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'" t iVE YOU EVER NOTICED THE MORE FAULT YOU LOOK FOR THE MORE YOU WILL FIND W Coos Bay Times Your Paper la A Southwest Oregon Paper That's what tho Coos Hay Times Is. A South west Oregon paper for Southwest Oregon people nd devoted to tho best Interests of this grout lection . Tho Times always boosts mid BOTer knocks. Tho Cous liny Times Is proud of Its tltlo "The (People's Puor," mid It strives nt nil times to Ive up to lis nniiio by do voting lis energies to hprpmoUng tho people's Interests, MEMHEll OK THE ASSOCIATED PRESS r.ou NO. XXXVIII. KstnMlshcd 1878 As Tho Const Mull. MARSHFIELD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 13, 1915 EVENING EDITION. A Consolidation of Times, Coast Mall nnd Coon liny Advertiser. No. 303 fflwiB II mum P OFFICERS PTAKECHARGE t i mt Resign to Take Posts nth Big Gun and Munition Factories of U. S. EBoretary Garrison Believes Entry's Safety Rests With tVelopment of Such Plants I0UNCEMENT IS MADE oe Department, llnil Not Decld- iVhether Officers Could SI III Uleltl In Government Km- fieT HoslgiuitloiiH Accepted Iff!' Associated Trrw to Coot DT T!mt.1 WASHING-TON, I). C, .ttily IS. fAMltr on the theory Unit tlio (01111- Sluafety must rent' 011 ndoqiinto ravralfitiiiipiit of.IlB eoliiiiiorclnl gun IdlH)iinuinItl'Jii factories. Secretary MHrWpn niuioiiiirpit today lita dccls llenMto accept tho resignation of SKhMitttiinnt Colonel Odus C. IJornoy n Major W. A. I'hllllpH ot tho 'Ordnance Uureau, who have iofforod K)atH with companies ivlntr Inrco miiiilt lonn rnntrnrtH Hramwlin European belligerents. IlaN llecn Pending t'fjho, resignations hnvo boon pond- VHK9 several weeks while Attorney erfil (Iregory wan iiHkcd for IiIh UJgopliilou mh to Seerotury Gnr- ,'a. power to hold tho officers In Jjiovorninoiil service. Tho nucs- "liad not yet been determined 'ie Department of JiihIIcc, and fhllo Secretary Gurrlson do- ysElS0 ftct- L MOYS COMMIT FIRST VANDALISM EiaAINST HISTORIC RELIC K from High lliinlc ItocliH Stilko iMcll Hiitiaicly Hut Docs No Damage Hr AbbocIiIoiI I'rni to C l'7 TIiom.1 ALLA WALLA, Wash., July Boys standing on u bunk coin- tad tho first art of viuidallsin lHBt tho Liberty Hull by throw- tlBir'roclH nt tho famous relic yes- Hay wniio mo neu wns in tron- between thla city nnd Pendleton, fimon, O110 rock hit tho hull rely, but It Is believed not to Injured It. This Is said to first unpatriotic net In tho twenty-five hundred 111II0 trip. E LETTERS I'lHt SIONINO l'l:AK('l'J,, UKNDS MOHK WAHNINOH Tiloroivctf by New OiIojiiik I'nper Hittl Another by Chief of I'oIIce Tioro Hi Aworlitxl riti to Coo Hi? Time. (W OUM'JANS, July 13. Two letters, signed "I'carco," lit tho wiitor threatens dlsnstor q Hritlsh horso nnd miilo ships fdollvorcd today, ono to an nf- 6n paper hero nnd tho second jlof of PoIIco Iteynolds. Tho po- ognrded tho lotter Borlotlsly. ta nro Inclined to think tho lot- iro n honx. ? fER OF C. W. KNIGHT , niCC IM TUC-CAOT R UIL.O till KIU1MIKII JlyJI Win' Veteran imtl I Years tgu Sad Wortl Is llvrojycil From Iowa. 6. Knight, father of J. W. lit, of this city, tiled at his l In West Union, Iowa, last Bosdny. Tho deceafiod was n mi of tho Civil Wnr, In which rYod for sovoral years nnd wns ars old. jth camo to mark tho end of g strugglo through a porlod cknes8. Tho doceascd Jeavos ds Mr. Knight, nnothor son and 'daughters, nil of whom nro BEEN P I0NE FAMOUS BEL WW IT in lort, In tho East. L.J.SIMPSONHDME SAYS TRAINS WILL CONNECT REFORM JANUARY FIRST Snj'H Ijiimticr Conditions Not Fuv- oralilu mid Sees Iilttlo