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VOL XXXI.
ALBANY, M.N.N XUNTY. ORB (JON. . Tl KSDA V, A 10 D.ST 1.1, lg.
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GERMANS CROSS SOMME IN NEW RETREAT
J. i.l O I f i "
ui'C!:rK
TROOPS
ON A 3
ROYK K
XPKCTKI) TO FALL AT ANY MINUTE
I
,ASSIGNY IS 1IAKI) PRESSED ;
FALL IS
FALL OF TOWN WILL FORCE GERMANS 10
RETREAf FROM FIVE 10 FEN MILES FARTHER
Franco-Americans Regain
Bridges Hindering
(Iain Nine
PARIS, Auk. 13. I'. I'. The
r'rrnrh arr tr inc to flunk Uuyr.
l.aMftih'tiy anil Kiln-court. It U
learned thia afti-rnnon.
I hr German a rriult of tha
Krcnrh prruurr arc evacuating
thrir amithrrn defriwra of Rihc-
riurt. They retired from thr
trrnrhrs r.-l a three-mile front hr
twirn a point on the Oyrn onr
milr nuulhorat of Itiberourt, lo
llnlhy and onthtal of Kiln-court
Tlir r'rrnrh ocniiili-d thr dewrl
rir point.
l(or la being prraard floarly
fritin thr ral and aoulh. Thr
r'rtnt'h arr npBirrrntly command
ing thr city. Communication
from thr ruatward arr r.ndrr ar
till rtfirr. Aftrr rapturing thr
wood between l(ur and LljnT
thr French progrrwf, taking a
wood tn thr catard.
Thr French rapturrd I.'Kroovil
Ion. between I. assign? and Hibe
roitrt. Th,. German arr withdrawing
additional troopa from thr battle
llnr. Thrrr arr now nearly WO,.
000 German on thia front.
tin thr Vralr front thr Kranro
Amrrirana hy a trong counter
attack regained thr positions
which they Inal temporarily nrar
KUmcttr. Thr Trench have al
most reached thr rrrat of 1.
aiirny Height.
Thr Hritlah rommiTiique anid
that thr llritiah' advancrd last
Two iocal Men Join
Fighting Forces Today
Virgil Allen Parker appenri'd at tha
sheriff's office tixliiy to complete ar
rangements for his departure for Port
Rcnjnmcn Uarriaoii where he will join
the U. S. Engineer corps,
Jor Mnnn of I'ort Worth. Texas,
win formully Inducted into the serv
ice by the locn! exemption hoard and
leaves today for Turnmn.
On llusineaa Trii-
W. W. Crawford of the Ford Gil
rage went to Portlnnd thia morning
on business.
NEW CLASSIFIED
4
FOR SAI,F.-1!H7 Hodk'e in best of
conilition. GoinK to war. Tall 43
, Hell phone, or 418 West 4th St.
l.'lniri
LOST A small suitcase containing
child's clothing, between Madison
street nnd (iihson Hill, Sundav
mornini;. Finder return to Demo
crat office. 13a 1ft
WANTKD -Men willing to work, not
now enquired in essential war work
itpply lit Free Kmployment Office,
West l.inn Mills, ncross river from
Oregon City 3 or 4 wanted everv
dny. Strike, nut yet called off, but
not bothering. Wnirc 42c hour, 8
hour day. Com,, nlonjr don't wnit
to write. 1 Hal SI
FOR KXCIIANCK Acreage, ranohea
and city property in Cnlifornin for
farm or acreage in this locality. Ad
dress C, K, Hopklnco, KiiKene, (Ire.
13a21
FOR RKNT A (rood alecpinif room
for man employed. Reasonable.
ll!7!l Homo. 12!l West 7th St..
l.lnirv
CIRI. WANTKD Girl for Renernl
housework wnnted. Call Homo 2433
or 413 Fllsworth. l.'lnlB
FOR SALK Lot on pnved street, will
tnke Ford ns part payment. Termi
to suit on bnlnnce. Home 4D40 tf
RETIRE
MILE FRONT
EXPECTED
Lost Ground; Allies
Retreat; Total Allied
to Tin Miles
Smash
night north of Kovr and along
thr Homme's north bank where
thr Americana arr fighting, tak
ing additional prisoner.
LONDON, Auk. 1.1.-4:30 p. m.
The evacuation of Royr ia expected
' within eirht hours. Tl e allies since
I the new offensive's U-einning have
rained U-tweell nine und ten Itlilra on
I a -to. mile front.
I.UMXIN', Aug. 13. Thr air minis.
j try reported that 30 German Imttle
' planes were destroyed over the I'icar-
dy urea and I' lan.lers.
