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culture has ever been popular occu-
patton. and cotton, tobacco. rice. ce-
reals, fruits, etc. successfully
grown stock -four shes on the excellent
pasture lands. and here are reared
large numbers of the finest horses and
mules. Trout are abundant in the
streams. There are springs. hot and
cold, valued for their medicinal prop
critics. and mineral wealth without end.
The physical features of the country
itself account. in part, for the wide
differences in traits and disposition of
this people. Armenian types are dis
tinctly and astonishingly diverse.
Roughly speaking. the lowlanders are
of timid disposition and invariably
turn to the hardy. stalwart, lawless
mountaineers for protection in times
of invasion.
AS people they are industrious, pro-
gressive. adaptable. os,arrelsome, jeal-
Gus. selfish and vain. They possess an
unusual reverence for old customs and
traditions, and they have an odd, child
like fondness for exaggeration.
The peasants about the vicinity Of
Mount Taurus are tall. handsome and
possess an eVer-ready courage. The
townsmen are of the Persian type and
include the upper classes. They are
intelligent, well educated and cultured.
They are the influential citizens-bank-
ers, merchants, artisans.
Many. unfortunately. are not SO pre-
possessing in appearance. having
straight, coarse. black hair. heavy fea-
lures and awkward. tn ck-set figures.
The majority of them are poor. ignor-
ant and superstitious. They lack am
bition sadly and can till the soil In only
the most primitive fashion. Author
tiles have stated. however, that the
Armenians have within them the posi-
bilities OF a great race. and consider
leaders on a par with Europeans in
tellectually. socially and morally.
The origin of the Armenian people is
practically unsettled. Mount Ararat Of
biblical literature is familiar. and in
conjunction we have the stories of
Moses and Lazarus.
The earliest Armenian history ex-
tends back over 1900 years of time and
is extremely vague and mythical.
About the middle OF the ninth century
BIC. tribes. speaking non-Aryan lam
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were patrolled by guards who gave
them every assurance of protection
but promises were easily broken. and
not only were foreign buildings wreck
ed, but men and women of wealth and
prominence We're dragged forth and
waDtonly put to death. Priests and
pastors were hunted down and caught,
to be tortured beyond endurance.
Bodies of men and women were
dipped in oil and burned alive: roads
were lined with these human torches.
To mems feet horseshoes were clinched.
Wildcats tore cruelty the bare bodies
of men and women.
There is one story told of a huddled.
frightened group of little boys who
were directed to the byways to escape
the soldiers inadvertently they ran
pell-mell into a detachment of soldiers,
who Sliced them up. like rats" Men
criminately in church and prison.
Numbers accepted Islam rather than
endure the fiendish fortunes. Destitu-
ton descended upon their children:
their condition was pathetic in the ex-
IRENE. The destruction of property
was enormous
The attempts of the United States and
England to relieve the dire distress
were met on every hand with rebuffs
from menacing authorities. though. in
spite of strenuous opposition. they
managed to accomplish some good
work.
= =
Today Armenia commands the atten-
tion and her appeal is moving. Again
she suffers abomination and persecu-
tion, and unless assistance reaches her
shortly she will be exterminated. Death
by drowning, clubbing. scalding and
starving seems the popular method.
The able-bodied men have been con-
scripted. The weak, the feeble, the
aged, the sick-men, women and chill
dren-are driven from their homes
without the slightest preparation
straight into the desert. The road they
travel is unmistakable. the dead and
dying strew it's way. Delicate women
are wholly at the mercy of the rapa-
cious gendarmes, who are renowned for
their brutality.
Many women carry children who are
either too young or too tired to toddle.
They travel barefooted and with pitt
fully small supplies of food. Atroci-
ties abound Christian wives and
daughters are tortured until they de-
clare their willingness to embrace
Mohammedaanism. and they are then
speedily married to the obnoxious
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laid waste. During these hazardous times
multitudes of Armenians migrated to the
land of Cappadocia, which became known
as Lesser Armenia, an isolated Christian
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called Court Green. This old court
house building, In which sit the courts
of James City county and of the city
of Williamsburg, is a treasure house of
historic papers. 1t was built in 1862
20. The state capital was removed
from jamestown to Williamsburg in
1899, but the county seat of James
City county remained at jamestown
until IT'S, when Williamsburg became
the county seat.
1t is an interesting fact which DIR.
Tyler has brought out in the course of
his research that as late as 1905 a new
courthouse was built at jamestown and
that 1t was built of brick taken from
the fre-ruined' walls of the last state
house at Jamestown--the statehouse
which was burned in 169S-and the site
of which was recently identified and
the foundations laid bare under several
feet of earth through the skillful re-
search and exploration of Samuel H.
Yonge.
The first courthouse building in Will
liamsburg was outgrown by the bust
ness of the county, and that was the
reason for the erection of the court
building which stands in Williamsburg
the old courthouse Jointly with the
county. but about the middle of the
eighteenth century the city govern
ment established itself in the theater
building that had been erected by WILL
liam Levingston in 1716.
On the completion of the new court
mouse. which Is now a very old court
mousse. the city and the county came
together as co-tenants, and that is
their relationship today, after the lapse
of las years.
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together as co-tenants. and that is
their relationship today. after the lapse
OF 145 years.
Reference has been made to the Pal
ace Green or the tract in which stood
the palace or the house of the govern
or. The green" is now a small rectan-
gle, but at one time the grounds com
prised $50 acres adjoining the city on
the north. Through them wound drives
lined with lindens brought from Scot
land. The main building of the palace
while occupied by a body of American
troops just after the surrender of Corn
wallis at Yorktown. and two smaller
brfck buildings, one of which served
as the office Of the governor and the
other as the guardhouse. and which
stood at opposite ends of the palace.
were torn down in the spring of 1862
by Union troops and the bricks used in
building chimneys for officers huts
around Fort Magruder, east of the
city.
On the site of the palace stands the
Whaley School, school which was
erected in 1867, though the money for
1t was bequeathed by Mrs. Mary Wha-
ley. born Mary Page, daughter of Mat
thew Page. and who died in London
In 1742. There Is an interesting story
in this. but this account is approaching
the limit of the Ramblers space
The governors palace was built in
1905. during the administration of Gov.
Edward Mott. 1t was surrounded by a
park. then comprising sixty-three
acres. Henry Cary was the builder. 1t
was of brick, made near the site, two
stories high and fifty-four by forty
eight feet. In the cupola was lantern
which when lighted could be seen afar
and bore greater relation to Will
liamsburg than the light in the dome
of the Capitol does to Washington. The
fixtures and furniture of the palace
were brought from England The pal
ace was elaborated by Gov. Spotswood
and was refltted for Gov. Gooch.
1t was enlarged or perhaps rebuilt
on the same site, for 1t was consid-
erably larger palace that Cows. Eau
quier. Botetourt and Dunmore occupied.
Much of the business of the colony was
transacted in the governors office, and
perhaps the most brilliant social af-
fairs Of the new world of that period
came to pass in the palace, the celebra-
ton of the birthdays of the king and
queen being especially sunptuous.
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The main street is wide and unpaved.
for Williamsburg. in spite of it's fame.
the college and the population Of a
state institution seated there. is a
town Of about 1000 Inhabitants: and
for town Of that population it covers
a large area The main street has ce-
ment footwalks and ia lined with
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-01
NO SUNDAY DRINKS
IN HUDSON COUNTY
Twenty-Five Arrests Reported
as Result Of the Enforce
mcnt Of Law.

