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VOL. XXXII.
ALBANY, LINN COUNTY, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, DECEMB ER 17. 1919
No. 192
1
RY. WORKERS
ASK WITHDRAWAL
OF CUMINS BILL
BEFORE CONGRESS
Samuel Gompors and Repre
sentatives of BrotherhoodH
Appear Before Inter-State
Commerncc Committee.
. WANT PRESENT LAW
Labor Would G?Ve Covern-Uay In a Bol.hrvik statement recelv-
ment Ownership Thorouirfi d b' wi"''- from Mo"ow-Peace-Time
Test for Next Meeting la Postponed
TwoYcarS. SaVS GomOCnj.1 The Annual Farm Bureau meetir.i:
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WASHINGTON. Dec 17 By
A. P. Proteatjng agalaat the en
actment of the Cummin railroad
.bill now before the Senate, Samu
el (iomprr and representative
of the railroad brotherhood and
apokeamrn for aome farmer or
ganisation today urged Chair
man Cummin and the Senate In
terstate Commerro Committee to
withdraw the measure and gle ,
government operation a thorough
peace-time teat.
The brotherhood announced that
they planned to urgo President WIN
eon to uae hi Influence againat the
bill.
Gompvr declared that organised
talwr wanted the government to re
tain control of the made for two year
"for the purpoae of testing out the
beat method for continued opcratlona."
ilauser Bros. To
Have Expert
Advertising Man
Hauirr Brothers, who operate sport
Ing goods store at Salem, Albany,
Eugene and Corvallls are showing
their enterprise atill further by em
ploying a professorial advertising
man to take care of the publicity for .
all of their stores. K. B. Palmer, who
will make h- headquarters In Pulcm,
was In the cliy this veek getting ac.
qunlntcd with the lecal field on his
trip ..r!:i4 tho clmiit. He wJI pre
pare all new!pper advertising copy
for all of the store and later wHl al
so aUenrt to the window the window
dressing In each city. Hausur Brw.,
Paul and Lloyd, have lived In Satom
most atl their live and are example
of native lndutry In building up a
large business, specialising alone one i
line. The local store It mannred by j
John Ncoly, well known Albany man,'
and is as!ed'by Jess Bremwcll ,who
will probabry sumo day be managing
another branch tore when JIauser
Brothers, choose to expand again.
Mauser Bros, are believer in news
paper publicity and use a great deal
of space liythe Snlrm papws, as woll
at In other paper of the valley.
FORMER ALBANY
BOY IS NOW IN
' SAN PEDRO, CAL.
Mrs. Carrie ncndrrsonif Wes 12ib
street is in recept of a letter from
her son, Winston who I an expert
riveter employed in a shipyard at San
Pedro, California. Ho recently made
the trip from Seattle on the steamer
"President" and reported a very plea
ant voyage, stopping at several
. noints to visit friends relative.
Ho ha bocn employed In a shipyard
In
Seattle for the past three year ana
will be remembered by by many Al
bany friends a a graduate of A. .H S.
class of 'ltl.
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WANTED We atop the leak in rub
ber boots or ahoea. Come in and
see ua. Burn Shoe Dr. dl7
LOST The flndor of ' purse lost In
Hamilton's 8 tor yestreday, please
return to store and fret reward.
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RADIATORS REPAIRED All make
of radiator repaired by expert..'
' MEDIN A MAIR, Auto Sheet Metal
Worki, 11S Eaat 8rd St., Albany,
Oregon. dl7tf.
WANTED Two boy with bicyelea to
deliver Albany Democrat In th elty.
LONDON DENIES
MASSACRE STORY
Death of Garrison of 1300
Britiiih Soldiers Regarded
Bobthevik Propaganda
LONDON, Dec, 17. By A. P. Of
ficial dsiilaj of th report that hottlla
Persian had masaacred a garrison
of MOO men at Meshed, Persia, was
mad at the war office today. It wai
declared, to be obviously Bolthlvik
propoganda.
LONDON Dec. 17. The capture of
Kleva and the occupation of Kupiantk
in southeast Kharkov, wa claimed to-
. L II L
wnicn wit to nave ocen neia nvrv
next Friday hat been imk-finltely
pot poned but will probably held the
laat wrek In January after thj Farm
er's Week at Conrallli, report county
agent 8. V. Smith today. ,
STATE BIOLOGIST
LOSES POSITION
Refusal to Play Politics As
cribed as Reason for Ac
tion bv Commission
PORTLAND, Dec. 17 By A. P.
William L. Flnley. Statu Biologist,
was dismissed by tho State Fish and
Game Commission last Thursday, it
became known today, according to a
.story published In the Portland Tele-
trVl!' r i i. nj . , ..
