THE MORNING OREGONIAX. TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 3. 1918.
HUNS SHARE GUILT
WITH GRUEL TURKS
Cold-Blooded Refinement of
Cruelty Depicted by Ger-
man Correspondent.
COUNTRY STRIPPED OF MEN
Uomra and Children Subjected to
I'nspcakable Indignities Hor
ror Ileld Necessary for I're
vrnllon of Cnre."
phases of the fighting to writ a rla
of feullletons without any glorifica
tion of mlllLariam and political alma
I confined myself to what waa of cen
tral human interest, to what waa pic
turesque, what waa dramatic la the
trued aolng on la thla unique the
ater of war.
reBflk-tlas rtoaeta Cme la.
But even then I waa beginning
r to have my own opinion about
much that I aaw; J waa already torn
by con f'.lc tine doubts. Already I
waa bealnnlnc to ask myself whether
my sympathies would not gradually
turn mora and more definitely to those
who war vainly storming these strong
Turkish forts from the sea. under a
deadly machine-sun fire, for the cause
of true civilisation, the cause of liberty,
was manifestly on their aide. -
I had opportunity, too. of making
comparisons from the dead and wound
ed and the few prisoners there were be
tween the value of the human material
sacrificed on either side on the one,
brave, but atupld Anatolians, accus
tomed to dirt and misery: on the other
cultured and highly civilised men.
sportsmen from the colonies, who had
able being; would think of denying
Turkey aa sovereign state the formal
right of taking stringent measure
against these traitors and deserters.
But If I expressly recognise this riant.
I do so with the big reservation that
the frightful sufferings undergone for
centuries by a people left by their
rulera to the mercy of marauding Kurds
and oppressed by a government of
shameless extortioners, absolutely ab
solve theae deserters In the eyes of the
whole civilised world from any moral
crime.
And yet I would willingly have gone
so far for the benefit of the Turks.
In spite of their terrible guilt towards
thla people, as perhaps as to keep my
own counsel on the subject. If It had
merely been a case of the execution of
seme hundreds tinder martial law or
the earning out of other measures
such as deportation against a couple
of thousand Armenians and these
strictly confined to men. it Is even
possible that Europe and America
would have pardjnod Turkey for tak
ing even stronger steps In the nature
of reprisals or measures of precaution
against the male Inhabitants of that
part of Armenia proper which waa
nurriea irora tne tannest corners or gradually becoming a war sone. But
ine eartn 10 ngni not only lor tne ; rrora tht very beginning the perse
Brlttsh cause, but for the causa Of I outionit .ere rarrleri on a. Inst women
rxsTi-ieM. 11. br crsa H. T-o r.
P-ab' bd by arraAgemaaC Tblrd Inatall-
BT DR. IIARRT ETVERMER.
A few days after the fall of ITiemys!
I set out for Constantinople. I left
r.emany with a good deal of friendly
feeling towards the Turk. I was even
cutte well disposed towarda the Young
Turks, although I knew and appreci
ated the harm caused by their regime
and the reproaches leveled against It
sine 10. At any rate, when 1 landed
on Turkish soli I was certainly not
Ucklrg In goodwill towards the gov
ernmet.t of Knvtr and Talaal. and
nothing was further from my thoughts
than to prejudice myself against my
new sphere of work by any precon
ceived criticism.
In comparison with AbduI-IIsmld I
regarded the regime of the Young
Turks. In spite of all. as a big step In
iuno and a necessary one. and the
parting words of one of our old edi
tors, a thorough connoisseur of Tur
key, lingered In my ears without very
murh effect, lie said: "loo are going
to Constantinople. You will soon be
abte to see for yourself the moral bank
ruptcy of the Young Turks, and yon
will And that Turkey la nothing but a
dead body gatvanlied Into action, that
will only last as long as the war lasts
and we tj. -roans supply the galvanizing
power. I would not believe It. and
went to Turkey with aa absolutely open
mind to form my own opinion.
it must also be remembered that all
the pro-Turkish utterances of Eastern
experts of all shades and nationalities
w ho emphasized the fact that the Turka
were the most respectable nation of
the East, were not without their effect
upon me: also 1 had read Pierre lott
I waa determined to extend to the
Turkish Government the strong sym
pathy I already felt for the Turkish
people -and. let ma here emphasize It.
still feel. To undermine that sympathy,
to make me ioee ray confidence In this
race, things would have to go badly In
deed. They went worsa than X ever
thought waa possible.
rigaf a Calllswll Beartae.
t went first of all to the new Turkish
front In the Dardanelles and the Ual
lipoll Peninsula, where everything was
ruled by militarism and there was but
little opportucl.y to worry about poli
tics. The combined attack by sea and
land had Just begun, and I passed the
next few weeks on the Arlburnn front.
