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eooooooooooooooo ) Q Member of TIIK AHMOCIATF.D 0 O PUKH8. The only paper In Linn 0 O county carrying A. I'. dispatches O OQOOOOOOOOOOOvfOO ALBANY DAILY DEMOCRAT oooooooooooeooee o o O Tonlfht and Friday Fair O O o ooooooooooooooo VOL. XXXII ALBANY LINN COUNTY, ORFCON, THURSDAY, MARCH 11 1920 No. 264 WAGE INCREASES ARE GRANTED TO COAL MINERS IN REPORTOFBOARD 4 Majority Recommendation (JivcH a Twenty-Five Per Cent Raise, no Change in Mourn or Conditions. VlINORITY HAS REPORT Representatives of Miner Will Hand in Another Re port AHkinjc for Still Fur ther Increases, it is Said. WASHINGTON. Mar., II. By Associated Press Twenly-flve percent Increase In the cor penis ' tlon paid to roal nlnrra waa ' recommended today la tht rrport ' hlrh waa handed In by tha rommUalon appointed to Inocati gate tha rondillona of the roal mlnre of the, country. It la re ported that a minority report con lalninf atill further Inrrraara will alao be aubstll'uled. Majority rrpori declinrs 10 recom niJ an rhanire In working condi tion of the irnnrri or alteration of the scheduled hour, of work now in force. Representative of the minors held for hiichrr Increases and did no! agree to the rrpori filed by the maj ority. Waire Incrrasr. granted will aburb the fourtren percrnt already granted making the net increase only eleven percrnt. The new scale will not be retroactive and will only lake effect from the time thai It ! accepted . Recommendation alao made in the majority rrport for the Ublish ment of a ystrm by which tha opcr- atari would collect the union duet from the miner that Were retained. It la not known what effect the ' rrfus.l of tha union representatives I to agree to the n port will have. It I. known that their demand were considerably in excess of thoaa grant ed in the report submitted. Action will probably be awaited until the minority and the majority report have both been submittrd and con lidrrcd by the official! at Washington. CONVENTION ENDS THIS AFTERNOON Annual District Conference of Missionary Society Closes Here Annual convention of the Woman'a Home Misionary Society of tha Eu gene district which ha been in con ference In Albany for the past two daya cloned thla afternoon at the Methodist Episcopal church. A aym poaium of five minute atoriea of the -MiU box wera the feature of thia afternoon's session. Thmo who spoke wero Mr. II. 0. ) Human of Portland, Mm. T. J. Butler of Albany, Mra. F. E. Allen of Marsh- ! field and Miaa Grace Ulackwell of Portland. Devotions for the aftor- noon were conducted at 1:30 By Mra. F.llen H. Fox of Albany. Mra. George H. Alden, wife of Dean Alden of the I Willamette University waa the princl- ! pal apeaker of tha afternoon. Tha conference juat closed waa de dared to be ona of the moat auccess- ' ful ever held in the state, and the dele- I gates were enthusiastic over the recep tion accorded to them by the members Of the Albany society. (Continued on Pag 8) New Classified I LOST A Presto-Light tank, some where between Halsey and Albany. Finder please return to M. Hofllch, i ' 1131 Ferry St, Albany, Ore. mil FURNITURE WANTED W want all kinda of furniture, atovea, rang es, ate. Will buy any quantltyand pay highest cash price. See us if . you have anything to sell. Albany '. Furniture Exchange, 41M17 Weat First St, Phon 75-J. ' fl2tf (Continued on Pag S) m Mi an ui ii Hfi W; : w: : w m ii m C.lt.ON PICKS IINITKII M 11 HTATKM A H "G OAT M Htl FOII TlllKINII PltOlil KM Hti an m il 11 Hti li 11 Htl t ii lH ! LONDON, Mar. II lly Aa- (. il 'sociated Preaa Hlama for 11 Htl trouble in settling the Turkish ; HtJ problem waa laid at the iloor Htl 1, of the United Htatea by Karl 11 UN Curiun, foreign aerretary, in 11 HI explaining th peace confer- 'it'. 11 aura negotiations before the Htl ii llouae of Lords today. HH HH 11 ti BH BH IC K (ft K W, W K l W. I. TWO AUTOS HIT ON LYON STREET Car From Scio Has Mix With Local Auto; Damaged Some Autos drivrn by Kay Taylor, of thia city and G. W. Darby, of Brio, came together with a crash at Fourth and Lyon Streets Just before noon tsday with more or leea damage to tha ma chines. Neither driver waa injured. Taylor waa driving; hia Overland east on Fourth Street and Darby waa running south on Lyon. Taylor claima that hr rad tha right-of-way and waa intent upon watrhing tha blind ear ner wrat of the armory when the accident happened. Taylor's car re ceived a bent frame, broken head lights, bent front tender and other minor damages. Two spokes were knocked from the rear wheel of Hat ty's Kord, tha left rear tire was blown out and the fender and running board on the right aide wera bent. INDIAN LANDS NOTFOR SALE SALEM, Mar. 11-lly Associated Press Th department of the Inter ior will not dispose of lands In the Klamath Indian reservation, th secre tary of the state haa been