THE BEND BULLETIN
TI1I0 WKATIIKU
Tonight and Thursday, oceiis
liiiiul ruin jlr miiow; southerly
wind.
DAILY EDITION
VOL. I
IlKNI), I)I:h II1 ir.H COUNTV, OKKUO.V, WEDNESDAY AI'TKUNOON, MARCH 7, IOI7
NO. 7U
WILSON TO
SI SHIPS
S CERTAIN
PRESIDENT HAS TOWER
IS DECISION.
'SENATE RULE LIKED
flllV Mlllll HH'JlklTN mi Flour III OlIC
Hour Knell Ili'iiulillniiiK Mny
Hunt Cummin mill riiim
From Ciiiiiinlllce.
I Itnlx-rt J. Bender,
Uhltnt Pre. Huff (.rrH.nclm
WASHINGTON. I. C. Miinh 7.
PreBldcnl Wilson expects lo IliHtrurl
Hecreliiry of tho navy DunlelK within
II few bourn, lo triu American nwr-
linulniKii. It was learned (rum (ho
highest authority Hint tint li'ttiil da
Imrtmi'iit linn decided Unit the Pres
ident Ik empowered to ad In thin
iiintlrr.
Kerri'lnry Daniels will order Ilia
i 4iiiundaiits ut thu llimtoii, Phllii
ilelphlii anil Han KrnnelBco nnvy yurds
in IriHUK nil available guns.
Tim Hitnntn rules mm in It ten thin
afternoon agreed on a cloture ruin
providing Hint n two third miijorlty
nmy limit thn debata to ono hour for
each senator. Tho rullnit meets with
President Wilson's npprovul.
TIki new ruin In scheduled Id be
brought beforn llin Hunutn tmlny for
approval. Wilson coiiHiiltfil with
-several llcinocrutlc senators In regard
,to tha rlotura ruin.
Iii'inorrnlH have started n campaign
In thn event Hint Htonu I re-elected
to I ho I'hnlriniinnlilp of thn commit
tee on foreign relations. Htonn him
I -f uni'd to Klvn out liny luturvlnwa.
ItepiihllcuiiK InillKiiimt.
Thn Republican senators mny causo
thn elimination of Cummins nnd
iirnimn from thn steering rommittim
because Ihny participated In tha f III
lnintir. WbIbIi opened thn debute on
thn floor In regard to tha f IIIIhimIit
ruin. I In mild Hint "trultoril m Ik lit
delay thn Hi' nn Hi whlln thn enemy
ihiinderml nt tha galas." It In lint
Inconceivable Hint trnltorouH senll-
incuts might Imva actuated tha fill-.
busters, hn suggested.
MORE OFFICERS FOR
U. S. ARMY ARE ASKED
Harder ( 'oimniiiitlcrH to I'li'k tit) From
Kuril Regiment for I'iiknIIiIk
Promotion I'Vom Rank.
. lily United Pr. tolho Uend Bulletin)
WASHINGTON, U. C, March 7.
Thn War Diipnrtniiint tmlny Instruct
ed tha honlnr reglmnntiil commuml
rs to Biihmlt a llHt of no man In onch
regiment who would lio capable of
acting as officii, nnd IrnluliiR ru
rnlts, TIiIh In regarded as n precautionary
iln;t.ln tho nvonl Hint nddltloniil of
vW'S" aro noodod to handle tin army
of iK.if a million volunteers.
Roads, Lands and Libraries
Boosters Luncheon Topics
Variety was tho koynoto of tho dis
cission nt tho weekly luncheon of tho
llend Cnmmorclnl club this noon, nt
tho Wright hotol, for a report on tho
rond meeting nt rtodmnnd Monday
night, begnn things, while a talk by
J. P. I.ucas, of Ilond rtlvor, on tho
Hfiunty library In Hint city, was tho
concluding subject, with a rnport on
tho Bnnhnm Kails segregation In hn-
twonn. Tho attendance was ono of
tho lnrgnst of tho wlntor.
fPnul C. OarrlBon told of tho com
promise offontod In Uodmnnd botwoon
tho two faotlons seeking to ronto
thn proposed stnto road from Tho
Dalles through olthor Dnsehntes or
Tiimalo, and his remarks woro sup
plemented by Clytlo McKay, another
member of thn Commercial club com
mlttno which visited Rodmond, On
thn motion nf Vornon A. Korbns,
tfnllnn on tho rond question wtis do
Inrrnd. Mr Korbns stntotl that 8.
Jlnnson, chairman of tha now Btato
iffiRhwny commlttoo, would bo In
llnnd before Juno 1, on business con
nected with the proposed road.
