North Carolina Newspapers

THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN ' ; " "DEDICATED TO THE UP-BUILDING PF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA" . THE WEATHER WAiHINQTON. Sspt. 17 rereeast for Virginia and. North C rellnai Fair Monday and probably 7itday eon. tlnuid cool. WATCH LABEL On your aapor. Ronow your tub. ooriptlon Mvo day boforo aaplratlon, and Iniuro not missing an Issue. ESTABLISHED 1868. ASHEVILLE, N. C, MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 18, 1922. PRICE FIVE CENTS 0 KEMAUSTS MAY DISREGARD NEUTRAL ZONE CENTRAL AN SOUTHERN FA D ILTO GET AGREEMENTS Those Who Failed to Join Baltimore Flan Are Re cruiting Forces, v SEABOARD SHOPMEN TO RETURN TODAY Strikers Must Return as "New Employees" Says Chicago and Alton. CHICAGO, Sept. 17. (By The Associated Press) With the shop men's pence plan threatened by i outbreak! due apparently, to mis understandings and with the New fork C antral and the Southern Jtutlway announcing their failure to reach agreement with- the trikera, roada not participating In the Baltimore negotiations report ed a rapid return to normal op eration of their shops tonight. Of the larger lines mentioned In Si Willi ma niemun&iiuuiu agreement adopted by the shot) craits general policy commute 01 SO here Wednesday with the ob ject of ending ,th country-wide strike through separata agree- ments with individual roads, tha ltock Island and the New York dntral had definitely announced a failure to reach an agreement ar.d conferences of the Southern with Un.on leaders had een 410 latere successful as the strike en tered on its twelfth week. In the case of the New York Central, a. statement was Issued by me roaa expressing a wiiiingne., to fulfill, the memorandum of agreement reached at Baltimore at conferences between B M. Jewell the head of the strikers and repre sentatives of certain of, the car rii-ra, but"t was asserted that rep resenatlvea of the shop crafts, at tempting .to interject question not mentioned in the text and clearly outside the agreement Insisting mat these matters be Included. The -road also announced It would . continue to employ men to fill existing vacancies In its sl op forces, adding that at present It had 82.H51 men at work com pared .with a normal forcn of 35,192. . I . ; - Want Non-Union Hen -IHsmlssml. - - The same misunderstanding re sulted In disturbances yesterday whne strikers began to work here in the shops of the Chicago and Northwestern and the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul. In some ZiM$em tha men were reported to JSexV demanded flat non-union v, ui ntri n ue uinimsseu ana in om4 er mat their striking foreman be reinstated. Today officials of the Northwestern announced that iney expected 12,000 of the strik ers to return to work tomorrow, tr.is number would be in addition to the nonunion men estimated 3i number about 0 per cent of lie normal forces. ' More than . . 5.000 nv-r. were exnentAri hnlr the Chicago, Milwaukee and Error Of Altitude Almost Disastrous To Army Dirigible SAN ANTONIO. Texas. Sept. 17. Completing the longest- lc of Its trans-continental flight and successfully combatting the roughest weather encoun tered Alnoe leaving Langley Fle.ld.-Peptember 14, the Unit ed States Army dirigible C-", landad at Brookfield Jiere ni 1:45 o'clock this afternoon hav ing covered 850 miles from St. Louis In It hours and to minu tes. An error of alltude on a respect to one of the peak nf the Ozark mountains came near causing disaster last night, according to Major H. A. Strauss. commander of the C-i. The peak was higher than in dicated and the C-2 speedlng through the darkness was al- most upon It before It was sighted. A sharp upturn tilt of the dirigible cleared the peak. May Be Reache by Crews Today HENRY LOGAN MURPHY SHOT IB-YEAR OLD OF BY BOY Claude , Pickelsimer, the Alleged Assailant Is Reported Missing., .on St. Paul. At the same time the lunway executives who have re fused to comeJn under tha Balti more plan, reiterated that thev lire in way of recruiting full shop forces . and that the settle ment talk had resulted In large numbers of men returning to work Independently of any action taken by the leaders. ' " ' The Pennsylvania. Unlbn Pacific, the Burlington, the Illinois Central and the Chicago and Alton are unsettled. W. i. Blerd, one of the two receiv ers for the Alton, Issued a statement formally announcing terms under which striking