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TH0MA8VILLE, GEORGIA. TUE80AY, 8EPTEMBER 18, 1822.
$1X0 PER ANNUM
SMYRNA BURNED BY TURKS AND
; MANY ATROCITIES COMMITTED ON
FOREIGN CONSULS AND RESIDENTS
City WillJBe Total Loss, it is Stated in' Preliminary Dis
patches.—Britfsh Consul Was Killed.—American Col
lege Girls Ta&en From Schools and Mistreated and Fire
Used to Cover Serious Depredations^-Thousands Said
* To Have Been Slain^-Britain Warns Kemalists,
FORD HOPES TO JE
ABLETOOPENPLAIVT
Definite Assurances Are Not
Given However, That Hun
dred Thousand Men Idle To
day Will Get jobs Back in
The Immediate Future.
Smyrna, Sept. .16.—A fire whlcfr
started In the. Armenian' quarter of]
'Smyrna early yesterday' afternoon!
hod spread this moraine to 1 the Turk-J
tsh - sections and "’as making rapid
'headway,-- The entire European sec
tions are In ashes and countless thous
ands are homeless. Fourteen natural
ized Americans are mtssldg hut all of
the American born have been account,
ed for. '
The American consulate was locat
ed In the burnod area. Consul Gener
al George Horton and his staff left
as the flames swept toward the build
ing, taking with them the official cod
es and funds, and most ot the Import
ant records and documents.
From one to two thousand' Chris
tians have been massacred In the city
by the Turks before the Are swept
the Armenian and other areas, It. Is
charged.
Smyrna, Sept. 18.—Smyrna, which
the Turks have called the eye of Asia,
Is a vast sepulchre of ashes.
Only the shattered walls of 28,000
homes and the charred bodies of count
less victims remain to tell the story
of death and destruction unexampled
in modern history.
The ruins are-still smouldering like
a volcano Vhlch has spent Its fury.
No effort has been made by the
-Turks to remove the dead and dying.
The streets-are full ot the bodies of
those who sought to escape, tor the
most payt women and children.
Every building in the Armenian
quarter'Em. been burned, with the
, dead lying about. The bay, which
1 covers an area of fifty acres, still car
ries on Its surface the poor remnants
ot ‘those who were massacred ' or
■ought to escape the ruthlesaneaa of
the Are. One water froht holds thou
sands of survivors who fear death at
the hands of soldiery; there are no
boats to take (hem off.
One ship; captain declined to take
any ot the wretched survlvori, but lu
contrast to his Indifference, Captain
Walters, of the American steamer
Wlnono, rescued 1,800 and took them
to Piraeus. American aallora of the
destroyer Litchfield snatched 460 or,
phaned boys fro® the pier And carried
thbm safely tg Constantinople. .The
lack tars slept on the Iron decks or un
der torpedo tubes while the youngs
ters occupied their bunks. In all the
acta of gallantry by the Americana at
Smyrna thera was-none more Inspir
ing than this. \
While the organa were being load-
ad on the Litchfield, H. C. Jacqnlth,
director of Near East relief, who came
here recently from Constantinople, di
verted the attention of the Turkish
guards, giving them cigarette* and
London, Sept. 16.—Twenty-five
thousand Christian women have
been conveyed to.thejnterlor and
distributed Among Turkish sol
diers shys a dispatch to the Times
from a Smyrna newspaper.
2,000 LIVE8 LOST, 2500 BUILDING3
DESTROYED IN 8MYRNA FIRE
Constantinople, Sept. 16.—Upward
of'two thousand persons perished In
the fire At Smyrna, 2500 buildings
were destroyed and all American prop
erty wiped out. The catastrophe la
ot much greater proportion, according
to advices than file conflagration nt
Salonlkl, which caused a hundred mil
lion dollars' damage. ,
SMYRNA TRAGEDY GROW8 .
WITH EAiBH NEW REPORT
/London, .Sept. 16.—Dispatches from
Constantinople And Athena, and other
Information centers, only tend to mag
nify the ta\«j of the tragedy ot Smyrna.
A greater portion of the city la In
ruins, laid waste by conflagration and
the flames had reached the water
front where the auays are crowded
With fear-crazed Christian refugees
who fled to the city to escape tho
Turks.
