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ALBANY DAILY DEMOCRAT
VOL. XXVIII
ALBANY, LINN COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 1916.
No. 277
4
MEXICAN TRIP
Congross Makos Provision For
the Expedition Against tho
Bandit Villa.
STRICT CENSORSHIP
MAKES NEWS SCARCE
Force of Carrazanistas bent to
Montezumas to Keep Villistas
Out of Sonora.
(Ily United I'rcst.)
Washington, March 28. Only our
iiiciuhrr cjiiiiitiit it, the house passed
the tinny deficiency hill appropriating
$H.5(K),IHX) to cover the cost l an ex
pcdilii.u lu Mexico, to enable the w.ir
department to rcsruu t!u' at my to full
trciigth. liny aeri plant, motor trucks
ami equipment. Tlir action u regard
ril ! congressional cudortrincitt of
I lie move against Villa. Loudon, a
Socialist, vrui the only opponent. Con
grcmrti assured Secretary Maker
ol hall a million appropriation for
aviation next year will lie liruineil. He
would buy eight machine noli with
three motor truck for etch. F.nch
aeroplane col from eight to twelve
thoiiand.
Colnnthu,' March 2H. (Cciimr de
leted ISO words). Several carload of
rifle and ammunition were unloaded
here last night.
(".alvtton, Marvh 28 Wirclec
from Tampiro said thrrr had hrcn no
anti-American outtirrak. Fear of
litem pcrtist, however. A yacht i
hriiigiuc; AHity, wtvet and rhidlmi of
Tampiro oil men.
Columbus. March 28 Tigbtruiir.;
the censorship dispatches from Casas
(irainlr, activity of the troop here
t preparing for an uuliown move
ment. I elieved to foreca t important
development.
The ccntorship ha .ihr. heen tight
eucil lchcre, it i a itmiinced. Air
t titer t.ii'nload of him arrived to
tlav I'.iik train rmtli of Crvi:.
Gritiih-s it o nndiT'li I'ttr. nre ascend
iny .-1 J i n 1 1 nii,n:ati:. carrying
I r-ivt :.n. Niifl tlltslnr hor:
abandoned i nrinsj 'he I'oluinbii ra I
vciv t-ii.-tiot.cd to-'a,.
Douglas, March 28 Following a
conference, Governor Calle sent Gen
eral Gomez with fotirtcn hundred Car
raurisla cavalry from Colouia More
lo to Moeteiima' to guard against
the Villista entering Sonora. Shoulil
Villa cro the mountain, the Ameri
can officer believe an expedition. will
he sent from here.
Washington. March 28 The state
department telegraphed Consul Que.
rctaro asking to arrange for transpor
tation of army npilic from the bor
der. Meanwhile a protocol covering
complete cooperation between the
United Stale and Mexico, i held in
abeyance.
GILCHRIST'S TEAM LICKED
BY TEAM OF ASA EA5TBURN
What had promised to be a battle
royal resolved itself into a rather one
ided event on the Y. M. C. A. bowl
ing alley last evening. Asa I'.aHtburn
and Tom Gilchrist had groomed their
force to compete ill felling the tim
ber, but on the lap of the hell one
of Gilchrist's men wits missing, Mitel:
waiting and burning of telephone
wire failed to bring him to light so
finally the gntne proceeded with the
"dummy" instead of 100 pins per. Al
though thus handicapped and some
what disconcerted, Gilchrist's team
put up a game light to the end. Kust
liurn and his men were out lor every
thing' in sight and run up the two
highcM individual scores made during
the tournament, Scott howling 188
In ten frames and F.aslbiirn 186.
The Individual averages are ns fol
low ; ' .
Finncrty 1.17 1-2; Irvine 128: Nchcr
gall 116; Scott 14.1; Fastburn 157 1-2;
CORVALLIS GIRL RUN OVER
BY AUTO THIS MORNING
Grace Sandon Was on Way to
Softool at Corvallis When Hit
By Farmer Paulson.
