TIIE SUNDAY OREGONIAN. PORTLAND, DECEMBER 3, 1916.
TURKS INHUMAN,
ARABIA DECLARES
New Kingdom Sends Note of
Protest Against Cruelties
to United States. .
WASHINGTON IN QUANDARY
How America Can Respond Without
Consular or Diplomatic Repre
tatlve Is Problem, and De
lay Seems Certain.
TTASHINGTON". Dec. 2. The new
kingdom of Arabia, organized a month
ago, has begun its diplomatic career
with a vigorous protest "to the civi
lized world" against alleged cruelties
of "the band of unionists and affiliates"
at Constantinople, who are declared to
have treated prisoners brutally. A
opy or we communication reacnea tne
tate Department today. -How
the United States can respond is
a orooiem as tne aeparimeni nas nm
et decided how the new foreign office
can do communicated wim. ne xii ueu
mLca tins iiw tuusuidr ui ujyiumonv.
representatives in Arabia and has not
been able to acknowledge announce
ment of the kingdom's organization.
Reply to Be Deferred.
Tt Js certain. however, that no
definite action will be taken until the
end of the war, since this country is
following the theory that any changes
in government made now may be over
turned at the peace conference.
The full text of the protest, signed
by Fuad Elkhatib, acting secretary for
loreign affairs, is as follows
"In the name of justice and interna
tional law we enter a solemn protest
to the civilized world against the band
of unionists and affiliates which in
flated all manner of cruelty on the
women and children of the innocent
noDulation of Alawall and is now re-
neatiner its acts of cruelty even at
Medina by sentencing the harmless
neoDle and those of Alawali that are
ptill alive to death by hanging and to
forced labor.
Turks Xot Mistreated
"The echoes of these atrocities have
been brought to the general in charge
of our army of the west, whose van
niard is in touch with the enemy, by
a delectation comprising every class of
the people that came to him to appeal
to the Arabian government lor proiec
tion against such inhuman, heinous
crimes.
"The Arabian government, which has
Fhown every regard for the MurKisn
prisoners of El Taif, including the Vali,
commanders, officers and soldiers, in
Knit of the misdeeds committed by
them and of their setting fire to the
houses of princes, notables and lnhabl
tants after plundering them, draws
your attention to the matter so as to
protect itself from
retaliation it might
apply."
FORMER "TRUST-BUSTER" ELECTED SENATOR.
GREECE DENOUNCES
ACTION OF ALLIES
Demand for Surrender of Arms
Held to Be Infringement of
Sovereign Rights.
FRANK. B. KELLOGG (REP,),
The new Senator from Minnesota Is Frank B. Kellogg, prominent lawyer.
He was the special counsel under a past Administration in the prosecution
of trusts and earned at that time the name of "trust-buster."
BOYS CHOOSE EUGENE
CORVALLIS COXVEXTIOX IS STAM
PEDED BY DELEGATION-.
to
Salem Lads Succeed In Ambition
Elect President and Phillip Elliott
Is Named After Contest.
CORVALLIS. Or.. Dec. 2. (Special.)
With the completion of the college night
programme at the Presbyterian Church
the Older Boys' conference completed
the second day of its annual meeting in
session here. J. D. Foster, general sec
retary of the University of Oregon
Young Men's Christian Association, led
the meeting.
Previous to tonight's programme a
supper was' held in the basement of the
church for those who had attended the
boys' camp at Cascadia last Summer.
At the business session of the con
ference today Eugene was selected as
the meeting place for next year. Astoria
also having invited the boys. The Eu
gene delegation, which, numbered 3S
delegates, came primed to make a dem
onstration for the conference for 1917
and long before the vote was put as
to the next meeting place it was clearly
demonstrated that the University city
was the choice of a larger number of
the delegates.
Frequent rooter yells and songs were
given alternately by the Eugene ana
Salem delegations. The latter city has
50 delegates here and they were out to
elect one of their delegates as president
and they succeeded. The officers elected
are: Phillip Elliott, of Salem, President;
Hugh McCallum, Eugene, vlce-preeldent
and Ernest Dye, Forest Grove, secre
tary-treasurer.
