VOL. LV XO. 17,035. PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY. JUNE .J0. 1915. PRICE FIVE CENTS. y MEXICAN LEADERS TO DISCUSS PEACE Ex-War Minister Says Course Is Certain. VILLA WILL MEET OBREGON Pacific Efforts Aided by Fear of United States. HUERTA MOVE HAS EFFECT VTealthy Mexican in EI Paso Is Ar rested by American Authorities on Charge of Violation of Neutrality Laws. ETj PASO, Tex., June 9. Jose Isabel Robles, Minister of War In the Cabinet of Eulalio Gutierrez, is authority for the declaration that the leaders of the twvi larger warring factions have agreed to discuss terms of peace, per baps within two weeks. Since the overthrow of Gutierrez government, Robles has not been iden tified with either Villa or Carranza factions, and was chosen by those who desired to end the war as an Inter mediary, according to his story. Villa to Meet Obregon. Robles has not revealed any terms of agreement he says he has brought, hut said that by the end of July Villa would be on the border and there would be met by Obregon, the two sanctioning the conferences that then would be held. He intimated that the success of his work had been hastened by fear created at headquarters, both of Villa and Carranza, that the revolution pop ularly believed about to be begun by Huerta would, so complicate the gen eral situation that the United States Government might intervene. Rich Slexlcaii Is Arrested. Jose Zozaya, a wealthy Mexican here, was arrested today on charges of con spiring to set on foot a military expedi tion against a friendly country in violation of United States neutrality. He was released on $7500 bond for hearing before United States Commis sioner George Oliver Thursday. Accusations made against Zozaya in clude the alleged purchase of five ma chine guns, 500 rifles and a quantity of Federal authorities located another lot of war material today in a district Inhabited by Mexicans near the inter national boundary. A guard was placed over the lot, comprising 10 machine guns and 1500 rifles. Villa's Army on Defensive. Advices received by officials of the Kational Railways are that Villa's army is fighting desperately on the de fensive 30 miles south of Aguas Call entes. The Carranza force appears to be under the personal direction of General Benjamin Hill, who has moved them northward against Villa from Lagos. Villa Is said to have placed before the advancing enemy almost 30,000 men. WASHIXGTOS STILL IS AXXIOTJS Absence of Direct Reports From Mexico City Causes Concern. "WASHINGTON, June 29. In the ab sence of direct reports from Mexico City, which for nearly 10 days has been cut off by rail and wire from the out side world, there was much anxiety in official quarters today concerning con ditions in the old capital and Its vi cinity. From previous dispatches it is known that the food suppty Js short and that the danger of military operations in the city itself has caused grave appre hension among foreigners. The State Department's only Infor mation during the day came from American consular officers at Vera Cruz, whose reports were summarized in this statement: "The department's latest advlcps re garding the Mexico City situation are to the effect that General Carranza Is massing a large number of troops and expects to take the city within two or three days. He has issued instructions to protect non-combatants. General Felipe Angeles, veteran of many an artillery duel In Mexican battles, and the right-hand man of General Villa, came to Washington to day to deny intimations that he was Involved in the activities of VIctorlano Huerta and his associates and at the same time to learn the sentiment of officials generally toward the Mexican problem. The General Issued a statement say ing that he was opposed to Huerta and all that he represented In Mexican politics and that after a brief stay here would go to Sonora on a private mission for General Villa, returning thereafter to the battle-front to re main with his chief. General Angeies nas been hopeful that he would have an opportunity to talk with President Wilson. He was not directed by Villa to do so, he said, but desires to learn from the Presi dent or other high officials Just what policy the United States Intends to pursue toward the Mexican question. Continuous fighting by the factions now in the field with no hope of rec ognition would be useless. General