ALBANY DAILY DEMOCRAT
Member of AHHOCIATKIi I'KKHH
Th. only N.w.p.per In Linn
County carrying A. P. Ui.paU.-hei.
Tonight and Saturday fair, warmer.
River .0 feet; rainfall .16 inch.
Temperature ranged from 30 to 48.
VOL XXXII
ALBANY LINN COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1920
No. 277
V
SPEAKER ASSAILS
ADMINISTRATION
AT MEETING OF
REPUBLICAN CLUB
I Former Chief Justice of Su
preme Court FlayH Wilson
and Cabinet Officials for
Alleged Incompetency.
ATTACT IS MADE
Term Disque and Spruce
Workers "The Army of the
Yeon ltuildinic";
Accusations Made.
Bitter
An eloquent plea in behalf nf
the republican party and a ecalh
ln( attack una the democratic
administration far their alleged
deSrlenclea la the conduct of the
ar wea delivered last evening In
Albany before the auemblrd
member, of the Republican club
by Wallace MeC.m.nt. former
chief justice of the Supreme court
of Oregon.
The speaker hurled braodsides of
invective and "sarcasm against Prcst
uenl wuson, niemoers ui mi
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nu u.-.... -
the various military operations of the
The Spruce Production division,
which h. termed th. "army of the
Yeon building" wti given particular
attention by McCamant. who chart.
tensed ita operations as a series of
colossal blunders. Award of di.lingu-
tahed service medals to the spruce
officers was also bitterly assailed.
Baker and Daniel. .. in for a
fulsome shar. of th. '
ed at th. Wilson .dmlnl.tr.tl.rn. VVd -
son wa. charged with displaying In-
consistency throughout his tenure of
omce. Met amani siaiea inai me
president was for self-determination
in every country but hi. own.
He compared Wilson to Lincoln
and averred that the latter showed a
patriotism far greater than the pre..
ent he., of the nation in that during
the crisl. of the civil w.r he .band-
' oned politics and chose democrat"? s
well as republican, for hi. cabinet
e.d adviser. He charged Wilson
with, .electing men with on. virtue,
namely, "a blind and unquestioning
a.irerrnce lu nil f n iinun p; mij
policies.
I low Walker, stnt campaign man
ager for Leonard Wood made a hon
speech urging support for hi. candi-
date. I ' ' ?
CONVICTS BREAK
AWAY AT SALEM
Two Men Escape in Machine
Belonging to State
Parole Officer
' Snlrm, Mar. 27. Bv Associated
Press J.ick Price and Robert Grant
escaped loilny from the state peni
tentiary at S.ilcm in an automobile
belonging to state Parole Officer
Varncy. The men were working out.
aide of 'h walls and took the ma
chine which wa. parked near the en
trance. Continued on Pag. 12
New Classified
-
AUCTION SALE Wednesday, Mar.
81 at 10 o'clock on tha H. R. Craw
ford farm, 8 miles southe.st of
Turner, on th. Albany road. 88
dairy cattle Including 10 Jersey
cows, 7 Guerna.y-Jer.eya, 6 Jersey.,
(Golden Glow .train), 11 Gurnsey
Jersey heifer calve., B year old
Guernsey bull (Mlddledal. General
81574 D. Home., hogs, chicken.,
beas, w.gons, and farm Implements,
tool., hay, grain, seed and planted
-. crop.. Fret) lunch at noon on tha
ground.. Col. W. F. Wright auc
tioneer, Turner State Bank clerk.
F. M. Bear, Mgr. Crawford farm
Turner, Oregon. 27m 30
REPAIRING attto top., plat glaaa
curtain., aid. eurtalni and eu.hlon..
Sea 0. H. Farher at 218 Ea.t 1st
Stroat, Albany, Oregon. m27
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l CONVMTKII TODAY OK It
i HKDITIOL'H CONSPIRACY It
wi !i iti ii m m w w mi Wi bi m m ,
WINMPKU, Mar. 27 lly
AsociaU-d Pres. Five Iradrra
of the general atrika In Winni
Hg were convicted today of
seditious conspiracy. Una wan
found guilty of common nuls
anrv and the avventh acquit
ted. it) m w. w. to: ft; kj m w mmmto
HOOVER DENIES
HE IS SEEKING
PUBLIC OFFICE
WASHINGTON, Mar. 27 By As
sociated Pre. A second announce
ment was made today by Herbert
Hoover, former food administrator to
the effect that he was not seeking the
nomination as president of the Unit
ed States. It was a reiteration of a
former statement to the same effect
The announcement came aa a reply
to an inquiry as to campaign expenses
addressed to presidential candidates
by the Railroad labor unions. Hoover
stated that as he was not conduct
ing a campaign ha had no campaign
expenses. Me repeated the statement
which he made on March 8, in which
l that h. was not ..-eking the
: . . ...
nomination for president nor puo.
puolic
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PHEASANTS ARE
LIBERATED HERE
C.ln:am A cnria t inn
oaiUiam AbSOCldtlOn
Ft'eeS 84 BirUS
NeST Albany
'
. f
Wg, lht Urm of A. Blrwn.
