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'1 THE BEND BULLETIN TIIK UKATIIKItl Kulr tunljcl'l and lomuriiiw; frost. DAILY EDITION Vol. V. ii:m, ii;som tks ror.M V, oiu;;o., ttkhiiay aktkrxoox, maim ii an. iosi. No. M MANY SIGNERS SEEK VOTE ON NEW FRANCHISE REFERENDUM CERTAIN ON FIKST DAY AUTUMN VOTK BASIS Klnium of 111 Hlgnalurr ltiMiilr rd l-lno 1 1 I'humhI Many Ak Prlvl l'lt ill HlgiiliiK No ltefual" Hwrlvcil Filing April 17 General support given I ho refer mliim petition on tho (illnun water work franchise yesterday Insured tlis question being submitted In the people. Tliu petitions had !' out Ins (hail nine hour when there were morn than 200 lgner. The pnllllon circulated hy T. II. Foley. manuKer of (ha Rend Water, I.IkIiI A Power Co., who started thn move ment fur a referendum, hi'lil 120 signature. According lo Ihn law governing a rlly referendum, "luners munt miiial In number 10 por cant of the tolul vole cast for limy or at thn proceeding general election. The mayoralty vote In November. 1920. Ill largest ever rant In Il-nd. l.08. no I hut 11 signers were needed to qualify the petition. Will Kll lly Arll 17. A feature of yesterday' referen dum work was thn number of people who ramn voluntarily to the pctl llon circulator anil auk ml for the privilege of slKnlng. Of those whose signature were requested, not one refused. It via reported thin morn ing. Petitions continued In circulation loilay. They may he Mm! any time . up to April 17. WARDEN FORESEES 1)1(2 DUCK SEASON PORTLAND. March 29 "From all Indication, there will he a grout many morn durka In Oregon and Washington next season than I 3i:ua!" anld lulled States Came Warden It. C. Steele upon hi re turn from a 10-day trip throughout tho dlalrlrt. "Them should he a pcood early ahoolliiK at the opening of thn ses nn October 1. I have not Iced morn mating lliuii usual, and thn duck mil to hn aliiyltift III thn North Wat," hn anld. FIND BOOZE UNDER FliOOR IS CHARGED The cnan of l.eater llryan, chant ed with having lliiuor In hla posses sion, will he heard In police court . tomorrow, Judge Itoaa Fnniham lute. Aa the result of a anarch conducted lute Saturday afternoon at tho llryan home, on (lllehriat avenue, a nil in her of holt leu of home brew wern found underneath the floor of thn wooilHlied, Chief of I'ollro It. It Fox reported. MILLIONS IN COLD TOURING INTO U. S. NEW YORK, March 29. Now York I Bruo gold port theso days. Hold I flowing Into thin country from nil points of tho compass, Krom Australia, Knglund, Hol land, Sweden, nnd India, have come shipments within the pnst few days great boxes of bar gold. In two days, Now York bunking houses rocolvnd IE, 326, 000 In gold from Kuropo and Asia. HOLD' FUNERAL FOR PNEUMONIA VICTIM Funeral services were held yes tnrday afternoon from thn NIs wonger chapel for Marjnrln Bloom, 14 year old daughter of Mr. nnd Mrs. J. Kilnnr Illoom, who died Fri day of pnnunionln. Itev. J. K. Purdy conducted tho services. I1AHY HOY III ItlDI) TODAY Fiinornl services were held this afternoon lit 2:30 o'clock for Al bert Jr., tlireo weeks' old son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert VniiKhn, who died Btindny. Rev. II. C. Hart ran ft conducted tho Borvlces nt the NIs wongnr clmpnl. Burial was In the rilot Butte cemotery. Etheridge May Be Deprived Of His Citizenship IH United I'laiUiTln hnd llulUllnl PORTLAND. Miin.h 29 Fraud In procurement of (III- Kinship pupei Is I'harKed uxuluat John l.iulhroiike Kthorldge, expreldeiit of Mor- rl llroa., bankrupt bond houae, In a suit lo ra licet his natural- liiillon, filed loiluy by l ulled Klulna Attorney Humphreys In feilenil court, Thn action wua ordered by Altornny General liaugherty, from Washington. CHANGE SCALE AT BEND MILLS TO BE EFFECTIVE ON APRIL 1 Announcement .Made lly llrookn H anion And Hhevlln-IIUon Of , l Iteilurllon l Than In Olhrr Coaot I'lunl", Ih lnred, Announcoinunt ofaa now scale of wage which will go Into effect at the Ilnnd mill on April 1, was made toduy by II K. Ilrook. funeral man ager of the Ilrooka Hcaiiton Lumber Company, nod J. P. Hennessey, as sistant general manager of The Hhev-lln-lllxon Company. Tho following statement by the mill officials car ries the announcement and the ex plication for the action takeu: "Lumber prices have slumped so heavily since the first of the year and there has been such a downward tendency In the general Industrial and economic situation that the man agements of the local mills hardly feel Jimt IMed In continuing opera tions oil the present basis of labor ciwia. Consequently the resident of flrlal of The Khnvlin-llixou Com bany and