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DAILY EDITION
4
VOL. I
' RUSS CRISIS
APPROAGHING
A If PY END
COALITION CAHINET TO
HE SOLUTION.
WARFARE1RESUMED
(ii-i-mmi Seek to Lure Mlnv Tinopii 1
.MIiiimI Territory, i'ntlit I'mMdiwo
of Frlendlliuw Hulimii
rliie I'lvvt U Kuny.
I'F.TKOGKAI), May 17. KiiHHln I
'vldoiilly pasted lint crlsl nf a po
Ittli'iil Icknw uiul started on tint
l .mil In cliuvillimcnllctl. Difference
between tho I Hi inn ii il (I thii Holiller
mill Workmen' cumuli nro mulling,
iiikI llio rtiriiiutiou of a rnlilnnt which
will Hiiiiiiiirt nil (in Hoik. Ik lining
i nntlnueil.
Aiinnrmillv llm rrui'lul period III
ih.. illinium between soldier uiul
workmen anil tha Duiiiii lui iiuwumI. !
'l lio foriiiitllnii of a ciiiillllon i-nlilni-U
... . .
-rnuiinmiilliiK tlin lull auppori oi mi
slit" now ai'i'iiia cnrliiln.
The iii'iuilvi! coinuillti'n of the
yoldlnr' mill Workincn'a Council
if.l wlih tho Initnii inlulHtry cmu
lultti'u, mid tiHkcd for a new cabinet
to Ini-liiiln three Hocliil Dimiorrnta
4IU.I thrmi Nullonul HoclullHta.
AliirmliiR report of nunrchy at
VI iillvontok arn officially ilcnlud,
FrnternUliiK hetwuen ItuHalim and
(i. riniin aoldlcr baa atopped aloux
practliully llio eutlro nortliurn front,
ii.'.orilliiK to a Norditud agmiiy dl
pnlcli. All Incldnnt HhowlnR the
IdiMlmui the duplicity of Hie linr
intin la rnporled to huve cauiind the
natlon of frli-nilly rnlntlona.
(icniutn Dupllclly Hlnnvn.
A curtain Ituaalan reKlnient with
utooil all (liirmnn hlandlahmnnta to
enmn out and talk nwillnra over.
Shortly after, the rcKlmnnt'a poal
tlmi wua ovnrwhfllnieil a uaphyxlnt
I iik- ttiiMe. IntniiHo rifle and artillery
t',r. mid a hurricane of hand Kren
nilfB. Wiinili morlara and mine ex
lilniled nearby,
Norilnuil dlKpatchca declared that
Kiina arn rourliiK over the urimtnr
pnrt of the front, and that t hit morale
if the ItuMlmi army la belnx excul
)"ti I ly ninlntnliied. It la reported
that a Itimaliin aubmarlna flotilla
hllctl mid allenced a buttery lit the
llimphoru. InfllctliiK heavy damagea.
AIKJKNTINIA STARTS
NEW WHEAT EMBARGO
' ( lly tlnlto.1 I'reu to the llnl IlulMIn)
IlllKNOrt A1UI08, May 17. Tho
Itovnriinicnt of ArKoutliia announced
tnilny a prohibition ou the export of
wheal. Till la II ho government's
ai'cond embargo. Tho flrat became
i ff.u'llvi) In April and waa aUHponded
In reapoime to the proteata of Great
Ilrltuln mid tho United Htutoa.
31MIM.K ITNIOHAI, HKKVICK ltU
l-OHMDU MIMHTKH TO UKKAT
IIUITAIX ATTKXUKII 1Y I.AIttilC
( ItOWDS IN MOW VOHK.
I
MOW YOHK, May 1 7. Ileprcaent
ntlvea of nil civilized niitiiiiiH, with
tho exception of enemies of the
United HlntcH, pit Id a final tribute
"to the memory of Jiwepli II. Choiilo,
forjnor mlnlater from the United
THtes to tlrcnt Ilrltuln, In a brief
mlnipln funeral Hiirvlcn for the law
yer diplomat, nt St. Hiirtholemow'B
church hero today.
Thoro wore no flownra, mid no anr
mon wua Klven. Tho church wns
packed to tho dooro, and H60 pulrol
mini a ml aomn mniintod nfflcora woro
roiiulroil to handln tlio urowds,
Ammm llio ncllvo pull bnnrerg woro
Mayor John P. Mltchel, J, p, Mor
gan, Di'UIhIi AmhiiHKudor Coeil
r'.priiiK Ulco, and moat of tho mem
bers of tho French war communion
to tho Hulled Stutea.
