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About The Semi-weekly democrat. (Albany, Linn County, Or.) 1913-1926 | View Entire Issue (June 3, 1913)
REV. HICKS GAVE IliLJHES! Pastor of Baptist Church Pays Splendid Tribute to the Nation's Dead. DECORATION DAY WAS FITTINGLY OBSERVED HERE Beautiful and Elaborate Cere monies Marked Observance of Day at Cemetery. Beautiful and fitting ceremonies marked the observance of Memorial day at the City cemetery yesterday morning after the arrival of the big parade. Before a vast multitude of patriotic citizens, the services at the cemetery were conducted by the old soldiers of the G. A. R. and the ladies of the Circle. The Memorial address was delivered by Rev. Elbert H. Hicks, pastor of the Baptist church. He said: Memorial Day or Decoration. . "Comrades of the late Civil war, of the Indian wars, of the late Spanish American war; ladies of the G. A. R., members of the Relief Corps, ladies and gentlemen, fellow citizens of the town of Albany and vicinity: I do not come to make you weep today nor have I come to make you laugh. Smile if you will, for a smile is the blessed boundary line between joy and sorrow. It is one ot the gates opening into fields of happiness and bars the entrance to the boggy swamps of sadness. I would have you rejoice today. There are many rea sons why you should. The purchase price of your victory, comrades in the great rebellion, is too well known to you and those who join you in this celebration for me to reccant its trag ic details to you this morning. "Your aim was to preserve the union. You did it in a signal way and you meet the 3Gth of May to celebrate the victory. I know floods of memory are sweeping over you to day and I need not attempt to stay the tide, but 1 do want to say that your sons and daughters appreciate this victory and feel the advantage of having" a united country as they go from section to section of this coun try. Last yca'r I spent Decoration day in the city of Boston, after a run up the Lexington, looking on the scene where was fired the first gun in the revolution, I went up to Capp's Hill burying ground and walked among the tombs of the historic dead and saw garlands and wreaths and bouquets of flowers everywhere. The sunny breezes played wifh the gentle folds of our flag in ever direction. A fine illustration of the spirit of unity I saw in the South laud. I got off an early train at Chattanooga and took the incline to the top of Look out to greet the rising sun. My vis ion swept over the hills of Northern Georgia and Eastern Tennessee, and those old battle fields of Chicamauga, Missionary Ridge and the sight of the national cemetery brought to me sol emn thoughts, but right on the top of the mountain is a monument 91 feet high on the top of which are figures of a Federal and Confederate soldier in the attitude of greeting, the Union soldier holding a flag in his hand and its gentle folds are enwrapping the Southern soldier. The people of Xew York City built this at a cost of $100, 000, as appreciation of the spirit of loyalty on the part of the Southern people to the Union. Another thing that cemented the spirit of unity was the marching of the sons of both blue and gray to that conflict with Spain in which the pearl of the Antiles was delivered from the galling chnins of tyranny. "A till more significant evidence that this country is united is the fact that in the celebration at Gettysberg of the 50th anniversary of that battle to be held July 3-4. the Confederate veterans of South Carolina have been invited to attend and take a part. That will he a great event. The leg islature of Pennsylvania has appropri ated SlrO.OtX) for it and the United States Congress $15,UU0. Also I want to say further that the Confed erate veterans league of South Caro lina in se-sion accepted the invitation and the governor of thrtt state is urg ing every old soldier who can to go stttrestin: the various societies in trie communities where they live lend financial ass-stance to such as can't afford the trip. "Gentlemen, that drowns the sound of Fort Sump tor to me. Hark! I establish is uiven to us in greater measure in the old government our fathers founded. "You defended our liberty. When but a few scattered colonists fringed our Atlantic our young Eagle of