Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 7, 1914)
jlAN S VALUNJESIN HIS ABILITY TO THINK INDIVIDUALLY, AND fcTMfflffl The Deteftrwn'ifJr.ri Lf vnluo received In tulvortislntr una ,nmi.. .m. Shop Early Itho results secured. Try tho columns ot Tho H so doing you not only got tho host goods nnd tho bc'st assortment to chooso from, but you nro kind to yoursolf nnd tho sales-people. Christmas Is drawing very nenr. Start now! Times-tnoy nro cican nnd dependable. Tho rend- era of Tho Times havo confldonco In tho nds an "pcarlng tlioroln. MEMBER OF THUS ASSOCIATED Villi i m ft SI I l"" W Tf&f mm mmt JOL MO. XXXVIII. IZ GAPTUURED BY GERMANS WHILE ! : HUSSMMS ENDUV.OH TO TKE GRAGDW ifift Changes In Russian Po land Mark Second Campaign i ?AR'S FORCES TRY HARD I TO GAIN A FOOTHOLD flics Extend Offensive Oper- itions Against uermans in Bslgium and France IrOr AmocUUJ Pmm to Coot ll, TlmM. LONDON, Dee. 7. In, Russian olnnd thcro hits hecn nmithur ot tho rtft chnngcB which lmvo inndo the tuatlon n confused ono sluco tho fcglnnlng of tho war. Tho biiccoss tth which tho Qormnns succeeded rallying their forces nnd renewing lc offcnslvo after escaping from the jBsInn enveloping tnovomont Is In dented by tho Horlln nnnouueoment knt tho Important Polish cty of Lodz hh again hcen captured hy the Ger- iins. Itoiii Lodz tho road loads to rnrcnw, tho objective In Uio two rcvlous Gorninn advances. Petrogrnd Bays Cracow Is now lin er firu of tho Russian artlllory and' lufslan Btratcgy contomplntos a hitting of tho main attack from Con- al Poland to tho south, Involving attempt to pitch on from Cracow ml enter aermnny. Tho offoiiBlvo inovomonts ot tho lllcs against tho Oormnn nrmlos on tench nnd Ilelglnn soil Is nppnront- being extended gradually and now overs n largo pnt of tho battle Hue foin tho North Sen' to Switzerland. Today's official Fronch communlcn- Ion, whllo worded cautiously, spool Icnlly mentions offcnslvo movomonU ; vnrlniiB points. Tho Gormnns, who Itccecdod In pushing tliolr way across lie Yscr cannl last month nro said tho French to havo boon forcod kit of tho positions, with tho execut ion of troops In n fow ontronehnionts thick nro still under nttnek. tcamers Luna and Everilda Lost off Finnish Coast- Crew of Luna is Saved Hr Amoi ltl Vmi i Cnoa Iltr Tlraw.l STOCKHOLM, Dec. 7. Tho Swod- Eh utcamera Luna nnd Kvorlldn rut lc mines off tho Finnish const Ind both wero sunk. Tho crow of ho Liiuu wns saved, but all tho soh- licn aboard tho Kvorlldn oxcupt ono Can wero lost. (jiuni) .iritv iiusv l AT COyiMLLH NOW I (Special to Tho Tlmos.) COQl'ILLU, Ore., Doc. 7. Tho Coos County grand Jury began grinding this morning but will probably not mnko n report boforo Thursday or j Friday. Thoro nro n scoro of j more or less Important eases j coming up nnd tho courthouse wn3 crowded with wltnossos. Soaring Northeaster Causes Havoc in Shipping trom Maine to North Carolina Some Boats Sunk, Many Wrecked and Cities Dam aged. ID Auorltted JVcm to Cool Dtx Timet. KEW vnnif, i nnrt i a marine Northeaster today swopt tho Atlan llc coast at sixty miles an hour from porin Carolina to .Maine. ne pright, N. J suffered heavy dam Pee. New York harbor was oleared Pf all craft by the ga.lo. One flre- poat was sunk at a plor. At Point iitlPli, It. I., n small schooupr was f0"n from her anchorage and brown on the seawall. Life sav- prs nro trlng to