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VOL. XXX
ALBANY, LINN COUNTY, ORE GON. WEUNKSDAY, AUG 29, 1917
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ITALIAN LINES
Difficulty in Moving Artillery
at Fast at Troops Check
More Rapid Advance
AUSTRIAN TROOPS PRE
PARING TO MAKE STAND
Fighting on the Western Front
Slows Down; Artillery Act
live on French Front
I.omlon, Auk "j Italy's great of
tensive li.iv paused itiuineuiarilv. Tlir
Italian Iouti advamed 10 rapidly lha:
t i impossible fOf heavy artillery t-
keep up with lltr infantr). Hainsara
Plateau i now virtually the tenter
f iti Iftoiio tiktlitniK Austrian forces
it is reported jfr preparing to make
a ilrtrrimnrtl stand
The Italians air voiiiinumg the ad-
v a ucr lovaN Tricots
lirnnal If . reported l' ' there
i lighting in nali a irofru spots on
the wrairin front bttl BO COtSBBftOd of
fensive Can a dispatches say that
only artillery i aCt.Vf ufi the French
front
CITY NKWS
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Weather Report
Temperature ranges from (JV to 47
degrees River it I.J feet.
Have Rented Home
Mr. and Mti Thomas Harper have
tented t'teir linmc m Sunriar to Mr
and Mrs lluie m ho It live in it
during the attar n i of Mr and Mrs
II arper, who are leaving for Plain
view, Tesas, where tliey wdl reside
iir a yar
Leaving Tomorrow
The Mirs Minnie and Lena Pea
cock will leave tomorrow for New
port to fcptwd their vac a linn. Thev
will !-r M ibOtll two srckl
Will Go To I t Steven
l.irnl. Mile Mi Krv Irf: $$ night
1 r I' "ft sl c en v to join I fir ( oast
rtillery
Attorney Tussing Here
tttorot Tntaini of Hiowns
ville, arrived nfhe cit bll morning
to attend to business.
Scto School Fair
Kvery boy or atirl in I. inn count)
who has a domestic siienre or manu
al training article, any vegetable,
iruit, chickens, ducks, (trrv, turkeys.
I'n; s or sheep is asked to make an ex
hibit at the I inn County School Fair,
which will he ImM in connection with
the I. inn louiity Pair at Scto Sept.
1H-20. F.utries close at 6 p. in Sept.
17, and all exhibit- mtLst he in place.
Premium lists may he had from the
secretary, Mrs. Jennie Sheltoii, Scio,
or from County School Superintend
ent, Mr I l (it turnings
NEW CLASSIFIED
l-OK SAIL Nine torn of hay in
ham. Malt cheat and balance clov
er. Also 14 slioats. Sunrise Add
Home Phone 4SM or IJ82. A2M1
HatLF ANTKI-Telephone Q
rat or s -t.erniancnt positions for
youiw women: salary paid while
learning. Apply Pac. Tel. & Tel. Co.
J9 M
WANTSD To rent a good modern
home of seven or eight rooms.
Phone 275-R A -29-31
SHORT COURSE IN FRUIT
PACKING 6IVEN AT O.A.C.
Short Crops and High Prices
Make Careful Marketin
Necessary
The ladies, and men if they care to
attend, are urged to be present at
the meeting to be held in the base
ment of the Methodist church Thurs
day afternoon at 2 o'clock to witness
the demonstration in canning and
drying fiuitft by Miss Chauey of the
Oregon Agricultural College.
Miss Chaney will give a demonstra
tion of canning and drying fruits and
vegetables and will give a talk along
the lines of the Hoovrr movement
Miss Chaney wilt have with hei
one of the steam canners, and will
explain the construction of the BOOM
dryer, which ran be built with very
little trouble or expense.
The Ircture will be interesting an
will be worth the time that anyone
may take in attending New ideas in
canning w ill be shown that will hr
worth the time of any person
WANTED' DtCrj pickers Two
cents a pound will be paid for pick
ing Kvergreen blackberries. T. J
May, Jefferson, re. 1r informa
tion see II. Y llouley, Albany Slate
Hank. A-29-31
FOR S I.KCherolel 4), good as
new. Demountable rims. Price $J75
P. 0. Hox 44.1 or Hell phone 2-F-IJ
lliilonuth, Oregon. A-S-4
I OR SALK CHKAI' . acres with
crop, stock and tools. Apply Dan
Stock ib-1 1. Llmira, Ore., l.ane Co
A-29-S 5
New Jap Baby
Dr. I'. B, Hraurhattip assisted in
bringing into the world a new Japan
tft taly girl at the hop yards yester
day attrruoon The mother came to
this ttC How of the slate lo work In
the hop yards.
