U. of O llhratr X
. . EUCLNB
ALBANY DAILY DEMOCRAT
Best Advertising Medium
In Linn County
THE WEATHER
Tonight sad Wednesday fAIIL
Al.lt A NT. LINN COUNTY. OREGON, MONDAY, APKIL SO. 1918.
Ne. MS.
VOL. XXX.
IIS LOSE
FLANDERS
STRUGGLE
COIjON EIMAY IS
SUKK OF VICTORY
ALLIED IJNKS REFUSE
TO BKNI BEFORE
TEUTONIC
SMASH
YPRE5 H010ING OUT
ASA1NST ALL ATTACKS
1J itch German Command Or
era City and Hum to
He Taken
BY I'llll. SIMMS. H. P. STAFF
UIKKKHIIIMih.M
nm-rlCH I'lfllVT Anril SO.
Iliiwlrnburi haa had one of the
tonl daya ainre the Germas of
fenatve commenced. After rv
oeatrd onslaa.hta continuing
Iknurknul eaterdaV r.ld fr in-
In k nleht Ihr allied line U
llll Inlart. Only WwtfH Monle
end whrrurnhrri b the
etlualiea mhiIiiI obarurr.
Utter Received Today hat
lug ISookI for
Oregon
Chief of 1'ulira Catlin haa received
letter frucn Colonel J. I.. Muy, of the
lSi!d Infantry, formerly the So Ure-
Kun. Colonel May believe that Amer
ica la big enough to bring the war to
a entlsfartory conclusion, ami Iwlievea
further that while France la a braull
ful country. It doea not compare with
Orrgon. Following la Colonel May'a
letter:
France. April 10-18.
Dear Mr. Catlln: Your letter reach
ed me today and waa yery lad to
hear from you and that all my old
frirnde In Albany are well. Wa are
all well over her and Join our duty
aa t) American aoldier alwaya doea.
While thia la a blf war thera la no
miration but that America la big
enough to handle it and bring it to a
victorious rluae. France la a beauti
ful country, but don't compare with
Oregon. When we get done over hire
we will all be glad to get back to Ore
gon again.
With kindest nganla to younutir
and all Albany frienda, aincerely,
J. L. MAY,
Colonel Ifl'Jd Infantry.
FRISCO QUOTH
HAS GOOD TIME
THRIFT STAMPS IN
PLACE OF CHANCE
Draft Men Hear Good Pro
gram After
I)inner
BROWNSVILLE CHORUS
WAS ATTRACTION
Crowd Not Discouraged by
Ijow? Wait for
Train
LONDON, April SO. The German,
were completely halted In dope rate
attarka over a wide front In Fianilera
which wr designed to force an evnc
uatton of Yprrs. Marahal Haig re
ported that the Northern battlcfront
waa comparatively iiulet following the
heavy repuUa of the enemy yesterday
end last nltfht.
Th. enemy la apparently exhausted
nd lull In the battle ia expected
until new divialona can he brought up
or tha troopa which hava leen in lt-
tle olven a rest.
Th. French hava successfully coun
er.aitarked near I-ocre. anil restored
their former poaltlona. In I'lcardy, a
British attack puahed tha Germana
I-..I, near Vlllcra Brettonneux. The
French now hold all of Ixxre.
' Aa thla la cabled It la doubtful whe
' ther tha Germana are holding- the
road captured Monday, licrauee a
maenifirent French counterattack
IvwrM nlared the enemy In a naa
ty pocket. Thla. It la believed, forcel
their wKhdrnwnl.
Attarka and countornttacka are re-
'. curring with hvlliah regularity in the
Ynnif hllla and vnlleya. the battle
awnylnu Iwiek and forth aa the Ger
mana or nlllca) pain a temporary ad
vantage.
Ijut night German artillery roared
from Ynrea to Meteren. but tho low
Hying alliud avintora reported that the
attack waa leaa furloua than that this
morning, when wava after wnve broke
down Wore the allied trenches,
' . Tho German high command ha or
dered the capture of the hilla rrom
I.nml tn Orients at all cosU, like
wise Yprcs, but the British and
French do not yield deaplta tho moat
fulroua onslaughts.
