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Newspaper Page TextTHE WEATHER Tonight nnd Friday uniettled. Prob ably Snow . ALBANY DAILY DEMOCRAT Established In 1865 Beat Advertising Medium In Linn County VOL. XXVIII ALBANY, LINS COUNTY. OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1916. No. 213. AFTER VILLISTA3 500 Soldiers Sent After the Desperadoes, and Ordered to Sfiow No Morcy. MASSACRC ONE OF MOST BRUTAL ON RECORD Report ThatTwelvo More Amer icans Have Been Shot. In cluding Two Women. , (By United Press) Chihuahua, Jan. 13 General Trc vlno Kent 5' Carraiuintas In pursue (lie innruudrrs who killed the Anicri iuiii, He unlered llicui to liuw no mercy. Kl 1'aio, Jan. 13. The funeral train heating the bodies of the ciKhteeu Americans, the massacre victim, ar rived this morniiiK. A' silent crowd of several hundred leathered at llie sla tinn, and watched the removal of the tarpaulin covered corpse iulo auto truck. Joe Sanchez, a Mexican mining employe. said American friend of the murdered men risked their live, boldly rushing iulo view of llie ma rauders to recover the bodies. I'abln l.ope. in charge of the loot ing out car, taid "if you want to see fun, jut watch us kill thete Grin goes." and ran throuuh the coach crying "Viva Villa." They heard vol ley. ahota. Manager Walion and four other Americans were running in dif ferent direction. The VillUlas were shooting, The bandit dropped on their knees and picked them off. The other Americans were rounded up. The bandit nearly fought for the privilege of shooting the Americans They hot one at a time. Some gasp ed and writhed Lopez ordered no mercy to those shot. The bodies were then completely stripped of their clothing. Fourteen of the bodies were piled together in n heap near the track." General Itanda, and twelve oilier former Villlatas were thrown into jail - to guard against violence from Amer ican. followitiK the discovery of a plot to lynch Salazar. Washiniilon, Jan. 13. It it official ' ly reported that the Mexican firing iUad killed Hurt Kramer, and Amer ican rancher, in llie Guerrero district Friday! Senator I.cwi asked congrcu t" clothe the president with authority to intervene forcibly in Mexico. While Lewis defended the tidniini-itration policy of watchful waiting, Repre sentative Slavdom on the oilier side of the capitol, declared patience, is ex hausted, and fiercely denounced the policy. Ambassador Arreudoudo plcdiicd action to revenue the assass inations, nod protect Ameiic.ius in the future. It is believed Arredondo's mes sage presents the possibility of the cotillion of the Mexican trouble. Sen ator Slaydcu's speech was greeted with uproaroiis applatiKC. F.I Paso, Jan. 1.1. Chihuahua re ports 12 Americans, including two wo nu'iC massacred nt Madera, near the scene of Monday's murders. This has aroused Indignation afresh. Kl I'a soaus arc in a fighting mood. Extra police have been ordered ready for riot duty. o Whq Wins Watch? The followitiK candidates arc being voted for at Opera House and on Sat urday night of this week the one ill the lead who is iu the bonne will re ceive a beautiful Walthani wrist watch cm display nt I'V'M. French & ou's store, . Mrs. Carrie Terrell, rhyllis Golns, llcssle Plunicr, Hernicc Hall, Inez I.cnikc, Square Dcnl Girl, F.sthcr McChcsncy, Alpha Omega. Not to late to nominate candidates tonight. Vote standing announced tomorrow. Boost fax your candidate by atttend iiirv the show tonight. Sonic one will win easily. ' Mrs. J. R. Shaw, ol Mill City, was registered at the Hotel Albany this morning SOUTH DAKOTA EDITOR A VISITOR IN ALBANY Former President Nat'l Edito rial Assn., and Member of Legislature Likes Oregon. South Dakota people living in the neighborhood of Albany i.iay recog nize the name of one: of their old fellow-staler in Hon. U. F.. Dowdcll, of Artesian, S. I)., who was in the city today enroute from llrownsvillc, where be and Mr. Itoivdcll 'nave been visiting lit the I onic of F. M. Triu dle, to Corvalli, where t!,cy will visit iiihcr dinner rciidcuts of Dakota. Mr. and .'