HHMUHUHMMHUUMMHI I 1 IIM WKATIII'ltl 11 ii I ii IiiiiIkIiI und tnniurrow THE BEND BULLETIN DAILY EDITION MWVWWWVW VU.. V. iii:m. diihciiitkh cor.vrv, itw;o, k.viThdav afternoon, aphil iu, iuui. No. 112. CO. I. DISTRICT BOND ISSUE IS SNOWED UNDER NO GUARANTEE FOR RAILWAYS CAPPER URGES COUNCIL VOTES FOR CHANGE IN MAYOR'SPERMIT AGED LABOR SIXTY LOSE LIVES IN TORNADO, DAMAGETHROUGH CENTRAL WEST ILL BE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS LEADER WEDS SETTLERS DETERMINE TATE OF PURCHASE VOTE EXCEEDS 2 TO 1 Alfalfa, Ami (irangr Hull Only Pre cincts Where Contract Featuring flO.OOO IIiimiI laaue FlmU Favor Among Water I'scra HOW Till: IUIMM I.ONT Vm No Terrebonne 15 04 Dearhutea JO Redmond 6 112 Powi.ll llulln 20 47 Alfalfa IS 1 Grange Hull 39 H Total 114 For Ihe aeconil lima thla year aeltlera on Ihn ('. f. I. project re jected a propoaed bond laaue In Ihe election held ycatnrday. Till de feats ihn plana for purrhaao by the dlalrlct of tli" company's holillniia. a ronlrsrt for which alined by rilrertoia of holh Ihn company ami Ihn dlatrlrt. Itrturua received here today allowed thai the liriO.IMin bond laaun loal b) a Tola of more than two to one. Objection of tho aetllcrs-Jo Ihe amount of water lo be furiiUhml was forapi.n aa a harrier lo the pro poaed purrhuae, in the mcetlnga beld Monduy and Tueaday at Terrebonne, rownll lliitto and Redmond, whero Ktata Engineer Percy A. Cupper uracil I hi. purrhaan of the holding. It wa charged that while aecpage loaae for the puat two year have linen 7 per cent, Ihe ll mi re In the contract were worked out on a baala f 40 per cent aeepaiin. Thla. It waa argued, would give the aelllera W water than under the old agree ment. Ileaull Show a Early State Engineer Cupper atated In Ihn Redmond meeting that he be lieved tho only way the aeltlnra could gel water thla year would be to purrhaan the property. Active opponent charged him with favor ing the ptirrhune o that ho could collect hla own $'..000 fen. Thn rivet Inn waa conceded lost lant nlt:ht by thn attorneya for Ihe llairli't. lieAimnml tt Kraklne. on hearing thut Ihn ni.irKl" for the bond laaun In Ihn Crnnge Hull er tlnn wua only 39 lo 2S. aa that dla trlrl wun ronalilered the moxl favor kble. ALLIES PLAN FOR COERCION I'ltKM II OCTI-INE MKAXH OK I'OIU lti (JKIIM.WH TO MEET TERMS MILITARY MEASl'KES WILL RE FEATl'RE. (o United TraM to Tha Bond Bulletin) PARIS, April 18. Complete pliinn for mllllnry and economic coercion of lnrmny on May 1 were submitted to tho iillle today by Premier llrlund. Tho plana, drawn up at a conference. IiihI lilghl betweon llrlund, President Milleraml. Mur hIiiiIh Knrh nnd Potnln, and Minister of Liberated Regions I.ochnur. In clude tho nrrupiitlon of tho Itnhr dlHlrlct. and possibly liuluatrlnl Westphalia. I'lider Foeh'a recommendations it waa decided tt) recall tho military clusses of 1818 and 11 for three tnotilha. Marahnl Koch i-xi.reased tho belief Hint 100.000 men lire "suf ficient to keep Ihe German in check." SPHECKLES SAVED FROM BURNING CAR BAN FKANCISCO, April 1. Atlolph Hprockles' life wna snved when two policemen drnggod the millionaire augnr mngnnlo from a burning iutomobllo on the Montlccla Bteumililp pier today. PROVISION HAMPERS TRAFFIC, BELIEF . TO DRAFT NEW HILL Henalor Declare Intrralate Com mrrre 'oinmlaalon Khoulil Take lulllntlve la llnte f'ul Pacini: 'oil HlNlra Would llrllclll. (llulM'n WaahlnaUta Hurnu.1 WAHIIINUTON, U. C. April 16. -Ilullroud cotnpuulea will loae the guuraiilne of I per cent now pro vided for In Ilia Kach-Cummlna bill If Senator Capper can arcompllah It. Ha bellevea that till feature of the tranaportatlon act la reapunalble for much of the difficulties of the country, and particularly thn reaaon for the lark of freight moving nl the present time. Will A.kVul. He believes that tho law. which provides that the luteratate commerce commlaalon ahull fix a rate for tra Ha noi tat Ion which will produce earn Inga amounting lo 14 per rent, la capable of working both ways. Iu a leerh he will make when he Intro duces Ihe new bill he will state that hu b llevea Ihe commlaalon ahould now on Ita own motion reduce the rates whlrh have puralyird bualneaa. Hn argue thut until Ihn provlnlon for this guaranty la removed II ahould he made lo udupl Itnelf to business conditions and Ihe commlaalon ahould not wait for shippers or rail road owners to ask for a chango in Ihe rates, but ahould proceed to a re vision downward without further no tice. I'njuat. la 4 latin. Ilut Senator flapper