THE BEND BULLETIN
Till' WKA'IIIKIl
probably nuln Tonight and
Tomorrow.
DAILY EDITION
IJKND. DKHCHUTKH X)UNTV, OltEOONt WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON'. DK E.MHKIl 12, 1017
NO. O
VOL. II.
SAYS CONGRESS
CAUSED DELAY
ARMY OFFICER TESTI
FIES AT INQUIRY.
Jlli ki'i'lnK lrr M i n II Ioiih I'iIi m mill
Wnr Drpiii'lineiil Hell l'ttic li
diirtil In Hi' (linking llii'
l'rjiial Ioiim of War.
CHINESE PROTECT
CITIZKNH OF ALLIES
III tlnlt.-l I'riu to Tim Ilend llullellq.)
TK I NTH IN. China. Her, 12,
HiiIiiiih clashes between pro-
(i.TIII II IIM llllll Billed Supporters
lii lliirliln liavo luiii reported.
Clilu.mi troops were rciUi-slml
In prolert rlllzena nl Ihii ullli'il
riiuntrlin.
JOHN F. HYLAN AND HIS FAMILY
BEND SENDS 16
NEW RECRUITS
III rnltnl I'rm ! The llrl.il lliillrtln. I
WASHINGTON. ! " '-
M.t)or-ti"iieral Crolrr. ililil f Hi"
onlitii !- department In Hi" '" H
.iniiy. In l unit"'""''"! mini" 1 1 morn
Ins blaiiii'd III" Kiinll Ilk" pa." l I'nii
Kr.ii. Hi" red in m In lh" Wnr l"
.;utiii"iit and Hi" l'l,",r lt"ll" '"r
America's delayed war prrpurallotiii
Cronler was 111" Hi"' wU Iit-HH railed
t tli" Investigation t Hi" "iillri! mil
itary situation being 111111I" by Hi"
H.iuiin mlllliiry utriilrs inmiiilii"".
M:ii-h (il III" l"!iy. Croili-r asserted.
Wl, mi 1 by lint munitions hoard's
..-onalatil bickering over prli".
I'r.nrh nml English aid, "I'11" ","
war pinna here "" 1"'lng delayed.
...i..lil"il tlm Hi" Amorlian artillery
in li" miill"il. II" testified thai I"1 k
f (umU In lb" beginning of Hi" war
i;i. greatly li"l'l bark preparations.
Tho offlrrr iiIbd mIiI llm Culled
t.H" IiihI irnril"il by ill" Hill'''
p.Tli'iii-M rofcnrillnx artillery, unl In
Hi., fuiiiri. will use moru li Ik li cxplo
lvr llinii shrapnel.
LEO CRAM IS BOUND
OVER TO (IRANI) JURY
1 ..mpliilnl HImI l I'- Dement
l-.iinpiuiy After (n-lilng
M.DO ChrrW.
On a iliiirRi' of obtaining money
under false pri'loiwn. l-" Cmm was
humid over lo Hi" grand Jwy ycster-
lny afternoon In the Jimtl ourl.
T!m complaining witness J'"'k
lleyburn. lm appeared for F. De
ment & Co., l whlrli atom Crura '
charged Hri ensiling s "ln-c-k .
vember 17. whlrli wan relumed on lie-4-nunt
nf link of funds. It In under
stood ly off lotnlH llinl this win mil
th" only limlmi'ii In hlrh Hi" same
thing orrurred.
(ram rliilinml Hint h" did '' l"w
(lure wrni liwuffli'li'iil funds I" ""
Imnk lit tlio Hlii" li'' piiHU'i'l I'"' t -
Attorney ('. W. Kmklno npprun-d
hithnlf mill IMMrlrt Altornoy II. II
p.. Arinmid hiinilli il Ihn iiiii" (r Hie
lain. Il'ind w plncrit lit JIT.O
M A W Or Til KM K VI KH I OH-
kstuv km;ikkiw iukii to
KM.IST HKMIUK SH llll.AV IN
OltllKIt TO AVOIU IHIAI'T.
Hlxt""ii iiirti. nil nf drill t UK". l"fl
II. nil In ni nlitlil In "iilliil In viirlmm
lirunrlwii of iir my WTvIrn, Hui innj(ir-
It y nf llinii kciIiik IiiIii III" Tw"iiH"Hi
Ili-Klmriit of Knri'Hlry HiikIih-ith.
