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0. ol 0 !'' THK W1IATIIKR Showers tonight and Bunday. ALBANY DAILY DEMOCRAT Mished in 1865 VOL. XXVIII ALBANY. LINN COUNTY. OREO ON, BATUKDAY, MAY I. 191 J. No. a. 116 OF LINER U. S. ASKS GERMANY FOR ALBANY m RETURNS TWO MEN ARRESTED FOR HAVING BOOZE ALBANY HIGH BEAT REPORT ON LUSIIANIA FROM CANAL CELEBRATION BIG EDDY TRIP Parliament Will Meet and Take Stringent Measures For Protection. 1348 HAVE PERISHED, 703 KNOWN TO BE SAVED British Government Blamed For Not Providing Escort of ol Destroyers. Illy I'nilcil Frcas Association) I. on. Ion, May H--Only 70J passen gers and members nf the rrrw of lite l.iitiunia were saved, ami 1.140 prob ably pciishcd when tlie l.uaitania was torpedoed by a German subma rine oil kiusalc, according lu reports received by the admirably at 2 10 this afternoon Al tful hour ilir ad mirality had received no (urllirr re ports of rescues amce the dispatch from Quecnatnwn announcing h; 45 additional auivivora had landrd during ihe morning. This brought I lir numbrr of per-wins known to he saved up to 7"-l. v lu.'.i fiiiii the ad mirably regarded t .pproximatcly correct. It it evident the sinkii'g of (he (treat liner ha a biought a politi cal criaia to Kniil.iud. Already it ia certain flic goveri l-ient will ie snamped with pointed inquiries when parliament rccnnvenea on Monday Many members favnr reprisals airjiiMt Germany of eou.il violence There it jireat criticiam of the ad niiialily " ita failure to provide the l.uiiunu fWith an eacort of deatroy eri in-view- of the fact of the anony nioiia waritinifa given that the liner wnlit'l hr attiirlifd Xew York. May 7. In no lil of the survivor have the naiiiea of Al fred G. Vanderhill. I'lbcrt Hubbard and Charles Frohtnan appeared. Their frirnda haa ahandoned hope that they were savrd- WaahiiiKtou, May 8 4)wing to the sinking of the l.uaitania. Sei-retary of War Garriaon haa abandoned hia ronteinplated trip of inspection, say ini( he ilid not want to he ahaeut when such "interesting" things are happening. He w,-t to have left to niKht. Al the state department, and White llotiae. officials are reticent Storiea that an extra congress ia con templated lacked confirmation. London. May 8. The total casual tic of the l.uaitania ia declared hy the admirality to he 15 '2. acenrdimt In figures availahle at 9 o'clock, total nuniher of passengers and crew were 2161). The total number known to he reamed ni 9 o'clock thia morning ia 65K. WnahiiiKlon, M:'y 8. Conaul Lau reat at (Jiiccnatown cabled the alate department, that the number of sur vivora ia 6.14. Queenatown. May 8 The hodica of 148 victims are in the inoriiuc to night. WaahitiKton, May 8. No names. of American aurvivora have been receiv ed since thia morning, when fifty-two (Tnnlimictl on Pntfe 4) ANNUAL MEETING OF CEMETERY ASSN. LAST NIGHT The Riverside Cemetery associa tion met in the lihrnry building Inst evening in their annual meeting. The, report of lien Bartchcr, secretary of the nsanciution, was read and npprov Ird. The report covers the transac tions and operations for the year in a very thorough manner and was high ly commended by the board. Mrs. Thos. Hopkins was elected to fill the vacancy on the board of di rectors caused by the death of Mrs. Mabel Simpson last year, nml Franz Tfciffer was reelected for another five years on the hoard. The next meet ing will he Tuesday evening, when the election of officers may take place. Wants to Have Official State ment As to Responsibility of Disaster. (hy United I'reas Association) Washington, May 8. The alate de partment i-uhlcd Berlin asking that Germany make report lo the United HlJtca of the sinkiiiK of the l.usilan ia. The request dcaircs report lo he baaed upon slatenicnta of the commander of the submarine which attacked the liner, aaauming thai the l.uaitania was sunk in this manner. In effect the United States asked the liner's foreiiin office If Germany is teapouaible for the linking of the l.uaitania. A Small Strike There was a small strike down the street yesterday, al the Terrill cor ner, where a couple of plaaterers ob jected lo the aatigniucni of work, each, it was said, thinking be should do the work assigned the other. Both unit, and two more men were soon al work on the job. Hie work is ov er half done. Fixed Many Watches F. M. French started in the jewelry business here on St. Patricks day. IA"9. over Jo years ago, and up to this morning, the 8th day of May, I"I5. V !.. there have been just 21. 