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if of 0 Vhri"1 f 01 EUOEHB EtUblhM hi IMS Best Advertising Medium In Linn County. ALBANY DAILY DEMOCRAT THE WEATHER Pair tonight md SuntUy ALBANY, LINN COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1916. No. 126. V ARE EXPLAINhU Mrs. Alexander Thompson Tells Women Why They Owe Their Vote to Wilson. ISSUES AS THEY AFFECT WOMEN CLEARLY DEFINED Speaker Predicts Reelection of Wilson Because He l Right in Actions. Speaking mu inly to I lie wlitueu. Mrs. Alexander 'Ihompiioti, of Tin Dalles, this afternoon in the Globe tliratrc uigrd I lie reelection of Wood, row Wilson ii4 prrsidriil, uiul the rlec limi of Mark V. Wcathcrford, of thin city, lit congressman. Mm. Thomp son him the distinction of being tlic firm woman In ever nerve nil llie Democratic National campaign com llliltce, having hern asked to lake the place of II. M. Ksterly, f Portland, when lie wan mnilile lo attend, anil was the official representative at Shadow f.nwn Sem. 2 from Oregon when President Wilson win notified of hit) re-nomination. Al the National Committer meet ' inn in New. York City Sept. I, Mm Tlinnitiiiiii tat villi the large hody of men and helped plan the campaign for Wilson mid look part in the elusion of the in.ucs al stake. Sli' L also riinniiiif on the 1 irmoeralic ticket for the legislature from Wasco eounlv. nnd stands a strong chanre of being eleeted, In opening lirr address she called her audience "Fellow eitirem." nnd then went on to explain thai si'" i reality a fellow citinen since Oie has tne iit tJ vwtw JU-fore b Riv en the ballot she never spent a day or a dollar in support of any candi date, nor look any part in politics. ci. .. .i;.,.iiril the issues of the campaign from the women's stand imlni. She referred to Wilson's Ira Islative program, pointing out how the rural credits hill has made me easier for the fanner's wife', how the wo men have heen licncfittcd by the cur rency law, which will prevent women ufler'uiv in the fnliirc through panics brought on hy Wall Street l.ottlini! up all the money; of how the income lax i.... r,.,m-e,l a lame part of the bur don from the hacks of the poor and placed it on the rich, making a more ..,.,.,1 itUirihut on of taxes: ot now the Child I.nltor law ha heen passed lo protect the lives and weliare of the children. Mm. Thompson, predion Wilsons reelection for the reason that he ha givcn-ito much good, constructive leg islation for the mnsses, nnd has done so much good for the country in gen eral that the vote will he hound to be in his favor nl the polls. Referring H woman's suffrage, she Mated that it is no issue in this "' paign: hut tlil Wilson has Rone on record as favoring it. She says that even if he were opposed to woman suffrage the women still owe him a deht of gratitude (or all he has done nnd in keeping the country out -of war. Women of the 20lh century, she siiys, have a new idea of patriof.sm--not that of patting their hoys '' "c hack nnd .ending them off to war. hut hy voting l the polls lor thr things that keep the nation out of She spoke particularly of influences of women in politics, having t"U dency to eliminate i.arlisaiislnp nnd decline, lo place party preference i... ((!,.;iicv. manhood and lion- I.... .. Imm.MIOlt. lO laWS . or. women givu h , which closely concern the welfare ol the" homes. , .. k . sin. nrired the election of Marx i.r.....i....r..i "Lr emiirrcss on the VV.Cilim-i i, n "' -1 . I. f .leetimr a democratic con fcrcss to uphold Hie work of Wil'""-ii- ti. u-n inlroiluced by ivi rs. . ni,i,,,o.., Sam White, mate chairman, wlio spoke for half nti hour on the issues of the day. Recruiting Not Satisfactory. (By Unite.! Tress) Washington, Oct.. 