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V THE DAILY BULLETIN TIIK WKATIIKIl Coiitliiuml (told, with prob TODAY'S NEWS TODAY ably morn snow. Houtbwost- rly wind. HEM), DKHCIll TIOH rOlWfY. OREGON', H.VNRDAY AITKRNOO.V. DECEMBER 23, 1010 NO. 10 r I i li. 1 ' f pJlM ATTACK ON I COUNTYPLANNED j .INJUNCTION MAY NEXT MOVE. BE ,.. (J. Wallace, AiiII-IMvImIiiiiIkI ('nun. M'l, Hj Null To Hi' I'UetL When Ho Irf'iiriw DchcIiuIc Will Way In IIiihIim'm. Tlmt another effort to cause trou ble for Demhule county limy nma tiutn from Prliievllln In tliu near fu lui'o In uildltloii to the i uo warranto JIIIICl'ClllllKB tiled ItglllllHt tint new iMiilliiy court, wn Ih ci Information Klvtiii out toilny liy Vermin A. Forbes, who lit iishocIuIimI will) District At torney II. II. DtiArinoiiit 11 counsel fur the member of tlio rourt. Tim liiimtllillliy thnt unothcr null nuiy t flli'il was il lai'l'inocl In n infophoiia con versation which Mr. Korbr hold with N. O. Wallace, of Piinevlllo, omt of the attorneys wlux un the ipio warranto complaint for (lux Htucllis, which wiih inttdo (in li) In yesterday. Thn next move will. In nil prob ability, bit In tho nature or a rmruiKt fur a tiimiiomry In Juik-I tun having 11 lis object thn restraining of lie. chute rouuty from itolliK hulne ( nit it iiiu 11 t ljn I risrpnratlnn wlilln the first milt lit ponding, according to tho Intimation iiihiIii liy Mr. Wallace. Whon thn Prlneville attorney culled up Mr. Forbes, It wuh to unit If DitHchutn county wiih to roiillnue. In Ininlni'M. Ha was nun. 11 red Hint there would ba no KUKpoiiRlnn of (unity activities., tiion which hi) In formed Mr. fortius that under lhco condition, hn would have to file an other milt. In cumi proceeding of thn kind 11 r- Instituted, thorn In little doubt Inn that a temporary Injunction would lie grunted by th circuit court, but thla, Mr. Forhn believe, would In. In effort only until argument could be nmdo bclmu thn court, a mutter .of n tew day nl mom. Ho doc not bellovo that there la liny clinnrn for tliu granting of a'pormunonl Injunc tion, v Circuit JudKo Duffy suited thla iiiiirnlnit that lie would bn ready to bold court In tlio quo warranto pro ceding on Wednesday or Thursday of next week. With the lllillK of tlio rinit cane attain! the oftlclnta of Dcschuto county, thu queHtlon nronc whether legal liiHlriiiuout having to do with u IT 11 1 r wllhlu the boundaries of the now enmity ahoulil be filed In llend mid t'rlnevlllM. Dlalrlct Attorney l Artuond took I lie matter Into hi own bands thla afternoon, when he f communicated with thu county clerk of Crook rouuty, rno,uetlnK thnt all jiiii-h Instrument presented In I'rlne vlllu for filing, I aenl to llend. In ill. 1 mean time, hn la writing to At torney Uenurul Ilrown In, Sulem, 11 - It 1 11 k for an opinion 11 a to the ox ji( t Htntua of ufTnlri. HEARING CONTINUES IN MORTGAGE SUIT Hearing wn rcaumnd hero In cir cuit court today before Judge Duffy In the cnao of J. U. Baumgartnnr vs. Mr. and Mr. Elmer E. Htowo for tlio foreclosure of nn $1,100 mort kiiko on nn 80 ncro tract of Innd nciir thir city. KoIIowIur the con i luslon of tho ault In open court, .IuOko Duffy will ttiko the caao tin lcr ndvlaomnnt. ALBANY MAN GETS INFERNAL MACHINE ' (United PrMii Staff CorrMttondent,) ALBANY, Ore., Doc. .23. Jiimea Jl. Winner rocolvod on infernal ma 'lilno tlirotiKh tho mall today, wrap ped In Santtln nnd Titer, in a papers, Mlanor wna afraid whan he opouod the nntar lid, and onw a aocond lid Kluftd boneath. Ho tied the box to 11 tree, attnr.hed 50 foot of wire, and npenod the box by pullliiK a 'cord. The oxploBlon blew a I10I0 In tho atroot. : , RISE OF BEANS IS A V INEW CAUSE OF CRIME ,MATtY8VIIXI0, Citl,, Den.' 23. Nobody rcRi'iUs more than Paul Ovor .TOlllor, of Paynoa