Iiilormont wbb made at Stook-
V '(irtdifn, Miibb., Ill a Bpnclnl plot on tho
!honto oHluto.
MANY NATIONS
HONOR GHOATE
1IKND,
LHOERS CLASH
ALL PHASES HIT BY
ADAMS AND BROWN.
I'luirui'H of Hllullllile Oriifl In tint
$(1,0(10.(10(1 llonil Imnuii Refuted
I 'Inmirliil Iti'wilinrx Alilili',
Hlljx IIIkIi"")' KMTt.
Two liiinilri.il Hi. ml jiikijiIo will)
IiiiiI previously heard only emu hIiIii
of tlin $i!.noo,OHO run (I lioml i illa
tion, whether pro or con, woro' In
troduced In Urn chief iiiguinonls of
friend unci ti Hi I - of tliu Itlll liiHt
night nt Hi" llliiii(lroinii, when K.
J. Ada m, of tin) Htutn Highway cnm
iiiIkkIoii, uiul J. I). Drown. president
of tlin Ktiilo Furnior'. Union. Intro
duced by Vernon A. Forbes, on
gaged In Joint debute for tlin better
paru of three lioum. Mr. AiluniH
Marled tlio debate, wlilln Mr. Brown
took tliu mlilillii of tlin ili'lmin and tlin
Ioiik 1 1 inn urKiiinnnt, wlillu Mr. Ailunm
concluded with a rlpuil flrn of rld
li'Uln, nurruNin, mid straight rifutu
tlmi liy tlm presentation of fuels,
wlilrli gnvn him all tlin limit of It. if
tin) applause of Hid uilillnuiu In to
tin tuki'ii n m mi Inilli utloii.
Tluil nil t)i In k In K people nrn In
fuvor of good roads, wn tlin bnsl
of tlin HlKliwuy Commission mom-
I"r' opening argument.
(If 45,000
iiiIIck
the alule. aiiuii) 4000 ure
of euoiiKh Importnncn to be nialn
tulued by the Hlnte. he aiiid, while
iipproxliniilely fiTiO mile should lie
haril'Miirfuced, He aketched the de
vulnpinenl of traffic In OrcKim. from
the time of the trapper paiklnn hi
auppllea. to the present date, when
inoior driven traffic, not only for
pluiiaure, but for buHlneaa aa well,
I predomination. Bud declared that
aa inaii-mado road had alway kept
pare with the need of man, ao muat
they continue to do.
I'lnjn I'ntcliM'ork KyMleni.
"The patchwork ayatem of road
Improvement la out of dalo mid In
expensive" ho declared. "For the
main roada we muat have hard aur
faco. The macadam road la behind
the tlmea, for every auto tiro la a
vuVuutn cleaner, aucki all tho duat
and aand from the Interstice of the
crushed rock, and leaves a lumpy.
rutty road. The main roads muat be
Improved by tho atato, then the coun
ties will havo tholr own money to
spend on llio principal aide roads."
Mr. Adam emphasized the point
that unless the 0.000,000 bonds
enrry, tho quarter mill road tax, and
the auto llcenso money will (to to
match federal funds under tho
Hhackleford bill, for tho Improve
ment of post and rorest road for the
next two years, mid leavo atato roads
without aid. The passaKO of the
bond bill automatically releases these
state funds, sewed up by tho llurrett
Ucun bill, he aald.
OetlliiK down to hnrd flRuroa. Mr.
Adiima slated that 11,000,000 of the
bond iHsue would bo spent the first
year. 12,000,000 tho aocond year,
and tho remainder a needed, the
money, with tho exception of 500,
000 which will be spent In nldlnK
Clatsop, Hood Illvor. Columbia and
Jackson county completo difficult
(trades, to bo used exclusively In
hiird-aurfnclng state roads after tho
counties hnvo provided a aultnhlo
hiiae. Ho estimated that 6S0 in I Ins
of such hard surfaco could bo laid
with tho funds provided In tho bond
Ikbiio.
ConI (iocs to AlltOM.
