THE BEND BULLETIN
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DAILY EDITION
1IKND, UKHOIIUTKM COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 7, 1017
VOL. II.
no. a
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IN JUDGEMENT
DECISION IS GIVEN BY
JUDGE DUFFY.
rt,Mn ' Wurnuilo ProreedlngK jtl uil
'kiiiI Two I'rlm-lpiil I'oIiiIn III
I lu Cm HiIIIimI After
Vciir of Argument.
Removing nil (limlit cast liy quo
sv.irrunto proceedings brought In the
iinmo of (inn K. Sludlg, of Lower
Iktdgn, n to tliu right of Doschutos
county to truiiHiict Inmlni'im u a mu-utr-lpnl
corporation, Circuit Judge T.
K. J. Huffy Into yesterday afternoon
handed down an opinion favoring
jth'.n county In lh two remaining dis
puted point In tho nmo. Judge Duf
fy'l opinion rocugnlioH tlio legisla
tive ui'l creating -1iuIob county
.and holdi that a number of tho ques
tions rained by N. ' 0. Wallace, of
Prinnvllln, counsel for tlio nnll-dlvls-t..nlln.
could have been adjudicated
In tint previous ease of McKay versus
Cimniy Clerk Itrown.
r Pending Your.
Tlio cono linn bnnn ponding almost
a year, null being filed on December
20, I9H. only olghl day after Judg
ment lind been secured on tlio Me-K.iy-lirown
ruse. An earlier ilnelalon,
'vv.n pri'veiiled by a series of motion
and demurrer, which delayed action.
.At the limn tlio matter first camo up
llireo attorneys, Wlllard Wlru. M. It.
Elliott and Mr. Wallace, represented
h Crook county lido and II. H. On
.Armond mid Vernon. A. Forbes. Dos
vhufos. The lattnr part of Dm flKht
:tun been kept up principally by Mr.
Forbes, Mr. Do Armond and Mr. Wal
lu,n, tbn two other rrlnevllle men
Imvliig withdrawn from the case.
Prcvlniiw Dccbdon Vplicld.
Final arsumenta on the two prin
cipal point left undecided wora
heard Inst week In I'rlnevllle by
J n.l no Duffy, counael nialntulnluR
that tlio legislative act punned by the
ricKlnlnturo at Ha last session valldat
1 n K Deschutes county ban and estops
jny oim.v.'om questioning the valid
ity of lla organization. Tho other
point waa that tho case of McKay
versus Drown, on which judgment
waa ' rendered December 12. 1916.
Intra and estops fho plaintiff from
maintaining any action ut thla time,
the claim belli k mado thut all quos
tlons In thla caao could have been
litigated In tho provloui one. .
ENEMY SUSTAIN
HEAVY LOSSES
VXSAh GERMAN ATTACK K.X
PECTED SOON ATTEMPT TO
HREAIC imiTIHH LINK AUK
KHIITI.KHH.
Hy William rhllllp HhniiiM,
(Unltnl I'rouBtitff CorrnpoiKlcnt.) . '
nillTIHH HEADQUARTERS, Dec
7, aormnny's blggost and porltnpa
Xlnnl oltne.k Is oxpoctod soon by the
llrltlBh. lonornl Dyng has returned
from Botcrlon as a precautionary
raonsuro and tho Drltlah nro now
massing their roanrves and preparing
to withstand a torrlflc aaaault. .With
Russia out of tho war, Gormnny has
:heon onnblod to shirt lnrgo numbora
ml troopa to Franoo.
Morn tlmn two tlioiiHnnd Gormnns
wcro klllod this morning In two vio
lent, but fruitless, nttompta to hronk
tho nrllsh lines around Vial wood.
Twonly-flvo snparato Gorman divis
ions havo boon Identified, Indicating
that 375,000 aornmn troopB uro now
massed for tho attack, '
TWO ATTACKS HKI'llKI), '
PARIS, Doe. 7 Tho ropuluo of two
German attacks following violent
linmhardmont around Ilozonvnux and
, Jlmnont, wns officially roportod to
day. Aotlvo nrtlllory flro Is roportod
In the Ilhoiio-Rhlne canal region.
ou
If FAVORED
Salesmen Collect
Spare Quarters To
Buy Thrift Stamps
"DnnH spend your (luurtera
for anything but thrift stumps,"
Is Ilia new nio llo a grout muny
of till) traveling sulesinen coin-
lug Into Hem! have udnptcd.
