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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 28, 1915)
JeVEN in driving a bargain it is just as well to keep to the right A Marshfield Woman onro nald: "I buy ndvortlsod articles because- thoy nro Invariably worth what I pay for tliotn." Tlio merchants with tlio best reputations for Integrity and honest morchandlso, aro without exception, thoso who advertlso tholr goods unceasingly. The Determination of value- received in advertising lies sololy with tlio results secured. Try tlio columns of Tlio Coos Day Times thoy aro clean and dcpondablo. Tho readers of Tho Times havo confidenco in tho nds appearing thoroln. ' At),ft dy , . MKMDBlt OF TUlfi ASSOCIATED PUKoo l"B VOL. NO. XXXVIII. Established 1878 ns Tlio Const Mali. MARSHFIELD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1915 EVENING EDITION. 4 Consolidation of Times, Const Mai) "nil Oooh Hnr Advertiser No. 160 IC ilson Vetoes Literacy GREAT BATTLE DEVELOPING ALONG E F Test in Irarauinration Bill S mmm CONFLICTl REPORTS I Ft W COM POM one CARPATHIAN MOUNTAIN SOOT erman and hrencn state- tments at Absolute -Variance Concerning Developments' FRENCH CLAIM GERMANS HAVE LOST 20,000 Germans Claim French Fleeing in Disorder From Upper Al sace Other Gains CALL OUT RKSKRVIM. (llr AsuoMatM I'm to Cm llajr TlmM.l GENEVA, Jim. 28. An or der of the Austro-IIuiignrlnti government for tho mobili zation of tho lust lino of ro- ' nerves has brought about a Burlona uprising anionic tho Hoiithurn Slnvs, according to (UHpiitchcs fro AtiBtrlnn sour cos. o nr AM0Clatr4 I'rrft In Coot nu TlirM.1 'LONDON, Jan. 2 S. Tlio official ports of tho war today tiro In mich inflict that tho oiitcomo of tho ro- Bbnt hostilities, particularly In tho feat, Is loft In doubt. In uppor Al ice brisk fighting wiib roBUined nnd to battlo nt Craonuo conlliitiuB In jullniliilBhcd Bovorlty. l'arla nn iuricca that ovory Gorman attack IB ropulBod and ovory French attack ido progress. It pstlmutos tlio armnn Iobb at 20,000 mid nsaorlB iftt ground was won by tho Allies uppur AIhiico and near Crnonno. Brlln nays tho French woro dofont- In upper AIhiico, fleeing In dlBor- pr at two points and at Crnonno nn- ilior lont; section of tho trenches i tho Allies wau captured. In Trans-, uiciiHla both IliiBBlnnii nnd Turks ilm vIvtorloH. BILL 111 SENATE mator Walsh Points Out fliat United States Can Buy Belligerent Vessels JjZ (Or Auocltttil Pma to Coo IH.7 Timet. WASHINGTON. 1). C Jim. 28 tho first tlmo In two weeks thnt EFE HP I fl Bhlplpng bill has boon under its'"10 railroads nnd employes, nnd con punuoufl liopuuucnn nuacic in tito1"'v,",,Q " ..u.n.u.D. tiato, tho adniinlslratloii's dofonsol ritho measure mis brought forward Senator Walsh, who replied to st's contention thut its enactniont fruld lend to forolgn complications. ting rules of tho Drltlsh. Admiral- ' tho Declaration of London, docl- hb of tho privy council, tho United dte8 Supremo Court and stato pa-iD of a century, Walsh declared it tho right of tho United States Euurchaso ships wob unquestioned. BES. GARZA FLEES iftfl AflEXICO CITY rranza Forces Closing in on ICanital Zapata Troops K-Hold President Prisoner ;'lU7 Auocltted rren to Coot H7 timet.) IVASIIINGTON, D.' C, Jan. 28. Itio Gonzales Garza, acting head i tho government nt Moxlco City, sso flight from tho capital is of- illy reported to tlio Stnto Dopart- it today, has been takon as a loner to Morelos by the Zapata cs, according to advices to the ranza Agency. fho Stato Department 8 advices a number of officials accompan- Garza In his flight