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0. o 0 UW ALBANY DAILY DEMOCRAT Established hi 1865 Beet Advertising MxSiuin la una County THE WRATHRR Kiln tonight and Friday. ALBANY, LINN COUNTY, OREO ON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1915 No. 178 VOL. XXVIII ANTI-ALLY BOMB PLOTTER CASE Effort Made to Send Bombs As Dried Fruit Via Vladis vostock. WIFE OF RUSSIAN AMBAS SADOR WOULD NOT BITE Consul at San Francisco Is Charged With Reviving $400,000 to Further Plots, (By United I'm.) Providence, R. I., Dec. 2 Coutin uiiiK tile revclaliont of the alleged ami-Ally activities in ihit country, the Journal announced it bad laid lie lure the department of justice atarll inn evidence in the caae of C C. Crow ley, held at San Francisco at an anti Ally bomb plotter. Mo.t aiguificant of the evidence a letter purport ing to have been tent by Crowley to tlie American wife of Kuaaian Am baatador llakhnirtrff, at tyhing totn. asking her aid at a red croas representative. In gelling cases of dried fruit aboard steamers Imutid from Tacoma to Vladivoslock. The Journal claimed Mine. Hakhmeieff in nored the apeael, suspecting mia chief. In the aliened letter Crowley it quoted at tayiiiK that California fruit grower detircd to rontrihiiU fruit to the Rutaiant. The letter aked that ahipments be facilitated at the writer understood government supplies were constantly tbied from Tacoma to Vladivostock. The Jour nal intimated that the "dried fruit" caaea are really intended to contain explosives and charged that German Consul Monti, of San Franciaco. re ceived $4K).( fur furtherance of the dettruction of wl.arvca, ateanicra and munitions at San Francisco and Seat tle. Went to Jury. (By Uniled Treat ) New York. Dec. 2. The German American en; went to the jury tbia afternoon. o Soma Letter A package came to the Democrat office today, labeled "Letter mail. Immediate. Newt R.H " Inside an a booklet of 198 pages, one of immenae importance to the country. Invited to Hrrt SchooK- Coiiuty Superintendent W." L. Jack ami ia in rcccip't of an invitation Irom Mi.i Ruth Howard, teacher of school dialrict No. r7. above Itrownavillc to attend a Parcnt-Tcachcra' meeting at that tdace tomorrow night. It waa in tlita achool that Mr. Jackaon (irat taught, and it waa with regret that he had to rriuac tne invitation on ac count of other engaiiementa. Atka for Ouardianahlp Joteph Kndicotl hat liled hit pcti tioin atking to be appointed guardian of an estate of $ due hit four chil dren from an eatale in California. Each child i to receive $3X1. Mrs. Irvine Here Mra. J. 1). Irvine, wife of County Commitainner Irvine, ia in the city to il viailinn frienflt and doing tome shopping before returning to her home in Rrnwnivillr. ' Hero Irom Loma Herman Stalnaker. of Loma. ia here on a visit. He h;s held hit homeatead down the neccaaary time, and will prove tip on tbe property in the Spring. The place ia rented now. The rainfall at Ftigcne during No vember was 1 1.8ft inchet. At this city it waa 10.24 Indict. -Eugene beat tit 1.62 Inchet. DADDY CRIM'S FORCEFUL AND THOUGHTFUL MESSAGES The revival meetings at the Chris tian church It steadily Increasing in Interest and power. Tills revival it free from nil sensationalism. The evangelist' is winning by lilt forceful and thoughtful metsaget. Many of those, attending the meeting! have taid, "Crim it one of the strongest preachers tve have heard In Albany." The tubject for tonight Is "The Good Confession." The special mit tk tonight ia duet by Mrt. W. H. Davit and Mrt. M. H. Fagan. nible tttidiet every afternoon from 3 to 4 o'clock, , ANNUAL MEMORIAL SERVICE ELKS SUNDAY AFTERNOON Elaborate Program Arranged By Committee, With ao dresses and Music. The arrangement of the program for the F.Iks' annual memorial Sunday af. ternoou at 230 o'clock, ha been com tileted by tbe cnminillee, contitlinii of J J. Colliut, K. I). Cutick. t.. M. Curl, M. V. Merrill and l;red Dawson. Fifty-six members of the Albany Indue have died time Its catahliah nienl. Thoie who have died during the past year arc W. W. Powell. Da mon Smith. Frank Cummini. O. P Daunals. J. S Cohill. If. J. Reete and J . II. Krodie. Following