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.3?&n; 5. j?m,. 1 cbos mm' Aif 1 UMBREllAS-THEY HAVE SO MANY UPS AND DOWNS r," 4 liV. A Marshfield Woman (Kims Wxmtz The Determination of vnluo recelvod in ndvertlslng lies solely with tho results secured. Try tho columns of Tho CoosBny Times they nro clean and dependable. Tho rendora of Tho Times havo confidenco in tho nds appearing therein. nlil! "I fmv nilvnrtlRPil nrllrloit linnmtnn Mmv ''Vs'ST? ... . ..... .,. .- ... wginvannuiy worm wnni i pay ior mem. ino nnanU with tho best roputatlous for Integrity yjSjh'oncBt merchandise, nro without exception, '26tiB,who advcrtlso thoir goods unceasingly. 3&&te' . MEMBER OP THIS ASSOCIATED riUutta Mno"xxxviii." Established 1878 ns Tim Const Mull. MARSHFIELD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1915 EVENING EDITION. 4 Consolidation of Times, Const Mai) unci Coom llnr Advrrtlwr No. 149 4 HTLE POUT HAS NEW MYSTERY Owr Sixty Italian Town THOUSANDS OF VICT IS OF OUAKE ARE BURI T Audi Villages Ruaimi JtstJ, Nl mm 'j.'J JmB 'Ill 0 IMPDRTAN mm RUIS ed by Qunak 1 . 'Not u all ;i' e ti Mil. lj I IV .'ll Ui wl .'! . I te. iim j1 no, m n .w. rtfc A iu. (trf eB d Tt'l ijh i ), itrkable Story of Aliened ai: i nr.M. ti.; 'IPHVfwOr uiiu rui nuy iiiiuu pi Hyu iu.'J umumia RAHGHER RUSSELL DIED; WtifeoNING NOW ALLEGED fpvnwMM' . amed Penlon Who Re ed Story of Aliened Crime, Disappears (Ipoclal to Tho Times.) ' . CHW&lilLLE. Or.. Jan. 15. Myrtlo Pta2fiMd vicinity Is greatly arous ,W7WJJn mystory involving charges ofgiftiMrdcr In connection with tho dwtttyST a rancher named Uussell wwntfero about thrco years ago, tho RljKMfporfl(ly of relatives and tho tlfiSlulimppearanco of a man num- n. who mndo tho revelation alleged crlmo. itory hnn been rlfo for boiuo Ht was of such proportions was senrcoly bollovablo. Now, r? it has reached a moro dofl- q nnd it Is expected that nili??.Vlnri1 ...lit l,n nnlln.1 ..tlMiln UT(VKtaiT4IDUIl Mil, lu V....W.. ,..,.. a. tjutfor. two to oxhumo tho body of Mr.jjtHMoll in hopes of finding trac er ''efjftho poison which Is said to bayiYSeen admlnlstorcd to him uhort ly(lj?ere his death. ,,PMten, who was employed nround MyrtiflPoInt for n considerable lfciiSffijJjJt tlmo, was brought to Co qwilllTt is learned, to toll his story wVtMJrgrnnd jury and Inter mado a tatomont of tho affair boforo Reportor A. 11. Loud. after doing this, ho dlsnp- and tho efforts of Sheriff JakMHiR and others to locato him od. ins that Uussell wns takon (II nnd n plijyslclan wns Tho symptoms 'indicated indigestion and tho physician d for him nnd returned to olnt. A 'few hours later succumbed nnd hie ibody Iblaclc. At tho tlmo thoro was Imntlon that Hussoll had not tn natural causes but n rein- used to allow tho physician o a post mortem cxamlna- jTho ugly rumors in cornice- lth It fnllod to reach tho of- snd Hussoll was burled with- JBtlliivcstlgatlon being mado. tlmo nftorwnrds RubboU's and tho enso dragged along nlon camo. strango way ho learned tho socrots of tho crlmo but kept to hlmsolf for a long tlmo. A nths ago somothlng occurred sod 1'onlon to rovonl tho story frlonds nnd thoy, nftor an tlon which satisfied thorn fig Bomo bnsls for his oxtra- story of porfldy and crlmo, ties who laid tho mnttor bo- county authorities, ttor imniodlatoly took action poonnod Penlon, with tho re- t ho mndo tho sworn stnto- his story. Tho officials did poet that ho might icavo or r and ho was simply hold 10 subpoena. Hbwovor, with- days ho disappeared, leav- jvord ob to whero ho wns go- tver, it Is stated that Proso- FAttornoy Llljeqvlst nnd Slior- on havo lonrned that Penlon went to Maploton or Flor id nro endeavoring to got In rlth him thoro. e promises to bo rapid -dovol- til in tho case,' especially If imposition of Russell's body been sufficient to niako an uncertain. KAGLKS' NOTICK. sgles nro requested to moot Jfe