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Section One Pages 1 to 16 76 Pages Six Sections PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 15, 1915. PRICE FIVE CENTS. vol. xxxiv. xo. 3.1. It l FRIENDLY AID" IS TENDERED MEXICO Message to Leaders in Form of Appeal. FACTIONS URGED TO UNITE Reply to Communication With in Ten Days Is Asked. CONVENTION IS SUGGESTED Fnll Text Given u In Waahlngum and Telegraphed to Score of Mili tary nd Political lder . Throughout Rrpabllc. VASHINGTO.V. Air. 14. Th Pan American appeal to Mxlco. bow being delivered to tha chief of faction and Governor of lt. w md pobllc tosila-ht br tb 8tat Department. Without eveg, n latlmaUoa of armed Intervention. It call od tha laadara to DMi somewhere la Mexico, on neu tralised ground. In a conference, "to adtDi the ftrt step necessary to the MHniitntiaa.! reconstruction of tha country." and to Issu a call for Im mediate election. Tha erlee of the Vnlled Stat or anr of tha other Pan American conferee are offered aa In termediarle to arrange the metlng. imiananl Mad to Peopla. The appeaL although addreeeed to the political and military loader, lake oa the form of an announcement to the iiexican people thmlve. Aa mad public by the State Pepartment. the document Is prefaced by this announce ment: -The Mexican people are Informed trat the folio Inr communication baa Veen sent to many prominent peron In Mexico who posse authority or military power within the republlc." Thea follow tha appeal, dated at Washington. Auiul 11: -The undersigned, the Secretary of flat of tb United tstates. tba Am baasadra extraordinary and plenipo tentiary of Brazil Chne and Argentina, aad tha envoys extraordinary and Min uter plenipotentiary of Bolivia. I'ruguay aad Guatemala, accredited to the QoTernment of 4b United State of America, actlnc severally and Inde pendently, unanimously sand to you the following communication: fXcatdly Aaetotaac Tendered. "inspired by tha most sincere spirit of American fraternity and convinced that they rightly Interpret tha earnest wish of the entire continent: they have met Informally at tha suggestion of the Secretary of State of the United States to consider tha Mexican situa tion so a to ascertain whether their friendly and. disinterested help could be successfully employed to r-tb-llsh peace and constitutional order In our sister republic "In the heat of the frightful strut? Ill which for so lone has steeped In blond the Mexican soil, doubtless all may well have lost sight of the dissolving- effects of tha strife upon the most vital conditions of tha national existence, not only upon the life and liberty of the Inhabitants, but on the prestige and security of the country. Appeal Made to Patriot.. "W"e cannot doubt, however no one can doubt that la the presence of a sympathetic appeal from their broth er of America, recalling to them thee disastrous effects, asking them to save their motherland from an abyss no on ran doubt, we repeat that the patriot Ism of the mea who lead or aid In any way the bloody strife will not re main unmoved: no on can doubt that each and every on of them, measuring- ronf-lti.! en Pa. . Column . 4. - . I -V " I ' - I I I I j t vi Y FyLA nfjA LlJcTy Ok O ---&e s . customary -C - , ... . ' " - - - - - . SPOKANE PRODUCE MEN DEFY NEW ACT HAL' DOZEN HUMS TO PACE PROSECUTION MONDAY. NoC One Coirrmlron Concern Get License or Give Bond Guaran teeing to Make Reports. rTOKANR. Wash, Aug. 14. Sp dat.) Half a dosen commission firms of Spokane will face, prosecution Mon day morning for alleged violation of the state's new horticultural law, re quiring a bond and license from all commission dealer. Tha new law go Into effect tomor row. . It require that each firm tax out a license costing tit and put up bond of I10 guaranteeing that It will make report of the disposition- of each lot of produce and tha price received. Not on firm In th city haa taken out a license or put up the bond with th Stat Department of Agriculture. It wa said today by th Horticultural Inspector for Eastern Washington. -I hav received trlct order to n forc th Is w Monday." aald tha In spector, "and I will surely prosecute th commission men who attempt to evade It- The chief objection la not against th license or th bbnd. but to th provtolon requiring report" BOY ROLLS WITH BIG TRUCK Two-Ton Machine Tarn Over SU Time Down Steep Hillside. BAKER. Or, Aug. 1. (Special.) Rolling IS feet down the side of a hill near Conner Creek, when a two ton auto truck left the road and turned over sideways six times. l-year-old Edward Celser Is now In St. Ellxa beta's Hospital suffering from many bruises. Gelser wa riding with Driver Harry niihsm. of tha Conner Creek mine. owned by Albert Wiser, father of th boy. when th truck got beyond Oll ham'a control. Oilham Jumped, but young Gelser turned somersault with the big marhln and finally alighted In some bushes. Th truck was badly damaged. 