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ALBANY, LINN COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 20. 1918.
No. 10.
VOL. XXXI.
Ten Thousand Bulgarians Captured Wednesday
ALBANY DAILY DEMOCRAT
: INSURGENTS BLOW
UP GERMAN TRAIN
SHELLS INTO
ARE T
METZ SAY WAR DEP.I
T TODAY
British Recapture Moeuyre Which WaH Taken by Enemv
in Heavy Counter Blow: I Iain Makes Ad
vance in Ombrai Sector
GERMAN OUTPOSTS ON HINDENBURG LINE
FALL HACK BEFORE GREAT BRITISH PUSH
TAKEN BY FRENCH
ALLIES HURL ENEMY
HACK IN MACEDONIA
Advance of Hetween 15 and
17 Miles Made; Doiran
Is Captured
Important Post Four Mile
South of St. Quenlin
Falls to French
HEAVY COUNTERS .
ARE REPULSED
10,000 Bulgarian Are Made Prisoners; British line Ih
Extended More than a Mile in Iempire
Sector. Sav Communique .
4 PARIS. September 20. Ten thousand Hulgsrisns were r-
lured Wednradsy on the Salonlkl front. lh Echo de Pari to- 4)
4) day asserted.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 20. Bv railed Preaa.-Nioe.lnch and larg
rr calibre tuna ran now ahoot lat l Mrti from Ihr American poallimta,
members of Ih houa military affair. committee aald (hey were told al
Ihr war drpartmrnl today.
WITH THK BRITISH. Sept. 20. Th llritiah made c itraordlnary
galna la lh aorrfaaea of th pal loo day a. Th, (irrniu oho held
th outpoata of Ih Hiadrnburg line la apoU brtwren (ambral and SI.
Quralla hat been cleared out. whil in other plana Ih llritiah regain
rd Ih outpoata trnipararily raptured by thr enemy, which arr abao
lutrly essential to th safely of thr allies' (rrat offensive system.
I.()MMN, SpU 20. Th British recsptured Moruvrra, seven mllee.
wral of Cambrel, laat night. Half announrrd. Fighting ia continuing
in that region. "W adtancrd our liar a mil in th Umpire Epehry
sector, wral of L ('atrial yralrrday. In Ih far of strong oppoaltion
roaaialiaf of heavy artlUVrylng. Shortly before midday yralrrday
Failish Iroopa atlarhrd in Ih Lemplre-Kpehcy sector." th atatrmrnt
aald. In aplt of ronaldrrahl oppoiilion thry msdr vslusble progress
to drplh of a mil bryond Ih previous lino gained In thia locality.
A few priaonrra wrr lakrn In local engagements. North of Lraa
haalil raiding partWa wr iwpulard. -
KENTON MERRILL
DIED YESTERDAY
H. F. IRVINE WILL
SPEAK TOMORROW EVE
Formre Albany Man Passed
Away in Colorado;
Funeral Here
Krnton B. Merrill, formerly of thia
city, passed away yesterdsy at Mount
Morrison, nrar Denver, Colo., th
ncwa reaching her thia morninK when
Mr. and Mra. W. F. Pfoiffor rclvd
a telegram from their daughter, Mra.
Merrill.
The deceased wan a resident of Al
bany for nearly 16 yeara, hia parents.
Mr. and Mra. K. G. Merrill, having
moved to thia city when he was at
tending school. II waa widely known,
with many warm friends. At the time
of hia death he waa 26 yeara of aire.
Mr. Merrill had had tuberculoaia for
aeveral yeara, but had received the
attentiun of specialist for aom time,
and hia recovery in Colorado waa hop
ed for. He waa a brother of Dennia
V. Merrill, of thia city, and leavea a
wife and two little daughters to mourn
hia death.
Mra. Merrill ia expected to arrive In
a few daya with the remnina, and fu
neral arrangements will he announced
later.
