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TURKS SHOOT 909 T REFUGEES ON SHIP 1 I' ? 4 Victims Forced to Embark on Lighter, Which Is Made Target. BRITISH OFFICIALS SL4AIN Report of Murders in Consulate Is Given by American Sailors. By the Assoc.a ted Tress. LONDON. September 15.?An American destroyer vhich has arrived at Piraeus. Greece, reports that the Turks entered the British consulate at Smyrna and murdered an official who was assembling the archives, says a Reuter dispatch from Athens today. Postmaster Wilkinson is also said to have been murdered, p.s well as other Englishmen. Sir Harry Lamb, the consul general, is believed to have escaped on a warship1 j An Exchange Telegraph dispatch J from Athens says: i "The Turkish population in Smyrna continues to be master of the situatir?n a p.umhftr of Turkish officials} accused of having aided the Greek* j were executed in front of the gov- i ernment buildings.. I ' Refugees arriving in Athens from Smyrna recount teri ible stories regarding the state of the city, owing to the ferocity of the Turks. Immediately on their arrival the Kemallst troops gave themselves over to massacre and robbery of the Christians and the quays were littered with corpses. A Greek journalist was shot dead and dragged through the streets tied to the back of an automobile. 811D Shot I>own. "An American passenger who reached Piraeus from Smyrna says he saw 000 Armenians forced by the Turks to embark on a lighter. The Armenians were then shot down from the shore, the bodies being left floating in the water. According to other passengers. prominent members of the British colony in Smyrna were similarly murdered." The British cabinet has been sumMrmoned for this afternoon, with th< 1 principal object of discussing the neai eastern tangle. ' Prime Minister Lloyd George came to London this morning from the country for preliminary discussions with .,11 r. 0 whnm me < Uliraftuto, in the Earl of Balfour and H. A. L? Fisher, who are in Geneva, are expected to attend the important council. It is believed the meeting: will have before it definite statements from the , French and Italian government* Indicating their respective attitudes to. ward the problem, the solution of I Which continues to be a subject of ager and anxious speculation. I Opinions here are much divided regarding the Turkish claims. One view, which is strongly supported b} a section of the press, is that Great Britain's only interest lies in the ; freedom of the Straits of Dardanelles . and that if thia is insured she need <,JJot worry over the future position of V'Thrace and Constantinople. Fear Further Flfchtluft. Others are less easily satisfied and regard the restoration of Thrace and Constantinople to their former owners with great disfavor, while a t third faction is apparently willing that they be restored, but only on ! 5 condition that Rumania and Jugo- j oiavid dpi rr. ; ^ The London newspapers again today I 5urge the necessity of an agreement I .-'among the allies, and declare it .-^should be brought about quickly, be,^'fore the situation becomes further ^complicated and especially before an youtbreak of fresh fighting which might 'again set Europe aflame. FIRE ISSPREADiNG J IN STRICKEN CITY Flames Make Rapid Headway to Turk Quarter of Smyrna. the Assoc.ared Press. STMRNA, September 15.?The Are which started in the Armerian quarter of Smyrna early yesterday afternoon had spread early this morning to the Turkish sections of the city and was making rapid headway. The entire European section is in ashes and countless thousands are homeless. There were hundreds of casualties among persons who were caught in the sections where the flames spread with greatest rapidity. Tnrka on Rampage. The American consulate general was situated in the burned area. Consul General George Horton and his staff left as the flames swept toward the building, taking with them the official codes and funds, together with the most important records and documents. < The Turkish troops are making trenuous efforts to prevent wholesale looting by the bands of irregulars Gen. Nureddin Pasha, commander-in-chief of the Kemalist forces here, urged officials of the American committee on relief in the near east to arrange for the evacuation of as many of the Greeks as possible, as he feared their return to the interior would mean certain death lt\ reprisal for the alleged malicious destruction of Anatolian villages by file Greek troops. V The Turkish commanders fear outbreaks among their own troops, who 4-e without food. Several regiments posted on the outskirts of the city gave subsisted on uncooked barley for Ike last five days. j I . 