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0 THE WEATHER Tonight ami Friday generally Ian ALBANY DAILY DEMOCRAT E.t.bki.h.d in 1865 BM Adv.rti.ini M Lino County VOL. XXIX. ALBANY. LINN COUNTY. OKBOON, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 28. 1916. No. 194. LAST MEETING New Council Will Meat on New Yean'e Night For Organization. VEHICLE LICENSE ORDINANCE IS PASbEO AT MEETING Applications Received For Dog Oatcher and City Teamster For 1917. A uurnhri ol raprcaaiiicn and (ruck owmra rarrd btfOTl llir i yum il laal nitflil 0 piotci Unit rights i gat ding llir llt li rtm nliiMlir tr v i Iiu lr. J. U. Summer-, J. , Nimnio, . K ( uiiiniiHKB, v Kasttwfa ami nth era voi nl llir it protcMs in the lull Councilman ( Tw.rd.ilc hr.tithi ml Ihc point thai w title all partii have rtghw which arc rtofwtaWdJ. Ihnr alii iti It) hr a mi t r . , . i . n to prrvrtit , i ii till ihr ami tr Ut 4innn exprraamm Councilman l.yona ili-.iij.-' i the ordinance fait to all pai tic. gum, thr ffjuhn trmkmni am ple prfttOtiOa IgBtMl alior I tunc dn rr w tin . mnr in fur ahort period Judge Jewelling explained that lie preterit ordinaii. r haa hern enforced, and thai m truckmen were in irrrarv I In- hill m read llir third time and passed by the council I he Mw ordmainc BTOVidM tor a licence fee of $H (or three WOthl. J 1 flM an mouth. $14 for Mm montlta or $l' lor one 4r. when paid in adaiue. 1 he hill provide fur prnJ.lt im fur i ulatioti. (Jrdinatiic No W. regarding the nnpiovcmcni ul lcnci St, vrta definitely poitpoiwd upon motion of CoinKilm.ui II. W, Mi I luuirry Jaiura K Mistier and a number ol rcaideut o the vicinity ul Kail Kightli street, appeared in hrhalf of a petition .iskiusf toi a liht at the corner of I'lghlh and Cleveland streets. The matter MM referred to the commit tee M w aya and mean with power t" .i. t li v a Mr. Mi mi who I' ltM.i a bomb in the mail last Friday, and hr bmiight out llir lac I that In-, tirtglihor hood iv totals -dark M.iyo: i m t uii unonncfd lliu laul VrattiflJ M t-.i,r a lelrphunc oiiiniti . . H ; r out SfH 1 till inir li of tbf I I- K Co. stating that a tie .tr 1 1 ar. with dou'.dr LVftOM it I ! air brak . arr! newly n ntrd. will at" rive in lbany nhiti the next two w eeks U im lira inini i.i iiioti action rcaf iifL. ihc old c -: ws ;otpor . u Applications c re read from I rl Mc'l iiiiiiioikI . for city trainatcr fOf 1917. and from (iarfteld Hilycn. lor City I'oundma-ter The rrult ol the count of the elec tion board of the Albany lire i)e-partmrt-t. hi Id Dec II. VII read and ratified. V tetbttfO dl serve M chief for 1917; Conrad Meyer. as sistant chief. 'Md Paul Miller. John Spooner and John Warner will setvc on the hoard yl control lVrniisinn bv resolution ;n :::mt ed llie OmB I " rrect waititu, rOdM at their Geary itrcrt atatnni 1'rrtui ion w.is jjiven for the Krav .clin of I"irt str-et between Sherman ami Pirn llftd The committee on account and U urreul tXptBWl reported favorably upon the allow log ol the follow ftlfl bilU: Wealherfi.nl rV Weatherford. attv's feea and OOtti $15 1)0 11. M. Ouktt, treasurer, bond prin- etfol WOO f. W. Walker, special ptdice $ M Mhany i'rintin-r Co.. . $ S.iKl I. (i. I.ewellinn. utatnps . $ 2.0(1 Albany pMMKflM $11.25 Albany Mrrald $ 8.20 M. Ildyen $ I 00 Stamhrd Oil t' . A V D. 10iS K. Voonf. A. F. D - tM Ore POWtf Co water, laftttt SIljM W.ide Shew $ 3.12 Albany Sand A Gravel Co. 0MM John Catlin. doc- 2.00 LARGE CROWD ENJOYS FINE ST. JOHN'S PRIBRAM Unusual Splendid TtUnt Gives Entertainment That Will Be Long Rememfcered. A Utc crowd attended the pro BfffM (iVtfl by St. John'k I.oiIkc No. 17, ;. I', tk A. M , in their hall fetal 'w-iniig in coiiiuirtuoraliun of St. John' Day 1 hr BfOfJI a m wit one ot the Im at t vet given and wjia ureal I) tojo) d Jn lue V. K Kelly delivered the ad dreta of the evening, and he un usually eloijueut. Ili address was proiioumcd a maalerpiecc of rhetor i and thought Ihc other features uf the proyraiM were alsu I, from (he