THE BEND BULLETIN THIS WEATHER (lotmrully fitlr tonight mill Hat unlay, with pnsslhlu snow flur ries; itiin t liorly wIikIm. DAILY EDITION VOL. I IIUNI), DKHCHl'TKH COUNTY, OREGON, MtlDAY AFTERNOON, IKItllUARV 2SI, HH7 no. m American Freighter Orleans, Eluding Blockade, TRY TO SOLVE Expected To Reach Bordeaux This Evening F IMPORTANT CHANGES BILL WOULD PERMIT SEIZURE RIGHT. ARE MADE. SHIPPING IS AT LOW EBB IN BRITAIN NEW GAME LAW SDH G PROBLEM NEED DRASTIC CURE SAYS PREMIER NATION FACES TEST An Victory Amuml, Ho Tells Com mons, Unless IMIouta Aro Dis posed of MinllliiK Imports To Necessities In HugKeslod. LONDON, Knli. 23. Premier J .loytl George told tho House of Com mons today Unit tlin tonnage of llrlt lr.lt shipping linn reiiihed tho lowest murk slnco tliu beginning of unro Htrlrtiwl suhinnrlng by tho Germans. Id! ili'clurml tluit tho "gravest meas ures will liu necessary In orlr to avoid disaster." Hi) said thitt morn ah I pa would bo needed to lianillii or illimry business uml mllltnry ncos Itles. Millions of ton of British tlllllllllllK llUVU llOell assigned tO Kriinro. I'nm Supreme- Horrific. Tho HrltlHh rrrralor assorted that tlir empire's subject must bo randy to niitkv Ilia mom enormous sacri fices In orelor to achieve victory, into tho iww method of warfare ban been adopted by tlin Teutonic -nlljcs, Ho pradli'tod that th nation' grit will bo put to a anvera teat. "Tho government hopita to find means to dispose Wfoetlvoly of tho uiubninrlna question," ho assorted, "'but wo mo not depend on this hopa. No vlrtory will bo assured u unloiui tlin enemy's submarines can bo hunt ed from Ilia drop. Wo miiHt find moro -ships at any coat." IniMrta Knln Huggmtrd. Ono aolutlon for tho problom which hna boon proponed, and which la lookod on aa tho moat foaalblu at tho proaont lima, la tho rocommenda tlon for a ruling putting a atop to all non-oaaontlal Imports. Tim classi fication which would bo adoptod un dor thla ruling would Include timber and a numbnr of other commodities not absolutely necessary for tho car rying on of tho wur, or for tho pro visioning of tho Ilrltlsh Isles. It waa reported from Dublin that 60 Sinn Fein sympathizers havo boon arrested under tho Dofonao of tho Kculin net. Tho prisoners, It wua Misled, included prominent officials of tho (luellc I111KUO. Large Tonnage Destroyed. l.loyd George niliiiliicil thnt food .tonka uro tint lowest within his roe olli'ctlon. Imports have decreased 20,000,000 hIiico tho war atartod Italy mid Franco aro bogging for more nlilis. The l'remler nilmltlod that HiibiiinrlneH have "destroyed a onal(lnriibln part of our toiiiingn. An Importation restrietlon will di rectly affect ovory Ilrltlsh household MILITARY BILL IS IN CONGRESS 'OMPVI,HOIlY TRAINING MKAS I'ltK IH HI IIMITTKI) WITH NO KMMIHHK.MKNT FROM THIi rillCHlllKNT, OR RA-KIOR. (I)y tTnltml Prcmi to Tlie Dally Bulletin) WASHINGTON, 1). C, Fob, 23. Tho Army General Stuff'B unlvormil mllltnry trnlnliig plan wna Htibmlttod to CnugroRH today. Tlin moiiHuro carried no nndorsomunt from Prosl l.nnt WllHnn or Secretary of War linker. War Dopartmnnt offlclnlR anld tho net would rnlao an army of 600,000 men annually, it provldoa tor tlin t ailing nut of all tho ablo hodlod olt Izons of tho Unltod Stnton In tholr nineteenth yonr, for 11 months of continuous mllltnry training. It Is urgod thnt by following thla plan, a hugo citizen army, thoroughly riiiclpllnod, would In a few yonr a bo avallablo to sorvo In case of any emergency. . . Added Protection la (Jlvon lisli uml Game License; t'ost InrroaiMMl Hug Limit Lowered Hliorteu Hugo Hen Hcunoii. HALKM, Keb. 23. (Special.) Fish and gumo legislation occupied u largo il 11 co In tho deliberations of tho leKlslatlvo