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Y DAILY DEMOCRAT Established b 185 But Advertising Hdium In Linn County VOL. XXVIII ALBANY, LINN COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1916. No. 247 . THE WEATHER Fair tonight ind Wednesday AU3AN OF THE CONGO Noted Missionary, Who Was at Laymen's Convention Gives Several Addresses. HAS BEEN SPEAKER AT BAPTIST CONFERENCE This Afternoon Was Given a Banquet at the St. Francis, Telling of the Congo. Albany people Imve been learning more about Africa thU week than they Imve ever known before, getting lirtl bund from Thomas Mooily, the while African, who hos presented facts of a startling n.Hurc, in such a graphic manner as to grip those who have heart! him, Few speakers have keen heard here who hold one closer. There waa a fine audience at the ilaptitt church laat niiiht to hear him and Dr. Woody, of I'ortlr.nd. A session wai held at 10 o'clock Ihit forenoon, the spcakets being Dr. Moody. Dr. Woody and Mrt. Trayer, the Inner giving her experience! aa a missionary among the Spanish, Dr. Petty, of Portland, also spokc. i The big event of the conference oc curred ll:i afternoon, a banquet given in honor of Dr. Moody, at the St. Francis hotel, with about a hundred present, a Tine repast Jscing aerved. At the clone Dr. Moody gave an ad dreia on the resource! nnd possibil iliea of tl.e Congo Free States, a reve Inlinn to thnte pretent, mint people heing Ixnnraut of thia wonderful coun try, though much hat brcn written about it. n few year ago the Congo particularly attracting attention. - A rciili'iit of the country for near thirty years. Dr. Moody is full of facta and stories. At 3 o'clock thin m'lernnon a mcet i'lil for womei was being I 'd nt the Pnptial church. with'Mra. Trayer, Rev. Olneii and Dr. Woody as the speak era. Tonight will be the last opportunity In hear Dr. Moody. He will give bin convention address that so tremend ously atirrcd the twenty-two hundred dclcratrs at the I.aymen'a conference in Portland lam week. Ilia apeech will cover the characteristic, needa. and possibilities of black men of Africa. To hear Moody tell some of the startl ing and hair-breadth experiences, through which he has passed, is thrill iii't. Withul he is a modest man. Hut his achievements in the realm of God are wonderful. The meeting tonight will be in the Methodist church at 7,:.). Everybody Is urged to hear Moody. SOLD BASKETS FOR FUND. New Callamatte Orange at Riverside Raised Good Sized Lump for Hall Furnishings, The basket social given by the country club at Riverside school house Feb. 19, was a decided success. The house 'was well filled with nn atten tive nnd appreciative audience. The proceeds of the social are to go to the hall ,'und of the new Calam "tte grange whicji was organized a f:'w weeks ago. , A short but very good program was rendered. One of the best numbers vas "Uncle Rastus' Sermon on the I'rodlgnl Son," given by James Cald vcll. . . Archie Miller auctioned the baskets. The highest price paid was $3 for a dwelling; house. There were 37 baskets sold and $11.75 was realized from their sale. ' There were many pretty and np froprinte baskets, such n the future Cnllamctte grange hnll, Riverside S'hool Ijousc, foe simlllcs of. George Washington's hatchet, adorned many boxes: a hay stack, wash holler, cider I arret nnd many others foo numerous tn mention. : ... The Womn'n's Work committee scr vil hot coffee and realized $1.55 vhlch goes to the hall fund. ' The house was benittifully liitMcd h r the West Coast Gas Co.. .125 First street, Albany, who were demonstrat ing their home gas maker light BIG BLACKMAILING SYNDICATE BEING UNEARTHED AT SEATTLE Two Women Arrested For At tempting to Do Up Prominent Millionaire. (By Unite I ."ress) Scuttle, Feb. 22. Warrants were is tucd for the arrest of Lillian Peterson, of Hillings. Mont., and Isabel Clay berg, of Lot Angeles, charged with blackmailing a millionaire Scuttle lum berman. Authorities declare that an other woman confessed, saying these are members of a blackmailing syndi cate which have preyed upon weal' thy and influential men of the Paci fic coast for several years. ' Photographs were used for the pur pose of blackmailing the wealthy. Af ter a photograph of a victim with a pretty woman was secured, a mem ber of a law