Persons who craved intoxicants had
a bad time OF 1t yesterday over In Hud-
son county, y. J. Judge George g. Ten
nant OF the Court of Common Pleas
ordered the lid clamped down tight and
the police IN the thirteen differcn, cities
and towns saw that the mandate was
observed
There were thirteen arrests in Hobo
ken for Sunday selling. one man in
Jersey City neglected to expose mis-
bar room 20 view from the street and
found himself in the hands Of tho po-
lice early In the morning. Eight others
we're arrested i'm Jersey City during the
day.
Bayonne and all the North Hudson
towns. including Union Hill Weeha ken.
West II boken and West New York were
never as dry within the memory OF the
Oldest "resdcntcrs."
But tho police were not the only ones
on the job TO see that the law was more
RICHLY enforced than II ever has been
before. Judge Tenant himself did
some scouting" around the Bergen sec
tion OF Jersey city. Prosecutor Robert
Hudspcth had all his dectives out. to-
Gether with hal' hundred men from a
Newark detective agency.
In addition to this extraordinary vigil
lance Samuel Wilson ut the Anti.
Saloon League and a number OF friends
toured the county to satisfy themselves
that the police meant what thcy said on
Saturday when they ordered a dry sun
day.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-01
FINDS BIGOTRY IN POLITICS.
Nsssnchusctts Governor Tells
Catholics OF Religious Prejudice.