Eagles' Hall at 2 o'clock p, afternoon for tho purpose aqlng tho lunorai or uroiuor Johnson, irder of It FnED MAGNUSSON. AUGUST FRIZEEN, C. C. GOING, Committee. KIRK, President. Feaglks NOTJCE. Bgles nro requested to moot Eagles' Hall tomorrow, Sat- iiornlnE at 9:30 sharp, for k'oso of attending the funeral r- G, W. Duugan., ler of FRED MAGNUSSON, itrriTifiin CTrjIVC'K'M n AUUUill f niU""i C. 0. GOING, Committee m 1 ft :t KIRK, President. ATTORWEYS HE . DM DEPUTY BILL Coos Bay Lawyers Said to Have Taken it up With Peirce (Special to Tho Times.) C0QU1LLE, Or., Jan. lli.Dlstrlcl Attorney Llljeqvlst has been advised that somo Coos Hay lawyers havj requested Hepresontntlvo I'elrco of Coos nnd Curry to introdueo a bill In tho Legislature providing for n Deputy Prosecutor in this county to bo paid by tho state. Tho bill would provide that Gov. Wlthycombo appoint thp deputy to servo until tho election. Mr. Llljeqvlst fools that tho at tornoys who nro seeking such n thing nro taking n direct slap at him. Ho had about a. dozon appli cations for tho appointment ns tlop uty but before thoy cunio In, ho consulted a number nnd conferred with tho grand jury and It was agreed that Ceo, Watklns, a prom inent Marshflold MnrsnNohl attor ney, should bo named if tho County Court provided for it. It Ih not bellovod that tho niovo of tho attorneys seeking to havo tho Legislature crcata tho Doputyshlp will Bticcecd! Tho District Attorney would bo rcsponslblo for tho acts of tho deputy nnd henco Mr. Lit JoqvlBt fools thnt tho offlcor should select liis own man. KporlH IttHlgnatloii Soon. Whllo tho Orogon Supromo Court lias not finally pnsscd on tho ques tion of tho County Judgo's tonuro of offlco, it Is expected thnt thoy will do so uoxt Tuesday. Thoro Is a geuofni rcolljig among Inwyors'tlm't' tho court will BUBtaln Itself. Judgo Hall, whoso term would bo thereby lengthened to two years, Is oxpoctcd to Immediately send his resignation to Governor Wlthycombo, who will nnmo his successor. Jas. Watson will, it is practically cortaln, will bo named. T T. Bandon Member of Grand Jury Accused but Cannot be Re movedPerjury Cases A special sosslon of tho Coos coun ty grand jury avIH probably bo called Boon to cloan up several matters thnt aro ponding. Thoro aro two or throo prlsonors In tho county jail nnd Dis trict Attornoy Liljcqvlst wnnts to havo thoir casos disposed of without waiting for tho April session nnd ho nlso has a fow other matters to pro sont to thorn. Mr. Liljoqvlst has ben informed of tho protests uindo against Grand jurynmn Hunt of Dnndon. Ho has looked (into it considerable, but says that thoro is no way In which to havo Hunt discharged as a member of that body unless ho voluntarily ro tircs or Judgo Coko discharges tho grand jury for good. Tho latter seems out of tho question ns tho grand Jury has partly Investigated a number of cases and it would bo bad to havo them discharged without fi nally disposing of theso matters, Tho protosts against Hunt aro generally based on tho claim that ho has been too lntlmato with G, T. Troadgold, tho Uandon attorney, who Is boing investigated on charges made In tho Stnip8on-Conch-Treadgold affair. Perjury Cases Go Over, Judgo Coko has dismissed tho Jury for tho term and It is likely that the trinls of Ruby Slmpson-Nosler and Mrs, Piortner, on tho indictments charging thorn with perjury, will go over until tho April term of court. Mr. Llljeqvlst says that tho Dan don matter has been a most difficult ono to handlo and says that ho dis likes to discuss It. However, ho feols sanguine over tho outcome of tho cases, Mny Move to liny. Mr. Llljeqvlst is seriously consid ering tho advisiabillty of moving to Mnrshfeld aud locating hero. lie CIO REMOVE u FROM ITALY'S KING IN v - Victor Emmanuel Assists at Avezzano Church Wrecked During Mass Sensations WAIt COULD NOT STOP KING'S All) IDr AmocUIM