the Vct t"re the harrier of our liberty from the laws. " The old world gave us law without which human society could not exist. We must have legal saiYfiunrds for onr civilization. Hut it remained for the new world emerging as it did from hear a voice from the tomb, Henry W. Grady, that prince of Southern or ators, is speaking, and this is what he stys; "We can now see that in this conflict less was y tin. and defeat real and substantial victory: that every thing e hoped for and fought for, in the new government we somrht to tVs .meritn v-iMerne-- to bring us liberty and this country has been its cradle in hich the army and navy h.ive n')r.'d rind ii"uriiud her into :-. r. robrt lu'e. '.Vol to be d-. -pisid i- the matt-mi heriffge you have ivn es During the ten v ir- from bS(?MsrO. which ptri-.'I !: -hided tin- bl'dy v.r with tv o ure'it ;irm:c t-nacd in thr v-k of dt Mr.; n.n ;tuj a million men hit the d-.tt hi dentil, we made enough to A PEER CASE OF ABSENT MINDEDNESS YESTERDAY Policemen King After invest!- gating Straightens Difficulty at Oregon Electric Depot. A queer case of absent-mindedness occurred last evening when an old lady from Salem who was visiting friends in Albany boarded the 4:40 northbound Oregon Electric train, just after the train pulled out the old lady called to the conductor to let her off that some one had stolen her purse containing her ticket. The train was stopped and the old lady at once began a search for her lost purse. The agent at the depot called Officer King and parties in the depot told King that two girls were seen to go in the room where the old lady day and the party told the officer they knew the girls. A lively search was made in which Sheriff Boditte joined, but no purse located- When the officers repaired again to the de pot in quest of more information the old lady told the officers she believed she had put her ticket in her purse after the above mentioned girls had gone. About that time the south bound 5:35 train arrived and the con ductors delivered to the agent the old lady's purse, "same having been de livered to him by the conductor of the northbound train, the oltl lady having laid it in a seat next adjoining her's. The recovery of the purse vindicates the girls who were pointed out to Officer King as the only parties who were in the depot during the time the old lady claimed the purse was stolen and who King interrogated but quick ly became convinced were innocent as subsequent events proved them to be. SECRET OF BEAUTY IS 01 Indian Prince Prepares His American Bride's Food. Boston, May 28. Boston is enter taining a real prince of India. He is Ranji Smile, a dapper little Oriental, with American clothes of the. latest cut and an American wife, who was formerly Miss Violet Ethel Rochlitz of New York City. The American bride is a real prin cess, as she has espoused the Mo hamedan faith, but her husband per mits her to eat only dishes which he chooses and prepares for her. The prince is authority for this statement, strange as it may sound, and he as cribes her rare beauty to his care of her food. "Each day I give her a new dish," the prince declared, "and, behold is she not beautiful?" The prince is the fifth son of the Ameer of Bcluchistan. It was in New York that he first met Miss Rochlitz. They eloped and went to C, C. Chapman, Portland's big booster, and as well one of Oregon's best promoters, returned to Portland this morning after delivering an in teresting address at the annual states gathering at the Presbyterian church last night. Mr. Chapman was walking with a cane, the result of a small ac cident, but his voiA was in good trim, and he was emphatically all-Oregon. Clarence Tebault, city editor of the Democrat, left this noon for Port land where he will spend Sunday. hear all losses of war both North and South and have $116,000,000. "For the 20 years from 1870 to 1890 the gains of the United States were over $200,000 per hour day and night, or $5,000,000 for every day in the week except Sunday. "In 1B80 our wealth would have been sufficient to buy out the Russian and Turkish empires, the kingdoms of Norway and Sweden, Denmark and Italy, Australia, South Attica and all of South America. Lands, moneys, cities, palaces, factories, ships, flocks, herds, jewels, thrones, sceptors, crowns