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VOL. XXXII
ALBANY LINN COUNTY, ORLGON. TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 17, 1920
No. 244
EXPLOSION OF 35
DYNAMITE CAPS
MANGLESBOYAND
INJURES M. PRINE
ItoHM Pierce, of
Crabtrec,
Badly Torn When Box of
Capn Accidently Explodes
on I'rinc Farm.
DYNAMITE NOT FIRED
I'ierre is in Ix'banon Hospital
Where Chances of Recov
ery Are Held
Uncertain!
Princ's Eye Injured.
Km Pierce. 16 ear uld win of
It. T. Pierce, ol "rsblree. lie in
" the Uhsnon hospital in s rnliral
condition and Melvin Prine. well
known farmer f the Irabu
neighborhood la al hl horn suf
fering (rum Injuries aa a mull
of the arridrnlal exploslun of 35
dnamtle caps Isle JrMcrday
afternoon.
Young Pierre w helping I'rinr
1,1,. I .tump, on iW latter's plare 11-2
in ilea southeast of Crabtrec un tlir
UUnon road. They had just fired
off several blasts and were returning
to their powder supply for more when
the caps were discharged in some un-i
known manner. Pierre was nearest
the box and was badly mangled, bis
left leg, side and arm being torn oien.
his face scarred ad his body badly
torn from the force of the explosion.
It was thought last night that be
might die.
Pierce was staoibng almost oveir
the box at the time and Prine was a
short dnstance back. 'rm is suf
fering from an Injured eye and is un
able to see out uf It today. It ia not
Known whether be will lose the sight
of it as yet.
Following the accident two doctors
un called from l-ebanon and Prine
was given attention t his home,
while Pierce was removed tu the Leb
anon hospital where a large number
if pieree of the cars were removed
from hs Irmly. (
Following the operation physicians
expressed coiis-derulde ibiubt U
whether the victim of the clu cxplo- ,
ion would recover lirnuc of the loss
of blood and shock.
Iloth bad a miraculous cscaie from
a worse fnle, for their box of dyna
mite, containing about Ml ssmnds f
the, explosive, snl on a stump mar
the caps but was not discharged. j
Prine, who Is about 4(1 years old, is
son of William Prine, one of the
pioneer settlers of the C'rahtree cnun-
try.
and one of the best known Inml-
lies In that section.
New Classified
FOR SALE About two dnr.cn laying
White Leghorn hen ami pullets.
f 1 6(1 each. See J. A. Humphrey
at P. ().. or Phone 67'. !,. 17f 1!
IOR SALE Gilt edcu furm securi
ties. Interest H per cent, payable,
seml-unnually. Amounts $100 or
more. Phone 71, Bnrney Hecker, 108
1 W. 2nd St., Albany, Ore.
Pi l-f-3 charged by the wife who says that J of their age. Realiiittg, he explained.
WANTED By young unmarried man, wh(t Bm, wouM (lk f()I. mom,y .,, j ,hnt the difficulty of successful trans
room by month, within threo block wou)ii fVlllU, the (U,,!ltion by a,king ' pi intion lay In the shock of removal,
of Postofflce. Address Paul Murphy, hpr wht ho had ,,,, with thc 75 ni th:lt n(.n.c efl.cl, in pn and
The Democrat. I cent he had given her last month. 1 animals were on similnr lines, he tren-
FOU SALE A 1110 Fonl car with Sh .!, .),,.;. , .. !!..,. I ,l ,,, ,,,. with ansesihetirs and
Electric starter and light. Call-
H. B. Springer, Shcdd, Oregon.
Phono 18-F-22.
17f 19
WANTEU-rany w.tn tractor want.
ploughing. Call Homur Hight,'
hone 68 F 8. 17f24
FOR SALE-20 ton of good cheat and
oat hay. Will deliver in town for
M5 and Ifl per ton, If taken the
frst of this woek. Inquire 1023
Kast 8rd St. 17f20
FOR SALE Eggs for hatching, from
S. C. White Leghorn. Tankard and
O. A. C. strain. Price $1.25 per 16
or 87.00 per 100. Isaac Campbell,
Phone 781 J, 1329 E. Water St.
