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VOL XXXII
ALBANY LINN COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH, 8, 1920
No. 261
GRAND JURY WILL
INVESTIGATE THE
CHARGES AGAINST
TREASURER HOFF
At Kcquetit of AccuMed Gov
1 ernor Olcott Direct Attor
ney General Brown to Con-.
Special Body.
REPORT CAUSES PROBE
Purchase of Bonds From
Portland Firm at Hischcr
Than Market Price in lanis
for the Chance Brought.
SALEM. Mar., 1 Uy Awei.
ted I'reaa At the renucst of
Stale Treasurer ). I. huff, uw
ecaar OUrotl today directed Attor
ney General Hrosrn to rail a
arerial grand Jury to investigate
the purchase of aeruriliea hy
lloff with funda of the atate
lnduatrial Accident Commission.
Canicular reference made to
the purchase of bondi of the city
of Wjireiiion. Rerdsport. Monmouth.
Oakland, Ontario, Yamhill, Kainrrand
the port of Hay City. The request
is the re.ult of charge that havi
been publi.hcd against lloff by Th
Portland Telegram in which the stal?
masurcr i virtually areused of
hamUing a enormous profit to a bond
houic in I'oftland through the pur
rhaae of bond, at a higher figure
than their market valuation.
lloff made a Uttemrnt answering
the charge in which he avrrrrd that
the book were open to public inspec
tion and that no Improper use h-d
been made by him of any of the fund,
under hia department. . Tho grand
Jury will be convened within short
time and (he. whole matter laid be
fore them with the view of securing
to determination of the rate.
V Request for the investigation ramr
today from lloff and it wa agreed
to by the governor at Once. Attorney
Ge neral Brown will lay the cae be
fore tho juror and it In considVred
certain that lloff will go before the
body ol-o and explain the alleged Ir
regularities UNIQUE TRUST
FUNDSTARTED
Seamstress Deposits Sum in
Bank for Benefit of
Girl Student
Mrs. U P. ChrMcnsc,, Glaae, a for
mer seamstress of this city and a
present a resident of North Albany
has deposited, th sum of $100 in the
First Savings bank of Albany to be
held in trust with the stipulation
thai the Interest each year be award
ed an a prise to the girl attending the
hirb school who ia most proficient
cdle work.
(Continued on Page 8)
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I New Classified !
LOST Camlo broach bi downtown
district Snturdny. Reward, finder
notify Mra. John Bassett, 1240
Ferry, Phone 602-B, 8ml0
FOR SALE Progressive everbearing
strawberry plan. Phone BOO R, or
call Mr. Ralph Murphy, Baker
SL, Albany, Or. 8ml5
HELP WANTED Man to drive truck
and help with other work. Steady
place. Call at 1433 Santiam Road.
V m8
LOST A plum-colored allk glove be
tween Hotel Albany and Flrt Prea-
byterian church Sunday morning.
Kindly leave t the hotel for Mra.
Ross. m8
WANTED Boy with wheel to carry
Oregonian, Inquire of Ben Cleland.
m8tf
FURNITURE WANTED We want
II klnda of furniture, atovea, rang
es, etc. Will buy any quantity and
pay hif heat cash price. Sea us if
' yon have anything to sell. Albany
Furniture Exchange, 416-417 Went
Flrat St, Phone 76-J. fl2tf
WANTED Young man or woman to
clerk in store and help keep the
books. Inquire at Democrat office
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l; count), Johnnie Catlln,. aged
11 CO, present chief of police
tl stated today that he would
HH again bt candidate for office
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Htl doughty veteran of '61 in !
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BY DEATH SUNDAY
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Mrs. Cora Jones
Stricken With
Pneumonia
Is
Mrs. Cora Jones, pioneer resident
of Albany, passed away at 4 o'clock
Sunday afternoon at the home of her
daughter. Mrs. K J. Daly of this city
Death came from pneumonia follow
ing an attack of pleurisy. The u
ciased ha lived here for the past
20 years and was well known through
out the community.
