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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1909
Page
1
A deposed sultan Abdul Hamid is linked to a prisoner amid unrest as authorities report shifts in control. Conflicting reports place Abdul Hamid at the center of a political upheaval with security forces intensifying actions.
Constantinople reports the national assembly dethroned Abdul Hamid II and proclaimed Mohemmed Reshad Effendi sultan at 2:30 pm. Troops arrested officers, the sultan was taken from Yildiz and held prisoner, with rapid, undisputed transfer to the Cheragan palace.
A dispatch reports a large victory by the Young Turks with thousands fallen in battle. The account notes massive casualties and a sweeping success for the forces involved. The clash underscores a pivotal moment in the ongoing conflict and its regional implications.
Forces of the Young Turks enter Constantinople at 5 am and secure the city by 1 pm after fierce street fighting that killed or wounded about 1,000. The sultan is safe at Yildiz Kiosk, negotiations to surrender underway. Foreigners largely safe. one American reporter wounded but not seriously. An American tourist party is escorted to a steamer bound for Naples.
Constantinople reports a fresh outbreak of fanaticism and murder last night in Adana. Looting and arson accompanied the violence, leaving the situation critically unstable in the city.
Rev Herbert Adams Gibbons reports from Adana on the five day Armenian massacre during the Moslem uprising. He describes Armenians closing shops fleeing to homes after killings, with turkish and Armenian tensions linked to arms purchases and political activity. The scene centers on Adana as the government struggles to restore order.
South Bend Indiana April 27 Governor Marshall and his secretary Mark Thistlethwaite and P A Parry editor of Hammond Times were subpoenaed by county prosecutor Cyrus Pattee to appear before the grand jury next Tuesday and state what they know of alleged prize fighting in South Bend The action follows a letter from Thistlethwaite directing Pattee to investigate after an Hammond Times article claimed finish fights were allowed in the city The editor cited a Chicago bout featuring Kid Funkey and Young MacFarland as evidence Prosecutor Pattee says he knows nothing of prize fighting there and may be mistaken The promoter says no decisions are announced and that the law is obeyed
Dr and Mrs George L Greenawalt depart from New York on the Barbarosa on the tenth of next month for a four month journey. They will visit Germany Austria Switzerland Italy and France to tour famous hospitals and sites.
In Muncie Indiana and Delaware County voters backed prohibition in a county wide election. Unofficial tallies show a 2952 vote majority for drys county wide with Muncie Dry by 209 and Center Township Wet by 784. Temperance leaders hail the result as a new state standard.
Jackson and White counties led a wave to adopt temperance positions, bringing the total to forty four dry counties yesterday. Jackson reports twenty five saloons now confined to Seymour, while White notes only two saloons, both recently installed since the area became dry by remonstrance. Some remonstrances were ineffective, allowing bars to open.
Heavy rifle fire and artillery rang out after 5 AM near Yildiz Kiosk as forces of the Constantinople garrison clashed with the army of investment. The battle spread from southwest Pera to the Matchka Tasch Kischla areas, with Saloniki troops attacking, heavy casualties reported, yet order briefly held before panic surged through the city.
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