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BRITISH REFUSE U. S. REQUEST.
Allow No Consul ~ kirkwaII.
where ships Are Held.

LONDON, March ga request made
J. the United States for permission to
station a consular agent at kirkwalI.
scotland. to report on American mer-
~ aitmeu detained there has been Ie-
fused ay Great Britain. the reason given
being that a similar request made los
ot1"rs Interested In shipping has been
denied.
\ number OF American ships have
0eeu taken into kirkwdll. which il i'm
."c brkneys, during IN" past tire.
months, aud IN" United States Las had
D '0"ul,y In securing Information con
e--.Uc SUCH vessels. hycaus. commune
alton with the place j. difficult 1ud the
snip are frequently removed 10 tug-
'sI or scottish ports h.fpr" their Of
ice can communicate with London.
Inquiries made by Ambassador Page
40 g. why the American steamship Ma
acaS has been ordered before a prize
court at Hun have brought 10 response.
The MirHcaS sailed from New York
February - for Rotterdam with a cargo
az packing products and Nas : ken into
hrNWIil Oh March II.
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WARSHlPS' Big GUNS
LEAD COTTON USERS
Bales Fired Away at Turks as
shells Fall at OAR
danelleS.
EXPLAINS BUYING RUSH

Win the Queen Elizabeth and other
nrins into tho Turkish forts enough
cotton in shells "a keep a fair sized
pIantation busy growing a supply. the
surprising rise in the price of cotton
,.s,.rday on the New York exchange
WAS partly explained. in the opinion of
some cotton men.
Tho $50 ~ fnearly twenty points made
new high records for every contract
month on the list. not onl! for this
crop but for next years deliveries
runr'ur INTO January, aud scored IN
volume uf business tho biggest figure
since IN, rcopeniug of the exchange,
The activity and sharp advance over.
ode all Of the DISTANCES that seemed
90 make FOR lower prices. including the
shutting off OF the neutral European
countries from further supplies of cot
ton from here and the lcssened prospect
~ reduced acreage
The enormous growth in the use of
cotton In preparing explosives since the
beginning of the war was regarded
yesterday by experts as having much
10 do with the unsettled and advancing
price OF the commodity. Richard
S%pillane. writing in Commerce and ~
vance. has pointed out that a powde
man has estimated that loo. 600 bales
81 cotton VIII be used by tho world for
this purpose alone at the present rate
o. powder manufacture.
This means nearly \ per cent of the
total crop OF the country. a fraction
uron which the price Of cotton. il is
pointed out. may hinge. Thu ordinary
consumption of cotton in the manu-
So a. 80 -. - L. -
u 10000 bales "A year.
\ bsttleship theoretically may use
rom ten TO twelve bales OF cotton "A
minute with all it's guns in fun blast.
saws the writer on cotton. with /"
inch gun using 500 pounds of powder
dt every shot. The fleet at SMYRNA has
saot enough cotton at or into the Turks.
ho says, perhaps to clothc an army
corps
tn" big guns Of the fleets. the millions
Of men IN the rifle pits and the hum
dreds in the coast batteries. ii is as.
serted, have been burning up cotton at
q tremendous rate.
The extent o. wlich cotton j. being
used for powder. IT L. pointed out. may
explain Zoo part why tho cotton export
trade keeps up 81 the high rate Of the
Present. by which this couutry's exports
may be as high a. 5000. 900 bales.
While in ordinary times the powder
plants Of the United states cousum.
about 10000 bales of l!uters or cotton.
nc Iu lont plants alone al this Tim.
are using from 10000 to 3l0.ouu bales
- cotton. Large numbers Of new plan /,
ave sprung up, attracted by Europe
lgh prices for their products. one If
-'ST rE -oTTT7~T21 VIII New Yurl
cotton house for 10000 bales y year
tie former consumption OF :ho entire in.
AiiAfFN IN this ..ttptgx
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referred 20 the former Senator's long
public record and said he regarded ii as
the feature Of Mr. Roots whole life
that he had from the first been ready TO
forego the profits Of his law practice 20
render public service whenever 1t was
wanted.
Mr.. Root said II was gratifying to him
to see that the business men were ~
last waking up to the importance of the
coming constitutional convention. He
Thought business men had been at q
heavy discount IN recent years through
their failure TO ~urganizc in their own
behalf ~ aIriculturists and labor mon
