0. ' $0l& ALBANY DAILY DEMOCEAT Established In 155 Bert AdvtrtUIn Medium In Linn County. THE WEATHER PROBABLY FAIR TONIGHT VOL. XXIX. ALBANY, LINN COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1916. No. 57. BIG MUSICAL DAY AT GHAUT Royal Hungarian Orchestra, With Singer, Attraction This Afternoon and To-night. SIAS SAYS SHOUT FOR HOME TOWN Big Thing Friday Will Be Dr. Frederick Vinlng Fisher on Dp-to-Date Topics. In hit atltlrcas on the Matchlrtt Hook, Arthur A. Fratmkc dearly iitmlc the Bible mil io from any kind of I maudpoiut. Today it it the biggest "teller, llic American Hililc Society alone telling JJUn a tiny on the aver- niic. It in printed in 552 langiiagct mul hat 15,011 different words, while S'aketpcare ii limited to 'AX Hi. It literature it great, anil in poetry it i lil.Hchlcti. Science changes contilill tally, lint the Bible never. It it a unit, though 1600 year in writing, ami Christ i the center, the greatest influ ence In the world. The Motion I.yrie Operatic com- - : I ..l.l I pally were iimiii) tuiKiug kuiiu viu- hohioncd songs, with heart and ex pression, delightful cutcrtaincrt. Their Martha was excellent, Following tlicin in (he evening. I'ment Sias, of Syra cuc, N. V., (poke on Home TcAvn Preparedness. Though designated at ' Rev. Dr., he it neither. He told how city population had gradually in created front 4 per cent ahont a hun dred year aiio, to nearly 50 now. The mult home townt are dyitiK. the larg er oiiet growing larger, and the town that live i mum huve m-i..l and other advantage, such n )uvlnx ami pret ty In. met. He declared Alliany to he I'hout the fuiett he had teen anywhere bent on the eoatl. THE PEOPLE OF A CITY SHOULD STAND SOLIDLY FOR IT, TALK FOR IT, WORK FOR IT. BE PROUD OF IT. Organisation is necessary for growth, and It i a slim biisiucAs man who doci tut belong to hit roinmer cial cluli. And it it a measlcy Chris tian win-, don not belong to a church. California lieu It Oregon on boost, hut ttt oil resources, A Ircmcndout era of progress Is on In the middle cats and It will reach here. The retident who tends lilt money away to the mail order houset is a hyphenated Albanian. And here he skislird ili'i cataloKiic houses to the limit. He tpoke earnestly for the boys, for home and city recreation for them. , The greatest menace now is the no cial menace. The hoy. it the biggest attct in a town and he should he pro tected and encouraged. At the V. C. T. U. tent in the after noon Mrs. Uphnm, of the Louise Home for Girls, gave a talk that 1 'pierced, telling Ihlngt that startled about the criminal way in which part ents look after their girls. At one place in Portland now there arc four school Rlrls only fourteen or fifteen years of age about to become moth ers. Near one of the barracks, where Kirls look up to soldiers' as heroes, there were sixteen cases at one time The hour for Dr. Hell's address was chan.tcd to 1:15 as a more convenient time. He continues to speak out in school along economic and social lines. The Scilt Thomas French club beat the Vicrcika 9 to 6 in a live tame last evening, Next kiuc tomorrow night. This is perhaps the big musical day. the Royal Hungarian orchestra, n splcitdid organization appearing this afternoon nnd evening. Mrs, Roberson speaks this nfler- tioon on Success Where Yoit Are. Tonight the entire program will be musical, the Hungarian orchestra be ing assisted by Wine. Fay Morvillus, . an accomplished vocalist. Domestic aoiencc anil the juniors continue to make good. Tommorow there promises to be the best address of the assembly, that of Dr. Frederick Vinlng Fisher, after noon and evening. He Vas at the, lirad of the bureau of lectures of lite AH Pnnamn-Pncifiq exposition and has WOMAN DRAGGED FOR SEVERAL ROOS BY A COW Mrs. Emma Gilkey Is Dragged With Rope Around Her Neck But Only Loses Finger. An accident that threatened very se rious results occurred Monday at Thomas to Mrs. V. m Gilkey, when a cow al e was lending ran and drag ged her ucveral rods. The rope in some manner caught around Mrs, Oil- key's wrist and she was Ihrowit to the ground, after which the rope got around her neck. The cow ran for