FORMER ALBANY
NEWSPAPERMAN
FEDERAL AGENT
Clarence Trbault. a former Albany
newaiaperman, baa been given a poal
tion in the F.niergenry Fleet corpora
tion. Mr. Tel-ault ia at preaent on a
Portland paper, but worked here for
tome years, hollowing ia from
P ,n . land paper.
C. W. Tebault, agent In the Oregon
diatrirt for the national service are
tion of the Emergency Fleet corpora
tion. ia an official title well-known
waterfront newspaperman will wear
henceforth, he having been named to
that place by A. Ic l"arkliunrt Jr., see.
relary of the national aervire section
h left Portland Saturday after hav-
Ine anent moat of the week here.
Mr. Tebault hi to have an on ice
with the Emergency Fleet corporation
in the Northwcatern National bank
buildinip. and will arrange for the ap
pearance of apeakera In the yard, the
nlan being to have different men
apeak every week or ten dnya. He
haa been on the ataff of the Oregon
Journal eeveral yeara.
Made-Over Clothes to Be
Demonstrated to Girl
Miaa Helen I -re Davis, head of the
domeatlc art department of the Ore-
iron Agricultural college, win sprua
tomorrow afternoon at the high school
for the Homo Economics club. The
mothera of the girla have all been In
vited to attend and Misa Davis will
.lemnnatrato the making-over . of
rlothea. and will bring an exhibit ol
what haa been done at the college. The
tnlk will 1 at 3:15 in the afternoon.
The Bova' Athletic association ia to
hold a meeting thia afternoon at tne
high achool, and tho necessary pinna
for the coming tennia toumnment win
prolwbly be held.
Miaa Lulu Heist, who ia the r.nglisn
teacher at the Senior high achool, hns
been aick for the past two day r.hd
hna boon unable to attend classes.
Ail-any waa hoat to another train
load of California men last night and
again managed to please the men who
were entertained. They came into the
itv in a rather belligerent and sar-
raatic mood, calmed down a trifle
k.n thev aaw the inaide of the arm
ory, had a good time at dinner and,
during the following concert, ana ae-
parted believing that All-any waa the
l.t tilare thia aide of Frisco.
The program given laat night wniie
somewhat impromptu, waa better than
ik. average. The Brownaville high
achool chorue waa an added attrac
tion, and they received much applauaa
roe tk.ir aoiwa. The Albany band
played the uaual aelection. an alto
solo waa played by Miaa ouuistone,
who waa forced to respond to two en
chorea; Mrs. C. B. F.ssex pleased the
men with sonirs. and Misa lna I fl
uey was given a derided ovation after
her two whistling solos.
Short talks were made by members
of the party and one of their number
u found who waa niuch better than
the average ainger. The men seemed
to have the beat kind of a time during
th. nmirram. and expreeaed themselv
es aa more than pleased with their
meal
There were 477 in the bunch Use
night, and about twice that number of
Allianv Dcoide waited from 7 o clock
until after 11 for them to arrive. The
train waa unavoidably delayed aouth
of Allny. and aa -B result the men
were tired and hungry when they ar
rived.
A trainload wna fed yeaterday af
ternoon with the uaual auccesa, and
thia evening another trainload will be
entertained. Thia will be the last
trainload to be fed for aometime
Novel Idea to lie Tried Out
in Albany on May
Eifchth
May 8th will be Merchant. Day
over tha Unidifl Stataa, not excepting
Albany, and on that day every mer
chant will ofkr Thrift stamps for
change unless currency la asked. I his
rauve bi one of many which will char
acterize the Thrift Stamp campaign
in tha cominf months, and while the
actual aalea of stamps on May 8th
may not be excessive it is believed
that the advertising gained thereby
will be great.
Tha Thrift etasiD organization ia
working on the war saving society
idea at p reseat, and it ia hoped mat
in lima Linn county will iat organised.
