French Cruisers Ordered To Vicinity Of The Massacre At Adana—The Turkish Government Gives Assur. ances Of Ability To Restore Order ~—Turkish Soldiers Join In Tho | Excesses Of The Mob—Houses ! Fired And Homes Pillaged By The Bloodthirsty Turks—Albanjans In Revolt And Thousands Of People i In Macedonia Starving. i ————— MASSACRE AND FAMINE. two American missionaries have met death in the massacre of Armenians at Adana, a station in Turkey of the American Board, are as yet un- confirmed, Anxiety is felt for the safety of the Americans, including the Rev. Willlam Chambers and wife. Some of the Turkish soldiers are faild to have joined in the pillage of the city and the slaugh- ter continues. The Albanians at Monastir, near Salonika, are showing signs of trouble. They have had sev- eral clashes with the authorities. Eight thousand families are suffering from famine in Mace- donia and Servia and 100 persons have died of starvation. Secretary Knox has instructed Ambassador Leishman to see that American missionaries are protec- ted at Adana and other points. Major Daughty-Wylie, British vice consul at Messina, is report- ed wounded. The French government has or- dered warships to Turkish wa- ters, The Young Turks claim to have enough soldiers on their sMe to start a revolution, and a sen- sational report ha that 2,000 people have been killed in Con- stantinople, Reports that Mersina, Asiatic Turkey (Special). | ~The mas of Armenians at | Adana The troops are powerless to control the situation, | and some of the soldiers are joining in the pillage of the city. Sacre continues news. | Berlin local paper publishes a dispatch from Us- | kub, in vilayet of Monastir, and not far from Salonoki, declaring that the Albanians of the vicnity are showing signs of unrest. Already there have been several clashes with the authorities. A band of Albanians at Petch defeated the troops sent there to restore order, and at one of | the Turkish military stations in the Albanian country military mutipeers seized their barracks and drove their | officers away. i Famine prevalls in Macedonia and | Old Servia. Eight thousand ent de- | } i (Special). —A the are suffering, the correspondent de- clares, and more than 1 persons already have died of starvation, 00 PERIL OF AMERICANS, B——— Missionaries Reported Killed | By The Fanatics. Constantinople (Special).—Infor- | mation received here from Adana, | in Asiatic Turkey, declares that two American missionaries have been killed in the anti-Armenian outbreak at that place. The Moslem fanaticism against the Christians of Adana appears to have broken out afresh. The Mos- lem attacks recommenced yesterday | afternoon and continued throughout the night. Large numbers of Chris- | ians are said to have been killed. One report says that 60 Armenians have lost their lives and that many houses have been looted and burned. | There {3 no confirmafon of the death of the two American mission- aries. United States Ambassador Leish- man has had no direct news of the reported killing of the two Ameri- can missionaries, He has instructed the American vice consul at Mersina, John Debbas, to proceed immediate- Iy for Adana and report on the sitpa- tion Railroad communication be tween Mersina and Adana appears te be interrupted. The Bible House is also without direct information. TLe missionaries of the district are at present at Adana for the regular district meeting. They are Mr. and Mra. William Chambers, the Misses Webb, Miss Wallis and Miss Borel. Mr. Christy is at Tarsus. The government has given assur- ances that it is doing its best to restore order at Adana and to pro- tect foreigners, Additional troops are being sent in. Consular telegrams received here report that half of the town ‘of Adana has been burned and that the attacks upon the Armenians are ex- tending into the vilayet, They say that the British viee consul at Mer sina, Major Daughty-Wylle who was ordered to Adana when the first ad- vices of the massacre were received, has been wounded. Communication with the disturbed district is inter rupted, however, and all reports re-| ceived from there must be taken with caution. The Porte declares | the disturbances are subsiding. Two additional battalions have been dis- patched to Adana. Two NAVY ALSO MUTINIES Battleship Commander Lynched By Marines, The Third Army Corps Threaten To March On Constantipople—An Ex- aggerated Report Of A Massacre At Mersina Created Uneasiness Among Church Organizations Rep- resented In That Section—The New Minister Of Marine In Dis- favor, Constantinople (Special). The third day of the revolutionary move- ment in the capital was marked by some disorders, the most serious of which was a demonstration by ma- rines who objected the ministers of marine, Adjlemin Pasha. in force to to Vice The marines and seized palace Arif battleship of the Progress, and the of the member of Union and Asar- Com- with the intention of supporting the committee, Arriv- ed at the Yildiz Kiosk, men Iynched Arif Bey, notwithstanding efforts of the palace guard to