The conference for Sunday afternoon
will be divided into three meetings,
one for the older boys, another for the
younger boys and a third meeting for
the fathers. G. L. Clark, of La Grande,
will address the older boys at the Pres
byterian Church; Walter Jenkins, of
Seattle, the younger boys at the Agri
cultural College Y. M. C. A., and Will
S. Hale, superintendent of the Boys'
Training School, Salem, will speak to
the fathers.
Most of the Corvallls pulpits will be
filled tomorrow morning and evening
by conference speakers.
Professor Norman F. Coleman, of
Reed College, will' be the principal
speaker at the final session of the con
ference, which closes Sunday night.
Wilson .Wins Idaho by 14,500.
BOISE, Idaho, Deo. 2. The official
count of the election last month shows
that President Wilson polled 70,054,
Hughes 55.560, Benson 8066, Hanly 1126.
LATEST OFFICIAL WAR REPORTS
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be compelled to
B
MOTION FOR HASTE READY
Supreme Court to Be Asked to Ex
pedite Adamson Act Ruling.
"WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 Preparations
were made today to submit to the Su
preme Court when it reconvenes Mon
day after a two weeks' recess the mo
tion to expedite the Missouri, Okla
homa & Gulf Railroad case, to deter
mine the constitutionality of the Adam
eon law.
The motion for expedition was sent
to the Supreme Court chambers today
by Solicitor-General Davis. Railroad
counsel are expected to be in court and
to concur. The railroad brotherhoods
probably will not have counsel par
ticipating, the defense of the law being
In charge of the Department of Justice.
The arguments in the case are ex
pected to be concluded before the court
recesses for the holidays, December 22,
but whether a decision can be handed
down before the law becomes effective,
January 1, is solely within the hands of
the court, which has seldom given de
cisions quickly in important litigation.
CUBA VOTE YET IN DOUBT
Election of Month Ago May Not Be
Decided for Month.
HAVANA. Cuba. Dec 2. Although a
month has elapsed since Cuba s prest
dential election, the result still remains
in doubt and many months may elapse
Partial re-elections must be held In two
provinces wnere iraua or coercion in
terfered with the voting.
The returns give President Merioeal
a majority in Matanzas, Pinar del Rio
and Oriente provinces. In the latter
partial re-elections will be held. Dr.
Alfredo Zayas, liberal candidate, has
carried Havana and Camaguey prov-
inches and has a majority of 289 in
Santa Clara province, where partial re
elections are also to be held.
If Dr. Zayas can maintain his ma
Jorlty in Santa Clara province he will
win, even if he loses uriente.
Welsh Miners Get Rise.
LONDON, Dec. 2. The government
has granted the oemand of the Welsh
aniners for a 15 per cent increase
wages, says a Cardiff dispatch today
to the Exchange Telegraph Company,
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German, Roumanian Front.
ERLIN, Dec. 2. (By wireless
to
Sayville.) The text of today's of
ficial German statement on oper
ations on the Roumanian front follows:
Front of Archduke Joseph-Russian
and Roumanian attacks continue in the
wooded Carpathians and along the
mountains of the Transylvanlan fron
tier. Yesterday they were directed
especially against our position on the
Babaladova and Gueraruscade and west
of Dorna Watra, and in the Trotus and
Oitos Valleys. The attacks were un
successful, the enemy suffering heavy
losses. German troops during an ad- i
vance at one point in the wooded Car
pathians took more than 1000 prisoners.
Front of Field iiarsnai von macs-
ensen The engagements in Wallachla
are developing into a great battle. The
army which left the mountains south
east of Campulung has gained ground
in the wooded mountains on both sides
of the Dambrovitza sector during engagements.
On the Argecnu. soutneast or t-e-
techtl, the first Roumanian army which
offered battle has been broken through
and defeated after a tenacious struggle
by German and Austro-Hungarlan
troops. Already Bavarian reserve regi
ment No. 18 has pushed ahead to the
division staff headquarters, where from
imprisoned officers of the general staff
were taken orders proving that in the
position through which we had broken
the first army snouia nave xougnt to
the last man. The commander of the
army, apparently aware of the poor
morale of his troops, added to an ex
alted Latin expression that he expected
them to 'withstand and fight to the
death against the cruel barbarians."