will go fur ther and will demund that this pro vision be taken out of the law as un Juat and false economically and a great hardship lo the west, and par tlrularly the Pacific coast, for under Ita otieratlon long haul rates are practically prohibitory and, if contin ued, mean a complete rearrange ment of bualneaa, and particularly manufacturing, lo eliminate Ihe long haul. Not only would he wipe out the guarantee feature, but Senator Cap' I per piopoaes to urge another bill to ! Htreiigtheu Ihn power of state govern ineiiia over Intrnatato rales and the j conduct of transportation In gen eral. rilale Control SllKKixtol. He claims Hint Ihn tendency to renirallse Ihn control of transport. Hon in Wellington hu left Ihe atates lurg. ly at the merry of thJ dlrtutea of the Interstate commerce commission to Ihe dumiign of stale control and development of elule enterprlao and Initiative. Hn would make the state govern ments so strong In transportation mailers that their rulings would tuive to hn given heed by the federal authorities, and believes that such ac tion would be of great benefit lo the shippers of Ibo western states. Hn expects to Introduce both mens urea In the next fow da. It Is con ceded that one of the results of this action on the part of Sonalor Capper will bo to Include those points in the general mllrond Inquiry about to bo Instituted by Hcnator Cummins as chairman of the aennte committee on Inlerstnto commerce. HRITISH MINERS NOW AT A LOSS Will 4-oiitl.iin' Oilnlnnl Program l'n. til (lenernl Conferenw, Announced After Defection of "Alliance." (II, llnllnl I'r.-l to Th lWtut lliillrtln.) LONDON, April 10. SlrikliiR coal miners, deserted by their allies In the "tripln alliance," are determined to carry on pending the general confer ence of representatives In oil sec tions next Friday. The announce ment wns made by Frank Hodges, secretary of tho miners' federation, following a meeting of the executive council. He snld work would not be re sumed nnywhero until next week's conference hnd doclded on courses of action. G I'ER CENT RATE ON BONDS ALLOWED C. S. REED IS SPEAKER lleail of Wllllte Company Promkncs City Kxlra Value In HurfarltiK Hlrrela Mill Yard Pavement Nearly Prrfecl, Telia Council. Lengthy diacuaalon on proposed amendments to Mayor K. 1). Ullson's waterworks franchise ordinance cul minated In a unanimous vote favor ing the adoption of tho three chang es outlined. These are to provide use of Spring river water, to set 20 years as the life of the contract, and to provide two years after legal ob stacles are removed as the maximum time in which construction uaay be started. Debate leading lo the au thorization of ( per cent as the rate of Interest on paving bonds occupied much of the remainder of the time at an unusually protracted session. Following bis usual custom, Mayor K. D. Gilaon yielded his chair to President of the Council G. II. Maker when amendments to ordinance No. 201 were presented for Ihe second reading. The ordinance In question Is the one In which the council pre sented to Mayor Gllson a franchise tu operate a waterworks system in fiend. Copied II. V. I.. & P., Hays Mayor. Ili-fore any anion was taken, Coun cilman Gilbert asked City Attorney ('. R. Ilenson for an opinion as to what penalty violation of any of the terms of the franchise or its proposed amendments would carry. Mr. Ilen son chose to regard the franchise as a contract bntween the city and the mayor, and aald that he believed It would be binding. A definite state ment stipulating forfeiture as an au tomatic result of violation might make the agreement more specific, however, he said. In response to Mr. Maker's ques tioning, Mr. Ilenson said that the amendments are probably definite enough in Insuring the use of Spring river water In the mayor's proposed water system. Doth the city attor ney and the mayor agreed In atuting that the memorandum outlining the amendments, reud to the council nt thn time of tho passing of the origi nal ordinuiire. did not Include any definite forfeitute provisions. .Mayor Cilson Informed thn coun cil that o nil ini nee No. 201 Is virtual ly a copy of the Item! Water, Light A Power Co. franchise nnd that ordi nance No. 202, the amendments, pro vides additional safeguards. Vote la ritunhiioii. Mr. Ilenson saidhat the pnssaRe of thn atm-iutmei.ts would make the two Instruments a unit, as if passed at the date of the original ordinance. Councilman Lon L. Fox moved to table until the next regular meeting to