and It was ''intention to establish a tompor- seat at Cueravaca, a short dls- p south of tho capital. dispatch to tho Cnrranza Agency tho Carranza troops were four s outside of Moxlco City and that . Zanata forces were evacuating. t 110 WIKUAVS AlAIUilUX OI ! Prc&Iitoi'iiiii CIiiiivIi, will hold )OKKIr FOOD SALH net Sat- y nnei'iieoii t i-kihh WIOIOX's a'lt)lH. FRENCH CLAIM 11 ALL ALONG FRONT Announce Germans Have Lost 20,000 Men in Last Three Days of Fighting 11 Awradntoi! I'rctf to Coos Hay Tlnwi. PARIS, Jim. 28. Tho offlclnl com munication this nflornon says: "Yes terday was a good ono for uh all along tho front. Every (lerinan attack was ropulsed wlillq every French attack mado progress. In tho Bcctors of Arras, Albert, Itoyo, Noyon nnd SoIb boub there wiih Intermittent cannon ading. Tho enoiny oudenvored to comu out of tho trenches but was driven back. In th'o region of Crnonue, tho total losses Buffered by tho (JornmiiB un doubtedly reached 0000 men. Our Iobboh woro about S00. Our coun tor iittuckH i-eBtilted In bringing Into our possession all tho territory In dis pute. Three dcrmim attacks wcro ropulsod Houthoast of St. Mlhlol. Gorman detiichtnentB wcro driven bnck ul Parroy and llurost. in tho Voskob wo mado ndvnncos north nnd Houthwest of Souoncs and;'' on tho slope of Mount Henri. Near Ilau do Sapt wo broko In upon tho supplementary defenses of tho cnomy Wo nlso mado progress 1 it Alsace. From tho dead found along tlio en tlio western front tho Gorman losses In the past threo days appear to bo greater than 20,000." E ' TO BE EXTEMDED j Federal Investigation at Chi- i nnnn Will Tnko in All w v jj w vi w i fill Phases of Business tnr AfioclaloJ rr to Cool Ilr Timet. NEW YORK, Jan. 28. Frank P. Walsh, chairman of tho federal com mission on iiuiusinni roiauoiiB, an- nounced that tho commission would conduct In Chicago nn Investigation, Into tho transportation conditions of' "l0 country, tlio relations botweon MAKES HOLE BUT ... ., . mini r.,i mm nuiiuu&un huuiiiuisi cah From Florence Jail- Waives Examination Drltt Henderson waived examina tion beforo Judge- Sinister at North Hend this- morning on tho chargo of Ibsulng no fund chocks on Coos Day mid left on tho nfternoon train In custody of William Andorson for tho county Jail, whoro ho will awnlt tho action of tho April grand jury. Brltt arrived hero from Florence late ' yesterday nftomoon In tow of Deputy Sheriff W. C. Laird, who kopt particular watch on tho pris oner who tried nnd almost suc ceeded lu mnklng his escapo from tho Jail nc Glonndn, Following tho sensational capture of Hrltt nt Klkhorn, at which time ho disarmed two men of a posso that was close on his trail, ho was lodged In tho Hay View Hotel nt Florence. That was on Wednesday night, but distrusting tho building as an ndoqunto jail, Laird took the prisoner to tho city Jail and tboro locked him up, first securing hand cuffs about his wrists. In tho night tho hotel clork heard n pounding and called tho Deputy Sheriff. Ho hurried to tho Jail and thero found that nrltt had brokon a man-sized hole In the floor and was attempting to ham mor the handcuffs from his wrists. Henderson Is charged with cash ing a string of spurious checks, all of them for small amounts and on men In North Bend and Lakeside. BOX'T FOUGHT tho BIG D.YXCK nt the KAGLKS HALL, Hiiturduy night, Jan. HO. Muitln's Orchestra.: LI PO HAMDGUFFS OTA MAY WHEAT $1.55 TODAY IN PORTLAND' Dr AMoclithl rrni to Coot Dr Tlmn.l CHICAGO, Jan. 28. Now high record prices wcro mado In all cere als today. May delivery reached $1.G0 7-S. Wr AnoclalI rrr to Coon nr Tlmn.l PORTLAND, Jan. 28. Tho high est prlnmry mnrkot prlco In tho world wiib paid In Portland todny when May blticstom wheat sold at ? 