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... ,., --, farrrpr T"r ''WWPTWW f'll nTwyw. j w jerr1 rnr1"" AS EASY TO EXPECT THE BEST WILL HAPPEN AS THE WORST s B( 1 ' n . D Timpc Yniiir. Panpr A Southwest Oregon Paper That's vthnt tlio Coos Hay Times Is. A South ucfit Oregon paper fur Southwest Oregon peoplo nml devoted to (ho best Interests of this great section . The- Times always boosts nml never knocks. COOS uj - --r Coos liny Times Is proud of Us lltlo "Tho T'... rimer." nnd It strives nt nil times to (o Its n"1"0 l,y dovotliiB Us energies to iTungtho people's Interest. ilii- Ted Ihe 'III MEMBERS OP THE ASSOCIATED IUES9 ttfaitra 9 r w tst Z JLB JLJI zj jjTo. XXXVIII. COOS BAY LINE 5 CHIEF President of Southern Pacific Says Oregon Has Most i construction Work TOUR Principal Officials of Railway . Arc Making Tour of the State MAY MEAN EXTENSIONS &, Coos liny Lino Will bo Com- pWeil Ilnrly I" tho Conilup; yfnr Piesent Trip Slay Itestilt In Additional Flee trlral blurs In Oregon (Special to Tho Times.) PORTLAND. Or., Mar. 23. Pol lowing a conferenco hero, tho prin cipal officials of tho Southorn Pa tlfic left today for n tour over all the lines of tho S. I'. In OrcKon that hava been electrified. "After wo conclude this Inspec tion." said President Julius Krutt- ivKoniii. v i" "" ....V.......V.U.. oa which to baso rurtnor oiccincai extensions. Meanwhile tho South tnLPacIflc Is carrylni; on more con itructlon work In Oregon than In tor other state, In completing tho t(t lino from Eugeno to Coob liny. We bopo to liavo this lino flnluhcd early la tho coming year." COOS BAY WILL BECOME AN IMPORTANT SEAPORT Miii Ithifsrlmltt Says Ho Has Heard (!(Mid llojioi'ls of This See tlon Btpeets Much Freight EUGENE, Or., Mar. 23. Julius Krttichnltt, of Now York City, ttilrman of tho board of directors of the Southern Pacific, Saturday mice his first Inspection of tho com pleted portion of tho Willnmotto Pacific, line from Eugeno to Coos Eiy, which has been under con traction for nearly five years and h!ch may bo completed this year. Mr, Kruttschnltt and party, Including William Sproulo, president of tho Southern Pacific; William Hood, thief engineer of tho Southorn Pn tllt, end .other high officials of UU railroad, arrived Friday from Bin Francisco, "1 hepo that wo will ho carrying (rut quantities of tlmbor, coal nnd Ml products over tho now branch Wore this tlmo noxt year," said Mr. Krutttchnltt nftor his return. At least wo will bo ready to haul Jt If the country will ship It, nnd 1 think It will. They toll mo thru Cooi Day will becomo an importunt teawrt. "We have built a real railroad "re. I havo found It oxtromoly U constructed all of ateol and concrete." The party was takon over tho Wll-unette-l'aclflc to tho end of tho m at Maplcton. Saturday they t down tho Sluslaw by boat to ", to where tho steel drawbridge Wis the Sluslaw 1b about to bo erected. M. FOX, OF IIOACII TIMBER ., BAYS OUTLOOK BETTER 'kmi V,"1 nml Ktttt I'rokcts Near "Willi Hill i, I'lllTlMl t MlHit to Havo Three Jdirgo ainllls Operating Soon. SUTHErun, Or., Mar. 23. R. W ?f.tho ,ocal lces of tho ffl.ii llSber Company nnd tho therlln cooa Day & Kastorn Rall tewMi. c?wl)any. nrrlved homo Kenny from an extended busl Io cr,p. to Chicago, Muscatlno, C' sP0Kane and Tacoma, Wash- w. and Portland. " seen at h,8 off,co horo 8oi li.d?ys "So. Mr. Fox was SI ,?. lm stl "e&rdlng tho. busi ly in .kl0?lt senerally and especlal ' iu me lumtinr i.winot,.., ,i oni,i lorln tl8tled that from now on onM tMt a nunbor of years there &b4 v a constantly Increasing Si?Jr Eawmlll products. CSS 5 V'hat h,a company con Ville, ,k dolnS In the Sutherlln Wd th Presnt year, Mr. Fox oj iT ' "U,K wouia ue resumea Coo, Leading tor tho Sutherlln. Uioon ff tern railroad Just itiZJ l06 sround Is sufficiently iu permit nr i.o i,n.iii., nt ,nri