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RE'S SOME GOOD ADVttW "BE A GOOD LOSER BUT DON'T MAKE IT A HABIT The Aim The Armies Tlu aim t l" nhvuyH In iulH, vtliolcunno nutt'lii leivMlng, kl ,UJ contnilH of Tlio Times up (o of Europe, nit' engaged In a death struggle which limy cliiingo Ihu map of (ho world, Each day brings new developments of vital Importance. Keep yourself posted road Xowh that Is Nous subscribe for 'I lie Times and "ivlso up." M(n high HlMiiiliml of news excellence. All (ho neuH nil tlio tlmo 1h always tlio aim of Tho Times. MEMBERS OF T1IK ASSOCIATED PRESS foL NO. XXXVIII. Established 1878 n Tlio Const Mall. MARSHFIELD, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1915 EVENING EDITION. A Oonfiolldntlon of Times, Const Mnl) ami Coos llnv Advertlsor No. 179 EIGHTH VICTIM BURIED . IN RUINS DF BURNED HIITEL TORPEDO BOAT DESTROYERS WILL ays war m intained Around Enida fflnna mm (BTtnm EAR will uermainij 3 ESCORT COIG EMa met be Brooker, of Room 10, Is Today Reportca missing at Bunier miii IYR0N CRAIG DIED LATt LAS I fcVfclVIIVLl Loner's Jury Continues In vestigation ot holocaust Incendiarism Clue ! COMPLETE LIST OF DEAD . BYRON CHAIO. 8. 10. LEWIS. W. 9. GLOVER. .. . Aiitntinifi .A. M MIIS KAIiUWUrtoni, LOUIS PBPAS. A. A. CUAIO, HOY ASKEW.- Word from Morcy Hoapl- Q tnl Into HiIh afternoon In- dlcated Hint tlio bovoii In- Juroil moil nro much better today and that all of thorn I. will recover. V. W. OIboii, who wng Boveroly htirncd and cut and who received n con- union of tlio scalp, Ih Im- V proving. Br. Disc Htntea IiIh bolter that thorn will ho no more fatalities. 'Examination of witnesses and tho king of testimony hnn kept tlio x monibcra of tho Coronor'H Jury wsy slnco early yesterday afternoon Sul It Ih not until tomorrow that Ho final verdict on tho Hunker till flro la expected. That tho re- alt will point mi necualng finger Incendiarism rather than a clg- rctto stub aa tho cnuso of tho Ira Is tho Intimation thnt Iiiib bean bcelvcd. Ami that Btlll another nnmo, that a workman, Joo Droqkor, may added to tho list of novon troady doad In tho tiro of lustorday was tho hollof of tho arymen as tliuy took tho car for (unkor Hill this afternoon to con iiuq thulr Investigations. Tho Bombers of tho Jury nro Wnlter Sondron, Fred MoBsorlo, ChnrleH Itauff, William Grimes, Archlo uhnson and A. II. LowIb. Checking of tho occupants of tho irious rooms dlscloBod tho fact Hut tho (lorman had room 10 on o second floor of tho bonrdlng 01180 and that slnco Tuesday ho as not boon aeon. Ho hnd boon t Craig's for about two weeks nd was In aoarch of work. 'It Is said that witnesses havo boon c:mlncd who went through tho bby of tho boarding houso about IG minutes boforo tho flro was dls- avored and at that tlmo they found lo traces of anything wrong. Tho pines burst out In a very few mo ments, Soino bollovo that only eoal r or other inflammable matorlals puld havo caused tho flamca to pread as rapidly as thoy till. F, Today nothing now wna discover ed In tho ruins of tho building. topes havo boon strotched about tho lto and guards woro put on hand sco that nothing was touched. luch digging haa beon dono among !e ashes, but nothing haa yet boon found to Indlcato unothor body. It though posalblo that being In tho jnldst of tho flro, occupying a room a the very center of tho building, hat the body might havo been en tirely destroyed In tho soothing mads aat raged thoro. "nill" Noonan and Jamoa Sheohan ire both reported recovering rapidly from the effects of tholr rathor so- lero burns. Doth nro membors of tho Warshflold Aerio of Eaglea and a arge number of their fraternal