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THE DAILY BULLETIN TODAY'S NEWS TODAY Tiiio vi:,vnii:it TonlKtit unil Krlilny fit Ir, easterly winds. Vol,. I IIK.M, IH-XCIIl'TKH COUNTY, OlllXiO.V, Till ItHK.AV AFTKHN'OOX, DKCKMIIKIt SH. II0 NO. II) ENTHUSIASM IN CROOK WANING INT EH EST IN ATTACK ON COUNTY LESS. Attorney llrliini 1'roin Prliicvllle After Moving lu (Jtiuxli Hervlcu I-:M'I Opinion From Cir I' cuit Court Tomorrow, nntliualasni over the move to put ). .Iiuti'd county out of IiuhIiikkm In ilylug out III I'rliiovlllu. according to flu- member of th "t lliiml delegation which mitilu thn trip t) til ii Crook '.unity seal to lake thu flrat step l ovk uril coinliiilliiK quo warranto pro ceedings filed III t lio uumn uf (inn .siu. UK, of Lower iiriillto. A majority of 111 11 residents of Prlnevlllii mid tin- vicinity, it 1 uiiilnrdliioil, are of Hid uiiIiiIoii Hint proceedings should Im Htoiinil. District Attorney Wirt, of Crook rim My, was anxious Hint II should bo understood that tin has no connection with thu rami. lilKtrlil Attorney DeAriuuiid. Ver non A. Forbes, counsel for thn Des chutes rounty court, niiii J. II, I Iiuit-r, county rlrk, and V. T. Mulliirkiiy, iiiinty treasurer, returned to llitinl In t night after (III11K a molloi to ' -I an nil service. In thn rrnio. Ilccnuac of I ha fact lliut tha dlvorra rami of W. K. Van Alli.n vii. Mm. Van Alli.n wan In court, no active presentation of tha uinilnr could hn iiiuiln, the our l being occupied with thu taking of testimony. An opinion an (ha motion filed by t It Ilnnil attorneys In now expected to h.- handed down Hi In evening, or to morrow. GERMANY ANSWERS IN AMERICAN COMPLAINT il'r United rno to Th Dally Bulletin) LERLIN, via Bnyvllle. lire. 2s.- Germany's answer to America lu re gard to the sinking of th Norwog Inn Hteomiir Dullo, waa tranamltted lo Ambassador (ierard toduy. It Jnatlflcs tho alnkluK on tho Kroiiiid of vlolutton of neutrality. It ills iuImos the contention tliut the lives -of pHaaoiiRara were Jeopardised, an unjustifiable, GERMAN POSITIONS MINED BY FRENCH .Hy tJnltod I'w to Th Dallr HulUtln) I'AIU.S. Dec. 28. Bmitll of lluvra n ilnrmun milling purty waa (Ha- jM.Taud today, mid In tho rexlon of JleuuvrulKiiea, tho Kronch exploded milled under (ieriimn poaltloua mnk Inn n rruler SiO ynrda Ioiik and 40 vnnlH wide. Tha Unrmnn attack on fhe enatern alopea of hill 304 woro checked. COLLEGE MEN ARE CONVENING TODAY i fly tlnlle.1 I'rnu lo The Dully Ituiirltn)' LKXINOTON, Ky., Dec. 2S. Spec lul trulna from St, I.oula and ChlciiRo iiml apeclnl enra from all parts of the 'country atartnd hero IiihI nll'ht with aovaral thouaund mem hera of tha Htudonta' Intorcollonlnte .I'roblbltlon nnnoclatlon'B national .convention hero today. W. J. Nryan la to bo tho bin foa ture of tho moulliiK. It bolnR plnn nod to glvo tho Commonor tho orga nization'! anaurance that ho has its complete support In his national pro hibition fight. Mr. Ilryan Is oxpoctod to outline soma of his pluiis for na-'4;-ounl prohibition. Tho eonvontlon O.TI1 end Docombor 31. i AVIATOR DROPS 25 . I'rench lllrdmnn Una IIIk -Hecord for German Miinca. (Br United Prtu to The Dallr Bulletin) PARIS, Doc. 28. Aviator Cayane nif.r, promior bird man of Franco, has 'lirotiKbt down his twonty-tlftti Gor man plana, today's official war an nouncement stated. Cnycindmor has been detailed for considerable activ ity on tha wostorn front, and in tho bombing expeditions at Hompbach, DllIliiBon, tlrlsy and HiiKodnnRO. Two French dlrlRlhles uombod tho factorlos at Natisdlrchcn, tho an nouncement ossertod. . .. WHEAT PRODUCTION IN THE U. S. LESS J1y llnllnl rrorni to Tho Dally Biillotln) WA8HINOTON, D, C, Dnn. 28. "Wheat production thbj year was ap proximately 75 per cant of that