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Eatibllihei fa IKS THE WEATHER Tonight and Sunday Pair. Beat Advertising If tdlura la Una County. VOL. XXIX. ALBANY, LINN COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1916. No. 101. ALBANY DAILY DEMOCBAT ALLIES MAKE GREAT PROGRESS Along Three Fronts They Se cure Gains Disastrous to the Teutons. THE TEUTONS GAIN ONLY IN ROUMANIA On Both Sides Is Occurring the Most Aggressive Movement of the Campaign. (By United Press) " London; Scpi, 16. The allies ad vanced along three (runts, lint they differed rrvrr .cn ill southeastern Kon nmnia, (ion. f luiit reported I lie Brit ish ccntrr within four milr of Ba paunie. The British liulil Coiircclctte, Martiupuirh, giml I'lcm. They liallcd Ihr advance In mail (lie arrival of . . jrii'lery They captured 2HfU . 1-...I I ... tlA A.I ... .. i. rtnerer raided the trenches nt ninny points, and fiimilil hand to h.ind (ii the glare of Illuminating liomliii.'Tlie llritili armored motor smashed I Ii c drfcusri. The Germans abandoned heaps o( corpses. They had Cource Irtlc until the artillery leveled the city. They reorganised their ranks lit the cemetery near by. They fortified the ruined mill at Marlinpiilch. The British charited down the slopes to ward Hapaume. The lloodiet bay onet fighting wn in lloiilraux wood). The rapid advance prevented the Ger main from oriiaiiining counter at luck i. A few German, still cling to Thicpval salient. The British have flanked them and (liey teem doomed. The French repulsed counter Bttnck on both jdc, of Spitimc.Thcy con solidated new positions north of Stun me and capture 4U0 men. Tliey found H6 corpses in one trench. ' Saloniki reported that the Russians. French and Serbians drove the Bul garians hack 12 miles and took four towm. They recaptured Fiorina, an important Greek city. One Bulgarian regiment ot I5t) men. The Scrhian took 29 cannons. The Bulgars arc re treating toward Moiiastir. Tlic Brit ish crossed the Slruma iimlcr firr and attacked the HittKariaiia on the upper and lower Gudeli. Uoinc announced that the Italians had resumed the I annuo offensive. They broke the Austrian line at sever al place. A battle is raging from (lor ill to thc sea. The Austrian losses ex ceed mm. The extent of the Teuton victory in southeastern Koumania is uol known. Sofia announced that the Russo-Rou-uiaiiiuus had abandoned the whole dis trict north of Oobric. retreating rapid ly toward the Danube. Bucharest ad mitted the retreat. Berlin, via Sayvillc. Sept. 16. The kaiser telegrapher the F.inprcss that the Central powers had severely de feated the Russo-Rniimaniaiis. lie aid: "Gen, MackciKcn wired me that the Dulgarian-Tiirkish-Gcrman troops had decisively beaten the Rouman ians and Russians." London, Sept. ' 16. An Athens dis patch said that Premier Zaimii had finally declined to ntctmpt to reor ganize a Greek cabinet. He suggested that the kinK appoint ex-Premier Vunielos ns the head of the ministry. Vanizelos leads the war parly. Sofia, Sept. 15. The Bulgarians. Germans and Turks, decisively defeat ed the Russians and Roumanians in Dobrudja. They arc rapidly retreating to avoid capture. Rome, Sept. 16. The Italians cap tured Monte Caurisco, Saniirndc heights, trenches near Locpiirza and a thousand prisoners. - o Declared Void. (By United Press) . WashiiiKlon, Sept. 16. Anibassadt t Von Bernstorff notified Itsc stale de partment that Germany considers void Ihe American bankes loans to Bel gium on the Bol?iu,t railroad s.-curi-fca, unless the kuis.'r'- consent ;ie vU usly obtained. Miss Frances McConrt went Portland on the morning train. tp BAY MAN ENTHUSIASTIC OVER YAQU1NA PROSPECTS Says Bay Can Easily Have a Depth ol Twenty-two Feet at Low Water. M. Wygaul, city engineer, of New port, was in the city today on his way home from Clackamas, where he had been lo see his sou, first icrKcant in M Company, just buck from Ihe bor der, Mr. Wygunl, B resident of New port for many yean, once a resident of North Albany for several years, is enthusiastic over the prospects of-Yu-tiina Bay, He declares that, by the expenditure of $400,000, the bay can have a permanent low water of 21 feet, proven by surveys made. This cair be secured by Ihe hay interests putting up half of the money, which lie says can he secured from llie big limber Interest! there. Mr. Wygaul made the preliminary surveys for the new mad lo the mouth of the Silct.. and may have something lo do with lalrr survrys. Work will soon begin on running lines for the road out of the Silct country into Polk county. 