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rV f,'l tt . i ' f ,urY n.l.-t: THE MAN WHO SELLS HIS HONOR DEALS IN SOMETHING THAT i1F HAS NOT GOT Coos Bay Times Your Paper A Southwest Oregon Paper Thnk's xxlmt tlw Coos I Jay Times Is. A Soiitli west Orogoii paper for Southwest Oregon pcoplo mill devoted to (tic bust Interests of this great section . l'lio Times always boosts and never kl,0CkS' ft -J Tl o Coos liny Times Is proud of Ms title "Tlio lo's Vavur," and ,fc strives "t all times to liro up to lis immo by dovotlng Its energies to promoting the people's Interests. MEMBERS OP TUB ASSOCIATED rVtBSS VOL NO. XXXVIII Established 1878 Rf Tim Const Mirtl. MARSHFIELD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1915 EVENING EDITION. A Consolidation of Times, Coast MaU nfl ?oos Bty Advertlwr No. 208 ITALIAN CR SIS BIB RELIEF SHIPS 1ICT1 Bid 1ST J GREAT BATTLE AUSTRIAN ENGINEERS BLOW UP ? CLAIM GEHMAX AEHOPLAXE AT- KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS, MA CHINK WRECKED BY TRAIN BUILDINGS OX FRONTIER TACKED GERMAX STEAMER &$S San tmts ANOTHER COOS I INDUSTRY GENERALATTACK LOVE AS WEAPON BEATS BAYONETS ONDARDANELLES United States Government is Investigating Halibut Grounds Located Near Here ' FAVORABLEREPDHT Preliminary Findings of Com merce Department Explora tions are Gratifying $24000 CATCH AT NEWPORT Tlw Coo liny Area Is Snltl In Of- flrlnl Report l .bo Smaller lint MlfUil bo Expected to Produce Halibut In Untiled Xumbers 11 AuocUtfcl TrcM to Com THf Time. WASHINGTON, 1). C Mar. 24. The preliminary reports of tho Com merce Department of Explorations off tho Washington and Oregon coasts, showed thnt n linllbut ground of soma vnluo haB boon found off Newport, Oregon, covering nn area J50 miles square The Immediate result of tho find Inn was a yield of halibut tnkon hr fishermen valued at $24,000. Several smaller areas off Coos Hay and Grays Harbor, It In Raid, might he expected to produce halibut In United numbers. BIG SHINGLE MILLS OPEN Clear Cedar Plant Hominies After lle Ing Shut Down Klueo Jan uary 1. Outlook Hotter CBNTIMMA, Wash., March 21. After having been clospd down slnco the first of the year, tho Clear Codar Shingle Compan's mill resumed oper itlons. Tho plant 1ms located at Hoi ling Junction, near Kochostcr, and has a big payroll. Tho mill was pro paring to start Boveral days ago, but the wishing out of a dam postponed the resumption. The Eastern & Western camp near Kelso, which has also boon shut down since tho holidays, will roopoli April 1. A small crow Is now engaged in Putting tho machinery and track In shape. The J. X Morro shlnglo mill at Kelso has started up again after a shutdown of a week caused by nn overproduction. BEGIN LIBEL AGAINST STEAMER ODENWALD, V. B. (lovcmincnt Opens Pi-ocecd-lis Against (Ynimii Liner De tained In Kiin .limn Harbor II); AuotUtftl f 0 CoM jIar Tlmn, WASHINGTON, 1). C, Mar. 24. The United States District Attornoy t San Juan, Porto Itlco, had In structions today to bogln llbol pro "edlngs against tho Hamburg American llnor Odonwnld, which nt mpted to put to sea Sunday after tuarauco hadbcon rofusod. AMERICAN STEAMER FOUNDERS AT SEA The Denver Is Abandoned in Mid Ocean and Caption and Crow Ta ken OffXo Lives Lost B; AwcltiM Vtm to & nr Time. NEV YORK, Mar. 24. Tho Mnl !?:; J,ne. owners of tho American iL .er, Denver- received couflrmu " today of tho wireless messngo i.. sb,t from tno steamer St. Louis "jouncing that tho Denver's crow MOeen taken off and tho Denver Mudoned 1300 miles east of Now bfnrL he raes8ago said that tho imJiH was abmloned in a sinking ma ion as a result of a leak and efti,. 