THE MORNING OREGONIAX, FRIDA1V-3IAY 7, 1909. ADAN A DEAD SAID TO NUMBER 23,000 Missionary Writes of Horrible Scenes During Massa cres by Turks. GOVERNOR LOST HIS WITS a plot existed to destroy the 50,000 Ar menians in Adana Province, and that of the total number 23,000 were slain. Origin of Struggle Unknown, bnt Plot to Kill All of 50,000 Arm- . nians Believed to Have Existed. Authorities Allowed Killing. ADANA. Asiatic Turkey, 'Wednesday, April 28, via Constantinople, May . The Rev. Stephen R. Trowbridge, a mission ary of the American Board of Commli- - sionera for Foreign Missions, estimates the number of Armenians killed in the Province of Adana since the outbreak of the anti-Christian rioting at 23,000. The mlHeionary said today: A conservative estimate of the Chris- - tians killed In the city of Adana is three thousand. This calculation is made up from the list prepared by the priests and other officials who give permits for burials. Not less than nine thousand per ished in the towns and villages of the province. This figure is based upon the full information sent forward by the British Consul. "Surviving Armenians in the entire province are largely women and children. They amount to about twenty-five thou sand souls, and are today without homes, shops, tools, clothing or bread. A most pitiable and wretched multitude is pass ing up and down the streets of 'Adana like a lost people. They throng the big factory yards, where a dole of flour is given out by the relief committee. Crowds of broken-hearted women and children are coming in from the country to even greater misery in the city." Porte Belittled Occurrences. Mr. Trowbridge has written a further account of the events at Adana, especially with reference to the attitude of the Turk ish authorities. In this recital he says: "We understand from consular tele grams that the smmblime Porte assured the Ambassadors at Constantinople that a slight outbreak had occurred at Adana, with about fifty casualties- and the burn ing of a few houses, and the Porte de clared further that the Americans here were amply protected. "We do not know the exact origin of the struggle. I Bay struggle be cause this has not been a massacre in the sense that the Armenians died without resisting. They fought des perately in self-defense, and the fury of the Turks increased in proportion as the Armenians succeeded in slay ing Mohammedans. For two days pre ceding the outbreak there had been a bitter feud between Moslems and Christians. In one vineyard shooting was begun and hatred was aroused on April 12. An Armenian, who had been beaten, shot one of his opponents dead and wounded two others. This man escaped to Merslna am', took passage on a vessel. '.-.. "The Turks in Adana then assumed a menacing attitude, which . greatly alarmed the Armenians. The body of the Moslem killed in the vineyard was purposely dragged to an open square and left there exposed by the Turks as a fanatical clilenge. fjovernment Is Acquiescent. "A rumor spread among the Ar menians on April 14 that massacreing by the Turks already had been begun, and as a demonstration of self-defense . a volley of shots were fired from the roofs of Christian houses. This in turn was interpreted in the Moslem quarters as an attack and the word sjfrread like wildfire that the Armenians were in revolt and must be crushed. "Subsequent events have shown clearly that the Adana government acquiesced, if it did not actually par ticipate in the cruel and indiscriminate attacks made with fire and rifle and sword upon the entire Aremenlan col ony. Including our Protestant congre gation, which, as a body, has been wholly loyal to the government. Two Christian prisoners who escaped from government headquarters declared horsemen came in at intervals from outlying towns and villages and re ported to the military authorities as follows: " 'Hamadieh Is finished." or 'Osmlnyeh is finished," meaning, of course, that the Armenian populations of these villages had been put to the sword. The mili tary officers received this Information as a matter of course. Fired From Minarets. "The further occupation of Moham medan minarets by regular soldiers be gan shortly after noon of April 14, at the very outset of the struggle. These sol idlera kept up a cruel fusillade Into all parts of the Christian quarter. They were shielded by the parapets of the minarets. There were no patrols of sol diers or police all day Wednesday, " the . 14th. 