tTHE WEATHER Tonight and Wxbmday, Pair. ALBANY DAILY DEMOCEAT Established in 1S6B Bm Advirtiiinf Ml Slim b Una City, VOL. XXIX. ALBANY, LINN COUNTY, ORE00N. TUESDAY. JANUARY 16, 1917. No. tie. "GET MUMS AT ANY . COST" This It Advice of Railroad Official Who Knows of Wonder Worker. W. C. WILKES, OF HILL LINES, OFFERS SUGGESTIONS Pwlhamua Paid Over $220,000 For Green Freight at Puyallup Last Year. W. C. Willie. Astt Frciiilil mill Fai M'J As' of iht inn linn, is in Ihr ify today from Portland Mr ill.ti. who it closely in touch with t'olldil ion s ill lllr f il, .t&tct ihM lid line per cent ol tile produce raited il Ihc Willamette Valley il finding it way into markcti. At a meant lo tm proviiM couditiont in I inn un1 I'm i. n ewratit Mr Wilkes itatri that Altiany thonld iul it iboaldaf i tin wheel and puth for every nun. e n enerity la, the cunimunily in land W H Panllialliin. the Pliyalllip calmer wriard. in " '-illiiV a cannery air' parking ilani .till' place. "Mr Paulhaniui it worth more t a community than any other nun I the wett thai I know of," laid Ml WltkM "When one man ran th' grefn produce Irom .ingle statio' In a yrai that trftl bring $22f,01X) h i 1 1 -lii charges alonr, he 11 certain doing lotnething (or hit country Th it what Mr Paiilhamui paid the K them Pacific railroad in 1916 Th plaee it Puyallup. "Br all meant, go alter Mr Pan' hamus lie will not eome lo you, H it loo hiii a man. He will not lo. with in. or any oilier railroad, ton cllv. conjuration or" individual H will make a fair proootilion. and 1 he doct not ret what he wanta oe niarhfl Hr will go om idarr rl and (ret It. Hi- datttwnd: aw nev unreatouablr Thay are lair, hut I will not fool "f have any inonliey lu" Ineat. No dickering with htm. "Mark what 1 tell yotl, Albany make Ihr inittakr of her life if l Iris Mr Paulhaniilv (ret away fee" her. If we can do anvthiuii to him into the Willamette Valley will go to the limit. The Willamr' V.ilh v nerd, him hadlv He wat tl ili.itmn of ihr Puyallup country, ar 1 l.uilt up a wonderful marketing pre potilitM UmI hrdBrrkl Immense pro' perity lo the fanneri "He it (irti of all I cannery mae Mr doev got '.flicv in Icltiner an thing go to watte. He buy all kind bl t-r tn, i- ami ahipt hundred! f n' of tluff green to the markett ol the world nd, it the old ssvinff ur he thipt what he can. and what he can't he .-ana.' "Mr. Paulhainus' propotiiion it r one-man affair. He goes into a thing m a.,.i i, ..ill i.tl., o il lation Irnnt anvoi'e llr knowt hi htitinett Letter than oiher people and will ti.trn in no one "When he comet to Albany ar makes kit proposition, at he will I the near future, it it up to the peopV lo rrive him attention and come to hi -with the brat they have. You can'1 av loo much about thi huti.iett. 1 know I have seen it and it i a won derful thing for any communitv North Yakima. Kcnnewick. and man. ,,ther placet are after him. and the. know. "The country around Alhanv need Mr raulhainiit very much. He wilt fell ihe larmert what to grow, how I, grow it, and lake thc;r itdfl and mar ket it at the hltntit prlail. He know how. In put it up to-it will tell an 1 brinl top prieet. "The Produce of the Willamette Valley cm he told if il it picked right. Anv produce ran he mid if 'Continued on Page 4 1 MRS. CMS. WINNER DIED AT A6E OF 72 YEARS Mrt. Frances, wife o( Chat. H, Win ner, died thit morning at Ihe hntpital after an, llllMM of a couple of years ji tl r a-.'e of 72 yeart. almost 73. She wat born in llliniii in Mar,-' 1844, and rame to Oregon wilh hi I huthand 14 yeart ago, residing Bent Albany and in the rity, .mil alt( Iwi yeart at Grant i Patt. A woman o' eacelleni eharrctrr, hrr death It rc grettrd by thote knowing her. She leavei a hiitband and two dan gbtert. Mrt, S. 1.. Daily., at whose home she and Mr. Winner have been residing, at 832 I. yon street, and Mrs V.. W Weiiner. of Lebanon. Mr. Daily it a railroad man. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock, at the Fort mlller undertaking parlort, Dr. 5ib aon, of the M. F.. church, preaching Ihe sermon. FURTHER PEACE MOVES UNLIKELY UNTIL SPRIN6 Germany Deoiarea That Allies Nott Doas Not Utt Ptace Terms. By Carl W. Ackirman. United Praee Btafl Corraapondent. Ilerllu. Jan. 16. Ctrmany believet the allied reply to Ihe American note duet pot lilt peace lermt. It merely stated Ihc innate eoaqualt aims. The uole it regarded a- a confirmation of the allies' COOl piracy to crush Gir many. The general opinion i that further peace inovet are unlikely, un til after the ipriug olfentive 'i'here it contiderahle interett ii, the Itritith colonial premiers' con ferrnce in London. The conference il believed liKnifn-ant, on account oi the col W heavy wetlrrn (ronl lossss. PARTICULARS OF RECENT 6. A. R. INSTALLATION flue of tile most enjoyable meet ings ever held in Albany and in the Armory Hall a that of the joint installation of the ufficert of Mi I'herton I'o.l So. S, (J. A K . and uf Fair Qakt Circle No. I, Ladtet of the C. A K , made all the more to by Zi vitilori from F.lltwurth I'ott No. 19, G. A. R. and of Edswoftk Corp No 7. W. R. C. G. A. K . both of Coreallit, who came over on the iitorniug Ort-gou Klectric ami in autot. At noon wat tervrd a splen did ban.pjei by the I .oh. of Ihe Cir cle. Following thit came irt the inttal lation ol Ihe officeri of the I'oti, by Comrade W. Newton, assisted by W. Walters, both of Curvallit. Officers are Commander Cyrui II. Walker. Senior Vice C J. Lawton, Junior Vice Geo. W. Carrol, (Juarteriuaatrr K. V. Sox. Surgeon Jfthn D. Rolfe. Chaplain Jamet M Caruine, Officer of the Day J I.. McCauley. Officii of Ihc Guard C. M. Wettbrook. Pat riotic Intlrnctor Maxwell I'hillipt. Adiulant Alfred H. Simpson, Ser geant Major Wm Mcyert. CJuar '.frmatter Sergeant. Joteph Mevrts i lificrrt ol Fair Oakt Circle installed by l.ady Eva Carnegie assisted by Mrt. Itabrlle lleeson. Doth of the Cir cle, are: Preidem. Mrs. Jennie Cur ry. Senior Vice. Mrs Harhara Rich ardson. Junior Vice, Mrs Mary l.iui. Secretary. Mrs Jennie Brown Cai nine: treasurer. Mrs. Anna Parker. Chaplain, Mrs. Rebcco Small: Con d actor, Mrs Ida Morrit: Assistant Conductor. Mrs. Isalielle Rccson; Pa triotic Instructor. Mrv Melissa Per. rv: Guard. Mrs F.va QJmstead: As sistant Guard. Mrs. F.va Crmrie: pianist. Mrs Cora Leonard. Ai the occasion was one marked by a to be lastiii"! friendshdip between the allied torietiet of Albmy and Cor. albs, the names of the office of the Post and Corps of Corvallis ar. given. From Corvallis words of apprecm lion were uttered by Commander T C Maker. Joseph Yates. Indian W' Veteran, and W Vidito; by Presi 'iii W H C Mrs Marv F Waitv Patriotic Instructor Mrs. Georgie Rose: and Mrs. Prudence Chippman. R2 veart of se. lovingly called "(.-undma" ni Corvallis. By a un.-inimnus vote the Post pd Circle of Albany are to attend th kstat installation of the Pott and Corps at Corvallis- Jan.. 1018. and the above are to in turn visit ihe 'Po-t sinl Circle in Albany, the same month and vear. As this was a birthday festival a! so, the fnllowinur were noted- Mrs Prudence Chimnan. tan. 12. R2 ve" "Id- W I Linn. Ian 2.1 lames M Carnlne. Ian 24. F F S.oc lan 21 Mrs MlKWetl lan 77. Mits F.v . lirttrsiTisw frtn 77 So i-nrlf H r Joyful nif rli(r. R" ncilfclion. 80NE DRY BILL Liquor Can Be Imported Only Under Licence Under Dis trict Attorney. THEN ONLY FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES Bill Introduoed For Prohibition of Seines. Traps and Wheels in Columbia. Salem, Jan 16. By United I'm -Rcircenlative Amlcrson introdm- 1 a bone dry hill. It prohibit indi viduAll from imHirtiiiK Uqr. I1'" v:d that common carrier! inmll im pori liquor only tinder ti e district at torney' ttcente for atcraniental, 'i cntific ext'critnent and medicinal pin -potei. It make drunkennet (lrmeanor paniihablc with fil.e or 50 day' imprionmeiit. The "xearch ami ftcUttrt" clauac i elimin ated. The Senate killed Wilbur'a rcoln li mi providiiiK for a 3Mlay recess, bc , i.i.it ' after a eWday etion. The house adopted the Kddy joint mrttioi i.il akin. i o; .".as to submit natiun.il prohibition amendment to a popular vote. Rep. Tkhenor vttbmitted a bill lof btddNtg fih