17f2S
FOR SALE 100 acre timber land
' In Twp. 87, S. 2 E. Or will trade
for Albany residence property, or
Improved acreage, and pay differ-!
tnce In cash, Only good property
considered. E. T. Shaffer, No. 413
Park St, Lebanon, Ore. 17fl9
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CONFLICT SHOWN
IN FINDINGS OF
INVESTIGATORS
OF AIR PROGRAM
Majority and Minority Re
ports Filed at Wash
ington WlUIIKJCTilX.' I'-l. I7H A P
i-nr nou mbcotnmilice which in
vestigated the spruce production filed
a majority report condemning the
wartime iviilmn program j a "riot
of waste"; Minoiity report defend d
M ri a "rccurd of arhlrvrinrut".
A prominent part of both rrport
i irivi'n to the controversy ovir ilic
coiinn'tioii of John I. Kyan, ridirrc-
tor of aircraft production, with the draft of their answer to Wilson's note cits with a surprise and interest sur
con.liuetiun of a govcrnmrntbuilt on the Adriatic question and that they passing that evoked by the Lansing
railroad, whirh. It hat been charged, will hand It to Ambassador Davis to- Wilson corespondence.
rrdmtndrd to the benefit of the Chi-
rtiKO. Milwaukee & St. Paul railro.id
of Which Mr Itynn is a director.
In drtall the majority report takes
up the alleged waste and extrava-
gancr i the rarly ain-mft appropna-
tions. the alleged failure of the Dr
nviland planev the alleged failure
, rt .uff.rifn, Amrriran pi .nr. to
ihe battle front, the sTiruee proilur
uir-
lion prtijerl
in tne no-tnwesi, mu-
. .
lion of allejr
il waste on cost-plus
contracts nml m:tny preifie charges
of Inefficiency and qiiandering of
million of dollars.
Minority Attacks rlrrdlnga.
In turn, Representative !.ea' mi-
I o
niMirt replies to the majority
1
finding as "intc mp, r.ite
hbnl ami
.., exaggeration allcg.-d mi,t.,krt
and mitatement." a "grattiltom re-
flection upon me who faithfully
served the government during the
war and a repetition of drfnmatory
charges admittedly unsun tamed by
evidence."
SENSATIONA
if
DIVORCE SUIT
Verd Hill, Prominent Ranch
er of Independence
Made Defendant
Verd Hill, weulthy rntulu r ami
stock raiser of lndeientlenre is the
defi ndnnt in a ensatinnnl suit for di-
vorcc filed in the circuit court here
today by Frances E. H ill. Custody of
; their two venr old child, permanent
alimony in the sum of l.'O.OOO and at
one-third interest in Hill's re:d prop.1
erty, snid to be worth JfiO.000 is asked
In the compliiint.
A persistent course of cmel and in
human triKtment beginning shortly
lifter their mnrringe, December
1!M is rbnrged ngninst Hill by his
wife. She says that on numerous oc
casions he nhtised her for her religi
ous beliefs and referred to the Chris
tian religion nr. "nil d superstition."
1 lint her husnnnd was penurious
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' ed with kettles and utensil spread
around the floor to catch the rain
from the leaky roof, which Hill re-i
fu,c(1 t m(V)) mpn,,,di
, Jun mH Mr Hj aBys that
h(jr hu,1)and on,,wj h,.r to get a wo-
, , uke c(re of hcr 8 n)onthl old
babv and for her t(J uke hM f ,nd
nin tne imi(,p(.r,(ieee "Monitor" for
whch he wu negotiating the pur-
cha,e 0n n.fu.jng, she alleges he
(.ni h,,r , aiy cusl ..
B,.for hrr marriai.e Mrs Hill was
France Helmick of this city.
INFLUENZA CASES
SHOWING INCREASE
Influenza is increasing In Albany
according to the report which wa Is-
sued at thc city henlth bureau todny.
30 cases nre now under quarantine In
thi city.