Important Gains Made North
East of Vailly; Hun
losses Heavy
PARIS. Sept. 20.-By U. P.-French
troope yraterday captured Essigny-le-Urand,
four milea aouth of St. Quen
tln, th war office announced today.
In the region of St. Quenlin the
French yeaterday captured Essigny-le
Grand and took additional prieonera.
aid the French official etutement.
"Eaat of the Ailette river the night
wis marked ny violent enemy reat-
liona. Five different counter atucka
were broken up before our new posi
tiona north of Allemanl, and eaat of
the Moiss furni. The enemy Buffered
very heavy losses without obtaining
the Irtiat results.
'On the Aiane we occupied terri
tory weat of Aiay anil northeaat of
Vailly. The enemy a attempt to cross
the Vesle at Jonchcry waa broken up.
'Our pntruN penetrated the enemv
linea northwest of Sounin in the Cham
pagne, and brought back priaonrra.'
LONDON, Bept. 20. U. P. Allied
troops are advancing on a do-miie
front in Macedonia, according to dia
patchea from the Salonili front today.
The Serbians have croaaed the Cer-
na river between Hasinbeya and God
iyah, capturing Mrewrhko.
Fighting haa been widened until It
extendi 26 milea eaat of lierrena along
which line the alliri have, advanced
from lf to 17 milea.
Near Lake Doiran the British-
Greek armies are moving forward on
a ten-mile front. The Britiah official
communication declares the Bulgar
ian trench ayatem in the Lake Doiran
region haa been captured and the citv
of Doiran ia now aafely held. Eaat of
1 ake Doiran Wednesday the enemy'a
outpoat line waa carried, together with
TOO prieonera, the Kaloniki commun
ique aaid.
Cooperating Creek troope fought
valiantly to the eaitward and west
ward of the Britiah.
ONE MAN SUBSCRIBES
FIVE TIMES RATING
LABOR BQARDHERE
Three Members Will Be Ad-
pointed Upon Recommend
at ion of Business Men
ALL ELEMENTS TO BE
REPRESENTED
tractor demonstration
in progress this p.
Interallied Labor Stands
Behind Wilson's Aims
LONDON, Sept. 20 U. P. The
war alma committee of the interallied
conference here today recommended
the adoption of the following rcsolu
tion: "The conference wolcomea all. It
recognizee the war na a conflict be
tween autocracy and democracy ami
their Inatitutiona. It ngrcca only on
Wilaon'a principles can a groundwork
for lasting peace be founded. Work
ers should have direct officinl repre
sentation at the peace table.'
Mother's Day Parade Will Be
Added Feature of Liber
ty Iioan Meeting
With Editor B. K. Irvine of the
Portland Journal the"principal speak
er and a big Mothera' Parade preced
ing the aoeaking. the meeting'which
will be held at the Methodiat church
tomorrow night promise to be the
biggest event of its kind held during
the Fourth Liberty Loan drive.
Mnjor Marks h onlcred the Home
Guard to participate in the parade and
the membera of the company are in:
atrurted to appear at the armorv
promptly at 7:16.
The mothera who have sons who
have been killed or wounded In serv
ice will have the place of honor. Fol
lowing the mothers will be the wives,
the children and the sisters of enlisted
men. F.ach will curry a service flag,
a silver star representing the men
who have been wounded, and a gold
star, those who have lost their lives.
The Home Guard will also march in
the parade, on either side of the moth
era.
All women In the surrounding coun
try or in neighboring towns which are
not celebrating, are cordially invited
to join in this celebration, which is be
ing observed in all cities of the United
States.
The committee will furnish autos to
go after the women, and take them
home. It ia requested that all the
names of the mothers be phoned or
handed In to Mrs. P. A. Young or Mrs.
Willnrd Marks. It is also suggested
that the women dress In white, tho
this Is not compulsory.