UroBrt .J,ne wtl1 bo constructed ml. Hujberlands Just as rap ork i, tanr ana nie" can do tho EPEGTIDM ID ASSURED 8on X exPected that McAllister vrajlg co.n5rnctorajyUI (ConUnued on Page Four.) Established 1873 Bfl Tho Coast Mfitl. III J MDJECH SIM STOPS WORK ", BOMBARDMENT Deputy Sheriff Writes From His Former Homo in Michigan That Ho Had n Had Rep- utntlon 'J'lieie. H. Charles Skorrott, arrested and freed on tho chargo of arson In con nection with tho lluukor Hill lodg ing house nnd formor owner of tho Danker Hill stage, left overland at 5 o'clock yesterday morning for tho north. Ho was accompanied by Paul Klolklo. When tho Nairn Smith sailed on Saturday thcro was an offlcor at tho pier to boo that Skorrott did not lcavo tho country. It was stated by tho police that ho had not paid bills aggregating more than $1800 thnt ho had outstanding. Skorrott did not then nttompt to leave. One of his former attornoyB declared ho had found work and would ro ninln here. Today tho pollco exhibited a lot tor received yestorday afternoon from Deputy Sheriff P. J. Heath, of Oakland County, Michigan, giv ing information rcgnrding Skorrott when ho lived thoro sovcrnl years ago. Tho offlcor declared thnt Skorrott boro n "bad reputation hero and wo wcro glad when ho left." Tho letter furtbor states that ho thoro Bold property covered with mortgages, that ho "sold proporty that did not belong to him, and fur ther, thnt ho Jumped Ills board bills." District Attornoy LIlJcqvlBt when told of tho mnttor today refused to commlttco himself on the question when nBked If nn offort would bo mtido to bring Skorrott back to Coos Hay. Ho Bald ho was not surprised to know Skcrrott had loft, that ho had boon expecting such a proce dure It Is known thnt Skorrott did not rncolvo tho $500 duo him from the Sun Inuurnnco Company for prop orty destroyed In tho Bunker Hill flro. This sum has been turnod over to tho attorneys who defended him In his oxamlnntlon In tho Justlro court. Tho attornoyB now stato thnt beforo leaving ho Intorvlowod ids creditors giving them notes for amounts that ho owed, pnynblo whon ho Is ablo to. MRS. RUSSELL OUT FIVK IJOXDSMK.V PUT UP $S,000 AND WIFE JOINS HUSUAXD "Question Whether Wo Should Havo Allowed Hall," Says DIs- tiki Attorney lilljeiivlst. Flvo thousand dollars In bonds for tho rclenso of Mrs. Claronco ltussoll ,n.n slcnn.1 ml IflRt nVOnllKT mill tllO wlfo was freed and today wont homo with her husband ana iamuy io um farm near Myrtlo Point, according to District Attorney LUJeqvlst who enmo over this morning. rnflmin,i atnlnniciits that thoro is little ovidonco In tho enso havo brought n laugh to tho prosecuting attornoy. "I havon't .said a thing a bout this caso yet," ho said, "and 1 am not going to eimer. wra nu has waived her preliminary examina tion. If hor husband comes up for his hearing I expect to unug iurm unu .i. ...i.innu I., dm olinmlst'n nnaly- bIb and tho testimony of William Pontland. I consider inni ciioubu io m i..t . I.l.n l.nfnrn thn craild jury. Tho rest of tho ovidonco is bolng sav ed for tho proper tlmo. Tho flvo bondsmen nro. II. b Knowlton, Oeorgo Moulton, Frank nurgesa, Captain Pantcr and Mr. Mc Closkoy. , , , T "You will seo. too" said Mr. UI Joqvlst, "that all of theBO men ara from Coqulllo None of them are neighbors to tho KubscII family." Ho stated that nono of the neighbors In tho vicinity of tho Russell homo had volunteered as bondsmen. What other ovidonco tho district attornoy'a and Jt"o sheriff's offlco havo dug up Is a matter of conjecturo, not a thing being given out until the grand Jury meets next month. When asked why tho bond of Mrs. Russell had beon raised from $3,000 to $5,000 Mr. LUJeqvlst said. "Thero Is a doubt whether she should bo re leased on any sort of ball. At any rato thero was nothing elso to bo doge but raise tho bond. I