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About Albany weekly democrat. (Albany, Linn County, Or.) 1912-1913 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 9, 1912)
ATHLETICS GO TO Will Cross Bats In Third Game of Series for Championship . of Willamette Valley. JACK BERRY, HUGHES AND PATTERSON WILL PITCH Upon Results of Contest Will Depend Much A Game Will Be Played Here Sunday. SATURDAY Tomorrow the Albany Athletics will go to Salem where they will cross bats with the Salem Senators in the third game of the championship ser ies and despite the fact that they have lost the first two games they are de termined to bring home the bacon tomorrow. If they don't then Salem will be awarded the title of champions of the Willamette Valley. The lineup for Albany tomorrow will be practically the same as usual with the exception of Carson and Lyle Bigbee. The former went to Medford on the early train this morning where tomorrow he will cover third base for Medford in their game with Weed, California. Lyle is at Newport resuscitating from the strenuous duties of a baggage smasher at which work he is em ployed during the week. Marigold, a 'fast infielder of Port land, will probably play third for Al bany tomorrow. The Athletics have a strong pitching staff for tomorrow's contest upon whom they will depend to win the game, including Patterson, Hughes, and Jack Berry, while Sa lem will use the great and only Baker. "Chimmie" Richardson of Portland who umpired the game here last Sun day so satisfactorily, will officiate again at Salem. The "Athletics" and a large crowd of fans will leave Al bany tomorrow morning for Salem. The Capital City bunch predict one o f the largest crowds at the game to morrow in the history of baseball in Salem and have had tickets placed in several of the down-town stores where they can be secured. The re sult of tomorrow's game will be awaited with interest by local fans for it will decide whether Salem will be the champions or whether Albany will get another whack at it. While the "Athletics" are away there will be a game on the local dia mond between North Albany and Riv erside which will he called at 2 o'clock. TIMEKEEPER OF OREGON ELECTRIC CONSTRUCTION CREW IS INJURED Cayril Bee. timekepoer for a con struction crew on the Oregon Elec tric railway, lies at St. Mary's hos pital as a result of an accident which occurred at 11 o'clock this mortymg. Bee lost his balance while riding on a construction train and fell to the ground, causing a severe flesh wound in the right thigh and severe bruises on other portions of the bod'. He was brought to Albany where his wounds were dressed by Dr. Shinn, the Oregon Electric Physician. HARR1SSURG FARMER LOSES TWO HORSES IN BARN FIRE Chas. McCart lost a couple of val uable brood mares last Saturday even ing by lire, and it was by the hardest work that he saved a young colt from meeting a like fate, says the Bulletin. The fire was discovered as it was leaping out of one of the openings of the barn on the Dr. Dale ranch which Mr. McCart has been renting this year. Chas rushed to the barn and gained an entrance. He made an effort to cut the halter ropes but in his excitement dropped his knife and tliere was no other way of releasing them and make his own escape. The barn contained about 40 tons of baled hay, and this together with some har ness and a part of his wagon vent up in smoke. How the lire originated is a mys tery, it being at rather an unusual time for tramps to have caused the blaze. Mrs. G. C. Moon of this city has returned from Eugene where she spent the past few days visiting friends. W. M. Seward, proprietor of the Seward hotel of Portland, arrived in the city this morning on a short busi ness trip, his first visit here for many years. He expressed himself as high ly pleased with the progressive ap pearance of the city. Mrs. C. S. Bruce and Miss Bertha Worrell of this city left this afternoon for Newport where they will spend a few days at the beach. Miss Allic Worrell and Miss Bruce went over this morning. Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Moore of Austin. Texas, who have been visit ing in this city for several weeks at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Rawlings, left for their home in the south today. SEVENTEEN YEAR OLD GIRL MARRIES IN HASTE Now Says It Was Only Intended As Joke and Mother Asks Court for Annulment. San Francisco, Cal., Aug. 2. The old proverb, "Marry in haste, repent at leisure," was reversed in the case of Eva De Boise, 17 years old, 92 Henry street. Miss De Boise was married to Mitchell Saxe, 22 years "old, last Sat urday as the result of a joke. Yester day her mother, Mrs. Amelia A. De" Boise, at the instigation of the daugh ter, riled in the superior court a pe tition .for annulment. Miss De Boise had been introduced to Saxe the previous Tuesday. Her friend Gertrude Sauter, 3314 Twenty second street, was engaged to Robert Saxe, a brother of Mitchell. On Tuesday evening Robert Saxe and Miss Sauter held a rehearsal of their marriage at the girl's home. Miss De Boise and Mitchell Saxe were present. Somebody suggested that it would be a good joke if they all got married, and the double wed ding was arranged. On Saturday the four secured mar riage licenses and were married that evening at St. Mary's Cathedral. At the license bureau Miss De Boise gave her age as 18 years. Following the marriage there was a wedding supper at the home of a friend, and then, at the suggestion of Miss De Boise, they all went to the home of her mother to tell her the news. At first Mrs. De Boise refused to believe it and considered it a joke. However, she kept her daughter at home that night and made an investi gation the next day. Satisfied that her daughter was really married, she told her to go to her husband. But the girl refused and asked her mother if she wouldn't take steps to have the marriage revoked. Mrs. De Boise asks for the annulment on the ground that her daughter is a minor and did not have her consent to the marriage. CREW ARE NOW AT HARRISBUR6 Harrisburg, Or., Aug. 2. The Ore gon Electric reached the center of the city this afternoon. A large crowd was out to celebrate the event. The company is trying to secure ad ditional property here and as it al ready has extensive holdings, it is thought that Harrisburg will be made one of its principal stations. The track will reach the bridge across the Willamette tomorrow. SALE OF COLLEGE PROPERTY NETS ; ALBANY COLLEGE OVER $7000 The property of Pendleton Acad emy, which was recently voted to Al bany College by the College Board of the Presbyterian church of America, and into whose hands it passed a short time ago, has been sold and will net between $7,000 and $7,500, which will be turned into the endow ment fund of Albany College. This increase in the endowment fund will be noted with pleasure by the friends of Albany College. A SALEM YOUTH NARROWLY ESCAPES DEATH AT BEACH Newport, Or., Aug. 2. Carl liarr. aged 14, son of T. M. Barr, of Salem, had a narrow escape from death yes terday when the roof of a cave in a sandbank in which he and Charles MeClcllan, aged 10, of Salem, were playing, fell in and covered him com pletely. Young Barr was discolored and un conscious when he was removed by some men who heard McCIellan's cries for help. McClellan was cover ed up to his neck, but wriggled out. At present young Barr is recovering from his experience, and it is believ ed that no serious results will follow. The Lady of the Lake films now being shown at the Empire theater drew packed houses last evening and everybody was highly pleased with them. The scenes are beautiful and the acting is extraordinary and every body who has had the pleasure of reading Sir Walter Scott's famous poem should not fail to see these pic tures. They will be shown for the last time this evening. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Jackson and daughter of Millersburg arrived in Al bany this afternoon on a short shop ping trip. E. A. Johnson went to Tangent this afternoon to look after the installing of some new machinery in his ware house there. Mrs. Geo. W. McCoy left this morn ingfor Newport where she will re main for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Irvine and fam ily of Myrtle Point arc visiting friends in Albany for a few days. While here they are stopping at the Van Dran hotel. I- Judge and Mrs. J. K. Wcatherford of this city left this afternoon for To ledo where the judge wilf look after several legal matters in the circuit court there. Mr. and Mrs. Worth