The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 15, 1922, Page 1

4 WEATHER —FORECAST—For Bismarck and vicinity: Fair to- night and Saturday; frost tonight. ESTABLISHED 1873 BIS BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1922 CK TRIBUNE (Leased Wire of Associated Press) EDITION. | LAST PRICE FIVE CENTS TURK ARMY MASSACRES 2,000 SOME ROADS WON'T SIGN PEAGE PACT Northern Pacific, Great Nor- thern and Many Others Hesitate to Accept Terms FEW CARRIERS SIGN Milwaukee and Northwestern Among First to Reach Agreement with Union .. Agreement Chicago, Sept. 15.—Refusal by a MINISTER HANGMAN URGED BY HUNDREDS NOT TO SPRING TRAP IN FORT MADISON COUNTY JAIL Sheriff Robb, Chaplin of Rain- bow Division Presides at Execution of Eugene Weeks HANGS WEEKS (By the Associated Press) Ft. Madison, Ia., Sept. 15.— Weeks was hanged at 12 noon. Winfred E. Robb, sheriff, preacher and former soldier, pulled the trap at 12 o’clock nocn at the Iowa penitentiary here today which hanged Eu- gene Weeks, convicted slayer of George Fosdick, Des Moines grocer. For some unaccount-: able reason, Week’s body drop- % ; | 300,000 TONS OF COAL AT HEAD OF LAKES Arrives During First Fifteen Days of This Month—Situ- ation Not Changed Much Duluth, Minn., Sept. 15.—Nearly | IMPEACHMENT OF DAUGHERTY Representative Keller of Min- nesota Will Be Given Oppor- ‘ { tunity to Present Evidence Volstead, Chairman of Judic- iary Committee Refuses to Make Statement (By the Associated Press) Washington, Sept. 15.—Impeach- IN COMMITTEE PECIAL MEETING Some Difference! oe MANY FLOATS ARE INCLUDED: IN BIG PARADE Cairman Rosen Announces Plans for Parade to Precede Bridge Dedication REHEARSAL 1S HELD Pageant Cast Meets on Coun- “ry Club ‘Grounds and Goes | ' Through Big Scenes ——> MOHAMEDANS FIRE HOMES — OF CHRISTIANS AND UNDER COVER MURDER THOUSANDS Soldiers Carry Petrol Into Houses of De- fenseless Citizens — American College Raided and Students Outraged—Use Torch To Efface Evidences Outraged—Use Torch Perish In Flames MUST NOT CROSS TO EUROPE . (By The Associated Press) London, Sept. 15.— The British fleet has been instructed to allow no Turkish troops to cross from Asia to Europe, it was officially announced this 300,000 tons of bituminous coal has, ment charges against Attorney Gen- | arrived at the Duluth-Superior har- | €8! Daugherty ‘as the result of his bor during the first fifteen days of | Petition for an injunction in the ca- September and’ in addition 21 ves- | S€8 of striking railroad ‘employes, as sels carrying about 180,000 tons are Presented to the House Monday by ; Representative Keller, Republican, number of the country’s biggest rail- way systems to enter into the War- field-Willard-Jewell plan for ending theshopmen’s strike on the basis of separate and individual agreements ped too far down into the trap and his feet dragged the ground for several minutes be- fore he died. “God bless you,” were the * ea! ty Saturday, 9 a. m.—Children at Commercial club. Pp. m—Fire dance grou Commercial club. eee 1:30 p. m—Gifts and season evening. This announcement followed the cabinet meet- ine, which developed a complete agreement reached when the French for the protection of the neutral developed aff element of considerable uncertainty today over the scope and effectiveness of the peace program. While some of the larger systems had flatly rejected the plan, others, notably the Chicago and Northwest- ern and the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, had virtually completed arrangements for restoring’ strikers to their former. jobs under terms of the separate settlement plan, Negotiations were in progress with several roads in an effort by shop crafts system federation official to effect additional settlements through \ ratification of the plan. Strike leaders were said to be in- tent upon addressing communications . to some of. the unwilling roads ask- . ing them to reconsider their rejec- tions. ‘Close Door to Settlement Among the larger systems said to have closed the door against the settlement plan today were Pennsyl- vania, Union Pacific, Norfolk and Western, Southern Pacific, Chicago and Alton, Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific, Northern Paciife, Great Nor- thern, Chicago, Burlington “& Quin- cy, Missouri, Kansas and Texas, and subsidiary lines. About fifty roads were generally understood to