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ALBANY DAILY DEMOCRAT
Mcinber of AHHOCIATKI) I'll EMS
The only Niwipipir In Linn
County carrying A. V. Dispatches.
Tonight and Thursday rain. The riv
er stands at 6.0 feet. The tempera
ture ranged from 39 to 63 degree
VOL XXXII
ALBANY LINN COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1920
No. 274
NEW CABINET TO
BE FORMED SOON
SAY DISPATCHES
FROM GERMANY
Socialist Sure of Securing
Several I'lacex in New He
Ifime, Ebert Headquarters
AcknowledKe.
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FIGHTING IS HLOODY
Situation Growing Worse and
Number Killed and Wound
ed Will Exceed 12,000, l
" General Belief.
COP KN II A ( EN , Mar, 24 By
Aseociatvd Preaa The forma
tion of a new cabinet la only a
saatter of a few hourt arrardtag
to the lateat telegrams that have
been received from the head
quartan of the Kbert vemenl
la llerlln today-
It la practically acknowledged In
the messages that the ioeuHisln are
aura vt securing srvnal Important
portfolio, as a rrull of the change
Latest messages I'om Wesei Illin
ois that six thouand government
room, rrinforred bv thrir armed
countrymen had a akirmisa with 15,-
000 cominumsta guards near mat city
laat night The raports state that
here worc sixytwo killed and over
two hundred wounded.
Situation la growing graver in
Cermany every moment ad oinir
ities ara looking forwanl to serious
conflicts In the near future. The
Spartarana In the near .future. The
atronglh and havc bean Victorious in
rvery clash so ar witjl tile Tegular
guvemment forces. '
No word has Uwn heart from Easen
when the communist ore in control
and where soviet republic waa pro
claimed. The entita surrounding
country is in the hands at the rcrola
tionists and it la not believed that
the government can mako any aer
ioua attempt to wrest it from the vie
tors until conditions at' the capital
have Improved.
Lite dispatches indicate that the
total number of killed and wounded
alncc the revolution began will be a
groat deal larger than tha first fig
ures indlcaled. It la expected that
the number will run bayonil 12.600.
ELECTORS MUST
REGISTER SOON
Final Warnings " Are Sent
Out From Office of
, County Clerk,
Every elector who for any reason
haa failed to vote at any election dur
' itg the past two yeurs or who haa
moved Into a different precinct or
who resides within territory plnced In
another precinct by virluc of rc-dis-
cling of election precincts by the
county court at the December, 1919.
turm of court, must regltirr before
and including the 20th day of April
lw-'o;
Because of re-districting the pre
cinct boundary lima of Albany Pro
aincta and precincta adjoining the elty
of Albany It will be neceasary for
all doctors residing within tha 4ty
limits cast of Main Scract and Sooth
' of tha Salem Road to ro-registrr. Al
so all electors voting in Calapooia
Precinct must re-register as this ter
riiory is now in precinct Albany No.
1. Also electors residing in lections
7 and 20 Tp. 11 S. R. 8 W. as this
territory is now In precinct Sunrisa.
Also electors rrsidlng In sections 4
, and 9 Tp. 11 S. R. 8 W. and section
Continued on Pago 12 '
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FOR SALE Egga for hatching f
1 O. A. C. heavy laying strain B
Rocka. Price $1.00 per 15.
No. 2, price 75 eenta. '
Yaur Eyea First
Beth T. French, who la spending
. couple of months in Portland, taking
an advanced course In Optica will
spend Saturday at horn. Any on
wishing their eyes tested will please
call at F. M. French A Bona, Jewelers,
Engravers, Opticians. 24m26.
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WAHIIINOTON, Mar. 24
My Associated Press Rcpr.
svntntiv. W. J. Browning of
Camden, New Jcrsey.'dropped
dead here today while waiting
hia turn In a barber hop. II
the ranking rvpulillcan
member of the committee on
naval affair. Apparently
Drowning was in the beat of
health and no indication of
hia III health had been rumor
ed. an tt. j fi m mi w. m ee ao w w at
campaigners of
wet rebellion"
WILL GET MEDAL
A Rronze Victory
Emblem Will
be Given
IKON RIVER. Mich . Mar. 24 By
Associated Press Iron county, aerno
of I he "whiskey rebellion. It plan
oing to e;iiialixc ita brirf day of
fame and leave a lasting remem
brance of the comedy melodramatic
clash brtwrrn sute and federal off)
rlul. whirh for seven days caused
Iron River to displace ihc capita! of
th world in the day'a nrwa.
