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THE DAILY BULLETIN Kulr but possibly unsettled. Probably ruin In Western Or egon, wllh Eastern Oregon roldur. Houlli to went wind. TODAY'S NEWS TODAY 1IK.NI, DKHCIII TlvH (OC.NTV, OHKOON, WKDVKHD.t V AITKKNOO.V, DKCKMHKK 20, 1010 NO. 1:1 END SELECTED Court Appoints Officers; Gov eminent Set in Motion. REDMOND GETS REPRESENTATION Six Local Candidates are Given Posts This Morning. DESCHUTES COUNTY IS NOW READY TO BEGIN THE WORK OF ORGANIZATION APPOINT EES TO QUALIFY SOON SO AF FAIRS MAY GET UNDER WAY. OFFICERS FOR DESCHUTES COUNTY Judge W. D: Barnes. Commissioners A. L. Mackintosh and L. E. Smith. District Attorney Harvey H. De Armond. Clerk J. H. Haner. Assessor W. T. Mullarkey. Treasurer Clyde M. McKay. , surveyor Superintendent of Schools J. Alton Thompson. Coroner Elmer Niswoner. County Physician Dr. Dwipht F. Miller. , Sheriff S. E. Roberts. The members of the county without question, in naming Bend as the temporary coun ty seat, as provided by statute, for Deschutes county. Monday's all day executive conference, and a similar session lasting through the greater part of' this morning, bore fruit just before noon today, when the members of the first county court of Deschutes county met in the council chambers of the O'Kane bjjilding and unanimous ly elected county onieers. I he following were named : J . H. Haner, county clerk ; Clyde McKay, treasurer ; W. T, Mullarkey, of Redmond, assessor; S. E. Roberts, sheriff; Elmer Niswongcr, coroner; Dr. Dwight F. Miller, county physician; George S. Young, county surveyor; J. Alton Thompson, schqol superintendent. , " The appointments were made on the inclusive nomina' tion of Commissioner L. E. evidently the work of much of the court during the closed meetings, as it was known that applications for the positions had been numerous. The first open-session of the Avhen Judge William D. Barnes called the meeting to or der, and requested' District Attorney H. 'H. De Armond to act as secretary for the meeting. . Commissioners Smith and Mackintosh were here from early in the morn ing. Only a few, in addition to the court; were present in the council chambers when ; Of the new county officers, lor county clerk 01 (Jrook county at the last general elec tion, while Mr. Thompson and Mr. Roberts were also strong bidders for the respective positions of school sup erintendent and sheriff. Mr. Young and Mr. Niswoneer were successful candidates county surveyor and coroner, accorded them by the new court. Mr. Mullarkey has been a Resident of the county for the last seven years, and held A atsiniflWt CimilnK t flint P nOonoOAM IM T 1n nnmiln 'Minnoanf n Hfl is n wirlnwpv. .............u- . ...... mvi.uj! the new treasurer, was formerly game warden 'in Crook county, and is connected with Dr. Miller, the new county the University of Oregon Medical department, and also attended college at Washington State college'. He prac tised in Portland for some time before coming to Bend, and has been located here since early last summer. The new officers will qualify for their positions as quickly as possible in order that the conduct of the county affairs may be started at once. court this morning agreed, Smith, of Redmond, but were careful selection on the part new court started at 11:20 the appointments were made Mr. Haner was a candidate for the respective offices of the same positions as those with nno snn Mr MVaw the Bend Company. , physician, is a graduate of - COUWTY SEAT next? 1 Hullroado. iui miiih. 1IU County Hrnt. V ? ? ? ?' WELCOME EXTENDED TO NEW OFFICIALS i jir. Allruibuire Prrwnt at Coin- im-ieliil Club Luncheon Klec- linn l lie Sent W'ffk. The weekly luncheon of tho Bend Comiuerrlal cluli, held this noun at lha Pilot Hullf) hotel. iiik the form of a welcome to tho Dew olllcluls of Destitutes county, full turnout or local boosters crowding the hotel (1 1 11 1 i K room. Next Wodniaday was the date net for tho election of new officer unci illrectora for the club. J. 1'. Kcyea presided, and called on County J wine w. u. iinrnei, ComnilHMloner I.. K. Smith, County Assessor V. T. Mullarkey, County Treasurer Clyde ' M. McKay, County Surveyor George S. Young and Dis trict Attorney II. II. De Armond. Mr. Ilnruei mentioned tho fact that the new county officer named this morning had been chosen unanl moualy, declared that it would be a pleusure to work with them, and asked the co-operation