wheel, traps and seines in the Columbia river and I'acif ic Ocean within the Oregon tate juris diction I i penaltv is $J(K) or six itnmth imprisonment. Mcctiti,; this afternoon for the first time the committee appointed by the synod of OreKon on the investigation of the nroooed fiieriri-r nf Albnv Cullege and Pacific University, at rorest drove, bean tt work, whiin is now of a preliminary character, preparatory to the report that will be required at the meeting of the synod next fall, and there will be nothing definite in the matter until then. So far a Albany people Arc concerneii the matter of mcrtjer has been 4U posed of; but so bmic as the educ i tional department oi the body is cotisiderin the proposition ii inifst be threshed out in Oregon also The merger committee consist t. Kev. Klliot, of Salem, chasrasmo; Re-. J. M. Skinner, of Portland; Rev. J. R Landsborough, Portland; Rev. Wm Mcleod, Portland, formerly of Mill City; C. C. Bryant. Albany; Judge I".. C. Bronangh. Portland; Dean Straub U. O.i of itugene, and J. S. Bradley four ministers and four hymen. TH cS PRESIDENT Mr. Wilson the Oldest President It. S. Has Had in 60 Years Washington. Jan. 16. (By Unite' Pre4 President Wilson is the old est executive to preside over the de tinie of the t'liiled Stales for the last 60 years. When he is inangurat ed for the second time Marcli 5 b will be 60 year old. a span of years that no President haj "rossctd sinre the inauguration of Buchanan in 18;T Incidentally the President is one of the six oldest executives ever in the White House. Previous to 1861 the nien chosen to hold the rein nl tiovernment generally reached a lav neriod in life befoir their election John Adamg SfSf 61 when inau :ura rd in l"u7. Jafkson also was 61 when "jr inaugurated in 1W Benjamin Harrison was the oldest man err chosen for the Preside pey, being 68 it the time of his inauitntton In Taylor was 64 and Buchanan 65 respectively, when they were in augurated respectively. Aside from ther all priidstitJ.a e been younger than Woodrow Wstin" a In ti entering the While House. This hjuj been particularly noticeable in the las 50 years when all cxes-uts.-. Inve lifn ennttiarativcly yMm;.TIn -odore Roosevelt was the youngest president ever iuaii'turated in thi ountry. bring but 42 when he took office.. United of the otninrt THE R R BILL Washington, Jan. 16. ( By Press) Chairm.Tn Adamson house interstate commcrve tee told Pre-ident Wilson the railroad program will pass the house this-ses ion. He aaid the real difficulties ore in the senate. Mrs L B l erper of I'-rnnd i visiting at Ihe home of her brother. L. E. Moe. Roy Wood went to Portland ct husiii .t, thi. mnrning. R. B Green letl for S.T.cm thi Mifruitv.r on .". bnsinesH trip. R W Martin, of Kuetic. is in fbi city today. Jas. T. Wilson, of Oswego, is her on business. Mis Winnie Austin returned to S lem yesterday where she has a posi tion in the Icgisliture. after spendin. the week-end with her parents in this city. Miss Lillian Cook, who is spendin. the winter in Medford with her aurt is visiting in this city n few davs the home of her unile, Geo. Taylor Miss Cook's home is in North Ip. kota. W. L Jackson, who has been nt the home of his father in Lebanon since his completion of his work on the stale board of teachers' examin ers at Salem, was in the city yester day attending to business. SPANISH WAR VETERANS INSTALL NEW OFFICERS COLLEGE MERGER COM. IS MEETING IN ALBANY Making Preliminary Investi gation of Much Talked v About Matter. KNIGHTS AND PYTHIAN SISTERS TO INSTALL Interesting Program Will Be Given in Lodge Rooms This Evening. Tonight the srtcrcsftsag ceremonies and program attendant upon the in stalling of the officer uf the Knight of Pythias and the ladies' auxiliary, the Pythian Sister, will be held in the lodge room oi the K. P. Tem ple, Third and Lyon streets. Niel M. Bain, ot Harnsburg, Past Chancellor, will be the installing of ficer for the Knights, and Mrs. Will lard L. Marks. Past Chief, will install for the Pythian Sisters. She will !t assisted by Mrs. A. Austin, acting as Grand