The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Deschutes County, Or.) 1917-1963, August 12, 1921, Page 1, Image 1

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DAILY EDITION
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THE BEND BULLETIN
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SEES BETTER
TIMES
III INDUSTRY
CHANGE IN TAXATION
DECLARED NKKI)
ALLIED DEBT PUZZLE
Industrial Coum-ll Si-rri-tary Sees
Nerraalty For Railroad Payment
House To l(uli Art Inn tin
Tax Revision Measurt.
(Ilr Unll-d Tru to Th IWn4 BulMla.)
NKW YORK. Auk. 11 Karl Con
tanllne, executive secretary of th
National Indiialrlal council, today dn
dared the follow Ins fire elementary
step are nereaaary to bring about a
complete realoratlon of normal btial
iwm condition: Further rout of liv
ing reduction. housing relief, liquida
tion of lh government'! obligation
lo the railroads, taxation readjust
ment, and aoliitlnn of thn foreign
debt problem.
Conatantlne declared the Induatrial
rouncll'a aurvejr of general eondl
tlona Indicated a gradual, apaamodlr
Improvement fur the real of (lie year
and In lb following spring.
TAX CHANGE NEAR
WASHINGTON. l. C, Aug. 12.
Ilepreaentatlvn Mondell, house repub
lican leader, elated today that the
houae ways and means committee
will complete Its tax revision bill
Monday. Should the committee give
complete approval, the house Intends
to rush the measure; through, next
week.
The senate flusnre committee to
day adopted the American valuation
plan as the tariff bill basis, with
alight modifications. Republican
members are supporting that plan
unanimously and republican member
of the houae ways and means com
mittee preaent have reached virtual
agreement to eliminate the dye stuffs
embargo proposal.
LEGION ORCHESTRA
ADDS JAZZ PIANIST
I,. It. Wood Adda Pep To Mualral
Organisation "rlax-n-Jaxa" la
me Chosen ly Mroilarra.
The new American Legion or
chestra, which has been reorganised
this week with the addition of L. It.
Wood. Jim pianist, who wn former
ly with McElroy'a orchestra of Port-
I ii tul. boa been named the Legion
fiax-o-Jail Dance orchestra.
Wood la a member of the Legion
and at last night's rehearsal demon
strated that he can tlckla the ivories
with the "pep' which transfers Itself
to the dancer. The rejuvenated or
chestra will muke It first appearance
t the D. A. A. C. dunce Saturday
night.
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Prisoners Throw
Pepper, and Leave
In Jailer's Auto
TOUT ORCHARD. Wash.,
Aug. II. No trace ran be found
of Henry Dradiinr or Early New-
bum, prisoner, who made their
getaway when they threw pep-
per In their Juller's eyes, secured
bis key uml revolver, and fled
In his auto.
I'ossea are scouring the dls-
I riot . although Sheriff1 Fein -
presses Hie belief tliut the men
are heading for Canada.
FINDS PRIEST,
GOES TO JAIL
.
WILLIAM IIIGHTOWEH WILL
PHOIIAIILY BE CHARGED W ITH
Mlllllllt, AMI WILL RECEIVE
REWARD HHt LIKATING IIOIIV
inr Unlll Pr-aa to Tha Brad Ballatla.1
HAN r ltASt'lSCO. Aug. 12. Wil
liam lllgbtower, heralded as the man
discovering the body of Kather iles-
lln. murdered priest, spent last night
In a prison cell and probably will be
charged with the prlest'i murder.
He also will probably lie paid the
I800U reward fur diacovery of the
body..
Police claim a strong chain of cir
cumstantial evidence connects High
tower with the crime.
HI movement at the time of the
kidnaping are regarded as highly
auspicious.
HUSBAND, CAST
ASIDE, FORGETS
RALPH UIIEHCHAIN SPEEDS
FROM CHICAGO TO ASSIST DI
VORCED WIFE, CHARGED WITH
Ml HDEU IN LOS ANGELES,
(Br Ualud Praas U The Ikaal BuUrtla.)
LOS ANOKI.F.8. Aug. 12. Mada
lynn Oberchaln, Indicted with Arthur
lurch for the murder of Helton Ken
nedy, Insurance broker, la placing her
hope for freedom in her divorced hus
band, now apeeding from Chicago to
her aastalance.
Ralph Oberchaln. before he left
Chicago, told the I'nlted Presa that
he still loved his former wife and
Intended to do everything In bis pow
er to effect her release. He cannot
believe her guilty.
Police are attempting to find the
gun barrel fitting the stock of 12
gauge shotgun, found on the beach
near Sunta Monica Saturday. They
advance the belief that Kennedy'
murderer escaped by way of Santa
Monica and threw the gun into the
ocean.