I found myself In the entirely new po
sition of war corr.--?ondnu t had now
to write professionally about this war.
which 1 detested with all my heart and
soul.
Well, f simply had to make the back
fit the burden. Whatever 1 did or did
not do. I have certainly the clear satis
faction of kncwlng tna-. 1 never wrote
a single word In pralsa of war. (me
will understand that. In spite of my In
ward conviction that llermany by un
loosing the war on Europe had commit
ted a terrible crime against humanity.
In spite of my consciousness of acting
In a wrong cause. In spit of my deep
disgust of much that I had already
seen, f waa still Interested In Turkey's
fight for existence, but from quite an
other standpoint.
As an objective onlooker I did not
have to be an absolute hypocrite to do
Justice to my Journalistic duties to my
paper. I got to know the Turkish sol
dier with his stoical heroism In defense.
and the brilliant attacking powers and
courage of the Anatolians with their
blind belief In their Padishah, aa they
were rushed to the defense of Stamboul
and burled themselvee In bayonet
charge agcinst the British machine
guns under a hall of shells from the
eea. I gained a high opinion of Turk
ish valor and powers of resistance. I
had no reason to stint my praise or
withhold my Judgment. In mess-tents
and at various observation posts I
made the personal acquaintance of
crowds of thoroughly sympathetic and
likable Turkish rfrirers. Let me men
lion but one Essad Pasha, the defender
of Jannlna-
I found quit enough material on my
two visits to Oaltinoll dirtn various
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hmmlm sad present erhsr skia trrustlona.
as It after shaving end women for
tee cetmalezlea sad teu tabi'i akia- It
euros e health sad attractive skin. If your the Turkish government the welcome
uruss. eaaaot aupp.j It. ZZ sent Estnrott
Uahorstorwe. Portland. Or. with druce'et'a
civilization.
But at that tlmo I waa not yet ripe
for the decision forced upon me later
by other things that I saw with my
own eyes: I had not yet reached that
deep Inward conviction that I should
have to make a break with Germany.
The only thing I could do and felt com
pelled to do then waa to pay my hom
age not only to Turkish patriotism and
Turkish bravery, but to the wonderful
courage and fearlessness ' of death
shown by those -whom at that tlmo I
had. aa a German, to regard as my
enemies: this t did over and over again
In my articles.
I saw. too. the first Indications of
other things. Tracea of the most out
spoken Jingoism among Turkish of
ficers became gradually apparent, and
more than one Turkish commander
pointed out to me with Ironical em
phasis that things went Just aa smooth
ly and promptly In his sector, where
there was no German officer in charge,
aa anywhere else.
On my second visit to the Darda
nelles. In Summer. I heard of consider
able quarrela over questions of rank,
and there waa more than one outbreak
of Jingoistic arrogance on tha part of
both Turkish and German subalterns,
'ending In soma cases even to blows
and consequent aovere punishment for
Insubordination. The climax was
reached in the scandal of supplanting
teneral Weber. commanding the
Southern Group (Sedd-nl-Bahr) by
Vehib Pasha, a grim and fanatical Turk.
In this case the Turkish point of view
prevailed, for General Ltman von San
Here. Commander-in-Chief of the Gal
lipot I army, was determined not to
lose his post. nd agreed slavishly with
all that Enver Pasha ordained.
Cersaaaa aad Tsrka Clash.
Frbm oiher fronts, such'aa tha Irak
and the "Caucasus" (which waa be
coming more and mora a purely Ar
menian theater of war. without los
ing that chimerical deatgnatton in the
official reports!) there came even
more significant tiles; there German
and Turkish officer seemed to live
still more of a cal-and-dog Ufa than In
tha Dardanelles. Of course under the
Iron discipline of both Turks and Ger
mans, these unpleasant occurrences
were never allowed to come to such a
pasa that they would Interfere In any
wsy with military operations, hut they
were of airnlflcar.ee as symptoms of a
deep distrust of the Germans even In
Turkish military circles.
