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WEBER sANATORIUM
A Homelike. Private Institution for the
Medical Treatment of External
TumOrs and Ulcerations

tcaneerous aud benignl by known and
approved methods. Thirty years prac-
teal experience. Hundreds of cases sue
treated. Convincing evidence
and descriptive book sent on request.
Correspondence solicited. Reliable Ala
bama references furnished
Address, WEBER SANITORIUM
II Garfield Place cINCIMNATI. O.
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Mardi Gras Ball

The children's classes of the Miles
School for Dancing will give a Mardi
Gras (masaue) ball Tuesday afternoon
February y, from 4 to 8 o'clock at the
studio in Fraternal hall A large num-
Der of invitations have been issued for
this affair and it promises to be most
enjoyable The programme will consist
Of several special feature dances by the
pupils of the school
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PERSONAL

Thomas G. BoatriEhr Of the u. S. s.
Rochester arrived in Birmingham yes :.
terday for few days visit to his
parents Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Boatwri3htI
"a 3lA North Twelfth eyeepe
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ITNJyERSAI.IST

Charch of the Messfah---Fraternal
hall, 2209h Third avenue, DR.. Richard
NJ Smith, pastor. Morning services OF
il o'clock. Subject: GODS Way With
Us In Our Sinfulness and Faults" BIZ
BILE class at 10 o'clock
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AITRIJRIAN

Altrurian cnureh--4lt Farley build
ing, DIR, j.. A. lsealey, pastor. Morning
services at II O'clock. Subject; THE
Light of God DESTROYS All Darkness"
Billie class at 1880 o'clock.
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BAPTIST

Boyles Church--Rev. ID. G.. Baird. pas
tor. Morning services at II o'clock
Subject forgiveness" Evening service
at 7:30 o'clock Subject. New Inter-
pretations of Old Traditions" Sunday
school at Gas O'Clock Baptist Young
Peoples union at $50 O clock
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

First ca ;rcn OF Christ-Eleventh
avenue ana TweIty first street, SOUTH
Leicester LeMont Jackson. firsr
reader. Services at IL o'clock and
o'clock. Subject: spirit sunday
school at ESQ o'clock
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CHRISTIAN

First chureh-Fifth avenue and
Twenty-first street. Robert y. Simp-
son, pastor Morning service at II
o'clock Subject: Lessons From q
Lead Pencil" A modern parable for
children and thelr elders. evening
subject: saddle and sour. or is the
Nation Riding for Il Fall" Sunday
school at $50 o'clock, E. g. Penniug
ton sdpelintendent
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CHURCH OF CHRIST

West End--Charles street. Service.
at II o'clock and o'clock by C. NJ
Pullias. Services at Ketona at
o'clock by G. M. Pullias.
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second Church of Christ--Cable hall,
ISIS Second avenae. Mrs Jeanette @,
MalleSt, first reader, services sunday
at IL O'clock and s o'clock. Subject;
Spirit Sunday school at $3.50
o'clock, Wednesday evening testi-
nonial service at o'clock.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS

a play entitled a Southern Cinde-
rellas'' viii be given at the Ell1s' audi
torium Friday evening, February l5, by
the faculty of Max chapel. under the
auspices and for the benefit of Cum
ningham chapter No "a, Order of the
Eastern Star.
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Pratt City Churc)l--Services at $40
o'clock by John IT. Lewis, and services
win be held at Lewisbvrs at O'clock
by Carl q. Smith.
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SCHOOL SCHEDULE

The school children of the district viii
have to get an early start when school
resumes work Monday morning, as the
hour for taking in wal be ) o c,otk in
stead of g. and the study period will be
heightened Is minutes in the afternoon.
In this way the time lost for the past
two weeks will be made up.
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LUTHERAN

