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VOL. LIV. XO. 16,676. PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS. REBEL VICTORIES IN SOUTH REPORTED Early Advance on Cap ital Predicted. FUNSTON TO EXTEND LINES Discretion Given General Command at Vera Cruz. in MEDIATORS MAKING PLANS Ko Attention to Be Paid to General Carranza's Failure to Take Fart and Outside Pressure Is Be ing Brought to Bear. WASHINGTON, May 6. While the Mexican situation -was outwardly calm today, pending' the formal opening of the conference of the South American mediators at Niagara Falls on May IS, there continued an active undercurrent of discussion and preparation for the peace plans and definite reports reached the constitutionalist headquar ters here of sweeping victories of their forces near San Luis Potosl and other points far south of Saltillo, where it was thought their next big battle would be fought. The news of . constitutionalist suc cess reached here in dispatches from General Carranza to Raphael Zubaran, minister of the interior In the consti tutionalist cabinet, who had a direct wire set up to the headquarters of Gen eral Carranza in Chihuahua .today. Three Campatena Under Way. General Carranza's messages showed that three converging campaigns were in active operation, each within 300 miles of Mexico City. General Obregon, with 15,000 men operating frim" the Pacific Coast side, had captured all the intervening territory, was besieg ing Mazatlan and was threatening Mexico City from the west. Another division. General Carranza reported, had fought a battle at Pen zacos, near San Luis Potosl, which is 300 miles north of Mexico City. This is the southernmost point which the constitutionalists have reached In Cen tral Mexico, and with the army now attacking Tampico they assert that the general advance on the Mexican capital is to be made within a few weeks from three sides. Rebels Approaching; Capital. The significance of these constitu tionalist successes lay In the fact that Ban Luis Potosl is far south of Sal tillo. and only 300 miles from Tampico on the west and Mexico City on the south. General Carranza's report of the desperate condition of the federals at Mazatlan was coincident with re ports from Rear-Admiral Howard, whe ald a land and sea engagement was carried on there throughout yesterday. the constitutionalists firing from Pie lra Island, whllo the federal gunboat Morelos was supported by the federal shore batteries. Aside from the noteworthy constitu ttonalist successes, the chief military development of the day was the au thorization to General Funston to ex tend his lines at Vera Cruz as might be required for defensive purposes, without, however, undertaking any ag gressive operations. A report came from General Funston that he could obtain no definite Information as to active movements by the federals un der General Maas, but he construed "what they were doing as being merely defensive. General AVood Makes o Move, No further reinforcements have been ordered to Vera Cruz, nor has there been any sign of General Wood's mov ing to the front to assume command. The naval situation was shown iu reports from Rear-Admiral Badger as to the Atlantic Coast points and from Rear-Admiral Howard as to condition on the Pacific Coast side. Admiral itadger said that sharp fighting had occurred between Mexican federals and constitutionalists between Vera Oruz mhI Tampico and added that rumors leached him through Admiral Mayo that some of Villa's forces intended to take and burn the city of Tampico. Admiral Mayo put no faith in reports of a truce between federal and consti tutionalist elements about Tampico. Congress again came into the Mex ican situation today when a caustic debate took place in the Senate over the resolution of Mr. Llppltt. of Rhode Island, asking President Wilson for information as to his reported support of Villa for next ruler of Mexico. The resolution was tabled by a viva voce vote, but not until Senator Lippitt had discussed reports of the Administra tions support -of tho "villainous Villa the landing at Vera Cruz and other In cldents. Mediator Perfect Plana. The South American mediators com pleted their plans for beginning the conference at Niagara Falls. Head quarters will be established at a hotel there. The mediators with their sec retarlee, stenographers, etc., will mak a party of about 15. They will leave her on May 14 . to prepare for the opening conference the following Mon day. The Huerta delegates are expect ed to arrive by way of Montreal. The mediators announced today thai they would proceed with their work without regard to the course of Gen' eral Carranza In coming or remalnln Concluded on Face 2.) FRATERNITY FOLK BEST STUDENTS 'BAIIBS" AT UNIVERSITY OF WASHIXGTOX FAT.Ti BELOW. Records Show 7 C-3 Per Cent of Greek Letter Men and Women Conditioned; 10 2-3 in Others. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, Seattle, Wash., May 6. (.Special.) That students at the University of Washington in Greek letter organiza tions receive fewer conditions, the monthly statements from the recorder denoting poor scholastic work, than do non-fraterntty students in proportion to their respective enrollments was shown today by figures given out by Recorder Stone, who filed the last al lotment of warnings for the present college year. There are 2737 regularly enrolled students in the university. -This figure is exclusive of Summer school and students enrolled in short courses. Of the total enrollment 170S are students without fraternal affiliations. For the past year 7 2-3 per cent of the fratern ity and sorority enrollment have re ceived conditions while 10 2-3 per cent of the non-fraternity enrollment have been apprised of poor scholastic stand ing. The freshman class is the greatest offender. The faculty and administra tion has been particularly rigorous in holding students to satisfactory school work this year. During the past nine months, 1664 conditions were sent to 1472 students. BRITON IS YANKEE ENSIGN Senate Allows Foreigner Navy Com mission,. Awaiting Papers. WASHINGTON, May 6. In the first case of. the kind on record, the House has passed the Senate bill to authorize the President . to appoint Gordon W, Nelson, of New York, formerly of Syn- denham. England, an . Ensign in the Navy on graduation at the Naval Acad emy, conditioned on Nelson's becoming a citizen by January 1 next. Representative Chandler, of New York, explained to the House that Nel son had failed to take out his natural ization papers on time owing to er roneous advice. Nelson now will be allowed to take rank as an Ensign, but his commission as an officer will cease if the natural ization papers are not u record at the close of this year. AUT0PH0NES MAY BE USED System to Reduce Operators 8 0 Per Cent Considered at Spokane. SPOKANE. Wash.. May 6. (Special.) The Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company is considering the advisability of introducing a new switchboard sys tern in this city which would cut down the number of girl operators by 80 per cent, it was learned today. City Commissioners McBroom and Fassett said they are informed the Pa iflc company and the Bell interests, with which it is affiliated, are expert menting with what is known as the auto-manual" system, under which the present type of telephone instru ments are retained and switchboards which resemble adding machines are substituted for the "plugging" system. FIVE IN AUTO FALL 15 FEET Dr. Sell, of John Day, Driving Own Car, Has Leg Fractured. CANYON CITY. Or.. Mav 6. (Spe cial.) Dr. J. w Sell, of John Day, was seriously injured today in an automo bile accident. He was driving a car, with W, I Greenwell, John Collins, A C. Martin, and William Jones, as pas sensers. Just as he was leaving- here for Joh Day he lost control of the automobll and it plunged over a 15-foot embank ment All of the passengers were bruised. Examination proved that Dr. Sell had suffered a fracture of his righ leg, near the hip. The machine turned completely over. PARK FISH ALL ARE DEAD Hundreds of Young Chinook Salmon Strangely Wiped Out. Hopes of the Portland Park Depart ment for an aquarium display at Pen insula Park were shattered yesterday when several hundred young Chinook salmon in the pool surrounding: the central fountain died from some un known cause. The fish, were put in the pool by th state fish and game department an park officials had mental visions some day seeing the pool alive with bt fish. Yesterday afternoon Park Su perintendent Mlsche found the whol