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Oregon School Teacher Who
Was Thought to Be Linked
in Mystery Is Safe.
DECLARES SHE DOES NOT
KNOW ANYTHING OF AFFAIR
Workmen Discovered Clew to
Supposed Murder at Aurora
III. Yesterday.
CoiHimictl from Saturday, Nov. 22
Much concern prevailed lurc this
morning following a report that Miss
Alice McCornack, a school teacher of
District 6.1, of f.inu county, was
thought to he linked in a box car mur
der mystery, until she was located at
the ranch home of J. It. I lay worth,
five miles southeast of I larrisburg,
where she is hoarding, while teaching
in a school near that place.
"Xo, I'm not missing," she said
haughtily over the telephone, "mil the
report frightened nie at first. I do
not know a thing about it. I would
like to see the mystery solved."
Miss McCornack, whose age is 24,
is the daughter of Joel McCornack, a
rancher of near Springfield. She janie
from there on October Ct to accept
the position of teaching school, suc
ceeding; Mrs. Jean I'eppiu, who re
signed. The mystery is the result of work
men finding a girl's blood tained un
derskirt, a school n-ailer and an emp
ty revolver, yesterday at Aurora, III.,
while they were unloading hi ruber
from a box car. The articles were
found in one end of the car and blood
was spattcrrd about, indicating a 1
struggle.
The police of Aurora believe that
a murder has been disclosed. The
flv leaf of the bonk, which was a
I hiss German reader, bore the name i
of Klsic Ilelba Day, Springfield, r., j
ami below it the name Dr. II. A. Day, j
Colville. Wash., tin. nght to be the:
girl's father. I
Klsic 1 lelha Day was found last i
night at Des Moines, la., where she ,
i visiting at the home of her bio-
ihcrAll'ied l.ove, who formerly lived
tuv n time in Spokane. Wash. M iss
Day s iid the finding oi tin- hook with
her name in it led her to believe Miss
McCornack. might have had an en
counter and possibly been murdered.
Miss Mct'oinack was an intimate
friend of her-, says Miss Day. and
It id many of her Uooks and effects.
The carload of lumber was shipped
from South Hend. Wash. Seplcinher
25, y the South Hend Mills Tr.ni--potlatioii
company. It i beliexed that
the tuui det er broke into the car and
bid the book, skirt and revolver The
v e.ipoi: i 'Vl'1' Johnson .'2 calibre ;
Tiu- chambers did not contain shells. I
ami both skin and gun wcie .ipp.nciH-1
1 new.
i I'her iviPie- in the reader, perhaps
u I Hives of the school g:rl. w ere" '
C'miIcs Mam. Colville. Wish : I ,
:,d, l.ove. n.V Kiverade. Spokane.
Wash ; Mis C. A. Day, 5M Noiih
Twenty si th street. I'm t land. Or.,
.i'mI Mrs D 11 Smith. CniottviUe. la.
"i do not know how my name hap
pened to be in (he book." -aid Mi
Mi Co i nack, dm ing I lie com creation
over the telephone, "and I don t know
how the book came to be in the b-
Miss Day lias admitted that the
book belonged !o her. according to re
pot t lhoiii De Moines, and said that
if she i can mho cd correctly, she loan
ed it to Miss McCornack some tune
ago. side from these tacts, she could
not thtow anv light on (lie mystery.
C I!, and Wall.ue HembM-ou ot"
Deli oit wet e over nig lit i si tors ia
the ci;V
J. W. Ciockei, of Tangent, trans
acted hn-mess brie t!iis iiHMning.
C!. ester A I. von of Mill Citv was a
btiMiifs- i-itor m tin- ci;y tins mumii
ing Kuby I.. Cornell, ot Sale'!, isited
liiends heie yesteiday afternoon.
Mis, 1' 1 oonev, of Jeffei son, i
ted l!.ri trends r!ns moitnng, te
ti:i ning home thi- noon
H I', Hodge-, ,,f the Silveiton Ap
Vt.il. of SiKetton. is attending the cd-iloi-.'
meeting this aftetnoon.
i'.eoige Chile let! this 'Vom for Cot -
,i 1J i - on a brief buM'T-s etrivd
James Parcel, rdhor of the Dallas
bvetve'. is m -he city :'ii- afternoon
attending tiie i.ewsp.iper men'! nu-et-
ir
SAYS REPORTS OF ACCENT
WERE GREATLY EXAGGERATED
; John Yoakam Returned This
I Morning from Eugene and
Describes Sad Accident.