employes had been in cited to return to work. It Is ex- pi aiy upiuaiea inat iney span re turn s "new-employes." This in vitation Is extended to all -former shopmen "with the exception of those barred from re-employment by their own direct violation of rules or flagrant Insubordination and such men as have been guilty bt extreme vio lence during the period of the strike. Keep the Kiddies Well For Success In School When Uncle Sam put Ills, sol in training- his first thought was to get them Into good physical con dition. ' He went over each to find HH tidily faU.ts an! then 'did all he could to correct them. ' When they were physically at training came easy. The same principle holds for the child In schoefl. The first task when, school opens should be to see that he Is healthy. - ,The American Red Cross has made a booklet 'for our distribu tion that tells the parent how to find iu If his child Is fit and what to do If U la not. Get this booklet now. It Is free. ..-... In filling out the coupon be sure to write ;our name and address clearly. . Frederic J. Haskln. Director The Asheville CItlxen Information Bureau, Washington, D. C. I enclose herewith two cent In stamps for return postage on a free copy of the "School Child's Health." . N a me. JkB t r e e t. C I ty.. St I , MURPHY, Sept. IT. -As a re sult of a shooting late Saturday night, Henry Logan, 22, Is In thi local hospital with a bullet wound through the abdomen and report-. ed to be in a serious condition, while his alleged assailant, Claude Pickelsimer, 16, is reported to have; fled to the mountains. The shooting happened about 8:30 o'clock - In the Northern district of the town, commonly known as Factory, Town. Logan and Fred McDonald who acoompanled him, stated just after the shooting that they were re turning to town from the mill dlr trlct where they had been to call on a girl when they were accosted on the railroad track by Pickel simer with . the query. 'You've come over here to run , me out of town, hav youT" McDonald Is said to Have re plied, "Nobody hadn't thought anything about It." Without further notice, Pickel simer is alleged to have began shooting. Four shots were fired. one taking effect In Logan a abdo men and coming out about two inches from the spine on the left side. The) shots were heard in town and soon a crowd gathered and Logan ,was taken to the local hospital where his wounds were dressed. The gun used' was a .38 calibre Smith and Wesson Special and belonged to the father of tho boy who did the shooting, the boy stealing the gun from the home after his father had gone to bed, according to reports obtained by officers. The shooting is thought to have grown out of a fight between Pick elsimer and Herman Logan, brother of the wounded boy, which took place Saturday afternoon while the boys were in swimming In the Hiawasaee River. The younger Logan boy, a Robinson boy and one or two other small boyis are said) to have thrown "spoiled" - eggs at Pickelsimer, while he was out in the river. He came to the bank and It is re ported hit, Herman Logan over the head with a piece of two by four scantling. It Is thought that Pickelsimer suspected that tho older Logan boy came over to Factory Tpwn.to take his broth er's part and this caused Flckei almer to arm himself and be on the lookout. As no one has talk ed to Pickelsimer since the shoot ing, his version of the story Is not known. He Is said to be hiding in the mountains. Dig Xearer Spot Where 47 Were Trapped Jn Ar- s gonaut 3Une. JACKSON. CaNfSept. 17 (By the Associated Press.. ) An offi cial prediction that the rescue workers would break through from the- Kennedy to the Argonaut where 47 miners have been en tombed for three works before 1 o'clock tomorrow morning was made by tlovernmrnt. State and mining company olllclals tonight. Nineteen feet of rock tonight separated rescue crews on the 1 BOO foot level of the Kennedy mint here from the Argonaut mine. This was snnounced officially but the figures given was subject to recheck, it was added. It had been expected the res cuers would break Into the Ar gonaut some time today, but dis covery of an error In surveying showed the distance to be gone wis greater than was thought. DUE FOR SO Clark and Person May Get It Before the Gen eral Assembly. GOVERNORTO OPEN PARTY'S CAMPAIGN His' Speeches to Be Pure ly Argumentative and ' Free of Asperity. - ciTizen yvwt vowstu takooku-qs aurai, ( tllOVK I1KSI.SH RALEUHl. . Sept. 