of the rcs- lilntit of the county, 111b remarks were seconded by t lions of Mr. Smith. C. 8. Hudson and Vernon A. Forbes apoke, assuring the court and the new ofllcjala of. tbe liearty support of the people. , SALEM GIRL TELLS POLICE OF KILLING Cnrtrlilue f or . '(iiomiu "; 1 urnming" Arm lined on Evening I'rwcd. lug Double Triigedy. (Ily United I'rru In The Dully Bulletin) SAI.KM, Dec. 20. Tho police to day quizzed Lillian Knlghtl'Mger, the only witness to the shooting and killing of Thomas Cumnilngs by Myrtle White In a local hotel yes terday. Lillian declared that she went Into the bathroom when Cum tuiiiKS knocked at the door, that .Myrtle went to the door clad only In a uIkIiIkowii, shot Cummlng, and then committed suicide. The witness said that her com panion had arranged flvo cartridges around the clock the night before thu shooting, and that when asked the reuMiin, Myrtle only laughed shortly. Cuminlugs' uncle from Corvallls, and cousin from Eugene, arrived to days Other relatives in Montana have been notified. Tho police believe that Cam tilings' cooling affection caused tho tragedy. The police found that Cumnilngs had written letters to four other girls. TEACHERS' PARTY IS SPOILED BY GANG (n Unltrd Prem to The Dully Bulletin) . BAKER, Dec. 20. Chief of Po lice E. 1). Juckson Is Investigating a disturbance which occurred at the high school lust night, when a gang of boys broke up a teachers' party. Janitor A. I. Ilensley fired a shot gun, dispersing tho boys. City School Superintendent A. ,C. Strange pursued thu crowd, but wits unable to recognize anyone. It is believed posslblo that one may liuvo been slightly Injured. BURGLARS DISREGARD SMALLPOX WARNING ( By United IVewi to The Dally Bulletin) PORTLAND, Doe, 20. Disre garding smallpox quarantine signs, two burglurs entered M. 8. ' Miller's house hero, huld up Mrs. Miller at tho point of a revolver, and stole $200 worth of dlumonds. Miller, his wife and two children nro re covering from an attack of small pox, - CHRISTMAS PRESENTS TAKEN FROM THE MAIL (By United Preki to The Dally Bulletin) BEVlfillTON, Dec. 20. A posse Is pursuing the burglar who last night rifled tho registered mall nt tho loin I post ofllRe, Six hundred onts was stolon. An entranco was Directed by "Jimmying" the roar door. 5 ALLIES BLUFF REALLY DESIRE PEACB GENERAL BELIEF. Ikul Anwliier Hay War Eternal if Kept Cp Till Allies Conquer Knowledge of Term Not I'ulillc. By J'nrl W. Ackernuin. (United Pree Staff Correspondent.) 11 Kit LIN'. Dec. 20. Germany re gard the entente altitude as bluff, and believes the allies really desire peace. Berlin Is not pessimistic des pite the announcements that the al lies are determined to continue fighting. Offlciuls believe that the belligerents will not ask neutrals to start negotiations. Germany will not welcome American Interference. The "Lokal Anzelger" said, "If ! Lloyd George wants to postpone peace until the allies conquer, war will bo eternal." "Vorwaerts" said. "Lloyd George condemn ' himself, when he says that anybody pro longing the war Is criminal." ' GERMANS IN DARK Ily William Phillip Klmiiix. (United Preai SUIT Correspondent.) WITH THE BHITISH ARMY, Dee. 20. The British believe most of the German, troops are- Ignorant of tbe Kaiser's peace proposals. Several prisoners captured In the last few days said they had not heard of the negotiations. Von Hindvnburg Is dissatisfied with the situation on the western front. The Continued bombardment Is mans' spirits. affecting the Ger- Von Hlndonburg ordered his av- lators to stop the British aeroplanes from continually swooping down on the German trenches, raiding far be hind tho lines. German artillery fire and aeroplane attacks are In creasing. MYSTERY SHROUDS BERLIN THINK PRESIDENT'S CALL!ROVer"ment 10 tak0 up evcry p'ece i of leather on the market. IBy United PreuloThe Dully Bulletin) WASHINGTON. Dec. 20. - Pres - Ident Wilson mysteriously visited the residence of Senator John Sliarpo Williams, of Mississippi, to - dny, for what rensAn Senator Wll- liams refused to divulge. He ex-jnounced that the Russo-Roumanlan plained that illness had prevented j forces have repulsed attacks on the his accompanying tho Mississippi j left bank of the Danube near Par delegation to the Whitehouse. The lata. Heavy flank fighting at Dob- president called for the purpose of conferring on important mutters. Spirit of Giving Is Rife; The H. C. of L. Forgotten There's