THE BEND BULLETIN
THH
IWIn Tonight and Tomorrow.
VOL. 1
MCNI, DKMCHUTKH COUNTY, OR1CUON, WEDNKHDAY AFTERNOON. DECEMBER fl, IBIT
NO. 80S
DAILY EDITION
HOUSE TO VOTE
OIJ DECLARATION
FLOOD FATHERS WAR
RESOLUTION.
tj
luvoruhle Return Aro Expected
Americana May Aid Italian
In Fighting Anlnt the
Austrian Navy.
( II, l)nlll Pre to Tlx lUnd llull.lln.)
WASHINGTON, I). ('.., Doe. 5.
t'hulrmuil Flood, of tho JIouo For
eign Affair committee, Introduced
th administration resolution toduy
declaring ! of war to Mini h
tweun tho United Hlaet and Austria
from noon toduy.
Tim roolutlon empower Pres
ident to una tlin nntlro naval and mil
itary forma of tho united 8lut. and
kill government reourco In flKhtliiK
the Austrian.
Tim Foreign Affair committee for--mully
approved the resolution thla uf
Ternonn. and tho llmian la expected to
i-'tturn a fuvorablo vole tomorrow.
The Senate will receive the resolu
tion win' ii It rccmi vi-nin tiitnnrriiw,
nml passage la deemed rcrliiln.
Military men dm lw.ru Unit war
uitnliiitt Austria will not muirlally
huiMtn America' war plana. The
American navy may aid Italy In the
Adriatic scu.
DEATH OVERTAKES
v MRS. WARD II. COBLE
l'liii.ynl Held III Portland Toduy
Heart Failure- ome After
Long llliic.
After a prolonged lllnen of evnral
mouth. Mra. Ward II. Coble uc-
limbed to heart failure at 4 o'i'loc-k
yesterday afternoon. She waa burled
today In Portland.
Tho deceased waa fornmrly Mian
Alice Tumor, a daughter of Mr. und
George. H. Turner, of I'ortliinil.
und wife of tho manager of tho Lib
erty Theatre. Ilcforo her marriage
two year ago last April. she had h'n
head of the children's department In
the Spokane pulillc library and ni
Identified with ninny of th llbniry
Interest. Kim moved to Portland
):iler and resided there n year, coming
to lioiul In 1915.
Since Iii8t Jumi Mra. Coble linn linen
very III and three minilha ago went to
Portland to n hiispllul. where tin op
eration waa performed. She never
rnmplotnly recovered from thla and
gradually lost nil tif her strength,
riho la aurvlved by her ItUMlmiid. Ward
II. Coble, Imr pnrenta. .Mr. and Mra.
ienrKO Tumor, n brother In Kpnknno
Mid two alatnra, Mra. II. Ilenaon, of
Minneapolis, und Mra. Tlimey, of Den
ver. Mra. Cohlo waa 2D yearB of ngo.
AUSTRIA'S TERMS
FOR PEACE GIVEN
I By United rrcim In The llrml Bulletin.)
PARIS, Dec. 5. Information re
ceived today In n Zurich dlapnteli do
clnred that Premier Cuornln, of Aus
tria, him announced Hint Austria's
pence terms aro bnaed on n roeog
nltlnn of tho national Integrity, eco
nomic liberty, tho complete Independ
ence, of nil niilloiiB Involved In tho
war, mid n Kiiiirantno of tho iiiitlou'n
(reo development.
Bend Births Exceed Deaths
for 1917, Shown by Records
Bond's population Is nut dcBllncd
to suffer a sudden decrease In tho
Immedlnto future, Judging from the
birth records of tho past your, which
ure nenrly twice tho nvorngo for n
town of this size. Tho provorblnl
utork has put In n busy year, his cnlls
up to dnto numborliig 188, nr 80
jnoro than In 1010. Those do not
ven represent tho totnl figures, for
mot over two-thirds of tho birth ovor
reach tho district roconls kopt by
lr. D. Pnrroll. Through neglect
nnny of thorn are never Bent In and
Federal Handeling
of Railways Asked
During World War
(Mr United I'rMn to The ll.nd llull.lln. I
WAHIIINOTON, 1). C, Dec. G.
