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VOI. XXXI.
German Answer to Wilson
GERMAN NOTE
TIE ADVANCE IN BELGIUM, NUNS
RETREAT TOWARD 01 FRONTIER
Over Six Thousand Prisoners and Hi'JGuns Taken During
I ust Week in Great Offensive in Fland
ers, Announces (Jen. Haig
SCOKKS OF TOWN'S FALL AS MUTISM
HORSE Pl'RSlES FLEEING ENE.Ml
Americans 1'oundinic Teutons in Verdun Sector; Germans
Make Desperate Kffort to Hold Pivotal
Point in Southern Sector
LONDON, tM. 21. By I'nitrd I'rraa. Marahal Haig reported the
llritiah approaching SI. Amnil. right mi lea northarat of Valrnrirn
lira. Conlarl ailh Ihr rnemy la bring mainUinrd. The British alao
are Hearing Ihr line of Ihr Srhrlilt above Tournai.
The alalcmrnl aaid Ihr Itrilla1! took over 3,000 priaonrra yeater
day abate Lrcatrau. In a apreial atalrmrnt regarding Ihr Flinders of
fensive, Haig aaid Ihr Gcrmana have hern .puahed hark over Ihr l.ya
al Ihrr plarra. with Ihr allies driving a loae to (.hrnl and Tournai. Ilia
l.porl .hoard Ihr Urmm attempt lo aland on Ihr linr of Ihr l.)
rirr haa hrrn over helmed. 'Ihr allira already arr in tourh with Ihr
nrl drfrnar linr along- Ihr F-araul river. Haig declared:
The Grrmana arr vainly endeavoring to arrral our progresa to
wards Ihr l.ya, toward Drnyro, Orluo and thr Dutch frontirr. bul
were furrrd lo withdraw their whnlr Belgian front. Wr occupied kaeaa
larrr, Arltrr, Acdrghem. llrllrm, 1'rarl, all on thr Dutch frontirr. We
rrnaard Ihr l.ya on thrir wholr Irnnt. Sinrr Mundny thr llritiah havr
taken R.200 priMinrra, and MS (una.
PARIS, Ort. 21. Ihr war office announrrd raiding oprraliona in
Alaarr-Iirrainr. rapturing prisoners. Thia may indiratr that thr al
lira arr planning an attach on Ihr aouthrrn pari of Ihr wral front.
WASHINGTON. Ort. 21. Thr Amrrirana above Vrrdun Sunday
rontinurd thrir preaaure anainat Ihr pivotal point upon whirh thr Grr
man rrlrral ia awinglng. Grnrral Pershing reported. Ilr aaid:
"Wral nf Ihr Meu.e Ihr Amrrirana ronlinur prraaurr on thr enemy,
t'aat of Batheuvillr during local fighting in Ihr lloia dra Itappra, Ihry
raptured over a hundrrd priaonrra. On thr rntirr front above Vrrdun
thrrr ia heavy arlillrryinc and marhinrgunninr. Severe rounter altarka
wrrr thrown hark with heavy laa lo Ihr rnrmy.
"During heavy fighting of thr paal week abovr Vrrdun wr havr
drawn from other parla of thr Wralrrn front a conatanlly-increaamg
numhrr of German diviaiona which arr bitterly rontcaling every fool of
ground aitain.t our strong altarka. hoping to arrurr retreat of thr Grr
man army, thr pnailion of whirh haa hrrn rompromiard by altarka
from thr aoulh nd wral."
CAR TURNS TURTLE
ON TANGENT ROAD j
Mrs. Homer Specr Injured ,
When Spotlight Winds
Driver of Car
Winded by tlir spotlight of another
rnr. Ilomrr Specr, driving from Al
bany to Tangent, made a quirk turn
in thr rontl nt n point two miles from
Alininy, riiusing thr nir to turn turtle.
Mm. Spcer win thrown Into thr crock
l.y the roadside nnd rutlu-r severely
bruised nliout thr hips. Mr. Spcer
and the two children were uninjured.
Dr. )nvia wna culled to attend Mrs.
Specr's Injuriea. whirh he duel not re
gard ai aerioui.
Oakville Resident
Passes to Ijist Reward
OAKVIl.I.E, Oct. 21. Special J. J.
("ale of thia place passed awny last
Tuesday following nn nccute attack of
henrt trouble. The deceased win 70
yenra of age and had been ill for aev
ernl monlha prior to his death.