13 JINX BRAVED ALL WAY Albany Mayor Start on Friday, 13th; Plana Many 13-Day Stops. ALBANY. Or, Aug. 14 (Special.) Dennia Cormier. Mayor of Lebanon. Is not superstitious. He and his wife left for a long trip on Friday, th 13th, and th so-called fateful figure will play a larg part in their Journey. They left on train 11 on th Southern Pacific Mr. Cormier ald they will pas IS day at San Francisco. II day at Los Angeles. 1Z day at San Diego, and 1 day In Tosemlt Vslley. They plan to arrive In their home at Leb anon on October IS. OIL DEAL IN CHINA FAILS Standard Fall to Conclude Ex ploitation Contract In Prfcin. rv-iM An v i. w. E. Betnla. vlce- presldent of the Standard Oil Company of New Tork. departed for the United States today, having failed to conclude a permanent contract with the Chinese government for the exploltstlon or oil fields of China. The Standard Oil Company entered into a preliminary agreement with China last year for the development of oil districts in tne noruiern pan ox tha country. This agreement expire tomorrow. CAMERA TO READ METERS New York Instala Device to Insure Greater Accuracy. NEW TORK. Aug. 14. Gas meter In New York hereafter will be read .by photograph In order to Insure absolute accuracy. Meter readers will be equipped with a camera which At over the indicator of th gas meter. By pressing a button light I thrown on the dial and exposure made showing the amount of gas burned. SOME WARTDIE BOMB-THROWING IS TAUGHTTO SOLDIERS Special Courses Held in Trenches ENGINEER 6IYES LESSONS Grenades Are of Eight Kinds, All Powerful. FUSE SET TO 5 SECONDS Asphyxiating Bomb Are Not Poison ous, but Can Rout Sneezing IY -New Aerial Torpedo .Fired by Special Gun. BT RALPH PLLIT7.BR. (Special correspondent of th New Yerk World. Cop right, jma. ty id rrmt - lishing Company. Published, by arrange menu. FIELD HEADQUARTERS OF THE FRENCH ARMT. Aug. . I hav Just had a most Interesting experience, that of attending a soldier' school of bomb' throwing. Th military authorities per mitted my presence aa an exceptional favor. I am Informed that I am th first foreign civilian to whom this priv ilege hs been accorded. . This particular school holds its classes In a larg green field In a peaceful little valley within long artillery rang of tha firing line. No German shells, however, have hitherto distracted the pupils from their rather gruesome les son, and I will not endanger their con tinued studies by giving a mora defi nite description of the locality. Privates Attend SrhooL This school la attended by private from each regiment, who spend four daya at their highly explosive studies. Toward th middle field, about 200 yards from one end and about 300 from the other, waa a section of open trench about SO yards long and some four feet deep. Thl trench w about th usul three feet In width except In It cen ter, wher for about five feet It wa recevsed back to a width of some six feet. This was where tha French In structor tood and whlr'ed his arm to throw the bomb. A couple of feet to the left of this recess waa another re- cesa covered with a bomb-proof roof of logs and earth. Into this th Instructor and his pupil sought refuge from the effects of th bomb explosion. As the explosion really Is terrlflo and takes place at the long est only five seconds from th time the mechanism of the bomb Is started, and at a maximum distance of 30 yards, the Instructor and anyone In the trench with him have got to be exceedingly spry In running under the bombproof In order to beat the bomb. There Is, too, the danger of a premature explo sion. Oae Coloael Killed Oatrlght. To make me feel mofe entirely at my ease, they told me that only a few days go an officer of explosives brougnt a Colonel to aee on of these demonstra tions In another school, behind a dif ferent part of th line. A they came to the entrance of th trench the officer politely made way for the Colonel to enter the trench first. As the colonel did so. the bomb exploded prematurely and killed the Colonel outright. About 20 yards In front of the trench waa dug a shallow dummy trench to represent a German target. Some 150 yards further distant wss set up a section of wire entanglements. We found the 12S soldiers ranged in line a few yards behind the trench. At the edge of the trench I took my place with the Captain of explosives and three or four other officers. The In fantrymen lined up two deep behind us. In the open recess In the trench stood i 'nnclc,le1 on pace . Column 1.) EVENTS IN THE PAST up I INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS Th Weather. TKSTERDAri Maximum temperature. II