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lift'- u I INSATISPACTORY CONDITIONS ARE GENERALLY DUE TO SOME GROUCH. CHEER UP lay Sutws A Southwest Oregon Paper That's what tho Ooos liny Time Is. A South, west Oregon paper for Botitliwost Oregon people nd devoted to ttio best Interests of this grot icctloH . The Times alwuys boosts d Merer knocks. Coo. lhy Times Is proud of Ite Utlo "The , ,g P,perM nd It strive. t nil times to .piolUMmebydowUng It. energies to promoting the PW MEMHEH OP TIIK ASSOCIATED PRESS IfftrS Vol. No. XXXIX. OWSTKE L KOVNO FORTS Canturc Big Fortress by Storm Today Despite Tenacious i Russian Resistance 400 Cannon and Large Amount of War Supplies arc Taken With Stronghold CONNECTS TEUTONS LINES riacci Kaiser's Touts In Hear or Northern lliiHslan Army 1nes nnd ' KndangotN Right Kltink "f " i Itiissliui TroolH HfSS TO QI'IT VlliXA AT OXCE IB; Auwltlrf '" (-'K "' Tlmr,l rBTIlOOUAl), AiiK. IS- German aeroplanes aro bom barding Vllnn, 50 miles cam of Kovna. Its ovncuntlon Is planned. D; ttneUW I'rfM to Coo. Ilty TlmM.1 nERMN. AiiK. 18. (Via wire less to Sayvlllo.) Tho following an nouncement was made by officials today: "Tho fortress Kovno, to gether with all Its forts nnd an amount of war muteilal not yet de termined, nro In Gcrnmn hands bIiico last nlqht. More than 100 cannon were taken. The fortress was cap tured by storm In spite of the te nacious resistant o by the ItussiaiiB." Hard mi Hiwdnits. Military experts agree that tho Joes of Kovno Is n Bullous blow to tho Itiisslnns. The London Times says this puts tho Germans in tho rear of the Rus tlan lines north of tho Sventn, mnk InB tho position of the Russlun right flank difficult. Kovno In tho capital of the Huh- clan province of tho snino iiiinio and i li a fortress of tho first class with a population of 75,000. Its cap ture welds tho Teutonic forces into a solid lino from tho Iliiltlc provinces to Gallcla. Kovno Is D.o miles southwest of I'ctingrnd. (Br AuxLtM I'rrw u Cau Illy Tlmn DERLIN, Aug. 18. Ono of tho outlajlng forts nt Kovno, botweon the N'lemcn rler nnd Gcsla, to the touth of tho main fortifications, was captured by tho Gormons. Tho headquarters staff announced today that moro than KiOQ prisoners and 240 cannon woio captured. Tlirco forts at Xovogeorglvsk wcro also captured. T MIXMi WORKF.RS WILL HOLD COXVIJXTIO.V IX WASHIXtSTON Vnlon Men to Mukn Demaiitls for Sham of Wp Gaines from War Orders of Mnstcni Factories IBj AaocUIH rttu to Coot ll.jr TlmM.J WASHINGTON, Aug. 18. Ex cutleg of tho motal trndo unions lll meet hcio Montlay to discuss a mpagn to get for labor some of "e profits accruing to American "jwufacturcra through wnr ordors. J- H Johnson, president of tho Na iional Association of Mechlnlsta says "aoes not liellovo tho general strlko proposed by vlco-preslilont Kopplor J.i,"w,sht h01,r (lai' ',0 sranted. Is twmi ' bUl th0 move wUl b0 d0" TWO NLGltOKS MORRKD ll8Ck Men Hanged for Poisoning utiles Jn Alabanta f AuNltui Tri to coo! Dr TlmM. KlKG0MKRY' Ala- Aug. 18. m Jackson and Ilonry Russoll. no- tod,? Cc 1)nchG at "OPO null . . Another was rescued, but but . .- ai inn nnsnllnl wc il I an n..i mulca . . " n,,,lU1' -oisoning U1C3 s tho alleged crime. AMi:i RECEIVER "'"'"!'