school of Chloooks floating stomach u in the pool. FISHERMAN JH0UGHT LOS Boat Puller Reports at Astoria That Man Went While He Slept. ASTORIA, Or.. May fi. (Special.) It is believed that Chris Meeder, fisherman, was drowned In the vicinity! of Tongue Point during the night. shortly after his net was laid out on I the ebb tide. Wilson, the boat puller, had fallen I asleep and did not notice the disappear ance of Meeder until he was awakened I by a passing fish boat. Wilson made I the trip to Astoria and notified the po- I lice department and the Coroner. The boat belonged to the Columbia 1 River packers and was numbered 413. Beauty or Napoleon Ill's Day Dies. PARIS. May 6. Countess Edmond de Pourtales. who was famous in the Court of Napoleon HI on account of her beauty and social power, died todny, aged 78. NEW HAVEN'S HIGH finance mm Dummy Official Tells of Signing Checks. MARKET RIGGED FOR STOCKS Deal for Two Millions Made With Note as Basis. MELLEN'S IDEA EXPLAINED Profits From Gambling in Shares to Have Been Returned to Railroad. Big Figure Transactions Are Forgotten. WASHINGTON", May 6. Some ot the inside details of the organization of the Metropolitan Steamship Company of New Jersey were revealed today-when the Interstate Commerce Commission resumed its inquiry into the affairs of the New Haven Railroad and its sub sidiaries. Grover C. Richards, of Portland, Me, told how he acted as "dummy" treas urer for the company when it was founded. He testified to going to New York at the request of Warren D. Chase, of Hartford, Conn., and there signing two checks totalling $3,000,000 without knowing what they were for and without asking. , Sifrmer Receive as m Day. Richards said he remained in New York about two weeks, receiving 5 a day and his expenses and signing pa pers about which he had no clear re membrance. Warren D. Chase, corroborating some of the statements made by Richards, described himself as a- "business man and lawyer" of Hartford, and indicated that he had been active in the organ! zation of the companies. He was close ly questioned as to where the 3,000,000 came from which Richards "checked out," but said he was unable to recol lect. Stock Worked' om Market. Samuel Hemingway, president of the Second National Bank of New Haven and ex-treasurer of the Billard Com pany, a holding concern, told how, as the result of a verbal agreement with ex-President . Mellen. the Billard com pany bought 13,007 shares of New Ha ven stock from the New England NaT igation Company for 32.000,000. "We took the shares at 153," said Hemingway, "and gave Mr. Billard's demand note for them. Mr. Mellen's Idea was to work the stock on the mar ket and advance the price and also re duce the navigation company's hold ings. There was a verbal understand- Concluded on Pge 5.) I ; '- I INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. TBSTERDATTS Maximum temperature. 71 - degrees; minimum. 61 dereeti. TODAY'S Increasing cloudiness followed by showers; winds southerly. Mexico; Rebels report noteworthy progrea probably becoming Jl ox- jew. fag. - ' National. Senator charges deal with Britain in Canal tolls policy. Page 5. Facts as to effect of lumber tariff sup pressed In Redfleld's report. Page 3. Domestic. Dummy official describes high finance meth ods of New Haven. Page 1. -Bishops rap effort to substitute eugenics for regeneration. Page 2. Soldier of fortune shoots proprietor of Savoy nuiei in uenver. fage o. Guards disarmed in Colorado strike war. Page i. Sports. Coast League results: Portland 12. Los An geles s; Venice 7, Oakland 4: Sacramento 7, San Francisco 2. Page 8. Northwestern League results Portland 3. Vancouver 2: Seattle 8. Victoria 3 (seven innings); Tacoma 14. Spokane 4. Page 8. Y. M. c. A. to hold swimming competition ur rgniana grammar schools. Pace 9. Meet between Oregon colleges will hang on v.muD ui minor events fTiaay. page 9. Pacific Northwest. State Superintendent of Public Instruction secures data on studies chosen by high school pupils. Page 6. . Fossil couple married after long chase for JJtiraun. rage 1. Washington Republican convention called for Tacoma. June 18. Pace 6. Marlon County road bond issue gains votes cory meeting, fage I. Commercial and Marine. Northwestern prune growers and packers -1 " "".'uiir