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VOL XXXI.
ALBANY, LINN COUNTY. OREGON, THURSDAY. NOVK.MBKK 21, 1918.
No.
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FLEE! 15
Allitnl Navies Assemble and
Accept Surrender of
Grrman Warships
U.S. SHIPS PARTICIPATE
IN THE CEREMONY
Great Historical Event
currcd at 9..10 thin
Morning
Oc
MINIKIN', Nov. 21 V. I'
Tha German fleet haa aurrendcr
rd to tha Grand Flrel. tha admir
alty announced. Tha American
battla squadron. French rruiarra
and dratrorra participated In lha
ceremony.
Four hundred allied veeaela
lha biniral fleel ever aaaaatblrd
are reported to hava mat tha
(irrniu, Five American dread
noughts wrra Included.
Tha aurrrndrr, it la understood,
occurred 60 ml Ira off May lair,
Juat off Ihr rnlranr of lha Firth
of forth on tha Scottish Coaat.
Tha total numhrr of Tautonlc
ahtpa surrendering la unknown,
Tha admiralty announcrd: Tha
rommandrrlnrhtvf of tha grand
fleet rcporli-d at 9:30 thia morn
ln( that ha had mat tha final and
main Inatallmanl of lha Carman
high araa flrrl, whlrh la surren
dering for Intcrnmrat."
COPENHAGEN, Nov. 21. All Oer-
man warships to be surrendered to
tha allira hava cleared their porta
since Monday, it ia rrportrd.
Aa a raault. Germany does not be
leva tha allira will wiah to occupy
Heligoland.
Clarence Ross Home
on Furlough from Navy
Clarence Roaa, who la serving in
tha navy, wna home on a furlough Inat
week, it being hla firat viait homo ainre
hia enllalment atout a yenr ago. As
Ilia coming waa unexpected It afford
ad a happy surprise for hia folke. J.
E. Koaa, who ia working In tha ahin
yanla of Portland, and Mrs. Juata
Hewitt came up from Portland to be
at tha family reunion held at one of
tha aiatrr'a, Mrs. E. S. Dlrritt.
Clarence Rosa la aerving on tha U.
8. 8. Illinois. He wears the (told stripe
which Indicates three months' aervice
in the war tone. Clarence ratea sec
ond clous engineer and runs one of the
40-foot hoata auxiliary to the U. 8. S.
Illinois, which doea passenger work
lietween the ship rnd shore while In
port. The bont ia also used in picket
duty, the crew being out 21 hours at a
stretch.
Ho had only a Id-day furlough, and
having to cross tha continent to reach
home, had only a fow dnya to spend
here. Ho left Portland Tuesday night
and la to report for duty the 24th
NKW CLASSIFIED
FOR SALE Mi acres, 2 miles from
t oltnge Grove, Ore. All river lot
torn, improved. 40 acres under cult I
vation. In a fine community. Will
enrririre on tna price and take Al
bany property either city or acre-
aire up to hnlf of value. Chun. T.
Wilkinson, K. 4, Albany, Ore. Home
pnone uuo. dZlnKi-w;:n2u
PLENTY Or MONEY to loan on
good fnrms; low interest rates:
yenra' time; privilege to pay (100 or
multiple on any interest ante. Call
or write J. M. A II. M. Hawkins,
Albany, Oregon. n21tf
WANTED A man to feed cattle
Steady job all winter. Call F. II.
I'fciffor.-hoth phones, 20n22
WANTEO I-ndy with S amall child
ren wanta place to hoard In tha
.,.nl, rill llll nknn. iiXR
address Box 7(1, Albany, Ore.
20n22
ED
JNN COUNTY OVER
TOP IN WAtt DRIVE
Chairman Young Announces
ThiH Morning that Quota
Huh Itecn Reached
I. Inn county hat gone over the toD
in tha United War Work drive, ao-
onllng to a statement given out this
morning by Chairman I'. A. Young.
Tha aarna information waa wired to
headquarters at Portland.
