THE WEATHKK Fair Tonight and Sunday. ol 0 ALBANY DAILY DEMOCRAT Eat.bhi.b.d In 1861 Bm UJfMUM M Una County VOL. XXIX. ALBANY, LI W COUNTY. ORBOON. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9. 1916. No. 179. LLOYD GEORGE It Premier Over Five British Na'ions, a Man of Courage and Convictions. NEEDliO TO REMEDY VAC- ILLAIINli WAR POLICY Georgs, AntlpoliticMMi Is Ex pected to Put Fight Into the Government. By Lord Nortliclitfc, Whiten (or the United Press. t i r iu It t il 1916 I.) I 'nurd ProMi Copyrighted in til cut Britain mid Canada. London, Dec. 9. Lloyd-George, thr New Jticlnicr. hesd. live Itttlish I .i lion, engaged in ar Britain, Can ada. Australia. Nt Zealand ami Ninth .Africa 11 these nation, and their at lie. arc beaten n will he Anient. turn neat. Every American .hoiild know t irriiLiii) 'a Sritilh American plana, ,nid halted i.( the Culled Stale. Ugjsa OiaWgl it the only itienilu of the government of tuffictent cotir jge to rxhihit di.cot lent with out feehlc. vacillating oar conduct He has o, t a.itoiall) attempted tit tell thr pcoplr the irtith, .ilttl ;il)i bM heeit Itotvled down as unpatriotic. LaSI week l.lod-t,corgr foilntl hi. colleague' torpidity and .elf .atisfar tiott impossible. He decided to .mah Ihc party ni.it '.n.r Event, made bill prcimri He wanted Hollar I aw. the S. oli ltinan. appointed. He h id no personal ambition. The British peo ple are iircatly ditati ited with pol: ii. Ian handltn.i of the war sine, it" t,r .:itiiiitf Politic iufta refused to the war , omitlg. and the connliy VI1 unprepared. Lloyd-George turned aiiciii-t the Mlitician. with thr asit ance of llonaw I .aw and Sir BdwsYI ! Carton, both holding opposite i"' cal vieaa. If Uovd-Gcorge hid left the Government a year ago and pri ripllated a crisis, the war Vould -c urratly advanced now. WM COLL11- K S YOUNO SON STAR OK TRIANQJ.F. PLAY Willie Cottfef Jr. who i. ataircd in The Bugle OH." which play, at the Globe Sunday, ha in thi. play ve hicle written rape, tally for him hy C Gardner Sullivan, Triangle's crack accnario author It i good ona) SIX DOBRKOVSKY CHILDREN ARE DECLARED DELINQUENT Troubles of Bohemian Family Results In Their Losing Three Children. In thr j'ltenilr court ytttffdlj ic-ritiMMt Judgi 1 B. M Kuii(lii lrilar til (lie ! t'hiMri'ii n( Mr. ami Mr. 1 i link. Dobfkovt)kTi w!io rmitlt ncvnt IttUfl BOrihsUl di S-1". lrlinturii, unO efdtrcii three older onto, I rnk Jr. I Mil umI lillu-. acnl to ihe M) ami irl' Aid Society in I'ort UmI. 'J he ihrrr uuii(Cit were alto ctl lit rniiatin utiilrr llir tare of ihe mother, fog her b.ltc, with the id monition th it il any iiirthtr t r m l 1 feOHMI tip irt m I't'ii t Ii r pftfMtf Ihll thry, ioOi woiiM hr taken away from tl rir huliir. Thr lii.it I.Mnuhl out irtiii.on that wa everything from armiitnu to rc rolttag and riY utiny Th homr lift . thr lihr' fVilt wjs hv ii li nrihhor to hr anything tint innlii. i-jvc t't nornl rittrrnfthip. T ilr i how thr father would tc-it rit il and otlu r ihiiiira, and tend tttr , hildrrn to fete 1 FfOOl nt-iuhliork, w ere related. Tti witntfaek told of thr iiunlttl 'tl in th home, the lack of food and Jolhin . of the eonl tut miarirU DCtWttH thr htihand and wifr. Thr Uitnnte i xaiinmd wrrc John t)noitr 4 mi R. K ii irlcki, Bohenilant, wtio njto tried jnti . I'irtrr. Mr. Anna UOailCH ititl d-N t iro ( ,.u l.md, l)rhlr Mr. .nid Mtt Iolrkovky. "Shr tral my heart." aid L)hr- Kovak) orl tlir wi!nr taiid. Hiranin i.rraW hit heart lie cUlMfd that h w 11 - t ohlrd ..nd alnuril him .ind in-ol ' 1 1 1 1 1 irrl hal IntJdi llfudiliittrd th.'-t 1r l.