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VOL XXX.
ALBANY. LINN COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 6, 1914.
No. 294.
LIBERTY LOAN
MAY TERM OF
COURT ENDED
icrman Slacker Lived Eleven
Months in Mountains in Order to
Avoid Army Service; Captured
AGAINST HUNS
Drawing of Grand Jury Was
Only Joh Hcfore
Court
5
IJNN OVERSlJItSCRlIlED THIRD LOAN ItV
!80,000 AD MORE MAY HE CRED
ITEI) TO COUNTY
ALBANY BELOW REMAINDER Of COM BUI
FURNISHED SUBSCRIPTION OF 149 PER CENT
Scio District Ixadn With Snhstription of 371 Per Cent,
a Total of $31. 000 Itdnjr. Subscribed with
a Quota of Hut $I.V(0
Albany
Ilmiion ',
Srlo
Itrownavillo
liarriahurg
Halsey
Khedd
TOTAL
County outside of Alliany
I. Inn county mail a roc on I of over
subscribing the Third Lllx-rty loan l
73 ptivrnt, and Chairman A J. Hodges
Slated today tliat he wished to thank
the workers, th tanla, and th cil
Itrna of th rounty for their artlva ae
aialanra in tlx drive. Linn rounty Ml
down in one loan, but haa made up for
lha failure in thia. A total of rloa to
$100 poo will probably result when the
biff out-of -the-eounly taxiayrra send
in their subscriptions to the rounty
Another aourre of Increase will be at
Mill City. That place haa aulwrnlieil
$47,000 and Unn rounty la entitled to
a half of that amount, Marion rounty
getting the real.
Tit work In the paat few dnya haa
been more than successful and over
f.'iO,000 haa been subsrrilied the last
two daya. In many places the loan
drive waa allowed to drop after the
quotas had leen subscribed, but not
In Unn rounty. The work of the ritv
and rounty committees did not end.
and the men worked up to the laat
minute. One reault of thia extra work
ia the fart that not one alarkrr rr
maina In the rounty and the puhlish
inR of their namea today ia impossible
berauae thry do not exist.
MIXING PARTIES
WILL PREPARE TO
WAC.E PEST WAR
County Agricultural Agent S. V.
Smith expecta to spend a buiy week
In hia rampaign against the gophers.
He i securing the cooperation of the
farmers, and a considerable reduction
in the pesU will probably reault. In
all, ID districts have asked for 471
quarts of poisoned grain and 229
farmers will assist with the work.
Mixing parties are to be held over
the rounty thia week, and the grain
prepared for each community. Ten
in all have been arranged for the next
four dnya.
On Tuesday, parties will lie held nt
the Sam Iinasott farm near (lutes and
at the C. S. Mercer fnrm in Fox Val
ley. On Wedneaday the meetings will
be held at the Harmony gmngehnll
and the Spring Ilnnk gntngchnll.
Thursday the farmers will meet at the
Sweethome grangchnll, the Fairviow
school and Crowfoot grango, and on
Friday the meetings aro to he held at
the Jordan store, the J. G. Holt ranch
' near Thomas and the Frank Thayer
fnrm near Scio.
FOR SALE Good Jersey row, giving
good rich milk, coming 4 years old.
Call at Davenport's Music Store.
tlm8
WOOD FOR SALE Grub onk, fir
. and .alahwood in any quantity. We
"J deliver on a 5-ton auto track. Phono
! Home'7204. Wallet A Robinson,
i m !. ' I BmlO
WANTED Wldo awnko, enorgetir,
temperate man, 25 to 35 years of
age, to deliver and collect from town
nnd tountry customers. First-clans
references and $500.00 bond requir
ed. Permanent position and good
compensation to right party. Ad
dress 8. Llvcrmoro, Hox 845, Port
lnnd, Oregon. It
UNCLE SAM ASKS YOU to raise
mora poultry. Chlx hatched now
from acclimated, Oregon-bred O.A.
