Association Was Perfected at
Meeting Held Last Night at
Fisher-Braden Store.
OFFICERS APPOINTED LAST
WEEK ARE MADE PERMANENT
Association Will Establish Uni
form Credit System and
Bureau for Bad Accounts,
Continued from Friday, December 6,
Twenty-five local merchants, rep
resenting all branches of business
met last evening at the store of Fisch-
er-Bradcn and Company at the corner
of Third and Rroadalm'n streets
where the work of perfecting the mer-
cnams association occurred.
I' J. Fletcher, who was annointed
temporary president at the meeting
wnicn was neiri jast rriaay at tne
Commercial Club, presided as chair
man ot the meeting last evening, and
E. N. Bradcn, secretary.
Upon motion of P. A. Young, junior
mcmncr 01 tne firm ot S. ii. Young
& Son of this city, the officers who
were temporarily appointed last week
were selected as the permanent offi
cers of the association which is to be
known as the Albany Retail Mer
chants' Association. A committee
consisting of F. J. Fletcher, chair
man and C. O. Anderson, D. E.
iNcucrgaii, f. A. Young and J. L.
Tomlinson were appointed to draw
up the constitution and by-laws for
the new association.
The matters concerning entrance
fees and monthly dues were discussed
at length by the business men pres
ent and it was finally decided to leave
this matter with the committee on
constitution and by-laws to report at
the next meeting. C. O. Anderson,
D. E. Ncbergall, and E. N. Bradcn
told of associations to which they
had been members in other parts of
the country and of the methods used
by them in the work.
The matter of delinquent debtors,
bad accounts, etc., were subjects for
much discussion by those present last
evening and these things will be im
portant factors in the work of the
local organization.
The importance of having an effi
cient secretary for the association was
impressed upon the business men by
a number of those in attendance. An
effort will be made to secure a suit
able man for the'positinn of secretary
and those present at the meeting last
evening intimated that a man with
some legal talent wooltl be preferred.
The committee consisting of T.
lloekensmitli. YV. V. Merrill. F. J.
Fletcher, I., p.. Hamilton, LC. N. Dra
ilen, D. (). Wnmlswnrtli, and C. E.
Scott who circulated agreements
among the business men yesterday
inviting them to become members of
the association, met with excellent
success nml succeeded in securing
over sixty signatures and it is antici
pated by the time that the Oregon
Slate Retail Merchants' Association
convenes in this city in their annual
session next month, the local associ
ation will be composed of over 85
members.
The object of the association is, not
to boost prices, but for the purpose of
entertaining the delegates to the state
convention which meets here next
mouth, to establish a bureau for bad
accounts, and to establish a uniform
system of eredil. The members ol
the association will be extremely busy
for the next few weeks making prep
arations for Ihe big slate convention
here next month when fully four
hundred merchants from all parts of
the state will gather here. The mer
chants are a 11 enthusiastic and will
Itoosl Albany at the convention next
mouth.
Following are the officers of the
organization who were appointed tem
porarily last week and permanently
last evening: President. Frank J.
I'lelcher; vice-president, I). O. Wood
worth: secretary, I'.. X. Itradcti; and
treasurer, ti. T. Hoekcnsniitli, The
directors arc I.. F. Hamilton, C. E,
Seott and V. V. Merrill.
GETS LICENSE FOR MOTHER;
TOBIES THE DAUGHTER
ALBANY COMMERCIAL CLUB
INVITED TO LEWISTON SHOW
Wallace R. Struble, Formerly
of This City Assures Every
body A Royal Welcome.
Manager Chapman of the Portland
Commercial Club has written to -Man
acr Stewart of the local organization,
extending an invitation to the mem
bers here to join them on their ex
cursion to Lewiston. Idaho, to at
tend the Northwest Livestock Show
there next week.
Wall. ace R. Struble, manager of
the J.ewiston Commercila Club and
formerly manager of the Albany Com
mercial Club, has insured everybody
mat tne occasion win be made one to
be remembered and says that Lewis
ton and everything in it will belong
iu me visitors wnne iney are mere.
If anyone from Albany intends to
go next Monday, kindly notify Mr,
Stewart at once.
CALIFORNIA CHILDREN PLEAD
FOR FAMOUS LIBERTY BELL
Send Petition Two Miles Long
to Philadelphia Mayor and
Council This Week.
San Francisco, Dec. 5. "Please will
you lend us the Liberty Bell?" This
was the request made in the two-milc-long
petition sent by the chil
dren of California to the mayor and
city council of Philadelphia the oth
er day.