firm would call the trail to .his office. There he would inform him his wife was about tn start a di vorce rorccilinga through another attorney. Hi would show him a copy of the photograph. Invariably the vie. tint would come through with a large sum. Multi-uiillionairea and men of national and international reputations were among the dupes.. . TEACHERS URGE JACKSON TO BE CANDIDATE AGAIN Petition Signed By Every Prin cipal and Most of Teachere of County Is Received. County School Superintendent W. L. Jackson, as a result of his faithful service in behalf of the schools of I. inn county, and on account of th.' high esteem in which he is held by the teachers of the county. Is bcini sought as a candidate for re election at the coining election. This morning Prof. Jackson received . a petition tigucd by over 225 teachers of the county urging him to enter the .race for re-election. Following is the pe tition which was signed by the great majority of the teachers of the coun ty: "To the Honorable W. I.. Jackson, county superintendent of schools of I. inn county, Oregon: "We. the undersigned teachers ant co-worker in the schools of said county and state, in recognition of your long, faithful and successful ad ministration as superintendent of schools in this county, and by virtu.' of your unbounded loyalty to the teachers and every duty devolving upon you as an officer of the law, and. also, in recognition of your sagacious leadership in being the leading factor in placing Linn county schools among the hot in the state; we your asso ciates m the work of the schools : the county hereby solicit you to be come a candidate for re-election at the coming election of county offi cers." F.vcry iiincipal in the county has attached his name to tho petition, an I it is sale to say that had longer time been given every instructor n the county wculd have signed. There are many schools located remotely ana to reach all of these by mail would be a sii.w (.reposition. Every teacher in tho AUn.ny schools has affixed hit or her trinie to the petition. In vei.v of the fact that the petition waa ci 'ciliated without the knowledge hi Prof. Jackson and was so largely sign ed, is a tiibute to the excellent wort he has done for the county schools W. I..' Jackson is recognized all ov: cr the state ns one of the leading ed ucator and is often callcd.on to as sist In institutes and meetings in oth er counties. He is a member of tin statc.board of examiners, lie has been superintendent of Linn county schools for many years and if elected to the office again the people may rest as sured that the future of their child ren is safe in his hands, ' 0 . Would Buy Bonds ' : John A, Fnrrar, of Portland, is in the 'city in the Interest of a Portland bank in their bond buying department. Mr. Farrnr says that bonds arc in greit demand and thnt they have about sold out of everything on hand and are looking for good bonds of every de scription. He is scouring the country nt present on a haying expedition, and, went to Lebanon this morning for this purpose. This Is evidence of prosperl'y and shows that there is plenty of mon ey in the state. BELLIGERENTS ARE MORE ACTIVE Fierce Fighting Reported Along the Trenches In Givenchy Region. GERMANS GAINED SEVERAL YARDS OF TRENCHES French Made Counter Attacks and Claim a Good Deal of Destruction. (By United Press) Paris, Feb. 22. Seven German bat talions carried more than half a mile of the first line of French trenches and also' the second line of trenches at many points in the Bois Givcnchy re gion, it is officially admitted. Counter attacks drove the Germans from prac tically all sections of the lines. The Germans lost heavily. After gas and artillery attacks of several hours, the Germans charged. Cannon destroyed the first line of trenches at many points. Afterwards the Teutons used fXX) men in successive attacks along the front less than a mile. Shrapnel and machine gun fire with explosive shells from the French lines caused heavy losses in the ranks of the attack ers. Counter attacks by French were conducted from the third fine of the trenches. llerlin, Feb. 22. It is officially an nounced that Germany captured 800 yards of French trenches and 320 pris oners east of Souchcz. Broke Collar Bone. ... , . (By United Press) llerlin,' Feb 