Angeles believes. and he agrees heartily with President Wilson's re- (Concluded on Page 2 Column 1.) TENOR OF GERMAN NOTE NOT DECIDED XO INTIMATION OF COXTEXTS SENT OUT, SAYS BERLIN. Four Drafts Under Way In Effort to Reconcile Viewpoint With That Held in America. BERLIN, via London, June 29. Offi cial circles in Berlin are authority for the statement that no intimation re specting the actual contents of the forthcoming German note in reply to the American note bearing on the sinking of the Lusitanla has reached Wash ington, for the reason that those en gaged in drafting the document have themselves not determined its tenor. The Admiralty professes Ignorance of its probable contents and nothing has been issued from that quarter. The Foreign Office is understood to be working on four different drafts and trying to select one that will reconcile the viewpoints of Germany and the United States. The possibility that a satisfactory solution to the Lusitanla problem might be reached was hinted at by an official of the Foreign Office, who recently declared: "President Wilson's note showed that the matter could be adjusted. It was In the nature of a bridge across the trouble; our reply probably will be another girder strengthening that bridge." The German note probably will be ready for transmission at the end of this week or early next week. UTAH TOWNS VOTE "DRY" Prohibition Territory Increased by Local Option Elections. SALT LAKE CITY, June 29. Today's liquor election Increased Utah's "dry" territory materially. The towns of Lo gan, Provo, Richmond and Smithfleld continue dry by increased majorities over the previous election. Farmington and Marysvale went from the wet to the dry column, Mllford re mains wet and Phoenix, a new town In Bingham Canyon, went wet. A tie vote occurred at Gunnison, which will re main dry unless the official count changes the vote. Returns thus far re ceived indicate that Beaver County changed from wet to dry. ST. PAUL, June 29. Dry forces cap tured three out of four cpuntles voting on local option In this state yesterday. VISITOR TO FAIR WED HERE Thomas G. Ryan Elopes With Girl Who "Used to Sit Across Aisle." niiimln.tlnv rnmanri of their schooldays, Thomas G. Ryan, Deputy District Attorney, and Miss Virginia Hadley. of Minneapolis, eloped to Van couver last night and were married In St. James' Catholic Church by Rev. Father Donnelly. "Miss Hadley, er Mrs. Ryan used rt -it -ii.-t a rriBo the aisle from me at school years ago in Minneapolis," said Mr. Ryan last night. "But we didn't know we were going to be married until early this morning." Miss Hadley came to Portland Sun day, en route home from the exposi tion at San Francisco. PORTLAND JJAS HOT DAY Mercury Starts Climbing at 5 A. M. and Gets as High as 88. Testerday was the warmest day Portland has had this year, according to records of temperature taken at the Government Weather Bureau, the mer cury creeping to the 88-degree mark around 3 and 4 o'clock in the afternoon. On June S and S the - temperature reached 86, April 16 the mercury reached 82 degrees, and on May S it was 81 degrees. At 5 o'clock yesterday morning the temperature was 61 degrees, and this gradually increased until the highest point was reached at S o'clock. For an hour the mercury remained practically stationary and then began to drop. SWEDEN TO GET COTTON Britain to Permit Importation of 10,000 Bales Monthly. WASHINGTON. June 29. The British government announced through its em bassy here today an agreement with the Swedish Cotton Spinners' Associa tion for the unrestricted importation into Sweden of 10.000 bales of cotton each month, if consigned to the asso ciation. That amount is said to be more than twice the normal consumption of Swedish cotton mills and fully ac ceptable to those importers. The em bassy here notified Its consular offi cers throughout the United States. PRELATE SLOWLY SINKING Archbishop Qulgley Pails to Rally After Becoming Unconscious. ROCHESTER, N. Y., June 29. Physi cians attending Archbishop Quigley, of Chicago, who Is suffering from a com bined attack of heart trouble and paralysis, announced tonight that he is sinking slowly. He lapsed Into unconsciousness this afternoon and has not rallied. The prelate Is at the home of his brother. Joseph M. Qulgley, chief of police of Rochester. Oregon Postmasters