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TnE"SIORXIXG OKEGOXIAX. ' TCEDXESDAT, FEBKTJART 13. 1918. 5 16 HEW ERA DAW IN TURKISH REALM mU Capable People Coming Into Their Own and Misgov ernment Near End. FrtEE ARMENIA IS ASSURED fiT Ceararfe of Conflict, Despotic Kitortion, Salridal Policy aod a ptrt Irlal Attempt al Expansloa. w Turkey I Coming. fr,trtai 1!. K. Doren CO. i-unli.hOTl by VTUttaKat. Coacludlaa: in im w at BT DR. 1URRT BTITR1IER. Aa Itmii stand now, the Gfrmaa government has thought fit. In her blind belief In ultimate victory, to enter on a formal treaty, guaranteeing the territorial integrity of th Ottoman t-rnplre. at a point in ths war when no reasonable belcg even In Germany could possibly auil believe that a tierntaa victory would suffice to protect Turkey after aba ha been aolemnly condemned br the entento lor her long iut ot rimes. oermany baa thus tlfea a negative answer to the question paaaed from mouth to mouth la the International Ustru-t of I'era a 1 moat right from Tur key'a entry Into the war: "Will Oer ananr. If neceaaary. sacrifice Col.slan. mople and th Dardanelles. If ana can thua eecure peac with llueeia h bad already given th a never "No" t fore th absurd llluMone of a powib! aeparate peace) with Russia at this trice war finally and utterly diaplld ty ae speeca or th Kusalaa Minlater Tre poff. and th purposeful and cruelly clear refuaal of (traiio; offer of pear. Thee event and th Increasing excitement about th war la t'onatan tlnopl aod elsewhere- wer not required to enow that In th Near East aa wall th dent mutt b fought "to (be bitter nt Never, howarer and that la German world-poNtica. and tn ethlca of th worM-p-iltlclan hae 1 ever beatd single on of tboa Hermans, who thought It an Impossibility to -rtf tc their ally Turkey In order to gain th )lred peac. put forward aa ar area- weant for hla oplntoa th aham of broken promise, but only th conoid oration that German activity lu h lands of llam. and particularly la 'he valuable rr Kaat. would b over and don with forever. I wonder If thoe who hav decided, with th phantom of a teaman-Turkish victory ever bef-ra them, to id on with th struggle on th aid of Turkey even after ah bad cm mittad uch abominable crime, and to drench Kuropa atlll further with th tood of all civilised natlona of th orld. ever have any qualma aa to bow much of their one brilliant poaalbt I tiea of commercial activity In Turkey. Bow no lightly staked, would Mill exlat war Turkey victorious. History DetMn Otherwise. Luckily for mankind, hiatory baa tie aided otherwlae. After th war. th hue and flourishing trade of Southern Kuaaia will be carried down to th than open seaport between Kurop and Aula: th wealth ot Odesa and th l'ontua porta, enormously Increased and f re to develop, will be concentrated on th Boeporus and th Dardanelles and th whole hitherto neglected city ot Constantinople, from I'era and Ualata to Stamboul and Scutari and Haidar Iaha. will become an earthly paradise of pulalnc lit, well-being;, and comfort. The luxury and elegance, of tb Crimea will mov southward to these shores of unique natural beauty and mild cli mate which form th bridge between two continents and between two seas. Anvone who returns after a decade of peaceful labor, when the Old World has recovered from ita wounds, to the Bos porus and th shores of th Sea of Max mora. which he knew before th war. under Turkish regime, will be aston lahed at th marvelous chances which will then hav been wrought la that favored comer of th earth. Never, even after another hundred years of Turkish rule, would that unique coast ever hav becoma what It can be and what It must bo on of th very greatest centera of Interna tional Intercourse and the Riviera of the East, not only In beauty of land scape but In luxury and wealth. Th greatest stress in this connection I to be laid on the lively Rusaian Impetus that will spring from a modernised Kassla, untrammeled by restrictions In th ritralta. Convinced aa 1 am that I.ussia after th war will no longer be th Kuenla of today, so feared by Cermany. th Balkan Stale, and Tur key. 1 am prepared to glv thta Impetus full play, aa being th beat possible sneana fur th further development of Constantinople, In Asia Minor, from Brossa to th slopes of the Taurus and the foot of the Armenian mountains, there will ex tend a modern Turkey which has finally com to rest, t concentration, to peace ful labor, after centuries of conflict, cleapotic extortion, th suicidal policy of military adventurers, and superficial attempts at expansion coupled with neglect of the most Important Internal slut tee- Th Inhabitants of the lands will aoon bav forgotten that "vlreater Turkey" ha collapaed. They will be rally bappy atlast. the people whose Idea of bapplnea hitherto baa been a veneer of material well-being obtained by toadying, while th great balk ot the mpir pined In dirt. Ignorance, and poverty, conaumed by an outworn mili tarism, oppressed by a decaying ad mtnietration. Then, but not till then, the world wfll see what th Turki.