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iW CAN A MAN WHO IS NEVER READY TO START EVER HOPE TO BE "IN AT THE FINISH" The Aim (tos Wimm The Armies io nlm to bo nlwnys bright, wholesome nnd hi of Europo nro engaged hi n denth stmgglo which nmy chnngo tho mnp of tho world, Each dny brings now developments of vital Importance. Keep yourself posted rond News thnt Is News Biibscrlbo for Tlio Times nnd "wlso' up." tting, keeps tlio contents of Tho Times up (o Llgli stnntlnrd of news excellence. All the- i nil tlio tituo Is nlwnys tlio nlm of The Times. MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATED TRESS (NO. XXXVIII. Established 1878 ns Tho Const Mnll. MARSHFIELD, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1915 EVENING EDITION. A Consolidation of Times, Congt Mai) and Ooos Unr Advertiser No. 186 mm I. SKERRETT'S HEARING IS D POSTPONE UMTLTDMDRBDW linary Postponed until rriav Mornmn ana wu- sses Are Summoned rtIST TO RE 1ERE TO CONDUCT IT er's Jury Prepares De- Statement of mves- Igation of Disaster miliary examination of Chns. It wnB not hold this uftor- but was Dostuoned until iilno tomorrow morning nnd It iniiio mat liiHini-i iiiiuniuj Hat will bo present for tlio which will bo hold In tho of tho WIIboii Undertaking blimont on Third street. r. McKnlght, nppcnrlng nH nt- for tho tlofendnnt, Htntcd iut of respect for George in, who would hnvo taken of tho enso In tho nbsenco District Attorney nnd nt tho of tho Coronor'H Jury, tho anient would bo ngreod to. It agreement of tho attorneys jtho Justlco Court on Wedncs- it tho enso would go to trial nt tho latest. Attorneys i &, Mclnturff hnvo nlso been Hi by tho dofondnnt. furnished yesterday by tho idsnien, nmountlng to $3000, good only for tho nppcarnnco Erics Skorrott tomorrow morn- lUnlcKS ho Is freed entirely ecusod will either hnvo to bond ngnln or go to Jnll, nc- to Justice C. L. Ponnock. in wltncaBCB hnvo boon sum- by tho prosecution to np- smorrow morning. They nro Eolllco, Georgo W. Crnlg, for- iroprlotor of tho hoarding E. O. Wlllots, fqrmor Jnnltor, pr T. E. Wilson, William k of tho Coroner's Jury, Au- rrUocn, who hold Insurnnco Dks nnd porsonnl effects bo- to Skorrott, 1'. J. Casoy, I veil In tho Iioubo, nnd Miss Crnlg. NiiiitimI Rooks Kvldonce. boxes containing tho chnr- Dinnlns of bookH nnd papora unthorcd yestordny from tho taken In tho locntlon of Skor room and tlioso woro tnkon pollco station to bo lntor weed ns ovldonco. Tho con- Iwb been thnt very llttlo of loks In Skorrott's library could fund nftor tho flro and aus- wns ndvnnccd thnt tho nc- :had tnkon tho volumes nwuy ius to tho flro. Ha bccniiRO nf tho smnllnoss JiiHtlco Court rooniH that baring hns boon trnnaforrod Iho rcgulnr court to tho WI1- indortnklng 1'nrlors. Witnesses I'or Dofcnso wltnesacs summoned by tho liu nro E. I. Chnndlor, 0. II. I. S. C. Small, W. J. ttust nnd kVlllotts. Two morn nnmca woro to tho list of prosecution wlt- I, W. Units, and Mrs. E. Grnnd- E Statement Is Prepared ls announced that n detailed iient of tho Investigation by tho br's Jury has boon practically uted and will bo mndo public In . or so. wll probably Includo a snm- of tho ovldtnco boforo tho nnd will bIiow why thoro woro Iny fatalities In tho Hunker IIUI soon as this Is dono nnd tho turns over tho ovldenco of In frlsm which It has gathered to ct Attorney LHJeqvlst, tho Jury bo dismissed. J. S. BURTON