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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 1, 1915)
THING IS EASY TO DO. THE HARDEST THING TO DO WELL IS NOTHING Bag mmt HAVE A HEART PERSEVERENCE A morchnnt rnnnot omit his advertising without tho fact being "noticed" to his disadvantage. If he could, ho could also closo his storo for a while now and then, to "savo expense." 'AlTour nlmr Is Interested In Coos Uny. Hero Is ttwero It associates with other Dollars of Its kind itxi1 helps to mnko prosperity. Don't sgiuI It nwav jiffl' will bo lonesome. MEMBERS OK THE ASSOCIATED PRESS tS-j..ttL NO. XXXVIII. KstnbllsliCxI 1H7A ns Tlio Coast Mnll. MARSHFIELD, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1915 EVENING EDITION. A Consolidation of Times, Const Mai) and Coon Itnv Ailvcrtlsor No. 163 FT? OF E English MerchaimtaeBi lira Daira- it (F& Tl THREATENING FIRE AT BUNKER HILL sfr or tuerman dUDmanii' PIS' 000 B W J Ja mm $ Ksys- Hff-i GALLONS KIN GERINS AGAIN SEEK CAPTURE lf OF WARSAW FROM RUSSIANS mt lr- Squires Building AUTOS BURNED IN SKERRETT GARAGE iSkerrett Has Narrow Es- Marshfield Fire Ds- irtment and Mill Aid i IEME.V TO INVESTIGATE. Bscrtlons of drunkenness lit tho city hull linvu rous- Jio ro of tho firemen nnd KiuoinberB of tho dopnrt- it declare that they will tho matter thoroughly Btlgatod. It may bo idled at tho meeting of rcouncll this evening. A tor had been started that ficmbor was drunk in tho (on whon tho cnll emtio from Hunker 1 1111 on Sat- . ..A... I..1. a mi... ., ui ivHigiiy iiiKiii. i iiu uumri- l uecinros inni u resents vmmi inHinunuouH. SJ g a light In his gnrngo at VHI11 about 11 o'clock Sntur- cht, Charles Skerrett, mann- jHltho auto lino to Hunker Hill, Mio street nnd as ho opened ir nn explosion occurred. Ho i'rled across tho alloy nnd 'immediately broke out and ytho flro department could tho gnsollno Inside had com- JKUtted tho building, together !rp machlucH which could not Bd out In tlmo. Squires building, In which (Squires formerly conducted I-took flro nnd tho two fnm- Idtng thoro flod to tho stroot attlro to cscnpo tho flames, in a rostdonco about 40 y ownod by August Frlzoen Uod by Chnrles Thorwald Swn out nnd for a tlmo tho was In danger of dcutrtic- ?n Smith respondod at ouco nuto flro truck, stopping rrlod out Ilrondway to pick Chief Keating. Two lioso, )0 fcot In longth, wero laid hydrants of tho Smith .Mill Kstom, nnd it was tho early kOf theso that savod further Soma of tho Losses. littlo furnlturo belonging to cW. Colo nnd hor son, who stairs in tho Squires build saved though II. L. Pratt ed on tho first floor with was nblo to savo tho great of their bolongings. 2adlllnc iuachino ownod by rrott was totally a loss as tho Overland bolonging i in Collins, of Bunkor IIUI, It is CBtlmnted tho loss lachlnos was about $1200. fcre not insured. lucli Oasollno Thero, bo-gallon drums of gasollno rod in tho rear of tho gar- sldo of tho Squires build- io of theso was half empty supposition is that n leak- twod tho forming of gas resulted In tho explosion. Skorrott was not killod by jurat is also a mystery, ho states if ho had been a lea further insldo tho bulld- twould hnvo gono up with fothat was lifted almost com- rr. Jarshfleld Flro Department a ?G0 check from W. II. k, of tho Bunkor Hill Do- Storo, as a token of ap of tho efficient work thoy ainguishing tho firo Satur- Mne. Blophono cablo lines to tho Jll wore burned off putting out of commission, though nago was repaired before uterday. No whlstlo was ;from tho Smith Mill be- firo was out of tho city TLE POINT DEATH IFarrish died at his home In s Sunday evening. Funeral Lwvo hold Tuesday, and tho 'were laid to rest beside his wife, Mrs. Eliza A. Fwho died a month ago. Bion Saturday Night jsed Bad Blaze in W. D jlnt Enterprise. RANC R DIES IT NDRTH INLET J. M. Grayson, Who Once Own ed Big Montana Ranches, Dies Mysterious Wealth J. M. Grayson, nged 71, died Sun day afternoon after a week's Illness of diabetes and blood poisoning nt tho homo of Mr. Franklin on North Inlet. Mr. Grayson