Representative Haliath, of 1111-
nola, Introduced u reaolutlon to-
day authorizing the Internum
Commerce. Commission to tako
over und operate nil rnada and
coul minim In tlin United Stale
during tho war. Tho commla-
alnn had made a report recom-
mending that tho rnada bo op-
eruicd by tho government dur-
Iiik the war, declaring that audi
a atop would be Mm only aolu-
tlon of tho freight congestion
problem. Hemitor Nnwlanda,
chairman of iho Joint con-
grcsslnuul commltlee Iiivch-
Hunting railway condltlona.
baa a comprelmmilve proKrum
for rullwuy legislation, which In-
cltidcH lendlnK the rnllrnuda aev-
erul billion ilollnra of govern-
mnnt funda for railroad equip-
incut. Senator Newlunda la
anekliiK Prcsidenllul upprovul of
hla plana.
y
BURDENS ILL
FORMER REND MAN WITH IIAII.
WAY ENGINEERS PRAISES THE
ukuiimk ;i i: ititm;
.mi:kk ASS.
Warmth of llm welcome Riven
American aoldlera In Krunce and the
wonderful manner In whlili that
country hnu atood up under the Hlmln
of the prt-aent war lire point em
phaaliced In u letter recently received
by C. V. Sllvl from Captain A. K.
McKeniiell, at nno time a reaideut
of Ilend. AlthoilKll he linn not lived
hero during the punt ten yeara. Cap
tain McKetinett atlll owns a plcvo of
property Juat north of llm Ilend (iar
axe. I.aal aununer he vtaltcd here
Juat previous to leaving for Krunce.
Tho writer suya In hla letter: "I
left the Culled Statea from New Yolk
Annum 0, ii nd after a trip of more or
ten excitement, landed aafely In ICiik
Innd. Wo remained there for a few
day, vltilted London and other point
ind finally creased to I'rnnce. Wo are
now located comfortably n nmald
orablo dlatnnco back from the front
und are ununited In a hum's size Job,
the nature of which I cannot ilbicluse.
If It were not for the rain and mud,
life would lie fairly plcusniitr and
even na It Is, -you. would have to look
fur tor a dlssntlsfiod mnn.
"Condition hero are, of course,
much different than wo uro'useil to,
but considering the three yeara of
terrible conflict thla country has un
dergone, I wonder Unit they mo not
worao. Men nro senrco und . women
In black, plentiful. Theso und crip
pled and mitlmod soldiers aro the
prlnlcpnl evidences of France's bravo
struggle.
"Franco bus enlended n warm wel
come to us und the pooplo seem ready
to accept our aid with appreciation.
Whllo lit present tho war Is not es
pecially encouraging to us, there Is
only one possible end, but it may
take long, nml I trust tho people nl
homo will not fall us In tholr part of
the battle."
a grout many nro months In arriving.
Tho number of deaths Is not above
tho nvorngo iilthoiigh It Incrensed
from 44 last your to 64 in 1917. The
cntiso of tho denths wore varied, tho
lnrgost number being those, of chil
dren suffering with cntorltlB or en-toro-collltls.
Practically every com
mon disease, With tho excoptlon of
diphtheria, Ih recorded on the list of
fiilnlltles.
"Horn! Is not exnetly whnt yon
would call a health resort," said I)r.
FRENCH
(Continued ou pugs 2)
FEW GASES OF
FEVER IN CITY
$176 PAID QUARANTINE
GUARDS.
City Council Amend Pool Hull Ordi
nanceOrder flood Improve
ment and Considers petition
to Change Traffic Law.
Only four case of scarlet fevsr are
now reported In Ilend. although 14
were under surveillance during the
month Just passed, according to the
report given by Chief of Police L. A.
W. Nixon ut the regulur monthly
meet lily meeting of the city council
lust night. The sum of 17fi was ex
pended In paying quarantine guard',
while fumigation expenses would
bring the total to morn than $200.
Chief Nixon's report emphasized
the importance of taking belter care
of city flrn-f '-xhtiiiK apparatus, and
In particular ho recommended the
construction of a tower on which hose
could be dried, liolh the matter of
purchasing tho electric fire siren
brought here by the Hend Water,
Light & Power Co. and the consid
eration of the $25,000 city budget
were left to committees, with the pos
sibility thut a special election may be
called on the latter Issue us the tax
levy will probably be III excess of the
hIx per cent Increase allowed by state
law.
