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-Tt5:- film j It VOL. LiV NO. 17,03G. PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1013. PKlCi: 11 VI2 CENTS. " MB UNCHECKED MEXICAN CAPITAL Courier Reports Des perate Situation. .RIOTING AND LOOTING GO ON Villa Removes Colonel Who . Threatened Foreigners. PARTIAL TRUCE IS MADE Opposing Leaders Agree on Kepair of Railroad Passing Through Territory of Both Cus toms of Juarez Itefornted. " "WASHINGTON. June SO. Desperate conditions in Mexico City, with un checked mobs rioting and looting-, are described in dispatches cabled to the United States Government tonight from Vera Cruz by a courier who left the Mexican capital last Friday, June 25. When the courier started, practically the entire garrison had withdrawn to join the Zapata army on the outskirts of the city opposing the attacking Car ranza force under General Pablo Gon zales. Gonzales had been driven back with considerable loss and was wait ing for reinforcements from Vera Cruz before renewing the assault. F oreigners Assumed to Be Safe. No mention was made of attacks on foreigners, so officials assumed that they were safe. Many stores had been looted, the dispatches said, and great mobs were rioting and seizing food wherever it was to be found. The dispatches were forwarded im mediately to President Wilson at Cor nish. N. II., and the situation wiil be laid before Secretary 1-ansing when he returns tomorrow from Amherst, Mass. The Mexican capital has been cut off from communication with the out fide world by wire and rail for 12 day.s. The last previous word from there had come Monday night in dispatches from the Bi ii-isU cl'(.rge- atnt by courier who left the city June 23. At that time con ditions were only less serious than the latest dispatches describe them. Zapata Forren Ready to Kight. The Zapata forces are said to include nearly 25.000 men. and although poorly equipped for battle against the forces of Gonzales, which are well armed and plentifully supplied with ammunition, are preparing to fight desperately be for leaving the capital to Carranza. General Villa, according to advices to the State Department today, has re moved Colonel Borboa from command of the San Luis Potosi district because he threatened foreigners with a forced loan and a confiscation of mining prop erty. The threats were reported to the State Department Juno 23 and repre sentations by the department to Villa brought the word that orders were immediately issued for his removal. - Time Allowed to Repair Railway. A nummary of Mexican advices is sued by the Department tonight said: "The Department is in receipt of a telegram from Consul Simpich at No- gales saying that General Maytorena, i tne Villa governor of Sonora, and Gen Feral Calles, the Carranza leader, have agreed to permit the repair and opera tion of the railway from Agua Prieta to Nacozari, a part of the line being in Villa territory and a part In territory controlled by Carranza. The interrup tion of this communication has threat ened serious consequences to mining Interests. Customs Reform Instituted. "The department is informed that an important change has just been made in the handling of exports and imports through Juarez, whereby all duties are collected through the Customs-House, as in normal times, and not through the commercial agency of liipolito Villa, as has been done since the be ginning of the revolution. All rates will be without discrimination and will be equal for all and fixed by Finance Minister Kscudero. "A dispatch from Vera Cruz says that It was expected that the consignment of corn for Pachuca would go forward June 30. The shipment has been de layed on account ol shortage of cars resulting from the movement of troops. This consignment of corn is the supply tent by the Red Cross for the mines of the United States Smelting Company. The mining company is sending some supplies of its own and the Red Cross shipment is for general relief pur poses." 