The Telegram awrlb.-. Hnley a d.s-
missal to hi. refusal to do politic..
Sportsmen of the state are reported
indignant and are said to be planning
to apeal the matter tohe governor.
43 Killed in
Berlin Explosion
BERLIN, Dec., 17. By A. P. For-ty-thrre
workmen and women were
killed and more than 100 injured by
the explosion of an ammunition de
pot near Willlamshaven 1 yesterday.
The explosion Secured while shell
were being unloaded.
EUGENE REPORT
FOUND TO BE
ONLY A HOAX
From aomo source or other the re
port gained circulation laat night that
Eugene was deluged with an over-
i .. .a i . L. - . : . H
or five feet desp was running through..
the main itrcets. The reports alio
stated that from ISO to 600 people
lost their lives.
A travelling man making his home
In Eugene called hia wife up and
was heartily laughed at. This morn
ing the Democrat waa besieged wlih a
number of telephone cnlls and final
ly decided to settle the matter by call
luff Eugene. The Guard in ignorance
of such a disastrous lituatlon, but ndr
mitled that the melting snow nnd ice
was causing considerable trouble in
the streets and that navigation was
difficult in some sections of the city
Eugene I having about the tame trou
ble that Albany is experiencing, but
people will have their, little joke.
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In Hospital Here
John Shelly of Junction City, who
has been an Inmate of the HarriabSrg
hospital for some time, was brought
to Albany today by Sheriff Kendall
and on advice of Albany physicians
placed In the St Mary's hospital.
It appear that Shelly was bring
cared fosJy th Odd fellows of Jun
ction City where they had a nurse
employed, until such time a ne be
came so- violent in hi way, that he
wai taken tot Harriiburg nnd from
there it was thought by the Idvie.
county official, that It would be best
rto send him to the Stat Hospilal.
On reaching Albany he became sa
week it was decided that It would le
best to place him In the hospital here
for the few da,yi he will perhaps have
to live.
NEWSPRINTSITUATION BECOMES
ALARMING; CONGRESS ASKPAPERS
REDUCEC0NSUMPT10N 10 PER CENT
UNLESS RELIEF IS GIVEN
HAVE TO SUSPEND PUBLICATION; REDUC
TION IN SIZE AND INCREASE IN ADVERTISING
RATES IN SIGHT.
WASHINGTON. Dee. 17 By
the Associated Pre An appeal
to the publisher of the country
to eserela all possible economy
la the use of news print was Is
sued by the House Post Office
Committee today, which decided
to defer for ail month action on
the Anthony bill proposing
that dally newspaper containing
over 24 pagr be denied second
class mailing privilege.
Kvery netspapcr in the country
waa called upon to reduce new print , can believe It or not, but we are ad
consumption by 10 per cent for a per-! vised by our New 'York office that
iod of six months to reli-ve the pres-'
ent shortage,
which la acutely sort -
ou.
The Democrat has been aware for
1 of newa print, and the future In the
some lime 01 uie unpenuins; anunajt i
newspaper business In extremely un -
certain. Anticipating the danger tho
Democrat baa order, in with whole-
a - m a
saiers to carry tne paper jor a low for advertising space all over the
months in advance, but after that sup-'country, newspapers in every city
ply is gone it Is hard to tell what printing more store new than at any
going to happen. time in history. The mills hard not
News print tw year ago could be installed sufficient equipment to keen
purchased for three or four cent a up with orders and unless some action,
oound. and even less in car load lota.1 i- -u..n . t. ...... u- n '
Now th. price la about eight cents ,
nound in Portland. The Democrat
yesterday received a letter from
Blake MrFall A Co.. Portland branch.
In which the manager says:
"Wl hsvs fuund it neeeaaarv to re-i
du ord(.rt , , ,ike miulner (mly
partial shipment being made) due to
t fct th.t w, . not reeciving our
HAVE YOU VOTED ON THE PEACE
TREATY YET? CUP COUPON FROM
DEMOCRAT ANDHELP SETTLE FIGHT
On another page of the Democrat
appears a ballot tin the Peace Treaty.'
It contains four quentiona and thtf
public isaaked to check off the num
ber whien expresses their opinion on
the treaty and forward it to the Demo
crat. The vote la being token upon te
eniest of the League to Enforce Peace,
of which William Howard Taft ur
president, and is for the purpoae of
getting a correct expression nf tlie
sentiment of tho people of the coun
try. Tho result of tho oW will be
, canvassed and sent to headquarters
i where the information will be rom-
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The hopeless mess that the ?er.ntc
haa made of the peace treaty i st ill
County Nurses
I Are in Demand
County nurse are in demand is the
atatrment of Mis Jane C. Allen atate
advisory nurse. vThe counties of
Klamath, Josephine, Hood River, Cur-
ry, Marion, Baker, Wallowa and Mal-jlmd
heur are all now looking with favor on
obtaining the services of a county ,
ii u raw, in ids svurn wiya pruviuetj mo '
state board of health eon sunnlv the :
demand. Tho question of a county I
nurse for Linn county ia being advo-
catcd by tho Red Cross.
