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THE WEATHER Tonight and Thursday, showcri. ALBANY DAILY DEMOCBAT L r 'j i VOL XXIX. ALBANY. LINN COUNTY, OBBOON, WEDNESDAY. APRIL 25, IM7. No. m. NEV; TARTY CAUSES KAISER TROUBLE Government Charged With Re iponsibllity For Food Crisis By Reichstag Member. ASKS THAT ENTIRE SUBJECT BE PUBLICLY DISCUSSED Resolution Rejected; Rolohstag Wont Meet Again Until May 2nd Is Report. AMSTERDAM, April 25. The new anti-govcrnmcni Socialist party pre ripilalcd a tumultuous disturbance at yesterday KcKlnlag meeting, Mate llcrlin dpachcs. l-edhoun, onr of titr organiser of the new party, charged the govern ment with 1 , nliu fur the fond crisi in (jermany. lie demanded that tht- keichstag dicu the w hole tiliiation ami tlie government' iml administration Wednesday. Amid triiipcsluou debate tlie resolution was rejected. I airt. lierlin dispatches state, the Peichatag would noj meet again till May 2. General Grocncr, ehief of the mu nition department, ia quoted sap in that the govemmrnt r determined to auppreaa all strikes regardless of eonaequencea. 3 ' Baf ! PTinti by Am-rlcam I'rra AarlRtkm. Mjr Ganarai John J. Pr.hlnf WHEAT BREAKS RECORD PRICE J PORTLAND PORTLAND, April 25 Spot deala in wheat for Portland delivery were made thi afternoon at $2.54 per buah el. Thia la robablp the highest rkeDfw in the hiatory of the United State BRITISH TAKE THREE THOU SAND GERMAN PRISONERS Mass Formations Used Against British Advance; 40 German Aeroplanes Brought Dowji. LONDON, April 25-Over JUOO were made priaoncra since Monday'a resumption of tlie llritiih drive, and further advance were made deapite bitter German oppoaition, it ia re ported in General Main's statement The .German are throwing every available reaerve into the breach on a nine mile front. Near Croiaillet the lighting ia raging with a ferocity unparalleled since the opening of the war. The German Ire uing great maaaea of men with reckless prodi gality for In. The Mriliih artil lery literally tore the tnaiaed Ger man into hredi, and the hand to hand fighting it of the bitterest sort. Forty German aeroplane were brought down yesterday, and the llritiih complete mastery ol the air give them a great advantage. The German arc un-ihlc to apy the llritiih move. The fighting on the French front i principally artillery combat. TEACHERS CHOSEN FOR NEXT YEAR School Board Names Able Corps to Handle Schools For An other Nine-months. ONLY FEW CHANGES ARE MADE IN VARIOUS SCHOOLS Salaries Increased in All Cases Where Maximum Limit Had Not Already Been Reached. STEAMER CAUGHT FIRE; CREW ARE SAFE SAN FRANCISCO, April 25. Eu reka diiatche indicate thai the atcam schooner Coronado, which caught fire off Humboldt bay lat night, will be brought in aafely to day. The (ire i under control and thr crew waa reacued. NEW CLASSIFIED .) .-, n ! j) a 9 3 m is 9 9 CITY NEWS Weather Report- Yestcr.lav's trmueralure ranged be tween 44 and 64 degree. The rain fall up to 8 o'clock thi monwnaj was 17 of an iiKh and the river roe to nine fect. Retail Merchant. Meeting - Theregular monthly meeting of the Atanp Retail Merchant' Aaiociation will beheld in the Hotel St. Charlea tomorrow evening at 6:30 o'clock. Thi ia important to the memcr. Two Fin) Show. Coming LAIhanv neoDle will hal wth delght the coming to the Globe Theatre on Map 15 of the John Cort attraction, "Septemer Morn." Thia ia a mutical comedy with a large cboru of girl and a good caat of prinipal. Man ager Meyer of the -Globe alao an- nnrnrM that he ha booked for the benefit of the Y. M. C. A. the great aParaiuounth feature, I ne r.tcrnai City," Hall Caine'a famou novel, alar ring Pauline Frederick. MrVtmnuUla Men Piah D. N. Kelley. L. C. Thompaon, P. P. Wrinht. J. E. Loop and Ralph Wort man, all prominent McMinnvillr busi ne men, passed through the city vesterdav on theie wav to the Mr- Keniie river, where they will aprnd a few day Mining. Tn Connie Marry- Counts- Clerk Ruiaell today issued marriaire licenae to Scott W. Prin- dcl, 40. of Pari. Lane county, and Mr. Mabel I rectag. 