The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Deschutes County, Or.) 1917-1963, February 28, 1920, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextTHE BEND BULLETIN Til 10 WEATHER. Vulr Tonight and Tomorrow, DAILY EDITION z ' y- , j. VOL IV BEND, PKHC'PVTKS COUNT, OREGON, HATl'I.DAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 8, tWM . ' ' i ' No. 70 I. RAIDON tttkf HALL ' BEFORESHGTS SAYS WITNESS BOY OF 19 TESTIFIES IN MURDER CASE . .WOMAN BREAKS DOWN 'I. Mill, to Hay Mot Anything," Aihnltn Difim- Wilur War- I'l-fl (ii'linm Not Killed In t Eiilruiii'r to lliillitliig. MONTKHANO. Feb. 2 . -Forrest Oiiiutriiii, IV yours nf uk. witness in t'ltnlrullu muril.r trial. Instilled tmliiy (lint mililliir iurlirn on Arm I nil on Dny hi olt ii I a n U m uiiil Hliirtml toward tlm intl nut i-tiillnt hull before miy shooting i'ium from Urn I. W. W. Kiiilloniol In tin' building. Kuvcrul other witnesses told of llic movement inward llui IiiiII, ImiI were uncertain whether It iiniruivlml or followed Dm shooting. "I liniiril u rranh of kIimh, mid siiw tln-m liri'iikliiK In tho door." Cum rim mild. "After u short Interval. I In' shooting followed." .Mr. Miiry Hliermiui u-llleil Unit lie suw thn soldiers in ii I' o u hri'itk fur l tin hull, but did not know who-ilii-r shooting be is ii h before or after I he door wiiii HHUinlli'd In. Pressed hy Prosecutor Abel In I ho course of i'iiika examination, Dm woman iiuld. "I'm lliilili'. lo my in imt miytliliiK." Sim udinllli'd Hint she wanted In hulp dm defense bemuse she "didn't jhluk I In- iniijurliy of thorn worn guilty." An nI lent t by Dm defense to hIiow t but tlm one muii Mrs. Hhorman had wmi full In tlm front hull of tlio I. W. W. building wiih Warren (Irlmm. fiillud win' n the wI1ik'k slated pus Itlvuly Hint tin', fnlli'ii soldier !md worn mi army overcoat, Urlmin wus not wearltiK an overcout wlion shot, according to pmvloini testimony. Tom Mcsdon testified that ha 'heard runmrku of "coma on. lot'i in." and "lot's Rut "cm." while the sold Inn warn standing In ranks. Ho ad inittod Hint ha hud told Pronocutor CunnliiKhum that he didn't knov when the shootlug begun, although hu saw the aoldlcra start for the hall. No testimony that Grimm took part In tho rush' for the hall has ' been Introduced so far. -r DEATH CLAMS MRS. IOTARD 1 U Gill Kit OF EARLY PIONEER IjANNKH TODAY BRONCHIAL PNEUMONIA IH CAUHE FOUR OP FAMILY LIVING. , Mrs. Iva, Ward, wife of Elinor V. Word of tho Urooks-8canlon otflco force died at her homo horo early this afternoon, death coming as tho result of a central bronchial pneumonia- She had shown a gradual Improvement,' but today the suf fered a rolupso from which she was unublo to rally.. Mrs. Ward wan' about 30 years of r age and had spent tho greater part of" ber life in Bend. Her wide range Of acquaintances and friends was limited bjr no class distinctions, and ber loss will bo keenly felt. In musical circles sho was especial ly popular. Bho was a daughtor of J. I. West, one of ,Aho pioneers of Con trol Oregon. Of the fnmlly there now remain a brother residing In Portland, und one In Iown, one sis tor living at Post and one at The Dallos. In Bond she Is survived by her husband and Infant son. No arrangements for tho funeral servleos have boon mudo. ARIZONA INVADED"" BY OUTLAW BANDS ran trrtANr.TSfiO. Fob. 28. Ari zona was Invndod by Mexican bnn dfU) Inst night, according to a tolo- g'ram which Postul Inpsoctor Sluvln recolvod from tli TucBon poatmaster. Tho tologram stated that bandits robbed tho post 'office nt Ruby Inst night, and murdwed the nsHlntnnt postmaster. ALL READY TO IP 1. ' START ATTACK AGAINST CO. I. SETTLERS TO START SUIT SOON $2,000,000 IS INVOLVED Frlrnilly Nrajotlntlons Hiiprvl For, Kays Counsel for District, hut, Only on Hanoi of Kllmlnn. lion of Company, All papers are pri'imri'd In rvudl niiHH fur the luunrliltiK i'f 1' Kiil iro cv'dlnKS by tlio svltlnrs on Hin C. O. I. IrrlKHtlon