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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 14, 1914)
jfj-v, ,, - ftipIWV 'pr i-t l.wl i iy U-w J - v "" TAKES A CREW TO SAIL A SHIP; IT TAKES CO-OPERATION TO ME A Cff Y (E000 Stotwa i.lttftfUl FAMILY CIRCi.I.S REACHED with every copy of this modluin. Have your advertisement rend by the Home Community regularly, ho that they will know you. Dfo In troduced HY THE TIMES. )?he VrcVt purchasing power o ffKb ' miinlty should not bo 8 i. STSns your ndyertls- )rl0OJ;. rho co of media or suc if. The choice TMKS. rtsful mert' - MRM1IEK OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Established 1"H as Tho Const Mnll. MARSHFIELD, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 1914. EVENING EDITION. A Consolidation of Times, Const Mnll nnd Coos liny Advcrtlm-r No. 26 umpipu.iiMiiiwutui Sau OL XXXVII. WD GERMAN VESSELS RUSHING NORTH FROM SAN FRANCISCO i;n7in and Nurnbcrg, Sailing at Full Speed, Sighted Just Lei(UHJ rHnnn!rnn Vnetnrrlnw W nun NOrill 01 o" riaiioiouu luoitiuay ui Passed by Liner Queen. should BE SOMEWHERE OFF uncuuiv onunc Liivt iuuhi Germans Suffer Severe Losses at Hands of Belgians at Namur Yesterday inree berman aeroplanes anoi Down by Belgian Artillery. (By Associated Press to The Coos Bay Times,) cam CDAMOISn. Anrr. 14. Thn finrmnn fimisnrs I ninicr and Numberg are both headed north, steaming at full speech Tuiairwior wfis iifissfid vesterdav bv the liner Oueen. 130 miles north of San Francisco, going twenty knots an hour, CLAIMED THAT LIEGE FORTS E OT ALLIES CLAIM GREAT VICTOR! (By Associated Press to The Coos Bay Times,) LONDON, Aug, 14, According to advices here, Germany is planning a new movement on France and Belgium, but plans are being made to repel it like the previous one, It is officially announced from Brussels that the forts at Liege still remain intact, It is further stated that the defend ers of the forts have been instructed to blow them up rather than surrender them, LET US TALK IT OVER The PnrnlDO, which nrrlvod In this afternoon, Bightcd n German war vessel off Capo Mendocino, Slio was far out and the I'aralso could not speak to her and did not learn her I name. Tho I'nrnlHo left this I ovculng nt 5 o'clock for Port- I land. Sim discharged n linn- I d red nnd twenty tons of freight I here. BELGIANS SURPRISE GERMANS. (By Associated Press to The Coos Bay Times,) nADIO Anv iA A ISrnntnli fiAM Di-tiornlo enio 4nnf 4lift rrtniO, MUfc' I't, n wo miwi iium muoouio ouyo cucu u u battle at Novill Taviero, north of Namur, yesterday, was keenly contested. I lie Germans were surprised oy a Belgian auacK and sustained severe casualties, I hey eventually ten uacK on Huy, between Namur and Liego, Three German t aeroplanes iiyillgovei uiesi wuiu ijiuu&iii uuwn vy Dumiuii ciiimuijr, IMPORTANT CONFERENCE ON SHIPPING. (By Associated Pross to The Coos Bay Times,) WASHINGTON, Aug, 14, American captains of industry and finance, headed by J, Plorpont Morgan, Jas, J, Hill and Banker Speyer. today conferred witli President Wilson and Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo regarding tho financial situation and the maintenance of American shipping during the European war, The conference was a lengthy one and what transpired was not given out, but it was understood, that a general course of action to maintain the position of the United) Mates was agreed upon, rriHE TIMES believes In fnlr piny. It believes In ho square deal. He I gnrdlesB of country or creed, "raco or religion, Tho Times believes every man Is entitled to equal rlfhts and eqrnllty before tho law. No man should havu special privilege cr ucrmlsalon to excrclso rights not accorded to every other man under slmlinr circumstances. Tho Times opposed tho pernicious preachments nnd devilish doctrines of the I. W. V. Btrcet orators. It bollovcs that they should not bo pormltted to promulgate principles and policies that wero detrimental to tho general good of tho community. In Its opposition It sought, however, only the enforcement of n law applicable nllko to all. The Times has nt nil times stood for tho things that are decent nnd desirable in this community. Its sympathies mid moral support are with every movement that tcndB to tho betterment of tho community. Hut it cannot