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K EXTRA 4:00 A.M. VOL.. L.V. NO. 17,01G. PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1915. PRICE FIVE CENTS. Y K V BAKER LEADS; B1GELQW HEX! Daly's Water Meter Flan Going to Defeat. ADAMS NOW CLOSE THIRD Free Garbage Seems Beaten, Jitney Regulation Carrying, . and Suburbs Come In. BAR BUR IS AUDITOR AGAIN Returns Complete From 244 Out of 293 Precincts; 43 Per Cent Vote Is Cast. RESULTS OP YESTERDAY'S ELECTION. APPARENTLY ELECTED. Auditor. A. L. Barbur. City Commissioners. George L. Baker. C. A. Bigelow. Measures Apparently- Carried. Changing- civil service rules. Eliminating grade crossings. Leasing dog pound. Regulating jitneys. Changing street assessments. Pensioning firemen. Erecting fire stops. Annexing St. Johns. -Annexing Linnton. Measures Apparently Defeated. Authorizing water meters. Closing stores on Sunday. Municipal garbage collection. Portland; yesterday apparently elect ed .George. L. Baker to succeed William L. Brewster, and re-elected C. A. Bige low. as City Commissioners: re-elected .A. L. Barbur as City Auditor; defeated Commissioner Daly's referred ordi nance to install water meters through out the city; rejected the plan for mu nicipal collection of garbage; ratified the ordinance to regulate jitneys; deci ded to allow grocery stores to remain open on Sundays; and authorized the annexation of St. Johns and Linnton, two of its most populous suburbs. Only 43.2 per cent of the registered vote was cast. The registration is S9.150, and the total vote, on this basis, was 40,513. Baker's Lead Decided. Baker has a decided lead over all his opponents. He led in the early count immediately after the polls we're closed last night and maintained his lead on all the subsequent returns. The race between Commissioner Bige low and William Adams, the present city treasurer, for second place on the ticket, has been close Bigelow led on the early returns, but soon thereafter Adams jumped into the lead and up until 1 o'clock this morning held a sub stantial margin. When some of the populous East Side precincts began coming in early this morning Bigelow regained the advant age and seems at 3:30 o'clock to have a lead that will be hard to overcome. Breirater's Defeat Apparent. Commissioner Brewster is fourth In the race and is piling up a good sized vote, but is almost certain of defeat. Baker's Kirst Choice Enough. Baker has a lead on first-choice votes and on first, second and third choice votes combined. Adams leads Bigelow on first choice, but Bigelow has a lead of more than .r00 votes on the aggregate of the three choices. If he maintains his present lead. Baker will be elected by first-chotee Votes alone. With 244 out of the 293 city pre cincts complete, including all of the 98 West Side precincts. Baker has 13, 141 first-choice votes. The total first choice vote cast for the 13 candidates in this set of precincts is 50,470. As suming that each elector voted for two candidates for Commissioner on first choice, this figure represents 25. 233 voters. A majority of this num ber is 12,61s, so Baker has 523 votes more than a majority, figuring on this basis. Baker's total on first, second and third choices combined is 15,667. Bigelow has 10.690 firstc hoice votes and a total of 13,167 on first, second and third choices combined. Adams received 8742 first choice votes and 12,647 on the three choices together. Brewster's vote on first choice was 748 and on the three choices 9519. The other candidates for Commis aioner follow, on first choice votes, ii this order; Dr. George Parrish, 2450; A. W. Lafferty, 2414; Ralph C. Clyde. 2217; C. V. Cooper, 835; George W. Caldwell, 7H1: A. C Marsters, 739; Charles H Otten. 