dliitrli.'t nKiiliml lh com IKIIiy, colllvnipllltlllK Hie 1:1 i 111 I llli I loll nf Hie coiiiiuny from utl control of IrrlKiillou ariulrs witlilu Hie Hi-Kn-Kii-llon. If. II. Dm Annum), of Ihv linn nf Da Artmind & Kmklnu, li'gul ml visors for the dlmrlct, iir nutliorliy tor thin stutDiuenl, but hu udds Hint no suit will hu nctuiilly llli-d until nn vm ul days after tlm niuetlncpf Hie dlKlrlrl directors In , Hedutono ns-xt Tiii'nduy. At ljil iiivetliiK Dnul d l ii ii h und arruiiKiiiiUMits for the suit or Bel-Ion of suits, will Ihi wurki-d nut. Tlio cnxo will be ouu of Hie blg Kivil In Oregon IrrlKHtlon history, In volvliiR riKlils and equipment worth $::, 0(10, OH". Di'tiiurri'r Arguixl. "We hope that tlii'sv prorefdliiKo will lermlnutu wiih a friendly nego llutlon," Mr. Do Armoiid said this mnmlug. "Tho action will not be brought In u spirit of hostility to the company, hut lo protect tho rights of the settlers, und lo di-termlno whe ther or not they must always be under the control of tho company In IrrlKHtlon mutters. The law conlom pluted ultimate control by the sv.t ttiirs, and tho transfer should huve boon effected in 1917. "Thu rights or the district and of tho company will bo detormlued with fairly reasonable, speed. The - dis trict is ready to negotiate, but this negotiation must- be based on the elimination of the company." Mr. Do Armond came In thla morn ing from fiulom, wbors with John Latourette, of Portland, he repre sented the district In ths hearing be fore the Public 8crvlco Commission on the demurrer to the company'a politlon for an advance to $3 an acre In J maintenance charges. Jesse Stearns and Denton O. Burdlck ap peared for the, Irrigation company. Tho demurrer contends that tho com mission has no Jurisdiction In the case as maintenance charges are based on private contracts between the company 'and Individual wator users. ; MARCH 8 TO 12 IS M. E. DRIVE WEEK March 8 to 12 Is tho nerlod decided upon by the. committee of tho Moth odlnt church when it will conduct Its local drive amqug its members to as sure the raising of sufficient funds to assure tho erection of Its proposed H0, 000 church In Bend. According to Rev. J. Kdgar Purdy, the church has promises of 118.000 which sum for tho building will be available contingent upon receiving outside appropriations for the build- In. ', Plana are now being- drawn. . for the new edifies by Lee. A. ' Thomas and will be- ready for publication within a few days. LUMBER COMPANY LAUDED BY BAKER For notable work In tho'hnndling of products for government uso, the Shovlln-Hlxon Company, of this city is luudod. In a communication from Secortnry of War Bnkor. Tlm Sliov-lln-Hlxon Company Is one of IS, In tho north west, .to recolve such com-ni-(iiaiitlon. MEXICAN BANDITS MURDER AMERICAN (DyUnltod Prran to Tho llcnd BnlictlnK, . WASHINGTON, D. C, Fob. 28. Augustus Morrill. American eltlzniu formerly of the American consulate at Mmizntilllo, was Itlllocl by Mexican liiiiulllH notir Collmu, the sluto do pnrtment nnuotiucod todny. Recognition of Russia to Come r r ww? in near r mure (hv Unltoil I'rrna t Tlw IV ml lulltliu WASHINGTON, i, C Feb. 2K. Itecognltlon of soviet Ilus- 4 sin by thu United Htuto in the ueur futuro. Is predicted by 4 4 iwiatu ieudurs. Benutor Hitch- 4 4 cock, , administration spokes- 4 man, declared thut the resump- .4 4 t lull of relutlons with Russia is 4 4 very near, Honator Iioruh pre- 4 4 dieted recognition of Kussia hy 4 4 the ulllns within 10 duys, and 4 4 action by the I'nitod Htates 4 4 soon afterwurd. 