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V II ALWAYS TAKES A WISE MAN TO REALIZE WHAT A BLAME EOOL HE IS Bftmwi Coos Bay Times Your Paper A Southwest Oregon Paper That', what tlio Ooofl liny Times I. A Bonth. west Oregon pnper for Southwest Oregon people nnd devoted to tho boot Interest of Uila great, lection . Tlio Times always booata and aerer knocks, " ft? Tlio Coos Buy Times Is proud of Its title "The Jpooplo's Paper," and It strives it nil times to r.llvn lit) n If a nnitin liv ilnimtlno' lim ttiitrilta In VBroniotleii' thn imiinlii'H Inlori'BMi. mi:miii:r ok tiim associatkd imikhk 1V0L. NO. XXXVIII. KstnMlHlicri 1878 An Tlio Const Mull. MARSHFIELD, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 12, 1915 EVENING EDITION. A Consolidation of Times, Const Mall nml Coot liny Advertiser. No. 302 (Bona wn S4JZ8J '(Kl..u EDERAL COURT FORFEITS I 96:000 ACRES S. 0. CO .LAIS Nudge Wolvcrton is Guided by Supremo Court Action in 0. & C. Land Case. If ID CONGRESS What Body Must Decide the BSsposTtion of the Lands Within Eight Months EIl SALES ARE ENJOINED IlfjfCoiiKi-ess Does Xol Ait Company Ewfity Apply to (hu Court for I te ller Southern Oicuoii Kulled to Comply Willi Terms of Grunt !'AL MACK TAXKS OWIID M Mi Tho Southern Oreuon Coin- ISl? puny was formerly controll- S cil liy tho Into ICIIJnh Smith, ! who before IiIh death sold It - bTIMo thu owners of thu Mcnnsliu iI& Woodenwnro Ciiiiuiiiny. Thero S aro about 15,000 acres of .jfctho wiikoii road Kraut In Coos Sfc County. Tho Southern Ore- JWiRon Co. owes Cooh Co. ahout $115,000 Iii taxes, which It refused to pay on tho grounds 4 JJMk that tho land was In lltlgu- i tlon. Tlio Orogou Supremo 4 Court decided that It must SflPny I'10 liut the company Srt recently took the cuho to tho . U. R. Supreme Court. St til? AaaoclatM rrria to Coo. lit 7 Tlmra. 8&PORTLAND, Ore., July 12. Nine ty-six thousand acres held liy the Southern Oregon Company was de clared forfeited to the government lioro today by .ludgo Wolvcrton In tho Federal District Court because of7 non-comiillunra with the terms 01 tno gram. ' Samo us S. I'. Ciim Sjudgo Wolvcrton followed tho ro- cont decision of tho United States Supremo Court in tho California & Oregon laud grant caso. Tho de cree enjoins tho sulo of the lands and refers tho disposition to Con gress for action within eight mouths, after which tho company may apply to, tho courts for relief In tho event Congress falls to act. .ludgo Wol- vftrton held (hat tho lands had not not been sold In lots not to exceed VA n . i 1 . . I ... niu hitch, u auiiiai seiners, ni mu maximum price of $2.50 an acre. flsx- IAN IS MISSING m fJolin Volcmlcr, HnIns Kmplnco on iCoko nud Chandler Itaucli Can Not lio Koiiud rFears aro onlortalned for tho safe ty, of John Volenter or nalllugor, '& . . . Swiss employee on ino uoko mm Gliandlor ranch near Hay City, who Iiub boon gone for severul days. Tho pollco woro culled In this afternoon to uld in tho location of tho man. Ho stayed nt tho boarding house of rJrp. Malonoy In Hay City, Ills be longings aro still In his room, Men arp this afternoon looking for him. It Is suld sovorul times ho has threatened to do uway with himself, Sum ..i.. . Htwpcciuiiy alior a poriou oi neavj drlhk'ing. Ho Is described as u man Mb' years old, heavy sot, medium liualphth and has a dark complexion. fl'lcnlc I'urly. Mr. and Mrs. F. fil Ornnnis chaperoned u party of reeling people to South Coos Kivcr points yostorday. &? R? TWO PAROIiKI) fs -, 14 Two Coos County prisoners at tho Salem penitentiary have beon paroled. They iro William Edmonds, bent