Huston of this city who have been spending the past few days at Newport arrived home on the evening train last evening called home by the sudden death of Mr. Huston's mother, Mrs. James Dan-nals. DYNAMITERS FAIL IN BAKER ROBBERY Crack Safe of Cornucopia Mine But Are Frightened Away by Employees of Company. LADY TELEPHONE OPERATOR NOTIFIES THE RESIDENTS Thousands of Dollars In Gold Nuggets Are Savedby Plucky Man and Woman. Baker, Or., Aug. 2. Masked men broke into the office of the Under wood Placer Mines Company, at Cornucopia, rolled down an embank ment the sate containing gold nug gets valued at thousands of dollars, at 1 o'clock this morning and dynamit ed it. They were interrupted by Foreman Charles Camel, of Walla Walla, who is in charge of the plant, and fired several shots at him, one of which slightly wounded him, but he called help and frightened them away with out their booty. Mrs. R. S. Bishop, telephone opera tor, who yesterday saved Halfway from a serious fire by calling out the farmers and townspeople, was appeal ed to and she rang people out of bed and urged them to start in search of the safecrackers. The enliro Pine Valley was noti fied by breakfast time and parties have passed the day in search. A. C. Stephens, deputy sheriff of Baker county, in that district, suspected two men and telephoned to Baker for aid, but as Sheriff Rand could not covet the 90 miles to the mine in time to help, told him to arrest the men They have not been apprehended yet. It was so dark that the number of would-be robbers is not known, bul it is believed there were four. The office is unoccupied at night, so they had no trouble in forcing the door and removing the safe, which is small one. They rolled it over an em bankment in front of the building and several feet away before attempting to open it. The highwaymen fled, one going toward the town of Cornucopia and the others toward Pine Valley. Reuben Smith, one of the Walla Walla owners of the mine, was in Baker and started early this morning for the scene. The description of the men is so meager that it will make identification difficult. That the men selected a time when the safe was well filled with nuggets and their method of going about the work would indicate that they were familiar with conditions. The mine managers have notified owners at Walla Walla and arc at tempting to get bloodhounds from that place. This is thought to be the only means of tracing the men, as there is such a chance for them to escape over the mountains which surround the mine and Pine Valley. ;s S COURT HOUSE NEWS. SS S Warranty Deeds. V. H. Golira and wife to A. J. Steele. Aug. 2nd. 1912. Block in Goltra's Park addition to Albany. $10. II. W. Cook and A. J. Cook to G. E. Muzzy and wife. July 30th, 1912. Lands in Sec. 25, Tp. 10, S. R. 2 west. $1.00. C. V. Littler left this evening for a two weeks' visit with his mother at Oak Park, Oregon. C. C. Calloway and wife to Mamie A. Callaway. July 25th, 1912. Lot in block 2 in North Brownsville, and etc. $10.00. W. II. Goltra and wife to P. J. Hanson. July 31st, 1912. Lands in block 9 in Goltra's Park addition to Albany. $10.00.. A. R. Hall and wife to S. P. Bach. Mav 17th. 1912. One acre in claim 49, in Tp. 12, S. K. 2 west. $10.00. Quit-Claim Deed. S. P. Bach and wife to Martha A. Taylor. August 3rd, 1912. One acre in claim 49, Tp. 12, S. R. 2 west. $10. Marriage License. Hugh C'arr, age 21, born in Ten nessee, and Erma McKinncy, age 20, born in Missouri. o HARRISBURG BULLETINS. Ten thousand dollars worth of cat tle were shipped" out of Harrisburg Monday evening, one of the largest single shipments in some years. Three of the cars were Burt Nor wood's and three J. W. Surveyor's. The bridge crew is making fairly good progress in sinking the piers for the O. E. steel structure across the Willamette. Two of the piers arc complete. The foundation for the third pier is down about 30 feet, and the fourth is down about 75 feet. Work on the others will commence soon. Dr. W. H. Dale and W. L. Wright left Tuesday morning for Detroit, joining Dr. Prill and J. W. Wesley of Scio at Albany. They used pack horses from Detroit and are no doubt enjoying a good hunt in the vicinity of Marion Lake by this time. Milt Young claims the distinction of being the first passenger