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FRIDAY. DECEMBER 12. 19 13
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I VOL. XLIX ALBANY. LINN COUNTY. OKt.l OU,
SERVICES HELD
Albany Lodge of Elks Pay Ham
age t Departed Brothers
Impressively.
P. H. D'ARCY OF SALEM
SAVE MEMORIAL ADDRESS
Mayer-Elect L M. Curl Gave
Ihi Eulegy Portland
Musical Talint.
With impressive services attended
by several hundred people, Albany
lodge of Elks observed Memorial
Sunday in the Elks' temple yesterday.
P. H: D'Arcy, of Salem, delivered a
menitorial address; L. M. Curl, mayor
elect of Albany, pronounced a eulogy,
and several prominent Portland mu
sicians participated in the service.
Rev. F. W. Emerson gave the invoca
tion and Rev. D. H. Lcec'h the bene
diction. The present officers of Albany
lodge are: J. N. -Chambers, exalted
ruler; Harry bchlosser, esteemed leading-
kniirht : Walter M. Parker, es
teemed loyal knight; J. J. Collins, es
teemed lecturing knight; W. 11. War
ner, secretarv; H. B. Cusick, treasur
er; E. H. McCune, esquire; Wayne
F. Dawson, inner guard; George B.
Simons, tvler; Dr. Joseph Myers.
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Cll.llJl.WI I. llCliu.ui wisiiiiiju.
O. P. Dannals, W. V. Merrill andl,
William Eagles, trustees.
The Portland musical talent which
appeared on the program was John
Claire Monteith, Miss Helen Butzloit,
Charles D. Raff, and Miss Abbe
WJiitesides, accompaniste. With the
exception of Mr. Raft, who is a ceilo
ist, the rest are singers.
The services were in mcmoriar.i as
follows:
Chas. A. S. Vivian, founder of the
order, March 20, 1SK0; H. J. Hopkins,
J. H. Howard, John Turner, W. J.
Guy, D. R. N. liluckburn, John Pow
ers, John McCullum, Neil Sullivan.
Edwin Stone, C. Sullivan. W. F. Mil
ler, John Paul) Jones. W. A. McCul
hmgh, J. 11. Roberts. J as. Elder, A. H.
Willman. G. W. Matson, J. R. Meyer.
R. C. Wills. Jno. Bradcn. W. F. Da
venport, J. H. Lutz. J. W. Cimck, Jay
Brooks. E. M. Hressler. T. H. Davis.
G. It. Shepherd. 1. E. Conn. W. H
Cooper. I. T. Walch. 1. I. Ramacci
otti. P. M . Flood, T. C. Mulkey. D. L.
Cusack. Chas. M. Winant. 1-;. M. Walk
er. Irvin Williams. A. Schnel, X. 13.
Avcrv. G. A. Loring. C. G. Modes.
W. 6. Komi, H. It. Mover, Geo. H.
Stock we 11.
UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT
Burglars EnterOffice of Albany
g!Mill & Elevator Company1
kNothing Missing.
That burglars made an effort S
last ni triu to rob the safe in the &
(? office of the Albany Mill & Ele-
vator company, on East Water S
street, pecamc known this morn- ?
covered missing and it is believ-
ed that the would-be robbers, fail-
However, nothing lias been dis-
ing in their attempt to open the ?
& safe, crave ud the iob.
When the office was opened,
unmistakable evidence that an
attempted robbery was found.
Entrance was affected through
prying open a window. Papers
and volumes had been removed
and ransacked and mislaid and
( apparently nothing was taken.
Indic?tions that the safe door
had been tampered with were
found.
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Miss Flossie Winter, of Junction
City, was a visitor in the city this
morning.
E. A. Baker, and wife, of Portland,
were visitors in the city yesterday.
V. H. Henderson and J. B. Laige.
both of Smherlin. were in the city yes
terday 'cnrotite home from Portland.
N. "H Sherwood, of Toledo, was a
visitor in the city yesterday.
D. M. John, of CorvalHs. transac
ted buinc"?s here Saturday, remaining
over Sunday.
1 Now ea Tkia Ffo it
(9 Frm Dilr lam (
MONDAY, DEC. 8, 1913.