-i.l knot krd her doWll otu e. ttit it Mrffafl fthown tliat lie had ticateii hrr more ttuu oti. e PtUkoi wa rekort rd to, hut Deputy Diftrict Attorney Wdlaid I.. .Uik brotlfhl "Hi th, t ... that thr man had no heart to hrrak tha! iic iiad no more parental I OTI to bit iSUtdrta than for hit pig, win. h hr heat and hated around "hen h nt to fred tlirm. Mr claimed that eerythimr wa- In wife's fault, hut testimony thowed tint he treated In. htldrm o hadl that they would tint call MM "papa ' rr otlier tuual term that a f;;ther t UMiatly called. The children chin t- ihrir mothcf! "howiuK that alir. at leat. had a mother instinct and a lovi lor her t.fliprinif. The bo) ha. I LkMg hair and all wru -.oor-ts dreed. itioM of their clothe heing iVarity donations. The Ooh' -l;ok hae had nine chiliiren. three of whom died Sheriff Hodine" went to Porttaiift with thr two Hoy thm momlng, ami the irl wilt t'e taken down next week. G. T. llockenmith wmt to Port land on huinet thi morninti. Mho, Mary Irwin went to Turtu thin morning. Dr, and Mrv RileTi Goytord Dnirll who har heen ueft of Dr. and Mr B, Kult Wiltacc. left tin mriiintl on their return to thnr hOfOC at Hrnn. erton. Wnth, rhil s. liate. pfooilnoni Porlnurf nrwupiprr mm, wa in the city lat e.entiitf. Dr. Ii F, tiriffit'i, of Salem, airivcd in tttr city InM eeenimr A. K. Klejc.il.' prominent I' irtland attorney, it in th,- . n Mm. N. II Kair. of Gate, returned homr this morning after a ihopplntf trip to thi city, ,1 K. yVcnthorford went st-n on le vial husincM. OF FOOD PRICES Spreadlnf to Differ it Citiss Through the E tern ItaQi. CHICAGO, NEW YO AND DETKOIT K '.READY Cleveland, Kansas CMy and Minneapolis Prepare For 6000 PUT FOUNDED ON ACTUAL FACTS ENJOYED 'The Warning of Barbara Worth" Bated on Important Reclaimation Work. A fair tized audJeoec witneaaed "The Winning 01 Barbara Worth," a dramatization of Harold tlcll Wright', popular novtl. al tlir Glob laat niicht. I hr play i. a (pod on, and a go.;d rompany prra(n nl it in u w.iri!.; rnaajia,,. The rolea ol 'tlfcraon W.trth, I'.ar hara Worth. r.Wo the Mcai-ajt ih, iUBOXnplwr. 1'-., Mulrlooii and Trx aa Pitt, arm lapeclaily ci Uken, and Abe l. and WOUrd B 'Iim.-,' part, were well larried out. Waller K11 Kytk, who played the part ol Holme., wa. In Ubany but .ra.on with the llringn . Up l ather" cum pany. I he play aa a whole wa vood an l (Hy Un:ted l-re.l s ibbagtiaa, D v. It i Icamad lliat thf Krand jury invctiKalioru of orthy of better lupport. The aceni: d price, will probably tart at effect, were wdl portrayed, eapecially 1 lit. land, Katun, City and Minueap I Ih deert icene and the sand storm Ii- .0011. In addition to Detroit, Chi- the firit act, and the pirit of tin 1 Ifo, and New York probe.. Attorn- j We.t wa. maintained throughout. 1 t tii-nrr.'l GrtaTBfy officially appror- ' "Any danger of your going into the ! ad the phut. He telrgrapheil the Fed- i movies r" Mi Virginia Hardy wa. rral attorney. irdrring immediate aaked at the Hotti Mbanv thi. morn- i VILLISTAS AGAIN ON IHE FIGHT Are in Buttle With the Carran ziatat Ten Miles From Chihuahua. VILLA'S HEADQUARTERS ARE AT BUSTILLLOS Whether Hampering Pursuit or Preparing For Ajiother At tack Not Known. MUCH ROAD WORK IN LINN THE PAST YEAR preparations The New York inmiirs i, priii. ipatly an alletted coal cinapirr aiy Prtrideill Wilson will probably approv, llic plans Monday. FIRE AT BAKES (By United Pre..) Baker. Der 9 Thr PaatU huildinx was burned today with a lo.. of $JI. U)0 A defective flue was the oau.e. A. F. DttnlMM drcbirrt! that a local cttinrOyanl predicted the fire while trllinir a fortune. CITY NEW8 t a rag. AbaoMtaJs none." wa. her re ply. "Tl-.e raovit - are all riuht a. a money making proportion, but I love Ihe IcKitintate. Ike (oolliKht. and the fle.h .ind blood acting too well to (By United Pre) B Paso, Dec. 9. The Villi.ua are fighting the Carrmzi.ta. near Fresno, ten mile, from Chihuahua. General Murtfia ru.hed reinforcementi to re lieve General Orunn'a cavalry. Th United States agents learned that the cavalry hail entered a bandit trap. The refugees said the Villistas are scattered along the Mexican North western Railway, westward of Santa Ysabel. Villa's headquarters are at Btutillo. Military men believe that Villa b merelv hamperin? his pvrsuers and give it