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No. 62
BOISE, IDAHO, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1916.
EIGHT PAGES
Vol. XXXVII
THIRD LINE OF DEFENSE IS BROKEN
f JL 4 HîïîîhvJS J., nnrrmn
CAPTURED BY BRITISH;
ATTACK IS RESUMED
Great Allied Offensive Along the Somme
Is Again In Full Swing, With Impor
tant Gains Made by the Forces of the
Entente Allies
London, Sept. 15.—The British, in an offensive along
the Somme front, have broken the German third line of
defense and have taken the village of Fiers, two miles
north of Ginchy, according to Reuter's correspondent.
British forces are also reported to have gained the out
skirts of Martinpuich, a mile and a half east of Pozieres.
CHARGE MADE OVER
SECTION ABOUT SIX
MILES IN LENGTH
London, Sept. 15.—(Official!—The
British returned to the attack on the
Somme last night, charging over a
section about six miles long.
British advanced 2000 to 3000 yards
and are continuing their progress.
The attack was made along the whole
British front over which the hardest
fighting has been in progress recently.
The 3ritisli advanced on a line from
Bouleaux wood, between Combles and
Ginchy. to a point north of the Albert
The
SUCCESSES WON
BV MD TROOPS
ON BALKAN FRONT
Bulgarian Defenses Broken
at Number of Ponits by
the British, French and
Serbians.
Paris, Sept. 15.— (Official)—The
entente allies have won a series of
Buccesses on the Macedonian front. |
French, British and Serbian forces ;
operating at different points,
broken through the Bulgarian de
fenses. The French captured posi
tions half a mile deep over a front of
a mile.
The Serbian, captured 25 cannon
and a large number of prisoners. The
Bulgarians, after the defeat, retired
12 miles. The lines forced by the
French were to tie east of the Vardar.
The British successes were effected to
the west of the Virdar, near the cen
ter of the entente front, where they
captured Important positions.
have
London, Sept. 15.— A Saloniki dis
patch says a victory wor. by the Serb
Ians has compelled the Bulgarians to
retreat. The erbians ar* reported to
have captured over 20 fielt guns. They
took Bulgarian positions « Malkani
dzee, northwest of Lake Oitrove. -The
Bulgarians are said to be retreating
from a position further south.
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(Capital News Special Service)
Nogales. Ariz., Sept. 15.—Command
Ing officers of militia regiments were
today Instructed to report the number
of cars needed to transport the troops
to their home mobilization camps. The
order, it is said, does not necessarily
mean the immediate return, but is a
RETREAT FORCED
BY THE SERBIANS
RETURN OF THE
TROOPS SOON
INDICATED
precautionary measure preparatory to
their possible return. It is believed the
order to return to home states wilt
come soon. .
Preceding this
Bapaume highway,
morning's extensive offensive move
ment the British last night drove for
ward southeast of the Thiepval and
captured about 1000 yards of German
trenches, including a strongly forti
fied position.
GERMAN TRENCHES
TAKEN BY FRENCH
Paris, Sept. 16.—(Official)—North of
the Somme the French last night cap
tured a series o * German trenches and
advanced as far as tho village of Ran
court. On the Verdun front two Ger
man attacks wffre repulsed«
WILSON TO REPLY
TO STATEMENTS !
MADE BY HUGHES:
President Will Challenge
Assertion That Strike Set
tlement Was Merely an
Increase in Wages.
Long Beach, Sept. 15.—President i
Wilson has decided to take advantage
!
| of the earliest possible opportunity to
; challenge the statement made
bv !
Charles E. Hughes in recent speeches ,
that the basis on which the recently 1
threatened railroad strike was averted 1
was merely an increase of wages for j
the employes. The president, accord- !
ing to his political advisers, considered
that the principle of the eight-hour day
was vitally affected by the strike set
tlement and will seek to show that
while the railroad legislation passed |
by congress to meet the situation will
give the employes at least a temporary
increase in pay, the more important
point is that it established the eight
hour day as the basis of work for rail
road workmen.
The president will make known his;
views either ln a speech at Shadow
Lawn or ln a letter. He excepts to
make it clear that he will not be sat
isfied until congress enacts into law the
rest of the railroad legislation he rec
ommended when the strike threatened,
including an increase in the interstate
commerce commission and a measure
for the Investigation of controversies
between railways and employes before
strikes or lockouts are called.
