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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 9, 1915)
r- '. 'I a 1 4fl V.JSS&P OHA NEWS OF WORLD'S GREATEST W A F! W BY DM No Wonder TJiey Score Big ! PIEDMONT Cigarettes are but words won't describe the taste of their mellow, all-pure Tobacco. You've got to taste them ! Then you'll know why so many thousands of men arc so keen for PIEDMONTSI Why not try them TODAY? yyttjf(yeM35i ZaccoCr. I wL s tm WmmJmr mBF amW0 Lfi2f.a?zaf& AUSTRALIAN PREMIER IS WONDERFUL MAN HERO OF THE WAR WAS A GREAT PLAYER Also Packed 20 for 10c I nn of QizcUz&f Kick in on the Coupon! fMm High Quality Groceries Our own prompt and particular dolivery service Ef ficient clerks being out of the high rent district and keeping our prices as low as consistent with good busi ness makes Conner & Hoagland The Leading Groccrs 797 South Broadway. Dealers in Good Groceries Phones 348-J and 326 Abstracts lt)K KULIAIILH AHSTKAOTS OK T1TLH AND INrOHMATlUA AHOUT COOS BAY REAL ESTATE, See TITLE GUARANTEE & ABSTRACT CO., Inc. MARSIIFIELD AND COQUILLE CITY, OREGON GENERAL AGENTS, EASTSIDE AND SENGSaiACKEN'S ADDITION AGENTS FOIl CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILROAD LANRH HENRY BENGSTAOKEN, MANAGER Music for Christmas Gifts Every member of tlio fam ily mid every frluiul will net con l ii nt enjoyment. Wo Iinvo n fluo assort incut of pianos and lustra incntH to (select from and wo will 1)0 glad to nrrnngo convenient tonus If you ui'o nnntilo to pay alt cash. Coma in and let us talk It over. L. L. Thomas Music Co. atnawBaaaaf William Morris Hughes lias Taken Part In Almost all Sides of Llfo Br Anoclittd rrr t Coot D7 Timet.) MELBOURNE, Australia, Dec .0. William Morris Hughes, who became Prhno Minister of Australia conse quent upon the assumption of tlio Commonwealth High Commlsslonor shli) In London by Androw Fisher, has had a strenuous and picturesque career. Ho Is a Welshman by birth and has Just entered upon his 52nd year. Until ho was about ten years old he know hut llttlo English, but when he had acquired a bettor know ledge of that language he boenmo a dovotod student of It through the medium of clas'slc works, the Hlblo, Shakespcaro and Dickons for exam ple, lloforo ho was 20 ho was oblig ed to earn his living as a Btatc school teacher, and, his health having suf fered from the strain, ho camo to Australia. Performed Many Tasks This slop ho took In 1S84. For tho next ten years his llfo was a suc cession of struggles to find work, keep It and retain his health. Ho was at various times a boundary rider or ranch hand; n railroad freight station hand; a slcd-bullder; La post-holo digger, a vlnoynrd help er; an omployo In different capaci ties on coastwlso steamers and a driver; and onco he tramped G0U miles to obtain employment only to be disappointed. An Illness finally turned him to socking hln fortune In tho city of Sydney, whoro ho had to pcddlo books, mond umbrellas ami do nl most anything olso which camo to hand. At this stngo ho becanio a socialist and a slnglo taxor, tho lat ter from hearing lectures by Henry Ucorgo who was then on a tour of Australia and reading Mr. George's work "Progress and Poverty". Mr. 'Hughes served In many posi tions until ho bocamo attorney gen oral and finally prlmo minister, lias Keen Active Sovornl landmarks In Common wealth legislation are largely duo to Mr. Hughes' Initiative. Notable among those are federal land tnxa Hon and tho system of compulsory military training which has attract od attention In tho Unltod States of lato. Slneo thn war In Europo em phasized tho yalutj of material for munitions ho has attacked with char acteristic vigor what ho called tho "Gorman metal rlng"Svltl. tho re sult that tho Drlttsh gavornmout has taken action against a number of firms engaged In the smelting bust uess. ENGLAND EXPECTS TO BUILD MERCHANT SHIPS WALL PAPER See VIERS, About it, I GOODRUM'S GARAGE t Electrical Gifts Express Thougtful Good Taste ELECTRICAL GIFTS are charming, substantial, practi cal. They reflect a desire to add to the recipient's comfort and convenience to make life happier and easier. THERE'S AN ELECTRICAL GIFT suitable for every one -and purchaseable at prices for every purse. ' ALL THE WAY FROM FASCINATING TOYS TO AUTO MOBILES electrical products meet the demands of mod ern people. ELECTRICAL GIFTS ARE ON EVERY WELL-CONSID-tREO SHOPPING LIST. ' Oregon Power Co. HOME OF THE CADILLAC AND DODGE AUTO SUPPLIES FOR ALL MAKES OF CARS 47 Central av. Phono B73-L QUATERMAS STUDIO QUALITY PHOTOS Opposite Blanco Hotel, Phono 106-L. MARSnFIELW, OREGON "700 Orders Behind" ' "I am 700 orders bohlnd hecauso of nowspaper adver tising. "I bavo never trlod to reach