4 44444444444444444 WOOD IS AHEAD IN STRAW VOTE I'.KITIII.ICAX HAS HI'ltHTA TI II, l.i:AI Ol'T OK 1I.IMIO I1AI.I.OTH I "AST JOH.VKOV XK.XT IN roi'l I.AItlTV. lllr tlnlUxl Pro- t,,Th. Krni llultrtlnl CHICAGO. Feb. 28. III a sum mary of poll tuki'ii In 18 widely scat tered cilkvi In ten stutvs throughout Hie country, Leonard Wood is fur nlieiid of every other Ki-pulillcun und Dumorriitic cundldute for the presi dential nomination. Of 11,000 voles rust III the various polls, conducted by Itcpulilicau and Democratic newxn.ipers and weeklies as welt, Wood has nearly half of all voles, with a totul of 4.738. Nearest to III in Is illram Johnnon, with ubout one-fourth as many supporters 1381 in all. President' Wilson is third with 1102, Governor Coolldge of Massachusetts Is fourth with 673 and Governor Lowdeu, of Illinois. trailing him, has an even 600. The poll was taken In the follow ing citing: Aberdeen. . S. Dukola; Mlunesota, Marlon. Ind.; Kokomo. Ind.;.. Lincoln, Neb.; Bloomlngtou, Ind.; Wichita Falls, Tex.; Kvans- vllle. Ind.: Connersvllle, Ind.; Mil waukee, Wis.; Cambridge, Mass.; WaUrlown 8, Dakota; Colorado Spring. Col.; Butte, Mont.; Anna polls, Md.: Jefferson, Mo.; and Mar quette, Mich. The figures also Include those of Lesllo's Weekly In a national poll. Wood took, first place In every city except Milwaukee, where Hoover Is ahead by four votes, plainly indica ting that the Republican Is tbo uni versal obolce of the voting public. Hera are the complete figures: Wood, 4738; Hughes, 498; Persh ing,'. 93; Johnsoni' 1381; Hoover. 467; Lodge, 65; Wilson 1102; Wat son, 887; Clark. 64; Coolldge, 673: Taft, 246; Palmer, 51; Lowden, 600; Harding, 132; Lansing, 2; McAdoo, 568; Bryan, 86. ORDER STRIKE ON RAILROADS THOOPS CALLKD TO PARIS TO , I'RKVF.NT - DESTRUCTION Of - PROPERTY DANGER. OF RKVOLUTION NOT FEARED. ' 7 (Br United Prow to The Bnri Bulletin) ' PARIS, Feb. 28. Tho National Fodoratlon of Railway-men today or dered a general strike of all railway workers In France, to be effective liu mediately. Although the strike ordur declnros that sabotage will not be countenanced, lio government Im mediately ordered all troops to Paris to protect railway property and pre- vont rioting. Tho revolutionary character of the strike, as polntod out by Premier Mitleratid In his address In tho Cham ber of Deputies yesterday, hns appar ently boon nvorted. The professional syndicate, of French railway 'workers Issued Bv appeal denouncing soviet iigltutoi-B who had announced their Indention of controlling the Hues through! Soviets and discharging all v.orkoi-8 who refused to Join them. ,' , The government announced Hint It will fight tho strike to a finish. SOCIAL SERVICE AIM OF BOte SALVATION ARMY ' IS REPRESENTED HERE , ., r 1 i ' I). O. Mi-l'lii-i-Min Heads New Or-guiilzatluii-r-f'Oi'ul Kconomlc and Horiul Questions Will IU looki-d Into. Mow the Sulvutlun Army can work more effectively In Deschutes county and how the county muy use to bet- i ter advantage the army's trained org anization and inslltutlonalacllltles Is to be determined by a Salvation Army Advisory Hoard formed here by a group of prominent citizens who see In the Salvation Army Homo Ser vice program for 1920 an opportun ity to obtain nodal service for this section more cloggy approximating thut glvon by the Army for many years in the lurK'-r cities. The board was organized at a meeting held in Hie Circuit court room after tin- plan hud. been ex plained by Mr. Elmer S. Turner QeJd representative of the Salvation Army and thoroughly discussed. D. G. Mcl'herson was chosen chairman of the board; H. J. Overlurf. vlce cliulrman; and Mrs. V. A. Forbes, secretary. To Study Poverty. Another meeting will be held soon, at which time tiie board members will discuss the findings of their study. The other members of the bour.1 nre: E. P. Mahaffey, J. P. Keyes, Muyor J. A. Kustcs, Judge W. D. Barnes, J. Alton Thompson, S. K. Roberts and Dr. R. W. Hendersbott. Other members will be selected by the bourd from the surrounding country. This body Is to study certalc phases of poverty, unemployment, Juvenllo delinquency and illegitimacy j ana report to me, suite neaaquarters of the army. . There the situation will be review ed and the army officials will take such action as may be deemed neces sary to meet It utilizing to the best advantage their trained