informed. They will be held until the timber la sold. Department announced that a response had been mm! to the joint memorial of tliy.Urvpin I. jjisloture asking congress to open surplus lands. , LEAGUE COUNCIL MEETS IN PARIS PAKIS. Mar. II By Associated Press The council of the league of nations will meet here for the third time Saturday to consider a communi cation for the allies aoking that the council take up the appointment of a commission to obtain impartial and authorised information concerning the actual conditions in Russia. TORNADO KILLS THREE IN BLAST JOI.IN'. Mar. 11 By Associated Press Three men were , killed by a tornado which Nevada, Missouri, sixty tornado which invaded, Missouri, sixty miles northwest of Joplin, thia after noon, destroying part of a three story building occupied by the bank of Ne vada and blowing out the courthouse windows. MRS. McFARLAND'S FUNERAL FRIDAY The funeral of the late Mrs. Jane MeFarIond will be held from the Methodist church at Tangent at 1 o'clock Friday afternoon. Rev. J. B. Ncrdhnm will preach the sern-nn and interment will be held at Riverside cemetery. BRYAN'S ISSUE WILL BE FOUGHT WASHINGTON. Mar. 11 By As sociated Press J. II. Mithrn, manager of the Hitchcock for president club states that the senator's friends wel come the Issue raised by Bryan and will meet him in every precinct. Bry an oppoaoa Hltohcock because the lat ter opposed suffrage and prohibition. ANOTHER NATION ENTERS LEAGUE SAN SALVADOR, Mar. 11 By As sociated Prtas Cit gi-csi of the te public of Salvador ratified a decree by which th nation becomea a mem ber of th league of nations. Tangent Ladiea Entertain The Ladiea Mlslonary Society of th Tangent Methodist church will hold a cooked food sale at the Jerks store Saturday. GRAIN CORPORATION PROBE IS ATTEMPT TO THROW MUD ON WAR TIME OFFICIALS SAYS SENATOR INVESTIGATION ORDERED TODAY DIRECTED AT HOOVER AND OTHERS WHO RENDERED VAL UABLE SERVICE TO COUNTRY CHARGES ASH URST REFERRING TO REED MEASURE. WASHINGTON, Mar, 11. Uy As sociated Pre A scathing attack upon th resolution offered ly Sen ator Kved of Mi noun demanding an Investigation of thr United Slates Grain corporation wat made today in the senate by Senator Ahurt, of Ar izona following the action of thr son aie In ordrring the probe. Ashurei characterized Reed's mo lion as an attempt to discredit Her bert Hoover and p.m of the policy of Herd to throw mud on tho-e who had rendered valuable service to their country during thr late w.,r. Hr in timated that the whole affair was mrrrly a political move to be used in the coming presidential compaign. The grain investigation waa order ed by the senate and will be made by a manufacturers committee of which Senator Lafoli-tte i appointed chair man. ISSUE ON WILL IS BEING HEARD ' Eltha Turner Seeks to Enjoin Sale of House and Lot 1 in Albany Suit to prevent the sale of a house and lot on Fifth street in Albany formerly owned by Dr. D. M. Jones of Portland, and now in the posi tion of his children, was begun today in Ciruit Jude Bingham's court. Action was begun by Eltha Turner, rmployrd by Dr. Jones as a houe ri per when he lived here In 1317. She ver' Jones entered into a con tract with her by which in return for her services as houskceper he would make a will leaving her the property in ueiion. She alleges that hr made the will bui that since has deeded the property to his children. Dr. Lowell M. J one I of Portland. Silas Jones of Portland, Mrs. Nancy Mc Afee of Portland and D. W. Jones, of Forr. i Prrsrnt action is to restrain chil dren from selling the' property until the rightful ownership is established. Case was continued this afternoon for filing of amended complaint. Hill and Marks arc representing the defense. DEBATE OVER PROPOSED OPENING OF ARMY STORE HERE ENLIVENS MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL DEFEAT OF MEASURE THRU MOTION OF COUN CILMAN BEAM AVERTED; COMMITTEE WILL ACT ON METHOD OF CONDUCTING STORE; LOCAL FIRM MAY HANDLE PRODUCTS. Animated discussion over the pro posed opening of an army surplus store under municipal supervision a roso last night at the rrglar meeting of the city council. Proposition was laid brfore the board by H. C. Con way, who has been conducting a sim ilar store at Salem and who requested action in the course of the next few days. ' Virtual refusal of the request was contained in the motion of Council man Owen Beam to defer action for two weeks until the license committee could I nvestigate and report The motion was carried on Beam's lone affirmative. The others declined to vote. 1 An, Immediate protest from Con way that the motion would bar any chance of the. store being opened here by him as hrould ot wait two weeks brought support to his contention from Councilmcn Fortmillcr, William son and Calavan, who declared them selves in favor of the project if it