lend cither countenance or commendntlon to a movement that scokH to gain for any man or any causo a special privilege over any other Individual. If the city of Mnrshfiold Is to suppress tho street speaking of Socialists nnd I. W. V. orators, equally bo should It suppress Prohibitionists and preachers. Socialism or sermons must be accorded equal privilege nnd oqunl rights before tho Inw. Any speaker who keeps within tho law In his talks should be accorded tho same privilege nnd permission that Is granted to nny other. "Render unto Caesar tho things that nro Caesar's and unto Uod tho things that nro God's." The city officials or Mnrshfiold have no right to arbitrarily say who shall and who shall not spoak on tho streets of this city. Every man who keeps within tho Inw Is entitled to the same right, under the snmo condi tions. Whother u man talks prohibition or politics, Socialism or sermons, ho long us keeps his tnlk within the tenets of tho law ho Is e.u'tled to n fair hearing. If tho city of Mnrshfiold Is going to suppress Btreet speaking It should suppress It nil or It should penult ovoryono to have his say with out let or hindrance. You cannot mnke fish of one nnd floslr of another. Socialist and Hormoulscor, Prohibitionist nnd preacher nnd politician, nro each entitled to the snmo treatment nnd tho sanio conditions. The Times makes this statement In a spirit of fairness, regardless of Its personal preferences or desires. I D s IF DEMAND Menace to Foreign Commerce May Create Market for Coos Bay Pulp. 0RKCO.V CITY, Or.. Aug. U. The paper mills hero will not bo af fected by tho European war, as aro those of tho cast, according to of ficials of the companies. Seeiitj-f0 per cent of tho chem ical pulp used In this country comes ",.m Norway, Sweden and Germany - all shipments to this country nave been stopped, according to rajik I., Mooro. of Wntortown, Now ork. president of tho Amorlcnn Pulp nil Paper Absoclatlon. In Oregon uty, how over, tho mills produco tholr n pulp nnd make their own sulphite. HARRICAl AOTO OVER GRADE' THE SITUATION IN EUROPE TODAY , AMERICAXS LOSE. I Ur Am Itickl 'i. to Cooi ll.y Timet.) ! ... YOUK. Aug. 14. F. wilding and X. E. Hrookes, tho .. 5 !? a" challengers, dofeat ed Williams and McLaughlin In three straight sots for tho pwlRlit F. Davis world's cham- iplonslilp tennis cup today. in. . slfAK OOKS UP. I Uf Auw mw j.,,.,, , t.oot ,Uj Tlmn, CHICAGO, Aug. H.Spec 'a' Rovernment agents today bo fean an Investigation tracing tho fnnV110 rl8 'I prices of nnrti8'1.8- Tho' parted work Ir th, direction of J. H. Wil Klnson, federal attorney. ' l,,n, , r.eta" l)rlco f 8"sar I J'ln ')e(l fiom eight cents to ten cents per pound today and deal- ' ftn,ie,ro thon 80,,IB " only In limited quantities. Wholesal- 1 era havo also put a limit on tho 1 iw ,,ininount ot suKnr that ""' niujieii to any retailer. Goes Down Embankment Be tween Myrtle Point and Roseburg. Meager details reached Mnrshfiold yestordny of what might havo been a most disastrous accident to Mr. nnd Mrs. J. T. Ilnrrlgan and daughter' Mnbol between Myrtlo Point and Hosoburg. On 0110 of tho strotches of high embankment the road crum bled nwny and the nuto turned turtlo. throwing out tho occupants, all or whom wero bruised but nono sorlous-' ly injured. Tho enr was also badly damnged, but tho party succeeded In' getting assistance and renched Hoso- burg after their rather rough experi ence. Thoy will remain in Hosoburg a day or two beioro proceeding on their Journey. i i'kominhxt a.mkiiicax mow okkk'iih hxplaixh caush axi hi'kkcts ok chxchaii u'ah, which hi: staths wii.Ij hi: shout hhcausk ok thilmuxdous i:pkxsi:. E M DROPPED Nathaniel Talcott, Well Known Rancher, Succumbs Sudden ly to Heart Trouble. ROSEBURG, Or., Aug. 14. Na thaniel Talcott, a well known rnnch- - ...i. lm l.nn.. Itvlnfv fnr nlnven ur nuu n" "" ra - ""-". .. j venrs hero, dronnod dead at nls ranch today. Ho was engaged in hauling wood at,the time. Heart uis 3aso was iiib cnuts" WESTERN WIS DOWN With, its accustomed regularity, the Western Union Tele graph wires were down today between Marshfield and Rose ourg. The Times could not get its regular Associated Press 'eport but secured part of it by long distance telephone from Eugene and Portland, - .. .... ..-4t..i n , in,i...