bro kers havo been to call on thorn. Dill leads word to tho boys In tho camp lhat ho will soon bo back on tho Job Bgaln. Search of Itulns. Coroner Wilson this afternoon Is Marching tho ruins very carefully for further evidence and possibly "tier vIctlniB, Ho adjourned tho Poronor'a Jury until 1 o'clock to- P.uorrow. Ho Is vory anxloua to find Joo Innker, who occupied room 10. -looker Is about CO or 55 yeara "Id and worked half a day Fobru Wy 2, and a half day. Fobruary 3 P.nd was rtaylng at tho hotel until no could ret permanent Job. Any one knowing anything about Brook Br is renuested to notlfv Coroner M'llson at once. Another man named Drattner, EVENTH III IS DEATH'S TOLL Young Homer Craig, Fatally Burned in Yesterday's Fire, Dies During Night Heath claimed n seventh victim last night as Ito grim toll In thtf Craig Hoarding IIouso flro at Hun kor Hill early yesterday morning. Hyron Craig, aged 11 years, and Hon of Mr. and Mrs. (leorgo W. Craig, died nU7:.".0 p. in. laat ovo hlng nftor a day of Kiifferlng that mado tho nursus marvel at the youth'B vitality. Homovod lo Morcy Hospital after being ruHcucd from tho second ntory of tho hurtling building, with tho akin burned nlmost entirely from his legs and tho upper portion of ilia body, tho boy had not oven a fighting chauco for his life, nnd the oud thnt cnino was forsocn earlier In tho day when atlmuluuta beenmo ncrcsHnry. Seven wounded Btlll remain In tho hosiltal. Word from thoro to day stated that till of tho men nro doing well nnd that thoy will re covor. Tlio announcement enrly yoBtor dny morning that William Ward, a htrangor at tho hoarding houso, wan among tho doad, hag proved Incorrect, tho sixth victim of tho flro being ltoy Askew, who first wna reported aa mlsHlug and later thought to havo been found. Much sympathy Ih expressed on every hand for Mr. and Mrs. Craig, who are most highly regarded by all who know thorn. Tho Iohs of IiIh father nnd tho losa of tholr son, In addition to tho shock of tho disaster, is a savoru blow. Hophnm or Hrnnnon, wnB thought to bo missing, was found to havo loft aomo tlmo ago. A man who know Urookor, told .Mr. Dubay this morning that Hrook or had boon nt tho hotol tho day Leforo tho flro. Shortly after threo o'clock, tho Coronor'a Jury returned from Hun ker Hill, but will return no verdict until thorough effort la mndo to discover tho whoroabouta of Joo Urookor, tho man now missing. Notify Relatives. Ward lllnko at tho Smith mill has sont tolograms to rolntlvcs or tho doad men, though nouo ot them havo yet boen hoard from. Olovor had a slstor and brother In Soattloj I'opas a brothor In Pittsburg; Kal owonskl, a brothor In Tacomn; As kew a slfitor lu Dandon, and anothor at Myrtlo Point, MrH. K. L. Whlto, and a father In Olondnle. KAISER TELLS OF T Says Russians Completely De feated in East Prussia Russians' Version Given (Dr AwocUlal J-re lo Cooi c7 Tloiw.1 LONDON, Feb. 18. Emperor Wil liam tolegrnphed from East Prussia today that tho Russians had been completely dofeated nnd driven from tho province. Vienna reports tho RusslaiiB de feated In Dukowlno, whore tho Aus-tro-German forces are advancing. Potrograd, howover, declares there Ib no change in Dukowlnn. It speaks of furious fighting in northern Pol and nnd saya the Russians won an ad vantage lu several engagements In Gallcla. On tho East Prussian frontier tho Germans report tho capture of a to tal of 04,000 prisoners, 71 guns, over 100 machine guns and great atoros of war munitions, A number of minor Infantry en gagements occurred yesterday In the west. Paris reports that tho ground recently taken In Champagne has been retained and advances