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1G THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 3, 1922 EXECUTED GREEKS ; GULLED TRAITOR! General Mazarakis Holds . Punishment Just. .VENIZELOS IS SILENT Attaching Blame to Leader to Political Adherents De ; clared Grave Mistake. decision, however harsh, was based on irrefutable evidence." General Mazarakis sketched the entire history of the ill-fated Asia Minor campaign, showing how the i allied supreme council had given the Grecian army a mandate to oc cupy strategic points after the armistice signed at Mudros. He ex pressed the opinion that foreign in terference had irritated the revolu tionary committee by over-instst-eice and constant protests, and that the committee had decided there was too much intervention In Internal Grecian affairs. "There was no intervention in in ternal Grecian affairs in 1920 to pre vent Constantine from returning and doing harm he said in conclusion. "But now there is intervention to prevent the harm done from being remedied. Greece herself must de cide her own destinies. The min isters were executed not because they committed political errors, but be cause they were found guilty of high treason in acts which brought national woe and national ruin." - LAUSANNE, Dec. 1. M. Venizelos, the Greek ex-premier, receiving the correspondent of the Associated I'ress today, declined to comment on he Athens executions, but General Mazarakis, who represented Greece et the Mudania armistice conference, declared in an interview that the Grecian ministers were put to death because they were found guilty, after a fair trial, of criminal be trayal of the Grecian nation. General Mazarakis was recently summoned from Athens by Venizelos as a military expert to advise him on technical subjects coming up at the Lausanne conference. He is chief of staff of the Greek army in Thrace and may be said'to represent the opinions of the Grecian revolu tion, if not those of Venizelos him self. When asked for his views, M. Venizelos said: "I am finally and definitely out of Grecian politics. 1 am doing what I can to help my country abroad in this great crisis in which we are plunged, but it is not for me to meddle in home af fairs nor express an opinion either approving or disapproving the re cent incidents at Athens. It would only lead to misunderstandings." British Exert Pressure. "The British government, it is learned here, is exerting every pos sible effort to prevent the execution of or any serious punishment being imposed upon Prince Andrew, brother of ex-King Constantine. Prince Andrew commanded a divi ' sion of the Greek army in the Asia Minor campaign and is to be tried by courtmartial on a ,charge of dis obeying an order to advance and support the right wing, which, being unsupported, was obliged to give way, thus leading to the failure of the whole campaign before the San garius river. General Mazarakis expressed the opinion that Prince Andrew would -not be executed or, punished. He declared also that Greece would not at this time pass upon the question of establishing a republic. "We are in a terrible national crisis," he said, "and we are devot ing ourselves entirely to reorganiz ing and purifying our national life and our economic existence. Now, a revolution is always an abnormal movement; it does unusual, some times harsh things. World history shows that, and the Grecian revolu tion shows the same attributes. Searching Invest ientlon Made. "Our national revolution was driven logically and relentlessly to ward the imposition of death sen tences because an impartial and searching investigation demonstrat ed the guilt of several ministers of state who were seeking only to keep Constantine on the throne and trea sonably betrayed the army and the people- "These men are the military lead ers, who, knowing full well the real condition of the Greek army, refused to insist upon discontinuance of the campaign in Asia Minor, were re sponsible for the present Grecian dis aster, which has entailed the loss of half of our real national life, brought economic ruin and driver? a million homeless refugees to our doors. Happily the American peo ple came to the succor of these refu gees, and it is largely because of that wonderful American charity and sympathy that the Grecian revo lution does not wish to have itself misunderstood in the United States. Venizelos Held Blameless. "It would be a grave mistake to attach any blame for these execu tions on Venizelos or the adherents of Venizelos, for while the political parties may have striven to take advantage of the revolution to fur ther their own cause as parties, the