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Established fai 1SS5 Beit Advancing Medium In Linn County THE WEATHER Tonight and Sunday Kiln. VOL. XXVIII ALBANY, LINN COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 1918 No. 221. ALBANY DAILY DEMOCRAT E SWEPT OFF I Two Cars of Great Northern Train Carried 300 Feet Down Mountain Side. THREE TRAINMEN KILLED AND SEVERAL PASSENGERS Coaches Buried in Snow Near Scene of thn Wellington Catastrophe. (By Unllrd Pre.) Kvcrctt, Wash., Jan. 22. An ava lanche wcpt two car of the wct hoiind Great Northern train 2500 feel down the imitintuin tide, killing at least three Iraintncn anil injuring liurri of pastcngcr. The coachc were buried in the snow ami debris. Meager , information wni received at the upcriiilcudciit' office. The acci dent occurred ut Korea, near the cenc of the Wellington calaalrophc. Leavenworth, Wash., Jan. 22. Two paaariigcr can were hurled 300 leel to the hotiom of the mountain icnlch and their human cargo wa buried in ton of rock nud uow, when the ui uantie laud and now liilc hroke looe at the entrance to Horseshoe Itrud tunnel thi morning. The niiiulicr of dend i estimated variously from five to twenty. The railroad company de clare five were killed. Report! from the arene of the accident indicate at leii.t 20 kitted. Searching panic were more than an hour locating the uioking car, buried at the bottom of the gulch. It in known to have contained 14 per mil. The dining ear alao wa hurl ed over the cmhankment. The alecp Imt car h bowled off the track, hut did not tumble into the dutch. The train wai ataudintt till when the ava . louche utruck it.. Workmen are clear ing away the tmaller alide. 4 A rescue train left Leavenworth at noon, carryinga hundred workmen to help reicue thoae huricd in the two earn. Further lidr are feared. Telegraph connection were cv ercd shortly after the firt' detail of the accident reached here. Operator Alpine declared a ecoml slide i alarl Ing. Camerc reorled three remov ed from the wreck alive thi aller uonn. , o FRED ERIXON, COON TRAILER. Salem Journal Say Ha Swam the River Three Time and ia ' Lightning. W, II. Dalryuiptc not only report Killing two coona at Pudding river yesterday hut lakes the Mexican plan and shows their hi lea. In company with Ilia brother, I'. K, Dalrymplc, he went to the Pudding river section yes terday for the express purpose of killing a coon. The fir-it thing the huutera found waa Fred Krixon, who needed finding too. because he was loat. bred prov ed to be a great coon trailer for whc.i he struck a track the other had to bang onto hi coaf tail to keep from losing hi niagain. One of the troona wa followed mile before treed and shot. The oth er led the boy a chase of five mile, finally, like Roosevelt' red fox, climb ing a tree, a big fir, and he hit to the, top of it belnrc he stopped. It tnoK six shot to bring him down,, though every one of them hit liim. Krixon, the hoy say, wam the riv er three time in treeing the coona, each of which wa a big one, they weighing 16 and 20 pounds respective ly. Salem Journal. Fred Krixon, the hero in the above, wa the builder of the Albany post office. 'Cf MURDER HEARS HEART BEATS OF Can you imagine a murderer be lieving he heara the heart of his dead victim still beating? Anfl would you boliev. It possible that the spectator of ai motion pic ture would also itnii(inc he could hear those heart bents? , Yet that is only one of the extra ordinary photographic feats perform ed by 1). W. Griffith in his second wonder picture, "A Venning Consei e"ce," which will be at the Globe Theatre Monday mid Tuesday. So striking is this grcnt feature that Mr, Griffith pronounces it a greater - picture than his "Birth of a Nation," i Tu fact, be says it is his "supreme achievement." However, this may he, none will deny that it Is more thnn two years nlicnd of motion picture photography of today, actually mark ing a new era in the art. , TWO ARRESTED SALEM POLICE TAKE HARRY MOORE AND LEO OIDDINCS. Two Mora Defendant Charged With Wrongdoing In Chiawell Caa Still at Large. , A complaint was filed lat ninlil by Deputy Diatrict Attorney Willaril I.. Mark, charging three men and the Adkiu woman with contributing to the dcliuiuency of a minor, Myr tle Chliwell. Two of the men, Leo Giddinga and Marry Moore, were ar rected in Sulcm