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- THE MOItNlW OltEGOXIAy. TTTrJRSDAY. AUGUST 5, 1915. D. C; supreme advocate, Joseph C Pel letler. Boston: supreme physician. Dr. E. W. Buckley. St. Paul; supreme chap lain. Rev. P. J. McGivney. Bridgeport. Conn.: supreme warden. Thomas J. Mc Laughlin. Newark, N. J. These members of the supremo board of directors were chosen: W. P. Lar kin. New York: William J. Mulligan. ThomsonvlUe, Conn.; John F. Martin, Green Bay. Wla; P. J. McCarthy. To ledo. O.: Colonel P. H. Callahan, Louis ville. Ky. - AMERICANS NOT . FLEEING Consul-General Says 40 0O Still Ke . main In Germany. BERLIN, Aug. 4, by wireless to Say vllle. N. Y. The weekly bulletin of the American Association of Commerce and Trade of Berlin, has published a state ment from J. G. . Lay, American Consul-General here, relative to recent re ports from Parts saying that Americans were fleeing Germany and that there were fewer than 100 in the capital and not more ' than 500 throughout the empire, according to announcement made today by the Overseas News Agency. . - ' -. Mr. Lay says there are at present 800 Americans in Berlin -and 4000 in the empire. The bulletin then explains that "the fleeing Americans" were moving picture men who were hasten ing to the United States to deliver their goods, and that they were expected to return. FORMER GEORGIA OFFICIAL WHO COMMUTED LEO FRANK'S LEO FRANK'S SAVIOR VISITS III PORTLAND SENTENCE. AND. MRS. SLATON.' WHO WERE IN PORTLAND YESTERDAY. BORDER REINFORCED . FOR MEN Here Is The Large Man's Opportunity Who Wears Shirts lSy to 18 f" j Also a Feu) Small Sizes , Shirts That Were $1.50 and $1.00 Because they are slightly soiled and mussed from han dling and from display purposes, go on sale Thursday at 59c each Shirts of madras and percale, with plaited or plain bosoms shirts with short bosoms and stiff cuffs. In good-looking patterns First Floor Oil CONFERENCE EVE Ex-Governor and Mrs. Slaton Find Southern Hospitality Surpassed Here. United States Prepares for Action in Mexico if At tack Is Made. NOGALES IS IN DANGER Crnfnl I"unton Art Coder Orde.a to Itc-turn Fire If BolleU Fall In A mcrk-an Territory Km bargo Is Probable. WASHINGTON. Auk. 4. Plana for tomorrow's conference at the State I1. partrn.nt on the Mexican prool.ra were completed today after Secretary Lana In had- talked to PrenWent Wilson at Cornish. N. H.. over the telephone. The proposals to be made to the alx Latin American diplomats whose govern ments bar authorised them to co operate with the' United States in nd ln Mexico's civil war wera discussed, but Secretary Lansln maintained si lence as to the programme outlined. Mr. Lanaln conferred with Taul ruller. one of the President's confiden tial adTisers on Mexican affairs, who will participate In the conference. Mr. "ullr recently talked personally with all of the faction leaders in Mexico, obserrlnc the situation for tha Presi dent. BareVr Artillery Relafereed. I'nusual activity In the War and Kavy Department waa evident today, and an order from General Pcott, chlef-ef-staff. directing a battery of the Fifth Field Artillery to proceed from Fort Fill. Ohla.. to El Taso, Tex, .roused considerable surprise. At the War Department it waa said the artillery was ordered at the request ef tho State Department. Secretary. Lanalntr said ba knew nothing about JL Other department orneiais. now ever, said the action waa prompted by a desire to have the Mexican border well guarded, particularly In Tiew of recent uprisings at different points. No official Information concerning the reported bombardment of the Mexi can border town of Nocales waa re ceived General Carransa bad assured the Plata Department ha would not permit the attack and omclais were at a toss to explain the reported action of General Calles. a Carransa comman der, whose it una wera - said to have opened fire on tho town General Funston, command Ins; all the aarder troops, has standlnr ordera to reply to. the flra of tho Mexicans If bullets fall tn American termor?, vi ficiala believe ha would act promptly If necessary to protect American lives and property. Army officers said a general assault on tno Mexican town could not avoid endangering those on the American side of the border. Even should General Funston be com pelled to open fire. It waa said, plans for tomorrow's conference would be carried out. The ordering or xreaa trooDs to tho border generally was re garded as a part of the Administra tion's determination to be prepared for any eventuality and Ita determination to re lore order la Mexico. El Paso, It waa asserted, had been without a battery of artillery for several months and It was deemed wise to strengtnen the forces at that Important border point. Amr asid Savy Prepared. Although Administration officials have