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VOL. XXIX.
ALBANY, LINN COUf,
50ON, MONDAY, JANUARY 1, 1917.
. 1W.
POLICE GET TWO
BURGLARS IN AGI
They Were Robbing Home ol
Mr. Addle Milter When
Captueed.
WILL RUITEH G01
ONE WITH SHOT GUN
Other Wat Followed By Police
and Captured Near
Elkins Falls.
Capturing l" burglar, Saturday
night, while in ll.c i "num. muii of a
tri "r djnellj afterward., wa,
modern Irm performed I.) ilir Albany
poluc. ina.lr aotllbU I,) llu trlrph
still IwUl heilr, jitliy
Mi Utr ktiitrr, who t fttrxmal)
ill. mIhi rrMclr, at ... . ami l;it
leenth aliert, I lkipi Addilu.ii. at hr
SOU til ttn of ( dUpoou tirrt, ITU
taymi the home O-l licr dJiightrr,
Mr. Ralph Cfwford, who re-nf.
nrat door, a i ym, Mimed by tier on
Will. Kr.i Jii, leaving their home
alone. Hctwicn lU and It o'clock
i. . tuHMftlk ins houic. yoan
kinirt taw that htiiuUia were ill the
hotur. by a la hi lit hi that aVftj ip
pear inn and disappearing (idling a
-hot Uim hr atartcd lor the huiiae.
mnSttag thr man at Hi, front door
and hiddiiiK htm u, i-aptiiriiitf him.
and taking him to ihr ( rawfurd houe,
here he telephoned to the police.
In the meantime the fellow sUpptd
and Kmtrr tht twi.r at him. a few
hot itrainu hit face. About ll.rn the
other man came otit the hack door,
atiraeted by the noi-ae; ha -t ..oi.i tin
klMiirfun, which had hern laid down,
hnt dropped it. Kuiter shot over hi
head and he Mopped and nave MaMflll
Nitchl Police Wurrrtl and Rodger
upon Kettuin the alarm were fortunate
in feecurniK a jitney at once, and were
at the iicene of the burglary in a few
minute, making rapid time out rr
itreet and iCfOSl to the Kuiter home
Kodk'rr tunk , ! at;e oi the man and
Worrell at d hfl Kuttei boy ttartetl a.
ler the other man whom they found
hiding up the track, and who nave
himself up when di-covered. Neither
man thowrd any weapon. If the)
had had any t! cy had diapoaed of
them.
Chief ol Police Catliu. who wa il
ko notified, took a MCOtld iilitey and
w.i Minn on h .ml to aftit in the
capture and lake th. .;e of tie pris
oner. It nSI found at the Kuiter home
that they had heen into almokt ev
erything, evidently after money and
jewelry When yonn-r Kuiter Hop
pte prneedinu they were jiiM opn
tntc a miitcake of hi- he had packed
preparatory to taking a trip. In it
amontf other things wai a gold
.i t e h
In one of the jitney wan found a
cane of hurularr.' key, which the fel
low threw down, hoping that they
would not he discovered.
The man who via hit proved to he
tltackie Groves, who officiated for
awhile two year ago at the Hotel
Albany a janitor, and the other gave
the name of ponavan. Chief of Po
lice Call in reported that both men
were familiar to him, during the pat
two yean, being ihru here an hoboe
several time. They were taken M
the county jail for afc keeping, with
the penitentiary -t.mr them in the
face.
Saturday evening about Q o'clock,
near the Oregon Klectrie depot. Po
liceman Rodger arrested a man WOO
wa intoxicated, a large fellow who
gave the name o( Robert Miller Wait,
who wa placed in the city jail. He
i (nought to belong to the same
gang A cheap ring found on him.
one of peculiar make, was the exact
duplicate of a ring found on one of
the other men. It ill learned that
he had heen in camp over at Cor
vallis, and came hack from there, es
tablishing a camp in a hobo shack
out near the S. P. depot.