The menace of death was set forth. Im
mediately to be executed upon cowards
in his army.
Farther down, near the Danube, we
have fought our way to the Argechu.
The number of prisoners taken on
December 1 as far as it is possible
to enumerate them at present, were 61
officers. 6115 of the rank and file, ana
4 9 cannon ana 100 loaded ammunition
carts, in .addition to many nunarea
other military vehicles.
in T)rhniri1a. Bulgarian troops re
pulsed strong attacks by the Russians."
Bulgarian.
SOFIA. Dec. 1. via London, Dec. 2.
The official announcement from the
War Office today recounts the fighting
on the Roumanian front in the last
week and continues:
On November 30 we closed the
Tzomana-Branichtari-Singuernl line, 20
kilometers (12 miles) from the ring of
forts around Bucharest and broke the
desperate resistance of the enemy, cap
turing two heavy mortars, six machine
guns, four officers and 200 men. The
enemy left a number or Kiuea ana
wounded on the field.
"In the region of Monastir (Mace
donian front), we repulsed without dif
ficulty attacks against the village of
Tarnova. Hill 1249 and Hill 1050, east
of the village of Paralova, were bom
barded violently by our artillery."
duels, notably in the region of Gru
nishte and Sokol, where the fighting
in the last few days has been very
hot."
Roumanian.
Dec. 2.
statement
BUCHAREST, via London,
Today's official Roumanian
follows:
"Northern and northwestern front
On the western frontier of Northern
Moldavia there were attacks and ar
tillery bombardments. Bad weather i
hindering operations.
"In the Dumbovltza Valley our troops
retired toward the south.
"Western front In the region of
Pltcchtl our troops have been attacked
violently and been obliged to retire
slightly. The violent combat on the
Glavatziototzu and Niaslov River con
tinues.
"Southern front In Dobrudja we
violently attacked enemy positions and
reached their wire entanglement, which
we passed at some points."
NOTE SENT TO WASHINGTON
French on .Macedonian Front.
PARIS, Dec. 2. Today's official state
ment on operations on the Macedonian
front follows:
"At a point east of the River Cerna
Serbian troops on the first of December
repulsed a violent attack of the enemy
upon their positions to the north of
Grur ishte.
"There has been artillery fighting in
the region of Monastir, where the bad
weather continues."
Serbia.
PARIS. Dec. 2. A Havas dispatch
from Corfu gives the following Serbian
statement:
"Among the prisoners taken by our
troops on the Saloniki front were Ser
bians whom the Bulgarians had re
cruited on Serbian territory, incorpo
rated in their regiments and sent to
the front."
German, Macedonian Front.
BERLIN, Dec. 2. (By wireless to
Sayville.) Attempts of entente forces
yesterday to advance on the Macedo
nian front resulted in. failure, the War
Office announces. The official report
from this front follows:
"On the Macedonian front advances
of the entente northwest of Monastir
were again without success."
Austrian, Russian Front.
VIENNA, via London, Dec. 2. The
great battle in the wooded Carpathians,
where the Russians are endeavoring to
break through into Transylvania and
Hungary, is raging without cessation,
the War Office announced tonight. The
statement says:
"The Russian attack in the Carpa
thians continues with undiminished
violence. The enemy everywhere was
repulsed as on the previous day."
German, Western Front.
BERLIN, Dec 2. (By wireless to
Sayville.) Only artillery engagements
on the Franco-Belgian front are re
ported in today's official statement.
which reads:
"Western front On both banks of
tho Ancre and near St. Pierre-Vaast
wood (north of the Somme) and south
of tha Somme near Chaulnes heavy ar
tillery duels prevailed for a time."
Insistence That Neutrality Will Be
Maintained and Demand Re
jected so Great That Later
Acquiescence Puzzles.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2. A note de
nouncing as "a serious Infringement of
sovereign rights" the allied demand for
surrender of Greek arms and ammuni
tion to the Anglo-French expedition at
Saloniki, and pleading for the sym
pathetic understanding of the United
States in the "painful circumstances'
surrounding the Greek government and
people, was delivered to the State De
partment today by A. Vouros. charge
of the Greek Legation.
