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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Deschutes County, Or.) 1917-1963 | View Entire Issue (May 5, 1917)
THE BEND BULLETIN Til 10 WKATIIICII Tonight und tomorrow, show iiih; cloudy, hill wiirmor. DAILY EDITION VOL. 1 IIKNI), DKHCIIl'TKH XUNTY, ORKUON, HATUHDAY AFTERNOON, MAY , !T (). 187 BALFOUR GIN ROYALWELCOME GERMANY LESSENS EMPEROR'SPOWER IN MINOR DETAILS SLAVS RIOT WHEN PACIFICIST SEEKS RIGHT AND WRONG WAY TO HANG FLAG AGAINST BONDS TO MAKE ADDRESS UNION IN ARE CHEERS GREET BRIT ISH COMMISSIONER. Denounce lrtilHn Arllorrry In Thlrlllng Artilrnui Food Hurvry of United Henlm ti tUt S- War . Measure. i fly tlnllo.1 I'm to the llcnd Bulletin) WASHINGTON. I. C.. May 6. Willi lint President and Mrs. Wilson In tint fcitllxry JiiIiiIiik In )" appluuso, the House of Representative this nflcrnoon sluged monl spocluculnr liiiiiiintrnl1ii greeting Arthur Hal fmir, British Fornix" MliilMliir, and head or lliii llrllliili wr commission in thin country. Tim reception given in Mr. Ilul'nur riimn as a climax to Hie milliner In which members of tlio JtrltlMlt anil French cnintulBBlnmt wore received elsewhere. Tim President l"ft Hi" (ti'Unry, corning tn lint floor of tint House mid liitklnK lliilfoiir by tlm hand. Tim House chamber win Jammed. crowds cheering thn KiikIIhIiiiiuii. MlnlHtnr lliilfour addressed I ho House, bitterly denouncing tlm Prussian nrlntocrmy mil paving a Kerning trlliutii lo America's acl-nti til .iilorlnn Hi.) world wnr. Ho do !n red that III" hnr muni bo decided unqualifiedly lii fnvor of tlio A I Ilia, If ilHtiiiKTHry U In live. Fond Survey Planned. In connection with tlio govern ment's food conservation pulley It van announced todny that B hut Ion t vide food survey will lia tlio Kuviirn liH'iit'i flmt slop after Congress pass .n on thn drastic food control lilll. "rim work will fall tindnr tlio com- dined direction of the Department of Agriculture mid thu National Dp I "ii no Council, and It In probntiln that Herbert Hoover will personally direct (III lllVi-BtlKlltloll, Tlio government plans flmt to do. i-rnilnn accurately thn amount of fnnd reserved and on hand, where 11 In located, mid how ll cull b in on I 'f r.'clually distributed. Following till, thn Intention In In estimate tlm prnhahla production mid consumption In I ho current year, by sections, On tlio results of thtine mirvcyi mil depend largely whether or not I h President uses tlm powers whlrh ihe proposed li'KlBlallon will give lilm. WANT IMPROVEMENT OF LAIDLAW ROAD I lend Auto Club Will Petition Coun . ly Cmirl Betterment of Hlrnl. In City Also Nought. Members of tlio llnnd Auto club in.'t thin noon In regular session at tin- rilot Hullo Ion, and laid plan for thn bettering of roads In Hand ami In Deschutes county. A com- mitten waB appointed consisting of Hugh O'Knni), I'a u I UnrrlMin and Ji. M. Hinlth tn call on tlio county fourt at I tn session next wnck and ask that tho dmiKorouH rocky point on thn Lnldlaw rond Juki bnlow tlio North Canal dam bo nllinlnutnd. It In cBtfmuto'd that tlio proponed Im provement will COBt between $800 and $1000. Every monibnr of tlio Hond Auto lull wan rcquoBtod to koop a llxt of bad places nnlod ill tlio city Btreetfl ind to roport them hi writing" to tho Bocrntnry. At tho next meeting measures will bo taken lo sua lo It thiil these defoctn aro remedied. I, W. W. MURDER TRIAL IS OVER THOMAH TUACY, (ilAIUJIOl) WITH KIM.IMJ IN HVKHKTT, ACQUIT I ICI) 72 OTH Kit HUHPECTH JMAY 1110 Tl'UNKI) I.OOHK. (H United Pram to th Dond Ilulliitln) . 