The Semi-Weekly Democrat Published bf DEMOCRAT PUBLISHING CO. WM. II. IIOKNIIiKOOK, Managing F.ditor. Entered at the postofficc at Albany, Oregon, as second-class matter. Published every evening except Sun day. Semi-weekly published Tuca days and Fridays. BUSINESS MATTER. Address all communications and make all remittances payable to the Dem o'crat Publishing Co. In ordering clianucs of address, sub scribers should always give old as well as new address. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Daily Pelivcrcd by carrier, per month. ...$ .40 Delivered by carrier, per year 4.00 by mail, at end of year 3.50 By mail in advance, per year 3.00 At end of year $1.50 When paid in advance, one year.... 1.25 CLASSIFIED RATES Ic per word for first publication; J4c per worn tnerealter, payable in ad vance. Minimum charge of 25c. Established in 1865. FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1913. "Dollar" Diplomacy Richmond Pearson Hobson would welcome a war with Japan. In common with every other jingo pol'.iciau, he has an insati able lust for blood and cheap no toriety. Me had a taste of both during tue Spanish-American war and has since been the leading champion of armed hostilities with any nation which may give the United States the slightest provocation. Unless brought about as a re sult of a great national Icrisis, war is not justifiable homicide it is legal murder. A mere breach of some rule or custom which is prescribed by the unwritten law of diplomacy, is not enough to justify a resort to arms. There must be some great moral issue; sonic irreparable injury commit ted, or about to be committed, before men of one nation may rightfully take the lives of those of a sister country. There have been times in the history of the American republic when war was necessary. Every instinct of pa triotism called the best blood of the nation to the front and a quick response was made to the call for volunteers. These men gave their lives, not for some trivial cause but because the very national ex istence was threatened. It was a great moral issue and a resort to arms was only made after every other means had been exhausted. The Democrat believes that the unlawful destruction of an Ameri can plantation in a foreign coun try, and the suhsc(ttcnt refusal en the part of the constituted au thorities to liquidate to those who have thus been deprived of their property, is not enough to justi fy a declaration of war. Mothers can not rightfully be deprived of their sous and wives of their hus bands because of a mere matter of dollars and cents. Blood and gold cannot be weighed in the same scale. Human life is too sacred to be sacrificed on the altar of property. There has been altogether too much jingoism and dollar diplo macy at Washington in recent years. There has been too much said about war and too little about peace. The new administration pro poses to bring about a change in the method of handling these questions. The (iovernment of the United States will no longer be used as a collection agency for the big interests. The army and navy will be reserved for a national crisis, and not for the mere purpose of collecting bad debts fur Mr. Rockefeller and his associates. "The Mills of the Gods" Harry M. Coudrey was found guilty in the federal courts, April 4, of using the mails to defraud in the promotion of what were known as the twin insurance com paniesthe Continental Assur ance Company of America and the International Kire Insurance Com pany of America, lloth concerns font into the hands of a receiver. Six years ago, Harry M. Coudrey was the president of the l.abor diue riiarniacal Company in fact Coudrey was, to all intents and purposes, the I.abordine riiar niacal Company. I.abordine was one of those frvlutciit proprietary medicines advertised to physi cians as a "vegetable antipyretic" under a formula that was both false and meaningless. It was claimed that "Labordine does not depress the heart," and physicians were urged to use it so as to "avoid acctanilid poisoning," yet it was essentially an acctanilid preparation, containing nearly 40 per cent of this drug. Imposing advertisements gave the impres sion that Uic Labordine i liar macal Company of St. Louis was a large pharmaceutical concern. As a matter of fact, the "com pany's" headquarters consisted of one small room on the third floor of an old dilapidated building. I he room contained an old roll top desk, a kitchen table, a bare and dirty floor and one young person in