and all. The entire posses sions of 177,000.000 of people. It took many centuries to accumulate this, but our wealth amounting at that time to $43,642.00 MKX) was accumu lated in 20 or 30 years. "In 1890 we were worth $61,459, OOO.iXiO, In I9j0 we were worth some $87,000,000,000, and now they say we are worth $125,000,000,000. "A conception of what a grand country we have and for which our soldiers suffered when we investigate its swift enlargement. "There was a touch of humor in the expenditure by this nation of $15. OfJO.UXf on the St. Louis Exposition, to build a big play house when our from which area we have carved the states of California, Xevad,, L'tah. Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and two-thirds of Colorado, and thus in 184S our western bounds were car ried to the Pacific. "Nineteen years later. 1867, we bought Alaska for $7,2tt,OOH, bringing us to a coast line greater than our Atlantic Seaboard and carrying our western boundary 3 miles west of San Francisco. "Thirty-one year later, in 1898. we secured the Philippine inlands at a cost tti $2.ffcM. generously paid to the fallen and helpless, and our west ern boundary entered the China scan, "In ICO years we have gone from a territory 15 Si mih-s wide to a terri tory miles from Ea-t to Yt. "It has been a re-i-tless and in ! most ca in advance of the plans and approval of statesmen. Ifow much of ' tin? great heritage wuhl have been ours today hut ir the service you SlK've given and your spirit of hope-, j When we think ot the victories this n-ttio'j ha won at -urh tremendous odd we think we can do anything. ; Spirit of (timUm UhiM rated by I merjcan in Kuhmd who, drunk, was ; put in a building where he awoke ' 'inomr 'K-t'-ns md when he awke ' aid. It i th'1 n inrrecti n morning, ; a,d 1. an American, am the first matt up,' " IRS. HJL SPM1T OEHOBNCES GAMP MEETING LEADER Mother of Millard Spra!t$core$ J. D, Cook, Conductor o! Religious Meetings. Albany, Or., May 27, 1913. To the Editor of the Democrat: Albany, Oregon. Dear Sir; In your issue of the 24th inst. there appears an article signed by j. D. Cook that reflects on the mental condition of my son. Rev. Cook seems so hard pressed for arguments to justify his injurious practices that he forgets his inability to sin and becomes father to a false hood. Then to give the air of truth to his creation he cowardly hides be hind "the best element in the com munity" and the good name of "the various Methodist bodies," whose ministers and lay-members he never fails to consign to endless torment in his tirades against lodges and church es. In the above mentioned article the Rev. gentleman denies that his meet ings had anything to do with my son Millard's mental state and informs the public that "he has had several such spells during the past year." I wish to state most emphatically that previ ous to these meetings of Cook, Mil lard never had a spell of any kind that would indicate his mind was not all right. All his neighbors, friends and relatives will bear me oat in this statement. AH his actions and talk during the time this spell lasted were unmistakably those of one unbalanced on religion. Between his conversion, so-called, and the break-down he was an active participant and worker at the altar. Since his recovery the rec ollection of the religious hallucina tions that unbalanced him makes it certain in his own mind that the meetings were the sole cause of his trouble. A Baal prayer meeting leader or an Indian Kiedtcme Man could learn many valuable secrets at one of these meetings. After, the usual harangue on "wrath of God" and the certainty of eternal hell fire and brimstone for about the whole of the human race excitement would run high. Amid the contusion of tongues could be heard weeping and laughing, shouting and groaning, wailing and singing, pray ing and muttering, all accompanied by looks and gestures appropriate and otherwise. At the same time the clogs, two-steps and turkey trots is the aisles would" lend variety to the scene. Above the general confusion a war-whoop is heard from the preacher and he is seen leaping from the pulpit and running down an aisle agitating the atmosphere with voice and arms, while the audience scatter in every direction many bolting for the door. The speed of the dominie