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Rescue
At Least 24 Hours Before First
Body or Rescued Mirier Can Be
Brought To Surface of The Mine
Tension Among Rescuers and
.Onlookers at Mouth of
- Mine Is Keen.,
PRIESTS ARE READY
Several Days May Be Re
- quired for Exploration -Work.
JACKSON, Cu., Sept. 18. En
gineers at the mouth of the mino' said
at least .24 hours would be required be
fore' the first body or rescued miner
could be brought to the surface. Sev
eral days may be required for explora
tion ' work before auy bodies of men
are found, it was suid v
Timbering of the topeuing between
the Kennedy and. Argonaut mines to
prevent a cave-iu on the rescuers who
stand ready to enter the. Argonaut in
which 47 men have been entombed; de
layed i tho Federal mino rescue crews
from going into the Argonaut, accord
ing to the last word telephoned from
the 3,000 foot level of the Kennedy
today. ' " ! .
JACKSON, Cal., Sept, 18. (By the
Associated Press.) The . opening con
uecting tho Kennedy mine with the Ar
gonaut workings where 47. me have
been entombed 22 days has been en
larged to the 'full size necessary for
the passage of the rescue crews, it -was
announced officially at 4s45 o'clock this
morning. . .
'The greut' force of thci draft blowing
from the- Kennedy into 'the Argonaut
mine indicates that there is no cave-in
on the 4,200 foot level of the Argonaut,
th rescue officials declared. Crews of
men pcre holding tho ventilating doors
on the 3,600 foot level of tho Kennedy
closed in order that the draft would
not rekindle tho fire in the Argonaut.
JACKSON, Cal.. -Sept.. '18, (By the
Associated , Press. ) The rescue crew
which- has been driving ahead ou the
3,1100 foot level of tho Keunedy? racing
the crew ; on the higher level, to .see
which firstwould break into the Argo
naut, was taken off the work this morn
ing when the draft through the conuec
tions cut assured that there were no
cave-ins on the Argonaut's 42U0 foot
level. . , ,
Formal announcement was made that
the crew , on the 3,600 foot level, ail
members of which are Argonaut miners,
hal won tho ;,000 bonus offered by
the 'mine officials to the first crew to
break into the Argonaut.
JACKSON, Cal., Sept. 18. (By the
Associated Press. ) Keseue workers,
working from the adjoining Kennedy
' mine, penetrated the Argonaut mine,
where 47 men have Jjcen entombed .more
.than three weeks, shortly after 5va. m.
. today; v . , .
' Announcement . that the hole had
been drilled into the Argonaut workings
was made by E.. C. Hutchinson, presi
dent of the Kennedy . Mine & Milliing
Company, through whose workings the
rescue work is being conducted. Hutch.
Timon.' said the hole proved that" tire
3.C00 foot level of the Kennedy mino
and the 4,200 foot level of the Argo
naut mine had been .connected.
"Before we enter the Argonaut wo
' , 1 I II 1. i A" 1 1 .
prooauiy win nave io umocr ociwecn
the two mines," said V. 8. Garbarini,
suiieriiitenifent of the i Argonaut, He
would make no estimate of the time
required for this work. .
i Tense watchers stood in the chill
morning twilight, fearing and hoping
for the first word from the rescue
sinjads'.' ' These were not relatives of
the entombed men but mine officials,
Red' Cross workers, and newsiapcr men.
Before the drills twisted through the
last .rock barrier there had been little
hut disappointment and monotony in
flie wait above ground. iSo many times
had the wives, parents and children of
the imprisoed miuers heard that a rut
through was expected . and failed that
'most of ' them were at home in bed
when it actually was achieved this
,' morning.
" Arrangements had been made that
the Red Cross should earn' any impor
tant tidings to 'them. The changing
of the shifts at 1 a. in . was the only
colorful event of the night. The lines
of men awaiting the skips presented a
phrture of determination. None of the
miners spoke except in low tones. Two
priests stood silent by the shaft mouth
awaiting any call that might take them
hundreds of feet under ground to give
spiritual consolation to aafy who might
require it. "'',..
