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II OFTEN HAPPENS THAT A MAN WHO IS HIS OWN BOSS SEES FEW PAY DAYS 'i t Extma A PAPER THAT ' , BELIEVES IN THE BEST AND ALWAYS BOOSTS A CLEAN WHOLESOME NEWSPAPER FOR ALL SOUTHWEST OREGON HOMES MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PIIESS I Vol. No. XXXIX. Established 1878 As Tho Const Mnll MARSHFIELD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1916 EVENING EDITION. A Consolldntlon of Times, Coast Mnll J0 1 53 ami Coos Bay Advertiser. "u '"w (Coos j m K SI SE Officials Hear Proposition of F B. Waite to Settle the 'Kinney Land Tangle !! DIFFER North Bend Council Willinrj to Lose Penalties and Half of the Interest Due COUNTY COURT TO WAIT Will Ac! After Other llorilo; Huvo (liven Expression of Position School Hoard Meets Today to Come to uccision Tlio question of what should ho done regarding tlio taxes was illa- inaiinfl nt n UlOOtlllK hold lit North llend Inst nlBlit. Tlio mcotliig wnu a joint 0110 of tlio North Bond City Council, tlio North llend School Hoard nnd tlio County Court. It wiih a public mooting nmi ouiors imor rsioil wcru nrcsunt. Tlio next result of the gathering was that tlio County Court wants tlio other two bodies to submit what they aro willing to do and thou tho County Court will nci. Tlio school board mot UiIb after noon to dccldo on Homo action. Tlio City Council nt a mooting after tho Joint gathering decldud that It would bo willing to out out tho penalties on tlio uncle tuxes and tako half tho Interest. Tho rnto of tlio tax Interest 1s 12 per cent. Tho city would bo willing to hnvo tho principal and six pur cent Inter tit paid and lot tho other six per cent and tlio penalties ho eliminated. Another conclusion which was reached and qulto i;enornlly agreed to during the course of tho ills cussIoiih wus thnt tho unsecured creditors nover would roeolvo any thing and thnt they lind just ns well know now whero they stood. Mnvnr ltiiKNill lriull( Mayor K. 1-'. Hussoll prcsldod at tho mooting. About fifty nton woro present nnd tho session wus hold at tho Clmmbor of Coinmorco rooms. Mr. Hussoll Bald thnt ho wnntod to hear from nnyono who wIhiiou to speak and thut If any had Idona to express on tho subject this wob tho time. Ho said tlio purposo was to try to como to Bomo conclusion as to what should bo dono nbout tho Klnnoy taxes ami tho proposed set tlement offered by F. II. Wuito, who holds n first mortgage Wants Others to Act. County Judgo James Watson said that the County Court oxpected that tho City Council and tho School Board would hnvo some suggestion to mako and thnt tho County Court would then lmvo something on which 0 act. Ho thought It would ho lest for North Uend to oxprcss somo feeling n tho matter. Attorney A. S. Hammond, acting for Mr. Wnlto, presontod tho lat ter s Bido of tho enso. Ho called attention to tho fact that tho prop erty had been Involved for a good many years on account of tho unpaid taws. Ho snld ho wns not asking any favors for Mr. Walto, hut that tne caso was 0110 whero It wus n ?,?? 'T1 ?V llow tno wl"'o thing EE.1? Hfc,Hb0 sottled' " B tlio .M?L.,BhtB W0IlW cotlnuo If an attempt was niado to soil tho prop, erty for taxes, Ho could not say ? m K ,luatl0 lslt last under It l clr,!,u?,auce8 "l thon when mi? !?w Vl0 ('0Ullty woul(l nt not any cash. Ho dwelt upon tho fact to Ji? r a,B0ttl01not thoro would X '', fo,rtllconl'iK to tho county, DronnrLMr,,Vn,,to ('oul(1 t o tho R, B0la r taxes as long as that thi "reJ'e,lt lt " alB0 Btt,a cash if Tnty wou,rt not got actual taxes L!10 )rl,0y was sold for cash in eCaUB0, no