customers by other mediums." Thus writes an automo bile manufacturer In the presumably dull August of 191G. He has found moro busi ness than ho can take care of In these disturbed times. There aro others like him and their names will bo found among tho newspaper advertisers. Duslness comes to those who go after It. Yards Iinvo IUtii Rusy With Naval Work, but Homo of Men Will ho Released Ur AuocltteJ l'rru to Coo ll7 Time.) LONDON, Dee. 9. Whllo tho vust resources of tho various ship building yards of Great Hrltuln aro largely concentrated on naval work, It Is believed that during the next fow months much of tho urgont naval shipbuilding will bo complet ed and a certain numbor of men re leased for mercantile building and repair work. At present, however, tliero Is groat difficulty In fitting now mer cantile vessels with propollor ma chinery and othor equipment, largo- ly through tho numbor of men en gaged on Admiralty work and more recently by tlio now recruiting cam paign which is slowly hut suroly de pleting the yards of necessary work mon. Desplto these drawbacks sov on now vessels have Just been com pleted on tho Clydo, including tho Now Zoaland passengor steamer "Aotcaroa" 15,000 tons, tho Loyland and motor liner "nostonmn" and tho motor ship "Montezuma." NORWAY TO RESTRICT THE SALE OF LIQUOR Classmates of John P. Poo, Prince ton Star, Killed hi France, Discuss Quality of Ills PlayhiK llr AMoclatM r-rtat to Coot Hr Timet. SAN FRANCISCO, Dcc. 9.--Ac-cordlug. to his clossaintes, tho play ing fame of John P. Poo, the former Princeton football star, who recent ly was killed during a charge In Northern Franco of tho Ulnck Watch regiment of which ho was a mem ber, was duo largely to his thorough mastery of tho rudiments of tho game, a detail which somo coaches and players are prone to lay too llt tlo stress In their endeavors to think up strategy. Poo was a deadly tackier, and sur er than taxes when It camo to catch ing n kicked or a passed ball. Former college mates of Poo recall that they often would find htm in his room throwing tho ball Into a pllo of pillows and Bota cushions In or der to perfect his accuracy in pass ing. Ho practiced catching by throwing the ball high against tho sldo of a building and taking It on tho rebound. Poo was a deep student of tlio game and ho had learned to appro elate tho part that a fumbled ball or a missed tacklo has played In tho history of football and ho never ceased his drill in these clementnls at any time during tho season. This fact so impressed Itself on Poo thnt ho made up his mind, nB far as ho was concerned, that If his team must loso, It would bo because tho oppo nent had tho hotter team. Thoso who watched Poo In his playing days aro unablo to recall that ho over was guilty of n muff or a missed tacklo. During tho playing Benson ho relig iously began and ondod. th.o dally practlco period by tackling tho dum my from six to a dozen times. CENTRAL BUREAU WILL DEAL WITH COMMERCE Roily To I)olc After All Matters of anil Exports Affecting Sweden tnr AuoclttoJ Vnu to Coot nr Timet. STOCKHOLM, Doc. 9. Tito Swo dish government has decided to us tnbllsh a Central nuroau to deal with all matters affecting Swedish. exports nnd Imports, Including the transit trado across Sweden to Rub slo. Tho Ilurcnu will havo fur- roachlng powers and will bo innn nod by mon of wldo commorclal ox- porlouco. Ono department will denl exclusively with Ilrltlsh trado, another with trado with Germany, and another with trado botweon Swodcn mid tho United States. BREAD CHEAPER NOW IN CITY OF HAMBURG People Aro Itojcuelnn lleraiiso tliero lias llecn a Decline In the Retail Price IP AttoclttM Vnn to fx ijr Tlrurt.l HAMRURG, Dec. 9. Hamburg 13 rejoicing that bread at least Is de clining rather than Increasing in price. Tho authorities who con trol tho bread and flour situation havo Just ordorod thet tho maximum prlco for rye bread bo reduced from GO to -J 4 pfennigs, and for blacK bread from 35 to 32 pfonnlgs. Fur thor, tho weekly flour allowance pur porson Is Increased from' 150 to 250 grams. FEAR HORSE FLESH MAY REACH THE GERMANS London Man Fined for SendliiK Product to Rotterdam Without .Taking Proper Precautions Or AKocUttl Preil to Coot Bj Tines.) LONDON, Dec. 9. Fear that horseflesh shipped to 'Rotterdam might find Its way as food into Germany resulted In a $50 fine being Imposed on a horseflesh deal er at Hull this week. The defend ant had dono business with a horso butcher in Rotterdam for six years. Rut ho had exacted no bond from tho Rotterdam man to make sure that tho meat would not reach Ger many. For this lack of precaution ho was fined. The butcher testified that tho war had mado no differ once in tho price of horsp meat In Holland, and ho was' paid according to the condition in which tho meat arrived. His last shipment con sisted of twelve carcasses, STEEL IS READY FOR - THE NEW BATTLESHIPS Tlicru Will Re No Delay In the De livery of (ho Government Work WASHINGTON, D. C, Doc. 9.