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About The evening news. (Roseburg, Douglas County, Or.) 1909-1920 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 4, 1918)
TWO THIS EVENING NEWS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1018, THE EVENING NEWS BY B. W. BATES BERT G. BATES ISSUED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. ' Subscription Rates Dally. 1 Per. year, by mall... $S.OO : Per month, delivered ................ .BO ' '-Weekly, j---.-' -Per year ........ ....... .......$2.00 Six months 1.00 . Entered aa second-class matter, . November 6, 1909, at Roseburg,Ore., under act of March 3, 1879. MEMBER OP ASSOCIATED PRESS. : The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise ' credited in this paper and also the local news pub lished herein. '' All rights of republication of spe- cial-' dispatches herein t are J also reserved. FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1918. WHAT IS A PRO-GERMAN? A, proTOerman Is a man who, by private of public utterances, stands In the way of a whole-hearted prose cution of this war and the defeat ot the German will to conquer. " He may do It by finding fault with the conduct of the war. He may do it by impracticable peace arguments. He may do It through a mistaken pol icy.. He may ao it because ho Is in the pay of the German 'government He may do It beoause he has been befooled and bamboozled by those who are in Germany's pay. The German will to expansion by conquest must be broken by defeat. If that rapacious will be not broken, the war will not give us peace. In all the history of the world there, never existed a conquering nation less fit to rule others than are the GermanB. This la true because the German pol- " Icy is so brutal, so cruel, so scientific ally exterminating. In the streets of every town in German Poland chil dren are falling and dying of starva tion. Children 8 to 12 years of age are being carried through the streets by their parents because they are too weak to walk because of starvation. The Poles are being exterminated aa fast as possible by the uermans just as the Armenians the oldest Cnris tian nation in the world are being exterminated by the Germans and Turks. Why? Because Germany wants the property of the Poles for Germans after the war; and because they want the property of the Ar menians lor the Turks and Germans after the war. Their will can and must be broken by defeat. It is not the will of the individual German. It is the bloody, brutal, cruel, devlish will of the Ger man government and the German ruling class, miseducated in the school which believes that war is the summation of human good. , i A pro-German is anyone who stands in the way of our successful prosecution of the war. Every word that falls from the tongue of any American or Is written by him car ries with it a responsibility greater than ever existed in the history of this nation. Look well to what you say or do. Germany has in this country hun dreds of papers printed in the Ger man tongue. Whether this ought to be or not is a grave question. If any of these papers are loyal, we do not know of them. Some of them may be, but we have not heard of them. These and other papers and many individuals say they are for America, but none of them say they are against Germany. He who is for us is against Germany. He who is not against Germany, tooth and pail, in this wai ls not for America. You can tell the pro-German by another test: If he is against France, or against Italy, or against rlussia, he is pro-German. The armies and navies of these powers are fighting our fight. They are dying by thousands every day to make the world safe for democracy. If we win, we must win because they do most of the fighting and dying, while we only do some of It. The enemy of Great Britain is pro German. The enemy of Russia is pro-German and anti-democratic. - The enemy of Italy is against America. Tho enemy of France is lost to ev ery claim of patriotism. Do not let these pro-Germans pois on the atmosphere in your locality by slandering our allies without challenge. It is time to call down the man who fights against xour armies with tongue or pen, no mat ter what flag those armies are fight ing under. The Russians are again getting : ready to march to the firing line--.having discovered, the .kaiser, to be a liar but they will probably soon be "marching home" again. No use talking Douglas county has some great climate. The only trouble now is to get it on the market. 