7BlVm,mb, of tb, lot.,
and
Fish commission. The
received from the state
jr.!.
pheasant farm at Corvallia.
Distribution was made under the
auspices of the Santiam association.
Those present at the occasion today
A R j,,n' s.hultIt Frnk-
m r A Uln
T?" T T X T r AT T''i Df
r UINtKAL lUnfci
HELD IN ALBANY
Mrs W Wakefield tO
be Buried in
This City
Funeral of Mrs. D. W. Wakefield,
former resident of Albany, who died
in Portland last Wednesday, will be
held in this city Monday afternoon nl
the United Presbyterian church at 2
o'clock. Dr. W. B. Ilinson of Port
lund and Dr. W. P. White of Albany
will officiate. . (
Interment will Ik made in the River
aide cemetery. Mrs. Wakefield was
one of the pioneer resident, of the
state having come from Iowa with
her parents in XTiI She wns married
In Albany in IMlin ami a few yenrs
later took up her residence with her
aushand in Portland where .he ha.
lived ever since.
COLLEGE ALUMNI
TO ORGANIZE AT
LIBRARY TUESDAY
Alumni and former students of thr
University of Oregon are reminded
of thr meeting which i. to take place
in the Albany Public Library at 8
o'clock Tuesday evening for the pur
pose of organizing to take part in the
fight for th. millagc tax bill.
At the same time the alumni of the
Oregon Agricultural "College will be
In session forming ita plans. Follow.
Ing th meetings it i. expected that
a Joint committee of alumni of the
two college, will be formed and the
work carried on together.
A representative of the University
of Oregon may be on hand to assist
in thr organisation and to explain
the needs of the university. Similar
representatives from the O. A. C may
also be present. All former members
of both Institution, are Urged to be
on hand.
CRABTREE DANCE
SCENE OF TROUBLE
Reports from Crahtree Indicate
that place Inst night was the scene
of several disturbance. Fight, are
reported, slleerd to have been caused
from strong drink .iff all i
ALLIES DISCOVER
GREAT QUANTITY
OF AMUNITION IN
BERLIN VICINITY
Officers Charged with Execu
tion of I'eace Treaty Un
cover 3500 Field Pieces in
Province of Brandenburg.
.MUELLER DECLINES
Foreign Minister Under
Bauer Refuses to assemble
New Cabinet; French Dep
uties Cive Confidence Vote
PAKIS. .Mar.. 27. Hy Aim
ciated Press lireat quantities
of arms and smunitiom have
been disn'ered jin (iermany
by Allied officers charged with
aupcrvising th. esecution of the
peace treaty according to advice,
which have been received here.
In lirand'-nburg and thr immediate
vicinity of Ilerlin alone more than
.l.'iOO three inch field pieces have bern
found slonr The sllirs have not yet
given the C-rmans permiMion to send
iroop into the Khur district who
' might use these guns. The French
lin.i-i that ihr military occupation of
the neutral tone by thr Germans
would endanger the peace treaty de
claring that there would be no w-.y
of getting them out again except by
force.
The French Foreign office here to
day ha. received communication from
Berlin to the effect that Henry Muel
ler, foreign minister of thr Bauer
cabinet haa declined to accept the
task of forming a new German min
istry. The chamber of deputies expressed
confidence in the government today
by a etiie .of more than seven to one.
on the government's foreign policy.
"Reds" Help Spartarans
London.Mar.. 2. By Associated
Prrs One hundred Kuoian officers
wire sent into (ieiinany by Lrnine.
the Russian BoUhevik premier and
are aiting in the operations of the
German worker, before Wesel accord
ing to a Copenhagen despatch re
ceived here tod..y No report has been
made on the conduct of the opera
tion, of the "Red" in the Ruhr val
ley. It is thought that Weel i. .till
holding out.