Five children survive. They are
B. R. Wrstbrook, of Albany, mana
ger of the Albany hotel, K. II West
brook and Levi Westbrook of Kan
Jose. California, Mrs. Ed Mar Far
land of Albany and Mrs. E. J. Daly
al-o of this ciiy.
Funeral services will be held Tue
sday afternoon at the Kortmiller
funeral chapel at 2 o'clock. Rev. fi.
II. Young will officiate. Interment
will be at Riverside cemetery ,
ARMY STORE TO
OPEN IN ALBANY
Surplus Supplies
Food.5 Will bo
Sold
of
Annou.ic mtnl waa made today
that an ci.iy ale store will be op
ened in ih'S city Wednetdy at 107
Lyon stii . l under the supervision of
i J. T. Conway of Portland.
IFood ami clothing supplies will be
on sale ;t much lower than ordinary
prices. Union in 12 pound cans will
I lc sold fi r 23 cents a tip and wool
I blankets .-' 5 and Jfl a piece. Linen
towels, n lilier goods, wool and cot
ton socKt, are among some oi inr
other commodities on display.
PORTLAND TRIP
li.jlisvl L XJtWi EjLJ
l.sdir. of this city are invited to
be gueK of Mrs. Humphreys who
has been 0 monstiating Oregon nun
t.factnr -I product, in Albany for
several v. k, on an excursion to
Portland ! xt Fridny. where the
will bu entertained by Portland
manufn u Tk. Automobiles will be
furnish-d :a take the Indies to all of
the diff! it plant of the chy and
u fine I :,rr,Urt furnished at the noon
hour. On! ex,c" will be the mil
road fare f.mss ilitiiimr to go r.rr
nUi st d to iioufy sirs. II tmphreys
in the 11 ilmin rind J.trToi store,
or the St. Francis hotrl, not Inttr
than W. '-i-dit.- cvinit,(.
STATE BEGINS
THE REBUTTAL
MONTKSANO. Mar.t 8.-By As -
.ociatcd Press-The- atate produced
witnesses at the 1. w. w. trial today
in rebut al of the testimony of Wil
liam Spears and John Patterson. .
Deputy Sheriff McFadden, of Kittitas
county testified th" t I..' did not ad
vise Spears not to testify. Neigh
bor of Patterson according to the
witness said that they had heard him
say he saw nothing o fthc shooting. )
LOCATOR SOUGHT
FOR OREGON LAND
Albany Chamber of Commerce is
asked to furnish r' mmendatlon for
a locator who w 'it 1 able to handle
a party of fie to BO men who
are expected & to this state in
Jday for th ' ( s ' of filing on Ore-gon-Califorit'
' ' V " int which has
been opened ' jrnment.
Ths reqo v - from N. E.
Batcman a of War Risk
Insurance, i... .oii and avers
that a paf -. , :rvlcc men rck-
ing land i under the new
eovcrnm will be here before
May 20.
COMPROMISE ON RESERVATIONS
HELD POSSIBLE IN THE LATEST
NOTE OF WILSON TO HITCHCOCK
OBJECTIONS SAID TO BE REPLEATEI) BUT NOT
IN SUCH LANGUAGE AS TO DISSUADE DEMO
CRATIC SENATORS FROM CONTINUING THEIR
EFFORTS AT COMPROMISE.
WASHINGTON, Mar. 8 By As-
aociated I'reaa President Wilson' ( tiona were the eetabliahment of a aub
letter to Senator Hitchcock on the marine elation and deatroyer baae at
nueation of the peace treaty la under-
tood to repeat hia objection! to the
republican reservations but not In auch
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rrt aenator from continuing their
efforta at arriving at a compromise
agreeable to both side.
Administration offiriala aaid that
President Wilson had discussed the
Taft reservation on article 1U with
Senator Clan. While Wilson did not
atate hia approval of the proposed
reservation still he did not say that
he would not accept it.