As to tho redeem Intt of tho bonds,
ho declared that on conservative ostl
ninte, tho doubling of tho nuto license
emicted by the lust legislature, would
pny all Interest and principal and
leavo an S, 000, 000 surplus at tlio
end of 20 yonrs. "Tho coBt Is load
od to the owner of tho motor vo
hlelo," Mr. Ailiuns declnrcd, "but
ho hiivob In Urea, wear mid tear on
his own machine, gasoline and sup
plies, nnd tliu iiiiinufiieturer boIIb
fewer enra, tiros, and so on. Tho
cost goes back to tho iniinufaehiior,
and I kucbs It won't hurt him. Kven
If It did not ko back to him, remem
ber that 80 por cent of the unto own
era nro city dwellera, that conse
quently thoy puy directly 80 per rent
of Ihu coat, mid that 100 per cent
of the rnnila nro built In tho country."
I'iiiiiicin' President Npenkx.
Mr. Brown entered briskly Into
his rebuttal, declared Hint his op
ponent had enumerated tho alleged
advantages of tho road bonding bill
so often na to really liollovo thorn,
that Oregon should learn by the ox
perlenco of other Btntos, nnd then
wont, on to mention Now York, with
6000 miles of main highways, which
had cost $100,000,000, and hnd an
nvoragn lifo of four and ono-linlf
you ra.
Ho montlonod tho four counties
HL1AU
mm
(Contlniiod on l'ngo 4.)
DKHC'HUTKH COUNTY, OHKUON, TIM
BRITON AND
I'liulu tiy Aiiii-l-uii J'runtf AiMoclntlun
Wltb tbo Huk of tlirco iintlinin. our own. tli BrltlKli and the French, flylnn
Country nt Mount Vernon, tho ullled coninilKnlonera. Hiilfuiir. Vlvlanl and JofJi
the remain of Wnnlilnirton on the recent i.llLTlinncc tn Mount Vernon
BARBERS
S
NEW SCHEDULE
KII.WKH, TOXICS AXI) MASSAGK.H
ItAIHKI), llOl ltS HYHTKM.ITIZKI)
AM) ;rAKAXTIOi:.S l-'OK KM
1'I.OVKKS PHOVIIKI.
Meeting with their employes last
night, proprietor of llend barbor
hop decided on a new rate card to
keep pace with constantly Increasing
expenses, and fixed uniform hours
and guarantees for their men. The
changes will go Into effect on June 1.
Chief among the Items on tho new
card will bo tho change of the shave
from 15 to 25 cculs. Incorporating
however, the neck ahave, itself a five
cent Item. Any massage will cost
50 cent straight. Instead of ranging
from 35 lo 60 cents, and shampoos
will coat two-bits, or II. according
to the kind. This charge has already
been in effect, but the 'dollar sham
poo has not boon liatod on the cards.
Tho npnllcatlon of tonics will be 15
cents, instead of 10 and 16 cants
as formerly.
For the employes, a $16 a week
guarantee will go Into effect, with a
dally commission of 60 per cent of
business running over $26. For
work on Saturday alone a $5 guar
antee is made.
All shops will open at 7 o'clock in
tho morning and close at 8 o'clock
In the evening, with the exception
of Saturdays and paydays, when the
hours will bo from 7 to10. To pre
vent any possible evasion of this
ruling, It was decided Hint no cur
tains shall be used on the shop win
dows.
MORE ROAD BOOSTERS
ARE COMING TO BEND
Word has beon received by Vernon
A. Forbes Hint Stale Highway Com
mlalnnnr Thompson, Accompanied by
Roy Rltnor, atnto ropresentiitivo from
Umatilla county, and ex-Heprcseutn-
tlvo James Stowart, will arrive in
Rend Mny 23 in tho Interest of the
$6,000,000 mod bond campaign.
Extortionate Fines Levied
During Retreat of Germans
By Henry Wood,
(United Preiw Stuff Corrrion'.lent)
WITH THK FRENCH ARMIES,
Mny 17. Gnrniiiny'B efforts to "Kul-turl.-.e"
the occupied districts of
Franco and Ilolrtimn by tho Introduc
tion of (lorniun "system and orgaiilin
Hoii," reached such n degree Hint
tho civil population wns subjected
to flncB of tho ninBt extortionate
amounts If their watches nnd clocks
did not ngroo to within n few seconds
of tho official tlmo ns established
by tho "Kommnniluteur." .
ICvory now town retaken by the
French nrinlos rovonla fresh facts
regarding tho almost Incredlblo sys
tem employed by the Gormnns to
"Germanize" tho locnl lnhnliitnnts.
Officers hnd tho right to slop nny
civilian on tho Btroet nnd deiunnd
Hint ho show Ills wntch. If the hands
varied even to tho slightest degree
from the "Gerinnn offlclnl tlmo" as
cnrrlod by tho officer, tho unfor
tunnto civilian was honvlly fined.