9. C onsul Rescued. ATHENS. September 15.?An American destroyer arrived yesterday at Tlraeus from Smyrna with the American consul and several other Amerlf*n citizens and numerous Armenian rfugees. Greeks Cover Retreat, the Aoocitted Press. MUDANIA, September 15. ? The ?reek cruisers Glorglos Averoff and Xllkos, the latter formerly the U. S. S. Mississippi, are at Panderma covering fie retreat of the remnant of the Sreek army, for whose safety grave concern is felt. The Turks are at the Reels of the fleeing Greeks, and it is Jselieved the latter are doomed unless {fee Greek government can provide Jpssels for their escape. H Two companies of French infantry 'were sent to this city from Constanti- i .Sople for the temporary protection of 4e thousands of Christian refugees Here, many of whom, panfe-stricken, k? throwing themselves into the sea. 8 When the Turks Invaded the town Sisy notified the French commander Sat the presence of his troops would Jot be tolerated, but he stood his jfround. Si Ghemlek, east of this place, is practically deserted. The Greek destroy% Panther put up a heroic light fi> keep back the Invading Kamallsts tore, but the latter brought into aption Jong-ranfce guns, which soon forced khe whrehip to retire. - , * ' Sfc.'.'WiiS' - ^ . : - .. J.v < ... - ? r' i" ' gf* Jfc '"~iih?iT* *ttI iV* i**1" WORLD'S BEST BAKER. Albert Fox Wins Highest Bread Honors at Exposition. CHICAGO. September 15.?Albert Fox of Buffalo. N. Y.. has been adjudged "the champion bread baiter of | the world-' at the exposition of the Bakers' Equipment Manufacturers' Association here, and his employer. Paul Helms, president of the Hall Baking Company, was awarded a $000 gold medal. More than 300 loaves of bread from bakorles In all parts of the country were entered in the contest, which Fox won. 2,000 MASSACRED BY TURKISH ARMY; SMYRNA AFLAME (Continued from First Page.) Mustapha Kemal Pasha's desigms upon the capital. One story is that the nationalist commander has sent an ultimatum to the allied powers, demanding the I evacuation their forces from the city, so as to permit the entrance of ; the Turkish nationalist army. An- i other is that nationalist troops have crossed over to the Gallipoli peninsula from Chanak. planning: to march into ; Thrace with the object of taking Adrianople. British Cabinet to Act. By the Associated Press. LONDON". September 15.?One of the possible immediate results of thin afternoon's British cabinet conference, it is believed, is that Mustapha Kerna? l'asha wil. hi informed that he will be met not only by British troops and British ships but by a Jugoslav army if h* attempts to occupy Constantinople and cross the straits of the Dardanelles. It is an established impression in military circles that the Turkish nationalist army is large enough to take the Turkish capital if Kemal so desires: also that he has sufficient guns to drive the fleet out of the Bosporus. It is considered unlikely, however, that he would take such desperate measures unless he was persuaded,, that in no other manner could he obtain the capital of Thrac^. On the other hand, there are intimations that the Serbs, the dominating element in the Jugoslav government, are determined not to have the Turks as neighbors in Thrace or to permit the Bulgars to secure a foothold Qn the Mediterrean sea. The horizon of the approaching conference on the near east is daily broadpn intr With InfimafiAno that Dnmoni# and Jugoslavia will support Greece and Great Britain in the effort to keep the Turks from regaining Thrace. A new factor has been brought Into the situation. however, by the suggestion that Jugoslavia will demand aathe price of her help the port of Salonikl. which she has long coveted as her logical port of entry on the south The British cabinet, however, is obliged to examine the situation from a far larger point of view than the other allies because of the 70.000.000 Musselman population of India, in addition to Great Britain's close interests In Mesopotamia. Egypt and other Musselman territory. The latest news from India shows the Turkish victory stimulating th^? Mohammedans. the feeling of brotherhood reaching from Constantinople to Baku. Tashkent and Kabul and on into