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ALBANY DAILY DEMOCRAT
VOL. XXVIII
ALBANY, LINN COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10,1916.
No. 237.
LAYMEN'S BANQUET
WELL ATTENDED
One Hundred Two Ate Feast
and Heard Some Pointed
Talks on Movement.
SPEAKERS-BAKER, TAYLOR
KEYS AND RHODES
Several Will Attend the Big
Convention at Portland
Feb. 13-16.
Willi one liiimlrril two men at tlir
tables tin luymcii't haniicl M the M.
K. church dining room hut cvcninit
was a striking uf fair, one of llir hcnl
things along Christian lines held hero,
n part o( a great niovcitirnt anionic
laymen lor the exaltation of Clirt
liauliy anionic the people of the
world. A fine chicken dinner u
served hy the ladies of the church,
uftcr which several tell minute lalk
were heard, with ev. Fngan
lug.
George F.wrett Maker, a roi.
Portland lawyer. spoke on the pur
poc of (lie Inyincti'a missionary con
vention, to he held at Portland four
days beginning Sunday at .1 l. in.
one of about 75 held this year in the
United Stated. It Iwgan with a Mil
drill volunteer movement, and six
years a no resulted ill 7 1 conventions,
.with an alendancc of 75.000, At the
Cortland convention there wilt he
tome of the Induct men of the coun
try in Clirinian work, offering a pro
gram of rare merit, coverinn a wide
range of topics.
Gcnrgr M. Taylor, a former com
. oirn ial traveler, spoke on tha rebound
rffrcl. tile rellrx action of the movc-
itiriil, telling of the liitf men of the
country who have taken up with the
work. In Portland K. I.. Thompum.
the hanker, a former Albany man, i,
rluirman, and for,a month lint practi
cally itiven up his lime to the work.
Jt in liavin't it effect in the U. S..
-money for missions douhliiiK in a few
yearn. We need work in tliia unite,
where there in much that is immoriil.
20 per cent as many divorce an mar
riages, 4(1 per cent in Portland, and
lihout ISO in Clackamas county.
M. A. Key. of the Y. M C. A., a
former missionaiy in China apoke on
the world's situation, and declared
that America will have to lead the
world in evangelism, and our people
mint he in touch with the entire
world.
1. 11. Rhodes, travclliuK secretary o(
the Y. M. C. A., declared in favor of
accepting the whole program In Chris
tian work, hy hearing witness al the
time, with a vision for missions, at
way! keeping In calling distance,
n'herc are other vices than ti e saloon,
and a larger icrvice i needed amoiiK
men, one that shall grip their Uvea.
Olhcra called on for minute talk
were A, C. Sclimitt, J. H. Ralston, W.
A. liasthurn, J. G. Minion and Supt.
Hoctlichcr, '
Several agreed to go to the Port
Jnnd convention, and it is thought 12
or IS will attend from here. 'It is de
sired to have more. The convention
will he held In the White Temple,
with ten sessions in all, lasting four
days. .
Died at Hubbard-
Wilson Hurt, a former resident of
North Albany, recently died nt Huh
hard.
SEATTLE WAS SILENT DURING
THE REGENT DEEP SNOW
A Seattle letter tells of the Interest
ing things in that city during the
recent snow storlu, besides including
some pictures, showing the real tiling
in deep snow. Along the business
streets the snow was piled high along
the tracks and sidewalks, At different
places signs were stuck in the snow,
some of them reading: "Ltikc Me
Cluck will do his daredevil leap on
skiis from this point nt 8:.10 tonight.
Come." "Skngwny Pass," "Pike's
Peak," "5 Miles to Nome." When It
began to melt things were lovely.
"Not." . . ..'
INTER STATE CONVENTION OF
Y.M.C. A. IN PORTLAND
Albany Men to Attend Meeting
of Oregon and Idaho
Association'.
Portland Saturday to attend the six
teenth uiiiiiiiiI convention of the
Young Men's Christian Association.
The meeting will start at 9:15 o'clock
Saturday morning and busy sessions
will he held all day. Sunday special
religious services will he held.
The theme of the Hireling of the
joint Oregon mid Idaho associations
is the home missionary enterprise of
the Y. M. C. A. The purpose of the
meeting will he to consider methods
of lunching, in a vital way, the lives
of hc largest number of men and
hoys hoth in Association and non-association
towns.