-h people la capable of. Then ther will b no need for peaalmtam about tms kindly and honorable rac. Then w can become boneat "pro-Turks again. In Western Aaia Minor. Kurop will not forget that th whole shore, wher once atood Troy. Kphceus. and Mtiet. la an oni-and-oat Hellenic renter of civ. invasion ignite lnlerenint Iv of all political fellnga toward present-dav Greece, this historical fact must tM taken Into consideration tn tM fins ruling. It la to be hoped that the Greek people will not bav to atone forever for th faults of their oou-Cras.. King tea that it bis sacred rek and nothing but bo has betrayed th honor and tb future of th ution. "Tree Armenia A Beared. Th Armenian mountain-laud, laid waal by war. and emptied of son by Talaat'a paaalon for persecution, will obtain autonomy from her conqueror. Russia, and will perhaps b liitkcd up vim all the other parts of th East. Inhabited by th last remnants of the Armenian people. Armenia, with lis central position and divided Into three among Turkey. Russia and Persia, may from Ha geographical position, its un fortunate history, and th ndieaa suf ferings It has been called upon to bear, be called tb Poland of Further Aria. Delivered from the Turku l system, freed from all anlagontauo Turtco-Rus- sian military principles of obstruction, linked up by railways to th west as well aa th already well-develop-.! re gion ot Transcaucasia, with a big through trade from the Black Beavia Trapesunt to Persia and Mesopotamia, It will once more offer an excellent field of activity to th high intellectual and commercial abilities of lis people. now. alas, scattered to th four wiuds of heaven. But they will return to their old home, bringing wilh tliem European ideas, Kuropean technique. and tho most modern methods from America, It men are lacking, tney can o od- talaed from th near Caucasus wltb Its narrow, over-filled valleys, inhabited by a moat surorior rac of men, who hav always had strong emigrating Instincts, trio thla moat unfortunat country In th whol world, which th Turks of th old regime and of tb new hav sys tematically mutilated and at last be queathed to Russia with practically not a man left, la Koine to hav it Sprint-lira. a th south. Great Arabia and Syria will bav autonomy under th protec tion of England and r'raneo with their skillful lalam policy: they will have the benefit of tb approved methods of pro gressiva work In Egypt, the Soudan, and India as well aa the Atlas lands; they will be exposed to tb Influences and Incitements of th rest ot civilised Europe: they will probably be enriched with capital from America, wher thou sands of Arab and Syrian, as well as Armenian, refugees have found a home; they will provid th first opportunity In history of showing how th Arab rac accommodates Itself to modern civ. IHsation on Its own ground and with Us own sovereign administration. Th final deliverance of th Arab from the oppreeatv and harmful supremacy of th Turks, now happily accomplished by th war. waa one of tb most urgent demands for a race that can look back on centuries of brilliant civilisation. The civilised world will watch with th keenest Interest th self-development of th Arabian lands. Cevsaaay "teed t Craaabl. Kven Germany, once sh Is at peace. will hav no need to grumble at these arrangements, however diametrically opposed they mav be to th now sadly shattered plans of th pan-German and xpansion politicians. German will not lose tho countless millions sh hss In vested In Turkey. Sh will hav her full and sufficient share In th Euro pean work and commercial activity that will soon revive again In the Near East. Th Baghdad railway of "Rohrbach & Company" will never be built. It la true; but the Baghdad railway with a loyal International marking off of the dtf ferent sones of Interest, th Bsghdad railway, as a hug artery of peaceful Intercourse Unking up th whol of Asia Minor and bringing peac and commercial prosperity, will all the more surely riae