have done. He vas convinced. however.
by this gathering that II was o road
organization and Wa pleased 70 think
that there T. something besides IA pnr
orgs nizatior. something besides orator,
stirring In the Interests Of tho great in.
du>trN and commerce and production Of
the United states"
And n you VIII follow m. line You
have entered upon he went on, "t
Will soon come to he no longer true
that the pursuit OF profitable business
Il to be regarded as robbery. Nc NOT
him 7 am dropping into oratory when
] say that. There are great parts 81
the people Of The United states who
feel that the man who makes any MONEY
by successful business IL a robher, and
Il IL time that that feeling was dis
PEELED II that that view SHOULD be-
come a vagary of the past"
Mr.. Root bespoke an interest IN thN
convention, In all It's proceedings. be
cause. he said, IL IL tho voters OF tho
state who must finally decide upon iln
revision of the Constitution. II" urged
he auditors not to expect 'lo much.
Not everything that every body b|e.ievca
must 9" into Tho now constitution
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tine ceiling. tho Iudi"ur, mo''d sedately
INTO the hisles and sedatciy out of the
theatre into Forty f'th street.
As the list of them got to the side
walk tn, fire ugiues changed iuto tht
street \ red automobile rounded
Broadway and Forty tfth street on a
wheel u q half. Companies of iiremen
lay down hose lines aud rushed straight
into the vacated theatre. squads OF po-
licemeu burst into the crowd and eased
It from the I.yctum approaches.
1t was not until then that the persons
who had noen settled So comfortably a
few minu before realized that there
had been danger. n no; from lire. from
uurea sonahlc pane. nv that tim.
sinokc Yas rolling out Of the theatre
aud tie tircineu were having a difficult
joh locating tho heart OF the blaze ana
getting water 90 II. Rubber coats.
heavy wooiieu ovcrcplts. hats-all sorts
Of things that MAXI thick ~tnoke-w"rc
burning IN m, basement lockers and the
tiremcn We're backing out every now and
then to relieve lungs AM, eyes
The tre alarm was ruuG bon AZ . 50
=. NJ. but Deputy chief GEORGE Ross,
fearing tin rescue squad OF the depart
men, would be- r-ed"d 20 dig out smoke
choked urem"n, sent il 4 second alarm
a. 2+s. tn" ten men - the r.Scu"
squad. equipped with helmets and with
~-tauks strapped To their backs,
hopped {, the sidewalk and awaited a
signal to plunge iM. As II turned on,
they weren't needed bee ihse the hose
companies finally got 10 the blaze and
rapidly drowned II out, using three lines
through the Furty-sixtn stree. passage
way and four lines from the F1rty-iifth
street side.
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Had to Act Quickly.

What had to be lone had to b. done
I'm minutes. and so quietly that the most
nervous woman in the audience wouldn't
comprehend her actual peril and loose
a scream frightening enough TO change
929 sensible persons into 4 leaping'
striving. .Iauicstricken mob.
Mr. Frohmau gave a tug "a his big
black soft hat much the same sort oi
hat that Mr.. BRYAN and other states
men W"ar adjusted his eyeglasses AMI
began TO exudc orders and suggestions,
all sounded in the Iiietest Of tones. but
with u ring in them that made his stan
%thorNughly. understand that the boss WIS
ON the job. First Of all h. saw 10 II
that the asbestos curtain stayed down.
Then he sen, the members OF he ont
cast" yompauN. Miss Ferguson, Mr..
Cherry. Warbuttou ;amh.c Marguerite
Leslie aud tn" others. ont OF the theatre
through the p~assag-Way that leads In
the l.yceum Annex IN West fUrtN-siNt-
street. That was the work of a minute.
Meanwhile House Manager William
Walters turned In an alarm Mr.. Froh-
man and stage Manage /. WNndhan
stepped IN front of the curtain. ThcS
did II I'm the most casual manner ana
they chat,-d and smiled ~ they walked
to the footligh,s, Mr.. Wyndham stepped
into the stage box at the left and made
a little speech. while Mr.. Frohman
looked on and nodded approyingly.
There seems Ia be = very small fire
ueNt door" said Wyudham easily. "1ts
making quito A h. Of smoke. y do.sn''
amount to anything. really. but It's We
annoying aud We think IL best for tn.
: audiouc" to cave temporarily. Don't
J hurry lust le,N. at once - We can Is
| certain the extent OF the trouble
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READY TO FEED FRENCH NOW.
american Ion omission VII rake
'nre al ..5OO 900 Persons.

