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DAILY EVEIIIIIG EDITION DAILY EYB1II16 EDITION TO ADVERTISERS. Tk East Orrgoalan bat ths largeit paid circulation of auy papw In Oregon, tt of I'ertland and over twice tus circulation In l'cadlatoa ot auy other ntwipaper. jroret for Mra Oregon, by it United fctatrn Uratlut Observer I I-ortlsnd, Rain or snow tonight and Saturday. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL 26 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, FRIDAY, FERRI'ARY 5, 1915. NO. Mis 4 100,000 GERMANS ARE 0!G HURLED AGIST RUSSIANS Von Hindenberg Brings All His Force to Bear Against Warsaw in Effort (9 Capture City. GREAT BATTLE DEVELOPING Seven Il virion of Kali' Army Making IToiiUl Attacks on Slav r tiiilon In puisnel Ge-rman Ratter lea Klit'll Trewl'e of i:n1ny light lluiul to Hand. HKRI.IV, IVb. 5. It m officially annoiiiu-cd lliut General Von Mac krnzen' troop wewl of Warrfiw have eapturcd 6IMMI KuHriaiix, Including; 20 ofriitTM, In tlic irt. four d)' fight- lujr. i;fforW of tint Mavg to ree-ap- ture Uio portion lixt eat of Roll- mow liavo lieen refilel. Indications were Uuit the RiinmUui are trying to re tunc tho offensive In rant ITuv4a nr Tilsit. PETROGKAD. Feb. 5. One hun dred thousand German troop are be Ing hurled against the position of tho Ruwiuns west of Warsaw, where one of the greatest battle of the war I rapidly developing. It waa announc ed In an official statement by the war office. Seven division of the German army are making a aerie of frontal attack between the Bxura ii nd the Rawka river In Poland. Hun dred of German batteries are shell- 1ng the 61av trenches. All through the day yesterday, re tnforcement continued to reach the German lines and from daybreak to nightfall the Teuton continued to a aault the Russian positions. So fierce ly did the enemy deliver hi attack and at auch close Quarter was the fight waged, that along almost th entire line the troop came Into hand to hand combat. - - ! , The desperate character of th vaults bear out previous surmises that Voa Hlndenberf, the German com mander, la planning another supreme attempt to smash hi way through the Slav line and reach Warsaw. Tae Russian troop west of Warsaw were declared by the war office to be performing brilliantly. PARIS, Feb. 5 Squadrons of Ger man aviators are ahelllng the allied trenches along the line from Nleuport to south Tpre. Two monoplanes have bombarded Arras, sis mile In side the lines of the allies. At the name time, the German artillery op entu on the city doln? great dam a (re. Severn! Tallin's pnaaed over NleU- Tort evidently going to Dunkirk. I i ,.r. r'.mm attnrk forced the French to evacuate more than 100 there were no powder marks on Kirk vnriia r,f tienrhea but in a night at- Patrick's clothes. The defense will tack tu French are reported to havj tecjvered the lost ground. ' LONDON, Feb. 6. Advice from "Kotterdam state that airmen of th allies dropped bombs Into Zeebrugge. Th damage done I not known. Roer Rebels Burrender. CAPS TOWN, Feb. I. It la offi cially announced that Lieutenant Colonel Kemp has surrendered to the British force. APPROPRIATION FOR EASTERN OREGON STATE HOSPITAL WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE AT ONCE Copies of the Joint ways and means committee' bill relating to the East ern Oregon State Hospital show that the emergency clause 1 attached and herco the appropriation will be avail able at once following the passage ot the measure. It is understood tho emergency clause Is necessary because of the fact the institution Is over crowded and It la imperative to pro vide additional Insane quarter at once. The following are the detailed Items carried by the bill which wo Introduced In the house and read the first time, January 29. llouno Rill No. S7 Introduced by house and senate way and mean committee, and read, first time January 19, 1915. For the payment of expense ot maintenance and transportation of ! patient transferred from the Oregon 'Mate Hospital to the Eastern Oregon 'Mato Hospital upon the completion of the new wing at the Eastern Oregon -State Hoplta, 110,000. For the payment of expense ot E TAKES TIIE PTMin m hip nu OIHIIU III 1110 EAT Young Indian Claims That Kirkpat rick Assaulted Him and That Gun Was Fired During Scuffle. ADMITS DRINK BEER HERE Denlo. However, Tliat Ho Had Any. tlilnjr to Drluk on Way Out De fense KvldenUy Tryljuj to