Chnuro For Iniiuedlato Change. Trains will run from Kit gene Into Coos liny lioinetlmo botween Novem ber 30 and January 1, according to L. J. Simpson or North llonil who ar rived homo overland this morning af ter having beon In Sun Francisco on business for tho post bIx wcoks. Mr. Slmpaoii stated today Hint ho had every iisstirnnco tho railroad work would bo hastened with all posslblo speed. Tho brldgo across the Ump (iun lUvcr will not bo dono by tho thilo stntcd but Mr. Simpson says tho regular train will run down to tho north oldo of tho nvor, a trans fer across will bo made nnd a train from this end will moot tho pas sengers nnd freight. So there will bo rail service to Coos Hay by tho closo of tlila year. Trains will run to Actito on tho Slushiw Itlver with in two weeks. Conditions uro Had. Regarding genornf condltloiis Mr. Simpson said Hint lie ntu: lltllo 011 coiiraglng to give out. Ho oxpross- cs himself as being glad to got back to Coos liny. Regarding tho lum ber industry nnd business, Mr. Simp sou Bays: "Tho conditions nro bad. Tltoro la no Improvement during tho paBt two months and If anything, It Is worso than It was and I nm sorry to Bay tl nt I do not bco sny ir.imortlato hopo of a chnngo nt present. The war has had a had effect on tho lum ber Industry nnd I do not uu-iic Hint thoro will bo nny chnngo for tho bet tor until tho war Is settled nnd tnoro Ib n rlinugo of administration, nvory 0110 on tho outside Booms to ndmlro Wilson for his manner In handling tho wnr problems but tho feeling among those with whom I ramo In, contact wns Hint there must ho a chnngo of ndinlnlstrntlo'n bufdro tho tliueu get bettor. - . Going (o Shore Acres. "I hnvo nothing to g:vo out nt present about my local plans. As soon ns thu tiddlllon to my bousn at Shoro Acres Is flnlslied, which will probably bo In about two wcoks, 1 expect to go down thoro to tunko my homo. I understand thoro uro some hum on foot In North Horn! to hnvo n celebration In observation of tho completion of tho bridge and nl though I hnvo not heard nny of tho dotullH yet I think it would bo n oplotidld plan. When asked whether hu had done anything rcgnrdliig his 'campaign for congressman from this' district, Mr. Simpson said Hint while In San Francisco ho wns so busily ongnged with other mntters that ho did not hnvo tlino to givo tho matter any thought. STEPS OFF kthi'iikx l)AXCllI: (iin;i:if, DHOWXS THIS AKTMHXOOX Wh Iitiiidlng: Ijiiuiber Onto Scow nt roller Mill In Said Companions AVero Xenr ut thu Tlino . . iiohy hi:covi:hi:d v Tho body of tho Grook drowned nt North Horn! wtia 4 found this afternoon, Stophon Dunchef, n Orook, lond Ing lunibor onto a scow nt tho l'or- ter Mill nt ono o'clock this afternoon, accidentally stoppod off tho dock backwards nnd dosplto tho presence of sovoral workmen, drowned. Short ly nftor grnppllng books woro taken down nnd tho buy is being draggod for tho body. Llttlo Is known of Danchof. Mo is Bnld to bo unmarried nlid that ho wns a cousin of Tony, a woll-knowu Greek who has worked for years far Captain Kdgnr Simpson. It Is said thoro woro tluoo or four men loading lunibor from tho dock onto u scow at tho time. AVILIj OI'KN 1IIIIS North Heiul Council Will Hold .Meet ing Tonight Tho North Ilend City Council will meet tonight. Illds will be opened for tho paving of part of Virginia avenue and McPhorfion. An ordln anco will bo passed making an assess ment for tho four blocks already paved on Sherman avenue. Other business will bo trangnctod. OG MIS EDISON TO HEAD BOARD Great Genius Will Head Body 1 of Inventors to Aid