A bronze "viclory medal" for the
veterans of the bloodless clash tie
twren Major A. V. Dnlrymplc. fedrral
prohibition agent, and Prosecuting
Attorney Martin H. Mrlionough, will
lie struck, if county commissioners
carry out plans they arc considering.
Th.- virtory medl plnn, suggested
by a f.iCrtiou. newspaperman, appeal
ed to the fancy of the eommieaiotwra
and they have aked Provecutor Me
iJunomgh to obtain driigas for auit
alile rmbtrm. ,
LARK EVANS IS
GIVEN 15 YEARS
Motion For New Trial
Considered by
Court
MEDFORB, Mar. U By A.'ao
riati'd Press Lark Kvsna convicted
Sarorday of robbing W. C. White, a
Jitney driver last SeptcmWr, was
snrtrtvcrd, to 15 years in th peniten
tiary toduv by Circuit Judge lalkins.
Motion for a new trial waa askrd and
taken under advisement by tk court.
' 1. W. W.'a Convicted
MEPKORH Mar., 24.. By Ao
ciated P-rss What' la proliably the
! firxl eonv'icilion undrr the state syn
dicalism net waa secured today when
J. T. Smiilt, allewd 1 W. W. was
found truilty and sentenced to one
.vcar in the penitentiary by Judge
fallens. He was later paroled to tha
district attomev pending good behav
ior. LABOR STRIKE
HANGING FIRE
i
HnNOLULU.T. II.. Settlement of
the Filipino and Japanese sugnr plnn
t.ition atrike, which began on the
Island of Oahu January 19, still
seems as far off as ever. .
The Federation of Japanese Iilior
which speaks officially for both Fil
ipino mid Japanese strikers since the
Filipino union collapsed for want of
funds, reiterates Its intention to stand
firm for Its higher wage demants.
From the plantations comes the
report ihnt in spite of the strike and
morc than ItiOO strikebreakers of dif
ferent nationalities on the job.
WOBBLIES HAVE
SOLDIER DRIVE
WASHINGTON. Mar, 24 By As
soclated Press The failure of the
government to aid former service
men has resulted in the I. W. W.
making a drive to get auch men into
that organization. J. E. Holden, state
ai'.jutant of The American Legion
.M members of the Waya and Means
nmlttee today.
CONGRESS CAN
DECLARE PEACE
" WASHINGTON. Mar., 24. By As
sociated Press The congressional
authority given by the constitution of
the United States of America to pass
over the president's veto k joint res
olution declaring peace to be exist
ing la absolute according to the state
ment made today by Senator Thomas
democrat of Colorado.
ALUMNI OF OREGON
RESIDING IN ALBANY TO ORGANIZE
IN SUPPORT OF MILLAGETAX ACT
MEETING HAS BEEN CALLED PURSUANT TO AP
PEAL FROM STATE INSTITUTIONS THAT MORE
FUNDS AJIE NEEDED FOR THEIR CONTINU
ANCE AND THAT PASSAGE O F PROPOSED
LAW IS VITAL TO THEIR EXISTENCE; MEAS
URE TO BE VOTED U PON.
Taking up the fight for the
preservation of their Alma Mater,
alumni and former atudenta of the
Oregon Agricultural t'ollrge and
the I'nlveridty of Oreg-m will
hold meetlnga at the Albany Pub
lic Library neat Tuesday even
ing for the purpuae of complet
ing organisations. The O. A. C.
meeting haa been called by Ed
mund Andemon, who la acting chair
man fur Linn county, while the
Oregon alumni wlfl meet at the
call of President Campbell, who
la aklng every former atudent
to get behind the movement.