6 caI'ta,n. l3 wlfo and 13 ,i ,? crew. wore aboard tho steam- Jf Megantlc. Tho steamer Man Ion "if8 B6 thors- No lives woro ToJv . Dcnver sailed for Now ur irom liromerliaven March 10. "iwntWALL JACKSON'S WlDOnV DIES TODAY I' Af!i',.JIa.l' Anun Jackson Passes 4wy ut iti,. ii..... i.. ......... ,-..... nil-- . ""' " iuiui .r- 'taa after Extended Illness "' AuitJ rrw to co nr Tim... MaT' N' C- Mar' '2' Cenerai LrVnna Ja8n, widow of todir ., ,stonowall" Jackson, died aghtV, r ."ro July 21, 1831, a rtJon f. of. Rov- Kobert Hall Mor- She m Un,Jer of Davidson College. C h rled JaclES0 In July, 1857 Wruetn. y8.? MaJor eerviug as bttitote ..th0 VirB'nla military ej it A't6r nor husband died aemoL 'V11 ,n 186s- she wrote She hJ ' areor. ' tafajSi0 ,l,auBl'tors. Ono died E w'ia.na th0 otl10'' married ktta ni ,ir,SUan- Sirs. Jackson has i for many months. Is Part or Plan to Itemovo AH Ob structions That Would Inter fere With Artillery KIro Wr AijoclteJ I'rm to Com Dr Tlmw.1 GENEVA, March 21. An uncon sorcd dispatch to tho Trlbuno from tho Austrian border states that tho Austrian mllltnry engineers blow up all buildings botweon tho Suganana pass, In Trent, and Lnko Guarda, on tho Italian frontier, which would bo in lino witn tho artillery fire. T i:XGIiISII A'EItOPLAXES MAKE SUCCESSFUL ATTACK Dinp Twenty llonibs Into Oi-ninu Kiibiiiiiiluo Vaelory and It Is Heliovcd Conslderablu Dam- tigo Was Done. Dj Amocl.teJ Trtti to Coot et Tlmn. LONDON, Mar. 24. An Admiral ty statemont says: "A successful air attack carried out this morning by fivo machines of tho Dunkirk squad ron on Gorman submarines bolus constructed At Hobokon, near Ant worp. Two had to return on account of thick weather, but two othors drop pod four bombs each. It is bcllov od that considerable damago waB dono to both works and to tho submarines. Tho works woro observ ed on flro. Ono aviator was obllgod, owing to engine, trouble-, to descend In Holland. Ho will bo Interned." TIIOOPS HEPUUSE SEVEH.VL AT TAUICS OX WEST EKOXT Pui-Milt of KHi-cntlng Itusslans Northward if Mcmd Cttntlnucs (iciiuans Cnptiirc :t()()() Pris oners mid Several (iiins Taken nr AnocliloJ rmi to Coo Vt.t Tlmn. nRni.IM. Mar. 2 1. fWlroless to Sayvlllo.) Tho official statoment to day says: "Jn tno l.oproiro torcsi, northwest of Pcntumousson, tho on omy attempted to win back ground gained by tho Germans, but woro ropulscd. A now nttuck by tho on omy northwest of Iladonvlllors and Holchsackorkopf failed. Fighting Is In progress at Hartmann-Wollor-kopf. Tho Gormans nro pursuing tho ro troatlng Hussions northward of Momol. Tlioy captured, nour Pol angon, HOD Uusslans, threo guns, three rapid fliers. Near Laugs zargon, a Hussian nttaek was ro pulsed. Northwest of Ostrolonkn mom than 2C00 Husslans and fivo machlno guns woro captured. East ward of Plock several Hussian charges failed. SEA VOHCES AID AHMV Uf AtiocUtol I'rewi to Cool flt "tltti. IlERLIN, March 24. Further an nouncement today: "Tho Gorman sea forces havo assisted tho land forces In operations north of Momol. Thoy bombarded on Tuesday aftornoon tho vlllago and castlo of Polangen and kept undor flro tho road from Pol angen to Llbau." "WE MUST TAKE PARIS" THE KAISER IS QUOTED Itofugees Say In Paris That Emper or William SHU Insists Troops Cuptuiu tlio French Capital PARIS, March 24. Tho. Petit Parlslen gives details recolved from refugees of tho Kaiser's visit fivo weoks ago to La Fero Junction, south of St. Quontln. Escorted by fifty Whlto Cuirassiers of glgantlo stat ure, who never loft him, ho stayed threo days, but tho Inhabitants did not know where ho slept. Despito his efforts to appear choorful, they notlcod that ho had aged and was