The society move ia to increase
the sales, and to tnainta I the inter
est. A person mj belonf to aa aanv
orietiea as h desires.
There ia supposed to I a society to
each 300 inhabitants ant Unn county,
on that bam i a. will have to furnish 80
socieiice. The pledge blanks are be
ing aent out now and it is no pea oy
the county chairman tha the 80 so-
eietlea will aoon be org ixed.
Linn county ia atill s.tmd in the
tate In aalea. The coun . haa a total
of over 130 eW at prest.it. thia being
above the average required to mane
the total quota, for the yea. Wheeler
county ia still ahead of Unn county
Albany Women Battle With
Hold-Up Men at Late
Hour Yesterday
ROBBERS, PURSE
' NOT LOCATED
E
91 CENT HAUL
RUSSIA DECIDES
ON LARGE ARMY
Affair Followed After Arrival
of Draft Men in
City
Son of Albany Man
Is Dead in China
I.00 Ging. who haa been reaident
of Albany for the past 40 years, re
ceived word yesterday of the death of
hia aon, who waa 18 years old, in can
ton, China. Loo Ging is at present
janitor at the First National bank
huil.linir.
The son wna in school at the time
l .lint), tvnhoid fever being the
,.B,i.e His father had never seen
the boy aa he married while on a visit
hark to Chinn and. after leaving hi
wifo and returning to America, never
returned.
RED CROSS DOES
MUCH FOR OREGON
MAN IN FRANCE
A letter received today by Mrs. Rob
ert MrMurrav from her husband,
Lieutenant McMurray, shows a little
of what the Bed Cross Is doinp. Lieu-
i.nant MrMurrav ia now in France
and in Ihe letter telle of what the Bed
Cross did for his regiment on the !
to France andjr.fVer they arrived. Fol
Instine is nart Of the letter:
If too ever get mixed up in any
.k.Ht wort, offer your services to
the Bed Cross. We are all strong for
il..t nriranization. In Detroit they
gave us a lunchbox apiece and smokes,
also at Buffalo. At the dock they
gave us buns and coffee. One nigat on
a march when it waa raining hard
in,r here they served us hot coffee
and apples. Yesterday they gave us
five pairs of cream color hand-knittea
helmet and wool lined gloves
every man In the regiment: n
there is any organisation that Is a
r.J of the soldier, it sure is the Red
Cross, because they are there with the
right kind of goods at the right time
LIEUT. McMUttKAi,
15th Cavalry.
War Trophies Were
on Display Today
UEPRF.SKNTATIVE HURT
WASHINGTON, April SO. (U. P.
Representative Alliert Johnson, oi
Wn.hlmrion was severely but not se
riously Injured when he wns knocked
down by an automobile before the
Whlto House todny. Ho will be con
fined to hia home for several days
NEW CLASSIFIFJ)
Bankruptcy Case Is
Continued for Time
The bankruptcy proceedings held
yeatcnlay before Anderson N. tannon
referee In liankruptry. at the court-
hnuao fniled to bring mnny develop
ments. It wns decided to audit the
books of tho company nt Scnttle, and
take the necessary stops.
There are over 200 creditors, most
f them dairymen located near Scio.
The company has liabilities of ap
proximately $129,000 and the assets
are the plant, appraised at about 18,
000.
WANTED Girl for general houso-
work. 420 W. 7th St, or call Bell
phone 4M1R. 30mz
WFRE CAUGHT UP ON ORDERS
O.A.C. W. Ighom hatching eggs
$1 for 15. Guaranteed fresh, fer
tile. From stock developed and ac-
' -tl . I I- neeAn thea ehlx will
stand the ahowers and the pullets I
. i fii tint I
rmiske eKff-rocorrw. nr uiw, iiumr i
4640; Kd U. VlerecK. norm Aioany.
DRAFT QUOTA,
WACUINnTflM Anvil XA
(U. P.) It ia learned here tod.y
Ihel the draft ounta for May
haa been increased. It la prob
able that SOO.OOO men will be
called, thla being an Increase of
100.000 over the original intention.