ono "ro had tho tho j?Y:hXl that Mr' walto In ment i,f ? BatlBfactory sottlo- far anrt iM nrr0W U, cash ' t0 Pay and give tho property as secur- Glvcs Legal Side ahlSrv'n,0 WoavUt gave matter yT?I "'0 legal status of tho tag an'v 1? .h waB not offor' various .of 11' IIe t0,d of tho had bn Ein00'. how tUo maltor the recfiK.pe,d of(, ,n th0 hPa that M6eoMhr WU,(1 ,,Q ttbl t0 "' to n, ,5Prpartsr nnd ra,B0 nnoy not been ni a!C.es' aud nw ho had livuM1 ?. d? "Ha. Mr, LIK Jet been i,i . umi no had npt the Pft! 11 to secure an order of taxes h ii. . lll Property for C n0nnm!.h3UE'lt that tlio county taxes Su fWer t0 conPromlso tho admitted0 .w'S 1900 t0 l914 a"d a bad mels Up who,e matler was AvhTof n a..Jateii,ont of Mr. on. Mr u' P0BS bl trouble later a the nn Y 1 u Ba,d t,mt walto ors:t?e,ta,ai'- uul not to be legal, ""uuu lu" -r..j TMB Amounts nna ' the artulli'-l J56 a statement -. .uuius mio ror- lor (Contl DISCUS AXES COMPROMI nued on Pago Four. J 5 E5TED HAS BEEN WRITING PRESIDENT ASKING FOR MONEY John Paul Winn, Hold at Hun Fran- Cisco, Will ho Examined as to Ills Sanity Ur Amoclitcxl hni Is Coo D7 TlmM.) SAN FRANCISCO, Jnn. 20. .101111 1'atil Winn, snld hy tho police to hnvo heon writing to President Wilson for two or threo months de manding money and drafts, is under arrest hero today and Is to ho ox aiuliiud hy tho Kiinlty commission, Ho confessed, according to tlio po lice, saying It wns tho right of every American fo write to tho President for money. HOTEL MAN GUV vioiATi:i t'ltoiuitrnox li.vw hy SIHiUXG LIQUOR Must do to Jail for Ten Days and 1 J'ny a inno of ijilMO tllr AbocIIcJ Vnn to Coon Day Tlmrg. SPOICANK,' Wash., Jan. 20. -Allen S. Ho Jtlonior, a wealthy hotol proprietor, ideatled guilty today In tho police court to soiling liquor Ill egally and was Hontonccd to servo ten days In Jail and pay a flno or $250. Ho was tho first man arrested In Spo knuo for violation of tho prohibition law. WILL TEST TIE LI U)WA .MAX HULLS TUX OKXT HOT- TLIO OK 111:1:11 l'nr This Art Is Indicted by Oinuul .Jury for VIolutliiK Mulct lillVt' (11 Aola(r.l I'tmt to Con liar Tlmr.J KICOKUIC, Iowu, Jan. 20. IMilI II) Nickel, n formor iialoou keeper, who two weeks ago sold n ton cunt hottlo of hoor In order to test tho re peal of tho Mulct law, was Indicted hy tho grand Jury which reported lust night. SEE BURNING BOAT lHtlTISH VKSSKL HKl'OHTS SKI IX J'iHK AT SKA Was a Xonveglan Sailing Ship Ho Trnco of Idfo limits Woro Dlscovoretl , fix AuvUIikI I'rt-u to Coot Ilijr Tlmri. NKW YOHIC, Jan. 20. Tho Hrltlsh steamer Penlstouo arrived today from Ilavro and reported hav ing sighted on Jnnuary 2 a vessol on flro In latitude 47.08 north, long itudo 28.10 west. AHor daylight thoy mado out tho crart to be a sailing ship with n Norwegian flag painted -on tho Bido. Tho Penlstouo railed to rind any truco or tho life boats. EMGIfilEER KILLED THAIX WHICCIC IX MLSSOU1U IS FATAL OXK Tlioso AVIio Aro Injmod aro Train- men - Xono of tlio Past bcugors Aro Injured (Ur AuocUI4 rim tu Coo (Mr Timoa.f TRENTON, Mo., Jnn. 20. Louis Cnlller ftiiLTlnnm-. wus killed and four trainmen woro Injured huro this morning when a double header I on tho Ilocl; iBianu icaiiway, ni up of tho Golden Stato Limited aud Chicago passongor train No. 2, was derailed. No passengers woro In jured. BIG 5Wl!TE0 GOVKItNMKXT WOULD KKCOVKIl VALUAULK MIXKHAL LAXI) Vnltio In Hundred or Millions and Southern Pacific Is Ono of tlio Defendants tnr Atoclat84 rrett to Coot najr Timet, SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 20.