ALBANY ' DAILY DEMOCRAT
Established in 1S65
Beit Advertising Mooiara In
. Linn. County
VOL. XXVIII
ALBANY, LINN COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1916.
No. 246.
THE WEATHER
Tonight and Tuesday, probably lair.
HALSEY WAS THE
MEETING PLACE
Another Community Gathering
Attracted Afcout Six Hun
dred People.
CONTESTS WERE
FULL OF INTEREST
Senator Cusiok Was Prominent
Speaker; Also Eastburn of
Commercial Club.'
A very iuiimfiil coiumuiiily meet
ing wh held at llalscy Saturday wuli
fully tix hititilrctl preterit.
The chuoU participating in ttic dul
lest were llaltcy, Shcdd, Tatigcul and
llrnndoir. County Supervisor Jon
ttcmtrr had charge of (lie forenoon
injurant, consisting of dcclam.itiont.
readings, tolot, clast longi, class ex
ercises, ami voliinlary offerings b
the llalscy and Tangent II. S. choirs,
These were itrand. There were 30
Humbert rendered besides the address
by different speakers . The judges
were Mits Gladys McKiiighl, Mi
Mildred McKnight and C. II. Walker.
During the noon recess a splendid
dinner cafeteria tlylc wat served ui
lite public tchool building.
The Tangent school, coming up on
the Southern Pacific noon liain, ar
rived in lime to lake part in the aflcr
itoon program. Superiniendi'd by
County School Superintendent W. I,.
'Jackson in hi happiest mood.
I;iri address on ly W. A. East
lium. auliject Willamette Valley Ex
position" to lie held in Alhauy no.',
I Kitdicr.
Mr. Kantian n at manager of the Al
bany Commercial club, certainly well
presented the abuvc; the second to be
held. Judge 1'. B. McKnlght spoke
upon "County Problem" nil-inn ad
ded cmphaiiii to hia addrcts delivered
at Lyons on the l!7th anniversary of
l.hicoln't biribdj-.y. l-'el . 12, Again
layiiiK- "treat upon the future Mini,
thai preai-nl scene lat demoralized
our boy and girls, more th:.n do dime
novels. Suggestive rag time tongs,
odd lo Ihc trn.ieily. Slate Senator E.
I. Cusitk handled "Some Stale anil
County Problems" ainni'ir wliii'h was
having-patted n law by Ihc next leg
Mature doing away villi county rc
conler.i, of which tome of Oregon's
motl poptiloiit couutict bnvc no in
rumhculs. One llinuaand dollars sav
ed lo l.inn couiiiy doet not perhaps
teem to ninch. but $.,000 for the
slate it a ureal tavina.
Assistant State Snpcrintcudroi
Weill gave a very practical 1:1k upon
our public schools in general.
Snpt. W. I.. Jackton certainly out
mil an previous cuoris in uincus.tiuk
"Practical School Question!."
Before reading the (-.wards, . C. II.
AV'alker, aa one of tiie prlrintir . In
n'ructors of the Grand Array of the
ilU'public. nave a few patriot!?. scn-
tencct, eonilcnsed into these words:
"Love and Loyally to God; love and
loyalty lo cuunlryi love and loyally to
home" makes the highest type of
good cStien;diip. and patriotic devo
tion. The awards arc as follows:
Men declamation. Miss Joyce For
stcr, llalscy; second prize, Miss Lou
i7c Rohlnctt. .llnlscy; best solo, Miss
mcnt of Miss I-ora Comett. Best map
tong, "Whip-poor-WiH" song. Tan
gent; best class drill. "Minuet," Shcdd;
This was magnificent, gotten , up
r.ainly under the peerless manage
ment of Miss Lora Cornutt. Best map
t.t U. S.. Miss Tcssie Gouland. South
M-i-iiviMiMvinr! . In at limn of OrCUOtl.
Ceorge Walton, llalscy; two solos,
.one by a lit tic miss under 6 yenrs,
won among the heartiest of the ap
l lause given. Near the close a nnisi
Val selection 'rendered upon a trom
1 one and a sweet toned Wellington
;nno, both in the hands of skilled
I layers, gave li charming finale to the
1 ma i.i be remembered day of joy and
clndncss.
Mrs. N. A. McRca went to Jcffcr
i in on the morning train.
, Mrs. Li L. Ingram was n passenger
1 ) Thomas this niorniinr.
L. E. Moc and wife spent Sunday in
Lebanon, .
