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VOL. XXXL
ALBANY, LINN COCNTT. OKBUON. THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1919.
No. MS.
FRANCE WANTS AID
OF U.S. IN PUTTING
BACK ON K MAP
Ten Years of Hard Work
Needed to Restore France,
Siyn General ( hwarn ;
Machinery Needed
AGREE UPON LEAGUE
Ix'iiKiie of Nations to lie In
eluded in Preliminary
Treaty; Conference Revis
es Clauses
By Willi. m Philip Kimma
PARIS. M.r. 20 Amerlan bul
IcU hrted eave Fraace. Now aha
wanla Amrriran buidneaa lo aid
In her restoration. Franca de
atrra Intensive American coopcr
allun In pulling the northern dU
Irlrla bark on tha civilised map,
Phillippe Chorarn, controlling
general of the liberated re loo.
told I ha I'nited I'raaa today.
"It will taka ua ten year to re
store Northern Franc to ita furntar
atato, worklnir our hardest. For fiva
yrara wa will need all tha assistance
pouthl from tha United State, aftar
wMrh wa will taper off. Wa naad ma
chinery, hulldlni;, a vast amount of
all sort of material.
"Entire cities, towna anil village
mint U rebuilt."
League Included in Treaty
PARIS, Mar. 20. Tha Tempa aaya
an agreement haa lieen reached by the
allied governmenta to include the
l.catue of Nutlona In the preliminary
peace treaty.
fly Fred 8. Ferguson
PARIS. Mar. 20. The league of
natlnna covenant aa it will be Incor
porated in the preliminary treaty will
le praclicnlly completed Saturday, ac
cording to the general belief. On Sa
turday the committee which drew up
the league conatltution will hold Ita
firat meeting aince the Initial draft
waa finished.
Pn-aident Wileon will prealdc. The
delegates have been going over the
rlausea of the covenant with a view
to meeting the suggestions and criti
riam advanced by the United Stntea
aenate. It la admitted that amend,
menla taking Into conaideration theae
criticisms which do not at the aame
time trend on the toes of other power
which would likely counter with fur
ther amendment", la being found dif
ficult to frame.
On Way to Lebanon
Mr. Frank George of Eugene waa
in Albany today on her way to Iha
non to visit her mother, Mra. Gumm.
NEW CLASSIFIED
FOR SALE 1 Molina tractor with
plows.'truck, extension rlma and In
Al condition.' Fred Case, Albany,
R F. D. No. fi, Home phone 7404.
20m'.'C
FOR SALE Ford car. 19H model,
thoroughly ovorhnuled. All good
tlrea. Price $375. Horn phone
120K, 404 K. 1st St. Alex Ginty.
20m 2B
FOR SALE 1 new Chevrolet run.
about, never been used, at $775. 1
nerd Fonl runnhntit with extra do
l very body nt $375. Theae are bar
gain; are them. Hulbert-Ballnrk
llnrdwnre Co. 20m28
FOR RENT Block 12, Sunrise Addi
tion, key at Mra. Steel's, next door.
5 rooms downstair, bathroom, all
built-in modern convenience, good
water, pump In house, room for 2
iHMlrooma upstnir. Some fruit,
Inre-e rhirkenhouse. 1VI acre of
good anil all fenced, within walking
distance to nil the achool. Electric
lluhts and fixing, porch. Price
$120 per year, monthly. Phone 50c
month. Address owner, E. N Qulst,
Wnodlmrn, Oregon. 20m2
ofl-AC.RE farm near Albany, for anle
at $!0 per acre. Place ia well Im
proved and nil In crop. Owen Beam,
133 Lyon St. 20m21
INCOME TAX AGENT
TO BE HERE AGAIN
One More Chance to He Giv
en People to Fill State
ment with Expert Aid
The following letter from Milton A.
Miller, collector of liitrrnal revenues,
announrr-a -that anothar agent from
that department will be In Albany on
Murvh SI to April 3 to aaaiat tlioaa
wTm have not yat filled out their In
come tax statements. Thla la the laat
rhanre and all who have nut attended
to thla matter are urged to are Mr.