The communication sets forth at
length the efforts of Greece to main
tain neutrality, and gives notice that
tne Greek government has rejected
and will continue to reject this last
demand." No official explanation of
the causes which led the government to
recede from that decision has reached
Washington, but from the strong lan
guage of the note officials infer that
extreme pressure must have been ex
erted before the arms and ammunition
were given up.
During hfs visit to the State D'
pariment, tjnarge vouros talked over
tne whole Greek situation with Cou
sellor Polk, but neither had anything
to say regarding the conference. It is
understood that communications simi
lar to those addressed to the United
btates have gone to all neutral govern
ments, and that the step was intended
primarily to create a proper under
standing among neutral peoples of the
difficulties in which Greece had found
herself.
As presented by the charge the com
munication was in the form of a copy
or a note handed to American Minister
Droppers at Athens on November 2$ and
signed by Foreign Minister Zalocostas.
Neutrality Bole Denire.
The communication as delivered to
the State Department was in French
A translation of the full text follows
"From the beginning of the European
war the Greek government, conscious
of its duties for the defense of the na
tional interests and of its responsibility
toward the country, had. after an ex
haustive examination of the situation,
come to the decision that Greece ought
not to enter the bloody struggle in
which almost all Europe was engaged.
The Greek government, in holding to
neutrality, had in mind all the time
the abandonment of this policy if at
any given moment it should come to
the conviction that. however great
were the sacrifices and the dangers
of a war. It would serve the national
aspiratfons.
"Unfortunately It has not been pos
sible for us, up to this moment, to ob
tain the necessary guarantees that
Greece, in entering into tho European
conflict, would not be going to inevit
able destruction.
Intercuts of Greece Stand Alone.
"In remaining neutral the Greek gov
ernment had in mind solely Greek In
terests, and not, as has been
repeatedly insisted on, sympathy
with one of the two groups
of belligerents. A Greek gov
ernment could only think of the In
terests of Greece. The geographical
situation of Greece, which place It
In very direct contact with one of the
two groups of belligerent powers,
makes the application of its policy of
neutrality very difficult; it Is for that
reason that she has been forced to
submit to the occupation by foreign
arms of her Macedonian I rovinces and
to permit the belligerents to dispose of
her ports, public buildings and works
of art: that her highways and rail
roads have been forcibly occupied,
while bridges and tunnels worth many
millions have Ueen completely de
stroyed. ,
At the moment when the preeent
Greek government assumed power, an
Imposing fleet was blockading the en
trance of the fatralt of calamine, the
anchorage of the Greek fleet, and in
spite of our protests and our formal re
fusal, we were constrained to order our
officers and eallors to abandon the ves
sels of the light fleet in order to Bp are
tjem the grief of surrendering the ves
sels upon which, not very long ago.
they had contributed to two victorious
wars-
Attains Suffer Interference.
For about a month the Greek people
have seen with a very real pain the ad
ministration of foreign control of near
ly all of its public services, its land
communications, its postal service, tele
graph and telephone service. The
Greek commercial fleet "ias seen its ac
tivity hampered by repeated inspec
tions and by restrictions of every sort.
For a long time Greece has been able
to Import from abroad only what Is
absolutely indispensable to feed and
sustain the country, and to furnish for
its commerce, both by land and sea, the
necessary fuel.
"And now the traditional hospitality
of the Greek people has suffered an af
front which has been profoundly pain
ful. The will of the strong has been
constantly placed In opposition to the
legitimate protests of Greece; never
theless the latter has up to now en
dured everything with the patience and
dignity which small nations possess in
the highest degree. But the last de
mand of the Admiral commanding the
naval forces of the entente in the Medi
terranean, in which he invites the
German, on Russian Front.
iBERLIN. Dec. 2. (By wireless to
Sayville, N. Y.) The text of today's
statement on operations on the Russian
front reads:
"Eastern front, front of Prince Leo
pold Russian attacks north of Smor
gon and south of Pinsk failed with
losses."
British, Serbian Front.
LONDON, Dec. 2. Bad weather has
prevented major operations on the
Serbian front, according to an official
statement issued by the Serbian War
Departmept. The statement follows:
."Bad weather and fog continued yes
terday to interfere with our operations.