t'ma to Coot I!y TlmM.J ItOMK, Jan. 1C llcforo leav- ing in his motor enr for Avez- j zano, King Victor Kmmnnuol j wns reminded of tho Intornntlon- j ul situation, it being thought this j might keop him In Home. To j j this tho King replied: "Tho suf- j ferlngs of my pcoplo aro nearer j 'to my heart than anything olso." j Dr AM:t.te rtf. io Coo n Ttram. KOMK, .Inn. IB. King Victor Em mnniiel roturued to Homo lust night. At Avezzano yesterday ho was indo fatlgablo In his efforts to help tho people. Ho climbed over tho rutin nnd spoko words of prnlso to tho res cuers. Ho witnessed tho extrication of a young girl still nllvo nnd gavo directions for her succor. Somo of tho survivors nro not yot sufficiently recovered from tho shock to toll a connected story. One man snld as if somo ono dnnco. Then I ground nnd tho "I had a sonsntlon was forcing mo to wns thrown to tho roof and walls foil on mo. Kven nftor I wns burled tho earth scorned to hcuvo and grow hot." A priest was Baying mass In a church when ho folt tho first shock. Ho rushed undor tho nrch of tho building nnd saved his llfo. Ills nco lytos.woro struck doyn, and killed. Tho acquoduct system of Avozznno wns destroyed nnd tho town Is with out wntor todny. Paris Statement Tells of Ad vances Against Germans at Different Points ( tnjr AuoclaleJ Trtu to Coo nj Twin.) ,i PARIS, Jan. IB, Tho of flclal J statement this uftornoon snys: "From tho son to tho Lys thoro wero spirit-' od artillery engagements yesterday. Wo mndo progress nonr Lombnort-j zydo and Decolaoro. North of Arras a brllllnn attack by tho Zouaves ro-' suited In tho capturo of tho German positions nonr tho road .botweon Ar-' ras and Llllo. A mllo and a quarter northeast of Solssons tho Germans, yostordny nttackod tho vlllago of St. Paul. Thoy entered tho vlllago buf wo roenpturod It. In tho Vosgos and south of Sononnos we repulsed tho Germans. Wo broko through thoir barbed wlro entanglements uud oc cupied thoir trenches." .MEXICAN PROHLEM. (Or AuocUtoi I'rnt to Coot lUr TlniM.) WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 15. Doubt tis to whother Gutlorrez has tmnn "nntfniiml lv Hin ffinvpiiHnn nt. ' ;.V . " Z: r '........ -....,... existed today at tho Stato Dopart pient. A telegrnm from Mexico. City RESCUE 11 FDENCH I'M SEVERAL ATTACKS Which gave notice that ho hud beonl(lr0B(; ,Jag aBn,8e(i ti,0 congroga conunuou, ior UHKnpwji .reasps, was later withdrawn. I ; - ' I I RELEASE U.S. SHIPS. " ' I Dr AiiolleJ l'ff to Coos Itay TlniM.) WASHINGTON, D. C, Jnn, f 15. Tho releaso on bond of ships detained in tho Ilrltlsh j prlzo courts will bo permitted j by tho British government It tho j judgo of -the court Is willing, ac- j cording to a stutement issued by j j tho British Embassy. j 1 feols that thoro is a bettor future for him in tho law business It located hero. Ho has not definitely mado up his mind but will do so between now and spring. ' Actual Loss of Life and Prop erty Will Not be Known for 1 Several Days Probably SOME ESTIMATE NUMBER OF VICTIMS AT 100,000 Government Rushes Soldiers and Relief Trains to Scenes of the Disaster (Ur AmocUUiI Ttttt ( cooa Uy Tlmu. ROME, Jan. 1G. News from the cnrthquako-strlcken districts of Italy still comes In slowly, but enough Is known to show thnt tho disaster close ly approached that which befell Mes sina six years ago. It probably will bo days boforo tho oxact figures aro avullablo. Avezzano nnd Sora aro ho worst sufferers as far as tho loss of llfo Is concorned, but about sixty towns and villages Buffered either total demoli tion or serious damage. Tho Italian government nnd pcoplo quickly responded to n call for help from tho stricken pcoplo. Thousands of troops woro sent to tho scene and tho work of rescue nnd relief Is go ing on night nnd dny. Food, clothing nnd medicines woro dispatched by trains nnd automobiles. American Ambassador