lam night, and the other defendant arc not yet in cut tody, 'I he three men and Lola Adkiu are charged with taking the Chia wcll girl down the river Tuesday nilll't to a honac eleven mile below Albany ami there spending the night and part of the next day in debauch. Myrtle Chiku'cll i a girl 17 year old, of good appearance and ia aaid to have been of god habit aincc he was admitted to the Good Shepherd Home in Portland up to the time of the es capade Tueaiiay. An effort will be made to convict thoae rcRpnu:,ihlc for the trouble and place them where they belong . AUSTRIA MAKES OVERTURES Of PEACE TQ SERBIA British Sink Austrian Torpedo Boat And MontencgrinsAnni hilate Austrians. (By United Prel Rome, Jan. 22. Auatria made freah overture (if peace to Serbia following the failure of negotiation!! with .Mon tenegro, Allien ha reported. An Auatrian torpedo boat and hy droplane wcr; aunk in the Adriatic by a British submarine, advice said. The aubmarine captured two of the crew of the hydroplane while trying to repair thei reugiue. The torpedo boat fired mid the torpedo aunk her. The fate of the crew i not known. Montenegrin refiertcd that they had annihilated an, Austrian detach ment attempting to atop their retreat lu Scutari, .. '; BIO STORM ON ATLANTIC. Liner Arrived at New York Two Day Lata After Encountering Rough Weather. (By United Pre) , New York, Jan. 22. The liner New York arrived from Liverpool, two lay overdue, after encountering mi- uaual Morula. The storm wa worat Sunday night when the veaael lifted to a 51 decree angle. The gale flooded the promenade deck, awept away cv en lifeboat and twisted the ateel dav it. All the sailor declared it wa the worst loriti in their experience. Misa Zylnha Galloway was a morn ing passenger to Salem to spend Sun day at the home of her father, JmUc William Galloway. , o A WIFE'S IDEA OF WHAT IS IDEAL HUSBAND Among the answers to what an ideal husband, as viewed by a wife, is the following received through the mail by Rev. M. II. Pagan, of the Christian church, one of a number for the serv ice of the the church tomorrow Albany, Jan. 18. Mr. H. M. Pagan: Dear sir My Ideas of what it tike to make an "Ideal Husband." First he must be a Christian and right here 1 want to say to you girls who are Christians and intend to try to live that kind of life, never marry a young man until he is a Christian. Just tell him you will wait until you can start right. An ideal husband must not smoke, drink, gamble, or swear, must udt be long to any lodge that has a club room, where he can spend his even ings as the place for him is at home with his family. (Exceptions to the rule), s Must support his family to the best of his ability, must not be stingy nml expect his wife to ask him for money, give it to her without asking. Must be ns virtuous ns he expects his wife to be. ' His wife mtist no free to go nnd come where and when she' plcascs( if she pleases to go to the right kind of places). ' Must be neat and clean and care for his personal appearances as when young. ; There are many things I could nicta tion hut seems to me n rent true Chris tian cover the ground for an "Ideal Husband." . ' A WIFE. 24 TH VICTIM OF Bert Akers Hunting Stolen Cat tle When Attacked and Shot Down in Cold Blood. MAN WITH HIM FLED AND ESCAPED Villa With Four Hundred Men Twelve Miles From South . Madera. (Hy United Pre) . Kl Paso, Jan. 22. The corpte of llcrt Akcr. a cattleman, the twenty fourth victim of Mexican banditry dur ing the paat two weeks, reached here today. While hunting stolen cattle, the Mexican armed with rifles, killed Agcr. With Dough'. Lawrence, he reached San Lorenzo last night. They found the cattle and hammered at the door of a aback 'for admission. Sev eral Mexican appeared from differ ent direction, and fired. Lawrence fled, bullet whizzing after him. strik ing hi hone twice. Lawrence told the offictil several of the bandit were dressed in the uniform of the Carran za government. Carranziata authen tic obtained statement of two .Mex ican prisons, taken after the execu tion. They claimed self defense. It i officially announced that Villa, with 400 men, is encamped 12 mile outh of Madera. The American Mormon colony at Caaa Grande is alarmed at the report that the Villiataa are heading in that direction. ROAD SUPERVISORS NAMED BY LINN COUNTY