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Full Leased Wire Dispatches Today's News Printed Today 8 ON TRAINS AND NEWS PRICE TWO CENTS stands, tivb cenys THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1911 0 w ifirt mi wJfilsffi" MILLIONS STARVE AS II IN CHINESE RIVER Estimated 2,000,000 Victims of China Flood Are in a Pitiable Condition OTHER MILLIONS ARE HUNGRY AND HOPELESS Mo Relief Possible Until An other Crop; Enormous Con tributions Must Be Made Hongkong, July 1. Foreigners who liave visited the flood-stricken West 1 river valley above Canton said here today that in rOaeing-tbe number of destitute- IJhilieoe. in the -district at 2, 000.000, when be app , to the Wash ington t ilipartiiieur. for aid, in tho iau of a 'committee of American mis RESULT OF FLOODS Miomries, Tinted States Consul Cheshire 1 rate mnkiii" and why what appears nn ,iave viewed tne damage ami the own nt Canton was more than moderate. i inconsistently low ra'te for certain lonir ers ca" ,,1,e,'k UP tllelr l08"- l'roml't Two million, they explained, might cover the number who are actually starving today. Several times as many more, however, it was declared, are rapidly approaching the starvation line, mid as there can be no relief lor them until another crop can be harvested, weeks hence, the situation is plainly going to grow worse. Vnlcss aid is given on an enormous wale, it wns reported, the mortality will lc appalling. SECRETARY BLOCKS COMPANY'S GAME The plans of an enterprising insur ance company were ba...... today by Insurance Commissioner -..guson. The ;r,r..'i ' . " i , ,e.t0 ! v. v.o Vi ,,, tuning tne daTeroiirmL0"3 f fround aanirerous machinery ami ulxn tn am. dangerous machinery and also to em jdoyers who deliberately jeopardized the lives of certain employes. The com pany proposed to insure these employ ers agninst suits for damages by in jured employes. Mr. Ferguson wrote the company that if they should continue to write poli cies in opposition to uis ruling that he would revoke their charter. ' Mr. Ferguson's letter in part fol lows: "In examining the propositions which you place before the employers of the state, l feel taat I must take exceptions to some of the conditions et forth in your plan 'A.' The sec lions to which I rerer are the ones in dicated as A2, relating to claims for damage under Section 22, and the one indicated as .10. 3, relating to claims for damages on account of the failure of .-.; employer to comply with the provisions of Section 25 of the Work men 's Compensation Act. "I agree fully with the expressed opinion of the Attorney General of this state that ''any contract wherein one person agrees to save another harmless agninst such other's unlaw ful or criminal acts or breach of duty is void and unenforcible as being con trary to public policy.' 3 "The claims against which you pro pose to protect employers under para graphs 2 nnd 3 of your proposed plan 'A' would be due to acts on the of the assured which arc a crime under the provisions of our lu-.-.-. I therefore feel that such contract would be ille gal and am not willing that any com pany may issue such a contract in this territory. Should I find any company issuing a contract containing these pro visions in this territory, I shall feel it my duty to penalize such company. Yours respectfully, J. W. FERGUSON, ! ' Insurance Commissioner. REWARD OFFERED FOR LOST RANGER Twelve Hundred Dollars Will Be Paid for Knowledge of Fate of Louii Mar golin. San Francisco, July 1. A reward of 1,000 has been offered for informa tion concerning the fate of Louis Mar . - .. .. .. . ... . Bonn, a memoer 01 tne unitea states forest service, who disappeared in the! Sierra national forest June 19. The reward was offered by L. X. Margolin, A hat manufacturer of New York City, and a brother of the missing man. The forest service also offered $200 for the recovery of Margolin's body. The day Margolin disappeared he had started from a forest ranger camp on llinkey creek for another camp on Pr.t terson mountain, 12 miles away. Soon afterward a terrific storm broke, and it