Cre-ate Doubt That Shot Wait Deliberately llred Muny Witnesses. Richard Burke, young Indian charged with second degree murder for the death of Ed KIrkpatrick, to-; day took the stand In his own de fence and told a story by which he hU" to free himself. Xot only dAea he cla!m that Klrk- r.atrlek had threatened him and pro voked a quarrel, but he declares the deceased man actually assaulted him end that the revolver which he had drawn for self protection was fired while they were scuffling, his Inten tion being to shoot Into the ground to frighten the other. Moreover, Rurke maintained that auch remarks as he directed toward the farmer were Justified by the language which the other was using toward the woman and the girl whom he had accompan ied to the Hobby ranch and whom he felt It was his duty to protect. A the attorneys for the defense play their card It become evident that they are making a etrong effort to create a reasonable doubt a to whether Rurke deliberately shot Kirk rick. Not only will they rely upon the testimony of Burke and Blllle Clifford that there was a cuffl be tween the two men but they will at tach much Importance to the fact that the bullet entered above the knee and ranged downward to the heel without striking a bone. Thl they" will claim to be proof that the revolver was fired while pointed downward and while the two men were very close together. The eiact spot where the bullet entered will al so play a part In the -argument of the attorneys, the defense claiming that the wound could not have been caused If Rurke had been standing where the state's witnesses claim, while the district attorney. It Is ap parent, will contend that KIrkpatrick wa In the act of turning to face Rurke when the hot was fired. The defen.se la also Intimating that Billy Clifford might have fired the shot of that KIrkpatrick might have had gun. The state rented Its case about :S0 III,. uhh iiiiii this morning after Introducing thejing i,Per before leaving the city that bullet which hnd caused the woundj f,nl evidence tending to ahow that probnbly take up the balance of the,.,! tnp way out. day, It being understood that a num- ber of character witnesses for Burke will be called. It Is certain that the state will have quite a number of re buttal witnesses In an attempt to Im peach the defense's witnesses. Rurke made a food witness for himself save for the fact that he could not remember some Incident upon which the district attorney ques tioned him. He told the atory of the shooting substantially the same as furnishing library and for amusements for patients at the Eastern Oregon State Hospital, $1000. For the payment of expenses of transportation of Insane and idlotlo persons committed to the Eastern Oregon State Hospital, and for the payment of the salaries of traveling Agents of the Eastern Oregon Stat Hospital, 16000. Ft r the payment of expense ot transporting non-resident Insane out of the state from the Eastern Oregon Hospital, $500. For the payment of expenses of constructing- and equipping; new wing at the Kostern Oregon State Hospital, $100,000. For the payment of expenses of ex tending (lie Irrigation system at the Eastern Oregon State Hospital, $1500 For the - payment of expenses ol constructing reservoir for the Eastern Orepon State Hospital, $3000. For the payment of expense ol sinking n ' well for suction Irrigation (Continued on Pag 6) "GRANDPA" AMD THE BABY I' -L 0 MtMSB 4 , ... " ' - ...... pw-ur mwvvrjrmnnn ' ' I P fi '- H ' . . Ill I . , :K : . a - Hi A , y;. ;Jf. . v.-. i. s hi ; . . . ... v . . ...... 1 ; ' ' n . '.-.' - ... . - V-;-w.- . VvWv:' I '1 ?l V'.: ' ' ;; Vr. ': "' ' '..'('. s ,l l i ' X -v.-; v ' . !. 1 'i ?.."''...:: ; ;" v '-v ; ;. J '1 , v f i L ' v.f. ,' ' "' -j! -1 ' "',7 i sW4.-kv i. Ii III lfcltTll 1 ' i i Vi i.i President Wilson, holding In hi face and the evident satisfaction he did Rillle Clifford, the first witness for the defense. On cross examina- lion, he admitted he had been drink nSKlit but denied that he had drank anything on the road out He also, denied having told Chief of Police Kearney that he hnd emptied a flask mill,. Clifford, trick rider at wild jwe((t shows, waa the principal figure lii the Rurke murder trial this morn ing. She told her story of the cir cumstances leading up to the shoot ing and of the tragedy Itself and. In rome of the principal features, It was widely at variance with the testimony of other eye witnesses. According to her, the trouble arose out of Ed Kirk Patrick's Jealousy of Richard Burke. KIrkpatrick being enamored of her. The state in It cross-examination endeavored to show that there ha bee-n an Intimacy of long standing be tween the Clifford woman and the young Indian In order to show that she has an Interest In the defense. The state also attempted to lay grounds for impeachment. Mrs. Clifford testified that she is a gras widow. 