aoislon Just closed, aild tho Important chungos effected III tho laws aro of Interest to sports men throughout tho state. Tho now fish and gamo code scomH to have been IjiihimI chhoii I In I ly upon protoct Ing tho luteresta of tho flub and name themselves rather I hull that of tho sportsmen. Those buck lug tho codo and It passed both bouses with practically I(J opposition believe that strlctprcMervallou of fish and game, In tho long run. la Just what sportsmen want. Opportunities for big cliches and kills may bo reduced temporarily, but permanent contin uance of good sport Is thereby as sured. Angling and bunting licenses aro raised from $1.00 per year to $1.50. Tho new combination license costs $3.00. Women, as formerly, aro ex empt from flsbiug licenses but they must havo a license to bunt. During 1918 tho gamo fund ro celred about $12,000 lesa from II ten si) sales than In 1015. because many fewer licenses wore bought. Tho Increased Income will bo do voted exclusively to trout propaga tion and distribution. Lost your ap proximately 8,000,000 trout fry wero ralaod. It la expected to produce 12,000.000 the coming seasou, there by Riving an unprecedented Impetus' to tha betterment of flailing through out the state. To Dlvliln Finos. During the last two years oil tho fines collected havo gono to tho coun ties In which thoy wore lovlod. The now Inw provldoa that horcaftor thoy ahull bo divided equally between tho county and the atato. Probably about 15000 la involved In this chatiKo, and all of It will bo used for flah plniitliiK. tho commission feeling that Ita blKRest tnsk la to proaerve and liuprovo aimllnn In Oregon's atroami. Tho ban limit on doer has boon dimmed from throe to two bucks. Tho open aoaaon for Eaatorn Orogon baa boon sbortoncd two woeks II now boRlna on September first and cloaea October 31 Previously It op- onod August 16 Tho limit for trout tins boon low ered from 75 to CO for a aluglo day's catch. Tho dally limit by weight , has boon changed from 60 pounds to 36. All wlntnr flh(nv lit HnntArn Ora. gon has boon forbidden, except for.tural P"sll,l""' tho scgrogntlon flah over 18 liiehea In loiiglh. Thla nllJ Predicts for It and Its Bottlers practically prohibits catching any- thing but Hleelheuda.. In the past, catching fish over 10 Inches In length .. uwuu i iruuK.i. Ul uio year, :r ' , , " ' "" .......... iuiiuiik neor . '" ' " .' suii.M.u,, -o msi.too just algnod Houae Bill 170. Ill It will bo onslor to get convictions. troduccd by Mr. Laui gnnrd. This ins is c ecmuy appncau o lo mo coas couni.es oiwosiern urogon ... i"""i , Im""1.? r V Jn,:"nry !.6.'l ' . . , 'V " . ru" sympathy with the poople on tory Hlrd Laws. In the past the lyour segregation, and havo believed aeason opened November 1 and nom. that it was only common sense econ nnlly closed February 16, a though omy to mBke a Bmn Bppropr,at,on " ' -""" . 16, bocauso of tho conflict with tlin 1 federal law. Tho change, therefore, moana nil extra month nf itnelr nhnnt. Ing. Tho opon season on sago hens ls'ai0 nniIlI and the proJecti x bolovo from August 1 to August 31. Former ly It opened July 16. U. S. ARMY'S AIRMEN SEE BANDITS BATTLE (Dy Unltod Prcu to Tho Dully Bulletin.) EL, PASO, Fob. 23. General Snl- ntar's bandits routed tho Carrnnzls tas at Docngrnndo, south of the Now Moxlco bordor ynatordiiy. Amoricnn army aoroplniioa flow . ovorhond, wntclilng tho hattlo. C. P. MOORE TO BUILD IN STAATS ADDITION Tha Issuing oC a building permit to C. P. Moore, for tho construction of a $1600 framo house, was an nounced this morning. Tho housa Is to be erected on lot 7, block 10, Stnats addition. The contractor will be K, Odegard. SAZi ,x m J , 1 ' ' - 3 3 ORLERHS LCftVind NEW 