Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 15, 1922, Page 12

Weath | iy in ea air tonight and and central p tions tonight eke Peraeue Saturday ; | CASPER, WYO., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1922. TURKS MASSACRE 2000 CHRISTIANS IN SMYRNA City Is Fired to Cover Up Horrors of Turk Occupation DESTROYERS PROTECT AMERICANS ODY HORSE IS DERBY WINNER AT STATE FAIR Stands Brought to Feet as Kid Minor Noses Out Victory in Feature Race Before Thousands at Douglas DOUGLAS, Wyo. BY ROSS M 15.—Kid Minor, a rangy bald- , Sept. GRANT. face sorrel owned by. J. H. Bain of Cody, won the Wyoming Derby at one mile yesterday afternoon in a driving finish while the 6,000 spectators in the stands yelled themselves hoarse. ished a neck the Bain stable, thied place. horse, looked was never up. Robin Hood, A Alicia, owned by D. W. behind, with V: a length back the Casper r-raced track reo be new and Lee of Mitchell, es Hardee, another horse from n of 49% was made in the first Jof the race. in start, finally unseating his rider and Man and Wife On Same Jury At Cleveland CLEVELAND, Sept. 18.—A man nd wife were accepted for service on the same jury in a comm p'eas court here yesterday. The} are Mr. a s. DeWitt Hubbard, who are sitting in the case of Jane Ross, a house inaid, charged with grand lar Hubbard had been tentatively seate] when his wife was sum moned from the venire “If your husband's opinion as to the evidence would that tend victions? Mrs. asked Yo more tha she replied differs from yours, to shake your con Hubbard = was n anyone else's,"” "If he or anyone else could show me where I was my mind She was ( Otherv wrong, I'd change not.” LIQUOR VIOLATION (3 FINED $100 BY COURT; LOGAL CAFE SEARCHED C. J. Ross, who was « ays ago by Captain C ‘ : and Mc! night in city police on the charge of violating the act. Several quarts of moon shine were discovered by the raiding at! residence on the Sand- ar. The man did not appear at ‘ la but Attorney Alex King repres 2 him. The fine was| from the $150 bond which he H, Younger appeared at police headquarters yesterday 1 asked at a raid be made on a certain own cafe, charging that the! was selling liqu A search of © place was made and nothing Younger then appeared and ed for another warrant, declaring | he knew where the contraband| as. He was charged the $5 docket ested two ee, but fa o re Albert Forseth was assessed $5 for ing a house without a permit ike Ranto paid $5 for the joy of a 35 Second and Center unk, and Roy Brunson was charged | ber for meking a complete turn at|From 10 to 12 of the streets. ping the horses at the pole elght minutes before Starter Hoggan could them away. Pace, a Coty & back the saddle after thrown, and rode‘a wel) At the start, Bob Met jockey, who ed in jhad been | judged race. calfe. the seales at pounds, hit with the bat and trying to get ole on the first turn, almost pinched |Kid Minor off. Pace rated his mount Jalong a length behind Alicia until | they came into the backstretch on the second time around. From then lit was a battle all the way down the stretch, with the boys using the whip all the time. Kid Minor, the winner, has won nine out of his last fifteen starts, and has never been outside the money in that time. Peggy May, mare from Casper, winner of the threeeighths, but Win nile Wooten, an added starter, beat her by a neck, Winnie Wooten is owned by W. W. Hardee of Cody and was riden by Pace, giving him winners for the day. Ruby H. romped home in three straight heats in the 2:30 trot, altho she was pushed by Cal Hargreaves’ Wyoming Boy in every heat. crowd was pulling for Cal, who is rs old, and consequent! Geers of Wyoming,” to win, but the best he could do was second in every heat. on the Wes McDowell | Mont., horse Moyle stab! Thaw, ‘from the willing . |won the pace in impressive | fashion Billy Stewart from Powell |brought Blair Atholl home for second money. Most of track crowd was glad to see Stewart in the money as be yas running into all kinds of hard luck during the meeting. The first day he wr ed a sulky and cut (Continued _on Page Five! FIVE SAILORS ASPHYXIATED SAN FRANCISCO, Sept Five | members of a crew engaged in fumi. jgating. the Japanese liner Shinyo | Maru were killed by gas ‘fumes in the aftersteerage of the vessel here today. Three members of the j were public health officers ‘and Jothers were stevecores. Eight |men also overcome by fumes a Billings, & 15.— the fire were the Sa E'S STORKS INVADE CITY. CEYNHAUS WESTPHALIA, 15.