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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (March 25, 1915)
AS SOON AS A MAN ACQUIRES WISDOM EVERYONE LOOKS ON HIM AS AN OLD EOOL Coos Bay Times Your Paper ...... rrlinoa la tll-ntltl of lis (II In "T A Southwest Oregon Paper That's what llio Coot liny Times Is. A South west Oregon popor for Soutlivtosl Oregon peoplo nml ilcvotcil to tho best Interests of this great section . Tho Times always boosts nnd novor knocks. Co0, Uny Tl",cs Is ')l0,,a of "8 ,Uo '"r', 1 's l'npcr," nml ,fc sl'lvcs nt n11 tlmcs io Vt0V to Ks namo hV 'oVoU,,B Us energies to promlttag the people's Interest. MEMBERS OP THE ASSOCIATED rvtESS afattM VOL NO. XXXVIII. ft IE . Hi- MASSACRE Turks and Kurds Indulge in Terrible Atrocities in ' Assyria Bf 0. S. FLAG Brave Act of An American Member of Presbyterian Board of Missions GIRL BABIES EXECUTED On Hundred nml Three Assyrian Vlllaei's Aio IH'Mrojcil nml All Male Inhabitants Put To Jlcutli Holy Vr Ah suiues Awful Phase (B; AmUIJ rr lo Cooa Bar Tlmea. TIFUS, Vln Potrogrnil, Mar. 25. Telegrams from Urtimlali, North western Persia, describe tlio sltua tloa ol tho American 1'resbyterlnii mission there ns desperate. Turk ish regular troops and Kurds, It Is alleged, aro persecuting nnd massa crelng Assyrian Christiana. s.vvi:i) by American klw Dr Anoclit! rrrti to Coon nT Tlmoa.J TIFMS, Mar. 25. Harry 1. Pack ard, a doctor of tlio missionary sta tion at Urumlnh, of tho board of foreign missions of tho Presbytorlnn Church, risked his Hfo In a success ful effort to prevent a massacro at Ceogtapa, whero 3000 Assyrians made tholr last stand. Thoy fought for threo days and until all tholr ammunition was gone. At this Junc ture Packard unfurled an Amorlcun tlit and advanced between tho linos. Ills act resulted In saving nil hut 200 Assyrians, who has boon burned laa church. Fifteen thousand Assy run Christians havo taken rofugo under tho protection of tho Amorl- cta mission stntlon, whllo 2000 aro tt & French mission. At Gulnashan, tho Kurds woro particularly cruel, This was tho last of a total of 103 Assyrian villages to hold out and- It was occupied & month ago. Tho Kurds ordered all males Into tho streots and tied them In groups of flvo and marched them to a graveyard, and killed tlioni to the last boy. Tho girl babies nnd older womon woro then executed "with great otroclty, whllo tho young er women were carried away as slaves. E OLD STDRY OXLV I'XIMPOUTAXT ENGAGE MIIXTS AXI) .MANY REPULSES Germans Sny All Russian Attacks la Vicinity of Piv.asiijs. Aro Fu tile and Czar's Troops Di hen Duck. Ihj AiioeUted rraa to Cooa nr Tlmei. BERLIN, Mar. 25. (Wireless to EiHllle.)To official atatomont to r sajs: "With tho exception of unimportant engagements on Mouso Heights, to tho southeast of Vordun "d on Hnrtmunns-Wollorkopf, nnd JMch still continue only nrtlllory duels occurred along tho Western front. Russian attacks east and south t of Augustowo, near Jednorozok "d to tho northeast of Prznsnysz we repulsed." SOME FAIRLY LIVELY ARTILLERY ENGAGEMENTS iench Report Buys German At- s Were Repulsed Along tho Western llattlo Front Yesterday tDy Auorlalcl J-reta to Coo Dr Time. ...?AR1St Mar 25. Tho official wement this afternoon says: "In f.M p?.Ene yestorday thoro woro "iriy veiy nrtinery engagements. "the neighborhood of Hill . ,o. 19G e repulsed three German attacks. Argonne, a German attack failed. .. p.?rBei1 wo repulsed threo coun ter attacks." FRENCH GENERAL KILLED ceral La Huo s.uck , eml ,,y Gentian Uiillvt Whllo Inspecting Ireiuh Trench Last Night ,B' "clll Fit.a to Coot Bar Tlmea. Jnfi!U?' Mar- 25. General Reno tir,fp,U.d0 u nuo was killed when Ekln tho hea' "y a uuet while 'aspectlng a French trench, was nn Souneed last night. FRENCH CLAIM GAINS . kjelans .rko lroKress on lloUi "auks of Yfcei' nml French Cap ture Germnu Trenches IBr Anoltea PfM, to