22. American Ambas sador Gerard broke his collar bone hi an accident. O-" - FIVE PEOPLE KILLED IN NEW YQRK HOTEL FIRE Four Perished li Rooms and One Made Fatal Jump From Fourth Floor. City United Press). New York. Feb. 22. Five were kill ed early today when fire swept the theatrical boarding house west of Forty-fifth street. Four perished in the rooms and the fiithr an unidentified man, jumped from the fourth story of a window and struck a fence. Guests nearby hotels were aroused ahd caused a panic. V " New Cars Arrive The Irvine parage has just received a carload of Overland Model 83 cars, which were unloaded this morning. Some aie already sold, and Mr. Ir vine looks for a big demand for this line this tea son.. Another Ford Sold Today W. W. Crawford sold the thirtieth 1916 Ford car for his garage. C. R. Widmer secured it. Returned from Astoria Mr. and Mrs. Ed Ristine returned, this morning from Astoria, where they' had been to consult a specialist for Mr. Ristine. Birthday of George Washington who continues first in the hearts of our people HONOR PATRIOT EXERCISES HELD IN SCHOOLS LAUD CEO. WASHINGTON. . Holiday Prevails Throughout City and Schools all Over County Honor Father of Country. Washington's birthday is being cel ebrated quietly in the city today. The banks have remained closed all day and the offices in the court house also failed to open for business. The city hall was open, the city treasurer's office being the only one to close. Flags, bunting and other patriotic dec orations are seen in various places. The post office was open only an hour for general delivery and one city de livery was made. The rural carriers did not go out at all. In the schools throughout the coun ty the day was generally observed. Programs were arranged and songs and recitals lauding the father of his country were in evidence in every dis trict. ' , " In try city programs were rendered every room. Only in the high school was a general assembly- held. where a few songs and instrumental numbers were given and Judge L. L Swan spoke on the life of , Abraham Lincoln, this being a joint Lincoln and Washington program. All pf the schools were decorated, the American flag being in evidence and hatchets, cherry tree and other similar articles denoting Washington were used in the primary room. School was dis missed early and little heavy work was done any place throughout the day. Student! Hike. This morning a party of Albany College students went on a hike to Corvallis. Some will enjoy a picnic. The hikers will return on the evening train. - Various other parties were off on auto rides in the country to enjoy the pleasant spring weather. Dance at Armory. Fifth company Coast Artiller- Corps will give a tig military ball at (he ' armory this yevemng. Officers from neighboring cities are expected and Adjutant General George A White has promised to-be present. Captain Roy Knox announces that his attention has been called to the fact that in sending out invitations to the dance a number of friends of the militia were unintentionally ov erlooked. He states, that in these cas es informal invitations are extended and recognition may be had a; the door. A nine piece orchestra will fur nish the music, with selections by Ricca, the Italian'accordianist of the Pantages Vaudeville circuit who is resting a few days here before join ing the show at San Francisco a;aln. Spectators will be charged the small sum of 10 cents. SIX KILLED IN TRAIN WRECK. Three Trains Were Piled Up on the New Haven Road Near Mil ford, Conn. " (Bv United Press) New York, Feb. 22.-rThrce (rains are piled up near Milford. Conn., on the New Haven road, killing six pas sengers and four trainmen, and in juring sixteen others. New York, Feb. 22. At 4 o'clock this afternoon the New Haven offices revised the lists, and said that only six are dead. M. E. Church Fair ' The Ladies Aid Society of tin Methodist church -will hold a fai; early in April .There will be a a'e of Faster nr.vellies, aprons, haiulkcr chiefs, etc.' The date of the sale wi'l be announced later. ' ' CLUBS TO MEET HERE MARCH I1TH Willamette Valley Development League Getting Ready For Session. DR. ROBNETT TO REPRE SENT ALBANY AT GATHERING Bids Asked For on 80,000 Poster Stamps to Adver tise Albany. At last night's meeting of the board of directors