470; J. P. Roy, 303; Boon Canon, None of these candidates received enough votes on the minor choices to affect their standing. Harnur Has Easy Itaee. A. L. Barbur made a runaway race for th Auditorship, which he has held for eight years. He was elected on first choice with a total of 20,915 votes, (Concluutd on Pae b, Columa i PORTLAND YOUTH ESCAPES MEXICANS JAMES ELLSWORTH FORCED TO Bl'RY EXECUTED MEN'. Young Man Readies EI Paso Blood stained and Leaves for Home In This City. EL PASO, Texas, June 7. (Special.) Forced to act as gravedigger for Villa's execution squad in Juarez for a month, James Ellsworth, whose home is ire Portland, Or., where he left two years ago, escaped Sunday night and came to the American side, hatless. his clothes covered with blood stains and slashed where the Mexican officers had beaten him over the back with their swords to make him work. Ellsworth, who is 22 years old and of good appearance, says ha went to Juarez on a sightseeing trip when he was arrested. He was forced to dig the graves and witness the execution of nine men during his imprisonment, hauling each of them to the grave from the adobe wall after they were executed. He left tonight for his home in Port land, he declared. CROWN PRINCE ATTACKED French Airmen Drop Bombs at Headquarters of Heir to Throne. -ONDO.V, June 7. A dispatch re ceived here by wireless from Berlin de scribes an attack upon the headquar ters of the German Crown Prince by French aviators. They dropped bombs and steel darts' and several men were killed. Otherwise, the raid is de scribed as having been unsuccessful. A French official communication given out the night of June 3 said French airmen that morning attacked the headquarters of the German Crown rrince and that 29 machines threw down 178 shells, many of which were effective. BERLIN HEBREW PROTESTS Move TJnder Way to Deprive Jewish Officers of Commission, Is Charge. LONDON, June 7. The Exchange Telegraph Company has received a dispatch from Berlin by way of Am sterdam saying that the Berliner Tageblatt declares that the German anti-Semitic organs are starting a new campaign to prevent Hebrews from becoming officers in the army after the war. . The Tageblatt, which is owned by a Hebrew, is urging the government to put an end to these attacks on He brews. Inasmuch as German Hebrews are "dying gloriously by the thousand on the field of battle." WHISKY SEIZURE LEGAL Arizona Supreme Court Rules No Warrant Is Necessary., DOUGLAS, Ariz.. June 7. A decision holding that whisky shipped into the state may be seized by officers without search warrants was rendered today by Judge J. M. McAllister in the Superior Court at Tombstone. The court based its decision on the ground of public policy. Two trunks filled with bottled whisky were withheld because of a. vio lation of the state law in bringing the liquor from Texas. BUSCH RELATIVE AT FRONT Late Brewer's hon-in-Law In Com mand of Dardanelles Fort. ST. LOUIS, June 7. Lieutenant Edouard Scharrer, of the German army a. son-in-law of the late Adolphus Busch, is in command of Turkish troops in one of the forts at the Dardanelles. Lieutenant Sharrer received the Iron Cross in November. The wife of Lieutenant Scharrer was Miss Wilhelmina Busch. They were at the Busch Summer home in Pasadena. Cal., until a short time before the European war began. KING IS SERIOUSLY ILL Condition of 'Ruler of l.reece Said to Be Critical. LONDON. June 7. A telegram re ceived here this afternoon from Athens by way of Berlin declares the condition of King Constantlne of Greece to be very serious. A cablegram dated at Athens today said: "At noon today His Majesty's tem perature was 37.6 degrees centigrade (99.68 Fahrenheit)." SCIENTISTS ELECT HEAD Mother Chnrch Cliooses Edward Merritt, of Ohio, President. BOSTON. June 7. T'-.e First Church of Christ, Scientist, mother church of the Christian Science denomination, to day elected Edward Merritt. of Cleve land. O., president. Reports at the annual meeting showed that members of the church had contributed 1 127,667 to a fund for relief of sufferers from th y war. American Destroyer Punctured. . BOSTON, June 7. An examination made in drydock today of the torpedo boat destroyer Downes disclosed a hole in her keel sufficient to have caused her to sink had it nut been for her bulkheads. The accident is believed to have been due to striking some sunken object off the Graves while entering the harbor last week. VII I iSFFKS TRIIP.F "l1""!": "u U UtK NUIb Neutral Territory Is to Be Proposed. AMERICAN ENTRY IS FEARED Explanation for Reported De feat Is Offered. LOSS IS DECLARED SMALL No Supplies Captured by Obregon, AVho Took