Offlcera could nlso enter prlvato
houses to look nt clocks. If tho lat
ter did not hnvo enough "Gerninn
systom nnd orgnnlzntlon" In their
ItHOAV AH'KHWKW, MAY IT, 1017
FRANK SALUTE
HARD BLOW DEALT
BIG U. S. INCOMES
BY REVENUE BILL
1 11 UniUnl Pr to The Dallr Hjllrtln) .
WASHINGTON. D. C, May
17. A climax In the dellbcra-
Hon In Congress over the bill
aimed to Increase tho revenues -of
the government, was reached -lute
thin afternoon, when the
House Increased by 25 per cent
all surtaxes on the Increase be
tween $80,000 and $1,000,000,
and put a 45 per cent tax on
the amount by which any In
come exceeds $1,000,000.
Majority Leader Kitchin
read, a statement from the
Treasury Department, showing
that revenue taxes must be in
creased $445,000,000. He de
clared that the government
needs every dollar that can be
raised.
BEAN BILL WILL BE
ON BALLOT, RULING
Circuit Judge Bingham I'phold De
murrer In Injunction Suit to
Hold Out Measure.
(By United PrM to the Benil Bulletin)
PORTLAND, May 17. Circuit
Judge Ceorgo Bingham, of Marlon
county, today upheld the demurrer
to the Injunction suit to keep the
Bean bill oft the ballot. He ruled
that the voters should have an oppor
tunity' to pass on the merits of the
measure.
Au Immediate appeal is planned.
The attack on the bill Is based on
the contention that the legislature
did not legally pass the measure.
Tho bill would put grant lands on
the tax rollB.
PLANS FOR HOSPITAL
ARE GIVEN APPROVAL
Word was received this morning
by Architect Leo A. Thomas that
his plans for the proposed hospital
of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth,
hnve been accepted and that con
struction will be commenced here on
tho building a a soon as arrangements
In rcgnrd to the title for Hip build
ing alto hnve been completed.
meclinnlsm to register the hour as
fixed by tho '.Kommnndateur," the
unfortunate house owner was sub
jected to n fine so severe that It
amounted to confiscation of prop
erty. While the system of fines original
ly was ostensibly for the purposo of
bringing the civil population up to
the Gorman standard of "discipline,
systom and organization," this pre-
i text has now boon completely, aban
doned. '
Forced, ns the Germans now are,
to roalizo that they cannot hold in
definitely tho occupied districts of
Franco nnd Belgium, tho fine sys
tem Is now being used for the open
purpose of extorting the Inst penny
Hint tho civil population possesses
whllo thoy still hnvo It In their power
to enforce the extortion.
At Brussels alone tho fines now
bolng Imposed are declared to amount
to millions oi francs every month.
Homo idea of the nature and
amount of theso fines enn bo secured
from tho following cases In towns
(Continued on pnge 4.)
WASHINGTON
over the tomb of the Father of Our
e. came to .a aalute aa they faced
KICK Ml'ST SIGN VP FOR DRAFT
BY PROXY, AND THOSE OCT
OF CITY WILL HE MADE OB
JECT OF SPECIAL PROVISIONS.
PORTLAND, May 17. (Special.)
Under the plans for taking the
war census tn Oregon, every man
within the scope of the specified ages
of 21 to 30 years. Inclusive, will
be registered on the day soon to be
proclaimed by President Wilson.
It will be Imperative that every
man shall register. If he is sick he
will have to have a friend fill in the
required Information in the regis
tration card before he can receive
his receipt from the registrars (war
census marshals) ; if he believes he
Is exempt, he must register Just the
same and It will be determined later
whether he is exempt; citizen or no
citizen, he must appear at the polls
and fill out the blanks.
Brigadier General George A.
White, adjutant general of Oregon,
working under the direction of Gov
ernor James Withycombe, has put
the machinery to work and his first
request of every man affected by the
census is that he make a careful
study ef the provisions to eliminate
all possible confusion at the polls.
Registering for the war census
should be no more confusing than
casting a vote. The general plan
for gathering the data for the gov
ernment is based on the ballot sys
tem and If every man who Is affected
will make a careful study of the pro
visions. War Census Day will paBS
like clock work.
The man who tries to evade the
provision will face a term in Jail
without the option of paying a fine.
In almost every case throughout
the :tate the census will taken in
the regular polling places used on
election days. The program by which
every man absent from his city or
county may register will be made
public and special arrangements are
being made for the registration of
college students.