K it over hy nil automobile at 8:45
o'clock, tit Corvalli thi morning,
Grace Sandon it lyiuii in u critical con
dition at that city, without protpcett
of recovering. She wa on tier way to
school, nud wai crossing the ttrcet
when hit hy the luachiiie, an Overland
belonging to O. Paulson, a farmer.
She immediately taken home and
surgical aid tccured. She i a niriiilicr
of the Catholic church, and because of
the eriotine( of her condition, there
being no prirt in Corvalli at the
lime, Faihcr Clancy, of thi city, wa
seiit for, nud wa taken over in a
short I'lnr by Juck Hummel, Jr., of the
Albany Gurugc. When he led to
return home it wa thought there was
little chance of her recovering. The
till it lb years of age.
OR. GAE6ELEIN PRESENTED
STRIKING LECTURE ON PSALMS
The Book Is Divided Into Five
Sections Corresponding to
. First Five Book.
That the J'lalmi arc a gold mine in
the Hible, wu the declaration of Ur.
('aehelein last night, in hit filth Hi
idc lecture. In them arc prophecy.
comfort, a help. They were written
mostly by David, but tome were by
other, one by Mosct, tome by Solo-
Mion, and they were compiled and ar
ranged in order with rare judgment
by a Jew. They are in five section,
corresponding to the first five books
of the Hible, the first to 4lt inclusive
to Gctse-ds; the econd 42nd to 72nd,
io Fxo'u; the third, 72nd to K't U. to
Lcvit-iit: the fourth. 90th to KKjIIi, to
Number, and the fifth, H)7th to I5tlth
to Deuteronomy. In it there are pro
phecies covering Christ, Israel and the
kingdom to come. The 2nd, 8th, Ifith
and 22nd .ire the story of Christ, a
wonderful one of prophecy. That Is
rael will come hack into her own i
Irarly stated and the coming of the
kingdom i made ptaiti. The desola
tions and war of the world precede
the column of Christ, who alone can
make war to cease. The Psalms end
.villi a great Hallelujah.
A Rood nniny arc attending the lec
tures, greatly interested in the com
prehensive manner in which the Hible
is explained.
Dr. Gaebelcin, beside having pub
lished a number of books, is editor ol
a magar.inc reaching forty or fifty
thousand i topic monthly.
The book of the acta is now the
subject of the afternoon lecture. To
night the lecture will be on the lues
sane for our tiuir front the hook of
ReVelntion, which will also he the
subject for Wednesday and Thursday
night.
(By United Press)
Getting Mad.
Paris. March 28. Rushing the ad
vanced position at Parroy Woods, the
French annihilated the occupant who
refused to surrender, and withdrew af
ter dynamiting the trenches, it is of
ficially announced. Revolver', hayo
'uets and clubbed rifles were used.
Klscwhcrc (he night was calm. An
artillery fight at Malancotirt was the
ijnly incident of the Verdun section.
Herlin, .March I'lgiitmg arouuu
St. Klio, where the lltitish destroyed
German trenches, may develop a
strong offensive, headquarters an
uoitiiced.
Indictments Quashed.
Youngstown, March 28 Judge An
derson ittiisited the iudictmepts
ttganst five steel corporations accused
of conspiracy to keep down wages of
laborers. The indictments were held
to be vague, indefinite and uncertain'.
Miss Helen I.ee returned to the city
yesterday after spending the vacation
week at the bom of Miss Crystal
Gaines, above Crahtrec.
K. M. French went to Salem on
business, yesterday. Today he will go
to Junction City on railroad business.
team average 1.16 1-3. ,
Ucv. Young 120 2-.1; llawtin 126;
Plant 110 1-.1; Gilchrist 150; Dummy
100. Team average 111 2-15.
TAX AGENT HERE
G.W. Marshall Files Papers For
8,000 Acres More ef Newly
Patented Timber Lands.
GIGANTIC 00. PAYS OVER
$1,000,000 TAXES ON COAST
Mr. Marshall Thinks Joke Is on
Assessor Who Thought New
Law Hurts Interests.