llrooks-Kcanlnn Lumber Company, after giving careful con alderallon to Ihn matter and confer ring with the 4 L committees, have fixed on a common labor minimum of $3 CO for eight hours, lo tnko ef fort April 1st. "The averagn reduction will be only about 7 per cent. Practically all other mills on the const and In the Inland Umpire and Cullfornia will be stilt lower to the extent of at leant 20 rents per day, and some from 40 to 80 cents. Tho employes of the milts liere havo been antlrl paling a wage cut and it Is generally admitted thnl thn reduction ubout to become effective Is as reasonable as could have been expected." INVITE HARDING TO CONVENTION CONfiUKSSMAX M'AKTIHU ASKS I'ltKSIDKNT TO ATTKND STATU MDKTIMJ OK TIIK AMK.HICAX l.K;i()X AT Kl'liKXK. (Rutlrlln Wuhlnitton HurMu.) WASHINGTON, March 29. Con Crossman McArthur today conferred with President Harding and Invited him to attend the annual convention of the state of Oregon American Legion convention to be held at Ku geno July 1 and 2. The president assured him that he would bo dollghted to accept if con ditions would permit, hut both the president and tho congressman be lieve that congress still will bo In ses sion at that time and that II would he Impossible for the president to renrh Oregon on Hint (Into. The president suld ho was looking forward to his Pacific Const trip with much eagerness nnd plnnsnre and hoped to stnrt Immediately afler ad journment of congress. Mrs. McArthur accompnnled her husband nnd was presented to the president Just as he was leaving. Congressman McArthur suggested to the president that he nrrniiga the trip so that he could get throo or four days of salmon fishing In some of the Oregon streams, nnd the pres ident snld nothing would please him bolter. PORTLAND POST ADMITS WRONG ALIEN QUESTION IS IJKOUGHTTO END Li'Klon I"'! Called To Time lly Stale Adjutant I'or Action Taken lly Chillies II. Itueker In t'surp log I'imrr of Department. Virtual admission that Portland Post, American I.eiclon, exceeded Its authority In attempting to dual di rect with the question of employ ment of aliens throughout the state, is contained III a reply which that post has made to correspondence on the subject from K. J. Elvers, adju tant for the department of Oregon. The Ilend, Kugnne, and Hood Kiver poets lo alien employment ratings given out by Charles II. Itueker, civ ilian employe of the Portlnnd post. State Adjutant Kivers, In his let ter lo Portland pointed out that "De partment headquarters ha received no Information from your employ ment committee that they were han dling state matters." He added: "You can realize that unless we thoroughly cooperate, and matters of this kind come through the proper channels before being published, it embarasses everyone concerned, and Interferes with the standing of the posts In their communities." He re quested that action of the kind be not repeated. Iturkrr Ignored Throughout the correspondence. no direct reference Is made to Ituek er. but apology for bis actions Is made by the Portland post in the following words: "The members of the executive committee regret that this situation arose, and they wish It distinctly understood that It was not the intention In any way to en croach upon the work or interests of any post in Oregon, or In any way to overlook the stale department." Announcement by Itueker that a drive would be made to oust alien lubor, and that Ilend was third in the list of cities employing aliens, brought an Investigation hy the Ilend Commercial club, disproving the charges, and prompted a determined protest on the port of Percy A. Stevens Post. AGED NATURALIST DIES DURING TRIP John lliirroiifch". On Way Kat To Celebrate Killl Ilirtliday, Is Stricken While On Train. (Rj United PrM to Th Bwid DulMlo.) NEW YORK. March 29. John Uurroughs. naturalist, died on the train en route from Pasadena to Poughkeepsle, according to a tele gram from his secretary. Dr. Clara llsrrus. Ilurroughs had planqcd to cele brato his kith birthday with Henry Ford, II. 8. Firestone, and Thomas Kdison oil April 3, and was return ing from tho coast with this idea In mind. Ho was born In Uoxbury, N. Y., in 1837. At 14 he began writing es says, nnd at 19 was a contributor to tho Atlantic Monthly. He was grad uated from Cooperstown Semin ary, and taught school for nine years. One Man Accused of Gambling; Says It Was Only Exhibition, With Money To Lend Realism; $25 Fine Assessed A. L, Wilson was found guilty in polico court yesterduy afternoon of shooting craps with himself. At any rate, he was tho only person charged with manipulating the speckled cubes. His attorney, Charles W. Erokhin, pointed out to thn court that It Is impossible for less than two people to gam ble, hut Wilson was ordered to pay n fine of S2G. An appeal may hn taken. With a pair of transparent dice, a $10 bill, and two dollar In silver as Hie stnte's exhibit, the enso went to trial whan Chief ot Police R. II. Fox nnd Officer Tom Csrlon told of going to the house Film Star Goes To Jail 10 Davs On Speed Charge 1 1), t.'riltnl Prns U The fend BulMln.) LOK ANOKLKH, March 29. Jail holds no terrors for Hebe 4- Daniels. Jesting, tho screen actress prepared today to serve 10 days In the Orange County 4 Ilastlle. She was sentenced by 4 4 Justice Cox, of Santa Ana, for speeding. 