Funeral Services Held
for Mrs. Margaret Kyle
Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret
Kvle. who died recently in Portland,
were held yesterday afternoon from
the First Presbyterian cnurcn, ai o
o'clock. Rev. O. B. Pershing officiat
ed and interment was in Riverside
i-emeterv.
Mra. Vvle was a former resident of
Alliany but moved to Corvallis a few
years ago. She died following an op
eration at a Portland hospital
Sunday School Workers
of County Will Meet
The workers of the Christian church
Sundnv achool will hold a conference
at the church this evening and dclo
ealea from all over Linn and Benton
counties are expected to attend. Ihe
purpose of the drive is to arrange for
an emergency dnvo lor the mission
ary fund.
W. R. Madden, a missionary from
Japan, will be present and will give a
tnlk on the work. Mr. Madden nns
charge of the collection of funda on
the coast for missionary work
PARIS BOMBARDED
TAUIS. April 80. (U. P.) Thil
lung-rang bombardment of Paris wa
aituln returned today.
A German can and shouldcrstrnp.
taken at the battle of Verdun by an
American in the French army, were
displayed today at the Blain clothing
Thev are the nroDertv oi a
traveling salesman, "Billy" Lyons,
who left them. at the store lor tne
ilnv
j ......
They are the first relics ol this mnu
which have come to Albany and at
tracted mora than usual interest.
tnl.H THRONG PETBOGRAD
PARIS. Am-il 30. (U. P.) The
correspondent of the fart
l..m.l resorted today that SM.000
unemployed men are thronging the
streets of the city.
Mrs. Roy Nutting and Miss Emma
Thrift were the victims of holdup
but niirht about 11:30 and while Mrs
M,iiiin lost a l'ood Durse and 91 cents
in change, the ladies had somewhat
tha better of the argument. The bold
up men, two in number, were not ap
prehended by the police despite tne
motive aearch made.
Mra. Nnttine and Miaa Thrift had
toad for some time on Lyon street
watching the draft men pass. As soon
aa the sold era had rone they stanea
hnme walking- down tiehth street to
Ferry and south on Ferry to about
1 1th street, where tbey were overtak
en by two young men, roughly dress
ed .
The men passed them and waited on
the sidewalk. As the ladies came up
to them one of the men drew a re
volver and thrust it in Miss Thrift's
face.
"Dont ba afraid." he said, "we
wont hurt you but we want your
money."
Miaa Thrift at once took a healthy
swing at the young man's jaw and
landed. He and hia revolver departed
mil at a hiirh rate of speed.
Mra. Kuttinir had leta aucorsa wita
her opponent She was thrown t the
enund. and her handbag waa wreaiea
from her hand by the bandit,, who
made hia escape west The handbag
was the most valuable thing lost, this
hein valued at about $4.
It i not believed that the California
men had a hand in the affair as two
voiinn- men answering the general de
scription of the men who staged the
holdup were seen dismounting from a
passenger tram earlier in the eve
The notice searched the town
thoroughly after the affair but were
not able to. locate either the men or
the miaaine1 handbag.
irtinir on the theory that the men
,;.,ht hava mint-led with the dralteo
men and crone out on the troop train.
Chief Catlin asked that the men be
checked up to see if any strangers
were present This was done between
Albany and Salem without resuii.
Sentenced
for Hindu Affair
SAM FRANCISCO. April 30. (U.
P Pram Boon. German consul;
Eric von Schaak, and Lieutenant Von
Brincken were sentenced to two years
in the feedral nrison and to pay a fine
Lf xin noo each for conspiring against
the British in India. Judge Van Fleet
also gave 26 others who were convict
ed smaller terms m prison, and email
er fines.
Universal Training May Pre
cede Rcentrance of
Russia in War
By Joseph Hhaplen, Staff Correspond
ent for The United Press
PETROGRAI). April 30. Russia is
seriously preparing to re-enter the
war. The pan-executive council at
Moscow, after receiving Germany s
"42d ultimatum." adopted Trotsky's
universal military training plan for
all men between the ages of 10 and 40.
