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F 'fr fp,-" Ifa-LjiiU.j Wjr&il '.r. ) p & ta "ift" 4 fc .- HE THINGS THAT DO NOT CONCERN SOME PEOPLE SEEM TO GIVE THEM THE MOST CONCERN 01 003 lay Exmv Coos Bay Times Your Paper The Coo Way Times la proud of Ita title "Tlio f People'! Paper," und It strives at nil time to I lire Hp to Its unnio by do voting Its energies to promoting tlio pcoplo'a Interests. A Southwest Oregon Paper Tlint's whnt tlio Coos liny Times Is. A South, west Oregon paper for Southwest Oregon people nd devoted to tlio best Interests of tills groat lection . Tlio Times always boosts and never knocks. a MEMHKH OK THE ASSOCIATED PRESS VOL. NO. XXXVIII. Established 1878 As The Const Mall. MARSHFIELD, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 24, 1915 EVENING EDITION. TWELVE PAGES A Consolidation of Times, Const Mull Mn qio nnd Coos liny Advertiser. ivuoit M ., 100 ... . if i TO 1100 LIVES LOST "" 1 nil HGGO Steamer Eastland Capsizes $Near Wharf With 2500 .. ' Persons on Board V SLIDE INTO ITER Many Women and Childnan Jin Holiday Crowd Meet I Death in Chicago River RECOVER OVER 500 BODIES IMvors .Work Mcluccii Docks una IT1 ' hi nS lh()y 1h Drought to Surface H ' Doiid Found In River VFHOM l.ilOO TO 1,500 ' ' ESTIMATED DEAD (Br Aitoi-lit Pri tu Coot fltr Timet. CHICAGO. July SI. With 670 known dead tnbnhitcd in ion morgues, Coronur Hoff man estimated at 2:10 o'- 3 J ! ft clock that tlio total death list Is. thirteen hundred. Deputy Gliiof of Pollco Schuottlor cs ' llmatcd soventeeii hundred deaths. , . 1 v'l JiOOfRKC RECOVERED r ' , AT 1:15 O'CLOCK (Br AiiikIiIM TrcM to Com IUr Tlmrt.) 'CHICAGO, July 24. At i;V6oTclock Coroner's Phy sician Springer was quoted as saying that thirteen nun- .IrpdAppdlps liud bean rocov' , .a .-"i erod'und tagged. r,Wi lBr 'tuMkM l"r to Coo. 117 Ttlnw. CHICAGO, July 2 1. HundrctlR, perhapB 1200 to 1500 porsons wore drowned today when tlio excursion Bteamorljlastland, crowded with 2500 Western Electric Company em ployes, capslzod In tlio Chicago .Pour .hours later, rescuora wore stjll taking bodies from tlio vessel through holes cut In tlio hull. Ro .ports, frofn, down Iho rlvor stated that additional bodies wero being taken .froni tlio wator. '. "Keeovcr JJOO lltitllcs 'At noon flvo hundred, dead had beenwfound. Coroner Hoffman es timated Jhat flvo to ten hundred wero still In tlio hull. Tlio crowd ing OfMlOBBOIlKOl'S to ono bide of tlio boat labolloved to havo been the cause of tlio tragedy. Tlio authori ties, not 'satisfied with this explan ation, nrrostod Captain Harry Pedor so'n and First Mato Hell Fisher. Passengers In Panic. ) k panic of the worst kind struck the passengers when tlio bout began Xo1 keel pvor. Tlio best accounts of wjtneflsesifBay tho steamer rolled tv!eosllglitly, then turned further and hundreds of screaming, strug gling. men, women and children, slid across thu sloping decks, fought for room on tho companion ways and clutched at everything nearest thorn. ' l Caught Below Decks 'Hundreds of women and children verecaught below decks. Scratched fa'ccs.'tojn clothing and bruised bodfos gave evidence of their des perate struggle for life. (The tragedy occupied less than flva (minutes. When tho boat be gan ..to'turn on Its side, officers Bhoutdj$varnlngs, but tho timo was too short! 't tejpllls'' ( Kcseiio The .city flro boat, pojlco launches UfeboatsTund nearby steamers were rushed Ito the rescue. When tho firemen "chopped holes In tlio hull bad(2s.twero found piled llko boxes of Merchandise. Sixty per cont of tlienuyero women, a deputy Coroner sainri 'iS ,,,vcra Working Through tho efforts of divers vforlcinsS between tho submerged decksjjibodles were being hauled to theurface, ono every two minutes. One73lver, under water for one hour.Vnd ho knew there wero 50 bodieiTsVlll In tho steamer's bow. J '- Suspend Itusluchs Sfeenw Blmllar to those following tlitj Irequols