have accepted the settlement proposals with the Baltimore and Ohio, Chesa- peake and Ohio, New York Centra! Lines, Southern, Seaboard Air Line, Chicago and Northwestern and Chi- vy cago,.Milwaukeg. and St.Paul among], the larger systems in the dgreement:, Accept Terms W. H. Finley, president of the Chi- cago and Northwestern, and B. B. Grere, vice president of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, expressed ‘the hope many of their shopmen weuld be back on their jobs today or tonight over the entire systems. The Northwestern employs abaut 12,000 shopmen and the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul about 15,000. Meanwhile Attorney _ General ‘ \@ h ah Daugherty’s staff of lawyers in the injunction proceedings before Judge Wilkerson, speeded up efforts to complete their evidence tomorrow. New disprders included the bomb- ing of the home of Wm. G. Brabazor an assistant foreman in the Louis- ville and Nashville railroad shops at Boyles, Alabama, a suburb of Bir- mingham. Five members of the house- hold were at home when the house was wrecked but all escaped injury. _.o obstruction will be placed in the ;way .of shopmen returning to work on,the railroads partiés ‘0 the settlement plan as fast as these yoads and their system pfederation chairmen arrange for. resumption, B. MM. Jewell, head of the railway em- ployes’ department of the American Federation of Labor, said today in denying statements by Fred W. Rausch, union leader at Topeka, Kansas. Rausch said last night a Jetter signed by Mr. Jewell directed that no man would return to work until all the roads had signed the agreement. “Such a letter might have been sent out before the settlement agree- ment was reached,” Mr. Jewell said, “but it does not apply now.” 4 Hold Conference ‘ A hurried conference between offi- cials of the department and the gen- eral ehairmen of the Brotherhood of Railroad Clerks, freight handlers and ticket sellers, was held today at the labor department in an effort to avert a strike among such employes on the Pennsylvania system. URGE SYMPATHY STRIKE (By the Associated Press) Atlantic City, N. J., Sept. 15.— Sympathy strikes by locals of the International Typographical Union in support of affiliated jworkers on strike henceforth may” be ordered by a bare majority of the executive council of the I. T. U., under a new pv-law adopted at today’s session of convention here after a spirited fight. In the past a unanimous vote of the council has been re quired. The vote for the new by- law was 150 to 105. It was carried despite an adverse report by the laws committee. i Debate on the question was stormy. Delegate Wm. E, Towne of Duluth, chairman of the laws committee, declared there was “too much politics being played,” and that the movement to overthrow the unfavorable report of the committee was only another gnove- ment on the part of the administra- “tion party in he convention. THOUSAND AIR MEN EMBARK (By the Associated Press) London, Sept. 14.—A thousand officers and men of the Royal Air force embarked today at South- hampton for service in Mesopota- mia, last words of Eugene Weeks as Sheriff Robb placed the black hood over his head on the scaf- fold today. Weeks mounted the gallows after declaring his innocence of the murder of Fosdick. (By the Associated Press) Fort Madison, lowa, Sept, 15.— A breakfast of bacon and eggs, cat- meal, bread, butter and coffee started the day for Eugene Weeks, scheduled to hang at noon today for the murder of George Fozdick, Des Moines grocer. “One might as well die with a full stomach as with an empty one,” Weeks re- marked to the guard who brovght him the meal. | In an intrview_ late last night! with Winfred E. Robb the sher:“f- ghaplain, who is to spring to trap, nd Des ‘Moines newspaper men, Weeks declared that he is inno- cent of the murder of Fosdick. “You can hang me, I don’t mind, but you will find out some day that! you bumped off the wrong than,’: he said. As late as last night, Sheriff Robb received letters urging him; not to go through with the hang-| ing of Weeks. He has received! hundreds of letters from church; members in all parts. of the coun- try impelling not to act as hang-| man. “Some.of these letters were from, religious: fanatics who tried. to scare me by saying I would’burn everlastingly in Hell,” the sherif?