The rescue crews came and weut to
ami from their tasks tnree quarters of I
a mile -below the earth's surf ace ; of fi-i
rials went about the various matters
connected with the miners'' desperate
efforts so far bcueath them ; . several I
scores of newspaper men and women i
worked in what is to all intents and
purposes a well equipped city room.
Outside the priests waited, their pres
ence seeming to drive home to the
j - (Continued on page six.)
RITISH ATLANTIC FLEET
v :
MANY RAILROADS ARE
IGNORING BALTIMORE
PLAN FOR SETTLEMENT
Other Big Systems, However,
. Restore Jobs to Strik- '
ing Shopmen.?
50,000 BACK ON THE JOB
Hearing On Daugherty In
v ' junction .Resumed In
Court Today.
CHICAGO, Sept. 18.: With numer
ous railroads of both eastern and western
groups continuing to ignore the Balti
more settlement plan, several , other
roads, including ,u few big systems, to
day restored jobs under the Warfield
Jewelltrwe to shopmen who laid down
their tools and quit their posts eighty
days ago. -
Estimates on- the number of strikers
taken back into the shops today, varied.
Some estimates by rail and union officials
placed tho number us high as 50,000 of
the 300,000 shopmen who, went on' strike
July 1 in protest against decisions by the
United tstates .Railroad Lubor Board.
Among the roads which accepted the
Baltimore plan for settlement of the
strike were the Chicago, Milwaukee &
St. Paul; the Chicago und Northwest
ern; the Baltimore Si Ohio; the Seaboard
Air Line; the Chicago, St. Paul, Minnea
polis 4b Omaha, and tho Green Buy and
Western.' Many shopmen wore expected
Jo be buck on their old jobs on these
roads tod.jy. The Chicago, Milwaukee s
St. Paul alone had jobs for 12,000 and
the Northwestern for 15,000.
, Roads announcing they lwd solved their
shop problems through employment of
new men and former strikers previously
taken back and organized into new shop
unions include the Chicago & Alton; the
Illinois Central; Chicago Great Western;
Northern Pacific, and Union Pacific.!
Bert M. Jewell, haed. of the shop
crafts organization, and the shopmen's
representative in framing the peace
terms, hastened to New York yesterday
when the plan struck the snags of
eastern opposition, notably on the New
lork Central lines, which formed one of
the big systems included among those
expected to accept the sttlemut plan.
The situation n the New York Cen
tral lines was caused, it was erplained, by
demands made by strikers in udditiou to
the original peace terms. Similar de
mands prevented settlements on the
Southern .Railway. Mr. Jewell's mission
was understood to be for the purpose of
straightening out matters with these
roads.
Precaution's were taken at the C. M. &
St. Paul and Northwestern shops to
prevent a recurrence of Saturday's dis
orderswhich grew out of demands by re
turning strikers that former shop fore
menbe restored to bosses ou ; "jobs in
stead of being comiiclled to get back
among the rank and file of the workers,
Railroads which refused to enter into
the Baltimore agreement insisted today!
that they are daily increasing the num-.
ber of new employes and that conditions
are steadily improving.
Hearing on tho Daugherty injunction
was resumed in Judge WilKorsou 'a court
today, with only four days remaining
before the expiration of the temporary
restraining order Septemlter 21. The re
maining four days are to be given over to
the defense and final arguments, with the
government attorneys holding permis
sion to offer additional evidence. Judge'
Wilkcrson has warned both sides that
the present order will not be renewed if
they fail-to conclude their arguments be
fore the time limit Thursday. -'
CHARLOTTE LAD FEARS
FATHER MAY HAVE
PERISHED AT SMYRNA
CHARLOTTE, N. C. bei.t. 1H.
