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The only Newspaper In Linn
County carrying A. I. Dispatches.
Tonight and Sunday rain. Yesterday
tha rainfall waa .40 In. River 8.7 feet.
Temperature ranged from 45 to 66.
VOL. XXXII
ALBANY LINN COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 13 1920
No. 266
GERMANY AFLAME WITH REVOLT;
MILITARY IN CONTROL OF NATION
FORMER WAR LEADERS OF THE
OLD REGIME GAIN THE UPPER
HAND AND ARE BACK IN POWER
HINDENBURG AS -IMPERIAL PRESIDENT IS
MENTIONED; VON KAIT, PRESIDENT OF THE
FATHERLAND PARTY IS CHANCELLOR; VON
LUETTWITZ, COMMANDER IN CHIEF.
llKIU.l.N, Mar. IX Hy Associ
ted Press Military revolution
and tha overthrow of the Grr
man government waa announced
thin morning by the army author!.
Ilea here. Kevolting troop enter
ed lirrlin and occupied the Wll
hlmtre. Two former lead
era of the old Imperial military
regime have been announced a
temporary head of the new gov
ernment that la being formed.
No violence la reported to the popu-
lation in llerlln according to the de-
patches which announce Doctor Wolf- )
gang Von Kapp, former conservative
member of the Reichstag, director gen-
eral of the German Agricultural So-;
ciety and president of the Katherland
Tarty, which urged war to a bitter
end as the chancellor.
General Von Luettwits, military
governor of Belgium during the early
day of the war ha been appointed
a commnader-ln-chicf of the army
of the government being formed. He
was In comand of an army on the
Verdun front during' the latter part
of the Var and was prominently op
posed to the peace terms. Ilia wife
was Miss Cery of Cleveland.
Troop Moved In Berlin
Word indicate that the national
assembly ha been dissolved by the
revolting troops and also that the so
cialist party has declared general
strike. Troops hrading the ncoll con
centrated at Docbcriti and began mov
ing upon Berlin at midnight March 12.
Population was warned of the impend
ing attack. Armed forces from the
Baltic regions Joined the Insurrection
ists. Public security guard occupied the
offices of the Worwacrt ami semi-official
new agency. All service Wthe
province and abroad were proviaion
ally suspended. It Is reported trial
President Kbert and Minister of the
Defence. Noske algned a manifesto
this morning summoning the workers j
of the country on a general strike.
Government officials left Berlin
without taking the time to resign. All
the socialist papers have been sus
pended. President Kbert and Noske
In their strike proclamation said that
this waa the only method whereby
LICENSE TO WED
IS ISSUED HERE
License to marry ' issued today
to ll.irobl Pollock cf Browtivilb. and
' Cecil Heart of Albany by County
Clerk Ku.scll.
COURT APPOINTS
SON AS EXECUTOR
Elmer Awhetwas appointed exec
utor of the will of his father the
luto Georgo Asche according to the
decision of County Judge Bilycu. The
estate is valued at approximately
18000.
New Classified j
y
FOR SALE About 40 acroe; 26 acre
; under cultivation remainder pasture,
i Good buildings. Located 8 miloa
.... v , . j
east of Albany on Knox Butte road.
east oi i
a quarter of a mile off the Santiam
road. Phone 21-F-13. G. E. Was
- i son, Albany, Oregon, Route 8. 79
AGENTS WANTED Lady or Gentle
man agent wanted In Albany for
' Watkini Famoua Products. Watkin
goods known everywhere. Big pro
fit. Write today. Watkini Com
pany, 81, Winona, Minn. 73
WANTED To purchase two turkey
hen from good stock. Phon 2-F-24.
J. W. Motley, Albany, Oregon. 76
.WANTED Will trad lngl roller
' for douMe roller. Pay difference.
Inquire of i. W. Motley, Phone
2-F-42, Albany, Oregon. 76
(Continued on Fag )
mum of the Kaiser's regime could
be prevented.
I lllndrnburg "Imperial rreaidrnl'
Great procession of atrikera are
already parading the at reels of the :
I larger German citiva. The aeat of
I the deposed government la reported
J aa having been avt up at Dresden, the j
j cauilal of Saxony. It ia not known
j whether Kbert has gone to Dresden
i or not. It ia reported that the revo-1
1 lulionist intend setting up General
Von llindenburg aa "Imperial Prel-
dent."
Afternoon report Indicate that the
revolutionary movement has been ex-1
tended throughout the nation and that
it has already reached the outlying
provinces. The regular army a well
at ihe public security guards are said I
to have become Infected witn me
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lllndrnburg and Von Ludendorff form-
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has been ordered by Noske, neither
has been found by the authortie.
