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IIKNI). IIKHCHUIKH COUNTY, OIUXJON, THIItSDAV AFTKRSOOV, FKIIUUAKV 17, 1021.
No. 02.
4'
ROBBERS SEIZE
NEARLY $11810
INBANKNOTES
AUTO BANDITS TAKE
REGISTERED MAIL
RAID MADE QUIETLY
Clerk About To Triinfer Sinks
From Truck To Toledo Oltlrc,
Yield Wlii'N Miiic- H
rape Miiiln In Illg .Motor ('nr.
Illy (;!( l I'rc I" 'Itio Html llulMln.)
TOl.KDO, Ohio. Feb. 17. Kli'Vll
jiuik of iiiiiII. believed to coiiluln
"nearly million dollars, wore tnknii
Irom three postal employes imily to
ilny by f I v uiilomolilly IiiiiiiIIIh.
TIiu iniill-lnden truck nrrivml nt the
poBtofficu mill tliu two clerks Mlepped
mil to imnlitt tlm driver transfer tlm
null, when a lilK automobile iIiihIiuiI
up, l-'our bandits leaped out ti ml
covered tlm throe workers with guns,
forcing them to llo down, Thny
Iraiinfoi ri'd nil tlm sucks (o tliu unto
mid drovu uway nl high spaed.
Fifteen employes limldo tint posl
olfli'O worn uiinwiiro of tlm robbery
until llio clerks who wore hold up
rushed In mid guvu the ttlurm.
It Ih roportnd Unit several sacks of
registered mull coiitnluitil federal re
serve hunk noli'B.
SCAB INFECTION IS
FOUND AT MITCHELL
iovi'riiini'iit KipiTt KCiirln From
llend Oil I-ong Trip To Superin
tend Dipping of il.OIMI Sliii-p.
On tliu report Unit n timid of 3000
V sheen III tlm Mitchell country Ih In
flicted wild ul, Dr. n. A. Parsons,
1). H. bureau of miinuil Industry ex
pert, left lust night for t'rlniivlllo on
liU wny to Mitchell, wlinro ho will
Hiiperlnt I tliu dipping of I be ontlro
blind on Saturday. Tlm condition of
tho roadit will probably mnki) It nocos
Hiiry for Dr. .Mitchell to mako tho
trip from I'rliiovllle on liomi'liuck.
BIG DROP NOTED IN
WHOLESALE PRICKS
Labor Department Announce Hi''
iIiicIIoiin Since l.nit May Average
More Than One-Tblrd.
(Ily United PmiloThi Bend Bulletin)
WASHINGTON, D. C Fnl). 17.
Tho level of wholesale prices clii
cllncd on mi uvorugo of six mid ono
thlrd per cent iliiring January, tliu
labor department uiiiioiiuccr, muklng
u ducllno of 35 per cant slneo the
peak of hlKh prlcoH In May.
ATTORNEYS ATTACK
ESCII-CUMMINS ACT
Legal Advisors of lit) Stilton Keck
To Have TrniiNportutlon Law
4 Declared Unconstitutional.
(Ily Unltiil I'rcnui to Tin Bend Bulletin)
WASHINGTON, I). C, Fob. 17.
' nttorniiy gnnorula of Now York
,.'d 10 othu states Jolnoil forcoH
horo lodny to hnvo tho KHcli-CtiminliiH
tranHportittlon law dnclnrod uncoiiKtl
lullonnl by tho United StutoB supremo
court.
LOWDEN DECLINES
PLACE ON CABINET
(Ily United PreutoTlie llend Bulletin.)
8T. AUGUSTINE. Fin., Fob. 17.
lOx-Govornnr Lowdon of IllinolH ban
dofinllaly declined to accept n cabi
net pinit, I'roKldunt-olnct Harding
Hiild today.
WORKER UNHURT IN
ELEVEN STORY FALL
NEW YORK, Fob, 17. DlBtnnces
moan nothing to Nathan Cohan, n
Htrucluriil Ironworker'. Ho plunged
from tho 10th flpor of a Broadway
hulldliiR, landed on ft onnvnfi Bbool
hung nt tho fifth floor, adjusted his
coat a bit and wont back to work
Schoolboy Finds
Teachers' Bodies
Left OnHighway
CI.KVICLANO, Feb, 17.
