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: XX ',, - , A A. A . .A . A A . v n r'i v-a va r rs r-m-rn r' :cri'm ''"TTPjjr hi i 11 11 11 11 11 11 in n - n 11 11 PRICE FIVE CENTS. PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1915. VOL. LAV-NO. 17.0G1. U. 5. INVOKES AID OF LATIN AMERICA Help Asked to Restore Peace In Mexico. CONFERENCE TO BE THURSDAY Officials Believe Action Will Satisfy Entire World. FORCIBLE ACTION POSSIBLE Braall. Chile. Bolivia. Uruguay and Guatemala Diplomats Called to Meet Secretary Lansing: AH to Act In Concert. WASHINGTON. Ad. !. The United fftates ha decided to ak the co-op-ratlon of South and Central America in tha next step to retora peaca to Mexico. Tha Ambaador from Ar gentina. BraslI and Chile and the Ministers from Bolivia. Uruguay ana Guatemala, hara been asked to confer with Secretary Lansing hera Thursday. This announcement was made at the State Department tonight: "On Thursday afternoon there wjll be an Informal conference at the State Department to consider the Mexican situation. Those taking part in the con ference will be the Ambassadora from Eraiil. Argentina and Chile, and the three ranking Ministers of the Amer ican republics, namely, those of Bolivia, Uruguay and Guatemala. Aa to the de tails which will be considered, nothing can be said at the present time as the conference will be entirely confi dential. - Tread May B Military. While the SU-te Department charac terised the coming conference aa an In formal one. the sentiment has been growing among American officials that the next step In ths Mexican aituatlon should be one which would meet the approval of the world and should be taken In concert with the nations of Central and South America, even If In the last event the Trend should be to ward military action. The three Ambassadors ' were medi ators In the Niagara conference la the Summer of 114. The three Ministers are. In point of seniority, at the bead of the Central American legation corps. Action In concert with the Central and South Americas would be In line with President Wilson's plan for a closer relationship between the United States and those countries, and Is planned to show that the United States considers the Mexican question the common cause of the Ian-Amerlcaii group, and that this Government en tertains no Idea of territorial aggres sion but Is acting solely as Mexico's nearest powerful friend and neighbor. WlUaa Uu C'aeHaaea IMaa. Those In closest tourh with the Mexi can qutln have been aware for some time that the views of the lan-Amerl-cans were being taken Into considera tion, and on various occasions have aeen In the President's utterances evi dences to that effect. Some of the closest observers of the Mexican situa tion as long ago aa last March pro fessed to see the President's plan for Fan-American co-operation when he delivered an address on tha Argentine battleship Moreno, and said: "I feel that I am speaking the senti ments of my fellow countrymen when 1 say that there is a growing warmth of affection aa well as understanding for ' the countrlea of the great American hemisphere, which we are coming dally to understand better and which are. I hope, dally coming to understand us better and to which we are drawn by feeling as well as Interest by the desire to be comrades in some common understanding for humanity as well as neighbors. ... I want to express my feeling as President of the United Statea that' we are rapidly approaching a day when the Americas will Craw together aa they never have drawn together before, and that It will be a union not of political ties, but of understanding and of mu tual helpfulness." Fore et Believed ar. It Is believed the President was then thinking of Pan-American joint action with regard to Mexico, even to Joint military operations. If necessary. At thla stage, however. It la not be lieved that military operationa are be ing contemplated aa a next step. The South and Central Americas have been keeping closely Informed of the aituatlon. In fact, the Brazilian Min ister In Mexico City has been the source to which the United States has turned during the last It months for the care of the interests of Americans and for ' elgnera In the distressed capital. All the Pan-American governments have been receiving reports from their Ministers and Consuls. It Is known, however, that If the ' situation should come to a pasa where armed force ml gift be necessary to open the railroad to Mexico City for protection of the lega " lions and noncombatanta. or should an armed occupation be. necessary as a prelude to restoration of constitutional government and elections, the South and Central Americas probably would receive and welcome an Invitation to snare the work with the United States. Step Laws la View. How the factions In Mexico would re. gard such a Joint action la a matter of dispute. On