Nearly every duy several visit
tho postofflce to add a sticker
to their thrift books, one mull
even going through his pockets
mill bringing forth seven quur-
tors, which be Immedlutely In-
vested.
To Mrs. K. Thordurson goes
tho distinction of having pur-
cliiiHiid Hi ii first 'threo war cer-
tlflenin stamps and to Corporal
llarvny for buying the first war
savings slump. All of tbn em-
ployes of lint post office were
also early In beginning tholr
savings.
A man Is expected here soon
to campulgu for the purchase of
the stamps. Ho fur $25 worth
huvo been sold In llend. It Is
estimated by tho government
that every mun, woman and
child will need to purchase
ftfl.no worth during the coming
year to finance ihu war.
COUNTY COURT
DKKCHCTKH TO-HAIKU NKAItl.Y
120,000 I OH HCIIOOIA HTATi:
AND ('OINTV TAX MII.I.AUK
WILL UK AIUILT lit !4.
' COl'.NTV TAXKS.
Schools 121.700 3.9
Stale . 26.500 4.5
Library H00 0.1
General County 71.000 I3.'
Total 21.6
Tho Deschutes county tax for tho
couilikx year will be somowhero In tho
neighborhood of 21 M mills, tho exact
amount In mills and tenths of mills
remaining to ha determined by Coun
ty Aasoasor Mullarkey on tho bnsls of
tho county valuation and the total
lax to bo raised. In dollnrs nnd cents,
as reported to the ansessor, the
amount $118,600, which Is sprcud
over. the whole county. In
addition $1000 la to bo rnlsed In the
achools districts outaldo 1ho Kedmond
union and the Ho ml districts for tho
payment of high school tuition charg
es for pupils from those outside dis
tricts. Tho decision as to the amount of
tho tax was reach od by the county
court at Its budgot mooting yesterday
after a gonorul discussion, partici
pated In "by tho few taxpayers pres
ent. No objections wore mado to any
of tlio budget Items as being either
too high or too low, except In tho
cobo of tho appropriation for roads.
This tho court was asked to make
Inrgor through tho addition of $4100
to tlio item "Miscellaneous."
As if Inally agreed upon tho tax will
ra'jBO pradtlaally tho amount esti
mated by tho budigot to be needod,
the dlfforonco bolng expected to be
more thnn takon euro of by rovnnuo
not estimated on whon the budget
wns mado. This new rovonuo, which
Is oxpoctod to come in payments from
Crook county, will also bo sufficient
to supply extra funds for rond work
If desired.
Othor buslneas attonded to yester
day waB tho consideration of bills.
ENTERTAINMENT IS
FINANCIAL SUCCESS
Estimates place the financial re
turns on the Tlmberworkors' union
dance hold Wednesday night nt the
Hippodrome In tho neighborhood of
$400. Tho chief foature of tho oven
ing wns the auction of a largo num
ber of bundles of merchandise of var
ious sorts, which wore sold before
thny wore opened. A largo crowd at
tended the dnncn and onjoyed the
muslo by a flve-ploco'' orchestra.
Mombors of the dlfforont unions act
od as a floor oommittoe. -
ACTS ON
TRANSFER
INVESTIGATED
FEDERAL AGENT WILL
VISIT BEND.
A. It. DiivIcm, Itepn-M'iitlng tlio Cur
Hn-vli e Itumiu of imimllteo of
'.Vulliiiiiil Ilefeiiwf Suw In I'ort
liinil KlmlyliiK Kltuiilloii.
( Portland Telegram.)
rOHTl.AND. Dec. 6. Today the
loal or the 400 box cars ordered by
tlio rullvmds' war board at Washing
ton to bo delivered by the Spokane,
I'ortlund & Seattle railway system to
tho Southern Pacific will have been
delivered. The diversion has been
going ou st the rate of 26 cars dully
for tho relief of shippers In Western
Oregon along the Southern Pacific
lines. Particularly In the lower Co
lumbia river district and In Central
Oregon lumber producers complained
of tho burdensome results of the car
diversion order, declared to have been
made without due Investigation of
conditions atrectlng transportation of
lumber for war needs from points
outside of the Wlllumette valley.
