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VOL. XLIX
ALBANY, LINN COUNTY. OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1914.
No. 51
2 SHOT 10 PIECES
bonsiaDie i.atun ana z Assis
tants Brinn in 38 and Shin
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IIIGHI OUUlll.
FORTY-SIX WERE CAMPED
AT DEEVER YESTERDAY
Rimers Jobless Forces Arelhere
. . . I
Marching on to Eugene Is
Latest Report.
"We are shipping all the unemploy
ed men and hoboes south," said Con
stable John Catliu this morning," and
all of them appear to be satisfied.
They don't want to go back north.
Last night 38 members or army No.
2, were sent south from here."
Part of army No. 2, which was es
corted by the sheriff of Polk county
from McCoy Saturday to the county
line and told to keep on moving, hit
the Oregon Electric from the Sidney
Mill Road yesterday morning and
walked to Dcvcr. Fearing trouble and
that they would make good their
threats to use lorce to secure food,
the farmers of the neighborhood as
sembled at the station last night to
prevent damage 'to property. Sheriff
P.odine was telephoned at Albany and
he detailed three deputy sheriffs to
tile scene.
Catlin Confers With Leaer.
Constable Catliu and Jim Groshong
and F. Carmickle were those detailed.
Upon arriving the constable went to
the camp of the invaders, which was. I
in a grove. The men were making up i
mulligans from potatoes. After a con
ference, the leaders and the constable
decided the the band would move on
to Albany.
After the mulligan stew was eaten,
the 46 started out. accompanied by
the three deputies. They arrived here
shortly before 11 o'clock. Eight of
the men. however, footsore and worn
cut, were left at Cousor. The remain
ing number of 38 hoarded an empty
car of through southbound freight
"No. 221 at about 12 o'clock and are on
their way to California.
Constable Catlin states that when
the army left McCoy, 10 deserted and
that they were followed by the reput
ed leader, Captain Rice and his wife,
who returned to Portland by train.
The constable said that!, a man appear
ing to be 'a Louisianan Creole was in
command at Devcr.
Rimers Army Marches South.
Having been given breakfast at
Harrisburg yesterday morning, where
hcv were a!;o sheltered for the night.
Rimers' unemployed forces, left by
the way of the Oregon Electric tracks
southward bound, 54 strong, without
giving the authorities any trouble.
It is reported that they arrived at
Junction City shortly after 12 o'clock
yesterday and were escorted through
the city by a large delegation of cit
izens. The last report received here
is that they are making for Eugene.
Mayor I. W. Davis, of Harrisburg.
this morning stated over the telc-
phone that no more delegations of
uncmplnycd would be tolerated there.
'Ve will disregard their demands and
they will be escorted right out of the
citv immediately after their arrival,'
said the mayor, "and I would like this
fact to be generally known."
That these unemployed armies will
eventually break tip and scatter is
the belief of Constable Catlin. Ho
says they are apparently getting j Auctioin Sale Well Attended. The
mighty tired of tramping in such large nilc,;on sae Qf furniture and farm ma
crowds and that there ha? from timeSclincry conm,cted by Col. Ben T
to time been serious disscntion among ! Slulu,j Saturday, was a success and
them. tjood prices were realized. Mr. New-
Constable Catlin and his assistants j clIt W10SC no,s werc sold, will leave
deserve credit for tne way in wnicn
they handled the men. But for the
constable's ingenuity in handling such
men. Albany would today probably be
housing another bunch similar to
those who were ousted Friday. The
constable said he recocrnirrd many
old time hoboes in the crowd.
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Nwi on This Pflg 'f 5
PriMn D?itr Iswte of
i, MONDAY, JANUARY 19, ?
THREE MEN GIVEN 1Q DAYS
FOB RUSHING RESTAURANT
Hub Cafe on Lyon Street Is
Victim of the First Case
U ana
fhr -llnrincr .l.em.lv.. t
be sincerely in search of work and
that they were strictly up against it.
were hailed before Jutice Swau this
afternoon, plead guilty and were giv
en 10 days in 'the county jail. They
began serving the sentence shortly af
terwards. They gave the names of
Morton, Miller and Shaddock. It
the first case of its kind to happen
Tlii tliree men entered the Huh re-
laurant at Ninth and Lyon streets
this afternoon shortly before 1:30
o'clock, ordered a meal of the pro
prietor, .Mrs. Albert Dunback, ate it
and then announced they didn't have
any money to pay for it.
