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DAILY EVEtJIHG 0111011
Forecast fr F'ni Oregon, by Un
United M Wrailier Obrrer
t Portland.
Rain f.r inn tonight and Tue.dny;
cooler tonight.
DAILY EVENING EOITI01I
TO ADVERTISERS.
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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
CO UNTY OFFICIA L PA PER
VOL 26
DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGOX, .MONDAY, FKIJKL'AKY 1, 19
NO.
GERMAN REINFORCEMENTS HOLD THE RUffiANS IN CHECK
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Desperate Fighting is in Progress in Timbered Region Near Pilkallen re the Kaiser Has Hurled
Fresh Troops in Effort to Stay the Onward Rush of the Slav Armies Advance is Being Continued
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German Forces are Concentrated
AgainstCentral Army Corps Which
are Pouring Over the Frontier.
FIGHTING GN NEAR WARSAW
Trent ln's Wlilt-h Were Captured on
Friday Retaken by KuMJaiitf After
lHiK-mto i:n uiint'r la Which the
Germans Aro saia to llvo Iot
Heavily lulilU Occupied.
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I KTROGRAD. Feb. 1. Desperate
fighting U lit progremm In the tim
bered region near lilkallen. East
Pruiwla, tiif war office announced.
This Indicate that the Gorman rein
forcements, rushed forward to check
the Russian advance against Konlgs
irg, are offering a, determined re
sistance. The kals r's strati-gluts are concen
trating their principal resistance on a
aerim of assaults on the Russian cen
tral urmy of three corps which are
Touring acri,m German territory. The
Russians claim slight gains. The
trenches west of Warsaw were lost to
the enemy on Friday but have been
tecai lured. A violent engugemenl. In
which the Germans lost heavily, pre
ceded the succcisa. the statement de
clared. PETROGRAD, Feb. 1. It Is offi
cially announced that the Ruaslans
have occupied Tabris In Persia on
Saturday.
BERLIN. Feb. 1. A flank attack
by General Francola In Northern Po
land hu effectually halted the Rus
alan efforts to advance against the
Thorn fortress, according to the war
office. Francois, who was operating
in the vicinity of Malawa. made a rap
id movement southwest and attacked
the Russian right, forcing a retire
ment. The Germans have gained fur
ther east of Lowici and south of the
Vistula. The Germans have resumed
the offensive and are advancing tow
ard Ixidx.
It was announced that German avi
ators had crossed the lines of the al
lies and dropped bombs at BallleuL
eight miles north of Lille. The Kais
er conferred with his staff chiefs here
and announced he Is very well satis
fled with the progress of the campaign
both east and weat.
Uncle Sam's Enormous Gun to Protect Panama Canal
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REPUBLICANS DETERMINED TO
CONTINUE FILIBUSTER; READY
TO TALK MEASURE TO DEATH
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Opposition to Shipping Bill Begins in Senate
Again This Morning Speaking Campaign will
be Kept up Until Final Adjournment, Say the
Leaders Declare They wiJI Block all Other
Legislation.
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WASHINGTON. Feb. 1. The re
publican filibuster against the govern
ment ship purchase bill was resumed
at 10 a. m. when the senate was calt
td to order after being In recesg from
midnight Saturday. Both sides are
confident of victory.
Republican members Insist that a
week more of filibustering will mean
the bill will be talked to death. They
declare they are prepared to contin
ue the speaking campaign until the
final adjournment and to block all
other legislation If necessary to ac
complish the downfall of the measure.
These claims are ridiculed by demo
cratlc leaders. It Is believed some
democrats favor dropping the meas
ure if the filibuster really endangers)
the appropriation bills.
FHEIICII 11 BACK
GERMAN EFFORT TO
PEIIH HUES
Concentrated Attempt to Pierce the
Positions at Ypres Meets With
Severe Defeat Says Paris,
GALLIC FIRE DESTRUCTIVE
Alia torn nejwirt That Slu-IIinjr of Ten
tonic Positions Wa Most F-ffVtlvo
French lnfantrivrn. After Pour
ing la Terrific lire, l'e tle liajo
nct Against Enemy.