Wilaon Oi hctra on Uirouuh. Mr. A. J. Hahn. ho canjdnip fruin Salem, delimited the audience with a group of tongt, and then reafraJiided to a request for her lamou ffiiauetle speech whk h never faila tut convulse her hearer The rats toloi of Mrs C B Bftigg md M:aa 1 lael I lot kenamith werr lieaiitifully uivrn and received merit ed applause Judge I.. 1.. Swan not only demonstrated hia knovsledue ol the Ibble, hui brouuhl ihe crow d 0 the tfgrgjl of tear cauaed irorn lauuh trr at his original and exceedingly otnical monologue. Mi. Orah llarkuess' reading was an especially enjoyed feature of thr veiling, thia iiieuibcr of the Orioles nt-ikinu a decided hit ith a hoini town audience Davis Leininger madc pleiidid impression with his h.-rp lo. Thr rntirr program was huge 1y enjoyed from the 4irt to the las: Dr I H (.earlbracht offered the invocation Pottowfatf the program the fMSti minuled in a o,ial manner, and ate ligssl rr' leslimrnts served by a bevy f pretty young girls REPLY RECEIVED (Rv United fnii Wahindtn. Dec. 28. Thr CsOrman reply wan received today. It t said to le identical with the press version. 4 S M CITY NEWS 9 HOW Ohves Tastr t Hives are a very palatable and pop ular fruit as we gel them in the tuai krt; bill if you want to net some of the bitter side of life, try an olive WOm the lice. Ah GiOOTi of Califom- who it in the city, brought up a limb with some on, and permitted the editor of tic Democrat lo have a bile and uch a bile! One is enough for a lifetime It look half an apple to uiuteract the taste ami save the bit er from agony. Death of Dr. Paine Dr D V I'aine. i leading citiren if BttgvnOi died yesterday at the tff l 64 years, the rc-iilt of a chron c lisease Recently he had a stroke of apoplexy. He was DOfft in ller- . i in ei ou nly. I'aine' Hollow . N He moved 10 I'ltgcne in 1888 lie Vrftf sitperinletidrul of the state HWttl isvlmn h-r awhile Hr was a .Vi d li ;iee M. son. anion; other branch'" thr Scottish Kitrs He is report d have been rich Married At the I I' parsonane, Wednesday evening. Dec. J7. Vivian Carl w right ami Mis-. HtBtl Wassoni, of Harri -borfj were nutted -in marri-i-pr. Dr. W V White performed the ceremony Both are members of prominent pion eer tamilies. and they have been iden tified with Harrisbttrg's life since their birth. Attended Wedding Mr and Mrs. K. B, Jordan, of Al bany, came to Corvallis yesterday to be present at the w edding of tin ir ilattghler. Mis, Grace Jordan, and Al lien Shankland. solemnized at 4 o' clock yesterday afternoon at the home of he bride's sister and brother-in-law. Mr and Mrs. John Springer t iarlte-Timev In Corvallia Mr and Mrs. F. K. Churchill, of lbanv. were Christmas guests ol Mr. and Mr S P. Babb. sjiending Hon 4a y in this city. Mr Churchill is an Albany printer. Eugenes to Alhnnv W B. Thlta who has hern wltft the Klmira I.uniher company left thi IfOOnihlg fur Albany where he wilt be with the Albany I'uruiture Manufac i turiuu company. Guard. W. M Meeting The regular meeting of the Wa men's Missionary Sotlfty 'f the h'irsi Presbyterian church will be held to morrow afternoon, at 2:30 o'clock, at the home of Mrs. Wallace Howe l.ee. 1106 S. Kerry street A short program will be followed by a social hour. All members and friends are invited. The ladies are asked tn take their sewing. AVIATOR GETS 25 AEROPLANES Noted FroUch Air Fighter Makes a Record in Plane Destruction. BOMB EXPEDITIONS AL0N6 THE WESTERN FRONT Germans Capture Over Ton Thousand Russians In RunS culsurat Campaign. (By United ftaSl) I'arii. Dec. Hi. (luycnrnicr, Fran ' premier aviator, brought Hdhu hit J5(h OmSm plane, today', official MMOMMaMIII HHI III! It detailed oaddirabll jerial activity on the Western front. Hoinutiitf expedition. are reported at Komha.cli. DilliiiKcn. Mri.y and lUtcodaitKe Two Krencli ''! liomlied the factorici in S'eu.kirehen. Merlin. Dc. 2H The capture of J.