ALBANY WEEKLY DEMOCRAT VOL. XLVIII. ALBANY. LINN COUNTY. OREGON, FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 1 1912. ' SIX PRECINCTS SHOW BIG REGISTRATION Gain of 474 Names Is Made Since the Date of the Primary Election According to Records. REGISTRATION BLANKS FROM OUTSIDE PRECINCTS NOT IN Bull Moose Registration Light. Republicans Have Majority of Names on Registration List. A list compiled by the Democrat representative from the records in the county clerk's oiiice shov.s a fcain of 474 registers I vo;.rs m six precincts, including Al'oiV-.y and precincts in the immediate vicinity. While the registration list is by no means an accurate index to the senti ment of the individual voters, it has a certain news value and for that reason the totals in the precincts above referred to are reprinted in these columns. Hundreds of voters who have sig nified their intention of voting for Wilson have registered as republicans while many- of those who registered ;s republicans will doubtless vote 'for Roosevelt, but in both cases, pre ferred to register under the name of the party with which they have been heretofore affiliated. The registra tion blanks from outside precincts are not in at this time, but the total re sult will be announced later. The list compiled is as follows: Albany Precinct Total, 343; Re publican, 209; Democratic, 106; Pro gressive, 6; Socialist, 6; Prohibition, 5; Independent, 10; miscellaneous, 1. Gain in registration since primaries: Total, 86; Republican, 38; Democratic, 32; Progressive, 6; Socialist, 3; Pro hibition, 1; Independent, 6. East Albany Precinct Total, 425; Republican, 253; Democratic, 115; Socialist, 21; Prohibition, 6; Progres sive, 5; Independent, 22; refused to state political affiliations, 3. Gain in registration since primaries: Total, 136; Republican, 73; Democratic, 34; Socialist, 8; Progressive, 5; Prohi bition, 1; Independent. 12; refused to state political affiliations, 3. West Albany Precinct Total, 324; Republican, 199; Democratic, 96; Pro hibition, 8; Progressive,' 3; Socialist, 3; Independent, 15. Gain in regis tration since primaries: Total, 86; Republican, 43; Democratic, 24; Pro hibition, 5; Progressive, 3; Independ ent, 11. Calapooia Precinct Total, 185; Republican, 105; Democratic, 59; Pro hibition, 5; Progressive, 3; Socialist, 3; Independent, 10. Gain in registra tion since primaries: Total, 55; Re publican, 24; Democratic, 20; Pro gressive, 3; Prbhibition, 1; Socialist, 1; Independent, 6. Knox Butte Precinct Total, 196; Republican, 113; Democratic, 57; So cialist, 15; Prohibition, 2; Independ ent, 9. Gain in registration since pri maries: Total, 55; Republican, 23; Democratic, 21; Socialist, 6; Prohibi tion, 1; Independent, 4. Price Precinct Total, 193; Repub I'jan, 9a; Democratic, 62; Socialist, 13; Prohibition, 4; Progressive, 2; In dependent, 17. Gain in registration since primaries: Total, 56; Republi can, 25; Democratic. 14; Socialist, 5; Progressive, 2; Prohibition, 2; Inde pendent, 8. SON OF EX-MAYOR OF EUGENE NOW RESIDING IN ALBANY Eugene Meetlock Will Officiate As Head Clerk at New Hotel Hammel Here. J. C. Hammel, proprietor of the Revere Hotel, has been fortunate in securing the services of Eugene Mat lock, a son of ex-Mayor Matlock of Eugene, to oficiate as day clerk at the new 6-story Hotel Hammel wich will be opened to the public shortly after the first of the yeap Mr. Matlock is a young man of splendid business qualities and has a wide experience in te hotel business for the past eight or ten years, hav ing been employed by many of the leading hotels in various Pacific Coas' cities and towns. He is well known to the traveling public among worn he has many friends. Mr. and Mrs. Matlock have arrived in Albany and have rented a house at Sixth and Lyon streets where they will make their future home. The opening of the new hostlery will be one of the big events of the Winter in this city and prominent people from all over the state will be in attendance. W. H. Jenkins, the genial travel ing passenger agent of the Southern Pacific, is looking after business mat ters here this afternoon. He has been spending the past few days in South ern Oregon. Dan Kirby. a well known rancher of Polk county, arrived in Albany this afternoon on a short business trip. ALBANY PEOPLE SHOULD GO TO HARhiSBURG FRIDAY Delegation of Fifty Desired That a Special Car and Low Rate May be Secured. The excursion committee of the local Commercial Club met at 5 o'clock last evening to discuss plans for the trip to Harrisburg Friday and today are visiting the business houses to ascertain as near as possi ble just how many will go, it being the plan of the committee to secure a crowd large enough to get a special car to that city. Albany was represented at the Po tato Fair last year by a large crowd of its citizens and should be equally as well represented