The Semi-Weekly Democrat Published by DEMOCRAT PUBLISHING CO. W.M. H. HOKNIB KOO K, MaiaiiK Editor. Entered at the postufice at Albany, Oregon, as second-class matter. Published every evening except Sun day. Semi-weekly published Tue3 days and Fridays. BUsTn ESS M ATT E R. Address all communications and make all remittances payable to the Dem ocrat Publishing Co. In ordering changes of address, sub scribers should always give old as tvell as new address. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Daily i.'elivered 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 Semi-Weekly t end of year $1.50 When paid in advance, one year.... 1.25 CLASSIFIED RATES 1c per word for first publication; J4c per word thereafter, payable in ad vance. Minimum charge of 25c. Established in 1865. TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 1313 A Step Forward. The Democrat congratulates the Mayor and menihers of the city council upon the step taken last night towards a more met ropolitan city. The agreement reached between the city author ities and the Oregon Power Co. not only insures a uniform system of cluster lights throughout the business section of the city but a belter lighted residence district. A great saving will also be made to the city through the stipulation making it obligatory upon the Oregon Power Company to main tain all bridges over their canals and to construct re-inforccd con crete arches whenever the pav ing district is extended. For years Albany has enjoyed the unenviable distinction of be ing the poorest lighted city hi Oregon. Nearly every city in the Willamette Valley has adopted a uniform system of ornamental curb lighting and the action taken last night is in keeping with im provements being made by other municipalities. Albany may now rightfully claim the distinction of being not only (he best, but (he most pro gressive city in the entire state. W ith a uniform system of clust er lights, the finest stores, the best railroad facilities, the largest and most fertile body of land trib utary to the city limits, the larg est area of paved streets, the fin est business buildings, and the ti"st atlractive residence section ol an : oily of its size on the Pa cific coast. Albany will oerlainlv continue to grow and prosper. For a number of years Albany has enjoyed the distinction of be ing the railroad hub of the Wil lamette Valley. A few weeks ago the Misfit Man of the IVmoerat asserted that the oitv may right fully claim an additional distinc tion of being the "dog hub" of the same territory. The editor adds another distinction. Albany is the "ltaniuet I luh." It is seldom pos sible to throw a rock into the din ing room of any local hotel be tween the hours of S and IJ p. in. without breaking up a bauipiet. and -aot him; shi'i'i of a ri:;id U.ir aiitine can prevent a large attend ance at tlu'-c functions. ARE LEGALLY DEAD IF GONE FOR SEVEN YEARS Appellate Division of N. Y. Su preme Court Settles Matter Long a Puzzle to Lawyers. Nov ..ik. il J5 - That the lc gal pi-cviiii'iiiii oi ,i person's death atlei a M'tii v.iv'-i divippeat nice will be adhei cd t hv the com is uide..s tin- iuu cli-.uU point to .i contt.ii i"i ii i' ht i n is shu w ti b a decision rendered by ihe appellate diiM u ot the Mipreine I'mnl m levying an older of StinoiMic bow lei. The surrogate had held III it our lur lb ot the estate ot Ann .shannon, a donu --.tic, w ho dud in No ember, I'UO. leaving a con NlderaMe tortune. imt-.t be deposited iu the si, ttf ti e.i mii y to' aw ail the proper elann.uTt s, as no adctputc pi oof lias Kin pteseiued to establish that one ot' the deceased's fens, who di app.at.d 4H eais ago is dead im stsiei. Ibidect, cauvd ,, the tr-mhle Slu tame to tips i..uuti m 1S'..