New York, Sept. 15.—City officials
ale trying to avert the threatened
sympathetic strike of 70,000 unionists
! which is slated to begin tomorrow
| nlglt to aid the street car men win
! theii strike, which, in a measure, lias
| tied \»p transportation In the city,
a
MORE VIOLENCE
IN STRIAT
NEW YORK
Vio\enee broke out again last night
to j when elevated trains were stoned,
; Servlet in the subway und on the
I elevate! lines continues normal but
jtho surface lines are crippled.
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PROTEST AGAINST
mm roucv
Issue Taken on Position of
Government in Disting
uishing Between Merch
ant and War Submarines.
Paris, Sept. 15.—France has instruct
ed her minister at Stockholm to join
with the other entente ministers at
Stockholm in presenting a friendly but :
! firm note to Sweden in regard to itsjcally
! neutrality policy. The note takes issue
I with Sweden's position in distinguish-!
ing between the submarine for war and ;
those for commerce, which the French j
government affirms is "in effect con- j
trary to neutrality," since Swedish na- I
val forces would hesitate to attack a \
German submarine in Swedish waters
under tho pretext that it might, be a j
commercial submarine, whereas there ;
would be no similar situation in dealing ' :
with submarine of th# allies because ;
they have no commercial submarines.
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San Antonio, Sept. 15.—Colonel H.
J. Slocum, who was commander at 1
Columbus, N. M„ when the Villa raid !
took place, has been assigned as !
brigade commander at Laredo, Tex., ,
where he will have charge of the!
brigade composed of Maine and New i
Hampshire guardsmen. |
GENERAL SLOCUM IN
PRINCE FREDERICK
OF HESSE KILLED
Berlin, Sept. 15.— (Official)—Prince ]
Frederick of Hesse has been killed at j
Cara Orman, on the Balkan front.
PROVINCE VOTES
! FOR PRO««;
WOMEN GET VOTE
Conservative Government Is
Decisively Defeated in,
British Columbia Election
—Liberals to Control.
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DRY BY BIG MAJORITY.
Vancouver, B. C., Sept. 15.—
British Columbia election re- „ •
turns are sufficiently complete •
to assure a majority of 5000 or •
more for prohibition and woman •
! • suffrage.
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Vancouver. B. C„ Sept. 15.—\V
suffrage and prohibition
| have bee „ adup)( . d bv th „
British Columbia, according
complete returns received from ytster
day K general election,
ian
apparently
voters
of
to
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The Conservative government, head-|
ed by Premier W. J. Bowser, appar
ently has been decisively defeated. The
his; returns indicate that the Liberals
j will control the next legislature.
j Suffrage apparently was carried by
| an overwhelming majority, and the.
j returns thus far received indicate that
prohibition was indorsed by a safe
margin. The defeat of the govern-'
j ment is the most striking in the his
tory of the province,
j The returns thus far are generally
decisive, and it is not considered like
ly that the soldiers' vote will materi
ally affect the result, although Premier
Bowser may retain his seat in the
provincial parliament, as he is not far
behind the Liberal ticket, which ap
parently was elected in its entirety in
Vanco er.
In Vietorla, A. Stewart, the recently
appointed minister of finance, was de
feated, polling 600 votes less than the
lowest Liberal in the capital city,
where the complete Liberal ticket was
elected.
In Rossland, Lome Campbell, min
ister of mines, is 100 voteh behind his
opponent, with only two small pre
cincts to be reported.
In Revelstoke, Thomas Taylor, min
ister of public works s'nce a Conserv
ative government came into power, was
deC j H i V ely defeated. In Grand Forks.
I K B Miller, one of Premier Bowser's
! aev /^Ministers, lost b a substantial
mn j or ity.
Returns from Skeena, where Mun
son, the recently appointed minister of
agriculture, is running, indicate that
he also was defeated. ,
London. Sept. 15.—The Harrison liner
Counselor, 4958 Ions gross, has been
sunk. Her crew wu: saved
CONNECTICUT TROOPS .
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BY EARL WAYLAND BOWMAN |
(Capital News Correspondent with the ;
Second Idaho Infantry)
Nogales. Ariz., Sept. 10.—It was a
Techni
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terrible slaughter yesterday.
there are dead Connecticut sol-las
idlers scattered all over the picturesque j
landscape in the neighborhood of the I
divide between Santa Cruz river and
Sonoita canyon.