Anxiety over "the well being of Dr. Isaac
t. Yonan, of Richmond, Va.. of the
Near East Relief in the United States,
who sailed July 4 for Armenia, was ex
pressed today by his son, John Y'onan, a
senior in Alexander Graham high school
here. v .
-Y'oung Y'onan said he had not heard
from his father in four weeks and feared
he might have been in Smyrna and be
come a victim of the Turkish National
ists troops when they entered that city.
The Y'onan family flod from Armenia to
escape the Turks three years ago and
came to Charlotte afterwards removing
to Richmond where Joash Yonan, another
son of Dr. Yonan, U in business in Rich
mond with a cousin.
THE' WEOTHER
Fair in the interior, unsettled on the
coast tonight and Tuesday, continued
cooLstrong northeast winds.
Workers
GASTONIA,
Have
"GIFT OF THE SABBATH"
IS THEME STRONG SERMON
BY DR. J. H..IIENDERLITE
'The Sabbath Was Made for
Man," Is Text Chosen
By Preacher.
DIVINELY INSTITUTED
Minister' Deplores Tendency
To Introduce Conti
nental Sabbath.
One of the strongest and most power
ful sermons ever-delivered in Gastouia.
was that ou the "Gift of the Sabbath"
by Dr. J. H. Heuderlite. at the First
Presbyterian church fcSunday , morning.
Dr. Hendcrhte deplored ! the breaking
down of the Sabbath observances und of
the safeguards that have surrounded the
sanctity of the day. He cited the fact-l
that tho observance of the Sabbath .is
not only a physical necessity, but a moral
obligation.
Dr. Heuderlite took ns his text the
words of Christ! ''The Sabbath was
made for man."
From this -he drew three conclusions:
first, Christ recognized that there was a
day set apart from the other days of the
week for rest and worship; "the Sabbath
was made," that is', estaolishcd by God,
Gen. 2:3: second, it was made for nun;
not for angels. If they have a oabbath
we are not told of it. Moreover it was
made for "man." The Greek word
means man in the generic sense, the
Genua Homo, the human race; not for.,
any special age or race of men.
"Christ did not recognize a Jewish
Sabbath or a Christian Sabbath, but a
Sabbath for all men everywhere. It was
meant us a permanent and universapday
of rest. Its obligations and its privi
leges include all men. Hence it is in
cluded in the Ten Commandments, which
contain the moral law. The law against
murder or theft Js neither Jewish nor
Christ inn. It applies to ull men. So also
the Fourth Commandment, with its de
mands und its blessings. Nowhere did
Christ abrogate or alter the Sabbath law.
What He refused to sanction or Observe
were tho Rabbinical interpretations of
the Sabbath law. In the third place,
Christ implies that since the Sabbath was
mu de for man it has a gracious purpose.
Sintfe God made it for him he must need
it. It is not a burden but(a gift of wis
dom und love.
"Why was it made for man! Whit
good is gained by Sabbath-keeping f It
is u physical and mental necessity ."This
assertion is substantiated by the results
of careful scientific experiments made by
eminent physiologists, such as Par re and
Haegler. Numerous quotations were ad
duced 'from statesmen, scientists, indus
trial leaders and jurists to show that man
docs need the Sabbuth-rest for tho wel
fare of body ahd mind. The president'
of the American Federation of Labor
said: "The seven day worker is a poor
worker. "
"Man needs the Sabbath for worship.
He is u spirit. The Sabbath rest from
business gives him opportunity to wor
ship God and care for his soul; to key
up his moral nature and get in tune with
hhe Infinite. The President of Cornell
University, in an appeal to the students
nofr to use Sunday merely for social and
athletic interests, said: "The obser
vance of the.. Sabbath is the temporal
sign, that man bcloifgsnot only to time
but to eternity."
