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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 22, 1915)
(MJILJOHLA MAY BE ALL RIGHT BUT A COTTAfil ON COOS BAY IS, MM y I. 1 (Zfattttl PAPER THAT ' ' BELIEVES IN THE BEST AND ALWAYS BOOSTS A A CLEAN WHOLESOME NEWSPAPER FOR ALL SOUTHWEST OREGON HOMES MKMRKIl Or THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (Soos Ulan k No. XXXIX. til TRADE IS ENORMOUS . Tll Unit an (jOlpS 10 luwi Ul "a" D" lion UOIiaio iui mumii of November i :mnrts Were Greater Than Any Month in the History or Hie ouuiwy EAR ALSO BIGGEST ONE (dl It Nearly Two llilllnn Great- ti',,,, Vnul'U AiriiCliMll'i.j Iff 1 Will "" - n- -i- Otini Gut by ,l10 Department (lf Commerce Today WASHINGTON, I). C, Due. 22. Lfgn trade of tlio United Statca i November Jumped to tlio uiiprc tJtntcd total of half a lillllou blliu. Tlio uoparimoni, oi uom itrcc statement today shows that sports, ns well an exports, broke ji records for tlio mouth. A rec d of five billion dollnrs for tlio 12 months In exports and Im- Ictti was Bet. Figures are Rig. i iho November Jin ports were HUID,1G!), more by ?1 1,000,000 in any previous Novonibor rec ti. The November exports of C!l,m,r27 were tlio greatest of month In tlio country's history, l:e best previous month was Inst wolicr, wlH'ii tlio exports woro 1:11,030,281. For Twelve ."Months The twelve months imports to httmber .10 aggregated $l,i30,- !ll.!29, against $l,8r.K,fllli,027 for lit proroillm; year. Thn yonr's ox Iftrti wcro f3,i.T7,202,ti:i:i, one and ne half lillllou dollarH moro thnn 111 preceding year and nearly two flUon moro than two yearn ago. Gold Imports The twelve months' Imports of IpM EKrcKnlcd $110,000,970, com bed with $n8,:ii2,o:ir last yenr. G 11 ENVOY lOL. HOI'SK IS TO MAKE EURO- PKAN TRIP INI Convey to Ambassadors ( or- Uln Inforniatlou Concerning Attitude or United States .... Br Auixittbi rrtM to cooa nr Timt-.j TOT SPRINGS, Vn Dec. 22. fwldcnt Wilson said today that ie European trip or Ills friend, Col. Eoose, wns In no way connected Ita tlio peace movomont but waB atlrely for pttrposcs outlined by tone In a statomont lssuod Inst illbt In N'ew York. The colonel said Ills mission was fommiinlcato to the American lUjsadors for tho presldont cor ih inforniatlou that thoy inglit 'wr moro intlmatoly tho attitude. tho r tilted States Toward somo rtlcular phases of tho Inttjrnn al sltuntlon. AGE I BAR! Kir KIFFICIKNT TO CAUSI1 DIS MISSAL OF SCHOOL TKACIIKK fiwo Court or Stnto Hands Down lleplhloii In Multnomah County Mandamus Caso ID Auorlatol I'reia to Cooa liar 1'lmea. 8.UJJM, Doc. 22. Marring? '"o Is not u sufflciont causo to J'frant dismissal or scliool teach j according to a decision rendered 9 tho supremo court. Tho decis- affirmed tho action of tho Mull ah circuit court In Issuing n Jrtt oi mandamus commanding tho ''Hand school board to- rolnstnto Maud- L. Hlchards, whom it wnlsscd becauso sho married. " ! AXlOXA NOTK HAS I1K3N DKLIVKHKD - . t r I" Awoclilcj rrcaa U l lr Tlmci. LONDON, Doq. 22. VI CIna telegram says the dollv "y to the Austrian foreign minister of tho second Anco fia note from tho United States is announcod by tho eilft Prolft PrnDSn AKSALLRECDRD I Established 1878 As Tho Const Mull T RurgLr tries to vouch open 1)0011 of postoffice Went Pnutln.lly Through One Lock llnl. Inside liar Hold Against UN Onslaughts An attempt wns made some tlmo lust night to burglarlzo the Marsh field postofflco. A Jimmy or a chls ol was applied to tlio locks of tho side door and