. to Co. D.y Tlm j ST-LOIMS, Aug. 18. ,rldent Hush of the Mis souri Pacifie and of the St. Cll' lro" Mtl" and l'n , vvc,,cr ' me two 4 v,0,7 the circuit court at - -. iweiver of the two IP BLDWTD CZAR IAN W PUTS Established 1878 As Tho Count Mull. II TUX KILLER, SM WOUNDED AM) SOME PROPERTY DAMAGED Gcrinnn Zcppclliw Curry Dostrurtlon Over Eastern England Counties ami to Outskirts of Capital (0 AmtKlitfrl Tff to Cool Day TlmM. LONDON, Aug. 18. The outskirts of Loudon woro raided last night by Zeppelins. Ten were killed. Tho property dnmngo Is not large. Thirty-six were Injured. Thu raid ex tended over Eastern counties. gheece new TO HAVE CARINET A SOON til; Aiwochlrd I'rcra to Coon ny Tlmr.,) LONDON, Aug. 18. Ex protnlcr Elouthcrlos Vonl.olos has notified King ConRtniitlno of his readiness to form a new Orcciati cabinet to suc ceed tho Gounurla ministry, resigned yesterday. S GEHMAX SURMARIXKS TAKE IiAIIjV TOLL TltOM SHIPPING English, Spanish and Xorucglun (Vnft Sent to Itottom, hut Most of CrvWN arc Saved tlly AMnrlatcl I'rfM to l'oo liar Tlmr.J LONDON, Aug. 18. Tho Ilrltlsh Htcamcr Ilonny, 2702 tons, and the Spanish Rtcanier Isldoro, 204 1 tons, WOrO fillllK. JWUlllJ III UIU lllllliui n crew and eight of the hitter's were picked up.Tho trawler George was sunk, but tho crow was saved. Tho Norwegian stcaniers Romulus nnd Mineral were sunk were saved. Tho-crews TEST I DR. GARDIXKR SHKKS Tl'IIKIKT- 1.0SIS in i.umij iiiiiuiM A.slstiint State Veterinarian luvcvs- tlgates Herds of Relull Milk Trade In Coos County Cowg of .008 t,t supply tho retail milk trade aro to bo given tho tu- j MAY SIPS ffl. COWS horculln test within mo hoxi mreo iula driven iiussinns across uio ihik. weeks. Dr. Gardiner, assistant state Tho French wcro driven back at Son veterinarian, Is at Coiiulllo this (lornach Ilorlln says. week nnd expects to come hero Mon-1 day, according to J. L. Smith, conn- TTRIvKV AXD ITALY ty agriculturist, who canio over this I morning from tho county seat. I inx amocUim ! to coo. nr Tinm j Having hut threo weeks for his K0MB . ,8 v .m.)or hcro inn in ucru. ur. uuimnui .. ...... . UiUB III will be Impossible for him to test ' ail herds. Ho snys that It lanes on an nvorago of two days for each herd nnd as It Is almost an impos sibility to group sovoral herds for the test, ho will not at this tlmo bo ablo to make tho rounds of tho .county. With this test comploto, liowovor, It la hollovod tho veterinarian can toll approxlmntoly what porcontago of tuberculosis exists In tho bonis of Coos. Thero novor before has boon such nn examination. Full to Lectin o. According to an announcement from tho U. S. Department of Agri culture. Mossrs. Urodlo and Strait, exports on logged-off lands, woro to lecture yesterday In Coiiulllo and this morning bore. Tho men fallod to nrrlvo nnd tho two nutllouces wont away disappointed,. Mr. Smith stutos no nits n-u" - . ... ...... r.atrl ilnnu no worn iioin mo umu " "--not know now whoit thoy aro coin lug. Thoy arc in this state for the pur- ni iiivnstlcatlnir tho cost of logged-off land, Its sultablillty for farming, tho cost of clearing and thoso facts aro to bo forwarded to tho Dopartmont oi ABrictmuiu Washington. Has X-Ray of Knee Mr. Smith has Just returned from Portland, where ho had two special ists examine his right kneo wlilch i.. mxniii. mm wns severely injur ed when a horse ho wns riding throw ( him over against a Btump. i m been a great drawback to him. but ho now has tho limb well-hnndaged ami hopes that it will heal perma nently this time. TO AID SHIPPIXG IMftliioMi Men of Middle West Orin. io nt Cltleagtt ny AMOcUteJ VW to Coo Uy Tlmn.l CHICAGO. Aug. 18. For the pur pose of "arousing the nation to the necessity of marltlmo development an organization known as the .Na tional League" is being formed bj James n. Forgnn, president of 1 10 First National. Huslness men of tno central west are to be enlisted. ROGUE