1 . 5 r an advance of four cents ovor the previous report!. LIFE HAVING A"XI JtKVKXUK HKItVICK Ily AnkkUIiM I'rrM In Cimm tlajr Tlmm.l WASHINGTON, .Inn. 28. ProHldont Wilson todny sign ed tho coast guard bill, which' combines tho rovonuo cutter uorvlco and the life-saving norvlco. ABE WEAR SERV1A Force of Hussars Seen in Far South Serbs Fortify Passes and Gorges tnr amocUI4 Treu to Coot Br Time. G12NKVA, Jan. 2S. Tho nrrlval of n regiment of German HussnrB at Orsovu, on tho Sorbo-Ilounianlan frontier, Is announced hero. Servian engineers in I nod the gorges of tho Daniibo from Trohln to Ilolgrado and rortlflod all tlio flafllos tlirousil which tno 0noiny could lnvndo Sorvln. .IS CRITICALLY ILL Pioneer Lumberman of Co- quille Valley May Not Long Survive at San Francisco' (Special to Tho Times,) COQU1LL1J, Or., Jan. 28. 12. 13.' Johnson nnd Stanley Dollar loft over- j land yestorday for San Franuibco In ' respouso to a messago that Alfred ! Johnson, Sr., ono of-tho Coqullio Val ley's host known and most promluont citizens, was critically ill. Whllo tho1 messago did not give many dotalls, It 1b feared ho cannot long survive.1 Ho hits been ailing for somo tlmo nt tho homo of his daughter In San , Francisco and a stroko of apoplexy) has rendered 'his caso most critical. , Mr. Johnson is about soventy years j old. For tho past fow years, ho has spent much of his tlmo In San Fran-' Cisco, wnero ins married daughters reside. Ills three sons, Sheriff Alfred' Johnson, Jr., F. M. Johnson of tho Prosper shingle mill, and 10. F. John son of the Coqiilllo Mill. Ills young; est daughtor Is Mrs. Stanley Dollar. Mr, Johnson was a ploneor In the r...m ifii.. i..i. i...i.. .i! w " "- "- " did much to devolop tl.ls section. During recent years he encounterqd much adversity, his mills at John son 'a Lauding ubovo hero, In Coquille and at Randolph being destroyed by flro. Mr, Johnson Is a closo friend of Capt. Robert Dollar, tho two being associated In tho lumber business In Michigan beforo coming to the coast many years ago. Ho Is liked and ad mired by all who know him and In consequence the nows of his critical illness has cast a gloom over his many friends here. DOX'T FOUGHT the BIG DAXCK nt the KAGLF.S ILUX, Saturduy iilglit, Jim, UO. JlMitln'a Orchestra. GERMAW TROO AL JOB Declares It Would be Hard ship on Those Lacking Opportunities SAYS IT WOULD NOT EXCLUDE MORALLY UNFIT Announc.es.,tis Un-American i rmsinuuuii may ny. tu Pass it Over Veto WI l,SOX KTOKS IU Mi Illjr Aoclltl Prnu to Coon llajr Tlmci.J WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. Presldont Wilson vetoed tho immigration bill today and sent n special messago to Congress, Baying ho. disap proved tho measure, becauso of tho literacy test. llr Auoclttetl I'rrtt to Coot I)r Timet. WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 28. 'TIiVj literacy test and other rcBtrlc- t'vo tests were proposed as condl tloiiB of admission of Immigrants to tho United States, in tlrt UH," snld the President's veto messago, "It Is proposed to turn away from tho tCHtB of character nnd quality and Impose tests which oxcludo and restrict, for tho now tests hero em bodied aro not tests of quality or character of personal fiti&s.t, hut tcat of opportunity." "Thoso who coma seeking oppor tunity nro not to bo admitted unless they hnvo already had one of tho chief opportunities thoy seek tho opportunity of education. Tho object of such provisions Is