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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 17, 1915)
MAN'S SUCCESS MAY BE DUE EITHER TO HIS BACKBONE OR HIS CHElK (&W State A fiAPER THAT . ii. A CLEAN WHOLESOME NEWSPAPER FOR SOUTHWEST OREGON HOMES BELIEVES IN THE BEST AMD ALWAYS BOOSTS MEMBER or THE ASSOCIATED PRESS iiUtU Kf;J ik No. XXXIX. BIT FORD'S PARTY 10 LEAVE Iritish Authorities Allow the Oscar 11. 10 rruuecu on Voyage 10 Norway Ly Ford Says He Believes He Can Arrange ruace it Allowed 10 uo lAPTAIN GIVES A BOND llcqiihcd in ltctuni to England ijjyit I'nrt 01 uiu v.uij;i im-ii Vni Declared by British or ccrs to ho Contraband t B, AxoditcJ I'fCM to Coo lltr Time, LONDON, Dec. 17. Announce- u made by tlio Foreign offlco to iht that tlio steamship Oscnr II, iih tho Ford pcaco party, linil been Tmlttcd to proceed on bor voyage Christiana. Uoforo sailing from ;irkall, tlio captain gavo bond to tturn to England tho part of tho srg) declared to bo contraband. Ford mndo an urgent loquoaithnt lit itcamer uo ntiowoii 10 proceed. ft told tlio British autborltloH that It believed ho could nrrango pcaco permitted to vIhR tho neutral bntrlcs. ESTS AHHIVIiMG kELATIVItf GATHER I' OH WED DING OF TUB PRESIDENT Ills Mnrihige To Mr. Gait Will Tnko rime In Washington Tomorrow . IB; Apotltttl I'reti to Cooi lit; Timet.) WASHINOTON. I. C. Dec. 17. In. Francis B. Sayro, Prosldont Eton's daughter urrlvod today rem Wllllamstown, Mass., to attend he wedding of tho Prosldont and n. tialt tomorrow. Mrs. Anna one, tlio presldont'n sister, nitd Un Anno Cochran, his nleco, art (ipected luto today. A telegram from Now Yorkol says VfM P llnlll.w I.witlin.. nt llni !t, and IiIb wlfo, arrlvod thoro to- r from Panama onrouto to Wash- utton to attend tho wedding, Doll ittMia Panama city banker. LS sTKKI, WITHIN AIIOUT FOUR MILKS OF REEDSPORT Ituw iind Haiiher Move Driver Tbroiipli Tunnel 7 to Now Camp at t'oiicnhagen Much Piling Yet Ilalls from tho Coos Day end of ite Willamette Pacific arp now with la about four miles of Ileedsport on "e Umpnua, is tho welcome Infor mation regarding tho now lino. To Borrow Hausor and Hsuser com- Wy will niovo one of Its big drk- over to tho Copenhagen camp on other Blilo of tho ridge to begin " building of sovon short bridges. il tlio Eamo tlmo tho Grant-Smith company Is working down from tho I'mpqua and have nbout flvo bridges C1 their contract. The steel has alroady bQon laid up 'o Tunnel seven auc throUgh.lt, liav J been completed this far on VVeU Mday. it is for this tract that the Hauser and Hausor company has kn waiting lately, In order to move ,hlr equipment by rail. The new camp of this company 1111 be a short dlstanco beyond tho Pttmanent camp of Division Engl 1w Urown who has charge of the rMd building to Reodsport from ,lut Tunnel 7. Most of tho remaining brldgeB ore "rt ones, entailing much pllo frlvlns, on tho tide water sloughs " creeks. 't 18 expected that within a month m a half or two months" that tho Jel will bo clear through to tho ln)Iqua, ready for the operation of "e trains. The Coos Hay Ico & Cold Storage Conpany wjh tnko ijght silver Jnon as well as teellieud. Prlcej rot8 per pound for steelheads, 13 tents for slivers. Times want ads bring results. 