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HEN SOMEONE PLANS TO CLEAN UP THE TOWN, PLAN TO HELP THE PLAN The Aim (Emu The Armies Tho aim to Imj nhvnys bright, ulinlcsomo mid In teresting, keeps (ho contents of Tbo Times up (o Its high standard of news ovcellencc. AH tho noTvs nil tlio tlino Is nlways tbo nlm of Tho Times. of Europo nro engaged In n dnili struggle which limy cliuno tho ntnp of tho world, Each dny brings now developments of vltnl Importance. Keep yourself posted rond Nowb tbnt Is News subscribe for Tho Times nnd "wlso up." MEMBERS OP THE ASSOCIATED TRES3 vol. NO. XXXVIII. Established 1878 rr Tho Con-it Mnll. MARSHFIELD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1915 EVENING EDITION. A Consolidation of Times, Const Mall nil C!oo liny Advertiser No. 190 Rra "n ? "7 v?o vi ALLIES CLOSING IN 0 TURKEY; SUBMARINES RUSHED TO RELIEF- to irade With A ALLIES AND GERMS ON WAR tions United States Claim; Exmm mn CONFLICT! REPORTS CDI FROM Right Jill etrograd Announces Russians Everywnerc on unensive Along Eastern Line JERLIN SAYS CZAR'S FORCES ARE REPULSED Henna uiaims uarpainian , Passes Captured battles in vosges, Champagne 4 DROP BOMBS IN WARSAW tllr AtaoeUlrt Trett lo Cooa Hay Tlme,l WAUSAW, March 3. A! (Ionium nvintor today bom- bnrded Warsaw. Most of bis. bombH foil in tbo residential district. No casualties aro reported. tDy AmocUted Treat to Cooa Day TlrnM.l LONDON, Marcli .1. Although ?ctrogrnd atatca tbo Husslans ov- Irywhero aro on tbo offensive, this bovomont apparently Is not boing bossed with vigor oxcopt in a fow llstrlcls. Tbo Gorman war offlco ays several attempts of tbo Rub- linns in Northern Poland to nd- ranco wcro checked whllo Vienna yH tho Austrlans hold tbo heights thoy recently captured in tbo Carpathians. Activo operations In Franco nro rtill conflnod principally to Cham pagne I'arla announces n long Wretch of Gorman first lino posi tions aro now under control of tbo UIIcb, but Borlln reports tbo rroncli repulBod and .compelled to otiro to tholr own positions. At ono point in tbo Vosgca, Bor- ln announces tbo Germans ndvanc- flvo miles in tbo last fow days. iAYS FRENCH LOST Jerman Claim Allies Repulsed land German Gains in France Russian Struggle Dy AaaoclataJ Treee to Ccg)l Bay Tlm.J BERLIN, March 3. (Wlrolesa to ayvlllo.) Tito official atatomont to- y saya: "Near St. Elol, Bouth of pros, tho attack yesterday of two Ingllsb companloa waa repulsed af- or violent hand-to-hand fighting. Soar l'oronno, n French air craft bb forced to descend and two men board woro captured. Fronch ttacka in Cbampagno woro without ay degree of bucccbs. Tho Fronch wo onco again driven back into lielr positions with heavy losses. forthwost of Vlllo Stir Tourbo, tbo lermans occupied SCO yards of renches. Tbo French advanco In anzonvoyo Forest nnd near Allly ad Apremont woro ropulsod. Gor- pan uttacks northoast of Badonvll- bra again resulted In our gottlng ossesslon of conaldornblo territory. ho German front northoast of Colics as advanced tbo last fow daya a (stanco of flvo miles. FIGHTING IN POLAND. '(Southeaat of Augustowo, a Rus- lan farco endeavored to cross tho Ivor Bohr, but wero drlvon back; 500 Russian prisoners being taken. Ither Russian attacks northeast of rodno broko down, Southwest of olno, tbo Germana mado advances, ut south of Kyszlnlec, tho vanguard Germans was forced back. North est of Przasnysz tho Russians nt- pnipted to advanco. Sovornl Rub- mi night attacka oast of Flock woro pulsed." INDICT HORN TODAY IDy Auotlatel Treat to Coot Day Tlmea. BOSTON, March 3. Threo lndlctmonts charging Illegal transportation of dynamite in interstate commorco wero returned by tho Federal Brand Jury against S. Wer- ner Horn, who attempted to destroy tho International bridge at Vanceboro, Federal District Attorney Anderson aunounced today. 