recent courtmartial of our states men was imposed by the will of the people as a whole, through the voice of the army. But the army, excited by the ambitious designs of the statesmen at Athens, went in for biffger things ar.d dreamed of dashing even to the Caucacus . and borders of Persia." "Later," continued the general, "Constantine was returned to Greece by a plebiscite, which was not at all the will of the people, who were intimidated and deceived at the elections. Gradually the Ereat powers saw the folly of the Asia Minor campaign. They told us to retire our troops :.nd that the Smyrna district would be made autonomous under a Greek gover nor. They warned us that they would withdraw all economic and financial support. Gounaris and the others took no heed of this warning and for a year and a half this en tente warning was hidden from the Grecian people. The entente nations urged us to send away Constantine because he was pro-German and had delivered important military works in Macedonia over to Bulgaria, which was the ally of Germany. Fate Blindly Approached. "The people and rank and file of the army knew nothing of this. We went on blindly to our fate; we were checked at the Sangarius river with the loss of 30.000 men. "For a -ear we rested on our arms there, while the great Turk ish army, splendidly equipped, formed in front of us. Still we were not recalled. We had been fighting for eight years and our condition was pitiful; our equip ment miserable. At home the states men kept silent, telling us nothing of the real situation, seeking only to keep Constantine on the throne and feather their own nests. "Then came the great Turkish of fensive, and the Grecian army was swept back, incapable of any re sistance. The world knows what happened eventually in Asia Minor. Not content with this disaster, the politicians arranged a campaign against Constantinople, which actu ally meant fighting the soldiers of England and France. Is it any 'wonder that the revolution has taken the situation into its own hands and exacted that an example should be made of the men re sponsible for oue grave national situation? Accusations AH Proved. . "These accusations were all proved at the courtmartial, and if the death sentences had not been carried out 1600 officers threatened to invade the prisons and themselves see that justice was accomplished. A ma jority of the officers who sat in the courtmartial were former prom inent anti-Venizelists, and the death SH1E CONTEST LIVELY MELBA STEWART RECEIVING HEAVT POPULARITY VOTE. Twenty Other Girls Competing for Honor of Ruling Over Cir cus and Arabian Fete. Miss Melba Stewart is a candidate in the shrine's popularity contest for young women, who is attracting considerable attention by reason of the strong vote that is being polled for her. Her friends and support ers are greatly encouraged over her f "sL V S311,DQG IS PLEDGED PROGRESS OF WILLAMETTE DRIVE IS RAPID. $1,250,000 Must Be Signed by December 20 or All Of fers Become Void. Official announcement was made at the headquarters of the Will amett university forward movement. Artisans building. Friday night that more than $811,000 of the $1,250,000 endowment fund being sought in a state-wide campaign was reported in by the workers throughout the field as having been pledged up to last Wednesday night. Dr. A. L. Howarth, executive secretary of the area conservation and advance of the Methodist Episcopal church, in charge of the city drive, expressed great pleasure at the progress made. "Call was sent out to the work ers all over the Oregon conference to see if they could report in $800, 000 by Thanksgiving eve," said Dr. Howarth, "and when we checked the reports it was found that they had more than reached the goal, as pledges aggregating more than $811,000 had been recorded. The work is going forward very well and we are confident that the needs of old Willamette will be adequately supplied by the secur ing of the necessary $1,200,000 en dowment fund." In accordance with the policy of the board of education of the Methodist Episcopal church, staff representatives of which are in the field co-operating with Bishop Shepard and his conference minis ters and laymen, the . total of $1,250,000 must be in hand pledged by December 20 or all pledges au tomatically become void. "I assure you," commented Dr. Howarth, "that Willamette cannot afford to lose so large a -sum of money, and we have no idea what ever of letting it slip through our hands. The fact is, we confidently expect to have the full amount signed up by the time set. Then Willamette will be in a position to expand and to care for the