George W. Marah..ll, tax expert and
agent for the Weycriiruccr Land Co.,
with office:! t Tacoma, arrived in the
city yesterday morninc to look after
u-.x matters of hi company at the
i.inu county court bouse. Incidental
ly he filed with Assessor Karl A.
Fisher patent for about tj.OU) acres
of land which hi company lu gain
ed title, to under the lieu land grant
of the Northern Pacific Kailroad Co.
According to Mr. Marsh. I! the coun
ty as.'.etsor never have to look up
the holding of Wcycihatitcr Co. and
notify them when taxes arc due. The
company notifies the asscssots. "Wc
(.ml it pay to keep strict account of
our holdings and not t utt to coun
ty official to be notified. Thus any
chance of a cloud on my title of our
properties it eliminated."
Speaking of lieu Inuis, it may be of
interest to many to know how this
large company came into possession
of such vast tracts of timber lands in
the northwest. When the Noithcrn
Pacific Co. built their railroad into
Washington they wcie granted out
right lttO.OU) acre of land a a bo
nus hy the government. Unlike the
O. & C. grant in Oregon which is now
up before congress to recommend fi
nal settlement, there was no string at
tached to the grant, and the company
was. privileged to dispose of the land
a they saw fit. A great deal of it
was sold to settlers who wanted to
clear the land and cut off much valu
able timber and get rid of it by burn
ing or any other way. This tract of
1.21)0,000 acres was taken over entire
ly by the Weycrhauscr interests.
However, some of it lay in what is
now Forest Reserves or national for
ests, and when these were created
many thousands of acres had to be
duplicated .elsewhere. To offset this
loss the government issued to the
Northern Pacific Company lieu land
script which could be used in certain
sections of tiic northwest. In this way
the Weycrhauscr company got many
acres in Oregon and now owns prin
cipally in I.inu. I. auc, Dauglas. Coos
and Curry counties. The statements
of ownership filed today "arc lands to
which patents have been issued hy the
government, having been finally sur
veyed and opened to patent.
The Weycrhauscr Laud Co.. with
headquarters in Minneapolis, the home
of the late Frederick Weycrhauscr, is
the largest individual owner of tim
ber lands in the United States. On the
Pacific Coast alone they pay more
than $1,000,000 in taxes annually.
Most of this goes to counties in the
state of Washington, while their tax
es in Oregon amount to something
over $250,000 annually. In I. inn
county the company pays over $10,-
000 taxes annually.
Mr. Marshall has been with the
Weycrhauscr company for many years
and has a large acquaintance all over
Western Oregon. He makes the
rounds of the county seats every
quarter and keeps in close- touch with
taxation affairs in each place, lie is
on the job for his concern all the
time, seeing that levies and assess
ments arc fairly made ami on an
equitable basis with other taxpayers.
"Owning two large tracts of timber
is not as pleasant as it seems," said
Mr. Marshall at the Hotel Albany
yesterday. "The principal game
scents to be to soak the big fellow and
get all the tax money out of him that
is possible. This not only has put
some of the large timber companies
down and out, but is hard on the
small owner who had a quarter, half
or a few sections of timber which he
is' holding. In the end the public has
to pay the price in higher rates for
lumber, for it costs heavily to hold
timber and pay taxes and interest, es-
F.H.BRUNDAGE TRANSFERRED
TO OFFICE IN PORTLAND
Prominent Forest Supervisor
to Be Sucoetded By C.8. Hall
of Roosevelt, Ariz.
F. II. llrundage, who ha been locat
ed in All an in the capacity Su
pervisor of the Santiaui National For
crt, left today with hit family for
Portland where they will make their
home.
In recognition of his strong quali
ties and rbilitic .Mr. llrundage ha
been promoted to a higher office He
serves in the same rapacity a hi pe
tition here, but hi new pott is con
sidered a more important one. He will
have charge of the Columbia National
Forest, which is roughly bounded by
the territory between the Columbia
river and Mt. Adam and Mt. Rainier.
It is with regret that Mr. llrundage
and family are seen to move from this
c:ty, but the best wishes of their many
friends will go with them.