ANGLO-AMERICAN RELATIONS FOR
NEXT GENERATION MAY DEPEND ON
ALLIED REPLY TO WILSON'S NOTE
ENGLISH TRESS SAYS IMPOSSIBLE TO OVER
ESTIMATE GRAVITY WHICH MAY FOLLOW
SUPREME COUNCIL'S REPLY TO WILSON'S
OBJECTIONS ON ADRIATIC SETTLEMENT
WHICH WAS GIVEN AMBASSADOR DAVIS TO
FORWARD TO WASHINGTON.
LONDON. Feb. 17 Hy Assort
atrd Press "Anglo-American re
lationa for thr nnl generation
may depend upon the term of the
reply," which the allied supreme
council baa completed to Prei
drnt'a Wilson's olijertion to the
compromise agreement reached
un the Hume controversy. Thin
la the auhHtance of the pre com
ment here today un the situs
lion.
It has Ix-en learned that the su-
prenie council have completed the
f night for transmission to Washington.
j Publication of the text will probably
, be li ft to the President. The English
j press snys that it is impossible to
, overestimate the Importance and
gravity of the results which may fob
low tne council s repiy,
I This may be construed as meaning
j n,"re than a withdrawal of the Unit-
j Males from the council or the al-
n,.a attti rnnip nBiiiin in in. I . iril. ...
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i nation,
WASHINGTON. Feb 17 Hy Asso -
iriutrd Press President Wilson in his
memoramium Ui the allier concerning
i the proposed Adriatic settlement in-
! .....- Ih.m Ih.l n 1Titu4 st , .
.... . . , ....
miiih. hnvit 1st r.n. nlxr wilhilriiis-iriff
-1.
(hit rnuitv nf Viirl B I ! Ila from t Has .
jf mKm wmt hp,(, wj,h
;
j MARKETS SOUGHT
t.-rkis ti-ivr rntlic.
1 n iii.'u 1m.11 im
I WASHINGTON. With the advent
of prohibition, uses and markets
mu.t be found for the products of
17.r(XMI acres of wine vineyards in
(Vii.'ora'n and aKo for the consider
ul 11 portions of tnlOe and raisin var
ieties of grapes that formerly were
made into brandv. At least 4.01(0 cars
cf freh wine gntpes were shipped in
to the Kastrm states and made into
Sit-olled nonsleoholic wines and grape
simp li-t season. A large qnantity
of unfermintesl juices was rruule In
California, barreled and shipped East.
BENSON APPOINTED
TO SHIPPING BOARD
WA.SHl.NtiTON, Feb.. 17 Hv A. P.
Kt ,r Admiral Benson, chief of na
val opi-ritmns titiiirg the war, now
retired, has been selected by the Pres
ident to suerefd John Barton Payne
as rhnlrmnn of the shipping board.
ANAESTHETICS FOR
TREES IS ADVISED
LONDON The theory that trees
should bo treated with anaesthetics
to enable them to withstiind the shock
of transplant:!! ion has been advanced)
here bv Sir Jngadish Calcutta in spite
they bore the uprooting and removal
well.
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0 Sell Your Hatching
O Egg Through Advertising
O Now ia the hatching time of
O yenr. Hundred of people have
O high class chickens and are
O willing to sell eggs for hatch-
O ing. Other hundreds of poo-
O pie want to improve their
O strains or to start a pen of
O their own. The quickest, chenp-
O est and best method of bring-
O Ing these people together is
O through the columns of the
O Democrat. A 26 word ad will
O run once for 26 cents, three
O time for 60 cen(s, a week for
O 76 cent or month for $2.60.
O Write your ad and send it in
0 today.
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plana without consulting the United
, States.
j The American statement was not
made aa a threat but aa a tatement
of the situation which might place the
, United States in the position of sub
scribing through the treaty to rights
of sovereign and other agreements to
which it was opposed, it was officially
announced here today.
LONDON. Feb. 17 President Wil-
t
, son's note to the peace conference on
the Adriatic question has furnished
London political and newspaper cir-
Thr Lansing incident was regarded
as a family affair, toward which for
eigners should be merely disinterest
ed spectators. The president's reap
pearance as a dttermirjed party in the
peace conference was construed a al
most as threatening aa his order for
the George Washington to be pre par-
ed to take him home from France.
the IiikJ version of the event gave
IT I h. m . ruw , , u n i, nm 1 , ..