allow for further Investigation. J. 9. Innos seconded. Mr. linker declared against post ponement, maintaining that the pen alty Is written Into the ordinance. Councilman Innes suggested that Fox withdraw his motion, that the ordl- (Continued on Page 4.) Bear Stories Of Bad Roads Without Foundation, Declares Publisher Of Automobile Record, Touring State After purchasing and loading his enr down with equipment for extricating It from mud holes, at the advice of Klamath Fulls peo ple, who clnlmed to know the con dition of the road to Ueud, M. O. Wilklns. publisher of tho Oregon Automobile Record, came through ulmost ull of the way In high gear, ho remarked yesterday. He left Klamath Falls at 9 o'clock in the morning and arrived In Bond ut 9 o'clock In the evening, losing nn hour In ferrying across Ktnmiith lake, part of the detour necessary hecuuse of the construc tion near Chlloqitln. Although tho road by way of Sil ver Luke, which has been used for several weeks, is now so miry as to be Impussable, the route through Hi 1 Samuel Gompcra, 71 year old preal (lent of A. F. of I,., who claimed bride of HH In .New York today. GOMPERSTAKES SECOND BRIDE HKAD OF OKGAM.F.D LAItOll IS AMF.ItICA MAKKIKH AKTIST AND.KT.IUTS OX WKDDI.Mi THIP TO TORONTO. NEW VOItK. April 1. Samuel GoniiH-ra, aged 71. president and founder of the American Federation of Labor, today married Mrs. Ger trude Aln-l.'y Cleaves Neuscheler, aged 38, artist. Gompers and his bride have left on a wedding trip to Toronto. The marriage was performed at the Hotel Woodward by Judge Rob ert Wagner of the New York factory inspection commission. Today's ceremony marked Com per'a second marriage. WELS FREED; COURT RESTS ACOIITTALH RF-SII.T IX A LI. CHIMINAL CASKS OX DOCKKT CIVIL SlITS WILL IK'CIPY XF.XT WF.F.K. A straight record of acquittals for the entire docket of criminal cases for this terra of circuit court was hung up yesterday evening when the jury in the case against Newton Wells, charged with looting a homesteader's cabin, brought in a verdict of not guilty after being out one hour. No other criminal cases are ready for trial at this time. Court was adjourned laat night until Mon day morning. The lira! civil suit, scheduled for Monday morning, is thut of A. B. Matthews vs. bun Angland. for al legod breach of contract. It will be followed by the case of Lee A. Thom as vs. C. J. Dugan and P. F. Beuulieu. Only three cases have been heard during tho first week of court, but two were marked by an abundance of testimony, the trials of James T. Carter for alleged statutory offenses, and of C. L. Evans and Jake Kooy mnn for larceny. I'nusunl dispatch was observed In yesterday's trial, a Jury being picked, both sides heard and a verdict given in one day. Sand Creek nnd Crescent la In good condition, Wilklns said. There Is one plnce whero a detour Is necessary, nnd once or twice he used his shovel after getting nut of tho road In the drifts. The ruts have been cut to the bottom of all these drifts, however, so thut In another week the road will resem ble a highway. Wilklns came all the way from Sand Creek without chains. Wilklns left Portland lust Wed nesday, drove to Hornhrook, Cul., through Ager to Klamath Falls, and to Bend. He has done no work on his car 'but to supply It with gnsolino, oil and water. He Is ar ranging with hotel men for dis tribution of the state highway de partment's official road map. Engineer Clings To Swaying Cab Daring Tornado I Br Uniu4 frmt to Th Brad Bulletin.) NASHVILLE, Tenn., .April 18. How be clung to a loco mo- 4 tive cab amid a rain of wreck- 4 age, while the tornado picked 4 up cars loaded with cotton from 4 4 a combination freight and pas- 4 4 senger train, was told today by 4 4 E. W. Mills, engineer of the 4 4 Missouri Pacific branch line 4 4 from Nashville to Hope, 4 4 "Two freight cars were 4 4 pitched out of the train," said 4 4 Mills. "The locomotive rocked 4 4 and nearly went over several 4 4 times. Windows were torn from 4 4 passenger coaches. That no one 4 4 waa seriously hurt, despite 4 4 wreckage and flying timbers, is 4 4 miraculous." 