'none on Thursday and none on Friday at the real crisis, when a Mos lem mob filled the -streets from here to the river, surging against the walls of the girls' school. The government fur nished us no protection whatever.' Continuing, Mr. Trowbridge related how he had reached the Governor at Adana by a dash across the city, carry ing a Turkish flag and accompanied by two Turks. "The Governor was running about in dismay," Mr. Trowbridge said, "and he .could scarcely give -a coherent answer to my questions and demands. I told him of the murder of Henry Maurer and D. M. Rogers, American missionaries, lie turned pale at my statement, al though he had already heard of the kill ings. His answers were: " I cannot be responsible." To' this I replied: 'You must be responsible: we have no other force to rely on except the Government. You have completely aban doned us through' this crisis.' Governor Loses Wits. . "The Governor was so alarmed and con fused that It was clear that he had no mastery of the situation. Prisoners and soldiers, common Turks, were running In ' and out of the Governor's audience cham ber. The Governor finally conferred with his commandant, who ordered 150 troops, v under Osman Bey, to be dispatched to the American school." On his way back to the mission house, Mr. Trowbridge observed that all the shops on the central square of- Adana, both Christian and Moslem, had . been : looted. He related various examples of the Government's indifference to the safe ty of the Armenians or Its participation In their killing. Armenians begging ref uge at government headquarters were killed in the, market place. Villagers who brought prisoners to the government headquarters were asked: "Why did you not -finish these giaours in the village? Why have you brought them here?" Fifty Armenians were thrown into the river above Adana. Throughout the fight ing, railroad, postal and telegraph rcom munloatlnn was cut off. It is Mr. Trowbridge's conviction that WARSHIP STOPS MASSACRES Officers Find Pillaged Towns Veri table Charnel Houses. BEIRUT. Turkey, May 6. The situa tion at Suadla, where a number of Ar menians have been massacred, has been relieved as a result of the presence and exertions of the captain of the British battleship Triumph, and the British Con sul at Alexandretta, who went down the coast on the Triumph. The two officials visited Calodoran and Kessab and found these towns in describable charnal houses. There are SOT STJCH A BIG MAN WHEN HIS IS LEAVING NEW YORK. V ; aiflinffMrrmsWi-OT fifinvfi iifssrstm rnrifift Richard Croker'i Latent Photo srraph. NEW YORK, May- 4. (Spe cial.) Richard Croker left New York last week to return to Ire land. There was no large dele gation of Tammany men to see him off in fact the greater crowd of those who said good-bye to him when he boarded ship were reporters of the New York papers. Croker's arrival is always the more Interesting, because no one" knows whether he has come hack with some hope of reassumlng his control of Tammany Hall. But Croker leaving New York politics behind him is almost a negligible quantity. more than 100 helpless and destitute wo men in a village near the seacoast near Kessab. VETERAN (MUMP REACHKS SALT LAKE, SAYS HE WALKED FROM PORTLAND. Cared For by City Antboritics Till Pension Comes No Such Man Is Known Here. SALT LAKE, Utah, May 6. Weary and footsore from an lWO-mile Journey on foot, Daniel Blsenhowser, a . veteran of the Civil War and a resident of Portland, Or., walked into the police station In this city last night and asked" for food and shelter. Elsenhowser, who is 72 years old, start ed out oh his long: journej overland for Salt Lake, February 23, and has made the trip in a little over two months. With the exception of about 100 miles, he said, he walked the entire distance. "I wanted to attend the Grand Army encampment in Salt Lake this Summer," said the old veteran, "but I could not afford to pay my way, so I started to make the Journey afoot." , He will be the guest of the city officers until his monthly pension arrives from Washington. The name of Daniel Kisenhowser does n.ot appear in the Portland directory and members of the G. A. R. who were asked regarding him, could give no information. ELDERLY WOMAN MISSING Mrs. P. Werner, of Walla Walla, Can't Be Found by Family. WALLA WALLA, Wash.. May 6. (Spe cial.) Missing -since last Monday night, with no trace as to her whereabouts obtainable, Mrs. Peter Werner, an old resident of this city, has disappeared from her home, and in eplte of the rigid search that has been Instituted cannot be found. Mrs. Werner, who was formerly an inmate of - an Insane asylum, was last seen on Monday, when she told a friend that she was going to Connell to spend several days with her niece, but did not expect to be gone for long. , Her hus band knew nothing of this, and cannot discover with any degree of certitude whether she boarded the cars or not. Police all over the Northwest have been notified to keep a sharp lookout for the missing woman. CHARLES TAYLOR IS GUILTY Vancouver Jury Returns Verdict After Deliberatlnc Five Hours. VANCOUVER, Wash., May 6. (Spe cial.) Charles Taylor was found guilty here tonight on a statutory charge pre ferred by Agnes Houck, of Portland, the glrL who gained notoriety in Portland several weeks ago by tying herself with ropes in her bedroom. The jury re