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Newspaper Page TextTHE WEATHER Tonight and Thursday probably cloudy, light IroM tonight ALBAN Y DAILY DEMOCRAT m LtiUkkd lam lAeal 1 AJajcy' 1 VOL. XXIX. ,7" ALBANY, LINN ( JTY. OREGON. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21. 1(1 7 No. ML EXTRA SESSION IS GALLED BM Sweeping Action Propoied By President and Hit Advisors Against Germany. Suit Brought to Annul Marriage (V Contracted While Not Divorced. MAY D ECLAR I WAR ON FIRST DAY OF SESSION Believed That If U. S. Eaten War It Will Terminate la Few Months. (Hy Unitrd I'reu) Washington. Msr. 21 Tha president called an extra imiun of congreea lor April second. H ha decided to Mil Germany's high mm affronta with swssping action and war seems Just swap. Congreea will ba naked to conaidar aggreeslvs atapa toward Oaf many. With a auta of war admittedly ea isting aa a mult of ubmartnc attack, on American merchantmen, a declar ation of war may b tha flrat action of congress, Tha poaalbility of av artlag hoatttltiaa la apparently killed. Tha praoidant'a decision ia baaed on tha tremrndou. appeal from tha coun try for revenge for Germany'! killing of American cttlna. Tha destruction of Amarican proper ty recalled that a year ago the preai dent told hta adviser that ha believed If America entered the war actively the strugg la would terminate within a few montha. Flva Americana Killed I i Americans died in the sinking of the "Vlrginia'thc comul at Ply mouth reported. A case of much marriage and intirh livorce, including alao aoitie marriage and no divorce, wst begun in the str fuit court today when l.ulu Blart, uf near Sheiburn, filed aaking that her marriage with Charlca E. Dart Ve annulled. The catmilaint states that at the time of their marriage in Ann uel J I. 1914. Dart wat atill married to Minnie M. Dart. Mr. I.ultt Dart, who we Mis l.ulu Queener, wa formerly married to John A. Cary. After living together many yean Cary dcaerted aud went to Washington with another woman. Mm Cary accurrd a divorce. Later Cary returned and ww married to l.ulu Cray ajtce more but tliey lived togeth er but a f days, when Cary again dc aerted and went back to the woman ith whom lie feat to Washington Then Chat. K, Dart Hepped in and marrird Mra. Cary. At the time Dart wa married to Mra. Cary he ia thought to have belie vrd himself a free man on account of hi former wife Minnie, atiit. which he thought eli granted. In July. 1916, he itarted urn arcainst Minnie K. Dart, ut tin, wai dropped in Augutt. lie then went to Calackamaa County and begun a new action, but it ii said that he left the country wl.en hii first wife found that he had not been divorced at the time of hia marriage with her. ItoSh I 'a it and wife bave children by former spouse. War Program Made Washington, Mar. 21. A member ..( the cabinet outlined the tf.lowiua. js the probable c6uie of action in the event of war and an alliRnment with the allien. "The Hritiah trd French fleet on the Western allantic will he released and the American " l"tro' their own porta will opened to the jl lira for till purp-c and tetcimor of unliir.itcd cr-rllt will h madi to the allies." R. S. POST DIEO AT VERDURE YESTERDAY R. S. Post, ion of Walter Pom who reside at Verderc died yeterday March 20, at 4 p. m. of Tuberculosis after a lingering illneia of four yrara He u a native df Oregon born at Oakville January 15. IIW4, and lived with hia parents on the farm all hia life. He wat survived hy hia father and three aiatera, Mrs. Willrtl, Miaa Addie and Blanche all living near Verdure. Funeral tcrvii ea will he tomorrow from the family reaidence at 1 o'clock p. m., Rev. G .G. Wilaon officiating Interment will he in Oakville ceme tery. NEW CLASSIFIED MUCHLY MARRIED AND DIVORCED COUPLES IN MI PAULHAMUS J BE HERE WEDNESDAY Washington Cannr Expert Unable to Spcu rjkn Saturday in ' liany. FARMERS' AND GP ERS INSTITUTE Vn DNESOAY Mambera of O.A.C. Faculty and Paulhamus Will Be Principal Speakers at Meeting. Tlic Paoihaaura meeting schedulrd to take place on Saturday of thia week aa been poitponcd. Tl'ia action ai aken by the committer in charge of the cannery propoial this morning, following the receipt of a telegram to . C. Srhmitt from I'atilliamu in Mch he suggested he wuuld find it lilficult tti shape hi itinerary so that he could give a full day to Albany. Aa now planned by the committee. I'. milium is will he the principal spcak- r at sFarmrr anil Fruit norwer In titule which will convene in an all f By United Preasj lav session at 10 o'clock Wednesday Amsterdam, Mar. 21. Rumors lorning. j of serious notinv in Berlin, re- t Two O.A.C. Profc-sors are expected ".wring the presence o troops ft be present anil discuss the alio, en MISS MEADE HONORED RY STATE ASSOCIATION lage and fecdini; ,uc:tion, and Paul- hamui will .peak on fruit anA vege table .iniwiii,- and markrtinR. SANTIAM FRUIT COLONY CASES START IN COURT Albany Optician Recommended to Governor Withyeombe For Place on State Board. Kll C. Meade of this city ha been recommended by the State Assocla tion of Opliciana for appointment at a member cs. the State Board of Op tomctiati. the recomendation having leen already aent to Governor Withy- combe, together with the namet of Dr.t Chambera and Reynold!.' both if w hom are leading opticiana of Port land. The above action was taken at a nccting of the atate association held Friday and today Mi-, Meade has leen receiving congratulations from her friend on the honor thus shown to hrr hy her associates in other parts of the stale. The governor will choose between the three names submitted by the as aociation anil the appointment will doubtless be made in the near future. MISS PEARSON FRIGHTENED Appearance of Workhouae Actreaae Makea Her Tremble. Even Virginia Pearson was Irish tmrd by the extras who were employ ed by her director for work in "Bitter Truth." her new Wili.un Fox photo play. For appearance in the prison workhouae acrnea, the women engae eri had to atire themselves as plainly as possible, plait their hair down their hack and blacken their facet. "The result was horendous." Miss Pearson tayt. "Many of them were prettv women, I know, became I had seen them heAire they but the make tin on. I never realiird before how important that element U to the act rest." WANTED Competent girl lor gen eral housework. References reuuir ed. Mrs. T. D. Beckwith. 27.1 Ar nold Way, Corvalia, Ore. m 21-23 WANTED Steady work hy an ex perienced girl as house keeper with tome good family. Bell phone 20S Y. m 12-23 D9 YOU REALIZE That never again in the history of Albany will property ei low as it is at pret entl Quite a few of Albany citirent who expect to continue to live here are taking advantage of low prices in aecuring their own hornet 'Snap' has a good 7 room house at a sacri fice, close in, with bath, hot and cold water, electric light. Corner lot for a small payment down, bal. like rent. Address "Snap" care ot Daily Democrat. m 21-23 . 3 8 9 S S S CITY NEWS (I 9 9 Jennie Vorheea Dead Mrt. Jennie Vorheet, arced 77. died at her home at Oakville this morninc Announcement later. Associated Pre Man lea' Charle E. Branin of the Associat cd Press who ha been attending to biisine matter for the past two day h it this morning for Marshfield. Name Omitted The shi lib which was recently ent to President and Mr. Wison by local Albany ladies was a product caf the Al bany Nursery, that company having donated the money required in ihip ping the ame to Washington PORTLAND DOCTORS OPERATE ON CNVALLIS WOMAN Mrs. Granning Who Was In jured in Auto Collision It Improving. M-'a. M I.. Grai ning, vrlioftt piM wat injured Sundty in an automobile a cidenr on the Albany road, tin'lcr went an operation on her spine