A. C. Sclimitt, of this city, is chair
man of the joint Oregon and Idaho
associations and it on the program
for a talk, as is C. K. Sox, alio of this
place. Among the prominent men of
the state to take part in the program
are W, II. Stone, of Portland. 1. I!.
Rhodes, secretary for Oregon and
Idaho: Pres. P, I.. Campbell, of the
U. of ).; Pres. W. J. Kerr, of the O.
A. C; C. I.. Shaw. Ilaker, and Leslie
Duller, flood River.
BREIER HERE TODAY
LOOKING OVER LOCAL STOCK
Proprietor of Chain of Stores
in Northwest Pleased With
Business of Past Year.
C. J. drier, proprietor of a chain
of stores in Oregon, Washington and
Idaho, is in the city today going over
the stock of his business here. The
Sample Store, and having a confer
ence with Mis t-arson, Ills local man.
ager. Mr. Drier is visiting all of his
stores. 22 in niuuher, taking invoices
and learning the needs of the local
houses. "
llusiiiess has hcen good the past
year, he said, some ot his stores dou
bling in growth over the previous
year. All show a healthy gain and in
dicate that business has been very
good over the entire Northwest. He
is optimistic over the outlook for the
coming year and says that he expects
the best business since 116. He is
pleased with Albany and looks for
a big growth in this section.
After completing his invoicing he
will continue his trip to other stores
north of here.
HANDBALL TOURNAMENT
IT AT Y. M. C. A. GYM
Tonight, beginning at 7 o'clock, at
the Y. M. C. A. gym there will he a
social handball tournament between
Salem and Albany, a good fellowship
affair. Though Albany expects the
small end of the contest the players
will do their best to get some of the
games, and show an improvement ov
er last year. Following will be the
games, with Salem mentioned first:
Jas. Marr and R. S. Snyder, Jas.
Young and G. E. Finncrty, Paul Wal
lace and F. P. Nutting, W. 1. Stnley
el Ralph Knolts, II. V. Compton &
1. N. Miuton, I.. II. Compton and D.
Hilycu, W. D. Evans and J. I.. White.
John Farrnr and Rov Kinscy, A. B.
Gingrich and Mi Torhct, C. Bishop
and Fred Dohnert, A. A. Schramm
and IT, C. McDonald. R. T. Mclntyrc
and O. Anderson. The public will he
welcome, free.
Bruce Evana Married
Bruce Evans, in Albany a few
months ago, holding services nt the
Baptist church, was married yester
day at Buffingtnai, Tnd to Miss Helen
Cash, and the happy couple left for
Oregon, where Mr. Evans has an en
gagement to hold meetings. Many
warm friends of Mr, Evans here will
unite in congratulations.
Boys' Short Story Hour "
There will be one nt the library,
Saturday at 7 p. m with Rev. Young
as the speaker and Abraham Lincoln's
Vatrlotistn the subject. J. C. , Irvine,
will show some pictures.
Lone Robber Held Up Whple
Train, Got His Pile, Stopped
Train and Fled.
MADE PASSENGERS
DO HIS , BIDDING-
A Big Posse Was Formed and
Immediately Started in Pur
suit of Bandit.
(By United Press)
Cheyenne, Feb. 10. Posses arc pur
suing the young highwayman who last
night boarded the Union Pacific train
So. 18 at Grcenriver and robbed the
men in the smoker and two Pullmans
before he became frightened, stopped
the train and escaped near Rock
Springs. He did not molest the wo
men passengers. He politely assured
them that he intended no harm, and
the only shot fired, being merely a
warning. It went wide over the con
ductor's head. A white mask imper
fectly hid a smooth shaven face.
Encountering the flagman in the
smoking compartment, the highway
man forced him to hold his hat, into
which he ordered the passengers to
Irop only cash. He obtained sixty
dollars in the smoker. In the midst
of operations in the second Pullman
from the observation car. the conduc
tor entered from the diner, and drew
fire from the robber's revolver. The
conductor threw up' his hands. The
robber thrust his head into the berth
to get a passenger's money, when the
conductor flew and the highwayman
pulled the cord, stopping the train, ran
back into the observation car and
dropped off into the darkness. The
sheriff at Grcenriver and officials al
Rock Springs formed a posse but
found no trace of the bandit.