Tha quota fised fur this county waa
2.UH) and it waa at firat believed
that wa would fall below two and three
thouaand dollara ahort of railing thia
um. With piartirally complete ra
turna from all diatrirta In tha county
variable. Chairman Young waa able
to aluta today, however, tliat thia Bum
had I iron subscrilied.
Y. SECRETARY TEACHES
BASEBALL TO FRENCH
All American (lame ADoeaN
to French Troops and
Real Talent Shown
PARIS, Nov. 21. Twenty years
from now, when there ia a big parade
and the veterans of the Great War
winy down the avenue, ona of the
big-feat divisions in the proceaaion will
be formed of the membera of tha ao-
iety of "First Man to Teach F'rench
Baseball." Mile after mile, rank up
on rank, thia vaat organization will
flow past the reviewing aland. It will
be even more numerous than that olh
er organization which flourished Just
after tha Spaniah-American war, the
Amalgamated and Improved Order
of the First Man up Kan Juan Hill.
Probably the real ownership of the
title "Firat of alt tha Firat" in tha In
struction of tha French in America's
national game never will be determin
ed to the satisfaction of all claimants.
Hut F. M. Jack of Los Angeles, be
lieves that ha haa a legitimate claim
to being the firat man ever officially
letailcd to ierform thia aervice.
He offers proof in the form of a
copy of the order that directed him to
give the Poilua hia assistance in de
veloping whatever Cohbeiue tnlcnta
they might possess. Aa the order ia
lated earlier than the time when moat
of the other firat men began to assert
themselves. It looks aa if Jack would
have to be awarded the gold-handled
umbrella.
Teachea Ilaaeball .
Jack was serving aa a Y. M. C. A.
ph)sical director In a Mediterranean
port when the United States army of.
ficer In charge of tha Yankee troops
n that district, complying with re-
uest from the French military peo
pie, told him to go out and teach the
game of baseball. Three soldiers were
letnilcd to assist in the task. And task
it was, fur practically none of the
Frenchmen in that region ever had so
much aa seen a baseball and when thev
tried to throw, you couldn't tell whe
ther they were putUng the shot or
tossing the cnbot,
The Y. M. C. A. man decided that
tha best wily to get the men Interest'
ed waa to pick out a tig squad and try
out the talent. He selected 200 likely-
looking aoldiera at random and aet
them to work throwing an indoor
bnseball, giving auch advice and in
struction aa ha could. Then he gave
them batting practice, using an In
door bat. The 60 men that showed
most promise were told to report the
next dny and tha work waa continued
After enough players had acquired
some degree of skill, practice gamea
were Inaugurated and later there were
formal contests every afternoon.
The men took to the game like buck
privates to mince pie. It wasn't very
long before some of them were show
Ing real ability in all departments of
the sport and the "championship1
gnmra developed interesting competi
tion and fust piny. The original squad
was constantly being supplemented by
recruits who fell for the game after
seeing others piny it.
I'ars Soft Hall
Like many physical directors of the
Y. M. C. A. and the K. of a, Jack
believes that the beat way to teach
baseball to Frenrhirs ia to begin with
tha aoft ball, which ia big enough to
be hit easily and not hard enough to
injure anyone that la beaned. He aays
that when tha game la started with
the regulation hard ball, the men are
alwaya getting hurt and that they de
cide, before going far enough to ap
predate the game's good pointa, that
it ia "trop dangereux
Another advantage of the Indoor
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I tion pattern. Open lots large enough
U. 5,
'ershing Directed to Wire
Names of All Prisoners
Releasd by Huns
STATEMENT OF THEIR
CONDITION IS ASKED
Reported that English Pris
oners Have Been Im
properly Treated
WASHINGTON. Nov. 21. U. P.
The war d -partment cabled General
Pershing to aend quirrly the n
all Incoming prisoners, with a state
ment of their condition.
The war department ia aomewhat
urehrnaiva over the Domsible eondi-
r . '
ion of returning American prisonere
in view of tha revelations concerning
Uriliah captivea. It is reported that
many English have Wen freed with
out food and In an impaired physical
nape.