degrees; minimum, 6i degrees. . TODAT'8 Fair; northwesterly winds. War. Borne says Kaiser replied to Pope approving peace move If enemies make first over tures. Section 1. page 7. Don-lnance ot coal Yields of Europe passes t m hands of allies to Auatro-Uermans. ctlon 1. pace . E i B. Lanj-on writes of volunteer nun .. irk and 1'te I 4 " i correspond it -- rowing la Is ns pressln n fj. ulan seec II (ra and I te in lungiaoa. oecuon a. sttends school of bomb- net. Section l, pass l. na pressln n towara eoumern eaa malsn sect line. oection j. i. on Paris Is suspected. Sec- ttoa 1, page , Mexico. . Democrats fear effect or vacillating Mexican policy on party pwevi. ,-e Text of appeal to Mexican factions Sv5KfOf . C ....... i. p... l - tvf.raders- Still Nervous Over Civilians who attend four weeks' Camp at San Francisco may be recommended for volunteer army commlssiona. Section 1. Pe 2. British move to grow more wheat may oe reason for cancellation of orders. Sec tion 1, pace L New Tork Mayor to be private in army for two weeks. Section 1, page 2. Pacific Northwest. Georce C Brownell denounces prohibition act as ignoring wishes of people, bec- tlon 1. pace a. Petition filed sttscklng Clarke County tim ber cruise and asking tnat contract oe set aalde. Section 1. pace . Seine fishers at Send Island take It tons of salmon in two Hours. Big wees expecieu. Section 1. page . gfwieen rnmmlnlnn firms to face prosecu lion for defying new law. Section L pace L Merit rating of Industrial Insurance system is urseo. section J. page . Idsho launches campaign against Federal control of water power, section 1, pace a. Sports. Paclflo Coast League results: Vernon . Portland S; Loe Angeles 7. Oakland 1; Salt Lake V, San Fraocleco 7. Section z. page 1. l.rl. fnAthAll nminiwla lose rosv SSDSCt with . announcement that seven stars will be lost Section z. pegs 4. Championship athletic contests at Fair to CO oown in niatory as greatest m-wwr In United States, section z. page Joe Tyler snd Miss Be rah Livingstone win . tennis cbamDionamps at Bcaiue. oec- tlon .2. psce 1. Sam Bellah to train bard to break world's pole vsult record, bectlon 2, psc City League teams to plsy two gsmes to day. Section Z. page . Manr i len to. enter golf tournament at Uearhart. Section 2. page 3, Seals likely to lose four stare by draft and otherwise. Section 2. page 6. Captain Doyle, of Giants, leads. league with .328. Section 2. page Z. Henry Berry wants to hav 20.000 stock holders for Seals. Section 2. page z. Suggestions sre made for changes In golf rules. Section 2. page g. Harry Vardon tells of matches lost by try ing too nara. becuon z, page o- Toc White tells how yonng pitchers can learn control. Section 2. page 3. Jack Ness drops few points In batting. Sec tion 2. page 4. Norman Boss wins Marathon swim. Bec tlon 2, psc 4. y Zimmerman In fight with one of own team mates. Section 2. - page 1. Bed Sox win etormy- gsm from Washing . tpn Americans. Section 2, page 1. " Commercial and Marine. Wife of river steamer esptsln applies to be examined ror pilot's uoense. section t, pace 3. Wheat bids In Northwest are shsrply re duced. Section Z; page IB. Large receipts snd decline In exchange de presses wheat at Chicago. Section 2. pace IS. Portland and Vicinity. Council to begin work on 1016 budget, fac Ing deficit on December 1. Tax levr probably sill be higher. Section 1 PSC 3. '"Billy," ss clew, leads to si-rest of couple on charge or stealing auto, oecuon j, psga li. S. Benson anfl party leave for San Fran cisco to sttend "Benson dsy- fair ex ercises. Section 1. page 15. Plan to bring about peace In Mexico urged by priest after Investigation. Section z, page 14. Survey of route of road around base of Mount Hood Is begun. Section 1 psg 12. Blvers snd harbors committee of lower house of Congress to visit Oregon this week. Section 1. page li. Colonel tteorga A. Pop and Jsmes C. Emery to strive in Portland tomorrow. Sec tion 1, psce 12. Wastefulness of red tape in City Purchase Buresu is pointed out. section -i. psce 13. Streetcsr conductor killed by woman auto Isu Section 1. pace 1. New Tork State Moose majority oppose party "surrender." Section 2. psce 14. Mr. Bsker progresses with municipal bathing-house plans. Section 2, page 14. Forest Grove men wins prise ss best boost, er of his borne town. 8ectlon 2. psge 14. Land Show plsns progress. Section 1. psga 14. Bench and bar to gsther next week. Sec tlon 1, page 14. Guard wilt plav at war at Clacksmss ,for public tomorrow. - Section 1, psge 13. Aloranse sre won by hospitality of city. Section 1. page 10. Merchants elated as Buyers', week surpasses greatest expectations. Section 1, psge 1". Flnsnclng symphony orchestra concerts be gins. Section I, psge 11. Osks offers triple bill today. Section 1. page