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VOL. XXXlT ALBANY, LINN COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20,1919 - No. 195
37 LIVES BELIVED LOST WHEN OIL
; STEAMER STRIKES ROCK OFF CAPE
BLANCO NEAR NORTH BEND, OR.
' SUBMERGED ROCK IS HIT LATE LAST EVENING
AND ALL BUT THREE OF CREW OF 40 ARE
DROWNED; SON OF JOURNAL PUBLISHER
THOUGHT AMONG THOSE LOSING LIVES.
Captain, Quarte rmantcr and
Are Picked Up in Exhausted Condition; Only one Life
i lj A I
IHNil U MHIU-ncu O..U . .,
Landing.
Uaudon. Ore, Dee- 30-"' lh
Associated I'reeaWllh but three
of a crew of 40 alive. e far aa
t . .k. unk eteasser J. A.
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thnlr, bound from Portland
to Sanr-rancl.ro lay almoet ub
aserged on off
Cap Blanco thl as-mln. -The
.tea-er-s back wa broken whew
.he .track the reef Thursday
night, accortling to Eart DooWy.
one of the crew who e-ffP"-r.i.l
A. A. Sawyer, aUo eap-
t... ,hoe name Is un-
V . The fate of all others Is In
known, ine wie !
doubt. ,
irouiej . ... . i. i u
i hi Mmosmon
-i-li UB Uta Iat n gni on ine :
picked P WW! Th ,
"member of th Ion lifeboat ,
which left to. .hip- ; .
r,'1, i"1"' .urmonllaK
with hi. wife here early this mornlag
saying that hii "' th:Chan .lor crew i.tcd on th Merchnt
third party saved IS , P-J. krn shows 87. Anv new
,,, v,a
QuarUrmter, name
signed th ship's papers
af Portland.
. 0 x m nr. L . Pnauaionla
ilARSliriEIJ Dec tO Captain
. ' ' ... KunVta and sea
nnwyvr, v"M"
man Karl nooleV are, tne omy
British Police
On Trail of
. Dublin Murders
UfjllLIN, Dec., 20 By A. P;
Government Police of Englnd are en
gaged In tricking down th attempt
ed a.sasslons of Viscount French, Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland. It Is said that
some evidence has . been seeurred
which may result In the arrest of sev
eral persons. -
S. P. Train 54
Is Derailed Today
REDDING. Cal., Dec., 20-By A.
p,Flv car of - the northbound
Southern Pacific passenger train No.
64 were derailed near hero early this
morning. No passengers were In
jured. f
Van Francis Bailey
Called By Death
Van Francla Bailey died at 9 o'clock,
thia morning at the horn of hla
father J. H. Bailey at Knox Butto.
He waa born at Waterloo, Linn coun
ty, July 8, 1897. Ho ia aurvived by a
father and several brother and ls
tors. Funeral plana hav not been
announced except th burial la to be
at Knox Butt oameUry.
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WANTED Two boya with bicycle to
deliver Albany Democrat in th city,
FOR SALE fl-room dwelling at No.
632 Elm Street, 4 bciIroo.TU, rootl
cm bath, house plastered through
cut, full cement baaelhent, furn
ace hetUd. Price $3600, $300
. down, ISO par month. Beam Land
: " Co., 188 Lyon Street ' d20
FOR RENT Tour furnished noma.
Inquire at R. E. William, Liberty
SwMt Shop. Cor lat Lyon. d20
FOR SALE Red Fox fur acarf at a
bargain, 829 South Braodalbin St.
20d28.
