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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (April 3, 1915)
ScBSKBSHW ASBBtaJri.'.:? C-H-... . . 1, 7' .T .T ... -..F, v., I !,. 'T 'JftmftMaiwtoM-iiu.mwtw GO TO CHURCH TOMORROW AND THANK GOD THAT AMERICA ENJOYS PEACE Coos Bay Times Your Paper duos lag Qftmra A Southwest Oregon Paper That's whnt tlio Coos liny Times Is. A Smith west Oregon pnper for Southwest Oregon people ami devoted to the licst Interests of tills groat section . alio Times always boosts pud novor knocks, me Coo Hy Times, la proud of its title "Xlio lo's I'flpCt" nlul " etf'Tcs nt nil times to np lo ! Mnmo by 1o,ot,"B 1,s c,c"Blea to moling tlio people InlorcBU. MEMI1EKS OP TUB ASSOCIATED IVESS ijivwui ,-MftiJaj. ucaMaijiaiia ,Ts.wKy. . -' iw.uiaHaaJjiw!MwaiHiimiiiu.iiwffliiij "'VsftBttf uni. NO. XXXVIII. sill IB IDE WALL Great Fleet of Steamships Or ganized by J. P. Morgan in Receiver's Hands E Failure to Pay Interest, on $52,744,000 Boiids Leads to Proceedings. MANY LINES INVObVED gjndlculo of Amerlciui mid Hritlsli Capitalists Owners of White Stnr, Red Stnr, Amcrlcnn, Lejhuid md Dominion Mno of lloilts IB; Aiarlitt4 TMt lo Ctot r Tltaet. FAII.KD TO PAV INTK1IEST OX 1IONRS (D, Auoclitri Preta to Coot tlr Timet. HEW YORK, April 3 Tlio International Morcnntllo Ma rino Co., orgnnlzcd by tho J. P. Morgan Co., controll ing tho Brent fleet of steam ships plying between tho U;iJtcd States nnd Europo, wns plnced In tho linndu of a receiver today by tho Fed eral Court. Tho proceedings, Initltutcd by tho Now York Truit Company for fnlluro to pay Interest on $52,744,000 triitt bonds, Is understood to be friendly. WAS OW1AXIZKD RY .MORGAN D, Auoclaloi Treat to Coo n Tlmt. NEW YOllK, April 3. Tlio com plaint claims tho dofuult of Interest on 5!,7tl,000 1 14 per cout bonds. The mammoth fleet Hint flics tho International Mcrcnntllu Marino flag 1 mi 'brought togothor by a syndlcato o( American nnd Ilrltlsh cnpltnlists toiler tho leadership of tlio lato J. P Morgan. It oporatcs 119 steam illpi Hying tho flags of Gront Ilrlt Id, tbo United States nnd Ilelglum. More than 1100,000,000 of tho com ply1 authorized stock of f 120, 009,000 hag been issued, Morgan li a director In tho compnny, whoso fowled dobt Is 70,000,000. Tho tompay directs tho oporntlons of tho Wbllo star, Red Star, American, Loy lnil and Dominion linos and tho At ltlc Transport Company. MAltlNi: COMPANY TROURLE SwYoik Concern In Financial Rlf-(li-ultlo Receiver Ahkod AaweUt) Treaa to cot IJ Tlinw.) NBW YORK, April 3. Appllcn- un was nindo lu tho United Stntos "Utrlct Court today for tho np Polatment of recolvors for tho In ternational Morcantllo Marino Corn er on a bill of complaint filed by the New York Trust Company. Tho complaint wns filed against tho In- wniational Mercantile Marino, Fl- Trust Compnny and tho In- '"wuonal Navigation Compnny. ' P5SMINENfRBHMAN KILLED IN RECENT BATTLE Sm of Former Premier of Franco K"led In Rattle and Hurled Near Rliolms. IB AumUIM Trm to Coot Itajr Timet. PARIS, April 3. Tho family of "d Caslml.perrlor, son of a for r.T Prclleiu of Franco, has been 'oned that ho was killed" In bat JJ and burled near Rhelms. Ho J a Lieutenant nnd was reported nllng January 29tli. h ' ttt.tt S.SOO.OOO PERSONS SEE SAN FRANCISCO FAIR Auotutej rraaa to Coot DT Tlmaa.) SAN FRANCISCO, April 3 -Tne total attendance at the Panama Paclflo Exposition r the lx weeks ending last '5"i Was annnunoml nffl. fLy todny nt 2.