The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-11-07
us. WOMAN SAW
SMYRNAH0RR0RS
Sanitation Is Impossible,
Disease Sure to Spread,
She Says
RESPECT u. S. C0L0RS
Women Brutally Searched for
valuables; Many Men
Take Own Lives

NEW YORK, Nov. 6.--Filth. pes
n,pee and death followed the Turk
,,b occupation OF Smyrna, according
"a Or. Esther Lovejoy. OF this city.
noctor I.ovejoy, president OF the In
..,,ationai Medical Women's associ-
s,,on was the only American woman
o,esent during the Turkish occupa-
Non OF smyrna. She returned re-
! Vanity 10 her home here.
only few days ago cholera was
s,,coyered In Smyrna and since the
rsfugees have been transferred 10
rany different ports the disease Is
hound to spread. Many dead bodies
Ar. Eill floating about the docks.
TtN streets are I'm an unspeakable
,tats and probably will not be
eleanei for weeks. The simplest
sanitation Is out OF the question.
81 went TO Smyrna" says Doctor
roveioy. with an open mind and
M biased opinions, and for a long
fine I retained that attitude. The
turkish eoldiers have a great re-
spect for the American uniform, and
noticed that when an American
vse In evidence the Turks treat
ment OF Christians was much modi-
fled.
"When reached Smyrna all but
the Turkish quarter was a smolder-
jng ruin, and the docks we're simply
alive with refugees. The Turkish
quarter, however, was In no way
damaged, and the bazaars seemed TO
be doing more business than before
the Disaster.
''When Christian women were
eoin,slled TO leave their homes they
took with them only a few OF their
belongings. As women will. they
wore their best clothes, and most of
them had on high-heeled shoes.
/. After these women had been on the
cocks OF Smyrna for two weeks and
their clothes were torn and muddy
and hedraggled the effect was weird.
The high-heeled shoes had been lost
n the mad rush. Most OF the wom-
On were barefooted.
THE entire city beyond two blocks
from the docks was In the hands OF
the Turks, and after nightfall no
one knew exactly what took place.
In the dark piercing screams were
heard--one taken up by another
and In a short time the entire section
was a bowling. blood d-curdling bed
lam. We could see nothing, but we
knew the morning would bring tales
Of missing daughters.
American sailors did much TO aid
the suffering in their clean white
uniforms they stood out In contrast
to the poor, starving people they
we're guarding. The sailors were
sometimes reprimanded by their Of
iicers for going outside OF their line
Of duty in their eagerness to aid
women and children.
The women did not dare TO enter
a house. They were afraid OF being
outraged should they leave their
places on the docks. For two weeks
they lived on the same wharf. not
daring 10 quit ,one spot lest they lose
their only place of safety.
THE Turks pressed into service
an iron picket fence that runs the
length OF the docks. All refugees
had 10 pass along this fence to board
the steamers. As they passed along
the Turkish soldiers stopped the men
Of military age and took everything
Of value from all. II man, woman
| Or child Jagged or interferred with
;;Sthe movement through the gate they
were strapped.
Women we're searched In a bold
brutal manner. Their waists were
torn open In the front. Their dresses
we're lifted and their stockings pulled
down In the quest for loot. All rings
we're torn from their fingers, and
earrings were literally yanked from
their ears
Many men of military age cut
thelr throats when they saw that II
was hopeless to try to escape. one
old. man came to us to help him find
his daughter. whom he had !ef; IN
little shed, He had gone In search
ei bread. When he returned she had
aisappeared. We told the father We
could not find her. He pulled a
sshire' | was unable TO prevent him.
ne cut his throat and fell at my feet
The man In charge of loading the
refugees aboard the boats was called
tne packer He actually did pack
me people aboard,
was called upon for a case OF
childbirth In the hold OF one OF these
@eamers In the hold or one OF these
wedged In. The air was so close that
me atmosphere was humid.
=, IT was almost necessary to pry
ne woman out to take her on deck
mere bed WAS improvised with a
grnlcken crate and a life-preserver.
me woman was terribly filthy. Her
anr was matted, her clothes were
,ern and muddy. and she wore no