up 4 for forgery, and Charles Hal- 5 ley, convicted of obtaining inonoy under false proton ie3. lr4 CLARK IS VERY ILL IIIIAI) OK CHRISTIAN KN'DI'AVOR IX gravi: CONDITION' AGnrk of Typhoid Kcvoi' Piovcnls Ills Attending Big Coiiveiitlou at Chicago tllr Aaanclatol Preaa la Coo. Ir Time.) CIIIOARGO, .Inly 12. Tho condi tion of Francis K. Clark, head oft. ho Christian '"ndcuvor society, whom an attack of typhoid fover prevented his uttuiidlng the annual convention hero Is grave, according to a telegram re ceived today from Mrs. Clark, dated at Saglmoro Ueach, Mass. nt.wspapk,r ok i.omk hkci'ivks XKWS KltO.M ATIIKXS Report is 'Unit Young Turks ve Hiding tlio Karl, Kenrlng rolltlcal Troiiblo nr AanodateJ I'rrga tu Cuii Par Tlmra, PARIS, .Inly 12. Tho I.allhorato says tho Iden Nuzlotiulo of Homo has received tho following noto: "News from Athens nud Safin ad vises that tho Sultan of Turkey has limn dead for several days and young Turks nro hiding tho news, rearing political considerations." LAT iiodv oi' iiikiiok ori(ji,i:v up:- ix takkx Tiinm: i Solemn .Services Are Held at SI. Patrick's Catlicdrnl in Koclies- ter, X. V., Today. tllr A'MKlalhl I'rrw lo Ci-oii Dair Tlmft. HOCHKSTKIt, X. Y., July 12. I'nncnil services of tho Most Itev. Jnmes Kdward Qulgley, Catholic Archbishop of Chicago, who died hero Saturday, were hold hero today In St. Patrick's Cathedral. . Pou'flcal mass of tho Requiem being celebra ted by lllshop Ulckey of Rochester. The body Is being taken to Chicago on a special train. Dl'ltlNG DM I SIIIP.MKXT IAH (JK.ST KOR KOCH YKARS fteiiloglefil Survey I'uriilsliliig Sumo lutcroitliig P'lgures Hegardliig Coal 1'lelds of Oregon Interesting figures regarding tlio coal of Coos County nro given In a bulletin issued by tho United States Geological Survey of tho Depart men of tho Interior In the following statement: In 1011 Oregon pioducod ril,riii8 tons of coal, vulued at $ 1 1 :i , H 5 0 , an Increase, according to statement of tho United States Geological Sur vey prepared In co-operation with tho Orogou Hureaii of Mines and Geology, of MUti tons over tho out put of I OKI, and tho largest pro duction in tho s(a(o since 1010. Only Kiclds Here. Tlio only productive coal field In Oregon Is In tho southwestern part of tho state, in Coos County, and Is known as tho Coos Hay field, from that fact that It entirely surrounds that body of water. It occupies a total area of about 230 squuro miles Its lougth north and south being about !i0 miles nud Its maximum breadth nt the mldtllo about 1 1 nillcs. Other coal Holds huvo been prospected lu different parts of tho stato, but nono has been doveloped to tho point of production. Never Important. Coal production has novor beon ono of tho Important Industries of Orogou, and during tho lust few yoars has boon of loss Importance than formerly becuuso of tho largo Incrcuso In the production of pet roleum In California and in its use as fuel. Before tho advent of tho liquid fuel considerable quantities of Oregon coal were shipped to San Francisco whero It served, to some extent, as a. moderator of prices, SAYS T Q BUR A CICAGO CO LOUT UT LARGE FUGITIVE m General Orozco Declared Such and Forfeits His Bond in Sum of $7500 GRID JURY TO ACT Neutrality Cases Referred to Federal Body to be Taken Up October 4th FOUR OF MEN WAIVED When Arraigned They Did Xol Tako Advantage of Preliminary Hear ing Orozco Failed to Put In An Appearance at Hearing (lljr AMoclalt! Trraa lo Coo. Il.jr Timet. Kli PASO, Tex., July 12. Tho neu trality cases growing out of tho ar rest of General Vlctorlano llucrta and five