- hriniriK the total Ku.sian pri- oner. in the rnuaucment-. ahout Kinl nicul Suratt to 10.22M, n reported to the war office today, touether with 2 machine uunt. The pre., hureau laid the opinion f the German aruwer to Treiident WlttOH warmly appreciate, the Pre ideir intentinnt and perhap. add. tome practical .!HrRe.tion at the con clusion of peace. The .tatement i. made that the Pnu.ian. and Ilavarian. prefned he. hind the enemy .it Rimnictil, as they flowed hack pu.hing beyond Rimni cul. 9 lindon, Dec. 28 Daily food dem onstration, in the chief citiet of Au.tria-lluntcary .how itrcat misery uilh hundred, of .uicides in Decem ber, reported the exchange telegraph li. patches front Geneva. Pari.. Dec. 28 South of Avre the German raiding arly was dispersed In the rririon of Ileauvraiiines the l-'rrnch explodetl several ntiles of Ger man positions, the crater of one of these beiriK 140 yards loafl and 1 ards wide. German attack:; on the K.istcrn slopes of Mill .KM were check ed. Pet:o:rad. Dec. 28 The withdraw al of the Russians from Rtmnicul Snratt is announced, due to superior Teuton forces. MUST CLEAN SLATE By Robert J. Bender, United Press Staff Correspondent. Washington, Dec. 28 l-'ear that the present peace negotiations have failed and that the I'nited States must clean the slate of the submarine situation urew today. President Wil son anil Secretary Lansing have de cided on a discreet silence. Whether there will be an extra session of con gress after March 4 depends upon the peace prospect. $60,000,000 MADE BY ADVANCE TIP (By United Press) Washington. Dec. 28. Over $.- (KUt.tlXI were made on Wall street hjf those having advance information of the peace note, according to I tele gram Wood received front Thomas I.awsnn. HELD SECRET CONFKP.ENCE (Bv United Pressl New York. Dec 28 The Brother hood members todav held a secret meeting in conference with a commit tee from the railroads. The confer ence broke np abruptly, giving evi dence of a disagreement. EO. F. BMLEY ON U. OF 0. ALUMNI BOARD Will Attend Important Meeting in Portland Friday and Help Made Plana. TEN YEARS IN JAIL (By United Press) I. os Angeles. Dec. 28 Capland was denied I new trial. He was given a ten years' sentence. SURVIVORS ARRIVED (By United Press) Tokio. Dec. 28. Fiftv passengers and sailors, survivors of the Sankoktt Marti, wrecked off Chefoo. landed here safelv. Two Americans were on hoard. Kd. V. Hailey will go to Portland to morrow to attend the meeting of the Alumni Hoard of the University of Oregon. Mr Bailey is one of the nine members of the board. The matter coming before the meet ing i. the holding of a .tatewide Uni versity of Oregon Alumni Day some time in February. Thi. will have two purposes. The first is to assist in raising fund, lor the new women', building to be built on the campu at Kugene. and )he second reason il to create more interest in their Alma Mater among the alumni and to ce ment them closer together. Mr. Bailey will call a meeting oi Ihe Linn Conntv Alumni for some time in Ihe near future, and the plans worked out at the Portland meeting will be laid before them. OREGON INDUSTRIAL REVIEW a 9 9S833 Railroading. Shipbuilding, Lumber ing and Farming are the Big Indus tries in Oregon. Hold down Taxes and Eliminate Radical Legi.lation at Coming Session of Legislature and Kncoitrage Fufaiicr Development. Dec. 26, Salcfi States' assed val-u-.ioii or IVIft is SX7X75JU44 which i. $55.7.1 .087 leas than year previous. fax levy (or fci; to be $2,699.25" compared to -tt550.JO for 1916. Portland S2SJ5U) paid for prize bull at Internatlrnal Live Stock show. Eugene S. I. Co. pay. over one tenth taxes of Lane county. Oregon flax fibre found adequate for manufacture ol iishermen's twine which now sell at $235 a pound. Oregon City Crown Willamette Paper Mills. Hawley Paper mills and the woolen ruilU all give Christmas presents to total of 1700 employes. Grants Pass Irrigation of 10.000 acres prepccd near here. Linn county builds 70 miles of road past year, graveled or rocked. The Bergman Shoe Co. ot Portland is enlarging its output and has