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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 25, 1915)
mmmmmmmmmtwmmmmmm j .rfxaSaf.JIfftllf, trfw.'2i!iiptIL'13.""il5 "J.1 U V-fSSfffSlK ir Wi NOTICE THAT MEN WHO ACCOMPLISH MOST MAKE THE LEAST FUSS ABOUT IT r Coos Bay Times Your Paper A Southwest Oregon Paper That's nlint tlio Coon Bay Times Is. A Bontls treat Oregon paper for Southwest Oregon people and devoted to the- best Interest of tlita great lectio . The Tlmeo always boost tutd Merer knocks. &$ TJio Coos Bay Times Is proud of Its tltla "The People's rnpor," and It striven at nil time to Uvo up to 1U naruo by do voting ita energies to proniotlng the peoplo' interest. MKMREIt OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Vol. No. XXXIX. Established 1878 As Tlio Coast Mall. MARSHFIELD, OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1915 EVENING EDITION. TWELVE PAGES A Consolidation of Times, Const Mail and Coos Hay Advertiser. No. 54 UVMB ARRESTS MADE IL Eighteen Lawyers and Agents Indicted by Federal Court For Alleged Use of Mail INVOLVES 0. & C. LAND LOCATIONS F. K Bull, N. B. Cook and W. A. S. Nicholson Arrest ed at San Francisco MUCH INTEREST LOCALLY Coos liny People Mario Applications for Claims in Largo Numbers mill Title Cannot ho Seeuml One of Men Charged Connected local piiople interested aim: IN CASKS Dj Aanoclntrd I'rwa to Cooa Iljr Tlmra. SAN FRANCISCO, Sopt. 25. The men invested wero Fianklln I'. Hull, Norman H. Cook nnri W. A. S. Nichol hoii. all San Krnnelsco attor neys. Tlio bonds worn fixed at $'.'00 each. I-' 1' Hull wim eoniipcleri with a number of filings mado by Coos Hay peoplu, It Ih naiil. Somo stuto that li Ih mime appeared ns San Fran cisco attorney on tlio papers In cases of local peoplo milking tender of $2.50 -an aero for tlio land. tlly AJioilslnl I'rraa la Com llay Tlmri. SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 25. Tlireu S.in Francisco attorneys wero attested today under a blanket Fed eral Indictment charging IS Cali fornia mid Orogon attorneys and laud agents with using the malls tu forward a fiaudulout scheme. Tho allugori fraud consisted In in ducing persons to fllo on alternate sections of laud along the Southern Pacific Railroad from tho southern statu line of Oregon to Eugene. (j Two Wero Convicted The transactions mentioned In the Indictments woro conducted by tho Oiegon Realty Company mid other firms about three years ugo. J. W Logan and J. E, Connors woro convicted ut Portland on similar offenses a year ugo mid given short sentences. Cannot Get Title The sottleis arc unable to obtain title to tho lands which woro In litigation with tho government over the conditions of tho grant. IS L 1'ANXIE O'DOXXELL (J1VKS UP TO SERVE SENTENCE Long Legal Fight Was- Waged to Sao Woman, Convicted of lluot- legging at Kmpiro After a fight that was waged for two yeais to keop hor out of jail Fan ny O'Doniioll finally went hohlnd tho hais In Coqulllo yestorday to sorvt a sontuueo of tltreeT months and to pay a flno of $250 on the ehargo of many montliB ngo of soiling liquor In Einplro without a lleonso. Sho tamo back from San Francisco on tlio steam schooner Elizabeth ami im mediately went to Coqulllo and ask ed to servo the term. Honri Not Forfeited Coiifternatlon was ovldonced among tho two or threo bond holdors when on tho icth of this .month Mrs. P'Donnoll failed to appear to begin her sentence. It wag said that tht 1500 hall would bo forfolted. A tel egram wub sent to