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Established in 1865 But Advertising Medium In IJnn County THE WEATHER Tonight, rain or snows not io cold. Wednesday nln or inow. ALBANY DAILY DEMOCRAT VOL. XXVHI ALBANY, LINN COUNTY, OREO ON, TUE8DAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1916. No. 229. AT Many Communications Read. at Meeting Last Evening and Recommendations Made. FIGHT BEING MADE FOR FAIR RATES ON R.R.'S FROM EAST Matter of Newer and Better Quarters For Club Discussed and Committee Appointed. The regular weekly meeting of ttic Albany Commercial cluli m well ttt lemleil mid mi unusually large amount of business disposed of last night. If the eflnri of the members of the club will avnil anything Albany it due to 1e classed along with oilier cities from the noullicrii boundary of the lAlc tu Anuria in the matter of Com . ,' -"miiiu and ruiiment, It 1i inc'oi. ! my that the com mercial din. Vie composed of something mori . :t office rooms tnd a place to meet once a week. The theory of other cities that the more attractive the rooim are made to the members the more can be accom plished in held by a number who are limy trying to bring about the change. Last night President Robiietl ap liolntcd a committee composed of Dr. C. V. Littler. C. II. Winn. C. II. Wit der. W. A. Uattburn. and K. Wal worth to the proper course for the club to purine, the matter of securing new quarter, the coat of fitting them tip and the cost of rearranging the present quarters to betetr meet the needs. A lengthy discussion of the matter was indulged in and vari ant opinions brought out. The com mittee will report at the mcetinit ol Feb. 14th. the night of the rcitular monthly niceliiiK and banquet of the whole club. A letter was read from the Port land Chamber of Commerce, urging the club to support the United Statu' Chamber of Commerce in their efforts to establish a non-partisan permanent Tariff Commission. The matter was tlisctusrd and referred to the com mittee op legislation, requesting that the proper resolutions be drafted at once and reported at the next meet - 1n. The Astoria Naval Bae Committee ask that the Albany Commercial club urge upon the Oregon members of 'Congress the establishing of a naval base of the firm clan at the mouth ol the Columbia river. Thin was also re ferred to the Legislative Committee. To the committee on legislation was also rcfrrrcd the communication from Hie Portland Chamber of Commerce asking that the club use ita influence with the Oregon congressmen asking that they make more liberal provision tit the water power bill now pcndinK In Congress. A communication from the Vista Houscc Assn.. of Portland, Vns received asking that the club con tribute to the Memorial of the Ore gon Pioneers at Crown Point, Col tunliia Highway, nlong the Columbia river. The Memorial Hall, rest-room and observatory is to cost $20,000. The club, or individuals, ore asked to contribute write-ups and cuts for the (Continued oil Page 4) POWERS FUNERAL WILL BE HELO TOMORROW NOON The funeral of the late Fred Pow ers, who was killed by a work trnin in Portland Saturday, will he nt the Knights of Pythias Hall Wednesday noon at 12:30. The services will he conducted by Laurel Lodge No. 7, K. of P., nnd interment will take place in Riverside Cemetery. Fred Powers was bom In Iowa In May, 1872, being 4.1 years old at the time of his death. He was well known in Albany and Linn county. Besides the widow and three small children, aged 3, 6 and 8 years', he is survived by two brothers, C. E. Pow ers, of this city, and Frank Powers, of Bend, also nil uncle. Win. Powers, and n cousin. Mrs. II. B. Springer. He also leaves other relatives In Shcdds and Seattle, NO JAN. ARRESTS CITY DOCKET ABSOLUTELY CLEAN FROM CRIMES. First Month to Show No Arrests for Drunkenness With Not Even Complaint Piled, - While other cities are blowing about how clean they are since pro hibition went into effect Albany may well take a couple of toot at her own horn. Portland this morning tells how drunkenness was 80 per cent lri this year than last. Albany is 100 per cent less. There was none last month. During January I" 16 there was not an arrest in the city court, not a com plaint, not u drunk taken into custody, not a crime. There were two cases of boys being picked up and being sent 1inck to their homes, but there were not arrests made. , . There are no women operating in Albany. Chief of Police Catlin has cleared all rooming houses and other questionable places of all women car rying on illicit occupations, All clubs and hotels have been visited and no violations of the local option law were found. There has not been a booze case. 1 here was one m the justice court, but none in the city court. A glance at the old records of the city recorder's office shows tlt.'