suffered n bruise to his foot a short tlmo ngo and tho Injury beenmo Infected, hastening his demise Mr. Grayson was for 'years exten sively engaged in the sheep raising business In Montana, hut hnd for several years resided In Oregon, lie wns unmarried, and, so far as is known, his nearest surviving rela tives nro a brother In tho Philippines Wild two nlecoB in Parkvlllo, Mo. it Is not yet known If the remains will bo shlppod to his former homo until word can bo received from tho nieces there. AVns Well to Do. Mr. Grayson had mndo his homo with tho Franklin family for more than two years, but Mr. Franklin said Unit ho had always boon reti cent concerning his past. A couple ot years ago when they wore nt Etigeno tho nieces nnd brother visit ed him nnd they had every indica tion of holng well to do. Mr. Gray son, except in generally discussing his past experiences nnd referring to heavy shipments of cnttlo and sheep from his Montana ranches, novor spoko of his money. Howovor, when ever ho wnntod to tnko a trip or to buy anything, ho always hail tho cash. Ho kqpt his Ijrunk nt tho Franklin homo nlwnys carefully locked nnd Its contents nro not "known. Recently ho received a lot tor from his nlcco saying that sho and her sister nnd his brother from tho Philippines would visit him some tlmo this summer. F Body of William limb, Home steader, Found in Coquille: Gone Since January 3 Missing sinco January 3, the body of William Tlmb, a. homostoador not far from Myrtlo Point, was found Saturday afternoon half a mile below his cabin. Ills boat, with tho onrs, was found smashed against a log. Coroner Frod Wilson was Immediate ly notified and a message dispatched to Sheriff Johnson, though tho wlro statod thoro wero no evidences of foul piny. JubUco Dodgo ot Myrtlo Point today conducted an Inquest on tho dead man. Tlmb lived nlono on his homestead, a near nolghbor to Walter Parry. For several wooks Tlmb has boon missing and no trnco of him could bo fqund. Ho was not reported as missing to tho officers until n fow hours beforo a measago was received telling of tho finding of tho body, Friday nftornoon Josso Hatflold, who works on tho Will McNalr ranch, discovered Tlmb's wrecked rowboat as It had floated down stream against a log Jam. This was on tho south fork ot tho Coquille and It Is believed tho boat floated thero from tho mid dlo fork, on which Is located Tlmb's homestead, It was not until tho next day that tho searchers canio upon tho body of Tlmb, beached on a sand bar. Nothing moro Is known about his death, though some are of the bollef that the boat capsized with him In tho stream and that he was drowned. Ho was unmarried. EGGS ARE CHEAPER Eggs have been selling down to 25 cents a dozen here this week midsummer prices. That Indicates tho sort of weather we are enjoying hero the last of January. Coquille Sentinel. isi i DUO VER SINK FRENCH SUBMARINE. Iljr AnKOrlMM Ftm to Coon Hay TlmM.) BERLIN, Fob. 1. (By Wire less.) Reports to tho Ovcr Bens News Agency from Paris Bay that tho French torpedo boat 210 lina been sunk off Nlouport, Dolglum. It was re ported also that German aero planes succeeded In throwing bombs on tho French town of Ilallloul, near tho Belgian frontier. t-t --f . f ?. MAY WHEAT $1.57 TODAY IN CHICAGO My AocltcI 1'rcia to Cool nay Tlmo. CHICAGO, Fob. 1. Tho smash ing of high record war prices con tinued today in tho wheat market. On top of tho ndvnnco last wcok of 8 :i-l, tho quotations Jumped to day 1! 1-8. Mny delivery now selling nt $1.54 a bushel. FIVE KILLED BI F Seven Others Serious Crushed in Ruins of Grand Rapids ' Building Illy AuoclitoJ rrtu to Coo Hay Timet. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Fob. 1. Fivo men wero killod and sovon in jured by a falling wall at tho ruins of tho Drown & Soplor Implement manufacturing plant. Throo or tho injured may dio. PHES.WILSflMMULL Fl Formal Inauguration of San Francisco Exposition to be Celebrated in Washington (Dy AuocUt.4 Trcti to Coo. IUy TIium.J WASHINGTON, D. C, Fob. 1. Tho lormnl opening of tho Sup Francisco Exposition Fobrunry 20, probably will bo celobrntod with coremonlcs In tho capltol rotunda, at ivhlch President Wilson Is ex ported to speak. Tho plans also In oludo tho raising of tings nt tolo graphlc signals In every stnto cap ital and lnsulnr possession. PINCH0T GIVES EVIDENCE Charges Pross Association with Pr tlaUy l ReportH. tDy AiocltJ Prtu to Coo i)r JIojm.J NEW YORK. Fob. 1. At tho re sumption of tho Industrial Unrest commltteo hoarlng, Amos Plnchot was permitted to tlnlsh tho testimony begun Saturday, In this ho had ac cused the Associated Press of partial ity to tho capital sldo of the labor controversy In handling nows. "I don't believe," said Plnchot, aftor finishing his statement, "that tho As sociated Press will carry on Its wires despatches concerning my testimony liero abput It. Thoro Is a by-law In tho Associated Press which provides that any mombor printing news de rogatory to tho Associated Press Is subject to losing Its franchlso." In reply to questioning by Commis sioner Walsh, Plnchot said that tho Chicago Trlbuno had been so disci plined some years ago, and last year Clarenco Shearn, In filing a complaint against the Associated Press In be half of tho Now York Sun, had In cluded tho alleged by-law In tho pa pers. He said he, himself, had a copy of tho by-laws. After being asked by a commissioner to produco it he was excused. , , k j: Dr. II, Jl KEIn, DENTIST Pliono 112-J, Room 201, Coko Uldg. Nil WALLS OPENING London Claims That Kaiser Has Instructed Them to Destroy Shipping FIVE VESSELS HAVE BEEN SUNK ALREADY German Submarine Sighted Within Eighteen Miles of Liverpool Today ! f HERMAN KUItMARlNE NEAR, MVERPOOn 1. Illy Amioclatpil I'rriw to C'oon liny Time,) LONDON, Febi 1. A inos- sago this nftornoon from Southporti roporlH a German submarlno, supposedly tho U-21, wns seen off thoro this morning, Southport Is on 4 tho Irish Son, 18 mites north of Liverpool. . ROOST RATES Illy AMorlMrtl frrM to rood Illy Time, LIVERPOOL, Fob. 1. In- surnnco rates on coasters 4 hnvo been raised from C to 20 shillings per cent as tho result of tho German sub- 4 4 marine raid. At Relfnst nil 4 V millings woro suspended, . iny AuocUt Itru to Co.. n.y Tlran. LONDON; Fob.. 1. Tho view thnt Germany has ontored definitely on tho policy of destroying England's mnrltlmo commorco by tho uso of submarines is corroborated by Gor man uowspnpors which speak of tho sinking of Drltlsh merchantmen dur ing tho past fow days as a now courso of action which It hoped will produco striking results. Fivo veHBols hnvo boon torpedood, threo In tho Irish sea and two in tho Eng lish Channol, T English Captain Tells of Thrill- ( ing Experience Near Dublin Bay Today i Illy AuoHit! rrtu L root Dty TIium.1 DUBLIN. Feb. 1. "Rough weath-i or has no torrors for tho Gorman I submarines," declared tho captain of tho steamer Lolnstor, in tolling i of tho boat's narrow escapo from a Gorman submarlno whon off Klali light vossol opposite tho mouth of Dublin Ray. ' "When wo sighted hor lato Sun day ufternoon tho weather was so rough that not a slnglo pnssonger was on deck. Tho submarlno ap proached us whllo sho was sub merged, but she arpso less than a mile away. Sho signalled us to halt or wo would bo flrod upon, but , I ordered full spcod ahead, chnngtng our courso every fow miles. Our , pursuer took tho weathor well, but i wo got tho onglnoors up to 2-1 knots I nnd soon outdistanced hor,". KirK OX CRAR SHIPPING HILL ' 4 J. Tom Hall, G. A. Hon- nott and a number of others who for years have been carefully safeguarding tho crabs on Coos Bay are up In. arms over a bill Introduced ! at Salem by Representative ' Barrows to permit tho can- nlng nnd shipping of Oregon crabs. They c"alm that If tho shipping of crabs Is por- mltted, tho crabs will bo ex- terminated within a couplo of year's as San Francisco dealers will send In craws here and doplote them, A fow years ago a similar measure was defeated. Letters and telegrams are being sent to tho Coos County members of 4 the Legislature. ' '1 ullRIIufl DDK ' TURK FLEET ACTIVE Illy AwocUtcl lrc to Coo Ily Tlmcx.) 