the woman in tho' ""nn wiiore sho was visiting with her son and his wlfo and sho camo back voluntarily. Tho bond was not forfeited. Tho legal strugglo to keop Mrs. O Donnell out of Jail has boon waged through the district court, appealed Jo the Supremo Court and again sent JHUk to tho circuit court, and It was finally decided that thoro was noth ing for her to do but begin sorvlng the sentence. Is Without Funds c . attorneys of Mrs. O'Donnoll state that she I8 now practically "uiioiu fluids and will probably have to iiwrvu oui tno $250 fino in Jnu o winch will ndd months to tho period. somo threo delayed in canal Tornicr Mnrshflcld Resident Writes of Ills Experience Tlicro Letters have been received hero 'rom Mrs. J. L, Cattrall, formerly Miss May Stauff of this city, writ ten from Panama. Mrs. Cattrall's husband Is chlof englneor on the ves "1 William g, Ohrlen which sailed from Seattle for New York. Sho writes that the vessel was hold up for len days In tho Panama Canal bd cause of the big slide. She writes that hundreds of men wero engaged In diEging out the slide and that the neat was so intense that everyone aboard the vessel suffered greatly luring the delay. D LO t444 X VILLA SOLDIERS ' X X SURRENDER TO FOE X x .. - - X tlly Aoc lalnl rroM to Coo llay Times X X LAREDO, Sent, '25,- X Many detached bands of X X Villa soldiers are sur- X i rendering to the Carran- t za forces which aro X X marching against Torre- X X on, it was reported to- X X day by General Obregon X I to the Carranza author!- X X ties at Neuvo Laredo, X .. PHOPERTV OK WENDLING-.IOIIX- son co. is drought ix Price Paid Is Over A Million Dollars Sale Mario (o Satisfy III); Mortgage All of tlio holdings of tlio Wend-llng-.lohiiBon Lumber Co. in Lane and Douglas counties wero sold at Eugcno by order of tlio court. The Michigan Trust Company of annul Knpids was tlio purchaser and tlio consideration $1,050,000. Tlio sale was the result of a proceeding to foreclose n niortgago for $1,250,000 held by the trust company. The holdings consist of a Inrgo tract of timber on tho Slusluw river, u mill at Acme and logging equip ment. FORM Kit COOS COPXTY MAX PASSKS A WAV IX SOl'TII J1111104 Madison l).H'r, One of Knrly Pioneers of Coos and Curry (iocs lo Ills Lust Host Mrs. Charles llllborn, of Marsh field has received tho sad nows of the death of hor only living broth er, .lames .Madison Dyor, who passed away from aeuto bronchitis at driz zly Flat, near Redding California, recently. Mr. Dyer spent tho last three years at tho homo of his sis ter, Mrs. llllborn, leaving for Califor nia only last March. J. M. Dyer was 0110 of tho early pioneers of Coos nnd Curry counties and was well known to tho early pio neers of this section. lie was n brother of tho lato Judgo Gcorgo Dy or, ulro a well known ploncor. Mr. Dyor was 71 years of ago at tho time of his death and was a min ing engineer by occupation. Mnny old time friends will learn with regret or his passing nnd pnuso to pay a tribute of respect to his memory. OLD VESSEL BURNS 'Sl'ltVIVOHS" PILi: WHKCKAOr. OX NORTIIWKST AND FIHI3 IT Old Iliillc In Last. Fight Threatens t iPlle Up on South Spit Ashore on Mussel Reef Nor upper works aflamo and head ed bow on, tho old harkontlno North west plunged ashoro in tho Break ers at Mussel Reef lato yesterday afternoon, according to tho "survl vms" who returned last ovonlng from Kmpiro. Partitions and deck planks woro yanked up uoforo the old craft struck tho bar nnd theso wero piled on tho poop