Chief John Catlin
Given Last Call
Chief Catlin reports that, aa this
waa to be the last day, hi wife this
morning on hearing the noise from
the dynamite explosions in the Leb
anon canal woke him up to let him
know that the time had realy come
and that it was 'his laat chance to
make his final settlement on earth.
The chief not being convinced on the
ft nit circumstancial evidence refused
to be convinced that the alleged pro
gram had started and reconciled his
wife by introducing the evidence that
It waa simply the first division of the
"Hobo Special" and that more or less
time waa still available for the more
respectable class to consider the re
ality of the occasion.
MANY PAPERS WILL
regular tonnage from our respective'
milla. You are certainly lucky that
you have had the foresight in auch
copious quantities and ordered frev
ly. At the present moment w aru
not accepting any future order ai.d
orders that we do accept are limited
to one ton. While we have become a '
bit caloused during the past three
; years we were simply knocked off our
; feet to hear the price that news
, print commands in the middle west
and on the- Atlantic seaboard. You
they heard of considerable tonnage
.bring purchased at 13tte per pound.
One extremely large contract being:
placed aj a figure higher than lOV4c
per pound." ,
Verification nf tha ihiw. nHi im
had In various newspaper Journals
1 and from other aurcea.
The newsprint shortage has been
cmated by th. unrecldenUd dem.nd
'. cr n ot tne eountlVt nd Kme of
th. ki- in v.- i . .
! down to the bone or suspend entirely."
I Aa . result f th. hih nri,- ,A
scarcity of paper advertising rate
k.w. ..1 i n i i.
' , ljciplted u,,. a.-..
In ratea will become necessary if the
prownt situation continue, for Ion,
" ...
on the boards and it is largely up to
the people of the country to aettls
the matter. It is very likely that
matter. It ia very likely that
the opinion of the people in tho nut
ter will rule. . ,
Whether you are in favor of the
adoption of the trsaty as it stands,
without reservations or with reserv.i-
tlons, or with the Lodge reservations
or the rejection of the treaty entirely,
you are asked to vote and send your
W.. It... T a. a a
muiu. w mo U9mwrm. a irue OX-
pressjon of the public mind is what
ia sought and you are invited to reg
ister your opinion.
Be sure that your name and address
is attached to the ballot, for no vote
will be counted unless it contains
the name and address of the voter.
Dies at 100 Years
Of Age, In Ohio
Mrs. W. C. Burnes of lbany re
ccived a letter today from Ohio coo-
; vVnP draft of her uncle Dtn
j Willi" who at the time of his death
reached the extreme old age of
one hundred years, two months and
lhrtoen day. Mr. William was bor
. it , , ,
the ,0WB of e,,clre Ohio, and had
liTetl nin,y 'ear" in Nob,e county and
spent most of his active life as a far
mer. His mind waa good up to a
few days before his death and he" had
the happy faculty of enjoying a joke
as well a a man twentyvfive years, denying published report, that he had
of age.' The cause of the long life placed his resignation before Prsi
of Mr. Williams is being investigated dent Wilson, but disclosing that he
by the medical men of his state which intends to leave the cabinet when he
no doubt will be like most cases of it
mna ine result or a clean and indu-
atriou lift from Arly-boy hood. I
Lloyd Templeton
Wants Duck Pond
Lloyd Templeton of the Albany Gar-
age states to the Democrat thi morn
ing that he ia In the market to bid
on a franchise to secure Washington
sire as a pona to reed ducks and original proceedings to test the val
will start the bid' at one hundred idity of the National prohibition a-
dollars. Other Intereiter parties
should report at once.
END OF WORLD IS
BELIEVED NEAR IN
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 17
One long, wierd, shrieking
whistle, then others less strid
ent and Anally practically all
sirens in the city, mingled with
the ringing of a number of bells
broke the stillness of the early
morning. "I guess its the notice
of the world's end," said one
woman, who announced he was
going to church. It develnpi-d
later that the throttle of a whis
tle at the railroad roundhouse
became stuck. Others took op
he chorus, not knowing ernet
ly why.
NEW YORK, Dee. 19 By A.
P. Astonishment was express
ed by the superstitious today
when the earth failed to come
to an end. The ominous posi
tion of the planets, press-agent-
ed widely, had maintained such
a catastrophe.
