La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, September 13, 1916, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextCP imttist- woe tu?itttm AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER - PRINTS THE NEWS THE DAY IT HAPPENS if' VOLUME XVI LA GRANDE, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1916. NUMBER 73. POINDEXTER AHEAD FOR U. S. SENATOR 3 r, 1 1 1 MSUTF0 N LE AD OVER HARTLEY TOTE SO CLOSE NO SAFE PRE DICTION CAN BE MADE AT THIS TIME PROGRESSIVE ELEMENT VICTOR IN MOST CASES King County .Gives McBride Good Lead for Governor But Tacoma, Spokane and Other Large Centers Split so Badly Outcome Not Clear ly Indicated. Seattle, Sept. 13. Miles PoinUex ter is leading his opponents for re nomination as United States senator on the Republican ticket, at prac tically all large centers except in Che halis where William Humphrey has a lead. ' Forty-four out of 73 Lewis county precincts give Sutton first for governor with Hartley second and Mc Neely third, but elsewhere in the state, the gubernatorial racers see saw. Because of the first, second and third choice features in Washington, the race will not be definitely decid ed at any point for several hours. Early returns point in former Gover nor McBride for the Republican ex ecutiveship, but Sutton is leading in other big districts, principally Spo Vnno nnd Tpwis counties. This afternoon Poindexter is tha only man who has an apparent lead over the state -the -ret see-saw too. vigorously to pick a probable win ner. King County for Poindexter. Seattle, Sept. 13. -Complete re turns from 61 King county precincts give the following total of first and choice votes: Poindexter 3499; Humphrey 3411; Bryan 2467; For Governor McBride 3509; Hartley 2772. MHle is leading for congress, - Earlv Returns Close. . Seattle, Sept. 13. Incomplete re turns from the Washington primary indicate Poindexter was renominat- ed over Humphrey. Republicans evidently nominated ex-Governor Mc Bride. R. H. Hartley, who ran as an ooen shoD champion, was second. Ex- Mavor Miller, of Seattle, won the Re- publican congressional nomination in this district. Victory for a majority of the Progressive Republican canoi dates seems sure. Tnfnmn Favors Poindexter. Tacoma, Sept. 13. Poindexter has a big lead in meager returns this mnmmff with Brvan second and Humphreys last. McNceley is lead ing the gubernatorial race with- Hart ley second ana racrsnae imra. Knnknne Vote Big. Close. iSDokane. Sept. 13. One hundred and twenty-eight precincts give a to tal first and second choice votes in RnolfAna county as follows: Poindex ter 5045; Bryan 5212; Humphrey 2625. Sutton is ahead here in the gubernatorial race, McBride second And Hartley third. Parker. Fullerton and Morris are leading for the long imrn in the subreme court nomina- tion. Webster apparently has cinched the short term. Corkerv is 700 votes ahead for the fifth congressional district nomina tion. Davis is leading Hart for lieu tenant governor. Electricity's Part in War. New York, Sept. . 13. The part electricity plays in modern warfare, from its use as a searchlight to its use in firing big naval guns, will be the big feature of the annual National Electircal exposition at Grand Cen tral Palace here October 11 to 21. Exhibits showing the hundreds of ways electricity is employed in sea and land fighting are being prepared by experts of the Army and Navy de partments for the exposition. Because these changes have taken place gradually, the exhibits will show the old methods of doing things as compared with the new electrical one3. Working models of both will be set up side by side. ' ' Also there will be displays showing the effects of electrical appliances up on the development of transporta tion, surgery, industry, communica tion, artificial lighting and hundreds of other things. Will Leave on a Visit Dr. and Mrs. E. P. Mossman leave this evening on a visit to the doc tor's brother at Soap Lake, Wash. They expect to be away about ten days. - ' RECRUITS CAN FIND SERVICE THREE REGIMENTS ALONE STOP ENLISTMENTS. Oregon Cavalry and Coast Guard Branches Need New Men. Definite instructions to recruiting officers now, and for the past month or six weeks, in the field of the Northwest, have been sent out by