Pago rushed supplies tn tho Avezzano district. EARTHQUAKE SCENES. (n? AMOcl.lfJ I'rnt to Cool Ilf TIrim. ROME, Jan. IB. Amid tho roar of falling houses in tho enrthquako zono, ono could hear cries of womou calling on tho saints. A young man tried to drive back to tho spot whero tho earth scomod to havo swallowed tho city of Avozznno, but could make no hendway. Ho and his horses woro blinded by tho dust. Soon ho saw survivors struggling to mnko thoir wny from tho city. Many had received Injuries nnd wero dragging thomsolvos through tho dust nnd con fusion In a pltlablo plight. Somo wero so weak that thoy foil by tho roadside i.4 KSTJJLITKS OF DEAD. IPj AimxIiIM PrrM to Cooi Hi 7 Tlmu. LONDON, Jnn. IB. Tho Chronicle's Rome correspondent estimates tho totnl killed and injured in tho onrthqunko at bo tweon 90,000 and 100,000. A ! I Central Nows dispatch estimates tho victims nt 20,000. . GREGG REV. SAtMUEL TIREGf, OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, TO 1JE- CO.ME 1ST. A STATE EVANGEL- Tho roslgnntloa of Rev. Snmuol Grogg, of tho First Christian Church has been placed in tho lunula of tho official board nnd will tako effect In tho near future Mr. Grogg states that ho Is re- Lli.nl.... .wi.nmtt n attnwsv InnOn Hl'n I nifedMlB lu UHUIJI U I1IUIU IMtiiHU nnd Important work of Btato ovirr col tut frntn whiYli flnlit ho enmn to IL00S m' lH moiuns ago. For H years ho had baon om ovnn- gellst beforo coming hero to Marsh- flold, During his sojourn hero, Rov. ; t0) nt Nth -ond ,U)B Inu nnd , .i.,.n....i .. ,., ,. i...., .....i niA! I IIUIUUICU u W'4Mlill iiuiiou (itu mou has organized thrco lilblo schools In outside points. Ills has not yet beq:i choson. successor i Coiitompliiti Trip. Dt L. itddd Is now figuring out a. deslrablo route by which' to tour next sum mer down Into California, stopping nt tho Panama Pacific Exposition and going us far south as San Diego, Mr, Rood states that ho may take tho coast route to Eureka, taking with him his wlfo and possibly two guests. DIG DANCE by I'ASTIME CLUIl. FINNISH HALL. SATURDAY EVE. s JAN, 10, ns. FINE MUSIC. NO lnl wiroioss messages nro loo aan RAGGING, Gentlomon $1.00 Ln.sorous and thoy hnvo been replaced dies Free, ALPS SHAKEN BY ITALIAN DUAKE Great Avalanches Bury Many During Disaster Large Area Affected inr Aocl4lfd Vttft to Coot Bit Ttmri.J GENOA, Jan. IB. Nows from Camo and CIiIubbo Indicates that tho earthquake was folt in tho Italian valley clear to tho Swiss frontlor. Telegraph nnd tolophono lines gener ally nro down in that district, but no loss of llfo Is roportcd. Tho Alps tromblod during tho shock nnd detached ntimorouB ava lanches. From Cournmyour, Italy, through telescopes, nn nvalancho was seen falling from Mont Diane. A messago from Innbruck stntcs that In tho Alps, near tho Italian frontier, 27 soldiers were ovorwholnied by nn avalancho caused by tho oarthquako nnd thrco of tho men wero seriously hurt. CICERO TOWER GONE. (Iljr Aaiocltted I'teii to Coov VtJ TlmM.J ROME, Jan. IB. No wo from Ar plno says forty woro killed thoro nnd 110 wounded In tho enrthquako. Clcoro Tower, In memory of tho groat Roman orator who was born thoro, collnpscd. Practically all communication Into tho stricken country Is Interrupted. (Of AmomUUJ I'mi to Cqpi Dr TlmM.J ROME, Jnn. IB. Sovornl earth quakes occurred during tho foro part of yostordny. Thoy caused tho col lapso of damaged buildings, result ing In tho Injury of u numbor of por tions engaged in rescuo work-in tho various towns, TOWN DESTROYED. Or Aiioclttxl rrt.i to Cooi Djr Time. SORA, Italy. Jan. IB, Numerous dotnehmonts of soldlors arrived horo to assist In tho rescuo work, Tho houses In tho town woro not all do Btroycd, but most of thoso still stand lug threaten to collapse Up to tho presout moro thnn ICO bodies havo boon tnkon from tho ruins nnd largo numbors of Injured havo boon res cuod. , I