MUST SELL AT ONCE On playr
. piano, allghtly used. On Conn
'comet. Two used organ. The
are real bargain, call Chamber
Moat Houa. 106 W 2nd St., Albany
, . Ore, Phon 189 R. 20d27
XMA8 TREES
Order Your Xma Txooa today
Ca'll 128 W daUvwr d20
Seaman of S. S. J. A. Chanslor
t II. rwnnanta ore mA In
w. ,
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! survivors of I he Chanslor. The cap-
taln is in a hospital at Bandon suf-
I fering from pneumonia as a result of
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- n i r a inn u w. i
The ship struck a submerged rock
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Thursday
.nl,,v. fnlv ona life
. boat was launched and It carried 10
I men. Two others were picked up.
j When a landing wa attempted bit
' evening it la thought that all but th
three above' noted were lost.
Three bodies havt been found on
the beach and others were reported
wahrd ashore below Bandon. Sev-
ernl steamers are Bunding by In the
vicinity searching for bodies.',
a ..m .k.. ju..,.
.1 -I I. I. ,.r.in th, Fran
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ci, j.ckwni m 0f c. S. Jck.on of
th Oregon Journal, of Portland, ace-
1 Omnm Recelv Report
J roaNClsm. Dee . 20-Th.
I Exflianire here shows 87,
4 memoers Slgnea at rumann wvrv nv
, shown. A telegram from Captain
Sawyer waa also received her by Sup
erlnUnd.-nt of th Associated Oil Com
: paiiy. owner of the vessel. The mes
' snre ront.iinsil no additional details.
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Kerth is First
Over Highway
From Capital
George Kerth, travelling represen
tative for Wadhams ft Co., In thia
terirtory, who makes his home at the
U. Francis Hotel, was perhaps the
first man TV make the trip over the
Pacific Highway from Salem to Al
bany in an automobile. Mr. Kerth
drovsVup yesterday In hla Dodge and
made th trip without mishap. Be
tween here and Jefferson he had a
narrow escape from being. "stalled"
in a large puddle of water. It
dark when he reached the snot and
waa upon the place before he knew it.
Ha decided that he migHt aa well be
stuck In the fuddle aa beyond it, so
threw hie car into intermediate and
ploughed through. Luckily the water
did not quite. reach the carburettor
and he came on into the city in safe
ty. High School
Debaters Gather
Data at Salem
Edward Sox and Hnrolil Iloflich
went to Salem thia morning to gather j
data from the State Library on the 1
(migration question, aa they are. two j
of the number who are on the Albany
debating team to represent the Al
bany high school on the Oregon State j
High schooL Debating League. j
Th subject for debate la Resolved, '
That no Imigration Should be Per
mitted in th United States for the
next Flv years.. Th Albany team
Is making preparation to be heard
fiom when the proper time for report
is at hand.
Children of Albany
To Be Entertained
By Local Elks
aaaaaaasst .
The local Elka will entertain all
children of Albany and vicinity Deo.
24, who are under twelve years of ag.
The children are invited to meet at
th Elk' tempi at 1:30 and go to
th Glob Theatre where a fin en
tertainment Is to b presented.' A
present will alao b waiting for all
who com. Th smaller children may
b cared for by th older children or
th parents.
Th Elks having been giving th
younger children a treat on Christ
tnas for many year which I always
greatly apreclated. , . '
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HARVARD TEAM 13
. ON ITS WAY WEST
Crimson Wariora Carry Con
fidence of Eeast to Up
hold Honors
CAMBRIDGE, Mm., Dee., 20 By
(A MUnart gridi
warriors
carried the confidence of all New
0Uy fof ,
Pasadena, whr ihey are to meet the i
University of Oregon champion on
New Year Day.
The University of Oregon team
Mi Eumtis on Thursday and waa due
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o arrive av j-esanrna mis morning,
They were scheduled to wore cot on .
I the Pasadena gridiron this afternoon.
the first practise they have had on
1 a dry field slur the close of the con
! fore nee season. Oregon Is confident
j of winning, but expects a hard game.
SENATE PASSES.