is feared he was drowned. TO INVESTIGATE LIND. Washington, July 1. A reso lution demanding an Investiga tion of charges by a New York newspaper that john Lind had advised the Mexican constitu tionalists that they could evade the American embargo by ship ping arms and ammunition via Cuba, was introduced in the hott9e today by Representative Kahn of California. SAYS NEITHER ROAD PAYS FOUR PER CENT Examination Shows Oregon Trunk Cost $110,000 a Mile and Is Bonded for $144,000 Per Mile. Portland, Ore., July 1. During a brief cross examination on tho part of Attorney C. W, Fulton before Inter state Commerce Commission Examiner Pugh today, Traffic Manager W. D. Skinner of the North Bank road, de nied that the Great Northern and the Northern Pacific had built tho S. 1". & N. for the .purpose of holding the mouth-ofriver situation and keeping their influence on the side of Puget Sound. ukinner was the second witness on the stand for the ruilrouds, who are re- sisting the effort of Astoria to secure common point terminal rates mii'lt as Seattle and Tacoma and Portland ports nn tri-r.vs nml Willntm Tinrhnrs now on. Nov.' H analyzed the whole subject of distance hauls is caused by the cross- fire of competition between Washing ton and Oregon lines. C. H. George, statistician for the S. I. & S. company, was the first wit ness put on the stand ror tho defend ant companies. He submitted official reports to show that since was built the .Spokane, Portland and Seattle has never earned enough fo pay for the four per cent on its bonded debt. He declared the Oregon Trunk has never even made operating expenses. On cross-examination Senator Fulton developed the fact that while the road cttat-tLUUiiU) per mile to build, it is im, it is bonded at $144,000, upon which the revenues are relied to pay interest. Traffic Manager Skinnrr was put on lue stand to explain why the rates now in effect were put there and the theory on which the defendant roads feel jus- t'ficd in standing fast against any re ,i,: e ,u0 i, ir o:.i ! the territory traversed by his line is i. , . ' . ... largely arm ana unproductive, tie de clared this fuct has repeatedly been considered by interstate and state com missions in granting it immunity from rate reductions for which numerous parties have contended. ATTORNEY FIXES THE VALUE OF HIS CLIENT Advises Wife to Settle for $2000, as That Is All Her Husband's Affec tions Are Worth. I.os Angeles, Cal., July 1. In an at tempt to prove that a conspiracy ex isted to secure moey from Mrs. Ida Morgan, defendant In a $50,000 aliena tion suit brought by Mrs. Orris Budd of Long Beach, attorneys for Mrs. Mor gan read in court today a letter alleg ed to have been written to Mrs. Budd by Louis N. Whealton, an attorney who is mayor of Long Beach. The letter is said to have been writ ten in reply to a telegram from Mrs. Budd in which she expressed doubt of the loyalty of Kobert Lithgow, a private detective who kept a diary of events at Mrs. Morgan's mine at Cima, where the woman and Mrs. Budd's hus band had known each other. It re assured Mrs. Budd that Lithgow was dependable. A part of the letter read: 'We want a settlement. The largest damages ever given in such a case was only 2000. Get what you can, but it will be wise to p-et 10.000 in n settle ment thnn to fight. Budd is not worth that much, I am afraid, in the eyes of irv 11. Whenlton was on the stand during the morning session. JURY DUTY SHIRKED FOR BASEBALL FIELD Po'rtland, Ore., July l.-Brought be - ,r., T.i.... iin.,: . .i, ttr'rt h.,. 1.. v.;i.i ,..., j (... -u. i ri.; t i.,.n 1.. , , .... ,a ... i,. . . viding th? Beavers take six of the . i." ... .r ,r .. tians this week. aj- t I x ju,. j . 1 . 