tonic distance until slopped by the brush, and in holding the rope away from her neck to save her life her (in ter was burned to badly that it had to be amputated. Dr. Hobsou, of Scio, attended the injured woman. .Mr. and Mrs. I'aut llartnik, who were shop ping in the city today, brought the newt of the accident and report1 Mrs. Gilkey as recovering from her experi ence. 000 FELLOWS INSTALL OFFICERS HERE LAST NIGHT lewelc Presented By Grand Master to T. J. Stites and J. K. Weatherford. . The installation of ollucri in llic lo- al lodge of 1. O. O. F. was the occa lion for a big time last night. Grand Master of Oregon Hcniy S. Wcst- irook, and Giand Secretary E. K. Sharon, both of Portland, were prcs ;ul. A large attendance was present md many, came from Jefferson, Coi- allis and the surrounding country. Victor Olliver, district deputy grand .natter, installed the officers. The .Itctivc officers installed were: N. E. Hoover, noble giand; J. F. .Mitts, vice rand, and among the appointive offi-,-ets insulted, were, .F., S. deer, war den; K. A. Hudson, conductor; and Ibcodorc llollich, chaplain. Victor Olliver, financial secretary and A. C. Ilaker, recording secretary, hold over n their offices. Grand Master Westbrook presented jewels to Past Grand Masters J. K. vVcathcrford and T. J. Stites. . Fol 'owing the work the members repair :d to the banquet room down stairs A-bcre they enjoyed a splendid lunch. Speeches1 were made by Messrs. Westbrook, Sharon, Weatherford. Stites and others. ZEL1YIA FRY ADJUDGED DEPENDENT IN GOORT Judge McKnightDoes Not Con sider Chinamen and Boot leggers Suitable Company. After listening to the testimony of Mrt. Gertrude Fry today wherein she made admissions to statements tiiat l.cc Hing, a Chinaman, called at her house and went different places with iier and her 16-year-old daughter, Zcl ina. that James Witiant, known' as "Alcohol Jim," and other men of ques tionable character visited her house, JhiIkc D. H. Mc Knight, declared Zel ma Fry dependent and ordered her sent to the Louise Home, in Port land. John Fry, a respectable and well known farmer, sal through the trial conducted by Deputy District At torney W. L. Marks before Judge Mc Knight, and was anxious to have the girl taken from bis divorced wife and committed to a home where she will have proper influences. Chief of Police Joint Cntlin testified to receiving complaints from neigh bors of Mrs. Fry when she lived at Seventh and Hill, and later at Eighllf and Geary streets. Sheriff Hodine told of serving citation on Mrs. Fry and finding her at the chittem bark camp of Winant on the Driver place, and finding there afso in company with Mrs. Fry and her daughter, the China' man, Lee Hing, a man named Rbn kcnshlp, anil one other. Mrs. Fry claimed she was employed as cook for the camp. Mrs. Upton, of the home, left for-Portland with the girl this evening.- spoken In nearly every state in the Union. A great man and speaker with a message. TREVINO TRAITOR TO Declared to Have Been In Plot to Assist the Rebel Movement. PROBABLY TO BLAME FOR CARRIZAL ATTACK Gen. Pershing Believes Trouble With Mexico Will Be Settled Peaceably. (By United Press) F.I Patoj July 13. Information ttiat General Trcvino furnished Villa with munitions has cast a doubt on Trc viuo's reports of attacks upon the Villitt.ni operating at Parral. Tele graphic communication was cut south of Chihuahua last night. Carrana agents furnished American officials with detailed charges of the 1 rcvino ulot I" atsist the rebel movement in northern Mexico, the ultimate pur pose being the replacing of Villa. This with the Carrixal attack nearly prc- .-ipilaliug war, it is reported rattsca General Obrcgon's orders replacing Trcvino with F.nriiiic.. Rumors that Enrique was jailed or executed are not confirmed. Carrania agents suspect the tignifi- .-ance of Trcvino's concentration of all loyal troops at Chihuahua City since .