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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 12, 1916)
H MAN WHO TRUSTS TO LUCK fOR HIS HAPPINESS WILL BE IN LUCK WHEN HE GETS I 01 DOS Sitttfls PAPER THAT BELIEVES IN THE BEST AND ALWAYS BOOSTS A CLEAN WHOLESOME NEWSPAPER FOR ALL SOUTHWEST OREGON HOMES MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS kNoTxxxix. Established 1878 Am The Coast Mntl MARSHFIELD, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1916 EVENING EDITION TWELVE PAGES. consolidation ot Times, const mu NO. 172 nml Coon Itny Advertiser. I SWAGE IN STATE FUND Lty-Eight Thousand Dol lars Missing from mmnu sota Trust Money. ' IIBER OUITS rand Jury Has Returned Five Indictmcnis in oun nection With Case. )NE M4N IS ARRESTED obort M. Mrkll of !' Auditor's Office In CuMody Otlier m d'clmcn"j llmo Not Yet Hccn Mndo Out. j Aiwllf4 Tmt lo Coot nj Timet. rt PAUL. Feb. 12. Slato irctiurer Walter I. Smith today endcrcd his resignation to Oov- rnor Burnnulat. TI;o resignation mmedlately was accoptcd by tho ;ornor, and Afrthur A. Qoodlng us appointed In Ms plnco. Tho resignation followed tno llwloiurcs that thoro had been rrepilarltloa amounting to $28,- 100 In handling tbo iiormonoiit rust funds of tho stato. The grand Jury voted flvo In- llctmcnts which rosultcd In tho irrett of Robert M. l'lcklt In tho ladltorg office. The remaining Indictments nro at yet mado public. Smith In In lanatorlum. i Modern Piracy T 'r w think r ' &$Mp if 111 w jJSfeQ' MS A& I FA DtcH xW I Hi rusin force on offensive ATTEMPTS ESCAPE FRENCH TROOPS INTERNED GERMAN BOAT TRIES TO LEAVE BRAZIL zar's Army Starting a For ward Movement Over En tire Galician Front. I DEFEND Drown by a Tlmca Artist from n vlv Id description by Jnck Kendall mat W. F. Miller who wero on tho spot. Juck says South Slough Pirates h uvo nothing on tho Coqulllo brand n nd V. F. Mlllor snys tho old bunk about water transportation bolng cheaper than roll has been exploded T R m POISONED BXB llt'XIHtr.l) PBRSONS I Mi AF- ti:h Chicago banquet Merrily Club Malinger Siis Km- I'loje Put PoNon In tho Soup nml Disappeared It AMtxUtM rmi lo Com lit? Titan. CHICAGO. Feb. 12. Tho belief that 100 sucsta mado III at a banquet tQArch nijhop Mumleloln at tho Unl-w-ty Club wcro tho victims of a Mlborato attempt to poison them aa announced today by tho club wBjtr, He Savj a COnaltlnrnlilil nnmnnl nt Ctlie poison Wa8 tllnrn! In Mm .., "T an eninloyo. lmilnvn.i i. r,.... tlc, who since hug disappeared. IEBELSVIBTORS cm- op vri: chow in huxan niOVlNCIJ TAKEX. IWKe Ooi eminent Troops Aro Said In ii..... ... - .-TOri mm .loin (,0 HeiolutlcnUts. ll.tHrrf,oC.,!.,Tlme..j BAN' FltAvnicnn ,,... - . Province , 7" '" l" "naii Che ' tho ca,tu f Yuen todar LTV, ,n a ca, oclallon 07 " . "C8 "l'Wlo as- ill urn, "a"s,mi- TIio cablo said lion hH i arou,,U Y"011 cll0W Ikroueh ,r , "U ,,tll dimoulty THEFT I BIG ONE flllO lT ;j,M X KKVKNU1S rtii0 Made i .., 1,1 Jaiuuiry, CHICAGO :,lD"-l ,,l.Ue lco T i , nt0nml rov ,hen .,.'! St ! ai" Jary C. i than ift ;"mM aggregating oItn. I !,0,?0 ,n va'o were ,Dre men ar::. T u Irom OI,o of he la " ! ' 8ted lth tholr wlveB ,ecre'enil ' accortUng to tho It h hi operatlve8. f ' lb "S w2 'l"11 at ,oaat two mn of , ,mP"atod In tho l. B P ,ank at Now West- - in 10U. banc is v " RKo bot Cooston. .O0,on. Pll0ue72 OF 111 1 1 IIOMIXC;s OP SMITH CO.MPAXY rJX) UK COXSOMDATHI) Aiwa Hay T.ract nml Iliiinboldt ItetN wood Tract lo jp) to PihiIo HjiiiIU oilo Knlargo liOKK'hiK KacllPIoi (8peclnl to Tho. TImco.) SAN FKANCISCO, Kol). 