ALBANY DAILY DEMOCRAT
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VOL. XXVIII
ALBANY, LINN COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1916.
No. 218.
THE WEATHER
Tonight and Thursday ftlr. Con
tlnutd cold,
Said to Have Captured Seven
Soldiers and Thirteen Cav
alrymen In U, S.
I RAVAI RYMTN HFPflQTPn
IN HOT PURSUIT
Not Confirmed Officially, Bui
,Two Reports From Different
Places Agree.
Kl Po, Jan. 19. It In rrporlcd
that Mexican bandits near Hat-hitu.
New Mexico, captured seven Amcri
lean cavalrymen after a skirmish, and
that other cavalrymen and cowlioyi
were tent in pursuit. The officials
here and at Juarez are without con
firmation of It.
Douglas. Jan, 19. -Passsengers ar
riving on an eautern train aaid that a
Vlllisla band had cromied he border
and miilured seven American soldiers
and thirteen members of the cavalry.
It 1 reported that cavalrymen have
gone into Mexican territory in pursuit.
Money for Alaska.
(By United Press)
Washington, Jan. 19. Th hou ap
propriation committee recommend
ed the continuation of the work In the
Alaska railroad, and placed two mil
lion appropriation in the emergency
bill.
AUSTRIA UYING PUNS
T9 ESTABLISH NEW COUNTRY
Proposes to Unite Montenegro
and Part of Serbia Under ;
Protectorate. .
(By United Prei) "
Rome, Jan. 9. It ii reported Am
tria it planning to unite MontcncKro
and part of Serbia in a new kingdom
with an Austrian protectorate. Gcr
fmany. it it said, sanctioned the plan.
I-'mpcrnr Josef Ii considcriiiK the se
lection of a ruler who will conciliate
the Serbs and Montenegrins, and re-J
mm, (hmukf Iin tlnlLnn inMirr to
Austria's flank.
OEO. HOOKES ON THE STAND.
Man Who First Called Attention to
Mr. Mohr't Connection with
Crime, Testifies,
(By United Press)
Providence, Pan. 19. Geo. Hookes.
brother in law of Emily Burger, who
first called attention to Mrs. Mohr's
connection with the murder of Dr.
Mohr, took the stand In the trial of
the widow and her alleged negro ac
complices. He lucnttncu tne postc
- tli- widow sent him .thrcatcnig
L.rtf Miss BurRcr If she conlin
complices. He identified the postcard
the
tinned
her association with Mohr.
$ Robert A. Miller, of Portland, is
registered at the, Hotel Albany.
D I utiiimic MIQOICC
n. n. iiunint niniiuiLu
NORTH YAKIMA GIRL
Russell A. Hudkins, a prominent
young business man of this city, and
i : C.II. r..vbM nt V M r . t. VnL-i.
tua, Wn., were married nt that city nt
10 o'clock this morning.
Mr. Hudkins is proprietor of-the
Hudkins Fifteen Cent Store, having
come from North Yakima last sum
mer and purchasing that business. In
the short time of his stay here he hns
made' scores of friends in this city.
His bride Is the daughter of a prom
? Incut railroad man of N. Yakimn and
is prominent in her home city: She
is known to many people in Albany,
having visited here last Summer nnd
during the Christmas holidays.
Mr, nnd Mrs, Hudkins will arrive
In the city Monday and take up house
keeping at an early date.
REC0,v-IQ SET
TEMPERATURE GOES DOWN
TO SEVEN ABOVE ZERO
Ice Bkatlng Now Safe and It Being
Enjoyed by Large Crowds at
Copenhagen Lake.
The record low temperature since
1909, was made last iii;lit when the
thermometer went down to 7 degrees
above zero. The maximum for the
day was 3H above. The river fell to 4.0
feet above low water.
Yesterday a good crowd was out
on the ire at Copenhagen, and a larg
er crowd of both men and women en-
oyed the skating by moonlight last
cveninif. The ice is in fairly good
omlilion and sonic good sport en
joyed. , Led by Bud Stover, the
crowd out yesterday scraped the snow
off of a large portion of the ice and
rlearcd out a fairly goud stretch to
kte on. The center of the pond had
liceu broken in, but it is thought thai
the cold weather of last night would
frcexe this over and make it the best
pari of the place.