30, of rhonia and to ..Mvin L. Caebeer. 21, of Sweet Home, and Prudy Holcomb 19. of Foster. k,ll...l Two Wildcat H. II. Beeson of Gate waa in the . iiv today II hrouo-ht In two Wild cat hide, for which County Clerk Rusirll paid him a bountp of $4. ,51 f il :) ! (.1 (S) G S) H) S) S i i 9 AN A P PR EN TICK WANTED The Democrat want an ap- prentice. IS") WANTED Middle aged woman or couple to keep houae for an elderlp woman in the country. Hell phone 114-Y. A. 25-27 W. O W . Attention. All Woodmen of the World are requeitrdto meet the 11 o'clock Ore gon Electric train on Thursday to eacort the remain of our late broth er, Edwn Hughe, to the cemetery. All met at the depot. By order of J. S. Monoamlth, C. C. A. 23 Facta About tha Dollar. When Ml rrak a dollar the piece dlnpt-Hr mysteriously. A dollar aM-ut la far smaller than a dollar -Hvcl muiblhm dollar la far harder than dlvld It A ib-ltnr thrown away can never again I..- found A la.rrov, I i'ii!'-ir l l-PTrt n big a i dollar lent - litllnioie Sun. Tk. riu.1 V.I...M. In tha Farm. IV. yon know a monkey face owl when you ce one? IVrhata ynn know It aa the ham owl. nhow. If yon. re one naimimt anmnii o"n i am h tl'a ta-i-th al nr nlo-ht rata to Ton or the farm nr aubnrban place-, arcordlag to the atnte liMilopiat or ningro Chicago Tribune How snail I be able to rale over oth an (hat bare not full power and a and oear say eel? Rahehita. SUPREME COURT REVERSES CIRCUIT COURT DECISION Case of PauliiB Against Grove Rev rated and Remanded For New Trial. At a meeting of the board of di rector latt night het corpt of teach- grtt re-elected to head the city were choien. The onlv school not Idled waa the Eaat School, for which Superintendent Boettichcr -made no recommendation at prcaent. Superintendent C. W. Boettichcr was re-elected to bead the dtp achoola lor another period at a meet ing tome time ago. Latt night W. B. Young was named for principal of the High school for another pear at an in- rease o( aalary. G. E. Finnerty of the Junior Hi i. O. D. Byers of the Madison Junior High were kept in thcr present places vith an increase their salaries and Mrs. Anna Hodg- kins was named principal of the Maple Street school, succecdina; W. A. Scott BBS Zina Bycrt waa the only new teaher named last night The posi tion of instrator n history in Central Junor High is also to be named later. Mss Jessie I. Painter waa retained aa music and art instructor, while E.A. Moaea remaina as instructor in band. orchestra and atl.letica. Following are the teachers named: Senior Hij-h School W. B. Young, prinipal; E. A. Hudson, manula train ing and assignment; M. C. Clifford, commercial and assignment; W. E. Wood, mathematics and assignment; S. A. Wold, science and historp and assinment; Miss Lulu Heist German and aasignmcnt; Miss Aurelia Burch English and assignment: Miss Mae Lews, shorthand, typewriting and as signment; Miss Maude Miller, Latin and assignment; Miss Lillian Thord arson, domestic science and assign ment; Miss Winnie Patterson, domes tic art and assignment Central Junior High School G. E. Finnerty. principal ; Mprtle Worley, mat hematic; Minnie Mc Court, his tory and geography; Edna Metcalf, English; Bertha Lee, English and German: Otto Fox, manual trainimi Vera Tracey. Latin; Harry Brook hardt, mathematics: Lottie Morgan, English: Margaret Riley, sixth grade: Nellie Pate, fifth grade: Mpr tle Currp. fourth rade: Letha McCul iough. third grade: Gertrude Buehler, second grade: Zclla Burkhart. first grade. Madison Junior High School O. D. Bpcrs, principal; Doiothy Shank, sev enth grade and assignment; Edith Mc- Court. sixth grade: Mae Clemmo, fifth rade; Anna Mayne, fourth grade; Mwilda Wilson, third grade; Bcuie 11.11. second .Trade; Haiel Rolfe. first grade. Maple School Mrs. Anna Hodg king, principal: Louise Nimmo, fifth grade; Ella Thacker, fourth grade Lorena Phelp. third rade; Mabel Schulti, second grade; Zina Rprrs first grade. Eat School No recommendations. Miss Jessie L Painter, music and art: E. A. Moses, hand, orchestra anil athletics. Colombia tha Hebrew Republic. Cnlotnhbi l- I he nrnawrjlr .