developments, pace 21. Wall street stock speculation almost at a BiKnusilll. raxa zi. Talk of decreased acreage in Spring wheat oen sirengtnens Chicago market. Page 21. . . waterfront peace sees longshoremen and oaca at work. Page 1. Portland and Vicinity. btate prohibitionists nominate full tfnv.t ana aajourn. Page 14. Mrs. Isaae Swett suceeds Mrs. Simon Selling hi women president, rage 14. Weather report, data and forec:ist. Page 21. Arcnblshop Christie honored at celebration of Founder's day at Columbia University. t -age jo. firemen cut down tree and obtain 5000 votes lor . f estival Queen candidate. Pago 20. County Commissioners urged to reconsider decl&iop on Union avenue approach to interstate bridge. Page Id. farmers at Albtna market dispose ot all meir produce. Page 13. T. R. IS 55 POUNDS LIGHTER Weakness Continues but Condition Is Reported Better. PARA, Brazil. May 6. Colonel Roose velt during his exploring trip through the wilds of Brazil lost 55 pounds In weight. . . . He was still weak today, but his con dition was better and he is recovering from the abscess on his leg. He will deliver a lecture before the Royal Geographical Society In London. MAN CALLED I. W. W. FIRES Saloonkeeper Shot Down in Elma Is Mortally Wounded. . ELMA, Wash., May 6. Frank. Ashe berg, a saloonkeeper, was shot and mortally wounded today by Otto Miller, who entered Asheberg's saloon, pointed a pistol at him and suld as he fired: "You said I was an I. V. W. 'Now take that!" Miller was arrested. He says Ashe berg prevented him from getting a sa loon license. INTERVENTION I . . j ELEAHOR WILSON TO BE MARRIED TODAY White House Busy With Preparations. PRIVACY IS CHIEF FEATURE Vice-President and Cabinet Only Officials Invited. PRESS NOT REPRESENTED Officially, Capital Does Not Know Event Is Scheduled, but Gifts Krom Senate and House and Others Are Received. WASHINGTON, May S. The White House tonight was the scene of a fam lly reunion and gathering of close friends who are here for the wedding tomorrow of Miss Eleanor Randolph Wilson, youngest daughter of the Pres ident and Mrs. Wilson, to Secretary McAdoo. The wedding party rehearsed the cer eirony today. The affair will be simple ar.d private, the only, officials invited being the Vice-President and members of the Cabinet. There will be no news paper representatives present, as at previous weddings, according to an nouncement today. Girl Chums at White House. Miss Wilson's six girl chums, who would have been her bridesmaids had the wedding been an elaborate one, were guests at the White House to night. ' They are Miss Helen Hunter, of Portsmouth, Va.; Miss .Henrietta Stad elman, of Wilmington, DeL; Miss Mar Jorle Brown, of Atlanta, Ga.; Miss Su san Fine and Miss Elizabeth Nuffield. of Princeton, N. J., and Mrs. Charles Kellogg, of Athens, Pa. After dinner the young folk went to the theater. All day the White House was busy preparing for tomorrow's event. Relatives and friends were ar riving .nd, although the wedu. f com pany vrCl comprise less than a hun dred, the activity about the executive mansion was much the same as at the Sayre wedding last November. Rev. Mr. Beach Named Again. The marriage license was obtained today by I. II. Hoover, the veteran chief usher at the White House. The age of the bridegroom was given as 50 years and that of Miss Wilson as 24. Rev. Silvester W. Beach, of thi First Presbyterian Church at Prince ton, N. J., who officiated at fae last White House wedding, was ncmed as the clergyman for the occasion. Gifts from friends continued to ar- (Concluded on Paige 2.) TW0PLIGHTTR0TH AS FERRY LANDS BCSrXESS AXX LOVE COXFLICT FOR FOSSIL COUPLE. Scene Shifts from Vancouver to The Dalies, Where Minister Is Found and Taken on Trip. THE DALLES, Or.. May 6. (Special.) Howard Hildebrand and Miss Etta Lyle, of Fossil, Or., and the Rev. James Elvin crossed the Columbia River yes terday morning on the ferryboat. A few minutes later the minister re turned with Mr. and Mrs. Hildebrand whom he had married as soon as the ferryboat touched the Washington shore. The young couple went to Van couver. Wash.. Monday to be wedded, but after taking out a marriage license there they were delayed in finding a minister. Hildebrand had to be in The Dalles early Tuesday morning to file