He leaves two sons to mourn hia
death, U. A. Calo of I.lnn county nnd
P. II. Calc of Detroit, Michigan. The
funeral waa conducted In Corvnllis on
Ortolier lllth, Interment being made in
the Crystnl I-nke Cemetery.
I
NEW CLASSIFIED
WANTED Man with team or tract
or to plow 10 acres of Innd. Bell
phone V10U W. E. Hunt, Sunrise.
10o2fi
LOST Can off of gnsoline tank of
ALBANY DAILY
W.
J. FOREX DIED
YESTERDAY MORN
Well-known Resident of Linn
County Passes on After
a Short Illness
W. J. Foren passed away at his
residence at Ninth and Cnhfhooin
atreela at 11:30 yesterday morning,
following complications resulting
from facial eyrispalis.
The deceased was well nnd favor
ably known in Albany and waa
years of age at the time of his death,
He leavea n wife and aix children,
five of whom reside in I. inn county,
The funeral announcement will be
made as soon aa word ia received from
ono of the children, who residea in
California.
He leavea n wife and aix children:
Mra. Sarah Armililn, Hall Sission, Cut.
Mary Viola Chaatine, Salem; Win.
Proston, Halsey; Nellie Francis Zoph,
Lebanon; Deli In Daphiue Chaatine,
Tnngent; Walter Eugene Foren, Al
bany.
Ncw Names Suggested
for City Council
Neither Veal, Cnlavaii or Sanders
will be given deferred classification
by tho committee which plncet) them
in nomination for the city council, ac
cording to a statement given out to
the Democrat this afternoon by one
of those who were present nt the time
they were named. Tho aanie commit
tee now places in nomination D. S.
Holloway nnd Owen Beam for the
first ward and E. U Wieder for the
second. Tho committee also states
that the three new names presented
have been selected .after, mature con
sideration nnd that no exemptions will
bo nllowcd.
ALBANY, I. INN COUNTY,
SAYS KAISER'S
T
Portland Millionaire Taken
in Espionage Net ly II.
S. Authorities Today
ONCE A GERMAN,
A I AV A V S," A L H E RS
Man Who Profits From Gov
ernment Contracts Chant
ed With Disloyalty
roKH.ASI. Orl. 21.- By V. P.
A warrant una issued today charging
Henry All-rs with violmion of the es
piunage art.
Altars, who ia president of thr Al
lien Bros. Milling Co.. ia rated aevrral
limra a milliunuirv. 1 1 1 at conipuny baa
been kept buaily engaged filling war
oiiirra for thr I'nitrtl Stntra govern
nienl. .
Thr arrest wa made by a deputy
I'nitrd Slates nianhal.
Sworn rvidenrr hna lern olituint-tl
that Alhrra drrlarvd, "To hell wiUi
Anient u": that hr aaid "ou never
will Ink the Kuiaer; never in a thou
sand yeara," and tlmt he Mini "Once a
German, alwaya a Grrinan; whv
should tliia eovernmellt tell me what
to do."
j Allira' aliened offenae waa commit
ted on a Southern I'arific tniin be
tween Grnnta I'uaa and Koseburi;, ar
ronliiin to Tirhenor.
' I trot on the train nt Grnnta I'nxn."
Deputy Murnliul TUhenor told the
United !', "and went into the
amoker of Ihr observation car. There
I saw a mug sitting with an uncorked
whiskey Iwttle. I asked him where
tl cork wa. He said it was lost. I
told him he had lietter rrt the bottle
out of siL-ht, and then I left the amok-
! er.
"Shortly after aevernl men came
to me one nt a time and told me the
I mini in question was a pro-German
! and thnt he was insultinir the United
' States. One uinn snid if he did not
jcharke he would silrncernilflHrr.vYsy
I find someone to take the man in
! rhmve he would silence him by force.
I told them there wu a U'tter way.
anil we amrteu lo isvi me evmenre.
"I stood just behind the curtain to
the compartment for I had leumed
Allrrs knew me, and listened while
he continued tulkinir. He snid amoni."
other thing that Germany could nev
er be Ix-nten. He said 'There will be
revolution here in ten y-nrs in two.
months maylie tomorrow.' He aaid he
had served under the Kaiser for 2f
yenra nnd that he would like to re-
turn to (ierttfnny."