17. -Members of the General Assembly, vlsltini; lcalelgh th.a week, bring word that in all probability Chief Justice ! Walter Clark and Colonel vn e person's "stocks and bonaa taxa tion theory," will be docketed in the 12 session for their enlight enment or embarrassment. This particular subject has been a "live dead one" since Judea Clark resurrected It in his Phllllplc on the Judiciary's income tax and Colonel Person's failure in his late and lamented congressional can. pslgn to get the "Issue" before the Supreme Court has not dispirited It advocates. Judge Clark blew up Revenue Commissioner. Watts ' because the General Assembly 't a "thousand miuinn :allara" In stocks and ' untaxed, tlthough tha commissioner couldn't help it. No so a lot of the solons believe,-the thing will be thrown straight at them and there's a promise of full end fluen deb-UM.cXflJl1'!des t the subjecf. When Judge W. A. Devln, V Wake Superior Court, turned down CV.onel Person in his mandamuB proceedlntra to force the revenue liupartmer.; to list these securlie.s for taxation, he took the general view that stocks and bonds already !.re taxed through the properly values they represent. That has not changed the Idea of many champ -Ions of JuOge Clark's "issue," how ever, and Just enougn pressure can he brought to bear -to bring it De fur the General Assembly. 1 And than- the legislators ,cun have It out to their own satisfac tion. It is all their fault that tho taxation scheme doesn't work . to the pleasure of the chief justice ani us tuey cannot pass me duck lata wouId nav, n. propor alio v .malm tnm Visa nrntni-l nf Inn I . mi. r a... n PI Death And Destruction At Smyrna Is Unexampled In Modern History Of World Shopmen's Peace Is Threatened Because Of Misunderstandings u v SA, I. STOCKS AP BONDS TAXATION THEORY LONS Entombed Miners JCHIir P L SAVE T DECLARES POTEAT Number of Prominent Men Address Conference of Scout Executives. EXPECT CONGRESS TOADJOUptfE LAST THIfIEK ATTEND MEMORIAL SERVICES SUNDAY Special Train Tuesday, Midnight for Execu tives From West.. Hy HrilKHT 1IOUOW.Y, Muff (VrreKiKmuVnl. HU'K U1DOK, Hcptj 17 "Save the boys from license, If you would save the world from anarchy." de clared Dr. William I.ouls l'oti-at. Near Eastern Developments Causing Increased Anxiety To The British Government liONDON. Kept. 17. Illy the Associated Press (Near Kastern develupmenta are causing the Brit ish (Suvernnierit increased anxiety. The Cabinet ha been sitting lti rnrniullv over the week end at ('heaucr'a Court, the country r-s- President of Wake Forest Collrge, j ulcnce of the Prime Minister. Aus ten Chamberlain, iird Birken head. Sir Robert Stevenson Horn in addressing the Scout Kxecutlvn from all parts""tf the I'nlted States, at the Second Biennial Conference here to lay "Mankind is Forever In the- Making, in the Clilldien," was the subject of .Dr. Pu'.cut. Memorial services which were largely attended featured durluu tho early hours uf the morning uml tributes were read to trAv memory t of Dr. John K. Pershing. Pioneer. I Seer and Sluteaman In Scouting. I Scout Kxecutive of Oklahoma City. I Oklahoma, and Je Taylor, Situt I Kxecutive of South Bend, Ind , J P. Fitch read the tribute to Dr Adjournment Depends rar.tVJ Final Action on Tar. Prshing and Judson p. iff and Bonus. WASHINGTON, Sep. 17. Re publican leaders of the House and Senate expect, to make a get aay this week. Their plan may cast aside by an eleventh hour denunciation of the tariff bill by Senator LaFollette. Democrats ar just us eager to go and may sac rifice an ppportunlty to make some legitimate and first class political capltul. With an . aggressive mi nority leader-snip tne country could be Impressed with the fact that the Republicans are delib erately cheating North Carolina tnd a few other stales out of an dditional Congressman by falling to Put through a re-apportion ment bill. The North Carolina delegation in the House Is consid ering the advlsaolllty of making a demand ror action so mat me it vemalns for the orators of iho House and Senate to set the fitate straight nn Just where his honor is wrong and Just why. Morrison To Open the Campaign Wednesday When Governor Morrison takes the stump at Charlotte next Wed nesday r.lght to launch the fall campaign of North Carolina l)e mocracy he Will make his speech purely argumentative and free from asperity of any kind. He wi;l put the position of the Democratic party to the voters