Treaty Will be Honored
COLOGNE, Mar. 13 .By A. P A
despatch from the Gatette in Ber
lin say that new arovernment ia not
intended to nromote the aim of the
monarchists or reactionaries. It
mint. Knnn .avim. thai I Vw Irt.nlv
of Versailles will be honorably ful-'
Milled in every respect.
Allien Not to Interfere
PARIS, Mar. 13 By A. P.-In of
ficial circle here it ia believed that
the allied nations will permit the Ger
mans to settle their internal difficul
ties by themselves without any inter
ference. I.id (Joes on Cenundiip
BKRI.IN, Mar. 13 By A. P. Strict
press censorship has been established
by the revolutionists. Papers are only .
allowed to print government procla-
mations. It is announced by these that
there will be a return to constitutional
conditions and that a call for election
will lie issued as soon aa order i re
stored. The press was informed that
neither reaction or a monarchy was
desired hy the new government.
JURY STILL OUT
IN I. W. W. CASE
Retired Iast Night at
O'Clock Following
Arguments
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MONTESANO, Mar. 13 By As
sociated I'ress At a late hour this
afternoon thP jury which is trying
the case of the 10 alleged members of
the I. W. W. for the armistice day
murders at Centralia was still ''out.
The jury retired Inst night at 10.20
o'clock following the closing argu
ments for the state by W. H. Abel
special prosecutor.
The opening argument for the
The opening argument for the pro
secution was made bv C. D. Cunning-
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nBUBt, an hour nd a half of the time
allotted to the state in presenting
its case to the Jury. Following the
argument made for the defense by
Attorney George Vandeverr. Abel
made the closing speech and the. jury
retired.
In order that the case might not
go over for another day Judge Wil
son asked the jury to hold a night
session to which they consented. The
state In its arguments contended that
the I. W. W. had no light to arm
themselves and fire upon tha soldiers
despite their Justification on the
ground of self defense. Vandeveer
In hit arguments dwelt upon the fnct
that the men simply defended them
selves and in this overstepped no
bounds of their rights.
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BUTTE, Mont., Mar. 13
Ily Associated Press Mayor
W. T. Btodden of Butte haa
asked the city council for an
ordinance controlling aerial
distribution of advertising
matter. There la no law
touching the matter at pres
ent, but to distribute paper
on the street 1 forbidden,
where the result is to litter
the street.
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FUNDS WILL BE i
RAISED FOR THE
FAIR BUILDINGS
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Votes $35,000
Complete !
Grounds 1
At a meeting of the Linn county
fair board at the St. Francia hotel
thia afternoon it was voted to raise
$.')( ,IK0 (mediately to pay for the site
of the fair grounds and also for the
construction of the various proposed
.already been pledged or subscribed,
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A committee to sell stock in the fair
association for the purpose of raising
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VI v iiarww luiiua una as f Afifi tvu, a lit
general plans for the building aa
submitted to the board by Architect
Babb were approved by the board.
They consist of a main pavilion 50 by
131 feet, machinery shed and stuck
building. A grand stand to accomo-
'date at least three thousand person
also included in the plana. Another
feature of the grounds wi be an
automobile pavilion. Thia waa turn-
ed over to W. R. Scott to arrange.
It waa voted to have racing at the
fairs and Wayne Stuart was selected
as chairman of the committee upon
races and tracka.
Among those who attended the con
ference were F. H. Pfeiffcr of Albany;
A. C. Schmidtt of Albany, Ed Shoel
bany, A. J. Mrlnnii of Goltra Raymond
Burkhart of North Lebanon Perry Par-
ker of Plainview, J. C. Brown of Shedd
P. A. Young of Albany. Leonard Gil-
key of Gilkey station, M. Forester of
Tangent. J. B. Cornett of Shedd. Wil-
liam Kelier of T.niri.nt Rohert Burl,.
hart of Albany, M. Averhoff of Lcb-
anon, Geo. J. W ilhelm of Harrisburg,
and D. C. Burgess of Devrr. I
OFFICIAL VERSION
OF I. W. W. TRIALS
IN LEGION ORGAN
A highly interesting and authori
tative version of the events leading up
, to the armistice .day shootings at Cen
'trnlia and the subsequent trial of the
I alleged members of the I. W. W. at
' Montcsano written by Hen Hur Lamp
I man of Port'and is contained in the
recent number of the Pacific Legion,
official publication of The American
legion for thr states of Ongon and (
Washington.