LnNuo>, March 21-Cha,rman Hoover
g. Oh" American Commission for Relief
IN Belgium. WHO arrived her" to-day
.." q wish to Paris. announced that
arrangements for the feeding uf 100
oon French civilians behind the Ger
'n.' lines have been ,mIr-t'i For
-'He 'Iu, IN" relief commission has
boon extending its work from the Bel
: H. frontier into France. and FOR the
.7.' month has been feeding m re than
.'',NNo + "dch persons between Mtu'
ID" uso tnd Sedan. tn" total "'St Of the
"w ''l."' work j. estimated al between
> o,oo0 and S3.o00,oo0 "A month.
'irlrt lIu"hot mas joined tn" CONF
> ss". and viii take charge "f one
OF nm, sections arouud Lille.
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ALARM AS JERSEY
FIGHTS SMALLPOX
Hillvillc Closes Moving Pie
turc ThcatrpS-\inptccn
Infected Centres.
PATIENTS RUN AWAY

NiLLviLLE. y. j.. March 25--The
Melville board OF health. in special
session tonight. heard the report OF Dr.
David G. Bowen. chief sanitary inspec-
tor of the state Board Of Health, that
the smallpox situation here WAS alarm
ing and that there was danger of iniec-
ton within a radius of twenty miles
He said there were nineteen injected
centres, bu, was uuahl" to give definitely
the number OF cases.
The board ordered al motion picture"
houses closed indefinitely " thou-
sand nvr hundred school children we're
ordered v~dcciustrd Upon refusal, theN
will h.. excluded from school During
the meeting one Of the guards reported
that patients had escaped from duaran-
tine and officers were sent in pursuit OF
them.
The Pennsylvania Railroad viii nave
AN exrcr, on duty at the ticket windows
and will not sell transportation t. per-
sons who appear to be infected.
The opening of the big evaneeIlstlc
tabernacle. which Was erected Tor the
Rev. George Wood Anderson, has been
Indefinitely postponed
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state Department regarding the s1tua-
'iou ~ the American mission al Thu
miah IN northwestern Persia. where Il
is reported serious disturbances have
occurred
one brief despatch has been received
from the American Consul at Tifiis stat
irr that the American mission and rrfu.
gees to whom II has given shelter have
been threatened. Efforts arc being made
10y the Department 10 obtain further In
formation about the situation and il has
also been brought to tnc attention OF the
Turkish Government with a demand for
protection for the Americans.
There is itt,le hat the United states
can do in The situation beyond this ne
ctuS" Of tn" inaccessihility Of U'rumiah.
NJ rcpr"Sentttiv" of the Government II
stationed there regularly.
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DOUBTS FRANCE IS
TO BUY DACIA CARGO
Owners Paris Lawyer Believes
Washington Report
UnfOunded.
BIG FIGHT TO SAVE SHIP
Special cable Despotch TO Tss sry.

