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Evening star., 1922-09-08
IL. S. BATT[ESH|PS
GUARD SMYRNA AS
TURK ARMY NEARS
Allied Fleet Cleared for Ac.
tion Ready to Protect
Panic Stricken.
CONSTANTINE ABDICATIpN
SEEN AS CABINET QUITS
Strong Public Sentiment Against
War Reverses Brings Greek
Government Crisis.
By the Associates Press.

By the Associa ted Press.
SMYRNA, September s.-oniy an
eyewitness can realize the extent
of the disaster to the Greek army.
which is termed by many one of the
most decisive in military history.
An army of 10000 men, well Or
ganized and equipped. has been trans
formed in Tess than two weeks into a
virtual band of refugees.
An official Turkish statement says
400 Greek officers and 10000 men
have been captured since the offense
was launched, together with 500 mo-
tor trucks. $50 guns and a million
rounds of artillery ammunition.
Greeks Refuse to Fight.
The Greek loss of morale is illus
trated by the reported refusal of q
battalion of reserves, rushed here
from Athens. to disembark. A con-
tingent of Senegalese which arrived
yesterday on the French transport
also did not land owing, it is said.
to some disagreement.
The whole of Smyrna hinterland
has been ravaged by the Turks and
refugees continue to pour into the
city by the thousands. A Turkish air
plane yesterday flew over the town
and dropped pamphlets announcing
the complete liberation" of Asia
Minor
The government archives have
been placed on shipboard for safety
and the Smyrna branches of the Ma
tional Bank and the Bank of Athens
are closed.
Panic Prevails.
A state of panic prevails through
out Ionia and the British high COM
missioner has telegraphed to Con-
stantinople asking that relief sup
plies be rushed here, as 1t is feared
the grave food shortage would re-
suit in disorders.
4etion Hest the Greeks explode the
immense stores OF munitions In the
city 20 prevent them falling into the
hands OF the Kemalists.
U. 8. Destroyer. AesAy.
A number OF American destroyers
are anchored In the harbor, which
with it concentration Of warships Of
all the powera resembles the scene
Of a huge naval pageant.
The Standard Oil Company has
chartered a number of steamships to
carry its property and personnel 10
safety and thirty ships are in readi-
ness to remove refugees to the outly
ing islands II necessary.
The Greek troops have taken up
positions on the outskirts of the city.
Greeks Reported Holding.
Greek forces today were holding the
line east of Salihli. sixty miles east
of Smyrna, it was stated in advices
from the front, but there seemed lit
tie hope of stemming the tide OF the
general retreat of the Greek army
under the Turkish nationalist thrust
Deserters are arriving here by the
thousands.
The Greek northern army. other
messages state. is retiring from Brusa
toward Panderma and Mudania, on
the Sea of Marmora.
An Andana dispatch today. carry
ing Turkish nationalists' reports, de-
clared Turkish cavalry was only
twenty-five miles from Smyrna.
NODE SHTpS EXPECTED
Evening star., 1922-09-08

