The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-05-13
RAID ON AMERICANS
GIRLS SCHOOL AT KESsA8 IS
DESTROYED BY THE
MoSLGMS.
SOLDIERS AID IN MA""o,cRE
Deserters from the Army and Polit
ieal Refugees Join 6rieands In
Suburbs Of constsntiropls-Ameri.
can ships Sail for Alexandretta.

can Ships san TOR Rlekanorettd
Beirut. Asiatic Turkey. May S-An
investigator who yesterday returned
here from a trip tO kessab reports
that all the American property at that
place has been completely destroyed
by the Moslem raiders.
The American property there con.
sists Of girls high school under the
direction OF Miss Efhe ~ Chambers. a
missionary OF the American board of
commissioners for foreign missions.
Tnree-fourths OF the native houses
also have been destroyed, but the Ar.
menian church and the new Protestant
school building are standing
Almost all the people who fed from
Kessab have returned to find their
houses had been completely looted.
They are to-day absolutely destitute.
One hundred Turkish reserves have
returned to the town. but as they took
part in the rioting and killing there
the people cannot trust them. The
protection they afford is in no sense
sufficient
The situation at Deurtyul. on the
coast north OF Kessab still is critical
Troops Turn 8risands.
Constantinople. May S.-There is
considerable disorder In the country
surrounding Constantinople, and brig
andage is being carried on In the very
suburbs Of the capital. The condition
OF affairs is a result of the rapid
changes in government, and undoubt.
edly can be laid to the doors Of de.
serters from the former CONSTANT.
nople garrison aud political fugitives
who have undertaken to live on the
country.
A party Of American tourists driving
AZ Ave o'clock yesterday afternoon out.
side Of Pera were warned by a native
that II was unsafe to go any further.
as beyond them was a group of ban.
dts
The parliamentary commission
which is taking an inventory of the
contents of the imperial palace at
Yildiz has learned that Abdul Hamid
deposited. during recent months. con
siderable sums of money in New York
banks through a confidential agent
1t appears that AbGul Hamid has In
the neighborhood of $1OOOO,O0O in
German banks
Warships to Scene
Gibraltar. May THE American
cruisers North Carolina and Montana
left yesterday afternoon for Alexan.
dretta TO protect American interests.
People Facing Starvation.
Hadjin, Asiatic Turkey. May g.
Notwithstanding the presence OF the
troops here, the stu; ton is desperate
owing to the lack of iood and medical
supplies.
The troops arrived just in time, as
the besiegers had succeeded In setting
fire to a house on the edge Of the
city. The fire spread. but as the breeze
was blowing away froln the t. wn, only
nve buildings were destroyed. A
heavy rife fire was kept up against
those who tried o extinguish the
flames
No Man Left Alive.
Marash. May Ga letter received
by messenger from Harm says that
every mar there has been killed. Only
women, girls and boys under ten
years OF age have been left alive. The
churches and houses were plundered
and most cf them we're burned. The
letter. which is from the widow of a
clergyman. says:
We have nothing to eat or wear.
ne are living on rass like animals.
Worse than this. the Moslems are try.
ing to force the women and girls co
become Mohammedans. Already some
Of the women have been carried
away"
7attleships Bring Relief.
Beirut. Asiatic Turkey, May 6.-The |
at Suadia. where a number
Of Armenians have been massacred, |
was relieved to-day as a result of the |
presence and operations OF the captain |
OF the British battleship Triumph and
the British consul at Alexandretta.
who went down the coast on board |
the Triumph.
The two officials visited Caladoran |
and Kessab, and found these towns |
lndescribable charnel houses There |
are over 1000 helpless and destitute
women In a village on the seacoast