others wero referred toduy to tho fedoral grand Jury for action, October I. General Pescual Orozco, charged with conspiracy to launch a now Mexican revolution, was today declared n fugitive from Justlco and his ST.r.OO bond was declared for feited. Ho failed to appear today before United States Commissioner Oliver for a preliminary hearing. Tho other four waived preliminary examina tion. They aro General Mnrcelo Car vero, Joso Zozayu and Frank and Iko Alderetc. FOOD BAOLYf EOED COXDITIOXS iNTou:it.uu: .M KXICO CITY IX Iti'llcl' Is Since Occupation 'Ilia I Tlicro Mas Keen Some liu proveiuenl .Made III Aaanrlalifcl I'mi la Coo. liar Tlmn.J WASHINGTON, 1). C, July 12. Brief Stato Depnrtment dispatches ; from Mexico City, dated beforo tho occupation of tho Mexican capital by tlio Carranzn forces, describes tho food conditions as almost Intol erable, but tho officials belief tho situation either has been relieved by tho chtiugo In authority or would bo remedied as soon as transporta tion with Vera Cruz is resumed. FLEET .MANY MKRCHANT SHIPS CO.MK UXDKR AMK.RICAX VUMi Past Ten Months IncmiMi Greatest In tlio History of Hie Culled Statesi fHr Awinrl.teil rt.a tt Cooa liar Tln.w.l WASHINGTON, I). C, July 12. Merchant vessels built In thu Uni ted Stntes and officially numbered by tho Bureau of Navigation, De partment of Commono, during tho fiscal year ended Juno U0, 1015, woro 122G-of 3 1 n,7 1 1 gross tons compared with 1201 of .'ll!,r.7S gross tons for thu fiscal year 1011. During the past ten months, how over, under tho Ship Roglstry act of August 18, 1011, to the American merchant fleet, 117 foreign built vessels of 528,007 gross tons have been nddod, making tho total for tho year from both sources, 1,375 vcssols of 711,018 gross tons. This toiiiuigo Is the largest an nual addition to tho American mer chant fleet lu the history of the United States. In 1008 tho total Incrcuso wus 718, G83 gross tons, In 1007, It wus .riOC,708 gross tons, nnd In 1855 t was 58K.I02 gross tons. Tho losses to tho merchant fleot (or tho pust year huvo not all boon reported, but for the first nlno mouths thoy number 1002 vessels of 105,052 gross tons. particularly for domestic fuel. In only four years has tho production exceeded 100,000 tons, and lu each of the three years preceding 1014 It was below 50,000 tons. Hnvo your letter heads printed at Tho Times office W JU HI L E With Foreign Consuls Prevents General Bombardment of Guaymas of Gunboat WILL FIRETOIIGRT But Attacks Only on S. P. Trains andBoat Used to Carry 1 Troops THIS AGREEMENT MADE i I Shoot lug Is Hooked lo llcglti at (I P. .M. It Wiis PlMiiiied This Mom- )lug to lle.slegn, (ho Knllro City Hut L'luleilakfng liicckrd tllr Aoclatod Citm l Coof ftaj Tliuo.l GUAYMAS, Mex., July 12. A gen eral hombardment or this port by (ho Carrunzn gunboat Guerrero planned for this morning was prevented on ly by tho strong personal protest of Admiral T. II. Howard ot tho United States cruiser Colorado, supported by forolgu consuls. Tho Guerrero's commnndcr agreed to flro only on tho Southern Pacific trains and tho Mexican steamer llonlta alleging that thoy wero uaod for transportation of tho onomy's troops. Tho firing will begin nt six o'clock tonight. TIIIRTY-SLV SPKCIAD CARAVANS AflTKXD COXVKXTIOX .Mayor of SeaHIo Greets tlio Im perial Poleulat, K. R. Smith, of Hocliehter, Xew York. tllf AaaoclatM Trraa lo Cnua liar Tlmra. SKATTIiU, Wash., July 13. Tliir-ty-slx special caravans to attend tho forty-first Imperial icoiinell, t.Mystilc Shrine, nrrlvcd horo today. Tho Im perial Potentate F. R.Smlth of Roch ester, Now