GOES HACK TO ENGLAND I TO JOIN KING'S ARMY Charles Emery and Wlfo Lonvo This Morning on Stage Mhy Return. Saying that ho will join King George's army nnd go to tho front to fight the Germans, Charloa Emery, accompanied by his wlfo, said ho would leavo overland this morning or by boat tomorrow for Uio oast, ox poctlng to leavo Now York within tho noxt ten days for England. Tho couplo camo horo about four months ago and thoy opened up tho Fisherman's Mnrkot on tho vntorfront In tho roar of Norton & ' Hanson's, which ho conducted until ' selling out a fow days ago to V. E. J Henderson. Emery Is supposed to hnvo boon n "romtttnnco man," as his frlonds declnro ho recelvod a weekly stlpond loin his father, who Is a wealthy business man In England. When ho loft this morning Emery said that ho expects to return after tho war Is oVOr nnd will then engage in business nero again, CUT OUT WIRELESS. Waiting .Armies Mm! Meld OVIo- ipliouo Safest .Means of Corn muiik'ntJon, ni Moltt FrM la Cooi mr TlmM.f GENEVA, Jan, 15. A awlsa offl cor who spends most of tho year Ih an nlplno fortress says that wireless tolegraphy Is not bolng employed on land. "In peaco," ho says, "wo aro con stantly recolvlng wireless messages In tho Alps, from liners In tho At lantic, and at the beginning of tho war wo recolved (Involuntarily) many messagos In cipher, both from uo'y ." i-ruiicu. uut. u.uy iiuvu I'leu. iu urm.u nuvo lou.m "Y t"0 neid toiopnono at tno front.- , i TURKS TO BE Announce Rescue of Persia From Russian Yoke Eng lish Tribesmen Surrender in? AMoclttrJ r.rti to Cooi liar TlmM.J AMSTERDAM, Jan. IB. Tho of ficial communication given out at Constantinople yesterday says: "As sisted by tho Persian troops, our nriny Is steadily advancing In Azerbai jan provlnco, Persia, in order to de liver tho country from tho Russian yoke. Wo had further notable suc cess, occupying advance positions of tho Russians In tho vicinity of Tab riz. A number of tho tribosiuon of tho Ilrltlsh army of occupation In Egypt havo surrendered to our van guard. CLASH OVER PERSIA. (n AiMKliM I'itm tu vw. mr TlmM.J TEHERAN, Porsla, Jan. IB. Tho Turkish ambassador hero notified tho Persian government thnt tho Porto Is ready to ovacuato Azerbai jan provlnco ns soon ns tho UubbIiuib definitely niovo out of this territory and nftor tho heir to tho throno reaches Tabriz to assumo control. Tho heir to tho throno Is to lenva Tchorun for Tabriz In a fow dnyB. Reported to Have Captured Im portant Strategic Point and Many Prisoners (Or Auocltt! rrm to Coot n TtaiMl PARIS, Jnn. IB. A dispatch to tho HavaB Agoncy snys tho Ilrltlsh stormed a Gorman position near La basseo January 10 aftor vigorous pre liminary shelling. They occupied an Important strtoglc point nftor an nil vnnco of ono mllo. Many Gonnnns wero taken prlsonors. FRENCH TELL OF THE DAI'S FIGHT Report Belgians ;ew up Ger man Ammunition Depot Lost in Vregny Battle ivr AMocutf rrw ooi." itr Tim.j PARIS, Jan. 15. Tho offlclnl Btatoment yostorday said: "Cortaln detachmonts of tho Rolglnn troops blow up, southeast of Stuyvoknes kerko, buildings on farms sorvlng as nn ammunition depot for tho onomy North of Solssons thoro wns dotor mlnod fighting yostordny. Tho on gngoment was locallzod to n section of tho ground north of Crouy, We hold tho first slopes of those hills. "On our loft In this flold our coun tor attack mndo slight progress. On tho contor wo maintained our posi tions nround Crouy In splto of tho repeated efforts of tho Gonnnns to dlslodgo us, but on tho east, In front of Vregny, wo woro obliged to yield. Tho continued Hood stago of tho river Alsno carried away several bridges and tho lino of communica tion for our troops is uncertain. Un der theso conditions wo established oursolves on tho south bank of tho river In tho region botweon Crouy and Missy, with tho bridge heads on tho north bank In. our