conBldor It noc essary." WORK Wllili START APRIL 1 SUTHERLIN, Or., Mar. 23. W. A. McAllister, of tho well known railroad construction firm of McAl lister & Son, has nrrlved here from nM.l Itn ntntPfl that Ills COI11- pany expects to get busy on the Sutherlln. Coos Bay & Eastern rail road urade work about tho first of April. . .Refuses to Prosecute Because wi toin wlnll refused to prOBO- cute Bollo Cushman on tho chargo of taking clothes Ironi ner cmuiea u... tho caso In tho Justice court was dropped this morning by District At torney LUJeqvlst. In the complaint It was alleged that Miss Cushman had !. , Mm v...i shortiv after dusk I and had taken two dresses from te lino, Sho pled not gumy rouiiwiu u arrest at ner nomo on i uv ""-,: in T.r.,,lnll tnlil tlin IllllnQ BllQ Ulu not want tho notoriety of prosecuting. MARSHFIELD, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 1915 EVENING EDITION. i I ' I Repulse of Allies and Contin ued German Victories on French Front Say They Have Driven Rus sians From Town and Are in Pursuit RELEASE 3000 PRISONERS f.'erin.'in Aviator Dropped llomlw on Town Killing Tin oo Civilians French ItopulNO German A(t4ieks Near Town of Itngntello DAUDANlOM.i: I.OSSICS IDr AoclIM I'ri-M to Cooi nr TlmM.l BERLIN, Mar. 23. Wire loss to Scyvillo.) Tho OvorscaB News Agency Bays: According to a detailed de scription tho Franco-British losses In tho Dardanelles, as given out by Athens news papers, 2000 men wore kill ed and flvo warships sunk. Four other warships woro badly damaged. Tho Com mnndor of tho British cruis er Inflexible was killed and members of tho crow drown ed. Tho French battleship Suffem was damaged ser iously." tDjr AuocUled Tru to Coo. Oaf TlmM. PARIS, Mar. 23. A gnlo blow through Dardanelles Btralts yester day and tho Alllod warships did not lcavo their anchorago, says an Ath ens dispatch. It seems certain thnt tho forts of Channk Kalesslo, Haml dlch nnd Kllld Bahr nro still capablo of offorlng stubborn resistance, d'ormaii HowltzorH on Ralln A numbor of Turkish flold bat teries havo been posted along tho Btralts and Oorman howitzers mount ed on rails so that they can bo moved quickly to any threatened points. This Is supposed to oxplaln tho shooting from, certain forts, such as Kum Kalo, which woro supposed to bo destroyed, GEKMAXS BOMBARD RIIEIMS tnr AnoUited r to c nr Timw.i PARIS, Mar. 23. Tho official statomont this nftoruoon Bays: "Tho enomy bombarded Rlielms, A Gor rran aviator dropped bombs on tho town nnd It is clnlmod that throo civilians woro victims. In Cham rngno wo mado sllsht progress east of Hill No. 196. "Near Bagatello two Gorman counter attacks on tho ground they lost Sunday woro ropulaod." MEXICAN REGRETS KILLING OK AMERICAN BRINGS OUT AX APOLOGY Negotiations for Payment of Indem nity to Dead .Man's Family Is Now Progressing Very Satisfactorily. IDf AwocUtKl rw to Co ur Tlmw.J Washington. D. C Mar. 23! Secretary of Stato Bryan announced today that rogret for tho killing of John II. Mc.Manus, an Amorlcnn. In Mexico City, by z.apaia lorcea, imu beon expressed on behalf of Gen eral Zapata and Genoral Pnlafox, In chargo of Mexico Cltyt and that negotiations for tho payment of In .i.mniiv tn thn ilrnd man's family were progressing satisfactorily. WILL ru.MSii rrjuT,ijii.i (Or AMoeUto4 rre to Coo Uajr Tlmti 1 WASHINGTON, D. C, Mar. 23. The Brazilian Minister at Mexico City has received tho apology on bo half of Zapata. Palafox also made a declaration that the mon who kill ed McManus would be apprehended If possible and punished. The amount i...inr....lt.' Onrrotnrv of State Bryan, said, had not been determined. SEIZURE OF DACIA IS DECLARED VALID American Vessel Now Goes Before French l'rlo Court for An other Decision. Dr AuocUtoJ Preu to Coo 0r Timet ijAma Mnr 33 The commis sion Inquiry Into tho capturo by n French