from It ruins. And whe one th German Wellpolttlk with it jealousy. Its tsctless. sword-rattling In terferenc in th time-honored vital In tereats of other states. Its political In trlgues disguised in commercial dress. la safely dead and buried, there wile be nothing whatever to hinder Germany from making use of this railway an carrying ber purely commercial energy and the products of her peaceful labor to th shores of the Persian Gulf and receiving In return th rich fruits o her cultural activity on the soil ot Asia Minor. AIRPLANE POSTAL SERVICE IS SOUGHT Washington, Philadelphia and New York to Have Sky Mail Routes This Year. EQUIPMENT BIDS ASKED BOOTLEGGING RING ENDS MtDI'ORD AITHORIT1F. SECTRK THREE COSVICTIOSS. laiperta tlaaa by Mean of iteaee and Pwllaaaa Prter Brakes t'p by Watchful Dewaty ftherlff. TO RELIEVE CATARRHAL DEAFNESS AND HEAD NOISES If yon hav Catarrhal teafness or bead nolaea go to your drug gist and get I ounr of Parmlnt (double strength!, and add to It hot water and Just a little sugar aa direned in each parkaire. Tak 1 tableepoonful four ttmea a day. Thia will often bring quick re lief from th dlstresatng bead noiaes. Closced noatrlls should open, breathtne; become easy ad tb mucus stop dropping Into the throat. It is eaay to prepr. costs little and is pleasant to tak. Anyone who has Catarrhal Deaf ness or head noise should glv this prescription a trial. XIEDFORP. Or.. Feb. 12 (Special.) With the arrest and conviction of Floyd Mllligan, a taxi man: Huston Cox, colored porter at th Hotel Medford, and Earl Jesslman. cook at a local restaurant, the authorities believe they have broken up a boollegs-ing ring that has been operating In Medford and Jackson County, ever sine the pass age of the bone-dry act. Milligan was arrested when be had delivered a bottle of gin to a customer for It. and admitted he had received th liquor from Jesslman. The colored porter was nabbed by Deputy Fherlff Paul Anderson sfter he had secured suites from a Pullman porter, on the evening train arriving from San Fran cisco which contained one dozen quarts of whisky. Milligan pleaded guilty and turned state's evidence agsinst Jesslman. who was convicted Saturday In th Justice Court. Cox waa defended by Attorney P. J. Neff. of Medford. a prominent member of th bar. and made the claim that he look, the suitcaa in tb regular lln of hotl buainess snd knew nothing about Its contents. Justice Taylor de clared him guilty, however, and he was fined and given 0 days In Jail. The sentence was automatically su pended by an appeal to the Circuit Court. The authorities claim that these three men and a number ot associates have been carrying on a lucrative bootlegging business, through the me dium of Pullman porters on the South ern Pacific. In hia position as porter of the local hotel Cox waa able to handle large quantltlea of liquor for many montha befor h waa auspected and It is estimated that the three men cleaned up severs! thousand dollara in the laat eisrht or ten month. DISLOYAL TEACHER QUITS Finnia Roth. Camas, Attempted to Spread Pro-German Propaganda. CAMAS. Wash, Feb. IS. ( Special.) Miss Emma Hotb. a teacher in th Camas High School, received a hearing before the school board and County Superintendent W. E. Dudley yesterday, and was permitted to resign for having made disloyal statements and attempt ing to spread pro-German propaganda In th school. Miss Roth 1 of German and Austrian parentage and has an unci who was a general In the Austrian army. One of th principal charges brought up at the hearing was th statement made to her class thst mad no difference whether Germany or th United States son th war. If Germany won w would ruled by tha German Emperor Instead of th United States Govern ment sad that would only affect the rub." Five Machines to Bo Secured, Each to Have Carrying Capacity of 300 rounds; Special Rates J lay Be Charged. WASHINGTON. Feb. 1J. Establish ment of an airplane mall service be tween Washington. Philadelphia and New Tork during he coming Summer was Indicated today when the Port- offic Department called for bids on five airplanes for that service. The service m-lll begin with one round trip a day and later may be expanded. First-class mall only will be carried at th outset of the service. The specifications of the Fostoffire Department call for machines which have stood satisfactory test In the War and Navy departments service. The bids will be opened on February 11 and the airplane are to be delivered not later than April li of thia