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0. ot O Library THE WEATHER Rain Tonight ind Friday. Fresh Southerly wlndi. ALBANY Established in 1865 Best Advertising Medium la Tilnn County ALBANY, LINN COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1915. No. 190 VOL. XXVIII DAILY DEMOCRAT USEFUL SCHEME Would Have Hardened Army Trained in Reclamation and Other Works. WOULD AVOID DANGER OF CREATING MILITARY CASTE In Favor of Useful Work Rather Than Making Schools of Idleness. Ity United Prc) Washington, lcc. 16. Senator Work, of California in the mate, ad vocated an army that will he educat ed in engineering and hardened to the rigors of campagiiiug in desert rec lamation work, reforesting large west ern tracts, and protecting the Missis sippi valley" from floodt. He (aid luch an army would obviate the evili of unpreparcdncii, alto the danitcr of creating military caslr. It would pro vide useful work for soldicra iiKtcad of forcing them to become Idlcrn. It would pay toldicri with tract! of pub lic landi their Inborn improved. He proposed nil annual expenditure that way of $5O.(XK),0OU, which would' lit recouped by the return of labor. He pointed out that such work would largely he in the western slates where the army should he concentrated, be cause the west is in the greatest dan ger of invasion from the Japanese. He introduced a bill for an army of two hundred thousand to he recruited vol untarily, to be used ten months un der the secretary of the interior,' the remainder of the year tinder the sec retary of war. o- i Cavalry Entered Greece. ' (lly United Press) The Hague, Dec. 16. Unconfirmed Salonika reports said that the Bul garian cavalry had entered Greece northwest of Gicvgcli. U. S. WILL MAKE ANOTHER . PEREMPTORY DEMAND It Will Be Up to Austria to Dis avow Or Admit Torpedoing Ancona. (By United Tress) . Washington, Dec. 16 Another and more peremptory demand on Austria to disavow the torpedoing of the An ion.! is considered- by the administra tion. It in understood the note wilt insist on nn immediate compliance with the American demands. ANIMAL HUSBANDRY. In the O. A. C. Short Course a Spe cialty Will Be Made of Stock. In the Winter Short Course work to he given by the department of animal husbandry, January 10 to Fcbryary 4, it is the aim of the department to give useful, up to date Information con cerning the feeding, care, manage ment and judging of nil classes of live stock. Realizing that the breeding of inferior stock is a source of great loss to the farmers of the state, and a loss which can be remedied at the minimum expense and trouble, the de partment lays a good deal of stress on the judging work, in order that stu dents may be made thoroughly famil iar with the good and the had in the. various kinds of live stock. "We hard ly pretend," says Professor Potter, "to make expert or professional judg es out of these students, hut wc do expect them to have a good, Intelli gent knowledge of live stock, so that they will not be at the mercy of the other party in their purchases and isales of live stock on the" farm." The deportment particularly aims to make" its work fit the conditions un der which students have to work. The acuity have mode a very thorough study of local conditions throughout the state, and In their lcctiire and dem onstration work, they deal with facts with which they themselves are per sonally intimate and familiar, and do not merely recite, out of a text book. POLICE POUR BEER CLEANINO OUT FOR ADVENT OF NEW CHIEF, Austin and King Send Quantities of Good and Bad Boos to Feed the Fish. flullont and gallons of good booze went to waste yesterday when Chief of I'olicc A. Austin and Asst. Chief Griff King made a cleaning of the private lockers at Police headquar ters yesterday. The occasion was a cleaning out of the old stuff so thai the new chief, Johnnie Cntlin, will find things In order and ship shape vlicn he assumes office the first of the year. In the deluge that found its way to the river through the sewers yester day were over KM bottles of beer of all brands. Salem beer was in the ma jority, however. Many bottles of whiskey also went to intoxicate the fish ond in the accumulation was pure alcohol, perfume, peruna, hair tonic flavoring extracts and other prepara tions containing alcohol. Such nr. the trials of a drinker in a dry town All this man killing stuff was taken from drunks artestcd by the police, and some that had been confiscated Many barrels of captured liquor have also been poured out the past year. BAYLEY CHAPTER'S ELECTION. New Officer Selected for the Com ing Term, With Chaa. H. Wie der aa High Priest. At a meetiuir of Havlcv Chanter No. 8, Koy.