12. Plans for tho transfer of tho ivttoimlvo tim ber holdings or tho C. A. Smith company nt Alsoa liny, Oregon, and tho roilwood holdings In Humboldt county, Cnllfornln, aro undorway and It Is oxpected that tho dual will bo fconatiinatcil March 1. TI1080 holdings aro bolng transfer red to tho Poolo syndicate, which holds a $5,000,000 mortgage on tho Smith properties, untlor a valuation of $3,500,000. Attached to tho transfer' Is a stipulation In (ho na turo of nn option whoroby tno Binrlth companies can olthor buy tho property back, If flnnnclnl conditions will permit such a deal, or to sell tho tracts to othor concorns nt a higher valuation by complying with tho tonus of tho option. Tho proposed transfer was ovolved y tho Creditors Commlttoo ns quick means of adjusting tho Smith company's nffalra. Tho Poolo Mort gago Syndlcato will bo given a now mortgngo on tho Coos liny properties of tho Smith company for tho balanco of $1,500,000, duo thorn, making tho total Indebtedness of tho Smith com pany, $-1,500,000. This reduction In tho Indebtedness will materially ro il uco tho ovorhoad oxponso and les son tho interest and tax expenditures. To Increase Operations Plans aro also bolng porfoctcd for Increasing; tho operations of tho Sm'th properties on Coos Hay. Tho logging facilities aro to bo increased so that tho output will permit tho mills to oporato full tlmo. Conslil erablo additional equipment and stool will bo necessary to lncreaso tho logging output and It will take somo tlmo In which to do It. As soon as this Is accomplished, tho mills at Coos -Hay will bo oporatod on ' full tlmo and possibly oxtra shifts If tho lumber markot contlii; ites to Improve LOGS ARRIVE HERE THKKi: THAIXH OK 1'JO CAHS CO.Mi: DOWN KIIOM POWKltH. OKTH flOOl) PbAC K II. K. Booth .Mado Manager of Ahtor , la Company Itobert K. liooth, formerly man agor of the retail business of tho C. A. Smith Company, and who worn to Astoria to tako a position with tho Clatsop Mill Company, a firm with which II. A, Wernleh 1st connected, has received quito a promotion. Ho has been mado manager of tho City Lumber and Box Factory of Astoria. Mr. Booth knows tho lumber busi ness thoroughly and tho position which ho has boon given Is ono car rying with it much responsibility, Mr. Booth has, many frlendB In this city, .More Cars Itoady "Hhoo-fly" About Hock Slide Trains (it'l Through To Pollers Today. Ono hundred am; twenty carloads of lot's, In three trains, arrived to day ut tho C. A. Smith mill from Powers. It Is said that there aro somo 75 more cars about ready to "como down a little 1ator and It Is expected this emergency rush m41 forestall tho closing of the mill for fiovoral days early next week ns had been anticipated. Threo of tho small Shay engines woro necessary. Beyond the tunnel on tho Smith-Powers lino thoro has boon a ullilo that necessitates "shoo flylug" about the low sldo of tho )laco. (At this point tho track is not vory slablo and it would bo ImpoBslblo to iiso the heavlor engines. Trainmen this morning expoctod that ono of thoso llttlo engines would have to bo used to haul tho pos songor cars Into Powers from this sldo of tho rock slide. Tigs Are Wolromo. News of tho coming of tho logs Is wolcomo. It is closo to ton days Dr so since tho track has boon In such condition that A. II. Powors could sond his logging trains down. Immediately nftor tho floods lessoned ho had men nt work olearlng tho linn, ropalrlng slides and getting I'propBred nguln for traffic. Superintendent Jllllor was actlvo in tho samo mnnnor on tho Coos Jlay, RoBoburg & Kastorn lino nnd Inst night at 5 o'clock tho passengor train arrlvod at Myrtlo Point, return- dug to Marshflold nt 7 M0 iwn. , I Hack on Schedule. I Todav