-cceiving word of his transfer to Mon terey. F.vcn portions of the army mo- ilized to check General Pershing s movements are now in Chihuahua City. Carrama's two nephews went to Mexico City today to make a pcr- tonal report of Trcvino's actions. Chi huahua arrivals declared that Trcvino had imprisoned Generals Salazer and Carnveo, former Httertitus, who re cently were granted amnesty. Washington, July 13. General Pershing believe the trouble between the United Slates and Mexico will be settled. In reports to the war de partment to'tlay he said: "The Mex icans in this vicinity along the. Mexi can railroad have been very friendly oward the Americans the last few days." To Students Miss Marker, principal of Miss Har- ker's school, Palo Alto, Calif., will be at the Hotel Albany this Thursday ev ening from 5 to 9 o'clock. Adv. 9 9 9 HOOPER CONVICTED. 9 Carthage, Mo., July 13. John 9 Austin Hooper, alias. Wilbur 9 Mason, convicted of second-tie- 9 grec murder, was sentenced to 9 ten years in the penitentiary 9 shortly before midnight for the 9 killing of Policeman Joplin. 9 Hooper is known in the North- west as the most sensational 3 highway man for years. 9 r : " ' r ' ' 3s pltVaa--"-----'"tt-Y-fTtTII 'I i-t mmnrareag WITEPSKIES' ROYAL HUOARIAN ORCHESTRA IS THE CHAUTAUQUA ATTRACTION TONIGHT. MRS. HAMILTON HAS FATAL ACCIDENT NEAR SHEDD Was Caught in Mower, Dragged and Died From Serious Injuries Received. Horribly mangled from being drag ged in a mowing macjiinc when a team of horses pulling the mower ran away last evening, Mrs. Grace Kthlyn Hamilton, wife of K. G. Hamilton, of Portland, died at her home ten miles southeast of this city flits morning. .Mrs. Hamilton was driving the mower yesterday, when the hortes became frightened and started to run. She was jerked from her .balance and thrown forward, her clothing catching in the gears, and was ' ground and pounded by the machine for a distance of 3U yards. She received ugly cuts up the center of her body, her legs and arms were broken and her head and face badly cut. The accident occur red about 5 o'clock b'st; evening and she died at 7 o'clock thitj morning. A peculiar coincidence is the fact that just a year ago to the day, almo.l to the hour, James McHridc, owner of the farm, was killed in exactly the same manner on another part of the place. He was also dragged and bad ly mangled. -,' K. G. Hamilton is in the employ of the city water companyj in Portland and on July 4 'came up to the farm east of Shedd, where his wife and children have been living for the past two years, to spend a mouth's vaca tion. He will lakehis wife's body to Portland for burial Saturday evening after funeral services have been held at the farm home here Saturday af ternoon. " Mrs. Hamilton was born in Wiscon sin 43 years and ten months ago. Be tides her husband and two sons. Rob ert and Harold Hamilton, and one daughter., Geraldinc. she is survived by her step-mother, Mrs. Amanda Marony, and two brothers, George and John Marony, of Sandy: four sis ters, Mrs. E. Davis. Mrs; John Stew art, and Miss Anna Marony, pll of near Shedd; and' Mrs. Rosctta I.an phere, of Hoquiam( Washington... ? LINN COUNTY FARMER WANTS DIVORCE FROM WIFE Woman Leaves Her Home After Being Married Just a Year and a Day. ' A. B. Hond, a prominent farmer of the Knox ISiute district, today tiled a complaint for divorce in the circuit court, ascking that the bonds of mat rimony be severed between him and Julia Bond. The complaint is based on desertion and cruel treatment. The complaint alleges that the cou ple was married July 6, 1915, and that on July 7, 1916. the defendant hurled a volley of horrible epithets at plaintiff and his daughter and since that time she has not remained at home. They lived together a year and a day. From Portland Steven Rohxbaugh, of Portland, is in the city on a visit, the guest of his brother, G. W. Rohrbaugh. BONO BUYERS PUT LIFE IN COUNCIL Quiet Meeting Enlivened When Rival Firms Appear With Offers to Buy City Bonds. SPECIAL MEETING FOR THE PURPOSE TO BE TONIGHT Cify Officers File Quarterly Reports; City's Debt Is $172,903.20. . What started out to be a dry; rou tine affair at the regular meeting of the city council last evening, ended with snap when two bond buyers iroin Portland took their turns on the floor of the council and iiijrcted liic into the proceedings by offering to pay the expenses