restrictive, not selective. If tho peoplo of thlB coun try havo mndo up their minds to limit Immigration by arbitrary testB and so rovorso tho policy of nil gen erations of Amorlcnns that havo gone before thorn, It Is tholr right to do bo. I am tholr sorvant and hnvo no liconso to stand In tho way. Hut I do not bollovo thoy have. Has any political party over avowed a policy of 'restriction In this fundamental matter, gono to tho country on It and been commissioned to control Its legislation?" To Ovfi'i'ltlo Veto. Tho rending of tho messago evoked npplauso on tho domocrntlc sldo and jBonio Hopubllcnns. "At tho propor Knox, roformor In Scotland: "Ono time," snld Representative Burnott, man with God Is nlways In tUa ina chnlrmnn of tho Immigration Coni- Jority." ' mltteo, "I shall move n reconsldora-, Tho Emperor's birthday was ob ' tlon of tl.o voto by which tho bill served at headquarters with slmplo passed tho House and that It be 'passed ovor tho President's voto. : ' I COLD IX XKUHASKA. (lljr AuovlileJ I'rem to Coot IU)r Tluici. LINCOLN, Nob., Jan. 28. Cold weather records for tho present winter woro broken when tho morcury wont to 22 bolow zero. $ L OF CfliL LATER p, . . - ., . tl ... Postponed From March Until July Wilson's Trip Will Be Via Railroad , Ily Amo lit I'mi to Cooa lujr Timet WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 28. Tno rornmi opening ceremonies of lurniw opumiib t-uruiuuiuiH " ' mo j'anania miniii win uo iiosipuiieii postponed I FORM DEN fiom March to Ju'.y nnd President, Wm 'j'niiiit'11 Hill. Wilson will go to San Francisco byj At Nort, 0I1(l u ,a Bt"ato(, tllnt mil In March and to Panama later tno southorn Pacific haB adopted when tho naval tovlew will bo bold, j tho' porter Hill survoy for the ox Tho roporf of Colonol Goothnls onslon south via Biuidon. Jt is that ho could not guaranteo tho pas-1 atated that tho plan Is to tunnel sago of warships nt tho tlmo set for Under Porter Hill to tho Ponv Inlet m,e for,nal opening of tho canul Is undorBtood to bo Instrumental In bringing about tho cl ango. XOTICK HKIJFKAHS North Bend Rebekah Lodge No. 143, will meet at Tayior Hall, tho first Monday In each month, at 7:30 p. m. Visiting members ere always welcome BERTHA M- CHASB, N. C C. M. BVLKR, Secretary, BERLIN SAYS ALLIES LOST IN BATTLES IDr Auocltted rrett to Coot Utr Timet. HI3KLIN, Jan. 28. (By Wireless.) Tho offlclnl .Btatomont todny says: "Tho villages of Mlddlokorko and Llypo on tho const of Flandors woro bombnrded by tho enemy, in tho heights of Crnonno, another 500 motors of trenches adjoining on tho enst of position wo captured tho day beforo yesterday were taken from the cnomy. Tlio Fronclv nttnckB woro re pulsed without dhyiculty. In fl.ho battles of January 2C,27 over 1500 dead Frenchmen woro found on tho bnttlo fields. Wo captured 1100 prlfionera. In tlio Vosgea near So nones nnd Ban Do Sapt, wo ropulsod tho French attacks. In uppor Alsnco tho French attacked lit Aspach, Hold woller, Ammcrzwcller nnd tho Wurz bachor forest. Thoy woro repulsed with! heavy losses. In tho east unimportant nttompts of tho UiiBslniiB to ninko nn attack northeast of Gutiiblnnen wcro re polled. Ncnr Dlczum, closo to tho West Prussian border in Poland, n IlUBSInn dlvlBlon was repelled. Oth orwlBo there woro no chiingcH In Pol- nnd." (( GOO KITH ONE !! Kaiser Greets Correspondents and Announces Principle in Great War ' (Hr AttecUleJ rrrit to Coot Dt? Timet. BI3RLIN, .Inn. 28. Emperor Wil liam, Bpeaklng to tho war corroapon- dents nt tho general headquarters In tho field yestorday said: "Good morning, I pny