Twenty five were driven down. Four
, hostile u servatii.n balloon were also
brought down a flams.
Scvttn Itritish aircraft arr missing.
LONDON, Aug. 13. The evneun-
j tion of Koye nnd Lnssigny's fall are
.expected hourly. This will prohnblv
I force a (iennan retreat to the Sommc
j canal and an additional retirement of
t fiv(, to ten miles all atonic the line,
f The Somme bridge at I'eronn,, were
! smashed, rutting off the enemy's sup
plies nnd hindering his retreat.
WITH TI1F. FRENCH, Aug. 13
The enemy is throwing gas and heavv
shells and clinging desperately to such
positions as I-cslogrs wood and the
heights nearest I.assigny. The first
phase of the battle is ended. The nl-
, lies have won the necessnry solid bases
and are prepnred to atpieeze,
Mrs. John von Eyth
Asks for Divorce
After beintr married for less thnn n
year, Mm. John von F.yth, formerly
Miss llar.el Saylor of Albany, hns filed
a complaint in the Marion county cir
cuit court asking for divorce.
In the complaint the plaintiff al
leges cruel and inhuman treatment.
M 1' S K R A TS N F.( ' KS S I T A T F.
l.(IN(i CONCKKTF. WAI.I.
Mannifer Thorns of tho Scio Milltnir
Co., in order to bloi'k leaks made in
the ditch hank by inuxkrnts. built n
cement bank for a distiim. sufficient
to cut out the activities of tho river
rats. Hut Mr. Rat simply .moved up
the ditch a few feet nnd nirnin Rot
busy. Now the cement bank is beinu
extended nnother 50 feet or Car
enmurh so the U-m.anc under the
warehouse will be stopped. Tribune.
TWO I.INN WOMF.N KUKFKKING
FROM INJl'RIKS TO FKKT
Mrs. I. F. Newlantl, who hns been
suffering with an infection of the foot
complicated with other ailments, was
brought to the home of Mrs. Huchan
from her country home Saturday for
treatment.
Mrs. Stella Arthurs had the misfor
tune to sustain n badly sprained foot
last Sunday morning. Whilo not se
rious tho injury is very painful unit
it will he somo timo before she can
use it. Hrownsville Times.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13. Sec-
retnry linker announced 90 raa-
uallics.
;
ALLIES TAKE
MANY
Thirty-Seven Thousand Are
Captured Itetween Sun
day and Thursday
OYER 1,000 CANNON
ALSO CAPTURED
Total Enemy Prisoners Since
July 18th Will Run
Over 70.000
I'AHIS, Aug. 13. U. P. Marcel
Hilton, a military writer for the Echo
de I'aris, declared today that German
prisoners taken from Thursday to
Sunday exceed 37,0(K), of which 230')
are officers.
He taiil that over 1,000 rnnnoni and
lo.tiiio mncl.ine'uns wert. captured.
The total number of enemy prisoners
sin.e July lKth will exceed 70.000.
I '-Boats Operating
Along Entire Coast
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.-U. P.
German l.'-boats now appear to be
operating all nl.mg the Atlantic coast
from New Kni'Iand to the Carolinas.
The navy department announced
that the Norwegian aU-nmer Somera
tad was torpedoed just off Fire Island.
H1.A( KBKRKY PICK KKS IN
I.IN.N MAKK MONKY
Those who have picked evergreen
blackberries during the past few sea
sons have lecn ahv to draw a little
over J3 per day on the average. Some
exceptionally good pickers have been
able to make as high as $ a day at
a cent and a quarter per pound. This
year the Stratton fields are offering
pickers two cents per pound. At two
cents a pound the average berry pick
er is able to enm from $4.50 to $5 a
day while th(, exceptionally fast onus
should be nble to draw better than $9
a ilny. At the same time that the
pickers are making a profit for them
selves they are helping the berry in
dustry in this section, the canning in
dustry, which is our largest manufac
turing concern nnd which is advertis
ing this section more than nil other
businesses put together and, on top of
this, they are helping Uncle Sam. who
needs the fruit. Hrownsville Times.
Cec, Tis Tough to
Re a Fat Man
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 13. Spe
cial. A pound of flesh a dny for 15
days will be the sacrifice mnde to his
country by Jack Chnrles Rend, of this
citv.
lie attempted to enlist in the U. S.
marines her,, but was told that he was
15 pounds overweight.
He immediately declared thnt he
would remove the 15 pounds of fatty
substance within 15 days by taking a
special course in dieting nnd exer
cises prescribed by his physician.
