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" '" n 'HV.1jJtJ wwww iiu j win pn w-nmw wj-m' w n !WiwiiBMuijgmiiiwBiniriilM THE MAN WJIHAPEHNITE OBJECT IN VIEW HAS GOT IT ALL OVER THE f ELLOW WHO HAS NONE f oos Bay Times Your Paper A Southwest Oregon Paper That's nlmt tlio Coos liny Times Ifi. A South west Oregon paper for Southwest Oregon peoplo sod devoted to tlio best Intcrcsta of this great section . The Times always boosts jutd never knocks, The Cou I'"? Times Is proud of Its title "The ple'i l'npcr," nd It strives at ll Uinci to p. up W Its nnino by do voting IU energta- to promoting the peopled Lnlcre.U. MEMIIEIl OK- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS VWWVHMrVA " JUS CI W ' Vol. No. XXXIX. IB ARABIC ' IS TOfiPEDOED While Star Company's Big Steamer Sunk Near Scene of Lusitania Disaster HE 375FP HER All But 28 of Passengers and Crew Aboard Accounted for Late This Afternoon ' LIVERPOOL T0NEW YORK Vessel Wen! lo llotloiii Eleven Mill Hies After Submarine Shot SI ruck jl,.,. Claim That Vessel Whs (Hvcii Xo Winning a Alt.UlirS CAPTAIN FROM M SAX MCAX(IStO1)oat ilul,al,a( rro1 s.ln rrnl.,M.a ,,!..-"o, ux Timet.) Jfor Copenhagen, with n general enr- inr A" i'1 SAN FRANCISCO. Cnl., Auk. lit. t'liptnln W. Flncli, Lieutenant In the Hoynl Naval Itcscrv ves, was In coin- 1 1 Arabic. Ho Is a II iper, having sail- L inanil of the veteran skipper, cil tlio Pacific Tor years out of San Francisco. Al.li HIT !!H SAVKD liir A'- itir.i i' i ' nr Timet. 4 LONDON. Aiik. 111. Tlio White Star Conipany says 37.1 persons on tlio Arable wcro pnveil. This leaves -S niiarcounti'il for. t 4 4 ;Kt XO WAIIMXd (ilVICX . - 4 IDr A' mlilril I'ni to Cimx lUy Tlimt. s LONDON. Aug. IP. A 4 tnesimKO from Qiiccustowu to V n liri'Hs iiKHdcliitlun says tho 4 Arabic was torpedoed with- out warning. 4 lllf Amu UtC'l I'na lo I'oin llajr Tlmrt. LONDON, Aug. lit. Tho While Star liner Aralilc, which sailed yes terday from Liverpool for New York was si'iit to Hie bottom off Fastuul on the Miutli uia t or Ireland, nut far from lie point at which the Liultanlu was sunk by 11 (Ionium submarine. The While Star Conipany an nounce:) Hint (lie Arabic had 011 board 13'J rcrond cabin passengers, 18 In tlio steerage and no first-class passengers. The crew nuiubured 213, making a total or T. persons on board. She sailed from Liver pool at :i p. iu, yi-sterdny. Tho Amide's tonnage was in, SO I gross ami lli.nil" net. Slio was 000 wt Ions. .i reel beam and '-17 feet pth. She was built In DoHast In 1903. Sank hi l-:ievcn Mluules Tho Arabic was ncnt to tho bot tom by a torpedo from a (ionium submarine. She sank In eleven minutes. The torpedo struck tho Arabic at ,,. A nicjage received by tho Whllo wr lino this afternoon says about 'IlltCCll boats llln 111111(1111; for Oiiii.iiiu. :lon with survivors. XO I. S. CO.MMI'XTS ' IB A- wliicl "r vj io nim, in, Timvt.l WARIHXflTOX, I). C, Aug. 1!1. wrotary Lansing snld Hint ho lind w comment to make on tho Arable dtai cr and would have none until letall.i were received. Ho said In!,,?0 aM'i''t that tlio Anioricnn Z v omiW ,,nfc0 rt'l,01ta '"'t that or e l'g EnJ.1"1' "wmrtmont wa not nuxi:i: was aoiixt 'niiniiieiii Man Sold Tickets Arable