Special Dispa teh to The Star.
SYDNEY. n. s., September S.-Donald
B. Macmillan. intrepid arctic explorer of
Bowdoin College. Maine. arrived back in
civilization yesterday. When the stanch
little fifteen-ton auxiliary schooner
Bowdoin dropped anchor here there
was no greeting for him.
On his way back to the United States
with the greatest collection of scientific
magnetic observations that any arctic
explorer ever succeeded in making,
Macmillan was still unassuming.
Since he left the quiet little Maine
seacoast town almost fourteen months
ago he has penetrated far into the
frszen north. He has returned home
rich with information Of Bafnn Ind Fox
lands He brings with him on. his thy
little white craft-the smallest that
ever explored the fce-bound north-a
collection Of bird and animal skins and
rock specimens that has never been
matched by arctic explorers.
He comes back laden with a wealth
of facts which destroy all former the
ories Of the formation Of arctic islands
and of the depth of supposedly naviGa-
BILE waters.
Brings Back Fine Dogs.
He is coming back with the finest
specimens of Eskimo dogs that have
ever come out of the north.
He returns with sufficient scientific
material 20 write several books, and
before he sails for his native Maine
he is going to give to the world. in
detail. the results Of some of his in
! investigations.
After having been held up at Bat
tie Harbor, Labrador. and at Lark
farber, Newfoundland, several days
; because of adverse sOItherly winds
! and fogs. he arrived. recognized by
comparatively few Of his seacoasts
people. His ship slipped quietly past
and proceeded to glide up the tran
quill Sydney harbor until he reached
an anchorage abreast of the yacht
club and in close proximity to a
storm-scarred French hospital ship
that has been rendering succor to
fishermen of all nationalities upon
/ the fishing banks.
Later the arrival of the Bowdoin
created plenty Of excitement, even
il the natives did not venture toe
closely to the side of the sS-foot
schooner. because Of fear for the
cSklIHO uCSo tAdl Soulo OS seen
ing over the decks Of the little craft
Schooner in Good Condition.
The trim little schooner appeared
to be in as good condition as when
/, she stemed out of Sheepscott river
Maine, on that bright sunny after.
noon more than a year ago. Except
for a rusty splotch amidship she
appeared to be more a neat pleasure
yacht than q ship that has forced
Evening star., 1922-09-08
j. s. PR0BESPL0
TO BURN BRIDGES
Marshal Uncovers State
Wide Conspiracy in
Oklahoma.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, Septem-
Der S-Federal operatives today were
investigating what United States Mar
shall Alva Mcdonald declared was in his
opinion q state wide plot among GER
tain striking railway shopmen to de-
stroy railroad bridges and hamper
operation of trains. Within less than
a month Ave bridges have been burn
ed in Oklahoma under mysterious cir
cumstances. Other instances of tam
pering with railroad equipment. en-
dangering the lives of train crews
and passengers, have been reported.
Four men were held here today by
federal officers in connection with
the burning of a Rock Island rail-
the night Of August II. and Marshal
Mcdonald declared confessions made
by the two men indicated a we'll
founded plot to destroy bridges and
terrori5e train service crews to bring
about q general walkout Of railroad
workes in the state
Confess FiinE Bridge.
The men under arrest ae Herbert
Lansing and Hamilton Earl White.
said to be former railroad employees;
Roy Selley and John Keefe. all Of Ell
Reno. Lansing and White confessed
firing the bridge and implicated the
other two men, according to Marshal
Mcdonald. Other arrests were ex-
pected.
The latest bridge burning was re-
ported yesterday, a forty-five-foot
section Of the bridge on the Midland
Valley railroad near Bixby being de-
stroyed.
on the ST. Louis and San Francisco
railroad five miles west of Altus
burst into flames Immediately after a
passenger train passed over 1t. Ofi-
cials declared the fire was of incen-
diary origin.
Train Narrowly Escapes.
Fire damaged a bridge on thesFort
Smith and Western railway last Sun
day night near McCurtain.
More than a week ago a bridge of
the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
railroad near Tecumseh was de-
stroyed by fire. Several arrests were
made, but the men were released aft
er an investigation.
On September a Santa Fe train
running between Kansas City and
Galveston narrowly escaped a wreck
near Ardmore. A switch on the main
line had been opened ahead Of the
train. The switch lock had been
broken of and the signal light
slowly and noticed that the block Sig
nal arm was only half way. He
stopped the train before it ran into
the open switch.
Evening star., 1922-09-08
lAF0LLETTEPLEA
THRILLS MICHIGAN
His Fight on "NeWberryism"
Is Also Echoed in Other
States.
TOWNSEND FACES TEST
Senator Who Voted to Seat New.
berry Encounters Stiff
Opposition.
TOWNSEND FACES TES'
BY n. o. MESSENGER.
(Staf Correspondent of The Star.