(, u fn-M J4 eais ,.ld Mstrr. M, ne net. w is tin n ctnplocd in (he borsrhol.l ,.'t IV Waid of 11,-Ihv.lle. N. J . -Hid thiongh her Hi idgct ob t.mied ..i with the doctor. She remained their unit! lS.t. when she suddenly distppe.md without a woid to anyone. She left behind a trunk containing her wearing apparel and took nothing with her except the clothes she had on. Nothing was ever afterward heard of her, and were she alive she would now be 73 years of age. '.'Applying well known principles," said Justice Dowling in the appellate court's opinion, which is concurred in by all the other justices, "it seems clear that, under the facts in this case, Bridget Shannon must be presumed to have been dead at the expiration of seven years from the date of her dis appearance, and at the latest, by De cember 31, 1882, which is seven years from the latest date, by the most lib eral calculation, that can be deemed to have been the time of her disap pearance. Her death without issue at the date mentioned being judicially determined, the shares which other wise would have been hers must there fore be divided among the next of kin to Ann Shannon." o Justice vs. Greed There is one way in which the tariff can be revised and that is by framing a bill in the interests of the common people. T h c re ca n be no com p rom i se between justice and greed, if those who are entrusted with the duty of revising the tariff schedules would retain their scales in the halls of congress. No progres sive Democrat can a f font to sound a retreat from the well beaten path of progressive demo cracy. It is from the common people and not from Wall street, that the present members of congress re ceived their commission. They owe no debt of gratitude to those who benefit by a high protective tariff, and they do owe to the consumer to afford relief from the prcscn inequitable and indefens ible schedules. President Wilson is right in his demand for a thorough down ward revision. His voice is the voice of the great majority of Amerieaiivpeople and woe unto the member of congress who fails to heed the almost universal de mand for a complete divorce from a "system" owned, and money controlled congress. G. W. Rohrbo'ugh, district mission ary for the American Sunday Schools Association, went to Oregon City this morning to attend the State Conven tion of (he S. S. ADMINISTRATRIX NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed by the County Court of Linn County. Ore gon, administratrix of the estate of Charles A. Coolidge, deceased; all persons having claims against said estate are hereby required to present the same to lite undersigned at. t he office of L. G. Le welling, First Na tional Hank building. Albany, Oregon, duly Verified and with proper vouch ers as by law directed, within six mouths from the date of this notice. Paled this 2th dav of April. MAUV COO 1.1 IKiK. Administratrix. L. G. LKWIK1.LIXG, Att'y. for Admnx. A2-Mrt-13-20-27 NOTICE. In the County Court of the State of Oregon for the County of Linn. In the matter of the Application of Mike Gembeske to change his name to Mike Rice. Any ami all persons are hereby no tified ami required to appear before the above entitled court on or before Mav 2, P'H. at the hour of ten o'clock j in the toreuooti, ami men ami mere offer ami show cause, it any they have, why the application of the un 1 dersigned Mike Geniheske for a de- cree changing his name to Mike 'Rice ! should not be granted and a cet titi I e;tte issued to the undersigned as ro ! .piiied by law of the said change of ; lii s name, i Tli is notice is pub b -lied pursuant ! to an order ot the llonotahle l. K. Mcknight. Judge of the above en j titled Court, made and entered on the ."Ml uav ol Alareii. i"i,v M1KK GKV UK SKI-. Aprl J' t, Ti:.s J Sheriffs Sale. ! I'.v h tue of an eecutioti and or der of vile to nie directed i-.-ued out of the Incuit Contt ol the State of Oregon for I. inn Counlv in the case 1 whet ein Ket dmand I't ci-miger is ' plaintiff and I". 1 i t oi bin. Stella Cot bin. CI. 1 1 a M. kauffimin, Tebault , Real K state Co., Joe l'ette and '.a Smith .lie defendant-. I will on Satur ! day. the 'bh day of Ma. WU, at . the hour of one o'clock l M.. at the j ft on i door of the Com t I louse in J Alb.mv. l inn County. Oregon, sell jat public auction to the highest bidder I tor cash hi hand the follow in g de .seiibed real properly, to wit: liegin i ti in vl -it a point which is 5.? rods north ! of the soutltw est comer of section j .'5. iu township S R. I ea-t of the ; Will, Mer. in Linn County. Oregon, i thence north to the northwest corner I of section c5. in township . S R. 1 i east, thence east 4 roils; thence south j Jo 7 rods more or less to a water main ; d.ich running in a w ester ly course thtough said land, thence following j viid ditch in a ve-itcily course to ihe place of beginning, containing in all o7 acre, more or less, iu 1 inn County, Oi egon. to vitisly a iudgmp nt ren j tiered in favor of the plaintiff and against the deiendmts in the sum of '$IJNlUand accruing niteiest thereon at S per cent per annum from April 1. a itd i lie costs ot tins suit taxed at $JS 70, and the costs of thu , execution and sale ; I 11 iioniK Sheriff .f Linn Counix, Oregon t . 