't ' T9 ' - V YORK FOR -ZOMF O O ? - Vt '' 5 1- , , ' - r If 2f"L " I " "l A lrnn mf Naxe CO in IiornnKsK O'ldmido of CupoMliatiien uld tli nwn (hat two American iihlpft milled frnm Nnw York to try to break tha btocJcudu ralnod A Krnut ntinlun. Jin both willed for lior-df-uux, which la complotaly tnlorciptttd, tlio ithla contiot uaa tho chnnnfla oul llnc1 for ntulrnl tiiivlKntlon. Tha Vo alRcho cltuMR nuym that tha ('nlled HUlui "inuat wrlto tha coniwiicno on lu own account," Tho two atilpa nro the frriuUt vra Uridine and Kochatttfr, both Amrl riin and both un rml. Thvy carry cvti trnl'Htid. In Iho fnc of th HsrnltiR It wna aiwrt ad thnt th t'n It nd Hiatra Kuvurnnipnl would Inks no atef to halt th voyajfo of the two VfNNlN. It waa pot 11 1 d out that to rail hark (tie (irlrtina and the Itoch('-r would ba aqulvntrnt to warning Amrrlcnn viikpIs thui they ahtMJld not aal for the fiortnun aubmarlua area, a wurnlna; whh-h thla Kuvnrnmrnt hna rcfuaed to taau ellher to vetiarla or pna nif-ra, Tha poaltlon of tha Kovrrnmant In thla rraprrt waa Inld down In tha maaj?i which Hrretary Lamiliiff arnt to the dlrnrtoni of tha Intrrnntlonal Morrantlle Marine, In which It waa at m ted: "Tha Kovcrnrnent cmjinot a;lva advice to private persona ae to whether their mer chant veaaela ahould anil on a voyaite to Kumpcnn porta by which they would be oonipelled to pajia through the watnra de lineated In tha declaration hutued by tha Uerman govemmttit Jan. SI. 1917. It, how- L ARE PRAISED jov. WITHYCOMUK WRITES TO MANAUKIt WALLACK WHEN UK HIGNH APPROPRIATION 1(1 1.I KOIt HKHKHVOMt. Fred N. Wallace, managor of the Tumalo project, has received a letter from Governor Wlthycombe, written Just after ho aigncd a bill approprl Btng $10,000 for repairing the Tum alo reservoir. In addition to expressing his Bat bjfaellou at having had a hand III uch a pleco of legislation, the Gov- ernor heartily endorses the agricul- a largo measure of success Tho letter to Mr. Wallace follows: "Sulem, Or., Keb. 21, 1917. Mr, KrC( N, W(lCOl Tumalo, Oregon y ,,!nr Mr- Wnlluro: 11 Kvcs mn siueero pleasure to report that I ng yo ynov! approprmtc8 $10.000 f()r Vostlgatlng and repairing the Tumalo reservoir. " im heartily pleased that tho bill now which will go towards proserv .i, fi,.i , , . , molll aren(Iy ma(le ln tha Xunialo , . . - .project, i nugni aau tnnt from a reasonable familiarity with tho Tunv atrongly that all farming operations. ir properly conducted, will bring vory satisfactory success. , "It Is a good project and sottlod by capable fnrmera, and I hope thnt now wo will bo ablo to absolutely In suro tho BuccesB of tho rosorvoir which In turn will place tho future of tho project boyond question. Sln coroly yours, JAMES WITHYCOMDK, Govornor." LA GRANDE MAN MAY BE GRAIN INSPECTOR (Ily United Prou to The Dslly Bulletin) SALEM, Fob. 23. Sonntor Walter Plorco today wired tho Public Sor vlco Commlsaion endorsing Donald Myors, of La Grando, for the appoint ment as elilot grain Inspector, undor the net providing for tho establish ment of a grain and hay Inspection bureau In Portland. LANDS over, aaaerta that the rUrhta of American vaaaela to travtrae all paria of the hiBh acae are the ame now aa they were prior to the laauanc of the German declara tion." While It might be phyalcally poaalbla for the r'nltt-d Kutt-a to convoy thwie veeaWa. the government la underatood to be definitely oppoiM-d to taking auch ac tion and to be disputed to wait for devel opmenta and act In accordance with the facta If these veawela are attacked by German aubmarlnea In a manner regarded aa an invasion of American rights. The Orleata waa only recently trana- FORESTERS TO MEET Cnullig Problems Will Be BcUIcd in