one hand the suggestion has been met with the declaration that some of the South American countrlee (Coacltxted a Fag ?. Celuma .) T. R. PROGRESSIVE, AS EVER, HE SAYS COLON My SAYS ME CAXXOT K ROLL AS REPUBLICAN". Those Returning to Old Party Are Thanked for Part In Fight In Last Three Year. . OTSTER BAT. Jf. T- Aug. 2. -r-Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, who reached home this morning from his Western trip. Issued a statement tonight relative to the recently published announcement of some of the Progressive party lead ers In New York State, that they In tended to enroll with the Republican Dartv this year. Colonel Roosevelt's statement follows:" "As regards the Progressives who have announced their Intention of en rolling as Republicans In this state, 1 have nothing to say; except I think It haa been fine of them to have made the great fight they have made during the past three yeara for progressive Drinctoles. and I am aura they are acting conscientiously In the step they now take and with the purpose of do ing what they regard as most useful to the community. -Holdlna- the convictions I do It would be an impossibility for me my self to take that step. I shall enroll a Progressive, and If any man In this state aaka my advice I shall advise him also to enroll as a Progressive," Colonel Roosevelt was accompanied home by Mrs. Roosevelt. It wss stated at tha Roosevelt home tonight there was no truth In the report that Mrs. Roosevelt had been 111. She was said to be 'in the best of health. - 1000 ATLANTIC TRIPS MADE Purser of St. Loots to Quit After 6,500,000 Miles of Sen Travel. NEW YORK, Aug. S. Having com pleted upwarda of 1000 round trips across tha Atlantic Ocean and traveled altogether, he estimates, about t.BOO. 000 mllea. Howard E. Hlnsley. purser of the St. Louis, has decided he has had enough of the sea. When the ship, which arrived here yesterday, returns to Liverpool. Mr. Hlnsley will retire. He la 0 years old. JULY DEFICIT $16,000,000 Government, However. Has Working Balance of $100,000,000. WASHINGTON. Aug. L Treasury re ceipts 4or July, the first month of the new fiscal' year, ran SW.OOO.OOO behind expenditures. A working balance of approximately 1 100. JOS. ADO la still available, however, from all sources. GERMANS TO USE BIG GUNS In Bombarding Russian Forts 4 2 Centlmeter Type Will Be Used. LONDON. Aug. S. Several tt-centl-meter guns to be used In tha bombard ment of Russian forts passed through Berlin lsst week on the way to the eastern frontier. This was announced by a Central News dispatch from Amsterdam. PROMINENT NEW YORK IPPEH LEFT, MBS. JAMES BROWX .t ' f ' '::. il til'- '-i mh t I -I M -f 1:- ? 1 f"jNfe:; ' It ' i hi ? f f !;J . J v ":.. s J " ' lW--'f..xr.:iV I ,J3 w iJ IH- Sv' :'': - JU : ' tC.,v, M m . . A s x - v fix f ' 1 . . 8aa sJ . 0 J RUSSIA'S 6IG6ESI BALTIC PORT LOST German Force Now Oc cupies Mitau. . POPULATION FLEES WARSAW Factories and Government In stitutions Removed. TEUTONS GAIN ON NAREW Numerous Oilier Sue-cesses Are Re ported by Berlin War Orrice. Kalserine Not Expected to Enter. Polish Capital. LONDON. Aug. 2. The Germans, have captured Mitau, the capital of Cour land. and are now within atriking dis tance of Riga, the seat of the Governor- General of the Baltic provinces and Russia's greatest port on the Baltic. Warsaw la ready for the evacua tion which was intimated by the Rus sian war minister . In his address in the Duma. For days there haa been n exodus of the population. Fac tories, government Institutions and hospitals have been moved and the city has been stripped of everything that might be of military value to the Teutons. ... That the German Empress will not accompany Emperor William should he make a state entry Into Warsaw, if the Polish capital is occupied by the Austro-Germans, is Indicated by a re port from Berlin that the Empress has returned to Berlin from East Prussia, where she haa been visiting the battle fields. With the taking of Mitau and the favorable progress of the fighting east of Fonlewesch, according to the Berlin- statement.' it' would seem that communication by rail from Courland nd Kovno eastward has been aevered by the Germans. With the ports of Memel, Ubau ana Wlndau already In their hands, should the - Germans be successful in their quest of Riga they would shut Russia off entirely from the sea by way ol her southwestern most governments. While the situation Immediately be fore Warsaw ia reported by Berlin as unchanged, additional gains by the forces of the Teutonic allies are re sorted by Berlin along the Narew in the Lomxa region and on the remainder of that front to the Vistula, before Ivangorod and in numerous sectors In the southeast between the Vistula and the Bug. WARSAW, via Petrograd and via London, Aug. 2. The Intimation that the Vistula line Was to be abandoned by the Russians and thk beginning of Concluded on Page 2. Column A.) FINANCIER AND MEMBERS OF FITTER I PPEFt RIGHT. THOMAS F. ftVAM LOWER LEFT, BOWERSi CEMTER, CLOSE VIEW OF SIR. RYAJf. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. TESTE R DATS Maximum temperature, T8 decrees; minimum, w uesreea. TODAY'S Tuesday, showers:, southwesterly wiuda. War. . British submarines sink German aestroyer Dnr German coast ana Germans steamers. ' Pas X. Germans occupy Russia's largest Baltic port. Pass 1. wr transforms rosds la .Holy Land. Pase . Foreign-owned newspapers In Turkey scDDreased. Psas 2. ers Germany said to be uilcc 10,000.000 men in flshtlng sinea rage NaUoaaL. England and Germany ' each Insists It has - rtsht to hold up American ships. Pase 1. Rear-Adruiral Caperton sends force to dis arm Datives In Haiti. Pass S. Unlted States asks co-operstloa of Central snd South American republics in restor . ins- neace In Mexico. Pace 1. federal reserve funds to -be available for movement of .crops. Psse 8. Domestic. Princess Roepisllosl. formerly Laura Stallo, off for war sons. . Page 8. Loganberry fame scattered broadcast at Ex position. Pase S. Colonel Roosevelt says he will again enroll as Progressive. Psse 1. Sport. Coast Leaxus head does not think eight club plan will meet with favor. Page 10. New York Americans detest White box by ninth-inning rally. Psgs 10. Pitchers flighty snd. Bearers lack consist ency of last year. Page 10. Pamphlet printed outlining same and fish laws, page. 10. Pacific Northwest. Girl of 11 saves babe from maddened bull In Vancouver. Pase L Victor Osterdahl. Portland, drowned In Os wego Lake. Page S. Former suspect In tllll murder ease sgsla held. Page 5. Klsmsth Indians delend nsme against blood- tbirstlaeas. Page 6. Commercial and Marine. Ancient British prison ship reaches Astoria after rough passage. Will arrive hers tonight. Page 12. Local wheat market higher with no selling In country. Page 15. Chicago market lfted by crop damage re port Page 13. Strength Is general In Wall street stoex mar ket. Page ij. Active trading at local stockyards. Page 1. . Portland and Vicinity. Thomas Fortuns Ryan Is Portland visitor. Pase 1. - Conference gives power to Mr. Bsker to meet . unemployed situation. r in. New vaudeville bills prove unusually good. Pass 7. . Cashier prosecution drags on with "stock liability" centering argument. Page IX Lower tariffs sought by Inland Empire grain farmers. Page IS. Mrs. Marshall Field visitor In Portiana. Pass 12. Work on electrification of Southern Pacific to start. Page 11. Clinic has too many applications ror treat ment. Page tf. Osteopaths set new record of attendance at convention, page . Osteopaths explain new system of healing. Page 9. . Alkali Lake Hearing Scheduled. SALEM,' Or., Aug. t. (Special.) Officiala of the Interior Department will, conduct a bearing in Portland August 23 to determine whether the state owns the bed of Alkali Lake, in Northern Lake County, according to nformation received today by George G. Brown, clerk of the State Land Board. Mr. Brown will represent the Board at the hearing. The lake bed Is said to contain rich salt deposits. The Oregon Borax Company has made ap plication to file on the bed of the lake- Work to Start on Lebanon Bridge. ALBANY. Or.. Aug. 2 (Special.) Within a few days work will begin on the construction of a new steel bridge across the South Santiam River at Lebanon. The contract for the work was let recently by the County Court of Linn County. The new' bridge will replace one of the oldest wooden bridges In the state, erected In 1875. HIS PARTY WHO VISITED PORTLAND YESTERDAY. MRS. C BRITAIN INSISTS OH RIGHT TO BLOCKADE Three Notes to America Cite Precedents. lr-"e"e'cfV si - v c' . GERMANY ALSO HOLDS FIRM Berlin Contends United States Ships May Be Sunk. , PAYMENT REGARDED AMPLE England Maintains Orders-in-Coun-cll Are In Accord With Interna tional Law and Holds That if Goods Pal l for It's Enough. WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. Three notes from Great Britain and one from Ger many, all dealing with the commercial rights of neutral nations In wartime, were before Secretary Lansing tonight. Arrangements are being made for their publication simultaneously in Europe and America, In accordance with diplomatic etiquette. The British notes probably will be given' out for publication Wednesday morning and the German note the fol lowing day. The first British note Is a long com' munlcation, defending the allies' ef forts to suppress trade between their enemies and neutral countries, even by the stoppage of abnormal commerce throueh the neutral countries of Kuropo adjacent to the Teutonic allies. Kmgland Cities Precedents- Precedents of the international law established by the United States Gov. eminent itself during the Civil Y,a.r, and especially in the practical block ade of the Bahamas to cut off sup plies