FID II AND COSIS Judge Hamilton at Roseburg Remits Jail Penalty in Co- quille Assault Case (Special to Tho Times.) nosEmma, or., rob. 20. Judgo llnmllton today sontcuccd J. S, Hnrton of ComuIHc, to pay n flno of ?.'J00 nnd tlio costs of prosecu tion. It wns announced by Burton's attorneys 'thnt ho would pay tho flno nnd costs. Tho costs will run up Into tho hundreds of dollars. Bnrton wnH found guilty of sim ply iiBsnult Wednesdoy, tho Jury bringing In n compromlso verdict on tho Indictment charging him with criminal assault on MIbb Mudgo Yoakum, an employee of his offlco In Couulllo. This wns his Kccond trial, Barton wns for morly Stnto Itoprcsontntlvo from Coob County. RUSSELL CASE IS W In heat Drops Fourteen Grate Chicago Wheat Fit Today SAYS SEVEN . OF ENGLISH FLEET HURT FALLS DEAD WHILE URGING ITALIAN WAR War Rumors Cause Sensa tional Scenes in World's Greatest Grain Market FRANTIC SCENES OF BROKERS IN DEALING ttlf Ainoclltcl PrcM to Com Ilnjr Timet. MILAN, Feb. 20. Slgnor Mostl Trottl, n radical deputy, pitched for ward dead today while delivering a speech In a thentro In favor of Ital ian Intervention In tho wnr. ITALIAN WAR RIOT til? AuracUt rrnf ta Coo nx Tim. GENOA ITALY, Fob. 20. Olio person wns killed and many wounded during riots nt Vcntlmlglla, which resulted from a domonBtrntlon In) favor of tho mnlutcnnnco of neutral ity by Italy. A counter demonstra tion by Jcrsons desiring Intervention of Italy In tho war led to n sorious fight. SovornI pollco nnd carbineers woro injured. EARING CRSS 0 0 BY 01 VESSEL TOWED IX It As net rreM t0 com llijr Time. i WASHINGTON, D. C, eb. 20. Tho Coast Guard idp Senecta reported by ireless today that she was nvoylng the steamer Mon- allan Into Hallfnx and that he steamer was leaking- adly. She was bound from tilladelphla for Glasgow Bd began to leak when 1000 Riles off tho coast of New oundland. 0 Myrtle Point Poisoning Charges Want to Know What to do with Pentland Sheriff Johnson Into yesterday rccolved a tolognun from Sheriff Qunrlcs of Cour MAlono, Idaho, nsk lng him what ho would do with Win. r.ontlnnd, who was tnkon Into cus tody thoro somctlmo ago ob a prob ablo witness In tho Uussoll caso nt Myrtlo Point. Ho anld that ho did not want to hold him so long without doflnlto renson or having him sent back to Coos County. Sheriff Johnson wired back to hold Pontlnnd two days longor to glvo him further opportunity to nscortnln whether thoro wns Hiifflclont ovldonco for furthor proceedings In tho Hussoll enso. Ho then wired tho chemist at Portland to ascertain If tho last ox nmlnntlon of vital organs of Kusaell on. Unless tho chomlst finds absolute ovldonco of poison nnd Hiifflclont to hnvo cniiscd denth, thoro will proli- nhly bo no further dovolopomontH In tho missel enso, nt least from tno state's standpoint. Pontlnnd mndo n sonsatlonnl nf Idnvlt nt Coniilllo Inst month charg ing thnt Arthur Itussol, who died threo years ngo nt Myrtlo Point, hud been poisoned nnd tho body was ox- humod. Aftor making tho sworn ohnrgos, Pontlnnd dlssnpoarod but wns lntor located tit his old homo In Idnho by Sheriff Johnson. It Is poslblo Hint Mr. nnd Mrs. Clnrcnco Itussol, who woro rofleeted on In Pontlnnds Bwom statomont, mluht tnko action against him In enso tho stato'a prosecution of tho poison ing chargo does not develop. TO LEB BROKEN AURORA GIRL FOUND sun Vice Tonight. Thoro will be fes In