PARIS. March 25.-If the French Gov
has definitely decided to pur.
chase the cargo of the seized American
steamer Dacia without awaiting the
Judgment of the prize court the decision
has not been communicated to Me. Paul
Govare, the representative here OF r.
y. Breltung, the owner OF tho vessel
In an interview with the correspondent
OF THr SrN to-day Me ,;ovare said
hc considered the report from Washing.
ton that France had decided to bug the
cargo to lee wholly %unfounded. 50 far
- he vas aware the American Embassy
here was also ignorant of any such de-
cision on the part Of France. lie
added
Il have sent a formal notice Of ap-
peal to our agent at Brest. He viii
hand it tn the maritime commissary
there. who is commissioned to make all
inquiries and take evidence on behalf
of the Government. This notice,
which only amounts to entering an APP
p%earance, is countcrsigned by andre
Morillot, the advocate OF the French
Council OF state. rs the French law re.
fN'f' 'hH ~ sA'AA AtA' ANAh INV
sar'y's REPORT reaches the Paris prize
court authorities II Will he submitted
10 me and on it I will base my case.
The legal position may he described
as a conflict between three legislative
systems. First, there * the French law
of l71>. which declares that the pur.
chase Of an enemy's ship after the out,
break of war IL null and void, " the
French Government vigorously follows
this law II means, 30 TO speak, our de-
capltation.
secondly. there is an American law
which permits such d purchase under
certain conditions In regard to bona hdes,
and. thirdly. there Is a system under
which We hope to succeed. which is con-
tanned in the Declaration Of London
of lsOa. This last system provides
what may be called a middle course.
The purchase of a ship Is forbidden un-
less the purchaser can prove that the
purchase was effected on an honest
act of commercial speculation, without
any idea OF war, and that the purchase
was not made BECAUSE II was AN
euemy's ship. that the purchase was
only for ones own use-that. In fact,
one looked about for a ship and found
and bought IL.
THE difficulty for us under the Decla'
ration of London - max the buruel Oh
proof H. ON Mr.. Breitunp
Me. t;uNare added ut Is impossibl.
TO say when the case will he ready foi
trial IN Paris
--i l. learned from another authoTi
tatiNr source. However. that Will" nc
official announcement has been made
and for that reason Ne. GoNH,re j. in th'
dark. the French Government Is ready
to purchase the Dacia's arg
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FRYE CASE HELD up
FOR BERLIN TO ACT
Belief l. That Germany Will
settle i'm Advance OF
Any Protest.

WASHINGTON March % Though
rrnc,lcali, all Information necessary Cor
the presentation Of the case "f ;li- Gov
ernm.ut ir regard To the sinking Of the
American sailing ship William T. Frye
h, the German converted cruiser Prinz
I,l,el Friedrich. has been received here.
ria. S.a,c Department T. delaying max
ing any representations to tioTmany.'
This course is, being followed because
the intirnatiou has reached this Govern
ment that the German Government Is
ukely to move voluntarily toward "A set
Element,
Il has been suggested In an informal
way that II would h" well for tn. Gov
eminent to delay making representations
until abundant opportunity had been
afforded for information forwarded from
this country to Berlin by German rep
resentatives here. to receive the careful
consideration OF the German Foreign
Oriice.
TN, German Ambassador has already
Indicated that the German Government
can 10 relied 10 effect IN tlul'dhlt s'i-
Element of the case. H. has also pointed
out that the commander 81 III" lilh2
EJt.l Friedrich acted cnntrdr! % me
\dmiraltN rules i->u.,i 10y tn" German
Gnv.rnment 1T tho Outsot Of the war.
II is maintained that the captain was
iustiiied In what he did under the terms
If tho Declaration of London, hut tina
as IN. German admiralty rules do no
follow the Declaration in all Respects
tho sinking or the Frye could not ~
sustained In the German prize courts
While the State Department is no
prepared to agree that the lrlnH Elte
! Frindrich's commander wtS justified II
sinking the Frye under the l.ond"n con
veution II IL not expected that the ques
ton will become one of controversy
owing to what il understood to he thu
/ DISPOSITION Of tho German tioverumen
in the case.
The department is satisfied from m
latest information received that IN
cargo of wheat on the Frye vas not Il
h. regarded as rontraband under Tn
terms of the Declaration of l1ndon. IN
German commander took thu" position
maj il Was cuntrnbaud, ~ II was con
signed 80 order at Queenstown. FORTS
mouth or Falmouth. all of when IN
cer,uauS claim arc fortified port~.
Tho state Departments iutormatin
Is that the wheat was roliSlRn"l !
order" at Queenstown aud Was not I
hc considered c%ontrabtnd of war.
Other points in the tfNo case nav
becu fully Investigated BY the state y"
pnrtnent and the official are aosolntel
satisfied that the United states ca
maxi. out an undnswerahie case. IL
nrcfcrrnd. however, to avoid making an
demands upon Germany ~ long AS thef
is reason TO believe that sIch represen
.....,, mill mot lao nprtsSirA.
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2. 500. 900 BELGIANS IN NEED.
VI. Frnncaui Praises work nj
American ReIi-f Commission.