3 ACCUSED Ol-' CONSPIRACY Iorc Arrests Made on Charges of Violating Neutrality. EL PASO, Tex.. June 30. Three more arrests on charges of conspiracy to violate the United States neutrality laws were the definite developments in the Mexican situation here. General Marcelo Caraveo and Ike and Frank Alderete were taken into custody, mak ing a total of six arrests since General Victoriano Huerta was detained Sun day. In addition to the general charge, the Alderete brothers are accused of buying and mobilizing horses on their ranch east of Kl Paso. George B. Oli ver, United States Commissioner, fixed Caraveo's bond at J3000 and the Alde rete brothers' at $4000 each, for ap pearance tomorrow. Their cases will be called for preliminary hearing, to gether with the case against Huerta, tConcluded on l'abo 3. Column 3 HOTTEST DAY SEES MERCURY AT 95.3 TEMPERATURE STAYS ABOVE 0 FOR SIX HOURS. Heat, However, Is Not Record Breakcr for Previous Years on Last Day of June. Testerday was the hottest day of the season thus far, although it was not a record-breaker in comparison to the temperatures recorded on some previous years on the last day in June. The thermometer reached 95 degrees at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, which was sufficient to make it the hottest day of the season, and then in the hour following it clinched the proposition by running up to 95.3 de grees. From that point it began to fall off again and by S o'clock was down to 93, although still high enough to be above the mark set by any previous day of this year. Hourly temperatures were as fol lows: 5 A. M 631 1 P. M 87 6 A. M 4;i 'J P. M 81 7 A. M 6'Ji 3 P. M 03 8 A. M 7ui 4 I'. M 0 A. M 7:: i p. M 3 3 0 A. M 77, 0 P. M K3 11 A. M SI 1 p. M j 12 Noon Si! SALEM, Or.. June 30. (Special.) The highest temperature of the year, 101 degrees, was registered at 3 o'clock in the business section of the city. This was seven degrees higher than the maximum Tuesday, which set a record for the year. The temperature was 70 at 6 o'clock this morning. 80 at 9 o'clock, 94 at noon. 100 at 2 o'clock, 101 at 3 o'clock, 100 at 4 o'clock and 99 at 5 o'clock. The maximum regis tered by the official thermometer on the river was 94. ASTORIA, Or.. June 30. (Special.) This was the warmest day of the sea son in Astoria, the thermometer in the local Weather Bureau registering 8S degrees, seven degrees higher than on yesterday. OREGON GOLD INCREASES Alaskan Copper Mines Also Arc Pro ducing; More Than in 1814. OREGON I AN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, June 30 "Oregon shows a slight increase in gold output this year over last," says Secretary Lane, In a statement Issued today, reviewing the mining industry for the first half of 1915. "In Alaska the outlook is good for an increased output of copper, as well as gold. Mors . Alaska mines are on a producing basis this year, and n.re dredges aro in operation." The Secretary says the high price of copper has encouraged development work on many copper properties In Alaska on (which operations were sus pended in Midsummer. 1914. and it Is probable a dozen copper mines "will be on a productive basis this year, as com pared with six in 1914. Indications are that the gold lode production from Southeastern Alaska. Prince William Sound and Willow Creek districts will be Increased this year with an in creased output from placers on Seward Peninsula. RECEIVER FOR CITY ASKED Santa Monica Declared Without Gov ernment for Six Months. LOS ANGELES. June 30. The Su perior Court today ordered Mayor Dudley, the City Council and other officers of Santa Monica to appear in court tomorrow to show cause why a receiver should not bo appointed for the city. A. W. McPherson, plaintiff, alleges that the adoption of a commission form of government has left the city with out governing officials for six months. Mayor Dudley and the other present officers are serving illegally. McPher son declares, since the Legislature abolished their offices, while no provi sion was made for filling the positions of the three City Commissioners be fore the general election next Decem ber. FISH FORKED FROM RIVER Big Salmon Make Long Trip rYum Ocean to Blue Mountain. LA GRANDE. Or.. June 30. (Spe cial.) Bluebacked and Chinook salmon of enormous size are running in Cath erine Creek, a tributary of the Grand Ronde River. So large and so numer ous are they that boys caught them with pitchforks as they went over the riffles. R. E. Clanton. state hatchery super intendent, has been here to investi gate, leaving word that two might be caught each day. The salmon, show the results of contact with rocks in shallow streams, having come up the Columbia to the Snake, to the Grand Ronde and then across the Grand Ronde Valley 20 miles to Union. MUNITION ENROLLMENT BIG British Labor Time Limit Kxpires; Satisfaction Expressed. LONDON. June 30. The seven days granted the trade unionists by the Min ister of Munitions, David Lioyd George, to make good their pledge that they would