Tln.y will r"rt at li"iiiliiiurl"rit In
I'nitliiiiil anil prolmlily I'" ""l "an
ImniiMllalfly to prrpiiri. to Iravi; f.;r
Kriini".
Th oil" who l"lt IiihI nlKht lo i-nti-r
tin. fnrmtry riiKlin-i-m an. John II-
Tiniliill. Kilwnrd K. I'arki.r. Ili-rlln ( .
lUnlry. Clii-mrr C. Wuiih. IIiuih 1..
(TirlHlluiiai.il. Alfred Mo". Mnier
Hiiunliin, Bliermiili Wllmiii. Terry A.
Sieveim. Arthur II. lillm.n, H""d A
Winkle, Kr"d llun lilorf, John A.
Klihl)iimiii"r and Kilwnrd J. I'eler
man. With llietn were Hewitt II.
Clark, who la koIiik Inlo Hie avlallon
i nrim. Jainea K. (ioulil. IniHpltal rorp.
mid CeorK" It. Hrlrk. eiVKlneera'
rorim.
Th" loial fnrealry offlr" linn en-
llBled 2.r. men in the Twentieth Kn-
iflneera. nioal of them In llii" laal few
ilava aline th" Til ah to earapo the
draft heicun. Only one of their men
a llreek. wan Inrned down liy Ihn rn
rrullliiK officer. Other not Included
In the almve Hat are Tliomaa Kdward
l.yona. Ilend: Amleiia Dlrkeraon. Mll
llcan; Krwln ('. Trotter. Ilend; Will
iam Chrlatlan CielU. Ilend: Albert K.
Amen, Tb Dallea; II. K. Stewart.
Ilend: l.oula C. Illlem. Dnfiir: rhllllp
K. Wetmore. Th Dallea: Carl Nya.
Dufur; l.eu K. Jackaon. TvkIi Valley.
-
B-A m r Mf li in l ! fllhi Hlli'i '"IP'iMimfl'' 1
U.
S. PATROL BOAT IS
SUNK IN COLLISION
( Br Unltd Prw to The Dally Bulletin)
ATLANTIC I'ORT, Dec. 12.
It hint been learned that a
V. H. patrol veaael liaa boon
Hunk In a colllaion with two
other veaaela off the Atlantic
coaat. The meaiser report aald
. thai all of the patrol boat'a
crew and much equipment had
been taken aboard the other ve
.:. Detail of the sinking a
larkliiK.
GERMANS SEND
FRESH TROOPS
LINEJJ 07 TRANSPORTS
ARE SIGHTED.
PLAN! IS FIRED
PREMIER POSTPONES
WAR AIMS SPEECH
III. Ilnllnl Vrr l The Hrllil llulMln.)
LONDON. !:. 12. I.lnyd (ieorne
Tiiwlnonnd hl war alma npeerli
Kcheiluled for today. Chancellor of
11m Kxchniiuer Iloniir-I.aw told the
IloiiHu of Comniona tlio premier will
make li 1h atnlement of Hm wnr nlniB
nnforo tlio Chrlatmas ndjournnimit
i..i. v li vii.i. inn v.ir rle. t of New York, mid lila wife mid only dauuhter,
VlrKlnlii, pliotoKiiiliheil In ineir liroiiKi.vn inline.
PINE IN NAMED REND MAY GET
NEXT IEI!
ON .COMMITTEE
IIODV W I I.I. MA KK KK( (IMMKNDA-
TIONS l()ll AIMISTMKNT OK
WW.V. WALKS IX COXXWTTOX
WITH IIASIC KKiHT-IIOl K DAY.
BY EXPLOSION
.Mi xrnoxs i actouy isikxh in
dklawahk oxk -max killkd
ixvkstk;atiox ok cai'sk is
IXDKIl WAY.
(Ily United Prw to Th Bnd Bulletin.)
WILMINGTON. Del.. Dec. 12. An
exploaion in the loading room of the
Bethlehem Steel Company's munition
factory set the plant afire this morn
ing. The explosion was felt 18 miles
distant from the factory. One work
man was killed and five Injured.
Because the trolley cars were
blocked, hundreds of workmen usual
ly at their work at the time of the ex
plosion, had not yet arrived. The
Jr.-e was extinguished at noon and an
Investigation was Immediately put
under way.
WOOL (MIOWKIW COXKIDKK
HOLDING 1018 COXVKXTIOX
IfKKK CO.M.MKIMIAI- (LfU IS
ASKKD TO All) UK I) CROSS.