of a special election tor the privilege of buying $172,903 3i) of the city Londs to take up the city s outstanding warrants' The entire pro ceedings arc given below: The report of Chief of Police John Catlin showed the following taken up during the quarter ending June 30: Locked up hoboes, 82; runaway boys. 14; drunk and disorderly conduct, 13; bugtary, 2; larceny, 2; carrying con cealed weapons, 2; girls running away from Cl.emawa Indian school, 2. Bills were passed for the construc tion of sewers as follows: Bill No. 950, jo construct a sewer beginning at the manhole in the Gea ry Street trunk between Seventh and Eighth streets and extending west through block 3 and part of block 2, for 678 feet in Hacklcman's Woodland addition. The cost of the sewer was estimated hi $457 64;"bf whicly proper ty owners' portion was $403.29. Bill No. 951 provides for a sewer 320 feet long beginning at the east ern end of the lateral sewer in the Santiam Road and extending in a southerly direction along said road in Hacklcman's Heirs' First addition. The totaled probable cost was esti mated at $168.85, of w hich the proper ty owners' will pay $133.89. The contract for the construction of the two sewers mentioned above were awarded to W. S. Weaver, the first for $394.50 and the second for $144.32. The work is to be completed by Sep tember 1. Opon recommendation of City At torney Victor Oliver that the council has the power to appoint a successor to Ellsworth Newton as a driver in the street department, J. E. Kennedy who -was endorsed by Street Superin tendent F. N. Wood, was elected to fill the vacancy. A resolution was passed declaring a switch on Railroad street, north of Seventh street, a nuisance, and the S. P. Railroad was requested to abate the nuisance. Authorized by th,e proper resolu tion, City Engineer John Penland was ordered to survey Denver street through from its present terminus JUNE LIQUOR SHIPMENTS SHOW CONTINUED INCREASE Steady Climb Continues , on Importations of Whiskey and Beer. Complete return for Linn county for the month of June shows that there were 607 shipments of liquor re ceived, mostly for drinking purposes. In addition there were 128 sales on affidavits for ethyl alcohol for me chanical purposes, one for sacramental and eight for prescriptions, a total of 644 for the month. During June 234 residents of Albany received 234 ship ments of beer and whiskey, 2nd in Lebanon 70 were received, over one- half for the entire county coming from these cities. The increase in shipments for the year since January is shown here with: January, 95; February, 232; March. 376; April 426: May, 491 ; June 507. For a time it looked like June would go below M?y, but Lebanon came to the rescue at the last minute POST OFFICE RECEIPTS ' SHOW INCREASE OVER '15 Quarter Ending June 30 Is Thirteen Per Cent Better Than Period of 1915. According to the official postoffice statement for the quarter ending June 30, business is on the up-grade. "The total receipts for that period were $5,456.67, as against $4,813 for the same period in 1915. This is a gain of $643.67, better than 13 per cent. north. to the S. P. right-of-way. City Treasurer H. B. Cusick and City Recorder L. G. Lewelling pre sented their quarterly reports, which' were adonted. The summaries of the! repasts,' as presented in City Record-H er Lewelling's report, is as follows: Receipts, disbursements and bal ances for the quarter ending June 30. 1916, $37,143.06. ; Disbursements and amount invested in warrants, $20,305.42; less overdraft on bond interest paving fund $97.45. Balance on hand July 1, $16,935.39. Warrants were drawn for the fol lowing purposes: - City officers - $1,338.89 Fire department 1.121.08 Street department 2,183 60 Sundries, court and attorneys. fees, dogs, office supplies, prison, street improvement, library, ($5001, band inter est ($1605.09), plumbing etc. . v r..... 2,969.48 Lighting . 1,160.55 Sewers - 3,025.33 Total warrants ...$11.848.93 Outstanding warrants $105,115.06 ii- . i .1 - . i. . tvarrams paio uuriug mc . i i ,n , te quarter i.svt.j7 Total outstanding war rants .... .