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j THE COOS BAY TIMESARSHFIELD, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 28, 1915-EVENING EDITION. TWO TROUBLE BEGAN ONE YEAR AGO (Continued from Pago One.) followed In a few hours by tlio nii , noiinrciiiptit that a general mob ' lllzntton had b(cn ordort'd by tho Kronrh Cnblnent. On August 2 Clorninn troops enter ed Luxembourg and aorinnny de . manded froo paRHtigo through Rel sluni to tln French frontier. This . wns refused and two days later a rent Jlrltnln dispatched to Germany an ultimatum demanding tmt the neutrality or Uolgluin be maintain d. Tho ultimatum rejected, tier man forces nttneked Liege. On the Rame day President Wilson Issued n proclamation of neutrality. Tho following day saw the declar ation by Oreat Britain of a slate of war with (icrninny. and two days later the Uormnns entered Liege as tho French Invaded southern Alsaie. llvenls Followed (Jtilckl These events wore followed by an affirmation on the part of Italy for her neutrality, by an Austrian r invasion of Serbia and by tho send- 1ng by .Inpan or an ultimatum to (lennnny. This had to do with the German possession of Kino-Chow of which Tslngtau was the port. lly August 17 the first llrillsh ex peditionary force had completed lnnd- Ing In Trance and on that day there began n fierce battle on tho .Tuilnr between the Austrian and Serbian troops. Victory was with tho Serbian arms after live days of fighting and thu Austrian wore routed. In the meanwhile tho battle or Lorralno had opened and the tier man troop had entored HrusselH, tho ItL'Iginn capital. A few dnys later, August 2:1, tho victorious (icrmntitt entered Nuinur and began nn attack on Moiih, de fended principally by tho first llilt lsli expeditionary forco. Tho next day tho Urltlsh troops began a re treat for their position, nud rrom then on until September 12 the German tinnpsdrovo througli (''ranee under tho leadership of General Von Kluck. Zeppelins bombarded Antwerp; the French were forced to evacuate Mulhuuson; the Germans took and swept over Longwy and reached Sonlls, thirty miles from Paris, where the columns swung to tho eastward. The Trench govern ment ried t' llordeaux. .Meet tint ltuiiaiw In the meanwhile German and Austrian troops had met tho Rus idaus. A victory at Kiausnik wan announced by the Austrian govern ment on August 23 while ou August 2!l the German army under General von Hlndonburg defeated another Hiisslau force In a battle at Tan ueburg, which lasted three days. Lnuvalue was burned by tho Ger mans on tho same day that tho Jap anese blockade of Tslngtau was be gun. Tho blockade was malutalueit more than two months Tslutau be I'oro surrendered. Two days after the French gov ernment moved to llordeaux tho battle of tho .Mamo was begun, a few hours before Russian troops suiceeded In occiipjlng Lumliorg, tho capital of Galicla. Jleroro the Froneii and the Brit ish troops, tho Germans In Franco were forced 'to tetreat as far ns the Mnne. IJvents of the next tow days Included tho bombardment of Kholins by the Germans, and the sinking by " German submarine of the III l!leli cruisers, Aboukir. ('los sy and lloguo. On the same day tho lliisslnu Loops attacked Pronosl and look .laioslav. Indian Troops Land Uritlsh 1 1 oops from India, were landed from transports at .Mai sellles on September 20 and woio immediately dispatched to tho north ward, lloforo their .arrival at their ilo.iliiatliin the Germans hud iiuiuw- united a mIom of Antweii, which nsiilicil in die Belgian government moving from I list city to Ostoml. Two du later the bombardinont of Antwerp begun. The llelgluu gov ernment remained at Ostond lor about u week ami then removed to Havre, Frame. Forty-eight hours later the Got mans cup lined Ostuud. Meanwhile the Allied troops mcii pud Vpres. and a ilvauemlo battle lia.l begun on the Yuluhi river (lor m.iu assaults upon the Allied lines unvoeii Ypres and Meuunrt con tinued for u wek Hint thtni weak ened. The Gertimns operating in Kus nl;i uieuiitlui hud been defeated at tei a ten