Being near the railroad track the
place selected for the burglary was
evidently considered a good one to
F001 BALL SERVED
KITH NEW YEARS DINNER
Big Interseational Clash Be
tween East and Wast on
Today at Pasadena.
Today ia ihc In.; football name bc
trcn Ihc Univrraitici of Oregon ami
Pennsylvania ai Patadcna, Calif. At
IS oVIork the whittle will blow
which will alait the hiiitkin ailiiifi
ikrOuat the air to kiiiic oppoiiiiit
flayer ami ihi I. .i loothall n-amc
Hie year in the whole country will
he on.
I he 4o0t .till favor, PeniiRylvaiiia
.mil oilil. of len to .even and five to
three arc being given, anil many bet.
.ire ntaile that Vvnn will win by from
even 10 14 jKiini.. Few bet, arc lie-
iiiiC made in the north, however. Hut
KPflffti who have walthed the two
cam. pfactJd claim victory for the
a. tern team, baaing their judgment
II the vpeed IDOWfl b the I'elln I'la)
iv and by their varied attack. The
ickult. will be known by the time tin
Hon i. read, however.
'lite lmc-Ui and weight, of th.'
two team,. M carefuUy cfttimalrd
liere, will he:
OrtfOV Poaltiow I'eiiu.ylvania
Mitchell, im L.K.R. Miller. 176
lleckctt, Capt.. IV7 UTJt. Little. 20
inder. 3116 L.G.R. Krlre.vaai;. 167
Riiley. 18U C. U Wry. 18.".
Spottaaa, f4 R (". 1. Htaakja. MO
Itartletl. 181 R.T.L, MatbcSv. 200
legert. I7J K IM.. (r.ne. 155
Huntington. IVJ 1..1I K. Derr. 195
Par.oni. 160 R II I. Light. 17
II HasdagtOO, IH4 P.S, Herry. M
Average weight Pennvylvania
l .1 lie 184 14, tackle to tackle. I9J I--'.
back,, 171 1-4; team average. 1811.
i Hegon Line. IK7 ; tackle to tackle.
161; track,, 181 1-2; team average
184 1-4.
ENGLISH PRESS
APPROVES REP
PERMANENT HAGUE
CONFERENCE SU66ESTEQ
Iteche.ter. N. V Ucccmber 2S. 0&
Editor Albany Democrat,
lbany. Oregon.
Dear tir:
After the war what? Mo,t likely
t drfentive alliance for all the Kuro-
tiean ktate, will be the outcome 01
thi, la.t great war among them. A
certain lection of these warring na
lion, who truvted in the power of
might to conquer and rule all the
rid. a, well a the remaining one
ho believed only le in the pow er
W arm, and armament., will thu, be
led to -rr that the brotherhood i f
man i, the haic principle of all OBI
mancnt peace.
Awful a, the present experience 6f
F-uropc is. it has probably hastened
y hundred, of year, the universal
ah-knowldgetucnt and adoption oi the
principle that right, not might. i the
t law for the welfare of nations.
Then why prolong (two and onc-thini
ear,' carnage has been dicisive of
nothing) an unnecessary ami usclcs
conflict, that can only result in the
exhaustion of these self-Mine power
and the cctilury-long misery of the
great masses of alt these people,? If
i new Hague Conference were to sir
.-ontinuotisly until the peoples of
these countries compelled their rulers
to submit their differences to its de
cision,, peace might come sooner
than anyone w-ould imagine. What
greater role could America have than
to li the first to take this decisive
step, and work for it incessantly until
its fulfillment rame?
Yours very truly.
1". L KISHIIAIJCII
get away (torn.
Young Rulter has received many
compliinnts for the manner in which
be faced the men. not knowing but
what they were prepared to shoot at
ihe first sign of opposition.
The men were taken before Judge
Swan this morning, but asked for a
lawyer before their preliminary hear
ing. Judge K. K. Van Tassel was ap
pointed and asked (or time to arrange
his ease They will be tried Wednes
day at 10 o'clock.