PimiI Hull Age IUilM-d.
A radical departure from previous
lawn governing the conduct of minors
wa the amendment to an ordinance
nlrendy existing raising the age limit
for boys allowed In pool halls from
18 to 21. "With 21 years the min
imum age," Chief of Police Nixon de
clared, "you can either muke the boy
show his registration card, or he cer
tain that he I too young to be hang
ing around the card tables. Up to
now, wo have hBd a three year gap
which made possible all 'orta of
evasions."
In tho Intercut of the Newport ave
nue Improvement work, A. J. Kroen
erl appeared before tho council, de
claring that $350 was needed to com
plete tho improvement, and that of
this sum, ho could furnish $100. The
council appropriated the balance.
Truffle Amendment Asked.
War tlmo economy was noted In a
petition signed by a majority of auto
owners In Ilend, asking for an amend
ment to the traffic ordinance provid
ing for the Illumination of curs after
dark. The petition stated that cars
parked near the cluster lights on the
main Btreets of tho city do not need
the tall lights turned on. City At
torney Benson was instructed to pre-
paro nil ordinance to cover this point.
to be presented at the next council
meeting.
A letter from Postmaster Henry P.
Ford referred to tho need of number
ing houses lu order to secure. a city
mull delivery, and the matter was
referred to the streets committee with
power to net. The streets committee
wus also Instructed to proceed at
once with tho Blruighlcnlng of Fir
avenue.
An order was Issued to Miss M. E.
Coleman, city treasurer, to pay March
warrants, nmountiiiig to $1400.
Petitions for the Installation of
lights nt the Intersection of Delaware
und Hroadwny, and a Hill and Lafay
ette streets, wore granted.
Monthly Hills Allowed. v
City officials in attendance at the
meeting were Mayor S. C. Caldwell,
Recorder H. C. Ellis, City Attorney
C. S. Uenson. City Engineer It. Ii.
Gould, Chief of Police L. A. W. Nix
on, and Cnuncllmcn John Steidl, C.
M. McKay, E. P. Ilrosterhous. A. K.
Edwards, Louis Itennett und C. V.
Sllvis.
Tho following monthly hills were
ordered paid:
Peter Moe, street work $ 1 1.25
C. F. Illnckwell, street work.. 10.50
Hugh O'Kiine, rent 31.50
11. C. Ellis, salary us city re
corder, etc 84.80
M. E. Colemuu, salary ns city
tronsurer, otc 26.50
George E. Murphy, nil to hire 1.00
W. iH. Crawford, street Ini-
provomnnlB 254.20
William A. Harris, Janitor .... 5.00
O. Colbroy, clennup work 32.00
Pond Press, advertising 2.G5
It. 11. Gould, engineering fees 19.50
Owl Pharmacy, fumigation
Biipplles 12.95
Jay Salzmnn, fever patrol .... 105.00
Snther's at ore, blankets 5.40
Ernest Dick, fever gnnrd 38.16
i (Continued on Pago 2.)
Ml
GIVES
T
WILL BE 23 BILLIONS BY
JULY, 1919.
American People Not Hufficiently
jIimumiI to Need For Economy,
Hay Treasury Kecretary Ad
vIm h Agulost .More Taxea.
( llr Unllfd Pra to The Bmi Bulletin. I
WAHIIINOTON, I). C, Dec. 5.
War cost to the end of June, 1919,
exclusive of loan to foreign govern
ment, will reach the enormous total
of more than $23,000,000,000, ac
cording to estimates sent Congress' to
day by Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo.
Ordinary expenditure for the fis
cal year ending June 30, 1918, will
amount to $12,316,295,223. of which
$11,527,709,023 will be fed directly
Into the war machine.
Estimated expense for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1919, mount
upward to $ 1 2.701 .828.980 .out of
which $11,605,889,500 will be for
prosecution of the war.
Must I .earn lo Have.
These staggering figures go side
by sldo with a warning to the nation
that It must awaken to the vast re
sponsibility of the wur, must curtail
Its pleasures and learn the vital les
son of Having.
"Business as usual" Is an impos
sible theory In war, McAdoo declares.
"So fur as I've been able to ob
serve, the American, people are not
sufficiently aroused to the necessity
of economy In this really serious
time."