8KATTLK, May 5. Thomns Trn vy was found not guilty todny, of tho Everett I. W. W. murdor. Tracy was charged with tho mtiT lcr ot Jofforson Donrd, on Novombor r, during a pitched battle between citizen deputies and 200 Industrial Workors of tho World. Tho trial liistod for nine weeks nnil tho Jury, oniposed of six mon and six womon, was out slnc.o noon on Friday, It Ih Hniihtfnl If thn nthnr 79 Itiriimiriai ' Workers of tho World who are cliarg il with murdor will be tried. CONHTITUTIONAL COMMITTKE MAKEH CIIANCELMMt ANHWER AIII.K TO REICIIHTAO FOR TIIK KAIHER'H ACTM ELIMINATES IMH ll'l.lNAIIY MEASURE. (Ilr United 1'rnu u Iht II. nd Hullrtln) AMHTKIIDAM. May C Tho Gor man constitutional committee voted today tn contlnua Oermuny's prosnnt monarchical syBtniii of Kovornmnnt. and tn shut off completely tho dem ocratic sldo, according In dispatches racnlvud today from Ilerlln. The coinnilttnn bi'Kiin today's ses sion with tlm adoption of a revolu tionary plan to require the chancellor tn couutoralKii all tho Kalser'a or ders, mid niubodyliiK laws making thn chancellor roapoiiBlhln to tho KnlcliNlnK for such orders. I.utor tho comuilttno utlorly can celed thn proponed reform by rejec tion of the proposul that Ilia chan cellor be mudo liable lo dlHiiilBsul on a innjorliy vote of tho IlelchstuK. Thn prencnl rncommnndatlnn appar ently curbB thn Kaiser's power by making the chancellor respoiiBlblo to the UnlchatiiK for ull acts of gov ernment, but making tho HolcliBliig Impotent to punish tho chancellor for the Kulsnr'a acts. Thn power of Kaiser Is really un changed by tho coninilttoo's recom mendation. FURTHER LOAN MADE TO ALLIES OF U. S. (tljr United PrM to tt Dmd RulUtin) WASHINGTON. O. C. Moy 6. Thn govern men! announced today that a further loan of $125,000,000 hud been made tn Ureal llrltaln und Franco. The $26,000,000 loan Is to go lo Ureal Britain, ll whs detenu Ined today, while tho $100,000,000 will bo France's additional sharo. L EXPERTS AFTER U-BOATS AMMUCAX INVKNTIVK (iKMlK Wll.l, KI.IMINATK r.NDKlWK.A llKHTHOVKIlM, HAYH MKMHKIt Oh' N.WAI. IMIAItll. Illy IJnltr.1 Traa tath lltnd Bullrlln) NEW YOllK. May S. A strong be lief that tho submnrliie problem will bo solved by American inventive genius was expressed this afternoon In a statement to tho United Tress made by W. I-. Saunders, chalrmnn of tho Naval Consulting Donrd. He vices alroady leslod, bo Intimated might provo highly efficacious In re moving tho U-boat menace to Amor lean shipping. Mr. Saunders declared Hint ho did not. know of uny slnglo Invention made by Edison, member of tho board, which would have this effect, but clearly hinted that Kdison Is en gaged In a series ot oxporlmonts which promlso groat succoss. Kdison himself could not bo reach od this afternoon, but his socretary stated that he was in his laboratory making oxporlmonts. UNIVERSITY WOULD RECRUIT ITS RANKS Objects of Celebration of University lny by Alumni All Over Htuto lire Outlined. H. J. Ovorturf Is in focolpt of a communication from Governor James Wlthyc.onibo, appointing him chair man of a commltteo of University ot Oregon alumni, to work in this vicinity to organize the alumni and friends of the university, and to se cure backing in the moveniont for a women's building on the campus at Kugono. May 11, which will be colobrntod by nlumnl throughout the stnto ns University Day, la suggested ns tho bost time for organization, Tho niovonient ns outlined by the university will Include, an nil-day progrnm In throe parts: Tho effect ing of a closer organisation; a social colobrntlon ot tho dny; and the car rying out of some constructive work of tho university. A patriotic trend will bo given to tlio observance at Kugono, through the fact that so many of tho students hnvo offered their services to tho na tions, that ono of tho main purposes of tho nlumnl movement this yoar will bo to recruit high school stu dents Into tho unlvorslty to bo train ed and oducatod to till tho grout need ot trnlnod mon which Is going to be fall all over tho nation aftor tho war. war. VA ' . -. v : I! lit m ' " 1 ; 1 U IJ Dllu" r D U B ll,y, RIGHT There aro Iwu aB to hung the dtara and Htiipes. One Is right and the other is wrong. You do It the rlbt way. as shown