Manager, and Mrs. Fred Wan. Grand Scuior. A most interesting thing in connec Hon with tonight'f installation is th coincidence of two men in the Knight and their wives i the Pythian Si ters bciog inducted into similar of 't. Members of Camp Phillips No. 4. United Spanish War veterans, met in their rooms in the armory last night and installed officers for the en-Hi-year. Past Commander F. C. Slcll macher Wai the installing officer. The Camp went on record as oppos ing the action of the council in th red Fortmiller will a-.sume otfkv as Chancellor Commander of the Knights, while Mrs Fred Fortmiller will be installed in the highest office of the Pythian Sisters. Most Excel lent Chief. Henrv S. Stratton will be installed for the second tinte a Master of the Work of the Knight, while Mrs. Henry W. Stratton srQl be placed in the office of Trustee o the Pythian Sisters. The installation will be accompan ied by an inten ding program. Pn ceding the program and the install' lion an orchestra will play for some time. Firv the Knights will install Then will be selection hy a nial quartette. Following this will be th installalion of the Pythian Sister There will be solos by Mrs. J. Fran' Watson and Mrs p, R Kelly, a pinn duet by Mrs, Chas C. Curry and Mr S. M. Worrell, a drill by a bevy c little girts, and other entertaining fca lures. The entertainment will clos with 'refreshments and a social ses sion. The Knight- ot Pythia will install Ihe following officers: Chancellor Commander, Fred Fortmiller; Win J. Patterson. Vice Chancellor; Ralph Thorn. Prelate; Henry W. Stratton. Master of the Work; L M. Curl. Keeper of Records and Seals; John G. Hryant, Master of Finance; Fran cis M. Arnold, Master of the Ex chequer; Cleo Jenkins. Master at Arms; Leon Rennets. Inner Guard F.ar CanfieHI, Outer Guard. The Pythntn Sisters will sent the following: J Mrs. Fred Fortmiller. Most Excellent Chief; Most l-'xcellent Senior,1 Mrs. Virgil Hacklctnan: M. E. ?.. Mrs. Charles Leonar.t; M.m ager. Mrs. J. Q. Rodcrers; Mistress o: Records ami Seals. Mr. J, S Var Winkle; Mistress of Finaiv M" Geo. Wire: Protector of Ihe Temple Vrs, Msg. C, Itrvant: Gmrd of Otitai Temple, Mrs C. C. Curry ; Trustee Mr. Henrv W. Stratton: Installin. Officer. Mrs. Willard L Marks; Re- Sam Worrell cusc. A committee con- j resentative to Grand Tcrnr-le. Mrs. , sisting of F. C. Stellmacher, R C 'Austin. Churchill. Geo. E. Rolfe and Or. H. M. Ellis was appointed to investigate into the cause for the non-reelection lof Worrell on to the Albany polic force and take action in the matter. The following officers were installed: Commander, William V. Merrill S T rWard, in the city. f Cottrqe Grove. S $ fi 3 9 vM STRONG RUSSIAN ATTACKS FAIL PUWS BEING Ml FOR GREATER REVENUE Germans Beat Back Russians on Both Sides the Fundeni ftiver. A SECOND ATTACK ALSO FAILED Two Hundred Roumanians Cap tured and French Trench Raid Is Repulsed. Hcrlin, via Sayville, Jan. (. Bj United Press) It i announced strong Russian attacks on both side-, of Fundeni river in Roomsjua A curtain fire dettrod the Slav mas: f urinations for several hundred te' distant from the Utru Hours later the attack was repeated several small detachments entering the trenches. They were bn mediate!) ousted. Two hundred Roumanians were captured at Cainu and Sasit; valleys. A French trench raid w"a repulsed at Houvcaixnes. south i Roye. Program to Be Taxes on In heritance and Excess Profit and Bond Issue. Pctrois'rad, Jan. 16 It is announcer that a Rusian submarine sank two enemy ships near the Rosphorous. Washington, Jan, 16. (By United Press) Democratic member of tin house ways and means committer have agreed to impose an additioua inheritance tax. txctsroHts tax o eight per cent on corporations, am' copartnerships, for the purpose of in creasing revenues. It U planned i profEde t2.0Uj,fjU(J bond Hsues. The) UMtructed Clnirman Kitchiji to drai the necessary bill. President Wilsoi and Secretary McAdoo appros'e it. RQSEBURG LAND OFFICE GIVES LAN 3 GRANT INFORMATION BODY TAKEN UP AT EOGENE WAS PETRIFIED A story to the effect that a body