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I'll I r THE COOS BAY TIMES. MARSHFIELD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1915 EVENING EDITION. ', THREE rm ,71 DIRECTORY t jtjj . "i'llthard McClure ," iUiuunivi. fti ajnv 'Prnctlces In all courts. Ngil2, Flnungnn & Itcnnott Bank K Hamer IIOU8I5 BUILDER ral Repntrlng and Cablnot Making. 340-J. .Wright mono jhs-k. ILDINd CONTRACTOR antes furnlBhod on roquoit M. Shaw Ear, Noso and Throat. CLASSICS FITTED YTTIE R. SHAW do of Women nnd Ctilldrca phono 330-J. Hootnn 200, 201, 202, Irving Dlock. iin Ostlind iULTlNC KNGINKER AND ARCHITECT (flcGB, 20G Irving Dlock 1103-L or 207-J. Mnrshfleld. Oronot : Chandler ARCHITECT 1801 and 302, Coko Uulldtna Marshtlold, Orogon &WWSC II JttWTKVrfiXiA . j I wmSm mB ItttSGQ $9 ,THE TRINIDAD-LAKE-ASPHALT S. Turpcn ARCHITJSUT Marsbflold, Orogon. ttlind t, TUNER AND REPAIRER rdcrs at W. it. names' ui upany. SIztu street, mono ius-l, Ney Balllnqer IN 1ST AND TKAU1IKH ce Studio, 217 No. Third Bt Phono 308-u. N'T IT THE TRUTH. aver blnmo tho tnllor when r' pants wo liavo to pin, lever blamo tho shoo man Bn our Bolca grow old and B, IXovor blnmo tho hatter ir our lids wo have to it, Ro nlwnya mo tho laun- rhon out anlrts wonr out. J, BAY STEAM LAUNDRY Phono B7-J. When you want all your builtlintrs waterproofed to stay cover them with this 'jenuinc asphalt roofing:, applied with the Kant-leak Klcct. Gcnasco gives real resistance to rain, snow, sun, wind, heat, cold and fire; and the Kant-leak Klcct waterproofs scams without cement. ' ' Take the sure step in roof economy, and order Gcnasco now, C. A. Smith Lumber and Mfg. Co. I MAHSHFIKLD, OIIEC.'OX. B iwBS&Mk&s '" M!Jkmmm RnrHMtWliOHVUnHiWaMMaWftlMrHaaUMIi I IISIAN CLEANINQ AND itDYElNO WORKS West Market Ave, cornor Second Stroot. now managomont Prices ind all work satisfactory. lies' work n Hnccliilly. 17G-J. J. S. STEVENS, Prop, ERCHANT'S CAFE Jopular place for Good Meals, rices Reasonable. Jommorcial & B'dw'y 1'S VARIETY STORE, North Bend. annv and DnmRSt c l n u I M A This Powerful Lamp Requires no Repairs or Upkeep The Double Efficiency Mazda Lamp is a i giant illuminant requiring but one-half tho , current per ca ndlo power consumed by tho ordinary officient Mazda. It has already gone into use by the thou sands In front of and inside business estab lishments thro ughtout tho United States, l Light given is brilliant and white. It com ,i pels attention shows colors correctly means a flood of clear, beautiful illumination at remarkably low cost, Inexpensive to install ask us about them. Oregon Power Co. Second and Central Phone 178 HELP CUT EXES I PLEADS RQSEBURG Commercial Club Seeks Ear of Legislature Through City Organizations ' Rosoburg hnB taken a slap at tho high cost of conducting tho Btnto and tho resulting high taxes nnd now asks that MarBhflold follow tho snmo tactics. A copy of tho reso lutions passed by tho Rosoburg Com mercial Club has boon received hero. Copies aro being sont to ovory com mercial body In tho Btnto and to overy member ot tho stiito legisla ture. Taxes for Btnto purposes hnvo been increased 3G0 por cont In tho pnBt ton years, snys tho resolutions, while tho Increase In population has been but 32 por cent. Tho prcs ont por capita tax In tho hlghost por capita tax of any stnto In tho union, a fact, according to tho letter, that Is a bar to tho development of Oro gon as well as a severe hardship on tho taxpayers. Rcforcnco Is mndo to tho stato university nnd tho ngrlculturnl col logo