(JRAIN ELEVATORS
ERECTED AT CAMP
Illy tlnltnl l'r U Tlif homl llullrtln.)
('AMI' LKWIS. Tiicnina, Dec. 12.
Two uraln elevulnra wll probably be
under coiiHlrucllini hero beforo tho
end of lltla week.
The elevator each will be fiO feet
high anil 25 feet In diameter. They
will be lined to hold feed fur the 7000
aiilmala In the remount station.-
PORTUGUESE ORDER
ARREST OF PRESIDENT
(By llnlled PreM toTtw Ilend Bulletin.)
LISilON, Doc. 12. I'realdcnt Mil
rhnndn was arrealod Mnndiiy upon
orders of tho now revolutionary regime.
(Oregonian.)
SI'OKANK, Wash.. Dec. 10
I Special. I Membership of tho com
mittee of tho Western I'lne M.iiiiifnc
turnrs' Association, which will work
out details putting Into effect the
basic eight-hour working day In the
lumber mills and logging ramps of
the Inland Kmplre January 1, wai
announced tonight by A. W. Coopir.
secretary. The appointments wen
inndo by II. II. Hornby, president.
Tho comnilttee, which contains two
Oregon members, two from Washing
ton and one each from Idaho and
Montana. Is composed of T. A. Mc-
Cmtii. of The Shevlln-Hlxon Com
pany, Ilend. Or.; C. T. Knrly, of Port
land, manager of the Oregon Lumber
Company lit Ilaker, Or.; J. P. Mc-
Ooldrlck. president of the McGold-
rlck Lumber Company, of Spokane
A II. Heiibner. manager of tho Cas
cade Lumber Company, North Yakl-
nin: H. M. Hart, mannger of the
Illackwe'.l Lumber Company. Coeur
d'Alene, Idaho, and Webb llallord
manager of tho Somers Lumber Com
panv, Somers, Mont.
Tim commillee will, according to
tho wording of the appointment by
President Hornby, "endeavor to make
recommendations for the adjustment
of wiiko scales and nny other details
of Inaugurating tho basic eight-hour
day."
irrman ArtlllerjInK Is 11-avy ('a:n
bral Sertor Is I'rotiulilo ( Vn er
of Kxpwted Attacks On tin:
Western Ilnttle Front.
County Organization For
Red Cross Drive Completed
Tho Christmas Tied Cross member
ship cnmpalgn will be launched at
noon Dncemher 17 and will laat until
the night of Decomhor 24.
This rnmpnlgn Is to add 240,000
members In Oregon to tho Ammlcnn
Hed Cross.
A membership coals ns Utile ns l.
In (net. In this cnnipalgii lb" greatest
.mphaBlH Ib placed on Hi" $1 "'""
brrshlp. hocnuso II Is believed this
iv'.ll 1io reHponsibln for imllstln Iho
iKicntest nnniber of pooplo under tho
Ued Cross banner. Tlio drive la not
tor money, but for members.
A complolo stiito organization has
iilroady bnen perfoctod undnr Henry
v rt mid. statn campnlgn mannger.
Tho Deschutes campaign manager Is
II. A. Miller nnd hondciunrtors nrc
nt his nfflco on Wall Btreet.
Tn brief, tho effort of every county
In tho Bluto Is to nnllst 30 per cent of
i. nmiiilntloii iintlor Ihn Hod Cross
Irrespnctlvo of whethor members
linvo Joined prnvloualy or not, tlioy
.irrv naked to Join again in tlio iMirisi
tobh drlvi), with tho iissuranco Hint
lhr.ro will ho bill onn drivo a yonr in
th., rut urn and thai Iho wnclc pro
rftdlng Clii'lBtmnB. TluiB "Mako It a
Hed Cross Christmas" Is resounding
ovnr the country. Sped,.! church ser
vices will bo held Docomber 10.
"Kvery man nnd woman In Oregon
must Join tho Hod Cross," is mo
Oregon slogan.
Prominent men and women all ovnr
the Btnto nro enlisting their sorvlocg
In iho cnmimlgn. Membership funds
ro devoted to wnr work of tho Med
Cross, n percenlngo nccrclng to tho
local chapter which Is expended on
Btirglcal, hospital supplies nnd oilier
rofiulromoiits for tho wnr work of tho
chapter.
In completing tlio work of orgnnl-
ynilnn. II. A. Miller yesterday visited
Hedmond. where ho appointed Dr. J.
i Hosch and M. A. Lynch to lake
luirgn of tlio cntnpnlgii In the north
ern end of tho county. They hnvo
mn.lii ihnmselvcB responsible for 000
of tho 2R0O memberships to bo ob
tained In tho county.
