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iWPPPIPiiVWWWTPI'fTWPfl,W444fHJWffff,W sr -ssmm i,niTl!!S-. . , TU IF YOU PREPARffiTOJ MEfT THE EMERGENCY IT NEVER SHOWS UP fARE Coos Bay Times Your Paper Xlio Coo Bay Times If proud (Mple'i rapcr," and U striven Uro b to 1U name by devoting iromotlng tho pooplo'i Interest. Vol. No. XXXIX. joy Theater and Rooming House uesiroyeu oy nre Other Buildings Burned 3laze Discovered in Time to Safely Dismiss baturday 1 Night Audience IRS. CLINT LOSES ALL Woolen Mill Storo mill Wright Building Damaged IMHor Is That It May Have Been Set on l.'lro Loss Partly Insured Flro on tlio west ulilo of Shcr- naii uvenuo In tut) main niiBincss Blstrlct of North Ilcnd Snturduy Bight caused a loss In tho nolgh- borliood of $ 8 T 0 0 and far a time threatened tho destruction of tho entire, block. Tho flro was discov ered shortly heforo eight o'clock. Tho buildings damaged wore tho Wright building, tho Murphy bulld- iir in which mo joy tucuic? is ocatcil, and tho Dolan building In irhlcli the Woolen Mill Clothing Store is located and to the north of tho theater. Rooming House Burns On tho second story of tho Mur phy building over tho theater and llso on tho Hccond floor of tho Vrlglit building, is tho Joy room- In K house, which Is conducted by ilrs. Paulino Clluu. This Is the blaco which District Attorney Lll- cnvlst has been prosecuting mid lEnlnst whlrh It was said charges Ironhl bu made. The flro was discovered by a icomari morning nt tho place, who aw tho flumes mid smoko coming ll through the flour of tho hall way, Indicating thnt tho blazo start- kd between tho two buildings. An klarm was at onco given. Empty tho Theater Mrs. Clliio wont to tho Joy then- er and Informed Denny Hull, the iroprletor, of tho fire. Tho po- Ico were thcro and peoilo who had atlicrcd In tho theater woro asked o leave. T hoy all koi out Bafolv nil without any nniilo and Mr. Kull lmd tlmo to savo'hls piano, lis plcturo machine and somo oth- Ir property. In a few moments tho blazo had Iprcad to tho uppor part of tho lurpliy and Wright building and m burning with great fury. Tho forth Ileml Flro Dopnrtmcnt waB ut, but It was seen that sufficient Mer could not bo turned onto tho lulldlngs and that tho entlro block fas threatened with destruction. ('nil for Help A call wub sent to .Marshflold for Ml" ami tho big onglno mado a lurried trip. Tho hoso was at- whed lo tho fresh water hvdrant I' tho wntor romuanv mid In a Port tlmo a big stream was playing tne buildings. This was all that saved thn nnrnnd I' the flames. Tho flro was soon necked and put out but not until auch damago had boon dono. radically overyono In tho Joy oomliig houso lost tliolr porsonnl possessions. Besides Mrs. mint. hre wero two women livlnn thoro N a number of men who roomed "10 place. Two women throw heir trunks out of tho window, and "us saved some of their clothing. Lost All She Had , s'rs- Clint lost overvthlnir that De had, Includlne thn fiirnlfil,liir.i N her personal belongings. Sho "mates her loss at SI 500 nn,1 hnil o Insuranco whatever. "io lower storv of th Wrii?ii Milling was vacant. Tho damago prooaniy $1000. Tho bUlldlne f' ?n0(1 y Mrs. Jonnlo Wright l MfMln,.m .... , wno was rormoriy Jennlo Grlssen. it In not Faown horn vhniii - . . 18 any Insurance. Is 11 Tlllnl V-nSc Tn6 Murphy bulldlntr In wliloh ra located tho Joy Theater Is re- 'ea as a total loss. Tho upper ad !. th framo """ding is so u'y burned mil h iniAr ni Imaged by water to such an extent Uttl H WOUld lin lmnn..ll,l ,.,.- u ',' anU U w,,! bo necessary to w ....uaoiuit fcu i u- ln. .. '". 13500 -. eays that his loss Is about """l that ho has no Insurance. 