ia the program that will be rendered: Selection, Violin and piano. v Solo "There it a Green Hill Far Away." (Gounod). Mitt Alzina Par krr. Albany. Ritualistic opening Officer! of the Inline. Roll call of "Our Honored Dead." by the tecretary. Vinliii ailo "Romance" Op. 4- (Kohenstciii). Mitt Mary Schulti, Sa. Inn. .Reapbnilve tervicet Officer! of the lodge. Opening ode Air. "Auld Lang Syne." Invocation, by Rev. G. It. Young. Il:i.tit church. Albany. Solo--Air. "Jerutalem Thou That Killcat the Prophcta" from the Ora torio "St Paul (Mendelssohn). Misa lllanch R. Hammcl. Memorial addrett Hon. Gut C Morr, T. F-. R.. Portland. Violin Solo "l-egende" (Carl llohm), Mias Mary Schulti. Fulogy I.. G. Levelling. Solo "The King of Love My Shep herd It" (Gounod). Mii lllanch R Hamniel. Kitnalittic Cloting Officert of the lodge. Dnxolngy flenediction. by Rev. G. 11 Young Mrt. H. S. Logan. Albany, accom paniat. MATTERS PERTAINING TO SCHOOL SUPT'S. OFFICE People Like Institutes Before School Opens; Community Meeting at Houston. That most of the patrons of the school! are in favor of the plan of County School Supt. W. L. Jackaon of holding teachers' institutes before the beginniug'of the school term in the fail ,it evidenced by the follow ing resolution adopted at Brownsville recently by the North Brownsville dialrict at their annual meeting. Here ia the resolution: "Whereaa, During the current year the cotmty aupertntendent hat to held the teachert county inaliiite that in common w ith the real of the schools oi the "comity, the schools of our dis trict have not suffered the loss, hin derence and injury incident to hold ing such an inatitute during a session of the school: Therefore, be it "Resolved by School District No. 52 of I. inn county. Oregon, that the thanks of the patrons ol said district be and are hereby extended to the taid superintendent for hit action in taid matter, and that the clerk of taid district be and ia hereby directed to transmit a copy of this resolution as an expression of appreciation in taid matter. (Signed) V. 11. GLASS. Clerk School Dial. No. 52. Mr. Jackson ia greatly pleased with the expressions on this, auhject man feted in various pant of the county Community Meeting at Houston. A community meeting will be held at the Houston tchool house near Knox Butte tomorrow evening. Be tides the regular talkt on community aiihjectt apecial attractions will be the nvpearnnce of the Hammer tpiartet. a talk by Dr. W. H. Lee .of Albany College, and the chilitreu t program, not to mention the big banquet. Besides Dr. Lee. Prof. VV. L. Jack- ton will also be heard in a talk, and other speakers will respond whose names were not given out thit after noon, , Busy With School Centui. Cotimy School Supt. .Jackson is busy with the annual tchool enumera tion. The clerks of the various tchool districts are making the yearly can vast for the purpote of anortioning the state and cotintv fundi, and the superintendent's office is btisv ar ranging these figures. All children between the aget of 4 and 21) years arr counted Last year the census showed R344 of tchool age in (lie county, ana in dications point to an increase thit TWO FEEDS BILLED FOR DRAINAGE MEETING TUESIAY Farmers to Be Guests of Com mercial Club and Merchants at Noon and Night. It wat decided thit morning tad instead of terving juat one feed to the viailort and gucata of the commercial club at the drainage meeting next Tuetday that there would alto be an other meal furnithed the viaitort. Preaident Robnelt, of the Commer cial club and Preaident Flood, of the Merchants' Protective Association got together this morning and came to a decision in a speedy manner that the proper thing lo do would be to banquet the gueatt all day, for in the evening to many of the farmers have to return to their placet and would be unable to stay for the last, and perhaps the best part of the day's program. Arrangements are going steadily forward toward! the completion of, a most interesting and instructive meet ing Tuesday. Drainage expert! are being secured from every available source for the program, and the bet I talent in the state, the best informed and most