Mass Meeting at
Club Rooms Tonight
A maaa meeting haa been called at
the Commercial club roon a a: 7:30
thia evening to receive the jt of
the committee appointed t ) - ake a
report on the proposed mrr. i jf the
local telephone companies.
At the suggestion of t'.te co.ni.iit'.' :
M. Hawkir.s went down lj T. luuJ
yesterday anl c inferred with Oawald
West, receiver for the Home company,
and the result of auch conference will
be made known thia evening.
Homj
Ci.ard Dance
a Huge Success
One of t ie most successful jitney
lances ever staged in Albany waa held
ast night at the armory under the
auspicea of the Albany Home Guard.
The music waa furnished by tha Heia-ter-Woods
orchestra and there were a
large numl-er of people from Lebanon
and Corvallia in attendance.
According to Chairman Goettling
of tha dance committee, 1282 dance
tickets were sold and the sum of ap
proximately $4S will be cleared over
and above tha expenses.
Judge Interposes on
Behalf of Moonev
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 21. U.
P. Judge Griffin, before whom Tom
Mooncy was convicted, haa written to
Governor Stephena asking a condition
al pardon, it ia learned. Thia would
insure a new trial for the man con
victed of murder in connection with
the preparedness day parade bombing
in July, ll'lli-
Griffin refused to comment on the
letter except to say that it waa writ
ten on Tuesday.
President Wilson haa interceded
several timra on behalf of Mooney.
Labor leaders declare that a strike
which will stop "every wheel in the
country" will go into effect ir lorn
Mooney be executed.
Two Hundred Killed in
Cologne Explosion
AMSTERDAM, Nov. 21. U. P.
Two hundred persons were killed by
an explosion in a Cologne factory, fol
lowing the revolutionaries' failure to
induce the workmen to atrike.
The Taglische Rundschau dcscrilvca
the explosion.
Here From Seattle
Zoll A. Tntom and Lawrence Fee of
the U. S. naval training camp at Se
attle were In Albany this morning on
their wny to their homes in Lebanon
on a five-day furlough. The boys In
the camp will all receive a five-dav
furlough between now am) the second
of December.
for a game of ball are very hard to
find in and around French citiea, be-
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cnuse atmoat all or tna land in r ranca
cause almost ail 01 me land in r ranee . -
ia being used for building or rultlva- in Albany Saturday night to
lion purposes. Moat of tha athletic meet with tha local lodge in their reg
fiolds are nrivatclv owned, ao tha gen-' ular session.
01n nui,nf cannot have accesa to them
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HOY HURT YESTERDAY
LEAVES THE HOSPITAL
Eldon Kauffman Suffers Had
Fracture when 2-Ton
Truck Runs Over I-eir
Eldon Kauffman, who auffered a
compound fracture yesterday after
noon when a two-ton truck passed
over his leg, waa removed thia morn
ing from St. Mary's hospital to his
home at 106 Santiam Koad, and ia
reported by his physician to be get
ting along in splendid shapa.
The boy waa returning from school
when he Joined several other young
sters in an effort to climb on to a
two-ton motor truck which waa carry
ing a 4 00-pound Case tractor. In
their efforts to get aboard, the Kauff
man boy fell, and the back wheel of
the truck passed over hia leg below
the knee. The boys were repeatedly
cautioned by Driver E. 8. Geer to get
off the car, and thia request waa also
nuule by Rev. Williams, who waa also
sitting in the driver's seat. The ac
cident happened on Santiam Road Just
in front of Henry Lyons' residence.
It waa firat reported that both legs
had been broken and that amputation
of both limbs would be neceaaary. This
report proved to be unfounded, how-
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fracture and soma rather bad bruises.
Michigan Election Contest
Is Killed in the Senat
MICH1GAN ELECTION ..
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. U. P.
The proposed investigation of the elec
tion of Truman Newberry, of Michi
gan, to the senate waa killed by the
r. a'e elections committee today, aix
five.
Fl.l'E VERSE SETS IN;
IS RABIDLY CONTAGIOUS
ST. PAUL, Nov. 21 Minneaotans
are fighting flu poetry today. An of
ficial ban upon it ia expected.