-M-.rhirr of Spain. Hoe la twice aa largo aa bee mother ami many rime aa promising. And It may surprise you to learn that the moat progressive element la Co lombia ta not the Hpanlah population or the natives, bat I Jewish opu railed Antlouulans, who hare old Teataa names, raise families of from twelve to thirty children and are fast herean- lag the dominant power In tat lamt, both In numbers and Influence Co lombia la the gnat Jewish republic of the near future. Dsn Ward la Works Outlook. Tbc Supreme Court yeterday re versed tha decision n Crcut Court of Linn county in the case of Wlliam Poutlai aganst K. M. Grove. The caae was rcrcrsed and ordered re manded ack to Judge Kelly's court for a nc w trial Justice George II. Burnett states that Judge Kelly erred in instructing the jury that if Poulla contributed to the accident by hi own negligence he would not be en titled to recover. The suit was rough! to recover $8400 for injuries sustained March 31, 1915. when Poullas, who was working 'or Grove, fell through a hole io a bars loft and received injuries. Judge Burnett hold that to deny Poullas the right for damages, even f he was negligent, i contrary to the rovisions of the employers' liability act Wratherford k Weathrrford were attorneys lor the plaintiff and appellant. RUST 1006 JITNEY SHIPS TO BE BUILT WASHINGTON, April 25. Coo struction of the first 1000 wooden "sea jitneys" begins in a few daps Secretary of Labor Wilson announced today. SIX BOYS LEAVE TO JOIN NAVY NAVAL COLLIER "BRUTUS" WRECKED IN PACIFIC Millar and Miehetsoa Brothers, Wilbur and McBrlde Leave Artillery Service. ALL HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES OF ABILITY High School Dismisses to Per mit Students to Give Rotating Send Off at Train. Ships Rushed to Scene to Res cue Crew of Nearly Four Hundred Men. SAN DIEGO, April 25. The naval collier Brutus is imperiled on sub merged rock "somewhere in the Pa cific." Several United Slates ships rushed to its assistance. How badly it is damaged has not been ascertained. The rescue ships were expected to reach the Brntas last night and at tempt a rescue today. The craw LOS listed of 372 officers and men. HOUSING THE MOTORCAR. lea AeVtce an Build. ng and Frttifia Up a Practical Oaraaa. "The alao of the garage depends upon the afcaa of the car It la to lie lased for." says C. H. Claudy In the Woman a Homo Companion "A convenient alze for matt cars la 14 by 18 feet This will usually give plenty of room to work around the car. Shelf room la ntlal and abould be all along one sale, seven feet bleb and one foot wide. On tin- other aide bare plenty of nails for bauging things on. At the rear end. above tbe door, hare a abelf wide enough to bo 'd apara outer tires At each rear corui-r liave a three cor nered cl.wet for old clothing, etc. At the front corners have several threo cornered ht-l ws act la "A workbench ia an essential fea ture. TUla should le built near a win dow, ao that there will be a bondage of light Make tbe workbench of two Inch boarde und bare It aa large aa space will permit Do not hare tha supports, or less, come down straight to the Door, as tbey will be hi tbe way, but slant tbem back to the wall Make draw era to elide under tbe bench for holding nails, tools, etc A tool cheat of common and useful toola under tbe bench la a good friend Hare two electric light extensions; alao a band electric searchlight "A fife saving equipment la a length of garden hose that will lit over the exhaust pipe of your engine. When the engine la running, with doors and window shut, lit one end of tbe hose over the exhaust pipe and put the other end outside through a hole previously made for that purpose. This may pre vent you from being aspb.v listed, as tbe gas from tbe exhaust Is very pot aououa and baa been known to cause death' Chafing over the inactivikp of Fifth Company, Coaat Artillery Corps, Paul and Pete Miller, Fred and Harold