-I Arch Masons, with one of the best crowds present for a long time, the following officers were elect ed: Chai. M. Wieder, high priest; Dan Johnston, king: John K. Penlanu, scribe; Chas. II. Cusick. captain of Hosts: lobn A. Campbell. Koval Arch captain: Roy O. lltishong. principal sojourner; W. S. Weaver, master first veil; Frank W. Hcrdman, master sec ond veil; L. H. Fish, master third veil; W. E. linker, tylcr; It. N. Hon ley treasurer; W. R. Hilycu. trustee. PENDLETON WOMAN GAPIUREO BURGLAR SINGLE-HANDED Took Him to Chief of Poliee and He t ill Pay For His Crime. (By United Press) Pendleton, Dec. 16. Unarmed and Hinglchandcd, Mrs. Earl Giltandcrs captured a prowler in her home last night. Seizing him she forced him to accompany her to the home of Chief of Police Manning across the street. Maniiinp was absent, hut Mrs. Man iiing t'ct a revolver and together the women held the man until Chief Man ning arrived. (LIBRARY. LECTURE TONIGHT. Dean Clark, P. C, WU1 Speak on Our Problem of ChUd Welfare . This Evening. This evening at 8:30 o'clock in the auditorium of the Albany Public Li brary, Dean Clark of Pacific Univer sity will speak on "Our Problem of Child Welfare." This is one of the (jrcat problems that is confronting every community in our nation. Professor Clark has had a wide ex periencc as a student and educator, and will throw new light on the quea tion. Every father and mother, every teacher r.nd public educator, as well ni every one interested in the welfare of the future generations should nt tend thin lecture tonig'.it. It is given under the auspices of the Albany Pub lic Library and is free to all. U. S. Nothing to Do With It (By United Press) London,' Dec. 16. The American legation at Christiauio, Stockholm, and Copenhagen, have issued formal statements that the American govern ment has no connection with the Ford peace expedition. High Tide The highest tide is reported at New port for 35 years, since 1880. The fig ures were 10.4 feet. The manner in which the waves have been washing on the shore at Nye Creek is Said to he very striking. Marriage License Wtm issued todny to Win, A. Lind say, 2H, n farmer of Shcdd, and Mary Kendall, 20, of the same place. STATE DEPARTMENT GETS ' NOTE FROM VIENNA U. 9. Undoubtedly Greatly Dis pleased With Austrian Ancona Conduct. (By United Tress) ' Washington, Dec. 16. The state de partment received a code cable from the U. S. minister at Vienna, which is now being disciphered. Secretary Lansing said he docs not believe is r9' an answer to the American note, but possibly is a forecast of its contents. London, Dec. 16. Vienna takes a pessimistic view o fthc Ancona case. It believes America may show dis pleasure in demanding the recall of Zwiedinck. acting on Amsterdam dis patches. The rcpuly was submitted to ex-Ambassador Duma Mid the Ger man ambassador at Vienna before it was handed to the American Ambas sador Pcufield. LIND MURDER STORY READS LIKE. A NOVEL Lind Was Really a Man Money, and Also Quite Religious. of The John I. ind tragedy continues to excite great interest, because of the report that the murderer of Lind had been captured in Cheyenne, which, of course, the man captured denies. An interesting version of the events lead ing up to the murder is now given, follows: John Lind was a wealthy Swede, who had made his money as a butler and coachman. Bartholomew met Lind in San Francisco, and made arrangements to come with him to the valley after a chicken. ranch. Lind was religious, and so Bartholomew professed to be religious also- Chief Clark of San Francisco reports that Lind actually had a deposit, of Sever al' thousand dollars in the Hibernia bank at San Francisco, besides some in the Ucrmama bank, of Hoston. In connection with it it transpires that the picture of Bartholomew was not of him but of a fellow looking like him. Anlone Anderson, of San Fran cisco, and a former Dakota tnend ot Barthotomcy detected the fact here that it was not Bartholomew's pic ture. Anderson was a friend of Lind nnd knew him in Boston, before go ing to San Fransico, where he is em- plnycd in a garage. The story may beat a novel before it is finished. LINN COUNTY WINS THE HIGHEST IWIBD Certificate, Medal and Cash Attest to Excellence of Display. ' County Commissioner J. D. Irvine is in line for congratulations on the manner in which he handled Linn county's exhibit at the Lund Products show in Portland last month. Short ly after the close of the show, Mr. Ir vine was presented with a bronze med al for the excellence of Linn county's exhibit, and today he was further sur prised upon receiving a certificate for the highest award at. the show. Besides those honorary