out of N'ixson to Albany over the Oregon Electric. IS. FRY'S HOME WAS j BURGLARIZED LAST NIGHT; Valuables Are Recovered In An Unusual Manner Purse Is Returned by Stranger. When Mrs. Fry, an employee of the Home Restaurant of this city, return ed to her residence on Ninth and Walnut streets last night, she discov ered that her house had been burglar ized. The thief had entered the house by means of a pass key and her purse, containing two valuable rings and several dollars in change, was miss ing. -Mrs. Pry informed some friends of the burglary and was on her way to make complaint to the police when she was accosted by a stranger who asked her if she was acquainted with Mrs. Pry. Upon being informed that was her name, the stranger turned ov er the purse and by way of explana tion stated that he obtained it from some little boy. When seen by the Democrat repre sentative this afternoon, Mrs. Pry stated that she had never seen the man before and is unable to account for the recovery of her valuables. She said her card was in the purse. BODY OF SUICIDE FOUND IN v WILLAMETTE AT CORVALLIS The body of Joe Albers, with a piece of drain tile at the end of a rope about his neck, floated to the surface of the Willamette river here today at noon at a point about 100 feet above the Van Buren street ferry, and was secured by a passing launch occupied by Court Butcher. The body was somewhat decomposed, and evidently had lain in the water sev eral days. It is nw at the Bovce undertaking parlors, says the Corval lis Gazctlc-Tiines. Albers was past 60 years of age, was a German Prussian carpenter without family tics, addicted to strong drink, and had been in an unusually bad way in recent weeks, was dis couraged, and it is believed that he suicided about Monday night. He was seen about his usual haunts here on Monday, hut no one remembers having seen him after Monday even ing. Before that, part of the spring, he had been working on his garden patch at the George Avery place on Oak creek. He came to the city on Monday and then disappeared. Albers has an uncle, Joe Heckcr, at Albany, who will come here and arrange for burial. A brother died at Philomath about a year ago. Al bers had been a well known char acter about Corvallis for thirty years. He was never married and was one of the boys about town. He was al ways peaceable, never offensive, was a good workman, and was his own worst enemy. It is sad to contem plate that lie should have come to this unfortunate end. YOUNG LADY DOESN'T LIKE NAME-WANTS IT CHANGED Washington, Aug. 2. The follow ing letter, addressed "Legislator, Washington, I). C, has been deliv ered to the United States senate,: "Madison, Ala., July 23, 1912. "Dear Sirs I will ask a favor of you, if you please. My former name is Rundles, and 1 don't like the name, and decided to ask the legislature for the favor of sending me a nice name. I am a young lady of seventeen years of age. Please do your best in se lecting a real nice name. I will pay the cost, so let me hear from you by return mail. Yours respectfully. "MISS ALI.1IC KUNIJLES." LINCOLN COUNTY FARMER IS KILLED BY A FALLING TREE Newport, Or., Aug. 2. Sandrc Romlvet, a farmer living three miles north of Toledo, was accidently killed late Wednesday evening, lie was en gaged in felling an alder tree which, when cut about half through, sud denly split and fell, striking Romt vet's double-billed ax, driving it into his groin and severing an artery. It was about three hours before the family missed htm and as it was getting dark they became alarm ed, went in search and found him dead. Romtvet was a well-to-do f.irmer, largely interested in dairying. In ad dition to a widow he leaves a large family, all grown up, consisting of two sons and seven (laughters. About a month ago one of the sons had his left thigh fractured and is yet in a helpless condition. CHINAWOMAN STEALS MONEY; IS ARRESTED AT ROSEBURG Roscburg. Or., Aug. 2. Accused of Stealing $7IXJ from the safe of her husband, Mrs. Quong Hing, wife of a wealthy Salem hopgrower and mer chant, was arrested here today while enroute to California. She was accompanied by her three children and a sister. Mrs. Hing was found to have the money in her pos session and the same was turned over to Mr. Hing, who arrived here at