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About The Semi-weekly democrat. (Albany, Linn County, Or.) 1913-1926 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 12, 1913)
SUPERVISOR OF DISTRICT HARRISBURG CONTEST CASE SPOTLIGHT AGAIN SHINES 10 RE-ELECTED TO OFFICE WILL BE UP THURSDAY ON LITTLE STELLA MORGAN Al Two Men Taken in Custody Last Night on Charge of Stealing Overcoats. CAUGHT WITH WEARING APPAREL ON HIS BACK Was Bound Over for the Grand Jury, Bonds Fixed at $500; In Jail. One wearing an overcoat beloig ing to Harry Albers, two men were founded up last night in the South ern Pacific railroad yards, awaiting to jump a freight, by Constable Cat ilin and Night Officers Marshall and Rogers, one on a charge of stealing the overcoat valued at $35 and the other upon suspicion of stealing an overcoat belonging to R. E. Crawford. The men, who are plain hoboes, ac cording to the police, gave the names of James Wilson and Fred Williams. Coats Stolen Last Night. The overcoats were removed some time between 7 and S o'clock from the vestibule of the United Presbyterian church. Messrs. Albers and Craw ford were attending a meeting at the church and had left the coats in the rack in the vestibule. Mr. Albers' coat was recovered in good order, but Mr. Crawford's has not been located. Meantime the man who gave his name as Williams is being held in the city jail, accountable for it. He refuses to throw any light on the affair. Bound Over for Grand Jury. Wilson, who when arrested was wearing the overcoat belonging to Mr. Albers, was arraigned before Justice Swan this morning on a charge of siuv pic larceny, lie waived examination and was bound over for the grand jury. Bonds were fixed at $500. He is confined in the county jail. Arrested in Railroad Yards. The arrest occurred late last night near the S. P. depot. Both men were brought down town and placed in the county jail overnight. Williams is being held pending furt'her investi gation of the case. Circumstantial evi dence leads to the belief that he. ap propriated the other coat, by the fact that it is missing and that 'he was ar rested in company with the man wear ing the other coat. REMARKABLE RECORD SET FOR DSE OF DUST PAN Janitor Mart Bilyeu of the Court House Has Used One for 8 1-2 Years. That a remarkable record has been established tor the use and durability of a common ordinary dust pan, in a public institution, became known this morning, when Mart Bilyeu, the janitor at the court house intro duced a new dust pan to the morn ing's cleanup of the temple of justice. For eight and a hull long years Mart has used continuously one dust pan in cleaning up the court house every day except Sundays and some times then. That is as long as Mart has been on the job and the dust pan is known to have been in use for quite a long time before he accepted the position as janitor of the building. Yesterday the dust pan, which is of the ordinary type, with a small han dle, became so rickety with with old age, that the genial janitor decided to 'discard it. A new one was pur chased and it was used this morning for the first time. o Stewart Expected Home Soon. C. H. Stewart is expected to leave Chi cago tonight for points in Iowa and Nebraska to visit relatives and later will leave for home in time to get here sometime before Christmas. He will come by the Northern Pacific He writes that the Oregon exhibit at the land show was the best in his opin ion and attracted thousands of peo ple. The show was over last night December 24. good on all trains the return limit being January fifth. There will be 'holiday rates to California alo, but the lariff for these is not issued yet. but it is thought that it will be about athe same as other points. W. C. Scott to Be Re-appointed Over Five Other Aspirants to Job. An election held in road district No. 10 yesterday in carrying out the policy of the county court, by ascer taining the will of the majority of the people, resulted in the reelection of 'the present road supervisor. The election was characterized by keen in terest, and much rivalry between the five candidates. The result is as follows: W. C. Scott, 47; M. L. Forster, 31; E. A. Mitchell, 25; Scott Churchill, 17, and F. M. Sharp, 9. W. C. Scott, who has been serving for some time as the road supervisor of the district, was the candadate who was re-elected. The appointment of Mr. Scott will be made by the county court at the January term; The policy of the court is to have the various districts hold similar elections in order to get an expression of the popular will, be fore appointments are made. Through this plan the court will make appoint ments of supervisors that will receive the favor of the majority of the peo ple. S. S. CONVENTION CLOSED WITH ELECTION OF OFFICERS C. E. Knowland Elected Presi dent of Marion Association; Delegate to Albany. Jefferson, Or., Dec. 9. (Special to Democrat.) The Marion County Sunday school convention closed last night, after one of the most interest ing sessions ever held. Saturday at 3 p. m., Rev. C. A. Phipps addressed a crowded house on "My Trip to Zurich," one of the best lectures ever delivered in this village. The following officers