Thee aiao decided on the conscrip
tion of all workers and peasants. The
old military specialists and tne nest oi
the general officers have been recall
ed, and the army's elective committee
system abolished.
The new plan is expected to provide
a larire army within ten months. The
onnosition charges that the soviet gov
ernment is thus aiming at self-preser
vation instead of the defense of Rus
sia.
GERMAN DEFEAT
WAS DECISIVE
Greatest Check Ilnnt
Experienced in
Flanders
Hare
HINDENBURG FEARS
LOSS OF OFFENSIVE
Chief Graham Here-
Fire Chief Graham of Corvallie was
a visitor at the fire station In Albany
last night
Has Been Sick
L. B. Hixson. who haa been on the
sick list for a time, is now able to re
turn to hia work.
OREGON TEACHERS
WILL TAKE OATH
OF ALLEGANCE
Oreron teachers are going tj be pa
triotic next season, if the plana of
Slate Superintendent Churchill are
carried out Each tear tier, Deiore
signing a contract, must take the fol
lowing oath of allegance:
"I , age ..... being em
ployed as schoolteacher in district No.
.... in the county of Linn, state of
Oregon, do solemnly swear that I will
support and defend the constitution of
the United States against all enemies,
foreign, and domestic, that I will bear
true faith and allegance to the same.
that I will take this obligation Ireelv
without mental reservation, or pur
pose of evasion, and that I will well
and faithfully discharge the duties of
the office on which I am allowed to
enter. So help me God."
Quick Termination of Drive
Indicates Lack of
Men
By J. W. T. Maae, U. P. War Expert
NEW YORK. Anril SO. The check
of the Germana before Yprea ia Mai
of the moat decisive Hinojenburf has
received since tha beginning of the
Flanders of fanaure. The ability of UM
allies to withstand aaaaaett attacks
without using reserves haa beea deas-
onatrated. :, i,, l i,..
Hindenborg will ondoubtedly at
tempt many time to break taroaga.
but the quick termmatioai of yeeter
day's affair oeanonstrates mora Uaa
any other occurence durins; the pest
five weeks that ba fears the eihasss
tiv of hia offensive powers.
LONDON, April 30, The Genua
Flanders defeat has compelled aav
other breathing spelL All yeaterday
and far into tha night the Germana
along a tea-mile front from Meters
to Zillibeke attacked in masses, and
hacked the British and French Unas.
The British did not give aa inch,
however, a ad mowed down the advanc
ing waves with machine gun and artil
lery fire. Thia struggle was oaa of
the moat bitterly contested of Bay la
he preaent battle. - - ,
In PicarSTf the allies apparently re
tain the initiative. They still hold VU
lers Brettonneux, which has changed
hands eight times within the past few
weeks.
Albany Was Too Big
for California Man
TDOOP TRAIN WILL Bi
I iv.' -L - " m
. . . .'
IN ABOUT 11 P. M.. iAYb
LATEST ADVICES HhKb
WW
It woe learner) late this af-
rornnnn that thn troflD train
this eveninc would not be in
I until aftor .1 1 o'clock, and the
Red Cross asks that a trm be
made to the Globe Theatre
fnr the Red Cross benefit oer
formance before cominc to
the armory.
r. ..... e..rf. The
Red Croaa solicitors will he on
the job Thuraady and Friday,
and do not want to make more
than one trip to a house.
"t
Millinn and Half
Added to Armies
WASHINGTON. April 30. (U. P.i
Senator Poindexter today introduc
ed a bill providing for 1,500.000 men
for the rational army. The Keed out
..utliorires the increase of the Ameri
can .-ru es, to 3.000.000.
Four AlhanV Men
Join State Police
Pmie Alhanv residents have been
signed up for the newly-organiied
tate nolice. force and of these, two
are printers. Joe DeBruille and Jona
than Brooks are the printers wno nave
loined and. in addition, former traf
fic officer Charlie Brown, and Elmer
Willard were signed up.