of 400 yards were mado north of Malan court and Forest Do Forges. Berlin says on the road to Arras and Ltllo the fighting still continues for a small Section of n German trench captured by tho French on Fobruary 10. A French attack; was repulsed east of Perthes. GREAT I OR ' Mexican oiaxgem. t (Ilr AiMOflalfil Vtrtt to Coon llljf Timet. WAHIHNOTON, D. C. Feb. 18. Tho Carranza for- cos havo again evneuated Mox- Ico City, official dispatches today to tho Stato Depart- ment say, and tho Zupatn for- ccb havo ro-entorcd. It was not stated to where tho Car- ranza forces withdrew. LLOYD'S RATE ON U. S. WAR RISK HIGHER Mr AmocUiI Vmt lo Con Buy TIdm.1 LO.N'HON, Fob. 18. Insurance wna placed at Lloyd's today at 20 guineas por cent on policies covering tlio holder ngalnat wnr between tho United States and Germany within kIx mnntliB. A month ago tho pre mium was flvo guineas per cent. JAP TRICK OVER BTEJ CHINA Demands Made by Mlkadb Not Same as Were Repre sented to Large Nations t Ilr AuocUtoJ I'ma to Cooi )lr TImim.) WASIIINOTON, Fob. 18. China has , delivered to Orcat Hrltaln, Franco, UubbIii and tho United States a memorandum of tho demands mudo by Japan tho lattor part of January. Thoy differ materially from tho eleven demands conimiiulcatod to tho powora by Japan February 0 i President Said to Have De cided Not to Call Special Session for Ship Bill (lljr AmocIKoJ 1'rou to Coo. IUr Tluit, WASHINGTON, I). C, Fob. 18. President Wilson virtually dccldod not to call an extra Kosalon of Con gress, no nrnttor whut tho fato qf tho ship bill. No official announce ment was made, but In Congroislonal quartora It is woll understood. Work was bogun today on niupplng out tho details of tho President's trip to tho San Francleco exposition. JAPSlLLliO Troops Landed From French and Japanese Warships to End Singapore Trouble (Dy AHOcliteJ rr t.. Cw Bay Tlmw,l TOKIO, Feb. 18. A rovolt ha3 broken out among Hindu soldlors at Singapore, ono of tho Strait net tlomonts belonging to Great Hrltaln. Marines woro lnnded frgni Japanese and French warships and aomo fight ing occurred botween tho mutineers and tho mon from tho warships. Tho Hindu mutineers numbered 800, but later half of thorn are ro portod to havo surrendered and tho revolt Ib Bald to bo subsiding. To SUut Bridge. E. L. Robinson hns returned from Gardiner, where ho has Just finished platting Rail road Addition to Reedsport for War ren Reed. Ho says that It la expected that tho Southern Pacific will start work on tho Umpqua bridge within bIx weeks. Pilinga from seventy to ninety feet long aro being taken from Smith River through tho tunnel for tho tunnel work along tho lakea near tho Slualaw. Tho aardlner mill is running half force. n mm EXTRA C1GRESS MUTINY DIA Berlin Rosponsa to U. S. Pro test Friendly Blit Firm Has No Other Recourse. SAYS GERMANS WILL RELENT IF ENGLAND DOES Suggests ThaSunited States Send Warshigto Convoy Vessels Through Zone (Ilr Auoclaloil Trn (8 Coot Ilagr Tlmn, HHItMN, Fob. IS The reply of Germany to tho protest of the Unit ed States against Iho hlockado of Ilrltlsh waters Ib nouclied in most friendly tortus, but ilrmly malntnliiH tho position ot aermany na already announced. Tho answer, which Ib a lengthy document, wna converted Into codo nt tho United Stntoa lOmbassy and transmitted In full to Waahliigton, Tho noto explains lhat (Jcrmnny's proposed action wnajmado neccssnry I by Great Hrltnln's policy ot nttempt I lug to cut off tho food supply for I tho German civilian population by n method never recognized by Interna tional law. Kngland'H courno In ordering mer chantmen to fly neutral flags and equipping them with