A IS
WEEKLY
VOL. XLVIII.
ALBANY. LINN COUNTY. OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11. 1912.
No. 11.
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DEMOCRAT
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SURGEON LEAVES
GLOTH IN WOMAN
Mrs. Ginther Carries for Two
Years a Linen Napkin a
Foot Square.
LIKE HUMAN SPOOL WHEN
SHE PULLS OUT THREAD
She Now Wants $10,000. Dam
ages from Noted Practioner
Who Performed Operation.
New York City, October 1.
Young Mrs. Charles Ginther of New
ark N J , not only has lived for two
years wi h a twelve-inch linen nap
kfn implanted in her side but .s well
enough after her unusual experience
to get angry about it and sue for $1U,-
000 damages. . ,-wl... T
The defendant is Dr. Charles L.
Ill, head of the surgical staff ot St.
Martin's Hospital of that city. He
one of the most famous surgeons in
the country. He performed an opera
ton upon her in 1910 and sutured up
i.:. :. ;t U allcired. without mak
ing sure that all the surgical dressing
had been removed by his attendants.
To be sure, Mrs. Ginther herself
didn't know she was carrying the nap
.itii hor until two months
ago. Who would? It is scarcely to
be supposed that, knowing she was
toting about a foot length of linen,
internally, she would let it remain
where it was. ,
But she decided, after fmding'it and
. 1,.,.- firct fpcllllffS OI
she had suffered
cinnnn -rtli nf serious discomfort,
It was a grave operation that was
.f,,i nnn Mrs. Ginther in 1910.
TV- 111 ic ncciitf(l hv several of tlv
sister-nurses of St. Martin's, who are
noted for their skill and carefulness.
ti ..inn ws n success and atter
a few weeks in the hospital Mrs. Gin
ther was able to return to her home at
No. 55 Cottage place in better health
than she had had tor years.
She was perfectly well until the lat
, ,ri nf last lulv. when an appar
ently trifling eruption appeared upon
her skin, close to the scar left by the
incision through which the operation
had been performed.
Qhi. did nnt oav very much atten
tion to this until one day she saw a
v.it of lint nrotrudine from the end of
l,o nlil ini-isinn. She milled this out
and was surprised beyond belief when
it grew to an inch, two inches, four
and finally eight inches in
i...,ti.
Then she was afraid to go any fur
ther with the linen, and hurried back
to St. Martin's where she showed the
stranire souvenir to Dr. 111. He used
the knife again and withdrew the res
of the napkin. It was intact, even to
the red embroidered laundry mark.
Mrs. Ginther recovered from the
shock and pain of the second trifling
operation with in a few days. But she
felt that she had gone through much
unnecessary inconvenience, and so she
sued yesterday.
It is not charged in her complaint
that Dr. Ill personally was responsi
ble for the napkin being sewed up
within the woman's side, but since
he was in charge of the operation he
is blamed for the queer accident.
The record-chart of the operation,
examined at St. Martin's yesterday,
shows that the nurses reported they
had removed every dressing placed in
the incision.
Physicians said that probably no
permanent harm had been done to
Mis. Ginther by the presence of the
big piece of linen.
GARLAND UNDERGOES OPER
ATION FOR APPENDICITIS
Brought to the St. Mary's Hospital
this morning, Virgil Garland, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Garland of Crab
tree, underwent an operation today
for appendicitis. The operation was
performed by Drs. Wallace & Wal
lace and the patient is said to be get
ting along nicely.
FARMHAND IS FINED FOR
BEING DRUNK LAST EVENING
W. Williams, a farmhand, was ar
rested last evening in this city on a
charge of being intoxicated. He plead
guilty in police court this morning
and was given the customary $10 and
costs by Judge Van Tassel. Not be
ing able to produce the required as
sessment, he will be compelled to as
list in the street cleaning department
tor a tew days without pay.
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2,
ALBANY MOOSE WILL CO 10
EUGENE TOMORROW EVENING
Will Assist In Initiating Big
Class of Candidates Into
Eugene Lodge.