him Although the ) public confidence is by has been produced by the Army Corps, has been strengthened by Edhim of war, Pasha, the and Nazim Pasha made the round of the bar- racks in the city and exhorted the soldiers to obey their officers. They were well received and heartily tinople. circles are extremely dis- news from Salonika and influence of the Committee of Unfon and Progress is strong Officers of the Porte have received telegrams from these sec- tions demanding the re-establishment of the status quo ante, failing which the committee leaders threaten to on Constantinople with Porte quieted by ficers are now in communication with the Second Army Corps, with a view to co-operation The latter corps, recently opposed the mittee, ant of the real object of Tuesday's rising, and may desist from its war- like intentions when it realizes that the parliament and the constitution have been maintained. A committee of ulemas in the capl- tal has issued pamphlets explaining the movement, which, they assert, is in no wise directed against the con- stitutional government. On the con- trary, the committee emphasizes the fraternity between Moslems and and encourages all to co-operate for the welfare of the country. Beirut, Syria (Special).—& terri- ble uprising has occurred in Adana. Street fighting has been going on for three days and at least 1,000 sons have been killed. been practically destroyed by American missionaries named Rogers and Maurer, the latter from Hadiin, are dead. All the other Americans are safe, The British vice consul, Major Daughty-Wylie is among the wounded. arm. At Tarsus there was less loss life. The Armenian quarter, per- how- mission. The need of relief is on the verge of starvation. Conditions in the vicinity of Alex- andretta also are most serious. WARSHIPS TO THE SCENE Constantinople mation has been received here of the killing of the two American mis- tionaries at Adana. The murdered missionaries were Mr. Rogers and Mr. Maurer. The others connected with the missions are safe, Including Mr. Christie, who is at Tarsus. Three French warships are hurry. desperate, Foreigners and many Christians have taken refuge in the consulates, governor are doing their best to pro- tect the town, but there is great fear that it cannot hold out much longer who are sweeping down in numbers, at Mersina, John unable to procred to to the tions, ened by the Moslems. have been destroyed. Alarm is fell dations by the Kurds in the sur- rounding villages, although the town itself has not been the scene of any particular disorder, = on A HR Editor Asks Protection, Phoenix City, Ala. (Special). Having received threatening letters because of attacks in his weekly newspaper on “blind tigers,’ Editor W. BE. Berry, of the Phoenix-Girard Journal, appealed to Govenor Comer for protection, Mr. Berry received a message from the private secretary of Governor Comer saying "State of Alabama will &lve you every protection poss ble.’ an — Mt. San Jacinto Groans, San Bernardino, Cal, (Bpecial) F. C. Garner, of this city, has re- turned from Mount San Jacinto and reports rumblings in the mountain £0 distinct that he was arouted from bis sleep. Mount 8an Jacinto ls an extinct volcano. Some years ago, after heavy rutablings., an earth- quake at San Jacinto destroyed buildings and killed several Indians. The mountain overlooks Imperial Valley, where earthquakes were felt Thursday night. THE CUDMY PACKING CO Accused Of Violating The mnternal Revenue Laws. MONOPOLIZING OLEOMARGARINE. Accused Of Placing Quarter Of A Cent Revenue Stamps On Oleo Res quiring Ten-Cent Stamps—Charge That Fraud Enabled Company To Monopolize The Market — Liable To $1,000 For Each Offense, Topeka, Kan, (Special). — Indict- ments were returned here by the federal grand jury against the Cu- dahy Packing Company, of Kansas City, Kan., on 695 counts for de- frauding the government out of $80,- 000 for violations of the internal revenue laws. The charge is that the company has defrauded the gov- ernment of over $80,000 in revenues on oleomargarine., The maximum on each of the 695 counts in £1,000, The revenue law provides that each pound of uncolored oleomargar- ine must bear a revenue stamp of a quarter of a cent, but that each pound to which coloring matter has been added to give it the appearance butter a 10-cent revenue stamp be attached. is charged In indictments that the Cudahy Company has sold the col- product under the 34§-cent tax. is claimed by government officials that the Cudahy Company has succeeded in monopolizing the eleomargarine market by selling the colored product and paying the tax on the basis of the uncolored District Attorney Bone will civil action in the federal 3 the company to and machinery $ manufacture of fiscated. The oleomargar! I connected with the Cudahy packing establishment in Kan City, Kan It the ored It the bring court have used in IArgarine ne plant ti pliant Oieon DD, official Washington, Internal revenue surprise at the announcement that Cudahy Packing Company been indicted at Topeka, Kan. for