up." Mi.. Hardy, the pretts j ,nat he 4ori o,'intend to agrin at Bain, lz - - County Builds 70 Miles of New Road and Makes Grade For Much More. A summary of the road work done in Linn county for the year just clos ing reveals the fact that 70 miles of new road have been made, graded, gravelled or rocked. Twenty-six mile, have been put up to grade, but no rock was put on. "There were 3i miles of old grade regrad'd. These figures do not include patch work or culverts. Neither do they include the largf amount of volunteer work done in the county in 1916, which was worth at least $15,000, and equal to another half mill on the tax roll. The total amount spent in Linn county for 1916 on roads and bridges was S 1 3 .' Of thi. amount about $40,000 was spent for bridges, including the new bridge over the Santiam at Lcb.mor. The year is jjot entirely over yet, ;tnd nit ire work -ill be completed be fore Father Time. turns down the Uisi page of the 1916 diary. The county rock crusher on the banks of the Wil- I lamette is busy every day and nearl four carloads of crushed rock is be ing hauled onto the roads in this vi cinity and on the roads near railro.it' lines in easy reach of the gravel car The plans of the county court for 1917 include the spending of abou. $131,000 on roads and bridges for nex- vear. Ihr hrnlire lew win onlv t.c Pressure of the Teutons It Too Much For Weaker Army. respectively. aned back in her chair j XingUmtnt, nrond Chihuahua Cit "No. n inovie for me. PRETTY BIRLS SELL CHARITIES MEMBERSHIPS EGGS TAKE A DROP (By United Press) Portland. Dec. 9. As a result ci the housewives' boycott the wholesab price of eggs dropped from i2 to M Cant, anil dealers notified poullryniri' that thry are unable lo sell cgKs, an t refused to buy. They reported thai many poiillrvnu n tacr a serious aitOI lion as a result of their inability to sell eggs. PAST PURSUES NORMA TALMADGE IN DRAMA " GOING STRAIGHT In "Going Strai(ht." the new Tri drama starring Norma Tal madgc. to he een at the Globe to night, Jimmie Briggs, a crook, recog nizes in John Remington, a respect ,1.1,. mid prosperous real estate man, bis former partner in crime. Hlgglns, who is now ttoir.g Itfalght, Renting ton and Grace, his wife, who formerlv Here From Heppner IM K llnetun, of Heppner, a Ha lite of l.inn county, is in the city on a visit with relatives. He has been a rest, lent of Happner for ten or 12 years. Mrs. Huston is a sister of Mrs )r W. H. Daris. Formerly of Albany Krs A M. Williams, of Seatle, rep resenting the Presbterian board of education and Suntl;i school work in the Pacific Northwest, spent the fore noon today with William. Moll Case, pastor of the Central Presbyterian church, anl left this morning for Marshfield. Kiirfcne Guard. Ill at Roaeburg k. N. Morris, who for many years was in charge of the grocery store at the fait grounds, is reported seriously ill at Roseburg. Sonic ti-.ir ago he traded tor grocery lor a ranch near koehurg. Salem Journal Mr. Mor ris is a brother oi Mrs. F. T. Blount, of this city. Originated in Albany Guessing Ihe number oi rings in the front window of his store was ong- btated bj t" M, French, of this city, five years ago. Since then White. Wile & W.trner Civ. of Buffalo. N Y.. have had ten salesmen who put these sales op. all over the country, the idea having become very popular The company is the ItrgtSI exclusive ring manufacturer in the world . Chautauqua Meeting ' The stockholders of the Chautauqua Association were scheduled to meet last night but not a quorum of stock holders were present so the meetin : wa, postponed until next Tuesday eve ning The election of officers, direc tors, and the discussion of plan, for and smiled. thank you." Theodore HanK. who calls Wash ington, D. C . his home, was interest ing to talk to. lie is an acter of the old school, and he can act. He is enthusiastic about the play that he is starring in. He went into the de tails that