18,500 DAMAGE' AT NORTH BEND GGUPJurrs ESCAPE The building south of tho Joy of Its UUo "Xlia at all time to Its cnergle to Established 1H78 As Tho Const Mall. : ELEVEN MEN ARE t I ENTOMBED IN MINE X ; X Wr AmocUIM TrcM t cnos nar Tlmn. t WILKESBARRE, Pa.. 1 X Sept, 27, Eleven miners J, i are entombed todav at 1 t the Coaldale colliery of X t the Lehigh Coal and Nav- t t igation Company as a re- X X suit of a fall of rock, X X Hope of reaching any of X X tho men alive has been X X given up those at- X X tempting to rescue them, X ? Thoater In which tho Woolen Mill Storo Is located, was somewhat dam nged. It is owned by William Do lan, who estimates his loss nt $C00. Mr. Dolan lived abovo tho store nnd rents npnrtnicnts to Wesley Taylor and wlfo and mother. Tho hitter ostlmato tliolr loss nt $100, occasioned by breaking household goods In moving out. Saved Ills Mnrliluo Denny Hull, although ho saved his piano and plcturo machines, Buffered a loss of from $800 to $1, 000. When ho took tho building ho mado somo repairs at ills own cxponso and theso arc, of course, a Iobs. Tho chairs In thn haunts woro damaged by water. Today they woro found to bo coming apart nnd will bo iibcIcss. Mr. Hull car ried $00 Insurance. Woolen Mill Damago Tho stock of tho Woolen Mill Storo was damaged by smoko mo'o tl'iui anything ulso. It is prohablo 'the tho damage will amount to $700 or $800. Thcro was somo damago by water uut It was mostly on account of tho smoko, which is difficult to get out of woolon goods. Tho storo was closed today, hut It Is hoped that It can bo opened without having to wnlt for mi adjustment. Tho firm was waiting today to hear from tho Insurnuco companies. Simmmry of Losses Tho Iossch may ho summnrl.cd ns follows; Mrs. Jennlo Wright, building, $1000 W. P. Murphy, building.... IlfiOO Woolen Mill Store, stock... 800 William Dolan, building ... r00 Wosloy Miller, household goods 100 Mrs. Paulino Clint, household goods I.'OO Denny Hull,. theater 800 Tho abovo figures total $8200 and with tho personal property of parsons rooming . In tho bulldliu;s, the loss will cnslly 'reach $80)0, with about $6000 of tho total not covered by Insurance To llulld With Concrete W. P. Murphy stated today that ho expected to take down what was left of tho framo structuro and would in nil probability In Its placo erect a modern concrete building fitted ns n theater. Alleges Vandalism Mrs. Clint was qulto Indignant today becauso of property taken from her place. Slys says that af tor tho fire persons who got Into the building took from her bureau In her room small articles of vnluo, such as silver pieces from hoc mnn icuro set and other articles which could bo picked up. Sho declares that vandalism wns Indulged in nt her oxponse'; May Imj Incendiary No ono Boems to know exactly how tho flro started, but an exam ination today Indicates quite clearly that the blaze camo from tho base ment. Thero was" found there a barrel which, had contained trash and which had been on fire. Tho barrel had burned sufficiently to fall apart and It Is thought that the fire started In tho barrel and the flames found their way up be tween tho two partitions. Thoro. was a belief at North Bond today that someone had set flro to the building by starting the blazo In the trash barrol, but thoro Is no evidence to substantiate this theory. North Ilend peoplo wero high In- tholr pralso of tho work of tho big Marshflold flro truck and many said Its work In pumping water was all that saved tho block. About Water Prcvsuro Thoro was some criticism of tho water pressure at North Ilend. As a matter of fact the North Bend fire men hitched their hoso to tho salt water supply which is provided for the protection of the factories. With three or four hoses attached there was not much pressure. The first time that the fresh water of the wa ter company was used was when tho Marshflold engino attached to me 01 002 MARSHFIELD, OREGON, S