Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, December 31, 1917, DAILY EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text1 Mm DAILY EDITION vou viii., N. in. v (HUNTS PAM, JOHEPIIINK (t)l'HTT, OREGON, MONDAY, DKCKMIIKIt 81. IUI7. WHOLE M JinKR 2314. Mr LONG HERACDED DRIVE BY TEUTONS IS STARTED Terrific Thrust Concentrated oo Short British Front Is Held by Haig's Troops With Only Slight Loss, Most' of Which Is Regained in Counter Attacks london, Dec. SI. Germany has truck her flnt strong blow on the western front since the heralding of powerful offensive and the llrlllnh have held It In check. The attack waa concent ruled on comparatively short front on the southern end of the salient before Camhral. The lighting still eon tin net. , At the flnt strong dash, the at tackers secured a foothold In tha sd tanee trenchea of the flrlt Inh hut were aoon thereafter driven out by counter attarka. Tha flerman thrust waa on a front of about two mtlea between Mark ing and T.avaqnerle, against posl tlona whlrh tha British had held since their partial retirement fol lowing General Rrng'a successful blow. The Germans failed In rain at the renter but at either end Ihejr entered the front line poaltlona, but counter attarka drove them from practically all tha lines they had taken, and resulted In tha taking, of anme hundreds of German prlsonera. Oerman activities at other polnta were easily repulsed. A MINE EXPLOSION Bcrsnton, Pa., Dec. 31. Many miners are reported to be killed In a gas explosion In the I'nderwood ntlne of the Pennsylvania Coal com pany near Thorpe, six, miles from here. Seventeen bodies have been taken from, the mine, according to first reports. IS TEXAS LABOR UNION K Paso, Tex., Dec. 31. Because ao many members of the union have enlisted the membera found It ne cessary to elect a woman as presi dent of the local conks' and waiters' union. She la Mrs. K. Hyatt and Is the first woman to hold such a posi tion In a union In EI Poho. San Francisco, Dec. St. A r.oster of the' German speaking officers In the San Francisco police department Is lining made up by Chlof of Police D. A. White. The chief haa an nounced that the men will be form1 ed Into a squad for the arrrst nnd -questioning of Teutons who may he caught In the commission of acts detrimental to. the best Interests of the city end country. T BRITIAN TO REPLY TO GERMANY liondon, Dec. 31. The. Manches ter "Guardian" In today's IsRne. says that the British government, whon the Auntro-German peace terms have been officially presented, will return a serious and full reply with statement of the gen nine reasons xh- tho allies cannot consider pea'C ci r !;. ;fca!8;6. Ilrest-Lltovsk. Dec. 28, via lerlln and liondon, Dec. SO. I't wvlulitnal agreement on a'arrles of Important points, Includlnr llberitlin of war prlaonora and reaum'it Inn . -if c m inerclal relations,' wa reached today by the deleicstea of Itimxlun iiml the central powers In discussion of Is sues which In the event of a general peace, would have to ha aattled among the natlona represented In the negotlstlons here. This provi sional dtsrusslon waa terminated to day, the hauls of an agreement adop ted being reached under tha reserva tion that It waa to be examined by the governments represented by the dclegatae. An agreement In principles was reached regarding tha reciprocal lib' eratlon and return to their homes of war prisoners and Interned civilians and also for the return of captured merchant vessels. Speedy resumption of diplomatic and consular relatione la embraced In the understanding. It la aet jiorin mai mere snan do immeoiaie latoppage of economic warfare, estab lishment of commercial tntercouse .and the organised exchange of com- modltlae. REAL WINTER COLDS Dawson, Dec. 31. The thermome ters have registered from 50 to 60 below for the past month. An wpl- j domic of pneumonia and colds has ieen sweeping tno town. There nave been 18 deaths. No funerals are posslhlo until the weather moderates At a point ISO mllea further north a report of 88 below haa been veri fied. ARE YOU UPON 1 E TAX USTS? Washington, Dec. 31. The treat task of gathering Income tax and ex cess profits returns will begin . with the new year tomorrow. Every unmarried person earning more than $1,000 during the last year, and every married person or head of a family who made more than $2,000, must file with the In ternal revenue collector of Ills dis trict a report any time between to morrow nnd March 1. He will he notified before June 1 of the tax due, and payment will he. due by June 15. The government expects to re ceive 11,201,000,000- from Income taxes before July 1, Including $66fl, 000,000 from Individuals and $53. 