Dii IiIb return from Undmond, Mr.
Miller slopped at Deschutes and ap
pointed V, K. Vnn Allen, of Iho C. O.
I. Co,, to tnko charge, of tho Des
chutes precinct. Judge names hns
boon appointed for Iho two Tunuilo
school districts nnd T. II. Koley will
(Contlnuod on Pago 4.)
EXPENSE ESTIMATES
REQUIRED OF BOARD
Knllst incut In KiiglmM-rw' Hoservc
Ciin"" I" Outlined In
Detail.
Estimates of draft board expenses
nro required a month In advance, oc
cording to word received this mom
Ing from Portland hpndqunrtors. No
expenses nbovo tho cstlmnte will bo
allowed except on special authority
of the provost marshal general. Tho
local board will nuiko out Us finan
cial statement on tho seventh of each
month according to a form specified
by tho ndjutnnt general's office' A
mlnntn book will also bo kopl show-
liic all the work accomplished.
A communication concornlng tho
rnsorvo corps of tho engineer depart
ment was also sent for tho guidance
of tho draft board. It roads:
"Under such regulations as tho
chlot of engineers mny prescribe, a
proportion of tho students, ns nnmoil
by tho school faculty, pursuing an
onglnee course In ono of tho ap
proved technical niuglnoerlng schools
listed In -tho Wnr Department mny
onlist In tho onllstcd reserve corps of
tho onglneor department nnd thero-
nftor, upon preflonlntlon by tho reg
istrant to his local board of a certif
icate of enlistment, such certificate
Prospects that the next convention
of the Oregon Wool Growers' Associa
tion might be held here were made
known this noon at the Commercial
club luncheon when It was announced
that at the convention recently held
In Tho Dalles an Invitation was given
to come to Bend next December.
Tho matter was presented to the
club by A. Whlsnant, -who told how
Ed. Lamb and Frank Sloan, the only
Bend men at the recent convention,
urged that the association come to
Ilend next year and of the good pros
nocts that this would be done. Mr.
Sloan alBO spoke on the subject, say
ing he would do what he could to set
the convention hero in December.
In anticipation of the coming Red
frnnn membershlo campaign the
members of tho club were unged to
offer their services to II. A. Miller,
the manager of the campaign In Des
chutes county. The club voted unan
imously to adopt the report of the
special committee appointed to devise
a means of reducing the number of
rlnims mado on members for dona
tions and by subscription papers. Un
der the plan a secret committee will
bo amiointed. to whom all requests
for approval of canvassing .schemes
will be made through the mannger of
tho club. Each member of the club
gunronteea to sign no sobscription
papers unless the plan has been ap
proved by the committee.
Til.ANKFT SHORTAGE
TO BE INVESTIGATED
Governor Wltliycombe Appeal to the
War Department to Look
Into Matter.
(Br United Preia to The Bend Bulletin.)
WASHINGTON. D. C. Dec. 12.
Following the receipt of a message
from Governor Withycombe regard
ing the reported blanket shortage
among the northwest troopB at Camp
Mills, Long Island, the War Depart
ment announced that the matter will
be investigated at once.
It is claimed that the third blanket
allotted each man had been taken
away, and during the extreme cold
weather the Oregon soldiers had been
without sufficient covering. Some
had gone to New York to secure
warm lodgings but the accommoda
tions had been insufficient for the
large number of men.
Ily Wllllum F'hlllip Slmms.
(United Preui 8lff Orrmpondent.)
P.RITISH HEADQUARTERS, Dec.
12. Long lines of transports carry
ing reinforcements have been seen be
hind the German lines on the north
ern British flank in the Cambral sec
tor. Great flocks of German air
planes have been unsuccessful In
their endeavors to prevent British
aviators from learning this.
Earlv this mornln the German
opened the most violent sort of ar-
tillervine on the British flank. Their
airplane concentration is the great
est the enemy have yet disclosed.
RAIDERS ACTIVE.
LONDON. Dec. 12. Germans are
continuing feverish preparations for
the great" BjUqck anticipated on tho
western front. Enemy airplanes aad
raiders are unusually active.
General Haig has reported the re
pulse of a local attack north of La
vacquerie. British troops successful
ly raided the German trenches near
Pontruet. northwest of St. Quentin..
Some prisoners and a machine gun
were captured.
