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VOL. XXX
ALBANY. LINN COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. SKPTF.MBKR 21 IWT.
No. 104.
BERNSTORFF PLOT
AGAINST THE U. S.
Asked for Fifty Thousand From
His Home Government to
Influence Congress
AMBASSADOR'S LETTER IN
HANDS OF U S. OFFICIALS
Wanted German ieclaratlon in
Favor of Irish to Inf uence
Opinion in This Country
0 WASHINGTON, Itpt :
l l I' i ! lomr and aciute
W UMMfl ai c MrM! hi i tint 0 .in
earth the organisation through
" wlmh lift tut 'it 1 1 orkrd, and
v MOfClliRfl imjuit dnnandrd
nhulrtiii,t admitted thai
vJ I 4tintl' rruUniiiii showed
'' iu h 4ii organisation null J. hut
ihiutrt t wurW-l vitltHi I lir '
tt hftoUlt't ' kilo i. tlt(r Of II ' f'
It tlll4IKI4 t4--ltiy Of1
j w j
WASHlt.lO Srpl J I .1 I' ,
BtMlllOffl aUi.tlv ototud 44iut
lllr I 'inlrd State V lob aOtMMM
t.ot hrir hr a ! lirilm lor 1 1 1 1
lhu4tit dollar ti uJlmnic i'nn
tin state i.rpl tltirtV aiWUUIKrd tO
da I he d" " flMnt PW
on
lit UOIUM M OWl
4."! o inflwcncf uMig
the organ. satnoi fam lOBO ol, which
-mi MIfMJMj pftV4R ' I'm Mffill
ning itt the iurntmic to act Mcord
null) in the ibovi elrcoRUtadci i
public aii on lal - 'ii m. dr. Ian
tioti in la. or ot I - ti.l i hik'hly dc
Ireblt gam ,tt of trih tn
tiuriur here
The atatr dri'ji t nirtu didn't fl
It on ti r thr BMM 111 'he organ. all. m
.rtnloril lurntimirii. How thr
Ainrruati Ot It mi. ml sr. urcd thr
MMtMff ' kept rt rrt
LINN COUNTY 10 HAVE
EXHIBIT AT STATE FAIR
Good Showing of Grain and
Vegetables Despite Dry
bummer to Be Sown
Uei coiiaty
i Um Suiti Pali
MCtttMU "i tlir C
I lr i .t- -..I ll
Bnuninai
ill Imi
r lnhit
ip i araak lAd all
mity will oiitrih-
id --y-
ho ha CJUfgl ol thr
ichool taUbtia at Ido '
nd thr rntlir rfchlblt to Sajrm to
mot row
County otnmiatloMf J I Irviw
.nd LoMutfd GOkiyi in w ill wvn
eatMM l '' rshihit ihn rar, have
hrrn i plltl '"g thr liidttrrikl lor thr
f,Mt f wrrVt kV,.tlr thr dry MM
ajar, Lbm ouut y ill hai r ., goad
iIhim i iik it Mgttabla. I nit mmI
irrain Thr tr tilr BOptftOMai will
t-4vr lOOMtaisa uir whilr to
f tnimioj alto
li "in Dfaatai mdicitioti-. it ti hop
rd Uaa flinty will htva food ji"
n hihit thi ' i if not hrttrr thai)
1at vrar. whrn lir VOa thr I0COM
I-f ir
i l.i l
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CITY KEWS
FUND STARTED TO BUY
POST CARDS FOR SOLOIERS
nrw fulul Ii4ft hrrn jiirj m At
han will" the rah dnnati'n .t $S t
lur har rr nine m (uttal Cft'dl lOI
rat h ') who HMM 1 1 ti hri- d
nK thr nrt lew day. Ml In VOJ U
inrriAii I.akr PottmattCI StrwuM
Mill arraiu'e to hair a ItMpOVBfJ BOtl
oltur m the army Any COOlribatkMM
to thlt fund ll Ml tfladty tr rivrd '
thr Ked C'rotft hediliuarteri. or -Mi
Jone, the thairtiMn o( thr I i
nance I'roinohon cOMMittMl Th 1
KM of the card i to let thr ho
lolkf lirar from thrnt n thtir
I at night mi the l.ihrary Ma
Curl met with the nirtiihrt of the
l.ilrai Itoatd to dinu plan lor
riMiui muiie lor Imm.L, iof the oI
dim The mern 411 I -i!rar ao
riatkM i planning on supplying thr
tent in thr QUHOOMtatl. and every
puldu lihiaty in the Dflittd Stln
urgrd in the MOVtMMll 01 rcuntig
money for thr MMMI neat weeV.
