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THE COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 191 5 EVENING EDITION. THREE r IM! )' Some are ill ! fiu J- M) fr A- u ' j if v. V':,y .Vjh L. "P Ik, .V The Coos Bay siPBS1 Pre" 'pares adver- : ; tising that .hits, the bull's ;eyer' nn COMMUTATION lj TICKETS, $2.00. 20 !rhflld.North Bend Auto , IJne Cars f7 ten minutes from i . m. t ia p. in.; to South tou Mpe a day, leaving nt 14 H.ri Emplro threo trips KINOh L'rops. Resting- Ill fJJT WiMinrMiiir : ANOUNCEMENT The following price f. o. 1). Detroit, effective August U, 101.": Ford Runabout - - $390.00 Ford Touring Car - 440.00 Ford TYwn Car - - 640.00 No speedometer Included In this year's equipment, otherwise ears fully equipped. There can lief 119 assurance given against an advance in these prices' at any time. Wo guarantee, turnover, tliat tliero will ho no in duction In these prices ptfor to Aug. I, 101(1. Profit-Sharing with Retail Buyers On August I, toil ho matte lilts auiioiinceuient tliat If wo could nialco ami sell at tutall :t(ll), ()()( Ford cars between August I, 101 I and August I, 101." wo Mould shine profits with the retail pur chasers, to tho extent of from i$l) to $(10 on each car. Wo Imvo sold over :tOO,0(H) Ford rirs In (ho time specified, ntul profit-sharing checkN of $.") each J 1 1 lie distrihuteil as rapidly as possible after August t., JOI.". Itetnll purchasers who have not jet mull ed us their profit-sharing coupons, properly endorses;), should do so without delay. . FORD MOTOR CO. Get the new "Green" Price List showing Reductions in Ford Parts On .Inly -I tit we reduced the price of Ford piulu from II) per cent to -10 per cent on numerous Items and luue since then been sell ing from (he new "Green' parts price list. Wo now have a sup ply of these pi Ico lists on li.iml and would suggest that all Fold ouners dni 1 In and serine one. We handle only parts made ami gunrunlc-cd hy the I 'old Motor Company and sell at green price list prices only. .'o substitution'' or ihenper liiiule parts lieie. When you buy parts use. tho 'green" pi Ico list. It will save jou money. Isaac R. Tower Ford Distributor Southwestern Oregon "THE GUNNERY People JUST AT PRESENT, HUT TUB TIMES TRUSTS YOU, A LIVE PUSHING UUSINESS MAN AKK NOT. PUSH YOUH UUSINESS IN DULL TIMES AS WELL AS ALL OTHER TIMES. PUSH IT WITH GOOOD STRONG AD VERTISING. GOOD ADVERTISING IS A TONIC TO DEBILITATED, 'DULL TRADE. IT MAKES THE WEAK TRADE STRONG THE STRONG STRONGER. LET THE COOS HAY TIMES HELP YOU ON YOUR AD VERTISING. IT IS HELP ING OTHERS MAYHE IT CAN ASSIST YOU. OUR ADVERTISING MAN PLANS AND ADVISES ON SPECIAL SALES OPENINGS INTRODUCING NEW GOODS AND ALL PHASES OF A D V K R T I S I N G 'POLICY G 'SSSrafflffll w - City Auto & Taxi Co. Duy and Night Service For taxi, phone 20, Chandler Hotel For touring cars, phone 20, Chandler Hotel LYNN LAMBETH, Prop. New Cars New Cars ' win i i 1 1 I i ti 1 1 ' . . A Times want ads bring results. sgs SB' 8 jj HEWS OF WORLD'S GREATEST WAR DM By W ,A II H Have The Coos Bay Times sent to you during your vacation , Dellveicd til tiny point where (hero Is mall service, without evtra 'charge. I Simply phono Tho Times office and glvo your now address and pa per will ho transferred from ear lier or list or your old atldioss. . . t makes no difference whether It Is for two or three dnyn, a week or a month. Phono i:t:t. 11 Ill - MERCHANTS CAFE Popular I'laco for Good Meals Prices Reasonable Cor. Commercial and ll'dw'y. Marshfield-Coquille Auto Stage I,on vo Leave Owl Pharmacy Marsh field Coquillo A.M. A.M. 7:00 7:00 ::) 0:00 11:00 P.M. P.M. 1:00 ;i:oo n.iio t:30 MAIISIIFIELD-COQUILLE AUTO STAGE TIME SCHEDULE Schedule arranged to connect with boats to Bandoit, Stages to Mjrtlo Point, Wagner, itosobttrg, No delays. Faro from Marshfield to Cqiiit!o: 75 cents. Stagle & Lambeth, Props. Will furnish extra cars for extra trips day or night; also1 charter cars. ' ' (STEEL HELMETS ARE PROTECTION TO HEAD, Waul Off HuIIoIm ami Pivvent j Ki dim Being Killed By Slit-upnul File Many lllf Aiioi Intel 1'iwa to V01 IHy Tlnfi 1 ntTNKMtlC France, Aug. 3. Steel helmets have now been In use stiff Iclentl long In the Ficnch army to prove they aro a useful protec tion to infantrymen.. They