1 1 t ' I! ,r' Mcfredie plaintively told his honor. I rliof'. till io nn furtl, tn rof. I 1a anrl hrinn horns ha nsm.mmnr... " t o fL; u.i W. ' Un told him. "but return next eek and do your duty." I ! AlEAMANS I REBEL AGAINST NEW KING Rome. July 1. News was received heie to.lny that Albanian insurgents wiped out a for.'e of government troops Sunday which had been sent against them by William of Wied, the new kme. anil were concentrating ror a fre attack on Durazzo, the capital. FLAMES DESTROY Ml FINE AUTOS DAMAGE IS $35,000 Fremont Hotel and Rees & Elgin Garage Are Among Buildings Destroyed PRESSING PARLORS GO AND MANY SUITS BURN Inflammable Material Makes Terrific Blaze But Firemen Heroically Control It Property damage as a result of the fire that gutted the Fremont hotel building, owned by George F. Modgors, at the corner of Ferry and High streets, enrly this morning, is estimated this afternoon to approximate $33,000, al though it is impossible to give any ex figures until the insurance men action on the part of the fire depart meat, in spite of a false alarm that took them in an opposite direction from tho fire, confined the blaze to the ho tel ami saved the adjacent buildings. George Rodger, on whom the loss will fall the heaviest, estimates his damage to be about $15,000, which is not covered by insurance. As a stroke of bad luck, he had allowed his insur ance on the building to lapse recently Littlo insurance was carried by the oth er tenants of tho building. Among the other heavy losers are Mrs. II. W Harding, who eouductod the Fremont hotel, and the Kees & hlgm auto ga .- ,u :...., .i,;..i, i.. .un I new automobiles, a large number of ...L1' T ,1 ' I." " " '"VL. f tires ami machine fixtures. Their loss will approximate $4,000. Many Shops Burn. Housed under the same roof were a largo number of shops. Among them were the Shaw pressing parlors, the loss of which will amount to about $450; the Excelsior motorcycle garage conducted by Morse & Kamsilen, whose loss consisted chiefly in several bicy cles, oils and fixtures; the Kees & Elgin auto garage, in which were stored sev en autos, all destroyed; the paint shop of the Hutchins Paint company, whose loss is estimated to run $1,500 above $600 insurance; a store room of K. R. Jones, contractor, whose loss has not been ascertained; the French laundry, loss unknown at present; a vulcanizing shop, in which was an auto belonging to Mr. Roilgers, a tiushop belonging to A. L. Fraser, and the Threska Hat Works, $1,000. With the exception of the engines 0? the motorcycles and the autos and the machinery of the tinshop, which escap ed fiercest of the heat, everything in .l l -i i- - 4. j. 1 1 r i-i 1 the building m a total loss. Nothing is left of the furniture of the lodging house but soaked bedding and scraps of twisted iron bedsteads. In the ashes of the autos are the auto engines, while brick chimneys and charred posts loom up from a tangled mass df blackened and twisted rods. Where yes terday was a busy hive of business to day is a confused heap of blackened ruins. Insurance Too High. It is said that the reason little in surance was carried by the tenants was because of the high percentage re ouired by the insuring companies, the rate being as high as 10 per cent of the property covered by the under writers. H was recognized that the building was old, dry as tinder and a regular fire trap. It was also noted at.d censure given for allowing a hotel and auto garage to he housed under the sam.; roof, when the latter storo 80 maeh combustible stuff as gasoline 811,1 rr6sto!ltc- , , I the 1 rcmont hotel was formerly n j livery stable conducted by W. S. Low and was remodeled only last year by I Mr. iiodgers into its semi-modern shape. !The ground lloor, 011 account ot its use K-''ran"s. wl" ,k''l with "' j extremely inflammable so that when lj' ,auht riht al""'t H:45 o'clock i in a tew minutes it was practically past 'saving. The flames raced from one 1 place to another with such rapidity that isl!t streams of water had little or no . effect in the way of checking them ' 7b" wa.H t!ihor,t 'h.,tt f'.Y" occupants of tne hotel anil they barely escaped being caught in their rooms if'ou'i miiucii, as ii o3 iue man w aa . reported to have been trapped but the! '"". r-cii. fi iini uiun i" -LQJ1 ...I SiL-:,.,.. u horn a.l ,nm,. nff ' " 1 i i i'i ,i....,,...B to the ground. Flving glass caused a ; fevf minor ,.,, miU)l fi,eini? flot(.i "nest, but no one wns seriously hurt. Good