Michclaon, Ralp.i Wilbur and George McBride, all red blooded athlete and member of Albany High School, left this noon for Portland, wherethey will take the examinations for the Unted States N'avy. All belonged to the Coast Artillery company, but wanted to nee more service than they have been getting at present It was a memorable event in the high school. Studies were dismissed 15 minutes early and nearly the entire student body went to the S. P. depot to see their heroes of many a thrilling football, aseall and asketball game de- depart on the first stages of their journey. The crowd of teachers and students surrounded the boys at the train, show ering them with p;ood wishes for their success and a safe journey. The Jolly Entertainers" band, from school in Washington, happened to be passing through to Lebanon, and they enlivened the air with "The Star Spangled Banner" and other patriotic airs. There were smiles and tears, jests and serious thoughts. It will be an event long remembered by tbe boys. All are athletes, fine specimens 'of manhood, and there is not the slight est doubt but that they wilt pass the physical and mental requirements This done they will pass through Al any in a short time for Goat Island, California, where they will enter the naval training station. A Stump Jump Plow. In western Australia tbey use a rial type of plow called the "stump Jump." on account of the fact that near. ly all tbe areas susceptible of cultiva tion In that region are heavily wooded, and the land cannot be cleared of stumps and roots because of tbe dearth and high coat of labor. The stump Jump plow, which la tbe Invention of an Australian, la so made that It will roll over stumps and other cJastrnc- tlons lying on the ground. Gardening. The way to keep up tbe Interest la gardening to not to do the same thing year after year. That la monotonous Try the new fruits, vegetables and flowers. Bold to the old. tried and true for malaataya. If desired, until the t prove that they are what la wanted to entirely displace older varieties. New fork Sun. lllc'al 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 y azfL II WALLACE REIO K 1 Mfllf "I t.Anr - PoATfoorf -. wfll II 1 1 1 1 at' President's Yacht Brings Party Down the Potomac River and Crowds Cheer. BRITISH AMBASSADOR GIVES BIG TREASURY WARRANT LAND OF INFINITE DETAIL Japanese "i Crepe In (mall Apses, Japan might well be railed the land of Infinite detail. Perhaps nowhere on earth may one see detail carried to such extremes aa In that land, whan every available square foot of sol must be made to yield every posatble return. Farms of one or two acres producing six, eight ten or a doxen different crops are common sights, the soil being fertilized and handled In such a manner aa to bring results fax every month of tbe year. One peasant who ol.taiaed some over flowed laud turned what In this coun try would be waste ground to profit. Converting tbe marshy overflow Into ponds, be bred and raised snapping tunics, which la Japan are considered as much of a delicacy as diamond back terrapin here. Tbe farm now prasSaces tens of thousands of the snapping tur tles annually, these being shipped to Tokyo sod Yokohama mark eta by the ton. Japan has also a pearl oyster farm la the bay of Argo I here baa been es tolilhthed a plantation from which a h.:; veat ia obtained. In Mai or June stones weighing from six to eight pounds are sunk in r hallow wnt-r. and In August tbe tiny shells beciii to snear no them. stones remain for tw months, jut since tha young oysters cannot endure cold la November all rocks la leas than Ave feet of water are moved farther out. where the temp.