practical drainage men will he heard. The session will open in the morn ing at 10 o'clock. The meeting will proceed to gel right down to brass lacks and dig into the subject from all aiandpointt in an effort lo cause the reclamation of thousand! of acres of what ii called "white land" ia Linn county. Thii work can be done and without great individual expense if taken up in the right manner and one of the object! of the meeting is to present this method of procedure from the practical atandpoint of the experience of other communities .At noon the visiting farmers and ntheri will be the guest! of the Com mercial club and the Merchants' as sociation. The meeting will then go into session after dinner and continue the discussions. At 6:30 the Com mercial club will serve a delicioiit oys ter nipper with other good thinga be- siilea. Thii ia the regular monthly dinner of the Commercial club and merchants, and to this the farmers are also to be the guests, without coat. The speaker! for the evening sea-ion will prolsahly be instructors from the Oregon Agricultural College. . Not Submitted. (By United Preai) ' Salem, Or., Dec. 2. Becauac three member! were absent from the laud grant committee it was decided not to promulgate the plan for submission to representatives of the Southern Tactile. I he lime lor the next meet ing with the railroad representatives was not decided. ANSWER IS FILED IN SUIT TO RECOVER Defendant's Guardian Alleges Fraud and Gross Mitman - agement of Mill. Alleging that H. Rozell and Aaron Morse, by oer persuasion and undue influence, induced W. V. Howes, in competent, to purchase their sawmill and hire them to set it up and run it. J. R. Green, guardian of Howes, today filed an nnsirerlo the amended com plaint in the case of Ada Rotell vs. W. V. Howes. Sixteen hundred dol lars damaiiea are also asked. The complaint states that- WV W. Howes adjudged incompetent March 3, 1915, as a result of a paralytic stroke ureviout to May, 1912, ren dered his mind and hodv incapable of oropcrly raring for hi! business. March 10. 1915, .. R. Green 'qualified as guardian. While in this condition Roselle & Morse and others persuaded Howes to buy a small sawmill from them and set it on 240 acres of timher land that defendant ownt. promising that they would manage the mill and make it earn In money." It is tinted that Roell and Morae wronglv set up the mill, were forced hv the labor commissioner to set the mill over, and wasted tunc and mon ev, d.imin.-in"' defendant to the extent of over $1600. year. There it an Increase in the high vhool nt'endmre nil over the coun ty, showint that peon!? are coming more red more to the idea of higher education. Te-chert Fxamlnationt. Ter-'--s' examiratis will -e held from the 15lh ot the Wth of Decern her The Ma'r board of examiner! will meet in Salem on the 20th to correct the paperi. ? GERMANY DENIES Declares That Statements of Riots and Troubles Are Not True. GERMANY SIMPLY PRO- . NOTING ECONOMIC METHODS After Military and Diplomatic Defeats Peace Negotiations Due From Allies. (By United Preas) Berlin, Dec. 2. Germany want! a speedy settlement of question! affects ing food price! and food diatribution. To gain these ends, crowdt made demonstration! before the Reichstag it li admitted. "German enemies," an intpired ttatement taid. "will again, spread ridiculout report! about trou- bles and itreet rioti and make other insinuations not corresponding with the truth." The statement indicated that the chancellor will make a state ment before the Reichstag scoffing at the enemy'! belief in Germany's ul Innate economic ' depression. . The statement says: "In Germany nobody understands why the Allies, after mil itary and diplomatic defeats, have not yet begun peace negotiation!." The chancellor probably will sho wthat the enemy ruler! still blindly believe the storiei of German starvation, eco nomic prostration as signs of weak ness and weariness of war." WITNESSES TELL WHY' - SYRACUSEM. Q. A. C. Many Things Lacking in Aggie System to Compete ith Big Eastern Team. From Albany men who saw Syra cuse put O. A. C. on the toboggan at Portland yesterday afternoon comes some of the