slackens not till he has encircled the room six or eight times. Reaching the rostrum on his final round nearly exhausted and out of breath he stam mers out, '! am not crazy 1 know my name! it's J. D. Cook." One young man of more than aver age mentality states that the next day after his experience at the altar he drove to Albany, a distance of eight miles, in a dazed condition of mind. He had a vision of a train of cars be fore htm all the way to town and re peatedly reached for them and tried to board them. Other young people tell of similar bad effects on their minds. No comment is necessary on the ease of the unfortunate convert who was sent to the asylum from here to day. Others will follow unless they are able to disentangle themselves from the net in which they arc cacht. Very respectfully yours, MRS. H, C S PR ATT. SAYS ALBANY SHOULD HAVE BIG SAW MILL Director In Hill Bank Says That No Town Is Better Located Than Hub City, That no city in the Willamette val- ley offers a better location for a large j saw mill than Albany was the M.tte ment given out to the Democrat this morning hy Y. P. Davidson, a di rector in the Hill bank and prominent Mti the railroad circles of the East. "The population of your town would make the slab v.ood mdtistrv ,-Jone woith from thirty to thirty-five ihms'tml dollars per aumun to the j mill. You have the transportation fa- ditties and the population to support Jan industry of this character and in j my judgment it would he exceedingly difficult to find a heitvr location." 1 W. NEWTON AND GLADYS MACKET ARE HARRIED Yesterday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock tn the presence ot a few interested I friends, A. VV. Newton, an Oregon K lee trie employee residing here, ami 1 Miss Glad Mackey, a well known I Albany yonj lady, were united in marriage at the parsonage of the United Presbyterian church by Rev. W. V. White, pastor of the church. After a brief honeymoon the couple will return here to make their perma i nent home. Hews on This Page ts $ From Daily Issue of SATURDAY, MAY 3i, 3 BUS .REOMIOH OF STATES) WAS HELD LAST NIGHT The Program Was of Memorial Nature tn Honor of Old Sold - iers; Ohio Wins Prize. With the seating capacity of the First Presbyterian church well taken up, the third annual states reception was held last evening. There were over 20 delegations representing the different states and countries, includ ing big representations of the G. A. R both the old soldiers and ladies of the Circle, the local militia com pany and the local camp of Spanish war veterans present. The church was artistically deco rated with flowers, flags and bunting and the ladies of the cimrch served light refreshments in the social haU after the completion of the program. The ceremonies were tf a memorial nature in honor of the old soldiers. The feature of the program was the address by C C. Chapman, on the subject of "Oregon, My Oregon." The program was interspersed with musical numbers, a children's chorus of 50 voices was heard m several vocal selections and the Albany High school boys glee club sang "Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground" and "just Before the Battle." The delegation representing a state receiving the prize box of candy for having the largest number of dele gates was that of Ohio, captained hy Mrs. C B, Winn. The Illinois dele gation had the largest number but did not compete for the prize. Miss Maze! Robinson of Chicago is visiting Dr. and Mrs, Littler, a cousin of Mrs, Littler. THE HARD LUCK OF 11 HERO Injured in Saving Judge's Life, Must Pay Own Doctor, New York, May 28. The board of Aldermen has refused to pay the doc tor's biU incurred by Owen Egan, in spector attached to the bureau of combustibles, whose right hand was badiy mangled by she bomb which was sent to General Sessions judge Otto Rosalsky. Egan saved the jadge's life, but he has unfitted himself for promotion beyond his present job, which pays $1,500 a year. The explosion render ed useless several fingers, and Egan is nnable to hold a pen long enough to write more than his name. In addition to his hard tuck at be ing compelled to pay the physician's bill of $386, Egan's wife and child and the nephew whom he supports will be destitute in case of his death. Every insurance company has reject