the Episcopal church this my A"oclteJ lTe to Coot Br Tlmej. AURORA, III.. Fob. 2C An old woolon glovo and a heavy piece of gas pipe aro tho clues upon which the pollco today pinned tholr hope in solving tho mystery of tho murder of Miss Emma Peterson, whoso body was fomd on n sldownlk In tho fash Jonoblo section of the city last night. Tho pollco bolievo tho plpo wns used to crush tho glrl'B skull. Dy means of tho glovo they hope to glvo a blood hound tho scent. Forty-two suspects have been arrested. MIbs Peterson Is tho third victim of similar mys terous deaths within a year. CLAUDE TUCKER, (H)ItSTi & KINO DRIVER, CRANKH CAR Wll EX IX (SEAR; TA1CEX TO .MERCY HOSPITAL. Claudo Tucker, auto driver for Gorst & Kin?, ernuked bis mnchlno shortly boforo noon todny while It wns still In high gear and tho auto leaping forwnrd, broko his loft leg nbovo tlio nnklo when It Jnmmcd him ngnlnst tho North Pond First Nntlonnl Dank building. Tho Injured muu was nt onco removed to Mercy Hospital whoro tho broken bones wero sot. Tuckor Uvea nt North Ilond with his wlfo nnd llttlo daughter and for boiuo tlmo ho hns boon driving In tho morning shift, playing tho trap drums In tho evening nt tho Lomuiskl Theater. At tho timo of tho accident Tuck ed had nlrondy complotcd his work for tho morning nnd wns nbout to turn tho ntito over to tho noxt driv er, T. J. (ioodulo, when ho found tho gnBnIIno tnnk wob about ompty and stnrtod over to tho gnrago for n now supply. It was In tho net of backing tho mnchlno Into tho building thnt tho onglno stopped nnd Tucker, Instoud of drawing tho gears back Into noiitrnl, got out nnd cranked tho mnchlno. According to (Joodulo, who nrrlv ed on tho scono n moment Inter, Tuckor wns bucked ngnlnst tho building by tho muchlno, which contlnuod to run, holding hi in pin ioned thoro holplosa until Jtho power wns turned off. Whon the mnchlno was backed from tho building It was thrown Into tho rovorso nnd boforo It could bo stopped tho nuto rnn bnckwnrds over n small bnnk but not not dam aged grontly, tho front spring bo lug slightly bont. V. C. Gorst said this afternoon that Tuckor'a Injurlos woro simply n broken leg and that ho wns getting nlong nicely. Many oxagerated re ports concornlng his Injuries woro circulated. Joseph Leiter Says Farmers Have Been Selling Wheat For Less Than Cost in? AuoclalM rmi to uooa Dtj Tlmr. CHICAGO, Feb. 26. Excitement over tho wnr changes nt Constanti nople which scorned (o imply nu altering of tho cntlro world supply and demnnd ns to wheat, smashed prices todny to n level of 1 1 16 cents below tho vnlucB Inst Saturday May options fell to $1.10. The scenes In tho wheat pit wero tho most frantic In yenrs. FARMERS ARE LOSERS 111 AuotlttM Tmt to Coo IIr TlmM.) NEW YORK, Fob. 20. Joseph Loltor, the noted 'wheat operator, testified today at tho stnto Inquiry Into Increased coat of brdnd thnt American fnrmers havo long been soiling whent for less than It C03t. Ho snld that farmers have nothing to cay concerning what prlcos ho shall rocolvo for his product. This Is usually dono at tho terminal mur kota or exchanges. PROBE SUPPLIES (11; AmocUIM rrrai to Com llir Tlmr. 1JERLIN, Feb. 2C (WlrolcBS to Snyvlllo) Tho Cologno Gazctto pub lished a messngo received from Mon tevideo, Urnguny, In which It Is do clarcd Hint sovou llrltlsh crulsera tho lying nt Falkland Islands, lit tho Southern Atlantic, sevcroly damaged. Tho Information was brought Into Montevideo, tho mesngo says by of ficers of nu Argentine steamer. BELGIANS DEFEAT uERI ORES 0 Gil SIPS New York Federal Grand Jury Investigates Alleged Violation of Neutrality (nr AuocUted r-rtf It. vuu IU7 Tim. "NEW YORK, Fob. 2C.