RIVER CASES p n. Peek oxnects ot leave to ninrrnu- nflernOOU for Gold Beach Mac! wiiui-n lm p-nns to roureseut th leny estate in the fish war contro versies that will be threshed out in this term of the circuit court. Have, yrnir letter beads printed at MARSHFIELD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, 5 AD W London Thinks Fall of Kovno Makes Situation Extremely Critical for the Czar E Austro-Germans Endeavor to Separate Northern and Southern Forces CZAR'S DEFENSE BROKEN English Forces Report Progress Against. Tu iks In Dm dandles nnd Italians Report (ialnst A,gnlnst Alistrlaiis In tho South COTTON CONTRHAANR Illy Ariim, IaIiM I'icih In Com. liny Time LONDON, Aug. 18. Great Hrltalu and Franco aro ex pected to declare cotton a contraband of war tonight. (Dr AmocUIiI rrcs lo Coo. Day TlmM LONDON, Aug. 18. The fall of Kovno makes tho situation In tho 'Eastern theater critical. The Rus sians uppnrcntly nro nimble to re organize sufficiently to check the strong Gorman-Austro advance against the outer defenses to tho Potrogrud provinces. The armies of the Central powers i.l.oa.a .ll..tinilt ! ill il(l V Milt .pressure) on thu Knstern front and f T nro trying to separuto the Russian northorn and southern armies nnd capture Hrest-Lltovsk. Gain at Dardanelles Ilrltlsh Commander Sir Ian Ham- il ton at the Dardanelles front con firms the report mat me iintisn won fi00 yards Including u Turkish trench. Turkish attneks against the Aiistralnslnn position were repulsed. Homo announces that the Italian mounted troops, In squads Joined by i opes, crossed the high mountain passes and occupied Turokett Spitz nnd lrinter Madatasch Spitz, each 1.100 feet high. .Moro German Victories Ilerlln reports tho capture of two addition forts at Novogcorgievsl with 00 prisoners. Genoral Moekenzen iti(lil rtMfL Mntiilnilnu tn unml nrillR ""V '."...' ...i" n . ni,..n m. and money nnd supplies to Libya to provoko a nntivo rebellion against Italy. CA di FOR MASS MEETING CREATE A PROTEST ro CaiTiinn Km bids the Gathering Re- lug Held Infliimiiuitory Placards Hutu Rcen PoMed (11 Aoclill ITM. to Oo. n.y Tlmw 1 I WASHINGTON, I). C, Aug. 18. , A Htato dopartmont dispatch from Vera Cruz says "Highly inflammatory placards havo been circulated .. -. A .!. ...... I... l, I W ' mrotigiiiiiii mo iun iv i" ".j W. Tho placards called for a mass nicotine on August 1.1, directed prln-iC clpally against tho prospective Inter- ventlon In Mexico by tho , A .11. a LJ countries. Carraiua forbade the, muss meeting nui mo main on tho walls." posters ro- MEMRERS OF EDUCATIONAL AS SOC1ATION MAKE THREAT Will Try to Storm San Francisco Con vention Oregon Woman Says Tight Clothes Hamper (Dy AMocltteJ PreM to Coo. lly Tlmf.,1 rvvKi.AN'D. Calif.. Aug. 18. Miss Grace Strachan, of Now York, will be nominated from the floor If the committee recommends David II. Johnson of South Carolina for presl- ii. ...,ftiriSri 1 at unnt Inn nft I DIVIO ARMIES Ml WANT MAN HEAD ,io"i..,!.. u,,,rv;.r,ia ; r.aeek toisiro to ngut Bou.uuu... .....- - K e W T on on of ,1m Unlversl- ft of Oregon, saw to the physical ed. Scntlon board today: , trrnm infancy, women always, Uave been restricted unnatiiarally, j iiviinllv and meniaiiy. iuuy reach maturity less capable than rri,,.. man nro free to play 'Iron, boyhood to old ago unrestrlct - eti rrom iikiu t " Hon is the reason." Get your Job printing lono at Tto Times office. AUGUST 18, 1915 EVENING EDITION. SITS HOB DID WElliTEXAS STDHH MAYOR WOODWARD OK ATLAN TA APPROVES LYNCHING Warns e-Govcnior Slatoii, Who Commuted Frank's Sentence, Xot