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U. of O T.ll.r irr euoi:nk Best Advertising Medium In Linn County ALBANY DAILY DEMOCRAT THE WEATHER Tonight and Thareday FA IB vol.. xxxi. ALBANY, LINN COUNTY. OREGON. WKDNKHDAf, MAY 29, 1018. American Troops Win Biggest Victory Since Entering War PLANS COMPLETE Parade and Services Will lie Held in Morninir for Veterans DIl. 1IINSON WILL SPEAK IN EVENING St. Mary's Church PlansjCall for Two Serv- ices Tomorrow's Program. H a. m. Service at St. Mary's church. 10 . m. Pared to cemetery, with servicra over gravea. 4 p. m. Prayer aervlce at Chrialian rhurrh. 7:30 p. m. Service at St. Mary's rhurrh conducted by Father Henry, of Newport. R p. m. Religious mau mealing at First Presbyterian rhurrh. Address by Dr. W. U. lliton, of Portland. Preparations have bran complrted for tha Memorial Day services to I hrlil tomorrow, and from B o'clock In tha morning until late at night than will ba but faw minutes that ara not takan up in eerviree in honor of tha nation! dead. Tha usual parada and ' services ovar tha irravaa of tha vet arona in Riverside Camatary will ba tha main fratura in tha morninir, and in tha afternoon tha prayer service will ba hrld at tha Christian church. In tha waning Dr. W. B. Illnaon of Portland wilt apeak at tha First Pres byterian rkurch. Dr. Illnaon la on of tha baat known miniatara of tha northwest, and haa apokan in AH before. Ilia laat eermon here waa at foa Chautauqua laat year) ., Tha Praaidcnt haa aat (id tha day . aa ona of prayar, and for that raaaon tha caramonira tomorrow will ba of mora than uaual aeriouanraa. Since Memorial waa originated, there have been but three yeare in which the United Sutra waa at war on Mav Sftth, and in none of tha prevloua In atanera were the conditiona tha aame aa at tha preaent time. Purine; the Spaniah American War Memorial Day came between tha vie tory of Dewey at Manilla, and the de atrurtlon of Cervera'a fleet at Santi ago, and on May SOth the Indirationa pointed to an early American victory. Laat year the United Statee waa at war, but at that tima the draft had not been put Into operation and tha army and navy of tha United Statea waa compoaed of much leaa than a million men. Today there ara over 2,000,000 American ioldieni and aailora, almoat half of which are believed to be over aeaa. More American Uvea have been laat In the minor battle In which the American forcea have leen engngod ao far than were loat during the en tire Spnniah-Amerlcan war. Mcmor- i-l .1 tkl. vmr miiim with the uwj . j - third and greateat German offcnalve. In which many thouaanda of Ameri can aoldlera are f ightlng with tha al Ilea. - The Red Croaa will probably plav n Important part In tomorrow a pa- NSW CLASSIFIED FOR SALE 1 oair $11.60 10-Inch nergmann Logger Shoes, alia 7, at $1.60 loss. Young man bought ahoea, wore 2 hours, enlisted in nnvv and la willing to sacrifice above amount As good aa new. lllnin Clothing Company. STIR SALE 2-months-old nig. Will I.. r.,lv about June 10. Order ear lv. Home phone through Albany vallis. R. P. D. No. 1. m29jl t MEAN RUSINESS Have real pur chasers for both an improved and an unimproved rnrm, out unless you nm fhenwner and have a Brood buy, do not waste time answering, as I mean business. State nrlce. tonne, and particulars In your first letter. H. C. Irwin, 815 Stock Exchange Building, Portland, uregon. isumui ATTENTION . THRESHERMEN Comnlete threshing outfit. 10 h. p, ateam eng.. 82-64 separator, water tank. Cook ihnck. J'lrk-up wagon All in good ehnne. At a bargain See Waldo And. son eV Son. 29m31 GILKEY CITIZENS IN JUSTICE COURT Interpreter Needed to in Examining the Witnesses Aid Tha llohemian controveray which originated at Gllkey laat Saturday evening waa continued today In Judge Hwans Justice court. The contending partiea are Joa Michelec, who sus tained a broken hand, and An tone llo luh, who la alleged to have caused the broken hand. Aa soma, of tha wit nesses did nut underatand American, an interpreter waa uaad. From Michelec' atory, Holub aa ulted him from the back, atriking him with a board, and making threata to kill. Ha claiina an argument over farm affaire waa responsible. He also claimed he waa not to blame. Iloluh claima that he came to Mich- elec'a place to get barrel and to In vestigate a charge