Even a larger crowd is out this af
ternoon and making plana for tonight.
With a jitney fare of IS cents each
way for the trip plenty of ice enthusi
asts are taking the opportunity to
exercise their old skates,
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PEACE REPORT UNCONFIRMED
Claimed That Montenegro has not
Yet Surrendered Army to the
Austrian.
London, Jan. 19. Peace negotia
tions between Adstria and Monte
negro have been stopped, according to
an unconfirmed wireless dispatch from
Rome. It is said the reports of the sur
render -of the Montenegrin arms is
premature. This report is accepted
cautiously and reservedly because the
Montenegrin diplomats at Rome and
Paris have confirmed the surrender.
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: ,' ,. Want Big Army,"' "-.
?'By United Press)
Washington, Jan. 19. Demanding a
regular army of 210.000 men. General
Wood told the senate military com
mittee that Secretary Garrison's con
tinental army plan is a makeshift, en
tirely ineffective, and that its adop
tion! would lead to national humilia
tion.
The Kaiser l Put
(By United Press) '
Berlin, Jan, 19. The kaiser arrived
at Nish today and" Ferdinand warmly
greeted him.
HILL'S $50,000. GIFT TO ,
COLLEGE FORMALLY ACCEPTED
College Board Also Ratifies
Selection of Dr. Lee for ,
Aotlng President
The hoard of trustees of Albany
College met today in the parlors of
the Hotel Albany with Fletcher Linn,
F. I. Fuller, H. N. Mount, Henry Mnr-
cottc, Dr. Hugh Boyd, and Dr. Par
sons, present from out of the city.
Most of the board residing in the
city was in attendance.
Little was done aside from the for
mal acceptance of the $50,000 gift of
J. J, Hill to the college endowment
fund, and the ratifying of the commit
tee's selection of Dr. W. H. Lee for
acting president of the college,
Other business matters were dis
cussed and future problems of the col
lege considered, but no other action
was taken.
GREEK TROOPS WITHDRAWN.
Difficulty of Provisioning Them Too
Oneat to Keep on The Bul
garian Border,
(Bv United Press)
Athens, Jan. 19. All the Greek
troops except one battalion will be
withdraw from the Bulgarian frontier
it is officially announced. The diffi
culty of provisioning them is the cause.
Simultaneously it is" announced Eng
land agreed to export five thousanl
tons of coal to Greece, eliminating the
possibility of a tie. up on the rait-
roads. A British transport loaded
with Serbian troops reached Salonika
from Albania. '-
ALBANY HIGH SCHOOL
DEATEN BY CORVALLIS HIGH
After Having a Lead of 15 to 3
Team .Wilted Scoring Only
2 In Second Half.
After havjng the game with Cor-
vallis high cinched, Albany high last
night, at the junior high gym, drop
ped the game and made Corvallls a
present of it. In the first half the local
men put up one of the best games
seen here, and the half ended IS to 3.
Three field baskets were thrown andc
Clclen dropped nine out of ten, a re
markable record, into the banket from
the foul line. Corvnllis was splendidly
guarded, Bilycu and Ncbergall both
doing effective work. But, great Swan,
what a change in the second half.
Nehergall had been injured and had
to quit, and Tate, forward, later had
to drop 'out. Attempt at baskets
went wild and there seemed to be
big hole at the Corvallis basket. Any
way in little while they threw eight
from the field and four from the
foul line. Albany in this half did not
make any from the field line. The
score was a tie at the end of time,
17 to 17. Then five minutes was play
ed without a score. In the second five
minutes Corvallis did some whirlwind
work with six added to their score.
Of Albany' 17 Clelen made 13, the
star of the game: Nehergall 2, and
Tate 2.
Prof. McDonald, of the Y. M. C. A.
officiated a referee.
A Pan-American Question.
(By Unite I'res)
Washington. Jan. 19. In a resolu
tion, Senator Sherman ssked the pres-
dent whether there is an agreement
with the other American powers not
to interfere in Mexico without their
approval.