for t'he en suing year were elected: President , C. E. Knowland; vice-president, E. H. Anderson ; secre tar y-trca surer, Mrs. Gilbert ; delegate to state conventions in Albany, April, 1914, Mr. Davidson. All are residents of Salem, CITY NEWS. 3) Annual Dinner Planned. The Christian Endeavor Society of the first Presbyterian church is com pleting arrangements for the first an nual banquet to be held at the church Friday, December 12 at 7 o'clock. A splendid program is to be given, in cluding prominent speakers. It is the lesire that all the members of the so ciety be present. Knox 111 at Portland. That Toy ICnox is ill in a Portland hospital was the word received in Albany yester day afternoon. However, it is re ported that his condition is much im proved today and his many friends hope for his early recovery. Change of Precincts to Be An nounced. Announcement will be made tomorrow of the changes made by the county court of the precincts of the county. They have been di vided and re-arranged. The court has been busy with this work for the past two days and the work is nearly completed. The new arrangements Will be given in full. Lights Out Last Night. Owing to a slight mishap at the Oregon Power company's plant in Springfield last night at 6 o'clock fhe city was left in darkness. However, the damage was repaired and the lights came on before business was hindered to any greaf extent. . Nevertheless many candles were hauled out and placed in com Inission before the usual order was re stored. Social Hygiene Library Available. The social hygiene library at the Albany public library is now available, announced the librarian, Mrs. F. G. Franklin, this morning, but will only be here for a short While longer. It is especially intended for mothers and fathers and if any of them desire to read the books they are urged to secure them now. Young Linn County Farmer Here. 1 Arriving here yesterday, drawn by a stronger attraction than anything else in Albany, Jess Sevy, a promi nent young farmer of near Browns ville, is stopping at the home of W. H. Bowman. Mr. Sevey came here about 'six months ago from Arkan sas. Miss Margaret Bennett, a charming Albany school teacher, who is recently from Pennsylvania, is said to be the attract! n. Their engage ment, it it said, will be announced soon. Potato City, However, Voted Town Dry Before Election of Officers. ALL BUT ONE ELECTED ARE "SO-CALLED" WETS R. W. Davis Chosen Mayor City Recorder Re-elected ' and Charter Looses. Harrisburg, Or., Dec. 9. (Special to Democrat.) In yesterday's city election, the ticket commonly known as the "wet ticket," decisively won out. By virtue of this, Harrisburg will have a set of officials, who were t'he so-called wet candidates, with the exception of one. R. W. Davis was elected mayor, defeating Robert K. Burton by 58 votes. Davis is manager of the store of the May Senders -tomqany. T. J. Anderson was re-elected city record er. Other successful candidates are: Damon Smith, treasurer; T. J. Ste phens, marshal; George O. Gonliam, Thomas V. Summerville and V. F. Elliott, councilmen. With the exception of Elliott all the winning candidates were on the so called wet ticket, but according to the general reports the prohibition question did not figure directly today and many people voted independently of t!hc fact that the tickets were pop ularly denominated wet and dry. Harrisburg voted dry on November 4, but the election is being contested in the courts. The total vote cast was 343 and the complete returns follow: Mavor R. W. Davis, 200; Robert K. Burton, 142. Recorder T. J. An derson, 191: John J Cramer, 141 Treasurer Damon Smith, 191; J B Littler, 145. Marshal T. J. Stephens. 173: A. J. Hill, 164. Councilman George O. Gortiam, 191; Thomas W .Sommcrvile, 1S2; W. F. Elliott, 173: Vernon Cartwright, 157; Frank Dcnip scy, 153; R. C. Shisler, 142. A proposed new city charter was defeated by a vote of 132 to 161. Corvallis and Albany to Debate. The Corvallis high school will "have a debate next Friday night with Al bany high in the high sc'hool assem bly there. Corvallis will take the neg ative side, and Albany the affirma tive side of the question, "Resolved, That a graduated income tax is a desirable feature of a state system of taxation for Oregon. They will up hold the affirmative side of the same question. This is the first interschol astic debate of the year, and the de baters are working hard to win, and, further than that, make a strong bid for the dliampioflship of the state. Railroad Announce Holiday Rates. The Oregon Electric and the South ern Pacific .announced yesterday the rates t'hat will be in effect during the holidays for all points in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and British Co lumbia. This rate will be one and one-third th regular one way fare. Rates are effective December 18 to Logsden Elected President T. A. ! Logsden, of Corvallis, was elected vice-president of the Farmers' Nation- j al and Co-Operative Union at tlie con vention held in La Grande, closing Thursday evening of last week. j Byron Swink Dies at Salem, By- j rort Swink, aged fifteen years, died ; last night at Salem and t.he remains will be shipped