TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT. NOVEMBER 28,
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
are FAIR, JUST and GENEROUS
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Casting Reflection on the
Company is Casting Re
flection on cv&i 70 Ameri
can Stockholders and on
over 1000 American Em
ployes
The Newly Elected Presi
dent of Albers Bros.
Co. issued a formal state
ment as follows, published
in The Portland Oregonian,
Saturday, October 26,1918
Resignation Was Voluntary.
Loyalty and Patriotism of Albers Bros. Milling
Co. Declared by Employes.
The action of our board of directors in accepting the resignation of
ray brother, J. Henry Albers, as president and as a director of our com­
pany, was at his own voluntary request. While the members of the
board trust and believe that he will be exonerated, it was considered that
until acquitted and vindicated by the court, he ought not to occupy the
office of president of a business corporation, consisting of some 70
different stockholders, which has large financial interests extending
through tho Pacific States and which has much to do with the prepara­
tion and sale of food products.
At the same time, I want to avail myself of this opportunity to
explain to the public that our company and every officer and stockholder
of it are strongly and unequivocally American and are and always have
been loyal and patriotic. As 1 have already said, we have some 70 differ­
ent stockholders in our corporation, most of them bom in the United
States. We have over 1000 employes. I and my three brothers, although
the largest individual stockholders, are by no means the corporation.
Brothers Born in Hanover.
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While the brothers weie all bom in the kingdom of Hanover at about
the period that it was seized and taken over by Prussia, we came here
when we were young men and here we began our business career and
here we have lived for more than 25 years. Our father came also, but
died in Portland soon after his arrival. None of us was ever trained in
tiie German military service and none of us has any admiration for the
German autocratic government or its methods.
We have no near relatives in Germany, liave no property or business
there, and have no affiliations with the people of that country. After
coming here we were all naturalized as soon as this could be done, and
here three of us married native-born American girls. Our children were
bom and brought up here and are being educated entirely in American
schools.
Business Built in Portland.
The employes of Albers Bros. Milling Co., Portland plant, passed the
following resolution unanimously, .and signed it
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individually, on October 22, 1918—
We are in the employ of Albers Bros. Milling Co. and know- the spirit
of the firm, its loyalty, its patriotism and the principles under which its
business is done. Were there any un-American or disloyal thing in the
office, in the mill, or in any of the Albers surroundings, it would be
known to us. ft any one of us is so far removed from patriotism and
decency as to condone treachery for the sake of wages, he could not stay
among us. Knowing what Albers Bros. Milling Co. has done, quietly and
without publicity, from time to time, in support of every good municipal,
state, and national matter; being aware that the business of the firm
is conducted on high principles and with all regard to personal and com­
mercial honor; believing that the house is entitled to the continued con­
fidence of its patrons and the public; we are glad of an opportunity to
affirm our continued loyalty to Albers Bros. Milling Co. and to acknowl­
edge our appreciation of the relations which have kept close together the
organization of its employes.
(Signed:
G. W. Westgate
L. D. Cook
Bert M. Denison
G. W. Harvey
G. F. White
T. L. Sims
M. J. Harmon
J. H. Schommer
Arthur G. Sins
C. H. Cook
E. F. Beilfuss
F. M. Ackley
Anna Ryan
Bessie E. Haas
Bernice Haas
Nell H. Richmond
Clara A. Stoneman
Adele J. Rice
Rae E. Kolmes
Dorothy Armstrong
Margaret Anderson
L. C. Langdell
Hannah Plancich
W. F. McKibbin
Jas. Davison
P. J. Shrader
L. G. Briggs
Geo. Miller
J. P. Carney
Chas. O. Stevens
E. E. Hughes
Frank A. Edgerton
H. H. Ernest
C. W. Wetxler
H. A. Pierce
W. Heizenbuttel
C. L. Chilton
Wm. Kretzinger
J. H. Chamberlain
W. H. Clark
K. H. Laine
U. D. Christofson
W. McLaughlin
F. A. Snow
W. J. Jones
J. E. Landed
Emil Hartman
H. P. Yost
Wm. Reta
A. L. Fletcher
C. R. Littler
Steve Kesnok
J. J. Edgerton
H. Wolf
Herman Ahlquist
E. 0. Dallenbach
A. S. Briggs
Wm. Miller
Theo. Schommer
Margaret Smith
C. Thonimen
W. Phillips
B. H. Woltring
C. L. Donahue
L. Bergeson '
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It is here we have built our business from small beginnings by steady
attention «nd hard work. We would be more than ungrateful, indeed,
we would be fools, if we did not appreciate the institutions of the country
of our choice, where we have enjoyed so many blessings.
I am led to say this for publication because I have heard that some
persons imagined that because we were bom in Germany we are pro-
uerman in.tnis war. This is unjust. I>et me say that we have always
responded to the calls for money for the Red Gross and other patriotic
organizations. We have all taken our share of the various issues of
liberty bonds, and in every way have supported the Government. We
have worked in harmony with the Food Administration and have cheer­
fully conformed to all of the Government’s regulations of our business,
and our goods are being purchased by the Government for the use of our
boys at the front We take no credit to ourselves for these things, for
they are what all American citizens should do and are in accordance with
our most cherished sentiments of love of home and country. We have
no divided allegiance. There is but one flag for us and our families.
We glory in the suecess of our American boys under the Stars and
Stripes, and are for the United States and her allies in war and in peace.
Charges Not Discussed.
Of course, I cannot discuss here the charge against our older brother,
Henry. But I will say this, that I hope the public will suspend its judg­
ment and give him the benefit of the presumption every man is entitled
.to until he is tried.
It may be of interest to the public, however, to add that Henry
has not l>een particularly active in the conduct of the company’s affairs
for several years past and although he had not actually retired from
business, his duties as president did not require his attention to the
details of the business, so that his withdrawal will not seriously affect
the concern.
G. ALBERS.
Withdrawal Is Duty.
This is the letter of resignation of Henry Albers, which was accepted
at yesterday’s meeting:
"The charges that hhve been brought against me, involving as they
do the question of my loyalty as an American citizen, make it, as I
Itelieve, my duty to withdraw from the company.
“I feel my position before the public very keenly, and although I
deny having or expressing any but sentiments of loyalty to the Gov­
ernment and the flag of the United States, 1 appreciate the fact that
many persons will be quick to believe I am guilty because I am charged,
and these will not be inclined to suspend their judgment and await the
outcome of my trial.
“Not to involve the company or its numerous stockholders in my
trouble, or to have anyone impute to the company or its officers or
stockholders any share in or sympathy with the want of patriotism
Charged against me. I hereby resign as president and director of the
company.”
Albers Bras. Milling J., Co.
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Daniel Clark
John H. Repp
Wm. Buys
Geo. E. Hermann
G. J. Birtchet
Robert Gilbert
Albert E. Carlson
T. D. Harmon
S. D. King
F. A. Voertman
R. P. Miller
Walter Loren»
Louis Celic
Wm. Pearson
Hazel Leppc-rt
Anna Solfelt
J. T. Laxson
Minnie McGill
Helen Ernst
A. Gauntt
A. C. Robinson
C. 0. Cedarquist
J. Kosmecki
Andrew Rabbit
Earl Thomas
L. C. Buffington
Jas. Alex
W. A. Patters
F. Moe
H. Banta
A. Sovcik
Frank Mazurek
Hazel Wright ‘
Mildred Mohn
Eleanor Peterson
Ethel Choate
Monica Mayer
Flora M. Hellerschmid
Anna Krauter
Tillie Brill
Mary Kosnik
Grace Fahy
Mrs, Eva E. Spencer
W. H. Waterholter
Mrs. Violet Guffey
Barbara Heim
Ella Stegeman
Anna Stegeman
Martha Johnson
Mary E. Foss
E. E. Keller
Tillie Dike
Henry DeHaan
John H. Hellerschmid
Pete Dietering
Frank J. Doser
Alice Kilgore
Rebecca Obermiller
Hattie Smith
Raychel Crowley
Silva Harrington
Thos Rudy
Gertrude Krueger
Emma Vanderbilt
Mabel Stoneman
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comment and. in some caees. bitter a friend.
Word» Did Not Win the War.
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" That will bring revolution to
criticism. They were not understood
David I-awrence, one of the admin­ because the president was not in a Germany. Her people are ready to
istration’s most
persistent siren position to take the public into his overthrow her present rulers to get
sounders, writes:
confidence. Now. that an eventful peace.’ “
"Just a month ago the world read ■ month has elapsed and the war Is
Everyone knows there was no rev­
these questions addressed to Presi­ over, a little story can be told.
ol ut loan in Germany until Foch’s
" 'what will be the effect—what do armies had inflicted military defeat
dent Wilson to Germany in answer
to her plea for peace. As issued to the ¡you hope to accomplish by the in­ I upon the empire. Revolution in Ger­
American people they provoked much qulryF
quiryT* was anked
asked of Mr. Wilson by many did not cause the downfall of
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TO THE PUBLIC:- ’
P. C. Snyders
H. W. Houg'nam
Niles Babcock
Ixm Mitchell
Mae Cruse
G. W. Kirkpatrick
Fred Stoldt
Sam Mann
Fritz Plock
H. Doelman
G. H. Sutherland
M. Peterson
G. Keller
Reba Leonard
Doris Somadcroff
Mary McDonald
Eva Evans
Ella Healy
Olive Watien
Anna Beckelhymer
Edna Mitchell
John Kaltenbach
Lizzie Hosch
Mary McMurren
C. Zimmerman
C. H. Anderson
Hazel Willis
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Omer Kamey
G. O. Schlinder
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W. D. Bennett
W. Van Metern
Jack Duffy
A. J. Clark
R Kaltenbach
William Klee
Carl Hanson
S. Clark
C. L. Kimble
Joe Stemel
John Hellerschmid, Sr.
Elsie Kaltenbach
Mildren McMurren
Walter R. Wilson
O. P. Smith
Louis Mayer
Adam Gattey
C. H. Hollman
Albert Rigdon
Ben Komp
N. G. Davis
Orin Stinson
Wm. Hall
F. F. Hanna
G. Todoroff
I. R. Erickson
J. Beckelhymer
J. W. Fry
J. F. Troutman
R. V. Jones
M. Fcser
Geo. Jones
Ed Larson
Tony Kosmecki
Theo. Friedlund
Chas. Saunders
Frank Peterson
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Germany, as we were so often In­
formed it would. The revolution fol­
lowed surrender, not surrender the
revolution The downfall of Ger­
many’s military power caused revo­
lution. This was brought about by
bullets and not billet doux Peace
was not brought to German by popu­
lar uprising, but popular uprising
came fast upon the heels of the'col-
lapse of German military power and nalre written by somebody is a per­
government. That situation was forc­ formance which evidences
their
ed by fighting, not by writing. The sycophancy, but not their common
efforts of the administration press sense.
agents to take away from the soldiers
of the republic and of the allied na­ i Customer—You have placed all
tions the credit for what they have the large berries on top.
achieved, ia order to attribute the
Fruit Peddler—Yes. lady. That
winning of the war to some well tur­ saves you the trouble of hunting
ned phrase or alternative question- | the box for ’em.”
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