INCENDIARY BLAZE
THREATENS PRIEST
(Br United Vtm to Tha Bend Bullrtia.)
8EATTLK. Aug. 12. Fire of In
cendiary origin threntoned the death
of Father Francis Beebe today as
tha priest slept In hi room In the
South Park Catholic church Police
are Investigating the cause of the
fire.
HOLDUP SUSPECTS
CANT GIVE BONDS
(Br United Prna to The Band Bulletin.)
KANSAS CITY, Aug. 12. Four
men and onn woniiin, arrested Tues
day when Louise Gordon and F.dward
Putton were Jailed In connection with
the $20,000 Senttle hnnk messenger
robbery, remained In Jull today in tin
fault of $10,000 bonds each.
FROZEN DAINTY IS
SHIPPED TO ORIENT
VANCOUVER. B. C. Aug. 12.
Thousands of gallons of Ice cream
are bolng shipped every month from
this port to China, the troten dainty
being forwarded In specially con
structed containers holding about 500
gallon each. .
ALLIED TROOPS
GO TO SILESIA
TO KEEP PEACE
COUNCIL DECIDES ON
POLICY
LLOYD GEORGE LEAVES
llt hlsli I'r. iiil.-r Oa Way liui k To
l,mdon Will Attend Washington
Disarmament Conference In
I'crwn la London Report.
(Mr I'nllrd Pr-aa toTht Brn4 Bullrtia.)
PARIS, Aug. 12 Pending ad
Jualmenl of the I'pper Hllealan dls
pute by the League of Nations coun
cil, the supreme council ha decided
to send allied reinforcement there
lo preserve order, it is announced of
ficially.
Premier Lloyd George left today
for London, leaving Lord Curzon to
represent Great Britain In the dellb-
eratlona of the supreme council.
According to a London announce
ment, Lloyd George Intends to at
tend the Washington disarmament
conference personally, providing af
fairs permit, coutrary to the earlier
report that he would not do so.
PASSENGERS OF
SAN JOSE SAFE
SUM. WITH OKI ICERS AMI CREW
STILL OX HOARD. IN DANGER
DESTROYER M A V UK SENT
TO Til Kilt ASSISTANCE.
(Br Usnad Pnaa la The Brad BolUtla)
SAN DIF.OO. Aug. 12. Thirty-five
passengers and five membera of the
crew of the wrecked ateamer San Jose
reached here today, none the worse
for wear, after aeveral nights spent
on Penguin island amid thousands of
the screaming birds.
It Is understood that a storm rising
forced the ateamer Grlfu, standing by
the San Jose, to abandon her post.
The San Jose show danger of
breaking up with her officers and
crew still on board.
Destroyer will probably leave here
to go to the vessel's aid.
PASTEBOARD TAGS
OFFERED AUTOISTS
Sheriff Huberts I'lawl In Charge of
Auto I.U-enalng In County Tem
porary Number I'liilc Available
Sheriff 8. E. Roberts has been des
ignated by Secretary of State Sam
Koier to have charge of applications
for auto licenses In Deschutes coun
ty. For thoae desirous of using tem
porary license tags until their ap
plication have' been acted on. paste
board cards. Indicating the county In
which Issued, may be secured at the
same timet that the license Is asked.
The autoist making application
may secure two of these, one as a
front and one as a rear number plate,
and will turn them in when the metal
number plate I received. Sheriff
Roberts explains. Two hundred sets
of cards are now In the sheriff's pos
session. FIRE NEAR TUMALO
STATION REPORTED
Hnrrlmnn Sent to Control Flames
Lightning: llelleved To Have
Cauaeil Forest Illnie.
A fire In the vicinity of the Ttim
alo ranger station was reported this
morning to Supervisor H. L. Plumb
at Deschutes National forest head
quarters. Deputy Supervisor Hnrrl
mnn was sent to direct the work of
the fire fighters.
Lightning I thought to have caus
ed the blaie.
BAND fXNCEHT TONIGHT
The Shevlln-Hlxon band will give
a free concert In the city park on the
riverfront at 7: SO o'clock this eve
ning. The announcement wai prev
iously made (or last night.
Horseshoes for Auto Owners
Luck Saves Cars for Eleven
"Lady Luck" was with Bend su
tolsts last night, when the Bend gar
age burned. By the merest chance,
cars lo the value of close to 120.000,
which ordinarily would have been
left in the building, were elsewhere
for one reason or another.
- K. P. Muhaffey'a new Bulck was
safely In the garage at 7 o'clock, and.