COUNCIL ORDERS
MILES OF WALKS
NEEDED STEPS TAKEN
FOR MAIL SERVICE.
Need for City (Iran-lip Einpliuahu'ri
by Chief of Pnllro III Mtinllily
lt'Mrt IVIirunry Hills
inn Allowed.
A nncessury Htp wim taken hy tho
idly hint nlKhl Inward securing a
mull didiviiry for Bend, whuu thu
council, meeting In rugulur mnniion,
ordered thn ivjiiHt ruction of nix nnd
onn-hnlf inllm of Hldnwulk In Hint
pnrt of thn idly lylnK bnlwoun lh
rlvnr nnd thn rail run d tnirk. nnd
liclwi.i.ii thn mlllH nnd thn Houth linn
of tho l.ytln HirrvuKu. Thu nitlun
wnn tuknn on thn rnrnmmnndiitlon
of I'ohIiiI IimpiMdor MiiidiiitiKh, mndo
Hitvnrul wuokH auo to City KitKlnoor
Itnhnrt li. Uould.
An unicndnnMit to thn nldowulk
ordlnuni'O wan paBBcd, flxinft npaclfa
I'litlomi for wnlkK. and provldlnK that
thi'y muni bn built fluHh with thu
propiTly linn.
Thn council liimrd thu rcodlnK of
nil ordlnunrn vnciitlim HlKblnud nvn
nun lit tho men truck, nnd neendnd
to thn wluli of Cblnf of I'ollca Nixon
by piiKHliiK tho (Iok HconBo and mK
Utry bill, tho miMinuro provldlnx bIbo
for wlro mtuili'B. An amondmont
to thn ppddlnrn' ordlnanpo wna rand,
providing an rxi'inpllnu for nawnpn
piTB, milk, nnd lea, nnd for homo
itrown produitB, tha tiiklnK of or
dani not to rlnnh with tha rlKhtn of
IntiT-Btnto cointnnreo.
roller lU'port (ilvrn.
Tha monthly report of Chlnf of
Pollen Nixon wn n-nil, nhowlnn no
nrreBtn for thn month of February,
mid rncomninnilliiK Alio removal of
Bevnral hounen in Hand now encroacli
Iiik on BtrmitB or nlleyB. Tha recom
mendation win allowed, n wan a
request for a 1 Ik lit In tha allay to tho
roar of Thompnon'a furniture atoro.
On another auKKvatlon mndo from
tho polieo deparlment, City Attorney
IleiiBon wta Innt rtii tml to nmond tho
ordlnnneo KovnrniiiK boxliiR and
wroBtlliiK iixhlbltB, bo an lo nil no tho
fen for promotliiK aueh amuBemnntB
from S3 lo $5. Mr. Nixon nmphn
nlned tho need for a elty clenn-up an
noon a B thn nnow nhnll bavn gone.
M'nrrniitN Knnilliel.
I'nder tho bend of communications,
tho DeBchuloH Investment Co. ap
plied for a permit to mnvo a frnmo
hultdiiiK. now In tho renr of tho Klrat
National Hunk, to allow of tho erec
tion nf a morn permanent structure
Tha request wan granted.
A letter from Kooler Ilro., of Don
vor, HtatltiK that tho Ilend warrant
lint Is bultiR taken euro of na rapidly
as posiilblo by tholr nttoruny, prelim
inary to fumlltiK tha city debt, wan
read. Thu application of KlnnuKiin
Ilroa. for a plumbliiR lir.unao was
Rrnntnd. A letter from Iho Oregon
Trunk railway, nskliifr, for a city
frnnehlHO for teloKraph wires to bo
KtruiiK for thn Westorn Union from
tha depot to tha down town office.
Tha wires havo nlrondy boon strung
for several woeks.
Thn mutter of releasing tho water
right on tho city's disposal tract, re
cently purchased from J. F. Ileal,
was referred to tho city attorney.
Accept Vleivern' Keport.
Objuetlons to tho.vlowors" report
fur thn straightening of Kir nvanuo,
(Continued on Inst pane.)
Roportlng for tho irrigation com
mlttoo, It. W. Snwyor rend loiters
nnd tologrnms sent to Secretary of
tho Interior Lnno, and to tho Oregon
members of tho Houso and Sonnte
at Washington, D. C, nnd the ans
wers rocolvod In connection with tho
much doslrod throwing open of tho
Ilnnhnm Falls projoct to sottlomont.
Tho nnswors stntod Hint enroful con
sideration is being given tho matter
by tho land commission, and that
dun weight Is being glvon to tho Btig
Rontlons sunt In by tho Commercial
club, Tho Information wns nlsn glv
on that thoro Is nt tho proBont time,
no bill ponding having ns Its object
tho prolonging of the contract with
holding tho land from homostendors.