--InvostI-gntlons of inllogod violations of American neutrality wero hogun to dny by tho Fedoral grand Jury In tho cases of tho steamships Loren zo, Ilorwlnd, Frnmm nnd Sommor stnnd, which, It la alleged, cnrrlod supplies from American ports to Oorninn wurshlpa In tho Atlantic Occnu onrly In tho wnr. T U. S. FLAG ON VESSEL SIRE Illuminated Side as Protection Against Submarine Attack in the North Sea ly Auoclalfa) 't tn ('.not i7 Tlmra J NEW YORK, Fob. 20. Tho steamship City of Hnvunnnh Is to bo loaded with cotton for Gormnny nnd as n protection ngnlnst Gorman submarines alio has n big American flag palntod on each sldo that will bo Illuminated nt night. Renain Trenches They Lost Recently French Claim Many Small Gains (nr Aioclile4 VtM to Coo liar Tlmn. PARIS, Fob. 20. Tho offlclnl stntmont this afternoon snya:"Tho Uolglitn nrmy hns retaken n small portion of tho trenches which It lost temporarily. Tho British nrmy repulsed In Delglum a aormnn at tack nnd nlso gnlncd 100 motors on tho Lnbnssoo road. In Cham pngnc, wo won boiuo ground In tho wood northwest of Perthes nnd north of Mesnll Los Hurlua. Wo mndo fresh progress In tho Apre mont forost. Tho Gormnns woro subjected to henvy Iobbcb, aban doning various nccutrdinents nnd wenpona." s HEW OF EVELYN SAFE Minister Van Dyke Reports That Capt. Smith of Lost Vessel is at Bremen THREE LIVES LOST. JIECKER LOSES OUT (Br Auoclatwl Pre. to Coo U7 Tim. NEW YORK, Feb. 2G. Charles Decker's application for a new trial on the Indict mont charging him with tho murder of Herman Rosen thal denied today by the aup remo court- TRUCE DECLARED BATTLE lllf AwmUtxl rrnw to Cno Uf Tlmr, I1ERLIN, Fob. 20. Throo mom bora of tho crow of tho American stcamor Curlh lost tholr Uvea whon tho ship wna aunk Tuesday In tho North Sea probably by a mine. Sho went down off Rorkuni Island, at tho mouth of tho Ema River, and not near Heligoland as, was pre sumed from tho first announcement. SWEDISH STEAMER IIADLV DAMAGED lly AawHldnl 1'rr to Con lUjr Tlmr. AMSTERDAM, Fob. 20. Tho Swedish Htcnmor Svnrton, from Jtottordnm, arrived to day at Yiimldon, Hollnnd, with a largo holo In her starboard bow. Tho vcssol was damaged Thursdny, Tho captain bollovoil tho Injury wi:s Infllctod by a mlno. lllf Aunrt1 Vttn to Coo nX TlmM. WASHINGTON, I. C, Fob. 20. Mlnlstor Van Dyko at Tlio Hague, cablud todny thnt It wns officially reported to him that tho cntlro crow of tho American stoamor Ev olyn, sunk by n mlno, was safo nt Hromon. Tho fato of Captain Smith and one boat load had bcon cloaked In mystery. NDIAN PIIILLII'IXE DAY SHS I BIO LOST E LL OUSABPUT W DRIVE BY BYKAISER' ARWllES 0 EDO T DESTROYER LOST Thirty-eight of Crew Missing as Result of Striking Mine Near Antivari Hr AnocUt4 Trna to Coo U17 TlmM. PARIS, Feb. 20. Tho offlclnl an nouncement today says: "Tho French torpodo boat destroyer Dnguo, whllo escorting n convoy with provisions for Montenegro, struck nn Austrian mlno oft Antivari, Montenegro, on Fobrunry 2-ith, and sank. Thirty eight of tho crow disappeared. Tho action did not hinder tho finishing of tho work of provisioning nnd tho return of tho