added a waterproofing shoe oil to its line of products. The report that Mr. Bergman has sold his interest in the company is untrue. Swedish -hipping concert with hraduarters at Stockholm announces that within next two years it wiU have fleet of motor ships operating between west coast of North and South America anil Sweden, with Portland as one of ports of entrv. Canhy Liackamas County News. M. J. Lec editor, is a brand new pa per. F'stacada plans establishment of milk condenscry or cheese factory. Corvallis New straight line state highway proposed from here to In dependence. Salem $23,619,902 invested i n plants and equipment of various tim ber Industries in Oregon. Portland Twohy Bros, get con tract to build 200 freight cars for Union Pacific system . Grants Pass Josephine county's as sessed valuation is $8,698,21.08 of which amount $1,548,673.30 is charged to the Southern Pacific Co. Handon is v orking hard to estab lish a shipyard at that port. North Bend New S. P. depot now occupied here. Conuitle New cheese factory to operate here next summer. Baker Antimony ore to be shipped from here again. Portland is to have a "knocked down" house factory, product to be shipped to foreign countriV Gold Beach Rogue RivVr salmon Wasco county will expend $260,000 run best in history, bond issue coining year on good roads F.ugene. Salem and Portland are considering means to secure flax fac tories for state. Eugene F'xcelsior plants' capacity to be increased one-third. Rosebnrg 22 per cent of 6$ road districts in Dogttlas Co., vote special taxes for highway improvements Echo River road from Pendleton to Echo is latest. Newberg Valley Canning Co. has order for about 3.000 cases of can ned potatoes. FILLIBUSTERERS GO TO MEXICO Entered the Country Opposite Laredo and Had a Running Fight. SEVERAL WERE WOUNDED BY CARRANZISTAS Thought Carranza Mas Sub mitted Counter Proposals In stead ef Signing Protocol. (By United Press) l-aredo, Dec. 28. That two filibus tering parties crossed the border into Mexico near here Tuesday became known today. One party had a run ning fiuht with Carranzistas at Nuevo Laredo garrison. Six filibustered were wounded, one soldier and an American. The rest of the party v;ere Mexicans living in the United States. By Car D. Croatt. United Press Staff Correspondent. Washington, Dec. 28 There is a growing belief 1 ere that Carranza ha, not signed the protocol, but instead has submitted counter proposals The belief ;rew in official circles, where it was at first thought that Carranza would sign the protocol. 006 POISONER DOSY IN NORTH ALBANY SECTION WHEAT IS SHORT (By United Press) Washington. Dec. 28. The world's wheat production the past season is .approximately 75 per cent of last years, according to estimates of the agricultural department. ACETYLENE PLANT EXPLODED (Bv United Press) Mount Holly. N. J.. Dec. 28 An acetylene plant in the cellar of the Madison Hotel exploded at noon, de stroying the building Five are miss inp and are feared to he killed. The surrounding buildings are in flames. Apparatus from nearly cities has been hurried to the scene. Stuychnine Said to Be Used in Putting Innocent Canines Out of Existence. That peltiferoui pest, the proverb ial and ever-present dog poisoner is out again. He is attacking this time in the regions of North Albany and in the vicinity of the grange hall. Within the past week seven innocent, well-meaning canines have succumbed to his designs by eating of the strychnine-soaked meat which he put out for them. At least it is thought that strych nine is the medicine used to send these faithful dogs to their happy hunting grounds, for the deaths t ." two as witnessed by n-::giib. rs, bears the earmarks of this deadly drug And another resident of that part of thc country is known to have pur:har.ed strychnine recently, and if an analy sis of the stomachs of two of the dog. by the chemical department at O. A. C. shows their contents to hold strychnine, then trouble will begin for