A perceptible lessening of the Teu
ton pressure on the Italian front Is
reported. This confirms the belief
that the enemy troops have been
switched from the south to the west
ern front.
LARGEST SMOKESTACK
FINISHED AT TACOMA
IHv United PreM to The Bend Bulletin.)
TACOMA, Wash., Dec. 12. The
world's largest smokestack stands
comnleted here today. The stack
stands 571 feet high and Is at the
Tacoma smelter. The stack s open
ing at the top Is 25 feet wide.. Two
million four hundred thousand pav
ing urirks were used In its construc
tion. Seattle can be seen from the
top of the giant chimney on a clear
day.
RAIDS REPULSED.
PARIS. Dec. 12. Unusual German
activity In the Verdun'sector has been
officially reported. Enemy artillery
Is active on both banks of the River
Meuse. Attempted raids of the Ger
mans have been repulsed.
POSITION IS SAKE.
LONDON. Dec. 12. Director ot
Operations Maurice declared today
that the British position at Cambral
is an enormous aid to British safety
and comfort although the enemy have
neutralized the succlW of the first
British assault.
FINAL ESTIMATE OF
DEATHS IN HALIFAX
( By United PreM to The Bend Bulletin.)
HALIFAX. Dec. 12. Fifteen hun
dred persons were killed In the mu
nitions ship explosion last Thursday,
according to final official estimates
based on the recovery of bodies and
thorough checking of all at an Identi
fication station. Investigation Into
the cause of the disaster will probably
start today.
RECRUITING STATIONS
WORKING OVERTIME
Men of Draft Ago Rush lo Enlist
lief ore Snt urdiiy Noon, In
Poi tliiml.
rOHTLAND, Dec. 12. The rush
of men of clrnft nige to navy, marine
corps and army recruiting stations is
steadily Increasing.
Hundreds of men, facing conscrip
tion, nro enlisting every day In the
Pacific Northwest, preferring to be
recruits in n service of their own
choice than conscript soldiers.
Mon of draft ago ennuot enlist af
ter noon Snturday.
Roports recolvod hero tho first of
this week declare recruiting offices
throughout tho northwest are jam
med with applicants. Recruiting of
ficers aro working ovortlmo. The
navy recruiting station hore expects
to onroll a hundred men a dny dur
ing tho latter part of this week.
Every opportunity is given men of
draft ago to enlist.
Trade Commission Favors
Extension of Price Fixing
ahull ho filed with tho Questionnaire
and the registrant shall be placed In
Class Five on tho ground that he 1b
In tho military service ot the Unlto'd
States."
(By United PreM to The Bend Bulletin.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, Deo. 12.
Price fixing must be extended to
many other pioducts than fuel and
food, tho Federal Trade Commission
declared In Its annual report sub
mitted to Congress today. Far great
er powers over business are necessary
if the government is to act ior me
protection ot Its. citizens from prof
iteering and uufalr trarto practices.
the commission asserted. ' It recom
mended also:
An Investigation of "trade associa
tions" suspected of promoting the
price-boosting campaign among mem
bers; a further attempt to unscram
ble the petroleum Industry; passage
hv Cninirress ot the Wedd export bill.
"The commission Is particularly of
the opinion," the report read, that
nrlco-flxlng by authority of law must
be exercised with respect to the Iron
nnd steel industry, for. which a bill
hnn heen Introduced In the Senate
Is the regulation
1-J.U.. ."'I
of tho distribution of raw materials
mwl Intermediate products In the In
dustrv affected and ot the distribu
Hon of tho final products to the con
sumer." k
The commission declared the pur
pose of these laws would be defeated
if existing contracts, largely based ou
inflated war prices, were allowed to
continue.
Trade associations are declared to
"engage In activities tending, artific
ially control prices and the channels
of distribution." Making public all
the records and files of these associa
tions Is recommended as a remedy.
Mora effectively to check the "mo
nopolized" petroleum Industry, the '
commission suggested laws to abolish,
common stock ownership In corpora
tions which have been members of
a combination dissolved under the
Sherman antl trust law, and legisla
tion which would make the owners ,
of stock In "naturally" or "poten
tially" competing companies respon
sible for any acts which the various
companies whicb. they controlled per
formed to prevent competition.
Tho petroleum Industry at present
Is declared to be conducted by a num
ber of separate corporations "owned
by a small body of capitalists," wnlcn
do not compete.
A chief difficulty of the coal In
dustry, the report said, Is the owner
ship by railroads of coal mlneB t
which favoritism Is shown In supply