ontranco had1 possibly almost been gained when the person or persons dlslstcd. In the office at this tlmo of the yoar with the Christmas rust,, on, thero Is qulto lilt of inonoy taken In audi kept In the) Bafo ufter banking hours. Also tl.o amounts In stamps runs Into a big sum. Noticed tlio Door On his way back from the haul: this morning Assistant Postmaster Suninor saw traces of the chlBol In tho wood work about tho door. This 'was tho first traco of anything jWronjj. Surtlior examination showed that tlio Yale lock had been almost forced open. Practically th0 only thing that kept the burglar from gottltig In was tho fact there Is an other lock, a bolt lock, 'that is deep ly Imbeildeil In tho Inside wood "work. Hoollmiivo Is Robbed Someone also Knitted entrance to the bonthoiiso of tho cruiser Life (Uno, according to tho P.ov. O. Lo uoyi Hall, and stolo sotiio tools and licat equipment. Mr. Hall Bays that tho property is not his, but that it belongs to tho church. FKHNDALK WITH IIOOSTS IJOIHJKI) iiKCiujaitrrr Hiilf n IIoimi .'Men Itcpott Losses )ohn Kionlioliu Ibises lllood- cil Stock I,iin, Night Chicken roosts of Fortulnlo have been robbed within thq past two weeks with such regularity as to In dicate that more than one person Is getting fortified against a famlno on Christmas Day. From that sec tion have come more than hair a dozen reports of disappearing fowls. W. !;, Dole lost nil or his brood oxcopt three setting Iiqiis. Tho tltlof wont back or his chlckon houso and cut their heads off. In tho number wns a full blooded rooster Mr. Dole had Just paid $! for. J. W. Hunt about ton nights ago aroso at a Into hour and fired thrco or four shots at someone try ing to enter his chicken coup. The samo night It. Kromlnga lost about 10 chickens. Captain Itecd and W. W. Ladd liavo also lost part of tholr flocks In tho last two weeks and not a traco or tho miscreant or miscreants has been found. The chickens lost by Mr. Kron- holin Inst night wcro blooded chick ens that had boon presented by J. W. Ilonnott to Malr Dano, and which tho latter had sept over to tho Kronholm homo for safo keep, ing. (J PITTSHUIUi INSTITUTION FAILS TO OPKN TODAY Action Under Order of State Hank- lng Department and a Itecelv- cr lias Ileen Nanied (Hr Awotlatel TreM to Cooa liar Tlmea.l piTTSUintG, Pa Dec. 22. niMci.nri' Hunk of Savings, ono of tho best known Institutions lit this city, rallod to opou tor business thh morning. It wns closed by order or tho Pennsylvania banking depart iiiont and a temporary rocolvor was appointed, ' No statomont was ssucd in connec tion with tho closing, but it ia Tcnown tho bank hns been unablo to weather tho storms it encountered sinco tho fcaluro In 1913 of James S. Kuhn and W. S. Kulin, credited ,.-m. linlnc nromliiontly identified with tho bank. CHILDHKN'H SAVINGS TIIKHK The deposits on September 10 woro $10,940,713, according to tho report of tho Dnnklng Commission er. Tho savings of somo 41,000 school children are Included In tho bnnk'B deposits. map ROBBERY CHICKENS STOLEN Bfli CLOSES DOORS Times Want Ads lor results. MARSHFIELD, OREGON, TROOPS WILL RETURN FIRE Orders Given to That Effect by the War Department to Frontier Forces AMERICA? KILLED Car Inspector is Shot by Squad of Mexicans Who Acted ' Deliberately REPORTS ARE CONFLICTING Statu Department Agent Says Man Was' Killed by un Irresponsible Soldier Whoso ldfo Was Taken by His Own Men (11? Aiioclatfd I'rpnn to Com Dtj Tlmn.J WASHINGTON, 1). C, Dec. 22. Tho American troops at 101 Paso, the