The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Deschutes County, Or.) 1917-1963, February 07, 1917, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextTHE BEND BULLETIN TIIH WEATHER Tonight und Thursday, fulr; Kuatnrly winds. BULLETIN rx1 PHONE NO.Ol VOL. I MEND, DEHCIIUTEH COUNTY, OREGON, M KD.NKHDAV AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 7, 1017 no. sa GERMANS PLAN TO Si SHIPS, BLOCKING PORTS LEARNED IN WASHINGTON U. S. MAY TAKE OVER ALL RADIOS. ESPIONAGE BILL UP Meimtor Works Di-iiiiiiniTH Havering of Diplomatic ItfliilioiiM, Dwliir lug .Viiirrlc n Hum Hmmi Mark edly Piu-tlnl In England. WASHINGTON. I. C, Feb. 7. 'The government learned today (lint tlii! rrnwa of German vessels at Ma- 1 1 1 1 it and Panama had planned to link their ships to obstruct the ports, If preventive measures urn taken. No ahlps have been seized. Secretary if War Ttskor sent Wilson a momo- ranilum containing nil tlio fact of hn num. Chairman Alexander, of llio House Merchant Marine commltlnn, said that emergency rmllo legislation, pro- elding atasolulo government control of all wireless stations would bo passed In tho event of moro serious International complications. Tho House upprovod tho couforonca ro port recommending tha 160,000,000 fortification bill. Minor amendments were made, and tho measure will now ro to thn President. "Tho House Jurttclary ' cnnimltton rvacnail, uu .agreement according to which tho Itmiortil aaplnnuga bill will bo report il on tomorrow. Hailing Advice U Hrrre. It wa ofllclally learned thnt tho mate Department will secretly ad vise the Ainorlcnn steamship linen regarding saltings. It Ik unnounrod that tha 1 1 hit Kt. Louis In not to bn onvoyed. President Wllnon wishes thnt Instructions ba kept secret. Senator WorkH. Republican from Tnllfoniln, addressed thn Kennto thin jiftcrnoon severely criticising tho hov I'tuiiiu of dlplonmlic relation. Ho declared Unit "tho United Stnlos has not hnim nnutrnl," nnd thnt Great Jlrltnln "him pernhitnntly violated American rlKhta. In thla latter re upon, ho contended thnt tho United Mates luid borne violation as If thla country hnd actunlly been nil ully of tho Knglisli. Upholds Germany. Germany hnd a right to feel un friendly, ho snld. "I protcMt thin 'movement temlliiK Inward a wur with Germany, on tho grounds that thero ini been Iniulllclent cauno," ho do larcd. JIKCRIITINU Ol KICF.lt "COMING Lieutenant Commander John Illackburn, Surgoon J. A. I). Sinclair, nnd fillet Yoonian J. J. Ennes will nrrlve In Bend, Thursday morning mud will nxamlno naval recrultB In Ilend for the noxt few days. Who Will Win No One Is Certain Of It Yet Miss Francis SteidI, Bend 546,250 Mrs. J. A. Eastes, Bend 545,000 Miss Lucile Parsons, Redmond 542,500 Miss Mabel Bixby, Prineville 540,000 Miss Cora Bates, Bend 471,000 Miss Ruth Balycy, Tumalo 447,000 Mrs. Mable E. Lara, Bend 328,000 Miss Edith Mastcn, La Pine ...149,000 yo don't enro who gots tho Dodgo iAf. We would Just as soon glvo It io 'YOU or to anyone also. Tho only thing which stands batwoon you tnrf tho possession of this. Dodgo cor Is whether or not YOU have tho UETEIIMINATION to will It. Determination will couso you to not out and hustlo; determination will help you to socuro tho BiibHcrlp tioh; determination on your part will Impress oil with whom you talk with thn fact thnt you oro out to win; determination will cause you to sur mount nil obstacles; dotarmlnatlon polls S-U-C-C-E-B-S for YOU If you remain firm In your resolution to FIRST DEED FOR TERMINALS HERE The first deed for the Htra- horn ti'niiliiulx In I ten (I mum received by the com,mlttwt lnt night from V. It. llieiie), of I lie Ilend I'urk Co, 'I I ic deed I mule (Unit to Mr. Hlrnliorn, und In ii donation friiin Mr. Cheney to Mr. Hlrnliorn. dkhciiuteh am crook to have onk water mahter HF.COHDH TO UK TURNED OVER TO NEW COUNTY. PltlNKVII.I.K. Or.. Fob. 7. iBpoclal.) Only tho friendliest fool lugs provnlled at the