C. W. Leghorns will lav In fall. E.
4 o
NEW CLASSIFIED
"
C. Viereck, Horn 4546. Dell 61DJ 9
Quota
$L'4.(iro
f,io
i:i,7f,o
v 1.41)0
2H,V
14. 1. '.0
lO.OOO
Subscribed
f:i4U.2'MI
51.000
44.050
4 1. KM)
27,700
fliO.!IM)
$.111,750
p-rent
141)
HI,
371
2)0
J7H
2'JO
277
I7:i
201
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Scio l.rada
Mo Irad the rounty and almoat the
stale in the drive. The Srio drive waa
in rharge of K. ('. Perry, assisted by
K. I). My.r.. W. K. Arnold. 0. C.
Thoma. and N. I. Morrison, and the
Jordan ValK-y and Srlo workers man
aged to find 311 auharribera who
bought a total uf $.',1,000. a auherrip
tiun of .171 prr rent of the total.
Ixbonon also did will, the commit
tee in charge of S. C. Stewart rr port
ing a total aubarriplion of $96,000, or
165 prr rent of the quota. Harris
burg an d Albany were the only other
citira to fall below the 200 per rent
mark, Harriaburg reporting 178 per
rent and Albany 14!) per rent. The
Albany total will prulwbty he inrrrat-
led by the Mill City aubarriptiun, how.
ever.
Ilalary Dora Well
Hulaey, where the committee com
posed of Doug Taylor, 1. S. McWil
liama, II. C. Davie, K. II. I'rnland and
F. II. Porter had charge of the work,
produced a total subscription of $11.
000, thia being a percentage of 200.
Hrowniville alao went over the 200
mark, a total of $44,050 being report
ed.
RUSSIAN BLACK
SEA FLEET HAS
KEEN CAITURED
CONSTANTINOPLE, May 8. (U.
I.) German troops occupying Sehas
topol today found most of the Russian
Hack Sea fleet in the harbor. This
fleet included destroyers, submarines
toriedolKaU and merchant ships, it
is announced.
The dispatch indicates that the Ger
mans raptured a large portion of the
Ruaainn fleet. Theso vessels aided
greatly in the recent recapture of
Odessa by the Russians, and was e,
pected by them to render great as
sistance in retaining control of the
Black Sea.
Representative Visited
Many Linn Towns
In a letter received this morning
by A. C. Schmitt, chairman of the Linn
rounty food conservation, Jennie M.
Kemp, special representative of the
work in this stato, congratulated Mr.
Schmitt on the preliminary work done
in this county ami made a report on
the condition which she found during
her recent trip.
While In Linn county she visited IA
different plnces in seven dnys and
spoke 23 different times. She found
the people of Linn county for the most
part honestly attempting to conform
to the food regulations.
From Halsey
. Will Price of Hnlsey wns In Albanv
todny visiting friends.
SUPREME COURT
UPHOLDS DRAFT
WASHINGTON. May (U.
P.) The supreme court todny
upheld the aelertive draft law. It
waa decreed that men sent to
the army under the draft law
ran he srnt anvwhere in the
world to fight for the United
States.
The grand Jury was drawn this
morning, charged by the court, and
court was at onre adjourned as no
caaea were on the docket. Thia ia the
shortest court aeaaiun in many yeara
and ia the first time for yeara that
no cases have come up for trial. There
were four criminal actions but one
an pleaded guilty and was paroled,
one jumped bull, one rase continued
and one charge not pruned as the
Irfrndant was in the penitentiary.
Following are the grand Jurors
chosen fur the next term of court:
Robert I.. Hurkhart. Albany, foreman:
W. F. Dawaon, Albany; Z. II. Rudd,
Albany; W. II. Holman, Albany, Rob
ert 1- llurnett. Albany, K. W. Davis.
Ilarriahurg, and K. (.'. Rolierts, Imita
tion.