7. War Sccrc inr Baker is dissatisfied with nation nl minrtl recruit i'nir and authorized the eonimniidiiig ofllccra to discontinue recruiting at their discretion. SECTION FOREMAN SHOT IN ADM AND LEG Was Cleaning Ritjht ol Way Whon Cartridge Dropped in Trash Exploded. A. Soiilhworlh, srctioii foreman on the Alhany section of the Oregon Kleclric. was shot yesterday in u pe culiar way, and is now in lied as a re sult of a big charge of Inrd shot. Me was ui work near this eitv yesterday afternoon cleaning up the right-of-way hunting grass mid old trash along the way, when there was a hang anil a simg. A cartridge dropped hy some hunter in passing along the track was among the things heing hiirned, and exploded in the direction of Mr. Cniiiliworih. hittiinr him in ail arm and leg, causing some had wounds, lie was laken to his home al Sixth and Geary streets, where Dr. Ileaueliatnp, (. Ii. physician nnd surgeon, attended him mi, I dressed the wounds, lie was un fortunate in heing hit. and yet -fortunate in not heing hit in a vital spot. IS' CITY NEWS i 6 M. E. Minister and Family Ifev Gibson, llie new pastor of the li-iliodisi church, and family, arrived yesterday from Spokane, and arc now ii Inline in Wie parsonage, llie lam- ily consists of the wife and two chil dren, a ton of ahotit seventeen anil .i,.,,l,n.r of fifteen. The son is a for mcr end man on the crack Spokane liuh school team, and will umloiilitcil y make the Alhany team. Sensible Mule The mule, which was being brought nn from the rear to the front lo take part in the Uepublican parade Thurs day night, instead of being a joke on the democrats proved to be a joke on the repuhs. A number of ardent young ....,.,,1,1,, -in. were trying to tiring ttie mule up to take part in the parade as' , !,lirluiir on the Wilson supporters. hut Mr. Mule would not nunge ann re fused to mix with the other crowd II., was finally abandoned and the parade was held without him Hunting tot a Body Thurston Morgan, of Brownsville, whose father, John C. Morgan, was lost in the mountains four years ago. while hunting, and whose gun was recently found, Carson Kiudig. of the same place. Justice Morris, ol llarris luirg. and the man at Wcndling who found the gun. are up in the moun tains making a loint for the body. They have wailed until the leaves, have fallen, and believe the bod)- will he found somewhere near tnc mcaiion of the gun. . , Successful Rummage Sale At the rummage sale of the Grace n.-.i...i.ri.in Church, at the Conn store, on Main street, the ladies hav ing it in charge, took in over $M. It was held two days. Over $50 was taken in the first day. 1 hey are greatly pleased will: the result. Fire on Bridge- Coming across the steel bridge ims Mr. I.nffcrtv. of the Hamil ton store, discovered the decking on fire in two or three places, in one ..i i.i...,; .ininc Some water was secured at the St. Chnrles and the fire was extinguished. Being very ury .vin. ood deal of old straw nnd dust on the decking it takes only a few stubs of cigarettes or cigars lo set things going. At the Library One thousand one thirty-live hooks were called for at the library miring September, nn average of a day. the largest day being w. tnc smancn. ti ....