For a Good Time
There will le an F.pworth I-eague
party at the Methodiat church on the
corner of Third and Ellsworth streets
thU evenine- at H o'clock. A special
invitation ia issued to men in uniform. ' toduy,
With eight different makea of tract
n .m v h il.it inn the tractor demon
stration started at 1 :30 this afternoon J inessmen will be called for Tuesday,
Meeting at Commercial Club
Rooms to Make Recommendations
A community board of the United
States department of labor will be ap
pointed in Albany if the plans of the
government as outlined in a commun
ication received from Thomas McCus
ker of Portland are carried out bv
the businessmen of Albany.
Letters addressed to Senator E. D
Cusick and F. E. Van Tassel as rep
resentatives of the local Commercial
club were received today and In com
pliance with the expressed wishes of
the government, a meeting of the bus-
on the old Fair Grounds and in all
probability the plowing will continue
until lute thia afternoon.
There ia a good crowd of fanners
in town and a great deal of interest
ia manifested in the claima made by
the rival dealers. Each machine waa
put to a practical test today, however,
and the prospective purchasers given
opportunity to compare notes.
September 24th at 7:30 p. m. for the
purpose of recommending the ap
pointment of th three membera of
the local labor board.
One member is expected to repre-
snt the business interests, one raem
ber the labor organizations and t C
third is to represent the government
The purpose of the board is to adjust
any differences that may exist be
tween capital and labor during the pe
riod of the war.
At the meeting called for the 24th.
Mr. Doutv and Mr. liartwig, repre
senting the organization board of the
U. S. employment service, will be
Suit Filed'
A suit was filed this morning bv
Arty. Curl to quiet title. Basil Cozad
et al appears against F. M. Kizer et aL
lbanonite in Town;
Georee Alexander, publisher Leba- present to make certain suggestions In
non Express, transacted business here regard to the manner of completing
i the organization.
R.
L. Robertson Makes Bio
Bond Purchase; 14
Double Rating
NEW CLASSIFIED
Visited at Home of Councilman Lyons
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Hoffman of
Salem were entertained in Albany this
week at the residence of Councilman
nndMrs. Henry Lyons, at list cutnti
am Road.
R. L. Robertaon haa the distinction
of having subscribed fire times his
rating by th Liberty Loan committee.
There have been a large number of
people who have raised their ratings
to an amount higher than that desig
nated but 14 have doubled their quota.
Their names are as follows:
Stephen G. Talis, Elijah Wills, J. J.
Lindgren, Harry Curran, Ima E.
French. Frank L. Park, Bertha F.
Lee, Wallace Howe Lee, Mrs. Una M
Wood, August Hanson, Mrs. E. M
Hall, Mrs. R. R. Knox, Dayton Hollo-
way. W. E. Witchey.
The following is the list to date of
Liberty Loan volunteers:
Oscar Olson, Christion Olson, Fred
Aldrich, Edmund Way, Hugo Warnkr,
Peter Ruettner, Wm. P. White, C. V.
Karl, Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Jackson, Har
ry Curran, R. A. Hudkins, Alexander
Ross, Mrs. J. J. Schlints, F. M. Red
field, Frances A. Baltimore, Linnie
M. Umphrey, Milton Hyde, Edward
L. Umphrey, Lilla O. McCoy, Dr.
Mary M. Marshall, Lee Hurst. A. G
l'ropst, R. A. B. Veal. Fred Veal
Mary J. 4 J. W. Stimeson, E. D. Cu-
ick, C. H. Cusick, II. B. Cusick. Mrs
S. S. Cusick. J. W. Cusick Co..
r'rancis Arnold, Rebecca Arnold, Er
nest C. Haley, Frank U Park, H. N
Bouley, Dr. D. M. Jonea, Chaa. Burg-Ki-af,
Wm. Pollack.
Tangent James Gillett, Jessie Gil
lett, L. L. Langdon, J. E. jenka Jr.
Jno. Needharo. A. McGregor, David
Shearer, C. Raifsnider, M. L. Forster
Carl Greel.