DENIES ALLEGATIONS IN
DIVORCE COMPLAINT
D. Haight Filed Answer and
Asks That He Be Given
the Decree.
Denying each and every allegation,
except that they were married in Port
land, October 12, 1912. and that they
! residents of the county for
more than a year, K. D. Haight this
morning through his attorneys, L. M.
Lurl and Weathertord and Weather
lord, filed an answer to the divorce
omplaint filed against him by Joseph
ine Haight, -November JV, in which
she alleged that her husband was not
capable of performing the marriage
contract and asked $3XX) alimony. In
his answer, the husband asks tliat the
complaint be dismissed and that he
have a decree dissolving the oonds ot
matrimony and for costs and disburse
ments. For separate complaint, the hus
band in his answer alleges that since
the marripe he has provided a suit
able home for his wife and 'has in ev
ery particular performed his marriage
vows. Practically the same allegation
is made in the answer as was made
in the complaint, that the plaintiff
did not perform her marriage contract
and that she misrepresented 'herself
to her husband before the marriage
On the other hand the wife made sim
ilar allegation in her complaint.
For another separate comidaint, the
husband alleges that the wife left him
on March 22 last, after they had lived
together for six months and came to
Mbauv for medical attention. She did
-ot return, 1ic claims, and he came to
Albany to ascertain the cause when
she told him that she would not live
with him again and has since lived
separate and apart.
Jack Green, the well known hotel
runner for the St. Francis, returned
yesterday from Salem, where he has
been confined to his home for the past
three weeks with illness. He has re
covered sufficiently to now be on the
job.
A. Erickson, of CorvalHs, transac
ted business here Saturday afternoon.
W. T. Nichols, of Lebanon, was a
visitor in t'he city yesterday afternoon,
returning home in the evening.
L. li. Rogers, of Lyons, transacted
business here Saturday, reurning
home yesterday.
9 CITY NEWS
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Accepts Position as Manager. H.
L. Pearce. of McMinnville. has accep
ted a position on the Rural Oregon as
circulation manager. Before coming
here Mr. Pearce was engaged in the
newspaper business in McMinnville
for four years.
Hammels Go to Carvallis. Leaving
this morning Mr. and Mrs. J. C. II am
mo I went to CorvalHs. where M r.
Uammel was called on business. They
will return tomorrow.
Spend Xmas in San Diego. Leav
ing Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. Ho
mer Moore, Dick Moore and Miss Mil
dred Hodge, are on their way to San
Diego, California, to spend Christmas
with Mr. and M is. Moore, parents
of the M oores, formerly of, Benton
county, who re-ide there. A i ter
Christmas Mrs. limner Moore and her
si'ter Miss I Lodge will leave for Kan
sas where they will visit with fiieir
parent-;. Miss Dodge is returning
home after visiting with her sister.
Mrs. Moore, and will spend about a
month in Kansas.
Flue Burned Out A flue burning
out at die home of City Recorder Van
Tas-el at Seventh and Calapooia
street s, Saturday night about S:30
o'clock, resulted in I he fire department
being called out mi a still alarm. How
ever, no damage was done and the
"re was extinguished, with the use
of a hose from the chemical truck.
Fined $10 for Fighting. For fight-
Minday nignt in a public place,
'l'ul " ,u,,s ""' P.,1U
! $W and costs in the police court. The
nsnc encounter took place in the Ore-
S" restaurant.
Here to Locate. J. E. Rolfe and
family arrived in Linn county and arc
the guests of relatives residing near
Albany, while looking over the coun
try for a suitable location. They come
from Billings, X. Dak. Mr. Rolfe stat
ed this afternoon that he was more
than ever pleased with the conditions
here. He said that it was his fourth
visit to this section, 'having at one
time made his home here for a short
while. Mr. Rolfe is looking for a
small place close in, so he can send
his children to the local public
schools.
Entertains at Dinner. Last even
ing at the Hotel Uammel, E. D. Cu
sick entertained at dinner, Mr. and
Mrs. John Claire Monteith. Miss Hel
en Hutzlaft. C. D. Rait and Miss Ab
bie Whitesidcs, all of Portland. All
of the guests in the afternoon took
part in the memorial services of
the Elk?. Mr. Monteith ane several
solos as did Miss Butzlaff. Mr. Rat'i
was the celloifit and Miss WhiteinVs
was the accompanist? After spend
ing the nitrlit at the hotel, they re
turned to Portland thi morning.