today, i,r. Rocky, of Portland operating, she rallied frotn the o,cration and popr. are entertii it l for , Irnpt .rment a til potsihle recovery, f I'.f X-ray picture tken ye.tcrday r veaJei! frmctutfd verftlirac and it Wats '!:-! an ojeration wat uec rMaVy. The I'oi'land KurVreon was nmmtionc.) anl several of the verte brae were found fractured. The o; r.ition wa a lucre .ful otu and Mrs. lrannitif; may be cotrfinei! to her bed 4ur two or three months. The oper ation is :aid to J.ii'.c been success ful, anJ, barri ig i-oinpli ;.tion, it is b-lieed sic wil not be left a cripple M was feared at first. Corvaliis tJaettc-Times. - ADAMS RETURNS FOR IDE ROUND-UP Manager of Laat Year's Show la Back With Big List ot Per formers and Stock. JULY ROUND-UP WILL BE BEST IN THE STATE Many Prominent Circus and Movie Stare Signed Up With Plainsmen For Events. RIOTS IN RERUN; . TROOPS CALLED OUT Judge 1'. K. Krlly is presiding ovrr Drpartrmnt No. I of th- Circuit Court oday in thr catr of Cha. Cawrae, Sr., ct al, aKaintt J. II. Dickovcr. ct al: I'hc l.uiuhcrnian's National liank aun- st Hit Santiam Truit Colony, ct al; nd thr Santiam I'ruit Colony against B. Dickovrr. rt al. The case wa or- ;ii ;.!! in Jtiilr IlinKhaai's court. but on acount of hit being an interest ed party in the case of the Lumber man's hank, is was transfered to dr- artment L The talcing of testimony begun today, being mostly exhibits, ontracts, etc. t circulated this afternoon. It i reported that many drtachmrnts & mere railed from the eastern front to pacify the people. j. ........ i y Amsterdam, Mar. 21. Rumor of a German revolution were again cir culated on the ttock exchange today, and arouted intense rxcitement. The nnintentpted communication of the railway xcrvicc and wires and the rep ular arrival of German papers indica- trrl that business not ititcruptcd. CORN GOES TO HIGH LEVEL Chicago, Mar. 21 Yellow corn to day sold at a dollar-fotirtcen cents a bushel, the highest in history. German Halting Retreat London. Mar. 21. The German re treat apparently has not reached "Hin drnburg's line" today. Nevertheless, stiffer fighting indicated the Germans are preparing to make a stand. r 4aH ''taaaw m V BSfl Ha W aW TaVjUl Ttyfl afnljawL Balaa B LrW Bffaw- y jf raataaW -tV: JT I H Hf - e ' "(ji-'' I k 1 B dH llkhw SnV aaSaaal yiROINIA PEARSON U piKfiCTlor WXXX?AM SOX .In "Bitter Truth" at the ROLFE Friday. Clarence R. Adam, who so occe- fully managed the Roung-Up last Oct- .ber, arrived last night, coming up om Los Angelti to 1'ortland by boat. Mrs. Adams will arrive in a lew days y train and they will make their home h-rc uptil after the next big event. July 2nd. 3rd and 4th. Adams has been m touthern la!it rnia all winter and has a line on a fine array of tallcnt for the next iiow. He ha signed up no less than 25 tar reformer who have been in tne oui:i this winter, numbering many riaers and rojiers of national prominence Adams also announces that practically all of the Pendleton contingent will he here, as well as many other perfor mers. "You can go the limit." he says, and tell the people that the Albany Round-Up next July will be the bett show of its kind ever held in Oregon, no town barred." There will be more than 100 riders, roper and other per formers 1 am bringing- a car load of cattle and a car of horse from Cali fornia for our own use. There will al so be the Pendleton horse, mere will je no i-how any place in the weat ibis vnt thai will heat ours. This s the fact." Comedy will be playts up this year To this end. Adams signed up two sit. ii,- film commedians who do fancy and comic stunts. He ha pur chased performing burro and other animals. Two ifalling hones wUI help with the feature thrills. Among the new face to be een here are Bob Anderson, of Austrailia. hamwion flat saddle rider of the rorld. He will ride any horse in Ore gon in an English flat saddle. He