this year and every body who can possibly go should no tify Manager Stewart of the Commer cial Club at once, for this city should send a delegation of not less than 50 and as many more as possible. If 50 people will go a special car and a low rate can be secured and the committee desires to have a large enough crowd to justify it in ordering a special car. The Potato Fair at Harisburg is the leading event at that city each year and is growing larger annually. The people of that progressive city have co-operated with Albany in the vari ous events each year here and local people should reciprocate by attend ing their show, which will be better this year than any previous event at that place. Let everybody get in the game and go to Harrisburg Friday. Notify the Commercial Club at once that you are going . FOSTER SAWMILL MAN WINS CASEIN LOCAL COURT TODAY Was Accused by Game Warden of Throwing Sawdust Too near Santiam River. The case of Oregon vs. John Paint er, a sawmill man of Foster,' was be gun in Judge Swan's court this morn ing at 9 o'clock with Dan Johnson appearing for the state and Mark Weatherford for the defendant. After hearing the evidence in . the case it was dismissed by Judge Swan on the grounds that the evidence was not sufficient to convict. Painter who conducts . a sawmill near Foster was arrested last week upon the complaint of F. L. Perkins, a deputy state game warden who al leged in his complaint that Painter w;,s throwing his-sawdust in a place where it wa3 liable to be washed into the South Santiam river by the floods this winter, contrary to the statutes of Oregon. Painter was brought to this city by Constable Catlin and arraigned in Judge Swan's court where he plead not guilty to the charge and the trial was set for hearing this morning, when it was dismissed. o NAME OF TRUSTEE OMITTED FROM LIST Omitted from the list of the trus tees of Albany College published in the Democrat last Monday night was the name of Mr. Carleton E. Sox. who has been a very active trustee of Albany College, elected by the Alum ni, for many years. S News on This Page is From Daily Issue of WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23. , ? Mrs. C. C. Miller and mother Mrs. N". Stillman of Ccntralia, Washington, who have been visiting here for sev eral days at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Biddle, returned home this afternoon. G. B. Cummings of this city went to Halsey this afternoon on a short business trip. Mr. Cummings recent ly filed on 160 acres of government land in Montana and will move to that section with his family next spring. Dr. B. Russell Wallace of this city w-ent to Lebanon this afternoon to visit a patient. He will also bring a patient to St. Mary's hospital in this city for an operation. The current number of the Satur day Evening Post has been received by Riley Lobaugh who has them for sale. This number contains articles by both Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson. Mrs. Isaac T. Butler of Portland who has been visiting in this city for several days at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Butler, returned home this afternoon. Rev. and Mrs. Floyd Dorris and daughter Catherine of Tacoma arriv ed in Albany last night for a visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pfeiffer. Rev. Dorris will return soon but Mrs. Dorris and daughter will re main for some time. Dr. Foster of Corvallis arrived in Albany this afternoon to look after his practice in this city. The Misses Alice Birtchett and May Worlcy. residing in the country near Jefferson, arrived in Albany on a short shopping trip this afternoon. PRETTY HOME WEDDING WAS SOLEMNIZED LAST NIGHT Miss Ethel R.Gourley and James G. Caldwell Are Married at Home of Bride. The country home of Mrs. S. C. Gourley, two and one-half miles southwest of Albany, was the scene of a pretty wedding at 7 o'clock last evening when her daughter Ethel Ruby was united in marriage to James Caldwell, the Rev. D. H. Leech of the First Methodist church of this city officiating. About thirty invited guests attended the ceremony. The impressive ring ceremony was used and the home had been beauti fully decorated for the wedding with autumn foliage and chrysanthemums. The bride was given away by her mother, Mrs. S. C. Gourley, and the wedding march from Mendelssohn was played by Mrs. Byron J. Taylor of Corvallis. Following' the ceremony a wedding supper was served and a reception tendered the newlyweds. The bride is the only daughter of Mrs. S. C. Gourley and has many friends in Albany where she attended both the public and high schools. She is a young lady of sterling worth and Christian character and popular with all those knowing her. The groom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Cald well, pioneer residents of Linn coun ty, both now deceased. He has spent most of