in a straight-from-tha-shoulder way, so that it roay speak for itself and without a reference that would reflect or. tne mlnon. y party. The Republicans themselves aro responslblo 'In large measure for this decision which the Governor Is known to have made, because he la deeply grateful to many of them, especially the Republican members of the 1 f 2 1 General Assembly for their aid in putting over the great constructive program for the State in which he had his heart set. In fact Governor Morrison has been heard to say that he never etpeots to make another bitter stump speech. He Is busy now gathering financial statements and data and othsr -material about the state government, and his address will come after a nost careful preparation with the view of giving the voters of the state j ment. eleven. The Congress has much to do. but is not anxious to do it. Congress Is entering the home stretch. . Only some unforeseen difficulty can keep the members her another Sunday. Leaders say, In fact, that the way is clear unless there is further talk In the Senats .-, :. , By sundown tomorrow, TT the program moves according to sched ule, the Fordney-McCumber tariff bill will have received the finish ing - touches. By Wednesday, air lowing due time for its presenta tion to President Harding at the White House, it should have his signature and thus be fully arm ed.Jnd ejulpped to go out In the land and cpllect some three bil lion dollars of tribute,, and loosen up campaign funds. None suspects any such thing as a Presidential veto of the tariff bill, inasmuch as it was one ot the first measures proposed two years ago for the return voyage of the country to normalcy. y"' The only discussion foreseen to morrow will relate to the point of order raised by Senator Simmons that the conferee exceeded their authority when they broadened the American valuation provision of the elastic tariff feature. Vice President Coolidge Is expected to IUimKmm m Jw fml g and judson t . Freeman The iiieiiiorlain printed In bcou. records are as follows: "Dr. John E. Pershing, Scout Executive in Oklahoma City, Okla., has been called, home to hi re wurd. He was n man, big in body be and In soul. He wus a man beloved oy ail who knew mm, a civic asset In the community In which, he lived; man who' loved boys with h mini anecuon wnom Doys turned as naturai'y a flower turns toward the sun " He was one of the few executive-, in the Scout Movement ol' mature years. He had been in boys work of one kind or another for 30 year and In Scouting 11 yean, that la, practically from the begin ning. He was a Scoutmaster int Vawton, Okla., for over two year and in Oklahoma City for a like period where he also became Scout Commissioner. He became Hcdui Executive In Okluhomu, City in March, 19IS, which prwltlmi ' he held continuously until hi death. " . 'lAv t-s tuning was a collexo and theological aeminary graduate and previous to his entrant into Scout ing was a Congregational minister" "Joe Taylor, bcout Kxecutive at Sooth Bend, lnd., died as he lived, consecrated to boyhood, , His last and Winston Spencer Churchill have been Mr. Lloyd tleorge s guests there and all through Sun day the telephones between Cheq uer's Court and the Foreign tiltlcn In Uindon have been humming with consultations with the va rious Government departments. Another formal Cabinet Council will be held tomorrow, and Foreign Minister of Jugo Slnvla, M. Nmchltch, who has been In consultation with Premier Poln care at Paris and who will reach London tomorrow will have an in terview with the Prime Minister and Lord Curson, the British Sec retary for Foreign Affairs. The principal news of the day brought by Associated Press dis patches I of a conference between Sir Harry. Lamb, the British High Commissioner and Mustapha Kern el I'nhrt at Smyrna, In which the Nationalist leader showed little disposition to regard Allied warn ings unless the Allies were willing THOUT ED und toward to rcturn Thrace to Turkey. More naturai'y aa1 : PENALTY W TR ALCONO BY FEDERAL JUDGE Teach Constitution, at Home to save nation, Says Judge Boyd. (MlxUl CMl'tomintrt TU J.lfrilH VlUtml WINSTON-SALEM. N. C, Sept. moments were spent in a atrugglei ) ' "".'' ud"f, Jamv jj y j ever Kemal demands complete withdrawal of the Greek force from tho Tchatalja lines. The latest advices from Constan tinople indicate serious Allied f reparations for a possible attempt by the KemaUst against the neu