- Tliero will bo no delay In dolivery of tho stool for the battleships No. 43 nnd No. 44 If tho government un dertakes tholr construction In tho navy yards. Rids from 11 Hteol com panies, opened at tho navy tlopurt mont, all offored to, begin dollvory within six mouths and comploto It within two years. Prices show nn apparent lncreaso of from 30 to 40 percent over tho material purchased or the battleship California ovor a year ago. Private bids recently In dicated thoro would bo a delay In tho dollvory of steel and conditioned their proposals pn this circumstance. AH private bids Wer,o rejected as oxceedlng t;ho ?0,8oq,000 limit ot cost, All nnvy yards estimates were below that flguro. Regard Total Prohibition Impossible and Will Favor .Mild Peers and tho Llisht Wines (nr Amioclited Fraa to Coo D7 Timet. CHUISTIANIA, Norway, Dec. 9. A bill restricting and regulating tho salo of liquor has been prepared by a government committee, and as It has the support of two-thirds of tho members of tho nowly-olcctcd Nor wegian parliament, It will soon bo enacted Into law. Total prohibition has been reject ed by tho committee as Impossible to enforce, nnd detrimental to real temperance. Rut it Is felt that tho sale of strong liquors should bo strictly controlled. Ucor containing less than thrco per cent of alcohol Is regarded not only as n harmless but a beneficial drink. Light wines will nlso bo favored. Tho strong drinks will bo dealt with according to their rolatlon with tho- grosser forniB of drinking. Tho teetotalers, however, aro not satisfied with tho bill as drawn, and aro trying to bring pressuro on par liament for stato-wldo prohibition, Many membors ot parliament, to win tho votes of tho teetotalers, pledged themselves to oxtromo mcas tires whllo personally favoring tho moderate. These mon may bo forc ed to vote or absoluto prohibition becnuso of tholr pledges, with tho nmonded to n somewhat severo form." MILITARY COAST Hop HAS BEEN PROPOSED Etigciio Commercial Clul? I" Askcsl to fllvo SupiKiit to Scheme for Great Highway Tho following press tolcgram from Eugono tolls of n proposal for a military coast road which Is In lino with tho plan presented recently by Fred Holllstor of North Dend. " Support of a proposal to build a Federal military coast dofonso highway on tho Pacific Coast from Vancouver, B. C, to San Francisco with an outlet to tho Coast at Eu gono, via tho Sluslnw, was asked to day from tho Eugono Commorclal Club. " F. W. Harris, of Ronton, Wash., outlined tho campaign to obtain Congressional appropriation. Tho salo of Fcdoral timber in tho Btntu through which the road will pass is oxpoctod ultimately to finance tho project. "A 100-foot roadway routed through Scattlo, Portland nnd tho Willamette Valloy Is sought. " The 'cut-off from hero to Flor ence Is proposod to avoid hoavy snow south of Rosoburg during tho Winter that makes travel impossible, It Is said. With, tho "cut-oft" lino to tho Coast, via Eugono, thn road would bo nvallablo for traffic at all times of tho year. " As planned now tho Govern ment will mako all tho surveys. Tho country through which tho road passes Is to ncqulro tho right ot way by purchase or condemnation." FALLEN SOLDIERS MAY BE DISINTERRED Germany Will Allow Hurled Men to ho Taken up Rut Only Under Conditions (tlf AMttUttil r-rtti to Coot n7 Timet. RERLIN, Dec. l. So frequent havo been tho pleadings of relatives to be allowed to disinter tho bodies of their soldlor kin who havo fallen at tho front nnd boon burled tliero, and bring them back homo for ro lutormout, that tho military author ities havo relaxed their rules somo what. Bodies of soldiers may now bo brought back under the following conditions: If they llo In slnglo, In dividual grnves, not In graves In which n number aro burled or In graves that form part ot a row; tho exact location of tho grave must bo Indicated, by sketches It possi ble; n relatlvo or frlond who is vouched for as able to Idontlry tho body must superintend tho dlsln terrmont; tho body may bo trans ferred only by horse-drawn vehicles nnd trains, not by automobiles; transfer on military trains 1b frco, on others subject to tho customary charges; tho regulations In forco In peace tlmo govern tho removal of bodies of men who havo died from dnugerous diseases. NEW FOOTBALL LEAGUE HAS BEEN FORMED Differences Among tho Northwest Colleges Results lit Tlio Forma tions of New Organization PORTLAND, Dec. 9. Although rumors