to Return Inside of a Year Uy AlwnilalM I'rrM to Coi Hay Time 1 SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 18. J. O. Woodward, Mayor of Atlantn, to day warned ox-(lovernor Slaton, who coinmltted Leo Frank's sentence, not to return to Georgia for a year, It ever. Ho said Frank Buffered a Just penalty. Slaton Scores Mayor Ex-Governor Slnton of Georgia to day belittled Mnyor Woodward's statement that ho Hhotild not return to Georgia for a year, "If over." "I shall return thero In accord ance with my original Intentions. Woodwnrd's statement Is an IiibuU to Georgia. Ho Is old nnd garru lous." GOV. HARRIS ACTS Sity llo Will Do Kvcrythlng Possl l)In lo Coin let Mob tnr AworUIrt TrrM to Toon n.y Tlmm.l ATLANTA, Gnt Aug. '1 8. Gov ernor Hnrrls announced that ho would put nil legal machinery work ing to approhond tho men who lynch ed Leo Frank. Much will depend on the findings of tho Cobb County grand Jury. KAHTHQUAKi: TODAY (Ity Anno, lalcil l'r.' to Con. lly Tlmr. 1 SKATTLK. Wash., Aug. 18. University of Wash- Ington seismograph record- cd an onrthtiuako this morn- lug. Tho tremor awakened light sleepers. At UoHlnghnm Wash., an earth tremor rattled tho win- dows and doors, and swayed pictures this morning ut 0 o'clock. The quako prob- ably had its origin In tho Mt. Raker district. IS liAROIJ PORTION OF WASHING TON REACH RESORT IIURNED Hotels, Postofflce, Stores and Cot tages Ra.ed by Coiiflagrtlou Early t This Morning Uj Auo-ltl nru Coo Dty TIium.J MOCLIPS REACH, Wash.. Aug. IS, Fire this morning swopt away a largo part of this town. The Lo lanti Hotel. McCammon Hotol, Post- office, beach pavilion nnd four cot tages woro destroyed and tho Gortz storo and cottago Uamngcti. occupants hnd narrow escapes CANADA IS SHAKEN The Southern Ilrltlsh Columbia Feels Se vere iJutiUu Illy Ao. Uld I'rcM to Coo. luy Tlmn J VANCOUVER. H. C, Aug. 18. Earthquako of 2T. seconds duration I Ih reported all oor Southorn Ilrltlsh Columbia this innrning. UKnnogaii district felt It notlcoably. Kolowna 200 miles oast of hero, Yale, Harri son. Pontlrton nnd Summorlnnd as well as Vancouver felt It. Scnttlo felt tho tremor. MDGLPS ED E BELL TBIPiS .AIM .SOUTHWESTERN CHARGING TOO RAIL- ROADS MUCH ltt. (.)ltmnlUl W. Cut Out S.'T ,. - ..,..,,. ,,,ii ltt.. (inning from l.vpostion (By A.nI.IM fft to Ci). 117 Tim.. ) PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 18. Ho-; wxiy """" ""'" 'J'" -cause thov bollcvo tho railroads InlToxas City, whoro tho now threo I tho Southwest states oro demanding an excessive raio io iranpuii n--ito j,uvo collapsed. Liberty noil part of tho homeward j . Hollg(on corrospondont who Journey, the committee having tho' .,... ntlv ..,, vinw,i trip In charge will meet Monday reached Virginia CI y and Mowed and chanKo tho itinerary. Tho ro-.tho Galveston wrcckngo said tho turn trip Is 1400 miles shorter than 'property jobs will bo grcator than in tho outgoing ono. hut tho cost ap-J900 pears much higher nnd It is tioclar-. ' avnllablo that the side trips will be eliminated. No 'J;" oXston. the WANT MORE EIGHT j hardest hit city, mr A.vt.fi rr. to ox-tuy Tim.i The damage to cotton will bo 5 papb IAITIBN. Haiti. Aug. 18. to .2.1 per cent In Centra I T and AnotUor detuchinent of American.;1' rtnmacn iB renortcd fsom marines was landed hero. Tho reb- els refusing to disarm, express a de- , ,, . A Paix. 31 m.ieV northwest of here, say they were menaced by rebels and request. ed American forces to protect them. 4 HULI. ATTACKS OLD MAN IUy AM.od.trd rr to Coo. ny Tlmn.l OERVAIS, Ore.. Aug. 18. I). Morgan, aged