Ilarlwr on thla data. Tha letter ful
lowa: "By direction of tha commissioner
of Internal revenue I am authorized
again to etatlon my drputiea at va.
rioua pointa throughout the a late to
aaaiat thoae who failed to complete in
come tax returae within the required
time, and to render any other eervlre
that may be neeeaaary or deaired. Any
adjustments of Income taxea ahould
lie made NOW, a( an extenaiva drive
lor deliniuenU will aoon be under
taken. "Income Tax Officer IC. P. Barber
will be at the courthouse el Albany,
Oregon, from and Including Mar. 81
to and Including April S, 1919.
"It la the wish of the department
that everyone Interested ahould take
advantage of the opportunity afforded
by tha vialt of theae officers."
tlrrllenlMiah Proprietor Here
J. K. Johnson, manager of the
Rreitenbush Hot Springe, ia an Al
bany vlaitor. Mr. Juhnaon haa been
proprietor fur the laat alx yeara, and
tatea that the ramp will be open to
viaitora the firat of April. Pack
horaea will be on the trail aa uaual.
No enow at the apringi for the Inst
three week a.
Order righting Slopped
PARIS, Mar. 20. U. P. The au-
preme war council again ordered the
Poles and Ukrainian! to reaae fight
ing Immediately, It 1 announced.
$5000 CHECK SENT
TO ARMENIAN FOND
Linn County Still Short $."00
cn Quota; Money, Help,
Is I'rjrent Need
lr. W, P. White, chairman of the
Linn county committee for the Ar
menian relief drive, this morning mail
ed a check for $5,000 to Ben Selling,
state chnirman, at Portland, on Linn
county's allotment. The county 1
atill abort $500, but Dr. White ex
necta that thia will be made up short
ly. There I on hand 99 rents, and 32
chairmen of achool districts are atill
to be heard from. Renewed efforta
will be put forth to reach the county's
portion. The achool children of the
county have done exceedingly well,
turning in more than $f00 In pennies,
nicklea and dime.
The urgency of the appeal for fund
to relievo the starving people of the
Near East ia given in a cable mes
snge signed by the American officer
in rhnrgo at Tiflia and dated March 14,
which read a follow:
"Cable received lgned Barton Mar.
14, Tiflia : No bread anywhere, gov
ernment ha not pound. 45,000 in
Erivan wholly without bread. Or
phnnngea and troop all through Er
ivan in terrible condition. No dof, cat.
horse, camel or any living thing In all
Isidir region. Saw refugee women
tripping flch from dead horse with
bare hand today. 30 death a day
report from Aahtarag, 25 from Etch
mindiin, Ixelr and Sadnbnd, certainly
more. Another week will score 10,000
live lost For heaven' nke hurry!
We have enough food in the country
now at Baku and Bntum to keep starv
ing people alive for a time, railway
are doing all they possibly can. to get
food to the. people and we hope to
weather the atorm, but mow ia our
I enemy at present Staff I almost a
I crying necessity. Please expedite a
ninny men a quickly aa you can. Alao
pleaso remember we ahall be through
with our food supplies pretty oon, o
.money and credit I vitnlly urgent
matter. 5.000 ton flour snipped on
Western Belle from Seattle ha gone
(to Bntum with Pre. Mnlne of Grin
nell Colleg. Iowa, Pr. Uasher, form
erly of Van, and contingent of work,
lor. Cleveland II. Dodge."
T
T
GAINS HEADWAY IN
IE
Part of Russia Under Soviet
Domination a hy Inde
pendent Communistic Par
ty Against Misrule
IS WE LL SUPPORTED
Many Cities Join Movement;
Newspaper at Kilna De
clares Holsheviki Must
Cease Warfare
COPENHAGEN. Mar. 20 U.
I The Lithuanian information
bureau haa announced a new
trong anll-iloUhevik movement
begun in that part of RuaaU at
pr ien undrr soviet domination.