days buttle befoie Wat snw In frfeu revolt urn! uiutlnj broke out These dUni'deis wurg headed li ilii- lloer leader, Geueriil do Wot. (ieliuiul U)elM, t'oluuel Mui'lU Wild others. Colonel .Uuilu vtaa drlvsn from Tape Colony, General 1 layers was killed at Vjml Mver. and General do Wei w captured sfler Ut had been lu tho fialil tor tuoro than month. Native troops In the Af r .' provinces beloi m i tier many, Great llrltaln and Franco were llnod up on tho borders of the res pective provinces. Fighting was Ron eral. Dreadnoughts Sunk During the latter part or October the British dreadnought Audacious was sunk orr tho Irish coast; the Russians successfully attacked Lodz and Rndom, driving out the Invading Germans. Turkey Joined the war at jthat Juncture by naval operations In the Wank Sen. Odessa waR uttarked. November opened with a German navnl victory over a British squad ron off the coast of Chile and the Turkish warships bombarded Sobas tapnl. Two days later Gorman war ships ventured from their nnchor nge behind the naval base at Hel igoland urn! bombarded the British coast In the vicinity or Yarmouth. On November G, Great Britain and France declared war on Turkey and the rortB guarding the entrance to Dardanelles wore bombarded by I the a fleet of allied English and French warships, On Itlio .north the Rus sians reoccuplod .laroslav after sev eral days of ferocious fighting. German cruisers which had been stationed in foreign wnters at the opening of tho war had by that time, given n good account of themselves, of the Lusitunin neing seme... -..-The Kinden operating In tho Indian Austro-Uernmn armies succeeding In Ocean and adjacent waters overtook recapturing Lemberg. the capital or and sunk more than n score or mcr- Gallcln, and apparently are starting cantlle ships belonging to tho nn- for Warsaw. The Russians were de- tious allied against Germany before alio was finally run down and des troyed orr Cocos Island. In the At lantic tho Karlsruhe and a number or auxiliary cruisers, performed slin - t.. .lntlnu Tlinv Inn aunt In Gin linl.i Kill l,.,b.... . ..W .. mm more than a score of shins. I During' Winter Months On land tho armies of tho bellig erents settled down to hold their po sitions for tho winter months. Activ ities from November 11, when tho German forces captured Dlxinude1 resulted In Russian defeats at Vlot slavek, Lopuo and Kutuo. The buttle lu Flanders progressed nt Intorvnls, vigorous actions tuklug place and thousands or men on both sides be ing killed or wounded. Intronched lor tho winter, tho nrmlcs content ed themselves principally with hold ing tho position they had gained. In the Scrblnn-Austrlau campaign there wns considerable activity dur ing tho onrly winter mouths. Tho Austrlnus occupied Belgrade, the Serbian capital ou December 2, and retained It until December in, when, niter the Serbians had captured largo forces of Austrlans, they were driven back Into their own territory. In Kast Prussian during tho win ter there was sovore righting, re sulting lu tho loss or many nion, dead, wounded and captured. The Germans armies operating lu ICnat Prussia held off and dispatched a Russian nrmy or vast proportions, finally driving It back well into Its own territory. Fight orr Chile Ou the sea, n British squadron sig nally defeated (ho German squadron which was victorious ofr Chllo. This engagement took placo off tho Falk land Islands. German cruslcrs bom barded Hartlepool nud Scarborough, and tho German armored erulsor Bluecher wns sunk lu tho North Sen by a section of tho British fleet op erating there. Gorman submarines became especially active during the winter months, sinking many war ships and merchantment. March opened with an announce ment of British reprisal measures against the Germans tor tho sub marine warfare and tho develop ment of battle lu France. British troops in Franco became active, making a notable advance at Nouve Chapelle. lly the end of March the Russian troops had peuotrated the Dukla Pass and entered Hun- 'gaiy. April saw the beginning of vio lent assaults upon the Gorman Hues by the French east of Verdun and the .Mouse. The French stormed tho German position at Los Hpargcs and about the fame time It was official- ly announced that the total of Brit- i Ikh cMsunltlcH to that date wore lilt),- a i 111- II... .1.1.1.11.. f V....II .1,.. II.... I 111.' 