Many of the people have thrown
themselves in the water rather than
risk being burned alive or facing
Kemal Pasha's soldiery/, drunk with
victory. •
BRITISH OFFICES REPORTED
MURDERED AT SMYRNA
EN BUCK HORROR OVEI
ONBIG GIVES WAY TO PLANS
FCOUNTRYiFOR NEWSETTLEMENT
Seaboard Men Are at Work) England'Has Ordered More
And Others To Number of j Warships* to the Mediterran-
. Fifty Thousand Are Already ean and Asks Nations Close
Working.—Many Big Roads By to Assist in Protection of
Refuse to Join Settlement. J Constantinople^
Detroit, Mich., Sept. 18.—An Indus- Washington, D. C.. Sept. 18.—Re-| London, Sept. 18.—The horror over
trial army of upwards of 100,000 per-- sumption of negotiations between | the tragedy of Smyrna la losing some
song toda^ entered a period of ldle-1 Southern Railway officials and the edge of tho public attention, due to
ness and the mammoth Ford plants' chairman of the shop crafts toward the situation at Constantinople and
were deserted except for caretakers.) termination of the strike conditions,: tho Dardanelles. England la taking
This was the first working day
.. t
IE
IT MINE AND SEARCH FOR 47
ENTOMBED MINERS IS UNDER WAY
May Be Several Days Befdre Men or Their Bodies Are
Found, Declare Engineers. — Rescue Crews Equipped
'.With First Aid Outfits.—Argonaut Mine Rescue Crew
( Wins $5,000 Reward For Being First to Break Through
No Recoveries Expected for 24 Hours.
since the complete suspension of op
erations due to the coal situation, and
as many ot the Idle workers are cast
ing about for a job to tide them over,
Ford renewed bis efforts to solve the
fuel problem. His ta/>k waa to obtain
fuel at what be coniidered a reason
able price.
To accept coal at the prices quoted
for It, he previously had declared
would be a ‘‘submission to the profl-
toers."
No statement had been made today
by the manufacturer as to the proba
ble duration or the suspension of work
at his plants, but EdBOl Ford, presi
dent ot the company, voiced the hope
that a way out of the fuel difficulty
might aoon be found.
were declared by union lender&^todny steps to repel an Invasion of neutral
to be unlikely until certain fundamon.l territory along the Straits and has
tal differences, relating to conditions called Jugo-Slavla, Rumania and her
on several of the system’s short lines own Dominions to come to.her aid.
• France favors moral persuasion
rather than force In maintaining the
International character of the Straits,
and two Important shops could satis
factorily be adjusted.
SEABOARD. SHOPMEN AT
RALEIGH RETURN TO J0B8
Raleigh, N. C-, Sept. 18.—All of the
Seaboard shopmen who went on strike
on July 1, wont back to their old jobs
when the whistle blew at the ' shops
hore today, In accordance with the
agreement reached at Baltimore Sat
urday. The men who were put
work during the strike were trans
ferred to Jacksonville and Norfolk.
FORD H0PE8 TO 800N
RE8UME OPERATIONS
Detroit, Mich., Sept. 18.—Officials
of the Ford Motor Company are hope-
AMERICU8 STRIKERS RETURN
I TO THE SEABOARD SHOPS
Amerjcus, Ga., Sept. 18.—The etrlk
Ing shopmen returned to their jobs In
the Seaboard Air Line shops here to-
ful that the nnr future will bring de* 4ay- The new employes were sent
away before the entrance of the old
men pnd the force Is now practically
the same aa before the strike order
was Issued.
London, Sept 16.—An American de
stroyer which has arrived at Plraeux,
Greece reports that the Turks enter
ed the British consulate at Smyrna
undlnurderad the official who was as-;
velopments In the coal crisis that will
permit a resumption of operations by
the huge Industry, which closed down
Saturday, Edzel B. Ford, president of
ttie company said last night. The ba
sis ofthls hope, however,' Mr. Ford
did not divulge.
Nothing would be left 'undone, It
was said, to find a way ot obtaining
at what was considered a fair price,
sufficient fuel'to reopen the plants. It
was polhtod out that the mere deliv
ery ot a large quantity of coal would
aemhllng the archives, .ay. a Reuter not warrant a reopening but that
continuing supply, at satisfactory pric
es, was necessary, owing to the mag-
nltude of the Industry and the neces-
dlspatch from Athens. Postmaster
Nvilklnson, also 1b reported to have
been murdered as well as other Eng
lishmen. Consul General Harry Lamb
Is believed to have escaped on a war
ship.
Among the Turkish outrages, waa
the carrying off or many girls, pupils
ot the American Girls’ College, it la
alleged.
The Greeks believe the fires were
set by the Turks to conceal traces of
their alleged mlsdeedi.
A considerable share ot the proper
ty loss from fire, the total of which la
estimated t>y the Greeks at one bil
lion franca, which la about $76,000,000
at the exchange rate, will tall upon
American firms.
talking to them In their native tongue.
These guards are under strictest or
ders not to permit the escape ot atfSr
of the Greek or Armenian refugees, on
several occMlons have shot to death
fugitives endeavoring to reach outly
ing vessels by swimming.
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.Phones 105 end 106
stty of co-ordinating the work of all
departments on a schedule not suscep
tible to Interruptions.