the local trains aro making tholr schodulos tho samo ns boforo itlio floods. Ill many places tho jtrnlnmon found tho track woak, but I they woro ablo to got ovor It and 'section crows nro at work along 'tho road tamping tho ballast back Into plnco' again. j Tho Coquillo river has fallen con jsldorably but tho stream Is still up to tho top of its banks at tno county Beat. i GETulRlHEi CHUISint ASSIOXKI) TO OHIWOX NAVAIi MILITIA ENGLISH. SHIPS ILL BE ARMED No Evidence That Allies Will . Change Their Policy Re garding Merchantmen. " T GERMANY Great Britain Has No Faith In Declaration by Kaiser's Government. SEES W0 ALTERNATIVE London Sujh (Jormiiny Wanta (o Keep Xoutrals Off Boats So Siibiiiarlues Will Have Clear l''ield for Destruction. - SAYS YAHXIX WILL 1112 filVKX A.MI3HIOAXS ' 4 inr AkIIJ rrru to Coo. rtf Tloin ) BBIIMN, Fob. 12. A A llnrlln linWHimiihr iiiiIiIIhIioh dispatches from tho United States announcing It Is un- derstood tho Washington administration w'll soon Is- suo n warning to Americans not to travel on nrmod mor- chnntmon. Movement Will Check Teu tonic Troops Being With drawn to Go Elsewhere. TRENCHES ENDANGERED Mild Wcathcir May Cause. Positions On Mnrhy Ijiiudn to Become Inuii , dated Capital of Hukowluu Is la Danger Itlf AiiocUlfJ rrn to Con Ilij Tlrnr. PKTHOaRAD, Fob. 12. Tho Hus slan orfonslvo which has boon Indi cated In tho reports of tho last fow days Is maturing rapidly over tho rlvors wholo Gnllclan front. Ger mans nro on tho dofonso on threo Im portant rivers tho Soroth, tho Pruth and tho Dniester. Czornowltz, tho capital of Buk owlna, again Is sorlously thrcatotied bytho Russian advance. An Import ant advance has boon recorded at Zalo Szczyky. Chicks AVitlidrniwil Whllo It is admitted that theso op erations hnvo nn lmmodlato strate gic valuo, It Is bollovod In mllllury circles here that new Russian offens ive has prevented tho Germans from withdrawing troops, from this front, tborohy lessoning tho chances of suc cessful attneks olsowhoro. Trenches Threatened Tho Initiative on the Dvinok front rmnnlus In Gorman hands, hut mild weather Is threatening to Inundato the trenches built by tho Gormnus on tho marshy ground. War Vessels Flro on Steamer Which Stops and Returns Captain KtpllllllH tt)j Anoclttcj mi to Coot DJ Tltnra. RIO JANEIRO, Brazil, Feb. 12. Tho Gcrmnn atoamor Asuncion, in teruod at Para, requested ponntsslbu to approach tho wharf to tako -water aboard. Undor cover of a fog sho turned about and bonded toward tho soa. Tho Brazilian cruiser Ro publica and tho auxiliary Toffo fired a blank shot Und ns tho Asuncion did not Btop thoy fired on her with projectiles. Tho steamer then stop ped and rcturnod to the harbor. Tho captain lator stated that ho had no in tention of escaping. TO FILL VGNG y PHKSIDKXT roXSIDHHINO MAX TO SUCCHKD riAItltlXON inr Amo Ule4 I'rew to Co nr TIihm.1 LONDON, Fob. 12. Thoro Is no ovldonco that tho British government or hor allies propose to change tho status of their merchant ships or tho policy of arming merchantmen on ao count ol tho Austro-Gormnn declar ation. Tho conconr.tiB of opinion as shown by newspapers Js that Germany's dec laration of policy means no altera tion in hor practice oxcopt that It may hoop neutrals off tho ships of holllgoronts and thus g.vo n clearer field for submartnos to sink mcrcli-antmcu. ABOUT OVER Times Want Ads Get Results. Other Vtvshels Ami Set Apart for Dif ferent States California Gets tbo Oigim inr amocum rr io coo nr Timw l WASHINGTON, D. C, Fob. 12. Largo haval bases woro nbslgned to tho naval military organizations of bovoral states todoy by Secretary Danlols. Tho battleship