disaster cast a gloom on South Water street, Chicago's grMt 'jjtroduce center, Commission tlnw')irctlcnlly suspended business, 31 Ul open their establishments E TELLS OF ACCIDENT MAN ABOARD GIVES DESCRIP TION OF TIIK DISASTER Vessel I.KIh, Itreaks Kitim Moorings and Then Turns Over In Mid Stream nr AsuoditP'l l'ro.i to Com lujr TlmM.J CHICAGO, July 2 1. Tho "enndy butcher" on tho steamor, was tho first oyo witness to tell a detnlled Htory of thu accident. He said: "It was about 7: 10 o'clock this morning and tho boat, ehurtered by tho Wosi orn lOlectrlc company employes for an excursion to Michigan City, was lying at tho dock near tlio Clark street bridge loading pusengcrs. "There wero hundreds of women nnd children. Wo wero to leavo In twenty minutes. Tho upper deck and cabins wero crowded. I estimate that between two and three thous and wero on board. Hoat Ilollcd. "I was standing on tho lower deck near tho gang plank. Suddenly I noticed tho boat begin to list toward tho center of tho rlvor. Tho vessel rolled slightly at first, then seem ed to stop but started to roll again. I became alarmed ami shouted to tho crowd to keep still. Apparently thu majority of tho passengers wero on one side of the boat, ovorwelglitliu It and causing tho list. Drifted From Dock. "Suddonly tho hawsers snapped and officers pulled tho gang plank in refusing to allow others on board. At this timo everybody was panic stricken. Women screamed and the men tried to quiet them. Tlio bout then slowly drifted away from tho dock, rolling as It slipped Into mitt, stream and a moment later It turn ed over on Its side. ('limbed Over Side. "I climbed over tho Bldo and was taken off by life savers. Many leap ed Into tho wator as tho boat wont over. Scores woro caught In cabins nnd drowned. I worked with othor survivors taking peoplo out of tho wa ter and cutting holes In tho cabins to remove the bodies." KAItMKIt KKPOUTS Hollcf at First. That Dtxitl and Miss ing Niimbcml 1,000 (Mr AModttthl I'rni to Cot (lay Tlmri, CHICAGO, July 24. Tho big Bteoi ship Eastland, crowded with picnick ers, turned turtlo In tlio Chicago Riv er at 7 M0 today. Tho first reports woro that 2,500 persons woro on board'. Thu Dally News estimates that ono thousand aro drowned or missing. Tho boat was chartered bj tho Westorn Electric company for tho employes picnic. Itecoerlng Hodles Moro than three hundred bodies hud boon recovored at 9 o'clock, ac cording to Dr. T. S. Cartor, who ex amined tlio bodies. Associated Press men who got by tho guards counted 150 bodies, mostly women, In the cahln of ono of tlio rescue baats. for temporary morgues and hos pitals. . All tlio down-town department stores hurried truck loads of blank ets to cover tho dead and dronched women and children huddled In shiv ering groups. Floating Morgno ' Newspaper men woro denied ac cess to the Theodore Roosevelt, tho oxcurslon steamor used as a morgue. Tho pollco who guarded tho gang ways declined to say how many corpses thoro weio on board, but rows of dead could bo scon on tho decks. Pulmotor Used Frantic efforts wero made to re vive tho victims, A scoro of pul motors wero used and when llfo was found to bo extinct tho bodies were laid out on tho decks. Tugs in tho city service wero sent blocks down stream to search for drifting bodies. A grand Jury Investigation Is prac tically assured. Sells Auto. Geo. Goodrum has sold his new Dulck demonstration car to Mart Sherrard of Bandon ana has already delivered It. Cfl T IS 0 INSPKLTOIt SAW THU YKSSHIi WAS NOT ovi:icu)Aii:i Knstlnml Hail Similar Trouble Might Yearn Ago, Mill the. Passenger Wero Saved From Disaster WOKHI-: THAN TIIK HUltNINd OF SliOCUM Tho accident today to tho Eastland was tho worst dla- aster In Chicago, wherein wo- men and children wero affect- cd since tlio Iroquois theater flro when over 700 were killed. Tlio Eastland was similar, In that It was un excursion party, to tho