If the request is granted according
to the method of its making, then the
priceless emblem of our liberties will
be on view in San Francisco during
the Panama-Pacific International Ex
position in 1915, for the petition,
mounted on a reel made of Califor
nia oak, left San Francisco with as
cheerful a send-off as the Golden
State can give.
Out of the California sunshine.
away from the smiling faces of the
thousands of California citizens, went
the-petition, taking with it the warmth
and cheer, and joyousness of Califor-
The hugh reel containing the signa
tures of half a million school children
of this state, was drawn through the
streets of San Francisco and led a
procession of school children, state
militia, dignitaries of San Francisco
and of the exposition.
It was placed in charge of the trans
continental railway lines which wil see
it sate to Philadelphia. Surrounded
by a guard of honor of California
Grays and the League of the Cross
regiments, the massive reel was pack-
ctl and stowed away in a strong box
labeled with the inscription "Pana
Pacific International Exposition, Cali
fornia School Children Petition. Lib
erty Dell, 1915."
LIVED TOGETHER ELEVEN
YEARS; NEVER SPOKE
New York Case Discloses
Peculair Life of Married
Couple.
New York, Dec. 5. The story of
years of married life tlurinir which
nut a word was exchanged between
husband and wife is told in papers on
file here iu a separation suit in the
state court.
The pair, Mr. anil Mrs. Carl Mint.
were married in For 13 years
they lived happily together with their
femr children. Kleven years ago they
iliurreled. The dispute was over
smiie trivial matter, it is said, but
iho wile declared that she would nev
er address another word to her hus
band as long as she lived.
le declared that the arrangement
was satisfactory to him. Mrs. Mintz
tsserts that both adhered to the ar
rangement. Seven years ago their
.laughter Dorothy died, but even at
the funeral services the vow of silence
was not broken. Mintz is now seek
ing a separation.
YOUNG ZIEGLER ORDERS
"HONEYMOON" YACHT
Tiicatello, Idaho, Dec. 5 With a
license calling for a bride fifty -six
years old, and named (irstina, K. M.
Trainer of this city is alleged to have
been married to a girl of sixteen,
named Adeline. The bride de jure
was Mrs. destina Hansen, and the
bride de facto her daughter, Adeline
Hansen. Trainer is iu jail at Idaho
Falls awaiting trial on the charge of
obtaiuirg a marriage license by Iraud.
A year or two ago John II. Wil
liams, the Taeoma author and publish
er, celebrated the wonders of Ml.
Taeoma tRuinurl in a splendidly il
lustrated book called "The Mountain
that Was ;od." Although published
at a low price, it was pronounced bv
m.tuv experts to be the most beautt
full book ifMied in ;v country about
a great mountain. Xo oth. r bo.-k r;
in class has ever won so great and
immediate a success. More than 45,
copies have abeady been sold,
It. K. Westbrook, proprietor ami
manager of the St. Francis hotel of
lhi. city, leit l;M evening for Sea
wide wheie he will spend (he week
end attending (he annual session of
the JtoU linen of thegon.
$30,000,000-DollarHeirof Bak
ing Pow der Magnate to Girdle
Globe in Luxurious Craft."
KOSTOX. Xov. 2S. William ZiK
ler. Jr.. the "thirty-million-dollar bo"
who recently a:!aired his majority aiid
came into the net income ci thj im
mense fortune U-ft him by his ioiii-r-fi.lu.-,
Ihe late K:!.-n povvdo muni?,
M-- l ave a Ho u.n huilt steam ya. lt
When young Zither In-same of ase
one of his first acts was to consult a
designer and have plans made for a
050-lou steel steam yacht. It is to he
stroiiK and graceful, swit't in steaming
and equipped with every luxury. It
will lie 1(5 feet lone and will burn fuel
oil instead of coal. The fuel tanks will
! he of sufficient capacity to enable her
! to make a trip around ihe world,
j It is slated that Zt-iglcr is luiildini;.
:Iie yacht for a world-wide honeymoon
cruise, in view of his eneacm-'nt to
I Miss I'.ladys Virginia Wil-on having
Itch announced. The new yacht is
to be Inii!. ;: l.awelv's yard in Nepon
sel. and the steel for the hull has hen
i ulcreil. I: will he ready for delivery
' Kl the spi nig.
VALLEY DOCTORS
T
Quarterly Meeting of Central
Willamette Medical Ass.
Well Attended.
DR. PRILL OF SCIO SUBMITS
CLINICAL CASE AT MEETING
New Officers Were Elected and
Splendid Banquet Served
at New Elite.