014 watches repaired in hia store. He has a record of every watch that he lias ever worked on, and very often gets Inters and telegrams from peo ple asking for the number and de scription of their watches in eases of loss or theft. Quite a record for one firm. Spoke at Fayetterille Dr. W. II. I.ee returned from Fay. cttevillc litis morning where last night -he delivered an addicts before the Civic Improvement club at the Greenback school house. Tomorrow I r. I.ee will preach in the First I'res bytcrian ' church at Newberg. On May 23 Or. Lee's brother, Kev. Geo. II. Lcc. will lake up the pulpit in that church permanently. High School Plays Eugene The high school baseball team left lor Kugene on the 6 o'clock train this morning, and played the Eugene high on the college campus this forenoon Cone to Tillamook Messrs. C. II. Walker. Arch Miller and . I.. Shaw, prominent Linn county grangers, have gone lo Tills nook to attend the state meeting of the grange. Bought Studebakcr The Albany Garage delivered a S passenger Studebakcr yesterday to Robert R. Templeton of Browns ville. Call Off that Picnic- Weather Forecaster Beals is a very lisagrrcahlc person. In spite of hun dreds of picnics that are planned in the valley for tomorrow that individ ual orders showers for tonight and Sunday. The temperature yesterday was between 47 and 76 degrees. The river stands a 2.1 feel above low water. Denny's Machine F. J. Denny, a prominent farmer. who lives between Scio and Jeffer son, has joined the army of Ford owners. It is reported that Mr. Den ny slated just before buying the car that he had no notion of buying an automobile, he was just going to get a Ford. Sciu News. Band Concert Tonight The Albany concert band will give a free open air concert at the corner of First and Brnadalbin streets 'to night nt 7:30 o'clock. P. O. Moved at Brownsville After being in same place for over thirty years the post office nt Browns ville has been moved into the Snyder block, specially arranged for the of fice. The Times declares that now Brownsville has the best office in the county, outside of Albany, a credit to the p. m., J. P. Cooley. Llttellier Sentenced Judge Kelly this morning sentenced Kltner Liletlicr, convicted on a charge of selling Ilcpior to a minor, to two months in the county jail. Petitions for Administrator F.linor Barr, widow of the late F. M. Barr, has petitioned the county court, inking her appointment ai ad ministrator of her late husband's es tate, valued at $11,500. City News Sponsor Girls Accorded Bes of Treatment on Trip to Celebrations. ALBANY WAS WELL RE PRESENTED AT CELEBRATION E. D. Cusick For Legislature, F. M. Redfield For Council, Miss Hinckley For Club. Miss Beulah Hinckley, who was tpunscr for the Catapooia river in the Wedding of the Waters at Big Eddy Thursday returned home last night full of enthusiasm and pr: ise for the big celebration which she attended. Mi. a Hinckley left lAlbany Tuesday morning and was met by the commit tee in Portland and escorted to the Portland Hotel. Early Wednesday morning the girls from the western part of the stale, accompanied by Phil Bales, of Portland, and two prominent Portland women aa chap- erones, left for the scenes of the eel' ehraiion. Lunch was had at the Ho le! Dalles and the party left, at 1:30 for Celilo and Big Eddy. There were 30 girls in the party, representing every river tributary to the Colum hia, and came from all over Oregon, Washington and Idaho. At Big Eddy theie were speeches