recently removed from one plot to an - other in the Odd Fellow s emitter j had been found petrified, was partial ly continued today by Coroner -Mar . ion Vealch. "We bad occasion a few weeks afffl to move a body to another ph.ee," ' Mr. Veatch said, "wheu Mr. I.aDuki. the sexton, had tipcued the old grave ! he found the original metal containe. rusted away, but the body -heavy that the rope used in lifting it out of the grave was broken. Four strong men had all they could do to carry the body to the new restin.: place, and they had to stop several tiino on the way to rest. "I did not examine the body im self, but Mr. l.aDuke. the sexton, anr his on, did so and they said that i: had turned to stone. The body wa that of a woman who was buried i 1a 16 g ears' ago." Professor Shinn of the UnircfsitJ expressed dmibt .i!out the story, bu: added that so many unexplainabb tiling happen in this world that h would not s.ty it was iinpos-iMe fo' the body to become petrified H stated that ordinarily petrification oc curs only when there are limestone-; or some other form of itHcia present, and there is very little ot thi. mineral in the vicinity of ICuuene Eugrnc Guard. A good many years ago a body taken u at Alhanv was declared ti be petrified. Ip response to numerous aaoairics Ihe United States land office in thi city has issued a letter containing valuable information regarding th. Oregon & California Railroad gran h.nds. Based on the list of lands rivcn it the decree of the court in the Oregot and California case, the approximat acreage of unsold railroad land whe; as instituted was: Linn. 14.6J0 Lincoln. 1040; Benton. 27716; Lane 300. IU); Don Us, 607.370; Coos, 100. 63); Curry. H400; Josephine. 172.41 Jackson, 444.560; Klamath. 13,440 total. 1.690.326. Lands listed as "air rieultural" will become open to entr under the general provisions of thi homestead law. It is probable there will be no gen eral drawing, but applications RNM' be received wit him a specified time and conflicting applications will h determined by l"t. In addition to th SJNsal I omcstead fees and commis sions. 50 cents per acre jiutst he pai tor the lard when entry is allowed and 52 per acre at the time of mikim proof. Commutation proof will no apply to these lands, nor will oater be issued until an cniryman has re cided upon his land and cultivated i for three vears. The work of c)assi ftcation o: these lands in ihe field begun August 1, 116. and will b ccwnplettd some time in 1917. WUU no definite imormatior. nittv he irrve as to when the lands win he throwi open to entry, it is prohable it will hj about the middle of 1917. The Sr preme Court will take up the case fo review on February 26. and a decisio' is looked for in three or four month? Roseburg Review. CONFESSED MURDERER Columbus. O., Jan. 15. Wcldon H Wells, a Kanas City brokerage clcr' confessed to Chief of Police Caru and Sergeant of Detectives Alhane tonight that he shot and kille dMnn Simon in the Hotel Dcshler las' Thursday evening. I killed her In cause she told me that she had givei me a disease," said Wells.. Wells w-as arrested in Huntin(-xto-Ind., Saturday night and returned t Columbus Sunday afternoon, arrivin; here Sunday evening. COMPULSORY INVESTIGATIOr Wasiiington, Jan. 16. (By Unite Press Compulsory goveraiuental i: vestigation of railway employes' di putes is assured. The senate inter state commerce committee has agrec to this feature of the President's pn. gram. It is not discussed as to th employes' right to strike pending in vestigation. 