BEND HIGH ATHLETE
RECOVERS FOR MEET
Prospects for a successful track
team for the Bend high school were
boosted Inst night when it was an
nounced that Emmett McNeeley, stel
lur sprinter and broad Jumper, who
has been 111 with tonsllltis, has re
covered sufficiently to enter the Cen
tral Oregon meet Saturday. It had
beuit feared that McNeeley's absence
would seriously cripple the local
tenm.
AMERICAN CAPTAIN
VICTIM OF U-BOAT
(By United Press tothe Bend Bulletin) ,
NEW YORK, Mny 17. The Uni
versal Transportation Company,
owners of tho Hilanlan, were advised
today of the submarining of the ves
sel In the Mediterranean. The loss
of four passengers and 18 members
of the crow, including Captain Will
iams, an American citizen, was enum
erated. Tho HUoninn carried provis
ions. According to a cablo received by
tho Fnbre line, tho British Hnrpngus
wns Bubmnrinod off Marseilles on
May 9. No details woro given.
NONE EXEMPTED
FROM REGISTRY
NO. 1S7
10 LEAVE
WILL GET DIPLOMAS ON
MAY 25.
Itev. . C. Htewart Chosen to Deliver
Baccalaureate Hemion Kaon
oiny In Dre Ix Watchword
of the tins of 1017.
Bend high school will graduate the ,
largest class in the history of the
Institution on the evening of Fri
day, May 25, when 12 girls and five
boys now completing the four year
course, will receive their diplomas.
The senior class for each of the last
two years has numbered 12, and from
the size of the lower classes, Princ
ipal Bolt predicts a steady growth
in the number of graduates each
year for the next three years at
least.
Rev. W. C. Stewart, pastor of the
Methodist church, has been chosen
to give the baccalaureate sermon on
Sunday evening. May 20, at the high
schol auditorium. Five evenings
later, also at the auditorium, Dr.
George B. Van Waters, Episcopal
missionary for Central Oregon, will
deliver the commencement address.
The graduation program wilt con
sist in addition, of the presentation
of diplomas, medals and the award
ing of honors, the recipients of the
last two being kept secret until
commencement night. A piano solo
by F. S. Francis, a vocal trio by
Dorothy Miller, Marie Brosterhous.
and Mary Linater, and selections by
the girls' glee club will be other
features of the evening. Other num
bers are still unannounced. The
program is to start promptly at 8:15
o'clock.
. Economy Agreed On.
. Both boys and girls In the class
are doing their part in war economy.
City School Superintendent F. Thor
darson, class advisor, states, and a.
lower cost than the average price
of graduation apparel has been fixed
by the class as the maximum for any
individual in the class to spend for
this purpose.
Members of the class are as fol
lows: Ruth Vandevert, Margaret
Thompson, Evelyn Bedlent, Marie
Brosterhous, Frances Thompson,
Ralph Curtis, Percy Ttevens, Hattle
Dick, Gertrude' Reynolds, Dorothy
Miller. Alex Mersdorf, Mary Llnster,
Lowell Henderson, Rose . Hunnell.
Mae Green. Florence Gilson and Rob-,
ert Fulton.
Several of the boys, it is under
stood, will enlist shortly after grad
uation. Robert Fulton bas already
entered the U. S. navy but wilt be
awarded bis diploma nevertheless.
School in both grades and the high,
school will reach a close on May 25.
STATE GAME WARDEN
TO VISIT IN BEND
To Inspect conditions In the vicin
ity of Bend, Carl D. Shoemaker, state
game warden, will arrive early next
week on an official visit, according
to word received this morning from
Portland.
I
CHEAPER WHEAT ONLY' SOLU
TION, AGREE MASTER BAKERS
IX CONVENTION VSE OF
FIXED PRICE CRITICIZED.
(Br United Press to the Bend Bulletin)
CHICAGO. May 17. "Bread
prices must Increase it the govern
ment does not devise some means
for delivering wheat to tho miller at
a cheaper cost." This wns the con
census of opinion of 200 representa
tives of the largest bakeries of every
state In the uuiou, meoting here to
dny. "The government should set stand
ard loaves, and tho prices should
fluctuate according to supply aud
demand, as do the prices per pound
of meat and sugar," said E. F.
Strain, Baltlo Creek member of the
National Association of Mustor Bak
ers. "If the ccat of flour can be re
duced by the action of boards of
trade to less than $2 a bushel, a
pound of bread can be sold for less
than 10 cents."
President McDonald, of Memphis.
n his opening address declared that
"war bread has not boen proved successful."
HIGH
MS
ADVANCE