- preacher said. ~ He has received a number of let- ters threatening him with death if he pulled the trap on Weeks. It probably will be the first time in the history of legal executions ! that an ordained minister has} acted as the executioner. Robb was a chapla‘n of ‘the One Hundred Sixty-Eighth “Infantry, Rainbow Division, World war. during the { Three Hangings In Iowa Are First In Twelve Years (By the Associated Press) Fort Madison, Iowa, Sept. 15.—The gallows used last Friday for Ira Pavey, today awaited Eugene Weeks, ' ‘a Hartford Connecticut man con-: | vieted of the murder of a Des Moines grover during a holdup, with Sher- fred E, Robb, of Polk county, Des Moines, who resigned his pastorate when -his duties as sheriff necessi-, enroute, reports of local vesselmen show. . No hard coal has been received here yet but Duluth coal men _be- lieve that by October 1 that anthra- cite coal will be flooding into the Head of the Lakes at the rate the soft coal is at present. Thirty-four boats have carried soft coal here since the second of Septem- ber, when the first shipments arrived. Twenty-two of the vessels arrived in one week. 3 Twenty-one vessels are en route here with coal and are expected to dock within the next day. The coal carrid by, these boats average about 9,000 tons’ each. The shipment of Illinois coal into Duluth by rail was received here ac- | cording to local coal dealers, when five cars arrived over the Northwest- ern Line. The Illinois coal was brought in here for emergency purposes. It is ‘not probable any more of it will be ‘shipped here on account of the large | forward by the vessels, coal men said. ¥i quantities of soft coal being brought | ‘he Ve { not changed much in Duluth with the; The anthracite coal situation -has announcement of the strike settle- ment. Hard coal is scarce and hun- dreds of orders are now on file in jcoal offices. Fuel men said that in all ‘probabil- ity the coal situation would be clear- ed up October 1 but that some large ordérs ‘for’ hatd “coat “now on: file would probably not be filled com- pletely. é BUILDING UNIONS MAY. G0 ON STRIKE Dispute Over ‘Whether Car- penters Shall Do Certain Sheet Metal Wotk \ \ é (By the Associated Press) Atlantic City, N. J., Sept. 15.—The executive council of the American Federation of Labor today will tac- kle the controversy between the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners and the Sheet Mtal Workers’ Union, which it is declared by fed- eraiton chiefs, threatens a nation wide tie-up of building construction. This controversy, arising from a tated presiding at an execution, Pre-' as, pared to spring the trap. Week’s wife, who testified against him and attempted to collect the $2,500 reward offered for his con- viction, spent yesterday in the death cell with him, reading repentant | poetry he had composed while await- | ing execution. Next month, Orrie Cross, Week’s accomplice, is scheduled to hang. Thees three are the first executions in Iowa for 12 years. i ——_L_____. i OLD GROSVENTRE | CHIEF IS DEAD ” Shell Village, N. D.—Sitting Owl, 76, one of the last of the Grosventre chiefs at Shell Village, died here of paralysis. He had had — several strokes, the first occurring about six years ago. The chief was a member of the Catholic church. He Was active in his efforts to promote the progress of his tribe and was especially: de- sirous of education for the, children. His home and surroundings were said to have set a fine example of adopted civilization to his tribe. Bulls Eyes suceeeds him as chief. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Father Peter, and burial was made in the Shell Village Catholic cemetery., WOBBLY HELD ON GUN CHARGE Minot, N, D.—Jack Pico, I. W. W., has been bound over charged with carrying concealed weapons, as the result of an alleged shooting affray near Makoti, in whicn Pico is al- leged to have shot another harvest- er, missing him. Complaining wit- nesses say Pico was trying to get them to join the I. W. W., and when they refused, called one bad names.