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ALBANY, LINN COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1916.
No. 58.
VOL. XXIX.
ALBANY
AROUND SOMME
South of Somme Stormed and
Captured First Line of
Trenches. '
BfllTISH ARTILLERY POUND
ING GERMAN POSITIONS
In the Langueval Region British
Have Captured More Ground
Than Lost.
l'urii, July tl It unnouiiccd that
the French resumed the uffcnivc or.
hoih sides of Somnie last night and
idvauccd tolhwctt mill nurlhwot ol
I'rruiiiK'. North of Soninic the French
cnuUinlicd new lino along the Com
hlct Clery narrow gauge lallway, luk
tnu. 4U prisoners. South o( Somim
the Frriteh stormed ami caplurcd a It
(nil line of trui.iu'H between Har
let anil Soyocou.-;.
Foretl. with the llrhliih Army.
The British artillery are pounding cv
cry font of German oitioi bcliim'
the Brilith K.iim north of Somme pre
paratory to a new advance. The ro
nf gum resembles a conlinuoiit Ihun
der. The Grrinana reply occanioiully
The Cerniana don ot molest the Brit .
ith aircraft directing the fire. Tin
German aircrafl ato surprisingly a'1
tent. Our p.-rty traversed Soinnie val
ley, and entered the ruiu of Kricourl
formerly a Gennaii stronghold. Th'
town la ohlilernlcd, the dchrit flatetn
ed, with t. sickening stench from pile
of corpses. Iliiih British officers sa;
an offensive la aclicduled to advuno
alowly end steadily until every foo
..utjlclgluin, and. 4;rauc la recovered
London. July 20. General Haig rr
ported that the lliitish had recap
lured n lillle more leiritory than tin
German counter altackcrt had scirc
in the l.ouuiicval region.
Pctrugrad. July 2. It i aiinonnc
ed that the Russian have captnrn'
Kugi. They repulsed all the enemy at
tack.
Kugl, 00 miles southwest of Frier
tun, capture, marki further progrct
of the Russian's Caucasus army.
BUSINESS WHOLESOME.
Dun Continue! to Speak for a Large"
and Healthier Buaineaa
Outlook.
Dun'i Review: .
Both in it producing nnd distri
buting branches, bushiest it ' alto
gether larger and more wholesome
than it generally realized. It i not be
came of apccnlation that hank clear
ing make such remarkable exhibit.',
and telling prctsure in the ecuritic
marked is without special significance
in view of the uuprccendented rail
way and industrial earningt. The
economic position of the country
grows stronger, lis increased cro,'
yields arc foreshadowed, and the
tightening of the money situation,
while a cause for some hesitancy' In
. certain quarters, is a natural concom
itant of the extensive trade develop
mi.ni A neriod of continuous warm
has affected all retail lines
favorably, reducing stocks that had
n.-i-iiiinil:teil n a result of previous
backward conditions, and efforts to
nn-idrrate the movement of staph.'
. vroduets by making sccrlficcs ,arc
less in evidence than usual, Advices
from nil sections testify to ttn exeep
tionnlly large final distribution, the
enhanced purchasing power of cus
tomers being reflected alike in the
nuimtonted demands .tind the general
preference for the better classes of
merchandise.
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Nebraska People Here-
Mrs. Hannah Hanson, of Omaha,
Nebraska, and Mrs. J. P. Sihbltt, of
Hhnnls, Neb., are guests at the homes
nf Dr. nnd Mrs. P. 11, Phipps and I.,
T. Weaver in this city on their way to
California.
Roy A., H. R. and W. J. Kelly left
the city yesterday for Redmond
where they will work during the sum
mer.
ALBANY COLLEGE TO BE
THEME AT SYNOD TODAY
Nalihar Pnrlflnll Nnrllhanv
College Wants the Merger It
, Should Be Dropped.
The mutter of Alhuuv Collcuc wti
ro come up before the ayuoil of the
Presbyterian eliureh m Kiiueue today.
The matter of the merger should ccr.
alnly be dropped for neither 1'ucllic
University nor Albuny College wants
It The Register tayt:
A prulcit agaiuat the consolidation
of 1'aelfic Univeriity, of Forest Grove,
and Albany College wat made tliii
week by a committee, of the Congre
gational Church of thia city appointed
Sunday.