oi- ficials of the army department, west ern division. Since the return of the Third Oregon, Captain Lee M. Clark, recruiting officer in La Grande, was in a quardary as to methods to pursue here and asked his superior for in structions. These orders came this morning and declare that recruits will still ce received tor tne uregon coast artillery and the Oregon cavalry, but not for the third infantry, nor the sec ond Washington or the fifth Califor nia regiments. But as for such com panies as are now at the border, en-, river two days ago, and the details of when, as his wife said, he left for listments are still sought. Regi-1 which appeared in the Observer yes- Winnemucca. ments, and their location now, which terday. Press dispatches as publish-1 Boise Bank Telegraphs $500. are open to recruits, include: Wash- in yesterday detailed how authori- Interest in this fact is kept inas ington signal corps at Calexico; ties were looking for an 'automobile m.u , Mmljnv ,ua virsf. N- point; Battery A and Troop A of the uregon lorces at tjaiexico ana raim Beach respectively ; California second infantry, seventh infantry, field artil- lery, cavalry and hospital corps at xr I TJ.L. I - J j 1. nogaies; itiaao secunu uuni,ry m, Nogales; Montana infantry and cav- airy at Douglas; Utah cavalry; field nospiutl unu quanerma&ier turps , wogaies TEUTON ARMY Sept.. 13. AuatrianS are retreating in the upper Maros and Aim vuiieya uj. ijiv)iiua m twit nttpTTvntin cr serious rftsistance. not attempting S0J,0U'' resl8tence; stoppea tne Austrian ana loiuganau supply ships using theuanube. A new Russo-Roumanian otfensive at Dobrudja is progressing. . French Active in iialKan Mates. Paris, Sept. 13. -French have joined tne Allies m tno caixan onen- . . . . .... . .-- sive and are fighting near and 'Danuma, Greece. Serbians con- tinuing their advance despite heavy Bulgarian resistance ana occupiea an important position nortn oi iovw. French advanced south' of Orsova Lake, allies shelling enemy positions on both sides of the Vardar. French last night captured the en tire village of Bouchavesnes on the western . - front -Midway between Combles and Perrone. Early this morning French pushed further east-1 ward, capturing Boise Labe farm by hrilliant bavonettinsr. They seized the whole strongly-fortified German third line between Combles and Per- one. . ; French Success Admitted. Berlin, Sept. 13. Jt is 'officially ad mitted French penetrated Bouchaves nes village last night but Germans re pulsed an attack at Thiamont and Souville on the Northeastern Verdun front. Teuton Offensive Crumbles. Petroerad. Sept. 13. It ii an nounced Austro-Germans have unsuc cessfully attempted to assume the of- fensive on tne nailtz ironi, crosaimj Bistritza river near Jezuhol. In the Carpathians the enemy has repeatedly attacked the heights on the upper course of the Czarny-CJzeremosz nv- er The Russian fleet shelled enemy trawlers at Irben Straits. Berlin. Sept. 13. Russian attacKS tiNlf rnNsTArOTINr" r. ir(U W-""1''11 - FULLING 1 -$3 f4 Head of Greek government, who will y,e onv consignee of misbranded lcr, Corvallis, timber and stone appli snon be compelled, critics say, to liquor to be arrested. She stopped cation; Stella B. Rizo, Pleasant Val throw the Greek army on the side sheriff Anderson on the street, just ley, final desert land entry; Hans M. of the allies, and who today caused ag ne wag about to enter the express Hanson, Long Creek, timber and stono his premier to remain in office. j office, asking to be allowed to visit payment. D.C. OF MURDERING STATEMENT ISSUED BY FORMER LA .GRANDE MAN SAYING SHOOTING WAS ENTIRELY ACCIDENTAL BUT THAT IN HIS SUBSEQUENT STATE OF ALARM, HE BURIED BODY WATER USED DEAD MAN'S N D. C. Brischoux, for several years Robt. Stanfield, states that he saw proprietor of the Savoy hotel in this Brichoux driving a car in which were city, also a timber locator and for a a man and a woman at Cord, Ore., go time in the employ- of E. P. Stables, ing toward the Nevada line the even his brother-in-law as a grocery ing of Saturday, September 9. clerk several vrhts ncrn. is in inil this Brichoux returned to Ontario Tues- wtinn with the murder of R. C. Goodwin, the wealthy sheepman whose decom- nosed bodv was found in the Snake