuffs and other condi
tional contraband en route between th*
United States and neutral countries
unless clearly proven to be going even
tually to thi- belligerent forces of Ger
many and not its civilian population.
2. Neutral countries of Europe may
declare embargoes on re-exportutior
of contraband or noncontraband thu.
preventing supplies from reaching
Germany. With this sovereign right,
the United fetal*a dues not take issue
but it will insist on its right to shir,
to neutral countries, placing the bur
den of stopping further progress or
the latter nations themselves.
Retaliatory Measures
In considering the foregoing propo
sitions. officials realize that Grenl
Britain and her allies have set up thi
claim that their actions constitute re
taliatory measures against German;
but this, in view of the American gov
ernment, does not affect the status ol
international law as between the Uni
ted States and the belligerents.
The American attitude lias not been
changed materially' as a result of ex
planations in the exchange of notes
tOutInued on Page Teal
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One-Time Representative
I Who May Become Justice
of U. S. Court of Claims
A MITCHELL PALMER.
A. Mitchell Palmer of Pennsylvania,
. merab«'r of the last t'oiiKivs?, orob
ably will In* appointed by President
Wilson to be a justice of the court, of
• (aims of the rutted States to succeed
Justice t'hnrles M. Ili»\vr>, who re
signed, to take effect on Vprtl 1. Mr.
Palmer while a representative was
cue of Mr. Wilson’s closest friends. Ilv
iati for the Senate in Pennsylvania Inst
fall, but met defeat. The place pa\s
$6500 a year.
UNITED STATES
PROTESTS TO VILLA
Collection From Americans
and Other Foreigners of
Special Tax Causes
Apprehension
Washington, March 18.—The United
j States today protested to General Villa
| against tin* collection from Americans or
I other foreigners of part of a special tax
I t,ouot<ioo pesos levied at Monterey. The
j British embassy had brought the state
department's attention to a report from
Monterey saying the British-owned light
and power company there had been called
on to pay $.‘15.’XX) as its share.
Just how the general assessment was to
• bo apportioned, the state department wat
j hot inhumed, Jen the understanding wm
1 idi nemi Yd* . oi l i.vd an orrmfbitl
tax on the city, leaving it to the author
r itb s there U> raise the money in what
j e\ er way they saw fit. The order was
, elated March Iti, It was said, and gave
10 days in which to raise the money.
The department protested previously
against any of the Mexican factions fore
• Ing contributions from foreigners, not
ably in tlie case of the tax General Ob
regon ti led to collect in Mexico Oily. Gen
eral Obhegon heeded the protest and the
1 tax was removed as far as foreigners
were concerned.
other advices to the department today
said living conditions In Mexico City had
I improved; that rail communication tc
El I’aso prcbr.hly would be opened In
< four or live days, and the lighting between
. Carranza and Villa forces had begun near
• Tampico.
Villa forces under General Chao arc said
i to be at Ebano attacking the Carranztstas,
• who are strongly fortified and bringing
up reinforcements from Tampico.
THAW WINS POINT
ON HABEAS CORPUS
New York. March JS.—A second writ
of habeaus corpus, through which
counsel for Harry K. Thaw expect to
i bring the question of his return 11
Mat tea wan before the appelate divis
ion of the supreme court, was signed
tonight by Justice Bljtir, of the
’ supreme court. The hearings on the
held tomorrow, will be continued one
; held tomorrow will be continued one
week, it was announced today after a
conference of counsel representing all
tides.
John B. Stanciifield, of Thaw's
counsel, plans to serve the writ on
. sheriff Grifenhagen, in whose custody
Thaw now is. curly tomorrow. Alt
hour later the writ will be ref urnubb
before Justice Uijur. and it is ?xp«rtcd
he will refer it to Justice Page, who,
on Monday orden-d Thaw's return' to
.Matt caw an on the original commit*
j meat of Justice Howling. 'Should
j Justice Page dismiss the writ. Thaw's
i ] attorneys plan to appeal direct to the
j appellate division with a request for
la speedy determination of the issue.