In spite of all. I returned to Constan
tinople from my first visit to the Dar
danelles with very little diminution of
friendly feeling towards the Turks. My
first experience when I returned to the
capital waa the beginning of the Ar
menian persecutions. And here 1 may
aa well say at once that my love for
present-day Turkey perished absolute
ly with this unique example In the his
tory of modern human civilization of
the most appalling bestiality and mis
guided Jingoism. This, more than
everything else I saw on tha German
Turkish side throughout the war. per
suaded me to take up arma against my
own people and to adopt the position
I now hold. I say "German-Turkish,
for I must hold the German govern
ment as equally responsible with the
Turks for tha atrocitlea they allowed
them to commit.
Here tn neutral Switzerland, where
so many of these unfortunate Arme
nians have taken refuge and such abun
dance of Information Is available, so
much material haa been collected that
it la unnecessary for me to go Into de
tails in this book. Suffice It to aay
that the narration of all the heart
rending occurrences that cama to my
personal knowledge during my stay
In Turkey, without my even trying to
collect systematic Information on the
subject, would fill a book. To my deep
sorrow 1 have to admit that, from
everything I have heard from reliable
sources from German Red Cross doc
tors, officials and employea of tha
Bagdad Railway, members of the
American Embassy, and Turka them
selvesalthough they are but Individ
ual cases I cannot regard aa exag
gerated such appalling facts and re
ports as are contained, for example. In
Arnold Toy n bee's "Armenian Atroci
ties." Cerasaa Responsibility Clear.
In this little book, however, which
partakes more of the nature of an essay
than an exhaustive treatise, my task
will be rather to determine the sys
tem, the underlying political thought
and tha responsibility of Germany in
all three horrors massacres, the se
duction of women, children left to die
or thrown Into the sea. pretty young
girls carried off Into houses of 111 re
pute, the compulsory conversion to
Islam and incorporation In Turkish
harems of young women, the ejection
from their homes of eminent and dis
tinguished families by brutal gend
armes, attacks while on the march by
paid bands of robbers and criminals,
"emigration" to notorious malaria
swamps and barren desert and moun
tain lands, victims handed over to the
wild lusts of roaming Bedouins and
Kurds In a word, the triumph of the
basest brutality and most cold-blooded
refinement of cruelty In a war of ex
termination In which half a million
men. and according to some estimates,
many more, have perished, while the
remaining one and a half million of
thia most Intelligent and cultured race,
one of the principal pioneers of prog
ress In the Ottoman Empire, see nothing
but complete extinction staring them
In the face through the rupture of fam
ily ties, the deprivation of their rights,
and economic ruin.
The Armenian nersecutlons began In
all their cruelty, practically unan
nounced. In Aim II 1J1. Certain events
on the Caucasus front, which no num
ber of lies could explain away, gave
and children aa well aa men. were ex
tended to the hundred thousand In
habitants of the six eastern vilajets,
and were characterized by such savage
brutality that the methods of the
slave-drivers of tha African Interior
snd the persecution of Christians un
der Nero are the only thing that can be
compared with them.
CevtrssieBt Defease Vanishes.
Every shred of Justification for tha
Turkish government in their attempt
to establish thla as an "evacuation
necessary tor military purposes and
for the prevention of unrest" entirely
vanishes In face of such methods, and
I do not believe that there Is a single
decent German, cognizant of the facts
of the case, who la not filled with
real d'sgust of the young Turkish
government by such cold-blooded
butchery of the Inhabitants of whole
districts and the deportation of others
with tha express purpose of letting
them die en route. Any one with
human feelings, however pro-Turkish
he may be politically, cannot think
otherwise.
Araseals) Stripped f Men.