Tichcnor said he had the sworn tes
timoiiv of three men: L. E. Giinaunt,
Kent, Wash.; I.. W. Kinney, !03 ("ham
j her of Commerce Hldg., Portland, and
J. A. Mend, rural route fi, Box !01. 1.os
Angeles, thnt Allien made the state
ments quoted.
Alhera, he aaid, wna under the in
fluence of liquor.
Telephone Employe
Dies in Corvallis
Grant McElhiney, an employe of
the Home Telephone company in Cor
vnllia, passed awny yesterday follow
ing nn attack of Spanish influeni re
sulting in pneumonia. '"'
The deceased was well-known in Al
bany and has a large circle of friends
here. He wna a prominent mason
and member ir the Knights Templar
order. The funeral services will be held
in Corvallia.at the Bovee Undertaking
parlors tomorrow nfternoon nt 1:4.1,
and the remain, will lie escorted to
Albany by Corvallii member! of the
Knights Templar. Interment will be
made In Riverside Cemetery.
Visited Folk
Arthur Palmer, who ii working In
the shipyards at Portland, spent Sun
day with his family and parent!.
OREGON, .MONDAY, (MTOHKIt
AARON KARNES
DROPPED DEAD
Pionetr of Linn County Was
Awaiting Train to Take
Him to new Home
Shortly after he had paid hit freight
on household trooda which were to be
sent to his new home in Waitsburir,
Washington, Aaron Barnes stepped in
to C. O. BudloriK'a store near the Sou
thern Pacific dejit and dropped dead
a few momenta later, of apoplexy. The
Irath ore u red at 6:15 Saturday eve
nniK.
The deceased was an old pioneer of
Linn county, having aerved aa fore
man of the Farmer!' Warehouse in
Albany for a period of 21 year. He
was 62 years of ace and was prepar
ing to move to Waitaburg, Washing
ton, to join hia four sons who are re
siding al that place.
The funeral service! were conduct
ed at the Kortmiller chael thii after
noon at 3 o'clock and the remains will
l buried at Waitsburg, Washington.
Mr. Barnes is aurvived by his widow
unci eight children: E. L. Barnes,
Morgan Barnes, Wallace Barney nrd
Thomai Bames, all of whom reside in
or near Waitsburg; Wilmer Barnes, in
the army in France; Dewel Barnes, in
the navy, anil Grace Barnes and Bes
sie Barnes, of Albany.
POSITIONS THAT WOMEN
CAN Sl'l'l'KSSFU.LY FILL
Among the iubs for which women
are particularly adapted the follow.
ing ure llsle.l uy me war laior pol
icies board:
Clerical and cashier service, ac
counting in manufacturing, mercantile
and financial establishment! and ii
the office! of transportation compan
ies and other public utilities, sales
clerks and floor walkers in mercantile
establishments, including department
stores, specialty stores, shoe stores,
men's furnishing stores, florists' hops,
jewelry stores, drugstores and soda
fountains.
On the antipodal hand, the board
takes a strong position against the
employment of women in places where
they arc likely to suffer physically or
morally, as for example, barrooms,
poolrooms, in or atout mines, smelt
ers and quarries, or on furnace work
in glass works. Girls under 21 years
of age should not le employed for
messenger service! as liellooys in ho
tels or clubs, aa elevator operators, or
in streetcar and elevated transporta
tion service. The recruiting of moth
ers of young children for war indus
trjes is to lie discouraged.
Spent Week-End
Misa Stella Dorgan spent the week
end in Portland visiting relatives and
f riends.
CAMPAIGN AGAINST
COl'GlllNG, SPITTING
THE CAMPAIGN being in
auguratcd by the Army
Medical Corps against promis
cuous coughing, spitting and
sneezing, will be successful
only thru the closest and wid
est cooperation, lta success
will mean a lower deathrate
for our soldiers and the public
generally. The health of our
soldiers depends to an extent
upon the health of the civil
population since soldiers con
tract contagious diseases in
their homes nnd elsewhere and
curry them to the camps.
We cannot mr.ke this cam
paign a success without the
fullest roonrrnlio'i of the Unit
ed Press and its memliers in
keeping constantly before our
soldiers nnd the public the
menace that coughing, snccx-
Ing and spitting offcra.
I am therefore ninking thia
nppeal to the public thru the
United Press and The Demo-
crat.o
WILLIAM C. GORGAS,
Surgeon General, U. S. A.