the U. S. Navy An Appeal Was Made on the Grounds of Patriotism and Place Accepted BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Will Look After tho Development lit Nnvy Department Improvement of Submarines and Aeroplanes An Important Consideration Men considered for naval scientific board uro: Thomns Kdlson, world m- motis lluventor (accepted). Alexander (Irnhani Hull. groat tclopbono and olcctrl- cnl Invontor. " Simon Lnko, expert on bu'j- mnrlno boats. Orvlllo Wright, ono of Am- orlca'u greatest airmen. Hudson Maxim, gun nnd explosive genius. Henry Kord, ono of leading auto makers. O (Or Aiuorlale-l rrr.i to Coon !)? Time. J WASHINGTON, D.' C, July 13. 'gliomas A. I'MIboii'h announced nc ceptnnco of Secrotnry Daniels re (luest Hint lCdlsou bead nu advisory bonnl of civilian Inventors for tho proposed bureau of Invention nnd development in tho Nnvy Dopnrt nient wns received today with grat ification by officials. An appeal was made to Kdlson on patriotic grounds. Ono of tho pressing prob lems to confront tho now bureau will bo tho Improvement of tho Navy's submarine and aeroplanes. Tells of Purpose. "What wo want to do," snld Sec rotary Daniels today, discussing the now bureau, "is to apply tho iuvon tlvo genius of America to work for tho navy and study what wo ought to do. Tho idea of the advisory board will bo to cxploro unknown realms ot naval construction and do volop possibility of naval warfare. Wo want tho advice of genius ns to now lines." Secrotnry Dnulols suggested ns a possibility tho establishing of a Inrgo nuvnl testing laboratory ln Wash ington. Men SngKcsred. Among tho names mentioned to day to Secretary Dnnlols woro Alcx nr.dor Graliam Hall, Simon Lake, Or vlllo Wright, Hudson Maxim and Honry Kord. Seerotury Dunlols re fused to discuss probahlo selections until ho Is ready to nnnounco accept ances. HRILLIAXT PARADE IS HELD AT SEATTLE TODAY Slty TemVles of tho Order and Forty Hands Take Part in Rig Kent VDi AisoclilM Trrta lo Coot Bf Tlmra.) SEATTLE, Wash., July 13. Tho list annual session of tho Imperial Council, Nobles of tho Mystic Shrine, began hole todny nftor a parade par ticipated in by GO temples and 40 bands. Richly embroidered cos tumos m ado of tho long lino a bril liant spectacle. Tho welcoming ad drosses woro rospondod to by Im perial Potontato F. R. Smith. MAY" HAVE LEFT. John Volenter, Missing, May Hnvo Cioiio From City John Volontor, or Halllngor, miss ing for sovoral dnys and searched for yesterday, is still gono today and the belief In Bay City is that ho has loft tho country. At tho Malonoy boarding houso is a trunk and two suit cases belonging to him. It is snld ho had only two or throe dollnrH whon ho left ASKED DANELS IKE ATTACK APPLIES TO STRIKE GOVERNMENT TAKES HANI) SOUTH WAMM THOUHLES IN Munitions of War Mt Will lo Ef- fectlvo In tho Coal .Mine Strikes. declared offense (Dj AntncUto-) Vmi to Cooi IUj Time.. LONDON, July 13. An of ficial proclamation will bo Is sued today making It an of fense to tako part In n coal strike. tllr AMcvlttcd f rot 10 Coot DfcT Tlmco.1 LONDON, July 13. That tho Hrit lsh government has decided to npply tho munitions of war net to tho South Wales con! strike, becauso tho strlko Is prejudicial to tho trans portation of munitions, wns an nounced today In tho Hotiso of Com mons by Wnltcr Ktmclmun, president of tho llonrd of Trade. RUSSIA MAKKH INDUCHMMXTS TO WIN (VKlt RUMANIA Would Add Austrian Territory Hulkitit Statu for Stippoit In Wnr to . KIXGS TO CONKIIR (Ilf AfiocUIcJ rm4 to Coo. lnj Tluiwl ATHI5NS, July 13. A dis patch to n London