cruiser of tho American steamer Dacia, baa declared tho l-,i, rr. vnllll TllO case HOW K0C8 I before tho Fronch prize court which is allowed two monius io naiiu uuwu its decision. nun FIFTY-SIX HIE DEAD HEAVY TOLL OF AVALANCHE NEAR VANCOUVER, H. C. Terrible Denlli Toll Result, of Snow nnd linuri Slltlo at Brlttaula Mine Further Slides Aro Feared tlljf AMO'ltteil Vmn to Coot liar Tlmt. VANCOUVER, H. O., Mar. 23. Fifty-six dead and 22 Injured Is tho latest official estimate of tho cas ualties In tho nvalaucho Sunday at midnight nt tho Brlttanla mine. It was not only n snowslldo, but a landslide A slico of tho moun tain overhanging tho vlllngo enmo away nnd covered tho buildings with many foot of rocks nnd snow. Monday aftornoon a second, but smaller slldo occurred. Other slides nro feared. START HOLY WAR MANY KILLED AND 15,000 REF UGEES IN DANGER Christ Ian Villages Plundered and Burned; Many Fleo to Anierl- li'iiu .Mission for l'lo- tectlou tDr AwocliteJ rrna to Coot Pj Tlmn.J NEW YORK, Mar. 23. Reports' of plundering and murdering of Christians In Northern Porsln nro contained in a cablegram from Tlflls, Trans-Caucasia, recolved todny by tho Porslun War Relief Commit tee. Tho mossage says n numbor of villages wcro burned. Christina quarters of Urumlah woro plundered and many pooplo killed. Tho ro rort says that lfi.OOO rofugeca un dor tho protection of tho Amorlcnn mission nro endangered. RUSSIAN OFFICIAL REPORT HAYS VICTORY WAS COMPLETE Last Foiv DajH llcfora the Final Soil Id Io Break Russian Lines Officers Encouraged TroopH With Iucrenhcd Rations GERMANS FEEL LOSS OF PH.EMYBL Ur AmocIiU'I Tn-M to Cooi nijf Tlmn, BERLIN, Mar. 23. Tho press of tho Gorman capital unites In paying trlbuto to tho dofonso of Przomysl, Avhlch, It Is declnrod, only hunger could subdue. At tho saino time thcro Is no disposition to mnko light of thu dorcnt. tnr AnorlitM J'r to Coo lly Tlmn.J PETHOGRAD, Mar. 23. Tho of ficial communication regarding Prze mysl says: "During tho last few days beforo tho final sortie, tho garrison recolved Increased rations nnd tho officers were Instructed to oxplaln to tho troops that If they roturncd to tho fortress nn Inglbr imiR fntn awaited thorn. Tho onst- orn direction was choson for tho sortlo as tho lino of least roslstanco, as woll as bocauso It led to a dls tilrt whora tho RiiBshuis had large stores of arms and ammunition. Morn than 20.000 men wcro or- dorod to participate In tho sortlo, but soveral units reiuscu to inovo. vn AuBtrlnn communication says tbo frnrrlunn rotlirilod to Przomysl bo- causo It encountored ovorwholmlijK forces. In this connection is biiouiti bo noted that tho Russian forces near Przomysl were never lurgo. GERMAN VIEW OF IT. (ly Ao Utl ri to Cou lljr Tlinn 1 BERLIN, Mnr. 23. Tho Lokal , 1 I..- n.,. .Mi 1,11'.. Iln ltltf.ll.. tlon of minimizing the loss our drlv - 1 8 !?.nmS n,f V efiSi fortfes. ' it laslKotlatlons with Austria, which are :ffiSS Us'snelS lffir.!lSKPW having reached an fenso. Wo mourn with our alllos, Important jtage. Its loss and tho loss of tho com- v Mtt 1444 mi'.nucr aim me kuuibuh whu ..v.. laurels and whoso glory tho cap tivity cannot destroy." Elect Trustee. At n meeting of tho creditors of William Schroeijer. of Coqulllo. this morning In to of fice of Judgo SoMbredo, referee In bankruptcy, F. K. Gettlns was elect od trustee. Mr. Schroeder formerly owned a Jewelry store In tho county seat. Nono of his crodltors aro local peoplo and tho greater sliaro of them aro from tho south, in California. The assets aro about $1,700 and tho li abilities about $3,500. Mr. Gettlns will havo tho appralsment mado at once , an Inventory takon and then will receive bids for the Bale of tho property, tho proceeds to bo distrib uted to tho creditors pro rata. Empire Improvement. C. G. Hockett Is making a number of Im portant