DAILY EVEtilKG EDITION DAILY EVENING EDITION ; TO ADVERTISERS. Th Knit OreKunlan tiaii the largest paid circulation of nay paper la (Jregon, east of I'ortlund and oer twice t tie circulation la l'euuieloa of lujf other ntwiiiaper. 1'orecaxt for Eastern Oregon, by U United States Weather Ohcr'rr t Portland, Rain tonight and ttrong northerly wind. We Inesday; COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL 26 7 DAILY EAST OUEGOXIAX, PODLETOX, OREGON, ll'ESDAV, YV.WWVMW 2, vm. NO. sn.' W T A I . - - ATTEMPT IS IDE KB BRIDGE TO I IE Man Who Says He is German Officer is Arrested Confession Alleged to Have Been Made. CHART FOUND IN HIS POCKET Prisoner Give .Name of Home Dy namite l'liu-otl on Canadian Hide Partially ImiiioIInIicm One of the Piers Trafrio Held Up InveHtlg. Un In Proenc. VAN CEBORO, Maine. Feb. 2. A man giving the name of Home and who claims to be a German officer, tn being lull by the authorities fol lowing an attempt early today to wreck the International bridge across the St. Croix river. The bridge nun slightly damaged. On the Canadian side the explosion of dynamite twlmd a pier and train lervlie won held up slightly until re pairs could tie made. Official ray that Home has con fessed. Cunadlan official are conducting i GEIM AVIATOBS " nrrno nnnno mm unur uuitiuo iiiiu . 4 d apcp fry ill viiimi v u ir. s e $200J; Given for Enfj.ncerlng Work Region South of East Verdun is Attacked by Birdmen One Non Combatant is Instantly Killed. 60 FLYERS ARE ENGAGED Iv Cloud protect Mwhliu-rt A They Crow ITtinli I J now and Cr. Ic Over Towns, Dropping lloinlm School lloy.Iladly Wounded One G"riniui Cnptun-tl by Itcncli. PA It IS, Fob. 2. German aviator have hurled boniba with deadly effect i the region aouth of east Verdun, cccoriilng to word received here, one non-cotnbulant was killed near Pont- ii-Muicson, and at Nancy a boy was (rightfully maimed when a bomb win dropped In a aohool yard. The ma ternity hospital nt Hemlrement win t.:!g'.itly damaged. News of the raids reached Paris on the heels of the announcement that a German Taube had rained 60 shells on Dunkirk. U!tter Indignation was shown here over the attacks. The I V . M ' 5 ,w 11 AGREES TO 1EIIIEHTS OVER SRRlG MEASURE Agreement Reported to Have Been Reached Between President and Independent Republicans. PUN MADE MORE DEFINITE OHIO CJ HREATENED BY FLOODS " ' Practically River and Stream is Approaching the Danger Point-Rail Traffic is Demoralized-Ohio River Rising Rapidly and all Residents in the Low lands are Fleeing to Points of Safety. an Invemtltf itlon Into the dynamiting newspnper are demanding retalla :is it occurred on their side of the rlv-jtlon r. Whether Home will be turned ver to them Is not known. Home la alleged to liave told offi cers that he tried to wreck the bridge, "because It was within his rights to ' do so." A Cermnn flag and o chart of this section were found In his pock ts. fiolfer at llneliurst.- PINEHL'KST, X. C. Feb. I. St. Valentine' Golt tournament, annually here, opened today. -The held III PET II DEFEATED D M REPORT Lunevllle. Hemlrement and other towns within a radius of 75 miles. Low clouds protected the birdmen' ut- they crossed the French lines in' a wood near Pont-a-Mousson. .No se-j rious damage was done to the town! Ambrose Smm1)'. .MOW VdliK Teh. 2. Through the Klfl of $20'). 000 t.y Ambrose h'wasey or Cleveland, O., engineer, sclentiHta atid astronomer, an engineering foun- id.iiion for research work was founded ii iiitwimn oi me ciiiiea fng'neer Ini; Society and the American Society io: Civil Engineers. Ry the deed of Question of Turning Slilp I,lnei Oicr Ut lYlvat Capital Will lie l"p to SulM4curnt c4nffrotoi, Declares Wilton iMfiMM-Yailc lUdt Is Xot Permanent. ( H WASHINGTON1. Feb. 2. Ship pur-(hai-e bill amendments limiting j six months the length of time the govern ment may fix minimum rates under I ( LKVKI.l.M). IWi. 2. -More appre Itenhlon vih felt here U'H affTnoon over the flood Kituation In Ohio than t-liMC tlk