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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 5, 1916)
,r KNOT ALWAYS A CRjME TO BLUNDER BUT IT IS A CRIME TO STICK TO IT a PAP'ER THAT BELIEVES IN THE BEST A CLEAN WHOLESOME NEWSPAPER FOR ALL SOUTHWEST OREGON HOMES AND, ALWAYS BOOSTS jftfj m1? MEMBER OK THE ASSOCIATE!) PRESS Vol.NJL-- - ll FOR CELEBRATION KhUiIiHbIicxI 1878 As Tlio Const Mnll MARSHFIELD, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 19 16 EVENING EDITION X Consolidation of Times, Const Mntl nnil Coos Hiiy Advertiser. No. 166 "Most Doubtless" Chamber of Commerce De rides to Observe Coming C0f Railroad on July 4th. HE STATE Suggest Having Excursions From Portland, Salem, Eu gene andMher Cities. CT ON OTHER MATTERS mil KntlMVor Hnvo Auto Own 1 Visit Coos Ifci) Will AM Port prfml In Efforts lo Hociiro llnr. Iwr Improvement Tho.to Nans for a big cclobratlon of tlio . i-.in nf thn Coos Day-Eugono nllroad by tlio Southern Pacific on Coos 'Day woro launched nt ft nicot ic of tho Marshflold Cliumbcr of Commerce last night. It In propoB f J to havo tlio colobrntlon about Ju ly it probably taking In tho (Into of the national celebration, and hnvo It hit thrco days or n wcok. Tho ox Id dato will depend Homowlmt on tholmo of tlio Inauguration of, inrougn train ccrvicv. It was decided to invito Eugono to hold their celebration hero nnil brine In a b:g crowd from tho tflllarnctto valley. Special days lor tofceno, Salem, Portland ntid other tallcy towns woro suggested. Supt. W. V. Miller said that tlioro would M a question about providing extra iwclal trains to nccommodato u big tjowd from tlioso points. Tom nennett was appointed to confer with tho North llnnd Chnmbor o Commerce and socuro tholr roop efallon. It Is likely that North Drnd will havo a program and en tertainment for ono day, thcro will It a beach day and possibly nrraugo nients (or tours to tho other towiiH c tho county. It was pointed out that North Ilond bad tho Jlrldgo Carnival and Mursbflcld should havo til. 'in vue, Iniltc AutcitstN Uirn A. V. Meyers of tho publicity committee reported a plan to sond Imitations to all tho automobile onerg of Oregon to visit Coos Hay hrlng the season. Ho proposed to Ml a comploto list of tho owners of Mrs aiTd send them a lottor detail n the routes and attractions horo. h Plan was heartily approved by nil d was referred back to Mm commlt w to work out tho details. J. B. Montgomery also nnnouncod M their plan to got tho cooporo. of the other commercial organ 2ft J" 8CCU0 ,lnB KuggeMs Sign u,mn9 tlrn hL"!!rt0n 8UKB0Ht0, tlmt largo "ih'gw78 miles from Itoso. sL..i ,Btoo ncar Crescent City nSt.edlrcctroaatoCo08'IJ ' m TlT 8,B" ,,0ar,,S w",(l nr .1.11 t0,ailtol8t nd bring rproved COm' T"1S ",au WWH AM V,t tMml Ciff,1" favor or , r'' movement to At th T,m"ks for '' ,he iR ,f Tom tt. ,l.tothB,,P T' rC80"'Hon8 of ,or,rcoolJ,re8,,ylerlauLart,0 tr winS a bl8 s,lcce Lot. Cfn"erce U' C"n,nbor ' the Pre .bv i . Its aPProclBtlon "nry0Ui0Trra,ifo''n'a b o. ikeB wantctl . t0 Oregon er t0 rIto -'g,,"ttover, nerCSSmon J0. B"e4 Stat I mtl l0X,C for ,h9 u2t" V1"8 Waa ref0"el "P lth tho va, 0m"lltt0 l0 tak ""amerce. Uilmi" Chamber of 5 iSS r""1 wfTlce it .. IS1UP fomnanv r. ... lt8g '''"'pany for tho ipay ami R- (CoBtlnue(j on leo WB,lt) VdSSJSBBHWSrA r tm '" 1' " " 'w " SALEM iil !D U I 1BDEBED Mrs. J. R. Hinkle, Aged Sixty Six Years, Found Dead 1 In Her Home. DOS IS ROBBED She Had Been Beaten Over the Head With Some Blunt Instrument.. PIG Ml Tl OPEN PORTLAND CIS rug m GIVEN (1KO. V. MOOItK IMXT KTA..TS OX MAItm lo I'orinul Amioimccmait. In Miule tlio Ownor .MiurtH (.'ji.dt I)cil to tlio (Ity City Is Approaching Normal Conditions After Worst Storm on Record. iTfjtii coin ii (.Special to Tho Timet?) ItANDOX, Oro I'ob. r..