rescue the crew. -tfo savers aro also seeking to res- pue tho crew of a six-masted pchooner whlrh struck Tuckernuck phoal Saturt y, portions of the Nrf avenuo at Coney Island nro finder water. Itrtghton Pen. h .' P'-maged Many houses wero de stroyed along the coast. KEDISH VESSELS ! SUNK BY MIMES ORTU ATLANTIC COAST BY WORST STDBM Established 1878 ns tiio Const Mnll. GERNHS REPORT Announce Czar's Forces Lost Heavily in Engagement in Which They Took Lodz Wf Anoi ItteJ TrcM to Ox Daf TlmM.) HKRLlN, Dec. 7. (lly Wireless.) Tho official statoniont this nftornoon says: 'N0 ospeclal reports woro re ceived from tho wostom theater of , war nor from tho roglon east of the plain Mnzurlnn lakos. In northern Poland wo gnlnod an Important suc cess In prolonging tho fighting nround Lodz by defeating tho strong Itusslnu I forces stationed to tho northwost nnd southwest 0f this city. Lodz Is In our possession. Dotnlls ot tho battle giving us Lodz cannot yot bo made public liorauio ot the oxteuded field over which the ongagement wns fdiflit. Tho Itusslnu losses wero vert Intgo. An nttompt by th Rus stsus to ronie to the assistance ot their throntenod Brmlos In tho north from Northern Poland was rolled by the nctlvlty of the Austro-llungnrlan and Oermnn troops In tho district southwost of Plotrkow." VESSEL SUNK OFF GUILE German Transport Sends Ship to Bottom and Lands Crew Near Valparaiso lllr Amoi UtJ I'm to rM lur TlmM. VALPARAISO, Chile, Doc. 7. Tho Ilrltlsh stonmor Chnrcns from Now York liss beou sunk nt sen off Port Corrll, Chile, by tho Gorman trans port, Prlnz Kltol l'reldorlch. Tho crow wns lauded at Papudo, 15 inline north of hero. WAIISIIIP WAS ASIIOUK. I'nkuiiH'ii l'oivlgu " Vo.ol RscniK's fnnu IVrl .NYni-Mni-jlaiul. Df AMixlitM I'riM lo Coot nr TIuvm.1 PII1LADKLPHIA, Doe. 7. A ills- , patch to the Marline Kxehnngo front' 'its station at Lewes, Dolownro, xty 'it telunlioim mossngo from Ocoun City, 1 Mnrylsnd, reported that tho tinldoittl I flod warship which had boon ground ! txl oft that place In tho storm had j proceeded seaward. A forty-five mile I gale was blowing mid tho woathor was thick, making It Impossible to learn thu Identity of the wnrshlp oth er than that it wns u fotolgn vessel. SKItVIAXS MOItl ACTIVK. Df Afw-bileJ ITr Io (" Utr Tlnir.l PAltJ?. Doc.i7.--A dispatch from Nlsli reiitirts that tho Servians, since j December 3 linvo rosuinod a vigorous offensive, The Servians on Frldny pursued the gnemyV right wing as I far us Kolubarn. where tho Austrlans abandoned four batteries. II S TiAiinntAiii' rluilnir the night the Ocean Park Life Saving crow tried to exchange torch signals with tho ship but could get no understand able response. This fact nnd the ennractor of the lights sho display ed and her distress signals lod tho watermen to bollovo that sho was n forolgn battleship. SEABRIGHT DAMAGED BY STORM AND TIDES tor Aiuii itm t coo. nr Timi.i StflAimiGHT, N. J., DW. 7. The turning of tho obb tide hore today found Sabrlght's chief stroots un dor water, railroad tracks covored by the oeean for two miles and the storm lashed em swept through breaks in the sea wall, constructed after the flood l"t r- rtMth the high tide to Mime, the situa tion looks slarmlng and tho resi dents practually hue abandoned howo of preventing a r. .t ! The. liss la t night is t uma'd ut $10'' 'HO, ROSS IS TEH T SIT MANY YEAR MARSHFIELD, OREGON, Only $80,000 for Co RULE OE AIR QUESTION I RAISED NOW inr Amiotliln! I'rwi to Cant n Tlir.l D1DRNK, Switzerland, Dec. 7. In connection with tho nlluged viola tion of neutrality ot the nlr over Switzerland, It became known to day thnt Orcnt Itrltnlu exprossQd re grot to tho Swiss federal council ! that her aviators Inadvertantly had , fnlln.l In 1tuntln ItialrllnHflim llllt i i a, i i i i...' ..... I declared this must not bo Intorprot- cd as recognition by tho Ilrltlsh government of tho cxlstcnco of sov ereignty ot tho nlr. VALLEY LEAGUE IS TO BEL Basketball Season Opens Inter-Town Schedule Broach . ed Athletes to Meet An Indopondont Intor-town bnskot ball longuo Is In tho moulding, linvlug I been eoiumeiicod horo Ssturday night I following tho bnsketbnll game of tho , Norway tonm with that of Hnstsldo In which tike lnttor wero tho winners. Manager Drown, of the Myrtle Point toam, has bronchod tho matter of a lenguo to Dr. It. W. Morrow, ono of tho local fans, and has nskod a gumo bo nrrnngod for Myrtlo thQie, olthor this next Saturday or n woek from that dato. To IiiBpoct mid elnsslfy tho inator lal avallnblo for such n tonm u meet ing will bo called within tho noxt low dnys. At tho prosent tlmo piny ors hero nro handicapped bocnuso practice and must go to North llond I! nlr wnrk-Ollts llOI'O. HED pracllw and must go to.Nortlt Ilotul j0K8 ,hnt ,, nlmogt throntenod to ;, Z . rnnn Z for this purpose. Willi tho co.nplo- ,.loM down tho IllllIlt. Though thoro llU B Il. Sr. -ij iV, V . lion of the high school gymnasium It aro nl)0llt 13.000,000 foot of logs ,mro', w,n W-1 Hue tho will be possible for tho tonm to hnve,m tho uptor Coos IUvor nm, many i c,,1rr1'"1 ?"' imw, ," T ot 10 Among the ball tossors aro inon',lo necownry to float thorn out and, I who havo starred on tholr collogu teams and havo Won tholrspura In hotly eontostod big gumos. Dr. It. W. Morrow has played In tho onst, j rhnldlng down u gourd position. Hon I Fisher was a conjor on his class tonm I ' at the University of Illinois, Iloynl JNIIos is nu old Whitman star and j 1 1). II, Oils Is from a New York school where he had considerable practice In tho f mo. C. II. Lnndors Is a formor Univer sity of Minnesota man mid L. J. Ilydo formerly held down n guard with the UnlMirslty ot Nebixsku. Acoordlng io i present plans n loague will bo worked out with tho CoiiiilllQ Valley towns. prolKtbly taking in Unndon, Coqulllo I'owors. stem wneei u.g, . ,.. . Jn Jun y ()f w()n, from slid Myrtlo Point, nnd a schedule, porarlly laid up becntiso of tho lack th( Nflvy ,)B1arlment t Washlng dravin up for tho win tors' series of;of timber. In a i...b.i -- ss that Um dDcIarIllK t,,,B wI ot ,, ,,. gan,ei. probably will lmvo to bo dyna- H)Mo OIL TANKER LI (Br AMrUtl If to Cei Dar TlmM. j SAN FRANCISCO, Doc. 7. The .Standard Oil tanker J. A. Moffetu ' H.075 tons, and tho third voasel of Its class lHtin-hed hore this year, 'took Ihewator Saturday at tho Union Iron "Works. She win do piaoou on the oonstwleo run betwooii San Diego and Alaska. " ALLKN IS CIIOSH.V. .Motlfnrtl Mail Kueceods Oii-miii Fruit ConiinlhsloiiDr. As SALKM'. Dec. 7. A. C. Allon. of Medford, was appointed hortleultur- al commissioner for tho third tiEHLB TODAY jriet. comprising Juekson, JosophJne, ,crd, since he has been on parole, has 'Coos, Curry. Klamath, and Lake, boen oxcollent. Bvans has boon Hv - ! counties, to succeed A. II. Carson. lng with bis daughtorjn Los Angolo, , wo was recently reraored by the lut says he will Join Ills wife In Port-j .tate Wosrd of hbrtleulture uiHn pe-'land if th pardon Is granted. titlon of a large number of the fruir Fvnns appeorod In person at the growers of the district, who ciaim! , that Carson was not n' active as he, should lie In the cnfnn .iiient of the' fruit iipst ci'idliatiim laws of tbe Mate MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1914 EVENING EDITION. in Rivers and Harbor -Coquille River" Allowed $76, WUU 30,- 000 and Siuslaw $117,500 0 and Siuslaw $117,51 Under Estimates Made s Mnrin SIUSLAW MUST RAISE EQUAL AMOUNT AT HOME, Columbia River Allowed $2, 500,000 Other Oregon i 1 Points Provided For (Dr Awm111 I'm to Coot tlj TlniM.) WAHlll.MiTUiS, U. L, UCC. I. More than ?r3,000,000 Is ostlmuted for tho Improvements nnd nlnlnton nneo of tho nntlon's wntorwnys nnd harbors during tho fiscal yonr ID 10, which begins July 1. Tho great waterways require tho Inrgor pnrt of tho money. Tho fol- lowing estimates of appropriations lmvo boon mndo: Oregon, Columbia lUvur, $2,G00,000. Coos liny, $80,000. Nohnlom Hay, $110,175. I Coqulllo ltlvor, ?70,000. i Siuslaw ltlvor, $117,500. (Pro vlilod oqunl nnuiunt npproprlutud by Siuslaw Port.) , Wtllnmetto nnd Ynmhlll rivers, f I2,r.00. Tillamook liny, $207,000. WiiNlilngtou. Grays Tlarbor and Chohulls ltlvor, $15,000. Cowlitz nnd Lowls rivers, $22,000. Sknglt ltlvor, $10,000. Pugot Sound, $25,000. Wntorwny from l'ugot Sound to Lakes Union nnd Washington, $5000 CLIP TWO HOURS ! .FHDM WORK SHIFT Shortage of Logs at Smith .Mill Cause Thousands of Timbers Await Freshets Working bourn tit tho Smith mill woro reduced from ton to eight today because of n temporary shortngo of mnm mi llin Pnnnllln frnullcllrt M.II1 for tho tlmo bolug tho brunt of, furnishing food for tho big mill falls outlroly on tho camps of tho ng up to tho limit and have been jng night nnd dny and lmvo boen for sovorul weeks In nn offort to stuvo off tho tlmbor fmulno. ltnlns of tho Isst 10 days raised both rlvors nnd tho lmvo Co- .(iiilllo In tho middle of Inst woek did almost rise to tio point whoro tho logs could be floated. Too , soon tho heavy rain coased and tho! big logs again lapsed coiiteutodly j on to tho bud of tho river ngniii. For ninny woeks Coos ltlvor froshots ImVo boon pruyod for. Tho union mo winners ure cruwuu mm , recrossed In a big Jam far up tho rlvor. Only n heavy freahot can now truo get thorn out. Tho samo More camps nro being Institute.! along tno log-, glng road nnd ovory offort is Doing oxortel to koop tho mill running until tho inevitable freshets come to rollevo tho strain. .MAV PARDON -HVA.VS. . livieiieiit itccorii wiiiio on i-iii-iiio .May Gain llliu Full SACRAMKNTO. Cal., Panlon. Deo. 7. Chris Kvnns, who wns ringleader J" tho onrly nineties of tho Hvans- Son - ff hand ot robbers thai torrorUod Hisldonts and robbed trains In tho toothllls near Fresno, applied to Gov enmr Johnson for a pardon. ISvans, who is now slxty-olght years old, wns sunt to i-oisom prison tor a life sontonce and after serving sev- dlst-.entoeu years was paroled, ills Uovomoi's ofllco. Ho is In very poor health and a vhttm of partial para- l..r.lls. It l expected that the pardon will be granted. OH IHO VlKJllll'O. . ..,.., . ,,.,. ruw aaa sir--i yi a in A B - fliA N -- - vi , 1 S4YS f RENCIi STATEMENT Illr Aiot!IM l'rt la Coot TUT Tlmrt.J PAItlS, Doe. 7. Tho offlelul com mtiulcntlou Ibis nftornoon says: "In tho region of tho Yser wo continue t0 nttnek tho few eutrouohmonts still held by tho enemy on tho left bunk of thu mini. In tho region ot Ar montlors nnd of Arrns, as well as In tho Olso, Alsuo nnd Argon no terri tory there Is nothing to report except to re for In gouornl tonus of tho su periority of our efforts. In Cham pagne, our himvy nrtlllory has on levernt different orouslous shown n mnrkod superiority. Thoru Is noth ing now on tho eastern front of our lino, whoro the positions of the pre vious days wore mnlutnlued." Ei U. S. Investigation Now Might Create Unfavorable Interna tional Impression (Dr AmoiUIwI 1-mt io Com IUr 1raM.i WASHINGTON, D. C, Doc. 7. Prosldon't Wilson announced today that ho wns opposed to Representa tive Gnrduer's plan of Investigating tho proparednoss of tho United States for national defense bocnuso ho thought It nu tiuwlso way ()f handling n "quostlon which might create a very unfavorable International lin prosslon." Cent of V. H. .Military. Tho nntlon's military and naval oxponsns during tho next flscnl year, "I"oiUo Congress today. OLD GREW NOT TO Oregon Must Make Trip Through Canal With Active Service Men. A shot has been flrml through nnd has completely punctured tho I balloon of hope among tho old crow of tho battleship Oregon who had tlfititiml li Its litu In i It !ntnrln tli1 f, htor ,rollgh tho i,mm Cnnnl ,,.., . , wflP,, ruIlinui tiv N. vnl Itwrultlng Officer K. W. Wheel- or, of Kiigouo, Attorney K. u s - .. ..,. ... .I.,.. .1, ......i.. Juuuun, in nun uu, mm 11 iiiuiiiiivi 111 tho orulso j . for .,., ,.,,, W. i)0eil iK, UVLSDN OPPOSES MILITARY PROB iifii I it ti il I f unHlfiln f I vi,l nviiiiiiitnii iiiiiimiiuuiMi I'liiiimiii'ii in uHiiiiuuen N BATTLESHIP ton tho trip, oxpflctlng to kiln tho Mr. MeArthur would not dlsouss ship In Now Yorlanpxt Humtter and1 polltlea. saying (hat ho liad beun aid In bringing S-f down lirough . trying to rost up and forgot- them the PananyT Canal and up lo San'slnco oleetlon. 1I0 said thnt his pr!- ! Francisco to be protont to tlib Pan-!tnte biislnesa roualred uDi his tima ' awB-Paolf lo Imposition. Kxpositlon. i Acoordlng to the Instructions sent; out by tho Navy Department muii will not bo accepted on a short on- nHtmont of throo months, ns had, , )(Jfln jn(MI1(iuil. Tho Department , ,H ..,imnif. i.owovor. to nllow the torm9t, moiiibera t rue old battbfctlon on iv ohnrgo ofthuliig drunk' a),., v. ftrj. 8t (ft (,0 mYy orJniid dliordorly and for this his on 0tlior shlus to innu the Oregon for tJu ll()rt 0J.I8 nmi probably tj,0 aBt for the old fighter that won ,, ovorlHatlne fame In tho orulso roo-!u(jep Captain Clark, arriving off ba C0Hst of Cuba In the nick of itiaie to aid in bottling the Suanlsh doet In the harbor of Santiago. I-OCR VHSSISI.S .V The Daisy Putnam, the Hardy and the Nnn Km lib (row ten el wo and tho George W. Fran- Alder from Portland Tbo KlUabetb Daudon. arrived In sailed south today, trom A Consolidation of Times, Const Mnl) nnd Pons llnr Advertiser CITY AMD PORT 1ST PAY PAIGES FOR MIUjJLOP C. N. M'ARTHUR IS TiJW 00 BAY V S TOR Congressman-elect Arrives for a Few Days' Stay Here on Business C. N. MeArthur, rongrosBinan-olect from tho Third Oregon District, ar rived hero yesterday via