KU Ora Club Wins 41 to 19.
In one of the fastest games of bas
ket ball played in the city this sea
son the Kia Ora club of the Christian
church, outclassed the boys of the
Baptist church by a- score of 41 to
19. The Baptist's got the same score
they beat the Kia Oras by in a game
played a few days ago, but permitting
the Christian church club to score
much in the lead. .
The WUlamete.
(By United Press)
Portland. Feb. 10. With the Wil
lamette still rising, many docks and
waterfront houses are flooded, the
crest of the flood passed Salem and is
expected at Portland tomorrow. Base
ments at Salem are flooded, sewers
hacking uo. Unless the Columbia
makes a sudden rise, slight damage is
feared in the Willamette valley.
o
Back from Portland
County Fruit Inspector D. W. Rum
baugh, returned last night from Port-
land.wherc he went to attend a meet
ing of the state board of horticulture.
Weather Report
The river fell 5 feet .during the 24
tinnrc nrM-ilincr R n'rlnrk this morn
ing and at that hour stood at 22 feet.
The temperature was 54 to 43 degrees.
The rainfall was .78 inches. The river
will continue to fall steadily the next
two riavs reaardless of the present
Tains. The total rainfall for Feb, so
far is 6.07 inches.
BRING YOUR HOGS
to the ALBANY
MARKET !
AUSTRIA WILL BE EXPECTEO
TO EXPLAIN RECENT AFFAIR
Submarine Held Up Oil Tanker
and Took Provisions From
Boat For Use.
(By United Press)
Washington, Feb. lO.Austria must
explain why a submarine stopped the
standard oil tanker Petrolite recently
on the high seas and helped herself
to stores aboard, Secretary Lansing
.announced. By request no note: was
sent to Vienna, though they may
'make the demands later. Captain
Thomsen made an affidavit saying the
sumarine fired on the Petrolite en
route from Alexandria to Philadelphia
and one - member of the crew was
wounded after the ship stopped. The
aubmarine commander sought pro
visions, and Thomsen refused to sell.
The submarine commander took them
anyway, it is reported. Thompson's
affidavit claimed the aubmarine fired
on him while rowing to the diver to
present. Officials believe Austria will
offer reparation.
HOG AND STOCK MEETING NOT
COMMERCIAL CLUB AFFAIR
Said to Be Promoted By Union
Stock Yards; Stand By
Home Institutions.
Albany, Feb.-W. 1T0 the Editor)
There seems o be some misappre
hension on the part of the community
as to the responsibility of .the Com
mercial club for the hog raisers' meet
ing held in this city yesterday. ,
I wish to stale that it is the policy
of the club, to, as far as possible get
behind all movement for the general
betterment of the community, but was
not in any way responsible for the
above meeting; it being arranged for
wholly by representatives from the
Union Stock Yard of Portland, and
other interested parties. The club
having no' knowledge of the meeting
until arrangements were complete
and announcementa made in the local
papers, nor had the club anything to
do with the carrying out of same ex
cept as certain members may have
been called upon as individuals.
The club in carrying out this policy
wishes to encourake the raising of
hogs and other livestock for the mar
ket, but belicccs this- end can better
be served, and better prices obtained,
by building up rather than destroying
competition, and should, feel like en
couraging our local plants which are
able to handle a greater part of the
stock raised in the vicinity, without
the necessity of paying transportation
charges to and from Portland.
DR. J. H. ROBNETT, '
President Albany Commercial Club.
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TODAY'S ODDEST STORY.
Catching speckled trout in a
public highway is a new story
for Oregon. Carl Sutton, who
lives at Mountain View, west of
this city, saya that Monday
morning his daughter with her
hands caught a ten inch trout
from a small stream running
down the highway and later he
caught one eight inches long.
The fish had come up the small
stream during the high water.
Benton Courier.
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HEAVY LOSSES
ON VIMY HEIGHTS
Reported From London That
Germans Have Lost 60,000
Men There.
ONE OF FIERCEST
BATTLES FOR MONTHS
Battle fought Amidst Swirling
Snow Storm, With Hand to
Hand Fighting.
