Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-05-02
Intention Was to Murder All For.
eigners in Constantinople.
ARMY TAKES PROMPT ACTION
1t Occupies City Before Disbolical
Scheme Could Be Carried Out.
TURKS KILL MANY MISSIONARIES
Rev. stephen n. TrowbridEe De-
scrIbea shooting of ID. NJ, Rogers
and Henry Maurer while
FlRhtInR Fire.

CONSTA NTINOPLD May 1.-The minis
istry of the interior is convinced that the
attacks on Armenians in the Cilicia dis
trict were arranged from Constantinople,
synohronizing as they did with the mutiny
of the troops here for the restoration of
Absolutism.
Field Marshal Ghaz Moukar today con-
firmed the truth of the rumors that the
massacre of all foreigners, including the
ambassadors at Constantinope, was
planned for Saturday, April "a. possibly
with the object of causing the interven-
ton Of the powers. 1t was the original
plan of schefket Pasha, commanding the
constitutional army, TO enter CONSTANT
nople Sunday, the Sth but when he learned
of the plans to massacre he ordered his
army to enter the city Saturday morning.
MosleDis XIII Missionaries.
Stephen r. Trowbridge a missionary
who witnessed the killing in Adana of D.
NJ. Rogers and Henry Maurer. fellow nils
sionaries at Adana. has supplied an ac-
count OF the occurrence, dated Adana,
April "a, to representatives OF the grand
vizier and has written 1t out also for the
mission board at home Mr.. Trowbridge
says:
tween Moselms and Amenians, which re-
suited In a number Of casualties on both
sides.
The next morning conflagrations result
ing from incendisTy fires had spread to
such an extent that we WIRE obliged to
watch closely the enviroRs of the building
Of the girls school and the residence Of
William N. Chambers. Mr.. Rogers was
A. NRa-
the dispensary across the street 1t was
clear that the large school was in danger.
Up to that time no one mad dared to go
on the streets because OF the shooting from
one end by Moslems and the other by
Armenians
No Attempt to stop Riot.
IAN this time there had been no sign Of
any effort on the part IT the government
authorities 10 stop the rlotIns. pillsging and
burning"
MIR. Trowbridge then tells OF the efforts
Of himself, Mr.. Rogers and Mr.. Maurer,
working with crowhsrs, axes and carrying
water, to save the school building. He con-
tinued:
"Mr. Maurer was using the crowbar
against a wall, and /, higher Up. was pour
ing water on places just catching fire. We
had thus worked considerable time with
out being harmed by the Mosiems, when
the Armenisns at the other end of the
street commenced firing on the houses
where the looters were at work. Suddenly
two shots rang out not more than eight
yards from where we were working. Mr.
Rogers, who was in tho street bringing
water, was mortally wounded. He called
TO me by name and then fell in the middle
OF the street. The other bullet hit Mr.
Maurer in the left lung near the heart and
the crowbsr fell from his hands He then
climbed down the ladder and collapsed at
the side of Mr.. Rogers.
Immediately after these two shots sew
eral other bullets from the Moslems
whizzed past me. dropped almost fiat on
the roof and made my way to the edge
Subsequently l climbed down"
little later when British vice Consul
Daughty-Wyiie, with twenty Turkish SOL
diers, arrived on the spot the neighborhood
was deserted and the murderers had fled. .
Mr., Maurer." concludes Mr. Truwbrtdge
died few minutes later in the school
building and Mr.. Rogers lived only few
minutes longer than Sfr. Msursr. lie did
not regain consciousness.
Both men died good Christian SOL
diers OF Jesus Christ"
New SHItan Thanks Taft.
WASHINGTON, May l.-Sultan Mehmed
", of Turkey, has cabled a message in
acknowledgement Of the greetings sent to
him by President Taft on his ascension TO
the throne.
The cablegram, dated at Para, yester-