auto trip from Ontario. That driver is the former l& Urande man and he is now in jail, charged with partici- nation in the murder. In addition to that, Brischoux is accused of wiring -. . . to a '.Boise bank for $&uu in uooa- win's nnmR nnd of writinn- to Bob Stanfield concerning sheep deals also under UOOd Win's name. Brischoux s Story Told A statement has been issued by the prisoner to tne eltect tnat, as ne anu Goodwin were riding along the Snake rive a dog appeared in the road and that Mr. Brischoux started to shoot it with his revolver, his efforts be- ing stopped bv Goodwin, who. as he I was about to take the gun from Bris- 'coux's hands, was accidentally shot. The prisoner declares he hurried to- letter in lead pencil- dated Crowley, ward the nearest settlement with the Ore., September 3, asking that his dead body, but began to feel alarmed suit cases be forwarded to Wdnne about the situation he was in himself, mucca and signed R. C. Goodwin, and proceeded to weight the body Crowley is south of Ontario, also on down with chain's and "plant" it in the way to the Nevada line. i the Snake river, in hasty effort to In developed Tuesday that Brichoux hide his crime. Soon after he left was driving a borrowed car, which he for Nevada. ' borrowed first on August 31 to take Hm of Cina Goodwin, to Steen'ft mountain. Union jirtrvr1 V,n -ent- Tuacov m!in wag jagt secn , the COmpany of D.-C Brichoux, an auto driver or x . - a l n . i - ai Ontario,, on August 31, when . they Brichoux was not in Ontario Tues day and his wife is reported to have ?A fl,nt u. v. A .n- u al,t. fA wi. jTOmucca and that she had expected i,- m.j. tht !i " . . , ' . - muminic. ,H r.. in the employ of were repulsed between Smotree and ooiaen risiritzu . nvr, oiavs lost neavuy. No Battle Front Change. London, SepL 13. Gen. Haig re ported last night's operations have not changed the Britisn-uerman front. An Athens dispatch to the Evening News said French captured Sorovish from the Bulgarians, ' Zaimis Remains in Office j London, Sept. 13. A central News Athens dispatch has said King Con- stantine has persuaded Premier Zai- mis to withdraw nis resignation. Zaimis is organizing a new cabinet, picking pro-ally ministers. LIQUOR CALLED BEER. Union County Has Had Shipments Similar to Baker's Case. That liquor has been shipped into Union county under the guise of beer, in a manner very similar to that dis- tuvereu m, dmw ii " Nul rently reported in La Grande today. At Baker however, the party shipping in grew careless and left a weak link in tne line oi ionincuuons agamai legal punishment and consequently I just how liquor, in large quantities, . is being Drougnt into uaicer was aem - internal revenue collector, when he Grande this morning and has allowed went through the shipments at the his friends to sample it. A chemical American Express office, labeled "bot- 1 analysis will be necessary to deter tled beer," and found five barrels filled mine the dominating elements in the instead with bottled whiskey. A Ba- fluid. However, it doesn't taste any- ker Dispatch says: "There was approximately 25 quarts in each shipment. Of beer, 24 quarts may be shipped in monthly and the whiskey in eacn or tne nvo.wise nugnt ne, barrels was approximately 12 times the amount .allowed by law. The search was conducted by the aid of Sheriff R. P. Anderson, Deputy Rob- ert Nelson and District Attorney God- win. Each of the five shipments was from G. H. Tribe & Co. Ogden. "Mr. Smith declares that a large proportion of the liquor illegally brought into the county, is being brought in in this way, and believes that the evasion is at the suggestion of a former Baker bartender, now a liquor salesman, who it is known, has made a strong bid for local trade. Tho offense of misbranding liquor ship- ments, is against the federal law, and I conviction carries witn it a ?a,uuu nnc 1 :. nonno Po.in nolt-raoo ma ecu UNDER AME TO GET FUNDS WITH. dav. SeDtember 5. and when asked where he had left Goodwin, remarked he had left him "out there." He re-i mained in Ontario until . Saturday tional bank of Boise' where Goodwin epi nis iunas on uupobit, receivea a wire from Winnemucca purporting to be from fiooriwin nskinp that 500 h wired him there. This was done and . . , tne