-re 1850 visitors. Book gifts during the month were 75 from Mrs. Nelson nml Mrs. num nun om- crs from Dr. 1-rauklin, Mrs. ncsci bracht and. Dr. llowells. Johnny'a Football i-i....... rt..l.. line beullll Ills loot- joi y w.s.v. ball career tit the Bishop high school, California, where his brotbcr-in-iaw . n ( mr.niniii. is superintendent. I IUI. .,,.. nishop defeated the Walker Indians 18 to 0. Johnny playen m me -! ....i .n,u in of the touch- IIC1U ill'" downs. ..! I cm.. i. . iwf P:,liiier has organized a Mu nicipal Music club, which will meet Tuesday evenings in the library au ditorium, for rehearsals and talks on music, an educnlionnl nuan. nu. S Uogn is president, Mrs. W. H. Da vis vice president and Mrs. Chas. Cur ry secretary. OVERTURES FOR PEAGE YET Report That Ambassador Girand is on way wiui reace lerms Not Confirmed. PRESIDENT WILSON KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT IT English Officials All Declare the Fight Will Continue to Knockout. lly lid. Keen I.oudun, Oct. 7. Lord Kohi-rt Ce il tin. Ilrili1i oiiiiiiili'r of war and trade, declared that no German peace overtures had heen received here. All the officials echoed l.loyibGcorge s statement that war must continue to i "knockout." Aboard Wifon's special, Oct. 7. President Wilson apparently knows nothing concerning the report that Amhas.xador Gerard is enroitic here hriit;;iiig definite peace proposals from the German government. TICKET SALE FOR ROUND-UP IS GOOD Young Ladies Make Good Start First Day and Are Working For Prizes. The ticket sale for the Round-Up sinned off in good shape yesterday The, twelve young society;-, buds who are in the contest (or the prizes, and who arc giving their time to help a big advance sale, report a fair start for the first day and expect an in crease in business from now until the contest closes al 9 o'clock Wed nesday morning. When one thiuks about it, he bad just as well, in fact it is much belter to. buy a season ticket in ajptincc. He is not only assured a seirWii flie: grandstand each day, and avoids the confusion of having to wait in line to hiiv a ticket, but a saving of 50 cents is made on the purchase price. And by buying from the girls some one is helped to win a cash prize or a new suit. A grand stand season ticket costs $2.50 and counts 500 votes. A irrand stand single day ticket costs $1.00 and counts ISO. A one day bleacher ticket costs 50 cents and counts 50 votes. The McMinnville Ronnd-Up closed yesterday and that group of cowboys and stock will begin to arrive today. The California, Ashland. Klamath and Pendleton outfits will arrive here early in the week. German Sub. Arrives. (By United Press) The German naval submarine ! U-56 arrived here today after a long trip in which the enemy S ) was successfully evaded. ... w S09 Scene from "The Little Girl Next c , J , v l ; , ) ' ir 4..r4;W- - ,?Trife,vaJ GROWERS' ASSN. MEETS HERE THIS AFTERNOON All Fruit Sold at Higher Prices Than Ever With Good Fu ture Prospects. The Linn-Iicntun Growers' associa tion it holding a meeting in this city this afternoon listcuiuif to monthly reports and considering the business before the body. Manager Mutchini report" that all fruit put up by the cannery at Brownsville lias been sold, bringing from 10 to 25 cents per dozen cans higher prices than ever before. Two weeks ago a car load of cher ries and loganbcrricf were shipped, valued at $5,000; another was sent out yesterday valued at $.1,000 containing tirincitiallv beans: two cars of ever green blackberries are waiting to be loaded for Kansas City, each worth about $2,000. Two cars of Bartlctt pears, prunes and beans arc awaiting shipment for Alaska. liig orders could he had for apples, hut the prices offered has been too low. liiiyers can't get fruit at the same nriccs as have prevailed the past two years oil account of the high prices for other materials. LIST OF PREMIUMS FOR FLOWERS AT FAIR REVISED Owing to the, late frosts the com mittee ot the Floral department of the Willamette Valley Exposition have found it necessary to give up the spc ci.il display of dahlias as had been planned, and the prizes intended for this display have been used for preni innis for patted plants and cut flow rrl. In doing this larger premiums can be given in these departments, and ihose interested arc urged to bring anything they may have to help make this department an attraction at the lixposition. The revised list foMows:; Potted Plant. Class E. Z. Itesi Fuchia. 