New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-20
Two New York
Women i'm CITY
Turks Besiege
Miss Dorothy Nevin and Mrs.
Emily Block Are Among
Is Americans in Adana,
Held by French Troops

CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 16 (By
The Associated Press) (Delayed) -
Showered nightly with Turkish bullets
and facing famine, eighteen American
workers of the American Commission
for Relief in the Near East have been
besieged in Adana, Asia Minor, since
June 20. The French troops holding
Adana have fought their way twice to
Mersina, the nearest port, and have re-
turned with heavy losses. A flour cargo
of the American Relief Commission for
sina. The railway has been demolished
and supplies can reach Adana only by
motor trucks, heavily conveyed, with
great loss of life through the sixty
mile stretch controlled by the follow
ers of Mustapha Renal Pasha, the
Turkish Nationalist leader. who are de-
termined to starve out the French IN
Adana.
The siege Of the city was described
to the correspondent by Webster An
derson, of Charlottesville, Ind, who
has arrived in Constantinople. He es-
capped from Adana on August and
walked southeast to the Mediterranean
The Turks encircling Adana have little
consequently make raids chiefly at
night, when the entire town is raked
Thus far the Americans have not been
injured, but their buildings have been
peppered and they have not been able
to leave the compounds at night.
Besieged Foray for Food
The French artillery in Adana kills
many Turks and affords cover for the
troops which make frequent sallies into
the surrounding farms and vineyards
for food. The Americans are main
tanning soup kitchens and workshops
FOR 10000 Armenian refugees. All the
orphans of Adana, with the exception
of 300, have been sent to Cyprus
The Americans ere Doris Nevin, OF
the Colony Club of New York, daugh-
ter of the composer, Ethelbert Nevin,
Mrs. Emily R. Block, Of New York;
Miss Ruth w. Henry, of Amherst,
Dr.. and Mrs. William Dodd, of Mont
clair, N. j.; Philip Leon Flora, Of
Springfield. Mass; Wilson Fowle, of
Woburn, Mass. George w. Patterson,
Of Randolph, Vt. William Rambo and
wife, Of Philadelphia Earl H. Seeley,
Of San Angelo, Tex; Misses Mary and
Elizabeth Webb, of Boston, and Misses
Clara Bissell and Margaret A. Owens.
The two latter are members Of the
loung Women's Christian Association
Who the New York Women Are
Miss Doris Nevin is the daughter of
Mrs. Ethelbert Nevin, widow Of the
composer, Of Blue Hill Falls, Me. 1t
was said last night at the Coloay Club,
Of which Mrs. NeviA j. member, that
Mrs. Nevin is at present in Maine.
Mrs. Block is sister n-law of Her
man W. Block, WOODEN goods manufac-
tnrer Of this cit, who resides at 10
West Seventyfourth Str ct At Mr.
Blocks Office it was said Mr.. Block was
in Colorado and that he had expressed
anxiety for lis sister-in-law's safety
for several months. He had not heard
any word OF her since last June, when
the Near East Relief Associaton'a
headquarters learned the American
party was sefe and we'll protected.
Miss Nevin did cantcen work FIR the
Red Cross before She Joined the relief
forces on November 2, 1919. Mrs
Block had been doing industrial and
settlement work in New Yo1l: and othcr
cities before She went to Turkey in
June of 1oc+ ,r,or