-i . Tins loiiowiiiB uruciu nno mil- v luiuriuim, Aiisiria can nnnox ton by a prominent Amorlcnn Sorvla, unlto all tho southern Slavs army orricer: uudor tho Hupsburg crown nnd re- "A general war In Europe?" sumo Its mnrch to tho Aegean, uu- "Don't nsk us to predict tho out- threatened by Sorvla. Dofented, It come," pleads what Is loft of tho Is bound to go to pieces. Gallcla, Ofricers' Club. "It Is a speculation, Ilukovlnn, Trwisylvanla, Herzcgo puro and slmplo." vlnn, Hosnia, Croatia and Roumnnln. "It Is staggering to contemplnte, IJH without wnr Austria Is doomed for It all Europo Is Involved, It t criimblo. It bus choson wnr ns inenns that twenty million men will tho prlco of national exlstenco. bo nvnllnblo tor war," an orricer Tlie HusnIhii Problem, said. "Russia alono can put betweon "For Russia, tho problom Is dir slx nnd soven million In. tho Held forcnt. Its existence Is not nt stako and Russia would nioko a far dlf- but If It wins Russia's frontier will rorent showing from whnt It did In Infallibly bo carried to tho Carpa tho Japaneso fight. thlans on tho Bouthwest and tho "Thou Russia had to haul Its Germans bollovo tho Cznr will solzo troops and supplies flvo thousand tho ancient Polish lands of Posen miles over n single-track railroad, and East and West Prussia. Again, which was In poorer condition than onto Austria Is destroyed and Gor nny of our own six trans-continental many criiBbed, tho Inst obstacle to lines. Tho Russian army Is In good Russlnn occupation of Constantino condition nnd Is n dangerous foe. plo vnnlshos and tho dream of cen .Most Hlnncly lii History. turles of Russian rulers and states- "llloody, such n wnr would be, In- men Is realizable. Again, Russian deed; possibly tho bloodiest In his- victory will nrouso tho deopest omo tory for Its duration It would bo tlons of tho race. Religion, quite short. Tho world could not long ns much as raco, too, cries out flnanco such a struggle Tho ex- against tho Austrlon despollntlon of ponso or keeping twenty million In tho Serb states. Victory ror tho tho flold, the fact that millions of Romnnofrs might consolidate Rus men would bo tnkon from Industry, sin's internal lire and postpono tho tho cost or tholr equipment, In these revolution so long threntonod. days enormous, tho cost ot their "Dereated, Russia cannot bo dls malntonance, the cessation or com- membored. Its bulk Immunizes it merce and transportation, would from tho danger that threatens mako a terrlblo total, with tho loss Franco and Austria, Russia's pro ln human lite not considered. gress as a groat power may bo de- "It might well bo Imagined that layed a while but nearly 200 million It would bo tho last great war. The Slavs cannot bo restrained long, result would bo terrific enough 'to Not to defend Sorvla Is to sacririco give civilization a lasting horror ot prestige at home and abroad, to lose the whole business and to establish the support or tho racial and rell a congress or nations ror the com- glous emotion or Its own people, to pulsory arbitration or deferences. become contemptible In the eyes of Forced Into War. Its own subjects. "Few appreclato tho mortality In (ieniuiiiy in a Trap, the Balkan war, a more street cor- "Germany's position, to an out nor right compared with bucIi a sldor, appears ticklish. Surrounded struggle ns this. Bulgaria lost 8C,- on the east, west and north by 000 men in tho first, war alone. Russia, Franco and Great Britain, It "Europe, aside from Austria, will might bo crushed before help could go Into this war reluctantly. With roach It from Austria and Italy. Vlc Austrla, It was a choice between torlous, Germany will, at tho very war or dissolution, and It chose war least, have postponed tho Slav porll deliberately In tho belief that It for a generation. Onco und for all, alone can save the dual monarchy. Germany will have dealt with France Austria's prestige was ruined by the and ror years it can expect a freo iinlkan wars. On the southern rron-hand In the struggle with Great tier there sprang up Sen la. In all Britain for naval supremacy and for 0 1 BELGIUM English Military Press Bureau Issues Statement Claiming That Kaiser's Army Sustained Heavy Losses in Engage ments on Wednesday and Friday. AEROPLANES REVEAL APPROACH OF ATTACKING COLUMN AND CAUSE DEFEAT