Work Done. I On account of the excellent work 'done bv the fire department in their hopeless struggle against the fire that ! wa, consuming the main structure, the i fame were confined to that building nloue, and the stables and feed barn :0f Skipton on the west was not even j scorched. The new auto pumper was (Continued from page 3.) OREGON BOYS JOIN SHIP. Portland, Ore., June 1. Two hundred members of the Ore gon naval militia left by special train over the O. W. R. & N. this morning for Tacoma, where the.y will go aboard the first class cruiser Milwaukee this afternoon to begin the annual cruise. From Tacoma the Milwaukee will proceed to Seattle, where divisions of the Washington naval militia will be taken aboard tonight, and by tomor row morning the warship will be well out to sea on the trip to Honolulu. TENNIS AND BASEBALL SWIMMING AND GYM These Are the Things Just Now Most In Vogue at the Y. M. O. A. Ladles Use the Tanks. Physical Director Gingrich of the Sa lem Y. M. C. A. and Paul Wallace were attending to the surveying of the ten nis courts on the Willamette university - I,.-.- 1- In,,!... nt rumpus jiiejiuiatoi., lu l'V,nK I ,u- I - I.: ,1. t. : .. ,V,u ' ine iumi in er in iiiiniiniiii,- luj'i'iii mai will put the finishing touches to the courts. The crushed rock that has been put on is being rolled today and the proper grade being made. After the top dressing has been laid and rolled, it will be ready for playing as soon as it gets cold and is marked. Should the new courts not be ready for a day or two, play may go on ou the clay courts just west of the new ones. The baseball team of the Salem Y. M. C. A. was out for its first practice yes terday afternoon on tho baseball dia mond on tho campus of Willamette uni versity, in spite of the fact that only five men showed up for practice the ssion was a good one. It is expected nat Tne next time w new agg ega- tion practices that a full team will be on hand. The Salent association is con fident that it has the makings of a first class ball-tossing aggregation in its midst and will make very effort to bring out and develop tho talent. " Even though tho youth of the city has the broad and long Willamette river in which to wash off the dust and grime of the streets and cool tho heated blood of the summer-time, the Y. M. C. A. swimming pool is a popular place each aud every day in the week. With ompetcnt instructors on hand to give lessons when needed and the danger of accidents reduced to a minimum, the pool is a magnet that draws on an aver age of 25 boys between the ages of 10 and 16 years per day. Every day the tank is busy from 4:30 in the afternoon until 8 o'clock with senior boys and businessmen. The old er men find enjoyment and recreation in the late afternoon splashing about. in the pool. when they have not the time to go out to the river. ' On Wednesday nights the girls of the city have their turn at the swimming business and make use of it in large numbers. The younger members of the fair sex use the pool from 0:30 in the afternoon until 7 o'clock. Older girls 1 10 . 10 ...... 1 .. T 1 ; 1 . , . u " ..." I 1 nunc nun ii ii ujticr tiana uric ir , ' - .. n ... . About 50 voting women of the city are taking advantage of this opportun ity to enjoy a swim. Over 05 girls have been taught to swim and others given advanced instruction about taking care of themselvos in the water. Jt is believed that the work of the associa tion in this line is invaluable aud that it will prove itself many times over. The ladies gvm class at the Y. M. Ii. A. has been discontinued until Septem ber on account of the warm weather. On an average of 40 to 50 young women attended these classes during the win ter. BUGGY AND AUTOMOBILE GET IN A TANGLE An auto driven by F. E. Mangus, of!"""1"0' or1n"! wlfc. " rnom at "M", " Salem, and a single buggy driven by Mr- ii .!, roi.i., .... five' miles cast of this city, collided todav at the corner of State and Lib - erty streets, but the only damage was a badly bent axle on the buggy. The auto had been following the buggy around the comer, aud ill