""Mabel Foot, 21, mid Mm. Louise
Wolf, 3K, high school tnaohiilH,
went found Hhot a ltd beaten to
dealh on a road three mlleH
from hero. A boy, on rout it to
iicliool, discovered tho bodleii.
Tho vIcIIium woro last Himn y"- '
lerday whitii thny left school for
their homos.
'
STATE BUILDING
WORK APPROVED
KIOXATi: VOTKS TO DIVLItT
VI Alt l l It MILL IIOAD TAX
I'DII fVO YIIAItS TO STATE
INSTITUTIONS.
(Ily tlnllnt I'm to The Uelid llullolln.)
KAI.K.M, Feb. 1 7. Dlveriilon of tho
quarter mill rond tnx for a period of
two yearn for tlm construction of
llUllllllIKH for MtlltO lllHtltlltlollH wil
approved today by tho Houuti), which
panned ii bill provldlnK for work UK
KrexiillliK t52D,OIIO.
Tlm Iioiiho piiHMed the bill kIvIiik
dlnlrlct iiltorneyM (ipeclal fundB for
thn proHccutloii of vIolullonM of the
prohlblllon Jawn.
Tho reHoliillon lookhiK toward
hydro-i'lectrlc dovelopumnt In Oro
Kon win Indefinitely postponed by
tho Kuiiutn.
RETTER SUPPORT IS
NEEDED BY Y. M. C. A,
l.mk of Hy-oniier ('miperiilloii Mny
Mean Withdrawal From Local
Field liillmiitt' ('. A. KellK.
Either tho Y. M. C. A. imiHt receive
better cooperation Ifi llenil, or It will
feel compelled to withdraw from
miiiiiiKcmeiit of thn llend Amateur
Athletic club building, It wan HtrmiK
ly Intimated hero yoHtordny by C. A..
Kelln. field Hecretury for tho Indus
trial Y. M. O. A. In tliu northwest.
Mr. K1U Ih HpendliiK u few days In
tend looking over tho local Hltuatlon.
llo declared that tho association
"must aecuro botlor Hupport" than
bus been Klven duiiiiR tho pnst year
If Its muuiiKerUil worK here Is to con
tinue. Ha had not been nhlo to ascer
tain whether or not tho needed sup-'
port would ba available. Tho wel
fare of the community Is tho chief
object of tho association, be empha
sized. PIGEONS TO SOLVE
PROBLEM IN IDAHO
DchcIiiiIi'x National Forest Man 1U-
lleve Illrils Will Ntterccd Where
The Wlreloufi Hiw 1'alliil.
Telephone communication la im
possible and wireless telegraphy has
provad to bo a allure In tho moun
tainous country of tho Thunder
Mountain ranger district of tho Idaho
National forest, and an a result car
rier pigeons will probably bo used.
W. J. Sproat of the Deschutes Na
tional forest, who Introduced the car
rier pigeon In forest work In Oregon,
has writ ton In response to an Inquiry
from Idaho, stating his belief that
proportly trained birds will solve
communication problems In the
Thunder Mountain district.
MASTER MASON WORK
IS TAKEN BY FIVE
Special Session of llend Lodo Lnits
Over Nine Hours llaiuiiii't
Fol lows Ceremonies.
Tho Mastor Mason degroo was con
ferred upon Claude Smith, A. I). Gil
son, A. O. Schilling, B. R. Manning
and II. S. Fnssbtt by llend lodge
No. 139, A. F. & A. M., nt a spoclnl
convocation lusting from 1 o'clock
in tho aftornoon until 10:30 o'clock
Inst night nt Masonic hnll.
After tho degree work had been
completed nn cluborulo banquet was
solved during which an address on
Masonry was made by Dr. Cox of
Wenntcheo, formerly a captain In the
American expeditionary forces,
EXCEPTIONS IN
WESTONAPPEAL
BEFORE COURT
08 ASSIGNMENTS OF
ERROR MADE
TRANSCRIPT LENGTHY
Claim of Lack of I'roof of ('oin
iiiInhIiiii of Crime Considered Ini
portiiut In Legal Itallle To
1 lee Murderer of KriiK.