War Department nnnounccdOIAHINKS AND SAILOUS IN HAITI have been given orders "to return vigorously any further dollborato firing" front tho Mexican side of tho border. Deport m Conflict Conflicting reports ef tho killing of an American car Inspector on tho American sldo yesterday wcro received by the War and Stnto De partment. Gettoral Pershing roporlod Hint tho firing was tho dollborato act of a squad of Mexicans, who ap peared half a mllo cast of tho In ternational bridge. Tho St'nto Department ngent re ported that tho Inspector was kill ed by an Irresponsible soldier, who was afterwards killed by his own men. NKW MAN IN CIIAItnn Ccn era I HolirrtMni lleail of Diltlsh Imperial Staff i (rtrtAacUI! I'll U ,Coo lUf TIium. LONDON, Dec. 22. Premier As qttltlt announced In tho houso of com mons that Lieut. Gettornl Sir William It. Itobortson, chief or tho gettoral otaff, had been recalled from Frniico to hocomo chief of tho Imperial staff at the army lieadquartorH In London In placo of Llout. (lonornl Sir Archl- bald, Murray, .who was nbout to re- colvo an Important command. QUIET IS RESTORED NO THOUDLK TODAY AT JAUUKZ IS THK ItKPOHT Force or Men Arrive Who Are Stir ' ii'iidcmt to the Ciirranza Consulate at Kl Paso (Ilr Anoclaltil rrrat w liar Ttrow.1 KL PASO, Texas, Dec. 22. Com ploto tranquility provnllod In Juarez tcday. It was roportod that 1000 'troops arrived rrom tho south, but those woro said to bo part or a rorco Hurrenilorod by tholr ofricortf at tho Carranza consulato horo during tho night. MANY INJURED IN A FACTORY EXPLOSION Two Men Missing anil Twenty-five Others Injured In n New Jecsoy PJnnt llr Aaaotlated rrtw to Com nar Tlmea 1 KDCimVATEU, N. J., Dec. 22. Two mon aro missing and 2.1 others woro Injttrpd by an oxploslon yester day In tho plant of tho Corn Prod ucts rtoflnlng Co. The roof was blown off, tlio walls collapsed and flro swept through tho wrcckngo. FACTOItV HLOWS UP Men Have Warning Get Out. In Time to (nr Aiaoclaled Vtev to Cooa liar Tlmrf.J CAIUO. III.. Dec. 22. Tho nltro- glycoiino plnttt or tho Aetna Pow iinr Cnmnanv. at Fayvlllo, was blown up yesterday when 3000 pounds ot nltro-glycorlno exploded. Tho oxploslon was duo to chemical reaction, tho fumes from which warned tho workmen In tlmo to es cape. Special auction at II wl Cross Thursday and Friday morning 10 to I'-i to accommodate out-of-town residents and ranchers. Dr, I.oslle, Osteopath, MarMificld WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, In WILL OK A f 31 1 KIM TO CO.MK OVKK TO Till UNITKI) STATUS Will, However, Not Make tlio Trip Through Jtturc. Confer ence Is Held IDr AmocUUJ Tnt to Coot liar Tlmo. EL PASO, Texas, Dec. 22. Francisco Villa has agreed to como to tho United States, but will not pass through Juarez, according to General llnnda. This Information was contained in n statemdnt by Da ml a at tho conclusion of a con ference of former Villa officers to day In Juarez. Itntiry Pence Terms The conference ratified the peace agreement nindo Monday and se lected General Roblcs as civil and militnry commander of the . Car ranza and Villa organizations in former Villa territory. I WITHOUT CIIHIST.MAS Accident to limit. Currying Candy, Presents, Cranberries mid (iooil ThlngfJ to Heat I lljr Amnrlalis 1'rrm to Cihm llajr Tlnirn.) PHIDADKIiPIIIA, Pa. Dee. 22. Tho transport Pralrlo, which was to tall front horo yesterday with 10,000 pounds of turkeys for 3,000 sailors and marines In Haiti, will not got away until Thursday or lator, bo catiso of a broken topmast, and