This "evacuation necessary for mil
itary purposes" emptied Armenia prop
er of men. How often have Turks
themselves told me I could mention
names, but I will not expose my in
formants, who were on -the whole de
cent exceptions to the rule, to the
wrath of Enver or Talaat how often
have they assured me that practically
not a single Armenian Is to be found
In Armenia! And It Is equally certain
that scarcely one can be left alive of
all that horde of deported men who
escaped the first massacres and were
hunted up hill and down dalo In
state of starvation, exposed to attacks
by Knrds. decimated by spotted typhus.
and finally abandoned to their fate In
the acorchlng deserta of Northern
Mesopotamia and Northern Syria. One
has only to read the statistics of the
population of the six vilajets of Ar
menia proper to discover the hundreds
of thousands of victims of this whole
sale murder.
But unfortunately that was not all.
The Turkish government went farther,
much farther. They aimed at the
whole 'Armenian people, not only In
Armenia Itself, but also In the "Dias
pora," In Anatolia proper and In the
cepltal. They wero at that time some
hundred thousands. In this case they
could scarcely go on the principle of
"evacuation of the war zone," for the
Inhabitants were hundred of miles
both from the Eastern front and from
the Dardanelles, so they bad to resort
to other measures.
ITo TBe Continued.
BRITISH PRESS IS
MOSTLY FAVORABLE
Work of War Council Gener
ally Well Received by
London Papers.
NEWS WANTS MORE LIGHT
Report "Tends to Dispel Deceptive
Fog of Peace Which Has Been
Gathering In Many Allied
Capitals," Says Times.
POTATOES TO- BE USED
SEATTLK BAKERS TO SIUST1TC.TE
FOR HHF.1T.
Barley and Can Floor Are Alsaoat
Impossible o Get. Is De
clared by Dealers.
SEATTLE, Wash.. Feb. 4 (Special.)
Seattle bakers will at once begin the
use of potatoes in baked loaves as a
substitute for wheat flour and on Mon
day were making inquiries of Western-
avenue merchants as to the visible sup
ply and prices. They will not wait for
the Installation of potato flour re
ducing plants to get Into operation,
but will Install paring machines and
add the cooked potatoes under proper
recipes in the manufacture of bread
loaves.
Wholesalers of flour declared Mon
day that It was almost Impossible to
obtain barley and corn substitutes. It
has been reported for a week that one
mill on the Coast began 60 days ago
grinding barley flour, and had thou
sands of tons of It stored In readiness
for the demand. Corn flour ordered by
Jobbing houses 30 to 60 days ago has
not yet arrived. Rice flour Is being or
dered from SacrAmento.
LONDON. Feb. 4. The only discord
ant notes heard In tha editorial Judg
ment of the morning newspapers on
the results of the meeting at Ver
sailles of the supreme war council come
from the Daily News and the Daily
Chronicle, which declare that the re
port of the conference will be received
with satisfaction. Several other morn
ing newspapers announce that the re
port was not received in time for comment.
Additional information regarding the
development and the nature of the
enlargement of the council's functions
Is wanted by the Daily News, and it
hopes that Premier LJoyd George, when
he speaks In the House of Commons
on Tuesday, will let the country know
if this means the overruling of the
high commands of the Individual pow
ers. The Daily News continues:
"But the most disappointing feature
Is the entire absence of any construc
tive note. The declarations of Count
von Hertllng and Count Czernin are
dismissed as holding out no hope of
accommodation, no distinction being
drawn between the obvious discrepancy
In the attitudes of the German and
Austrian Ministers.
Coarlasloa Xot Satisfactory.
"The council commits Itself to the
Judgment that the necessary change In
the temper of the German people can
be effected by the pressure of military
effort. This is completely at variance
with the expressed views of President
Wilson and still more completely at
variance with the views of democracy
tn Great Britain. Tha council may
declare there Is no hope but in the
,5 word; it Is for the people to find a
better way."
The Dally Chronicle appears to be
afraid that the council Is assuming ex- I
ecutive functions and It expects en- j
llglitenment through Parliament. .
"We should not forget." It says, "the '
limits which the constitution of the
alliance Imposes. It Includes numer
ous great powers. They fight aa equals
and all are democracies. Each must,
preserve an equal and independent i
voice and the army of each must re
main under the commanders respon
sible to the government which repre
sents the peoples of each country.
Therefore the appointment of a single
generalissimo must be ruled out."
Times and Peat Approve.
The Times calls the Versailles state
ment eminently satisfactory and says:
it tends to dispel the deceptive fog
of peace which haa been gathering
and has been artificially thickened in
many allied capitals during the dreary
months of Winter. It reaffirms the de
termination and objects of the allies In
unmistakable terms with a welcome
note of fidelity."