Definitely beginning the legal bat
tle to free A. J. Weston, now serv
ing a life term III the penllentiury for
lint murder of Hubert II. KrilK, her
mit rancher of Hlsters, K. O. Kludter,
who Is ussoclatml with N. O. Wullhci)
of 1'rlnevlllu mid Allan 11. Joy of
Portland in putting through an ap
peal, yesterday filed a bill of excep
tions uud transcript of tna cusa with
County Clery J. II. Haner.
Tho exceptions cover 103 typewrit
ten pages unci tho transcript 570
pages. After chcckliiR over tho first
document, Circuit Judgo T. 10. J.
Duffy will scud It to Salem to be
filed with tho supremo court. This
he expects to llo before tho end of
the week, although the tusk Involved
will mean fully u day's work.
Asidgnineiits of error which the de
fense lists number 98. and relate
chiefly to tho admission of evidence.
One of Iho main points on which the
appeul Is considered to rest Is the con
tention of Weston's attorneys that the
fact of a crime having been commit
ted was not proved.
. Ciilifi-liiii I tumor Denied.
Weston was convicted at the last
November term of court at the end
of the most sensational trial ever
held In Deschutes county. State's
evldenco was to the effect that Wes
ton murdered Krug after vainly tor
turing the aged munvln an effort to
obtain money, mid had then burned
tho Krug cabin, partially destroying
tho body of his victim ill the fire.
The defense flatly denied tho alle
gations of the complaint and rested
chiefly on tho establishment of an
alibi.
Throughout the trial Weston main
tained his Innocence. Recently a ro-
port was current that he had made a
full confession, but Inquiries made, of
county mid penitentiary authorities
Indicated that the rumor was without
basis.
FUNDS FOR DRY LAW
ENFORCEMENT ASKED
(Ily Unltiil Prcu to The Pond Bulletin.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 17
Tho appropriations committee today
recommended to the senate an ap
propriation of $1,450,000 for prohi
bition enforcement until July 1. This
is $450,000 more than tho house al
lowed in tho sumo bill.
PUPIL COST FOR YEAR IN BEND
AVERAGES $97, REPORT STATES
That tho' average cost of Instruc
tion per pupil In the Bond schools for
tho present year will amount to $97
was declared by City Superintendent
S. W. Moore in his report to tho di
rectors of district No. 1 at their regu
lar meeting Inst night. Mr. Moore
based ' his .estimates On 'iho figures
for the first lntlt of the yenr and
compared them with the preceding
year, when tho average cost per pu
pil was $74.
Ills report showed nn average of
138 moro pupils In attendance than
last year, Increasing tho genornl cost
In round numbers by $13,000. Tho
Increased cost on the number attend
ing last year comes to $22,000, mak
ing a total advance In expenses of
$35,000, exclusive of building Im
provement and debt.
-The semi-annual stotlstlcal report
gives a total enrollment of 1422, nn
attendance of 9(1 por cont, retnrda
tlon amounting to '28 por cent, mid
total fulluroB of nlno por cent. Prev
nlonco of measles among the chlldron
of Bend 'has resulted In a consider
able falling off In attendance during
War With Japan
Menaces America
House Is Warned
(Ily Vnllrt I'reu tTh Ilrnd llulMln.)
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb.
17. Ultimately there will he a
war with Japan, unless cool
heads, Instead of demagogues
und drunkards control that
country, Representative Miller
of Washington warned today in
thn house, urging fortifications
for I'uget sound und tho Pacific
const.
WOULD DIVERT
YELLOW FLOOD
JOHN' IIAVS HAMMOND Hl'.
(;i:STS TI'llM.Vti TIDK OF I.M
MIGRATION IXTO XOHTHWKST
KHX KIIIKIUA AND Hl'HKIA.
(fly UnlUd Prrw to The Bend Bulletin.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 17.
A scliemo for diverting Japanese Im
migration from tho Pacific coast to
northwestern Siberia and Russia,
thus ending the Japanese problem In
the L'nited Stutes, was suggested to
the house foreign affairs committee
today by John Hays Hammond. He
has been mentioned for secretary of
commerce In the Harding cabinet. Is
a world-famous engineer and an au
thority on Russian affairs.