i- Portland, March 5. ; t Grazing problems common to tho Deschutes, Cascado, and Santiam Na tional forests will be settled March 6, when the annual Inter-forest graz ing conference will be held In Port land, Forest Supervisor W. G. Hast ings announced this morning. As sistant Supervisor V. VI Harpham will be the representative from the local office. The issuing of permits for grazing allottments will be one of the chief itoms of business to be handled. JAPANESE TRADING SHIPS TO BE ARMED TOKIO, Feb. 23. It was announc ed today that the Nippon Yusan Kaisha has decided to arm all mer chantmen sailing to American or European ports. KAISER APOLOGIZES FOR U-BOAT MISTAKE (By United rreM to The Dsllr Bulletin.) STOCKHOLM. Feb. 23. Tho Ger man minister today informed tho Swedish government that the government-steamer, Edds, had been sub marined by mistake. The Kaiser's formal regert was expressed, and an Indemnity promised. t LONWONKIW SHAKE HANDS, WHEN LINES MEET IN GER MAN DEFENSES PRISONERS AGHAST AT CONDUCT. ')' Ry William Phillip Hlnuns. WITH THE BRITISH ARMY, Feb. 23. Clerks and stenographers, form--n g the London bnttulion in service bore, raided tho 186th Prussian In fantry near Hill 140 Tuesday even- In. Tho British lined up on open ground, desplto ft heavy Bhrapnol flro directed at tholr ranks, and charged when a tallyho bugle sounded a hunting call. They attacked the Germans on two ides; The converging lines met In the midst of the German defenses ntid shook hands. Prisoners were aghast at such conduct. The British captured 118 men, ono machine gun, dynamited a mine shaft and bombed numerous dugouts con taining several hundred Gorman. CLERK SOLDIERS RAID PRUSSIANS f erred from Argentinian to American rea lairy. She arrived from Bordeaux last month aa the Avellaneda, under tha en- sign of Argentina, and waa rochrlslened In the first month of the year. Tha Orleans la a ship of vlclaaltudea, built In Dumbarton, Scotland, in 1906. Her first name waa Menepthah. She la owned by tha Oriental Navigation com pany, with offices at 17 Battery place. New York, which baa aent many cargoea acroaa aeaa. Tha Orleans la commanded by Captain 8 1 card who took her safely to Bordeaux in November and brought bar home again. MEASLES PREFERS GROWN-UP VICTIMS IX BEND THIS WIN' TER REPORTS OP DIPHTHER IA ARE FOUND FALSE. Running contrary to the general tendency of the disease, measles, a number of cases of which are now being treated here. Is attacking adults, seemingly in preference to children, local physicians assert, al though a number of infantile cases have also been reported. In the form in which It is being manifested in Bend, measles is not highly contagious, it is stated, and physicians have no fear of the ail ment becoming epidemic. The type of the disease which might have ser ious results, it is declared, has not appeared here. The recent change In weather con ditions, has brought with it a num ber of cases of illness among chil dren in the city schools. Reports were current today that several were suffering from diphtheria, but the records of the city health officer, where all such cases must be report ed according to the state law, proved the falsity of the rumor. INSANE MAN ESCAPES Pries Out Window Bars at Salem, and Eludes His Pursuers. B United Press to The Dllj Bulletin) SALEM,' Feb. 23. Prying loose the wondow bars of bis room. Otto Straub, an inmate of the state in sane hospital here, escaped last night, and Is believed to be fleeing toward Marton, where he was formerly em ployed. Hospital officials traced him as far as the railroad yards. Straub is not considered to be dnngerous. Ho was committed from Clackamas county. FREIGHTER EXPECTED Orleans Will Arrtvo in