Many Killed, Large Number of Prisoners and Many Machine Guns and Cannon Captured Near Louvaine and Namur by Belgians One Battle Lasted All Day. BY LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE TO COOS BAY TIMES. (By Associated Press to The Coos Bay Times,) LONDON, Aug, 14, Overwhelming successes by the allied armlA over the German troops in Belgium are reported by the British Military Press Bureau, in an announcement today which states that on Wednesday six regiments of German cavalry, supported by 2500 infantry and heavy artillery, moved against the allies at Louvaine, Scouts and aeroplanes revealed the approach of the Gorman army and the Belgian artillery began shelling the Germns, The fire was deadly, taking the invaders by surprise, and the Kaiser's army melted away before the charge by the Belgians, Tho battle continued all day, cover ing over fifteen miles, BELGIANS DEFEAT GERMANS. LONDON, Aug, 14, Friday the Belgian troops from Namur trapped a division of German cavalry, supported by infantry and artillery, and defeated them, inflicting heavy losses, The Belgians captured many prisoners and machine guns, DISABLED VESSELS ENTER PORT OF SHANGHAI. SHANGHAI! Aug, 14, Tho identity of the two warships, each having four funnels, botli badly damaged and carrying many wounded, which entered the harbor of Hong Kong yes, terday, still remains undisclosed, It is believed that they aro either the British armored cruisers Minotaur and Hampshire, or the French armored cruisers Dupleix and Montcalm, They are reported to havo had an ongagement with the German cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, GERMAN W MS S ARE REPORTED DESTROYED (By Associated Press to The Coos Bay Times,) NEW YORK, Aug, 14, The captain of a Danish vessel arriving here reports that he passed seven sunken Gorman ships off the east coast of England, He said that he believed that thoy were warships, t LONDON, Aug, 14, All is quiet today along tho frontiers &f Belgium and France, according to official advices LONDON, Aug, 14, Friday's engagement near Namur is now referred to as the battle of Haelen, Tho official report' of it gives the berman loss in killed and wounded as 3000, I ho merman report of it lias not been receivec respects resembling the Sardinia which In the last century became tno cornerstone or United Italy. And as France stood forth as champion or Sardinia and dereated Austrian armies, so Russia Is ready to help the proposed Slav empire, that 'place in tho sun' so passion ately desired by tho German patriot. French colonies will be the prize or war. Great Britain will bo left alono to confrontGujianja (Continued on page two) OF, TRIPLE ENTENTE - THREATEN INTEGRITY OF TURKEY (By Associated Press to Tho Coos' Bay Times,) PARIS, Aug, 14, The allied governments opposed to Ger many and Austria-Hungary have agreed to bring Turkey to a lealization of its obligations as a neutral power in connection with its announced purchase from Germany of the cruisers Goeben and Breslau, LONDON-, Aug, 14, Greece today added its protest to those of the T.riple Entente against tho sale of the German warships Breslau and Goeben to Turkey, declaring that this will upset the equilibrium of power in southeastern Europe, MANY GERMAN PRISONERS CAPTURED. LONDON, Aug, 14, Official Belgian reports are that Bel gium has captured over 3000 German prisoners near Liege and France has taken over 1500 on the German frontier, AVIATORS SUFFER HEAVILY. LONDON, Aug, 14, Aviators, who are taking a leading part in the battles between the Belgians and the Germans, are suffering severely, The Belgians destroyed three German aeroplanes, French officers report that two German aviators who were after a French aero-scout were killed, LONDON, Aug, 14, The Belgian staff think that the Ger man advance yesterday was really an attempt to reach Brus sels, but it is declared today that Brussels is safe, RUSSIA HAS GREAT ARMY MOBILIZED. St, PETERSBURG, Aug, 14, Russia has now mobilized an army of 5,500,000 men, of whom 2,000,000 are stationed on the German and Austrian frontiers, KIRK says: "Don't torgot tho Big Danco at HAGLES' Hall Saturday night. KIHK says: "Don't forget tho BJr Dance at KAGLKK' Hall Snturdar night. iIiiMifiTfiMiilffTlii gli T-T-TT-,-.- ,.......... ttfflwml