last year, according to an estimate by tho (Inpiirtraout of Agriculture. TUMALO TO CONTINUE WARFARE ON RABBITS Meeting of l'iirun Itmwll In He iliNt for Man lit Work to Itlil Mini Ion of Coyirtn Vtmi. Resolutions asking K. I''. Avi-ry, of Pendleton, illMtrli't head of tha I), 8, biological Harvli'u, to send a mini to thu miction for tho purpoHo of exterminating thu coyolo pest, wora III ii outcome of a meeting ho Itl lust nlKlit by tha members of thu Tumuli) league, with J. K. Blanch unl, agriculturist, unil It. A. Ward, of tha biological Hiirvlcu, A good nttiiniluiica wan present, mid thn muttnr of poIhoiiIhk rabbits wu tuknn up, It being decided tliut thu affactlva work of lust winter nit on Id by no moans Im allowed to IiiK. A collection wan luken up to llnancn tho purclniNii of strychnlna, mid A. J. Hurler wuh delegated to Inquire as to prices for which the poison could bn obtulimd. Mr. Darter was In Hunt! today, and reported Unit a substantial saving could lie niuile by buyliiK In iuaiitlty. OFFICIAL DOUBT OF CARRANZA EXPRESS EI) BY CARL I). GROAT lly Curl l. tiroitt. r llnllttl Pre Hutff CrrH-jntinl WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec, 28. There la a Krowlinc belief hern that Currants hna not yet signed the pro tocol, hut hna Instead submitted counter proposals. Tha belief Ih even growing In olllcinl clrrlea, where It waa thought at Drat that Carranza bad ulttiieil thu protocol. SOLDIERS SIGNED WRONG PROTEST IS EXCUSE ADVANCED (Br United Prm to Th Dally Bulletin) y.L PASO, Doc. 28. KOIIowliiR a renuwol of tho round robin protest of the Ohio National Uuarda, It waa announced today that non-commla- sinned olttcera almiliiK hnvo not been reduced to tho rauka. The only .dla. clpllne muted out has been to Itob ert Dixon, of Akron, for circulating an unqualified proteat. The only comtnlioilonod ultlcera of the Klgbth ruKimeift claimed they tboiight they .eio - alaaUia. -a atalainunt denying un-Oblo ncwsiinper article. FILIBUSTERS CROSS BORDER TO MEXICO (lly United Prew lo The Dully Bulletin) LARK DO, Dec. 28. That two 111 lliunterlng parties crtmaed tho bor der Into Mexico hero Tuesday, be came known hero today. One party was In a running fight with tho Car- rnntlntuH of the Nuuvo Laredo gar rison. Klx flllhuHtors were wounded and one soldier. Ouo waa an Amor Iran, tho real Mexicans living; lu the Culled States. HUNDREDS DESPAIR, SUICIDE IN AUSTRIA Illy Unltoil I'rnu to Th. D.Ily Bulletin) LONDON', Dec. 28. Dally food demonstrations In tho chief cities of AuHtrla and Hungary, nro report ed hero In telegrnph (llapuLchas from Geneve.. Oreut misery Is progntliua; in tho , AuKtro-Hungurlan empire and hundreds of suicides took pluco In December. $60,000,000 PROFIT ' . ON WILSON'S NOTE (Br United Prau to The Dtly Bulletin) WA8HINOTON. I). C. Dec. 28. Muro thnn 160,000,000 wus made on Wall street as the result of advanco information In regard to ProBldont Wilson's ponce note, according to a telegram received hero from Thom as Lawson by Representative Wood. PETROGRAD ADMITS RETREAT OF SLAVS (Br United PreM to The Dally Bulletin) FETHOGRAD. Doc. S .rh. drawal of tho Russians from Rlm nloul'and Sttrat wns announced to forces was tho reason irlven. it day. . Superior numbors of hostile stated that tho Prussians ana Bavar ians pressed bohlnd the enemy at Rlmnloul, as It flowed back. BROTHERHOODS HAVE A SECRET MEETING , i (By United Pren to The Dally Bulletin) NEW YORK. Doc. 28. Tho rail road brotherhoods hold a socrot mooting here today. A conforonco commlttoe of thtM;ailroads broke up nlmost Immediately with ovldonce of a. dlRagroomont. DEATHS ARE RESULT OF WRECK IN A FOG (By United Prom to The Dally Bulletin) MONTREAL, Dec. 28. Five woro klllod and six lnjurod In a rear end collision