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About Albany weekly democrat. (Albany, Linn County, Or.) 1912-1913 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 18, 1912)
C. aE. RA1LWAYWILL BE ELECTRIFIED Work Will Begin on Albany and Corvallis Line Within the Next Few Months. REGULAR SERVICE WILL BE MAINTAINED TO CORVALLIS Construction Work to Begin Following Completion of Corvallis-Monroe Link. Continued from Saturday, October 12. That the Corvallis & Eastern rail way between this city and Corvallis will be electrified immediately upon the completion of the Corvallis-Monroe extension of the Portland, Eu gene & Eastern, was the information given the Democrat representative this afternoon from an authoritative source. The work on the Portland, Eugene & Eastern between Corvallis and Eugene is progressing rapidly in an effort to have the line completed before the bad weather begins and as soon as that work has been finished, the big crew of men now engaged on that line will be placed at work be tween this city and Corvallis placing the line in shape for electrification. It will not be a great task to elec trify this road for all that will be necessary will be the construction of substations, trolley poles and wires and a small amount of ballasting. It is expected to have electric trains in operation between this city and Cor vallis shortly after the first of the year. The Southern Pacific company which owns the Corvallis & Eastern has had the plan of electrifying this road in mind for some time but the news that the work was going to be actually done was not made known until today. The decision of the par ent road to electrify the Corvallis & Eastern was said to have been made after a careful investigation of traffic conditions in this part of the Wil lamette Valley and to compete with the Oregon Electric which is now en gaged in building an interurban line from Albany to Corvallis. It is also said to be the plan of the Southern Pacific to maintain a regular schedule betwciMi Albany and Corvallis follow ing the electrification of the line and that several trains a day in each direc tion will be operated. DIPTHERIA PATIENT HAS RECOVERED FULLY NOW E. F. Thorn!) of the Wells-Fargo company of this city, who has been ill with diphtheria for the past two weeks, is out again and the quaran tine lias been raised. Xo other ease was reported in the family by Dr. V. R. Shinn who ap plied the anti-toxin treatment to the other members of the household to prevent a spread of the disease. BON GLOB MEMBERS KD ED TROPHIES FOR 1912 The following is a list of the mem bers of the Albany Gun Club who won the various trophies during the vear of 1912: The Peters medal was won by Dr. 11. A. Leininger, his score being 227 out of a possible -?H0 targets. The Selby trophy was won by P. J. Ilaltiinore. This prize was won on a distance handicap, Mr. Baltimore breaking JU.s oat of a possible 3U0 tar gets. The l-'rench-llallack cup was won by John Neeley, whose average was sixtv-scveti per cent. The Dupont trophy was won by F. P. Tracy whose score was 1S8 with the added targets. Miss I.ila Patton of llalsey has l een in town this past week visiting her sister, Mrs. Olin Stalnakcr. Miss I.ora Taylor came home to spend the week-end. Miss Mildred Watkins. a student at Albany College, was called home this week by a telegram stating that her Dr. E. M. Sharpe of Albany Col lege is in San Francisco attending a meeting of the directors of the San Francisco The. .logical seminary. He is ..ne of the six directors from Ore gon. Dr. Sheridan, of Perry. Iowa, left this noon for h. .me after a visit here with his brother, O. K. Perry, and sister. Miss Clara Perry. IK; has jast been on a trip through California. Mr. Frank Clevcncer. a Portland nut. .mobile man. formerly of this city, is here on a visit with his father. S. H. Clevcncer, and to join his wife, who is at bustard on a visit with her folks. J. J. Barrett r.f this city was in Canby yesterday on a srt buiiucss trip, returning home this noon. Clifford Harold, a well known ma chinery salesman of Portland, passed through Albany today to Lebanon on a short visit with relatives. iWIFE BRINGSSUIT FOR A DIVORCE Ship of Matrimony Travels on Troubled Waters for Parties Who Were Married at Reno. HUSBAND FORTY-EIGHT YEARS; WIFE TWENTY-FOUR Wife Now Wants Decree of Di vorce and Twenty Dollars Per Month Alimony. Claiming that her husband would race the brood sows for the sole pur pose of making them lose their broods and that at one time defendant wiped his knife on plaintiff's arm, were some of the unusual allegations contained in a divorce complaint that was filed at the clerk's office late yes terday afternoon. The title of the case is Emma Bar- ette vs. E. A. Barette, and in the com plaint the following allegations are made by plaintiff: That plaintiff and defendant were intermarried during the month of July, 1910, at Reno, Nevada; that the defendant is forty-eight years of age and nearly twice as old as the plain tiff; that without cause or just provo cation defendant has applied vile and abusive epithets to the plaintiff, in cluding the use of such words as glutton, and ingratc; that he spoke unkindly of the plaintiff's relatives, calling them worthless, penniless vagabonds and tramps; that he stat ed that the plaintiff had the temper of the devil and was not good enough to see his people, and that the defend ant treated plaintiff in a cruel and in human manner. The plaintiff asks for a decree of divorce and twenty dollars per month alimony, including the costs of the suit. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY. TO COMPLY WITH ORDINANCE While in the city this morning, D. W. Campbell, general super intendent of the Southern Pa cific company, informed Mayor Gilbert that his company would confer immediately with the Ore gon Electric company in regard to installing arc lights at each corner on streets through which their lines pass so that none of the lights of the two companies would conflict. He stated that it was the in tention of the Southern Pacific company to comply with the or dinance recently passed by the city council requiring every rail road having lines in the city to install arc lights on every corner of the street through which the line passes. V. T. Nichols of Lebanon returned home this morning after a trip to llalsey last evening. He is the in structor of the band at llalsey. Mr. and Mrs. II. L. Beard of Cor vallis arc guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. .Si ark Weatherford. father had been seriously injured in a rnnawav accident near his home in Mom. T. Younger, superintendent of motive power and F. D. ilurkhahcr. division .engineer of the Southern Pa cific cumpany accompanied Superin tendent Campbell to this city this morning. Corvallis were visiting in Albany this morning while enroutc home from a visit with relatives in the southern part of the state. In commenting upon the burial of the late Jeremiah K. Ream of this city the Oregonian recently contam ed the following editorial: "Lik? the late Jeremiah R. Ream, of Albany, the people who prefer to have their eaithly remains cremited usually be'oiig to the more intlellgeut ci.'sses. They have read and tho ight enough to overcome the primitive superstitions which control the mul titude. Cremation is steadily making headway. Educated clergymen have almost ceased to condemn it. since the Scriptures, properly understood, do i t support their opposition, while its beauty and hygienic merits appeal powerfully to the thinking world." Prof, and Mrs. Harry L. Heard of Joe Watson ami daughter were pas si liters to T.tllrnan this morning where they will spend Sunday visiting at the home of relatives. Mlli"tt and I.ec Crooks, the two y. 'ting sons of President and Mrs. H. M. Crocks, are spending a few days in Portland visiting at the home of their uncle, V. X. Elliott. M. J. Monteith left on the local tliis morning l"r Portland called there by the death of his niece, Miss .Margaret .ionteitn. i E. A. Johnson went to Tallman this ! morning to look after matters at his! grain warehouse. I 10 REPAIR BRIDGE Superintendent D.W.Campbell Inspects Approach of the Structure Today. ARCH OF STEEL WILL TAKE PLACE OF WOOD ON FIRST ST. Paving of Main Thoroughfare Makes Improvement of the Bridge Necessary. D. W. Campbell, general superin tendent of the Southern Pacific rail way, arrived in Albany this afternoon in his private car "California" and is conferring with Mayor Gilbert rela tive to the new steel arch which his company is going to install in the Corvallis & Eastern railroad bridge where it crosses Eirst street on La fayette. Mr. Campbell was at Philomath this morning investigating the recent wreck of the Albany-Philomath pas senger train near that city which oc curred last Saturday and fortunately resulted in none being injured, al though the engine and coach were ditched. The railroad bridge at this city which is constructed of wood is sup ported by wooden piers and at the point where it crosses Eirst street, two of these piers or uprights arc in the street and when the paving opera tions were begun in that part of the city, the city officials decided to have them removed. The matter was dis cussed with the railway officials with the result that about forty feet of the approaeii to the drawbridge will be taken out and replaced by steel im mediately, a gang of men in the em ploy of the Southern Pacific having arrived here this morning for that purpose. The old wooden piers are being taken out now and the work of putting in the steel arch will begin immediately upon the arrival of the steel at this city which will be in the course of a few day s. Q0 ( MISFITS. -Contributed by F. P. Nutting. The picture maker can do anything with his characters, which become al most alive in one's conceptions. When asked to treat Mutt better the artist in the next series of pictures had him hit by a cannon ball, knocked out by a brick and run over by an auto, and he ended with a smile. A Salem paper seems to take spe cial pride in knocking Portland. If it's word was taken that city would be as wilted as the last rose of sum mer; but, instead it is a great and prosperous city, doing an immense business along all