offered the public a chance to combat ln a slight measure the high cost of living. Mayor L. M. Curl also said that he advocated the prospect of having such a store as ha realised it would be a benefit to the community. He said the only problem that existed was whether to allow it to be contucted by Conway or to give the chance to a local concern. It was stated that on Albany merchant was willing to ... Letter urging thai the probe be madr from Max liousrr vice-president of th grain corporation, named In the rrpori of tha Spokane grand jury was read brfore the senate by bena tor Chamberlain of Oregon. Investigation of tha charges made by the grand jury la already under way. Officials from Portland went to Spokane some time ago, upon order from Attorney General Palmer, Thia action was taken following the report of the grand jury and the protest made by Houser who charged that it waa political spite that prompt ed the findings. He issued a state ment that he would court open invest! gation of all hia dealinga aa member of the grain corporation and asked Washington to have agents of the de partment of justice sent to Spokane to investigate. (RAILROAD DENIES PETITION SOUGHT ! ' Southern Pacific Declines to Aid Paving Railroad ; Street Here Property holders on Railroad street will have to bear the entire burden of paving that thoroughfare if such a project is undertaken, according to the declarations of Paul F. Farrrns, legsl repre-rntative of the Southern Pacific Railroad company, made at the meeting of the city council last night. , Fr.rrcns disclaimed any responsib ility of (he railroad company for pav ing of the street and stated that at this time the company did not favor urh a expenditure. He appeared before the council following a com munication form City Attorney Dan Johnson, relative to a request from the property holders that thr South ern Pacific be compelled to pave the road between their tracks on this street Further discussion of the subject was postponed until Farrrns had been given an opportunity to investigate more fully the nature of the fran chise by which the tracks are held by the railroad company. handle the good. As presented to the council Con way's plan was to have the various goods purchased from the quartermas ter's store in Portland shipped dir ectly to Mayor Curl. The city would be responsible for the payment of the goods but Conway would furnish a cash bond to idemuify them iu tum in Case of loss. Conway's profit' would come from a 10 percent discount which the gov ernment allows for overhead when selling to a community. If thepropo sltion were taken by a local concern the same method would apply, except that the concrm would be allowed 10 per cent of their value for handl ing them. Councilman Beam was apparently opposed to the entry of the store her and seemed skeptical concerning the adivisbility of the plan. Hia conferers however were unanimous in agreeing that in as much it offered the public an opportunity to put a few st-iplrs at greatly less than the regular market price, theories upon the ethics of the government disposing of the goods could be readily dispensed with. At the close of the argument over the measure it was agreed to give the license committee the power to act on the mater and to determine Immediately whether the store should be operated here under the supervi sion of Conway or turned to an Al bany mercantile house to handle. SBr3r.&Bi33bEitift$r: TKl'ST PROSECUTIONS TO CONTINUE DESPITE STEEL CASK DECISION I, fa. 3C Gk' IM' fasti QC EaL CE Oi ti OC an at WASHINGTON, Mar. 11 By Associated Press The department of justice will prosecute all corporations al leged to be trusts regardleaa of the decision of the United - Slatea Supreme court in the suit against the Steel corpora tion it waa announced her today. EaEiaEKESffiSEEEX ONLY FOOLING IS WORD THAT VlLLA SENDS AMERICANS Says His Captives Are Honored Guests WASHINGTON, Mar. U-'By Asso ciated Press Relatives and friends of Americana kidnapped by Pancho Villa need not fear for their safety of ransom, according to a note receiv e d today and transmitted unofficially to army intelligence officers. Villa saya that ha haa only adopted a practical means of holding a friend ly conversation with representative Americans who cross his trail and that he will treat them with consideration aa guests and return them aafely. IN MOODY BIBLE INSTITUTE WORK CHICAGO, MARCH 11 (Special) Dr. W. P. White, of ninteen years pastor of the First United Presbytei ian Church of Albany. Oregon, re cently resigned to become Regional Director of The Moody Bible Insti tute, of Chicago for Bible conferences up and down the coast and in British Columbia. Dr. White's pastorate in Albany is the longest coast record for a con tinuous pa iterate save one. He has seen forty-sevrn ministers come and go in Albany while