on tho Canadian Pacific, when the Toronto train ran Into the local In a heavy fog, . . If BOAT BUGABOO WILL BE, VITAL ONE IF PEACE FAILS. I'eur Ciroua In Waxlilngton, Hut Wll on leul linxliiK Mulnluln Dbw rreet Hllenro (ierinun 'He ply Verlflc Hcport. lly Hubert ,1. IU-ikIit. United I'reM Slmlt Curreapondent WASHINGT'ON, D. C, Dec. 28. Kear that If present peace' negotia tions fail, the United sStuteu will liuvo lo cleun tho sluto of the sub murliio altuittlon, grew hero today. President Wilson and Secretary 1. mining have decided upon a policy of dim-reel alienee. Whether or not there wilt be an extra skshIoii of cou grexK ufter.Murrh 4, depends upon peace proapects. ALLIES TO REPLY 'lly F.il 1 1. Kern. Unltnl PreM Hlatf CorrveiKjn'Irnt LONDON, Dec. 28. The dis patch of the allies' reply to the Gcr nitiu peace proposal Is Imminent. That the phraseology Is Identical in the replica of all the entente powers, la considered settled. GERMANS ANSWER WASHINGTON, 55. C. Dee. 28. Tho German reply to President Wll aon'a note waa received here today. It la aald to be Identical in Its es sentials with the version given out by tho press. SWISS REPLY COPY (lly Unltrd Prru to The Delly Bulletin) AMSTKIIDAM. Dec. 28. Ger many and Austria have replied to Switzerland's reiteration oj Wll nun's peace suggestions. In practic ally the ino phrases as those which acknowledged tho American note, dispatches from Germany said to day. GERMANY GRATEFUL ny United Preu to The Daily Bulletin) UKHLIN. Dec. 28. Tho capture of 3.000 more prisoners, bringing the totnl of Russians captured in en gagements around Rlmnloul and Su ra t up to 10,000, was olllclally re ported by the war oltice today. The victory Included the capture of 22 miichlne guns. Tho press bureau said that the German answer to Wilson warmly appreciates the president's sugges tions, and perhaps adds practical ad vice to bo carried out when pence Is concluded. ACETYLENE DESTROYS HOTEL, KILLING FIVE ( By United Preu to The Daily Bulletin) MOUNT HOLLY. N. J., Dec. 28. An acetylene, plant In tha basement of the Mndlson hotel, exploded this noon, destroying tho building. Five roomers nro missing, and are fear ed to have been killed. Surround ing buildings were In flames, and flrn fliflittttD- nnnnrntun from nthnr cities wns rushed to the scene. Closing Year One of Greatest in History of Russian Empire ' By Win. Philip Slmms. ' ( By United Preaa to The Daily Bulletin) PARIS, Dee. 28. Whatever Rus sia rnay do In tho future, 1916 will be set down ns ono of tho greatest years In hor history. No period In all hor national development has been more significant, not even tho 'sixties which ntnrkod the liberation of tho sorfs. During 1916 the Russian people, the common peoplo, scorn to have found themselves and their place In tho empire. Tholr position may not ata yet be vpry clearly defined, but tho future, Russian students boliovo, will look nftor that. Russia, In tho last year, has ac complished much. Sho recovorod from tho blow Germany donlt hor In East Pi-ussln, Poland and Qnllcla. Sho completed building a brand new army In the field. Bho called to tho colors another army, twlco as big, which sho holds In readiness for any omorgoncy which tho war may cause. She sent troops to Franco and to Salonika, via Siberia and Vlndlvostock and another army she OREGON READY I BEAVERS ARRIVE IN PASADENA TODAY. Couth Hezdck in Confident That Ills Klcven Will Make Creditable HIiohIiik jtKuiust Heavy, - Kuntern Aggregation. PASADKNA. Col., Dec. 28. In the best of condition to meet the Univer sity of Pennsylvania, the University of Oregon football team, champions of the Puclflc coast on the gridiron, arrived in l'usaduna this morning und will begin their training immed iately for the New