money paid over to a man, wno registered at thn Overland hotel at Winnemucca, as R. C. Goodwin, Boise, who showed letters, bank book and check book, apparently belonging to R. C. Goodwin, and who said he J was on nis way east una neeuea more money before starting. Suit Case Sent For. Before Goodwin departed from the Moore hotel August 31 for Steen's mountain he left 'his large diamond ring wibh the hotel management, The hotel management received a lia-K.Jiis rwtTim hft hormwnH it. from dnv today and, although he left with this car m Saturday, September a, accord : u; nrA Tu;nnnn.n. l,. ing to his wife, for Winnemucca, he said nothing about this trip to the owner of the car. "' Set Trap for Chauffeur. The Ontario authorities claim to have traced Brichoux to McDermid, a town on the Nevada line on the way to Ontario, and it was supposed' his next stop would be Jordan Valley. Mrs. Wary Pierce, an inmate of the BukowenaJicounty jail as the result of last night's raid, .permission was given ana im mediately after, Mr. Smith exhibited a barrel with unmistakable whiskey oozing from it, and - bearing ' Miss Bourne's detention by Deputy Sheriff Herbert. , She was released this after noon, no charge being preferred against her as -she had not received the liquor. "The officers conducted a similar in vestigation at the O.-W. R. & N. freight office this aftornoon, but no misbranded shipments were found." Miss Bourne was a witness in the Union Stock show raid by Sheriff Hug in which a conviction was obtained. MINERAL WATER IS STRUCK, Roscoe West Makes Peculiar Find in Well on Townley Place. R. A. West, the .artesian well dig- gel.( Jlag Btnlck something new in a woll on the Townlev farm near Hot 1 onTtth.e iownley larm near jhot Lake. It is an artesian flow of imn- eral water. The gush came after ..... .B -r- V water is not hot but is so strongly ; impregnated with mineral as to be of . ucuiucuiy v thing like the liquid whion comes in full quarts through tho express office 28 days apart, so Mr. West'B "find" may prove less popular than it other- HOMESTEAD PROOFS MADE Rush for Final Papers Unusual for j One Day's Business, j Considerably more than the aver- age day's grist of land office final proofs on homesteads, kept land office departments busy today. Among the final homestead proofs issued were the following: . Milo Williams, Sparta; William Schmidt, Joseph; Mrs. Maude Dale, Pilot Rock: Irene Houch, Enterprise: Ernest McGarry, Zumwalt. Other transactions for the day included: uamea -tj- nunuia, iiujiivavrou, Vnni.tuI onnlitMitinn Fern F. Hoi. LORIMER WANTS CONGRESS SEATi OUSTED SENATOR "COME BACK" SEEKS Illinois Primaries Held Today Gub ernatorial Candidates Many. Chicago, Sept. 13. Ousted from tne United States senate for the way he obtained election, former Senator William, ("Billy"), Lorimer, was a "comeback" candidate for the con gressional nomination on the Repub lican ticket in the state primaries here today. The appearance of the ousted senator's name on the ballot was the signal for the renewal of the political war on Lorimer. He is op- 'posed for the nomination by three other candidates. Lorimer recently was acquitted of the charge of con- spiracv to wreck the LaSalle Btreet Trust and Savings bank. He has promised to pay all depositors who lost money in his bank's crash. Can didates for all state offices were to be nominated by all parties today. Everyone of the present office holders is a candidate for re-election. Candi dates for Governor are: James Tray nor, Chicago; W. R. Brinton, Dixon; Edward F. Dunne, . incumbent, all Democrats; and Morton D. Hull, Chi cago; Frank O. Lowden, Oregon; F. L. Smith, Dwight; John A. Wheeler, Springfield; all Republicans; and Sey- m0Ur StedmaSociaUst. VILLA BAND AMERICAN TROOPS COMPRISE PART OF CORDON. , Clash Expected at Any Time Cav alry Guards Exit. El .'Paso, Sept. 13. Gen. Gonzales has announced Carranzistas surround ed the mountains where Villa ia be lieved to be hiding. American troops form a portion of the ring and a clash is expected shortly. Two American Cavalry outposts are guarding the easiest channel of es cape from the cordon. A Mexican amousnea two rangers last night 15 miles south. He fired thrice missing, Rangers re turned the fire, killing