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: U. S. Representatives to Inspect
_British and German Prison Camps
a Washington, March 18.—An arrange
6 ment between Great Brita.n and
t Germany and Austria by which lep
^ resontatlves of the United States will
- inspect and report upon alien prison
camps in those countries and distribute
to prisoners supplies from their own
j governments or other sources, was an*
„ nounced tonight by the state depart
h nient and it was stated that through
° the good offices of the American gov
- eminent similar arrangements were
a under contemplation between Russia
and France ami Germany and Austria.
The agreements are based upon rec
ommendations in a renort by Chandler
P. Anderson, formerly counsellor of
, the state department, who conferred
with the foreign offices of Great Urit
' sin, Germany and Austria last Novem
ber and visited some of the detention
camps ill those countries.
The department's statement in part
lt follows:
"Through the good offices of the
United States an arrangement has been
entered Into between Great Britain ami
Germany and Austria-Hungary and a
similar arrangement Is under con
templation between Germany and Aus
tria-Hungury aiul Husain and France,
by which representatitves of the Uni
ted States in these countries will ho
authorized to inspect and report upon
prisoners’ camps and distribute to the
prisoners the supplies front their own
governments and from other sources.
Basis of Arrangement
The basis of this arrangement id
briefly, as follows:
“1. Each of the belligerent govern
ments undertakes to furnish toy the
Information of the others a complete
statement of its policy with regard to
the treatment of prisoners, with full
details showing the supplies furnished
and the conditions of their life dur
ing internment, supplemented by
copies of orders an<l instructions issued
to the commandants of the prisoners'
camps.
"2. The belligerent governments will
permit the representatives of the Uni
ted States in each country to have ac
cess to the prisoners and will allow
the prisoners to furnish statement.'*
about their treatment, the conditions
of life and requirements which they
wish to have communicated to their
own government.
"It is understood that the United
States in undertaking this work as
sumes no responsibility of any kind
i 1 eyond the mere traitsmlssidH of the
[statements and the distribution of sup
*
plies furnished, as above indicated, in
accordance with such restrictions and
regulations as are imposed by th • gov
ernments concerned.
“These arjang* meats are based upon
1 eeommendatlons In a report to the
department by ('handler P. Anderson,
formerly of the department, who early
in November discussed the subject
with the foreign offices of Great f>iit
ain, Germany and Austria-Hungary nr. I
visited detention camps In those coun
tries.
“The good offices of th€> United State*
were exercised at the same time t<
bring about a better understanding
among the belligerents in regard to th*=
repatriation of civilian prisoners de
ta ned in these countries.
“Mr. Anderson’s report shows that
those governments had then agreed not
to detain any women and children, oi
males under 17 or over 55, between
Great Britain and Germany, or undet
in or over 50 between Great Britain an*!
Austria-Hungary, or physicians ot
clergymen unless some special reason
justified detention in Individual cases
To Arrange Release
• Both sides agreed to arrange for
tiie reciprocal release of all civilian*
physically disqualified for military ser
vice.
“In addition to the arrangements thus
adopted, these governments have un
der consideration further arrange
ments for the exchange and release o!
detained enemy aliens, which arrange
ments. and tlie respective positions of
(Continued on l*«g« Two)
{WHOLE OF SUDAN
HELD BY DER VISHES,
SAYS BERLIN REPORT
German Merchant Declares England
Unable to Cope With Uprising
Berlin, March 18.— tBy Wireless.!—A German merchant, who recently
returned from Egypt, is authority for the declaration that the whole of the
Sudan, including Khartoum and also parts of Nubia, are in the possession of
jthe Dervishes. The statements of the traveler are published in the Vossische
i Zeitung. He describes also an engagement near Fashoda last December In
j which General Hawley of the Biitlsh army and a number of other officers.
I tnrisit har «*>■+!> nlm.net TflfVI iM«n Inef fltair I i uw e
The met-, hunt in question relates a story
of the alleged uprising of the Svnussl
trlbesrrten lr November He declares that
they destroyed an Australian vamp near
the pyramids on November 19, killing 209
Australians and capturing guns anil pro
visions. latter in largo force, not less
than HO.OoO, the'- overflowed the entire
province of Fayuin and destroyed all rail
roads. Including the <’giro-Assuan line.
If the nows given out b\ the German
merchant 1 true. It Is the first definite
statement of these serious conditions to
ivaoh the public. The only previous ref
erence to any such state of affairs cams
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from Berlin late in l Member when a
wire lew* message, said Constantinople rt*
poiterl an uprising at serious dimensions
in the Sudan.