JESSE FAILING, CITY'S OLDEST
MERCHANT, IS CALLED BY DEATH
This normoiis rifle, believed to b
the larRect Hlnxle piece of armor ever
made, is being shipped by the United
States government to protect the
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CHICAGO, Feb. 1. One of the
worst Btorma In years gripped the
middle west and northwest today.
Trains entering Chicago are all de
layed and street car traffic la paral
ysed. One was killed here and scores
were Injured. Hundreds of miles of
telephone and telegraph lines are
down. The storm struck Chicago
early today. The snow soon turned
to rain. A drop of temperature Is
tauslng the ruin to freeze, covering
the streets and wires with a coating
of Ice.
MADISON. Wis., Feb. 1. Train
servlco out of Madison is badly crip
pled by a snow and wind storm which
has raged since Saturday night. Street
car traffic is at a, standstill.
DETROIT, Feb. 1. Two are dead
and scores are suffering Injuries as a
rosult of the storm which has been
sweeping Michigan since Saturday
night. Immense damage has been
dono telephone and telegraph lines.
MILWAUKEE, Feb. 1. -More than
100 persons Including crews and pas
sengers ore marooned outside the
liarbor while five lake steamers are
Imprisoned In Ice floes. One of the
worst storms of the winter Is sweep
ing this part of Wisconsin,
According to the lawyers for the
rewest leaguo, baseball cannot exist
half slave and half free.
Panama Canal. The photograph
shows the great H-lnch gun on 1U
way to Watertown. Mass., where It
will be made ready for shipment to
the canal. It weighs 284,000 pounds.
The car on which the gun is carried
itself weighs 192,420 pounds and no
'ewer than thirty-two wheels were
necessary to hold It.
MORE RUIN FALLS IN 24
HOURS THAN IN LAST MONTH
AT 1 O'CLOCK T01Y .53 OF AX
ixcii is i:i:cokii.!
INSTKUMF.XTS.
Within the past 24 hours as much
rain has fallen in Pendleton as fell
during the entire month of January.
At 1 o'clock this afternoon the recohr
tng Instrument kept by the official
weather observer showed that .53 of
an Inch had fallen since 4:30 yester
day and the rain was still fulllnB
steadily. The month of January which
closed yesterday was one of the dry
est In' recent years, the total rainfall
for the 31 days being but .58 of an
inch whereas the normal for that
month Is 1.59 Inches.
The rain here started falling about
4:30 yesterday In a light shower and
resumed attain at 10. During the
night and early morning there was
considerable precipitation and all day
today there has hardly been a mo
ment's cessation.
The rain Is a great boon to the
farmers because of the big deficiency
In the season's precipitation. The
ground has not for years been as dry
on February 1 as It Is now and tne
whAt men were beginning to get
anxious. The river and smaller streams
have been unusually low, too during
the winter.
SCHOONER IS WRECKED IN.
BAD GALE OFF CAPE HENRY
FATK. OF CKKW IS UNKNOWN
OTHFJl VF.SSF.IiS RF.POUTF.D
IN DANGER,
WASHINGTON. Feb, 1. A wire
less message received here says the
fcchooner Frank U. Swain was wreck
ed In a heavy galo 70 miles southeast
of Cape Henry. The vessel lies bot
tom upward. Dispatches failed to
state the fate of the crew. Other
craft are reported endangered In a
heavy gale off the Atlantic coast.
(icucrul Stone Dies at 72. '
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 1. Gener
al George Stone, a notable figure In
the political history of California and
nn active participant In public af
fairs, died after a lingering Illness. He
vas 72 years old. At different time
he served as adjutant general of the
stale militia, head of the California
fish and game commission, receiver
for the United States land office and
ns cha'rman of the republican state
central committee.
I'ss.sing of IoHagc Road.