Indirectly. "It Is reported," read tho resolutions,, "that tho bud get appropriations for tho mainte nance of tho Btnto Institutions Is ono mlllon dollars higher than the budget which was submitted to the lcgtslnturo two years ago. Relieving Hint a majority ot tho legislators hnvo been elected on n plntform of economy tho Rosoburg organization seeks to take ndvantngo of this point In reducing In every wny expedient nnd possible tho high rnto of taxation. H OF W S GREATEST lffl DAY FRANCE IS NOW ! SHORT ON GOAL HIS SNAP. A Country Merchant Tolls Ills Trou bles to it Reporter. "Yes," romnrkod tho country mor- i chant to a nowspapor roportor, "I . certnlnly hnvo a snap. Tho whole sale houses solid mo duns ovory1 month and draw on mo nl sight; hut 1' I Bend n bill to a farmor ho conios In swearing mnd and quits trading at I tny Ainodatcil Trfs lo Coos liar Times. LONDON, Jan. 28. Franco 1 now compelled to call on England for cool which wns formerly mined In tho north of France. Practically nil tho mines In that district hnvo either been destroyed by tho Gormnn artillery oV nro bolitg operated by Germans. At Llovln nnd Courrlercs the Gorman nrmy Is cnrrylng on ox tcnslvo mining operations and pro ducing great quantities of conl which aro shipped to Ilolglum for tho use of tho German military farces. Franco Is no longer ublo to draw coal from Moiib and Oharlorot, which jformorly supplied largo qjinntlllesl for exportation. Consequently the residents of Northern Franco nro largely dependent upon English mines for coal, which has becomo very scarce. Frequently towns nnd vlllngoH near tho fighting lino nro entirely without conl for a week. This -works great hardship on has pitnls sadly In need of hent for tho hundreds pf thousands of wounded, and tho nick soldiers of tho allies who aro cared for in French towns. WAS ALL SHOT UP Rivalry Between (1011111111 Solders A.s to Who Is .Most Wounded. llljr AMoilttod I'm, to Coo. 11. 7 Tlnir.. UKHL1N, Jan. 28. There Is a friendly rivalry among 1:10 wounded In tho Uorlln hospitals for tho dis tinction of having boon tho worst shot mi man In tho war. One who claims 20 wounds holds the proHout record, but 1-Iorst l'felffer Is envied for his remarkable combination of peril and luck. Near Dlxmudo ho received an order my storo. While- I nm hard up ror , wi,cI, liu wna t0 tnko on hl8 blcyclo ready monoy, mnny of thoso who owo I to tno tMixs ,lllUi llo ,,ad t0 img8i mo iiro Bonding cash i mull order houses. I USE BOATS FOR WAR 1 Seine Hnrge.s uiitl Tugs Hnvo to Until Army Supplies. (D? Associated Prr.i (o Can Par rimes. PARIS, Jan. 2S. Tho familiar Sclno barges thnt hi ought wine up tho river to Ilercy, sand to Solfcrlno, flour to St. llornnrd, coal to Ivry and lumber to tho St. Martin canal, have chnngod tholr vocations, Some of them have gono up toward tho front to bring up tho slnows of wnr, Including 1(5,000 tons of conl dally. Tho "guepcB," thoso madly puffing Hltlo boats that formerly tugged heavy loads of Imports from Rouen and mndo Purls tho next thing to a seaport, aro dividing their efforts bo tweon tho convoying of supplies nnd tho protection ot communications with f'o wrnt const. With qulck flrors and 3-lnchcrB nbonrd they liavo cunstnntly patrolled tho Selno na far ns llnvro with n low to any hardy attempts by tho Germans on tlili) Important routo. Tho "bateaux mouches," those swift nnd ngrccnblo passenger bonts thnt take you so comfortably up to Chnrcnton nnd to tho Hols do Vln cones or down to St. Claud, Sovrcs, iSurcsncs