diwiKtrous floods in 1913. Heavy thaw and rains within Uie lat 60 hour have swelled tike rivers and streams out of all proportion. The Ohio H riniclilnc flooI Mage at Uie rate of over a foot an hour. (;rcatet apprrlx-nhlon It felt for 1 the section between Plttoburg and I tlnclnnatl. The water has reached 1 near the 40 foot stage. Inundating a Practically every .river and stream la approaching the danger point. Wlr end rail traffic is demoralized because of the high water. A rain and sleet storm continue here today, the most serious storm In years. BI1IDGEPOKT. Ohio. Feb. 2 The Ohio river is rifling at the rate of 9 inches every hour. P.rldgeport, Beilairs, Martins Ferry are area, and drlvimj 40,000 ram-!rnd ther Ohio valley point are fac- IIIcm from tliHr homes. The great Miami river threatened. valley Is CLEVELAND. Feb. 2. Ohio Ing the most serious situation in j tars. Tributary streams to the Ohio are j rising rapidly. I All residents In the lowlands are The raid were executed from Metx. Al !n"t 60 German aviators, with oh- erviri r neit liiimlin on NanCV. i ... . ....... . lo the gift the Income ...it i. n "in oe appi:eu io , . ,is, ..,.- the advancement of engineering arts; .. ,. ...carert tht hw e, branches, for the tlon of turnn, ghlp lint., over t0 r. leae and Invalidating the lease itself i "gain faf Ing a serious flood situation. ' fleeing to points of safety. If the terms are violated were Intro duced In the senate by La Follette. It was reported the amendments; represented an agreement between; the president and independent repub licans with whom he conferred. Preoldent Wilson Indicated later to newspapermen that he was agreeable to the changes to meet the progressive I republican demands, although these shifts, lie s-ild, would be for the pur i pose of making the plan more defi nite. As to Senator Norrls' propsali make certain that no belllegrent ships be purchased, the president sa.J the senator wanted the policy defined CLEVELAND. Feb. 2. Report from Zanesvllle this afternoon stated that the Muskingum river la rising an Inch an hour. All the bridge span ning the stream are in danger of being; washed away. At Paynesvllle, 20 families are. iso lated In the upper floors of their homes by the rampage of the Grand river. At Uniontown. the high water has invaded the streets of the city. The Tuscarawas river Is up many feet and all the towns and cities In the valley are threatened. At Maisilon, Athens, and other towns, the residents are reported to re fleeing from the lowlands. EPIDEMIC IS IIDT TO BE FEARED III CITY IS WHITE i.nd sciences In all leneflt of mankind SAM MORROW IS APPOINTED itl.IlT I'.F.U.IXC.KK DISMISSKD '(' CII.X;K tXIMES AS SlU PUISK TO M.XY. FKTJtOGUAI). Feb. 2. Important victories in Poland and in the Car pathlans are claimed In an offlcla war office statement. The Germans lost 6(010 killed and uany more wounded and taken prisoners about Warsaw. The Kussiana have taken more than 1009 prisoners In the three days' fighting In the Carpathians, it was said. . The battling along the Pxura, west of Warsaw has cost Germany heavy losnes, it was stated. General Von Mockenxen hurled six regiments against the Kflsslan position south west of Sochocxew and repeated his charges for four day. His object was to cut the path toward Warsaw that would cause the abandonment of the llusstan campaigns In that portion and Konigsberg. The heavy artillery : tore great gaps In the German lines. While the Infantry was engaged, a force of German sappers tunellcd their way nearly a hundred yards to the first line of the Russian trench es. Hy chance a Russian officer dis covered the mouth of the tunnel and the little group of Qermana were made prisoners. Two machine guns were rushed to the mouth of the tun nel and a company of Germans was slaughtered underground. BERLIN, Feb. 2. The government press ' bureau asserted that the Bu charest paper "Lupta" complains bit terly of acts of Russian troops who entered Rukowina. Tho Lupta charged that