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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 2, 1915)
l IS NO DISGRACE TO DIE POOR BUT IT IS A MEAN TRICK TO PLAY ON YOUR RELATIVES Wxmm nVVC M MttMK PERSEVERENCE A tnoicliant ennnnt omit Ills advertising without the fact being "noticed" to his disadvantage. If ho could, ho could also close hla storo for a whllo now and then, to "save exponso." ..r- .,. . " - m " ,W ITetir Dollnr Is InlcrcHtcd In Cooa Hay. Iloro la tf .. . . ... ..... h i.,1 LTh E ware it associates with othor Dollars of Us kind 7 r w ftH.kclpB to mako prosperity Don't send It away ,'ifcwlll bo loncsonio. MEMHEHS OP THE ASSOCIATE!) PRESS umo. xxxviii. Established 1878 nft Tlio Const Mull. MARSHFIELD, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1915 EVENING EDITION. A Consolidation of Times, Const Mai) nil Coos Uny Advertiser No. 164 lieat $1.65 in Chicago ' MOST SEVERE BATTLES OF BATTLES WITH BUHGUH IN DAHK and Bread Prices Advance Cims lay ION OF SOUTH FOURTH M W I AR WAGED AROUND WARSAW x .!' 1, A.' m DOS Sffl Puts Up Plucky Bat- Uh House Breaker in pshfieltl Last Night SEVERAL SHOTS IPTPR Fl FF Nfi MAN ? ClOUt Handful of His Hair "Scratched Face Third Attempt icd in tho dead of night by ,of n burglar prowling about line room, Mrs. M. A. Mon- rFourth stroot South, aroso In hand went a hunting. "f)t Into tho dark room when Ind tho door a man grabbed Mis Hlio run to mo noor tho gun tumbled to the id tho man Jumped through Sd Btory window. Mrs. Mon- ig to tho window and fired i)ts at tho Intruder an .to own tho sidewalk and awily rk. Sho docs not bellovo tt. Four dollars was missed trousers of Mr. Mousou that loft in tho dining room. S'Htfi&UBbnml tamo running and .'V r .."! .. .. (;,UHi tho lights. Iiy tlio win- imml his wife, tho smoking gun ySUnd, whllo In tho other sho ftjjfkndful of long brown hair, rldonco of Iter strugglo with 4rjtlar. "And I left him a ' ... . irK, buo sniu hub morning. MMied him up pretty bad and frrftlNfc't be surplsed If ho will car wm&nnau ' -Will D. 'Rro several families who re- io houso known as tho old ? residence. Torror-strlukun, found them In tho sitting Bta'rs when Officers Shoup n Smith arrived a fow later. No trace of tho man ound about the placo. Third Prowler. 'tho third time that a man red at tho houso In tho laat On Friday evening, Miss lor, sitting noar an open oard Boino ouo call to hor, nil about you," tho volco when sho fled from the n ran down tlio sldowniK. I lowing night shortly boforo Mrs. Monsou stopped Into hall on tho second floor. ho door leading Into tho m tho porch outsldo open inomont sho wnitod. Tho d further and with a spring It wido. Thoro stood a for the second tlnio turned Isappearlng In tho dark. lit Mr. and Mrs. Monsou their bodroom on tho sec It wns shortly nftor 2 t Mrs. Monsou, who sleeps y, hoard a nolso In tho- dln- rosB tho hall. Not waiting hor husband sho grabbed d startod out to look into of tho trouble it is ovl- 'fho man heard hor coming ped bohlnd tlio door and til sho entered the room bblng hor. Tho gun was of hor hand. criptlou of Man. or the description of tlio .tMonson said: "IIo was of build and I do not bellovo .rain cont. IIo was a young ovldently had rifled my trousers for M in chango B from thorn after tho fol- Nothlng elso had boon dls- last threo weeks thoro has sorlos of robberies In the sections of tho city. Sovor- go Carl Albrecht was awn- Itho night when his dog a, man entered tho yard. chC aroso and hurried out it door when tho man saw ashed