4-4-4 4-44 FORESTPATROL IS UNCHANGED OKKIiO.X TIMI1KII TO II.1YK H AMK PHOTWTIOX IIV All! AS LAST V KA II, SKXATOR M'XAKY Al VISKK KOItKKTKK. fHullrtin WahinirUin Bureau.) WASHINGTON. March 29 Sen ator McN'ary today advised State Forester Klllot that Oregon would have the same air patrol service and protection from the federal govern ment that It had last year, but that the personnel and appropriations would not permit any extension of the service. This Information was In response to a letter from the state forertor, wherein he said he feared there would be no air protection. The war department informed' Senator Mc N'ary of the above facts and said that the details were in tho hands of the general commanding the 9th army at San Francisco. Senator McNary telegraphed him asking that the full amount of pro tection enjoyed by Oregon forest last year be extended this year. GUNMAN FIRES, TWO WILL DIE MYSTKP.IOIS ATTACK OX KOl'R ITALIA XS IIY VXKXOWX MAX, HKSILTS IX WOVNHIXG OF THRKK IX TACOMA. iPr United Prw toTh Bend BulMln) TACOMA. Mnrch 29 Patrick Tiazza Is believed dying at the hos pital toduy. Frank Kelia may be fa tally wounded, and Raphael Milelli is suffering bullet wounds received in a mysterious attack by an un know gunman who fired upon the three Italians and a fourth, who was not hit, near St. Leos church, on Yakima avenue, last night. STATE VETERINARIAN WILL LOOK FOR SCAB On- his way to Lnkovicw to look Into the scab situation among Lake county sheep. Dr. W. H. Lytle, slate veterinarian, passed through Bend today, accompanying Gilbert D. Drown, supervisor of the Fremout National forest. According to Dr. R. A. Parsons, representative In Central Oregon for the I". S. bureau of animal Industry, scab is not at nil prevnlent In Lake county. Dr. Parsons Just returned from that section. of Mrs. Georgia Flshor on Jeffer son Place, armed with a search warrant for liquor. They found none, but as they entered tho place, they saw a hand slide along tho floor, passing the dice. The bund was not Wilson's, but could rot be positively Identified, they said. They found all .the money In front of Wilson. Officer Car ton was unnblo to state definitely Hint the defendant had been gam bling. Wilson declared that he had merely been giving a demonstrat ion ot "the way they used to shoot crnps in the army." He had plac ed the money on the floor to lend realism to the scene, he said. BOMB EXPLOSION, IN "BLOODY NINETEENTH" WARD; LOSS OF PROPERTY IS $1, Victimizes Girl, Lieutenant Will Serve 13 Months (Br United Pros to Th Bad Bulktla.; PORTLAND. March 29. 4 Robert Douglas, former Lieu- 4 4 tenant in the Spruce division, 4 4 at Vancouver barracks, was sen- 4 4 tenced today to 13 months on 4 4 McNeils Island by the federal 4 4 court, charged with obtaining 4 4 money under false pretenses 4 4 from an O. A. C. girl. Douglas 4 4 Is alleged lo have courted the 4 4 girl, obtained all of her college 4 4 money amounting lo $750. then 4 4 disappeared. His home is War- 4 4 saw, Indiana. 4 ASK TRACTORS FOR ROAD USE R Kyi" EST MADE TO SKXATOK M'.XARY IIY IIE.XD COMMER CIAL IXlll WILL PROBABLY UK GKAXTKII, SAYS SKXATOR. I Bulletin Wahintoa Bureau.) WASHINGTON. D. C, March 29. The Bend commercial club has wired Senator McNary for help in getting the war department to turn over to the forest service and bureau of public roads 12 tractors for use on secondary roads Inside of the for ests of Oregon and Washington Senator McNary believes the request will be granted. He has taken the application up vigorously with the departments involved, so the equip ment will be available at once. CLARK PURCHASES GARAGE INTEREST Manager of Associated Industries Buys Joch Holding In Cent -Ore Motor Co. Will Ixx-ate Here. A. G. Clark, manager of the As sociated Industries of Oregon, closed a deal yesterday for the purchase of the half interest In the Cent. -Ore. Motor Co. held by E. P. Jech since the formation of the company