Alarge crowd of the physicians and
surgeons of the Willamette Valley
were in attendance last evening at the
quarterly meeting of the Central Wil
lamette Valley Medical Association
which was held in the rooms of the
Albany Commercial Club. The meet
ing was one of the most interesting
and instructive ever held in this city
and many important subjects pertain
ing to- the medical profession were
thoroughly discussed.
Dr. A. E. Rockey of Portland, one
of the leading physicians of the state,
was the principal speaker of the even
ing and his paper on "The Prostate"
was very instructive and interesting to
the members of the medical fraternity
in attendance. Dr. Rockey handled
his subject in an able manner and his
talk was greatly appreciated by his
fellows.
Dr. A. G. Prill of Scio submitted a
clinical case which occupied the at
tention of the physicians for some
time. The subject was Eddie Mun
scll, a 14-year-old Scio boy who has
been afflicted since birth with one of
the most baffling cases of eczema
mat nas been brought to the atten
tion of the medical fraternity in Ore
gon for years. The boy was exam
ined by the doctors in attendance at
the meeting and the Dcculiar disease
brought forth some interesting discussions.
The attending nhvsician who h.is
been looking after the case has been
advised to give the boy from two
quarts to a gallon of buttermilk to
drink each day and in connection the
sufferer will wear very little clothing
and .at night sleep under very light
bed clothing in an effort to cause
him to develop great bodily resist
ance. That this method of treatment
should he tentatively applied was the
concensus of opinion of the physicians
in aitcnuancc at t lie meeting.
1 lie boy has been more or less af
flicted with the disease since he was
a year old but the disease did not
spread over his entire body until
about a year ago. The main fea
tures of the case were suggested by
Drs. A. E. Rockey of Portland and
VV. H. Davis of Albany.
Among the doctors in attendance at
the .meeting last evening were A. E.
Rockey of Portland: G. H. Farra of
Corvallis: O. R. Giillioll and F. Seel-
over of Eugene; F. J. Laird, A. H.
koss. ami t. XV. Koss, ot Lebanon;
R. O. Logan and C. H. Newth of
rhiloinath: W. T. lohnson. Cnrv.-il-
li.s; W. I I. Dale, I larrisburg A. G.
i nil anil il. 11. nolison, Scio; and VV.
II. Davis. I. P. Wallace, li. R. Wal
lace, II. I. KavanaiiL'h. W. R. Shinn.
J. 11. Robinctt, and L. E. Tracy of
Albany.
The newly elected officers of the
Central Willamette Valley Medical
Association are: President, Dr. F. J.
Laird, of Lebanon; vice-president, Dr.
H. R. Wallace, of Albany; secretary
and treasurer. Dr. Howard Ross of
Lebanon; censor, Dr. W. T. Johnson,
of Corvallis; delegate to state society,
Dr. G. 11. Farra of Corvallis.
Following the meeting at the Com
mercial Club last evening the physi
cians adjourned to the New Elite
where a tine banquet was served to
the members of the association.
NO MORE LONG HATPINS
IN LOS ANGELES NOW
dCausre Against Smoking on
Street Cars Is Followed By
War on Womens Hatpins.
Los Angeles, Dec. 5. After draft
ing the proposed ordinance to insure
protection against jabs of the elong
ated hatpin on street cars, Deputy
City Attorney Howard Robertson
stated today that he has reached a
solution t othe pYoblem.
The ordinance makes it unlawful
for any woman to wear a pin, pro
truding more than one -inch from the
crown of her hat unless it be capped
with a safety device.
The anti-hatpin agitation came as a
Counter measure to the crusade
against smoking on street cars, con
sideration of which has been in prog
ress for several months.
Robertson said he would present
the ordinance to the city council at
THE COUNTY COURT IS
STILL IN SESSION HE-RE
The county court which convened
in this city on Wednesday is still in
session, having passed on a large
number of county bills and finished a
large volume of routine business. It
is probable the road petitions and
other kindred subjects will be taken
up this afternoon or tomorrow but
these questions had not been reached
by the court at the time the Demo
crat went to press.
The Rev. J. R. X. Hell of Corvnllis
will preach in the First Presbyterian
.11111x11 next Sunday at both services.
Rev. M. Ceselhracht will be at the
(rv;illis church.
WHEN YOU HAVE
AILMENTS
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no results from other doctors, do not
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Dr. Lemon will be in Albany Monday at
6 P. M. until Wednesday 9 P. M. and at Mill
City from Thursday noon until Monday noon
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