Gov. David J. Walsh OF Massachu-
sets. speaking at the Catholic Club. 100
Central Park South, last evening. said
that during the first year OF his official
lifo as Governor he has been surprised
At nothing so much as at the religious
bgotry in my state"
Gov. Walsh. the first Catholic Gov
ernor OF Massachusetts, said that his
religious persuasion has been the cause
of mlstrust In him by persons of other
beliefs. The subject OF his remarks was
Religious Prejudice in Politics"
1T is uncomfortable" he said that
there should he such mistrust OF men
AID women OF our religion. | have found
II on every hand and know that others
have found 1t. Such things are hard
to believe in this enlightened age. But
II you want to prove the truth OF my
remarks GO into politics"
Gov. Walsh aas found. however, that
the prejudice has diminished somewhat
in Massachusetts during recent years.
The other speakers were Mayor
Mitchell, Comptroller Prendergsst. George
McAneny, W, Bourkc Cochran. the Rev.
Joseph Mulry and the Rev. Terence
Shealv
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-01
Woods Tells How Police Are Aid
ing the Unemployed.

Police Commissioner Woods described
the work the police are doing volun-
tarily to alleviate conditions among the
unemployed at meeting OF the East
Side Forum last night in public school
So. Hester and Essex streets.
I'VE are doing It in three ways" he
said. Ten cent tickets are distributed
at the station houses, redeemable in
food and other necessaries at stores In
the precinct. These are given only to
investigated cases and are paid for by
the mems subscriptions. Particularly
deserving cases. New York residents
with families. are reported to charitable
organizations through a bureau at head
quarters that has already handled $50
cases The police have induced many
people to pay 10 cents each week TO
have a man pick up in front OF their
places The East side has responded
better than any other section"
Speaking OF. crime tine Commissioners
said most criminals now are young men.
Fifteen years ago" he said. the average
prisoners age was 81, now it Is %.
There arc two causcs--bad company
and drugs"
Dr. Herr: Mcskou'itz. chairman OF
the Municipal civil Service Commission,
presided.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-01
PULPIT TO BE MEMORIAL
TO THE LATE J. P. MORGAN
Pensioners Of st. Georges
Church Asked to Subscribe
for the Gift.
TO BIZ READY By EASTER

st Georges Chufch In s;u, vtsan:
square. OF which the REV Dr. Karl
Reilnud is rector. yes erday started 4
'opulaf campaign for II memorial pull
pit to tie late J. PIE pom; Morgan
long tho parish's senior warden.
II was announced that large book
IL being prepared to contain the sigma.
lures OF givers 20 the fund When
the base OF the pulpit Every pa.
r'shioner OF St Georges was urged
20 give something. and 1t was said that
persons outside the parish might con
tribute II they wish. 1t is not in
tended that few rich persons shall
give most OF the money. The cost
VII be $1,000 and II Is hoped 10 have
the pulpit In place for dedication on
Ia ster Sunday. No one save the rector
Is to know what each person gives
Yesterday. when the contribution
blanks were distributed. many East
side poor subscribed. 4 certificate will
be given to each contributor.
The accepted pulpit design. by H. G..
and NJ l.. Emery. calls Tor n pulpit of
wood. deliberately carved, standing on
seven carved pilasters. above which and
surrounding the pulpit itself are fig-
ures OF saints OF the Anglican COM
munon Suspended over the pulpit
Is carved canopy which will serve
In place ct the present sounding board
since tie days OF the Rev. Or. Rains
70 d St Georges has been noted among
Ep scopal churches for having It's pull
rlt In the middle OF the chancel. Inn
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-01
United Hebrew Charities Asks Aid
for East Side Distress.