GERMANS MAKE ANOTHER
AEROPLANE RAID ON ENGLAND
Several Towns Were Attacked
From Above, But Not Many -Were
Killed. "
Berlin, Feb, 21. German aeroplunei
raiding England yesterday, bombard
ed two British tunkert, the admirably
announced. The main railway sta
tion and docks, at l.owcttofi were lilt
repeatedly.
- Other German aviators simultan
eously raided l-'urnes, I'opcriiighc,
Amiens, I.lnievillc and along the west
ern front, thcitatculi-nt said, it it re
ported the British, unsuccessfully at
tached Ihc Germans occupying the
ground recently gained near Vpret.
Kutsian attacks near Dviusk failed.
Y. M. G. A. MEN OCCUPY
METHODIST PULPIT
Open House Event Series to
Start Wednesday of This
Week at V. M. C. A.
The pulpit of tlit Methodist church
was occupied on Sunday evening hy
a deputation from the local Y. M. C
A. Mr. C. F.. Sox. president of the
hoard of directors, a. id secretaries Mc
Donald and Kec briefly sketched
tome of the outstanding features of
the beginnings and wonderful growth
of the ."itaociation movement. The
work of the last leu years in the
northwest and local field was featured
at was also the fundamental princi
ples upon which tile movement is link
ed and some of the methods employed
by peculiarly efficient organization,
Al the close of the service, Presi
dent Sox announced that the asso
ciation would hold open bouse on
Wednesday evening to the Mclhodi-!
congregation. This is cspeci: II y de
signed lo give opportunity lo the
fathers and mothers, as well rs the
voung men and boys, lo observe tin
association at work. This is the first
'f a series of similar events fur each
of the dcuiimiusitMimil bodies.
SEMINARY PRESIDENT SPOKE.
Delivered Able Sermon on Bible,
Lost Book People Need to
Hunt for and Find.
A strong feature in the services of
Albany ycstcrdiy were sermons by
Dr. W. II. Landou, president of the
San Francisco theological semin:-..-v.
who spoke nl the vesper service at the
Presbyterian church at S o'clock, ami
at the U. P. cl.ureh at 7:.). His pica
for the bible as a book to he rend and
kslndicd was remarkably strong. A lost
hook, it needs to be found, w hen prop
erly read one of intense interest, of
fering a wide field in biography, his
tory ami story. People who start to
read the Bible through often siitmh'e
when they rc:-ch Leviticus. Gene lis !s
a book of history and .biography. Ex
odus one of travels, but Leviticus with
its laws often loses one. The ne v
reader often does well to begin on t!'e
new testament. Mark is speciall a bonk
for the business man, full of activity
and it cannot be read too often. The
trouble with many people i.' they
sec nothing. Sonic men in the I'itlst
of the Yoscmitc can only see '.ic ci
gar they are smoking.
Innes Lost Case.
(By United Pressl
Washington, Feb. 21. Victor Innes
and wife, of Portland, lost in the
premc court their fi.'tht to postpone
their extradition to Atlanta d r trial
in connection with the disnppe.vanct
ol Be:.ru-e Nelms and F.loisc elms
Dennis. They were first at rest -d
I near F.uircuc and taken to Texas.
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WATERLOO PEOPLE MARRIED
62 YEARS AT AGE OF 80
Mrs! J. Q. Rodgers, J. U. an.l W.
W. Mistier, all of thin city, wdm lo
Waterloo Saturday to attend the 811th
birthday of their motlicr,-.Irs. Joseph
Misner. Mrs. Mistier is in good hcallV.;
in spito of , her age and enjoys the c
reunion Iniiucnr.cly. Mi. Misner is two
years her scnuir and is also enjoying
good health. M'f. and Mrs. Misn.'r
have been married 62 years, and their
friends 'tire looking forw ird to help
ing many more of these happy events.
1Y OF
RecentConcessioris of Germany
.Said to Be Making the
Situation Worse.
ARMED MERCHANTMEN
CENTER OF CONTENTION
Also Said to Be Personal Anta
gonism Between Lansing
and Bernstorf.
(By United Press)
Washington, Feb. 21. The sla.c
department admitted the posibilily of
a crisis developing in the German
American controversy which it now
graver than before Germany made her
concessions. Death of Americans
through the linking of armed merch
antmen, or the indefinite postpone
ment of the Lusilania settlement
might precipitate a criii. Officials de
clined lo discuss the matter of person
al antagonism between Secretary Lan
sing and Ambassador Itcrnstorff.
J. D. Irvine came over from
Brownsville Ibis morning.
