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

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Newspaper Page TextCI iTitti wbswmtr 2CtlttttUt AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER PRINTS THE NEWS THE DAY IT HAPPENS VOLUME XVI LA GRANDE. OREGON. .MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1916. NUMBER 125. HUGHES' LEAD IN MINNESOTA DROPS TO 202 FARIBAULT PRECINCTS HAVE ERRORS IN ORIGINAL COUNT OFFICIAL CANVASS SHOWS HUGHES WITHOLD HIS CONGRATULATORY WIRE Chairman Willcox Declares There Is Nothing Unpatriotic About the Re publican Desire to Have the Out come Conclusively Known Before Conceding Its Defeat. St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 13. (United Press) A big error in the Faribault count cut Hughes' lead in Minnesota to 202. The official count has dis closed small Wilson gains at various points. The mail ' votes soldiers at the border cast, helped Wilson some. Republicans Continue Hopeful New York., Nov. . 13. (United Press) Gov. Hughes and Chairman Willcox are still awaiting official re turns. Willcox said: "There is noth ing unputriotic in waiting for the of ficial returns before acknowledging Wilsons re-election. We are not only awaiting the California returns, but awaiting Minnesota, New Hampshire and New Mexico also. I believe the country wants to be sure whose elec ted." FIVE SCHOOLS ARE STANDARD Statu LtJrd of Education iWignate Union County Institutions. Governor James Withycombe, Sec retary of Stat Ben. W. Olcott and State Superintendent of School J. A. Churchill have informed Mrs. A. E. Ivanhoe, county superintendent, that five Union county high schools are standard. These include Cove, Elgin, Jmbler, La Grande and Union. It is rapocted that as soon as the North Powder building is completed, the board of education there will install the required number of grades to snake it a standard school too, the lack of facilities at the present time preventing such a condition at that point. ASTORIA IS GIVEN ADVANTAGE Inland Empire Points Have Cheaper Rates From Astoria Than Sound Washington, Nov. 13. (United Press) The Interstate Commerco commission has authorized the Oregon-Washington Railroad & Naviga ' tion company to maintain higher rates from Seattle to inland empire points than from Astoria to the same points. This revokes its previous order, ef fective November first. Senator Chamberlain To Speak. Eugene, Ore., Nov. 13. (Special) . Geo. E. Charbcrlain, United States senator, will be in Eugene next Wed nesday to spetk at the University as sembly on "Military Training." Sen ator Chamberlain is chairman of the military affairs of the senate, has been active in recent legislation along this line and is co-operating with the Uni versity in establishing military drill for underclassmen at the University. Stock Company Monday Night Tho National Stock company has engaged the Arcade theatre for a ser ies of Monday night performance:!. The first will be given next Monday night when George Kline's "The Turning Point" will be presented. Mr. DeVcre has added two more members to his company, now having ten in the cast. Workmen's Law Cases Opened Washington, Nov. 13. (United Press) The Supreme Court reop ened for argument cases involving the constitntionality of the Workmen's compensation laws in Washington, Iowa and New York. Corn Products TruRt "Busted". New York, Nov. 13 (United Press) Federal Judge Hand has issued n final decree in the corn products dis solution suit. He ordered the cor poration's attorneys to prepare dis solution plans and present them for the court's approval within 120 days. Justices Elected Not All To Take Office Supreme Court Decision Holds That: Present