York, was greotcd on his nrrival by Mayor GUI. Several bands nud patrols marched with the poten tate to headquartors. TELLS ABOUT CASE ATTOHXKV (HIXKRAD OK IOWA RKCITKS TIIH DHTAIl.S I Principal Points In Rcdrord .Murder j and Treasure Mystery aro M illo Public By 1 If in. I (11 Aaxx lala'l Treat lo R-wa liar Time) I)KS MOINKS, Iowa, July It! -' Four moil wore killed by the conn-1 torloltors' gang at Slam, Iowu, ftcp- j lumber, 1808, Instead of two, ic-j cording to tho statement hero today j to tho Attorney Gonoral by Mtr. M. J. Peaso, of Dcs Moines, whoso filth O'" was one of tho victims. Attorney Gonoral G, W, ('osson, who bus tuken chifgd of the luvw tUatlon of rfn' so-uilled Bel ford i minder and treas'i.ro (host iaso, to- tlnv .itnilTinrtil.il Itift til (tirdliti 1 t.nlntal ill thu cuso us follows: Thu statement of O. P. Huntsman, of Fresno, California, tends to estub llrh there thero wus u murder lu 1808 at Slain, us Mrs. Porter ua-f-rls. There was continuous digging ui tho Slam farm for thu burlud trcaa me. When ')r Galloway, an alleged member of the ','ung, dlad, ? 15,000 wus found in bis shuck. .Mrs, Porter's sister wus onco thu sweetheart of "Bob" I.lttle, n mem her of tho Jessu Jiimes gang.' This I ami Id to establish tlio connection between tho James boys nud tho Bri'ford outlaws. XOTICi: TO HIDDKRS Bids will bo received by Jo"n Blabco on July 10 for 50 cords of 3 foot fir wood and 25 cords of 3 foot alder wood to bo delivered at school house In District No. 36, Coos River. Visiting Redmeu aro invited to at tend meeting in Oul lodge room (his evening. u.s. i UEETN6 i I TROOPS ltl'SSIA m'SHF.S.MKX KltQSI HAST to Tin; i)AinANi:iiU:s VchscIs Korinerly Uwd In Trade ut Vludlvo.slork Aro Turned lulo Army TrniiNportH tOr AMoflat! rrfat to Kot Ita TimM. MANILA, P. I., July 12. Persons arriving from h'lilgnoti, tho capital ot French Cochin China, report that 'vessels hitherto engaged in thu far eastern trade are being transformed Into transports and rushed to Vladi vostok to carry Russian troops to tho Dardanelles. (ilOltMANS HAY THKY IIAVK TA KKX IMPORTANT POINTS Conmto a French Success Hut Hay ICiicuiy Was Soon Kxpelled Krom Position III Aflioclalad Prraa to Cooa tlaj Timet. LONDON, July 12. Heavy fight ing In several sections of tho French front has resulted in a German vic tory nlong Important points. Tho Ger mans huvo captured Soiichcz come tery, n possession of which has long gceu contested. Tho German head quarters also report tho ciipturo ot a French position along a throo hun dred yard front as tho result of a surprise uttnek near Altklrcli In Al sace, but tho captora ultltnatoly re tired voluntarily, tho official state ment says. Paris reports that Gor man attacks which followed violent connonadlng on tho Woovro region wero ropiilscd. Berlin concoded a French success lu penetrating tho German lino near Comhrcs but de clared tho French wero soon oxpollcd. TURKS KUHXIHH IUKIjKS TO TDK KURDS KOR .MASSACHK.H In Splto of Attacks and Kpldomlc the Armenians Aro Making a Bravo Reslslnnco llif AaaoclatM Pirn lo Cooa Har TtmM TIFIilS, Trans Caucasia, July 12. Reporls from tho various fronts In tho Riisso-Turkish campaigns re port Russian successes. A Turkish forco of thirty thousand men, con centrated cast of nulls, It Is said to bo hard pressed. An organized mas sacre of Armenians in Bltlls Is taken to Indicate tho Turkish Intention to retreat. Tho Turks have distributed forty thousand rifles among tho Kurds In Mush Valley for use against the' Armenians, Notwithstanding tho massacres and epidemics, thu Armen ians are