The secretary counselled Congress
against imposition of additional tax
burdena at the present session of Con
gress unless salo of bonds does not
come up to expectations.
Kecks Kuilroad Itegulution.
He hinted at some form of regula
tion of new capital expenditures and,
apparently referring to railroads,
added:
"It may also become necessary to
concert some constructive measures
through which essential creditB may
be provided for those industries and
enterprises essential to the efficient
and successful conduct of the war.
"Loans actually made to foreign
governments up to November 1, 1917,
total $2,717,200,000, with n total
credit agreed upon of $3,131,400,000.
America's gold monetary stock on
hand November 1 Blood at $3,041,
600.000. an increase of $175,500,000
In the past ten muiilhs.
"Tho grand total of estimated re
ceipts for the fiscal year of 1918 Is
$12,.r.SO,732,S0O."
BANDITS HOLD UP
BANK, GET $10,000
(tlx t!nltot I'rcM to Tie Eemi Bulletin.)
CHICAGO. Dec. 5. Four bandits
lust night held up the Stockmen's
Trust & Savings Hunk, secured
$10,000, und escaped in an automo
bile. E
V. W. LIXKB.VUGH TO MAKE RE
PORT ON PEPA RATIONS FOR
CITY MAIL DELIVERY AND
NEW POSTOKITCE SITE.
Inspection of the preparations for
installing city mull delivery in Bend
aro being made today by Postal In
spector C. W. Llncbuugh, who arrived
hero this morning. According to
Postmaster H. B. Ford, It is very un
likely that n favorable report will be
made on account of the few houses
which liuvo procured numbers, in
spite of all tho warnings igivon. In
cuss ItV. Llnobnugh's report does not
show that the proper requirements
havo boen met with, it will hurdly be
posslblo to secure a second inspection
bofore another year.
Contrary to the statement previously
given out thut thore wore only two
bids sent In on the new postoftlce,
Mr. Llnobaugh says there were three,
tho nnmo of the Inst bidder he ro
fusod to divulge. Ho is looking over
nil three sites and will make rccom
moiidnltons, which will bo passed on
ubout tho first of tho year.
WAR
ECTS
IIL
SE C
Bend Lieutenants
Heartily Praised
by Captain Sfcuse
Declaring that Bend should
be proud of Lieutenants Fred
A. Woelflen and B. A. fltover.
Captain J. C. Skuse, of the U. S.
army, spoke this noon at the
weekly luncheon of the Bend
Commercial club. Captain Skuse
Is a guest here of his brother,
H. W. Skuse. "I had barely
met Mr. Stover," Captain Skuse
said, "but was well enough ac
quainted with Mr. Woelflen to
call him 'Stub.' I wa told after
the examination that he ranked
so high that only bis youth held
him down to a first lieuten
ancy." Captain Skuse endorsed the
work of the Red Cross, declar
ing that it merits the whole
hearted support of everyone.
Leslie K. Crouch, Grand
Chancellor of the Knights of
Pythias, In a brief address, com
mended the Red 'Cross work,
following remarks by R. W.
Sawyer outlining the coming
dollar membership campaign.
Twenty-four hundred member
ship are expected in Deschutes
county, and organization here
will have the school district as
the unit.
TO
STAY IN OFFICE
COMMISSIONER, THOUGHT LOST
AT SKA, RETURNS TO BEND
THIS MORNING WILL ATTEND
COUNTY COURT MEETINGS.
A. L. Mackintosh is "back In Bend.
After the long trip on the Joseph
Pulitzer, the vessel which was
thought lost at sea, the county com
missioner returned this morning to
his home in this chy, where he ex
pects to remain until next February.
Until that time at least he plans to
retain his office as county commis
sioner, since his resignation went as
tray and therefore was not considered
by tho county court.
"It certainly surprised me when I
came back to Portland and found I
was stilt a county commission?r,"
said Mr. Mackintosh. "I didn't con
sider it the proper thing to retain an
office, the business of which I could
not bo present to attend to. How
ever, now I'm back and, for the pres
ent nt least, will attend count;." coirt
meetings."