away down Conunor- dlsappearlng in the dark. OPEN ROGUE RIVER MID TO RAILWAY Curry County Residents and Government to Co-Operate in Big Improvement (Special to Tho Times.) GOLD REACH Oro., Feb., U. For ester Helm, formerly of tho Shasta Costa Hanger Station, but now of nrnnt'H Pass, arrived hero on Satur day evening InBt on business of vltnl Interest to Curry County. Mr. Helm's lslt was occasioned by order of Chlof Forester Craves, to gather data of Curry County iib to Its needs In tho way. of public Improvements with a vlow of advanc ing money to fluauco tho project, whatever might bo settled upon by tho peoplo. Mr. Helm lins spout tho tlnio nlnro his nrrlval In gathering data relative to tho resources of Curry County, nnd culminated In a largo mnss meet ing of tho citizens, who gathered this evening In tho Court Houso nnd discussed mntters relatlvo to. dif ferent projects looking to tho better ment of tho county, but finally set tled as tho concensus of opinion that tho most Important Improvement in tho county wns tho building of a rond from Cold Ilcach, up Koguo Hlvor nnd to Dothnn, thoroby connecting Curry County with civilization. In tho dlscusnloiiK In tho meetings and talk among the persons assem bled and Interested, It waB stated that at tho present time It takes from eight to nlno days to got n lottcr to San Frnclsco, nnd about sovon dayB to Portland, from Cold Roaeli, That tb bring in- parcel post mall h oro costs tho government about throo nnd Ann half coats pot- pound whereas th'S government rccolvos n llttlo over ono cont per pound. It wns pointed out that If a road wore built down tho Roguo ltivor, it would bo a saving to tho government of somo $5,000 per year, and tho peoplo of wostorn Curry County would savo from fivo to sovon days , on tholr mall from Portland and San Francisco. It was nlso pointed out that C4 por cont of tho area of Curry County Is placed In tho Forest rcsorvo, and if it woro in tho hands of private ownership, a rovonuo of about $40, 000 would bo derived, whoreuB last year It was, under tho present sys tem, about ?3500. Committee Ik Named Aftor bo mo discussion, pro and con, a commltteo of seven on resolutions composod of Messrs, Lnmson, LIttlor, Maators, Hoyt, Ulsholl, Colgrovo and Soifert was appointed. Tho commlt teo rotlrod nnd nftor somo dollbora- ITALY CALLS RESERVISTS TO COLORS Br Awiocltlinl Tntt to Cut nr nmM.l LONDON, Fob. 2. Italian reser vists living In London hnvo been warned to bo prepared to respond to n call to tho colors. MEX PAPERS ARE SHUT.iUP All Offices in Capital Ordered Closed Zapata Forces Bother Some tDr AoIMl I'm la Coot l!r TlmM. WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 2. All nowspapor offlcos In Mexico City havo boon closed by order of tjio government, tho United States S'tato Department wns advised today. Tho Zapnta forces, who control tho city's iiinin wntor supply and con tlnuo to occupy tho outlying south ern suburbs, nro roported tp hnvo committed somo dopredatloiiB. Tho Carranza forces who control tho Mexican railway havo promised to relievo tho situation canned by tho shortage of food In Mexico City. Italian Government Reported to Have Purchased Million Bushels Yesterday JUMPS EIGHT CENTS SINCE YESTERDAY Chicago and Detroit Bakers Raise Bread One Cent Per Loaf Pastry Higher ' tllr AmocUIM Pitm to Com Iltjr TlmM. CHICAGO, Fob. 2. Tho wheat mnrket Bwopt upward to $1.CG for May delivery, a galA of 7 3-1 cents compared with last night's closo. It Is said tho Htilc.f to the Italian BRIDGE TO CANADA IS DYNAMITED government nlono 1 hours amounted to shols. us to nj the i In n last nillllon 21 bu- PAKTItV PRICKS HIGHER. 