DETROIT, September S.-Falling
like a bombshell in the inflamable
conditions of the contest for the
United States senatorship in Michi-
xan, the statement Of Senator La Fol-
lette of Wisconsin, published here.
appealing for other states to follow
Wisconsin's example in upholding
certain stated policies, created a SEN
sation 1t was construed as likely to
affect the. senatorial primaries next
Tuesday. because one Of the La Fol-
lette policies was ''Newberryism con-
demned and Newberry's expulsion
from the Senate demanded, "and that
is exactly the most acute issue in
this campaign for the nomination of
candidates for the Senate.
Senator La Toilette in his state
ment said: Il mention some OF the
vital issues in the hope that this
statement may reach the people in
other states where primary cam
paigns are In progress and encourage
them to fight for the real democracy
established by the fathers"
Aside from the local effect in Mich
igan, on account of the purely local
conditions, politicians here are specu-
latine upon the possible eject tbs
| La Toilette victory and hts appeal
may have upon the primaries tn
upon the fortunes Of Senator Lodge
ana Senator Poindexter. Opinions are
divided, some holding that the La
Toilette victory was largely a per-
sonal one, while others contend that
the magnitude of the landslide indi-
nf
its most radical form in Wisconsin,
with the possibility of encouraging
the movement elsewhere.
Townsend Attacked.
AS to the effect upon the Michigan
senatorial contest, it is thought that
it will accrue to the advantage Of
the candidates for the senatorial
nomination. who are opposing Sem
ator Charles E. Townsend for re-
nomination and base their claims for
favor mainly on the allegation that
Senator Townsend embodies New
berryism" Senator Townsend de-
Tended Senator Newberry and voted
to seat him, thereby bringing down
upon his head the wrath of a sec
tion of the Michigan electorate. the
size of which can only be shown
by the voting at the primaries next
Tuesday. Senator Townsend has de-
tenders in the state. The state, city
| and country is divided. and public
(, sentiment is at fever heat.
Friends of Senator Townsend. in
| hoping for victory. rely upon the
record he has made in the Senate
and what he has done for the state.
| In the presence in the field Of three
| other candidates. all lighting him,
they see the possibility of the vote
Continued on Page 2, Column ~
Evening star., 1922-09-08
SHUSTER ELOPEMENT
N|PPED BY ACCIDENT

GLASGOW, Ky, September S.-Caro-
lyn shuster. eighteen. daughter Of w.
Morgan shuster. president Of the Cen
tury Publishing Company. New York,
and William Norris. twenty, son Of q
Glasgow merchant, were found today
by searchers at Goodnight. a village
eight miles north Of here.
The two left here Wednesday night
on an elopemsnt to Jeftersonville, Ind,
but their plan was frustrated by an
automobile accident 8
Evening star., 1922-09-08
10000 JOBS co
BEGGING in BERLIN
AS TRADE BOOMS

By Wireless to The Star and Chicago Daily
News. Copyright 1922.
BERLIN, September s.-Berlin, the
NTH largest city in the world, IL
without assingle unemployed inhabi-
tant As q matter Of fact. more than
10000 Jobs are going begging. II the
oficial statistics for August are cor
rect. Large factories, Industrial
plants, department stores and munich
pal authorities are all looking for
help and the standard Of wages 10
going up daily.
This situation. according to the
newspapers, II the direct result Of
the drop in the value Of the mark
abroad. a ali skilled labor has kone
to work for the export houses, which
pay-ths largest wageas
Evening star., 1922-09-08