RAILROAD BILL
Rejects Two Year Operation
j ofKoadsbyU.S.tSen-
. ate to AdjoUITt
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I nfi.mv.'.Au r u ' a
P With its anti-strike provision In-
tacvtho Cimmin railroad bill passed n senate Dill passed by the Mouse
the Senate today. It now. goes Into ' Representatives,
conference with th Each bill, pass- The bill, steered through the Houae
ed a month ago by the House. - ;b Representative Anthony (Repub
Thc vote was 48 to 80. Its passap Uean) of Kansas does not apply to
followed the rejection of Sehator La- ; member of the National Guard, draft
J Foil, tie's propo-a) to continue govern-
men 1 control
f two year longer.
Suear Rill at White House -
WASHINGTON. Dee.. 20 Looi.ta-
tion continuing the federal control of
sugar through 1920, but limiting the
licensing power of the United States
Equalisation board to a period ending
June 30, 1920, was completed by con
gress and sent to the President today.
After passing the rail road bill the
Senate late today adopted a, resolu
tion providing for a recess of con
gress until Panuary 6.
The immigration committee's bill
providing for the deportation dt all
aliens affiliated wiih anarchistic . or
ganizations passed the House by an
-jnanimous vote, today.
13 Aire Killed '
When Freight
Hits Passenger
Onawa, Maine, Dec., 20 By A. P.
' Thirteen persons were Ttillcd or
burned to death and many were in
jured and burned whn a freight train
collided with a special train from St.,
Johns, New Brunswick, loaded with
ateerage passengers from the steam
ship Empress of France, on the Cana
dian Pacific railway near hero. The
passenger train was telescapcd by the
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO O
O VOTE ON THE PEACE
O TREATY QUB8TIONAIRE
O 1
O The vote which the Democrat
O is conducting in Albany and
O vicinity is attracting wide at-
O tention. Many people are tak-
O ing an Interest In the vote and
O are bringing and mailing their
O ballot to this office. If you
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O have not yet voted you are re
O quested to do so at once. What
O ever your attitude ia on the
O treaty, express it on the bal
O lot and aend it in. Those In
O te rested In settling this prob
O lem and making some kind of
O a peace are anxious for an ax
O pression of sentiment from the
0 country and your vote will help
O .to decide it The sesult of th
O 'vote In Albany will be an
O nounced in th Democrat be
O for th ballot are mailed to
O . Washington. Remember to
O , jign your nam and give your
O address enr your vot wHl not
O count. Ballot will be found in
O another part of th paper.
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RURAL CARRIERS
GO OUT SUNDAY
Farmers to Get Mail on Sab
" ' bath ; Nearly all Rural -Routes
Served
Rural mail carriers out of Albany
completed their circuit yeaterday foi
the A rat time.aince the beginning of
the big sturm. Urle Knagy waa the
only one to get clear over his route
and people on Route Six were all serv
ed with their mall. Joe Warner,
route Ave; Frank Blodgett, route
one and Roe Douglas, route two al-
mo,t mvi, the trip but were forced
to quit before reaching the end.
The carrier will make trip over
, the routes Sunday morning because
! of the heavy Christmas traffic that
j will soon clog up the post office unless
the mall M worked on. i nu is a se-
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pv, " fi"
mail a day early. ,
-The jwstmen, especially on the rnr
al routes, have a difficoK time in the
winter, and more than earn the mea
gre salary that Uncle Sam allows
them for their services.
What are you going to do for your
carrier this Christmas T
- This suggestion ia not solicited hut
ii vc.limtevred by The Democrat. The
same thing applies in the city.
Families of U.S. .
Regular Army
Officers Named
j WASKIXGTON, D. The next
Lf Vin f A. ffi,. ,nn
men who were killed or have died
1 slnea ftrtAhar It. 1017 nra trlVRn an an.
dilional allowance of six months' pay
" mtn or those in th Reserve, Kep-
'.rewniauve vnmony explaining inai
service in the ReKtuar Army is of
I entirely ditferen nature from the
i ervice rendered hy the other men,
and w should consider it purety in
that light."