that Michelec had aworn at Mra. Holub. He claima Michelec waa to blame, and had at tacked him with an axe. The case ill probably be finiahed thia evening Mmi tima. SELLS FLOTO TO SHOW BIG CIRCUS IN ALBANY SOON Soon the red white and blue advance care of the Sells Kioto rirrua will roll Into the city and the picture of the blood sweating behemoth, tha SO fun ny clowns, the ping and fluffy equra triennrs. will flash the glad news of the coming of the big ahow from ev ery billboard, dead wall and high fence. With the coming of the advance care, with their complement of blll puatera, lithographera, banner men and routa ridera, the contracting agent, press agent, purchasing agents, local contractor and excur sion agenta will dart about tha city, surrounding towns and country billing tha ahow ao that all may know tha day and date Wedneaday, June 12, and tha location of tha ahow grounds at Albany. Small boys, and big bora, too, who had feared that the congeation of rail waya would keep tha big circuaea in winter quarter thia erason, are happv now that the new of tha coming of tha elephant, the hippo, the clowns. the band, the ponies, the bona and tha cloud linwing aerialista haa got about. The youngster of all age ight have been reassured long ago, for the government made a point of providing transportation channela for tha long ahow train. In times like these, atatra tha government, tha peo ple must have wholesome amusement in order that the will to win the war shall not be weakened by the melan choly that must sooner or later pre vail of the most American entertain ment of them nil the circus should not make Ita annual visit to American towns and citlca. The Drone" Tieascd Big Crowd Yesterday A packed house aaw the high school enior claaa play, "The Drone" at the Globe Theater last night, and the iii;h entertainers produced a high class attraction for their benefit. The memliera of the class who took part have been rehearsing for some weeks under the direction of Miss Burch. The hifch school orchestra gave a con cert preccdiirr the performance. The show waa a trifle above the high school "home talent" class, and the big crowd waa well plcaaed. rade. There will ba automobilea for those who wiah to take part, and thev will be expected to wear their uni forms. In addition tha Honor Guard, achool children, Boy Scouts, fraternal orders, G. A. R., and the Home Guartl will assist. . Services at St Mary'a. . Special services will be held at St. Mary's church on Decoration Day by tho direction of Archbishop Christie, in conformity with the request of the President. The services will be con ducted by Father Henry, of Nowport. The morning services will lie at 8 o'clock, with the children's choir In charge of the program. Tho evening service will be at 7:30. Traycrs will ba offered for our government and for the American army and navy. Father Lane will conduct similar services at Forest Grove on that ilny. ALBANY BENEFITS BY NEW SCHEDULE New Brownsville Train Will Make Big Hit in in County UNNECESSARY TRAINS WILL BE REMOVED Shasta Limited Goes into Dis card by Order of McAdoo The change announced In the South- em Pacific timetable today will prob ably bring more good than otherwise to Albany. While many train are being discontinued, tha better service to llrowna villa will probably bring many dollars Into the Albany mer- ( chanta by Ilrownaville people, who , will be able to do their Albany (hop ping in a one-day trip. Tha train from Eugene to Mill City. No. 443 and 444, will run through to Albany only, tha Mill City part of the run bring discontinued. Several trains between Corvsllis and Albany have also been withdrawn, but these can be dispensed with. The elimination of the bhasta lim ited will mean but little to Albany. No local passenger were carried on the train and the Albany resident mak ing trip south to California will be able to use the other trains. The residents of Brownsville have been after an improvement in train service for some years. Tha ona train a day schedule did not serve the res idents of the upper Calapooia valley. and the new train will make an im mediate hit with them. Following is the new schedule: Main Une New Time Old Time Southbound Train No. 53 .. 4:35 a. m. 4:25 a.m. Train No. 13 10:15 p. m.ll:S0 p. tn. Train No. 15 12:14 p. n.12:14 p. m. Train No. 17 . . 