Joint mooting of tho county court of. Crook and Hvachujoa countlea hold hero today. All member! of both courts wore proHuul and bualneaa affairs rolntlng to tha InloroslH of both were con sidered. Tho mnttera an rood on by the court Included tha employment of one water master for tho two coun tlea. who will share equally In tho expense, and for the turning ovor to tho new county all records con corulnB Indigent .widow wbg receive pensions. Tho 191G and 1816 taxes will bo collected by Deachutos coun ty and recelpta will be stamped, "Trior taxes payablo to Crook coun ty." Tax records must bo transcribed. Commissioner Ulnnchard and Smith wero appointed to lint the county property In Deschutes county an a preliminary to tho adjustment to bn inudo next Juno. PLUMBING CONTRACT IS NEARLY FINISHED Carlson a Lyons Will Complete Work nt Pilot Unite Inn Wltliln One More Week. Work on tho plumbing at tho' new Pilot llutlo Inn, Incidentally tho largest plumbing contract over let In Ilend, Is being rushed to comple tion by Carlson & Lyons, and will ba finished within a woek's tlnio. It la expected. All tho rough work Is now completed, nnd tho contractors oro now nt work putting In fixtures, tubs, and nhowors. Tho contract was let for $6,000. Tha contract Includes the sotting up of two hose racks on each floor of tho building, Including the attic, to mako possible tho highest dogroo of flro protection. Connections ore also bolng made In the basomont for a laundry room, and In tho rooms which are bolng providod for the hotol help. - the Dodge Car? win out and uso oil fair moans toward thnt and. Don't got tho Idoo that nnyono has yot got a "cinch" In winning any of tho wards. Whether your nnme is near tho head or the font of tha list this week makos little difference. The amount of work dono during tho noxt five days Ib what will put you either abend or behind tho others, Tho en thusiasm in tho cnmpolKU Is at Its hlRhont at this time and everyone you approach will understand that they must Biibscrlbo or ronow nt onco If thoy are to assist you In win ning tho Dodge, COUNTIES WILL WORKTOGETHER RAIL RAISED FOR FRANZ 1JOIT WHEN RELATIONS ENDED Neutrality Violutor, IjukliiK Ktru Ifl,(M)0, Will (io to Juil, Buys ' l'gitl Advisor. (UnIM Prinu Hull Corrmponititnt.) HAN KIIANCIHCO, Feb. 7. Kod- erul Judge Hunt rulsod tho ball of ex Uermun Consul Krunr Ilopp, convict ed of violating tho neutrality of tho United Hlates, and other alleged con spirators, from $10,000 to 2D,000. 1'rosecutor Preston nsked the ac tion on account of the severing of re lations between Germany and Amer ica. Attorney itocbo, chief counsel fur tho defense said the defendants would bo unable to rulno the money and must go to Jail. SCHOOL HOARD WILL SEE NEW BUILDING Inv.ltnlliin of Huprrlntrmli-nt Thoril nrson Accepted lit HM-clul Mi-cl-Iiik l.uxt Mglil. Members of the school hoard, meet ing In special session lust night, ac cepted tho Invitation of City School .Superintendent Thordursou, and will olllclnlly Inspect tho new high school building ut 9 o'clock Friday morn ing, it was decided. Ilunlness trans acted was largely-In connection with tho opening of the high school. Mr. Thordarnon was Instructed to secure a Janitor for tho building, and to procure a supply of wood for heat ing purposes, with tho proviso, how ever, that 3. CO shall be the maxi mum price paid per cord.' Principal Krlc Holt's salary was fixed at $1250 a year, and H. J. Over turf waa Instructed to draw up a contract specifying that amount. Tho salary of C. E. Mastellar, Jan itor at tho Hied school, was raised to $70 per month. WILL GUARD BRIDGE OVER THE COLUMBIA ( Pr United Prau to Th. Dallv Bulletin) VANCOUVER. Wash.. Fob. 7. Tho now four-mile bridge spanning the Columbia rlvor, may be guarded. It was learned today. City officials am coiiiomvtalliis uaklfls; Vancouver barracks to supply soldiers for the purpose. HIGH SCHOOL PLAYS REDMOND TOMORROW Tho locnl Five lias lioen