Representative Anthony'a action in
pressing the bill ha stirred up dis
cussion in Washington because, many
believer it is in direct conflict with
resolutions recently adopted at the
first national convention of the Am
erican Legion in Minneapolis. The
resolutions, framed by delegate rep
resenting more than 1,000.000 ex-service
men, declared that "The officers
and enlisted personnel entering the
Army from civil life during the recent
war bore the same risks, the same
responsibilities and burdens under I-
dentical conditions with officers and
cnl'strd me,, of the Regular rmy"
and decried discriminatory legisla
tion as "being in principle unAmeri
can." . . n
Warns Against
, Christmas Fires
FIRE MARS HA Lf .-.....
With the cjminrT f Christniasvimd
the attendant YuUMids celeSratioi.s,
with . children gathered, about- tree
lighted with candles, Fire Marshall
Grenfell Jias issued several vrarnincs.
In hopes of preventing deaths and In-
O ; juries to little tota over the city.
Ol Some. of his "don'ts" are:
O; Do not us candles to lltdit do
O : eoratlons if you must have tnem-us
small electric lights,
'per, cotton or any other li-flammable
material. Use mctn'is tin.el and 0
ther oninflamables. Set the tree
securely. v ,
. Do not leav matches w1th!n rca?h
of children at holiday time. .
Do not allow the tree to remain
Insid the home after' the holidays
the tree becomes dry aid burns Terj
readily if Ignited,
Keep all Christmas dewyntions
safe distance from gu Jet ani 1
ectric light globes.
Make no chaipo In electric wiring
without getting the approval of th
electric inspector.
Grenfell po'ms out that each year
a number of ileatr.s ad injuries re
sult from, tree fires and that rarckss
nes of parents in (ho majority of
cases Is the cause. Particular warn
ing ts given against the use of cotton
on children's cloth, and radios lit
llghtinjt tree'. r, - .v-
Ts L'f 'V.'seetT't "f
Victor L.Berger
Again Elected
To Congress
MILWAUKEE, Wis., Dee., 20. By
A. Pr Victor L. Berger, Socialist, to
day again la the representative-elect
from the Fifth Congressional dis
trict, having defeated th fusion can
didate yesterday by majority of 4,
800. , It is said that more than 9,000
of th registered voters of th district
failed to vote. It is believed that coo
freis will again refuse to seat Berger.
JAMES B.N AMY
t
CALLED TO REST
Prominent Pioneer, Resident
of Albany for 67 Years,
Is Dead
Jamea B. Nanney, prominent pion
eer of Albany and Linn coanty, pass
ed away at his noma at 84 Fourth
street last evening at 6:45 o'clock
following a lingering' illness caused
by paralysis. . Mr. Nanney mt born
July Id, 1848, in Warren county, Mis
souri and came to Oregon when four
yeara of age, and has resided in this
part of the state for sixty-seven years
Mr. Nanney's parents were from
Kentucky and represented that sturdy
stock who have been a strong factor
in the development of this western
Uu .nn wd hv a devot-
ed wife and three daughters. Mrs.
V. L. Calavan and Misa Blanche Nan
ney, of Albany and Mrs. Otta Locke,
of Corvallis; and two sisters, Mrs.
Mary Simpson and Mrs. Ruby Shear
er, of Albany, and two brother John
and Clinton Nanney, of Hanford,
California.
The funeral services will be eon
dieted at th family residence tomor
row afternoon at 2:00 o'clock. . Dr.
W. P. White afficiating. Interment
will be made in the Riverside ceme
tery. The Pall bearers are L. E. Ham
ilton, C. H. Stewatt, Frank Skipton,
Will Barton, W. H. Rhodes and E. F.
Soc.
Resolution is
Adopted Giving
Germany Peace
WASHINGTON, Dec.. 20-JBy A.