tral xnne Tnla may serve to ex plain the somewhat sudden ehang In the attitude of the British Gov ernment from Friday when It was explained that no considerable re inforcements would be sent to the Near K.ust unless the Turks gave evidence of an Intent to cross Into Humps, to Bieturday. when the British Government Issued an Im portant statement of policy, show ing Immediate steps to meet pos- thejslble Kenwillst action. Thl sudden change In attitude ha caused (grave misgiving In certain quartors. The Dally Mll tomorrow fill publish under th editorial caption: "This new war" an article stigmatising the pnll'y set forth In the statement a "bor dering vipon Ir.sanlty." It de-lare that the' British pub-Ho- will learn with dismay and as tonishment that Mr. Lloyd Oeorse I, nd his colleagues are organising a new war in the Near East and are trying to drag Jugo-Slavla nnd Rumania, Into th fray aim nr sending British troops Into bat. tie "shoulder to shoulder with ths dejected Greeks." i - VAST SEPULCHRE, FAS ES MARKS REATC TY io save tne ooys. Four Scouts, two Scoutmasters and hi 10 -year-old son perished with him. 'l he circumstances of the trag edy in a wave-Hlied boat on rough Jake were such as to com pletely exonerate the Scout leader. "The largest attended funeral in the history of South Bend was a fitting tribute to the heroism of the Scout Kxecutive and his associates. Immediately after the accident, the citizen of South Bend gave further tribute, and evidenced ,tnelr faith in Scouting by over-subscribing the annual budget for the ensuing year. "joe Taylor's scout history b- gan as a Scoutmaster in Warren, Ohio. In April. 1917. he went to Akron, Ohio, as Scout Exeoirrlve and served there until April, 1930, when , he transferred to South Bend. He hud Just completed five years In Scout Kxecutive service. I Addresses, undr the head of "Bcoutlng and Religion," were de livered ty Itabhl William Fine- lCnt4nm4 on fwJ THIRTY-THIRD DEGREE - MASONS IN CONCLAVE CLEVELAND. Sept. 1.7. Com plete, vesper services at Trinity Cathedral with Right Rev. Geo. Roe Van DeWater, of New York City, preaching the sermon to ap proximately 1,000 visiting S3rd degree Masons from IB slates, fea tured todays program Ol tne iiutn annual nVeting of tha Supreme Council Thirty-Third Degree An cient Scottish Rite 'Masonry for the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States which opened here yesterday. , , Initiation ot President Warren G. Harding, a 12nd degree Mason, to the thirty-third Masonic de gree, probably will be conducted In the near future by calling aa extraordinary conclave of the Su preme Council by Sovereign Grand Commander Leon M. Abot, It was announced today after dispatches from - Washington stated definitely the President vould be iibe to attend the conclave due to illness of Mrs. Harding and pressure of slate business. METEOR FALLS NEAR RALEIGH, RALEIGH, Sept. Vt. A bril liant meteor, with a tall resem bling sparks of Are, fas seen fall ing from the sky 4n a southerly direction here at 11:40 o'clock to night. The bolide, which had tha I appearance of a small aro light, I waa not as Urge as the on ob ' served here several months ago. HUMPTY, DUMPTY BY BILLY BORNE. ' Greensboro discussed "New Amer Icnnlem'' for an hour orfmore be fore a gri-.at and . manifestly ap preciative audience In the audi torium here this afternoon, ths distinguished federal Jurlet gave an Instrncive analysis of the Fed eral and State Governments. He outlined the right of the Federal Government to attachment and coilect revenues for national du fense and the Slate's authority to enforce Iiws based ort the const! tuilon. - Judge Boyd declared that he had been greatly abused and gave as a reason for being-so well known throughout , the country. Ills decision on the child labur law, enacted by Congress, which ne held to be' a violation of the const lUilloi and an Infringement on th views of State's Right. Another ort of Congress condemn ed by Judge Boyd was that which C'ves collectors of Internal revenue the right to report to Washington an estimate of the quantity of the whiskey alleged to have . been manufactured on a man's prem ises and- the Washington office to asses a tax snd authorize sale of the property for collection of said tax witnout a trial. "The constlution gives every man a ngnt to trial Defore penalty Is enforced." declared Judge Boyd, who cited other in stances or violations of the con