Ciraitly Htreiigtlienrd Hlnco Ita Defeat Two Weeks Ago. The Ilend high school la expected to clean up on tho Redmond high school basketball team tomorrow night In Bond, at tho Hlppodromo, when tho Redmond youngsters In vade this territory. The Ilend five has boon greatly strengthened and Is much faster than when It met the Redmond team at Redmond two weeks ago. After the Redmond game, tho high school lads gave tho town team a fast go. A nominal admission fee of 25 cents will be charged to see tomor row night's game. GERARD READY E WILL LKAVB IJKRLIN SATURDAY ONLY ONK OK HUNGARIAN LKADEIUS DEPLORES SUBMA RINE CAMPAIGN. (By United Pim to The Daily Bulletin.) AMSTERDAM, Fob. 7. It Is re ported that the Nobel munitions fac tory at Solhaus exploded, 200, mostly women, bolng killod. Berlin Teport- od thnt Ambassador Gorard will leave Snturday. Budapest reported Hungarian loaders addressing Parliament, as strongly approving of unlimited sub marining. Count Karolyl alone op posod, declaring that submarining threatened the poace ot the world. LINER CALIFORNIA SUBMARINE VICTIM 4- (By United Frew to The Dully Bulletin) NKW YORK, Fob. 7. Tho Anchor llnor California wiw submarined, but no Americans wero aboard, It was learned hero - today. Tho first reports' In- dlcntetl SB missing, lint Inter reports stated that one wan drowned nnd no Injured. Tho survivors will reach Queens- town toulKht. TO COME OM FARMING EXPERT SPEAKER TOO C. L. SMITH TELLS OF POTATO CULTURE. County Agriculturalist Oreut Aid to Country, und Hlioulil Not lt; Kllin Inutetl, Ho Hays Ovcrturf Sketches Hulcm Work. The Importance of the work of the county agriculturalist, tho necessity for diversion and rotation of crops, and the value of the potato as a prosperity getter, were emphasized this noon when C. h. Smith, agri culturalist for the O.-W. II. & N spoke before tha Bend Commercial club at the regular weekly luncheon at the Wright hotel. Mr. Smith traced the growth of tho country agriculturalist system from Us beginning- In the cotton slates of the Bouth, up to the pres ent time, and declared that the co operation given by the railroads in tho northwest, was considered one of the best investments ever made, In securing additional produce for transportation. I'lilnlH Farm Importance. As a particular message to the merchants of Bend, Mr. Smith de clared for his basic statement that a!l business originates on the farm, and with the man who tills tho soli. "You business men merely trade on what the farmer produces," he de clared, "and you should be Inter ested In how he uses his land and fnr tha mnrA nfneinnllv fhltt Is done, and the more produce there ' la Dor unit of labor and land, the more there Is for you. Opposition to the county agriculturalist system which helps to make this possible, which Is threatened In Oregon, would be nothing more nor leas than a na tional dlBgrace, If effective." Rule foiv Culture. t.wA.j. iM.Mn.iinB diapoaal-of.. garbage and netiue. intensified cultivation, grading, and f a ?rt.e?. e thorough overhanl organUatlon so that the product of,"10' the city a fire apparatus. a given district can be marketed un der a recognized brand, were the rules laid down bv the sneaker, for succeaful potato culture. He declared that one-fourth of the food of the j Perry, acquitted last week In munlc natlon Is furnished by the potato , Ipal court on a charge of violating growers, and that the average re- ( the peddling ordinance. City At turn on potatoes, computed over a torney Benson contended that the period of 20 years, is the greatest ot ordinance did not provide for this, all crops raised In the United States, Manager H. J. Overturf, in a brief address, summarized tho work of the third house at Salem, in putting was objected to as being badly mud through tho bill creating Deschutes died, and was referred to the Police, county, and asserted that to Repre - sentative Vernon A. Forbes should go the chief credit tor