inspired Wright to compose the story, and told about several of the prototypes of the characters rep resented. The character of Jefferson Worth. played by Mr Hardy, is W. L. Holt. of Rrdlands. Calif. He was a hanker in Missouri who moved West 16 year ngo. A man named Sears first got the idea of irrigating the great stretch of land in Southern California am! Southeastern Arizona from the w-a-ters of the Colorado, but Holt fur nished the financial and executivc .ibility. The town of Holtville was named after : int. He is one of the most popular : ,cn in the south. Mon ey means little to him. except lo sup ply his own wants. Charlc Clark, of Tucson. Arizona, is the engineer represented by Wil fant Holmes. He is at present Pres ident of toe -treet railway lines in Tucson. He wr a civil engineer and in anticipation of an attack. It is reported that Villa announced his in tention of reentering the city and tak ing 200.000 pesos as ransom. 3 $ $ s s a a & a s s s CITY NEWS S ft tiejSfSSJiJSISS Appendicitis Operation Wm. Gearhart. of Crabtree, was operated upon last night for appendi citis hy Dr. W. II. Davis at St. Mary's hospital. Mr. Gearhart was sick at his home at Crabtree and was so bad that when he was brought to the city last night six men had to stand up in a dray and bold the stretcher from the floor of the vehicle. He was in intense pain and his condition, which was very serious, would not permit of very much jarring. This morning he is said to be getting along nicely. . At Mrs. Johnson's $105,000 to spend on the road propc The ideas of the county court ami State Engineer John H. Lewis coin cidc on the road building proposition and they will carry forward their plai of bringing up to grade the roads o the county and putting crushed rocv ffl I on them as fast as possible. The amount of colunteer work i: view is yet problematical, but the court expects to see at least as much as was done last year 1,120 SHIPMENTS OF 000ZE 11 NOVEMBER ROUMANIANS KEEP UP A RETREAT RUSSIANS MAKE CAPTURE WITH THE PRISONERS On ttie Wast Side Mil on th Meuse the Center of Activities. (By United Preas) Petrograd. Dec. 9 It is announced that the Roumanian and Russian forces continued their Wallachian re treat before the uncetsmg hostile pressure of the German,, the Rouman ians retiring eastward The Russians captured two height', west and south of Valepn'.na, 500 pris oners, six roach irte guns, c ne cannon and two mortars. Thi Ruas.an ad vance continued on both banks of the Tchebenisch. Repeated enemy attacks forced the Russians to abandon the height southwest of Sulti. In the Carpathians the Russians' stopped attempting to t apture the height, and returned to their own trenches. Scouts penettated the Ger man barricade and captured the enemy by ambuscade. Paris. Dec. 9 The hill on the left bank of the Meuse is still the center of active artillerying. The commun ique said the western from elsewhere is quiet. Linn County Getting As Wet As Possible For Hie Long, Dry Spell. Mrs. George Bayne. of Peoria, is in the city on a visit at the home of her mother. Mrs. Major Johnson, ami sister. Mrs Knighton. WM F.asl Fifth responsible for the work in reclaiming street. the land ami titling toe dam. there sided in criminal srotk, have reformed tlc coming session w ill come up. he cans, of their children. Then fol lows a blackmailing game with nu merous thrills. .t .. it ,.i .1 . ' ft BAND CONCERT FINE Ten pretty girls, in charge of five pi oniiueiit w omen oi lite city, are out vtoday selling tickets, for the Associated Charities. The membership. Mt front ,,, .Inllar lin as hi -h as one wi.hcs to t.l K.,vr t. fir-t holiday concert on give. A large numb, r were sold fori I be -treets this afternoon, at the Ihe sake of charily, .mil will provide jw street intersections in the husi- ( I. much needed for the work of tiess districts. Under Prof. Moses 9) Ihr Altatny High School bnnl the Charities this winter. il is doing