New C.bnet Formed
BERLIN, Miir., 27 By Associated
Press Formation of a new Her
man cabinet with Henry Mueller as
premier was announced here today.
JERSEY CATTLE
CLUB TO TOUR
Albany to be Hosts Again to
Prominent Breeds ,
in May
The Oregon Jersey Cattle Club will
hold another juliler tour through the
Willamette Valley this year, repeat
ing the successful performance of
Inst spring. The dates have been set
for May 4, S and rtth. Albany will
be one of the principal point, on the
intiniary and the caravan will spend
one night in this city. They will be en
tertained at luncheon at noon on May
5 by the Chamber of Commerce and
dinner that night and breakfast the
next morning will be had at local
hotels.
Robert L. Burkhart, prominent
member of the Oregon Jersey Cattle
will assist again and will help enter
tain the visitors here. Walter K.
Taylor I. president and S. Fine, sec
retary of the organization, both of
Corvallia.
Visitor, will come from all part, of
the country. The Washington Jer
sey breeders will join the party, with
will start from Portland, and British
Columbia, Idaho and California stock
men will be in procession which will
inspect the Various herds of the val
ley between Portland nnd Halsey. A
mong prominent visitors there will
be M. D. Munn, prominent St. Paul
lawyer and president of the Amer
ican Jersey Cattle Club; R. If. Gow,
secretary of the American club;
Hugh VanPelt, of Waterloo. Ia., not
ed stockman and Judge of livestock;
Ty Chane, nationally known writer
on cattle subjects, and others.
Local bicedcrs are looking forward
to the event.
MANY ESCAPE DEATH IN NEW
YORK THURSDA YIN ACCIDENT
NEW YORK, Mar. 25 One min was killed six badly injured and
the lives of scores were endangered today when the araffolding in
front of a building on West 4!Hh street, between Broadway and Seventh
avenue, crashed to the ground. This telegraphed picture shows the
debris at the place where thousands of people go into and out of the
ubway. The superintendent of the construction has been arrested on
a technical charge of homicide. That many ohters escaped death was
miraculous as the collapse was duding the rush hour when the theatre
were pouring their crowds into the street.
SCHOOL HEADS FAIL TO ADOPT
MINIMUM SALARY SCHEDULE FOR
TEACHERS AT
MOTION FOR SCALE OF
$125 FOR HIGH SCHOOLS GOES DOWN TO DE
FEAT; VARIOUS REASONS ARE ASSIGNED FOR
FAILURE OF MEASURE TO PASS: FUTURE
MEETING IS DISCUSSED.
Despite the earnest pleas for
the adoption of an adeijaate mini-,
mum teachers' salaries In the
schools of Southwestern Oregon,
the lone motion made at the meet
ing of the school head of 16 of
the larger cities of this part of
the state, held in Albany yester
day afternoon went down to de
feat by an overwhelming vote.
Many of those voting against the
motion which provided for a minimum
of $110 for grade echo! teacher, and
$125 for high school teachers, ac
knowledged that they were paying
more than that sum at this time in
their communities but seemed reluct
ant to sponsor any minimum which
would be a standard for all the com
munities, b
It seemed apparent to all those in
attendance that a conference of at
least several days duration would be
necessary before any definite scale
could be reached that would be agree
abl to all conrrned. . There was a wide
! divergence in the figures submitted by
the various representatives which it
was allaged were used as a basis for
DENIAL MABE BY
CALIFORNIAN TO
BORAH'SCHARGES
WASHINGTON, Mar. 27 By Asso
ciated Press Telegram from Ed
ward L. Doheney of California deny
ing reports that he had contributed to
the- campaign of General Leonard
Wood was put Into the senate record
today.
It characterixed the statement,
quoted in the senate yesterday by
Senator Borah as "ungrounded and
unwarranted and without any basis.''
FIRE DAMAGES
AMERICAN LINER
SOUTHHAMPTON. Mar. 27. By
Associated Pre Two fires on the
American liner Philadelphia today
damaged the vessel so badly that her
sailing was abandoned pending ex
tensive repairs. In view of similar
fire, on the steamer New York re.
cently the manager of the line declar
ed today that incendiarism wa. suspected.
MEETING FRIDAY
$110 FOR GRADE. AND
fixing the salaries in their communi
ties.- The differences-arose form the
increased cost of living m some com
munities over others and the varying
amounta of the special" tax levies.
!fore adjournment the members
voted to appoint a committee to con
fer with the committee appointed by
State superintendent of public in
struction under authority of the legis
lature on a method of state taxation
for the support of the public schools.