The reported plan of. the Chamber
of Commerce of the United States of
a day to day co-operative distribution
of fuel. bad.not been presented to
Ford officials last night, nor had the CENTRAL OF GEORGIA HA8
details of the plan been laid before
the local Chamber of Commerce.
MORE BRITI8H SHIPS 8ENT
TO MEDITERRANEAN TODAY
Constantinople, Sept. 18.—The
tire British Atlantic fleet is being' sent
to reinforce the Mediterranean squad
ron for the protection ot Constanti
nople and the Dardanelles Straits.
BRITAIN DETERMINED IN THE
FREEDOM OF DARDANELLES
London, Sept. 18.—The Britllh gov
ernment despite outcries appearing In
the French and Italian presa against
further military action, showed
signs today ot altering her avowed
policy of defending the freedom of
the Dardanelles against theJTurklih
Nationalists. (
BRITISH MUNITIONS PLANT8
ORDERED ON FULL TIME
Paris, Sept. 18—The British gov
ernment baa ordered all of the small
arms and ammunition factories In the
United Kingdom to work twenty-four
hours, full capacity In preparation for
Turkish eventualities, according to
newa reaching private sources here
tdday.
MANY ROAD8 8TILL BALK;
OTHER ROAD8 ACCEPT PLAN
Chicago, Ill., Sept 18.—With numer
ous railroads, both In the Eastern and
Western groups continuing to Ignore |
tho Baltimore settlement plan, other AMERICANS RESCUED MANY
l-onds, Including a few of the big sys-j THOUSANDS IN SMYRNA
tem, today restored jobs under t* Constantlnopl? 8ept ; , 8 _ Amer .
fT*' j™' 6 ° * i? P fi 3. of the ,cani ’ arrlYin B here from Smyrna gave
eighty days ago. Estimates of the .. . , Af . ..
/ m ... . . . . ■ graphic descriptions of the scenes
number of strikers token back today, ...
varied. Some piece the number as
high as 60,000.
Bert Jewell hastened to New York
yesterday when the plan struck
snag In the Eastern opposition, n
tably that of the New York Central.
Jackson, Cal., Sept. 18.—Rescue
crews driving from the Kennedy mine
Into the neighboring woVklnga to re-
lease th * men entombed there for
three weeks settled down today Into
wbat was believed the (Inal struggle.
A connection between the mines was
established at an early hour.
Tense watchers stood chilled In the
morning twilight, fearing, and yet hop-
ing for a first word from the squads
These were not relatives ot the en
tombed men but mine officials, Red
Cross workers and newspapermen.
So man^ times have the wives, par
ents and children of the Imprisoned
miners heard that a cut through was
expected, and failed, that most' oil
them were at home when It was actu
ally achieved this morning.
cuers were ordered to make a thor
ough search of the 4,300 foot level.
May Be 8everal Dayi Before Men
Are Found.
Eaglneers at the mouth of the mine
said that at least twenty-four hour#
would be required before the first
body or a rescued miner could bo
brought to the surface. Several days
may be required for exploration work
before any of the bodies of the men
are found, it was said.
ANOTHER DELAY IN REACHING
MINERS WAS EXPERIENCED
Jackson, Cal., Sept. 18.—Hopes for
breaking Into the Argonaut mine yea:
terday to discover whether forty-sev
en miners Imprisoned there by a tiro
just three weeks ago are still alive
were dashed by a discovery of an error
In surveying which Indicated three
feet of rock barrier remained to be
cut through. It Is believed the Argon
aut cannot be reached before today or
tomorrow.
Saturday night It seemed certain
that some time yesterday the reseda
crew which had been drilling Its way
from tho 3,600-foot level of the adjoln-
rrom tho Kennedy Into the Arognnaut ( lag Kennedy mine would make an en-
Indlcates that there Is no cave In, say trance Into the 4,200-foot level of the
officials, and crews of mon wore hold- Argonaut.
ing the rentllaltng doora In order that j in tddltlon to the announcement by
the draft would not rekindle the fire w. E. Downs, surveyor and under
ground engineer of the Kennedy, that
29.7 feet’remained to be drilled, tha
Argonaut Rescue Crew Break* Thru
And Wine $5,000 Reward.
Formal announcement was made
that tire crew first to break through
the mine walls, Were all members of
the Argonaut miners, and that they
had won tho $5,000 bonus offered by
officials. a
Tho great force of the draft blowing
In the Argonaut. i
Search for Entombed Men.
The first task of the teams waa to
rescue the living. The second was
to ascertain the location of the dead
and the third to .restore proper vontl-
SUFFICIENT FORCE8 NOW
wtlnessed in that city during the re
cent fire and attendant disorders,
when hundreds of Christians were
imassacred by Turkish troops who then
deliberately set fire to tho city
cover up their crimes. American sail
ors from the destroyer Litchfield res
cued thousands ot refugees while the
fire was In progress.