Dr. Iiee Spoke at
Ix'banon Ijist Night
Dr. Wallace Howe Lee was the prin
cipal speaker at special services held
for the purpose of dedicating the serv
ice flag of the First Presbyterian
church of Imbanon. Rev. O. B. l'erah-
ing and A. C. Kchmitt were also in
cluded on the program, and a Urge
number of Alliany people attended the
ervicea.
No Peace Offers
Have Been Made
LONDON, May 6. (U. P.) For
eign Secretary Italfour declared in a
speech in the house of commons todav
that no recent peace offers had been
made to the allies through neutral
countries.
CITY NEWS
Went to Vancouver
A. II. Simpson and daughter. Miss
Dorol'iy Simpson, and Everett Fry
were passengers to Vancouver this
morning on business.
Sprnl Sunday Here
Ijiwrence Curtain and Dnn Curtain
of Portland spent Sunday in Albany
with friends.
Here From Portland
Mrs. Sina Cummins of Portland
spent the week-end in A Many at the
home of Frank Dannals.
Visited in Halsey
Misa Dorothy Miller and Miss Junia
Markrll returned Inst night from Hal
sey where they spent the week-end
with -Miss Miller's parents.
Went to Portland
Chas. Neugart went to Portland on
business this morning.
Returned From Eugene
Mrs. J. J. Barrett returned home
Saturday evening after a few dnys'
visit in Eugene. She was accompan
ied home by Mr. and Mrs. Wm. R.
Dawson, who spent Sunday here.
Iloya in France-
Mrs. Chas. Powers received a let
ter this morning from her son. Mack
Powers, who is with Battery E, 65th
Artillery, C. A. C. He says they are
now in France and the boys are all
well.
On Business Trip
E. E. Hnwker, district game ward
en, went to Snlcm this morning on
business.
Here Over-Sunday
Mrs. Frank Ward and daughter.
Miss Frances Ward of Salem, return
ed home this morning after visiting
over-Sunday at the Albany Hotel with
Mrs. Ward's sister, Mrs. Bert West
brook.
Went to Portland
M. P. Christianson made a business
trip to Portland this morning.
Returned to Hubbard
J. D. Mishler returned to Hubbard
this morning after holding commun
ion at the Mennonite church yester-
dny.
Dig Estate Probated
Petition for the appointment of an
administrator for tho estate of Wil
linm T. Truolove, who died Intestate
in Clnrkamns county leaving an es
tate of the probable value of $14,250
was filed In the probate court today.
There are 12 hours, four of whom live
in Linn county. E. A. Truelove of Al
bany is an heir.
Final Arrount
The final account in the estate ot
George W. Soule, deceased, was filed
todny with the county court.
German lines and Roads Are
Being Shelled by
Artillery
AMERICAN LOSS IN
BATTLE ANNOUNCED
I;
Artillery Fired 60,000 Shells
Into German
' Trenches
My Fred Ferguson. Staff CofTeapoad-
ent for Uie failed Press
AMERICAN FRONT, May 6.
American guns are shelling Montdid
wr, Cantiny, Meanil, St. Georges and
the tow rut and roads in the vicinity
whirh have recently been captured bv
the Germans.
Montdidier is clearly visible from
the Ameriiaa lines, and the damage
lone is visible. The church is not
Jamaged so far by stray shells.
AMERICAN FRONT, Lorraine.
llay 6. Au American patrol in the
vicinity of Ancreviller penetrated 800
yards into the German lines yesterday
morning, overcoming a German ob
servation post, capturing four Ger
mans and killing three.
In the lot big raid made by the
Americans, the American artillery fir
ed 60.000 sladls into the German tren-
hes before the attack, it was an
nounced. The shellfire completely de
stroyed the trenches.
WASHINGTON. Mav 6. The
American casualties in the fighting in
the Seischr-rej jfichting ore announced
as 15 missing and believed ca pi urea,
six killed in action, three died of
wounds. Nine have died of disease,
and two from accidents. Four were
nvendv injured and 18 slightly
wounded. None were from the North
west.