brown satchel, Salem came to the
Elysee and asked for President Mil
lerand. explaining to the guard who
questioned him that he had a letter
for the president
Dased Look Detected.
Noting a somewhat dared look in
Salem's face, the guard suspected the
man was mentally unbalanced. and
took the letter. promising to deliver
it to the president personally.
At this the youth suddenly inquired
IL the presidents carriage had lef,
the palace, he apparently not know.
ing that M. Millerand was at Ram.
bouillet. The guard unthinkingly re.
piled that the automobile had JUS,
left
Salem then quickly drew a small
revolver Of an obsolte type and fired
point blank at a car that happened
to be in the front driveway Of th@
Elysee. At the same instant the
guard seized Salem's arm yiolentlS
and the youth collapsed.
Had Cairo Pa.sport.
The young Egyptian had a passpor,
issued by the French legation IN
Cairo. He denied intending to shoe,
the president. He said he had writ.
ten to M. Millerand for money, when
he failed to receive funds from his
Egyptian relatives, but as the presi-
dent failed to reply he hAd gone to
the palace. intending to commit sui.
eide In the presence of the presiden,
as form Of protest against the CHIEF
executives Indifference"
Today's incident at the Palace OF
the Elysse was the second one this
year In which an automobile believed
to carry the President of the French
republic has been fired upon. On
July II, as President Millerand and
his ofYlcial party were returning from
the Bastille day celebration. at Long
champ, three shots were fired at the
automobile containing Prefect of Po-
lice Naudin. by .Gustave Bouvet, an
anarchist. in the belief that the car
was President Millerand's.
Naudin's automobile Immediately
preceded the presidential carriage
Bouvet declared he had planned to
assassinate both President Millerand
and Premier Poincare.
Evening star., 1922-09-08
MAIL TRAIN DERAILED.

PITTSBURGH. Pa. September s.
The second section of Pennsylvania
mail traiL, No. II. New York to st.
Louis. was derailed near Kittaning
Point west Of Altoona, Pa. this
morning. and two postal clerks and
one passenger were injured slightly.
Two passenger coaches were at
tached to tho train at Altoona. Four
of the postal cars left the tracks az
the train was running slowly on an
upgrade. The name Of the injured
passenger, an aged woman, was not
available at the railroad offices here.
The cause Of the derailment has not
been determined
Evening star., 1922-09-08
$50, 900 GEMS STOLEN.

CHICAGO. September 8-Adolph
Kuntsler, said to be New York Jew
eler. was assaulted by three men to-
day in 3 restaurant on upper Sheridan
road and robbed Of jewelry valued at
$50, 600, according to reports to the
police. The bandits escaped in an
automobile. Kuntsler was taken to
. hospital. where 1t was said he had
been severely beaten. &
Evening star., 1922-09-08
HINT0N'S FLIGHT HALTED

SPoRTA AU PRINCE, September 8.
Lieut.. walter Hinton, who 10 max
ing q flight from New York to Rio
owing to the necessity of changing
his engines from low to high COM
preston. Parts for tho new adjust
ments were supplied by the 4th Air
squadron Of the marines. The over
hauling will add seventy horsepower
20 the machine. Lieut. Hinton in
tends to leave Sunday for. San Juan
Evening star., 1922-09-08
South Russian
Reuolt DraWs
Battle of Reds
By the Associated PreSs.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON. September S.-Rebel-
lion broke out yesterday in South
Russia, according to a Helsing-
fors dispatch to the Central News
via Copenhagen. The Odessa So
viets have declared South Russia
and the Crimea Independent. There
is fighting in many districts be-
tween the rebels and the soviets,
the dispatch said. The crews of
warships stationed at Sebastopol
also were reported to be in a state
of mutiny.
Evening star., 1922-09-08

car to be Presi-
dent = MillAraaGa
The shot Lwent
wHd. President
Nillerand was at
his country resi-
d . n c e at Ram
bouillet at the
time.
Salem, who is
nineteen v e ar s
old, was seized by
a guard as he
fired the shot. The
student collapsed,
falling a, II in a
faint. apparently
thinking he had
been shot.
Evening star., 1922-09-08
PARIS ASSASSIN"
FIRES AND FA|NTS
Bullet Aimed at Auto Be.
|ieved Intended for Presi-
dent MiIIerand.
PRISONER FROM EGYPT
Visited Palace of the Elysee With
Note and Concealed
Revolver.
PRISONER FROM EGYPT

By the Associated Press.
PARIS. September s.-Georges Sa-
at an automobile in front of the pal
ace Of the Elysee today, believing the
Evening star., 1922-09-08
MORE q. S. SHIPS EXPECTED.
Four Additional Destroyers Re
ported on Way to Smyrna.