27 years old and that t-he has been around Pendleton for over a year. On the night of Novem ber 21, she and Grace Maggert asked Rurke to drive them to the Hobby home Arriving there, they were re ceived and welcomed she said and Joined In the dance, Burke remaining uutslde. She testified that after she h-.d danced with KIrkpatrick, he ask ed hor to go outside and have a drink. She and the Maggert girl icnt out one door and KIrkpatrick the other, she said, and met at the buggy where they took several drinks of whiskey from a bottle Burk drink ing with them. She and KIrkpatrick then went to the other side of tho house, she said, where he made a proposal to take her to Portland with him n the morrow If he would show herself a "good fellow." Sh refused, she said, whereat KIrkpat rick flew Into a Jealous rage, accus ing her of being Infatuated with Burke and swearing vengeance upon him. Later, she said, she and brace Maggert decided to go home and went out and climbed in the buggy. KIrk patrick came out, she said, and up braided her for keeping company with an Indian. Site testified there were 15 oV 20 men nearby and that, when Rurke came up. KIrkpatrick cried, "Here's the damned Indian now, let' get him," and started to- arms, his first grandson, Francis Sayre. tbtalna In admiring the youngster. ward him. They grappled, ishe said, and she heard two pistol shots but did not see who fired them. Later she saw Burke, revolver In hand, force the men back to the porch, aw Hoffman grab the revolver rrom nis hand and saw a great many men Jump on to him and beat him. Klrk- Patrick, she said, seized a rock and there were cries of "Get a rope and hang him." She interceded, she aald, and Induced the men to get off him. He waa unconscious, she said, when they put him in an auto to bring him to Pendleton. Upon cross examlnalon she admit ted that she and Burke had traveled four month together with the Bar ney Sherry outfit and that they had both attended a good many wild west shows last fall. She denied, however, that there was anything more than friendship between them. The dis trict attorney sought to establish that their friendship was of a very Inti mate nature. He also asked her many questions relative to her con duct and what she saw and heard at Iorters of the bill are trying to ar the Hobby ranch, laying grounds for ranRp amendmcnts which will be sat an attempted Impeachment during his rebuttal. v The Clifford woman talked boldly and fluently and wa not In the least hesitant about repeating the oaths she claim to have heard on the night uunu io iimu vu of the shooting. So different is the " 'h ' ' . " ii. Z,, llluu room' K"-"en"" adjoining ciuo story she tells and that ZlTTZ reVZr witnesses that the Jury will be called, 1 . ' Jet aaJln,ng county book room, box upon to decide which Is entitled tj Imrirri- nrnnn! nil Minil b ' storage adjoining county book room. . . .,, A i must carry around 140 pounds as a, ho ler room e.mi hin u.m.i i.in man's the more credence. The eye witness- . .i,w , ,.,, I DO'ur room, coal Din, wood bin, mens es of the state all declared there was no struggle between the two men and that KIrkpatrick had not made nny threats to Burke. The defense this afternoon put IS year old Grace MagKert on the stand. Her only testimony was that KIrk patrick had given her the liquor that made her drunk and thl testimony was stricken out as Immaterial upon motion of the district attorney. Isaac Wak Wak, a young Indian friend of Burke who admitted he wourd like to see Burke get out of the trouble, took the stand and testified that he and Wilfrid Minthorn were at the Hobby ranch the night of the shooting and saw Burke and KIrk patrick scuffle. Upon cross examina tion. District Attorney Stelwer ques tioned him sharply and Wak Wak was hard put on two or three occasions to square his statements with statements he admitted ho had made to the grand Jury. (Continued on page three) SZZLMB ARE II? IE Bl OERIIIf x 1 7V' BEING CALLED 1 MAY MUU PROTEST r... .