charge. Coudrey, at various stages of his career, has been an insurance agent, a pro moter and a member of congress from Missouri. While holding of fice at Washington, the papers reported that he had used con gressional stationery on which to write letters pushing one of his financial schemes. To the credit of the voters of the twelfth con gressional district, it should be said that Coudrey was defeated for re-election in 1910. Labordine is dead and its exploiter may have to spend four and one-half years in the federal penitentiary. o TANGENT ITEMS Ben Zc Bell, who has been on an extended visit to his old home in Wisconsin, has returned, satisfied that Uregoil is the best place to live: he will go to Mill City and work in the logging camp. Reports say that A. D. Hudson has bought a new Ford automobile in which he and his wife exnect ito travel in Linn and surrounding coun ties. J. E. Ownbev. of Albanv. was in Tangent last week looking after busi ness matters. Our postmaster. L. B. Marsters. has bought a lot on the comer of Second street where he expects to build and conduct a general merchandise store and also keep the post office there. Speer and Sticklev are now runnincr their delivery wagon in Tangent and vicinity and it is very convenient for the farmers. Frank Slate met with otiite an ac cident by falling from his motorcycle, badly injuring his shoulder when he came in contact with the ground; he will lay up for repairs for a while. The Tangent band boys expect to give a concert and basket social on the evening of April 26, to which all ire invited. Farmers arc far behind with their spring seeding as the 'ground is very slow about getting in condition for seeding. What fall grain there is looks nuite well and is growing very fast. Fruit trees, such as cherries, plums, prunes, pears and early apples, are now in full bloom. J. H. SCOTT, Reporter. Fred Mills, of the Southern Pa cific, who has been doing work up this way for some time, left this morn ing lor Milwaukee, where he will work in the shops for a while. Jacob Miller, an old resident nf Oakville, died yesterday at the ad vanced age of 83 years and 7 months. lie is manly spoken of bv those knowing him. lie leaves several children, all grown. Lawyer A. A. Tussing and W. M. Moore, of Brownsville, were ill the city today. Lawyer W. S. Risley went to Salem this forenoon. J. C. Lowe, of the Home Tele phone, Corvallis, was in the ctiy to day. Mrs. Smick and 'Mrs. Huick, promi nent Ro'scburg women, passed through the city this noon for Portland to at tend a missionary meeting of the Presbyterian church. Mrs. Smick is a former Albany woman, her children for several years being leading Al bany college students., Mrs. G. L. Alexander, of Lebanon, was in the city today. Notice of Administrator's Sale. Notice is hereby given to all persons that by virtue of an order of sale duly made and entered in ami by ihc coun ty court of Linn county, Oregon, m the Matter of the Estate ot Martin Moss, deceased, l the undersigned ad ministrator of said estate will on the 1 2th day of May, l"l3, at the front doer of the county-court house in the city of Albany, Linn County, Ore gon, at the hour of I o'clock p'. m. of said dale, sell at public sale to the highest bidder therefor for eailt ill hand at such sale all the right, title and estate which said decendent, Martin Moss, had in and to the fol lowing described premises At the time of his death, to wit: Beginning at a point which is Fast one chain and seventy-eight links distant from the N'orthwest corner of Notification No. 2-U5 and claim No. 50 in Township 12 South of Range 3 West of the Wil amette Meridian in Linn County, Ore gon, and running from ibencc Fast twenty-one chains and twenty-eight and one lull links, thence South thirty-six chains and ten and one half links, thence West twenty one chains and twentv eight and one half links, and thence North thirty-six chains and nine .in.l nnr. half linls to the place of beginning contaiuiuc. To "2 acres. Paled this 1 1 tit div of April. I'U.t GFOKGF 11 MOSS. Administrator of Martin Moss, de ceased W1A11 1825 M.iyJOth Amended and Supplimentary Petition J ii tlie county Court of the State of Oregon for Linn County. In the matter of the adoption of Margaret Mary Bcattie, a female child. Comes now, George S. Sandstrom and Nellie Sandstrom, and for their amended and supplementary petition, filed herein by leave of court, re spectfully allege and show unto the court: 1. That your petitioners are hus band and wife, and