.t far back there has never been a month when there was not at least one ar rest for drunkenness. The fines have run up as high as $.100 a month. Uut in Jau.uary of 1916 there was not one. The city is well patrolled at night. Chief Cntlin .stays on the job until from 12 to 2 o'clock every night. Night Officer Sam Worrell patrols the east end of the city and Kodgers covers the business portion and the western part. All the officers cooper- ale and seem to be doing effective work. MUCH TALKEO OF XS LOST HAS BEEN FOUND Sighted Off Florida', Heading For Key West in Good Condition. (By United Press) Washington, Feb. 1. The desroycr Stcrrclt reported this morning that the submarine KS was sighted off Mi ami, Florida, and was heading for Key West at ten knots. It reported noth ing wrong, and did not need assist ance. It was due to reach Key West -today. It is not known how the K5 happened to pass Charleston where the remainder of the flotillas topped ALBANY HER GO. HIGHEST . BIDDERS FOR TIMBER Bills were opened yesterday by the forestry office in response to an ad vcrtiscmciu for the sale of 1,64S,000 boads measure, of Douglas fir, west ern hemlock and western red cedar. There were two bids. The Albany Lumber company was highest., at $1.70 per M, for Douglas fir, $1.70 for cedar and 50 for hemlock. The other bidder was the Livcslcy Co. of Wood hum. Of the money received on tic contract 25 per cent will go into the county funds for improvement of highways along the forestry. C. W. Calloway went to Portland on the morning train. S ALL WELL. Orcgoniiin: One month of prohibition and all's well. ' All well, and then some. Look: Not a single family row has broken into the police court dur- lug the month. They were n common occurrence before 1916, S nearly all due to booze. Grocery stores have taken the place of corner saloons; - rents have not been materially affected, say the brokers, and the number of vacancies left by saloons is astonishingly few. . More money is In circulation for groceries, drygoods and stn- pic articles, says C. C. Colt, prcs- Idcnt of the Chamber of Com- mcrce. ' 10 At Chicago Before Leaving He Was Hit By Moving Picture Operators. MRS. WILSON REFUSED TO BE GRANDSTANDED A Long the Way Crowds Turn Out to See the President Pass Cities. (By United Press) Chicago, Feb. I. Before departing for Ucs Moines, the president posed for the movies in front of his hotel. Mrs. Wilson tucked herself in the cor ner of the limousine and declined to stand in front of the machine. The president's train left at 10 o'clock this morning. Enthusiasts broke through the guard of detectives and cheered the executive. Joliet, Feb. I. Conserving his voice. President Wih.on unexpectedly failed to deliver a platform speech here. The train crept past the crowded station amid a burst of cheers. DECISION IN CHURCH CASE. Supreme Court Holds Against Open- Ins; Taylor M. E. Church of Portland. (By United Press) Salem, Feb. I. The Supreme Court awarded a decision for the defendants in the Portland Taylor Street Meth odist church fight The insurgent fac-. lion sued the church authorities, seek ing to compel the opening of the od church, , Did Not Sink Persia. (By United Press) Washington, Feb. 1. Secretary Lansing announced the receipt of Austria's denial that an Austrian sub marine sank the Persia. - - Remains to Lie In State The remains of the Rev. C. M. Bry an will lie in state in the Methodist church tomorrow afternoon from 1 to 2 o'clock when friends of the de ceased are privileged to view them. The funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock. Two Funeral Today The funeral of the late O. T. Por ter w.is held this afternoon from the Fortmillcr Funeral Chapel at" 2 o'clock. At 2:30 the services of 4h-: 1atc T. G. Bailey were held in the Masonic temple and burial, was held in Masonic cemetery. . o RAILROADS WILL NOT CARRY FILMS IN PASSENGER CARS As a further step to safeguard the life of passengers from accident. Western railroads today will prohibit the carrying of motion picture films in passenger cars. The celluloid of which the films arc made is a highly com bustible substance, and the fear that a chance contact with fire might end in disaster. This