1st. 50c: 2nd 25c. Best Geranium, 1st, salad fork and eiinon 2nd. 50e. Best Variegated leaf, 1st. 75c; 2nd box vanishing cream. Best fern. 1st. casserole: 2nd, 5tc. Best asparagus, 1st, 75c: 2nd pitch er. Best cactusI st 75c: 2nd 50c. Best nalm 1st, 75c: 2nd, 50c. Best Umbrella Plant 1st, camera: 2nd 25c. Best Begonia 1st, 75c; 2nd. 50c. Best Rex Begonia 1st, jewel-case; 2nd 25c. n,.t llanuinir" Basket 1st, 75c: ?iwl nair vases. n-ot inllcclion potted plants not less than six varieties, 1st, $1.00; 2nd, 50c. Cut Flowers Class C. Z. Best display roses 1st, cut glass icrrv dish: 2nd. 50c. Best display asters 1st, silver berry ennnn! 2nd. 50c. Best display dahlias 1st, 50c; 2nd 25c. rlisnlav carnations 1st, 75c Best display sweet peas 1st, 75c 2,i.l. 25 ' Best display cut flowers 1st, $1.00; 2nd. 50c. Best individual rose 1st, cut glass bud vase: 2nd. 25c. ' . All flowers to be grown by the nvlnliilfir. Knlries open Wednesday morning. rinse Thursday 12 nl. Get entry blanks of W. A. Easlhiirn Door," at the Rolfe Wednesday. BOSTON WON FIRST GAME OF SERIES With Shore Pitching Took ttie Lead and Closed 6 to 5. MARQUARD WAS IN unit n rnn nminv vu Utnitn run DnuUIXLin Brooklyn Made a Sensational Close With 4 in the Ninth Inning. (Br United Press) Boston. Oct 27 Itnslnn FinistifH on the long- end with n ft in 5 i-nra despite Brooklyn's remarkable ninth inning rally. Shore, the Boston pitch er, weakened and tnnvrin mad,, a ninth inning error, nearly losing thi game. I-or live innings shore and Maruuad 'fought a nitchinir duel. The crowd of over forty thousand sat spell bound. Thr score was. Brnnklvn: Runs 5. hits 10, errors 4; Boston: runs 6, hits 8, errors 1. ' Pcffer nitched for Brooklyn in the I eighth and Mays and Thomas were I the new Boston battery in the ninih. The line up was, Brooklyn .Myers center, Daubert first, Stengele right, Urt,.... tr r. eAnn,l Mnu-Mu third,- Olson short; Meyers catcher. . . .. I .Marnliard mtener. Boston rlooner I ril,.. la second. Walker center. ' 1 Hoblitiel! first, Lewis left, Gardiner .. . . .. , - . -j intra, ocott snort, aay caicncr, unu ' I Shore pitcher. G.W.WRIGHT RETURNS FROM TRIP TO CHATTANOOGA On Way Visited His Boyhood Home, wnere Local caper tiave Him i-ine Notice. Geo. W. Wrtirht returned last niobt from Chattanooga, Tenn., where as representative oi me Oregon louge of Odd Fellows he attended the su- preme grand lodge, in a splendid ses- s.on On his way home he stopped riuntsvme, -mo., nis ooynooa home and the Herald o that city . . ...... ...v s -G. W. Wricht. a nronunent and ...i,l nl Alhfinv Drr. gon, is visiting this city and vicinity! tor a tew days. Among his boyhood i, i,. :. !-..... , will" Wright. He counts his relatives in old Randolph at more than a thous- and, among them being the pioneer lamilies of Wright, Kiley, Haines, Belcher. Turner and many others - , Gidcan Wright, his great grandfather, tl,nnted tn Rnndnliiti emmtv. nearly donated to Randolph county, nearly one hundred years ago, twelve and one-half acres for comity purposes. whit, his .rand narents. C. H. Wright and Nancy Wright were the first ... n . i.,:.L couple to be married in Kanuoipu county. Missouri. His maternal grand- ' . .... father. Toseuh Turner, who settled i,r ;., IS. was one of our early i.idi-ns " ' Mr. Wright's old friends and rel- ,ill he clad to learn that he has prospered in Oregon to which state he emigrated tnirty-tnrcc years auo This is his first return visit He is a