--The trial on its merits of tho first of six .cases in which tho United States seoks to recover title to 100,000 acres of allogod mineral lauds, val ued at from $100,000,000 to $.300, 000,000. and damages of $30,000,000 from 150 defendants, including tho Stmthorn Pacific Co. wis boguii to day in tho United State? district court horo. It is charged that tho land was obtained rraudently ns ag ricultural land when In ract it 'was mineral laud. , ALL AUK WHITING Throughout tho Stato Letters Aia Doing Sent East SALEM, Ore., Jan. 20. Special ceremonies will bo held In this city and Pdrtland in connection with, let tor writing -week, Throughout tho state people aro writing to their friends back east nbout the advan tages or Oregon and tho amount of advertising that tho state is. sotting is Boinqthlng enormous and, tts bon iellts, can hardly bo estimating L INJURES TRADE Senator Smith Accuses Great Britain of Interference With Neutral Commerce DISREGARp BIGHTS Claims England is Advancing Her Interests at Expense 1 of the Americans BEING MADE INSTRUMENTS Usliifr Our Loss to Advance tlio KffoH. to Slurvo Out (icriimny hy Do- stroyiiifr Her Commerce 011 the Seas llr AmocIiIpI l'rcni to Coot Ilnjr TlniM.l WASIllNaiX)N, I). C, Juii. 20. Groat Hrltalu's Intorforonco with neu tral trado was tho subject of 11 vig orous and exhaustive speech In tho sonato today by Sountor Hoko Smith, who pleaded for action to provont Unglnnd from advancing her own trado at tho oxpouso or tho United Stutes wlillo attempting to destroy Clorninny commercially. Declared rights of tho citizens of tho United States woro bolng reck lessly disregarded. Ik-lug Mado Instrument "Paraphrasing the lauguuuo of JofferBon," ho said, "Kngland may fcol 11 desire of absorbing tho coin morco of Germany and of Btarviug her pcoplo, hut alio can havo no right or doing lt nt our loss or or making us tho Instrument or lt." RKPUHLKUX IX COXOUKSS AT TACKS THK ADMIXISTUATIOX Says Murder or Anirrleaiis lAigieal Coustsiiieueo of Mischievous ' Meddling in Mexico (0? gM0d4tcd I'rrti to Com Iltjr Tlmn, WASIIINOTON, I). C, Jnn. 20. Tho Santn Ysabol murdors woro de clared to bo tho "loglcul fruit" of tho administration's Moxlcnn policy in n speech in tho hotiso today by Itopro sentatlvo Mondoll, republican. I)y following not a policy of "watchful waiting" but of "mlschlovous mod tiling," ho snld, tho administration ourncd tho contempt of nil tho people of Jloxlco." IS XAVY PHOfiHAM IS ItKflAHDKI) AS IXSJL'KFICIKXT That Was Opinion Kvpro!sod at Moot ing of National Security League Today OX Auoclat Trtii to Coot Ilajr Tlmn. WASHINGTON, I). C, Jnn. 20. Socrotary Danlol's nnval program was assailed as insufficient nnd tho country's forolgn policy attacked as having created a situation whero an American eltizoiu's llfo "scarcoly en joyed tho consideration nccordou u Turkoy buzzard" by speakers in to day's session or tho National Secur ity League. "Tho navy Daniels re commended," said President S. Stnn wood Monken, "will not bo built un der his plan till tho expiration or ten years, ir wo neod a navy at all, wo need it now." FOUR THOUSAND PEOPLE TORREOX IX UPRIS1XG at Declare That Carrana Adherents and Americans, Must All Ho Killed Dr AtsoclateJ rrett to Coot Dtjr Timet. EL PASO, Texas., Jan. 20. About 4000 malcontents aro oper ating around Torroon, shouting for Felix Diaz and declaring that Car ranza adherents and Americans are to bo killed and nil property stolon, according to arrivals rrom Torroon today. 