Tlte Sen oust tribesmen are members of
a Moslem seat, of North Afrteu
The latent available British army
lint contains no general of the name
of Hawley. Several Hawleya are
» anted ns officer*. In the official record
but none ranks so high as a g» nerui
The only General Hawley mentioned
in available reference books in con
nection with the British army la Alujrt*
General William llanbury Hawley,
who retired in 1810, He is 85 years
olO.
I THE WAR SITUATION
Paris. March 18.— (Via London, 11:35 p. m.)—The following official com
munication was issued by the war office tonight:
i "A Zeppelin has dropped some bombs on Calais, aiming at the railway sta
tion. No serious material damage was done, but seven employes were killed.
‘•In Champagne we have made several gains west, north and east of ridge
196, portheast of Lemsile. The enemy made a counter attack but was re
pulsed. Our gains extend eastward into a ravine which runs from ridge 196 in
the direction of Beausejour.
“In the wood of Consenvoys. north of Verdun, we have carried two German
trenches and made prisoners.
“At Hartmann’s Weilerkopf we have gained a little ground in relation to our
previous position. The enemy's losses were heavy. His trenches were filled
with dead.”
Vienna, March 18.— (Via London, 10:50 p. m.)—The following official state
ment was issued by the war office tonight:
“On the heights west of Laberczrev, an attack by numerically superior forces
was repulsed after a sanguinary battle with great loss to the enemy, several
companies being annihilated.
“Repeated attempts by the Russians to capture vantage points among our
positions by means of surprise attacks delivered by forces outnumbering the
defenders also failed. We captured 380 prisoners.
“At other points on the front nothing of importance has occurred."
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CHARGES THAT MAYOR
TRIED TO CORRUPT THE
STATE’S WITNESSES
Judge Warns Against Tactics In
Election Fraud Case.
Will Investigate the
Charges
Tuoiannpolis, March 1#.—Two alleged al
tempts—one by Mayor I>onn M. Roberts
and the other by Alexander Aeeel, alias
Steel—to influence the testimony of wit*
r.t-sees, as related on the witness stand ]
at today's session of the Terre Hatstc •
election, fraud case, brought a sharp,
warning from Judge Anderson.
“Twice today," sad the court, “lifter I
the jury had retired, "attempts to bribe
or influence witnesses in this case have
I ceil described. It iH not light thltlg to
a tit mpt to influence or corrupt a wit
ners; T want to warn all."
Judge Anderson suggested to the l nl*
too States district attorney that he In
vestigate the case of Steel, who Is one
of the :>> men on trial, and that his bond
b<* increased.
r.nno Harms, custodian of the city hall
until he pleaded guilty In the case, testi
fied that Huberts Instructed him what to
nay If called -before the grand jury.
\Vaas tirozsl said that Steel, who is a
street Inspector, accosted him lust Sunday
night In Terre flaute and offered him a
job on the streets next summer if Oroz/.l,
who testified last week, would get three
other foreigners to tell “a different story,
so that Steel won’t get in bad."
CLAIM WERNER HORN
IS NOT SUBJECT TO
COURT S JURISDICTION
German's Fight Against Removal to
Massachusetts for Trial Unfin
ished After a Day of
Lively Legal Skirmishing
Bangor. Me, March 18.—Werner *jj
Morn’s light against removal to Mas
sachusetts for trial on a charge of
illegally transporting explosives , for
in's attempt to destroy the interna
tional railway bridge at Yanceboro, ri -
mained unfinished tonight after a day
of lively legal skirmishes.
Before United Stnt tnH Commissioner
Charles 11. Reid, who held a prelim
inary hearing to determine tlu* ques
tion of probable cause, Horn's counsel
insisted that federal and state courts
were without jurisdiction because
Horn, as a lieutenant of the Prussian jjj
lnndwehr, acted as a belligerent
against Great Britain. Counsel assort
ed that an act such us transportation
of explosives should he regarded a*.
1 art of a general continuous act of
war. Their effort to support this con
tention by tho Introduction of various
documents as evidence was overruled
by the commissioner, who held that tins
evidence was admissible only under i
plea of not guilty.