With former students ot notn ine
larger state collegia and those of the
.. v. . .... : I
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ately, a Joint Linn Lounty organixa-
tiun will be formed to co-operalc with
the Joint state committee at Port-
land.
Th. three biv stale institutions And
themselves in a very serious predica-
ment and ara forced into the corner to,
fight for their existance. Tbo colleges
finds themselves with but 3.8 per cent
more revenue than when ine miliage
bill of l'.13 was enacted, while the
studimt enrollment has increased 1M)
per emu aiiii so in is is tnc wen-
known fact that a dollar today is
SCHOOL MILAGE
BILL ATTRACTS
County Unit System Favored,
Meeting Here Friday
Interests
The public school question Is not
only a state but a national problem
that is attracting the attention of -the
prufoundual thinkers who have the
future of the state and nation at heart
In this state the miliage bill for the
support of common achoola is a mut
ter that ia to be decided at the next
primary election. Thia in tirief is a
two mill tax on the property of the
atate aad the amount of money raised
by this tax shall revrrt back to the
county where paid and apportioned In
each district according to the number
of teachers empsayed, making the
county the educational unit instead of
the state, ax advocated by many vot
ers. Under this proposed measure, com
paring Albany with Portland m re
sources and number of teachers, Port-
bind hus about 84 times the assessed
value of property and thirty times the
number of teachers to pay as Albany
which, by a plain process of reasoning
shows that Portland has about three
timea the amount' of property per
teacher on which to levy a tax as
Albany. Inasmuch as the entire state
helps in building up Portland, many
voters hero, believe In a state unit of
distribution.
The conference to be held here Fri
day under the leadership of the Al
bany directors, is attracting attention
In many porta of the state and bids
fair to be well attended. Medford hal
already adopted a schedule in the
elementary and intermediate grades
ranging from $1200 to $1800 per
annum, which ia an indication' of what
ia being done In many other places.
FAMOUS NOVELIST
DIES IN LONDON
LONDON, Mar., 24. By Associat
ed Press Mrs. Humphrey Ward,
novelist died here today in a hospital
of heart disease.
WILSON MAKES
OUTSIDE TRIP
WASHINGTONTMnr., 24 By As
sociated Press President Wilson
made his first trip outside of Wash
ington yesterday since he was taken
ill last fall, lie drove into Virginia
as far as Alexandria. He was gone
from the White House less than two
hours.
UNIVERSITIES
at
worth but 45 renta of what it waa
that time and an appreciation of the
situation can be gathered.
T'ne building! at each college are
woefully deficient and it will be impos
sible to aupply the additional equip
ment, apace or faculties that are re
quired with additional funds, to say
nothing of the difficulty of operating
at all. With higher aalariea being of
fered in other stata, all three institu
tions have lost many valuable mem-1
bera of tlat-ir faculties the last year'county treasurer announced her in
on account or lark
of funds with)
wmcn to nolo inem. for nomilution to ,ucce.d herselft at
The bill which will come before the.,,,, - nrim,rir, ln M.v on ,he
i . . 1 ; ff.. ni
people ai me coming eiecuun
tur appropriation of 120 mills
for the support of the three schools.
. This means that a peraon paying on a
,j Ooo VM)uation wouj have but $1.26
added to his taxes in 1921 for the
mmxim of keenino- uo Oreaon'a insti-
lutinna anil maintaining thrm nn an
mn.l with nthe e,,.t mil mi,l,ll.
western state colleges.
The ex-aerviee mania also vitally
interested in the passage of the bill.
for its failure would throw hundreds
now taking vocational training work
out of school. Many were kept out this
year on account of lack of room, and
ine situation would bv worw ticxt fan
if thia bill fails.
VETERANS BILL
GOES TO POLLS
Special Session of Solons
is Terminated After
Long Debate'
nivuDis a ". "
OLYMPIA. Mar., 24. By Associat -
. IKn, comest
Deiween the house and the senate
... ,,, . . oonu. mn lor ex-
arrr.ee men. the special session of the
nasnington legislature convened this
'.r ..cloc,t- . 4
io out as finally passed by both
houses contain, a referendum clause
rtr riv .,. asst. iL ....
