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u. or o t ihtuv x EUGUMK Best Advertising Medium In Ll 11 11 County ALBANY DAILY DEMOCRAT THE WEATHER Tonight and Friday FAIR AND WARMER VOU XXXI. . AI.IIANY. LINN COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY. JULY 25. lttlH. No.iT. Half Million Germans Now Within Soissons-Rheims Pocket FRENCH LI MAKES FOUR MILE ADVANCE! CROWN NUNTK I'LWS INTO ALLIES HANDS IN EFFORT TO HOLD LINE; 500,000 ARE ESTIMATED IN POCKET FRRNCH TAKE BOIS DE CHAILET AND BRECY; GERNANS MAKE DESPERATE RESISTANCE French Tuke Hois dc ('hatelet and limy; (Jernians Mak ing Desperate Resistance Hut I'nable to Chink Francit-Americans f ' Further Indications are rccciv i rd thai the crows) pr.-trr la pla). l Inn tnlii Koch handa lir deter mining la make a land and light I in. lead of retreating from Ihr , Soiaaona-Khrlma ockrl aa orlg 4 Inall planned. I 1 he alllca arc ithin five milre i.f Kerr K.n lardi.nHa. a great ' Irallic center, rendering II urac I tirall linlrnahU. by bombard i mrnl. More than half a million ! Ilurhra arc now llhin the park ! cl. II aa recently thought they I could ralriral moat ol them, but the; aarrlllrcd their chance and I arc endangrrvig Ihia great force I by makine. a atand. I The Germans ara fighting dra ' l-nerntety along the whole front I counter attacking at aom points I and making atllf rearguard ar i tlona elacathcre. I Hy I.I.OYII M K.I.I.KTT. U. I. S I Al K OIIRF.SI'OMiKNT Vi I I II THK KKKM II. July 25. The alllca continue their rrlent Iraa prraaure againat the Sola-anna- Ithcima pocket. I'o'.nt after , point ia giving aa. The serious ncaa of Ihr Grrninn predicament haa been Increaalng daily for Ilia paal fire days. COLIJNS WILL CONTEST CASK IS DKCIDKD Judge Hinnham Reverses the Ixwer Court and Sustains Will of Man of 90 years Judge- llingliam tialny ruverscd the Judgment of the lower court in the Col lins will contest and sustained the con tention of the Washington heir to the estate of Samuel Collins who left the greater portion of his 10.000 estate to his daughter, Ada A. Iiug. There were 12 heirs nnd in the com plaint filed, undue influence was al leged. The deceased wus Mil years of age at the lime the will was made. The lower court set uside the will and the Washington heir nppealed. NEW CLASSIFIED FOR KALK I milk goat, gives 2 quia, dully. Also 1 Hilly Coat, f mo. old. Also grain sacks. Call at Kogowny's Slore. 2rij27 FOR SAI.K-l'.Ml! Ford, flood condi tion; II new tires, rnrific iitirnge West Second St. 2oj27 KI.AHWOOI) nnd old fir. IMace or dera now. M. li. Keed, Hell 4N2-R Homo 422'J. 2fj27 CAR HARCAINS 2 late model Ford louring cars in A-l condition: I run about Ford, delivery bed. At Waldo Anderson a Son. j'iu 1IARVF.ST HANDS A good supplv of comforters nt fiOc, 7ric and $1 each. Also excelsior Twin Autocyclc at a luirgaln. Albany Furniture Fx clmni:", 416-417 W. 1st St. 2rij2!l FOR SALE Shoals weighing from H0 to lot) lbs., nt McKechnie Fnrm on R. P. I). 1. Homo phone H72t. 2fij27 FOR SAI.K tat on nnved street. Will tnko Ford na part payment. Terma to suit on lialnnrc. Home 45411. tf Since morning the French ad vanced nearly four milea, com pleting the captura of lloia Dr ( halrlct and taking Hrrcy, aeren mllra north of Chateau Thierry. Al aome poinla the Germans reaiat hotly. Klaeaherr apparently only marhinegun garriaona remain. I'AKIS, July 2.Y- -The Gcrmana nre hravily counter attacking north of the Mania in tiir Iormans region and laal night occupied Chaaaine villng and the wood north of Tn-luup. Tht French retook iKith uaitiuria thia morning, anid the communique. YMSTEKIMM. July 2fi.-The Kol niache Zcitung declares that the French uaed Hiwi tanks in the counUr uff.