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DAILY EAST OUEGOXIAX, PODLETOX, OREGON, ll'ESDAV, YV.WWVMW 2, vm.
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W T A
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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. (
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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.