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ENTIRE CHARGE
OF BOMB CASE
OFFICIAL CAULK
AWAITED
NOW
Mil) MAY CUT REWARD
J.liiili'iirelil Nut Klr.illj Ciium-i-leil
WlSi Crime, Hill 'mt Give In
W nil iTTiIihi An To I'lrntll) of
llonilirm, lletiMilvi-x Hny.
(11 United I'reee to The lleiul lltill.tln.) ,
WASHINGTON, lino. 17. William
J. Burns, lumil of (ho United HIiiIuh
Sennit Service, tuft for Now York to
day to tnko ncllvo churgu of tho Lln
donflil ciiho. Iliirnn liun nut yut re
ceived llio official coble from War-
suw reporting Llndmifold's arrest.
but thlH I expected Hhortly. Con
grovo Ih III" numo of tlio oinrutlvo
who mud" tho urront.
lluriiH declured tho depurtmont of
Justice hiKi boon nftnr Lliidonfold
whimo sister, Itoirn Luxemburg, anar
chist, wuh klllml In lliirlln In 1019
l.lliilnnfnlil wuh long ncllvo III Now
York In propuKiiniln work.
Detective said l.lndunfold wuii nut
cllruclly connortiiil Willi tho crl mo.
lint know tho principals no connected
Unit li Toll 117
If ho riitiirtm voluntarily to testify,
ha will ho pulcl tho rowiird for Ilia
lioiitburii' ciiptnro. If not. Iio will bo
churned with complicity, and brought
tmi'k,
Thirty-seven persons woro klllod
when tho Willi street bomb exploded.
Department of juntlco agents bo
llovo Hint tho Wull street bomb tuys
tery of 19-0 Ih noiir mil ill Ion. Ail
vices from Wiirmiw, Poland, reported
that Wolfo Llndeiifold. professed an
nrrhliit, arrested there, linn confonnod
fully to hnvliiK n pari In causing tho
dlnuntar.
WIFE KILLER SAFE,
ASSERTS ATTORNEY
Jitnien Mnlioney Cv Will Hi" Car
ried To I'. S. .iiim-eiiie Court If
.CIT1!1! ) , 1 llcclni-cil.
(Ily United FmllTlii Bend Bulletin.)
SEATTLE. Iloc. 17. Attorney 1)0
Johnnlon, who dofondod James M
Miihonoy, Indlcutod today that Ma
honey would nover hang. Mahonoy
wuh sentenced to doath for murdering
llin axed wife.
An appeal In now boforo tho su
promo court. If ho fulln thoro, John
ton ald ho would try legislature
and npuoiil tho cuno to tho United
Slates supremo court.
MEXICAN AFFAIRS
INTEREST HARDING
Unltril Prnu toTha Ihinil IliilUlln.)
WASHINGTON. Hoe. 17. Irosl
don( Harding Is considering culling
u conforonco on Mexican affairs. It
may bo hold Hhortly nftor tho close
' of tho arm conforonco, and would
bo olthor at Washington or at somo
place near tho Moxlcnn border.
GERMANY TO BUILD
EPPELIN FOR U. S.
(Ily Unltml Prem toTh Bend Bulletin.)
PAIIIH, Dec. 17. Tho council of
nmbussiidorH Iiiih authorized anrmiiny
to build a giant zeppelln fur the
United States. It will snll ncrOB tho
ocenn when completed.
VICTIM ADDED IN
BELFAST FIGHTING
(lty tlnltcil Pre" to Tti Itrml nullotln.)
IIKI.KAST. Dec. 17. -Ono wns
' killed and ono wounded In roncwnl
of fighting hero today.
MURRX
1DAYSTO5HOP
. K3 READ THE ADS '
Refuse Germany
Time Extension
On Reparations
(Ily llnlti'il PrmtuTlw Ik nil lltilli-tlii.)
PAIIIH, l)i-c. 17. Tim ullled
4 minimi Inns ciiiiimiHHltiu today 4
i'riin4-(l llin (Inriniiii riti'Ht fur
till ItXtl'llltlOII Of tllllll In luout-
In K ropiiiut Ions payments. A
nolo sent yesterday declared
tliul nolliliiK Co u 1 il l) ilium mi-
III (liirmiiny gives iiilnuto ilu-
tails c-nni-ei iiImk thu nit mil Ion.
