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Sunday only mm idet la itaV ilftV 5709 S43 Daily and SatuUy Arcrac for aU niouliia andia October 81. 1922: Sunday only . .5874 .5485 Daily and 8 an day SEVENTY-SECOND YEAB V SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER" 14, 1922 : .PRICE 13 fTVB CENTS T4 1. ha Si 1 w onU 'CM talkl yot mas.l .15 it 3 A' 7k r i 1 V . - ES L1 Supreme Jurisdiction Holds That Naturalization 'Acts From 1790 to 1906 : Limited to Whites Alone RULING EXPECTED : TO CAUSE COMMENT Exhaustive Analysis is Made of , Legislative History Before Ruling WASHINGTON, Not. 13. -Japanese cannot be naturalised in the United States and cannot become citizens of this country the su preme court of the United States decided today in its first construc tion of federal statutes bearing on the subject The decision ,waa the - first delivered by , Justice Sutherland as a member of the court and was handed down In a case brought by Taka Ozawa who in 1914 applied, for citizenship In Hawaii. ;- "; .- - . Case Long Pending .; 4 " The' ruling Is expected -to at tract wide attention not only In the United States but abroad, not withstanding the failure ; of the COURT court to make any reference to Its ' diplomatic significance. K The case ha 4een ; long pending in the su preme 'court and last term when reached; tor argument during, the ' conference on limitation of arma ment and. Far Eastern questions, its consideration was postponed at 'the request of, the department of justice. No reference Is to bo found in the, decision of the -"gentlemen's agreement" under which Japanese immigration Into the country has been regulated. . i Decision pifflcult i ' The government" did: not object to the argument of the case when It. was reached at thi term, and the court' advanced and heard at . the same time the case brought fcy Takuji Tamashitavand Charles Ilo Kono, against the secretary " of state of Washington. ,f In tbe latter case tbe two Japanese had been naturalised by a " superior court, of ' - Washington, ? prior vto 1906, the date of the present fed eral naturalization statutes which 4 restricts naturalization; to "free white persons" and those of Afri can birth or descent, was in full . 'force. ; . vi?' - Will of Congress -Obeyed ?' k'.. . In the Ozawa case ' the . court k, stated that "there is not implied --either in the legislation or in our Interpretation of . It any sug gestion of individual unworthiness r racial Inferiority. These , con siderations are in no manner in volved '.'" i'-' " a : ' It iiso referred Ao the compll mentary terms used in describing In the papejris' presented to-l the court ."the culture and enlighten- 'tnent of the Japanese I people "With suc an estimate, the court said, it had Vno reason to dis ,agree.":i Such matters, however. Justice Sutherland stated, could not enter Jnto the decision of the case. , We have no function In the matter," he said, "other than to ascertain the will of congress and declare it." .1 t " SecUon 2169 ftecldes Thetwo questions decided by the court were whether the gen eral naturalization act of June 20, ,1906, was limited by the provi sions of section 2169 of. the re- :vised sUtutes, authorizing the naturalization of 'free white perr sons" and those of African birth and descent, and whether, if so .limited. Japanese were eligible to naturalization. In an, exhaustive analysis of the history , of the legislation, the court held that 'section 2169 was In full force and that under it Japanese could not obtain citizenship In this country. Whites-Only Intended ! I ! The court stated that "'in all of the naturalization acts from 1780 'to 1906, the privilege of natural ization was confined to white per sons (with the addition in 1870 of those of African nativity and de- (Continued from page 2) THE WEATHER OREGON Tuesday fair and continued cold. ? ?r. 1 ' LOCAL WEATHER . ' - (Monday) t Maxlm,um temperature 55. Minimum temparture, 28. River, 7-10 , foot below normal level.'' Stationary. ' ; Rainfall, none. Atmosphere, clear. Wind, northwest. i WORLD TO BE DRY AS SAND IS PREDICTION Women's Christian Temper ance