Npectdj core bt'Ddt'h 70 inv ~
LoNroN. Mag,n 2i-Eu.lr Francqui,
resident ~ tie national Icli'f Com
,uittec of Brussels. Who arrived IN Lon
don to-day TO confer witt the American
Commission for Relief iu Belgium. saws
the number - destitute ~ that 'ou'iiN
is daily increasirg and Mat before tht
next harvest 4 Is probah'e that 1000 goo
Relgians will be- III IA" greatest bread
line the world has ever sc'u. lhei" -
10 starvation In Belgium Il present, &C
cordirg 10 Fr,rcqui. but tH'o con-
dition has only been 1,ertei hN tho cone
stant arrival Of American relief SHIPS
He added
"Anar' from tn" iut-rnNo"nt. r~l'ldN-
thrnpic eftciruyt OF TN" distributor 'hr
r,c, mat belgium ntS hceu saved from
irtcrmttrit pcriod. Of starvation Is
largely due To- the uuhcsJ' tn- nn''''''
polic, of tho \mrrirsr ~'uuIWIN-'"i.
The directors Of 49," &C. w'r'ss'"n. "h'
la,. shown stcddftst ftItn ~ -" ~'t"-
port of the american u'"ul' haze h''n
| enabled to irrur q d,ut IN SON" "'''l-
| sion. Of a. much - $40 600. 90"
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GERMANS GET PIGEON CENSUS.
suspicious Commander Even Vet
Fails 10 See UumOr In II.

ERr ssrLs. via London. March PA
'ierman commander who had been ordered
%! the Guvernor-ticneral OF Belgium to
Keep a cloSe watch on carrier pigeons
took his Instructions 50 seriously that
h. ordered the civil authorities in his
HNu TO take a census of all such
h.-ds IN the district.
The Burruluastet. who had a sense OF
HIrur. provided not only Il census but
Biography Of each pigeon, which was
'oIow"d by accident aud health reports.
u H. SAID that the names read like a
roster Of the German Imperial family
q 4 the leading army ot'N ers.
7h"r" trc many pigeons In that com
nun" thi IN" commander was soon
overwhelmed with reports Of the most
.'lmat" ana personal natur" regarding
ne birds resident therein, He declined,
aoVefer, 10 resciud the order.
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SCARLET FEVER AT NAVY YARD
Quarantine EstR blished ON Dis""N-
.r~ oS Case In Ward Prison.

"a. ordinance dock AZ IN. brooklyn navy
yard following the discovery ON
W.duesdtv OF a case OF s.tr'"t fevor
IN the prison. located ou the dock t.
officers and hruciaokcts or tive receiving
ship Maine. anchored near by. Will h'
KEEP, ON board tho vessel until daur"r
Of Infection Is passed.
The scarlet fever patient wac re
moved to the Naval hospital on Flush
iug avenue and ~" prison funigatei
Rear Admiral Usher. commandment "'
the yard. YESTERDAY appointed a boa
Of medical officers 20 make an inNes'
cation.
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COL. MARITZ ESCAPES DEATH.
Other Rebel RS Granted Mercy
by Cane Town assembly.