- , , .... , Note the smile on the president's SENATE FIGHT Oil WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 The fight in the senate over the ship purchase bill has resolved Into a play for time on the part of administration demo crats. While awaiting the arrival of absentee, backers of the measure are using their utmost resources to prevent the coalition of republicans end insurgent democrats from carry ing out the program of recommitting the measure without instructions. thus killing it. In the meantime, sud- isfactory to progressive republicans. KM Girl Plan Sererlty. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON. Seattle, Feb. 5. A fat girls' sorority j,,, mnl.mnli.1 flt thu T'niv.raltv nf .,..,1(1,, M lit OTll&t, ,1,,t IIU IIIUAIUIIII General. 100,000 Germans hurled against Russians. United States may protest to Ger many ovit extension of war arc. Senate fljrlit in shipping bill held up for time. Wal. Government asks for bids for exn-strm-tion of IVmUeton feldtral build 1n. Rurke on stand in own dcfenise tolls shtry that differs from state's eye w1tneses. Library board divide on rooms neeeh-d in proiHMtcd library buildiiur. Historical Society will meet tonight. AproirlaUoii for I-'.tcrit Oregon State Hospital lias emergency clause. SHIPPING MEASURE RELD IIP FOR TIE jj NEWS SUMMARY j 1 BIOS FOR FEDERAL EXIEIISII OF i-kS. Official Notice Appears Today in Accordance With Instructions Received by Postmaster Here. Will BE OPENED MARCH 25 1 lulled Plan and Spertflratioru Ex l-1-d Here on JVbruarjr 11 i RiiJI.llnj Will Bo Three Storie IH,'h ami Have Total Ground Area of 5500 S(uore Frvt. I3Iih for the conxtructlon of the Tenilleton federal building are now wanted by the department, the offi cial notice inviting bids for the work being published In this issue of the will not recognize It."' EaHt irKnlan in response to In I ThU u broadly intimated by of ftructinns received here by PajftmaJU- firinlsoftIiecowrnnte.it after a nieet- r T. J. Tweedy this morning. I Ins of the cabinet at whlcli the Ger- r!Is are to be opened at Washing- ton March 25 and the detailed plans. rnd specifications for the building are expected here by February 11, 1 brief examination of the German pro when they may be seen by prospective! clamatlon extending thi war xone to bidders. The builJlng is to be three jail waters In the viclni y of England stories high with a basement and will and France, officials of the admlnls have a total ground area of 5500 tratlon were Inclined to believe there square feet. The building will be of red brick and the facings will be of brick, atone and terra cotta. The structure Is to be fire proof. Under the terms of the call for bids the contractor Is to erect th building complete, Including mechan ical equipment excepting the elevator, lighting fixtures and approaches. Th building will provide room for the postofflce and In addition will pro vide a court room and office room for use by the federal court during its session In Pendleton. ' That -the federal building will be a large, handsome structure la Indi cated by what 1 known of the plana The sum of $122 000 Is available for the work and It Is understood all of this money may be devoted to th building, the furniture and fixture being provided for out of a general fund the department has purposes. for such Gzftr Exiles Volunteer. FETROGRAD. Feb. 6. Vladamlr Bourtzeff, the Russian revolutionist, was sentenced to deportation to Si beria, Bourtzeff, who had been liv ing out of the country and opposed the cause of the French government at the outbreak of the war, came to Petrograd to enlist in the army. He was arrested on September 29. Members of the library board are giving earnest attention to the ub- Ject of plans for the library building to d erected here with the $25,000 donation from the Carnegie fund. An architect has not yet been engaged and up to this time the board has been' devoting attention to question of the rooms that will be needed in the new Mtrtlftllr MEMBERS OF LIBRARY BOARD CONSIDERING BUILDING PLANS iU 0 miocn -e oeneve largely ac- At a meeting of the board Wednes-I count for this. For the last twe day evening the building committee Sundays extra chairs had t b submitted a report giving Its vtewa as brought up from the council reont to the rooms that the building should and three low