The same evidence was presented
later after the court hud formally en
tered a plea of not guilty for tho prls
oner, the defense having declined to
plead. The prosecution put on no wit
nesses. resting after a copy of the in
dictment had been offered.
The hearing will be resumed tomor
row. w
TWO INJURED WHEN
SERGEANT SHOOTS AT
FLEEING DESERTER
Officer Fires Upon Facaped Man
and Wounds Charles Hunt
and a Blind
Peddler
New York, March 18.—Sergeant Henry j
Wetting of the Sixty-sixth Coast artillery, j
17. F». A., fired four steel Jacket bullets j
from an automatic pistol at u deserter I
whom he was persuing at Thirty-eighth
street and Broadway today, and wounded I
a blind peddler, the deserter. Joseph |
Fielechman. and Charles Hunt, of Wash- j
Ington, D. c.
Fleischman hud surrendered at a police
station early today and the sergeant was
sent over from Governor’s Island after
him. On the way back Fleischman start
ed to run. Sergeant Wetting ordered him
to halt. Fleischman Increased his speed
and his pursuer drew Ills pistol, and be
gan to fire. The blind peddler dropped
to the sidewalk as Dr. Hunt grabbed
Fleischman and threw him down.
In the general rush of the. matinee
crowd for shelter several persons tram
pled upon the wounded peddler. He was
hurried to Bellevue, while the sergeant
and his prisoner were taken to a police
j station. Hergeant Wetting was charged
1 with felonious assault and paroled In
| army custody to appear In court tomor
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GERMANS TRYING
TO RAISE BRITISH
REVOLT IN PERSIA
Call Upon Indian Army to “Throw
Off the Hated Yoke and Rise
and Kill Your
Officers”
London, March 18.—(ffiiu ,i m .
The India offices announce that doc
timeiilfl have reached the govern'^,it
showing that German consular »
in Persia and agents of German ftrfeh
have been engaged in intrigues, aim
ing at facilitating a Turkish invasion
of Persia and promoting a rising of
tiie tribes against Great Britain
The former German consul at B*.- L
shire, on the Persian gulf, now star- 1
t'oned at Shriza, aided by Germans anu
Indians from Berlin, says the India
office, has circulated pamphlets ad
dressed to the Indian army calling on
the soldiers to “throw off the hated
joke and rise and kill your officers.'
A long appeal to the Mussulmun sol
diers also was found urging them to
join in a “jihad" (holy war).
Telegrams are made public by tha
India office, which, It says, show that
arms and ammunition consigned to the
German legation at Teheran were re r$
ootved through Ruehire. These supplies ijf
were to be used to arm tribesmen who
were to attack Bushlre.
BRITISH STEAMER
GLASGOW SUNK BY
GERMAN SUBMARINE
Attack Comes Without Warning,
Claim Officer*—One of Crew
Drowned In Scramble for
Life Book
l,tmlun, March IN—<0:33 p. m.l—The
British drawer l.lenartaer of Glaa.
lio»v waa torpedoed thta woralaa #ff
Beache, Head br a Rnaaa aubmartae.
which care ao aotlcc of her lateu
ttoa. la the aoramble for boafa ear
of the crew waa drowned: the of here,
nuinberlair 40, eeveral of whom were
Injured, were picked op br a ateanwr
and lauded at New Haven.
The Gleaartaer. which waa of Mh
Iran rcalater, waa bound fro a, Haa»
kok. Nlam, for 1.ondoa, loaded with
5000 tone ef rlctk
DYSON ACQUITTED
OF MURDER CHARGE
Talladega. March 18.— (Special.
Arthur Dyson was acquitted of the
murder of Mirabeau Nor red here to
day. The trial began last Monday.
Norred was killed following a quarrel
with Dyson last November. 'Fin* de
fendant claimed self-defense.
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f TWAIN KOHHEI) . 1
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4 Houston, rex., March id.—The 4
4 Galveston-Houston kitorurban due 4
4 in this city at 12:40 o’clock, was 4
4 held up und robbed some miles 4
4 from tlie city early this morning 4
4 by three masked men who made 4
4 their escape. Night passengers lost 4
4 money and valuable*. Including 4
4 Robert H. Cornell of Houston, vice 4
4 president of the International Ro- 4
4 tary association, who lost a $f>00 4
* diamond In addition to other prop- 4
* erty. ♦
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