Advantage of With drawal in Accordance With Peace Offer, Says Aide. EL PASO. Tex.. June 7. General Francisco Villa has decided to ask General Venustiano Carranza to agree to a neutral territory for a confer ence to consider, the suggestions con tained in President Wilson's note, ac cording to a telegram received here tonight from Colonel Enrique Perez Rul, private secretary to Villa. The telegram was dated Aguas Calientes. "General Villa ordered his secretaries to come from Chihuahua to Aguas Calientes to draft the note to Car ranza," says Colonel Rul, "and also the reply he will send to President Wilson, Villa's ministers reached Aguas Cal ientes today." Obreffon Seises Opportunity. The Rul statement relates that Villa decided to invite Carranza to agree to a truce "to prevent further sacrifice in the republic which might produce intervention" that when Villa, In keep ing with this suggestion, ordered his troops to retire General Obregon started in pursuit, '(bringing on a bat tle in the station of Leon." "This obliged our forces which came from Silao, commanded by General Villa, to attack the enemy vigorously, dispersing them after inflicting heavy losses." , Villa Captures Supplies The Villa forces have retired to Lagos, State of Guanajuato, 38 miles north of Leon, according to RuVs state ment, "without the loss of many men or any war materials." It also says that Villa retains quantities of mili tary equipment captured in the bat tle of Silao last week and has ordered some brigades south to recapture Leon and continue the campaign. Rul declares that in the fighting at Silao the Villa forces captured a train containing powder and apparatus for manufacturing ammunition; that this train was burned to prevent Its recap ture by Obregon. OBUEGOX FORCES WIN 1TEL-D Backbone of Villa Movement Said to Have Been Crushed. WASHINGTON. June 7. (Special.) Secretary Bryan received messages from Vera Cruz today confirming re- (Concluded on Page 3. Column 1.) 5AY YOU Skir-lY- 7 rMAT CHROflAXBLLA A lVlL 3 4 jpy INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 71.0 degrees; minimum, 52.S degrees. TODAY'S Fair; northwest wind. Klection. Baker and Hiselow lead for Commissioners; Adams close third. Page 1. Winning candidates express gratitude to voters. . Page 1. Ballot measures unusually important calling for large expenditures, rage 9. War. Opposition to conscription bill in House of Commons falls. Page 3. Zeppelin destroyed by British aviator. Page 1. British military expert admits Germans have advantage thus far in war. Page 2. Russian reverse due to Japan holding up munitions during Chinase crisis. Page 3. AuKtro-Qermans expect to capture Lem berg soon. Page 2. Mexico. Portland youth escapes from Mexicans. Page 1. Villa seeks truce for consideration of "Wil son's note. Pace 1. Foreign. Russia and China sign Outer Mongolian treaty. Page 7. National. Delay of note to Germany due to President's rare in presenting unimpeachable docu ment. Page Domestic. National Woman Suffrage Association de clares against attacks on party In power by Congressional Union. Page 5. Peace emissary from Holland in America after visit to Berlin. Page 1. Naval Academy graduates recalled as scan dal grows. Page 4, Rose Festival, Plans for Festival outlined. Page 13. Children's parade will be gay pageant. Page 13, Sports. Pacific Coast League results: San Francisco 6. Los Angeles 1. tNo other game scheduled.) Page IS. Boston shuts out White Sox and pulls them out of league leadership. Page 19. Boys to icet numbers and go over course or i-oller -skate marathon today. -Page IS. Three Jefferson High records are set by girl contestants in annual field meet. Page IS. Winner of day's honors in Northwest shoot misses only one bliterock of 150. Page 18. Additional sports. Page 3. raclflc Northwest. Governor and State Treasurer ask, that En gineer Departments' employes be do creased. Page 4. Patrick Clark, of Spokane, dies suddenly at age of 65. Page 6. . Commerrial and Marine. Local flour prices are again reduced. Page 19. War specialties advance in Wall street mar ket. Pag3 19. Smaller run of livestock at local yards. Page 19. Amateurs' wireless plants are being investi gated. Page 13. Portland and Vicinity. Federal Court will hold- session at Klamath Falls. Page 8. Charities fund reaches $1000. age 20. New grand Jury Instructed to investigate Judge McGinn's charges of "band picked" list. Paiie 7. Oregon bakers oDen convention and elect officers. Page 14. "Dairy Maids" and other clever skits delight audiences at Kmpress. page 11. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 15. Pantages bill pleases. Page 11. Plea for bigger Army and Navy made by Dr. James B. Bullitt before Chamber. Page 6. . Chauncey Olcott again delights Heiiig audi. ence. Pae 6. Anna Pavlowa. dancing at Baker Theater, electrifies capacity audience. Page 41. MORE DYNAMITE IS FOUND Explosive Hidden Near EI Paso Is Confiscated by Officers. EL PASO, Tex., June 7. Thirty-two additional cases of dynamite were found late today in a deserted adobe house near the spot where the Mexicans earlier had attempted to transport 20 cases of explosives across the . Rio Grande. The dynamite was confiscated by the United States customs officials. The case is being investigated by the El Paso police. A Mexican, who gave the name of Antonio Villalobo, and was held by the police, declined to give any informa tion as to the' identity of his compan ions. ROSE TIME IN PORTLAND. 3TOH RUI NEVFZ. ;. S7V - fA IO? Htrrs oeP) JJ 7 XX. - -"77i.M L Vi l r" RECENT VISITOR AT BERLIN ASKS PEACE Hollander on Signifi cant Mission. TRIP IS ENTIRELY UNOFFICIAL Van Ghell Geldemeester Calls at German Embassy. SENTIMENT TO BE SPREAD Prominent Dulcli Citizen Brings Word That Many in London and Berlin Favor Peace. Kaiser Knows of Trip. WASHINGTON, June 7. Van Ghell Geldemeester, son of the religious ad viser to Queen Wilhelmina of Holland, has by a brief visit to Washington, after conferences in Berlin wUh high German officials, set in motion much speculation in official nd diplomatic quarters here about the possibility of peace in Europe. Mr. Geldemeester, it became known today, saw Dr. von Jagow, the German Foreign Secretary, and other members cf the Imperial Ministry shorter after the Lusitania was sunk, and received certain impressions concerning the Ger man attitude toward the war and the ultimate making of peace. OfficiaJs Know of Visit. With the knowledge, though not with the authority of the German officials, he started for Washington in the hope that informally he could portray Ger man feeling in official quarters. On his arrival here last week he vis ited Count von Bernstorff, the German Ambassador. The latter, learning that Mr. Geldemeester had been in Berlin and had been at the German Foreign Office, gave his visitor a letter of intro duction setting these facts forth. The Ambassador asked the Associated Press tonight to emphasize that Mr. Geldemeester carried no credentials from Germany and had absolutely no official connection with his government. Propaganda to Be Spread. Mr. Geldemeester left Washington Saturday without, seeing any prominent officials of the American Government. He started on a trip to New York, Chi cago and other cities, with the idea of convincing the editors of German-Amer ican newspapers of the help they can render in promoting more friendly re lations between Germany, and . the United States.. While in Washington, the visitor from The Netherlands gave the impres sion to those with whom he talked that there was a peace party of some impor tance in Great Britain, as well as in Germany, and that what was most needed at present was a continued pres sure by the neutrals for mediation. He intimated to some of his friends that he feared his wn country Holland mtgnt even De drawn into the conflict if it continued, but was hopeful that (Concluded on Has 2, Column 4.) i sometimes VHink THAT NEVER BX.OVUS SO HEt THf IZOS.E ASS. tUHfZ DO NY You DARK SHIMM V STNOO?A,PHZ 7 CBYS T-f r. i. .SV m ill 1 1 J 1 1 I It n- JTT, r,ffttfr f M BAKER AND BIGELOW EXPRESS THANKS APPARENT WIXXERS IX ELEC TION KPENH BUSY EVENING. Policies as Commissioners Based on Needs or All Paris of City and of All Classes. George L. Baker and C. A. Bigelow, whose election as Commissioners is in dicated by the count as far aa it has progressed, passed a busy evening re