h three governors, by members of congress, state legislators, and oilier prominent men Hon. E. D. Cusick, of this city, represented the Oregon legislature, and Mr. F. M. Redfield represented the Albany Commercial club. - Ai The Dulles Miss Hinckley was impressed with the cosmopolitan type ofthe crowds. Native Indians in their queer garbs, cowboys, and people of all classes mingled in the vast throngs made a most striking picture. The parly returned to Portland Wednesday night, and Friday morn ing departed for Oregon City in two large launches to take part in the ceremonies there The big fleet of steamers thai had been up the Co lumbia river had arrived in the night. and after . the parade Thursday morn ing the launches led by other boats back lo Portland then went down to wards Vancouver to convoy the rest of the fleet up from that place. The celebration in Portland was the larg est of any place on the route. The party of girls had the time of their lives and cannot aay enough in naise of the curtesies shown them from first lo last. Libau Haa Fallen. (By United Press Association) Berlin, May 8. Libau, a Russian port on the Baltic sea, has been cap tured, the official statement announc ed Libau was one of the chief cities in the Baltic provinces of Russia against which the latest German cam paign has been directed. It was bom barded at intervals by German ves sels. E. M. Eldridge went to Portland today. DEATH OF MRS. SARAH , RUTH BASS ON FRIDAY Mrs. Sarah Ruth Bass, wife of John L. Bass, died at her home this side of Jefferson yesterday, nt the age of SI years. She was born in Missouri, and came to Oregon seven years ago, residing in Ashland for three years, coming to Albany four years ago, where they resided previous lo go ing to the farm to make Iheir home. Mrs. Bass was a member erf the Presbyterian church of this city, a woman of sterling Christian worth. She leaves a husband and four children, Mrs.. Oscar Tinkle and Walter and John F. Bass, of this city, and Mri. Dr. Manley, of Port land. The funeral service will take place at the farm home, tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. Geselbracht preach ing the serfon, followed by burial at Riverside Cemetery, about 3 o'clock. F. M. Redfield Attends the Whole Show From Lewiston to Portland. F. M. Redfield, who represented Albany in the celebrations over the opening of the Dalles-Celilo locks, arrived home yesterday mominsf. Mr. Redfield was the officii! representa tive from the commercial club and was in the procession from first to last. The celebration sla.ted at Lewis- Ion, Idaho, at the head of navigation on the Snake river about 360 miles from Portland, at midiriuht last Sun day, and early Monday morning the cily was packed by thousands from all over the Inland Empire, hundreds coming from Spokane and other places. Over 710 automobiles were in town. It was the greatest gather ing ever held in that part of the country, and the occasion meant more to the people of Iewis!on than any. thing which has occurred there. Embarking on the J. N. Teal, a freight boat, Mr. Redfield spent the next three days and nirrhts on the water. Tlie celebration continued on down the river. At Kennewick was the allegorical wedding of Miss Col umbia and Mr. Sn..ke, and at Pasco a few miles beyond, was another up roar. As the boat passed down the river the towns all along the banks could be seen celebrating. IM Big Eddy trains and boats brought thousands more to the cere mony of the Wedding of the Waters. The Teal arrived at The Dalles in time lo witl ess the big parade be tween 6 and 7 o'clock. It is estimated that over 20, OfO people were at The Dalles. The same story was re peated as tl-e celebration continued down the river, at Vancouver, Ore gon City, Portland, and Astoria. On the J. N. Teal were between 3(10 and 4110 people. Cots were placed at night to accomodate those who wanted to sleep, urd tl.ose who could nol sleep, danrerf An orrheatrs played til day and ncirly all night. and