Coo Br TlmM. sbUflJ?18: Mar' 24, Tho official "aement this afternoon says: "A division of tho Belgian army made Ys . on th0 r,St bank of the tr.i. Anol"er captured a German taann n the ,e't bank. At Hart SS nand Wel,ep. w captured tho 81 ""o and second lino trenches." m 151 Established 1878 ns Tho Coast Miril. SEIZE SWEDISH STB. GOOSEIIRIBGI3 AND CARGO OAF 'J'URKR J1V JlltlTINII CHEW Was Laden With Iron Oro Tiikcn From Spain nml Hound for German Ports When Seleil. Dr Aaoclall rrri ta c&m Bar nnn, SUNDERLAND, England, Mar. 25. Tho Swedish Htontilnr rinnanlirMirn with n enrgo of Iron oro, was urougut into sundorlnnd today by n British prize crow. Sho sailed from Sautnudar. Sunlit, nml Mm r. go was presumed to bo destined for Uormany. EXfiLAXO WILL XOT ALLOW AMEItlCAX IX KlltKWALL Unlleil Rtnti'i Dcslicd AiKhonllc ltc- port on Ami'rlnui Ships That Are llelng Detaliied In Scottish Port. tDr AmocIIk) rren. to Com 1it Tlmra.l LONDON, Mar. 25, Tho Urltlsh govornment has refused tho request of tho United States thnt nn Amer ican Consular offlcor bo permitted to tako a stntlon nt Kirkwall, Scot land, to report on Amorlcnn ships detained there ItiMiNtm for Refusal Tho reason given for tho rofusal In that n similar rcriucst hnd boon denied others Interested In tho shipping detained In tho Orkneys. Tho United States has experienced great difficulty In obtaining Infor mation of ships detained at Kirkwall for tho last three months. Uccnuso of Kirkwall's Insular location, com munication with tho Scottish main land Is difficult and ship's officers nro unnblo to communlcato with London until tho vessels nro taken from Kirkwall to somo other Eng lish port to unload alleged contra band. SAY LOCAL KIDNAPPED WIFE CIIAItLEMAGXE TOWEIt CHARG ED WITH AllDUCTIOX Claim Put Wlfo In Mm-blno Yesterday Afternoon nml Dlsnppeaivtl Up Reach Toward Umpquii Charlomagno Tower, aged 31 years, was this aftornoon charged with "forcibly and against her will" hav ing kidnapped his wlfo, Mrs. Mildred Tower, aged 19, and a warrant was issued by J ml go Pennock for tho ar rest of tlio husband who is known to havo gone to Gardlnor yesterday. Mr. nnd Mrs. i. R. Poolo, of Ray City, parents of tho wlfo, sworo out the warrant. Thoy nllego that tho couplo havo not been living together for moro than four months and that Tower re fused to support his wlfo and that niin wan forced to stay with her parents. Soverni times, said Mrs. said Mrs. pooio, mo nusuanu nuu threatened to kltl his wife shpuld ho over hear of hor going with any ono else. Yesterday, said Mrs. Poolo, hor daughtor got a phono call from vni.ti, Tioriil Mm husband savljlir If sho would come ovor ho would give her ?10. Airs, xowor weiu uu thoro nt a barber slipp whero tho l.i.olin.i.l wrtrlrnil wno nut in ft Wait ing automobilo and taken to Empire, whero, by a private uoat, sno was taken to tho sand spit and from thero tho journey was mado In Ray Campbell's machine to tho Umpqua. Immediately aftor tho warrant was i.,n.i oi.ntrr Tnlinsnn nml the fiher- Iff of Douglas County woro notified. When apprononueu tne young who will bo allowed tho choice of re turning to her homo or staying with her husband. Tower formerly was inieresieu i.o in tlm nrnhniim Thcatnr and also worked in tho Anteseptle Barber Shop until two months ago when ho went to North Rend to worn. OWNER OF FIRST STEAMSHIP OX PACIFIC COAST iiiks Founder of Fulton Iiwi Works nnd Pi-oiplnent Sail Francisco Uliuen, Is Stricken at his Homo Thero Today. Dr AiiocUtM rrm to Coo Bar TlmM.J n.iiri.ANn Pnl.. Mar. 25. Dan iel B. Hinckley, a member of the San Francisco Vigilantes, founder of tho Fulton Iron Works 'and owner of tho first steamship to ply on the Pacific Coast, Is dead at his home here. He succumbed last night to a long Illness. UK AVISE nnd attend THE OWLS' DANCE SATURDAY XIGIIT. AT REQUEST REFUSED I A PIONEER PASSES EAGLES' IIAMv. j