Will Inspect Hint Cattle
V party oi prominent Albany men
left late this afternoon for the J. I
Cornell ranch mar Shedd. to inspect
Ihe fine dairy herd owned by Mr
lortiett It is said to be the finest
herd in the valley Included in the
i arty were A. C Schniitt, A. I.. Kish
er. Rev W P. White. Hub Hryam
J. C. Irvine, and Clyde Williamson.
SETH FRENCH LEARNING
HOW TO BE AN OFFICER
Seth T. French, sun f Mr. and
Mrs. 1 M. l-rench of this city, has
arrived at the second reserve officers
training camp at San Francisco, and
is already at work learning the dut
iet of a soldier nd an officer. A let
ter received last evening by his par
ents, contains the follow mg
Arrued here yesterday morning
uilb Albert Kpperley of Lebanon, and
tiderson of The Dulles We indirect
to headquarters, lined up, presentc'.'.
our orders t nturn. Hy being together
w e thought that we w ould get into
the same compaii), hut they had e
Blttl and our applications carefully and
had assigned all 4uruihrra of this
camp their future quarters before
our arrival.
I .is assigned to t!ie Second Hat
tery, Field Artillery. This assignment
is permanent for the duration oi the
camp, so 1 am either going to be a
gunner or nothing.
'St far and ihey are all here I
am the youngest in the Second Hat
Irry. All the men arc older ones. Al
an average, this camp is much older
and better chosctn than the last one
"Scattered around my bed are older
men 01 many businesses, trades and
states. The man to my right is from
Montana, to my left Irani Southern
i .ibloi nia, at my feet from yoni
mg. so 1 have unite a variety arounu
me.
"Thr grub is good and well served
The quarters are in wooden barracks,
clean, sanitary, shower baths, stoves
at the f'lot of my bed About 4S men
are in the same room. No civilians
ate allowed in the barracks or on the
porch.
"This morning a great shout went
up, 'It's waiting,' some one yelled, and
everybody started ont he run, and be
lieve me, I went along. It proved to
be the mess call.
"I got a complete suit for $I7.M
Had it pressed and altered tor $1.
"Learned the semaphore alphabet
last evening using both arms. Kvery
body around here is waving his arms
like he wer e cray, learning the al
phahet. We have inspection at PjQQ
this morning.
" I '"ii'i forget that subscription of
yours to the Army Y. M. C. A. It
i the best thing for the boys herr
that could be provided.
SETH T. FRENCH.
R. O. T. C, 2nd Hat..
West Cantonment. Presidso, San
Francisco, California."
NEWSPAPERS HIT
BY WAR MEASURE
McKeller Amendment Provid
ing Zone System for Sec
end Class Mail Pasted
POSTAL RATE INCREASED
ON ALL PUBLICATIONS
Prohibitive Rate is Fixed on
Second Class Mail Sent lo
Distant Points
Washington, Aug. 29. The Senat
this afternoon by a voir of forty to
thirty-five adopted the Mr Kellar
amendment to the w ar revenue hill
providing for a BOM system M aat
ud class mail
Thr ajurnduirnt also increase the
postal rates on magamr and news
paper distributed more than tfefCJ
hundred miles from t tie publication
point.
It increase the rate on publications
sent eighteen hundred miles or more
to eight cents a pound
PATRIOTIC LEAGUE COM-
1TIEE WILL MEET FRIDAY
At the meeting of the Linn Count)
Council of the Oregon Patriotic Ser
vice League, which mrt at the Court
House rterday, the following com
mittee was appointed to name such
other department heads as the ora
nidation may suggest. Those on
the committee are Chairman Gibson,
Judge D. EL McKmght. Hon. S. M.
(iarland and Judge C H. Stewart.