Kentucky, now In Moxican wator, was assigned to Now York, tho battleship Kear sargo to Massachusetts, and tho his toric battleship Oregon to California. Tho cruiser Marblohoad, now bolng used by California, was given to Oro gon. Smaller warships wore ass.gn ed to othor states, FKAK OFTHOUBLU IX COLUMBIA BASIX PABSKS 'WaHsr of Trllntirlos Recede and Cold and Oloir WiMther Helps Conditions , Nr AMo-lfl-d I'rrw to mi Hir Tlmwi.J PORTLAND. Ore., Fob. 12. Rc cod'ng waters lu tho tributaries ami cold, clear wcuthor today put un end to tho foars of sorlous daningo from tho floods In tho area drained by tho Columbia. Tho WilUunotto river hero at noon stood at 10. 9 foot, a tenth of a foot bolow yesterday. While tho lower Columbia continues to rise, It is not feared the waters will bnck up In tho 'Willamette Tho steamer Tahoma, Imprisoned In tho Columbia, wns roleasod today. Kvpoctetl that Ills Selection Will Be Mado Public Within a Few Days PHKSIDKXT IS AT OLD POINT COMFORT O XJ AMorlttrd l'rrw t Ooc tir Tiro M.J NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Fob. 12. Tho naval yacht Mayflowor with Prcsldont und Mrs. Wilson aboard ar- rived ofr Old Point Comfort this nftornoon, tlr Auiilel Tr lo Coot T TlroM.J WASHINGTON, D. C, Fob. 12. Aboard the naval yacht Mayflowor on his way down tho Potomac river and Cliesapoako Bay for a wook end trip, prcsldont Wilson today Is con sidering tho soloctlon of a successor to formor Secretary of War Garri son, llo Is said to bo giving fore most consideration to Secretary Lano and Secretary Houston and Counsel Polk of tho Stato Dopartmont. It Is expected that tho proaldont's decision will bo mndo known Immo- dlutoly follow.ng his return. Tho President loft horo last night nccom panlod by Mis. Wilson, Tho return is sot for tomorrow night or, Mon day morning. VIEW IX HFRLIX Xeuspaper Tlreto Comments On Gar rison Resignation 11 Ai.ocIMM 1'rrn to Com Uajr TlmM, BERLIN, Fob. 12. Although tho American press dispatclies glvo no details In regsird to the circum stances of Sccrotnry Garrison's res ignation, the Lokal Auzollgor soea an Indication that mako congress to Pthe now form of militarism thoy aro proclaiming which President Wilson oxpected to tako tho wind out of tho sails of republican opponents and nbovo all to sober tho rattling o! Roosovelt." TUG IS PUKCHASKD (Spoclal to Tho Times) BANDON, Oro., Feb. 12. Tho Port of Bandon has decided to buy the tug Kllhyam. Tho prlco ao bo paid is $26,000 and tho boat will be turned over to tho port April 1, PRINCE IS TO 10 SOX OF THE KAISKIt WILL MAU BY MARCH 11 His UvP'o Will Bo Princess .Mario AtigitHUiro According o An nouncement. .Ma do ttlf AMotltted ru o Coot Dtr Tltnrt.J LONDON, Fob. .12. An Amstor dam dispatch says Emporor William has announced Hint Prlnco Joachim's jnarrlgo with Princess Augustino Is to tako placo at Potsdam, March 12. S Make Gains Against Germans in Fight in Champagne District of France. FIGHT VIOLENT ONE Artillery Bombardment Kept Up Along the Entire Front By Both Sides. PENETRATEGERMAN LINE Paris Claims That. Bnttlo Ilcflnhed In tho Taking of Positions Ex- tending Ovor rt Front of About 200 Yards. PARIS SAYS FRUXC1I TAKE POSSESSION (11 AnocUltJ I'rfii to Wti otf Tlmtt.) PARIS, Foil. 1'2. IMr- thor fighting In Cbampagno tho French wnr offlco an- nounccd this afternoon, ro- suited In tho French Bccur- f I hk possession of certain 4 tronchcs occupied by tho Germans. LINCOLN HONORED SENATE ADJOURNS TO OBSERVE IDS BIRTHDAY It Had Been Planned to Hnvo Debate on tho Nlcnrnguan ,Ticaty tllr Aolle-l prm to Coot lltf Tlmn.) WASHINGTON, D. C. Fob. 12. Tho Administration senators Ima