1ST IS URGENT PROGRESS Established 1878 Ah Tho Const Mall PROSPECTS BETTER LUMBER RUSIXESS LOOKING UP IX TIMS I.OCAMTV Itmiinr Mint Smith Mill Will Ittiu Sly Days u Week on First of Year over tiiiiiti:kn' Ml Mil ON SHIPPED Tlio total amount of lum bor shipped froin Coos Hay duriiiK the month of Novom- bor was 13.G80.000 feet. There scorns to bo a better feeling generally In this locality regarding tho prospects of the lumbor business, it is admitted that It Is looking up. It has been reported from San 'Francisco that there has Just boon a general Incrcaso In prlco of fifty cents a thousand and whllo freight rates have also gono up It Is Bald to bo a fact that conditions nro hot ter now In San Francisco than bc foro tho fire. ' May Una Siv Days While It has not been authori tatively stated hero It Is said that Bonio of tho employes of tho U. A. Smith mill nro anticipating that tho 'company will go back to n run of aix Idnys a week by tho first of tho year Tho company recently wont on a flvo day run after hnvlng been working 'only four days a week for somo itlmo. Tho Enstsldo mill which has been 'cutting only cedar liogan running Monday cutting fir to, meet bettor demands. Now Camp Starts ' Tho first raft of loga from tho now Sumner ramp which has been opened by McDonald and Vuughan wan brought to tho Porter mill of tho Simpson Company. Tho timber is of a very flno quality. Tho Porter mill was running only eight hourB 'or a tlmo becauso of a shortage of 'logs but has changed to a nluo hour run. To Hulld Shlnglo Mill ' L. C. noynolds, 0. F. Murray and i'O. E. Murray of North Uond aro hipping machinery to Point Torraco on tho Sluslaw rlvor and will orcct a shlnglo mill there. . NOTHIJRIINAL OFFICIALS COMPLETE INVEST' GATIOX OK MINNESOTA No Ouo Is Illumed for tho Heccnt Breakdown of (lie Big Liner Mr Anwlitnl I'rru to Cxw Btr TlmM. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 17. De partment of Justico officials complet ed tho examination of tho stoamor Minnesota and roported that they found the recent breakdown off tho California coast was not duo to a criminal act, as far as could bo learned. IIUHOTjAU OPKRATKS Several Small Robberies Committed at Myrtle Point MYitTLE POINT. Oro.. Dec. 17. Tho officials aro trying to locato a burglar who entered tho railroad do- pot hero last Friday night artor tno hour of 11. getting Into tho office through tho ticket window which he nrled onen. Ho threw somo papers t ..niiw. n tlio conmanv on tho floor o hut found no money, n8 the agent, mp Starr, had carried R honio, all .hi. u.u..t .... 1( bad. about $15. Ho then enter ed tho wareroom, opened 14 casos of various kinds of goods, opened a uar rfl of elder and drank some of It, and left two empty! oyster cans anu tho remnants of his luncn. a rain coat and a pair of boots wero aiso taken from tho lobby of thd Myrtle Point hotel and goods valued at $10 wero taken from tho 5, 10 and 15 cent store. Entrance In tho latter was effected by raising the rear win dows. It is bolloved all was done by one person and that ho is a local man. IX ANOTHER RUSIXESS rtothchlld Bros., big wholesale iinnnr doalers of Oregon and a firm wnit known hero arid having always . . t tl.la litnlltV sent representatives io mo "" It is announced In a Portland paper will likely take over tho business of Lowongart & Co. manufacturers and wholesalers of millinery. It Is paid that a tentative agreement to take over the business has been made. MARSHFIELD, OREGON, RECORD BROKEN HI 0 YORK Exports for Month the Largest ' Volume Ever Shipped From American Port E Novemher Those of Figures Exceed October Which Were Themselves- Record IMPORTS ALSO GREATER Over Ninety-Seven .Million for tlio Month Which Was About Twenty two Million Mote than During tho Month of October Br AttoclalrJ l'ret to Coot flajr Timet.) NEW YORK, Dec. 17. Exports valued fit 1188, 036,458, by fur tho argest volumo ever shipped from nn American port during a single month, loft Now York during Nov ember, according to statistics