p. ndid work, piob- Firemen Election Monday The .annual election of the Albany Volunteer Fire Department will he held Monday afternoon. The polls w ill he open from 4 to 7 o'clock. The election of a fire chief and an assist ant chief to be ratified hy thr council will come up. Prof. Boyton to Speak Prof. Boyton. of the UnWershj of Oti it. will speak at the First Prc hyterian church Sunday evening t 7 JO o'clock. His subject will be S.icmc and Faith" Prof. Boyton i in intete.ting peaker. and is regarded as nn authority on scientific subjects. His talk will be made interesting Its was actually a break in the dam. anil it wa Clark who stopped the leak The money the project was really famished by the Southern Pacific Co after it faced failure. Abe l ee. tlir other engineer in the hook, lives in ihe original in F.I Cen tre Calif. People of this country art very proud of the fact that Wright immortalized their land in hi hook. Wright owns ;t ranch in the Imperial Valley, and he has left strips of the original desert between the green, ir rigated fields to show what it really was Barbara Worth was not a real character, but was put in the book to exert an influence over Worth to do the things he did. When Mr Hardy ,and company plaved at Fl Cefilro. they were the guests of Mr. Holt, and were taken into Mexico, where the dam and pow er house are located and were shown all over the property. It is a great work, says Mr. Hardy. From here the company went to Fugene. and after a jump to Ashland they will double back, playing north again. Donations of ilolbii J'r n"l com-, ably the best high school Darru in w log ill gt fist as the) sbcmld Many , I Ihe state, a credit to this IfllBtcgl article, have hr, t, rived, but more: center of the valley There ill j hoes of all sizes, men's and boys', be another concert tonight at OF shirts and underw ear, and miliar :ir- ti 7 .SI. also next aturiiay aurr- s- . tides are needed Donation, mav tie pi noon .mil evening, ami n". mooe sjreneaira The Globe orchestra last ni-rht re- ceived manv compliments. It will be Mission at St. Mary'a Church The mission services which are be in ; held at St. Mary's church are at tracting large crowds and much inter est is being taken in the special course of sermons which Father Chapotor ii giving. Having given missions all over the West and Middle West, the speaker has acquired a remarl able ex perience in this work ami is meeting everywhere with the t'ullest success. I he closing service will be held Sun day evening at 7:30. The mltsionaT will speak on the Hit feet ol Prrsever ance in God's service an l in concsaV sion will impart 'he Paoal blessing. The Sunday morning er ices will be at 8 and W:.10-a. -. he usual high mass being sunz at the latter hOM. The public is cordially invited to these services. Weather Report Yesterday's temperature was le- twten 32 anil 47 degrees. The river fell to 7.2 feet and the raintall was .24 inches. left at the Commercial ( bib. or uoti j the Saturday just before t bnt fication sent to Chas. II. Bnrggraf or 0) mas to Chas. P. Ohling. secretary ol the t'ommei rial Club. ? heard some more, a fine one. GOOD SHIPPING CENTER The Hatsey F.nterprise has compiled a list of figures obtained from stock shippers, grain buyers, merchants who buy produce, cream shippers and re reiving station,, showing the dollar and cents valuation of products raised tributary to that town. Llsgatoeh totals $77,000. not including thorough bred sto. k .shipped hy local breeders; horses. $2f.000; grains. $60,000: hay. $50,000; clover seed. s-' W: potatoes. $27,000; poultry, eggs, etc . $20,000: cream, $20,000; beans. $7,250; wool. $1.1.000 The total valuation of these products i $.'27,250. Booze, booze, oodles of booze ! More booze was shipped into Liar County during the month of Novem ber than in any other 30 day period of the year. With 11 out of 14 sta tion, heard irom the total to date amounts to 1.120 shipments