COURT Ten -Mew Names Appear on List of County Road Masters. Completion their work sooner than anticipated the county court today an nounced their appointments of dis trict road supervisors for' the coming year. Hut ten new names appear this year, the rest being re-appointments. i ne new appointments arc w. w. Cook, llarrisburg; A. I.. Kirk, Brownsville; Orina Wilson, Shedd; J. I). Winkley, Albany; T. I. Gibbons. Shelburn; James Arnold, Crabtrce; W. A. Hartley. Lebanon; W. M. Moss. Crawfordsville." II. S. Ilcync. Water- loon, and A. C. C. Cbristensen, Har risburg. The list follows: - I. J. I). Isom: 2, .M. S. Coon; 3, E. Puglt; 4, J. C. Standish; 5. W. W. Cook; 6. Arthur Springgtte; 7, W. M. Sawyer; 8. A L. Kirk; 9. Orvis Wil son; III, W. S. Scott: II. J. D. Wink ley; 12, John Maxwell; 1.1, Thos. Rei dy: 14, T. J. Gibbons: 15. Rilev Shel ton: 16. W. A. Gilkcy; 17, James Ar nold; 18, W. A. Hartley: 19, Ernest Hall; M. W. 11. Ingram: 21. W. M. Moss: 22, Dayton Harris: 23, Bert Bellinger: 24. T. M. Downing; 25. John Bender; 26, J. A. Dumond: 27, S. I). Brown: 28, J. A. Brown: 29. II. S. Heync; 30, Raleigh Harold: 31. W. K. Witchey; 32. A. C. Christensen: 33. C. Donahue; 34, Perry Parker; 35. J. E. Welch. RACED TO QUARANTINE. Loaded With Ammunition, Fire Dis covered, Causing a Fight for Life on Way to Safety i (By United Press! New Yok, Jan. 22. Fire blazing in one of the forward 'holds, the Nor wegian ateamer SyRiial said to be loaded with ammunition, raced to quarantine this morning Other ves sels .played their searchlight while the. crew and fireboats fought' the flames. The fire was controlled later. officials refused to give information m reference to the cause. MRS. 6ILLARD ASKS COURT TO PARTITION LANDS A pnrtttiion suit was filed today by Nettie 15. Gillard vs. Win. II. Gillard, M. F. Hayes and Mr. and Mrs. James Gcrwick. The complaint sets up that bofore commencement of divorce, plaintiff and W. H. Gillard owned 80 aches, of land in Linn -comity, that in decree of divorce the court nwanlcd plaintiff an undivided one-third in terest in the place. It further states that after commencement of divorce suit defendant Gillard mortgaged the land to M. F, Hayes, who knsw of the suit, Plaintiff asks the court to fix the relative rights of the parties in the land. ' SHOE THIEVES STOPPED BY ALBANY POLICEMEN Two Men Wear Shoes, Sox and Overshoes From Hamilton Store and Are Caught. An attempt of two men giving their names a C. O, Norman and Matthew Frcund to secure footware without coat waa fruatroted by the prompt ar. (ion taken by Chief of Police Catlin and Night Officer Rodger last night. The two men entered the Hamilton Department Store ahortly before 6:00 o'clock laat .evening and told Archie Mctzgar, the clerk, that they wanted to buy tome allocs. Each was fitted out in the beat grade of l'lorsheim's carried in alock, together with new sock and rubber. Then they aaid they wanted to buy a bat and when Mctzgar stooped over to get a box of hat they suddenly turned and ran out of the atorc wearing the newly acquired pedal coverings. The police responded to the call promptly and, sizing up the situation. Chief Catlin directed the search to wards the depot. A jitney awished the officer to the S. P. depot and the two men were dragged from the break beam of the Shasta Limited just at the train was pulling out. When asked why they tried to get away with the shoes they replied that they needed new one and had no money with which to buy them. They were not bad looking fellows, so Assistant District Attorney Marks asked for leineney and when brought before' Justice of the Peace this morn ing they plead guilty and were sen tenced to crve JO day in the county jail. A It i hardly tnbught that this meth od of outfitting will prove popular with alert police on the job. 1 CITY NEWS i) f;) 5 .D S- S) (E Here from Brownsville H. F. Lake, of the Brownsville Times, paid thi office a visit today while in the city on business. More Soap ; The waterless oap people have or ganized a new company at Portland for the manufacture of another soap, one of the several made by proprie tor of the Albany company, gradual ly reaching out. ' Tacoma Minister Here Rev. O. T. .Mather arrived from-Ta-coma today and will preach in the Grace Presbyterian church tomSrrow morning and evening. .Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Thompson Mr. and .Mrs. w. a. Ihompson. of Harrington, Wash., former residents of this city, are visiting Mrs. Ruins Thompson. Both are accomplished musicians, and will render special mu sic tomorrow at the services of the Baptist church. Last Night of East Lynne " The kichardi.on-Talbert Stock com pany close their third week's ensagc ment at the Albany Opera house to night; Ea-t Lynne being their closing number. We believe this popular lit tle company oi players have won the hearts of the people of Albany .by their clean performances, and all who have seen them play, joins with the manager in wishing them big success in their new fields. Aid Society The Ladies' Aid Society of Albany will bold their annual meeting r.t the home of the Secretary, Mrs. A. Mai tin, comer Third and Jackson street, on Monday, the 24th of Jan., at 2:30 p in. All who are interested in this v.c-r!: arc invited. SEC. Grebe III Walter Grebe, yho recently appear ed here with the U. O. Glee Club, is reported scrioui.ly ill in the hospital at Eugene, with erysipelas. He was betetr last night, and considered out oi danger. Grebe is a prominent ath lete as well as musician. Returned from Roscburg- - .- Fred WcMhrook returned last night from Roscburg. where he formerly resided for several years, rcturnim; on the S. P. Killing Coons- Chas. Berry, of Taugen- who was in the city-today reports coon catch ing a pretty good business this win ter'. He has already killed fifteen and bought a number. The market price is about $1;50 for the skins. Street Car Man 111 . ' : ..- L. E. Moe, manager of the Port land, Eugene and Eastern Company's street car system in Albany, was tak en ill yesterday, the cause of which was not determined. Today a consul tation is to be held in an effort to lo cate the cause of the trouble. New Store Opened A new business house has opened at 118 West Second street, the West Coast Gas Co., in charge of P. A. Williams, president and manager. Mr. Williams came here from Portland, and is an expert heating engineer. He was formerly in the heating business. Mr. Williams is introducing in this territory, comprising . Linn and four other counties, a new gas system, by Vhich cooking and lighting gas is made from coal oil at a nominal cost and promises to become popular in communities where no gas service is otherwise obtainable. . . Weather Report Yesterday's temperature ranged from 38 to 45 degrees. The rainfall was .29 in. The river rose to 4.7 feet. ATTACK ENGLAND Said to Have New Dreadnaught With 17-Inch Gun Throw ing Ton Shell. BATTLESHIPS BEING ARMzD FOR SORTIE Said That England's Fleet May Be Challenged For a Big Fight. (By United Press) London, Jan. 22. England antici pates an attack by German super dreduaught: armed wiih seventeen inch guns, capable of throwing a' ton -hell twenty miles. News by a naval critic reported the Germans arming new battleships with this formidable weapon. It is believed this same kind of gun bombarded Dunkirk months a.ro. The critic said the gun outclass ed anything in the British navy, l-cnce the teutons may rifk a sortie and iiuuii-iiKc diiuhus 'iicer. newspa pers are filled with reports of a new German battle plane, called the Fok kcr. which destroyed sixteen British biplanes in recent months. One paper is convinced that several fokkcrs ac companied the Zeppelin raid over London. MOTOR COMPANY HAD ' SCARE IN DETROIT Floor Gave Away and Alarm ing Report Resulted in a Riot Call. (By United Press) Detroit, Jan. 22. The floor of the stock department of Hudson .Motor company collapsed while a score of persons were w-orking. and tons -of material went crashing through to the first floor. No one was killed, nor seriously injured. Alarming reports telephoned lo the police caused a riot call, and every ambulance in the city was rushed to the scene, and re turned empty, , , . KNOX BUTTE NOTES. Knox Butte, Jan. 22. Knox Butte was -the scene of several merry coast ing parties during the snow. On Sun day, afternoon a crowd of young peo ple enjoyed coasting pust north of the school house but an ideal coasting spot was discovered north of the home of Vcrl and Pay Miller and every evening until the snow disappeared, large coasting parties enjoyed them selves. Skatiiij was indulged in to some extent and several youngsters enjoyed