The new man to take charge of this
office will be C. C. Hall, who comes
from Roosevelt, Arizo 1.1. Mr. Hall i
a good man. and lias had many year'
experience ia forest-;.- work. His fam
ily is living in McdiorJ at present,
and all art expected t rrrive in this
city at an tarly date
INSISTS ON ADHERENCE TO
NAVAL BOARD SUGGESTIONS
Senator Poindexter Seeks to
Dictate, Policy of Prepared
ness Congress.
(By United Press)
Spokane. March 28. The chairman
of the Northwest Preparedness con
gress read a paper from Senator Poin
dexter urKiug adherence to the rec
ommendations of the naval boatd. He
expressed the hope of an international
agreement limiting naval armaments
as the basis for leaving America in a
datively good position. The adop
tion of the administration's five year
building program, it is believed, is the
im si possible to obtain at this session
cl congress. It is declared that with
out teuisiic naval strength wc can-
no inamtain peace, even though na
tional ) rivlleges are sacrificed.
o
Set Down On.
Washington, March 28. The house
judiciary committee linked the suf
frage prohibition amendments togeth
er today and indefinitely postponed
action on each.
i?'S;!;aas'Sssi9
$ A SUGGESTION.
The suggestion was well made
to the Democrat today that tliere
are a large number of vacant lots
in the city covered with weeds,
that might well be used for gar-
dening, and that the owners
could well afford to give their
lots free. The suggestion was
that school children be interested ?
in gardening, and be incited to
take advantage of it. Also that
there ere poor people in tlic city
wno wo.iiu oeg.au o, t, e pr.vi-
lege of securing land free for
ks double,
being a good thing for the own-
an
person using the land.
S1
pecially where it must be kept for
from 10 to 20 years before being cut.
"It amuses me very much the way
the tax commission and assessors of
the state thought they were slipping
one over on the laric companies and
did them a great favor. I am per
fectly certain that the new tax law
was designed to cut off the 3 per cent
rebate which was in effect up to last
year. '
"The assessor of Coos county was
responsible for the act. lie told tne
later that he saw that the only people
who were taking advantage of the 3
per cent rebate were the ones who
had ready money. In order to save
this 3 per cent to the countiesthc re
bate was cut off and the payments
divided. This is bcter for us. as we
can make more than 3 per cent on the
last half of the payment between Ap
ril and October."
After attending to a few business
matters ami visiting with friends for
a short time, Mr. Marshall left on the
3:00 o'clock train for Portland.
Commercial G4ub Passes Reso
lution Asking Congressmen
to Oppose Britian.
EMBARGO ON FRUITS
CUTS EXPORTS TWO-THIRDS
Matter of Taking Over and Im
proving G.A.R. W.C.T.U.
Properly Unsettled.
' Declaring that Albany should do
its part towards influencing the Ore
gon members of congress to do all
In their power towards getting Great
Britain to remove the embargo on
dried and canned fruit, the Commer
cial club, last night drew up resolu
tions which have been approved by
the legislative committee and for
warded to the senators and represen
tatives from this state.
California growers and packers are
already greatly alarmed over the pros
pect for the coming fruit season.
Whether to buy heavily or not and
prepare for the unusual demand is the
question. As shown in the resolution
which is printed below, much of the
fruit crop of this country goes to Eu
rope. But with f.nglanrt stopping
shipments to Europe as a mea
sure against Germany, this trade will
be lost. If dryers and canners can
not contract the usual amount of
igoods they will have a surplus left on
their hands. If the blockade and con
traband on fruit is continued it will
mean a serious loss to the cost pro
ducers. Communication was. read .from John
M. Scott, refcrrinir to Gardiner and
Fisher of Albany. X. Y., as National
Home Finders or information bureau.
Letter from the department of com
merce. Washington. D. C. refers to
shortage of paper stock and advising
the saving of all paper and rags.