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imormation appeared to souen tne
stiii-neeaea position ol tne atrair.
.This consisted of the messages from
'Washington that too sweeping a con-
struction had been placed on Wil-
son's "memorandum." Nevertheless
M ill.-rar,. ,liUnl ..1 . : .1 .
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BANQUET TO TAKE
II rr TMinnnMir
1 i-tvD 1 w.riunnu n
Father md Son Banquet takes
place tomorrow night at the St. Fran
cis hot?!. A big crowd and lots of
enthusiasm arc promised. Dr. Pol
ing will lead the .singinir. The prin
cipal speakers will be Bruce Evans
and Professor Finncrty. There will
be a program of singing and instrum
ental music. Chicken dinner On menu.
HOLLAND FIRM ON
KEEPING KAISER1
THE HAGUE, Feb. 17 By A. P.
llo!l:i:td will answer second note of
tV allies regarding the former Em-
V "f Germany l.y niieratins h?r
oriv'innl position, refusing to sum'n-
tier him but asquiescing the request
to cuird him closely.
GERMANS MAKING
FOREIGNERS PAY
LERLIN Foreign shoppers in
some Berlin stores who nre unwise
enout'h to betray their identity nre
being assessed 50 percent over the re
t.iil prices to Germans. This is in ac
cordance with a suepestion by the
Berpn Chamber of Commerce in view
of the low exchange rate of German
Currency.
READING REFUSES
POST TO AMERICA
LONDON, Feb. 17 By. A. P.
Lloyd George has offered the ambas
sadorship at Washington to the Earl
of Reading, former ambassador and
hr declined the post.
o LOS ANGELES TO BE
o FILM FINANCE HUB
o
0 What ia said to be the forerunner
OjOf a movement to swing the financial
0 capital of filmdom from New York to
0( Los Angeles came to light with the an
O nouiicrmrnt of the organization of thc
01 Special Picture Corporation, financed
0 through Aronson & Company, a Hell
Oitnan Interest, and one of the biggest
Oi stock and bond houses of the west.
"I For several years people inside the
motion picture industry in Los Ange
O.les have been endeavoring to launch
"j movement which would result In
" I establishing here the financial centrr
0,nf rh film holiness, nlonfr with tha
productin cenlcr.
The Democrat
Presidential
Straw liallot
Vote for one, placing X before
name.
Hoover
Wood;
McAdoo
Johnson
j Lowden
"I Palmer
Pershing
" Gerard j
My party affiliation ia
Name
Address
(Cut out, and mail or bring to
The Democrat office. Mark enve
lopes "Straw Ballot.")
VOTERS ASKED TO
INDICATE CHOICE
IN STRAW BALLOT
Presidential Possibilities Are
Listed for Readers of
The Democrat
The Democrat ia publishing today
the form of a straw ballot in an at-
I U-mpt to gain from the voter of Linn
1 county some idea of the support that led u,c,de " K,ns Heights , a
will be accorded the various men who "reh ot ' IpcIit b)rouht f
.. light a number of towels, seve.-il
have been ment.oned as po!ble candi- enipty (.orm bottle, and also
dates for president of the United indications that Cla-k may have at
States. 'tempted to ehIoroforr himself bat
t The names are limited to those who
' figure prominently as candidate at
1 ' ... ... . s
tne present writing. .o attempt is , ,. , - ...
when his wifes body, with -three re
made to give preference to any candi- T0,ver oundl w dillc0Terid by
date. Mark an X opposite the name neighbors in Clark' home near Traut
of the man you would prefer as presi, daie about jo mile, fri Portlatji -
, dent. Fill in your party affiliation
and mail or bring the slip to the of-
fice of the Democrat. Write. in name
I oi any otner candidate preferred il
i name is not listed on the ballot.
CANDIDATES LATE
'IN BUDDING OUT
No Announcements Have
Been Made as Yet in
Linn County
Coming primary election May 21
is beginning to loom prominently on
the horizon and throughout the vari
ous counties of the state announce
ment of the candidates for county po
sitions are being made. In at least
one county a straw vote has been
taken to show the direction of the
political nir currents.