nnd tho Hols du llnulogno, In summer, nro doing what thoy can to keep up tho familiar aspects of Pnrls, but becauso of Imperious mili tary regulations they nro now hold up nt Autotill; there, nil passengers must disembark nnd show that their pnpors aro In order boforo proceeding further. Tho thousands of canal boats that In times of ponco ply nlong tho Ysor, tho Lys, nnd tho canals have follow ed tho refugees ot thoso regions down tho lino of Franco's Intcrmln ablo wntorwaya and found a snug harbor at tho Tolblac bridge; tho refugees hnvo rojolncd them thoro and, thanks to ono ot tho Innumera ble rollet committees burn of the wnr, they liavo been fitted up Into comfortable lodging hotiBcs; sovornl thousand refugees from Flanders nro housed, fed and oven wnshod I iiiuru, iui uiuiu 'an uuiiiiB uurKu nun I T OF OF W S In advance to 0ll h,H Wll. n roml tlut wn8 ,Mod I n laundry barge ns well ns sleeping t 1 contribute, to tt hu, Ilmehlno Kllll rlril ., nj Ib floating vlllago thnt monoy to any causo people sny 1 nm bidding for trndo. If I don't thoy Buy I am a hog. Kvory day I am ex- 1 pectod to dig up for ovorythlng thnt enemy. Ho was hit eight times mid dropped olf Into n ditch at the side of tho road, but succeeded neverthe less In handing his message to an IcoiucH nlong, from a raiflo tlckot to otMor B0aicr who earrled it to Its fmuuumjwwwci n I JT0 CALL FOR FOOTE'S AUTOS I'llOIIO .t-J rNlght nnd Day. ilto Kleplmut (Jrl 1 1 rs. Careful Driver D. L. FOOTK. bwm 1 jnmmMmmmmmmmmmmtm ISAVE MONEY jionlerlng tlio famous INRYVILLE COAL fpor ton ?l.t)0 l. per ton $0.00 aon of both $3.00 1). MUSSO.V, Prop. jlH-.T or lonvo orders nt llycr's Clgnr Store. 1Q BAW EDGES fODR COLLARS have them Inandere4 vr t ITY STEAM LA1JNDRY High Quality Groceries Our own prompt and particular dolivory servico Effi cient clerks being out of tho hih rent district and keeping our prices as low as consistent with good busi ness makos Conner & Hoagland The Leading Grocers Dealers in -Good Groceries 797 South Broadway. Phones 348-J and 326 Commutation rickets $2.00 North Bond Aato LU , ton minutes from fl . m i.j to South Slough onco n ag nt 11 n. m.j to Empire n day. BT A KINO. Propi. IAUT0 & TAXI CO. LND NIGHT SERVIOD i, phono 20, Chandler Hotol. String cars, phone 20 (Chandler Hotol LAMBETn, Prop. : ; New Cars lela IERS0N CORSETS" principal distributors (" and "CADET" HOSE INNINGS, No. Bend CHEER UPS Every day conditions are getting better. Every day American markets are expanding. Every day more men are finding lucrative em ployment. The man who goes after customers now is moving with the tide. His business is go ing to increase. He is going to reap a de served profit. The names of some of, those who are taking advantage of this opportunity will be found in the advertising columns of The Times. They are the kind of men who are worth sup porting. The Coos Bay TSmmes PHONE 133 a church fund, by pooplo who say I ought to do this, hecauHo they do part of tholr trading horo; hut my frlonds', Montgomory-Wurd or Senrs Itoehuck, uolthor buys rnfflo tickets nor helps tho church fund and yet gets tho cash In advance, business; nnd If I were to clrculnto a subscrip tion pupor among the city whulotmlo houses where we trndo I would got tho hnlso laugh proper. If I soil a pair of pants, I must trout tho family to candy nnd cigars; If 1 buy a load ot pntatoos I must do tho same. Cub tomorn who nro ablo to pay bang on to tholr monoy, whllo I pay ton por cent nt tho bank to got ready cash. I liavo a big buslnoKs during hard times nnd poor crops from pooplo who nro willing to trade with mo, providing I can duplicate cntaloguo house priced nnd wait until after har vest for my monoy. Sly hciiIos wolgh too heavy whon I soil sugar and too light when I buy butter, I urn a ! thlof, n liar and it grafter. If I hiuIIo, I nm a coft soapy hypocrlto; If I don't 1 unt u griimp. Yob, this Is certnlnly n snap." And thou ho lookod over ? 