Year's day gamo to be held under the auspices of tho Tournament of Roses. Coach Iiezilrk expressed himself as highly pleased with the prospects of lils team and said that Pennsy would have to travel some to walk over his Lemon and Green tanks. Et'GF.NK, Or.. Dec. 28. Football critics on the Pacific coats are now anxiously awaiting the game between Oregon and Pennsylvania on New Year's day at Pasadena, for this con test will permit a comparison of rep resentative teams of the east and the Pacific slope. While It is admitted that Pennsylvania has an exception ally strong team this year, Oregon supporters believe the Quakers will be up against a stranger combination than Cornell or Michigan. ' Oregon la tied with Washington for the Pacific coast championship. but those who witnessed the Oregon Washington game of this year and have followed the work of both of these teams are of the opinion that Oregon is the stronger and therefore Justly entitled to the honor of rep resenting the Pacific coast against tho east. Although 1'ennnly vanla has not figured in this season's eastern championship, Bob Folwcll's eleven la counted as a thoroughly represent ative team, and a victory over it will be rgearded as a triumph of the Pa cific coast over t!ie east. There are no score comparisons or other processes whereby Oregon and Pennsylvania can bo compared, but in weight and experience the teams appear to be evenly matched. Ore gon has a slight advantage- In the age of players. In coaching and physical condition, Oregon support ers ballove their team compares fa vorably with Pennsylvania. lleailck Irovcs Hla Worth. Oregon has been coached for the past four seasons by Hugo Bexdek of Chicago fume. Bezdek played fullback under Alonzo Stagg dur ing the seasons of 1903, 1904 and 1905 and wns considered one of the greatest players of tho middle west. In 1906 he coached Oregon and his team won the coast championship. Bezdok then went to ' Arkansas, where ho continued to develop win ning teams for a number of years. After tho graduute coach system failed at Oregon In 1912 the foot ball management turned to Bezdek as the Moses to lead Oregon out of tho wilderness. He began his work In 1913 under adverse conditions, but since that date Oregon has been tho "runner up" for the champion Washington cloven and has given tho Washlngtonlans their only real competition. In Cap. Johnnie Beckett Oregon (Continued on Pago 4.) sent to help Roumanla when that country joined up with the alllos. In the moantlmo she resumed the offensive In Oaiicia and completely disrupted the Austrian armies there, taking woll over half a million pris oners. And in Asia Minor Bho wag ed a powerful campaign ngainat the Turks beyond the Caucasus. - Those are tramandous accomp lishments when one remembors what Russia was bp against In 1916, when she had, during hor great re treat, but one shell a day, per bat tery, to fire against tho advancing Gormans. This was the test year of "no.vod kn." Tho imporlnl decroo abolish ing vodka came. It Is truo, in tho tall of 1914, but 1915 was not a truo trial. Russia, that year, was getting over hor jng, so to speak, and it was only in 1916 that a Btendy, sober Russia got a chance to show what bIio could do. Savings bank accounts went un hv Innnii nnrl hnitnrla Pnnanntd ettn- ' OR PENN EM (Continued on page 2.) C6UNTY JUDGE HAS HIS FIRST WEDDING Cheater l. Hprlnger and Mis Vina Limine Vance nro Married Idtte In Kveiilng In "Record Time. County Judge William D. Barnes performed his first marriage cere mony last night at 10 o'clock, when be officiated at the wedding of Ches ter D. Springer and Miss Vina Louie Vance, In bis offices In the O'Kana building. The young couple had waited until County Clerk Haner returned from