slcikh rides. Winnistein Du pee was the first to appear on his sled drawn by a driving horse, then Saturday and Sunday afternoon sever al were noticed on sleds in tandem fashion, drawn by their favorite driv ing horses. The Knox Butte schools each day enjoyed skating as well as their warm soup at the lunch hour. The many friends of Mrs. Jerome Froman will be sorry to learn of her serious accident. Mrs. Froman fell about a month ago and broke both bones of her ankle and last week in order to prevent blood poisoning her teg had to be amputated below the knee. Mrs. Froman spent most of her life at Knox Butte, and a few years ago went to Ponoka, Canada where she resides. MAGAZINE AGENTS ARRESTED FOR SHORT CHANGING Yesterday was a busy day for the Albany police force, three arrests having been made. Yesterday Chief of Police Catlin received word from Chief of Police Welch of Salem, ask ing him to be on the lookout for two men wanted on a charge of short changing and forging on Salem peo ple. With Night Officer Sam Worrell, Catlin met the south bound S. P. train at 5:20 last evening and arcest ed the pair as they alighted. The two men, who said their names were Paul Soucey. who is about 19 years old, and 'Paul Meyers, aged about 28, had been soliciting subscrip tions for three magazines, the Peoples Journal, the Ladies Home Journal and the Happy Home, and it is said that they shortchanged some Salem peo ple who.subscrihed. ...... Chief-of Police Welch, who brought Harry Moore and Leo Giddjngs to the city, arrested in connection with the Chiswell case, took the two men back to the Capital City, where they will stand trial. PROHIBITION LAW IS RESPECTED BY LIQUOR SHIPPERS IN LINN. Sheriff Viaita Depots and Expresa Offices and Finds but 27 Or. dera Have Come In. Sheriff D. II. Bodine statea that the prohibition law ia being reapectcu here. He haa made a round of the ex press and freight office and found that the law is being obeyed in every respect. lo date but 27 shipment have come in. Twenty-five two quart expresa shipment of whiskey and one case of beer have arrived at the Kreat North ern and Well Fargo Express office, and consigned to private panic. At tne a. r. treight Depot it was tound that a local druggist has received two barrels of alcohol. All are itrictly le gal. Some surprise has been expressed at the small number of shipments re ceived in the city since the first of the year, but this may be accounted for by the fact that most of the hab itual user of liquor, (and others who are not habitual), have laid in sup plies sufficient to last for some time. When these supplies have become ex hausted it is probable that the ship ments will come in at a faster rate. On the other hand, many who for merly thought their beer a necessity. have abandoned the idea and have de cided to go without the luxury in view of the difficulties encountered in procuring the stuff. MCMINNVILLE AND ALBANY C0LLE6ES PLAY TONIGHT In the Regular Non-conference ' Collegiate Tournament of Basketball Teams. Worth seeing will be the basket ball game tonight between Albany College and McMinnville. The latter team is a good pne, as shown by their"! defeat last night of Philomath by 26 to 13. Albany college has the mater ial but lack thetearnw0ri(i If.the guards will get in and guard the men more and let the forwards look after their end there will be better results It is easy to make baskets when there is an open field for it. Half flic battle is consistent guarding. Albany's line up -will be: Custer and. trench, for wards: Martin, center; Parker and Haberly. guards. Admission 25 cents. Kenneth Stevens came down from Eugene this morning to spend Sun day at the home of his narenrs ' Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Stevens. Mrs. H. B. Cusick and jlrs. R. E. Mason went to Portland this morning on a short trip. Miss Ruby Gore, who has been vis iting at the home of her sister, Mrs. J. A. W. Gardiner, -returned to Port land this morning. ' y 1916 JURY LIST (Continued from Yesterday) Santiam Harry E. Mullen, G. H. Gearhart, W. M. Powell, J. N. Bilyeu, Charles D. Compton. North Scio Rudolph Wesley, G. W. Arnold, J. L. Calavan, J. M. Long, T. L. Dugger.' South JScio Rudolph , BorovicWa, Fred Mespelt, G. W, Morrow, Jos. R. Young, M. P. Long, Lee Erwin, W. W. Gibson! H. C. Miller. ' Shcdd