It la aaid lo b- I'd by a group
known aa the Independent com
muniat pnrly.
l'he rureau dcrlurcd it ia well rep
rraented at the front, and that many
cil'ea have Joined in the movement,
including Kilna. In the latter place
the party ia publiaV.ing a newapaper
which enve: "Tie BolsheviM muat
cease their warefire and the aoldiera
muit return home. If they are not
permitted to do o they muit return
.. X:ojt permission."
ItoUhevikl Plan Invanion
':LK..1N. Mar. 20. A Bolshevist in
vasion uf Cermany is being planned,
timed to coincide with fresh uprising
her nd in AunUla,.the National Zai
tiin deci'ired today. It aaya: "At-tr-mpta
v. ill be made to capture Vien
na." COPENHAGEN, Mar. 20. Ger
many ia bending every effort to resist
the threatened Bolshevik invasion.
Following weeks of military prepar
ation a council of war haa been called
nt Kollerg to draw up Una for a de.
fenaive campaign, a Berlin dispatch
re porta.
Pole Oppose Bolahevlki
COPENHAGEN. Mar. 20. The
Polish parliament haa decided to mo
bilize immediately the classes of 1896
to 1001 to oppose the Bolsheviki, ac
cording to Warsaw new diapatchea
today. The general staff announced
that the Bolshevists had been com
pelled to evacuate Pinsk.
NEW .VOTOR TRUCK
ARRIVES FOR SHOW
II .A. Morrison, of the Gary Coast
agency, arrived in the city yesterday
with 2H ton Gary motor truck, for
which B. J. Riddera ia local agent The
run from Portland wns made in good
shape, although the roads are reported
in bad condition in some places.
The truck will be on exhibition dur
ing the automobile snow, annougn
spare waa not avnilable in the arm'
ory. The truck will be snown on tne
street and at the garnge of the Albany
Auto Mnchine Shop on East First
street The Gary truck, which I the
product of one of the largest steel
companies in the world, is a new one
in this vicinity and will attract much
interest among prospective buyer. It
is made in sizes of from one to five
tons capacity.
CORCEOUS SETTINGS
FOR 'THE DIVORCEE'
One of the most lavish and beautl-
ful aettings ever screened will be seen
In the gaming room in "The Divorcee"
tho piny atnrring Ethel Barrymore
which will be the attraction at the
Globe Theatre on Thursday and Frl.
day.
The scene I supposed to be that of a
fnshionnble French gambling casino
and roulette is the game at which the ( Mnv 2S. 1912, and claim to have sep
hrilliant I.ady Frederick, played by . orated July 4, 1918. The plnintiff al
Miss Barrymore, loses her fortune, j lece that the defendant la guilty of
The actual scenes were taken In the various misdemeanors, unworthy of a
home and on the grounds of a New mother and wife, and demands dl
York multimillionaire, and for rich-' -tree n"d custody of the older son,
ness and beauty cannot be duplicated. Robert Edward, aire six yean.
COUNCIL TO LET
BRIDGE CONTRACT
Penniwinkle Bridge Contract
to Be Awarded Wednes
day; 5 Plans Offered
Tha Penniwinkle bridge on the Sa
lem Road ia atill an unaettled ques
tion. Laat evening the city council
met In an adjourned miun und dla
cuaaed fiva plana which were suhmlt
ted. It waa decided to advertisi"7ur
liida on the five liana aubmitted and
to aelect the moat deairable bid at the
regular meeting n'-xt Wedneaday eve
ning. F. E. Philllpa, a Portland engineer,
waa employed to go over the grounda
and to aubmit plana and specifications
on both concrete and ateel structures.
The Portland Bridge company aubmit
ted plana and apecifirationa for both
typea of bridgea and Jack Ilammell, a
local contractor, preaented plana for
a concrete arch type of bridge.
The meeting was for the most part
held behind closed doora, when the
council brought - each contractor be
fore them and listened to the explan
ations of their plana in private. Sealed
bids will be opened at the next meet
ing and the contract let.