"Shylock didnt nave a thing on the
mnrines," declared Rend. "Ho onlv
wanted one pound of flesh these
fellows want 15. Gee, it's tough to
be a fat man."
GFUMANY ACCEPTS
prison Kit con ff.rencf:
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13. U. P.
Germnny formally accepts the United
Stntes' proposal for a Heme confer
ence on a prisoner exchange in Sep
tember. Leave Thia Afternoon
Mrs. Edwin Hughes and son, R. H.
Hughes, left this afternoon for a trip
to Amity and Ilillsboro nnd other
points for n visit.
Drove I'p Columbia Highway
Mr. nnd Mi's. Robt. E. Greeno and
Mrs. Clara H. Greene of ML Vernon,
New York, drove to Portlnnd Satur
day and on Sunday went up the Co
lumbia Highway. They returned to
Albany Inst nighL
Commercial Club
Tlip regular meeting of the Com
mercial club occurs tonight at 7:30
at the cluhrooma.
KERENSKY PICKED TO
STRANGLE HOLSHEVIK
Allies Groom Deposed I.ad
cr; Germans Reported
Marching on Capital
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13. U. P.
It is indicating that the allies are
grooming Kerensky as a possible lead
er Ui drive the It dMhcviki from Russia
anil establishing order.
He is about to go to Archangel, it
is learned authoritatively .
COPENHAGEN, Aug. 13.-Hi.l-singfora
dispatches declar that the
Germans are marching on Petrograd,
intending to occupy the city.
HOME GUARD TO
HOLD ENCAMPMENT
Harry Cusick Promoted from
Corporal to Sergeant at
Meeting Iast Night
If plans discussed last night at the
meeting of the Home Guard are car
ried out, an all-day and night en
campment will be held in the near fu
ture in order to give the member of
the company a touch of real armv
life. A committee consisting of P. A.
Young, S. S. Gilbert ani H. S. Logan
was appointed to perfect the plans.
The appointment of H. B. Cusick to
the rank of Sergeant was also an
nounced. He had heretofore held the
position of corporal.
A jitney dance for the purpose of
raising funds to assist in defraying
the expenses of the guard was also
proposed and ft committee consisting
of Chas. F. Gotllng, It B. Cusick, H.
II. Preston. F. N. Wood and L. H. Fish
was appointed to make the neressarv
arrangement.
Portland Runaway Is
Caught by Police
Roy Rand, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Rand of 310 E. fth street, Portland,
was taken off the southbound freight
last night by memliers of the local
police force and locked up in jail.
This morning he was hailed before
City Recorder Lewelling and was per
mitted to return to his home in Port
land. With him when he left the Rose
City was his brother, but his brother
went on through to Frisco.
BROWNSVILLE HAS FIRE
ALARM FIRST TIME IN YEAR
The fire alarm was sounded in
Brownsville at about half past eleven
for the first time in the year, says
the Times. A spark from the flup on
the kitchen at the home of J. N. Cos
how fell on the woodshed roof and set
it afire. The blaie was discovered
and the fire extinguished with no oth
er damage than the burning of a few
shingles off the roof.
BUGGY FLOATS INTO DEEP
WATER; DRIVER IS RESCUED
Brownsville Times: Tuesday Les
ter Northern drove his buggy into the
river near the Fields sawmill and un
hitched the horse nnd the buggy float
ed into deep water so that only n few
inches of the top, which was up, was
above water. Mr. Northern is unable
to swim nnd had to call for assistance
to rcscu,, his buggy after trying for
several hours to accomplish it alone.
THIS DAY in THF WAR
AUG. 13, 1017. Russians capture
(100 (irrmana on Sloniku river valley.
AUG. 13. lOlfi. British nnd French
advance on Somme fronL
AUG. 13, lOlft. Russians report
there is no doubt they will be nble
to escnpe, as the Austro-Germana are
getting a long way from home, and
Duke Nicholas indicates he will retire
to strong natural defenses "a little
further east," and there make a stand.
AUG. 13, 11114. German cruisers
Goeben nnd Breslnu reported sold to
Turkey.
I SPAIN VERGING ON BREAK
I LONDON, Aug! 13. It ia in
I dirnted thnt Spain may break
with Germnny as a result of the
I submarine losses sustained.
PREPARE
FOR RETREAT
Huge Quantities of War Ma
terial Reing Removed
From Peronne
ENEMY TROOPS NOW
CROSSING THE SOMME
Hig Ammunition Dumps con
tained Millions of Shells
Captured by French
By John DeGandt
PARIS, Aug. 13. 4 p. m. The
Germans are hurriedly removing an
enormous quantity of war material
from Peronne.
Enemy troops are now crossing the
Somme.
