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DAILY DEMOCRAT . Established fai 185 Best Advertising Medium , In Linn County VOL. XXVIII ALBANY, LINN UNTY, OKEQON, FRIDAY, JANUARY, 7, 1916. M, No. 208. THE WEATHER Tonight and Saturday rain or mow ALBANY EWED FREIGHT RATE E. M. Coiwln to Again Repre sent Valley Shippers at .Washington Jan. 15th. TRYING TO GET PARITY OF RATES WITH WASHINGTON Salem, Albany and Corvallls Merchants Backing Efforts to Compel Reasonablo Hates. Edward M. Coutin, of Portland, a freilit rule expert, who (or many yean hat been connected with frrihl rate questions, was in the city today liclore a body of businctt men In be half of hi fiKht for the people for a parity of freight rate between Wil lamette valley points and l'ortland and Wrttern Washington pointi and Portland. , v. In 1010 Mr. Coutin appeared for the complainants before the Inicrttale commerce comniiMion at Wailiing ton in the cate of II. S. Gile and Co., et al, v. the Southern Pacific com. pany et al, being a cane of a Inrfio number of Willamette valley ali'p pcra attaint! the S. P. Co., and practi cally every railroad in the United Sulci, to force a freight rale from the eat to Willamette valley poinlt on an equal batia with Wathiniilon pointi. Three timet Mr. Coutin hat been to Washington in behalf of ship pert, and each time he hat tccured valuable concettiont. Mr. Coutin Ihinkt the time it ripe l.ir artinli Atfltin nnrl hn nut Ilia ftrrv. Icct up to the buinct- men of the valley, offering to go to Washington I . .m I. i . ........na.. f.. ..... H i . LH. hurn.J to put up $150. of thit amount, and Albany't portion will be about $3X1. W. A. F.attburn and C. G. Rawlingt were appointed a committee to raite the amount and they began their du tiet immediately. Salem, whose mer chant have carried the extcnici of preparing the brief and all other cx pente up to date, will no doubt make up the deficiency of about $150 that it required to carry Mr. Coutin to Washington and defray hit expcnict. The Interstate Commerce Commit tion will meet the I5tli of thit month at Washington. ' The objecti at tet tip in the com plaint are to compel the railroad! and particularly the Southern Pacific Co. to dctitt from the viotntioni of the Act to Regulate Commcrcl, and that the defendant be ordered (1) To rettore all the freight ratet contained in Countits' Tariff 919 via the to-called Ogden and ' Shatta Routct combined from'Gronpt A, to J, thown on page 1 of taid tariff, to Portland, Oregon. (2) To cstablith and maintain no higher than the class ratet thown on page 42 from the placet in the g'roupi thown on page I to the placet thown u4onpaKci 22 to 25 and page 4 of the' Sup. to the aforesaid tariffa. (3) To citablith and maintain no higher than 10 centt per 100 pounds in lesf than car load lota and 5 cents per 100 pounds upon cartoadt above the ratet to Portland, Oregon and other "North Pacific Coatt Termi nal!" ' :.. (4) To refund and pay back to the petitioners at damages, tall' excess which has been essctf'J collected ' beyond, such reatonable, just and fair freight rate as the commission may judge proper and lawful and that the commission find the amount of the danages accrued to the complainants, and that it make an order directing the carriers liable therefor Jo pay the tame to the complainants without de lay, at provided by the Act to Regu late Commerce. "And further that the commission take such proceedings and make such other orders In Tiro premises at to the complainants may show them selves entitled to." ' - ''" The complaint hat been endorsed by "hiany business men , since It wat first drawn, and now over sixty, com prising the representative business men of the valley are behind the move to force nn equal freight rate for the Willamette valley. , FIGHT REN the principal point it to save HOT PETETI0NS COUNTY COURT FINDS WAY TO WARM SUPERVISORS. 1 External Heat Not Alwaya Needed to produce High Temperature Plndt Membert of Court. The court bonne may not always be at warm, at it might be, In spilt of the careful atlrntion to' the fur; nacet by Mart llilyeu. I) lit that It of little concern to the membert of the county court. There are more wayt iIki.ii one to warm up on a cold morn ing. Since Wednesday the county court hat been hearing petitions and re monstrances on road mattcri and on roud supervisors. A largo number of people connected with .road mai lers appeared In various capacities and tome of them, on entering the court room complained about the temperature. One candidate on Wed nesday entered, flapped hit wings and made a ,tew caustic remarks about the ability of the janitor, and proceed ed to call -for a petition which had been filed against him by residents of the road district in which he re side , He was given the document and sal down shivering. In a few minutes Judge Mc Knight asked him if it wat still cold and would like to have a little more heat tent