The Second Idnho infantry wiped out
the ''invading" army of the First Con
necticut with enthusiasm and dispatch.
of
There were few casualties among the
ranks of the "defenders." Even Chief in
of Scouts Taylor of the Idaho regiment
,nd who is in the habit of capturing
several of the enemy, slaying a few op- So
posing lieutenants, etc., and then get
ting killed is stiii in theory and fact of
exceedingly alive. This is almost a
disappointment—I had some humdinger !
"obituary" poetry framed up for the
sergeants funeral and now 111 have
to wait to spring it till another "battle"
is puijrc I »fr. !
TO DEFEND NOGALES. a
You see it was this way. Colonel I In
Edclblute's command was left here, in 1
fubey, all alone to defend Nogales from
a large and ambitious army said to be <
moving toward the sentimental and ,
financially ambitious border burg. No
gales being so busy raking in the shin
ing shekels it hasn't time to pay any
attention to defending itself. So
Colonel Edelblute and Uie men of the
Second Idaho were told to "stick j
around and keep anything from loth-_
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.Stockholm dispatch says Sweden has ,
'held up 10,000 ton« of coffee destined
lor Finland, presumably on account of
t ie fact that Great Britain detained
uffee shipments for Sweden. As a re
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(Wireless) — A
Berlin.
Sept.
15.
iUlt LOff,e is UL ' arüe in Fin ' and -
Porth
id, ('»re., Sept. 15.—Albert Ga
and
bel, a baker.
shot
twice
was
wounded so badly that it was thought
would die late yesterday, by Jesse
■
; ILee. Fred Nicholson, a paper ear
rler, also was wounded by a wild bul
• let from Lee's revolver, but his injury
j was not serious.
I The shooting was the outgrowth of
,1,Ue VJ[ undTnstanUy killVd wh-.m '
•in thf* < rni.inv nf (îni , f 4
i.Mrs Lee tad ton .Wn by acri.ient
I while examining 1 rifle I
was e,light after the shooting
and lodged iii i iil !
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Berlin, Sept. 15.—(Official)—A Ber
lin paper says officers of »the Fourth
Greek army corps, which is to be trans
ported from Kavala, Greece, to Ger- '
many, will be accompanied by their I
families, "thus preventing the starving
of women and children by the entente."
PRESIDENT PREPARES
TO GO TO HIS SISTER
sister. Mrs. Anne E. Howe, who iH III \
Wilson received word today that his
Long Branch. Sept. 15.—President
at New London, Conn., is sinklim^'ap
I idly. Tentative plans were mads im- I
mediately for ills departure for Ne v ,
| London later today. j
PdBLTC
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wm, wauo
ering tho profitably patriotic bunch of
American and other animals living in
this neck of the woods."
The colonel is an accommodating j
rt and likes to be agreeable the same
the fellows who have come all the j
way from the decent neighborhood of I
I Idah
here
to take care of the folks down
■ho are too tired to take care of
he said, metaphorically:
"Alright, anything to be pleasant and
accommodating. If any little old bunch
of bandits or invading army gets to
snooping around trying to stick pins
in Nogales and capture it I'll have the
fellows from over home go out and lick
the everlasting daylights out of them.
So don't worry—we'll take care of No
gales and defend her to the last drop
of paie, flabby root-beer."
GIVEN HIS ORDERS. I
! Well the other day a message came j
from somcwhere-I don't just know
exactly where—hut anyway some
where and It might have reud this way: j
! : Dra : coionci Edeibiute: There are :
a lot of gays who used to be engaged i
I In the nutmeg business gone into the I
1 army industry an' they're rampsln'|
across from Fort Hunchuca nimln to,
< capture Nogales and make the Jitney j
, busses give decent service and the |
post office behave itself and put John j
Smith's mail in John Smith's box in
stead of putting it in Jack Brown's ot
dumping it in the corner for future ref- 1
erence und of course t liât would never |
j do, so I guess you'd better sort of keep
loth-_ (Continued on Page Eicht.) _j
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, official)—Heavy fighting has been re
„ewed with the British un the offen
sive ln Mesopotamia. The British are
s ' 11 ato have lost -000 men in the cn
. gageruent.
London, Sept. 9.—(Delayed—Turkish
London, Sept. 15.—A Reuter dispatch
front Petrogrud says that four giant
Russian aeroplanes of the Murometz
seaplane
type bombarded a Germa
station on Lake Angern, in the Gulf of
Riga, where 17 seaplanes of various
sizes and models were discerned.
