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Newspaper Page Text0. Established fa IKi But Advertising Medium la Una County. THE W RATHER Pair tonight, Tuesday, and Wsdncs day. Warmer Tuesday, ALBANY DAILY DEMOCRAT VOL. XXIX.' ALBANY, LINN COUNTY, OREO ON, MONDAY, AUGUST 21, 1918. No. S3. MEETS MAGNATES Fourteen Wore Presont, Said to Be Determined Not to Yield. . BROTHERHOOD REPRESENT ATIVES HOLD TO PLANS Treasury Department Says Strike Would Cause Groat Loss to Crops. (By United 1'rcr..) Washington, Auk. -'I' President Wilson Ktiiuiuuiicd t lie railway presi dent lu n conference again this af ternoon. Tliry iuicplcd the invitation unwillingly, at they hail other pl.ulu Fourteen western executive arrived, the 6411 brotherhood representatives conferred ami announced lliui their Vlai" are unchanged. The treasury ilc.iriineiu reported crops ready for transportation, anil tliur the railroad strike would prccii crop movcmcni. It would cause many uiilliniia of dot tar' Ion and reduce many cities to famine rations. ' Forty railroad presidents met Pres ident Wilson at 2:.V), The conference lasted h:if an hour. Immediately af terward ti c president conferred pri vately with them. They frainrd a final answer to the president's proposal. It is understood tie president made an imp.iioucd. appeal and urged tlx mnmnlci to "keep the railroad run ning, not only in this country's inter ests, hut In order to 'meet tke entire woil.ls deinandv." It is understood the presidents arc not iin.iuiiunitiily in favor of flatly refusing "the propo'l tion. ' " A large sentiment favors the action Others counsel tuvcplaiKc of the ei;-ht hour il.iy pending interstate cotuinerrc investigation. ENGAGEMENT OF POPULAR COUPLE IS ANNOUNCED ' Although not unexpected the an nouncement received here this morn ing of the' engagement of Miss Wil letta Wright and Mr. Fred Dohncrl was received with more than ordinary interest. The "wedding w ill take place in January. The .iimouucemeut was received here in personal notes from Miss Wright to several of her girl friends. Miss Wright is the daughter of Mr. end Mrs. Geo. W. Wright, of this city, and is one of the most popular girls who ever claimed Albany as their home. She is a graduate of the Albany public schools, attended Al bany College and graduated from the University of Oregon after taking her junior ami senior years at that insti- lution. She was a member of Kappa Alpha Thcta sorority. Her pleasing disposition, charming manners and brilliance as a student made her a general favorite on the college rain pns. Following her graduation she taught with success in Albany high school. The past two years she has been living on a homestead near Drewsey, Harney county. Mr. Dohncrt is well known and n , popular member of the younger set lie is the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. F.. l)ohncrt of this city, and holds a position of trust with the First Na tion.il Hunk. It is .understood that they will make their home at the ranch near Drewsey for the present, lit least. tionul Hank. The wedding will take place in January, and after a five months' resilience here they will lic on the much nt Drewsey, i Longshoreman's Strike Ended. (fly United Press) San Francisco, Aug. 21. The l.oiu shoreman's union formally notified the waterfront employers union that the stevedores' jitrike is ended. The union ratified a peace agreement by a vote of two to one. The employers agreed to hire only union men. when available, and pay increased wages, dating from June first. M'DONALO AND CUSTER RETURN FROM SEABECK Attended Y. M.C. A. Sohool and Made Fine Showing In Tennis Tournament. I'ruf. II. C. McDonald and Irvin Custer, of the Y. M. C. A. returned today from Scabcck, Wash., where cy spent three weeks in the school for Y. M. C. A. officials, a fine affair, uf great value to Y. M. C. A. men. Nearly a hundred were present. Dur ing their stay they entered the tennis tournament, making a splendid show ing. In doitjdcs they won. the cham pionship, defeating Strong and Allen, who have won it for several year, lu bugles liuth were in the semi finals, (here were 22 entries in the singles mid ten or eleven plays in the doubles. Their splendid showing there indicates that Albany