1JERL1N, Feb. 1. (Wire less to Sayvllle, L. I.) Of ficial dispatches today from Constantinople announce thnt tho Turkish fleet on .Tnnu- nry 2G successfully shelled 4 n Russlnn military placo on tho weBt coast of tho Rlack Sen. AIRCRAPTS RULED NOT WAR SHIPS Ily AuoclitM I'm. to Cooa IUy TlmM.J WASHINGTON, I). C, Fob. 1.- Secretary Hryafi mndo public today a roply to tho recent German protest against tho sale of American hydro aeroplanes to belligerents as nu un neutral net. The Stnts Department dlssonts from tho German vlow, that "hydroaeroplanes must bo rognrded ns war vessels." NO PROTEST 0! Fl Sec. Bryan Says They Have Not Objected to U. S. Ship Purchase Bill (Dy Auocltled Tttt to Coot Day TlmM.) WASHINGTON, D. 0., Fob. 1. Socrotary of Stnto Ilryan todny for mally denied that any government had protested ngnlnst the bill pond ing in Congress for tho purchnso of ships by tho United States, In ndmlnlstrntlon circles, It was re Itoratcd that It Is not tho adminis tration's Intention to buy vcsaola which will cntiBO friction with any bolllgoronts. J. P. IS iTNESS TODAY Notsd Financier Makes First Appearance as Spokesman of Great Interests (llr Am.vLI.4 rrna to Cu IUy timet.) NEW YORK. Fob. 1. J. P. Mor guii mndo his first nppoaranco at tho public hearing ns tho spokes man for tho vast financial Interests of tho Morgan Company at tho hoar lng of tho Fodernl Commission on Industrial Relations. Ho qualified aR n witness nt tho conclusion of tho testimony of John Mltcholl, for mer president of the United Mine Workorn of America. INDIANA ELECTION CASES l'. S. Court Holds Jurisdiction Ovor Election Machinery t)r AMwIttxl hut to Coo IUy TlmM.J INDIANAPOLIS, Intl., Fob. 1. Holding the Federal government has Jurisdiction ovor tho oloctlou ma chinery, tho United States district cqurt over-ruled a demurrer filed by Mayor Roberts of Terro Tnuto and 2G others to an Indictment charging them with conspiring to corrupt the election Inst November in Torre Huuto. BAN ON GERMAN TRADE Illy Awo lite! 1'rcn to Coos IUy TlmM.J CALCUTTA, Feb. 1. Judgment has Just been decrcod In tho courts hero In tho first casa of "trading with the onomy" which was made a severe misdemeanor at the be ginning of tho war.' Tho accusod, au employo of a Calcutta exporting firm, was sentenced to 18 months Imprisonment und to pay a flue of $3000, He was convicted of en deavoring to arrange for tho sale, of a shipment ot uilpa to a German firm ' ' ' 4 JREIGN NATIONS 11-111 FRENCH S Spirited Artillery Fighting Along Northern Front De stroy New Trenches (Dy Auoclnttil Trrtp to Coim Day TIoim.1 PARIS, Fob. 1. The offlclnl re port this afternoon Bays: "Yesterday was marked by spirited nrtlllory fighting In all tho northern region. Southeast of Yprcs u German move ment to attack our trenches was checked by our nrtlllory and Infantry fire. From tho Junction of tho Alsno with tho Olso nB far as Horry Au Rac, our batteries succeeded nt certain points la demolishing trenches In courso of construction. Thero Is nothing ot Interest from tho Woovro district In Lorrnluo nnd In tho Von ges." Thirtieth Overseas Battalion To Leave Soon for European Battle Fields (Dy AiocltJ rrt.t to Cmi IUy TIdim.) VICTORIA, R. C, Fob. 1. Tho Canadian Department of Mllltta and Dofenso has ofdorod the, thirtieth Overseas Battalion, which has been training outsldo of Victoria, to ho in readiness for dopnrturo for Eng land nt nn early dnto. VIOLENT FIGHTING Russia Announces Germans HaVG Renewed ActivitV t!5 Tnno AntiHilnlL Two Troops Annihilated (Ily AatoilalM rrna to Coo. lUyTlinra, PETROGRAD. Fob. 1. Tho War Offlco announces that hoavy fight- Ing has boon resumed along tho Wur-, saw front after a long porlod of compnratlvo Inactivity. Battles havo j boon resumed along tho Vistula i River near Borjlmow, whoro tho I Germans woro dislodged with bay- onots from tho trenches they cup- tared, two companies of thoir oj - tilers being almost annihilated. Tho uermnus inter uuueriouK nu uuucu ' on tho i Russian udvnuco trenches and gained ono position. ' SHIP BILL FIGHT Democrats and Republicans Call Off Truce and Arrange For Continuous Session (Dy Aaaoclat! 