said to bo resisting bravely. MORE OUIET TODAY COMPARATIVE CAI.M KXIKTH IX Till': FIGHTING CKXTKRS Aiislni-llaliuii Kroullcr Only Kvcep- Hon and Kalians Claim Making Substantial Advances III Awo litaj 'irna to Cooa liar Tlmea LONDON, July 12. Compiiratlvo culm again exists In .tho various fighting areas except tho Austro Itnllau frontier whero tlio Italians claim substantial iidvanco tu their ef fort to l;ivcst Trieste. Potrograd Is elated ut tho Russian vuccusses over tho Aiistrliuis who aro said to huvo lost one of three corps which bagan tho advance to Lublin. Austrian operations against thu Wnrnuw mil roads huvo been checked If not thwarted, which meuiis that tho treatenod ndvnuco against Warsaw Is less dungeroiis than when thu at tack first begun. NKWS OK HIUShAW I'll ist Trip With Team Mmlo Over New Road FI.ORHNCU, Ore., July 12. -William Itovey and sou Arthur wore the first persons to bring a tea in and vngou over the now road from I ho YnhuiitH to tho Slusluw river. They oticoiintered some difficulties us thu ion il Is not yet entirely Jjinpletcd. Cuptuln Hurry Olson, who brought tho launch Beaver Into tho Slusluw some three yours ago and has made Hie .Maploton-Florenco run ever since ho came, will tuko tho Beaver to Newport soon. Tlmea want ads bring results. CLAIM IRE CIS ILL ARMENIANS T W IJ MS GIVENMING Man Writes New Orleans Pa per That He Has Placed Bombs Aboard Them Is Threat Made And Secretary Daniels Sends Wireless to Boats lo Beware. NO RESPONSE HAS .COME Navy Department. Anvlously Await ing An Answer Vessels Aro tho Howlh Head and Baron Napier Currying Mules for the Allies (tljr AaaoclatM Frmu to Cooa nar Tlu.. I WASHINGTON, I). C, July 12. Navy officials today wero nwaltlug responses from tho British steam ships I low th I lend and Baron Nnplcr, new oft tho South Atlantic coast, carrying mules for the British arniy, to n warning wlrclcssctl last night from Arlington station to bowaro of bombs In tholr holds. Tho warning wus sont nftor Sec retary Daniels had received a tolo gram from a Now Orleans newspaper that a letter signed by "Pcarco," In dicated explosives had been placed aboard the vcssols. Tho writer also declared his In tention of killing .1. P. Morgan and Sir Cecil Spring Rico, thu British nm hafisiulur, completing tho work of Krlch Mticntcr, who committed. Biil ctdo after wounding Morgan. tf2 GUARDING PIKIt.H Pollco Try to Prevent Placing of Bombs on Bonis 11 Aaaoclatoi rrraa la rool Har Tlmra. NHW YORK, July 12. An Invcs tlgudon or alloged consplrncy to place bombs on steamships leaving hero with munitions for the allies Is in progress horo today. Conferences of tho police officials ami federal agents nud private detectives was called to prevent tho placing of tho bombs on steamships lu tho New York harbor. A special bomb squad of detectives was assigned to work around the riv er front. All piers whoro munitions uro being loaded are closely guarded. E LAW RULE ATTORNEY GKXKRAD BROWX GIVKS DKCISIOX TODAY Civil War Soldiers do Xol Xeed I.I- censo lo Kugugo In Com- iiierclul I'lslilng 11 Aurlalel lir to Coua liar Tlmra.) SALHM, Ore, July 12. Attornoy Gonorul Brown held today tho law pussod by thu lust legislature ex empting Civil War Vetoruns from fishing licenses wus broad enough to exempt them from licenses for commercial fishing. BRITISH CANALS ARE DOING BIG BUSINESS Congestion of Railways Has Brought About Revival ot Old Stylo of Traffic 11 Aaao'latad Tre. In Cooa nar Tlmea. LONDON, July 12. Tho war has brought about u revival of canal truffle throughout Groat Britain, and tho canal companies nro