The proprietor rushed to the tele
d one to call the police but one of
the men told her lfot to hurry as
they would wait. They made no ef
fort to get away. Chief of Police Aus
tin and Officer King made the ar
rests. In court the spokesman of the -trio
said that they were strictly up against
it. that they hadn't had anything to
cat since yesterday morning and that
was very little and that they had ex
pected to get arrested. He said that
they were bound for Eugene where
they thought they could get work. He
said the last work he had was at Spo
kane in a lumber mill.
They were given the minimum pun
ishemtn and Justice Swan told them
the jail was not a bad place -to stay
and that they would get good meals.
They seemed to be pleased.
PLANS TO BE MADE FOR
HOLDING OF CONVENTION
Sunday School Heads Will Con
fer Tonight with Association
Secretary.
To lay plans for the coming state
Sunday school convention, the Sun
day school superintendents of the city
and president and secretary of the
Albany Commercial club will confer
with Charles A. Fhipps, secretary of
the Oregon Sunday School associa
tion at dinner at the St. Francis ho
tel at 6:15 o'clock this evening.
The Sunday school convention will
he held here April 27, 28 and 29. Ten
tative plans for the holding of the
convention will be drafted at the meet
ing. Mr.- Phipps will arrive on an
afternoon train from Portland. Rev.
F. W. Emerson, of this city, the
president of the association, will be
present at the meeting.
Miss Elsie Bain is in Corvallis the
cuet of Miss Marion Anderson, of
Albany, who is attending the Oregon
Agricultural College.
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5) CITY NEWS.
Exonerated on Charge. Elmer
'Riitimdl. whn ivas c hurled with mil-
lemnt of court for disregarding an or-
,ier ne tilc collnty court retaliating the
Lzc Gf oafs wagon tires trans- J ditions, and who was in Albany sev-
! porte(j over roads, was exonerated of'ctal dnys ago, writes in this mornm:;
j tne charge following an investigation
of the case by the county court. It I "Having been ('elr.yed by the czh.
was found that the load v.-as not so j and. anxious to get r.-.ught up with u:r
badly damaged as was alleged -and j st hcdule, we parsed nly a few hour.
that Russell only hauled two piling- in Albany, leaving the next day a lit
:o the load. The section of toad in tie after noon, when the sun came
question is near Gilkcy station
; f Indiana in the near future.
Summoned as Jurymen. J. A. Mc-
Cullough, John Robson, F. M. Daw
son and Fred Lyons have been sum
moned to appear in the Federal court
; at Portland on January 26. to serve
i as iurvmcn.
Dr. Ferguson Honored. In honor
: of Dr. W. D. Ferzuson. a member of
' re board of trustees of Albany Col
lege. A. C. Schmitt. vice-president nf
the First National Rank, entertained
nil of the Albany ministers at dinner
f Saturday evening at '.he Hotel Ham-mcl.
S. 5. CONVENTION
TO BE HELD HERE
Albany Won Bid for the State
Gathering of Oregon En
deavors Feb. 20-22.
COMMERCIAL CLUB AND
CHURCH SOCIETES INVITE
Notabie Speakers Will Attend
Convention; Will Be Ex
tensively Advertised.
Albany, through a meeting of rep
resentatives of its churches, has form
ally extended an invitation to the
state committee of the Oregon Christ
ian Endeavor union to nokl its annual
convention in that city next month.
Not only have the young peoples' so
cieties and the churches of Albany
agreed to stand back of the arrange
ments for such a gathering, but. the
commercial club will aid the plan to
bring 250 more from all parts of the
state, February 20, 21 and 22. The
state committee has accepted the in
vitation and detailed plans are being
prepared for the gathering.
Will Be 24th Convention.
The convention this year is the
twenty-fourth annual gathering. Last
year Portland entertained the con
vention in connection with 'the Worlds
Citizenship Conference. Salem was
host in 1912 and Ashland in 1911.