actioin follows that already taken by railroads of the country lo cated in the East and Middle West A passenger on a suburban train run ning out of Chicago recently carried into the combination smoking and baggage car four reels of motion pic ture films and placed it on the floor between the scats. In some way, pre sumably by a lighter match, dropped by a smoker, the films were set off and an explosion occurred in which 38 persons were badly b.nrned, two fatal ly. As a result hailhoads are no long er willing to submit their sustomcrs to ouch o hazard. When films arc sent by express, they can be inspected when received for shipment, and carried in the safe manner laid down by the packing rules of the Interstate Commerce. Commis sion. -This ruling has been recommended by the Amcricnn Railway Association the bureau for safe transportation of l explosives, THE CHINESE YEAR WILL ; END THIS EVENING The New Year Will Begin To morrow and Will Last For a Month. This is the last day of the year, to the Chinaman. Tomorrow will be the beginning of the new year, an event in the life of the Celestial, often cele brated with great noise and much hil arity. These days, though, in Albany, there is little doing. Years ago the Celestials would fire from $50 to $100 worth of firecrackers, a continual cracking without cessation. On one occasion at the present site of W. M. Parker's store a long string of crackers from the second floor to the sidewalk was kept going for half an hour, and the devil was certainly frightened away. Now there are only thirteen Celestials in Albany, scat tered about the city, working for dif ferent institutions, with only one wash house. A Dr. here does a good busi ness and runs a neat place. The old est Celestial resident of the city is Hoe Hong, who has been here thirty- three years, and is probably due to re main for a long time yet He works at the Owl club. Jim Wcstfall, prob ably the best known Chinaman Al bany ever had.js said to be alive yet, living in Canton, we believe. One time w.cll off, a shrewd contractor, he lost all he bad in a deal with the Ore gon Pacific. In those days there were between one and two hundred here, gradually reduced to thirteen. , FOLMAR JENSEN CHOSEN AS ORATOR FOR STATE WEST In a Tryout This Morning Jen sen Took First Place Among Three Speakers. t The College chapel was the scene of the preliminary oratorical contest to select the orator to represent Al bany College at the State Inter-scholastic Oratorical contest, to be held in Monmouth, in March. Four orations had been submitted to the judges, but only three of the orators appeared for delivery. , Miss Minnie Hcinrich was the first speaker. The subject of her oration was "A Needful Awakening," a plea for the rural districts. Miss Elizabeth Torbet followed with an oration on "Back to the Farm." Folnicr Jensen, the last speaker. spoke on "Where -Is Thy. Brother? a question of who is keeper of the unemployed. Owing to a hard cold, a sore throat i troubled Howard Speer that he deemed it unwise to enter the contest If Mr. Specr's delivery had been good, lie would have undoubtedly have won first place in, the contest, as all the judges upon composition and style gave him first place, with a comfort able margin above his competitors. The first speaker. Miss Hcinrich, is a senior. The rest of the orators arc sophomores. After a slight consultation of the committee receiving the decisions of the judges, the award of first place was made to Mr. Jensen. The judges upon delivery were Rev. Fagan, Carl Sox and L. L. Swan. Manager of debate and oratory Lee Hulbert, states that the prospects of a favorable showing this term arc ex cellent, the college having much good working material, in such peo ple as the old A. H. S, debaters, Miss Ruby Mocnch. and Miles McKey. Anti-Trust Law Violated. (Ry United Press) Cincinnati. Feb. 1. TV federal court entered a decree finding the Na tional Cash Register company had vi olated the anti-trust act, combining in an attempt to monopolize interstate "trade and commerce. The decree was encred with the company's consent and criminal proceedings were drop ped. San Francisco Tragedy. . (By United Press) San Francisco, Feb. 1. A police man was fatally shot by an unidenti fied bandit, who was -wounded, but escaped with two others when the po lice Interrupted the burglars In n sa loon this morning. The three robbers were captured after a desperate battle. ZEPPELINS MAKE 54 Killed and Many Injured in. Raid Over Prominent English