the passage ot the measure. LIFEBOATS FILLED WITH DEAD AXI) DYING FLOATED FOR HOURS ON ROUGH SEA, SAYS OFFICIAL REPORT. (By United Preu to The Delhr Bulletin.) LONDON, Feb. 7. Consul Frost officially advised the United States Embassy today of the dotails ot the Evestone submarining. No mention was made of warning, resistance, or attempt to escape. He said the sub marine shelled the surviyors and disappeared without offering " help. The Boa was rough, and lifeboats filled with dead and dying, drifted about for several hours. It was announced today that the British steamer Saxon was subma rined, two drowning. The British steamers Azul, Vestra, and Crown point were sunk. The Peruvian schooner Lorton was. torpedoed In Spanish waters. DROUTH DESCENDS ON OREGON TODAY - (By United Pram to The Dally Bulletin) - SALEM, Or.', Feb. 7. Ore- Ron entered the much dryer - than dust class today. At 4 p. ni., tho five days of jrraco allowed for obtaining booze shipments nfter Governor. Wlthycombo sinned tho prohl Inw expired. On the stroko of - four, Old Man Demon Rum shook tho dust of Oregon from his cloven hoof and hopped tho Brimstone Special for Hndcfi. '- EVESTONE NOT GIVEN WARNING CITY COUNCIL'S BUSINESS HEAVY PETITIONS MADE FOR IMPROVEMENTS. Police Iteport Hhottn City i Mmlel Pool Hall anil reddling OrdU uuncen May Change Rail road Committee Reports. Monthly reports of officers, peti tions for improvements and ordi nance chtnges, allowing of city bills, and reports of officers and standing committees, gave the Bend council a busy session last night. Bills al lowed totaled 13.808.72, while the financial report showed receipts and disbursements on the general fund as 1631.77 and 122.50, respectively, leaving a balance of $609.27. The sewer fund shows a balance of $1,803.50. The possibility of changing the pool hall license ordinance to a table basis instead of a flat rate, was brought up by petition, and referred to the Police, Fire, and Liquor li cense committee. Sidewalks were asked In Riverside addition, Wels torla, and Deschutes addition, and the petitions were referred to the streets committee. Cleanup Advised. In his monthly report. Chief of Police L. A. W. Nixon showed that only three arrests had been made during the last month, two for fight ing and profane language, and one for drunkenness. His report an- no"ncled ,th,a' d8 llcnge be paid In full, even on animals also Just brought Into town. Ten dogs were killed, 10 removed from the city, and seven impounded animals redeemed, the report said. He rec ommended the repair ot a number of street cluster lights not burning, a genoral cleanup of the city, includ- Volunteers Recognized. Attorney Ross Farnham appeared before the council to ask the return of $7.50 costs to his client, John M. and the two were instructed to reach an agreement on the subject out of council. The peddlers' ordinance 1 Fire, and Liquor committee for amendment. The organization of a volunteer fire department- was reported, and referred to the Police, Fire and Liquor committee. In the meantime the volunteer brigade Is to be allowed the use ot the city apparatus by the council, and placed under the direc tion of the chief ot police. Payment Too Quick. The request of J. L; Ferguson, wire chief for the telephone company, to be allowed to remove ;a tree to provide for wiring, was referred to the streets committee, as was also the objection ot D. E. Hunter to the presence of a telephone line run- nlK through the middle ot a street in -Douievuru uuumuu. Because he has received payment ot $3,000 from the city In three (Continued on last page.) Germany's Threats Unheeded British King Informs Lords (By United Preaa to Th Daily Bulletin.) LONDON, Feb. 7. The King ad dressed the House of Lords, formal ly opening Parliament today. He said that the Allies had unanimously agreed to secure reparation, restitu tion, and guarantees ot the future before any final peace negotiations were