In speaking of his trip, Mr. Mack
intosh said, "I've been clear around
the Horn and thought I had seen
some rough seas, but they didn't
compare with those off the coast of
Alaska. The west wind was so strong
the last 14 days on the water that we
covered only 140 miles. For a time
the earlier part of the trip our engine
was out of commission on account of
the gule. We sighted two vessels the
entire time and never once reached
a point from which we could see
land."
Next February, Mr. Mackintosh
plans to igo to Alaska, where he Is
Interested in a sheep ranch with Dr.
A. C. Smith, of Portland.
ROUMANIA SEEKS
CESSATION OF WAR
(By United PreM to The Bend Bulletin.)
BERLIN, Dec. 5. The war office
officially announced toduy that Rou
mnnln is negotiating for peace.
MAC
Smokes Mean Much to Army
Men; U. S. Tobacco Required
"Somewhere In France" without a
smoke!
Do you know what It means to a
soldier at the end of a hard day's
work to be without a smoke? ' You
remember how often at home you ran
out of tobacco, but think of your sol
dier frlond at the front what a
smoke would mean to him.
Thousands of our boys are "some
whore In France" without thetr favo
rite smoke. Thoy are fighting for
you. Won't you contribute 25 cents
to supply one of them with a two
T
HUG I
CHANGE LINES
GUNS LOST FIRST TIME
SINCE 1915.
Attack Planned By Ludeudorff, Hay
Director of Operations Both
Flank and Center of Army
Menaced By Teuton.
(Br United Prew to The Bend Bulletin.) .
LONDON, Dec. 6. Director of Op
erations Maurice announced today
that some adjustment of the British,
line in the Cambral sector might be
necessary as the result of German
attacks. He said that the recent at
tacks were the first time since 1915
that Germans had captured British,
guns. The British took 138 German
guns in the Cambral attack alone.
Maurice declared that Russian
troops cooperated with the British in
the Mesopotamian attacks, showing
that some Russians are willing to
fight.
He declared that Quartermaster
General Ludendorff, of the German
army, undoubtedly planned the at
tack on the British in the Cambral
sector.
The Germans attacked simultan
eously on both flanks and in the cen
ter. Both the center and Bourlon
strokes failed completely, but to the
south the Germans succeeded because,
of the surprise nature of the attack,
in breaking the British line to a
depth of 6000 yards, capturing Brit
ish guns.
Maurice stated that he is still con-,
fident that the Italian crisis is past.
ARTILLERY ACTIVE.
LONDON, Dec. 5. General Hatg
reported only mutual artillery tire
today. . - -.
BRITISH FIRE MOWS
DOWN GERMAN RANKS
By William. Phillip Slmms,
(United PreM St&ff Correspondent.)
BRITISH HEADQUARTERS, Dec.
5. British guns smashed great
groups of German soldiers massed for
an attack near Villers before the Ger
mans could launch an assault. Else
where fighting is comparatively quiet
today.
GERMANS CONDUCT
AIR RAID ON NANCY
PARIS, Dec. 5. The Germans con
ducted an air raid over. Nancy,
wounding three peraons, it wag offic
ially stated today. The statement de
clared that only raiding and artillery
combats are being noted along the
French front.
U. S. ENGINEERS ARE
TAKEN BY GERMANS
(By United PreM to The Bend Bulletin.)
AMERICAN FIELD HEADQUAR
TERS, France, Dec. 5. Germans in
the Cambral sector have captured a
few Americans, probably engineers,
according to unofficial word received
from the British front. The report
has not yet been confirmed at Amer
ican headquarters.
RUSSIAN-GERMAN
ARMISTICE BEGUN
(By United PreM to The Bend Bulletin.)
COPENHAGEN, Dec. 5. The of
ficial Russian .telegraph bureau an
nounced today that the German-Russian
armistice has begun. The an
nouncement evidently refers to the.
Pripet-Llpa front, where the exist
ence of a truce was already reported.
weeks' supply of smokes?
By subscribing to The Bend Bul
letin tobacco fund you can help to
make Ufa more endurable for the men
at the front. Arrangements have been
mnde' to secure 45 cents worth of
tobacco tor 25 cents, so that your
two-bit piece has almpst double Ita
normal buying power. In each smok
er's kit sent out Is a return postal
card, so that each individual con
tributing to the tobacco fund will re
ceive a personal acknowledgement di
rect from the trenches.
BRITISH
MP