Semi-weekly herald., 1909-06-07

their number to the desert. sliced the
body and then burned the remains.
The human sacrifice has not been
officially Investigated yet by the po
lice and all efforts are made TO avoid
publicity.
A white man, conversant with the
language. learned that the slicing Of
the victim Is carried out after the
manner Of former legal executions IN
China. 1t is asserted the victim was
treasurer to whom money OF the coolie
lahorers was entrusted and that they
regard his fearful death as merely
| Justice administered only after they
learned he could not be punished ade-
quately by American laws.
The county officials win investigate
and II portions of the body can De
found arrests are promised.
LOS ANGELES. June IA special
dispatch from FL Centre says: All
the Imperial valley is excited over re-
ports of mysterious airship which is
taking nightly flights over Salton sea
| At first the ship appeared to be sta
| tionary at a point directly over the
| Salton sea near the intake of the Ala
mosa and New rivers. Then began
rapid flight, swerving from a southern
course to one directly across the Sal.
ton sea at its widest point until it dis
appeared In the shadows Of the San
Jacinto mountains. AT Brawley a par
ty Of twenty men witnessed the flight
across the sky Securing field glasses
they closely studied the machine. its
appearance being that of a basket fast
ened between two wide wings and when
a turn was made a propeller could be
plainly seen, Observers were unable
TO distinguish any person in the
basket.
DEURTYUL, Asiatic Turkey, June
A detachment of Turkish troops
last night made bloody attack Oh
this village and an unknown number
of helpless civilians fell beneath the
rifle fire of the soldiers. No accurate
list of casualties is available this aft
ernoon, but the number of dead ant
wounded is undoubtedly large.
The attack was the outcome of {
demand made two days ago by the
commander of the troops ordering al
arms in the village to be turned ovei
TO him The villagers refused to obe,
the order. Last night, without warn
ing, the troops were drawn up on the
outskirts Of town and fred several vol
leys into the houses. A panic resulted
and the village Is still In utmost con
fusion Troops are Still under arms
and the outbreak of massacres simi
lar to those in Adana are dreaded.
Ever since the recent massacres the
troops in and near Deurtyul have be
haved with the most arbitrary harsh
ness and civilians have been made tc
submit almost daily to insults
ALEXANDRETTA, Asiatic Turkey
June News of the attack of troops
on the village of Deurtyul was receiv
ed here today by telegraph. 1t /.
feared further massacres in As.aii,
Turkey are imminent.
NEW YORK, June 4.--The first no
and humid day of this summer is cred
tied with similar attempts of three
men to drown themselves in the Hud
son river, and each man, as soon as
1 he struck the water, changed his mind
and joyfully was rescued. One cl
the men returned home to read pa
thetic death notice which he had let
for his family.
| SlLvERToN. June "A man nam
ed Gustave Vie, while coming down
from the Shenandoah mine yesterday
fell off the uper trail. Later man
coming down the lower trail found Vie
unconscious at the side of the trai
and bleeding profusely Vie was taken
TO nearby cabin and doctor sen,
for who dressed his wounds. taking
several stitches. The injured man Is
still at the cabin and in bad shape
unable to tell how he fell.