stitution. "The principal of the constitution is against centralisa tion of the government to which there Is a general tendency today," added the , distinguished Jurist. "The more decentralized we keep our government the ,afr it- peo ple wll be." Judge Boyd declared that the idea of the writer of the con stitution was to maintain 41 sep arate governments In each state rather than one central govern ment in Washington, believing It to be harder to destroy 48 govern ments than the one. The speaker urged that the teaching of the constitution In the! home aa a means for preserving the nation. i DEATH CHRISTFNS BOARD SPEEDWAY AT KANSAS CITY Tommy, Milton Wins '....800 Mile uiassic Time 2:46:82:96. A KANJAS Clty Sept. 17. ' Death christened Kansas City new board Speedway today. On. rater was fatally burned four we-e injured severely, two ot whom may die and two o-.nors allghtly injured In h 00 mil classic, dedicating tne new speea bowl. . ; The dead; Roscoe Series, LaFayette. Ind., veteran driver, killed when his ma chine was wrecked and burned after the collision with the car of Pete DePao'.a The severely Injured . Joe Thomas, Seattle, driver. In Jureii whtm hi niachinu cr.iilied into Murphy's car, Just ahead of him on the oo-mile mar. Aieonan lolnn Plcaup, riding wltn Sarlea, ,-rolinbly fata'ly hurt: Mechanlcin 1M Hefforman riding with. Kdrt'e Hearne, probably fatally Uiurt when Hearne'a car broke a front axle; Mechanician Harry Henning, riding with DePaolo. The allghtly Injured: Pet DePaolo, driver, Injured when his car collided with that of Sarles; Eddie Hearne, veteran driver In many races, whose car turned turtle after tile front axle broke, badly cut and bruised. The 300 mile race which drew many of the most famous drivers of the country was won by Tommy Milton of St. Paul, time 2:4:t2:i. The next four contenders to fin ish, snd their time follows: Harry Harts finished second, time Z:47:10:2; Frank Fllloit Kansas City was third, time S:4: 48:60. Ralph Mulford, fourth, time 2:B0:4S:J; Jerry Wunder llch fifth, time 2:55:46:47. Lat tonight physicians reported that the three mechanician In jured severely had suffered frae t tired skull and that there was slight chance for any of them to recover. Thomas, It was said suff ered a broken leg and possible In ternal Injuries but it was believed he would recover. Charred Bodies of Count less Victims Fill the Streets. TURKISH SOLDIERS' KILL CHRISTIANS British and French Have L. Different Views on ui. Intervention. CONSTANTINOPLE. Sept. J7.-L-' (By The Associated Press.) The Angora Government has Inform ed the Allies that If the remain der .of the Greek 'army In Asia Minor sttempts to ret r sat across . the neutral sones of the Darda nelles th Kemallsta will disre gard the neutrality of th stralta and pursue the Greeks la inter national territory. ' The Greek military mission has left Constantinople. CHIEF Jl'STICE BRANTLEY OF MONTANA IS DEAD Justice Theodore Brantly, of Mon tant a Suorsma Cmm1 i. , . . . ' a'lT. "Whig Illness. , His term would have oxplrad nt January The Citizen Enlarges News Sources By Adding State News Service as Provided by The Associated Press CHARLOTTE, Sent. 17. Thl r.Am . ' - .. North Carolina State Service offnd from the 8oh.-TKh gurated tonight with all of the leading papera of the State con nected bv leased wiras and with practically all of them served on the same wire circuit relayed from tha new bureau at Charlotte. New for the Charlotte bureau and the two papers here will be furnished on double trunk wires from Wash ington. Th extended service is designat ed to provide the newspapers .of North Carolina, both morning and evening, not only with, the gen eral news ot the country and world as In ths past, but also to enable them to obtain more North Carolina news. From Washington the general domestic and foreign news will be sent on the double trunk wires. Richmond, Greens boro and Columbia are on the same double wires as Charlotte and will report the happenings of those sections, while Atlanta, the Southerjt terminus of the dou ble wires, will be the connecting point ' f or transmission of news ureati at u lui..u will continue to "cover" the cap- ?r development of V special North Carolina aervlce was decid ed upon at a recent meeting of the newspaper members of this State with. L. L. McCall. superintendent of the Southern Division, and oth 'VS. '.I!11" of Thm -AMOclated Press. i., u a 0""'n of ths new Ctaar