IS. WEEK'S NEWS INSPIRE BRITAIN MAY GROW ITS WHEAT AT HOME Guarantee of Minimum Price Proposed. CHpr-n -;: :m is bearish - tV TA Caricellations of Orders. CANADA RUMOR ALARMS Story That Steamer Corinthian Was Torpedoed In Gulf of St- law rence Contributes to Unset tled Market Condition. CHICAGO, Aug. 14. (Special.) While the reason for th cancellation of grain contracts by Great Britain. Franc and Italy remains an unolved mystery, a cable from London today may prove enlightening. According to the message, the British Cabinet I considering important rec.om mendatlons concerning the supply of food, particularly wheat, mad by the commission appointed on June 1, by the Earl of Selborne, president of the Board of Agriculture, with Lord Milner as chairman. Home Supply Counted Oa. The nature of the report is guarded closely, but it is Intimated the recom mendatlons Include plans to increase the home-grown supply of wheat by guaranteeing to producers a minimum price for their product. The London Times urges the gov ernment to act promptly, pointing out that farmers are gathering the present harvest and must decide on the uses of their land in the coming season. Cash wheat dropped 5 to 7 cents a bushel today on the Chicago Board of Trade, in a market still nervous as result of the recent cancellation 1 of orders. Traders Pazsled by Eyests. - While many traders, including James A. Patten, believed the action had been taken by the foreigners for the pur pose of market manipulation and sub sequent, purchases at lower prices. others were puzzled by these events: A Canadian exporter telegraphed from Toronto that he had cancellations of orders. A Baltimore house received a cable from its Paris agent, asking a basis on which flour contracts could be can celed. Most of the export houses did not receive export bids on -wheat, but at the close a New Tork house reported that 500,000 bushels had been sold abroad. Patte. Reported Selling. September wheat broke 2 cents to day and showed a loss of 6 cents from the high point Wednesday, when the cancellation sales were announced. September finished today at $1.05 H. James A. Patten, who bought on Fri day, was said to have sold today and to have said the foreign . cancellations might be due to lack of money to pay for the wheat next month or to the expectation of buying later at lower prices. Rumors were current again on the Board of Trade that the steamer Cor inthian had been Attacked by a subma rine and that the steamer had been beached near - the mouth of the St. Lawrence River. These reports could not be confirmed, but advices were understood to have been received from Canadian sources, partially confirming this report and also saying that ships scheduled to take on Canadian troops had not loaded. Unconfirmed reports were current In Board of Trade circles after the close M'nnelnded on Page rt. Column S.I THE PEN OF CARTOONIST REYNOLDS. Saturday's War Moves AFFAIRS in the Balkans are ap proaching a crisis. While diplo matic negotiations are proceeding in an effort to induce states still neu tral to cast their lot with one side or the other, the central powers have massed troops on the Balkan fron tiers. Their plan, it is supposed, is to force a way through to relievo what is believed to be Turkey's need of shells. This concentration, which has been followed by an artillery attack on Serbian positions, is really a menace to Bulgaria, which has again refused to permit shells to pass through her territory to Turkey. The Roumanian army already is partly mobilized and four new divisions of reserves now have been called out. Bulgaria has as yet made no move while "awaiting the reply of the quadruple entente to her demand that Serbia and Greece concede Macedonia to her in return for her military support. This answer probably will be forthcoming after- the meeting of the Greek and Serbian Parliaments next week. While the Serbians point out what they consider the unfairness of the Bulgarian demand, they show an in clination to make some concessions to obtain the support of their former ally. Greece is more firm in her refusal, but It is believed in "some quarters that there may be a change in her policy when ex-Premier 'enizelos re turns to power, although he has a strong pro-German party opposed to him, and according to a telegram from Berlin last night. King Constantine will offer him the premiership only on the understanding that strict neu trality shall be maintained. This was the point on which the King and M. Venizelos disagreed when a new Cabinet was appointed and parlia ment was dissolved. Inasmuch as M. Venizelfis was supported by the peo ple at a general election, it was thought the King might fall into line, but the dispatch from Berlin indicates he has not changed