convoy. Tho French cruiser Dcsalx mndo n demonstra tion ngnlnst Aknbah, Arabln, on February 2.1. Tho landing party put to flight n small band of Turks occupying tho village. DENY PASSPORTS GIVEN TO SPIES German Embassy Naval At tache Accused in New York One Executed in London (11 Aiioclil I'rrii (a Coo IUr Tlmr. NEW YORK, Feb. 20. Tho Fed oral authorities today nro Invostl gntlng tho statomont of counsel for Rlchnrd P. Stoglor, n Gorman naval resorvUt nrrostod hero Wodnesdny, that Captain Hoy-Ed, nnvnl nttnoho of tho Gorman Embassy In Wash ington, had furnished nn American poBsport to Carl linns Lody, n Ger mnn Bpy who was put to donth In tho Towor of London. In hla gon oral donlnl of Steglor'a statomont Involving him, Iloy-Ed referred to tho nllogntlon ns "trush." According to his CoiiiiboI, Stog lor was to havo gone to England to obtain Information of tho whoro abouts of tho English floot, suppoBod to ho In St. George's Clinnnul.Whon ho decided not to go n young Gor-uinn-Amorlcau, whom Stcglor did not know, was nsslgned to tho por lloun tnsk nnd sailed on tho Fran conln with n bogn8 pnssport. Tho Frunconla Is duo In Liverpool with in n dny or two. English Think Assault Will be in France and Russia Thinks Warsaw Objective RUSSIANS BEATEN BY TURKSJNJAR SOUTH Austrians Claim Russians De feated in Bukowina Con flicting Reports Today ' GERMAN REPORT HRIEF , in AwwUtM rmi lo Con IUr Tint. HERL1N, Fob. 2C WIro- leas to Snyvlllo) "Nothing important occurrod In cither thentor of wnr," tho (Icrmnn offlclnl report nnnounccd to- day. nr AMocItt! Pre to Coot U7 Tim. LONDON, Fob. 20. From Con stnutlnople Is nnnounccd n victory by the Turks over thu RiiBsInna In tho Trnna-CnucnsuB. It Is snld thnt nfter a bnttlo of sovornl days, tho Russians woro put to flight, hav ing suffered honvy Iobscb. London, Paris and llorlln Btato nionta today show thoro has boon no Important changes on tho mnln bnttlo Holds of tho West or East. In London, tho opinion la grow ing thnt tho Germans plan soon to mnko n great genornl nttnek In Franco, remnlnlng on tho dofonslvo In Polnnd. Potrogrnd on tho other hnnd, fully expects nnothor Gormnn drive at Warsaw, this tlmo from tho North. Tho Russlnna claim buccosbcs ulotig tho Wnranw front npd In. Gnllcla in which rogiona It la anld Important positions woro captured from tho Austrians nnd Gormnns. A nowBpnpor dispatch says tho Russians suffered nnothor rovorso In nukowlnn nnd tholr final oppo sition thoro hns been slinttored. Fighting between Austria and .Montenegro, which has boon nt u stand-still during tho mid winter months, hns bcon resumed. Tho Austrians nttnek on tho Montenegrin column In Ilosula wna ropulsod. RUSSIAN FORCE IS DRIVEN BACK Claim Czar's Superior Force Was Compelled to Retire to North of Pruth lf AMOclatfr lrM to Cuo lUjr Tlmn.) COLOGNE, Fob. 20. Aftor sov ornl days of fighting nnd In aplto of groat numorlcaol super iority, tho Russians woro drlvon from Uojan, Ifiikowlnu, which thoy hail strongly fortified, nccordlng to a Uuclmrcst dispatch. Tho rotroat did not end until thoy ronchod a point dvor 12 miles north of tlio Pruth Rlvor. BOMBARD FORTS AT DARDANELLES Turks Claim Allies' Fleet Dam aged and RepulsedAllies Claim Different llir awkui4 rr to rw n7 tiom.i CONSTANTINOPLE, Fob. 20. Tho official statement today says: 'Ton big nrmorod vessels February 2rth ngnln bomhnrdod Turkish forts at tho Dardanelles