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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1909-05-21, Page 3E ON SR Sixteen Villages Wiped Out Near Maraah, Asia .Minor. Men All Killed, Girls Captive, Boys and Old Wo'men Left. Executions in Constantinople— Wants Armenians flanged. Beirut, May 17,—The recent rioting in the vicinity of Marash has laid waste that entire district. i farash itself was spared, for only a Few persons there were killed but within sixty miles to the southwest a total. of 16 villages with a population of 8,000 souls have been practically wiped out. The only survi- vors are boys under ten and old women. The girls were carried away and the men killed. Telegraphio reports received to -day de- clare that the hungry and naked number 14,000. Immediate relief is required. The interior districts are still far from set- tled and from all directions the most heartrending acicounts and appeals are being received here. PUBLIC HANGINGS. • Constantinople, :4lay 17.—Constanti- nople witnessed another batch of execu- b' farther investigated. when the com- mission meets on May 25. • .:At this morning's sitting Mr. Rodier, on behalf of 111r. DeMontrgny, excused the members 'of the Ethernet Committee of having illegally manipulated- the: fol- lowing sums belonging. to the t ity: In d:d1l, 1$483;its 1905, $'.)60; in 1900, $L, - 0t10; in 1907 $1,000; and 1008, $1,000. Thismatter' rs to be brought up again on May 25. (hie'" (':tnpeau was again on the Stand in connettion with the saloon ease% in which peoeecutions had been uepesided. No new evidence was sub- mitted. GUELPH FAIR. City Council Decides to Finance Erection of Buildings. Guelph, Ont., despatch: After allowing this matter to hang fire until it looked as though the building would nut be er- eeted this year and the fair would be lost to Guelph,.. the City Council, at a special meeting last night, put through the tenders for the extension to the Provincial winter fair building, and now the only thing that remains to be done is the financing of the scheme. The city bas put through the •tax rate, without allowing for the finances and some oth- er scheme will have to be devised. The tenders have been let at the conclusion of over a year dilly-dallying between the government and the city. The building originally was to cost $30,000, but the final tenders have been left at 347,000. The Government originally gave $20,000 and the city $11,000. Later the Govern- ment added $5,000, and the trouble has .N.OW The City. Covered With Troops as If hi a State of Siege, Government wally.Prepared to Combat the Men's Tactics. Not Many Left Work But the Trouble Will Spread. Paris, May 17.— t aria to -day resem- bled a illy in a slate of slene, During the night troops took possession of the central post and telegraph stations, and at daylight squads of infantrymen were picketed around every brunch office. The streets are being patrolled by the mounted Republican guards; all exposed telegraph lines are being carefully watched and soldiers have been intro- duced even into the sewers of the city to prevent the cutting of wires. These preeautions.were taken to protect all the postal employees who are willing to work and to prevent • the threatened "sabottag " or destruction of property. Furthermore, f00 military telegraph- ers and several hundred automobiles have been heavily mobilized and massed in the galleri des machines ready for instant service. General l)alstein, the tions this morniug, when 24 mutineers been to raise the balance. Without tak- of the army and navy were banged in ing a by-law to the people, for there is public within the city limits. This not: time to get the work through, the makes a total of 38 exeeutions within (-ourtcil has decided to put the building the capital since the revolution of April through and to raise the money by 13. Four of the men to -day were hanged some means, believing that the fair is near the Sultau's palace, eight at the worth the price to the city. marine barracks, eight in the Djinsi Alfeidan quarter •ef Stamboul and four at the war office. EXECUTION'S DEFERRED. Constantinople, May 17.