The following will be the commit
tee for which heads will he named
Food Supply and Lonscrv at ion; In
butrial LebOTj Farm Labor; Maun
lacturers. Lumber , Transportation .
omc Defense Work , Woman's
Work; Publicity , Medicine and Mor
Is, Law and Fiuaiu e , l o-ordiuatn u
of Pat i iotic and other Societies.
Dr. Gibson has called a meeting dJ
the committer to name these heads
Friday afternoon at .1 o'clock at the
Court I lotiac
LUTHERAN CHURCHES TO
CELEBRATE HERE SUNDAY
Four Churches Will Commem
orate 400th Anniversary
of Reformation
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FULL SHIFT
The brick yard operated by C. G.
Kaw lings, is running w ith a full shilt
of twenty man .md turning out brick
at the rate Oi 25j000 per day.
Mr R.iwlins Mated hti altera oofl
that he expected to turn out u milium
brick lefotc t lie close of the summer
run.
Teacher's Institute
Fhe Annual Teachers' Institute will
be held in AlbaW lac ttth, 27th and
JXi h of November.
HaoUaraaaVfTOVc next Si mla) will
be the scene of a joint celebration of
the 4UUtli anniversary of the Kciorma
liofl by the ioOfrcgatioflf of the
Lutherau churches oi Albany, Salem.
( orvallis a. id Lahgftftft.
between J50 aad 4UU persons arc
expected lo attend and services will
be held both tu'ruuig and diicrnoon.
with a big basket dinner at BOOB, la
the morning services will be held in
Grrinan, and at I o'clock Liigbsb ser
vices will be held.
The band of the CorvaSUi cJnju h
ill play and acconpaajf the atnaj
ing of the congregation at both ser
vices. The choir ot ttic Salem church
will render several selections.
i lie four-hundicdih anniversary oi
the founding of Laitbcraniam is an uu
portaBi event, not only in the chnxcb,
but in history as well. On Uctover
31, 1517, Martin I. ether, an Augus
tne eremite, nailed bis JS thc
..gainst the Indulgences ut the estab
lished church, and this date is aa
ai the dividing betw ecu mediaeval
and modern times.
In 15U5 Lutiirr loM a coui;aiii n
by sudden death and reaKiad tlie- need
ol tehgion, and became an Ajiguitine
ireinitc at Erfurth. German). He was
made Professor o: Philoaophy oi Wit
ttnburg Lnivers t in and in
1510 he made a trip to Home and nraj
made a Doctor o: Divinity.
In 1517 when Pope Leo X. through
his agent, Tetxcl, was in Wittcnber;;
.selling indulgences fur the purpose oi
building St. Petri s Cathedral, of
Koine, and for raising money lor sup
porting a league o: Christian powers
against the Turls and other barbarous
nations, Luther came into collision
with thr agent and expounded his 95
theses against the practices of the in
dulgences. Finally Luther's breach with thr
agents brought him into direct op
position to Rome, and in 153' Ik
burned thr Papal bull against him
with ttir decretals and canons, com
I leting his separation from the
church.
On April 17. 1 51 . he appeared upon
summons before the Diet of Worms
and there refused to retract his pub
lished views unless first convinced
that Ihey were crronious.
Following this hr lived in retire
ment for year, when he returned
to Wittenhur;. cast ot'f his monastic
(fres and in thr next year he married
Heine at outs with the established
j church Lather was oMltjtsi to thin'.
ut a form of religion of his own
1 .uthrr's relipion gradually spread
throughout Germany, then into Swcd
I eft, Denmark a;-.d other countries, ami
I tOCsiy the LuthffM church is the
largest in the world, and the thir I
largest in thr Unit 'd Statct
The Lutheran rclnrion was Bfatclt
td in America e:rht mouths before
the Pilcrim tb.r- lauded al PL
mouth. Among the settlers of the
13 original states were many Luther
ans. and Baany officers i-i the Revolu
tionary war as well as the first
speaker of the House of RcanTaaaOta
lives. alo beloiMJoi lo that church.
The church h.n a member-hip
J.445.276 n .uly KXjOO paaton attend
r
One Entire Division Beats a
Retreat, Enabling Germans
to Advance Position
DIFFERENCES AMONG
LEADERS BEING SETTLED
Unswerving Loyalty PlPdged
by Factions Represented At
Democratic Conference
A A (t & tfi, t&- A- ' l :t '.