Union Looks for World wide Prohibition Soon PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 13. A "dry" Germany and Austria by 1930, world wide prohibition within a few years and valuable assistance in governmental af fairs through woman suffrage. were predicted In "speeches today at. the world's convention of the Woman's Christian Temperance union. After 'a speech of welcome by Mayor Moore who said that all otficlal power was being used to enforce the 18th amendment but that inadequate forces of. prohi bition were unable to cope wita the ' problem, delegates from Ja pan,, Germany and Austria told of the battle being waged in their countries against Intoxicating liquor. Mrs. O. N. Kubushiro of Japan said that the Japanese unjon hadH a total membership at present or Z4,ooo men, women, and chil- dren and that one of the great est steps toward prohibition had taken place with the passing of the law last April, forbidding the sale . of Intoxicating liquor to minors. More than 10,000,000 minors are declared ' to be pro tected by the measure. Mrs. Ku bushiro also said that the women of her i country .were fighting for Frauliae tustel von Blucher. nresiaent oi me ueutscner liunti ADstinenter t rauen in. bermany, jqo have not been, heard from predicted complete prohibition inand tneir fate wll be known only uermany wiunn eigni years ana aaaea mfi ine woria .was rapiaiy going dry. Representative Hawley Com- mpnis nn wnrif wail. v A 1 t . ing for Congress Oregon Is deeply interested In the special session of congress which convenes at Washington November 20and to which Con gressman W. C. Hawley is to leave his Salem home tonight. TheV ship subsidy : bill 'tot. which tb session is called, is one of the fondest hopes of President Harding," said. Mr." Hawley yes terday.'- He believes that It can be made the great. American busi ness and national tonic. Partly to 'work out some of the desper ate problems of getting rid of the shins now In the ' hands of the shibof he ' board." and partly t6 build up a great American merch ant marine that will always be a business asset and also an invalu- ble ally in case of war. it is re garded as of prime national im oortaheet. American ships " for Amerira-n ealnAn. American sailors for American trade everywhere, are me suosianco wi iuo move ment. Direct Lines Is Object "The establishment of direct lines of trade with foreign coun tries, instead of handing over the trade of the nation to English, Norse and Japanese sailormen and merchants, Is part of the plan. Mr. Hawley says that the west is Interested in this, at least as much as any other 'section of the country, v The bill is expected to pass. - "The short session of the regu ar congress convenes on Decem ber- 4, when the special session ends. It will take up many things but the big appropriation mea sures are among the most import ant measures.,' In' these, Oregon is vitally interested. Oregon Improvements Pending "Amonsr the measures already sntfiorized. but for which .the money has not ye't been actually appropriated." said Mr. Hawley, "is the Coos Bay harbor improve ment, to cost more than 1,000, 000. This includes the north and south Jetties to protect the har bbr. at the mouth of the bayand a two-mile extension of the Isth mus slough channel. Another ap proprlation of 1267.500 for the north Jetty protecting the Ump- qua harbor is probable, whichwill give a good deep water for ocean eoine craft. There is an appro priation of f 25,000 for tne im provement , of the . Willamette slourh from roruana xo si. Helens, an4 $1.000.00t) for the imnrnvment of . the Columbia river. The Clatskanie river is to have $4,620 for its transport- tlon betterment and the Willam- ette Is ao X receive 125,000.. All PjIUGH pending FOR OREGON (Continued on page 1-1 T DEATH GROWS LARGER Victims Said to Reacrfl200 Thus Far and Large Num ber of Small Villages Yet to Be Heard from. HOMELESS ABOUT 3500 AT PRESENT 1 Only Three Houses Are Left Standing at Vmenar Res cue Crews Working " SANTIAGO, Chile (by the As sociated Press), Nov13. Con- "ternation grows as the, extent oi me eannquane oi iasi "a' nignt is