Appointed. OHEGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, June 29. Oregon postmasters appointed today are: Top, Grant County James E. Porter; Carson, Baker County, Juniata Thompson. CRITICISM CENTERS 0N.SIR JOHN FRENCH Inactivity of British Army Questioned. WOMEN GRACE HEADQUARTERS Some Regard Commander Failure as Leader. KITCHENER MORE POPULAR General Joffre Is Said to Have Com plained of Way His Ally Is Con ducting His Part of Campaign on Flanders Battle Line. (Special correspondence of the New Torn World. Copyright, 1915. by the Press Publishing Company. Published by ar rangement.) LONDON, June 15. The General Kitchener crisis seems to have devel oped into a General French crisis. There are widespread complaints here on every side of the unaccountable In activity of the British army In Flan ders. The French are carving their way daily through the German de fenses, slowly preparing for the prom ised big offensive movement, but noth ing is heard of any advance by the British. It looks at the moment of writing as though another great Ger man attempt for Calais is at hand, which must involve the British forces, but on the defensive. There are many rumors as to the cause of the British stagnation. The Northcliffe papers hint that it is short age of munitions, but elsewhere it Is described as due to the failure of Sir John French's leadership. Women Graee Army Headquarters. There is much criticism of the con ditions prevailing at British headquar ters. General French, it is declared, has surrounded himself with a staff of nearly 200, consisting mainly of young aristocrats or others having some spe cial pull. There are entertainments to relieve the tedium of siege warfare, and bevies of women are found to grace them. Indeed, beauty Is a far surer lalsser-passer to the British headquar ters than journalistic or literary dis tinction. The war correspondent is more than ever unwelcome there and the censorship more capricious. It Is even said that Joffre complained of the way things are being done at British headquarters. Frenchmen are not censorious, especially where women are concerned, but they don't approve of them where the grim business of the grimmest war in all history is being carried on. Government Officials Halted. Premier Asqulth's visit to the front Is believed to have had as its double object to bring about, closer relations between the British and the French headquarters, and to relieve the friction between Kitchener and French. One grsat cause of gossip is the ex- (Concluded on Page 2. Column 3.) INDEX OF TODAFS NEWS The 'Weather. TESTERDAY' S Maximum temperature, 8S degrees minimum. UO.T degrees. TODAY'S Fair and continued warm; north erly winds. War. Sir John French criticised in London for In activity of army. Page 1. Tomaszow, South Poland, captured by Aus-tro-Germans. Page 2. Dr. Meyer-Gerhard tells countrymen Ger many and America misunderstand each other, but should be friends. Page 2. Asqulth warns Britons that Individual econ omy Is imperative. Page -. Montenegrin army occupies Scutari. Pag 1 Tenor of German note to America undeter mined. Page 1. Mexico. Mexican statesman says leaders of principal factions are near agreement. Page 1. National. Chamber of Commerce give strength to op position to ship-purchase bill. I'age 3. Disposal of land In railway grant presents problem. Page 6. Domestic. O'Donovan Rossa dead. Page 3. Six Oregon cows win honors In register of mem butterfat tests for 1914. Page 6. Bowling Green. Mo., In holiday sarb for Genevieve Clark's wedding. Page a. Sports. Pacific Coast League results: Portland 11, Oakland 7: Los Angeles 5, Salt Lake 1; Ban Francisco 8, Venice 6. Page 12. Walter M'Credle says fair hurts baseball crowds. Page 12. Caddies In golf tournament on Waverley links. Page 22. Federal League to put club In New York next year. Page 13. Pacific Northwest. Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority to debate ques tion of extending activities. Page 6. Oregon City prohibition law goes Into ef fect tomorrow. Page 6. BUhop C. J. O'P.ellly celebrates silver Jubilee at Baker. Page 1. Schooner Annie Larsen seized at Hoqulam with mysterious cargo of arms. Page l. Washington to exchange 600.000 acres ot school sections for forest reserve lanas. Page 6. Commercial and Marine. No signs of weakening In grain bag market. Page 17. ' Chicago wheat lower on fears of large, early movement ot new crop. Page 18. Stock market unsettled by demoralization In exchange rates. Page 17. Taking of British steamer Venturis. for August-September loading at S-s i ca marks another drop in grain rates. Page 38. Portland and Vicinity. Charities must have more money or close doors and let hungry go unfed. Page . New workmen's compensation rate effective tomorrow. Pag 18. Bathins suits worn by girls In river are ap proved by censors. Page 13. Mr. Baker takes office at midnight. Page U. Auto with Dr. E. P. Geary and party hit by train. Page 1. City to make effort to hav order against enforcing Jitney act altered. Page 11. Hotel registration ot tourists begins to as sume proportions expected. Page 11. Grocery clerk becomes comic opera star tenor Ir. a day. Page 3. Wer.ther report, data and forecast, Pag 1. Permanent organization to observe Inde pendence day pltnned by commute ar ranging Monday celebration. Page 18. Archbishop Christie Is showered with honors by Catholics. Page 4. INTERURBAN CAR HELD UP Masked Men Kob Seattle-Everett Passenger. ofiTTT.m Tn no 30. Two masked men boarded a northbound Seattle-Everett . -i t the Pacific North west Traction Company at North Park, a North End suburb, shortly after mid night, relieved the crew and pas sengers of their money and valuables and left the car at Bitter Lake, a few miles further north. There were about 25 passengers on board. Holland Decides on War Loan. LONDON. June 29. An Amsterdam dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company says that the Dutch govern ment has decided to Issue a new war loan of 90.000.000 florins (J36.000.000) to pay the cost of mobilization and other war expenditures. THEY'RE COMING OUR WAY. MONTENEGRIN ARfvlY OCCUPIES SCUTARI People March Out With Flags Flying. CEREMONIAL ENTRY IS MADE Priests Carrying Cross Head Triumphal Procession. AUSTRIAN LOWERS FLAG City, Formerly Captured ' by Siege of Six Months, Again In Hands of King Nicholas, Who Defied the Powers of Europe. LONDON, June 29. Almost coinci dent with the report that the Monte negrins had occupied Scutari. Albania, Andrew Rovltch, ex-Prime Minister of Montenegro, announced today that Montenegro had no Intention of hold ing Scutari. He said the Montenegrins had occu pied certain parts of Albania for "strategic reasons only." Population Marches Out. A dispatch from Paris says that, de scribing the occupation of Scutari, Al bania, by Montenegrin troops, the Rome correspondent of the Havas Agency says: "Mussulmans, Catholics, members of the orthodox faith, mer-bers of the government, the police force. the schools and the population, preceded by flags and bands, marched out of the city. At noon came the triumphal entry of the Montenegrins, preceded by an advance guard. Following the ad vance guard were priests In their cer emonial robes, carrying the cross and religious standards; then came the main Montenegrin army, led by Gen eral Vechovltch, and the Montenegrin Consul and bands of Irregular Alba nians followed. Austrian Consul Lowers Plus;. "The Austrian Consul lowered his flag and placed the consulate In the care of the Greek Consul. "The general staff of the troops oc cupying Scutari have taken charge of the administration of the city, declar ing that citizens must henceforth con sider themselves or Montenegro and be judged according to Montenegrin law and that disturbers of the new regime will be punished by martial law. "General Vechovitch addressed the foreign Consuls, saying that he was taking possession of the city In the name of King Nicholas. Patrols guard the consulates and public buildings." Scutari Object of Contention. Scutari was an object of contention between Montenegro ' and the great powers during the Balkan war. The Montenegrin forces on April 23, 1913, captured the city after a siege which lasted from the pr ding October. Prior to this, the powers had decided (Concluded on Pace 2. Column 2.) f 1 DR. GEARY'S AUTO IS HIT BY TRAIN PHYSICIAN AND PARTY HAVE BRUSH WITH DEATH. Machine Collides With Southern Pacific Electric and Car Is Smashed, but No One Hurt, Dr. E. P. Geary, County Physician and prominent in Portland. Mrs. Geary and Dr. J. T. Wills had a narrow es cape from death yesterday afternoon about 4:45 o'clock. An automobile driven by Dr. Geary crashed into a Southern Pacific electric train at the Hamilton-avenue