1 C I..J BJ .... tt - . Senior Vk Coi,ii.,an.lrr. William V Z " ' ""' M II. Ilavfs: OHictr of the Dav Geo. E. Rolfe; Officer of the C.tiarit Fred Kovrr; Trustee, Joe. E Tor het. S. C. Worrell. R. C. Churchill: Adjutant, R. C. Churchill; Quarter master, F. C. Stellmnchcr; Chaplain. Dr. Jos. Myers; Historian. S. C. Wor rell; Suriteon. Dr. M II. F.llis; Ser ueant Major. J. C. Rooth; Ouarter matter Serireant, Roht. Campbell; Color Sergeant. Fred Marquard: Col or Srrqcant, Arthur F. I'unlom; Chief Musician, 'Gene M. Simpson. Rismarli. X. I).. Im. 16 An ei-iht hour day order for justices s? of the stnte -urreiiu ,-oiirt us he- vt inir considered today, followin j 3 an unrisiiiH of wheat raisers at:;i- inst market conditions. Justices will he required to keep a Mg, showing tlie time spent on every $ rase, and account for erery niin- 9 utc of their time for eight hours a day. m 9 "i I i ,1 ml . , i, iwwsiaw-.ott.v a av ; m B I Bn'v' I Jr''m ft . IBj sasaiB H I 1 LAWSDN HURLS LIVE CHALLENGE Declares That Either Cm- gressman Henry or He Is a Perjurer. HENRY DENIES NAMING A CABINET MEMBER Charge That Bernstortf Made S2.0CO.O00 Is Biggest Sensation. Wathir.irton. Jan. 16. (Bv United Presi) Tom Lawson hurled a direct challenge to Chairman Henry o thi House rulei committee. He laid: "One or the other of ua ii a rank perjuror. The statement referred to Henry'i denial of Lawton'i charge that Henry named a cabinet member at being in volved in the leak. Lawson asterted that he met John Cotgrave, editor of the Sunday World; Herman Rigway, editor of Everybody's Magazine, and uonald McDonald, a Boston financial writer, thortly after the Henry con versation. He said he told them Hen ry's words. Then he shouted: "Un less Henry said these things I'm a rank perjuror unfit to be outside prit- on. Democratic members interrupt ed him. Representative Harrison de manded that. Morgan be subpoenaed. i ne motion carried. Lawson created the greatest sensation last night by declaring that Henry said that Bern- s-tortt had profited two million dol lars through the leak. Lawson said that Henry said Ba ruch had four conversations with Lan sing. Lawson said he told Henry that a Wall Street conspiracy existed; that speculators had profited through the Mexican situation, and the war. Referring to Henry'i statement that the leak appearei to he a "mirage," Larson ihonted: "God help CM American people if there are many more such mirages." He revealed thst' names reluctantly. He laid he "hu miliated himself," in pleading to the committee for permission to reveal the names privately. Frank A. Van derlip. president of the National City Hank, New York, has been subpoenaed. ADMIRAL DEWEY WORSE Washington. Jan. 16. (By United Press Dr. Fauutleroy's second bul letin announced that Admiral Dewey is distinctly worse. "The naval he ro's breathing is labored, his kidneyi depressed, his swallowing more diffi cult, and general condition worse. He -lowly declined last night and thii morning. His lungs are affected There is practically no chance for him to live over a few days." v Marguerite Clark at the Globi Tonight. SENSATIONAL RESOLUTION Washington, Jan. 16. (By United Press) Representative Lindbcrg- of Minnesota offered a resolution de manding the reopening of the money trust investigation. He charged that the "United States money system wat a literal gambling hell." and laid thi Federal Reserve Board waa "enter ing upon further entangling alliance! with bankrupt European countries" AT NORTH POWDER North Powder. Jan. 16. (Br United Press) The temperature it 38 degrees .eiow zero, Oregon s coldest weather Known. . TITUS RANNEY DIED AT ST. MARYS TODAY Titus Ranncy. aged 82. died at St. Mary's llosuttal at 12:30 o'clock to day, of cancer. He wai born in Con necticut May IS, UU5. served in th Livil War and came to Oregon in about 1865. He settled at Corvallis where he was a blacksmith for many years, later moving to Summit and engaging in the mercantile business for a number ol years. During the last few years he hai li.rd . t he Soldier's Home at Ron burg, in Corvallis. where two daugh ters live, and in Albany, making nit headquarters at the Elks' Clab. Ha was a member of the G. A. R. and the local order, B P. O. E. He is survived by four children: Geo I) Ranney, .f Paisley. Ore.; Maud Wade, of Condon, and BeH Rannev and Lillian Whiteside, of Corvallis. Funeral services will he condn.-ted Thur.dav afternoon at I o'clock froa Fortmiller Chapel, under the laapiecS of the local order of Elks, and th remains will then be taken to Ccf vallit where Dr. J. R. N. Ball wU preach the services at the gravi ffet I. O. O. F. Cemetery.