his life in this county and has the reputation of being an industrious and progressive young farmer and is a young man of excellent business qual ities. The newlyweds will make their home on the fine farm of the groom near Pirtle and will commence house keeping at once. The Democrat joins with the many friends of the young people in wishing them the best in life. ' Among those who attended the wedding were: Mr. and Mrs. F. M. French, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. French, Mrs. A. A.. .McClung, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Berry. Mr. and Mrs. Will Phillips, of Albany; Mrs. D. C. Mc Clung of Scappoose; and Mrs. Byron J. Taylor of Corvallis. LADIES BANQUET MEN AT THE FIRST METHODIST CHURCH Serve Feed in Spacious Dining Hall in Basement Evening Is Enjoyably Spent. The two ladies' classes of the Meth odist Sunday school last evening ten dered a banquet to the two men's Bible classes at the church and a fine time is reported by those who at tended the spread which was served in the big dining hall in the base ment of the church. Following the banquet which was enjoyed by some 75 people people the evening was enjoyably spent in conversation, it being a general "get' acquainted" meeting. The Methodist church has ft fine dining room and kitchen in the basement of the build ing which are fully equipped for pre paring the numeruus luncheons and banquets which are held at frequent intervals. Harold Jackson, mayor of Millcrs burg, arrived in Albany this after noon. He has just completed a hand some residence at "Oak Ridge," his country place near Millersburg, and will move into the same within a few days. R. L. Burnett, a prominent stock man of this city, returned home this afternoon from Airlie in Polk coun ty, where he has been buying stock the past few days. C. O. Lauritzen of Portland, sales manager of the JJnnhaven Orchard company of this city, arrived in Al bany this morning and is stopping at the St. Francis. A. B. Durand, postal inspector, ar rived in Albany this morning. Mrs. Byron J. Taylor of Corvallis who was in Albany last evening on a short visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. M. French, and to attend the Caldwell-Gourley wedding, returned home this afternoon. C. L. Hill, who officiated as busi ness manager of the Herald until re cently, left last night for Tonopah, Nevada, where he will spend the win ter. Mr. Hill, who is a thorough southern gentleman, made many friends in Albany during his stay here and his departure is a matter of sin cere regret to his many friends. County Fruit Inspector Rumbaugh yesterday visited the grocery stores of this city and notified the propri etors that the horticultural laws rela tive to diseased and wormy fruit would be rigidly enforced. F. C. Sheldon, traveling freight and passenger agent of the Portland, Ku gene and Kastern Railway company, was in Albany last evening, going to Monroe this morning to sec the "big shot" fired there this afternoon. L. R. Fields, superintendent of the Southern Pacific, went out to Tall man this morning from which town he will go to inspect the old railroad bridge near Crabtree which was wash ed out several ears ago and the re mainder of which will be torn down at once. VANDERPOOL APPLE TO BE EXHIBITED AT APPLE SHOW Dave Vanderpool Will Exhibit Several Boxes of This Kind from Original Tree. The sixth annual Albany Apple Show which will be held at the ar mory in this city on November 14 and 15 promises to be the most successful ever held in this city and will be one of the leading attractions of the Win ter in the Willamette valley. The exhibits will be large and of a greater variety than ever before and present indications point to a record breaking attendance. Among the many exhibits which will be on display at the coming show will be several boxes of the famous Vanderpool apples which will be brought to this city by Dave Vander pool, a well known apple grower and farmer residing 7 miles northwest of Albany near Wells. The Vanderpool apple is a splendid keeper, good size and color, ami of excellent flavor. The Vanderpool ap ples originally grew on a tree which grew voluntarily on the farm of Dave Vanderpool and the apples to be ex ibited at the show by him will be from the original tree. The apple is rapidly becoming pop ular with growers in various parts of the valley, D. W- Rumbaugh and his son Harry G Rumbaugh also being growers of this variety, with which they have been unusually successful. An effort will also be made to have G. W. Pennebaker exhibit some of the "everbearing" apples, or t lie "Al bany" as they have been named. This apple was originated by Davcid Jun kin of Oakville and was later sold to G. W. Pennebaker, who purchased the product for grafting purposes. This tree is a most peculiar one owing to the fact that it bears mature fruit and