999 5)( a 9 9 CITY NEWS D (4 d Famous Waluui Tree The f; , of L. E. Blaine's big wal nut tree is spreading. This is from ihe Orcgoniau: A walnut tree In the yard of the icsideucc of I.. It. Dl.iiu, a local incrchanl, will probably pro duce IS bushels of nuts Ibis year. The tree is so full of nuts that it at tracts attention from all who pass it. It is by far Ihe largest crop the tree has ever produced and a California man who taw it this week said that he had visited the walnut orchards of thal'siatc hut had never seen a yield on any tree which would equal that of this one. This tree is about 22 years old. Former College Student 'Fred Hargrcave, of Portland, re turned home lisiocning after spend ing a day at the court house, looking up a title, lie is with tlic Eastern In vestment Co. of Portland, and has been for a number of years. Har grcave is a former Albany College student, of about fifteen years ago. leaving before graduation. Returned from Halsey Miss Nancy Ralston, of the' coun ty treasurer's office, relumed Inst ev ening from a visit with hrr folks at llnlscy. Cot a Bargain Some pcddlurs were around town yesterday selling fancy bed spreads. They were sonic pcddlars too. Their program was to sell anyway. Here is one story. They offered a spread lo one young lady, not married, for $6, declaring it was a $10 article. She wasn't on the buy. They came down to $4; but she declared thai she had only a dollar and thai was all she would give, l'inally. the dollar was ac cepted and the article transferred to the new owner. How much did they make, and what would have been their profit at $6.00? Worth Store Opening- Albany is proud of its splendid stores and trading places. It has long been recognized as a trading, center where the buyer can get every service for style, quality, range of selection and reasonableness of price. The ad dition of Worth's department store last spring brought Albany up again to the position it occupied a few years ago and added to Ihe trading facili ties of the city. This morning the store presented its second semi-annual opening lo the public, and Is a pretty sight. Under tlic direction of Mr. II. K. Worth and Mr. Stanley Keith, head decorator, and with Ihe issislnncc of Adolph McKaben and others in the store, the large show room has been transformed Into a beautiful autumnal bower of yellow and green, autumn colors arc the prin- ipal decorative colors. The many new articles of fall apparel are at tractively displayed and arc cnoiifjii to catch the eve of the most critica' feminine admirer. Mmy people nr.' visiting the store today from out of town, many coming from Corvallis. Drowned at Salem Leland R. Hendricks, city editor of the Salem States, and son of Ihe own er and publisher, U O. graduate, is said lo have been drowned j'n the Wil lamette at Salem last evenihg. He was in swimming, and bis clothes were found, hut lie had not appeared nt a late hour last night. ; SCHOOLS WILL OPEN ON THURSDAY MORNING. SEPT. 21 Supt. Boetticher Makes An Official Statement For Students. Albany, Ore., Sept 16, 1916 To the Patrons and Children of the Public Schools: Judging from-the number of calls received for information concerning the opening of the public - schools theer must be some misunderstanding and uncerlainily about the dale. 1 am taking this way, therefore of informing all concerned that the schools were scheduled lo open Mon thly, Sept. 21st. but the f.inn-llenlon County Teachers' Institute has been called for the 18th. 19th. ami 20th, and as ihe law requires thai all teachers attend this institute there can be no opening sessions of the schools until after these meetings. The bells will ring, therefore, and pupils will report on ihe morning of the 21st for R KCilS'l'lvRING and assignment of ruoms and work. This will -he THURSDAY MORNING of the coming week. Pupils will report at the schools they attended last year unless they have moved into another district, the boundaries of which arc as follows: Maple School, west side of Wash. St. west; Central School, cast side ol Wash. St. to west side of Jackson St.: Madison, cast side o( Jackson east ward. No boundary his been fixed for Ihe Kasi School as that is an overflow school and pupil- will be transferred there, if necessary. However, all pu pils living in that vicinity and in the grades operated there will report at that place. Book Lists: Arc in the hands of the book stores and parents wishing to avoid the rush next week may pur chase at any time it may be conven ient, provided they know certainly the grade the children are to report in. The promotion card should show that. Respectfully C. W. BOETTICHER. "" : , ! i o