noon. Mrs. I ling was returned to Sa lem tonight. A. H. Buck of Eugene was a busi ness visitor in the Hub City yesterday. THE BLIND PIGS RECEIVE WARNING Three Anonymous Letters Are Received by Men Alleged to Be In Liquor Business. LOCAL POLICE FORCE IS WORKING HARD ON CASE Much Speculation as to Writer of Letters the Local Option People Blame Liquor Men. MONDAY "This is the last warning. Clean up, lock up, or stay off the streets. Death. ' This is a copy of an anonymous letter received late Saturday after noon by three residents of Albany who are said to be engaged in the il licit sale of intoxicating liquor. While the wording of the letter is different than that received by Chief of Police Ellis Daughtry, all three let ters were written on the same kind of paper and mailed at the same time as the Daughtry letter, which leads to the supposition that they were written by the same person. Whether these letters are the work of some crank, or were written by men who arc interested in the liquor business and mailed for the purpose of creating a sentiment against local option, thus bringing about a return to the high license system, is a mat ter of speculation among citizens of Albany. The liquor men arc inclined to be lieve that the letters were written by some radical temperance reformer while the friends of local option arc firmly of the opinion that the destruc tion of the two blind pigs and the let ters to Chief Daughtry and the blind -piggers themselves were inspired by parties who are cither directly or in directly interested in the liquor busi ness. The police officers arc working on the case and if they arc able to se cure evidence it will go hard with the men who are responsible for the anonymous letters. MR. AND MRS. W. E. COMAN AND W. P. POWERS WERE HERE TODAY W. E. Comau, general freight and passenger agent of the Oregon I'.lec tric and United Railways and W. P. Powers, traveling freight ami passen ger agent of the same lines, were in Albany for an hour and a half this morning while enroute to Lugene from Portland by automobile on a sight-seeing trip. They visited the passenger and freight depots of the Oregon Klectric here and called on J. J. Iloydar, the local agent of the Oregon Elccliic. Mrs. W. E. Coman accompanied her husband and Mr. Powers and after a sight-seeing trip about the city ex pressed herself as being very favor ably impressed with Albany. The party will proceed to Eugene and return to the metropolis tomor row, stopping at various points along the way. '1 IS 5) (V) S) SI lil MISFITS Contributed By F. P. Nutting. m Reputation for lawlessness always hurts. Willi steaks from 25c to 35c Chi cago is certainly having its legs pulled. Root's statement to tjie president that he was fairly nominated is en titled to a, place in the humorous col umn. The electrification of the S. 7'., sounds snappy. Also all the little ramifications, including sa road to Wells through one of the richest sec tions in the world. Albany should be able to handle the blind niir business without nnv outside aid. One thing about Eugene, the peo ple there build new houses, needed in a city's development. 38 were started in July. There is plenty of money in Albany for that kind of business. How soon is glory departed some times. Collins P. Huntington in 1X67 laid ten miles of track in a day, says a Portland man. Uncle Jim Hill will have to try again. A little pamphlet contains the word sochronism, a stickler to many, but a small matter to the Misfit man, with a dictionary handy: Equal time. It has been figured out that the es capement wheel is the heart of a watch, the mainspring the muscular power and the balance wheel the nerve center. A farmer from near Harrisburg in forms the Misfit man that on the day the O .E. made the record of four miles of rails in a day of nine hours the men began work at 3 a. m. and quit at 9 p, m., and got triple pay. EXCURSIONISTS HAVE A HARD TIME YESTERDAY Newport Excursionists Did Not Reach Resort City Until 3 o'Clock Yesterday. Delayed by numerous "hot-boxes" on the way, the Sunday excursion train to Newport did not arrive at Yaiiiiua until after 1 o'clock and it was 3 o'clock when the boat bearing the passengers finally arrived at the wharf at .Newport, everybody tired hungry, after being on the train and