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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Deschutes County, Or.) 1917-1963 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 28, 1921)
THE BEND BULLETIN Till WEATHER Fair Tnnlglil and Tomorrow. DAILY EDITION VOU V. ItKMI, DKMI'IIUTKM COUNTY, OHLtrON, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON', HKPTKMHKH B, IK2I. No. t7 LIQUOR RING IS DISCOVERED IN CITY ON SOUND PROMINENT 1'EKSONS MAY HE INVOLVED HOIK) TELLS POLICE IfnUr Secret Indictments Oul Men Are 'aught Transferring, l.lipior I rum Train lu Aiilo 'omes From nui-oiiver, II. (', (Mr United I'ma In The llend Bulletin.) SEATTLE, Sept. UK. Officials de clare I hal one of I lit- lurgest Illicit lliinir ring ever discovered III the northwest has been cipoio-d here. They predict sensational arrests, llh several proinllii'iil Seattle persons In volved In I lie ruining iril. Department of Justice operatives have been quietly Inventlgstlng lllu alleged ring following four wciH In dictments recently of lui'n caught transferring liquor from I ruin near I hi- Itlrhmonil bi u i b to an automo bile. A hobo olmervrd the operations, mid notified Ilia poller. KurlhiT r-r-Mt were expected today. The liquor bun been moving be Iwi.ii Vancouver II. I' , mid Seattle. AMERICAN PEOPLE MOST TALKATIVE HlnlUlIm Regarding IT of Tcle plionr hhow Nearly lll,()(H),(HMI InHlriilin-nla In Hull) Um. Illr UnilrJ I'rloTK. IWnd UulMln.) WASHINGTON. Sept. 28 The. Ani'Tlrim people are fur nd awuy I hi miliblrnl In Hi" world, according lo relative imr of telephones and In rreaalng their facilities III lliln re gard. Statistics Jiml aiibmlttcd lo (hit In litmtiiln Commerce Commission, to which 111 ii telephone companies muni report, ahnw Ihul from July 1, 1920. lo July I. 1921. there was an In crease of r.62.000 telephones in the United States. The total number Is now nesrlng thn ten million point, or one for every eleven persons in i'ii. women and children. Telephone revenue and telephone earning are Increasing. EXPERTS TESTIFY IN SOUTHARD CASE licnii-ta Comment On Flypaper Al li'Kcil To Have FurnMir.1 I'olnon t'aualnic IN-alh of Husband. I llr United Trau to The Bend Bulletin.) TWIN FALLS. Ida.. Sept. 28. Chemists today itra testifying for both aide concerning the contenta of flypaper from whlrh Mra. Lydla Southard la accused of Inking arsenic poisoning with which ahe la alleged to hnve rnuaed thn death of her fourth husband, Edward Meyer. Mia. Soulhurd win visibly nervous during the testimony. BILL WOULD REPEAL SPECIAL RAIL TAX MrN'ary Introduces Anirnilinenl To Eliminate Charge Against Pas senger and Freight Itatra. (Dip United Press to The, Bend Bulletin) j WASHINGTON, Bopt. 28. Sena tor McNury, of Oregon, todny Intro duced an amendment to ths tax bill providing for repenl of taxes on freight, passenger and pullman chnrgea, effective next Junmiry. Thn entire ngrlcultural "bloc" IsJ auppnrtliig McNary. CHARTS WILL AID AMERICANIZATION Copies of thn Amerlcnn LeRlon Americanization chart for cltHlrlbu tlon among the schools have been re ceived at the office of County Super intendent J. Alton Thompson from Htnto Hiiperluleudent of Kdurntlnn Churchill. One will be loft In every achool room In the county. Detective Says Mahoney Ready To Pay Penalty (llr Unll4 Frm loTh. B.ni llulUlla) HKATTI.K, Hept. 28. Cap- lain of lletectlVH Charles Ten- mint loduy told the court that 4 Juiuea Malionny told him, fol- 4 lowing III ii dlarovery of the deuth trunk: "All you have lo do Is to takn mn to Wulla Wulla 4 and hang me." Tim court developed that Tennant used no durun lo ob- 4 lain this Btiitemnnt from the al- 4 4 leged wlfn-murdiirer. 4 444444444444444 INVITES BEND CLUB TO FAIR LAND PRICES FOUND IN GOOD SHAPE i:nroiiraginienl of l'roHMai'tUe Kartii rrn I'rgeil Kun.ral of Overeu Soldlrr Hunilay To lie Com munity Affair. Invitation by the Kedmond Com mercial club, through Its secretary, J. W. Khlngler. to attend a Central Oregon Commercial club day at the county fair on October It. waa ten dered the llend club at It luncheon today. The plan for the duy In clude a luncheon at which matter for the welfare of all Central Ore gon will be dlscuaaed. Khlngler was assured by Trealdent It. 8. Hamilton that the llend club would aend a many representative a posalble, and do everything posalble to aasist. Thai Central Oregon I In a very favorable position III regard to farm land prices, waa shown by Hamilton In a review of conditions throughout the country. Klsewhere. land values were Inflated during the war and farmers bought more laud than they could use, with a result that they are "holding thn sack," now that prices of land and farm products are lea. Here, for soma reason, prlcea did not go up, and as a result thn farmer are much better off. To Honor Soldier