m,. for AUEHU I'.l.. ... . ... hVaitoSh,;' ,7l" Wt.;or the. Nurlm: 1 , " v-oos '"' nlia j UI K the liiiBt venr l,nu i.i t... Arabic",!8 ,f0r "as,aK o 'he nanM " ..""'' "ot onioini.or h" tnreiiP. T V'lu .,00'10 w;o "Id shfi ;; ... '"" '"""'c. Jio the VhTtfi o. a, "ne vossel A" or Iae, white Star ine ghlpa' namo3 end hlchrISOn !'no hQais t-o' of day le, ?,,ln.k ' subniarlnes to- mdlnr T ."',,.,r1Bllll,K with words to havfin)..0,..,,PCiUls'J. tliey aim all0 all the time. lu oper- A a . ""a...... . aiv, : :." '"is KMPl.itcm I'MPI.WW.I. M VFltS OLD TODAY IB- - ThfK'UnM. Auk. 10. 0rPr.11, ",t',dayof Kn,Por JTuil0 of Austria I I lllhk tljV "fl.Hil-. 1 Hn ""Ul lU'CI t'lllaV 111 Ilnv- ana Knna Tim- es Vn Ads for results, Established 1H7H Ah The Const Mall. s oermaxs axxocxce exolisii 1ioats (soxe Claim Kulscr's Torpedo Hon I He- Nrojers Worsted ItcllMi Fleet In Engagement oil' .Jiitlumt Wj AMorUteil rrmt to Coot III Timet. BERLIN, Aug. 111. (Wireless lo TuekortoiO-Ourninn torpedo boat destroyers sunk a Binall llrltlsli cruiser and a llrltlsli destroyer by torpedoing tliciu In. an engagement of the Hinall crart off the west coast of .lutlaiiil, tlio Civrinnn admiralty aniioiinceil. Wl I.SOX I.IXKK Sl'XIC (Siodno Sent lo llnttom but Crew Is Saved til AttorUtnl I'rwt tu Cwn 11a Tlmp. LONDON, Auk. lit. Tlio Orodno, I linn tons gross, was sunk by a subniurliiu. Tlio crew was saved. frisco snir .held DmiMi lloal lor Copcnhngcii Talten to Kirkwall by llrlllsh I II j AmcltliM nw in loot lur limn.) LONDON, Auk. I!'. Tlio Danish go, has been delayed at Kirkwall by tlio llrltlsli. exolisii mucus at i.i:ia.. elles are ixcreaser Turks Slop Progress of InvadeiM on ' f.'ntiiiuiii p.M.ii.vni,. An..,. 11. ..... , of Hard Kighllng 1 in? Aiioelitc! I'rr.l u Coot III Tlron.J I LONDON, Auk- 1 St. Additional troops wore lauded by the llrltlsli 1 Htivlu Hay, tialllpoll Peninsula, 1 according to an official announce-! mciit. j Tho war office admits that after1 21 hours of heavy fighting, In, j which no satisfactory progress was made, tho llrltlsli advance halted. ' Tho louses on both ultlca wero vory' IIUtl J I0LCIJ0 IS ACTIVE STIIOMIIOLI II.MITS (Sit HAT Ol'AN. TITV OP' LAVA TODAV Clouds of Smoke and Deloiiiitious Murk I'pheavul (Sieut Lake of 1'lro Xenr Seiislioro 11 AtMiclttiHl l'rMM lo I'vot lltf Tlmrt, I MUSSINA. Sicily, Aug. IU. 'I ho chief signal officer at the Island 1 of Stromboll reports tlio eruption if a large inmntlty of lava from Strom-1 doii voicauo. i no inva is loriiiiiiK a a lukn of flro between tho crater and tho sea. There are loud de tonations and clouds of smoke. MIAXK'S IIODV IIO.MIJ 4 III) Atwitltlnl I'ivmi In CKM IU Tlrm. 4 N13W YORK, Aug. l'J. Tho liotly of Lei M. Frank was lirought hero early to- day. .Mrs. Frank uccoiupau- led tho body. NELS RASMUSSEN ISJ3URIED TODAY Well-known Man Called by Dentil on Tuesday livening, (Sues to I'lual Itestlng Place Tlio funeral of Nols Itaiiuiiisson, slnco ISSli woll known on Coos Hay, was hold this afternoon from tho residence on Hlrch avonuo, Hov. Stiibbloflold officiating. Tho Inter ment wns In tho Odd Fellows com- - otorv. I A host of oh -t mo irioims 01 uiu ". - .... ... . .!.