1Y ATTACKS 4 GEN'. SCOTT TO UNI) INDIAN WAR fly Aaaoclaled Treat to Cooa nay Timet. ' WASHINGTON, D.C., Mar. 3. Brigadier Gonoral Scott Chief of Start of tho United Stntea Army, loft today for Utah to attempt a peaceful Bottlomont with tbo rccalci- trant Pluto Indians, S Paris Report Says Kaiser's Troops Driven Back North of Perthes Today fly Aaaoclated Treae to coot Day Timet. PARIS, March 3. Tho official atatomont tliln aftornooit says: "In Cltampagno wo bold tbo entire first lino of German trendies from n point Northwest of Perthes to tbo north of llcaiiBoJour nnd at sovoral points wo progressed along this lino. On tho rest of tho front thoro waa nothing to roport." LEAGUE WOT HIS Denies That Propaganda Was Issued From His Offices for U. S. Defense Reserve, (Uy AtaoclattJ Treaa to Coot Bay Tina. WASHINGTON, D. C, March 3. Major Genornl Wood In a tologram today to Secrotnry Garrison charac terized as untruo tho statements that propaganda had been IbsuciI from his departmental hoadquartors for tho organization of tho Amor! can Legion. Wood's tologram waa prompted by protests from Ulahop Gicor and other members of I ho American League to limit armamont. Roosevelt In It. Assorting that ho and his four Bona will bocomo mombora of tho legion, Colonol Roosovolt In a lat ter to tho organlzora of tho1 Ameri can Legion, saya that In tho ovsnt of war bo intonda to ask Congress for permission to ralso a division of cavalry llko ho commandod in Cuba. Mr. Roosovolt's letter In part follows: " I nnd my four sons will gladly bocomo mombora. I vory earnestly hopo and pray that thoro will bo no war; but tho aurest way to avert war is to bo prepared for It; and tho only way to avert disaster and dUgraco In wnr is by preparation, both military and naval, In ad vanco." T THE RUSSELL CASE Sensational Testimony is Ex pected from Party in Tilla mook County Now (Special to Tho Times.) COQUILLE, Or., March 3. A strong cluo In tho Russell poison ing caso near Myrtlo Point baa beon found which will go far towards establishing tho state's caso. Tho report Is that a party now residing In Tillamook County knows of an alleged confession by elthor Mr. or Mrs. Russell relatlvo to tho death of Arthur Russell. Tho ad missions nro said to bo similar to thoso outlined by Wm. Pentland in his sworn statement. Tho name of tho party Is boing kept secret until his deposition can bo secured. If his evidence-' la what It la claimed that It will bo, Pe'ntland's atory s-lll be corroborated and this, with the report of the chomlst, will make a very strong case. Every woman Miotild SEE tho dl-splny nt CLARKE'S MILLINERY. Friday and Satuidny. PR Gfll EMI I TDD gen i F II ESS WAR TO KNIFE IS ANSWER TO ASQUITH tDy Auoclaloil Treat to Coot Day Timet. AMSTERDAM, March 3. Tbo Co logno Gazette, commenting on Frc inlor Aaqulth's recent Bpcech out lining Great Britain's retaliatory mcastiro for Germany's submarluo blockado of tho British Isles, says: "Our BtibmnrlnoB will now, wo hopo, endeavor to' destroy all goods destined for Great Rrltaln. Great Brltnlu wIbIics wnr to bo to tbo knife, nnd alio shall bavo It." PASS BILL AFTER ALL-NIGHT SESSION Rivers and Harbors Appropri tion Enacted by Senate by Strenuous Means WIIiSON'S EXPENSES ARE NOTi ALLOWED (tly AitocUIM Treaa to Coot, nay Timet, WASHINGTON, D.C., Mar. 