That the reports of the accident
that happened near Kugene l'lnirsd-iy
.'jlcrnooii have been greatly exagger
ated, was the statement of John Vo;.k
aru, one of the victims, who returned
to his home here from .hat pl.u.e this
morning, ;.fter attending an mmiest
held there yester'lay afternoon. Rob
ert F. Si.iithwiek, assiVnit engin-.-cr
of the J. ortland, Kugene an;l Eastern
was killed, and Mr. Yakain and M.
II. Whitney of San I'Vaticisc ). of the
S. I company, were siiglitly injured.
The .rcrlcnt happened nea- J'orter
on the P., K. & M., when a speeder
rai which .he three men were rifling
crashed into an automnhila 'join. lining
four Kug?:c real estate irien.
"In the first place," said Mr. Yoak
am, the speeder was not going as fast
as reported as it is equipped with a
government seal that will not permit
it to run over 2) miles per hour. We
were about sixty feet from the auto
when he saw it on the track. When
we were withing forty feel we had
the brakes on and the speeder slid
about this distance until it crashed in
to the car. The auto was standing
with the rear w heels on the track.
The only damage done to the car was
that the outer tire to one of the wheels
was torn off. I was thrown 25 feet
and received a deep gash over my
right eye and am considerably bruis
ed. Whitney was thrown obeut 15
feet ami sustained a badly cut, scalp. ,
Ilis skull was not fractured. He re-1
eeived no other injuries. Smith wick
was only about four feet from where (
the speeder hit the auto when picked
up. Wihitney and myself both got j
up after the accident. I walked about i
KM) feel down the track and flagged1
the approaching work train. All three j
of us were taken to Kugene on this '
train. Whitney and myself were tak-!
en to the hospital where we were held
for the inquest. Whitney left Kugene j
last night alone for his home in San
Krauei-.co. The remains of Mr Smith-'
wick are resting hi Kugene ami will!
be sent to his home for burial. I
expect to be out in a few day.'
WAREHOUSE CASE WILL
BE CONTINUED FOR WEEK
The case brought by Smith Cox audi
twenty ntlier 1 .inn county farmers
ae.aitist the Albanv Farmers Com
pany, which failed in l'HS to recover
n a warehouseman's bond, fidlowiut
further aiLiituiem before Judge flal-
loway this morning, wa continued for j
a week pending final settlement.
The ease came up yesterday morn- i
ing for trial and when upon motion of j
attorney to effect a compromise or 1
cllK-meut out of court, the matter
was deferred for action until this I
morninc, .it ' o'clock, when the above ,
i-oiulusioH wa readmit.
A-ide from this Judge Galloway lias j
entered several orders m other cases;
of minor importance.
CURRFNCY BILL SCHEDULED
FOB DEBATE ON MONDAY
( Hy I'nited l'ies Association)
j -aim: ! '. o V I'lif euiren
. v !-:il was letunied to the senate
this al'leinotMi hy the senate hanking
currency con unit tee. With it eanie
two proposed Mibs'.itutes. one 1y "ad
miniU at ion" democrat :c committee
men, and one by Senator Hitchcock.
Pemoer.it. and five Republican mem
lie is ot the commit tee v'h.tii man Ow
en srred notice today tlia: he will op
en deli.d e on t he m i eney in ca mi re
M otiday.
LINN PIONEER OF 1849
CELEBRATES 87TH BIRTHDAY
Mr. John tieisendot Ter w ho tcidcs
itr mile-, east ot tin- city, ce'ebrat-
j ed hi- S,"th lui thday 'o ember 10.
;with a pleasant dinner paity.
Mi t iei-i ndo: :"er i u;mi:.Ll!y hate
j .oid lu .r. : lor a man ot his ae. He
jwo:k Mime each day and claims that
, : Ii :s is what keeps him .t i on;.