MOONSHINERS' CORN
SOLD FOR CHARITY
Corn intended for the manufacture
of liquor, seized by state and county
officers in the course of the last
three weeks, was sold yesterday by
Sheriff .S. K. Roberta and the pur
chased price of $5.40 will be turned
over to tho Red Cross.
FINE LEVIED FOR
FOREST TRESPASS
Word was received at headquar
ters of the Deschutes National forest
this morning that Archie Warner of
Silver Luke has paid a fine of
$218.30 to the district office for al
lowing his sheep to graze on gov
ernment range without a permit dur
ing Inst summer.
NEW CLAIM MADE FOR
EARLY 1921 CHICKENS
Claims of Mrs. J. W. Hunter of
Greonwood that 15 Rhode Island
chicks, which broke through their
shells on February 15, are tho first
of tho season, brought forth a report
of an earlier hatching today. Mrs.
Frank M. Davis has 18 11-day-old
buby chickens, she phoned The Bulle
tin. The earlier arrivals are Barred
Rocks, of the O. A. C. strain.
January and the early part of the
presept month. '
Instruction costs have increased 32
per cont, the number of pupils has
made a 13 per cent gain, while the
faculty has Increased but 10 per cent,
tho superintendent pointed out.
Whether or not action Is to bo tak
en on the petition of the children of
the Central school seeking to have
Mrs. Mildred Williams appointed to
succeed Miss M. Link, resigned, Is
still to' be decided. Mrs. Williams
is at present substitute Instructor,
hut tho children's petition was placed
on file by the directors. -
The board elected E. C. Miller to
succeed Miss Agnes Campbell on the
high school faculty on the recom
mendation of the superintendent.
Claims of G. A. Dutt for$15 for
medical treatment required by his
son as the result of Injuries sustained
In football wore referred to ' the
board's attorney.
Chairman Nordeen was. Instructed
to appenr before the city council and
ask for tho Installation of a light in
front of the high school building. He
will also hnve charge of placing flag
poles nt the grade schools.
KRAMER URGES
WOMEN TO AID
AGAINST BOOZE
BACKING OF PUBLIC IS
NEEDED, HE SAYS
BOOTLEGGER WARNED
Xo Leniency Will lie uliown Ik-causo
of Hex, Diilareo Prohibition Com
missioner Spirit of ISravudo a
Is itehlnd Law Violation.
Ily Hulph F. Couch.
(United Pro Huff Correspondent)
WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 17.
Federal Prohibition Commissioner
Kramer today appealed to American
women to help enforce the Volstead
act.
"The women of the United States
can bring strong public sentiment
behind tho law for its strict enforce
ment," he said. "They are moral
lenders of any community In a gen
eral way. Their influence, when as
serted. Is tremendous."
At the same time Kramer warned
women bootleggers that tfley need ex
pect no leniency if caught violating
the law. His office is now working
for conviction of some feminine whis
key runners, said to have operated
with a boldness and deftness sur
passing the efforts of their male as
sociates.
"Undoubtedly there are many
women who Indulge in intoxicants in
a spirit of bravado," the commission
er said. "The same spirit actuates
men who are trying to evade, the law
by drinking all sorts of intoxicating
beverages. It is up to the mothers
and fathers of young girls to see that
they obey the laws of the United
States. The mothers especially
should be able to help."
GARAGE MEN FIGHT
GRAVITY GAS TEST
Telegrams Sent From Ik-nil Urging
Repeal of Law Which Is Warned
For Motor Fuel Shortngc of 1020.
Telegrams were sent to Represen
tative Ovcrturf yesterday by the gar
age owners of this city, favoring the
passage of house bill 169, the purpose
of which is to repeal the specific
gravity gasoline test law, in force in
this state.
According to the various garage
men, this was the real cause of the
gasoline shortage of last summer, as
the producing companies were sell
lug' their product in other states
where the law was not In force, there
by diverting the supply which would
have been received here.
E. L. Payne of the Deschutes gar
age stated yesterday that he was in
Washington, and also Canada, dur
ing the time the greatest shortage
was felt here, and that he knew of
a great many tourists who would
have visited Oregon last year, but
had turned hack upon hearing of the
conditions in regard to the gasoline
supply.