front of the Burr Jewelrv store stood au auto which Mrs. Branson, in driving around, swung her horse and rig in front ot thu an, a ft n, I ihn mm t.io.l ,,iur.l It 1 1 th frr.ii, wheel . th hnaav. No one was hurt in the least, and Mr. MaiiK.is immediately ordered the buggy sent to tiid shop to be repaired at his own expense. A desirabl' thin.Ti know is how best to swecteVtlU' bitters of life with mirth The Vcather OWE OfT . ' AOW Lif.ir- i. ., tonight s r "Thursday; !i.i.towrv winds. riAA-ff mtF': i AUSTRIAN TROOPS i CONTROL SITUATION I OUT TROUBLE BREVS i Boy Who Killed the Prince and Fife Denies Haying Any Accomplices SERVIANS SUBDUED BUT NOT CONQUERED Police Believe There Was a Plot to Assassinate Couple, Despite AH the Denials Budapest, July 1. Austrian troops had gained the upper hand toduy in the various provinces in which pro-Servian nnd anti-Servian disorders broke out following the assassination Sunday of Archduke Francis ' Ferdinand and his wifu, tho Duchess of Hohenhuiir. Tho fire starting during yesterday's rioting at Mostar, capital of Herzego vina province, wns extinguished, the Croats who invaded tho Servian quar ter were driven back into their own section of tho city nnd cavalry win patrolling the streets. Sernjevo was still under murtiul law. If n Servian revolt had been planned in Bosnia nnJ Herzegovina, it seemed to have been stamped out for the time being. J lie Servian population was in nn , , fc predictions - ,,,., i., , ' , 1 . ,, ; ot future trouble, and especially of more assassinations, were freely mnde. Oavrio Prin.ip, who killed tiio areh duko and his wife, and Nadeljo Cabrin ovitch, w ho made j aiuMlur r- rf wtum ce.tsful attempt, both denied that they nau accomplices or that tney knew one another. The police were not convinc ed, however, and more arrests wero expected. "A study of anarchist literature con vinces me," suid Prinzip, "that we cannot do a greater service to our fol low men than by assnssinnting rulers." War Is Probable. Berlin, July 1. War between Austria and Servia was feared here today as a result of the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria by Gavrio Prir.-zip, a Servian student, at Seraievo Sunday, Servia, of course, could resist Austria for hardly a day, but Russia is sup posed to be its protector. Should the czar be drawn into the controversy, it was agreed here that nobody could tell where or when the trouble would stop. Many were saying that fears, express ed when the archduke was killed, of a disturbance of Europe's peace through his death, seemed likely to be speedily justified. Austria officialdom unquestionably was convinced that a widespread plot was behind Francis Ferdinand's assass ination, and that it originated in Ser via. A note said to have been se'nt from Vienna to Belgrade, demanding ino conspirators punishment, was in terpreted in Servia as reflecting on the nauon. 'i no peopio wore furious. On the other hand, Austrians were en raged by the open assertion in Servian newspapers that the assassination was provoked by Austrian oppression of its Servian sulneets Investigation at Sera.ievo showed thdt the most elaborate plans were made to Kill the archduke Aside from the successful attempt made by Prinzip, and the failure of Nadeljo Cabrinoviteh, homos were found planted under the table at which the archduke was dined and in the ! '?cra;',M 0 f. w'ncn the eouplo were 10 nave visited. Several nowertu ! bo"'bs .wfro aslo found in possession of 1 a Hrvla woman arrested at Sera.jcvo as a suspect. Finally the railroad by which the archduke and Ins wife were to have ' . "'rajevo, it was .liscovcreil, was 1 lnl,u''1 1,1 ev"al places. TO HEAR DEMURRERS. 0n Thursday and Friday of this wcck J'Vlc J'ercy R. Kelly will be , Pr,!w''t " """ room 01 depart ment No. 1 of the circuit court to hear motions and demurrers and to transact other business in preparation for tho I opening of the regular July term of court which begins July fl. HAITIEN REBIL IS LEADER REPORTED DEAD Washington, July 1. Captain Kberle of the American cruiser Washington re- porieu ii) wie navy ucpunmenc tooay i-.i m . . .. i that General Theodore, Haitien rebel leader, and fifty of his men had been killed In a battle nenr the domiuican 'frontier. THE DARIUS GREEN ACT. St. Petersburg, July 1. Captain T,: i ... 