S. D. Gordon said; "A man's uttitude
toward God's rest-day tells his attitude
toward God. " ' V
Blackstouo declared tliat a corruption
of morals usually follows a desecration
of the Sabbath. Hence Sabbath laws are
rightly made by the state. The Supreiiie
Court of tho U. 8. has declared Sub
bath legislation by the state to be right
and just, not in behalf of religion, but
us a matter of public morals and the
common good; and such laws have been
repeatedly upheld, by the highest courts
of the land. x
Lord JBeaeonsfield called the Sabbath
"the cornerstone of civilization." x
'The speaker said in conclusion that
man needed the Sabbath for the work of
the church and the service of Christ.
This the challenge to every professing
Christian, He is busy with secular af
fairs for six days. It may uot be in
dny inherent wrong in wholesome and in
nocent recreations on Sunday that a
Christian finds his Sabbath desecration.
But it is hardly fair to crowd six days
with business and then take the one day
that God set apart as holy and spend it
on personal pleasure. -
Practically it comes to be not a matter
of theories as to the nature of the Sab
bath and its present day application,
but a simple question as to what will
become of Christ's programme for the
blessing of mankind and the salvation of
the world, which He committed to His
servants. What become of the church
and the Sunday school and the 'training
of the boys and girls, if the Sabbath is
turned from a day of worship and Chris
tian service into a day of pleasure and
recreation! Voltaire, the French .infidel
and enrmy cf Christ and church, said:
"I despair of , ever .destroying religion
while millions meet together for worship
on the first day of the week. " He knew j
well enough that the Sabbath was the
(Continued on page six.)
"'-" ' ';-' , . I "
N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON,
IS MOBILIZED TO PROTECT
, Six at Once!
This picture, snapped at the r
cent water meet at Georgetown
Germany shows six divers In tht
ilr at one Urn.. . H
FORD'S PLANTS CLOSED
TODAY RELEASE 100,000
FOR INDEFINITE TIME
Many of the Idle Factory
Workers Are Casting About
for Jobs to Tide Them Over
the Emergency.
DETROIT, Sept. 18. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) An industrial army of
upwards of 100,000 jwrsons today en
tered upon a period of idleness and the
mammoth Ford Motor Company plants
were deserted except for caretakers, for
the first time in mouths. This was the
first working day since the complete
suspension of operations due to the coal
situation. ....
As many of the , idle factor' workers
wero casting about for jobs to tide
them over, their employer, Henry Ford,
renewed his efforts to solve his fuel
problem. His task, Mr. . Ford main
tained, was to obtain fuel at what he
considered a reasonable price. To ac
cept coal at prices quoted him, Mr;
Ford previously declared would be a
"submission to profiteers." '
A statement had been made1 by the
manufacturer today as to the probable
duration of the suspension of work ut
his plants, but Edscl B. Ford,1 presi
dent of the company, voiced the hope
that a way out of thef ucl difficulty
might Boon be found.
Whether the reported plan of the
chamber of commerce of the United
States for a nation-wide co-operative
agreement among manufacturers would
aid s the Ford company still was in
doubt. As outlined here the plan is
in agreement with Mr. Ford's stand in
the coal situation, to the extent that it
would provide against undue price in
flation as well as for transportation to
all industries, large and small, of
enough fuel to keep them in operation.
The plan was being considered today
by local manufacturers as well as the
chamber of commerce fuel committee.
STORM WARNING.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18. Advisory
northeast storm warnings were displayed
at 10 a. in.' today from Cape Henry to
Brunswick, Ga. A disturbance of
moderate intensity was apparently de
veloping off tho Northeast Florida coast,
the weather bureau announced.
COTTON MARKET
CLOSING BIDS ON NEW
YORK COTTON MARKET
XEV YORK. Sept, 18. Cotton fu
tures closed steady tenpoint . down as
follows:
January 21.13; March 21.23: July SI;
October ,21.13; December 21.2S; Spots
21:40. ,
GASTONIA COTTON.