R. S. Acheson, C. H. Dav idson, J. H. Mears. C. W. Malson, J. B. Cornett, Frank Hulbert. Shelburn F. J. Denny, Stanley Taylor, W. M. Phillips, John Lint, I. A. Munkera, Sodavitlc Gus Gundersonr C. B. Harrington, Herbert L. LeForge, G. E. Price. : Strawberry Hugh Bowen, M. H. Donnelly, J. W. Prickett, A. A. Gat chell. Sweet Home F. G. Mattke, W. H. Lee, K. S. Mealey. E. C. Russell, Vic tor Rose, W. H. Davis. Sunrise J. D. Burkhart, W. E. Ba Jxer, John A. Millard, J. Edward Blair. Syracuse John .Mac Neil!, Joseph Conner, L. H. Knight, J. B. Davis, R. O. Conscr. Tallman B. F. Saiiders,.John Weis ner, C. V. Walker, M. V. Briggs. Tangent J. O. Fry, Carl Grell, Ho mer Speer, P. S. Frecrksen G. A. 'Hindes. V. E. Looney, A. D. Bender. Tennessee Asa Baker, E. E. Keeb . ler, D. A. McCormick, O. Grisham, R. C. Burkhart, Geo. E. Ross. Waterloo Fred W. Kregg. Win. Robertson, Neal Loftin, F. T. Mc Timiuonds, Elmer Coylc, Mclviu B. Miller. . TELEPHONE LINES 8E At Least Signs Are Favorable, One of the Companies Show ing Willingness. OTHER COMPANY TO BE HEARD FROM It Is Large Problem and Prac-a tically Involves the Entire Oregon System; That there is a good prospect of - the two telephone companies of this city merging, is manifest from the movement now under, way by the com- mercial club of this city. The matter was recently taken up by the com- . mercial club, and a correspondence begun. District Superintendent C. Van Houtcn. of Bell Co. responded that lie had forwarded the letter of the club to the head office at San Francis co, and that doubtless the viewpoint of the club will be carefully viewed; but, that as the problem is a large one it will take some time for consid eration. It practically- means more - than the Albany exchanges, probably the entire "system in the state. Tiie answer from Portland shows distinctly that the Home company is anxious for a merger of the compa nies and w'ill do it part., towards . bringing about the result desired, one that will be appreciated by Albany ' people. Here is the letter: Portland, Jan. 19. I beg to say that this company was organized for the purpose of serving the public eco nomically and effectively. We will not" .only .nol opjoe,- -but . -wilt lend-' our active support to any'plan that 'Will relieve the citizen of Albany of any unnecessary burdens and which will : not result in the necessary impair- ment of the qurdity of service, whicii we render them or a destruction of our investment. We shall be very glad to confer with you at any time as to the praicticability of any means which . may be proposed to bring about this end. v ' J. B. MIDDLETON', Manager. ' Wet Mail ' The Marshfield Times arrived this morning, soaked to the limit. This is a . frequent occurrence.. Does , the mail stage wade through water above the wagon bed, or are the sacks left out :n the rain? Uncle Sam's attention is called to the matter. N , s Answer Filed The C. & E. Railroad Co.- today filed their answer in the case of Jos.... A. Wood vs. the C. & E. Ry Co., a suit for damages. Wood wa in jured by a hydraulic jack at the car shops of the defendant company last year and brought suit for damage. Guarding Did It Medford high this week defeated Eugene 8 to 2 at basketball. The Med ford guards were said to be on the spot all the time. The trouble with -Albany guards is that they only guard part of the time. Jack Nash came over from Corvallis this morning to spend Sunday with relatives in Albany. .-.- . ITALY TO BE FEATURED ' IN SERMON TOMORROW Dr. F, H. Geselbracht, who deliv ered an interesting address' on Austria-- Hungary in his sermon last Sunday, will bring Italy into his subjec to inorrw. . . . The resources of Italy in 1913 show the country to contain 1 10,659 square miles, about 15,000 square miles larg er than Oregon. The population of this romantic country is 35,238,997, or about 45 times the population of Oregon. ' ,' - " ' The wealth of the country is placed at $20,000,000,000, and a national debt' of $2,776,089,420 is carried. In 1913 the annual revenue was $530,399,180. In that year the army budget re quired $71,110,000 ond $50.789,2.30 was set aside for the navy. The standing army at that time was 250,000 men. with 770,000 reservists, a total strength of 1,020,000. At the present time, however, the reserves and reg ulars numbered more than that. :