Twenty-five or thirty members of
the Moose Lodge of this city will go
to Eugene tomorrow to attend the
'big doin's" there in the .evening,
when the charter of the Eugene lodge
will be officially closed by M. P. Sher
man, state organizer, followed by a
big banquet and entertainment.
Over 400 members have already
been initiated into the Eugene order
and 3a more will be initiated tomor-
ow evening. The Eugene 1unch is
prepared to show the visiting mem
bers a bic time and have rented the
armory where the initiatory work will
be put on and a program ot athletic
stunts including wrestling and boxing
Besides this there will be several vau
leville stunts. The banquet will be
held at the lodge hall.
1 he Albany .Moose Lodge to. coy,
although not organized quite a year,
is growing rapidly and now has over
loU members. A new lodge hall is
now being arranged for them in the
rieitter building at the corner ot sec
ond and Lyon streets. Besides the
spacious lodge room, there will also
be a banquet room, kitchen, property
rooms, library, etc. I he work on the
remodeling of the upper floor of the
building will be completed in a few
days.
borne of the members of the local
lodge who are going to Eugene to
morrow are: William Eagles, T. J.
Kanilf, Allic Anderson, A. M. Holt,
Frank Creamer, Howard Handlon. E.
Shattuck, Harry Prouty, Dave Pat
eerson, Floyd Stevens and James Al-
THE GIRL FROM U. S.A. WILL
APPEAR IN ALBANY OCT. 8.
Manager H. R. Schultz will offer
his natrons on Tuesday, Oct. 8th, one
of the successful plays of the season,
"The Girl from U. S. A.," produced by
Woods & Chalker. t According to
newspaper clippings it is a new play
with no other just like it. It takes a
representative American girl, just
such a bright and charming girl as
you often meet m your every-day lire.
and places her in strange lands among
strange people, in situations that call
for ht eclcverest diplomacy to solve
and show how she can naturally and
jrayly save herself and her friends
from impending ruin. The scenes viv
id in color and atmosphere are drawn
from real life and of absorbing human
interest. 1 he stajre pictures are beau
tiful, the players are chosen from the
first ranks ot popular favorites. A
clever actress in the person of Miss
Ouina Marion has been selected to
assume the title role of "The Girl
from U. S. A."
LEBANON BOY BREAKS .
BOTH ARMS SATURDAY
Ivan Gainer, the 11-year-old son o:
I. D. Gainer, who lives just south o
the citv limits, was plavine in the
barn loft with some children at his
home Sunday afternoon when he fell
head first down through a hole in the
loft to the lower tloor, a distance o:
about seven feet, and in the fall broke
both arms just above the wrist and
one thumb. Drs. Booth & Ross re
duced the fractures and Ivan is get
ting along as well as can be expected
but finds it very unhandy to have
both hands and arms out ot commis
sion at the same time. Lebanon Ex
press.
WILLIAM M'KECHNIE LAID TO
REST IN MASONIC CEMETER
A large crowd of friends and rela-
tives ot the late William McKechm
attended the funeral services whic
were held at the residence of Ralph
McKechnte at 1U o clock this morn
ing, Kev. Albyn tsson ot the first
Christian church otliciating. Alan
beautiful floral pieces were contrib
uted by friends and relatives and in
terment was had in the Masonic cem
etery.
CAN NOW CURE SIEEPLESS
NESS BY ELECTRICITY
Berlin. Oct. 1. Dr. Nagelschmidt,
a German physician, announces in th
Berliner Khmsche Wochenschrift th
discovery of a means of curing alee
lessness by electricity. So far elec
trie sleep has been produced only
rabbits and dogs, but the experimen
have been so free from ill effects that
Dr. Nagelschmidt thinks human be
ings can be subjected to the tarn
treatment without danger.
Sleep is produced by a new for
of electric current applied to the bate
of the brain. I his produces a narcot-
ic ettect which Dr. isagelschmidt d
clares can be maintained as long as
desired.
Dr. Nagelschmidt asserts that th
new method also has the power to
eliminate pain in any portion of the
human Dody.