deck, cover ed with oil, and lighted by Chouncoy Carpenter and Al Skogg us tho haw sor of tho Rustlor was turned looso nnd thoy wont over tho sldo Into tho power boat of the Coast Ouard. That tho vessel would not burn to tho wators edge Is the bollof of the men who saw her wreck. Too long beneath tho waters of Isthmus Inlet, thoy said, had loft hor planking wa tersoaked. As tho vessel struck bow on tho waves and tho surf gradually turneo her broadsldo to tho beach and there sho started to pound to pieces- It was about 3 p. m. when thoy reached tho bar and overyono with tim nvcntiHrm nt Camentor and M .Skogg, went aboard tho Roamer and Fho went nuoaa 01 me muuui i" n second tow lino, which wns mado fast to tho lattor. Camo Near Striking Thoro was a heavy nor'west wind blowing and an ebb tide running so that tho plan of drifting tho hulk on tho north spit had to be abandoned. In crossing out tho Northwest heeled to tho south and for a tlmo threat ened to strand herself on the south 8,1 Carpenter Is one of tho survivors of tho Ill-fated Randolph and is now aboard the Rustler. Neither ho nor AI Skogg wero In any danger when thoy woro taken Into tho llfo boat. FRANK ACKLBV, tho master me chanic of tho machlno shops at Powers, camo to the city today to spend Sunday. ED WOLFE camo In from Powers today for a short stay, HOLDINGS CALIFORNIA MEXICANS GGI MOSS BORDER Escaped From United States Troops With Few Losses After Progresso Raid REGARDED AS GRAVE FEATURE OF BATTLE Soldiers Kill Marauders in Texas and From Four to Eight in the River HUNDREDS"" RESERVE Indications Weio That. Largo Voire Was Concealed on Mexican Slrio of Itlo Grande Heavy Flro Met Hy Americans IIKXV CARRAXZA THOOI'S TOOK PART tUy Aasoclate.1 I'rraa to Coo Hay Time. WAS1IINCTON, Sopt. 25. Dispatches received at the Carranza agency from Gen eral Nafarrato and tho Car lanza Consul at Hrownsvlllo deny that 'any Carranza tioops participated In .tho fighting yesterday at Pro gresso, tDy AMiclatd rre lo cwi nay Tlmn.l HROWNSV1LLE, Texas, Sopt. 25. Another critical turn in tho tur bulent rolntlons botweon tho Ameri cans nnd MoxicmiB on the lower Tox as border Is ovldent today as tho re sult of yesterday's raid by Moxlcans on tho vlllngo of Progrcso. Tho escape of tho .Mexican Invad ers across the Rio Oraudo Is regard ed In civilian and army clrcloH asono of the gravest features of yesterday's battle. When American soldiers pursued tho marauders to tho river bank. It wns reported by Major Anderson that tho AmerlcmtH wore met by a brisk flro from tho Mexican sldo, whero apparently hundreds of Moxlcans wero concenled. Two Moxlcans woro killed on tho Texas sldo and from four to eight killed whllo crossing the river. Eyes of tho lower border turned today townrd Washington, whero It wns expected that next Important de velopments would occur ns a result of yesterday's fight near Progresso. J. II. Allen, a millionaire ranchman of Hrownsvlllo, nnd a woman cook, yesterday fought off a band of H Mexican bandits who attacked . his ranch in Hidalgo county. Ho killed two nnd wounded threo. Tho fight ing Insted !10 minutes. Troops cont inued an active patrol around Prog resso without encountering any Mox lcans. LEAVES FOR MEXICO CAPT. VOX PAPEX AXD PRIXCE WILL (JO TUESDAY Xo Gcrmmi Officials at Washington to Explain tho Purpose of Their Visit South WILL LEAVE FOR .MEXICO TODAY ! ' lly Aoi Uled I'lnw lo ("00a I!ay Tlm J SAN FRANCISCO, Sopt. 25. Capt. Franz Von Papon, mllitaiy attache to tho Ger many