reveaiea. Tfle numoerig of dead grows hourly as belated reports come in from the strick-1 ROSTER ten provinces of Cpquimbo and At-jia what the world ashore was do acama. If these reports are notlnr aIW .akod nAwsnaOermen exaggerated the number of dead will reach at least 1200. Many Are' Homeless The twtf provinces contain a I tntal 'nnnnlatlnn nf 9(10 OAA what part of thla . nura5er are I. Mtim.t m. - ihii,i. n. nnnnt.inn. .rnniaisn poucr. ' c wnen communication is fully re- i stored. V . -t - Only the more important places have been mentioned in the ad- vices thus far .received and the reports picture them as scenes of ruin and desolation1 with the in habitants wandering aimlessly in search" of food and camping in crude shelters. Rescue Crews Working The homeless at Coqulnibo and vicinity number ,3,5 00, : according to official dlipatelw'whieh do not estimate the number of dead from the earthquake and tidal wave I M m . line suouro or Victoria nas oeen destroyed. Latest dispatches con firm the quake's destructive work at Copiapo and Chanaral, the lat ter place, being without food. Copiapo is In dire need of medical assistance. Firemen 'and : boy scouts are doing all possible to render aid to the destitute. The I municipal theatre and the princi jpal church were among the build ''wrecked by the shock and nearly all the 'dwelling houses at Copiapo were levelled. Deaths Reach 1 ,000 The latest advices from Ville- nar say the entire town was de stroyed. Only three houses are standing. Thus far six hundred dead have been countedfbut many of the streets have not yet been cleared of debris, under which ad ditlonal bodies are expected to be found. - The advices say that it Is ex pected the total deaths In Vlllenar will reach 1,000. ' ' .. . UyCn Firewater LOCate J By California Officeds SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 13. Eighteen-persons, including an al lesed millionaire distiller and a man purporting to be a rabbi were arrested and several hundred gal lons of wine and liquor and sev eral automobiles were seized as a result of raids conducted here and in Marin county today and to night by .federal : prohibition offi cers', Samuel F. Rutter, federal prohibition director announced to night. CIVIL WAR VETS Ghastly Crime Committed to Secure Meager Savings , of Ex-Soldiers ORDORD. N. H., Nov. 13. John and Charles Davis, brothers, the former a Civil war veteran, killed for their life savings joI lesg tban91500- the authorities - 1 8nn0uced today. An autopsy on the bodies which were found last night, in a little cabin on the outskirts of this vil lage showed that the heads had .been crushed, evidently with an axe. A blood - stained axe was . d nearby Jonn 0aTi8 wa known to carry ftDOUt wjth him the funds of both, --cumulated through 50 years of thrift- F01D WHO CLEMENCEAU NOT LOOKING FOR TROUBLE Frenchman Coming to U. S. To Avoid Arguments Which Countrymen Enjoy OS BOARD THE STEAMSHIP IARI9 EN ROUTE TO NEW j YORK;. Nov. 13. (By Wireless VA tOHThe Assdfclated Press) Form- er iremer lemenceau reaciea promptly today to a wireless sage from Jeane Longuet, French- deputy- and leader of the mlnor- Ky.ctawais, nuw .unn6 .u , America, who challenged him to a debate on the league of nations. 1 "I am eOing to America to talk to Americans, not to argue with . Frenchmen." commented the ex- premier, "t can . have all the de- bates I want with them back iome." , Everybody aboard the ship was ud early again ims sunsniay morning to greet the 'Tiger" on his usual three or four fast trips around tne deck, but M. Clemen Ceau overslept, not rising until 30 nd not aDDeariniE on deck untn 7:30. a full hour behind his j 8chedule. ne appeared interested walking with him what was go- ing on. M. Clemenceau took luncheon at the captain's table, smiled oc casionally, but had little to say. Then he went off to his cabin. taking with him as a good sopo- rific. a book condemning his Tur- Chairmanships of Banking, Claims, Foreign Affairs and Others Obtained WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.. Penn sylvania with ;7 will top all the states In big house , committee