-.. decenscd gathered to pay tholr last respects to tho man who was known by ninny who mourn his going. Tlioi casket was heaped high with floral offerings sont by frlonds. It Is said tlio estate will approx imate ? 10,000 to $50,000 iu vuluo, most of it being In local real es tate. Tho pall bearers this afternoon wero 11. S. Tower, D. L. Rood, Tom T. Ronnett, John Kronholm, I' rank Laiso and J. Albert Mntson. LOADS OCT DF.F.P 1XTO HARD PAVIXCS Tho warm weather has mndo the hard surfaco pav hiB on North .Froiit street very soft and threo freight trucks wero reported stuck in tho bittillthlo nonr tho Ocean dock this nfternoon. Tho wngon wheels cut tho paving down to tho concroto and if tho teams stopped, they had troublo stnitlng. Something will probably bo done about it soon as It will raise havoc with tlio street. Attend the "ilnnre ut the Finnish Hall Saturday F.veiilng, Aug. 21. Music by tho Simmer Orchestra. Id n 1 TOD MARSHFIELD, OREGON, THURSDAY, TORPEDO SHIP Germans Attempt to Sink Dun sley While Picking up Sur vivors of Arabic PflllT CTII I CI flflTCl UUH GILL r H hi ' UUIII Ul ILL I LUIIIU, Vessel Was Bound From Liv erpool for Boston and Was 5000 Ton Craft ABLE TO "CARRY MANY llrlllsh Steamer Magnolia Sends Ihler Message Telling of Attack While On Emitid of Merry lew Details (Jlven serrixo scxit in AttocLitml I'riit lo Cot liar Tlmn LONDON, Auk. lit. An- noiiiiceineiit was made of tlio Binding of the llrlllsh steamer Surblno, or the Wll- sou Hue, 220". ki'osh tons. Tlio crew wus saved. !. J I (Ilr At)' lito.1 TirM to Coot liar Tlmrt I LONDON, Auk. 19. Tlio llrltlsli Mtimimtt .Miiutuilln rftnrirfu liv u'lrnlnuu that the steamship Dunsloy also was ' S torpedoed near the Arable but at the ; """ """"' " "" """ "" ,,n w" ""v time the message was sent ho Duns- I ,,pro "nl,J " rnjituips Noff or loses lev wiih Ktlli iifloat mid nicitiiiir mil1" " mnii-to-maii finish. survivors. ( Tho Duiisley left Liverpool yester- day for Huston. She is u veasol of 1 about SO 00 tons gross nml there- ' - " tore of sufficient size to accomodate; the persons 011 board the Arable. (H'(. tiikv Will PHI-:. 1 vi:xt di:pui:ssiox ix maiiki .ilake Prouilso us Itosult of Placing; ('rent American Product 011 List of Contraband (Sood.s v PISOIIi: (SHItMAX a(ji:xts (11 Auoclitt'1 I'ru't 10 Coot lit Timet. WASIHNOTON, D. C. Attorney (leneral (Iregory reported to President Wilson today that tho Investigation Into the charges of activities of (ionium agents In his country so far disclosed no thing' to lead to any action by tho U. S. Department of Jus ' 4 l 4 j 1 '! tice. III AMocltlfl I'ntt I ewt Ti TlmM J ( WASIHNOTON. I). C. Aug. lit. I Tlio Allies' governments have agreed In principle that cotton Is a contra band of war. Tlio exact date when the uiiuouucemeiit will bo mndo is still under conslileratfon, according to tho Hritlsh embassy, which says .1 i II tin.... ...Ill ..I.....I I.Milml S,, ,?,.. on,v t f, r,,l,ioH do ' the nuirket K i event a uilnous do- pressum i" Pines. O ItOOP IIHADS IIAIC Ily AM"Uli"l rn" " Cim. fity Tlmru I SALT LAKK, Aug. lit. Mllliu Hoot was uiian'inonsly olectod president or the Am :i I erican liar Association. v v v J . . IXVl'IXTOIl .11,1111'.'. tohpi:doi:s MIMLIISS PARIS. Auk. I'J.