turned a verdict at 11 P. M., after being out over five hours. The prisoner Is 20 years old, and the prosecuting , wit-, ness 16. The lad was remanded to jail after the conviction. ZELAYA STILL BELLICOSE Evades American Vigilance and Tries to Invade Salvador.' PANAMA, May 6. The situation in Central America appears to be getting more complicated every day. judging from the news that comes slowly into Panama. Travelers say that Nicaragua, in spite of the vigilance of the Amer ican warships, is trying to Invade Sal vador by way of Honduras. PATTEN IS VERY ELUSIVE PERSON Nobody Seems to Know" Jut Where King of Wheat Really Is. ' MARKET CHEERS, HOWEVER Report of Patten's Return and Story J. Ogden ' Armour Is Buying Wheat in Liverpool Make Re petition of April Expected. CHICAGO, May S. (Special.) Where is James A. Patten, known to his friends as "Jim"? . There were various report during the day of his presence In Northern New Mexico on the Bartlett ranch, of his ar rival in Chicago to stir up excitement anew In the wheat pit, and of seclusion in his own home In Evanston. According to a report from Trinidad, Colo., early in the day, however, Mr. Patten was still fishing and hunting in great unconcern of the market. It de veloped later that the TrlnMafl rorxrtrt WaS based On a tienVinna nir-. ., . i ! with an unknown person at the Bartlett ranch. Eflorie to get Mr. Patten to the phone met with this response: ' Nobody Seems to Know. "Mr. Patten has nothing to. say." At the door of Mr. Patten's office the colored man who presides there volun teered the information today that no one within cared to see any newspapermen. "Is Mr. Patten In town?" he was asked. "I don't know," he replied. "You will have to aek somebody else about that." As he was unwilling to summon any one else, the original question was not answered further. The question telephoned to the Rvars ton residence of Mr. Patten brought a similar answer in the words: "I do not know." Market Cheers Cp Bit. The rumors of Mr. Patten's return, coupled with the report that J. Ogden Armour Is in Liverpool buying up large quantities of wheat in the warehouses there, are having a decided effect in buoying up the market and traders look for the repeating of April scenes if! the local P" The market opened higher all along the line today and while there was a slip back from the high point, the closing prices were above those of yesterday. EVERY DEPARTMENT OF THIS LARGE STORE OFFERS ASTONISHING REDUCTIONS FOR Him. TTTTk A If 1 : J FIVE ENTIRE FLOORS- REST ROOM FREE PHONES PURE DRUGS PATTEN HAPPY WHERE HE IS Has No Intention of Leaving Ranch In New Mexico. f 1 TRINIDAD, Colo.. May 6. J. A. Pat ten, the Chicago wheat broker. Is still at the ranch of his partner, W. H. Bartlett, at Vermejo Park, N. M., 60 miles south west of Trinidad. Apparently he has no present intention of leaving the "happy hunting grounds" he has found in the forests and mountains of Northern New Mexico, and according to information re luctantly given over a long distance tele phone, he Is having the vacation of his life, spending nearly all his time fishing, hunting and riding. SUICIDE IS PORTLAND MAN Body of Richard Neville Identified by His Daughter. ASTORIA, Or., May S. (Special.) The stranger who committed suicide here by shooting himself in the head on Tuesday night has been identified as Richard Neville, of i-ortland. This morning J. p. Rata and wife ar rived from Portland and identified the dead man as Mrs. Rath's father, who, until recently, was engaged in the saloon business in Portland and was compelled to retire on account of failing health. They say he had -a wife living in that city, was comfortably situated financially, and there was nothing to justify his leav ing home as he did. The deceased was a native of Ireland and 66 years old. The body was shipped to Portland on this evening's steamer for interment. HAMMOND LA M0 NT IS DEAD Robert Strahorn In City. Robert Strahorn. promoter of the North Coast Railroad, spent Wednesday In Port land. He arrived on the Soo-Spokane-Portland train and spent the day in con sultation with friends at the Portland Hotel. The clerks at the Portland said he left for Taeoma on the 11:15 traip Wednesday night. Newspaper Man Well Known on the . . Coast and In New York. NEW - YORK. May 6. Hammond La mont. editor of . The National, died to night at Roosevelt Hospital, following an operation. He was 45 years old. After Beveral years in journalism - In Albany and Seattle, Mr. Lamont was appointed Instructor in English in Harvard Univer sity in 1892. He became man.-ring editor of the New York Evening Post about 1S00. Upon the retirement in 1906 of Wendell Phillips Garrison, Mr. Lamont succeeded him as editor of The Nation and became one of the leading editorial writers of the Evening Post. Von Schrader to Relieve Bellinger. SAN FRANCISCO, May 6. .