MARSHFIELD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1915 EVENING EDITION. TRADE GROWS Bank Clearings Show Heavy Gains Over Last Year in All Sections Whole Country Shows Signs of an Awakening and Promises Prosperity INDUSTRIESARE RESUMING General Rtmlni'.ss Everywhere Is Int. proving mid With Crop Prospects Xever Retti-r High Prices nml Worlil-uldo Demaml, Eutiiro Now Looks Rosy. CHICAGO, Jlnr. 25. Trado in gonornl linos all over tho country has shown scasonablo Improvement. Kncouraglng reports como from all sections of tho country, embracing tho conters of largo Industries. SIgnlflcanco attaches to tho In- creaso In last week's bank clearings at tho agricultural conters, Kansas City showing n gain of 25.5 per cent ovor figures of a year ago. Minne apolis gained 23.8 per cent. Omaha increased 10.5 por cent. St. Pnul and Duluth gained 4 por cent each. Enormous ordors for machinery aro a fcaturo In tho trado situation, both for domestic and foreign ac count. Tho stcol and iron business has held Its own. Railroad financing progresses nnd steel and coulpmont ordors aro being placed with moro freedom for tho moro urgent ro (tuiromonts of transportation lines. Stcol mill operations averaged around 09 por cent In tho pnsi week, which shows that specifica tions against contracts aro holding up. . Uumlstnkablo evidence of strong underlying confldonco that groat business activity will como to tho United States Is roflcctdd In prep arations now bolng mado by bankors to moot tho conditions. Gouoral business has been creep ing Btcadlly back to n normal basis and, ns It moves ahead, each wook gathorlng stronger momentum, tho country Is nearlng nnothor agricul tural harvest. Wlutor crops novor boforo furnished mioh an encourag ing outlook nnd, In vlow of high prices rccolvod for tho last ylold, dealers bollovo It Is safe to assumo that spring plantings of nil grains and cereals will ho greatly enlarged. In acroago this season. Tho plethora of wealth created by tho last agricultural production is oxpectod naturally to doublo tho ef fect of another ylold of oqunl pro portions with high prices and a world-wldo demand. RAILROADS BUYING LUMBER Const Mills Get Orders for Several Million Fcvt for Immiillato De livery anil Moro to Follow PORTLAND. Or., Mar. 25 Ordors for 1,200,000 feet of lunlbor havel been placed by the Union Pacific system recently with mills In West ern Washington nnd Western Ore gou for immodiato dollvory. Tho material Is to be shipped to Eastern car-building plants for uso In constructing a sorles of stock and grain cars for tho Union Pacific lines, Including tho Union Pacific propor, tho Oregon Short 'Lino and tho O.-W. R. & N. Co. A large numbor of tho cars will be deliver ed to tho O.-W. R. & No, Co. for uso In this torrltory. Another ordor of moro than 1, 000,000 feet probably will bo placed by tho Union Pacific system within tho noxt fow days. Sovoral mills ho tween Portland and Tacoma prob ably will got tho business. A number of Eastern railroads also aro In tho local market for lumber for ties and for rolling stock material. Tho Denver & Rio Grande recontly contracted with the McCor mlck mills at St. Helens for 11, 000,000 feet of ties. Thoy will be shipped by water to San Francisco and delivered to the Western Pa cific, a Denver & Rio Grando sub sldlary. ' 1 EXGIXEER HOHV GIVES ORDERS TO HURRY COXSTRUCTIOX Ordera Contractors to Plaro In creased Force of Men on Rock Quart y Grade Below Mapleton EUGENE Ore, March 25. The Guard says: "11. P. Hoey, assistant Southern Pacific engineer in charge of tho Willamette Pacific construc tion, announced that ho had given orders to tho contractors to placo a forco of men at work on tho rock quarry grade below Mapleton and rush It to completion at the earliest possible data "We want to start building tho bridge Just as soon as wo can get at it," sald Mr. Hoey, "and this weather