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ALBANY DAILY DEMOCRAT
VOL. XXXII;
PRESIDENTS PLAN
TO STOP STRIKE
IS MADE PUBLIC
AT INDIANAPOLIS
Miners Urged to Return to
-Work Under 14 Per Cent
' Wage Increase; Commis
sion to Investigate.
OFFER HELD FAIR
Operators Approve Proposal
and Secretary of Labor
Wires Mine Workers Urg
ing Acceptance of Terms.
INDIANAPOLIS, Wee. t By
the Associated Pre Preeldeat
WiUon'a proposal to the miners .
aa aeonuneed here today, by At
torney General Painter provide
for the issssediat return to work
by the mea under the U per ceat
advance and the appointment of a
com mission to Investigate the re
adjustment of wagea to conform
with the Increased coot of living.
Operator Approve Proposal
ST. I.0U1S, Dec. B The proposition
of President Wlleon. meets with the
unqualified approval of the mine own
era, according to. a statement of
Thomas T. Brewster, chairman of the
rale committee of cool operator in
the central competitive Held, after a
summary of the president's proposal
was read to him today. '
Miner Urged to Accept .
WASHXIGTON. Dc Secretary
of Labor W. B. Wilson today sent a
teleiiram to John L. Lewis, acting
president of the miner, urging th
miners to accept
President Wilson's
prujioa'l for th
Strike.
settlement of tha
Canadian Silver
At a Discount
Canadian silver checks and draft
from Canada are like money valuea
from most countrys In the United
States, is below par.' Canadian ailver
it at a discount of even and one
" half per' rent and checks and drafts
' Is at a discount of six per cent.
Mill City Train
. Crushes Milk Truck
At Knox Butte
A crash between th Mill City
train and a milk truck belonging to
the Scio Milk condensary and drivon
by Mr. Van Nice occurred yesterday
morning at about 9 o'clock at the!
crossing of th wagon and railroad
In h cut at the foot of Knox Butte.
Th truck waa badly damaged but no
one was hurt. It appeara that the
driver was not looking for a train to
. pass as it waa some twenty minutes
after the regular time. The train ap
proaching without warning and not
on achedule time the driver claims
that he was tokon unawares and eould
not escape. Thia Is one oi mo regu
rn..ev .ndlh.
ZfrV, heavily loaded with
. , i. u .11.. i.,.w..wi with
milk.
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WANTED-srTwo boys with bicycles to
dolivor Albany Democrat in the city.
WANTED Man or boy to work aa
.-M. Ae-ent on train. Good money
i to live party. Inquire Van Nay
i Lunch counter a. r. irepui-
SNAP Whit sewing machine, " -
) ary, 6 drawer, regular 886 machine
'for only $30. Perfoct condition,
-lik new. E. L. Stiff Son, 218
117 Lyon St. ' 9dl1
WANTED Girl to do general house
work. Call Phone M6-R, or Inquire
, 840 W. 6th St. Odll
FOR SALE 85 hen, buff leghorna,
Arst data. Inqulr at 718 Broadal-
binSt. '
ELKS ATTENTION
A speclsl trln wU1 ,e,lV h,r at
6-40 p. m. Wednesday vnlng for
Lbanori. All brothers Invited. d9
TsriMTV.n To rent a good farm, will
buy equipment if pric is right. Inl
qulr 1028 E. yhird di
Oregon.
Albany.
d9'
ALBANY,
CYRUS II WALKER
IS 81 YEARS OLD
Venerable Pioneer Sees Went
i Develop from Wilder
nexs
i! Cyrus H, Wslkor celebrsted his Slat
birthday Sunday, Dee. 7th at hla horn
luar Albany. Mr. Walker first aaw
tha light, of day ab tht Whitman
Mission near Walla Walla, Uoe. 7, in
tha year 1838, hla parent. Rev. and
Mra. Elijah .Walkar, being mission
arya amongtha Indiana and what few
whlte who occupied tha Northwcat
tarrltory at that time.
Mr. Walker haa been an eye wlt
neu to perhaps the greatest devel
1 ohntent uf any man of hla generation.
Since hla birth out of vgry and.
chaoa haa come a great ivil'tlon
with teeming cities, and great high
ways, rail road aystems' and educa
tional and religious institutions that
are not surpassed in any country.
It la evident that Mr. Walker has
been pioneer of a great'eivllixatlon
and wo of the ' present generation
should realise that we are also pio
neers of the generations that are to
follow and building a foundation on
which thd future in business, society
and government must stand or fall.