The chief gem, aa shown by publi
cation so far, ia thia touching couplet
Protect your achoolmatea from
disease;
Use your hanky when you.
sneeze.
CITY NEWS
I
Transacting Buatneaa
C. E. lank tree of Lebanon waa in
Albany thia morning transacting bus
incaa. At Eugene
Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Cusick spent yes
terday visiting friends in Eugene.
Spending Winter Here-
Mrs. W. M. Fleming and aon Rob
ert of Seattle have arrived in Albany
nnd will make their home during the
winter montha with Mrs. Flemings'
brother. President Wallace Howe Lee
of Albany college. Robert will attend
the Albany public schools.
Weather Report
Yesterday's temperature ranged
from 35 to 42 degrees. The rainfall
waa .02 inch and the river at 2.6 feet
Takea Cattle to Roaeburg
Leigh Anderson left last night with
a car of show cattle for Roaeburg. He
will be gone a few days.
On Kuainraa Trip-
Mack Montieth went to Independ
ence thia morning on business. He
will go to Dallas before returning
home.
To See Grandson-
Mr. and Mrs. George Taylor went
to Portland this morning to visit their
laughter, Mrs. Robert McMurray, and
see their new grandson.
Went to Portland
Mrs. Roy Worley went to Portland
thia morning to visit friends.
To Attend Funeral
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Rumhaugh
went to Portland thia morning to at
tend the funeral of their brother-in-law,
Richard Wilmot
On Buaineaa Trip
Allan Clark made a businesa trip to
Portland thia morning.
Here From Portland
Mrs. G. C. Morris of Portland ia vis
iting relatives In Albany for a few
days.
State Comamndrr Coming
Deputy State Commander Sherwood
'n UmmIu. I nA.rm nt Pm-tlavw!
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Lehanonlte In Albany
i r j : -i k 1
Editor George Alexander of the
I-ebanon Express was in Albany to-
dny on business matters.
TOWNS DECORATED
A3 YANKS ENTER
American Troops Now Upon
Soil of I-our Different
Countries
BELGIANS RAPIDLY
RECIaAIM TERRITORY
Allied Troops Advance Inio
Germany in Accordance
Armistice Terms
By Ernest C. Miller
WITH THE AMERICANS, Nov 21.
The American army of occupation
ia now standing on the soil of four
countries 'France, Belgium, Luxem
burg and German Lorraine.
Yesterday's advance resulted in the
occupation of scores of villages. Amer
ican outpoata are only a few miles
from the city of Luxemburg, which
gaily decorated ia awaiting the
Yankee' entry.
LONDON, Nov. 21. The Bclgiana,
rapidly executing the inoccupation of
their country, advanced more than 50
miles from the linea held when the
armistice waa signed.
The Americans and British have ad
vanced 30 miles. The French have
penetrated 50 milea, reaching German
territory.
SLAVS STRIVE TO SAVE
PARIES FROM FAMINE
ROME, Nov. 21. Forty thouaand
babies from Austria! famine stricken
provinces of Bohemia, Dalmatia, Her-
xegfovina and latria are being fed and
cared for by the two more fortunate
sister Slav provinces of Croatia and
Slavonia.
Details of this latest effort to sus
tain each other until allied victory in
sures national independence, have just
been received by Dr. Ante Trumbio,
who, representing the Slav provinces
of Austria, signed at Corfu on July 2'
the pact with Serbia providing for l
single united Southern Slav nation fol
lowing the war.
Croatia and Slavonia rank aa two
of the most fertile provinces of Aus
tria, and despite the ever increasing
scarcity of food that exists thruout the
dual monarchy, these provinces con
tinue to produce more than they need.
Thru their local diet they proposed to
Austria-Hungnria that they be allow
ed to succor the other Slav provinces
of Bohemia, Dalmatia, Herzegovina
and Istria. The only condition thev
demanded was that in recognition of
thia they be exempted from militarv
requisition of their food products.