for n period or sovou nnd ono-half hours. At tho conoliislon of this oporntlon thoy rotlrod In tho direction of tho Island of Tonedos. Ono ship of tho Aga memnon tyno and two othor nrmor- ed vossola woro damaged by tho flro from tho forts on tho Asiatic sldo of tho straits. DROP BOMBS GUSH MONTEREY T ODAY Utah Piutes Now Negotiate for Surrender No Further Fighting Today Ily AuocUteJ rj to Coo Hr TlmM. DENVER, Colo., Feb. 20. News advices from nluff, Utah', today In dicated thoro has been no further fighting between United States Neb eker'B posse and tho band of Piute Indians protecting Tse No Gat from arrest on tho chargo of murder. Negotiations for tho surrondor of the Indian are still going on, but with no Indication nn to tho outcome. (Or Ao lt4 IT to Coo UJ Time.) SAN FRANCISCO, Fob. 20. Soft melodies of tho tropics played by the Philippines ConBtnblulary band mingled with speeches and cheer ing nt tho dedication today of tho Phlllpplno's building In tho Pana ma Pacific Exposition. Tho build ing Is of qunlnt Spanish archi tecture of tho Island and embraces in its dlBplay a largo collection of orchids. Special Sermon. R. P. Mutton, Supt. of tho Oregon Anti-Saloon League, will speak at tho Baptist church on Sunday night on "How Oregon Wont On " Everybody In-ltert. Germans Claim Heavy Loss of Lives on Transport That Was Torpedoed 0? AwoeUttJ Trra to Coos Da; TlmM.) I nERLIN, Feb. 26. (Wireless to Sayvllle.) Tho Overseas News Agency today gave out a story that a newspaper of Milan declares tho Lloyd's Agency received a telogram from East Eoiirno, In Sussoxj, to the effect that a Hrltlah transport had gono down with 1800 mon. The foregoing dispatch Is doubt less nnothor reference to tho re ported torpedoeln'g of a llrltlbh transport by a Gerinun submarine Claim Carranza Has Ameri can Aeroplanes Attacking Villa Garrison There (11 Auotlilftd T(M to Coo !t7 Time. LOS ANGELES, Fob. 20. Public and private buildings in Monterey, Mexico, woro targetB today for two Amorlcnn aeroplane pilots operat ing with Pablo Gonsales, tho Car ranza loader who Is now attacking tho city. According to a dispatch to tho Carranza representatives, tho aeroplanes, after reconnolterlng tho lines of tho Villa garrison, began dropping bombs, ALLIES' CLAIMS DIFFER tnr Aocuti rrt to coo nr Tim. LONDON, Fob. 20. It was an nounced In London lust night that till tho forts at tho entranco of tho Durdanollos had boon reduced by tho Hoots of Great Britain and Franco, with a nnval force cstlmnted at moro than thirty vessols. Tho Eng Hah announcomont mndo no men tion of Iobsos of olthor vessels or mon. They described tho operations as successful and said they woro con tinning. Tho Dardanollesa Is tho koy to Constantinople nnd tho effort to force thorn hnH been going on slnco tho middle of December. I'rt'hhylurhiii Auxiliary COOKED FOOD SAW! at 1'ERRV S NICH OLSOX'S STORE tomorrow afternoon. Times want tida bring results. 'Tho Stiugglo for lilfo" Is tho subject of Mr. Haugan's Norwegian lecture at the Finnish Hall noxt Sunday attornoon. Ho loavos it to the hlstorluns to discuss tho past, Mit. 'I'milirlit. Tim I). Y. P. IT. , in thn ihiinloiMauK to nronhosv for will hold a business meeting nnd tho future, and lectures on tho social this evonlng at tho homo of struggles and liopeB of tho present Rev and Mrs. A F. Unssford. day ns they appear ngw, S at 7 30 o'clock.- ' iJ w