heads in the new congress unless the seniority rule is abrogated. All told, there are slxtyl.stand- ing committees, but some of them have little to do with important legislation. The seven Important chairmanship Pennsylvania is ex. pected to have are: Banking, claims, foreign af fairs, Judiciary, naval postoffice and printing; a gain of two. ' Iowa Favored Iowa will have four all big ones. They are: ways ana means, all powerful - of itself; roads, agricultural and insular at fairs, although Chairman Towner of the latter could relinquish con trol there to take education, lost to Ohio through shift of Represen tative Fess. to tho senate. V Illinois will hold on to appro priations, tbe big committee of the house and rules will pass from Kansas to New York. Rivers and harbors, accounts and Indian af fairs will remain with New York whleh bas few Indian8 1Ike those rr uw U Vk V W VU V m West Has Share In the present house with solid delegation, Ohio has the chairmanship of only one big committee education.' Ohio members insist the old seniority system ought not to keep them out of honors they claim as their due. The Far West will hold on to several important committees in eluding immigration, labor, mill tary and territories. Minnesota last - Tuesday lost heads of the judiciary and postof fice, holding on to pensions and the northwest is beginning to clamor for greater representation. Some of the committees were shot to pieces. The committee on ex positions and Industrial ' arts looks as if a cyclone had struck it- eight of thfr ten Republicans be ing off after March 4. May Abolish Two Indiana will get the chairman ship of census, which must frame the bill for house reapportion ment. Massachusetts will cling to mer chant marine and interstate com merce, two committees in which Important legislation will be con sidered. Two committees may be abol ished. One is woman suffrage and the other is control of the liquor traffic. Members say they might as well be wiped out. As chairman of the eommittee on committees which picks men for the hundreds of places. Rep resentative Mann of Illinois the veteran of many legislative' bat tles occupies a position of power greater than any other man In shaping organization of the house. GETS 7 HEADS ALDRICH OF OF PENDLETON NEW MENTION Editor of East Oregon ian May Be Secretary to Governor Sleet Pierce E. B. Aldrich, editor of the " wreguown oi reaaieion, w i "T", T" , t " """" nal ,f ,ast nRnt as the possible selection by Governor-elect Pierce as private secretary when Mr. mes-jPlerce assumes the duties of gov- ernor in January. Mr. Aldrich was a strong sup porter of Pierce during the cam- pai Because of the dose re- Utionship existing between; the Pendleton, paper and the Portland 'Journal, and the friendliness of ooth papers to Mr. Pierce, , it Is not a bad guess that'the Journal prognosticator has Inside infor mation and that .Aldrich Is the man.. ine appointment would be a good one. Mr. Aldrich is still a young man, is a successful news paper man and one of the owners of the East Oregonian, among the ,h!ghest ranking Journals of its class in the United States. The salary attached to the po sition of secretary to "the .gov- ernor isiS3000 a -year, and the secretary Is - ex-of flcio a member of the state parole board. . - The same article mentions A M.i Dalrymple of Salem as an as pirant for the secretaryship J of the. state board of control, now held by R. B. Goodin. Mr. Dal rymple ' denies that he Is seeking an appointment render the Pierce administration., ' . ; Red Cross, Ever Watchful of Unfortunate, Asks Mon ey for Coming Year There' are some relative . that a soldier, out of luck may almost always. . find - available. There's Vllncle" Pawnbroker, who rives him the 'least for the most and gloats over the coat or the shoe or thewatch or whatever the shell-shocked' lad may have that is negotiable. There's no roe; no helf ful wish in the relation with "Uncle." But there is one klnsperson who is always full of compassion ---"The Greatest Mother in the World," the Red 'Cross. The sol dier found that out almost at the beginning of the war. He