lines, though per haps a little quiet just before a presi dential election, a universal habit of all cities. Nothing more thrilling in sport can be imagined than the close of the third game between Boston and N. V. The score was 2 to 1 in favor of X. Y. when ISoston went to the bat. Two men were out and two men on the sect nd and third bases when a terrific drive was made deep into the field, at sight meaning two runs and the game won for Boston. The bean rooters arose and yelled as the men sped towards home; but they reck oned tort speedily. In the meantime little John Devore was sprinting for a focus with the sphere, and with a fierce, wild spring, got his left mil in the path of the ball, where it lodg ed, and the game was won for X. Y. and glory for Johnny. Ex-Senator Pulton, who was beaten by Senator Bourne, has taken the li.-ld against P.- mrne. ore sen ting an oiiier interesting chapter in this year's asvful story of political contention. With baited breath we await results. The fly has ebcome a dangerous enemy, one to be fought with the persistence of all great enemies. Dilapidated, pest-ridden buildings are a menace to any city, says a mag azine writer. Anything worth having is worth having by straight methods. This has been a wonderful year for growth. Even the youngsters have grown faster than ever before in their history. News Beginning With This Head Is '- From Daily Issue of 'v MONDAY, OCTOBER 14. f 1 1 ri S BULL MOOSE CANDIDATE WILL SPEAK HERE THIS EVENING Alfred E. Clark, Bull Moose nominee for United States sena tor, will speak this evening at the Albany Opera 1 louse. Mr. Clark is 'aid to be a forci ble speaker and the local mem bers of the Progressive party ex pect a large crowd at the meet ing this evening. KNIGHTS OFPVTHUS GRAND LODGE MEETS I I 31st Annual Convention Will Be in Session at Portland For Next Two Days. SEVERAL LOCAL MEMBERS OF ORDER IN ATTENDANCE Willard L Marks Will Deliver Address of Welcome To The Knights of Khorassan. From all parts of Oregon member, of the Knights of Pythias arc arriving in Portland for the 31st annual con vention of the Grand Lodge of Ore gon. .Many prominent J'ythians ar rived last night and more than 300 members of the order who will rep resent their respective lodges at the convention will be in Portland by to night, says the Oregonian. The convention will open at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning in the Knights of Pythias hall, at Eleventh and Alder streets. Tonight there will be a meeting-for all members of the order in the hall of Ivanboe lodge, at which the rank of knight will be ex emplified by a team composed of Pythian Knights from all parts of the grand domain. 1 he Grand Lodge will be in session at least two days, and many matters of importance to the order will be brought tip for consideration. The Dramatic Order of the Knights of Khorassan, the fimmaking branch of Pythianism, will hold a grand cere monial session tomorrow night, fol lowed by the annual banquet of the order, which will be held at the Se ward hotel. Reports which will be presented at the Grand Lodge will show that dur ing the past year the order in Oregon has made the greatest growth in its history, and the close of the successful year will be reflected in one of the best and biggest conventions the Grand Lodge has ever held. The report of L. R. Stinson, grand keeper of records and seal, which will be presented to the convention to morrow, will show that the order in Oregon is in flourishing condition in every respect. There has been a gain of almost 1000 members since the last session of the Grand Lodge. The following officers will be in charge of this session of the Grand Lodge: Frank T. Wrightman, of Sa lem, grand chancellor; J. II. Gwiun f rendleton, grand vice-chancellor; J. II. Wcstcott, of Gaston, grand pre late;' L. R. Stinson, of Salem, grand keeper of records and seal; J. XV. Ma loney, of Pendleton, grand master of the exchequer; George Ross, of iMarshfield, grand master-at-arms; Roy Williams ,of I'.rownsville, grand inner guard; Nathan Jones, of Astor ia, grand outer guard; L. M. Curl, of Albany, ami .Marion F. Davis, of Lnion, supreme representatives: Gus C. .Moser, of Portland, Frank Mcne i I'"rl,;l"ll '""I George W. Jett, of linker, grand trustees. Like all legislative bodies, the Grand Lodge handles most of its work through committees. Many ol these committees will meet in this city today, and some will he in ses sion most of the time during the ses sion. L. M. Curl of this city, one of the two representatives from Oregon to tne Supreme Lodge which was re cently held at Denver, who is a inein l)ir of the "State of the Older" com mittee, and W. L. Marks, a member "t the publicity committee, left yes terday f.ir Portland to attend the grand lodge. , J. S. Van Winkle of this citv, who is a member of iiK. judiciary commit tee, is among trie Albany Knights in attendance at the grand lodge. Oth ers who are in attendance from this city arc John G. liiyaut and N. L Conn. W L. Marl s of this citv who is one ol the most active members of the . 