frauds against internal revenue It was admitted that the margarine business of had been under observation and in- vestigation by treasury agents {or three months or longer. It ted that government agents have amined a very large number of sam- pies of oleomargarine many : of the country the Company, and while would be expedient to estimag amount involved il is known that believe will be In excess « 000, and possibly a much larger sum. The penalty provided for of the law is a fine of from $5.0 and imprisonment months to three years for fenae, { Special). express no the the 3 ole. th «aC company ty in sold by it of taxes frauds, it it $500 to from each a0 of CUDAHY'S EXPLANATION, Of Chemical Analysis, Neb. (Special) president and the Cudahy gave the Omaha, E. A Cudahy, vice Packing following manager of Company, statement: “The dispute between govern- ment and ourselves Is simply a ques. tion of chemical analysis For some time we have been aware that the government officials have been taking sample: of our butterine all over the country, - wherever the goods have been on sale. These samples, they say. show the infinitesimal use of artificial coloring matter. We have similar samples submitted out the to United States and they bave assured us that the butlerine was not col Every man in our employment in our Kansag City butterine factory, the only place where we make but- terine., having a knowledge of the manufacture of the good«, has made affidavit that no coloring matter has been used. As the goods were sold by us as uncolored goods and by there ha: been no attempt on part to defraud the government revenue.” of BODY COVERED WITH MONEY. Pennies In Small Bags, New York (Special).-—Mary Ward, 89 years old, who for 45 made a living along the North River fron: by sitting and selling fruit, ap. plied at Bellevue Hospital for admis. gion to the Home for Aged Persons on Cty Island. Her body was covered shoulders down with small at the end of each bag, made of a piece gnirt sleeve or other remnant garments Theres were 50 of these from her ropes, of stocking, cent pieces, making in all pieces, worth $46.12. The dress retembled an fashioned crazy quilt. After Smaller Loaves Of Broad, the present size.”’ This is the declar- of Kansas City. B."Howard Smith, president of the association, said that the wholesale price of standard flour had risen 40 cents a hundred pounds in 30 days. To Wed His Stenographer, New York (8pecial).—John C. Van Cleaf, vice president of the Na. tional Park Bank and a well-known figure in the financial district, will be married to his sten pher, Mise Mary Imlay, of Brooklyn. The an- nouncement of the approaching wed- ding was made by Miss Imlay's guardian, Dr, J. G. Atkinson. Mr. Ven Cleaf is a bachelor, 44 years Ba a an, Mite miay is a u mal School and has been his aten graphar for the last two years. ® One Cent and Probaby Two Cents Will Be Tacked On. Bakers Say They See No Alterna tive To This Action—Wheat Oper. ators Anxious — Are Wondering What The Bull Campaign Will Do Chicago (Special).—On the thresh. hold of a new week ojerators in the wheat mgrket are keenly anxious about the prospective developments in the Patten bull campaign in the next six days. Old calculators con- fess they are at sea and are not making and forecasts, Following the example of the Jew- ish bakers, who have already advanc- ed the prices of bread and biscuits, Mathias Schmidinger, president of the Master Bakers’ Association, made the definite statement that 1 cent, and probably 2 cents, will be tacked on to the present price of bread within the next few days. Mr. BSchmidinger declared that bakers throughout the city face the alternative of charging more for their product or going into bank- ruptecy. The Master Bakers’ Asso- ciation, which represents nearly the bread bakers in Chicago, will meet Saturday. The case, nicipal bread ordinance, wiil be cided by the Illinois Supreme Court within a few days, and if the meas- ure is held to be illegal master bak- fay two cents will be added the present cost of a loaf of bread “Fifty bakers in Chicago have been driven out of business within a short time on of high Mr. Schmid nt of tation in instances ers to BECO the “and the e ¢ pertaini: y also refused to extend and that has been vere embarrassment. & pleasant undertaking to bread prices, but bak- t 88 & matter hat VAKEDS of se this to do it eclf-defense,”’ James A. Patten home in Evanston, efforts during terviewers were did no was will have hi his remained resting last told that at after week In- Mr. Patten wish to be disturbed, and comment on the wheat situation forthcoming from him. The Wizard” is planing un- load more of his holdings of the May cereal in the coming week, and apparently, is unshaken in his belief that wheat will continue up- the not to 0068 Tall at in Bunnell, Trade, to nothing in- legislation went speculation President Board of board does Assert the and that has to conceal vestigation. Traders are now even clamorously current figures, not iar an confident ing wheat though they