"VT -'.- ,
I Receipts Saturday 67 bales at . ...Jlc
'Receipts today 36 balesa-t.". 21c
' ' ' .''"-'
SEPTEMBER 18, 1922
Argonaut Coal Mine
MOST FORMIDABLE ARMADA OF
WARSHIPS EVER ASSEMBLED IN AN
AREA OF LIKE SIZE BY ANY NATION
LITTLE NEW LIGHT ON
DEATHS OF RECTOR AND
WOMAN IN NEW JERSEY
Now Believed That They
Were Murdered Elsewhere
Than Under Apple Tree."
BODIES IMMACULATE
Mrs.
to
Hall and Mills Confess
Being Out In Early
Hours of Morning.
NEW BRUNSWICK.N. J., Sept. 18.
The question of where the llev. Edward
II. Hall, rector of the fashionable chur.h
of St. John, the Evangelist, and his
choir lender, Mrs. James Mills, were
slain, shared almost equally in interest
with that of by whom they were slain, us
authorities of two' counties began today
their third day's Inquiry into the mysteri
ous double murder.
Although they displayed unusul reti
cence on the point, it was apparent that
detectives working ou the case were not
convinced that the rector and Mrs. Mills
met death beneath the apple treo, in the
broad field of waving golden rod, where
the bodies were laid out,' tenderly, us if
for burial.
' Middlesex county, authorities nre not
oflicially ou the case ns the spot where
the bodies were found is over the lino in
Somerset county. But unofficially they
were extremely active about this city
where, it is certain, the tragedy had its
beginning, if not its end.
Mills, the widower of the tragedy, Mrs.
Hall, the widow, and her brother, Willie,
an eccentric, were the figures about which
the investigation revolved. , A
All three wero expected to bo ques
tioned again today Mrs. Hall for fur
ther details of her nocturnal wanderings
inv (ho early hours of-Friday morning,
shortly after the murders are believed to
havo been committed ; Mills, for tho story
of his' own wanderings at the sumo time,
and Willie, for further light on his un
canny prediction on 'Friday morning
that "something terrible is going to
happen." . . .
The theory that the rector and his
choir leader had "been slain elsewhere
and the bodies removed to Somerset
county to complicate tho investigation,
wus based chiefly at the spot where tuey
were found. Although tender notes be
lieved by the authorities to have beeu
written by Mrs. Mills to Mr. Hall were
strewn about between the bodies, the
minister's frock was ueatly buttoned up
the front and his clothing was as im
maculate ns when he had first donned it.
Even his eyeglasses were carefully ad
justed on his nose, though his hat W;w
over his face . Mrs . Mills ' body, too,
was carefully luid out. Not a crease of
her plaited skirt was disarranged, llor
hands were folded across her breast and
her scarf was draped across tho face. ,
Newspaper men went-over the scene
again yesterday found two crosses car
ved with a penknife ou a cedar near the
apple tree under which tho bodies were
found. The crosses apparently were
newly cut but whether it had been there
when the bodies were found or had been
carved later by some one of morbidly
sentimental turn of mind could not be as
certained. NEW BRUNSWICK. N.'J- Sept. 17.
(By The Associated Press.) Mrs.
Edward W. Hall, who-c husbjind, the
rector of the Protestant Episcopal
church of St. John the Evangelist, und
Mrs. James Mills, wife of the sexton of
Continued on page 4)
CONVICTED BANKERS
GET NEW TRIAL
RALEIGH, N. C, Sept. IS. Judge
Lvon. in Wake county Superior Court
here today set aside the verdict and or
dered a new trial in the i-aso of J. H..
Hightower, and H. H. Massey, former
president and cashier, respectively, of
the defunct Central Bank and Trust
Company of this city, found guilty by a
jury Saturday night of receiving deposits
knowing that the bank was insolvent.
The judges' decision was greeted oy
scattered handclappiug over the court
room.
