EBtabfiehed in 1865 But Advertising Medium In Linn County THE WEATHER Tonight nd Tuesday rain, colder to night. Strong outhwterly winds. ALBANY DAILY DEMOCRAT VOL, XXVIII ALBANY, LINN COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1916. No. 234. HEAVY DOWNPOUR BIGS RIVER UP Total of 3.1 1 Inches in 48 Hours Swells Valley Streams and Fills Many Basements. NO DANGER THOUGHT TO BE IMMINENT HERE, HOWEVER Stago Predicted at 25 Feet By Tuesday P. M. But Not Ex peotod to Be Higher. Oregon seem tu It ill lllr business nl cniyiiii on a mull calc ilu-wc-itlirf condition in uihrr sections ill the country. Nut content wiih umc (now anil ice, after tile fashion oi Eastern mitl 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 r -u c -1 1' r 1 1 ttale. the Willamette Vulllry in nmv ImviiiH It i K It water. With warm rains uiiioiiiit iiiti to 3.11 inchc al Albany in the 4 hour preceding o'clock thii morn, inu the Willainetc and Saniiam, an well n the MacKviuic rivrr came up wilh a mull. Ycilcrday afternoon the fiautiam river wn reported to he ris ing t the rate of a loot and a half an hour. Thii morning the Willamette river at this place Va rising at the rate of .7 of a foot an hour. The tein ler:iturc for the 24 Imur preceding N o'cluck thi morning ranged between Si degree and 4o dcKrces. The rain fall for the ame period wan l.M inches. The trgc of the river at 8 o'clock till murium van IS-K (eel. At VI o'clock it was 16 5 fret and at 3 oVJ.nl this riftcrii'tou it had risen to IK.5 feet. "The river is coming up rapiilly." mid Weather Observer 1', M French this morning, "and will reach n stage f about 25 fcrt,itbove' lw-wnter by tomorrow ai'H-ritoon, hilt I do not l.'iik for anything d ingcrnu. I h.--1'eve 25 will he ahoiit the limit. The Mage at Eugene tlii morning was 17 feet, and ttiat mean almitt 25 here. The chance an; that thin freshet will do more good than harm." The effect of the heavy rain o! the past 4K hour are being felt hy many tinmen in thin city, where the water has hacked up in the cwcr into many basements. In noitie place t .'o feet of water tood in basement, and this morning four feet Mood in the basement of the Junior high school linillinr at Ninth and llro.nl nlhlti trc;t. A little concern is felt hy the rail road. Yesterday an inspector w-a sent out fnim S.ileni to Lassen, near Eugene to look after possible trou hlc nl the sub-station at that place. More effect are felt from limit water in the territory between Eugene mid llarrUhiiri; where he country i low and flat than in thi district. No alarm need be felt locally if the river doe not reach much about the 25 foot m irk, hut if it rise to the 30 foot mark tlicrr la apt to be much damniie. -TIiin in not expected, how ever. ,: People coming from llrownsvillc this morning state lli;.t the town is divided by the flood. In some places houses lire surrounded and residents of one part of the town are tirnblo lo reach the other section without the aid of a boat. School is dismissed and business is Interfered with'. The approach to the C. St E. rail road briditc east of Thomas over Thomas Creek was washed away and two trains were held up this morning until repairs could be made. By II o'clock it wits' again open. Oak Creek overflowed its hanks about two miles south of the city on the Tangent road and covered the road for a distance. A dinpatcli from Eugene litis after noon was to the effect that .the river was 18 fret, Jtnil had begun to fall, which means that the crest of the flood will he here tomorrow evening, and will he about 25 feet, Washington, Feb. 7. The veatlicr bureau has warned acainst the possi bility of dangerous avalanches in the mountain of Oregon, Washington ,-ind Idaho, and floods on the eastern slopes of the Cascades in Washington ns a remit of the rains, and warmth following the snow storms (Continued on Page 4) DEATH OF WM. M. POWERS PROMINENT PIONEER 1849 Born in N. Y., Came to Ooast in '49 and to Linn County in 1851. William M, Towers, one of l.inn county' moil prominent pioneer dp ieiiH, died at 6:35 o'clock thin morn ing, after an illiic.11 of tome lime, and the slate lose a good eitien. lie was bom in llatavia, Genesee comity. K. Y, August l. IK27, and was HH and a half year old at flic time of l" death. He came to the coast