Three hundred fifty dollar i thr
ainoitnt of umnry that i proportioned
to Alhany to raie Tomorrow a
committee will t choen for the cam
I aign
HEADS OF LEADERS
Wholesale ExecutiontDemand
ed by Petrograd Soldiers
and Workmen
GERMAN PROPAGANDA
CAUSES GOVT. TROUBLE
Kerensky Pictured as Dictator:
German Agents Plot to
Take His Lite
"HIGH COST OF LOVING',
IS HERE TONIGHT
Kolb and Dill Bring Beauty
Chorus, Jazz Band and
Loads of Fun
Tonight at the Gl'dr Thratre, Koft
& Dill, the premiere Dutch otnrd
MMi VQI pretrnt their latrt lauh
riot "Thr High -Oir of LoVMj1
vhith comet direct from a re otr
r'-.lt :r.g run in California otie l
. ou crave farce of the L ind tha
doulde you in your MM and then
leave, you wiping aa the tar ol
latigtitrr, if you are fond of tinkling,
haunting tunc utig h- real artitt.
and if you long for the MJM. oi girl,
lomrly, shapely and with the pep oi
otith. then "The Hlgk Coi of Lov
ing" ii the ihow you've '
STRIKERS RIOT IN
F
Crowd of Three Hundred Attack
Street Car with Rocks;
Police Disperse Crowd
CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY IS
NAMED MEDIATOR
DRAFTEO MEN WIRE
THANKS TO ALBANY
Mayor Receives Telegram Sent
from Portland; 300 Men
Entertained Here
IT
LINES FORWARD
1W7.
Allied Airmen Fly Low and
Pour Machine Gun Fire
Into German Lines
Funeral Service Held
Thr lunrral Mfktl ol Hrnr Hot
for va hrld ihii aitrftioon liom th
famtU home in Hrnton county, tirar
(irangrr A numhrt ot lh.in I.U
altemlnl
Finnerty ketutni
Mi and Mr Q I I innrrtv rr
turtu d i t i da It MM a i N eek"
trip to tir4iit I'a and I'ratrr Lake
Ibannn Man Here
At turtle) Samuel ( airland of I .eh
anon in town on batilltM today
Ketutntng to Fort Canby
Kruutih Mloom. Jav l'almrr, l-'arl
Scott. Roy Strwait .nid Wilmrr LoOfl
li ft tin afternoon for Fort ( anhy
The bojTI h.ir hrrn MMMJ on a fur
lough visiting r rial IVOI and inrnd
Ooe to Portland
W. II Gdtfl a a parnger to
I ' m tLi ml this morning, whrr- hr will
IPtMj ih- dt) iMting In lUnghtcr
NEW CLASSIFIED
i
WANTI-H-A rc.k ('.ill at Si
i.ir'. Hospital.
Wanted iiixi. mEooI iiti wSa
wnrk in tXClMUISt ("r bMfd tfl
room Call Bell ohonc S8J-R
HARRISBUR6 GIRL MARRIES
A U. S. SOLDIER
Fin s morning at thr M F paraoa
agr Mm Mary Patraoa ivaa NnttMl
in man iagr to Gafl HatBOWBy, thr
rcrcmony bclni oarfonMd bj Di
Hbaoi
Thr hrtde and groom are hotfc re
idrnt of llartihtirg hut the gTOOM
racCBtl) otmd thr Initrd Stairs
ar m) and rl now nt.it iourd at Fbfl
SlavtM Thr nrw ly married con pit
Irlt on thr aftrrnoon train for Fort
land.
LEBANON GIRL MARRIES
PORTLAND MAN
At noon today MNM Mire BlowH
of Lrhanoti w.i united in marriage to
A. L BnunWtfl Ol Portland. h Kiv
Voonf
The hrtde II a daughter of Mr. and
Mn. M. P Miami of Lebanon and
thr groom i rmplov etl at Poi'tl.m l
They will make their home at thc
Iat named place.