needs of its. field fully." Official announcement was also made Friday of the fact that from now until the close of the campaign Dr. Howarth's offices will be headquarters of the intensive city-wide campaign, now assuming full speed in Portland and vicinity. composition whimsical and charm-! ing. "Gentle Friend Pierrot" (Leon- cavallo) was in interesting contrast with the last number, "God Bless Thee Forever" (Podbertsky). which the chorus sang with rich tone and fine feeling. Charles Hackett, the soloist with the chorus, was very warmly re ceived. His1 main solo, "Ah! Leve toi, Soleil" (Gounod), caught the audience at once. Thereafter they demanded encores, which Mr. Hack ett graciously granted, adding four to his second group and one to his first. They were, in order: "The Dream of Manon" (Massenet), "Love Went a-Riding" (Frank Rich), "Duna" (McGill). "Mary" (Fiske), "I Shall Know" (Mana Zucca). Mr. Hackett's voice is extremely bril liant showing his operatic training and experience. One of the few American singers who have made their reputation abroad, it well be hooves his country to be -properly proud of him.- Certainly there was no lack of enthusiasm on the part of his audience Friday night.' He was particularly delightful in his Handel number, "Care Selve" and in the one that followed,- "The Happy Lover." An occasional slight flat ness of intonation was noticeable, and one observes that this singer has lived so much of his artistic life abroad that his accent has a faint foreign flavor. But he is one of our American tenors just the same, and his audience acclaimed him. MOTHER'S DREAM TRUE I'AWT WARD'S DAUGHTER TO BE MRS. PLCXKET. Only Child of American Actress and Wife of Diamond Million aire to Enter Nobility. Kansas City Star. From England recently came the announcement that Mrs. Dorothe Barnato is to become the bride of Lord Plunket. The bride-to-be, lit tle known in this part of the United States, is more easily identified as the daughter of Fanny Ward. Not always has the mother, of SHAVER INQUEST; IS HELD CORONER'S JURY ABSOLVES TRAIN CREW. Mima Melba Stewart, Shrine popu larity contest candidate. prospects, but It is early In the grame yet for them to assume a too jubi lant attitude. There are, at the pres ent time, 20 other aspirants for the honor of being the most popular young- woman in Portland, and all have a host of backers who are de termined that their favorites shall win. The voting- grows more spirited daily and promises to be heavy be fore the polls, close December 14. There is also a contest for the most popular baby in Portland that is at tracting much attention. The contests are in connection with the indoor circus and Arabian fete which Ai Kader temple will stage at the auditorium, Decem ber 4 to 14. SEAL SALE IS OPENED Total of $3 75 Is Collected by Women in Downtown Booths. The opening 'day. of the booth sale of Christmas seals, held Friday, netted $375. The booths were pre sided over by members of the Coun cil of Jewish Women, Mrs. Herbert Sichel acting as chairman. As the st-alg sell for a penny each the women proved themselves excellent salesmen. Yesterday the downtown booths were in charge of the Portland Business Woman's club, with Miss Charlotte Harris, chair man. Several of the booths were occupied by girls from the Lin coln and Washington high schools, who have been recruited by Aliss Floyd, dean of girls at Lincoln, and Mrs. Pauline Newlin, dean at Wash ington. The mail sale returns for three days were $2500. Reports from over the state were considered encourag ing. Medford has reordered seals, as has Yamhill, Washington and Clackamas . counties. Foster & Kleiser have donated 75 billboards and are putting in place the 24-sheet posters In the interests of the cam paign. The 61 filling stations of the Union, Standard and Associated oil companies, following their pol icy throughout the United States, are displaying posters. EPW0RTH HARVEST GOOD Clothing and Money Are Raised to Care for City's Poor. The annual harvest home festival of the Epworth leagues of Portland. held Friday at the First Method ist church, proved a distinct finan cial success, realizing beyond the expected quota of donations of cash, food and clothing. Proceeds from the booth sales and from food contributions alone amounted to $481.95; and clothing gifts turned out to be generous beyond all ex pectation. Ribbon prizes for booths arranged by the different branches of the league in Portland were awarded as follows: Most unfque booth, Montavilla; most attractive, Sunny- side; largest display of home canned fruit, Woodlawn; best grocery dis play, Rose City Park; largest