con sequently will not reach Halta un til after Christinas. Prosests tor tho naval forco from frleudil and relatives as well as 000 buckets of cranberries and 5000 pounds or candy aro n,lso -aboard the Pralrlo. PKOMINKNT LOUISIANA LAWYKIt t KILLS TWO PKIISONS ' Slayer Is Albert L. Knov, Surveyor of ' Customs for tho Portt or Now Orlcmis t fix AMotlito.) I'rciu lo Cum liar Tlmra.) BATON nOUGU, La. Dee. 22. I A 1 Intel I T.rt1v till t tri twit nf tllulflltlU ;'-; - ""-'"-';" prominent Louisiana attomoy, shot i and killed Don Foster, an attornoy Ilattlesburg, Miss,, and Alox attko, or Natchltochos La., In tho railroad station hero this afternoon. SKVKKAL PLACKS COMMUNICATION WITHOUT TODAY Itallioads Are llli.rkrd mid Traffic Interrupted Snow Slides on ! tlio Track! llr AaaoclatM I'reaa lo Cooa liar Tlmea, POItTLAND, Oro., Dee. 22. Tho break In tho storm which prevail ed In a largo part of tho Northwest in tho last thrco days, occurred to day. Several towns woro without wlro communication as tho result or a galo which roachnd tho velocity or 70 miles on tho coast yostorday, Sovoral railroads woro blocked by slides and snow. Tho Great North ern Huowsbeds which collapsed In tho Cascades yostcrday, still block ed tho lino today. IIAHDY SAILS TODAY Tho stcamor Hardy, with a cargo of lumber rrom tho Porter mill, sailed ror San Francisco today and tho stoaiiior A. M. Simpson arrived to load at tho samo mill, UHKEYS ED DOT TWO I STORM AS BROKEN VKSSKL movkmknts Arrived A. M. Simpson, San Francli 9:20 a. m. today. Sailed Hardy, San Francisco, 12:30 m. today. Adeline Smith, Oakland. 11 a. in. today, :30 SKHISIAN MONKV IS TAKKN TO PAIHS (Dr AMoclatel Preaa to w Bar Tlma.J MARSEILLES, Dec. 22. Eighteen million francs, constituting tho Serbian treasury, arrived hero on Its way to Paris, 1915 EVENING EDITION S Report From- Turkey Still Claims They Rctreaated in Great Disorder New Zealand Premier Makes Comment on Withdrawal of English Troops SAYS JUDGEMENT WAS BAD Thinks It lk'ttcr to Faro the Posi tion Than to Continue Wltft an i:pcditloti Wl'bli Is Adpill.tcd as ii .MlMnko tlljr Amoelilnl rrn to IMorf luy Tlmn.1 lllOItLIN, . Dcci 22.(Wltolos8i to 8nyvlllu.)-Ad vices .from Constan tinople rcltcrnto tlio assertion that the llrltlsh quit tlio Dardanelles In great disorder, Tho llrltlsh loft tho sick and wounded behind. Their retreat, which thoy pretended wiib carried out systematically, In real ity, was n head-over-hecls flight, Constantinople declares. PIIKMIKU TALKS Official of New 'calami (Jives Views. Ills (11? AMiwIalist I'rma in Con liar Tlmtv.) WKLLINGTON, Now 'oaland, Dec. 2. "It Is bettor' to face- tho position and bo done with It, 'than to proceed with an enterprise1 which Is commonly believed to havd'been tho result of an error of JtidgWnt," was tho comment of Premier Mas soy, of Now Zealand, on tlio aban donment of the Galllpoll positions. WILL NOT STOP Australian .Minister Says Will H?o ' tlio War Through llr A "or Intel I'itm to (' liar Tlmra.) MKLIIOUIINK, Australia, Dec. 22. Ooqrgo Fostor Pearce, tho Aus tralian Minister or Stnto for Do rense, dcclareil In n speech today, that tho withdrawal or troops rrom Anznc and Suvhi would not lessen tho determination ot tho Austra lians to seo 'tho war through nor affect tho now ofrort to rnlso men. VOII PI1PE1 LEAVES HKCALLKD A'lTACHK STAI1TS FOIt (JKIt.MANV TODAY Carries With Hint it Safe Conduct Granted Dim by the Kn- lento Allies lr AMoelatct I'rcaa to Cooa Jlar Tlmw. NEW YOItK, Doe. 22. Captain von