(Jeorge V. Mooro Iiiih uiinouucod Hint tho big Ocorgo W. Mooro mill In this city l will open for operation on March in. This It) tho host now3 that Dan don lias lint) for some time. Tho iiniiouncoiuout follows tho cioiiinR of nn ngroenicnt with 'o Railroad Traffic of City Has ??! ZfT'Z :":;' Been Blockaded for Past that tho prlco to bo paid Is $2,l!i it thousand for tho timber. In nn Interview of tho Weslorn World Mr. Mooro Is quoted ns say ing Hint tho logging 'cnmpH will op on In about a woclc nnil that -If) men VIII bo employed. Thin will enable tho company to gat things In shapo by Mnrcli in. Tho mill In tho Inrg. est on tho Coquillo river and has boon closed bIiico 101 1. Tlio opening of tho plant menus grcnt advancement for tho city and tho shipping of tho Coiiulllo rlvor linrbor. GET IRE PAYROLL SNOW Four Days. IS STILL FALLING HUGH MMAIX TAKES COUHTNKV MIMj OVER Who Conditions to Points Outslilo tlio City Aro (ieiioriilly lniniv ! Willi Arrival of Trains from East OtUeni Aro DNjihUIicmI ' n A.ioclilM Ticii lo Cooi Diy Tlmn, PORTLAND, Fob. H. Portland Is returning to normal condltllnn to day with practically ovory street car lino running and rail "n1 wJro com" munlcntlon to points outside tho ci ty greatly Improved. Snow flurries cr.ntliiuo. Following tho four duyB i blocltado, tlio Orogon and Washing ton Itnllroad and Navigation Co. trains bogan urrlvlng from tho east whllo other trnlns woro dlspntchod from here. F Northern Wool! Maiiiifiu-tiirliiK Com- puny to 1ocato licit ICruso to .Start Plant Koon Hugh McLnlu, announced nt tho Chnmhor of Coinmnrco meeting that io had personally talion over tho Courtney mill which has boon con trolled for tho paBt yoar by Messrs. Houck and SamuolH of Portland, and that ho oxpoctod to soon havo It In oporatlon again. H. M, Jennings nnnouncod thnt n uorthorn firm, whoso nanio and pro duct ho could not dlvulgo nt this tlmo, was practically sure to Incato In Marshflold or North ITend soon ud would bogln shipping about a carload of wood products eastward each day. Mr. Jointings also announced that Ic was practically certain that nrrting oments could bo mndo so that Archlo Kruno could get his sltlnglo mill nud box factory in oporatlon horo soon. I LflCT ATTEMPT TO 1II.OW ' fjij OOu EE EARED WAUXIXflS filVEX OUT UV IH'. HE.U AT SEATTLE Snow Starts to Mult in tho Mountains nnil Trains Arc- Xow Getting Through Pr AuoiUlM I'rM lo Coot liar Time 1 SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. fi. Aftor rocolviiig advices that tho snow had bogun to molt In tho mountalnn, tho wenthor offlco this morning Issiiod flood warnings. All ovorland passon gcr trains stalled on the custom slope of tho Cascados alnco early In tlio weolc, nrrlvod today ovor tho North ern Pacific. Tho Mllwaukco and Groat Northorn expect to havo tho trncha cloared today. WHITE HIVEIt OF AISICAXHAS IS GETTING IIKJIIIIIt. Pcoplo or Clnr'.'nilon Ato Gcttl'ig Oul of (ty and 1-oJvlng Ijow" liinds .Many Mnrooucd. IIIX A.wlitM Pi lo Coon l)r Tlmrt.J LITTLM HOCK, Ark., Feb. G. AflT predicting n stago of 158 feet In White river by Feb. 8th, United States weather bureau horo sent no tlco to Clarendon, Ark., warning tho natives to get out of tho town and tho surrounding lowlands quickly. IIundrodH of refugees ro latcd at Oakwoods, -Hayou iter by tho backwater. DISCOVERED BY HUSBAND 'Arrived H o From Visit, to Son in Ijiw Shortly After Woman Was Killed Police So Far Unnblo to Obtain Any Cluo Ilr Auocltleil rru lo Cooa Car flmn.1 SALEM, Ore, Fob. G. Tho pollco hero today had obtained no cluo to i tho