newspaper snyo tho Kings of Greece, Ru manla nnd Hulgnrla will bora n conference booh nt Atlionu. ' lit An.iwl.lnl J'rcnn m Con nr Tlmn.l HI0RL1N, July 13 Tlio Tngo- lilatt'H correspondent at C.ornowitz, HiikQwIna, Bays:.. "Tlio Russians nro J rushing the work of fortifying tho Rumanlu border. Thousands of men nro digging trenches and building wlro ontniigleinonts." The Russian government of Res sarabla borders Ruinanla on the Unal. Austro-Hungnry Is reported having pledged Rumania to undor tnko Hcssnrrlnbla's coiuiuest and transfer It to tho Hnlkun state In ox chango for RumnnJa's support In tho wnr. Russia has been trying to win Rumania to thu allies by offer ing tho Hungarian torrltory of Transylvania, bordering Ruinanla on the West. E FRENCH DID NOT LOSE ALL WHEN CEMETERY TAKEN Gci mints Hemming Their Hffoits to Explore tho French Fortress nt Verdun (II, AModatwl I'rtrM to Coot liar TIoim PARIS, July 13. Tho loss of tho Soucbcz cemetery nnd adjacent trenches by tho Fronch Indicated yostorduy In nn official statement does not affect tho principal defense In that region, suy French experts. The GormniiB are redoubling their efforts to cxploro the French fort ress of Verdun nftor a failure of their plan In tho Argonno forest. Tho Germans nro now trying bj concontruted attacks In tho Woovro district to tnko Iniportunt parts 0f tho citadel by 'establishing batteries within range of tho fortress. RE nitlTISH WAR LOAN ALMOST AT ;,)()(), OOO.OOD MARK Official Announcement Is Mndo tiny In tho House of Com mons of England To- tllr A.anrUlwl TtTt M RdlM IUj TlniM.) LONDON, July 13. That tho sub scriptlons of tho Drltlsli -wnr loan bad reached a totnl of nearly throo billion dollars was officially announ ced today. NOTICE lbTTlDDEHS Illds will bo received by Jo"n Rlasco on July 19 for 50 cords ot 3 foot fir wood and 25 cords of 3 foot alder wood to bo dollvered at school houso In District No. 30, Coos Ulvor. I.lbby COAL. The kind YOU have ALWAYS USED. Phone 73. Tarlflc Livery niiil Transfer Company. T TERRITORY HOLD MA N DEFENS ACHES UW LES IS 10 TAKE COMMAND Will Be Active Head of the Vil la Army in Mexico Is the Report WOULD HAVE PEACE Belief is Roblcs Would be Abla to Affect Some Agreement With Carranza ' PUT0BREG0N TO FLIGHT Report Is That. Villa Has Won u Victory Over Ills Kiicniy nnd That Ills Army Is Xow Marching Toward the South Ur Auocl.toJ I-rM to Com I!y Tlun.J BIj PASO, July 13. aoncral Villa is about to turn tlio actlvo command of his army ovor to General Joso Rohles in order that boiiio tonus of peace nitty bo agreed upon, ac- cottllng to an unconfirmed report credited hero today by prominent Cnrranr.n tidliorents. Tho reports statos that Villa's officers insisted on his retirement In favor of Roblcs, hellovlng Roblcs would Uo nblo to effect some ngreomont with Carran za. Roblcs is snld to have boon an Intermediary In a plan fur penco In Mexico. Unofficial reports from tho South tend to confirm tho Villa reports of his having forced Obregou to flight and Hint Villa's forces uro moving south. i GUNBOAT BLUFFIJVIG CARRAXZA WAKSIIIl'ftDin NOT HOMHARD CITY Instead of Carrying Out Threat Quietly Pulled Away From (ho United States Cruiser Uj AMOcUUd I'itm to Com fUj Tim.) GUAYMAS. f July 13. Tho Cur rnnn gunboat' Guerrero, instcud of carrying out tho thrcutoiiod bom bardment hero lust night, quietly doinrtod for tho south. Admiral T. 11. Howard, of tho crulsor Colorado, bad previously warned tho gunboat's commander that foreigners or their property must not bo injured. FRENCH HIHDMEX DROP HOMHS OX STATION 175 Report