Incumbents Hold for Six J i ears isiana city Man Gets Two Offices. Since several Union county citizens became candidates for justices of the peace the Supreme court has decided that justices of the peace come under the same classification as circuit and county judges and hold office for six years. Hence A. C. Williams of La Grande and several others in Union county went before the public for re election when, as a matter of fact they already held office for four more years. Now that the more important issues of the election have been decided in terest has drifted back to justices of the peace and constables. The face of the tally sheets show the following (lections, but in some instances the election has no bearing because there was no previous vacancy. La Grande A. C. Williams, jus tice, 'I. W. Faulk constable. Union L. P. Derby justice, Alex Slater constable. North Powder E. F. May justice, R. A. Lindley constable. Medical Springs J. W. South jus tice, Chas. Dobson constable. Cove W. E. Harris justice, Tom Harris constable. Elgin L. A. Stoop justice, John Hallgarth constable. (Both of these men will not qualify it is said. U. F. Weiss waB the former justice and re mains in office, and there probably will be a vacancy in the constable office.) Summervillc Walter Stringham justice, Charles Cleaver constable. (Elected with four votes.) Island City George Hammel jus jtice, George Hnmmel constable. (Mr. nammei can accept earner.; AliceL No one elected. Starkey A. J. Sullivan justice. Richard Burnett constable. At Island City, Alicel and Summer ville vacancies existed and erections made in those justices of the peace and constable districts hold, but where the election Tuesday ousted a justice in any other district the present en cumbent holds. k , i.t Htowj.a nit . inv vim fare little sought! after, aiid it is like ly that several districts will continue without both offices filed. President Wilson Gets Popular Vote. New York, Nov. 13 (United Press) Incomplete reports, based up on unofficial figures, indicate that President Wilson received 403,312 more votes than Charles Evans Hughes. The totals are: Wilson, 8, 563,713; Hughes, 8,160, 401. Baker Mill Damage by Morning Blaze Baker, Nov. 13 (United Press) Stoddard Brothers' Lumbar Co. mill was partially burned late last night. Fifteen thousand dol lars loss is reported. Firemen worked in the bitter cold to con trol the blaze. Complete Official Vote In Union County K B 1X3 Alicel 68 Antelope ..; 28 Big Creek 16 Cove 1 93 Cove 2 59 Elgin 1 77 Elgin 2 59 Elgin 3 44 Elgin 4 57 Hilgard 15 Hot Lake 31 Imbler 38 Island City 64 96 58 55 95 93 118 66 103 111 25 25 114 102 52 80 72 79 89 123 107 103 63 122 109 127 75 81 33 120 109 12 114 68 73 110 85 47 33 21 48 19 28 KJiimelu 8 19 CO 58 82 69 84 La Grande 1 fiO La Grande 2 07 La Grando 3 87 La Grande 4 fi5 La Grande 5 . ., 82 Ija Grande 6 78 La Grande 7 91 La Grande 8 91 La Grande 9 100 La Grande 10 97 La Grande 11 101 La Grande 12 54 I .a Grande 13 41 Perrv 33 North Powder 1 73 North Powder 2 65 Starkey j... 5 Summerville 90 Union 1 87 Union 2 84 Ui.ior. 3 100 Union 4 46 82 107 111 115 53 40 34 69 59 11 2244 3068 2090 E KOTIN AFFECT LEGISLATlRE MUST FIRST RE PAIR DEFECTS IX REGARD TO PENALTIES ATTORNEY GENERAL HAtiDS DOWN OPINION ABOUT LAW At Least Two More Shipments of Liquor Made Possible to Those Who Want It By Virtue of Opinion From Attorney General's Olfice Legisla ture Must First Act. Salem, Nov. 13. (United Press) Attorney General Brown today quiet ed, for the present, state-wide discus sh .i and, among many, considerable an .iety, when he ruled that the bone dry amendment which was passed by tl " people lust Tuesday, does not be C( -rr.c effective until