The German account of the fighting
placed the American loss at a high
figure, and many prisoners were
claimed. The visible German dead ly
ing before the American trenches
were more than the entire American
loss.
RIVER SERVICE
IS NOWT ENDED
ON WILLAMETTE
The steamer Grahamona made her
last trip down the Willamette today,
the boat leaving Albany about 7:30
this morning. The Oregon Citv
Transportation company will cease
operations when the boat ties up at
the Portland dock, this being the first
time in 32 years that there has been
no boat operating on the river.
The trip up the river was one of
the best made in years, it was stated.
Albany had more than five carloads
of freight and, in addition to other
goods, there were 1,000 sacks of feed
shipped on the boat. Despite the
good trip the boat service is to be dis
continued.
The manager at Alhony. A. J. Shir
ty, stated today that the lease on the
building used here would be given up.
Ho has not decided what he will do
but, as the company will cease to
exist, he experts to secure another lo
cation.
Germans Are Shelling
Civilians in Amiens
By Henry Wood. Staff Correspondent
for the United Press
FRENCH FRONT. May 6. The
Germans Saturday began tho syste
matic destruction oi Amiens, ana win
probably annihilate the city as was
done at Rheims. They hurled 150
shells arid 60 aerial torpedoes into the
city. .. The property loss was heavv
and some civilians were killed. The
cathedral wns endangered by the gun
RED CROSS TO
STAGE DRIVE
A national Red Cross drive
will be staged from May 20th to
27th. Thia is for the national
fund and will go toward buying
medicine and supplies for the or
sanitation in Europe. The lo
cal orrivtiaation for handling
the drive has not been perfected
as yet.
An unknown man, an admitted
lacker, waa captured yesterday after
noon in the mountains after he had
eluded the officers for 1 1 months.
Deputy Sheriff Joe Frum assisted bv
Fred Illume, Willard Marks, George
Sanders and R. A. B. Veal of the
Home Guards and Forest Ranger
Thomas of Jordan Valley made the
arrest after a long trip through an
almost impassable section of the
woods. The man submitted to arrest
but his actions lead tha officers to
believe he would try to escape, and
while he was being guarded by Illume
while the other men searched the cab-
n, he made an attempt to bribe his
guard.
"I've got lots of money,' he stated.
"I don't have to live like this."
The man admitted being of German
parentage and, after being caught in
a number of slips of the tongue, ad
mitted having lived alone for months
to evade the draft. While he refused
to give his name he stated that his
father had started the first strike at
Mill City 20 years ago. He has not
been identified as yet, but it is believ
ed that enough has been teamed to
lead to the discovery of his identity.
The "unknown" would probably
have got away with his hiding plans
but for the timber cruisers. His hut
was cleverly c amouflaged by tree
houghs and was not noticeable even
when close up. He had managed to
stay away from other people, had been
seen but a time or two and had man
aged to persuade them that he was a
trapper.
The timber cruisers ran across the
cabin while running a line up the can
yon. It was an accident that thev
found the place, and they were not of
the opinion that the man was a law
violator, although they informed the
sheriffs office of the situation. Dep
uty Frum and the Home Guards, how
ever, started out yesterday to Investi
gate and if things looked right to
bring back the man for investigation.
They drove 16 miles east of Scio,
up Jordan Valley to the end of the
road. At the lost house they picked
CITY NEWS
Marriage License
A marriage license was issued to
day to Thomas Fariow, aged 41, of
Albany, and Delle E. Lenti, aged 39,
of Albany.
Accepts Position
Miss Bemice Hall has accepted a
position with the Golden Rule store,
and began her duties this morning.
Returned From Fayetteville
Mrs. A. B. Dunlap and daughter,
Miss Margaret Dunlap, returned this
morning from Fayetteville where thev
visited over Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
W. B. Acheson and Mr. and Mrs. W.
Dunlap.
