on to1 eoooeeeoeeeoooeo 0 Member f THB ASSOCIATED 0 0 PRK88. Th Mir MH' la Linn 0 O county carrying A. P. dUpatcb O 0000000000000409 DAILY DEMOCRAT 0000000000000000 O O O Toalght and Tflenday rala O O Warmer taalfht OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO VOL. XXXII. ALBANY. LINN COUNTY. ORECON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1019 NX 11. ALBANY I! It ' BRITISH OFFICER ' IS KILLED BY OWN MEN. IS VERDICT :0F JURY' TODAY (. Lieut Boast Meets Death From Bullet Fired by Mem ' ber of Guard Party, Says I Coroner's Verdict DETAILS ARE GIVEN Attack on Vice-Regal Lodge Sunday Night Thought to be Another Attempt to Murder Lord French. DUNLIN. Dee. tt By the A- aoclatvd I'm. Lieutenant Boast Odcer of th guard wha art death la Sunday algal' shooting near lit vlee-regal lod. waa ; "accidenfly killed by a bullet froai hla at palrol party." It aa found bjr Ilia jury at tha la quest today. ' Details of Sumlay'a shooting affray rwar tha vice-regal lodge at Pheonls; I'ark war glvvn May at the In- quest over tha body or Lieutenant -uuna.up, of hoot-leggvra and mann Boaat. who waa killed at tha aame in.c v.tunn of uitclt i(Uor ever made a civilian wa found in th park .hot ln thU ,antry b mpnding aa a r- ti ,l.th. I 1 Th llring led to th belief in eomo quarter last night that an attack ia . being made against tha lodge. Ih . ' reaidene of Viscount French, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, whoa life wa attempted last week. Tha testimony Indicated that Lieut Boast wa kill ed from ahot fired hy atx civilians. I William Osier, n; Sr. I'M.l,nJ OXFORD, England, "Dec. 29 A. P. Sir William Osier, noted physician, - who ha been ill for several weeks, died her tonight . - State C.&.E. Con vention to be Held In Albany, Feb. 20-22 Dr W. P. Whit left for Portland this morning to attend a meeting of th executive committee of the Stat Christian Endcavj: fur the pjtroie out lining a program for tho State Convention which is to be held In Al bany Feb., 20-21 and 22. Some of the leading speakers and worker of the state ar tobe here and at lean 800 delegates ar expectrd. Th clt liens of Albany will b eoliclled In caring for tho delegates at that time and on of th best conventions of the stale is aniicipateu. a iuii program will b published at a later dale. ) Returned to Portland ' Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Thompson re- ! turned this morning to their home in j Portland after vUiting with their on- In-law and daughter. Mr. .and Mr, j . OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO to o t O NRW CLASSIFIED O , M O I OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO . FOR SALE House and 2 lots in Has elwood. 7-room house, 2-lorgo p.irches, built-in-kitchi-n, good or ; chard including cherries, Tipples, ' rrare and berries. Price $1800, ' 5 '"'pay 350 dowrI7 $20.00 per. month. Immediate Poiwesaiorr. Beam Land J Co., 133 Lyon Street -' 29d30., FOR SALE A fine pen of Silver' Laced Wyandotte. JO pullets now laying. Pen headed by Silver Tip, a cockeral from exhibition stock. Price $25. Address W. H. Boll, AU 1 ' '."" bany, Oregon. Rt. 4. 29d81 FOR RENT Two Unfurnlahcd rooma, Call 432-J., 824 Calapooia St. 20d31 K. P. ATTENTION Work in th Rank of Esquire to night, Dee. 20. All member ar urg ed ta attend. ' J. M. Hawkins Chan. celor Commander. . d29 K. P. PARTY The Knights of Pythla will hold few cro of m klnd of bcrri" a New Year social party at th hall hi farm "nd ""P ancial re on Now Years Ev. All Knight and wnrd ln addition to his reguhr line friends are Invited. , I of work nd lhhy encourage a ' .' ' . COMMITTEE, d29 H1 Industry and at the same time fAi tJAatt for used rumltur or trade you new good for your i old one. See u before you aell. E. L. Stiff Son, 216-217 Lyon .ora, OiVT, it. ST. JOHNS DAY OBSERVED BY ORDER Local Masons hear Fine Pro gram and Enjoy Splen . did Feast Tho Masonic fraternity Saturday evening held their annual St. Johns Day xrcla In th Masonic Tempi. Mor that 260 members of tha order and their wivs wore pretcnt to en Joy lha splendid program and ban quet which followed. Tha affair wai pronounced on of tha most success ful event of ita kind in local Ma ton ry. Mr. H. B. Cusick and Mr. W. H. Dvl delighted th audienr with voc al eolot, ai did R. U. Steelqul.t, all f whom wer liberally applauded. Addressee wer mad by Rev. J. C Rpenrer, of th Methodist Church and (Continued on Par 8lx) OFFICERS SEEK FOR VIOLATORS e Wood Arrests for Sale of . Alcohol as Whiskey Made - in Eastern Citiess NEW YORK. Dee. 29 By th A nrlatad Preu On of tha biirffest ault of tha wave of death and blind ness which haa followed