The roads about Peronne are crowd
ed with German transports attempting
to move material to a safer spot.
j Huge ammunition dumps at Reason-
surmatz and Urvillers containing mil
lions of shells were abandoned by the
enemy in their flight and captured bv
the French.
It is believed the allies are prepar
ing for some new activity although
there is a comparative lull between the
Oise and the Somme. The military
critic of Lapresse newspaper believes
that Lassigny is enveloped by th
French and possibly already captured.
SEVERAL SCIO PEOPLE
IN HANDS OF SURGEON
(Tribune)
Mrs. Grace Greenwood, who under
vent n successful major operation at
:':c Scio Hospital, returned to her
home at Crabtree Sunday afternoon.
Little Mildred Joiner was brought
to the hospital Saturday afternoon
suffering with badly lacerated fingers,
caused by getting them into a lawn
mower. Surgical attention was given
by Dr. Merriam and she left the hos
pital Monday.
LUMBER PLANT AT MILL
CITY CALLS LINN MEN
John Sims of Scio is working at his
trad,, t Mill City. Jim Van Winkle
of Albany is in the Hammond office:
so is Mr. Bundy, former foreman in
the Lebanon paper mill.
The Gooch mill company started
recently with a full crew.
The Hammond company brought an
engine and steam shovel from Idaho
to use in the gravel pit here. The
company is building new roads five
miles above Detroit and putting up a
hotel, store and cottages; also water
nnd electric light systems. Mill Citv
correspondence. Tribune.
THE OLD PRESS STORY
BOBS UP AGAIN
The press agent of the old days pos
sessed plenty of originality. But be
imes he would suffer from brainfag.
On such occasion he would publish
broadcast that Miss Lizzie Flathead,
prima donna of the Buxom Dames,
hnd been robbed of $75,000,000.00 in
jewelry. The editors always knew
these announcements were bound to
co-tie regularly.
Of Bnrios diamonds, Mexican dia
monds nnd paste jewelry of all kinds
there's aplenty in this world. But Tri
angle's equisite star, Olive Thomas,
hns the real thing. In the photoplay,
"Heiress for a Dny," showing at the
Rolfe tonight, she wears a pearl neck
lace valued at $12,000; pearl rings at
$5,000 each; platinum watch set in
diamonds, $3,000; and others too nu
merous to mention.
Warmouth Estate Is
Valued at S27.000
According to an inventory and ap
praisement which was filed today with
the countv clerk, the estate of the lnt
Geo. W. Warmouth is appraised at a
valuation of $27,000.
DR. RIGGS JOINS U.
S. MEDICAL CORPS
Local Physician Ordered
Report at Fort Riley
Sept. First
After an unsuccessful attempt to
enlist in the medical corps of the Unit
ed States army, Dr. G. E. Riggs of
Albany underwent an operation which
removed the physical defect which
caused his rejection and was today no
tified that he had been accepted for
service and ordered to report at Fort
Riley on September 1.
Last September Dr. Riggs attempt
ed to enlist but failed to pass the med
ical examination.
With the acceptance of Dr. Riggs
Linn county will furnish three medical
men for active duty in the army or
navy.
Dr. Riggs located here in 1912 and
has been in active practice since that
date.
PAPER MILL EMPLOYES
PUBLISHING A PAPER
"Making Paper," is the title of an
attractive little magazine to be pub
lished once a month by the employes
of the Crown-Willamette Paper Co.,
to foster the mutual interests of the
employe and to promote closer coop
eration. This publication marks th
beginning of new era in the history
of paper making on the Pacific coast.
There was a time when the employer
had a personal acquaintance with each
employe, but business is now done on
so large a scale that that is impos
sible. It is hoped that this little mag
azine will be the means of effecting
a good understanding between tht
company and its employees. Work
men at mills many miles removed will
be enabled to keep in touch with eacl
other, and efficiency records of eacl
mill will be there for comparison with
their own, and will stimulate a friend
ly rivalry between the mills. Thi
front page illustration is the old Tay
lor mill on Paper Creek, Marin coun
ty, California, built in 1856. It was
the first newsprint mill on the Pacific
CoasL In the Lebanon notes in the
July issue, a short history of the local
mill is given, following its career frorr
1892, when it was built by the O'Neill
Brothers and Callahan, down to the
present time. Express.
Work or Fight
Provision Is AdoDtei'
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13. U. P.
The senate military committee adopt
ed the work or fight amendment to
the manpower bill providing that men
exempted for industrial reasons will
sacrifice their exemption if they stop
work. It provided for a post-war edu
cation of men under 21 at the govern
ment's expense.