Embassy, and Prlnco Von Hartzfoldt, will leave hero next Tuesday for .Mex . ico, It was announced today. iny AwoclaleJ Trow lo Cooa Hay Tlmra.) WASHINGTON, D. C, Sept. 25. There nro no officials of tho Ger man Embassy horo to explain why Capt. Von Papon and Prlnco Von Hutzfeldt aro going to mnko tholr announced trip to Mexico. Von Pa pen is also assigned to tho Gor man legation In Mexico as a military attache and he might with propriety pay a visit to Mexico City. ARTILLERY ACTIVE VIOLENT CAMPAIGN IX PROG HESS OX WESTERN FRONT Palls Claffns That Germans Aro AnsHOilug tlio French Flro With Asphyxiating Shells (Uy Aaaoclaloa rrraa to cooa llay TlmM. LONDON, Sept. U". Tho violent artillery campaign in tlio West Is licliiu continued. Tho Germans nro responding to the French flro In somo sections by the use of as phyxiating shells, accordliiK to Paris, which also reports tho repulse of a German attack near Manlioff. There Is relutlvo calm In tho Dail danelles campaign durliiu tho past week, Pin Is reports, X BRITISH WARSHIPS X BOMBARD A CITY X Dy AoclaleJ I'rcM to coos ray Tlmra AMSTERDAM, Sept, X 25, British warships t X again bombarded the Bel- X X gian town of Zeebrugge X X tliis morning, Three ships X X were engaged, The X X flaslies of the heavy guns X X were visible from the X Dutch coast, X EIGHTTiSHOT STREET FI01IT OCCUHS AT ROX, OHIO, TODAY Alv- 'Two Men Arrested and John Justice- Seriously Wounded and Los- es an Ejo In fray tlly AaaocUtrJ rrcHK lo Cooa Hay Tlmri. AKRON, Ohio, Sopt. 25. Eight men wero shot in a street fight horo today. Paul HarklnB was arrested, charged with shooting to kill and Horry Doiiglns Is bolng held for car rying concealed weapons. Tho po- lice claim Ilarktus, Douglas and . another man engaged in altercation, i and llarklns fired twlco Into tho crowd that gathered. John Justice, . t lif tnnat unrlmiHlv ii'niinilml. IohI nn 'eye and hus a bullet In his head. E IS TUHHRCULOSIS MAV HE MADE NON-FATAL DISEASE Scientists In Session Approve of Dis covery of Dr. JeffiM-MUi D. (iilison of Denver IDr Aiiofl.teJ rrria tu ton. nr Tlmn.l PHILADELPHIA. Pa.. Sept. 25. Scientists who hnvo spent years In the study of tiiborculOBls declared to day at tho closing pcsslon of tho so' onth annual mooting of tho American Association Clinical research that the corn nvolvnil liv Dr. Jefferson D. i nihunti .if nnnvntv (lin mHrtnir nrnfu Idem of tho association, is one that In ten years ought to plnco tuborcu losls among tho relatively non-fatal cases. . r ijiC FREIGHTER IS S HOLLAND-AMERICAN LINE VES SEL HAS HEEX DESTROYED Carried a Cargo of Male, leaving Argentine. Aug. -( and Hound for Copenhagen Illy AJMoclaltd Vim to Cooi lay Time.) LONDON. Sept. 25. Tho Holland American frolghtor Eomdyqe, 4915 tons gross, has been sunk. A dis patch from Norwich says the crow was lauded hy the Swedish steamer Framnn. Tho Eomdyqo sailed from Huenos Ayres, August 20, for Copon-I lingeu xvltli a cargo of maize. ENDORSED MM ARE KILLED ITIIOUSANDS OF SHOTS FIRED IX! I STREETS OF CAXANEA Xo Foielgners Repoiieil Killed American Women Flee to tho Horrier In Antouiohlles llij Aoct4te4 trea to tiwua nay 'I hum J WASHINGTON, I). C Sopt. 25. Thirty persons aro reported killed .7 Yhoreels of 'canancr Mox' Thursday. No foreigners appear to havo been killed. Thirty Amor lean women are fleeing in autos from Cunauea to the border. Tho shooting occurred during ono day's occupation of tho town hy tho Car ranza forces, according to tho Sato Department advices. X LOCAL