.ir, Dowdcll .ire ma'.:i::g a tour of the west and arc on their vay to Lot Angeles, the San Diego exposi tion and other places of intcrcu in the south where they will spend the winter. Mr. 'Dowdcll is a newspaper inan. laving been in the business (or 31 years before I'C sold out hi intcret.l a year airo and retired to the real es tate business. For 27 years ! c ha been a member of the national Fdi nirial association, and is a p:.t presi dent of that body, a well a the otnc nssociution of hi home siatc. lie spoke familiarly and kindly of sue). Oregon writers of hi acquaintance Us Edith Tozicr Weathered, Albert Tozicr, Will Steel, and olahcr. At the lime of hi retirci-.cnt, Mr. Dow dcll was proprietor ol (hicc papers, the Artesian Advocate, the Woon socket New ui:d the Letcher llladc. That l.e ha made a success of hi business i shown by the fact for thfee sessions he rcprocntci', hi county i.i the house and teitate of the stale leg islature, being elected on the Demo cratic lickct i-i a district t'-at v.as from J to I to S to I Republican majority again! him His son b. :iovr serving a county treasurer. Mr. Dowdcll Is the owner of a 2IKKJ acre farm on which he has built a summer resort. Lnl year i c erected 43 cottages, and camper come to !! place from all parts of the stale. An amusement auditorium with hardwood floor, 2l by 4S feet in dimensions, was erected, the walls of which art of glass from the doors of the gov ernment building of lbc St. Louis ex position. There is also an opera house, pavilion, baseball park and an auto speedway, which was built last year and where the best auto meets of the mate are now held. Mr. Dowdcll is charitable enough to accept the statement that the pres ent weather is very unusual for the Willamctc valley, bin compare the thermometer, which registered a min 'iiiini temperature of 19 degrees above zero here with a temperature of 32 below zero at his home town last night, also admitting that this is not bad as 58 decrees in Montana. lie -aid that the valley looks good to iibu and see no reason for a great dc-' vclopinent here in the next few year Geo. E. Campbell, of Eugene, is in the city on busines. WFLLSDALE HAS GUN CLUB OF 25 -MEMBERS A new aim club, the Wcllsdalc Trap Shooting Club, has been organized in the vicinity of Albany, which prom ises to make the best trap shooters hurry to uphold their laurels. Wells Station is on the West Side branch of the S. P, line about seven mile? west of tl.ii city. The new club comprises a member ship of 25, with S. li. Heal, president: C. G, Docdcl, coc.-trcas., and P. B. Doedel gicld captain. Trap shooting has taken this rural community by storm, and while new I at the game, several members an breaking 85 per cent of their birds at present. Gordon Ryals knocked 22 on! of 25 last Sunday and fini biKl tin day with a percentage of 92 out o! 100. Mutch shoots will be arranged wit'' other gun clubs In the valley, aiul some of the (Winners are contcm'ilnt imr enlerinir the tournament at Port land. - - Queen of Greece Notified. (By United Press) London, Jan. 13. Rome dispatches reported the epieen of Greece had been notified to go to Berlin on ac count of the illness of her brother. The kaiser Is preparing to depart. This nnd similar rumors have been current for a fortnight. ENTERED MEXICO AT THEIR RISK PresidentSays Amsi loans Were Warned Specifically Against Going Into Country. ADMINISTRATION WILL WATCH AND WAIT Mexican Miners Enraged Be cause Consul at Juarez Gave Men Passports. (By United Pres) Washington, Jan. 13. President Wilson standi squarely behind Secre tary LaiiMtig' statement