blossoms at the same time and has been greatly admired by those who have seen it. Besides these two varieties of ap ples there will also be large exhibits at the fair of Mammoth Black Twigs, Baldwins, Spitzenbergers. Wagencrs, Jonathans, Grimes' Golden, Yellow Ncwtons, Wolf River, Canada Reds. N'otrhern Spy, Yellow Billflowers, and many others. CARLOAD OF APPLES ARE SHIPPED TO CALIFORNIA Harold S. Rumbaugh of North Benton County Sends 880 Boxes South. Harold S. Rumbaugh, a prominent young orchardist of North Benton county, shipped a carload of fine ap ples this week to California. The car contained 880 boxes of fruit, including Baldwins, Wagencrs, Spitzcnburgs, and Vanderpools. The car was loaded at Wellsdale and several teams and wagons were used in hauling the fruit from Rumbaugh's orchard to the sta tion. Mr. Rumbaugh, who is a sou of County Fruit Inspector D. W. Rum baugh of this city, is a graduate of the Oregon Agricultural College and em ploys the latest methods in growing apples and has been unusually suc cessful in this work. He will have a fine exhibit of ap ples at the Sixth Annual Apple Show which will be held in this city on No vember 14th and 15th. Professor Wilson has been confin ed to his home during the past few days with a severe cold. C. II. Palmer was a passenger to Brownsville this morning where he will look after his class in voice cul ture. ' John II. Stevens, superintendent of the Corvallis & F.astern Railway, went to Corvallis this morning on a business trip. He will also go to Philomath today. SPARKS FROM THE WIRE. S Portland, Oct. 23. Seated in a com fortable armchair beneath the figures "78" in evergreen against the white background of the decorations, with many of the most distinguished citi zens of Oregon, men and women, seated at either stilt, and facing an audience of IS') friendly faces, Mrs. Abigail Scott Duniway, pioneer Ore gonian and suffragist, was tendered such a "birthday party" at the Gipsy Smith auditorium last night as per haps has never been given to another woman in the state. Washington, Oct. 22. Speculation connects the approaching return to Washington of President Taft, con trary to arrangements previously made for a sojourn at Hot Springs, Va., with the critical situation in Mexico, and there are hints of the possibilty of a special session of Congress to relieve the president of a decision as to whether the time is ripe for intervention. New York, Oct. 22. The case of the state against Police Lieutenant Becker closed dramatically this after noon with the district attorney, at the court's command, reading into the record a flood of testimony from "Jack" Sullivan, for the admission of which Becker's lawyers had fought long and hard when Sullivan testi- POLICE CHIEF DAUGHTRY CELEBRATES HIS BIRTHDAY Efficient Head of Local Police Department Was Born 33 Years Ago Today. Chief of Police Ellis Daughtry has been busy today receiving con gratulations on the 3StA anniversary of his birth. Daughtry is the youngest man that has ever held the position of chiet of pobce m ilns city which he has filled to the satisfaction of residents ot Al- Chief of Police Daughtry. bany :inee his election last December. His official record has been a good one so far and, his work has been approved by the law abiding citizens of this city. There are people here of course who don't exactly love the chief but even they have been forced to admire him for his rigid policy in enforcing the laws. The Democrat joins in congratulating Chief Daughtry on the 33rd anniver sary of his birth, JUDGE Li SWAN WAS BUSY MAN THROUGHOUT THE DAY Heard Evidence in Criminal Case and Tied Marital Knot for Young Couple Judge L. L. Swan has been a pretty busy man toilay and besides hearing the testimony in the case of Oregon vs. John Painter of Foster which was tried before him this morning, he was also called upon to tic a nuptial not today, the young couple embarking on the sea of matrimony being Miss Eu nice O. Spaur of Harisburg and Charles W. Martin of Lane county. They were married at the office of and by Judge Swan at 111:30 o'clock this morning. They will reside in Lane county. SPECIALTY NIGHT AT DREAMLAND THIS EVENING Tonight will be specialty night at the Dreamland, the management hav- ing announced that they have secured! two high class acts in vaudeville and four excellent reels of pictures, all for ten cents. For further particulars sec the regular Dreamland advertisement which appears as usual in today's Democrat. fied before. Amid the vigorous protests of Becker's counsel, who had objected as seriously when Sullivan's testimony was barred several days ago, the "King of the Newsboys unloosed his tongue. He told his story belliger ently and excitedly in his own way, just as he had asked permission to tell when he was on the stand before. His testimony was in direct support of the contention