'A Woman's Shop for Woman's s Wear Who of us is so immersed in the cares of business or so hardened by the grind of daily toil that we cannot find in this magic word. Home, a charm beyond the spell of the amu lets? , Hornet. Home! The very name itself Is an anthem In an acorn! Composed of only four letters of the English Alphabet, It is one of the sim plest words known to the tongue of Tennyson and Shakespeare. It takes but a breath to voice it. It takoe but a stroke to write it. But an ooean plummet cannot souul its crys tal depth of meaning. It has been the dream of all poets. It has been the burden ot all songs.- It has been the inspiration of all heroic thoughts and deeds and lives. Verily, there is no place like home and it should al ways be a, good home. Lawyers stand up in court houses before jurors, and denounce men as liars, scoundrels, thieves and perjur-. ed villians and when court adjourns the men appear to harbor no ill will against them. But let a newspaper faintly intimate that a man s charac ter is blemished, and he ha? to con front a horse pistol, stand a libel suit -or suffer what the people sae'm to think to be the greatest of. all mortifications lose a subs.riber. The county court is certainly put ting forth every effort possible to get some good substantial roatt wont under way in this county, and the ac tion taken yesterday whereby the Cow'Creek canyon road Is going to receive substantial aid from the gov ernment and state is one of the real big things that the court has launch ed that will renound with much sat lsfactlon to .the taxpayers throughout the county. Getting this outside money expended locally is a stroke of business economy that has the right ring to It. Nothing like being "on the job" all the time and this seems to be the policy of the gentle men composing the present county court. Yes, our garden beds we rake and all manner of pains we take, to have them slick and nice and neat, in fact they simply can't be beat. . We turn our backs and walk away and, view them on the coming day Horrors! those beds so span and spick are clawed and wallered we raise a kick;- our neighbor's chickens run ning loose and garden making's but little use, and those old hens our garden looting, may tempt us yet to do some shooting, and to alleviate our wrath we'll make our dinner on chick broth. It will soon be time to "line up" for the primaries. " BEtHiNlb THE) LINES IN FRANCE, Dec. 22 (Correspondence of the As sociated Press.) One of the flour ishing trades in the little towns and villages behind the lines in France is the photographer's. The soldier has a universal fondness for having his picture taken. With the British- Tommy, the visit to the village camera man is a reg ular event of the greatest impor tance, and requires great prepara tions. He borrows the best pair df puttees in his section or, better still, a pair of fleldi-servlce boots, brushes his clothes with great care, cleans his belt and bandolier, and polishes his buttons. If he belongs to a mounted corps, his spurs and cutting whip will make a great display, for although every body agrees that in this war the in fantry is the most important branch, there is still a glamor attaching to the mounted man, even if his mount be only a cart horse or a mule. Eques trian portraits are much in demand, it is said, by the girls at home. As often as not, Tommy gets pho tbgraphed In a group with four or five men from his section. For one thing, this is cheaper. For another, it supplies a testimonial of the good company he keeps, and of the fine fel lows that his section always the finest in the army ' is composed of. - - Thousands of these photograph ers are sent every day from France to 'England. The officers whose business It - is to censor Private At kins' correspondence gets very tired of seeing that noble hero s' counten nnce enclosed in every letter he sends for weeks after the event, and the number of feminine admirers entitled to copies of the photographic ar tist's production seems to be unlimit ed. The prevalence of the group photo graph leads to many romantic de velopments. Some "girl friend" of the recipient admires "the good look ing lance corporal next to you, Tom,' and. a new correspondence starts up under the fatherly eye of the censor ship officer.' - iW.... We