| At this juncture at Pico, and the lat+ ter drew a gun and fired and fled but was overtaken by the two men. spute over Which organization shall install the metal trimmings in new buildings, already has halted mil- lions of dollars worth of construc- tion in Detroit, Cleveland and other cities, it was asserted. John Donlin, president of the build- ing trades department of the Ameri- can Federation of Labor, is here’ to present the case to the executive council in the hope that it will act as mediator and bring peace to the two unions. Frank Duffy, secretary of the Carpenters’ organization, and a vice president of the American Federation of Labor, will present his unions’ claims. Gets Decision Over Johnny Buff New York, Sept. 15.—Pancho Villa, sensational Philipino boxer, who won the American flyweight champion- ship last night by scoring a tech- nical knockout over Johnny Buff of Jersey City, N. J., in the eleventh round of a fifteen round match at Ebbets field, will now seek a match with Jimmy Wilde of England, for the world’s title. i Villa demonstrated his superiority over, the best of the American 112 pounders by outboxing and outpunch- ing Buff decisively. Buff, in the opinion of ringside experts, showed the effects of illness which has kept | him out of the ring since he lost the world’s bantamweight title to Joe Lynch of New York, and was unable to match the battering attach inched by the Oriental fighter. las floored the, American three times in the tenth round and was ready to deliver a knockout blow when Buff’s seconds tossed a towel in the ring after 27 seconds of, the eleventh round in acknowledgement of defeat. Last October more than a thou- | Minnesota, will be considered by the | Judiciary committee at|a meeting tomorrow at which Mr. /Keller will | be heard. The call for the meeting was: is- jsued today by Chairman Volstead |after a brief conference with 'Mr./ | Keller who stated to the House in| | asking for an investigation that he i was prepared to go before the com- ; mittee and present evidence in sup- port of his charges. There was * ‘ indication as to whether the attorney ‘ general. would be represented. The ‘hearing will be public. |_.Members of the committee said ; Mr. Keller would be given every’ op- portunity to present any evidence he might possess. | Chairman Volstead declined to ! comment on reports from Atlantic City that the American of, Labor | would seek to bring about impeach- iment of both the attorney general | amd Judge Wilkerson in connection | with injunction proceedings, FORMER STATE OFFICIAL. DIES 'Was Railroad Commissioner And Member of the State Legislature For Session Litchville, N. D., Sept. 15.—Sam J. Aandahl, 53, member of the state legislature in the 1903 session and later member (of the state board of railroad commissioners until Jan, 1, 1921, died at his home near Litch- ville at 6 a. m. yesterday from an acute attack of, heart trouble. He leaves Mrs. Aandah] and two sons, Fred and Sam. He came to Barnes county n 180 with his par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. S, Aandahl, settling on a farm in Svea township, where Mr. Aandahl lived until he be- came of age, when he homesteaded, later buying a scction of land in the same township, He was born in Norway, July 1, 1869, and came to North Dakota in 1881, was educated in the common Oshools of Norway and also of Barnes county, where he has since lived, except for three years, 1907- 8-9, spent in California. He has been a farmer for 25 years. Two weeks “ago, ! broke his leg in a fall from a grain | wagon. He: was hauling a load of grain to town, the horses became frightened, leaped forward breaking the doubletree and jerking Mr. Aan- dahl from the wagon. Regret Removal of Evangeline Booth | From American Post (By the Associated Press) New York, Sept. 15.—Expressions lof regret at the removal of Com- mander Evangeline Booth as head of the Salvation Army in America at a { date yet ‘to be fixed, today were uni- versal. Miss Booth received notice of her impending removal through a message from her brother, General Bramwell Booth, supreme head of the organization with headquarters in London. “I shall obey the order,” she said today. “I have cabled my brother for further information.” The only: previous intimation that she was to be recalled from the posi- tion was two years ago, Miss Booth said, when her brother told her “you cannot expect to'remain at the head of the organization all the rest of your life.” She had been commander of the organization in America for 18 years. BOGUS CHECK GANG EXPECTED Worthless check writers and short change operators, working recently in the north Pacific coast region, and who have been working