-naivc. Tltia prolmhly mcuna amall "fly" tanks. I WASHINGTON. July 25. U. ! I General I'erahing announced ! ! IH8 raauallim. Including 32 killed 1 in action, ail died of wounds and I ' 12."i wounded acverely. I I Sitty-four marine raaualtiea I i were alao annniinrcd including 20 I I killed in action and 3H wounded I I aeTerely. ! i I v Commercial Traveler Is Now V.M.CA.Secrctarv John I. Ilownith. former traveling salesman and wellknown to the trade at Albany, writes I. A. McDowell from France where he is now serving as a Y. M. C. A. secretary and is in charge f the Savoy region, famous watering place of France which was formerly the playground of kings nnd million aires but ia now in charge of the Unit ed States government and is used na it resting place for sick soldiers. In the letter Mr. Ilowwaith says: "The French people aro wonderful. no full of courage, patience and deter mination in the face of intense suf fering There is no evidence of weak ening here, we lire sure to win al though it may take longer than we hoped." Ulmnc.n Dcntixt Called Dr. Roland II. Miller, n dentist of tahnnnn, hns received his call to re port at Camp tawis on Friday. A yenr ago Dr. Miller received his com mission na first lieutenant nnd hns been anxiously waiting for n call since that time. He wi'l serve in the dental reserve corps of the army. Dr. Arthur Leininger of this city received "nisi commission nt the same time na Dr. Miller but has not received his call yet. Service Flag to He Dedicated A dedication of n aervice flng will lie held next Sunday afternoon nt 3:30 o'clock nt the Houston achoolhouse northeast of Albnny. Rev. (!. II, Ben nett will be the principal speaker. Miss llammell Here Miss Itlunehe llammel of Corvnlli was in Albnny thia morning nnd left nn the noon train for tabnnon. Marguerite Clark Announces Engagement to Officer NKW YORK, July 25. U. P. Mar guerite Clark announced her engage ment todny. She will mnrry Lieuten ant Pnlmerston Williams of New Or- lenns. MARE ISLAND YARD SMASHES RECORDS Destroyer Completely Built 1 i iitr ik I in n anu a nan i'u; World Record Made WASHINGTON, July 25. U. I. Tim Miirv UIhikI ttavyyani l.roke oil. worM recordi, plating the destroyer Want in cuinniliiiun 17 an-J onv-hulf ilnys iiflr luyiiiK the keel. In prv-wur tJrnfH it required 20 month to build a mtruycr ut the uni uizv. Tht new ri-ront nmde ut Mure Inland it re KitnUd ,y naval ixH.rU ei one of the trrruti-nt huihlinff at hievemrnta of the prt 4nt war. CITY COUNCIL HELD .MEETING LAST NIGHT City Warrant Indebtedness Reduced to $12,000. Ac cording to Reports According to rcporta aubmitted bv city officials at the regular meeting of council lu at night the warrant in debtedness of A llmtiy hai I wen reduced to 112,11:111. On April lat the indebtedness was f .Yt,349 hut thia Inn liei n reduced dur ing the last quarter to the sum given atiove. According to the eatimate of City Recorder dwelling the warrant indehli 'dnria of the city ia being paid off ut th. rate of approximately $10. (hhi er quarter and should le com pletely wiped out during the Wxt five yeara. The application of Chaa. Iow, mem l.cr of the night police, for a two weeks' Icavu of abeence, waa read arel allowril and Chief of I'olii'e Catlin waa authorized to make a temporary ap IKiintment during the time Dow will In? gone. Councilman Wilra called attention to some defective paving on Ferry and First strerta nnd thr mnttrr was re ferred to thr committee on streets und putdic propTty. Thv usual monthly hills were allow ed nnd the meeting adjourned. WILL BARRETT WILL ATTEND CONVENTION Past State Deputy Knights of Columbus leaves Tonitrht for New York Citx Will Harrett, past state deputy of the KmchU of Columbus of the state ,f Oregon, will leave this evening for New York City whgre he will be one of the two Oregon representatives at the three days' convention which con venes in that city early next week. Mr. Harrett has leen active in K. C. work for several years and haa held several offices of high rank in the or ganization. The other representative will be the present state deputy, who is already enroute to New York. Will Examine Streetcar Books SKATTLE, July 2.V Hefore Seattle consents to a aix-cent streetcar fare. it is going to examine the books of the strcetcnr company. Outside accountants will be brought here to determine whether the com pany told the truth when it said its profits for the past fivo years have not exceeded two per cent. The amount of investment, proerU valuation nnd gross income will be de termined. Brazil Winds Up German Banking Houses RIO DE JANIERO, July 25. U. P. Brazil struck at tha financial end of German propaganda- hy ordering the liquidation of three German banks