3. President Wilson today practlcnlly decided to aban- don his contemplated trip to tho Panama Canal In July, becnuao of tho action of Congress In ollmlnntlng from tho legislative and oxocutlvo . bill nn appropriation for tho colobrntlon of tbo formal oponlng of tho canal. Dy AtiocltttJ Trett to Coot Day Timet. WASHINGTON, D. C, March 3. At C:37 n. in. today tho Sonato passed without amoudmont tho river and harbor bill, tbo last of tbo big supply bills to como boforo it, and then recessed until 11 o'clock. It waa only by taking tho unprece dented stop of arousing tho Vico Prcsldont nnd requesting his attend ance, that n quorum was attained to pass tho bill. Continuous Session. Tho sixty-third Congress swung Into tbo Inst 21 hours of Its llfo today confronted with a mass of work which must bo dono boforo noon tomorrow. Bouth tho IIouso nnd Senate will bo In practically continuous session until adjourn ment. Rome Deadlocks, Tho HotiBO and Sonato conforoos woro In a deadlock over tbo rural credits amondmonts to tho agri cultural appropriations bill nnd ovor tho railway mall provisions In tho Postofflco bill. Ultimatums to aban don tbo disputod points or lot tbo bills fall woro boing exchanged bo tween tho contending sides. So much work remains to bo dono that tho administration leaders did not hopo to seo any of tbo Democratic leg islative program passod. s Firemen and Engineers Claim Dividends Given on Ficti tious Stock Issues Dy Aacla.e4 Tina to Cooa Day Timet. CHICAGO, March 3. Testimony dealing with tho financial manage ment of Western railroads-was given by W. J. Lauck, statistician, at to day's session of tho Doard of Ar bitration In the Western Railroad wage caso. Ho said that In 1913 ten representatives of Westorn rail roads paid over ?H. 000,000 in div idends on fictitious- stock, or $2, 000,000 more than was necessary to increaso tho pay of tho firemen and englueors 25 per cent. Tho railroads mentioned Included the Chicago & Northwestern, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul; Great North ern; Northern Pacific and Southern Pacific. 10 IS AID BOGUS STOCK Announce International Law Gives Them Right in Non ' Contraband Goods GERMANY SIDES WITH UNITED STATES IN IT Great Britain's Attitude Indef inite but Washington is Hopeful About It. Dy Asaoclated mil to Cooa Day Timet. WASHINGTON, D. C, March 3.- Administration officials wcro man ifestly encouraged today by unoffi cial nccounts of tho Gorman noto. .Whllo unofficial reports from Lon don on Great Iirltaln's nttltudo on tho Bamo Biibjoct bo far havo boon Indefinite, officials hero tako tbo vlow that tho Gorman noto may havo sonio lntluonco upon It. Thoy hold to tho vlow that tho position of tho United States In demanding Its right to tnulo In non-contraband goods with belligerent countries la absolutely in accord with Internat ional law. SIXTY GATHER AROl'T UANQUET HOARD, ARE SERVED MY 1M PROMirrU COMMISSARY AND HEAR LIVE TALKS. I'Anotlior soup front to tho gent on tho right. Easy thoro, on tho chicken, and say, quit Blopplng tho gravy down that fella's back.". Wliito apronod, clad In tbo gnrb of bis now profession nnd with sleeves rolled up to his shoulders, John C. Kondall, orstwhllo nttornoy, last night directed tho oporatlona of. tho FollowBhlp Club banquet at tho SwodlBh Lutheran Hall, bidding his "kitchen knaves" do tholr duty. Sixty banqtiotors gathered round tbo festlvo board, ato tholr salad, noun and chicken coursca nnd grin ned whon tho hoapod-up, nut brown plea put In nn appearance "Great," thoy exclaimed, nnd whon It waa all