That Allies Hnvo Mado Slight (hiliiN on (ho Onlllpoll Peninsula lllr Aiumrliled rr ta Coot IJ Time. LONDON, July 13. According to telegrams rccolvpd horo 30 Fronch uoroplnnos swept ovor tho railroad station serving tho Calonno trench teglon and Apreinont forost. Ono j bundled ' sovonty-flvo bombs (Woro flropiiotl and several fires woro started. Through Mltylouo nnd Athotis, I'nrls bus n roport thut tho Eutouto Allies, us n result of anotober bnttlo of tho Gallipoli peninsula, havo ad vanced 200 yards.' Hard fighting continues In tho Woovro region, whore the Germans nro believed In Paris to liuvo resum ed u drive at Verdun. HAH APPENDICITIS Roy Hiifjncr Submits to a Surgical Oporutkh ut Mercy Hospital 1 Roy Ruffnor, who has an auto lino was taken sorloimly 111 Sunday even ing and yestorduy wns removed to Mercy hospital. Attending physic Ipns found It necessary to oporato ou him for appendicitis at ouco. Tho oporutlon was performed last night and tho doctors said had thoy wait ed until this morning corlous com plications would probably havo ro suited. Howovor, Mr. Ruffnor (his morning was getting long nlcoly and the operation was apparently In ovory wny a buccchs, GATHER ELKS FLOURISHING RKPORT SHOWS ORDKIC TO ItK IN GOOD HIIAI'i: During Year t.'t.OOO Now Mctnlicrs AtlmltttM Making Total of Al most Half n Million NICHOLSON KliKCTKD tlir Aoclitnl Prr to Coos Hay TlmM.J LOS ANGELES, Cnl., July 13. James It. Nicholson of Uos- ton, was elected exalted ruler nt tho opening session hero todny of Alio grand lodgo, U. P. O. E. t It y AmocIiIoiI TrrM to Coo. l)f Tlm.J LOS ANGELES, July 13. Tho Honovolont nnd Protoctlvo Ordor of Elks Is In n flourishing condition both ns to finances nnd membership, according to reports submitted todny at tho annual session of tho grand lodgo of tho order. Fred C. Robinson, Grand Secro tnry; Charles A. White, Grand Trcasuror; tho Hoard of Grand Trustees nnd tho commltteo on aud iting, inado their reports. During tho yenr ending April 1, lOlfi, 43,085 now members woro admitted to tho ordor, bringing tho totnl mombcrBlilp to 'H2,firi8. There woro 1C..228 mombers dropped from tho rolls. 232 exnelloil: 78.430 ml- mlttod nnd thoro woro 4701 dcatlisf TIiiih tho net Incrcaso was 11,081. Ton now lodges woro added, bring ing tho total to 132G. Thoro Is a surplus of ? G D 1 , 5 1 7 in tho treasury of tho Oratid Lodgo whllo Bubordlnata lodges hnvo not assets of $20,515,739. CANADIAN PREMIER HAYS EM PIRE IN OOI CONDITION Wlrctl Imperial Government That Canada Regarded the War ns Her Own Affnlr 1)7 AxoclitMl rrrtt to Coot Dr TlaiM. LONDON, July 13. Four days boforo tho war liroko out, I tolo grupliod tho Imperial government Hint If wnr ensued Canada would re gard It ns her own," Sir Robert L. Ilordon, the Canadian premier told n cheering nudlenco nt a luiicben given In his honor todny by tho Houso of Commons. Ho declared that for tho purposes tho resources of tho Hritlsh Emplro woro abundant and tho emplro could congrntulnto Itsolf on tho conditions ot tho affair today. PRESIDENT SPENDS THE DAY AT CORNISH UNDISTURHED Will Hnvu Plan Mapped Out When Ho Ret urns to tho National Capital (Or AK.Utft! Plni t. Cool n7 TlmM.l CORNISH, N. II., July 13. (liv ing directions that ho bo loft undis turbed and paying loss attention than usual to his morning mall from Washington, President Wilson dovotcd himself today to a study of tho latest German note, tho of ficial toxt ot which was before him. Indications woro tho President would stay hero sovoral days lougor and by tho time ho returns to Wash ington it is oxpuctod