1 Lodge 111 Oregon, h:ls !,. st. lected to give the address of welcome to the Kmghls oi Khorassan, the fun-"'-'ii 'lie order, which will h.,id a grand ceremonial session tomorrow night, followed by the an nual banquet which will be held at the Seward hotel. TWO MEN PAY FINES IN COURT FOR BEING INTOXICATED Harry Curran and John Johnson, who were arrested at the Peacock barn Saturday while in an intoxicat ed condition, were fined ten dollars and costs each in the police court this morning by Judge Van Tassel. The fines were paid. Jim MeKi iiie who was also arrett ed at tiie barn Saturday afternoon, gave a bond for his appearance in court this afli rnoon but tailed to show up at the appointed time ami a warrant lias been is-ued for his ar rest. John Johnson who paid the fine this morning for being intoxicated Saturday and John Doe Whalen, an employee of the Peacock barn, had warrants issued tor their arrest this afternoon on tile charge of drinking intoxicating liquors in a public place, but got wind of it. and skipped out before they could be arrested. Mr. and Mrs. XV. L. Marks left last evening for Portland where Mr. Marks will attend the grand lodge of the Knights of Pythias which con venes in that city tomorrow. GIANTS WIN SIXTH GAME BY I THE SCORE OF 5 TO 2 TODAY, Rube Marquards Twirling and Giants Hard Hitting Features of the Contest In N.Y. New York, Oct. 14. (Special to the Democrat.) After having had a day's rest the Giants this after noon defeated the Boston Red Sox in the sixth game of the series for the baseball championship of the world by the score of 5 to 2. The Red Sox arrived late last evening from Boston and were confident that the game today would give them the pennant. However, "Rube" Marquard, the $11,000 pitcher of McGraw's aggre gation, had the Red Sox at his mercy throughout the game and allowed them but seven hits in the contest while New York secured eleven hits. The Giants hit O'Brien right from the start and secured their five runs in the first inning, bat ting him out of the box. O'Brien's place on the mound was then tak en by Collins, who showed up but little if any better than O'Brien. Boston made her two runs in the second inning and neither team scored during the remainder of the contest. ' Following is the summary of to day's game: New York 5 runs, 11 hits, and 2 errors; Boston 2 runs, 7 hits, and 1 error. The batteries: New York Marquard and Meyers; Bos ton, O'Brien, Collins, and Cady. PASSENGER TRAIN SMASHES INTO FREIGHT AT SHEODS Nobody Injured In a Rear End Collison Which Occurred on Sunday Morning. The lives of nearly one hundred passengers on Train No. 14 were en dangered early Sunday morning when that train smashed into the rear end of freight train No. 221 near Shedds and sent the caboose and several freight cars into the ditch. The freight train, northbound, was Hearing Shedds when the passenger train which was following close be hind overtook it and before the engl: neer of the passenger train could stop his engine,, smashed into the freight and completely demolished the rear car. Several other cars of the freight train are said to have been derailed. The wrecking crew from this city was telegraphed for and after working several hours had the line open sul ficiently to allow traffic to be re sumetl. ixone ol tile passengers on Xo. 14 were injured although all were badly shaken up by the force of the collision, and the members of the crew of the freight train also escap ed injury. The exact blame for the accident has not yet been fixed and an inves tigation of the wreck will be made according to information which the Democrat received. It is said that the freight train had a crippled car attached to the rear of the train and that the lights which are attached to the caboose were in visible to the engineer on the passen ger train but the truth of this was not learned. MASS MEETING TO BE HELD TONIGHT AT 7 PJ.-BETHERE Details of Big Excursion To Bo Completed Tonight and Every body Is Invited. Kvcry citizen of Albany, in- eluding the ladies, arc urgently rcim stcd to attend the muss fJ uncling which will he he hi lo- niuht at the commercial clnl at (J 7:.Vl o'clock sharp. G It is of the greatest importance that everybody in tin's city who intern!-, to iro to Ktmeiie tomor- () row should attend this meeting tonight which has been called () for the purpose of completing all f) details for the big excursion to (v Kugene tomorrow. I ,ct every merchant and pro- fmJ fessit mal man in Albany show J his loyalty to the cause by at- (v tending this meeting tonight and rJ helping complete the work. Al- ) bany is going to close shop to- () morrow and go to Kugene en ("J masse and we want to show the (v people of that city what we can ') l... r.j A baggage car will be included ( in the Hub City Special to car- (V ry noise-inakiiiK apparatus and fJ huKu banners will be placed on () the cars before the start is made from Albany. Tickets are sell inK fast and already hundreds ( have been disposed of. Two fJ members of the committee alone ) sold over 100 tickets in two hours this morning. (j Now don't forget to attend the J m;!ss meeting at the commercial ( club tonight everybody come ) it is to your interest to be prcs- () ent. Uon't fail to be there to- () ninht at 7:30 o'clock. ) (I (5, ri, rs; 'i, & (i (j rt Pos t rn a s t e r Va n V inkle left t h i s morning for Portland to attend the (rand lodjjc of the Knih'.s of Pyth ias which convenes there tomorrow. Or. Foster of this city spent Sunday at the home of Mr. Case, a prosperous farmer residing southeast of Albany. Chinese Orator and Scholar To Address Albany People on the New China. WILLBEGUEST0FH0N0RAT PORTLAND BANQUETTONIGHT Says China Furnishes Many Fine Opportunities EorTrade Is Friendly To the U. S. 