year. Arrangements have been made with th War Department to release a suf ficient number of motors to equip the machines. "It I not th purpose of the Post- office Department to make this an ex perimental service." Postmaster-Gen eral Burleson announced. "Ita practi cablllty Is to be assured before the es tablishment of the route. Once estab liahed. It Is to remain a permanent service. Congress hs.i appropriated $100,000 for us In establishing aerial mail serv ice and the National advisory commit tee on aeronautics and aeronautic ex perts have pronounced the service feas ible and beyond experimental stsges. Each airplane will be required to carry 200 pounds of mail a distance of not less than 10 mile without stop, at a maximum speed, with a full load of 100 miles an hour, a minimum speed of 4i miles, and a climbing speed of (000 feet In 10 minutes. A special postsge rate will be charred for letters carried by airplane if Congress will sanction it with th necessary law. Th rate contemplated Is Zi cents per ounce or fraction thereof. It Is planned to maintain permanent eervtc on regular schedule. JEW TORK. Feb. 1 Postofflce of- flrlsl here, commenting on the de cision of the Poatofflc Department to I establish an airplane letler-carryine service, called attention to the repeated delay In the delivery of mails, due -to railway congestion raised by the war. fcven Important official communica tions passing between Washington snd other cities hav suffered serious 1 holdups. In this connection It was pointed out that the airplane plan to avoid these conditions has a precedent in Italy. where the pioneer among regularly f conducted air posts was successfully I tn operation nearly a year ago. Franc also has transported mail by I airplane. During Oeneral Pershing's I pursuit or v ilia in Mexico American mall was carried by airplanes between Texas towns asd the expeditionary force. TOLICE HEADQUARTERS: TEL. MAIN 71S1 FIRE DEPARTMENT: TEL. MAIN 7700 CLASH BRINGS NEW ORDER Railroad Tariffs Rejected by Inter state Commerce Commission. SALEM. Or, Feb. 12. (Special. - Chairman Miller, of the Public Service I Commission, received word today from I railroad officials in Portland that clash between Director-General Me - Adoo and the Interstate Commerce Commission was responsible for the I Director-General cancelling his first or der relative to demurrage and placing a new order into effect. According to the information received I here, the Interstate Commerce Com mission refused to accept tariffs from the carriers based on the first order of I the Director-General. As a result, the I Director-General Issued the new order. which amended the first In a number of I Important particulars. t eatures in the new order are the re- I Instatement ot the average agreement) rule, reinstatement of the bunching) rule, and changea In the charges fr I demurrage. The soriw vligM miimciiiiei :e 80FFV Mil f tie M who said 77 He had been warned about the fire danger. . He had been urged to get more fire extinguishers and other fire appliances. "No," said he, "I don't need them. My plant is insured. Let 'er burn." And she did. Then he set out to rebuild. And he discovered this: that it would cost to rebuild his factory just twice what the factory was insured for. He discovered that building materials have advanced 50 in the last year; 100 in three years. His insurance, he discovered, did not cover the replacement value of his property. Labor and bricks and mortar and steel he found very scarce. He was accused of being a poor patriot for not providing better fire protection and for using materials and labor that might be put to war use. Fire lost for him $150,000 cash, eight months' time, contracts amounting to $700,000, prestige, good-will. , r It is a shame for any factory to burn nowadays. Safety from fire is easy to buy and not very costly. Do these things: 1. Get big, strong, fighting watchmen. Equip each with a Pyrene to fight fires, with a revolver to fight incendiaries, and with a Pyrene watchman's clock to check his work. 2. Put Pyrene on posts througnout your buildings one to every 1000 square feet. ' 3. Get a chemical engine, a factory-size fire engine, good on stubborn blazes. i. uei nose to siop Dig, uevasxauug ures. 5. Teach all employees what fire means by dis- Ljr nlavine" the warnin'sr siem shown here. lit Watch out for incendiaries They are loose everywhere. If they haven't reached you as yet, they may pay their respects any day. Call the police instantly if you see