Natural Gas Tank Explodes and Ten Blocks of Business Section are Burning NEWS IS CUT OFF Reports Say That Forty Per sons Were Killed and Probably 100 Injured GASOLINE CARBL0WS UP I'lumlng Fluid Is Sent In All Direc tions nnd Scores of Fires Start ed Passenger Depot Is a Com plete Wreck Wires Down KOItTV KlIiliKI) AND MAXV l.V.IUIHCD Illy Aoctite2 rrui lo Coot Iliy TlniM. KANSAS ClTY, Sopt. 17. Two Bcore of persons nro reported killed, and from fif ty to 0110 hundred injured ns the result of tho explosion of 3,000 gallon car of gasolino nt Ardmorc, Oltln,, lato to day. Communication with tho town which Is roportod In flames has been cut off. (Special to Tho Times from A. P.) DALLAS, Texas, Sopt; 27. Ten blocks of business buildings uro burning nt Ardmoro, Okla., according to reports received hero lato today. All wlro communication with Ard moro Is out of commission. It Is roportod n big nntural g(s storago tank exploded, destroying tho greater part of tho town nun completely wrecking tho pnssengor station, whero the telegraph linos nro located. FIFTUMX KILLKI) Itepoil to Kansas City Tells Deaths mid Injuries of (Special to Tho Times from A. P.) KANSAS CITY, Sopt. 27. Fifteen persons wero killed and Injured when a carload ot gasolino exploded nt Ardmoro. According to a telo phono report tho town Is burning. Communication with Ardmoro was govored while a report of tho dnm ngo was" being telephoned to Kansas l(Clty. Tho gigantic explosion wreck ed many buildings and tuo naming 'gnsolluo was hurled In ovory direc tion. Scores of fires Immediately broko out. I L O. J! ( LAND DKAL PHOFmtllLH FOIt LOCATORS Federal Officials Say Twenty-five Thousand Claims Wero Filed Flinor K. l'addeii Arrested (Df AuocUted rrm lo Coo. nr TjmM. SAN FRANCISCO, Sopt. 27. Fed- oral officials announced today that approximately 25,000 claims woro fllod with tho Southern Pacific Company in tho alleged land fraud caBo In which 18 attomoys and land agonts wero Indicted last weok. An nvorngo feo of $150 was charged tho clients, making a total of ap proximately $3,750,000 from porsons In all parts of the United States and Canada. Klmcr B. Paddon wns ar rested today at Kuroka. Another Musician Goes. Harry E. Lepport, for more than two years a prominent musician on Coos Bay, loft on the Santa Clara for Kugorio. Ho Is considering an offer to give a course In music In tho public schools thero nnd If this falls to matorlallzo will go to Courtland, New York, whore Georgo II. Murphy and two sons and Wolfram Schmed dlng have preceeded him. hydrant. This gave an ample pres sure to put out tho flro. Opened at The Star Denny Hull, of tho Joy theater, did not miss a jierformanco on ac count of tho flro which destroyed his place at North Bend. Ho open ed up Sunday night In tho Star the ater which has been closed and will use that building until W. P. Mur phy completes his new concrete house to replace tho old Joy. Invitations printed nt Tho Times office. E A MORE 1 00 Imtj MEMBER OP TUB ASSOCIATED PRESS MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1915 EVENING EDITION. J RECEIVER NAMED J t FOR M. K. & T. ROAD : X X tUr AoollfJ Prf lo co r.ir Tlmot.J X DALLAS, Texas, Sept, X X 27, Charles E, Schaff, I I president ot the Missouri, X X Kansas and lexas Rail- X X road system was appoint- X X ed receiver for the Mis- X X souri, Kensas and Texas X X railway of Taxas in the X X district court here this X X afternoon, The ree'eiv- X X ership suit was filed by X X creditors, X 1 AFTER fljp GANG SUVKX .MUX AXD TIIHMK WOMKX ItKIXd SOUGHT C. h. ItiiiTight Said to I hive Made Confession of Operations In SovornI Coast States Hit AuoclitcJ I'rm lo Cooa lljjr Tlmm, OAKLAND, Cul., Sept. 27. Sov cu men and threo women nro be ing Bought today ns a result of an alleged confession of Charles