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THE MORXIXG OREGONIAJf, 'SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1914. NATIONS REFUSE TO AGCEPTABROGATION XUrUi.lb.cl AmiiASSAUOK AT WASttJLNtiTOtt, WHO STANDS BY HIS CRITICISM OF AMERICANS. This is one of the styles we are design ing for the young man and the man who feels as young as he wants to look. Foreign Diplomats, Including German, Advise Turkey of Their Attitude. WASHINGTON IS INACTIVE Ottoman Ambassador Says Not All Treaties With United .States Are Affected and Says Recovery of National Rights Is Aim. PARIS, Sept. 11. The Rome corre spondent of the Havas agency says that ti bjpatches. from Constantinople an nounce that foreign Ambassador, in cluding the German representative, yes terday informed the Turkish govern ment that the powers could not ac cept abolitions of the treaty rights ac corded foreigners. WASHIXGTO.V, Sept. 11. A. Rustem Bey, the TurkUh Ambassador, ex plained to Secretary Bryan today that Turkey's abrogation of her conven tions and capitulations eranting spe cial privileges to powers was a step taken merely to recover her national rights. Washington Waives Initiative, The Ambassador pointed out that the effect of the action was not to termin dte the treaties of 1S30 and 1862, be tween the United States and Turkey but to remove those extra-territorial rights which the American Government had enjoyed under a most-favored-na ation clause. State Department officials studied the treaties and Turkish laws carefully today, but it was not determined what the attitude of the United States would be. It was thought the Araeri i cn Government would await the initia tive of the other powers before enter :ing into diplomatic negotiations on the .subject. Discussing informally questions aris ling out of the abrogation of the con ventions, the Turkish Ambassador later suggested that an interesting situation might arise with reference to Egypt. Pretext tor War Denied. Here, he thought. Great Britain probably would welcome the removal of the capitulations, as it left British control of Egypt unincumbered by spe cial privileges to other foreigners. He declined to discuss the effect of Tur i;t-y's action iu the European war, but emphatically denied that it was a pre text for war. J 'he Ambassador pointed out that wlille the capitulations were inter woven in most of Turkey's treaties, there were many commercial treaties not affected by this action. As to Amer lean missions, he made it clear that they would be protected as formerly under Ottoman law. The principal effects of the abroga tion, he explained, would be to give Turkey the right to impose whatever customs duties she desired, to levy professional taxes on foreigners and to substitute the Jurisdiction of Turkish courts for extra territorial rights. Citizenship Rights Affected. Some of the effects of the action of jurKey, in the opinion of officials here, will be as follows: Alany Americans, especially the Jews in Palestine, who have inherited rights of American citizenship by liv ing In what is known as the ex territorial communities of Turkey, will not be able to bestow the rights of American citizenship to their children born in those communities. The action of Turkey will not affect Egypt, according to officials, as that country, since 1S73, has enjoyed the right to make separate commercial treaties with foreign governments. MISSION OFFICER XOT ALARMED Protection Under International Law Declared Ample. NbJW LONDON, N. H., Sept 11. James L Barton, secretary of the American Board of Commissioners for foreign missions said tonight regard ing the abrogation by Turkey of her capitulations granting special privileges to foreign powers: "I do not regard the removal of extra territorial rights by Turkey as likely to bring special hardship on American missionaries and missions. Inder strict international law, Ameri can institutions will be amply protected." !i li I : '' mSUSKim'- 1 r 'i It has a graceful, chesty appearance; is Sv''' ''m 7 I in pood style, yet free from the "freakishness'' SsffleS j that is affecting some of the so-called foreign , i'wFW ' I fashions. f m$m$k(Bm j l Those are being tailored in our own .!vvjr MK&tiKlL t '! of pleasing cloths, in the tartan plaids, the gray j . f J stripes, the brownish overcasts und the always- Twenty-five Dollars : . R ' x Ready-to-Wear Suits J , now. "he were tailored in our iiiMiafflMBUsMigML--UxS hSbsSMl ,,, , -i3ifl 1 own shops during the quiet period to keep our t Photo Dy Bam News Bervice. T goodly workers in work. That 's why these are ali HU9TEM bey. Bo different than those you are usually offered ........ ........4 at this price. Tltni llllrA nmt if charge the wounds would open again ilU! nJIAiiLU ULIJ! v!an1 c mpIications set ln Over 200 keen business concerns are now represent ing us in nine Western states, wherever well dressed men are found. Ambassador Admits Authen ticity of Criticisms. RECALL IS NOT DEMANDED .. Rustem Bey Says He Took Only Course Open to Him to Impress Press With Sense of Justice to His Nation. (Continued From Flrt Paffe.) A It MY COURT IS FOR EDITOR Previous Reprimand Declared In efficient by French Minister. GRENOBLE, France, via Bordeaux, Sept. 11. Because he announced in large headlines: "The Evacuation of "the Military Zone of Paris," Joseph Bf-sson, the editor of a Grenoble news paper, must appear before a court martial. This decision was given by Minister of War MiUerami, who considered that a reprimand previously administered to the editor had proved insufficient. CLARK ACCUSES GERMANS lix-Senalor Says He Has Inrestigat cd Case of Belgians. NEW YORK, Sept. 11. Prince Nich olas Engalitcheff, ex-Russian Vice l onsul In Chicago, returning to Amer ica today, made public a statement which he said had been given him in Talis by William A. Clark. ex-United States Senator from Montana, with the request that it be given to the Ameri can press. The statement follows: "Tell the American people of this case, which 1 have investigated. It is that of a Belgian family, the father of whom was shot dead by the Germans .and the mother lashed to a chair while the soldiers attacked her 16-year-old daughter before her eyes. The mother "became a raving maniac. I have the daughter under my care here." available to induce the United States press to take a more serious view of its relationship to Turkey that of a straightforward appeal to it. In which I pointedly mentioned some of the things that happened in the United KtatA wM(-h should not happen, in view of inducing it to deal more char itably with Turkey. "I am firmlv convinced that I was morally, if not conventionally, right In adopting this course. Conventions Are Bet Aside. There are times, and this is one of them, when conventions can and must be set aside. The interests oi numan tv ihnnU not be sacrificed to tnem. The Ambassador's statement, which underwent the scrutiny of officials and caused the Inquiry, charged first that Great Britain was attempting to draw the United States into the European war by asking that American warships or. tn Turkey. EnKland, he said, was asritatln "before the eyes of the United States the spectre o t massacre of Christians." He explained that while there had been some massacres in Tur kev. the victims "suffered, not as Chris tians, but as political agitators engaged in undermining the Ottoman slate. Subject of Lynching Mentioned. He spoke of the attitudes of other foreign people under provocation, men r.ioninz Russia. "Since a large number of American papers are siding with Great .Britain and France In this affair," he added, "1 will permit myself to say that the thought of lynchings which occur daily in the United States, and the memory of the 'water cures' in the Philippines should make them chary of attacking Turkey in connection with acts of sav aeerv committed by her under provoca tion compared with which the economic competition of an Italian or the sniping of a Filipino, or even the outrage of a negro are nothing. Supposing, for the sake of argument, what in reality could never happen, that the negroes were discovered to be engaged ln a conspir acy with the Japanese to facilitate the invasion of the United States by the latter, how many of them would be left alive to tell the tale? The foregoing paragraph caused con siderable discussion in diplomatic and official circles, but the delicacy of the present European situation, it is known, led the President and Secretary Bryan to the conclusion that what might be regarded as an indiscreet statement in time of peace could be Ignored at pres ent on account of the critical situation produced by the European war. charge the wounds would open again and complications set in. "Many of the wounded on both sides were in the field for days after they were injured because it was difficult to find them owing to the bushes. trees and other obstacles. Asked what impression the war had made on them, the surgeons said it was difficult to answer this question. They were inclined, they said, to say they had received almost no impres sion. "We only work for the wounded and this leaves us no time to busy our selves with anything else," said an other of the surgeons, "but you may be sure that it is painful to us to see so many wounded men." Soldiers Honor Song Writer. VANCOUVER BARRACKS. Wash., Sept. 11. iSpecial.) In honor of the juoth anniversary of the writing of the "Stat -Spangled Banner," the National sir. a National salute of 21 guns will be tired in the post at high noon to morrow. This ceremony will be ob served in every military post in the United States and the possessions. Of-lii-ers and soldiers will be at attention while the salute is fired and as the Twenty-nrst Infantry band will play the hymn. German Aviator Dies From Injuries. LONDON, Sept. 11. A Reuter dis patch from Amsterdam says Count 1 stall a German military aviator, has died from injuries received in a fall of his aeroplane while reconnoliering. WOUNDED TOO EAGER PHYSICIAN'S SAY MEN DISCHARGED TOO SOON FOR SAFETY. Krenck Medical