DEMOOEAT
21. IIH.
Note Indicates
.
WINGS
FRED MILLER IS
T
Accidental Discharge of Gun
Nearly Costs Life of
Tallman Man
SHOT ENTERS
RODY BELOW RIBS
Taken to Lebanon. Hospital
and Physicians Think
He Will Recover
Fred Miller of Tallman lies in the
Ix'l.anon hospital suffering from an
ugly gunshot wound which nearly coat
him lis life, as a result of an accident
which occured while hunting at 11:45
yesterday morning.
Miller was hunting in an orchard
and used the butt of his gun to kopek
down some apples. In aome manner
or other a limb caught on the trigger
and the gun was discharged. The full
load of shot struck Miller just below
the ribs. He waa later taken to the
Lebanon Hospital and Dr. W. 1L Davis
of Albany railed. Miller is in a se
rious condition but Dr. Davis stated
this morning that he thought there
wus a good chance of his ie;'ovory.
Geo. H. Crowell Selected
as Y. M. C. A. Secretarv
Georire Crowell this morning re-
ceived word that he had Iwen selected
as a Y. M. C. A. secretary for over
seas service. He is ordered to report
w ithin three weeks' time at New York,
from which port he will take passage
to France. .
Mr. Crowell has been anxious, to get
in one branch or the other of the armv
since war was declared. He is now
acting as secretary of the Linn Coun
ty Abstract company but will get
someone to take his place during his
absence.
Red Raspberries for
Table in October'
Dan Rumbaugh brought in some
splendid raspbenies which were
grown on lis place on 405 East Sec
ond street. Raspberries in October
are not the usual thing in Albany, but
Dan trimmed his bushes this spring
with the result that he now has
splendid fall crop of berries.
Infant Child of Olin
Nebergall Is D:ad
The infant child of Mr. and Mrs.
Olin Nebergall passed away some 12
hours after birth Saturday evening.
The funeral services were conducted
at the family residence on Madison
street at 2 p. m. Sunday afternoon,
interment being made in Riverside
cemetery.
Koys Climb Peterson
Butte Last Sundav
A party of ten boys at the invita
tion of A. C. Schmitt climbed to the
op of Peterson's Butte late Sundav
afternoon, returning to Albany in th
evening.
When the boys roached the top of
;he butio they enjoyed a weinnic
roast.
Auto
Goes Over
Grade Saturday Night
A Ford car left the Pacific Highway
nt a point near the steel bridge on
the Tangent road Saturday night, and
tdunged down the bank a distance of
some aix or eight feet. The driver,
whose name eould not be ascertained,
rot out to crank the Car. The brake
was not on, however, and the car
j plunged into the ditch.
ARE CLIPPED
JOHN WARNER FINED j
$200: WILL APPEAL
Eitfht Dollars Per Quart Was
Trice W hich Witness
Says He Paid
Charged with nelling intoxicatintr
liquor to O. F Hill. Johh Warner tl.it
morning appeared for trial Urfore Citv
Recorder Guy I welling.
The defendant entered a plea of not
guilty last Sunday and at 9 o'clock
today appeared with hia attorney, J.
R. Wyatt.
The city wai represented ty At
torney Victor Oliver, and three wit
nesses. Chief John Catlin, C. G. Brown
and O. I. Hill, were placed on the
stand for the city.
Hill testified that he had purchased
two quart bottles of Sunnybrook whis
key from Warner and had paid him $8
per quart for both bottles. Warner
denied truit he sold the liquor to Hill.
Recorder Levelling held that the de
fendant is guilty and gave him the
maximum fine of $200.
Warner served notice of appeal ani
the case will be tried again at the
next term of the circuit court.
Holly Bennett Tells
of First Offensive
The following letter was received bv
Mrs. G. H. Bennett from her son, who
ia serving in France: ,
Dear Mother: This is my weekly
letter only as you've probably notic
ed, my "weeks" as generally about ten
days long. Everything is running
along about as usual here at anil
I'm still drawing weather maps and
practice forecasting not a bad occu
pation compared to some. Altho the
censorship regulations bar informa
tion concerning temical services, I'm
.ti: ...I T ..1.1 !....
lemng you iivkiuoK .urn . uu vi.-.t
I'm getting ready to scratch off an
infant volume on clouds and cloud
forecasting a subject about which
nothing much is known; lo you can
! imagine how short my atory will be.