I Although every county officer in
Linn county with the exception of
thnt of county judge, one commission
er and state senator, will be voted
upon at the coming primary election,
there has been a dearth of announce
ments as to whose names would ap
pear on the ballot for the voters of
this county to pass upon.
It is assumed that all the present supreme council handed. Ambassador
incumbents will be candidates to sue- Davis its reply to Wilson's communi
ceed themselves. And unless times cation on the Adriatic question today.
have changed there will be consider-
able competition. In some tnses a
! warm fight is promised and in others
. little or no opposition. J
! . Sheriff Kendall and county treas-
urer, Miss Lenore Powell, will have
I served two years at the expiration of
their present terms. County Clerk
Russell has served three terms, of
two years each, and county com nils-
sloner, Thos. Butler, four term of
four year each.
Miss Velma Davis, county record-
er is serving her second term of two -i"u, lormer premier or r ranee, "
year. The county school superin- went on tria' charged with trca- .
tendent, Mr. Ida Maxwell Dimming, n. Death penalty is possible,
will complete her first term of four 1 -
year this year. The election of the Council Makes Decision
county .assessor i also one of the re- LONDON, Feb. 17 By A. P. The
sponsibilitie of the voter again this supreme council of the allies have de-
yenr, as the term of J. S. Van Winkle, citled definitely upon intcrnatlonall
appointed to succeed County Asses- xation of the Dardanelles. Details
I sor Earl Fisher expires Jan. 1, 1920. hive not been worked out.
EVIDENCE THAT
CLARK MAY HAVE
TRIED TO KILL
HIMSELFISFOUND
Bottle of Chloroform Discov
ered and Indications that
Clark Became 111 and Gave
up the Effort.
NOTE WAS RECEIVED
Police Get Word that Suicide
of Dead Woman's Hus
band Has Taken Place on
Kings Heights. .
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,0 PORTLAND, Feb. 11 By O
O A. P. Russell Clark has been O
O found probably fatally wound- O
O ed in a room in one of the O
O leading hotels here late today O
O with a revolver beside him. A O
O business partner of Clark has O
O informed the police that he O
O was 27,000 short in his ac- O
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I PORTLAND, Feb. 17 By Assoc
iated Press Following the receipt of
a note this morning' by the Portland
police department signed "Russell
Clark" and reading, "I have eommit-
becime sick and gave up the effort.
Authorities have been searching for
Clark ever since yesterday evening
u ate aftnt iaT lhr
0re0 Liberty MoK compaRy anJ
, studfnt avior- He ntxiraed ,0.
Portltnd from Pendleton Sunday in:
an sirplrnc with Pi!ot Walter Lcen
of a local air transportation company.
Clark was last seen leaving his
farm home about 8 oarlock Monday
morning. He spoke to several of his
neighbors on leiving and warned not
to visit his house until in the after
noon as his wife was ill Neighbors
became alarmed in the evening over
Mrs. Clark's failure to be up and a
rounj and entered the house to find
her dead. A 25 automatic revolver
was found in a room adjoining the
one containing the body. Death is
said to have instantaneous. Owner
ship of the weapon has not been es-
tnbl-shed.
The Clark s who have been married
8 years were well known in Portland.
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Late Wire Report
Radio Stations Relinquished
WASHINGTON', Feb. 17 By A.
P.
The naval operation of all private
radio stations which was assumed
during the period of the war will be
relinquished at midnight, February
2fl, according to an announcement
that was issued here today by the
naval bureau.
Council Hands Davis Reply
LONDON Feb. 17 By A. P. The
.Note is said to be modification of one
prepared Saturday.
Railroad Merger Forcast ' '
ST. PAUL, Feb. 17 By A. P.
Merger of the Great Northern. North- '
rr" Pc'fie and Burling'on railroads
in!0 one tr!mscoiti-,ii:ni sys-
'm shortly after relinquishment of
government control is forcast in rail-
road circles.
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Cail'aux Trail Begins
PARIS. Feb. 17 By A. P. Joseph '