11 AMOclat I'rrM to Cool tr 1lmr.J DETROIT, Mich., I Fob. 2. Tho lending Detroit bakors nnnounccd ttljr AMocUlcd I'm. to Coot ll.jr TlmM. VANCEHERO, Mnlno, Fob. 2. An attempt to destroy a railroad brldgo spanning tho St. Croix river, which forms tho lnternntlonnl boundary be tween Maine and Now Hrunswlck, was mndo early today. Ono "of tho threo spans of tho structure was blown up by dynamite. Tho Vaucobcro police nrrcstcd a Gorman who gavo his naino as Homo. Ho Bnld that ho en mo from Now York nnd dynamited the brldgo becnuso Canada wns pnrt of tho enemy's country. Tho Cnnadlnn nuthorltlos Indicated that bread would bo Increased In price ' that they would Immediately mnke ono cent n lont beginning tomorrow. All pnstrios were also advanced. ItHEAD PRICKS HIGHER. nr Aolald l'rra to Cooa lltjr TlmM. CHICAGO, Fob. 2. Ono (I tho lnrgo baking compnhles' ihere, thu output of which is 25,000 loaves of bread dally, announced' that ono cont would bo added to tho prlco of bread tomorrow. (representations at Washington with n vlow to extradition on tho ground Hint tho dynnmltlng wns done on tho American side. On tho other hand It wns said that Von Horn would be dofonded against extradition, basing his claim on tho assertion that ho committed an act of war and his of fenso wns political. His full naino Is Womer Von Horn. HDSTOFM GERMANS BARRED OREGON EDITOR IS Ml ISTERT0SL1 Great Britain Notifies America That Shipments to Enemies Will be Seized ' Or AatoclatM I'rMt lo Coi IUr Tlmai. WASHINGTON, D. 0., Fob. 2. Groat Hrltnln notified tho United States today, although not officially, that foodstuffs of any kind dostlnod Tor Germany, Austria or Turkoy vould bo regarded as contraband. Tho notion of tho Ilritlsh govorn- Wm. H. Hornibrook, of Al bany, Chosen by President Wilson for Foreign Post lit AMotUt IrM la Con D7 71m. WASHINGTON, D. C, Fob. 2. William II. HornlbroOk' of Albany, Oregon, hnB been solccted by Prosl dent Wilson ns minister to Slam. Tho nomination will ho sent to tho Sonato at tho first opportunity, j GERMANS RUSS1SAILII j Germans Capture Some of the i Russian Trenches 30 Miles t From Polish Capital RUSSIANS CLAIM COST ! IN LIVES WAS HEAVY of Petrograd Admits Part Czar's Forces Compelled To Retire Today tllr AmocUIH TrrM tu .uu Titj TlmM. PlOTItOGUAD, Fob. 2. A renownl of tho fierce offensive by tho Ger mans In tho region of Soccnczow and UorJImow on tb road to Warsaw Is admitted tu tho official statement Issued hero todny. The violence of the Husslnn units to retire to tho tho Husslnn uutls to retire to second lino trenches. tho ENGLAND W ERNIS L IKE T ON SHIPPING BILL Democratic Leaders Try to Get Bolting Democrats and Independents' Aid ' tnr AMocUtea rni to Coo D17 Tim. WASHINGTON, D. C, Fob. 2. W,lth a vlow to seeking terms on which tho Progressive Itopubltcnns would support tho ship bill nnd to confer with tho Domocrnts who bolt ed yesterday, a Domocrntlo caucus appointed n commlttoo of threo to conduct negotiations nnd report lit nnothor caucus tonight. Scarcoly had tho caucus bosun when Sonntor LnFollotto, Progressive LAKE LEVEL S S H'KIt OFFICK F1LL1 3D 1 c9 ll'eikliis Xainod for l'ost riilbti'ess Tli ere. t flGTON. D. C, Fob, 2. lent sent to tho Sonnto tho iPostofflco nomination: -Wzzlo M. Perkins, Gar- IMJRDWKLh sails from for San Francisco, &m ll San Diego, tomorrow, AY XOOX. For tickets At Seasldo the first unit of a sea food cannery