eastward, may attempt to ply their business in Bismarck, according to word received here. They have worked as far cast as Glendive, Mont. Merchants of Bismarck have lost Mr. Aandahl sand North Dakota farmers at-| considerable money recently throug: tended the National Dairy Show in the Twin Cities. This fall five thousand are expected to attend. the cashing of worthless, checks, and] sota mille association are headed are urged to be on the lookout for|/hy G. M. Palmer, Mankato, pres- the gang. Monday as a part of the exercises celebrating the completion of the will include state and city officials, cars carrying pioneers, participants groups, Commercial club. 7 p. m-—Indians on Country club grounds. An elaborate parade will pass through the streets of Bismarck Missouri river bridge. The parade: in the pageant and industrial floats. Alex Rosen, in charge of the par- ade, announced today that it will| dssemble at 10:30 a, m. Monday in} the streets at the city auditorium. A; band wil] lead the parade. Included | in the first cars will be Governor Nestos with Adjutant-General Fras-/ er as aid, Commissioner of Agricul- ture J, A. Kitchen, Secretary of State | Thomas Hall, C. A. P. Turner, de- signer of. the bridge; county com- missioners and city commissioners. There will be a firing. squad, flag} bearers. Father Hiltner will officiate at the dedication exercises. Judge Casselman will be parade marshal. | Chairman Rosen ‘emphasized today that it is necessary for those having floats to get them ready immediate- ly. The parade will form, in addition to the above, as follows: Float car- rying Pageant Queen candidates, two floats carrying dancers, an Indian tepee, Indians on horseback, float carrying quadrille dancers who will dance during the parade, prairie uchodner; engineers, pioneers, sol- diers on horseback, Legion men, Company A men, Boy Scouts, Indian boys and many industrial floats. An airplane will fly above the town during the parade. Dedication Time Changed Secretary Keniston of the joint celebration committee announced to- day that the time of the bridge de- dication has been changed from 3 p. m. until immediately after the par- ade. Speaking will be from the dance pavilion att he bridge. The barbecue will be held following the parade, This 13 Princess Cecilie, daugh ter of the ex-crown prince of Ger Many. See any resemblance be tween her and her dad? ‘RECOGNITION SOUGHT BY SOVIET REGIME Note Sent to American Am- bassador at Berlin Asks For Conference (By the Associated Press) if Moscow, Sept. 15.—A note which is considered a reply to the unoffi- cial inquiry of the United States as to whether an American techni- cal committee would be welcome in Russia states that Soviet Russia “is ready to enter official preliminary negotiations for the reestablish- ment. of official relations with an Americatt delegation appointed for this purpose.” The note which was sent by For-' eign Minister Tchitcherin to Ber- lin for delivery to American Min- ister Houghton, suggests that the preliminary negotiations might be held in the United States, in Rus- sia or in some other country to be determined: Sy The Soviet: government, the note states, “is particularly interested in any move which might soon bring the reestablishment of éco- and will be in the Auditorium square | nomic relations between Russia and instead of at the ball park, accord-| America, it’ being understood that ing to J. C. Anderson in general|/such relations will be based on charge of the arrangements. Frank | equality and in the intere:ts of both Evans is taking charge of prepara-| concerned. The Soviet government tions for the barbecue. There will be| heartily welcomes any tendencies a band concert at 4 p. m. Monday,/in the direction of reciprocity, and airplane flights during the aft-|which will enable each country to ernoon. Nl study the economic condition of the Rehearsal Held other. ' Asuccessful rehearsal was held by| “QOwing to the fact that the So- the pageant: actors last night on the/ vict government desires closer re- grounds back of the Country club,| jations with the United States it although the band was delayed by| cannot consider exactly just a one- muddy roads in getting over from! sided proposal for sending an in- Mandan. Pi vestigating commission to Russia.” E. G. Wanner announced “ground! Such action, the note continues, rules” for