dispirited, while his parting speech to tho garrison. "If It costs tho last man and cartridgo. wo will reach Par Is, wo must tako Paris," roused Httlo enthusiasm. Tho Kalsor walked dally on the cs planado, whero tho band played to on. courago tho soldiers, and it was notic ed that music always played longer when tho nows was unsatisfactory. Tho rofugees declared that tho Germans did not treat tho town badly, but recently removed all tho males to Germany and sont tho women to Switzerland. Evidently tho Frencli successes In the Campagno forced the enemy to prohibit tho risk of Inform ation leaking out about tho move ments of troops at tho Important railroad center. W. C. LAIRD, deputy sheriff, camo over from tho county 6eat this morning serving legal summons. Ho went to North Bend this afternoon. G D II GERMAN REPORT Force of Allied Troops Landed to Co-operate With the Sea Forces E WARSHIPS French and British Reinforce ments are on the Way to Join Attacking Squadron BIG BATTLE IS IMMINENT Allies Will Attempt to Cany the , Fortifications by Laud mid Sen Attack Combined as Soon as Expected Reinforcements Reach tho Scene. tnr AuocUtfrl rrcii to Cooi Uir Tlmw.l LONDON Mar. 24. A forco of allied troops was landed on Galllpoll Peninsula yesterday from transports In tlio Gulf of Saros, according to a dispatch from Athens to tho Dally plspatclr from Athens to tho Dally Express. A general attack upon tho fortifications of tho Dardanolles Is to ho undertaken Immediately on tho arrival of furthor French and Brit ish warships now on their way to Join tho attacking siiundron. HHITISI1 SIMP DISABLED (Ilr AMorUtM 1'rrM to Coon lUy Tlmn. BERLIN, Mar. 24. (Wlroless to Sayvlllo.) Tho Glornaled Italia, of Homo, lino recolved a dispatch from Athoiis saying tho British battleship Cornwallis has boon disabled In tho Dardanelles fighting. "BRIDES BATHS" CASE Englishman Charged Willi Killing Threo Wives,, EatJi Fount! Dead in u Bath Tub. (Ilr AMOclttci! I'rcu to Coo liar Tlmn, LONDON, Mar. 21. Georgo Jos oph Smith honrd tho public prose cutor In police court today charge him with making away with tnrco of his wives. Each woman, It was chargod, was murdered shortly aftor Smith mnrrlod her. Each woman was found dead In n bath tub. Tho pollco nro Investigating other similar deaths. Tho caso Is known as tho "Brides In Bath" caso. AMERICAN CONSUL SAYS REIN lOUS SITUATION IN PERSIA Turkish Consul Alleged to ll.ivo Led nn Uprising Against American Mission at Uriiiulah. Br AuoelitM rrrtt to Coo Dtr TkuM.J WASHINGTON, D. 0., Mnr. 24. American Consul Smith, stntloned at Datum, Russia, who Is now at Tlflls, Informed tho Stato Dopartmont to day that Amorlcan missionaries and refugees aro in danger In Urumlah, Persia, whero the Turkish Consul, at tho head of 700 ABkaris, was re cently reported to havo led an up rising against tho American mis sion. VICTIMS OF AVALANCHE ARE BURIED ON SLEDS Twenty-flvo Bodft'H Thus Far He coveivd nro Lowered Down Pre cipitous Pathway to Camp Or AMOclitnl rrc to Coo Dr TlmM. VANCOUVER. B. C, Mar. 24. On rudo sleds tho bodies of tho vic tims of tho avalanche which cnuseK tho death of 50 men nnd children at tho Brlttanla mines, woro yester day lowered down a prcclpltoAs pathway to tho lunnol camp a mllo below, from whonco they woro trans ported to tho beach. Twenty-flvo bodies havo been recovered so far HOIS JOSPITALS GOVERNOR OF MALTA ISSUES CALL TO PATRIOTIC CITIZENS Expect Many Wounded From rfho Dardanelles and Regular Hospitals aro Now Crowded. Dr AocUte4 Fre tv Cu Dr Tlmn. VALETTA. Malta. Mar. 23. The Governor of Malta has appealed to local residents to tako convales cents from tho hospitals into their homos, and thus make room In the hospitals for tho wounded who aro expected from tho Dardanelles. 