It waa commonly rumored about tiona. Spokesmen on both side an
the White House Unlay that the pre)-, ticipate a long fight. The corpora-
dent would not accept the Lodge res-
ervation to article 10 as was approv
ed in the senate last week. It ia ex
pected that the full contents of the let
ter to Hitchcock would be revealed
Naval Bases on Coast t'rged
WASHINGTON. Mar. 8 By A. P.
Extensive development of naval
bases and farilitiea on the Pacific
roast were urged before the House
Naval committee by Secretary Dani-
DEPENDENTS SAVE
MAN LARGE FINE
Frank I'arrihh Escapes With
$23 Penalty Before
IiOcal Court
! Frank PoVrish, proprietor of a livery i L. G. Lrwelling, present city re
stable at Lebanon was given a fine of corder in Albany announced tod.iy
15 thia morning by Justice Victor OI- that he would be a candidate fcr the
liver of Albany on his plea of guilty republican nomination for the office
to a violation of the prohibition law. if District attorney of Linn county
Pnrri.li was arrested by Sheriff Bt th romin P"mry election in
Kendal of Albany Satunlay night and
what is said to have been a complete
equipment for the manufacture of
beer seized. Several dozen bottles of
the product were also taken. j
Because of the fact that Parrish has
14 children, 11 of who reside at home
and are dependent upon their father
for Support the fine was reduced to the
minimum, rarrixh promised the court
to discontinue his operations in the
uiuie. lie nam inai ne niaue ine
beer for his own use to supplant the
stronger fluids of the p re-dry days"
wnicn he statesl were necessary
hia good health.
for
Acconling to Sheriff Kendal Parrish
has lu.Mn iviiiilitrlinit tcair... ;i I
in il
in II-
licit liquor for a lengthy period. Evi-
uenre was touml tn the stable that the
manufacture; of beer had been con
ducted in a wholesale manner.
ESTATE PETITION
IS FILED TODAY
Petitiu., of Florence J. Everett was
filed the county court today asking
for her appointment as adminstra-
trix to the estate of the lute Charles
E. Everett of Scio.
ued a I $l.r00.
The estate is val-
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MINNESOTA WINS
BOUNDARY CASE
WASHINGTON. Mar.. 8. By A
sociuted Press Minnesota won the
suit In the Supreme court against
the state of Wisconsin to determine
hte boundary between the states.
. PRICE OF SUGAR
TAKES A TUMBLE
SAN FRANCSICO. Mar.. 8. By
Associated Press Cane Sugar drop
ped from 15 to 14 cents today on ac
count of Inrgc Cuban receipts in New
York according to the announcement
made by the refineries.
SUIT FILED IN
CIRCUIT COURT
Suit was filed l the circuit court
today by C. C. Bryant against Lynn
Houston for the payment of $312.00
alleged lo be due on a promissory not
t
ela today. Among the recommenda
Astoria and Pot Angelea, the enlarge-
ment of the naval yard at Bremerton
and the establishment of a fuel and
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Railroad Conference to Begin
WASHINGTON, Mar. 8 By A. P
Representatives of the railroad
brotherhood will meet in Washing
ton Wedneaday to begin negotiation
for the settlement of wage demands
f iftecn executive head will n pre
1 sent the brotherhoda and a commit
tee of nine representing the corpora-
tion officials aaid they would cooper-
ate in the conference aa- far as the
revenue of the roads would permit in
the granting of increased wage.
Tax Held I'neonxlitutional
WASHINGTON, Mar. 8 By A. P.
The supreme court decided that the
provisions of the income tax of 1916
taxing as income the dividends declar-1
ed by corporations accruing subse-1
quenlly to Mar. 1, 1A13 unconstitu
tional.
j CANDIDATE OUT
FORPROSECUTOR
Lewclling Out For District
tit wy
TftMUi 1T J vil liVUUIIVail
Primary Ticket
I
Din, ine announcement ioiiows inc
statement m.ide public haturriuy by
GhIi- S, 1 1 1 1 1 that he would not be a
candidnte to succeed himc!f in the
poition of district attorney.