A number oi eai s .uo he ted from
the root of a ba:u and has been forced
:o u--e a crutch eei Mtice Pe-pite
this his garden is weedle-s and his or
chaid i kept m jiood condition. Thi
fall a friend called and Mr. GeNon
doiier was dtscoeted at the top ot a
ten toot ladder, ptckini apples. Mr.
tieiseudorter eiosed the plains in
1S4' and has lied in I.mu county
since tMJ
VALLEY EDITORS
EHE TODAY
Newspapermen of Upper Will
amette Valley Hold Busi
ness Meeting.
ADDRESSES GIVEN BY
PROMINENT EDITORS
Session Held at St. Francis to
Be Followed by Banquet
at Hammel.
Well known newspaper men from
all parts of the Willamette valley are
in Albany this afternoon to attend
the annual meeting of -the Willamette
Valley Kditorial association.
The business meeting of the asso
ciation is being held at the St. Fran
cis hotel. At 5:30 o'clock this after
noon the visiting editors will be ten
dered a banquet and smoker at the
Hold Hammel. Through the courte
sy of Manager Hammel of the hotel,
the banquet will he tendered as a
compliment to the newspapermen.
The programme of addresses for
the meeting follows: "Credit and
debit problems of the Small Daily,"
K. M. Reagan, of the Albany Herald:
"How to Get the Small Advertiser,"
C. G. r.cMarssters, of the Amity Stan
dard ; "Duty of the Newspaper to
Higher Kducation," Charles L. Spring
er, of the CorvalMs Gazette-Times;
"The Job Department, vs. the News
paper," W. H. Totteii, of the Dallas
Observer; "Cost of a Cost Sysreni,"
A. I7.. Scott, of the Forest Grove News
Times; "Things an Editor Thinks, '
W. H. Hornibrook, of the Albany
Democrat; "How an Kditorial Asso
ciation Makes Business for Me," II.
K. Hodges, of tlte Silverton Appeal:
"I low the ( regon Newspaper Field
Looks to New-comers," G. T. Taylor,
of Molalla: "What a Newspaper
Should Print," Carl A brains, of the
Salem Statesman.
f'aiitor F. M. llrowu of the Mrowns
viltc Times, is in the city this after
noon attending tfie meeting of the ed
itorial association.
Mrs. Inria Graw and! son, of The
Dalles, were in the city yesterday.
They stopped at the V.indrau.
Miss Getty Taylor retuniivl this
noon from Corvallis where she at
tended a dance la -t night, givtn by an
). A C. organization.
S. ".. Uusell ami' wife of Kingston,
were Albany iitors cteulay after-
UOa'U.
Mrs. M. D. lUmincl ami daughter,
Ifit this noon to visit relatives at
Independence.
Train Late. Southern I'aeitic north-!
hound train due to arrive here at ;
2 -W oVlovk ill not .m rive until
o'clock. For wh.it rea-on the train is 1
overdue could not lie learned. j
Application to Register Title. Hat
tie Walters this tnoruini filed appli
cation in the circuit court to register
title. to the west half of lots os. 1
and 2 in Mn-k - of Kh kpatricks ad
dition lo l.ebaiioa.
MONET
7
W'r air prepared t furnish mon
ry on farm loars in the Witl.mi
ctte Valley at :hc lowrt current
rates ot intetet. Will nive five
yrar time and allow bor
rower liberal options of prepay
ment. If you can nuke more
money from your farm by d
ditii: livestock and new niachin
ery .v.:d new b;::lili:u we will let
you have the money for that
purpose. I f you want to dis
poe of vnur jvace. the i;uick
est vay ?o make a vi!e is to add
subtan:iil improvement "lien
in reed of fund ca'.l on u
W'f a-e t':e ordv e:abl:l'ed
c-mp. my m or time
loans in thi county.
,
j
The Oregon Title
and Trust Co.
ALBANY. 0RKC0N
MASONS ENJOYED PLEASANT
CEREMONIAL SESSION
About 100 Members of Order
from Other Towns Guest
of Local Order.
That, everybody expressed opinions
that the work of the Master Masons
degree, exemplified la.st night by St.
John's Lodge of this city, was put on
very creditably, and especially the vis
itors, was indicated by many remarks
made at the close of the session.