burning or tho General Slocum, when 1,000 wero hilled. Tho Slocum on Juno 15, 1II0I, burned us she was going through Hull Gate, Now York Harbor. ft Br Aintrlit) rim to Coo. Ilijr TlmM.J CHICAGO, July 24. Two U. S. Inspectors watched, tho Eastland load Its full capacity, 2500 persons, allowed by tho steamship regulations. Tho Eastland nearly met a similar disaster eight years ago in tho har bor of Now Haven, Michigan, when, crowded with pnssongors, the vessol listed badly as wator ballast was being taken on board. Tho officers on tho ship prevented disaster by driving tho passengers' to tlio other sldo. SHKHPHKKDKK ADMITS KIDNAP PING I.ODGKD IN JAIIi Was Holding Son of a Wealthy Rancher for a Ransom of Flvo Thousand Dollars tlljr Awoiblf.l 1'rcn to Coo. Dty Time..) IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, July 24. Lou Dean, a Bhcopherdor who ad mits kidnapping E.' A, Empey, son of a wealthy rancher Hoveral days ago, holding him for $5000 ransom, was lodged In the Uonuovlllo county Jail early todny by cowboys after a hard night rldo to save Dean from lynching. Dean was captured on Sheep Mountain last night after Em pey escaped. TO BE II BUSY TERM EQUITY ('ASICS IIY DOZENS PII.K UP ON COURT DOCKET Nouo Said to bo l.argo but Volume Ih Great Many Coos Hay Cases To Re Tried lleio Every little motion, nnd big mo tion, too, hud a meaning all Its very own yestorday nt tho opening of tho equity term at Coquillo, according to tho attorneys who returned from thoro last evening ami this morning. Motions for now trials wore filed and some woro argued. Motions re garding cost bills on cases of last torm woro boforo Judge Coko, and perhaps moro equity cases than have beon listed In several years wero pla ced beforo tho court for docket ar rangement. There aro fow big Interesting cas es for this torm, It is said, tho dock et for tho most part being cluttered with lesser grievances but what Is lacked in weight is made up In vol unio. Not tho whole of tho term will bo hold In Coquillo as Judge Coko has already evidenced his wish to hear cases of Coos Ray In Marshfleld. Coquillo Street Caso Tho suit of 32 Coquillo property owners ugalnst tho city over paving troublo Is said to bo ono of tho larg est cases on tho docket. A domurror has beon filed by G. T. Treadgold, of Dandon, on behalf of tho contractor, and L. A. Llljeqvlst, representing Coquillo, mado a mo tion yesterday to stilko out a portion of tho 42-page complaint filed by Graves and Mclnturff on the part of tho protesting property owners. Tho slgh-hee!iigFIir NANN SMITH Leaves (ho Chandler for SUNSET I) a. in., Sunday $1,00 Round Tilp LINNEA PICNIC LInnca Lodge will hold their an nual picnic tomorrow at Catching Inlet. Alice II and Mao leavo Marsh fleld dock, S sharp. ESCAPES LYNCHING I! THE ABANS No Bullets From Mexico Must Come Across the United States Border 00DE0S AOE GIN General Funston Has Been In structed From Washington To Repel Any Firing INSIST ON AN AGREEMENT OiiTim.ii mill Villa Promlso Not to Fight Where There Was Danger to This Country Conflict. Ito- I ween Mexican Facialis Mr AuorlatPtl Prni to Coot Hay Tlmm. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., July 2 1. Deflnlto ordors havo been received from Washington by Major General Frederick Funston, commanding tho border troops, to ropol any firing In to American territory In tho fighting threatened, botweon tho Curranza and Villa forces at Nogales and Na cu. OKI) KHS DRASTIC United Status Determined to Protect Aniei leans (Dr AmoMM! Prm to Own D4T TtmM 1 WASHINGTON, I). C, July 2 1. Gen. Funstoii's orders to prevent fir ing Into American) territory along tho Mexican border aro tho most drastic tho war department has yet given to protect Americans endan gered by battles between tho Mexi can factions on tho border. It t understood that Curranza and Villa both havo beon notified of the Uni ted States' determination to uso