So serious are the conditions among
the poor of the city on the East side
due TO unemployment that the United
Hebrew charities have issued an APP
peal for aid, accompanied by statistics
showing an unprecedented increase In
the number of families applying for
aid for the first time.
The report for the year ended Sep
tember 80, 1914, shows that during 1918
2,A6b families applied for aid for the
FIRST time. while last year the number
was 1894. an increase OF 30 per cent.
"CoEditions since the close of our last
fiscal year the appeal says, have
grown serious. The total number of
families under care on December 81
last was 4.l79. as compared with 32l4
during the same period the year pre-
vious, and the number OF new families
was i.22s, as compared with 697."
The campaign to increase the mem-
bership Of the organization, which now
numbers 1000, resulted last Tuesday
in 100 new members being enrolled,
whose dues will approximate $4,000.
At least 100000 more. the trustees es-
innate, will be necessary to meet the
demands OF this year.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-01
WICKERsHAM IN PULPIT.
Says Treasury Department Has
More ships Than Navy.

Attorney General George W. Wick
ershaln was the speaker yesterday in a
series OF public lectures being gwen Sun
day mornings at the Park Avenue NJ. r.
Church, Park avenue anu Eighty sixth
street. He gave review of the origin
and functions Of the Government and
lamented tho general publcs Ignorance
on this subject
our people TO-DAY are not thoroughly
familiar with our form Of government "
said Mr.. Wickersham ''If they were
We might have a better one. The ac-
tvlties of government are widely dis
iributed o-day."
The Interstate Commerce Commission
was pointed to as a department
which assumes almost as great power
as any other department OF the Govern
ment, The Department OF the Interior
he referred to as carry all, scrap
basket. because OF so many Oversize
interests which II has. The Treasury
Department, because OF its revenue cut .
ter service, has more ships than the
United States navy. Mr. Wickersham
was careful to say that this department
had more ships than the navy rather
than bigger ones '''.'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-01

stand tina. strict c.si servirs rcEuia-
tons. will relieve them OF much worry
In dispensing patronage.
Bills aboilshiug the State Department
of Efficiency and Economy and the state
Fire Marshal. which already have passed
the Assembly, will br passed In the sen
ate Tomorrow night or Tuesday, &C
cordinx TO present plans. PrscucalS
all OF me employees OF both these 6e-
partinents have been shifted 10 other
state departments. so about the only
ones to lose their places arc tho hesds
OF the departments. their deputies AND
secretaries. Nineteen inspectors OF the
Fire Marpbars office Will be dropped.
It is said officially that Gov. Whitman
has nor asked for tho resignation OF
state Highway COMMISSIONS Carlisle.
A report has II that Mr.. Carlisle was
willing to resign until the hint wae
thrown out that II he did not he would
be Investigated and thrown out, so that
now his friends assert that he INTENDS
to stay through and force the handf
OF the Republicans.
There is talk also that Mr.. Carlisle
resignation will come some time tils
week and that he will be named as the
Democratic member OF the Court OF
Claims, thus clearing away all rehec-
lions which he may feel have been cast
on him by investigation threats. Gov.
Whitman has announced that he INTENDS
to name a Democrat to the new court
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-01
Hebrew shciterinG Guardian "a
cIcty seeks Contributions.

TO extend its work in aiding orphans
and destitute children the Hebrew Shell
teriug Guardian Society. OF which
Adolph Lewisohn is president. will start
a campaign to-day to increase the num-
Der OF its contributing members. The
society has approximately 5000 mem
hers at present. II desires TO Increase
this number TO 1000.
The society maintains an orphan asy-
lum at Ploasantvillc, y. Y. II Is operated
on the cottage plan. Young boys and
girls upward OF years who are left
to their own resources through the death
or dcserton OF their parents are adj
mittcd to the institution. They are
given a good grammar. high school
and voca tionsl education. Usually AT the
age OF IL they are discharged from thr
institution and sent out In the world 10
fight their own battles for existence un-
der the advice and guidance OF friends
OF the asylum About 81 per cent OF
them make good.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-01
PASTORS PLEAD FOR
CITY'S UNEMPLOYED
Snu'lay for iOhlcSs l. Observed
al Services in 200
Churches.
MANY PLEDGES TO HELP