L. llurright, revjcalliig tho operations of tho nrson gang, which burned down. houses aftor Insuring thorn. SovornI alleged members of the same gang nro under arrest In Portland, llurrlght's confession is Bnid to have onumorntcd fires In Seattle, Tacomn, Portland, Los An geles, San Diego San Joso and otlior cities. CAPT. ( K. KDWAJtDS I.OSF.S HOAII PLANK CO.VMACT Action of Douglas County Leaves 1 1 1 in With Logs on lliitul and Xu Market .for Thoni Disagreement over a road super visor In tho Loon Luku dlHtrlct cost Captain C. K, Kdwnrds sovoral thousands of dollars. A contract with tho citizens of tho district to supply about 250,000 foot or plunking for practically ton miles of rodd leading to tho Coos County lino from Loon Lako, was annulled by tho County Court nnd tho con tract lost to him after the logs hud been cut and bucked uud a saw mill equlppod. Captain Kdwards was in tho city this morning from Loon Luke, tho first tlmo In many weeks. Ho said that Jack McDonald, who owns tho mill nnd from whom ho leased it for six years, had a written contract with tho peoplo of tho district to supply this lumber nt $12 a thous and. Let by Contract . When tho fight camo to put tho road suporvisor out tho Douglas County Court camo In nnd let tho planking by contract. Jack linker was given tho contract at $8 a thousand, after Capt. Kdwards had supplied somo 50,000 to C0,000jth0 country over tho details of tho feet. ! InrannBOd linir lillllmi ilollar lonn. Tho mill at Loon Lako was put In shape on tho ugroomont that tho repairing of tho road through tho supplying of planking, should bo done at tho rato first agreed on, namely tho $12 a thousand. Cap tain Edwards says that now the logs piled about his mill aro 1G and 24 feet In length, altogether the wrong slzo for other local trade. Building Activo Considerable building activity Is apparent In tho Loon Lako district, ho Bays. Jack McDonald Is Just finishing a large barn that contains between 50,000 and GO, 000 rect or lumber. Mrs. W. C. Sakabard fn having tho plastering done In her now homo and F. A, Duckott Is putting tho finishing touches on a new resldenco. Both James Parkor and Hugo Carlson aro securing pluns for now homes. Captain Edwards said that tho only planking on the road between Loon Lako and Allegany Is being dono on the Douglns sldo, leaving about 15 miles In Coos unplankod. 4 It. S. CAIILE DIES IX AUTO ACCIDENT llr Auocltle Trm to Coon Hr Tlm.J BYFIELD, Mass., Sopt. 27. Benjamin S. Cable, of ' Indianapolis, assistant Secro- tary of Commerce and Labor under President Taft, was 4 4 killed In an uuto accident ' near hero today, Exm?& AUSTRIA WILL RECALL DiBA Ambassador Penfield is Given Assurance When President's Request is Presented iSn!ESSPEeTEQ Made Clear That Withdrawal on Leave of Absence Would Not be Satisfactory SETTLES THE TROUBLE Informal Ion Is Given Out nt Wash ington Today nnd Sets at Itcst Any Trouble Aiislug Over llio Action of Ambassador Hero tnr AmocUIkI rrM to Coo llj 11mn.J WASHINGTON, 1). C, Sopt. 27. Austria has Informally notified Am bassador Penfield that It will recall Ambassador Dumba us requested by President Wilson. ,Thls Information was given to Ambassador Penfield when ho In formally advised tho Austrian offi cials that tho United States sought tho recall of Dumba and would not bo satisfied with his doparturo on n leavu of absence. Ambassador Penflold was assured thnt tho wishes of tho United States would bo respected. ATTACK 15 HALTED GUHMANS CLAIM TO NOW IIAVI ALLIUM IX CHUCK Flerco Counter KlglKlng Said to Have Brought, Offensive Mote mciit to n Standstill Illy Alaoelttrd I'reiw lo Coo njr Tim.. BERLIN, Sopt. 27. Tho Gorman wnr office announced today that tho now offensive movement In tho neighborhood of Lille, in northern Franco, hns been brought to a standstill by