the pageant Monday night} might be regarded by public opin- as follows: Entrance to ground] ion as not in conformity with the may be only only from one point, that being the road running straight est from the Country Club, entrance at turn of road, Autos to be parked east of the road, running north and southeast of the Country club. No automobiles will be allowed in page- unt grounds. Beginning this afternoon free tic- kets to the pageant wil] be given away by the merchants of the city to non-residents of Bismarck and Mandan at the pageant information booth on the corner of Fourth and Main Streets in the N. P. Park. FLOUR MILLS principles of equality, and might cause a sentiment unfavorable to the durability of the future rela- tions between the two counries. ’ THE WEATHER | a } Weather Forecasts For North Dakota: Fair tonight and Saturday; frost tonight;. cooler est portion, warmer Saturday west portion, General Weather Conditions An extensive ‘area of high press- ure is centered over the northern Plains States and fair weather pre- vails throughout the Region. It is considerably cooler in the northern states this morning, but tempera- tures have risen in the southern Plains States. IN PROTEST Amenia .... 64 39 0 pee. Bismarck ... 63 36 0 el’r Bottineau: 57839 0 eldy ys HE ‘ evils Lake 62 38 0 eldy Claim Operators Price For Dickinson 593203 elt Rise junn Center 61 33 0 Coal Is Too High in North- Ellendale. 60 40 10 Fessenden . 66 35 0 eld , west Grand Forks 66 42 0 eldy e Jamestown . 65 40 0 el’r Langdon .. 60 41 0 eldy (By the Associated Press) | Larimore 65 = 40 0 el’'r Minneapolis, Sept. 14.—Forty- Lisbon .... 65 39 0 cl’r four flour mills operating in Min-| Minot ..... ee ees, Gy oeene nesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and South Napoleon 61 31 9 el’: Dakota, protest the present prices Famine SrUPS jc) teas es gels charged by operators and whole-| y70ihon ef 34 OH eRe sale distributors of coal, in a reso-| "°°" ‘Ol 6 44 not eve RRIS W. ROBERTS, lution mailed to Herbert Hoover, Meteorologist. | secretary of commerce today from their Minneapolis heaquarteres. The resolution which was ado} ed by the board of directors of the Southern Minnesota mills associa- LETS CONTRACT tion at their annual meeting in _ Minneapolis, declares that al-| Fargo, N. D., Sept. 15.—Construc- though the miners have returned to! tion of a waterworks system into the work upon the wage schedules in| Village of North Fargo will be be- effect at the time the strike was; gun at once by Schruth and Jackson, called, “The price of coal, practic-| contractors of St. Paul, who were ally screenings, is being sold at) awarded the contract for installing four times the price asked for|the new system in the village by. when the strike was called.” the village board last evening. , ‘Officers of the Southern Minne-| The village proposes to lay water- ‘ mains, put down a 12-inch well, a wa- ter tower, pump, pumphouse, etc., the contract price being $34,383.12. | NORTH FARGO ident. zones on both sides of the straight of the Darda- nelles, and Const \itinople. Bi Smyrna has been completely wrecked by the conflagration which has been raging here for the past two days, according to information from au- thentic sources reaching here. Thousands of per- sons are believed to have perished. It was announced that the British government considers the whole Turkish question should be the subject of a general conference of the powers, in- eet Minor powers, such as Rumania and Jugo lavia. It has not been decided whether the United States shall be invited. London, Sept. 15.—From 1,000 to 2,000 Christians had been massacred in Smyrna ‘by the Turks before the fire which swept the Armenian and other quarters of the Asia Minor seaport recently evacuated by the Greek army, it is charged in semi-official and other Greek messages from Athens received here today. . | Among the Turkish outrages was the carrying off of many girl pupils of the American Girls college, it is alleged. The Greek belief is that the fire was set by the Turks to conceal the traces of their alleged misdeeds. ; 75 Million Losses | A considerable share of the property loss from the fire, the total of which is estimated in Greek quarters at one billion frances (about $75,000,000 ‘at present exchange rate for the frang) fall upon American firms. Reports have reached