(10 1,813. BDST GOES SINK ENGLISH jinjj HIGH SEFAILUR Established 1878 an Tlio Point Mirtl. GERMAN SURMARIXE (JIHS AX OTHER VICTIM Simmer Lorkwooil Sent to llottom Off English Const Near Devon- shire Crew Saved tnr AoclIM prom lo Coon Dj Tlmca. LONDON, April 3 Tlio British Btcmnor Lockwooil, C77 net tons, wns torpedoed by a German sub marine- Friday nlslit off stnrt Point m Dovonslilro. Tlio crow wns saved. A Qcrmnn Submnrlno pursued tlio wockwood for several miles beforo being nblo to gain a position from which sho could dlschnrgo tho tor pedo. Tho projectllo struck tho steamer abaft tho cnglno room, but the crow of 2G found tlmo to lower tho llfo boats. Tho later wore picked up by n trawler and brought Into port. SHOOT USSOLDIER SERIOUS RIOT RETWEEN AMER 1CAXS AXI) PANAMA POMCH Corpora 1 Liingoon, Guards, Rilled hi With Native of tho Const u Scrimmage Officers. 111? AaaoclatM Treat (o Coo Uj Tlmtt. WASHINGTON, D. C, April 3. Rrlgadlor Gonnrnl Edwards, com manding tho troops of tho Pnnnmn Zono, reported today Hint during n fighting In Colon yestordny between American soldiers nnd Panama po llcomon, In which Corporal Lnngdon of tho Coast Guard was killed and three soldiers wounded, tho I'annmn pollco fired Into n train of unnrmod soldiers and civilians nnd pelted tho train with rocks. Tho roport snld: "Tho catiso of tho riot wns similar to thn of recent troblo In Pnunmn." WILL INVESTIGATE. (Dr AMocUtnl Treat to Com liar Tlmi, COLON, April 3. Major Gonoral Wood, commnndor of tlio Dopnrtmont of tro East, arrived today and lm mndlntoly ordorcd full Investigation of tlio shooting of Corporal Lnng don last night by tlio Colon police Tho examinations Indicate that tho corporal was attempting to nrrost n lurbtilont prlvato when tho pollco lloutcnnnt began shooting without provocation. CAPl't'RE 2(M) PRISONERS IN LA FRETRE FOREST Gorman Aoropmno Captured Whllo Dropping IKuiihs On Rhelms Aviator Cnlinrfc fOr A.wxUte4 rrwt to Coo Dr TlmM.l paris. April 3.An official stntomont this nftornoon says: "in tho rcglono of Sommo, La Rolssello nnd Domlorro, mining warfaro con tinued with notlccablo ndvantagos for tho Fronch. Tho total numbor of prlsonors taken nt Lo Protro forost Wednesday and Thursday was moro than two hundred. A Gorman aoro plano wns brought down yesterday after dropping bombs on Rhelms. Tho aviators woro unhurt. LIX)YD GICORGE RECEIVES U3,. OOO IdriTERS IN ONE DAY Thousands Write In Answer to News- micr Advertisement Expressing Tliomolves On Dry England (Or AuocUt4 Preaa to Coot Ha 7 Tlrota.J LONDON, April 3. Tho first morning mall to reach Chancellor of tho Exchequer Lloyd Georgo today brought about 15,00 lottors, Indicat ing the days total will oxceod 25, 000. Theso communications received by tho Chancodor are In answer to a full page appeal appearing In nows papors yesterday urging- citizens to write In favor of absolute prohibi tion. Tako your Easter dinner nt the Chandler. Good music. $1 per plate. Large front npaitment in tho Myr tle Anns, completely furnlxhed, to rent to desirable- parly. Ready now. Phono .1(I-L, FRECHIKE PROHIBITION MARSHF1ELD, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 3", 1915 EVENING EDITION. ERBTEL STILL IN PORT Rumor That German Cruiser Had Made Dash for Sea Proves Unfounded. HUJBTIC STORM Whirling Gale of Snow Envel ops Vessels in Curtain of Secrecy for Hours. CUTS OFF COMMUNICATION Government Agencies Get Rosy nnd Learn that Steamer Is Still Lying at Anchor hi Hnrbor at Newport News No Attempt to I,cnvo HEAVY SNOW STORM IN EASTERN STATES inr AaaotlatM Preaa to Coot Il.r Tlnwa. PHILADELHPIA, April 3, A nnowstorm which struck tho Mlddlo Atlantic states early todny becamo almost a bllzznrd, tho worst storm of tho wlntor in this section. Snow fs moro thnn six Inches deep. Wlro communication