The Morning Post says:
"We find it reassuring to have this
unaltered conviction that the only way
to peace Is through an unflinching
prosecution of the war to victory. The
surest way to peace is to dismiss
thought of It. As President Wilson
has said. In effect, the greatest foes
of peace are the pacifists, for they do
not know how to get what they want."
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Saey ha easts sd. aad tears ssrieas ceodt
tuss as Ua threat will to eftsa seeaard
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pretext for falling like wild animate
on the Armenlana of the eastern vila
jets the so-called Armenia proper
and getting to work there without
deference to man. woman, or child.
This waa called "the restoration of
order in the war sone by military
measures, rendered neeeesary by the
connivance of the Inhabitants with the
enemy, treachery and armed support."
The first two or three hundred thou
sand Armenians fell In the first round
ing up.
That In those outlying districts sit
uated directly en the Russian frontier
a number of Armenians threw In their
lor with the advenctng Rusalana, no
one will seek to deny, and not a single
Armenian I have apoken to denies It.
But the "Armenian Volunteer Corps"
that fought on the side of Russia
was composed for tha most part that
at least haa been proved beyond doubt
of Russian Armenians settled la
Traaacaucaaian territory.
So far as tha Turkish Armenians
taluAs part are concerosd, so reason-
TURKS PLANNING TUNNEL
Feasibility of Connecting Europe
and Asia to Be Investigated.
AMSTERDAM. Feb. 4. The Turkish
government, according to a Constanti
nople dispatch to the Vosslche Zeitung,
of Berlin, has Introduced a bill in Par
liament asking for an appropriation to
Investigate the feasibility of the con
struction of a bridge and tunnel con
necting Europe with Asia.
There are two straits separating
Europe from Asia Minor, which might
be used in a bridge or tunnel project.
They are the Bosphorus at the entrance
to the Black Sea, and the Iardanelles
at the entrance to the Mediterranean.
At Its narrowest point the Bosphorus Is
ISO feet wide, while the minimum
width of the Dardanelles Is one and
one-fifth miles.
V-Boat Crews Decorated.
AMSTERDAM. Feb. 4. Emperor
William created a special decoration
for U-boat crews on the anniversary
of the inauguration of ruthless sub
marine warfare as "reeognlton for
meritorious work during the war." The
Vosslsche Zeitung says the decoration
Is available for officers and crew after
three voyages.
King Albert Visits His Wife.
PARIS. Feb. 4. King Albert of Bel
gium paaaed through Paris yesterday
for the aouth of France, where he will
spend a few days with the Queen. He
called on President Polncare, who
asked the King to hand to the Queen
a newly created medal, "France's Grati
tude." on behalf of the French government.
Greek Soldiers Mutiny.
ATHENS, Feb. 4. A mutiny which
Involved a large proportion of the
Greek army Infantry regiments sta
tioned at Iamls. about 90 miles north
west of Athens, and a few artillery men
In the town, occurred last Friday even
ing. It waa promptly suppressed.
rMa reeae Headarbe aad tirtp.
LAXATIVE PROMO Qt lNINE Tablets re
move cauaa. There Is only one "Brono Qul
Mne." K. W, OUOVaTa' signature oa box.
Mt. Adv.
FATHERS GET. TOGETHER
Oregon City Men With Boys in U. S
Fighting Forces to Organize.
OREGON CITT. Or., Feb. 4. (Special.)
An Association of Fathers of Soldiers
and Sailors will be organized in Oregon
City on Tuesday evening, February 12,
at the Baptist Church. As there are
many young men of Clackamas County
tn the Army or Navy there is no doubt
but that .he organization of Oregon
City will start with a large member
shin.
J. I. Johnson, one of the vice-presi
dents of the Portland organization, was
n Oregon City this afternoon making
arrangements for an association here,
and met with much encouragement.
Rev. W. T. Milliken, pastor of the Bap
tist Church, has- offered the use of the
church for the meeting, and will be one
f the main speakers of the evening.
His two sons are in the United States
Army.
There will be other speakers on this
occasion. Among these will be Sanfield
Macdonald, president of the Portland
association.