17m to oa Day TlmM.) WASHINGTON, D. C, Fob, 1. Whon tho Soimto mot today to re sume consideration of tho ship pur chnso bill, tho truce In tho historic, loglslatlvo contost wns declared off and Democratic mid Republican Sen ators allko, refreshed aftor a 34-hour . ' , , . ,.!, Both sldesttrranged relays of speak- ors for throughout the day and night recess, continued ino ngui anew and tomorrow, "Wo proposo to keop the Senato in contiguous session," said Majority Leador Kern. Smith, ot Michigan, resumed tho speaking for tho Republicans. Koiifcoleos Dlsciisblon. "Walsh challenged Smith's )itnto mont that thoro woro 500,000 unem ployed men In Now York City. "In tho last election," said Walsh, "tho total voto In tho city for Gover nor was 481,000 so tho Senator means to say thoro are more unem ployed than voters." Senators Sherman, Weeks, Pago and others kept up u running flro of questions with Smith, relating to business conditions, and tho shipping I REPULSED CANADA TO SEND TROD STO OOP ON IRSAWI FRONT SENATE RESUMES Field Marshal Von Hindenburg Said to be Throwing Whole Force Against City VIOLENT ATTACKS ALONG FRONT AROUSES RUSSIANS 'Little Fighting in Belgium and I FranceRussians Defeat Kurds in South Itly AmocIMoJ I'rtii to Cool Pay TlmM. LONDON, J-'ob. 1. Violent Gor man attacks In Poland along tho War saw front nro Interpreted by tho Rub slnn mllltnry nutliorltles as Indicat ing that the German commander, field marshal Von Hindenburg, has determined to Inaugurate a general offensive nnd strike ouco moro nt Warsaw. Tho Berlin offlclnl report today as serts that the Germnns mndo pro gress in Northern nnd Central Po land. In Franco and Belgium, ns shown by tho French, nnd Gormnn reports, there wns no Important fighting yes terday. Pelrograd reports that tho occupa tion of Tabriz was procodod by a battlo at Sophlan, sovornl miles to tho northwest, which wojs defended by tho Kurds. Thoy woro charged repeatedly by tho CossackB, who en gaged tho Kurds hand to hand. Tho Kurds, aftor their dofont at Sophlan, evacuated Tabriz. 11 Hungarian Premier Tisza Praises Relations Between the Two Nations Illy AmocULJ rmi to Cool Day TlraM. BUDAPEST. Fob. 1. Count Tlszo, tho Hungurlnn premier, In n speech hero on the relations of Austria and I Hungary and of AuBtrla-Hipignry , and Gormnny, said: "Tho war has already boon n triumph In fusing to- i KOlhor our vm" itoforrinu to I Germany, ho said: "If ovor there lWOr0 tW0 n,llt8 W,, Can lmV0 nb8- lMt0 conf,(lonco ln onch olllori thl8 ,8 tllu CnSO 110W. S , Declares Nothing New on the , VVestem Fl'Ont Renew the Fighting Near Pilioa inr uorttM I'im. to Cont nay TlmM.) BERLIN, Fob. 1. (By Wireless to Sayvllle, L. I.) Tho official state ment today sitys: "In tho western theater thoro Is nothing to report. On tho East Prussian frontier nothing now has occurred. Southwest of Mlnwa, northwest of tho rlvor Vis tula, tho Russians wero driven out of some places thoy occupied tho day boforo. in centrm Poland, south of the Vistula, tho Germans gained fur ther ground. South of tho river Plll ca (Southern Poland) the Gorman at tacks woro ronowed." KLAMATH ELKS READY TO BUILD $40,000 HOME KLAMATH FALLS, Or., Fob. 1. Owing to requests from architects In Portland mid Han Francisco who ni'o anxious to submit pluns, Khun- IinH,P(i , til next Elks, has postponed until next Thursday evening tho consideration of plans for tho $40,000 lodgo homo to bo o roc ted hero. Tho homo Is to hnvo a club room on tho ground floor, with tho lodgo room on tho second floor. Tho slto purchased Is fine and has a spacious lawn and sovoral splendid trees, bill was Ignored. The White Houso received a request for permission to install cots in tho President's room at tho capltol for tho Demopratlc Sena tors. Soo page FIVE for details regard lug (ho money having in our ochil clothing values. WOOLEN Mlhh STORE. MIT AND ALLY ERFECT CCORD DERI OT Gl OSS h i r ! JSK)m HK .