here today. ARMY RELIGION MOTORIZED WASHINGTON, July 25. Fighting army parsons with the A. E. V. in France are dispensing cheer and mer cy from automobiles and motorcycles. Many denominational commissions, it was stated todny, are supplying their representatives with these means of getting about on the firing line. EF Positions Advance Yesterdav Two Miles, Declares Gen Pershing in Dispatch NEW DRIVE NOW ON TEN -MILE FRONT Yankees Clear Riz Forest of Huns ..Advance Contin ues on Wide Front ' W ASHINGTON, July 23 U. , I I. Gentrsl I'erahing reported ' I that tha American troopa had I i forced the Germans back from ! one to two miles northweat of Jaulgonne yesterday. I : ; Hy Kred Ferguson, Staff Correspond- end for United Press ' WITH THE AMERICANS, July 25. Fere-en-Ttardenois is under fire i from the franco-American artnierv and is being heavily bombed by allied aviators. The lombardment is se riously interfering with the movement of enemy troops and material. This is the moat important railway and highway center within the Sois sons-Rheims sector. It is within five miles of the battle line. Heavy fighting is progressing in Riz forest northwest of Jaulgonne. The bridgehead has been appreciably en larged and th. Franco-Americans are advancing there despite the sharp reurguard action. WASHINGTON. July 25. Sec. Bak- r declared that the allies "continued to advance in certain territories," add ing that while the gaina were not ex tensive they were important. PARIS, July 25. The Americans are continuing to advance north and northeast of Chateau Thierry and are driving up on Fere en Tardenois on an unbroken ten-mile front. The Ger mans are blowing up the ammunition dumps apparently preparing to evac uate the. city, but Oulchy has been outflanked, making retirement diffi cult. The Franco-American Infantry is t'.so approaching Fere en Tardenois from the west, while a terrific nom hardment from the west and east is making the city untenable. Many fires have been started. Strategic enemy masses of 20 di visions is expected soon to start a counter maneuver. Dairy Sales Are Fallinir Off PORTLAND, July 25. This is dairy products week in Portland. Dairymen, worried because their sales are falling off, have called in ex perts to conduct propaganda for them. Edward B. Fitts, specialist in the dnirv extension service of the Oregon Ag ricultural college has charge of the attempt this week to educate the peo ple to drink milk nnd buttermilk ai.C eat cottage cheese. Statisticians have uncovered the curious fact that the average milk consumption in Portland ia .45 of a pint a day per capita. . The dairies claim they are in a bad way because of the high prices of feed and that unless they can persuade the people to increase the use of dairy products they will fail. Several dair ies have gone out of business in the past few weeks. Fined Five Dollars and Liked It A tourist was picked up this after noon by Speed Cop Brown and hailed before City Recorder tawclling on th charge of speeding. He was driving at the rate of 30 miles an hour and was assessed a fine of $5. "That's fair enough," anid the de fendant ns he paid his fine nnd offered the judge and speed cop some clenr Havanas. Draftees leaving OLYMI'lA. July 25. Washington will send 4,000 drafted men to Camp tawis beginning todny. P. I). Gilbert Tells of Old Civil War Landmark in Village of Eola Ifecauae calico dropped from 65 to five cents per yard and other goods in proportion, the proprietor of a gen eral merchandise store at Flo, Ore gon, turned the key in the door at the close of the Civil War and never en tered the building or permitted any one else to enter it for more than 50 years. The above statement was maile this morning by P. D. Gilbert, chair man of the Linn county council of de fense, who says he has been in Eola and looked through the windows of the old store building and himself seen the time-worn stock of goods which is one of the landmarka of the Civil War days still left in Oregon. Kola is located in Polk county and is little more than a hamlet at the WEATHERFORD.BILYETJ WIN COURT'S VERDICT ' In Suit to Quiet Title to Land Owned by Lawyers, Ches ter Crouch Loses J. K. Weatherford and W. R. Bilyeu