a business trip to Prinevllle, and after 9 o'clock they were able to secure a license to wed. Then they needed witnesses, and a messenger secured Charles W. Krskine, who with Mr. Haner. acted In that capacity. Judge Barnes was elated today over the suc cess of his first wedding, declaring that the entire ceremony took less than three miuutes. Mr. and Mrs. Springer will make their home in the vicinity of Bend. WAR BURDENS WILL SEND MILLIONS TO THE UNITED STATES NEW YORK, Dec. 28. Unprec edented burdens of taxation and excesaivo prices for all necessities of life are so much more sure to come to Europe after the war than are ample employment of labor with good or even living wages, accord ing to Professor R. F. Foerster of the department of economics of Har vard university, that be takes it for granted that, simultaneously with the restoration of peace, emigration from the countries now at war to the United States will be resumed in large volume. He will not be surprised if the record of approximately a million immigrants a year during the per iod of 1906 to 1913 is materially exceeded as soon as the working people of Europe are free to seek the highest market for their labor. "That highest market," continued Professor Foerster, "will be un doubtedly in the United States, Prices will be high here, too. no doubt, and wages probably will not be so high as they are now. Nev ertheless, the United States will be the beBt country In which to make a living and the European coun tries wlir be the-worst. " So immi gration at the rate of something more than a million a year is a rea sonable thing to expect." , AMERICANS WINNERS IN FOREIGN TENNIS (By United Preu to The Daily Bulletin) KIO DE JANEIRO, Dec. 28.-Roy E. Peterson of LaCrosse, Wis., hop ped into the Brazilian limelight here recently when he and Sydney Pullen won the tennis doubles champion ship of Brazil. They defeated Hayues and Tegeau. 6-1. 5-3, 7-5. Approximately 6.000 fans were present to witness the last leg of the match, which' came as the finality to a series lasting more than three months. Pullen was winner In the tourna ment for the singles championship. ALL ARE SAVED WHEN STEAMER TORPEDOED (By United Preu to The Daily Bulletin) GALVESTON. Dec. 28. The Brit ish steamer Istrar, of the Bates line, was submarined off the Mediterran ean coast, according to a letter re ceived here by a relative of an of ficer of the vessel. All were saved. SUFFRAGETTES IN ENGLAND CONTEND WITH PACIFISTS By Wilbur S. Forrest. United Preu Staff Correspondent LONDON, . Dec. 28. England's militant suffragettes are still on. the warpath.. But the battle of the militants has turned from smashing windows for votes to an energetic campaign against passive war makers and pac ifists. .' , r.v r ''. "The suffragette armies are prin cipally lighting for big battles," Miss Jessie Kbnney, one of the leaders. explained today. "Most important is our campaign to force England's ministers to fight the war to a fin ish. We are fighting In South Wales where peace crunks abound; we are fighting on the Clyde, In Scotland, where pacifists are interfering with the workers, and lastly we are send ing our workers Into munition fac tories to help toward . victory by making' shells. "We are fighting Lord Haldane and Viscount Grey because wo think they are mainly responsible for a pro-German atmosphere which still pervades the foreign office." . Miss Kenncy was recently arrest ed for calling Lord Haldane, former war minister, a "traitor"., In public. Thn suffragettes blame Viscount Grey for Btltaln'B failure to recog nize the provisional government of Vonlzelos at Salonika. - .. . $10,000 ASKED FOR ROAD WORK TO FINISH M'KENZIE HIGHWAY OBJECT. Hupcrvlsor Hastings Shown t'ounty Court How Like Hum May Be) Had From ' Government Building Contracted. Urging the appropriation of 10.