ovor Chof Kondnll appeared to an nounce that ''wo havo mado ao much monoy at this supper that now tho Fellowship Club la out of debt and baa monoy In tho bank." Talks Aro Gingery. Following tho dessort thoro woro short talks by member's of tho club, following out topics of Interest and shortly boforo nlno o'clock tho af fair was" ovor and tho "glims had been .douacd." A nurpluB opposlto tho red Ink sldo of tho FollowBhlp lodgor was mado possible by tho voluuteored holp of tho kitchen squad and tho donation of tho main parts of tho menu by tbo wholesalers. Wholesalers Donate. "Proforred Stock" chicken soup was donatod to tho cauao by Frank Horton, of Alloa & Lewis; I'Tlllman A! Iteiidell" pease, .tbo .kind that wouldn't roll oft tho knife, wro given by H.W.Palntor, tho (V.w Hay Produce Company brought tho salad and Charles Stauff saw to It that tho Java was fragrant and flavor ous. Judgo Hall, presiding at tho head of the tablo as toast master, first called on Fred Gottlns, who answor ed with an Interesting talk on "Tho Houlovurd to tho Sea." Ho outlined tho plan as it has beon proposed and laid out, a thoroughfaro of which Coos Day may well bo proud, prac tical as woll as beautiful. Not too excessive will bo tbo ex panse of this roadway, bolloves Mr. Gettlns, and it will enable visitors as well as citizens to really enjoy the sconlo beauties of tho coast, but a llttlo way distant. "Other ratios have found such a plan successful and a good, invest ment," ho eald. When Rov. G. LoRoy Hall gives readings from Riley ho knows what ho is talking about. Mr. Hall is a groat lovor of tho author that has endeared himsolf to tho American public with Jils great llttlo worka. Tho readlnga of last oveulng wero enthusiastically received. Hugh McLalu described to tho members about tho banquet board LAR6E CROWD ENJOYS BANQUET GIVEN BY FELLOWSHIP CLUO HERE NO INSURANCE ON CARGOES TO GERMANY Illy AtaodaleJ l'reaa to Coot Day Timet. NEW YORK, March 3. Tho In terdiction of tbo Allies on all Bbtps to and from Germany nnd AuBtrln resulted In Now York undorwrltora refusing to accept rlska on any car goes to Germany nnd Austria oxcopt with tho phraso "free of Dritlsh capture." Shippers do not want to accept such tonus. RUSSIAN FORTS FALL IJERLIN, March 3. Two Rus sian forts nt Ossowortz, Russian Po land, woro demolished nnd tholr guns sllonccd, according to n dis patch to tho Cologno Gazeto. tho Pannmn-Pactfio Exposition, tho unlquonesa of tho Oregon building from tbo outsldo with only tbo Mbaro possibility" of oxhlblta In sldo. Tho ncd of nntlvo woods was emphasized. Pitiful Story of Llttlo Rill. "Tho llfo- of Llttlo Bill," waa tho topic assigned to Senator I. S. Smith, roturncd from tho stuto Leg islature ' How a moasuro, onco pro sontcd, has moroly beon born and then commonccs Its struggles for llfo tho samo as any Infant, was pointed out by tho Sonator. Ho trncod bills through tho committoo rooms and through tho procedures of both housos up to tho tlmo It is Blgnod by tbo Govornor, providing It Is not Bldo-trackcd somowhoro on routo. Improving Marsbfleld. "Dovolopmont of tho civic con sciousness nftor tho snmo fashion ns It Is developed In nn individual wllj mako for tho improvement of tho city," declared Professor Tlodgon In bis talk ('Improving tho Apponr nnco of Marshflold," To Increaso a porBon's aolf ro spoct, givo him dignity and solf as surance, It Is first iieccosary that tho porBon bo glvon clonn clothes and mado to fool rospectablo, said tho spoakor. "In tho samo way It Is true of tho city." Threo xpolnts woro