London that the Turks have com- meénced reprisals against the Armenians at Smyrna. According to the general conviction the fire was started by the Turks to efface the traces of their massacres adn: other crimes. “Miss Mills, matron of the American Girls college, declares she saw an officer or noncommissioned officer of the Turkish regular army, enter a house carrying several cans of petrol. Soon after he came out the house burst into flames. FIRE\COVERS MASSACRES ° “Fire appeared immediately ‘in the other sections of the town near the Turkish quarter of Basma Khane. The first day after the Turkish occupation “Besides the pupils, about 1,300 refugees had been taken into the college, which was near the place where the fire started. The fate of many of the girl pupils is unknown and it is alleged they have been carried off by the Turks. “Prior to the fire there were massacres, which continued through the night in the midst of the flames. It is impos- sible to estimate the number of killed. Dr Post, an Amer- ican who with members of the American relief administra- tion made an investigation, expressed the opinion the num-- ber of victims up to the time of the fire amounted to 1,000. Other estimates from Athens run as high as 2,000. A large number .of Christians are believed to. have perished in the flames. 5 vas The outlying Greek and Armenian villages and the sub- urbs of Burja and Burnabat, where Europeans reside, were burned MAY BOMBARD TURKS London, Sept. _15.—The commanding the British squadron at Smyrna has warned ‘the Turkish au- thorities in the city that if massa- cres are continued the Turkish quar- ters will be bombarded, says an ex- change telegraph dispatch from Athens. “The Turkish population in Smyr- na continues to be master of the situation, A number of Turkish of- ficials accused of having aided the Greeks, were executed in front of the government buildings. Refugees Arriving “Refugees arriving in Athens from Symrna, recount terrible stories re- garding the state of the city, owing to the ferocity of the Turks. Imme- diately on their arrival the Kemalist troops gave themselves over to mas- gacre and robbery of the Christians and the Quays were littered with corpses. A Greek journalist was shot dead after being dragged through the streets tied tb the back of an au- tomobile, “An American passenger who reached Piraeus from Smyrna says he saw 900 Armenians forced by the Turks to embark on a lighter. The ‘admiral | born are accounted for. An American destroyer sailed for Saloniki with 600 refugees and an- other later cleared for Piraeus with 400 persons including some of the consular staff, members of American benevolent organizations and busi- ness men, The Turkish troops are making strenuous efforts to prevent whole- sale looting by bands of irreguars. ATTRIBUTED TO RACIAL HATRED Rome, Sept. 15.—According to the latest reports reaching here the fire in Symrna is attributed to racial ha- treds. (Continued on Page 7) BRITISH ARE } SENDING FORCES (By the Associated Press) Malta, Sept. 14.—The British trans- port Somal with the Second Royal Sussex regiment on board, will leave Malta for Constantinople tonight. All the other British troops in Malta have been ordered to stand by, pre- Armenians were then shot down from the shore, the bodies then left float- ing in the water. According to other passengers, prominent members of tHe British colony in Smyrna were similarly murdered.” pared‘ to sail. BOY IS HURT AT FOOTBALL Grinnell, Ia., Sept. 15.—The first football accident of the season occur- red yesterday when Robert Cushman of Iowa Falls, a junior at Grinnell * college, suffered a fracture of the skull in a collision with anothe- player during practice. U. S. DIRIGIBLE STARTS TRIP Akron, 0., Sept. 15.—The dirigible C-2 left Wingfoot aviation station near here at 9:52 o’clock this morn- ing for Dayton. SPREADS TO TURKISH AREA Smyrna, Sept. 15.—The fire which started in the Armenian quarter of Smyrna early yesterday afternoon had spread this morning to the Turk- ish section of the city and was mak- ing rapid headway. In Ashes The entire European section is in ashes and countless thousands are homeless, There were hundreds of ensualties among persons who were caught in the sections where the flames spread with greatest rapidity. Fourteen naturalized Americans are missing but all the American