-xA dovKo Invontod by tho Itallnn 011 glneer. Qiiarlnl. wheh makes m BAG COTTOi it possible to drlvo torpedoes i last night. The Stato Department ago In Uulvoston, based upon moa ' - ...i v. a 1....1 .. . .i.i I.. ... ..i.....,i ... ci nun . out of their course and ox- plodos thonv has Batlsflod I tests, says a special dispatch f.T.,ii uniiio. and arrange- monts nro Doing niaiio iu supply tho dov.co to tho ni- , li. wi fleets. ! VV'''', i WASIHNOTON, I). C Au. 10. ' 5 ,,, t Ono compRiiy of American marlnos t AMONG THE SICK 5 was landod at St. .Marc. Haiti and ..i4.iAl!llf18 taken control of the town. An , inttoiiipt was made to oppose tho Stenhen Lapp, Sr., is hero from landing, but it failed. r ni ,,,i ..t thn honie of hlason.i The occupation of St. Marc will lohn L-ini) confined to his bed with ' liroiichlal pneumonia. He is some . bettor today John Marshall, wno lives on r.i rod Avonuo, Is improved today after n sick spoil of about n weok. Mr. .lacobson, or West Marsliflold, lias returned to his homo from tho Morcy Hospital, after au operation two weeks ago for appondlcltis. KRVIN SMITH, accompanied by his brother Geo'rgo Smith, was in to dav from Loon Lako Ho bought a Ford marhlno and loft this nf ternoon for homo. F.MPlRi: DAXCi: POSTPOXi:!). MW, "... . HI AUGUST 19, 1915 EVENING NEFF STILL FREE EFFORTS to locate la report mchderkr in vain so far Paul Mnlhciiy (Sites Into Woods and Says dial Ho Will Find lllm Police Doubt Report norm' si'mxkh rkport 'ItibloiiB about tlio telephone oport from Sumner yostet- day Hint H. 11. Xeff. tlio Marshal Carter who Lnkeport murderer, whs seen there headed toward Marsh- field, has been unable to secure any Verification of It sluro then. However as Neff Is still nt largo, there Is ample tlnio for him to havo reached this vicinity. He Is snld to bo nbout.57 years old, nl)out ftvo feet six Inches tall,, weighs about IfiTi, has Iron gray niuatacho and hair and pray eyes. (Special f) Tfio Times) LANOLOIS, Ore.. Auk. 10. It. 11. iNoff. Blnyer oflA. .7. Wlttnian at Lakonort. In nt 111 tn t large. Although Sheriff Ilnllcy said yesterday that tlio iiosho would, glvo up the search In the woods, tlio officers are still hunting tlio countrv south of Lako porl for him. So far the only truc es of Nnff nro tracks In the sand that ho l s'liinoRpil to hnvo made. Mntheiiy, After Xeff 1'nul MnHicnv. one of the nmu lliroateiieil by Neff him gone Into tlio wn?,,s wU'1 ,!,8 ''"l",t' nml gunn ItKI'OIITS SI-JXT II Kit K I'ellce Think Some Would He Joker Sent In I'hiuie Messages I Though tho ronds wcro watched , and tho boats from Sumner kept closely under siirvelllanco no furth- er truces or reports on It. II. Neff , came from Stunner Inst night or to day, according to tho police officers From South Inlet tin morning cmiiu a tclcnhonu messnuu stutliur Hint 11 mmi acting queorly and sup posed to bo It. "Tl. Noff was seen walking along tho rond. Tho In former refused to glvo his name and hung up tlio receiver. .lack Flan agan, Chas. Stnuff, .lay Tower and Vlnco Pratt who wore enrouto to Port Orford phoned Hint they saw an Insane man 011 South Inlet. The pollco are Inclined to bollovo that soiiio olio lias boon playing Jokes or else have become