cross ' lng. The occupants of the machine es caped without Injury. One front wheel and fender of the car were completely smashed. Dr. Geary says the motorman of the train saw the car approaching the crossing, sounded his whistle too late, and sped on, probably ignorant that the machine had collided with his train. The automobile struck the last car .of the train a glancing blow. Dr. Geary had the brakes of his ma chine set and the reverse on. He at tempted to turn his machine into the curb, but the machine had too much momentum and slid into the swiftly moving train. . Dr. Geary, said the accident might have been averted had the train sounded a warning ' bell or made any other warning noise. The approach of the electric train, he said, was almost noiseless. THEATERS CHANGE PLACES Empress to Move Next Week to Quarters of Orpheum. One more move has been made In the checkerboard game of "theaters" In Portland. This time the Empress and the Or pheum theaters change locations. After Sunday night the Empress home will be the present Orpheum at Stark and Broadway, and the Orpheum will take up its abode in the Empress Theater building, Broadway and Yamhill. The Orpheum building is capable of seating about 200 more than the present Empress. Both are new theaters and modern in detail. FOOD POLICTUNCHANGED Germany to Continue to Fix Prices on All Grain and Fodder. BERLIN, June 29. The German gov ernment has decided to adopt the same measures for the conservation of this year's crop of grain as were employed last year, expropriating all grain and fixing maximum prices for its sale. The expropriation will be In the hands of the communes, however, and the maximum prices will not be fixed until it is seen exactly how the harvest turns out. The same measures will apply to fodder. Tuesdays War Moves fx RIVEN back over their own fron U tier north of Lemberg and forced to cross the River Gnila LI pa. in south east Galicla, the Russian armies con tlnue to retreat before the Austre Germans along a front of approximate ly 250 miles, about equal to the dis tance between Arras and the Vosges. The Berlin official communication records progress by the Teuton troops in virtually the entire southeastern theater, although violent fighting Is still in progress beyond the Gnlla Lipa. which joins the Dniester at Hallcz. Having forced a passage of this stream. General von Linslngen's army Is presumably astride the railroad run ning from Hallcz to Lembery and Stan Islau, and now doubtless is aiming at the line which runs from Lemberg to Odessa through TarnopoL It seems evident that Germany is bent on further punishment of the Russians before relaxing the Intensity of her Galician campaign, but with the Russians across the frontier, the Germans will have to rely solely on road transport and their advance will necessarily be slower. The British press continues to voice the capture of Warsaw or the seizure find a tenable line and deliver a counter blow, but there is a note of anxiety in nearly all their accounts, together with the warning that either the capture of Warsaw of the seizure of the great railway lines which supply It would be disastrous to Rus sia and would surely be followed by another general German offensive In the west. An Interesting incident of the war is the occupation of Scutari, Albania, by the Montenegrins. Two years ago, in the Balkan war, the Montenegrin troops captured Scutari after a long siege and held it for a time against the protests of the great powers Austria and Italy being mostly con cerned but its evacuation was ordered by King Nicholas when the Montenegrin coast was blockaded by an Int- a tlonal naval squadron. Serbia already had sent troops Into Albania when Montenegro decided to make a second descent on Scutari, which has long besn an object of her desire. In the Guild Hall. London. rvomier Asquith has made an appeal to the peopl to -'- ard and subs'-!be to the new war loan and at the same time urged on them the necessity of thrift to this end. In the French Senate Premier Vivian! and the War Minister, M. Millerand, urging the passage of the appropria tions bill, providing $1,120,000,000 to cover the government expenses for the quarter beginning July, 1, which eventually was adopted, made a plea for solidarity and patient effort. T:ie War Minister announced a vi.r in crease in the production of ammunition