CARE Town, South Africa, March 20
The Cape Town Assembly voted to-day
not TO impose the death penalty on
Lieut.. col. Samuel q. Mari,z and other
leaders and participants IN In" recent
r,lrliiun. hU effort was made Ia ~
cludr NaritZ from the provisions az the
a., hut IL Was defeated Cen christian
DO Wet. another leader, who IS a pris-
oncr, viii also escape death
The rolony's var expenses nntl Mdr'.l
- viii total $50 100000, 1t VAS an
nounCcd tp-daA,
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~ e hit Of acting Wyudham MAX
ing conversation uonchaltutly. Nj
t'ruhmau smiling aud lowing. the pic
turo uf tmiap',itv and calm the act
went big Without any excitement.
with no apprehension whatever appar-
entity. although the smok" from IN"
has meut WAS beginning 10 curl up from
tho ventilators. drift along the walls OF
the auditorium and spread faniike under
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seven New ,rsrs departed.

seven new eases were reported to-
might. Great alarm is felt a' \iu'ttl'i.
.iX miles from here, and the Ne" Jei-
,ey Training school and state S".d'rs
Home have been ,'os'd 10 al N~isl'oiS
m, old Western School building has
been converted into Il pest housr ana
All who disregard quarantine VIII be
confined there.
There are thirty-hve known cases OF
the disease.
The Board Of Health advises tho vac
cination of the entire population li'o"V'
TO prevent the spread OF the epidemic
Mayor Gieg. who has decr.ed MAJ
there shall he no moe ruInWagr sales
for which he hlamc- the spreading o.
IA. su,llpox. also wants 10 close schools,
churches and All buildings of a. pubic
character.
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IoNpoN. March - ,~ppruharen
despatch says II l. reported to-day from
Berlin taH' the 'itHmau tiuNrrnmcut
mas pronih ted pastry rahIug from sat
'rday noNt uud'r heavy penalty.
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AMERICAN DOCTOR
is HERO OF MISSION
Harry r. Packard Saves 5000
syrian Christians From
Turks.

TrrIs. rrans-Caucasia, March 2a-
pespatchc> and @lot'rrs received here
from I'rumiah, ~sixty.nvc miles SOUTH
west Of Tabria, in Northwestern Persia,
say that the American PRESBYTERIAN mis-
sluuar'.s stationed 'h"re are in great
dangrr. "a Turkish "'rultr troops aud
kurds ave prosecuting and ma>~acriug
syrian christians.
IN act of heroism ny iIarl7 T..
Packard. doctor OF the missionary sta
tion at TRUMAN of tho Board Of For
church. saved the lives ~ 5000 Syrians
a. Geogtapa, where they had mad" =
last stand before their p~rrS"cutors.
Their ammunition ~as gone after a
three days light aud a massacre was I'M
ininent. wncu Dr. Packard. with an
American nag in his hand. advanced i"-
tween the lines. The Turks aud kurds
thereupon withdrew, ana all of M
Syriaus escaped, except zoo VINO hdI
been burned IN Il church.
Fifteen Thousand syrian Christians
have taken refuge in the American mis-
sion station aud 1000 at m" French sta
ton. Il is reported that seventy Turk
lsl soldiers entered the mission, hang 4
the Orthodox Bishop Marcia ana four
orthodox rlergyncn and beat a mission
AIRY named Allen. Shortly before MAT
/ sixty refugees had p'en taken from inc
French mission.
Tho Kurds were especially cruel AZ
! Gulpashan, the last 81 1913 ~ rian vii
lagos to hold out, which was captured
: "A month ago. Al The syrian W'l"s were
tied In groups Of i've, marched 70 The
graveyard and murdered GirI hahI :
and old women were ais" killed, while
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DEMANDS
Wnshinuton Calls Turkeys \ttr"-
tiou ~ Missions peril.

WAsIUNGroN. March g., Only very
,mc,gre Information has reached tho
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DENVER, March 25,-Dr. Harry r.
Packard formerly lived al Pueblo, Mr..
Packard is "A daughter of the Rev, Frank
T. Braylcy, pastor OF the Plymouth Con-
gregational Church here. Letters &C.
ceived from the Packards a few weeks
ago described conditions IN Persia rs
critical.