Morning Oregonian., August 14, 1917, Page 2, Image 2

TITE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAX, TUESDAY, AUGUST
14, 1917.
TURKS LEAVE TRAIL
OF WOEFUL WASTE
ELIHU ROOT IN WASHINGTON TO REPORT TO PRESIDENT ON
RUSSIAN SITUATION AS HE FOUND IT. .
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"THE STORE THAT UNDERSELLS BECAUSE IT SELLS FOR CASH!"
RAGE OF SUPERMEN
B Extraordinary Values Offered I
In Seasonable Trustworthy Merchandise
AH Non-Turkish Residents Are
Looted by Soldiers and
Women Fall Prey.
Belief Grows That Mental Su
periority Will Play Big
Part in Victory.
More That 100 Different Styles in
Dainty Corset Covers and Drawers
Arranged in Two Great Lots and Underpriced as Follows:
Lot 1 Choice at 25c Lot 2 Choice at 35c
A Big Overstock to Close Out Regardless of Cost
All well-made garments, shown in all desirable styles, with lace or embroidery
trimmings. It is a sale it will pay you well to attend.
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Theory Is Tbat Leaders, Realizing
Country Will Be Taken Away,
Desire to Get All Plunder
Possible From Natives.
Tendency Is to Discard Implements
of Frightfnlness While Teach
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let, Bayonet and Bomb.
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CAIRO, Egypt, July 20. (Correspond
ence of the Associated Press.) The
situation in Palestine this Summer is
the most serious since the war began.
A scheme for the looting of Jerusalem
is already being executed and through
out the countryside the Turk has em
barked on a calculated policy of plun
dering and killing the native inhabi
tants, so that if they .are forced to
vacate the country they will leave be
hind them a desert.
The only thing that can save them,
the only hope that buoys them up is
that the British amies now hammer
ing at the gatos of the Holy Land may
soon drive out the Turks.
The following statement of the pres
ent situation is given to the Asso
ciated Press by an official in touch
with conditions.
"The attitude of the Toung Turks
toward the unfortunate non-Turkicb.
races within their empire has always
been harsh and oppressive. During
the war, it has been an open campaign
of robbery, exploitation and massacre,
for the Young Turks, realizing that the
partition of the lands under their rule
Is unavoidable, have determined to get
as much as they can out of the in
habitants, while they are in posses
sion. "The stupendous wickedness of the
extermination of the Armenian nation
cannot be dismissed as a mere device
of Oriental state craft or as a parti
cular measure aimed at one particular
race, for it is me xumioii iwnt
towards not only Armenians, but
Arabs, Creeks and Jews, in fact all
peoples who are subjects of the Turk,
but are not themselves of .Turkish
blood.
"Their policy is not consistent with
military or :onomic needs and is not
supported by even the slenderest pre
texts for its necessity. It is dictated
solely by a savage brutality.
"The town of Gaza was recently
ordered evacuated. In pursuance of
the order the inhabitants were forced
to set out upon their journey with
nothing but. the clothes they wore. All
their belongings were left in their
homes and these were Immediately de
livered ovef to the Turkish troops for
loot. There were the usual scenes of
wanton destruction and wilful defile
ment; no women were spared the
customary accompaniment of a Turkish
visitation."
MINT RULES ARE CHANGED
Gold Bullion to Be Purchased on
Basis of Fineness Hereafter.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13. Because of
the extreme rise in the price of silver.
Director of the Mint Baker has author-
ized the mints at New Orleans and
Carson City, Nev., and the assay offices
at New York City. Salt Lake City. Se
attle, Helena. Boise City, Idaho, and
Deadwood. S. D-. to purchase gold
bullion hereafter on a basis of fine
ness, disregarding the previous regula
tions under which bullion was pur
chased on the basis of value of its sil
ver content.
The rise in. price of jilver from 61
cents to 82 cents per ounce since the
. war started has resulted in the re
lection of a considerable quantity of
ore containing gold, because the value
of the gold was not ten times as great
as the value of the silver at its high
market price.