DRASTIC RULES;
PUT IN EFFECT
Fuel Administrator Closes
Factories 3 Days a Week ;
Hearings Postponed '
WASHINGTON, De, 9. By A- P.
In (he face of an expected settle
ment of the coal strike, Fuel Admin-
iaUator Garfield today put into effect
the most drs.tic regulations for fuel
lations for fuel
rictlon of 1918.
economy line tne rest
Even if the strike Is settled today.
he dwlared, fuel aavlng measures will
be necessary m oroer v rcsw. u
nation' normal ripply. Probably th
most Important regulation It that
prctcribed for manufacturing Pnts.
Which wiU b restricted to operation,
three day oi tna weea on tne
llu.nl walking nours.
INDIANAPOLIS, Dee., 9 Hear-'
Ing of ehargea of contempt of court
filed against 84 general and district
officials of the United Mine Workers
of America hav been postponed until
nwtt Tuesday moming on motion of
the government attorney, when the
case will be called. The postpone-
i ment take plc pending the out
corn of th meeting of th miner
official her thit afternoon to acv
' on Persldcnt Wilson' plan for ending
the strike.
Tangent Women
Hold Meeting;
To Hold Bazaar
Mrs. Chas. Griffith, president of the
Tangent Missionary society wa nost
ra at her home Wednesday, Dec., 8.
Th meeting wa well attended at the
noon hour a delicious luncheon was
served. The Tegular business meeting
was held In the afternoon and offi-
il-tiK. for the ensuing year. A
bataar was voted to bo held at one
of the Tangent ttores some time bo-
fore ari.tm... the. proceed, to go
for the purchase of f
f-i he Purchase
meeting will be hdd at the residence
of Mr. W. W. Powell Wednesday
afternoon Dec., 10. .
Dr. Youna Will
Kemain nun
Local unurcn t
Df Gc0 H youn(f, pastor of the i
-hurch has with drawn his
w,,tion and will continue a pas-
htre Dr Young ha neen pastor
'of the church for th last five year.
and I recognized a on of the most
successful and prominent ministers in
th eitv and the county at large. In
nddition to his regular pastoral work,
Dr. Young ha been fsctor In many
actlvltle of th city and county. His
friend, both in snd out of the church
ar much gratified to know that Dr.
Ycong I to continue his ervicc nero.
A thousand dollars worth of strlch
nine, which at a conservative eti
... .in Hp1 death to 70,000 rab-
biU will be used In the west nd of I
the county when th rabbit poisoning
campaign starts on Tuesday morning. I
East Oregonlan.
LINN COUNTY. OREGON,
SNOW SPREADS WHITE MANTLE
OVER HILLS AND DALES OF LINN
COUNTY; COASTING IS PREDICTED
By the Associated Pros ' ;
Tonight and Wednesday anow In
eastern Oregon, rain or snov in West
ern Oregon Warmer tonight with
fresh easterly gales, aaya the weak
er bureau report.
The snow fall appear to be general
over the entire western., part of the
state. The precipitation up to 9' o'clock
this morning waa three Inches. The
minimum last night was 20 degrees
above aero. Traffic haa been slowed
up, but lima inconvenience experi
enced. - . "
Albany is today experiencing its
unusual visitation of snow which
comes to the Willamette valley at
rare intervals of several year apart.
Snow feVgan falling at 2 o'clock this
moming and remained steadily at if
until nearly noon, placing a mantle of
nearly aix inche of nature's ermine
upon the ground and building of the
city.
The temperature reached mini.
mum last night or 30 degree and a
maximum yesterday of 38 degrees.
M'CART FAVORS
DIRECT HIGHWAY
Advocates Running State Police Unable to Solve Murd
Road Direct from Al- er of Soldier in Port-
bany to Eugene land Last Night
- rJ ' ,
C. A. McCart of near HarrisBum PORTLAND, Dec., 9-By A. P.
who is one of the active avocatea-r poife, ara unable to unravel the
of the Pacific Highway lieing builtn,y,tcry iurrounding the shooting to
on a diroct line south through WW...,-.,- :. f Mirk A. Matthews,
country was in town yesterdny with
. mp showing the geographical sur -
rey of the two counties.
j According to thi map th gco-
grapmcai line running m. ""uexmn)n, reserve nrps candidate. Hit
south -runs through, thd oasttii. I-rte,n,p,non,-i wh0 carried his body to
of Albany and Eugene. Theeonten. Ir,vin(f , ,Mrch or lhe
tion by those wanting the road to tMMTt haTe not been located.
run on the direct line uth to jhe hrbeen held
'" - V .1
In th country, will cost lea in con -
; .traction nd would mk the r-ol rATV-.m1Cf i inn
Pacific Highway of the vail- on thtjt!ltill!$ IsAoE
west aide of the Wilametto River and
thereby be the result of drawing a
certain amount of "up-keep money"
that would not be drawn from the
atate and the general government if
Linn county Is on th map aa being
on a aide road, aa would be the case
if the road crosses at Harrisburg and
Intersects th highway
near June
tion city, he aaya.