Cater to your wants and specialize to meet demands of our army of customers Bellows MAJESTIC THEATRE TOMORROW. II .MS - Wallace WaOaneSiiammk UMildredMwsiinfi E Vv I Ww J' One Is as Bad as the Other Says Officer of Engineers Now in Flanders. "" , LAYING TRACKS MORASS American Engineers 'Work in the Open and Ar Subject to AH Sorts of Attucks WiUi No Means of Defense. BEHIND THE BRITISH LINES IN FRANCE, Dec. 12. (Correspond ence of the Associated Press.) The most desolate pictures that the ill 113 trated papers have printed of mud In and behindi the British lines on the west front fail to do justice to the ground across which the American railway engineers have laid tracks since they arrived on French soil. Flanders mud is something that must be experienced to be appreciat ed; it cannot be adequately describ ed or photographed. It Is impossible to dig to any aepm, even in tne ariest spot, witn out water seeping into the hole. An officer, who came back for a few days' rest after two weeks in the mud, brought with him only one souvenir a photograph of a piece of ground over which- he and his men had laid a track. "I am sick of the sight of German helmets and pistols and shell caps, ana all the rest of the ordinary sou venlrs," said the officer. "For me the whole business of war is summed up in the memory of that piece of morass over which we had to float a line of rails strong enough to sup port a locomotive and a train of cars."' The scene of the photograph looks llKe tne Mazurlan lakes in miniature. Instead, however, of dry land sep arating the chain of lakes, the earth between these shell holes and craters is a treacherous quicksand, into wnich a man would sink immediate ly knee deep. In places the shell holes came together to form one great puddle, filled with viscous mud. "The spot photographed is typical or Hundreds of toiecesi of 'ground over which we have to lay tracks," continued the' officer. '"The' fight against the morass is just as real and just as stern as that against the .tfocnev.' . To begin with, there are onlv a few hours a day in which the engineers can work with safety behind the lines. A track is wanted from one place to another and the engineer of ficer scrutinizes the ground over which it is to pass. He decides how it shall run, so that obstacles will be neatly avoided obstacles such as a combination of water-loceed shell holes too deep to fill. ' The treatment of these obstacles depends lareelv nn how soon the track is needed.. If tnere is great urgency, the track is thrown down in the quickest way pos sible, and straightened' out later as sneu craters can be filled, in and other obstacles- levelled. - 'w The work is divided into sections-, witn a worKiner nartv for eno nan. tion. Each party vies In setting .a. recOrd-for quick work; so far as this can be combined with the' requisite soiiany ot construction. One party of engineers in an ex posed position laid 180 feet of track in ' what was virtually record time and then had to stop as dawn came on. When they came back next morning to complete the remaining 180 feet of track across this exposed spot they found not only that their half-graded part had been riddled with shell holes, but that the track already finished had eight shell holes along its length. vIn a period 'of time exactly equal to their performance of the previous night they graded and latd .the .remaining Q .teet and re paired the broken track as well. ffvot a little courage of the cold blooded sort is required of the men who carry out this very necessary work. They are constantly being shelled and sniped at and without the satisfaction of being able to hit back. QUESTIONNAIRES IN- BE Owing to mistakes which were dis covered in the questionnaire of Gale Hamilton, a former Southern Pacific brakeman of this city, by the exemp tion board he waa summoned hsrei FIGHTING ID AND BOH -l- I vv -'it M JHSKS from Portland by subpoena to mako the' necessary corrections. Quite- a. number .of registrants were forced to appear , before Jfte local draft censors since the new' selective laws were put into effect to maUo rat ifications and theSe registrants were put to unnecessary expense and in opnvpnience on account of .careless ness in filling out their qiwrtion nalres. A telegram was received late yesterday afternoon from hoadqunr ters to the effect that -It will now be possible for the local board to re turn any and all