The men are I W. W.Y They dis
played the red cards and constitutions
of their order, and appear to he proud
of their affiliations. The tact that
they were caught at their work and
held until the police arrived Is eon-
clnsive proof against them.
Just How Much FurMier En
Will Go Is Matter o
Speculation.
THOUGHT GERMAN NOTE
COVERS THE MA
If American Reply It
Sty Be As Sort o, a
Supplement.
1NIBR00K WILL BE
6UEST AI BI6 BANQUET
istiniuistted Linn County Man
o Be Honored By Townsmen
Upon Hh Arrival.
Hon Win. 11. Mornibrook, United
Stale, Minitter to Sam, will arrive in
Albany iu February to resume
1 his residence here and take charge of
the Democrat again
Shortly afetr his arrival Mr. Horni
brook will lie tendered one of the
larget hanuuet, ever given a citizen
ol Linn county in thi, city. Arrange
menu are under way by prominent
By Ed. L. Keene. United I'iess Staff
Corrapondent.
London, Jan. 1. With every word
ol Ihe allied icply to (jenituiiy being
.ipptoved b) the pre., and publi.. at
tention is centered today on jut how
much further the entente would go in
specifying it- stand in reply to Prev
ultnt Wilson's note
The general belief wa, th.-.t the
allies, having outlined in a broad, gen
eral way in the German note the po
kition they must adopt in regard li
(lermany'ft peace propoaals, would
make a reply to Anierica a, a sort of
.uppleiuent. which would go BsOfl
exhaustively into the aim. and pur
po,c, animating the allies in their de
termination to continue the war. In
,ome iuarters it vva, held that the
reply to icrman was a full and suf
ficient answer to America.
By Robert J. Bender, United Frees
Staff Correspondent.
Washington. Jan. I. The life or
death of the present peace movement
rests wholly in the hands of Germany
Tbia . kitowu positively to be the be
lief in Washington officialdom from
President Wilson down. l-'urthcr
more, while the administration oifi
cer, believe the ententes left a loop
hole for Germany to prove her sin
cerity in the original proposals, lhc
believe negotiation, are further off
today than they appeared to be at the
mart of the present movement. Al
though the administration continued
today the policy of refusing to discus,
the international situation, it is posi
tively known that this Government
feels that Germany must uore frank
ly declare herself in regard to plans
and specifications if she is to kec;
ihe sentiment for peace negotiation-
alive amnrig the men at the head of
Ihe allies' cause
BODY POUND
Salem. Or., Deo. 31 ( Special i
As a grim gift of the holiday season
to her parents, the Willamette Rive
lodav surrendered the hodv of 18-yoa-
old Lillian Hrhacek. who disappears!
mysteriously from the home of ex
Senator Hal D. Tatton in this eity
early December 15.
The, body was discovered in slioai
waiee ihar washes the rim of an is
land six mile, below Salem and about
a mile above Lincoln. Walter Suckait
i'nd A It. Kirby. duck hunters, noli
(ied Coroner Clough. who with Sen
at'T I'atton and C. K. Dennison
brought the body to thi, city.
c -
INFORMED BEFORE HAND
(By United 1'ress)
Washington. Jan. 1 That Germany
nil informed in advance that l're-i
dent Wilson was to send his now his
toric peace notes to the bcliggcrcnr
and that Germany therefore hurriedly
promulgated and dispatched the peace
uropowtti is a statement of French
.mil British diplomats.
VILLISTAS Ml
In Biggest Bailie Yet Villa Re
gain Power in Northern
Mexieo.
THE BATTLE 00CURRED
AT VERA CMUZ
Troops Sent to HtK Northern
Progress of Bandits Com
pletely Failed.
By Robert E Miller, United Prcsa
Staff Correspondent.