Nevertheless there was a certain
amount of local fishtlnj: and. artillery
French, Front In France.
PARIS, Dec. 2. Today's official r
port on operations in France says:
"Last night passed quietly along the
entire front. During the night of De
cember 1-2 one of our aviators threw
down nine bombs of 120-milimeter cal
iber upon the railroad station at Spin
court and three others of the same
size upon barracks of the enemy at
Billy-sur-Manglennes."
British, Front In France.
LONDON, Dec. 2. "During the night
hostile artillery was active north of
Ypres and near Gueudecourt," say the
official report today from the Franco
Belgian front. "Yesterday evening, aft
er a heavy trench-mortar bombard
ment, the enemy attempted to diminu
tive raids in the Souchez area. They
were beaten off."
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Dressing Gowns at $3.50, $5, $6.50, $7.50,
. $10, $12.50, $17.50, $25, $30.
House Coats at $5, $7.50, $10, $12.50,
$15 $20
Fine Neckwear at 50c, $1 , $1 .50, $2, $2.50,
$3, $4.
Gloves Dent's, Fownes and Perrin's at
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Auto Gloves at $4 and $5.
Mufflers at $1, $1.50, $2.50, $3.50.
Special Silk Shirts at $3.65.
Umbrellas at $1.50, $2, $3, $3.50, $5, $6.
Silk Hosiery at 50c and $1 .
Handkerchiefs, plain or initialed, at 25c, 35c,
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Silk Pajamas at $7.50.
Hand Bags and Suit Cases at $6, $6.50,
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Greek government to hand over the
war material, acquired at the price of
heavy sacrifices and from which the
nature of the Greek people can serve
only for the defense of the national In
terests, that demand, I say, is one of
those which the people, its constitu
tional leaders, the army and the navy
are unanimous in refusing.
Final Demand Too Moth.
"The Greek government, confident In
the support of the entire nation, has
rejected and will continue to reject this
last demand, which most deeply wounds
the Greek conscience and which con
stituted a serious infringement of the
sovereign rights of the country.
"Greece cannot surrender its arms
and cease for the future to protect her
self against possible dangers.
"I believe It my duty, Mr. Minister,
to set before you in all frankness the
very painful situation in which Greece
now finds itself, in order that you may
enlighten your government and the
public opinion of your country on this
subject. The Greek government desires
that the neutral nations understand
that the spirit of conciliation and of
equity of which It has given proof has
been unable to save the Hellenic peo
ple from the grave vicissitudes through
which the country is now passing. We
are not strong enough to escape them,
for they are the unpleasant result of
the geographical position of Greece
and of the conflict of interests of the
great belligerent powers.
Greece Not Loslns; Heart.
"Nevertheless, strong In Its right.
Greece Is not losing heart, but is con
fident that, despite all. she will coi-.e
out of the present crisis weakened Dut
Intact and readv to recuperate her
strength for the accomplishment of her
duties toward Hellenism.
"I do not doubt. Mr. Minister, that
you will give me. In these painful cir
cumstances, the support, which I ask
you for. I am convinced of the sym
pathetic Interests whicn you have for
the affairs of our country, and I can
assure you that this conviction Is a
precious one for the Greek government
and the Greek people, in the midst of
the trial which they are experiencing.
"Accept, etc.. "ZALOCOSTAS."
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HOOD RIVER. Or.. Dec. 2. (Special.)
A savings bank system inaugurated
in the city schools in all grade from
the third to seventh Is meeting with
success, according to J. O. McLaughlin,
Superintendent of City Schools. All
three Hood River banking Institutions
are co-operating with the schools.
A pupil who wishes to Join the band
of "savers" get a card of introduction
to the bank. The pupil takes this card
with 10 cents and for tljem receives a
system bank. When the sum of II has
been saved the youngster takes it to
his bank and becomes a regular depositor.
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VIENNA, via London. Dec. 2. Violent
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front Is reported by the War Office tq
day as follows: o
"The artillery duel southeast of Go
rlzia and on the Carso plateau contin
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our fire. In various Carlnthlan and
Tyrolean sectors violent artillery ac
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"Hostile airmen dropped bombs in the
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