after the legisla ture has acted upon it.. The legisla ture meets January fifth, and it will probably be several days after that before the body passes remedial leg islation. Lack of penalty clauses to the bill prevented the measure going into ef fect through governor's proclamation at once. During the past five days this topic has been discussed at great length and uncovered many thei ories. As the matter now stands it will be possible to got at least two shipments of liquor to those who want it, before the bone dry law is effective. All the postofl'ice clerks and ex press money-order clerks in town couldn't keep up with the demand for beer and liquor shipment blanks Sat urday night and this morning. A string of orders was put on No. 0 to day noon and every other mail out for the past 24 hours has carried great numbers of orders from those who feared a proclamation might be forth coming. WHITE SLAVE CASE OPENED San Francisco Scandal Featuring Diggs and Caminetti in Limelight Washington , Nov. 13. (United Press) Department of justice at torneys have filed a Supreme court brief answering the appeal of Maury I. Diggs and F. Drew Caminetti, from white slave conviction in San Francis co. The government claims Diggs aiid Caminetti's contentions are untoi. able. Arguments may start this week. W W 3 8. "3. s a 97 41 38 C9 33 23 72 30 83 81 46 32 58 34 27 77 57 71 53 51 66 22 23 29 48 13 41 53 66 65 73 72 63 75 82 62 80 53 41 23 68 69 7 98 92 74 104 60 52 36 40 88 80 103 61 75 93 23 24 55 78 15 97 57 76 72 87 78 97 81 120 118 111 57 04 50 82 61 10 95 70 68 120 68 90 47 22 105 69 75 65 66 68 16 28 84 87 211 44 64 84 77 103 103 86 69 96 86 94 67 58 12 94 83 10 118 80 81 86 64 74 121 101 45 95 63 78 103 73 86 88 109 56 69 07 110 82 61 58 65 20 28 50 71 17 65 61 88 81 91 70 89 70 34 110 44 115 85 86 8 16 90 86 14 25 14 19 35 105 75 85 79 102 79 97 21 77 53 69 74 95 15 55 45 57 51 25 84 65 87 96 76 105 69 86 62 109 43 66 56 105 93 82 60 95 99 122 92 109 99 119 75 77 84 39 52 17 76 70 6 99 43 47 103 147 130 62 72 31 98 75 11 95 46 71 59 63 15 94 89 7 55 47 35 66 69 8 98 91 88 99 51 61 143 68 65 71 69 82 112 46 70 78 104 61 63 2732 2438 2080 2751 2059 2505 2498 BON Dfflf LAW BRITISH DRIVE GERMANS BACK AHOUND ANGHE TERRIFIC ARTILLERY FIRE IS PRELUDE TO SUCCESSFUL BRITISH CHARGES. BRITISH TRAMPS MUST CARRY HALF WHEAT LOAD Lively Dash Takes Place at Bapaume Where Gains of Material Sort Are Registered Germans Explain Mackenzen's Movements in the Eastern Front Recently. London, Nov. 13. (United Press) (ien. Haig has reported tho British have struck another terrifflc smash at German lines around Ancre following thunderous artillerying. British m fantry captured Gel-man positions to a one-m.le depth. British captured the towns of Beau- mont and Hamel, seven miles west of Bapaume and dashed irresistibly for- ,ard under heavy Bhelling. I h German Movements Detailed. I f Berlin, Nov. 13. (via Sayvillo) (United Press) It is announced Ger mans still hold the eastern edge of the Sailly-Sallizel positions in the eastern front. Small hostile detachments along the Danube attacked Macken-1 zen's extreme left at Dobrudja and ! Mackenzen's counters caused retire-i ment. Finnish Coast Shelled. Petrograd, Nov. 13. (United. Pi-ess) It is announced German tor pedo .boats shelled thd Finnish ccast Friday under cover of a fog. . Sev.erul enemy vessels were sunk. , Tramps Must Carry Wheat. j Galveston, Nov. 13. (United Press) Tho British admiralty has requisitioned all British liners and tramp steamers in the gulf and At lantic trade and ordered them to carry fifty percent of a grain cargo. PYTHIAN SISTERS CONVENE Miss Snyder, Grand Chief Visits La Grande Pythian Sisters With a