Counties. FIGURES MAY BE HIGHER THAN THE FIRST REPORT A Heavy Mist Caused Them to Miss the Mark Some of the Time. (By United Press) London, Feb. 1 Zeppelins last night killed 54 and injured 67, attack ing Staffordshire, Lincolnshire and Leicestershire. The official announce ment of casualties this afternoon in dicated that the figures may run high er when complete reports are made. Mist hampered the attackers. Other wise the raids would have-been more terrible. This is the most disasterous raid against England during the war. ' March 1, Conscription. (By United Press) London, Feb. 1. It is announced the government conscription law will become operative on March second. Attacked Allies Ships. (By United Press) Berlin, Feb. 1. It is officially an nounced that German airships attack ed the allied ships and supply depots at Salonika, with excellent success. Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Robibns and Mrs. R. A. Erwin went to Salem this morning to visit relatives. ' ' Y GERMAN ZEPPELINS HOVERING OVER BELGIUM WAITING Said to Be Getting Ready For Big Operations Against England. (By United Press) London, Feb. 1. A squadron of 20 Zeppelins, equipped with silent mot ors have been maneuvering over Bel gium for several days, preparing to drive against London, Amsterdam re ported. Experts believed the raid last night against Midland, eastern and northwestern counties in England, was merely an attack preliminary to larger operations. W. C. 6IL00W AND FAMILY HOME FROM FLORIDA TRIP Mr. and Mrs. W. C. GildcAv and sons returned this morning from their Flor ida, trip, much pleased with their ex periences. They went through the south as far as Miami, in Southern Florida, being in Jacksonville also. The weather there was delightful, 85 in the shade, and the country was full of tourists. They returned by the southern route, but had to take to the Santa Fe part of the way, passing through Los Angeles, afflicted with floods. ' ; They experienced rain,' blizzards and snow, a hurricane, landslide, wash outs, certainly a mixture trom ttow- ers to blizzarus. iney reaencu iiomc Veil, satisfied with the trip as an edu cation for the boys. One of Elmer Gildow's experiences was being arrested at Juarez, while on a trip alone to that Mexican town, being released with difficulty. Mrs. H. H. Bccson went to Gates this morning. ; Chas. Stewart, of the state banking department, went to Salem this morn ing. E. W.,Albcrs went to Munkers this morning. W. B. Chance was a passenger to Salem this morning. WAS BAD MONTH JANUARY SETS RECORD FOR LONG PERIOD OF 8NOW. Temperature ranged from 7 to 52 De grees above zero, with 15 Days of Snow. Without a doubt this has been a most extraordinary winter in the Wil lamete valley. All the old timers will admit it and the memory of many oth ers will not permit its denial. There were winters when the snow was deeper, but in the memory of the present generation there has never been a time when snow lay on the ground for practically a whole month. Such was the case. Snow started on the first of the year. After a short time this went away, but more appeared for another spell. Before the second covering of white was gone another storm came and so it was all through January. Snow fell on 15 different days in the month, and the total snow fall for the month was 24 inches. However, the precipitatio was only normal, the rainfall and melted snow being 6.03 inches. The warmest day in January regis tered 52 degrees. This was on Jan. 22, three days after the coldest day of the month showed seven above on the ninctenth. In all there was six days of ice skating. As late as last Sunday crowd of enthusiasts glided over the crust at Copenhagen. The weather record shows that there was but one entire clear day during the month. This is unusual, for January generally is a month of many clear and sunny days. Every day but this one was cloudy or partly so. It was a month to be remembered and will go down as the worst Jan uary in the minds of all, perhaps, ex cept the oldest residents. , ! ALBANY GUN CLUB WILL , HAVE JIMAMENI MEETING Albany Can Have Next Shoot Here of State Club If Offer ' Ms Accepted. ' W. G. Ballock, apon .'Mrning fr. hit recent trip to Poitlani reported r',:ic the sportsmen ther arc in favor b.i ng the next state shoot at this citv A meeting Ol he Albany ' Club will be held at ihc omniercial club rooms tonight, and it will "ie up to the members whether Albany shall a-TCDt the ofter to cams here. The sei.tinient seems to be decidedly