The report of the committee on
publicity and conventions advised that
the club invite the Federal market
rxperts to address the people of this
community, and suggesting that an
endeavor be made to have them here
at the next monthly get-to-gethcr
meeting on April 10th. On motion
the report w-as adopted and the sec
retary instructed to get in communi
cation with them. .
The committee appointed on March
20, composed of Messrs. Littler,
French and Wiedcr. to investigate the
cost of repairing the G. A. R. building,
could not make a complete report as
the bids for the improvement of the
building were not all in. and on mo
tion was carried over for another
week.
The committee appointed to consid
er as to the disposal of the building
or keeping it for club purposes pre
sented their report, and on motion it
wa laid over until next meeting.
F.. M, Reagan, informed the club
I that a committee of twelve had been
chosen , scIcct a candidate as Maid
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the movement and support the one
hosen hy the committee.
Resolutions.
Whereas, the British government
Wis recently placed an embargo
against the importation of dried and
canned fruits, and has during the
present European war, seized ship
ments of dried truits enroute from
the United States to Foreign ports.
thereby injuring the export trade on
such commodities; and.
Whereas, the prune crop of Oregon,
Washington and California for the
year 113 amounted to shout 150,000,-
000 pounds, and of which about two
thirds was shipped to foreign conn
tries; and,
Whereas, for the year 1915 the
prune crop of the three states men
tioned amounted to about 200.000.OtX)
pounds, of which only 50.000,000
pounds was exported: and,
Whereas, the decline of export has
been caused by the present war and
should the present policy of the Brit
ish government he maintained during
the present year, the exportation as
well as the market price on dried fruit
will be greatly reduced in the United
KARLENE WARNER AND HUGH
HAYES MARRIED YESTERDAY
Uhited in Marriage at EJIens
burg, Wash., With Ceremony
By the M. E. Minister.
At noon yesterday, at Elleusburg,
Wash., Mis Karlene Warner, of this
city, and Hugh S. Hayes, of Ellens-
burg, were united in marriage, Rev.
Snyder of the M. E. church, perform
ing the ceremony. The wedding wa
private.
The groom i a prosperous business
man, manager of a wholesale grocery
store at Ellensburg, a young man of
excellent character. The bride is a na
tive of Albany, daughter of Mr. and
Mr. W. H. Warner, a bright youn
lady of pleasing personality. She w as
assistant in the office of Di. Davis
for some time. The doctor at first
contemplated getting out an injunc
tion suit against the wedding, but fin
ally consented and gave the bride a
fine present, as did many othe.- warm
friends here. Mr. and Mrs. Hayes
first met here three years ago .luring
a visit of the groom at Albany, and
he has been here a number of times
since, including last summer:
They have the best wishes of the
many friendi of the bride here.
A CIRCUS IS TO BE HERE
SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE
Under Auspices of Y. M. C. A.
With Jim Van Winkle As
Ringmaster.
Last evening the embryo Barnums
met at the Y. M. C. A. building and
launched the prliminary plans for
what is to be the biggest, brightest.
the best, the surpassing, the surpris-
ings, the superb language fails us.
anyhow the Y. M. C. A. is to produce
circus in - the- near - future. -Thcsse
present at the christening this coming
association event were Chas. H. Burg
graf, P. A. Young, J. C. Irvine. J. A.
Howard. G. E. Finnerty, A. X. Min-
ton, H. C. McDonald and M. A. Kecs.
A general committee of manage
ment was evolved with the following
officers: P. A. Young, chairman, and
H. C. McDonald, secretary. Chair
man Young, in order to get the prep
aration under way, made the follow
ing appointments: G. E. Finnerty on
grounds. It is up to George to pro
duce the sawdust arena, the bright
flags and bunting that dazzles the
eye, the warmth that produces the
thirst for pink lemo. etc. J. C. Ir
vine is responsible for the hypnotiz
ing music and the mirthful clowns.
