The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-08
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The news OF the accession 60
rkisl throne of Mehmed.v. wi
.ched here yesterday evening.
occasion for weird and wild
cling. The demonstration be-
n the fifinK of cannon from the
ks and there was general sh,
!, IN the air from all parts of
v for over an hour. Some fan
) thought this would be a good I
renew the attacks on the Armefii
] complete their determination
once began to raise q mob.
rkish officers worked hard to I
$ movement and by bugle calls
lid patrols they succeeded In I.
, the excited emontion of the /
into q harmless celebration.
drs. Daughty- wylie. the wife Of
Itish CONSUL at Mersina. has ia
lrge of the hospital for wnun
n that is being built near the 7
ID station. The wounded wor
, being cared for in the school bu
! under the charge OF Miss w
English nurse. Both Mrs. Dau
Wylie and Miss Willis are 4
allied nurses. They have
unded persons to care for, and
themselves to their W
In .unsparing energy.
Guard American school.
Ajana. Asiatic Turkey Wednes,
y s. Via constantinopIe, May
cedonian soldiers sent here by
.horities are today faithfully qua
, the American schools ami niiEl
licences but otherwise the city
noralized.
The grain on the Adana plain IS /
the harvest but no Armenian
rees dare go back TO their far
the surrounding country ia ,
lgerous for any nan not a Turk
he relief work In Adana ia he
'riej on systma :icalIy. Spe,
nps have been established for ,
ID suffering Contagious dis.s
III as typhoid. fever. ana ANAL,
Is costing S1,25o day to run n
ces.
Casualty List Heavy.
4atakia, Asiatlc Turkey. sun,
ril rs. via Constantinople. Nav
at the casualties OF Kessab were
a.. 49,
Casualty List Heavy /.

Latakia, Asiatlc Turkey. Sunday
April 70, via Constantinople, May T.
That the casualties Of Kessab were nat
greater Is due to the fact that many
women and children left the town the
night before it's destruction and found
refuge in the surrounding country or
in the Caladran valley. The men az
Kessab remained behind to fight IL ont
with the Turks, who began eatherIng
for the attack. The hghting began af
daylight on April 20.
The Turkish assailants divided into
two bands One entered the town and
the other pursued the women. some
of the women fugitivea were not able
to keep up and hid In caves by the
way.A Whether they are safe or NOT Is
not known. others escaped up steep
path over the mountains to Bedrooxo-
vet a village further to the south. AL
though Bedroozovet is q Moslem COM
munity, the people received the Ar
menian women kindly and hid them
from the passing Turks.
Almost all OF the Moslems to the
south of Kessab are Turkonians ana so
far as has been heard. they have been
friendly to the Armenians and have
done all they could for the fugitives.
At the conclusion OF the fightlng at
Kessab. the Armenian men who were
still alive. Idrew of to the mountains
leaving the old and sick behind them
The casualty list at Kessab was
heavy. Fifteen men fugitives from
Kessab came In here yesterday and
thousands of others are arriving by
different routes. A French steamer
brought 1900 yesterday from northern
ports. Each refugee has his recital Of
the calamity and death. The local gov
ernor is giving the fugitives every
possible care and in these acts az
mercy he has been Joined by the better
class OF Mohammedans. Not even the
rabble has made any unfriendiy DEM
onstration.
Everything was burned at Kessab.
including the houses of the American
mission This establishment was
sub-station of Latakia. There were no
Armenians at Kessab at the time Of
the sacking of the town.