TUB WEATHER
Tonight and Thursday occasional rain
Strong touthtrly wind.
ALBANY DAILY DEMOCRAT
Established in 1865
Best Advertising Madlum ta
Lina County
VOL. XXVIIt
ALBANY, LINN COUNTY, OREO ON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1915.
No. 164.
PAUL A. LEECH
DIED EARLY TODAY
Wound Received At Result of
Fall Oct. 29th. Prove
to Be Fatal.
FUNERAL WILL BE FRIOAY
AT 2 P. M. AT M. E. CHURCH
Acoldent Wis Result of Being
Overcome By Gas
Fumes.
The tad and untimely death ol
Paul A. Lrrch. tun u( Dr. and Mrs.
D. II. Leech, mho injured by a
fall ai the new Ncbergall packing
plant (X-t. JVlh. occurred tint uiorn
ini at St. Mary't llotpiul. The news
of the dath of one of the populai
young men of the community, while
not unexpected the pal few dayi, wai
ncvcrthclcti a thock to hit many
friendt at well a to the meniliert of
the bereaved family.
I'aul A. Leech wat horn in Cratt
Valley, a little town in F.attern Ore
gon, December 6th, IHV2, and would
have been 23 years oldtm hit neat
birthday, lie hat lived with hit par
ent! all hit life, except the pat few
weekt when hit father, Kcv. D. II
Leech, wat called to the pulpit of the
Kirtt Mrlhoditt church in Corvatlii
from the church in thit city. He wat
working at the time of their removal
and Hayed in Albany with hit por
tion. He wat well liked by all who knew
him and had tcoret of friend. He was
a member of the Masonic order anil
ha taken hit degree in tile Eatlern
"Star' but the Toetday before the ac
cident occurred which rctulted in hit
early taking off.
Bctldei hit parenti he Iravet three
brothert and two titlert. They are
Mrt. John M. Speidel. of Wayland.
Iowa; John R. I.eech. of llarriiburg
Ore : Mrt. R. A'. McCully. of Hood
River; Charlet 1-. I.eech, of llarrii
burg, and Archer O. I.eech, who livet
with hit parenti at Corvallit and at
tend! the Oregon Agricultural Col
lege. The funeral tervicet will be held
Friday, at 2 p. m. at the Kirtt Melh
oditt church, In charge of Rev. Jamet
Moore, pattor of the local church, and
District Superintendent J. T. Abbott
, Interment will be held the Mi
lonic cemetery.
Paul Leech, with Carl Armpricst
wat working in a large t.tik in the
Ncbergall Tacking plant on October
29. the day he tuttained hit injury
The two were toldering In the roof
of the large vat late in Ihe afternoon
and were about through with the
work. The gat fitmei from the char
Coal burner were getting itrong hut
neither realized how weak they were
becoming, but decided to finish their
work in tpite of noticing and remark
ing about the tickening fumei. Final-.
ly Armpricst climbed down and I.eech
wai in the act of handing down the
burner on which the toldering Irom
were heated, when, overcome by the
gat he lunged forward, ttriking hit
' head on the cement floor about 12
feel below. Armpricit himself wat
in weak thit he had to he ntsittrd hy
Conrad Myert, who wai near hy.
Paul wai hurried to St. Mary'i hospi-'
tnl where every effort wai made to
ave hit life, hut in tpite of the bell
of attention the end came thii morn
ing. Mn. J. E. F.wing returned lo Sclo
on the morning train.
"THE OUTCAST' DEPICTS
SCENES IN NATURAL MANNER
Mae Marth, In "The Outcnit," lakes
the part of the dancing girl In a resort
where her tweethcart, lloh, it a wait
er. The'villian, Lewit, learn that her
past ii unknown, and it shot when lie
pursues here lo her room. Bob I nn
ex-convict and fleet. The girl is con
victed, but when a locket the wears il
thown to Ihe judge he cnllaptcs, and
well, that it vhere the real interest
ing part of the play begins, and mere
wordi fail to adequately present it.
At the Rolfe tonight.
TRANSPORTATION NAMES '
DELEGATE 10 HEARING
Albany and Linn Co. to Be Re
presented at Rate Case
Hearing Friday.
The traniportatiuin committee of
the Alhuny Commercial club met thit
morning to cuiitidcr problemi con
fronting thii community in Ihe com
ling hearing of the railroad lumber
rale rate before the interstate com
merce cotumittion in Portland next
Friday at 10 o'clock. Il wat decided
to tend repretrntativci from thit cily
and Mr. W. A. Katthurn wat chosen
by the committee to represent Albany
and to teleit two more men to ac
company him. Senalora Cuiick and
Garland were luggrtlcd and an effort
it being made to get them lo attend
The coming meeting it of great im
portance to the Willamcte valley and
every commercial cluh touth of Salem
rill have a representative on hand to
ee that the valley gelt ju.tice.