dancing was ftoi'ig on almost, continuously. Mr. Redfield says that the locks are between 8 and 9 miles long and tl.at it takes three hours for a boat to pass through. It is a great thins for the Northrrest, for t the wheat and wool grower and cattle raiser it means a reduction of the freight r. tes by nearly one-h. lf. In all it was the Rreatet celebration ever held in the Korthwct and marks another epoch in its development ASTORIA CELEBRATED OPEN COLUMBIA TODAY Declared the Biggest Celebra tion of the Lower Columbia. Astoria, May 8. The greatest cele bration in tl.e history of the lower Columbia river district was held here today in honor of the opening of The Dalles-Celilo canal, which took place last Wednesday. A fleet of steamers brought hund reds of visitors to the celebration, and thousands of others arrived by train. Coincident with the celebration, the Columbia and Snake River Water ways association was holding its an nual convention. Steamers may' now go direct from Astoria to Lewiston, Idaho, where heretofore their cat goes had to be transferred rt the Celilo Rapids in the Columbia river, to other steamers on the opposite side of the rapids. The cargoes were portaged by over a state operated railroad. Must Accept Ultimatum. (By United Press Association) Tokio, May 8. That Japan intends to force China to accept her will or lominate Chinese affairs in the fu ture, is the condition of affairs. The time limit on the ultimatum expires Saturday night. i Miss Maad Clark went to. Portland for a visit this morning. Mrs. J. L, Irvin went to Salem for a visit this mornin. i H. Carow went to Peoria, this morn ing after shopping here, D. W. Burton went to Hillsboro on the electric this morning. Hugh Fisher went to Talbot today. Over 200 Stockholders Meet and Form Mutual Asso ciation. MUCH INTEREST TAKEN IN MOVEMENT BY FARMERS Nine Elected Directors Who Will Elect Name Officers at Next Meeting. With about 2H0 grangers of Linn and Benton counties present, the Linn and Benton Counties Cooper ative Growers' association" was or ganized in the rooms of the commer cial club today. The enterprise which the commercial club has been striving to bring about since the first of the year is at last successfully start ed and wilt mean thousands of dol Uira to the farmers of these counties. No longer will there be an excuse for tons of fruit to go to waste after thia year. With a cannery, evaporal or, cider and vinegar factory and sell ing organization in operation all the surplus products may be taken cars' of, and markets found for produce that has formerly gone to waste. The stockholders present were en thusiastic in the organization and re sponded heartily to the work before them. The meeting was called by l. L. Fisher at 10 o'clock this morning and M. J. Duryea, of Eugene, delivered an address on "Cooperation and Com munity Building." The rest of the morning was taken up with speeches and temporary organization. Nine directors were elected by bal lot this afternoon, as follows: U. G. Smith. Tanuent Ro.-.d: O. W. Martin. Knox Butte: Hi Parker. No Alkiny: W. J. Turnidne. Crahtree: H. Hryant. Albany! I. G. uihson, AO. Albany: L, R. Reynolds. Millcrsburg; hd. Holoway. Brownsville. J. tJ Swink. Lebanon. The directors will etect a president. vice president, secretary and treas urer at a meeting to be held tonight. The directors will also elect a man ager who will have charge of the plant and run the business of the as sociation under the directors. The officers and board of directors will incorporate after the 20th of this month. The secretary and treasurer will be under bonds of $2500 each. Nearly $10,000 worth of stock has already been subscribed, and the sale of stock will continue until the time of incorporation. The directors will serve until De cember, when five directors will be elected to serve for 2 years and four directors for one year. The by-laws were adopted aa drawn up by J. G. Medley. D. Bussard. Hi ram Parker and T. J. Risley, who live in