has some good tennis plays. GOVERNMENT EXPERT FINDS ALBANY IN BEST DISTRICT Willamette Valley Ideal For Production of Now Famous Loganberry. Ceo. M, Harrow, pomological and horticultural investigator of the de partment of agriculture, of Washing ton. 1). C, is of the opinion that this part of the state, of which Albany i' ti c center, is the ideal' spot of-the cu be country for the growing Tif h- g oibcrrics; After a careful inspection o: yards in all parts of Washington, liegon .Hid California. Mr. Darrow. l o was in the city Saturday at the Silliest -of ;. G. Ilrown,"l"ol Ti'c ian- Fruit Juic Co., is of the opinion ;b:'t thi-i district excels in the produc tion of this juicy fruit. Mr. Darrow was here at the reiiuest 1 Mr. Ilrowu, who wanted an opinion n this part of the state. Mr. Darrow i making this trip in the interest of the grower, looking up dunces for pests, making a study of etimatc and oil conditions to determine the most loirahlc location for lohanherry yards, how to prepare the l.iml for planting, how to plant yards, train the vines and cultivate them to pro- luce the highest (pinlily of berry and the largest possible yield to the grow er. He was greatly pleased with the start made here. o II. M. Hoevct left this morning for Hoover to attend to business matters connected with the Albany '.timber Co. S. M. Gilbert and family spent Sun day at Lebanon, Mr. Gilbert return ing to the city this morning and the family remaining over until Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. II. K. Straight, of Oregon City, were in the city Sun day. I'ercey Lawrence and I.loyd Mean er of Foster, were in the city over night. Geo. Sanders and Alton Cotacs and families arc expected home from the Yachats today after a two weeks' va cation. HIP BADLY HURT IN FALL FROM WHEAT WAGON Hill llagnell, of Albany, a member of Hen Kidder's threshing crew, while working on the C. H. Cusick and Owen Beam ranch north of this city this morning fell from a load of wheat striking on.his hip. The extent of tip' injuries have not been determined yol The man was brought to the city by Mr. Cttsick and taken to the office of Dr. W, H. Davis where X-hViy pic tures vert made of the injury. Until they arc developed it will not ho known how badly the man was hurt, but it is thought that the hip wis broken. Hugnell was on a load of wheat bundles and in jumping to the .round he hit on a bundle that lay beneath him. As he lit he slipped on the bundle, striking on his hip with great force. . ROUND-UP STOCKHOLDERS WILL HOLD MEETING WED. Work on All Branches of Har vest Festival Is Going on Rapidly, The Kound-up stock holders will hold their next meeting in the con vention hall of the Hotel Albany Wednesday evening at 8:00 o'clock fur the purpose of organizing, incor porating and getting down to Ur.is- tacks. From that time on things will buzz until the final close of the big Harvest Festival and combined Kound-up and Willamette Valley Ex position on the night of Oct. 14. In the meantime the Harvest Fes tival committees will hold 'a meeting md definite arrangements made be tween the Round- up and the rest of the fair. F.xhihits arc being gathered and preparations made for a fine dis play of all kinds of agricultural and horticultural products, live stock and machinery, as well as art and domes tic science works. The school exhibit is abo coming in nice shape and oimty Superintendent W. L. Jackson will present to the people of this city and surrounding country one of the finest school exhibits ever, seen any place. The Scio exhibit wilt also be a good one. The Kound-up is probably attract g more attention here than any oth er part of the fair. This feature is new to go many people who have never seen cowboy pastimes and works of the range and big ranches that the curiosity has taken the city by storm. Many have seen the big Pendleton show and roc.n I ups in other places, and hundreds went f:om here to Philomath last June. Rut there are thousands of people in ibis vicinity who have yet to see a steer bull-dogtted, a wild horse race or one of the many other mcilin;: and tbrill- mt features of a real, old raw-hide roi'nd-np. With the quality of show to be put on here thousands of vis- tors will be f.ttraclcd to the city dur ing the three days of Oct. 12 to 14. .