Croak, Tohnma county, tho present high coat of liv ing. Woro It not for tho high coat of beans, Ovormlllor instund of ho lug held In tho Suttor county Jnll ofl n charge of grand lurcony would . fbo charged only with potty lnrcony. And hero la the pxplnnatlon: Ehlo Colonlngor, of Suttor county, lino caueod Ovnrmlllor'g arrost on a charge of atoallng nine saoks of hla (W litmus, valued at $03. Had the nl logod tlioft occurred a your ngo, tho bonns would have boon worth loss . than $50 and Ovormlllor would not , Ibdvo to face a fololiy charge. THE J DAILY BULLETIN WISHES EVERYONE A MERRY CHRISTMAS. FIRST MARRIAGE . LICENSE ISSUED IN COUNTY TODAY Thn fir nl inurriiigo Mediae to be Issued In Deschutes county was ninile out this ufteruoon by County Clerk J. II. Jluuor, when be gave an oltlclul murringe permit to Henry C. llnndrlckHon 11 ml Mlns llesslo Porter, both of II I. Miss Porter is bare ly 14 years og iiko, 12 yours younger then her prospnctlvn husband. Tho Wedding ceremony Is to be performed Monday night by Justice of the Peace J, A. Kaates, and Mr. and Mrs, llendrlckaeii will leuvn I111 medlalely on a trip to points on the John Day river. ARABIA NOT IN WAR SERVICE WHEN SUNK Ity Curl I), (iroiit, (tjnllnl l'rr KulT CurrmiMmilfht. WAHHINOTON, I). C, Dec. 23. Thu UrltlHh government informed the Htule Department toilay that the ateumer Arabia was not a IraiiHport, nod not In the admiralty service, but was 1111 ordinary pasnenger liner when suhmiirlncd without warning. It was admitted that the Arabia car ried a few government passeugera. MINERS MAY STOP RAILROAD TRAFFIC (Ihr Unlud I'rrw toTh Dally Uullotln) . DAM. AH, pec. 23. All rullroads weat of Chicago face the possibility of stopping, or of curtailing opera tion. In the event of coal miners taking their annual layoff for tho holiday season, according to high officials of- Missouri, Kansas and Texas. SLEEPING SQUADRON SLAIN BY RUSSIANS (Ity Unltnl I'ra to Th Dally bulletin) PKTKOO HAD, Dec. 23. It n announced today that tho Ilusshin have forced tho aermnns hack In itoumanla to the northwest, west and southwest of Klmnikser. litis Hlaus In the Carpathian executed a surprlsu Btlltrk, destroyed four can nons and bayouetted n sleeping aiiiadron. The Hussluns are evac uiitlug Dobrudjn. U. S. CITIZENS SAFE Miiile (iixitl Kscape from ('litliiinliim Anoiber Attack Kxpcctnl. (t'nllnl Prmu 8tf( Cormiiunilrnt.) t Kl. PASO. Dee. 23. Americans connected " with foreign enterprises escaped to Aguascnttcntcs, before Vlllu captured Chihuahua, It was learned bore today. Villa took the city euslly, as government forcos had prepared to ovacuulo when the bnndlts appeared. Following 0110 clash, Villa waited until tho evac uation was completed, and entered unopposed. Villa' chief lieutenant, General Siilnr.iir, I occupying a atruteglc po sition south of Chlhuuhua. Contin uous fighting Is going on between forcos commanded by Suhizar and thoso headed by Murgla. Another attack on Chihuahua la deemed Im minent, "NIGHT RIDERS" IN TACOMA ACQUITTED (fly United Prm. to Th Dally bulletin) TACOMA, Doc. 23. Tho fodoral oourt Jury roturnod a verdict nf nni guilty today In the famous night riners enso against 12 I'acltlc county men charged with coiiRplrlng to de prive Mrs. Margaret Kobs of her homoBtead rights by forcibly ejoct Ihb hof with hor family from a tim ber claim In tho North lllvor 001111. try, . . I , DARCY IN AMERICA AuNlrulbiii t'liiiiuploii Works Way to Sow York 1111 Tanker. NEW YORK, Doc. 23. Lob Dnr cy, Austrnllan mlddluwelght and heavyweight champion, arrived hore todny aboard tho Stiindnrd Oil tank stoamor Cuahlng. Ho worltod his wny from Australia, tialng tho numo of Lester Dawaon. Ho wont Immed iately to a hotol on Ills arrival. Ho donlod evading military service, and doclarod that he Intended to join the British army aftor mooting sev eral Amarlcnn flghtorB. Ho Is most engor to meot Mike Gibbons. Dnrcy, rocontly dlsnppaarod , mys teriously from hi home in Austral ia, and was reportod to- ba dodging military service. SCHOOL CENSUS IS 19 16 REGISTRATION NEARLY DOUBLED. 