to Albany this evening for burial. The funeral arrangements have not been made. The deceased resided at the home of his grandfath er, Phil Swank, of Tallman. Tifv T?rnivlr F.Wt Mice Tlnlnn V. Crawford, city recorder-elect, of Lebanon and a former instructor at the O. A. C, passed through the city yesterday enroute to Corvallis where she will visit numerous old time friends. Miss Crawford was elected city recorder of Lebanon in last week's election. Storm Holds Eastern Mail. Alba ny has not had any Eastern mail for three days. This is due to the snow storms in the middle west, but tfhc postal authorities think that it will reach here this afternoon. All the clerks are hoping that it will arrive soon as with this amount of mail held up for such a time, it will take some time hefore they will have it all sort ed and delivered. 'J News cn This Page i. y From Daito Tmue of St TUESDAY, DEC. 9. 1913 3 X Judge Galloway Will Try Local Option Injunction From Potato City. To try the Harrisburg local option contest case, Circuit Judge Galloway will hold court here Thursday, December 11. The judge will convene court at 10 o'clock and the case will probably occupy the attention of the court for the the entire day and prob- ably part of the next. . Because of the drastic allega- tious made in the injunctioin suit filed recently by W. B. Hoi- man, a saloon keeper of r-hat city against the county court to re- strain any attempt to declare city dry and because of the pe- culiar situation involved in the case, it promises to draw consid- erable attention. Harrisburg went wet in the last local option election under identically t'he same procedure as it went dry under the November 4 election and for this reason much inter- est centers about the case. The ' former election, however, was held during a general election and the latter during the recent state election. ALBANY MIGHT JUST AS WELL HAVE HAD NEXT MEETING HELD HERE Committee from Hub City Which Attended Roseburg Meeting Made Report to Commercial Club to This Effect. "There were between four and five hundred delegates present, about 150 coming from Southern Oregon points, accompanied by the Central Point band. Sutherlin came with 50 strong, Cottage Grove 50 and Eugene 100 strong. The Eugene delegation was the life of the meeting, making a wonderful showing. Our showing' was the weakest and we full believe that 'had we been there iif numbers, we would have secured the next meet ing, as the chairman mentioned Al bany repeatedly. But Eugene on ac count of the number of delegates present and the unity of action, won." The foregoing is contained in the report submitted at the meeting of fhe Commercial club last night by the committee, J. J. Hoydar and A. A. Mickle, agents of the O. E. and S. P. railroads who were delegates from Albany to the big Roseburg booster meeting on December 4. A lengthy report was made, , men tioning the various speakers and slat ing the results of the big meeting, which was for a universal movement, for the railroads, newspapers, com mercial clubs and every public spirited individual of t'he state to get behind and have as many of the tourists en route to the 1915 exposition, routed through this state with stop over priv ileges, as possible. The next meeting of the organization perfected at Rose burg will be held in Eugene on Feb ruarv 19. MONEY We are prepared to furnish mon ey on farm loans in the Willam ette Valley at the lowest current rates of interest. Will give five yv.rs time and allow the bor rower liberal options of prepay ment. If you can make more money from your farm by ad ding livestock and new machin ery and new buildings we will let you have the money for that purpose. If you want to dis pose of your place, the quick est way to make a sale is to add substantial improvements. When in need of funds call on us. Wc are the only established company making long time loans in this county. H The Oregon Title and Trust Co. ALBANY. OREGON 160Known Dead Undoubtedly Many Hundreds Lie Under Racing Currents. FROM 3000 TO 6000 CLINGING IN TREES No Estimate Can Be Hazarded Until WatersSubside; Thou sands Missing. (By United Press Association) Bryan, Texas, Dec. 9. Overwhelm ing, swelling even the first reports, news of the conditions in the strick en districts visited by the flood wat ers today shows conditions, especial ly in the valley of the Brazos river, to be frightful in t'he extreme. 