is doing much to help us." E M Oil A IIAL BASIS DO HON 0 n SPIISS1T10L0GI1EUP FRENCH WOMAN EXECUTED AF TEK BEING COURT-MARTIALED Sho Confessed to Having Entered French Lines to Obtain In- formation for tho Use of tho Enemy ttr Aftsoclttoil TrcM to Cooj In 7 TlmM. LUNHVILLE, Franco, Mar. 25. Marguerlto Schmltt, a French wo man who was sontonced to death as u spy after being court-martialed, was shot yestorday after troops of tho garrison woro drawn up to wit ness tho execution. Sho admitted having entered tho French lines to obtain Information, Y FAMOUS GKHMAX MEMREIt OF KEICHSTAU IS MUSTIOItEl) IX Dr. Karl Llelmecht Who Voted Against Adoption of War Hud- get Is Assigned to Service In Imutlstrtim Regiment tllr.AMoclitti Trru to Cooi Dr Timet. J BERLIN, Mar. 25. Dr. Karl Lloh nccht, tho Socialist member of tho Rolchstng, has been mustered Into army as a member of n Lands t ruin regiment and assigned to service In Alsnco. .Last Saturday Llobnecht and his colleague, Ilcrr Kuohlc, vot ed against tho adoption of tho bud got. Tho Socialist party gavo out a declaration sovorally denouncing them. AUTHOR WHO PERFECTED SUR. .MARINE PERISCOPE SUCCUMBS Well Known Writer of Short Stories Developed Idea of Important War Invent Ion While Wilt ing Tnlo of tho Sea Dr AuoclateJ rrcu to Coot Br TlraM.) NEW YORK, Mar. 25. Morgan Robertson, found dead In a room of a hotol at Atlantic City last night, had a romantic career- an sailor, author. Jowolor and Inventor of tho Btibmarlno porlscopo. Ho was ono of tho most prolific writers of short sen stories America has produced. Developing tho Iden whllo writing a story, Robertson Invontcd tho Im proved pcrlBcopo for submarines. BATTLE IN MEXICO PREPARATIONS FOR RIG COX TEST XEAR TEXAS BORDER Armies of 111,000 Men Will Rattle For Possession of Mntnmorntt Regarded as Koy to Situa tion TJiere. Dr Asioclttfrt rrcu to Cool Dir Tlmtf.) RROWNSVILLI3, Texas, Mar. 25 Preparations for battlo by armies totaling 12,000 men, for tho poa sebsfon of Mntamoras, opposlto horo, aro in ovldonco. Over 5000 Vllln troops aro within 50 miles of Mat amoras and 3000 moro nro within a short dlstanco, outside this zono. LIGHTWEIGHTS BATTLE FOR CHAMPJONSHIP Articles Signed for Match Retwecii Welsh anil Battling Xelsou to Tako Place In Havana Dr AMOolt4 Vtt to Uoot I)r Tlmw.J DETROIT, Mar. 25. Tho an nouncement has been made that Freddie Welsh, lightweight cham pion, has signed articles for a ten round match with Battling Nelson In Havnna April 4, tho bout to servo as a curtain raltor for tho Jolinson Wlllard fight. AUSTRIAN ARMY WAS STARVED AT PRZEMYSL Statement Issued from General Headquarters Regarding Fall of Supposed Impregnable Foi'Iicmj i Pr AMOiliteJ TrcM to Cooi Ilr Tlmm 1 GENERAL HEADQUARTERS, Austrian Army, Mar. 25. The Aus- trlnn imrrlcnn nt I'rznillVRl subsisted 134 days on provisions d03lgnatod of tho garrison was a last act of doflanco rather than n serious nt- inmnl t lnnnlr thrnilL'h tlm ItUBSlan lino, which was virtually Impossible r-Jr hunger nau wuiikouou mo joilu. Austrian leaders realize that tho rtiiKnlnn nrmv which took Przemysl will now be released for servlco else where, Nevertheless It Is not ex imetoii it will oxorclso any consider ably Influence. MRS. MARY CRICK, who roturnod from Chlco recently, win spenu tho summer with her mother, Mrs. Sarah Yoakum. .Mrs. Crick says California Is all right In the wlntor. but In tho good old sum mer tlmo thero Is no placo llko Coos Bay. DR. H. M. SHAW has received word that his wife. Dr. Mattio B. Show, and sons, will return home from Windsor, Novla Scotia, between the 10th and 15th of April, after an absence of flvo months, dur ing which time occurred tho death of Dr. Mattio Shaw's father, at whoso home sho is visiting. SOCIAL ST 1 INVENTOR IS DEAD CONSTANTINOPLE Turks Were Ready to Give up City and Dardanelles, But Germany Blocked It Germany Intervenes