the Russians pillaged villages und ravished women and girls according to the press bureau. NEWS SUMMARY General. Ohio cit ies fuclnjr serious floods. AtlciniML niiido to blow up Interna tional bridge at Canadian line. German aviators drop bomb Into Irench villages. Wilson Ajrm-H to amendment In Hlilpplng measure. Local. State health officer dOcJarca Pen dleton's vvnteir system safeguards city ntitilnst typhoid. Snm Morrow named to succeed Cliff llellltiger ns firo chief. I 0ml clerk Ivbh Intcwtliur price lint which contracts cot of living1 to day with that during civil war. TaMiyers' asuoclutlon makes rec ommendations to IcfrlHlaturo and county court. Winter lycciim program for next year fat selected. Itself but In one of the suburbs ear old man was torn to pieces The( rhldcr appeared next at Nancy. A KrFt . -..7! CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT bomb exploded in the narrow court srd of a school. A few minutes be fore,. 200 children had filed Indoors. A W-year old boy." lingering behind, wos struck by a fragment of a bomb which tore a gaping wound In his leg. Windows In the schoolhouse were smashed. When the first monoplane was sighted at Lunevllle. the residents took to the cellar of their homes. The Germans threw bombs at a large fac tor but little damage was done. A crippled engine forced one of the raiders to descend In the open square bt Lunevllle where he was taken prl oner by French soldiers. vate capital wjll be up to subsequent congresses. The democrat bolt, lie sal 1, did not seem to be permanent. Washington; Feb. ".without taking tip the ship purchase bill the senate adjourhed until noon Wednes- S PARIS, Feb. 2. The Princess Pat rlclu'a crack regiment bore the brunt of another furious German charge west of Labasse. according to dis patches. The Canadians brilliantly hurled the enemy back with severe loss. They then made a counter at tack and captured a position along the canal to Bethune which was oc cupied by the Germans last week. The renewal of bloody Infantry en eaeements between La basse e and Dcthune and violent cannonading of nHS the Belgian positions near Ypres were the principal features f today's ad vice from the front. Tax (ToniniUslon AlsilbJied. OLVMPIA, Feb. 2. The house passed three republican tax commis sion bills. They abolish the state tax commission and place that work with the land commissioner and wipe out executive control of the state land board and the state board of equali zation. Von Kluck's Son Killed. LONDON. Feb. 2. The Star'i Copenhagen correspondent wired that General Von Kluck's son, Egon Da vail, a lieutenant in the German ma rines, had been killed at Mtddlekerke on the Belgian coast when that town was bombarded by British warships Billy Sunday has had to go to a voice repairer as a result of his ef forts to make Philadelphia be good. WHEAT REACHES HIGHEST POINT IN 17 YEARS IN CHICAGO MARKET TODAY Pendleton has a new chief of the fire department In the person of Sam! Morrow, a former member of the Portland fire department. He reliev ed Cliff Bellinger, who has been chief since the new department was organ ized, on Sunday, and Is now In full charge. ', Bellinger's dismissal came as a sur prise, nlthough members of the fire committee state It has been under contemplation for some time. It re sulted from friction between him and some of the members of the committee l ut the formal request for his resig nation Is said to have resulted from his leaving town Sunday without per mbudon. His resignation will probab ly le tendered at the meeting of the council tomorrow evening and the ap pointment of Morrow confirmed. The new chief has been In Pendle ton for the pR.t six or eight months and for the pant two or three months been In the employ of Acting Mayor John Dyer. Prior to coming to Pendleton, he belonged for a year and a half to one of the Portland fire companies and Is said to be an effi cient fireman. As chief of the Pen dleton department he will also be city electrical