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Show WITNESSED MASSACRES IN PERSIA Mr. and Mrs. Pnul Shlmmon, nftor a harrowing oxperlonco In Ururalah, Porsla, finally reached America by devious wayB and aro now co-oporating with tho American commltteo for Armenian and Syrian rollof. Mr. Shlmmon Is nn American citizen nnd a graduate of Columbia university. During tho massneros of tho Christians In Urumlah by tho Kurds and Turks, Mr, Shlmmon, Shlm-mon, by advlco of tho Amorlcan missionaries, Hod to TIllIs, loavlng Mrs. Shlmmon under tho protection of tho Amorlcan ling. She was an oyowltness to the atrocities In Urumlah and tho surrounding district. Hor aunt and undo wore shot and their bodies woro burned. Hor cousin, a young girl, refusing to marry a Moslem, was mado tho victim of borrlblo abuso by tho Kurds and then her body was burned Mr. Shlmmon returned with tho Russians. |