OREGON ELECTRIC COMPANY
AWARDS DEPOT CONTRACTS
The Harrisburg and Junction
Structures Are Now Under
Course of Construction.
When interviewed this morning by
Democrat representative regard
ing the various depot buildings to be
erected on the Oregon Electric be-
een Albany and Eugene, E. L.
Hannaman, superintendent of building
onstruction said: "The contracts for
e construction of depots at Junction
lty, Harrisburg, Blevin, Fayette-
Ile, Tulsa, and Enid, all 'of which
re between Albany and Eugene, have
let to Moore Bros. Work on
the Junction City and Harrisburg de
pots, which are known as the class C
pe, is now under way and as soon
they are completed, work will be
shed on the others, including the
depots at Conser and Sidney, two
ations north ot Albany.
We are being delayed some in the
construction of the passenger depot
ere owing to the fact that the green
ing for the roof of the building has
ot arrived. Plastering will probably
begin next week on the interior of the
pot here.
Milt McGuire and Buford Payne,
the Ralston Electric company, are
now wiring the passenger station pre-
aratory to installing the fixtures for
yhich the local company secured the
ontract and are making rapid pro
gress.
While the passenger station ot the
ectric at this city may not be the
largest Qn the line, it will be one of
the most attractive and will contain
11 conveniences for the traveling pub
lic.
00DW0RTH FUNERAL WILL
BE HELD TOMORROW AT 2:30
The funeral services of the
late Mrs. D. O. Woodworth will
be held at the residence at Fifth
and Walnut streets at 2:30
o'clock tomorrow afternoon, the
Rev. Dr. Franklin H. Geselbracht
of the First Presbyterian church
officiating. Following the serv-
ices at the residence interment
ill take place in the city ceme-
tery.
ENNIE E. WARD WOULD
Suit Filed Today Alleging De
sertion. Asked for Maiden
Name and Custody of Child.
Claiming non-supportand desertion,
Mrs. Jennie E. Ward of Mill City to
day filed a suit for divorce from her
husband, C. L. Ward Ipf this city.
In her complaint the plaintiff al
leges that the parties to the suit were
larricd in the year 1907 and that one
hild was born as a result of the mar
riage, she claims that tne ucienuani
promised and agreed to furnish
home for her after their marrriage
but has failed and refused to provide
a suitable place of residence.
Desertion and non-sunnort arc the
grounds upon which the plaintiff is
seeking a divorce.
She asks for the decree, for the re
storation of her maiden name, Jennie
E. Blascr. and the care and custody
of her minor child.
COMEDIANS DRAW PACKED
HOUSES AT DREAMLAND
In response to the urgent request
of many of his patrons, Manager
Wadsworth of the Dreamland thea
ter decided to keep Russell and Davi;
comedians, here another day and they
will appear again tonight at the thea
ter in their comical act and piano
logue.
Last evening the theatre was pack
ed to the street at every performance
and the vaudeville artists were forced
to respond to many encores, even
after the pictures had been thrown on
the screen following their act. Every
body should see them tonight they
are winners.
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Beginning Saturday, October 5. th
Evening Democrat will have a colum
of sport news including football.
wrestling, boxing, polo, fei.cin
swimming, etc. This column will br
a regular feature and will be edited
by "Pete."
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. A. A.
Mickle of this city, a lO'i lb. baby
girl.
J. G. Holt of Thomas was shaking
hands with friends in Albany this afternoon.
RAILROADS FILE ANNUAL
REPORT WITH COMMISSION
The Oregon Electric Company
Shows Surplus at End of Year
of Sum of $484,760.30
Salem, Oct. 1. Hill lines in Oregon
filed their annual reports with the
State Railroad Comission today. The
Oregon Electric report shows operat
ing revenues to the amount of $787,
476.09, with operating expenses of
$480,533.28. The net income of the
of $306,942.S1. The net income of the
road is shown to be $147,297.40 after
deducting $100,000 for interest, $47,
240.10 for taxes on real and personal
property and $20,000 for taxes on the
capital stock.
The report shows a surplus of
$484,760.30 at the end of the year.