- 000 A be spent In road work. Super visor Hastings of the Deschutes National forest, appeared before the county court this morning, to show how by such an appropriation a like sum can be secured from the feder al government. According to the Federal Road Aid act, $120,000 of government money is available to be spent on roads in Oregon, within the national forest boundaries, Mr. Hastings explained. To secure this. however, he said, It will be neces sary for the courity to appropriate a like amount. The forest supervisor declared that there would be little difficulty In securing the 110,000 from the government by next summer. This, with $10,000 from the county, would be sufficient to build the 14 miles of the McKenzie road, lying within the county boundaries. Mr. Hastings was asked by the court to draw up his proposal in the shape of a formal request, to be presented this afternoon. The court was desirous of having more time to consider the matter. C. S. Hudson submitted plans for a new two story office building to be erected providing the court will take a two year lease on the upper floor as county headquarters. The plans were drawn by Beezer Bros., -of Seattle, and the building, when put up, is to be directly back of the First National bank. Mr. Hudson ' offered the use of six office rooms at $75 a month, or of seven rooms at $85. ' '' '- ' : ' - Other bidders who were schedul ed to appear, failed to show up and District Attorney De Armond waa Instructed to draw up a contract with Mr. Hudson. A private meeting of the court with Vernon A. Forbes was held during the noon hour for the pur pose of discussing tentatively sal aries for the county officers. Mr. Forbes will introduce a measure fixing salaries, at the next legislat ure, and was anxious to get the ideas of the members of the court. as a basis on which to work. In connection with the road ap propriation question, the following petition was drawn up by Mr. Hast ings for the court to present to the secretary of agriculture: To the honorable, the secretary of agriculture. . (through the district forester, Portland, Oregon) 4 Washington, D. C. Sir: . ' . It is petitioned by the ..county court of Deschutes county, Oregon, in regular session assembled' , thU 28th day of December, 1916, that federal aid under the provisions of section 8 of the "Federal Aid Road' act" be granted to' Deschutes coun ty in the relocation and construction; of that part of the road, to be known, as the McKenzie highway, lying within the Deschutes National ' for est In townships 14 and -15 south. ranges 8 and 9 east, Willamette meridian. - .' .The public needs to be served by this road will permit the in terming-. ling, of two settled portions of the state, namely, Central Oregon and, the Willamette .valley, and will give (Continued on Page 4.) COAL FAMINE LOOMS Colorado Ships so Heavily That None : May Be Left at Homo. . . . i ( By United Preu to The Daily Bulletin)' , , DENVER, Dec. 28. Despite tho1 fact that Colorado la one of the hoar- ' lest coal producers, It may soon (eel the pinch of a fuel famine. Because I of European demandB, the eastern mines have loft the middle western ; states unsupplied, and heavy orders from the central states are pouring ' in, so that for the first time In his- ' tory, Colorado is shipping cars as far 1 east as lown, greutly doplottng tho f stock on hand. .. , 50 ARE SAVED FROM THE SANKOKU MARU (By United Preu to .The Dally" Bulletin) TOKIO, Dec. 28. Fifty pnsBen gers and Bailors, Burvlvqrs of the ' Sunkoku Maru, wrecked off Chcfoo, ; have been landed safely. The two i Americans on board were among tho . ones rescued. '. ... . -'-.'..". -'...' i