X1115 MOKZVlXG UKEUUU?!, VED.KSD AY. JUNE 1D16.
V
DEATH MID DAMAGE
IN STORM'S WAKE
Boy Loses Life, Farmer His
Possessions, and Roads
and Bridges Torn Up.
LOSS TO STOCK IS HEAVY
Angry Clouds Continued to Pass
Over City All Day and Resi
dents Maintained Vigilant
WatchOne Man Missing.
WALLA. AVAT..T.A.' Wash., Juno 27.
(Special.) Death, narrow escapes and
heavy property damage sum up the toll
of the storms here today.
One boy lost his life, a farmer saw
his entire possessions swept away till
nothing stands to indicate a farm was
there. A railroad bridge was washed
out, causing trains to be routed over
another road, all as a result of cloud
bursts. The boy was Dick Reser, 10-year-old
son of Al Reser, of Prescott, who was
staying at the home of his uncle, Dick
Utter, five and a naif miles north of
Prescott. He was working in the field
when he saw the storm approaching.
He ran , toward the house, but was
caught by the waters and carried away
four or five miles, where his body was
found.
The Utters climbed a hill and all had
narrow escapes from drowning. House
and barn, outbuildings, machinery,
horses, cattle and hogs were swept
away and the spot where their home
stood is barren. Other neighbors lost
livestock, and had narrow escapes.
A cloudburst near Lamar this after
noon washed out a 30-foot bridge on the
Northern Pacific and tied up traffic on
that line completely. The night train
leaving Walla Walla at 8:15 was routed
to Wallula over the O.-W. R. & N. and
thence to Pasco, on the Northern Pa
cific. The wall of water also damaged
the track in several places.
In Walla Walla practically no rain
fell, but to the northwest of the city
precipitation was heavy.
ALti UORKOW COUNT!" swept
Damage to Property Around lfepn
ner Cannot lie Estimated.
HEPPNER, Dr., June 27. (Special.)
Late reports on the storm, which
commenced here yesterday noon and
has continued through today, show that
it was general and that practically all
of laorrow County is affected.
On Rhea Creek commencing about
12 ml.es west of Heppner the entire
canyon was in e flooded condition all
yesterday afternoon. Property valued
at many thousands of dollars was
washed away. On Black Horse east
of Heppner much water fell and a
trreat deal of stock was destroyed, but
few farm houses were damaged. Sev
eral barns were washed out there.
South of that, in thi Sand Hollow
section the flood seemed to reach Its
worst. Roais. bridges and telephones
there were destroyed. The ranch house
of Frank Turner on Sand Hollow was
blown down by the heavy wind and
his barn was blown to pieces.
Mrs. Turner, with her week-old baby,
was in the house at the time, but es
caped and was brought to Heppner,
arriving late last night.
Lower Butter Creek was flooded late
last night. Much stock and many
sheep are lost there, but owing to tele
phone communication being cut off it
Is impossible at present to learn the
extent of the damage.
A saddle horse, with saddle and
bridle, was washed down Butter Creek
last night. No one is able to identify
the ai.imal. A man by the name of
White, who liv-s In the Lower Sand
Hollow country, h.s not been accounted
for yet. He is supposed to have taken
to the higher ground.
Little damage was done in Heppner.
The streets were flooded in the part
of town near Willow Creek from Water
street down McDonald Canyon. It
rained practically all day and at 4:30
this afternoon a thunder storm of about
16 minutes' duration followed by an
exceedingly heavy rain passed over. It
Is not believed though that It did any
damage.
The hail storm of yesterday ruined
many thousands of dollars' worth of
wheat, driving practically all of the
Kali grain Into the ground.
' Many Heppner residents took to the
adjacent hills yesterday and the scenes
of the flood of 1903 were to some ex
tent re-enacted. Lowering black clouds
continued to pass over Heppner all
V M-
" "y "iff
The Quality Ginger Ale
of America. Made of
real ginger. Mixes well
with anything. Winner
of Medal of Honor at
the Panama-Pacific
Exposition.