SALEM. Feb. 1. By the provi
sions of a bill Introduced by Senator
Smith of Coos, the board of portage
railway commissioners is abolished
and the portage railroad property Is
Abo Rucf Motbor Dylrur.
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal.. Feb. 1.
Hope for the recovery of Mrs. Adele
Ruef. mother of Abe Ruef. was aban
doned by friends of the family. The
aged woman Is suffering from the In
firmities of age, aggravated by her
Jesse Failing. Pendleton's oldest lived to ere. In the completion of the'
PARIS, Feb. 1. The Germans hava
been thrown back violently In anoth
er attempt to smash the allies' lines
at Tpres. French Infantrymen, aft
er mowing down the enemy's first
ranks with a murderous fire, used the
bayonet so effectively that the Ger
man line was repulsed in great disor
der. This announcement by the war
office created a tremendous wave of
enthusiasm In the city. For several
days it wai reported the Germans had
been masking reinforcements la Bel
gium for a new drive. Aerial scouts
reported that the shelling of the Ger
man positions along the Aisne by the
French was effective. From Tpres to
the coast an artillery fight has been
In progress for several days.
merchant, both in point of years and
experience and one of the best known
pioneers of the city and county, ex
pired Saturday afternoon at 5 o'clock
of acute cystitis and complications in
cident to old age. He was past 84
ears old and had been a resident 'of
Pendleton for 37 years and of Uma
tilla county for 52 years. He is sur
vived by a widow, one daughter, Mrs.
i F.dlth Ray, and a step-son,
' Hendley, all of this city.
LONDON, Feb. 1. A high admi
ralty official predicted the failure of
Admiral Von Tirpitt' attempt to
starve England out by attacking mer
chant ships with submarines. The of
ficial agreed with other government
Tndrtt that lh inlimarif, ralrt. 53a-
at his trade of carpentering, making day ,nd gunday , ffatur of
Policy advocated by Von Tlrpitx. Fur
ther raids and consequent losses are
anticipated by the British naval men.
i-anama canal, tne -fulfillment of a
dream of those early days.
Arrive In Frisco.
When he arrived in San Francisco
in November, 1851, he was "flat
broke" and he went to work at once
from J 10 to $15 a day. When he had
accumulated a few hundred dollars,
he bought an outfit and went to Pla-
Fred-cer county, stopping at Auburn on
his search for gold. At that time all
to ie turned over to the state Board grief and worrv over her son's ln-
f control. This board 1 authorized ' carceration In the state penitentiary
to oell the property.
on n charge of bribery.
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ine Dody was emoaimed yesteraayiof the mining work was done by
at the Baker undertaking parlors, of,lockers or "Ion toms" and Mr. Fall
which deceased was once the pro-linR built the first sluice in that part
prietor. and shipped today on No. 17 cr tne COuntry. "Some days I made
to the Finley parlors in Portland. The ; as much as $100 and some days it
funeral will be held in that city to-, took me 100 days to make one dol-
niorrow-. lar," he was wont to say In speaking
During his long life Mr. Falling 0f ftg earv nfe-
had many Interesting and varied ex- During the eight years which he
perlences. Before he settled down put (n jn the gold fields of California,
to the routine life of a merchant, hejhe alternately lived In fat and lean.
In the hope of sighting submarine
U-21 which sank three British vessels
Saturday, destroyers and liKht cruis
ers are patrolling the Irish sea.
was at different times a carpenter,
gold hunter, boat-builder, hotel keep
er and rancher.
He was born In Wayne county,
New York, September 25, 1S20. When
a young man the tales of the discov
ery of gold in California fired him
with eagerness to come west and
seek the precious metal In
mountain Btreams. Col. Vanderbllt,
anticipating the rush to California
had established a steamboat line to
Nicaragua and aboard one of these
boats Mr. Failing, as a young adven
turer, stepped one day, determined to
make his way to the land of golden
promise. On the same boat was Col
Vanderbilt himself and Mr. Failing
became personally acquainted with
him. Behind the steamer was towed
MAT Hal GOES
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Whenever he went broke at mining,
he turned to his trade and was able
to accumulate enough to start him
on his quest again.