was Interrupted. tf AaiorlaM Pro. to Coot Ur Tlmn. WASHINGTON, D. C, April 3. A whirling galo and biiow storm wTilcii enveloped tho Virginia capes last plght and todny did not tompt tho Prinz Kltol Frtcdrlch to mnko a dnsh for tho son through tho cor don of hostllo crulsorn on tho out sldo nnd nt ono o'clock this nftor- iioon nn official government dis patch from Hampton Roads snld tho Gorninn raider was still moored to tho whnrf. CURTAIN OF SECRECY inr AMorlittd rrfil to Coot )r Time WASHINGTON, D. C April 3. Tho storm which drow n curtnln of secrecy ovor tho Prims Eltol for n fow hours by destroying nil monns of communication with tho Hampton Roads district, snvo by wireless, started a crop of rumors snylng -tho Gorninn cruiser had dashed be hind n curtnln of snow flnkes nnd past tlio wutch dogs nt tho entrance of Chosaponko nay. Government ngonclcs got into communication with Newport News nnd established tho fact that tho Eltol had attempt ed no dnrlug exploit. .SERBIAN BORDER TROUBLE Hostilities lletwcoii .Serbian Troops and RulUHi'liins RreiikH Out On the Herder (Hf Aaaoclta4 rra to Ca r Tlmtt. PARIS, April 3. Hostilities bo tween tho Sorblan troops and Bul garian irregulars has broken out along tho border. An official state ment Issuod at Nish, Sorbin, as for warded to nowB agoncy, says tho iiul-' garlans wero overwhelmed by Serb-j Serbian territory. ONE OF INDIANA DEFENDANTS PLEADS GUILTY City Employe Testifies That Ho Vlo. luted Uw In Manipulation of Voting Machines. (Br Aaaoclttad ITl In kwua Bar Tlmtt. INDIANAPOLIS, April 3. Fred Morrison, ono of tho defendants In tho trial of tho Terro Haute election fraud case In Federal court, asked today to bo permitted to plead guil ty. The Judgo ordered the change and Instructed Morrison to return home and ho would be sent for when wanted. Morrison was a city em ploye and had served as an election Inspector. Witnesses testified that he operated the lever of the voting machine and went behind the ma chine with tho voters. LOUIS GORR IS Plinue a? 1.1 OUR PLl'MRER 172 Central Ave. LECTION FRAUDS AUSTRIAN VICTORY AX IMI'OHTANT HATTL WITH RUSSIANS Czar's Forces Completely Defeated and Driven Hack hi a Fierce Kngngincnts Ncnr Hukowinn. tDr AtaoclathJ Treat to Coot Jwr TloiM.1 VIENNA, April 3. Fighting In Ilukowlnn, nccordlng to Information from prlvato sources, appears more Important than Is evidenced from sur faco Indications In official roportB. Apparently tho AustrlanB gained a success of considerable Importance. Tho Russlnns had massed In forco to rcoccupy Rukowlna but wero com- plotoly defented nnd driven back Into Ilcssnrabla. ALLIES REPULSED GERMAN OFFICIAL REPORT SAYS ENEMY'S ATTACKS FAIL Rclgliiiis mid French Do Not Suc ceed In ."Mnkliig Advance Against German Lines, Or AuocUled FlIM to Coot Bar Timet. M2RLIN (Wlroless to Snyvlllo.) April 3. Tho official report today says: "Tho Holglnn attempt yestor dny to win bnck Klosterhock farm which tho Germans occupied March 31, resulted In failure. A Fronch chargo In tho Lo Protro forest wns not successful. A French attack on tho heights south of NIcdor Aspach, west of Muolhaiisou, also was ro- ' pulsed. Nothing of Importnnco oc curred on the Eastern front." ALL READY FOR BIG BOUT Referee Welch Arrives In lliiimvn and Final Preliminaries Are Ar ranged Want Even Money. IDj AMOclit! rrm to Coot tHr Timet. HAVANA, April 3. Jack Wolcli, who will rofereo tho fight Monday botween Johnson nnd Wlllard for tho world's honvywolght champion ship, arrived today nnd conforrod 'with tho principals and promoters. Johnson monoy Is plentiful, but his bnckors nro holding out for even