forco to prevent violation of tlio ag reement obtained by Hrlgndlor Gon. Scott, chief of tho army staff by which factions agreed not to battlo whero shots might cross tho Ameri can bordor. FORESTER IS HERE SUPERVISOR ELLIOTT FROM HA- J.EM LOOKING OVER TIMIIER I Cruised Good Share of (). Ai (', jMn( (JraiitN lie! lews Western Ore gon Should Reap Reueflts "I cruised tho greater sharo of tho timber In tho Oregon-California Laud Grant and If the stato should finally open It to settlors after tho timber has been taken off, not flvo per cont of It would bo taken up In tho next 50 years." Such was tho statomont mado this morning by Stato Forester Elliott, who, accompanied by his wife, nr rlved last night In a roadster. They camo from Ashland by way of Cres cent City and tomorrow will leavo for Rosoburg In tholr machine For 18 years, between 1880 and 'lOOC, Mr. Elliott was with tho rall Iroiid company. Ho knows the Um ber of tho Southern Orogou coun ties cxtronioly well, having for years been engaged In cruises In those parts. "And I firmly bollovo that tho ' stato ought to got control of It,", ho declared. "Thoro aro 1 4,000,000 acres in this stato now In forest io-' serves. That Is enough." ! Ilo bollevos tho western part of i Oregon should derive tho benofits from tho 2,300,000 acres after tho railroad has been paid for Its equity. "Put it Into tho roads nnd tlio school fund is my idea." ho said. Ho also expressed tho belief that tlio only way the timber can bo made use of any way Is through tho opoiatlon of tlio big lumber com panies and their mills. "I don't bollovo that ten per cent of It ! would bo fit for agriculture It's too much up and down." Net Month Dangerous Augiibl and part of Septomber Is tho dangerous season of tho year, said tho Stato Forester. Lato rains have delayed fires, but thoro was llttlo snow lu tho mountains last win ter, he said. Tho stato works In conjunction with tho flro assoclationos of tho state, In Coos County thoro nro during tho season between 25 and 30 flro patrols. Flro Warden A. h. Crouch, of Coquillo, was here this W T WILL TAKE UP EN President Wilson Calls for Re ports From the War and Navy Departments TO WASTE NO TIE Have All Information Gathered to Present to the Members of Congress SCHEME NOT MADE PUBLIC Conference of Heads of Navy and Army Will lh" Held as Soon as tho President Returns From tho Summer White llouso jr (Mr AtMiclttfil Treat to Coot tltr Tluir, ' WASHINGTON, 1). C, July 24. Formal announcement was mado at tho White House todny that Presi dent Wilson, after his return from Cornish will confer with Secretaries Garrison nnd Daniels on tho pro gram for national defense. Tho President has written tho heads of tho war and navy departments for reports. Ready for Congress Whllo nothing Was stated official ly rogardlng tho government's put pose, It was officially hinted that with tho dispatch of tho now German note tlio President had decided to hasten reports being worked out for tlio regular session of congress bo all available Information would ho ready If an emergency aroe. Would Save Time. Ah yot thero aro no Intimations that tho President has fixed n dofl nlto timo to submit tho national de fense program to congress but his purpose la said to ho to may out a comprohenslvo plan bo timo will not bo lost should Ilo decldo to call n spoclal sobsIoii. Note Made Public lloforo tho President loft Cornish tho text of tho noto to Germany was mado public. Tho only suggestion of n threat In tho noto was oni bodlcd In tho last paragraph which said that repetition by Gorman commondors of nets of contravention to noutrnl shipping rights must bo regarded by tho United States as nn unfriendly act. It Is bollovcd that this was changed boforo tho noto was sont so that It was not so se vere The noto Is not rognrdod as an ultimatum but rathor It suggests, diplomats say, now ways of sottllng tho difficulties. Ambassador