Lewelling was born in Nebraska
and came to Oregon at the ge of 10
year. He ettled with his parents on
a fiirm near Albany in Linn county j
and h.u lived here ever since. He
anenoea me puniic scnools oi A many.
graduated from Albany colleire and
- -
et,,r W-Tity at Salem
. "i
tion of his eyn studies at Salem and
he has since been engaged here in
active practice. In lSlt. he was
1 i j .L -.
. il.wtfsri tn th Mulinn At eitv Mfvir.
,,.r of Alhanv and in 191S was re-
elected. Hit present term of office
expires January 1 1921.
HOFF DENIES THE
MISUSE OF FUNDS
O. P. Hoff, who has been chrrgpd
by the Portland Telegram with allow- j
ine excessive profits to a bond firm of
Portland through sale of bonds pur -
chased with state funds has made an
1 announcement that he will court an
open investigation of all the alleged
sale of bonds. Hoff denies the'
chargea of the Portland newspaper aa
to any improper use of state funds i
and says that all amounts passing
mrougn nis nanrts nave necn nanaiea
in a reasonable and careful manner.
ANNIVERSARIES
ARE CELEBRATED
Mr. and Mrs. Asn Eastbum. Mr.
and Mrs. Lawrence Howard and Sam
Roberts motored to Independence Sat
urdayurday to spend the week end
with Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Archibald
Sunday. Mr. Archibald gave an el
aborate dinner In honor of the third
wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs.
Lawrence Howard which was on the
nineth of March and also to celebrate
her third wedding anniversary which
occurs March 10.
WILSON TAKES AN
OPEN AIR RIDE
WASHINGTON, Mar., e-Assoc-Inted
Press President Wilson went
riding today in an open automobile.
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aociated Preaa "Digging
out" holiday haa been pro
' claimed by several northern
New England atatea cut off
from the rest of the world by
St. the storm Saturday. Situation
& in Maine and Vermont most
terioua in year. Hundreds
K of small cities are marroned
ffi and problem of feeding refu-
geea ia critical.
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NATIONAL SESSION
OF THE LEGION TO
CONSIDER "BONUS'
Meeting Has Been Call
ed to Discuss
Issue
LOUISVILLE, Yy, Mar. 7 By As
sociated Presa Frank D'Olier, nation-
! al commander of the American Legion,
announced tonight that a conference
of legionnaires of all state would be
held in Washington March 22 for re-
consideration of the so-called "bonus
question."
Mr. D'Olier waa en route to Indian
apolia from Birmingham, Ala., where
he attended Saturday a meeting of
Amua-tan T Arw.n i-r.mmandera of ten
southern states, at which resolutions
asking that such a conference be call
ed were adopted. The resolutions also
auk that congress delay action until
after the meeting. Telegraphic calls
to attend the meeting were sent to all
state commanders tonight.
The resolutions asked reconsidera
tion on the ground that "it was the
announced policy of the American
I Legion to ask only such treatment aa
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is consistent, wmi me wuioie vi,c
whole country and at the aame time
i jus i anu lair u tr-t?rv ice men.
pedition by congress of legislation
recommended by the legion and pro
viding for land settlement covering
all states, home aid, to encourage the
purchase of rural or city homes by
ex-service men, and vocational edu
cation for all service men was urged.
AVIATOR REACHES
GOAL IN SAFETY
Major Albert D. Smith, army avia
tor, who passed over Albany Satur
day morning en route to Son Diego
j "rived mere at B.M baturday night
amr.n rcporieo. an excellent inp witn
. one slight mishap which ocurred
early in the flight when he became
lest in the fog over Eugene and was
compelled to return to Albany rof
fuel.
Smith landed in Albany at about
i ' m 'nt morning ana alter secur-
I
! '" K1k here nd 10 gallons of
' Zeroline from the Standard Oil ser-
vice station in this city continued
on his flight. He reached Red Bluffs
at 1.00 o'clock and S.i Freucisco at
3:30.