r- MEXICANS-AMERICANS ; HAVE DELICATE POINT Matter of Carranza Furnishing Proper Patrol For the Border Now Up. (By United Press) New Loudon, Sept. 16. The Amer ican commissioners indicated that the Mexican negotiations- had reached their most delicate point. They must ascertain whether tarranza is wining and able to patrol the border before withdrawing the rcrshing militia. The American commission docs not anti cipate a hitch. Jersey Picnic A big Jersey breeders picnic was held at Thomas yesterday, with a large crowd present, and a fine pro gram during the day. R. L. Durkhart was among those who went from here. Klizubclh Young and Ora Gilchrist went out to sing as a part of the pro gram, J. FRANK HANLY. Prohibition candidate for president. E Addressed People of Albany From Rear End of Special Train at 9:15. GAVE THE BREWERS AMENDMENT A LIVE HIT Declared That Prohibition Only One Not Afraid of AH the Issues! Speaking from the rear end of Ihe .Hanly-Landrith prohibition special train the candidates for president and vice-president on the prohibition ticket enthused a fair-sized audience at thc S. P, depot this morning. They specially hit the old parties for dereliction of duty in taking up the fight against, the liquor traffic. Among the hest speakers who have Leen heard here- tbey entertained th; auditttcc With sonic striking state ments Oliver W. Stewart, a former candi date for president, presided, and in troduced Dr. l.ardrith, nominee for vice-president, a Tcnnessecan of ;. leasing appi-Araucc. He declared that his party was nt t afraid of any issue, while the tw'o old panics had quaked in the presence of the liqoor question. He declared the worst enemies -f the pc.qdj to be beet and near beer, and that the people of Oregon haven't fine sense if they do not kill the brewers' amendment. If allowed to pass it will again make beer the mat ter of Oregon and the irrigation dilch of the saloon. Do the people of Ore gon intend to be a s;i!c oartucr of the liquor business ? He had seen no more sublime scenery in this wonder ful state, so near heaven, than board-cd-uo breweries. 4 per cr.r.t beer, he declared, means 100 per cent drunk. Gradually the states are goim; dry. and ihete will in a few years be a de luge that woui-1 make Noah ashamed cl Irnikclf. He told how both parties had turn ed down woman suffrage, declaring ihat what they arc after is the post offices. Mr. Hanly wa introduced," n along I. is second spr;1! here. He nude a rpecial t peal w he women I- show ;hcir f.f l'tudc hv aligning 'himsclves with their friends, the only party that had exprei.rd itself for nat.ui:-jt suffrage. He said ab.vit the only issue Hughes had raised on his. trip was whether a man was a licensed physi cian or a veterinary surgeon, and that Tafl l ad slapped the. const tutior in the face by declaring against national - yi.ition beca.ue if ola?cd in the constitution it could not be enforced. Hi a.-ked for sui..jr for hi p-.ru be CjVjc it bad tal 'i: up the - I'liallengc the other parties had refused. . The train left promptly on time with the candidate speaking along the way. IRA LANDRITH. Prohibition candidate for vice-pres. ANOTHER FAMILY FIGHT FINDS WAY TO COORT E. B. Hayes Suing Brother and Sisters For Possession of Land. A suit to obtain possession of 50 ."crcs of land from his father's estate was filed in circuit court today by E. S. Hayes against J. L. Hayes, admin istrator of the estate of Alex Hayes, deceased, J. L. Hayes individually, Bertha Hayes, his wife, Hatlie Snod grass and her husband, J. M. SnoJ grass, Anna Hopkins and her husband, Irvin Hopkins, and Huldah Hayes. All defendants are children of the late Alex Hayes, a well known farmer who died at his home three miles west of Brownsville June 10, 1916. ! The complaint .alleges that plaintiff and his father, Alex Hayes, entered into an agreement in 1901 whereby Alex Hayes was to fo'J ' the 250 acre farm of" F.tias Kecney and (.iaintiff was -j live and work vi:h as:d father until the place was paid for, when plaintiff was to receive a 50 acre piece of this farm. In the fall of 1906 a 50 acre tract was set off from the farm, and here plaintiff built a house cost ing $1000 and made other improve ments costing $450. Some time later plaintiff left his place in charge of his father and went away. Dec. 10, 1914, a new agreement was made; whereby a trade was to be made for another 50 acres. This was done and the house moved to the new tract. The father died before a deed and survey were made out and now the other heirs refuse to recognize thi right of the plaintiff, E. S, Hayes. - He demznds a good deed and title to the 50 acre tract, besides his inter est in the estate. ' Bank Statements. Washington, Sept. 16. The comp troller of the currency issued a call for the condition of national banks at the close of business September 12. WAUKEGAN MAN VISITS ALBANY YESTERDAY Home City Was Scene of Fa mous Lambert-Orpet Murder Trial, Recently. Harold E. Martin, cashier of the Security Savings Bank, of Waukegan. 