English Church-Seventh avenue and
Twenty-third street, north, Rev, w. p.
Cline, lr., pastor. On account of the alb.
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Woodlawn Church--Sixtieth street,
between East Lake and Underwater car
lines Services Mt II o'clock and Z
o'clock by John 4. Lewis. Bible study
at 10 o'clock.
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sence of the pastor there will be no
ming or evening services, Sunday
school at s;45 o'clock, and Luther league
at o'clock Miss Freda salmon. leader.
Zion Church-Corner Avenue and
Nineteenth street, Rev. H. Reuter-, pas
tor. Preaching in German at 9:45 o'clock
and in English at II o'clock. Subject,
Love" sunday school at o'clock.
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In the police court yesterday morning
Hiram Davis was fined $50 for stealing
clothes at Edgewater. Mary Williams
was fined 81 for disorder}y conduct.
musical concert will be given in the
near future at the Elks' auditorium
under the auspices of the Ensley italian
mission board. Mrs. c. j. SEVERN. well
known lyric soprano, and Erin Farley OF
Birmingham will be the artists of the
occasion. assisted by local talent.
The proceeds of the concert will go to-
ward defraying the expense of repairs
on the mission house Miss Lillian Ed
wards, who is in charge of the mission,
VIII announce the date Of the concert
PUPILS, ATTENTION
Arrangements have been completed
to take care of the pupils of Pratt City
school, whose building was DESTROYED
by IRE a few weeks ago. The principal
requests the first. second and third
grade pupils to meet at the Pratt City
hall al o'clock Wednesday morning:
the fourth and fifth grades Thursday
morning at 8 o'clock, and the sixth and
seventh grades Friday morning.
The buildings secured for the pupils
to complete the remainder of the term
are brick buildings and perfectly SAN
itary. The work of razing the unburned
parts of the school building has been
commenced and the work of rebuildine
will be completed as quickly as possi-
ble
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The High School Parent-Teacher I'm
provement association will meet Tues
day afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in the
music room at the high school
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EPISCOPAL

st. Andrews Church Eleventh avenue
and Twelfth street, south, Rev. Wilmer
s. Poynor, rector. Morning service at
IL O'clock Subject, 1.-THE EVIL Of Liquor"
Evening service at T:S0. sunday school
at $50 O'Clock. Holy communion at 72o
A. IN. Morning prayer and sermon ASH
Wednesday with celebra ton Of the
holy communion at Ii o'clock. Evening
prayer at $50 O'clock; evening prayer
Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock: even
ing prayer and an address Friday after
noon at o'clock
Church of the Advent-Rev. Middleton
s. Barnwell rector. Morning prayer and
sermon at IL clock. Holy communion at
7:30 a. m. On Ash Wednesday litany-
penitential office-sermon at 1880 o'clock
evening prayer and sermon at o'clock.
Daily services except Friday and Sat-
urday at 4:3o o'clock. Friday night at s
o clock.
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The following verse has been posted
at Fairfield headquarters Of the Red
Cross = an invitation to the women
of the district:
What are you doing for the boys over
there?
Here's your chance to be loyal and fair;
Bring silver piece and meet us,
where?
At Mrs. Temples. on Parkway square !"
From $50 to o'clock, Friday after
noon.
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PRESBYTERIAN

Independent Church-Henry NJ.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-28
By Agnes v. Williams