They were turned down, whereupon
the two more fortunate provinces of
Croatia and Slavonia began immedi
ately gathering all the babies and lit
tle children from the other provinces.
No distinction was made either on re
ligious or rocial grounds. The children
were distributed amongst families of
Croatia and Slavonia without relig
ioua or other distinction. Catholic
children often were -taken into ortho
dox families and vice versa. All are
now being fed and educated towards
the common end of saving the great
est number possible of the Southern
Slav race, which has had the most dis
proportionate losses in the present
war.
Mrs. Sam Hilliard
Dies in Portland
Mrs. Helen Hilliard, wife of Sam
Hilliurd of thia city, died in Portland
yesterday morning following an at
tack of pneumonia following Spanish
influenza. The deceased was under
treatment at a hospital in Portland
at the time of her death.
Mrs. Hilliard was 21 years of age
and leavea three sisters, Mrs. Myrtle
F.. Preston of Portland. Miss Margar
et Gilmore, Vancouver, B. C, and Miss
Juanetta Gilmore of Hoquiam, Wash
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i'ortlnnd, and Monroe Aimer, nunKirx
France.
Mr. and Mrs. Hilliard moved to
Portland some weeks ago and Sam
haa been working in the shipyards
He waa in Albany on a visit when he
received word of hia wife's death.
FRANK RIDDERS
COLLECTS REWARD
Stolen Auto Is Ixx-ated for
Portland Cwrcr Ivy Ixical
Man VVi diiesday
Frank Riddirs, who operated a fill
ing station on the . p?nd -ice Road
ten I'.'le- irth of Al- any, ia $.11 r. h-
b?r -a m 'ie took ti e precaution to
take he ne nber of a hip touring car
whi.., wai driven to hia station by
two boys.
The youngsters ordered a gallon of
gaa dine and explained that they want
ed to go to Albany. Ridde:" told them
that it would require more than a gal
lon to make the trip to Albany and
the boya admitted that they did not
-ave enough money in their poaaeasion
:o buy more. Riddera took the num
ber of the car and waa surprised when
lie reached the approach to the steel
bridge yesterday to find the same car
standing by the roadside. He looked
up the name of the owner aa given in
the atate registration books and phon
ed to a Portland woman that a car
aith her number attached had beer,
located in Albany. The womar.
promptly sent him down $30 aa a re
ward for hia aervice and a man to
lrive the car back to Portland.
ALBANY RED CROSS
MAKES FINE RECORD
Linn Chapter Is Placed Upon
lienor Roll of North
western Division
Rev. G. II. Young announced last
night at the R. C executive meeting
that the departments of knitting and
surgical dressings in the Linn county
chapter had been put upon the honor
roll in the Northwestern division. A
neat certificate haa been received am.'
wUl be displayed on the wall of thi
secretary's office. Much credit is du
to the supervisors, Mrs. Alex Ross and
Mrs. T. D. Leigh, for their splendid
work in these departments. Shipments
from chapters enlisted on the honor
roll are sent right to tha distributing;
points without further inspection.
XXX
The annual Christmas roll call will
oe taken in December. The committee
for this work will be announced later.
The R. C. work is of a different char
acter in some respects but is just as
important. It is hoped our workers
will keep up their gifts and interest as
loyally as hertofore.
XXX
Two boxes containing 296 sweater
and one with 375 pairs of box are
ready for shipment. Mrs. Archibald
the new supervisor, is well pleased
with the work that is coming in. She
has 540 pounds of O. D. yarn ' fot
sweaters ami plenty of grey for sox
and hopes more women wBI call foi
yarn to make these garments.
XXX
The bills allowed last night were
for the past six weeks, since October
9. They amounted to $3434.70. The
largest items were yarn, $2,773.91:
and home service work, $225. Next
month will come bills for the materials
for the refugee garments.
XXX
The Junior R. C. is busy making
property bags. -These are made of
colored cretonne, 15 inches long an'
12 wide, with a hem at the top and a
lrnwstring. These bags are used in
the hospitals by the soldiers to keep
their letters, souvenirs and other per
sonal belongings in.