finds it out, anew, almost every day. Xot War Alone The Red cross isn't solely a war organization. It operates along -'-'cosmopolitan lines and wherever there1 is suffering, the Red Gross Is there also. But here in Oregon it is taking on mostly the rehabilitation work of the soldiers. It is doing practi cally all of that, much of it that some other organizations started to do. Recently Salem was asked to put on a Forget-Me-Not day tor funds for the disabled war veterans. The military and civic authorities of the city, after care ful investigation, decided that the local Red ,-Cross was already do ing all the "work more efficiently than any other organization could possibly do it, and voted to turn all the local funds into the Red Cross. It was a splendid vote of confidence. Some Money Xeeded The Marion county Red Cross needs money for the coming year. It must have the money to func tlon properly. It ma ices some loans to out-of-luck soldiers who have some prospect of repayment like their federal settlements or pensions. It gives money and ser vices add looks after pensions and every soldier ' claim against gov ernment or state wherever need ed. There are fat-jowled men and silk-hosed women who say: "Weil why don't all these soldiers go back to work and earn their own living?" Xot All Understood To some such, it couldn't be wen explained that there is deadly soul sickness that follows the. waste of war. that they themselves never had because they never had the other feeling of patriotism that made them en list. But" there is an invisible; intangible mental illness that nets many a brave soldier, as -surely as a cannon ball will cut off his leg or the typhoid waste his body or the gas tear his lungs, and the Red ' Cross is the sympathetic mother that knows and treats YOUR DOLLAR CALLED FOR (Continued on page 8), ofSrnill put dm show Elaborate Exhibit of Various Varieties from 1922 CrOpP116, t at the recent Will Be Seen at Indepen dence This Week. MCDrUAMniCC AWn mwiwiinnuivi. nnu . i CASH PR ZtS ARE UPH & (. , - -I nuica uuvciHiiiy CApujuiUH Carefully Worked Oat by Committee f Cash and merchandise prizes aggregating $400 in value have been hung up for the Independ ence corn show which will be-held at Independence November 17 and 1&, Friday and Saturday of - this week. The show will be held In the McBcth building on C street. Entries close on the evening of November 16. These are opa .te growers of Polk county and that part of Marion county 'Immediate ly tributary to Independence. This Year's Corn Required Exhibits must have been grown in 1922 by the entrants from the time of planting. In the junior department the major part of the work in growing, the crop must have been-done by the exhibitors. No liimt is placed on the num ber of entries by "one person ex cept for" sweepstakes where, but one entry may be ' made ! in' each let. ' Displays Must Remain No exhibits may be -removed from the show until 9 p. m. on November 18."- 3' Exhibits should ' be shipped ' by prepaid "express, by" May 1, or de livered personally to A. E. Horton, in care of J. H. Hibbs & Co., at Independence. : ' . ' The hoNr committee Is A, M. Horton, chairman; W. H. Cockle and A. LKenev. ' - ' The premium list is as follows :; SENIOR DEPARTMENT Open to All Class 1 -Dent Corn Lot 1.' 10 ears yellow dent ist, Keen Kutter' carving set, 8.50, Wlllard E. Craven;' 2nd; $4 cah; 3rd. 2 cash, Drs. Hewett and Knott. Lot 2. 50 ears yellow dent-- lst, Monarch raincoat, SI 0, O. A. Kreamer; 2nd, $5 cash, M. W. Walker, eBaver hotel; 3rd, $3 cash. Lot 3. 10 ears white dent st, Eastman Vest Pocket Kodak nd fjlms, $8, Craven and Walker; 2nd, 2 sacks prize Peach flour, ft, Oregon Milling & Ware - house- Co.: 3rd, $2 cash, D. E Fletcher. Lot 4. 50 ears white dent 1st, Paint and varnish, $10, Spaulding Logging Co.; 2nd, $5 cash, A. L. Keeney; 3rd, $3 cash. Lot 5. 10. ears any other dent 1st, 250 printed letter beads and 250 envelopes, $6.50, Inde pendence Enterprise; 2nd, $2 cash, $2 trade, Wind Mill Barber shop; 3rd, $2 cash, Drs. Butler & Butler. . Lot 6. 