OVERFLOW X MISS IRENE HOLMES xvas down this morning from Catching In let, visiting and shopping. W. J. KING and his mother, Mrs. King, wero down shopping this morning from their home on Coos River. MRS. W. EICKWORTII wns hero vis iting fvleiids this morning from hor Coos River homo. DR. AND MRS, E. MINGUS uro ex pected homo on tho steamship Santa Clara Monday from the fair. MR. AND MRS. W. F. WILLIAMS aro roturnlng Monday from San Francisco on the Santa Clara. DON GARDINER xvns hero North Hond. He expects Gardiner to return from a In Spokane soon. from Mrs. visit GERMANS HELD IN CHECK Three Russian Victories Are Reported From Widely Dif ferent Point in the East VON HINDENBURG IS MEETINGJRESISTANCE Germans Claim Their Re verses East of Vilna are Only Temporary DVINSK'S FTE UNCERTAIN Von Mackensen Wim Thrown Hack In An Engagement, that Has Shak en Ills Clip on tho City of 1M"hIc England Feels Relief Dy AitociatM rrua If Coot Lay TlmM. LONDON, Sopt. 25. Tho posi tions of tho Russians from Vllna to tho Oailclan border appears improv ed greatly, threo distinct victories having been recorded almost simul taneously at widely scattered points. This achievement mitigated to somo extent the iiiicnaslncss felt in Eng Inuri as to tho attitude of Uulgarla. Rti.sNlans Itcsjht In the far north, tho Russians re sisting V011 lllndenburg with char acteristic stubborncsH, but the admls. slon that the fighting Is proceeding nt Smlcllii, three miles from Novo Alcxaudrovsk, Indicates that tho approaches to the lattor town, aro In the hands of tho Germans and the fate of Dvlnsk Is in doubt. Tho Germans characterize tholr roversos cast If Vllna as n tempor ary character, notwithstanding tho Iosecb of guns and prisoners. Near Plnsk, Von Mnekeiison was thrown back In an engagement that hns shaken his grip on the city. Fur ther south, tho Russians now hold ing Lutsk the pressing tholr advan tage. T CONDITION IN PETROGRAI) PORTED AS SERIOUS RE- Wheat am! Flour is Short and Fnm , Hies .Must. Do Without Fuel in Houses lily AaaoclatM I'rraa to Cooa Day TlmM, HERLIN, Sept. 25. (Wireless to Tuekorton.) Information receiv ed from Petrograd plcttix'oa con ditions thoro ns serious. Facll llltios for taking food supplies to tho capital aro lnadcqttato and only 1511 cars of wheat and flour reach ed tho city In August, as compared with 2KI2 In May. Famine threat ens. Sugar, sa.lt, .tobacco ami pe troleum uro unobtainable. Thoro Is only enough fuel for tho military hospitals and private families havo to do without. T PACIFIC COAST TEAMS ARE OX FIELDS TODAY Season Is Also Opening In East Wlieio Dig Colleges aro Having First Contests lilt AMoctatoJ rreaa t nwn nay TlmM. J SAN FRANCISCO, Sopt. 25. Tho football season on tho Pacific Coast got generally under way today. Tho collego season In Oregon oponed with tho University of Oregon play ing tho Multnomah Club at Eugene. ! '? ""'varsity of California played the Olyiupla Club nt Hcrkeloy In Washington, Oregon and Cal ifornia, numerous High School op ined tho season. Starts in the East NEW YORK, Sopt. 25. Tho most leading football teams of the East opened tho season today. Pennsyl vania mot tho University of Virginia; Princeton playod Georgetown; Yalo nd Maino, and Harvard encoun tered Colby. Numerous other games woro scheduled. VESSEL MOVEMENTS Duo Hero Adollno Smith, Oakland, lato to day. F. A. Kllhurn, Portland, Sunday morning. Santa Clara, San Francisco, Mon day. Duo (o Sail. Adollno Smith, Oakland, Sunday. Rustlor, Roguo