prove they were able to supply the needed munitions workers without recourse to compulsion, expired tonight. With respect to results, W. E. Mor gan, who Is Mr. Lloyd George's chief assistant In this department of his work, said: "The enrollments are so highly satis factory that I think I can say that the voluntary system has Justified itself as applied to munitions workers. Dur ing the last two days the enrollment has averaged 10,000 a day." AMERICANS LOSTAS MULE SHIP IS SUNK Gravity Depends on Nature of Vessel. WASHINGTON TO INVESTIGATE Neutrals on Briton at Own Risk if She Is Transport. TORPEDO AND SHELL USED Department Is Without Advice, Whether Steamship Armenian Re sisted Captnre 8 Whites, 12 Negroes, Americans, Missing. "WASHINGTON. June 30. The Do minion freight liner Armenian, flying the British flag and carrying mules from Newport News. V, to England, was torpedoed and sunk on Monday night by the German submarine U-39 off Cornwall, England, and nearly a score of American muleteers were re ported lost, according to messages re ceived by tho State Department to day from Consul John S. Armstrong. Jr.. at Bristol. Twenty-nine men In all were lost and 10 Injured. Gravity Dcpeada Facts. The news created a sensation in of ficial quarters, as it wss the first case of loss of American lives since the sinking of the Lusltania. The gravity of the incident, however, and-tha action of the Washington Government depend almost entirely on whether the Ar menian was chartered by the British government and was, in fact, a trans port of war, aboard which Americans would- sail at their own risk, or whether she was sn unarmed mer chantman. In the latter case, even the carrying of contraband, the ship should have been subject to a search and those aboard transferred to a place of safety before the destruction of the vessel was attempted. laqtilry Insanediatcly Ordered. In the absence of official Information on these points officials declined to say what effect the sinking of the Ar menian would have on pending nego tiations between tha United States and Germany. Immediate, inquiry was di rected, however, to Ambassador Page at London, to obtain more details, and when Secretary Lansing returns tomor row. Ambassador Gerard will be In structed to inquire of the German Ad miralty as to Its report. From messages received It appears that in addition to tha torpedo, at least one shot was fired from a disap pearing rifle. The Consul's report said tha wireless house was "taken by sec ond shot." It wss not made clear whether the Armenian was first ordered to halt and resisted rapture, requiring a second shot, or whether the sub marine attacked without warning. The Conrlu1erf on Page I'olumn .. i INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS Tha Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum Itmpertturt, fti.il degrree; minimum. S.6 degrtM. TODAY'S Fair and continued warm: north erly winds. Mexico. Mobs rlotlns and looting without restraint In Sfllcan capital. 1'aft 1. National. National deficit will be more than 140.000.. wo for lul rural )rr. rage 2 ftallrnad company espected to eo-operate with Government In solving Oregon and t'allfornla land tans:. Page 7. Action on resignations of Armr and Naval ofricers aw alia Attorney-General's vlewa. Psge 2. Government may seise wireless plant at May Mile for violations of neutrality. Pace 3. War. Americana lost whan British mule ehlp la torpenoe't : gravity of incident depends on whether vl was transport. Page 1. Allies take several lluea of treachca at Lar dacellra. Page 2. French recovering good portion of Alsace, i'age IKmaHk. Doctor advise voting men to marry eldest daughter of family, page J, Prlze-w inning Oregon pupils profit by trip to baa Fianclsco imposition, rage 8. Kpwrt. Pacific Coast t. -ague results Portland 3. Oakland San Francisco 4, Venice 3: 1-os Angeles 10, Salt Lake S. Page.12. rhllliss beat H aves in stormy game. Page i-i. Pacific Northwrewt. Washington Senatorial fight la simmering. Pag 6. Record grain 1,-ld It predicted for Taclflo Northwest. I'age 0. fommrrrlal aad Marine. I-arxe Increase In local wheat recetple In past year. Page 17. Chicago wheat market higher, owing to rains In Winer fcelt. Page IT, r"oreln selling of stocks and bonds con tinues. I'age 17. Exports of wheat from Portland show gain of .1.000.000 bushels over last season. I'age IS. Portland and Vicinity. Growth shown In some Industries by com parisons for hnlf year. I'age 16. Mercury climbs to