an nounced at tho customs hotito today. Tho figures oxeced Octobor, which wero themselves a. record, by moro thnn $12,000,000. Imports for No vember wero $97,GGG,915, about $21!,000,000 greater than October. WHEAT ESTIMATED next ybah's chop probably less than this ybah Will Ho Moro It Ik Hcllevcd Tlio Avcrngu for Flvo Years than irir Anotlil! rrru to Coot Ilajr Timet.) WASHINGTON, 1). C, Doc. 17. Next year's winter wheat crop Is es- tlmutcd today by tho department of ngrlctilturo at nbout 510,000,000 KliiiBhols. This would bo 115,000,000 bUBhola loss than tho winter whqat harvest of this season, but approxi mately 100,000,000 bushels moro than tho avorngo of tho flvo yearn from 1910-1013. T FLETCHER PHBSIDBXT XAMBS HIS AM MAS HADOIt TO MBXICO Iw Now Itoprcucntiitlvo of tho Unit oil States In Chile Restore Diplomatic Rolntloim (11 AtuwUtfcl rrfH to Coo ll TlmM.) WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 17 llonry Pratlier Flotchor, now nmbaB. fcador to Chllo, was nominated today "by Presldont Wilson Jor ambassador to Moxlco. Ellzo Arredondo has alroady boen appointed Moxlcnn ambassador to Iho United States, and Flctchor's nomination today restores diplomat ic relations betweou tho two cou'n-' tries, broken off moro than two years ago. .MERGER IX COQUILLE (Special to Tho Times) COQUILLE, Oro., Dec. 17. oral Coquillo business firms -Sev-havo Just formed a combination with a view of extending tholr operations fjiero. Tho company Is Incorporated for $25,000 and tho Incorporators 1 , rvi rt m ai,nlD t v are Mr. Drain, u. T. bKeois, j, e. Norton and Sam Nosier. Mr. Skeols will take charge of tho Drain Meat Market, J. E. Norton will conduct his warohouso and will dd both a retail and wholsesalo business, Sam Nosier Dwlll continue his storo and Mr. Drain will have charge of tho Johnson ranch and the meat buying and slaughtering department which Will bo couducted there. 1 Tho idea of tho merger Is to give 'them better buying power and In crease tho sales efficiency, NEIL WATSON was In from his. Is thmus Inlet ranch today with a flno growth of whlskorg. Indicat ing that lie was planning to bo a real Santa Clalis. JAMES LANDRITH who recently re turned from u visit at Corvallls was a Marshfleld visitor from North Coos River today. In Oil Business'. Dave Mussen has taken chargo of tho delivery servlco of tho Union Oil Company which re ceived a fine truck 'for tho new ser vice this week. D PI FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1915 IS LIKELY TO PUSS EMERGENCY REVENUE TAX TjAW UP IX SENATE Passes tho Houso Inst ,Nlgh publicans Seek to Shorten Period of Extension Ho- Dr Auortttta PfiM to tww D7 TlmM, WASHINGTON, D. C, Doc. 17. A Joint rcaolutloij extending tho cm orgoiyy rovenuo tax until Dec. 31, 19 10, following Its passago In tho houso last night by a vote of 205 tc 185, went to the sonato today whero Its adoption Is expected before tomorrow night. Authorization haB boon already given for a favorable report from tho scnato flnnnco com mittee. As It enmo from, tho bouse, 'the lncnsuro was unamended al though tho republicans sought re peatedly to shorton tho period of ex tension. Defends Tariff Law Sonator Undorwood, author of tho present tariff law, defended tho rT onuo meastiro In Ills maldou speech In tho senate. Ho said whon tho tariff law passed, no man was ablo to foretell tho war and its offect up on American revenues. PHOIIIIIIT SAtiBJOF- ALCOHOLIC MQUOH FOK NIXKTY DAYS Dono to Prevent Spread of Typhus Fever Governor of Yucatan l.s Permanent Dr Aioelitl l'rM to Cout Il7 Tlmta. GALVESTON, Texas, Decem ber 17. Tho solo of alcoholic liquors In