—{By ‘A flock of storks, estimated to num. | | Sept | birds roost nightly on the roof of each house. Neb., fin- halt Kid Minor was a bad actor at the he the | was picked as the | two | The | ‘the Pop | crew} The Associated [Press)/ 300,000 has invaded Ceynhausen.} IN WORLD'S NEW STORM CENTER Americans caught in>the maelstrom attending the fall of Smyrna to the Tu*ks and subsequent pillage an] burning have the protection Asia Minor is to be ihe tomb of the Greek army, declared Mustapha Kemal, leader of the Turks, when the |Greeks sought an armistice. Since then his forces have occupied |Smyrna and are advancing on Con- | stantinople. a) of the U. Alicia |forces to defend United States lives and property. S. St. Lawrence, which is a The U. S. 8. Simpson Turk irregulars. one of the a-stvoyers empowered to use its —_——_ on which Taturalized Americans in Smyrna are being taken to Athens to escape taassacre and outrage at the hands of The above map of Smyrna (1), now being completely routed the Angora (2), and are Greeks Asia Minor, the world's vew storm center sacked and pillaged by in an offensiye started from now said te be driving toward Constantinople (Y. shows the victorious Turks, who their base he dotted Hine represenis the old battle front of the Greeks and Turks. "=| Che Casper Dathy Crihune i Sg a ec of Massacre Toll I Massacres of far-reaching tion which has just swept the the victims high as 1,000 British eye witnesses and from Americans! arriving at Greek ports tended to confirm the massacres and gave harrowing accounts of the ex- tent of the devastation wrought. An English agency dispatch de- clared the Britith admiral had warned the Turks at Sinyrna that if the mas- sacres continued the Turkish quarter would be bombarded. A correspondent of Reuters arriv- ling at Malta said hundreds of bodies of the victims were lying on the streets of Smyrna when he left and the pillaging an¢ = massacring were continuing. The Greeks were not biaméless, He declared, as they had aroused the Turks by settig fire to villages during the retreat of the Greek army. The invasia.: of the British consul- ate at Smyrna by the Turks and the murder of an official there also wére reported, A Greek semt-official Alspatch from Athens quoted an American investi. gator as estimating the number of victims up to the time of the fire in Smyrna at 1,000. The property loss from the conflagration is in the Greek quarters at $7 Meanwhile the various European chancellories are considering meas- ures to deal with the political develop- ments of the Turkish victory, inclu- ding the calling of a peace conference to settle the near eastern question. It seems probable the Turks will be given a Joint allied warning to re- pect the neutrality of Constantinople district In the, meantime, and not! march» upon that city or. invade) Thrace. FIRES SET TO COVER UP CRIME. LONDON, Sept. 15.—(By The Asso- elated Press.)—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 “{s charged in semt-official and other Greek messages from Athena regeived here today. Among /the Turkish outrages was| the carrying eff of many girl pupils! of the American girls’ college, it is alleged. : The’ Greek belief is that the fire was sot-by the Turks to conceal the traces of their alleged misdeeds. sources from Athens dated Thursday. reads. “Absolutely trustworthy persons be- longing to the foreign colonies at Smyrna, and notably “Americans ar- riving here on the.destroyer Simpson, which: also brought United ~ States Consul General Horton, relate gerri- fying details regarding the massacre of Smyrna. following the. big fire Which reduced the Armenian, Greek MANY BIG RAILROADS HOLD ALOOF ON PEACE PROGRAM GOVERNOR AT RANOH. CHEYENNE, Wyo., Sept. 15.—Goy ernor Robert D. Carey departed Wed. nesday for is ranch at Careyhugst, | stopping en route at Douglas to at- jtend the State fair. _ A strike of Nova Scotia coal min-! ers is threatened as a result of a |aispute over wages. ENTOMBED MINERS TO BE FOUND ALIVE, CHEMICAL ENGINEER SAYS TODAY je not overcome by the poisonous No Poisonous Gases in Level Where Men faarn from the fire sone and “that Should Have Sought Refuge from rt Believes Fire, Expe hese gases are not now passing none the parts of the mine in which the men sought refuge,” Dr. Dus- chak’s statement said. “Since the memorandum of Septem- ber 7,” he continued, rticular at- tention has-been given to the sampling tivEness o7 While some of the larger systems had flatly rejected the plan, others, however, notably the Chicago and | Northwestern and the Chicago, Mil- j Waukee and St. Paul had Virtually. {completed arrangements for restoring | strikers to their former jobs. | Negotiations were in progress with | several roads in’ an effort by shop craft system federation officials to effect additional settlements through ratification pf 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 rejev- tions. | lone sare ERS ‘ > ' of gas coming up from the mine|® No obstructions will be placed in JACKSON, 1., Sept. 15.