India. There is likewise a reported growth of the Mohammedan religion, spreading from Egypt south in Africa and on the former German colony of East Africa. Whether Kemal or the Turkish nationalists will attempt to expand and recreate the old Turkish empire along religious lines is one of the aspects of the question the British are considering. especially with respect to Mesopotamia, where are located the most fanatic of the Moslems. The declarations of Kemal so far have been that there is 110 desire to recreate the empire; that the Turks have given up Mesopotamia and other territories as the price of their defeat in the world war. and that now they only want the territory occupied by the Turks. Kemal's point of view has been that politically there is no desire by the Turks to effect a union with the Arabs and the Egyptians: that these peoples would be obliged to work out their own destinies. The cabinet, however, is said to expect that the moral effect of the new Turkish successes will sooner or later lead to the support of the Turks by all Mohammedans. The admiral commanding the British squadron at Smyrna has warned the Turkirh authority in the Htv that if masftaeres are continued the Turkish quarters will be bombarded. says an Exchange telegram dispatch from Athena Bodies Clog Streets. MALTA. September 15.?Hundreds of bodies of victims of the Turkish massacre in Smyrna were lying in the streets of the city when the British hospital ship Maine left there with more than 400 refugees on board, it is stated by Reuter's Smyrna correspondent, who arrived here on the Maine today. "When T left Smyrna," he said, "the Turks were still pillaging and massacring, and hundreds of bodies were lying in the streets of the town and the outlying villages. Two large villages miles from Smyrna were on Are. The British had withdrawn with their patrols and guards, and several British houses had been requisitioned for Turkish officers. Doubt U. S. Losses. NEW YORK. September 15.?A cablegram received at Y. M. C. A. headquarters today from E. O. Jacobs, general secretary of t'ne organization at Smyrna, states that the Y. M. C. A. reservation In that city was not destroyed. as had been reported, by the fire which swept parts of Smyrna alfter the evacuation of the Greek army. The cablegram added that the families Venizelos Will With Greek Ki Former Premier Is Opposed to Rule of Constantine. Movement for His Rectdl to Poicer $tr*>n arth. V WWW W V V WW PARIS. September 13.?Former Premier Venizelos of Greece, for whose return to power a. strong; movement is under way in Athens, never will consent to work with King; Constantine. saya his friends here. according to Excelsior. As long as Constantine Is on the throne Venlzeloa will refuse to have anything to do with the Greek state, they declare, but at the same time he will not refuse his lad in saving the country from what he terms Constantine'a blunders. M. Venizelos. who arrived here yesterday from Geneva, also will visit Rome and London in his private capacity, according to Le Journal, to point out that the Kemalist victory in Anatolia is more than a disaster to ' Hellenism, and imperils the Interests of the great powera In the near east, even France. He is emphasising the danger of a well organised government at Angora working in clgse touch with Moscow />. . .1 i. j? SCENjE IN SMYRNA ,:-vV V ' - v <*C. - r' . .: <> . , - ' ' ; ? ' '.V ' ' , i ( : h Smyrna Largest A Homer and Croet i i Home of Apostle St. , carp Was Burned at Beautiful Women?P J Smyrna, just captured by the Turks, ea I lies in a straight line from Athens j across the archipelago about 300 miles, and is the largest and most 1 ?... A?4a \1innr !>* I According to Dr. J. O. Knott, lec- j jtj 1 turer of this city. "It is an Asiatic j w | city with a European face: producing j nothing and exchanging everything; j of hospitable to all religions and con- j ci spicuous for none; the paradise of | tH the Turk?the home of luxury, and j of beautiful women." Its population. j f according to latest figures, is about 2" I 225.000, made up of Moslems. Greeks, J I Jews. Armenians, and many western i 'Christians. *? i Pa City Both Old and Famous. i "Smyrna is both old and famous, j is I It is the purported birthplace of j Croesus, and claims to be the birth- j place of Homer. It was a city long J before the days of Alexander the , ar Great, who rebuilt it where it now j ei1 stands, as he saw its strategic