1 INT ER Secretary of Statu Bryan Considers Action by State Department on Advices Deceived From Tho Hague. tnjr AuoelitM r to Coon nr TlmM.l WASHINGTON, D. C, Mar. 24. Acting on advices from Tho Hague, thnt tho steamer Elfland, flying the flag of tho Bolglnn Relief Commis sion, had been endangered by n bomb from a German aeroplane off tho Dutch coaBt, Secretary of State Bryan said today that thu State De partment was considering making representations to Borltn. IS IN TOILS CI I IE EXECUTIVE OF INDIANA CITY" ARRESTED Held In $.-(()( Roads fur Alleged Corruption of Government Witnesses hi Election Frauds Case tnr AMortatct Trvi to Com liar Tlmra, INDIANAPOLIS, Mar. 24. Mayor Roberts, ono of tho defendants In tho Tcrro Hauto election fraud cases In Federal Court hero, was orderod Into custody of tlio United Stntes Marshal today and furthor ordorud to glvo bond for $5000 for his np penranco to answer a charge, ot corrupting Government witnesses. Threo moil woro sent to Jail Inst night on tho samo charge. VICE PRESIDENT FORMALLY DEDICATES PAXAMA FAIR Takes Plnro of President Wilson Whom Ho Terms- tlio World's Greatest l'eacc-niakcr. . Given Salute Ilr AuocUteJ Trcu to Coot lit Tlmn. SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 24. Thomas R. Marshall, Vice-President of tho Unltod Stntes, formally ded icated tho Panama-Pacific Exposi tion todny. Ho spoko as tho rop resontatlvo of President Wilson, whoso placo ho said ho took, but did no fill, und whom ho termed as "your great peaco-makor." Tho Vice-Presldontlnl saluto of 19 guns roared from tho warships of tho Pacific fleet, anchored off tho Exposition, as a signal for tho open ing ceremonies. IlUlPEACE GREAT INTERNATIONAL CON CiltESS TO BE HELD SOON Plan to Meet At Tho llaguo with Del- egates Froih AH Xations In eluding Those Nowl At War tnr AuorUtet Vii lu Com Ilr Tlmn. NEW YORK, March 24. Tho program of a great women's inter national congress In tho Interest of peaco to bo hold at tho Haguo next month, Just received horo from Hol land, shows that t!.o first movo to bo mode will bo to urgo a truco In tho European war. Womon of all nations, Including those at war aro expected to attend. SUSTAIN SEVERE LOSSES Allies' Fleet Badly CKppIcd In So- voio Fighting nt the Daitlan- elles Enemy Suffers LJttlo Ur Aclte.l IY to Coo Cr TlmM. DARDANELLES, Mar. 18. (Via Constantinople, Berlin and London Delayed lu Transmission.) Ono Fronch battleship, the Bouvot; ono British battleship,, namo unknown as yet, was driven on tho beach and buttered to pieces, nnd tlueo other ships or tho Allies woro damaged to such an extent that It was necessary to tako thorn out of action, whllo on tho othor sldo tho Turkish forts on the Dardanelles huyo not been silenced nnd tho lo&scs u'ustulncd by tho gairlsons are nominal. These are dotulls of tho tromondous ef forts of tho allied floot on March 18 to forco a pussago through tho Dardanelles. B'RITISH CRUISERS GET NEUTRALITY WARNING .Must Refrain From Taking Supplies front Neutral Countries to Avoid Breaches of Neutrality Br Aiolte4 PrtM to Com Br Tlmn. WASHINGTON. D. C, Mar. 24. All British cruisers, not only in American waters, but in tho Carri bean, Pacific and South Atlantic, have beon ordered to refrain from taking supplies from noutral coun tries to avoid breaches of neutrality. MAYOR OFF C ALLY OPENED General Scott of U. S. Army, Subdues With Friendship Band of Piute Indians EAT AT SAME TABLE Prisoners are Bound Only By the Ties of Genuine Affec tion for Their Captor NOT GUILTY OF ANY CRIME Alleged Miinlerei Denies That lie