ceiving reports of the balloting. Early this morning when the count indicated that they led the field of 13 candidates, they were outspoken in their gratitude to the citizens for their hearty sup port. With this expression, they coupled the resolve to use all their energy and ability in working for the city's good. Their statements follow: George L. Baker Returns up to the present moment indicate my election. I want to thank the people of the whole city for the confidence that they have evidenced by their vote and to say that I am deeply grateful. If the final vote elects me Commissioner I will give all of my time and thought to the best interests of every section of the city and I want every man, woman and child to feci that they are at liberty to visit my office at any time and to as sure them they will receive prompt and courteous treatment. I want people of all classes to feel that they will get fair treatment at all times. C. A. Bigelow If the final returns prove that I am elected again to the office. 1 will give to the city the best that is in me, profiting by my past two years' experience, and be true to the trust that the people have reposed in me. AMERICANS QUIT GERMANY III l-'eeling Is Reported by Arrivals in Switzerland. BASEL. Switzerland. June 7. Ameri cans are arriving here from Germany in small numbers. They describe con ditions in Germany as disagreeable for them because of the apprehension that there may come war between Germany and the United States. They say there is ill feeling on the part of the people against the Government and the people of the United States. There would appear to be compara tively, few Americans in Germany at present, except those of German de scent. RAINS DESTROY CROPS Downpour, Wind and Hail Damage Texas Grain Heady for Harvest. WICHITA FALLS. Tex., June 7. Continuous rains for nearly a week have almost destroyed grain and other crops throughout this section and de moralized railway traffic until today Wichita Falls was cut off from rail way communication. Hail and high winds added to the crop damage, the grain almost ready to harvest being describeti as literally beaten into the ground and in some sections under water. PORTLAND MEN WOUNDED Names Appear in List of Casualties on British front. OTTAWA, Ont., June 1. The name of Sergeant Vernon De V. Stevens, of Portland. Or., is Included in a list of wounded issued tonight by the Ca nadian Militia Department. In the statement 102 names are added to the casualty list of the Canadian contingent. Private Leonard Charles De Beldevue, of Portland, Or., is mentioned a3 wounded. GERMANY TO NAME TERMS Conquest Not Object, Says Report to Dutch Newspaper. AMSTERDAM, via London. June 8. The Cologne corespondent of the Tyd says a report is current that Austria and Germany shortly will announce their conditions of peace. Emphasis will be given to the dec laration that the Germanic allies are not engaged in a war of conquest, but seek only to insure the tecurity of their territories, says the dispatch. R0UMANIA THOUGHT BOUND Berlin Says Treaty Prohibits Attack on Teuton Empires. LONDON, June 7. The following wireless dispatch was received here to day from Berlin: "Political discussions in Bucharest, Rou mania, brought to light the fact that, there exists a formal treaty between Austria-Germany and Rou mania. This treaty, which runs until 1920, regulates the relations among these countries and binds Roumania in case of war, not to attack her al lies." CRUISER DAKOTA- COMING Secretary Daniels Orders Warship to Portland for Rose Festival. SEATTLE, Wash., June 7. Tele graphic orders were received at the Puget Sound Navy-yard today from Secretary Daniels for the armored cruiser Sduth Dakota, flagship of Rear-Admiral Charles K. Pond, com mander of the Pacific reserve fleet, to go to Portland for the Rose Festival xhere June 9 to 14. Rear-Admiral Pond and his staff will accompany the, cruiser. CANADIAN AVIATOR BLOWS UP ZEPPEUH Air Novice Runs Down German Monster. YOUTH HAS NARROW ESCAPE As Dirigible Drops Biplane Turns Over in Vacuum. RAID IN ENGLAND AVENGED Great War Machine Falls Blazing to Earth, and All of Crew Are Killed I'eat Is First of Kind on Record. LONDON, June 