This road carried 433,292 passengers,
ho produced for the road a revenue
S5J6.411.U7. Ihc report snows that
this road employs 344 employes, with
total wage paid ot SJS.00.S4. lucre
a total ot ii accidents on tne
road, three of them being fatal.
The Corvalhs & Eastern which al
so filed its report today, shows oper
ating revenues of $332,527.14 and op
erating expenses of $265,8S61.8, or a
net operating revenue of $66,645.45.
The operating income after deduc-
ions is shown to be ,$20909". A net
orporate loss of $91,002.04 is shown
nr the road, owing to interest in the
funded debt, equipment hire and other
xpenses.
A Minrrintri license was issued by
the county clerk last evening to Wal
lace Spratt and Clara Richardson,
both of Albany.
ASTERN RAILROAD PRESI
DENT VISITING DR.SHINN
Arriving in Albany this morn-
ing, E. M. Armstrong, president
of the Toledo, Peoria & West-
rn RuiKvnv. with headauarters
at Peoria, Illinois, is a guest to-
day of Dr. W. R. ahum ot tins w
city.
Mr Armstrong is making an
inspection trip of the Willani-
ette Valley as well as looking af-
() tr Qrtmi rpnl pst?.te interests at
Hood River-, Oregon.
He will return tonight to his
home in Peoria.
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,','HY NOT BUY YOUR GOODS
OF OREGON MANUFACTURERS
Eastern Paper Says That the
Dog Is About the Only Home
Purchased Product.
Here is one from an eastern paper
which rimrs true:
It is ridiculous how our Northern
brothers talk about the South; but can
we b amc them sometimes? Southern
people arc never satisfied with their
home products, and also they never
think of how much good it would do
in their home merchants, were they to
confine all their purchases to Macon's
elegant stores.
'How manv large catalogues have
you in your home? Are you lured to
write to the large soap houses who
give away premiums? And in re
turn tor your money you receive a
piece of prison-made furniture and a
ot of trash, tor most 01 wnicn you
have no need. Let's stop this, and
future, patronize our own home
merchants. They should be good
enough for your wants, as one can
buy anything needed in this line here,
and at as reasonable prices as in any
city in the country, and in most in
stances a little better.
Let us not be like the Louisiana
farmer. He buys canned and dried
fruits, likewise other canned and dried
goods. He is the customer of the
continent. He gets up in the morn
ing at the alarm of a Connecticut
clock; fastens his Chicago suspenders
to his Detroit overalls, washes his
face with Cincinnati soap in a Penn
svlvanin wash nan; sits down to a
Grand Rapids table, and cats Indiana
hominy, fried in St. joscpn lard on a
Michigan stove. Then he puts a St.
Louis bridle on a Tennessee mule and
plows a farm covered by an Ohio
mortgage. When bedtime comes he
reads a chapter from a Bible printed
in Chicago; says a prayer written in
Jerusalem, drinks a bottle of beer
made in Milwaukee, and crawls under
a blanket made in New Jersey, only to
be kept awake all night by a Louisi
ana dog, which is about the only
home-raised product I saw on hit
farm."
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Mrs. Henry Pyle of Lacomb who
has been ill for several weeks, was
taken to Portland this afternoon lor
treatment. She was accompanied to
the metropolis by Dr. Booth of Leb
anon. A. L. Kirk of Brownsville wn
transacting business matters in Al
bany today.
County Commissioner Russell of
Sweet Home it attending to official
duties at the court house today.
DAWSON RETURNS FROM
THE BIG CONVENTION
Predicts Landslide for Wilson
and Tells of the Rexall Meet
ing at St. Louis.
Returning yesterday from St. Louis
where he attended the annual Rexall
convention, Fred Dawson predicts the
election of Woodrow Wilson by an
overwhelming majority.