Inspector. GREAT BRITAIN WILL SEIZE CARGOES BOUND TO GERMANY AMERICAN" SHIPMENTS WILL XOT BE HESPECTE1, IT IS AX-XOCXCED. WASHINGTON. Feb. 2 The state department was unofficially informed. It was announced, that Great Britain will seize the cargo of the steamer Wllhelmina, destined for Bremen, and all other American shipments to Ger many as a result of the German gov ernment's assumption of control over food distribution. VILLA DENIES THAT HE HAS BEEN KILLED EL PASO. Feb. 2. General Villa not only denied reports transmitted to Carranza that he had died of wounds received at Aguas Callentes. but declared he had not even been shot. Declaring his belief that Tendleton has a water system which makes a water-borne epidemic of typhoid fe ver out of the question? Dr. Calvin S. White, state health officer who re cently made a personal inspection of the syMem from intake to reservoirs, has written a letter to Supt Hayes commending the city upon its water supply and the ' precautions taken against the Infection of the supply. His letter, which is self-explanatory, follows: Portland. Ore.. Jan. 30. 1915. Mr. F. B. Hayes, Supt. Water Commission. Pendleton. Oregon. Dear Sir: I have very carefully gone over practically the entire wa ter hed at Thorn Hollow furnishing the supply for the city of Pendleton. By my investigations. I am convinc ed that it would be absolutely out of the question for Pendleton to have a water borne epidemic of typhoid fe ver practically the only disease that is carried In the water. I want to commend the city of Pen dleton in procuring the volume of land in the water shed and properly fencing same. 1 find absolutely no condition that could In any way con taminate the supply. The matter of toilets at the section house, in my Judgment would not be the remotest danger but to improve the general appearance of the water shed. I hove taken it up with the O. W. R. 4 X. Co. and they have prom ised to disinfect, cover these and sub BILL REPEALING FREE TEXT ( LAW IS PASSED BY IDE NOW GOVERNOR .4ALEM. Ore., Feb. 2. The senate passed the bill repealing the free text book law. The house already had passed it. Only the governor's signa ture is' needed now to make It effec tive. With but two dissenting votes the house passed the Schuebel bill strengthening the workman's com pensation act. The bill amends the present law to reclassify employes ac cording to the hazards of their work The game committee reported an indefinite postponement of Represen tative Barrow's bill forbidding the killing upland birds. The senate passed the house bill conferring the right of eminent do main upon gas companies. It Indefi nitely postponed the senate bill in validating requests to others than le gal heirs. LYCEUM NUMBERS FOR NEXT YEAR HAVE BEEN SELECTED LOCAL COMMITTEE CLOSES CON TRACT WITH REPRESENTA TIVE OF BUREAU. The lyceum course of winter attrac tions for next year was yesterday aft ernoon selected at a conference be tween H. C. Herbsman, representa tive of the Ellison-White Lyceum Bu reau, and the local committee of citl- xens which is in charge of the ly ceum entertainments. The course will consist of five attractions fully as high class as those presented this year and the committee feets that It has secured talent which wilt give Pendleton people entertainment which they will appreciate. Ralph Parlett. noted humorist. Is one of the attractions scheduled for the coming year. Madame Hall Rheildaffer, a singer of even mor renown than Madame Scotney, who so charmed local people a few weeks ago will also appear In concert as a lyceum number. Other musical num ber Include the Oxford company and the Metropolitan Male Quartet, both high class musical organizations. The fifth number will be Bishop Hughes, a lecturer . and boy man whose "Biography of a Boy" has made such a hit all over the nation. 