'ir Poon Chew, a noted Chinese scholar, editor an dorator, will lecture Albany tomorrow evemni; at o o'clock at the hirst Presbyterian church on 1 he New China and the Pacific Coast." Dr. Chew was closely identified with the recent rebellion and the es tablishment of the Chinese republic and is at present editor of the leading Chinese newspaper at ban rraucisco. Dr. Chew spoke yesterday in Portland at two of the largest churches in the metropolis and while in (hat city was the distinguished guest of the Rotary Club and the Portland Ad. Club. He is speaking in Seattle today and will return to Portland tonight where he will be the guest of honor at a banquet to be givm by the Portland commercial club. His addresses at both the churches and the Y. M. C. A. in Portland were greeted by large crowds who thoroughly appreciated his eloquent talks. lie was given several columns in the Portland newspapers. Tuesday was the only available date that could be secured for Dr. Chew's appearance here and it is a rare opportunity for the people of Albany to hear such an eloquent authority on the new world outlook. The lecture is free to every one and the speaker shonhl be greet ed by a large crow d. Following is part of his lecture in Portland yesterday: "It is hard to realize that China fur nishes big opportunities for trade," said Dr. Chew, "but the opportunities are there. They have been brought about by the wonderful transforma tion which has taken place in the mi lion within the last year. China looks to the United States for friendship, especially under the new government. It was the Americanization of Chin ese leaders that brought about the great change in conditions in China to a large extent. For this reason the Chinese people are greatly indebted to the United Stales and to her peo ple. "The only unfortunate thing is that the merchants of tin's country are slow to awaken to their opportuni ties. China would rather trade with the United Slates and Germany than with any of the other countries, yet it seems that the merchants of these na lions and especially of the United Slates do not cuter tlu1 field for the business as they should do. China has to depend upon other nations be cause her production is less than the consumption. The merchants of this country should investigate the mar ket conditions and opportunities. "There has been an astonishing transformation in China in the last year. The government is new, the people are new, the customs are new and the prosperity is new. Within 15 years you will seen an entirely differ ent race of people in China. The Knglish language is gaining rapidly in usage in the new nat ion. It is now possible to travel into the interior wit bout speaking Chinese. Kver.y where you will find . Chinese who speak Knglish. When I was in orth eru China recently I met people whose dialect in Chinese wag tm dif ferent from my own that I could not -peak well with thein. Wo ami ike Knglish instead of Chinese. i;,very where you will find Chinese who have been educated abroad. Mrs. Kmma Thrift of this city went to Mill City this morning where she will visit fiieiids and relative Jor a few days. Frank Hammer who is employed as a brakeman by the Southern Paciiic company between Corvallis ami l'ort la"d, spent Sunday visiting friends in Albany. He is a former Albany young man. County School Superintendent W. I.. Jackson went to Harrisbttrg and llalsey this afternoon to look after matters concerning the high tchoJs of those two towns. County Commissioner Mullcr re turned to Shedds this afternoon where the county bridge gang u con structing a bridge near the liosl-.n mill. Hi- reports that the work will be completed within a few days. Kiley I.obaugh says there in only a few more days left in the Tracy unto contest a"d he will appreciate all votes given him. Kiley I.obaugh is now 4WJ votts ahead in the Tracy Automobile con test. Kiley is making a thorouU c;i vass and would appreciate it it you will give him your votes. (iuy Thompson, a former Albany young man, now a prominent rnilwny conductor running between Oakland a"d Santa Kosa, California, in suiting in Albany with his parents, Mr. aud Mrs. K. A. Thompson. Mrs. S. K. Parker of Cottage Grove returned home thin afternoon after visiting in Albany for several days at the home of her daughter, Mr. X H Wheeler. T.vrttt Davis, d;strict orgarlfr of the fraternal tn therhood, rcUT.bri f. i.c anon th morning to rtii'iie In work of organizing an order thee. I 'e it port a cxt Unit ptogrca ith nearl enough member secured.