are residents of the City of Albany, in Linn County, Oregon. II. That the above named Mar garet Mary Bcattie is a female child of the age of about twenty-one mouths, and is and has been ever since her birth a resident and inhabit ant o'f. Linn County, Oregon, and for a considerable portion of said time has been in the care and custody of your petitioners: that said child is now in the custody of W. F. Pfieffer and Mollie Pfieffer, his wife, in said City of Albany, Dtirsuant to the order of the above entitled court made and entered on the 29th day of October, 1912, in the matter of the application of W. F. Pfeiffer and Mollie Pfeiffcr for a writ of habeas corpus on behalf oi Margaret IJcaltie, a minor, vs. Geoorge S. Sandstrom and Nellie A. Sandstrom. hii wife. III. That the narcnts of the said Margaret Mary Bcattie are William Beattie and Agnes Dawson, formerly Agnes Beattie; that the said Agnes Dawson now resides in the City of r.ugenc, in Lane bounty, Oregon; that the residence of said William Beattie is unknown, except that he does not reside and cannot be found within the State of Oreson. IV. That the said parents of the sadi Margaret Mary Bcattie have wil fully deserted deserted their said child, and have neglected to provide, properly maintain or care tor said child for more than one year last past, and ever since the birth of their said child. V. That VOIir netitio'ners are of suf. ficient ability and suitable and proper persons to bring up said child and fur nish suitable nuture and education therefor, having reference to the de gree and condition of the parents of said child, and that your petitioners desire to' adopt said child and to change the name of said child, in case of such adoption, to Helen Elizabeth Sandstrom. Wherefore your petitioners pray for leave to adopt said child, and that from and after the date of the decree ot the court said child mav be de creed to all legal intents and purposes to be the child of vour nelilioners. for an order changing the name of said child to Helen Elizabeth Sand strom, and for such other order as may be meet in the premises. GEO. S. SANDSTROM NELLIE SANDSTROM Petitioners. State of Oregon, County of Linn. ss. We. George S. Sandstrom and Nel. lie Sandstrom, being first duly sworn, each for ourselves, say: I am one of the petitioners above named; that I know the contents of said petition, and that the same is true as I verily uciievc. GEO. S. SANDSTROM NELLIE SANDSTROM Subscribed and sworn to before me this th day of April, 1913. (Seal) C. E. SOX, . Notarv Public for Oregon. In the County Court for the State of Oregon for Linn County. In the matter o'f the adoption of Margaret Mary Beattie, a female cnud. Order. Now on this 16th dav of Anril. 1913 this cause coming on to be heard upon tnc motion ot licorge S. Sand strom and Nellie Sandstrom, peti doners nerein, tor leave to tile an amended and supplementary petition nerein, saia petitioners appearing by their attorneys. Hewitt & Sox. it is ordered that the said petitioners he and arc hereby granted leave to file an amended and supplementary pen non nerein; AND now o'n said dav this cause coming on further to be heard upon amended and supplementary petition of said petitioners filed herein by leave of the court, as aforesaid, which said petition is duly verified bv the oaths of said petitioners, which prays leave to adopt the anove named Mar garet Mary Beattie and to change her name to Helen Elizabeth Sand strom, T APPEARING TO THE COURT that the parents of the said Margaret Mary Beattie have not con sented to the adoption of the said child; that the mother of said child. .gncs Dawson, resides in Lane County. Oregon, and that the resi dence ot W illiani Beattie. father of said child, is unknown, except that he does not reside and cannot be found within the State of Oregon. II IS ORDER D BY THE COURT that the said William Bcattie and Agnes Dawson be and each of them are hereby required to appear in the County Court of th. Si:it of Oregon for Linn County, at the court room thereof, in Albanv, in said Coun ty, on Monday, the 9ih day of June. 1913. at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of said day. then and there to show cause, it any there be. why an order should not he made granting leave to the said George S. Sandstrom and Nellie andstrom to adopt the said Margaret Marv Beanie :tn,l rlnn, her name to Helen Elizabeth Sand strom, as prayed for in said petition, and that a copy of said petition and of this order be personally