Bordeaux To night, Owners' Belief. (By United Frees to The Dully Bulletin) NEW YORK, Fob. 23. The Amer ican freighter, Orlonas, is cxpeotod to arrive in Bordeaux tonight. At the offices of the shipping company hore, confidence is expressed that the ship has run the submarine blockado. The company's Paris manager cabled that the Orloaos Is clearing the coast. ADUtTSSUFFER CHILD'S DISEASE Wlbton to Put OuoMtlon Cp lo Cab Jnnt Inveatlgutlon Will Be Pushed S,0O0,(MH Akcd for Provisions. (Br United ho to Tha D.llr Bulletin) WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 23. Senator Lewis today Introduced an' amendment to the revenue bill em powering the President to seize food stuffs wrongfully held for the pur pose of unjustly increasing prices. In violation of the antl-truBt laws. Senator Martin offered a resolution prohibiting the exportation of staple foods. President Wilson plans to put the food situation before the cabinet, and expects to take definite steps to force an appropriation covering an Investi gation of the question. Representa tive Houston declared that the ad ministration planned to reopen the appropriation fight in the House, if - the Senate rejected the measure. Embargo Ridiculed. Despite the food riots on the east ern seaboard, officials ridicule the reports of a possible embargo on ? food exportations. It Is hinted that foreigners might be incited to cause riots by such an act.' Representative' London wants a $5,000,000 appropriation for the pur pose of buying food to be resold at a reasonable price. The Interstate Commerce commission believes that the freight congestion ia breaking. ! Railroads are rushing hundreds of empties to the chief shipping points. .. It was learned that 166,000 cars ' were tied up on February 10. U. S. MINISTER DIES ON TORPEDOED SHB? Robert Alien Hodden Perished on ' French Liner Xo Warning Gl . en by Undersea Craft. : ', -,i (Br United Press to The Dailr Bulletin) WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 24. Consul Kebllnger, of Malta,- cabled ' the State Department today that Rob- ' ert Allen Hadden, an American mis sionary, was killed when an on-' identified submarine torpedoed with out warning, the French liner Antes," oft the east coast of Malta, Feb ruary 17. - ' Keblinger's message stated that be had heard that the liner carried troops. PUMPING PLANT MAIN LAYING AND INSTALLING OF PURIFYING DEVICE WILL COMPLETE- AUXILIARY IN NEAR FUTURE. ' Pumps are installed tor the Bend Water, Light and Power auxiliary station, and the building which will shelted the machinery is well under way. Manager Foley, of the power company stated this morning. The only immediate work loft is the lay ing of mains from the pumps at the main plant to tie ln with the main at the corner of Oregon and Wall streets and ditching tor this is pract ically completed. ' Sterilization apparatus is expected to arrive from San Francisco on March 1, and with this installed, the pumps will be ready for any emergency which might be caused b fire. As the water will be taken from the river within the city limits, all water passing through the auxiliary : pumps will be carefully purified, tho sterilization apparatus consisting of ' a device by which chlorlno will be , mixed with the water ln a liquid form. Two and one-half pounds will ; be used for each million gallons of water, the proportion being bo slight , as to make no difference whatever In taste, if the water were to be used for drinking. By means of automatic attach ment, tho proportion will be main tained, regardless of the speed at which water Is pumped, the rate at which the chlorine Is .fed In. being governed by the speed of the pump strokes. : , ALMOST READY y i