serving there. He has been associated recently with Dr. James M. Gray in Bible Conferences on the coast also with Drs. W. B. Riley and A. C. Dixon, is wefl-known In the East as a deep student of the Bible and has made a name for him self by lectures on Biblical archaeol ogy. ' , , MEETINGS WILL : ' BE COMMENCED Community meetings under the au spices of the Farm Bureau and lead ership of county agent S. V. Smith are soon to begin as the flu epidemic which caused the postponment of the meetings is now becoming a thing of the pastv The farm bureau, of Spring branch on Hamilton Creek, has noti fied Agent Smith of their intentiqns to hold a meeting at the first opportun ity. Meetings are in prospect at Craw fordville. Sweet Home, Waterloo, Crowfoot, Lacomb, Jordan and Mc Farland school house. The purpose tf the meetings. are to select one or more projects to be carried out during the year by. the combined efforts of the citizens of the community - TRIAL DELAYED BYTHE DEFENSE MONTESANO, Mar. 11 By Asso ciated Press The I. W. W. murder trial was delayed today by the non arrival of witnesses for the defense in sur-rebuttal. ' Judge may not in struct, the jury until tomorrow. Argu ments are expected to take up most of the session Friday and the case will probably close late tomorrow after noon. NOMINATIONS ARE GIVEN TO WILSON WASHINGTON, Mar. 11 By Asso ciated Press Labor nominations to the railroad labor board submitted to the president today and consisted of 10 names of which two are from the shop crafts. Names were not made public. Union groups ' except the shopmen are reported to be far from unanimous. Each is said to be fight ing for his own cholc. POST IS GIVEN ANDREW FOSTER WASHINGTON, Mar. 11 By Asso ciated Press. Andrew J. Foster, waa nominated today as receiver of pub lic money at Lakeview, Or. . . FAILURE OF. NAVY TO SEND VESSELS ASTOUNDING SAYS SIMS AT HEARING Charges Department ' with Holding Back Craft Early in War to Keep Main Body of Sea Strength Intact FIRST STATEMENT MADE r Admiral States Heads Un willing to Divide Fleet; Hoover to be Called as Witness for Sims. WASHINGTON, Mar. 11 By Associated Press Indication that the navy department with held aending available craft to European waters early in the war because of a desire to keep the tain body of era strength intact for possible eventualities, were contained in Sims testimony today before the senate ; inveatigatioa committee. The first definite statement of the policy, which he termed astounding, were received June 10, when the de partment announced its unwillingness to separate any division from tne main fleet but declared themselves willing to send the entire battleship fleet to act as a corresponding unit when the emergency waa needed. Sims stated that the request which the allies were aeeking to have grant ed was for the smaller vessels more mobile than the larger ahipa which could be used for convoying and for waging war on the submarines. He told how this request waa refused through the policies which the beads of the navy department decided upon. It was learned today that Herbert Hoover, former food administrator would be called as a witness to sub stantias the testimony of Rear Ad miral Sims regarding the gravity f the situation that arose of the policies inaugurated by Daniels. Hoover will testify at Sims request LEGION TAKES UP VARIED MATTERS Local Post Passes on Several Important Issues Dur ing Their Session .s . Community center house, bonus measure, boxing commission and date for the distribution of the French war certificates were among some . out- f standing measures discussed., at tha meeting of the local post of The American Legion at the armory last night. As regards the community center house the members at the meeting agreed that anything that the citizens of Albany saw fit to do in the erection of such a structure aa a memorial to the service men of Linn county would be gladly accepted. Jt was empha sized that the house would, serve for the present. It was also put for ward that it could serve as a meeting place for any local gatherings and wuold not in any sense be confined to meetings of The American Legion. , Local legionnaires after discussing the question agreed that probably the most suitable form of additional com pensation that the government could bestow would be in the form of a bill authorizing loans for home building and the purchase of farms. This was held to be more desirable to the great majority than a simple gift in a lump sum. , April 4 wss set aa the tentative date that the distribution of the . . (Continued on Page 8) r mrWa! 4W COUNT LEO TOLSTOY WORE A FROCt: COAT I S and went about bare-footed. It ...v. IIM iiiuy torn, out ej S 'twould make him foolhardy I J now for innumerable body com- j forts an inexnenalvelv ihfh- X j able thro an Ad in th Dam, fi X mm r-i. : A-j s.i Z