Identity of tho murderer of Mrs. J. It. lllnklc, nged (10, who wns killed I in lior homo last night by being bont- en over tho hend with sotito blunt in ' ctritmcnt. i The hoiiso was robbed nnd $G0 In J money was takon. Tho body was found by her husband on his return from a visit to It's son-ln-luw shortly nftcr tho woman wns killed. still Iso and Vnr- II C'AKIIAXKA THOOPS AUK HUNT. IXG 1IAND1T LEADER Ho Fur Ho Huh llcon Ablo to Keon Out of llnugo of Ills I'.'nemlo.s tllr AuooltttJ Trrit to Cvo nr Tlnira.) EL PASO, Toxas, Fob. 5. Carran za trooiis from Chihuahua City aro pursuing bandits bonded towanj OJInnga, according to a report to tlio Mexican ronsulnto horo today, Tho commnudatit at Juarez said Villa with a foW foliowors Is hollovcd to be hoaded In that direction. AVILL NOT TAIiK Pio'.lilent anil Ii"sltig ItcftiMt to DIs. cuss Matter (llf Auo-laltt Trwu to Toot Ujr Tlmn.J WASHINGTON, Fob. fi. Prosl. dont Wilson nnd Socrotary Lansliig will not bogln tho discussion of Ger many's latest answer in tho Luslla ula negotiations beforo Monday. Thorn was an undortono of expecta tion that tho two governments would bo ablo to find a common ground of agreement In an official declaration that Ilorlln'B roply linn not mado tlio situation any moro serious. (Id! Ill TESTIFY NEEDS OF PANAMA CANAL TOLD TO CONGRESS Officers All .Say Hint tho Fortlfinw ' tloi's There Should Hi St)-tMigth-encd by tho Government (11 Aotllt.J Vmt tb Coo I)r Tlm. WASHINGTON, I). C.. Feb. r,--Governor Goothnls, Major Oonoral Scott, chief of army staff, Ilrlgadlor General Weaver, chief of tho coast nrtlllory, Hrlgndlor Gonoral Crozlor, chief of ordnnnco, nnd Ilrlgadlor Gonoral Edwards, commanding tho canal zono garrison, nil told tho houso appropriations commlttoo to day of tho need for stougthonliig tho fortifications of tho Panama cnnal. FEUDlFKENTUCKY 1 RAID IS FATAL NEARLY noo ItULGARS FRENCH. KILTiED Seventeen Acroplnncs Fly Over Camps and I)r UUO Itombsi Causing Disaster. Illy AmocIiIM ITfM to Coot Hr TlmM.J PARIS, Fob. 0. An official re port ns forwarded from Athens to tho Temps nttuck says -170 men wcro killed nnd moro than 500 wounded during tho recent attack by French noroplancs on tho Bul garian camps. Tho attack wnB nnld to havo been mado by 17 aeroplanes. Moro than 200 bombs woro dropped on tho Uni tarian camps at Potrlcch, In tho Strumltza Vnlloy. Tho bombardment extended over GO minutes. ATTACKS A FAILURE GERMANS CLAIM FRENCH HE PULSED ON SOMME RIVER. AImi Claimed That British Forces Aro Unable to Mako Advance Attempted. in? AMoclatod Prrnt to Cool Par Timet.) HEIILIN, Fob. G. (Hy Wireless to Sayvlllo) Tho breakdown of tho French hand gronado attack south of tho Sommo rlvor nud n ropulso of tho British attempt to ndvauco south of tho LabOBRco canal aro nn nouncod by tho Gorman nrmy head quarters. Continuation of tho heavy artillery flro by tho French In Champagne nnd Argonno was also roportod. u IS IMPROVING KING GEORGE OF ENGLAND AT TENDS SERVICE HELD TODAY GENERAL FIGHT OVEt SION OF MOUNTAIN POSSES-LAND Ono Man Killed and Three of His Family Injured In llattlo AVIth Opposition (II; AuoMMtJ Prvat to Coo liar Time. LEXINGTON, Ky., Fob. 5. A gonoral battlo over tho possession of land in tho Kentucky mountains in which Anco Miller wns killed and throo otbor mombors of his family badly wounded Is roportod today from Floyd county. Two mombors of tho o posing faction wcro arrested. RROTHERS CONFESS Admit Thoy Robbed Pawnshop Oakland, Cul. lit UP ItRIDGE FAILS (Br Auni'laled pre to foo nr Tlmw.J MONTREAL, Canada, Fob. G. What Is bollovod to havo been nn attempt to blow up the Victoria bridgo was frus trated last night by military