the Mexican. FATHER AND CHILD ROMANCE ENDS IN SHOOTING BY WIFE. JAMES BARNES AND WIFE. "Thev married when she was 23 and he was 40 as the result of a sort of father and child romance," says H. Guenther. attorney for Mm. Im Barnes, charged with the murder of her husband, James n. Mrs. Barnes said at first, according to the Chicago police, that she shot Barnes in self-defense after he choked and cursed her. Her attorneys now deny all stories told the police and there has been a hint of suicide. HEMMED ' ' 1 - 'HI F7 TIMDCD DDAPC ' ii.rifii.i DEEMED AMPLE II) HOLD DM OFFICIAL INSPECTION PAVES WAY FOR DEFINITE COM MISSION POLICY. ; PREVIOUS PESSIMISM IS LARGELY DRIVEN AWAY Three-foot Cut in Spillway and Tim ber Braces Behind the Dam Now Thought Sufficient to Secure , the , City's Water Supply Manager Will Himself Direct Repairs; After inspecting the much-mooted Beaver creek dam yesterday, city of ficials are about to adopt a definite policy concerning repairs to the structure.- Instead of building a new dam either below or above the present structure, City Manager J. E. Foley, and the commissioners are persuadod the only needed changes at the pres ent time will be to brace the dam from the lower side with big timbers. Arrangements to send a crew to tne dam under the personal direction of Manager Foley, have already been started-. At the same time the spill- . way will be lowered approximately three feet, although some of the sev eral engineers who gave the dam a once-over, adhere to the belief that seven or eight feet should be the dis tance the spillway be lowered. Ufotn the ibracif Wnd lowering-of the spill-- way wiU tike place this fall, and the reservoir emptied to cleanse at a time when no "water ' shortage would be brought about by such action, and the plant will then be ready to receive the spring floods and store them for another year's drought. City officials, which include the manager, Commissioners Palmer and McKennon and Water Superintendent Hoyt, who inspected the dam yester day, are less pessimistic over the problem after naving 'been -on the ' ground. The fact that the dam with stood a supply of water this year when it is still comparatively green a supply that went within seven feet of the top of the nionster structure, is taken as an indication that tne dam has enough strength to -withstand pressure for several years with a lit tle support in the way of timbers. Tho officials Are also convinced that the big question is how far the erosion from the top will continue. At pres ent the coping sloughs off with a blow of a stick or the kick of a shoe, but how far down this condition exists, is an unswored question. Because the water line has been within seven feet of the top leads to the conclusion the structure is not all rotten but still the structure has a hallow sound when tapped down as far as 18 feet from the top. That it will withstand all require ments for a number of years with the suggested bracing is the theory upon which the commission will base its policy. It may be five, or 10 years indefinite, of course, must the calcula tions be. But time will tell how far erosion will continue or where it will stop, if it ever does. In any event the alarming reports of danger of momentarily losing the dam and the supply of water is allev iated by the personal inspection. BIG LOSOF LUMBER. Million and Half Feet Burned at Lambert & Mays Sawmill. A large quantity of lumber, repre senting the season's cut and estimated at a million and a half feet, was de stroyed by fire about seven miles south of town last night. The mill has been operated by Theo. Mays and E. J. Lambert, principally m timber belonging to Robert and Chester New lin, There is no report as to tho origin of the fire, but when once un der headway there were no adequate means of combatting the flames. The loss is estimated at S700U nnd this is partially covered by insurance. i i APIOINTMENT CONFIRMED. Chas. S. Dunn's Appointment by President Meets Favor. While the official papers have not been forthcoming at this time the Congressional Record arriving today carries the information that the ap pointment of Chas. S. Dunn of La Grande to be register of the land of fice in this city, was confirmed by th senate on September 6th. 4:y-