have been awarded a verdict by Circuit Judge Bingham in a suit to quiet title to lands owned by the plaintiff where in Chester Crouch claimed an interest ss heir to Frank Ingram. Some years ago J. K. Weatherford and W R. Bilyeu were employed as attorneys for Frank Ingram who was charged with murdering his brother. In consideration for their services as attorneys 100 acres of land located fire miles south of Alhany was deeded to them by Ingram. Ingram escaped the gallowa but was sentenced to life imprisonment. He was afterwards pardoned and died in California. The 160-acre farm was left to Ingram bv will which gave him, it was claimed by Crouch, only a conditional interest which should properly revert to the, heirs after the death of Ingram. As soon as plaintiffs learned that Crouch proposed to make such a claim they at once brought suit to quiet title and in the decision handed down bv Judge Bingham are sustained. Dance Given in Honor of Drafted Man In honor of Herbert Skelton, who left for Camp Lewis Monday, July 22, a big farewell dance w-as given at De ver Saturday evening. After the dance the guest of honor was taken to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Brinson, where refreshments were served to the 3(1 guests. Mrs. Walter Brinson presided at the punch bowl. THIS DAY in the WAR JULY' 25, 1917: Russian guards at Tarnopol retreat without fighting. Germans launch another attack at Craonne. JULY 25, 1916: Australians hold most of Pozieres. Russians make gains in Gulicia. JULY 25, 1915: Russians threaten flank of von Mackenzen's army out side of Warsaw. JULY" 25, 1914: Austria breaks re lations with Serbia. Staple Food Products Prices Are Announced the prices on foods between this week There is no material difference in and last week quotations. Comment Fresh Eggs Fresh Creamery Butter New Potatoes Full Cream Cheese Cornmenl, yellow, 100 pounds . Cornmeal, white, 100 pounds . . . Cornmeal, yellow, 10 pounds . . Cornmeal, white, 10 pounds . . . Cornflour, bulk Cornflour. 10 pounds Bye flour, bulk Ryeflour, 9 pounds Harlevflour. bulk ...3S to . . 45 to . SV to ... 25c . ... 5c ... to . 6V to ... 6c ... fic ... 7Vc .. fi to ... 6c... .. 10c... .. 7c... . ..7Kc . . 10 to .. lOWc . . 10 to . 8.05 to i-.-10He .:. 27c . . : 11.39 , Riceflour, bulk Patflmir, bulk Hominy, 10 pounds Hendrice Cornstarch Brans, white Sugnr, granulnted Kaisins, seeded, 15 oz tard, hulk I -aril. 5-pound nails tard, compound, bulk tard. compound. 5-pound pails Huron Milk, per quart, delivered Wheat Flour, 49-pound sacks , , ,. $2.40 1 present time but prior to the Civil War I was once tht choice of a large element in Oregon as the site lor the state capital. The proprietor of the store in ques tion located in Eola in the 50s and is said to have conducted flourishing business during the war period. He waa rather an eccentric old batchelor and the sudden drop in prices when peace was declared, leaving him with a stock which had been purchased at what at that time was a fabulous sum. soured him against the mercantile business. He promptly closed the store and devoted his time and atten tion to the car of a small orchard which adjoined his mercantile business. 20,000 BRITISH OUT ON STRIKE Munition Works Idle as Re sult of alkout; Advisory. Committee Opposes LONDON, July 25. U. P. Two hundred thousand munitions workers are idle as a result of a strike in Cov entry and Birmingham, it is under stood that the war cabinet takes the position that the strike is a direct blow at the government and plans to force the strikers into the army unless the strike immediately ends. The trades union advisory commit tee following a conference with gov ernment officials this afternoon urged the strikers to resume work. . Forget-Me-Not Sale Complete Success The only rift in the lute in the sale of Forget-Me-Nots for the relief of the Belgian children was that the young ladies who were entrusted with, the work found the demand for the flowers was greater than the supplv which had been furnished to the com mittee, headed by Miss Flora Mason. Lumbermen Meet in Taconw TACOMA, July 25. Eastern and Southern lumbermen, anxious to know how lumbermen of the Northwest do it, attended the