(By United Press)
London, Feb. 10. The German
losses in the fighting at Vimy heights
south of Arras, totalled sixty thous
and, today's reports said. The-battle
still continues amidst a swirling snow
storm. The French are staging vicious
counter attacks near Neuville road,
where the Germans claimed to have
captured half a mile of trenches Tues
day. Artillery battling proceeds
around Pris where the French arc
ruining the last few buildings. The
Germans, with mines and grenades,
are seeking to improve their posi
tions. The struggle developed into a
hand to hand battle.
A Berlin statement claimed the cap
ture of French trenches near Hill 140
northwest of Vimy, at the crater near
Neuville. It is admitted the loss is a
small section of trench south of Som
me. Fifty-two prisoners and twenty
two machine guns were taken.
Carranza Causing Trouble.
(By United Press)
San Francisco, Feb. 10. Unpleas
antness threatens between Mexico and
Central America, it is declared. It is
reported Carranza has sent soldiers
to the Guatamalan territory in search
of bandits without consent of the gov
ernment.
Big Pendleton Capture.
- (By United Press)
Pendleton, Feb. 10. Five hundred
thirty-five bottles of beer and 75" boi-
tles of whiskey were seized in a re
cent raid here, and the bottles were
broken and the liquor poured into the
gutters while a great crowd gathered
this morning. Sheriff Taylor and dep
uties officiated.
False Alarm
The fire department responded to a
false alarm last night at 11 o'clock,
turned in from Fourth and Madison
streets.
Will Give Treatments
Miss Laverne Thomas will return
from Portland Friday after a month
spent in the metropolis taking a course
in face and scalp treatment. She will
be located in the Albany Hotel Bar
ber shop.
Released from Jail
' James Wilson, who was convicted
on a charge of stabbing Charles Hy
land in a local restaurant last Octo
ber, was released today after serving
out his 60 days sentence.
Funeral of W. M. Power. .
The funeral of. Win. M. Powers
was held at the Masonic temple this
afternoon, with a large number pres
ent. Among those attending as a
large delegation of Masons from
Shedd, where Mr. Powers resided for
many years. Rev. Geselbracht preach
ed the sermon, and the Masons con
ducted the services at the cemetery.
OLD TIME FLOOD PICTURES
MAKE INTERESTING DISPLAY
Were Taken By J. G. Crawford
and Presented Democrat
During Intervening Years.
An incresting lot of high Witer pic
tures have been shown at the Btain
Clothing Co's store for several days.
The collection is one belonging to the
editor of the Democrat, gathered to
gether during the past twenty-five
years. They were practically all of
them taken by J. G. Crawford and
presented to the Democrat in collec
tions, the different floods being taken
from different viewpoints. There were
several others in the collection, which
were lost once when being used be
fore government engineers in secur
ing an improvement of the Willamette
ut this city, which recommended.
but never carried out. The oldest of
these pictures are those of the flood
of Feb. 4. 1890. Mr. Crawford was not
here during the flood of 1881, being a
resident of Harrishurg at that time.
The Democrat's editor is fortunate in
having sever.'l other collections of
Mr. Crawford's photographs, along
other lines, from the valley to the top
of the mountains, wl ich would also
make an interesting display..
CLAYMAKERS ADJOURNED
AFTER SHORT SESSION
Elected Officers, and This After
noon Went to Corvallis to
' Meet With 0. A. C.
The convention of claymakers, held
at the Commercial club rooms yester
day,, closed last night, and at 12:45
today the members left for Corvallis,
where' a session wilL be held with the
O. A. C, in the mines building..
At the session here the" only ad
dress was that of W. ,E. Wilson, of
Salem, the" retiring president The sec
retary and treasurer made his report.
also the advertising committee. Then
the election of officers took place, re
sulting in the selection of the follow
ing for the coming year: President.
Harold S. Smith, of the Dcnny-Ren-
ton Clay and Coal Co.. of Portland;
vice president, Phil Withycombe. of
the Yamhill Tyle Works. rYamhill:
secretary and treasurer. S. Geijsbeek.
of Portland, re-elected; director, C. G.
Rawlings, Albany. -
At Corvallis this afternoon four ad
dresses were to be given by O. A. C.
instructors: Prof. Parks, on the clay
industry in Oregon; Prof. Williams,
on the burning of clay wares; Prof.
Graf, on the strength of clay products
and Prof. Powers on drainage prob
lems. PRETTY AMERICAN GIRL
VOTED A MODERN VENUS
"The American Venus."