that the American who entered Mexico, did so at their own risk. The White House made plain President Wilson's undeviatcd . watchful waiting policy, without intervention. It is stated that the Santa Ysabel vicims were specifi cally warned against entering Mexi co. El Paso. Jan. 13 Mexican miners, enraged because Consul Edwards, of Juarez, aided in getting the Santa Ytahcl victim paiiport. forcibly ejected him from the lobby of the hotel. Edwards fled and escaped. They followed, loudly denouncing liim. Mining companies arc consider ing raising a company of American S'oluntcers to exterminate the Villa haudiis, with permission of Gen. Car- ran za. s - TODAY'S ODDEST STORY. Oalinan, Arir.. Jan. 13. How would you like to walk 4(1 miles every time you took a bath? That's what the citizens of this l place have to do. Either that or s pay 20 cnts a gollon for w;atcr. The mining boom is making the town grow at the rate of S about III) persons a day. The lo- cal, water supply has lo be team- ed from Needles. Cal., 4(1 miles away. One enterprising citizen has a tent that brings him in $2.5 Oa month. He has installed eight cots which he rents at $1 each a night. ' FLORENCE HAWKINS Soprano FRANCIS W. COWLES . -"-sr.- ; BRILLIANT OPERA SINGERS APPEARING AT GLOBE THEATR TONIGHT. THE NEW YORK METROPOLITAN COMPANY, WITH SKOVGAARD, THE DANISH VIOLINIST. WHEAT IS FOUND SHEEP UNCOVER 29 SACKS OF STOLEN GRAIN. Mystery of Abraham Bto. Farm Solved Yeaterday When Sheep Expose Sack to View. The discovery of 29 sack of wheat under last fall's straw pile solved the mystery, of the disappearance of the grain at harvest time last September on the ranch of Abraham Brothers four miles west of the city. One morning when the threshing crew went to work on the Abraham ranch an entire tier of wheat was missing. It was suspected that it was carried off, tind deposited, but a search of the woods and other likely places revealed no trace of it. Yesterday wi ile working on the place J. Bicgle discovered some sacks under the starw pile and a closer in vestigation revealed all of the 29 sacks of wheat that bad been stolen at harvest time. At that lime t'teri was considerable wheat stealing voin on and it is thou.-ht thit th? perpe trators were afraid to remove the goods r.ftc.' havin-r cached it. Slieep eating around the edge of the stack had uncovered the sacks. Most of the wheat is good for chicken feed, very little being entirely spoiled. FIRST HIGH SCHOOL DEBATE TOMORROW NIGHT Albany and Lebanon at Albany and Brownsville and Albany at Brownsville. Hearing a debtte on a question that is agitating the country, the Swiss militia, will be the privilege of Albany people tomorrow night, when the teams of Albany clash at the hiah school building Tomorrow night; be ginning at 8 o'clock. The Albany team at home will consist of Margaret Gib son and Lylc Bain. The judges will be: Prof. Baldwin, O. A. C: Prof. Van Ejchen, Willamette, and Principal Wilson, of the Turner school. Albany will have the affirmative. At Brownsville Lyndon Myers and Floy Filer will represent the school, having the negative. Lloyd and Edna Hamlin, brother and sister, will be the Brownsville team. The judges will be Prof. Dunn, U. O.; Dean Alden, Wil lamette, and Prof. Lemon, O. A. C. Lawyer Mark V. Wcatherford, nil! 1 reside. Admission free. SKOVGAARD TIM DasUah VIollnM ALICE McCLUNO rtuut nm SEATTLE HAS A WATER F, Laundries and Elevators Have to Stop; Only Water For 24 Hours. PORTLAND COVERED WITH ' TEN INCHES OF SNOW Middle East in Grip of Storm; 23 Degrees Below Zero at Omaha. Seattle, Jan. 13. Because of con tinued shortage of water, the laun dries and hydraulic elevators in all the buildings have been ordered closed in an effort to conserve the water sup ply. The pipe line was repaired today. When the gates were open the res