Officers, Released by Germans, Say They Saw no Evi dence of Dnm-Dum Ballets. KOTTKRDAAI. via london. Sept. 11. The eight French medical officers who were captured by the Germans in Namur but who later were released and are here on their way back, to France by way of England gave some interesting sidelights on the situation in the Held from their standpoint as surgeons. "We were obliged to work with the Germans," one of them said. "Most of the wounded wanted to return to the tight as soon as possible. "We saw no evidence of men wounded by dum-dum bullets on either side. We found the medical services of both the Germans and the allies excellent, but we regret that the German wounded often were dis charged from the hospitals too early. In some cases their wounds had not sufficiently healed ana after their dis- BRITISH IDLEJ PER CENT Xlnety-Three Per Cent at Least Partially Eraplovecl. LONDON. Sept, 11. The Board of Trade summarizes as follows .the re sult of its inquiry as to the effect of the war on employment: "The contraction of employment has been met to a marked extent by a re duction of hours instead of a reduction of staffs. Ninety-three per cent of working people still are wholly or par tially employed. "Of the contraction of 7 per cent in the number employed, at least two thirds represent men who have left for military service. Thus the per centage of unemployed, including wo men, has been increased by a little more than 2 per cent." The industries most affected are in the cotton industry and the construc tion of vehicles. PRINCE KILLS MINISTER Turkish War Bureau Head, in Duel Following Quarrel, Dies. PARIS, Sept. 11. A dispatch to the Havas agency from Rome says: "A telegram from Athens to the newspaper Vita says that a violent dis cussion arose between the Crown Prince of Turkey and Enver Pasha, the Turk ish Minister of War, on the subject of the political policy of Turkey. "Enver Pasha, becoming greatly ex cited, fired two shots from a revolver at the Prince, who was slightly wounded. The Prince replied and shot Enver Pasha in the leg. "According to another version. Enver Pasha has since died of the wounds re ceived in the duel with the Crown Prince." Ktail Department Third at Stark Street No. 94 Great Light Way. J.LBOWMAN&CQ WHOLESALE TAILORS PORTLAHD, OREGON. The Mark of Clothes Satisfaction BSBB A-SSBsW sfLL 1 TAX BILL IS READY Objection to Levy on Freight Is Disregarded. FARM GETS NO FAVORS POPE'S EFFORTS CONTINUE Appeal for Peace Only Preliminary to Further Plans. PARIS. Sept 12. A dispatch to the Havas Agency from Rome, says the Tribuna, states that the appeal of Pope Benedict for peace Is preliminary to an encyclical to the bishops on the same subject and to an initiative already In the course of execution with the differ, ent governments asking for a cessation of hostilities and for the opening of an arbitration congress. The Tribuna adds that the apostolic delegate to Washington has been charged with a confidential mission to President Wilson on the subject of arbitration. PATENT REPEAL ADVISED Chemists Urge United States to An nul Foreign Restrictions. CHICAGO. Sept. 11. At a meeting of the Chicago section of the American Chemical Society tonight, it was de cided to ask Congress to annul all for eign patents pertaining to the manu facture of chemicals in this country. The war. according to speakers, has caused a dearth of chemicals and it was the sense of the meeting that the United States should take advantage of Eng land's decision to declare all patents open to the world. PEACE MOVE IS IGNORED o Importance Attached to Action by German Official in Belgium. BORDEAUX, Sept. 11. Advices re ceived here from an authoritative source in Antwerp declare that Field Marshal Von der Oeltz, the German military governor of the occupied por tion of Belgium, attempted yesterday to open negotiations at Antwerp. To this end he made use or a mem ber of the Belgian Cabinet who had remained behind at Brussels. No im portance is attached to this effort and the Belgian Government Ignored it. Effort to Exempt Products on Way to Market Fails "Nobody Wants Bill," Says Underwood, "but We Cannot Help It." WASHINGTON. Sept. 11. Disregard ing opposition from some of their col leagues to the proposed tax on freight transportation. Democrats of the ways and means committee completed the war revenue bill today without vital changes and it will be introduced to morrow by Chairman Underwood. The bill will be called up Tuesday for de bate, when a special rule to expedite Its passage probably will be presented. Efforts were made today to exempt from the freight tax farm products en route to market but the proposal was rejected on the ground that it would kill the effect of the tax entirely and open It to amendments of all sorts. "No one wants this bill," said Mr. Underwood. "We don't want any kind of tax, but we cannot help it. We didn't want the war in Europe. We will push the bill through as rapidly as pos sible." Representative Rucker, of Missouri, today introduced a