wns completed. A Eugeno dealer shipped 10,000 pounds of Oregon grape roots for the manufacture of medicine, Boise capitalists are promoting tho extension of the Western Pacific from Wlnnemucca north to Ontario. At Albany tho Corvalllo & Eastern railroad shops havo re-opened for EAR QUA, E ZONE docroo It is understood hor cargo of food for Gorman civilians will bo paid for and appropriated Vp the Ilritlsh government and tho slilp nl- tton returned innkiug a partial re- lowed to go free. Hut thereafter port nnd nsklng for furthor tlmo to such ships with cargo will bo solzod formulnto tholr report, ns tho dataj outright, which they wished to Incorporate , In tho roport relatlvo to tho mining, and mineral resources of tho county ; was not nvallublo at this tlmo. Tho J coninutteo wns grnnieu luriuor umo, and lnsructod to report to tho Chair man, Judge Wood, and tho roport bo sent to tho Forestry Department at'Grant's Pass upon Its completion. Much enthusiasm nnd a deep Inter est Is folt by all tho citizens, and bo far ns enn bo learned thoro Is per fect union and concord nmong tho peoplo of all parts of tlio country, all feeling that by opening up tho Roguo River routo torailroad com munication would result In develop ing Curry County ,uul giving her cit izens proper mail service, and save monoy to tho ybvornment as well. Mr. Holmfoaves to-morrow morn ing for hi homo In Grant's Pass taking with him much information li reforeco to tho resources of Curry Countyas ho hns boon ablo to gather, and other data will bo sent as soon as lcan bo gathorcd together with proper resolutions presented by tho Inmltteo. Editor of Democrat. William II. Hornibrook, nominated for minister to Slam todny, is editor. Republican, on whom tho Domocrnts of tho Albany Domocrat, secrotaryl wore countlni: for. BininorL annoarod ment Is based on tho rocont Gorman of tho Democratic Stnto Central Com-''OHf8i(i0 tho conforonco room and dls- decreo whoroby tho government wlll'mlttoo nnd prosldont of tho Wlllam-CU88e(i tho sltuutlon with tho ndmlnls tako ovor all grain In Germany for' otto Valley Press Association. Prostration londors. Thnt tho bill would common uso. Ilecauso tho steamer vlous to coming to Oregon threo bo amended most of tho Democrats Wllholmlna snlled from Now York for 1 years ago ho published tho Twlu Falls J Huomod ready to concodo. Dromon boforo tho Issuance of tho Chronlclo nnd wns n mombor of tho Idaho Sonato. Ho was roared at Chorokoo, Iowa and Is about thirty years old. Kcicn WI10 1 tolled. Tho sovon Domocrats who votod with tho Republicans yostordny, did not attend tho caucus, Thoy woro Hankhead, Cnmdon, CInrko, Hard.'- ,'uick, Hitchcock, O'Gormnu and Vnr- damun. niirnAfiO. Rnii. 1 Kuronn : uh Tho nmondtuonts which tho cau- tinned to the Unltod 8tatcs for but-i0,IB considered Included thoso propos IS FINALLY FREE Lord Churchill Declares Ger man Navy is Throttled and That Kaiser Knows It t)j AmocUIviI Vtttt lo Coo nr TlmM. PARIS, Fob. 2. "For tho 'first tlmo In tho history of tlio war, 'Eng land can say tho son Is free," declar ed Winston Churchill, First Lord or the Ilritlsh Admiralty, In an Inter view here. "Germnny Is like a man throttled with n bonvy gag. Tho ef fort wears out tho heart and Germany knows It." SHIP IlLTTEU TO EUROPE. BERLIN SAYS ALLIES STATEMENTS FALSE Declare That They Have Dis torted Facts Recently Gains in Poland (Dr AMOritt! rrf.i to Cooa Day TlmM, 11ERLIN, Feb. 2. (lly Wireless.) The oflfclnl statomont today says: "In tho western area thoro have boon nrtlllory