exhibits, il.inn county realized in a mere sub stantial manner, having received $100 in cash at the close of the show tor tbp fine disnlnv. Great credit is due Mr. Irvine for the attractive manner in which he dis Vlaycd the products at his disposal and the manner in which he repre sented the county. Credit is also due 'to W. A. Eastburn, D. W. Rumbaugh, "W. Y. Sherman, and other Linn coun ty men for their assistance in gather ing Use exhibit. Trial Postponed Upon affidavit of C. E. Sox, attor ney .for defendant, a motion bos been filed asking that the trial of the case of John R. Collins, guardian of S. G, Collins, vs. Ada L. and John Lang, be postponed until the January term of court. , . . Answer Filed An answer was filed today by dc fcmlant in the case of J. A. Howard :i"d R. H. Sims. BANKERS CREDIT ACCEPT AN CES Subject Was Considered Meeting of Bankers in Portland Yesterday. at A. C. SCHMITT, OF THIS CITY ONE OF PARTY Proposed Credit Acceptances Inaugurates New System For Handling Shipping Business. A. C. Schmitt, of the First National Bank returned last niyht from ti.e meeting of the bankers in Portland. He reported a valuable session. Last evening in the dining room of the Portland Chamber of Commerce, Russell Lowry, deputy governor of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Edwin T. Coirtan, presi dent of the Exchange National Bank of Spokane, and W. D. Wheelwright, president of the Pacific Export Lum ber company, addressed a large group of bankers and credit men. In all there vere about 250 guests. The subject of the addresses was "Credit. Acceptances.". The speakers showed what the government has done towards preventing . panics and a shortage of cash in handling crops and in facilitating trade. T'ncy declared that it is now up to the bankers, mer chants and dealers in this country to t-hangc our method of handling our wholesale and shipping business. They advised that trade acceptances should take' the place of our present open book accounts between the distribut ors and the consumers. By trade acceptances is meant that when the- wholesaler ships a bill of goods to a buyer thaf in forwarding the" bill" of lading and invoice, that l.e attach to the bill of lading a time draft, payable in thirty, sixty or nine ty days, with instructions to the buyer that if he cannot take advantage of the cash discount in making payment for the goods that he write across the face of the draft "accepted," and sign his name, and that then the time draft be returned to the seller of the goods kind that he can then take it to his bankers and get immediate credit for the amount of the time draft, the bank in return being enabled to turn the time draft into cash by sending it to Sts Reserve bank. It was urged that at an early date a law should be passed making it pun ishable by heavy fine for aryonc mak ing out false acceptances, that is where trade acceptances do not actu ally represent a transfer of goods frorft the manufacturer or distributor o the consumer. Trade acceptances are liquid assets, which, in due course, liquidate themselves, the merchant being given sixty or ninety days in which to'dispose of his goods and pay the draft. The system will be a fine thtngwhen developed. EVANGELIST CRIM ENDED SUCCESSFUL MEETINGS Evangelist Crim left this morning on th Oregon Electric for Portland a:'ter holding a icvival of nearly four weeks at the Ch'istian church. A fu'l If use was prcs-int to hear the evan- lidUt'r fafewcli message l?st night. At the eonchi'.nii of the st-vi c nutn;cf WCfe if.r,-i.:d. Thin w:ll he another baptismal service on Jji.i.'Uv evening. According to members of the church the campaign has been emi nently successful. The evangelist's great messages have strengthened tin members of the church, ond m addi tion a large number have been added to the membership. "Daddy" Crim has made a large circle of friends m Albany who would be glad to wel come hrs return at any time. His tc.t meeting will be at Gladstone. Oregon, after the Christmas holidays. Not Bartholomew. (By United Pfess) ." Cheyenne, Wyo., Dec. 16. Portlond police wired the authorities here that William S my the, held here, is not the man wanted in connection with the trunk milrdcr. ALBANY AND PHILOMATH IN . BASKETBALL TOMORROW First College Game of Season Will Be Played in the . Y. M. C. A. Gym. i The game of basketball tomorrow night will be one the people of Al bany interested in good sport should see. It will be between Philomath College and Albany college, and will be played at the Y. M. C. A. gym. Philomath makes a specialty of bas ketball and has a splendid team. Al bany college this year has the best team in its history, though