given no hint or what Is to fol low the conference, the Army and Navy have been preparing for any service they may be called upon to render. Secretary Lansing conferred at length yesterday with Secretary Daniels be fore tho latter"a departure for Ashe vtlle. N. C, Tho purpose of tho con ference was not disclosed. The first step to be proposed tomor row will be the Issuance of a final ap peal to the leaders of the fighting fac tions. It Is believed refusal of any leader to Join In a peace conference will be followed by an arms embargo against that faction. It will require military activity to enforce such an embargo, some officiate believe, even if actual Intervention is not contemplated. That the general plan Includes a scheme for selection of a president for Mexico entitled to office by Constitu tionalists successions has been agreed. Vaaques Tagie, Minister of Justice tn Madero's cabinet, and the only living member of the cabinet who did not re sign. Is the man most frequently men tioned. General Carransa Is known to be opposed to Tsgle and It Is feared might decline to enter into a conference that contemplated bis elevation to tho presidency. Distress a be Relieved. Immediate action to relieve popular distress In Mexico City appeara to be generally accepted aa one certain re sult of the President's plans as to Mex ico. Should negotiations with the Mexican leaders fall to open and keep open the road to the capital from Vara Crux, It la predicted freVly that Amer ican troops and marines may be as signed to the task, possibly In co-op-oration with forces of soma Latm Amertcan countries. Eighteen or 20 carloada of food for Mexico City are held up at OrUaba. ac cording to official dispatches. General Carransa Insists that these food trains soon will bo entering the city and that preference la to be given provision traina over all other traffic The tele graph lino waa reopened today and di rect reports coma from Mexico City. Advlcea to the Carransa agency to night said that General Emlllano Naf farete. commandant at Mataraoroa, had established patrola to prevent bandits from crossing the border to plunder American ranches. Three- Ballets Crow Border. NOOALKS. Arls-. Aug. 4. After five hoars' fighting, during which the Car ransa troops under General P. Ellas Calles. drove Governor Maytorena'a Villa army lack Into Nogalea. Sonora. just across the border, and approached within a half mile of the outskirts, the attacking forces retired at sundown be fore the stubborn resistance of the city's defenders. The Carransa army Is believed to have pitched camp four miles beyond the city, where fortifications are be ing thrown up hurriedly. The continuous fire of the Mayto rena machine guns 'and a three 'inch cannon, which effectively raked the Calles line, temporarily halted the Carransa rush which began shortly be fore noon after the major portion of Maytorena's Villa troops had been de feated at Mascarenas ranebc. 10 miles south of the city. A Villa aeroplane waa taken In tho aviation field two milea outside the city limits, and William Glassen and Jimmy Deans. American aviators, narrowly ea csped capture. It Is reported here tonight that the Villa cavalry shot and killed tbelr commander. General Juan Solares. In the engagement, and then deaertod to the Carransa forces. Only three bullets are known to have fallen on the American side of tha bor der. One atruck within three Inches of -where Mrs. A. W. Lohn was standing en her doorstep watching the battle through fteldglassea. The other two hit the electric light plant and a livery sta sia, No damage resulted. : -: " .- f 7 1.1 J -Z' r.. -, f: ) - -.-t oil, -'-,-' J - - . ' - ' ' : &.V'Ap ZAPATA IS ACCUSED American Tells of Indignities Inflicted by Mexicans. OFFICIAL LETTERS SEIZED Consul's Mcjaenrcr Assaulted With Revolver, Ilia Credentials De stroyed and Money Stolen. Flag- Torn to Shred. MEXICO CTTT. July 25. via courier to Vera Crux July 21. by mall to Now Orleana Aug 4. Allan Mallory, the young American who waa assaulted, robbed and subjected to other Indigni ties by Zapata followers July 22 near San Martin, Mex while carrying dip lomatic correspondence between Puebla and Mexico City, made a statement on his arrival here In which he said the Zapata soldiers tore an American flag from hla automobile and ripped1 it Into shreds. Later, he said, ho was taken before General Zapata. The latter broke the American Consular seal on tha corre spondence he was carrying, examined the mail and refused to return It to him. - Flag Tora to Shreds. "I left Puebla In my automobile last Thursday morning." said Mallory, "car rying official mail for the Brazilian legation In Mexico City, which waa sealed and given me by American Con sul Jenklna With me were Carlos Batres. son of the Chilean minister to