The commlttoo urged Hint letters
ho sent to Congressman Slnnott nnd
to Senators Lnno nnd Chnmhorlnln,
asking them to uso tholr Influence
with tho Dopnrtmont of thn Interior
to tnke tho Issuo from Ita plgoouliolo.
In his address on the Hood Rivor
library, Mr. Lucas advised tho pooplo
of Bend to waste no time in applying
for aid from tho Cnrneglo fund,
NEW PILOT
r . 1 1 .' ' ' i .i i i
km wmmrri . ort, !
" a i iniii'i i i iti i
(Krotn thu first published photo
Cm I'll.)
Tho new IMIot llutto Inn, the flrBt
phologrnph of which Is shown above,
will bn formally opened to the pub
lic on tho evening of Saturday, .March
17. Tho opening program bus not
bean announced but It Is understood
to Include an elaborate dinner-, fol
lowed by dancing and other enter
tainment. Adjoining tho site of tho old hotel,
t.... ...... . l l I l ....
I iuijk u miiu mai K 111 uimiu, uiu hum
noiei win provioo or mo traveller
and auto tourist the comfort and at
traction of a modern and up-to-date
hoatlery with every twentieth century
convenience.
On tho first floor are thn dining
room, with Its rainbow decoration
and beautiful view window, a small
er private dining room, ladles' room,
writing room, lounge and office. The
kitchen Is also on this floor between
tho two dining rooms. A barber
shop adjoins tha office.
Tho two upper floors are devoted
NO.V.AI'IMJIXTMKXT OF fOlXTV
KAIH IMI.AHI) I'ltGKIt IIKKOKK
f'OlKT UOA! API'ItOPHIA
TlOX IS COXSIDKKKI).
January business was wound up,
and March business begun when the
Deschutes County Court met this
morning In tho council chambers of
tho O'Knno building. Appointment
of road supervisors wns the chief bus
iness left over from tho first month
of tho year, whllo of prime interest
under March business was discussion
of tho possibility of singing a county
fair.
In this connection, delegations
from Tumnlo, Sisters, and Lower
Bridge were present at tho court ses
sion, and the suggestion made by the
Tumnlo citizens, that no fair board
bo appointed, but that the county
mnko appropriations for the support
of tho vnrlouB local fairs, met with
general approval. A decision on this
! point will bo mndo Inter by the court.
Without tho appointment of n fulr
board, according to tho state law, tho
.holding of a county fair is Impos
sible
Another Issuo was in regard to the
appropriation of $6000 tor rond Im
provement, to match an equnl amount
to bo furnished by tho federal gov
ernment, and forms woro being pro
pared during tbo luttor part of tho
afternoon session to bo used In case
such a course should bo adopted.
Hond supervisors namod, and the
districts In which they will Borvo, are
08 follows: Charles Muma, 11; Rob
ert II. Lodbottor, 17; A. B. Dommlng,
7; Potor Thompson, 8; Ivan Knotts,
9; W. L. Wilkinson, 10; L. H. Root,
11; R. J. Skolton, 12; K. K. Ilufnor,
20; C. M. Bragg, 21; P. B. Johnson,
22; O. O. King, 23; H. Brookings,
Tbo bond furnished by J. H. Dlt-
. tomoro, as Justice of tho Poaco for
Rodmond, wns approved.
REFUSE TO LISTEN TO
LA FOLLETTE SPEECH
(By United Prow to the Bend Bulletin)
WHEELING, Mnrch 7. Tho Jow
Isli Booluty hero hns cancelled a (Into
for a luctiiro by Sonntor La Kollotto
hocntiso of popular sentiment ngnlnst
the, flllbuatarors. ,
TO DISBAND MILITIA
FOR LACK OF FUNDS
(By United PreM to the Bend Bulletin)
SAN. ANTONIO, March 7. Tho
War Dopnrtmont todny ordered that
80,000 border militiamen bo nurtur
ed out before April 1 because Con
gress failed to provide for their main
tenance by passing the army bill.
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BUTTE INN TO BE OPENED SOON.
to guest rooms, single and on suite.
Oil in all, all with Individual bath
or shower, or both. All havo tele
phones and are furnished with the
best that money can buy.
Tho general style of the hotel arch
itecture Is SwIbb chalet, the Idea
being carried out In the stone work
and plunked upped story of the ex
terior, and the use of flumo marked
logs over the porches and above the
stone work. Hollowed logs for win
dow boxes add to the effect. Both
Inside and out of the building, no
delull bus been omitted to add to
the attractiveness of the hotel or the
comfort of its guests.