$ 87.710 67 The city debt, exclusive of interest. is as follows: Bonds due and outstanding warrants ..-.$319,030.26 Available cash - 16,935.39 Amount sinking funds in vested 6.582.70 Unpaid paving assessments 122,608.97 Total ...... ........$146,903.20 Net indebtedness .....$172,903.20 Carl S. Kelty, of the Lumbermans Trust corApany, of Portland, and Bur ton C. Haines, representing Clark, Kendall & Company, Portland, ap peared' before the council regarding the matter of refunding the city's out standing warrants. Both urged upon the council the advantage of holding a special election at once and author izing the taking up of the outstanding warrants drawing 6 per cent interest, with. 5 per cent bonds. ; Mr. Kelty offered for his company to paying the -costs of a special elec tion, print the ballots, furnish blank bonds, legal advice and pay a premi um on top of this for the contract. Mr. Haines duplicated the proposition. Unon motion of Councilman H. W. McElmurry the matter was made a special order for 7:30 p. m. Thursday, when the council will meet and con sider bids from both firms. T Gen. Haig Reports Situation Unchanged, Though Fighting Fierce. BRITISH ATTACK NEAR CRISIS NORTHEAST ALBERT Germans Undoubtedly Intend to Continue the Verdun Campaign. (By United Press) London, July 13. Artillery firing occurred in several sector; of the Bri tish front last night. The general sit uation is unchanged, General Haig re ported this afternoon. West of Wytchaete the Germans attempted a raid, but were repulsed. . The second phase of the British of fensive is approaching a crisis north east of Albert, where the English are striving to advance two miles to the heights of Martinpuch. Th? Germans have thrown two army corps into ac tion there, counter-attacking savage ly, particularly southeast of Contal maison, where German success would halt the entire British advance. British correspondents report Eng lish losses severe only where thereis dose fighting for possession of vil lages. German correspondents, ad mitting a powerful offensive, declare the attackers losses are comparable only at Verdun. No Canadian, or Australian troops participated in the Somme offensive. New Foundlanders however, distinguished themselves. In the eastern front operations east of Kovel have reached a temnorarv luii. .- ;, . Paris, July 13. Dense German .nasses are storming the approaches of Fort Souville, in the seventh great as iault on Verdun since the battle start ed 146 days ago. Violence in yester day's attacks furnished unmistakable evidence that Germany was' determin ed to continue the Verdun attack re gardless of the critical position on other fronts. The Germans bombarded violently throughout-Jast night, but made no infantry attacks. The Ger mans spent 18 days in artillery prepa ration for the present efforts. . . London, July 13. Premier Asquith, announcing the suspension of August bank holidays, revealed the determin- r.tion of the allies to Continue the Somme offensive for months to achieve final victory. More Big Submarines. Copenhagen, July 13. German newspapers assert that 80 submarines of the Deutschland class are under construction, 20 to be completed by August. Off for Newport Mr. and Mrs. D. Bussard and daugh ter, Ethel, left this morning in their car for Newport. Miss Harker in Albany Miss Harker, principal of Miss Har kcr's school, of Palo Altp. Calif., is in the city, stopping at the Hotel Al bany. This is the school at which Misses Isabelle Young and Anna Dawson, attended, one with a wide reputation among girls. JUOGE GALLOWAY RENDERS DECISIONS IN CIRCUIT COURT Divorce was granted to Sophia Mi uert from Clans M inert. In the case of W. P. Elmore, ad ministrator of the estate of H. B. Mayer, deceased, vs. Stephen Russell Company, was on trial today. The case is to compel defendant company to complete a contract relative to pur chasing some timber. Default and judgment was ordered in the case of May & Senders com panypany vs. W. M. Moore. Confirmation of sale was ordered in the case of Mamie Enger vs. Virgil Rice et al., partition suit. Order entered confirming sale in case of U. S. National Bank of Sa lem vs. Fred Gooch, et al.