in vr cf bringing as :iuiy things this character her-: as it :s possible to secure, looking upon them not merely as money makers for the city, but as well for the fellowship of them and their, value as an advertisement for a city. ; - SUNDAY S. SUPRINTENDENTS. Have Elected Officers and Will En- ' deavor to Advance Interests of the Sunday School. The Sunday School superintendents of the city met in the Baptist church on Sunday afternoon and formed s permanent Sunday school supcrinten dents association, electing the follow ing officers:- President. Allan Banks vice oresident and secretary, J. G, Minton. Many things of interest were dis cussed, anion? them being a plan to advertise the Sunday schools in gener al., and another plan to get a reli gious census of the city and make a systematic canvas, inviting everybody to indentify themselves with some Sunday school. si '3 as-si' a TODAY'S ODDEST STORY, s Flushing. L. I., Feb. L In an attempt to get their two million dollars worth of debts paid, Flushingites today inaugurated a week's payup campaign with the slogan: "Man is. Dust and Dust Settles. Be a Man." Glar- ing posters proclaim this idea throughout the town. The cam- naiirn is under the directioin of the Flushing Business Men's As- sociation. Lexington, Kentucky. Great Neck and Far Rockaway s got the details of the Flushing S) nlan and are watching results w here. ' si - L AI U.S. Supposed to Have Been Torpe doed, Had Adventure With German Steamer. ARMED MERCHANTMAN ATTACKED APPAM JAN. 15 s Now at Hampton Roads With Prize Crew After Thrilling Experiences. (By United Press) Norfolk, Feb. 1. In charge of a German prize crew, the African liner . Appam, previously reported lost in a heavy storm, cast anchor in Hamp ton Roads this morning. Immigration and customs officials boarded the lin er. Some of the passengers were found to be sick, all excited with their strange adventures. The passengers declared that the German armed mer- . chantman attacked the Appam Jan uary 15, near the Canary Islands. The prize crew, in command of Lieut. Oscar Berg, weri put aboard and then the raider disappeared. Shots across the bows stopped the Appam. The liner resisted, believing that pirates were attacking, but ;the two guns aboard proved unequal to the task. Both steamers lowered their boats, the German prize crew board ing the Appam. Bloody fighting oc curred on the decks. Several were in jured, two dying later. Commander Harrison then surrendered and the prize crew headed the" Appam for America. The vessel which captured he Ap pam sank a meafT.raaen Australian freighter -within sight W the Appam crew, the passenger' said. Besides the 300 passengers, a crew of 300 British prisoners were transferred from the raider and brought here. Capt. Berg said he came to Norfolk because he heard he could get decent treatment here. He reported that the Appam sunk two vessels enroute. Norfolk, Feb. 1. A message thrown from the porthole to the Unit-, ed Press correspondent revealed the name of the raider which captured the Appam was the Moewe. It said that the Moewe started the career from the Kiel canal, passing through the Brit ish blockade. Besides capturing the Appam, it bagged seven ships. Clan McTavvish. the biggest vessel sunk, showed fight. The immigration officer who went aboard the Appam this af ternoon learned that the McTavish crew were killed except four who were injured. o The Baptist Ladies Aid will hold a ten cent tea at the home of Mrs, Reeves, 705 East First St., Wednes day afternoon. Come, bring your fan cy work and enjoy a few hours with us. A. R. Mitchell was : senger to Salem.- -.' morning- pas- TAX BOOKS READY FOR COLLECTION BY SHERIFF County Assessor Earl Fisher has completed his-Work on the 1915 tax rolls and is ready to turn the books over to the sheriff for collection with- : in the next few days. The items in the list below show that about one quarter of the money to be collected this year will be spent for road work and five- fourteenths are to go for school pur poses. The total tax to be collected this year is $568,757.87, as compared with ?564,62.23 the previous year. County Expense ...$ 62,353.17 ... . 71,706.15 ... 20,529.25 . -4,448.80 ,., 107,487.68 . 84,176.78 40,529.56 .J-77,942,47 24.775.15 .... 74,819.86 Common school tax .. County high school tax Union high school tax ...... Special school tax State tax .... Roads and bridges ........... General road tax '.. Special Road tax '. Special city tax Total tax ............. .....568757.87