,. k "" o "'c nues-
ton to the people at the next election.
i... prienuiuve 01 in, American
i-igton ruin asked that an emergency
cinuse oe auacnea to tne measure
but this was refusexj and thc referen-
dum proviso substituted. .
The house amendmeent bonds pro-
vided in the $11,000,000 bond issue to
pay tnc compensation rouf be sold will be paid next year.. If thc elem
at par. The bill is designed to pay eniary school bill does not pass, the
the world war veterans $15 a month eastern OregonianS will, raise the
for each month in the service, the
laymcnt to be made to the widows
and orphana-or the deceased soldiers
un to the time of the Liter's He.th
Conscientious objectors are excluded
from any benefits nndvr the act
Increase of the state contribution
to the school fund of from $10 to
$20 for each census child was pro
vided In the bill which passed both
houses. The tentative legislative pro
g'nni was framed on the basis of 15
10' for the. common schools. The
state superintendent asked 20-20 and
the legislature voted 20-10.
Thc compromise figures out as fol
lows: The total state tax produced
under the 20-10 plan will be $6,960,- .endorsement of republican presiden
OOO.of which $3,480,000 is increase, tial candidates showed that General
In its distribution 9770 school teach
ers will receive an average salary in
crease of 265 a year, or $2,689,120 of
the total increase.
HUGE LOSSES IN
FOREST BLAZES
SAN FRANCISCO, Mar.. 24 For
est fires burned over 74.000 acres of
California timuerland In 1919, accord-
ing to the United States districtfor-
rater here. Damage to standing tlm -
ber range and improvements was
estimated at more than $1,000,000.
BERKLEY, Cal.. Mar.. 24 Twelve
students in the department of phy-
cholog, of th. University of Call-
fornia have volunteered as subjects
for experiments on the effect of eer- presence of tha mothers of the con
tain drugs upon the brain action and trading parties. Mr. and Mrs. South
physical organs of the human body, ard will make their home in Lebanon
Caffiene. contained In coffee, and aa- where they are well known and have
parin, used as a headache cure, ar host of friends who wish them hap
among tha drugs to be used. piness araj, inttecess.
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!) . ANTI KKI) T It OOPS k
j DISCOVERED FkOZKN it
:! ON Itl'KKIAN PLAINS I
. s.'r: s se
ffc di P X A
m
f, LONDON, Mar. 24 By As
'. aociaUd Preaa Over sixteen
'; thousand anti-Bolnhevik sold
'JR lers have been found frozen to'
dt death on the Steppea plaina in
;, Southeastern Russia, accord
on ing to a wireleaa dispatch
; from Moacow. The men ovi
st; dently perished in an attempt
it to penetrate the Reda trri
Sfi tory.
MISS POWELL TO
BE A CANDIDATE
FOR TREASURER
Will Seek Nomination
at the Coming
Elections
Miss Lenore Powell, present Linn
trniion today of becoming a candidate
r '
jemoctie ticket. Miss Powell il
completing her first term as treasur
.r 0f the county.
I She was born in Brownsville and
has been a resident of the county all
her life with the exception of th
few years during which she wa
teaching In the public Schools of
' Portland. Miss Powell taught school
I Brownsville her native town for
' "f" l5n and '. we" known
, .. rii',
Revenues and' disbursements
,1. rniiiili th Ir-.anr-r's nff'trm 1nr
jyig. wcrt larger than at any time
Dr,vious in the historv of the coun-
ty it is believed . The income was
. $xfi2,185 06 and expenditurea 177.624
1 54. according to the figurca of the
auditor submitted recently.
I
LOSS OF TEACHERS
IS FEARED HERE
i Eastern Oregon Grants
I Increase 1 n
i Salaries
i Eastern Oregon is alive to the in
i ten st of the elementary schools of
i that part of the state, and threatens
1 to tllkc the best teachers of the Wil-
ljunettc vallev unless the salary quee
tions is properly adjusted. The Qre-
i Statesman has the
j,tatement in ita last issue
-Trl -our Morton County Taxpay
iers' I. ague that if the miliage bill
I for brtIer of teachers and
, ,apport of elementary schools docs
. . . ...
not umitilla county will raise
n, .alaries anyway and take the best
, ,rach.r. the Willamette valley has.