and substantial Improve ments at Empire. Thpy Include con crete piling In tbo rebuilt dock and changing tho Southern Oregon com pany's warehouse at that place T IS Tremendous Gale in Dardan elles Holds Allies War ships at Their Anchorage Enemy Strongholds Still Cap able of Offering Stubborn Resistance RHEIMS AGAIN BOMBARDED Teuton Troops Occupy Russian Town of 'Krotlliigeu, Where Soxeitil Thousand Germau.s aro Held As Hostages AM tho People Freed (Dr AilocLteJ Tntt to Cooi r.T Tlmw.J BERLIN, Mnr. 23. Wlroless to Snyvlllo.) Tho official report today says: "Two French night nttneks near Carency, northwest of Arras, woro repulsed. in Champngno tho Gormans suc cessfully blow up mines nnd re pulsed a night attack north of Benusojour. Minor French ndvnnces nenr Combrca, Apromont nnd Fllrey woro without success. Tho nttack against German poslrjons uortbenst of Ba douvlllor broko down. Hostile aviators agatn throw bombs on Ostoud. No dnmngo to military establishments woro sus tained, but several Belgians wcro killed or Injured. Northwest of Verdun a French nvlator wns shot down and n Fronch aircraft forced to laud near Freiburg nnd tho two occupants cap tured. Tho Germans nro pursuing tho HuBslnus who wcro driven from Momol. Tho (Ioniums occupied tho Russian town of Krottlugun, across tho bordor from Momol and freed moro than 3000 aormnns, who had boon drngged away from tholr homes by tho Russlnns. Attncks mado by Russians on both sldos of tho Orzyo River, In Russian Poland, havo boon ropulscd." RUSSIAN DEFEA1 GERMANS AGAIN DRIVE INVAR ERS FROM FATHERLAND Russian.", Continue Activity on tho OffensUo In Northern Poland But Without any Import ant Results, Illy Awoi'lttcJ I'rcua to Coo. lUr TlmM,) LONDON, Mnr. 23. Tho latost Russian Invasion of Germnny Is said to have met with tho same fato as Its predecessors. Berlin announces that tho Russian forces which cap tured Momol havo boon driven back and that tho Germans aro pursuing them across tho border nnd hnvo captured tho Russian town of Krot tlngon. Tho Russians nro still on tho of. fonsivo In Northorn Poland, but us far as the day's dispatches show, .tholr attacks woro attended by no imnortant results. Berlin assorts tho Russians were driven back in evoiy jnBtnnco. Apart from a fow small movomonts. such ns hnvo boon In progress for soveral months, tho Initiative In Fiance and Belgium yes terday was loft to tho airmen. Avla tors of thn Allien attackod Ostoud and Oorman aeroplanes dropped bombs on Rholms. Italy Prepares fur War. 1 ,"a'J Is preparing rapiaiy ior may result from tho no START FROM SEATTLE FOR POLAR REGION (ny Aitoi UlfJ I'i-om to Coo. lUy Time SEATTLE, Mar. 23. Tho little- power schooner Polar Bear, noted for Its battles with tho Arctic Ice In pre vious years, sallod for tho Polar Sea today undor com mund of its owner, Capt. Louis Lano, who hopes to leach Banksland next sum mer,, and in addition to a hunting trip, will seek Vllhjt mur Stefnnsson and two com panions, last heard from several years age Eqiiiuovlal Storm. According to tho Worlds Almanac tho sun crossed tlio Equinox on March 21 and tho weather prophets tell us that to lowering clowds prosago tho oqulnox lal storms and thnt they will last for n week, cutting off, for that time all thoughts of gentlo spring, soft flow ing brooks and birds and flowers. GERMAN I I TURFORTST! A Consolidation of Times, Conns Mull ml Coon liar Advertiser Jill INQUIRY PRESIDENT WILSON NOW WAITS ANSWER TO HIS NOTE Points Involved Aro Considered Im portant Ones by This Govern ment, Hut Nut Necessarily Serious (ny AtaoclitM Prrf to Cooi II17 TlmM. WASHINGTON, D. C, Mar. 23. Prcsldont Wilson snld today that tho only definite- thing thnt could bo said nt this tlmo on tho Japiuoso Chlncso negotiations waH that tho United States had addressed an In quiry to Japnn concerning her do mnnds