Two men will stand out prominent-
ly ' because of their wide reputation
'and experience in Christian endeavor
Svork, when it comes to analyzing the
program which is now in the making.
One is John Willie Bacr of Los Ange
les, formerly general secretary of the
"worldwide" movement of Christian
Endeavor. The other man who will
be prominent on the program is H. H.
Rottman, field secretary for Endeavor
work of the northwest and a religious
worker in this section for 20 years.
He has become well known in this
state through recent work here. He
begins a six week pre-convention 'tour
of Oregon next Saturday.
Extensively Advertised.
Extensive advertising of the con
vention is being planned. It is ex
pected that the Albany Commercial'
club will arrange for sonic special
work along this line, and if possible,
a handsome poster will be placed in
all the church buildings of the state.
Special rates on all the railroads will
be asked for certified delegates.
Program and all arrangements will
be under the direction of G. Evert
Baker, state Christian Endeavor pres
ident. Mr. Raker will be assisted by
a committee at Albany, which met
for organization this week.
ONE ROAD DISTRICT
HAS GOOD RQAD UNO
ANOTHER HAS BAD ROADS
David Swing Richer, who is tramp-
in rlie Pacific Highway, accompanied
! "is wife, io ascertain actual con-
Oi egonian as follows:
out. W
paved v
followed the wide street,
th asphalt, that leads out
of Albany, turned into a stretch of
Wct Ninth street mud, waded a
block and started south over a road
-.hat promised well but. failed to
keep Its- promises.
Two miles out we were sorely temp-
ted to cross over the fields to the
railroad track and were on the point I
of -urrendering to the temptation !
when a team, pulling a wagon, w;n;
brought to a stop in the road.
I "Don't you fellas want
j shouted a voice presently.
litt:"
How far are you going?"
"To Tangent."
That settled it. Tangent was our
objective point. Wc climbed in.
"I know who you arc." said the
farmer to my wife, as she sank iiro
the seat bcidc him and his son di-
HELPLESS SUP
Yellowstone Refuses Tow Line
from Catonia Although Main
Mast and Fuel Is Gone.
CAPTAIN DESIRED TO SAVE
SALVAGE ON VESSEL
Yellowstone Is Eighteen Miles
off from Coos Bay and
Badly Damaged.
(Iy United Press Association)
jMarsniicKi, ur., Jan. IV. A wire-
less received at noon staled that the!
crew of the steam schooned Yellow
stone, which with its main and mizzen
masts gone, fuel exhausted, rudder
lost, is helpless, eighteen miles off
Coos Bay, had refused to take a tow
line from the steamer Catania which
laid by all night waiting for daylight
to give her assistance. It is presumed
that the captain of the Yellowstone
believed he could make port without
the aid of the other vessel, thus sav
in salvage charges.
The Catania proceeded on its way
but the steamer Chatham is standing
by the Yellowstone. News of the
Yellowston's plight was. brought here
lyestcrday. by the schooner Fair Oaks,
which had. abandoned the plan of tow
ing the Yellowstone because she her
self was badly damaged, and short
f of fuel and water.
Vessel In Tow.
Marshfield, Jan. 19. According to
wireless messages the Yellowstone
rt-as taken in low by the steamer Chat
ham shortly before noon and headed
outhward. The crew was safe.
Dr. E. Z. Mc.MiMcr and Donald
McRay, both of Corvallis were
the city yesterday.
GQUNTY COURT WILL NAME
JDDGES ANB CLERKS SOON
The county court, will announce
the election of judges and clerks to
serve in the May primaries within
the next few days. The members of
the court at present are working on
the selection of those to serve.
The county court will also make a
jury list for the circuit court and will
announce it about the end of th
month. Owing to the slowness of the
registration, this work has been rc
tarded.
vided his seal with me on a lime bar
rel.
And I in giad to meet you, tne
farmer went mi. "You're doin' a good
thing. I've been readiu your articles
and I want to just hhow you a piec
of road we're comin' to directly."
South Road Disgraceful.
And the farmer made good. A half
mile farther on we came to the divid
ing line between two road districts.
"Now stand there and look the oth
er way," he enjoined.
I obeyed.
"What do you see!'" he demanded.
"Well," I answered, "the road look
ing north is pretty good. The road
looking south is disgraceful."