personnel, and numerous departments and in stitutions. Should the occasion warrant, experienced army workers may be sent here, or an army corps may be established. Findings Confidential. ' The findings of the board will be kept confidential and used only to guide the Salvation Army officers in determining their action in this coun ty. It is not expected that social conditions in Deschutes county will be found worse than in any other county of similar character and lo cation but the board bolleves the study will be of value in revealing opportunities for work by the army in fields not now coveredby any ex isting charitable or religious organ ization. ..i The board will constitute a link through which Deschutes county may call upon the Salvation Army for as sistance at any time, while the army In turn, through Its report on the local situation will be able to make Its work In Deschutes county more efficient. ' j Every county In Oregon and in the entire United States will have such a beard Just as rapidly as these can be formed. ii-i BEER MAKERS TO FACE LAW RICH) PROSECUTION PROMISED FOR THOSE WHO MANUFAC TURE OR SELL THREE AND ONE-HALF PER CENT DRINK. (By United PrM to The Bend Bulletin) WASHINGTON. D. C.v,FolK Persons charged . with , manufacture of three and one-half per cent beer in violation of the federal law, will be prosecuted to the limit, Internal Revenue Commissioner Roper warn ed today. Roper's statement was In answer to inquiries as to what his course would .bo If the Now Jersey 'legislature passed a mensttrs permit ting three and one-hulf per cent buer. Attorney Charged With Perjury in rtatjon Case (Br UnlUU Was WWUfiw 4 TOMBSTONE, Feb. 28. Is- 4 4 suance of a warrant on a charge 4 4 of perjury for Attorney Steven- 4 4 son representing the defense in 4 4 the Bisbee deportation trial, 4 4 caused a great sensation today. 4 4 It was based on testimony given 4 4 yesterday by Stevenson regard- 4 4 tng a conversation he alleged 4 4 he had with Mr. and Mrs. Wil- 4 4 Ham Beaton. Both of the Bea- 4 4 tons swore that Stevenson had 4 4 never visited them, and that no 4 4 such conversation hud tuken 4 4 place. ' 4 4444444444444444 TREATY DEFEAT SENATORS' AIM AM.IAV4K FORM El) BY HITCH- (IH'K VENT HOl'SK AND BORAH TO PRE PASSING IN IPPER CHARGES KKM.OGU. (Br United I're4 to Tt. Btnd Bulletin) WASHINGTON D. C, Feb. 28. a- T " ..11...... I ........ .1 !... Hitchcock has formed an alliance j with Borah, republican leader of the' "bitter enders," to defeat the peace! treaty. In a speech In the sejiate, j Kellogg said that Hitchcock is trying 1 to kill the treaty with republican 1 votes if he can, and with democratic 1 votes if he cannot get sufficient re-; publican support. After charging that Hitchcock had! allied himself with Borah, Kellogg; said: "I congratulate, both senators on the new alliance. I do not wish them success, but I hope they get out of it all the pleasure they can." BEND SCHOOLS TO STAY OPEN NO NEED FOR CLOSING BE CAUSE OF "FLU," RULES BOARD SPECIAL .PRECAU TION URGED. In view of the rumors current to the effect that the Bend schools were to be closed on account of the in fluenza epidemic the announcement was made by school authorities this morning that unless there, is a radical change in the situation school ses sions would be held as usual. Par ents are urged to see to it that their children are warmly clothed and that they keep their feeTTlry, and also that extra efforts bs made to observe the usual precautionary methods and sanitary rules. CLEANING COiMPOUND IS USED FOR SODA Miner Taken HI After Lunching . on Hot Cakes Improperly- Put Together. (By United Pro TbrBeiKt Bulletin) BUTTE, Mont., Feb. 28. Mrs. Peter Grogorivitch, wife of a Butte miner; left ar" week ago for Oregon, to visit friends. . ' Pete, during her absence, decided to swat the high cost of living In restaurants by doing his own cook ing. After a week of .hot cakes as the piece de resistance three times