is rriniong-a string of 6 relay and Roman race horses. Another star wll he Jim mv Campbell, who does the real dar stunts 1'or Helen Holmes and !t1en Gibson, the movie rail road heroines. When a hard one is called fnr ramnhell. who has loner hair and looks like a girl, is called on and mak :s a leap from a horse to a train, fall iff of a cliftf or does feme other dare levil stunt. His wife. FJizabeth 'ompatnea him. "Silver Tin." of the "101" ranch shows Harry Potts and his partner Art Shults. both of the "10!" Ranch iii,l Rindim- Bros. Silver Marr .with Harmim & Bailey circus last year, Cla mle Elliott. Skeeter Bill Robbins, and numerous other celebrites. will be on liand. Among the women performers will he Dorothy Morrell, who won first in hobble skirt riding in New York last vr;iT. and who rode second to Kitty Wilkes at Cheyenne. Kitty Wilkes llertha Bianchett. Joe Sherry, anil others will be back, with other new one... ' The same indians will return. It will be a much lar rer and hetter show rhrou,T'.out. President Roy Newport states that the grounds will be put in shape at an early date. Graft Prosecutions Started To day; Maay Are Caught ia U. S. Government Not. (By United Pre) indianapoti, Mar. 21. One hund- d and ixty Indiana politician, in- luding a few prominent city official and ez-dtficia! will be arraigned be fore Judge Anderson in Federal court here today on charge of fraud in the residential election last November The men were indicted following one of the moat sensational federal in stigations of election fraud ever conducted by the government. The probe centered in Evensville and big fish" were caught in the net in Indianapolis, Gary and Frankfort. One af the interesting systems work 1 out in Evensville, according to the investigators, was the fish hook method. The fin hook on the coat lapel was the badge of membership. If a voter wore this it was a sign that c was entitled by the "gang" to vote here, when and as often as he plea- The government is said to bave idence that thousands of dollars were used to buy vote at $1 to $20 ch. Three police chiefs are involved: Samuel Perrott of Indianapolis, Ed gar Schmitt of Evensville, and Will iam F. Forbi of Gary. Other prom inent Indianian indicted are: Mayor R. O. Johnion or Gary, former post master C.'arles Sihier of Evensville and former Frankfort. HOGS BRING $52.60 EACH IN BROWNSVILLE Chprles Schcllenbury, whose farm is 2 1-2 miles east of Brownsville, was in the city yesterday. He report having sold three hog to a Browns vilte butcher yesterday which brought him a total of $157.00. This i $52.60 each. The Portland price for first class hogs is front $14.40 to $14.50. At $14. per hundred, this woatd hi dicate thai the porker weighed about J75 pounds each. Another argument for raising good stock. HE HUMMED INDIUM POLITICIANS STMO Tlttl WILL ASK RUSSIA FOR NEW TREATY Washington Hopes New Reflate Will Ba Favorable ta 0 merelal Agreement. CZAR IS DEPRIVED OF HIS LIBERTY BY DUMA Mayor Edmonds of LBANY MAN H0N0RE0 BY GOVERNOR WlfHYCOMBE A. C. Schmidt la Appointed a Member of State Board of Textbook Commissionera. A. C. Schmitt, vice president of the rirst National bank of Albany, has been appointed by governor Withy- ombe as a member of the State board textbook commissoiners, the ap pointment being dated March 20. and to hold until January 31, 1921. The associate of Mr. Schmitt on the state board are: Harrison G Piatt Of Portland: Prof. F. A. Tied sen, Marsntuld; Mrs. A. t. lvannoe Grande and Miss Margaret Cos- per of Salem. A meeting of- ti e commission .will be held in the near future for the purpose of discussing the work for Mir ensuing year. INTERSCHOLASTIC MEET WILL STAGE NOVELTIES Aim of Management To Get Rcaults And Eliminate AH Tedious Genera. Political Amnesty De clared; Wholesale Arraata at Royalty Fallow. (By United Presa) Washington, Mar. 