120 Aro Killed About 3,000 Carranza troops are contored at Torreon. At Volardena, Bouthwest or Torreon, 120 soldiers who surrendered wero uinou uy -chine guns that they turned over to the malcontents, It wna reportod. . SWEEPS ISLAXDS FOR OF A AVEKK PERIOD Seven Lives Known to Bo Lost nnd Many Persons Aro Ro- IMi'tcd Missing Br Ataoclattd Treta U Coot Bay Timet. HONOLULU. Jan. 20. Seven Uvea aro known to bo lost and majij persons are missing as tho result pf a goneral storm of unprecedented vio lence that for a wept has been Bweoplng tho llawaliaji Islands. S S E BLMIES PRESIDENT PUN ATTACKED SHOUTING FOR DIAZ HAWAII AS STORM VILLA CAPTURED BY CARRANZA MEN (Or Amocut Vvm tf Coo liar Time. EL PASO, Jan. 20. Villa has been captured at Hapienda San Geronimo by the Carranza forces under General Cavazos, according to a private tele gram from Chihuahua City. The story, however, has not been confirmed. OXK KILLKI) AXI AXOTHKlt HUHT AT ItOSLYX, WASH. Two Men Caught .by Foiling Cnl loosened by Two Kvplo.slons lu Mine- (Ur Aiioclittil rroai t Coot I)r Tlmra, HOSLYN, Wash., Jan. 20. Ell Cox, a miner, was killed in mino No. 3 or tho Northwestern Improvement Company at Ilonnld last night when ho nnd W. H. Scott woro burled un der conl loosened by two explosions. Scott wns rescued ullvo but with a broken leg after being burled eight hours. STORM DAMAGE BIG SAX IHKOO HUITKHS OUKATLY IX PAST WKKIC Kfdluiutcd That Damage la City aud County Is Mine TJiau n Mil lion Dollars (Ur AuotlileJ l'reta to Cooa liar Tlmi.) SAN DIEGO, Cal., Jan. 20. Con sorvotlvo estimates today aro that tho storm which lias prevailed for nearly u weak has dono damage In San Diego City ami county of at lctiBt a million dollars. Fully 20 hlgliway bridges woro washed out. IS STATKMKNT MADK HKOAHDIXG THK LIXKIt ItYXDAM Consul General at London Hoports That Dimming Was Duo to An Unstated Accident , Till LIXKIt' HYXDAM HAS HKKX KliOATKI) Iljr AtioclilKl rma t( Vana naj Tlmn. LONDON, Jan. 20. Tho liner Ryndnni, whlcli, after an accldont ran aground nt Grnvesond yesterday, was rioutod today. v llr AwocUleJ rrett to Coot Ut)r Timet, WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 20. Consul Gonoral Sklunor nt London said today that tho disabling or tho Holland-American liner Ryndnni, rrom Now York Tor Rottordam, wns duo to an "unstated accldont," nN tor leaving Falmouth. Tlio Ryndnni Is now nt Gravosond. ' MPORTS ARE LESS CUSTOMS RKVKXUKfJ. HAVK DK OHKAHKD FROM laST YEAR Decrease is Attributed to tho War In Kurope, Which is Not Ship- plug Much IDr Aatoclatea Prtta to Coot Ptjr Ttmat. WASHINGTON. D. C. Jan. 20. Customs revenues dropped rrom $283.7'00.000 in 1914 to $205,800,- 000 In 101D. or 27j per com, ac cording to a statement today hy tlio Bureau ot Forolgn and Domestic Commerce Tho decrease Is attrib uted to tho war, which, It Is de clared, operated to cut oH Imports. T MAX AND WOMAN SEIZED HY THK BRITISH Said to bo Mr. and Mr. Herman of San Frunciseo Sjnt to Ja maica Detention Camp Ur Atao.ltted Prwt lo Coot Ur Tlin.1 NEW YORK, Jap. 20. Two pas sengers, said to bo Mr, and Mrs. Hor mnnn. nf Sun Francisco, woro taken I from tho United Fruit Company Un- or SJacapa at Kingston, jamuica, ny Britlsh authorities, when liner touch ed January 10 enrouto from Now York to Colon, according to officero on tho steamer Alniirante which ar rived horo today from Colon. They said they heard the couple was sent to tho detention camp at Kingston. J i AMONG THE SICK t 44VtVt Dr. A. L. iHouseworth was in his office for a short tlmo today, but 1b Still pretty much In tho grip of the grippe. Miss Anna Cox is conflnod to her homo with an attack or the grlppo. iKAPlED G1IIS AKEN FROM VESSEL i CHANGE ON EASTERN FRONT Russians Continue Attacks Against the Teutons