CO, was glr e.l hv a bull last night Ills .V leg below tho kneo was hro ' ken In two places It may a lpfivn him a crlnnle for life. f f t DAMAGE GREAT Some Estimate Property Dam age Around Galveston Equal to Disaster of 1900 CITIES ISOLATED Brief Wireless Messages From U. S. Transport Only. Direct News From TJiere Today SCORES OF LIVES LOST Nearly Klght inches of Unlit Fell In Twt'nty-Kour Hours All Pub lic Utilities 114-0 Shut Down LOSS IS TKRRU'IC Illy Anocl.tM rrrpw lo Con. Ily Time. 1 WASHINGTON, 1). C. Aug. 18. Storm reports from Southeast Texas oro still missing hut a 21 hour old report from Houston says the damngo Is enormous. Thero have been no wires out of Galveston since Mon day evening. Tito total nrtn fall In 24 hours was 7.18 Inches. tnr AmoMH! rrei to Coo ny Tlmw 1 GALVESTON, (Via Wireless of Transport Duford) Aug. 18. Thero is considerable suffering' In this ci ty. Water, light, gas and street air systems are out of commission. Three hundred feet of tho causowny was destroyed. The garrison at Fort Crockett Is safe. Fort Crockett wns completely wip ed out. The troops aro safe on transports. FIND MANY ROIHKS (Dy Ai.orl.ua rtnt lo Oooa n7 TlniM.1 SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Aug. 18. An unconfirmed report says dOO bodies from Galveston woro washed ashoro near HotiBton. Thousands of dead cattlo wcro scon along tho way . i TEXAS CITY DAMAGE Illy Aoclttil l'rr to Coo. llty Tlnit. WASHINGTON. D. C, Aug. 18. Dispatches from Texas City to Hous ton by wireless today say V. S. army camp thoro wns destroyed by a tidal wavo and high tldo which covered tho city threo to five feot in wator. The storm Is still raging. General noil's later despatches say tho Texas City army camps aro a to tal loss "Not a. vcstlgo Is left." OTHER TOWNS SUFFER (II; AuwUlol J'rcM to Coo. IKy TltnM.J I1EAUMONT. Tex. Aug. 18 Three men nnd a woman klllod, al most all of tho population homeless, and damago estimated nt $200,000 is the storm's toll at Port Arthur Nino hundred refugees Imvo reach ed here. Sablno and rfnblno PaBS aro Biibinorgcd. WORSE THAN IN 100(1 lr A.'nrl.lM IT... tn Con H.f TlRlM I DALLAS, Tex., Aug. 18. Scores aro salt! to havo perished in tho West Indian hurrlcniio that swopt Texas const points, according to tlabout reports that reached hero today. Eighteen soldlors are ! reported killed at Texas City, tho rogular army camp near Galveston, nnd HO to 10 civilians are also re ported dead. Lapnrto's dead millibars six. Mor gan's Point, olght, and Sylvan Ilonch throe. Btory Thompson building Is reported ...tn . i.A nvnwnru inininnH. inu ono tQ fvo minions. Llttlo damago )g Relieved done from Corpus Chrls- tl to llrounsviiio. CONDITIONS ARE RAD NeHhpaiM-riiiini Sjijh They aio hides I'tlbablo at Gulvi-btmi . ir.y AmooII4 lrr to Coo. ny Tlmti J HOUSTON, Texas. Aug. 18. J. R. Montgomery, a Houston corres pondent, who viewed Galveston at n distance says' 'Cond.tlons nre Indes cribable, The bridges between Clear Creok and Dickinson are wash ed out. Wo saw thousands of haloH A Consolidation of Times, Const Mnll nnd Coos Hny Advertiser. T PINE STREET Jl'DGi: WATSON GRANTS PRKLIM 1XARY IX.ICXCTIOX First Street to be Iert Untouched Until .lutlgo SklptoiHi Comes New Point Is Raised An Injunction restraining tho oily of Marsltflold from taking any further mops toward tho Improve ment of FirBt street, known as I'lno street, or tho lotting of bids for this work wns grnntctl yesterday after noon nt Coqulllo by County Judgo James Watson on petition of C. II. Peck, attorney for the protesting property owncrB. Honds