banquet in honor of Mi? Snyder, grand chief of Pythian Sis ters in Oregon, initiation and a gen eral good time, La Grande members of that order had one of the biggest affairs in recent months, Saturday evening. The grand chief is making an official visit to lodges in this sec tion of the state, and her coming to Rowena temple No. 9 was duly cele brated. The temple is growing and new interest has been evinced of late. 3 a B g 4 109 86 13 120 73 90 71 67 81 27 26 92 124 14 08 74 103 99 114 105 125 108 126 145 143 80 61 41 93 91 15 139 42 32 50 21 72 33 14 98 04 84 55 53 60 18 26 61 76 17 59 59 95 71 69 44 45 83 84 88 58 88 86 16 18 76 81 18 65 54 58 67 68 79 63 48 90 61 75 42 57 22 79 77 12 8 13 6 126 48 61 53 30 6 41 47 73 70 78 53 73 73 11 20 39 30 19 55 40 52 44 17 171 103 17 115 30 148 12 106 6 137 17 131 63 49 31 43 41 14 15 61 33 29 35 41 61 49 72 64 81 49 90 83 82 34 29 26 77 71 8 47 34 27 54 31 19 38 20 107 10 126 24 15 25 16 92 73 19 104 36 83 35 125 37 124 48 107 22 113 33 137 29 161 38 147 61 101 57 70 43 112 34 95 77 108 55 140 67 139 31 63 42 35 9 60 52 25 42 10 71 52 4 66 110 52 33 72 68 6 35 123 13 126 15 193 92 111 83 52 18 101 15 109 22 162 14 79 121 94 155 114 110 48 52 77 67 2824 2025 2510 2230 742 3666 1706 Days Of '49 Will Be Lived Over This Week Elks' Lodge Will Fatten Its Christ mag Tree Fund With Receipts From Four Days of Real Good Sport. November 15, 16, 17 and 18 will bo big nights for the Elks and their friends. On these dates the lodge will exemplify the old days of '49. Thero will be bogus money aplenty for the occasion so that the games and gam bling of the old day will be revived for sports' sake for the occasion. There will be dancing each night, amusement of various sorts, and a gonerally good time. Every cent taken in during the four day attraction will be devoted to the Elks Christmas tree fund. 10 AMERICANS HEARD FROM Chinese Merchant From Parral Says He Saw Refugees There Safe. El Paso, Nov. 13. (United Press) The first definite information of the safety of 10 Americans at Parral was obtained .hen a Chinese merchant I told the United States officials that I Villistas never entered the town. I They saw two Americans ' alive No vember 8 and believed all were safe. PRISON TRUSTY GETS AWAY Trusty On Prison Farm Left His Con finement Sunday Afternoon. D . XT ' "K" . vuiuteu rress, Carl Dennis, serving a penitentiary term, from Tillamook county, escaped (Sunday afternoon, it was learned to- I'1" Ho was a trU8ty' employed on ' the Prlson farm' PORTLAND FLOUR GOES UP Twenty Cents a Barrel Added to Port land Prices During Day. Portland, Nov. 13. (United Press) Flour rose 20 cents a barrel today , in all Portland mills. The new rate is $8.40 a barrel. ALIENATION SUIT IS FILED - - - - t . Portland Banker's Son Accused of Winning Another Man's Wife. Portland, Nov. 13. (United Press) Charles Haight has filed a $25,000 alionation of affections suit against Bruce A. Bates, son of a wealthy banker. It is alleged Bates alienated the affections of the wife, Dorothy, by automobiles and gifts and persuaded her to divorce Haight and marry Bates. Car Shortage Will be Relieved, is Promise . Salem, Nov. 13 (United Press) The Public Service commission has received letters from "Espee" officials promising to rush 8600 new cars to relieve the Oregon car shortage. By Precincts O o" w S" o a ? O 3 V, o 5! o W W 5? o 97 34 55 92 77 126 85 97 104 15 33 74 114 21 83 68 86 89 101 105 48 40 38 98 72 98 55 45 G9 8 15 60 65 28 44 88 70 96 27 26 94 67 87 60 98 68 22 29 71 81 15 67 31 60 29 119 33 39 15 51 37 158 33 108 45 147 29 100 21 129 37 114 14 19 13 33 29 118 33 120 22 27 93 86 40 129 76 96 71 93 92 19 23 90 96 26 73 47 84 80 109 99 120 95 