The only interesting happening of
the past fortnight is the first Amer
ican offensive. With no information,
but lots of rumors and what we could
see of the things that were going on.
indicated that something might hap-
i pen. The attack waa preceded by a
! week of bad weather with fairly heavv
rains, so, on the evening of the 11th.
we uUn't suspect that the desultorv
I artillery activity was a prelude to
anything. Besides, the weather was
still bad rain, low clouds, and dark
as pitch. I was working that night,"
so of course I heard the barrage open
up at 1 o'clock. From then until dawn
it was a continuous wavelike roar, ris
ing and falling, with now and then a
very big gun or something blowing ud
that stood out above the general roar
as an individual sound.
To lie sure, we knew the attack was
on; but I suppose that you knew soon
er than we did what was actually hap
pening. And I'm close enough to see,
on clear days, the observation bal
loons! An offensive operation means aer
ial activity, and as the weather clear
ed rapidly we have seen a great deal
of flying. In spite of high winds up
nnd down, as many as 75 planes have
vcen visible at one time bombers, ob
servers and fighters. With more or
less broken clouds, day bombing seem
ed to le in favor; the Boche even came
over and did some of it, dropping
right out of the clouds and letting 'em
go. The Boche seems to have his
hands so full of more urgent business
th"t he's not raiding this particular
vicinity hasn't for two weeks or so.
After our bad weather, we've had
the other extreme, but now another
storm is "arriving" and we've had ft
thunderstorm this morning after
which I suppose well get rain for
several days, showers nnd mist, reg
ular Oregon style. I hope I'm mis
taken this time!
Tis nearly dinner time, so I finish
now. With love to all.
HOLLY REED BENNETT.
To Visit Friends
Mr. and Mrs. A. Struckmeier went
to Salem thii morning to visit with
friends.
THE WEATHER
Tonight and Tuesday r- FAIK
Nik 134.
Peace
AGCEPTS
U. S. TERMS
Authoritatively Stated that
Answer Appears to Be
Awkward Acceptance
NO
NEW POINTS
RAISED BY KAISER
Failure to Evacuate Allied
Territory Is Stumbling
Block Remaining
LONDON. Oct. Slv Germany.
replying today to President
W'ilaon's note, definitely an -nounced
that the Kaiser ia shorn
of the power to declare war.
She declared the German sub
marine commanders have been
ordered to stop torpedoing pas
senger ships.
Germany declared the present
itandard of power 'of both aides'
should be safeguarded during the
armistice.
Germany didn't definitely ac
cept Wilson's statement that
term should be fixed by gener
als of the United States and the
allies. The text apparently
would allow Germany to claim
that Germany's general! should
help fix the terms. The text de
nies thit German ahipi ever por-
I posely destroyed lire boats witn
passengers. It declared that the
I strictest instructions against the
I destruction of private property
were observed during the Ger
I man retreat, with the guilty one!
! being punished.
"In the future." laid the note.
I "no government can take office
I nor continue in office without
1 possessing the Reichstag'! ma-
jority'i confidence."
I
4
WASHINGTON. Oct. 21. U.
p. It is authoritatively stated
that the German anawer "appear
ed" to be an awkward acceptance
of President Wilson's terms and
that it "appeared" to raise no con
troversial points.
It was declared emphatically,
however, that President Wils
laid stress upon the point! that he
could not pass on any Teuton
proposal to the alliel until the
occupied territory ii evacuated.
Thia still is an important point.
LONDON. Oct. 21. According
to wireless from Berlin this af
ternoon, the German reply to the
President sayi that, in accepting
the proposal for evacuation, the
German government assumed that
an armiatice would be agreed up
on. The reply proteaU against
Wilson's reproach for illegalities
and Inhumanitiea and denies that
German submarines in sinking
ships purposely destroyed life
boats or passengers.
WASHINGTON, Oct 21. The Ger
man reply will be here soon. The itau
department ii thus reliably informed
today.
The Swiss legation had not com
municated with the department, but
the news came through other and re
liable channels.
The President and Secretary Lan
sing have the unofficial German repl
GERMA Y
it was picked from th German
wireless stations, but the text won t
be released until officially received.
Went to Portland
Dr. W. P. White went to Portland
thii morning On business.
cnr. Call 370J. zioz.i-