have unv eil a largo number of men In tho tionehos from being either wound ed ot killed by shrapnel flro and i have effectively warded off tho sldc striko of riflo bullets. The soldiers arc enthusiastic nbout , their use, and tho delay anticipated In turning them out Is partly over come by tho fact Hint they aio only used In ho firing lino and support ing trenches. It is officially stated that tho thin chronio stool helmets cost less thnu seven cents each. BEER IX) It GERMANS 'Immense Amounts Hoqtilretl For Ruvurlitn Army Corps El? Aatoclatel Prett to Cooi riaj Time, MTvMr.ir Mn...i ....... A... I Gn...n m tiiuiMViii iui jiiiwij, "u. touinu idea of tho enormous quantity of boor manufactured for tho uso of 1 Bavnrlan solldcrs In the field can ho gathered from tho figures of the au thorities of the First Ilavnrlan Army Corps, just published Munich breweries alono deliver, It leuago of foreign words comes tin cstlmntcd, 110 car loads of bcor other designed to banish tho Latin ls estimated, 110 car loads of bcor In kegs mid GO car loads of bottled beer each week. Tho first contain an nverago 1320 gallons per car load, nnd tho second 5500 throo-qitarter-llter bottles. Other breweries del iver 50 cur loads of keg beer, 1320 gallons to a car. Engaged In making this beer arc the Ilavnrlan stato Urowory, tho Roy al HotbrauhaiiH, nnd tho state-owned WelnhaiiHtephnn Hrewery, in ad dition to niatly private browerles. Tho army authorities pay 2 4 narks for kegs containing 22 gallons, nnd 23 marks for n enso containing 50 thrco-qunrter-llter bottles. CLASH OF GERMANS Military Commander of lliusscls He called for Not ICnl'oirlng Measure lily Aaaotlatinl l'n-aa ti Ciua l.ij-Tlmn.l AMSTERDAM, Aug. A. General von Krawell, military conimandor of Brussels, has been rcculled to Berlin ns tho result, It is icportctl, of dis agreement with General von Hissing as to the administration of affairs In tho ono tlmo Belgian capital. The former, It Is said, wns In favor of conciliating tho Belgian population, whllo von Hissing believed In a stricter discipline. Matters cunio to n crisis when tho Government issued an order that no Holg'iiu should be allowed to wear tho Belgian or allied colors. Von Krawell protested that such u nieafir 'tiro could he of no possible benefit', , and would merely Irrltato tho pop i ulace. Ho declined to put tho order 1 Into effect, whereupon von Hissing asked Berlin to recall tho command er. COSSACKS NEW STUNT I'lizIo Germans With Cavalry During Retreat (Or AaaoclateJ Prima to too Dar TlmM.l WARSAW, Poland, Aug. I. Tho Russian army, In tho courso of Its recent retreat to tho prepared do fonso lines around this city mndo offectlvo uso of Its cavalry on sever al occasions. Tho Cossacks, In par ticular, have somo vory puzzling methods of getting nt tho ouomy, none of thorn resembling the methods 'of tho review ground. On ono occnslon what tho enomy snw wns n vnst mob of mad horses apparently stampeding, rldorloss, up- on thorn, 'llio Morses, as u manor i of fact, had two riders each, al though nolther was visible from tho onomy's point of view. A bullot which will stop u man must bo voryjwoull, ,mvo ,n tho onUimry ,Bniior well placed to check tho career of of 8l0akI1B rc(,uretl nearly eight in innduened norso, unu vory steatiy ' marksnion ore required to flro of- foctlvoly nt u looso mob of apparent ly riderless horses. In this caso, wiien u norso wns snot (town itiero woro two excellent rifle shots at work hohlnd his body. WAR AND COMETS Superstitious See Sslgnlflciuico Heavenly Bod's's IDl AHOcltteJ freaa to Coot Ilaj TlmM. In BERLIN, Aug. 4. In th'o light of tho nnclout supersltlou that comets, particularly an unusuul number of thorn, presago disaster and war, as tronomers have recently been cal- dilating the number that have inudo tholr appearance from late In 1913 until tho present tlmo. They have been unusually frequent, apparently, from which fact tho superstitious aro taking comfort. Tho real "war cotnot," says tho ns tronomers, was that of Dolevan, dis covered by him In Decembor, 1913. This body was of unusual slzo nnd brilliancy, and at Its zenith could bo made out with tho naked eyo. It disappeared early this year, and probably will not bo seon again for SIX or BOVOIl