omphnslzod, first, tho giving of prizes for best lawns and systonis of parking In front of tbo yards, second, a rost room for out-of-town shoppors, n placo to show thorn tho pooplo of tho city aro interested in thorn and want- their trado, and third, tho purchase by tho city, of land that may bo buIiI or loused at reasonable rates to now business and Industries, During tho wlntor tho Fellowship Club bna given $ 15.0C for tho feed ing of tho unemployed, reported R. M. Jennings, of tho Wolfaro Com mittoo, Other clubs nnd soclotlca of tbo city had promised to do their share, but so far, bo atated, not n cont lms beon received from thorn, n, A. Doromua bus mado ex penditures amounting in all to about $3fi, This must bo mot, Bald Mr. Jennings, but through tho clubs that promised, boforo Christ mas, to sharo in tho burden, This morning R. M. Jennings stat ed that his assertion no monoy has como In from nny other club la wrong. A $5 donation lias boon turned iu by tho Art Needlo Work ors' Club to defray tho oxponso of caring for tho unemployed boro, DON'T MONKEY with WPuss-the-hat-arouud" Mutual Insurance- when you mil buy tho ONE HUNDRED CENTS ON THE DOLLAR VARIETY at moderate test vt SENGSTACKEN FINANCIAL Ono to four thou uiid dollars to loan at current rates for term of years on Improved ranch; givo full description. Corres pondence confidential and ictuiiied. Ho.v US7, Marshflold, Oregon, , WILHELMINA SENT TO PRIZE COURT (Uy AtiotlateJ Treat to Coot Hay Timet, NEW YORK, March 3. Tho attorney for tho ahlppurs of tho cargo of tbo American steamship Wllhclmlna, now detained nt Falmouth, Eng land, announced today that ho had received word from representatives abroad that a writ had been Issued and served, placing tho cargo In prlzo court. Czar's Caucasian Forces Cut Off Supply Route of Op ponents in Armenia tDy AaaoclattJ fret to Cvoa nay Timet. T1FLY, Trana-Caucasln, Marcli 3. Tho Russian army of CaucnstiB, driving tho Turkish forces boforo It, reached tho river Khopaclias Es tuary of Tohoruk In Armenia. This advanco cuts tho rout of Turkish rolnfornionta nnd supplies from Con stnntlnoplo to tho Caucasian fron tier, through Khopn, Turkish Ar monla, and lsolatos a largo section of Turkish torrltory. MONTH YET BEFORE GRAND JODY GALL SHERIFF JOHNSON, WITH JAIL FULL AND lll OASES PEND 1NO, ANXIOUS FOR SPECIAL SESSION. With 13 Inmatoa In tho county Jail at Coqulllo and with sovoral big ensoa ponding, Sborlff Johnson is anxious In gottlng tbo grand Jury n work. Ho cnino ovor this morn ing nnd hold a couforenco with Judgo Coko, but tbo latter fltatoa It la still early and In nil probability tho grand Jury will not bo called until tho noxt form of tho Circuit Court, which opens tho third Mon day In April. That tho oxpeiiBO Is too groat to warrant an extra session at this tlmo Is tho belief of Judgo Coko. Tho calling of tho grand Jury would necessarily moan tbo summon ing of tho trial Jury, ho points out. nnd n resultant oxponso - on tho county. Ho will go down to Curry County for tho April bobsIoii thoro early noxt month, returning from thoro for tho Cooa County torm. AualyNls Hack Today. Tho chemical analysis of tho body of Arthur Russell, whoso brother and wlfo aro now hold In Jail on a murdor chargo, will prob ably bo rocolvcd nt Coqulllo today, stated Sheriff Johnson. Tho sub Blanco of tho roport la already known, that traces of arsenic woro found, enough to causo tho arrest of Claronco Russell and his wlfo. Mrs. Clarenco RubsoII Is not con fined In Jail, but Is iu tho custody of a deputy that alio may caro for hor two children, Pentland