guards. MARSHFIELD WINS HASKETHALL GAME Tho Marshflold baskot ball team defeated Myrtlo Point last night 37 to 14. Thoro remain in tho county basketball series, flvo moro games for Marshflold. Next Friday ovenlng tho quintet will clash with tho Coquillo flvo on the local floor. B0AT0R0ERE0 ( Ilr AmorUtM I'rra to Coo nr TIidm.J OAKLAND, Cal l-'ob. 4. Two brothers, William nnd Albert liege maun, alias Savago, coufessod to tho pawnshop robbory Wodncsday nlght when Sorgcnnt Thornbury was shot In tho Hhoitldor in capturing William, who is a poot. Hy aIuundry mnrk ' Jon tlio handkerchief tho officors AMERICAN .MINISTER ARRAXGES j trnc0,j through ono hundred and flf- TO PAY GREEK LOSS First Tlmo Ho 1 1 ax Ileen In Public Sluco injured On Troop Review lu October (ll Aiioc litej I'rn to Coo nr Tlmi. LONDON, Fob. G. King George mado his first public appearauco to day sluco ho suffered an Injury from tin accident whllo rov.'owlug tho Brit ish troops lu Franco last Octobor. Ho nttendod a performance of tho Vordls ncqulem In momory of the soldiers who hnvo fallen In tho war. . GERMAN CRISIS STILL PEll Matter of Sinking of the Lusi- tania Has Not Yet Been Brought About. BERLIN llflENTS Newspapers Think Country Cannot Brand Sinking By Submarine as Illegal. PRESIDENT STILL IS SILENT Neither Ho Nor tho Secretary of State Will Begin tho Discus slon of Germany's Latest Answer Until Next Monday Sonio Hopo Or AuocUtM Prra Coo Dar TtRi' BERLIN, Fob G. Thoro woro no new dovolopmonts here todny In tho Lusltnnln cane whllo news is bolng nwalted from Washington. With re gard to tho proposals of Secretary Lansing on the nubjoct of submarine warfare and tho arming of morchnnt mon, tho Associated Ptcps in author itlvely Informed thnt thoy havo no so far been submitted to Germany Press Cotunicntlng Tho press continues to dlcuss cabled ireportB regardlnji tho pro posals of Lansing. Tho Koelnlscho. VolkB Zoltung, nn organ of tho Ca. thollc party, says tho proposals aro absolutely unnccoptablo, as tholr nc- ceptnnco would signify tho abandon 'iront of tho ontlro Gorman submar. Ino campnlgn against tho commerce of tho nlllcB. Could Only Rofitso With regard to tho Lusltanla ques tions, tho Volks Keltung snyB- that If Wilson Is corroctly quotod ns de mandlng that Gormany recognize tho Isltiklng of tho Lusltanla was Illegal and unjustified by theory of roprls tils, then thoro can bo only ono an swer n flat refusal. TREATY TO APPLY FI 1SUIIE IlltlTISH CRUISER ATTACKS GER. MAN UNDERSEA BOAT Rc.rllii Claims that English Vessel Was Flying tho Dutch Flag When lu Action (nr AwoclatcJ rrru lo Coo Dar Tlmr. BERLIN, Fob. G. (Wireless to Sayvlllo) Further dotalls of tho nt tnck by tho British auxiliary cruiser Mobile on a Gorman Biibmarlno is given from an authoritative sottrco. Tho submarine signalled a steamer to send boats In order that tho papers might bo examlnnd. Whllo waiting for tho boats tho submarine .submerged and npproach rid tho steamer, which opened flro when tho submarine reappeared. Tho submarine csnipod by flub 'mcrglng, nnd tho steamer then at tempted to ram tho nuhmurliie, fly ing tho Dutch flag nil tho tlmo. Derision Reached Regarding Cnso of Tho Appani (nr Aao-Utt4 Prtaa to Coo IUT TlmM.I WASHINGTON, D. C, Fob.' 4. Secretary Lansing indicated todny that tho United States had dccldod to hold that tho PruBslun-Amorlcnn trcnty governs tho cnso of tho Appam at Gormany contends. It was disclosed that a further question to bt docldod, was how lomr tho Appam would bo pormlttcd to re main. Ambassador Rico presented a for mal demand on bolialt of England for tho return to tho British ownors of tho Appam. Now diplomatic con trovorsy botweon Great