—The execu- A iCaanpaign Has Begun in Winni- t$ion of twenty persons concerned in the recent mutiny has been fixed for to- peg Against Usury. lay, but it is reported that the military WOMAN ARRESTED. .authorities have failed to induce the :Sultan to sanction the carrying out of the sentence. It is stated that the Cabinet of Min - titters has decided. :'tat Dived Bey, for - suer Governor-General of AdanaPro- ♦ince, must return to Adana to stand court•martial for complicity in the mas- sarrea, The Armeniau patriarchs at Orem and Diarkebe, in Kurdistan, have sent warning to the Government that further massacres of Armenians are threatened in these towns. HANGINGS NEEDED. New York, May 17.—The Rev. N. G. Papnzian, pastor of the only Armenian eliurch in this city, who lived in Adana for fifteen years, coming from tbere to New York a year ago, thinks that a few judicious hangings would bring lasting peace to the region where the most ser- ious massacres of the past few years have occurred. The Governor of Adana should be the first to move, he said. Then some of the Armenians who have been stirring up this trouble should be executed. •About a half dozen hangings would bring fifty years of peace to the strick- en land. Turkey is a powder magazine and the firebrands must be put out of the way. "The Sultan is weak-kneed, and com- pletely under the otarot of the Young Turks. His rule will bring no perma- nent solution to the country's problem. Intelligent Armenians do not want a separate monarchy. :1 great Ottoman to the class who were ignorant. Empire is the desire of Turks and eke.- Loans which were drawing `250 per nten1ans alike." cent, have been discovered in the exain- inatioit of the books. Constantinople, May 17.—A. member of the court martial that sentenced these nen to death explained the reason of the public hangings ty saying that Con- stantinople was such a city of rumor and traditions of corruption, that had the announcement been made that these men had bean executed in private it would not have been believed by the MUMS. It was desired to impress the people with the fact that the guilty had been punished, and had the hangings not been public the people would hexa thought that the condemned had saved them- selves by bribing officials, or that the statement of tin' exet.utiott was nothing tuore than a political lie. Priests prayed with the condemned men shortly before they were taken to the places of execution, and commented Capon the evil deeds which had resulted in their deaths. One of the condemned erten spoke up and said all the priests he had talked with on the day of the so - palled mutiny and the days following had approved of his estion. 'Winnipeg, May 17. --The police have again instituted an active campaign against the operations of the Tolman money -lending agency, which has a branch here in charge of Miss M. A. Glynn, who came here front New York to represent them atter the former agent had been arrested and a prosecu- tion had been unsuccessfully instituted against her. The office was raided last night, and the books seized. To -day Miss Glynn is still in the cells, as bail has not been found which is satisfac- tory. The Manitoba law was amended at the last session of the Legislature specially to meet the situation created by the Tolman agency, and the provisions are now very severe. The penalty is one year in jail or a fine of a thousand dol- lars, and tire fact that anyone Is merely acting as agent does not release them from the obligations under the law. Ev- ery clause was carefully framed to cover such cases as have been discovered. The books reveal the entire ramifica- tions of the business and it, methods, together with the restrictions which were set down for the guidance of agents in making loans. They were or- dered not to make loans to lawyers, po- lice, detectives, or anyone connected with the administration of justice, nor to newspaper men nor their employees, but to confine their operations largely 9l R MUTUAL PROFIT The Rake -Off in Montreal Police Station Site. Montreal, May 17. ---No. 12 police sta- tion was the thecae of,ee, great deal of to -day's civic inquiry. Evidence was given to show that $5.000 too inuch was paid for the property. The method of selling the property to the city was shown by Mr. Villeneuve, one of the leaders of the. reform movemeut. He stated that a real estate man named Poirier had secured an option on the property, which he meant to sell to the citq� as a site for the police station. :pblrier was advised by Aldi. Proulx to add $4,000 to the option prise for their •I,antual profit. Part of this evidence was • denied by Poirier, but the question will FIVE YEARS FOR HIM Hastings County