Well Known CorvalHs People Here.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Baker of Cor
vnllis and M. S. Woodcock, and sons
Edwin and Harold, of CorvalHs. were
in the city yesterday to attend the
F.Iks memorial. They stopped at the
Hotel Hammcl. Mr. Baker is the
manager of the Julian Hotel and Mr.
Woodcock i president of the Cor
valHs Xational Bank.
HELP SUFFRAGE
Receives Suffragette Commit
tee at Desk Diplomatically
Refuses.
WILL NOT RECOMMEND
AMENDMENTTO CONGRESS
Committee Departs Amicably,
Fool That Wilson Will Aid
Them Later.
(By United Press Association)
'Washington, 'Dec. 8. Fearing a
big suffrage delegation, President Wilson-
refused to send a special message,
to congress urging women to be en
franchised. He declined at the same
time to incorporate any such recom
mendation in any one of his regular
messages. Until congress requests,
he suites, he could not even recom
mend the creation of a special house
committee to investigate the equal
suffrage movement.
The conference of the suffragists
was picturesque. The committee
marched to the White House in the
face of an icy wind, determined to
torce Wilson to show his colors and
incidentally recommend the adoption
OI an etl,m sunrage ameuumeui.
President is Diplomatic
President Wiilson stood in front of
his desk and received the committee.
He appeared pale and drawn, almost
haggard as a result of his recent ill
ness, but shook hands cordially dith
Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, and Mrs.
Medill MeCormiek. Smiling pleas
antly upon the other members of the
delegation, the president refused the
request of the committee in such an
altogether diplomatic tashion. the sui
fragcttes left the executive chambers
satisfied Wilson would aid the cause
at his first opportunity to do so.
VISALIA DISTRICT ATTORNEY
WRITES OF lOEN'S TRIAL
Man Arrested Here Last August
Was Convicted of Grand
Larceny Nov. 28.
A letter received this morning from
Deputy District Attorney James M.
Burke, of Visalia, Calif., confirms the
report appearing 'in the Democrat
-o'uetinu a ;o ot the conviction of
W. A. Men. Mr. Burke was in Al
bany la-t August attending the extra
dition of Idcn, who had been arrested
here by Griff King upon telegraphic
instruction from the sheriff of Tulare
county California. At that time Mr.
Burke promised to write the results
i t he trials ot iden to the nemo-
cm t.
lis letter is in part: W. A. Iden
found unil'y in the superior court
'I.!a:'e count v on Xo vein her 2f,
of the felony ot selling cattle which
1 been mortgaged by him, without
' : f v-: i i -r the bolder of the mortgage
of such sale and without informing
the pureha-er ot the cattle that t lie
same were mortgaged. In California,
this offene i- grand larcenv, the penal
ty for the same being from one to
ten years in the state penitentiary,
There are two other charges pending
igan.M Iden in the superior court
of practically the same nature,
they have not yet been tried.
but i
TOPICS OF THOMAS AND
TERRITORY TOLO IN BRIEF
Thomas, Or., Dec. 6. (Special to
Democrat.) M.r. H, Bann has re
turned to his home at Thomas. He
spent the fall with his sister at Hood
River.
Arthur Kelly returned Friday from
a business trip above Scio at Bob
Watson's.
William Mespclt and C. W. Kelly
just returned from their goose Hia-c.
W. Cletus Holt returned to his home
at Thomas after spending his Thanks
giving at Stayton.
Mrs. Cora Smith's new bungalow
is now completed.
Mr. Hoss Brown of Woodbiirn wai
at J. H. Kelly's Thursday on busi
ness. HOUSE FAVORS RECESS
IN NAVAL CONSTRUCTION
f By L'nited I're-s Association)
Washington. Dec. 8. By an over
whelming majority the house adopted
the Henley resolution approvin a
suggestion made by First Lord Ad
mirably Churchill, of England, that
world powers suspend naval construc
tion for one year. The resolution au
thorized the president to cooperate
with an effort to persuade other na
tions to join in the agreement.