you my compllniontfl. You wrlto fnmoiiBly mid I thank you for It. And noto this, gontlomon. My prlnclplo nud It applies to this wnr also Is tlio word of old John dlvluo Borvlccs. STILL PERSISTENT Additional Reports Indicate Work on Line to Eureka May Start This Spring Additional roporta nro rlfo on tho Bny concerning tho probnblo commencement of work on tho last , link of tho Southern Pacific's coast road between Coos Bay and Eureka this spring. Thoro has boon no official con firmation of tho reports oxcopt that !they apparently come from rollublo sources. In fiirtlior subBtnntlatlon r th0 report M week that nouser .& Ilouser wero to have a contract r" C5 mllos of tho road south from Coos Bay, and to start work on It about May 1, employees of Ilouser 7 ,UUDU' ,m, ; ....,, lioro as they would bo given work , ahAlit thal tlino ..,,,, 'Basin and thonro to procoqd south along tho coast. If this Is correot, tho report that tho Southern Pacific would locato Its shops and yards In the Pony Inlet basin, will probably bo realized. I'ALAjCH MAItKKTS SKLLS 'JHK HKST .MF.AT8. Phono 100-J, DOX'T FQUGHT the BIG DAXOK nt tio KAGLKS HALL, Baturdiiy iilglit, Jan. III). Murtlit'H Orchestra, IKES MAJORITY COAST LINE 10 RUSSIANS CLAIM TURKS DEFEATEO Caucasus General Staff An nounces Victories More Activity in Persia It); Auocltteil rrrit to Coot nr Timet.) i'ktiiuuhau, Jan. 28. An an nouncement by tho general staff of tho Kusslnn army of tho Caucasus says: "January 20 tho TurkB near Sultan Sellm delivered a BorloB of vigorous attacks, which wo ropulsod. Wo throw back tho Turkish) envelop ing column ncnr Oltl. in Azerbaijan provluco, Porala, tho activity of thn cnomy is Increasing. AttnckB near Kohl wero ropulflod." II UAH OAXXOX ino Ml LKM. in AttocltleJ Fmi to Coot Hi Timet. DHIINI3, Swltzorlnnd, .Inn. 28. A party of AmorlcaiiB who Bcnled tho JungCrnu recently brought back tho news that from tho top of that peak they had distinctly heard tho Bound of artillery flro from thu Al- sntlon border, about 150 miles nwny.iglv contlnuos. LIVE TOPICS ARE DISCUSSED AT 'S Municipal Docks, Good Roads and Bonding for a Railway Are Subjects of Talks' ABLE AND INTERESTING PAPERS ARE PRESENTED Full Text of Addressas on Important Public Problems Are Published Tho Mon'n Fellowship Club sot n now mark nt tho Chamber of Com morco mooting Inst ovonlng whou tho momborB gathered around a banquet loss banquot board, ami listened to tllunorloss nfter dinner speeches that sparkled with wit without wluo. It' was tho first mooting of the now season, and tho program com- mltteo consisting of C. II. Pock, C. A. Sohlbrodo and Hugh Barclay, announced that thoy had bumped up against tho high cost of living problem whou tho caterora refused t longer servo banquots at tho old prlco. With tho philosophy born of fellowship tho committee thou ni.uouncod a program of dlnnorlcss nfter dinner speeches ana witn ounr actorlBtlc good fellowship tho mom hers enrh contributed tho R0 cents thut would havo gono for their din ners to a fund for tho sorvlco com- MEM A MUNICIPAL DOCK FOR MARSHFIELD Tho following la tho uddress of F. G. Horton: "Tho subject of municipal docks Is a llvo question of today through out tho world and Is of far greater Importance and is of moro vital In terest to Coos Bay than I realized when I accepted It for discussion. "And I wish to stnto that beforo I began looking Into tho question I hud formed no opinion nor had I definite views regarding tho muni cipal owuorshlp of docks, and If I appear prejudiced now it Is because I havo given It considerable thought and