suspicious persons near your plant Every factory or motor truck burned helps the Kaiser. Pyrene reduces your motor truck fire insurance premium 15 IBS, Send roe your Fire iiT oy Prevention Book- Sodaand Acid Extinguishers XS d catalog Fire Department Supplies Other Pyrene Fire Products Fire Pails Bucket Tanks ' Safety Cans YOUNG FORGER IS PAROLED Idaho Father Takes Son in Charre Pleading Previous Good Conduct, BAKER. Or.. Feb. 12. (FnaHni 1 L. G. Olsen. a salesman for the Swift Packing- Company, who pleaded guilty jo a coarse of forgery Friday, was to day released in the custody of bis father by County Judge Duby. Ulsen s father, who arrived raster- day from Idaho, produced evidence that nis son was but 1 years ot aire and action was suspended on account ot nis youth and previous good conduct. PACKERS' CASE DELAYED SEARCH OF VAILT HELD TP BT SUPERSEDEAS FROM COURT. peal of the case by the counsel for Swift & Co., will not seriously hamper the Government agents in the investi gation and prosecution of the alleged felonies charged in the warrant. Case Win Be Reviewed Three Jadr.es f United Sti Circuit Court of Appeals. March 1 by Cowilta Clubs Organised. CHICAGO, . Feb. li. Attorneys for Henry Veeder, general counsel for Swift & Co., today filed a writ ot error and obtained a supersedess from ,1. TTnlteri Stat Circuit: Court of A D- KELSO. Wash., Feb. 1J. (Special.) I peals In the Government's search war U Audrain, district leader of clubs. I rant case, with the result that further opened his organisation campaign I search of the vault of the packers' mong the boys and fctrls of Cowlitz I lawver for evidence In the Federal County today with meetings at Castle I Trade Commission's investigation will Rock. Ostrander. Sandy Bend and Shan- be delayed until after March 1. (thai, wher he found much enthusiasm for th club activities. Tomorrow morn ing he will organise the work In the Kelso schools snd at Eufaula west ofl Kelso. Wednesday ha will visit the! southern end of th county. County Agent L R. Keyes and County Superin tendent Lucia Jenkins are assisting him I witn his work In this countv. On that date the three Judges of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals ill review the case and pass on tne validity of the Government s writ issued under the search and seizure sec tion OS the Federal espionage law. Francis J. Heney. counsel for the Federal TraWe Commission, declared that the delay resulting from tne ap- Pendleton K. of P. Buys Home Site. PENDLETON", Or.. Feb. 12. (Special.) The Pendleton Knights of Pythias this morning announced the completion of a deal by which the lodge acquires the property opposite the Federal building here for a consideration of $15.0u. The property is 100 feet square and after the war the lodge intends to eonstrnrt s modem business block. using one of the upper floors for its lodgerooms. The situation is one of the best in the city since the Federal building was finished. For years it has been the site of a row of wooden houses, the quarters of the Chinese colony. James Watt Recovering;. . CEXTRALIA, Wash.. Feb. 12. (Spe cial.) James Watt, a member of Com pany M, 161st U. S. Infantry, who was 111 with pneumonia when 'his regiment left for France, is on the road to re covery in a New York hospital, accord ing to letter received hy his uncle. J. D. Watt. The young soldier expects to be sent to his regiment in Franc when he fully recovers. Campaign Manager Appointed. LA GRANDE. Or.. Feb. 12. (Special.)' Rev. F. W. Bussard, president of th Pacific Synod of the Lutheran Church, who is now located in La Grande, has been appointed state campaign manager for the Lutheran drive this month for funds to conduct its relief work amons the 190,000 Lutherans now under arms. The state campaign will be conducted from this point. ATTENTION! None Equal lo Chamberlain's "I have tried most of the cough medi cines and find that there is none that equal Chamberjain's Cough Remedy. It has never failed to give me prompt re lief," writes W. V. Harner, Montpelier Ind. Army and Navy Auxiliary RUMMAGE. SALE A rummag-e sale conducted by a number of Portland women in order to raise funds to buy yarn to knit for the soldiers, A worthy, unselfish cause. Will you help ? Either by purchasing one of the many needed articles for sale, or in giving whatever you feel would be salable, and which you yourself do not need. Remember the location. Sale started Monday be sureto attend today. 208 First Street Bet. Salmon and Main. Phones A 2674; Main 4563