on a homestead and when train time arrived and no clergyman had been found they decided to come here and be married, but were Informed by Justice Allen, whom they sought, that he could not wed them on their Washington license. He suggested that they procure the help of a local minister who could cross to Washington and marry them. Captaiu Price, of the ferryboat, in vited the young couple to be married on the boat, which they accepted, and as soon as the craft, touched Washing ton soil Miss Lyle became Mrs.' Hilde brand, with the captain, engineer and deckhand as witnesses. Captain Price made a hurried return to the Oregon shore and the newly-weds caught their train by making a quick sprint to the depot. RURAL PUPILS GO TO CITY Lower Hood River Valley Districts Begin. Consolidation. HOOD RIVER, Or.. May 6. (Spe- cial.) The process of consolidating: the school dlstric-ta of the Lower Hood River Valley for high school purposes has begun. The citizens of the Bar rett district, one of the largest In the rural section, voted last night to close one school of the district next year and to contract with the city school board for tuition for all high school pupils from the district, who will then be sent to the local high school. All grade pupils of the district will be sent to the West Barrett school building. Similar action is being discussed by other districts, the residents of which will soon vote on the matter. FREE BOOK JPLAN ADOPTED Centralis School Board Takes Action "When Patrons Favor System. CENTRALIA, Wash., May 6. (Spe lal.) Last week the Centralia School Board sent a letter to every patron of the local schools to ascertain the sen timent for and against the free text book system in the local schools. Sev enty-six per cent of the patrons ex pressed themselves as not only in fa vor of the system but to be willing to donate books their children have to the cause. As a result the school board has or dered the system installed. Centralia the third district to adopt the sys tem in this county, as Chehulis and Winlock already use it. GAS FRANCHISE HELD UP Mllwaukie Council Thinks Terms Asked Are Too Generous. MILWAUKIE, Or.. May 6. (Special.) At the meeting of- the Mllwaukie City Council last night the franchise ot the Portland Gas Company was laid on the table. The franchise was tor 50 years at J1.25 per thousand cubic feet and a minimum charge of SO cents. The Council wanted the time of the franchise shortened and the charge reduced to $1. City Engineer Morris announced that negotiations are in progress with Port land to procure Bull Run water and that surveys for a pipeline are soon to be made. Estimates made for the improvement of Front street totaled about $43,000. DUKE-ACTS AS AUCTIONEER Consnelo Vunderbilt's Husband Stirs . British Public by Xew Role. LONDON, May 6. Peers are numer ous in various lines, oi Dustness in England, but the Duke of Marlborough, who married Consuelo Venderbllt, of New .York, entered an entirely new field at Oxford today, when he ap peared as & licensed auctioneer to dis pose to the higrhest bidder ot several lots of his Oxfordshire estate. The novelty aroused a great degree of public interest and the titled auc tioneer worked up spirited, bidding:. disposing: of most of the lots at good prices. WILD WEST SHOWS TABOO Inhumanity and Tendency to Lower Morals Farmers Complaint. LEWISTON, Idaho, May 6. (Special.) That bucaroolng and bull-dogging steers will soon be a thing of the past Is the opinion of many of the residents of this section. The Idaho County Farmers" Union has adopted resolutions declaring such events conducive to low morals, and encourage vice and gambling. Their resolutions further assert that the exhibitions are inhumane. Cannery Stock to Be Increased. COTTAGE GROVE, Or.. May 6. (Spe cial.) Now that the cannery is a cer tainty, the board of directors Is re ceiving numerous applications for stock. The entire capitalization has been subscribed, however. As more money will be needed to conduct the business, a meeting of the stockholders has been called for June 1 for the pur. pose of raising the capitalization $5000. WATERFRONT PEACE SEES ALL MEN BUCK Union Longshoremen Handle Cargoes. CHECKERS' OLD STATUS HOLDS American-Hawaiian and "Big Three" Lines Affected. BEAR TO LEAVE