study. "Municipal ownership of docks for public commerce Is by no means a modern Idea. Fli'ht Municipal Docks. "As long ago us 1825 European cities built public docks. In 1858 the great shipping port of Birkenhead, England, found It necessary to protect hor shipping In terests and encourage innrlne trading In hor port by building docks and warehouses whoro ves&ela of all nu-' Austro-German Forces and Russians Said to Be En gaged in Great Struggle FRONT EXTENDS FOR ABOUT 100 MILES Outcome Will be Most Decisive and Affect Future Opera tions in East Illr Attocltleit rrrni to Coot Ilr Timet. LONDON, Jan. 28. A great battlo has dovoloped In Gnllcla, along a 100-mlIo front, skirting tho Car pathians. This struggle, wjilch Is In pursunnco of tho now Austroi Gorman plan of shirting tho weight of nttnek from Contrni Poland to tho South, mny mark tho turning point In tho cnmpnlgn In the Knst, and both ItiiBslniiB nnd Ton torn at tach the highest Importance to tho outcome. Tho AUBtro-aorninu nrmlos If successful, would effectively crip plo HuBsla's drlvo nt Northern Hun gary. Thus far thoro nro no In dications of tho rcBiilt of tho bat tlo, which probably still Is in tho prollmlnnry Btngo. An official Po trograd dispatch merely says , tho battle is developing on a largo scale TO tno eastward In Btilowlnn. tlio htuialan ndvanco H apparently halt Uli. while nmim.i Wnmnw ti,n airw. r.iltteo to buy dinners for tho follow who hasn't tlio prlco. After a brlof btmlncBa spsslon which Includod a report of the sor vlro conimlttco on caring for tlio un employed, which showed tho local situation In good condition, ar rangements woro mado for raising tho nocossary funds. The spoclnl fouturcB of tho rog- ular program woro thou taken up. Tbofo Included nddrosEOB by Frank O. Morton, on "A Municipal Dock for Marshfield;" by Frod II, Chestnut oi. "Tho Noed of Heads to Mnrsh field;" and by A. I!. Derbyshlro on tho qucHtlon "Should Bonds bo Vot ed In Aid of the Proposed Ilnllroad From HoBoburg?" M, C. Mulonoy acted as mnstor of ceremonies. All threo nddrcssos vcre Interesting nnd practical talks on llvo topics. Tho talk on tho "Needs of Bonds to Marshfield," by Air. Chestnut was probably ono of I , ,,,, ,' -. .1.1 j .IU uiliuni ll vautllllliuiin U4 HUB II11IUU (lIscusBod matter that was ovor given lu tho city. Mr. Chestnut fortl flt.l lily tnlk with facts and figures nnd n chart outlining a plan that pi lived his mastery of tho subjoct. The other two addresses wero OHually luterostlng nnd both being subjects of public Importance do faorve n larger hearing that tho lim ited number who hoard them. Tho Times Is pleased to present both papors In full as follows; tlons mid carriers of all classes of morchandlso could find dockage- uud load uud discharge tliolr cargoes at an established minimum chargo. "England, tho mistress of tho mer chant marliio of the world, has largo public docks lu London, Uverponl, Southampton and Birkenhead, owned and operated by tho municipal gov ernments, "Tho largest of theso nro tho great docks across tho Morcy Rlvor from Liverpool at Birkenhead, which havo grown slnco 1858 when the city pur chased tho 7 acres af dockngo then owned by private corporations un til It now covers 1C5 acres of water space and has a lineal dockage of iHj miles. "Amsterdam has a long sories ot docks built by tl city In 1825 on a long Island or sand bank which formod at tho mouth of the Zulder 7,co. Other cities soon followed and throughout tho world until today noarly every largo seaport ot lake Continued on Pago Two, FELLOWSHIP CLUB MEETING Ti ', L f ' RfT EZB