111., a small city located near Chicago, was in the city yesterday and called at the Democrat office. Mr. Martin formerly lived in Corvallis where he attended public schools. His home town was the scene of the now fam ous Orpet trial where Will Orpet was tried for the murder of the 18 year old Lambert girl. He was ac quitted by the jury. Mr. Martin is personally acquainted with the mem bers of the jury and states that all were a fine class of men, unprejudiced and fair in every particular. He stated that some of the jurymen told him after the trial that while they felt that Orput was responsible for, if not actually guilty of, the little high school girl's death, and should have some kind of punishment at least, that the evidence implicating Orpet with murder was so circumstantial that they could do nothing but acquit him. The trial brought out many base things. Orpet admitting frequent inti macy with the girl, and much testi mony was brought out that never got into the papars. Orpet is said to be a very wild youth. For Life. Hillsboro, Sept. 16. Bennett Tl ompfon was sentenced to life im prisonment. He cried, "I am inno cent." r-i.d clung to his chair for sap "ort. Judge Baglev granted the de fense 60 days to file a bill of excep tions. P.-ssengcrs at Seattle. Seattle. Sept. 16. The Congress passengers, arrived on a special train. They laughed and cried. I here were pathetic family reunions. An old wo man cried, "Thank God," clasping her daughter. Stewart Tyson and Mrs. Margan-i Rcig were carried off the train. From Oregon City Mrs. Chester Roake and two daugh ters, Mary and Mildred, of Oregon Citv. are visiting at the home of their sister and aunt. Mrs. William Fort- miller, TWENTY KILLED IN AN : EXPLOSION AT PITTSBURG Ammonia Works Wrecked and Many Were Torn Into Shreds. CBy United. Press) Pittsburg, Sept. 16. At least four were killed and many hurt in an ex plosion that wrecked the Aetna Chemical company's amonia chrys talizing plant. The victims were torn to framgents. Their bodies were hurled a hundred feet. . The explosion, employers of the plated works declared, had killed over twenty. One man is said to have en tered the wrecked building and count ed 11 corpsesand fragments of eight others. Judge and Mrs. P. R. Kelly went to Salem this morning. Miss Orah Harkness went to Port Ian dthis morning to spend the week end. Mrs. Grant Pirtle went to Portland this morning. 9S CITY NEWS S Married at Oregon City Hon. Chas. Childs. of Brownsville. and Miss'Mary Sanstrom, of Oregon City, were married at tne latter city on Thursday, Sept. 14, by Rev. El more, of Brownsville. The groom is a prominent young man of Browns ville, a member of the last state leg islature, and a candidate for re-election in opposition to the minister per forming the ceremony, a'n interesting fact in modern politics. Has New Buick Dr. W. P. White this morning used his "Tin Lizzie" for the last time and will in the future be seen riding about the city in a classy little Uuk-t. "35" th four cylinder roadster. This is the first car of this type in the city. To Teach in Salem Miss Edna McKnight left this morning for Salem where she will again be on the -faculty of-vSalm high school. Miss McKnight made a good record as a teacher last year. It Paid The Democrat got ahead of one man this week. He paid for a classi riA fnr a week. In two days it did the work so effectively it had to be stopped. Denver Man Visits Raw Srhnntrrman. of Denver. Co!., is in the city visiting his brother, E. L. Shunterman. Mr. Schunterman has been in business in Denver for sev eral years and may locate in this part of the country. Funeral Notice Tl,- rnm-r.il of Mrs" W. H. Goltra will be held at the family residence on Monday at 2 p. m., unless other notice is given later. At Corvallis 9-vrral Albany Deoole went to Cor vallis last night to attend a farewell to Rev. Von Tobel, about to go to Indiana to reside. Articles Filed Arttlp nf incorooration were filed by the Irvin Garage, incorporating with a capital stock ot jjuu, aivmcu tnin .hares of S100 each. J. L. Irvin. J. V. Shank and L. L. Swan are nam ed as incorporators. Lebanon Couple Weds N. D. Keefhaver, 53, merchant, and Alma Hendrickson. 