& e
i Petrugrad, Aug. J9. Kuss-
s'- ian troop continue to desert.
I The war office declared that $
one entire division near Mun- $
j chcliu iled in disorder, prmit- (ft
I ting the enemy to advance.
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Moscow, Aug 20. The spectre of
a cutintcr revolution may be invukee
to persuade the widely split elements
to reconcile their differences at the
I U-Russian conference.
M. Grckhodd, chief spokesman for
the railroad employes, took the sol
diers and workmen's council sternly
10 task because they feared every step
the cadet party proposed was reac
tionary. He declared that if a counter revo
lution came, the railroad employes
M ill make it a failure by tieing up ev
ery railroad.
GRAND JURY COMPLETES
WORK UNO MAKES REPORT
Two Cases Are Placed on Trial
Docket; Improvements Reco
mmended for Offices
judge Kelly has placed two cases
n the trial docket for next week.
Ill the case of the State vs. Alfred
Matlock, charged with larceny of a
alf, trial set for Tuesday, 10 a. m.
In the case of the State vs. Frank
Jones, of Craw iords ville. charged
with non-support, trial was set for
ext Wednesday at 9 o'clock.
Wm. Morgan, who was charged
ith stealing wood with four other
mm last spring, was cited to appear
in court at 4 o'clock this afternoon
The other men, Frank Koos, Frank
and W. F. Iavis, and Arthur Wag
goner, were convicted at the last term
of court and are now serving time of
cut on parole.
The Grand Jury finished its work
today, and after a visit to the poor
farm, submitted its report to Judge
Kelly.
In the Recorder's office it was re
commended that some of the old
ounty record be rebound and that
improvements be made to the vault.
Additional vaults were recom
mended for the Sheriffs office for
the purpose of preserving the tax-
records safely.
WAR PROFIT TAX
INCREASE SURE
M. Proluif, representing the rail
i ad engineers, that declared Rus
sia's transiKjr.a'.Jon system is dis
o-ganized.
Grouzcmbcrg. representing the
kussian Jew, several Ukranian rep-
icsentativ cs and Mussclman. dele
gates pledged unsw crv ing loyalty to
thfl new govrnmnt.
It is strongly indicated that Rerens-
ky and M- Koruoloff would adjust
their differences, both ignoring the at
ttsOStf of the workmen and :oldiers
baders to dominate the army.
Russian Prisoners Taken
Berlin. Aug. 29. lileven hundred
Russians wire made prisoners on the
northern front it is officially report
id. Russian counterattacks were re
pulsed.
OUT IN OAKLAND
'akland. Aug. A revival of
the COOat tong war is feared as a re
sidt of the murder this morning ot'
Lin Toon, a Chinese tong leader. He
wa found dead in bed with a ga
lag knife wound in his heart.
PEACE COUNCIL AOVGCATES
SEEK IMJUNCTION
New York. uu. 2. Minneapcdi'
lawyer for the people" peace conn
cil w ill seek an injunction against
the order of Gov ernor Rurnquist
barring the council meeting from
Minnesota.
WORK IS SUSPEKED
ON CAMP FREMONT
Sa-i Francis o. Ai'g. 29. Troop
hav e been rdr red east :nd the war
department su-rended -w ork at cam
Fremont and began rtfrtving. ( regon
engineer; left for Casnp Green in
N'orth Carolina.
Sessiie Hayakawa. the celebrated Japanese Actor, co nin,. to the Globe
Tonight in "The Bottle Imp,
: over l.'.uTO congregations. The
i harth Riaiatatoj orphan asylums,
coneges. schoob for the education of
ministers, a large publishing ttOOM
infostoitarlcfl abroad and carries on
all '-ranches of church, benevolent
and eleomosinaiy work.
Finance Committee Reaches
an Agreement in Nature of
Compromise
AMENDMENT WILL BE
INTRODUCED AT ONCE
MARINE OFFICERS 10
GOME FROM THE RANKS
Washington, August 29. Hoping
to vv:n their way to the top of their
profe-sion by becoming bona fide of
ficers. General A. Reed. Colonel Oscar
WiH:..ms and Lieutenant Goddard
McCabe are now serving as privates
in the ranks of the United State, Ma
rine Corps. Thev were given their
o:"tici .1 names by their parents, and
rcu through any military service or
appointment.