Chas. H. Burggraf is to scour the
fountry foi the freaks of nature, the
wonders of accident, and oozy, sliniy
reptiles of the jungle. Trainer Mc
Donald is to teach the biceps to bulge
and to make wagon wheels, flying
machines and jumping jacks out of
human material.' J. A. Howard will
let the world know of the great in
atructing, inspiring and entertaining
event in due time. J. S. Van Winkle
is the man who will wear the top
boots, the high silk hat and tell the i
audience in melliferous, rolling, adjec
tiviscd language what is actually tak
ing place before their astonished eyes
' Shortly Chairman Young will call
the committee together to decide on
displays and cvnts and to make fur
ther appointments to departments of
work. The committee is not contem
plating any small entertainment and
the public is promised a real treat.
Another Steamer Sunk.
' (Bv United Press)
London, March 28. The British
steel steamer Empress Midland was
sunk and presumably submarined, all
hands being saved, it is announced.
States; and
Whereas, the Value of the prune
crop in Oregon is from $1,000,000 to
$1,500,000, and from present indica
tions the 1916 crop will be greater
and, whereas, the prune crop is in
creasing yearly and becoming an im
portant industry in the development
'of the state; .
Therefore. Be it Resolved, that Al
bany Commercial club indorse the
above resolutions, and respectfully re
quest our Oregon senators and rep
resentatives to use their best efforts
lo have the embargo on dried fruits
removed, thereby prmitting of the
shipment of the same to foreign ports.
GERMANY TO BE
ASKED TO EXPLAIN
Matter of Sussex Will Be Push
ed With View of Getting
Facts.
WHETHER SUBMARINED
OR NOT QUERY
Diplomatic Relations Will Pro
bably Be Severed Only By
. Yellow Journals.
(By United Press)
Washington. March 28. The state
department will ask German if a Teu
ton submarine torpedoed the Sussex,
was announced following a cabinet
meeting. Meanwhile efforts are con
tinuing to gather evidence to prove
the vessel wa actually torpedoed. The
cabinet discussed whether to sever
diplomatic, relations immediately, if it
was established that Germans subma
rined the Sussex and Englishman.
Congress apparently is behind Presi
dent Wilson.
This afternoon Secretary Lansing
cabled Berlin asking whether a Ger
man submarine torpedoed the Sussex
and Englishman. The cablegram said
he evidence now in possession of
America indicated submarines respon
sible. Owing to usual delays, the in
quiry will probably not arrive before
tomorrow.
London, March 28. Fragments of
bronze which the British officers
found aboard the Sussex are pieces of
a torpedo, it is authoritatively stated.
Splinters were found after the vessel
arrived at Boulogne. The British ad
mirality ha .not ..issued- an., otiicial
statement yet.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO.
PAYS LARGEST TAXES
Check For $24,400 Received
Yesterday on Assessment
For 1915.
The largest tax payment made so
far on the 1915 assessment w-as made
yesterday when a check was received
from the Southern Pacific Co. for $24,
W0. There are several other large cor
porations yet to be heard from, but
as the 5th of April draws near these
will come in more rapidly.
Scotch Machinists Strike.
(By United Press)
London. March 28. Grave strikej
rmong the Scotch machinists are de
laying the manufacture of big guns,
Secretary Addish told the commons
today.
Mrs. M. P. Christianson, of Oregon
City, is visiting at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. J. A. Humphrey.
ALBANY WOMAN HAS MUDDY
TRIP FROM NORTON
Mrs. E. D. Sloan arrived home last
night from Norton, Lincoln county,
where she had been on a visit with her
brother, Lee Hughes. She had a mud
dy time of it getting out. Travelling
by taem about seven miles over the
worst road in the country site finally
reached Summit. On account of the
slide at Tunnel 22 no regular train
were running on the C. & E. Tunnel
No. 22 is between Summit and Nash
ville. About fifty passengers got a
far as Nashville, and by various means
succeeded in getting to Summit. As
the hotel accommodations at Nash
ville were small they had some ex
periences of their own, about equal
to Mark Twain's. They telegraphed
for a meal at Summit, but a special
train came for them, which had been
previously ordered, and they didn't
Wait for any eats. The recent rains
were specially severe over toward the
coast, soaking things Into mud, which
made slides an easy thing,
'i