doing bet ter than thoy huvo done In many years. This Is duo mainly to thu congestion ot thu railways and nt the ports, Practically the only limit to tho truffle available to tlio canal com panies Is set by tho shortugo of la bor and barges. Most of tho young er bargemen Joined either tho (. u y or navy early In tho war, and tho canals, like tho railways, aro fre quently compollod to refuse -.rnfilo becuuso thoy cannot find inou to handle It. Times want ads bring results. MUD IN 1 PREPARE NOTE FOR GERMANY Secretary Lansing Begins On Communication and Will Confer With President IS Situation is Strained and Will Require Consideration of Possible Results OFFICIALS GIVE VIEWS Say 'Unit (ho United Slnlos Will Not HiiiTentlcr Her Position Regnl'rf- , lug Siibmarlno Warfare1 Nolo Carefully Prepared tnr AaaocllleJ Treaa lu Cooa Dr Tlmea. WASHINGTON, D. C.'JuIy 18. Secretary Lansing today began work on tho draft of a noto to be ent to tno German government expressing tho United States' attltudo toward Germany's siibmarlno warfaro ah it affects tho rights ot neutrals. Whoa completed, President Wilson and Sec retary Iauslug will confer to dectdo n dcflnlto policy, whllo no Informa tion 1b obtnlnnblo us to tho courso to bo p'ursucd, Indications in c'-.wiii'l quarters aro that relations between Gennnny nnd tho United States Ijaro become so strained as to necessitate urging a careful phraseology or'the noxt communication to Germany and to iiicasuro tho responsibility and ensuing consequences. Tho view ot ofHclnlH-Hnls-fr")ft"thiit1'therHli- bo no surrender of tho United States position. Seeks Information Count Von Bomstorft, tho German ambassador who Is Rooking Informa tion on tho American's government's attltudo to tho Gorman reply, has asked Secretary Lansing whothor ho wishes to seo lit lit. Lansing Is un derstood to hnvo replied that ho docs after ho has carefully examined tho situation. It is believed not tinllko ly thnt after lousing has confo'rrod with tho presldont, Von Hcrnstorft will bo given intimation of tho sor lousness with which tho United Sta tes government regards tho crisis. POINTS MADK BY GKRMANH Principal 1 'eat u res In Reply Receiv ed by (ho United States Tho chief points In tho German noto which has been nindo public follows: Tho Gorman government Is oblig ed to adopt submarine warfaro to meet thu doclarod Intention ot tho enemy. It Is the sacred duty ot tho gov ernment to protect tho Uvea ot nil Germans. That It wus reasonable to oxpoct from oxporloucu that tho Lusltanta would remain ubovo wator long enough for passengers to got to tho small bouts. That If tho Lusltuula had been spared thousands ot csscb of m muultlon would have reached tho en emies of Germany. To nvohl. clangors to American passengers Germany Is willing to Instruct submarines to spare vossols not currying munitions ot war when properly marked and whon warned In time Germany proposed to install a passenger norvtco ot uoutral boats uiidor tho American (lag to insuro sufo passage. This It assumes would afford sufo passage for Americans. Germany will not admit that an American citizen can prptoct in enoiuy vesol by prosonco aboard. If America cannot socuro suffi cient neutral ships Germany will al low tho American Bag to bo used on four enemy passongor steamers for pussongor' traffic between North American ami Knglaiul. XOTIOI5 TO OWLS. All niombors of Marshflold Nest, and visiting brothers, nre urged to bo present Tuesday night, July 13, for installation ot officers and other Important work. JOE SCHOTT, Secrotary. Times Want Ad bring resulU. CIIS REAC U