up. "Cold, h II Open the window," exclaimed the irrate supervisor at he fumed under tome of the complimen tary remarks of a number of hit op posing constituents. The court has 'formed the practice now of warming up cold visitors from the inside rath er than by external heat . FOURTEEN CAR LOADS OF EXPRESS MATTER BURNED Cincinnati Fire Causes Heavy Loss to the Adams Express Company. (By United Press) Cincinnati, Jan. 7. Fourteen car loads of cxprctt matter valued at $150,000 were irlroycl by fire, which levelled Ihe officet and ware houici of the Adams Express Co. The fire did not penetrate the vaults, where $1,000,000 of currency it stor ed. The building Moss is $75,000. Crossed wires arc believed to be the cause. money ' for the valley shippers," said Mr, Cousin. "Rut the broad point is that if one section of the country is at a disadvantage in freight rales, those sections which enjoy having favorable freight rates will develop fatter. Investors will look to the towns having the best all around fa cilities before locating, and no man ufacturer is .going p build 80 miles south of Portland at Albany when he can go 80 miles north to Chchalls or Ccntralia and get freight rates from the east that will save him from 15 to 18 cents per hundred pounds. Many payrolls might be lost to the com munities at such a disadvantage that would otherwise come to them." Under the present syitcm of freight rotes goods are shipped to valley pointt up through Sacramento to Portland over the Ogden-Golden Gate route, and then to Portland, the back haul charge being 28 cents per 100 for leu than car load lott and 20 cents for car lots to the .valley points. Qn the other hand Spokane, Centrnlia, Chchalis, and other Wash ington points have succeeded in con vincing the commission that they should enjoy a reasonable terminal rate, and arc charged 10 cents per 100 pounds on less than carloads and 5 xents in carloads on hauls from Portland, Tacoma or Seattle. The trouble In the past has been in convincing the, commission that Al bany and other valley points do not lie beyond Portland, but on the wav to Portland on the route over which freight it shipped from the east. The roads have succeeded in winning, out on this contention in .the past. . ', This It Mr. Cousin's principal duty, to explain the 'direct location of val ley points to Portland as compared with Washington points, which, lo cated relatively the same are favored with rates from 15 to 18, cents ytr cwt on the same class of goods. EMBARGO ON EXPORTS MAKES TALK One Representative Declared It Would Be the t.idoing ' of the Allies. (By United Pre Washington, Jan. 7.- live Gardner denounced cmbargon on munitions would tie the allies' hano the plunder secure in grasp, and encourage i il' cry and infidelity," Rep Cooper replied, .declaring violently anti-German. '' .esenta roposed ying it A "leave irmany't i tavag c ntative c speech Block Burned at I':a.vlUe. (By United Press) Vancouver, Wath., Jan, 7. Fire dcttroyed an entire block in the busi nett section of Kidgefield today. A high wind fanned the flames which spread. Vancouver tent additional equipment to combat the flames. The wind veered, and the fire wat then easily controlled. Farmer WU1 Suffer. (By United Prets) Portland, Jan. 7. Farmeri will suf fer at a retult of the sudden jump of four and a half cents in the price of Milestone. The normal price is about six centt. 9 CITY NEWS a i9iB(Bft',IBISS)(89 Twenty-eight Boet Business was good last night at the Hotel de Catlin, over the street awayt. During the night there were twenty cight guests, most of them without blankets, who spent the nitjht on the floor, with a warm fire going to keep them from getting the chills. This morning at 7 o'clock they .look their departure going south. The place they are bound for ulways looks big until they get there. " Farmer' Store A farmers' union ttore will be opened in a few days at Crabtree, It is owned by the farmers and will be run by them. Odd Fellows The new officers of the Odd Fellows of this city, have been duly installed by H. W. McElmurry. district deputy grand master, and are at folows: Dr. Howells, noble grand; N. E. Hoover, V. G.; A. C. Baker, rec. seciJVictor Ollivcr.fiu. sec; K. A. Erwin, treas.; E. S. Gccr, warden; J. R. Byers, right supnjirtcr; J. S. Kibbe, left supporter; E. A. Hudson, conductor; C. M. Grigshy, right scene supporter; L. R. Carter, L. S. S.; J. E. Mitx, chaplin; J. R. M inner, Inside guardian; W. W. Mcisner, outside guardian. May Come- to Albany W. T. Hastier, of Crabtree, was in the city today attending the funeral of hit brother-in-law, Frank H. Col lins, after being in Portland with his sister, during the illness of Mr. Col lins. Mrs.' Collins maye com to Al bany to make her home. She has two children aged twelve and seven, and it would bring the family close to her many relatives in this, county. On Ellison-White Circuit Four U. O. people are