"That's just it. That's what I want
ed you to see. Now I'll tell you
something. This is the dividing line
between two road districts. Moth dis-
tnrt supervisors had the same amount
, -r. . ,
money to spend. 1 tiat shows
ivlicri- n Iit if ilfi rr'itinnsi'riiiit v lie;
srt.. 4 .i .... .. --. i ., i- ,i
YV.1! Vll(.l'l'wm'" 1,,.' f.mwT,.d
llT1 ' i i -i, .1 i i .
That man who built the b;id pici-e.
uses his own teams and bniMs at ndd
times. He pays from $2.') to $2.5fl
a yard for gravel. The fanners around
l1Crc have offvn-d to haul r.wf tor
hitn for 31 a vard. He ahv;v makes
Uome 'excuse. Would rather pr'y $2
1 or J2 SO and i:c hii own teams. That's
ic'.ly what in: kes the d:ft'T(:ire be-
'ween these two pieces of road."
And Inter in Trmrrpt M:;ion Woorl.
mother farmer, confirmed this story.
He told me frankly tl at he had of
fered to haul gravel for ti e ro: d sm-Mt-rvi
rtr of district 10 at ?1 a yar '
and had been turned down cold."
$125 REWARD OFFERED
FOR BODY OF FRITZ BINDING
Friends of Man Who Myster
iously Disappeared Monday
Are Fearful.
Five intimate friends of Fritz Bind
ing have offered a reward of $125 to
the person producing the body of
Binding, who mysteriously disappear
ed last Monday from the home ot
Henry Suessens.
Although officers and relatives and
friends of the missing man have been
constantly on the search for him,
nothing has been heard of him since
he left the Suessens home, where he
was staying.
Fear is expressed that Binding has1
met with foul play or that he has
committed suicide. However, no pos
sible theory has been advanced on
these accounts.
Binding was a retired farmer, hav
ing recently sold a tract of land near
r.'ingeut. Me had come to Albany to
make his home and had only lived
here a few days when he disappeared.
He was unmarried and his age is giv
en as ou. lie is ot tier man decern
ind during Judge Galloway's recent
enn of court was granted his final
itizenship papers.
It was at 10:30 o'clock last Mon
day morning that Binding was last
seen -to leave the Suessens home on
East Water street and as far as is
known has not been seen since. Tt
is said that the night before Binding
was feeling in good spirits and had
been in splendid health for some time
vvior.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Tate.
Saturday, a twelve and a half pound
boy.
REV. CUMMINS TO GIVE
SPECIAL SERMON COURSE
'The Perfect Life" and "The
Object of Life" for Jan.
25 and Feb. 1.
Rcv. J. Dirickson Cummins, vicaV
of St. Peters Episcopal church, last
night announced a course of two spe
cial sermons to be preached by him
on Sunday mornings, January 25 and
February 1, on subjects which should
he of interest to everyone.
The first will be "The Perfect Life"
to be delivered on Sunday morning,
January 25 at II o'clock at the church.
The second will be "The Object of
Life," to be delivered on Sunday
morning, February 1, at 11 o'clock.
These sermons will be followed by
another course to be announced later.
Everyone is "invited to attend this
course of special sermons and all oth
er services of the church. The fol
lowing is on the announcement cards:
"If you arc not already affiliated with
any church, why not make ibis your
church home? Strangers are always
welcome."
CITY NEWG 5)
m
General Secretary to Come. II. W.
Stone", general secretary of the Port
land Y. M. C, A., will sotp off in Al
bany, enroute to San Francisco, to
attend the annual meeting of the lo
cal association on Wednesday even
ing. Me will make an address dur
ing the evening.
Mrs, Kelly in Portland. Mrs. P. li.
Kelly, wife of Judge Kelly, went lo
Portland tl:i- mornh'g :o leee:''. tmd-
i ' ., , ,
' t-orva lis Uiris visit Mere. .Misses
,
I .(in. I i nw , LMriiry uni i i ii.vi
! Chesley, all of Corvalli-
, were o vi
' Sunday visitors n the city.
They re-
tnr.ed home last niiziit.