in I8I". called here by the gold excitement of th::t year. In JH51 he came up to Oregon, settling .near Shedil, where be resided until about fifleu year ago, when lie moved to Albany, living at 9.17 West Fifth street. . He i'. said to have been the oldest Mason hi t.iun county, one of t!ie ear lir. member of the Albany lodge. He was also an Indiin war veteran, srrvimr hi country faithfully in the tumble of the pioneer day with the Indian. lie leaves a wife, Mary, rnd three children, Mrs, II. It, Sprcnger, of this city; Guy Powers, of Oakland, Calif., and Burr Powers.' of near Shedd. Another son, Frank died al Port laud a few weeks ago. and alto a nephew, Fred Power, m.-'kimt three death in the family within about n month. Arrangement have not yet been completed for the funeral. War Ended. (Bv United Pre) Chicago, Feb. 7. On motion uf die Federal League. Judi;e Laudi dis missed the suit against organized baseball, ending the war between tic faction. 00U0Di!tltS!!S8' S . CITY NEWS. Wis Hinckley Home l - -s 4. , it-w ' 'Miss nciil.th Hinckley came up from Portland Srturday evening for a short visit at home, returning last right. To Be Married at Keokuk A ,inarria:!c 0 interest to Albany people will take place tomorrow at K a. 111.. at an 'l'picopal church in Keo kuk, low.i, when Atdcn Sears, a son of C. W. Scar, of this city, and also a native of Albany will he united in marriage to a prominent young lady of Keokuk,. Aldcn li foreman of the operating department of the big pow- cr plant, of which his brother, Chas. A., is superintendent and manager. The four sons uf Mr. and Mr. Sear will then have all been married. Left for Hawaii Mr. and Mrs. K, li. Mason left Ihi.i morning over the Oregon Klectric for a mouth's trip in the Hawaiian Inl ands. .Knroutc they will atop at San Francisco, where they will meet Mrs. P. A. Young and other Oregon peo ple and at San Pedro, Cal. They will also stop at Hilo, in t'te lslamUcn Toutc to Honolulu. Idral Church The h'M of lb? series of sermons 011 ideals was preached hy Rev. I'a giiii yesterday evening before a large audience. Like individuals the ideal Vhurch has to have many high quali ties, above all the Christ spirit. At the close there were six or seven baptisms of young people converted during the scries, Back from Pendleton , Peter Paulus arrived in the city this morning from Pendleton, where he has been' located for the past few months. Ministers Met The Albany Ministerial Association held a meeting in the parlor of the Y. M. C. A. building this morning. Bowlers to Meet , Y. M. C. A, men interested In howl ing will meet in the association rooms this evening to arrange for a tourna ineiit to be held during the next few weeks, The checker tournament, which has been in progress for the past week, will take on added interest with two or three nights featured In a week instead of one ns formerly.. Final Account Filed The final account of the adminis trator In the eatate of John J. Mnhn was filed today. TIS House Makes An Appropriation For Increase of Battleship Building Facilities. CALIFORNIA TO GET HALF A MILLION A Move to Increase the Naval Cadets at Annapolis Caused Fiery Debate. (By United Press) Washington, F'eb. 7. After ' three hours' debate the hou passed the bill providing for $oU),MX) appropriation for increase of battleship building fa cilities at New York and Mare Island yards. A roll call was not demanded. Five-kixth of the appropriation goes to California, the remainder to New York. The money vill he 'used to build way for dreadnaughlt author ised last year. A fiery debate occur red on the bill to incrcr.se the number of Annapolis naval cadet. It is re garded the opening skirmish on tile preparedness fight. o COUNTY CLERK WORRIED -OVER SLOW REGISTRATION With Less Than Two Months to Register Only One Fourth Have Signed Up. Registration continues slow in l.inn coniiy;, During the past week only 4.17 i.ew names were added to the file in the county clerk": office. County Clerk Russell is worried' over the mailer and predicts a very short rcu-isti-iiiou or a mighty rush in the l;st f:. day before the primaries. Only jh ir . i.c-'..ur:h of the number of v . tr- 11 tile .ouiuy have so far si.i e'i up. an a I'Mit less than in mi-nth are lcit To date the '. 