years, llio UHiroiiouiuro jcuutlon against taking this as an in idlcatlon th,attthe war wBlf last t.ht long. GERMAN WOMEN DOING MEN'S WORK .Many Aro in Iron Works ami Doing Labor of Their Husbands Brothers'. and IHr AmocUtod Prraa to Coot Dar Tlmti. DOUTMUNU, Germany, August I. Women hnvo so far supplnuted men In some of tho largo Industries of Dortmund that tliero aro now 7,000 doing tho ordinary work of tliefr liuslmndH or brothers, while fully 1,000 more aro seeking posi tions. Out of .this totnl, 0,000 aro In tho Iron vork3 hnvo to do work custom arily considered too heavy for wo men. About one quarter of the wo men aro those whoso husbands are nt war; ono sixth aro widows, nnd tho bnlnnco tire unmarried. Tho number who hnvo to bo dismissed because of Inability to do tho work Is comparatively small. MAN OX ENGLISH ('crmnus Think England tiro Aided Abroad by Csc of (ho Language. ttlr AMoclatM rrraa w pout Dar TlmM.) MOULIN, Aug. I. Along with tho movement to purify tho (lorninn hul script from tho country. An cute of this writes: udvo- "Ono of cmlcs is tlio resources of our on tho English language, through which n great part of tho world, Including North America, Is dominated. Along wjth Britain's language thoro go English character istics mid English ways of thinking. Ileum tlin world wllllnalv iHvna rrn. . t,irnI1.,. ,,, KnL.Uau inn.n " . ,, , wiivi. jiuniu wu miuuiu uu juiibui use tho English script In Germany. Whoever uses tho Latin script of our schools uses In reality English script. This script litis also Invaded Franco under the came of 'eciitusc unglnlso' Since we are so enthusiastic nbout foreign things, wo hnvo taken tho English script us our own, with a respectful obeisance, nnd aro on the best rond to deny utterly tho script of a Goethe, u Koemor, n Jnhu nnd other real Germans." KEEP DIAMONDS OUT (Of AmocUUJ 1'irra to Coot Tar TlniM, LONDON, Aug. I. Tho British government hns tnkon steps to stop the Import of Gorman diamonds Into England. Henceforth nil dlnmonds Imported Into tho country must carry with them u cortlflcnto showing their oilgln. It recently beenmo known Hint sov- om! thousand dollars' worth of dia monds, cut hy German workmen in Idnr and llnnuu wero finding tholr way every week Into tho London market at Hnttou Garden. They cnino by wny of Swcdon, Norway and Holland. USE ItARIlED Willi: Germain Find It K.splcally Ativan tngcous la Building Defenses III; Aaawtat4 Treat to coua Ui.7 Tim. WARSAW, Poland, Aug. !. Barbed wire, machine guns and ox- C0CIt rnwny arrangoinents, woro the chlof elements In tho German op erations In Poland during tho first threo months. Owing to overwhelm ing superiority In theso threo res pects, tho Germans Imvo bcou nblo to hold linns ninny hundred miles In length ngnlnst what was frequently i a fur superior force of Russians, nt least us numbers woro coucorned. To defend tho Gorman positions along tho little rlvors Bzurn and Rnwkn, where tho two armies woro facing each other since Inst autumn, nnny corps. Hut tho Commits woro ablo to maintain their places hero with a small fraction of that nuin- ,,ori 0W,B t0 tll0 fftCt that their barbed wire defenses and troop transit arrangements uro so perfect. Along this Bzura-Rnwku front of nbout forty miles, tho German barb ed wlro defenses woro literally four miles In depth, tho entanglements bolug so arranged that In u military senso thoy cover tho whole torrltory. Behind each group of entanglomciits at tho little strategic ganglions which aro easy to determine from tho con tour of the laud and tho lines of possible approach, thoro nro posted little batteries of niacbln guns ready to sweep away any rash offensive. It would cost an attacking force hundreds of thousands of men to wndo through theso wlro entangle ments, which zig-zag and criss-cross In hollows nnd mass thomsolvcs in hedges nnd walls, till the vital points being commanded by a merciless storm of muchlno-gun fire, Tho only posslblo way of penetra ting such a muzo would bo hy des troying It with a persistent storm of shells, and oven this would require several days, giving tho defenders umu iu uriiin uii luiiuuiLuiiiuniH over i their admirable strategic railways. In the meanwhile, also, iuor.1, 4wlra would bo laid down further ! BERLIN HELPING SOLDIERS' FAMILIES Twice as Many Ilecelvlng Aid .Vow As During tho .Mouth of August. tDr Aaaotlatftl IVitt to Cm Hr TlmM. BERLIN, Aug. I More thnn twice ns many soldiers' families in Iiorlln nrc receiving support today than In August, tho number being 111,060, ngnlnst C2.080 In August. Tho sum paid out, however, had almost quad rupled. It was $1,2.15,000 In Juno, compared with $1120,000 in the first month of tho wnr. In addition to this, $275,000 wns paid out for rent allowances, n sum nearly double that paid in March, and almost 50 per cent more than tho Mny allow ance. A total of $9,910,000 has been paid out slnco tho beginning of tho war for tho caro of tho fam ilies left behind. SWEDEN'S 111(1 AKMY Now Has :i.1,()(() Regulars ami I7."5, ()()() Reserve Troops Dj Aaaoclatad Prnu to Cooi Dar Times.) LONDON, Aug. 4. The Swedish tinny hns been considerably devel oped since the beginning of tho Euro pean war, according to n correspon dent of tho Exchango Telegraph company. It Is officially announced that Sweden has 350,000 regulars nnd 175,000 Lnndsturmcrs. Sup plies of nmniunltlon and wnr ma terial Imvo been brought up to dnto, nnd tho Swedish military writers stato that tho army has never bofore stood at such a high point of effi ciency. Flvo thousand now officers and non-commissioned offlcors have been nppolntd and all old soldiers have boon called up for a course ot mipplomoutnl training. SOCIALISM AND WAK Increase of It. in England ami De crease In (icrmnuy It? Aitoclaua rrnt to imi Btj TlmM.l BERLIN, Aug. 1. Whllo England appears just now to bo showing n strongly socialistic' tendoncy In tho organization of Its Industries for mil itary purposes, Germany has boon acting In tho snmo spirit Rlnco tho war begun, but In a dlfforont wny. It regulurly gives tho preference?. In placing army contracts to artisan wot.kmou and the'r organizations. One of theso organizations recent ly received nn ortlor for 1,000 pro vision wagons, costing $1,000,000; nnd when certain innnufncturorH tried to get u part of tho contract, thoy woro told to apply to this or ganization. Tho preforenco given to artisan organizations Is so marked that tho Hnndclstng, or association of cham bers of commerce, hns sovornl times mndo representations to tho Pvusslnn ministers of war and tho Interior, looking town'xd lncrca.lng tho or ders to tho manufacturing establish ments. Tho Ilcndclstug argues that tho manufacturers also hnvo fixed bodies of trnlned workmen who nro In need of earning a livelihood dur ing ho war. On tho other band, ninny minor manufacturers, who actually got ar my contracts, have a grlovanco of a dlfforont character. They coinpl that thoy aro not pormltted to com poto directly for ordors In such am ounts its thoy can bundle, hut that contrncts nro given out In Inrgo quan tities, sometimes to organizations, and still more often to big contract ors who nro not manufacturers at nil, Tho first tiling theso latter do is to sub-lot tholr contracts among many small manufacturers at vory ouorotts terms. Thus It Is tho middle man that reaps tho largo part of tho profits. MINERS BEST SOLDIERS Claim They Develop Into Better FlgJhterH Thnn Other Volunteers (11 AatKlal4 rrett to Coo. nay TimM. MANCHESTER. Engl., Aug. 4. From a .Manchester offlcor who has been in Franco slnco tho boglnlng of tho war, serving with tho British staff, tho Manchester Guardean has gleaned somo Interesting views its to tho character of tho dlfforont vnrltles ot the British soldier In tho test of war. In the opinion ot tho officer, tho best soldlor Is tho ox-mlnor. Ho pre fors tho miner "bocnuso ho Is strong in tho back nnd used to dangers and explosions; because he can cudttio cramped positions in the tronches; becnuso his ears aro quick, because ho Is curious about sounds, becnuso ho Is intelligent. Tho miner puts two nnd two togothor moro quickly than nuy other class of men. RULES OF CENSORS Net News Except (Sood News Allowed to ho Sent Illy Aiioclat.J freaa tu Coot Pa Tlmn.l HEADQUARTERS OF RUSSIAN THIRD ARMV, Aug. 4.