bill to increase the income tax rate one-half of 1 per cent and to reduce the exemption to S2000 and $3000. as had been originally pro vided by the ways and means commit tee in the revenue bill, but withdrawn at the request of the President. ALBANY WOMEN ARE JUDGES Election ln November to See Seven Prominent Feminine Folk Busy. ALBANY, Or.. Sept. 11. (Special.) Seven prominent Albany women are in cluded in the list of Judges and clerks for the coming election In November and the ctty election in December, that was announced by the City Council in Its regular session this week. The list of judges and clerks follow: First Ward W. G. Ballack, Edward Washburn and Mrs. Cora Hopkins, judges; Mrs. Harriet van Tassel and Miss Cassie Thompson, clerks Second Ward T. J. Stltes, Mrs. Ella M. Sloan and D. H. Leech, judges; Miss Leila Mitchell and Miss Mable Blount, clerks. Third Ward W. A. Bastburn, G. M. Knox and H. Babb, judges; K. L. Umphrey and Mrs. Anna D. Powell, clerks. WAR MEETING IN LONDON (Continued From Flrgt Pagf.) assistance of the empire effective we should put on the continent and keep there an army of at least 1,000,000 men. "That ngure is well within the com pass of arrangements which Lord Kitchener has taken. By the New iear we win nave about 500,000 men rparfv for Mlb f i .. 1 , 1 an4 1..- V. 43.. .l of 1915 we will have 26 army corps in fighting shape. "It Is our life against Germany's. Upon that there must be no compromise or truce. We must go forth unflinch ingly to the end." WAR HALTS RAILWAY DEAL Butte, Boise & San Francisco Plans Await on Englishmen. BOISE, Idaho, Sept. 11. (Special.) The European war temporarily has delayed closing negotiations for the financing of the Butte, Boise & San Francisco Railroad, articles of incor poration for which have been filed here and which, MfMn completed, will give an outlet from the northwest territory to tidewater at San Fran Cisco connecting Boise, Butte and the California metropolis by rail. Tnis is the information given out today by L. O. Leonard, who has just returned to Boise from a business trip in the interest of the road to New York. The fact that English as well as American capital is behind the Butte, Boise & San Francisco became known after Manager Leonard's return. For years he has been busy gathering de tailed data In connection with the ton nage ln the interior territory of this state. Southern Oregon and Northern California the road proposes to tap and has had the route surveyed and cross-surveyed. PIGEON HASJVAR SECRET German General Reports Capture of French Carrier. NEW YORK, Sept. 11. German newspapers received here publish the following under date of Stuttgart, Au gust 20: "The General commanding the Wurtemberg army corps announces that a French carrier pigeon had been intercepted at Adenrach, which bore exact reports regarding the transport of German troops. This pigeon was probably started somewhere in Wurt emberg or Baden." be completed within the next months is more than double the number that will be completed for Germany and the number of cruisers will be three or four times as great. There fore we may count upon the naval supremacy of the country being effec tively maintained. WliAt we now nave to do is to maice under shield of the navy a great army. strong enough to enable the country to take its proper share in the decision of this terrible struggle. To make the Manning's 35c Coffee Manning's Coffee Store Jones' Market Fourth and Alder DESERTERS GO TO FIGHT THREE FROM FRENCH NAVY HE TURN BEFORE AMNESTY EXPIRES. Reservists Also Leave Portland en Way Home, While Conail Labbe Asks for More Relief Funds. Three deserters from the French navy and four reservists ln the army of France left Portland Thursday night for their home country, the former to secure the benefits of the amnesty ln force until September 14, and the latter to answer the call of patriotism. These men were sent through the office of the French Consul. C. Henri Labbe, and have been furnished with railroad tickets to New York. They have orders on the representative of I France ln New York to secure transput- tation from there. All the men are from this rltf. They were: Jullen Joubert. reservist: Jean Bertie, deserter, December 24. 1101. from the ship La Rochefoucauld In Portland harbor; Eugene Exanna, deserter from ship Bretagne In Portland harbor last January; John Halvert, artilleryman, reservist: Iouis des Maxleres, deserter from ship Rene In this harbor in Janu ary. I91S; Lucien Aubry. reservist. ni Jullen Genin, reservist. Mr. Labbe Is receiving contributions for the general relief fund of France, and has asked that those in Portland of French descent be liberal In their dona tions to the suffering In their home country. Nomination Costs Jones $75. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Sept. 11. Senator Jones tods filed his final ststement of campaign expenditures. It shows he received contributions and expended nothing ex cept $75 for filing fee. 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