on China. When nskod whether Toklo dlspntchos wcro cor rect In saying tho Amorlcnn govern ment had Inquired about "minor points," tho President mado It clear that ho did not consider tho pblnts of a minor charncter. UNITED STATES' ATTITUDE Illy AmotUtrJ I'rtM to Coin lUy Timm. 1 WASHINGTON, I). C, Mar. 23. Another dispatch from Toklo stat ing that tho United States had ap proved Japan's oxplanntlon of tbo demands was brought to President Wilson's nttentlon and ho roferrod to It ns unfounded, pointing out thnt tho United States had neither ap proved nor disapproved, having in fact not received Japan's roply. JUDGE WHO SENTENCED LEO FRANK, IS DEAD Georgia Jurist Who Presided In Na tion Famous Caso Passes Away In Now York Hospital Twday (Dr AiioeHUd rit.1 to Coo. BT TlmM. NEW YORK, Mar. 23. Former Judgo L. S. Roan, of Atlanta, who tried nnd sentenced Loo M. Frank for tho murder of Mary Phagan, died horo today nt tho hospital whoro ho Has been a pntiont sinco l'ouru ary 2Gth. It Is reported that denth was duo to cancor, but this tho hos pltat authorities would not, confirm or dony. BANDl TO DREDGE COLONEL ROSA STATES $20,000 AVAILABLE FOR PROJECT. Expresses Belief Port of Rnitdon Will Stand Before Supremo Court To Widen Coqulllo River Channel. Dredging on tho lowor Coqulllo will bo mado and tho orlglunl proj ect for a 10-foot channel to Coqulllo at low tldo carried on despite tho fact that tho llfo of tho Port of Baudon Is threatened In tho Su premo Court whoro It comes for n rehearing April 12, according to Colonel R. II. Rosn, president of tho Port, who arrived hero last ovo nlng. Ho dcclnrcs thoro is in nil about $20,000 now nvallable and '.hut tho drudge Sonttlo will bo brought thero In April. Optomlsm and tho expression of the boiler that tho Port will win Its caso In the hlghor court murked the Colonel's remarks. "Wo boat thorn fair and squr.ro tho first time," he. said, "and I think wo cnu do It again. There is only ono point 1 think thu court tan got us on and that Is regarding tho watershed. They sny wo take In part of tbo Port of Coos Bay. That Is true, u small part. According to tho sec tion lines this can't bu helped, tho snmo way does thu Port of Coos Bay ut tbo bead of Isthmus Inlet ruu a trlflo Into thu other Port. "It seems to mo that u lot of peoplo ure trying to get out of regular Port taxes," ho continued, "ami 1 think tho court will tako cog ulzauco of this, too," He explain ed that tho taxos of tho Port of Bandou amount this year to threo mills, while tho taxes of thu Port of Coqulllo are about half a mill. "But wo hnvo thu moiioy to start with and wo'ro going right uhead." Last year tlio government appropri ated $0000 for watorwuy mainten ance This year there Is a llko amount on bund. Not a dollar of this has beea touched. Tho project Is to dredgo tho muln channel of tho Coqulllo at least 11 feot deep at low tide to tbo Prosper mills, threo miles, and from thero to Co qulllo, with a 10-foot depth. A widening of tho channol will also bo mado. At prosont tho chan nel is 100 feot. This will bo wld oned to 180 foot as far ns Prosper and from thoro range- down to ISO feet in width at Coqulllo. Should the Supremo Court allow tho Port of Bandou to stand thoro will bo no bonding this year, said Colonel Rosa. Ho bollovea that a three mill tax noxt year will raise all tho money necessary for Improve mout at this time. Tho dredgo Seattle Ib not schedul ed to finish hero until about April 15. Tho Port caso Is in the lily nor court on April 12, and will probably bo settled, according to R, E. Mlllor. superintendent of tho Pugot Sound Brldgo and Dredging Company, be foro they aro ready to inovo tho dredgo and outflttotho south. l'ollqs Look For Man. The pollco woro today notltk'd to bo on tho look out for a man named Al Cummlugs who, It is claimed by tho officers