to go on the Ellison-White Chautauqua circuit, be ginning in the spring, being on the go ffrdm May to August. The party will be Prof. Reddle, dramatist, Prof. Dosch, Ralph Ash and Miss Janet Young, now with the Baker players of Portland. It is said their program wil be oi Shakespearean character. The Draw Won't Work . According to a Eugene paper-river steamers would be going up to Eu gene, if it were not for the fact that the drawbridge at Harrisburg will not work. The Guard got the information from Lawyer McGinnit, who got it from Capt. A, P. Graham. It was the intention to make two trips a week to Eugene. The drawbridge not having been used for many year is probably rusted to the bearings. .. Salem Wants More-i. A bill has been introduced in the senate for nn appropriation of $60,000 for the improvement of the postoffice building at Salem. Going Some I , Albany Society will have to take off its bonnet to Klamath Falls, ac cording to the following from the. Klamath . Falls Herald: Klamath Falls dancing people are used .to the best, with the White Pelican,, auto, mobile livery, full dress suits, benufi fill evening gowns and punch. They demand the best, being, what you might term connoisseurs. ARE GAINING ? . Soldiers Leaving Yuan Every where For the Side of the Revolutionists. 20,000 AT ONE PLACE JOINED THE REBELS Uik Wing Tinges Rebel Com mander and sChan Has Re turned From Exile.' (By United Press) San Francisco, Jan. 7. Cablegrams declare that large bodies of Imperial troopt are joining the revolutionists. Yuan is placing the cities under mar tial law in an effort to prevent riot ing and looting. It is reported that 20,000 Imperial soldiers of Kwongsi threw down their guns and cheered on the arrival of 5,000 republicans sent to fight them. The governo. jailed the government officers. General Chan is reported, to be triumphantly returning from exile and it is said is massing troops to move against Canton. Luk Wing Ting it commander of the rebel forces. '''" A. H. S. PLAYS EOGENE BASKET BALL TONIGHT The Albany high school basketball team will leave for Eugene this ev ening where they will meet the team from the high school of the university lowu.. Coach Clifford is taking seven men up with him. those making the trip being' Bityca, - Acting Captain Schultz, Clclen, Tate, Pete Miller. Hector, and R. Xcbergall. This is the first game of the sea son a'side from the two early fiascos with Harrisburg high school in the early training season, and the team lhat will represent Albany fn to night's fray will be an entirely dif ferent proposition from what Harris burg defeated. The team has been strengthened in every department, team work perfected and a more ful ly developed squad will .face Eugene than the one which played before the holidays. The addition of several men from the football team added wonderfully to the strength. Coach Clifford and the boys arc confident of bringing home a victory. o , Italy's Price. (By United Press) Berlin, Jan. 7. The Zucricher Zie- tung assent that Italy received $400,- 000,000 from the allies for an agree ment hot to conclude separate peace. Revenue Stamps Stolen. (By United Press) St. Paul, Jan. 7. Internal revenue stamp sworth a million dollars and currence amounting to four thousand dollars is missing as a result of an automobile, robbers' raid on the old Federal building. They blew the huge safe and obtained the loot. o I Mrs. Thomas Barnes and Mrs. P. J. Reppeto, of Gates, are in the city to day. -V A Slight Accident 'at Opera House. Last night Old Daddy Grouch laughed so hard that he broke his sus pender and old Mother Grouch laugh ed so heartily she almost went into hysteria, they both laughed., so loua that the manager started to call the old folks to one side and ask them not to laugh quite so demonstratively for fear, that they were disturbing the crowd but finally rcalizing'that they could list control themselves as long at the others were laughing so mer rily, he decided not t,o bother the old folks for it is impossible to watch the funny, situations and complications that are presented by members of the Richardson & Tatbcrt company in the play entitled: "Her Husband's Wife" without smiling out loud. This jolly comedy runs Tor the balance of. the week and anyone who is a hypochron ilinc or who fects that life Isn't worth living should see this play for it's the hest medicine in the world, for blues. SUNDAY LAW NOT TO BE ' ENFORCED IN PORTLAND Judge Gantenbein Indefinitely Postponed Action on Tem porary Injunction. (By United Press) Portland, Jan. 7.Judgc Gantenbein stopped the enforcement of the Sun day law, indefinitely postponing ac- tioin on the temporary injunction against Multnomah county officials. It prevents enforcement in this coun ty until the November election. Pro ponents of the law cannot appeal from thit decision. o ' Pursued By Sub. (By United Press) Marseilles) Jan. 7. A submarine purtued the French liner Mcinam and fired at least 100 shells. She was a sister ship of the Karnak, which arrived under similar conditions yes terday. None of the shells hit the liner. CITY NEWS BS(?