COWLITZ MAN IS DROWNED
Charles Clouting Is Fifth Victim of
Water In 12 Bays.
KELSO, Wash., Aug. 13. (Special.)
Charles Clouting, employe of the Silver
Lake Railway & Timber Company,
drowned yesterday in Silver Lake when
a small motorfcoat sank with five men.
The boat was too small for the load
going from the camp to a landing
across the lake and sank 400 feet from
shore. Clouting Jumped into the water.
The others clung to the boat and did
not see Clouting again. The body was
recovered four hours later.
The dead -man was single, about 33
years old, was ex-Marshal at Vader
and Deputy Sheriff of Lewis County.
His brother, Joe Clouting, worked at
the same camp and his parents live at
Bar Harbor, Mich. This was the fifth
drowning in Cowlitz County in 12 days.
FIRE SWEEPS SUMPTER, OR.
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eral hundred are without more than
the clothing on their persons. The
flames spread so rapidly that little
could be rescued.
"I saved two parrots, a dog and my
family: that is all," said Rev. R. c.
Lee. pastor of the Methodist Church.
A Sumpter Valley train tried to reach
the city, but the flames covering the
entire city were so hot that it had to
turn back. A special Sumpter Valley
train from Baker was rushed to Sump
ter carrying 200 volunteer fire fighters
and the mobile equipment of the Baker
fire department, but the assistance ar
rived too late to be of much avail.
Forestry Official Assist.
Owing to the limited wire communi
cation between Baker and Sumpter.
many of the details of the conflagration
are lacking.
R. M. Evans, Supervisor of the Whit
man forest; I. E. Jones, deputy super
visor, and State Warden Walter E.
Palmer rushed to Sumpter by automo
bile to render such assistance as they
might with the available forest fire
fighting force and also to avert if pos
. sible the danger to surrounding for
ests. Baker Sends Relief.
City of Baker and private citizens
are sending provisions and clothing by
automobile to the sufferers tonight.
Many will have to sleep without shelter.
In the old mining boom days of 1900
. Sumpter boasted a population of 20.
000 and was the headquarters of many
mining companies. Its buildings and
life rivaled that of Alaska in its
heyday.
This morning the city had about 600
population and many buildings, once
the largest and most elaborate in East
ern Oregon, stood vacant reminders of
the olden days. Tonight all these are
wiped out.
Left, Ex-Senator Root) Rich, Counselor Polk, of the State Department, Who
Greeted Commission on Its Arriv ai. (Photographed August 8.)
13 AMERICANS LOST
British Steamer Strikes Mine
Near Cape Town.
19 MISSIONARIES SAVED
Family of Fight and Four Members
of Crew Are Browned Accident
Occurred August 10, State
Department Is Informed.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13. Pive Amer
ican passengers were lost when the
British steamer City of Athens struck
a mine and went down near Cape
Town, South Africa, on August 10, ac
cording to today's State Department
dispatches. Ten other passengers and
four of the crew also were lost, the dis
patches say.
The dispatches say four of the Amer
icans were missionaries and name Mr.
and Mrs. Naygard, Miss Robinson and
Caroline Thompson. The latter is of
the Methodist Mission Board. A Mr.
Pointer, of that mission, was saved.
Nineteen other missionaries of. an or
ganization with headquarters at 356
Bridge street, Brooklyn, N. T., were
saved.
The fifth American who was lost was
a Mr. Sumner, address not given.
In addition to those ve, an English
man named Duckworth, with his Amer
ican wife, and six children, also lost
their lives. Mrs. Duckworth's father
lives in Denver, Colo. His name has not
been ascertained.
Minneapolis Couple Lost.
MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 13. A private
cablegram to Rev. M. H. Saterlie, sec
retary of missions of the Norwegian
Lutheran Church of America, today an
nounced the loss of Rev. John K. Ny
gaard, of Minneapolis, his bride of
three months, and sister, Caroline
Thompson, of St. Ans-a, la., on the
steamer City of Athens. Mr. Saterlie
said all three were en route to Mada
gascar as Norwegian Lutheran mission
aries. Missionary to India Browned.