1,'J.VJ of Hcliool Ak round 11 Pint rlct, unit Kiliinilliiiiiil I'liillltli'S JiiNiilllcleiit DlHtrlcl Ituil get Will (Jet l.lfl. After working since November 25 on an eiiumerntion of the children of school ago In the district, II. J. Ovcrlurf, of the hoard of school di rectors, announced Ibis morning of ficial figures showing a total of 1,- 2!3 between thn lige of four and 20. Of these, (SOO were boys, and f,M wern of the opposite sex. A few listed us of school uge were married. These llgurt-s compare strikingly wiih those furnished In the school census of Inst year, when a total of 750 was reveuled, utid even more of iscontrnsl Is furnished when the to- il of ll14 Is noted, 403. Hoys were III tlio' majority in 1915, with .179 as against 371 .girls, a slightly dif ferent proportion huvlug been noted in 1914, when 227 boys and 2311 gfrls were, enumerated. Hi-fore 1914, no records are availuble. Of the 1.253 this year, more than 1,100 are actuully within the city limlls. Mr. Overturf says. A con siderable number who arc not In cluded In tho school registration could be forced by law to attend classes, but the only drawback Is tho fact that the present list of ac tual pupils in the Bond schools crowds accommodations to t ti p ut most - An encouraging feature of the census Is In the fuel that II will aid materially In the budget compiled this full. At that time It was es timated that those of school age In tho district -would aggregate 1.100, but a for each Individual of school age, the district draws $10 from the stute unit county, levy, the Increase to 1.253 will mean an additional $1,530 to tho district's credit. Figures as to tho total population of ilia city, adult a well as those of school age, have not been completed, but Mr. Overturf Is confident that when this Is done, tho renult will run over 6,000, according to pres: eut indications. COMPLETED Spirit of Christmas Prevails Throughout Bend This Year With tho snows of yesterday nnd todny, llend Is assured of a typical ly "White Christmas," and the re ports of merchants and of charitable organizations indicate that .Monday will bo a day of rejoicing through out tho entire city. Holiday 'stocks wero almost entirely depleted tblB afternoon, showing more abundant giving than over, but local mer chants wero prepared to keep open this evening until the latest pur chasers bad been tuken care of. The holiday business established a new record hore. Everything was In readiness this afternoon for tho community Christ mas tree celebration at 7:30 o' clock this evening and In order thnt no poor family in Bend might go without n good old fashioned Christ mas dinner, Indies of the Library club sent out a last request thnt anyono knowing of homes which had not already been placed on the list, PORK BARREL RAID ON IN ARGENTINA (Dy Unltrd Praia to Tho Dally Bulletin) . BUENOS. AIIIE3, Doc. 23. Ter rible' lamentation Is heard In Argen tine olllclnl circles today because tho now govornlnent beaded by Presi dent Irlgoyon Intends on January 1 to stop tho salaries of all national employes whoso services tho pres ident docs not consider, absolutely necessary. , ' Thu unoniclal estimate is made that about 5,000 job-holders throughout the country will bo af fected. Tho nuhibor Is coiiBldorablo considering that Argentina's popu lation Is only 7,000,000 to 8,000, 000, but evon the employes thom- boIvob know that groat numborB of tho Irlgoyon roglme havo been "speeding up" tho government de partments, Mtnlstor