DAILY EDITION
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VOL. VI., No, 213.
' GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREOOX,
SUNDAY, JVLV 2, 1910.
WHOLE NUMBER 1787.
No Other Town in the World the Size of Grants Pass Has a Paper With Full Leased Wire Telegraph Service, t ' , '
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paycostof
preparing
New Revenue Bill Introduced
in Congress Saturday Will
Lay Heavy Tribute Upca
Accumulated Wealth
Washington, July l.Incomes, In
heritance and munitions taxes are to
pay the cot or preparedness. If
there Is war, the coat will be paid for
by bond iMue.
Shifting the burdens almost en
tirely upon accumulated wealth and
big Inoomei, the new revenue bill, to
be Introduced In the house today, la
epoch-making, In tbe opinion of ad
ministration leaders. It will estab
lish a national Inheritance tax as
permanent part of the fiscal system
of this country.
Experts say the new bill will raise
approximately $210,000,000 addi
tional revenue f 100.000,000 from
Incomes; $60,000,000 from Inherit
ances and $50,000,000 from muni
tions. The present Income tax rate la
boosted from one to two percent The
uper-taxea will begin at $20,000 and
-wilt Increase at the rate of one per
cent on each classification, until ten
percent Is -levied on all Income In
. ! of $500,000. v ;.v
The Inheritance tax provisions will
xempt fortunes under $50,000 It the
testator was a resident of the state
In which the property lies. If a
non-resident there will he no exemp
tion. To tax rates are one percent for
estate under $50,000; two percent
for estate between $50,000 and
1150.000; three percent between
1160,000 and $250,000; four per
cent between $250,000 and $150,
; 000; and five percent on estates In
excess of $450,000.
Varying rates of taxation are im
posed on munition factories. If re
ceipts of a plant manufacturing gun
powder and explosives do not ex
ceed a million dollars, a tax of five
percent la laid. Eight percent Is
demanded where receipts are In ex
cess or that sum. A sliding scale of
rates la also provided for cartridges
and other munitions of war.
The stamp taxes are wiped out,
although part of the emergency rev
enue act created at the opening of
tbe European war la left to stand In
modified form.
There will be no more stamps on
telegrams, mortgages, telephone calls,
perfumes and doeds, Borne of the
special taxes remslnlng are $1 a
thousand on the capital stock, of
bankers, $30 onj brokers, $50 on
pawnbrokers, a graded tax on theat
ers, beginning as low as $10 so as
to catch the smaller moving picture
ahows, $100 on circuses and a tax on
bowling alleys and billiard tables.
There Is also a wine stamp tax. The
rate of $1.60 a barrel on beer stands
nnchnnged.
' Legislative proposals Include:
Creation of a tariff commission as
framed by Congressman Rnlney of
Illinois. . ',
An Increase of the tariff rates on
dyestuffs to protect Infant Industries
which have sprung up since the Euro
pean war cut off the dye supply of
the United States.
An unfair competition olause which
la expented to keep foreigners from
dumping goods In this country at
prices lower than they command In
v foreign markets, ',
The dyestuft tariff clause contains
a provision that the flutles at the end
of a period of five years shall be
reduced at the rate of 20 percent a
year on the theory that once the
Industry has heen established, tt
ahould he able, after a reasonable
time, to stand on Its feet without
tovermtieot pretpctlon.
SAILORS HI
GUtlBQAT SALEM
ARE FIRED UPON
Galveston, July 1. Mexican sol
dier Bred" on sailors of the U. 8.
gunboat Salem at Tamplco last Tues
day afternoon, wounding two, accord
ing to refugees arriving here today
on the steamer Dade.
The' sailors, who were taking
soundings from two small boats, re
turned the fire. It li not known
whether there were any Mexican
oaaueltte.
Tbe Dade left Tamplco before the
Incident occurred, but was apprised
of It by the steamer Monterey at Vera
Crux. The refugee said Captain
Scott of the U. 8. gunboat Marietta
sent a message to General Nafarette,
allowing 24 hour for an explanation.
Nafarett Is said to have replied that
he did not understand English, v
'Passenger :- on tbe Dade said
Nafarett wa organising an army
to capture the state of Texaa and that
he would be In Washington "before
Wilson woke up." They said also
that Nafarett notified Consul Daw
son that If any more American gun
boats, transport or merchant ships
appeared off the harbor for refugees,
he would burn the city, emptying the
oil tank Into the river.
WO TEUTON .