Fire Department Elects
New Officers
The following, is a list of the new
officers of the local fire department:
W. A. Eastburn, chief; L. B. Hix
son, assistant chief; Olin Ncbergall
foreman; John French, president
Fred Woods, vice-president; Roy Nut.
ting, secretary; L. B. llixson, treasur
er. Board of control, John Neeley
Ed Horsky and F. L. Snyder.
Light
Vote at
School
Election
When the Democrat went to press
this afternoon, a very light vote had
been polled at the local school election
and unlesa a larger number of voters
turn out and vote for the proposed in
crease in the tax levy, the district will
be left In a very embarrassing position
when it comes to meeting the current
expenses of the first of this year. The
polls will remain open until 7 o'clock
this evening.
Allies Defeat Bolshevik! who
Sustained Heavy losses
in Two Battles -
OLES FIGHT FOR
I 0 SESSION OF CITIES
Hungarian Capital Is Occu
pied by French Troops
on Sunday
HEFTY FIGHTING .. .. ..
LONDON, Not. 21 By U. P.
Heavy fighting in the Dvina river r-
i )n between tha Bolahevikl and allied
forces occurred Monday and Tuesday,
he war office reported. The Bolshe-
nii were beaten with great casual
ties. The French occupied Budapeat, the
Hungarian capital, on Sunday, it is
announced.
ZURICH, Nov. 21. Field Marshal
cn Mackenzen's troops battled Czech
loldiers Sunday, according to the Pea
tor Journal. The Czechs insisted up-
n disarming the Germans, who were
etrcating to Pressburg. Tne Czechs
ore up the railway, preventing fur-
her movement by the German array.
VIENNA, Nov. 21. Bitter fighting
s reported to be progressing between
he Ukrainians and Poiea throughout
'outhern Russia. Tha principle bat-
Te ia for the poaaeasion of Lemberg,
low held by the Ukrainians.
Fighting is also in progress at Ko-
omwa, Przemysl and Stanialao.
Senator Lewis Asks for
Government Ownership
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. U. P.
Senator Lewis, democratic whip, in
roduced a resolution committing the
senate to government ownership of all
public utilities and "natural agencies
:'or the production of fuel."
Congress today agreed to adjourn at
i o'clock this evening, by a vote of 41
to 18.
Priority Rating Rule
Cancelled by War Board
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. U. P.
All priority ratings except for tha
naval emergency fleet corporation.
die railroads, telegraph and telephone
.'ompanies, have been cancelled, the.
-var industries board announced.
Geo. Wilhelm Buvs a
600 - Acre
Farm
One of the largest real estate trans
action in this neighborhood this fall
a as closed Wednesday evening when
-he M. Montgomery farm of 600 acres
as transferred to Geo. J. Wilhelm
jy its cvner, who is now serving aa
station agent at Medford. Thia fine,
large and well improved grain and
Uock farm ia located weat of Harms-
burg between Junction City and Mon-
oi. Mr. Wilhelm considers that he
,ot a bargain, but the consideration
is not announced. IlarrisDurg Bulle
tin.
COL.
MEYERS' MESSAGE
IS QUITE OUT OF DATE
PARIS, Nov. 21. An American of
ficer near Fer-en-Tardenois In the
Vesle fighting bagged traitors.
In a woodland northward he cap
tured a German messenger pigeon that
had deserted, mated with a traitor
French pigeon and waa busily engaged
in rearing a family. The German bird
still had the message it had started
out with. Rolled up in metal tube
on the bird's leg was a message signed
'Col. Myers." It waa dated "9:30 a.
m. July 19" and the message waa
merely, "The aituation la unchanged
in the past hour."
On July 19 the Germs were In pos
session of this wood. At tha time of
discovery there were three (gga on
tho way towards hatching tha nudiflg
uous young flyers. Both the traitors
and their family will get the punish
ment usually meted out to traitors.
"After removing tha messaga,' 'aaid
the captor, "I let the pair loose to fin
ish rearing the family. Aa soon aa
tha squabs are old enough, we're going
to have some executionsand potpie."