questionnaires found to be Incorrectly signed, etc , to the registrant thus saving them a trip to this city. A number of industrious ladies met Thursday afternoon in, tho Presby terian church parlors whevo they took up the Red Cross .work and a committee composed of Mis. Chas. Hadley, Mrs. Whiteney and Mrs. Bodle were in charge of the 40 ladies present. Notwithstanding the largo group of workers sha committee was equal to the emergency and every one was busy plying their needles in the worthy work for v the soldier boys. The ladies will meet each week in the church parlors and any one wishing to add their bit to the cause can join the ladies next Thursday in the parlors. Yannen Hanson, the 19-year-old Melrose boy who was placed under arrest late yesterday afternoon by Constable Howard Church, on a com plaint filed by Richardi Stubbs, also of Melrose, who alleges that the young man used profane and abusive language in the presence of divers persons near his place of business, was released on his own recognizance to appear for preliminary heaiiug be fore Judge I. B. Riddle Tuesday morning. Mr. Hanson will enter his plea at that time. CANNED FRUIT ON SALE SATURDAY The north side ladies' Red Cross unit will be sponsors for a canned fruit, auction sale Saturday afternoon starting promptly at three o'clock, and an excellent program has. been arranged for the pleasure of the pat rons before and'after the sale. The ladies 'are using this means of rais ing money with which to buy Red .Cross material and the patronage of every patriotic citizen is urged. NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS. The annual meeting of the stock holders : of the Brockway-Dillard Telephone' Co., will "be held 'at he Brockway school house on Saturday, January 6, 1918 at two o'clock sharp for the election of officers and si;ch other business as may come before the meeting. - R. A. HERCHER, Pres. j5 I. B. NICHOLS, Sec. John McClintock arrived Friday morning for Fort Stevens and will enjoy a pleasant furlough in' this city with his parents, Irt, and Mrs. J. E. McClintock and friends in this city. : - , CLASSIFIED" COLUMN FOR SALE Baled andl loose oat and vetch hay. Phone 13 Fl 2. FOR SALE Several , Jersey heifer . calves. Inquire Busenbark Bros. Phone 6F32. 'PIANO For sale or rent. Inquire 217 Chadwlck street or phone 2 4 6-J. SEED CORN FOR SALE No. 1 qual ity. See J. A. Hewitt, Roseburg. Phone 26F4. - TIRE FILLERS FOR SALE Com plete eet for Ford car. Inquire at j News office. Does away with punctures. .- , -.- t FOR SALE A Bmall ranch for sale or rent, small team ana heavy nar ness, cheap if taken at once. For particulars see Allen Wilson, Green Station, Or. 35p FOR SALE Six -registered Shrop shire sheep. Five ewes, t years old, and a two year old ram (not related), good, sheep and In good condition. Price $120.00., H. E. Reed, R. F. D. 1, Roseburg, Ore. FOR SALE Improved farms from 5 to 200 acres, close-to Roseburg, phone and rural route. Cash and terms. A 180 acre diversified - farm, located in the beautiful Mendlclno county, Calif., for sale or trade. Merton Cox, 344 S. jack son street, Roseburg, Ore. . ' WANTED. WOOD CHOPPERS WANTED Free cabin. C. T. Brown. ; Phone 3F24. WANTED Wood cutters. All win ters' work. Phone 14F14. D WANTED By competent girl, place in good family for doing nouse work.' Address box 32,' Riddle. v ANTED tO RENT A stock ranch- stocked and furnished. Can give references. Address Box 75, Cot tage Grove, Ore. ' STUDENT NURSES WANTED The Medford sanitarium, Medford, Or.. has an opening for two or three student nurses. Must' ho grada ates of high school, not less than 21 years ot nge and well.. recom mended. Course, three years. j4 FOR RENT. FOR RENT 4 room furnished house. Inquire 547 S. Stephens or phone 454-R. FOR RENT 5-room furnished house colse in. .See" G. W. Sloper 308 N. Jackson street. tf FOR REOT Part of a modern, nice ly furnished house, clean and con venient, ground floor. 