Mr. Johnson's son. Charles Deo, Is
Captain of 147th Battery B, Field Ar
tillery. He organized Battery B, and
is with his battery in Europe.
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U. S. TO CONTROL OIL
Wilson Issues Proclamation
Affecting Industry.
STEP DUE TO FUEL CRISIS
DISPATCHERS SEEK RISE
Railroad Workers Ask $235 a Month
and Other Concessions.
OREGONTAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington. Feb. 4. Members of the Ore
ron delegation today received petitions
from the railroad dispatchers or tne
O.-W. R. A N., Spokane, Portland
Seattle, Southern Pacific and Oregon
Electric roads, addressed to Railway
Director McAdoo. asking the following
concessions:
A rise of salaries of chief dispatchers
to $235, assistant dispatchers to $225
and trick dispatchers to $215 per
month, one day off per week, double
time for Sundays and holidays and
foreign line and Pullman transports
tion. It is urged that the new ware
scale be made operative from January
1, last.
BUILDING IS DISCOURAGED
McAdoo Trgea Public Xot to Pot Up
Xcvr Horars During War.
WASHINGTON', Teh. 4. An appeal to
the public not to build new homes dur
ing the war except wnen tne neea is
urgent, in order to save capital, ma
terial and labor for essential war en
terprise was Issued tonight by Secre
tary McAdoo.
"Home building ts aa excellent tning
In normal times," said hia statement.
but at present, unless there la a real
shortaare of houses for war workers, I
strongly advise that materials, valuable
labor and credit be not utilised for this
purpose. Whether homes should be
hullt should be determined by the
urgency of tha need.
Phone your want ads to The Orego-
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Licensing Regulations Announced,
Which Affect Importation, Stor
age, Manufacture and Distri
bution of Commodity.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4. The Presi
dential proclamation placing the oil
Industry under the fuel administration
was Issued today.
After reviewing the food control act,
under which the proclamation waa is
sued, the. President's order sets forth:
"Whereas, It is not possible to move
promptly our abundant supplies of fuel
oil by reason of the traffic congestion
on our railroads and the transfer, to
trans-Atlantic service of a large num
ber of tank steamers, ordinarily en
gaged in coastwise trade. It therefore
seems desirable that a plan of control
be made effective in case the distribut
ing companies are unable to transport
aa required fuel oil to all consumers
now being served. ...
"Now. therefore. ... I hereby
find and determine and by this procla
mation do announce that it is essential
in order to carry into effect the pur
poses of said act to license the impor
tation, manufacture, storage and dis
tribution of fuel oil to the extent here
inafter specified.
Llcensea Made Obligatory.
"All persons, firms and associations
engaged in the business of both man
ufacturing and distributing fuel oil, in
cluding gas oil. whose gross sales
. . . amount to more than 100,000
barrels per annum, are hereby required
to secure on or before February 11,
118, a license, which license will be
Issued under such rules and regula
tions governing the conduct of the
business and may be prescribed. . . ."
Nearly one-half of the fleet of oil
tankers which have brought oil from
Mexico to the United States have been
withdrawn from the service, it was said
tonight, to supply the American and
allied navies. This has depleted the
oil supply in the united states to a
considerable extent and has created a
serious situation In the East.
In the West. too. especially in Cali
fornia, consumption is outstripping
production.
Vital Need te Be Met.
An explanatory statement issued to
night by the Fuel Administration said:
"These rules ana regulations are pro
mulgated by the President for the pur
pose ofsssorlnransdsoiiateBUily
and equitable distribution of fuel oil,
for purposes vitally essential to the
National security and defense and to
the successful prosecution of the war."
A French scientist is trying to pre
vent fogs by floating Email -quantities
of oil on rivers to chef4 evaporation.
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akin.
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GILBERT. SAYS:
"You'll do better vith the
tried and true." .'
HIGH GRADE
USED
PIANOS
Kimball, a beauty $115
Peerless, good buy $150
Victor, fine condition .... $200
Huntington, like new .... $238
Henry F. Miller, small . . $250
Chickering $338
Harold S. Gilbert
The Reliable Piano Merchant
384 YAMHILL ST.
Out of the high-rent district.
No salesmen nor fakes.
Pianos Pianos Pianos
Bought. Rented. Sold.
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Automobile Salesmen to
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