6:08 p. m. 6:15 p. m. Train No. 27 6:65 p. m. 7:05 p.m. Northbound Train No. 54 . . 4:05 a. m. 4:25 a. m. Train No. 16 . . 6:00 a. m. 4:15 a. m. Train No. 14 .. :55 a. m. 7:06 a. m. Train No. 18 .. 12.14 p. m.l2:14 p. m. Trains Numbers 11 and 12 are withdrawn. Train Number 27 will go through to Brownsville. Wood burn Branch, via Lebanon Train No. 81 leavea 6:40 e.m. 6:40 a.m. Train No. 84 arrive 6:37 p.m. 6:45 p.m - Albany-Corvallia-Newport No. 403 leavea 6:35 a. m. 6:55 a. m. No. 401 leaves 12:35 p. m. 12:35 p. m. No. 402 arrives 12:05 pjn. 12:35 p.m, No. 401 and 402 operate daily. Numbers 404. 405, 406, 408, 409, 418, 413 and 414 are withdrawn be tween Albany and Corvsllis. Albsnv-Shrlburn-Mill City-Detroit Trnin No. 442 arrive 8:65 a. m. from Detroit. Train No. 441 leaves 12:40 p. m. to Detroit. No. 442 connects with No. 62 at Shel- bum for Portland. No. 441 and 442 operate daily be tween Albany and "Mill City. Noal 443 and 444 withdrawn between Albany and Mill City. Lusk Defense Ended With Argument Today WAUKESHA, May 29. (U. P.) Calling Dr. David Roberta a "serpent who caused Grace Lusk to kill hi wife," Attorney Clanccy finished his defense argument today. The defense expects an acquittal on ground of in sanity. : -t PERSIJJNG , BACK- ' I WASHINGTON. May 28. (U. P.) It la flatly atated by the war department In an offic ial announcement today thst Genrrsl Wood was relegsted to the command of the Western Department on the recommend ation of General Pershing. The administration merely accom plished General Pershlng'e request. PLAINVIEW PEOPLE WANT STOCK SCALE Meeting This Evening to Dis cuss Community ' Marketing A meetira? of farmers will ba held this evening at Plainview to discuss the uuestlo of cooperative marketing of livestocks, and to consider tha ad visability ojf Installing a community stock scale! there. The cooperative marketing a Ian is being backed by the county agricultural council. It la hoped to buy and install the scale for the entire community, with tha expense to be shared by all. In tills way tha expense will be slight to each individual, and tha benefit to the community will ba great. Next week a series of meetings will ba held to discuss the clover situation. C. W. Creel, who is in charge of tha experimental work against the clover flower midge, will apeak at meetings to ba held at Sbedd, Brownsville and Crabtree. It la expected that the Red Clover crop will be small this year, and even effort is being made to conserve the crop for seed purposes. The alsike clover crop is apparently in good eoo- dittos. Registering Places Chosen for June 5th Final arrangement have been com pleted for the coming registration of 21-year-olds, and the registration, places have been selected. There will be but six in the county, and the reg istrant can pick any one of the aix he chooses but will be required to reg ister on that day. The penalty for failure la the aame aa in the first draft, a year In prison and induction into the army. Following are tha places of regis tration: - 4 Albany oourity clerk a office. ' Lebanon Lebanon hotel. , Brownsville city hall. Harrisburg city hall. Mill City Odd fellows building. Scio Sticha's confectionery. Postoff ice Hours for Memorial Day General delivery, stamp and parcel post windows will be open one hour, 8:30 to 9:30 a. m.; incoming mail will be worked for boxholders; regular hours for the dispatch of mails: no rural delivery service; no city deliverv service with the exception of one morning delivery of parcels in the business district. Pan-Germs Want Whole World Now WASHINGTON, May 29. (U.P.) The government learned today that the pan-Germans are now demanding tha most drastic peace terms. These include the retention of Poland, Lith uania, Courland, Livonia, Exthenic, Belgium, the Baltic provinces, the oversea colonies, and "commensurate war Indemnitiea." President Is Declared Partizan by Senator INDIANAPOLIS,. May 28. (U. P.) Addressing the Indiana repub lican convention, Senator New declar ed that Wilson was the democrat' shrewdest president and was unconv promisingly partizan In every thought and deed. "He is as adroit as he is persistent," he declared. German Ultimatum Given to Denmark WASHINGTON, May 28. (U.P.) Germany has issued an ultimatum