By William 0. Shepherd. United Pre
Staff Cuuetondent
Cynghied WO Hy Unttrd PtMl)
Si t kCKW LM. Sept Jl -Kuia
ha trathed the reign f trrrof DM
noil, I hr peoptr atr ib .n.indiiig
m ho!ralr e utioli Thr BpltlM I
iki party mcinhrt. p. trograd WMMfl
ai.d the oldi(ift and worktni n- coun
cil are drui.tmling the ttVMJ ot tumor
MCrttM I'""' Miluikolt. Muharl
Kodianko, ptetident of th Duma,
ami JU 1 Iiiiiu memhri
i o i man 'l propaganda MMMCM
KuMa Mfl than liennan artuiei
loiman agmti determinedly at
tempted to kill Kerrtiiky 1 hr agent
prtad MOfOJ uf tale rrportf about
Ktfvaaky, intended to create di n
MM A picture of Kerenaky. stand
ing III a apoleon-likr ;oitioi, w a
in- ulatrd throughout Petrogta
QitMM .tgeiit liaw Mil ejinly win
M led tiat k err inky Hit a (HctatOC(
and many belies e krrenk i at
tempting to aumi dictator :al pow
era.
OerarV Keaigns
PFTROCR Srpt 21 -It l rr
orted that (rrner.il Alrxirft. com
inandrr in chief of the Rti'-sian arm
ir. ha reignrd because oi lif:'er
ence with kerrnky, thr uprrmr
touimand Ol tM) Rmmian army leing
rrplacrd with a man the oldirr
ti ut. Minitrr V'erhot'sky animunced
MICHLER FAMILY HAVE
NARROW ESCAPE TODAY
Ictb & Dill lai. it
brat cure for thr blue
the pat century. It i
latlgMer from start t
offering $ th(
dWcOl errd n
i convultion rj
finish and it
iIomH thrse inimitable GOMMMMM the
beit vein, lr they ccr T.ave had i"r
their distinctive comedy methods Th
company lupportmg thr. ir .
tar in' hide uch natnr- 4 He r
Shumrr. I fank Darian. Jolia Blai c.
1ay Qoji Virginia iJeLilie. Loren
GiUettOi Honora Hamilton and other
of t 'itial prominence.
lr: Th. High CiH of 1 oin." thr
inns cat tutrrpoiation art inironin rn
ith deft ll ill and at no time inter-
frrr wirh thr h rrammgly funn pmfl
$ of the plot. The big song re
view at the opening of the third act.
in which each of the Kolb & Dill
bcautir part'eipatr with an individ
ual nmubrr. took San Frarcivro and
other bay city audiincr by -torm.
And last hut not WMl there the
syncopation of the "Ja" or hrtra
uhi.h Kolh A Dill carry with then
Th- entire production h exactly the
-ainr it!i which these .lerr corned
iam icored the hit of thrir career
daring the history making en gag
ments in San Franriso 1,
Employers and Men Are Dead
locked: Strike Situation
In Portland Unchanged
SAN FTtA.VCISO
) Calvin McNab.
. Sept. 2L L.
local attorn .
waft appointed teoerai mrdtator in
the ironworker strike. Heretofore,
VY. T. Boyce. accident immigration
inspector, had actrd M mediator. It
is unknown whether McNab will re
place him.
Representative of the employers
nd employes are deadlocked. Thv
t (iitw orkers said they saw no pros
pect oi" a settlement.
Rioting broke out in half a dozen
section of the Mission district in
connection w ith the streetcar strike
A crowd of three hundred attarlrd
. streetcar with rock-. Thr mob re
formed every time the police dispers
ed it.
Unchanged in Porvand
PORTLAND. Sept. ?1 The strikt
situation is unchanged Roth sides
;ire awaiting government action
Here From Brownsville
Mr and Mr. Cha. Howe, son an
r'a-itrhter of Brownsville, are in town
today shopping.