TIME death knell sounds again for
Il the Armenians. They clutter the
way of the War Lord en- route
from Hamburg to the Himalayas.
About $4,000 Armenians who es-
capped the cutlass Of the Turk in the
slaughter of 1915 have found refuge
in the Russian Caucasus. Most of
these unhappy people are women and
children; again shall they be fed to
the vultures Of Turkey lest the Ger
man Empire be hindered in spreading
it's blot on the map of the world.
We know only too we'll of the Tar
tar's former efforts to dispose Of the
Armenian question for her ally.
The whole civilized world is outraged
at the revolving story of the crimes
perpetrated against the Armenian peo-
pie, the grossness of which has never
been equalled in the history of the
world. These reports Of the deporta-
tion are so horrible that they chal-
lenge belief, but upon investigation
find that far from being exaggerated
they have been modified in publca-
ton, some of the facts being too re-
pulsive to put into print.
After talking with many physicians
ard missionaries recently returned
from the stricken districts Of Turkey,
and also with few of the refugees
themselves, am appalled, by the awful
plight Of the mothers of Armenia, for
theirs is the saddest story of ALL in
these dark days when brotherly love
seems to have been forgotten and ma
tions rise against nations.
The men Of Armenia were separat ed
from their families, tortured and mas
sacred wholesale--a horrible end, in
deed. But for the women left unpro-
tected, helpless in the grasp Of Turkish
birds of prey, there was no end until
they had been subjected to every un-
speakable humiliation and suffering.
The mental anguish which many of
them endured for their children was so
great as to entirely unhinge their rea-
son; for such unhappy victims of
Turkish depravity death was indeed
blessed release. 1t is Of these wretched
mothers / would tell you in particular
and Of the little ones held always close
to their valiant hearts.
The process Of determination was
carried on in the most systematic man
ner. A housc-to- o-housc search was
made in all the Armenian villages at
practically the same time, and the in
habitants routed so suddenly ms to
render any attempt at defence or es-
cape Impossible, even were they not
hopeiessly outnumbcred. Short work
WAS made Of the men, some were
thrown into prison; others, numbering
z,ooo, were forced to dig long trench;
they were then hacked to death with
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survived long enough to meet their in
tended fate, owing to the lust and cru
city of the guards in charge of the
march, most of whom were the lowest
criminals released from Jail to help
with the work of deportation. Though
the ranks were constantly swelled by
new victims picked up in each town
and village they passed through, they
were diminished still faster by the
atrocities perpetrated on the way.
Many of the old women who were
unable to keep up were packed into
shack. saturated with kerosene and
burned to death.
The young girls were regularly
placed on exhibition before public
buildings, that the Moslems might take
their choice; some were sold, others
simply carried off to the harems. To
save their girls from this fate, heroic
mothers cut off their daughters hair
and eyebrows and mutilated their
faces. cndcavoring to make them as
hideous as possible Nevertheless, few
young women escaped fate far worse
than death; even children ten years
OF age died from the shameful treat
ment they received. Many girls cast
themselves down from the cliffs or
into the river to save their honor. but
even this method OF escape was not
always possible.
Disease was rampant; victims of
plague and typhus dropped out of the
lines until the route was lined with
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corpses, and the guards fearing for
their own health decided that thew
must be buried.
One of the refugees, who later ef-
fected her escape, tells how she saw
the guards dragging woman toward
grave, when she protested that the
woman was not dead, yet they re-
piled that they could not wait all day
for her to expire, and she was buried
alive, her dead baby clasped in her
arms.
One of the saddest stories of that
frightful pilgrimage is that of Navort
! Takvorlan, native of Kheiban. In
company with about 5000 other wom-
en-, accumulated from different viii
lagos, she started on the journey un-
der convoy of one hundred guards.
who treated them as they pleased.
Those of her company who were too
old to keep up were clubbed to death.
Mothers went mad and abandoned
their babies by the waysde.
AS they passed through the towns
kurds not only stole their clothing.
but carried off their girls.
The baby of one of these unfortunate
young women was Drained on rock.
Slowly the caravan moved on, pro-
visions gave out, and they lived on
the wheat they could gather from tho
fields.
A few Of the girls who were IA
miliar with the. mountains ran awav.
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knives md hatchets in the very grave
that they had dug for themselves; the
rest were shot or bayonetted.
The women and children were forced
to witness the massacre Of their loved
ones, and many Of the latter have lost
! ,rrors.
After helping themselves to all they
wished. the soldiers usually set fire
to the homes they raided, never allow
the refugees to take with them even
the barest necessities.
Then began the march of terror.
Unprotected women and children were
hcrded into carts like so many cattle
on the way to slaughter yards, ana
such was their destination. Those who
could not be packed into the wagons
were driven along on foot. 1t mattered
not If they were enfecbled by age or
illness. Women with babies only a cou-
pie Of days old. and some in the last
days OF pregnancy were herdcd along;
il they fell they were driven on with
kicks and blows. When finally thew
could rise no more, they were left to
die on the roadside. Some were even
buried alive
In tins way wretched professions