Immediately upon Issuance of the
order for relief of lumber shippers
on the Southern Puclfic November 19.
executives of the 8. P. & 8. system
wired a request to Washington that
an Investigator bo detailed to look
Into the sltuution hero' with a view
to having the edict withdrawn. Not
until yesterday morning did tho In
vestigator arrive In Portland. He is
A. II. Davles. representing the car
service bureau of the American Itail-w.-y
assorlntlr.i' tvmmltlec on na
tional defense. After conferring with
local railway operating officials and
lumber producers lie will fumillarle
i
himself with the shipping problems
of Astorlu, Ueud and Willamette val
ley producers, returning to this city
befora going back to Washington.
; It Is known that-iiivesttgatcr-nnw
les has been mado acquainted with
the fact that although the car diver
sion was mado at tho instunce of the
Willamette Valley Lumbermen's as
sociation mills in the association have
not received tho full benefit of the
supply of cars for loading. - Many of
tho cars 'loaned" to tho Southern Pa
cific are alleged to have been loaded
to carry commodities other than lum
ber and also matorlal not essential to
tho prosecution of tho war to Cali
fornia instead of moving war lumber
eastward. Southern Pacific officials
admit tho allegation and cite a tele
gruphlc authority from Washington
to exercise d'.scrctlou In distribution
of tho cars.
Officials of the S. P. & S. sny they
have no fear that after Mr. Davles
has completed his investigations the
troublesome order, which has gono
into tho records as "Plaster 415,"
will bo re-applied at the expenso of
Its shippers for the Southern Pacific,
whoso car shortage Is more acute
than that of Its competitor in the
Willamette valley.
ROUMANIANS MAY
ARRANGE ARMISTICE
Generals Agree- to Stop HKlitlntf On
slip lliisslnn Fronts Country
Is Desperate.
(ny United Pku toTh Bnd Bulletin.)
PARIS, Dec. 7. M. Flureadcau,
vice president of the Roumanian
chamber of deputies, announced here
this afternoon thut Roumanian gon
orals had agreed to an armistice on
the Russian fronts. Ho declared the
It'ottnianlun premier Informed tho al
lies that the country's situation is
desperate 1 '
ACTION IS rOSTIOXKDv
' JAflSY, Dec. 7 Roumanian troops
are rejecting attempts of enemy
troops to fratornlze, and action has
beo:i postponed on Russian and Gor
man armlstlco negotiations, It is of
ficially stated.
ARMISTICE WITHOUT
MAIN PROVISION
(Ilr Unltod Pram to Tht Dond Bulletin.)
PETROQRAD, Doo. ,7. In tho
nowspnper Pravda, the Russian-German
armistice has beon printed. It
contains no stipulation that Germany
must not use her troops now on the
Russian front against the allies, al
though Trotsky announced that he
would not consider an armistice with
out such a provision.
MAIL
DELVERY
IS
FAVORABLE ACTION IS
PREDICTED.
I'lttul Inspector Arranges ftuutc
Tho Curriers I'robubly Needed
Numbers Muxt lte On All
Houses ThrouKliout Clly.
fclly mall dclivory will very prob
ably becomo a certainty In Bend, de
spite tho failure of residents to place
on their houses the required num
bers. This was tho statement made
this morning by Postal Inspector C.
W. Llnebaugh, who Is igolng over the
carrier routes In order to systematize
them and ascertain bow many deliv
ery men will be needed.
It has been estimated that 33 per
cent of the houses are still minus
their proper means of indentiflcation
but with the matter called to the at
tention of the city council ihH may be
remedied. No one who has not pro
cured a house number when delivery
service Is Installed may receive mail
ut his house. Through this ruling it
is hoped to force residents to comply
with the regulation. No mall service
u-IM Itn nut In n-nsl rtt t a rlvos nn
account of an insufficient number of
sidewalks.
Mull Itoxes Required.
Another requirement, as soon as it
is announced that the service will be
j established, is the placing of mail re
ceptaclcs at 85 per cent of the houses
and offices. In some cases, such a
In stores, It will only be necessary to
jhuve some sort of a box Just inside
the door or a letter drop In the door.