Mexico; A- Gallopln. a Swiss citizen; Riverol Coloca. a Spanish subject, and my mechanic a Mexican. Shortly after we entered San Martin the Carransists fled from tho town and Zapata troops entered, shooting In all directions. "Tha Zapata soldiers went up to my automobile, tore tha American flag from the hood and ripped It Into shreds with their teeth. Then they broke onen all the packagea In the car. I told them I was carrying official mail from tha President of the United States. They tora up my passport and credentials, tore my coat off and de manded my money. .Their took from me about f 3500 in Mexican currency. The soldiers started to open the cor respondence, but gavo It back when I warned them what It was. Zapata Seises Mall. "Then about a doxen soldiers, includ ing the Colonel, piled into my automo bile, demanding that I drive them to Huelotxlngo to Zapata. The soldiers took Gallopln and Batrea to a church, where I found them later, having been robbed and beaten. They tied a rope around Coloca's arm and a mounted Zapatista dragged hint through the aand and mud ahead of the machine. "Several timea during tho trip tha Colonel struck me with his revolver and threatened to kill me. I was taken to tho plaxa at Huejotxlngo and taken before General Zapata. Ptold him who I waa and he demanded the correspond ence. Zapata tore open the mall, ex amined It and tossed it aside. Finally he had an officer give mo a passport and permitted me to leave, but be re fused to return tho mail. Coloca was ordered away to be shot." Mallory said ha returned to San Mar tin and found Gallopln and Batrea, and next day tho three started for tho cap ital, arriving here today. BEER SHORTAGE FEARED GERMAN AVTBORTTIE3 .CONCERNED OVER SITUATION. Prices Are laereaaed aad Restaaraata Setter Leea Th ranch Decrease la Saleai 'Araay Cared For. BERLIN. July 11. (Correspondence of tha Associated Press.) Prospects of a beer shortage, and as Its natural re sultant, another Increase in prices. Is giving concern to the authorities. For some time now tha beer production has been reduced to CO per cent of Its for mer figures for tho purpose of cut ting down tha quantity of barley used. At the same time tha breweries are required to set apart 20 par cent of the old production figure tor tha army with the result that Berlin has to sub sist on 40 per cent of Its one-time supply. A 1 .J . . 1. v.nAral ntlhllf Which aiun ivi. a i either is getting less beer to drink than before, or is paying more ior si. or both, tho restaurant and cafe pro prietors are the ones hardest hit. Even tho raises in prices that hav Deen ei sated for the material reduction In As one means for aiding them it now is proposed to stop the sale of bottled beer In grocery and other stores that have other Income sources, limit mate rially the bottled beer production, and permit the restaurants to handle all that is produced. The sale of bottled K... nnnlrlnil r rnvnnment build ings It is proposed to stop altogether as a further means ot iigntening use load of the restaurateur. a ...i.itiAn nf sniritunua liauora so severe that it amounts almost to a dis continuance OI tneir sate is aiso pro- posea. DR. J. II. SMITH NAMED DR. J. H. THOMPSON LOSES PLACE AT FEEBLE-MINDED INSTITUTE. Governor Advises Superintendent of Training School to Keep Boys Hard at Work la Fletlla. SALEM. Or Aug. t. (Special.) Dr. J. N. Smith, of Salem, today waa ap pointed superintendent of tho State Feeble-Minded Institute, to take charge September L. Governor Wlthycombe and State Treasurer Kay voted for Dr. Smith and Secretary of State Olcott voted for Dr. J. H. Thompson, the In cumbent. Dr. Smith will take charge of the Institution September 1. Superintendent Hale, of the Indus trial School for Boys, was told by the Governor that the boys shoujd be made to rise early In tho morning and work hard all day in the fields. "Tho boys should be taught to be Industrious." said tha Governor. "I think they should work, hard when they work, and play hard when they piy." Governor Wlthycombe Inquired of Superintendent Halo what time ha had the boys get out in tne iieias tor worn. "About 8 o'clock." Mr. Hale aald. The executive expressed the opinion that this waa too late an hour, until ha was told that the boys.. previous to go ing out In the fields to labor, were kept employed at the Institution. Superintendent Hale said that he had made an Inspection of tha manual training department at the Oregon Ag ricultural College to gain Ideas what might be needed in establishing a man ual training department at the train ing school. He told the board that he hoped to have the necessary machinery Installed by the time scnooi started in the FalL UNION OF SCIENCE ASKED RECONCILIATION OF EUROPEAN RESEARCHERS ADVISED. President of Aaserlcaa Association Also t'rltlctaea