S3.3, highest of year. Put i. Modtf (ration of restraining order against Jttnevs sought. i'age 11. Effort to oust City Treasurer Adams sbsn- doned by Mr. Ulgelow. Page II. Ocurf e 1.7 llaker takes office today. Page u. i i FARM BUREAU IS CREATED States Relations in Department of Agriculture Wide in Scope. WASHINGTON. June 31. One cf the largest bureaus of the Department of Agriculture will spring Into existence tomorrow with the organization of the states' relation service. The new bureau wilt take over the work of the department connected with farmers' co-operative demonstration work relating to agricultural schools, farmers' Institutes, the relative utility and economy of agricultural products used for food, clothing and other uses In the' home, and tho maintenance of agricultural experiment stations In Alaska. Hawaii, Porto Rico and Guam. A. C True, head of the office of ex periment stations, will be tha chief of the new service. WEDDINGS HERE FEWER Licenses for June Are 2 2 I-ecs Than Same Month IsM Year. Yesterday, tha hottest day of the year, IS marriage licenses were Issued. This mad the total number for the month :S3. This Is fewer than the month of June last year, when I7S licenses were Is.'miciI. Since January 1, 1S licenses hate been issued In fort land. In 1912. the lam year before the law requiring medical certificates, th num ber issued In June was .:.,. Many Portland persons go to Van couver to obtain marriage) licenses. UNCLE SAM DARN THAT FENCE. wwwws asam swwwwwwwwwwwwssssssawsssssswwssssswaMwwwwwwssassswww.w iss J,i VI I - WEDDING ATTENDED BY 15,000 GUESTS Speaker's Daughter Is Publisher's Bride. MAYOR PROCLAIMS HOLIDAY Bridegrcm's Sister Draw Fateful Ring From Cake. CITY IS GAILY DECORATED Miss Ocnevlevc Clark rromlscs, 1I tinctly and Karnestl), to Obey James Mcllhanv Thompson. Gifts Are Numerous. COWLING GKELX. Mo., June CO. (Special.) Three years to a day since their first meeting at the Ilallimore. convention. Miss Genevieve Champ Clark, daughter of the Speaker and Mrs. Clark, was married today at noon at "Honeysuckle." the Clsrk home, to James Mcllhsny Thompson, owner and publisher of the New Orleans Item. Tha ceremony was performed In the presence of IS. 000 persons before the altar of a Gothic temple of flowers and vines on the east lawn of the Clark estate. Men and women from Wash ington, who are known throughout the Nation, the entire Missouri delegation In Congress and practically the entire Illinois and Iowa delegations, the Gov ernors of Missouri and 1-ouislana and prominent officials and distinguished men of the bride's native state made It one of the moat celebrated wedding gatherings ever seen west of the Mis sissippi. Wbole .elssisrbod There. The picturesque feature was the pres enc of every man, woman and child residing In Howling Green and many neighboring towns. Rev. Kobcrt Sher man rtnyd, pastor of Iee Memorial Presbyterian Church, of Louisville. Kr, cousin of the bride, read the marriage service,. .of th Kplscopal Church. Miss Clark was an 'obey" brldo and lbs gave the responses distinctly and earnestly. Tha double ring service was used, the bride and bridegroom giving each other the wedding rlncx. The bride, who was given In marriage by her fsther. wore a gown of white satin and tulle. Mayr Icelre llaliday. This was Howling Green's greatest day and It msde the moat of It. Mayor Ivee declared an official holiday and every Inch of available space was dec orated with flags. Across the principal streets huge banners, brsrlng tha words "Haplness to the bride and bridegroom," were strung and the rail road stations were decorated with wel come signs and the word "Genevieve." From early morning the cueats be gan to arrive in every conceivable ve hicle, from the latest model automo- on-lu,iet on I'.se olumn l.l Wednesdays War Moves TM10 British have forged ahead on tho Gallipot! Peninsula; the Aus-tro-Germans continue their almost un broken advance In Gallcla and over the Polish frontier. These are about the only positive factors in th day's war reports, the fighting In tho western theater having developed nothing to alter the situation. From the British viewpoint th ac count of tha operations in the Dar danelles sent by General Ian Hamil ton. Is especially welcome, as showing that the British, with the aid of the French, are able to drive the Turks from their well-defended trenches, if the advantage to be gained outweigh the inevitable Wh - .