and guns. MYSTERIOUS CARGO OF ARMS ON CRAFT Annie Larsen Is Seized at Hoquiam. VESSEL CARRIES OLD RIFLES Munitions Not Delivered to Maverick, Captain Says. WORD FROM HIL0 DIFFERS Master of Schooner Says He Could Not Find Tanker, bnt Report From Latter Vessel Is That Cargo Was Transferred. HOQUIAM. Wash., June 29. Laden with a cargo of 4000 old-style Spring field rifles and 1.000.000 cartridges, which the captain of the ship says are dum-dums, the three-masted schooner Annie Larsen arrived at Hoquiam today, short of both provisions and water. Immediately on her arrival here she was seized by Deputy Customs In spector R. L. Sebastian and tonight Is In charge of deputies until word Is re ceived from the Customs Collector at Seattle as to what is to be done with her. Mystery Sarrounds Carfco. Mystery surrounds the cargo. The captain reports that he was to have transferred the munitions to the Stand ard Oil tanker Maverick In Mexican waters, but declares that he could not find the Maverick, so returned with the cargo. On the other hand, a re port was received a few days ago from the Maverick, which put into Hllo. Sandwich Islands, carrying a cargo of arms and ammunition which the cap tain said had been transferred from the schooner Annie Larsen. Customs officials are unable to understand the discrepancy in the re ports and are wondering where the second cargo came from. They are holding the ship for Investigation, be cause of the character of her cargo and the fact that her destination wa3 changed after leaving port. Though her manifest cleared her for Topolobampo, Mexico, the ultimate des tination remains a mystery. The cargo was to have been transferred at Socoro Island, a barren Mexican island. 800 miles off the Mexican coast, to- the Maverick, now under charter to the Jebsen Company. Chance at Sea Ordered. The Larsen cleared from San Diego for Topolobampo. While her manifest was for Mexico. Captain Paul H. Schulter was instructed that a super cargo. Walter Page, would be aboard and that he would get his sailing orders after he got to sea.- The schooner was towed 200 miles off shore by a tug. and after being out of port 24 hours the super-cargo took charge and told the captain to lay a course for Socoro Island, where his cargo would be transferred to the Maverick. The schooner reached Socoro in 11 days from San Diego and stayed there a month waiting for the Maverick, b it the tanker did not show up, and as the Larsen was running short of pro visions and water. Captain Schulter sailed for Acapulco, Mexico, to re plenish his supplies. Carransa Troops Fall to Get Cargo. At Acapulco the Carranza troops at tempted to confiscate the vessel and her cargo and the captain was only able to clear through the assistance of the captain of the United States cruiser Yorktown, which was in port. From Acapulco the Larsen attempted to return to Socoro. but headwinds In terfered with the voyage, and her sup plies, again running short, the captain decided to give up an attempt to reach the island and headed for Grays Har bor, the most convenient port on ac count of the trade winds. The Larsen's cargo originated In Kansas City. It was shipped to New York City and from there by steamer to Galveston; from Galveston It was shipped by rail to San Diego and then transferred to the Larsen. The cargo is valued at 1300,000 and consists' of rifles, cartridges and belts. Dum-Dums Discovered. While at Socoro, when the vessel be gan to run short of provisions, the cap tain and others of the crew went ashore to hunt goats. He then, he aid. found that the cartridges were dum-dums. In an attempt to secure water supply at the island the crew dug three wells, but without success. Until word is received from the Customs Collector and United States Attorney at Seattle, which Is expected tomorrow, the local Customs officials will hold the Larsen and her cargo. AMERICAN SUBMARINE HITS II-3 Goes Ashore on Coast of South ern California. . SAN FRANCISCO, June 30. The sub marine H-3, en route from San Diego to San Francisco, was reported ashore tonight at Point Sur, Monterey County, California, according to wireless ad vices to the Government radio station here. The revenue cutter McCulloch has been dispatched to her assistance. The H-3 was in company with the H-l and H-2. The meager advices did not say whether the diver was in seri ous danger. I