1 1 1 i today at Peskoff' by the fall of his mnnonlaue , i 3fC jfc jft 5t JC ifC 31 St iC ifa TROUBLE IN PANAMA. Panama, July 1. Govern ment officials were considering today the advisability of asking for American troops to prevent threatened disturbances here during Sunday's election. The situation was regarded as ex tremely serious, and it was be lieved that outbreaks were cer tain. SOUTHERN PACIFIC TO BALLAST TRACK Will Place Crushed Bock on Main Line From Portland to Springfield at Cost of $150,000. Eugene, July 1. The Southern Pa cific company is preparing to plnee crushed rock ballast along its line from Portland to Springfield Junction, the work to begin at once anil continue, until the fall of 1915 according to a statement made last night by D. W. Campbell, assistant general manager of tho Southern Pacific company, who with Supt. F. 1,. llurkhalter yesterday completed inspection of the Woodhiirn Springfiold branch of the Southern Pacific. - Upwards of $1.10,000 will be spent yet this year on the reballasting work, said Mr. Campbell, am) the work next year will cost considerably in excess of that sum. The company's huso rock "tishinR plant at Hlack Itntte, Califor- nia, is now being dismantled, and wiil be moved to Marion, nenr Salem, where the coiupnny has acquired a suitable rock quarry, Mr. Campbell expects th first of the machinery very soon, but says it will require six weeks at least to put in tho sidings, bunkers and othor equipment needed to handle the rock 111 the largo qiui.'itk - 1 .ji -.III w quired. It is expoctcd that worn tn, bo under way in time to resurface tho lino from Oregon City to Salem yet this fall, and next snrinir tho rest of the dis tance to Springfield Junction will be undertaken. Springfield Shops. Expectation of heavy freiifhr"4raffic the length of the Willamette valley, j wilhj thg probability that the through name to ruiirortiia win ne inverted over the Nat rom-Klamath Falls cutoff is given by Mr, Campbell as the reason for the improvement. Ho added that plans for extensive shops at Springfield hnd been hampered by stringency of the money market. "We (lid not buy all that land for farming purposes," he concluded. P. E. & E. Extensions. Asked as to the prospects for an enrly electrification of the upper valley lines of the P., E. & E., President Strahorn said: "I am still hammering away at our people In the cast and hope to car ry out our plans in the not distant fu ture The plan of further electrifying our lines has never been abandoned and they will he carried out just as soon as money is more plentiful." Mr. Stra horn said that ho is well satisfied with the business of tho electric trains on the McMinnville loop, which was the first unit to he electrified, and that there are now 4(1 cars being used on that portion of the svstem for the pass enger traffic, which scoms to be in creasing steadily. T. L. Billingsley, snperintendene of the P., E. & E. accompanied the presi dent of the road to this city from Salem. BASEBALL TODAY. American. At Philadelphia Boston-Priladelphin game postponed; rain. At Cleveland St. Louis-Cleveland game postponed; rain. At Detroit Chicago-Detroit game postponed; rain. Federal. At Pittsburg Baltimore Pittsburg game postponed; ram. At Indianapolis Chicago-Indianapo lis gamo postponed; rain. National. At New York Hrooklyii-N'ew York tamo postponed; rain. First game R. If. E. Philadelphia 7 10 3 Boston 2 0 3 Maver and Dooin; iavis nnd dowdy. Second game R- H. E. Philadelphia 5 7 0 Boston 0 5 3 Alexander ami Killifer; Rudolph and Gowdv. it. H. K. .Cincinnati -. 0 1 Chicaifo 7 1 1 Benton and Clark; Cheney and ltres- nahun. American. R. H. E. New York Washington Mcllalc and Henry. 4 7 7 11 Sweeney; Shaw anil national. II. H. E jiurra o ' " T,..l!. I- JIOI ' , . 