meeting of the West Coast Lumbermen's association at Paradise Inn "n Mt. Raviier today. John H. Kirby of Houston, Tex., president of the National Lumber Manufacturers' association, was one of the guests. Members of the association from all the Northwest states attended. Japan's Note Reaches Wilson Todav WASHINGTON, July 25. U. P. It is learned authoritatively that Ja pan's reply to Wilson's proposal re garding Russia has arrived. It is un determined whether further negotia tions are necessary. Wilson is engag ed today in a long conference with the state department. Sec. Baker and British Ambassador Reading. is a little lower and wheat flour is a little higher on some grades. In the following list the first column shows the price paid by the retailer and the second column the price which should be asked of the consumer. 39c 50c 4c. . 39 to 41c 50 to57H . 44 to 5c 30c per pound 7 to 8c b've per pound 7 to sc 7c per pound 8c per pound SMe per pound 8c per pound 9c 6hc per pound 8c 10c 8c 12 He 8 to 84c 9c 12c 12 to 16c 12ttc 12c 124c 8.3c 9 to 10c 15c 32. $1.50 27e 11.25 46 to 50c 23c . 97c . 38 to 44c .. 12c to $2.65 $2.75 to $3.05 ALBANY COLLEGE S SYNOD FIGHT Following Strong Address by Kev. James Kussell, College Obtains Good Backing U. P. CHURCHES ARE URGED TO COOPERATE Committee Appointed to Con fer VV ith Local Trustees: Long Fight Ended Following a stirring appeal for support by Rev. Jaaaas L. RnaaeU, representative of the col lege board of New York, the Presby terian Synod thia asosniaf passu! strong reaointioaa fiviag a aseat hearty endorsement to the eoOef and authorUiac the sppotataieart of two committees to work sat plans for coop ratios am the part of the Presbyterian churches of the sUte. The abure is the substance of a telegram seat by President Wal lace Howe Lee to hia wife tarn morning and perhaps marks the turninc point ia the history of the local school. One of the committees appoint ed ia instructed to cooperate with the board of trustees ia aorariar avrw bondings and to advlao rltk ' the board as to the best mesas ok ta (.table for increasing the mem herwlui. and the other ia to coa ler with the United Presbyterian ' church with the idea of '-nf ' the solid backing and support of both the First Presbyterian sad I aited Presbyterian tions. National Labor Board Holds Hearinr WASHINGTON, July 25. The na tional war labor board today began a hearing of the labor difficulties of the Crown-Willamette Pulp and Paper company and the Hawley Pulp and Paper company of Oregon City. Of ficials of the companies wen hero, naving been called bv the board. The hearing is the result of a re quest for one made both by the Oregon Federation of Labor and the Americas) Federation of Labor. The federal me diation board in a recent report de clared these companies had adopted un-American policies in that the had refused to deal collectively with their employes. The plants of the Crown-Willamette Pulp & Paper Co. and the Hawley plants were organized by the Paper Makers' Union in Hay a year ago. The companies at first objected to thio but later allowed it to proceed al though they did not agree to deal with the union. Later, the companies be gan discharging employes who were officials of the union. ' The ' direct break came when the union men asked an increase of 25 cents a day and ad ditional pay for overtime. The com panies would not recognize the onion and when the union asked the federal mediation board to mediate, the com panies took the stand there was noth ing to mediate. The Willamette company has plant at Oregon City, Camas, and Lebanon. The labor trouble has caussd bad blood and there was a near riot re cently at Oregon City. Union officials including President O. R. Hartwig of the Oregon Federa tion of labor charge that the Willam ette company has gone to the farm to employ men. The union men ex pect aa a result of the war labor board's intervention tha C The compan ies will be forced to take them back at the same pay they are now offer ing nonunion labor. Lebanon Telephone . Company Has Hearing PORTLAND, July 25. The rate in crease petition of the Lebanon Hutaal Telephone company was given a hear ing here today by the public senrlea commission. ;