El Fao, Jan. 1. In the biggest bat
tle in point ot number oi men engag
ed tincc Villa regained power in N'or-
I thern Mexico, the Villiatas decisively
defeated a column of government
(troops sent by Gen. Murgia to halt
I the northward progress of the bandit
t forrei The battle occurred at La
Cm, the first station on the railtvay
nbltfc of Santa Rosalia, according to
reports obtained by United States
authorities here.
Linn couty Democr..:, and the affair
promises to be worthy of the man
i do brought renown to Albany. The
affair will be attendr.l by from one
to two hundred prominent Democrat
from reriooj part- of the state. It
will be held in the Hotel Albany.
In a letter received I:cre yesterday
Mr. Mornibrook states that he and
In-, t.wnily arrived in Cherokee. Iowa,
tn time to take Christmas dinner with
'.heir folks. They trill leave for Ore
gon id tl;x.ni) ud take up 'heir
residence in the home which tsraj
Completed just before their depart
ure to Siam, on West Third street
COUNTIES RESOURCES
ILLUSTRATED IN QRE60NIMI
ln Credited As Prune County,
Bantoh Brick, Etc. in An
Interesting List.
WHOLESALE ATTACK CON
TEMPLATED (By United Press)
Norfolk. Jan. 1. A warning to
British merchant ships was flashed
by Britidi warships on the watch for
German submarines. The masters
said they had been warned that a'
wholesale attack on commerce is contemplated
The Oregonion in it, annual edi
tion published this morning gives a
. picture illustrating the lead
ing industries of the different coun
ties of the state. It is so interesting
we give some of the list:
Clatsoji Salmon.
Columbia Logs.
Washington Milk.
Tillatticok Cheese.
Polk Goats.
Benton Brick and tile.
Lincoln Fish.
Clackamas Paper.
Marion Loganberry juice.
Hood River Apples. ,
Wasco Peaches.
Multnomah Ship-building.
Lane Flax.
Douglas Chicken
Coos Lumber.
Curry Shingles.
Josephine Su;;ar beets.
Jackson Pears.
KlanrMh Irrigation.
Crook Reclamation.
Jefferson Alfalfa.
Linn Prunes.
Sherman Wheat.
Gilliam Horses.
Wheeler Wheat.
Morrow Sheep.
I'matilla Cattle.
I'u ion Diversified.
Wallowa Wheat, onions and spuds.
Baker Mining.
Grant Hav.
Malheur Corn.
Harney Cattle.
Lake Diversified.
R. W Conn, of Salem, is a guet
in the city at the home of his sister,
Mrs. A. Amtin.
BIO OFFENSIVE
(By United Press)
Petrograd. Jan. I. An offensive of
great proportions was launched by the
Germans on the Dnhrmlja front, it
is announced by the war office. The
Russians were forced to withdrfjv to
their second lice of defense.
a
0 PERSONAL MENTION.
)a(S
Charles Peck left this morning over
the Oregon Electric for a trip to
North Dakota, Wisconsin and points
in Minnesota.
The Misses Lela and Marie Reese.
'. i La Grande, are in the city visiting
their sister. Mrs. Charles Mann at
the Hotel Albany.
Prof. W. W. Hodge has returned
front Walla Walla where he spent the
Christmas holiday, with a former
classmate at Vale.
G R. Schenck, of Toledo, is in the
city.
Lyle Bigbee is in the city today- vis
iting friends. He is registered at the
Hotel Albany.
W. E. Flanders of Portland is in
the city looking after business at the
iurniture factory.
M. O. Evans and G. W. Belt, of
Corvallis, are in the city.
G. C. Robinson, of Lebanon, spent
the night in the city.
Mr. and Mr .. Clair H. Corson, of
Cottage Grove, are in the city visit
ing with Mrs. Corson's parents. Mr.
and Mrs. Walter XL Parker.
Rolla Ralston is in Portland spend
ing the New Years holiday.
Miss Janet Dawson returned from
Salem vesterday after attending a
dance, the guest of Miss Ua Spauld
ing. Miss Fthel Bussard was in Salem
over Sunday, attending a social af
fair Saturday evening.