Ilcrnstorff was hand ed a copy of tho noto and was pleas ad, and left tho Impression that his opinion was that tho avenues for discussion wero not closod. Tho noto says that tho whole world lookod with Increasing Inter est at tho demonstration of tho pos sibility of the visiting and search ing of American vessols by Gorman naval commaudors and that it was possible therefore tho lift tho wholo piactlco .of submarine attacks abovo tho criticism which It had aroused. Germany Is assured by Great Britain will bo brought to task re garding tho freedom of tho seas and Invites discussion. No timo limit Is placed on answering tho noto, ITALIANS TAKE TOWN (llj AocelJ I'rnw to Coo. nr TIidm. GENEVA, July 24. A Trl bunn dispatch from Milan says: ".Many porsonB arriving at Milan stato tho Italians havo captured Gorlzla aftor Bevoro fighting." morning to consult with Mr, El liott. Tho Week's Fund provides for tho payment or flvo flro patrols in this county, most of tho othor salaries being paid by the flro association. These flro patrols look after the head waters of streams outsldo of tho forest reborves. (iiimo Commissioner. Tho road from Ashland to Cres cent City, Mr. Elliott callod very good, and tho one north from thoro to Ilaudon ho said was good with tho exceptlton of an 11-mllo Btrlp betweon Luhglois and Dandon. Ilo wired to a largo party from Klam ath Falls that this road Is all right and they are oxpocted here Monday, C. F. Stono, of tho Stato Fish ami Qamo Commission, Is lu tho party. FISHERMEN CLASH TROUIILE IIKTWKKN TWO FAC TIONS ON ROGUE RIVER EKU'led That l.'gul Proceed :igs Will Follow llecent Artlon of (- poslllou Plant. (Special to The Times.) GOLD REACH, Oregon, July 24. Thoro has been somo troublo be tween tho two rivnl salmon canneries on Roguo River. Tho Gold Reach Gloho tells tho following of a recent near clash. "Many went to tho Elder fishing grouudB Sunday evening to witness what they expected to bo a clash be tweon tho different fishermen and seining crow. In this, however, they wero disappointed, as few, If any 111 words passed between the two crows of men. Used a Seine. "Tho bcIiio nrrlved at tho groumii shortly after six o'clock to mako a haul. About the timo tho selno nr rlved at tho grounds soveral drift nets changed their usual method of wait ing until dark, layed out ahead of tho seine Tho selno proceeded to lay out ar ound tho nets, and three drift nets pulled ovor tho selno and layed out within tho blto, nnd wero likewise pulled ashoro with the rest. It Is needless to say that tho drift nets got nil tho salmon. Herders Larceny. Mr, Macleay who wns presont not fled them that it was nothing short of larcony. To tho credit of tho lo cal boys who aro fishing for tho Sea borg cannery many of whom woro present, thoro was only ono concern ed In tho abovo mentioned troublo, all the rest being outsldo fishermen. Jiegas Steps Expected, Just what legal stops will bo ta ken to prevent tho recurrence of such acts, havo not yet been mado public, but such work cannot and will not bo tolerated longer by tho Mac leay Interests. FIVE ATfpTEQ VILLA PUNISHES THE COUNTER FEITING OF MONEY Illy AnoclilrJ Prru to Coot IIr Tlmrt.) EL PASO, Tex., July 24. Manuol Pluoro nnd Juan, Fernandez, Spani ards, charged with counterfeiting Villa monoy, and three Mexicans, charged with speculating In food stuffs, woro executed Wednesday at Torreon by Villa's ordors, accord- lug to information, regarded as au thentic, reaching hero today. HOTEL IS ROBBED ONLY $10 SECURED IN RANSACK ING HOTEL MARSHFIELD Robbers ontored tho Marshfleld hotel botweon 8:20 and 10:15 last night, pulled out bureau draworB ana turned them upside down ami ran Backed through practically all tho bods and dressors of tho house, ct- caplng with about $10 In cash. This was In a purso belonging to Miss nuth Hodden, of Coob Rlvor, who had como down to visit with Mrs. Uosslo Horry, who now has chargo