It ia neeeaaary to complete the
work on this bridge at an early date
on account of the necessity of being
in place when the paving of the Pa
cific highway and the connecting atrip
on Salem Road ia commenced.
French Occupy Rhine Towna
GENEVA.'.Mar. 20. U. P. French
troops occupied Karlsruhe, Mannheim,
Rheinhofcn and Rheinen, due to Spar
tacan troubles, it is reported here.
Spartaeana Agitate Strike
BERNE, Mar. 20. U. P. The
Spartaeana are beginning agitation
for a new general strike March 26,
declaring "Thi time victory I cer.
tain," Berlin dispatch report.
PORTLAND DISTRICT
CONFERENCE OPENS
To Represent College at State
Meeting in Eugene Next
Month
The annual conference of the Portland
The annua (conference of the Portland
district of the Methodist Episcopal
hurch, South, opened at Tangent this
morning with the devotional led by
Bishop II. M. DuBose. Organization
formed at 9:30 followed by re
ports of pastor and local preacher.
At 11:30 Rev. G. A. Taggart spoke
on "Church Extension and the Cen
tenary." The women' missionary so
ciety, devotional by Bishop DuBose,
greeting by Mr. D. M. John, report
of auxiliaries, report of conference
first vice-president, Mr. Elsie Mc-
I auehlin, round table discussion led
by Mrs. A. E. Scruggs and address by
RCT. J. A. B. Fry took up the after-
noon program. This evening Bishop
PuBose will speak on "Stewardship
and Tithing."
The program for tomorrow is as
follows: 9 a. m. devotional. Rev. C. L,
McCausIand. The Relation of Chris
tian Literature to the Centenary
Rev. W. H. Nelson of San Francisco.
Election of district lay leader. Eiec
tion of lay delegates to the annual
conference. Education and the Cm-
tenary, Rev. H. S. Shangle. After
noon session 2 p. m., Rec. J. E. Con.
der will conduct the devotional. 2:15
Mission and the Centinary, Rev. J.
A. B. Fry. Reports and resolutions.
The Centenary and the Sunday school
Rev. J. E. Squires. 7:30 p. m. sermon
by Rev. J. A. B. Fry.
From Gates-
Ed Wolfe, a farmer of Gates, re
turned home today from Salem where
he had been to visit his daughter, who
is in the hospital.
Hillahnro to Brownsville
I j. "h. Edwards of Hillsboro passed
brnurh Alhanv todav to visit rela-
ttves and friend at Brownsville,
s.ilt for Divorce
Ro II. Whinnery of Lebanon filed
suit for divorce today against his wife.
Llllinn Whinnery. The parties In-
volved were married In this county
SEN. CHAMBERLAIN
TAKES DiREGT RAP
AT SECT BAKER ON
CDURT1RTIAL EVIL
Charges Secretary of Yfar
with Fencing Instead of
Frankly Admitting Evils
and Remedying Them
STATEMENTS DIFFER
Says Statement of March 10
Net Same as Views More
Recently Expressed; Sen
ator Goes to Mississippi
WASHINGTON, Mar. 20 By
United Preaa. Senator Geo. E.
Chamberlain of Oregon, chairman
of the military affair committee,
today aent Secretary of War Bak
er a letter openly charging the
eecrrtary with fencing instead of
frankly admitting the evils of the
rourtmartial system and cooper
ating with congreaa to remedy
theae evils. Hia letter aaya:
"It ia very painful to me to find
you fencing upon a question which
mean ao much to tens of thousands
of enlisted men under your department
wh0 have suffered injustice under the
present system.
"Your present recognition of the
existing evila of the courtmartial sys
tem is strangely irreconcilable with
your published statement not more
remote than M'rch 10. In that state
ment of warm approval to the exist
ing system you seemed blind to any
deficiency."
WASHINGTON, Mar. 20. Senator
Chamberlain left last night for a visit
with hi family in Mississippi, expect
ing to be absent two or three weeks.