BY Cable to The star.
SMYRNA, Asia Minor, September S.
-Four more American destroyers are
expected here within a few hours.
There are in the harbor at present
two British battle cruisers. two
French dreadnaughts and about
twelve American, italian, French and
British destroyers and some light
cruisers. The ships have their guns
nointed toward the shore line and
are ready for any emergency.
10000 Refugees in City.
Refugees continue to pour in from
the interior and though exact figures
are not available the number is con-
servatively estimated at 10000. To
this must be added a large number Of
soldiers who have just returned from
the front. Supplies are giving out. as
communication with the interior IL
cut of and no comnerciaI vessels are
entering the harbor. The well-to-do
inhabitants are leaving town, absn
donine their property: those unable
to leave are In a state of nervous
prostration, fearing friends and foes
alike.
The French and Italians have land
ed patrols, while the British have
landed a detachment to- guard the
waterworks. The American author
tiles have comma ndeered q large
theater on the water front and all
American citizens have been instruct
ed to gather there in case of trouble.
Fine American Spirit.
The battleships are holding land
ing parties in readiness. The Amer
lean destroyers Litchfeld and Simpson
have each a party Of fifty sailors
ready to land with machine guns
when necessary.
The Americans here are showing
fine spirit. While everybody else was
taking of means Of defense the
Americans decided that the best way
Of nRhting the hungry mob was to
give IL food, and they have started
raising funds to provide food for the
refugees. Americans head tho sub
scription lists.
KING LIKELY TO ABDIcATE.
Evening star., 1922-09-08
Fine American Spirit.
KING LIKELY TO ABDIcATE.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS. September S.-Rumors that
King Constantine of Greece fntendo
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CONTINUED on Page :, Column A.
Evening star., 1922-09-08

Partly cloudy tonight and tomor-
row; warmer tomorrow. 1
Temperature for twenty four hours
ended at 2 pm. today: Highest, 80 at
2 pm. yesterday; lowest. IS at 1880
am today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-10-15

Nua Nua. whose
name means born to
be beautiful" Poly
nesian girl of the South
Seas, who has displayed
unusual ability in mo-
ton picture work. She
comes from Tahiti.
CI'n,lrrwnni Il 'ndrr~nsl.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-10-15

Capt ]. Rhodes of the United States
destroyer Litchfeld helps feed 400 hungry
refugees aboard his ship. The children
rescued by the vessel were inmates OF the
Near East Orphanage at Smyrna when the
Turks arrived.
T3J nlerwnOd Underwood
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-10-15

Remarkable photograph of gathering of the Holy Name
Society Monument grounds Sunday is estimated
that took the and the ceremonies
the base of Washington Monument
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-21
MISS M0HR And
F. CALVIN Wed
Especial Correspondence