unduly excited as they do not bolluvu that Neff is In this section. liSMEDDOM IS FREE .ll'IKSH WATSON DISMISSES IX SAXITY CIIAIK.i: AOAIXST DIM I'ledgo to Abstain from biiini' and (So on Trip to Improve Health Secures His Kelcaso Hugh 11. Sneddon is freo again, having been turned looso by Judgo Watson ut Coi'tilllo yesterday nftur u" 'Ml'lllllUUUIl iin in iiib n.i in; S,u - "l,111 ,l"'" l"""''! "- time o ,envo I(j. nl(io nM( ubo u r on vai.ut0 llI1(1 Kcl )ottcr T), an examination as to bis sanity. UO i'his Is tlio tsecoud time he has been ur- tested on a charge of Insanity. REACH VERA I points on tho Toxus Soutlieast (Suit l'. S. IIATTLF.SIIIPS LOCLSIAXA const tlowly silting Uirough it seeni AXD XMW ll.MI'Slllltl. TllllltP: led curtain this inornlng thut tho tor- rifle siorm exacted u comparatively Hut .Meager Reports Received From ' smull loss of lite, and tho property Vein Cruz, or .Mexico City , Oiviug to Storm (11 Alto .Ittttl l'llt to Coot n Tlimt ) WASIHNOTON, I). C, Aug. 13.- Tho battleships Louisiana ami Now lainiish ro arrived at Vera Cruz, iad no reports oltbor from Vera Cruz or Mexico City tlio Inst low Ui,yS 0I, account of tho storm. LAND .MOIti: MARIXi:S Rebels Opposo C, S. Tn ops at SI. Mure lla'tl 1 11 Ann. UIM Vrm to Coo. rj Tiidw . sorvo t'j guard tho food supply or I'ort Au Prlnco. An attempt wus p .made to organizo armed opposition to the landing forco, but tho effort . wns not successful and so mo dls- l.'lres Add to Horror satisfied Ilaitiens, with their arms. KireB began to break out nt tho left for tho mountains before the .height of tho storm. It wus Impos landing occurred. - Islblo for fironien to work. Punlos '''l worn ..r.inl!llt ulllOllg HlO tllOUSailda joiixsox i:li:cti:d Ily Ah.-D- Ut4 I'n to I 'out JU Timet 1 OAKLAND. Cab, Aug. l'J. David II, Johnson, of South Cdrollnn, was elected presi dent of tho National Edu cational AfkocMHou. EDITION. 5T0N IS SAVED BY WALL Great Barrier Built After 1900 Disaster Throttled Fury of Last Storm LOSS OF LIFE Property Damage Will Not Be As Great as Was First Fear edDetailed Reports FIRE ADDST0 HORROR Many Vcsels Torn from Moorings And Cpset or Driven Far Inland I ly II ti rrlcatio ' use way Is Destroyed 100 di:ad axd DA.AIAOI-; .$1. -,000,000 III Awm Inlisl l'rrtt In Conn Hay Timet 1 DALLAS, Tex., Aug. 1!), 4 Heports up to noon trickled through to tlio outside world from Southwest Texas ills- trlcts swept by tho hurrlcnno served to Increase Hie prob- able niimbor of dead, but 4 placed Hie estimates of tho property loss several millions under thoso previously given. Total reported dead Is above 100. whllo tho prop- erty damngo Is less Hum $ir..000,000 all told, with 4 (ialveston and Houston the ' heaviest sufferers. Oalves- ton's damngo Ib from fivo to ten million dollars and lions- ton's Is less than two mil- Hon (l')llars. Only II dead are reported at flalvoston. Tlio dredge Sam Houston is reported lost with fill nor- sous and tho dredge San 4' .laclnto with 11 crow of fiO Is believed to bo lost. Loss of Life Tho following points reported liv es lost as follows: Virginia Point HO Texas City 112 iTazos Life Saving Station ... lit Putton 1" Morgan Point 7 Hitchcock 7 Laporto 7 Port Arthur ., r Hcaiimont -0 Sylvan lleach ' Lynchburg 'I Seabrook :! Houstnii "' Dickinson I On tinut Sum Harnard t! On boats Waverly and Ouyton 1 r. .TiuiuIiikh Island ' Freeport I Smiii Lnko I Alvin 1 O-ango t Thirty persons who boarded a steniner at Port Hollvar llglithoiiso nro believed to havo perished when tho vessel broke her moorings and OQ (jtiidriried out Into tlio Oulf. 1. ...t ....... n..i.i .i.i rxnin inn iMI Wlllll llll lurunun "I"" persons marooneu on .uuthu ibuiuu, IT.O miles South of Now Orleans. In addition lo these u number or vessels lu the Oulf nro unreported., (11 Auu'ltUKl I'raui to Coot lit 'ilrati.1 DALLAS. Tox.. Aug. l'J. With In- forinutloii from Oalvestou nml otliur Iobs, in uaivesiou m iuusi, ia bihuh CUIIipUlOU Willi IHU DlKllll "l luuw, Tlio sea wall saved uulvoston rrom evon worse horror than In l'J 00. According to uvuilublo reports tho total of tno IIvoj lost throughout tho dlstrct s ess than uu. iiiouain- gor reports, Is placed ut Sja.OOO,- 000 with the lots of tourtoon lives. iu l'JOO, over S000 peoplo met death and tho property loss wus $15, 000,000. Causenliy Destroyed Tlio Uaiveston seawall wus not washed out, according to un Asso ciated Pross roprosoututlvo who loft Oalvoston at 10:30 a. m. yestonlay. Tho greatest dainngo lu Uulvoston wus iilong tho beach and to buildings which received tho forco of the flood wators whipped over tho seawall by the hurrlcun. The causeway connecting (lulves- ton Island with tho muln laud wus washed out from both ends. Tho houlovurd along the sea wall was washed out lor many blocks who had taken refuge in tlio until- ; noss section but tho fires burned l thomselvos out and the city was plunged into durknoi's. ' .Steamers Far Inland ' Ten largo steamers woro torn from their moorings nnd lilown over .fiaheston bav. Seven lire aground. gome were blown from three to eight A Consolidation and Coos F MAItOOXHD I'AltTV OATHI'ltS pmjs, 111:1:1: AND COFP'i:i! Slinugo Iteller foe VIUwh 'IVmiiis by Flood Waters P'lvo Dead at Houston IB AtaoclttcJ rrctt o cool U Tlmct.J HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 111. Houston's storm death list stood at five this morning. Tlio bodies of two white women, two wliilo men and u negro wero found. At Virginia Point, fifteen per sons who csonpod before tlio cause way collapsed sought refuge in a small power house. Ten feet of water surrounded Iho place. For a while they wero without food. Two live pigs, siiueallng as they were borne along on Iho turbulent waters, reached tlio nuiroonud party Tues day. Then camo two cans of cof fee nml a barrel of beer. "The par ty killed a pig and ntu pork nil day Tuesday," said Mllo Waggle, 0110 of tho party. "Wo needed only to bacco and matches to make us per fectly happy." II DREDGES LOST IIIIal'.MOXT ItllPOHTS SAM HOt'S TOX AXD SAX .IACIXTO SL'XIC IVar Kill Lost Lives on Them Thirty Others .Missing on tho .Steamer from Port llolivur 11 At.oclttM Wrti lo Uvot nt Tlmt'i, I DALLAS, Aex., .Aug. l'J. lteports from lleauinoiit say flG wero lost when the dredge Sam Houston went down In (Ialveston bay. Also that the d rod go San .laucliito, with u crew ot r0 mid a tug, are missing, i unil nro believed to bo lost. Thirty persons who Hoarded n steamer at Port Hollvar nro thought to liavo perished when the vubso! broke rrom Iter moorings nml drlft- miles inland by tho forco of tho liur riciyio and water. Flro Iaiss Heavy Fires which wero raging In (Inl vestuu wuro reported under control last night. This Hum or damngo alone Is estimated in excess of $'1'. 