benches have been contain. The rooms suggested are as made for the children to meet the de tollows: fmand for seating room. The atund- Main floor Reading and reference ance last Sunday afternoon was 8 loom, children's room, stack room.1 an. the Sunday before was 70. anoat lobby and loan desk, librarian's of-'0f whom remained from one to two fice. cataloging and work room, study hours. In view of the Interest howa room. Dook Itrt. nasement Aua'-tonum to seat 200. ..... .. .. . . . J toilet, women s toilet. beautiful children's songs ami educfi- A report submitted to the board by uonul records that can ho use.l In Miss Nason. librarian, shows the cir- piac of or with the Ht,uly huUr culation for the branch libraries was, w are in Uuily r,. i1(t of th houm In excess of the Pendleton library ; fciIIa furnished bv Mr. Kltn. r and of curing the month of Januury and this eenute b!lU from Mr. IJune-,. Many despite the fact the city circulation men who have not otherwise patron was SOO greater than the circulation lJ:e(1 the ,brary have caiU-d lo consult for January, 1914. The librarian's re- .hem. Another verv welcome off..r port in detail is as follows: librarian s Rirt. To the Library Board of the Umatilla County Public Library. Ladles and Gentlemen: The moat important work of Janu ary has been the drafting and per fecting of the county library bills re cently Introduced In the legislature by Mr. Ultner as house bills 316 and J17. It has taken many hours ot the com mittee's" nnd librarian's time but Is well worth It if the bills are passed Copies of the bills are submitted with this report. The librarian attended the council meeting at Milton on Monday ot Lust week and explained the muintenanc United States Likely to Lodge Com plaint Against Latest Move on Part of the Kaiser. ENGLAND ACCEPTS CHALLENGE l)rtTmJ nation of Germany to flxtciul War Zone to Rrltlh and lYrnt-h Water Will be Slot by British Warships, I Declaration at Ixndon llirwtt May le lUutt." W.VSIIINGTOV, Feb. 5. "If Ger many Intend.i her 'war zone around l:n'laml ax a blockade, flie mn.it make It 'air tljilit' or rLte the I'nitrd State nun order wait dl-niod in detail. WASHINGTON. Ff'i. 3 After a is ground for a protest, i did not actually declare While they a protest would be made by the United State, high administration official volun ed a "guess" that it would be. H said the situation was likely to bring developments important to the Unit ed States. Meanwhile Counsellor Lansing of the state department is examining the German order to discover precedent governing the case. The order was generally characterized as a "paper blockade' although administration of ficial are understood to believe that In endeavoring to enforce It Germany might wreak havoc on American ves sels in isolated Instances. LONDON. Feb. 5. England ha ! acepted Germany' challenge to starve the enemy out The determlastloa of the kaiser to extend the war on to British and French waters wt met by British warships- It was re Ported on good authority that aa or der will be Issued by the admiralty for part of the British North sea de stroyer flotilla to engage In the task of sweeping the sea free of hostile submarines and to convoying allied and neutral merchantmen after Feb ruary 15, the date the German order Koes into effect. 'Continued on page eight) requirements for accepting the $I library bulidins offered wiltn h. tw- Carnegie corporation. The cotacll voted unanimously to guarantee a $750 annual malntennr fun .. provide a site. The Sunday afternoon atta4..r. at the library has been Increasing for several weeks. The muslcalea fre l I m . t .. in the cluss of iiiuhIc we have been furnishing f t. in.rarv I recoin- nien.l. us soon as the library can af- ' graph be purchased for the library. Besides the very good record w havj ; : . already been giving, thi-re are mm.. la from Senator Barges who will the library his own copy of Lord' Oregon laws. Mis Marvin has been hoping to have them supplied to ail the public HbrarU nf th atato but there Is doubt If it cart be dn at this time. Mr. Aldrlcli through Senator Chamberlain has given lh library a liew map of the state of r-Kn J"l published by the I'. H, k-"IkUu nuf. vey. tine of the high school I.miM j ! to stuily It us soon at we inn find a i luce for it. Iuirgt mop of vn dleton are also v-ry much nnedod t sour ua new oditloim are procuraliln. (Continued on page fiv.t I