Albany G. Mutasce, W. S. Weaver
W. F. Montgomery, Ernest C. Smith
John W. Hornback, Eldin Hackleman
D. F. Burge, Harry Whipps, Winifred
Worrell, Robt. McCalley, Mrs. S. J
Murphy, Frances A. Merrill, Wm. S.
Duncan, Gertrude Duncan, Katherint
S. Ball, Peter Lorenzen, Orah Hark
nesa, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Rankin, Wm
II. Gilmour. Adolph W. Mackaben, F
W. Horsky. W. F. Jones, Thos. M
Holt, Ida W. Stellmacher, Henry Brod
era, Jos. Conner, Roy Stapleton, Mr.
and Mra. J. V. Pipe, Joe D. Gilbert
Florence Eastburn, W. V. Merrill
Mra. Rov Gentry. August J. Van
Waning, Stephen G. Talia, Laura Mc-
Bride, Fisher-Braden Co., Elizabeth
Irvine, Robert Stewart, Mr. and Mrs
R. S. Richardson. Henrietta Brown-
W. H. Chase, Inez Curl Lamberty
Peter J. Lamberty, W. E. Witchey
Maud Witchey, Amanda Dunlap, Mrs.
Jennie Merritt, Geo. L. Merritt, Wm.
C. Burns, Geo. M. Payne, Margaret L.
Donohue, Frank G. Franklin, Viola P.
Franklin, Smith B. Holt. Wm. H. Holt
Thos. K. Ferguson, Martin W. Swy-
ter, Barney Cady, Homer Dowd, F. E.
Beauchamp, A. J. Hulbert, Margaret
Dunlap, John Lamberty, Mr. and Mrs.
Robt. Wisert, Mr. and Mrs. John Neel-ey.
Ukrainians Capture 10 Vil
lages; Bolshevik!
in Retreat
STOLEN An Overland bicycle. Find
er please return to Democrat Of
fice. 2023
FOR SAUi CHEAP, OR TRADE fl
room house and 2 lots in Salem.
Ore., 4 block from S. P. Depot.
Property In Albany preforred. In
quire 600 E. 2d St. 20.23
FIRKS NEAR DETROIT
Three fire ar raging in the
timber in the vicinity of Detroit,
according to word received here
today. A request for 20 volun
teers from Albany waa sent by
the firefighters and It ia prob
able that a number of Albany
people will leave thia afternoon.
CAN OREGON REPEAT ?
The vaults or Hie 11. S. Treasury again need
refilling, liver incmisinit expenditures ueccs-siiry
to bavleii llir end r Hie War, the Keeping up and
Muckiiig-iip of "Our Ikivs," Ihr SiislaininH r the
Allieil Nnlinns mid their Pnnilcs, the IYrplt!:i
lion of Deiiiiirrney anil Drslrtirlinn ol Aulni
mrv require Ihr unstinted Mii-rifice the DO
YoCll BUST. NOT SIMPLY "HIT," of every liuc
American.
Ihr Kve of Hie 4lh l.ibi'itv Loan Is here.
FIRST In every putrlullc endeavor, : Il.tiON
cnimi. u'jff no, wl no falter NOW. With more
to work for, more to give for. more to sacrifice
for every true Orrgonian will make it his duty
lo itt th Oregon DOES REPEAT by going over
the lop I'lHST once ng:iin.
While the riiinpniuii does not officially start
until September iiStli. we will so voluntarily
pledge our subscriptions und anticipate our
(iiiotns that in thit lawn. Ihit county and lhi$ lat$
IT WILL UK OVER WHEN IT'S OPENED. (
. Foists Uasarv Loan Ceaia
LEADER OF BATTALION
OF DEATH EXECUTED
Woman WTo Played Dram
atic Part in Russian Rev
olution Put to Death
STOCKHOLM, Sept. 20. By U.P.
Ukraine insurgents blew up a Ger
man military train, and captured ten
Uages, accord:9f to dispatches from
Petrograd.