Klorenco from Portland to look after some prl vnto business Interests hero and nt Coqulllo. lio has n number of wnnn porsonnl friends hero nnd vhll0 on tho liny will bo shown n nuinbor of eourtoslos. tho prlnolpnl ono ot which will ho n smokor nt thu Mllllcomn olub this evening tendered by tho Port of Coos Hay. .Mr. McArthur expected to roach hero Saturday but wns misinformed nt Klorenco about tho tlmo ot tho stage's departure. Ho nroso and wont down to leave Saturday morning, ' but when ho reached tho Htngo depot I ho found It had departed n halt hour! earlier so ho had to wait over until joBtordny. 'While I will not assume my jiow duties iib CoiigrcBimum for n fow months, I am going to tnko advantage of my trip through this section nnd fnmtllnrUo myself with Its needs," snld Mr. MeArthur this morning. Coos Day nnd thu const country nro nutsldo my district, by It will bo my nmbltlnit to work for nil of Orogon nnd I will try to co-opernto lit every wny posslblo With Congressman Hnw loy to tu'cotupllsh tho greatest re sults posslblo. "Although I havo spout practically my outlro life lit Oregon, I never had nn opportunity to visit tho Coos liny country before. had hoard much of Its .possibilities and resources, and sluco coining horo I lmvo boon sur prised nt what I lmvo learned. With tho Immense timber nnd coal rose u ic es, tho great possibility for develop ing tho dairy mid agricultural Indus try, this section Is bound to coino nhoail rapidly With the completion of tho railroad In hero, one of the greatest drawbacks you havo suffered ' from will be overcome mid msrkotnl will bo opened up that will dovofop tho many Industries besides lumber. "With tho railroad completed and tho bnrbors bora improved us they bhotild be, southwestern Orogon will mxiii enjoy, nn era of development , thnt will bo little short of astounding. ,Tlu expenditure of $000,000 by Coos j Hay people In Improving the harbor khould certulnly entitle Coos Day to i tho greatest posslblo federal aid." "Judging from tho amount of. money the HouUiariniJ'nrlflc h ox- ' l'ul"""K nil inti uwimu iiiuiwii in it nun i iroin i-jiigeiio to uoos liny, it woiiiu souui certain (hat thoy will oolupleto tho coast road to Huroka soon.1 "I will bo hero until Thursday mid niter attending to some personal mat- i tors I havo horo mid ul Coriuillo, 1 1 will try to visit llandnu, Myrtle Point nnd the other sections. I havo ! always wanted to soo this country mid nnd going to try to soo It nil on this. trip. Thu Siuslaw Is ti fine country ainl with Lliti oiiinnliitlou of tbn roll- , - - -- """I ' there nnd tho finishing of tholr hurbor li.iprovotnonls, thoj-will also onjoy a marked dovelopment." right now anyway. 1'K1IITIN IH ItXI'HNHIVI-: A For flghtlnjcit tho dnnco in iho Hagles' hull Saturday night, Clina. Hmlih was booked at tbo nollca sta- 'friends put up 10 ball. Tbts'ttgod 71 years. Ho had boon about morning Smith apponrod lo pay his1" woll as usunl and had walked flue. He found thoro u lodged, against him. coud quo Guy I-Httlu. father oC tho young woman who accompanied Smith to tho dance, fllod a charge of iik sault gud for this $- moro wag dropped Into tho city's oxchoqiior. In an iutoxlcatwl condition Smith attempted to force his partner to duiue with him nnd strenuously ob- Jected whon asked to lonvo floor. Offbor ilorduii Smith settled tho matter In n Jin k Johnson stle 4 and Smith was huiried awa. No. 117 $uuu uamages louay MUST REPAIR DRAIN ' BEFORE MARCH 15TH Holds Property Owners Re sponsible Damage Allot ed to Different Parties (Special to Tho Times.) COQIULL!