Syateaa of lustra c tlaa la Colleges Here. STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Cai., Aug. 4. Instruction in American colleges and universities waa criticised and action urged to reconcile scientists of the European belligerent nations by William Wallace Campbell, director or Lick Observatory and president of the American Association for the Advance ment of Science, at today's session held in Stanford University. . "The prevailing system In American colleges and universities." Mr. Camp bell aald. "throws too little responsibil ity on those who are called students. Too many instructors continue the mis take of pumping the student lull ol formal knowledge. Too few realise that one-half as many hours of teach ins: ot a higher quality would develop greater power in students and leave energy with instructors for other things. Discussing the effect or the European war on science, Mr. Campbell said It was problematical. "But the responsibility oi American men and women of science will be greatly increased." be added. "They must begin at once to consider ways and meana for removing the artificial lines which have been drawn between scientists of belligerent countries." store imn pw.vw uu.uw. ... ... spplss hav been shipped to Oraat Britain la one jese FRIENDS OF OLD ARE MET Former Executive Credits His Wife, "Sally," With Helping Decide to Save Doomed Man Critics Are Only Small Majority. John M. Slaton. ex-Governor of Georgia, who saved Leo Frank from the gallows a row weeks ago, visited friends in Portland yesterday. He was accompanied by Mrs. Slaton. While the Frank case has been dis missed from their minds as an un pleasant nightmare, Mr. and Mrs. Sla ton did not hesitate to talk about it. When they did talk they gave utter ance to the most natural, home-like ex pressions. "They handed me the records in the case." explained Mr. Slaton. "and told me to consider them. They had about 10.000 pages, I guesa. Of course. I read a whole lot about it in the papers and had received many reports pre vious to the time that case came up to me finally. But I studied the evidence from every angle. "When I got through with it all I couldn't convince myself that the man was absolutely guilty. There was some honest doubt in my mind as. I weighed the evidence. So I said to my wife: - 'Sally, I don't believe that man should hang.' "'Well,'' he said, 'if you feel that way about It. John, you better com mute his sentence' Critics la Small Majority. "Tou all know the rest. Of course. there was fierce resentment among cer- tatn people and for a while a lot or folks were real hostile toward me. but I believe their maturer Judgment will permit them to consider the question in the light that it had to be put' up to me." Mr. Slaton Is eager to correct tho Im pression that the attitude of the mobs that surrounded his home following his commutation of Frank's sentence re flects the real sentiment of the Georgia people. "I think that a large proportion of Georgians do not criticise me for my action." he said. "I am glad of one thing, though, and that is the evident approval of my act expressed by people all over the coun try. At not one place have I met with any open criticism." ' "He has a heart as- Dig as a nouse, enthusiastically exclaimed W. P. La Roche. City Attorney, who was a schoolmate of Mr. Slaton and with whom Mr. and Mrs. Slaton visited for short time yesterday. Columbia Highway Toured. Following an early breakfast at the Multnomah Hotel. Mr. and Mrs. siaton were greeted by Senator Chamberlain. Thev went then on a drive out the Co lumbia River Highway, which both greatly appreciated. When they re turned an Immense bouquet of roses, with the compliments of the Chamber of Commerce, awaited them. Samuel White, of Portland, who was a schoolmate of Governor Slaton, ac companied Mr. and Mrs. Slaton over tne highway. Mr. and Mrs. Slaton were lavish in their praise of the scenery and of the elaborate "Southern dinner" served them at one of the inns along the route. "They had regular Southern chicken and real hot biscuits Just like we get in the South." confided Mrs. Slaton. "Rut what we like more than any thing else is the charming hospitality of the people out in this country," add ed the ex-Governor. "We in the boutn nride ourselves somewhat on our hos pitality, but you people of the West are more than a match for us. I Just feel like saying 'Hello!' or "How are you?' to every man I meet on tne atreec Mr. and Mrs. Slaton left on the Shasta Limited yesterday for San Francisco. OFFICERS ARE RENAMED KNIUHTS OP COLUMBUS ELECT NEW BOARD MEMBERS. SALEM HAS NEW DOG LAW Substitute for Ordinance Declared Unconstitutional Passed. SALEM. Or., Aug. 4. (Special.) The City Council has passed a stringent dog ordinance and fanciers are prepar ing to