money donations, Montavilla; largest dona tions of clothing, First church; largest amount of money from stunts, Rose City Park. Large Audience Listens to Apollo Club Concert. The Chorus of Spirits and Hours" Is Well Rendered., THE 41st concert of the Apollo" club was given at the municipal auditorium Friday night before a large, enthusiastic audience. From the first number, Coleridge-Taylor's splendid "Drake's Drum," to the last. "God Bless Thee, Love, For ever" (Podbensky), the artistic leading of William H. Boyer was satisfyingly apparent. The tone of this body of men is a rich fabric, solidly massed, apparently capable of the finest nuances. ' Unlike most bodies of singers, there is no one outstanding voice to mar the homo geneity of the -whole no tenor, or bass whose tone is at variance with the whole. The Apollo has a very sauve Vlend of tone, whether they sing full voice or pianissimo. This is unusual. "Drake's Drum" was finely sung, virile in tone and in manner. The next, "Reveries" (A. M. Storch), sung a-capella, was in marked contrast, and snowed the versatility of the chorus. Exquis itely on pitch it was, and the del icacy of its treatment was a de light. Hadley's beautiful setting of Tom Hood's "It Was Not in the Winter" was sung with subtlety and real rapport with the spirit of the poem. . The strange "Ecstacy" of Henri Duparc was almost' (with the exception of the stirring first number) the h'gh point of all that the chorus sang. The tone was extraordinarily diaphanous in qual ity, yet solidly knit together as a whole. The parts never separated, no matter how soft was the tone, and the peculiar dreaming atmos phere demanded by the work was most artistically maintained. It must have required much practice by the chorus and infinite skill on the part of the conductor to achieve. "The Chorus of Spirits and Hours" (Dudley Buck), though well sung, is a composition which appears to need the blue pencil, so far as its text is concerned. The unnecessary repetitions in the whole work retard the flow and stale the climaxes. It appears to be the application of the theory of an anthem to what should be a crisply dramatic opus. But this has nothing to do with the chorus, which contributed artistic effects In this and in the "Pilgrim Chorus" (Verdi). The "Dance of the Gnomes" (MacDowell) was delightful, both in musical content and in the manner of its delivery. The staccato effects were well manaced and the whole Recommendation Made That Measures Be Taken to Pro tect Public at Crossing. A coroner's jury Friday nlht in quired into the deaths of Captain J. W. Shaver and his brother, Lin coln Shaver, absolving Harry N. Mooney, engineer of the Southern Pacific red electric of criminal neg ligence, but held that the train was traveling at an excessive rate of speed within the city limits The verdict contained a recommendation that "some measures be taken to protect the lives of persons at this crossing." Testimony varied widely as to the speed of the train of six cars which struck the automobile. Mooney, as engineer of the train, and E. M. Renfro, conductor, were positive that fheir speed was not in excess of 20 miles an hour. Captain H. F. Astrup, assistant United States steamboat inspector; Captain Charles A. Cox, in the em ploy of the Shaver Transportation company, and Charles McDonald, United States district boiler inspec tor, all of whom were witnesses to the fatal crash, were of quite con trary opinion, placing the speed at from 25 to 40 miles an hour. A Southern Pacific board of in quiry sitting Friday afternoon reached the conclusion that there was no blame to be attached to the employes involved in the accident or to the road, and that all responsi bility lay with the driver of the car, according to a statement issued by C. W. Martyn, assistant superintendent. Funeral services for the two brothers were held at 2:30 yester afternoon at Finley's mortuary, with final services at the Portland crema' torium. At the request of the two river men their ashes were thrown to the waters of the Columbia river from Coffin rock, near Kelso. Pall bearers were captains of the Shaver fleet of river boats. j stage and movie fame been known """J " atu. Olio eta JJitXlIiy Buchanan to the Missourians who knew her, nearly 40 years ago, when she was a school girl- in St. Louis. Old-timers recall her as an unusu ally pretty little girl, with winning ways, who recited scripture verses and vied for prizes offered those most proficient in learning "golden texts" in a Sunday school of which her father was superintendent. She is now 46 years old, but re tains her youthful beauty. Before she