4 444444444444444 BEND ANGLERS CATCH LIMIT LLOYD DOITHIT AND L. D. DAIRD KKTIUX FROM TWIX LAKES WITH BASKETS FILL OF BIG FKLLOWS. Limit catches of trout were taken on the first day of the season by Lloyd Doutbit and L. B. Balrd at Twin lakes. The 28 fish, weighting very clone to 40 pounds, displayed In Mr. Douthit'a window on Wall street today, were caught by these two af ter fishing all day with various kinds of bait. A spoon and a wooden min now were most successful. The largest fish weighs five pounds and Is 25 Inches in length. It la a steelhead, caught by Mr. Douthlt. The best fishing was from 10 o'clock to noon, he stated. Many who vis ited Twin lakes failed to land sizable catches. SWIMMER DASHED UPON ROCKS, DIES Second Man la Milns, And Third of Party Which Left Portland Turaday, I Found In Dory. HOIH'IAM. Wash.. April 16. J. Gander, fisherman, was dashed to death on the rocks when he attempt ed to swim ashore from a crippled launch off Grays Harbor. F. Carzy is missing and John San clee was saved in the launche's diry. The launch, which left Portland Tuesday, is adrift at sea. BRIAND APPROVES NEW AMBASSADOR (Br United Preuto The Brad Bulletin.) PARIS, April 16 Premlor Brlnnd despatched a message to President Harding today accepting the appoint ment of Myron T. Herrick as ambas sador to France. He expressed grati fication at Herrick's return to the Paris embassy. ENGINE SPARKS IN FOREST ARE BARRED (Br Vnlled Pre to The Bend B.'lletln.) OLYMPI.T. Wash., April 16. Coal or wood burning eiiKlue will not bo permitted In the Olympla forest storm lone from April to October, ac cording to flro prevention rules pro mulgated today for the tornado-ridden territory by Governor Hart. NAVAL OIL LANDS WILL BE OPENED (By United Praia toTha Bend Bullettm WASHINGTON", D. C. April 1. Secretary of the navy Denby today announced that naval oil reserve lands In California will be opened Immediately for drilling by private Interests. SOUTH SUFFERS MOST HEAVILY CROPS ARE LEVELED Railroads Blocked By Blizzard A ad Violent Wind Storms Centering la Illinois Chicago Rain la Almost Cloudburst. (Br I'olud Prtaa to The BeiH Bulletin) CHICAGO, April 16. Sixty were killed and property damaged to the extent of millions in blizzards and tornadoes which covered the entire central west. Crops were leveled, buildings destroyed, trees blown down, railroads blocked by snow and sleet, wires forced to the ground and fruit trees and early gardens dam aged. The wind storm did the most dam age In the southwest, where many lives were lost. The tornado left a wake of death and destruction in Texas and Arkansas. The storm today centered over Il linois, sweeping toward the Great Lakes region. The wind reached a velocity of 70 miles an hour. II. J. Cox. In charge of the weather bureau here, said It waa Chicago' worst storm. The wind waa accom panied by a rain which was nearly a cloudburst. Of the dead so far reported, 4 lives were lost In Arkansas and 11 in Texas. - HIE SAVING AIM OF CLUB PLAX TO BE TRIED OCT AT WEDNESDAY LUXCHEOX TO MAKE FASTER. S.XAPPIKR, MORE IXTKRESTIXG MEETINGS Discussions at the Wednesday noon luncheons of the Commercial club will begin immediately after the soup course Is disposed of, in order to shorten the time necessary for holding the meetings, if plan ad vanced by Secretary L. Ant!e3 are adopted. It Is also planned to have the luncheon served promptly at 11:19 o'clock .whether anybody is there or not, and to stop at 1:15 sharp, wheth er or -ot the discussion Is ended. Miscellaneous topics brought up at the luncheon without previous ar rangement will be limited to mere an nouncements, and will not be dis cussed. Mr. Amies also suggests that a dif ferent club member should preside at each successive luncheon, thereby increasing the interest In the affairs. All of these Ideas are in use In other Oregon commercial organizations, most of them In the Portland Cham ber of Commerce, aud have been found desirable. At next Wednesday's luncheon the roads committee, which attended the meeting of the state highway com mission In Portlund two weeks ago, will report In regard to what It ac complished and what It learned. Gen eral discussion on this subject Is de sired by the board of directors, with a view to obtaining additional Im provement of roads on the part ot thn comity before June, after which no state appropriation's may be obtained, as all money available for two years will be tied up at that time. ERROR IS ADMITTED BY KLAMATH FALLS After Investigating reports that Bend sportsman were seckil g to have Odell and Crescent lakes closed to fishing, the Klamath County Sports men's association finds no founda tion for the rumor, says the Klam ath Falls Herald. Correspondence with State War den Rurghduff and M. A. Lynch, Red mond. member of the state flHh and game commission, among others, shows no request for such closing on tile with the commission.