SHOULD FREAK CHILD
BE ALLOWED TO LIVE
Chicago Stirred Up Over Case,
Making Solution of Question
Practical.'
(By United I'reit)
Chicago, Nov. 17. Chicago moved
hurriedly to save Mrs. Ann Bollin
ger'i baby from the lenience of Ihe
mother, physician! and nurtet of the
German-American hospital that he
must die, without surgical aid, because
he come into the world physically de
ficient. Police Chief Healy called a
conference with the commissioner of
health and the coroner to decide how
to compel the' hospital to perform an
operation to save the infant. Doctor J
and the mother held that the child
might better die than to grow up a
freak.
THIRTY-TWB THOUSAND
DAMAGE SUIT AGAINST 0. E.
J. R. Cartwright. Harrisburg
Farmer Asks DrmagerFor
Injury to Farm.
A mil wai filed in the circuit court
thii morning hy John R. and Maggie
Cartwright, who live near Harrisburg
to collect $32.0l0 danrages from the
Oregon Electric Ry. Co.
The complaint sets forth that for
and in consideration of plaintifft al
lowing laid railroad company to crois
their lands, aaid company wat to con
struct a dyke 1120 feet long, 100 feel
out into the Willamette river and one
lot) feet long, to protect plaintifft
2)0 acret of low, tanily land from the
high water! of the Willamette.
Complaint states that the first dyke
hat not been completed, nor the sec
ond one itarted. although the con
tract wai made in 1911. The reason
abletcost of a good dyke would be
$10,000, it nates, and $10,000 it named
at the tip-keep price. $2000 are ask
ed for damage done hy high water
and $10,000 more are atked for dam
ages, a total of $J2.00.
Tax Payeri Meeting.
Time, Friday, November 26th, nt 1
p, m. at the court houte. The meet
ing it called for ihe purpose of con
tillering the terribly increased tax
burden of Ihe pa.; few yean and to
tee what can be done toward -educing
It for next year.
Mr. Robert E. Smith of RoseMirg
Ihe tecrclary of the Hate Tax At
tociation will aduici the mectimr
Mr. Smith is an interesting and abtr
talker and probably knows more
about tnxri than any other m:in in
the .itate. He hat discovered tome
startling ditcrepenciet in public ex
penditure and lalki ilraight from the
ihouldcr.
Local people will also have some
thing to lay about high taxes.
The taxpayer! from all pans i f
the county will he present and a
large and interesting meeting it as
stired.
Mn. W. O. Miller went to Mill City
thii morning for a visit after visiting
at the home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. C. Latham.
ALBANY MAY HAVE SPECIAL
CARS TO EUGENE GAME
Effort Being Made to Attach
Two Coaches on Portland
Special Here.
Albany graduate! of the University
uf Oregon and the Oregon Agricul
tural College arc looking forward lo
Saturday's big game at Eugene with
great anticipation. While both rail,
roads will run excursions and the big
excursion to Eugene for the U. of O
Alumni will pan here at 11:6 on
the Southern Pacific, a movement it
on foot among Ihe alumni of both
college! to have a couple of ipecial
can attached to Ihe O. E. special
which is due to arrive here at 10:4(1
Saturday morning. Mark Weather
ford, a prominent aluminus of O. A
C. and Ed. Bailey, a prominent grad
uate of U. of O. and famous all-northwest
tackle, are behind Ihe ipecial
car from Albany and are trying lo
get Albany people to go from here
in a body.
If 60 will tign up a special car will
be attached here, and il it the inten
tion of Itailey and Wealherford to
get enough for at lean two care.
Thoi wishing to go on this train will
call Mr. Bailey at the Wealherford
law oflice. The train will arrive in
Eugrne at 12 o'clock and return in
ample time after Ihe game Tickets
on each line arc $17S for the round
trip, good from Friday to Mondr.y
A block of teati for the game hat
been put on sale at Ihe McAlpin cigar
store, and those going from here will
save trouble and avoid a rush ai the
gate by buying ticket! before going
up. The game starts at 2 o'clock
Indications point to an attrnd.-rce
of at least 10,000 people.