from the Confederate States, are revived to support this assertion or right- There are citations of decisions by the United States bearing on tne same point, such as the celebrated Springbok case. Other decisions, such as -that In the Matamoros case, which appeared to conflict with this doctrine, are held to be inapplicable by reason of a radical difference of governing conditions. The note has been long in prepara. tlon and was intended to meet the ob jection of the United States that pre vlous British notes had dealt only with special cases of seizures and de tntions of ships and cargoes under conditions that seemed to Justify the British action, falling to answer the American contentions that the whole nrocess of lnterterence witn neuirai commerce was Jn violation of Interna tional law. After it had been dis patched to Washington, new condi- (Concluded on Pafe 2. Column 1.) C. VIvYLEKj LOWER RIGHT, MRS. GIRL OF 11 SAVES BABE FROM BULL MADDENED ANIMAL CHARGES RED SWEATER. Heroic Jy, for Life Won Just as j;gy Is Trampled , CP0 Under Foot. VANCOUVER. Wash., Aug. 2. (Spe- . .- . ,. . . . . wtti.; a oig ouu, a year-oia oaoe wearing a red sweater, and an 11-year-old girl with presence of mind, are the principals in this story. The baby girl was left in her buggy by the mother, Mrs. Antone Salvagno, while she went a short distance into the woods to gather hazelnuts yesterday. This was near the store of Mrs. A. J. Enderline. at the end of the Capitol Hill carline. Mr. Snyder passed along the road. leading the bull to the pasture. The animal saw the red sweater on the child and made a wild dash for it, dragging Mr. Snyder, who tugged at the rope as hard as he could, without avail. Gretchen Enderline. 11 years old. saw what was taking place. She almost flew to the baby buggy ahead of the bull, gathered up the child and man aged to reach her mother's store, when she fell with her precious burden on the sidewalk. Mrs. Enderline, hearing the commotion, rushed out and dragged both children Inside away from the animal that was bent on destroying them. - The bull attacked the buggy and trampled it under foot. It was several hours before Mr. Snyder could get the maddened beast away from the spot. PARTY OF KNIGHTS GUESTS Catholics on AVay to Convention at Seattle Are Entertained. All yesterday the Knights of Colum bus were busy showing the large dele gation from New Orleans -.about Port land. On their advent to the city in the morning the Southerners were met and taken to the Multnomah Hotel in autos. On the launch Eva the whole party went for a cruise up the river to Oregon City. At noon they returned to the hotel, where luncheon was served. The re mainder of the day and evening was quietly passed at the Multnomah Hotel and in the city. Last night at 11:3D the delegates left in two special coaches for Seattle to attend the Na tional Knights of Columbus conven tion. . ... VOLCANIC ASH AT KODIAK Weather Bureau Notified of Erup' tlon In Progress in Alaska. That another volcanic eruption is under way on the Alaska coast is be lieved by District Forecaster Beals, of the Weather Bureau, who was advised yesterday from Kodiak that the air there was filled with volcanic ash. Mr. Beals says that similar reports have arrived during the past few days. but no official advice was received as to the peak responsible for the out pouring. Steamers on their way down the coast are expected to bring word of the condition on reaching Puget Sound In spite of the influence of the north west weather prevailing along the coast, no reports have arrived of the ashes being seen at stations south of Kodiak and it may be the source is in that vicinity. RAINFALL BELOW AVERAGE Despite July Wetness, Season's Rec ord Is Light. Despite an unusually rainy July, the wettest since 1909, the rainfall for the season Is still 12.92 inches below the average, according to the monthly sum mary of District Forecaster Beals, of the Weather Bureau. During July the total precipitation was 1.52 inches, while normal average rainfall for the month Is but .54 inch. Highest temperature recorded during the month was 100 degrees on July zo. and the lowest, temperature was 64 de grees on July 18. Mean temperature for the month was S7 degrees, while the normal for July Is 6S.3 degrees. POWERHOUSE SINKS; 3 DIE Greenport, Plant Is Sub merged In Quicksand. I HUDSON, N. T., Aug. 2. Three la borers were killed and eight injured. one of whom may die, when the power plant - of the Knickerbocker Cement Company at Greenport, half a mile east of here, was submerged In quicksand: The disaster occurred as the night gang employed in the power plant was about to be relieved. Without warn ing, the'plant, together with land about It to the extent of three acres, caved in to a depth of 30 feet. Officials of the company, which employs between 600 and TOO men, declared it would be several