graduate of the State Uni ,...,-cii,- of Missouri, and was city at torney of Huntsvillc prior to his go torney oi nuiniviut i"iu, w . e i memocr was tan-u " ing to Oregon. Mr. Wright as grand able to ieavc the hospital this even i ;i. l.l,, I . representative irom uic ui. '""" of I. O. O. V. of Oregon, aiienueu the session of the Sovereign Grand Lodge at Chattanooga, Tenn., last week. His many friends here hope that he will make his visits more frc ..,,nf in the future. H. was n welcome Herald caucr in m,,av with the Rev. J. T. Lingo The Herald goes to him with old home news. o Four Per Cent Interest. CRv United Press) uri.hinotnn. Oct. 7. It is learned that the Federal Farm Loan board I,,. Cvi.,1 four ner cent as the inter .st nn farm loan bank bonds, mis sno tliat farmers patronizing farm loan banks will pay four and a half to five per cent for Ions, TWO BENTON MEN HAVE GREAT LONGEVITY RECORD Have Lived on Places Where Born SiKty-five and Sixty- two Years. 1. W. Vineyard, of Benton County. nine miles north west of Albany, was in the city yesterday afternoon. Mr. Vineyard has the distinction of haying lived on the same farm continuously tor sixty-two years, an nis me, nav ing ocen norn on it. uniy one man in . a .... Benton County can beat that, Mr. Vineyard's next door neighbor. Win Knotts, who was born on his place 65 years ago, and has lived there sine then eontinuouslv. That two neighbors should live continuously on the places where born for 65 and 62 years is a remarkable fact. Mr. Vine yard is a warm Wilson man and ex pects to see him reelected. Mrs. lsabelle Bceson and Mrs. H. P. Karstens of Sheridan, left yester day for Gates for a short visit with relatives. f I m CITY NEWS 339G90MBS In CorvalUs Mr and Mrs. T.' K. Weatherford were in Corvallis yesterday attending a meeting of the college board. From Tefferson Mr. and Mrs. Walter Looney and their three children, of Jefferson, were in the city yesterday in their cv. Mrs Loney is . i a fomer Albany " music i ' ; Tn Start on Tour . - Miss Orah Harkness. who has been i: st,. .,.mmw Vinr wtll lMVf i' " on Mondav for Los Ansreles, Calif., to - " . . . . : : .U. nri a atari mi join the Orioles and start out on their winter concert tour. The trio will hav the same whistler as last sea son; but a new soprano. Miss Hark ness is manager and reader and im oersonator. Their bookings are un der the Ellison-White Bureau CWgressman Hawley Here-t wwsss Congressman W. C. Hawley, ot sa lem. was in the city over night, re nistereri at the Albany. This afternoon he went to Brownsville where he is hilled for a Dolitical address this : Yn,U.. tin n.MI sneak at I C.ClllllK. .uuim., ..v ..... , - I r IT .;i1 make an address j here in the near future, probably n'ext Saturday at the tair wnen puuucina I .:n ul,l rnr'l. In nrnfnsion. . vlu ... ... v q Lqs A ,es is . , . - . mnthtt. ra i in tnr riiv yi&iliuk Morgn Hfi former,y resided 1 M ' Went r ThOIIUS County Commissioner T. J. Butler tctt tnis morning lor x..u...0 k. ; c,m,rmiiliiir the construction of a pier on the bridge over the creek at that place Will Preach Sunday . Stanley Van Winkle went to Lyons .l I.- ...HI (.nnrlMrt I tnis morning wncic hc h. cllnti,v services in the Methodist I . Church at that place. Home from Btpje-.. . , r ' . Miss Gladys Mcknight returned this morning to spend the weeK-end .n k narents. Indue and Mrs. U. r. " r - . McKnight. She is a thc ii.:..A...... nt rirpirnn. at Kueene. u mv...ij " Writ Wa Broken l ast evening while Mrs. George Goodman, of Tangent, was attending a ,,tinn at the school house, she fe between the -Seats in the aisle and rcec,ved a fractured wrisi. inis ing Dr. V. H. Davis was called and Mrs. Goodman was taken to St. Mary's