(f)8 Mrs. Baumgart Retires from Hill The Hill House, a family boarding house, of Portland, has been leased to Mrs. E. J. Campbell, at an in creased rental of 20 per cent. For a good many years Mrs. Sophia Baum gart, a former resident of Albany, had charge of the Hill, under a five year lease, which will not expire for sev en months. she receiving a bonus for the lease of it. This indicates a good deal for Portland. Last Day of the 'Lotus-. Portland's highest toned saloon, the Lotus, kept open doors yesterday in order to let Portland people see what was departing. It was packed and a good many of the- visitors were wo men. The furnishings are now being dismantled, -and the gilded palace of drinks will be a thing of the past, as the saloon generally is becoming. Wolfs Leave Albany- Mrs. O. C. Wolfe left this mommy for Portland where she will join her husband who left several days ago. Mr. Wolfe, who is a popular salesman for a Portland wholesale house, has been transferred from the Albany to .the Columbia River territory above Portland. Both Mr. and Mrs. Wolfe have made many friends, in Albany and it is regretted that their residence could not have been longer. To Attend Convention Dr. Mary Marshall left this morning for Portland where she will attend a state convention of medical people. Sha will return this evening.' Goods Will Return Lafe Compton, of the Albany Hoj tel. is in receipt of an interesting let ter from M. D. Good, prominent Pheasant and traveling salesman, who made his home in this city, written from St. Joseph, Mo. Mr. Good "states that he will leave for Oregon January 23, and will be glad to get back to his told territory again. He is working in the Missouri valley for the present. Left for Oklahoma Mrs. J. Grcathouse, of Brownsville, left yesterday for Depew, Oklahoma, where she will visit relatives for sev eral weeks. On her way she will stop at Tusco, Mont., for a visit with her daughter. Judge and Mrs. C. E. Wolverton, of Portland, are in the city to attend the funeral of Mrs. Wolverton's fath er. Nimrod Price, who died Thursday evening. World's Temples- The graphic story of the world's historic temples, mosques, . syna gogues, cathedrals and churches,, will be told Sunday evening at 5 o'clock in' th First Presbyterian church by Prof. Horner of O. A. C, together with 125 stcreopticon views made by himself. Many of these places of wor ship, which deeply concern students of history, religion and art. date back to tho earliest antiquity) Among the sketches will appear St. Peter.s, St Paul's, St. Mark's, the Duoma of Mi lan, the Cathedral of Pisa, John Bun yan's Meeting House, the Mother Church of Methodism, Spurgcon's Tabernacle, Old South Church of Paul Revere, and early churches of Oregon. The lecture promises to be not only entertaining and instructive, but also highly devotional in char acter. fi . .. ,. , . ...... , ,. BLACK JACK SOLD DARK BROWN, OR BLACK JACK SOLD TO FRANK LAWS. Animal Was Center of Attraction in Court for Several Months this , Last Fall. Sheriff D .H. Bodine today sold at public auction the much famed dark or brown black jack that has occu pied the courts for quite a consider able period, thus putting an end to this much talked of case. Frank Laws, the complainant in the original case, wat the highest bidder and took the valuable animal for $500. The cate first came up when Frank Laws brought suit to recover $750 from O. Mowers. The mule was then in the possession of Thos. Cummings, who attached the animal and brought suit againtt Sheriff Bodine to recov er the animal for boarding it. The sheriff finally won out in the last term, and today's sale at 1:30 o'clock ended the case. The mule it a very valuable animal. . Frozen in the Colombia. (By United Press) Portland, Jan. 7. The river steam er Tapoma is frozen in the Columbia near Corbett "Thirty passengers were removed and brought to Portland by train. The boat was bound to Port land from The Dalles. Later efforts to move her were in vain. W. W. Crawford returned to the city this morning from his home near Lebanon. o CHRISTIAN HOBO CAMPED NEAR STEEL BRIDGE A North Albany Boy's Exper ience; How a Tourist Gave Him Some Good Advice. It is said that there. areTio Chris tian among what the world knows as hoboes. A week or two ago a boj of fourteen or fifteen residing across the river was on his way home, when he saw an old man down in the camp ing place at the north end of the bridge, reading a book. He Vent down, out of curiosity, and found the man reading his Bible. "If it was a matter of choice," he said,"I would rather be in my situation, down and out, with my religion, than the richest man in the -world without any. He He told his story. He had been a rail road engineer; but