artillery to de stroy aubmnrlncB, tho flerinnn roply coutenda, renders nugatory tho right of Bcarcli, thtiB giving Germany the right to attack Hugllsh sltlpilng. Tho noto recommends that tho United States Bend warahlps to Kng lund to convoy merchant vcbbc-Ib through tlio danger zone. Tlio hopo Ih ex pressed that the Am erican government will understand tho poBltlon that Germany haa been placed In and appreciate tho reaBoua for her course. Tho roply closos with tho expres sion of tho hopo thnt tho United Stated may prevail upon Groat Hrl taln to return to tho principles of In ternational law recognized prior tb tho outbreak of tho war, lu particu lar to obtain tho obaervanca of Lou don of tho declaration by tho bolll goronts opposed to Germany. If this woro done Gormnny would bo enabled to import food supplies and raw ma torlala, and Germany would recognize In this. Bays tho roply, invalunblo sorvlco toward a moro humane con duct of tho war and would act In ac cordance with the now situation thus created. E Sir Edward Grey Answers the American Not2 No Cause for Business Depression (I! AMO.I.IOJ l'tt lb vvul ur TIbim.I LONDON, Fob. 18. Tho roply of Sir Edward Grey to tho American noto to tho subject of tho aolzuro a n J detention of Ainorlcun cargoes destined for neutral European ports, Gormauy'B submarine blockado of Groat Britain and England's retal iatory in enures agulnst it, aro ab sorb. ug tho attontion of tho Dritsh public. Giey's long roply, lu which ho do ilies any depression of Ameilcan in dustries duo to tho activity of Drlt lsh warahlps, was much discussed, but naturally the German submarino blockade und Great Britain's prep aration to counteract Its effect weio uppermost lu tho minds of ship own ers and traders. - TURKEY AVQUiOl'AiH. IUr Auo lalrj htu to Cooa Hay Tlmn.) LONDON? Fob. 18 Turkey bus yielded to ti.o demand for satisfaction made by Greece becaiiBo ot tho Insult offered nn attache of tho Greek lega- Hon at Constantinople, Tho Director General of Pollco visited tho Greek le- gatlon and formally express- cd regret nt tho Insult offor- ed tho Greek naval attache. Ho promtsed that further of- ficlal communication to this effect would bo published In tho press. The Incident Is now regarded as closed. E1GLAD DENIES 11 Tfi 44444 KAISKIt AXXOl'XCKS lll'SSIAXS lll'JATKX Illy AoclIM I'rrM to Cool liar Time.. DUllLIN, Feb. 18. Tho President of tho Provlnco of East Prussia at Koonlgaberg lecelved tho following telo- gram from Hmperor William, who haa boon on tho eastern battle front. "Tho Russians nro completely bc-ntcn. Our beloved Hast Prussia Is freo from tlio cnomy." GERMAN SHIP SINKS POUR BRITISHERS (Dr AMofUUil TrrM lo Con nr Tlnr, DUHNOS AYH13S, Feb. 18. Tho Gormnii steamer Holgor, which ar rived here, brings tho news thnt dur ing January nnd February, tho Gor man auxiliary cruiser Crown Prince Wllhelm, operating along tho nor thern coaBt of Drnzll, sank tho DrI tlah Btcnmora Ilomlsphero and Potaro and tho Balling ships Sumatra and Wilfred. Tholr crowB woro on board tho Holgor. WILL BL DR! IN 1916 Prohibition Bill Passes Both Houses of Legislature and Governor Will Sign (Ilr AMixlat Pmi lo Coot ntr Tlmrt.) DBS MOINBS, Fob. 1 8. Tho Iown Houso of Representatives today pass ed tho Clarksou bill, which re-catab- Italics statewide prohibition January 1, 19 10. Tho measure has passed tho Senato and goon to tlio Governor, who Indicated his Intention to ulgii it. NETHERLANDS IS Will Not Permit Warships to Accompany Merchantmen in the War Zone (Ilr Auotlitwl rr to Cooj 07 Tlmn.l THE HAGUE, Fob. 18. Tho gov ernment of tho Netherlands haa request for war ships to convoy merchant