JOSEPH HECKER
CALLEDBYDEATH
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V1I IKw
Former KnOWTl Albany
VaTYA fM
Man Dies at Toppenish
in 86th Year
B. J. Hecker this morning receiv
ed word of the death of his father
Joseph Hecker, who passed away i
Toppenish, Wash., at 1 o clock tin
in
this
monK at ,he home ot hi daughter
Mr- A. J. Alphin. He was 86 years
ntil. Hart tmuhl, t riven as the im-
mediate ca-jse of his death.
Mr Hecker was born in Germany
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April 9, 1833 and came to this, coun- I
try with his parents when be was 12
years old. The family settled in In
, diana but moved to California in 1848.
j Mr. Hecker came to Albany 1855 ancf
1 settled on a farm near Wells, Benton
i County, where he lived until Tetiring
1 in 1912. He then went to Toppen-
ish and made his home with his dough
' U-r until tii deain.
Mr. Hecker was well known in Al-
bany, having spent the greater part
of his lift in this vicinity and is count
ed as one of the prominent pioneers
01 th" P" ' the
-ls ?uveo Dy "ro 50n' J-
and L. A. Hecker, of Albany; and
five daughters, Mrs. A. J. Alphia Miss
Louise. Hecker. of Tornenish: Mrs.
B. W. Steel and Mr, a D. Anderson
of Twin Falls, Ida.; Mrs. Arnold King
of Goldendale, Wash,
The bod v will be broueht lo.Al-
bany for burial and the funeral will
be held. Friday at 2 p.m. at the Cath'o-
tf rhurrh
Postoffice To
Get Car Of Coal
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Postmaster Stewart this morning
rocchred word that his car lead of coal
which the government is shipping
from Wvnmintr i ,nm,fila, ttii. ciHn
t La Grande and will arrive in Ad-
bany some time in the future. The
news is particularly cheering, for the
post office haa used the last b,it of
conl on the place and this morning
purchased a. lead of wood to keep the
building warm.
Lane DemeS He
Will Leave Post -
At Present Time
WASHINGTON, Dec, 17. By A.
P. Secretary of the Interior Frank
lin K. Lane today issued a statement
cando without adding to the Pesidents ;
worries and burdens,
Rhode Island to ' '
Test National -Prohibition
Law
WASHINGTON, Dec., 17-By A.
P. Rhode Island, through its attor
ney general today asked the Sun-
reme Court for permission to institute
mendment, and enjoin federal officials
from enforcing It In that state.
BRITISH CANNOT
PROHIBIT IMPORT
CERTAIN GOODS
SAYS BARRISTER
Proclamation Against Re
strictions on Certain Im-
' ports not Legal Says De
cision Held Important '
U. S. TO PROFIT
American-owned goods Siez
ed in England During War
to be Released Upon Proof
of Ownership.
LONDON, Dee, 17. By A. P.
The government waa declared
by Justice Sir John Saakey,
King's bench division, today to
possess no power to prohibit the
im porta tioa of certain good; that
therefore, , ha proclamation to
' this effect was invalid and illegal- :
The judgement is considered one
of the most important ever rendered
against, the government.
Britian to release Goods
WASHINGTON, Dee, 17 Great
Britian is now prepared to release
American-owned goods slezed dur
ing the war topon the establishment
of their American ownership at the
time shipped, the state department
was advised today by the British For-
eign office.
I
Defective FtimOCe .
N Causes Fire
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Dr. and Mrs. Elmer C, Gipe of 1241
Ferry street narrowly escaped being:
i burned ouf of house and home yester--.
day afternoon when their residence
i was nscoverea on lire caused by
T . " . ,y lnrougn
. la .
i me umsiyiiorts or ine lire company
and others that the residence and con
tents were saved. It is estimated
that the loss is some four or Tire
hundred dollars, to the house and con
tents. "
Mrs. W. T. Radcliffe
Called by Death
At Her Home Here
Mrs. W. T. Radcliffe of 915 Wal-
, nut street died at her home last night
jat 10:30 as a result of a lingering
j illness since the 18 of October.
' Mrs. Radcliffe was bom in TVnnlv.
lican City Nebraska, January 23,
1879. she moved to Albany three
years ago where she has resided un
til the date of her death. She is sur
vived by four children, Lucile and
Clair Hunt of Albany and Merril
Hunt of Enterprise Wallowa county
and her four old son Kennith Radcliffe
of Albany, and one brother F. S.
( Moonson of Albany and two sisters,
, Mrs. J. C. Hunt of Denver col., and
!Mrs. H. B. Harlen of Corvallis. No
arrangements for the funeral services
will be made until the arrival of the
relatives. '
SHOP
EARLY
and shop early in the day
ONLY
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Christmas
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