' machines, but were put to flight,
The Russian aeroplanes returned safe
»' notwithstanding they were shelled
I by anti-aircraft guns.
on tt Pt«'««» 13 occasion, the eorre
! spondent says, one Murometz machine,
:th a crew of live, routed seven G er
t:
vlth re
Russians dropped 73 bombs,
sultant fire and smoke which soon con-j
eeuied the seaplane sheds.
German machines attacked the
vhtch attacked it.
j man seaplanes
SECRET MAIL SERVICE
! 10 GERMANY PLANNED
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tigatiqn of an alleged plot to operate a
secret mail system between this coun
try and Germany was followed by in
New York, Sept. 15.—Federal inves
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dlctmenta here yesterday against Hans
' Kd " ard Thompson, and Frederick Lf
I f f 1,nan on , a , cba ' K n e , of , sm "K* 1,n f J ew *
e , lr> worth T «' l «° the Unlted
htute f °" Jul f î"®" "T
rested August 20. Uffelman, It was
said, had been employed on a steam
ship between here and Scandinavia.
Affidavits in support of the existence
of the alleged secret mail system are
ln the possession of the authorities.
Washington, Sept. 15.—Ths Turkish
government, in a communication re
celved yesterday at the state depart
III \ ment, consents to the shipment of re
lief supplies from tho United States to
The action
TURKEY GIVES CONSENT TO
SHIPMENT OF SUPPLIES
I famine sufferers in Syria.
v , reverses the previous attitude of Turk
j is h officiais.
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STER I TO SECURE BTC
FEE FROM THE STATE
Former Assistant Attorney General Asks
tor Restraining Order to Prevent Set
tlement tor the Shortage ot 0. V.
Allen—New Claim Is for $14,056.93
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1 • V' V ' OT1U1 ' IOIHILI clBSlblclUl ailUI Ift.^ ^(.Utrai, WUU
SOlliC time agO presented Ulld latd* Withdrew a Claim 101'
$12,500 tor attorney fees for services rendered the state
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j 111 tllC iVIlOlT 0011(1 (*clSC, tOQHV rCUGWCCl 1118 ClcUlU, tlllS tlHlG
+' OJ . $14 056.93. and, on application to Judge Charles P.
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j McCcllTllV Ol tllG J bird JUQlClcll district COlirt, SGClircd Si T6*
: straining order, restraining the National Surety company
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I IrOlIJ pftVll)^ OVC1* TO tuC StclTC tllG âlllOUIlt Ol I11S Olällll Ollt
() f (],<, judgment f()I* $147,614.91 which the State recently
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j SOCUFeCl. I 116 restraining Order 113S Sd'V CCI OU »J aillCS IT.
| HftWlcV, formel* gOVemOl', and representative of the Surety
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('Olüpilü V \\ 11(211 11C U RS pCpaiCtl TO Settle tßC State S ,|U(lg
uiCllt Wv delivering OVCl' a Certified check to tho depositOl'V
1 1 , . ] * < 1 f +1 . » , , j
| UGtll (I composed Ol llie gOTCinOl, SCCieldr^ Ol STcVte anU
ilttOmeV general,
COMPANY READY TO SETTLE
j That the National Surety company,
surety on O. V. Allen's bond, s pre- |
* pared and has been prepared, to meet j
I the state's judgment secured in the !
dlstrlct court, is vouched for by At
torney Hawley and Ensign & Ensign,
local representatives. Several days I
ago the certified check covering the 1
amount of the judgment was -taken to |
tlie stole house to be delivered to the 1
depository board. At that lime At-i«*
tornev General Peterson insisted that j
a full board meeting be held before ac
ceptance be had. The governor was
out of the city and the secretary of
state was busy with state highway
commission matters. This morning
Attorney Hawley and Frank Ensign,
of the firm of ensign & Ensign, went
to the state house to make a settle
men t, but were enjoined from doing so
| by the restraining order issued out
„f (ho district court, as Becured by
T. (\ Coffin.
Representatives of the National Sur
ety company offered to deliver over to
the state the balance of the Judgment,
minus the *14,(56.93 claim of Coffin
and deposit the balance with the dis
trict court to be held by that trib
j unal until settlement of Coffin's claim
1 had been reached.
The depository
I board has taken the proposition un
der consideration. The attitude of the
National Surety company as reflected
| by Its . epresentatives is that it de
i sires to pa;.' the state the total amount
of «l' e judgment secured as soon as
1 possible.
CREATES SENSATION.