21. America wUI undertake the negotiation of a new commercial treaty with Russia after recognizing the government Am bassador Bakimstoff formerly notified the stale department -today that tha new regime is created. Political nillllll Petrograd, Mar. 21. The provis ional government issued an ukase de creeing general political amnesty. The ukase also confirmed the preainta an nouncements of a constitution for rinnland and ordered the convocation of the Finnish diet. Apparently the new Russian ment begun wholesale arrests of Roy- ilty immediately after announcing the political amnesty. Several high dig- utaries of the Russian church were reported arretted Presumably these .nested refused to renounce lllsaa ce to the royalist regtme. Brief ad vices sated that the clergy then for mally recognized the government London, Mar. 21. A special dia- patch from Petrograd declared that the provisional government ordered the former Czar and Czarina deprived of their liberty and taken to Tzarkoe sello. Other dispatcl.ea said the czar "would soon rejoin hia family at Taar- koe-selo." 0ARIN6 SER6EANT SAVES LIVES OF IUNT O.A.C. Corvaliis. Mar 21 A track and field meet that will bring out the best there is in the contestant and at the imi time banish utterly every dull moment, is the aim of the man i-Tinent 0f the indoor inter-collegiate and inter-school track meet to be held in the big college armory April 7. The meet will consist largely of re lay races. These are not only exciting but also employ a large number of performers so that the contest de velops team work as well as individual prowess. In like manner it sobers ictory and softens defeat by distribut ing the causes among many people. The school events will be divided into tw-o non- competing classes that the relatively small school win not be forced into romttrtition with their bir competitor in order to tand a show to win. A by-law provides that one of the smaler schools can en ter against the larger school but thr larger cannot compete with the small er. Events in each of these classes are as follows: Mile relay race, and 50-yard dash: Special free to all. mile rela' ol ( 220 men. 75-yard tbsti, 16 pound hot polevanlt, running- high jump and run ning broad pump. A gold metal will be presented to every member of the winning relay teams, f t 1 The races will be run by electric light and a reception will be tendered the visitor. t Coolness Displayed hi Repariog Bxakv wa Machine Om its Pace of Fire Wins MedaL Washington Mar. 21. For display ing extraordinary heroism in a battle vrith rebel in Santo Domingo, Ser geant Major Roswell Wmaas, U. S. marine Corps, has been decorated with the "Medal of Honor," the high est award of merit attainable by the American military or navy man. Winans operated a machine gun ar gainst the enemy, only ISO yards away in the face of a heavy fire to which he wa fully exposed. When a jam put the gun temporarily out, of com- mision, he stood up and cooly repair ed, maintainins; his perilous poaiton and resumed firing until the baBxtits deserted their trenches. Marina Corp official say Winans' prompt action saved the lives of many of his companions. The "Medal of Honor" is gHvctr to very few person, and only ia ease of extraordinary valor. Ualike the Iron cross," "victoria cross," and sizfcshw Kuropean decorations, this American medal is worn pendant from the aec. AMERICAN M0VIE PRftMilU IfFEIS CZAR Wpp New (By United Press), York, Ma. 21 Louis nick, the movie producer millionaire, formerly a penniless Rssskian east. . .bled Nicholas Romanoff, the (eraser Czar, today offering, him five thossaasl weekly salary to come to Aaajisil and appear In the fllm entitled "aW hind the Throne." v Undergo Oanllaa.il Mrs. Gns Neetey was operated tsswa this afternoon by Dr. Walters St St. . . t. . . . M U. SjL?d oiary nojpuai lor apll , 1 is .retlinrr alec nicetv.