1 . Hrvaut, attorney for rl oinev t.r rimum AVV Mo U -.) DAY AT C0RVALL1S Special Train Rates on That Date from All Points in the Valley. FEATURE OF OCCASION IS . INSPECTION OF CADETS Other Ceremonies Will Equally Prove Entertaining and In teresting to Visitors. Special to the Democrat. Corvallis, Oregon, April 25, 1913.' May 9th has been designated as Mil itary Day at the Oregon Agricultural College and plans have been outlined to make the day the greatest military event in the history of the college. To accommodate the people of the valley that will desire to witness the annual inspection and military cere monies of the day the Southern Pa cific and Oregon Electric railways have granted special excursion rates from all points between Portland and Eugene. The tickets will be on sale Thursday, May 8th and will he good returning until Monday, May 12th. The program of the day consists of annual inspection of the cadets by Captain William T. Merry of the gen eral staff, U. S. army, battalion and regimental drills, review of the cadet regiment by Governor West and staff, competitive drill for the lirodie Ban ner by cadet companies, a sham bat tle, baseball game between Washing ton University and O. A. C. and a grand military ball. The cadet regiment was reviewed Tuesday of this week by Brigadier General Wf. E. Finzer. adjutant gen eral of the Oregon National Guard, with Captain Frank Powell, command ing officer of the Albany company and Captain C. A. Murphy and Lieutenant S. E. Trask. officers of the Corvallis company of National Guard acting as his staff. Aside from the officers mentioned, those who will be present on Military Day are Colonel George S. Young. 21st infantry, Lieutenant F. C. Endi cott, U. S. infantry, and other regu lar army and Oregon National Guard officers. lien Clelcn and Walter Stuart left this noun for the Cascade mountains, near Mary's Peak, where they will whip the streams for trout. ta'-iu7 along a good supply of spoons, flies, salmon eggs and n't her fish attrac tions. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE Notice is hereby given that tell un dersigned has this day filed his final account as administrator of ihe estate of Conrad Johnson, deceased, and the County Court of Linn County, Ore gon, has tiixeil Mondav. the twentv sixth day of May, 191.1. at the hour of one o'clock p. in. for the settlement of said account and the hearing of the objections thereto. nv and all per sons having objections to saiil ac count are herebv notified and rcnuir eil to be present in the above entitled Court at said time and nreeut such objections as they may have to said account. l.Ued April IS. 02 VAI.nK.MAR UDELL, A.lmmitrator of the E!:ite of Con- r.td L, tinon. Decon-jcd rox'u n p. oi so v GLE S HILL. Attorneys for F-t ite AJ-'-Mfi.I.IOl- REGISTRATION NOTICE. I" t'ie Ciivi-it C'oti-m of the State ot tl-voM t",,.- .illM (.Vinnv. lV'Mt. ment o. J. Registration of Laud Title. In the mailer of t!c application of Hor.u-e U, Hnn to reiy-ler t'-e title I ho following dcM-vd-d ttvet of "d. to-ui-: lic-.-mrn-.: at , point o-i he outh honnd.iw line of Uhvk 7 I'ljtp-di-Mnt from the .i"i!h enr am! the ;on:li we.t corner of vmt libvk ihem-e northerly turallcl with the c.i-t boundary lire of y,,K- . ,1.,. .Miter ,,f .aid nvk; the-iee e;to'-lv ivira'lel with the -omh boumlarv !im o: muI hhvk iK-x: rheive -.unhorlv parilleM with the e i-t boun dary hue of s.nd Utoek to the outb boundary line of said l-Kvk; theiu-e " V'c ou:h bourn! - --h- of said ' Hhvk to the place of hegirnme;. a n Monicith's Southern V'.dition to !'