11. 111. Ml 1,1 ...1 ll.U HUB" I slaus had penetrated lluugaiy to n,m.i.. point twenty miles over the border, and tho Germans had begun a sue coxslul assault upon the Allied linos near Ypres. For several weeks the armies struggled back and forth losing thousands of men, gaining ground ouo day and being forced to evaluate their positions the next, lu liullcia dm lug tho l'lrt three days of shall In his diary of the American ltev Mil) the tinrmnn-Atiktrlun force olutlon. It Is a graphic skctcli. If uot broke throuuli the Russlnn lines mul ll lovely one: j forced a tetreat. Fifty thousand j Prisoners I, was nn 1 ted. were .,,. I I .Mnilo Hill HWoile Around Ypres the Rrttlhh rorces , lost ground uud were dually forced ' I to evacuate an especially strong po - sltlnu they had gained at an eleva tion designated as Hill No. t,0. Al- ii, ...1 .,.....!..... ........ .1... !.. ....... I.,. ' liirl llllll,l(lt'llB, 111- l IIPiniilUH 111' Ban a retreat from the Carpathian pusses uud while this was In prog ress i hi Cuiiard liner Lusliaula, bound from Now York to Liverpool was scut to the bottom by a torpe do fired by a Herman submailne. Ap irolmatoly I. '.'no lives were lost lu thu disaster. j The low of Americans In the Ln jsitnnUi and other vessels which were j victim- of tlerinnio's submarine war- faro resulted in President Wilson protesting ngalnst a contlnunnco of such tactics. On .May 20, Italy declared war on Austria-Hungary after having de nounced early In the month the Trip le Alliance Treaty. The declaration of war wus quickly followed by raids upon the Italian coast cities by Aus trian aeroplanes. The Italian army struck across the border Into Aus tria with Trlest and Trent as oh Jectles. During nil this time the Allied warships in the Dardanelles hud been keeping up practically a con tinuous bombardinont or tho short forts. Numerous warships of differ ent types were sunk. Transports were hurried to the scene and troops were landed. On Juno H the Austrian-Herman forces reoccuplod Przuinysl. During .Mine tho Serbians Inaugur ated u campaign to secure a sea nort on the Adriatic. Troops were sent across tho border Into Albania. with tho seaport of uuruzzo as an, objective. Montenegro also dispatch ed troops to the front. i More recent events which aroi familiar occttred. Tho notes passed between Germany and United States . without the matter or the sinking rented along u long buttle ironi ami nro being held back. Llttlo progress wns niadu u) eiiner siue uunus " .l . I.1 .l.iulnif Mlllf between tho allies and tho Ger- inans on me womuui num.. ..., tOled tile Wllf UUll llllt Ull nrill) HI uik. ... .. . , f 1.. field which wns nuowcu io '" Austria with hut llttlo check at Urst. The DardnnolloB has not yet fallen and heavy fighting has taken place In that locality. In this condition affairs lu Kuropo are found on tho anniversary of tho event which started tho great war. TRAVEL 15 CHEAP MACIIINi: SKTS XKW UKCOItl) FOR t'l'ltltV TIUVKLING Chailes Hall Dtlvtw 11)1 Miles Over Mountain RoaiN mi 1 1 (.'nllons or ".lulco" Party Returns An auto trip Into Curry county ut this time or year Is one of tho seven wonders or tho world, accord ing to Charles Hall, .1. K. Montgom ery and Claudo Thompson who re turned rrom a Tour days trip last evening. They loft Thursday morning and went us inr as Gold Bench, coin bluing business with pleasure. Some parts or tho road thoy round exceptionally good and much better than they had exported, said Mr. Hall this morning. On the return they hellovo their inuchlno made a new record as It traveled tor approximat ely 191 miles on It gallons of gas oline, aji averugo of about 17 miles to the gallon. , Tlino and again tho telephone lino to Gold Beach goes souring on tho wings ol a dynnnilto