ervoirs contained only enough water to last 24 hours. Water users have. been akcd to refrain from scrubbing for a few days. Within a week there have been three breaks in the pipeline. Portland, Jan. 13. The city hired all the unemployed this afternoon to shovel snow from the streets and dump it into the river. Ten inches fell ! inside of 24 hours, making the worst storm of 23 years. The temperature is moderating this morning. The fore caster predicted occasional flurrries of snow. It is slightly warmer throughout the Northwest, which has been in the grip of the storm for two days. . Chicago, Jan. 13. At Omaha it is reported below zero. Traffic is de moralized in Kansas. The railroads refused to accept .perishable freight r.j s 9 Snow and Cold.' - Portland 8 inches. 2 above ze- S ro. Around Wenatchee. Wash., IS si below zero. Yamhill, 12 inches snow, 20 above zero. Ptndlelon, 7 degrees below ze- ro. LaGrande, snow from a foot to S six feet. S Dr. V. A. Cox went to Salem on the morning train. MOLLY BYEBLY WILSON Cositrall 1 ! fl if i I L fhl H i '. '. s - V I 1 ' - litilJ CLARA FBEULE Mezxo Soprano ,Vf 1 l; ,i 4 TWO CHICAGO MEN ARE MOTORING THROUGH VALLEY Have Come Up From San Fran cisco Over the Sfskiyous in Deep Snow. Passing through the valley in a King Eight, A. H. Joseph and Glen Steele, of Chicago, have been having an experience, on account of the win ter weather struck. They have made the trip, though, all the way from San Francisco, over the Siskiyous, where they encountered snow three or four feet deep. In one place it took two days to travel five miles, and at an other place it required six horses to get them through; but they kept at it and got through, reaching Eugent yesterday evening. The men represent a house handling the mileometer, machine geared to the front wheel. used to guide the dricer as to direc tion and distance, Along the way ser vice stations are being established, those from California through Ore gon being Grants Pass, Roscburg, Eu gene and Portland. At each station is mileometer to gui'le the driver to the next station. Wi.h fourteen or fif teen inches of snow this side of Port land the prospect for reaching that city, the next station is somewhat un certain, until the snow melts. Through this part of the valley, though, with only a couple of inches driving is not difficult. ' o HYDE LAND CASE IS OP H IN COURTS State Files Suit to Require Accounting and Recover 47,000 Acres of Land. - A complaint was filed today by the State of Oregon vs. F. A. Hyde, et al, to recover 47,000 acres of land said to be fraudulently obtained by Hyde. This case was instituted before, but never reached the court dockets, hav ing been withdrawn to file amended contplaints. ' " On February 17, 1904. an indict ment was returned by the U. S. feder al grand jury at Washington, D. C. against F. A. Hyde, John Benson, et al, charging them with conspiring to defraud the government of certain lands in Oregon, California and Wash ington. - ' The complaint filed by Attorney - General Geo. M. Brown,, states that 47.000 acres of land were wrongfuliy secured, that over 10.000 acres have been patented, that the land is worth more than $40,000, but Hyde is bank rupt and unable to pay on a judgment. Therefore the state asks that these lands be restored to the public do main, that - Hyde be compelled o make an accounting of all moneys re- ceived from the sale of lands wrong fully received. FRANK WILBUR CHACE'S PIPE ORGAN PROGRAM 1 The program for the organ recital at the M. E. church tonight is one ' that will attract musical people. Frank Wilbur Chace, who is to render it. is a player of rare talent. The recital is ' t;ivcn under the auspices of the li- hrary, in the regular winter Thursday evening course, and will not begin until 8:30, giving plenty of time for 'prayer1 meetings and other things bc- forc. ' Twelve numbers will be presented as follows: ' March Religieuse. op. IS, No. 2, 'Alex Guilmant. . ' ' Largo from Xerxes. Handel. 