7 II Anderson and Lavegue; .Marion and La mi A HARD-HEARTED MAYOR, Portland. Ore., July 1. The warm weather of the last few days bringing out the "see through" skirts by the score, Mayor Albee today ordered tho H departm-nt to keep .11 women wearing diaphanous gowna off the J streets. POWERS MAI UNITE IN DASH TO MEXICO ITOI HIPTA (II'IT? ii iii-ii nuLiim uumw United States Will Make No Objection to This, in Fact Encourages tne Plan FRENCH AND BRITISH MARINES ARE READY This Plan Would Show Mexico Her Weakness With TOole World Against Her Arrangements were said today to have been made for American, British, French and German marines to dash to Mexico City if President Huerta wore overthrown, to police the capital until a government could be established. Small hnpo was felt that mediation efforts would close the breach between Generals Carranza and Villa. If they failed to become reconciled it was expected Villa would seize con trol of the revolution, handle the mili tary campaign himself and put General lT'cles in charge of the constitutional- ,vil affairs. t mranza njida major generals of Generals Gonzales and Obregon, respoe-". tively east and west coast commander, so that both nominally ranked Villa. The two were understood, howev ?V 1 to have vowed allegiance to Vill , 1 did General Nat'era.- r!..,r)t (Vvi. v.a tried to put over his Kf"d a .itcas. Villa was Tcpi; r-. .tye tele graphed, to t'i i 'ic ' .Wfiaon , taking him to vaiM! til" embargo which pre vents ths reh'i-f rom Importing arm and ammunition from the United States. General Obregon reported capturing the Guadalajara electric lighting plant and said he was about to attack ths city itself. Rebels were sail to have routed 300 federals at Santiago, Lower California, killing 00. President Huerta was saiil to be furious because the Niagara Falls con ference, had failed to result in an agreeent between federals and rebels, to have declared that he would never compromise with the latter and to be planning a guerilla campaign to the last. The "A. B. C." mediators were in recess, awaiting the next move by the constitutionalists. Nevertheless, President Wilson waa not discouraged. He authorized the statement that "affairs are in as good shape as they can be until the factions can get together." To this Secretary Bryan added that "mediation is not all over." Vera Cruz. Mex., July 1. A dash to Mexico City by American, British, French and German marines was pre dicted here today in the event of the collnpse of President Huerta 's regime before any other authority has been substituted for it. ThiB would not be considered interven tion, it was said, but simply a neces sary step to police the capital until a government was established. The t inted States was understood to have agreed with the other interested pow ers as to the desirability of such a course. The military and naval author ities here did not believe tiio dasu would be resisted. Besides the American fleet, there are three British cruisers, the French crui ser Condo and the German cruiser Dres- len, either off or nenr Vera Cruz, so that the organization of an adequate international expedition into the inter ior would bo a mutter of no difficulty. Practically the entire force of Mexi can troops who have hitherto been pa trolling the railroad had been with- lrawn today into Mexico City. Wilson Not Alarmed. Washington, July 1. President Wil son authorized today the following statement: "Mexican affairs are in as good shape as they can be until the faction get together." "Mediation is not an over, sup- . . 4 O L . - T. plemeiiteit necretary oi oiaiu uriiu. "The mediators have not adjourned. There is nothing to announce." TWO DROWN WHILE POSINO FOB THE MOVIES Canon City, Colo., July 1. Grace McIIugh, a moving picture actress, and Owen Carter, a camera man, were drowned iu the Arkansas river near here ut noon today. Miss McHugh, mounted, was fording the. river during i movie scene, when she was suddenly thrown from her horse. Carter leaped into the water, seized Miss McHugh and swam with her to a sand bank. Both were apparently safe when they suddenly sank and drowned. It is be lieved the quicksand swallowed them