1! ic,:i-tia'.;t.t. is VZ?. l.i'bau. u c mimus to be the stro g h.i'd i..r women voters. That cit ';.' .1. far rci;i'.crrd IS., 95 bein? nun and h) men. In the follown-1 tii'iincls 11.. '.or in have register.' I: .Mb my V. t. -.ibany . .0. 8, Brr'in I'-.l'r. Providence, Rowland, S-io. Siedd. Miclbiun. Tallman and 'la... tent 1 r..w.r.'.-J;. .:i!e U the most nej'W .egitvi''"d c 1; of the' preciuctt. A' the last election titer were 1X2 vot ers and to dale llii of these have reg istered. Serbs Fleeing. ' CBy United Press) Rome, Feb. 7. The Austrian cav alry reached Arzeni river four miles from Duraizo, awaiting the arrival of the main body of Austrian v.ho de feated the Serbs on Sunday. The Serbs are retiring Southward to es cape envelopment by the Bulgarians at F.lbassan. Ralph Thorn spent the wevk end at Lebanon. , Judge P. R. Kelly went to Salem this morning lo attend to circuit court maters. Wm. Pollack went to Portland on business this if.orning. Advertising Is Education of the Public As to W ho You Are CLARENCE W. TEBAULT ANO MISS ROTH EDDY TO WEO Prominent Albany Newspaper man and Rosetu,rg Girl to Be Married Tuesday. Albany College folka v.'crc given a pleasant surprise yesterday when the new leaked out of the engage. :ic:;t o' Mis Ruth Josephine Eddy, of Rose burg, and Mr. Clarence W. Tcbault. of thi city. 1'he formal announce ment will he made at a reception to he given in. Tremout Hall tonight. Mrs. B. I.. F.ddy and daughter. Dor othy, arrived in the city Saturday and Mr. Eddy came down from Roseburg thi morning to be present when the announcement is made. The wedding is the culmination of a short romance and the announce ment is in the nature of a shock to the many friends of both Miss F.ddy and Mr. Tcbault. for but few had an inkling of their engagement. Miss Eddy is the daughter of Hon. and Mr. B. . L. Eddy, prominent Roseburg people. Mr. Eddy is a prom inent attorney of that place, has serv ed hi county in the Oregon legisla ture and is well known throughout the state. Mis Eddy is a graduate of Roseburg high school and in h;r home city she was one of the most popular members of the younger so ciety set. She entered Albany Col lege last fall and it was during her residence here that she met Mr. Tc bault and their friendship rapidly rip ened into love that wilt result in Tues day's wedding. Mr. Tcbault is a prominent news paper man of this city and popular in Albany social circles. He is a son of Mrs. C. W, Tcbault, who is now vis iting her sister in Washington, D. C. He i a representative of the Port land Journal and the Evening Herald. The Oregon. (By United Press) San Diego, Feb. 7. The battleship Oregon sailed for San Francisco this morning and Wednesday will court martial. I.icuu Jones, accused of losing the code hook, held aboard her. Feb ruary 15. the Oregon will be given to .the California . naval militia for a training ship. PHOTOGRAPHIC BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY Portland Production Has Sev eral Former Albany Men Pictured.' - The Democrat has received a neat booklet from Portland, entitled. "Pho tographic Business and Professional Directory, Portland, Oregon, 1916." Among the fine displays of celebrities are the following who formerly resid ed at Portland: J. G. Kelly, consult ing engineer; E. E. Larimore manag er of the Hotel Oregon, a former Al bany painter and baseball player; E B. 'Piper, editor of the Oregonian. once his satanic majesty on the Demo crat;, E. L. Thompson, of the llart-man-Thompson Banking Co., a native of Albany, once a harness maker and insurance agent here; 1. N. Walker, president of the Bchnkc-Walkcr Busi ness College. Several other former Albany men, prominent in business professionally, are not in the book. Miss I.illa McCoy returned to the city this morning after spending Sun day with friends at Brownsville. Mrs. Lillian Rcdiker left this morn ing for Seattle for a visit with rela tives. Hubbard Bulgarians and Turks on the Border Prepared to Meet, Forces There. BENEVOLENT NEUTRALITY OFFER WAS IGNOREO Furnishing Wheat For the Allies Set Things to Going Against Country. (By United Press) London, Feb. 7. The Bulgarians and Turkish forces are moving :-.long the Roumanian border to meet the concentration of the Roumanians there, Milan reported. It is stated