In 1858 he went to Weavervllle.
California, and with others left that
place on horseback for Frailer River.
the ome reputation as a gold field. Eachl A$.. TeTL.
two packhorses and 77 days were re-!hlKhMt P,nl on the, 0 trd
quired for the overland Journey. Ar-! n man """ Pn'J(
riving at their destination, the party doIlar thIrt" f!ve nJ "vn 'hth'
minea trom iiriage river io v.niu;
creek. In two months, Mr. Failing
took out about $2000. j
Near to a Fortune. i
CHICAGO. Feb. 1. At eleven forty
five, May wheat reached a dollar fifty
six and three-fourths. July reached a
dollar and twenty eight.
He used to tell a tale of how near-
ly he came to finding a fortune. One; . . ,, , , .
... I,.,. f.. Vhii. . nri.i.t,! CHICAGO, Feb. 1. May closed at
a little boat in which Mr. Falling and ' Columbia, an ola indian came to the ,d!UrJ f.'.ft' ' and one-1uarter'
others made their way up the river; c of hlmself anJ fr,ends anJ told;-u "iriy seen ana one-
and across the lake of Nicaragua, j ,hem tmlt one dav. trlp aorosa ,he,hnlf- May reached a dollar fifty seven
He crossed the ridge which was the.dlv,je vvere great quntities of white at one tlme- Ther ' reat exc,te
backbone of the Isthmus, a distance rock peoKling that it was quartx. i "lenl ,n tne Vt durinK lhe session.
or twelve miles, ana took a ooai on .
the other side. Before Ue died he I
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WHAT TO DO WITH BOOTLEGGERS
IS II PROBLEM TO THE COURT
I PORTLAND, Ore.. Feb. 1 On the
j Merchants' Exchange today spot pri
ces for bluestem reached a dollar
forty nine bid. A dollar fifty-two wa
I asked, (.'lub. dollar forty six bid. dol-
lar forty seven and a half axked.
NEWS SUMMARY
What to do with the bootleggers
after they have been caught is the
problem which is vexing Circuit Judge
Phelps. This morning when several
of those caught In the recent cam
paign appeared before him and
pleaded guilty, he refused to pass sentence,-
declaring he would first Inves
tigate to ascertain whether or not
imprisonment in the county Jail
would be a punishment to them. If
the county maintained a rockpllo or
worked the prisoner some other way,
the judge Intimated he would know
what penalty to Inflict.
"It I knew that Imprisonment in
jail would punish these men. 1 would
not hesitate to send them to Jail."
said the Judge from the bench this
morning, "but I am not so convinced.
It would be a kindness to some men
to give them winter board and lodg-
tng in the county Jttll and a man sell
ing liquor to Indians is not deserving
of kindness. In passing sentence I
do not want to ecourage other men'
of the hobo class to give liquor to In-
r.lans In the hopes of getting a place
to stay and good meals during the;
winter. In that event the burden j
would not be upon the bootleggers
but upon the taxpayers." I
Judge Phelps has conferred with
County Judge Marsh upon the matter .
nnd the latter has promised to take;
it up w 1th the other members of the :
county court Wednesday. "However,'
said Judge Marsh, "I believe It Is
too late to devise a system for tho ;
working of prisoners this winter, but
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CJoneral.
Russian column liallcd by Gentian
rein f orevmenta,
IVciuii drive back German sHi-iopt
at now drive.
Republicans mntinuo fiUhiiMb-r
Agala-4 Shipping Hill.
Severe storm swevp niMdlo wot.
LoenL
Jcttc Pniliiur, pioncvr nwriiuiiit, W
dcjul.
Judge PIi-Iim pujli'l what to dn
Mllh bootlegger.
Half Inch rainfall W Immii to farm
ers, Kamcla family allocked bv iiiud
cxyote.
Groundhog will eone out i f hold
tomorrow.