of. th. joy fluid. But December will be th record breaker. Devotees of the cup that cheers an getting every drop that is within their power or reach. Whole families are ordering which, by the way. is agains- the law. But father orders his win- key, mother a couple of bottles c wine or a case of beer. Lizzie ijet some wine while Brother John send for a bottle of Scotch and a bottle of Rve. or similar combinations. Johr may get a few bottles of seltzer wa ter to make the Scotch go further Many men arc getting two or three hipments a month. An order fo tjt.o quarts is placed at Albany, one sent for delivery to Corvallis, and one for delivery in Marion county. ff these were traced out some on-.-would get in trouble. But it is doubt ful if any tracing is done, for ship ments will soon be a thing of the past The shipments received at the var ions towns w-ere: Albany, 575; Lebanon, 191: Ilarns htrr, 86: ScJo. 73: Halsev .19; Lyons is Brownsville. 34: Shedd. 29: Shel burn, 18: East Corva'lis. 10. The shi-ments received in October were 818: September. 656. and 593 iu l!Tt. i Berlin, via Sayville. Dec. 9. It it announced that in the general Rou manian retrcaf. started since ftecem- her 1st. the Germans have captured 70.000 prisoners, three hundred can non and machine guns. The booty and war material' is incalculable. The -lead and wounded are the heaviest losses sustained by the Roumanians, INCREASED EFFORT Paris, Dec. 9. The Briand miniatry is redoubling its war efforts as a re sult of the British ministry ahLkeup. They may name a supreme execative aead to direct the fighting. It was suggested to give the President prac tical dictatorship. Oddfellows Al Gordon and 30 or 40 other Odd Fellows will go to Halsey tonight to have a time with the Odd F.ellows of that city. A Hen Scheme A. S. Hulbert. on the Oakville road, was in the city today with a crate ol eggs which he shipped to Portland, getting 50 cents there for them. He has four or five hundred hens, which Mrs. Hulbert generally looks after; but not being well recently Mr. Hul bert has taken charge of them. Hunt ing eggs he says is such a task that he has concluded to b"y baskets and hang them to all the layers. Juvenile Caae Monday- Mrs. W. F. Jones and son Kenneth went to Salem today'. QUIT-CLAIM DEED Marion A. Young and wife to Ar chie L. Adainson. Dec. 4th. 1916; lands in claim 43. Tp. 15 S. R. 3 West; $1.00. The f!'l of Freddie Ellsworth. who put an eight foot stick on the C ft If) K track at Lyons on December 1 am Lg tried to see wiiat wotiirt napps-n. hc held Monday in Jnd :e McKn uht s luvenile Court. Sunday Concert The Snndav concert in the eitv Ii i.rarv will be eiven between the hours of 4 and 5 o'clock tomorrow bv P. O. Woodwortt, on one of hit Utile S-ew art phonographs lavst Stindav over 80 people heard the concert given hv C H. Cusick. whicil was enjoyed. Football Jimmy Van Winkle and his football team this afternoon were play-inn Charley Anderson't team at Corvallis. aft(was( JUDOE KIRKPATRICK (By I'nited Pressl Salem. Ore.. Dec. 9. Governor S Withycombe today appointed E. C. Kirkpatrick. of Dallas, judge of Polk county succeeding John Teal, who resigned This will be effective immediately. Mr. Kirk- Patrick is mayor of Dallas. Mr. Kirkpatrick was an Albany printer about 30 years, and will make a competent judge as well 9 as a popular one. s WALTER HUNTER REBREAKS LE6 BROKEN IN FOOTBALL Walter Hunter, who had the mis fortune to break his leg playing foot ball a couple, of months ago. rebroke it last evening about 4 o'clock. The leg had impi -sd sufficiently for him to be out walking with a crutch. He thought he could ride a bicycle, and made the attempt near the Y. M. C. A., working the pedal with one foot: bat .t was too much for him, the ma chine wobbled and ha was tlow to the ground, hitting la such a way aa to cause the bone to break again In the same place. He waa taken to the hospital and the bone wa, rtset.