Philip II. Brooks, of Vancouver,
B. C, Is the owner of the Pilot Butte
Inn and to him the people of Bend
owe a tremendous debt of gratitude
for his enterprise and for the size
of the Investment he has made In
Bend. That Bend needed a modern
hotel has long been urged, but it
was not until Mr. Brooks came here
and realized tho possibilities attend
PLANNED TO POISON
ENGLAND'S PREMIER,
WITNESSES TESTIFY
('onxpiratorfl Plotted to HJloot Dnrts,
Diiulxil With Strychnine,
From Alrguu.
(lljr United Prou to the Bend Bulletin)
LONDON. March 7. Tho trial of
Mrs. Alice Wheeldon, her two daugh
ters, and Arthur Mason, charged with
conspiracy against the person of Pre
mier Lloyd -Cieorge and Arthur Hen
derson, was started today at the Old
Bailey.
Experts testified that the plotters
planned to Bhoot darts daubed with
strychnine and other poisons from
! an airgun. The poisons were exhib
ited In court.
JUDGE WON'T RESIGN
Springer Now Desires to IxMive Mut
ter to Flection, is Report.
PIUNEVILLE, Mnrch 7. (Spec
ial.) That County Judge Springer
has withdrawn the resignation which
ho was practically forced to give re
cently, was currently reported here
today. Judge Springer, it is under
stood, now desires to leave the ques
tion to on election, and Is thought to
be preparing for recall proceedings.
MANY PRISONERS ARE
CAPTURED BY FRENCH
( Hy United Pren to the Bend Bulletin)
PARIS, March 7. It was announc
ed todny that the French, in raids
and sapping activities In the vicinity
of tho Somme, gained many prison
ers. The raids centered between
Oiso and the Alane. German at
tacks were heavily checked.
SUBMARINE DAMAGE
CONTINUES TO BE BIG
(By United Prem to the Bend Bulletin) .
BERLIN, via Sayvlllo. March 7.
Tho official press bureau announces
that submarine reports Indicate that
ships totalling 200,000 tons wore
sunk between March 1 and 3.
BRITISH GAINING ON
THE FLEEING TURKS
( By United PreM to the Bend Bulletin)
LONDON, Mnrch 7. Tho Meso
potftnilnn expedition official an
nouncement stated today that the
British are almost in range of Bng
dnd. Tho BrltlBh cnvnlry fought the
Turkish rear guard Monday at Lnjj,
nlno miles southenst of Clttalphon.
ARMY TRANSPORT IS
NOW REPORTED SAFE
.
ny United Preiw to the Bend Bulletin)
SEATTLE, March 7. Tho Mer
chants' oxehnnge reported horo today
that the army transport, Dlx, Is re
turning to Soattlo undor its own
steam, out of dangor. The transport
was earlier reported to be in distress
oft tho coast,
ant on the great growth of the city
that there seemed to be any pros
pect of satisfaction of the need.
Following the first announcement
of the new hotel In The Bulletin over
a year ago, a period elapsed during
which doubters scoffed at the Idea
Insisting that It would never be car
ried out, and the months that passed
without apparent action being taken
seemed to. lend color to the argu
ment. When, however, actual work
was begun. It became known that
all the delay had been caused by Mr.
Brooks' desire to have things right.
He had given his word that the hotel
would be built and he had made up
his mind that when It was built it
would be a satisfaction. Until he
was satisfied with the plans he would
not go ahead, but when they had met
his Ideas he was ready to proceed,
and the result of his long study is
seen In every detail of the finished
Pilot Butte Inn.
W. C. Birdsall will be In charge
of the hotel for Mr. Brooks.
GERMANS PRAISE
FIKTEIOS
DECLARE LA FOLLETTE AXD
STONE SHOW AMERICA'S BEST
SPIRIT CALL WILSON A MEG
ALOMANIAC. (By United Pres. to the Bend Bulletin)
AMSTERDAM, March 7. German
newspapers call Senators La Follette
and Stone "representatives of Amer
ica's best spirit," and regard the fili
buster in the American Senate as
entirely proper. It "halted Wilson's
unreasoning ambition, and voiced
the sober sentiment of the American
people who do not want to take part
in the war," one publication de
clared. The Lokal Anzelger bitter'Jy at
tacked the inaugural address of Pres
ident Wilson, and charged that his
speech had desecrated the capltol.
The Anzelger called the President a
megalomaniac.