1 Solemn Prelude, T. fertius Noble, organist of St. Thomas church, New York. : r.arcarollc from the Tales of Hoff- jinan. Offenbach, ; 1 Prelude and Fugue on the name of B. A. C. H. Franz Liszt. ; Moruinif, (Peer Gynt Suite, Op. 46. F.dward Grieg Venetian Love Son? from Day in Venice) Nevin. Largo, from the New World Sym 'phony. Dvorak. ', Symphony Poem, Finlandia. Jean Sibelius, Finland's greatest musician. Canzone Delia Sera. D'Evry. Scher. zo. J. H. Rogers. ' Romance in D Flat. Lermare.. March. Lefebure-Wely, a Prnsian organist. OLLIVER ELECTED NEW CITY ATTORNEY Dick Rodgers and Sam V orrell to Compose Night Police Force of the City. REPORTS OF CITY RECORDER AND TREASURER READ Lighting Contract With Oregon Power Co. Entered Into and Other Business Transacted. New City Officers. City Attorney Victor Olliver. Street Superintendent F. N". Wood, re-elected. Night officers Sam Worrell and Dick Rodgers, re-elected. Health of ficer, Dr.W. H. Davis, re-elected. The biggest surprise sprung at the council meeting last night was the election of Victor Olliver city attorney to succeed Dan Johnston, and Sam Worrell as night officer to succeed Griff King. It was not known that . Johnston was not a candidate for re election nor that Olliver was a can didate. Nor was it surmised that Sam Worrell was a candidate for the police -force. The meeting was harmouious throughout. . AH selections for offi cers had been fought out in secret ses sions Tuesday and no division was made on any candidate. All received the six votes of the councilmen. Street Superintendent F. N. Wood . reported the receipt of $101.50 which has been tinned xer to the city treas urer, as follows: :, 'v For sale of manure . 1...$80.25 For galv. L's sold to Asphalt Men. Co. : $ 9.00 For graveling street, from W. A. Kimsey . 11.50 For repairing side walk, O. A. Archibald SO Superintendent Wood also turned in an invoice of all materials, tools,. etc., on hand in his department Jan. first. .. . ' ' Ex-City Marshal A. Austin report ed' for his department for the month of December. , Four arrests for drunkenness; 71 meals served in jail; 300 hoboes lock ed up over night. . The report of the committee on ac counts and current expenses vas pre sented, showing . bills - amounting to $2491.83, which were allowed with the exception of the bill of W. S. Weaver for $13.95, which was con tinued. . The Ways and means committee, to whom was referred the matter of locating street lights, recommended that lights be placed as follows: One light ench at the corners of Ferry and 13th, Washington and 12th, Calapooia and 10th, .Vine and 10th, Walnut and 10th, Willow and 10th, Cottage and 10th. Elm and 11th, Wil letta and 11th. Cotage and lllh, Wil letta and 8th, Cottage and 9th, one change, from Pine street to Santiam . Road. One light two blocks north Santiam Road and Cleveland street, one light each on Dencvr and Salem Road, Den ver and Water street. First and Har rison, Pine and 7th, Main and 7th. Hill and 8th. Jackson and 7(h, near La Selle cannery. The quarterly and annual report of City Treasurer H. B.' Ciisick and Ex City Recorder F. E. Van Tassel were read and placed on file. . The report of City Recorder Van Tassel for the year shows. Receipts: Bal. on hand Jan. 1, 1915 $ 22.108.87 Taxes and other sources 122,69673 Total receipts ;:..$144.805.60 Disbursements, 1915 i:...$12l,640.31 Balance on band Jan. 1, '16 $23,165.29 The disbursements for . the year were distributed among the following accounts: - . ,1 City officers ., $ 6,426.83 Lighting :.. 4.391.35 Sewers 11.624 53 Fire department - 5.333.31 Street account - - 8.042.17 Sundries ..-.......... 38,053,98 (Continued on Page 4)