ALBANY COLLEGE BEATEN BY
NEWBERG AND M'MINNVILLE
While the Albany College basket
ball Irani were beaten in both games
on their trip last week the team show
ed a decided improvement, .speaking
for next year's work. Al N'cwberg they
were beaten by Pacific College 49 to
14. Rcploglc, the f.'st forward was
too quick for our guards, alone scor
ing 23 points. At Mc.Minnville they
were beaten only 21 to 17. The first
half they had the Baptists going, lead
ing 11 to 9. In this game some splen
did guarding was done, and Simpson.
Mc.Minnville's fast forward, was worn
down .to a frazzle hy the time the
game ended.
BROWNSVILLE KNIGHTS . ARE
CALLED ROYAL ENTERTAINERS
A large crowd of out of town people
titlended the anniversary of the
Knights of Pythias lodge at Browns
ville Saturday evening. The principal
hddrcss was made hy Grand Chancel
lor Willard L. Marks. Many other in
teresting and inspiring talks were
made. Those going from here state
that it h.-.s been a lonR time r.incc they
liavO sat at a better banquet 'than the
one served by the Brownsville lodge.
Among those going' from Albany
were Ralph Thorn, W. L. Jackson, J.
D. Irvine, Chas. C. Curry, chancellor
commander of Laurel Lodge No. 7,
R. M. Russell .and Charles Leonard. -
Profits Taiahle.
(By United J'ress)
VVasiiiiv.lorl Feb ..'I - I',
premc court i eh' that til.; profits tak
en fioiii mines sirs- taxanle. cvtn
though reducing h.- act- tihysic.it
value i the mine. Th? de.-i--. i sus
tains ilie'govcrn.ne u s column, u 'ur
ther sustaining -.he vnlidi'v -.i the in
come ia.. law.
Glean-up Season Is Here
---Make Albany the
Cleanest Town in Oregon
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OR. MOODY, MISSIONARY PRO
MINENT CONVENTION SPEAKER
Spoke at Baptist Church Sun
day and Will Speak Again
Tonifjht end Tomorrow.
"Say, if you do not know Dr. Thom
as Moody, ask any layman who at
tended the big Laymen's Missionary
convention in Portland last week. If
you want to hear the most refreshing
addrcts you ever listened to, hear
Moody. Men and women, preachers
and laymen, are a unit in boosting this
while African. Why? Because he
knows more about Africa than any
white man,' and can present the inter
esting human things of that great con
tinent with lightning rapidity and
force. One man who heard him, said:
"I would walk ten miles to hear Moo
dy on that African topic."
Last night the Baptist church was
filled to- overflowing to hear Moody
talk a mile a minute on Africa; every
word perfectly enunciated; every fact
compelling in its startling tragedy and
force. He speaks again tonight on
China! Think of it, a man "thinking
black" to talk - about the "yellow
folks." , .
Dr. C. AC Moody of Portland will
also speak-' tonight in the Baptist
church. f
This Is the chance of Albmy citi-
zent to help men who can "deliver
the goods" in the Kingdom of Christ."
Mrs. Traycr, a missionary among
iheSpaniards will be present and ad
dress a meeting of women Tuesday
afternoon at 3.
Program. for the next two days'
conference: ' .
Baptist church 7:30 Tonight Dr.
Moody and Dr. Woody.
Tuesday 10KX Dr. Moody, Dr.
Woody. Mrs. Traycr. Dr. Betty.
Tuesday 12:30 Business men's
lunch and address by Moody, St. Fran
cis. Tuesday 3:00 Meeting, of women,
Mrs. Trayer. Rev. Olscn, Dr. Woody.
Tuesday 7:30 At Methodist church.
A great mass meeting. Dr. Moody's
convention address...
At; the-babiuct at the St. Francis,
Mr. Moody -will speak on the Resourc
es and Possibilities of the Congo Free
States. It is desired to have crowd
at tile banquet, and Albany men gen
erally are invited to be present. The
tickets will be only 25 cents.
LETTER FROM ENGLAND.
Prices are Reported to Be Soaring.
Much More Than Double
Old Prices.
Fred Dawson just received a leter
from North England that is full of in
teresting thugs. One is a narration of
the manner in which prices have in
creased. The price of flour formerly
was 1 shilling 9 pence, or 42 cents;
now h is 2.11. or 72 cents, for 14
pounds. Eggs, which formerly were be
tween 15 and 20 cents a dozen arc now
75 cents. Butter is three times its for
mer price. Ham and bacon have don-,
bled. All of which makes it hard for
common people to live.
T. J. Butler went to Salem tbia'i
morning. . .'"f.
$20,000 TAXES COLLECTEDO
THE FIRST WEEK
Anumg tax payments on amounts
of over $100 today were Chas. Schae
fer. $102.30; J. F. Denny, $111.22; F. B.