amount ing to $2500 were put up to Instiro thu payment of any damages that might ensue. Tho plaintiffs mentioned nro K. M. Ilornltt, K. It Jones, Minnie Tower, John 8. Coko. Max Thinner man and Nancy Noble. Two causes of suit aro mentioned in the complaint filed with JikIku 'Watso;i. Ilrlcfly thoy are, tho own ership 01 mo piaintiris to the en closed lauds and the cqultablo stop plo ol tho city from going thereon for tho sake of improving, ami on tho reckless nnd careless plan of Improvement adopted, In that suf ficient slope Is said not to have been specified and tho result would bo damago to tho lots nnd nlso to tho street In front oT tho lots. This Is believed will put a stop to any further steps until .lutlgo Sklpworth, of Ktigcnc, comes hero I In September to try tho case, Judgo Coko being Interested In tho enso nnil linnrn unnliln tn hnnr II The preliminary Injunction was crnntnil without n hnnrlitir. This Is said to no tho usual procedure for tho granting of such Injunctions nnd is tho snmo method as employed by J. W. Dennett In enjoining tho old Port of Coos Ray when he sought tho Injunction granted by County Judge Hall. Attached to the complaint was n blue print of First street and the Jlncs of the Clement plat showing .that sections of tho homes of Min nie Tower, Judgo Coke, Max Tlm mcrmau, Tom McGlnuls, Kdiui Rich ardson nnd W. P. Murphy ;...;. ;;..;,,..". '..i.r. uuuor inu oiuiiioui piui uiiu "i iwo equally staritiiiK iitcis inuy uu shown. If tho entrance to First street from Markev avenue belongs to tho MarshflehlMtealty and Trad ing Company, C. R. Pecks claims that tho Flnnagan & Dennett bunk Is now ton feot over the property lino and that ir mo city owns mo ucen Bcitrchlng tho wootis near uano entranro thoro thu bunk thon Is ' ,,ort for R. H. Ncf, slayer of A. J. resting on city proporty for a ills- j wiltiuan, returneirflt noon tired out tniice of ten feet. ,y tho oug vigil but without sootng . i.i From tho Sumner Hardware storonlly HKU 0f ,m OXcopt a few foot tho edge of tho Flanagan & Ron-1 nrtBi holioved to bo his trucks. to nott bank Is 40 foot, tho exact width suggested for tho First street im provement and this does not In- CltHIO tno tell loci on cacti muu which . further north Is to ho used us a slope nnd which must ho claimed by tho tXty from tho present property owners. FRAURERGER AND SMITH XEAlP l,V EIT'ECT ESCAPE Timely Discovery or Severed Screens uitd IIoIIm Prevent Delivery I'roni Coos County Rastllo (Spcclol to Tho Times.) COQUILLK, Ore., Aug. 18. Tlmo ly discovery of sovorod Bcreeiia anil bolts on tho windows of tho Coos County Jail prevented a wholosalo delivery of the prlsonora thom a few days ago. Tho niattor was kopt secret for tho tlmo being until Sher iff Johnson and IiIb forcu ascertain ed tho ring loaders. It has boon ascertained that a prlsonor namod Frauhorger undor arrest for robbing tho Hnscom room ing houso on North Hroridway In Marshfield July 27, and iinothor named Smith, chargod with stoal Ing a watel) belonging to Miss Trendgold, a South Inlet school teachor, arranged tho muttor. Hy somo moans or othor, tho outer scroons on tho window woro cut and the bolts on tho bars loosonod, When tho officers mndo the discovery, Smith was all garbed and ready to ninko his exit through tho holo. Smith and Frauborgor havo iJioon placed In tho steel cagn and will probably remain thoro until their I .... i cases aro (imposed or. of cotton washed from tho Galves ton 'docks on tho prulrlcs nnd In ' Virginia City. (Virginia City is on' tho mainland end of tho Galveston ' causeway. Serious damago was douu J to tho causoway." Railroad drawbridges woro wash ed away at Seabrook, 20 miles from Houston and threo aro reported doad thore. Twenty special officers were sworn In hero. Tho reliof commit tee has arranged to scud supplies to Galveston, At Komah only one houso wiib left standing. Two woro Injured and ten houses blown down ut Hullalr. I.lvn wires and u fallliiK burn killed two In Houston. Montgomery, returning, from Vlr- I'liitu f!ltv hiivh scores of dead wore seen nlong the way. . ... NEAR JIL BREAK No. 21. T FOB HEFF TO COME OUT Sheriff Bailey Decides it is Useless to Hunt Woods for the Lakcport Slayer Not Believed to Have Taken Any Supplies in Woods With Him Find His Tracks SCOUT SUICIDE THEORY Note Found In Neff's Cabin Anklng for Proper Hut ltd Says ho wns Vict tut of Circumstances REPORT NEFF. IS COMING TO BAY A telephone message was received by tho Marshficld police at noon t J today from a man at Sumner saying that a t stranger had just passed t through there headed to X wards Marshfield and that t he was sure it was R, B, J Neff, the- Lakeport mur t derer, Marshal Carter t and Officer Richardson t are watching tho Eastsido t fefpy, over which he will t have to come to reach t Marshfield, Thoy arc du- X i.i t...i 4U . X 4 UIUUS aUUUl UIU IVJUll X though, r (Special to Tho Times) LAiN'OLOlS, Ore, Aug. 18. Sher iff iiiiiiiiv mill thu nosso which has "" ..,- Sheriff Ritlloy snld that tho donso brush and tifuber mada It Imposslblo for them to catch Neff and that It would tuko at least 1T0 men to got him out of there. Neff knows the woods thoroughly and his pursuers do not. In consequence Sheriff Ralloy said that tho search would bo given up and ho and tho deputies would wait for Noff to como out of tho woods for food. This ho must do soon as it Is not hollovod that ha took much supplies with him. Doubt Suicide Humor Many pooplu In tho vicinity havo been claiming that Noff would prob ably kill hlmsoir but Sborlff Dnlloy doubts tho suicldo theory. Tho ha uls for this Is that when Noff's cab in wits searched, tho following note was found: "Give mo a decont burial and put on my toinbstono tho words, R. D. Neff, born In 1858, dlod 1915, victim of uiifortunato olrcuniRtnnccs." That ho Is Iiiboiio, there Is little doubt In tho minds of thoso living In the vicinity. Tho provisions woro taken from Neff'H cabin, Including two boxes ot No. 110 United States stcol-noso cart ridges. A hook was found showing that ho had $600 In tho Rank of nan. ilon. $35 In gold in his cabin. A nolo directed to Judge W. A. Wood to be matin administrator of Ills es tate also was found. Tho Noff cabin was neatly kopt and has a garden well-cared for and many flowers. Noff next wan last soon by Mr. Gutchell, of 'NluiMon, who Is Qiera I camping at Lakeport. At that time no carried a gun and ammunition and tnoji out his watch, holding It steadily in his hand. Ho Inquired the time of day. Ho thon went around tho dosortod hotol of this ahantlonrd town Into the brush and disappeared, JAS. J. HILL IX HALL OF FAME ny AMQrUtf! rreaa to Coo. Pay Tltpt. ST. PAUL, Minn., Aug, 18. James J. Hill wos soloctod as Minnesota's "greatest liv ing citizen," to represent tho stuto In tho Panama-Pacific exposition's hall of famo. , REXR GETS RIG NEW LUMRER MUJi lly Amm l.twl I'rru to Coo. ly TlmM 1 REND, ORE., Aug, lift The RrookB-Scaulon Lumbar Company ot Minneapolis Is to stait building a saw mill In Rend with an unnuul capa city of 50.000,000 foot and. employing GOO men i: .'ttttMt Wl WILL WEED t mitmintwftnuimrtstiWTI'KVHiX