Miss Greta Fortmiller returned to
the city yesterday after visiting friends
in Salem.
' Mr. ana Mr, Wm. Lee arrived in
the city yesterday irom Portland for
a visit at the home of Dr. and Mrs.
Wallace Howe Lee.
Karl Fortmiller and Dean Crowell
will leave for Portland this evening
to return to their work at the U. oi
O. College of Medicine after spending
ihc vacation with their parents.
Miss Isabelle Garland, who has
been a holiday guest of Mrs. Edwin
Frederk-k Fortmiller. returned to her
home in Lebanon today.
Wm. 1). Robertson left this morn
ing for Portland to resume his stud
ies at the North Pacific Dental College.
ARRIVED IN SWITZERLAND
(By United Press)
Geneva, Jan. 1. General Von Buel
ow, last reported as German com
mander of the forces below Belgium,
is said to have arrived in Swiiierland
accompanied by a big retinue of sec
retaries, according to reports today.
NEW NOES WILL
APPEAR IN COURT HOUSE
Mils Davis, Mrs. 0untmins.
Judge Bingham and 0. H.
Leonard New Official.
Four new face, will be seen in of
fice in the Linn county court house
tomorrow. They are Mis, Vclma Da
vis, who was elected to succeed Grant
Frouian as County Recorder; Mrs.
Ida Maxwell Cummings, of Halsey.
who take. Prof. W. L. Jackson', place
as County School Superintendent;
Charles lie Leonard, newly-electeu
County Surveyor, and Judge Geo. G.
Bingham, of Salem, who succeed
Judge Galloway a, judge of the equity
department of the circuit court.
There will be two new assistants.
Miss Helen Crawford, of Lebanon,
will attend to the office work for th
connty school superintendent, and
Charles Leonard will have an assist
ant mot yet announced as deputy it
his surveying work.
Miss Edna Laubner will remain in
her present wjosition as deputy cour.
ty recorder with Miss Vclma Davis.
' Miss Crawford is a sister of J. G.
and W. W. Crawford, of this city, and
has had considerable experience it.
school work. She was for a numbe -of
years an instructor in the Oregon
Agricultural College She makes he:
borne at Lebanon.
Judge Bingham is a v;ell known Sa
lem attorney, and there is little doub:
that he will make a good judge. II
is an experienced lawyer and poises
ses a keen, judicial turn of mind.
Judge Bingham, curiously, will hob!
his first term of court in Linn count
instead of in Marion, his home. He
vill convene court in Department No
2 in the morning and rret ready for
bis grind come. Judge Kelly, thi
other member of the bench, holds ovei
-jy reason of hi., l.andsome majority
received at the recent election.
There will be no other changes ir
the court house. The present effic
ienl officers named below were retain
cd. and all will keep their present as
sistants. The list of officers and thru
deputies is:
Clerk. R. M. Russell. Deputies
Chas. C Curry. Miss Lilla McCoy anc
Miss Minnie Merrill.
Sheriff. D. H. Bodine. Deputy
Ralph Thrm.
Assessor, Earl Fisher.
Treasurer. W. W. Francis. Deputy
Miss Nancy Ralston.
County Judge. D. B. Mc Knight
Commissioners. J. D. Irvine and T
I. Butler.
Recorder. Miss Vclma Davis. Dep
uty. Miss Edna Laubner.
School Supt.. Mrs. L. XI Cummings
Deputy. Miss Helen Crawford.
Janitor Mart Bilyeu.
ALL GO TO VANCOUVER
Vancouver. Wash.. Dec. 31. Ir
1916 1666 couples were married in
Vancouver. While this is a slight!)
lower record than last year, it is be
lieved that 1917 will be the bannei
year, when the Columbia River In
erstate bridge is thrown open to
traffic, making access to the city eas
ier. Clarke countv profited by about
S7500 in fees, and ministers and oth
Vrs marrying probably collected as
much, making $1?.0(XI spent here to'
marriage licenses and tying the nup
tial knot, not to say anything about
carfare here, flowers, gowns and wed
ding meals.