Hero Sunday. Wm, Pontland, chief witness In tho caso, Is expected hero Sunday from Conor d'Aleno, according to Shorlff Johnson. W. C. Lulrd loft for thoro threo daya ago. That Pout land will bo unablo to go back on his flrat testimony to tho offlcors, Is tho bollof of tbo Sheriff. When quizzed at Coqulllo Pontland's story was taken down by A. B. Loud. Should tho prisoner now rofuto it ho will probably bo facing a porjury chargo Is tho Intimation. In an official way tho ousting of Bovon Greoks from South Inlet has not beon brought to tho attontlou of tho Shorlff'a offlco ami no war rants havo yot boon mado out. ATTENTION ALL ELKS Wednesday evening at tho Lodge room at tho regular tlmo of meeting thero will bo election of officers for tho coming lodgo year. Mako It a point to bo thoro. Othor Important buiilnos3 to transact. Rofreshmouts. T, B. Jamos, Secretary. TO S G D MY ; French and English Warships Continue Bombardment of Dardanelles Forts GERMAN AND AUSTRIAN , SUBMARINES SENT THERE i Foreign Banking Houses Re ported to be Moving From Sultan's Capital Today ALLIES CLOSING IN ON CONSTANTINOPLE tDy AawlaleJ TreM to Cooa Hay Timet, ATHENS, March 3. Nino battleships took part In yes- terday's bombardment of tho forto of tho Dardanelles. Six wero British nnd threo woro French. Tho squadron nil- vnncod to within two miles of Channk Knlosl, nt tho nar- rowest point In tbo straits. Detachments of ARlcs' troops 4 which landed nt Kum Kalob, on tho Asiatic sldo, mot n TurklBh garrison, which was easily scattered. 4 tDy AMOcUt ITen It. vtwt Day Timet.) GENEVA, March 3. An Austrian fleet consisting of six Austro-Gnr-man submarines, accompanied by sovoral torpedo boats, loft Pola, tho Austrian naval baso, yostorday for tho Mediterranean, bound for tho Dardanollon, according to n nowa papor dispatch, Tho fleot Is said to havo been last roportod off Corfu, .MOVE FROM CONSTANTINOPLE ny Auocltted Treat to Cooa. Day Timet.) LONDON, March 3. Tolograms rocolvcd by diplomats confirm tho roport that Oio Ottoman bank nnd tho Gorman bank of Constantinople aro transorrlng tholr offocts to Ko nloh, Asia Minor, and that tho arch ives of tho TurklBh govornmont al ready havo boon romovod to that point. DENY FORTH DAMAGED TurklKh Report to Heillu Says Al lies Fleet Ropiilned. (Dy Aaaolate4 Treat to Coot Ilty Timet. BERLIN, March 3.--(Wlrol0fl8 to Sayvlllo.) An official roport from CouBtautluoplu today says: "Tho en emy's fleet yostorday unsuccessful ly Bhollod tho Dardanelles for threo hours. Tho floot wns then forcod to retreat by tho Turkish battorloa. At tho Bamo tlmo another floet con sisting of four Fronch cruisers and Bomo destroyers, shollod tho Turk ish positions on tho Gulf of Saros without succobs. Tho Turkish ovU ,tors successfully bombarded tho ships," T Dispatches From Galicia Deny Claims of Russian Gains Austrians Gain Now (Uy AasoclaleJ Treat to Coot Day Timet, BERLIN, March 3. Tho Tage blatt's correspondent In Galicia tol egraphs that tho Russians havo not won a Elnglo completo success In their efforts to rogaln tbo Carpa thian crests lost by them. Heavy fighting continues along tho wholo front despite a heavy snow storm, Tho Russians nro sacrificing many men, tho correspondent declared, in tholr efforts to regain tho heights and prevent a threatened circling of tholr flank. BILL FOR MILLIONS O 4 Uy Auoelated Treat to Cooa Day Timea, WASHINGTON. D.C., Mar. 3. President Wilson today signed tho sundry civil ap- proprlation'' bill carrying ?126,922,750, and tho for- tlficatlons bill carrying ?C,- 000,210. ADD TT 0 T ES