of Finance Ba Inborry Bttddonly droppod Into ' the custom house Just aftor midnight a tow days after ho was npoirt .. Such a thlng'wns nover hoard of be fore In .tho wholu history of South Amoiica. UNIONISTS E URGED NEED BIG DELEGATION y- AT CONGRESS. George H. Young, ('bulrmun of "Httrlii(" Committee for On- trul Oregon, KiiiiiIiunI.ch Importance of Issues. Urging a full representation from Central Oregon 1 at tho Irrigation Congress to bo held In Portland, George 8. Young, county surveyor, and chalrmun of the "steering" committee named at the recent ir rigation congress held in Bend, Is sued a .statement today In which he emphasize the most important Is sues which will come before the delegates In Portland. . He says as follows: "The next or fifth annual Oregon Irrigation congress will be held at the Imperial hotel, Portland, on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, January 4, 5 and 6,. 1917. "Among the most important It ema which will be considered are the following: "A bill to place Irrigation district bonds on the approved list of legal securities for state, county and pub lic funds; "A bill to capitalize the first live year' Interest on Irrigation district bonds, or to add the Interest for the first five year period to the cost of construction and Issue bonds to the total amount: and also numerous changes in the present Irrigation district law. "All nf these are very Important to llend and Central Oregon, and it is absolutely essentia .that this vi cinity be fully represented at the coming congress, since the action of this congress will largely determ ine the action of the next legislature upon Irrigation matters. Further, If we neglect" to" ger tKB' above "leg islation at this time all develop ment work in Irrigation will be lost. It is therefore highly desirable that all who can attend this coming Ir rigation Congress notify the spec ial "irrigation committee" of the Bend Commercial club, consisting of H. C. Kills, It. B. Could and my self." would notify sumo member of the club. Christmas mail kept the post of fice force working up to the limit of endurance and there was hardly a minute today that the lobby of the postal building wns not well filled. Outgoing and Incoming mail were well balanced. Tomorrow the mail employes will start their vacation, for Postmaster Henry B. Ford announced this af ternoon that the general delivery window would be open tomorrow only from 10 to 11 o'clock In the morning and during the same per iod of time on the following day! A majority of the stores In Bend will be closed all day. Sunday, al though a number, because of two holidays coming together, will be open until noon on Christmas day. Special services,' typical of the 801111011, will bf held at the Bend churches tomorrow. ', Employes of the mills will enjoy a holiday' Monday. - $3,000,000 READY , FOR PITTSBURG FOLK ' (By United Pram to The Dally Bulletin) PITTSBURG, Dec. 23. One hundred thousand men and boys with $3, 000,000 in their . pocketa gave the Christmas-shopping sym phony a grand finale today. They are the workers In the big stoel and munition plants of the Pittsburg district probably the highest-pricod army of skilled and unskilled workmen' in the country today,. Nearly all of thom were paid within the Inst 24 hourB, but this wns the half-holiday when they wore expected to cash In at the atoros. Hundreds of those who received tat envelopes are men whose earn ings have boon abovo $3,000 for the year. At a hearing In Turtle Creek recently, three workers told Justice Riddle that they had made, respect ively, ' $4,100; $4,500; $4,800. Ab many of the "boys"; 18 to 21 ro cotve from $5 to $10 a day, tho man who ekes out only about $3,500 Is n't such a much. TOLLS WILL BE LOWERED AFTER JANUARY 1, 