money. Johnson and Sam McVoy woro ready for their slx-iound bout this afternoon, tho promoters hav ing given up trylnu to provont tho chnmplou doing this. E CABLE MR EAT RR1TAIN ANNOUNCES NEW CENSORSHIP Will Stop AH Cbb Messages Relat ing to Trade of any Kind When I)elred Illy Awo-litM I'rraa to t'ona liar Tlmra.) WASHINGTON, I). C. April 3. Socrotary IJryan hnd boforo him to day Great Rrltnlns formal announce ment of a now cable censorship pol icy. In It Great Hrltaln sorves no tlco of Intention to stop all messages relating to trado In contraband or non contraband "to which rosldent In tho onoiiiy country Is ono of par- tiea. AMBROSE BIERCE ALIVE Well-know ii Writer Reported Dead Serving imi Staff or Ilrltlsh Army In Fiance, nr Aa.o lalfrl I'l. lo Coot Oar Tlm, NEW YORK, April 3. Friends pi Major Ambrose Rlorco, author, Jour nalist, and soldier, who feared he had been killed In Moxlco lust Do comber, wero surprlBod and rolloved today to learn from his daughter in Dloomlngton, Illinois, that sho had received a lette'r from him revealing that ho wns serving on tlio Ilrltlsh Army Staff In Franco. SECRETARY OF NEW JERSEY DIES TODAY David S. Crater Stilcken With Heart Disease While Walking Along k Street Today. (Br Aaaoclatt4 Treat to Cooa Bar Timet. NEW YORK, April 3. David S. Crater, Secretary of State of Now Jersey, dropped dead this afternoon on tho street here. Heart fnlluro was the cause. RID RUSSIA WANS ITALY: GO SLOW Neutral Nation's Territorial Aspiration Touched on in Semi-Official Statement NOT TO BE SELFISH May Have Trent and Trieste, But Ambition Should be Curbed. FIGHTING IN CARPATHIANS Villa Commander Appears nt Fath er's Ranch With Soldier's, Shoots Attendants and Goch to Sen With Weeplujr Mitlden. Dr Attocltted Treat to Coot D.J Tlmtt. LOS ANGELES, April 3. Kid napped by Major Antonio Tovnr, Villa commnndor at La Paz, lower California, Miss Josophluo Cunnllin, daughter of a wealthy Mexican land owner. Is held prisoner aboard tho littlo Mexican steamer Snntlngo, which Is bound up tho const, accord ing to tho young woman's father, Jncinto Cnnnllza, who arrived horo today. Ho naked tho officers to keep n watch for tho vcssol. Tho girl wns educnted nt Vnssor College nnd la tho flanco of nn Amcrlcnn. 8hq rojoctcd Tovar's nt tontlou. Ho appeared nt tho ranch with soldiers, shot two retainers and fled with tho girl. NOT GUILTY BELIEF T. It. SHERIDAN VERDICT A BUR. PRISE, J. W. DENNETT Attorney Returns From Portland: Says There Is Possibility of Par don or Pnrolo A verdict of guilty on two out of eight counts In tho Shorldnn caao was a great BtirprlBO, not only to T. R. Sheridan nnd his friends but to ft great many who took an Intorost in tho trlnl, uccordlng to J. W. oUnnott, wl.o returned this morning from Portland whoro ho has boon Inter ested In tho caso with Attomoy Ful ton. Ho expressed tho bollof that there Is a possibility of a pardon or a parole. Mr. Honnott said It was gonorally oxpectod In tho court room that a vordlct of not guilty would bo tho result. ,Tho ovidonco In rogard to each of tho eight counts was sub stantially tliw samo, tho pnrtlos hav ing signed a release attor bolng In formed by tho Nntlonal Dank Examltl or that tho monoy was loaned by Mr, Shorldnn In ono lnatniico to another party and In tho other Instanco tu himself and tho statement mado by theso parties In writing was to tho offect that they had nuthorlzod Mr. Sheridan to make the loans and that thoy theroby released tho First National Dank of Rosoburg from any liability In tho mattor. Tho Jury brought in a vordlct of not guilty on six counts and guilty on two counts and It is