Mail will not be delivered at houses
j 75 or 100 feet from tho sidewalk
unless a mail box Is erected near the
walk.
"Tho town ts an extremely difficult
one to arrange for delivery because
1 tlio houses are. so scattered and the
I streets Irregular," said Mr. Line-.
jbaugh. "I find that the .required
I amount of sidewalk has been laid and
j Hint possibly two carriers can cover
the town easily. This will mean one
delivery a day, as there is no need
for two, even in the business district,
Ion account of the mail all being on
'hand each morning. Carriers will
leave the postofflce as soon as the
morning mail is sorted and will cover
the down town district. Visits will be
mado to second floor offices as vell
as those on the ground. The carriers
will put In an eight-hour day and
j their territory will be divided Into
I four routes."
Muy Act Before March.
Mr. Llnebaugh does not advise that
people procure mall boxes until the
mutter has been definitely decided
upon. The house numbers are the
only Immediate necessity. Action is
lookd for by postal authorities before
next Mijrch when tho lease on the
present post office expires. Should
tho (government pass favorably upon
the Inspector's report there will prob
ably be a difference In the required
post office equipment. It is estimated
that at least 300 boxes would be
given up,
FINE MULES SENT
BY GOVERNMENT
Central Oregon Country Hus Shipped
Tivolvo Curlomls During the
11)17 Season.
Threo cars of fine mules were Bhlp
ped from Bend Wednesday by gov
ernment buyers. This will bring this
Benson's shipments up t,o about 12
cars averaging 22 to 25 hoad each.
an unusual number for a country
which Is generally thought to have
very few. Burley Kidwell and John
Campbell, government buyers, have
collected the mules in small n.iimbers
from the country all the way from
Paulina to Silver Lake and Bent them
to Memphis, Tennessee, from which
place it Is very probablo they will be
moved to Franco,
MANY ITALIANS ARE
TAKEN BY GERMANS
(By United ProM to Th Bend Bulletin.)
BERLIN, Dec. 7. Monte Slsemo
and 4000 more Italians were capturod
today by the Germans, It was an
nounced today. Italian prisoners
captured Blnce the now drive started,
now total 15,000, 1
OS
Local Woman Has
Two Brothers In
Devastated City
At least one woman In Bend
Is deeply concerned in the news
from the disaster at Halifax,
Nova Scotia. Mrs. W. H. Bur
ton has two brothers residing in
the city and a number of cous
ins. One of the brothers was
stationed on a harbor patrol
boat and in all probabilities was
close to the scene of the acci
dent. Mrs. Burton has received no
word from her relatives and has
not deemed it wise to attempt
to get a message through to
them on account of the confus
ion resulting from the accident.
Six years ago she visited her
old home In Halifax, where she
had lived for 15 years.
I'RKSIDKXT WILSON SIGNS RKSO-
IXTION LATK THIS APTKR-
NOON" ONLY ONE DISSENTING
VOTE IN CONGRESS.
(By United PreM to The Bend Bulletin.)
AVASH I NGTON, I). C, Dec. 7.
The President signed the declaration
of war with Austria late this after-
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 7.
With but one dissenting vote the Sen
ate and House of Representatives
passed the resolution declaring war
against Austria. The report of the
Senate committee favoring the reso
lution clearly indicated that Ameri
can troops may soon be fighting in
Italy. ,
Senator La Follette, who beard the
debate, left before the vote waa tak
en. He announced later that be was
absent under misapprehension and
would have voted for the resolution
if the Senate had embodied In it the
amendment he contemplated. Con
gressman London, a socialist repre
sentative, was the only man in the
Hous9 to vote against it.
Stone, Hitchcock and Lodge de
livered stirring war addresses. Dis
cussion occupied more than an hour
and after passage, the resolution was
Immediately sent to the House.
Congressional action showed an
unexpected disappearance of senti
ment for pacifism. Congressman
Rankin and others who voiea against
the war with Germany, passed favor
ably on the resolution this afternoon.
CAMP LEWIS REJECTS
ONE-EIGHTH OF MEN
Lcul Exemption Boards Send In
Muny Recruits Who Are
Physically Unfit.