a day, Pete complained to a neighbor that he was "feeling bad," and believed the hot cakes were the cause. An investigation developed the fact Pete had used a well-advertised cleaning compound by mistake for baking soda. . WOODS WORKER IS ' PNEUMONIA VICTIM Pneumonia caused the death yes terday of A, A. Willie, woods worker in the country beyond Sisters' The body is being held at the Niswoncer Undertaking parlors while an effoci Is, bsi'ng mudo to locate the relatives of the deceaaed. f , . V IJIilllJ IHIUlill I MM A IMF" mjaaW .. . WAGE MINIMUM iiiniiuuiti 11 BOOSTED TO SS NEW SCALE TO TAKE . EFFECT MARCH 1 HIGH PRICES SHARED Four I, Request Hark of Advance!- In Local Sialic Differential ' I pset Last , Fall Will Be ' Re-established. : ' 4 ' Announcement was made thia morning of a wage increase to the employees of the local saw mills that will bring the scale for able bodied '' common labor up to $5 a day and make additions in varying amounts In the scale 'for the various classes of skilled labor. The new scale will take effect on March 1. At the Brooks-Scanlon plant the Increase was fnade following a re quest from a conference committeo from the 4 L's, accompanied by 6. E. Williams, the employee member of the board of directors of the 4 L's from this district. Their request, ac cording to Manager J. P. Keyes, came as the result of Increases recently granted in the coast mills at the re quest of the organization In that sec tion. Fir manufacturers of the coast, Mr. Keyes said, were receiving prices for their lumber far in excess of those being asked by the. pine mills. Their employees, through 4 L com mittees, as',ed for increases in wages as a share of these high prices and not because of any increase in the cost of living. The increases were granted and on the fact becoming known here be was waited on by a committee asking for higher pay, which was granted. Differential Re-csUiblbihed. For The Bheviin-Hixon - Company T. A. McCann stated that the increase on his aide, of the river had been made as the result of a recent in crease in the minimum wage voted -by the directors of the 4 L's, andfwaa being put into effect without action -on the part of the Loyal Legion in the Shevlln plant, ' - .. The former scale for common labor in the two mills was 84.80. the fig ure set by the Oregon state board of conciliation last fall.. This figure - made a flat; rate of 60 cents per hour and on its taking effect other changes were made In the pay to other classes of labor which upset the differential theretofore existing. " In" connection with the present Increase the former differential Is largely re-established. Oven 90 per cent of the e.mploirsea of the 'two mills are affected by the wage increase. ' Local saw mills wages before this Increase were, the highest in the la- ' land empire pine Industry and this addttion serves to make the compar ison even stronger In favor of the Bend inill employee. ( ; LOBAR PNEUMONIA ' IS CAUSE OF DEATH Dan O'DonaeJI, . for the ,past ; six months a resident of Bend, died, at 10:30 o'clock this morning at his rooms on Greenwood, death coming as the result of an attack of lobar pneumonia of a week's duration. n body will be shipped to Bellingham,' Washington, toinorrow night, for In terment. ' ' ".' ' ' .'" ;'',. Mr. 6'Donnell was nearly 40 years of age, and was unmarried. He was a member of the Catholic' church. He leaves four sisters. and two brothers. all of Bellingham. -. Two of the sis ters. Miss Anne and Miss Marnnt O Donnell, arrived In Be,nd this morn ing. . '.' ,. '' GAME AND PENNANT TAKEN BY MADRAS By a score of 20-19, Madras won Inst nigSt at Me,tolius from the Bend high basketeers, and at the"' same time cinched the Central Oregon championship, Coach Moore of the Bend team, reported today. The Prinevllle-Redmond gem. . resulted in a victory for. the latter team, leav ing Band and Prineville Med for sec ond plnce lu the percentogo column. IN RENH Mil I