why! for the sad ihowing of the Oregon Aggie. In the first place they were simply out played. In the next analysis there waa something radically wrong with Stewart's warriors. It is true that some good men were on the injured list and the work of the Corvallis ma chine was broken up a bit, but it is said that they did not show a single thing. It is hinted that internal itrife in the team seemed apparent. Syra cuse had everything on them. The usual verdict from the major ity ii lack of fight on the Aggies part. It ii said that individually each man put up a good contest against his particular opponent, but there lacked a cooperative spirit and unity in both the attack and defense. Syracuse did not make great gains by line plung ing, but tore off big yardage on for ward patting, fake punts and end runs. Their interference was im pregnable. O. A. C. lacked snap in their tackling, and witnesses claim they never saw a college team put up such a poor exhibition in this de partment. Those who saw the game say that the University of Oregon would have put up a much better fight, for with the brand of tackling that they dis played against O. A. C. and Multno mah, they would 'have stopped many of the- Syracuse plays where they started. Oregon ia perhaps the best team on the defensive in the north west today. Ai to Abraham and Wilkinson, the great Syracuse half, there did not icem to be much difference. Both are about the same lize, lite the tame style of play, and hit equally hard Abraham made about at good yard age when he had opportunities, and on a team of the lame calibre would prove a better ground gainer, It is stated. "Pete" Anderson, another Albany boy, played the best game Tor O. A. C. He was pitted against the big 270 pound guard, White, and had the jump on this boy all the grrme. An derton spilled m.inv plavs and put up a wonderful game for his teaem. He waa out of the game the third quar ter when Syracuse acored two touch S. P. CO. READY TO CONSIDER SETTLEMENT At Conference at Salem Officia States He Has Power to Effect Compromise. State Senator S. M. Garland, of Lebanon, returned lo Salem ihii morning to continue hit dutiet at a member of the land grant conference after ap;nding the night in tli'i city. At the meeting yetlerday W Campbell, atsistant general r.iaraue- if the Southern Pacific Co. and Ralp'i Moody, an S. P. attorney, t.nci P- A. McAllitter, of Portland the tax expert for the company, unexpectedly appeared and sated that the com pany was ready to consider any com promise that might be presented look ing for a fair settlement of the land grant problem. Mr. Campbell was pre pared to negotiate and had the neces sary authority. Governor Withycom!e's view! of iettling the question is that the agri cultural land! !hould be sold to actual settlers at $2.50 per acre, preference being given to those now occupying them, and that the timbered landa be lotd at their actual value, the state and the railroad dividing the amount received on an equitable basis after the $2.50 per acre ia deducted by the railroad. The governor advocates that the money se received from this course be divided between the !chool and reclamation fund!. State Treasurer Kay and Secretary of State Olcott believe that the agri cultural' lands should be sold for an average of $2.50 per acre, and when the railroad has been paid $2.50 per acre and reimbursed for whatever lost it may have suffered in handling the grant lands, that the surplus should be placed in the state school funds. According to Senator Garland, the railroad has merely a $2.50 equity in the lands, together with the rights of a life tenant in the timber, and that whatever other right! remain be long; to the people. He taid that when the government made' the grant to the railroad it had parted with it! till:. axcept aa to specified conditions mad; at the time, inch as reserving the right to transport troop! over the company's lines. "In any plan whereby the Stat should receive a share from the sale of the lands." said Garland. "I think the money should be divided betweec the school and the road funds. Coun ties having grant lands should gee the benefit also, allowing