420 Mill street. FOR RENT 5-room house, on pave ment; suit of nicely furnished housekeeping r'ooms; also barn Call 128 S. Flint. FOR RENT 9 rooms 'uouse on Par- rott street. Suitable for roomlni house or two families. Inquire 128 S. Flint street. MISCELLANEOUS. MORTGAGE LOANS Plenty funds on hand for good farm loans RURAL CREDIT plan. Xow rate of interest. Reliable service. See M. F. Rice of Rice & Rice. TO EXCHANGE "By an old lady 160 acres of fine' sage brush land, ten miles due south of aoise City, Idaho, for a home near Roseburg, 10 or 15 acre improved place. See J. W. Tollman, Edenoower postof- nce. , ' Drs. Seely, Sether and Stewart ' Physicians and Surgeons. Suite of offices rear of Douglas National Bank, ground floor. Phone 307 Roseburg .... Oregon DR. K. L. MILLER -. Physician and Surgeon. Ground Floor Masonic Building, corner Cass and Main Sts. Phone 132. ' House 53 ; -DR, S. L. DoLAPP Osteopathic Physician & Surgeon Phones: 217-218 Perkins Bldg. Office 119 ' Res. 232-L '. Roseburg, Ore. DRS. PLYLER & PLYLER Licensed Chiropractic Physicinns 222 W. Lane St., Roseburg, Ore. Consultation and' Examination Free. Office Hours 0 to B. '" Chiropractic and Electrical Treatments. Phone 152 DR. J. LANE CALLAWAY. Osteopathic Physician. Graduate of the American School of Osteopathy, Kirksville, Mo., under founder of the science, Dr. A; T. Still. Rooms 1-2-3 Bell Sisters Bldg. ' Phone 274. Practical Horticulture, Viticul ture and Floriculture Work done. Landscape views and floral de signs correctly executed. Prun ing and vegetation forcing a spe cialty. Rates right and reason able. Address, Louis H. Bergold. Roseburg, Oregon. SEVENTH YEAR. Elizabeth Eldridgo Heinline SCHOOL OF PIANO Subjects: Piano,- Harmony and Theory. Normal ""Training for Teachers. Also Heinline Musical Kindergarten. Booklet upon application. 423 Ella St. Phone "33-R MRS. F. D. OWEN ' Cut Flowers, Potted Plants, Funeral Designs, Wedding Bon aaets, etc. ' FOR SALE AT "THE FERN" 111 Cass St. Rosetmrg, Ore. PHONE 240 Sterling Character Upon the character and conservatism -of your bank's ofncerB"nd directors-i-to a great extent depends the safety of your funds. If they are knoWn as men "of high integrity If they have a record aa successful men in business If they arejtnown as conservative men in all things then you may rest assured that their bank is gov erned in conformance with a policy of safety before everything else, buch are the men who govern this bank and your funds are abso lutely secure in their care. . . . , . The UMPQUA VALLEY BANK fi wV8tr?n' President; J. M. Throne. - Cashier;- D. - R Bnambrook, Vice "President; Roland Agee, Vice President , A MAN IS WHAT HE FEEDS ON elU!ewiJe' l00klnS to the family health, will buy whore she can IVa 'Tf8"' j?Ioan Groceries. Our Stock is Clean and Sanitarily-Kept ana ail goods are of tho best manufacture. Orders personally look ed after. ; ': . WALTER PATTERSON. THE CASS "MONEY IS "ONLY A MEDIUM OF EXCHANGE And viewed from that standpoint, lumber Is now lower in n'rlce. ! not- higher. Most things have as lumber. When you are ready time. KENNEY LUMBER COMPANY WE HAVE NO EQUAL When it comes to supplying your home with all the delicacies of the . season. Our stock is alwaye fresh and complete in all lines! You will, find here the choicest of goods and the best of service. THE CASH STORE J. B. KING, Proprietor ' Roeslnirg, Oregon Winter Vegetables, Seasonable Fruit! Phone us your needs, or ask for suggestions. We have a large fresh stock at your command MRS. A. G. KIDD & SON Phone 238 We Guarantee to Please You V I. ABRAHAM The Store 'of Courtesy-: UJ Let the Bring Music Into Your Life ' : '':'v : .."(j !..;; i "m J Eet it bring your favorite music to entertain, comfort,' cheer and inspire you. Let it bring this music into your home where you can enjoy it every day. , And let. bring' you this pleasure with small outlay of money by having us send V"ou a Victrola Grafonola on onr easy payment plan. They are the only ones that can bring you the greatest singers, muslclansi comedians, band and orchestras. Come In today. Spend a pleasant half 4ourSvith ; us, ltenls to your favorite music, w - - ; ; A Complete Line 6f Records'" W, '-J! Roseburg Furniture Co. STREET GROCERY) PHONE 279 recehtl knhA'im va -tlttWftV'knriAn'' to build BttlLD.., It's the right BROOMS A Drive In lirooius. We secured a bargain in high grade, high priced brooms and are passing it along to you. See our show window, and get your broom before they are all gone. THE BEE HI VE PHONE 01 Don't overlook our fine showing of useful and serviceable mer chdise. Exclusive line of ,,' Beautiful Dress Goods I FursV Kimonas - Silk Hosiery '3M : ' iC3 Dainty Waists in a great variety. Many other articles that will bring pleasure to the ; home. ; '' : :;, ':'u' ;' . :- . : Hi,-:. :,,: .Roseburg, Oregon or '1 villi ""ir"irinnjTjT i