Moxlco city has been forbidden for 90 days by a do crco Issued yesterday by tho gover nor of tho fcdoral district. Tho nicaHiiro was takou to prevent tho sprend of typhua In tho capital. It 1h reported that Governor Alvordo of Yucatan Issued a decree permanent ly forbidding tho salo of lhiuora In stato. PLAYERS WASHINGTON STATU FOOTRALI, SQUAD IS CHOSBX Will Leave Tuesday for Pmuidoiiu to Play With tho Drown ' University (Dr AiioolitJ I'n.vi to Coot liar Tlra(. PULLMAN. Wash.. Doc. 17. Tho 'Washington state collcgo football B(ttailr which will leave hero Tues day for Pasadena, Calif., to play tho Firown University cloven Now Yoara day, was named today. Tho squad lucludos 20 players, two coaches, one trainer and u graduate manager. RULGARIANS WILL RETIRE RACK FROM GREEK RORDER ' .Want to Avoid Any Poodblllty of Ar- (ideiits mid Greece Agioes To Plan (Iljr AmocUIoJ Trru lo Cooi lUgr Tlmti.) SOFIA, Dec. 1C An official an nouncement nays: " Tho Bulgarian ar. fmlod by tho capturo of Monastlr and Resnnni having approached tho Greek frontier, tho Bulgarian government, I MBXCD NAMED A TRLZDE wishing to avoid any poslbllltlea ofBago can have troatmont. Besides accidents botween tho advanced posts and tho Greek frontier guards, pro posed to tho Greok government that u neutral zono bo formed by retreat of troops on each sldo tot two kilo motors from tlio frontier. Oreeco re plied, accepting." STEWART LYONS loft on tho morn ing train for Coquillo on, a short business trip. J. K, KELLEY went down on tho Adellno Smith this morning to spqnd Christinas In San Francfaco and also meet with officers of- his houso. D. I, McGEB was a pussongor on tho Adollno Smith whon sho left 'this morning, going to spam! tho holidays at homo In San Fran cisco. DON GARDJNER, of North Bend, loft aboard tho Adollno Smith today for San Francisco to mako a visit to his house. MR. AND MRS. C. W. CUMBERS wero passengers aboard tho Ado llno Smith this morning to spend tho holidays in San Francisco, ex pecting to bo back In a couplo of weeks. EVENING EDITION. PRESIDENT. RAS AUSTRIAN NOTE Has Read it Over, 'But Not Make It Public Until Later TO Relations in Danger of Break ing But Not Until After Further Negotiations MAY BE SMOOTHED OVER Depending Uimiii Germany to Uso In fliienre at Vienna mid Advl-o Am trla to Avoid n llrcnk WIUi tho Unltcil States Df AuotlitM rrru to Coot Dr TlmM. WASHINGTON, D. C, Doc. 17. Austria's reply to Secretary Lansings jnoto on tho Ancona, was rocolvcd during tho night, and was read to day boforo President Wilson and tho fablnot and discussed for moro than an hour. Diplomatic relations, although In Uangor of being broken off, arc) not likely to bo discontinued, at least bo foro thcro has boon another exchnngu 'of notes with Vienna. Another Nolo to Go Another nolo sotting out why 'ho 'United Stnles cannot accopt Austria's reply will go forward boforo tho slt- uctlon takes on a moro settled as pect. Tho noxt stop will not bo decided until somo minor points -In tho offic ial toxt nro cleared up. Tho appar ent discrepancies nro not Importnnt and may bo duo to transmission or '.translation from tho stnto depart ment. . Not Yet Given Out ' Secretary Lansing said after tho 'cabinet meeting ho did not know whon tho official toxt of tho noto f would bo given out for publication hud It would not bo mado public un- Hll ho had nn opportunity to study It ccrofully. May Smooth Out. Moauwhllo thoro nro hints of In formal negotiations which might smooth out tho situation. Frequent calls "of Austria officials lend color to tho report. Tho Influence of Ilorlln h counted on to counsel Vienna to avoid tho