RECORD BALLOT
TO BE CAST ON
SCHOOL BUDGET
With 137 voIiih ulrendy cunt und
100 pooplo standing In lino at 3:1G
o'clock thla ufliirnoon, u record vote
on tho school dlnlrict budget wan an
nurud. From 2 o'clock, the hour for
Ih" poll to open, til" election Judges
worn buny overy inltiuto IniiidliiK out
biilloU and chocking over the numen
on tho tax llntn. A number of pro
pectlvo votorn woro udvlneil to bring
their tux recelpln, us Ihulr million did
not appear on tho Hut.
At 3: ID Ilia linn of votem wuh In-
creanliiK In leiiKtli. und from tho In
dication (ho vote would continue
nleuillly until 7 p. in-, tho tliuo for
the pollH to closo. Votern wero wait
I ii K thirty in I ii u t h from thn time they
reuched tho high nchool bulldiiiK mi
til their turn camo to vote.
JAPAN WANTED
WAR ASSERTED
iii:ti,.H.Tiix won.ii ii.w i
1IKKX MA I IK HAD NOT lllllTISH
l'.(T IIKKX WHAI'I'KIl, HAYS
imni:uT noi. I.Alt.
(llr Unllnl Vmi to The Ibml Dulletln.)
TACO.MA. Hoc. 17. Japan wunted
wur, unci would nuvo ueciureu u nau
tho AtiRlo-Japnncno alllanco boon re
newed, Captain Robert Hollar, ship
ping man, declured today In an ad-
drcna to tho for el mi trade convontlnu.
lie did not dlnclono the aourco of
hi Information but nald tho JapanoBe
deleKiillon wont to WuahliiRton with
a donlro to declare war on tho United
State, and would huvo done o had
Japan felt sure of Drltlnh sympathy.
PURLOINED GEM
HELD FOR OWNER
?atl,(MMI Illuiiionil ItoiiKht lty Chin
one Imii- Tenth of Value, ltriinglit
I luck To l S. lty Ituyi-r.
(Ily United Prru to Tin Itond llullotln.)
POUTI.AND, Doc. 17. A Bcvon
and n half karat diamond, valued at
120,000, held hero for Identification
of Mr. Kugono Shovo, of Denver
from whom It wns stolen by a negro
porter during a country club dance
I.um Lin. Chinese purchased tho
diamond for 10,000, took It to
China, ond brought It bnck when
Ooiir Woo, lending morchiint hero,
porsunded him to do so following
tho police senrch for tho gem.
LOS ANGELES DINES
ON BUFFALO STEAKS
I-'lvo Tons or Meat, At n llollnr
, lVum!, Shipped To California
City lty Itoosi'velt (itihle.
LOR ANGELES, Dec. 17. Loa
Angeles society will cut Buffalo moat
tonight flvo tons of it.
Buffalo steulcs are to bo served for
tho evening menl nt all thu city's ex
clnslvo clubs, und hi numerous pil
viilo homes.
The meat wns Imported nt one
dollar a pound by Dud Skinner, of
local sporting fame, from the Buffalo
ranch of Jim Owens. . .
Owens Is a nationally-known hunt
ing guide whose proudast boast Is
Hint ho led Theodore Roosevelt
through the mountainous regions of
northern Arizona and Idaho after big
gamo. ..,; . . : ; ..... ;
BEST CITY FOR
NO FUTURE SESSIONS
FOR PORTLAND
TO ELECT LATE TODAY
Oregon Hun Not Mini Khure of Iter-
liitniilliiii Funds, Chief Engineer
Stiites lli'jiurtnieiit Fuvorulile
To liniiii'illiile Development.
I'KNDI.ETO.V, Hoc. 17. With tho
eleventh annual Irrigation cotiKrex
iieiirlnR It clone hero, it I practical
ly decided that future conventions
will bo held outnlde of Portland, In
Irrigated Hcctlon. and liond I con
nldered tho moHt denlrublo city for
tho uoxt ineetlnR. Tho declHlon to
hold tho convention over the stuto
Iiiih coma an tho result of the success
of tho present RiitlicrlUK In a locality
whore pructlcul problem may bo
Htudled.