96 133 112 61 64 25 119 95 10 104 72 65 132 63 57 29 25 70 66 95 64 69 09 13 25 53 64' 19 60 72 61 63 83 72 68 65 97 68 99 57 49 22 63 69 12 96 60 79 67 51 38 61 47 86 57 97 70 69 52 93 66 107 53 132 42 131 61 102 98 103 69 66 70 46 141 40 105 65 132 42 154 41 159 40 82 85 83 25 24 33 145 31 125 8 14 52 153 94 81 100 110 118 99 101 119 111 88 48 51 25 81 72 9 91 08 80 89 18 81 78 13 09 58 22 93 74 14 142 106 96 68 37 43 96 97 103 1?8 71 65 77 89 102 53 58 30 164 32 78 2996 2353 2353 1283 3630 28-14 2109 GOLD SNAP HAS NO EQUAL SINCE RECORDS BEGAN TWO ABOVE LAST NIGHT IS REC ORD NOVEMBER DROP IN TEMPERATURE. YESTERDAY COLDEST DAY IN 17 YEARS AS WELL Automobiles Frozen, Pipes Crack and , Hydrants Out of Commission Drop Is Sudden Haines Has Rec- -ord of 10 Below It Is Reported Skating Opens With a Vim. Weather Forecast Tonight and Tuesday fair, continued cold, easterly vinds. , Yesterday was the coldest Novem ber day and last night the coldest No vember night so far as existing rec ords show and records run hack te 1901, and from that time to today, the government tables of statistics fail to show two above zero any No- ', vember night, which was the figure last night, and neither do the reords show that the maximum on any day was as low as was yesterday when ?.7 above was the warmest. On Nor. 14, 1910, the thermometer showed 28 above as the maximum for any No vember day. The frost that last night and yes terday broke innumerable water pipes in La Grande, cracked and froze u hydrants, service pipes and water systems generally and brought keen tufforing td- those- tuiprepured fur winter, had its nearest approach in 1 1909 when it was four above one ! night. In 1915, on the 13th, it was 11 above one night. Aside from the instances cited, the average for No vember months is around 15 above for night weather, and about 40 for day climate. But La , Grande fared well com pared with other towns in this vi cinity. During the cold snap Wallowa county was struck more severely than La Grande and at Haines 10 below was the "quotation." , The first real drop in temperature came Saturday evening and fell to 10 above that night, Weather Observer Mackey's figures show. Ice skating began at Perry and elsewhere yes terday. Five below was the reading at the Beaver creek intake last night. Dallas Suffers, Too. Dallas, Ore., Nov. 13. (United Press) Blackrock has reported all logging operations have stopped on I account of their donkey engines freozing-up last night. FAMOUS ASTRONOMER . DILS Flagstaff Chief Observer Seized With I Malady and Succumbs. Phoenix, Nov. 13. (United Pres3) Dr. Percival Lowell, the world's best known astronomer and chief of the flagstaff observatory died today of apoplexy. 1 DAMAGE CLAIM IS FILED Auto Accident Last Summer on Phil lips Creek Grade Brings Suit At the last session of the county court of Union county Willis Swank, Ella Swank, Ieon Swank, Kenneth Swank and Forrest Swank filed claims for damages aggregating. $4,800, as tho result of damages sustained in an automobile accident on Phillips creek grade last August. The court re fused to allow the same and referred the claims to District Attorney Eber hnrd, which means that the county will be made defendant to the suit in circuit court. Michigan Goes Dry by 70,000 Majority Detroit, Mich., Nov. 13. (United Press) With returns practically complete, indications were today that Michigan's dry majority will fall slightly under 70,000. Home rule ap parently was beaten by between 90, 000 and 100,000 votes. Birth Record. iRorn, Nov. 11 to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. B. Lyons of Santa Barbara, California, a son. Mrs. Lyons wa? formerly Miss Mabel Van Fleet of this city.