-SO"': losses cr Is not OjL- w - w--ww eaves a auns 1 - a ess. a. a v iiian-ivu iuni ntrnve dccq cost ly, and Encltnd U rresmrel to face heavy casualties thcra even In com paratively isolated attacks. A brief Austrian communication in dicated that the Teutons wera being held up along the Gnita 14 pa. but a subsequent and fuller statement made no such admission, although conceding that hard fighting in this sector was In progress. On thai part of the eastern front to the northwest and northeast of Stern berg It Is asserted that the Russians are falling back precipitately, th Aus-tro-Germans having occupied another Polish town, Zawichost. Just over the frontier. Tha present position of the. Itusslan forces covers a great semi circle around LemberR, tha two tips of which the Austro-Germans are at tempting to roll back. In tho meantime they are hurling great forces at the center, in tha vi cinity of Tomaszow. The success of this movement would so sever tha Rus sian armies as to leave Warsaw un protected from the rear, and the desire to checkmate this apparently explains tha continued Russian retirement to tha north. Russia Is now In the throes of a campaign to speed up the munitions output. Ir a manner similar to Kng land's. The seven days allotted by David Lloyd George, tha British Min ister of Munitions, to labor to come forward voluntarily, expired tonight, and. although figures are not available. It Is predicted that the response has been such that all Idea of compulsion has been abandoned. A German submarine has a'nelled, tor. pelocc and sunk the Dominion line freight steamer Armenian off tha roaM of Cornwall. Knel.tnd. and as a re.ult 19 Americans are ainonz the ntlwiing. The Armenian, flying; tie British flag, carried a rarao of m iles from New port News. V. and. 12 of the missing Americana are neirro muleteers. The other eight r whte. sailing from various parts of the l'nlte-1 Mates. Tha report of the sinking of the Ar menian was received at the Flat De partment at Washington from the American Consul at Bristol. The gravity of the InrMrni and the artlon of the American Government. It la said, de pend on the charter of the rssrl and whether she was unarmed. The activity of German submarines has been renewed In other directions for the Brltiwh steamer Scottish Mon arch, of more than 6000 tons, bound from New York to Manchester, and three Norwegian vessels aUo have been sent to th bottom. NAVAL LOSS DECLARED BIG Rrltlh Suppress m of Sunken Warship. Sajs Keport. rRRI.IN. JOno 30. By wireless to Sayvllie. N. Y.) Among the news Items given out today by the Overseas News Agency was the following: "German papers reprint a special ar ticle In the Stockholm Af lonbla ict. as serting" that the losses of British war ships caused by German submarine at tacks were anxiously kept secret by tha British Admiralty, which waa fear, fut of a considerable decrease in the superiority of the British fleet over the Germans. "At the beginning of the war. ships f the first battle Una of th British fleet numbered about Co, but these, the Aftonbladet article declares, have bean reduced by systematic submarine tor pedoing to 4n. while Germany has lost no ships of this class. "If these tactics are continued with characteristic German endurance. th article argues, "the policy of a victo rious sea battle for tha German against the British is near at hand- YACHT GIVEN TO ZIONISTS Nathan stnun Make. I donation of Veael Whk-h Will De Hold. BOSTON, June to. Nathan Straus, of New York, today donatad to the Zion ist causa his steam yacht Sicilian, val ued at US. 000. Th yacht has been turned over to a provisions! commit tee, and th proceeds resulting from its sale will be a.Ued to tbe sum of $100. 000 pledged when th Zlon convention opened. It waa asserted today that the Order of the Sons of Zlon bsd received from the state a corporation charter permit ting it to operate as a fraternal insur ance society. SHORT LINE BARS LIQUOR Buffet Service Will Be IHnpenml With on Idaho Trains. HoIS II. Idsho. June 3U. (Special.) According to D. iv Spencer, assistant general passenger agent of the Oregon Short Une, that road will on and after July 1 bar the service of liquors from Its trains. Including the buffet and dining car service. The order is said to apply to the entire system. Anil-liquor statutes In Idaho make It unlawful to ship intoxicating liquors into the slste. TO DE AT FAIR Special Day to Be Des ignated at Exposition. TRIBUTE PAID TO CITIZENSHIP Governor's Committee Recog nizes Work for State. AUGUST 17 IS SUGGESTED selection .Made In Ko-ponc to Re qoot or rananin-I'scific Offi cials, Who Ieire to Pay Mj- nal Compliment to Oregon. As a recogn.tion of the high position he has attained In the rejpect and es teem of the rrople of Oregon. S. Bin son, r.t ronland. Is to have a special day dcsi-.iated in Ms honor at the I'an-amc-I'aclfie Exposition In San Kran-cl-.