Here From Salem
Frank J. Miller and wife of Salem
came up Saturday evening to visit
their daughters, Mrs. Roy Woods ana
Mrs. Alton Coates. Mr. Miller return
ed home this morning but Mrs. Mil
ler remained for a longer visit.
On Way to Salem
Miss Lorena Wallare of Salem was
in Albany a few hours this morning
on her way home after a visit at
Monroe.
Weather Report
Yesterday's temperature ranged
Yesterday's temperature ranged
from 39 to 63 degrees. The rainfall
was .02 inch and the river fell to 3.9
feet.
Sow at Camp Merritt
E. F. Wiles received a letter Satur
day evening from his son Clarence
Wiles, stating he arrived at Camp
Menitt April 30. Clarence is with the
318th engineers, company D.
Serving on Jury
W. B. Stevens returned to Portland
this morning where he is serving on
the federal trial jury.
Returned to Corvallis
S. K. Hartsock of Corvallis return
ed home this morning.
Visited Kirklands
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Ressner and
daughter Lucillo of Dallas and Miss
F.sther Warner of Medford and Mr.
P. M. Kirkland of Independence visit
ed Sunday at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. John Kirkland of Isom's Avenue
in Sunrise.
Visiting Brother
A. B. Anderson of Raymond, Wash
ington, is visiting this week with his
brother, C. O. R. Anderson of Benton
county.
up Mr. Thomas, who was familiar
with the country. The cabin was hid
den in Criminal Gulch, on of the
most out-of-the-wsy spots in the
foothills, and in a place wliere but few
men ever ventured. The man admit
ted he had selected this place, which
is just over a ridge from Gooch, be
cause he had once lived for a time in
Mill City.
After a hard trip of several miles
through the underbrush in the can
yon, the investigators came on the
cabin. The suspect came to the door
and the party talked with him for a
while. He claimed to have a partner
and to have been trapping. He cross
ed himself several times, however, and
finally stated that he got his mail
through Mr. Thomas, not knowing
that Mr. Thomas was in the party and
talking to him. He was at once ac
cused of being a slacker and finallv
admitted the charge.
According to his story he had reg
istered in advance in an Eastern state
and hod come West. On June 6, the
day after registration, he had gone in
to the mountains with a year's supply
of provisions, a good part of which he
still had. Since that time he has stay
ed in the woods, never coming down,
it is believed, except possibly to
Gooch or Mill City for a few hours
where he could pass as from one of
the loggin camps.
Last night he refused to tell his
name, where he registered, or where
his home was. He claimed to Lc of
German parentage, stated that he was
born in Ohio, and spoke with a some
what broken accent. The authorities
I are investigating the cose as it is pos
sible that the man is wanted for
something besides evading the draft.
Seven deer hides, apparently killed
within the year, were found in the
cabin and were brought to town along
with the Unknown, his revolver and
two' rifles. The reward for capturing
a deserter, if the man proves to be
one, and the profits from the sale of
the deerskins, if they can be sold, will
be turned over to the Home Guard to
apply on the "shirt" fund.
VAUDEVILLE AT THE
GLOBE TOMORROW
The Carr Trio, which has just fin
ished an engagement at the Strand
in Portland, ia the attraction at the
Globe tomorrow. The trio puts on a
beautiful costumed singing, talking
and dancing act full of comedy from
start to finish. There are also some
fine instrumental numbers.
On the same bill is Lou Telegen,
supported by Mary Fuller, in a Para
mount super-drama "The Long Trail.'
The music will be furnished by the
Globe orchestra. There will be no ad
vance in prices.
A Ford car owned by Sam Burch
who resides on the Lebanon Road was
stolen between 8 and 10 o'clock Sa
turday night, and thus far the offi
cers have been unable to locate it.
The license number is 46,381.
Mr. Burch drove into town yester
day afternoon and parked the car in
front of the Revere rooming house.
"WASHINGTON, May 6. (U. P.)