DENVER, Aug. 13. Rev. Arthur
Duckworth, who was killed in the sink
ing of the steamer City of Athens,
passed a year in Denver, leaving last
month. He had been a missionary in
India for 18 years and was taking a
vacation. He was a member of the
Congregational Church.
JAPAN IS WITH AMERICA
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the council room. I have now a similar
opportunity in America to meet many
good friends and your great statesmen,
soldiers and sailors, many of whom I
have had the pleasure of meeting in
Japan. All of the gentlemen who ac
company me also consider themselves
fortunate in this opportunity to renew
old friendships.
Stupendous Changes Noted.
"Certainly, I feel as " if I' had been
transported to a land of Arabian
nights, so stupendous are the changes
and so vast the scope of your con
templated undertakings."
Breckinridge Long, Third Assistant
Secretary of State and Gavin McNab.
an attorney sent from Washington,
with representatives of the Army and
Navy, and a corps of secretaries, left
shore in a sea-going launch when look
outs sighted the first smoke of the
liner bringing the mission and boarded
the vessel as she made sort with the
Rising Sun flag of Japan flying at her
forepeak in honor of her distinguished
passengers. With them were Masanad
Hamhara, Consul-General at a Pa
cific port, Tadenao Imai, vice-consul
from another port, both assigned to
membership on the mission, of which
the other members are: Vice-Admiral
T. Takeshita, Major-General S. Sugano,
wno won me uraer or the Kite in the
Russo-Japanese War; Matsuza Nagrai.
secretary of the Foreign Office; Com
mander M. Ando and an officer listed
as Major K. Tanlkawa who learned on
arrival that he had been made a Colo
nel while at sea.
U. 8. Battleship Guards Party.
A United States battleship circled
the liner as she lay at anchor until
the mission was put aboard the launch
shore-bound.
The real ceremonies began at the
landing.
Masses of troops banked the street.
cavalrymen sitting in a long line with
sabers lilted at present arms" and
rows of infantry also at the "present"
while the Japanese anthem was played.
Lines of troopers rode beside the auto
mobiles which escorted the mission to
the City Hall, while thousands of
spectators crowded the sidewalks for a
glimpse of the men coming on so mo
mentous an errand.
Applause ' greeted each member of
the mission as he was presented by the
Mayor to the people, and bowed his
acknowledgments, but when Viscount
Ishii made his declaration of alliance
and friendship. It rose to a roar as the
crowd caught the significance of his
utterance, and the viscount, who had
been reading in a moderate voice from
his manuscript, continued in vigorous
tones.
"With Vou, Heart and Sonl.
"This, perhaps, is neither the time
nor the place for a detailed exposition
of the plans and hopes which have in
spired our mission," he said. "It is
sufficient that you see in our presence
here this afternoon Japan's pledge of
loyalty to the principles for which
America has thrown down the gauge
of battle.
"We shall proceed to Washington,
carrying to your great President and
to the American people a message of
fraternity, confidence and cheer. It
is our ambition if that were necessary
to impress once more upon the Amer
ican people the solemn fact that Japan
stands with you, heart and soul, in
your lofty purpose to make this world
the abiding place of liberty, justice and
fair pLay.
"In this crisis of the world's affairs
we are proud to call ourselves the al
lies of the great American republic and
we are honored by your trust and good
will. "I can only add that this splendid
demonstration at the very moment of
placing our feet upon your hospitable
shores fills our hearts with gratitude,
and Inspires every member of the com
mission with- the conviction that the
objects of our visit to America are al
ready guaranteed."
Coming ashore. Viscount Ishii com
mented on the fact that, as head of
the Department of Commerce of the
Japanese Foreign Office, he landed on
this coast 10 years ago today and that
James McNab, delegated to give him
official welcome, was a brother of Gav
in McNab, detailed by the Government
for that distinction at this time.
Preparations for the reception of the
misssion in charge of civic authorities
went to the minutest detail, even the
streets selected for the line of march
being sanded to prevent the mischance
of a horse slipping.
Camps to Be Visited.