P. The re-drafted resolution by Sen
ator New to declar a state of peace
wrih"Germany and to retain to the
United States all the material bene
fits that would be gained under the
ratified treaty of Versailles, was ap
proved by the Senate Foreign Rela
tions Committee today.
Williams Again
Gets Nomination
WASHINGTON, Dec., 20 A. P
John Skenton Williams was again nom
inated by President Williams to be
Comptroller of the Currency.
LONDON, Nov. 12 London is
planning new measures againstthe
dense fogs which, several times each
winter, seriously interfere with street
trafflc and cause many traffic acci-
dents. -v
Men equipped with fog-penctratVig
lamps are to be stationed at points
about the city where traffic is most
congested.
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Q Albany Merchants Are Alive O
Today a democrat is indica- w
tion enough that Albany mer- O
chants are alive to the posaibli- O
ties of this teritory as a O
shopping ' area... The ada in O
today's paper speak well for O
theerrterprise of the merchants O
tn giving the news of their O
O tore to the buying public. O
O Not only do the advertisement O
contain Interesting reading O I
material, bit they offer a read- O
y guide to shoppers, and by 1 O ;
looking through th many sug- O
gestlons offered much time and O j
money can be saved. Th Chris O )
tmas gift problem is solved O ,
for you. There Is also eeon- O 1
omy in buying from merchant O
who advertise, for their rapid O
turnover of stock resulting- O j
from the us of space enables O ;
them to sell for less money.- O 1
Read every ad. Each contain O j
an Interesting itory. O
LINN COUNTY MEN
APPEAR BEFORE
OREGON HIGHWAY
COMMISSIONERS
Albany and Lebanon Delega
tes and Representatives of
' County Court to Learn
Prospects for State Aid.
CASCADIA LINE OBJECT
Appeal for Support in Run
' ning Road Orer to be Made
at Meeting in Portland
Today.
A coei mitt e of businesj and
professional asea representing the
Good Road Association aaJ the
County Court of Linn County '
were to appear before the State
Highway Commission this after-
. aooa in the interest of the Lehan- -oa
and Caaeadia road.
A committee wis appointed at the
last meeting of the Lebanon Good
"""x"-1"""" -r,
Lio the State Highway commission for
support, and oelinite lndv-rstana-ing
as to what would be required
from Linn county to -secure Cie gieat
est aid. There are three funds from
which the county has a ehancs to re
ceive financial support if the proper
coorce is followed the forest road?
fund, the pot roads, and county tax
money. The road to Caaeadia ard on
across the mountains is regirded b
mor of the leading men of the coun
ty as being a t"i invesini-nt for
th's part of the stat-i if th road can"
L I jilt onder the nlans now being
considered.
Hon. F. 7. Miller and Gale Hiil are
in Portland to represent th county
court and .act in conjunction with
other members of the committee ap
pointed, which were P. A. Young and
E. O. Cusk-k. of Albany and Joci
Meyers, N. M. Newport and A. M.
Re-" es. of Lebanon. ,
The county court is said to be on
rtcord as giving full support to the
county Market road system and will
be found fn the ripht place at the
proper tirre in developing the roads
as far as the funds will permit.
Licenses To Change
EVERETT, Wash, Dec, 20 Wash
ington automobile license plates for
1920 will be smaller than the plates
issued in 1919 and will consist of
one plate instead of two, as used now
according to word brought to Everett
by L. D. Conard, a member of the
staff of the secretary of state. New
licenses "will be issued March 1,
w asnington Kepresenteo
tixtrtsHUKt,, wasn, use.., at
Thirty one Washington towns and cit-
es will be represented, it is expect-
ed, at the fourth annual Washington
meeting or the lellowstone irail As-
sociation to be held here January 20,
i 1920. J. T. Harrah, member of the
association's executive committee' for
-Washington, will preside..
-SHOP
EARLY
and shop early in the day
ONLY
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More days to Shop until
Christinas
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