Secretary Autles, carrying out the same idea, urged that llend business men refrain from dlacouraglng pros pective farmers, a they have been charged with doing. Iteal farmer can make good here, and on the Irri gated lund their chance are better here than almost anywhere else, he declared. Announcement of thn Oregon Pro ducts dinner tomorrow night waa made by Mra. Carrie Manny. Com mander Krank It. I'rlnce of Percy A. Stevens Tost asked that a commun ity affair be made of the funeral for Kdward A. Toss, whose body will be brought here soon from France, where he died in service. The body will lie In state In the American Le gion building Sunday morning, and the aervlcea will be In the afternoon. A number of car were aaked to take sonic of the people to the ceme tery. APPLE PIES FOR NATION ASSURED llumper Crops In lUilh HikhI Hlver Anil W'asro County Orchards Assured, Iteports State. (Mr United PrMtoTh fend Pulletln.) THE DALLES, Ore., Sept. 28. The nation' apple plea seem to be assured with bumper crop this year in both Hood River and Wasco coun ty orchard. Ticker have algned both here and at Hood River In great number, several hundred being without employment In spite of tho large yield. No figure have been issued yet In estimation of Hood River county' total yield, but County Agent K. R. Jnckmnn, of Wasco, ha predicted the crop here will exceed 275,000 boxea of the season' best. IRISH CARINET TO CONSIDER ANSWER (n United Praw taThs Bnd RulUtln) IH'HLIN, Sept. 28. Eamonn Do Vnlera culled a meeting of the Sinn Fein cabinet for tomorrow to con sider tho Hritish answer to Do Vul era' last telegram. Lloyd George' reply Is expected todny. MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE HOLDS AGAINST FATTY MURDER EVIDENCE IS INSUFFICIENT DISMISSAL REFUSED Jmlue Itegreta Non-.ieaince of Mra. Di linont To ;ive T-tlinony Itegariling 'lriuiiituiiifa Al lemllng Her Krleiiil's flealh. Illr Unit") I'n-u U Tlx nnd lluMrlin.) SAN FKANCISCO. Sept. 28. Hoacue Arbuckle. churged with the death of Miss Virginia Itappe was held for manslaughter In Judge Laz arus court here today after a stir ring battle between the defense and prosecution over the merits of the case. The Judge made his decision after an hour's legal battle and thus opened the way for Arbuckle' re lease on bull. The trial date Is not bi. Judge Lazarus refused to bold for murder on the evidence pre sented. SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 28. Roscoe (Fatty I Arbuckle' fate will probably be determined before the end of the preliminary hearing to day. Judge Lazarus. In refusing the defense motion for dismissal. Indi cated he would hold Arbuckle on some charge, but did not Indicate whether it would be manslaughter, or first degree murder. Lazarus deplored the absence of Mrs. Delmont. "the avenger" from thn stand. He Intimated he would like more evidence showing the com edian' guilt. Tho defenso Is expected to strengthen thn case through the testimony of Fred Flshback. and an other physiclun. CONTRACTORS START HORSE RIDGE WORK Work on the Shotwell contract for the grading of tho Central Oregon highway between llend and Horse Ridge In preparation for graveling la proceeding. Frank Ferclvall reported this morning on arriving la Rend from hi High Desert ranch. DEFICIT PAVING LEVIES ARE MADE Deficit assessment on paving In the downtown district of Rend were being mailed out from the office of City Recorder Ross Farnham today. The assessments total approximate ly fS.OOO. about six per cent of the original estimates. CONTROL OF PACIFIC OCEAN SOUGHT IN flT United Pros to The Bend Bulletin.) WASHINGTON, Sept. IS Pract ically every rock and coral reef in the Pacific ocean is Involved In the forthcoming Washington conference on limitation of armaments and Far Eastern affairs. The much discussed Pacific question Is not so much a question of the ocean Itself, a the Innumerable large and small Island dotting it. It may easily be a ques tion of life or death tor the Interest ed power. It wa not until a generation ago that the great power perceived the Immenae value of the Pacific islands, the Nation Geographic society declar ed in a comprehensive review of the Pacific angle of the conference made public todny. "If modern fleet had to be oper ated 6,000 miles from homo without fuel liases, or If cable had to span such distances under water without relay stutions. offensive naval war fare mid telegraphic communications over wires would be prnctlcally Im possible," the survey stated. "The men I powers of tho world woke up to this fact In earnest about a gen eration ago and began taking over Island bases and station In the Pa cific thut had previously seemed of little more significance than stages for exotic dunces and cannibal feasts. Iloforo this, Islands and the lands bordering the world' greatest ocean Contents Of Tub Dumped In River As Raiders Come 4 Just ready to bottle a tub 4 4 full of alli-xed home brew, Ed 4 4 Leavltt, who lives on River- 4 4 front, saw a raiding party of 4 4 officer arrive and tipped the 4 4 tub and it contents Into the 4 4 river, according to Chief Fox. 4 4 who wus a member of the 4 4 party. The home brew, accord- 4 4 Ing to the officers, had been 4 4 manufactured In the shed at 4 4 the rear of the Leavltt home. 4 4 The evidence being destroyed, 4 4 no arrest was made. 4 4 A iianllty of empty beer 4 4 bottle wa found In a bouse 4 4 two door away from the Lea- 4 4 vltt residence, but the officer 4 4 did not learn who lives there. 