DANCE NEAR SCIO
There will be a dance held at the
Richardson Gap hall Saturday evening
August 17. Good music and a good
time is promised. Tribune.
KNOX BUTTE NOTES
KNOX BUTTE, Aug. 13. Special.
Bertha and Catharine Mallon of
Lebanon were guests during the week
of Mary and Rachel Lines.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Douglas and Mrs.
Robert Douglas of Portland were vis
itors of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Miller on
Friday.
The funeral of Everett Knox was
largely attended, burial taking place
in the Knox Butte Cemetery. Mr.
Knox was a lifelong resident of here,
and respected by all. Three of his
brothers were present at the funeral:
Edd Knox (Portland); G. M. Knos
(Albany), and Smith Knox1 Services
were conducted by G. W. Rohrbough
of Albany and D. Randall of La
Grande. The pallbearers were life
long friends of the deceased: Smith
Cox, Henry Haight, O. A. Archibald,
Ben Custer, Robert Houston and
Chnrles Houston.
Thc threshers in this neighborhood
have completed threshing the fall
grnin. The yield was an average of
ten bushel per acre.
Maxine Williams on Wednesdav
evening gave a jolly party at her home
in honor of her birthday. Games, sing
ing, music on the ukelele and a bon
fire were the dixersions of the pleas
ant affair. Those present were Cath
arine Mallon (Lebanon), Clara Wil
fert, Rachel Lines, Lois Sayles, Max
ine Williams, Herbert McLeary and
Glen Wilfert.
ST1LU PUZZLE
Police Force and Hom
Guards Patrol City Last
Night Without Avail
NO DEFINITE CLUE
IS OBTAINED
Many Phone Calls Turned In
to Police: Officers.
Work Overtime
It was a wild night for th lumbers
jf the local police fore and Horn
Guard. Women in various parts of tha
jity phoned to police headquarters re
luesting a detail of men to watch aus
picious character who might possibly
be implicated n th work of making
the mysterious marks on th doorcas
ings of Albany homes.
In one case a woman reported hav
ing seen woman in th window f
vacant South Methodist parsonage.
Chief of Polic, Catlin and a detail of
nen searched th house without find
ing the woman. It was claimed that
this woman bad been seen making a
nark on a home in th vicinity of th
parsonage. ..t VtmJJ
Another woman phoned in to head
quarters that she bad seen a man mak
ng a mark on a door. An invest! ga
ion revealed tha fact -tat h waa -alking
with the proprietor of th
louse and was illustrating th manner
in which the marks were mad with a
leadpencil which he had in his hand.
Another report had it that a woman
driving from Harrisburg and traced
0 the Imperial Cafe and from there to
1 jitney bus was the party who had
nade the mysterious marks. The fact
hat similar marks were reported as
laving been mad in Harrisburg was
irged to support th theory that ah
vas responsible. This clue Is being
'allowed up by Chief of Police Catlin.
A detail of Horn Guards policed
he city in automobiles and worked in
onjunction with the local police but
p to the hour of going to press no
lue had been obtained as to the iden
tity of the parties who are responsible
for the mysterious doormarks.
Sheriff Bodine this morning receiv
ed a phone call from Lebanon which
conveyed the information that a good
many of the houses in that place had
been marked. Th markings were not
the same, however, as those in Albany.
Marks have also been discovered on
scores of homes in Portland.
Pendleton Door Marks
Made by Agent
The marks on the doorcasings which
are attracting: a great deal of atten
tion in the valley towns are no cause
of worry to Editor E. B. Aldrich of
the Pendleton East Oregonian, who
stopped off in Albany today en rout
home from a meeting of the Stat Ed
itorial association. .
"Some years ago,aid Mr. Aid
rich, "we had a similar scare in Pen
dleton. Every horn in th city was
marked with the letter "G." An in
vestigation was made by the officers
nnd a solicitor finally confessed that
the marks were made by him at th
time he called at th various homes
to dispose of his wares."
RED CROSS SHIPMENT FOR JULT
The Red Cross shipment from
Brownsville which represented rb
work for the month of July was a
follows, says the Time: 40 pajama
suits, 64 bed jackets, 24 pair ward
slippers, 36 handkerchiefs, 12 napkins,
21 pair socks, three sweaters, one knit
quilt, by the Ladies' Study club; 297S
gun wipes. The CrawfordsviU aux
iliary furnished nine pajama suite and
nine pairs socks. Ash Swal auxiliary
furnished 11 bedjacketi.
PORTLANDERS VISIT
Mrs. Jo Mielk and Miss Mlnni
Kerber came up from Portland th
first of the week and after vlsltlrur
friends her left for Albany yesterday
for a visit with relatives there.