1917 Shortly after January 1 the Pa cific Telephone & Telegraph com pany will announce the new toll rate which will be effective for the Central Oregon territory. The rates will be as follows: Bend to Prlnevllle, one minute Initial time 20 cents and 10 cents for each additional minute; Bend to Culver, I.amonta, Madras and Metollua, 25 cents for first minute and 10 cents for each additional minute; Bend to Powell Butte 15 cents for first min ute and Ave cents for each addition al minute; Bend to Redmond 15 cents for first minute and five cents for each additional minute. The charges will remain the same for call from Bend to Tumalo, Sisters and La Pine. At Prlneville the Pacific Tele phone and Telegraph company will merge with the Pilot Butte Tele phone company, giving single serv ice for Prlnevllle the same as In Bend. These changes greatly reduce the present toll charges. Under the present conditions the rate from Bend to Prlneville Is 50 cents for the first minute and also the min imum charge. Proportional reduc tions are made to other points about Bend. ' FRISCO CHRISTMAS CARNIVAL PLANNED (By United PreM to The Daily Bulletin) SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 23. San Francisco will officially celebrate Christmas tomorrow night with a pageant which will outrival any thing that has ever been attempted here during the Yuletide. The city supervisors will be In charge of the affair, which will be staged in the civic center, in front of the city hall. , . .. . LEAVES JOB WHEN PATRIOTISM ISSUE ( By United Preaa to The Daily Bulletin) LONDON. Dec. 23. Because he has urged England to be charitable toward Germany, the Rev. Edward Ly4JUeaou,Ueadpiflteij3irEjon Col lege, has resigned and will step into private life Monday. Several papers have accused Dr. Lyttleton of being pro-German. This he has strenuous ly denied. JllKJK TO PLAY HA XT A (By United Preu to The Daily Bulletin) . CHICAGO. Dec. 23. For child ren whose Christmas eve was shat tered by quarreling parents, Judge Stelk. of tho court of domestic re lations tomorrow will set up a big Christmas tree decorated with cran berries and popcorn and sacks of candy in his court room. The judge will play Santa Claus to all chlld H'ii whose parents have been in his court with domestic troubles this year. SEVEN YEAR OLD SPENDS $10,500 IN TWELVEMONTH NEW YORK. Dec. 23. Even at 7 years, Annie Marie Wallace, daughter of the late Allen Wallace, stock exchange member and descend ant of Commodore Vanderbilt, is burdened with the universal plaint, the high cost of living. Abraham Greenberg, as referee, officially reported to the surrogates' court that Miss Wallace Cannot pos sibly gat along on less than $10,500 a year and retain her social position, which calls tor a governess, a maid, dancing Instructor, music teacher, riding master and otlier retainers. Also she must have her pet donkeys and dogs, and they, too, have to eat and occupy suitable quarters. . The child's mother guts uiong on $12,000 a year. ' . The child is the beneficiary under a trust fund left by her fatber and another left by her . rrandfathr, John Wallace, also a broker, tho two amounting to more than 5oo, 000. Some day she will receive the principal of these funds. But In the meantime she must bo educated, trained and brought up in a manner befitting the social and financial position she la going to occupy, for by the time she is of age the funds will amount to much more. Mrs. .Wallace Is now with Annie at Bagnata, Italy, where she has for some time made her home. The mother said that even when they live at the Waldorf-Astoria, tier llt tlo daughter has a private bedroom and another for her maid. She also has a Boparatu table at which to dine, with her own servitors, and she enjoys the luxury