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GOVERNMENT FACES
ODD PREDICAMENT
Nntlon May Have Neither Kxwutlvo
Nor CViiiki-cikd at CIono of tlio
Present Torin.
(By United Prm to T Dally Bulletin)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26. A na
tion without an executive and with
out a legislative body Is what this
United Statos may ho March 4, unless
constitutional sharks trying to pre
vent It, auccoed.
Sunday March 4th, is the death
day of the Sixty-Fourth Congress and
of President Wilson's first torm.
Three precedents are found In
American history in 1821, 1S49
and in 1877 tor adjourning Con
gress on March 3, at noon, as Sunday
(ell on the fourth. No precedent is
lound for continuing its sessions
until the fifth.
A resolution introduced by Sena
tor Walsh, Montana, declares it is
the sense of the Senate that the pres
ent session expire on March 4, at
iioon. It has been referred to the
Senate judiciary committee.
No decision has yet ben reached
5as to when President Wilson and
Vice-President Marshall will take
their oaths of office. Either could,
lit necessary, take it the third, or
togaih, be sworn in on Sunday the
ifourth, and then again on Monday,
s a "guarantee' against fault In do
ling it Sunday.
Constitutional experts say the
oath administered on Sunday would
be completely legal and binding.
HEAVY ACTOR MUST
GET WEIGHT IN FOIL
- 'By United Pra to The Daily Bulletin)
NEW YORK. Jan. 25. Tom Wise,
the 310 pound actor of Shakespeare
parts, who started 17 days ago to
collect his weight in tinfoil, on a
bet, has just 13 days to go and he
hasn't got anything like 155 pounds
of the -stuff yet. He'll probably lose
a good dinner to Silvio Hein. He
wants the foil to help the actor's
fund. It sells for 50 and 60 cents
a pound.
MINTKR REPORTS SALES
The Homeseekers' Land Company
reports the following sales which
have been transacted in the last tew
days: To Alice Blackwell, lot 5,
block 11; te the Homeseekers' Land
. Company, lots 7, 8, 9, block 15,
Jots 13 and 14, block, 14, lota 17
land 18, block 13. lot 17. block 12;
to Mrs. A. G. Trahan, lot 10, block
15, all in River Terrace. Through
the Homeseekers' Land Company, T.
M. McDonald purchased lot 17 of
:re-subdiv1sion block 4, which is next
to the Bean building on Wall street.
The consideration was $3000.
'OPTICIAN WITH LARSON & CO.
Dr. B. Fontaine, optometrist-optician,
arrived in Bend this morn
ing from Portland and will be per
manently located with Larson & Co.
Dr. Fontaine comes to Bend highly
recommended by men of his profes
sion. U. S. CODES BLAMED
FOR MESSAGE LEAKS
"WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 25.
A high government official declared
today that state department mes
sages leaked, because United States
codes are known abroad.
SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD
SLAVE GIRL RESCUED
IBy United Press to The Daily Bulletin)
v SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 25. Po
lice raided a" house in Chinatown
today, chopped down doors, and res
cued Jun6 Oy, aged 17, a slave girl.
Irs. Donaldina Cameron, of the
Presbyterian mission here, led the
raiders. The girl disappeared three
:nonths ago. .
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BEND,
913,000 LIMIT IS SKT.
(Continued from Page 1.)
provision made for paying the $2000
Interest on the Strahorn bonds, nnd
embodying the Issue In the question
as to whether the city should com
promise with debt or w.lth flro risk.
Mayor Caldwell declared that ono
fire truck would uot bo muni nil, and
that at least 1000 feetot now hose
would bo necessary. Councilman
Silvia gave It aa his opinion that a
building could be put up for $3000.
Irf)ii(l Score City.
A. G. Long, dealer In firo-tlghting
apparatus, from Portland, Btatod
that he would allow the city three
years' time, at six per cent, on equip
ment purchased, and declared as
good measure, that Bend la uti par
alleled In the state tor an "unpro
tected, foolhardy, helpless coiull
tlon," in regard to tire.
Councilman Steidl asserted that
there had only been one fire In the
history of the city which had not
been of benefit to Bend, diverting
the discussion from a more serious
veiu. It was declared that tour of
the city's fire ladders are now in
Redmond, and Chief of Police L. A
W. Nixon was instructed by the
mayor to .recover them. Council
man Edwards was asked in regard
to the matter, but could furnish no
Information as to how the ladders
were taken out of the city. A few
minutes after the putting of McKay's
motion referring the purchasing
question to the committee, the meet
lug adjourned.
Here Is All the
Beauty of Simplicity
JUST CONTOUR. .
A turban with no triiamins whatever la
a real novelty. This one achieve Ita
fetching result merely by the clever drape
of It blue velvet crown, the brim being ft
fine straw.
"ONE MONEY" BASIS
BRANDED UNPOPULAR
Argentina Not Ready to Abandon
Present System For One Out
Lined by Ex-President.
By Charles P. Stewart.
(United Press Staff Correspondent.)
BUENOS AIRES, Jan. 25. The
plan suggested by Dr. De la Plaza,
just retired as president of Argen
tina, for putting the republic on a
"one money" basis has not met with
a very enthusiastic public reception.
Some time ago the Argentines
grew tired of transacting business
In a depreciated and fluctuating pa
per currency. They accordingly took
an accounting and found that they
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had enough gold on hand to redeem
their outstanding paper issues at the
rate of 44 cents on the dollar.
A law was accordingly passed fix
ing 44 centavos as the legal value
of a paper peso. A gold peso was
worth 100 centavos, or the merest
trifle less then 1 United Stales
money. Gold- pesos were and still
are so scarce, however, as to be
practical curiosities. . The gold' to
redeem the 44-centavo paper pesos
was religiously kept at the Caja do
Conversion, however, and whenever
any more paper money was issued,
a corresponding amount of gold was
deposited in the caja.
The result of this was to stop the
fluctuation of Argentine money but
Mellen Began as Clerk
and Rose to Presidency
of New Haven Railroad
Photo by American Press Association.
Charles B. Mellen, former president of
the New York, New Haven and Hartford
railroad, and one of the most prominent
railroad men of America, woe reported as
seriously III, pneumonia being threatened.
Mr. Mellen retired as president of the rail
road In U13, and figured largely In the
government's investigation of the New
Haven's financial affairs. Mr. Mellen was
born In Lowell, Mass., In 1851, and began
his railroad career as a clerk In the outl
ier's office of the Northern New Hamp
shire railroad. He served other roads In
various capacities before becoming second
vice president of the New Haven In l01
From 1AM to 1003 he was president of the
Northern Pacific and In the latter year be
oame president of the New Haven. He
was succeeded by Howard Elliott, the
present head of the road.
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tt left the country with two kinds
of pesos, at least nominally, gold and
papor.' It complicated bookkeeping
and caused more other Incidental
inconveniences.
Just before his torm as president
expired. Dr. De La Plaia sent a mes
sage to congress saying be consid
ered this a poor arrangement. ' He
proposed that, as the 44 centavos
paper went out and were presented
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for redemption, In volume suflelent
ly smaller to allow tho gold reserve
still to cover it.
Thoro were other Incidental fea
tures to his plan, concerning coin
age and various minor details but,
essentially, the scheme was to end
the system of having two varieties
of the same kind of money.
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