at North Bond, has boen working In Bomo of tho railroad camps and Is known to bo carrying about with him ammunition was found aooard tho bogus chocks though, as far as kuown steamer Finland, from New York, by no attompt has beon mado by him to Custom officials hero, according to cash them. Ho Is described as a man1 roports In tho Naples nowapapers. flvo feot elovon Inches in height, of It snld six ctiBtoin guards accompanU about 1C0 pounds, dark sandy m us-led tbo steamer to Genoa for a thor tacho and a slim face. ough search. ,....,.. No. 207 CRUISER CELTIC TAKES y. BOAT British Vessel Seizes Ameri can Steamer Off the Coast of Scotland American Officers Deprived of Command by Men From Auxiliary Cruiser USE AGAINST SUBMARINE British Officers Who .HonHlcri Ship Declared Intention of Ramming German Submarlno With American Vessel Is Op- portunlty Offered. Illy AinocUloJ 1'itkh to Cooa Ily TlmM, BERLIN, Mor. 23. (Wlroless to Snyvlllo.) Tho Ovorseas Nowa Agoncy says: "Captain HannBon and First Officer. Jansson, both Amorl cnn citizens, of tho Amorlcnn steam er Olsson, while northward of Scot land on n voyage from Havana to Bromon, wuro deprived of command by offlcors and mon of the British auxiliary cruiser Celtic who board ed tho ship, Tho British declared tholr Intention of sinking a Gorman submarlno, If opportunity presontod, by ramming It with tho Amorlcnn stenmor," SAYS ITALY CANNOT STAY NEUTRAL MUCH LONGER An Italian Newspaper Close to tho Government, Says. .Situation DciiiiiihU Intervention, ROME, March 23 Tho Glornalo il'Itntln, nhlch, although it Is not tho official govornmont organ, rop rosents tho political majority sup porting tho cabinet, in nn odttorlnl argues that It will bo difficult for Italy longor to rotualn noutral, do clnrlng that tho attack by tho alllod floot on tho Dardanollos has brought up throo great problems affecting Italian Interests. "Tho flfat of theso probloms," tho newspaper says, "Is the now rulo to nllow Russia access to tho Medi terranean through tho Dardanelles, tho second concerns tho equilibrium of tbo Balkans, nnd tho third tho partition of Asiatic Turkoy, which uffects tho equilibrium of tho East ern Modltorrnuenii, "It Is Imposslblo for Italy to keep out of tho solution of such prob loms unless It is sntlBflod to boo not only tho powers of tho triple entonto sottlo theso affairs according to tholr Interests, hut also tho small but audacious nnd resolute nation, Greece" - SUE 01 OLD BILLS JOE AND ARTHUR COACH PRES SED FOR MONEY Actions Addressed Against Coach Tlmbor Couiiuny for Orders Liquor ami Cigars ' Liquor and cigar bills amounting to u small fortuuo have beon filed a gninst Joa Coach and Arthur Coach for collection through tho Justice court. Theso nro bills that ara alleg ed to havo noon accumulated by tho Coach brothers whllo thoy were In the saloon business In Bandon. W, Hoolscher and Company In ono complaint nsk $70.08 of Arthur Coach and attach tho shares of tho Coach Tlmbor Company through Mrs. Leo J, Cary, Bister of Arthur Coach who was appointed his guardian somo tlmo ago wnoii R was shown In tho county court tnat ho was spending his money too freely. Another bill Is filed by tho samo company against Joe Coach, this ono for $75.43. Tho H. L. Jtidoll Company, a to bacco firm, stato that thoro Is duo thorn from Joo and Arthur Coach for cigars, $70 and In a soparato hill tho samo company asks $30 of Joo Coach, all of theso requests bolng in tho form of suits against tho Coach Timber Company. For auto ropulrs Ooorgo Goodrum submitted a statement for $45,20 of submitted a statement for $45.20 a gainst Joe Coach CONTRABAND AMMUNITION Steamer Finland IMuInod In Italian Port and Search Reveals Vio lation or Neutrality Laws (Dr Awoilil! I'l.M la Cww OtJ TIiom.1 NAPLES. Mnr. 23. Contraband BUND HI I im 9 1 W, t f. tJyM4 HPft'