'Continued on page eight.) Albany Man Chosen. WASHINGTON. Feb. 2. The pres ident has selected William H. Hornb brook of Albany, Ore., as minister t? Slam. German Landstrum on Duty in the War CHICAGO, Feb. 2. After ft day of sensational advances which started the opening May wheat closed at a dollar sixty five, the highest price In the board of trade pit in seventeen years. July closed at a dollar forty-three. Only four times since the clvlr war has wheat sold this high. PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 2. spot bluestem was a dollar fifty three bid. a dollar fifty four asked. Club a dollar fifty ono bid, a dollar fifty three asked on the Merchant's Ex change today. h M S iJ yV UMATILLA COUNTY TAXPAYERS OPPOSE SEVERAL BILLS NOW BEFORE STATE LEGISLATURE With the Intention of Indicating to; the legislature and the county court t!iv sentiment of some of the taxpay ers of he county upon pending meas ures, the Umatilla County Taxpayers' assoo'ation yesterday on record aa for or puis prcsemea in me legislature ann pose.i cut to eliminate the sham certain steps proposed by the county curve just east of Pendleton and to '"t- pro'ide a safe approach t.i & new return to the old system of tax 1 1 ridge. Some of those present yes. collection by the sheriffs was recom-j terday cellared the cut would cost mended by the association as a nieans:oo much because of the largo quae-t.-warl greater economy inasmuch asitity of dirt which would have to t. wa the bill which Assessor Strain pui)!!cly endorsed yesterday In the East Oreeonlan. OpiMKic Proo.ed Cut. Turning their attention to the coun- afternoon went t ty c otrt. the organization veateniu against certain went on record as ouooseil tn th nr.w the force of the sheriff remains the same with or without the tax collec tion whereas the treasurer's force is in?re:ised the year around. opposition was declared to the Muutsor system came up for introduced in the house for an in-! but no action was taken. moved. No opposition wa.i niado tn t' e propved bridge. The measure Introduced In th, leg. is'ature to abolish the county dinner- dl'.-usslon i m no iiriiun was laKcn tienry J. This photograph shows a group of members of Germany's third line of defense waiting In a town on the East Prussian frontier to be assigned outpost duty along the vast stretches of waste that mark the boundary be- tojtween Russia and Germany. A hos pital van and one of the ambulance corps dogs are also shown. In the picture. crease In the state road tax, also to, Taylor was for going on record to tho proposed one-half milt irrigation! abol'sh the supervisor. d- larlmr su- h tax r.nd to the bill with an emergen. cy clause providing for an approprla-j tlon of K0.00i) for irrigation pur-, poses Vigorous opposition was made to the bill providing for an annual ton nage tax upon motor vehicles used for carrying freight. This would be iqulvalent, in the opinion of several .speakers yesterday, to telling the far- m?rs they could not use their good roads for transporting their produce without paying a tax upon the auto trucks they use. It would be a serl i.us obstacle to the putting through or tlu proposed road to Cold Springs Landing, It was declared. Endorsement was given to the lilngnam Mil providing that tax levies The secretary win l cannot be made for sums any more ' acquaint the I'matllU uri official unnecessary, t.ut Secretary rledley halted action by declaring 'fiat the avenge taxpaer was ii"t 'acquainted with the good results from the supervisory system. Ho recom 1 tended that the members look over tn reports on file with the county sn. perlntendent before they expre.wed themselves. It was voted to organize brunch u tctitttlona tri the various communi ties of the county and cominltteig i:i soon leave to undertake till work. The secretary was also Instruct-M t i prepare copies of a statement show- ig the amount of money spent on roads arid bridges in the different road districts during the vint y if Irmtriicieil io lei. ..itii.ri In than a six per cent Increase over the, the legislature with the levies of the proceeding year. Thuptions made by the association.