49. a nurse, were today granted a license to marry. Rickard Was Third Mr and Mrs. W. G. Ballack and Miss Mae Ballack, returned last night from Portland, where they had been to see some of the big shooting at the shoot. In the champion shoot a member of the Albany club, Mark Richard, was third with a record of 89, which was high, considering the heavy wind. In a shoot off for the third place Rickard won, by breaking 19 out of 20. He is a Corvallis man. The tournament was a Bd one. ed iting a good deal of interest . o Mr. and Mrs. Jess Martin. Mrs. Geo. H. Crowell and Mrs. Edwin F. Fortmillcr left early tl.Js imorning for Portland in the Martin car. Mrs. Martin and Mrs. Fortmiller will visit (or a week with Mrs. Win. White. Mrs. J. W. Cusick, Mr. and Mrs. r H r,,oc-k and son Eugene, went to Portland this morning to spend the week end. Clifford Fairfax went to Tortland this morning to spend the day with his mother. . ' Mrs. R. M. Russell left this morn ing for Shelburn to spend the week end with her parents. ALBANY OFFICE IS MADE CENTER Local Post Office to Be Distrib uting Point For Supplies For Five Countries. BENTON, MARION, LINN, LINCOLN AND POLK NAMED New Feature Will Effed a Big Saving in Administering De partment at Washington. ! Beginning about October first, Al bany will be the distributing center for a large amout of postal supplies for second and third class postofficet in Linn, Lane, Marion, Polk and Ben ton counties. Postmaster C. H. Stew art has just been informed of this fea ture by James I. Blakestee, fourth assistant postmaster general,, at Washington, D. C. Last October Mr. Blakestee made an address before the National Road master's convention which was held in Washington. His subject was ef ficiency and economy in the postal service. In his addrej- he referred to the methods of production and distri bution employed in the Ford Motor Car factory at Detroit, commenting on the perfect system of efficiency and economy in force there. He made mention of the fact that there are ov er 60,000 post offices in the country of the third and fourth class to whom $400,000 worth of supplies are sent annually at a cost of $200,000, or about SO cents for every dollar's worth of supplies. f .' In Pennsylvania last year the post master of Pittsburg undertook to ef fect a saving by taking over the dis tribution ofcertain supplies, for Al- leghaney County. Where there were formerly from 3,000 to 4,000 requisi tions a year from Pennsylvania, now the department at Washington has but 120, with a corresponding decrease in clerk hire, transportation, etc.. Under the new arrangement, gen eral stock supplies such as. printed blanks, items of stationery, and other supplies will be sent to the office at Albany in bulk from Washington or from the factories. The offices in the five counties surrounding Linn, of the third and fourth class, instead of mak ing their requisition to Washington will write to Albany for their sup plies. The filling of the orders and keeping of the records will be done without any additional clerical force, as the clerks in the post office now have spare hours in the' day between trains whe"n they have ample time to care for this work.- It can easily be seen how this will cut down a vast amount of clerk hire at Washington, the work handled quictter and better and without expense at this office. It will also affect a great saving in trans portation cost. -. ' The Albany district comprises 110 offices as follows: Polk, 14, Marion, 33; Linn, 24; Benton, 10; Lincoln, 29. The offices of the first and second class will continue to draw directly from Washington, as formerly. The new arrangement does not handle stamps, envelopes, scales, rubber and steel stamps and general office ma terials and fixtures. However, it is thought that stamps and envelopes will soon be added to the list. Postmaster Stewart has accepted the offer to locate !ie distributing . center here and it is thought that the supplies will be received about Oct. 1. This is the first district office in the state and it is probable that it is the first on the coast. No others have been reported. :.- A- ', President's Sister Died. (By United Press) ' New London, Sept. 16. Mrs. An nie Howe, the president's only sis ter, died this morning of poritonitis. Relatives were at her bedside. Presi dent Wilson was immediately .noti fied. ' .-.-" Asbury Park,, Sept. 16. President Wilson received the news and can celled his engagement to address the National Life Insurance underwrit ers at St. Louis September 20.' He will go to South Carolina to afetnd the funeral. .' ' -