But Without Result Germans Make an Air Raid on Lunevilfe, But Damage is Reported Slight AEROPLANES SHOT DOWN AiistilaiiH Hnvo I'tcsinuetl Their At tacks in the Italkmis Against tho Montenegrins British Itollcf Army Falls Hack (llr Auoclalei! Trent to Coot Day Timet. LONDON, Jan. 20. Tho Itus sinns contlnuo their sporadic at tacks against tho Toutonlc lines in tho Enst, but roports today Indic ated no material change in tho sit uation. Patrol rightjug and ncro plano attacks aro tho only activities of tho moment lu tho Wost, accord ing to Pnrls. German aeroplanes dropped bombs on Lunovillo without doing any ma terial damage Another Gorman ao roplano was brought to tho ground near Flln. AustriaiiH Attack In tho llnlkaus, Homo says tho AustrlauB hnvo resumed an attack on Montoncgro, as a result of tho lattor's rorusal to accopt tho con ditions of surrender laid down by Austria. A British army attempting to .re lievo tho bcslogod IroopB at Kut-EI- Amnni apparently has fallen hack a mile, as tho latest report reaching London tells of them bolng seven miles from their objective. CONVICTS ESCAPE HKTWKKX TWENTY AND FORTY HAVE GOTTKX AWAY Wro at. tho Stnto Penitentiary Farm located at Oiiiiiiulus, Arkansas tnr Awoclated Treat to Cooa liar Timet.) LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Jan. 20. Botwoon 20 and 40 convicts escaped rrom tho stato penltoutlary farm at Cummins, Ark., GO miles rrom horo today, according to udvlcos rocolvod at tho orricos or tho penitentiary commission horo. QUESTION FINANCES AFFAIRS OF UNITED MINK WORKERS BROUGHT UP Administration Wins When Dele gates at Convention Turn Down Plan (Dr Aiioclatoi Treat to Cooa Dajr Timet. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Jnn. 20. Aftor a long and blttor debate ovor a proposition to Investigate tho finan cial affairs within tho United Mlno Workors or America, tho administra tion won a Bweoplng victory lu a con vention today when tho dolegates with comparatively rew dissenting votes defeated a resolution to ap point a cominlttea to scrultnlzo tho organization's money affairs. EAT FKAR DAMAGE FROM THK RISING JtlVKK WATERS .Levees Strengthened and Pooplo Aro Fortifying Against Damage Crest Not Yet There Ur AiH wed rreat to Coot Da? Tlmea.) YUMA. Arizona. Jan. 20, Work of strengthening tho lovees along the Colorado river near here and along tho irrigation project of tho Imper ial Valley of California was redoub lod today as the result of tho rapidly rising waters. Homo apprononsiou was folt that tho main stroot-of Yu ma might be flooded as the old gov ernment lovee holding back the wa ters was woakonlng. Tho crest lias not yet reached hero. HEARS FATHER IS DEAD Matthew McKeown, Father of If. J, McKeown, Dies in Minnesotu Harry J. McKeown has rocolvod vord from his brother W. Tf McKeown, at Walkor, Mlnilestoa, that his father died thoro a few days ago. Ho was nbout 80 years of ago nnd until a short tlmo ago had boon In very good health. Tho deceased was a native or Ireland though ho had lived in tho United States tho greater part of his Hfo. Tho letter stated that tho father passed away In his sleep, being found dead in his bed the next morning. Hla wHo dlod about six years ago, Mr. McKeown had not soon his fa ther ror tlo last eight years. Danco Eagles' Hull, Sat. evo Jan. 22. Martin's Orchestra. BOM REAR YUMA SWEDEN HAS ACTED PItOHIlHTS EXPORT OF WOOD PULP FROM COUNTRY Regarded as Kcprlsn! Against Great Hrltaln for Seizure or tho l'arccl Post (Ur AuocUted Treat to Coot Day Timet. STOCKHOLM, Jan. 20. A decree prohibiting tho exportation or wood pulp, cffectlvo