Such is the title conferred upon
Miss Audrey Munson, heroine of "In
spiration," five-part Mutual Master
picture, by artists and sculptors
throughout the world., ' '
. "Miss Munson," said one of New
York's most prominent sculptors re
cently, "is beyond a shadow' of a
doubt, the nearest approach to a mod
ern Venus that it has ever been my
good fortune to meet. I am not alone
in this opinion, I migh add, because
a number of my friends, for whom
Miss Munson has- posed at various
times, agree with me in this asser
tion."
Miss Munson. it is said, boasts one
of the most perfect forms of anf of
her sex in this country and possibly
in Europe. Numerous artists for
whom she has posed have made dili
gent efforts to find an equal of Miss
Munson. 'but have failed.
"Inspiration," is not only based on
the rise to fame and fortune of Miss
Munson, but presents her in the lead
ing role. ,
Italy vs. Germany. .
(By United Press)
London, Feb. 9. Italy is expected
to declare war on Germany and. an
nounce participation in the Balkan
campaign as a result of Premier Bri
and's trip to Rome, a Paris dispatch
reported. Briand started for Rome
today. .
PENLAND ELECTED
GITY ENGINEER
Present Official to Srve An
other Term As Result of
Satisfactory Service.
CHARLES BALLARD ELECTED
CITY POUND MASTER
Dog Law Passed Last Fall to
Be Enforced After, the 15th
of February.
At the regular meeting of the city
council last night, Councilman Henry,
McElmurry took the chair in the ab
sence of Mayor L. M. Curl, who was
in Portland. Two offices were filled, .
John R. Penland being re-elected city
engineer and Charles Ballard elected
city poundmaster.
The report of the committee on ac
counts and current expenses was adop
ted. Over $700 in bills were allowed.
Permission was granted Frank Hor-
sky to install a gasoline pump and
filling tank in front of his store at
J 13 West First street.
Charles Ballard was appointed city
poundmaster to succeed Geo. Brown, .
who resigned because he was not sup
plied with a star. '
Chief of Police John Catlin stirred
things up by recommending a dog li
cense. Councilman Lyons vas in fa
vor of such an ordinance as was in
force several years ago. There was no
action taken, however, and the old
law was allowed to stand. .
The poundmaster was instructed to
put in force the dog law five days
from today, and after February 15th
all stray dogs will be taken up and
treated, ip thercguired manner.
The matter of electing a city en
gineer was brought up by Councilman
Wiles and John Penland, present en
gineer, was re-elected. !
The ordinance to compel woodsaw-
yers to clean up sawdust on paved
streets was retnrned by the committee
on streets withouf recommendations.
An agreement signed by nine owners
of saws was placed on' file. They
agreed not to operate wood saws over
catch basins and in such a manner as
to avoid depositing dust i-"d debris
in gutters. They also agreed to report
each night to the street commissioner
the names of persons for whom wood
has been sawed. - .
GOOD SHOWS SOON
COMING TO ALBANY THEATRE
Albany Opera House not to be out
done much longer, Manager Hughes
is lining up several good shows to
be here soon. On February 24, the
big German concert company with 14
people w'ill be here: on March 2, is
"Peg O' My Heart," and on March
17, is "Mutt and Jeff in College," and
soon be hopes to have two entertain
ments from the University of Oregon
the Ladies' Glee Club and the Uni
versity orchestra, oho ot thclargest
and finest orchestras on the Pacific
coast. The people Of Albany will ap
preciate these entertainments a.s they
are all of a high class production.
. O- r- .
Market Day Saturday
The ladies of the Christian church
will hold a market day Saturday at
Hamilton's store.
CHARLES PERRY SUCCUMBED
TO PARALYSIS LAST NIGHT
Charles Perry died last night at 10
o'clock at his home at Seventh and
Chicago street, of paralysis. Mr. Per
ry was 68 years old, having been born
in Michigan, Oct. 15, 1847. He leaves
a wife and adopted daughter in this
city and a niece in Michigan.
Mr. Perry came to Oregon with
his family 11 years ago, settling in
Albany at that time. . ..
Funeral services will be held at the
family home Friday at 1 :30 p. m. Rev.
James Moore will conduct the ser
vices, and interment will take place
in Riverside cemetery.