Epidemic of Smallpox Follows
in Wake of Flood; Relief
Bein Rushed.
SUBSIDING WATERS LEAVE
UNSANITARY CONDITIONS
Number of Known Dead, 100;
Fully 1000 Are Still Un
accounted For.
Toll of Death High.
(By United Press Association)
Fort Worth, Texas, Dec, 8. Civic
organizations in Texas are raising
funds to purchase supplies for the
Hood sutterers. 1 rains carrying pro
visions are being rushed to Hearne
Bryan and other towns where flood
refugees are reported starving ajid
without shelter or clothing. Added
to the suffering and general chaos
nues the report that an epidemic
of small pox has broken out in the
districts w'iiere conditions are worst.
The receding waters has. left the dis
tricts visited by the flood in an ex
tremely unsanitary condition, and un
less this can be relieved immediately
more serious visitations of the plague
are likely to be felt.
Definite information has been re
ceived corroborating reports of
least 100 deaths. Many engaged in
rescue work place the list at HHK),
though this is believed to be exagger
ation. The Commercial club of Bry
an, one of the cities marking the path
of the waters, estimates the deaths in
that section alone at 500, though these
are not all accounted for and is a
mere estimate of the victims. More
than a thousand persons are still ma
rooned in the upper stories of their
homes, in the vicinity of Wellborn,
surrounded, by water too deep to al
low of their escape.
FORMER LINN COUNTY
MAN MAYOR OF NEWPORT
John W. Kelly Moved from Here
Year Ago to Engage in
Hotel Business.
I oh n W. Kelly, elected mayor of
.Newport last Monday, is a native of
Oregon, 'having been born at Oregon
City in 186.3. Mr. Kelly is proprietor
of tile Kelb' hotel. X' e Creek, having
come to Xcwport about a year ao
He was a newspaper man of the old
school, when the editor gathered his
news, set his type and prinled his pa
per. Mr. Kelly worked first with the
)regon City Enterprise and later
with The Oregonian, and, until seven
years ago, w:;s whh various newspa
pers of the Willamette valley.
He then became salmon buyer for
the Portland h'ih company and three
years ago took up fanning. 10 miles
north of Albany.
Mr. Kelly d-feated W. L. Iluckabay
for office.
1 1 was only a year ago that Mr.
Kelly moved from Linn county to
Newport to engage in the hotel busi
At that time he resided on a
i . acre larm near i lakviiie. I ins
I place was sold and partly traded to A.
! G. W iberg, tor the hotel property.
hicb is known
as the old Irvin
house.
PLAYED IN DRAMA AND
MOVIES THE SAME NIGHT
Playing in the role of a detective in
the drama "Within the Law" at the
Bligh theater Saturday evening and in
the moving picture, "A Convicts Garb"
on the same night at the Rolfe, was
the record made by Joseph Slaytor one
of the members of the Margaret 111
ington company. Slaytor acts for the
moving pictures when he is not on
the road and thi is the first time,
according to his own statement, when
he has appeared in both drama and
ntiving pictures in any town on the
same night.
BONDSMAN IS RELEASED
IN GEORGE M'CART ESTATE
Upon petition of J. R. Cartwright.
in which he sets up that he has he
roine -atisfied as bondsman in the es
tate of the late George McCart, Judge
McKnight this morning i-sued an or
der requiring Mary Elizabeth Robin
son, administratrix of the estate, to
;pcar in court Decern Iter 22 and
how cause, if any there be, why the
petition should not be granted. The
administratrix will be required to file
a new bond, in the event the petition
is granted within 10 days thereafter.
F.S. GRANT STARTS ON HIS
TOUR OF PYTHIAN LOOGES
Grand Chancellor Will Visit
Thirteen LodgesDuring Next
Two Weeks.
Beginning with a visit to the
odge at Vale tonight, Frank S. Grant.
ex-LUy Attorney of Portland, will
nake official visits as jrratul chancel
lor of the Knights of Pythias of Ore
gon to bulges of this order in 13 tflf-
lerent Lasiern Oregon cities during
the next two weeks. When he com
pletes this tour he will have visited
22 bulges officially since his election
a chief executive of the order in Ore-
on at the grand lodge session in Port-
laud six weeks ago.