In fart, was reported to have been
lost In the flames. As a matter of
fact, however, the owner decided on
an evening ride, and, against his
wife's wish, the car was brought to
the Muhaffey residence. And there
It was left when Mr. and Mrs. Mahaf-
fey returned from a short trip about j
two hours before midnight. I
' Clyde M. McKay experienced the.
gift of eond sight
n other word,
be had a "hunch."
Hi own garage i
on the river front was not yet com
pleted, but he took his machine at S
o'clock, drove to his home, and left
the car standing on the runway over
night.
E. M. Thompaon had placed his car
In the Bend garage, and there It
would have remained If it had not
been the birthday of his son. Hugh,
That called for a celebration, and a
eelebralioa called for a car. When
Hugh was ready to put the machine
back In the garage, the building was
In flames.
V. H. Haines, traveling salesman,
registered at the Pilot Butte Inn. bad
Just as close a call. About 11:30
o'clock he drove up to the Inn. and
went upstairs to write a note, direct-.
Ing that the car be filled with gas and ,
Sage Hen Dinner
Will Be Missed
By Ad Club Men
If member of the Portland
Ad club do not stop In Bend (or .
dinner with the Commercial
club, they'll be sorry, declared
Secretary L. Antles, on learning
that the revised caravan scbed
ule called for arrival here early
'Tuesday morning, and departure
shortly afterward.
Then he wired to Ad club
headquarters, giving the infor
mation that a sagehen dinner,
with a trout course. Is what the
I'ortlanders will mis if they
fall to take stopover privilege
for Bend.
B. A. A. C. MASS
MEETING SOON
MF.MBKKS AND OTHKItS INTKR-
KSTF.D TO I'LAX PROGRAM OF
WINTF.R ACTIVITIES SOMK
Kl'KI'KISKM IX STORK
August 26 I the date set for the
mass meeting of all members of the
B. A. A. C. and for all who are not
members, but ore Interested In Its
activities. At this meeting, classes
of various sorts will be organized
and other plans for the winter sea
son outlined.
Manager Cobb refuses to reveal all
that la planned for this meeting, but
points out that the American Legion
I running the B. A. A. C. and that
anybody who has anything to do with
the Legion will Just have to get used
to bumping Into surprises.
j The twin mottoes of the B. A. A.
C. Cobb says, are "Keep them busy"
land "Give them what they want."
i Every member will
find something
to his or her liking in the program
which will be outlined.
ALBERT HARRYMAN
IS LAID TO REST
The funeral of Albert Harryman.
who died Wednesday morning at the
St. Charles hospital, was held yes
terday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from
the Nlswonger chapel, Mrs. -Fannie
W. Palmerton conducting the serv
ices. In addition to relatives and
friends, membera of the American Le
gion and the Bend fire department
attended
There were two musical i
numbers. Interment
Butte cemetery.
was In Pilot
oil In readiness for an early morning
departure. When he came down to
pilot hi machine to the garage, the
fire wa already under way.
Someone had "borrowed" Hugh
OKane's big Paige, and as a result
It wa standing In front of the O'Kane
building this morning Instead of be
ing a charred ruin.
II. A. Miller Franklin was In the
garage for repairs, which were still
uncompleted. Needing the machine,
Mr. Miller took It out. Intending to
bring It back this morning to have
the work finished. Result, one
Franklin saved.
M. R. Matthew's car was among
the absent. For several day the
machine had been boused at the gar
age, but yesterday "Matt" decided on
a trip to Prlneville, and it was In the
Crook connty seat that the car pent
the night.
L. M. Foss had left bis ma
chine for minor repairs, but tbese
were finished Just In time to allow
htm to ride home. Instead of leaving
the auto In the ahop as be bad plan'
ned on doing.
I'nwllllngness to walk aaved a loss
for J. C. Rhodes. HU car. too, wa
In for repair, but these, he decided
could wait until the next day. so he
rode home from bi office yesterday
evening.
A chance trip prevented the burn
ing of the auto belonging to- C. P.
Dorian.
J. Buxton Price wa another mo
torist who almost put his car In the
Bend garage last nlgbt, and then
didn't.
OFFICERS HEAR
KILLER'S TALE
SLAYING OK DIVORCKD WIFE
XOT PTIEMKD1TATF.D, DECLAR
ED HEN DK.lt SOX CARRIED
GCX IX FEAR OP FATHER.
I Br Uailad Prcaa to The Baod Bullatio.)
PORTLAND. Aug. 12. Joseph
Henderson today told the police his
side of the story regarding the kill
ing of his divorced wife, for which
authorities are holding him for first
degree murder. Henderson Is slow
ly recovering from wounds self-inflicted
following his attack on his
wife.