Photograph of all thi participant '
to the case including those of the j
derenoants, tne jury trying them, pros
ecutor. Judge WiNon and attaches
of the court at Montesano illustrate
Which appears in the March number
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WILDE BESTS
MORAN IN BOUT!
Toledo, Mar., 13 By Associated
Press Jimmy Widle British fly
weight, easily bested Frank Moran in
their fight here last night according
to the press decision. The battle is
reported to have been an exciting one
all throuhh.
At The Crucial Moment
of a vital Battle Dur
ing the French
Revolution
the heliograph
flashed this: Private
Bateaux wearing his bead
on pike rent his room thru
an Ad In The Democrat Classified I
HOOVER DECLINES
TODISCUSSNAVAL1
POLICIES BEFORE
THEPROBEBOARD
Called as a Witness by Sims
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the r ormer f ood Adminis-
trator Proves a Silent Wit
ness as to Criticism.
TELLS ALLIES PLIGHT
But States he Knew Nothing
i of Naval Plans Other than
That Sub Warfare was
liringing Allies to Knees.
WASHINGTON, Mar. 13. By
Associated Press Herbert Hoov
er, former food administrator,
called today to testify before the
senate Inve'tigsting committee onS
Ihe policies of the navy depart
ment during the war refused to
discuss either the navy' policy
or their working during the war.
Hoover was called at the request
of Admiral Sim-, who has been a wit
ness for the past few days before the
committee and whose Mutational
statements caused the investigation to
be made in the first place.
Hoover stated that he had little
knowledge of the naval activities dur
ing to war Hedrclared however that
the allies wert on the verge of star-
vation from April to September 1917
result of the German Submarine
campaign.
He stated that the only thing which
prevented a caollapse of the allies
and their defeat was the success of
the anti-sub war which they waged.
, He said thai he considered this cam
paign to be the most important one
during the war.
Documentary evidence supporting
his charges that the navy department
failed to keep him informed on their
policeU were presented by Admiral
Sims today before the committee,
i Sinn showed that agreements were
reached by Daniels with the French
and British without the knowledke
being imparted to him.
APPOINTMENT IS
GIVEN TO ALBERS
j
' E. W. Albrrs was appointed admin
i strator of the estate of the Late Wil
liam S. Hutehins by County Judge
Bilycu. Property of the deceased is
alleged to be worth $lt00.
CONFERENCE WILL
BE HERE TUESDAY
Albany District Will be Scene
of 3ieet of New World
Movement
Conference of the New World Move
ment will be held at United Presby-
,, .,h .., T..lv March lfi.
in Albany, beginning at 2 o clock in
the afternoon and lasting until V
o'clock that night. Shedd, Oakville
and Albany will be included in the
district to be covered by the confer
ence. Dr. J. Knox Montgomery, president
of Muskingum college of Ohio and one
of the biggest leaders In the church
in the country will be the principal
speaker at the conference. Other
who are on the program are Rev. R.
W. Caldwell, Dr. M. E. Dunn and
Rev. Earl Du Boia.
Tha program is as follows:
2:00 Devotions.
2:10 The Church's Unparalleled Op
portunity Dr. J. Knox Montgom
ery. 2:40 The Call of the Foreign Field
.Rev. R.
W. Caldwell.
8:00 The
Call of the Homeland
Dr. M. E. Dunn.
3:20 Leaders for the Task Rev. R.
W. Caldwell.
(Contiaued on Pag 8)
GASSED VETERAN
PASSES TO REST
Dies Today After
Changing: His Insur
ance Policy
Matheo Polaaek, of Scio died at one i
o'clock thia afternoon from the ef-i
fecta of German gas received while he
was in Franc as an infantryman in i
the 91st division. He haa been danger
ously ill for some time, hia lungs hav
ing been aeriously affected as a re
sult of the poisonous fumea which be
inhaled.
Yesterday local officials of the war
risk insurance bureau at Polasek's re
quest changed the beneficiary on hia
government insurance policy. Polaaek
had it made in favor of Mr. Mary
Chitle of Scio. It had been made to
another sister in Bohemia and Polaaek
realizing his serious condition aaked
to have it changed because of the on-
settled conditions In his native land.
Following the change effected yes
terday Polaaek was comforted and ap
parently seemed better. Today how
ever he became rapidly worse and
shortly afternoon passed away. It ia
thought that The American -Legion
will conduct the funeral services,
which will probably be military.
FOREST SERVICE
IS THREATENED
PORTLAND, March, 13 The ad
vice from Washington telling of the
resignation of Chief Forester Henry
S. Grave was recorded at the Dis
trict Forest Office here with the
greatest regret and concern. This
feeling of uneasiness was increased
by the late news of the resignation
of Associate Forester A. F. Potter.