above, aud tell your neigh bor In do likewise. Rifles Make Good Showing in Drill; Governor Praises The regular drill of the Bend Rifles, hold last night, was the best attended of any to date. After pre liminary Instruction In the Emblem club hull, used as field headquarters. the members marched out to the old athletic field on Dond utrcct and then out to (the business, streets, where they were put through forma tions by Captain I'rlnco. Present Inst night were Captain Prince. Lieutenants Johnson and McPherson, Sergeants Shoults, Car Ion, Beagcn, Powell, Stoncr. Wool- ,lon, itnagen, Powell, Stovor, Woel- ons and Lamping; Privates Hosmer, Elklns. Prlngle, C. R. Smith, Stev ens. Walte, R. W. Sawyer, Mann helmer, Sumner. B. Clarno. Myers, Whltson. Hunt. Ray. Keller. S. Bond, Cbrlstenson, Ed. Lyons, Horskottc. Ferguson, Houston, Ross, Button, Jackson, Innes, Kelley. Absent members were Lieuten ant Hoyburn, Sergeants Lundeen and Corporals K. E. Sawyer, Frazier, Stuart; Privates Newell, Whlsnnnt, McKee, R. M. Smith, Deveraus, Hoke, Lsugblln, DoArmond, Powell, J. 11. Clarno. Foley, Rogers, Skuso, U. 8. Bond, T. Bond, Wilson. Wilcox, Wig gins, f Sergeant Powell mid Privates R. Innes and L. II. Kelley have enlisted STATE COMMISSIONER WILL SPEAK IN BEND K. J. Admit Muted lo (Jlvo Address On MI,(MM,ll(M) Hoild Bond 1)111 May 111 Other Meeting. That E. J. Adams, member of the State Highway commission, will be in Bond on the evening of Mny 16, to speak to the people of Bond and tho vicinity on tlm subject of the $6,000,000 road bond bill, was the word roeolved this morning by H. J. Ovorturf, manager ot tho Commorclal club. The exnet plnco ot meetlug has not yet been determined. Mr. Over turt Intimated that It might be do ctdod to hold an evonlng luncheon ot the club. In order to have a good crowd togothor by the time Mr. Ad ams arrives. He advised that nil who are Interested In the subject make a special offort to hoar the address which will bo glvon by tho highway commissioner. . In addition to his address In Bond, Mr. Adams will bo scheduled for sev eral dny nieotlngs on May 17, ending an eVpnlng meetlug at Redmond. Communities dosirous of hearing Ii i in during the day are naked to notify Mr. Ovorturf. BEND SEWERS GIVEN ANNUAL CLEANSING Bond's Bowers wore glvon their annual donning todny, and Charles Brown, who wns in chnrge ot tho work, reported Hint sticks, rocks and othor material tondlng to clog up the pipes, was being taken out In consid erable quantities. WRONG- (n the navy and will leave J3end next Thursday evening. Some of the last order ot uniforms have not yet been claimed. Those who ordered them must gen them at once. Headquarters are always open Sunday morning. Those wish ing information on drill matters may report at 10 o'clock a. m. Captain Frank Prince, who report ed to Governor Wlthycombe the for mation of the Bend Rifles, has re ceived from the governor the follow ing letter of congratulation: "Mr. Frank R. Prince, Bend. Ore gon. My dear Mr. Prince: Thank you for your good letter of the first, Informing me of the organization of the Bend Rifles, and ot Its purpose. I congratulate you and your fellow members upon the patriotic spirit actuating them in this matter. "While It Is not possible to give any .'official recognition to semi-military organizations of this kind, yet I am sure that they are doing good work in giving preliminary training to men, many of whom probably sub sequently will Join the colors for active service. "With best wishes to you and the Bend Rifles, 1 am sincerely yours. JAMES WITHYCOMBE, Governor." DEFEATED BY A GIRL, JUDGE TAKES POISON (Br Untied PrcM to the Bend Bulletin) ELKHART, Ind., May 5. Judge E."D. Crull, of Montana, defeated for the Republican nomination tor Congress by Miss Jeanette Rankin. Amer ica's first Congresswoman, sat on the Bteps of an undertaking establishment here today nnd drank poison. He is expected to die. Relatives said that he was heart broken over his de feat. S.