Tho Irrigation conRress will con
vene It most Huccensful session this
evenliiR with a big banquet given by
the I'endletoii Commocclal associa
tion. Nearly a hundred delegute
are in attandunco, and much has been
accomplished In the promotion of
Irrigation In thin stato.
Cooperation I'lmlKil
Resolution will be adopted and
officer elected lata this afternoon.
The entire delegation spent the sec
ond day of the convention In tho
west end of t.'niutlllu county where
the t'mutlllii project was studied and
Improved mt thuds of Irrigation seen.
Btatcment of K. E. Weymouth,
chief ctiKlneor of the United Stutes
reclumm lon service, and others of the
goverr.fii'Mit department that Oregon
has not received its Just share of
fedi nil reclamation funds, and that
Hi" department Is moHt fuvorablo to
Immediate dovelopmont of Oregon,
lire regarded here as tho most encour
aging of tho conference. Complete
cooperation of tho Irrigation Interests
of tho state has been pledged by the
delegates to all legitimate irrigation
trlcts now In operation or which
will be formed.
JOIN HIGHWAY
TO THE CIH
STATE COOPEHATIOX WILL PAY
FOIl COXXKCTIXG LINK WITH
CKXTHAL OUEtiOX SISTEKS
ItOAIIS TO BE IMPROVED.
Cooperative funds allowed Des
chutes county by tho stato highway
commission yesterday will pay for tho
connection of tho Central Oregon
highway with Bend's city street sys
tem. County Commissioner M. W.
Knickerbocker reported this morning
on his return from attending the
highway mooting: in Portland. Tho
cost of tho work will bo between
S5.000 and Sfi.OOO. Tho locations
will be made at onco. and It Is pro
bable that actual work will be under
way this spring.
Tho Bond-Sisters rond nnd the Red
motid-Slsters rond were considered by
the commission, and It was decided
to go ahead with gravoling and tho
installation of brldgos. Cooperation
on theso roads had already been pro
mised.. ST. ANDREW FIELD
SECRETARY COMING
nvotlici'liooil To Be Oigiinl.eil Here
or Men of Episcopal Cliui-eli
Meeting Sunday Evening..
Walter McPherson, field secretary
of tho Brotherhood of St. Androw,
national organization of moil of the
Eiilncopal church, will arrive in Bond
Sunday evening, and will spoak nt 8
o'clock nt Snthor's hull, with n viow
to organizing tho men here. The
public Is Invited.
Sunday morning at 11 o'clock Dr.
Goorge B. Von Waters will lecturo on
"Psychology of Power" and psycho
therapy, or mental healing, at the
tame place. ."' " " '
France Must Bear
Blame If Parley
Fails, Says Powers
. (Ily tlitllnl l'i In 71k Rend Bulletin.)
WAMMNCJTO.W Dec. 17.
The other powers huvo Informed
i'liince that hIid iniiHt hour the
world' bluni") for failure of the
aiAn conference unless sho
bak down from her nlund for
the world' third nuvy. It wu
believed that France would
weuken today, but the ulluallon
I critical.
BIG CHRISTMAS
ARRANGED FOR
BEND'S KIDDIES
Ily J. Kdgur I'uidy
(Chairman of Community Christ
mas Committee.)
A huge Christmas tree to be pro
vided and decorated by the American
Legion, a splendid bund concert by
the Khevlln-lllxon band, a children's
program presented by six cooperating
Sunday school, a dainty gift-box of
candy for every kiddie, from the
Woman's Civic leuguo, and the early
arrival of Santa Claus are among the
features planned for the Community
Christmas Program to be given next
Thursday evening, December 22.
Because so many of the little folks
who, of course, will be present, have
early engagements with the Sand
man, it is proposed to begin the pro
gram at an hour that will make early
adjournment possible.
Expert Capacity Crowd
The band concert will begin
promptly at 6:30 o'clock. The chil
dren's program will start at 7, Santa
is due to arrive at about 8:15, and
after the distribution of the treats,
the program will terminate.