the boys have not yet had sufficient training for the smoothest work. The material speaks for as good a team as the city has ever had. The team tomorrow night will be selected from the fol lowing. Custer, French Crampton and Jones, forwards; Martin, center; 'Haberly, Parker and Fairfax guards. An admission fee of 25 cents will be charged. Game begins at 8 o'clock. DEATH OF GEO. W. DAVIS AT HAMAD, CALIFORNIA Was Prominent in Affairs of Linn County and State For Several Years. Word has just been received telling of the death of Geo. W. Davis, a for mer prominent Linn county man, a resident of Albany at one time, at Hay ward, California. He was at one time a candidate for county clerk, but was defeated. He was 72 years of age. Mr. Davis was a clerk of the Oregon state land board from August, 1891 to" August, 1895. He came to Oregon in 1869, and lived here until he moved to California twelve years ago, for about twenty years in this county. He was prominent as a Mason, and leaves relatives as well as friends here who have many pleasant, remembrances of bira. . : Members of his family who survive him, besides his wife, are: Four sons, Walter Davis, an engineer living in Portland; James R: Davis, living in Berkeley, Cal., and formerly connect ed with the University of California, obbk store. Rex Davis, a merchant at Harrisburg, Or., and Elmo Davis of Humboldt. Cal Three daughters. Dr. Alice Fisher, a dentist at Hayward, Cal.; Mrs. Edna Williams, living in California, and Mrs. Lucille Morrison of Stockton. THREE BANDITS HELD : UP TRAIN IN KANSAS Detached Mail and Baggage Cars and Dynamited the. W. F. Box. (By United Press) Kansas City, Dec. 16. Threj bail- dits held up a Kansas City Southern pa sender trai. at Eagleton. A-kan s-as In- right. They forced the train- r.,ti to detach the mail and baK.i?.e "am. c.Yiiamited .he Wells FarsJ ;. .iiiu :obbed the n-r.il. The loot J be lieved to be small. They did not mo- left tht passengers. Then they fled to the hills. THREE EMPLOYES ROLFE HAVE SAME BIRTHDAY. MftlUrd Davis, Billy Woods and Young Cooper All Bora on - December 15. A remarkable coincidence is the (act that working for Geo. Rolfc.-iat the Rolfe, are three men whose birth days all transpired on the same day. Which was yesterday, the 15th day of December. They are Willard Davis, veteran of the Philippine campaign, partist and Oregon native, who was Wn Dec. 15, 1874; Will Woods, 'mu sician and fire chief-elect, who was born on Davis' 14th birthday, and young Cooper, usher, who was born bn Wood's ninth birthday. Can any other Albany establishment equal this. Complaint Filed -The J. W. Cusick and Co., bankers, have filed a complaint in the circuit court to collect $100 from John B Perkel and V. E. Edholm, on a note nt.ran V... Pj,-t,n1 nnA ait n r .1 (1 tltttA Kv holm, ' DEPUTY TS EXILED RALPH THOM DECLARED GUIL TY; BARRED FROM LEBANON Laurel Lodge No. 7, K. of P. Hold Interesting Social Session Last Evening. In spite of the verdict of the jury that the attorneys for the defense stole the chicken and that the de fendant, Ralph Thorn, was innocent, the judge took matters in his own hands in the Kangaroo court in the Klnights of Pythias hall last night, ruled the defendant guilty and sen tenced him to exile from Lebanon, for six months, on pain of death, for each and every offense. Much merriment was had by mem bers of Laurel Lodge No. 7, and their families and friends at the so cial session of the Knights last even ing. The kangaroo court was a laugh ing farce all the way through. W. L. Layton, of Aberdeen, Wn., presided as judge, and with his some 315 pounds of corpulency, he made an Ideal appearing as well as acting of ficial. The prosecuting attorneys were represented by John Bryant and Leon E. Rennells, and they put up a great fight against Attorneys Chas. C. Curry and A. L. Beeson, of the de fense. After the trial the knights and their ladies participated in an enjoyable ev ening of dancing and social inter- bourse, and all departed with the dec laration that the evening was well spent The Knights expect to make .these social affairs of frequent intervals during the winter and spring. PRESIDENT GETS LICENSE. Usher Gives His Age as 59, That of the Coming Bride as 43 Years. Washington, Dec. 16. The presi dent's license to wed was obtained by Chief Usher, Irwin Hoover of the white house, wiio paid one dollar and gave the president's age as 59 and the bride's as 43. He named Rev. Herbert Scon.Smith an Episcopalian minis ter, as the c-ne to officiate. WOMAN OF 76 MADE TRIP IN FLYING-MACHINE Machine Collapsed and the Woman Was Killed By Fall Into Bay. (By United Press) San Diego, Dec. 16. Mrs. T. A. Comstock, aged 