posi- j j*Y tion as an extreme western port for j J ci SITUATION APPALLING, ? SAYS ADMIRAL BRISTOL * fr Atrtrioan Cnmmnrtdftf TIopIarpe All ar I ur Native V. S. Citizens Have j ot Been Saved. su ve The refugee situation in Smyrna ! ca was described as "appalling" by Rear j ar Admiral Bristol. United States com- m missioner at Constantinople, in a dis- j gn patch to the State Department, dated i *tj( September 13. J 0f All the native Americans listed with | the authorities have been accounted 1 se for. he said, but fourteen naturalized I aa Americans were missing. He placed | the total number of refugees in j ? Smyrna as not less than 300.000. The l entire European section of the city j j had been practically obliterated by j fir?. which started in the Armenian ! Quarter, and was still raging. Inhabitants of the city other than I ; the refugees are short of food, the ! ! message added, the victorious Turkish] , yforces now occupying the city being j on half rations. All warships of the various powers in the port of Smyrna were crowded with refugees, and ships were constantly leaving for nearby ports loaded with fugitives. The American destroyer flotilla was taking an active part in the work, he said. J At Mudania. the seaport of Brusa. i Jl.l ~ K?. "fl.llf OO UUIlUllllMIB ACIC oaiu iu 1/c Hill. ao i bad." with 40.000 refugees lacking-1 I food, shelter and even water. Some! of the refugees Kt that point had been transferred to Rodosto, but without j finding any relief there, it was added. In Constantinople apprehension is J felt as to the next move of the victors and possible incursions on the neutral zones. Admiral Bristol reported. GenHarrington. British commander, he added, had issued a proclamation warning the Turkish nationalists against any infraction of the neutral zone. # of Mr. Jacob and A. K. Jennings, a | secretary, had arrived at Athens. Officials of the Standard Trading Gcmpany, which is reported to have ! suffered heavy losses in tobacco j burned, believe that most of the to- , bacco in Smyrna warehouses was re- i moved before the arrival of the Turks, j Dr. Wilfred Post of Princeton. N. J., j who returned to,Athens Thursday from J Smyrna, where he went to investigate i conditions before the massacres there j by the Turks, went to Smyrna with a ; medical unit last Monday, the Near | East Relief announced today. He was ( accompanied by Miss Sarah Corning of Nova Scotia and Miss Agnes E. | Evon of Detroit, a nurse. 7%7_x IF/ I. liui vv urn Ing9 Say Friends Hl ^HL- . FORMER PREMIER VENIZELOS. I and Berlin, the anti-Christian pro- I ceedlnffs of the Kemalists and the I consequences of a Turkish invasion I of Thrace. His friends maintain that' I under the present circumstances the il former -premier can be of 'greater Wt [I to his country ih Paris' and 'London I! than in Athena L2 ^ LOOTED AND BURf . .. rr-y,. v:-;-WZZM LiLl;*; ?; Vxni^HM^I ^^*2% - m>*' - WMM Isia Minor City; _ " ms Born There John?Where PolyStake?Noted for ovulation 225,000. istern markets. In 23 A. D. Rome lected Smyrna from among many vals for site of the great temple to ! dedicated to the emperor. "This ancient city figures prominentin connection with early church story. It is hut fifty miles from rhesus. where the ruins of that city ith its famous temple, are still to j seen. Smyrna itself is supposed j have been for some time tfie home j the apostle St. John, whose dis- ! pie. Polycarp. afterward head of j e Smyrna Church, was burned at j e stake here about 155 A. D. His I mh is still the outstanding sight the city and is on the crest of the 11 near the place of his martyrdom, most within sight of Polvcarp's mb. to the south, lies the Isle of tr> tmos. to which St. John was banish- ^ , and where the book of revelation -? supposed to have been written. Popular With ToarUta. H ! visited Smyrna a few years ago _ id found it sheltered at the extreme (j id of a bay and r.estled. in halfoon shape, at the foot of high green 11- A? *kA .