RUSSIANS SAY NOT BEATEN,
BUT TURKS SAY. OPPOSITE
Russians Claim Heavy Cap
tures, and Turks Repulse .,
of the Russians. -
(By United Press) ...
Pctrograd. Jan. 19. Official denial
that the Russians were defeated 'n
the Caucasus. Persia, was made today.
Contrary to reports, a new offensive
on both fronts is developing favor
ably. The army is suffering only
small louses. .The Russians have made
heavy captures and annihilated whole
regiments. ,
Constantinople, Jan. 19. The Rus
sian 'offensive in the Caucasus has
been halted, it is officially announced.
It is claimed the Turkish reinforce
ments repulsed the enemy with heavy
losses. The general situation is fa
vorable despite an eight-day offensive
with the superior forces.
Germany's Heavy Loss.
(By United Tress)
London, Jan. 19. German casual
ties have been 2,525,768, Secretary
Tennant announced in the house" of
commons today. This included 613,-
060 killed, 1,566,549 wounded, and
346.1J9 missing.
Mrs. K. Myers left yesterday (or
Horseshoe Bend, Idaho, where she
will visit relatives. '
T. H-G.IL HELD
Fine Banquet Served in Dining
Room of Christian Church
With Hundred Present.
REPORTS SHOULD
DECIDE IMPROVEMENT
Good Talks By President Sox,
State Secretary Rhodes
and Others.
With fully a hundred members of
the Y. M. C. A. present at the ban
quet of the association, served last
night it: the diningroom of the
Christian church, by the wives of the
members, the association held about
the most enthusiastic annual meet
ing in its life, and the good feeling
prevailing spoke for the future of the
association.
The banquet xwt a fine affair, with
chicken pie as the center' of attrac
tion, ending with some ice cream and
cake.
Following the fine feed the Presi
dent, C. E. Sox, delivered his ai nual
address and gave his report, one that
spoke for the splendid progress and
work of the Y. M. C. A. in the world,
a character builder. The greatest
things in the world arc not the rail
roads, mines and other big material
things, but the men of character be
hind them, the Jim Hills and David
Livingstones,. With the oiler Y. M.
C. A.' of the world the Albany
Association has been doing splendid
work, becoming a center of activities
for the boys and . men of ,thc city. It
is in better shape .than a1 year ago.
Two great needs now are a new heat
ing plant and a swimming lank.
' Hiram Torbct, the treasurer, made
his report, which showed the follow
ing: Receipts.
Balance in bank December 31,-
1914 .. 107.08
Balance in Y. M. C. A. till.
December 31, 1914 36.S5
Men's memberships . 731.00
Boys' .and ladies' member
ships - . 420.75
Subscriptions 1060.50
Gaines 19.45
Candy booth 71.45
Towels. ; .- 85.60
Miscellaneous receipts . .... . 100.06
1 Disbursements, C-... .
Salaries .-.$1735.75
Light and water ............ 250.72
Telephone j. 40.55
Laundry ..... 66.15
Fuel - 96.60
Supplies and Labor ; 186.14
Insurance . . 172.50
Printing and Stationery . 32.35
Campaign membership and
Fin -. 42.50
Social department suppers 10.58
Candy booth 74.62
Alco club bill 24.35
Magazines and papers 33.95
Drayagc - 6.30
Interest 267.00
Lecture course deficit .'. 41.05
Miscellaneous . - 7.75
Balance in Y. M. C. A. till
(Continued on Page 4)
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Those Betters
to Eastern Friends
Boosting Oregon
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ALBANY STUOENTS WHO '
PASSED EIGHTH GRADE
Leva J. Snell Stood the Highest;
Some Odd Answers to
Questions Reported.
With an average of 93 5-8, Leva J.
Snell passed the recent eighth grade
examination, the highest of any in
the public schools of the city. She is
a Madison street student The next is
Arilla Ridgeway, with an average of
91 3-4, a Central school student. Es
ther Wilcox, of the Madison school,
was third with 91 1-2; Arthur Ragan,
of the Central School, fourth, with
90 1-2, and Hazel Hall, of the Central
school fifth, with 90 1-8, being all who
averaged as high as 90. The others
passing were: Eldon Snell, Jennie
Hoover, Lois M. Kebcrgall, Arlctha
Roberts, Henry A. Wessel, Muriel C.