them to use a portion of the money in improving their roads. I do not believe Eastern Oregon is entitled to any share." Mrs. Roy Knox returned to the city this morning after visiting tn fcugene EMPRESS SHOW MONDAY BIGGEST AND REST YET On Monday next the entire show from the Empress theatre. Portland, will appear at the Globe and the Portland pres! pronounce it the best bill of the season. The headine is Hill'i Society Circus, comprising five ponies, three leopards, ten dog!, six monkeys, a zebra, and five .people. Cleoea Miller Trio, is a musical, act featuring At Miller, world's greatst cornetist. Mizpah Selbini and Co. acrobat! and contorrionstsi Three American Girls, classy tingeri and classy aongs. Hodge and Lowell in a "comedy sketch. "A Rural Flirta tion." Weisnef & Reeser. black and tan fun makers. This is without question the biggest vaudeville show- ever billed in Albany and it is safe to predict seats will be at a premium on Monday. H. N. Cockerline went to Salem on business this morning. downs. At the end of the second half he was kicked in the head while re covering a mint that Abraham film- hied. Abe had a bad day in fumbling. muffing two on the 22 and 24 yard lines that were recovered by Syracuse in the third quarter and soon con certed into touchdowns. On one oc casron in this period O. A. C. put no a Brand fiuht to prevent a score, mak ing Syracuse buck four limes to make a yarn ana tnen me oan was nisi shoved over by six inches when Lavthe slipped a little and Wilkinson fell on the line. The next test of Eastern and West ern football will come New Years dav when 'the Champion VV. S. C. team plays the strong Brown Univer sity eleven from Providence, R. L. at Pasadena, California. BIG DAMA6E SUIT AT CORVALLIS THIS WEEK Willis Vidilo. Published As Dead Against the Southern Pacific Company. An interesting suit is in progress at Corvallis this week before the circuit court On October 29, 1914, Willis Vidito, of Corvallis. wat in Albany attending a fotoball game. He re turned home by the Southern Pacific on an excursion train. At Van Du re n and Ninth ttreett, Corvallis, he wat crowded off the train, struck on his head, and it was not certain whe ther he wat dead or not. in fact eight dayt after the accident hit death wat published in a Corvallis paper. But he lived, and thit suit is for large damages. Smith & Bryton and Mc. Fadden and Clark are attorneyt for the plaintiff and Weatherford & Wea therford for the defendant. Fifteen witnesses have testified for the plain tiff and a number for the defendant The case may end .this cvenin.;. Fol lowing ia the jury, including some North Albany men: J. S. Watkina. R. S. Irwin. Frank Van I loosen. T. J. Risley. W. J. Kirkland. Homer Moore. J. W. Rodgen. B. G. Leedy. B. F. West. Dennis H. Stovall the author. W. L. Cobb, and S. W. Tart. Great Britain War Loases. (By United Press) London. Dec. 2. Great Britain's contribution to war to d.-te in dead. wounded and miasing men is 510.230 Answering a query from the com mons. Premier Asquith gave the fol lowing written estimate of losses in the western front as 379.598: near east, i)6.6IO: other land zones, 11.502: on sea. 12,160. Roowvelt a Bull Hoosc (By United Press), New York. Dec. 2. CoL Roosevelt intends to stick by the guns and not go back to the Republican party. Chairman George Perkins, Progres sive executive committeeman said. "The fat? that the Colonel has with drawn his name as a Republican can didate in Nebraska." he sid. "should put an end to all such talk." GRAND PATRIARCH ROBERT . ANDREWS WAS PRESENT Met Last Night With Albany En- campmentjls Visiting Lodges All Over the State. The session of the I. O. O. F. en campment last night, in I. O. O. F. hall was a notable one. being specially favored by the presence of Robert Andrews, the grand patriarch, who is also a former Linn county man, a resident of Halsey for many year!. Mrs. Andrews Succeeded G. W. WrighT as the head of the encamp ment for the state. The session was one full of interest. Many old-timers were present, among them being Past Grand Patriarchs Wright and Francis Past Grand Master! T. J. Stites, W G. Tweedale. J. K. Weatherford