Papon, Gormnny'H rocnllod mil itary attache, loU New oric ior Hottcrdaiu today, bearing a nfo conduct to Gorinany from tlio cn tunte allies, Makes Slnteiiient Von Papon Issued a stntoment saying history would establish a clean record ror Hoy-Ed und him soir, nnd concluded: "I go homo with tho unshakablo conviction that no efforts, howovor Insistent thoy mny bo, will accom plish tho fervent dcslro of our en emy to embroil our country with this great nation. "Our neutral rolatlons will, and must, on tho contrary, lnovltnbly linprovo as It becomes- clear to ov ory Intelligent American that Gor inany l engaged in a fully Justi fiable and horolo fight for hor oxlstonco." MRS. ASQUITII WINS She Secures Injunction Against Neitsnaper In Iiomiou Hr Aa.lalil l're to Cooa liar Tlmw.J LONDON, Dec. 22. Mrs. Asqulth, wlfn of tho premier, today was grant ed an Injunction restraining tno Olobo from publishing articles which she ullages 'aro llbolous. Sho chargod that tho (Hobo accused hor of disloyalty und of association with German prisoners aul that sho had beeil, described as a traitor and dls giaco to hor sex. Special miction at Red Cross Thursday and Friday morning 10 to 115 to acrotiiiuodato oiit-oMown residents und ranchers, LEFT THE WOUNDED A. Consolidation of Times, Const Mali g. "J28 and Coos Hay Advertiser. 11 EHi DIE PHOMINKNT GT.HMAN M1MTAUY l.KADKU PASSKS AWAY Was Compicrcr of Lclge mid Flg- tttcd In the Daily Part of tho Prosent War (IKNKHATi VON KMMICH DIKS AT HANOVKIt Dr AnnoclMcil I'rraa to Coco nar Tlmw. D12HL1N, Dec. 22. Wire less to Sayvlllo.) Tho death at llanovor of General von Kmmlch, conqueror of Llcgo wns announced by the Over seas News Agency. ' (tlr AaaoclatM I'rcn to Cooa Da Tlmni. DKltLIN, Dee. 22. General von Emmlclt figured promlnontly In tho early events ot tho war, being in command or Gorman troops, which invaded llolglum. It was ho who Issued an appeal to llelglan peoplo not to resist tho Germans, Ho was decorated with the Orllr or Merit last Juno. Ho Joined; tho army on the day ot Prussia's 'vic tory over Austria In lnuii nnti fought ns a lieutenant in tho Franco-Prussian wnr. TWO STKAMKHS SUNK Crow or One Hits Not l'roiu llccii Heard (tlr AKlatM I'rraa U Conn liar Tlmr.l LONDON, Doc. 22, Tho llrltlsh slvamcr Huntley, 1103 tons, former ly the Gorman hospital ship Ophelia, which was condemned by tho llrltlsh prlzo court, and tho llrltlsh steam er llottord, -1-18 tons, havo bqon Bunk. Tho crow ot tho llolford wns saved. No report was recolvod regarding tho crow of tho Huntley. CLAIM IjO.SSKS SMALL llrltlsh Say They Withdrew In Good Orilcr (llr AmM-lati1 I'rraa tu Cooa liar ilim.)l 1 LONDON, Doc. 22.. When tho llrltlsh forces withdrew rrom tholr IioHltlon at Suvla and Anznc on tho Gnlllpoll potilnsuln, tholii. total casu al! loa woro three men Wounded, ac cording to an official nnnoiiiiceinont thin afternoon. Six guns which were destroyed were loft bohtud. ItHITISII TltOOPS TKHIIANKAN LKAVK MKDL ISLANDS Havo Heen Stationed There Hut Aro Said to Have lleeu With. drawn lr AtMrlalMl rrcaa lo Cooa liar Time. 11EULIN, (Wireless to Sayvlllo) Dec. 22. Tho Cologne Gnssotto re ports that tho Drltlslt troops which havo been stationed on tho Islands In tho eastern Mediterranean have been withdrawn to bo sent to Salon- lk!