Unemployment sunday" Was on
served yesterday In 200 churches here
N accordance with plans made 10y tho
Inter-Church Unemployment Conn
mlttee OF the New York Federation Of
Churches. which Is working in coopera-
ton with the Mayors conn Ittee on un.
employment. Pastors delivered spec al
addresses in behalf OF the idle or made
appeals before their sermons.
Cards were distributed asking mem
bers to BE a Good Neighbour" Give
a Man Days Work" or to send a
Bundle on Bundle Day. February T."
Many agreed to follow Police Commits
sioner Woods's suggestion to hire men
20 keep sidewalks and areas clean at
from 10 to 20 cents week.
The Rcv. Theodore Sedgwick said in
Calvary Episcopal Church "a new
reformation has come within the church.
not proclaiming a future salvation but
one to those who show their faith by
their works. our Christian philosophy
is not the deifyIng of the State but the
proclaimins Of the gospel OF the king
dom In which men shalt have equal
opportunity and living wage"
The Rev T. W. COurtacy OF the
Thirty-fourth Street Collegiate r.
formed Church said why is It that
the bread lines are nlled. Why Is it
that the soup Kitchens arc crowded &?
Ponder these things well from the point
OF view of the man who has only few
cents In his pockets. DO you wonder
that he becomes bitter against society ?
Remember the commandment Thou
shalt love thy neighbor as myself"
The Rev. l.. Ernest johnson OF the
Forty fourth Street Methodist Church
eaid that the increase in unempioymen
was a great public emergency and as
such was the challenge to the Church.
Canon William : Chase Of Christ
Church Brooklyn. said that the church
could not fail to work the modern mir
acle Of relieving the unemployed unless
Christ had been banished from the
hearts and souls OF his pro,essed be-
licveTs.
mass meeting of thirty churches in
behalf or the unemployed was held yes
terday afternoon in the Clinton Avenue
Congregational Church. l.. +. Pounds
President of the Borough of Brooklyn
said that about sll.O00.oOO had been ap.
proprlated for public works. which
would be spent AS soon as possible
Charles Stelzle, executive secretary OF
tho lnter-Church Unemployment com
mittee. said: However important the
problem Of the homeless man may he. II
IL the stenCSraphcr the clerk and the
semi-professional person who is being
hardest hit jus; now. The churches can
most readily assist this group which
will not come to the regular relief
agencies"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-01
SENATE To APPROVE
new MERIT BOARD
Whitman Assured That Ord
way. McKinsley and Rice
VIII Be Confirmed.

ALRANr. Jan. 3i.--The state Senate
will confirm GOV. Whitman's new ap-
pointecs to the state Civil Service Com
mission. The Governor will send to the
Senate tomorrow night these nominal
tons for the commission:
Samuel ". Ordvay. president or the
Civil Service Reform Association.
w. u. Mckinsley Of WATERFOWL, ex-
state civil Service Commissioner.
william Gorham Rice OF Albany, ex-
National civil Service Commissioner. an
independent Democrat.
Assurances have been given that the
nominations will he confirmed. probably
on Tuesday.
Republican Senators have taken the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-01
BREAD LINE VERSE
INSPIRED BY SNOW
Tom Merry Holds Communion
With Muse When lie Looks
Out on Storm.

Tom Merry, that always-in-good-
hurnor fellow who presides over tho
destiny OF THE SuN's free bread depot
at . Fir4t street. looked out from his
coming tower at the sun dial yesterday.
but failed to sec any sun. lie saw only
snownakes. But. nothing daunted, he
sat himself down and composed this
Mother Gooslan gem AGAINST the open
ing OF the bread line this afternoon:
The north wind doth blow.
And We shall have snow.
And what win the hungry do then.
Poor things
They'll come to this store,
Free bread at the door.
And welcome to come here again.
Poor Things
After this brief communion with the
muse Tom Merry looked out from his
Bowery window and spied ragged figures
creeping past in tho storm. lie turned
to inquire from Dick Bright, his fellow
distributor OF bread, as 10 the number
OF loaves which would be on hand at
the bread station for Mondays rush
hour.
"There'n be 1900 loaves of bread
waiting there for the poor and hungry
replied Dick, land every loaf as nice a
one as you'd ever want to set eyes on.
each loaf wrapped in oil paper but the
men don't like the paper on II. They
can hardly wait TO tear the paper off
and start eating II. However. there are
a lot OF them who carry II home 10
their wives and children
Dicks information that the supply OF
Monday bread would be 200 loaves more
than usual gratifed Tom Merry The
latter sat himself down again and com
/ posed another bit OF writing. Ii was
| more to the point than his first effusion
| lie sent IL to this newspaper. This Is
what it said: Checks for the bread fund
should be made payable to THE sun
Checks and money should be sent &c
the main Office IN THE Sun Building
There would be no contributions &c
announce to-day. Mr.. Merry said. be
cause the cashiers office Of THE SUN
was closed over Sunday.