000,000 from corporations. This Is more than one third of the $3,400, 000,000 estimated receipts under the war revenue act passed by con gress at the last session. From excess profits . taxes, the government expects to realise about $1,220,000,000 hefore July 1. The rate of tax for a mnrried man or the head of n family Is two per cent ou tho amount pf his net Income exceeding $2,000, bht. less than $4, 000, and four per cent on the r, mount of his net Income above $4, 000 but less. than l.i.OOO. An un married person not the head of a family will pay two per rent on the r mount of not, Income above $1,000 'but lens than $3,000, and four per cent on the net Income above $8,000 but less than $5,000. An extra levy, or surtax, In addi tion to the normal tax, Is Imposed on Incomes above $5,000, so that the (Continued on page 2.) RUSSIANS OUT OF WAR SMS DOCTOR REBEC 8TIDK.NT OK Kl IIOI'KAX IIIK- ToUV UIVM INTKUKHTIXCJ A. ALYHIH OF HITI'ATIOX PEOPLE ESSENTIALLY PEACEFUL Ihilolioriki lUe-ret-ut tliarni'terUUc ItuMiian Hplrlt iirtiplug for Ki- inMhMi In Political Forma "Hussla la out of the war for good The government which the Russian people will build out of their pres ent turmoil, will not be such a re public aa we have, but a form of pa ternalism that will rest moat easily upon tha Individual citizen, in which the religious Idea la equal If not dominant over the political." Thus might be- eptonmlxed the predictions made by Dr. Geo. Rebec of the atate university In a master ly address before the weekly Cham ber of Commerce luncheon this noon. Tbe representative gathering of cltliens, with a sprinkling of women who were anxious to hear Dr. Rebec's talk, listened with close attention to a careful, scholarly an alysis of the Russian character up on which, necessarily, any predlc tlona of the course which he vents In that troubled country were to take, must be made. After correcting a statement made In this paper that he had 'been born In Rohemia, (but Instead waa a na tlve born Amerleanof Bohemian parentage) Dr. Rebec launched Into a rlear and moat Interesting exposl Hon of the Russian nutlonal char acter. Me showed how the Russian la not by nature a fighter, nor a business man, not an organizer, but essen tially a pastoral mystic, deeply re ligious, concerned with faith rather than worka, looking within rather than without, concerned with the spiritual rather than the material, the eternal rather than, the trans lent, and a radical and Incurable pa cifist. Without-posing as a prophot Dr. Rebec outlined what be believed a atudent Russia and Russian condi tions had a right to expect from the present upheaval. He stated that a restoration of a certain form of mon archy would be probable particular ly If the deep Russian religious sen timent were not Impaired. By this he did not mean a restoration of the old regime, but a return to spiritual authority In the shape of the Greek church, and a secular authority tn the shape Qf the "Little Father." In other words a patrlarchlal form of (Continued on page I.) OWN MINES NEXT Washington, Dec. 29. Govern ment control of mines and conscrip tion of labor . were predicted by L. A. Snead, head of the fuel adminis tration's distributing agency, In tes tifying today before the senate com mittee investigating the coal situa tion. Coordination of effort Is neces sary to meet present demands, Mr. Snead Bald, and he added that he could see no possibility of the pro duction of -the 60,000,000 tons the fuel administration estimates the nation la Bhort thla year. Restricted use is the only solution, he declared ItHHLIX ADMITS THAT BRITISH M.IDK GAINS Berlin. Dec. 81. The British re covered a part of the lost territory on the Cambral front near tava querle. The British losses are said to have been heavy- WILL Oil MONSTER FLAG NEW YEARS DAY (;kxeiu)ih (ttizkns donate HPI.KMHI) HAXXEK FOR HAIL ROAD PARK MAST Henceforth the city cm boaat of National F.mMem of Which No Cltlxea Need lie Ashamed After having aerved lta allotted purpoae well, tbe old, weather-beat en, tattered and discolored flag that hanga dejectedly from tbe mast In the railroad park, will be replaced by a new flag that will be a credit to the city. Tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock, the monater flag will be formally raised to Its place at the head of the giant mast, Mayor Truax with the aid of a bugler will do the honors of the occaalon, and all citizens are Invited to be present f nd take part In the simple but Important cere mony. Some weeks ago, a customer In the barber shop of P. 'A. DeOenault remarked that he thought the "roughnecks" of the city ought to do something, "all by their lone somes" of a patriotic nature. The discussion thus started resulted In the Initiation of a movement for the purchase of a new flag for the clty'a mast. Mr. DeGeneault took the mat ter In charge and secured suhscrlp tlons aggregating about $90. One of the finest flags made waa ordered from Chicago and arrived thla morn' Ing. It measures 15 by 25 feet, and la of the highest grade bunting. The names of the donors to the fund are: Will Smith, P. A. DeGenault. W. O. McAdams, N. WInchell, Wm. Hays, Judd Pernoll. Earl Crouch, D. S. Mascall, J. B. Caldwell, Frank Mash burn, Louis Vanlce, Chas. Adair, John Lloyd, 8am Neas, Joe Russell, A. S. Coutant, Chas. Cole, Harry Condlt, C. A. Wlnetrout. C. A. Linen. W. C. Fixley, A. O. Knapp. T. G. Olson. Jas. Trimble, II. S. Dis- brow, O. E. Mctane, A. F. Berrle. Fred Williams. T. E. Wood, J. A. Slover, A. C. Holcomb, Rosco Brat ton, II. S. Smith, A. Shade, Stanton Rowell, Jas. Stlnebangh, Phil Star, K. J. Corey, Joe Wharton, J. N. Johnston, Dr. J. C. Smith, F. B. Old- ing, E. H. Harbeck, Frank Bra ro well, C. E. McLane, Amos F. Wil liams, Jim Tuffs, Dr. J. O. Nibley. Roy Bartlett, A Friend, A Friend, H. Hugg, S. Toung, J. E. Mansfield, H. A. Dillingham, Roy Bush, Her man Horning, G. H. Lewis, E. H. (Continued on Page 4) PACIFIC COAST MAY Washington, Dec. 81. The air craft production board today advised Senator McNary that it is strongly disposed to award contracts tor air plane construction to properly equip ped factories on the Pacific coast, in part because It finds that the large established factories of the east can not turn out planes as fast as. they are needed. BRITISH (X)XTIXfK MARCH NORTH KHO..I JKM S.UKM London, Dec-. 31. The British are continuing thetr advance along the road north of Jerusalem. COMPARATIVE QUIET AI-ONG ITALIAN FRONT , London, Dec. 81. There was only artillery activity yesterday on the Italian front. German planes raided Padua but without ' results. GUATEMALA ER Central American City Yast BYANO of Final Climax to Series cf Terrific Quakes Thousand Dead and Thousands Homeless New York, Dec. 11. An estimate of 1.000 persona dead In the earth quake ruins at Guatemala City, is contained In a message from the telegraph company's local represen tative. Washington,' Deo. 81. Another earthquake at Guatemala City yes terday virtually destroyed the city. A navy department report today aald everything waa In ruins and that 126,000 people were In the streets. American naval veaels have been or dered to render assistance. . Tbe aeries of earthquakea began on Christmas day and culminated laat night In violent shocks complet ed the work of destruction. Following Is the brief dispatch which brought the newt of tbe catastrophe: "Bad earthquake yesterday fin ished the work of others. Everything In ruins and beyond description as a result of last night's shock. One hundred and twenty-five thousand people are In the streets. Parts of the country are very cold and windy. Tents are needed badly. Quite a number killed yesterday by falling walla." San Salvador, Dec. 81. Guate mala City, capital of the republic of Guatemala, has been ' completely de stroyed by an earthquake. Many per sons', were' killed In " the disaster, some In their homes and others Ip the street. The Colon Theatre, which was filled with people collapsed. ' There L WAR RAGE Peking, Dec. 3i. Civil war Is progressing at Irkutsk, In eastern Siberia and the surrounding dis tricts. The town was aet afire by the Red Guards after they had mur dered the French consular agent and three other French men and women. IN HER FOOTBALL ' Berkeley, Cal., Dec. 31. In re viewing the football season of the University of California there has been considerable discussion among followers of the game about the slump taken by the team at the close of the season. Men who have studied the game ascribe tho cause to the makeup of the schedule. With the principal game of the season coming 'In the middle of the pro gram. It Is contended that the sub sequent contests are a mere anti-cli max and Interest is on the wane. Wilh the team brought to concert pitch in mid-season it Is contended to be rarity where the men can be brought up again to this condition in the same season, especially for minor games. li E WET Washington, Dec. 81. Pacific Const States Frequent ralna In Oregon and Washington; some rain In California during the middle and s-jain during the Inst of the week; mild temperatures. OE ED EARTHQUAKE Expanse of Rub as Result were many casualties among the audience.- Various hospitals and asylums and the prisons were badly damaged and many patients and prisoners were killed. The railroad depot, sugar mills, post office, the American and Brit ish legation. United States consulate and all the churches In the city have been leveled. Deep flssurea opened In the mid dle of the city. The Inhabitants, In panic, have fled from tbe capital. More than 80,000 persons are homeless. The stock of provisions In the city la scant and aid Is required promptly. The machinery of the American Red Cross haa been set In motion to relieve the earthquake sufferers. In response to aa appeal for as sistance from Alfred- Clarke, chair man of the Red Cross chapter at Guatemala City, a preliminary ap propriation of 10,000 has been au thorized for the purchase of relief supplies. Materials for temporary shelter are being assembled but mildness of the climate tn the devastated region minimises fears of suffering likely to be caused by exposure. At a Guatemala port large quan tities of flour, potatoes, cracker and other staple foodstuffs, as welt as disinfectants and stores of. gal vanized ' Iron" ' for temporary build ings, already are being loaded on board a vessel to sail for Puerto Barrlbs, on the east coast of Guate mala. IN NORTHERN ITALY Berlin, Dec. 31. French force on the northern Italian line took the offensive today. Their in fantry penetrated a portion of the Austro-German positions on Monte Tomba. Rome, Dec. 31. In the Monte Tomba region, the French captured many positions between Osterla and Maranklne.- They also took prison ers to the number of about 1,400 Germans and Austrlans, -with 80 machine guns and seven cannons. Vienna, Dec. 81. Counter meas ures against the French In the Monte Tomba region are in course of pre paration. Washington, Dec. 81. Plans for the raising of wages . among the rank and file of railway workers and the reduction of the high sal aries paid to railroad executives. Is being discussed here between Direc tor General McAdoo and the federal board of mediation and conciliation. ABOVE NORTH SEA London, Dec. 30. A Zeppelin and seaplane, which was accompanying it, have been wrecked In the North sea, according to a Central News dis patch from Copenhagen, quoting ad vices received there from West Jut land. The Zeppelin Is said to have fallen In flames into the sea.