Young Man Punished For Stabbing. Belleville, Ont„ Despatch— In the County Court here this morning, before County Court Judge Deroche, a young single man, named Manuel Hannah, re- siding in the northern part of the coun- ty, was sentenced to five years in King- ston Penitentiary, ou a charge of stab- bing a married man named Louis Sau- cier, of the same place, and also given two years in the same place on a charge of assaulting a man named Beaudry, who interfered. Both sentences run con- currently. The prisoner was undefended and Crown Attorney Anderson appeared for the Crown. The sentence came as a big surprise. ONTARIO BANK. Claim of the Bank of loaltr'eal as a Creditor. PREMIER CLEMENCEAU. they atggre;;ively labelled D e;t lnoght,' t MORRIS WINS e end putting a band ou board, t party °aD lea of suffragettes steamed up the river this afternoon until they reached a paint opposite the theism cif Parliament. Here the boat stopped and the women abtrneted the attention of the rnntbers en -the terraces by singing the Marseil•- laise, Then snddeuly there was fir•ed from the launch a brotieside of roosts, '.Tlte.se brunet :thine: the terraces, and a regular • snowstorm of hand -billy !Metered loon over the watching menabcre. STEAMERS COLLIDE,. military governor troops in reserve. The strikers, on the contrary, have made a poor initial shoea far as outward appearanees'go. '..te walls of Paris are covered this c ...is, with their posters =taunting thin he strike will continue until their goo Laces -are redressed. "The right to form trades union will be obtained, cost what it may," they declare. But beyond the railroad mail clerks the number who have abandoned work is comparatively small. The first two deliveries of mail were effected without the aid of troops, but the distribution of the newspaper mail was not attempt- ed. At the strikers' headquarters there are evidences of great activity, but at the same time much secrecy prevails. The leaders content themselves with saying that the strike has only begun, but they are confident it will spread rapidly and eventually tie up the entire machinery of the txoverument. In the Provinces the tactics adopted by the government here are being re- peated, The various post -offices were en - creed by cordons of troops at daylight to -day. The postmen of Lyons and Bor- deaux last night voted to join their Par- isian colleagues. The press generally reproaches the Chamber of Deputies for its cowardice yesterday in postponing a vote on he postal situation, thus throwing the en- tire responsibility ou the government. It is understood, however, that Premier Clemenceau preferred non -parliamentary action for .tactical reasons, first, to force the postmen to open battle, and se- cond, to permit the government to put its measures into action. This put par- liament °n the position where it will be compelled to approve or a .baud to the government in the midst of the eri;is• Instead of trying to replace the rail- road mail olerlcs who have gone out, let- ters aro being sorted before they are placed on the trains, in accordance with a system previously worked out. The authorities claim that methods for maintaiuitig communications with the provinces with the aid of local commer- cial bodies have everywhere been per- fected and are ready for instant applica- tion. In sonic sections they are inaugur- ating an automobile service covering dis- tances of from 100 to 200 miles having been arranged. The places of the strik- ers will be filled automatically. Toward noon to -day eight strikers were arrested while trying to ester the central bureau. Nancy is the first city where the tele- graphers and telephone operators went out, • The Scotia Badly Damaged Off Halifax. Halifax de -patch: \Vitlt her stent split and- her bow bulwarks smashed, the steamer Scotia, Capt. Reid, arrived in port this morning from eastern shore ports. The Scotia was feeling her way in through the dense fog, when off MVleagher's Beach the Allan Liner Siber- iany bound to Philadelphia, lowed up out of the fog. The distance was too short for either steamer to change her course, and the result was a collision, the Scotia coming out second best, hav- ing her bow smashed and her forward bulwarks broken. The damage was all above the water line, and the Scotia bad no trouble in reaching her dock. The Siberian got clear away without sustaining any damage, and proceeded on her way to