-e t'ity of Albany, in Linn County.; ( Vegon, " i Applicant. Whom It May Cone or v.. Devmhnt. i Take Notice, that op th,. 10 dav of "rtl. 1'l.t. ,vt amdvtion was filed1 bv said Horace M ILmt in the Cir cuit Court of I .ni Ceun:v, for m-: it? i! roe, it rat ion of the irlt. 0f the I land above described Now. nn1,s. von appear on or before t'-e i;-h dav' of May. WM. a-d Vovv lVpo uhv ' "uoh applicat;on ba'l rot be g-antrd. , the vaine will be taVen a co-oVrd ' -d a decree will be e -e 1 ccord- ' i'ig to the Pr.i ver of ,y-.t;,- ifJ.m. a--d von will be forever birred from disputing the urp. W. T VARVS T I STILLS. C. :v Clerk. ' AttoMiev for Appbc v tSe.iH " I :5-2 0-16 MUCH INTEREST TAKEN IN FUTURE UP KEEP OF CLUB Merchants of City Willingly Subscribe for Maintainance of Booster Institution. Renewed interest in the Commercial club has been taken by business men since the annual meeting of the club last Monday night, was indicated this morning by an anouncement made by Manager Stewart relative to the success attendant to the efforts of the soliciting committee, which was appointed to solicit subscriptions from the business men for the maintenance ot the club during the coming year. Manager Stewart stated that the committee covered the main suburban section of the city by automobile Wednesday afternoon and fifteen places were visited and that everyone willingly subscribed towards the fund. The committee did not solicit yester day but will go out again today, and it is expected that all of the territory will be covered by this evening. SERGEANT KNOX HAS BEEN APPOINTED LIEUTENANT Fills Place Caused by Resigna tion of Lieut. Stalnaker; Take Examination Monday. Second Duty Sergeant Roy R. Knox has been favored by Captain Frank M. Powell with an appointment as second lieutenant in the local 5th Company Coast Artillery Corps, O. N. G. The vacancy was caused by the resigna tion of Lieut. Stalnaker who recently left Albany to make his home on a homestead in Montana. Sergeant Knox has been a member of the local company for the past three years, ami previously served in a com pany at Eugene and as a member of the Fourth Infantry band. Though he has never been able to accompany the local company to a camp during his membership, Sergeant Knox is believed to be fully qualified to be come an efficient officer. He will be examined for the position next Mon day. L. R. Gilbert has also been pro moted to first lieutenant. DR. H. A. KETCHUM DIED AT LEBANON YESTERDAY Well Known Retired Pastor of Salem Had Many Friends Here. Dr. H. A. Ketchum, of Salem, died last night at Lebanon, where he had been to secure treatment for a cancer, and the remains were taken through the city today for Salem for burial, lie was well known in Albany, where he came nearly every week for several years on his way to different points in this section to preach. lie was born in Ohio 76 years ago, and received his education there, fin ally graduating from the Lane Theo logical seminary, nearly 50 years ago. Sixteen years ago he was called to the 'pastorate o'f the Presbyterian church jat Salem, retiring on account of poor i health. He was a ni;m ot inile hab i its. cnitwypbwiysotWceine baot" M.... i its, able and clean in his methods. He is survived by a witV, sou and two daughters, who reside in Salem. PORTLAND AND MICHIGAN They Refused to Talk but In timated That It Was Sight Seeing Trip. The Portland ami Michigan cap it.'.Ii-'. ho ha e K en investigating o ;iip'. in this city f-r the pat three d..v u i;h a vti w -f elahh-h-tug a g..- plant here. v. e'lt t Corvallis ye:erii.;v by .nit--mobile where they conducted a b; iet sight seeing trip through tint c:t returning' here by supper time. When ii.tc: icwcl members of the pa'.'.v d.cii'ud i.. m..e any statement uith Teteiv-iue t- the nature of their eriand to i ivaibs but it us intimat ed that it was pin el a sight seeing tup. MISS MABEL WILLIAMSON : IS ILL WITH PNEUMONIA Mis Mabel Willi nnson, the popular teacher ot the M.nlUoti school, is re ported a King very ill at the hme of IV. Ib'dcs wtt'a pneumonia Miss dbam-ion's h,M1 . !s Wdls and her m. th- r .irnvol esierdiy after noon p ere for her sick daughter. Mi- W'ill.amv .n on account of her uptimc'v -c;-.ne will n t be able to eompK :e her school v ear here. W .i r i,!. vTMry of tin !! .nil i i. i-tu til IVrt- '" u:.'