served upon the said Agues Dawson not less than twenty days prior to said 9th day of June, ll.i. and that a copy of said petition ami of this order be pub lished once a week for three succes sive weeks in the Semi-Weekly Dem ocrat, a weekly newspaper printed in said county, the last publication to be at least four weeks before the time iippoinicu lor said hearing n. n. Mcknight Judge. A1S 2s-M2 9 Today's record of the stai;e of the river Q.5 fret. The nunc of tem perature for the ht -4 hours is 32 M decree The rainfall for the same period is .04, V. II Moisan went to Irtland this morning. .1 iVe IVirr-.M.K'ryor wiu r. Cor v;1!'s this mornitit; on Uvtmlrv humi fies s. THEATRICAL PLAY Result of Attachment Instituted by Former Member of Cast to Recover Salary. "THE BACHELORS BABY" HAS BEEN DISSOLVED All the Scenery and Property Stored in Warehouse Here Under Ban of Attachment. Discharging her from the cast to expediate expenses, with her salary for three weeks over due and unpaid, Lena Lorraine through Attorney L. G. (swelling, oi this city, instituted an attachment last niirht airainst the man agement of the "Bachelors Baby Com pany" and as a result the company is stranded here. The attachment is to recover the sum of $78.60 which Miss Lorraine alleges is due her for services as a member of the company. The play was staged here last night at the opera house and shortly after opening the night's engagement, Con stable John Catlin appeared at the box office and served the attachment on the night's receipts and all of the property of the company. However, the play proceeded, but under adverse circumstances for it appears that the company has been sailing in hard luck and according to Miss Lorraine, who witnessed the per formance from the balcony, the pro duction was only partly staged. The actress claims that her part was one of the important characters of the play and that it was entirely done away with. She stated that only half of the scenery was used at the per formance last night and the rest was left in a baggage car at the depot. Miss Lorraine, who hails from New York City, took the part of Mrs. Hrookfield West, the mother of the heroine of the play. She claims that she was ousted from the company Saturday night after the performance at Corvallis, because her part was considered insignificant by the man agement and that it could easily be done away with and the reason given for this action was to cut down ex penses of the play. However, Miss Lorraine is of an entirely different opinion but would have .accepted .her discharge in good faith had she re ceived the three week's salary which she alleges is due her. The actress proceeded the company to this city yesterday where she laid her troubIest before Attorney Lewel ling, who investigated the matter, with the result that the attachment was instituted last night. Mr. Lewilling made an attempt to adjust the differences between the management of the play and Miss Lorraine last night at the box office but the financial straits of the com pany would not permit an adjustment. Accordingly the attachment was lev ied on all of the scenery of the pro duction, which has been stored in the Mullen warehouse at the corner of First and Baker streets, where it will rest until disposed of. It was learned this afternoon that the members of the stranded company will leave this afternoon for points east. Councilman and Mrs. Henry Lyons went to Lyons this morning to se cure some more logs for the Albany saw mill. SUMMONS In the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon, for the County of Linn. Cora a. Driver, Haintm, v Ralph A. Driver, Defendant. TO RALPH A. DRIVER, the above named defendant: In the name of the State of Oregon. You are hereby required to appear and answer a complaint of the above named plaintiff in the above entitled court now on file with the Clerk of said court on or before the 24th day of May, 1913, and within six weeks from the date of the first publication hereof, and you arc hereby notified that if you fail to appear and answer said complaint as hereby required, plaintiff herein will apply to the court for the relief demanded in said com plaint to-wit: For a decree of this honorable court dissolving the bonds of matrimony now existing between plaintiff and defendant and that plain tiff have a decree of divorce and that she have the care, custody and control and management of their minor child. Dorthea Lenora Driver, and that she have a decree against the defendant compelling him to pay suit money to the sum of at least $2500 and that he be compelled to pay to the plaintiff for the purposr of supporting and maintaining and the care and educa tion of said minor child the sum of $50.00 per month, and for the cost and disbursements of this suit to be taxed. This Summons is served bv nubli- cation in the Albany Semi-Weeklv Democrat, by order of the Hon. D. H. McKniirht. Countv Tuili? nf I inn County, Oregon, made at Albany, wregon. .