break. DeiiiaiidH Not Met( Socrotory Lansing announced that tho Austrian reply did not nccodo to l.any of tho American demands. Ho n;ii a tho official toxt' was practically Idontlcal with that sent In by tho news dlspatchoB. WOMEN HAVE MASSAGE CORPS FOR HOSPITALS flly AuoclilM I'rtu to Coon luy Tlmtt.l LONDON, Deo. 17. Tho mossago corps which Mr. and. Mrs. Alinerlc (Pagot Btartod with fifty morabors at (Ho beginning of tho war has now Incroasod to 700, all of whom aro womon. Tho Idea of woman moB tousoB In mllltury hospitals was re garded In tho beginning by many ar my men ns a doubtful experiment. But so offlelont has boon tho work of those women that tho various pro- i vlliciai uonpiiuis aro iiuw yiouuu, all of tho woundod In need of mns visiting tho hospitals, tho corps runs elaborate massago and oloctrlo de purtmonts In tho convalescent camps. Electrlo massago machines, ovens for tho application of radiant heat and various kinds of apparatus loos en up Btlffoned Joints and put llfo In to atrophied members. After a few days, men who como on crutches go away with their own feet. ' Owing to tho onlargomont of tho work of tho corps, a call has been Is sued for moro masseusoB, who are required to bIiow certificates from rtcocnlzcd schools of muBsago or physical training institutes. Lady- Alexander Paget has lont to tho corps hor Loudon mansion, whoro a hundred officers and men recojve treatment dally. MH.O PIERSON Is In from Ton Mile on business and pleasure, no says that It will not bo necessary to stop commercial fishing In Ten Mllo Creok to Insure a big supply jif salmon lu Ton Mllo Lakes. O. 8COTNESS and wlfo and baby aro In from Beaver Hill to do their Christmas shopping. SEND ANOTHER X Consolidation of Times, Const Mall and Coot Hay Advertiser. A PARIS PAPERS COMMBXT OX AUSTRIA'S REPLY TO U. S. i:peetH Answer Will Do the With drawal of Ambassador Pen field from Vienna tllr Auoclltl Trril to Coot liar Tlmrt.I PARIS, Dec. 17. "vVe shall bo very mucli astonished If tho Amor lean government docs not reply to tho Austrian note by simply Instruct ing AmbaBBador.Ponflold to nsk for his passports and by handing his passports to tho Austrian chargo at Washington," says tho Figaro. "Aus trlu's answer Is a baroly disguised lctusal," SEHIHAXS CAPTURED MAXY DURIXG RECEXT FIGHT Forty Thousand Men mid Seven Hundred and Fifty Officers Aro Taken to Franco tllr AuocUtnl I'rru to Coot llr Tlmo. MARSEILLES, Franco, Dec. 17. Sovon hundred and fifty, JJulgarlan, German and AuBtro-Hungarlau of ficers taken prisoners by Serbians, and 40,000 soldiers captured lit Ser bia, arrlvod hero during tho night on their way to n concentration camp. VESSEL ISBEACHED BELGIAN RELIEF SHIP FROM NEW YORK IX TROURLE In Sinking Condition as tho Result of Striking a Mine Whllo En Routo III AttoclilM rrrtt lo Coot llr Time. I LONDON. Doc. 17. Tho llolglnn roller committees Bt,eamer Lovon pool, bound from Now York for Rottordnm, has boon beached on tho English coast In n sinking condi tion an tho result of striking n in I no. Tho IiOvonpool was a llrltlah Btcumcr of 4844 tons gross and wuh built In 1911. She carrlod a mlxod cargo of food Btuffa for Dolglum val ued nt U, 400,000 and was fully In sured. TWO VESSELS LOST m ITALIAN TRANSPORT AND DE STROYER STRIKE MINES Lidtcr Was Mown Up When Ooluc to tho AhNlfitunro of tho Oth er Sinking Ship ID AaioUt4 Trut to Coot lltf Timet. home. Doe. 17. Dotalls Just an nounced concerning tho sinking of tho Italian transport Umborto and the Italian destroyer Intropldo lu tho Adriatic rocontly show that tho do itroyor was blown up by a floating inino whon sho rushed to tho