Hospital where the injured m-mher was cared for. She will be ing, Frank Stuart, who successfully withstood an operation on his brain at St Marv's Hospital this week, is recovering slowly. Last night was a rc-stlcss one for him. today tne urain pipes will probably be removed from .i. after which he is expected to recover more rapidly, four noies were bored in his skull and a piece r .1,. sl-ntl hone was removed, a small tumor removed and the bone replaced. The operation required tnrce hours for three doctors to perion... N M. Newnort and family ot Lei) a,i,.n rima down in ineir auio mu morning on a visit at the home ot Mrs. Newport's parents, Mr. and Mrs J. B. Cougill ITAUAN3 RESUME BALKAN OFFENSIVE Are Working With the British, French and Serbians In Campaign. ROUMANIANS HAVE LOST HEAVILY IN TRANSYLVANIA Russians Capture Two Villages and ueteat uen. MacKen zen's Army. i - (By United Press) Paris. Oct 7It ir announced thft Italians havi. assumed the Rnlkan of fensive in conjunction with the Brit ish, French and Serbians. Attacking in the Butkovo resion. east Vardara. the Serbians advance guards entered the , Beladova valley, the trencn troon. seized the. German oosition and the Bulgarians strongly counter attacked the British in iNavolen. All . assaults were repulsed. Berlin. Oct. 7. It is semi-officially statrd that the Roumanians lost fifty thousand men in the last two weeks of the Transylvanian fighting. Gen. Falkenhayn decisively beat the Rou manians twice. Budapest dispatches asserted that several crack Rouman ian regiments rrere annihilated. Ill- trained troops are now opposing Fal- kenhayn's advance. ' Petroerad. Oct. 7. It is announced that the Russians defeated Gen. Ma ckenzen's German-Bulgar-Turkish ar my in the Dobrudja district and cap- . tured two villages on important, heights. The enemy's counter, attacks were heavily repulsed. , fSalOTia,Octv 7,It is announced that the British repulsed the Bulgar- , ian attacks against Nevolen. The British cont nucd their ottensive ana captured six Macedonian towns. T.ondon. Oct. 7. A Rome wireless ;a that the second Roumanian ex pedition had crossed the Danube, and invaded Bulgaria. It added tnar ine Dobrudja battle had been violently reT sumed. . , , . . Electrocuted at Csssming. (By United Press) ,; Ossining, Oct. 7. Thos. Bambrick , was electrocuted at Sink Sing for mur- . dering George Dapping, a New York policeman. He fought tor lite unm the last minute. Fifty prominent New York businessmen signed an appeal ior a reprieve. The signature included Theodore N. Vail, president of the American Telephone and Telegraph Co. Governor Whitman steadfastly re fused the reprieve. ' ., . o Liner Torpedoed, - (By United Press) , , r.,iston. Oct. 7. The Leyland . liner Merican arrived today and re- .a that a German submarine shell- ed her near the English coast. Cap tain C. J. Walker exhibited tne cap. The shell splinter split his visor as ' Walker stood on the. bridge. A Brit ish warship saved the steamer. , ; o .- At the Creamery 1 u . Always the lightest month in the year, at the Albany creamery, the to tal business was nevertheless good, about $15,000. Farmers too busy har vesting to bring in cream. The aver age for.butterfat was high, 32 cents. SEUATOR VON DER HELLEN IS AN ALBANY VISITOR , The Hon. H. von der Hcllen, one of Jackson county's most prominent cit izens, was in the city this morning for a short time on his way from Corval lis, where' he attended a meeting of the board of regents of the O. A. C, to his home r.t Wellen. Senator von der Hellen has rcpre- , sentcd his county in the legislature for several terms. He lives in the splendid apple section east of Med ford, where he conducts a, fine or chard. . , f