Stover, Rita M. Dowlin, Royal Archi
bald, Geneva C. Bender, and Viola
Krocschcl. Two missed in only one
sludy, Roy Minto Harris and Eugene
I). Ininan, and will go into the junior
high. A few missed in two studies.
As usual some very odd answers
were made to some of the questions,
of which the following are full of in
terest: "An alien is one under age and not
civilized."
A citizen is a person who is civi
lized. A voter is one of age and civilized.
Carpet baggers were men who car
ried the laws of the country in carpet
bags.
Harriet Beecher Stowe was the
founder of a negro school. He taught
them to make brick. He was a negro.
Aguinaldo was the man who kept
the man from shooting McKinley
twice.
FORMER LINN COUNTY
MAN MARRIES HALSEY GIRL
Miss ti Hazel Pearl Became
Bride of R. A. Templeton in
Hotel Parlors Today.
. At 2:30 o'clock this afternoon in
il.e parlors of the Hotel Albany, Ral
eigh A. Templeton, of Cashmere,
Washington, and Miss H. Hazel Pearl,
of Halsey, were united in matrimony,,
Rev. C. F. Kochlcr, of Brownsville,
officiating. A few relatives and
friends of both parties attended the
wedding. . '-"
Mr. Templeton is a son of A. M.
Templeton, and the families moved
to Cashmere about two years ago to
engage in the apple growing busi
ness. The family is well known in
Linn county, where they lived near
Brownsville for a number of years r
" Miss Pearl is .he daughter of Mrs
J. B. Hustoi- of Hajscy, and is a
popular school teacher of that place
Mr. and Mrs. Templeton will bave
for their ncni home in Washington
tomorrow. .t
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Big Passaic Fire. -
(By United Press)
Passaic, N. J., Jan. 19. Fire start
ing in the Woolworth store burned
several buildings, left fifty families
homeless' and paralyzed factories.
The damage is half a million.
Maurice Winters is here today.
MAIL BAG FOUND
S. P. LINEMAN DISCOVERS BAG
8TOLEN NOV. 12.
AU Mail Opened and Carefully Put
Back in Bag, But Little Money
wo Obtained.
One of the mail bags stolen from
the depot at Jefferson on the evening
of November 12, has been found and
part of the mystery at least, is cleared
up. That the two bags left in the
baggage room of the depot were stol
en by a tramp is certain. ,
Yesterday morning W. P. Baer, a
Southern Pacific lineman, was work
ing near Jefferson, about a mile
south of the city and near a hobo
camp. He saw a box near the fence
along the right of way and thought
it contained pins for telegraph poles.
Upon turning the box over, he dis
covered a mail pouch in it, and ob
served that the pouch was cut open.
The box and all were brought to the
Albany office and were this morning
turned over to Postmaster C. H.
Stewart.
From the appearance of the mail
and other contents of the bag it is
certain that the thief never got very
much money. Besides a bundle of Jef
ferson Reviews, the sack contained
letters and a few small packages. All
the letters were opened, examined and
stuffed back into the sack. Five of
the letters contained checks aggre
gating $105.68, but the robber evident
ly had no use for money in that form;
for all were placed back in the bag.
Postmaster Stewart collected all the
letters and other articles in the bag
and arranged them in their proper en
velopes. Even the ends torn off the
envelope! were left with the sack.
There seems to be little doubt but that
the act was committed by a tramp.
considering the locality where the bag
was found, near the hobo camp. But
the job is also thought to be done by
the same person who stole a bag of
mail here, the appearance in both cas
es being much the same. .
- The letters in thebag represented
many different things, from'drdefs to
mail order houses to love letters.
There was a love letter addressed to
a ' young lady in . Portland and 20
pages were taken up by the youth in
pouring out his heart pains to his be
loved. Considerable scripture was al
so mixed up with the love blessings
From the number of orders to cata
logue houses it is evident that the peo
ple of Jefferson are not spending all
their money at home. Moreover, the
cash accompanied each order.
The other bag stolen at the same
time was not found, but it did not
contain as much as did the one found.