Sold by the case by good
grocers and druggists.
Also at fountains.
n
M
GINGER, ALE
Tfco Clicquot Club Company
MUlis Mom
day and the people kept a sharp look
out. ' -
U3IATILLA GKAEV IS DAMAGED
Reports of Loss General, but Storm
Passes by Pendleton.
PENDLETON. Or.. June 27. (Special.)
Penidleton seems today to have been
an oasis in a storm-swept country, in
every direction from this city come re
ports of damage, the result of yester
day's gale and rain.'
The most serious damage reported is
to the grain fields over Umatilla Coun
ty. In some sections the storm was
accompanied by a heavy hail fall, which
chopped off the young grain, already
hurt by the late Spring. Alfalfa which
was already cut was beaten, down.
It is difficult to say to what the
damage will amount.
Many chickens were drowned and de
bris was washed over farm buildings
and wells in the Helix district.
Ed McBroom, well-kilown horse buy
er, lost his automobile on Stage Gnlch
when a large wall of water washed
down upon it. He had gotten out of
the car to put up the side curtains. The
machine was rolled down the gulch
and completely destroyed. All that re
mains Intact is the license, the engine
and one wheel.
BEAR WRECK EXPLAINED
FREAKISH ACTIOS OF" SUBMARINES
BELLS ARB BLAMED.
RUSSIANS MENACE
THREE HEW POINTS
One Nearest Shore Transmit Sound
While One Nearest Lightship Is
Silent When Vessel Hits.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 27. (Spe
cial.) Captain Louis N. Nopander, of
the stranded steamer Bear, today ex
plained the cause of the disaster in
which five people lost their lives sev
eral days ago.
"The fog was heavy," he said, "and
I was taking particular precautions.
I had stationed two men at the sub
marine bells and the third .mate had
been .busy for some time casting the
lead to determine the depth oi ine
water. When we neared the lightship
at Blunt's Reef I received a report from
the man who was listening at the sub
marine bell on the port side to the
effect that he heard the bell from the
lightship, but the man on the star
board eide of the ship could not hear
it. The third mate reported that he
could not reach bottom with the lead.
"Suddenly the ship struck. There
is no way to account for it. The sub
marine bell had been heard by the
man at the side of the ship nearest
to the shore, but the man on the side
nearest to the lightship could not hear
a sound. We were going at the rate
of 10 knots an hour and should have
found bottom with our lead. From
the sound of the submarine bell on
the port side I thought the ship was
well on the weather side of the light
ship, but by some freak she was al
most on the sand.
"The only way I can account for
the fact that the lead did not touch
bottom Is by supposing that there is
a submarine valley along the route
we were taking. I cannot account
for the fact that the submarine bell
was heard on the shore side of the
ehip and not on the side nearest the
lightship."
Captain Nopander and George M.
Holmes, the second engineer, were the
only witnesses before United States
Inspectors of Hulls and Boilers James
Guthrie and Joseph P. Dolan, who are
carrying on the inquiry into the cause
of the Bear wreck. Captain Nopander
will resume the stand tomorrow.
GAR .COMPANY WINS
DECISION OF" LOWER COURT IN
MEUSKER CASE AFFIRMED.
City of Portland Loses Assessment
Case Against John L. Fraser.
Other Decisions Rendered.
SALEM, Or.. June 27. (Special.)
The Supreme Court today announced a
decision affirming the decision of the
Lower Court in the case of Florence
A. Medsker vs. the Portland Railway,
Light & Power Company, In which
she sued to recover damages for the
death of her husband by falling from
a telephone pole.
Medsker fell from the pole and was
killed on September 13, 1913, while
working for the Home Telephone Com
pany as a lineman. Suit was brought
against the Portland Railway, Light
& Power Company, on the ground that
a wire which it was alleged Medsker
had grasped had been charged by con
tact with one of the power company's
tranmission lines. The defense intro
duced receipts showing that Mrs. Med
sker had received two payments of
$1500 from the Home Telephone Com
pany on agreement not to sue, one
personally and one as administratrix
of her husband's estate. The defense
also contended that Medsker had
grasped a charged wire which caused
his fall, and a motion for dismissal
of sthe suit was gTanted. This de
cision the Supreme Court affirms.