-l'!i. lie will v.ivl ri'- .i l.s;i.-in c.mly an! I.iy i t l.m.l 1 11 ' t tli t 11 N. r.o',;K-, , neir Jfi'i'ir-nii, !vc;i in :'.c :y :.rt'voon. MARSHALL DRESSER SAID TO BE SLOWLY RECOVERING He Was Operated Upon for Appendicitis; Charles Cline Is Resting Comfortably. Marshall Dresser, a prominent young man of this city, was reported this morning as slowly recovering from the effects of an operation for appendicitis. The operation was performed t at St. Mary's hospital yesterday morn ing by Dr. Russell Wallace, and the case was considered extremely grave. However, according to the report giv en out this morning a slight improve ment was detected in the patient's condition since late last night, but hr young man is resting under the close care of physicians. The crisis will probably come this afternoon and un less complications set in a speedy recovery for the patient is expected. Charles Cline, who also underwent an operation yesterday at the hospital for appendicitis, was"reported as rest ing comfortably. Dr. Wallace also performed this operation. LEBANON HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS APPEAR ON STAGE Eighteen Take Part in Cast of "The Ulster," a Farcial Comedy. "The Uuster," a farcical comedy in three acts, "will be presented by 18 members of the Lebanon high school tonight at the opera house in that city, under the special direction of the faculty of the school. The play promises to be a splendid success as the students- have worked hard and faithfully for its production and according to a Lebanonite who was in the city this morning every member of the cast did splendid at the dress rehersal held last night. Messrs. Herbert Armstrong, Lucius Graves, Harvey, Wight anld Misses LeVelle Epperly, Lurline Brown, and Verena Dcvine are taking the leading roles. Milt McGuirc, the electrician, went to Dallas this afternoon on electrical business. SPECTACULAR FIRE DRILL HELD LAST NIGHT AT ARMORY Section of the Big Hose Burst and the Practice Was Discontinued. Members of the local fire depart ment held one of the most spectacular fire drils last night from the top of the armory, corner Fourth ami Lyon streets, that has been seen here vet. I but the drill was marred and was discontinued when one ot the large sections of hose bursted. The run to the scene of action was nude in a remarkably short time and it was only a matter of a -few seconds betore the hose had been run out and up to the top of thu armory, the tiremeu taking their positions on top of the building by use of ladders. The signal was given that all was in readiness and a terrific stream was dmt t'ortli with such power that the hose was unable to withstand the i pressure. An unusually large crowd jni spectators was out to witness the I drill and many narrowly escaped be coming drenched when the hose broke. F. REESER PASSED AWAY Suddenly Succumbed. j Mrs. G. ". lYnncbaker went to Portland this morning called there by tile smhicif death of her aged lath es U. I", keeser. who died list night at 10 o'clock. I he late Mr. Reeser, is one of Ore gon's early pioneers and wa b rm-e-ly a resident of Ashland where he :e-ided for many years. The remains will be taken to Ashland for burial, hut the announcement as to" w hen the funeral services will take place have not been made. SUIT F0RREG0VERYDFS250 WAS FILEO THIS MORNING A suit for xhc recovery of SJ50 was f 1 1 o.l tiiis mo'rnini; in tin- circuit court of l.iim county by the l-orcr-t-! I ill in vestment company ;;iaint V. J. and J. R. White. The investment com pany are thf owner. oi a !are tract of l.iinl in eastern Linn c.unity whi.