th sale of poisoned liquor, th supervising reve nue agent of tha. New York district announced today. Three Far Charge New York. Dee. 29 1 Three men faced charge before the United Statea Commissioner today in connec tion with"tpreading wood alcohol aa whiskey through Ave state in th last 10 day, death and blindness fo., """ inenuerv. and with .tal low Inc In Ha wake. Investigation ia "art from., Albany and Partland also being undortaken In numeroua bat the world for furajahing other eastern cities. , Search la Continued CHICOPEE. Mass Dec. 29 Search' wa continued today for the person McMan is, with Fire and Water com- connected with th traffic in poison- mittec have worked out a stupend ous liquor which ha resulted in the. out program involving all the old last few day in at least 69 death and time spirt, and the boys are going many cases of serious Illness her and in for great and good fun, not the in nearly place. Fourteen arreeta least of which will be that old thrill hav been made and other are expect- er, the water-fight There will be ed. SCOTT REPORTS PROSPERITY:? Manager of Cannery Returns From Puyallus; Grow ers are Encouraged Manager W. R. Scott of tho Albany, Puynlljp and Sumner amncry re turned yesterday from a two weeka -visit at Puyallup and reports an ex ceptionally good year for the cannery with bright prospecta for the future. Manager Scott statea that the Al bany plant is ready to tako Orders for plants for this year Bud that now Is the time for every grower to get busy and send in hU order to the can nery here stating the number and kind of plants wanted. They .will fill all order here for logan and rasp berry tips and alio strawberry plants. It Is necessary that the company hove a list of all plants wanted, hero as soon as possibl in order that they may know how to meet th demand. TL. -. n .V- -& 1 1 c i . . . . bany is now up to the people to plant berries and support th industry that is no experiment but a lubstancial bus- incss with a home market and an In- dustiry, if prorrly suprrted, means untold development for thi, p.rt of tho state. 1 The ordinary farmer who does 'not exneet to o-a into the husines nn a till c -la ha th,. Annmrfiitilltt in nlnnt I mane mom:y a USJr i at hand accoHing to those who are In the business, when the prospective (frower should wake ap and order his plant now for th, spring planting;. I WW BRYAN RUN FOR PRESIDENT? AaiYTTIES INDICATE PEERLESS LEADER GROOMING FOR THE RACE Former Minaier AcUra NEW YORK Dee., 29 Harry W. ' OMAHA, Dec., 29 By Associated Walker, who managed th campaign Pre William Jennings , Bryan will of William J. Bryan for president, left speak here January 12 o "Tb At- today for a tour of New York and New tftud of th Democratic Party for England for tha announced purpoae 1020". of Interviewing old member of th Friends gay that he plant a tour Bryan Leagues regarding reviving of several week in which ha will dls- those organizations, cuss th league of nations, tha peace Martin H. Glynn seems to be f?vor treaty and other possibl campaign d for Bryan's running mat, accord issue, ing to Walker. Albany College Opens Its Doors For Work Tomorrow " Albany Collrg is to open lit doors tomorrow after a two weeks vacation to honor Christmas and the snow storm. The students from various part of th slate are coming in on very train today and it la expected J tint a full attendance wil b present ! at the opening tomorrow at , 8,80 o'clock. Tremont Hall has been plac ed in order and th atudenta will find proper accommodation in all peeta. ' res- CITY FIREMEN PLAN SPORTS Ladder Drills, Races, Water Fights, and AU Old-time Firemen Stunts ' While Oregon Is beating Harvard at Pasadena New Year's afternoon, th Corvalli firemen, competing j trcntrltie sport lor ' the hundreds of onlookers gathered on Second and Madison streets. Chief Graham and Acting Chief excellent prises for the winner in each event say Walter Hill Kline, and then after the "big doings" there will be a royal good time, with sup per attachment, at the City Hall, will be for nil tha participants local firemen and all the visit ing firemen from Albany' and port- land. I . There' is th proinix- that there will b quite a numlwr o' visitors from the cities named and it li ex- pected that the event wi:l develop some reat competition wai.