exchanges at sovoral points. With this exception thoro Is nothing Importnnt to roport. In Polnnd, north of tho Vistula and near I.lpuo, wo had encounters with tho Russian cavalry. South of tho Vistula, our at tacks continued to progress." Continuing, today's roport Bays tho French Btntomonts of tho last fow! days contained "gratesquo distortions! of tho truth and freo Inventions." Battle for Control of Carpath ian Passes Continues with out Definite Result ' Illjr Attocltlml l'rns to Coot Mkj TlmM. LONDON, Feb. 2. Tlio now Gor mnu altnck on tho Warsaw front has led to some of the heaviest fighting of tho wnr In tho east thus far. Pe trograd admits tho GermatiB carried tho Russian trenches near Sachuc zew nnd llollmow, 30 miles west of Warsaw, but states thnt tho Gor man successes wero of small Impor tance compared with their losses. On ouo front less than a 111II0 long more than G000 Gormnns are said to have been killed within a week. Tho Russians charged tho captured trenches with bayonets nnd, Petro grad assorts, succeeded In winning back' a largo portion of them. Tho battle for tho pos3csslon of Carpathian passes continues without definite result. Asldo from a fow attacks by smalt bodies of Gorman Infantry which ap parently produced no result of note, yesterdny'B fighting In tho west was chiefly with nrtlllory. A dlspntch from Talirlx, Porsln, snys the Turks left 1000 dend behind In their retreat. VON LUC SSO SLAIN IN BATTLE Eldest Boy Reported to Have Been Slain in Artillery Engagement tnr Aaaoeltt4 rrM lo Coot Hf TlroM.J RERUN, Feb. 2. Tho oldest son of General Von ICluck, who wns a naval nontenant, Is reported ns hav ing fallen In nu nrtlllory bnttlo near Mlddlekorke on Jnnuary 0 TREASON CSS OT FRENCH SAY ILLIESS ter, It was learnod today. Chlcugo dealors shipped two carloads to Eng land by way of Canada nnd nro 110 gntlntlng for additional largo sales to tho warring nations, Recent Upheaval in Italy Low ers Lake Paterno Sixteen Feet More Disturbances tDf AmocUIkJ I'rett to Coot lUjr TlmM.) ' I TORPEDO HOSPITAL SHIP. lo (Hr Atwlll I'rrw to Coo 11 Time.. ' PARIS, Fob. 2, A German ROME, Fob. 2. Earth disturb- 't? ul'morlne yesterday mado ances of a minor nature continuo nt Aveznnno, the most Important feature, "bolng the lower level of Lake Pator-' no by 1G feet nftor a vortex had ap-, poared In tho co'ntor. This Is Inter-1 protod as Indicating that the sub- torranean oruptlou, which Is subsid ing, drew Into tho earth nn Immenso volumo of water from the lake. an unsuccessful aitompt to O torpedo tho Urltlsh hospital O a' Ip Asturlas near tho Havre lightship, according to tho ministry of marine's an- O noiincemcut. od by Sonntora Norm and Kenyon, I both of whom conferred with Presl- I dent Wilson today. I Whllo tho administration Sonato Domocrnts cnucusod todny to reor ganize tholr shattered linos and ro- new tho fight for the ship bill, Prosl dont Wilson conferred with tho He- publican Senators nt tho White. Houbo, seeking a basis to mako tho "bill agreeablo to enough of thnt wing ' to fill tho gnp caused by tho suddon defection of nlno Domocrats In yos . ftorday's sousatlonal coup, whon tho anti-nuministiatlon Honators tnrow tho measuro Into tho shadow of do feat. Ono of tho strong possibilities for tho compromise was that the do- duration of tho prlnclplo must,,uQ I corporatcd In the bill, saylnff fh in- L'' at LUMUKIl OUTLOOK ItltlGIIT. TURKS LACK I'OOD IX EGVrr OAMPAKJX CINCINNATI, Feb. 2. Lumbor dealors of the United States must mako prepnraton for a great