According 40 information ju-t given
out y the District Forester's office
here. 25 Forest employee have re
signed in the North Pacific district
alone since December 1, 1919. These
resignations have come from persons
who were not able to make headway
against the H. C. L. on their Govern
ment pay.
ST. PATRICK'S EVE
BANQUET PLANNED
Banquet will be given Tuesday
evening on the eve of St. Patrick's
day at 7 o'clock in the auditorium of
St. Mary's Acad-my . Event will be
staged under the auspices of the
Knights of Columbus.
"Tommy" Ryan of Portland will be
the guest of honor and principal
s peaker for the occasion. An in
teresting program and an excellent
chicken dinner prepared by the ladies
of the Parish will br given . Will
Barrett of AJb.-.ny will preside as
toastmaster.
THIEVES STEAL
AUTO AT NIGHT
Thcives broke Into the garage of
C. S. Blanchard at hi hnm. . ,k.
Lebanon road two miles out of Albany
last night and effected a successful
escape with an automobile belonging
to the owner. No clue to the iden
tity is known. Authorities here were
notified today and description of the
machine has been telegraphed to all
the neighboring towns in ihe valley.
The machine is a Lexington, dark
green with yellow wheels. License
number S2348. . .
STRIKERS TIE
UP INDUSTRIES
New York. M.r. IS rt s .
iated Press Lone-shoremen ,-hrelcar.
and dock workers went out on a strike
touay involving seven or eight thou
sand workers. Thrv rlnnunH annmv.
imatrly twenty-five percent increase
in wages. Shipping tie-up Is threat
ened with disastrous rrult a
industries of the nation.
SERVICES TO BE
IN AFTERNOON
Services will take place Sunday af
ternoon at 4 o'clock at St. Mary's
church instead of in the evening at
the customary time because of the
absence of Father Lane who is going
to Corvallis to attend the initiation
class of the Knights of Columbus.
RESERVATIONS TO
TREATY WILL ALL
BE PASSED ON BY
SENATE MONDAY
Republicans and Democrats
Agree to Vote Upon all
Pending and Proposed Res-
. ervations to Covenant,
OUTLOOK IS GLOOMY
Lodge Submits Amendment
to His Substitute to Article
Ten Reservation but Fails
to Secure Approval.
WASHINGTON. Mar. 13 By
Associated Press Gloeasy eat- .
loek for a compromise oa the
treaty of the league of nation) .
caused republican and democratic
senators to virtually agree npoa a
vote Monday en aU pending or
proposed reservation that are at
present before Congress.
The result they predicted would be
a ratification vote before the middle of
next week. The administration force
and the irreconcilibles claim to have
enough vote to defeat the treaty with
the republican article ten reservation
substitute as modified today.
In an effort to unite the republicans.
Senator Lodge introduced an amend
ment to his substitute to the original
reservation to article ten of the treaty
at the auggestion of Senator Borah.
The change would insert the words
"including all controversies relating;
to territorial integrity or political in
dependence." Although thia measure was intro
duced it failed to secure the approval
of a sufficient number of the irrecon
cilibles to guarantee a safe number.
The group which opposed the substi
tute still maintained that they wanted
the original reservation or none at
all
BROWNSVILLE TO
HAVE SERVICES
Evangelistic services will be con
tacted by the Methodist, Presbyterian
ind Baptist churches at Brownsville
for two weeks beginning tomorrow
vening. "What will America Be
Without Christ" is to be the sub
ject of the conference.
VETERANS MAY
BE CANDIDATES
Expected That Some Will be
Out for Office at May
Primaries
A number of ex-service men of
Linn county are rumored to be casting
eyes at the numerous offices to be fill
ed here at the coming elections. As
practically all the county position
have to be filled and as there are three
or four hundred veteran here accord
ing to the roll of The American Leg
ion there is hardljj any doubt but that
some of the ex-soldiers will oat ud a
contest at the polls in May.
The virtual landslides that have.
greeted ex -service men in various
parts of the country who put their
names before the oublic aa asnlranta
to public office have not passed un
noticed in Albany. Recent return of
a soldier candidate for Mayor in Seat
tle by an overwhelming majority
against an alleged radical contender
has caused a great, deal of comment
among the political tent inhabited
by war veteran.
None of the ex-service men her
have openly declared themselves aa
candidates for office here but it ia ex
pected that the break will come short
ly as the time for the primaries draw
nearer. There arc no veteran of the
world war holding public position In
Linn county.