-rature to even. At the end of three years, at! tbe shells are about two inches tbey are taken from the water, for tiearto Inserted In them and re placed In lite v.strr, thirty of them to every six a-tcaix- feet of bottom. Torre they are left for four rears Then, being seven and a half yean old they are removed and eaarehad for pearls. Washington Star. Balfour Asserts That Allies An Fighting For the Liberties of Mankind. WASHINGTON, April 25,-The final step bringing representatives of the world's greatest democracies to gether came today with the arrival of the French commissioners. As former Premier Viviaai ayi ( Marshall Joffrc came sliding down the Potosnlc on the yacht Mayflower, Secrctarp of the Treasury McntloO handed the Britiah ambassador. Spring Rce, a treasury warrant for $200,000,- 000, Great Britain's first participation in the seven billion dollar war finance fund. Few more impressive scenes in the history of the United States hare ever been enacted than the trrival of the French commissioners at 12 J this afternoon. Thousands of people lined the road from the navy yard gate to the pier where tbe yacht was docked. Scores of navy and army officials and Secretary of State Lansing were awaiting the party. When Drink Is at the Bottom. In a large proporthHi of ra-ew." says a contemporary, -drink to found to lie st the bottom of the trouble when accl dent to J o riders occur.' Quit so. and at the hotiooi la the man outside of tbo drinks, while on top oftentimes Is a couple of tons of twisted metal. some combustible upholstering, a tank of gaxollne with a broken feed Hoe and a lire spsrk l-oulsville Courier-Jour Net an Insult DM yon call that n.utemporary lowbrow and a bouebeadl" Tea, I did." niiswered Senator Sor- ghuui. "He resents the Insult" "That was no Insult That was a diagnosis "-Washington 8tar. The Dull Man. The dull man has no Imagination He does not possess the faculty of put ting himself In the other mail's place. Therefore be to certain to blunder, to be unjust end to be cruel. He cannot be charitable.-Arnold Bennett In Wo man's Home Companion. Biros. "I wtoa a ton of coal, pi "Tee. madam What sixer "Dear ana. I didn't know coal cams ta sixes: I wear a .No. S eboe and a No 0 gtove-"-Loulvllie Courier-Journal. An Inatanos sf Woman's Superiority. No man ever dared tell the truth about women: only a woman can do It -K W. Howe's Monthly ARMED I). S. UIER SINKS SUBMARINE RUMRO hmm Ins YsjUow Paw . t)a Glob JMai.bt. (Bv United Press) WASHINGTON, April 25 The Navy Department aaa receved a re port through officials channel that the American steamer Mongolia sank a sebmarine when the German under water craft attacked it Because tbe dsjaartmant's tion 't not positive and the message aasjsflalli. the State Department re fuses to discuss the report The Monl gotia was hound from the United States to E saltan. BENCH LEADERS REACH CAPITAL POPE UmSEO CUM STRIKES MOST SERIOUS ROME, April 25. Pope Benedict is informed by papal nuncios in the Teutonic countries that the general strikes closely approximate a revo lution According to a report in Vati can circles, it is asserted that the revolts indicate that a general revolt to back the people's peace demar-'s might develop. CITY NEWS 9 0) 8999.a8?SiSS8998 Visits His Father S. A. Whitney, a former Albaap bop. ut no wa successful j rains; usi- ness man of Portland, is visiting at -the home of his fatt er, J. J. Whitney. Mrs. Weatherford Returns Mrs. Mark Weatherford returned last night from Ann Aror, Michigan, where she haa ben visiting at the home of bet) mother for several weeks. Ships Stock D. E. Neberal last night shipped a carload of fat hog.; and cattle to Portland. The last shipment he made topped the market Visits Her Daughter Mrs. W. Parker ia visiting at the home of her daughter at Cottage Grove. Returns to Albany. si Mrs. Carrie Wolfe, who recently un derwent an operation in Portland for appendicitis, has returned to Albany. Makes Business Trip- Charles Weider returned last niht from a business trip to Milt City.' Citp Council Meeting The regular meeting of the city council will be held this evening. RUSSIA RAID WORKS with ma PETROGRAD, April- 2$.-The de struction of tbe Turkish harbor work at Karasune and live Turkish vetsets is officially announced as the out come of a successful Russian, destroyer and subsnarinc raid, Karasunt to a Mnaort of , Turkey on the Beach Sea,