0,000. Ill I .Mile Wind Tlio voloclty of the wind that struck (Ialveston Monday is said to buvo genu us high nit 1111 miles per hour. The storm was greatly abut ed today and passed Inland. .modi; dkatiis ki:poiti:d (11 Aitoctitm I'ntt to Coot U Tlmm.l lllLMJMONT, Texas, Aug. l'J. Reports of 'ill deaths ut Aniihiiac during tlio storm wero brought here today. HF.POKT 700 DF.AD Xonspnper Correspondent Tevus Disasters I'ells of Ifi AH.irltliM llriui lo Com III Tlmt'i.) SAN ANTONIO, Tox., Aug. lit The total number of persons killed lu Texas by the storm during tho last few days will approximate, ac cording to Correspondent Light, who rtitiirued today rrom Houston mid (iiilvosloii, seven hundred. Tlio heaviest loss of life wus on shipping lu tho bay. Dp lo noon yostordny, only 11 bodies woro recovered In Uaiveston. FIRST (SALVF.STOX STORM Disaster of ll Cost H,(MMI Lives mill .Much Properly On September 8, l'JOO, Oiilvestou, Toxus, was luundutud by u turririe ti dal wave, tho crest of tlio greatest gulf storm which swept tho Oulf or Mexico lu history. Klght thousand poisons woro drowned. 5000 funilllos were inudo lionioloss and dostltuto. Iroin all OVlir 1110 lilllieu mums hiiiihui unions poured In ror their relief. Resides (Ialveston, tho towns of Alvin, Alta Loinn, Sublno, Sabine Pass, Hiultli- vllloand Hrookshiro woro oblltenited boforo tho rush of wutors Within n fow days after tho disas ter tho city of Uaiveston wiib ut work to repair its damage and bury IU dead. Iu 1001, a great sua wall, costing moro than $2,000,000, was built to hold lu .the gulf and tho wholo lowor part "or the city wus raised. The sou wall Is more than rivo mllos long, Is 17 loot above mean tldo and ouo and ouo-huir feet above the high water mark mndo In the catastrophe or 11)00. On this wall depends tho safety of tho !I0, 000 portions now marooned in Uai veston. MXF.TF.HX AUK DROWXKD Kxciirsionlsts nml I'uinllv of Keeper of Itiuos Life Suv'ug Stiitlou LfM. U Attoelitii rrei.lo coot ! Timet.) FUKBl'OUT, Aug. 10. Nlnotoon poisons woro drowned at the lira zos United Stntos Llfoiuvlng Sta tion Monday night, according to word received lioro. Tlio only known dead,, most of whom nro said saltl to bo oxc.ursionlsts. were tho u'lfo nnil nlitlilrmi nf Piintiiln .Tnlm P. Stelnlmrt, keeper of the station. 00 WITH FLOOD of Times, Coast Midi liny Advertiser. No. 22. E GAINS TODAY i.-. I Claim to he Slowly Closing In on Brest Litovsk Fortress Southeast of Warsaw TAKE SMALL FORTS Announce 1000' Prisoners and 125 Cannon Taken After Eleven Days' Investment LITTLE OTHER WAR NEWS (Sciiernl Von .Mackenen's Forres Advancing From Southwest on (Var's Saw Lino of , Dcfcnso-i 111 Aiwoilitpil Trent to Coot Ut Tlmrt. IIKItLIN, Aug. 111. A further iidvnnruby tho (Ionium nrniy at tempting to capture tlio Important Russian fortress of Hrest Litovsk, was announced officially