He said he had been able to secure
plenty of gas in both Washington and
Canada at that time and he feels
sure that there will be no shortage
felt here this year If the gravity test
law is repealed. .
MAY DOUBLE DECK
CHICAGO STREETS
(By Unitiil PreM to The Bend Bulletin.)
CHICAGO. Feb. 17. Chicago will
have elevated or double-decked side
walks to relieve congestion in the
loop district, if the proposal of
George T. Cole, engineer, is favorab
ly acted upon by the city council.
The plan is Identical to one presented
to the council In 1S94. Cole pro
posed that the upper landing would
be reached by menus of moving or
stationary stairways. .
TWO CARD PLAYERS
KILLED BY BANDITS
(By United Press to The Bend Bulletin.)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Feb. 17.
Bnndlts, holding up a card game at
the Lennox hotel here, killed George
Goodrich, Atlanta engineer, and Wal
ter Burden, wealthy retired business
man.
SOLDIER BONUS
AND LOAN BE
PASSES SENATE
MUST NOW GO BEFORE
VOTERS
JAP ISSUE DIVIDES
House PasMn Allen Land Ownership
Hill Ity Small Margin MotIo
tVimonililp Killed, Anil Deer
Season Undergoes Change
(By United Pre to The Benrf Bulletin.)
SA I. KM, Feb. 17. Tho soldier
bonus anil loan law passed the senate
Into yesterday. Tho house had prev
iously adopted it und the final ac
ceptance Is novr up to a vote of the
people.
SALEM, Feb. 17. House bill 108
was passed in the house by a vote of
34 to 26, after a debate which occu
pied two hours.
This bill is to bar aliens from Asia
from ownership of property in Ore
gon. The .bill is patterned after the
California alien act which waa re
cently enacted In that state, and !
aimed to prevent the encroachmonts
of Japanese companies, associations
and corporations in colonizing Ore
gon by acquiring and leasing land.
Leonard of Multnomah, one of the
authors of the bill, opened the de
bate with a vigorous and scathing
criticism of Japanese methods and
motives. He pictured the Japanese
as "the Prussians of the Orient" and
declared their purpose was the event
ual conquest of the Pacific coast
through peaceful penetration. He
told of the hordes of Japanese In
California and their methods there,
also in the Hawaiian Islands. He de
clared the question one of patriotism .
and charged the Portland Chamber
of Commerce with opposing the meas
ure from a commercialistic stand
point.
Seek to Dodge Issue.
Kay of Marion said that the state
should keep out of the question, aa
President-elect Harding was pledged
to act, and that passage of the bill
would be a slap against Senators Mc
Nary and Lodge. He read a telegram
from Secretary Dodson of the Port
land Chamber of Commerce in which
he protested that the act would em
barass the government, and that the
passage of the measure would make
trouble.
Gordon of Multnomah declared
that the matter should be left to
Washington.
Carter of Jackson said that the
only mistake California had made
was in not acting in the matter soon
er. He said the Japanese are a men
ace to the country and that Oregon
should stand by California in the ef
fort to preserve the state. He said
further that it was the action of Call- '
fornia that finally stirred the nation
al government to take action.
Davey of Marion said he knew that
the Japanese depreciated land values,
could not be assimilated, and that
Americans could not compete with
them, but that the state should not
involve the nation in trouble, and
that It was a national and not a state
problem. Burdlck opposed the bill
because he believed in the sanctity of
treaties and held the new administra
tion pledged to action.
Movie Kill Slaughtered.
The house bill of Childs and
Fletcher, providing tor a state board
of censors for moving pictures, waa
killed soon after the opening of the
session in the morning. In like man
ner and by unanimous vote wero
bills 138 und'l40 killed in the house.
The first proposed to make it unlaw
ful to exhibit certain classes of plays
or pictures without, for 24 hours In
advance, posting conspicuous notices
in front of the play houses aa to the
character of the plays or pictures to
be given, and prohibiting girls under
16 and boys under IS from attending
such performances. TJie second bill
was meant to make it unlawful for
operators of places of amusement to
sell tickets without providing room
for each ticket holder.
Senator Strayor attempted to re
duce the yearly license fee from $J
to $2 when the game code came up
for consideration, but in this he wail
unsuccessful and the game code was
passed by the sonato. The change In
the deer season was effected through
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