months before the plant could resume. GERMANY RUNS FACTORIES Government Taking Over Entire Control of Cotton Industry. ROTTERDAM, via London, Aug. 2. German newspapers report that the government is taking over the entire control of the German cotton industry. The order which has been issued says: 'From August 1, all textile factories In Westphalia will be worked under state control as' part of an arrange ment to provide for an equitable divi sion of cotton among the factories In Germany." THOMAS F. RYAN IS PORTLAND VIS Noted Capitalist Says He's Just "Tourist" TRAVEL METHOD IS PALATIAL No Grudge Borne Bryan for Convention Attack. FRIENDS' ABSENCE REGRET Giant Figure In Many Great if nanclal Deals Declares He Is Out of Game Now and Just En joying Life. "Financier" is the brief but sig nificant term used by business direc tories in describing Thomas Fortune Ryan, who came to Portland last night. But Mr. Ryan insisted that he is not to be given even that laconic descrip tion. 1 "No," he commented cheerily, "I'm nothing but a tourist; just knocking about like thousands of others to see the country." "Politics? No. I'm not In politics," he responded to repeated questions that reminded him that his presence In the Democratic National convention In Baltimore three years ago aroused William Jennings Bryan to an outburst of wrathful oratory. Bit's Incident Amuses. He laughed when speaking of the Bryan incident. "Why, just to show that I hold no hard feelings," he explained, "1 went to hear his lecture in Seattle the other night." "What do you think of his peace sen timents?" he was asked. "I'm not interested," lie replied, "but I wouldn't speak harshly of Mr. Bryan.' he added quickly. "I wouldn't aay any thing about him." "Business?" he repeated to the ques tion. "No, I'm not in business," and the fact that he Is reputed to be the only man in the country with money enough to match the fortune of John D. Rockefeller did not seem to impress him with. the notion that he needed to concern himself about financial af fairs. Retirement Declared Complete. "War? No, I'm not interested in the war, either," he exlaimed smilingly and with exasperating punctuality to those who sought his views along this line. "I have the hardest time in the world, it seems," commented Mr. Ryan, "to convince people that I have actually retired. I'm out of business and out of politics and don't want to do much, but enjoy life the same as the other tourists." If "the other tourists," In whose class Mr. Ryan seeks to place himself, are enjoying themselves the same as he is, they should be experiencing the acme of pleasure," for Mr. Ryan and the mem bers of his party are traveling about in a private car with a crew of ser vants to administer to their wants. They stop where they want to and stay as long as they want to, buy. what they want to and see what they want to, all with blissful disregard of what it costs. Trip to Coast Is Seventeenth. That's the kind of tourists they are. Mr. Ryan says he is a hardened tour ist.' It might be said to be chronic with him. This is his 17th trip to the Coast, but he had not been in Port land for ten years. Some of the others in his party had never been here before. romjnent among those accompanying him are Mr. and Mrs. James Brown Potter, prom inent society people of New York; Mrs. C. C. Cuyler, widow of a prominent New York banker; Mrs. Bowers, wife of the attorney who defended Colonel Roosevelt at his recent libel Buit in which he defeated William Barnes, the noted Republican politician of New York. They started from New York about July 1 and have been all this time see ing the sights along the Canadian Pa cific. They passed Sunday on Mount Rainier, and arrived in Portland on the O.-W. R. & N. line yesterday evening. They left early this morning lor Shasta Springs, where they will stay for several days before proceeding to the world's fair at San Franclsco- rortland Sights Seen. As about three hours of daylight were available for sight-seeing pur poses when they arrived here, they took advantage of It and then turned in at the Benson Hotel for dinner. It's remarkable how" these w estern cities grow," observed Mr. Ryan when they returned from their sight-seeing expedition under the guidance of C.'W. Stinger, city ticket agent for the Southern Pacific I'll have to come oftener after this to keep up my acquaintance. Mr. Ryan was disappointed In not being able to see his friend J. D. Far- rell, president of the O.-W. K. c,- Co. Mr. Farrell had gone to Seattle but had not arrived there at the time the Ryan party left. I had a great time when last in Portland," he recollected, "for my old friend Mohler was here then. He re ferred to A. L. Mohler. president of the Union Pacific, who at that time was head of the old O. R. & N. Company. At the time of his last visit to Port- tConcludsd on Pas 3, Column 2.) Ill