About 80 per cent of this business
came from Oregon and about 60 per
cent of this was from Portland.
CELEBRATED COMEDIAN IS
KILLED
(By United Press)
London. Jan. 1. Captain John
Lauder, son of Harry Lauder, the
Scotch comedian, tuU been killed at
the front, it is announced.
CUTTER BLOWN UP
(By United Press)
London. Jan. L The cutter Pro
tector has heen blown up. Lloyd's
dispatch declared The number of
lives lost is unknown.
ENGLISH PROMOTIONS
(By United Press)
v London. Jan. I That Gen. Haig
was elevated to Field Marshal of
England in the usual New Years list
of honors is announced today.
Maior General Smuts, commander-
in-chief of the British forces in East
Africa, was promoted to the rank of
honorary lieutenant-general.
NEW MEXICO HAS
TWO GOVERNORS
At Least Two Men Claim tee
Office and Both Proee.e
to Hold It.
GOV. HUNT IS NOW IN
CHARGE OF CAPITOL
Gov. Elect Campbell Has Certi
ficate and Will Give Inau
gunal Address Anyway.
(By United Press)
Phoenix. Jan. 1 With both Gov
ernor Hunt and Tom Campbell
sworn to perforin their duties as gov
ernors, a serious disturbance is ex
pected when the two clash for pos
session of the state Capitol. Gov.
Hunt, who claims Campbell's lead
over him was due to fraud, refuses to
surrender the office until the recount
is completed, and he. with armed men.
has locked himself in the capitol.
Campbell by virtue of a certificate
of election intends to make his inaug
iral address on the capital balcony,
ind his supporters are preparing to
nake a strong fight. A party of cow
boys is arriving to fight for him
against Gov. Hunt's miners. Hunt
hasn't the backing of the Democratic
party, and the state central commit
tee, in a hasty conference, repudiated
his stand.
NATIONAL 6UAR0 HAVE
IMPORTANT CONFERENCE
Capt. Knox and Lieutenants
Baker and Caliiaa Attend
From Albany.
Capt. R. R. Knox. Capt C. B. Win",
First Lieut. A. C. Baker and Second
Lieut. Clarence Colhns, of this city,
verc in Portland yesterday, where
they went to attend a conference of
the officers of the National Guard of
Orgon, an important event A live
session was held, with some promin
ent topics up. such as universal train
ing, present system of operation, mo
lilization. Resolutions were passed as follows,
speaking for the business of the con
ference: "Resolved. That the National Guard
Association of Oregon, assembled in
convention, strongly favors universal
military service and trianing, and
urges that such a taw be enacted by
the present Congress so that each and
every able-bodied male citizen of this
great Republic shall perform his just
and equitable share of the necessary
military service of the country, and
we protest against the present system
which requires one man, because he
is willing, to volunteer his services to
periorm military duty for 20 of his
fellow citizens who are unwilling to A
volunteer,'
Another reads:
"Be it resolved by the National
Guard Association of the State ol
Oregon in convention assembled thai
we extend the season's greetings to
his excellency, Governor Jams Withy
combe, our state commander, and
wish him and his most excellent fam
.ly a hapy New Year.
"Be it further resolved that thesa
resolutions be considered indicative
of our deep appreciation of his serv
ices for the Nation and for prepared
ness, and particularly in the interest .
of the Oregon National Guard."
"Be it resolved by the National
Guard Association of the State of Ore
gon in convention assembled at the
Armory in Portland this 31st day of
December, 1916, that we extend to
the officers and men of Battery A,
Field Artillery, Oregon MUitia, and
Troop A. Cavalry. Oregon Militia,
now serving their country at Cain
ico on the Mexican border, our amoat
cordial New Year", greeting; that s
commend their faithfulness and ass
triotism in the performance ol thai?
duties which their Nation Is reqasrisaf
nf them."
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