PRISONERS T
Fetrograd, July 1. The Russians
have rsptured a total , of 317,000
prlsonera to date In tbelr drive along
the Austro-Hungartaa front, an offi
cial statement from the war office
announced today. The victorious
forces continue to advance.
"We continue to drive back tbe
, enemy along the Sereth and Duels
ter." today' official statement de
clared. That the advance about the cap
tured city of Kolomea continue waa
Indicated by the statement that the
Russians have occupied places south
'or that town. ,
The enemy ha been thrown back
In the direction of Dreiova, but re
tained a portion of the heights
there, the statement said.
(UiutANziHTA moors
W.NTKNTRATK AT IIORDEIt
Brownsville, Texas, July 1. Con
centration or Carranxlsta troops Just
below the border U proceeding. Port
Urown army officials announced to
day they had word from Matamoras
of the arrival there of General E. P.
Nafarette and 800 Mexican soldiers,
sent all the way from Tamplco.
j Just prior to Nafarette's arrival,
It was said General Rloaut, whom he
succeeded, commandeered several
automobiles, the personal property ot
I wealthy residents, among which was
one belonging to an American named
jl'uld, another the property or Secre
tary Oenabedo ot the Carranta con
sulate, and a third belonging to a
prominent Mexican physician.
PREPARE DEFENSE
Columbus, N. M., July 1. The
tenseness In the Mexican situation as
a result of Carransa'a statement on
the last American note was reflected
today In activities at the base camp
here and new movemonta ot the ex
peditionary forces in Mexico.
Preparations tor defense continue
along the American lines.' All motor
truck trains are south ot the border
today.. After unloading their supplies
from Columbus the machines were
pressed into service 're-dlstrlbut'.ng
men and supplies,,! , '
Vast quantities or materials and
supplies have been unloaded here In
the last 84 hours. .New spurs or track
are ..being laid to facilitate the
handling of supplies "
E
BORDER
TOPS
Sixteen Miles of German Trenches Captured by .English
Troops in First Two Hours of Fighting Saturday, the
Offensive Launched Along the Somae Marking An
Epoch in European War, With Allies Gaining Steadily
London, July 1. The supreme
offensive of the allies began at 7:20
this morning, with one of tbe great
est Anglo-French gains on the west
ern front aince the German retreat
from the gate of Paris, two hour
after British troop drove forward,
they had captured sixteen miles of
German forward trencbea north ot
the Somme, tbe war office announced
In a brief ststement
French troops, on the British right,
struck at the same hour.
The British war office announced
that the French made "equally sat
isfactory" gains, leaving to General
Joffre the honor of announcing tbe
full- extent or tbe French successes.
No statement bad come from the
French war office early this morning,
but It was believed a full report on
the French gain would be made be
fore night
Tbe British attack was made on
a 20-mlle front north ot the Somme,
after one of the most terrific four
day bombardment the world ho
ever known. With German advanced
trenches firmly held, the British were
pressing forward to the' attack at
9:30. The .latest despatches to the
war office said tbe battle was pro
ceeding with the utmost violence on
both the British and French fronts.
Many prisoners have been taken,
but it la Impossible at tbla hour to
obtain any estimates on the number
captured or the losses. Fragmentary
despatches from the front report al
lied casualties have been light.
On the remainder of the 'British
front, raiding parties continue to
harass the Germans, penetrating
enemy defenses at many points.
The war office at 2 p. m. Issued a
statement of warning that, In the
interest ot public safety, there should
be no traveling on the continent, ex
cept for the most serious reason. All
persons Intending to leave tor the
continent were warned that they
would undergo the strictest examina
tion under the passport regulations,
and that dose search of their bag
gage and persons would be made.
The French drive began a rew
hours after the Germans launched
the most powerful onslaught against
Verdun In many weeks. The crown
prince hurled his legions against the
French works east and west of the
Meuse. The French wan office an
nounced that on every sector the Ger
mans were repulsed with appalling
losses, except on the northeastern
front, where the French were again
driven out of Thlaumont works,
A semi-official statement Issued at
5 o'clock this afternoon announced
that the British have captured the
village of Serre, 14 miles southwest
of Arras, and the village of Montau -
ban, six miles east of Albert.
Fighting Is going on at the village
of Mammetx, six miles east of Albert,
and at the village of Contalmalson,
four miles -northwest of Albert. The
French nolo, the eastern part ot the
village of Contalmalson.