The map shows that Harrisburg
three milca and Junction four andAmerican Embassy at Mexico City.
threc-fourtha miles west of the direct ; : ,
1 line as advocated by 'those favoring Agreement is Reached
the direct course. In addition to dlst- LONDON, Dec. 9 By A. P. Re
1 .no it Is claimed that the highway ports that the Italian government had
across the river at Harrisburg pnsses
over low land that would require arv-nunrio regarding the r mme question,
' oral bridges at a great cost in addi-was received in an Exchange Tele
tlon, to increasing the mileage. graph dispatch from Rome.
. WOUFN INJURED
vii. rvnnne I. loir) un with
I sprained knee and Mrs. Willis Grosh-ardo Dato has agreed to form a cab
ong with a mashed foot. Jefferson inet to replace the Toga ministry,
Review which has resigned.
nnc at Wtav nAM iq rniwpiFTFn
viiiauni u i n i w w it i
' I
: i "mt ' - -jrf
The greut Otay ilmri, 22 mile from Sn Diego. CnU replacing th old
Structure destroyed by the unprecedented floods of 1916, ha been completed.
The new dnm Is Tito feot long. 200 feet high, 150 feet thick nt base, 18 feet
thick at top, liarnrsses 10,000,000,000 gallon of water which Irrigate th
(Uuy vnlley untl will supply th city of San Dlcgo In case of emtrgency.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9,
This la 10 degree warmer than it waa
the night before. This noon the wind
swerved to the north, Indicating that
devotee of the coasting sport will
soon be enjoying that fun.
Pet Anderson, who is usually the
flrat out with kVeUdgh, resurrect.
ed hie old runner-. -J waa seen driv
ing over the etrtets uf the city. What
few aleds are owned in tha city are
also making their' apeparanee. and
former easterners are looking for-
ward to the enjoyment of some old.
lime coeewn-.
Lsag Cold Spell Predicted '
WASHINGTON, Dec 9 A pro
longed period of cold weather over
the entire country is indicated, the
Weather Bureau announced today, by
abnormally high pressure over the
region west of the Mississippi river
and other point. '
BLLINGS, Mont, Dec 8 -The low
est temperature In 28 years was" re
corded here last night when the gov
ernment instruments registered S6
dt-greea below zero.
SHOOTING CASE
IS MYSTERIOUS
priT,to in ,h hospital corp, Camp
j. e4rrjed to the houte
of a citizen In a dying condition.
Hi wa hi. n; t0 Corvalli to
up. b-Jt Matthews wis not robbed.
UD'
GOES TO MEXICAN
SUPREME COURT
WASHINGTON. Dec. 9 By A. P.
The case of American Consular
- Agent Jenkins has been transferred to
the Mexican Supreme Court, the state
""department waa advised today by the
arrived at an agreement with D'An-
Dato to Form Cabinet
a MADRID. Dec. 9 By A. P. Edu-
1919
U. OF O. STUDENTS
TO RAISE FUNDS
Albany Students to Conduct
Campaign in Linn Co.
Next Week
Lee Hulbert and MUt Ma Ballock
hsve been appointed by the student
council of the University of Oregon to
represent the Greater Oregon student
committee in handling the local end
of a $30,000 campaign , th students
are Halting to complete the un'fin-1
lihed Women's Building on the Un
iversity camp.it, and will reach her
the latter part of next week to take
chirge of the work.
The state ha been divided for the
purpose of the campaign Into seven
diitricts by the student, of th Uni
versity, who have taken entire charge
of raising the, last 130.000 needed to
finish the $200,000 building. The dis
triet including this county is under
the direction of Miss Msrjorie Kay, of
Salem. , : .'. ;
The Women's Building will house
I the women's gymnasium, the depart.
ment of household arts and other of
the women's activities on the campus.
Half of the necessary $200,000 mast
be raised by private subscription, the
legislature having supplied $100,000
to match .the individual generosity of
citizena of Oregon.
With Ita enrollment almost doubled
since it la.it new building was com.
pleted, th University finds its buildr
ings entirely inadequate to handle the
students already there, to say nothing
of the large increase certain for next
falL The students, aroused to the
emergency, have called their "Oregon
Spirit'Vto th rescue and have organ
ized the present campaign in which
they feel confident of success. The
Greater Oregon committee consists
of 150 members. .