-H. VS. PRINEVILLE IS TOMORROW'S GAME ltend Nino In Central Oregon I.chruo Will Ploy Jefferson County Ag gregation In Culver. Tho Shevlin-Hlxoii baseball team will continue to hold down the home grounds In the Central Oregon league tomorrow, when It will meet the Prlnevlllo nine at 2:30 o'clock In the afternoon. The Bend team will go to Culver to play the Jofforson coun ty toam In that city. Both Bond teams will be up against unknown quantities In tomorrow's contests, for no comparative scores are avallnble to give a line on the comparative strength of the teams. From last Sunday's results, however. the local aggregations should have Just about the same difficulty or onso, In winning out, for the Jeffer son county victory of 1-0 over Prlne vlllo should Indicates that the two teams are practically equal. GKKMA.V HOI 'I A MKT BRI.N'OH IM)W.V HORNKTM NKHT IS Bl'H HI A.N CAPITAL AMH'ABLK AD Jl'HTMKNT RKAI'HKD BY THK I'ROVIHIONAL OOVKR.VME.NT. (Br United Prat to the Bnd Balktln) PETROGRAD, May 6. Crowds of soldiers and' citizens attacked pro German agitators and peace propa gandists In the streets of the capital yesterday, a number of shots were fired, and several were reported to be wounded. The fighting broke out when Nich olas Lenin, Socialist peace advocate, recently arrived from Germany via Switzerland, sought to address the crowds which swarmed through the streets. After two days of muttering, mobs are approaching perilously near the condition of organized rioting at times. The Duma and the provision al government are apparently re established, an all night meeting ap parently ending many differences be tween the Duma and the soldiers and workmens' council. From the headquarters of the army and labor. It was Informally stated that an amicable adjustment had been reached with the Duma. The council's executive committee by a two to one vote approved the gov ernment's pledges. One pledge is reported to announce the reasons behind the provisional government's concessions on May Day, concerning Russia's aims In the war. B.A.A.C.L CLOSE TONIGHT APPLICANTS IS EXCESS OP 600 LIMIT, MAY BE MANY, DE CLARES PRESIDENT OF ATH LETIC ORGANIZATION. When the membership lists of the Bend Amateur Athletic club close at 10 o'clock this evening, a large waiting list may be found in addition to the 500 limit. Is the belief of Carl Johnson, president of the organiza tion. In case the waiting list is ex cessively large, it is possible that the individuals comprising it may be tak en into the club Instead ot forcing them to wait for the reopening of the books for new members. Involv ing a year's delay. A small waiting list, however, will be held over. Applications were pouring In all day today, and will be received by any of the Bend stores this evening until two hours before midnight. RED CROSS SELECTS BOARD OF DIRECTORS Thirty-two Representative Men and Women From Three Central Ore gon Counties are Chostcn. The board of directors for the Bend chapter of the American Red Cross society has been appointed by the executive committee, and in cludes members from Deschutes, Jef ferson and Crook counties. They are as follows: Rev. H. C. Hartranft, Rev. W. C. Stewart, Rev. J. L. Perlnger, Father Luke Sheehan, T. H. Foley, T. A. McCann, R. W. Sawyer, W. D. Barnes, Clyde McKay, Dr. fi. Ferrell. Mrs. H. K. Brooks, Mrs. A. Myers, Mrs. C. S. Hudson, Mrs. J, D. Davidson, Mrs. R. C. Cunningham, Mrs. W. C. Bird sal), Mrs. E. D. Wilson, Mrs. R. D. Miles, Mrs. Knute Nelson, Bend; J. H. Upton, Mrs. H. P. Belknap, Prinevllle; Dr. J. F. Hosch, Miss Francis Dunn, Redmond; Lewis Irv ing, Miss Mary Harrison, Madras; Mrs. W. P. Myers, Culver; Mrs. F. N. Wallace, Tumalo; J. P. Duckett, Sisters; N. A. Burdlck, Metollus; Mrs. E. L. Clark, La Pine; Mrs. W. M. Wilson, Powell Butte; Mrs. Ros coe Howard, Deschutes. MISSOULA