more than three years ago. The consider ation involved is $15,000. By the purchase, Mr. Clark becomes associ ated with his son-in-law, J. L. Van Huffel, the other large stockholder in the business. For the time being, the firm name will remain unchang ed. It will be some three weeks before Mr. Clark will be able to take an ac tive part in the management of the business. He will be at bis head quarters in Portland until his suc cessor as manager of the Associated Industries can be appointed and qualify, after which he will move his family to Hand. Mr. Clark's son Is to arrive this evening from Portland to take charge of office work. Mr. Jech has made no decision as to his plans for the future. BEND HEN EQUALS RECORD IN KANSAS Four anil A Half Ounce V'.fig Ijld lly Black Minorca Ib-lonng To Krnct Fulton, of Federal St. The account, published In a Port land paper, of a Kansas hen which laid a four and one-half ounce Eas ter egg. prompted Ernest Fultou, of 800 Federal street, to bring a made in Oregon egg ot the same size, to the Central Oregon bank today. Only tho Fulton hen didn't wait until Sun day. Her egg was left In the De.il on Easter Saturday. "It isn't at nil necessary to go as far as Kansas for big eggs," Mr. Ful ton declared. "Oregon hens can do Just as well any time." The Fulton hen which equalled the record of the Kansas chicken, nnd did It first is a Black Minorca. KILLS, MAIMS, CHICAGO FIRE CREWS RUSH TO SCENE GAS LEAK IS BLAMED But Detective Chief Finds Torped Cap And Accident Theory b Dis credited May Be Outbreak of Political Feud. (Br United Pra to T1m Bvnd Bulletin.) CHICAW), March 2ft. The lata tabulation ahowr 10 killed and fifty Injured in today expiration. CHICAGO, March 29. Several are reported killed In a bomb ex plosion in the "bloody nineteenth" ward on the west side here tod&y. All ambulances and police reserves were rushed to the scene. The "bloody nineteenth" has been the scene of many battles Istely wag ed by opposing political factions. Sev eral were recently Injure I w'j -n tbe hall was bombed In which a political candidate for the city council wm n'fking a speech. Six were killed in I lay's exploa 1. n. according to early reports from the Maxwell police station. Elghteea known Injured are in nearby hos pitals. Breaks Gla.t in Wide A rem Fire crews from the entire city were rushed to tbe scene. It is re ported that a whole city block was demolished. The explosion heard all over the city, and windows were broken within a radius of a mile. Efforts to get in touch with the district by telephone were futile. In dicating that the explosion had des troyed all telephone communica tions. The blast occurred in the factory of the Joseph Weil Paper company, on fourteenth and Halstead streets. Officials ot the company said they believed it was caused by a gas leak. They claimed they bad no labor troubles, nor feuds. Police, however. Immediately went to work on the theory that the cause was a bomb, and that the disaster Is part of th'e political feud waged In the "bloody nineteenth" for years. Relatives Fear Crazed A torpedo cap was found by Chief of Detectives Mike Hughes, who reached the scene soon after the dis aster. A cordon of police was imme diately thrown about the scene to keep back frantic Italians who rush ed up to determine if any relatives were among the victims. Ordinarily pleasant mannered Italian women, wild with tbe fear that some of their loved ones had been killed, or injured, battled with the police. Thousands of men, wom en and children held back In repeat ed efforts to rush the police lines, gasped, and fell into silence as they saw two bodies with heads blown off pulled out. and put on stretchers. The foot of a girl, still neat with its satin pump, was pulled out and put on a white canvas stretcher, waiting for the remainder of the shattered body. Police estimated the loss from the explosion will reach the million mark. This included the wrecked factory, and the little homes near it PRICE OF HAIRCUT AND SHAVE LOWER Itnrlers' Local No. 7:11) IH-riilcs ) Cut To Take Effect April 4 Bend Kimt In State To Reduce. A general reduction in the pries of haircutting. shaving and sham pooing, as well as In other branches of the barber's art was announced this morning by Barber's 1-cal 730, the action having been decided on last night. The cut in prices, which goes Into effect April 4, was decided upon as the logical move at the present time when other prices are being lower ed, members of the local stated to day. "So far as we know, the Bend local Is the first In the state to make a reduction," said one baiber this morning.