that the central powers demanded a partial . Roumanian demobilization, with the pledge of benevolent neutral ity toward the Teutons. This was ig nored. The Chronicle declared that the Teutons protested against the Roumanian sale of eighty thousand car load:; of grain to the allies. Rou- mania replied that this is a necessary safeguard to economic interests. Aus tria is reported to have protested against the nomir.atioin of two Rou manian parliament candidates, pledg ed to the acquisition of Transylvania. CAPT. GRAHAM SAYS RATES HAVE BEEN REDUCED Declares Statement of P. D. Gilbert Erroneous, and Denies Any Combination. Portland, Feb. 5. (Editor Albany Daily Democrat! In your issue of February 2, you have a front page coU umri headed "Free Locks Fail to Lower Rates" wherein Mr. P. D. Gil bert of your city makes a written statement to the Public Utilities com mission of Salem, that since the ad vent of the free locks, there has been no reduction on freight rates and that the boat lines have absorbed the lock charges that were intended for the public benefit. We are surprised that so bright a business man as Mr. Gilbert should 'mahc such a statement to the public without at least taking the trouble of informing himself of the facts. W naurally presume the transportation company be mentioned was our com pany, as we arc the only boat line do ing general freight and passenger business on the upper Willamette Our published tariffs are open to the public at all stations, and if Mr. Gil bert had taken the trouble to ask us for copies of our tariffs before and after free lock and had compared those tariffs, he would have had no excuse to rush into print. We also wish to say that the stock of this company is Owned wholly by A. B. Graham, A. W. Grahr.m and Clyde Raabe, all active officers, and hhat there is no arangement whatso ever with etiher the Oregon Electric railway or the Southern Pacific com pany as to what freight rates we shall make. This company is strictly an in dependent one and our whole effort during the past twenty-five years on the Willamette has been to give the best possible service at the lowest SMALL TOWN OF COBURG VISITED BY BAO FIRE Seven or Eight Buildings De stroyed, With Total Loss of About $20,000. Coburg had a destructive fire yes terday morning, one that would prob ably have cleaned out the entire town but for a hard rain that was occur ring at the time. The Eugene fire department was asked for aid, but could not go. Several went in autos from Eugene. The losses are esti mated a follows: Cook & Rice, hardware and furni ture, loss $4000 to 5000, insurance $3500. Building owned by N. J. Nelson, lot $2000, partially covered by insur ance. Dr. M. E. Jarnagin, drug tore, in cluding stock, fixture and building: los, $4400; no insurance. Vogt Bro, confectionery story and pool room, loss, $2400; insurance $1, 500. Building owned by Mrs. Lucy Sodders, of Minnesota; loss, $1200; 'insurance, $800. United States Government, loss, $5 Building owned by M. J. Skiriner, loss, $1000; partially insured. All mail and postoffice fixtures, together with the property of the postmistress. Mrs. John iFtzhugh. who lived in the build ing, were removed., . Pacific States Telephone &' Tele graph company, loss, $200. Building owned by Lock & Washburn, loss, $700; insurance, $500. A switchboard, valued at $600, belonging to the tele phone company was saved. S. L. Tonnesen. feed store, building and stock, loss, $1500; insurance, $1, 000. Hotel owned by Mrs. Fred Higgin botham and conducted by D. B. Lock, damaged, loss on building and furni ture, $500, partially insured. 9 CITY NEWS. Merchants' Lunch Merchants!.. liuKh,.tQraorrow.niglv. at the Whitney Sweet Shop, when oysters will be the feature of the ev-n ening. It will be a good one. Howards Home- Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Howard have returned from ' their bridal trip to Portland and will visit Alsea, after which they will start for their new home near Great Falls, Man., on the way visiting with Mrs. Howard's" fath- r. . I. O. O. F. Come torlight at 7:30 for the pur pose of conferring the third degree. By order of the noble grand, A.. C. Baker. . To Firemen- Special meeting of the Albany fire department Tuesday evening. Feb. 8. at 7:30. All members