-uo rimer HELP! POLICE! CRIES JUDGE BUYEU MONEY WATCH AN D SPECS MISSING EXTRA VEST IS CAUSE OF WORRY Judge W. R. Bilyeu is buying th.e smokes for Sheriff C. M. Kendall and Chief of polico John Oitlln today and . r ' laughing at a good jok on himself. I " " It waa not so funny for a time, elth- Hpnry- McElmurry and the Odd er, and the county judge was deeply Fellow pinochle club for investiga worried over the loss of his vest, $260 tion when the telephone rang and in cash, his watch and spectacles. Judge Bilyeu informed him that his The judge retired late in his room possessions hadbeen recovered, in the Odd Fellows building last night j And here is how It happened. W hen II hunsr hU vest in Its urjal nlare KhArfff trn-ti man . j 0 lh, door knob neaT nii bed , he .roia thi(1 moTning he took, his .mornmB. bath, dressed and sUrted down town. , ' Ho had not gone far when he dls- covered that he was minus his spec tacles. Then h discovered' that his watch was gone and further search revealed th fact that his judicial sal ary was missing. He met Chief Qatlln and informed him of the loss and then reported the matter to Sheriff Ken- : 0ttn Tho good Judge wai running Vound In circles. j j' Chief Catlin went Into executive 1 ,eion by himaelf and decided that 1 ,jnc4 tne nlKrit poilce ad locked up Belgian Steamer Wrecked; Entire Crew is Missing HALIFAX. Dee. 29 A. P. Tne Belgian ateamer Anton von Driel haa been wrecked west of Cap Race and all of her crew perished, according to wireleaa dlapatche received her to day. r i . , ' rose Seaside Mr. Chester Groat of Seaside ar--rived here this noon to visit her par-?' cms Mr. and Mr. Frans Vollstedt of North Albany. Mr. Groat is a j former well known school teacher of this county. PIGEONS FLY AWAY. HOME Turned Loose in Eugene Sev eral Weeks Ago Were : Thought Lost ' Two of the homing paeons that were let out of the loft kept hre by the forestry depar.rr.v1i several wevkt ago for exetci'.e, and that were thought to iutve hoci. lost, returned to their orig'til loft a" '."tmp Jt;.. according to woid receive, at th? of fice of N. F. McDdff, supervisor or the cascade national Xor, says the Ejgene Register. Supervisor McDu.'f tu-rjcil th-: 1-ird out so they could streatch their wings. They soon disappeared in the distance and nothing was heard from (hem Until yesterday. While quite a. number of pigeons in the local loft have returned here after having been taken some distance into the forest, there is always a chance that they may return to their original loft, says Supervisor MrDuff. For that reason special efforts are being made to raise as many young' ones here as possible so that they will always return to this loft when liberated. while Lieutenant RoMer, of the . .. . , , , , , avinuuu rcrvicc. iiao cnarge oi tne pigeons here five or six of them when turned loose made their way back to Camp Lewis. all of the hoboes and stray-characters ha, i tnh' Tu.' i. k-. A ', , ... .. iew.nl nnrttna 1F wo ..twin. A Anil over the for , cIue he iiled th situation up and then surveyed the Judi. "What have you got two vests on for this morning-, judge?" asked the sheriff. "Havel f Well, wouldn't that beat youT" responded the amazed jurist. It seems that when Judge Bilyeu dressed this morning he got ln a hurry and after putting on his regular a- tire he got another vest and put It on over the first one. And there wis his money, vntch and glasses safe and sound. In the future the judfre will hang his vest In another place. VARNELL CHOSEN TO REFEREE GAME Western Man Named to Of ficiate at Big New Years Football Game PASADENA, Dee., 20 Tb ap- pointing ox uvorifv n. varniv vi j Spokane, at referee of the big New I . -1 M f Btf M lenn vny rooioaii (tuna it nijrniy J.IMBj, rV wiivsjsjh w VICRVII player. Vernell, who I recognized as on of tb best officials In th west, has reereed practically all of th big frames in which Oregon has played during th taat few years. He I a careful official and knows the gam and Oregon' style of play thorough- iy. Other official selected ar E. C. Quiglcy, St. Mary Kansas; umpire; (Continued on Pag 8) STOCKBREEDERS HEETTOMORROW Important Meeting to be Held at St. Francis Hotel At Noon Breeder of pure .bred live stock in Linn and part of Benton counties are to meet at the St.' Francis hotel at 11.46 o'clock tomorrow for the purpose of organising a County Breeder As sociation. ' About one hundred inviU- i.orn and notice have been sent out and good attendance is" now assur red. AU breeders of thouroughbrcd stock are invited and those for any ) reason not receiving notice should re- I port to A. C. Shmitt at the First National bank. ! Many leading me of the coast in the stock industry have been invited and are expected to speak. Prof. E. L. Potter, of O. A. C will be one of the principal speakers, O. M. Plum mer, manager of the Portland live ' stock how, and J. F. Langner, ag ricultural editor of the Oregon 3omaI will also be on the list for a speech. The