today. Tho outer positions of the fortress, near Hodlno before Hrest Litovsk, wero penetrated. Tlio enpturo is also an nounced of two forts north of No covgeorg'ovsk which havo been In vested for several days, lu Ink tug these forts, 1000 prisoners and l!. cannon wero captured. North of Hlelsk the (ionium troops reached tlio railway from Dinlysko to Hrest Litovsk. LOUD LAUDS BAY MICHHSAX I I'MIIHRMAX Pit AIHKS THIS SFCTIOX IX PORTLAND Suys There Is .tioie Timber round Coos liny than There Was in the I'.'iillro Stato of Michigan PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. l'J. Af ter spending the greater part of a month in the woods of Southwestern Oregon, Colonel (ieorgu A. Loud. reprosoiitutlvo from the tenth con gr.'Sbiouul district of Michigan, Is reiii'-nliig to his homo lu Hay City. He was accompanied by Ills daugli ted, u recent graduate from a school ut Wushlngtou, I). C u nd reports tho eumidiig trip lu Coos county wai no delightful that he will muko an ofi'ort to muko another visit to Oro toii as soon us his uffulra will per mit. "1 already havo some Investments In Oregon timber nnd hope to ndd to tlieiu," snld Colonel Loud to nn Kvonlng Telegram roportor. "I be lieve there Is a great future for tho timber Interests of Oregon. In tho Coos Iftiy country alone, thoro Is uioro timber than thoro ever wtiu in tlio entire statu or Michigan, and this Is only u portion or the timber in Oregon available for manufac turing lumber. "Without u (iioBtlon a hotter day Is coming for the lumbering Indus try of the Pacific Nortliwcat. I huvu seen tho sniiio sort of depres sion iu Michigan, and I huvu noticed that each returning' tide of pros perity reached u higher level than tho high mark buforu. My belief is that with tho return to the protec tive policy, wltli the ending of tho Kiirnpciiu war, nml the availability or tho Panama canal for transporta tion there will be created more proa- porous conditions than the Pacific Northwest and tho entire (country have over known buforo." Resides being one of tho foremost lumber muuiifncttirors lu Michigan, Colonel Loud enjoys thu distinction of holntr one cmmrossinnii who hail hi in him to como back aftor suf- , ,..,,, ,0 ,1(,rm.t. Serving contln- . 0uHly in the houso or roprosonta lives fivo successnvn terms from lUO'l. ho wns defeated by It. O. Woodruff, u Progressive, by loss tlmti finn volim. Imt nt thn next nine. i tn in I'Jll. Colonel Loud won out by u plurality of 5000. Hoforn go ing to Congress ho wns puymnstor on tho dispatch bout McC'itllogh, at tached to Admiral Dewey's fleet at tho time of thu battle of Manila liny, SACRED COLLEOK HEAD DIED TODAY III) ,nuiUI1 I'iom to Cwm IU TlMirt.) ROME, Aug. 19. Cardinal Sofafluo Cannltolli, dean of the Sacred College, Is dead nt the ngo or SI. NOTICE TO EAOLES All Eaglos nro reuuostod to at tend mooting Saturday evening at K o'clock, August 21st, to arrange ror trip to Powers. Rig cluss tor In itiation .Sunday August 22nd. , Train leaves depot at 7.10 In iimrnlns. F. MAC.NUSSON, Acting President. Attend (be tlaiico ut the Finnish Hull Saturday livening, Aug. Hi. Mmdc by the Simmer Orchestra, 1 i m s mwmmmiUmmmmmm m. i irrmii ni iwmmiw mmmt v'SK v ','"" "