4 44444444444444 4. RAIL WALKOUT IDEA SCOUTED KXMTTIVKK IIKI.IKVK KMI'LOV KS WILL ISKCOOMZK CIT HAV ING HKKN M.tllK LY GOVKIt.V MKXT HOAKII. I Br l'nn4 Pros bTh Ben Bulletin. r CHICAGO. Sept. 28. Railroad ex ecutives scout the Idea of general strike. They admit the men may vote a atrike. but believe the wiser judg ment union leader will prevent an actual walkout. W. B. Storey, of the Santa Fe line, pointed out that the men will recog nize the fact that they are dealing with the government In refusing to accept the railroad board' wage out. "The government, not the roads made the cut." said Storey. WILL f!HAT STRIKE WASHINGTON. Sept. 28. High administration officials today said the national unemployment confer ence would tuke Immediate action should the unions Issue any call for a general rail strike. ! ATTEMPT TO PASS TREATY ABANDONED Ratification Drive To lie Launched First Democrat Admitted To Have The Whip Hand. Br t'nitd Pran to Tht Brnd Bulletin.) WASHINGTON, Sept. 28. Repub lican leader today decided to aban don real efforts to secure senatorial approval of the German treaty pend ing the formation of a vigorous rat ification drive. Thirty-six democratic senators ad mittedly hold the whip hand. COMING MEETING had been acquired chiefly with the idea of exploiting their product, and only the larger areas were consider ed Important. With the realization of the valuable pnrts that naval bases and relay stations might play In the future, there developed a keen Inter est In even the tiniest rocks and coral ring. "As Inndlords of the domains that bound the vast bowl of the Pacific now sit three great vitally Interested power the United States, Great Britain and Japan. In addition there are four nations hardly less interest ed China, Russia, Holland and France. Among those countries whose interests are by no means neg ligible are Mexico, Chile and the other west coast Latin-American states. Spain and Germany have pass ed from the Pacific: but in passing each has accentuated the problems of the l ulled States. "What may bo called the 'stakes' of the various countries whose lnnds hem In the Pacific vary greatly on a basis of their coast lines. The United Slates leads In miles of frontage on the Pacific with more than 4,000 miles, counting both the sweep of the Aleutian Islands and the part of Alaska above them. The Philippines ndd a direct frontage of about 1,000 miles more on the other side of the (Continued on Pag 2.) BOARD'S STAND MADE PLAIN TO B.H.S. STUDENTS DEMOCRATIC SPIRIT APPEALED TO ROCKWELL TO LEAVE Students Appreciate Kfforta of Direc tor But Iti-fuM- To Relieve Paul son In Wrong, Say Under graduate Speaker. " An explanation of the charge which were the basis of Mark A. Paulson' dismissal as high school principal wa made this morning by E. P. Mahaffey. member of the school board, before the high school assem bly. He stated that Paulson had re fused to allow Frank Rockwell to leave after he had been discharged stating that he, Paulson, "was no Jel lyfish," and that Rockwell bad a con tract. Both Paulson and Rockwell have recourse at law. and are expected to avail themselves of It, said Mr. Ma haffey. If the board wa wrong in discharging them. It expects to pay for Its mistake. That the board was actuated only by lu desire for the school's welfare throughout the matter was Mahaf fey' declaration, showing that id a situation where the school system lacks an executive head. It cannot function. Rockwell leaving Rockwell Is leaving today, his place to be taken by a Reld college graduate. Carl A. Johnson, the next speaker, appealed to the democratic spirit of the students, that the greatest good should be sought for the greatest number. In matters like the present, the school board must be at the head, be stated. President McRoberts of the stu dent body slated that the students appreciate the efforts of the directors for their good, but that they could not agree that Paulson had been either insubordinate or incompetent. Rockwell was retained and Dewey re fused admittance into the high school building on an understanding that nothing would be done