Philadelphia. Capt. Reid, of the Scotia, said he was coming in very slowly, just picking out his course, when the Siberian appeared out of the fog, bearing straight across his bow. He had no time to change his course before the steamers cause to- gether. of Paris, has 50,000 A NOBLE FIND. Lang -Lost Austrian Archduke a Dilachirist in Cleveland ? Mr. George T appele, Official referee hi the liquidation of the Ontario Bank, announced yesterday morning that he would proceed with the settling of the list of contributories, and that he for- mally admitted the claim of the Bank of Montreal to rank as creditor for 31,576,000. This decision is merely a matter of form, as the referee has re- served judgment upon the application tnade to hint for 'az - order directing the liquidator of the Ontario Bank, the Royal Trusts Coinpa.ty, of Montreal, to contest the Ilank of Montreal's claim, Newfoundland's Premier Will Have a Majerity. Returns Received So Far Give Him Twenty-jwo Seats. A. St, John's, Nfld., despatch: Praetl- eally complete return, Prem the vot- ing on Saturday's election show that the party headed by Sir .Edward Mor- rie ltas wou an overwhelming victory, and. that Premier Morrie wilt have 26 members of the Legislature as ,against 10 supporters of Sir Robert Bond, the former head of the Government. In the voting Tait November each side elected eighteen members, a situation which re- sulted in Saturday's balloting. Both leaders have been returned and have car- ried their two running Mates with theca. Sir Robert Bond in Twillingate, and Sir Edward 'Morrie in St. John's West. Sir Robert Bond carried the followJug constituencies: St. Joint's last, 3; Twillingate, 3; Burin, 2; kogo, 1; -For- tune, 1—l0. The seats held by the Government are: Placentia, 3; Harbor grace, 3; 51. John's Wein 3; 'Trinity, 3; Harbor Main, 2; I'arryland, 2; Bay de Verde, 2; St. George's, 1; C'itrbonear, 1; Bragus, 1; Burgeo, 1; Bonavista, 3-25. St. Barbe is not yet reported. 1t re- turned a Bond man in November by over 300 umpority. The Government has gained three seats in Placentia, two in Trinity, and one each in Harbor theme, ace, Ferrytend and Caibonear. Sir Robert ]load's only galrt is in lortune. - Bonavisto ret umod three (i,overn• "rent eantlidates, with the largest count ever polled in Newfoundland• 'They were: Blandford, 3,158; \b•insor, 3,133; Morison, 3.070. Miles, who was highest amo)'g the Opposition candidates, ob- tained only 652 votes. Cleveland, thio, _lhiy 17. .loll" urth, LAUNCH j Lt AU WENT DOWN machinist at $15 a week in a shop at 3 �� Painesville for the last two months, .lis• appeared to -night, balking eto further identify ilial as Johann tittivator, missing Archduke of Austria. to which identity he is declared to have con- fessed to e. newspaper reporter this afternoon. Orth has been in Painesville twice, once four years ago, each time working as a machinist for the Coe Machine Company. Be is nearly 00, bent and feeble in appearance. He resembles the Emperor or Austria in. appearance, wearing a beard, trimmed as is the Emperor's, who, he says, is his COMM. Following his discussion of his iden- tity to -day and his recital of marriage to Ludmilla SteubeI, Viennese opera singer, for wham he renouues1 title and estates, his sailing from England in 1800 iu the St. Margareth, the vessel's loss after he and his wife bad left it in Argentine, his removal to 'Martinique and the loss of wife and two children in Mt. Pelee's eruption, Orth disappeared. fellow-worlcinen say he feared discovery of the royal lineage he hinted at to them. To the foreman lie said: "'Von need not be surprised it 1 don't come bask." Baron Paul 1� ureter, Austrian consul here, discredits the tale, recalling other supposed .lrehduke Johann.. An Aus- trian army colonel, familiar with nen and events of 1800. is awaiting Orth's return to snake identification certain. ffoi•ta FIRED VOLLEY. PRAIRIE FIRES. With Thirty Men, in the Ohio River. Welcome Rain Has Helped the Province of Sas!.atchewan. Winnipeg, )lay 17.