roscuo of tho steamer after tho lattor had strtlclc a initio and was about to go down. LIBEL IS MRS. AHQUITII APPEAUS TO COURT FOR PROTECTION Alleges that London Globe has Mado UUiuuKuiK nimciiiuiim unit Asks u Restraint far A'uocUtel rrru lo Cbot llr Time.., LONDON, Doc. 17. Mrs. Asqulth, nvlfo of tho nromlor. anpoared as plaintiff In tho chancery court to- dav deinundlnir an order to restrain the GlQbo from publication of alleg 1 llliulu. Ilur uttornov nald: . Mrs, Asqulth has been dollber- . . . i .. utoly pursued lu tno uoieiuiaui h nowBimnor with accusations of dis loyalty and of association with Gor man nrlsouers ut Donnlngtou Hall. Sho has been described as a traitor und u dlagraeo to her box." TAKEN SUDDENLY ILL Mrs. Charles H. Dungan Is seri ously 111 at hor homo on Coos River. After being In Marsimoiu yesioruay 'sho returned homo last night and ("wuh taken suddenly und violently fill. Dr, Leslie, Osteopath, Marshfleld 0 OR BREAK i CLIID No. 124 1 I I NO Austro-Hungarian Troops Cap ture Town Twenty Miles 1 West of Serbian Border DEFENDERS RETIRE Greece Being Quieter, Interest Now Centers on Italian . Moves in Albania FIGHT ON DRIN DRIVER Serbians and Bulgarian1 Aro Having Stubborn Fight Italy Expected, to Aid Greatly In Reorganiza tion of Serbian army (Dr AtioeltlM rrru It Coot nr Tlmrt.I LONDON, Dec. 17. Berlin an nounced today" that tho Austro Hungarlan troops which aro Invading 'Montenegro have enpturod BJclopol 'Jo on the Llin river, twenty mttcs west of tho Serbian border. A Mon tenegrin official announcement says tho Montenegrin troops retired be fore tho Teutonic attacks north of Chnhovro and Illelo. After sovoral days fighting tho lnvndors occupied Rosea. Watching Italy With tho nffalrs In Greece assum ing a nulotor character lntorcBt In 'the European capitals Is turning to tho plans of Italy In Albania. About 30,000 Italians occupy Avloua, Alba nia, and troops havo boon landed at other points, Italy Is oxpoctod to contrlbuto greatly to tho rcoigtinlzatlon of' tho Serbian nrmy lu Albania. Stubborn fighting continues bo- tweon tho Serbian nrmy and tho Bulgarian nrmy In Albania. Fight in Allmnlii Stubborn fighting continues be tweon the Serbians and Bulgarians 'along tho Drln rlvor In Albania. No dovolopmouts aro, roported from the other fronts, T GREEK HEADQUARTERS MOVED TO XEW POSITION' Action Follows Withdrawn! of Troops From District Retween , Sidoulkl mid Serbia llr Aworltt4 rrru to Coot Hr TlmM PARIS, Doc. 17. A dispatch from Athens says following tho with drawal of troops from tho district botwoen Salonlkl and tho Sorblan border tho hoadquarters of tho Greok army has boon transferred to Kozhnnl, 55 miles southeast of Monastlr. PERSIANS CALLED WILL LJUVB CONSTANT! XOPLB FOR NATIVE LAND Lurgo Number Thrio March Througn Street mid Visit Embossy,, Singing N'atloiml Anthems III- Auoeltlta I'rru to Coot Ur Timet,) BERLIN, Doc. 17. (Wlrolesa to Sayvlllo) Constantinople roport that a largo number of Persians, called to arms by tho Persian gov ernment, marched through tho streets of Constantinople to tho Per sian embassy singing the Persian na tional anthem. Tho recruits will Jcavo Immediately for tholr native land. ITALIAN' STEAMER SUNK Dr Auocltltd rrrui rroolMt Tint. 4 LONDON, Dec, 17. Tho Italian steamer Porto Said, 51 C7 gross tons, has been 4k sunk. A dollar put away In bank, Means this wo havo a friend, Good for one hundred cents on call, TU ours to keop or spend. Boys and girls don't forget to roglstor In the First National Bank's freo gift distribution. See Christmas treo at tho bank. Have your programs priated M The Tbnea office. RANSPERS ARMY M