of tho hotel, The pollco woro called but no traco of tho miscreants couln bo found. That tho robbory was committed by somo ono who had knowledge of tho hotel Is tho bollof ot Mrs, Hor ry. Sho stated, howovor, that bIio has no suspicions against anyono !:. particular. Heard No One. Miss Ellen Kamlo, who rooms on tho second floor, Bays that she came homo nnd wont to bed about 9:15 and that sho heard no ono prowling about the house. Sho was awaken, ed shortly after 1 0 o'clock by Mrs. Horry, who had returnod homo with Miss Hodden, to find her mother-in-law, Mrs. Anna Foster, who had como lu a few minutes boforo, sitting on tho steps. Mrs. FnHtnr said sho had found things upside down and Immediately camo back downstairs again. Pollco Aro Culled. Offlcor Richardson was called. Ho wont through tho rooms. It was found that bits of Jewelry had not beon touched though tho boxes In which rings and cuff buttons wero kopt wore found open. Mrs. Dorry said that she carried about ?20 downtown with her, la ther than leavo It at home, Thero wero no men rooming In tho house nt tho time ot the robbery, sho said. WARSAW'S FATE YtT UNSETTLED Teutonic Forces Are Continu ing a Terrible Seigc Against the Capital of Poland 5 Germany Claims the Defenses of the City are Being Weakened by Attacks ' BATTLE RAGE? FIERCELY SoutTi of Lublin Rig Armies nro In Death Strugglo With No Ativan tngo Claimed by Either Side Pressing Russians nt Rosen (lljr AiaorUtnl Trrat to Coot llijr Tlriei.) LONDON, July 24. From all sid es oxcept In tho cast, tho Teutonic nrmles continue n concerted press ure on Warsaw, whoso fato Is stilt undccldod. A direct tiBsault on tho fortresses protecting tho city aro weakening tho defenses, the Ger mans claim. Ivangorod is being hammered especially hard. Tho battlo ragos fiercely south of Lublin, neither side claiming Dis advantage Northeast of Warsaw, Gen Von Hlndenburg's forcos press tlio Russian bridge nt Roson. Pet rograd Is silent on tho outcome. Tho Courlaml campaign progresses favorably to tho Gormans who also claim progress along tho Hug near the Gnllclan bordor desplta tho des porato Russian resistance DEFEATS RUSSIANS GEN. YON HUKLOWH ARMY HAS SCORED A SUCCESS Storiji Fortresses and Force a Cross ing of tho Nareu' HIver, Is tho Report Ly Aoclitrl I'reil to Coot lit; Time BERLIN, July 24. Gon. Von Buci low's army has defeated tho Russians near Shavll, is officially announced today. Tho Gormans fighting toward Warsaw liavo stormed Rogan ujaij PolttiBk fortresses and forced a crossing of tho Narow Rlvor. TURSTWULSED SUCH IS REPORT RECEIVED AT U)NDON TODAY States Ttiut They Attacked tlio Al- Hcw at the Dardanelles Without SuccesH (Dr AiiocUtMl 17m to vim Di 'llniM. LONDON, July 21. It la official ly announced hero today that thd Turkish forces In thu Dardanelles havo mado a now nttack on the Al lies ami have been ropulsod. IS JOHN FITZG KHALI) OF LOOKINQ GLASS PASSES AWAY -( Father of Mm. Herbert Rogers amf J. E. Fllgorald, Who Wero Notified Mrs. Ilorbort Hogors loft thhi morning for Rosoburg In rospon to a message stating that her fathor, John Fitzgerald, had died suddenly at Red llluff, California. Her bro ther, J. E. Fltzgorald of First Add! tlon has also gono to Rosoburg to attend tho funeral. John Fitzgerald was a pioneer ot Looklrc Gloss ValhV", near Rose burg, Ho was eighty-two years old. Ho ha not beon feeling woll for Bonio timo and a week or ten days ago started tor California In hoped of securing roltof but tho trip was futile Resides Mrs. Rogers a'ml J. IE, Fitzgerald of Marshfleld, he 1b sur vived by a second wlfo and sovoral children who reside lu or near Roio hurg. Roforo leaving for downtown Miss lledden hud put her monoy, which uas In a purso, lnsldo her suit caso, Tho beds, clothes and mattresses had been pulled from tho beds in somo instances, evidently under tho be llof thoro was more hidden treaa ure Ml IT PIONEER DEAD M J t !j Mews