Representative McArthur leaves to
morrow night for Portland.
Judge C. II. Stewart today received
cable message from his son, Capt
W. E. Stewart, stating that he has
been promoted to the rank of major.
He is holding the position now of
sanitary inspector and health officer
at Nantes. He went from Portland
with the old Third Oregon and was
also with them on the Mexican border.
Most of the men going with him re
turned this week. The Nantes base is
sending out 500 a day for return
home. i'3fT'CI
SERVICE MEN MAY
KEEP THEIR UNIES
Order From War Department
Permits Men to Retain
Clothes Worn in War
Postmaster C. H. Stewart ha re
ceived official informntior from the
War Department that men discharged
from the service are nlowcd to keep
their uniforms. This order was made
hy the war department to permit
men to keep their army, navy or ma.
rine clothes to wear on public occa
sions, and is a fact appreciated by the
men. Discharged men may wear their
uniforms for four month after date
of discharge, but thereafter they may
only be worn on special occasions.
BIG GAME FRIDAY
AT JUNIOR HIGH
The Inst bnaketball game of the
senson is to take place at the junior
hifrh school auditorium tomorrow eve
nine? beginning at 7:30.
Big crowd expected. The contest
Is between Albany hirh school and
the Silverton high. In the last pame
between Albany and Silverton, Albany
T'.'.T".,"'0!!! hl,t "m v!
Hn but this time the Albany high on
their own floor is confident of sue-
eess. The Silverton team played In
HAITIST SUNDAY
.SCHOOL MEETING
Plans Made to Double Mem
bership; Classes Reorgan
ized; to Hold Revival
At a meeting of the Sunday school
board of the Baptist church a drive
waa launched last evening to double
the present membership of the Sab
bath school. The membership, now
numbering about 140, has been doubl
ed within the last six weeks. The
members of the board who attended
last night's meeting were Dr. G. II.
Young, Allan Banka, B. C. Miller, Mr.
and Mrs. W. C. Burkhart, H. F. Mer
rill, Miss Elizabeth Merrill.
It waa decided to form a men's class
and II. L. Stenburg; waa placed in
charge of that department; Dr.
Young waa given the commission of
promoting the young women's class
until a permanent leader ia chosen.
Next Friday evening tha men's class
will meet at a dinner and organize.
The Sunday achool budget was
adopted, plana being worked out to
raise S250 for local work and S150
for missionary. Revival services will
be held at the church beginning early
in April and lasting until Easter. Rev.
Mr. Reed, state evangelist, will con
duct the service. A big Easter pro
gram Is being prepared.
Cabinet Crista Pending
STOCKHOLM, Mar. 20. U. P. A
cabinet crisis ia pending in Berlin, ac
cording to reports received here.
Chancellor Scheidemann's position
is said to be insecure-
Italian Strike Quieted
BERGAMO, Italy, Mar. 20 U. P.
Striking workmen who seized the
Franchi Gregorini automobile works
here were outdriven by artillery and
infantry, attacking the plant from
three sides. After a conference it
was arreed that work be resumed
-lending re-examination of the strik
ers' demands. -
DEMOCRAT SPECIAL
RECEIVES COMMENT
Newspapermen Express Ap
proval of Annual Auto
i.ictivo Ec'iiion I-sued
me Democrat has received many
splendid compliments upon its auto
motive number which was published
Monday, but none was more appreciat
ed than the following which came to
day from R. G. Paullin, manager of
the Western Newspaper Association's
office at Portland. This company deals
in news and things pertaining to news
papers and is run by experienced
newspapermen, wnose opinions are
highly valued. Mr. Paullin pays a tri
bute to the wide-awake businessmen of
this city whose ads appeared in the
editions bf both papers that day.
The letter follows:
"We have just received your Auto
mobile Show and Truck and Tractor
Exhibit number.
"Allow us to congratulate you. This
special automobile edition of the Al
bany Democrat U the best that we
have have ever seen gotten up in a
town the sixe of yours.