The army's program for next year's
war includes the expenditure of $3,-
378,320,000 for light artillery, General
March told the house military commit
tee today. Heavy ordnance is expect
ed to cost $7,000,000,000. General
March stated that the quortermas
ter's corps would cost $5,078,000,000.
Members of the house committee
declared today that the failure to pro
duce more of the heavy Browning ma-
chineguns was "comparable only to
the failure of the airplane program,
Only a ridiculously small number has
been produced. The committee ques
tioned General Dixon for two hours
concerning the production of the
Brownings.
Here Over Sundsy
Miss Winnie Austin, who is working
in Portland, spent Sunday with her
parents.
WAR SITUATION
MUCIIJMPROVED
WASHINGTON. May 6. (U.
P.) "With the French and Brit
ish reserves available, the allied
situation in France is much im
proved, although the conditions
caused much anxiety for some
time." the British war mission
announced today.
Advance Made North of
Somme by Allies
Today
GERMANS SURPRISED
BY AUSTRALIANS
'risoners Are Taken in At
tack Made in
Darkness
BY PHIL SIMMS, U. P. ST A Ft
CORRESPONDENT
BRITISH FRONT, May Tho
British advanced 1 JM yard a a
front of store tha a a aiiU taia
morning betwera A acre assi tha
Somme. North, of the Sosssu Uas
Australians advanced TOO yarda
on a front of 1.506 yard. Lator
they added another 500 lards
a front of 2,000 yards.
The first Australia a advaac
waa made in darkness early San
day morning. Suddenly a ad si
lently the trocps swept forward,
aurprisuig the thia German gar
rison and capturing Gerssaa ria
oners. This advaaca waa saasW
north of the Somme.
The advance thia moraiac waa
made despite strong appaaiUaa.
It ocenred early ia tha asoraiac
while H was still dark, and resett
ed in heavy German' aad Hfkt
Australian casualties, laterm it
lent shelling is ia profreaa shag
the line today.
LONDON, May 6. Tho British ad
vanced their line on a considerable .
front on both sides of the Somme Mar
shal Haig reported today. This was
lone despite strong resistance. Tha
Germans lost 150 prisoners, two ma-
chineguns and a number of trench
mortars.
French Repel Attack
A german attack following a violent
bombardment failed last night south
east of Anchin farm, many enemv
lead being left on the battlefield. Ro-
onnoitering parties captured pruon-
rs near Abaucourt, and in the Cham
paign sector German positions were
penetrated near Rheims, serious dam
age being inflicted on tho enemy. A
quantity of material was retrieved.
Much Tonnage Added
to Merchant Marine
WASHINGTON, May 6. (U. P.)
The shipping board today announced
the launching of 16 wood and steel
easels during the past week, totaling
39,195 tons capacity. In addition, ves
sels totaling 80,180 tons wen acquired
by contract.
President Orders
Airplane Inquiry
WASHINGTON, May 6. (U. P.)
It is formally announced today that
the President has ordered an official
probe of Gutzsom Gorglum's charges
against the airplane production board.
The President ask II that tha depart
ment of justice cooperate with the
senate military committee to sift the
allegations and determine the need of
a grand jury investigation. Ha also
asked that Secretary Bauer inquire
into the need of a courtmartiaL
Seniors Work Hard
on Annual for Year
The Albany high schol seniors have
been asked to furnish their "autobi
ographies" for the 1918 annual. They
are asked to prepare a list of tha va
rious organizations to which they be
long for publication in tha annuaL
The class is hard at work on tha
yearly publication and expecta to turn
out a production which will be equal
to those published. In the past The
"Cyclone" has suspended publication
for the year and work on the annual
is being pushed.3; ' ' ''
Russians Protest
Action of Consul
WASHINGTON, May 8. U. P.)
The state department today reeeived
the protest of the Russian soviet as
serting that the American consul at
Vladivostok had Improperly encourag
ed the establishment of an autonom
ous Siberian government.