At the City Hall Major-General
Hunter Liggett, commanding the West
ern Department of the Army, stood
with his Japanese fellows - in - arms,
who were in khaki, blazing with deco
rations, and he will have much to do
with the plans for their entertainment
while the commission remains in the
West. . These include a review of
troops now here and a visit to mobili
zation camps on this Coast.
A banquet was tendered the mission
tonight by resident Japanese.
The event of the voyage, all mem
bers of the commission declared, was
their stop at Honolulu.
"It was the great Incident and, in
deed, the experience of the trip," said
Viscount Iahii. "I am most deeply ap
preciative of the attention paid to this
special mission" by the Governor of the
Territory of Hawaii and the great
courtesy shown us on all sides when
we were on the islands. It was grati
fying and heartening." .
IDAHO MAN IS BURIED
DONALD P. CAMPBELL SERVICES AT
FI5LEY CHAPEL.
Well-Known Newspaperman Survived
by Widow, Two Children, Par
ents, Brother and Slater.
Final tribute to Donald P. Campbell,
a newspaperman known in practically
every city of the Pacific Northwest,
was paid yesterday af burial services
conducted at the Finley chapel, Fifth
and Montgomery etreets. Rev. J. E.
H. Simpson, rector of St. Mark's Epis
copal Church, conducted the services,
assisted by Rev. J. G. Hatton, associate
rector. Burial was in Rivervlew Cem
etery. Dr. E. A. Pierce, Walter May, E. N.
Blythe. Ralph H. Mitchell, James H.
Cassell and Fred G. Taylor were pall
bearers. Mr. Campbell died suddenly In Kel
logg, Idaho, August 8. Services were
held in the Emmanuel Episcopal Church
and the body brought to Portland. A
widow and two children, of Kellogg,
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Camp
bell, a brother, Herbert, and a sister,
Irene, of Portland, survive.
Mr. Campbell had been engaged in
newspaper work in the Pacific North
west since 1903. For several years he
had been correspondent of the Spokesman-Review
at Kellogg and had been
employed in the water and light de
partment of the Bunker HUl & Sullivan
Mining Company. He was 36 years old
and a graduate of Leland Stanford Jr.,
University.
A PLACE IN ENGLAND, July 18.
(Mail.) British military authorities
are convinced that the day of the
superman has arrived and that the part
he is to play in ending the war and
regenerating the world cannot be over
estimated. A representative of the Associated
Press, who was permitted to visit a
great training school as the guest of
the foreign office, obtained an insight
to the remarkable change brought
about in the British viewpoint during
the past three years.
The British not only are putting
forth all their energy in further per
fecting their fighting forces, but are
actually and earnestly devoting them
selves to the development of their
youth in a manner calculated to fit
them for any and all eventualities
which may arise In the years to come.
If the Germans cherished the idea
of eliminating Britain as a world
power, Britain, it is said, far from
being beaten, now sees with a clearer
vision than ever before and is prepar
ing to turn their scales against her
adversary in such a way as they may
never again swing back.
New Vision Grows.
"Use your eye and your brain," Is
the new British watchword which is
being instilled into the British youth
with all the force at the command of
his superiors. i
"We are training our men to believe
in themselves," said the General com
manding the school. "Each must not
only feel that he is better equipped
physically and mentally than his an
tagonist, but he must be able to dem
onstrate it. That is the lesson we
have learned from the world war."
As the average Britisher is natu
rally a sportsman, his games are being
made to play an important part in his
training. In shooting, bombing and
all the various arts of warfare, these
are proving Invaluable to him.
Honors Not Advocated.
Unlike the armies of other bellige
rents, the British are discarding what
are termed weapons of f rightfulness
and instructing their young manhood
in the use of what they are pleased
to call the "three b's" the bullet, bay
onet and the bomb.