his views. Should Bulgaria attack Serbia, however, Greece is bound by treaty obligations to support Serbia as her ally. With an apparent Improvement of the Russian situation on the eastern front, there are renewed expressions of confidence in the allied countries. Tha Russians declare they are contin uing to drive the Germans back from Riga and west of Dvinsk, and still are keeping them away from the fortress of Kovno. Although the Austro-Ger-mans continue their victorious advance in the center and southwest, the ab sence of official reports of any mention of the capture of guns or munitions Indicates thaT the towns and positions which are being occupied by the invad ers all are evacuated before their ar rival. Field Marshall von Mackensen has resumed his advance between the Vie prz and the Bug after having been de layed for several days by Russian counter attacks, which finally over came hi cavalry, once before driven back several miles from Vladova on the Bug, and again when approaching that town. Tho unit development on the west ern front is the German assertion of another local success in the Argonne. The French report declares all attacks were repulsed. - 2 LINERS TO USE PACIFIC Siberia and Corea May Ply Between San Francisco and Xew York. SAN 'FRANCISCO, Aug. 14. The two liners Siberia and Korea, sold yester day by the Pacific Mail Steamship Com pany to the Atlantio Transport Com pany, along with the Manchuria. Mon golia and China, probably will continue to sail from San Francisco, running between here and New York, It was announced todaj'. The Manchuria and Mongolia, probably will be used in the Atlantic trade. The live vessels will operate In the several services of the International Mercantile Marine Company, of which the Atlantic Transport Company is one of several subsidiaries. The probable use of the vessels was told in a message received here today by T. 11. Larke, general passenger agent of the International Mercantile Marine Company from P. A. S. Franklin, of New York, vice-president of the company. GAR W KILLED BY I I AUTO DRIVER Mrs. Turner Arrested, but No Charge Filed. J. P. GATES ACCIDENT VICTIM Wife of Automobile Man Be comes Hysterical. 35-MILE SPEED CHARGED Sergeant Kills, AYlio Made Arrest, Finds Impact of Collision Knocks Victim About. 2-0 Feet. Auto Slides 2 30 Feet. -J. P. Gates, a streetcar conductor, who lives at 336 East Forty-second street North, was killed almost In stantly last night, when he was knocked down by an automobile driven by Mrs. W. T. Turner, 429 East Twenty-first street North, at Hast Twenty eighth street and Sandy boulevard. Mrs. Turner was sent to the police station by Sergeant Ellis, who asserted that the. automobile was going 35 miles an hour at the time of the accident. No charge was placed against Mrs. Turner last night. Victim Knocked -0 Feet. Mr. Gates had Just stepped out of a store and walked into the street from behind a woodpile. The automobile was coming towards the business section of the city. The Impact of the collision knocked Mr. Gatea about 20 feet. The body fell across the car track, and directly in front of an inbound Rose City car. The car stopped with the fender only a few Inches from the body. Mrs. Turner threw on the brakes and locked the rear wheels of the auto mobile. The car slid, and continued after Gates had been knocked down. Sergeant Ellis, who witnessed the acci dent, eaid that he stepped off the dis tance the car slid, and that It was about 230 feet. ... Woman Becomes Hysterical. Mrs. Turner became hysterical. Her husband, who was with her in the ma chine, hurried back to aid the Injured man. Dr. Hynson, ot the Corbett building, was In the inbound streetcar. He jumped off and administered first aid. He said that Mr. Gates had a fractured skull, four broken ribs, and that both of the man's legs were fractured. With tha aid of Sergeant Kills and Patrolman Crane, the physician car ried Mr. Gates into the home of L. F. Rydberg, 871 Sandy boulevard. He died vabout six minutes after lie was struck. Mr. Gates was about -10 years old. He Is survived by a widow and one son, aged 10 years. The body was taken to the morgue by Deputy Coroner Smith. W. T. Turner Is the office manager of the White Automobile Company. ITALIANS PREPARING COUP New General Attack to Be Made on Plateau of Carso. TJDINE, Italy, Aug. 14, via Psris, Aug. 15. General Cadorna, the Italian commander-in-chief, haa virtually com pleted preparations for a new general attack on the Austrian along the Ison. xo-Rlver, according to information re ceived from the front. These operations are intended to re sult In the occupation of the Carso plateau, which, it is expected, would lead to the early fall of Gorizia, leav ing the road open for the march to Trieste. ' . ,