The semi-official statement, reveal
ing for the first time the exact scene
ot operations, shows that the Anglo
French advance reached Its greatest
depth along a thirteen-mile front ex
tending from a point north of Albert
to a point southeast of that village.
The Anglo-French forces are driving
eastward In the general direction of
Cambral. The semi-official announce
ment Indicates that the advances al
ready extend beyond the capture of
German forward trendies, announced
in an earlier statement from the war
office. ' ' 1
' London, July 1. The long expect
ed British offensive began at 7:30
this morning with a tremendous
smash against the German lines on
a twenty-mile' front north of the
Somme. Tht Information waa con
tained in br'lef special bulletin from
army headquarters today. Tbe Brit
ish iwept forward with a rnsh, cap
turing tome enemy frontline trenches.
Many German prisoner were taken.
The British attack were continuing
with the greatest violence at the
hour when the dispatches were filed.
The first reports were flashed to
London shortly before noon. News
paper extras were grabbed eagerly
In the clubs, hotels, on the streets
everywhere. Within a few minutes
the word spread throughout London
"the big push ha begun."
The public, aroused by announce
ment early today, that the Russians
have captured the Important Galiclan
city of . Kolomea, that the French
have had successes In the fighting
northeast of Verdun and that the
Italians are ateadily pushing north
ward In the Trentlno, accepted tbe
early bulletins as clear . indication
that tbe long-awaited super-offensive
ot the allies has began.
The It Ish thrust forward today
followed four days of the most lavish
expenditure of shell tire the world
has ever known. The German front
tor nearly ninety miles, from Tser
to the Somme, was bathed in a never-
ceasing flame ot artillery pounding
with the explosion ot millions of
shells.
At dawn today the British bom
bardment, which grew more Intense
throughout the nlgbt, suddenly con
centrated a terrific fire on the Ger
man line from the Arras, south to
the Somme. For an hour and a halt
the brief bulletins received In Lon
don, said the German line was under
a steady rain of high explosive shells
that blotted put trenches and human
life. " ' '
The big guns lifted their fire at
7:30. At the same Instant rows of
British troops sprsng forward
the attack. They were seasoned regi
ments who had been awaiting eager
ly their chance at the Germans for
many months and new regiments
from "Kitchener's armies," which had
been held In reserve back of the
lines.
"By 9:30 a. m.," read the des
patch, "we had occupied the German
front line, digging In behind rows ot
German dead. British casualties
thus far have not been heavy."
With full knowledge that London
bad been watting for days tensely
eager for the beginning ot what many
believe the world's greatest offensive,
the censors hastened the despatch of
' messages direct from the front to
the British capital
For this reason
;men alttlng quietly In their clubs
were reading at 1Z:30 p. m. orier
Hashes, telling what hna nappenea
'across the channel In France, as far
'south a the river Somme, at 9:30
this morning. . Only three hours had
elapsed between the crash of British
and German under the screaming of
great shells and the time the news
had reached London.
"All the hortxon beyond the ground
where I stood today was darkened by
the fumes of shells," wired the July 1. British troops have cap
Chronlcle'a correspondent. "Not a tured the village or Mamets, six miles
minute passed without the crash ot east or Albert. The number of prls
hlgh explosives." j oners taken by the British In this
"Raids that followed this shell
tire at many points of the line killed
many of the enemy and brought forth
sufficient prisoners tor the Identlfladvances on the Trentlno front were
cation of the regiment and division announced this afternoon by thejvar
confronting the British. The effeot office. Italian forces occupied Zanolll
or the British military work on the and the advene coutloues to Poslna,
German troops seems to have been
deadly. , V
MEXICAN POLICY
IGII
E
Washington, July 1. President
Wilson has taken his 'Mexican policy
for a campaign issue and put it up
to his political adversaries.
This is the opinion of political and
official Washington today, following
the president' return from New York
where he spoke last night.
Taking the Issue which his repub
lican opponents had threatened to
make the principal object of attack.
the president has adopted It as bis
own.
The questions he raised last night
in his speech before the New York
Press club were believed directed pri
marily at those contesting his re
election. Tbe questions were:
Would the glory of America be
enhanced by war of conquest In Mex
ico? ......
wouia an act or violence by a
powerful nation like this against
weak and distracted neighbor reflect
distinction upon the annals of the
United States?
. Is it our duty to carry self-defense
to tbe point of dictation In the af
fairs of another people?
From .this and other ' utterances
along the same line, the president is
said by hla trlenda today to have
indicated clearly he will not count
enance war between the United States
and Mexico save as aa unavoidable
resort, in settling border troubles.
For the second time In as many
days he said he would stake bla
personal fortunes upon the ideal he
Is following In Mexico.
For the first time the president In
dicated what may be In his mind as
to the Immediate purpose of concen
trating such large armed fprces on
the border. "
"Force." he said, "can sometimes
hold things steady until opinion Las
bad time to form. No force ever ex
erted, except in response to that op
inion. Was ever a conquering and
predominating force."
And thus the president last night.
throwing off his customary restraint,
expounded hla creed. It Is one of
peace, supported, he said, by a vast
matorltr of tbe letters And niessaeve
sent to him from men and women
In all parts of the country, urging
and praying that he avoid hostilities
in Mexico. The president Intimated
he would go to the extreme lengths
ot diplomatic recourse before he will
resort to the use of arms in forcing
Mexico to cooperate with this country
in protecting Its own people.
CARRAXZA MAJOR
ARRESTED AT LAREDO
Laredo, July 1. Dr. Jose 19.
Moseley, holding a major's commis
sion in the medical corps of the Car
ranxa army,' was arrested here early
today, charged with recruiting ne
groes for the Mexican forces. A com-
mlB8lott from 0eneral Nafarette.com
niandant) at Matamoras. was found
ln n(8 pocjtet
VILLAGE OF MAMETZ
TAKEN BY BRITISH
British Headquarters In France,
region I placed at 1.500.
Rome, July 1. Continued Italian
CAMPA
I
It was said.;-The top Of Mount Malolrest on the Mexican side of the bor-
has been reached. . '
EXPECT FIRP
ii i p i. y f ii
bin
Belief at Wasiizgtca General
;Ttat llexicaa Chief Will
Net, However, Adept De
J To ia IB Answer
Washington, July 1. Contrary to
messages reported la certain dlplo-.
aatle quarters, advices to General
Carranza's American friends here to
day Indicated that the first chief will
not adopt a defiant tone la answer
ing the United 8tates' demands upon ,
hhn. - . r. ,-'.
He .will, Instead, send a "firm
note," emphasizing that be consider
the presence of United States troops
in Mexico aa Infringement on Mexi
can sovereignty. ' " v '
The United Press Informant, whose
information heretofore has been cor
rect. Indicated that the Carranxa an
swer will not. be such as to bring on
a breach between the two nations.
In some quarters today, too, It Is sug
gested the note may open the war
to a mediation move. '.' ' "
' Foreign Minister Agutlar'a state
ment, . published yesterday, was In
terpreted here a being Intended for
home consumption; tbe state depart-,
ment'has'bad no word that It waa '
designed as an official "answer to '
America's ' "gravest consequences'
note. ' ;' -. -' j
' Despite Its language, state depart
ment men said the Mexican reply
was manifestly milder than Carran-.
sa's first note. It did not demand
withdrawal ot the American forces,
thongh it suggested these forces bad
no right to stay there. The state
ment said nothing as to what course
Carranxa Intends to pursue toward
American troops now below the bor
der. This is regarded as significant
The note bad not reached the state
department up to noon. .' Secretary
Lansing believed it probably would
come to Mexican Ambassador Arre-
dondo. who was yesterday told to ex
pedite It '
' Lansing and other government offi
cials told the United 'Press they had
no Information either from state de
partment sources or foreign diplo
mats as to what Carranxa will an
swer.- , . .
The fact that South American and
European diplomats.' as well as
United States friends of Carranta,
are doing all in their powerlo swing
the first chief in line, caused some
officials to think that he will "see
the light" and not adopt aa attitude
that would force war and his own
downfall , i
SAVE WATER FOR
IMPERIAL VALLEY
Oalexlco, Cal.-, July 1. American
forces will occupy Lower California
on a front ot 50 miles to a depth ot
seven miles if hostilities with Mexico
begin, it was rumored, without con
firmation, today. The protection ot
Imperial valley from drought during
the summer months will be the ob
jective, big property owners state,
declaring the Imperial canal, below
the border, will be guarded by United
States troops from Mexlcalt to Yuma..
A large number ot field pieces have
concentrated here, although army
officers declined to state the number.
In addition to the regular troops
here, 1,800 guardsmen, and possibly
more,' will be added to the encamp
Iment next wek, tt Is reported. ;
".There are few Indications of un-
der.