( E APPOINTED TO COMMAND ARMY AT THK DARDANELLES Succeeds Sir Charles Monro Who Will Take a Command hi Franco nr AaaocUtad I'rcaa la Cooa liar TlmM.l IvONDON, Doc. 22. Lloutonant General Sir Archibald Murray has boon appointed to succeed Sir Char loo Monro as llrltlsh commundor nt tho Dardanelles,' says an official statomont this nftornoon. Monro has been appointed to command tho rirst llrltlsh army In Franco, suc h:g Sir Douglas Ilulg. FEDERAL OFFICERS TO ' MAKE ANOTHER ARREST '.Mlsslng Link in the Conspiracy Case Is Soon to lie Taken In Charge Hr Aaawlalod Trwa to Couo liar Time. ' NEW YORK, Doc. 23. Tho rodor al officials horo expect soon to ar rost a man whoso numo has not yet boon inontlonod 'in connection with a conspiracy to destroy tho Wolland canal, and this will comploto tho gov ornmout case Ju tho matter, It was learned today. A man who is styled tho missing link In the conspiracy Is under surveillance. Ihiy your Christmas candles at Sartei-s, All kinds ami all prices, MOVE SO MU dRu ranis QUIETED SHE ,, No Developments Reported Today Excepting Local ' Engagements in West FDEICHlN POINT ii Take a Position and Capture Hundred Germans in Operation BAD WEATHER IN EAST Military Activities Tbcro Have Come lo n Standstill llrltlsh Grant Increase of it Million More Men ror Army KMPKKOlt WILLIAM IS SLIGHTLY ILL (tlr AawclaUJ rrwa lo t nr Tltnw.l IIEItLIN., Deo. 22. (Who- less to Sayvlllo) Emporor William )nu postponed his trip tilanned to tho western making It necessary to re- front, a slight Indisposition mnln indoors for a few days. ' (Hr AraofUtM I'rnM to Cooa liar Tlmra. LONDON, Doc. 22. With tho ox edition or local engagements on tho Western rront, no Important developments were roportod within tho last 21 hours. Part ot tho German position on tho summit of llartinannswollorkopr In Vosgefl, that 'was captured by tho Fronch yestorduy, has been recap lined by tho Gormans, llerlln announced to-i day.' Paris sayri 1200 Germans wero captured lit the operations at Hart mauitswellorknpt. Ilnvo Had Weather III the East bad wonther prevails and military activities aro at a standstill. In the Haitians, reports continue to come from llrltlsh sources ot tho Inndlug or tho Russians at Varna llulgnrla, on . tho IHack Sea, but, v I..,.. ....... IA..1! I.. '..!..). In lin ll. . I II II IU ciuuyiivu Jn h"1-" l Jr I mors. , , I ' , Want (J recce In The Teutonic powers uro repre sented an talking full advantage or tho moral ofrept produced by tho withdrawal or llrltlsh from Galllpoll and to bo attempting onco moro to swing Ureeco and Runitinla to their sldo. Million Moro Men After nn all-night dobnto, the llrltlsh HotiBO of Commons early today granted an Increaso of a mil lion mon In tho army, bringing up tho strength on pnpor to rottr mil lion, WORD COMES FROM MALTA OF SUIIMARINK WORK Statcil That .Lipaneso Steamer Sadit Main Was Destroyed by An Enemy Dr Aaaolal4 Trco to Cooa r Tlmoa.l PARIS, Doc 22. Tho Milking or tho Japanese stcamor Sadn Maru In tho Eastern Mediterranean yes terday by a submarine, Is roported rrom Malta. Shipping records give no Japanese stoamor Sada Maru. Thero la a Sado Maru, but this could hardly bo tho vessol, as Bhu Balled rrom Sonttlo Docombor 4 and could not havo reached tho Eastern Mediterranean. FIREMEN KILLED llr AwUtc4 I'rrw o Coot Ur Ttmaa. BOSTON, Doc. 22. Two firemen were killed and n third, aorlously In, Jured when tho flo collapsed In a burning factory building hero yes--' terday. , HOTEL IS miRNED AT (JEARHART, ORE. Ur AmmUIoiI I'reaa to Coo Br Tlmra-1 GEARHART. Oro., Dec. 22. Tho Gcarhart hotel horo was dostroyed by flro yostor day In a 72-mllo xale. The orjgln of tho fire was In the bollor room. Tho loss ! $100,000. REPORT BOAT SI ii ; u .4 Mil ? . !, . t4,tt