10,000 worth of book accounts, nil good, nnd wondered how ho could rnlso $ur0 to pay a sight draft duo tomorrow. destination. Ono builot had grazed his skull, another passed through the upper Jaw, ono through tho chin, ono through tho bone ot the right arm, and ono struck his left wrist. Two others struck his helmet wild ihls shoes. Ills comrades finally succeed ed in rescuing him from his dnngor oiiB position, mid sent him to Uorlln, where ho lias been awarded an Iron croH. K ITCH K.VKH STILL HUMAN. Havo you tried Tho Times' want ads? Times Want- Ads Bring Results 1 WlMIIIMIlMlllttltM j fteiei&ite Answecfnl HESflNTERNATIOMl - The Merxum Webstuj Erery day In your talk and reading, at home, on tho street car. In tlio ollice, nop and school )ou likely question the mean. In of como new word. A friend ntl.ii Wliat nukes mortar harden?" Yon scclc tho location of hoeSKatrlntor tho pronun ciation ot Jujuteu, What U uhU roalT Ihls New Creation answers all kinds of questions In I-int;iiice,IIItory,UIo.'raphy. Fiction, Foreign Word. Italics, Arts arid ociciiccs, uim anai autuomvt 400,000 Vordt. 6000 Illustrations. Coat $400,000. 2700 Paxes. Tho only dictionary with the new divided pace, char acterized 03 "AfcUckeol Genius." v India Poper Edition: : Oil thin, opaque, sttonc, India paper. What a tutij. fiction tuown Uieierrlam. Webterin a form so light ana so convenient to utoi Ono half the thickness and weight of lleculur Edition. Regular Edition: On stronjrlwok paper. WU utilise, suaujuxvl 0 Inches. WrtU for ipKlmta ftp , uiuutunti! .he. HuUostUS psbUMUea &ad r.cT riuiHi otpocUl . Bfl. Q.SC. HERR1AM CO, i Spftegll!J,Mu7 li,jOTiiiiiiii!iiiii!iii!iyu!)&; III Autxlttej I'rvM lb iwus Mr Times. LONDON, Jan. U.S. An Instanco of tho human qualities of Lord Kitch ener Is related In Sunderland, whore it soldlor was sent from tho front nt tho Covet nment'a oxpeusu to uttond hlri dying mother. Tho womun'u ono deslro was to see her five sous, who aro nil In tho ur piy. Four or them wore In tho Ilrl thh ti nliiliig camps nnd ' obtained lenvoH ot absence through tho offices of tho Salvation Army. Hut tho mother longed to koo tho youngest, who witH Korvlng lit Flanders., Lord Kitchener wits communlcatod with. Tho lad thereupon received u suvon dny' furlough, with ration and ex pense monoy, nnd arrived lit time to sou his mother boforo she died. will bo remembered as ono of tho most picturesque sidelights of the wnr. Tho quays of tho Solno hnvo some thing of the nppenranco of a por potuul summer Sunday with tho book worms out of town. The books nro mostly locked up In their boxes and tho autlquarlos spend most of tholr tlmo discussing strategy Instond ot driving bargains for books, coins or stamps. Tho flower merchant of tho Qunl (les Flourcu have nearly all moved to tho neighborhood ot the military cemeteries, but tholr neighbors, tho Solno fishermen, are thoro, drawn by that attraction, seemingly un connected with fish, that even war Is unable to diminish. (icnunus Uro New Devices Against Russians Near Wnrsnw. tnj AiuocLtcd rrts to Cos Bj