-prii n, ivm, the date ot the first publication of this summons is April 18th. 1M. and the tl.ite nf th. last publication is May 2.1rd. 19U. Weatherford & Weatherford, Attornevs for Plaintiff. AI8-25 MJ-9-16-21 News on This Page is From Daily Issue of TUESDAY, APRIL 22 : BIDS FOR CONSTRUCTION DF NEW LIBRARY ASKED All Will Have to Be in by May 3; Received at Hewitt & Sox Office. After completing all arrange- mcnts for the Carnegie library donation fund for the proposed Albany Public Library, bids were advertised today by the library bi.ilding committee for the crec- ' ti-n of a one storv brick build in., with basement. T'.e Imild- S is to be erected on the south- west corner of Third and Ferry streets. ' The bids will be received at the office of Hewitt & Sox in the First National Bank building until May 3 and information as to the plans and specifications may be obtained at Architect Tobey's office ing the Schmitt- Hunt building o'n Broadalbin street. MANY DEATHS BUT FEW BIRTHS DURING MONTH Records Show That 26 Passed Away While 37 Newborns Came in. An unusually large number of deaths occured during the month of :;:ch and the nu-.v.l'-.r of hi'tha :is i n'.fiially low, accor.'-u to ( ': n v leailh Ofliccr Davis, as otupilvd ! y Miss Daisy Savage, ;. cle.-k -n th; Lwi.nty office. I he total number of deaths happen ing in the county during the month were 26, 14 of which were males and 12 fem.ilps Out n't tlii'c nmKA.. 7 were infants and three fourths of the remainder lived their three score and ten years. Six died of pneumonia and three of tuberculosis. Them s tfnl f 17 Ui.U oe boys and 12 girls. Among these are' in- ciuueu one pair oi twins, one boy and one girl, born March 4 to Mr. and mrs. uiicar iueizer, ot t-yotis. The ffeneml nvranr r( rlontlte frtr Linn county during a month is ac cepted as IS and the average number of births is conceded to be between 35 and 5 and thesi fimira wru hot slightly. These numbers can be con- irasicu to une anove ngurcs and a comparison can be drawn with the fol--lowing, births for March 1912, 44, for Fphrnarv 101.1 11 ,wl tl,- i month there were only IS deaths. LOCAL ODDFELLOWS WILL PUTON DEGREEAT CORVALLIS Eighteen Members of Albany Order Will Leave by Auto This Evening. About 18 local Odd Fellows will leave tonight at 7 o'clock for Cor vallis where they will put on special degree work this evening at the Cor vallis lodge. Fred Westbrook's big auto truck has been engaged to take the crowd to Corvallis and the start will be made at the corner of First and Ferry streets promptly at 7 o'clock. Many more of the members of the order will go to Corvallis bv wav of the train to assist in the work. PERSONAL MENTION. S Sniith, the Oregon Electric civil engineer in charge of the location of the Water street line, left this morn ing for Portland. He was here about six months, doing good work. Alfred To'zier, the well known news paper man and mayor of Tozierville. during the state fair, returned this morning from Klamath Falls. On his way to Portland today he stopped off at Salem to attend a meeting of the state fair board. Mr. Tozier is a brother of Elizabeth Tozier Weatlt erred, who spoke in Albany two or three times last winter. A. S. Nichol went up the C. & E. this morning in the interest of hot w-ater invention. Born to Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Will iamson yesterday an 82 pound boy. Mother and son are doing well. General Finzer arrived last night from Portland and spent the night in this city. Last evening he inspect ed the armory and was pleased with the manner in which it is being kept up, as well as the handling of G Co. This morning in company with Cap tain F. M. Powell he went to Cor vallis, where he inspected the O. A. C. cadets, an event of importance in the O. A. C. J. R. Metzger left this morning for Mill City to take charge of the annual log drive for the Spaulding Logging Co. He and his crew will first scale the logs, and, about May 1st will dump them into the Santiam for their annual swim to Salem, a trip that will take