to. Denmark, requiring 400,000 tons of shipping withdrawn from the allied trade. The Germans are also asking for needed products from Great Brit ain and the United States. This news leaked out when the Dan ish shipping commission arrived to day. Destroyer Captures 17 German Sailors WASHINGTON, May 29. (U.P.) The navy department announced to day that IT Germnn submarine sail ors had been captured by an Ameri can destroyer. . The submarine was sunk just after having sank the Brit ish steamer Inniscarra. '.The prison- are were landed at a BritisTi port. BRITISH AtfE ENTHUSIASTIC OVER BATTLE By PHIL SIMMS, U. P. STAFF CORRESPONDENT BRITISH FRONT, May 29 (U. P.) Every Briton, froaa Marshal Haig down to the new est private. U enthusiastic over the licking the Americana ad ministered to the Huaa in tha Montdidier nectar yesterday. When I entered a room filled with British officers they broke spontaneously into a storm of handrlapping. "It isn't the aix of the show thst counts, but the spirit back of it. The rapture of Caitiror la both a threat and a promise," aaid one officer. "It ia a threat to the Germans and a promise to the allies. X RIFLE CORPS MAY STAGE MEET WITH CORVALLIS TEAM The rifle corps of the Woman's De fense League met yesterday for prac tice and some good records were made. Mrs. Harry Cusick lead with a score of 23 out of a possible 25. Mrs. Ca- they was -second, and Mrs. John Neely came third. It ia probable that prize will be offered for the best records made bv the ladle. Handicap shoots may be arranged, and it ia very possible that a contest with a aimilar organization at Corvsllis will be arranged when both organizations secure a little more practice. Following are the scores: Mrs. Harry Cuick 23 Mrs. Cathey Mrs. John Neely Miss Velma Davis Mra. Carl Anderson Mra. W. G. Ballack Mrs. Rolland Hackleman ... Mrs. 'Earl Day ' Mrs. Francis Arnold ....... Mrs. Glenn Willard ".. Mrs. J. H. Simpson Miss Christine Pipe Mrs. L A. McDowell .21 ..20 ..19 ..17 ..16 ..16 ..15 ..13 ..12 ..12 ..11 .. 8 Albany Men Attend War Stamp Conference P. A. Young, C. H. Stewart. Geo. Sanders and Fred Dawson are today representing Linn county at a confer ence being held in Portland for the purpose of creating more interest in the war savings stamp drive. Ore gon is behind in its quota and it is hoped that more interest will be tak en in the movement as a result of the plans which are being outlined today. The Albany men left early this morning in the Young car. Dan John ston accompanied them on the trip. Red Cross to Serve Dinner Next Saturdav The Albany Red Cross will serve dinner next Saturday to the 45 Linn county boys who are called in the draft, and probably for draft quotas from other counties. . There will be 12 from Toledo, and it is probable that more will be here. The men will en train in the evening, and will be given their dinner before leaving. Son in Army Mrs. L. A. Rathbone left this morn ing for Vancouver Barracks to visit her son Howard Rathbone, who re cently enlisted in the army. To Spend Decoration Mrs. J. J. Collins went to Portland this morning to spend Decoration Day and visit Mrs. E. J. Seeley. Lebanon Over Top State Senator Sam Garland, O. F. Cosper and Dolph Reeves of Lebanon were in Albany this morning to make the returns to county headquarters on the Red Cross drive in the eastern part of the county. Lebanon and vi cinity went over the top with a big surplus and the members of the com mittee rightfully feel proud of the re sult. 252 TEUTONIC PLANESDOWNED 'WASHINGTON, May 29. (U. P.) Allied airmen downed and destroyed 252 German air planes in the week beginning Mav lfith, according to thu war office reports received today by the British military attaches htrCe ,,t - "V- --' . AMERICANS WIN IN BRILLIANT FASH TROOPS ARE PRAISED FOR SMASHING ATTACK WHICH TOOK CANTIGNY YESTERDAY; GERMANS ARE REPELLED ALLIED ARMIES MAKE DESPERATE RESISTANCE TO ADVANCE OF GERMANS ALONG AISNE FR33IT Huns Have Penetrated Allied Line at Certain Points to Depth of 15 Miles, According to Report From the Paris War Office PARIS. May 29. (Bv( United Press) "American troops have broken two successive attacks made against them in the newly-captured town of Cantigny," the official state ment of the French war office read today. United Press Correspondent Ferguson, in