50 ears any other dent 1st, Man's all wool sweater, $7, Eddy and Carbray; 2nd. $5 cash. Isis Theatre; 3rd, $3 cash. Class 2 Flint Corn Lot 7. 10' ears flint corn 1st Spotlight, $5, Independence Iron works; 2nd $3 cash; 3rd, Foot dimmer installed on auto, $2.50, C. F. Groth, Willard station. Lot 8 50 ears flint corn 1st, Pair shoes, $6, Conkey & 'Walker; 2nd, 5 gallons Amalie car or trac tor oil, $5.25, Stewart Motor Co.; 3rd, 10 lbs. Diamond W Coffee, $4, Conkey k. Walker. Class 3 8weet Corn Lot 9. 10 ears sweet corn 1st $3 cash; 2nd, $2 cash; 3rd, Sack Pride of Waldo Hills flour, $1.70, J. G. Mcintosh. Class 4 Pop Corn Lot 10. 10 ears pop corn 1st, Ansco camera and films. $4, Wil liams Drug Co.; 2nd. $2.50 cash. Irvine Baun Auto Livery; 3rdi Bicycle bell. $1, Van's Tire shop. Class ."5 EnHaK- Corn Lot 11 30 stalks ensilage corn 1st, $6 cash. Independence creamery; 2nd, $4 cash. Independ ence creamery; 3rd, Large cake, $3, Independence bakery- JUXIOR DEPARTMENT Class 6 Open to Anyone Under 19 Years Lot 2. 10 ears dent corn 1st, $6 cash; 2nd, $4 cash; 3rd, $3 cash; 4th, $2 cash; 5th, $1 cash. . Lot 13. 50 ears dent corn 1st. $8 cash; 2nd $5 cash; 3rd, $3 cash; 4th, $2 cash; 5th. $1 cash. Class 7 Open to Those Who Have Completed and Filed Their Reports With the County Super intendent of Schools. Lot 14. 10 ears dent corn- (Contlnued from page 3) NEW ENGINE IS COMING BEFORE LONG Failure of Present Fire Ap paratus at Rug Company Blaze Causes Loss As soon as the city council can 111 Mlt It! nimla, MAlnM Monday night, and otticuny ca. will be taken to buy new city fire equipment authorised by the city charter amendment. "While fire equipment of this BW" 18 r" " ora-car ar every countrv rrntn-rmri. tt beloved that the appaVatus will be vllablr for Immediate dellv ery froai either Seattla or Sin . . .... councilmen. who have.been4 Inter viewed, to make the purchase at the earliest possible moment v A rather significant 'argument ior me new apparatus comes from the big Angora Rug coin pany fire Saturday - night. The ; old pumper short-circuited, i.Jts' electrical connection;, probably through :a little water getting; In to me wrong place in the ma chine, and it wasdown" for a va, iamc a:.i iiuviucuis m the early history. of the fire. Tho hydrant pressure was too light to cope with tho blaze. ; ..The new pumper was, ordered too late to. save the Lachele prop, erfy, wheje the loss was greater tw VP nawo Hre 3,r- ptt'.d J, tnan two vpampers, and? two fire yar. But it will -be bought '- as soon as 'possible, ready V for the next big fire. Deputy, ,AttorneV Feels Cer tain Indictment Sought for Will be' Returned, i SOMERVILLE, JN. . J ;Nov; IS; Evidence on which indictments are to b -ought against a woman and two men ror tne staying or Rev erend Edward 'Wheeler Hall and his choir leader, Mrs- .. Eleanor MU1" ln be Presented to the Somerset county ' grand jury Thursday morning. Evidence Beady This was announced late today by Special Deputy Attorney Gen eral Mott. In charge of the investi gation, following a conference with Prosecutor Bee"kman of Som jerset county and County Detective 1 Mason. Mr. Mott. declared. he had all bis evidence in hand, and, felt reasonably certain -that H swas sufficiently forcible to .warrant the return of the indictments to besought. cw ' He refused to go into detai concerning the testimony to be presented or the witnesses to be called. ? Witness Stricken 111 un tne heels of an ' announce' ment it was learned that Henry Carpender. cousin of Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall, widow of the slain I rector bad suddenly been stricken ill today and rushed to a hospital vhere he was operated on for ap pendicitis. Physicians said he could not be questioned for at least ten days. Carpender is one of the witnesses who had been frequently questioned by invest! gating officials and was to have met Mr. Mott in conference to morrow. County Detective George Tot ten tonight announced the author ities possessed evidence tending to discredit the statement of the af fldavlt filed yesterday with Mr jkou Dy Mrs. Neine Russell, ne- gress, who lives In a shanty short distance from the pig farm of Mrs. Jane