The Baptist, Catholic, Christian
Episcopal, Methodist and Presbyter
Inn Sunday schools have accepted the
Invitation to participate in the chil
dron's program. A varied program
of appropriate Christmas numbers
will be presented. A general rehear
sal of all tho numbers will occur at
Epworth hall on Wednesday evening,
December 21.
Last year there were more than
nine hundred kiddies, not to mention
fathers and mothers, In attendance
at tho community program. With
the greatly Increased Interest mani
fested this year, it Is believed that
the affair will be more successful
than ever.
DISCUSS SMALL
CLAIMS COURT
JUSTICE COURT MAY BK DESIG
NATED TO ADJUST DEBTS TOO
SMALL TO WARRANT COST OF
ORDINARY PROSECUTION.
Discussion of the subject of a small
claims court occupied tho greater
part of the meeting of the Bend cred
it association held last evening fol
lowing a dinner at the Pilot Butte
Inn. That such a court was now in
existence in the local justice court
district was the opinion of District
Attorney A. J. Moore and one or two
of the merchants present indicated
nn intention of availing themselves
of its fucllltles. Others thought the
court would be of little value to them
In tho collection of tholr small ac
counts. Without n regular salary which
the statutes provide may be paid for
the conduct of n smnll claims court
Justice of the Pence E. D. Gllson
thought it would be too much to
expect tho Justlco to undertake the
work for the very small feo allowed.
He snld, howover, that ho would take
the question under consideration nnd
see what could bo done. R. W. Saw
yer, called on to explain the attitude
of tho county court toward paying
the desired salary, suld that the bud
get committee had disapproved the
Item nnd that unless tho committee
could be porsunded that the salary
should be pnld from the county em
ergency fund It would not bo favored
by the cojtrt.
Discussion of association affairs
and an Interesting address by Presi
dent A. G. Clark accnpled the re
mainder of the meeting.
GEORGE STILLWEIL CONFESSES
TO COMPLICITY
ROBERT KRUG,
Tramps Friend
Murdered; Hobo
BlamedForDeed
(Ily UnlUd Prn to The Bid Bulletin.)
PORTLAND, Dec. 17.
Hr-urcliliig officers today found
the body of John O'Conner,
"friend to hoboes," hacked
about tho head with an axe, and
crammed into a potato bin In
his lonely shack on Columbia
slough. The murderer's knife,
used to slash the throat, was
found with the body.
It is believed that a wanderer
to whom O'Conner gave shelter
laHt week committed the deed.
SAYS CHARTER
BLOCKS CHANGE
BENSON SAYS COUNCIL
COMMITTEES STAND
Ant I-Weed Law To He Drawn At
Xonleen's Suggestion Sewer
lateral Ordinance V
Footbridge Completed.
Any attempted reorganization of
the city council will have the opposi
tion of City Attorney C. S. Benson,
it was revealed at last night's coun
cil meeting, when Benson in an un
solicited opinion,- declared that ap
pointments hold for two years, and
that in consequence renaming of the
council committees would not be per-
mlsBable under the charter. Whether
or not his opinion will be regarded
as binding will develop at the next
session which will be the first meet
ing of the new year.
Need for an anti-weed ordlance in
Bend was emphasized by H. E. Nor
deen, chairman of the health com
mittee, with the result that he was
Instructed to have such a bill drafted
by the city attorney for presentation
at the next meeting. Nordeen de
clared that unless action 1b taken,
Bend will within a few years be en
tirely overrun by Russian thistles,
Pork Question Up
The ordlance for construction of
sewer lateral No. 29 on Minnesota
avenue, authorizing a call for bids,
was passed without debate.
A. J. Goggans representatlng the
park board, appeared before the
council, asking action on the bill of
Arthur Underhill, Portland land
scape gardener, for park plans drawn
several months ago for the board
Underbill's bill of $3 65 will be acted
on at the next meeting.
Doubt as to Bend's ability to make
any park Improvements for the next
five or six years was expressed by
Lon L. Fox, chairman of the finance
committee. - He suggested that halt
of tho property be sold to pay for Im
provement of the other half. Gog
gans agreed that this might be found
highly advisable.