Committed (Vlnio With Which Ho Is Charged and Says tho Deatl .Man Was Ills Friend (Dr Auwlttod Fmi to Cooa Hi.r Tlmn. THOMPSONS, Utah, Mar. 21. Seated at tho head of tho table, Brlgudler General Hugh L. Scott, Chief of Staff of tho Unltod State Army, served four docllo nnd happy Indians last night. A fow duys ago these Indians woro accounted tho bloodthirsty leaders of a desporato band of out laws. Among thi'so woro Old Polk, Pluto chief, his sou Tso No Gat, chargod with murdor; Old Posoy, another chief, and his son. Not n handcuff, not a shackle, binds these Indians, but tho tlo of gontilno re gard for Scott Is such thnt It prob ably would take a posso larger than that which Marshal Noboker brought to Bluff to thivo thorn from him. Scott told of meeting tho Indians and promising thorn thnt thoy would bo Justly trented. Tho cntlro trlbo offored to go with him anywhere ho wished. Tso No Gat said ho was not guilty of any crime. Asked about tho Mexican ho Jo accused of killing, ho said: "Tho Mexican was my frlond. I did not kill him. Why should I kill my frlond?" CRABS MUST BE LABELED California Legislature Passes a Bill Requiting Crabs Shipped in Ore gon to bo Stamped on Back Illy AmocIiImI I'rrn to Com IUr Tlmn, SACRAMENTO, Cal., Mnr. 24. Crabs shipped from Orogou and Washington to California markots must ho stamped legibly on tholr barks with tho namo of plnco whom caught, according to a bill passed by tho Sonnto today. I PERSONAL MENTION W. H. KENNRDY medo a business trln to nnndon yesterday. GEORGE ROSS xvas a Catching Inlet visitor In tho city this morning. ED HlESTRE.M. of Ton Mile, was n vhdtor lu tho city yesterday. SUPT. RAAB, of North Bond, mndo ' a business trip to Coqulllo yes- torisv. ERNEST SVITH nnd wlfo woro down j today from Catching Inlot shop I Ping. I8YLVIA RACKLEFF. of Florence, I was a visitor In Marshflold yes I terdav. W. C. CHASK, of Coqulllo, was a business visitor In Marshflold Tuorday. MRS. HAFFIR, of Myrtle Point, was registered at Tho Chandler last ovonlng. HENRY MICHELBRINK, of Alle gany, was n business visitor In tho cltv vesterday. JOHN D. GOSS Is a visitor today In Bandon but Is expected back at tho ovonhiK train. WIKLIAM CANDLIN camo over from coquiiio on tno morning train can ing on tho trado. JOHN MATSON and wlfo woro horo today for a short visit from tholr homo on Catching Inlet. W. C. CHASE, an attorney of Coqulllo was among tho visitors lu tho city today on legal matters. C. R. PECK and A. K. Peck returned this morning from a trip to Oo quille on court business. MRS. CLARK ROGERS, of Coqulllo. oxpects to leave on the Eldor to morrow afternoon for Portland. E. S. RARBEE, of North Bond, Is spending a month with Ills daugh ter, Mrs. Max Tlmmcrman, of this cltv. COUNTY JUDGE JAMES WATSON was hero today attending to pro bate matters, remaining ovor un til tomorrow. E. L. DOUGAL. a Portland attornoy, Is hero looking over some business matters. Ho will return home on tho Eldor tomorrow. CAPTAINS EDWARDS and Fuller will leave tomorrow for Portland on tho Elder, bolng expected back from Coqulllo Mis evening, B. II. SMITH, who lias transferred Ills enorgles from Camp 4 to Smith-Powers headquarters camp, was lu Marshflold yesterday, Hdh'ved Did Not Hear Approchlutf Train Near Smith MIR Cross- lug: Dcci Cut In Skull Lah) this aftornoon Br. Mlneus stated that Victor Bach had a broken log nnd a concussion of tho brain, several stitches having beon taken in sowing up tho scalp 4 torn open by the accident. Tho young man had not then 4 entirely regained conscious- ncss, but tho doctor says lie 4 wHl Vivo. Victor Bach of Ferndalc, attoiapt- ing to cross tho track on the rond