was out of her 'teens Fanny got far away from her Sun day school influences. - She, was hardly 19 years old when she filed a breach-of-promise suit for $150,000 against "Duke" Brown, son of Vice Commander Edward M. Brown of the New Tork Yacht club. Thus started the career of the mother, of the fu ture Lady Plunket that furnished newspaper correspondents all over the world with sensational material. Fanny Ward has figured in the highest circles of society in Eng land as the wife of one of the richest men in London. Through her beauty, enhanced by such a wealth of decorative gems as queens and princesses actually envied, she has dazzled more than one king. There appears, however, to be nothing bizarre in the career of her only child, Dorothy Lewis Barnato, young widow of the, late Jack Bar nato, who crashed to his death in a plane during the world war. Like her mother, the future wife of the s'xth Baron Plunket is beautiful, but, unlike her mother, has had no part in divorce suits, alienations or other potential or actual scandals. Jack Barnato, son of the late Barney Barnato, who once was ac counted the richest man in the world, left a yearly income of $100, 000 to his widow, Dorothe Barnato, whom he married in 1917, when she was 17 years old. Last year, when she became of age, she began to en joy this income. Mrs. Barnato had, however, been well provided for by her father, the late "Diamond Joe" Lewis, South Afr'can diamond king, who settled upon her, at her chris tening, $250,000, to accumulate until she became of age. Last year she The Oregonian publishes practi cally all of the want ads printed in the other three Portland papers, in addition to thousands of exclusive advertisements not printed in any other local paper. 7 - Si"""""""1"" -4 5. J.v Pianos Edisons Victrolas Open Evenings FRENCH . PIANO CO. ashington at 12th 2 Your 'TEETH SLEEP' While We Work DENTISTRY WITHOUT PAIN By Proven Reliable Method X-Ray and Eleetrical Dicnol 12 Years' Practice in Portland SATISFACTION GUARANTEED Watch Your Teeth The Satisfied Patient is the ambition of this office. Our work is the best that skill and modern equipment can pro duce. We aim to be conscientious to the last degree in all the work we do. Our greatest pride is in the execution of neat, well fitting plates and fillings with the least possible discomfort to the patient. You Can't ' "Economize" on Teeth Good Work Pays Dr.A.W.Keene Dr. E. J. Kiesendahl Above Majestic Theater Ent. 351 Yt Washington Street Broadway 7205 PETERSON'S to Quit Next SATURDAY Famous Upstairs Store for Women to End Its Affairs in Portland. JBalance of stock to be sold in haste Final' Reductions Now in Effect. HPHE lease and fixtures hav 1 ing been sold to a Seattle concern, the Suits, Coats and Dresses and Hats will now have to go at some price to somebody. Dealers are invit ed to make any reasonable of fer on the balance of the stock. Pending any such offer the garments will be sold m this fashion: DRESSES up to fifty dol lars will go at $17.75 Dresses up to $25 will be sold at $9.75 and all manner of Coats and Dresses which are "odd lots" are to go for a five dollar bill. THE finer Coats are all re duced again some are close to half price and some are less. There are scores of fine Sport Coats marked $14.50 and the best in town can be bought for $39.50 and $49.50. These last include the "dress" coats such as sell for nearly twice as much m the better stores. MLLE. CATHERINE, who is operating the milli nery store in connection with Peterson's, still has a few Trimmed Hats. She, having no home after Saturday night, will be willing to listen to rea son and will take two-fifty for any Trimmed Hat in the store, A LL sales are final. No er- tot no reprieve stay of sentence Peterson's, Inc., quit Portland for good Saturday night next at six o clock. ' . ( PETERSON'S Second Floor Pittock Block received on million dollars from that source. , : j It is said that Fanny Ward herself, I like most Tromen who came in con tact witn English aristocracy, al ways cherished the high hope of marrying into the British peerage. ! That eminence she , has not yet reached. Little Fanny Buchanan- outgrew Missouri, it appears, when her, fa ther, then a St. Louis merchant, suf tered financial reverses. Her mother, at one time one of the foremost belles of Louisville, Ky., took her to New York in quest of fame and for tune on the stage. Early in the '90s Fanny made her first appearance behind the footlights as "Cupid" in a musical comedy. After a breach-of-promise suit she went to England, where she has lived most of the time since. Her fondness for fine dresses and flashing