EDISON MAY LEAVE
U. S. NAVAL BOARD
(By United Frera to the Bend Bulletin)
ANNAPOLIS, March 7. It is re
ported that Thomas A. Edison will
probably quit the naval advisory
board unless the navy experimental
laboratory is built at Sandy Hook.
Bend Residents Will Send
Remonstrance to Senator
Angered at the stand taken by
Senator Harry Lane in thwarting the
will of President Wilson and a large
majority of the House and Senato,
by Btandtng with the tlllbusterers In
their successful attack on the armed
neutrality bill, Bend residents, Dem
ocrats and Republicans alike, aro
signing a strongly worded remon
strance drawn up by J. Snlzmann,
dlrocted to the Oregon senator. Mr.
Snlzmann cast his vote for Dr. Lane
at tho time of his election to the
upper house of Congress.
Although a personal friend of Sen
ator Lnno, J. A., Enstes, formerly
mayor of Bond, declnred this morn
ing that the Oregon senator had mndo
a fearful mlBtnke and had killed him
self politically, "t think he was
honost In the stand he took In thin
mntter," Mr. Easies said, "but I firm-
ly bolievg that a filibuster of the kind
is uttony wrong, m extonuatlon of
his net, I bolievethat Senator Lane
is so anient a peace advocate that
he went much further than he should ,
have done.
"I do not think that it would be
possible to recall htm, but I do think
POWER BATES
ARE
LOWERED
PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD
GRANTS REQUEST.
Bend Water, Light & Power Co. May
Cut Kate at Any Time Reduc
tion Will Apply to Use of
Power in Present Month.
That i the Bend Water, Light &
Power company Is having no obstacles
thrown in the way of its desired re
duction of rates In this city, was
evidenced last night, when a copy
of an order entered by the 8tate Pub
lic Service Commission was received
by T. H. Foley, manager of the com
pany's local interests.
The order is an amendment of the
order Issued by the commission on
July 1, 1915, which fixed rates to be
used In Bend. According to the new
order, the old rates are to be con
sidered as the maximum charges to
be made, while the company is given
permission to make any reductions
desired. The petition from the com
pany, and amendment of the previous
order were necessary, as the commis
sion had fromerly ruled that "certain.
rates, and no others," should apply.
Rates Apply This Month.
The new order of the commission
provides "That the order issued on
July 1, 1915, is hereby modified and
amended ; that the rates therein fixed
shall be deemed the maximum rates
which may be Imposed and collected
by this utility, and that they may be
changed at will by the utility npon
proper publication, and filing of tar
iffs or. supplements to tariffs, as pro-'
vlded by law and the rules of this
commission, provided no such change
or changes shall result In any in
crease over the rules heretofore men
tioned, nor in any unjust discrimina
tion as between classes vof service
and individuals." '
Mr. Foley stated this morning that
the decrease in rates, as petitioned,
will go into effect on April 1, but wilt
apply to charges incurred during the
present month.
The decrease provides a two cent
per kilowatt cot for Bmall consumers,
and a cent and one-half cut for larger
users of electric current.
MAY APARTMENTS ARE
THREATENED BY FLRE
Buckets Used to Extinguish Blaze
Starting From an Overheated ':' "
Stove Damage Is $130. '
Fire, which for a few minutes
threatened to ; consume the entire
building, broke ont at 8 o'clock in the
May apartments on Bond street, but
with flames Jutting out into the hall
way from the room in which the
blaze , started, the blaze . was ex
tinguished with a few buckets of
water. ..
Frank May, manager of the apart
ments, was called from a moving
picture show when the fire was first
discovered, but by the time he had
arrived on the scene, the fire had
been quenched. He estimates the
damage at approximately $150.
An overheated stove is believed to
have been the cause of the blaze. .
that in a crisis of the kind, every ;
man should be patriotic enough to
back up the President."
R. M. Smith, also prominent in
local Democratic circles, expressed
his opinion tn no uncertain terms.
"It's difficult for me to Bay what I
really think In such a way that you
can print it." he declared, "but can
didly, I think it's a mighty bad state
of affairs that' Senator L:ne has,
helped to place us in. Tht worst
of It all Is that the reports go direct
to foreign countries where they will
do us the most harm.
"Incidentally, I am writing a per
sonal lotter to Champ Clark, remon
strating against such a revelation ot
naval secrets as that made by Sena
tor Stone In regard to the submarine
chasers."
Harrison Latham, of strong ,' Re
publican persuasion, took tho most
charitable view of tho afalr. "I
would not care to criticise Senator
Lane, personally," he said, "but I
do not believe that a small group ot
men has the right to thwart the will ''
of the majority. Thore may be ex
tenuating circumstances, however.'
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