7. For the lirsst time on record a Zeppelin in the air has been destroyed by an aviator In an aero plane. Reginald J. Warneford, a youns Canadian sub-lieutenant in the Royal Navy, who mastered aeroplanlng only this Summer, has performed the feat, and tonight is somewhere within the British lines, while a aeppelin lies in ruins, sprawled on the root and ground of an orphanage near Ghent Falling a blazing mass after bcire: struck by the young aviator's bombs. Its crew of 28 men were killed, as were also several occupants of the orphan age buildings. . Wrecked Craft May Be Raider. The theory is advanced that this Zep pelin was the craft which raided the ea.-it coast of England last night, for the fact that it was in the air over Belgium, between Ghent and Brussels, at 3 o'clock in the morning, leads to the belief that it was returning from an expedition, not starting. Dawn breaks early these days and the hugo Zeppelin could be sighted far off, and it is presumed that the craft was headed for her home hangar when Warneford came winging swiftly under the gray skies. The Zeppelin, which was flying com paratively low, began to mount at once, but the British wasp was speedier and climbed into the air in long spirals, reaching a position at length over the German's vast bulk. From this point of vantage Warneford burst the Zep pelin's shell repeatedly with bis in cendiary bombs. Long Pursuit Is Start. Without parallel in this war or any other is the story the young aviator will have to relate. While details of the fight have not yet been learned, it is known that first came the long pur suit. According to the Admiralty re port, the aeroplane was 6000 feet up. and to reach this altitude would require nearly 20 minutes. The Zeppelin, meantime, could drive forward ap proximately 15 miles. Then followed the maneuvering for position and finally the dropping of the bombs, from which the dirigible tried vainly to escape. Minor explosions, oc casionally, and at last one of terrific force, occurred, and the Zeppelin burst into flames. Warneford must have been close over the dirigible, for almost simultaneously with the outburst his machine turned completely over and for a moment he turned head down and his monoplane, all control of which had been lost, pitched and tossed in the swift currents of air which rushed up to mi the vacuum created. Warneford Lands Behind Lines. Then by a desperate effort Warenford righted his machine and planed to a landing behind the German lines. He alighted unhurt, set ilia propeller going again and flew off to the west. Whether the Zeppelin's machine guns or rifles were turned on the aviator is not disclo&ed. but to attain such an advantageous position the British Lieu tenant must have handled his machine skillfully. Although the target the Zeppelin presents ia extensive, it can be lifted by its own buoyancy to a great height, while the pursuing aero plane has to rise in spirals by the power of its engine alone. As the flight in midair occurred over that part of Belgium held by the Ger mans, hopes are raised in London that the Germans will be forced to move their Zeppelin base eastward, thus making raids on England more hazard ous. Kon-Combatants Injnred. Some of the reports say that the non conibatant victims were two nuns and two orphans and that others were in jured, but a Reuter dispatch received tonight says two nuns and two chil dren were killed and many olhers in jured. All versions agree that the Zeppelin crew perished, and thia seems certain, as the great craft was struck while more than a mile in the air and must have been a roaring torch before it struck the earth. The Daily Telegraph's Rotterdam correspondent gives the following ad ditional details of the destruction of the Zeppelin: Freirhsiao Aids Attack. "Sub-Lieutenant Warneford as as sisted in his attack on the Zeppelin by a French aeroplane. The aeroplanes pursued 'the Zeppelin a long distance, harassing it with rifle fire, while the German craft' replied with rifles and guns. "The opportunity to use bonilis did not come until the Zeppelin was com pelled to decrease its speed as it was approaching its hangar m-ar Uheni. iCuncluucu un rase 6