plannod n caiuploto debato on the Nlcuragunu treaty toduy but It was decided after a conference to adjourn tho Sennto In respect to tho memory of Lincoln. Tho action wns taken on a motion by Senator Kern. BULGARIAN RULER AT AUSTRO HUNGARIAN HEADQUARTERS Is Accompanied by Premier, Army Commander and Other Olfldals of tho Country inr Auocuti rri in coot ut tid,. LONDON, Fob. 12. A Vlonna dis patch says King Ferdinand of Bulgar ia arrlvod yestorduy at tho Austro Iiiingarlnn headquarters, accompan ied by Bulgarian Premier Rndoslav off and Gonornl Jccoff, commandor in chlof of tho Bulgarian forces, ami tho jutnlBtor of wnr. KolillcM and Machlno Guns Are HiiitIciI to StlrateRlc Point No Apparent Foundation, (Dr AttOvUt! rru to Otvt Dr TIiim. NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y., Fob. 12. Dcsplto tho strict censorship which hns 'boon Imposed by tho Canndlnn authorltlos on tho publi cation of news of lmlltary na ture Information Trom rollablo Bourcos wns recolvod today of tho precaution taken at Niagara Falls, lOnt., yostordu'y to rosist a threat ened "InvasUm by Gorman forcos" from tho Amorlcan side. Fivo hundred soldiers nnd three machlno gun squads wore rushod to Btratoglc points. Apparently thoro la no foundation for tho war scare. DINIT 0 E MAKE ROOM FOR ICE JAMS TO .MOVE OUT Families Aio Di-liea from Their Homes hy Flood at Odessa, Washington Ilr AuoHttod 1'rtM to poot liar Timet, SPOKANE, Wash., Fob. 12. Tho last wooden bridge across Crab Creole at Odessa was dynamited to day to roloaso tho lco Jams, Only tho stool brldgo now remains. Tho flood caused by tho Jams drovo 25 families at Odessa from tholr homes. MAN Y DIE IN MINE EXPLOSION IN PENNSYLVANIA FATAL TO WORKMEN Twenty.flvo Bodies of Victims Hnvo So Fiii Been Taken Out fTly Anoclot! ri'H to Coot Vlj Timet 1 INDIANA, Penn., Feb. 12. Twon-ty-flvo bodies worq rcpovorcd at noon from tho mine of tho Jefferson and Clearfield Coal and Coko Company at Ernest, where an oxploslon occur red yesterday. Searchors expressed tho belief that no moro bodies would bo found. The mou woro burlod un dor masses of earth and coal near the faco of tho entries. tOr AuMKlttM I'rrM lo Coot Ilr TlDlrt.) BERLIN, Fob. 12. -After a aIo lont artillery bombardment on tho grontor part of tho Champagne front, tho French Infantry made nn attack yesterday aftornoon. Gorman war offlcq announcod, to day tho French ponotratod Gor man positions near Masslges over a front of about 200 yards, G LIED JWAIHH GERMAN INVASION I'-ROJI A.MERIOAN SIDE. MAES CO S COLLEGE STUDENT TELLS OF YOUNG GIRL'S DEATH (Or AuocUted Prt to Ooot Btf TlmM.J CHICAGO, Fob, 12. William H. Orpot, a Junior at tho University of Wisconsin, confossod today to detec tives at Madison, Wis., knowlodgo of tho death by poison of Marlon Franc os Lambert, a Lako Forest High bchool girl, whoso body was found in n wooded soctlon of Lako Forest. Ho said sho took poison after ho refused to ronow his frlondshlp with hor. David James, a doaf mute, claims, howovcr, ho saw Orpot press something that looked Uko u bottle to hor lips, and shortly aftorward sho foil dead. Denies the HeH)it Wllllums II. Orpot, who was hi ought hero from MadlBon by de tectives, doniod today that ho had Vonfosacd seeing Marlon Lambert tako poison after tholr mooting In tho woods. "If I had only lookod bnck, do you think I would have lot her lie thoro?" ho asked. PORTION OF HIGHWAY IS WASHED AWAY I'ftamil I.. I nn- m VIJ M)tn.V 1(11 BELLINGHAM, Wash., Fob, 12. A considerable sac- tlon of tho Paclflo Highway recently compllod by th Btato south of horo, was ear- rlod away today by an aval- ancho of earth and rock.