petition for a referendum elec tion. The ordinance is virtually the same as the one declared unconstitu tional by the Supreme Court recently on a technicality. The ordinance provides for the irrw pounding of dogs found on the street that are not on leash. To recover an animal after the first Impounding 8 fee of iZ will be charged and for sub sequent ones 14 will be the charge. After a certain length of time if the animal is not redeemed if is to be killed. The ordinance declared uncon stitutional contained a provision for the killing of impounded animals without notifying the owners. The Supreme Court, citing that dogs are regarded by law as personal property, held that the provision was faulty in that it gave the city the right to take property without due process of law.. Report of Commission on Keusioas Prejadlrea fleets With Seme Opposition la Council. SEATTBE. Wash.. Aug. 4. Tho su preme council of the Knights of Colum bus made short work of the election of officers today, choosing all the present officers to serve another year. There were some changes in the board of di rectors. The report of the commission on religious prejudices gave rise to an animated debate, not all the delegates approving the recommendations of the commission. The discussion was cut short by the clock, which pointed to the hour when the start must be made on the excursion to the Puget Sound Navy-yard at Bremerton, where the su preme officers and delegates passed tho afternoon. The report was taken up again by the council tonight All the clubs in tne city neia open house tonight for the visitors, and there were other entertainments. - Monsignor Giovanni Bonzano. apos tolic delegate to the United States; de parted for Washington today. The aupreme oiricers were re-eieccea. unopposed, as follows: Deputy su preme knight. M. H. Carmody, Grand Rapids, Mich.: supreme secretary, Will iam J. MoGinley, New York; supreme treasurer. D. J. Callahan, Washington, 1 SCHOOL SET. AFIRE IS VIEW Dlspnte Over New Location Blamed for Blaze at Millersburg. ALBANY, Or., Aug. 4 (Special.) Because of a long-standing dispute over the location of a proposed new school house, many people believe that the fire early yesterday that destroyed the schoolhouse at Millersburg was of In cendiary origin. Hobos, it is said, have been in the habit of sleeping in a shed in the school yard. It Is thought prob able that some slept in the schoolhouse and in some manner accidentally start ed the fire. For the past two or three years plans have been developing in the Millersburg school district for the erection of a new school building, and some people fa vored choosing a new location about a quarter of a mile from the old site, while others opposed the change. A number of meetings had been held re garding the question. WORK ON DAM TO RESUME llogue River Power Corporation Snperintendent Is Chosen. r.ni.n hit.t. Or.. An sr. 4. (Special.) A. A. Elynn has been appointed gen eral superintendent of the Kogue River Public Service Corporation's power properties in Oregon. Mr. Flynn has been company expert here for 18 months. -The headquarters of the com .. . rA at firantn Pass. ' rniitriif tinn work unon the Gold Hill power project, a half section of the reinforced concrete cam aireaay uems in place, will be resumes mis wees Robert E. Gault, consulting engineef .ka oomnAnv. is in Chicago arrang ing for the shipment of machinery for the electrifying of the Golden Drift plant, another large company property near Grants Pass, 'Construction will begin this month. , GERMANY . STANDING FIRM (Con tlnued From First Pg.) . n.avpntinn and reasonable compensation Is to be paid for any in convenience or aamage woitu mw. nevertheless, ensue from the proceed ings of the, belligerent party. That, in short, is Germany's argu- . ....j nn her interpretation of 11119111.. ' - , . . .t a n that the. view of the United States is squarely opposite. Payment fo-.- tho Frye in the manner suggested would not affect the ques tion of rights under the treaty. a n.Tman nrizn court on July 10 held the Imperial government for. damages. but fixed no amount, since tne unnea States declined to become a party to .i -sriiTif . hut demanded settle ment by diplomacy under the treaty. The case OI ine American Leelanaw. recently sunk by a German i. Tmrallel to the Frye case. It now is in the preliminary stages of diplomatio negotiation. Hospital Slay Use Waste Heat. WALLA WALLA. Wash.. Aug. -4. , r. i i u.fflttn. nf new St. Marv's Hospital with waste heat from the Pa cific Power & Light Company gas plant here is proposed and officials are drawing up an estimate of the amoun of heat that will be available and the cost. The gas plant is operatea oay and nlsrht and much ol tne neat goes to waste. 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