describing the attack of the Americans vesterday declared that the town was taken in brilliant style. As the men charged toward the citv they yelled, "Now we're in Germany.. Wallop hell out of them. On to Berlin." : The town was captured in 45 minutes, and 182 prisoners were taken. Cantienv is one of the most important towns f on the Amiens front, and the victorv nf rh Americano ia ' , their largest since entering ine American losses m the nattle were slight, it is official ly announced, while the Germans suffered heavily.' Ar tillery activity nas increased today. Fifteen-Mile The Echo de Paris stated today that the German advance at certain points on the A Une front had penetrated 15 and a half miles into the allied lines. The Germans continued to attack last night on two wings of the Sois-ons-Rheim front, after new French divisions had arrived, according to the official statement today. "The French left has been drawn back to the eastern border of Sois sons, where the battle is raging fu riously. On the right flank, .the Franco-British troops, after energet ically defending Massif and St. Tbeir ry, four miles northwest of Rheima, were withdrawn slowly south, and southeast of the heights they were holding. "They now occupy a line between the river Aisne and the Vesle Canal, some distance back of their original line. "In the center, the fighting contin ues fiercely on the south bank of the Veales river, where the French are valiantly defending the heights." HUGE GERMAN ARMY By Henry Wood, Staff Correspondent lor ine unilea rress FRENCH FRONT, May 29. The Girl Shot in Hand by an Air Gun Josephine Ralston, 11-year-old dau ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ralston of this city, was accidentally shot in the hand by an airgun in the hands of a girl friend late Saturday afternoon. The shot penetrated the hand a depth of half an inch and the services of a physician were necessary in order to remove the shot. The accident oc cured in North Albany while the young folks were enjoying a picnic. Shipyard Worker to Be Buned Here Word was received In Albany todav of the death of W. J. Sh'eler, son of A. C. Shelcr of Albany, at Tacoma re cently. The body will be brought here for Interment in the Millersburg cemetery. Arrangements for the serv ices have not been made. Mr. Sheler was working in a Ta coma shipyard, and was killed in an accident with a motorcycle. He lived at Sand Point, Idaho, before movinp to Tacoma. ; . - v m bu.w. the war. . ' , , orr ail tne American front ." '. .' ' ' development of the German indicate that Ludendorff drive a wedge between tha French and British midway between Soiaaooa and Rheima. Tha German) apparent ly hava now engaged a minimam mt 2t divisions, before which tha F ranch and British are offering a dogged re sistance, hoping that the allied re serves will be permitted to intervene and turn the tide of the battle. Haig Report Raids LONDON, May 29. "We took sev eral prisoners and machineguna ia a successful rail southeast of Arras,'' Marshal Haig reported today. An in crease in raiding activities waa also reported over the entire front. : Kaiser at Frost AMSTERDAM, May 29. A Berlin dispatch received here today declared that the Kaiser waa on the Aiane front near Laonne. The Kaiser waa present at the time of the laat of fensive in Picardy. BRITISH FRONT, May 28. The capture of Cantigny by the Americana has apparently vexed the Germane, who are terrifically bombarding the new American, position. . Linn County Deposits Show an Increase Despite the contributions for war purposes and purchase of automobilea, Linn county bank deposits have shown an increase during the paat year ac cording to a comparative statement of the deposits of all banks ia the county as published by J. W. Cusick & Co. The total bank deposits at the prea ent time aa shown by the last state ment give Linn county )3,73961J( while tho cash on hand lathe aame bank reaches a total of $868412.. The statement aa issued calls at tention to the fact that the deposits in the Cusick bank at the preaent time are $634,655.41. , Five Killed in Train ' Wreck on I.C. Todav WATERLOO, May 29. (U. P.)-. Five were killed and 12 injured When an Illinois Central passenger train was wrecked this morning. High wa ter weakening the track caused the) accident. ,