SPLENDID BILL AT
HUB THEATRE TONIGHT
rV-th-Hitl.uiigki..aid'ThuriUy
comes Hobar: Hanley, one of the
niott p6pular of Universal start in
Jamet Olliver Curwoodt three act
iday, "The Deficit." The fact that il
it a Gobi Seal Film speaks for the
duality of the play. The fun is fur
nished hy llillie,Rhodes and Jack Dil
lon in "Molly't Malady" Friday the
second number of the Metro feature!
"Alwayt in the Way." with Mary
Milrt M inter will be shown.
Mist l.eona Bilyeu. of Lebanon
returned last evening afte a thort
visit at Ihe home of her lister, Mrt
John Nccley.
Mrt. M. L. Pctert, who hit been
Haying with her parent '.n Corvallit
spent Sunday in this city w.tli Mr
and Mn. John Neelcy. Mn. Peter,
will join her husband who has ac
cepted a position in Pendleton, abo-.il
December first.
Paul and Lloyd Houcr. nf Ihe firm
of Hauser Bros., of Salem, were i.i
Ihe cily lati week looking after bmi
nets interests of their ttnrr in this
city.
Mrt A. W. Ueeion retnmel from
Dt:n.H where the hat br:!i spending
i ( iw nii:n, nt with the la n jy cf !:.r
daughter, Mrs. H. A. Schroeder.
Mn. F. T. Clinton left thii morning
for Seattle where she will visit relative!.
ft i
Ma Marsh In a icene from "The Outcast," at the Rolf tonight and
' Thursday.
29 KILLED III
Combustion of Dust Caught the
Miners Down 1500 Feet
Helpless.
SIX KNOWN TO BE DEAD,
TWENTY-THREE ENTOMBED
Entombed Undoubtedly Dead;
Only Five So Far Have
Been Saved.
(By United Press)
Ravensdale, Wn.. .Nov. 17. With
six bodici recovered, two or three un
accounted for, 27 or 28 in the third
level, the total il believed to be be
tween 35 and 40 dead in the mine dis
aster. Of tl.e six bodict recovered,
two were found on tl.e tccond level
The bodiei ol T. J. Kane, J. S. Davit,
and Florence Martini were found in
the third level early this morning.
Sea I tie. Nov. 17. Kesciti work
ing the Northweitcrn Improvement
company1! mine, at Ravensdale, par
tially wrecked by dust explosion yes
terday, succeeded in clearing away
the debris of the third level 1500 feet
below ti e lurface, and reached the
miner! entimbed theme. Of 25 bcliev.
ed to be trapped on the thitd level
only two were found Hive. They are
J. S. Davit, timbernun, and John Ar
ko, miner. Although the rescuers
reached the bodiei of the dead men.
il wai impossible to bring them to the
jurfacc until cable and cars disabled
by the explosion tc repaired. Six re
now known to be de?.d, five saved,
and 23 Hill entombed, and believed to
be dead.
6AME BETWEEN WILLAMETTE
- AND COLLEGE CANCELLED
College Has Only One More
Game, One With Chemawa,
Thanksgiving Day.
' The game of football at thit cily
announced for Friday afternoon, be
tween Albany College and Willamette
University, hat been called off by
Willamette. The Albany boyi were
confident of being able to make as
good if not better showing than in
the former game. On account of the
cripplej condition of sonic of Ihe best
players, though, it is probably a good
thing to cancel the game.
The college has one more game, to
he played Thanksgiving day, with the
fast Chemawa tram, noted for their
aggressive style of playing.
Rev Wm. Mel.eod returned to Mill
City on the morning train.
R. E. DeVaney went to Thomas on
Ihe morning train.
UDIS OF 6. A. R. GAVE
RECEPTION TO PRESIDENT
Besides Program There Was a
Floor Drill and a Fine
Banquet.
Fair Oakt Circle No. 1 Ladies of
the G. A. R. certainly had a joyous
season yestcrd.iy in the reception ten
dered Mrt. Anra Kornbrodl, Ihe rc
pariment president, front Oak Grove
near Portland, and Mrs. Addie Tabor
department inspector, from Portland
These ladiel vere met : t the Albany
S. P. depot when !e noon train came
in, by Color Bearer Mrs. Hattie Still
son, and her assistants, and escorted
to the G. A. R. hall, where they were
wekbber by tl'e preside I of Fair
Oaks, Mn. Anna Stewart, who had
gladly come up from her home in Sa
lem to participate in Ihe "joyful
greeting!, in which joined a goodly
number of the l.-.dies : nd conradei.
G. A. R.
After a tumptuoui banquet was en
joyed, the afternoon's program began,
lasting until Ihe evening shadows be
lt: n to Ml.