-JbMlUJJJiojrKxuindjUp jioc-k wa sold yctcrday but there is still more to -.tII. The mark set by the commit tee has not yet been reached and some more hard work is still to be done. More subscribers, men who will risk a few dollars for the good of the city, arc wanted to become a part of the round-up. THREE SUSPECTS OF PARADE TRAGEDY PLEAD NOT GUILTY C-. l.r-,n.-;t.-.i A,,.- ?1 VVarrpn K. Hillings, Thomas J. Mooney and Mrs. Rcna Mooncv nlcadcd rot guilty to the murder charges in connection with the preparedness parade dyna miting. Defense counsel McNittt withdrew- the defendants' motions to quash the indictments. Judge drmm late tUia n ftnmnrti, will llP.ltl t)l .lri7ll- nicnts in the motions to quash the in dictments against r.dward Nolcn and Israel' Wcinburg. McN'utt told the judge I c wanted .10 days to prepare Ins detense. I J s 7--; 1 i , Prof. W. E. Lungenbeel, successor to Prof. Torbet, Albany College, an In structor and speaker of many years experience. BRITISH RETREAT But Were Stopped By Artillery From Pursuing Advantage 1 Gained. GAS SHELLS FREELY USED AT POZIERES Penetrated British Trenches, But Were Immediately Ejected By Them. " . (By United Press) London, Aug. 21. It is announced that the Germans forced the British covering patrols to retreat northeast of Vourcaux woods last night- The ar tillery prevented the Germans from pursuing their advantage. London, lAug. 21. The Germans hurled gas shells on I'ozicrcs, north east of Contalmaisoii last night. They attempted to raid the British trenches northeast of Hulluch. They pencrat cd the British trenches at one point, bitt were immediately ejected. Berlin, Aug. 21. The Germans re pulsed the desultory attacks on west roureux woods. I here were l-rench grenade attacks near Xaurcpas. SCORES OF SUNDAY SHOOT SHOW IMPROVEMENT IN CLUB Twenty-six Members TakePart in Second Official Shoot . at Rifle Range. Twenty-six members of the Civilian and Spanish VVar Veterans' rifle club and a large number of spectators gath ered at the range yesterday afternoon to take part in the weekly shoot. The work of the marksmen shows im provement and in a short time some good scores are expected to be made. The highest shot yesterday was L. M. Me Gee. who hit 41 out of 50. F. J. An derson and H. X. Cockcrline tied with 39 each and F. F. Baltimore scored 38. Follow-in:; are the scores of those who shot 30 or better: L. M. McGcc 41 F. P. Baltimore 38 F. J. Anderson 39 H. X. Cockcrline 39 W. A. Salisbury . . 37 Carl Schnurstein 37 Chas. Walker 36 Lee Bennett 32 George Rolfc 32 Max Bochmer - 32 Frank Stellmacher , 31 Fred Ward 30 P. F. Culp 30 E. C. Waller - 30 PAVING OPERATIONS ABOUT OVER HERE FOR SUMMER Mrs. J. W. Travis Will Take Plant to Roseburg to Start on Contracts. Mrs. Frances Travis, wife of the late J. W. Travis, of Seattle, who has had the contracts for paving in this city the past three years, went to Salem this morning to look after the company's work in that city. After the completion of that work Mrs. Travis will move a plant to Roseburg where she has constracts for work secured last week. Since Mr. Travis' untimely death Mrs. Travis has ably continued the management of the business and is making a success of it. Before going south there remains about a week's work to be done in this city. Mrs. Travis will probably he given tht contract for paving at the corners of some of the streets r. hcre the sidewalks will be narrowed at street intersections to make room for vehicles rounding corners. There arc a few other little jobs to be done before the season is over. Xext year Mrs. Travis expects to secure several good contracts for paving here. There are some streets which will probably be extended and some new ones tor be paved. Fatal Explosion. (By United Press) Jackson, Tenn., Aug. 21. A wood working plant boiler exploded and seven men were killed. A budding half a mile distant was wrecked. Thousands Homeless. (By United Press) Dallas. Aug. 21. Thousands are homeless as a result of the hurricane. Tents, supplies and food are being rushed. The latest death figures are sixteen perished, with a property loss of two millions. LADY CORNETIST WILL PLAY AT WED. CONCERT The special feature at the