of the defense that Rose .Webber, Vallon and Schepps, informers and state witnesses, had conspired in jail to send Becker to the electric chair by their own perjury. London, Oct. 22. An almost im penetrable veil conceals the most in teresting operations of the war those in the vicinity of Adinople. No of ficial account of any kind bearing on these movements has yet been issued. The Sofia newspapers report heavy fighting around Adria noplc and Kirk Ki'.isseii, to the east, and three forts in the vicinity of Adrianoplc captured. According to one rumor 2000 Bulga rians were killed and 400U wounded in a desperate engagement outside Kirk-Kilisseh. Spokane, Wash., Oct. 22. For the care ami treatment of sick and in jured employees of the Idaho and I'asco divisions of the Northern Pa cific railroad a large, well equipped hospital, to cost $150,01X), will be in course of construction in Spokane by the Northern Pacific Benefit Associ ation within the next 18 months. WhiteMone, N. Y., Oct. 22. Chas. H. Senff, former associate of the Mavcymcrs in the sugar btninrss, left an estate valued at $I2,000,0)0, ac cording to the appraisal just filed in this county. Mc. Senff died at his home here on August 23, 1911. His property includes paintings which the state valued at $8 J 5, 000. MARSHALLWlLLAn R1VEIN THE MORNING Democratic Nominee for Vice President Will Speak at Opera House at Ten O'clock. MRS. MARSHALL IS A MEMBER OF THE PARTY Governor West and State Chair man Haney Will Meet Gover nor at the State Line. Accompanied by his wife, Gover nor West, State Chairman Haney and a number of leading Portland Demo crats, Governor Thomas R. Marshall will arrive at 5:30 tomorrow morning and address the people of this city at the opera house at ten o'clock, leav ing Albany in time to reach Salem at noon tomorrow. Judging from the large number ot business men who have already indi cated that they expect to hear the Democratic nonnn:e f'.r vice-president, the opera house will be packed long before the speaking commences. State Chairman Haney will preside at the meeting and the governor will he presented promptly at ten o'clock. The ladies of Albany are particularly invited to attend this meeting. o ALBANY NI10DS RETURN HOWIE LOADED WITH GAME D. W. Merrill and Rockey Willis Succeed in Bagging Several Deerand,Bear. Dennis W. Merrill of this city re turned home last evening from a two weeks hunting trip in the wilds of C.urry county where he and the other members of the party which includ ed his father, E. T. Merrill of Ash land; Karl Smith of Grants Pass, and Pete lleuiger of Ashland, succeeded in killing thirteen deer and three bears. One of the hears which was killed by Pete lleuiger was one of the larg est ever killed in Southern Oregon, weighing nearly 4X) pounds and meas uring 7j feet from the tip of its nose to its tail . It measured-S'A feet from one front foot to the other when placed on the ground. Mr. Merrill reports a most enjoyable trip through one of the roughest sections of the state. He killed a bear and several deer. Hockey Willis, one of the efficient engineers on the Corvallis tfi Eastern railroad who has been spending the past two weeks with a hunting party in the mountains near Kiddles, also returned home last evening after a most successful trip. Mr. Willis bag ged the limit of five handsome bucks and it was stated that the party were all successful on the trip and that 12 or 15 deer and several bears were killed. TRAIN STRIKES ALBANY DRAY AT LEBANON While rounding the turn west of the high school building, a few blocks Irom the depot, last Saturday after noon, (he out bound train struck a dray belonging to a drayman of Al bany, says the Lebanon Kxpress. The vehicle, containing a piano belonging to Banker S. C. Stewart, was hurled to the right of the track and upset, and the team, tearing loose, ran east and into a woven-wire fence. One? animal was thrown by the impact and both became so entangled in the har ness that they were unable to run farther. The driver was not severe ly injured on account of striking in the soft mud. Several spokes were broken and a rear wheel of the dray "dished." We have not learned the extent of the injuries to the piano. That further damage was not done i due to the fact th:it the train had not yet gained its full speed. O Mrs. McDonald of Orenco was in Albany yesterday afternoon on a visit with her cousin, Mrs. Merrill D. Ham mel. (ieorge Myers, a well known resi dent of Hood River, arrived in Al bany last evening to attend the fu neral of his brother, the late Dan V. Myers, which was held this afternoon. Hugh Cummings of Corvallis, stock buyer for the Union Meat company of Portland, arrived in Albany this af ter no ii where he will look alter busi ness matters. J. J. Barrett went to Shedds this afternoon on a short business trip. He will return this evening. ..."