his eyes gave out and he got out into the world, traveling from place to place, . but never gave up his religion. He worked whenever he counl get work. He gave the boy some good advice, and, it is an interesting fact that the next Sun day the boy united with one of the cnurcnes ot tne city. Preparatory Service Preparatory service in the First Presbyterian church tonight 7:15 to 8 o'clock. Communion service Sunday, Meets Tonight Tonight, at the home of Mrs. Fred Dawson, the Missionary Circle of the Baptist church will give a program, consisting of solos, recitations, male quartet, tableau, "The Appeal f the Nation," and also a ten cent tea. Ev ery one is invited to come and spend a pleasant evening with us. Where Is She A woman who wanted washing and other work, gave' the Democrat the wrong phone number, and as a result ihe wrong person has been bothered with phone calls. There have been several jobs for the woman, who is in need, but where is slie. The , Demo cat will not charge for advertising for work by women in need. Modern Travellers . 1 Will meet tomorrow, Saturday af ternoon, at the home of Mrs. F. ,H. Geselbracht at 2:30 p. m. New Train to Mill City- City Agent Mark Montgomery an nounces a new train service to Mill City beginning in a few days. A mo tor will be put on which will leave Mill City in the mornings in time to connect with the 8:30 Portland train and" return to the frontier at about S:30v With the present train that leaves here at 8:30 and returns at 3:20 Albany and Mill City people will have ample accommodations. That will allow people in the. mountain towns a chance to come to Albany, shop a full day and return before dark. . - - . . DIFFERENCES BEING ADJUSTED U.S. and Teutons Gradually. Fixing Things Up Without Trouble. CABINET AND CONGRESS CONSIDERING MATTER Effort Wilt Be Made to Put a Quietus to Incendiary, Talks . of Jingoists. (By United Press) Washington, Jan. 7. Settlement is expected any hour in 'the Lusitania case. It is reported the only differ ence is the phrasing of the final agree ment Ambassador Bernstorff is slat ed to confer with Secretary Lansing this afternoon. The cabinet and congress botii con sidered the Persia incident The cabi net listened to the scant evidence that Secretary Lansing presented. The for eign committees of the senate and, bouse, discussed the matter informal ly, and mapped out a program for co operatioin with the president and Sec retary Lansing. They considered put-"- ting a quietus 'on the incendiary speeches in both houses.. The admin istration admitted its hands are tied because of lack of evidence. . The committees adjourned without conclusions because of lack of defi nite information. The cabinet mem bers manifested impatience. One men tioned "broken promises," and declar ed the situation called for a "com plete roundup of the whole subma rine question." They are unwilling to say how. After a fjfteen minute conferencewith Secretary Iinsing, Ambassador Bernstorff said he might confer once more with the members. It is believed the difficulties in the Lusitania case are practically set tled. Bernstorff presented Lansing with a written statement of Ger many's attitude in the submarine war fare. - " Orton E. Goodwin,, who will feature "The Avenging Conscience" here in a short time, returned to Portland on the morning train after a short visit in tjiis city. v ; . Mjss Amy C. Marsters, of Rose burg, is in the city. ' . : ' Miss Zona Haight and Miss Lora Taylor wont to Corvallis last evening to attend a house dance given" by one of the college clubs. Miss Blanche Hammel left last night for her home in Corvallis. Messrs. Ira Hutchings, Orin Strat ton and Otis Taylor came over from Brownsville this morning to attend a meeting of the growers' association. Home from Corvallis .. D. W. Rumbaugh, county fruit in- , spector, returned last evening from Corvallis after attending two days of the farmers' institute which is now being held at the O. A. C. Mr. Rum baugh reports the attendance for the week to be between 800 and 100 farm ers, who are enjoying an immense amount of good. BAPTIST'S ANNUAL MEETING. Membership Increased One Hundred .During Year, With Great In terest in the Work. ; - At the annual business meeting of the Baiptist church Thursday night, the following officers were elected. Trustee, Fred Dawson; clerk, H. F. Merrill; treasurer, W. C. Burkhart; financial secretary, y. A. Kimsey; sec. beneficences, Mrs.-E. A. Merrill; publicity sec, Mrs. Alan H. Banks; supt. S. S, Alan H. Banks. . Of the six deacons, the two whose terms expired, were re-elected for three years: Mrs. O. B. Neptune and Mr-Robert Burkhart. The two expir ed terms of the deaconesses were re filled by Mrs. Myrtle Way and Mrt. O. B. Neptune. The reports of the year show a marked increase in inter est and attendance in all departments, 100 members being added to the church and also the Sunday school increasing about 100.