"The splendid showing of advertis
ing marks your business men as pro
gressive, far-sighted city builders.
They certainly have the right apirit
and time wil prove that publicity pays.
"Trusting that your automobile
show will meet with the success that
it richly deserves and should result
from the publicity that you have given
it, we beg to remain.
Yours respectfully,
WESTERN NEWSPAPER ASS'N,
Per R. G. Paullin."
II. T. Hopkins, manager of the
United Press Bureau at Portland,
sns:
't'onTratulations on your automo.
bile number She's a dandy. Hope you
" "-H. The bunch
.
oul ,n lne ,oun"" room n Deen
miring your auto issue this afternoon.
AUTOMOBILE SHOW
TD OPEN TOMORROW
WITH RIG DISPLAY
OF MOTOR VEHICLES
Bright, Smiling Spring Day
to See Biggest Exhibit of
Trucks, Tractors a;;d Cars
Shown in Valley
PROGRAM AT 1:30 P. M.
Local Dealers and Cars Are
Being Placed; Show Open
Evenings and Jazz Dances
Scheduled in K. P. Hall
With sprins; sailing today la
all her lovlineaa the opening of
the first annual automobile, truck
and tractor show ia the arssory
tomorrow promise) to bo stoat
auspicious. Great Interest ha beta
manifested throughout the terri
tory adjacent to Albany sad a re
cord crowd promises to be present.
Cara are bein put in the armory to
lay and all will be ready for the open
ing tomorrow. A fine display will be
seen, many of the leading makes) and
models being shown by local dealers.
There are 37 makes of can, trucks and
tractors handled by local dealers and
most of these will be on display, in
cluding different models of many of
the make.
The doors of the armory will be
thrown open at 10 o'clock and early In
the afternoon the official, formal wel
come wil take place. Mayor L. M. Cur
vfll deliver tha address of welcome.
M. O. Wilkins, of Portland, president
of the Portland automobile association
ind editor of the Automobile Record,
will be present and deliver an address.
There will also be band music and '
other numbers on the opening pro
gram. The show will be open both Friday
)nd Saturday evening. Many people
not able to attend during the day will
take advantage of the opportunity to
nspect the latest achievements is the
automotive industry at night.
Each evening there will be a jitney
jars dance held in the beautiful hall
of the Knights of Pythia's lodge, Third
and Lyon streets, a block north of the
armory. The Revelation Jaxx orches
tra will play and Mrs. Arthur J. Rahn,
one of the most puplar singers ever in
Albany, will sing during the dance
numbers. The dance will be a winner.
Other features will be announced to
morrow. The show held at Pendleton last
week was a success in every way. Al
though the object was not to sell cara
on the spot, the dealers there took or
ders for more than 40 car and aev.
era! trucks and tractors, showing that
people appreciate the advantages of
attending the automobile show.
JOHN CANOLES IS
ORATORICAL WIPJNER
John J. Canoles, of Lebanon, won
the try-out oratorical contest at AL
bany college last evening and at the
same time won the right to represent
the college at the state oratorical eon
test which will be held at Eugene
April 11. Representatives from eight
Oregon colleges will compete at this
time.
The other contestants last evening
were Miss Anna Wstkins, or Port
land, whose subject was "The Des
tiny of Teutonism," and Ree Murray
Jones, of Ellensburg, Wash., speaking
on "Americans for America." The
winner' subject was "The Meaning of
the League of Nations," and hi dear,
forceful arp-iment for that document
made him a favorite with the judge.
Dr. Wallace How Lee presided dur
ing the evening. During the evening
a musical program wa rendered, tha
"Iris' Glee chib appearing for tha
first time this year In two numbers
rt were well-received. Miss Mamie
T.-Lwihnrt. of the college conservatory
of mu"k' ' d the musical
ntoirram and sane1 two vocal selec-
ti". Miss Mart Trvin, Instructor In
p'ar of tbe conservatory, also gave
j soma pleasing selection.
the tournament and ts a fast team. took it out for their gase."
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