Chairman Innes of the streets com
mittee, reported the completion of
the McKay avenue bridge.
DENIES REPORT OF
OPPOSING BUDGE'
Reports which were being clrcu
luted near the polls nt the high school
building today to the effect that E
Vinnl, of the Central Oregon Assoc
ntes, is opposing the school district
budget, were branded ns utterly false
by Vinnl this afternoon. "I am most
emphatically In favor of tho budget
he said.
IRISH MAJORITY
FOR PACT LIKELY
(Ily United Preo to The Bend Bulletin.)
DUBLIN, Deo. 17. A substantial
majority seems assured to ratify the
Anglo-Irish peace treaty when a for
mal vote comes Monday. The British
parliament will also vote formally
Monday. Belfast was the scene of
continued riots today following Brit
ish Informal approval ot the pact yesterday.
IN MURDER OF
OFFICERS STATE
ADMISSIONS SIGNED IN
PORTLAND
PRISONER CHEERFUL
Man Charged With Participating la
Killing of 1010, Eater Jail Oa
Wedding Annlvernary Re
fuse To Talk of Crime.
PORTLAND, Dec. 17. George
Stillwell last night confessed hers to
complicity in the Robert Krug mur
der near Sisters, Oregon on the night
of March 24, 1919. He was at the
Krug cabin when A. J. Weston killed
Krug, he said, but denied that ha
himself had committed the deed-
Bringing with them George' 'Still
well, charged with the second degree
murder of Robert H. Krug, Sheriff
S. E. Roberts and Special Prosecutor
W. P. Myers arrived In Bend this
morning. They have a signed con
fession from Stillwell, they said, bat
were unwilling to make public Its
details. The confession was given
voluntarily, they stated, after Still
well bad been advised of his rights
and told that any information lie
gave could be nsed against him.
Stillwell was arrested In Portland
Thursday on receipt of a wired re-
uest from Sheriff Roberts.
Prisoner Cheerful
Seen In the county Jail this morn
ing, Stillwell made a marked contrast
to tbe haggard nervous wreck who
n November 1920 took the stand
here for the state In the trial which
resulted in A. J. Weston being sen
tenced to life in the penitentiary.
Stillwell grinned an almost toothless
grin as he proudly displayed a photo
graph of his year old baby, and talk
ed freely on all topics not connected
with the Krug murder. On that bud-
Ject, he answered all questions with
the words, "I haven't anything to
say about that."
When Stillwell entered the Des
chutes county jail It was his second
wedding anniversary, he mentioned.
His wife and baby will come to Bend
shortly, he expects. He showed no
signs of worry.
Weston Not Arrived
Sheriff Roberts was at a loss today
to account for tbe non-appearance of
A. J. Weston, who will be given a re
trail here at the spring term as the
result of the success of his appeal in
the supreme court. Up to 2 o'clock
(Continued on Page 5.) -
(Central Oregonian)
THE SPECIAL SESSION
If the members of the legislature
allow themselves to be herded Into
Salem and out again on p schedule
provided by someone else, after Tot
ing on measures drawn on instruc
tions from tbe same quarter, then
there is none of the scrap in them
that has been a trait of former Ore
gon statesmen. The fact that the ses
sion Is supposed to be merely an
other form ot "Sign on the dotted
line, please,"1 should be enough to
make them dump their orders Into
the discard.
The Governor called the session
for the, 19th, and members of the
House and Senate feel that it was
done in order to force them to quit
before the holidays. There is Import
ant business to come before the ses
sion, and the legislators are really
supposed to have brains enough to
know they have completed it.
A special election will be called
by tho session to vote on the tax for
the 1925 fair. Preparation of this
measure is going to take some de
bute, und several days time can well
bo spent on It. If the money for the
fair is to bo raised by taxation, the
state should have something to say in
regard to its expenditure, If a meas
ure for this purpose is submitted to
the voters that does not provide for
the representatives ot the state selec
ting a site nnd spending the tax
money, the measure is apt to be de
feated. There will be considerable ob
jection to millions of tax money be
ing placed In the hands of people
who are very apt to be interested In
real estate surrounding a possible
site.. , - i ; .-(., '.A
"1925"