Hylnnd. $147.20.
The tax collections for the first
week on the 1915 roll, were approxi
mately $JO,000. .
COST WAR SO FAR
England, Germany and France
Has Each Spent About Eight
Billion Dollars.
OTHER COUNTRIES
. WILL MAKE BALAN0E
$2,000,000,000 More Now Ask
For By England For
Spring Campaign.
(By United Press)
i London, Feb. 21. The government
will ask the commons to vote a new
war credit of two billion dollars, it is
officially announced. This is the larg
est amount yet sought.
Premier Asquith introduced a re
quest in the house of commons this
afternoon. He makes England's war
expenditures $8,640,000,000. It is of
ficially estimated that the belligerents
have spent $40,000,000,000 since the
beginning of the war. It is believed
Germany has spent $8,500,000,000 and
France $7,500,000,000. Russia and
Austria discouraged the giving of es
timates. Their amounts are doubtful.
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LESS THAN ONE FOURTH OF
VOTERS NOW REGISTERED
The latest registration reports in
Linn county brings the total for the
county to date to 2794, with 1915 men
and 879 women on the rolls. The re
publican party claims 1671 and the
Democratic party 878. There arc 79
registered Independent. .. !
In the Lebanon district the women
again lead the men with a total of 306
to 326. In Lebanon proper there arc
302 men and 104 women. This precinct
has shown a lead of women over men
all the way.
Registration time is growing short.
Only a few weeks left.
NEW PASTOR OF GRACE
CHURCH ARRIVED SATURDAY
Rev. and Mrs. R. J. Divens arrived
in Albany Saturday night from Sitka.
Alaska, where they have been in mis
sionary work sbr several years. Next
Sunday Rev. Divens will take up his
sfudies as pastor of the Grace Pres
byterian church at Fourth and Main
streets. For the present Dr. and Mrs.
Divens are guests of Dr. and Mrs. W.
H. Lee, pending the arrival of their
household -goods, after which they
will take up their residence in '"the
church parsonage. -.
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; . ' ..- Steamer on Fire.
T y ; (By United Press) , .
Seattle, Feb. 21. Fire, oroginatins
from spontaneous combustion, on the"
stearhef Victoria, lying at pier ten
this nicrning. was controlled ivit'i
slu.v. f.a.nrge. " '
Two Men Electrocuted.
(By United Press)
F uckville. Pt tin., Feb. 21. G:or:c
Marsh and RoU'iu Pennington, w c
electrocuted todav "n Wcstco' V'h -tenliarv.
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SETTLEMENT OF LAND GRANT
CASE HAS BEEN ENDORSED
Sovernment Counsel Favors
the Same in Keeping With
Chamberlain Bill.
(By United Press)
Washington, Feb. 21. The settle
ment of the Oregon and California
Land Grant question in accordince
with the Chamberlain bill is endorsed
by Constantine Smith, the govern
irient't special counsel for forfeiture
suits against the railroads. He said
there is no limitations of the power
of congress to take back the land,
paying $2.50 per acre. There are no
restrictions against the government's
disposition of the land.
4 ALBANY PEOPLE ATTENDED
Y.P.S.C.E. CONVENTION
Grants Pass Looked After Del
egates in Royal Manner;
Closed Sunday.
Dr. W. P. White, Homer Dowd,
Harvey Curry and Margaret Dawson
returned this morning from Grants
Pass, where they attended the con
vention of Christian Endeavor- of Ore
gon. About two hundred delegates
were present. Though not as many as
usual, because of the distance the con
vention was a splendid one, witft a
strong program. ' Dr. White . had
charge of the Bible study, giving sev
en addresses. Besides the inside work
the delegates were royally treated.
Saturday they were taken in autos ov
er the country and a fine banquet
served at the Hotel Oxford.
The new officers were installed yes
terday evening, with Lloyd Carrick, oi
Portland, as president.
CORVALLIS CONSERVATORY.
Miss Blanche Hammel and Chas.
South to Open One. Will Give
Concert This Week, i ':' '""
Corvallis G.-T.;" Mr. Chas. JSouth
and Miss Blanche R. Hammel are go
ing to give Corvallis a free treat next
Thursday evening at the M. E. church.
They expect to open up a conserva
tory liere in the near future and are
going to give a recital to allow those
interested to come -and judge their
work. If the public in general passes
the same verdict that the Commer
cial clnb passed a few weeks ago when
they, appeared before them, Mr. South
and Miss "Hammel" will make." their
reputation solid. Mr. South plays the
Violin and J4'ss Hammel sings and
both are artists in Jheir respective
lines. V .. i '
ATTEND CONFERENCE.