said well known resident. For the neighbors are hot and wi'l do anv thing now. They would object to having their dogs shot in cold blood, but entertain much more emr tional feelings over having poison placed along the open highways wher. all dogs have a chance at the meat The Mullers have lost two dogs by the poison route. Martin Switer lost two. Claude Davis lost one. Lisle Stellmacher lost one. One stray do owner unknown, also died a violert death. All have occurred within th I past week. While the perpetrator of the crime is thought to be known, the owne.s of the dogs cannot understand h's reason for such ruthless slaying of in nocents. Some time ago this part lost some sheep, hut the dog doin . the damage was killed and the ownr paid a large sum of money for the sheep destroyed. Considerable feelir is rife over the dog poisoning and de velopments may arise. FATAL COLLISION (By I'nited Press) Montreal. Dec. 28 Five were kill ed and six injured in a rear end col lision on the Canadian Pacific, when the Toronto train ran into a local in a heavy fog. ROUND ROBIN INVESTIGATION (By United Press) F.I Paso. Dec. 28 Gen. Bell follow ing the renewal of the investigation of the round robin protest of the Ohio National Guards, announced that the non-commissioned men sign ing had not been reduced to the ranks. The only discipline was that of Rob ert Dixon, of Akron, for circulating an unjustified protest. The non coms, of the Eigiith claimed they thought they were signing I state ment denying an Ohio newspaper article. CITY NEWS COAL FAMINE POSSIBLE (By United Press) Denver, Dec 28. Despite the fact that the state is one m" the heaviest producers of coal in the union, it will soon feel the pinch of famine, because Furopcan demands on the F.astcrn mines has left the Middle West states unsupplied. Heavy or der in the central states are pouring in. For the first time in history Colo rado is shipping Fast as far as Iowa, greatly depleting its stock. ALLIES' REPLY SOON By Ed. L. Keene. United Preaa Staff Correspondent. London. Dec. 28. Dispatch of the allies' reply is imminent. That the phraseology is identical with the notes of the other entente nations, is -prac-ticallv settled. A SUB SINKING ANSWER (By United Preaa) Berlin, via Sayville wireless. Dec. 28. Germany's answer to the Amer ican note on the sinking of the Nor wegian steamer Delto was transmit ted to Ambassador Gerard. It justi fies the sinking on the ground of vio lating neutrality, and dismisses the ro itent:on that passengers were jeo pardized as unjustified. Another Grand-Child An Announcement was received re cently by Rev. and Mrs. D. H. Leech bringing them information of the birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs John M. Speidel. at Wayland. Iowa, the home of the Speidels. The babe ar rived on Friday. December 15. and has been Christened John Archer Speidel. The mother was Miss Es ther Leech, a graduate of O. A. C. and formerly connected with the fac ulty of the local college. She is a daughter of Rev. and Mrs. I-cech. Operated Upon for Appendicitis Mrs. Roy Gentry, wife ot an Al bany railroad man, was taken to the hospital late Tuesday night, and at midnight was operated upon for ap pendicitis. She is getting along well An Eats Window A very attractive grocery window is that just put in by the 1-amberty brothers, at the Hamilton store, west end. It is full of "eat" suggestions. Returned From Hood River Miss Sadie Cohen has just returned from a trip to Hood River, where she spent several days. Bennett Married J. U Bennett, a former employe ot the Pacific States Telephone Co.. at this city, and Miss Margaret XlcDon ough. a former nurse in the hospital at Eugene, at Seattle, w here Mr. Ben nett is now working. Bennett went from Albany to Eugene, and from there to Seattle. Counterfeit Gold Pieces Five-dollar gold pieces, counterfeit, are reported in circulal ou in some of the cities oi Ortgon. and may reach Albany, hence this warning. Murderer McCall