lie will hnvo mapped out In a general way the next step In tho Amorlcau policy. RED MEN MEET Great Chief of Records Ilauilg Meets With Local Order About 20 members of the Red men wore present at the meeting held Inst evening with Groat Chief of Records Ilamlg, ot Portland, In attendance. , Plans were discussed for tho start ing of it membership campaign and tho members present also bolloved thut something uhquld bo douo lit tho way of securing a building. Mr. Hiimlg guvo tbom soino good advice and suggested that bonds be Issued for tho purchuso of a lot and tho erection of a building milt nblo for tho neods ot tho lodgo. This will later bo taken up and acted upon. NOTiCB, I am not responsible for bills con tracted in my numo by my son, Ed ward G. Dyer. EDWARD M. DYER. RESOURCES ENOUGH STUDYING THE MOTE AUSTRIA HAS HAD REVERSES Extent of Deafeat Not Known as Reports From Southern Poland are Conflicting FEAR SUDDEN MOVE Russians Think General Mac- kenzen Who is Silent May Make a Sudden Attack ARE AFTER RUMANIA'S AID Tuetonle Allies Using Evory Means to Get Her On Their Bldo or Remain In Condition of Friendly Neutrality lllj AuocUtod I'itm to Coot lit? Tlmft.l LONDON, July 13. Contradictory reports regarding tho extont ot tho Austro-IIungarlait rovorso at Kras- nlk, In Southern Poland, continue demo even asserting that tho Aus'- tio-IluugarlaiiH uro contemplating a general rotroat, but tho mystery of the situation lies In tho persistent bllenco of Field Marshal MaoKcn- zen, who apparently Is making no effort to push the ndvnncu on War saw. Petrograd reasons thla Inactivity duo to MucKenzon's fear of expos ing his loft flank whllo tho Aus tralia wero on tho defensive I'Vnr Sudden Move. So mo London observers fonr Mac Kcnsen Is planning an unexpected coup, WanC RiitiNinln. Ilalkan dispatches ntato that tho Toutonlc allien nro straining ovory diplomatic rcsotti'co cither to win Ruinanla ovor or to Induco that' state to remain In n condition nt friendly neutrality. J" Reach Deadlock Ilillgarla nnd Turkey nro reported to hnvo renchod a deadlock on ne gotiations bcrnuso of Sofia's refusal to do more than presorvo friendly neutrality In return for territorial compensations from Constantinople. HRITISH GOVERNMENT PLANS TO PROTECT PROPERTY People Can Protect Themselves Against. Loss Front Aircraft and From u Hoinbartlnu'iit' J . (U Auolitd 1'rra to Com Iff TIom.1 LONDON, July 13. Tho govern ment has completed a plnn for utnto insurance against damage by air craft nnd bombnrdmeut which will bo worked In connection with tho flro Insurance offlcors. Private dwellings aro Included In tho now Insttranco plan, tho rato for which bolng two shillings ngnlnst aircraft nnd throo shillings against aircraft and bom bardmout. IRIS ELROD TO ID WILL HE MARRIED TOMORROW TO .MISS RUTH WOODFORD Wedding Will Tnko Plnco nt Co- (liillle, Where tho Hritlo Makes Her Home. Iris Elrod, whoso home Is in Mnrshflold, but who for sonic time past lias beon manager ot the Wool en Mill Storo at North Rend, will bo married tomorrow at Coqulllo to Miss Ruth Woodford of that city. Doth tho bride and groom are quite woll known In tho comity. Sovoral social events havo recently boon glvon Miss Woodford at Co qulllo In honor ot her approaching marrlngo. Water Turned Out. The water was turned oft for a short tlino in ono section of tho central part ot tho city this morning to make repairs' in n broken main. Kyos hclentlflcally examined. Prop cr gla.s.seH fitted. -Red Cross Op- tlSalJIyrnvt incut, NOW IN 4t I th Ian ire". m t Hnl (bull lov- V r4 : h't ohy 7T- Nj