"Experience has shown us that the
rifle and bayonet are the best de
fensive weapons with which to arm a
man," asserted one official. "If he has
the proper physical and mental train
ing and knows how to handle his rifle
and his bayonet, he. is certainly the
match, if not the superior, of his ad
versary." The message the British would im
part to their American allies was sum
marized as follows:
Train your young men to be physi
cally and mentally strong; train them
to think for themselves make them
supermen, in the modern sense and
the world will be made safe for dem
ocracy. SOCIALISTS CANNOT GO
BRITISH SUBJECTS FORBIDDEN TO
ATTEND STOCKHOLM MEETING.
German Delegate May Decline to Par
ticipate If Responsibility for War
Is to Be Topic.
LONDON, Aug. IS. Andrew Bonar
Law, the government spokesman in the
House of Commons, told the members
of the Lower House this afternoon that
the government had decided that per
mission to attend the International So
cialist Conference at Stockholm would
not be granted to British delegates.
Mr. Bonar Law said:
"The law offices of the crown have
advised the government that it is not
legal for any persons resident in His
Majesty's dominions to engage in a
conference with enemy subjects with
out license from the crown. There
fore, permission to attend the Stock
holm conference will not be granted.
"The same decision has been made
by the governments of France and
Italy, with which His Majesty's gov
ernment has been in communication."
Asked by Commoner King on what
statute the law office decision was
based. Mr. Bonar Law said:
"It is in accordance with the com
mon law of the country."
AMSTERDAM. Aug. 13. It is stated
semi-oftlcially in the Frankfurter. Zei
tung that the German Socialists may
decline to participate in the Stockholm
conference if the entente Socialists
insist in placing upon the programme
discussion of the question of respon
slhility of the war.
PARIS, Aug. 13. The decision of the
permanent administrative committee of
the French socialist party that French
Socialist ' delegates shall go to the In
ternational Socialist Conference at
Stockholm, as announced today, places
Albert Thomas, Minister of Munitions
and Socialist leader, in a delicate po
sltion similar to that of Arthur Hen'
derson, British labor leader, who re
signed as Minister without portfolio
on Saturday, there being a conflict be
tween the decision of M. Thomas' party
and the expressed intentions of the
government of which he is a member.
M. Thomas asserted it could not be
said the Socialists would go to Stock
holm to promote a peace based upon
compromise, but tbat they would en
deavor to fix before the world respon
sibility for the war and to affirm what
the allies consider to be just and right-
DEFENSE -CAR DELAYED
Manager Accused of Giving Liquor
North Bend Character. -
NORTH BEND. Or, Aug. 13 (Spe
cial.) Delayed by inability to get re
pair parts from Portland, the Coast De
fense pathfinder, here since Saturday,
will not leave until tomorrow.
R. W. Emerson, secretary of te
league and manager of the tour, was
yesterday accused by "Paddy" O'Shea,
a local character, of giving him liquor.
Later, however, he told the chief of
police he was doubtful, after the path
finding trio were brought before him
for Identification.
Great Mid-Season Sale
36 to 40-Inch Widths in
and Colors, at, Yard
Exquisite Silk Nets and Laces for waists and sleeves,
in diamond and round mesh, in black, white and
colors. Also 36-inch Silk Radium and Spanish Luster
Allover Laces, in black and colors. All reduced for
this sale to 79c a yard.
Again We Call Your Particular Attention to
Store Opens
at 8:30 A.M.
Saturdays
at 9 A.M.
The
MAPS FOUND ON GERMAN
PCGET SOUND -DEFENSE DATA ARE
CONFISCATED.
Gnn With Silencer Also Taken From
Seattle Prisoner, Who Saya Arti
cles Necessary in Fishing.
SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 13. Richard
H. Lehmann, a German arrested here
Saturday for internment, had in his
possession at the time of his arrest
maps of the Strait of Juan de Fuca
Puget Sound coast defenses and the
Puget Sound Naval Station, and had
made soundings in the strait and at
Neah Bay, according to a statement by
Federal officials today.
Other articles taken from among
Lehmann's possessions Include a con
siderable quantity of chemicals and
poisons, a high-powered rifle with
Maxim silencer, and a pair of marine
observation glasses.
The prisoner asserted he was a fish
erman and declares that the maps in
his possession were of assistance to
him in that pursuit.
