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.
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. 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.
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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.
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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. ' " : ' '
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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.
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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. '