Corvallis Hotel Man Here. Charles
L. liaker, a Corvallis hotel man. was
the etiy yfwterrkiy visiting friends,
j Public Stenographer. Miss Iteiilah
i Hinklcy, the well known and efficient
' -'cno'r ipher of the Alb'iny Comiucr-
via! rlub, is having some neat card
i Tirinted, bearing these word-: "Pub-
lir stenographer, aceurale work guar
anteed. Reasonable rates. Co'umer--hl
Club Rooms, All any State R:mk. '
',ss Hinklcy h;, brrti engaged in
wn-!( for o!M time anil is regard
ed as a thoroughly competent stenographer.
ONLY 218 VOTERS
HAVE REGISTERED
Last Weeks Record Is 2 More
Than Twice As Many of
Proceeding Week.
ALBANY PRECINCTS ARE
WELL UP ON THE LIST
Edniond C. McClain, at Age of
83, Is Oldest Voter Thus
Far Registered.
Only 278 voters have registered in
Linn county since the registration
books opened January 5. Of this
number lSo were enrolled last week,
this being two more"tban twice a&
many as registered in the opening
week. Only 28 women electors have
signed the registration books thus far.
North Harrisburg precinct is far
ahead of any other precinct in the
county in number of voters registered,
having 30 enrolled. South Harris- -burg
precinct ranks second, 19 of its
residents having registered already.
Albany Nos. 1 and 5 Tied.
Albany Precinct, No. 1 and Albany
No. 5 are tied for the largest number
registered in the Albany precincts,
each having 17. Albany No. 4 is only
1 behind and all of the other precincts
are welt up in the list. Calapooia,
Orleans, Syracuse and other precinct3
near this city rank near the top. It is
probable thait, precincts in many other
parts of ' the county have as many
voters registered as the precincts in
and near Albany but the registering
officers have not sent in the blanks
yet so the names have not been en
tered on the books.
The oldest, voter thus far registered
is Edmond C. McClain, who resides
in Albany, Jreciuct No. 7 and is 88
years of age. F. P. Devaney, of Al
bany Precinct No. 5, ranks next, he
being 85. The youngest voter whose
name is now on the books is cither
Fva Dodge, of North Harrisburg, or
Clem Howell, of Rowland, each one
of whom is 21 years of age.
Compleie Registration Up to Date
The complete registration up to last
Saturday niglvl by precincts is as fol
lows: North Harrisburg, .10; South Har
risburg, 19; Albany No. 1, and Al
bany No. 5, each 17; Albany No. 4, 16;
Albany No. .1, Albany No. 7 and Syra
cuse, each 14; Orleans, 13; Albany
No. 9, 12; Calapooia, 11; Albany No.
2, and Albany No. 6, each 9; Sunrise,
K; Albany No. 8 and South Scio, each
7; Knox Mutte and Tangent, each' 6;
Hollcy, Price and Shedd, each 5; Cen
ter and Shelburn, each 4; East
r.rownsville, Foster and Rowland,
each, '3; North Itrownsvillc, Crowfoot,
Santiam, and Tennessee, each 2; Mer
lin, West Brownsville, Fox Valley,
Jordan, Laeoinb, Lebanon, North
Lebanon, Peoria and Sweet, 1 Ionic,
each 1; South lirownsvillc, Crawfords
ville, East I lalsey, West I lalsey,
Kingston, South Lebanon, Mill City,
Providence, Rock Creek, North Scio,
Sodaville, Strawberry, Tallman and
Waterloo", each 0.
NEW MEN ON SALEM
AND ALBANY NEWSPAPERS
According to an announcement in
Saturday nights Salem Capital Journal
Charles II. Fisher, former editor ot
the Eugene Guard, has purchased an
interest in the Capital Journal and will
conduct the paper in partnership with
Graham P. Taber, the former own
er. New equipment will be installed
and the plant will be moved into larg
er qnarei's.
It is also rumored that -another
ihritige will soon lake place in the
ownership of the Albany Herald. It
is understood that Frank S. Allen,
i-ity editor of the Eugene Register, has
purchased an interest in the Herald
rind
Uvu:
will be associated with E. M.
an in the management.
Edgar Smalley, of Corvallis,
Sunday visitor in Abany.
F. W. Sennit, the Lyon
butcher returned today from
days' visit at Forest Grove.
street
a two