Wf will let them take what they can
g-et at their low salaries.
j This is he word that comes from
j tne aggressive county in northeastern
i nmn where, the school officials sav
! no salaries of less than $1200 a year
' money by locol taxation,
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LEAD IN DAKOTA
Lowden Second
Johnson is
. Third
a n
SIOUX FALLS. Mar , 24. By A
aociated Press With about nine
tenths of the city vote throughout the
state recorded and tabulated, the re-
suits of yesterday's primary on thc
Leonard Wood was considerably in
the lead.
. Totals from 1740 precincta gave
Wood 22,670; Governor Lowden. 19,
283; Hiram Johnson, 17.560; Senator
Miles Pointdexter polled only small
vote. Earlier returns all showed the
same order of the candidates and it
is expected that Wood will carry the
State.
LEBANON PEOPLE
-f . tjtjtttit-v mnriAV
' !XlftItlEjU IKJUAX
Frank Southard and Sylvia Meutxe,
two popular graduates of the lebanon
hlKh Kit00 of last year were married
... . . k.
,he cou't 1 V I
m""1' Jude w- R- BlycU- ln the
ERITABLE CHAOS
EXISTED IN NAYY
DEPARTMENT
SAYS OFFICIAL
Captain Harris Laning Tells
Senate Investigating Com
mittee Conditions Were
Deplorable.
BLAMES SECRETARY
Says That Personal Charact
eristics oC Daniels Were
Responsible for the Lack
of Unity in Department
WASHINGTON. Mar. 24 By
Asaociated Preaa A veritable
chaoa exixted in the navy depart
ment at the time' the . United
State entered the war according
to the testimony which Captaia
Harris Laning gave today before
the senate committee Investigat
ing the conduct of the naval de
partment during the war. 1
Laning who was assistant chief of
the bureau of navigation during: the
war told the committee that no one
knew what to do after a plan of ac
tion had been disapproved by the hcada
of the navy department- He intimat
ed that -there- was a general laxity
and confusion resulting from lack of
a co-ordination between the heads. ;
He said that the "personal charact
eristics of Josephus Daniels, secretary
of the Navy often made H impossible
to get approval of really important
policies of the navy." According to
answers which, he gave in response to
Chairman Hale's queries concerning
the responsibility for the apparent
confusion existing in the department
Laning indicated that the secretary of
the navy was greatly at fault for the
conditions.
. Laning testified before the commit
tee following the close of testimony
submitted by Rear Admiral Sims. The
number of witnesses called so far
have all borne out the statements
made by Sims that there was a lack
of unity between the allies and the
United States during the early part
of the war. .
It is expected that Admiral Benson
will be called before the committer to
explain the ' remarks which Sims
charged him with making concerning
the English in which the latter waa
alleged to have been cautioned against
them.
ELKS WILL HOLD
ANNUAL MEETING
Order Shows Growth and
Participation in Much
Charitable Work
The regular meeting of Albany
Lodre No. 359, B. P. O. E will be
held tomorrow evening at which time
large class will be initiated. , A
banquet will be served, marking the
closing scenes of what is considered
one of the most successful years of
the order in this city.
The official year of the order fee
gina and ends on April first The
order during the war period has been
a strong factor in promoting every
worthy cause and has taken an ac
tive part in raising money in the
county drives for funds.
An annual event ia program and
treat for the children of the' city
which is looked forward to by the
little tots with great interest More
than the usual number of new mem
bers has been received, according to
reports, and good fellowship prevails
aa the moving spirit of the order.
Grand secretary Fred C. Roberts,
of Dubuoue. Iowa, in summing up
soma of the activities of the national
organisation, reports to W. H. Par
rr. local secretary, that 250,000
copys of the soeeches of Evangelca
Booth, delivered at the annual meet'
ing at Atlantic City, have been sent
out and about 800.000 copies of the
American Creed and Tag resolutions)
and 2.200.000 official cards during the
the vear. The order is also the larg
est distributor of small silk flags in
the United States, aa every member
is presented with flag.
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