to tho Smith Mill in front of the Incom ing passvngnr train from Coqulllo at 10:20 this morning was struck by tho cow-catcher of tho engine, knock ed unconscious nnd after bolng car ried with his wreckod machino for a distance ot 30 feet was tossed to tho etoncs alongside tho trnck. Train men Immediately brought tho young man to tho dopot. Dr. Mlngus camo hurrying and took Bach to tho hos pital. Charles Gilbert, onglncor, states that his train was going at a moder ate rato of Bpcctl being a short dis tance, from tho depot, and thnt ho blow tho whlstlo boforo reaching tho crossing. Ho bolloTCs thnt Bach was unahlo to hear the approaching train becauso of tho noise nmdo by his engine. From tho top ot tho pilot nftor tiro wrock tho trainmen found nn oilcan of tho motorcyclo, loft thoro when the machino foil to tho side. Tho machine, a two cyllndor Indian of 1914 model, Is n completo wrock, having boon buckled In tho mlddlo llk a hairpin by tho heavy impact. For nlmosi 30 foot, said Engineer Gilbert, the motorcycle and rldor wero carried on tho front or tlio pilot, Boemlngly hold there- by bits of tho machino boforo working looso nnd falling to tho wayside, Indicating that tho machino xvas Btruck lu tho mlddlo ot tho track. August Carlson, a Coos River rancher and Oucar Wilson, a Smith Mill omployo woro tho only cyowlt nessos of tho nccldont. Supt. W. F. Miller who was a pas senger on thp train xvas thelrst man to roach tho injured boy and nn ho found htm unconscious feared at first that ho xvas dead. Charloa Bach fathor of tho young in u n, xvas Immediately summonod rfom tho Smith Mill whore ho Is fore man of tho sorting shed Ho said Victor Bach waB not xvorklng today and that at tho tlmo of tho nccldont waB on liU xvny to. tho Mill. Ho is about 18 yoars of ago nnd first learned to lido Ids machino last Bprlng. . .METHODISTS TO BUILD $inQ0 STRUCTURIJ TO SEAT 1!0 Plans mid SKxiflcatlous Being Com pleted by Ben Ostllntl, Archi tect Cull for Bungalow Building. PliiHs and spcclflcatloivs for a Methodist Cunpol lu Bay Park aro being completed by Benjamin Ostr Und, architect, and aro soon to bo opened for construction bids. Tho two lots on which tho chapel will ho located woro donated by the Marsh flold Land Company, nnd whou com pleto tho building will cost approx imately $1500, according to tho ar chitect. Tho completion of this chapel xvlll glvo tho Methodists chapels In East sldo, Bay City and Bay Park, nil undor the supervision of Rev. W. Williams, who now la attending tho first two churches and holding ser vices. In tho rough, tho proposed struc ture xvlll ho square, 30 foot wide on a Bide and built on tho bungalow plan. Thoro xvlll bo a seating ca pacity for 200, tho seats being ar ranged on a diagonal, thu pulpit and choir platform bolng In an opposlto cornor from tho doorway. Tho colling shows tho open trusses, two great tlmbors being crossed In tho mlddlo to tho four corners of tho building. For tho present tho building commlttoo 1ms doclded that tho trusses will not ho encased, mid also that the four big dormor win dows xvlll wait until a later dato. Tho building commlttoo of tho Methodist Church consists of J. Halo, chalrmnn; E. II, Campbell and Otto Fiison. NEW WARDEN OF OREGON PENITENTIARY TODAY Harry Minto Succeeds 11. K. Law- ton, but There Will bo No Other Changes In tho Staff IBr AwocUtoJ rre to Com Bar Tmn. SALEM, Or., Mar. 24. Harry P. Tlntr. liopnnm wnritttn nf thn OrACOIl stttto penitentiary today und an nounced thoro Is to bo no othor change In tho starr. llo succeeded B. K. Lawsou, who xvaa recently dismissed! CHAPEL II BAY PARK Contest in the Carpathian Mountains Developing Into