FLAG MAKERS ARRFSTFD
GY GOVERNMENT ORDER
This morning Ar.hir Mischlrr and
family, who li e near Pirtle Station,
had a narrow escape
Fhev start rd to ( or alii in their
t.ir and when going down t)'r hill at
Orleans chapel. Mr. Mischlrr lost
control of the car The car went
luadfir-t into a ditch at the side of
the road, landing- the car on end. A
t'r rrick 0 a srenrrd and the OJttJ
pulled out. The only damage done
the Cat ai a broken fender Vonr
of the occupants of the car were in
jnred.
I 1 IR S l F pph .it orchard f
mib' north of 1 rbunon for Ml
ccnti a box Nick l elchty. Boll
1J14I sJS-2H ... m
FOR R F.NT I'ivr-rnom modoCM bun
galow at 'Ml Fast l"ifth St Furnace.
FlrcpMcOi Dutch kitchen, cement
basemrnt D.in JollNttOfli I iit Na
tion.il Bank Bldg 21tf
rut ih'W'i 1 ERS U now ninth m
)gf gntonfl the life insurance com
panies of the United States New
York Times 2I
r,(n lHismoN'-Can he had hy
young man drsirink to learn MM
raphy at Western Union Receives
salary whilr learning. Call at of
fice or information. t21-24
Visiting Aunt
Mis- I .via Ross of Fugene 11 visiting
her aunt. Mrs. Dave Proman
Going to Astoria
I M Doughton of Hulhert & hl
ing Hardware store will go to Aojria
in the morning on business. He also
expects to no over to Fort I'anby to
visit his hrother-in-law . BIHott Sprcng
rr, who is with Fifth company
Ft. Canny Boys Receive "FCata
Several crates of fruit, includinj:
pearhrs, prars and grapes and an lit
numrrablr amount of boxes of cand
were "hipped to thr boyi at Fort
Canby yesterday afternoon.
Has Tonsils Removed
("has Fotrmillrr had his tonsils re
moved yesterday.
JUDGE BINGHAM HEARS
CASES IN CIRCUIT COURT
I n the circuit COO 11 todftl before
bulge Bingham the follow ing ib
vorces ere ranted 1 1 am literal)
- Hamerslv ; Etotl A Hart v
Lour R. Hart; Sarah B. Smith vs
ill iam 1'. Smith, and Bessie Wei
hons . Kenneth Welsh on 1 1
the case of Within vs Watkins the
caM r m dismiaacd.
In the case of Bilyeu and Weather
ford vs. Chester t-'ioiich. a deumriei
was heard by the plaint i ft" and the
cae wa taken under ad isetm-nt
LLOYD GEORGE IS NOT
A BEAU BRUMMEL
1 ( m N, s pt 1 1 B Mali)
ladf PffOte a horrified letter to the
newspapers that she actually
Lloyd-George in CoCkapttf street with
" distinct crack riiht across the left
boot."
I he new-spa per claims that UlOyO
George is very quick on his t'eet and
that leather nowadays is a trencher
ens fabric ; furthermore thai 1 lov!
George never had any leanings to
wards dandeyism.
W SHINGTON. Sept It (U P.
-The federal trade commission
hargrd that 20 of thr largrst flag
ind bannrr makers had vudatrd the
:nfair competition law, in a complaint
:iied today.
ALBANY SCHOOLS WILL
OPEN MONDAY MORNING
Thr Albany schools will open Mon
lay morning, and a large attend.mce
i expected.
The tuft) school orchestra and b.ind
winch made a mod reputation last
winter, will DC organised ami practice
Start ad within a few days. Both th.
liestra and band v ill make toon
this winter A trip will hr mad
wn the west side of the river t
rtland and back on the east side
Sci eral members last year w ill
ba absent thin vear and their places
v ill be filled by new students C'lar
1 net Wicks, itto I a Grange and
t has K ing are now with Fifth Co
at Port Canby. Paul and Pete Mil
L r have joined the navy. Robert
Boetticher goes to U. of O and Mar
ion to O. A. C Frnet Dohnert HOI
ed to Pendleton. Vrlma 1 awrenson
and Rtlth LlvingOOd graduated from
h;gb school httt year.
JURY HANGS IN DRAFT
OBSTRUCTIONIST CASE
MERICAN FIGHTERS GOOD
SPENCERS SAY THE FRENCH
v Portland, Sept. 2b,
9 I he Mayor,
fe Albany, Ore.