-According 10 aavices received at tne presidio to day, Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick von Schrader, U. S. A., now stationed at St. Louis, Mo., will relteve Colonel J. B, Bellinger as head of the Quartermas ter's Department of the Army transport service at this post on May 20. Colonel Bellinger will sail for the Philippines on August 6, to undertake the direction of extensive Government construction work in Manila. PYRO GRAPHIC DEPT. 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WAS 'IMPULSIVELY INSANE' suit of Essie Swearlneton against the Meier & Frank Company. Bhe sued for $5U0O for alleged slander. STILL AFTER KNOX' SCALP Petition Regarding Eligibility in Cabinet Received. WASHINGTON, May 6. To require Becretary Knox to show cauw why - lie should not be removed from office on con stitutional grounds is the object of a petition In quo warranto received here to day by Clerk John R. Young of the Dis trict of Columbia Supreme Court from C. W. Caldwell, a Columbus, ln'd., attorney. The petition, which is designed to raise anew the controversy as to Mr. Knox' eligibility to a Cabinet office, sets forth the action of Congress In reference to 'the removal of the constitutional bar raised against Mr. Knox when he was nominated. Trolley Employes to Dance. - The claim department of the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company will give the last ball of the season at the Oaks skating rink. Saturday. May 8. This is the last of a very successful series of dances given nnder the auspices of the claim department. Astoria Marine Xotes. ASTORIA, Or.. May 6. (Special.) Tlie lighthouse tender Columbine sailed this morning on a six weeks' cruise to the light stations in Southeastern Alaska, and will stop at Seatue for coal. The steamer Shoshone cleared at the Custom-house last evening for- San FYan clsco with a cargo of 16,250 railway ties, loaded at St. Helens. Battleship at Xew Orleans. NEW ORLEANS, May 6.WThe battle ship Mississippi lifted her anchors and entered South Pass at 9 A. M. today. With an old Mississippi pilot on board, the trip through the narrows was made with safety and without Incident. The big vessel arrived' at the nawil wharf here this afternoon. . Henry Ii. Palmer, High Mason. MILWAUKEE, May 6. Judge Henry L. Palmer died today at the age of S9. Judge Palmer was for 35 years president of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company.. He was one of the highest members of the Masonic Fraternity In the world. Dr.- Hngh' Ross Dead. SEATTLE, May . Dr. Hugh Ros aged 64, a pioneer among medical men on the Pacific Coast and a former Red Cross surgeon, died at his home here today. Revenue Cutter Cadet Named. WASHINGTON, May 6. Having . suc cessfully passed the examination, Fred Burkett, of Seattle, will be appointed a cadet in the Revenue Cutter Service. Dr. It. S. Manson, Alienist, Defines Obsession of Murderer When He Shot Annis Any Mental Dis ease Called Insanity. FLUSHING, X. Y., May 6. The defense had rested its case and the prosecution was well along in examining witnesses in rebuttal when court -adjourned today in the trial of Captain Peter C. Halns, for the killing of William 3. Annls. The witnesses for the state were prin cipally Army officers who had been sta tioned at Fort Hamilton and Fort Han cock during June, July and August, 1908, and had met Captain Hains at that time. Rational Before Shooting. Their testimony tended to controvert that" of the Army witnesses for the de fense in that they all said Captain Halns spoke and acted rationally a short time before the shooting, while the defense contends he was suffering from Insanity. They admitted, however, under cross-examination, that Captain Hains had acted in a nervous and ' excited manner and looked pale and worried. At the opening of court today District At torney Dewitt resumed his cross-examination of Dr. L. S- Manson, the alien ist, who testified yesterday that Cap tain Hains was suffering from mania depressive insanity at the time of the killing of Annis. Dr. Manson was asked if any form of mental dis ease would be called Insanity. The physician thought it would. Suffered "Impulsive Insanity." "When Captain Halns stood on the yacht club float at Bayside with folded arms, looking out over the wa'-er and then grabbed the boom of Annls' boat and shot Annis to death, what kind of Insanity was he suffering from?" asked Mr. Dewitt. - "With impulsive insanity," was the reply.. "Were the refendant's mental func tions in operation up to the time of the shooting?" "Yes." The fact that the defendant- went through Annapolis and Johns Hopkins University was certainly not a symp tom of insanity, the 'witness said. Court Notes. Ed Johnson was sentenced to the Pen itentiary for two years by Presiding Judge Bronaugh in the Circuit Court yes terday morning. He pleaded guilty to having uttered a forged bank check for $S5. 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