of the Commercial club, Dr. J. H. Robnett, president of the club, was selected to represent Linn county at the meeting of the valley clubs in Albany March 11, to be ap pointed by other clubs of the county, probably from Lebanon, .Brownsville, Harrisburg and Scio. This meeting will be a follow-up of the meeting of the Willamette Valley Development League organized here Feb. 5. A resolution endorsing a U. S. tariff commission waa passed, favoring plac ing tariff rates in a permanent board of experts. Letters from F. J. Fletcher and E. H. Davies, of Cascadia, were read. urging the club to assist them in fight ing an effort of the Interior Depart ment to place lands in township 14, ranges 13 and 14, in the forest reserve. The club was asked by. Astoria to assist in the fight for a naval base on the Columbia, but since this is al ready in the hands of congress no ac tion was -taken. Secretary Eastburn was instructed to write the valley clubs urging at tendance at the meeting here March It was voted to put out 50,000 ad vertising sticker stamps advertising Albany, and bids from local printers will be asked for. HI GILL BETS NOMINATION FOR MAYOR OF SEATTLE Had More Votes Than All Competitors Put To gether. v His (By United Press ' Seattle, Feb. 22. Receiving the larg est vote ever given a mayorality can didate in a primary election at Seattle, Hiram Gill was renominated yester day with a vote exceeding the com bined vote of his three opponents. Austin Griffith captured second place and will oppose Gill March 7." ' " Y The vote was: Gill, 30.845; Griffiths. 1S.932; Erickson, 9,724; Raymer, 1,910. Appreciation Class The regular meeting of the Appre ciation class will be held tomorrow evening at 7:30 at the college..' Bought Out Partner J. F. Kennedy and R. W. Brother ton, local painters, have dissolved partnership. Mr. Kennedy taking over the business. Mr. Brotherton and wife will leave for their old homes in Dor ver and Newark, N. J., the latter part of the month and resume their resi dence in their former home state. Mr. Kennedy will continue the business here. i TONG WAR CONTINUES h TO RAGE ALONG COAST In Portland Last Night a Tong- man Was Shot, Dying , This Morning.' (By United Press) San Francisco. Feb. 22. In an ef fort to stop bloodshed in the war be tween Hod Sine and Bow Leons Tong, the Chinese peace society sen. the president two delegates from Portland and Seattle todav. Mean time Chinatown expects either a new outbreak 'any moment or declaration of peace. ' Portland, Feb. 22. Wong Ching, a tongman, was shot yesterday in a running fight with Hop Sing high binders, and died this morning. The police started a general cleanup of Chinatown, arresting several suspect ed of carrying revolvers. Some were turned over to the government au- thorities, and deportation is probable Julian Alabero, a half caste Chinese was held. JOSEPH COHEN OF N.U DELIVERED SECOND ADDRESS Spoke to Big Crowd Declaring the Gospel to Be For the Jew First. . j That God has not cast off his chos en people, the Jews, but that' they will again come into their own, was the statement of Jos.' Cohen, the New York Jew, who spoke 'at the !U. P. church last night to a large audience, his second address here this month. He declared that the world will never have a world-wide evangelization un til the conversion of the Jew, and that the big missionary work of. the world should be among the Jews; that the BibbJ: says that the Gospel is a pow- er unto salvation to all that believeth, TO THE JEW FIRST, and then to the Gentiles. He said :that the reason the church is dead 'today is because it has no Jews; that whenever the Jew is there is life; he is a roan of ac tion in everything. For 2O0O years the. Jews have been persecuted in order to give the Gentiles a chance, and that they are now in the same position the Jews were when Christ came, to the earth, proud, bigoted and selfish. He said there is as much Christ in the old testament as in 'he new, and that Christianity is simply the fulfill ment of Judaism, a graft on the olive tree of Judaism. That the Jew is no better; but that it is God's way, not a matter of preference, but in order. Mr. Cohen is raising money for the New York Jewish missions, and what ever is raised goes directly to the headquarters at New York, sent lo