The local committee protcttt that
the mailer wat not brought before the
deiiominationa in an open and above
board way. Letters to thii effect were
sent to all trustee of Pacific Univer
iity by the. Kugene er.niniiitec.
It i laid hut one or two member
of the board of Albany College are in
favor of the merger, nnd have received
such cold reccplioua in the pant thai
any move toward a. union will be
strongly fought.
NEWLY MARRIEO COUPLE
FAILEO TO ESCAPE
Myrvel Looney and Hazel
Thompson Married and Left
For Newport.
Married last night .Myrvlc Looney
and .Miss Hazel Thompson of this
city, left this morning for Newport
on their bridal trip.'
The ceremony - was performed at
the home of the bride's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Geo. Thompson, near this
city, Rev. Moore officiating. "It was
a fine affair, enjoyed by a few inti
mate friends. Lr"'as known they were
to go' to the bay this morning, but
ihey failed to show up at the train, so
a crowd of their fi lends got jitneys
and rushed over the bridge to' the
North Albany station, where they
found them just as the train was ar
riving, hut not too late for them to
ihower them with rice and throw old
shoes ai them.
They are fine young people, former
fellow high school students.
PROHIBITIONISTS HAVE
FIGHT OVER PLATFORM
Sulzer Arrives to Fight Nomin
ation of Frank Hantey, Once
Albany Visitor.
(By United Press)
St. Paul, July 20. The Prohibition
platform committee after a bitter fight
reported a conservative anti-Catholic
plank. Win. Sillier arrived to attempt
to halt the nomination of Frank Han
ley of Indiana. Before Suiter's arrival
llanlcy's nomination seemed assured.
Sulzer addressed Ihe convention and
intimated he would accept.
To Be Investigated.
(By United Press)
London, July 20, Premier Asquith
informed the Commons that the Brit
ish government !ad started official
investigation of the Dardanelles Mcs
opolnmian campaigns.
New Name-
Candy Laud is to be the name of
Mr, Grciser's candy store and factory,
when moved to the Globe block,
which will be in a week or two, as
soon as . R. Wnlworth , vacates the
place. -
.Bob Stewart returned to the city
this morning accompanied by Mrs
Stanley Stewart, who will visit here
a few days.
M. McAlpin went to Portland this
morning.
W .F.. Peterson arrived in the city
from Toledo lost evening,
Mr. and Mrs, F. S. Kinney came
over from Corvallis last evening.
Mrs! Jennie' Knapp arrived in the
city from Eugene last evening,
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BY LAFOLLETTE
In Senate Declared That He
Emphatically Approved
Mexican Policy.
WANTS NO NEW
BATTLESHIPS BUILT
Declares For New Policy
Guaranteeing American
Foreign Investments.
Washington, July 20. Senator La-
follette addressed the senate demand
ing a naval bill amendment providing
for no new battleships to be used
for Ihe collection of debts owed
American boudholdct and concession
aries. He declared emphatically he
approved President Wilson's Mexican
policy, lie predicted President Wil
son's rclcction, if a "newborn policy
guaranteeing American investments
by Ihe American flag" becomes the
ist.ue.
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Strike Ended.
(By United Press)
San Francisco, July 20. The second
strike of River Hay boatmen ended
this morning when the men resumed
work. They accepted the conditions
prevailing before the walkout. It is
understood the strikebreakers will be
eliminated.
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Wants Information.
(By United Press)
Washington, July 20. The state de
partment informally requested the
British embassy to furnish further in
formation regarding the blacklisting
of American firms.
. HARD HIT.
The Salem Statesman, a lead-
ing Republican paper makes the
following awful slam at Judge
Chas. Hughes, republican can-
didate (or president:
If Carranza would only shave
off those whiskers, we'd have
more faith in him. To the aver-
age American, there's something
in whiskers that breeds distrust.
And yet maybe Victoriano is
wise. It might be a dead give-
away to cut 'em off. Many a
bristling beard covers a rctrc.it-
ing chin.