-o. Charles C. Moore, president of the Kxnositi-M rccent;y advised Governor Withycomhe that the officers of the fair desired to pay "a usual compli ment" to Oregon by setting aide a day in tribute to one of the states distinguished citizens. Through action esterday by a committee appointed by the Governor this Kreat honor will be bestowed on Mr. Benson. ritllaathrwpy la Itrrsislire. The selection of Mr. Benson was a ro-ocnltlon of his lor.g and puhllc j. -rued life In Oregon, of his philan thropy and t.iterct In all that niakta for the tatra welfare and of his uu- e:rij.ii Jf niion to the work of nuk I n " a letter c. mtiinnwealth. l: waa picked O'lt an the per.oniti atlon of Mem t it.. rli.p The limrrnor and the con. . Tint, e that reprerenteJ him lia.l wide scope m making their ac'ecti..n. It was the rtsinal puri-os of t!'e cntmnittee to name some one of oreg-on's former clt tsens. now itrnJ. w l.o held distin g ilshrd place In the state and Nation. It was fill that many such names could ( suggested that could with propri ety be i i.olt- the sut-ject of the hls'.iest honors I! il ins Kxposlt ton could con fer tip n Iht-n,. In refporif to an in quiry. h.oir. the comnilttt e waa ad- isct iat thv lCxosl;;n management deairej to I take the occasion a cere monial fv.r jjme living ritlxcu rather than a r.irnu-ncl to a"y name on the s'.atc'a hci.or roll of the pant -- Made Kalhsmlaatleall. It was with this limitation in mind that li.c Governor's orniiniltre met j e. terday mske Its choice. The entire comii.ittee. coinpo,.d of the following iii.tviherK. wa In attendance: II. I Plttock. chairman: John K. Carroll. Frank A. Moore, Chief .luMoc of the mate Supreme Court: C. B. Msnrtt, I'r. P. I. Canipl.cll. president of the l"nl v.Tfitj of Oreson; Dr. W. J. Kerr, pres ident of Oreecn Agricultural College, a.xl Mr. Clara II. Waldo. The committee had beeti In session only a short time when the name of Mr. Benson was susgested. Scores of other names were broiiRhl Into the discussion and among thoe mentioned were many that the committee felt could be hon ored deservedly and with reflection of pride upon the atate In which they live. But alwava the discussion led back to Mr. Benson, and It waa with enthusi astic approval that the choice was finally made. Aagaat 17 la tcaeated. The committee will communicate with the Kxpoxttlon managers and agree on a day when Mr. Benson can be In San Krancisco and when it is expected a large number of Oregon people csn be there to Join with representatives of other states In paying him becoming honor. The local committee has sus gested a date, if satisfactory to the Kxposition officials, approximating Au gust IT. In discussing Mr. Benton a cret many reasons were susetcl why he la the man. even above all others, whom the state can Join in honoring without reservation. It was not altogether be cause of his work for good roads, a I -though the committee felt that hU per sistent endeavors in behalf of better highways is in Itself a record that en titles him to serious onsldcrallon. It was not because of his philanthropy, however much admiration was felt lowird Ms wise and unobtrusive bene factions from his ample fortune. It wss not bees use of his ability as a business man. though members of the committeo cited the excellent record he msde be fore his retirement by rising from pov erty to wealth, while at the same tlmo assisting to develop the state's Indus tries and with never the rllchtest taint attaching to a dollar that he earned. It was not even because he has alwava been known to stand openly and t work actively for everything he be lieves will make a better Oregon. Otlseiafcls) ( Highest T e. It was all of these things all ard more, that caused the committee to f x upon S. Benson as the man shorn Ore Icon will be delighted to honor. In a sentence. It wss because lie was con sidered by the committee to be an ideal Oregonlan. th highest type of citizen ship. Above all, the choice went la Mr. Benson because It was known that alt he has done has been accomplished un selfishly. Particular -'.tenlton w aa tv.o&v,aitl vu iti wviu.-nn . s. so HONORED t t J