A decision in the case of John L.
Fraser against the city of Portland
was reversed, and the court held that
Fraser is entitled to have an assess
ment of $683 made against him by the
city for construction of a sewer across
his property, from the end of East
Twenty-ninth street to the end of Sis
kiyou street, canceled.
Other decisions were:
Arthur J. Rangrau by Dorothea V. Rangau.
guardian ad litem, vs. J. C. Davis, William
Esch. Sheriff of Marlon County, motion to
dismiss appeal denied.
J. P. Hansen vs. A. B. Robbins, Jackson
County, motion to substitute restitution bond
overruled. ' '
Portland & Oregon City Raflway Com
pany vs. J. R. Penney and P. E. Penney
Clackamas County, decision of lower court
affirmed.
OREGON FIRMS FAVORED
State Board of Control Bays Mate
rial for Penitentiary.
SALEM, Or, June 27. What is
thought to be one of the first orders
given to the Oswego cement mills was
awarded to the Oregon company today
by the State Board of Control, which
bought 415 barrels at $2.20 a barrel for
use In the reconstruction of buildings
recently destroyed by fire at the State
Penitentiary.
The price quoted by the Oregon con
cern was the same as that of outside
mills, and the state plant was given
the preference.
In the buying of 285 squares of roof
ing for the same Job, "made-ln-Oregon"
product was purchased at $2.32 a
square. Half of the order went to
Munell & Sherill and halt to th. West
ern Roofing & Supply Company, both
Portland firms.
Tobacco Company Offers Full Pay.
All salesmen of the American To
bacco Company who are members of
the Oregon National Guard or of any
militia company in the country will be
granted leave of absence on full pay
during the present Mexican trouble.
Notice to this effect has been received
by Portland representatives of the com
pany from Pereival S. Hill, the presi
dent, from his office in New York,
Another Austrian Army Is in
Danger of Fate of Routed
Bukowina Force.
LEMBERG KEYS IN DANGER
Drives Directed From South and
East Promise to lirealc Through
Gateways to Galician Capi
tals, Declare Experts.
PETROGRAD, June 27. Kolowra, the
key to Lemberg, General von Both
mer's army on the Strlpa and Brody,
which is the linking point of the Aus
trian and German front, all are in dan
ger of being overrun by the great Rus
sian drive, according to military ex
perts here.
General Brussiloff is able to turn the
efforts of his right wing solely toward
Kolowra by reason of the fact that
General Pflanzers Austrian forces have
been driven from Bukowina completely
and eliminated as a factor in the Rus
sian operation, which has for its ob
ject the approaching of Lemberg from
the south.
The occupation of K.impolung and
Kuty has opened the way to Kolomea,
and already a result of this last re
corded victory of the Russians is be
coming evident in the "forward move
ment of General Letchitzky on the road
from Sniatyn to Kolomea to a point
ten miles from the latter town.
' Austrian Armies Divided.
It is evident from the report of pris
oners and booty taken that the Aus
trians defended Kimpolung with con
siderable forces. They were attacked
by Russian troops which had. covered
the 20 miles from Guraharoma In two
days and were rushed into the fight
with scarcely an hour s rest.
According to Russian military au
thorities, their assault added the last
touch needed to complete the demoral
ization of General Pflanzer's forces.
which now are entirely cut off from
communication with General Count von
Bothmer's army group on the Stripa
River to the north.
General von Bothmer's position Is
regarded as precarious as a result of
this operation. His right flank has
been completely uncovered, and mili
tary critics believe he will be forced to
fall back along his whole line before
TarnopoL
Brody Defended Desperately.
The Teutonic forces appear to have
been able to stop to some extent the
breaching of their front in the Kovel
region, where a large element of Ger
man troops has stiffened the Austrian
lines, and it is evident that prepara
tions are being made for a desperate
stand at Brody, on the southern wing
of that position.