- It Is soldom that tho staff of any army cares to allow u nowspapor correspondent to observe or wrlto of Its dofeats ami retreats' tha-fleld censor's motto Is Nothing PuB.soft Excppl Good, NeKHC ADVERTISE OREGON LOUANBERUV DAY AT FA IK IS 1IKJ OCCASION Originator of FnmotiH Fruit. Is One of the Speakers First Prod ucts Wero SIiohii (Special to Tho Times.) SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 4 Lo ganberry Day at tho San Francisco exposition was quite an Important occasion. Tho loganberry of this stnto Is attracting much attention nnd the publicity tho fruit and its products arc given at the fair will doubtless do much to ndvanco tho Industry. The fruit has been shown rlpo and In dried shapo nnd tho peo ple nt tho fnlr hnvo been given tho fnmotiB lognnberry Juice to drink. Originator There On Lognnberry Day Judgo J. H. Logan, of Oakland, tho originator of the lognuborry, was conspicuous. Ho told how, ns a matter of accident ho secured a cross between tho Texas Early blackberry and tho Urslnus dewberry, nnd then another cross between these two nnd tho Red Ant werp raspberry. This was In 1881 and the famo of the lognnberry has grown to tho proportions of today. Judgo Logan was a resident ot Santa Cruz nt tho time, wns Judgo of tha Superior Court and experimented with plants us n hobby. Though 7ti years of age, he Is still experiment ing. Other Speakers. Commissioner John F. Logan, of Portland, whoso wlfo wns named Borry, hnd a proper plnce on tho program and mndo n rousing speech on the glories of Oregon, Lognuborry nnd other wise. W. A. Taylor, of Salem, filled with loganberry enthu siasm, also whooped things up, and both ho and Mrs. Taylor are entitled to special credit for their hard work In the preliminaries, though all nt the building contributed a goodly Bhuro. All Oregon grows lognn berry nnd will profit from this splen did effort. TO HELP PROTECT GOVENOIt WILL AID IN STATE FORESTER'S WORK Will Help (o See That Offenders Against Forest Flro Laws Aro Fully Punished (Special to Tho Times.) SALEM, Ore., Aug. 4 It Is pro bnblo thnt Governor Wlthyconibo will lend nsslstnnco to tho State Forcstor In bringing to tlmo offenders ngnlnst tho forest flro lnj.vp. In the past thoro has been groat difficulty In getting conviction against those who maliciously started forest fires. Chapter 19G of tho 1915 session laws provides that tho Governor may call upon tho Attorney General to handlo. crlmlnnl cases In which tho Stato Is Interested, nnd authorizes tho participation ot tho Attournoy or one ot his assistants, should It ap pear dcslrablo to rolnforco tho local District Attorney's offlco Forest F.kos Costly Lnst yonr Oregon timber owners spont IG4.000 In fighting fire accor ding to tho records of Stato Fores tor Elliott and tho load was $20,000. In 1910 tho loss oxceeded $1,500, 000. In addition to tho amount borno by prlvato timber owners, tho Fed eral forestry authorities expended In 1914 nbout G9,G0O In fighting fire, nnd tho rosorves sustained a loss es timated at $31,000. It Is stated that over half ot tho expenditures aro over fires started maliciously by persons desiring work In flro fighting, and by others desir ous of Improving hunting. This sort of lawlessness, It is pointed out, an nually costs the stato a largo nm tnount of mojiey. " So far as may bo neccesary ," said Govornor Wlthycombe, "1 cor taliily will bo disposed to co-operate In every way I can with the Stato Forester and tho timber owners. It will bo my aim to bring this class ot law violators to a speedy Justice. If this end can bo accomplished best by calling upon tho Attorney Gen eral for aid, I shall not hesitate to seek his assistance with tho vlow of making somo examples quickly. A few convictions would have a sal utary effect, I bollovjo and work for tho good of tho ontiro State." Tho Coos County Fire Patrol As sociation with offices In the Coko Building, Marshtlold, Oregon, has Jurisdiction over all torrltory In Coos County and spends approximately $10,000 each year In protecting tho tltnbor fiom flro. W, J. Conrad, Is Secrotnry of this association and will Issue any flro premlta required for burning slnshtngs. AFTER THE WAR IN EUROPE WHAT will the unprotected Widows and Orphans do? AFTER THE WAR OF LIFE What will YOUR widows and orphans do, if unprotected? You Should Worry Address ' Edward D. Noonan The Marshfield Life Insurance Man- Udl Front street. IlaHinusscu Illdg. Marshfield, Ore r k'i