-h tiny arc ScIIirc in sulv,ii isi. ns. The n a:n office of tiie c- mpa'iv is l-'Catcl in P. -rtb.n.l ani a branch office is 1 cat. ! at l cban..p "i he vl:.iu:if:s allege in the co:n 1'1','l't that the .ifftn.i. lilts eecuteil a pro miss, tv note September . f"r t be a-'.ne annuiiit in r'leir :av..r. 1 ! !i.ne failcl to my the n!'ki!v;i wln.li has past f., !!.n tb.ie BIG FIRE AVERTED HERE LAST MIGHT Prompt Response of Firemen Probably Saved Several First Street Shacks. BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN. OF INCENDIARY ORIGIN Two Buildings Demolished and 1 Slightly Damaged, Others Narrowly Escaped. Fire which broke 'out in the rear of a building at 120 East First street last night at 12 o'clock destroyed the building and an adjacent shack to the extent that repairing is impracticable. A nearby restaurant suffered damages to the extent of $50. The two demolished shacks are owned by Mrs. Uld and Dr. J. P. Wallace and were rented by R. Gold blatt. the First street second hand clothier, who used them 4is store houses. None of the damage is cov ered by insurance. It is estimated that Goldblatt's loss will reach the sum of $250. No estimate as to the loss of the buildings has been made. One of the buildings was used as a junk warehouse and the other was stored with a quantity of mattresses, quilts, blankets and other dry goods and everything is a .complete loss. Most of the damage to the mattresses was done by water while a good many of the quilts and blankets were destroyed by fire. Nothing of par ticular value was destroj'ed in the junk shop. The fire was discovered shortly af ter 12 o'clock and an alarm was im mediately turned in. The prompt re sponse of the fire department prob ably saved the entire line of shacks in the block from being destroyed, as the flames had reached large propor tions when the fire was first discov ered and seriously threatened to spread to the building west of the restaurant. It is believed that the blaze was discovered in the nick o'f time and according to some of those who witnessed the conflagration, it was one of the largest and most spec tacular fires happening here in many months and was gaining rapid head way when checked by the firemen. The origin of the fire has not been definitely determined but it is believed that it started in the rear of the shack stored with mattresses and ate its way up between the two buildings where it spread over the roofs of both structures. Some of the firemen are inclined to believe that it was of in cendiary origin while others are of the opinion that it was caused by defect ive wiring. An empty oil can was found in the building and the con viction appears to be strong in favor of incendiary origin in view of the rapid spread of the flames. This is one of many fires which have recently happened in that neigh borhood and it seems that R. Gold blatt has been the victim of the ma jority. The first serious tire happened some time ago when the old Frank lin house, reputed to be one of the most notorious houses in Albany, burned down to the ground during the night. This fire was followed close by an attempt of alleged incen diaries to destroy by fire a building bearing a questionable reputation lo cated on Montgomery street. i .nter j it is believed lira inci-i'liat f tried : two different times to burn out the clothing establishment of Guldblatt. succeeding on each occasion to the j extent ot much da:nagi-, then it was alleged that a similar attempt was j made to burn the building at the cor ner of First and Maker struts, j All of these and many other pcttv tires have happened recently and all are reputed to Imve bten of incendiary ' f.'igin. Young Man from Lebanon Im bibed to Freely of Joy Water. George 1'atricl; Henry Watson, a ell appcarir;.; yonni; man hailing in. in Lebanon, was arrested late last I'icht by Niuht T'o'liceman Kodgers. while reeliui; about the streets in an Jit. .icat. d condition -d cntributed $10 and costs to the city treasury this morning in the police court. I poll arr.iig.ii mih before Police Judire an Tassel this morning alter spendim; the niglit in the citv hastile the prisoner pleaded guilty' to the ....i .inn oLggen lentencv. stating i that lie lud never been in" the toils i bel.jre. He willinglv paid the fine and was released. (leorge Patrick ; Henry U'a-hington as lie was called ,m l'!l time oi dire distress is reputed to be a member of a highly esteemed . lamily f Lebanon and before he was released prom-sed JdgC Van Tassel ihat he would hereafter leave the dc i nil m rum al,,,.. so ,, roughly pene- iu-nt was he alter spending the night in confinement. T ' ? . t 5; i News on This Page is $ Frrrn Daily Isnue of FRIDAY. APRIL 25 i A ? 5