i? i"TJ0'f- v- SlHeo. night man ager of the Souther Dlvl.ton h.d Quarters, Atlanta, . ..i.Be correspondent in charge and W K. Hayes, early morning editor, of tti a me ofrico, we made night editor at Charlotte. C E. Wlster. for many years As sociated Pre day operator at Char lotte, was named trairio department representative In eharga of the oper ating force, with th following men to work th wires: John Fletcher R Bore Whit. Byron Harrlll, Thomas iu w TWENTY-FIVK THOUSAND HOMKh DhOTHOYED SMYRNA, Sept. 17. (By The Associated Press.) Smyrna, which the Turks have called the eye of Asia, Is a vast sepulchre ot ashes. Only the shattered wails of 16,0( homes and th charred bodies ot countless victims remain to tail tha story of death and destruction unexampled In modern history. Th ruins are still (moulding Ilk a" volcano which has spent its fury. No effort has been mad by the Turks to remove the dead and flying. Th ! ar full of the bodies of those who sought to es cape, for 'th most part women and children. , . ( - , , ; ; , . K very building In th Armenian quarter has bn burned. Th bay, whli'ti rovor an area of acres, still carries of! Its surface the poor remnants ot thus who were mas sacred or sought tit essape th ruthleasness of th fire, - On water front holds thousands ' of survivors who fear death at th hands of soldiery; ther are no boats to tak them oft. On ship declined to take any of the wretched sufferers, but In contrast Mo his Indifference Cap tain Walters of th American steamer Winona rescued 1,100 and look them to Piraeus. American sailors of th destroyer. Litchfield snatched .460 orphaned boys from th pier and carried them safely to Constantinople. Th jack tars slept nn the Iron decks or under torpedo tubss while th youngsters occupied their bunks. In all th ants of gallantry by Americans at Smyrna ther was none more In spiring than this. While tha orphans were being luaded on th Litchfield, H. C. Jaqulth, director ot Near East Re lief who ame her recently from .' Constantinople1 diverted th at tention of Turkish guards, giving them cigarettes and talking to them In their native tongue. The guards ar under strictest orders not to permit ths escape of tiny . of the Greek or Armenian ref u-. gees and on several occasions have shot to death fugitives endeavor- . Ing to reach outlying vessels by swimming. Out of 200,000 Christian crowd ing th city prior to the descant.. of the Turks, only 60,000 have been evacuated. The KemaUst ifflclals have Informed the Amer- lean relief workers that th return ' of the Christians to th interior meant certain death. Illtwrtor Anmrlcsm OrphMwige Suicide. - The director of the Armenian orphanage established by th American committee for relief In tho Near East, committed suicide by drowning in th presence of ; Mr. Jajulth who is a director of that organization. Scores ot others tallowed his example. Dr. McLaughlin, president ot the American college, was severely beaten by Turkish Irregulars and his K)tlie snd money selxsd. He limped by the aid of a crutch from the suburb of Paradise, seat of th college, and was taken aboard the British dreadnought Iron Duke, lit attributed . his scape from death to the fact that he can speak Turkish and worked a ruse on th Turks. K. M, Ja cobs, director ot th Y. M. C. A were held up and robbbed by Tur kish soldiers, and when attempt ing to escape waa fired upon. Th shots, however, went wild and they reached a place of safety. A tem porary American consulate In charge of Vice Consul Maynard B. Barnes has been established In a Juay at the end of th town, Th Stars and Stripes is th only for- eign flag ashore; it is an Inspiring I sight amidst the ruins and deso- IKIIVU. Alio nmviLi.aii urnirujvn, Lawrencv. Edaall and Simpson,., ar etUl here: the officer and crews have been practically with out sleep for five day and are doing gallant work. Th only American property which escaped destruction waa the Standard Oil -plant and two tobacco warehouses In th outskirts ot th city. William K. Smith. L. Myers and Th Asheville Cltlsen. which for many years baa been a monobor or The Associated Pros, th world's ICmm rw fa M'KKWARM RM'EPTIOX ,- KOK BRITISH NOTE PARIS. Sept. 17. (By Th As sociated Press.) The French Gov ernment' policy In the Near East while unalterably committed to the freedom and th Bosphorus I- favor or moral pep than military at - menta. The sm! -llshed In Lend' asking the BX operate wltV Of th , tAilM xlWg X