The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-30
BLAME Foy
Dis RIDERS
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One Man r. d For Awful
Skss ghter.
MESSAGE FROM 1RoWBRIDGE
Women Were Shot Down Because
They Screamed.
se...s Of Great Br-s.lity Were nsaes-
ed /. Assstie Turkey, women
and chiIdren Being Taken
a. slaves.
MESSAGE FROM IR0WBRIDGE

Conatan tfnople, April IA welcome
message was received today from the
town Of HadjIn. in the province Of
Adana, whore ave American women
missionaries have been alone with
thousands Of refugees who sought
safety there from bands Of Moslems,
seeking to put them to the sword.
Hadjin has withstood siege for tho
past eight days and the missionaries
have been sending out frantic appeals
| for help. Today q message reached
here from Miss Lambert. the daughter
of Bishop Lambert. timed i;s2 q. m,
which said:
with the arrival Of the troops the
disorders In and about the city have
ceased. and we are all safe and well.
(S3iencd.) Lambert"
Adj Bey. permanent nder-secretary
OF state In the ministry Of the In
terror. today said that the government
would make searching investigation
| into the cause Of the disorders and
punish the instigators. Reports re-
| ceived at the ministry of the interior.
Indicated that quiet now prevailed
everywhere.
The secretary said that the govern
ment recognized the necessity of pro-
yiding food. medicines and shelter for
| the sufferers. and had taken steps to
| provide those and inaugurate other
! measures OF relief. In reply to guess
| tior. as to what connection existed be-
| tween the massacres ANA the. poHti-
\ cal events In Constantinopie. Adj Bey
replied that that too was being inyes-
| tiEated.
| Many In Hospitals.
Adana, Asiatic Turkey. April - (sat-
urday. 1.-The emergency hospitals es-
! tablished here contain 400 patients suf-
1 - .s~Ie SO Ia WhAm are
| women. The average number Of
| wounds to each patient 10 four. There
| IL great and immediate need for food
and medical supplies
1 Practically the entire Armenian pop
4 ulation OF Adanas 1900 people, is
| homeless, without bedding or clofhiAE,
and the food supply In the sfcpsis -ex-
| hausted.
| some Of the wounded Armenian wo-
| men have told Miss wallace, an Eng
iish nurse. who j. caring for them
that they were shot BY the Mcslems
heeaasna ther screamed wheu they 50 v
j their hnBhAnds killed before theft
4 eyes. Many Armenian. girls were car
\ ried on BY the Turks as booty. a
| large humber Of mutllated bodies have
4 been found In the houses OF the city,
4 During the first ave days OF the disor-
ders. while fighting. killing and plum
dering was going on on all sides. the
| vail OF Adana kept the Turkish troops
i in government house day and night
4 under orders. On the sixth day he or
dered them to put stop to the fight
ing. which could have been done on the
nrst day.
One Man Responsible.
Stephen Trowbrldge, an American
missionary. said today:
"one man ia, responsible for the dis
| orders here. the Wall himself. He had
1t in his power to suppress lawless-
| ness and massacre. but deliberately re-
trained from doing so. He said sim
I'ply. We ARE not responsible The
better class Of Turks In Adana. the
4 Members OF the Committee OF Union
and Progress, are deeply grleyed and
| saddened at these dreadful events
! some Of them are ready to join Us In
/ relief work for the Armenians.
Zone hey already has opened his
/ house to refu gees"
The American missionaries allowed
| no armed Armenians to enter the mis-
| sion premises. They confiscated all
! weapons at the entrance to their
/ houses During the four days. not q
/ single sh0a was fired from the mission
/ buildings. Immunity was secured for
/ the Armenians who had taken shelter
| with the Americans. upon the condition
| that they would give up all their arms
and this stipulation was strictly car
| ried out The only phots fred from the
| mission promises were by soldiers who,
/ toward the end OF the Ave days Of
| lighting, fred from the mission ground
and the roof OF the servants quar-
| ters on the rioters. The soldiers ex-
| planned that this was partly TO COM
municate with the other soldiera firing
from the minarets."
| The missionaries have picked four
teen Mauser bullets from the walls Of
\ the girls school. Few civilians had
| MauseTs
Message from Trowbrfd@e.
| ConstantinopIe. April IA tele-
gram received here today from Adana
says the fighting which began there
again last Sunday. continued for two