Japanese Fear Embargo.
TOKIO. Aug.- 13. Leading members
of the Kokuminto party, composed of
National Liberals and a. i.umber of
prominent shipbuilders, held meetings
and adopted resolutions urging the gov
ernment to negotiate with the United
States in an endeavor to procure a
modification of the embargo on steel
exportation on the ground that it will
Julian Eltinge
positively appears in person tonight at 8 and
9:30 o'clock at Portland's popular
PEOPLES
Eltinge pictures in Portland only at the Peo
ples. There'll be three. Today: Gail Kane in
"Souls in Pawn," Harold Lloyd in "Luke, Mes
senger" and Portland Bathing Girls.
Silk Nets and Laces
Black, White
79c
Wo men's and Misses '
Sweater Coats
FrJdW.o:s,ei..$4.98 to $9.95
The season's most popular garments for street, outing or the seashore.
Shown here in all fashionable styles and colors. Particularly attractive
are those with sailor collar and sash in elastic rib or Jersey weaves. They
come in the most desirable shades of gold, Copenhagen, green, old rose,
purple, etc A price to suit every purse, at. $4.98 to $9,95
Women's Silk Hose for Summer Wear 60c & $1.15 Pair
Fine Silk Boot Hose, made seamless and with reinforced heel and toe. All
sizes; in all new and .staple colors. Special values at, pair 60ci
The celebrated Cinderella Silk Hose, made full fashioned. A high-grade
Silk Hose, shown in all wanted colors, at, pair $1.15
Most in Value The Best in
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prove a serious menace to Japan's in
dustries. GUARDS KILL SALAZAR
Former Villa Chlef-of-Staff Meets
Sudden Death.
JUAREZ, Mexico, Aug. 13. Jose
Tnez Salazar, a revolutionary leader
and ex-Villa chief of staff, was shot
and killed at the Nogales ranch, a
short distance from Ascension, Thurs
day. Americans arriving here today
from Casas Grandes brought the de
tails of Salazar's death at the hands
of a small band of home guards who
were organized to protect the Casaa
Grandes-Ascension district.
Three of his band met a like fate.
Salazar's body will be brought here,
where his folks reside.
BAKER WOMAN PASSES
Mrs. Augusta Kingsley Dies After
Prolonged Illness.
BAKER, Or., Aug. 13. (Special.)
Mrs. Augusta Kingsley, aged 78, died
yesterday at the home of her son-in-law
and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. C. S.
Blackmon, after an illness of nearly
eight months, the last few weeks of
which she was bedridden.
Mrs. Kingsley had been a resident
of Baker for 14 years, having come
here from the East with her daughter.
She was born at EUicottville, N. Y..
December 21, 18J8. She had been an
active member of the Presbyterian
Delayed Yesterday
but here tonight
without fail,
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:. at the Popular
Peoples
V 11 A. M. to 11
Cooper's Underwear for Men at
This Sale for $125
One of the best known and most re
liable makes of Men's Underwear
Cooper's spring needle cotton shirts
and drawers very elastic and well
fitting1. Shirts with long or 34
sleeves. All sizes to 50. Priced this
sale at $1.25 a garment.
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Church all her life. She is survived
by her daughter, Mrs. Blackmon, and
by two brothers.
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OFPOSLAM
ON SICK SKIN
Just a little dab of Poslam is enough
to retard the development of Pimples
or to clear an inflamed Complexion.
The ugliest red nose has been toned
down by Poslam overnight.
When concentrated healing power is
needed to help any ailing skin, look for (I
that power in its highest efficiency in '
Poslam.
Broken-out, itching skin should not
cause concern with Poslam handy to
correct the disorder. Nothing can excel
its work of healing.
Sold everywhere. For free sample
write to Emergency Laboratories, 243
West 47th St., New Tork City.
Urge your skin to become clearer,
brighter, healthier by use of Poslam
Soap, medicated with Poslam.
ELL-ANS
Absolutely Removes
Indigestion. One package
Droves it 25c at all druggists.
A Distinguished
Star Visits Portland
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