regarding and at were when those buy values nuch lower than 2 were 1 ling prevail Bill in House, D. C. Scott, Washington, Representative chairman of the Commitice on Agriculture, introduced in the House a bill to prohibit the dealing in the futures wheat, cotton and other agricultural products. During last session gress hearings were given seeking to prohibit the “futures” of agricultural but no action was taken by the com- mittee Al that time the principal demand for legislation came from Southern members, Mr. deott w.ll confer with Attor- ney General Wickersham, with a view to making any changes in the bill he has drafted that might be necessary to meet any constitutional question. {Special ) ,—- of Kansas, House of the of Con- to bills dealing in A Rise Of Two Dollars. Minneapolis, Minn. (Special). -~ has resulted in the boosting of the price of flour in Minneapolis until first patents now sell at from $6 to $6.20 a barrel, or about two dollars a barrel more than prices long pre Waterloo, la. (Special) —On ac. — i —— i i i i 3 Senator Stone introduced a bil} providing for free trade with the Philippines and for the independence of ‘the islands within 15 years. Treasury estimates for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1910, mus MacVeagh on May 1 next. Rear Admiral Sebree was appoint. ed to succeed Rear Admiral Swine burne as commander-in-chief of the Pacific fleet. The Senate agreed to a request of the House of Representatives for a conference on the Census Bill, The Senate ratified a new patent treaty between the United States and Germany. Secretary of the Navy Meyer has called a meeting of all the bureau chiefs of his department to : the estimates of riations to be submitted to the next Congroas, KILLED IN A Ri0T A Mexican Mob Battles Fiercely With Soldiers, PARISH PRIEST STARTED TUMULT Attempt Of The Mayor Of Velardena To Stop An Unlawful Religious Procession Angers The Village Priest And He Instigates An At- tack On The Town Officials—The Priest, Arrested, Tries To Kill Himself, Mexico City (Special), «— Accord- ing to a dispatch received here, the rioting which occurred at Velardena, & mining camp in Coahuila, last Baturday, was more serious than at first reported, 22 men being killed and many injured. The trouble was instigated by Ramon Valenzuela, parish it is asserted, who lies in a hovering between life and by the government many were imprisoned Americang reside in Velardena, i the camp is controlled by Americ: capital. The leaders of the mob, well organized, avoided Americans or destroying which attacking America Was when occurred the town, I'he fighting Jefe Politico of corresponding to an American ! attempted to stop a religious proces sion headed by the village pries the laws of Mexico parades A thousand rishione followed the priest, wishi ness the annual burning and when orders became known, the mob ston later burned the house of who with his wife ing a rear wi n tion in the American The rioters hotel, foods forbidding su« ¢ the 03 colony. stormed looting it of and and terrorizing the borhood during night by : drunken orgy The police force fire on the mob, many members of were well armed he officers forced to retreat, leaving six of number dead in the Later troops arrived train, and a short, flerce tween troopers and bringing the total dea nber injured Father Valenzuela One of his followers knife to his cell and the priest bed himself si 1€ ; tempt to comm in the restored, then nese all the main & re main sireet in rioters was wit oer] ened SMuggiec prison Delivering Mail By Autos. New York we The experiment of automobiles for the delivery was inaugu- rated by Postmaster Morgan Four high-power and commodious machines supplied by the Motor De- livery Company were used They were of the electric type and équip- ped for the expeditious handling of the mail on the route chosen for the experiment h was between Col lege Station, Station M, and Bridge Station. he motors half bourly trips be. tween stations. It is the in- tention to extend the service shortly to every remote section of Greater New York. (Special) first using of malls here ig made these Mrs. Boyle May Be Missing Maid. St. Louis, Mo. (Special) In the hope of discovering missing housemalid, “Clara,” who disappeared September 30, 1807, on the morning that $6,100 worth of their game | jew. | at their home, 19 Lenox Place, Mr and Mrs. H. Chouteau Dyer have gone to Sharon, Pa. to look at Mrs. Helen Boyle, the Whitia kidnapping suspect. The girl who disappeared | war a new employe. Mra Dyer, knowing her only as “Clara” said | 25 years old and hag “blue-grey eyes with a cast in one South Bend, Ind. (Special). —The estate of the late James: Oliver, plow | manufacturer and philanthropist, of | South Bend, estimated to be worth | $60,000,000, has been settled. Not- | withstanding the size of the fortune, | ihe executor, Joseph D. Oliver, | son of the dead man, has been dis- | Volunteer Fireman Killed, Ne# Bridgton, Pa. (8pecial).