THE 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.
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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.
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- 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.
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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
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CLARA FBEULE
Mezxo Soprano
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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. '
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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
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