probably until the middle of July. There will be about eight mil lion feet, gotten down during the win- , ter, about a mile and a hali this side of Mill City. Mr. Metzger has had ' rharfe of this work for the Sp.ltlld- ; ing Co. about twenty-three years, a ' po-ition that requires experience and , trustworthiness. j COMMERCIAL CLUB HOLDS MEETING President, Vice-President and Secretary Are Elected by Acclamation. VAN WINKLE PROMISES TO RESIGN AT LATER DATE New Board of Directors Elect ed; Senator Defenbaugh of Idaho Makes Address. At a well attended meeting of the Albany Commercial club held at the club rooms last evening, officers were elected for the ensuing year and plans outlined for an extensive advertising campaign. The meeting was called to' order by President Van Winkle who gave a brief outline of the work during the past year. Manager Stewart was then called upon to read a report showing in de tial the various meritorious measures which have received the support of the club. The report is of too vol uminous a nature to permit of pub lication in these columns but it con tained a large volume of matter which reflected credit upon the o'fficers and directors of the organization. Mr. L. E. Hamilton, who has al ways been an active member of the club and one of the best "boosters" in Albany was called upon and made a brief talk on the needs of the organi zation. He was followed by Dr. J. P. Wal lace who paid a splendid and deserved tribute to E. H. Rhodes, owner of the new Francis hotel. D. P. Mason, E. D. Cusick, R. L. Burkhart, F. M. French, Waldo An derson and E. H. McCune also spoke during the evening and their remarks were well received by the club mem bership. At the suggestion of W. H. Horni- brook, Senator Defenbaugh of Sand- point, Idaho, was called upon and paid an eloquent tribute to the Com mercial club of Albany and to' the citizens for the municipal improve ments made during the past few years. The speaker asserted that the pop ular impression prevails on the east side of the mountains, that a new comer must use a jimmy in order to break into the commercial life of any Willamette vaUey town. His remarks were exceptionally well received and he was accorded a tremendous ova tion at the conclusion of his address. Senator Defenbaugh is a former grand master of the Masonic lodge' of Idaho and has been prominently mentioned as a candidate tor governor of that state. There appeared to be no candidate for the office of president of the club for the following year other than J. S. Van Winkle, who' was nominated and elected by acclamation. Fred P. Nutting who has held the office of vice-president and C. H. Stewart who has held the position of secretary were also nominated and elected unan imously. The names of thirty business men were placed in nomination for di rectors of the .club and on these of ficers the vote was taken by ballo't. The following is a list of the di rectors chosen last night L. E. Hamilton, Waldo Anderson, F. M. French, S. H. Presser, S. N. Braden, J. A. McKillop, W. H. Horrri brook, G. T. Hockensmith, J. W. Recder, M. Senders, W. A. Eastburn, J. J. Hoydar, R. C. Hunt, J. H. Rob nett, E. H. McCune, and A. M. Ham mer. Before the meeting came to a close the members of the high school band appeared at the club rooms and ren dered one or two excellent selections. The boys received an ovation at the hands of the local business men and were congratulated on the manner in which the music was rendered. A feature of the evening which was greatly enjoyed by those in attend ance was the dinner which was serv ed to the members. The food was donated by the local business men and a committee of young men volun tercd to act as waiters. Before the meeting adjourned the sum of $150 per month was pledged for the purpose of maintaining the organization. A committee will can vas the business men today and en deavor to increase this sum. President Van Winkle stated dur ing the course of the meeting that he would later hand in his resigna tion as presiding officer of the club. COURTHOUSECLOCKSTOPPED THIS MORNING AT 11:01 For the second time in 13 years the court house clock stopped this morning at 11:01 o'clock, be cause the winding key had been left in place after the clock had been wound. However, the er ror was soon discovered and the hsge mechanism was soon put in operation again. The first time the clock stopped was about thre years ago during a heavy snow storm when the snow banked so heavy around the face that the hands were Uked. s