at Last Moment to Prevent Capitu lation of Turkish Capital WILL RESUME ATTACK Komlnirtlmcul Stopped by Equinoc tial Storm Will Bo Renewed Al most Any Day With He foms.1 Fleet and liantl Forces, Illy Aioclitfil Vrnn to Coo liar Tlmca,l LONDON, Mar. 25 Tho Evening Chroulclo publishes a dispatch from Bucharest saying that tho Turkish government had recently decided to surrender Constantinople and Dar danelles to tho attacking fleet of tho Allies, Tho surrender was all but arranged, the Chronicle alleges, when nt the last momont it was blocked by tho Germans. WILL RESUME BOMBARDMENT Uj AuoctttM lmi 10 uooi Uar TlmM.J LONDON, Mar. 25. Mlno swoop crs alotio maintain naval activity In tho Dardanelles, but as equinoctial storms In these waters seldom last longer thnn soven days, n resumption of tho botnbardmont Is oxpectod nt any tlmo nnd may possibly tako placo today. It has boon Just ono weok slnco tho lust oiigugomont. PERSONAL MENTION I 4 C. G. HOCKETT wos ovor from Em pire yestorday. FRANK FRAME mado a buslnosa trip to Bnndon yestorday. MRS. N. LEWIS of North Bond was a shoppor in Marshflold today. CAPTAIN N. J. CORNWALL was a business today from Gardlnor. J. E. JOHNSON of North Coos Rlvor was a Marshflold 'Visitor today. B. N. HOLCOMB was down from Lnkcstdo on business yestorday. HARRY WOOD was among tho vis itors In the city today from Ban don. J. L. SMITH county agriculturist is ovor for a couplo of days on ,busl- I1CSS MRS. HERMANN EDWARDS was an Allegany visitor In Mnrshriold to day. J. E. PAULSON was among tho Co quillo visitors In Marshflold yes terday. G. A.' BRYANT, of Myrtle Point, was a business visitor in tho city yestorday. O. J. SEELEY was ovor from Co qulllo calling on Marshflold friends yesterday, BILLY SMITH, returned to Wagnor yestorday accompanied by Mrs. Smith mid tho "klddlos." MR. AND. MRS. .L D. SMITH camo down from Coos River this morn ing to attend tho Harris funeral. W. C. LAIRD, Deputy Shorlff, wont hack to C'oqulllo on tho aftornoon train nftor serving legal summons JACK ANDERSON and Earl C. Burk havo Joined tho argonauts who aro prospecting for gold in tho Curry County hills. MR. AND MRS. ROBERT McOANN of North Bond were In Marshflold today to attend tlio funeral of tho lato Capt, Harris. WM. BUCK returned on tho aftornoon boat to tho Chandler bungalow on South Coos River whore ho has boon doing somo work, JUDGE JAMES WATSON returnod to the county seat on tho aftor noon train nftor doing somo pro bata court work bore. MRS. J, E. HUNTLEY, of Gold Beach, Is on Coos Bay receiving medical treatment. Sho Was ac companied hero by her Bon Harry. MRS. G. N. BOLT roturnod on tho Elder this morning from Califor nia whore sho wub called by tho death of her mother two weeks ngo. II. I. SAVAOE, cow tester In tho Coos River Association for tho past year, Is leaving on tho Speodwoll for San Bernardino whero ho Is bolng call ed by tno sickness of his father, B. A. 8EABORG, salmon cannory man of Portland, arrived on tho Rustler this morning from Gold Reach, whero ho has been looking over tho ground for a new can nory. MRS. MABEL HIRBCH will loavo Saturday on tho Nann Smith for hor homo In Uklah, California, aftor an extended visit with Mrs. II, G. Butler and other friend on tho Bay. W. 13. DUNCAN Is making n trip through tho Coqulllo Valloy doing missionary work. Will says next to a clear conscience a Coos Bay mattress Is tho best sleep produc er on earth. H. C. HESTER was down from Lake side yesterday. Ho says when these Mllilcoma Club bllllardists demonstrate what they can do with a cue, thoro aro somo clover cuo manipulators in Lakesldo that might issuo them a challenge IS ALL ARRANGED A Oonnolltlntlon of Times, Const MftU nil Coos Hnr Advertiser I A. SACCHI DISCOVERS LITTLE EARL L1TTLKR AT XOOX Boy l,st, Since March 1U When Dmuuctl After Slipping From Boat nt Dock Near tho Fool of AJder Avenue. Just boforo