florco Gorman counter'' attacks. Tho British ottack In other sec tlons wub also broken down with heavy losses to the attacking forces. fl'ho war qfflco concedes, howovor, that tho French offensive mado no further progress botweon Rhelms and Argonno. BAiERSlOBT DUTAILS OF LOAN' IX ICAHT AUK COMPLUTUD Commission from Uuropn and Mem bers of Morgan F.Ym Start for Chicago This Morning If Auoclttol fTM to Com IUf TlmM.l NEW YORK, Sopt. 27. Having reached a virtual agreomont with the bankers of tho custom section of I -- . ...... wt ......... . ..... the memhors of the Anglo-French commlKsiou, accompanied by mem bers of tho firm of J. P. Morgan & Co,, arranged to leave this afternoon I for Chicago to moot tho bankers of the west and mlddlo west. Tho purty expects to return to Now York tho latter part of tho weok. Tho adoption by tho westorn fbankors of a tontativo program It Is claimed, will assure final adop tion in its present state. Five Vear Notes Tho present plan calls for an is sue of flvo year notes which will he sold slightly under par so tho In fvestor will renllzo approximately flvu and n half por font, NAME MINISTERS FOR COOS COUNTY (Special to Tho Times.) ROSEBURG, Ore,, Sopt. 27. Tho following are tho Coos County appointments of ministers made at the Methodist conference: Coqulllo T. II. Downs. Bandon C. N. Knight. Marshflold Joseph Knotts Mjrtlo Point E. S. Moore. North Bend Not yet made. ASTORIA Tho Peterson-Johnson company which has been doing road work for a year has closed Its camp at Clatfop Crest on the Columbia river. A Consolidation of Times, Coast nfall nnd Coos Hny Advert lcr. t TEUTONS AND TURKS IN LONDON ARE HELD i tnr Alnoehtcil rrfM to rooa nr Tlmwi.J p X LONDON, Sept, 25, 1 X Every male German, Turk X X and Austrian of military X X age in London, who has t X not been granted exemp- X X tion, was required today t to surrender to the police, X X Austrians under 51 and X X Germans under 55 years i X will be interned, X t 11 GKItMAXS DKSTHOV A 111(1 I1KIT 1SH THOOP VICSSKL Thirty-four Men Making up Crew Aro Picked up and Landed ,ln Greece rnr aocIij rmi to cooi nj tidm. ' MARSEILLES, Sept. 27 Tho British steamer Natal, a transport, 2G55 tons not, was shelled nnd mink by n German BUhmariuo Sopt. 17, south of Crete. Tho crow of .14 men wns picked up and landed at Piraeus, Orecce. SAID TO CUXARDUIt Transport Recently Sunk Reported us Trans Ivaulu Of Auoctitfc rrm to coof Dr Tim. NEW YORK, Sopt. 27. Accord ing to prlvnto advices, tho largo British transport reported sunk Sep tember 21 off tho Island of Crete In tho Mediterranean, was tho Cu narder Transylvania. Tho Transylvania Is of 11,000 tons nnd -185 feot long. Sho was built two years ago and was charter ed by tho British government to carry troopB to the Dardanelles. He foro tho govorninonl took her over sho idled between Now York mid Liverpool. IS GERMANS CLAIM TO IIAVU DU STROYUI) BRITISH BOAT Report Says Two Others of UngllsTi IFIeet Were Damaged When Attack Is Mado Or AMOCltt! rrM to Omi Mr Tlmx. BERLIN, Sept. 27. (Wlroless to Tuckorton) Ono British war ship wus sunk and two oth evs damaged In an attack by the British siiuudrou on the Gorman batteries along tho Belgian coust, especially at Zeobruggo,- simultan eously with the launching of tho new allied' offensive movement on laud, according to an official state ment dated yesterday. Aftor those Iobscs, tbo warships withdrew, Tho statement enumer ates the capture of more than 5000 French and British prisoners and a number of machine guns In tho hind fighting at various points. PROTOCOL iSIGNED TERRITORY FORMERLY CUDUI) RV TURKEY TO BULGARIA Rumania Asks for Explanation of the Mobllljitlon of Troops lu A Friendly Note RUMANIA ASKS FOR EXPLANATION' (llr Auotltted I'rvM to t-oj nir Tlroi-K. ROME, Sopt. 27. Tho Turin correspondent or Idea Nazlonalo says ho has bouu informed that tho Rumutil- mi government has sent to 4, Sofia a frioudly note asking for an explanation of Bui- garla's military propara- tlons. 