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Lillian GiBh and George Cooper In a
coming to the G
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CRUELTY CHARGED IN
SUIT FOR DIVORCE
Complaint Filed Today Makes
Charges of Beating and
Threats to Kill.
Stating that her husband beats her,
calls her vile names and otherwise
mistreats her and her children, Mary
Dobrokosky Has filed suit for divorce
from Frank Dobrokosky. They were
married in Iowa 14 years ago, and six
children aged from 12 to 2 1-2 years
of age were bprn.
Plaintiff claims that her husband
hat called tier all kinds of names, that
he abused, beat and threatened her
and treated her violently at various
times and often threatened to kill her.
Plaintiff states that on July 16 plain
tiff was kicked on the left thigh by
defendant who used such force that
plaintiff is hardly able to walk, that
he otherwise beat and kicked her.
knocking her down. He also grabbed
a butcher knife and undertook to use
il. He also beat the children and made
them work when they were not able
and caused them-to be in fear. Plain
tiff aks.for $40 per month during suit.
$300 attorney fees, $50 per month
alimony until the. children reach ma
jority and $1000 permanent alimony.
The couple owns a farm and property
valued at $7000. '
TELEPHONE CONSTRUCTION
HELD UP BY WAR PRICES
Telephone Auditor Says Many
Independent Lines Are
Combining.
II. J. Roake, general auuior of the
Northwestern Telephone Co. was in
the city yesterday checking up toll
charges with the local lines. The
Northwestern is purely a toll line and
docs no local business, connecting
with the other companies on long
distance calls.
Mr. Roake states that construction
and extension work is practically at a
standstill on account of the prohibit
ive cost of copper wire and some oth
er materials due to the war. For this
reason, as wc.ll as for generaal econ
omy, independent rural lines all over
Oregon and Washington, and erecting
trunk lines on a combined basis, the
main arteries running into city ex
changes from Ihe country being used
by both companies in the field.
Infantile Paralysis.
fBy United Press)
New York. July 20. The health de
partment reports showed a decided
decrease in the number of infantile
paralysis cases. There were 119 new
cases today and 142 yesterday.
ccene from "The Birth of a Nation,"
lobe Theatre Aug. fl
VILLA ABOUT TO
BE
Is
Again Definitely Located
Down in the Hills of
Mexico.
MESSENGER AFTER MEDI
CAL AID GIVES HIM AWAY
Yellow Report About All Ameri
cans Again Being Ordered
Out of Mexico.
(By United Press)
Mexico City, July 20. Cliihauhau
reports say that the Constitutionalist
forces have definitely located Villa.
They expect to capture him. The de-
facto cavalry captured a messenger
Villa sent after medical aid. The Car-
ranzista commander reported that he
expected to engage the Villistas main
force soon.
Galveston, July 20. Vera Cruz ref
ugees reported that Consul Canada
had ordered all Americans to leave
Mexico. They declared that Canada
had received instructions Sunday de
spite the apparently peaceful condir
tions.
Pershing's headquarters, Mexico,
July 20. Gen. Pershing personally
inspected the roads one-third of the
distance between headquarters and
the border. He pronounced the high
ways in a satisfactory condition to
withstand heavy motor transportation
during the rainly season.
Hundreds of Mexicans are still re
pairing the worst spots.
Shepherd, San Antonio, July 20.
American militiamen are terribly wor
ried about their families back home.
No European soldiers ever worried so.
If the Germans knew the Britishers
were treating their soldiers' families
as Americans are treated, the fact
would be sent world wide as an in
dication of governmental cruelty.
Thousands are wondering whether
their families are starving. "What
about my family" is the biggest ques
tion at all the border militia camps.
Street Car Blown Up.
(By United Press)
Wilkesbarre, July 20. Strikers to
day dynamited a street car. The mo-
torman was blinded, but the conduc
tor was uninjured. No passengers
were hurt.
NEWS FROM THE
COUNTY COURT HOUSE
Warranty Deeds.
Peter Paulus and wife to Eva Ren
land, June 26, 1916. Lands in block
103 Hackleman's Add, Albany, $10.
' W. C. Repass and wife to Josie M
Mariels, July 1,' 1916. Lands in block
IS, Eastern Add to Albany, $10. .