noon today F. A. Sacchl, standing on tho dock In tho rear of tho milk ropot near Market avenue, looked down Into the wator and discovered, floating, thu body of llttlo suvon-year-old Earl Little, who was drowned March 12 after slipping from a launch on which ho had been playing. For two days men dragged tho bay with grappling hooks and long ropes covored with hooks, Whoro tho body was found Is nt least 300 feet from tho placo whoro tho boy foil Into tho wator. At tho tlmo ho was drowned Bhortly after G o'clock, tho tldo was then coming In, and It Is bellovcd this accounts for finding tho body up tho bay. Earl Littler, boh of Mrs. O. II. Groon, who lives on Front stroot, on Mnrch 12 about supper time, was playing on a boat with Norman Burroughs, aged flvo. Tho former fell into tho wntor and tho Bur roughs boy ran homo giving no warning .for fear ho would bo nrrest od by tho pollco and spanked by his mother. . Tho body was taken to tho Wilson Undertaking Parlors. Conorer Wil son states no inquest will bo held. Tho fnco and hands of tho llttlo fol low woro badly caton away. E LYNN IjAMBKTH .MAKES CLAIM OF .MALPRACTICE. Alleges Dr. E. V. Morrow Sewed Up Nervo on Surface Physician Jawvcs for Servlco In French War Hospital. Suit on a chnrgo of malpractlco has boon Instituted against Dr. 13. V. Morrow, who loft on tlio Elder this afternoon for Portland, nnd thouco to Calais, whoro ho goes to enter tho war hospital at that placo. Lynn Eamboth, plaintiff, In his com plaintlff, In his complaint tor $2000 damages, claims that his arm was Infected nt tho tlmo n transfusion of blood was mado for Lowls Martin In an operation last fall. Following tho oporatlon Dr. Morrow sued Lam both for tho $175 doctor's bill for troatlng his brother-in-law and re ceived Judgmoiit, which was imme diately appealed, In a cross com plaint Lambeth asked for $17 onto services and won. Not until tho April torm of tlio Circuit Court can tho caso bo brought up. Dr. Morrow states that ho will appear through his at torneys nnd will fight the complaint, alleging that It has boon done ns a grudgo. , On tho othor hand attorneys for Lambeth claim through uogllgonco, tho arm of tho plaintiff was allowed to become Infected in two places, that too much blood was taken In tho transfusion and also that Lam beth within ton days must undergo an operation to romovo tho lufoc Hon and put back Into placo a nervo alleged to havo boon sowed up on tho surface. STARTS Y II. A. SKAHOHG", PORTLAND SAL MON CAXXERY MAX, HERE Goes Ahead With Rig Project On Rogue River Near Gold Beach; Ready For Operation April 1. Erection of a salmon cannory with in four miles of Roguo Rlvor is al ready underway and will bo complet ed in about threo weeks according to II, A. Scaborg, of Portland, who ar rived horo this morning on tho RiiBt ler from Curry County whoro ho has ,bocn for tho past 10 days making ar rangements for tho cannory. Mr. Sen borg formorly wbb In tho salmon cun ning buslnoss at Meglor, Washington, on tho Columbia River and not far from Astoria, Satisfied that tho location Is a good ono and that business warrants it Mr. Seahorg has gone ahead wlUi with preparations for a building 125 feet by 500 foot, constructed In throo wings. From tho mill at Agness 40, 000 feot of lumbor havo boon ordered and aro now being delivered nt tho new site holow tlio Baguell ferry on Roguo River. For the past sovon or eight years Mr. Scaborg has not boon in tho sal mon canning business. Ho (s rated with having plonty of backing for tho project now under way. Lately tho Roamor and tho Rustler both mado trips to Portland for cannery ma chinery. TO ELIMINATE PARTY LINES IN ELECTION California Assembly Passes Xon-IW-tlsan Bill to Improve Condi tions lit Stato KI, jctloiiH Dr AuocltleJ Vttu to Coo Dar Tlmei. SACRAMENTO. March 25, Younc's nou-nartlsan hill, which would cllmlnato party lines in Btato