ships through tho marltio ! areas prescribed by Germany on the ground Hint such action would en bunco tho risks of ships without such escorts. WILSON 5RIP BILL TALKED TO DEATH Rivers and Harbors Measure to be Pruned Down No Extra Session Illy Ao. IHe.t rreaa to Cooa Uajr Tlmn. WASHINGTON, D. 0., Fob. 18. v'Tho administration Democrats practi- , cally agreed to lot tho Republicans i talk tl.o ship bill to death when they 'agreed today to put It in contoronco I until Fob. 27 and pass tho approprl- ntlon bills In tho meanwhile. i Tho Republicans Intend to contlnuo tho filibuster thereafter, The plan I means that thoio will bo no extra bos- sion of Congress and It Is generally ugrccd that It meant tho end of Presi dent Wilson's ship bill this Congress. Aa a part of tho agreement tho Dem ocrats agreed to pruno the river and harbor bill in accordance with tho objections of some of tho Republican Senators. It pays to TRADE at tlio PAL- 'Acir Meat market. 01 ST CONVOYS UN LOST IN DENMARK Two Parseval Dirigibles Re ported Destroyed by Explo sions Crews Saved ' (Ilr AuocliM 1'rrti lo Cooi l)r Tlmn. LONDON, Feb. 18. Fourteen members of tho crow of the Zeppelin L-3, destroyed by nn explosion on Fnnco Island, woro resciiod and will bo Interned by tho Danish nuthorltlcB, saya a dispatch from Copenhagen. Tho Zeppelin caught fire but reached tho ground before tho explosion oc curred. Hi:COXI PAKSBVAL M)ST. (Ilr Aitocltt Vni lo Cooi Ilr Tlran.l COPBNHAGBN, Feb. 18 Accord ing to n messagu from Jutland, an other German airship was destroyed today. It was ot tho Parseval typo, Tho dirigible, tho dispatch says, went down into tlio wator near tlio coast, Tho crow waa saved. BATTLEFIELDS ARE Impossible for Either Side to Advance on Western Front Because of Weather (Ily AaMHtatrJ I'ma to Cooa Hay Tlinra. LONDON, Fob. 18. Tho military correspondent of tho Loudon Times In n recent survey ot conditions, said that thoro Is little likelihood of any Important ndvauco movement by either sldo on tho west front for u long time to come. Under thu present conditions of weather and ground, with artillery which knowa the range exactly, ho argues that n successful offonslvo is next to Impossible. "Tho district in which tho Ilrltlsh army la operating la practically n swamp," declares this ubaorvor. "Water stands on tho stiff ullppory and holding clay, rendering the move ment ot infantry across country Im possible. For weeks on oud It haa rained, and when It hns not rained thick mists havo enveloped tho coun try. Tho dcop trenches nro filled with water, and tho necessity ot standing in this haa cost ua many caaualltles. "It Is only on slightly rising ground that Ufa la nt nil supportable. Tho fronts of tlio rival armies aro covored with a labyrinth of trenches. On botli sides tho front lines aro of ten only posts ot observation. Acres of barbed wire cover most of tlio po sitions. In tho rear strotch many linos, zigzags and communication tranches. "Breastworks havo been construct ed by both armies on tho top of the ground to moot tlio difficulties of holding floodod trenches, whllo strong posts, dofonded vlllagea and farmsteads, and other arrangements, comploto the positions. In thu rear masses of guns of all calibers, ao woll concealed that thoy aro practically Invuluornblo, and Joined up by tele phones to all advanced trenches, mako a strong framowork for tho do fen so. "During all tho months that tho British have occupied this district, only threo diroct hits havo been made by Gorman sholls upon the British guns. An attack, thereforo, has to deal with nn intact artillery which knows ovory range to an Inch. "A forward