cally. . . t Y BOWLING TOURNAMENT TO BE6IN THIS WEEK AT Y.M.C.A. Some good scores have been rolled of late on the Y. M. C. A.'allcys, In tonsequence of which the local ..fans have been inspired with an ambish. Six teams have ben organized to try conclusions with each other for a trophy. Prof. W.: E. Wood is captain of a high school faculty team with C. P. Stephens, H. C. Clifford, E. A Hudson, and W.' B. Young, as team mates. Fred Dohnert will lead a team of the young business men with G. A, Flood. Hiram Torbet,. F. C. Stell macher, . and Gustav , Abraham as team mates. Asa Eastburn and Tom Gilchrist will each lead a team with Dave Wiedcr, Harold Irvine, Horace Houghton, Roy Eastburn. Stanley Adams, Cecil Froman, Mick Stilson and Leo Leigh (each taking four)) as team mates. Floyd Shortridge and Scth French will each lead a college team with Irvine Custer, A. Tolles 'C; Jones, A. Jones, C. Fortmiller, F. A. Jensen Henry Fish, and E. D, Botts from which they will choose four each as team mates. ' ' The tournament ' will begin this week with a schedule of three even ings per week. Each team will thus play one match game per week. . y VERY IMPATIENT roposesto Push Germanic De cree Against Armed Mer chantmen Anyway. THEY WILL FACE AMERICA'S PROTEST Thing For Americans to Do Is to Keep Off Armed Merchant men, Use Only Neutrals. By Ackerman. Berlin, Feb. 22. Germany's patience toward America is vanishing. There is not the slightest desire manifest to postpone operation of the Teutonic de cree of warfare against armed merch- antmen, because America protests. It is popularly felt that Americans must suffer the consequences if they em bark on armed ships instead of seeking passage upon neutral and unarmed vessels. The patience of Germany dis- . played toward America during the Ld sitania negotiations no longer exists, because the popular feeling is that America has already hindered many of Germany's plans. Washington, Feb. 22. The adminis tration practically . decided today to 'end the informal conferences between Secretary Lansing and Ambassador von Bernstorff, and dispatch a formal note to Germany emphasizing the need of unequivocal assurances about Teu tonic warfare. The only thing possible 1 to frustrate this plan is' the arrival of definite assurances tl.at the Teutonic proclamation of warfare against arm ed' merchantmen will not become ef fective March first; Tt is' reported the administration has concluded that con fidential discussions of the situation have outlived their usefulness because of the personal animosity between Lansing and von Bernstorff. Powder Works Blown Up; . . (By United Press) Oakland, Feb. 22. The Trojan powder . works at San Lorenzo blew up at 12:30 today and one was killed. S , S TALLMAN NEWS NOTES 3 OF PERSONAL INTEREST - a Tallman, Feb. 21. Mrs. Tooley was an Albany visitor Saturday. . , J, A. Fox went to Albany on busi ness Friday and Saturday. . Dan . Steckley and wife ' returned Friday evening from an extended vis- it east. ... '' The funeral services of J. K. P. Tate were held at the church Friday af ternoon at 1:30, where. a large crowd of friends and neighbors gathered to show their last respects.-Rev. Jamie- son of Lebanon preached the sermon. He was buried in the I. O. O. F. cem etery of Lebanon. , ; Those from a distance who attend ed the funeral of J. K. P. Tate were Martin Sitter of Harrisburg, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Long of Albany and -Mrs. Swerenger of Brownsville. On next Saturday evening, Feb 26, the Tallman orchestra will hold a pie social at the Christian church three miles east of Tangent. Music will be furnished by the orchestra. Everybody cordially invited. - Mrs. Ellery McClain is spending the week end in. Albany visiting rela- ii,.. Willie Hayes was taken to the hos-. pitat in Albany Friday, evening and was operated on for appendicitis. - Clarence Powell has been quite sick with messlcs the past week. Lucille Swank who is attending high school in Lebanon this winter came home Tuesday evening with the mea-, sles. ; , ;. .' ;;' ', If the roads all over the country were as good as those in the Tallman district, automobiles would have no trouble in getting over them. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Truclove of Fry Station visited relatives Sunday. I