Benton county, r.nd J. W. Bish op, of Lebanon. While the votes for directors were being counted, speeches were made hy Ira T. Hutchins, of Brownsville, E. C. Roberts, of Lebanon. A. L. Fish er, U. G. Smith, Dr. J. H. Robnett, and others. The directors elected the following fficers lo serve until December: President. U .G. Smith; vice president. Hub Bryant: secretary. Miss Beulah Hinckley: treasurer. E. D. Cusick. UNERAL OF M. J. CAMERON THIS AFTERNOON Underneath a profusion of flowers. in pieces and bouquets the remains of M. J. Cameron were laid at rest in Riverside cemetery this afternoon. Preceding the burial services were eld in the M. E. church, conducted by Rev. Leech, in which a just tribute was paid to the memory of the de ceased, who left an excellent record! a citizen, husband, father and neighbor. At the cemetery the Knights of Pythias assisted in the services. The pall bearers were: Honorarv. Mavor Curl. Ex-Mayor Gilbert. Judge P. R. Kelly. Council men Carter and Lyons and R. A. R. Veal. Active. Homer A. Dond. lohn Rttiter, Irvine Christian, Elmer Gore and Edward Lindhloom. Coming From Independence Officer Took Charge of Them and Their Stock. Coming over from Independence last night a couple of young men were spotted by Nigl.t Oiticer Dick Rogers, as they were conveying a lot of packages into a house on First street, and their stock of goods was taken charge of. It consisted of forty four quarts of beer. One of the young men was arrested, and this morning was taken before Recorder Van Tas ael and fined $10 under the ordinance prohibiting the carrying of intoxi cating licjuora, pleading guilty. The other escaped and fled from the city. and has not yet been apprehended. City News Undertaker Buys Buck W. F. Whealdon, the Brownsville undertaker, yesterday received deliv ery of a new Buick "25." four pas senger car from the J. L. Irvin ga rage of this city. Posted Signs- Frank G. Will, the jeweler, and Edwin Fortmilter, of the Forrmilter Furniture Co., accompanied by Bert Stevens, have been nailing up signs on the roads leading to Albany the past two days. The country for many miles around is now labelled with the ads of the two firms. An Eventful Career The Scio News in giving old items twenty-two years old. has the fol lowing: L. . Johnson, cashier of ihe Bank of Scio. went to Salem Monday He will probably go lo Portland and Albany before be returns. Mr. John son has had an eventful career since then. He is now president of the Benton County Bank, at Corvallis and lives in the finest house in the city. Was on th f.tift4tania Among the passengers on the ill- fated Lusitania, was Herbert E Stone, a nephew of Mrs. W. p. Stan ford, of this city. Youn3 Stone is a on of Vctvin E. Stone, at the head of the Associated Press of the Unite-! States, a prominent newspaper man of Chicago, the latter being a brother of Mrs. Stanford. He wrs on his way to Europe, called by the situation. Mrs. Marks Here On Visit Mrs. James Marks, of Oakland Calif., arrived last nigl.t on a visit at the home of her son. W. L. Marks. and will spend some time here. She came specially at this time to at:cid the golden wedding of her hrothe-. L. E. Blain. Mrs. Marks resided here for many years, over sixty years in this county. Receiving Bids for Residence- Bids are being received for the new residence of Judge Kelly, and will be received by Architect r Burgtfraf, for few days, when the contract will 'probably he let, if the figures are sat isfactory. The residence promises to be the best of the year. Show Man Passed Through. Mr. Browning of the Browning Amusement Co., of Salem, passed through the city this forenoon in his private auto for Lebanon, where he is making arrangements to have his shows at the strawberry fair. He will also be at the big Moose carnival. Salem, May 19-22. Trainload of Teachers A special train bearing a large del egation of school teachers from Port land passed through Albany about 11 o'clock this morning for Corvallis. where they are