blast, said Mr. Hall, this being occasioned by the work of tho road crows who nro no'w making Improvements In tho high ways. Such tactics, ho said, result In good roads and poor teleputono service. I As soon ns tho crows uro completed ! with their work Mr. Hall is Intend ing to send soino wlronion down along tho lino as tar as Gold Beach ror tho purpose ol hollering tho ser vice. Find Old Relic At Corbln James Montgomery round n telephone card or mote than 10 yours ago that ho treasures as a relic. Tho card 'icontred ull the subscribers lu Coos, Curry and Doug Ins counties, the linos then belong ing to the Pacific States and tho Sunset Telephone companies. He said tho card was hanging up and was still at Corbln when thoy arriv ed. L. R. Hobertson was then local manager nud .Mrs. Ida Patterson. ,,.,( at North Bend. Bnudnu had tin en telephone at that time anil there wero less than half a dozen In Curry county. , July 4 In AntO'prohlbltlon Days. One of the earliest genuine Fourth of July celebrations ever recorded that at Independence hall, Philadelphia, lu 1700 is chronicled by Christopher Mar- ...'V"'1', '!:, Commencement begauat luy 23? S." lllK tuo uuulvereary of our freedom from i:nBUsh bondage, suudcy vcsels saluted tho town. The company of Artillery and the Invaders' Real- inent liuirchiHl to the State House, , whero tho Congre9, President of the lw',J HU VIIIIVII lit! II l.UlllUVl Ul olllcers attended: boll-iinglns. guns h lug till the evening, and until numbers were so drunk ns to reel home." It wns n wonder any Independence hall was left. Perhaps on account of that very tendency to Irresponsible drunkenness and equally Irresponsible runflre tho more Intelligent classes ro fralucd from encouraging celebrations . the Fourth at tho statchouso. l.OPIS (iORR K our plumber. 172 Central Avenue. Phone SISl-J, r - BIG FOU 8 2 H FRIDAY AT MYRTLE tt t tt The Best Program Ever Offered in the County BIG PR.OGR.AM ON THE SECOND Log Rolling for Championship of Oregon, Tug of War, Greased Pig, Greased Pole, Foot Races, Tub Races, Swimming Races, Etc. WRESTLING MATCH DEL KING, wght 158, 'Amateur Champ, of Washington, Idaho and Oregon, vs. GEORGE LAMBERT, weight 160, of Powers, Oregon BIG PROGRAM ON THE THIRD Log Rolling for Championship of Oregon, Tug of War, Greased Pig, Greased Pole, Foot Races, Tub Races, Swimming Races, Etc. BOXING MATCH JACK SHERRY, weight 170, Champion of Coos County, vs. JIM DEKOY, weight 165, Champion of Oklahoma THIS IS ALL SRT AAAA AA. AA 14 -iv ;;ii;iiiiiiii , BUCK AGGRAVATES Follows In lloail Ahead of Machine unil Result Is Damage to Trigger Klugci- of M .leuseu Coming down the hill into Corbln from (lold Beach two nights ago, according to Al Jensen who was In his inuchlno with Henry Muggins, u splho tailed buck trotted down the road ahead of them, within easy shooting distance The animal Inves tigated tho strangers thoroughly and then trotted leisurely ahead of tho unto taking his lime before scamper ing off Into tho brush Al Jensen says that tho result was a serious damage to his trigger Hu go r. Tho men went us far south us (lold Bench combining business with pleasure.At ijoveral streams they fish ed and boohed biinio good sized trout and Thursday night thoy stayed at Corbln where thoy mot Charles Hull, J. K. Montgomery and Claud Thomp son on their way down to (lold Beach. Tho roads were in fairly good shape, the autolsts sny, though In spots thoy found the going rather hard. There was llttlo rain ou tho trip. 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' V -- . --M- Marshfield-Coquille Auto Stage I.eavo Owl Pharmacy Mui-Miriohl A.M. 7:1)0 i):;ii) P.M. l:t)t) Leave Coqulllfl A.M. 7:00 0:00 11:00 MI. it: oo 0:30 r::io MARSHFIKLD-COQUILLK ACJt HTMIK TIMK SCRLDUI'K Scliedulo nrruiigea i v Willi boats to llandon, Stages to Myrtlo Point, Wagner, ltosebar No delays. Foro from Marshfield to CoqulUe. 75 cents. Slnglo Uinilvtli, VW- Will furnish extra cars iw extra trips day or night; w charter cars -. " i I HAVE THE ROOF FIXED NOW See C0RTHELL Phone 3171 HMwuiiMnma laud samo day,