Grand Chancellor Grant s itinerary
was given out by the chairman of the
publicity committee of the grand lodge
this city today, lie visited Ad
vance lodge, at Vale tonight and to
morrow will be the guest of Armor
Lodge, at Ontario. Next Monday he
will go to La Grande to visit Red
oss lodge, and the day following he
will visit Urion Lodge, at r.lgin.
On next Wednesday night he will
he the guest of K insuvan Lodge, at
Wallowa, and the next night will visit
Enterprise lodge.
Blue Mountain Lodge at Union will
he visited rridav, December 12.
Monday, December 15, Damon
lodge, at Pendleton, will be visited by
Mr. Grant. On the succeeding five
days lie will visit the other lodges of
Umatilla county, as follows: Decem
ber 15, Hercules lodge,, of Milton; De
cember 17, Stevens lodge, of Weston
December 18, Pvthian lodge, of Athe
na; December 19. l.onias lodne, oi
Adams; December 20, Pleiades lodge.
of Helix.
Charles F. Kennedy went to Eugene
yesterday and will return here tomor
row, lie is in c'harge of the construe
lion work of the sewer lines being
laid here by the James Kennedy Con
st ructioti company. Some time soon
he will go to Salt Lake City, where
the company it is said has a $10,0(10,
uuu job.
B. L. Beall, formerly of t'he Eugene
Guard, has accepted a position as man
ager of the Herald composing depart
tuent. Mr. Bcall arrived in Albany
yesterday trom f.ugeue and has as
sumed cnarge of his position.
CICY NEWS
rnung in at JLiepot. I tie runway on
r'he north side of the S. P. depot is !
day being tilled in with gravel am!
grit. When the work is completed
and the suri.tce has become well pack
ed. much of the mud will be elimiitat
ed.
Nearly $60 for Red Cross Stamps.
Mrs. V. .Marks, chairman
charge of all the red cross stamps s
ing commit lees, announced this morn
ing that $5S.oj had been realized out
oi the sale ot stamps. This is cm
-lidi i ed a good sum in view of t !
si :or; while the sale has been cm
ducted and is away above the spec In-
lions. It is indicative (hat the peopli
of A Ibany are pat ronizing a wort hy
cau-e.
Posvar Writes Democrat. C. A.
I'osvar, formerly of Crablree, who re
cently went lo Red Bank, Gil. to
spend the winter, writes the Deiuocrai
telling of his and his wife's improved
health, and staling- that the roads in
California an: what they ought to be
as good as money can make them
Assumed Business Nam?. S. II
("levcnger thi. morning filed a certi
ficate of assumed business name, foi
his shoe repairing shop on Fir hi
street whic h is to be known as Clev-
enger's Aulo Repair ami Machine
Shop.
Weather Fair. The range of tem
per it ure for 24 hours ending at 8
oVI'M-k this a. in. was ,3.3 to -14. The
rainfall for the same period was .01
i ne lies. The river is .L'J feet and is
falling. The weather oredirtiou is
fair tonight with rain probably for
Tuesday.
Commercial Club to Meet. The
regular meeting of the executive board
of t he commercial club will be held
this evening at 7:30 o'clock. Several
matters are to be acted upon and ii
is hoped that a full attendance will
be had.
Westbrook Returned from Portland.
M anager Bert Westbrook return
ed Saturday night from Portland
where he attended the annual conven
tion of the ( )regon I lot el men. "We
had a very good meet ing," said M r.
Westbrook, "and it was well attend
ed. Several resolutions of more or
less importance were passed, includ
ing one, whereby the hotel proprietors
will not -erve veal in rc-tatirauts con
nected with the hotels in an effort to
lower the price of this product and
o b t the calvi-s rea-h maturity "
Gets Out Neat Pamphlet. C. G
Rawlings, the printer, hinder and nov-
!ty merchant, has gotten nut a neat
pamphlet remaining many sugges
tions for Xmas presents. It is print
ed on nrdinary btitrhers wrapping pa
per and an ordinary hoard, hewn in
patches, for printing, was used lo f'ee
orate the paper. The pamphlets are
to be distributed lo the houses of I lie
city.