Conference at O. A. .C. Had Some
. Big Speakers." Several At-,
tended from Albany.
'A student's religious conference at
Corvallis Saturday, and Sunday was
considerable of an event, with some
prominent speakers present. Yester
day afternoon Thos.' Moody, the mis
sionary, was the speaker, a Jive one
At the evening, session Dr. Latou-
rette, of China, Dr. Bushnell, of For
est Grove., and Lamar Tooze. were
the speakers. Those attending from
Albany were:
Dr. and Mrs. Sharp. A. C. Schmitt.
G. W. Rohrhaugh, Priscilla Dobbs,
Arthur Jones, E. W. Blair, Thos Kirk-
wood, S. R. Lee, Lucjlle. Divens.
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GOVERNORS WERE TEACHERS.
Three to Speak at Convention of Na
tional Educational Association
, at Detroit. p " :
(By United Press) !
Detroit. Mich., Feb. 21. Addresses
by three former school masters who
are now governors will feature the six-
day midwinter convention of the Na
tional Education Association, Which
began here today. They are Governor
Woodbridge N. Ferris of Michigan,
Governor Frank B. Willis of Ohio
and Governor Martin G, Brumbaugh
of Pennsylvania. School superintend
ents and principals from most cities
in the country of more than 5000 pop
ulation were here today for the con
vention. Noted educator -will discuss
important details of educational work
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ENGLISH AT OUTS
Japanese Said to Be Fostering
Present Revolution in ,
China.
HOPE FOR AN AD
VANTAGE AFTER WAR
Fifteen Thotisagd German Pris
oners Interened in China
Taken to Australia.
(By United Press)
San Francisco, Feb. 21. That Rus
sia and Japan apparently want sepa
rate peace and intend to join Germany
after the war and divide a generous
slice of Chinese territory, was the re
port of Newel Martin, international
lawyer, and T. G. McDonnell, Manila
journalist, who were brought here on
the Japanese liner Chiyou Maru. Eng
land and Japan are reported to have
had an acute disagreement over Jap
an's movements in China. The Jap
anese are thought to be forsteriug
the Chinese revolution, to give Rus
sion. Germany and Japan an excuse
for interference after the war. Eng-
!and'.s anger over the gradual loss of
control of the Chinese s'tuation, is re
flected in bitter Japanese press com
ments against the English. Martin's
father has been many years in China,
in close touch .with government of
ficials. The officers of the Chiyo Ma
ru declared that 15000 German pris
oners, who had "been interned in Chi
na since the opening of the war, had
been smuggled into Australia within
the past week. The reason for the
wholesale seizure of prisoners is a
mystery. They were removed on a
British cruiser. China rumored that
plots to-escape had been discovered,
and a revolt against the English might
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while Visiting in w. va.
Though German, Carl Hector and
Sister, of Benton County, Al
- lowed in Shrapnel Plant.
Wheeling, W. Va., Feb. 15. Mr.
Carl J. Hector and sister, Miss. Irene,
of Granger, Oregon, who are visiting
friends in our city, were escorted
through the plant of the . Wheelng
Mold & Foundy Company at Wheel
ing. ."; "..
Though of' German extraction and
sympathies, Mr. Hector was permitted
to enter the shrapnel plant being ac
companied by three detectives. This
is the only visitor who has been al
lowed to enter their shrapnel plant
since they began working on their
war orders for the Allies.
Hughes in Eugene . 7
E. W. Hughes, formerly in the fur
niture business here, now manager of
the opera house at Albany, is in the
city for a few days on business. Mr.
Hughes is' making quite a success
with the opera house at Albany, hav
ing had it renovated and otherwise
improved, making it one of the most
attractive little theatres in the whole
valley. Register.
Seriously Ill
Mrs. Dutchcr, sister of the late Mrs.
Crandall, i; reported critically ill, with
prospects of living only a short time.
Gov. James Withycombe was in the
city a short time this morrting on his
Kvay from Corvallis to Salem.
Dr. W. IT. Lee returned this morn
ing from Lebanon after preaching in
the Presbyterian church yesterday.
JOSEPH COHEN, THE JEW ,
1 WILL : SPEAK TONIGHT
At the United Presbyterian church
at 7:30.,His subject will be? "Hat God
Cast off His People?". Last Monday
night the house was crowded; to the
limit, and the people were both in
structed and entertained. The address
tonight will be interesting to all, es
pecially Bible students. Bring your
Bibles. No admission fee. Everybody
welcome.