travelled for months toward their in
tended graveyard-the barren desert
OF Der-el-Zor. Here they were to be
abandoned to lingering death from
starvation, and the Armenian question
thus disposed Of forever. Few actually
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shooting Ram Chandra, and that only
the United States marshal's quickness
on the trigger saved the worthy DOCTOR
who found time in confession lasting
only sixteen minutes to implicate many
of his associates.
While admitting his "relations with
Germany" DR.. Chakravarty told the
jury that he personally did not have
part in putting on foot military en-
terprise," as charged by John w. Pres
ton, United States Attorney.
The effect on the defendants differed
in the different groups. The "Mave-
rick Indians" scowled; the "Gadar
group" muttered and threw out dark
looks; the German defendants, headed
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Lieutenant Wilhelm Won Brincken, for
cisco, and Ram Chandra, editor Of the
"Hindustan Gadar" in San Francisco,
were arranging for the shipment Of
arms and ammunition purchased in New
York City by Hans Tauscher, husband
of Nine. Johanna Gadski, grand opera
star.
1t goes without saying that DR.. Chak-
ravarty's revelations were especially
unpleasant to the German defendants,
who found themselves facing, in conse-
quence, not merely imprisonment, but
the ridicule of officials at home and
abroad for having parted with the
Kaiser's money so freely and so fool
ishly.
Former Consul General Bopp and DR..
Chakravarty staged verbal clash after
court adjourned.
"You say you were inspired by patri-
otism 2" Bopp asked.
eyes," DIR. Chakravarty replied.
patriotism and S60,000," commented
Bopp as he turned away, red of face.
Of the thirty-two defendants who
actually stood trial, two having been
jury acquitted one-John F. Craig, a
shipbuilder. of Long Beach, Cal
Twcnty-nine were found guilty and
will be sentenced next Tuesday.
The German defendants were not en-
titled TO bail, Judge W. c. Van Fleet
ruled, and the following were ordered
interned pending sentence, which will
be passed next Tuesday:
Franz Bopp, former German Consul
General at San Francisco; E. H. Won
Setback, vice-consul; Charles Tatten-
dorff, bodyguard to Wilhelm Won
Brincken, military attache of the Ger
man consulate; Walter Sauerback, nav
igating officer of the German gunboat
Geier; Captain Edwin Deinat, COM
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some of them made their way to
Sassoun, others were drowned in the
Mourad River. Navort had no family
to go back to; all those she loved.
excepting her two-year-old son, whom
she still bore in her arms, had been
killed before her eyes.
When they reached the Khozmo
Pass only half the original number
remained. The route was now
changed; they began to move westward
toward the Euphrates.
Arriving at the boundary of Jabagh-
;hour, they were conducted through a
narrow valley. Here the guards gave
them permission to rest, and thew at
once moved toward the river for water.
Suddenly they found themselves sur
rounded by Kurds, who drove them
into the river at the point of their
guns. In the terrible panic that fol-
lowed Navort swung her little bow
on to her back and, plungng in, pro-
ceeded to swim across the river. Be-
Ing good swimmer, after long and
desperate struggle she ut last rcached ID
the opposite shore and hid with her
child in some shrubbery When dark.
ness fell she picked some wheat in
neighboring field for herself and
the poor baby, now quite i'll from
hunger and fear. She then followed
the Euphrates in n northerly direc-
tlon and finally reached the plain of
Moush. Having heard that there were
many Armenians in the mountains of
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thousands Of dollars doing it in tn.
name Of patriotism. The government
Of the United States has been good to
me. At the same time I realize that
war has shaken the world to it's centre.
We have tried everything in India to
bring about an amelioration Of our
condition, but have failed. Force is
the only weapon left to use.
81 have tried to inspire a revolu-
tion in India, but not from these
shores, by shipping arms and ammuni-
tion to my countrymen. The govern
ment would decorate me with power.
| do not possess when it endeavors to
give me credit for setting on foot
military enterprise in the United
States. I have not the magical charm
to work miracles, gentlemen Of the
jury"
DR.. Chakravarty revealed for the first
time the cause of the i'll will existing
between Ram Chandra, editor of the
"Hindustan Gadar," and himself when
he told the jury that he had been sent
by the Berlin Foreign Office to "call
off" Chandra's "violent publications"
II told Ram Chandra and his asso-
ciates," DR.. Chakravarty said, chat the
Berlin Foreign Office was not pleased
with their efforts. I endeavored to in
duce Chandra to discontinue publica-
tion of the 'Gadar' When he refuse I
parted company with him and his
methods of aiding our countrymen."
1t is assumed that Ram Singh had
intended to kill Chakravarty after
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Germany" as contained in his confes.
sion made to the United States Secret
Service March 1, 1917. briefly follow:
Conferred with Alfred Zimmerman,
former German Minister Of War, in
Berlin in December, 1915.
Was given $1,000 and told to return
to New York City in the interest of
the Indian revolutionists.
Reported to Wolf Won Igel, head of
the Military Information Bureau main
tanned in New York City by Germany.
Acknowledged that he obtained
100000 from Won Igel, $4,000 of which
he "held out"
Asserted that Heramba Lal Gupta re-
ceived $21 900 from Captain Franz Won
Papen, former military attache of the
German Embassy in Washington, D. C.
Asserted that Franz Ropp, former
German Consul General; E. H. Won
Setback, former German Yice-conslll:
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49, HINDU PAWNS LOST IN KA1SER'S
GAME OF EMPIRE =