Major General George Barnett
commandant of the Marine Corps, re
cently made the announcement that
future officers in that organization
w ould be chosen from men in th
ranks. It may be that the martial
prefixes of these well-named sea-sol
diers may serve them later as a desig
nation of their rank.
DEER SEASON WILL
CLOSE NEXT SATURDAY
Because of the great number ot sol
diers patrolling the forests now Gov
ernor James Withycombe, who w-as
in Portland Tuesday, will issue a
proclamation, closing the deer season
next Saturday.
"The olive drab uniforms of the
oldiers might easily be mistaken for
over by htuitcrs," said the governor.
and be tired at. Then, too, an in
cendiary it apprehended by a guard
could kill him and explain that he mis
took him for a deer. "Journal.
Tall man Store S old-
Samuel K. Tooley, postmaster and
proprietor of the store at Tallman,
has sold hn stock and has resigned
his position as postmaster. As soon
as his resignation is accepted he wilt
L ave tor Edmonton, Alberta, near
where l.e has purchased a section of
land, and engage in the wheat rais
ing business.
Fresent Reading Circle Certificates-
Teachers are required to present
tl c reading circle certificate to the
County school superintendent before
tl.ey can have their teacher's certitt
cate or contract w ith the schools re
istered. About two certificates or con
tracts are returned each day because
the teachers have not presented th
reading or N. E. certificates.
Sent Dish Cloths
The ladies of the Rd Cross sent a
shipment of dish cloths to the bnys
at Ft. Canby yesterday. More than
the required number were handed in
by different ladies.
Whitney Will Reopen Store
R. J. Whitney stated to a Demo
cr it. representative this morning that
Im rOpoaOs) to reopen his store as
soon as the repairs are completed
and he expected the work would he
completed in two or three weks.
Off on Vacation
Gus Abrams and wife are spending
the week in the Yachats country on a
fishing and hunting trip.
Over a Billion Dollars of Rev
enue Will Come from Profits
if Amendment Passes
Washington, Aug. 29. The Sen
ate Finance Committee decided to in
crease war profit taxes four hundred
ninety-eight million dollars as a com
promise with the wealth conscrip-
tionists.
fhe amendment was prepared and
will be introduced immediately.
Under the proposed amendment the
total sum to be raised from war pro
fits will be one billion sixty million
dollars as compared with five hun
dred and ninety-two million as the
bill now provides.
Washington, Aug. 29. Chairman
Simmons stated that he does not be
lieve Underwood and Bankhead, the
southern insurgents, will support the
amendment. The Borah-Johnson
group are expected to refuse to sup
port the amendment because they
want to raise a half million more from
war profits.
S. P. MAIN LINE IS
TIED UP BY WRECK
Redding, Calif., Aug. 29. Two cars
of a Southern Pacific frieght train
were hurled into a river and two oth
ers badly damaged when a broken
flange caused a derailment near Bal-
ta station. The main line of the S.
P. is blocked but none were report
ed injured.
U. S. WILL HAVE FLYIN6
SCHOOL FOR AVIATORS
Washington, Aug. 29. The War
Department announced that a flying
school for training six hundred
American aviators be established im
mediately at Fort Worth, Texas.
English instructors from Canadian
schools will instruct the American of
ficers in training the flyers.
LORO 6RAY DIED
IN LONDON TODAY
London, Aug. 29. Lord Grey, for
merly Governor General of Canada,
died today. He was ill several
months.
PRESIDENT SAYS KAISER
IS LOOSING CODFIDENCE
Washington, Atif? 29 The Preii
frnt sees the tlirone of the Hohen
zollern beginning to crumble, evi
dences of the weakening of the Kais
r'$ hold and the increasing boldness
among leaders of the Democrat fac
tion causing imperial anxiety at the
growing moral forces opposing him
and reveal the Kaiser at weaker now
than at any time since the war started
Visitori from Brownsville
Mrs. H. Sheldon and daughter,
Mildred, and Mrs. Holendheck were
Albany visitors yesterday coming
down i nan auto.
Returns Home
Al. Sternberg returned home jrea
terday from Portland where he had
been on hut bias.