W. H. Condra and wife to G. J.
Rike and wife, July 18th, 1916. Lands
in Tp. 14, S. R. 3 west, $10. .
i Joseph W. Vennett to Mary V. Can
non, June 24, 1916. Lands in Linn
county, 1 acre, $50.
W. F.'Hays to Dora I. Hays, July
14, 1916. Lands in Sec. 31, Tp. 9 S. R.
3 east, $1. ." '
1 Ida Walsh to Camilla Davis Jones,
June 28, 1916. Lands in Sec. 16, Tp. 13,
S. R. 2 cast, $1. 1 i
Maud O. Van Waters and husband
to Adolf H. Eilers, July 14, 1916.
Lands in block 16, in City of Albany,
$100.
Frederick Wodtli and wife to Gott
fried Muller, May 18, 1916. Lands in
Sec. 36, Tp. 13, S. R. 1 east, $3190.
Quit-Claim Deeds.
Mary E. Davis to S. G. Thompson
June 5, 1916. Lands in Sec. 20, Tp. 13,
S. R. 4 west.
W. B. McCormick et al to S. G.
Thompson, June 19, 1916. Lands in
Sec. 20, Tp. 13, S. R. 4 west.
Tax Deed. ;
D. H. Bodinc, sheriff, to C. M
Giddings, July 15, 1916. Lands in Sec
6, Tp. 14. S. R. 1 west, $108.21.
CHRISTY MATHEWSON GETS
MANAGEMENT OF CINCINNATI
Oaklands of Coast League Has
New Manager; Talk About
the Portlands.
(By United Press)
Cincinatti, July 20. A deal wat
closed at noon whereby Christy
Mathewson becomes manager of the
Cincinatti Reds. Charley Herzog goes
to the Giants. The Mathewson sched
ule is to assume control tod?y. ,
Oakland, July 20. Frank Leavitt
has sold hit interest in the Oakland
baseball club-to Del Howard, who be
comes manager on August first.
Seattle, July 20. Baseball observ
ers believe that McCrediea failure, to
purchase Oakland may force Port
land to leave the Const League and
re-enter the Northwestern League.
S. N. BRADEN GETS A
BIG BITE AND A BATH
Fish Pulls Him Into Lake, and
He Is Resoued By Great
Heroism.
Yesterday a party consisting of S.
N. Braden, H. N. Emerson, Mrs. E. C.
Fisher and Gertrude and Minerva
Braden, visited Horse Shoe Lake on
Wm. Stellmacher's farm. Mr. Bradei
and Mrs. Fisher on a flat bottomed
boat with a few frogs went fishin;:
for suckers. Mr. Braden had a bite
that nearly deprived the county of a
candidate for coroner. The fish musi
have' been a monster, for it swam
around the boat with ferocious mo
mentum, entangeling Braden, who in
his efforts to land the fish was pullec'
into the water,- twenty feet deep, ai
the, place,' and he was bound in the
line so he could not swim. Mrs. Fish
er, though nearly paralyzed, got an
oaf' but to'HIm, and -lie grabbed" "it
with the, muskolong fighting for free
dom. Mr. Emerson hastened to the
rescue, reaching there at the psychol
ogical moment, rescuing both Braden
and the fish. The fish was baked and
'eaten, and Mrs. Fisher is being con
gratulated as a heroine. Carnegie will
take notice.
CHINAMAN IS WANTED
ON FEDERAL CHARGE
Supt. of Louise Home Is After
Hing Lee and Will Take Him
Back to Portland.
W. G. McClaren, superintendent of
the Louise Home, of Portland, was in
the city today looking for Hing Lee.
the Chinaman implicated in a case be
fore the juvenile court last week. It
is presumed that Hing is wanted on
a federal charge. The officer went to
the chittem bark camp two and a halt"
miles south of Tangent on the Cala-
pooia river, where the Chinaman was
last known to be with others mixed
up in the same case. He will be taken
to Portland.
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CORVALLIS TO HAVE FAIR.
Arrangements Begun for County and
: School Display This Fall of
Big Proportions.