Nevertheless, in the face of stiff
counter attacks, the Russians have been
able to push a wedge in the directl6n of
Vladimir-Volynskl to a point which
threatens that town and endangers
Brody, "the gateway to Lemberg- from
the east.
According to the military expert of
the Bourse Gazette, the Germans have
taken full charge in this region and
have filled up the ranks of Archduke
Ferdinand's broken army, which alone
has lost 70,000 men since the beginning
of the Russian advance.
Russian Positions Stormed.
BERLIN, via London. June 27. Rus
sian positions southwest of Sokul, in
Volhynia, have been stormed by Gen
eral von Linsingen's troops and held
against counter attacks, according to
an announcement of the War Office
today. Several hundred Russians were
taken prisoner.
HI MM tSSg$ass. -Hill
WffWVS? Seyj?5S?533i identity renuin. Victrolaa mad ssl? .Ill' 12
'IpjSj ' VJctor Rtcoru- gjy.jvg
ill Out todair U
COUPLE'S FLIGHT BRIEF
MAX WHO LEFT WIFE AND MILITIA
NOW IX JAIL.
Albert Wilson Flees From Service In
Guard, With Oregon City Girl,
Captured at The Dalles.
THE DALLES, Or.. June 27. (Spe
cial.) Rather than serve on the Mex
ican border with Company G, Oregon
City, of which he was a member, Albert
Wilson, of Portland, is alleged to have
deserted his wife as well as his coun
try and taken pretty 19-year-old Martha
Vannortwick, of Oregon City, along
with him. Wilson and the girl were
traced to The Dalles, and he is now
under arrest here. He will be bound
over to the grand Jury if the military
authorities do not demand him first.
Tonight Wilson wrote a letter to Cap
tain Blanchard offering to return, to
duty if he were released here. He said
his father lives on Eighty-second street,
Portland.
Wilson left Portland and went to
Oregon City. There he persuaded the
girl to come to The Dalles with him,
where he said they would be married.
On arrival in this city he applied to
Chief of Police Jurtz for a Job and was
directed to where the girl and he could
work picking cherries. Constable Frost,
of Oregon. City, arrived yesterday for
the girl. She gave $250 bonds and the
officer took her back to her parents,
"I simply can't believe that he Is
married." she said. "He told me when
we came to The Dalles that we would
be married at once. I cannot believe
that he would lie to me."
GTRIi MERCHANT'S DAUGHTER
Man In Case Is Said to Have Wifo
Living in Portland.
OREGON CITY. Or.. June 27. (Spe
cial.) Robert A. Wilson, aged 25 years,
is in the Wasco County Jail, facing a
state charge, and the daughter of a
Clackamas County country merchant is
free under $250 cash bail, as the result
of an adventure which ended today
with the return of Constable Jack
Frost, of this city, from The Dalles,
where the arrests were made.'
Wilson, according to local officers,
has a wife in Portland, living at 514
Hawthorne avenue.
The girl in the case was working in
the Oregon City Woolen Mills and a
local restaurant. They were living In
a tent near The Dalles, officers say,
when found.
Lebanon Man Is Suicide.
LEBANON, Or., June 27. (Special.)
Lemuel Arnett, a painter of this city,
died this morning from the effects of
drinking 'a half pint of formaldehyde
last night with suicldial intent. He
was unmarried and aged about 38
yea "s.
Read The Oreronian classified ads.
NewMctor Records
for July
.99
Caruso sings "My Bride Shall be My Flag1
A touching ballad that tells the story of a rejected suitor, who
bravely resolves to forget his disappointment in the career of a
soldier, and joins the army in the place of his more fortunate
rival.
Victor Red Seel Record 88555. Twelve-inch. $3
The charming "Non 6 Ver" by de Gogorza
This beautiful sentimental ballad was immensely popular in
the 80's and,90's. It is still a favorite encore number and is
superbly rendered by this well-known baritone.