of a private playroom. Roferee Greenberg reported : to the surrogates' court that Annie ought to receive an Income of $8, 500, a year from her trust funds. Not thnt this amount is sufficient for her needs, but hor mother has con sented to add tq her comfort with $3,000 a year. U. S. MAY ENTER E LANSING INDICATES NEW PEACE MOVE. Houth America anil Some European Nations May lie Included En tente Powers Defer Answer to Germany's Proposal. Ity Robert J. Bonder, (United Preaa Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 23. Secretary Lansing issued a statement today Indicating that tho United States may titer an European al liance If this country becomes a par ty to an international agreement to enforce peace. He said that discus sion was somewhat premature. He held that the United States will naturally join the South American nations, and also with certain Europ ean powers in the event that an al liance is found necessary.. NOTE DELAYS ALLIES (By United Preal to The Daily Bulletin) LONDON, Dec. 23 Sources of information close to the foreign of fices here, revealed the fact today that the entente answer to Germa ny's peace proposals will probably not be delivered before 10 days. Wilson's peace note Is held to be undoubtedly responsible in part for the delay. It was stated that the allies must exchange views before framing an answer. Tbe Globe suggested that the president possibly wrote the note because Germany had threatened ruthless (rightfulness unless the United States made a supreme ef fort to secure peace. This was bas ed on a complete explanation of Wil son's note, and Secretary Lansing's "Indiscreet comment." 'REPLY-HELD-UP-- (By United Preaa to The Dally Bulletin) WASHINGTON. D. C, Dec. 23. The department of state believed to day that the European powers would not frame a peace answer until af ter Christmas. It is not known def initely when the allies will answer the German peace proposals. It is believed that the allies' opinion of Wilson's peace note will change hit- RAILROAD MEN GIVEN PARTIAL SETTLEMENT (By United Preaa to Ibe Daily Bulletin) NEW YORK, Dec. 23. The fed eral arbitration board today filed an award In the federal court here, par-' tially granting the demands of the switchmen's union of North Amer ica. The switchmen asked 13 east ern and middle western railroads to pay time and one-half for overtime. The board granted five cents an hour increase to conductors and helpers from today until December 23, 1917, for an eight hour day, with pro rata for overtime. POLICE FIGHT WOMEN DURING FOOD RIOTS (By United Press to The Daily Bulletin. -LONDON, Dec. 23. Rotterdam dispatches today reported serious food riots in Dresden on Sunday, , Monday and Tuesday. Tho police and military forces fought 100 wo men', three policemen being wound ed. Mobs attacked the shops and paraded past the palace demanding food. The Sharpest fighting was ou Tuesday, BOPP CASE WILL GO TO JURY THURSDAY (By United Preaa to The Daily Bulletin) SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 23. The case of Front Bopp, German consul,' accused of having violated neutral ity, is expected to go to the jury . Thursday. . Three more witnesses for the defence are scheduled to tea- ' ttfy. .. ' ; . ' , DENVER READY FOR , A COMMUNITY TREE' (By United Preaa to The Daily Bulletin) ' DENVER, Dec. 23. Fifteen thousand people are expected to pack tho city auditorium tomorrow night to celebrate Donver'a first community Christmas. Extensive plans have boon made for the affair and the entire city will play Santa Clous to Denver's kiddies. Tho program will consist of a musical and litorary, entertainment and the . distribution of gifts to about 10,000 children from an im mense Christmas tree placed upon tho stage of the auditorium. INTO i '