and A. W. Bowersox. C. W. Sears and others. In fact the hall was filled Mr. Andrews gave a talk full of feel ing, for he was among old friends. He is making a tour of the state perhaps tile most .thorough of any grand patriarch. When he finishes it he will have visited every encamp ment but one. besides many sub-encampments, already 62. He has been traveling now for almost two months, putting snap into the fork. His motto is, as expressed on his card: Be a Pusher. From New York- Miss Ella S. Gruman. of New York, on her return from the San Francis co exposition, is visiting at the home of Wait Meade. Warranty Deeds. John D. Logan and wife to Ray mond Logan, May 18. 1914. Lands in block 60 in City of Albany. $1 00 James B. Nanney and wife to Em ma G. Katnle. Nov. 15, 1915. Lands in claim 61 Tp. II, 4 west. $10. C. H. Rigdon was a passenger, to Portland on the morning train. C. O. Hargrove went to Portland or the morning train.. John schultz made a trip to his duck "reserve near Favetteville .this morn inw. returning on the 8:50 electric. Dr. W. A. Cox went to Salem this mornii'? to attend to his practice in that city. RITTER SAYS HE Was For Making Affidavit That the Lusitania Carried 600 Tons Gun Cotton. ' ' HE IS THE LIQUID FIRE PLOT MAN Austrian Consul Denies Money Paid Was For False Affi davit Alleged. (By United Press) Cleveland. Dec. 2. Penniless: for saken by the men he alleged he had aided, E. W. Rittcr, a chemist, con- icassd to activities on 'behalf of the German interest in this country. Rit .cr. wno it u claimed, testified to a plot to burn the president with liquid are. told the authorities that he re- .eivtd $aU for making an ai'iidavit that the Lnsitauia carried six hundred Ions of loosely packed gun cotton tvlicn the sailed out of .New York to lestruction. i he Austrian consul. Ernest Ludwiu. admitted he uaid Hit ter for "services and expenses" but itemed these included such affidavit. A statement concerning the affidavit wa! forwarded to Washington alonir with the stenographic report quoting Kitteer as drvuluing a olot to burn np Wilson. BOLD JEWELRY STORE ROBBERY IN SEATTLE Robbers Get $2000 Worth ot Goods, Bind Proprietor and Escape... (By United Press) Seattle, Dec. Z Diamonds, gold, and silver coins valued at $2,000 were stolen from the R. B. West jewelry store, while scores were passing the stors. Two men with guns held up H. F. Andrews, the clerk. After tak ing everything of value they could find in a hurried search, they drag ged Andrews into a rear room, wbeie they bound him hand and foot, and lashed him to a table with leather thongs, then escaped. S 3 9 rERSO.CAL MENTION 9 9 FROM FAYETTEVILLE i x 5Sfit8SS Faycteviile. -Or., Nov. 30. Miss Gladys Davis boarded the train Fri day morning to Albany after spend ing 'Thanksgiving with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Davis near Fays etteville. P. H. Freerksen oi Potter, and E. E. Gordon of near Fayetteville. were Albany business callers on Friday afternoon. Jim Hughson .and brother-in-law, Mr. Paddock, of Corvallis. were vis itors at the home of J. T. Miller ear ly Friday morning. Mrs. A. M. Kendall left for Corval lis Friday evening, where she wa! called to the bedside of her brother, Jim Push, who is very ill. Mr. and Mrs. I. M. Saxton spent Thanksgiving at the home of Mr. and Mra. Hillard Ackcrman, near Shcdd. Mr. and Mrs. Chas, Troutman and daughter, of Shcdd, were north bound passengers for Albany Thursday ev ening, returning Friday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Nevin McCormick and Mrs. E. E. Gordon were Albany visitors on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Morgan and Mr. and Mrs. Luther Kennedy were Harrisburg visitors Saturday even ing. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Schulu spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Montgomery near Verdure. I. M Saxton is putting the finish ing touch on his new bungalow this week. Mrs. S. Cohn. who has been visit ing her daughter, Mrs. M. Senders, returned to Portland on the morning train. II. W. Hunt, of Roscburg, it in .the city. Miss Daisy Davenport, of Crabtree, is registered at the Hotel Albany.