Times. PBTIIOORAD, Jan. 28. Tho Gor mnn army In front of Warsaw l us ing Homo now offensive mnchlnory In Its tronch wnrfnro with oxcollont results. Among theso now weapons: nro some very powerful land mines, which nro sot nt night by snppcrs and exploded Inter by electricity. So-called "torpedoes" and Improved hand grenades nro also used. Tho torpedoes aro really bombs of formidable size, which cxplodo on contact and spread death dealing fragments of Jagged Iron, nt tho snmo tlmo polBonlng tho air for twenty yards around with a deadly gas. Theso aro hurled sllontly from a sort of balllsta or catapult, which has a useful rango ot about ISO feet. Tho hand gronndes rescmhlo In np penrnnco n largo Bky rocket. A tin canister with a pointed head Is fixed on a stick or hnudlo about two feet long. Tho canister Is filled with bul lets and nn cxploslvo chnrgo fired by contnet on tho pointed bend. Tlio grenade Is thrown by hnnd, tho stick serving both ns u hnndlo and na a tall which Insures tho pointed hend strik ing first nnd exploding tho contents. They nro used In Infnntry chnrgos during the fow moments when tho rifles censo firing nnd tho bnyonots nro not yot within striking distance. NICK IS CIHIJAT HOSPITAL. I'Yciich Xy Now Thronged with Sick and Woundetl Soldiers. nr AiiocltteJ rrefi to ros nt Tlmn. NICK, Jnn. 28. Notwithstanding the nhsenco this winter of tho cus tomary throng of Oermnns nnd Aus trlnns who como to Nlco for tho seas on, ns well ao hundreds of Americans, thoro seldom hnvo been more pooplo horo than at proBcut. Hut It is n different throng. Tho big hotols nro closed, as aro tho smart shops that used tonttntct tho season's visitors nnd tholr monoy, and almost nil of tho gay places. Tho woll dressed, fashlonnblo patrons ot the resort aro gono; In tholr placo hnvo como ragged refugees from nil over Huropo. Tho Nlco known to Americans ban nil but vunlshod, and tho dingy, ugly, commercial, onstorn side of tho city has becomo congested with thotmnnds of soldiers recuperating from wounds and lllnoss, nnd with other thosands of civilians who havo boon driven from their homes in Holgltim and the Frauco-Uolglnn frontier. ('HUMAN KOLIIIKHK THRIFTY", I'RAVKKS AND WAR (Iljr AswcUtnl I'ri. tu Ohm IUjt Tlmoe.J LONDON, Jan. 28,-Dr. Wllllum Cur noglo, Canon of Wetmlnstor, nu nnuucod to his parlshonors on "In torcosalou Sunday" that ho would not comply vltn tho request that had boon mndo of him to pray for the!"10""18 Roiii "'rough tho postofflco success of Hrltlsh urisia. He snld: ! nro " ,0S1 tlln" ?2-co. n'l ln ot "Among tho things whloh J 3ioId I u ow cn808 l083 t,llin tt (,ollar' should not bo prnyod for I mention A Socialist papor commenting upon It with urent hesitation, but feel it to!tlieBO Jre savings romniks; "This bo my duty, elnco It Is sot forth In i 'nrKo sum of ?2 1,000,000 roflects Send .Money Homo lo Families Do hplto Small IvJiiplugH lUy Aaw,Utnl l'na to Cum l)r Times. III-:itLIN, Jan. 28. That tho (Un man xoldlur has earrled Into tho war hlu well-known habits of thrift is uh'jwu by tho amount ot money that ho Is soiidlnc homo to his family. A post-offlio official of Drosdeit has recently hIiowji in a puhllu address thnt tlio amount of monoy hont homo by soldiers for the Drosdou poutul district In Novombur reacl-.ed f5C0, 000, Assuming tlmt tho llko ratio prevails for all tho rest ot (Jermnuy ho estimates that tho soldiers Bond homo 121,000,000 In November. This sum appears all tho more striking whon It Is rocallod that tho pay of tho German private