hard to con colvo by what arrangements thoy ar rived at this conclusion In vlow of tho parties' written statements to tho Dank Examiner In Juno 1911 that Mr. Sheridan had authority to do Just exactly what ho did do and that charge checks woro jmt In their bank accounts at tho tlmo showing that tho loans had been made, As to tho romedles that woro open to htm ho said tho court had granted thirty days for Mr. Sheridan to file a motion for a now trial and at tho cud of that tlmo If tho court does not allow tho motion, time will bo granted for tho preparation of a Hill of Exceptions and an appeal. Tho evidence showed that Mr, Sheridan was without means whatso ever and that ho Is wholly dopendent upon his friends to aid him In this proceeding, He of course In addition said that there Is the possibility of n pardon and a parole, A Consolidation of Times, Coast Mull nil Coos Itsr Arivcrtlwr PAINTSHOP ON FIRE E. F. LEMIEUX LOSES IX EARLY MORNING 1ILAKE Oil Stove Explosion Does $1000 Dam age: Carried $800 Insurance: City Smies $-0 Explosion of nn oil stovo In tho paint room of tho E. F. Lomloux paint and paper shop, 393 Front Street North, nt 7:30 this morning spread flames to every part of tho building doing $1,G00 to ?1,800 dam ago In almost a flash of tlmo. A largo stock of wall paper was destroyed and tho rear of tho building was se verely damaged. FIro Insurance amounting to $800 was carried on tho stock. Tho speedy reporting of tho firo dopnrtmont held tho flames from spreading Into tlio Union nail nbovo and soon extinguished tho blaze. Henry Songstackon of tho North Ilrltlsh Morcantllo Insurance Co., carried $400 and H. J. McKcown, of tho Northorn InBiiranco Co. tho othor half of tho Insurance, 'W'WJflIN Roady to begin tho days work Mr. Lomlour and Frank Herman woro standing near an oil stovo in tho hack workshop waiting for somo wntcr to boll, Tho stovo exploded, throwing n slicot of flanio up tho cloth covered wall and onto tho colling. In a moment tho entire building was a soothing maBS of flame, tho blnzo swooping through tho front storo into tho largo Btock carried, damaging) practically o,vory bit of It nnd destroying much. Dut n block from the flro stntlon tho flro dopnrtmont soon had wntor on tho flro but tho first flnnh hnd dono tho greatest damage. In tho smoko tho mon workod hard nnd saved . tho building from total des truction. Snvcd City Monoy In vlow of tho fact that nt a Tucs day mooting of tho dopnrtmont tho members voted that horoaftor thoy will not accopt pay for tho first hour on n flro call tho city was saved ex actly $20 this morning. Forty mom bora responded to tho call. Thoy will rccelvo $1 a plcco for tho call, uu has boon tho rulo but donato tho first 50 conts to tho city treasury. This Is ono of tho means tho flromen linvo adapted lo keep, down tho oxpoiiBos and to sava a paid flroman. The hoavy stock of wall papor carried In tho storo was much of It charred only on tho ends, though ac cording to Mr. Lomloux this nocos- skates throwing It awny. Six barrols of oil and a bnrrol of turpentine lit tho back room wero saved though ono barrel close to tho first flro was badly charred. Fortunate Icnij Desplto tho loss which is a sor lotis ono for Mr. Lomloux ho hnd a most fortunato escape from serious porsonal Injury. Uo was standing Immodlatoly In front of tho stovo which when It oxplodod burst tho roar part scattering flaming oil all ovor tho roar wall. Had tho oxploslon oxpondod Its forco In front Mr. Lo mloux would havo boen covorcd with tho blazing oil and seriously Injured. Tho prompt action of tho flro de partment also saved tho six barrels ot