"1 talked with hundreds of busi
ness and professional men on my trip
through the east," said Mr. Dawson,
"and the sentiment is overwhelmingly
in favor of Wilson. On our eastern
trip 1 rode from Pocatello to Oi$den
on the same train with Roosevelt and
a poll was taken of the passengers
which indicated that Wilson was far'
in the lead of both Taft and Roose
velt. A poll as also taken among
the delegates attending the conven
tion with the same result. In my
judgmen.t Wilson will have a walk
over. 1 he Rexall convention was the
best ever held in the history of the
organization, over two thousand drug
gists being in attendance. About halt
i the detonates brought theii wives.
bringing the total attendance up to
three thousand persons, home 01 the
best known druggists in the country
attended the meeting.
1 he bamiuet tendered to the del
egates at the close of the convention
was one of the largest ever held in the
state, three thousand plates bein;r
provided and every seat in the large
hall occupied. It required 25,i)00 piec-
ot silver. lbs. of mea:. Ilk".)
lbs. of vegetables, 200 gallons of soup
and 3000 cups of coffee in addition to
the many other dishes which were
prepared, by the well known chef, to
feed the multitude of druggists who
had assembled about the banquet
board."
O
MAN WHO WAS INSURED
FOR $100,000.00 IS SHOT
Chicago, Oct. 1. The North-Wcst
cm Lite Insurance company is in
vestigating the mysterious death of
Marry YV. 1'ishcr, a Chicago promot
er, on his farm near Baldwin, Mich.
Last 1 hursday he went hunting with
his partner, U. M. Arebcck. Are-
beck reported that Fisher was acci
dentally shot and killed when his rifle
tell ott a log.
A hurried imiucst was held. Th
evidence showed that the bullet had
gone horizontally through the body,
which could not have happened from
a rule tailing ott a log, it is said. Mrs.
l'isher hurried the body to Independ
cnec, la., where it was buried.
Arebeck was not arrested but was
told to remain in Baldwin until the
investigation is finished. Mrs. Fisher
savs she believes Arebeck's story.
It developed that while Fisher was
insured for $100,000 he was pressed
for readv monev. ris her had pur
chased a large fruit farm anil Are
beck was developing it on commis
sion.
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BIG RED STRAWBERRIES IN
THE MARKET THIS MORNING
Col. Stewart, a farmer residing near
Albany today brought several crates
of fine strawberries to this city leav
ing them at the stores of a. C. Wor
rell and Mrs. U M. Ream. Ihc tier
ries arc of larize size and excellent col
or and flavor, a part of the second
crop now coming in, and arc being
sold rapidly. It is quite a treat to be
able to cat strawberries in October.
County Commissioner O. H. Russell
of Sweet Home is stopping at the St.
Charles while attending to matters
here fur the county.
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COURT HOUSE NOTES.
Warranty Deeds
Carl C. Miller to A. S. Nanney,
lulv 24. 1912. 58.40 acres in Tp. 11
S. R. 4 W. $5000.00.
S. N. Cade and wife to Bcniami
F. Wagy. Aug. 30, 1912. Blocks 18
and 19 in Crabtrce. Or. $10.00.
Araminta Miller to Mary I. Carter,
Oct. 1st, 1912. Lots in block i, Hal
sev. Or. $ LOUU.OU.
K. K. Pierce and wile to J. li. INicn
ols. Aug. 16, 1912. 42.S acres in Tp,
12, S. R. 2 W. $1.00.
Probate.
In the matter of the estate of Ash
sah Hearn, deceased. Petition for ap
pomtment of administratrix grante
and Mabel Grace Brunfield appointc
administratrix.
In the matter of the estate of S. -..
Bond, deceased. Petition for appoint
ment of administrator granted and E.
R. Cummings appoinnted administra
tor. Bond of administrator filed and
approved. Doug. Taylor, Wm. White
and H. C. Davis appointed appraisers.
In the matter of the estate of F. M.
Gattt, deceased. Inventory and ap
praisement filed.
In the matter of the ettate of G. F.
Burkhart, deceased, second semi-annual
account approved.
Marriage License.
Chetley L. Morrison, Elk City, aged
SO years, born in Iowa, and Margaret
TO
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Deepening of Willamette River
Is Prime Object of Meeting
At This City.