Mark McCall. the barber who killed a fellow barber in Portland, formerly worked in a shop in F'ugene. and the following from the Register .indicates that he was not all bad: That Marcus McCall. (he Portland barber who shot and killed another barber in Portland on Christmas day. played the role of tieacemaker on one occasion while he was working in Fugcne is said to be trite hv nprsons who knew him hen- Two men of this city were engaged in a fist fight on the street one morning when McCall appeared, and owing to his stature separated the men without trouble. POWER CO. TO IMPROVE PLANTS N. I. and M. P. Co. Goes Into Receivership For Reorgan ization to Raise Funds. MOVE IS SIMPLY A FRIENDLY ONE Lacking Funds For Improve ments the Move Is One For Progress. Spokane, Wash., Dec. 27. Hy freemen, oi the company and its creditors, the Northern Idaho & Mon tana Power Company, a $5,UUU,0U0 corporation, operating public untili ties in 35 cities and towns in Mon tana, Idaho, Washington and Ore gon, was piaccd in the hands of a receiver late today by United States District Judge Frank H. Rudki.:. Elmer Dover, oi Tacoma, was ap pointed receiver and B. H. Grosscup, of Tacoina, counsel (or the receiver. The application ior appointment of the receiver vraj made before Judge Rudkin here by Matthew A. Morris on, oi Chicago, who alleged Cist the company owed him $30,0UO on a note and had outstanding mortgage bonds of $4715,5iX), to pay the interest on which it has had to borrow money. In addition, it is alleged, other ched rtori hold notes totaling $182,000. The v rffctees under the mortgage bond and the Oregon Power Company, which leacs the Oregon plants from the parent company, also were made defendants to the suit. In answering the complaint the Northern Idaho & Montana Power Comnany joined in the petition for the appointment of a receiver. The receiver's bond was fixed at $50,000, which Mr. Dover filed im mediately. The principal towns served by the company, which owns and operates ?as. electric light, water and tele phone plants, are Kalt-;pel and White fish, Mont.; Newport. Wash.: Sand Point, Idaho; Albany. Eugene, Cor vallis and Marshiield, Oregon. Mr. Dover said tonight the com pany needed from $.500,000 to $800, 000 to make improvements and ex tensions, and that, although the com pany never had defaulted in interest payments, it had been compelled to borrow money to meet such payments and was unable to raise funds for bet terments The receivership, he said, was friendly, and a reorganization plan would bp worked out. The above dispatch from Spokane has reference to the Oregon Power Co. properties of this vicinity but, ac cording to J. L White, Superintend ent of the Wiliamettc Valley division, the suit for receivership was only a friendly transaction and one that will result in great benefit for the com pany "The company has not failed." said Mr. White this morning. "The com pany is solvent and is on a good pay ing basis. But it has gone as far as it can go with its present equip ment, and the placing of the proper ties of the N. L & M. P. Co. in re ceivership is only for tlie purposes of reorganization in order to raise more money for betterments and ex tensions The obligations mentioned in the dispatch are Mot due to mature until 1940. but arc used for legal pur poses. "The company needs about $800,000 for extensions and betterments, and between $.100,000 and $400,000 of that amount will he spent in the Willam ette Valley This will probably take place early in 1917. With our pres ent cn.uipn.ent we can make no great er income. In fact, we are losing money on some of the investments, and until we can et money to make extensions and tret more business some of the lines will not pay. Ye a great deal of mirey will be spent in the vicinity of Albany." The Northern Idaho and Montana Power Co. is a branch of the parent company, the T! M Ryliesby Co.. of Chicago, and the Oregon Power Co. is a lessee of the N T. M P. Co. (Continued on Pare 4)