ed his application for a policy on the ground that they do not consider as a good risk a man who is fooling around high explosives most of the time. Among those who came to Albany for Decoration day was Geo. VV. Harris, of Eugene, a former resident of this city. Mr. Harris for many years corresponded for the Demo crat under the name of Sage Rooster, always original and good natural. Mr. and Mrs. Underbill, of Salem, who have been visiting in llarrisbnrg, returned to that city last night after spending Decoration day in Albany the guests of Dr. and .Mrs. C. V. Lit tler. NEW ROLFE THEATRE ILL OPEN THIS EVENING Handsome New Theatre Build ing Completed and Public Is invited. In one tti the best appmniefl ami most modern moving picture houses m the enure Mate, (be lHe Theater will be formally onem-i! i the public this evening. Thousand M dollar have been spent by the management on the new amusement house ami no expense bus been spared to make it one of the most attractive picture houses in the west. -Mr. Rolfe, wlm has contacted the Empire for a number oi years, ha always enjoyed a large patronage. His place of business has been a fa vorite with many d the picture fans of Albany ami he hpes and e.spteis Ui meet with increased favor in his hamKome new location. PARTY OF 113 IZftliS PEOPLE WILL VISIT CAVES A communication trom lr. l Hill of this city reecived this morn- hum Grants Pa-, dated Tlmrs- ' day, states that at M o'clock that : morning a party ot Ktfi Maxamas ; are ready to start tor the Great Caves ; 3$ miles distant. The party will go i 22 miles by private cueyanee and will hike it the rot of the way tip the mountain. lir. Hill is a member of the party and he states that he hopes to find something interesting to write about. Hoyd Law ton, 3 prominent tm-dical . student of VViHameUe I ntversity, is i visiting with fru mU in .his city. WALTER C. POWELL AMD VIA SPRA6BE ABE WEDDED j Quiet Ceremony Performed is : Presence of Few Friends by Rev, W, P, White. Walter C. Powell, a prominent Polk eoimty fainter, and Miss VitSa Sprague of this city, were united in marriage Thursday afternoon at 5 o'clock at the parsoiase of the United Presby terian chttrch by Rev. W. P. White, pastor of the church. Only a few of the intimate friends of the couple were present. After the ceremony the couple de parted for a brief honeymoon to points north after which they will re turn and make their home in Polk county. SURVEYING? S PEN LAND & EATON ifOOM I Albany State Bank B!dg. Home 383 Bitl 45?-R. Big Month-End Sale Closes Today Store Open Tonight Until 9 o'CIock It is surprising what you can buy in a few tninates when you get right down to business It's Easy Whea You Know the Prices Are Right and the Goods the Best Come Into the Store Tonight Follow the Crowd Suits, Coats, Waists, Gloves Millinery, Shoes, Hosiery Silks, Wool Goods, Cotton Goods Rugs Any one of the above departments can do better hy yon in price, styie or color than any other store in the city of Albany. Kb Our Intention to Do So by You Which Price Do You Wish to Pay for Your Suit ? $9.75, $14.50, $19.50 Which ever lot yoa select from yon get value and quality Values Up to $35 You Must Buy Tonight Before 9 o'Clock All Millinery Prices Down Buy Tonight To Clear Out a Lot of Drop Patterns in Beautiful Room-Size Rugs Prices mafic fetr ottiek sciiittR Look at tints You Can Buy It for Less 8t HAMILTONS fluf f if f e F Ladies,' Misses' and WUirilterS Children's Wears From I fat to Shoes Time HsiosikIi to I,ook Around After Von Have Looked Thru This Great Stffck of Cornls That Vacation You Are to Take Do you mt-d a Trnnk or Suit Case ? We have just the article yon want HAMILTONS ALBANY'S BUSY STORE IR. GESELBRACT RETURNED Fill THE EAST TOUY Travels Over 8500 Miles and Says That He Had a Delight fyi and Helpful Trip, Returning this noon from Chicago where he attended the genera! as sembly oC the First Prcsbytetsan church, Dr. Gtselbracist stated i& a Democrat reprs-se-mattvtf that Buc had a iklighiiiil trip auti e&joved every min ute ot hts vacatkm. Traveling: over ts568 miles, visiting Chicago, Atbms, tieorga asd other Uifge eastern cities Dr. Geselbrseht saw a great tteal oi caimtry ami met same til the best known clergymen is she country. Born this iiiormiig to Mr- anU Mrs. R. Goklbhm. a bahv girl