WILL BE HELD AT ROOMS OF
COMMERCIAL CLUB AT 2:30
Major Mclndoe of Portland To
Attend Merchants Urged To
Be There Also.
The big open-river congress will
convene at the Albany Commercial
Club rooms tomorrow afternoon at
2:30 o'cluck when delegates from all
lie principal towns on the Willamette
ver will discuss plans for deepening
le channel of the river, that the val-
y may have a boat service the year
round.
Major Mclndoe of Portland will be
in attendance at the meeting and will
make suggestions in regard to the
ork in addition to giving such in
formation regarding such an under-
iiktng as lie may have.
J. lie residents ot the upper YVillam-
tte Valley are very desirous that the
liaunel of the river which is now in
such condition that boats arc unable
o travel, only during certain -months
f the year, be opened and made nav
igable and it was for this purpose
hat the meeting was called for to
morrow.
Manager Stewart of the local Com
mercial Club, has conferred with the
Corvallis and Salem organiations rel-
tive to the proposed river improve
ment and the residents of both towns
re heartily in favor of the movement
which would be of great importance
to the various towns along the river.
Delegates will attend the meeting
tomorrow from Portland, Salem, In
dependence and Corvallis, and every
resident of Albany, especially the bus
iness men, arc urged to be present at
the conference and assist in making
plans for securing a deeper river from
Albany to the Pacific.
SPARKS FROM THE
WIRE,
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Salem, Or., Oct. 1. After deducting
11 operating expenses, the Portland
Railway, Light & Power company
cleaned up during the year ending
June 30, 1912, the sum of $3,717,183.98.
1 he company s net income alter pay-
tig interest on tiinded dent and all
other obligations, was $1,622,777.40.
Madison, Wis., Oct. 1. The reader
f the five La Follette articles on
Roosevelt which will run in a scries at
nervals of a week beginning Friday
will come to this conclusion:
Senator La I'olletle and his follow-
ng will vote lor (jovcruor Wilson
for president.
Kooscvelt will be put out oi consid
eration by the attack on htm as a
fake progressive, who is parading
around the country with a false-face
ilatform and hollow promises, which
his record shows he will not endeavor
to keep.
lalt will lie pictured as the highest
type of reactionary, but thoroughly
honest, a quality not conceded to
Roosevelt.
Indianapolis, Intl., Oct. 1. The fin
al chapter in what the government
leges was a gigantic conspiracy on
the part of iron workers and others
to fight their battles with dynamite
and nitroglycerine began here today.
The cases of 51 officials of the Inter
national Association of Bridge and
Structural Iron Workers and other
union leaders indicted by the federal
grand jury here on February 6, 1912,
on charges of conspiracy, were called
in the tederal court bclore judge ft.
B. Anderson.
All of the 51 defendants were pres
ent except Daniel Brophy, when the
case was called for trial at 9 o'clock.
Brophy was unable to leave his home
in Brooklyn, where he is confined to
his bed with a broken leg.
Washington, Oct. 1. William Flinn
of Pittsburg, Roosevelt progressive
national committeeman in Pennsyl
vania, and Elon H. Hooker, of New
York, treasurer of the Roosevelt pro
gressive national committee, gave the
senate campaign expenditures com
mittee some inside facts today about
the primary expenses of the Roose
velt campaign for the republican nom
ination at Chicago.
Mr. Flinn answered the charges
Senator Penrose had made last Aug
ust that Mr. Flinn offered $1,000,000
to him and Israel W. Durham in 1904
for the Pennsylvania Senatorial ap
pointment to succeed M. S. Quay and
that in the same fight Mr. Flinn ex
changed telegrams with John D. Arch
bold, of the Standard Oil Company,
asking hit support.
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Crahen, Albany, Oregon, aged 39
yean, born in Mich.
Charlie Commons, Shedd, Oregon,
24 years old, born in Iowa, and Cleo
Willhankt, Albany, Oregon, 17 yean
old, born in Oregon.
Wallace Spratt, Albany, Oregon,
aged 26 yean, born in Wash., and
Clara Ricnardt, Albany, Oregon, aged
17 yeart, born in W. Va.
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