elections, was passed by tho Califor nia assembly after 10 and ono halt hours debate The moasuro Is favored by Governor Johnson, It now goes to tho senato, FIDS Si I 1 No. 209 HI CRISIS IN ifim POLAND Contest Between Russian and German Troops Will Soon Reach Decisive Stage Fdrtress of Ossowetz is Key to Situation on the Ger- man Front RUSSIANS ENCIRCLE FORT t .I. GerimuiK Making Strenuous EffortN to Pierre Russians Line, and Also Prevent. Troops From Advancing North or . . South of Fortress Dr Aiaoclatad Trtaa to Cooi Par Tlmea. PETROGRAD, Mar. 25. Tho fortress of Ossowotz, whoro a Gor man bombardmnnt continues, re mains today tho key to tho situation on tho Gorman front, according to tho opinion of Russians observers. Both north nml south of this point, in Augustowo and Omolcss regions respectively, Gormans nro dovoloplng lively attacks to provont Russians encircling Ossowotz fortress or oc cupying Szczuczn. Heavy snow storms south of Dnlestor Rlvor caus ed a tomporary lull In Russian op erations along tho right wing of tho Austrlnn army, but olsowhoro " on tho Carpathian front tho effect of tho fall of Przomysl Is noted in tho rapid Russian ndvanco toward tho passes. NEAIHXG DECISIVE STAGE nr Aaiocltixl rrci to Cooa liar TlmM. LONDON, Mar. 25. Advices from Potrograd and Berlin lndlcato that tho struggle in North Poland is drawing townrd a decisive staco. Tho Germans, who havo boon nt- tomptlng to nlorco tho Russian lino nt Ossowotz, nro endeavoring to provont tho Russians from ndvanclng to tno north nnu south or tho fort ress and lntorposo troops botwoon It nnd tlio Prussian border. Berlin Btntcs that Russians at tacks In this region woro repulsed. Potrograd assorts that cousld- orablo progress hnn boon mado re contly and Russlnn troops, at places. aro within a fow mtlos of tho hordor. There Is nnothor lull along tho Western front. Somo spirited nr tlllory duels took placo, but thoro woro only small movement of Infan try. Dispatches from Ehk Ish sources. based on stories of rofugocs from tho Dardanelles, gny tho Turks Buf fered great losses during tho bom bardment March 18. Borliu roporta that tno Allies lost 1200. WALLA WALLA FIRE SERIOUS RLA'E IN WASHINGTON CITY OVERCOMES FIREMEN Flames Start In McKean's Clothing Store ami lliiriilug Goods Generate Poisonous Gases. Ily. AuixliteJ l'reaa t. (Via Dar Tlmea. WALLA WALLA, Wash., Mar. 25, Seven flrouion woro overcome to day righting ono or tho most stub born blazos with which thoy havo had to contend for mniitliB, Tho blnzo started In McKoait's storo nnd tho burning goods generated poison ous gases. Fireman Carl Grogory In In a serious condition, TO DEDICATE CHAPEL SOON Lifeline Building Being Finished at North Inlet Move Logger's Chapel on Skids to Wagner Dedication of the North Inlet Llfellnu Chupol will soon bo an nounced, according to Rov. G. LoRoy nail. At tho present tlmo men are working on tlio Inside of the build ing, putting In tho benches, palat ini tho walls and finishing off tho ontlro Intorior. Tho sholl was com pleted somo tlmo ago arid this win tor the chapol has been used consid erably. With tho completion of tho work tho dedication will tako placo. Jake Piiikortou Is chairman of tho board of trustees and has charge of the work, according to Mr, Hall. Movement of tho Lifeline chapol of tho loggors from Coaledo to Wagner Is now underway, ho says, It was necessary to hew down tho width of tho building to got it safely across somo of tho bridges. It is being taken the ontlro dlstanco from Coalodo to Wagner, 35 miles, on skids and boon will bo ready for use lu Its now location, where a piece of ground hns been prepared for the foundation. A RANCH of HIO acre, 0 acres of which Is bottom land, Improved, with good buildings thereon, modern house, largo now barn, for salo for less than $:t:i pur aire, and on easy tonus. 1. S. Kaufman & Co, TITAN C STRUGGLE 1 I