BOY NOW ON WAY TO FRANCE (By United Prea to the Bend Bulletin) MISSOULA, Mant., May 6. Bruce Hopper, a former student In the Mon tana State university. Is on his way to the battletront In France today to fight under the Stars and Stripes. He has been In attendance at Hurvard for the last year. Hopper will Join the Red Cross ambulance service which Is attached to the American Flying squadron. s WOMAN BRANDS ROAD BILL IMMORAL. Carpenter and Contractrnn of Bend Iteach Amicable Undemanding Farmers' Market Quentlon to Be Investigated. That the $6,000,000 road bond Is sue, to be voted on by the people ot Oregon at special election June 4, Is an Immoral piece of legislation, de serving of defeat, was the declara tion made last night by Mrs. Ensor Wlgmore, of the Farmers' Union, speaking at the open meeting of the Bend Labor, Trades, and Farm Coun cil, held at the Labor Temple. Union delegates, representing practically every line of skilled work In the city, declared themselves against the bond Issue, at the close ot her ad dress. Mrs. Wlgmore, In attacking the bond Issue, declared that it Is a child ot the paving trust, and urged that Oregon be content with poor roads for the next three years, until the Warren patents run out In 1920. She asserted that the bill had been Jam med through the legislature In the last 24 hours of the session, and that Its backers would have held up sev eral Important measures, bad it not been passed. Voices Farm Opposition. She contended that the allowing of only 24 hours for a measure so man ifestly Important was immoral, that the lobbyist tactics of the paring trust were Immoral, that the appoint' ment of S. Benson, connected, she said, with the paving trust,' to the State Highway commission, was im moral, and that a decisive vote should , be polled against the measure be cause of the. immorality which per meated it from start to finish. 'She explained that the bill had been rushed through because the farmers had been previously sounded and had declared against it, and 'that the farm Influence alone was responsible for the bill being referred for a pop ular Tote. Journeyman Contracts Taboo. Carpenters and contractors of Bend arrived at a thorough under standing at the opening of the meet ing, when the contractors agreed to employ union labor at union hoars and union prices, while the union men in their turn, pledged them selves to abstain from Journeymen contracting, and to obtain all work I through the contractors. A heavy line. It was announced, will be levied against any member violating the rule. The matter of the carpenters' strike at the Pilot Butte Inn garage was not discussed. , Farmers' Market Issue. County Agriculturalist Blanchard was called on for an address, and explained the reasons for the nation wide food shortage, suggesting that a farmers' market in Bend might be a means of combating this condition. A general discussion of the question ensued, and It was decided to go further into the matter at a meeting to be held next Friday night, when the advisability ot the market, as a co-operative proposition will prob ably be decided on. y FRENCH REPULSE ATT EM ITS TO RETAKE POSITIONS DEAD LOCK PREVAILS OX THE BRIT ISH FRONT. (By United Frew to the Bend Bulletin) PARIS, May 5. Germany is pour ing fresh divisions Into the desperate battle which Is raging on the Sols-sons-Rhelms front, in a determined attempt to stop French advance and to retake positions recently captured by General Nlvelle. Four new German divisions, num bering 160.000 men, are now fight ing. Violent counter attacks by the Teutons have been repulsed. DEADLOCK CONTINUES. LONDON, May 6. Roports from General Halg today Indicated a con tinuance ot the deadlock In the battle ot Arras. Three German counter at tacks were repufked after fierce fight ing. British progress In the vicinity of Fresnoy was reported GERMAN SENDS DIVISIONS