linseed oil and a barrel of tur pontlno which If It had onco Ignited would havo spread to Going & liar- vnv'a fiirnlhirn alnrn unit Annr nnrl made a bad nn.i stlv blaze. Firm Expresses Appreciation Tho mombors of tho flrln ot Going & Harvey oxprosscd themselves as vory grateful to tho flro department for tholr prompt rcsponso and effi cient work. As ovidonco ot tholr ap preciation Mr. Going sont tho firo department a check for f 25 FEAR VESSEL LI SCHOONER ETHEL ZANE, SEATTLE. IS MISSING OF Left ISelllugliiiiii 181 Days A,'g" La den With Lumber mid Deer Not Heard From Since Br Ataoclala4 Preaa to Coot IU, Tlinat.) SEATTLE, April 3. Tho schooner Ethel Zane, 407 net tonnage, which loft nelllngham 181 days ago for Guayaquil, Euuador, with lumber and beer, hns almost been given ,, for lost. Sho should have made tho voyago In 80 days, 1CT No. 217 LIKE MOVIE Mexican Military Commander Kidnaps Wealthy Landown er's Girl and Decamps Girl Was Educated at Leading College and Engaged to an American. HELD PRISONER ON BOAT Except Strugglo for Mountain Pusses General Lull Hns Settled Down on Opposing Rattle Lines on Doth Fronts. t tnr Aaaotlate4 I'rtat to Cut Ha TlmM. LONDON, April 3. Tho nttltudo of Russln concerning Italy's terri torial aspirations Is doflncd In a semi-official announcement from Po trograd, It oxprcsson sympathy with Italy's dcslro to obtain territory about tho head of tho Adriatic, In cluding Tront nnd Trlost, but wnrns Italy not to proRs hor clnlms to n point which might bring on nnothor conflict Inter. Although hnrd fighting continues in tho Carpathian!!, a general lull Booms to have set In on the remaind er ot tho Eastern front and on tbo Western front. llorltn nnd Paris reports Indlcato that a Fronch attack In Lo Protro forest mado littlo progross, A Ilorlln statement nays tho Belgians woro ropulsod In an ntlompflo win back a small strip ot ground Ipfct Wodncsdny. VICE-PRESIDENT IN ARIZ. i Air. nnd Mrs. Marshall Will Spentl ii Mouth Visiting Mrs. Marshall's Parents There. lr AaaorlaltJ Treat to Coot liar Tlmta. PHOENIX, Ariz., April 3. Vlco Prosldont and Mrs. Marshall arrived today from Los Angolos. Thoy xvlll remain a mouth visiting tho parents' of Mrs. Marshall. FATAL AUTO CRASH PROMINENT PIONEERS KILLED IN SEATTLE ACCIDENT Aunt nnd Uncle of Mrs. A. E. Irfibo- witch, or Mnmlifleld, Victims of Auto Smnshup This Week Mr nnd Mrs. Thomus W. Prosch who woro killed In an auto accldont In Sonttlo Wodncsdny, whon two alliens lost tholr lives, woro nn Aunt and undo ot Mrs, A. E. Labowltch, of tho Fair Storo of Mnrahflold. Thoy wero returning from Tacoma whon tho Japanese chauffeur to avoid hit ting an aged couplo on a brldgo, ran tho machine ovor tho sldo dropping thirty flvo foot Into tho vaUir. Mr. Prosch at ono tlmo was owner ami publUhor of Tho Paclflo Trlbuuo U dltllv and WOOkly Of OlynlplU. llO was also ono of tho fotmddfs ot tho OUJll sf fi comblnd with tho Ppsi forming tho Post-IntolllngonccIu 1886 ho was appointed postmaster of Sealtlo by President ifant. Mrs. yProsch was tho youngest daugWor of the Into Oeu. M. M.cCar verof Tacoma, Washington. SITUATION IX MEXICO CITY GET TIXG MORSE Statement From the American Col- ony Thera In That Conditions .More Olmotlo Than Eiftr (llr AaaocltloJ Treaa lo Coot Bar TlmM. EL PASO, April 3. A statoment from tho Amorlcan colony In Moxlco City, In which It was doclarod that that situation was "Momo chaotic and helpless than over"' was brought to tho border today by Arthur nul- I lard Johnson, a delegate roprosentlng jointly 2 American ana an inier- national orgnnlzntton of foreigners, GU W mm GRADUATE no X . MrJu N MuUBLt