Crawford Funeral Held. The fu
neral of R. M. Crawford was held yes
terday afternoon at the home of Geo.
Simpson on South Washington street.
lv. F. H, Geselbracht conducted Hie,
services. The remains were interred
in Rtvervicw cemetery.
3 SCORE
Hi 15 YEARS OLD
Albany Man Is Oldest White
Person Born West of the
Rocky Mountains.
YESTERDAY HE VISITED
CHURCH AS USUAL
Pioneer of Indian Missionary
Days Has Lived an Eventful
Life; Served As Soldier.
Cyrus 1 1. Walker, oldest living
white man born west of the Rocky
Mountains, celebrated bis 75th birth
day at his home near this city yester
day. No special observance marked
the day, but Mr. Walker received
many felicitations from his friends.
Mr. Walker was born December 7.
18J8, at the Whitman Mission, near
Ihe present site of Walla Walla,
Wash., and t'he scene later of the fam
ous Whitman massacre. His father.
Rev. Elkanah Walker, was a mis
sionary to the Indians. He came to
this slate with his" parents when quite
young and has resided here since that
time.
Mr. Walker has not only seen the
remarkable nro'-rress and development
of the Pacific Northwest, but in many
lines of endeavor he lias taken no
small part in it. As a young man he
served as first lieutenant of a company
of volunteers in the Indian wars and
for many years lie has been one of the
most active men in the state in the
work of the grange, lie has the re
markable record of having organized
4.1 granges in this state, lie is now
serving his second term as c'haplain
of the state grange and also is a stale
deputy of the organization.
lie is serving his third term as
grand commander of the Indian War
veterans of Oregon, Washington, Ida
ho and a part of Montana, whic'h is all
of the original Oregon Terilory.
M. Dake, of Salem, was in Ihe city
yesteiilay, returning home last even
ing. J. W. Cooper, of CorvalHs, trans
acled business here Saturday after
noon, returning 'home last evening.
Ik A. Millsap and wife, of Lebanon,
were in the city yesterday. They at
tended the Elk's memorial service.
Eber Wright, E. A. Miller, A. C.
Ackerman and Karper Machlin, alt of
CorvalHs, were visitors in the city yes
terday. George Brown ami wife, of Corval
lis, were visitors in ihe city yesterday,
'"hey attended the Elks memorial serv
ices. ALBANY MINISTER ADDRESSES
u. u.
Big Meeting Was Held at Jef
ferson Plea for Bible Is
Made by Delegates.
Jefferson, Or., Dec H. The Marion
county Sunday school con vent ion
opened Friday with a large attend
ance. Rev. C. A. I'hipps, slate secretary of
Sunday schools of Oregon, who late
ly returned from the World's Sunday
school conference in Europe, opened
the session with a strong plea for foot
er organization and better equipment.
He said that boys and irls attend an
automobile school five 'lays in the
. and an "ox-cart" school on Sun-
-lay.
At night a crowded house listened
lo Rev. I'. W. Finer sou, of Kansas,
in an address on "Formation of Re
format ion." lie said in part that this
was the age of formation, building
aright, rather than reclaiming t'he child
after he has fa!!f,;,. He strongly urg
ed the use of the Bible as a text-book
in the public schools, asserting t'hat
no education is complete without a
knowledge of holy writ.
Bean Upholds Liquor Law.
( liy United I'ress A ssocialion)
Portland, Dec. 8. Federal Judge
He.oi upheld t'lie constitutionality of
the Wrl)b-Keiiyon act prohibiting (he
-hipuient of liquor from a state into
dny territory of another state.
Mr. and Mrs. Horsky Entertain.
Yesterday evening at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank llor-ky, on Jack
son street, a number of friends of the
host am) hostess gathered to visit and
exchange small talk. A very enjoyable
evening was spent in social inter
course. Those enjoying the hospital
ity of Mr. and Mrs. Horsky were, Mr.
and Mrs. Alcorn, Mr. and Mrs. C. O.
Anderson, Miss Cladek, Mr. Fred
Herdmau and A. L. Bccson.