-:. Or., Dec. 7. On con vening tho adjourned torni of rntirt hero today, Judge Cok0 hnpdod down n decision In tho notod Mill Blough J wh'oh ho allowed tho parties clalnt dralungo easo from Marsh fluid In ' inK dnmngo on nccount of overflow i $1700, Tho dnmngen nllowed iho Urfuront parties woro as follown: C. J. HlliBtrom $ioo. C. Ilagqulst $350. C. A. Johnson $300. A. Hnglund $300. " L. A. Hnglund $250. John llnekmnu $100. Thoy woro awarded ft Joint Judg ment ngalnst tho Port of Coos Hay and tho City ot Marsliflold for tho amount of dnmngos nllowed. In fix ing tho amount of datnngos sustained. Judge Coko hold thnt $50 por aero urnit n fnli t-ntilnl vulllfi fflr tlln limit- , or,y llvolvorti ,1ubU1oh tho noliml dnmngo sustained In tho loss of tiso of tho proporty, ho mndo allowances for pormnnont dnmngos in fences wnshod out, otc. Pi'oKi'ly Owners Not to Illume. An Important section of his decis ion lit tho case was to tho effect that tho property owners Woro In no mnn nor responsible for tho dnmngos caus ed by tho fill mid tho failure of tho drain. It had been contended that thu proporty filled might ho hold ro- , sponsible to thoso dnmngod by tho closing of (ho waterway, but Judge Coko hold that tho City of Mnrshtlold and Port ot Coos liny wero ulono ro sponsible. Judge Coko held thnt tho trouble was caused by Insufficiency of thu gouornl design of tho drain box, In sufficiency of construction nnd by tho uogllgent manner In which tho flit whs mndo. Tho first two cnttsos wero I nltrHllllb,0 l0 tho clty 0, .,, field mid tho latter to tho Port, hut mi thoy wero concurrent, ho held tho two organizations Jointly roapoiialhlo. Must ll Itcpulivil. In addition to thu decision allow ing dmnngeii, Judge Coko Issued it mandatory Injunction ngaliist tho Port of Coos Day uud thu City of' Murshfiold requiring thorn to havo the drain cleaned and put In n good nun sufficient working condition to protect tho property buck of tho fill from overflow by March If. W. T. Sloll nppwirod for tho prop orty owners, O. It. Peck ntul J. W. Ilenuutt for thu Port of Coos liny mid John I), (loss for the City. Thu sise was tried In chambers nt Mursh fiold. ' FOR ARMY USE 'English and French Govern 1 ments Order 3000 from In diana Firm ' (Dr AiMUtl rM la Lom p; TlniM.1 CHICAGO, Dec. 7. Tho Yaukoo sleigh bus become u necessity tu the Huropean war, It heeumo known iodny. Orders woro placed with a Sounh llond, Ind., firm by tho Ilrltlsh nnd French ntWoni'-' moiits tor sooo slolghn to bo tOOojIi prluoipally lor tho tnnsportnttou, of supplies. DIIIH IN COyUILL'l) OOqi'ILLH, Oro., Dooj 5. lion. Wllllum II. Noslor died t his homo l tho Aandomy addition Thursday, down town for his mall oyory 1 until two wooks piovlons to day his fell death, whoii ho stnxgorod and oil the sidewalk. In 1S08 Mr. Noslor was elected a member of tho state leglslaturo from this county. The surviving phlldron aro: Alva A., Israel It., and Mrs. Qoorgo Hart ley, nil of San Diego, Cal.; and Os- tlie.rnr !.. Suniuoi M., Kugeno B-, Mrs. A. T. Morrison, Mrs. Clyde Hugo, Mrs. C. T. Skoola and Wil liam II. Nosier Pf this city. .,'A'iL. -lJlin; i I'jji ijfctll ZjKgJEJEiJlTIJ WTT rrTLZrg vu "1-J- i