lliavo bcon rlfo for weoks that a now football conference on tho Pacific coast would bo organ ized ns tho result ot tho differences among tho Northwestern colleges on tho question of eligibility ot tho freshmen to play on varsity foot ball teams, tho formation ot Pacltic coast Intercolloglato conforronco yostordny caused a sonsatlon. Tho now conforenco Is composed of Washington, Oregon and Califor nia Universities nnd the Oregon Ag gies nnd freshmen will ho barred. Tlio thrco former colleges, howovor, will maintain membership In the Northwest conforenco, which will continue to allow the freshmen to piny. Manager Norman, of the Oregon Power Company nt Etigeno, reports a decided fooling of optimism among the merchants and bankers and In quiries nbout power and light from farmers and merchants. Tho Southern Oregon Traction Company will extend Its electric lino from Med ford to Jacksonville, work to begin January 1, COLLEGES TELLS HOW ' TO CLEAN THE HOUSE Advlso Is Given Housekeepers In Dulletln Which Has I teen Re cently Issued CORVALLIS, Dec. 8." Slnco outrnnco of dust and dirt Into a house seems unavoidable, the houso wife must sponit much tlmo In moro ly koeplug things clean and It Is im portant that she bo able to do tho work as easily and quickly as pos sible." In this way tho roador of tho newly Issued bulletin on " Moth ods of Cleaning " Is introduced to tho many clear and practical ways of cleaning tho houso and household materials. Tho reader's attention Is further oallod to tho improved equipments and moro systompatlc plans of tho home, whereby household work Is losing much of Its drudgery, It Is shown that It Is almost Impossible to perforin this work with tho old-fash ioned Implements with which a good ninny hollies nro still provided with out undue fatlguo. Earnest recom mendations nro mndo In favor of dls NEW HULKS FOR THE RASKICT HALL GAME t : llf Anoclilt4 Tina to Coot IU7 Tlmtt.) SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 9. -Tho following is n condensation ot tho Important changes made In tlio bas ketball rules which nro In forco this season: 1. Roughing a player who Is in tho act of shooting, gives oppononts two frco throws( t;onls nlso count If mado). 2. It Is a foul for a player to como In bodily contact with olthor of two playors who aro In n scrim mago, but ho may snatch tho bait away. 3. (Running with ball). A playor who receives tho ball while standing may, In throwing for goal, toko ono stop nnd then Jump, with out fouling. A player who changes his position without materially ad vancing tho ball Is not considered to bo running with tho ball. A player pushed by an opponent Is not consid ered as advancing tho bull. Whou running ho may "stop us soon ns possible" and thou piny tho ball as though ho had boon standing still. placing tho antiquated cleaning I warden. MANY DEER KILLED IN DOUGLAS COUNTY Deputy Warden Estimates that About Two Thousand Wero Slaughtered in tho Year Tho Rosoburg Rovlow tells tho following of tho romarkablo num ber of deor killed in Douglas coun ty during tho past year: That approximately 2,000 door woro killed In Douglas County din ing tho recent open season for this game, Is tho estimate of Orou Thompson, a local deputy game equipment for that moro modern and Inutility of tho common broom for cleaning polished floors, rugs, lino Mr. Thompson spent much time better adopted to Its spoclal use. Tho ' tM n""nl districts during tho open season for deor and ho bolloves ho Is In n position to know about loum, and matting, with no roforoncoj how many deer woro alalu by tho to matorial cleaned and dirt removed hunters who Invaded tho forests of is mndo plain. Tho relatively luex-jthls county, Mr. Thompson's cstl pcnslvo special equipment for doing ,ina o the deer killed during tho tho work properly Is polntod out, nnd jl'n8t season excoods to somo oxtont methods of oporntlng them clearly explained. An edition of 8000 copies will bo off the press In n fow days, and every housekeeper that desires a copy can securo It by writing to O. A. C, Cor vallls, Oregon, for It. Tho Southern Pacific employs 5000 peoplo In Oregon, paying them 11,750,000 annually and ? 1,200,000 taxes or 12 per cent of tho taxes collected by counties through which Its line rims. tho numbor estimated by a game export who spent somo time In this county a fow wooks ago, and later published a report In ono of the ganio periodicals of tho West. Although tho number ot deer kill ed In Douglas County appears very largo, tliero aro still plenty or the animals roaming tho forests of this vicinity. No shortago of deer for noxt year's season is anticipated by tho game wardon. Tlmt. 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