—(By The Associated Press.) | through the raise at. the 2,40 foot the: way of shopmen returning to —Dr. L. H. Duschak, consulting chemical engineer of the|jevel. Samples taken at this point are: work on the railroads parties to the California accident commission, today issued a signed state. | undiluted by the surface air and rep-|settlement plan as far as those roads ment in which he predicted that the 47 miners entombed for] esnt * mixture of gas from the fire!and the\: ys in the Argonaut mine would be found alive. “There is ground for assuming that-the men underground} 18 da nd air fram rious underground tem federation chairmen resumbbtion, M. Jewell, wey 3 depatt ment of the abvebiaes Federation of BR. i U ncertainty Grae Strike Situation in Some Sections While Others Are in Line for Men’s Return | CHICAGO, Sept. 15.—Refusal by a number of the coun- try’s biggest. railway systems to enter into the Warfield-Wil- lard-Jewell plan for ending the shopmen’s strike on the basis of separate and individual agreements, developed an element of considerable uncertainty today over the scope and effec- .e peace program. Labor, said today in denying state- ments by Fred W. Rausch, union leader at Topeka, Kans, Reusch said (Continued on Page Ten) TEXAS OFFICIALS 10 ARRIVE HERE SATURDAY Judge Amos Ii Beaty, president; Judge Fred W, Freeman, Western representatve, and T. J. Donahue and ‘Dave Connely of the Texas company are expected to arrive here either ‘Saturday or Sunday morning on a tour of inspection of the Texas prop- erties. While the other gentlemen are known locally, this will be the first visit"of Judge Beaty to Cabper. Hi arc of Bodies Strewn in Section Blackened by Fires; Girls in American; College Carried Off; Accurate Estimate’ MAY TURN GUN BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS have occurred at Smyrna, attending the terrible conflagra-| AESIDENTS. SA The first reports came from Greek sources and estimated Jof killed. Dr. Post, A message from Greek semi-0fficial’ | mpossible r proportions are reported to city. to 2,000. Later reports from and Buropean sections of ths town to ashes.” “Accorcing to the general convic- tion the fire was started by the Turks to efface the traces of their massacres and other crimes. Miss/ Mil matron of the American girls’ college, declares she saw an officer or non-commissioned officer of the| Turkish regular army enter a house| carrying several cans of petrol. Soon | after he came out the house burst into ames. “Fire appearéd in other sections of} the town even near the Turkish quar- | ter of Basma Khane. This was the} first day after the Turkish occupa- ti ‘A southensterly wind flames west, thus escaping +..S«uched. “Besides 1.6 puplis avsst i,200 refugeen hed been taken into the col-| lege which was near the place where} the fire started, ‘Tus fate of many of the girl pupils is unknown and it is alleged they haye been carried off by the Turks. “When the Simpson left the flames bad reached the quays and were men- acing the foreign consulates. “Prior to the fire there were mas- sacres, which continued through the night in the midst of the flames, Tt) is Imponsible to estimate the numbe! an American. who with members of the American relief administration, mace an inves-| tigation, expressed the opinion the! number of victims up to the time of; ithe ‘fire amounted to 1,000. (Other! estimates from. Athens run as high as| }2,000) A large number of Christians! are believed to have peridhed. “Great quantities of _ provisions were destroyed, creating a food nhort-| ~Several French and British es-| tablishments, the French college af! |St. Josenh and other French schools’ and the American Y. M. C. A. were! destroyed.. The outlying Greek ani Armenian villages and the suburbs’ drove the the Turkish quarter! | | jot Burja and Burnabat, where Euro-; ;Peans reside, were burned.” (| TURKS WITHIN FEW | MILES CONSTANTINOPLE. CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 15.