Sever: I rew members were added
hy initiation in due form.
The dep i.-tmcnt president fjr.ve igh
rai for t!;e floor work, saying it
was ihe best ihe had yet seen in her
visits to circlet. Short but intpiring
iddresics were made by her and the
department intpector.
Th, very efficient secrets ry of the
local circle. Mn. Jennie Brown-Car-tiine
was kept extremely busy so rap
idly did the changes ring in the pro
gram. A season of song was one of the
enjoyments devoted to melodies from
he Civil War days. Fair Oaki circle
ill hold a bazaar at the G. A. R. haU
Tuesday, December 14 next, proceeds
to go towards philanthropic " work
dong G. A. R. lines.
6L0BE THEATRE GETS BACK
' . TO PICTURES TONIGHT
After a successful presentatioin of
one of the finest vaudeville bills ever
teen here, the Globe theatre gets back
to motion pictures today. The big fea
tures are offered, one an Edison 3
reel production entitled "Shadows of
Ihe Past," and the other a two-act
Vitagraph named "The Fire Escape."
Both are good and full of interest
from the first to the end.
o-
Mrs. L. R. Sheldon left yesterday
for Priests Rapids, Wn.
Mayor L. M. Curl went to Salem
on the morning electric.
Rev. Arthur Lane left for Mt. Angel
on the morning train.
T. H. Goddard of Mill City is in the
cily today.
I. H. Stroat, of Eugene, is an Albany
visitor.
Mr. and Mrs. James Arnett, of San
Francisco, who have been the guests
of Mrs. Arnctt's uncle. Dr. W. P.
White, while spending part of their
honeymoon in this city, continued
north on their bridal trip to Portland,
Seattle, and other points.
Mrs. Mack Monteith went to Port
land last night and will spend two
weeks there and in Hood River. Mr.
Monteith left on a business trip to
Eastern Oregon.
BIBLE APPEALS TO IN
TELLECT NOT TO THE LIVER
"A, man who doesn't believe tho
Bible, hain't read it oiiderstandingly.'
"God appeals to the intellect, not
to the liver."
Last night Bruce Evans preached
an able sermon appealing for men to
put first things first. With masterly
addreas he carried his audience and
brought them to a realization of the
claims of God.
It was a big crowd. Standing room
was at a premium and the spirit was
fine. He has brought a wonderful
refreshing to the church and all who
attend. -Men arc paying up back
debts and" throwing away Iheir old
time pipes, under the influence of the
meetings, and many have publicly
professed that they will be Christians
The crowds are expressing their
open-hearted appreciation of the man
and also of Prof. Marsh, his splendid
singer. The Baptist church rejoices
in the visit of these sincere able men
of God.
Only four more meetings to be held.
Don't fail to her him tonight at 7:30.
BANQUET FOR MEN 6IVEN
BY MEN OF THE
About Seventy-five Men En
joyed Fine Feed at the
Christian Church.
Giving a banquet to the young men
of the city, the men of the Christian
church last night performed a stunt
that is bound to have a good influence
Gotten up by the men everything was
done by. them, both the cooking and
the serving; and it was well done, as
all present declared. It was served
in the basement of the church, with
about seventy-five men present, many
of them not church members, invited
from around town promiscuously. Af
ter the feed there were tome live talks
by prominent men pretent, in which a
good deal of pep wai put into the ad
vantages of fellowship and Christian
influence. Those speaking were A. C
Schmitt, R. L. Burnett. B. E. Wright
Ihe state Y. M. C. A. secretary, Evan,
gelist Crim and Rev. M. H. Fagan.
PRESIDENT ASKED STAY
OF HILSTROM EXECUTION
Is Anxious For Thorough Re
consideration of I. W. W.
Man's Case.
(By United Press)
Washington, Nov. 17. The presi
dent wired Governor Spry, of Utah
requesting hirr. to stay the execution
of Joe Hillstrom. Industrial Worker
slated to die before a firing squad Fri
day at Salt Lake, for murders com
mitted more than a year ago. "With
unaffected hesitation, but with most
earnest conviction of the import:?
of the case, I again venture to urge
on your excellency the justice and
advisibility. if possible, of a thorough
consideration of Hillstrom's cas-.'
said the.- president's message. . The
president previously obtained a stay
of execution, aiter which the Utah
beard of rardons reviewed .the rite
and fojnd no cause for commutation
of sentence. The American Federation
of Labor sought to stay the execution
by sending resolution, adopted at Sar.
Francisco, to the president and Utah
officials.