BELLINGHAM IN WINTER 1
AS SEEN BY LINN MAN
Met Old-timer and Rehearsed
V Early Days in Oregon '
Around Oakville.
Bellingham, Wash.; Jan. 17. Your
correspondent arrived here on the
I4th and found the city all frozen
over and the small Johnnies were
skating on the ice. The snow was not
as deep as at Seattle, but the wind is
very penetrative and the people' gen
erally were hovering around their
stoves, which Teminded us ""of the
home of our childhood, where we
could enjoy this kind of weather for
two or three months irt succession.
However, this visit will make us real
ize the fact that the Willamette valley
is the best place on earth. ' Mount
Baker is a cold place in the summer
and is colder now.
J. F. McCoy, at one time a resi
dent of Albany, is now residing with
his son Carl here. We visited him and
rehearsed the history of old days in
old Linn when Lane and Abernathy
were governors of the territory. "Oak
ville" had the first school house in
the county, and it served as a church,
which was the first United Presby
terian church in Oregon.
We will remain here a few days
and return to Seattle. We will then
return and stop at Elgin and Portland
on the way.
L. R. B.
Land Grant Bill.
. (Bv United Pressl
Washington, Jan. 19. The public
lands committee is considering Sen
ator Chamberlain's railroad land grant
bill for Oregon.
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$3,000,000 LOSS
Southern California Badly Dam
aged By Terrific Floods
of Past Days.
FIVE PEOPLE KNOWN TO
HAVE BEEN DROWNED
Many Made Homeless Are Be
ing Takn Care of By the
More Fortunate.
(By United Press)
Los Angeles, Jan. 19. Patrols in
the flood zone have watched for the
bodies of more possible victims in the
Southern California storm. The latest
figures showed that five persons are
positively known to be dead, and four ,
are reported to be dead. Owing to
the great number of ranches devast
ated, it is believed likely that unre
ported deaths have occurred. .
Despite the fact that hundreds of
homes have been abandoned and some
swept away, there is little suffering
on that account. Neighbors have hous
ed the homeless and charitable insti
tutions cared for the Mexicans. The
damage is figured at three million
dollars.
Riverside, Jan. 19. The railroad
agent received a telephone warning
that a cloudburst on Lytic Creek, in
the San Bernardino mountains, 13
sending a nine foot wall of wat-'r
down the canyon. It is feared this will
cause damage and loss of lite at Cot
ton, and San Bernardino. There is -no
confirmation from. -&an Bernardino,'
FORMER ALBANY W NOW "
MANAGER OF HOTEL OREGON
E. E. Larimore, Twenty or More
.Years Ago Albany Painter
and Base Ball Player.
Rising from steward to- manager of
-he Hotel Oregon, one of Portland's
leading ' hotels', is. the experience of
Eugene E. Larimore, a former Al
bany painter: and paper banger. Mr.
I-artmore. who has been with the no
te! -for ten years, succeeding N. K. -Clarke,
who has resigned. Larimore -is
business and a man who is on the
job all the time. While a resident of
Mbany Larimore was prominent in
baseball, pitcher of the Albany team.
with Jack Smiley, now of Seattle, as
the other end of the battery. His old
time friends here will be glad to know
of his success. .
Killed Time. Vigorously.
(By United Press)
Washington, Jan. 19. After a hot
fight,, the foreign committee and ad-
keeping further discussion of the
Mexican affairs off the floor of the
senate.
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
TAKE A HALF HOLIDAY
The student body, of the high school
decided on a vacation this afternoon
and walked out in a body. In fact,
a large part of the students failed to
appear after lunch! The move was in
spired by the fact that the wind sud
denly switched to the south this noon '
and threatened to make short work
of the snow. A large part of the stu
dents are spending the afternoon at
coasting and skating, anxious to bave
one more go at the sport.
Since noon the indications point to
a 'haw and by night coasting may be
a thing of the past for this yei.
Plot to Bomb Emperor.
(By United Press) '
Peking, Jan. 19. Numerous arrests
were made as a result of the discovery
of a plot to bomb the emperor. An
explosive was found in the palace.
The plot is undoubtedly the work of
the revolutionists.