River, Sunday, Roamer, Roguo River, Monday. SALEM Tho secretary of stato has received letters from women In Australia asking for copies of tho woman suffrage laws in Orogon to use lu their campaign for equal rights, FAMINE HRETNS FOOTBALL STAR X U. S. SUBMARINES X WILL BE MADE SAFE : Dy AmoclntM rrrna to coo. say Time 9 X WASHINGTON, D, C X X Sept, 25, Submarine X I F-1. F-2and F-3 and all X t sister ships of the F-4, X X lost in Honolulu harbor, X X are to be thoroughly re- X X modelod to make them X X safe, All three were I X damaged at Honolulu last X X month and will be towed 1 X to San Francisco, X AFFAIRS SETTLED KING AXD PREMIER OF GREECE REACH AGREEMENT Measures Contemplated Include Maintenance of Country's Treaty Obligations, It Is Announced ny AnaoclatrJ I'rraa to Coo. Hay Tlmn.) ATHENS, Sopt. 25. -King Con stantino and Premier Vcnlzolos, nt n conference this morning, reached n comploto agrcomont In rogard to both the steps already taken by tho gov ernment and the measures which are demanded to meet tho Balkan situ ation. These measures Iticludo tho maintenance of Greece's treaty obli gations. TO FIGHT PEOPLE OK GREECE WELCOME MOIULI.ATIOX OF TROOPS Profer to Exchange the Uncertainties of Polities for tho Posilblllt.Vs of a War Illy Aaioclatfil I'rraa 10 rooa nay Tlmra. ATHENS, Sopt. 25. Great rollof has beon caused throughout CI recce hy orders calling for tho mobiliza tion of tho army. Tho peoplo aro apparently to exchange the uncer tainties of politics for tho possibili ties of wnr. It s generally believed In unofficial circles that struggle bo tweon Greoco and Uulgarla cannot bo avoided. Tho mobilization Is proceeding quietly. CASES AOAINST MOXTENEGRIXS DROPPED HY GOVERNMENT Charge Was That They Had Ho iTiiltcri Men From Avlzona, Illinois and other States ' (Dy Aaaoclata4 Treaa lo Cooa Day Ttmca, WASHINGTON, I). C, Sopt. 25 A formal announcement of dismissal of tho indictments against tho Mon tenegrin agents charged with violat ing Amorlcau neutrality in recruit ing tholr countrymen In Arizona, Illinois and other states was mado today by tho Stuto Dopartmont and the Dopartmot of Justice Two or tho mon mulcted woro nrrested In Portland, Oregon. Tho Russlun Embassy mado representa tions which satisfied the Stuto De partment. LAW IS VERY STRICT EXCURSION HELD UP HECAUSE HOAT IS OVEHMUDCD Hurry Kimball Enforces V. S. Hoat lMwti llojio Had 11(1 AlHimd and 70 Llfo Preservers RecuiiBo sho was overloaded tho gasoline boat Hope, with 110 high school students aboard, was not al 'lowed to sail this morning until purt of tho passengers had been trans ferred aboard nnother boat, the Altco IL, Harry J. Kimball, deputy U. S. Collector of Customs, met the boat at tho landing and found hut 70 llfo preservers aboard tho Hope. Strict obsorvanco of tho boat laws must bo compiled with on Coos Hay hereafter, says Mr. Kimball. Slnco tho last visit of Inspector 11. F. McGrath ho has been given special power over tho boats of tho Sluslaw, tho Uinpqua, Coos Hay and the Co qulllo River, Picnic excursions will havo to como under tho laws hoforo thoy will 'bo allowed to leave tho waterfront, he says, and today was tho second tlmo in two weeks that passenger boats havo beon halted an account of being overloaded. Go Neck and Nock, Tho Rainbow got away from hor dock this af ternoon about the samo tlmo that the Alert steamed down tho bay and around tho bond thoy both wont and tho raco xvns about neck and neck, with both steamers pouring out big gobs of black