entered Into with Germany. "Threats of further German out rages do not deter the Allies," he said, "and recent German offers con tain no possible basis for peace. Dur ing the winter our navy has enforced a blockade, and our ormles have op erated with success. We trust that our united efforts may result In a victorious conclusion." He said that representatives of the colonies, and of India, have been Invited to confor on questions ot common interest, and hoped that tha conference would cause closer rotations in all parts of the empire. At the conclusion of the speech the King and Queen left the cham bor and returned to the palace. Meantime the Commons were as sembling in their own hall. Some WILSON IS BACKED BY THE SENATE STONE'S" RESOLUTION SHOWS CONFIDENCE. FORGET PARTY LINES Lodge Upholds President's Right to Refuse Munition Embargo Severing of Relations "Un- . i wise," Says Vardaman. ; (By United Preu to The Daily Bulletin) WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 7. The Senate this afternoon adopted the Stone resolution, endorsing the German break. Seventy-eight were in favor of the resolution, five vot-. lng negatively. When Senator Stone again called up the resolution endorsing the stand taken by President Wilson In break ing off diplomatic relations with Germany, a debate waa precipitated. Qan.ln, Stnna AYnrMsaH tha hinA Dial America would not enter the wzr and Bald that foreigners should at-' leuu lu uidit vwu uiuiuhm. (iq wanted the world to know, however, . i . i r. . t .. l , l. IQBL tuts oeunici u Dutiyuiitue uib President. ... ; Lodge Bocks W Uson. Senator Lodge was also in favor ecutive. He said: "In severing re lations with Germany, the President did what the honor, safety, and fu tures security ot tha X'W.bd Iatra required.. ' When the United States is piuugeu iuiu a cuuiruvers wiui a foreign country, all party lines should be removed. Let us show the world that the Senate is undivided. "Division shows weakness. Per sonal feelings and beliefs should be forgotten. Let the world know thaf the people ot the United States, and the Congress as well,, are back of their President." Action Called "UnwLte." He upheld Wilson's right to re fuse an embargo on munitions. Senator Smith, ot Michigan, said: "It would be a national humiliation to repudiate the President's stand." Senator Vardaman called the sev ering of relations "unwise." Senator Works, of California, shouted against "the Senate's shar ing the responsibility." He said that to endorse the severance would be to endorse a threat of war. . CANADIAN PREMIER TO GO TO LONDON (By United Preee to The Dally Bulletin.) ' OTTAWA, Ont, Feb. 7. Tha Canadian government la expected to declare a two months' vacation be ginning today in order to permit the Premier, Sir Robert Borden, to go to London for the Imperial War con ference. The conference is called for the last ot this month. The plans for the Premier's departure are, na turally, kept secret. of the members had appeared as early as 8 o'clock to register their claims tor favorable seats for the seeeion, by placing their hats thereon. It is not expected that much legis lation of importance will be forth coming until Easter time, when the government will , present the new budget of taxation wherein It Is very likely that some entirely new devices for raising funds for the conduct of the war will appear. Just before the close ot the laBt session a new vote ot credit tor four hundred mill ion pounds ($2,000,000,000) was passea, bo mere win prooaDiy not be another until later In the spring. Cne of the biggest pieces ot leg islation to be tackled this session will be the general election bill, upon which a special speaker's commit tee Ib now sitting. Under an ancient statute no Parliament can live long er than Beven years', so unless this Is modified, a general election must be held next fall. There Is con siderable agitation In this connoc- (Contlnued on last page.)