period of prosporty on account or the war, declared J, II. Hlrmolberger of Cape Girardeau, Mo., at the opening ses sion of the National Hardwood Asso ciation here. Mr. Hlrmelberger said that ho knew that largo orders for lumber of all kinds have been placed In this country. PALACE MAHKiyr makes REST the government Intended to buy no ships which would Invnlvo contro version with thu Eurononn linlllL'nr- . ''i. I I'll in. " (Or Amo-UteJ rrn to Coo Dr TIbim.) CAIRO, Feb. 2. Although thero 1 as been no further fighting In tho Suez Canal district, a considerable num ber of Turkish deserters have surrendered. They said they Avero provided only with a meagre supply of provisions and woro compolled to buy fqod at high prices from tho Dedoulns. , FIUNKFUHTEHS, Poiip 100-J. R. A. GRAHAM 0M WAR DUTY Former Coos County Railroad Ilulld or Wounded In Fruiiec Joined Aerial Corps. Fred McLean, who returned today from a trip to Seattle and Rolling bam to look after some property, said that ho met R. A, Graham, the builder of the Marshflold and Myrtle Point railroad, In Portland. Mr. Graham has Just returned from Eur' dpe, having been given a ninety-day furlough from the- English army o(- GAI EAR GUICY Claim English Recovered Lost Positions More Progress Near Perthes IDr AuocltteJ Trri to Coo Vj TlmM. PARIS, Fob. 2. Tho oflclul atnto nient this afternoon says: "Around Ypres tho Gorman cannonading was particularly vlolont. Hotwoon the Lys and tho Sommo Rivers a Ger man roglmont nttackod a Ilritlsh po sition near Gulnchy and drovo tho Englsh back. Aftor a sorles of coun ter attacks tho Ilritlsh reoccuplod tho lost ground and took somo Gorman trenches. Our methodical progress In., tho roglon of Perthes continued. We occupied another small forost northwest of this village In tho Woovro district the enemy delivered ail, attack on tho western sldo o( tho UUUUIIUI luri'Bi, wiiiuii vina uiiiuii Ijack." ing to wounds sustained, Graham Is a Canadian by birth and was in Lon don whon tho war broko out. Ho en listed in tho English Aortal Corps and snld that ho hud difficulty in getting Into that branch owing to his age, fifty-six. He bus boon princi pally engaged In guarding against Zeppelin raids. He Is now In San Francisco Order Court Martial of Burg hers to Refuse to Serve Against Germans tnr Auoiu4 rm to coo nr Tim.,. PRETORIA, Union of South Afrl- ica, Fob, 2. Plotor Groblor, a mom bor of tho parliament of tho Union f South Africa and a grandson of aul Krugor, has boon committed to trial on tho clinrgo of treason. 71 1 burghers who docllnod to servo against tho Gormnns In tho south . west havo boon ordorod court mar- tlaled. EG LAND FEELS. EARTH SHOCKS Many Mines in Yorkshire Dis trict Caved in One Killed and Several Hurt (Or Auorlttxl Piw la Loo Dr Tlm.t-1 LONDON, Feb. 2.2 Earth shocks occurred last night In tho districts of Yorks'.lro. One minor was killed and many had iiairow escapes owing to tho shaking down of tho coal l:i the pits. In somo oases the pits woro rondorod uuwoikublo by tho fall of coal. Astoria's machine shop and boiler works has boon Incorporated for $10, 000. An orphans' homo Is to bo estab lished at Ashland At Rrowusvllle a force of men nro clearing ground for a large building stono Industry near the city F. A. Taylor & Co., Seattle build ing contractors, wll erect a number of new dwellings nt Dandon, The legislnturo Is asked to utilize Try our GAHLIO SAUSAGES. Pal- atato prisoners to establish tho flax aco Meat Muiket. industry at Saloiu, WACKEX lMlXTUlt work. I" ...CWM