smoke. The Alert is back on tlio run aftor months of Idleness because of tho Milllcoma's breaking a shaft. NX DSiSS G DUMBA RECALL INSISTED UPON United States Not Satisfied' With His Merely Going on Leave of Absence Ax INSTRUCTIONS SENT U. S. AMBASSADOR Must Make Clear to Austrian Government That Dumba's" Usefulness Has Ended , NO DETAILS GIVEN 0l$ lust What, Instructions Aro to Amer ican Representative nt Vienna Not Known hut United States Appears Firm In Position " tlly AaaoolatrJ I'rraa lo Cooa Day Tlmra. WASHINGTON. D. C, Sopt. 25-" Ambassador Ponflold at Vienna hafT been instructed to mako clear to thd Austrian govornmont Informallythat tho United States must insist on tho recall of. Ambassador (Dtiniba and that his dcjinrturo on a leavo of ab sonco would not bo satisfactory. ftoi I'liucrsiooa u From tho niossages oxchanged he tweon Penflcld and tho State po partment, it Is apparent tho Aus trian government misunderstood tho desires of tho United States. It was Intimated nt first to Ponflold Uiat Austria might recall Dumba onbls leavo of ubscuco and might dosiro a n safe conduct for him. Answer Not Mndo Dumba himself asked for such snfo conduct several days ago, lator Informing the Stato Department 10 had been granted a leavo of absonco. No answer was madp on his roqucat, but It wns forwarded to Ponflold. Will Mnko It Clear , Instructions sent to Ponflold nro not disclosed but ho has beon nutlw orlzed to mako It clear that Dumba's usefulness ns Austrian Ambassador has coasod and If ho Is given moroly a loavo of absonco ho would never theless still remain accredited. RELATIVES OK GENERAL Tlilt- ItA.AS EN ROUTE TO HORDER llavo Hcen Held as Hostages flat Chihuahua City for Past Eighteen Months Illy AtaoclatM Proa to Cooa llay Tlmra, I EL PASO, Sept. 25. Aftor bi Ing held as hostages for about 18 mouths, Luit Terruzas, Jr., son of General Luis Torrnzas, together with his boh, aulllormo Torrazas, Jiavja escaped from Chihuahua City and oro en routo to tlio border ovor Itmd, according to official Villa ad vices today. Threo guards at tChI huahtia aro reported to havo beon shot on suspicion of coiiipllcltyIu tho oscapo. t NEWS OF OREGON' ALHANY An easterner will hll probability bo chosen to succood Prcsldont Cooks who resigned from Albany collego to go to Michigan. RAKER City Commissioner aV dorsou Flnloy resigned because ho was dissatisfied with u salary of $100 n month for tlio work ho was do ing. ST. HEDENS Tlio Columbia county fair has boon hold during flno weather and tho attendance has been largo. -.Ill CANHY Six porsons wero liurt whoa u raco horso ran away and dashed from the track to tho horso burns. i,j THE DALLES Tho' Masonic Tom plo was damaged to tho extent of $3:1,000 by fire and D. D. Wilson, tho janitor died as u result of burn) ho received. HILLSHORO When an S. P., train struck an automobile at Galbralth flag station four raon woro klUwL the dead bolng C. M. Gago, Il -C. Dleckman, John Mleck and C "F. Rarrluger. EUOENE Tho Lano county fair lias been held during flno xveather and tho attendance has boon especi ally largo. iip CARLTON Tho Farmers' Cream ery, organized with a ?5,D00 stock, has been opened and a big coleb'ra tlon was hold by tho peoplo. PHILOMATH Tho Philomath Round U:oponod with a big attend ance and hTglvJng tho people a thrll-. ling ontortaininent. ,,, PENDLETON An Immenco throng witnessed the laying of tho corner stone of tho now poatotflco building in Pendleton. Tiroes want ads bring reaulttvi IKE THEIR ESCAPE .V