soldier Is only about twolvo contri a day. Tho u (1KU.MAN WAR HISTORY' sMCi fi Mm mm mm Lamm ' Hi ,Miti ' I illWV - ivsKns) Iiiuh nti .sf&'ssssssW.WV.VrVi fU ill I tliw sovunth coctlon of tho authorized form It Is tho triumph of our causo. Wo hold that our causo Is righteous, but our foes nro equally convinced that rlghtcqusneBS Ik on tholr side. God Is tho Judgo, and wo pray for submlsblon to his will, whatovor bo the Issue." I'AV OK AVIATORS It AMOcUtM I'rM to Coos Pay Time HOl'LOONIJ, Jan. 28. Tho pay of aviators which heretofore has been tho samo as that of soldiers cf similar rank ln otlior branohos of tho service, haa beon substantially increased for tho duration of tho wrr. Qualified pilots of t'.e rank of non-commlsilonod officers will now receive 80 conts a day, whllo corpo rals nnd privates will got 10 coats. l prentice idiots, of whom tho sobriety of tho German soldier, his intrinsic decency and his stronght f chnracter; evon In Vho wlldost turmoil of tho bitterest struggle of history ho does not forgot the good habits of his homo which ho formed in tlmos of poaco, Anion;; tho laur els that our troops aro winning bo fore tho enemy It Is also a high' tltlo of honor that they use tholr potty wages economically and do not for get their families or to look forward to times of pence. Illy AMmiitcxI I'rrM inJCon llajr Tlinr HIMtLIN, Jan. 28. Tho Gorman educational authorities aro taking care to tcaoh children tho history ot tho war as fast as history Is mndo. The Prussian Minister of Kducntlon hits Just sont v. circular letter of In structions to tho school Inspectors pointing out that tho hour dovoted to teaching history must hu dovoted principally to giving pupils u clear Idea of tlio course and dovolopmeitt of "tho Groat War." "There must bo awakened In tho children", nays tho circular, "nn tin durHtaudlni; of tho serious nnd thrill ing' tlmo In which they nro living. Whllo ovorythlng must bo kept out of tho schools thnt might Implant Into tho hearts of tho children over weening Holf-concolt or contempt nnd hntrod for otlior pooplo, still thoy should bo tilled with a Joyous and concious prldo that thoy nro momborn of n groat people who are making horolo sacrifices In a Just strug'o ugalust overwhelming odds." K.N'ULISH VIKW OF UKHMA.Y FKKXCII LUCKY" FLOWF.U. (Dr AuocUleJ rruM to Coos Dij Times. PARIS, Jan. 28. Tho Muguot, (Ully-of-tho-valloy), tho goodpliuak flower thnt tho French, and particu larly Parisians, wonr In tholr button holes on tho first of May, formorly largo came mostly from Gorman gardons Court Holds it mi Offensu to Ilrnml Man "a German. " (Iljr AhuuIiIcI rrru to Coos Ilay Times. LONDON, Jan. 28. A London police court hits decldod that In F.iifiland to call a man a Gorman it ho Is not, la to r.buso hlni and roudor onesolf llahlo to prosecution. In the enso boforo tho mnglstruto, tho pris oner hud said of two mon whom ho mot, "Thoy nro a cotiplo of Gormans," Ho was found guilty of "committing nn act whoroby a breach of the pence might havo been csused," and was sentenced to pay a fine ot ton shill ings or spend sovon days In prlsoa. RAX OX GKR.MAX HKLP. nunihrrfl hnvo been recruited, aro al lowed half tho pay of qualified men French Kardenon nro taking mean Dr AuoclitM Trets to Coos U7 Times. PARIS, Jnn. 2S. The touring Club of Franco tins Issued notlco that Its certification will bo withdrawn from overy hotel that does not ugroo In writing never again to cmploj iire-i to supply the domnnd next year tQcrninn or Austrian bolp. il