Victor Red Seal Record 74421. Twelve-inch. $1 JO
Gluck contributes the "Nightingale Song"
The famous old waltz is delightfully given by; Gluck, and
the bird voices by Charles Kellogg lend a charming touch to
tne record.
Victor Red Seel Record 64566. Tea-inch. SI
Pryor's Band ( plays two inspiring marches
Nora Bayes entertains with two witty songs
Two "Dixie" songs by Kitty Cheatham
and 86 others including
4 beautiful marimba band records
2 medleys of favorite old-time songs
5 delightful instrumental solos
20 tuneful popular song "hits"
24 charming concert arias
8 superb dance records
2 lively concertina solos
6 attractive recitations
2 favorite orchestral movements
2 amusing rural sketches
Hear these new-Victor Record today at any Victor dealer's. He will gladly give you a complett
oeaenptive list and play any music you wish to hear.
There are Victors and Victrolas in great variety of styles from $10 to $400.
Victor Talking Machine Co., Camden, N. J.
Important warning. Victor Records can be safely end sansfectoruy played only wtta
Victor Afmmdtmm or Tunwm-tonm Stylum on Victors or Victrolas. Victor Records caanot bo
safely played on machines with jeweled or other reproducing paints.
rrzgr T3g safely played on machines with Jeweled or other reproducing paints. ,Bj
HHlS ' rw Victoc R.co. J. dmuiitd at H dIi o th 28th of ca sjoath 'SjT-T
j Victrbla. i
m
NAVAL BASE HAS CHECK
OM.Y 0E COMMITTEEMAN I'RES
EJiT FOR HEARING.
Oregon Delegation Learns Senate Body
Cuts Ont S 1,000,000 for Bases
and Orders Investigation.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, June 27. The hearing called
on the Columbia naval base before the
Senate naval committee today came to
naught. Not a member ot the com
mittee excepting Chairman Tillman
showed up at the meeting-, and it was
adjourned until Thursday morning,
when the committee will meet to con
sider the naval appropriation bill to
be reported then from the sub-committee.
F. C. Harley, representing- Astoria,
and all members of the Oregon delega
tion in the Senate and House were
present at the naval affairs committee
room, ready to advance arguments
favoring appropriations for a naval
base. '
Senator Tillman told the Oregon del
egation that the Senate sub-committee
in amending the House bill had cut out
the appropriation of 11,000,000 for two
submarine bases, one on the Pacific
and one on the Atlantic Coast, and in
lieu of this appropriation had author
ized the special naval board to Inves
tigate various sites on both coasts and
to report back next December on how
many submarine, as well as full naval
bases, are needed to provide adequate
ly for the care of the Navy.
This elimination will be resisted on
the floor of the Senate, especially In
view of the fact that Secretary Daniels
recommended this appropriation and
held out some hope that a part of the
CASTOR I A
) . for Infants and Children.
Tin Kind Yea Hare Alwajs Bccghf
Bears the
tglgaatrsrs of ,
million might be spent on the Colum
bia River.
Seaside Women Elect.
SEASIDE. Or., June 27. (Special)-
At the annual election of officers of
the local woman's club the following
officers were elected: Dr. Lena R.
Hodges, president; Mrs. Stella M. Hayek,
first vice-president: Mrs. John Seines,
second vice-president: Miss Leona Mc
Kay, aecretar; Mrs. I S. Ball, assist
ant secretary; Mrs. O. B. White, treat
urer.
S.veraJ of the Siberia arms flow anas;
beds ot solid loe.
JUST THINK FOR ONE MOMENT
of the trouble that heating water in the old way means;
think of the overheated kitchen; think of the waste of
fuel, and then telephone Main 6500 or A 6274 or write
a postal card for the little gas water heater we are sell
ing for $13.95 until Friday only.
This heater will give hot water in any quantity in a
few minutes without trouble and without attention at
smaller cost.
A RUUD GAS WATER HEATER
Until June 30 Only
$13.95
Payable: $1.00 down, $1.00 per month
Portland Gas & Coke Co.
I jj
I'1
77T
rp17! ins