tronch may often bo assaultod or mined by either aide, or It may bo knocked to bits by heavy sholls, or cleared by trench mortars and hand grenades, but a lo cal success of this charactor has no consequences. Tho battling In front Is largely between snipers and men In the sapheads. "As for tho Flying Corps, desplto tho weathor, it lias missed only six days In tho air slnco August. Not easily can any hostile strategical sur prise escape the notico of these air men, ' "Tho .British nrmy Is not accus tamed to winter campaigning and is not Inured to It, Its campaigns huvo ITER IPnnlnnrl miH Phanoo Arrnnnn for Guarding Ships Through i German War Zone PROVIDE CONVOYS FOR SHIPS DURING BLOCKADE English Shipping Interests Profess No Alarm but Pas senger Traffic Stops nr Aiiocltled Vtn to Cuol tltr Time. NBW YOItK, Fob. 18. Swift Ilrltlsh and French destroyers wilt meet all threatened Btonmshlps fly ing tho flags of tho Allies and es cort them Into port, according to n cnblo messago recalvcd by officials of S'io Hteainshlp companies hero, Tho companies have no Intention of changing tholr routes. KiikIIhIi View of If. tn, Auoililal rrni lo Coot Ilr Tlmn. LONDON, Fel). IS. Tho blockado of thu United Kingdom by Germany la on, With tlio dnwu of Fobruary 18 thoro went Into effect tho Gor man notice of warning to neutral whipping to avoid Drltlsh watcri. What will bo tho effect of tho dec laration will tako a day or two to demonstrate. Tho Drltlsh shipping IntorestH profess to fcol no alarm, novortholesa all passongor traffic from Hngland to Holland Is tied up. Ily AtoUlf.l I'rraa to Cooa Day Tlmra.J LONDON, Fob. 18. Tho Inimedl ato effect of tho German Htibuiarluo blockade of tho British Isles begin ning today, was to tlo up all passen ger traffic from England to Holland. Tho Scandinavian linos, however, nro not yot affected. Both tho Koolnnd and Batavla Hues cancelled all pas songor norvlco to Holland, although continuing freight and mall traffic. Thu Wilson lino to Scandinavian ports la running na usual, , ! GERMAN LIME TD ! KEEP BEST SHIPS 1 Hamburg-American Company ! Will Sell Only Vessels No I Deal With Government i (Ily Auixlalol l'r to Cooa Hay Tlmn, J WASHINGTON, D. C, Fob. 18. Only nine of tho Ilaniburg-Ainorlcnn Hue's smallest nnd oldest vossoIb nro for sale, William G. Slckol, ono ot tho two American vice-directors ot tho corporation, told tho Sonato In vestigating committee Ho testified that ho had no reason to bollovo that any ono of tho persons who hnd In quired If tho company wanted to soil tho ships represented the Unltod States government. Announce Capture of City and 1 War in Carpathians is Re ported Very Fierce (Ily Aaaotlatw! I'rraa to Cooa IUy Tlmaa. VIENNA, Fob. 18. Tho official report toduy says aftor two days of hard fighting, Austrlaua occupied Kolomen, In Gallcla, Thoy captured 2000 prisoners, several machiuo guna ami cannon. In tho Carpathians, ua far as Vysckoff, fighting con tlnuoa with great ferocity. Four thousand additional prlsonera woro brought In. . usually taken placo lu warm climates. It bad Ita lessons to leant and It haa cost something to learn thorn. In splto of this tho nrmy has stood tho tost remarkably woll, and Is prob ably In hotter health than any other, friendly or hostile, operating in that region." Mcvt Friday. A meeting of tho Coob Bay sportsmen has been called for Friday evening at Tho Chandler Hotel to meet E. 8. Cattron, ot tho U. S. Biological Survey, who is in Marshflold. Sec. Conrad ot the Coos Bay Fish & Gamo Protective Associa tion, has called the mooting and wishes all tho momhroa and othora Intei ested to attend. iAUSTRIA SAYS RUSSIA LOSING