He declared he had no Intention of
harming his wife when he visited her.
and that he wanted to effect a recon
ciliation. He carried a pistol, he
said, for fear of his wife's father,
who. he declared, had threatened to
shoot him on sight.
TWO DOZEN INFANTS
REPORT FOR CLINIC
Examinations Held At Sisters High
ly Successful No Babies I'nder
Six Months, Reports Norse.
An even two doxen Infants were
examined yesterday at the baby clinic
held In Sisters, Miss Julia Clock,
county nurse, reported this morning.
The number was more than the total
at the Redmond buby clinic earlier in
the week, which extended over two
days. Miss Clock said.
The babies examined at Sister
were older than is ordinarily the case.
not one being under six months, the
county nurse stated.
SUGGESTION MADE
FOR ROAD MEETING
A suggestion to the Medford and
Klamath Fans Commercial clubs for
a meeting with representative of the
Bend commercial body at Crater lake
to consider road questions was made
in a letter sent from the office of the
Bend Commercial club secretary to
day.
CITY BUREAU MAN
WILL VISIT BEND
That Norman B. Courtney, assist
ant manager of the American City
bureau, which effected the reorganl
xatlon of the Bend Commercial club,
will be her lata this month, was tha
Information conveyed la a letter re
ceived at
morning.
clab headquarter this
FIREMEN, BY
HEROIGVVORK
REDUCE LOSS
PREVENT SPREAD
OF
GARAGE FIRE .
MANY CARS DAMAGED
Short Circuit In Auto Believed Caasw
of Maze Nearby Wooden Btalld
lna Saved Insurance Covers
One-Third of 8 0,01)0 Lorn.
Although the walls are still stand
ing, the Bend garage, gutted last
night by a fire which wa discovered
at 11:56 o'clock by E. E. Larrimore.
night clerk at the Pilot Butte Inn, la
almost a total loss. Twenty nine
ears were burned, many of them be
ing rendered valueless, though others
may be salvaged. The loss Is esti
mated at 40.000, about one-third
covered by Insurance.
A telegram was received by Chief
Carlon this morning from W. C. Blrd
ssll, who Is in Portland recovering;
from an operation, complimenting the
department on the efficient work
done last night, and Indicating
that on his return be would thank tha
department In a more substantial
manner.
"I think there's a small fire In th
Bend garage." said Larrimore over
the phone to the engineer on duty at
the fire house. He hsd seen the alaae
through a window about the middle
of the garage when he went to his
midnight luncheon. After turning ia
the alarm. Larrimore ran to the gar
age, but the department was there aa
soon as he was. he relates. ,
Exploafon PTrveitted,
Just as water was turned through
the first line of hose, the blaxe barat
through the windows and roof oa tha
north aide of the building and aet
fire to the wooden ahop across to
alley. This was extinguished. A
second line of hose was laid before
the main door, which was locked.
could be chopped open. This home
was used to keep the blate, which by
now enveloped the main floor, from
spreading to the Inn annex. The
first line was nsed In front, to aach
good effect that a considerable
amount of office equipment, parta.
and tires was saved, and one Chevro
let car. which was on display In tbe
front office. It was run out after
the top was partly burned and the
windshield smashed.
Several oxygen and acetylene tanks,
which would have exploded and prob
ably killed and Injured a number of
firemen, were removed by heroic
work on the part of department mem
bers, employes of the garage, and
the volunteer helpers, of whom there
were many.
Fire Fhrhters Win PrmiMw
While four hose crews fought the
fire from outside, two lines were car- '
ried Into the building, the hosemea
facing the danger from falling tim
bers and celling, and the blaxe waa
fought back to the rear end of the
building.
Everyone who witnessed the af
fair was loud In praise of the fire de
partment for daring and cool-headed
work.
Chief Carlon directed the
work of controlling the fire with ad
mirable strategy, as did Assistant
Chief Taylor and Captain Hess, while
Second Assistant Chief Ellenburg
won special praise for bravery in
leading the advance into the building.
Fireman Fred Winters sustained a
badly injured foot, but continued to
work. Fireman Wanachek was atsw
injured, but not seriously.
Mill Hone I'sed.
Alfred Hunnell, an employe of the
garage, was struck: oy a tailing piece
of sheet Iron and his leg Injured.
Engineer Houston and Harry Hay
den carried a line of hose up the ex-
tension ladder on the north side of
the building. The ladder being, too
short to reach the window, Houston
climbed on Hayden's sholders, and
from there directed the stream Into
the building.
The Brooks-Scanlon Company
pumped water Into the city malna.
furnishing pressure which waa of
great advantage, and also loaned sev
eral hundred feet of hose. The fire
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