ON TIME Bettor Understandings In 1 'u turo Ex pected as Result of Amicable Set tlement Reached by Employers and Men in San lYuutisco. Steamship employers and representa tives of the longshoremen's and checkers unions having negotiated an amicable settlement of their differences over the unionizing of checkers, which was productive of a chaotic condition at portions of the waterfront for sev eral days, union longshoremen dis charged the "Big Three" liner Bear yes terday, after having refused to handle her cargo since her arrival Saturday. The checkers on strike also returned to their former positions on the dock, but under the same conditions as wtre in effect before the trouble Son Praneliin Settlement Indorsed. A settlement was reached as a result of conferences held late Tuesday night, following an agreement entered Into between steamship and labor interests in San Francisco. The American Hawaiian line is a party to the ar rangement, as well as the "Big Three" line. As they were the only steamer interests concerned here, the maritime fraternity once more follows the even tenor of its way. Behind the move for a cessation of strike conditions, say steamshipmeu. was the desire to avoid further in convenience to the public a condition that had attained a serious aspect, cargo having been delayed and dis satisfied passengers having seriously threatened travel. The checkers re turned at the wages paid previous to the strike, although it is stipulated that any questions bearing on wages, as well as other phases of employment, may be referred by the checkers to the employers and a decision sought on the merits of each subject. Such a harmonious understanding is expected to promote a feeling between men and employers that will pave the way for peaceful solutions of differ ences arising from the affiliations of the checkers with unions. ti'oture Peace Hoped For. The subject is of general interest to water carriers on the Coast and there is reason to believe that future negotia tions will be threshed out at San Fran. Cisco, the operating headquarters of a majority of the lines, also the Pa cific Coast head of the International Longshoremen's Association. For con venience In handling such matters, the water carriers have an association, the executive committee of which is made up of K. P. Schwerin. vice-president, and general manager of the Pacific Mall; C W. Cook, of the American-Hawaiian; J. H. Bennett, of the Pacillc Navigation fleet; R. C. Thackera. of the Lucken bach line; J. L. Blair, manager of the San Francisco & Portland; Melville Dollar, of the Dollar Steamship Com pany, and A. A. Moran. of the Arrow Line. The Bear will sail on time this morn ing and the Beaver is due from the south in the afternoon. The Navajo, of the American-Hawaiian, which was discharged and loaded by nonunion men, will not return immediately. UNIDENTIFIED BODY FOUND Xortli Yakima Stranger Asks Shelter for Iforsc, Admits Thefts, Dies. NORTH YAKIMA, "Wash., May 6. (Special.) An unidentified man was this morning found dead at the home of H. A. Henkle, 13 miles from the city In the Yakima reservation, where he applied for shelter Tuesday night. He told Henkle that the rig he was driving had been stolen In North Yak ima and that he had passed forged checks at Tacoma and Sunnyside, and ib being pursued by officers. He asked that his horse be cared for and returned to its owner, declaring he would not be alive in the morning. The Coroner believes the man died of alcoholism. He stole the horse and buggy on the street here Tuesday aft ernoon, and is believed to have been the man who passed a worthless check In a North Yakima saloon a. few days ago. SHEARING SEASON OPENS Baker Plants to Handle Many Large Flocks in Few Weeks. BAKER, Or., Slay 6. (Special.) Sheep shearing has started on a large scale in the John Day country. The season is somewhat earlier than usual, because of the mild Spring. The Sels & Ashford shearing plant at John Day started operations yesterday to shear 20.000 sheep. A. R. Buchanan, who had been buy ing In that district, has acquired sev eral large flocks and will take 25.000 sheep to John Day for shearing this week. Other sheepmen in Grant Coun- ty all flocks days. expect to be shearing their within the next week or ten im 105.0