-- Main has been falling over a great part of the •aeet- ern Provinees today, and hopes are expressed that it may have tine effect of extinguishing many of the bad prairie fires which have been raging. The dam- age from these has been very wide- spread. Almost daily reports have beea received of heavy leased sustained 'ay settler9 To -tiny a district twelve .wiles long near lorlcton was devastated and one farmer, named Thomas [tart, lost ail iris farm buildings. A Suffragette Dreadnought Boni - horded British House of Commons London, May 17. ---Shirt out of the House of Commons by the police espe- cially selected to circumvent their wiles and ingenuity, the. suffragettes to -day found it new method of getting litera- ture into the hands of the nation's legis- lators. Chartering a fine steam launch, which Pittsburg, May 17.- Twenty persons are missing and all of them are believed to have been drowned when a gasoline launch sand in the middle of the Ohio River near Schoenville, four mils below Pittsburg, to -night. 01 the thirty ea- cupants of the boot only ten are known. to have escaped. The nursing are: Al- bert Graham, pilot and part owner of the boat; George Thompson, formerly of Altoona, Pa.; Booth O'Neill, Janaes Conner, Walter Low, Thomas Kennedy, Wm. Guthrie, Henry 1 ogelei, Dennis Murphy, Tony Bole, —= ltuskey, Louis Goldstein, Wm. Davis, Jos. Lyle, Wn1. Burke, two brothers named Botts and three others whose names have not been learned. All of the men were employees of the Pressed Steel Car Company at the 11Ie- 1teeaport plant. - The urea had been, working overtime until 8 o'clock, and left the works to cross the river in the launch about fifteen minutes later, The boat is said to have been intended for. not over twenty persons, and sank be- cause it was overweighted. Pittsburg, May 17.—The police de- partment, assisted by relatives and friends of the victims, are to -day searching for the bodies of a score of men who were drowned last night in the Ohio River below this city when a. 24 -foot gasoline yawl suddenly went - down, while taking the men from the plant of the Pressed Steel Car Company to their homes on the opposite shore. Up to 10 o'clock not a body had ben recovered, but 11 was believed a majority of them would be located during the day by the aid of grappling hooks. While no official eepianation of the accident is obtainable, the cause assign- ed last night that the boat was over- cro:vded seems to be correct. Hundreds of persons are lined up along the river bank this morning watching the efforts to find the bodies, and among them are relatives of the men, sobbing and crying. When the first body is recovered the (oroner's office will begin au iuvestiga- t ion. REACTION4'•,IES BEATEN. Stolypin Will ,oemain Premier rf Ru•,sia. St. Petersburg, May l7.---'1'hc. seet?e- ment. of the I.:al inet exile hal been received with great relief in ail circles, excepting the reactionary camp. The struggle of the reactionaries to oast Premier Stolypin has resulted in only a partial victory, tvitile. the Premier won tate final honors in getting ilia 'Majesty to sign the Imperial •rescript drafted by himself. 'L'r:uling on the Bourse to -day improved all along the litte as a result of the settlement. 111e situation, according to men close to the Premier, ie regarded eetisfactor}r in every way. M. 5tolypin will renrttin in office. and Ile will not leave ti city on vacation. V to BRITISH AMBUSHED, Lieutenant and Twelve r'ltive Police- men Killed in Nigeria. Lagos, British West Africa, May 17,— Lieut. .—Lieut. 1). A. Van Mennen, assistant Resident Administrator of a district its Northern Nigeria, three other .ltngttsh- men, and 35 native polite were ambush - Med recently by natives at it point 50 utiles northeast of Zugdeu,: The lleuten- ant and 12 of the policemen were killed. A British force has been despatched to the locality to punish the natives, KILLED BY CARS. Mangled Remains of Farmer Found Near Renfrew. Renfrew, Ont., Despatch—Early thin morning the body of Michael Enright WAS found badly mangled on the Grand Trunk traeks, about a anile east of Ren- frew, having been struck by a freight train. Enright was a farmer of Adams- town township, and was on his way to visit his daughter at Adamstown Sta- tion. He leaves a family of sons and daughters. An inquest was considered. necessary. WAR BALL..)ON EXPLODED. Two Men inje-ed, Though Not Ser• iously, in Nebraska. Omaha, Neb„ May 17, ---United Staten army balloon No, 12, which aseeude+ from Fort Omaha at 11.15 o'clock to- day, landed at Jackson, Nebraska, at 6.45 o'clock this evening. In making the landing the gas bag exploded a few feet above the ground and was destroy- ed, but neither Captain Chandler nor Lieut, Ware, who made the fltgh ,friars seriously injured. Jnekson is ab ti 30 miles west of Sioux City.