a Titantic Struggle BATTLE FOR PASSES Russia Seeks Egress by Which Hungary May be In vaded. RESULT STILL IN DOUBT Paris Claims Belgian Trxxops Con tinue to Make Gains Along tlio Y'ser ami French Ilax-o Ac quired Part of German Front nt Y'ojges (Br AiiocUtaJ rrm to Coot Br Tlmn.J LONDON. Mnr. 24. Whnt Is de scribed In 'Berlin as ono of tho great est battles or tho Eastern campaign has dovolopcd In tho Carpathians. For months tho opposing armies have been contending for tho moun tain passes, doflnlto possession of which by tho Russians would ox peso Hungary to dnngor ot invasion. Berlin says tho proBout bnttlo has not. vet readmit a. stnirn whnro suc cess for either sldo Is indlcatod. Paris announces thnt thu Bolgians mndo gains along tho Y'ser. ABldo from this movomunt, tho only elm n go ot nolo was lu tho Vosgos, whore tho French claim to havo occupied n considerable section of tho Gorman front. Tho British Admiralty announcod thnt five aeroplanes mado successful raids on tho Gorman submarine plant nt Hobokun, near Antwerp. Two submarines. In tho courso ot construction, ns woll as tlio xvorks, nro boliovod to havo been dnmaged. Tl VIGOROUS LETTERS ADDRESS!) TO WASHINGTON'. Are Told Every Day In Delay of .Moving Lire Saving station Endangers lives ut Coos Bay Bar. Loiters, vigorous lu tholr torms, havo boon dispatched post hnsto to Senators Chnmborlalu and Lane and Representative Dawley In Washing ton, asking thorn to do their utmost lu gotting nctlon on tho $47,000 appropriation or Congress for moving tho Coos Bay Lire saving mntion from Its present location to Charles ton nay. Secretary J. W. Motloy told tho Congressmen thnt ovory lav of delay Is oudnngorliiR the lives of persons who go near tho bar In small boats. Whllo on his visit of Inspection horo Cantuln J. C. Cantwell stated that unless xvork hi started by Juno 30 of this year, tho original fund must rovort back into tho treasury and all work dono to sccuro tho ap propriation will havo been for noth- InK- Tho mattor was at onco brought to tho attention of the Chamber ot Commerco nnd Immedlato action se cured to got tho project undor way. It was axplatuod that thoro aro hun dreds .of projects somewhat similar to tho one on Coos Bay and that nt tho prosont tlmo tho officials ot tho Llfo Saving Bureau and tho Rev onuo Sorvlco aro busy uniting tho two departments undor ono. accord ing to a now cuict or tno uongross. It Is for this reason that ovory project must fight for Rb vory oxisU onco, explained Captain Cantwoll. Visitors at Charleston Bay Sunday xvatchod two mon In a row boat bo dowu closo to Hie lino of breakors on tho bar at high tide. Tho fact that thoy woro foolhurdy appears evident, sav thnso who witnessed tho attompt to get aa closo as nosslblo to tho swells, but also It Is pointed out that In tho ovont or nn acci dent, such as tho turn or tho tldo to cause tho carrying out of tho boat tho llfo-savers could not havo boon at tho bar In lose than 28 min utes, despito tho fact that thoy prob ably would havo responded at tho first call of tho lookout always sta tionod at tho bar. May Rop-at Concert. Tho Sacred Concert which was given recently by the Episcopal Church Choir xvas so highly commonaed that In response to a gonoral desire, plans aro bolng made to ropeat R this coming Sunday evening, to give many who did not havo an opportunity of hearing It a chanco t attend. Tho matter will ba talked ovor this evening at tho choir rehearsal at Mrs. HorsfaR'a homo. Members of tho choir xvho took part In tho Cantati aro asked to assemble, promptly at ?: 30. ,, MOVE STTON it: M ii U &' il ,M M' " Z3ta.JhMlit ' ,''-tyM'4 SCSKSrseTXSSXi 'S?V