boat 7'j hours from the time the tram lelt this citv. The train which consisted of sev en coaches well filled with people, probably tour hundred in all, lelt Al bany several minutes late and things moved along nicely until the grades oi the mountains were reached when the engine began to groan and wheeze ind made the .summit with difficulty. The train was delayed at Sum mi t ind other points along the line while the train crew placed new brasses and packing on the passenger coaches and allowed the boxes to cool off. After making numerous stops for one cause or another, the train man aged to reach Vaquiua shortly after 1 o clock in the atternoon where to cap the climax and to make the tired passengers still more tardy and dis gusted, it was discovered that the boat had not yet arrived, having cross ed the bay a short time before with the excursionists from McMimiville, whose special train of five coaches bad preceded the Albany train, via Corvallis. At Yaquitia the entire crowd with the exception of forty or fifty who were able to leave Yaquina at once on the launch "Pish" by paving an additional fare of 25 cents to cross the bay, were compelled to wait over halt an hour until the arrival of the regu lar steamer "Newport" which is run in connection with the railroad. After the boat arrived at Newport. hundreds of hungry passengers made a run for the hotel only to find that tile iMcMimivillc crowd had cleaned everything up and they would have to look elsewhere for food. Some of them managed to secure dinner but there were many who were unable to. the lateness of the train in arrivinur at Yaiiiiua and the boat in landing the passengers at Newport, cut the time lor the excursionists to spend at the beach to less than two hours. The boat which conveys passengers across the bay used to sound warn ing whistles betore leaving, one at a quarter of six and another one at six. However, it didn't whistle at all yesterday and many people were left behind and compelled to pay extra money to cross the bay in the launch es, although they paid for a ticket on the train which included the two trips across. o ONE OF ALBANY'S FIRST RESIDENTS DIED AT ROSEBURG YESTERDAY Samuel Sinead died yesterday at Roscburg, at the age of 64 years, lie leaves two children there. He was born in the suburbs of Albany in 1H4S, one of I.iiiu Comity's first native res idents. His father owned the present site of Sunrise for a good many years. His mother continues to reside here, an esteemed resident of the city. The funeral service will be held at her home it is thought tomorrow after noon at 2 o'clock. Mr. Monroe Sinead, of Sweet Home, a brother, left this noon for Roseburtr. after the remains. MAN IS INJURED BY ONE: AUTO AND THROWN; FROM ANOTHER San Francisco, Cal., Aug. 5. After being thrown down a 250-foot canyon by one automobile last night, Kdward llildebraud, a farmer, was being tak en to a hospital in Redwood C'iyt, when another automobile collided with the machine in which he lay helpless and pitched him into the road. When he finally arrived at the lios pilal I Iildcbrand had four fracluuM ribs and other injuries from which he may die. 1 lildebrand and William Ilcndctli. another farmer, were in a rig on the mountain road between La Honda and Woodside when an automobile driven by J'arker Lvon. former mavor of 1'Yesno, collided with them. The horse ami buggy were hurled from the road down a steep canyon, the two men being carried along. When Lyon reached the bottom of the canyon he found Ilildebranil was seriously injured but that Hendetti had sustained only superficial hurts trom the aW-tnut plunge. Lyon assisted I Iildcbrand into his automobile and was driving him to a hospital in Redwood City when a motor stage tilled with passengers came bowling along and collided with him machine. The occupants of Lyon's machine were thrown into the road, and when llildebraud was picked up he was un conscious. CHARLES SUTTON PIONEER RESIDENT DIED Tl(lS MORNING AT HIS HOME Charles Sutton, one of Albany's pioneer residents and a veteran of the Civil War, died at his home in this city this morning. He leaves to mourn his death one daughter resid ing in Portland and two sons in Cali fornia. The funeral arrangements will be completed upon the arrival of the relatives.