Corvallis, Or., July 20. R. C. Von
Lehe is president of the . fair board.
and B. G. Leedy, -Frank Francis.'O,
Dick Kiger, A. L. Stevenson, Bird
Rickard, and R. E. Cannon have been
appointed as board members and will
arrange for a county and school fair
A secretary and some 'women . to
manage the women's department will
be appointed soon. Mr. Von Lehe is
preparing committees and names of
same for farm produce, advertising,
poultry, livestock, women's depart
ment, school fairfinancc and grounds
and buildings, which will be submitted
at the next fair board meeting to be
held in the County Court room next
Saturday night. ' ',.
R. C. Frazier, Miss Stella Frazicr
and Arthur Frazier left yesterday for
Athena. ' , ,
THIRTEEN YEARS
Alfred F. Rhodes Sentenced to
50 Years For Killing a ,
Goo-Goo General. -
ONE OF TEN IN COMPANY OF
126 SURVIVING MASSACRE
Man Who- Avenged Death of
Comrades in City on Way
to California Home.
What would you think if you were '
given a penitentUry sentence of 50 .
years for doing an act that you felt
justified in committing? Quite
enough to make one feel that his
country and all had deserted him.
And yet, with enough to bear that
would make life seem black indeed,
Alfred Field Rhodes still retaina faith
in his government and in mankind
and is hopeful that fortune will turn
his way and permit him to spend hit
last days in comfort and peace.
Alfred Field Rhodes, late private in
the United States army, arrived in
the city this morning on a load of
loganberries, getting rides in auto
mobiles from Salem. He is on his way
to the little town of Coyote, Cal.,
the only place he ever called home, -3eing
born there 45 years ago. He
does not anticipate being met with
the town band and a delegation head
ed by the mayor, for he is hardly re
turning with the honors usually con
ferred upon a hero. Here is Rhodes'
trange story. ;. .
In April, 1898, when the blood of v
he country was throbbing with ex
:itement over the war with Spain, -
Rhodes, bid pod-by to his father and t
nother and went to saw -rrcisecw.
where he enlisted in Co. C, Ninth
United States infantry. He was a hus
ky young man of 27, weighed 170 ,
pounds and in perfect - condition.
Three years later found him with the
same company, with the office of .
commisary sergeant, encamped on the
Bandangus river, on the island of Sa-
:n.'-r, Philippine Islands.,
Company C was doing outpost duty
and was camped three miles from its
regiment. The insurrectos. led by
Gen. Arondo Shcivio, half Chinese
and half Spaniard, lurked in the trop
ical' jungles nearby- They offered no
trouble and the members of the com
pany, after a week on duty thought .
that the brown men were cowed.
On the morning of Sept. 22, 1901,
the company was at mess, their arms
stacked in their tents about a city ;
block from the church, under which
the meals were : served. Hot cocoa
was the drink served that morning, '
Rhodes remembers: Out of the com
pany of 126, 117 sat down to break
fast that morning, nine being one sen- , -try
duty. All seemed peaceful, and
he songs of the tropical birds floated
out onto the morning air. At 6 o'clock
the church bell rang and a load of
what appeared to be h.iy was drawn
up the load by a caribou team. Sud
denly, a squad of ratives who had
been given permission to come into
the town to clean the weeds and trash
out of the streets, made for the cart,
grabbed the long bolo knives which
were hid under the straw and aug
mented by about 600 other brown -
men who lay hid on the outskirts sur
rounded the soldiers, cutting them off
from their arms. They fought hero
ically with knives " and forks, nnd
Rhodes remembers dashing a cup of
hot cocoa into the face of one of the
natives. . ..'
Then something struck him in the :
'back and the next thing he knew he
was in the hospital with four deep
bolo slashes in his body. (These
wounds he exhibited to the Democrat .
reporter, long, ugly looking wounds
on the lower part , of his abdomen.)
He was told that besides the nine
men who were on duty that morning '
he was the only survivor of the 117 ;.
men who sat down to breakfast The
stories he tells of torture and desecra- .
tion to the bodies of his comrades it
gruesome and horrible. -. -.-
After 10 months in the hospital he
was restored, to duty, being placed
with Company F, Fifteenth infantry, ;
During these ten months Gen. Shei-
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