SALE OF INDIES
IS HOTLY DENIED
1 LONDON, Mar., 8 By Associated
Press Lloyd George announced in
' Hfthe house of commons today that
,-,r.a, Br,ti,,n Ra, lnrn''0" 01
-'ng any part oi ine anusn cm
i Indies to the United States as a part
payment for their debt
INDEPENDENCE IS
"XSKED AT SESSION
MANILLA. Mar.. 8. By Associat
ed Press Extra session of the legis
lature adjourned today after adopting
a resolution pleading for immediate
independence.
HIGH SCHOOL TO
HOLD RECEPTION
A reception in honor of the football
and basketball teams will be given
tonight at the Senior High school
varied program has been arranged
for the amusement of the guests.
From Tangent
J. H. Scott, of near Tangent was
an Albany visitor this afternoon. Mr.
Scott states that the influenza has
been the worst in his section he has
ever known but all better at present.
AMERICAN BEING
HED CAPTIVE BY
MEXICAN OUTLAW
SOUTH OF BORDER
Joseph Williams, Mining man
Seized by Villa; $50,000
Ransom ia Asked for his
Release.
TRAIN IS HELD UP
Guards are Slain and Pas
sengers Stripped of Cloth
ing; Villa Himself Kills
Pullman Car Conductor.
EL PASO, Mar. 8 By Associ
ated Presa Joseph Williams, em-
ploye of the American Smelting
& Refining company at Pedricena,
Mexico, ia a captive in the handn
of Villa and being held for a
150,000 ransom, according to pas
sengers reaching Juarez today.
Williams i an oversea veteran and
was returning to the United States to
take treatment for an ailment result,
ing from hia having been gassed in
France. The train on which he was
returning from Mexico City was held
up Thursday near Corralitos about
400 miles south of the American bord
er. In the battle that ensued between
the armed Villistas and the guards de
fending the train 19 of the latter were
slain. Ten of Villa band were killed
before the resistance of the train was
abandoned. The pullman car con
ductor waa slain by Villa himself
while defending his coaches.
Williama and an Arabian merchant
were taken by the outlaws in depart
ing. The other passengers were trip
ped of their valuables and their clothes
and left naked on the desert. Villa!
announced before leaving that he
would hold Williams until $50,000 had
been pai dover to him by his employ
ers or the United States government.
It is expected here that this latest
outrage may lead to another punitive
exposition going into Mexico in search
of Villa. The bandit chieftain is be
lieved to have a strong band under
bis control at the present time.
OPENING MINING
REGIONPLANNED
Reorganization of Santiam
Mining District is
Under Way
Preliminary steps toward the reor
ganization of the Santiam mining dis
trict were undertaken Saturday at a
meeting held in the Marion county
courthouse at Salem attended by rep
resentative men from that district.
J. J. Langmack was elected chairman
of the tentative organization formed
and A. C. Larson, secretary. H. H.
Lots called the meeting to order.
Nearly all the mines from the San
tiam district sometimes called the
Lester and Elkhom district had rep
resentatives at the gathering. Purpose
of the meeting was presented by H. H.
Lots. He stated that for the good of
all concerned reorganization of the
district looking toward the building of
roads and the construction of bridges
making it possible to open the eastern
part of Marion county was necessary.
Other talks were made by some of
those present.
The county commissioners seemed
more than willing to meet the mining
men half way.
A committee of three was appoint
ed to go into the road question and
everything pertaining to the organ
ising of the district. The chairman
appointed William La Fore, W. I.
Staley and Judge Wiliam Risley to
act as that committee.
The suggestion was made by Mr.
Lots that no one knows what the
Lester mining district is and sug
gested that it would be a good idea to
change the name to th Santiam min
ing district of Marion county. On the
suggestion of Otto Hanson, members
of the county court, Including; Judgw
W. M. Bushey wera called in and
Judge Buahey explained himself in re
gard to aid on the road, outlining th
necessary red tape that would have to
be gone through to secure funds. - '