(By United Prea to The Bend Bulletin.) .
CAiMP LEWIS. Tacoma. Dec. 7.
On an average, one man out of eight
sent here by local exemption boards
have been rejected by army phys
icians and sent back home, according
to figures available here today.
A total of 6256 men failed to meet
the strict army mental and physical
tests. In each case, army physicians
will send rejection papers showing
the cause of rejection to the local
boards. Physicians are expected to
study these rejection papers care
fully so Tim t the number of men sent
back home in the second draft will
not be as great.
Wholesale rejections of men hero
caused army physicians much extra
work and added greatly to the ex
pense of maintaining the camp, In
addition to causing 6000 men great
inconvenience. , '
LEGAL ADVISORS
PREPARE FOR DRAFT
Formal notifications containing
full Instructions have been received
by the legal advisory board which
will serve on the next draft. . Rev.
H. C. lHartranft, Vernon A. Forbes
and C. S. Benson will take up their
duties on December 15 as soon as the
questionnaires have been mailed. In
all probability the circuit court room
will be used as headquarters.
WR
AUSTRIA
CITY IS PICTURE
OE DESOL
HALIFAX DEAD PLACED
AROUND 2500.
Ice Storm Adds to Suffering Doctor
and Nurses Not Sufficient to
Cure For Injured Police
Round I'p Children. .
(By United PreM to The Bend Bulletin.)
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia. Dec, 7.
Officials have conservatively esti
mated that 2500 residents' ot thla
city were killed yesterday when the
French munitions ship, Mont Blanc,
exploded in the harbor near Rich
mond. At least two and one-half
square miles of this city were com
pletely destroyed.
The limited number of doctors and
nurses available have been unable to
care for the thousands ot injured.
Hundreds of persons are roaming the
streets In a dazed condition while
others wander about pawing through
the wreckage hunting relatives.
Freezing cold and a heavy snow
storm are Increasing the suffering of
homeless thousands here today. Fire,
believed to have been extinguished
last night, broke out again this morn
ing. Corpses were-found frozen stiff
in -horrible grotesque attitudes.
Scores are injured or dying.
Today the police are attempting to
round up the children who are wan
dering through the wreckage, weep
ing bitterly. m
Conditions are even worse in Dart
mouth across the bay than here.
Armed guards patrol the most dam
aged sections, and the dockyard mag
azine has been flooded to prevent
more explosions. Canadian soldiers
and American sailors are hunting the
wounded and dead.
Trainloads of supplies, doctors and
nurses are arriving hourly.
Officials said late this afternoon
that the death list might not be as
large as at first expected. There la
a possibility that the total numher of
deaths will not exceed 1500. In one
section of a ruined hospital 3 bodies
were found. Only three children es
caped from the scores in the Protes
tant orphanage, and more than 30
women were found bunied in the
ruins ot oneprint shop.
NO ONE REGISTERED FOR DRAFT
TO BE TAKEN AFTER DECEM
BER 15 IN ARMY, RILES PRO
VOST MARSHAL GENERAL.
PORTLAND. Or., Dec. 7. (Spec
ial.) Up to December, but no later,
any man registered under the draft
who Is not already in the -military
service or needed to fill a vacancy
in the first draft quota, may enlist
as a volunteer In the army, navy, or
marine corps.
After December 15 no man of draft
age will -be accepted as a volunteer in
any branch of the army service. .
While voluntary enlistments in the
navy and marine corps will still be
permitted after December 15, they
can be made only if a man is able
to produce a certificate from his
local board showing him to be so tar
down the list that he would not bee
taken on the current draft.
But up to December 15, any reg
istrant may volunteer. A special rul
ing to this effect has just been made
by the provost marshal igeneral.
This ruling Includes even men who
have been called up for physical ex
amination by their local boards, bat
have not yet been Inducted ino the
army. In order to keep the state's
quota filled on the first draft, a
good many more men were called up '
for physical examination than -were
actually needed. Now they can vol
unteer up to Decembor 15.
All such men must obtain front
his local board a certificate that he
will not be needed to fill any deterred
percentages ot the first draft quota
of that board. ThtB certificate must
be presented to the recruiting of
AT
TIME IS SHORT
FOR ENLISTMENT