4 nr Auoclithl Firt to Coot IJr TlmM. SOFIA, Sopt. 27. Tho Protocol, providing tor tho handling over on tho ceded territory by Turkoy to Bulgaria was slgnod by tho Turkish mid Bulgarian dologatcs at Demo- tlka, near Adrlanoplo, yestorday, ac cording to tho soml-offlclal Bulgar ian newspaper, Narodnl Prava. ROSEBURG At tho Vnlloy Vlow ranch John Dowell and Annlo W. Avorlll, both well known lu Doug las county, were married, 1 TRANSPORT WARSHIP A Southwest Oregon Paper TlMit'a what Uio Ooon liny Timet Is. A Sontk west Oregon paper for Southwest Oregon people ftnd devoted to Uio best Interests of tilts great icctloa . The Times alwsra boosts aad aoTar knocks. No. 55 -- . .pn llfl hS flLLILU Twenty Thousand Prisoners and Thirty Guns are Report ed to Have Been Captured RUSSIA ALSO WINS General Ivanoff Scores Strik ing Victory Over the Aus trians and Germans' 10,000 PRISONERS TAKEN In tho Dvlnsk Region, tho RiLsslun Annies Scent to bo Improving; Tliclr Positions Belgians Take Part In Western Movement NEW OFF 2XS1VK IS CONTINUE) (Mr AooUlr.l l'lfn. to Cirfm Ilr Tlmta. ' PARIS, Sopt. 27. Tho new otfonslvo movement continues along tho entlro front in Champagne Tho war offlco announced to day that further Gorman po sitions had been occupied. (llr AiiorltlcJ rrnut to Coot nr TlmM. LONDON, Sopt. 27. In two dayo tho French mid IlritlsU claim great er resultH than In tho preceding 12 months of fighting nlnco tho battlo or tho Mnrno. With the enpturo of upwards of 20,000 Gorman pris oners ami about 30 guns, without counting mnchliio guns nnd with a formidable breach In tho Gorman lines, tho Allies nppnrontly havo tho long'expectod offensive untlor way. Tho ndvnuco has been general. Tho BolglaiiB 'have taken a prom inent purt In tho offensive, report ing the capture of German posts on tho right bank of tho Ysor. Russians Win Potrograd states tho army under General Ivatiofr won a striking vic tory over Germans mid Austrians in the Southeastern theater, where 10, 000 prisoner were taken, Even In tho Dlvusk region tho Russian arm ies upponr In Improved positions. STOCKS GO lP IX GENERAL RUSH TODAV lluldvtlu Locomotive Goes Up Nine teen mid n Quarter points During the .Movement (Hr AvkUImI rrM to eaoa ittj TlmM. NEW YORK, Sopt. 27. War shares soared to now heights In to days upward rush of prices. Tho movomunt was tho broadest slnca the outbreak of the war and carried the gouoral list with It. Baldwin Locomotive advanced It) 1-4 points. Trading Is Big Tho latest developments In tho western theatre of war constituted ono of the strong factors. The trad lug In tho first hour reached 450,000 shares, tho largost recorded nluco the oxchango opened last Docomber, and seldom If evor exceeded In re cent years. At 12:30 union wero es timated at 855,00. Cotton Advances A soneatlonul advance In tho cot ton market today. January con tracts advanced 3C points or near ly $17 more por bale than tho low lovo) of last siimmor. FIGHT THE NATIVE ONE MARINE KILLED AND TEX WOUNDED IX BATTLK l'lfly llultlcus Meet Death in An En gagement Willi U, S. Force Ijist Sunday fnr A.oLtt4 Tit" U dot Dr TlmM. WASHINGTON, D. C, Sopt. 27. ( Details of tho fighting between the natives and tho Amorlcan forces near Capo Halticii yesterday In which otio inarluo was killed, ton wounded and more than 50 Halttons killed, reached the Nujvy Dopartmont 'to day from Rear Admiral Caporton. Tho Marino Patrols had boon sent out to clear tho lines of supply from Capo Hultion to tho intortor. GEORGE ROBERTSON, who will bo a log scaler for tho Smith-Powers Company, arrived lu the city on tho Adeline Smith. CLAIM w SHARER 0