Gibson. In her af fidavit Mrs. Russell swore that she had been talking to Mrs. Gib son the night of September 14, at which time the pig raiser claim ed to have witnessed the slaying of Mr. Hall and Mis. Mills. - Steamer J. N. Teal Beached Passing Through Cox Rapids LEWISTON, Idaho. Nov. 13. The Q. W. R. and N, steamer J. N. Teal, making her second run of the fall on Snake river and loaded with 1700 sacks of ground feed bound from Asotin. Wash., to Lewiston. sprung her seams while passing through Cox Rapids late this afternoon, and was beached by the captain,; J. E. Akins on an island opposite Lewiston. Almost the entire cargo was unloaded by the crew before the bow settled ?to,,tht w f at a part of the deck was submerged. Pumps were ordered from Portland to night and it is expected that the boat wIH be delayed . only two days. KRFS TflMlfnV TURK IICTIflS mm: Refugees from Asia Minor Ravaged by Small Pox and StarvingBeing Cared .for by Tted Cross.' MANY WHO CANNOT ' . ENDURE, SUICIDES People Pull Hair and Knock Each Other Downln En-; deavor td Get Food WASniNGTON, NOT. 12. J Ian dreds of refugees from Asia Min or, ravaged by smallpox and atanr lng, ;are dying dally mt Salonika, according td a message from Ulsa Sophie "' Nelson f ot the American Red Cross nursing service at Ath ens, received at national head- quarters of the Red Cross today. Conditions Terrible Miss Nelson, who has Just re turned to Athens after a surrey ot conditions at Salonika, gjres a first hand picture of "terrible con ditions among! the starring thou sands," an announcement by the tied cross says. - - First 1 careful examination ot the refugee area at Salonika Just completed," the Nelson message said ' - " , ; 'This Is the largest refugee cen ter in Greece. There are 70.000 In city Tnd another 70,000'ln sur rounding country. Hundreds ara dying dally. Malaria Is sweeping all camps. - There li no food, no elothing, no medical " suddUss. Whoever gets sick dies. , . Many Snlcldea .. An American Red Cross shin arrived with flour i and -Deorle mobbed tt, breaking the , flour acks. Every dy riots occur at the only soup Jtltchen ' In Balonlka which dispenses 7800 portions dafc ly- People fight for food, pulling nair - ana nocking each othea down. There Is Jootlng nod steal mg at night throughout the city, une or the greatest traredles la the ., frequent sulcldo of thost who can no longer endure the aw ful eondfUons. ' The city is chokeJ with refugees, who are In schools. cnurcnes,, mosques, warehouses. cafes, t moving picture 'h theaters. ruins, corridors of public build ings, railway sUttons and quays. rou ran over them In the streets. , 'The first shipment of' Ameri can Red Cross flour and milk has reached Salonika and more flour is coming In a few days. There are 20 cases of smallpox In camp. At Piraeus, the port of Athens, soldiers are t guarding smaUpoz there but 30 smallnox ' ttatlenta climbed the wall mn got away. SEEKIHII;! Claim of Atrocities and Per sonal Ambition Denied by Moslem Leader LAUSANNE, Switserland, Nor. 13. (By the Associated Press) Turkey demands merely that It be dealt with as a government founded as other responsible gov ernments are, and that H be, al lowed to enjoy the same rights In its international .relation. Thta, in brief, was the statement made today to representatives of. the world's press by Ismetl Pasha, head of the Turkish delegation, when asked what Turkey's de mand will be In. the Near, East conference here. --v y. - . Ismet also took occasion to deny the reported wholesale atrocities against the Greeks, and said there 'had been in nm.. ized effort to stultify the Turkish nationalists In the eyes of the western world. . The Turks, he said, protected women and child ren in their movement against Smyrna and avoided loss of life as far as possible during their operations. ' " KOF P. HEAD ILL WALLA WALLA. Wash., NoV. 13- C. L.- BrtiL prominent Knight of Pythias and past presi dent of the Pacific northwest as sociation f of Dramatic Order of Knights of Khorassan Is critically III at a local hospital Mr. Brill Is expected to die momentarily from a complication of diseases,