a mighty big pile of mer chandise leaving the Bend stores these days. This outgoing flood of merchan dise Ib not confined to any ono es tablishment, any two or three or half dozen. ' The. condition is gen eral, from 'the largest to the small est. Tho volume of business this pro-holiday season for surpasses any other Bend or Central Oregon has ever seen. Shops are busily engaged In tak ing goods down from their shelves and putting them over tho counters to tholr customers. One has only to spend a very tew minutes In any one of the ninny pop ulnr . mercantile establishments to appreciate the spirit of buying , this yoar. For somo 16118011, presumably the Christinas spirit's predominat ing, the H. C. of L. has, for the ttmo being, boen fnrgotton. But to soe the quality of buying it might, on the other hand, appoar that shop pers, roallxlng the growing cost ot commodities, are not only stocking up in usoful articles for, themselves, but aro thinking of their friends and relatives in the same light they think ot themselves. "The buying of useful gifts this year tar overshadows tho buying of trinkets," said ono merchant this morning. "Novelties seem to have given place to more essential ac cessories." ; Two little girls, their ages About U. S. INTERESTED IN DISARMING NATIONS Will Not Interfere' I'nlexs It Is Welcome to Itelllgereiits, Is Offlcliil Statement. Ily Robert J. Bender. (United Preaa Huff Corraipondent.) WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 20. It was officially stated today that the United States will be "interest ed" in disarmament' discussions and world peace guarantees. The state department hag not revealed whether the government will active ly participate. " It Is assumed that the United States will not act until it Is defin itely ascertained whether tbe bel ligerents will welcome Interference. President Wilson wants It clearly understood that the United States Is not interested in the causes of the European war. He merely wants assurances of permanent peace. The president believes tbjit the methods of establishing permanent peace are vital to America. 1,663,796 CAPTIVES HELD IN GERMANY BERLIN, Dec. 20. Statistics pub lished here In regard to sanitary conditions in the war prisoners' camps in Germany state that there were 1,663,796 prisoners in the Country on August 1. 1916. In the two years of which which had then elapsed 29,297 prisoners died. Of these 6.032 died from tu berculosis, 4,201 from spotted fev er, 6,270 from wounds and 6,603 from other Illnesses. The statist ics Indicate that only one in every ten thousand war prisoners com mitted suicide. ' . It Is stated that the number of tuberculosis cases is decreasing, ow ing to effective medical treatment, and that numerous patients are able to leave the, sanitariums. LEATHER NEED BIG Kngllih Market Depleted for Shoes for Soldiers. ' . . ' (Br United Prew to The Dally Bulletin) ' LONDON, Dec. 20. Kicking the Germans back across their own bor ders is requiring - an enormous amount of boot leather. As England is supplying the greater portion of a" t,ie boots worn by the Allied sol- i (tiers, the shoe factories throughout England are swamped with work to- I dar For the winter, the British gov ernment will require 9,000,000 feet of upper leather for Cossack boots and 7.000.000 feet of leather for the British soldiers' footwear. The ship ments of such tremendous orders must be completed by the time cold weather sets In, and has forced the !nITOOri nniTIt I VI t VC 1 RUSSO-ROUMANIANS i WIN NEAR PARLATA i " j (By United Prera to TheDaily Bulletin) PETROGRAD. Dec. 20. It is an- , rudjn, and intense fighting on the 'Macedonian front, is reported. 14 years, hurried up to the counter of one of the stores this morning. "Mother wants a new coat, 'causa I heard her say so to father last night," said the older of the two. "and I heard father say, 'he'd see,' and bo I came down here to tell you It he comes in you tell him I don't want anything much, but see that mother gots her coat."' That was one evidence of the spirit of giving manifested by a youthful shopper. ''It's a hard matter to select any thing for Jim," one lady said speak ing to a fellow shopper. She, evi dently, was referring to her hus band, "You see he never makes his wantB known, and says I'd bet ter spend my Christmas allowance on someone else. But I always no ttce that he never overlooks any ot the wants of the family