- Macon, Ga., Sept. 18.—The Central: „ . __ iiftcnniTft ditd
Mr. Ford said he- could not discuss^ 0 1 Georgia Railway today withdrew ad- KILLED BY inUflljiJI IU Bl IE
mal.
MYSTERY OF DOUBLE
the plan without giving It careful
study, but Indicated It would be.con
sldered by his advisers.
That part of the proposal relating
to equalized distribution and the sta
bilization of prices was In line with
the poslton- taken by Henry Ford and
It was believed the manufacturer
might look upon It with favor.
The fuel commltteee ot the Chant
her of Commerce, which Included Har
vey Campbell. Secretary of the com
merce body; Henry Shearer, general
manager of the Michigan, Control
Railroad and Charles 8. Mott, of the
General Motors Corporation, la to
meet today with heads ot many local
manufacturing concerns, to review the
fuel situation. Tho co-operative pro
posal of the Chamber of Commerce o.
the United States may be presented
at that meeting.
Aside from Mr. Ford, no other defin
ite manufacturer la considering Im
mediate curtailment ot operation* The
matter of getting coal. It is said,
not such a big problem as the dlfficul-j
ty experienced In obtaining the proper have found coal prices higher than
grades. Much of the fuel coming >o they believe conditions warrant, hut
Detroit has been of an Interior gradn prefer to pay these prices rather than
which acme manufacturers found ul interrupt the operations of their
moat useless. Some of the manu’nc- plants, the output of which Is booked
turers, according to Mr. Campbell, far In the future.
Savannah, Ga., Sept. TS.—Mr. and
Mrs. A. M. Johnson have decided to
vertlpeffients for men. President Win-| Jrtlnlton> s c „ 8ept . lg.-lnfecUon
burn says the forces are nearly nor- ;rom , mogqu i to bite on the lip re-
suiting In blood poisoning caused the
death here last nlidit of Mrs. Mary
Workman. Three*chlldren and her
husband survive.
MURDER STILL UNSOLVED savannah qouple find
| NAME FOR THEIR 21ST SON
New Brunswick, N. J, Sept. 18.—,
The question of where the Rev. Ed
ward" S.’ Hall Episcopal rector and nam8 Ae , r t „ enty . (lm aon . Herbert
hi. choir leader Mrs. Jame. MlUv The born thra( -
were slain, shared equally In Interest . '
with that ol by whom they were J weo “ a *°"
slain, as tha authorities in the two
counties today, the third day of the
Inquiry Into the mysterious double
murder. ' x I
Detectives working on the case are
not convinced that the Rector and
Mrs. Mills met thelq death beneath
the apple tree under which they were]
found, and Mrs. Hall la expected to
be questioned again today.
slowness with which the powder gas
cleared away after blasting constituted
a delay to the work.
On the 3,900-foot level eleven feet
was cleared Saturday and Saturday
latlon In the mine. Each company 1 night, leaving fifty-slit feet to go.
of rescuers carries full equipment for J Even after breaking Into the Argon-
resuscitation, together with spirits of aut It may be found, that some of the
ammonia for revival ot heart action, lower levels of that mine have caved
and stretchers. | In, It . was pointed out yesterday. If
The first search ot the Argonaut this should be the ease, rescue crews
wus to bo on the 4,200 foot level, and would have to bora their way through
falling to find the men there, the res- 1 new barricades.
STORM WARNINGS OFF
CAPE HENRY DISPLAYED
Washington, D. Si, Sept. 18.—Advis
ory northeast storm warnings were
displayed at 10 a. m„ today from Capo
Henry to Brunswick. The disturb
ance wns of moderato Intensity ap
parently developing off the northeast
Florida coast, the Weather Bureau
announced.
BONUS BILL VETO WILL
BE SUSTAINED IN SENATE
Washington, D. C., Sept 18.—Suffi
cient votes In the Senate to snstain
TWO EXPLOSIONS IN
PENN COAL MINES
Pittsburgh. Pa., Sept. 18.—Two coal
mines In the WUklnsburg section hero
were damaged by a bomJO explosion
today. The mouth and tunnels of one
•wore wrecked In tho first explosion.
A few minutes later a bomb was set
off In the Dream City Mins. Both at
these mines have been operated on
the open shop basis for six months.
the Presidential veto of the bonus, was to disapprove the measure.
declared to bo assured today, after a
canvas of 4he Senate by advfaeri of
the President who gave the Informa
tion Saturday that ho was determined
WORRY KILLS MORE
PEOPLE THAN WORK
SAY* CENTENARIAN
Loe Angeles, Cal., Sept. 18.—Cor
nelius Cole, former Congressman
and United States Senator from
California, who at hia home yes
terday, celebrated the one hun
dredtb anniversary ot bis birth
told the multitude ot friends nt
a reception thaL ‘‘worry kilts
more people than bludgeons, bu!-.
lota or disease."
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