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»f the Coffin claim came as
Renewal
j torney general but claimed he was
| employed as assistant counsel to hail
die the bond suit for the state to re
cover its losses, filed a lien
$12,500 against the judgment,
lieity was given this fact and there
was wide adverse cr.tlcism over the
listinct surprise and created a son
Some time ago, ntter
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the
Sation.
stale secured the Judgment
;the losses of the treasuvy loot. Coffin,
Rus-lwho had been acting as assistant at
covering
for
Pub.
Coffin claimed this amount due
expenses in
state.
for attorney fees and
eurred.
AGREEMENT REACHED.
The depository board members, or at
least some of them, held the lien was
not Justified and later an agreement
is understood to have been readied
with the attorne.' general, by which
Coffin was to be paid $1500 for his
services for three months "In the at
torney general's office" for institut
. ing the foreclosure action and L
a j „ s ' rvk , es in fuir in connection with
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This agreement
i the Allen bond case.
la ot the rate of $250 per month in
cuch case- Such an agreement is said
be ln possession of members of the
* j depository board.
Therefore whan the new and !n
creased daim <f Coffin came up to
d jt l . aused Kreat interest. The
ord p r 0 f judge McCarthy as Issued j
out of tbe Third Judicial district court
and servcd on representatives of the
jc a ti ona i Surety company, is in full
a8 f o n 0 ws:
ORDER OF COURT.
"In the district court of the Third
judicial district of the state of Idaho,
in and for Ada county. The state of
Idarf. plaintiff, versus National Se
curRy company, a corporation, defend
ant. Order:
"This morning an application has
I been filed In this court by T. ('. Cof
i fin E«q„ one of the attorneys of rec
,
| ord for plaintiff in the above ent 1
Jactlou, stating that hq claims a
thereof for his fees and for expenses
incurred in the preparation and trial
! said action, slating that the de
fendant some time today proposes to
l ,a Y «« ,p amount of said Judgment to
I «he state depository board, that there
1 13 « controversy between himself and
| «« lp plaintif- as represented by said '
1 board over said fees and expenses, that
lp said board wifi, if t.ie inonej be
j Paid over to it. immediately pay into
the state treasury und applicant will be
Jcmediless. The court has permit
ted a petition setting out the above
mentioned facts to be filed and the
applicant asks that this court issue
a restraining order restraining the de
fendant from paying to the plaintiff
or its representatives the amount of
the judgment or so much thereof as
will cover applicant's claim, until such
time as a hearing may be had before
this court. Applicant cites the at
torney's lien law and some authorities
which appear to hold that he is entitled
to such relief, even when the state
is a party. On the other hand, some
doubt occurs to the court whether
he is entitled, to such relief against
the state, in view of particular pro
visions of our constitution. The
matter requires some investigation be
fore a ruling can be made by the court
as to whether the applicant is en
titled to a temporary injunction, and
sufficient time is not afforded for that
purpose before the hour when It is
represented that the depository board
will meet. Therefore, for the pur
pose of permitting the court to make
such investigation.
lien on the judgment In the abov«
entitled action and on the proceeds
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"It is ordered that the defendant,
its attorneys, Messrs. Hawley & Haw
ley, and James H. Hawley, Esq., and
each and all of them, are hereby tem
porarily restrained from paying over
to the plaintiff or Jts representatives
the amount of said Judgment, or so
much thereof as will cover applicant's
claim as set forth in his petition, to
wit: $14,056.93, until further order of
this court. In the meuntlme the court
requests the assistance of defendant's
attorneys or of the attorney general
or any other attorney representing tho
state depository board, as well as the
attorneys for said petitioner in de
termining whether a temporary in
junction shall issue, ln Justice to the
defendant and all others concerned the
matter should be disposed of some time
during the day and the court will be
glad to hear from the attorneys at
any time during the day, or evening,
if necessary.
"Done in open court this 15th day
of September, 1916.
"Charles p. McCarthy,
, "District Judge."
C. C. Cavanah and J. T. Pence \ieie
employed by the state to contest the
Coffin claim.
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HEAD OF BANDIT IS
EXHIBITED TO PUBLIC
El Paso. Sept. 15,—The head of «h«
bandit Luis Gutierrez, known In Mex
ico as the "enchanted goat," has been
sent to the governor of Guadalajara.
Gutierrez, long
in the slate of Colima, was killed by
ranchers who had grown tired of his
raids. Cutting off the head the ranch
ers bore it in triumph to Colima, wher«
it was exhibited to the publie. i
terror of the people