CHRIS WIDMER .
WILL BE BURIED
'HERE THURSDAY
The funeral of Chria. M. Widmer,
who died yesterday afternoon at St.
Mary's hospital, will be held Thurs
day afternoon at 8 o'clock at the Men
monite church. Rev. N. A. Lind will
conduct the services and burial will
be in" Riverside cemetery.
Chria M. Widmer was bora in Way
land, Iowa, January 12, 1895. He
came to Oregon with his parents at
the age of aix months, and has made
hia home in this state since. Five
weeks ago he was taken to the hos
pital on account of appendicitis and
later ' underwent an operation. He
suffered a relapse, from which he fail
ed to recover.
He leaves a wife, Mrs. Emma Bren
neman Widmer, and two children,
KAineth, aged 2 Vi years and Isabella
Ruth, aged 11 months. He is also sur
vived bv his father and mother, Mr.
and Mrs. C. R. Widmer, of North Al
bany, and nine brothers and aisters.
They are: '-.
Daniel, Elmer, Herbert, Exra a-id
Gladys Widmer, of Albany; Mrs. G.
J. Kenagy and Mrs. H. L. Burck, Al
bany; Dr. J. N. Widmer, Corvallis and
Mrs. A. B. Hartxlcr, of Tofield, Al
berta, Canada.
I Sign Painter
Pleased With
Albany's Looks
An addition. to Albany's business
men waa made yesterday with the ar
rival in the city of V. E. Harkms,
formerly of Tacoma, who will estab
lish a sign pointing business in this
city. " Mr. Harkins was with the big
Foster A Kleiscr sign painting com
pany for several years and is an art
ist at his trade. He is looking for a
permanent location and says that Al
bany appeals to him as the livest town
he has struck since leaving Tacoma.
He already has 13 contracts for sign
work and expects to develop a good
business here. . . .
Denver Woman
Kills Daughter;
Wounds Herself
DENVER, Dec 9 By A. P-Mrs.
Emllv Powell, aged 40, said to be a
daughter of Horace G. Llpplncott, so
cially prominent, shot and killed her
10 year-old daughter and then shot
herself. Har condition is dangerous.
Shs and her husband had separated.
No. 185
GOV. OLCOTT
TO CALL SPECIAL
SESSION TO AID
COMPENSATION
January 12,' Regular Meet
ing Date for Legislature,
to be Day for Law Makers
to Convene at Salem.
RATES
TOO LOW
Accident Commission Offers
Evidence That Rates are
too Low; Sufferage and
' Other Business May Come.
' SALEM, Ore-, Deei. By th
Associated Press Holding that
th Workmen's Coaspenaatieai
rate are too low. Governor Be
Olcott last night aanatmced that
he would call a special aeaslon of
the legislature within the next
:' few day to convene January 12
for the purpose of amending th
statute. ''
Members of the accident commis
sion, the governor said had offered
him information to the effect that
compensation rate are inadequate.
It is thought possible that other
important legislation will be trans
acted. The constitutional sufferage
amendment will perhaps come up.
Albany College
Recital To Be
' Wednesday Eve.
Tomorrow Evening, Wednesday Dec
10, a Tecital will be given in the First
Presbyterian Church', ", beginning'
promptly at 8 o'clock, by pupils of
Albany College Conservatory. The
public is invited to attend this Te
cital,' which, like all other Co;ege
recitals is given without admission
fees. The following pupils. wil ap
pear: Piano, Ellis Sox, Elliot Irvine, .
Elizabeth Beam, Roberta Pugh, Rob
ert Barker, Robert Fleming, May Phil
lips, Margaret Cathey, Junia Markell,
William Blair; Violin, Iney Wood;
Voice, Mrs. Hiram Torbet, Kenneth
Diven, Misses Stella Dorgan, Mary
Bender and Anna Wilson.
Albany Elks to
- Initiate Class
' At Lebanon
A large number of members of the
Albany lodge No., 359, B. P. O. E.,
will leave for Lebanon tomorrow even
ing at 6:30. Car will be provided for
all who will attend. The object of
the occasion is to initiate a large
class at Lebanon and enjoy the hos
pitality of the Lebanon Elks. Un
der a recent ruling of the Grand Lodge
it is permissable to initiate members
at other places than the regular lodge
room. The Lebanon Elks are pre
paring a big banquet and a hooping
big time is anticipated.
SHOP
EARLY
and shop early in the day
ONLY
13
More days to Shop until
Christmas .