Dispatches regarding Siberian oper
ations declare the Soviet troops occu
pied Bindovsk and that the Czecho
slovaks captured Bizertaki. Bolshe-
iki troops are retiring from Crasno-
fimsk.
LONDON, Sept. 20. British forces
perating on the Archangel front in
Russia captured the enemy's largest
tteamer on the Pvina river, it is of
ficially announced.
LONDON. Sept 20. Madame Alex
mdera Bedschakeuna, organizer of
he woman'a Battalion of Death, was
xecuted at Vitebsk September 12 for
Participation in the counter-revolution,
according to a Berlin wireless.
The dispatch declared the woman
waa shot. .
OR. STERNBERG IS
APPOINTED CAPTAIN
Albany College Conservatory
Will Open Monday
Miss Mamie L. Lenhart of Geneva.
Nebraska, the new vocal teacher of
the college, is expected to arrive Sa
turday evening and the college antici
pates presenting her to the public ill
the near future.
Miss Lenhart is a graduate of the
Doane College Conservatory of Music,
Crete, Nebraska, and since graduation
has studied with Edith Lucille Rob
bins of Lincoln, Nebraska, a teacher
of fine reputation in the Middle West.
Miss Robbins speaks of Miss Lenhart
a nersonal letter as one of mv
most talented voice pupils." '
Miss Lenhart's attractive personal
ity is mentioned by everyone who
writes of her. also her enthusiasm and
her successful work with groups of
young people. We feel sure that she
will be a great addition to the college
and to Albany.
On Monday, September 23d, is reg
istration day at Tremont Hall for mu
sic pupils. Miss Clement, Miss Len
hart and Miss Marv Irvine will be
present to enroll the pupils.
Tuesday, September 24th, at 3:30
p. m., a meeting will be held at Ire
mont Hall for parents who are eon
sidering giving their children some
form of musical training this winter,
and for young people and adults who
are Interested in music for themselves,
A demonstration will be given of what
has been done by Miss Clement with
Former Albany Man Commis
sioned in United States
Merical Service
, - V
The following concerning a former
Albany man is reprinted from the
Morning Oregonian:
Dr. Joseph D. Sternberg, Portland
physician and surgeon and well-known
member ef the Tualatin Country dub,
has been commissioned captain in the
medical reserve corps and ordered to
report at Camp Riley, Kansas City.
Dr. Sternberg is also a 33d degree
baseball and fight fan and seldom
missed a game in the Pacific Coast
League when President Baum I circuit
held forth in these parts. As a golfer,
Sternberg ranks with the best at
Tualatin and has also negotiated the
other courses in Portland with equal
skill.
Dr. Sternberg has been surgeon for
the Oregon National Guard for eight
years.
Prizes Awarded at
Linn Countv Fair
The following it a list of those who
received educational prizes at the Linn
county lair:
First Grade Theresa Silbernagel,
Scio. first; Joel Clarence Booth, Leb
anon, second; Robert Keebler, Leba
non, third.
Second Grade Annie Thomas, 8ciot
first; Helen Cochran, Tangent, sec
ond. '
Third Grade Lydia Lucht, Leba
non, first; Ueorge ai'uernagai, ocio,
second; Merle Slate, Tangent, third.
Fourth Grade Grace Dougherty,
Scio, first; Doris Crandall, Ibanon,
second; Marion Speer, Tangent, third.
Fifth Grade Mary Rohwein, Scio,
first; Dorothy Sloop, Tangent, sec
ond. Sixth Grade Mary Thomas, Scio,
first; Helen Bailey, Tangent, second.
Seventh Grade Adela Lindeman,
Scio, first; Edith Ross, Tangent, sec
ond. Eighth Grade Nellie Dougherty,
Scio first.
nine children in U weeks of class and
private lessons, one class lesson and
one half -hour piano lesson each week.
A number of their compositions will
be played.