Rapids City, June 21.-Miss Hen
rietta Mohr, daughter of William
Mohr of Hampton, and Frank Gal
win, son of Mr. and Mrs. ]. ]. Calvin
of Oelwein, Iowa, were united in
marriage at o'clock yesterday
morning at ST. Mary's Catholic
church in Hampton. Rev. E. C.
Leonard sang high mass and the
choir was composed of Mrs. ]. Gun
bingham and Mrs. John McGreevey
of Moline. Miss Genevieve McGree-
vey of Pontiac, Ill, was the organ
ist. The ceremony was performed
N the presence of the near rela-
tives and few intimate friends.
The decorations were in pink and
white flowers. The attendants were
Miss Leone Herrais of Hampton
and DR.. Joseph Calvin of Oelwein
The bride wore a gown of white
satin and a white hat. She carried
a bouquet of American roses. Miss
Hermis was also in white and car
ried pink roses. A wedding lunch
con was served following the serv-
ice.
Mrs. Calvin is a graduate of the
Moline high school and taught
school in that city for the last three
years. Mr.. Calvin is graduate of
Columbia college of Dubuque, Iowa,
and during the late war served as
a lieutenant in the army. He is one
of Moline's most enterprising mer-
chants.
The young couple left for a we'd
ding trip on the Great Lakes. They
will reside in Moline.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-21
BIG Time ON;
SERVICE men
CAPTURE CITY
Opening Day of Vets Encampment
at Sterling Proves All DeliriOus
Press Agent Said.
Especial to The Argus.)

Sterling. June 21.-The Veterans
of Foreign Wars have taken this
city by storm and their third an
nual convention is on, and the first
of the four big days and three
sleepless nights is proving all that
the press agent of the veterans
said il would. This is registration
day and several hundred had reg
istered before noon and more are
coming in on every train, auto, and
few by airplane.
The opening session was held
this afternoon in the Academy of
Music, Rev. Henry J. Geiger, de-
partment chaplain, pronouncing in
vocation Mayor ]. P. Overholser
gave a short address of welcome,
turning the city over to the veter-
ans. Sam NJ. Bradley, president of
the Association Of Commerce; B.
]. Sneed, local chairman in charge
of the .encampment; Department
Commander c. E Wellman; Mrs.
Margaret Hartigan, national vice
president of the ladies' auxiliary,
and others, made short addresses.
The president . appointed several
committees.
Tomorrow Chicago Service Mems
Field band will give an early morn
ing concert, followed by music dur
ing the day by the Sterling Military
band. The first free acts will occur
Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock
and will continue throughout the
balance of the convention. An air
plane will make flights over the
city during the day and night and
also perform all kinds of stunts. A
banquet will be served at o'clock
to the delegates and in the evening
a boxing match will be held at the
Academy of Music. This will be a
card of five bouts frankie Kick Of
Rockford and Joe Burch of Chi
cago perform in the main go.
Friday the United Spanish War
Veterans will dedicate a captured
cannon, and Oscar E. Carlstrom,
commander-in-chie of the U. S. W.
V, will present it to the city. Gen
eraI George Bell, Jr., will make an
address. On Saturday there will be
big military pSrades, and on Friday
and Saturday afternoons the Free
port ball club will cross bats with
the Sterling Legion. On Sunday,
Hammond, Ind, will be here.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-21
KEITHSBURC TO
HAVE REBEKAH
MEET IN 1923
Large Attendance at Tenth District
Assembly Held at SeatOn
Yesterday.
Especial Correspondence.)

Seaton, June 21.-At the 10th
district Rebekah assembly, held in
the opera house at Seaton yester-
day, officers for the coming year
were elected and the invitation OF
the Keithsburg lodge to hold the
1923 assembly in that city was &C
cepted.
The assembly opened in the
morning with about 100 present
Last night the attendance at the
session was approximately 400. An
exceptionally large attendance was
present from the Aledo lodge, about
forty members motoring to Seaton
Tor the event.
Installation of the officers fol-
lowed the election, the work being
put on by the Marjorie lodge at Sea-
ton. Light refreshments were
served before the assembly closed
The new officers were as follows:
District president-Mrs. Emma
Berglund, East Moline.
Vice Observation-Disclosures Elliott,
Rock Island.
Warden-Ida Henry, Seaton.
Secretary-Mrs. May Brown, Mo-
line.
Treasurer-Mrs. Ida Barker
Rock Island, Ill.