until after the student body meeting that morning. he said. McRobert charged that the local newspapers are not behind the schools, and that they condemned Paulson in stories about his dismis sal. His declaration that Paulson "upheld everything that was right and condemned everything that was wrong" drew strenuou applause from the students. New Principal Acceptable Gurden Dutt added hi testimony to that of McRoberts, that Paulson was not Insubordinate, and stated that be was the best principal the school has had during -the four years Dutt has been in school. Thomas Go ing stated that Miss Harriet I'm baugh is acceptable to the students as a principal, but added his testi mony that Paulson had only done what be considered his duty In the controversy over the coach. A. Whlsnant, the last speaker, held up before the students the Idea that the friendship of one man whom they have known but a short time is not to be placed against that of five old friends such as the members of the school board have proven them selves. WORTH WHILE PRIZES OFFERED IN CONTEST Phonograph, Picture of Three Sis ters, Sweater, Mackinaw Coat and Shoes To Be Given Winners. Successful "Oregon Products" es say writers la the contest for school pupils will receive very much worth while prizes. The first Is a Stradivara phonograph; the second a beautiful hand colored photograph of the Three Sisters, by Fred Kiser: the third a sweater knitted by the Jant zen company, the fourth a mackinaw coat and the fifth a pair of shoes. The prizes or orders for thera will be awarded tomorrow night at the Ore gon Products luncheon. The photograph is on display at Larson's jewelry store, and the sweater In the People' Store. The prizes were arranged by the associat ed Industries of Oregon. WOULD EFFECT CONSOLIDATION OF RAILROADS SUGGESTION IS MADE BY COMMISSION EXPECT BIG SAVING Rate Reduction And General Ke habilitatlon May Result From Bringing Roads Into ' Nineteen Units, ' ' (Br United frees to The Bend Bulletin.) WASHINGTON, D. C, Sept. 28. Expert of the Interstate Commerce Commission, proposing the consoli dation of railroads into 19 competit ive system, declared today that rate reduction, and general rehabilitation would result as well a a huge saving in operating expense. The Interstate Commerce Commis sion today announced a plan to con solidate the nation' railroad aystem into 19 competitive units under the provision of the Esch-Cummlns law. Hearings on the proposal are sched uled for the near future. The systems affecting northwest are: the Union Pacific, Northwestern line from Chicago to Portland and Seattle; Milwaukee, Great Northern Transcontinental lines from Chicago to Portland and Seattle along the border with Canadian connections; the Southern Pacific, including line up the coast to Seattle. The North west will thus have three district systems. HOMEPRODUCTS MENU IS GIVEN CIVIC LEAGUE COMMITTEE AN NOUNCES ELABORATE DINNER TO BE SERVED AT EPWORTH HALL TOMORROW. When the second home product dinner to be given In Bend is held here tomorrow evening at Epworth hall, donations by many firms in Bend and other section of Oregon will be responsible for the greater part of the menu. Everything eaten or drank will be either grown or made in Oregon. The menu, with firms and persons furnishing the various article com prising it, was announced this after noon by Mrs. R. S. Dart, chairman of the Civic league committee In charge of the affair, as follows: baked ham. Swift tt Co.; creamed potatoes. Po tato Growers association: cabbas salad. Rose Plunkett and R. N. Joyce; lettuce, P. B. Johnson; sal mon. Lang ft Co.; tomato salad. Pa cific Coast Produce Co.; string beans. Libby, McNeil & Llbby; relishes. Knight Packing Co. and Wadhams A Kerr: Jellies, Wadhams ft Kerr; par- ker house rolls, Bake-Rlte Sanitary Bakery; graham bread. American Bakery; butter. Central Oregon Far mers Creamery: crackers. Pacific Coast Biscuit Co.; cookies, Tru-Blu Biscuit Co.; Golden West coffee. Clossett ft Devers; cream, Smead Dairy; Carnation Milk, Carnation Milk Products Co.; ice cream, Chil- ders ft Armstrong; fresh fruit. Pa cific Coast Produce Co.; candles, Lo gan Candy Co.; flowers. Riverside Florists. PAYMENT OF TAXES URGED BY TERRIL $22.1,707.97 Paid of Total of (tiDB, 470.8.1 Office to Re Open Three Evenings Next Week. With 9225.707.97 collected of the $499,470.83 tax levy on 1920 Des chutes county assessment. Chief De puty Sheriff C. T. Terrlll today urg ed prompt payment of the amount outstanding by property owners. The last date on which taxes can be re ceived without necessitating the ad dition of the legal penalty I Octo ber C, Terrilt explained. To take care of the last week's rush, the sheriff's office will be open Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings from 6 to S o'clock.