'l Dear ir; We, the boy from B
the City of Oakland and balona
county, on the Southern Paci:ic
pec:al tram, Scptenibcr 20th, de-
sire to cxpres our appreciation t
tot the bounteous hospitality ex- j
tended to us by the people of
your city.
OAKLAND AND SALON A a!
COUNTY BOYS.
Vl the dinner last nigt 294 soldier
nd six railroad men were served in
te armory. A great deal of cheering
wa enjoyed and toasts were given
to the Albany ladies, and the Honor
iuard girls, w ho scrv cd- PfMsJ
Pieiifcr, on behalf of the Albany la
its. gave a toast to California. Modi
redtt i due Mr Ptetffer, who cook
ed the dinner for the men. Also
is due the chairman of thr
00 rn committee, who handled the
ork so efficiently.
The chairman 01 the Finance Pro
motion committee 01 the Ked Cross
society report that the Government
Ilow 60 cents a plate for dinner for
soldiers who are passing thru Albany
these davi for American Lake. The
ey is paid thru the Railroad com
pany, thru the quartermaster general's
eadquarters office in San Francisco
1 he Albany ladies furnish the meal
and it there is any profit made, the
ladies receive it to purchase materials
to be used by the Linn county chap
MT. Jelly, pics, potatoes and pickl
are to be donate o.
iitor of the Albany Democrat:
Dear sir: Words cannot express
the courtesy with which we wen-
treated by the people of the bigget
little city in the country. Please give
letter a mention in your paper,
Very respectfully,
(Signed! VALLEJO DELEGATES
SEATTLE, Sept. 21 iV. P.)
ftrr IT hours' deliberat :ou. the jurv
in the case of Unlet Wells and Sam
Sadler, charged with an attempt to
hamper war preparation hy obtri:c
ting the draft, was unable to agree,
and Mi dismissed
United State- Vttorney lit-ti laM
thr men w ill bf tried again
By W. S. Forrest. United Press Staff
Correspondent
PARIS Aug. 29. (By Mail)
r rancc is beginning to believe tnat
noncv grows on trees in t ie UBstM
States.
The army and navy lias had several
pay days Shiny American guld pMC
M have rapidly found their way into
bank till :n exchange for Frenc
coin ot the M aim and the latter h
been lavishly distributed in typical
11urican fashion.
The French poilu looka vvith env
00 his American fellow fighter. Th
1'oilu receiv cs tour cents a day f
1 i ing- a Poilu. The British Tomm
gits 24 certs a day. The America
soldier get a'out 7v cents a day. An
he spends it.
Paris newspapers never cease t
wonder at the spending American
tig'iter One told how common, or
dmary stokers off one of Uncle Sam
battleships came to Pans and cashe
M letters of credit at Pans bank
Another detailed how an American
Jackie bought a doen bottles
champagne jnst because it was
Chonp in France.
Pari hotel keepers have ceased t
hi surprised when an American sol
dier or sailor orders an expensi
room. Theatre ticket offices sell big
priced seats to merican fighter
without a UMIMT Restaurant wait
crs are not surprised when they i
told ".lust keep tHe change.
So marked has become the Ame
can money spending menace that the
Army and Navy Y. M. C. A., which
i a self-appointed guardian cner our
fighters pocketbooks and moral. h.
placarded tHe following "don't and
" hrnrvers":
"Don't engage room in anv hotel
(continued on Page Pour)
COMPLETE SUCCESS
WON BY THE BRITISH
Artillery Duel Greatest Since
War Began According to en
American Correspondent
By William Phillip S.mmm, United
Press Sufi Correspondent!
BRITISH HEADQUARTERS,
Srpt. 21. Behind an inferno of
uriting steel, the British continued
ei radiance along the Ypres-Men:n
road.
The greatest artillery duel of tlie
cftre war raged last eight on the
res front. German prisoners said
British fire was the deadliest
ince the beginning of the war. The
British used five distinct lines of bar-
raire lire simultaneously.
A great number of British airmen
;irticipated, flying low and pouring
rrachinegun fire into the Germans.
This is the iirst time that airmen have
been assigned the task of machinr
Kunning infantry. General Haig re-
rtcd complete success of the Brit-
IM attacks. 1 ne Britisn losses were
bakt.