Wednes day evening band concert will be a cornet solo by Miss Enid Kimball. The concert will begin at 7:45 p. m. Miss Kimball is a cornetist of talent, having been over the Pantages and other vaudeville circuits. She is said to be very good. A fine list of selec tions will be presented and the lull strength of the band will play, several Uf the members having recently re turned from their vacations. JACK BARRYMORE IN HIS BIGGEST THRILLER Hawaiian Singers and Hula Hula Dances at Globe Theatre Thriller. If he had been a regular "ten-twen ty-thirty" here. Jack Barrymore would have said, "Halt! If you stri-ike that woman you do it at your peril, Red Mike!".. But being Bertie Joyce in the Famous Players Film company's "The Lost Bridegroom," which is the Par amount picture at the Globe tonight and Tuesday, Barrymore simply swung for the thug's jaw as he at tempted to hit Dorothy Hardin, and started a battle which ended very suddenly on the floor eighteen steps below. There Joyce lay stunned by the fall down the whole flight of stairs. About one week before this mem oriable fight, Joyce was to have mar ried Dorothy. In fact he had already celebrated his bachelor dinner. There by hangs the talc. For it was while returning from the dinner that Joyce was hit on tb 'Pd by the hold-up men and so badly injured that he losi his memory. In addition to his mem ory, the thugs also deprived him of his money, his dress coat and his ov ercoat, hut they shied at his tall hat This is in addition to the bill pre sented by the Hawaiian Troubadours. For the first time Albany will sec a real Hitlu Ilttlu. the native Hawaiian dance. Princess Ahiene. from the Paradise Isle of the Pacific, gives n refined and yet sensational demca tion of this peculiar dance: The com pany gives a pleasing concert of na tive Hawaiian songs and string mu sic, among which is the well liked steel euitar playing. This company was brought 6ver as the official Pa nama Pacific fair company, and since the close of that exposition they have been cast, winning laurels every place, J. A. HOWARD BAKER MAN IN CITY Reported Great Activity at His City in Mining, Making Good Times. J. A. Howard and daughter Helen, of Baker, left for home last evening after a visit here with relatives Mr Howard was here only a few days, but his daughter was the guest of her uncle, J. E. Jenks and family, of Tan gent, for about a month. Mr. Howard is a cousin of J. A. Howard, of this city, bearing the same name, and says he used to hold him on Lis knee, being eight years his senior. Mr. Howard is in the mining business, in- crested in an assay office and smel- tcring. He reports general good times at Baker, on account of the greatly ncreased mining activity, the output of the Baker mines the past year be ing over $2,000,000, over 90 per cent of the output of the state. The war has created a demand for other met als also, antimony one of them, sell ing for $155, where formerly the price was about $25. Mr. Howard reported a strong Wilson sentiment at Baker, which is being increased generally by Hughes' poor campaign. OGANBERRY JUICE WILL BE CLAN STEWART BRINK Judge Stewart Sends Several Cass to 29th. Reunion at ' Youngstown. Ohio. The principal beverage to be con sumed at the twenty-ninth annual meeting of the Stewarts of Coitsville, which will be held at Struthers, a sub urb of Youngstown, Ohio, August 30. will be Brown's loganberry juice from the factory of the Albany Fruit Juice plant. Judge C. H. Stewart, one of the western members :.of that clan, has shipped several cases of the delicious. incomparable beverage to Youngs town for use at the reunion. The annual reunion of the Stew art family is a great affair. Over 200 descendants of James and John Stew art, who settled at Coitsville in 180.1 gather and talk over the days of their ancestors as they dine. Judge Stewart is a grandson of one of the two bro thers who settled at that place. The two cabins which they built on their two donation land claims are still standing and the two claims still re main in possession of the family. In one of these cabins Judge Stewart's father was born. He went to Iowa from there and came to Oregon with the immigration of 1865, settling in Linn county, where the family has continued to live ever since. Hughes and Johnson. Bv United Press) San Diego, Aug. 21. Politicians arc planning to have Hughes meet Gov ernor Johnson before leaving Cali fornia. They think a meeting neces sary to dissipate any false impressions from Johnson's failure to meet Hughes while both were in the same hotel at Long Beach yesterday Hughes speaks here tonight. Miss Evelyn Taylor went to Mill City this morning. CHURCH UNION THEME ; AT THE UNION MEETING In his sermon at. the union I'nectin last night. Rev. Howard Fagan spoke on church unity, presenting three programs: ' ? 