76, was killed, and avistor G. S. T. Meyerhoffer, painful ly injured when the wing of his aero plane collapsed, precipitating them from it height of a hundred feet into the bav. Launches were rushed from the warship Oregon. Both were tak en aboard the warship where efforts t save the woman'3 life were in til i She was ihc" oldest woman who ever n-ade an a:rflight here. LIBRARY NOTES. There is a beautiful shelf of madon nas in the exihibit case, showing the conception of the Italian and German artists. On another shelf is shown the richly colored pictures of scenes around the nativity, in the Catholics encyclopedia. Santa Claus has Iready come to the library. Mrs. Charles Curry has brought branches of mistcltoe and Mr. F. G Will gives a pretty bronze bust of. Schiller, which are greatly wel comed. " . Miss Marvin, the state librarian. continues her interest in the children by urging them all to climb the "gjl .'en sln.rcilse" in the winter. Itis ao;.d many, rhildicn will read this lis' cl h..!-ks. A number have alrady firished ir. '.',; ;i"le hoy re (si eatly inter :st- ed in "Air Craft Books" these days. The Indiana lovers of James Whit- coiiib Kilcy are thinking of placing a set of his works in the library m mem ory of his recent anniversary. The children would welcome the book cag eriy. . The recent gift from the Odd hel- t-iws is being used a great deal by the students.. The sets of classics he'p to meet the demand. Any ne who can give up Scribner'i for December, Dec. 1911, or the Cen tury from 1907 will advance the work of the library. TAX MEASURE Will Be Passed By Congress According to Vote of 208 to 192. HOUSE SHOOK WITH PARTIZAN DEBATE Measure Is Necessary to Pre vent Treasury Deficit y Be cause of War. (By United Press) Washington, Dec. 16. Enactment 'of the administration's emergency war tax extension measure was indicated 'this afternoon, when the first test vote 'to facilitate its passage resulted in 208 to 192. Prior to the tfebate the house resounded in partisan debate. Minority Leader Man called the measure nefarious. Congressman "Fordnev declared "the Democratic party was forced to do this to save the treaeiury from bankruptcy." . Ma jority Leader Kitchen replied: "No tax measure 'is popular in war time., hut the bill is necessary to prevent a treasury deficit." The senate finance committee reported on the measure fa vorably. CIRCUIT COURT ENDS ' DECEMBER SESSION Verdicts in Two Cases and Impaneling New Grand Jury . Completes Work. With the decision in the Cummings . - ,case today the work of. .the December term of the circuit court - was com- . plcted," the jury discharged and sent back to their homes. -". In the case yesterday of J. E. Mc Cree vs. R. R. Blancl.ard, to collect $1000 alleged to be due for making a homestead location, the jury returned a verdict in favor of the defendant: It was claimed that defendant did not get his filing within the nffreed time. Attorney Ralph Watson gave notice of appeal. The dark brown or black jack case, : whereing D. H..Bodine, sheriff of Linn county, was ' suing Thomas Cum- , m'ings to replevin the mule, was decid- -in favor of plaintiff. The suit was brought about by plaintiffs attaching the jack, which belonged to O. Mow ers, to satisfy judgment -for board of the animal at plaintiff's stable. The jury awarded the animal to the sheriff as plaintiff. At the close of the ession of the circuit court a new '"grand jury was .impannelled and imme 'iately went in to session. The members impan neled are N. W. Smith, foreman; Da vid Froman, W. E. Fitzgerald, Samuel Harris, Peter Troutman, B. F. Sim ons and A. R. McCall. J. J. Collins. A. H. Muller and J. A. McCullouph were drawn as substitute jurors. Will Jump Into Greece, n ' Berlin, Dec. 16. (By wireless via Sayville). That the Bulgarians are expected to continue the pursuit of the retreating allies into Greece is in dicated in the official statement is todoy from Sofia saying that the Bul gars are "temporarily" stopped at the border. , Examiner's Report The report of the examiner in the matter of J. E. Nichols vs. S. M. Gar land, Chas. F. Alloway, et al, to regis ter title to land was filed today. Editor and Mrs. G. W. Humphreys, of Jefferson returned home this morn ing after doing some Christmas shop ping in this city. - Neil Bain came down from Harris burg last night to attend the social session of the Knights of Pythias lodge. Enormous Cost.' Paris, Dec. 15. The war cost to France is four billion dollars. The daily average is over eight million dol lars. Estimates containing the fig ures were presented to the chamber of deputies-. , The coat is risinir ran jdly. It is now 16 millions da-lv.'