editors of the Oregon. Farmers, The Western Farmer and the Pac ific Homestead have been invited to take part. The meeting is to close at 1.30 in order that those in attendance may attend the taxpayers meeting with the county tourt A fine banquet is to be served by the St Francis. - 73 YEAR OLD WOMAN TRAVELS Comes From Holland to Make Home in Linn County; ' is Pleased ' Mrs. S. J. Galama is very happy over the arrival of her mother and brother, direct from Holland, who have come to make their home in Leb anon. Her mother is 73 years of or.e, and suffered no inconvenience in making the three weeks jonrney to this far western coast to spend the remainded of her days-near her only daughter. " The wonderful expanse of country in America is a revelation to them. as Holland Is only one-half as large as Linn coumy.'and the opportuni- " ties to m.ikc a TTvirig here are so mrich greater than in tint wonderful little" country where the people needing more lnnd, proceeded ' to push back the sea and build dykes to make it stay where they wanted It to. I . It is three hundred years since the people from Holland landed in Amer ica at Plymouth, and still they are coming and America has found them most desirable citizens. Norman Hapgood Loses Job As Denmark Minister WASHINGTON, Dec., 29 Norman Hapo-ood is no longer American Min ister to Denmark, it was said today at the state department Officials ex- 'phined that the Senate failed to eon- firm the nomination oefore th end of the special session; and that siace h wa not (riven a recess appeint- mentf hence his commission automat ically expired. , SHEDD CALF CLUJ BEST ON COAST SAY AUTHORITIES FROM THE 0. A. C. p $75 is Awarded to Members by American Jersey Cattle Club at Meet ing Saturday. MEMBERS BENEFIT t ' ' - " Young People DisplajL Skill in Kaising and Judging Fine Stock and Ate Prais ed by Experts. Shedd haa the best calf club oat (be Patifie coast. . That was th I aUteasent made by both E. U Westover of the Dairy depart. meat aad L. 1. Allen of the Boy ft Girls Cub department of O. A. . C, who were present at the eele . b ration last Saturday at Shedd. ef th winning of the $75 award from the Americas Jersey Cattle club. - The money wa distributed amensr the members according to the quality of their calves and their ability to Judge Jersey calves. - . Mr. Westover acted as official judge and placed the proper rank upon each -of the fifteen calves' present : Five members were either unable to come or to bring their calve, tfyr. Allen conducted the judging contest anions; the members. I Following ere th awards: For bes calf, 1st Lyle Davis, $5; 2nd, Merrill .Davis $4; 3rd. Harry McConnell, $3; ' 4th, Kenneth Arnold, $2.50; 5th, Har- " old Push; 6th, Willard Troutman. . Each of the 15 members who ex hibited also received $2, for exhibiting- In the- judging contest: Harold Troutman won 1st place and a If prise; Harold Pugh and Merrill Davis tied for 2nd place and divided: 2nd and 3rd prizes equally, receiving $3.25 each; Lyle Davis was 4th, and received $2.50;' Stanley Satch well and Ralph Malson tied for 5th and divided equally 6th and 6th money, receiving $1.25 each. ' W. H. McConnell a Jersey breeder at Shedd is leader of the club and it was largely through his efforts that the $75 award was won. After-the contest, talks were given, in the schoolhouse by Mr. Westover, Mr. Allen, County Supt of Schools, Mrs. I. M. Cummin gs and County Agent S. V. Smith. The three r-ic-..'. :ra cf th: Shdd boys stock judging team which rep- HLyL -IL-6,, IKitU ailUW WCIO VMllCTI VII to relate their experiences on the trip. Each responded nobly and made good talks. The boys won 5th place amen? 11 compet-ng county teams, so the ShecH community has reason to be prorl of the boys. 0'z to tho'disagreeable weather only about 80 people were present, but all pronounced it a uplfrdid oc casion. Extradition of. ; Wilhelm to Be Demanded Soon PARIS, Dee. 29 A. P. The extra dition of Former Emperor William will be demanded front Holland as soon as the peace treaty becomes ef- -fective, according to a decision tnade" by French and British governments, says the Echo de Paris. French Rivers X v S woolen by Rains ' PARIS, Dec. 29 A. P. River throughout France are swollen by the v continued rain which threaten dis aster in many sections. Navigation of the Seine iav. already difficult and if the inundation continue traffic will be forced to stop. French Troops j J ClashWithfrab -SaysDi cJu PARIS, Dec. 29 A. Pi-A-Wai-J.' volunteers and French detachments have clashed at Baalbek, Syria, ac cording to a Cairo dispatch. Both sides are understood to have suffered losses. ' t t