1. The swallowing up of all the other churches by one organization in impossibility. ' ' . 2. .Federation, which is impracti cable so long as denominationalisin prevails. . ,' -, 3. Hy the restoration of the New Testament church, using the Bible name and Bible methods. He declared that not baptism, which is not a fundamental, but denomina tional pride, is what keeps churches from unity. ; . He quoted Dr. Gabelein: ' "What ever divides" God's people is of the devil, whatever inites is of God." The closing union meeting of the Suinmer will be held next Sunday, when Prof. O. V. White will deliver the sermon. - , RUSSIANS KEEP NCIIil On Way to Kovel Captured Thirteen Hundred of the . Teutons. CIVILIANS ARE REPORTED FLEEING FROM HUNGARY Serbians Are Unable te Stop the Advance of the Bulgarians. Petrograd, Aug. 2L It Is announc ed that the Russians further advanced northeast of Kovel. They captured 1300 Germans. Gen. Brusiloff sudden ly shifted his attacks and surprised the Germans. This menaces Kovel and imperils the Germans near Pinsk. The Germans placed sunken turret guns in the marches west of Kovel. Pris oners reported civilians fleeing from northeastern Hungary on account of the Russian advance. Salonika, Aug. 2. The Bulgarians are advancing south of the Greek town of Floina, despite the stubborn Serbian resistance. A pitched battlo at Banitz 30 miles northwest of Sa lonika is reported. Artillery duelling east of Lake Doira is taking place with incessant infantry skirmishing. A general engagemtnt is developing. The BulgarsV objective is Salonika. Athens, Aug. 21. The Bulgarians arc reported to be within ten miles of the Greek Port Kavalo. They are ad. vancing against the Allies' right wing, seizing strategic positions. The Brit ish and French ministers conferred . with Premier. Zamasis. A special Greek cabinet session-was called on account of the Bulgarian invasion. They may withdraw the Greek troops from the territory the Bulgars occu py- : . . Berlin, Aug. 21. It is announced that the Bulgarians captured Cichill, southeast of Fiorina. They stormed and captured important Serbian posi tions near by. NATIONAL PRESIDENT O.A.R. 10 BE IN PORTLAND THURSO AY ' Mrs. William Cummings Story, president of the Daughters of the American Revolution of the U. S wilt be in Portland next Thursday for one day only, the guest of Multno mah chapter. While there she will as sist in dedicating the new drinking fountain at Bridal Veil Falls, on the Columbia highway, to be presented next Thursday j with a program in which Mrs. Story will make the prin cipal address. The members of the Linn chapter of this city, are special ty invited to be the guests of the Multnomah chapter on this occasion. Those who can go are requested to give their names to the local regent. Mrs. Tracey. Mrs. Geselbracht, a a member of the chapter, is already at Portland and expects to be pres ent. - - DOUG. HAMILTON WANTS OUT Says He Wasn't Craiy, Just Was Not Feeling Well When in . Albany. . Scio Tribune: The Tribune has just received a letter from Doug Hamilton who dates it from the asylum. He says he was not crazy at that time (refer ring to the cause of his arrest), but was not feeling welt. He insists that he is not crazy and if they will turn him out he will behave himself., He is , very anxious that his horse "Bawly" shall be well cared for and sends his regards to his friends in Scio. . He wants all the people to write to him. 0 " " Mrs. C, M. Vidito and daughter left this morning for Tillamook where they will visit for a short time and enjoy a beach vacation. 1 . County Surveyor 'A. L. Geddes, went to Crahtree this morning to do some surveying. " .