are requested to be present. Immense Crowd Perhaps the biggest crowd ever at a movie show in Albany was the one at the Globe Saturday evening to sec Charlie Chaplin and the other at tractions. It was packed to the front door. . Explosion at Tacoma. Tacoma, Feb. 7. Three workmen are reported killed in an explosion at the Dupont powder plant this noon. The telephone lines are wrecked and details are lacking. Houses six miles away were damaged by the force of the explosion. The cause is not known. rates. Further controverting Mr. Gilbert, we have reduced our tariff, since the locks were made free, on class rates through the locks, including all points to Corvallis from 20 cents to 80 cents per ton and have taken off the full lockage of 50 cents per thousand on lumber, 25 cents per head on cattle nnd horses and from 20 cents to 30 cents per ton on hay. grain, feed, flour and other like commodities be sides reducing our minimum carload Weight from 30,000 pounds to 20,000 pounds. If you will kindly give this letter as prominent a place in your valuable paper as you did to Mr. Gilbert's, it will have much to do with putting us right with the public. '. . ; Very truly yours, . OREGON CITY TRANSPORTA TION COMPANY, A. B. Graham, president. THE LUSITANIA To Be Decided Whether the U. S. Shall Meet German Compromise. SEVERAL CONCESSIONS SAID TO BE MADE Government, Though, Is Getting Impatient Over Statements Made By Germany. (By United Press) Washington, Feb. 7. President Wfrson and Secretary Lansin confer red on the question of whether Amer ica shall meet the Germ: n comprom ise on the Lusitania situation. I: is intimated that Berlin has' made sever al important concessions. Secretary . Lansing declared that the American attitude remains unchanged. The White House is impatient because the Germans reported differences between the nations only a matter of phrasing. It is not determined yet whether to rebuke them for the statement. : Statement Denied. . Washington, Feb. 7. Secretary Lansing denied the statement attrib uted to Secretary Zimmerman, at Ber lin, that America increased her de- minds in the Lusitania case. He said he doubted if Zimmerman made such a statement, which he must know is utterly false. . o . ' VALLEY COMMERCIAL CLUBS ORGANIZE HERE SATURDAY Next Meeting to Be Held Here March 11 to Ceatinue v Work Started.' Temporary organization of the Wil lamette Valley Development League was formed at the meeting of com mercial club secretaries held here Satr urday afternoon.' The new organiza tion has for its officers Dr. J. H. Rob nett, of Albany, president; U. S. Laughery, Dallas, vice president, and O. H. Luck, of Salem, secretary. The organization voted to meet again in this city Saturday, March 11th. A committee composed of C. H. Stewart, of Albany; J. G. Protzmen, of Cottage Grove; U. S. Laughary, Dal las; George S. Saradam, McMinn ville, and O.' H. Luck, Salem, was appointed to recommend the name for the organization, which was adopted, and to state the purpose of the league The league will act as a clearinghouse for the interchange of ideas and in formation, to get down to more orga nized and systematic work and to ex ercise a greater influence on the de velopment of the valley. A trade mark for identifying valley ' products was recommended. It is expected that when the club gets fully organized and down to work greater results vill follow from the advertising received at the Panama-. Pacific fair than would have other wise obtained. ' " : ' ' ; o ; Watching Bridge. . (By United Press) Bridgeburg, Ontario, F'eb 7. A man in a rowboat approached the pier of the international bridge spanning the Niagara river at Bridgeburg and Buffalo. The guards fired, and the stranger pulled for the American side and escaped. The guards have been increased. ' .. . ' " " Why Extra Guards. (By United Press) ! . . New York, Feb. 7. The police re fused to reveal the reasons why extra guards were placed on the Brooklyn Manhattan bridges when, the cruiser Washington arrived from Haiti yes terday. It is suggested' that this was to guard against possible bombs be ing hurled on the vessel beneath. : 0 Mr. and Mrs. E. A, Jensen returned 'to Lewiston, Mont., this morning af ter visiting at the home of Mr. Jen sen's sister, Mrs. C. E. Pierce. '