The event was made an auspicious
occasion. Over 200, including 100 vis
iting Masons, attended. The visitors
came from Harrisburg, Lebanon, Jef
ferson, Corvallis, Shedd and Browns
'vtlle. When the ceremonial session
was over the entire assembly enjoyed
a splendid banquet.
Many this morning expressed opin
ions that the session was the best of
any ever held. Remarks were made to
the effect that the work was magni
ficently exemplified and it appears
that all must have been unanimous in
voting the session a most enjoyable
affair.
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CITY NEWS 9
9
Commissioners to Meet. A letter
was received at the Commercial club
this morning from Fred S. Byuon,
secretary of the Willamette Valley Ex
position Association, stating that
there will be a meeting of the commis
sioners of the association in the Sa
lem Commercial club rooms Friday,
November 28, at 1 :30 o'clock in the af
ternoon. Alt of the commissioners are
urged to attend as business of im
60-inch Mercerized Table
Damask yard
64-inch Mercerized Table
Damask yard
75c All-Liner Damask 66
inches vide yard
$1.25 Heavy All-Liner
Damask, 70 in. at yd
Afieiits. for
Sl;i(l:ii J
Patterns
EDISON
PHONOGRAPHS
All sizes at prices as
cheap as they are sold
anywhere.
Remember it's
DAWSON
The Albany Pill Man Who Sells Them
portance ii to conic up before tli
meeting.
Entertainment Was Great Success.
I he eutertainnu-iit given last night a:
the Mcthodi.-t church by Queen Fs
:her Society, to raise money for char
itable purposes was a thorough suc
cess ar.d attended by a large crowd.
As a result a good sum of money was
raised, which will go towards com
pleting the purchase of a scholarship
which the. society undertook to secure,
in a southe.rn school for a mountain
white girl.
Mrs. Sedy and Daughter Visit.
Mrs. E, J. Seeley and daughters Miss
es Clarabellc and Alice, of Portland,
formerly of Albany, are guests of
Mrs. Scelay's mother, Mrs. Steven
Frccrksen. Yesterday afternoon Mrs.
Seeley said that she and her daughters
were going to Los Angeles socmrtQi
make their home. They will return
to Portland shortly to make arrange
ments, to move south.
Cloverseed Duck Club Meets.v-1
Meeting last night, the members of
the Cloverseed Duck club adopted
rules; and; regulations for thee season;
and will: commence shootmg-as soon
as there-is enough water. It is not an
ticipated' that there will bee a flight
of ducks in this section of the valltiw
before Thanksgiving.
Harrisburg Booze Fighters Unkind.
CEDAR FENCE POSTS
16-ft and 20-ft FENCING
at wholesale prices, for
November only.
ALBANY LUMBER CO-
Thanksgiving Sale
of Table Linens!!
39c
$1.35 Plain Center Piece tf fJ
Linen Damask yard p mJ
$1.50 Extra Heavy Ger
man Linen Damask, yd
c
$1.75 Irish
rine and
the yard
FLOOD'S STORE
354 WKST FIRST STREET
Mrs. Virgil Oais and. Mrs. Muna
- a :'.vu well k;.ow:i ladii:S of Har
r:.3tiurg. v t-rc in town ti.U morning.
Mi'a. 0;.vi., .v;iiie renewing h-r sub
scription to the Democrat., suited that
before the election in that place, she
..a- never troubled by men drinking,
s they til en drank in the saloons.
Hut now they arc forced drink in
the streets and Mrs. Davis, -says as a
result she picks up two or. three empty
bottles in her front yard .every morn
ing. Money Received for Mints. The
Elite confectionary store this morning
received a letter enclosings-payment for
a package of mints . wliich W. W.
Schlagel, of Pomeroy, .Ohio, forgot to
pay for when he was here recently.
According to his letter, he is a regu
lar user of Vivial, which"; is similar to
the mints, and at home-He is used to
taking the package from the box with
wrt bothering the clerk.- He says that
e only timech'e- ever forgot
tio pay and offered his apology.
Here From Irelacuir Mr. Charles
McDowell, of Belfast. Ireland, is visit
ing in the city at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Mills. He jj;;jn his way from
Ireland to southern California to look .
af'cr hi: estate there.
Linen Damask, Extra
Heavy at
per cent off on all. Napkins,
either separate or to match.
Agents for
Kabo Reducing
Corsets