RESUMPTION OF NEGOTIATIONS
IS CONSIDERED UNLIKELY
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18. Resump
tion of negotiations between Southern
Kail way officials and chairmen of the
various shop crafts of that system look
ing toward a termination of trike con
ditions were declared by union leaders
today to he unlikely until certain funda
mental differences relating to conditions
on several of thesystems short lines and
two important shops could be satisfactor
ily adjusted. -
CONSTANTINOPLE
Seaboard Strikers Went
w Back to Work Today
RALEIGH, N. C, Sept. 18. All
Seaboard Air Line shopmen who
went on strike July 1, went back to
their old jobs when the whistle blew
at the shops here at 7 o'clock this
morning in accordance with the agree
ment reached between, the. railroad
and workers at Baltimore Saturday.
Four hundred men were affected. The
men put to work during the strike
have ben transferred to Jacksonville
and Norfolk, where double shifts will
be worked, according to officials here.
IDENTITY OF COUPLE
KU KUMERS HELD UP
IS SOMEWHAT CLOUDED
Mrs. Webb Gave ; Her Name
at Taylorsville First as
Miss Margaret Smith.
MAN FROM WINSTON
Mrs. Webb or Miss Smith
Could Not Be Located In
Greensboro Sunday.
TAYLORSVILLE, Sept. 17. The
story as sent out from Greensboro yes
terday regarding the daring holdup that
was penetrated within the town limits
of Taylorsville early Thursday night by
a band of Ku Klux klausmen has
proved to be a contradictory statement
of tho story as related to local officers
here. ; ' . .. i
There have been many reports circu
lated here as to the posiblo identity of
tho occupants of the car.- Tho special
story carrying the Greensboro date line
ns broadcuated to the Sunday morning
dailies over the state corroborates the
story ns related to the officers here
Thursday night by the lady occupant
of tho Greensboro car.
The many stories heard here are to
the effect that the woman was a cousin
of the man sho tfas traveling with; that
one time she was in his employ and
upon making arrangements for a trip
'to Blowing. Rock, where the young lady
had intended spending her vacation (the
statement as ascertained from local of
ficers was that Bbe at this time was
an employe of Meyer's department store
in Greensboro) and while explaining to
a uuiiiImt of her friends in tho store
of her arrangements, it seems that the
owner of the car in which she was
making the trip was present in the
store, at. the time and overheard her
plans and invited the lady to join him
in a few days, ns he was going to
Blowing Rock on some business and
thus she could save transportation ex
penses.
'Was Winston-Salem Man.
Upon ' further evidence secured
through the lady lierc Thursday night
by the officers the identity of tins man
was given. After leaving the woman
with the chief of police at the hotel,
Sheriff Carson called the police depart
ment at Winston-Salem and verified the
question of whether a man by the name
she had given him lived in that city
or not ; and information was given that
there was such a man and that he con
ducted a grocery business there. Asked !
further by the sheriff whether this man
was at home Thursday, the Winstou-
Salem police department stated that he I
had been gone sim-e early Tliursdav '
morning. The sheriff called the de
partment there again Friday morninjt
to learn whether this man. had returned '
home yet and the information was add
ed that he arrived home about 6 o'clock
Friday morning. The names as repre
sented in the story sent out from
Greensboro do not correspond with those
given to the officers here by the woman
in the party.
Grave doubt is thrown on
story told by mrs. webb
(Greensboro Daily News.)
Grave doubt was thrown yesterday ou
the story related Saturday, by the
woman who called herself Mrs. Charles
E. Webb, of Greensboro, and who said
that she an. I her husband had been
(Continued on page 4.) '
HEARING OF KELLER
CHARGES POSTPONED
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18. Hearing
of the Keller impeachment charges
against .Attorney General- Duusiherty
was postponed today by the house jiTii- j
ciary committee until December. The!
motion to rostjmne was adopted by aj
strict party vote, the three democratic j
members Sumuers,' Texas; Thomas and!