The state police force is believed to
be about full, as three companies were
organiied before Albany was reached.
Thev will do Dolice work inside the
state, and will be used to suppress any
I,. W. W. or other agitation.
Allenda Inatitute
w t. Jnrkann. former county school I
'. : . ".. . i
superintendent of Linn county, Icrt at
noon today for Newport where he will
act as instructor at the Lincoln coun-1
I ty teachers institute during the bar-1
ance of the week.
African Travelers
Earned Breakfast
Thadeus Taylor and Jim Hill, both
over the draft age and both of the
negro persuasion, were apprehended
last night by the night police and
.ni the niirht in the citv iail. This
morning they were released as there
was no charge against them, and in a
short time they had a job and break
fast with the section gang at the Sou
thern Pacific.
Before starting on the job, and right
after breakfast, the two men decided
to depart, however, and did so lor a
time. A search was made at once and
the men rearrested and taken back to
the section where they worked out
their breakfast
I.ilwtv Loan Needs
SfiOO (100.000 in 4 Days
WASHINGTON. Apnl 30. (U. r.l
The Liberty Loan total today reach
ed the total of $2,413,442,000, leaving
a little less than $600,000,000 yet to
be raised.'
The local Liberty Loan committee
ia atill receiving subscriptions and
hopes to put the county well over the
required mark before the 4th oi May.
While Linn county has passed tne
minimum quota, the efforts of the
committee have been toward raising
the maximum, and this is not consid-
I ered an impossibility.
The local exemption board was sur
prised this morning to hear from a
citizen named John H. Dona, who
stated that he was a member of tho
California draft men. who thought ho
had missed his train. He explained
that he had become confused after
leaving the armory last night, and aa
men were going in all directions, miss
ed the station.
His story was believed although It
was considered possible that the fact
that good-looking Albany girls, as
well ss men, were also going in all di
rections, might have had much to do
with the affair. He will be sent out
this evening with the last trainload
from California.
WOUNDED TO LONDON
TilXI.ON. Anril 30. IU. P.) All
lin.vii-nn wnuni led will henceforth i
1,. ,1,-ht to Fnirland to a 3.'l00-bed
hospital now established at Liverpool.
Went Out to Work
Chas. Fisk went to Talbot this
morning to work.
Linn County Men to
Leave Thursday Noon
The exemption board has "been la
formed that the seven men who will
leave the county for the training camp
at Fort McDowell will entrain on tho
Southern Pacific train No. 15 at 12:1
Thursday. The original date set was
May 1st
The Linn county board hopes to
have better luck than with the quota
which left last Saturday. The 26 men
routed through to Camp Lewis, ac
cording to the government instruc
tions but were left at Portland and, af
ter wandering around the city lor
some hours were rounded up by tho
police and turned over to the Bed
Cross, who gave them their breakfast
and aent them on to Camp Lewis.
The local board is of the belief that
the trouble was not of its making aa
they followed the Instructions sent by
the war department The men were
supposed to be in Vancouver for
breakfast and, for that reason no meal
tickets were given.
1
EMBARGO FOR
T1L.LAWUUIV I
PORTLAND. Anril 30. (U.
P.) Food Commissioner Ayre
today placed an embargo on all
fin,. foe Tillamook enuntv. It
area found that aeveral netailera
I h-i Inid in large atnrks, ana iney
will ne iam-mi to aeii in niner re
tellers at the regular wholesale
" . ... it..
inia emoargo win save i renin.
Knights of Pythias
Buy Liberty Bond
The Albany Knights of Pythlss
I lodge has been Informed In a letter
I from Leslie E. Crouch of the- insur
ance department that the national
I lodge insurance department has
bought (500,000 worth of Third Lib-
lerty bonds.
Mr. Crouch in the letter believes
I that no Oregon knight should go to
I sleep at night unless he can say that
Ihe has done something during the day
to help his country.