—(By | The Associated Press)—The Turkish! nationalist army is now within 35 miles! of Constantinople. The population. is in a state of nervous tension, and the pentire city is rife with rumors about Mustapha. Kemal .Pasha’ on the capitat. One story is that the nationalist commander has sent an ultimatum to the allied powers demanding the evac- uation of ther forces from the city to permit the entrance of the Turkish nationalist army. Another is that na- tionalist troops have crossed to the Gallipoli peninsula from Chanak, plan- ning to march into Thrace with the object of-t-xing Adrianople. Rodosto and other ports on the Sea of Marmora are choked with refugess, (Continued on Page Ten) FORD SH designs up-| FOR SA ment: “Mr. Ford’s statement of WYOMING WOOLGROWERS FIND SATISFACTION IN TARIFF PROTECTION ACCORDED STATE PRODUCT DOUGLAS, Wro., Sept. 15.— Wyoming sheepmen th general are well satisfied with, the wool clause n> the Fordney-McCumber . tariff, agreed to in conference, and ex- pected to be passed shortly, accord- ing to. J. B, Wilson, of McKinley, secretary of the Wyoming Wool- growers’ nesociation and vice pres jent t Natjonel S$! >» and Woolgrowers’ association, Mr. Wil son is at the state fair in charge of the Wyoming association's virgin wool exhibit. ‘The duty on wool has been placed at 31 cents per clean content pound and, according to Mr. Wilson, at- fords more real protection than’ any. tariff hitherto in force. In the past ways beer based on | & pound Mr. Wilson characterizes the next \ few years as among the best the sheepmen have ever experienced. He believes that the. present condi- tion of the markets mean a serious shortage in fine wools within a year and correspnodingly higher prices. ‘The next convention of the Wyo- ming Woolgrowers’ association will be he'd in August, 1928, at a piace to be chosen &y the executive com- mittee. ee tion of any newspaper in Wyoming BRITISH SHIP us from Smyrna with the American consul and several other American jeitixens, and numerous Armenian | the IS SCHEDULED Reports That Decision Had Been Recon- sidered Denied at Detroit, Where Coal Situation Is Serious DETROIT, Mich., Sept. 15.—In response to questions con- cerning conflicting rumors with regard to the closing of the Ford Motor plants here tomorrow, E. G. Licbold, persona! secretary of Henry Ford, today issued the following state- The Casper Tribune Two editions dally; largest circui. NUMBER 288. ON CITY, YANK Destroyer Simpson Car- ries Americans From Scene: of Carnage in Asia Minor Seaport LONDON, Sept. 15.—Tho admiral commanding the itish squadron at Smyrna jhas warned the Turkish au- shorities in the city that if |massacres are continued the | Turkish quarters will be bombani« ‘says an Exchange Telegraph despayyt from Athens. 4 ATHENS, Sept, 15.—An Ame. deseroyer arrived yesterday at P! refugees. A dispatch from Constantinople last jmight said all the naturalized sme: cans in Smyrna were being taken, Athens, accompanied by George H ton, the American consul general, board the torpedo boat . destroys Simpson. |GRagK CRUISERS COVER RETREAT MUDANIA, Sept. 15.—(By The A: sociated Press)—The Greek cruisers \Glorgios Averoff and Kilkos, the ter formerly the U. S. 8. Mississippi, are at Panderma covering the retreat of the remnant of the Greek army, for whose safety grave concern } felt. The Turks are at the heels of the fleeing Greeks, and it is believed latter are doomed, unless the 'Greek government can provide vesse!s for their escape. Two companies of French infantry were sent to this’ city from Constun tinople for the temporary protectior of the thousands of Christian refuge: jhere, many of whom, panic-stricke are throwning themselves into the sea. When the Turks invaded the town they notified th» French command’r that the presence of his troops wot not be tolerated; but he stood h ground. Ghemlek, east of this place, 1s prac tically desertid. The Greek destroyer Panther put up a heroic fight to keep back the invading Kemalists theré but the latter brought into acti Jong range guns which soon forc the warship to retire. UTDOWN. TURDAY several weeks ago that al! plants would close September 16. st stands. I believe. He has. made statement to the contrary and if P< has any new. plana he surely will is gue a new statement.” Mr.-Liebold said this morning ther? was no chanze in the coal situction as far as the Ford company was con cerned. REBELS SENTENCED GUATEMALA CITY, Sept. 14 The war council has senténced (0 death the rebels, Manuel Trinidad Reyes and Federico Arias. ne A national expr nm of mechanical-engineering is to be ! in New York City next December. power