Tilman, opposing it. Chairman oVI
stead announced that the ease would i
be taken up immediately after Con -
gress reassembled for the short session.
SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS
Horror Over Smyrna Tragedy
Loses Its Edge to Constan
tinople Situation.
TO REPEL TURK INVASION
Believe Turks Will Not Op
pose Overwhelming Forces
of Britain.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 18.
(By tho Associated Press.) The entiro
British Atlantic fleet is being sent to
n-iuiurce mo mediterranean squadron
for the protection of Constantinople
and tho straits of Dardanelles.
This undoubtedly will create the most
formidable nrmada of warships ever
assembled in an urea of like size, em
bracing tho most modern dreadnonghts,
battle cruisers, destroyers, submarines
and aircraft carriers.
British officials here feel confident
that if tho allied land forces are not
sufficient to check nn attack on tho
Dardanelles by the Turkish nationalists
the combined fleet, together with French
and Italian war vessels, will be more
adequate. I
There is an increased feeling of se
curity umong the population of Con
stantinople as a result of Oreat Brit
ain 's energetic measures. The highest
Siilitary authorities declare the Turks
will not comuut the folly of opposing
-not. .MBu-L.t..,:... rri -
ouiu n tiuiiuuiK llfrcts. Luc illllrO.
commanders here are meeting today
under the presidency of Brigadier Gen
eral Sir Charles Harington to discuss
measures for defense of the capital
nnd the straits. They are expected to
bring out the complete unity of tlxe
French nnd Italian forces.
It is now ascertained that only 20,000
Greek soldiers remain under arms . out
of the army of 2o0,00O. These are ia
Thrace, retention of which territory by
Greece is seriously doubted here.
General M." C. J. Pelle, French high
commissioner, started for Smyrna last
night to confer with Mustapha Kemal
Pasha, at the latter's special request.
It is assorted that tho nationalist leader
desires to ascertain the extent, to which
France intends to fulfill the Jobligatioaa
undertaken by her treaty'with the An
gora government.
HARROWING TALES ARE "
TOLD OF TURK MASSACRE
sane, Drown Themselves
sane, Drawn Themselves
American Blue-Jackets
Prove Themselves Heroes.
. CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 18.
(By tho Associated Press.)
Americans arriving here today
from Smyrna gave graphic descrip
tions of the scenes they witnessed
in that city during the great tire
and : attendant disorders. One, a
resident of Smyrna for 10 years,
said the Turkish troops massacred
hundreds of Christians and then
deliberately set fire to the city to
cover up their crime.
Some of the inhabitants, driven
insane by the reigu of terror,
which ensued, rushed to the harbor
and drdwued themselves. A nat
uralized American citizen shot hhn
, self dead when the Kemalists seized
his wife and sister. Other Ameri
cans were intimidated with pistols
and robbed. -
Lieutenant Commander John B.
Rhodes, commander of the Ameri
can destroyer Litchfield, with five
bluc-jntkets, saved six British civil
ians from death after tho British
forces evacuated the city. Ameri
can sailors at the peril of their
lives rescued thousands of refugees
while the fire was iu progress.
Chester Grisnold, American mer
chant, performed almost superhu
man work, rescuing terrorized
Christians by his successful picas
with their would-be Turkish slayers.
H. C. Jaquith, of Darien, Conn.,
who was in Smyrna from the time
of the invasion to the destruction
of the city, said to the correspond
ent :
It was a night of terror. The
whole popubn-e rushed to the wa
ter's edge. Women cried to heaven
for help. Many plunged into the
water, preferring drowning to death
by fire.
"It was fhc most harrowing pic
ture of misery and anguish I ever
witnessed.. The heat was so hi
ten.p that no one hi tho fir a zrite
could survive. It was an pj"I!ini ,
climax fu a week fraught with tl
horrors of war, uiasane sud evic
tion. "The Frenrh Catlu!:i- nij,
unstinted praise for ti.iir
hen
tli") fire wa ut i'
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