160 Recovered Hundreds Missing. While only 160 have pos itively been identified, hundreds of people, and entire families in many in stances, are unaccounted for, anil the perilous work of the rescuers shows what an enormous havoc was wrought and what little effort can be made to estimate the number of victims, until the waters subside. Many will uu doubtedly turn up later, but no doubt exists that many perished besides the 160 actually recovered. Not' until the waters fall and reveals the corps es of the victims held fast beneath the racing current can any thing like an accurate estimate be made of Jhe uu tubers of unaccounted for and a great portion of which un doubtedly drowned in the first swift rise. Thousands in Tree Tops. Rescuers are bnttling hour by hour with the foaming torrents pouring ev erywhere down the valley, in an ef fort -to save between three and six thousand refugees clinging in the tree tops or perched on the roofs of their residences, or floating with the flood on improvised rafts and deb ris. COURTS INQUANDARY AS TO POINT OF LAW Harvey Thompson and Harry Wright Again Bound Over $500 Bonds. Arraigned before Judge McKnighl's juvenile court by virtue of the indict ment against them being quashed by Judge Kelly, Harvey Thompson and Marry Bernhardt, the latter of whom declared in court thnt his name was Wright, were yesterday remanded hack to he justice court for another hearing, judge McKuighl based his decision on the fact that the boys are over 16 years of age. Brought before Judge Sivan yester day afternoon, the youths were bound over to the grand jury and tfheir bonds were fixed at $5J0 each. This is identically the same action taken in their case when it first came up in this court. j In explaining his action Justice .Swan said that relative to such a case j as t'his, the law is a little inconsistent The law, he said, states that a minor under IH years of age must be tried in the juvenile court but that the last 'legislature passed a measure whereby minors over 16 will not be admitted to the reform school. When it is prov en t'hat a youth is depraved and is dangerous to society, the juvenile court has a right to remand such a case to Ihc justice court. It was on this point that Judge Mc Knight re YOU ARE LOSING MONEY Unless You Get the Benefit of Wholesale Lumber Prices Now Quoted ALBANY LUMBER CO. Both Phones. SURVEYING? s PENLAND & EATON , Room 5, Newew Bligh Bldg. She and Chum Escaped From Girls Industrial Home at Salem. Word was received last night from Salem police authorities by Night Officers Ali Marshall and T. R. Rog ers, that Stella Morgan and Rinda Fisher has escaped from the Oregon State Industrial Home for Girls. The officers were asked to be on the lookout for the girls but as yet have not seen ay riling of them. The escape occurred early last night and the word reached here Shortly before 9 o'clock. It is be lieved that the girls headed this way. As far as could be learned they did not take anything with them and did not have any funds. Stella Morgan was committed to the institution from Linn county after an eventful time. It will be remem bered t'hat the spotlight first shown upon her when she was arrested dressed in boys clothes in company with Melvin Pecbler, age 16, near Sweet Home, while making their way across tlic mountains on the backs of horses tliey had stolen. The two were returned to Albany. Peebler was giv en a hearing in the juvenile court and committed to the reform school. The girl stood by him to the last and gamely admitted that she was t'he cause of the trouble and wanted to take whatever punishment was nin'led out to her youthful companion. Later she was brought up before the juvenile court on a charge of in corrigibility, entered by her father, J. R. Morgan, of North Albany. Giv en a hearing, she was committed to the industrial school for girls. It was only a short while ago, after shc had remained there for some time, that the spotlight shone on Stel la a ga i u . . She was a cc u s c d of being implicated in a plot for the wholesale destruction of the inmates of the school. Just prior to a meal, one of t'he matrons discovered that the coffee had been polluted with strychnine. Several of the inmates were .linked in the plot and no rea son was ever given for the episode, notwithstanding the fact thai confes sions were secured from several of t'he girls, who placed the deadly poi son in the coffee. Stella was one of the girls who confessed her connec tion with the plot. Tt is believed that bad the fact that t he coffee been pois oned been discovered when it was, which was due to the odor of Hie air in the dining room, that several of the inmates would have succumbed. But little of the drugged coffee had been drank and those who drank it were revived after much suffering. The local police know nothing of the past history of Rinda Fisher, ex-, ccpt that rihe was an inmate of the school and a close chum of the Mor gan girl during their incarceration. The Fisher girl was committed from Eugene. manded the case to the justice court. When Attorney Richardson askcU Judge Kelly to quash the indictment, he could not get an expression from the judge, as to what action to take in the case, which was suggested by Justice Swan. As a result the case stands at it was at first, except that in fhe new indictment, it will have to be shown that the case has been be fore the juvenile court. Meantime the lads will be held in the county jail, not being able to furnish bonds, to await the action of tfhc grand jury, on a charge of burglary. The charge involves (he theft of several pairs of shoes from the store of Charles Proch now. FOR SALE Good laying strain of white leghorn cockerels at $1 each. George A. .McCart, K. 1. Harris burg, Oreg. wk. Dec 9-12-16-19 W. R. Shinn, M. D., diseases of eye and ear a specialty. Eyes tested and spectacles guaranteed a perfect fit. Any style of lense or frame. Of fice over Cinirk bank. wk s9tf Bell 535-R.