—One | $ i ! i i : seriously injured by a falling girder, | two others were overpome by smoke and $10,000 damage was done as the | result of a fire in the plant of the | pottery here, | years old, who was crush-! ed 80 badly that he died shortly after being removed to the hospital, Still Seek Two Dodies, Lenox, Mass, (Special). --Bearch for the bodies still among the em- bers of the ruins of the Clifford Block-—~those of Miss Isabel Cook unued until all hope Is abandoned of finding anything to make their identity certain, The reae; funa. Curtis, has now grown to about $4,000. No Whistling In Worcester, Worcester, Mass, (8pecial).—The Worcester police, who recently have barred roulette wheels at church fairs, brandy drop: and many other things generally deemed harmless and diverting, have issued an edict that no one shall whistle in the streets who has not a license from the license board. Several applica- whistiers’ licenses, but all were re- fused. : -e ro GUESTS NEARLY TRAPPED IN A HOTEL FIRE Tbe Fashionable Kenilworth fan Burned To Ground LOSS ESTIMATED AT $300,000 State Senator Gazzam, Owner Oi Asheville (N. C.) Hostelry, Leaps From Window And Has Skull Fractured—Guoests Flee In Night Clothing—Return For Valuables And Have Narrow Escapes. ~ Rous~ after 2 of fire, Asheville, N. C. (Special) ed from their o'clock A. M., slumbers by an alarm guests of the fashionable Kenil- worth Inn, three miles from this city, barely had time to don neces sary clothing and make their escape from the burning building. The hotel was completely destroyed, the total Joss being estimated at $200,- 000 "ee fi Benate Senator Gazzam, of Phila- delphia, owner of the inn, jumped from the third story while the fire- men were breaking open the door In the descent he bare. striking against the stone the front building He was to Biltmore Hospital, Sena- Gazzam Is suffering from concus- : ankle, sion of the spine and a broken a frac- skull, In 4 be en- iQ Ve escaped of removed ior 2 guest onths. after be- 3 me in by jumped he other vears old. north end ler-room. ng fro=— quick. nd of the majority Mrs. A. first a 3 he guests awakened, and in a d been given the doom- any gave ety of the she wild scramble for the was hing border 3 either men, spite of the at th Half } when it was believed that were out, the roll was called and person unted for. Many persons, after conquering the first thought of self-preservation that led to instant and precipitate ventured back into the smoke is and their rooms other +} » # poun v . their trunks and time aii every ACCo into al effects pers who had od ) alizing fire had reached the south almost from yells several re-enter. that the wing, were of friends outside were answered by help, and heroic efforts of guests and policemen alone saved the venturesome ones from be ing cut off from every avenue of escape, The ne th het ol vt i noted, Te Lae Pui wh or] caugnt Shouts the for scantily clad guests were tak- residences and of the nearby cared for for the remainder night The Kenilworth Inn was owned by Senator Gazzam and was built about Years ago by the Kenilworth Inp : at a cost of $140,000 George W. Vanderbilt is believed to bean the heaviest stockholder in the company. which was composed largely of Northern capitalists. Ram Gores Woman To Death. Zanesville, Ohio (Special). — Miss Mary Chaney, aged 77 years. was butted and gored to death by a vi cious ram while walking across a field near her home, 20 miles north of this city Miss Chaney was on Her body was found by a neighbors boy and the pot where she had met death show. that the aged woman hag a ter rible struggle with the animal Her clothes were nearly all torn from her body which was a mass of bruises, To Welcome Jap Cruisers, San Francisco (Special). — Rear- Admiral Swinburse, in command of the Pacific fleet, arrived here on his flagship, the West Virginia, which Was accompanied by the armored cruiser Pennsyvivania The Rear- Adm 'ral, with the two warships, will remain to welcome the cruisers Aso and Soya, of the Japanese training squadron, due to arrive on April 25. The Navy Department has instructed thing in his power to make pleas. ant the visit of the Japanese to this coast. IN THE WORLD OF FINANCE Cobalt mines in the first quarter A iarge par: Of this Is very Ligh grade and the net ovtput of sliver is estimated at over $3,000,000. ‘this country has exporied so far this month 12,000 tons of co imported 500 tons. Pper ang areholders of the Amorican Mill. ing Co ny, which absorbed Mars. den, held their annual meeting, re. elected directors and voted to cane cel the $1,500,000 of preferred stock. The cap now consist of $3,600,000 common stock. Cop- No change in Amalgamated pers dividend of 50 cents qu A The refunding of Southern way's floating debt removes another financial cloud. An offer was made by bankers to buy at 100% and ine terest the 6 per cent. notes due two years hence. ' The Atchison Railroad has the Tight from the Kansas ative Commission to issue $73,000,000 of A Philadolphia firm of brokers was hh Brearese sate, Spr Al
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