jewels brought her in con tact with "Diamond Joe".Lewis and an opportunity to annex, by mar riage, the baubles of her heart's de sire. They were married in 1898. Although her husband had stipu lated, before their marriage, that Fanny should quit the stage, her newly acquired finery gowns and jewels only made the footlights more alluring. In 1908 she essayed the role of "Lady -Kitty" in "The Marriage of William Ashe," in which she wore jewelry valued at more than a million dollars. - In 1913 she was sued for divorce, "Joe" Lewis naming a co-respondent. The suit was not contested and Lewis got the custody of the child, which explains that the mother's In fluence was not exerted altogether on the bringing up of Dorothe Barnato. Events, chiefly of court character, followed fast, among them an alien ation suit against Fanny by the wife of her leading man. The plaintiff charged that her husband, under an alias, was the co-re spondent mentioned by "Joe" Lewis and that he was living In an apart ment maintained by the actress. A short time later, in Los Angeles. Fanny secretly married her leading man. Despite the escapades of Fanny Ward, scandal has never cast its shadow upon Mrs. Dorothe Barnato. Man Ordered Out of City. Because Amello Yapachino carried a grouch and a 38-caliber revolver he was Friday given 24 hours in which to get under way toward some new location. Picked up on an insanity warrant because of threats to harm his divorced wife he was found -to be carrying a re volver. When the examiners de clared him not insane he was haled before District Judge Deich to an swer to the charge of carrying con cealed weapons. The Judge sen tenced Yapachino to 90 days in jail, but suspended the sentence for 24 hours to give- the man opportunity to leave the city. Em Ladies! Select your Christmas gifts now, while stocks are complete. Silk Lounging Robes Bath Robes . House Coats Initial Handkerchiefs Choicest Neckwear Silk and Madras Shirts Traveling Bags Silk and Wool Hose Evening Dress Vests Pajamas Fur-lined Gloves Golf Hose are among the fast-selling items, and we advise an early purchase. Selections madejiow can be held for later delivery. Men appreciate the higher class of merchandise carried by a man's 'store. Winthrop HammondCo. Correct Apparel for Men 324-326 Morrison St. Hotel Portland of the United Brethren church, which comprises the states of Ore gon, Washington, California and Montana, will return early next week from an extended trip through the east, where he has been on business connected with the denom ination and , on pleasure. Mrs. Washinger accompanied the bishop on his trip, visiting in Pennsyl vania most of the time. - Bishop Returns Next Week. Bishop W. H. Washinger, general superintendent of the Pacific district Woman Beaten 1y Stranger. Mrs. Pearl Hanks, 253 East Seven teenth street, told police that as she neared the corner of East Thir teenth street and Hawthorne ave nue Friday night a mon of about 20 years seized her arm, asked where she was going and handled her roughly. In return she said that she slapped his face, whereupon he struck her on the chin with his fist, knocking her down, and then he kicked her and ran. Blind Insects Damage Poles. Scientific American. The latest enemies of the pub lic utility company are insects. Blind ants and carpenter bees are engag ing the attention of electrical men throughout the country. The in sects are causing much damage to electric light poles. Theyenter the pole below the ground, eating their way through poles all the way to the top. Being blind, they in stinctively seem to shun the light and confine their operations be neath 'the surface. Methods of checking the devastation are being considered. Phone your want Oregonian, Main 7070, ads to The ... ' . , , - " what'll we di& with her?" "Fetch her in," said Peewee. "U the back stairs ' The girl who had dared to follow the sinister workings of these -bootleggers to their source was carried ttp the narrow stairs. She heard a' key turn in the lock; pushed ; stumbling into the room the.door: slammed behind : her. Who but Carmd Lee would receive a warn ing from the most powerful ringiof perverted poli ticians that had ever terrorized a mall community and choose to stay? Who but Clarence Budington Kelland could tell this story of her struggle against, a ring so powerful that the governorof astate: had declined to listen to the evidence against it? A queer mixture of motives good and bad; love , and hate; goodness and greed. "Contraband" is but one of sixteen rattling good stories and features in The Red Book Magazine for December; at all news stands now. Price 25 cents: