The Coquille Valley sentinel and the Coquille herald., March 14, 1919, Page PAGE SEVEN, Image 7

■nrroan* coftM n tJJ. o r j b o n . F r id a y , m a r c h
1 w ert among the Fraudi pee»
that hoatUltiaa bare ceased,
•b th Sararíes* naturally pre­
fer aa far aa poaatMe to próvida Air
iW r a a ia U baa accordingly beau dar*
tm tM d that tbe guiding principle at,
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«• Franca b a e c ^ a ^
ahaU be to bara pnjsctllloua regañí te
»»a ercrjr raaponslblUty. but to d ir a «
to offerta primari!y to eaelatlaf
French relief soclrtlaa. The »beratet
• » t devastated reglena at France hart
toen divided bp the goTenuneet Into
•mall districts, each oOdally assigned
to ¿ dr a f t e d French relief orgaal-
-gkjanlsatlon.
Washington.— fBpeciaL)—Henry F.
Davison aa chairman Issues tbs follow­
ing statement oa behalf of tha War
Ooundl « f tba American Rad Croen:
“To tbe American People:
“The War Council of tha American
Red Creaa appointed by President Wil­
son on May 10, 1917, te carry on the
work o f A e American Red Cross dur­
ing A e war, at A e lr reqaaet and by
vote of A a Central Committee,
at midnight, February 28.
“Immediately the armlatlce
signed A a War Council Instituted
studies tp determine whan tha strict­
ly war work of tha organisation
bavo bean sufflcleotly matured to en­
able A e direction o f affaire te be re­
sumed by A e permanent staff. Henry
P. Davison, being A Parts when the
armlrilce w m at
conference there of A e heeds o f aU
A e Red Oroes-OemmlmAna A
to canvass A e sltaattoo. i After con­
sidering all A a factors it
eluded to make tbe transition an
March L The very fotrtunate chelae
o f Dr. Livingston Farrand as A e new
chairman of A e Central Committee,
and thereby the permanent chief
ecutlve of A e Red Croee, makes possi­
ble A e consummetloa o f A le plan un­
der A e m o « favorable conditions.
Aooounta Audited My War Department.
"Detailed reports to Congress end a
complete audit e f t o accounts by the
War Department will constitute
final record of Red d e e s activity dur­
ing A e war. Although it *“
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tho rule te make public ell
tures when aaAorlned and to give de­
tailed Information relative te all wort
undertkkso, the War Council In
log over Its reaponslbiUtiaa to Dr. Far­
rand and bla associates deal re te
e brief resume e f Red Cross war time
activities te A e tiusetess people, to
the Red d o es belong, sad whooe
contributions have mads pc
slbls all that h u boon accomplished.
“ Dnring A s pari nearly twsoty-ooe
months the American people have
given In cash and supplies te A e
American Red Cross mere than 9400,-
000,000.* No value can be placed upon
tbe contributions of service which
have been given without stint and of­
tentimes at grant sacrifice by mill loos
of our people.
“Tbs sffbrt of A e American Red
Cross In A la war bus constituted by
far A s la rg e « voluntary gifts of
money, of band and heart, ever con­
tributed purely for A e relief of he-
man suffering. Through A e Red Croee
ths heart and spirit e f A e whole
American people have been mobilised
to take care of our own, to relieve the
misery incident te A e war, and else
to reveal to A e world A e snpeomo
Ideals of onr national Ufa.
*
“Everyone who has had any pert in
Ala war effort of A e Red d o s s Is en­
titled to. congratulate bhaaelf. No
thanks from anyone ««aid be sqnal In
ralae to the « I f satisfaction every­
one shnnld feet for A e pert taken.
Fully 8,000,000 American women have
exerted themselves In Bed Croee serv­
ice.
Has Over ITJORflOO Adult Members.
“ When wa entered A e war the
American Red Cross had about 900,000
members. Today, as A e resell e f the
recent ChrlstmM membership poll
Call, there are upwards of 17.000,000
full paid members outside of A e mem­
ber* of the junior Red Creaa, number­
ing perhaps 9,000,000 ache« children
additional.
"The c h i« effort o f A e Red Croee
during tbe war bM bean to cere tor
our men la service and te aid onr
army and navy w b a rer« A e Red
Cross may be called on to a e « « Aa
to this phase of the work 8urgeoo Gen­
eral Ireland of A e U. 8. Army recent­
ly said: T b e Red Croee has been an
enterprise as vast aa A e war Itself.
From the beginning It bus dene those
things which A e A m y Medical Corps
wanted done, bat could not do ttsnlt’
“The Red Cross endeavor In
has naturally been upon an exception­
ally large scale where service bM
been rendered to A e AmeriCfta A m y
and to tbe French Army and the ,
French people as well, A e letter par­
ticularly during A e
when tbe Allied Worid w m waiting
for the American A m y to arias
force and power. Hoeptol
service for our army. In I
greatly diminished, bet A e
l* still being railed upon
upon a large erale In
hospitals, where thousands at
cun sick and wounded .are « 1 » receiv­
ing attention. At theee heepMnis A e
Red Croee suppllee hurt end to<
for A e amusement and J
ibe men as they become
Our A m y of Occupation
was followed w lA Medical
pared to render the vame
aid sod supply servlcwwMrt
primary bustneaa ot A e R«
during bo«lllties. The Army Osn
i e f tfnrel
Farmers Attention
«tffj uiiMI .
W e are nffento for the
AVERY FARM TRACTOR
8. internal Rfvenui •Bureau
I r 5 sizes. The 5*10 horsepower is large enough for the
average faraa, and hi equal to S 1600-lb. horses at $675.00.
It weighs 2600 lbs. See as for price Rad terms.
* « « Warning That Stvtre
a — . n un mtu tA-
renames vvivt so Bmorueiie
“Tbe American Bed Creaa work In
Not being very busy right now I
France waa initiated bp a commission
am
going to ¡write you a letter t e llin g
o f eighteen men who landed on French
of a few of my travels A Europe.
■horae June 1*. 1917. since then
As you know wo left for France the
•ome 9,000 persona bare been upon tbe
rolle In France, of whom 7,000 were
latter pert of Nov., 1917, on the 8. 8.
actively engaged when the armlatlce
Mallory. I waa sick at the time but
wna signed. An indication of tbe pree-
rath«- than be left behind I got some
ant scale of tha work wlU be obtained
of the boys to carry my equipment
fcom the fact that the services of 0,000 i uue unaer me provisions or me new
^ .
get aboard A # boat. We
P«r»ona are sUll required.
Revenue Lew mast be in the hands of
“Our American Expeditionary Force local Internal Revenue Collector, to-
T*
having largely evacuated England, tba I for. their ABC« close that night.
^
activities ef the Red Cross Commis­ \ The Income Tax I. being collected A fivm* * ^
we were there
sion there are naturalty-upon a dimin­ m e « the war expenses. Every person thre* «*•*• when A e companies and
ishing scale period. Active operations who shouted aed tooted his born on regiment were made a replacement
atlR In progress in Archangel and I Armistice Day is now celled upon te outfit and mybelf and 70 other men
Siberia.
contribute bis share of the cast e f win- from A Co. were sent to Gondrecourt
“The work la Italy haa bees almost
I
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... »ear Toul to fill up the 1st Engineers.
anti rely on behalf of tbe elviltah pop­
ulation of that country. In tbe critical
p - . r ?
f
boar* of Italy's struggle the American I Ths Internal Revenue Bureau an- Co‘ °* A e 1st Engineers and I had only
people, through their Red Croee, sent □ounces that Its oMrara wlU check us ^
th« r* • f « w days when we got
e practical massage e f sympathy sad I all up to see that every person mbd our first taste of the front. I can see
rallef, for which the government and cornea w iAla A e scope of A e Income now it was a quiet front but at A e
people o f Italy have never ceased to
Tax law did hie there
time it sure didn’t seem like a very
express their gratitude.
Where to Fay aed File
quiet sector as I wrote at the time
Suppllee end Feraonnai to Near Seat.
Residents of Oregon are required te Then on January 19 A e first Division
“The occasion for such concentra­
tion of effort la Italy, England, Bel- I a r i l their returns and pay A elr taxes took o v « A s first American sector
We stayed there until
glam and even In Francs having natur­ [ to Milton A. M ill«, Collector of Inter- jn Europe.
ally and normally diminished. It has nal Revenue, Portland, O re, or to any Esster Sunday when w . were reltov-
o f his deputy collectors who are now . .
. „ '
.
,
been possible to divert supplies and
doing free advisory work on Income ™ b/ “ • 26t" , “ , *"**
*t* n"
Personnel In large measure to A s aid Tax.
i«d for the plains of Piccmrdy down
e f those people la A s Wear East who
Payments seat ny mall-should beat- na*r Montdidier, where A e Hineys
have hitherto been Inaccessible to out­
cached to the returns sad should be A made their big March drive
Tbe
side assistance, but Whose sufferings
have been' upon an appalling scale. A e form o f check, money order « i First Division and n few French
draft Cash paymeats by man are sent | stopped that big drivs after A e Eng-
i mediately A e
“An extensive g r o " e f American
wort era bea beds dApatohed to carry
vltolly needed supplies, and to work
A A winter A A e various Balkan coun­
tries A order te ce « d in a te A elr ae-
tlvidea, a Balkan commission has been
established, srlA headquarter* at
Romat Italy, from which point sloe#
all A e Balkan centers can be reached
promptly.
“ A commission has Just reached Po­
land w lA doctors and aurass, medical
suppllee, and food tor sick children
and Invalida Aa American Red Oosa
Commission bas alee basa appointed
te eld A relieving A e suffering ef Rus­
sia » prisoners still confined ln German
ronr « re-
.
ir you are unable to make your
turn personally beesnse of lllnoos, *b-
•epee or Incapacity, so sgont or legml
repreeentative may make yew return,
If Aero era any doubtful points as to
y»ur Items of Acorns or allowable de-
J S L V r^ a S
Women Fay Tan.
’
Women are .abject to nil tbe require
menu of A o Income Tax. Whether
single or married, a woman's Income
from all source» must be considered.
5 *°"
“
bole# in A e can when
* • <*»* cl**r*d «way, but being very
iuck7 1 only had one finger scratched
a little bit.
“
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fro“
b « husband, A e must make her re-
turn for 1918 If her eat Income was
or over.
I f atarried end living w lA her bus-
band, her Income most be considered
w lA tbs husband’s A determining A q
liablllty for a ratara. Their Joint A-
Right after that I w o. transferred
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the Division IntAHcence section
where I stayed, until A e signing of A e
armistice. On May 28th one regi-
ment o f Infantry with Engineers took
Cantigny and w iA help of anoth«
cgim ant stood off nine counter at-
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Tb*, *
W e are headquarters for G A S O L IN E D R A G S A W S with or
without clutch. Have some used ones at a bargain. Get
Busy. Write us at once for price and terms. W ill call,
. no obligation.
SCHROED ER & H 1 LENBRAND
M A R SH F IE L D , O R EG ON.
PH O NE 77
SEND
THE SENTINEL
TO YOUR
FRIENDS IN THE
EAST
<e>
ITS WEEKLY VISITS
ARE
BOUND TO INTEREST THEM
IN THIS COUNTRY
i s ?
‘; r
sh -
SHOW T H E PA PER
TO Y O U R FRIEND S W H O A R E NOT
T A K IN G IT.
' t W
Y W IL L BECOM E
IN T ER EST E D IN IT TOO.
THE
PAPER
THAT
IS
IT IS
D IF F E R E N T .
APDKESS
THE SENTINEL, COQUILLE, ORE.
so smoothly. Thara w m more atrate-1 again and marched with them into
From our tprgard Germany where I now am. Have nav-
outpost where I was I counted twelve er aeen any of A e boys from home
towns burning at one time, all aat by ^ainca I landed In Franco 14 monAa
,
-
tha Boche in A a ir retreat and with ago.
i no Military advantage to thelhsalv*«,
My best regard* to yourself ana
I but rathleoa destruction. It wap right family and all my friends.
I re­
after
or during this operation that 1 ceived the news of my fa A e r’s death
1
met
Preeident Poincaire, Clemanceau, on ChristmM Day, so I didn’t have
i
i and a tow other notables. From there a very merry Christmas.
i taken up near Verdun, our
-
<
casuals replaced, and then put into
I
that
battle, being in actual fighting
I
twelve
days advancing a ga in « Stub­
born reaistance. During tneae twelve
a
days our division, A a First, was op­
posed by five of the beqt German di­
vision*, four of them being Prusiian
gourds.
I guess we suffered about
tha heaviest casualties of A e war
here near Verdun. When we got our
replacements it looked like n new di­
visions with n few old timers mixed
MCnONARltS are In use by busi-
It w m hers I w m pretty badly
new men, engineers, bankers,
gassed w iA phosgene g u and was
judges, architects, physicians,
farmers, teachers, librarians, cler­
told I couldn’t live. (A m still alive.)
gymen, by mteeo—fu l men mnd
I volunteered to go o v « to hill 240
mm man thm w orld ommr.
and make a recognizance and and get
An You Eqaipped to Wia?
some needed informs ton and w m the
The New International provirtaa
only man out ot six going that came
the means to suecesa .^It tsan oB-
bock alive. W ill have to admit that
things wars pretty warm tor A e time
I f you seek efficiency and ad­
wna there. It w m hare, or really
vancement why not make dally
on tha way back, that I w m gMsed,
os« o f this vast fund o f inform­
but I got tba dope I went after. W m
ation?
«# *.*•* Vocabulary Term *. TT SaPl^s,
ordered
to the hospital upon my re­
<
« * • * n iaM tarloaa.
C a b r a l Plataa.
turn
bat stayed till tha Division w m
M.SSa «.aoeraphlral Subjacta. U .#*#
1
H o o aph k a l tatriaa.
relieved; was again ordered to A e
<
hospital, but got a pass and 1 went
1
to Southern France for a week’s va­
1
cation. Sure had some fine time, got
<
I back just in time to go to A a front
again
w iA my Division up toward
i
Sedan.
We were the first troops to
'•
got
to Sedan and were A ere when the
I
Boche signed the armistice, fighting
1
up till the l a « minute. After
<
1
• ' gy than fighting.
i “ ? “ . ” *“ * . - U" " * '•
beginning of the end for Ger-
» » » y , as A e Allies took thing* A
their own hands from then on. A t a
small village near Cantigny I wore
raj gas mask for eleven hours at on.
.., .. i
h
to ,om*
job;
Som# of th® i»i»n try wore
theirs lo n g « but I was relieved. A t
Soissons ws want Offer after Hinsy
without any artillery preparation, but
using tanks and caught him napping
as he was flruring on comng our wav
the next morning. That accounts A
part for A e number of prisoners ws
took.
The weather was sure some
hot at that time o f the year and as
water was very scaroe there was a
great deal of suffering, especially
among the wounded as we were not
prepared to handle A e num b« of
casuaA ws suffered. During A A drive
I w m at the forward post and being,
m we were, a small detachment the
men with me had nothAg to aat or
drink except corned Mil we took out
of the packs of men killed around us.
Often being in A e attack and contin­
ually advancing for five days and
nights we were relieved by some Scot­
tish Hghlcnders A full kilts.
After being relieved here w e were
taken beck near Paris and rested a
1 « O. Hoper
g few days and Aen into A s lines again
“ Bvery parase can be aura e f A up near Mats. From this sector we
a squnre deai. Ne porson A ex- * were token out anfi placed opposite
MBt the toisrliin Red Croee In th.
repara Hon of tbs program tor extend
| Red Croee activities, and will span.
m next several months A Europe It
ifteultatloo with other Red Cross sod
Iks tor that purpose
f S WAR COUNCIL OF THR AMBR
ICAN RED CROSS. ,
Henry P. Davison, Chulrman.
EMPIRE MILKING MACHINE
which has created soaie stir with D A IR Y M E N . W e have
15 machines in stock. Are you one to get one? W e install
and operate free of charge.
Can make terms to meet all conditions.
.
. i ’-
pected to pey more than hA *
■haré of tax. HA share la "de- *
terminad soleiy by A e amount *
and natura of bla nri Inrome for *
1918, as deflned le iba Aw.
*
“ Abatement petltlone ere dealt *
wlth open-mlndedly.
Refunda *
wlll be made ta every case where-'A
too much tax A «roooously «el- *
lected.
*
“ The Income T a i A ‘oa tbe *
Aval’ sil A s way through "
*
A
W e also are general agents for the
1
net Income Is considered separately A pUc* 1 r* * n* 1“ rn#d ,rh,t
*“
computing any sartsx that may be due.
and I *o*« agree w lA Sherman.
HuAand and wife file jointly, m n By the way A e Major in charge of
rale. If A e husband does not include A s Intelligence section was a nephew
bis wife's Income ln bis return, A c 0f his by A e same name
wife must file a separate return.
Tt
x „ %
• Severe Penalties
J X
^
^
wire (IntelL) A w
The new Revenue Law placet severe
^
B*ws from Cantigny itself
penalties on a person who falls to wen* back to A o General (Bullard)
make return on time, refuses to make whet was afterward given command oi
return or renders a fraudulent return A e second American Army. He Is
For Allure to make return and pay tax sure a grand old man; -a regular
° A BOt mor* th«n 11.000 cuddy to U. boys. Four of onr bunch
It named, and 2o per cent of the t a x
». •»,
T .•, .,
due Is added to A e assessment. For KOt ®i^“ t,on Bt
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refusing wilfully to maka return, or 00
sector until July 8, when are
for making a false or fraudulent re- WBr* relieved by the French and from
turn there Is a fine of not exceeding there wo went on A e other side of
910.000 and Imprisonment of not ax- Paris and on July 18 we started A e
epeding one year, or both.
Soisaons drive of A e allies. In real-
Farmers’ Income Taxable.
ity eur Cantigny advance, only a
Washington, D. a — “Tbe
righA of all persons now fllAg
Acoros Tax returns are amply
protected *
provisión* for *
ts, refundí and ap- *
penis, ’ saya Commlasloaer Den- *
' **
c*n,e • * » * * " •
One shall hit
in 00r cbow lA e and caused 18 cas-
« tor advice.
I>~1 lb , Inmm, T „ ibi, n
H,
most consider all hla Income as tax-
tMe. He Is entitled to deduct from
his gross Income sll amounts expanded
In carrying on his farm. The e o « of
farm machinery, farm buildings and
Improvements cannot be deducted.
The c o « of live stock, either for re-
sale or for breeding purposes, A also
regarded as Investment.
Overtime and Bonuses Taxed.
Salary and wags earners must con-
alder as taxable every Item received
from employers Vnd from other
W e also handle the H E ID E R FA R M TRACTOR, 9-16 hp.
for Cooa f i Carry Counties.
lUh
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k~ « * . - * * •
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_
* * Bf 9f m
kilometer* from C m -
whoro my company hsd 1b
first men killed, although several hat
bqgn wounded before
Several o:
those killed were Oregon beys Ant
r a s r.srrT txiS ; r k’ ? ~r
w lA peculiar effectiveness by tbs Red
Cross What Its future tasks may be
It A j r « Impossible to forecast Ws
knew that so long as there Is an Amer­
icas army A Aa field lbs Red Crpaa
will have a special fanctloo to perform.
“ Nothing could be of greater Impor­
tance to A e American Red Croee than
A e plans just set ta motion by A e Ive
greet Red Cress societies of tbe world
A develop a program of extended ac­
tivities A A e Inters« of humanity
The conception level vea not alone ef
f o r » to relieve human suffering, bur
to prevent It; d m alone a moveawni
by the peepA of- an Individual nation
bet an attempt te srouse all people u
e sense e f their responsibility for tht
w elfa re o f A elr tollow brings through
out A e world. It A s’ program bolt
Ideal and practical. Ideal In A at Iti
supreme aim A nothing leas than ver
1 tab le “ Panes an earth good will tt
men,“ end practical In A at It seeks t<
taka means and measures which an
actually available and make them ef
toctlve A meeting wlAout delay th.
Crists which ls dally recurrent In A .
lives o f ail peoples.
.
"For accomplishing t o mAsion It
A e years ef peace which most II.
ebead of BO A s Red Cross will reqoln
the sbtoet» possible leadership, so. I
mast enjoy AO continued support eym
paAy, and participation In to worl
of the whole American people. U b
PAGE SEVEN
iv u u
M t Sect tor A e S t Mehiel drive. We
were given that place A the push ae
ws were seasoned troops and once be-
fore A e French had lest about fifty
thousand man trying to taka f t Too
sso A A e papers about A A being
a hot battle, well aU I can say it that
H was ths easiest victory wea by A e
Americans in France end we, of A o
Fighting F irst always speak o f tt
aa a maBarvar, aa everything went eff
W uM cbw U
^ T íiú u U ittiL í'
^ W ebster ’ s
NEW iHTEtNATKHIAL
I waa sent back to A c