-.f A' iio. L a <-i ifiair \ t lie oiiuaiivii w? u, e city and the colors of the houses eate wonder. Once in the streets of d Smyrna, and bedlam reigns. The reets are narrow and filthy and the pulation most incongruous. But the urist finds it a most attractive place r buying souvenirs. While Smyrna < igs are seen on all sides, trinkets j lo om the far east pour into this port Ui d are sold at astoundingly low fig- to es. ci1 "But the moral tone of the place is ch iviously low and the most vulgar ci? iggertions are made to tourists from m< nders of vile photographs. It is a far te .11 to visit the city of Smyrna today id read while Bitting at Polycarp's di mb. his brave words just before de artyrdom and also the message to re nyrna found in the book of revela- Mi on. where the church there is spoken "I as being poor in goods, but riofci in ac ith. Smyrna is the only city of the In ven to which St. John sent his mes- cr ge that is today other than a ruin." in Easy Payment Te i Promot Actio M On your part will Put you in posse A good USED Piano or If you attend this Septemb and Players. 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'The criminal situation in the lited States so far as violence i9 noerned is worse than in any other zilized country." William B. Swaney. airman of the American Bar Assoition's committee on law enforce^nt. told the Rotarv Club here yes rday. The remedy for this? appalling contion is to be found in the return to cent living under self-control and spect for the laws of the land." said r. Swaney, who was speaking on lack to the Constitution." He cited ts attributed to the "Ladies of the' visible Eyes" in Texas and the imes of mob violence in RirmiAgfoam speaking of violation or law. rms Arranged I in? ssion of Player er Sale of used Pianos T d piano $225 j I piano; special... .$215 iano; bargain $150 $65 [>iano; special $210 sed piano '.$295 iano; special $250 id piano $145 ry special $325 IANOS case; special $425 r case $295 price .$475 . id player; only $495 I? nntv ? ?9CA J J . TfcUW .$450 i ' j n Piano Co. | 13th !ANCE JOINS ALLIES . IN NEUTRALITY PLEA: ir w hi iteotion of Strait* Iniiated Upon t< in Beply to Britiih Note. f' be of he Associated Tree*. ARIS, September 15.?The French **' ernment in a reply to the British qi e on the near east announces that of nee had decided to join the othe* th es in requesting the Turkish na- Gf lalist government to respect the hi trality zone of the straits of the danelles fixed by the treaty of aj res. Instructions^ to this effect Todays^ Our 7th aurl ( St. Store* Clone at H Saturday*. \ About. mF you want Think of h H H better habi value is AE where and feel that fc\HaIin S Reallv Won On the left, a young man Oxford. Black or Tan Eric Cal very nifty for fall. $6.50. ? "Br* B< B JRiS Boys' extra quality Toney Red Calf Goodyear welts. 10 to 13H W.50 1 to 6 $1.75 ^ L< Girls' strictly solid. ^ Tan Lace Boots. 8 Vi to 11 ?2.4S 114 to 2 S2.95 ^ 2 4 to 7 $3.85 I ave been sent to Gen. Pelle. the rench high oommissioner in Conanttnople. This French decision, the note adds, jes not prejudice the future condions of peace. A formal demand for a declaration V the nationalist government of its itention to observe this neutrality ill probably be rhade by the allied Igh commissioners in Constantinople >morrow. Demand Neutrality. 4 The zone of the straits is definitely limited in the treaty of Sevres, it eludes a wide strip of territory on >th the European and Astatic sides ' the straits. In agreeing to support this move rance makes it clear that it is only temporary measure and that the lection of the eventual disposition this territory must be settled by e near east peace conference. No mention Is made of Thrace or ' the city of Constantinople Itself, it the Turkish acceptance of the >ne of neutrality would have the feet of protecting Constantinople so. Diplomatic conversations among the NaM Cor. 7th ^ 414 9tl " City Club Shop * 1914-16 P 1318 G St. 233 Pa. 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S 4 to 11 $2.?.1 114 to 2 $3.4.1 2 4 to 6 $1.43 _ t?n * stock ii or. 7th & K Sts. 8te*' 14 9th St. 1nr* 33 Pa. Ave. S.E, ,. 35c 914-16 Pa. Ave. . - ^ ? ?? ? t allies appear to have established the French vie*- that the future sovereignty of Thrace by the auWlir.e port must he discussed at a peace conference kt which the cruthlng victory of Turkey will entitle her to the moat liberal treatment in the flnai decision. These views are declared to be shared by Italy. The French policy now is directed toward the convening of the peace conferernce as soon as possible and obtaining a promise from Turkey not to move on Constantinople or Thrace in the mean'time. The British. It is said, are opntinuing to oppose an Immediate conference. GOING HOME FOR TRIAL. LOS ANGELES. September 15.?Alfred D. Mitchell, former treasurer of Salem. N. 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