mander of the steamer Holsatia Gov
man merchantmen interned at Hona
lulu; Captain Heinrich Eliza .o- cnn.
mander OF the steamer Ahlers. Germ um,
merchantmen interned at Hilo n,i a"d
Henry Kaufman, chancellor of the Cow s,,a
man consulate.
The bail Of each Hindu desendart
was fixed at $4,000. N""'
The remaining defendants and tbo;r
bail were announced as follows:
j. Clyde Hysar, San Diego, Cal. Civ
Attorney of Coronado, Cal. and forr,es,. ny
l,aymaster of the United State nar',
militia, $4,000. naval
Joseph l.: Bley, member of loc,,
brokerage firm. $4,000. '''4'
Bernard Manning, San Diego re.,r.
man and politician, $4,000. ''s
Robert Capello, local agent Of tba
North German Lloyd Steamship Com. @
pany, S25.0Oo. oV''''
Harry J. Hart, wealthy San Francisco
shipping broker, $4,000.
Morris Stock Won Goltzheim loo,
real estate and insurance man. So5 00o
Louis J. Hengsstler, San Franc'.cn D'Hvv.
admiralty lawyer, $4,000.
So ends the great Hindu plot against
Germany's enemies, born in the vii.
helmstrasse, nurtured in the United
States, and with ramifications ;nyoly.
ing the Straits Settlements, the Phiiin.
pines and Shanghai and other Chinese
cities. In all probability its cost WAS
greatly in excess of the s200Ooooo
originally demanded. Its immed;ats
effect was the consolidation of nro.
Ally sentiment throughout the vast
Indian Empire, which has contributed
according to official British statements
100000 men to the armies fghting
against the Hun and q vast amount n
treasure.
1t implicated such contrasting liter.
ary lights as Emma Goldman and the
inseparable Alexander Berkman and
Sir Rabindranath Tagore.
1t gave the German Overseas News
Agency ("wireless by way of Sayville.
L. ~ material for number of thrill
ing and highly imaginative stories Of
how high officers of the British poy-
ernment in India were being massacred
by infuriated natives, how native
troops were mutinying and whole
provinces were in revolt.
1t really did incite seven distinct
attacks from tribesmen on the north
ern border of India, all OF which were
repelled with such heavy losses that
India has been at peace for the last
two years.
1t confirmed the generally prevailing
! impression that Captain Hans Tauscher
| should have been sent to prison instead
Of being allowed to return to Ger.
many.