A. C. Svhmitt empowered to make the
appointment named Luke L. Goodrich
as chairman of the committee and Dr.
H. H. dinger of Salem. M. F. Cor
rigan of McMinnville, J. K. Weather-
ford of Albany, W. E. Kyler of Cor
.allis..C. W. Halderman of Astoria
and W. H. Gore of Medford as mem
bers.
Endorsement of the millage tax act
for the support of public schools was
also voted before the adjournment of
the meeting. There was considerable
discussion as to holding another meet
ing in the near future but no definite
decision reached.
KLU KLUX RIDERS
BURN BUILDINGS
REAPPEARANCE
MAYFIELD, Ky., Mar. 27 By As
sociated Press The first outbreak of
the night rider, that has occurred in
Western Kentucky in more than 13
year, when the torch was applied to
the Mayfield tobacco chute by several
hundred tobacco grower.
The men were all masked and came
without and warning into the city at
the dead of night After firing the
building they dispersed immediately.
Authorities are at a low to identify
the guilty parties.
ADMIRAL PLANS
A DICTATORSHIP
VIENNA, Mar. 27. By Associated
Press Admiral Horthy. recent of
the Hugarian government, plans to
Issue a proclamation establishing a
military dictatorship over the coun
try according to information which
ha. been received from Hungary. It
i. thought that h. intends to effect
a return of the Emperor Charles to
the throne in his manner.
POLES TRANSFER
GOVERNMENT TO
BROMBERG WORD
RECEIVED TODAY
London Gets Message ' An
nouncing Shifting of Capi
tol from Warsaw to City in
Polish Posen near Thorn.
RUMORS PREVALENT
Reasons for Change not
Known ; Last Message from
Staff Correspondent Failed
to Disclose Intention.
LONDON. Mar. 27 By Associ
ated Press The Polish govern
ment waa removed Thursday
from Warsaw to Bromberg in
Polish Posen, ' twenty-6ve mile
Northwest of Thorn,, according
to a Berlin despatch to the Ex
change Telegraph comr my to
day. Various rumor are quoted
ss prevalent for the exchange.
Staff correspondent of the Asso
ciated Press stationed at Warsaw
filed a despatch from there Thursday,
which contained no hint of any inten
tion on the part of the Polish govern
ment to leave Warsaw. There wa
nothing in the message at that time to
indicate that there was any reason
why the government should be com
pelled to move at this time.
Novorossik, the last base in South
ern Russia under control of General
Denikine has been captured by the
Bolsheviki according to the latest
wireless despatches from the Soviet
government at Moscow.
Information which has been receiv
ed at Paris through the Ukranian mis
sion indicate that Odessa, the great
Russian port on the Black sea, has
been occupied by the Ukrainian army
under General Pawlenko, commander-in-chief
of the UVranian National
army. . ?
No. despatches have been received
concerning any activities of the
Bolsheviki in this region recently and
it is not known what their movements
are at the present time.
S. T. COX BURRIED
AT RIVERSIDE
The body of S. T. Cox wa. laid to
rest in the Riverside crmetery this
afternoon. Funeral services being
conducted at the Fonmiller Chapel
with Dr. J. C. Spencer officiating.
WORK OF COUNTY
AGENT OUTLINED
Many Activities Started Un
der the Direction of
S. V.Smith
Linn County has had the services
of a county agricultural agent, S. V.
Smith since April, 1918. He, has
worked under the supervision of the
Oregon Agricultural college and tin.
der the immediate direction of the
county Farm Bureau. -
The organization of a cooperative
livestock shipping association, the
poisoning of grey diggers; formation
of two mohair pools; the arranging
of seven culling demonstrations; the
stimulation of mole trapping these
are just a few of the things that have
been undertaken in Linn County sine
the appointment of the conty agricul
tural agent and with which he haa
been concerned directly.
The Linn County Copcrative Ship
ping Association on November 1, 1919
had 247 members. Since its organ-'
ixation on August 1, 1918 it had
shipped 61 car. of stock which
brought a total of 1108,807. The
cost of shipping was 65 cents per
hundred. Marketing their stock by
this direct method netted the shippers
approximately $4000 more than could
have been received from local buyer.
Many sections of th county, par
ticularly around the foot hills havs)
for years been infested 'with grey
diggers which annually consume
more than a little grain. On of the
first things to which Mr. Smith, coun
ty agent, devoted his attention open
arriving in the county wa. the pre-
pa ration of squirrel poison according
Continued on Pag 12