tomorrow, is regard ed as reprisal against Great Britain ror tho Bolzuro rrom steamers or parcel post packages ror Swodon. NO U.S. MAIL TO SWEDEN SINCE JAN. 3; IS SEIZED? STOCKHOLM, via London, Jnn. 20. No Amorlcan mall has heon re ceived hero slnco Jnn. 3. This fact has created speculation on tho part or tho newspapers us to whether the nonrccotpt or mall Is duo to Its solz uro by Great Britain or to n now Amorlcan arrangement only to send postals by Scandinavian steamers. Oroat Britain's note rognrdlng tho stopping in transit hy tho Swodlsh government or pnrcols post for Eng land and Russia was received toduy, but will not bo published. Tho British nttltudo In claiming that It Is nosistlng tho Swedish gov ernment to prevent smuggling Is re garded hero ua a subterfuge Over 40,000 pnrcols ror Russia aro stopped at Gothonburg. Twenty threo steamers loaded with tlmbor for England aro blockaded in tho Sundsvall district. ' $i!0,000,()(0 FIRK LOSS Ono Llfo Lost and Several Injured In Bergen, Norway, Flro LONDON, Jan. 20. About 400 buildings, most or them valuable ones, woro destroyed in a flro at Borgori, Norway, according to a Rou ter dispatch from Chrlstlanla. Tho total damago is estimated at $20,000,000. Only ono llfo was lost and only a few persona Injured. BRITISH SUBMARINE HAS GONE ASHORE Dr AuocltteJ Treat to Cooa Bajr Tlmea, LONDON, Jan.20 A Brit ish submarine has, gone nshdro off Holland; accord ing to a report mado V tho British pross bureau today. Thoro was no loss of lHo. HONOR YOUNG HUGO Grandson of Novelist Gains Distinc tion In tho AVar Br AaeocUtt4 Tirat U Coot Bkj Timet. PARIS, Jan. 20. deorgo Victor Hugo, grandson of tho great wrltor, has boon decorated for distinguished scrvlco In tho fighting at Nuvnrln, Northern Franco. Ho Is mi Biib-llou-tenant In tho French Infantry. NEARINO THE TURKS Jlrltlsh Within Seven Miles of Sur rounded Comrades (Ur AuocltteJ Treat to Coot Hay Timet. LONDON, Jan. 20. Qenoral Ayl mor's forco or British troops yestor day woro In closo touch with tho Turkish position nt Essln and conse quently seven miles from Kut- El Amara in Mesopotamia, whero Brit ish forco has been surrounded by Turks. OFFICERS NKW AND DIRECTORS FOR YEAR ELECTED Flanagan & Bennett and Scnudlna-jVhiu-Aiuorlcnu Baukx Hold An nual Meetings of Now Year At a mooting of tho stockholders of tho Scandluavlan-Amorlcan Bank held a fow days ago, tho samo of ficers woro ro-eloctod for the now year. Tho directors stated that the ond of business, December 31, 1915. between soven and eight months aftor tho establishment of tho in stitution, found thorn In good shapo with $71,381 as their total resources. The otNcora are: John E. Ross, president! II. II, Olson, vice-president, and Reldar Buggo, cashier. Tho directors aro H. A. Kaoppler, a capitalist of Portland; R. H. 01- sen, Emplro; J. E. Paulson, Couullle; John E. Ross aud Reldar Buggo of Marshflold, Flanagan & Bennett Bank Tho annual election of officers and directors of the Flanagan & Ben nett bank has also boon hold and the officers aud directors re-elected, and thoy, too, reported a very suc cessful year. The of rigors are: J. W. Benndtt, president; J. H. Flanagan, vice president; Ralph Williams, cashier, and George F. Winchester, assistant cashier. 0,087,711 IX ONE STATE More Than 1,500,000 Residents of Xow York Are Aliens ALBANY, N. Y., Jan. 30. Tho population of Now York State is 9, 687,744, according to tho roport of tho stata census taken last Juno and submitted to the Legislature. Of this total. 