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.
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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
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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
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