himself." "We're going to have a bettor Christmas this year than we have had In- a long time," said a plainly dressed lady, with whom wore throe little children, the oldest no more than eleven yearB old. "John has been working steady for the last nine motiths at the mill, and we feel a little .more able to do something this Christmas." There is a general strain among buyers this seeson Which seems to manifest that people aro more able to give than last year or many for mer years, and, coupled with the ability, there is patent evidence of the strong desire. PLAN TO EXTEND C.O.I.CONTRACT DESERT LAND BOARD FAVORS MOVE. Will Safeguard Right of Central Oregon Settler Wlthycombe Strongly Favor Creation of Irrigation DLstrlct. (Special to The Dally Bulletin) . SALEM, Or., December 20. Tho desert land board, at its meeting here this morning, went on record In favor of an extension of tbe con tract between the state and the fed eral government covering the C. O. I. Carey act lands. The action was taken on the assumption that an ex tension of the contract would not interfere with the settlers' rights to form an Irrigation district, and tbe board was willing to see the exten sion made because of a fear lest wa ter rights on that portion of the seg regation already developed would be Jeopardized should the contract lapse.. At a later date the question will come up of an extension of the con tract between tbe state and the com pany. There will then be no ques tion of water rights involved and it is believed that the extension will not be allowed. Tbe sentiment of the land board is strongly in favor of the district present extension only because of plan, the members favoring the their conviction that it would be helpful to the settlers in the ulti mate working out of tbe district. Governor Wlthycombe, In discuss ing the matter, said, 'I strongly fa vor the creation lot the district and the taking over or the segregation by the settlers. The company a nnable to do anything further by way. of .constructipn ork and should let the settlers have the pro ject. , The governor also criticised the company " severely, declaring that methods of management were chiefly responsible for the troubles of tbe segregation. Referring to the facts disclosed by the public service commission report. Governor Withycomhe point ed out that at one time Manager Howard was receiving a ' salary of ?50J) a month, and at the same time commissions on the company's land , sales and was profiting on the com pany construction. "Someone had to pay for this," the governor said, "and it is no wonder the settlers are sore. Both the Powell Butte Improve ment league and the Redmond Com mercial club wired the board asking for the extension. RUSSIAN ATTACKS FAIL; ARMY HEADS . RETURN TO HOMES (By United Prew to The Daily Bulletin) BERLIN, via Sayvllle, Dec. 20. It was announced today that Rus sian attacks on the east bank of the Golden in Bistritzia ' failed. Artil lery fire is more active on the Mace donian front. Isolated patrol clash es and cannonading are reported on the western front. Newspapers de clared that the French General Bor tholet, commanding the Roumanian forces, has asked for a recall. The majority ot the British officers at tached to the Roumanian general staff have already started toward England. WOMEN IN COLORADO BACK LINDSEY BILL (By United Prcu to The Daily Bulletin) ' DENVER. Colo., Dee. 20. Colo rado women are completing plans today to force through the legisla ture next month Judge Bon Llnd sey's bill providing' matornlty ben efits and entitled "Horses' Rights tor Women." : The bill, the first of Its kind In this country, provides that a working woman expecting to be come a mother may receive state aid tor a period both before and after maternity. . . , "Thousands of women and girls work till within a few days ot becom ing mothers," Judge Ltndsoy said to day, "and then return to work wnilo still Weak. Tholr health and often that of tholr children Is permanently, Injured. My bill would simply pro vide that the Btnte glvo thorn tho same period of rest that any wise and humane faunor gives a horso or ft cow at such a time. "At present1 we take better care of our cattle than we do of our mothors, and I believe such a bill as 'Horses' Rights for Women' would do away with this evil. I fool that if we can get it adopted In Colorado other states will soon .fall in line and It will become a national reform,"