Britain and tho United States is foreahadowod. AIRSHIPS AOTIA'E. NAVY WILL ADD TO COAST PAT ROL SERVICE In To Hnvo Motor Craft Similar, ' Ones I'mmI by Russians lu tlio Baltic (nr Awodate-t rrew to Coo Bar TlmM.J NEW YOnK, lob. G. A manufac turer of motor boats announced to dny that tho navy dopartmont order ed tho building of a high speed IC cyllndor, 800 horsepower boat for roast patrol service It will havo a spoeij of 40 miles an hour nnd bo cqulppod with small caliber guns and n torpedo tubo. Boats of this typo are btlng used by the Russians in tho Baltic. AGREEMENT AT ATHENS Hr AmkuIu) I'lra u Coo naj Tliu. ATHENS, Fob. G. Tho American minister has reached an agreement with tho Greok authorities for tlio lm tuedlato payment of eight million drachmas In settlement of tho claim of Greoco for tho -amount duo from to ! tho Unltod States lu paymont of mon ey orders, The Greek government's loss was tho result of u declltto In its exchange rato. ty laundries to tho homo of tho brothors who captured tho booty, Tho mother Is critically ill at Troy, N. Y. Tho convenience nnd profit of Times Wnnt Ads villi bo demon, striited by n trial, . - ELECT PRESIDENT OF NEW GREEK CHAMBER (nr AMCHlatad I'rvu lo Cuu liar Tlmea.) ATHENS, Feb. 5. At tho roassombllng of tho Greek chamber of doputlcs today, MIcliaol Thootokis, brothor of the recently deceased former Iiromler, was elected presi dent of tho chambor without opposition. t t CHARGE AGAINST GAMES DISMISSED AT EUGENE (Ilr Aaauclalei Tree Ic om ftar Time. EUGENE, Oro., Fob. 5. Tho case of Charles Albert Haines, a Coos County stu dent at Orogon University, charged with criminal assault was dismissed into this af crnoon upon tho rccommofl. datlon of District Attomoy J. W. Dovors at tho prelim inary hearing. IE RETREAT TO TWO THOUSAND MONTENEGRINS SUCCEED IN REACHING THERE Party Which Includes Thrco Gener als Has Difficult Time- lu Getting' Away (Ilr AMortalO'l Pra to Coo Hr Time. ROME, Fob. fi. A dlBpatcli to tho (Idea Nazioualo from Durazza an nounces that 2,000 Montenegrin troops with thrco gonorals nnd 14 other officors arrived tlioro aftor a difficult retreat. Times Want Ails tire the one mo dliini which ro'ichcs ALL tho people. They engage public attention every day Always on the Jolt. Have your programs printed nt The Times office. SH ERM AN ENDORSED FOR PRESIDENT (I1J Aoiat4 Pro in Cihu Iuj Ti'i" CHICAGO, 111., Fob. G.--Tho Candidacy of Sonator Shorman of Illinois for tho republican nomlneo for pres ident was ondorsod today by the Illinois republican stuto central committee. Raids Made Hy Several of Coun tries at War. (Dr Attocltl Pre to Coo Par Time j LONDON, Fob. 4. Throo attacks by noroplancs on Durazzo aro ro portod by tho Austrian admiralty. Tho Italian base at Avolna was at tacked by Austrian aviators. Tho bombardnont of Buczacz, Gallcia, by a Russian air squadron is ro portod by Vienna, nnd us woll aa a Russian raid farthor north in Vol bynou, whllo tho Austrian alrmon appear to havo boon equally active. A Potrograd nowspapor dUpatch saya tho Turks evacuated Erzeru, ono of their strongholds or tlio Caucasian front. GIRLS SELL BRAIOS IN GERMANY BEAUTIFUL HAIil IS PUT ON MAHKET Some Tresses Itlng As High As 925 Money Goes Into tho War Fund (Or AuoeUteJ Pra I Coo Par Time.) DENVER. Colo., Fob. G Girls in Germany who havo beautiful hair are contributing lo tho war fund by soil ing tholr looks, according to Mrs. Frances, Mode, who is canvassing Denver to sqU tho braids of nor two jslBtors in Germany. Tresses of her niece, sno saw, nrougnt $25 ana in that soctlon of Gormany cutting of? tho girls' hair as a means of contrib uting to tho war fupd liHd become a fad, . jh-Si