5,047,221 aro resi dents of Greator Now York. Tho census shows that 8,059,515 aro cit izens and 1,028,229 aliens. DAN HEADS 1ED FIGHTING HAS 6 Montenegro Prepares for De fense Afjainst Austrian Forces in Balkans ' PEACE Pi FAILED King Nicholas and His Govern ment Refuse to Meet the Terms Demanded RULER IS !N THE LEAD Will Organize His Armies nnd Bat tles Hnvo Been Rosumctl Along; tho Ki.i.'ro Front Notice Is Given Itnly (Of AiiocUteJ Treat to Coot Day Timet. ROME, Jnn. 20. Fighting bo twecn Austria and Montoncgro has been resumed. Montenegro notified Italy officially of this ract today. Montenegro's decision was commun icated to tho Italian Forolgn Office from tho Montenegro Promlor, Tho noto Is to tho effect thnt King Nicholas and tho Montenegrin government rejected nil tho terms orforcd by Austria nnd fighting was resumed along tho wholo front. King Nicholas remains with tho army to organlzo tho defensoB or the country. STATE ENGINEER OANTIXE BUG GKHTS THE PLAN Would Hnvo it Extend Along the Const from Astoria South to Crescent City SALEM, Oro., Jnn. 20. In his an nunl report submitted to the high'. Way commission, Stato Highway Ku glnoer Cnntluo miggoots that tho com mission consider an Oregon boach highway. At a conforonru held rocontly with membora of conn ty courts In tho counties Intorcstod lt was decided that tho county courts should select roprosontatlvcs win , with tho highway engineer, should go ovor a proposed routo for omh a highway rrom Astoria 'to Cres cent City, Cal., ho said, and tho trip probably will bo made in July. lOUTHlEfSlRONIl WILLIAM WARD, OF MYRTLE POIXT, BOUXD OVER Claim Is Mado Ho Gave 18 Year Old Boy Whlsldey Henrlng Is Be fore Justice Dodgo William Ward, or Myrtlo Point, was yostorday bound over for a hear ing beforo tho grand Jury on tho chnrgo or giving liquor to a minor, according to District Attorney Lll Jeqvlst who returned from there last ovonlng. Tho hearing was conduct ed boforo jubuco Dottgo. Tho offense is said to nave Doen rommUtoil on Docombor 20. 1915 and boforo tho Btato wont dry. "Buzz" Minor, agou is years, clainiod that Ward canto back from Ueavor Hill to Myrtlo Point with a gallon of whlskoy. Witnesses for tlio boy Btatod that Ward gavo him liquor airl that lator tho boy was seen drinking thoro In n Hvory stable, so drunk that ho was "klckod out". Out on tho other hand Ward brought In two witnesses to prove thnt ho brought tho whiskey and plncod It In tho hay nt tho barn and thnt Miller stolo it from him thoro. Ruy Stowart was a witness for tho stato, his claim bolng that MUlor had been given tlio drinks that put him In such s'napo that ho, Miller, Is Bald not to lmvo known anything until ho woko up the next morning In tho city Jail. FIRST TWIXS AT POWERS Parent to Clnlin Lot Offered by Founder of City Tho first twins In Powers have boon born and there s much Jubila tion In tho Httlo logging city. Mr. and Mrs. S. O. Schoffner. nra the happy parents. It is said they stand ready to claim the lot offered by A. H. Powers to the first twins born thoro. And it Is said the boy is to bo named after Mr. Powors and the girl to bo a namesake of Mrs, Pow ers. Tho father lo a fireman on tho Smlth-Powors railway. Coko to Hosobiirg. Judgo Coke announced today that ho had Infor med Judge Hamilton that he would hold tho February torm of court an Roseburg for Judgo Hamilton. The term will begin about February 21 nnd Judgo Hamilton wanted to hear sonio cases In which he felt disquali fied. It is likely that Judge Hamil ton In return will hold the April term of court in Coos county netead of Judge Sklpworth. See Jay Doyln for- Tailoring afl Cleaning, Phone 300. FAVDR C illl ' I a , "