inspecting the build ings and work at the O. A. C. Be tween three and four hundred high school and grammar grade teachers ere in the party. Women Hikers Here Mrs. A. M. Mills and daughter. Jana, of Portland, arrived in ,the city yesterday on a hiking trip from Port land to New York. They left Port land April 29 at 9 a. m. and expect to make the trip in fifty days' time to San Francisco. They were forced to wait two days in Salem on account of a tangle in booking at one of the theatres. They left Portland without a cent and are making their own ex penses by appearing in theatres, etc.. along the way. Mandate from Supreme Court A mandate from the supreme court was received by County Clerk Rus sell today, in which the decision of the circuit court was affirmed in the case of Elizabeth Wiley vs. J. J. Whit ney, et al. In Best High School Meet Ever Held Here Won By Score of 82 to 35. LONG JUMP OF ALLEN FEATURE OF MEET Reoord Shows Albany High to Have a Superior Lot of Young Athletes. Making 82 pointa to 35 Albany high s:-iool yesterday afternoon de fcatedEugene hitfh in the best high school field meet cter held in this city. As a contest, it was full of iu- 'erest from start to iinish. A feature of the meet, was the long jump of Rollin . Allen, a solid built student from near Albany. At tfie irst trial he made 20 feet, II 3-4 inches, a new high school record in Albai.y, t not in tiie state. The sprinting aUo was of a very fast nature. Ten and 2-5 seconds in the 100 y:.rd dash, :nade by Louis Dcliultz, with Allen only a button behind, is a fine high school showing. In point in?;in SChuIti and I'.ricjfs, of Albany, tied, each having 18. Schultz. though, lead in firsts with three, and he would have been first in but for a iall in the hur dle race. McChesney was next with 15, having two first, a tie for first and a third. Allen was fourth with 12 points. The other Albany men were as follows: Jenkins, .9; Eaglrs and Beals, each 5. Williams led fur Eugene with 11, Peltier, 8; Brodcrs, 5; Trout. 5; Purdy. 4; Denton. 1. Followins: ts -tin- record: - -Mile run Trout. Eugene: Eagles, Jenkins. Time. 4:45 1-5. Shot put Williams, Eiti'ene: Bi iff ifs, Be.ils. Distance. .18 feet, 5'4 inr!--cs. 50-Yard dash Schultz. Allen. Pur dy, Eugene. Time. 5 3-5 seconds. High Jump Brings, McChesney; tie: Denton. Eugere. Heig! t, 5 feet. 220 Yard hurdle Rrcdcrs. Schnltz, Pu-dy. Time. 30 seconds. 100 Yard dash Schultz. Allen. Bro kers. Eugene. Time. 10 2-5. Discus throw Bri;;us, Williams. Eugene: Eagles. Distance. 95.2 feet. Half mile run Peltier, Eugene; lenkins, Eaulcs. Time. 2:09 2-5. Pole vault McChesney, Williams ind Purdy. Ei-tfcne. tie. Height. 8.02. 220 Yard run Scholia, Beals, Al cn. Time, 24 2-5. Javelin throw McChesney, E'iggs, Williams, Eugene. Distance. 125 ft. 440 Yard run Jenkins, Peltier, F.u ;ene; Peals. Time. 57 2-5. Broad jump Allen, 20 feet II 3-4 inches: BrigRi, 18 feet 4 in.; McChes ney. 18 feet 2 inches. The relay race was not run by mu tual consent. Had- it been run, i.M- iny was practically a sure winner. The contest shows Albany high to iave a fine lot of athletic mrtcrial, some of which will be developed in he future into records. Prof. Stev ns. the coach, has done vrood work vith the boys and is entitled to much :redit for their creditable work in all lines of athtetics.- Mrs. J. W. Bolin and daughter, and Miss Graynella Parker, of Browns ville, were shoppers in Albany's ex cellent stores today. THE PUPILS OF THE ACADEMY RECEIVE DIPLOMAS The A. N. Palmer Co.. Cedar Ra pids, lown, favored the Ac. .demy ol Our Perpetual Help, hy awnrdin, to two of the pupils, Miss Ji:l:t T'aut meier, and Miss Berlin M.illon, the Teaches' Final Certificate of the Palmer Method of Muscular ';ve- ment Business Writing, which en titles them to teach successfully this system. Miss Mary Stalp, and Miso Glady.i Miller received the Palme. ' Method Graduating Aw;.rd3. Th:e pupils v.'ere av.rded Improvement Certifi cates, a:id several others received the Progiess Tin. V