THOMAS AGAIN ON DECK
HUSTLIN6 FOR THE MILL
Had a Fine Display at Port
land Show, Says Mill Is
Going to Come.
With increased enthusiasm over the
prospects of the Thomis Paper Mill
Co., R. Thomas returned from Port
land last night At the Land Products
show he had a fine display of the Al
bany paper, from the Thomas process.
and it attracted a great deal of atten
tion, showing a striking interest in
the proposed enterprise.
A good-sized sign with the display
read substantially like this: "Red Fir
Paper. The Thomas process' for
wrapping to writing paper. Mill to
employ 5.0110 people. Will make 3.0110
tons daily. 12 paper machines. 258 by
300 feet. Pusey & Jones Co., Wilming
ton, Del., makers.
Mr. Thomas is enthusiastic over the
outlook for the mill, and declares that
it cannot faid. He says it will be only
a short time before an actual start is
made on the big plant. There is no
longer any doubt about the value of
the process. The thing now is to se
cure the capital for the enterprise
Albany will not be depended upon for
this, and yet the city will be expected
to display its faith in the matter by
taking a reasonable amount of sto-.k
With A. L. Fisher, of the Commtivi..!
Club, a special effort along this line
will be made.
' One on Doe Catcher
A prominent business man slipped
one over on the dog eatclter today
A dor bclonuinir to said p. b. m wat
picked up by the pound master, who
took the don to the owner'i place ol
i business. Angered at the arrest of his
favorite dog said aforementioned p
b m. unfastened the chain on the
dog's collar while his brother attract
ed the attention of the dog catcher
Shortly afterwards a warrant for the
arrest pf p. b. m. was issued and terv
ed by Griff King. Upon Ihe payment
of the impounding fee of $5 the matter
wai let drop.
ALLIES GETTING
MILITARY SENSE
France and England to Jain
Under Single War Man-
agement.
RUSSIA AND ITALY
TO JOIN LATER
War Council Will Run the
Whole War Under One
Plan.
(By United Press)
Paris, Nov. 17. The French and
British fighting forces are virtually
one vast machine tonight. Hitherto,
though allied, the two countries' ar,
mies fought more or less independent
ly. Henceforth they will be guided'
by a single source, an interallied war
council. Russia and Italy, too, will,
join in the combination as speedily as
possible. The Franco-British arrange
ment was perfected today in a corner,
ence between Premier Askuith, Mu
nitions Minister Lloyd "George, For
eign Minister Grey, and First Lord
of the Admirality Balfour, of England,
with Premier Briand, Minister of War
Gallicni, Commander in Chief Joflre.
and Minister of Marine Lacaze, of
France.
CLOVER OUTPUT IN THREE
COUNTIES FULLY $500,000
Linn County Had About Thirty
'-. Car Leads of 40,000
- ... Pounds" Eaclt.' '-
More than $175,000 was paid for
clover seed this fall in the counties of
Marion, Polk and Linn, according to
Harley O. White who is familiar with
clover conditions, as the firm of D.
A. White and Sons alone purchased
600,000 pounds of clover seed in thit
county, and 500,000 pounds in Linn
county. The average price this year
was 16 cents, compared to 11 and 12
cents one year ago, and this .year's
crop was fully double thst of 1914.
The failure of the clover teed crop in
the east and light foreign shipments
was the cause of the higher price this
year. Salem Journal.
The value of Ihe seed purchased by
'D. A. .White & Sons alone cailed for
175.000. That firm bought only yart
of the seed, probably not a third. The
output of this county alone, the Dem
ocrat is informed by seed men, was
about thirty cars, of 40,000 each, which
at 16 cents a pound would amount to
$192,000. t is safe to place the out
put of the three counties named at
$500,000. " .
BROWN TO PLAY W. S. C.
Big Eastern Eleven WiU Meet
Champs in Pasadena, .
New Years.
It has been finally decided that
Brown University, one of the best
football teams in the east, will meet
the strong W. S. C. team at Pasadena.
Calif., New Years day. Brown has
defeated Yale 3 to 0, and several other
big teams in the east and should make
'. trood match for tbc Washington
players. . ,
TOM THUMB TO BE
MARRIED AT OPERA HOUSE
That Tom. Thumb wrill have one of
tl.e biggest audiences of the season at
the Opera house tonight, , is the pros
pect for the entertainment. The talc
of seats has been large, showing a
general interest in the efforts of Ihe
; o: r.TStcrs to entertain the people of
the city. The ptogram will be an
elaborate one from recitations and
longs to a wedding performed right
up to date, with all the relative! pret
ent. It ii going to he some big affair all
right. , .' , .