CUTTLE MEN ASK
LOWER LIVESTOCK RATES
WASHINGTON. Sept. 21. (U. P.)
The Texas National Livestock Ex
change and allied organization., filed
a complaint with the interstate com
inerce commission today, asking low
it livestock rates on practically all
American railroads.
APPOINTMENT OF ADMIN
ISTRATRIX ASKED FOI
A petition (or the appointment of
an administratrix, in the estate of
GcOTM W. Warmouth, deceased, was
filed today. The petition asked fo
the appointment of Ida Warmouth
widow of the deceased, executrix. The
"obable value ot the estate amount
to $5150. The heirs at law include
Id Warmouth. widow; Lillian War
mouth, daughter: Geore Warmouth
Jr., a son. and Florence Warmouth
daughter, all residents of Linn coun
ty. Oregon.
PUBLIC SALE YESTERDAY
WAS BIG SUCCESS
A public sale was held yesterday at
the J. A Byers place at Tangent
Mr. Byers and family are moving to
Independence.
A large crowd was present, and th?
sale was a success financially. Near
ly all purchasers made cash pay
ments, which indicates that the farm-
rs have money. Two teams of hor
s were sold for $400 each, 90 pound
hoats sold ior $17.50, and cowa aold
as high as $T5. The farm machinery
brought almost new prices.
I CITY NEWS
ft
Go'den Pheasants
Some golden pheasant are ot dis
play in the window of the Mb mv
Cnn store. These bird were import
ed from India.
ONE KILLED AND SEVERAL
INJURED IN COLLISION
TACOMA, Pept 21 (V r Mo
torman ndrew Poitano MM killed
0Mj several pacnger injured in a
streetcar collision this morning The
ears met & a single track in a dense
foK.
Boy Is Parolled
EmAc Gepncr, 15-year-old son
Mr and Mrs. Fred Gepner 01 E
Albany, came before Judge McKnigi
today. The child was found deliti
CM and parolled to John Catlin
Another Red Crosa Committee
Mis Flora Mason is in charge of
one committee for serving the sol
diers, and her helpers are Mesd.ime.
C Tv Winn. Woodward. G. T. Hock
ersmith. II H Hewitt. Glen Inn
kins. P. R Kelly. Hawkins. W. L
rackaon, Misses Janet Dawson and
Ruth LMngOOd In last night' Dem
ocrat this committee wa. ocerlooked.
Mrs Fd Collins and daughter Jean
are sipht-secing in Portland this
week.
A Mexican, with 16 donkeys, passed
(I rn town Wednesday morninrr on his
way over the Flkhorn conntry.
Reserve your aeata now for Kolb
ft Dm.
Boys Coming Ho
Word was received in Albany tha
morning trom nenry rian. stating
that he would be home Saturday
night to spend Sunday. He is at the
raval training camp at Seattle. Mar
shall Woodworth. Bert Stevens and
F.dwin Fortmiller are also expected
home.
Weather Report
Yesterday's temperature ranged
from 4 8to 81 degrees. River atands
1 feet.
Sale Tomorrow
A public sale will be held tomorrow
in the Riley barns on East Second
street. Many out of town folks are
expected to attend. Registered horses
mares and cattle will be for sale.
Music Studio to Open
The Wilson Music Studio will open
tomorrow in the Schmitt-Hunt Build
ing for the enrollment of pupils. The
Wilsons have conducted a music in
stitute in Albany most successfully
for eight years.
Returning Home
M. O. Edwards of Brownsville, ac
companied Mr. a id Mrs. W. E. David-
sen to lbany this morning. Mr. and
Mrs. Davidson left on the electric for
Portland and from there they will go
ti t. ir home at Heppner, Oregon.
Ships Cattle
Lee Miller shipped another carload
oi cattle to Portland last night.
On Businesa Trip
l Sternberg went to Portland last
night on business.
Baby Boy
Rorn this morning to Mr. and Mra.
Fd Rogoway. a baby boy.
Boys Receive Jelly and Jam
Mrs. Nellie Myeri packed a box
containing 44 pinta of jelly and Jam
and twenty two and one-half dtoren
eggs for the boya at Fort Canby, yesterday.