possession." REPLY TO ENGLAND. Dr AwocUlM Pri to lion nr flnM.1 WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. IB. Secretary Bryan has adJ dressed a brief nolo to tho Brit ish government acknowledging tho British preliminary roply to tho American protest on tho de tention of cargoes. Ho expressed tho Intention of tho Unltod States to await tho supplemen tary British noto. CLAM GAI 1 OROUI ENGLISH TROOPS HI T LABASSEE Estimates of Death Toll in Italian Disaster Vary from 30,000 to 50,000 Today ; i i ALMOST ALL IN TWO i - TOWNS WERE KILLED Avezzano and Sora Casulaties Will Number Over 15,000 Worse Than Messina IDr AMoctit4 rmi to Cooi nF TlmM.J ROME, Jan. IB. Constantly shift ing estimates baBcd on tho reports thnt continue to trlcklo In now plnco tho denth toll of Wednesday's earth qunko nt 30,000 nnd tho Injured In excess of IB, 000. Hundreds, possibly thousands, of victims nro still burled nllvo In tho wrockngo of thoir homes whllo rescuers from ovory walk of llfo strugglo desperately to dig them out. King Victor Emmanuel return ed to Romo from Avezzano last night. Ho personally assisted In tho rescuo work. Tho King arrived In a special train bringing thrco conches with 10 Injured, Tho Popo this morning of fered to tho mayor of Romo tho usa of tho hospital of Santa Marta. Tho offer was accepted, as all other hos pitals wero packed to capacity. Tho latest reports placo tho dead at Avez zano at 10,000 and at Sora -1000. Almost ovorybody wns killed In thoso two towns. Tho loss would hnvo been much greater had tho center of dis turbance been In a moro thickly pop ulated district, ns tho onrthqunko shocks woro far moro violent than In tho Messina catastrophe UOMIIS AT ANTWERP. I IDr Aum-ltt rmi to Com Pa? TIbim. j j AMBTKRDAM, Jan. IB. Tho Tolegrnuf says It learned that j Ilrltlsh aviators on Monday dropped bombs on tho Gorman j j positions nt Antwerp, Tho dam- j ago Is not known. j WHAT NAVY IS DOING. KnglMi Irritated by Inquiries Re garding Inactivity of Fleet. nr AuoHtt Vntt Ik Cooi Iter Tlmu.) LONDON, Jan. IB. Tho quory, bo. often asked In tho pupors, "what Is tho navy doing?" Is boglnnlng to mnko tho navy pcoplo angry, Ono offlcor has answorod In tho following manner: "It Is aggravating to hear tho un thinking porson Imply that wo aro doing nothing. Horr Bnllln, mnnn gor of tho Hamburg'Amorika lino, says wo aro lurking in our harbors. Lot mo say that from tho first of August to tho mlddlo of November my ship sailed 17,000 mllos, and wo havo never bcon very far from tho grand fleet. Wo nro playing our own game, not tho Germans'. "Tho unthinking ask why wo do no go in and attack Klol, Wllholms haven, Cuxhavon nnd Heligoland, Not much. We hnvo our own plans, and tho Gonnnns nro cortalnly not going to lure our sploudld floet Into thoir mlno-lnfcstcd nres and under thoir fortresses, with tho added dan ger of submarines. "Wo nro not out to fight fortresses. Wo nro after thoir ships. Guns nro put Into ships so thnt thoy can bo moved about, aud tho Germans nro not Increasing their offlcloncy by re maining undor tho protection of thoir , forts. Wo nro adding to our effi ciency ovory day, taking every op portunity for tho prnctlco of gunnery, tho U80 of torpedoes, and nlso battlo tactics, practicing under ovory con dition of weather. As things stand, tho sens aro clear for British trade Let thoso who say wo are doing noth ing Imngluo what would happen If wo woro really doing nothing. What would bocomo of our Islands In that ovent? "Our tlmo will como to got into tho limelight. Meantime, wo aro content to watch and watt." K. OF P. FUNERAL NOTICE. Members of Myrtlo Lodgo No. 3, K. of P., and sojourning Knights aro requested to bo at tho lodgo rooms, at 9:30 a, m., Saturday, Jan 1G, to nttond tho funeral of our Brother Garland Dungnn. C, A. MOORE, C C, WHEAT $2.05 . PKIt HUNDRED. HAINES'. Jf M 4EUihA . '