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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 18, 1916)
ww-yw"' yp- (- KINDNESS SHOWN TO BIRDS OR MEN IS SURE TO FLUTTER BACK AGAIN ...m TUAT A CLEAN WHOLESOME NEWSPAPER FOR ALL SOUTHWEST OREGON HOMES BELIEVES IN THE BEST AND ALWAYS- BOOSTS FAfff (Emm la Mmt& I MEMIIER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Vol. No. XXXIX Established 1H7H Ah TIio Coast Mull III ILL BIS WAGES MARSHF1ELD, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1916 EVENING EDITION I, Restore Scale Prevailing Before Cut Was Made May 1, 1915. ' EFFECTIVE MARCH 1 EVIDENC E STRONG JEAN CRONES CONFESSES POISONING Till HOPP TO Welcome News to Employes o pant ana wn i Help Jhe City. ' HOPE TO m SIX DAYS ComiW K1W ArrniiRO to Go tn Full Time Nmiii in Anwn I"IM H"'1 llccn Chined. Tie employes of (ho (J. A. Smith m are to liavo tliolr wages re ared to the same scale where tbty were before tlio rut In wages tti mide, Tills morning tho fol Ijtlng notice was posted: "T.kinB effect March 1, 10 10, the vises In nil departments will be raised to the rate that provnlled prior lo May 1, 1910." The Increase menus mucn to mo implores and to tho city. On May 1, 1315, the wages of tho. mill em ployes were cut ten per cent, nnd then It was necessary, because of the poor lumber market, to reduce operations at tho mill to four days i veek, This, of course, mndo tho witts much smaller for tho nion. Not lone ago the mill wont on i fire day run and now tho wngcit ire to be restored to tho regular Kile. Tho company hopes soon to U able lo get hack to tho full run of ill dayi a week, With tho raise- In wages mndo, Ibe scale In tlio same as It wuh bo fjrt ony chink'e was mado. It li Understood that thero will stole a raise In thu IokkIikt cam pa 1st srranRcmcnts In that depart ment are not known as Mr. Powers ii not In tho city today. Il Are- Purchased. Tic Smith company closed tho tal for the purchase- of 1,000,000 ft of Ioki from John Aiihoii. They l! le delivered at the mill Tram Wir Point within tho next thirty r. Tho delivery will bogin nt ence. Correspondence School Officials Iden- tilfy Slgnaturo Which In Attached to Published let((f tllr Aanoclatoil Prcia lo Coia tlajr Time.. CI1ICAC10, Fob. 18. OfflditlB of n corroflpoudouco school Imvo Idcnll fled tho BlgnUuro of Jean Crouefl on ah application for tliolr ehoiulHlry course tin tho Hanio attached to n lot- Ltcf published In a Now Yorl: paper, In which Crones confessed to poison ing tho Houp sorved nt tho banquet to ArchblBhop Muldelulti hero last wcok according to a police anuouuceniout today. Tho pollco nlflo hollevo Cronc-J wrolo ntiother lettur which wuh pun llfhod today. Consolidation of Times, Const Mall nnd Coot liny Advertiser. NO. 177 IIA8 POULSEN PAN T BURNED HOUSER (JETS ill) DAVS IX J A Hi On tho ndvlco or his at torney, C. I. Kelgnrd, Joo IIoiiBor, charged with Illegal salo of ll(tior, pleaded guilty lc'to this nftcruoon arid was sontoneod to .10 (Inyn In Jail. IVH f HELP US UT 11 PDSTPDNED inonxKv rm nHwi'viuvm fttlU'SIXKSSKLSBVIIKltK UIImh Comes as Prosecuting Hllnejukps Affidavit That Ho llouKht l.lquor . TrUlofjo3ep,HnilBerouacarKo mm ,ntox,cnB liquor was sot rZ A"0i?an' um wuld not bo Eh ,? trlal wn "i,t off. u w8t0raorrown,or,,,io. C , e0'1' ,0eBCr' ca' town MlpoTnS?' ff0m Sl"m,or Uo ws e yestcrda' "' Leonard nheofice 801o time uK, "oaiS)lhaUlobo,,"t "qiior Z27 req,,lrca of " tlikle. L0rde8 n1 Herman Ross- H OLD WOMAN iii IDA Xii'l-.,.. . T0TEVnAHV.S,XTV ten ;earalT' -. Fob. i8.Slx. PPleSS,0'o raaTflVe" L' J,,llBO 'J voaan da Myor' a 0 Vk conWcT1? Car"0r ' Ethel ir ,,a,,K"toMn--! llm,k bulldliiK I'KAXIC TICIIKXOU WHITES Ct'lt HV WAXTS ('EI.EItUATK)X MA; t Would Aid Vh In WcM-nnilnu; Will. nirttto l'ai'lflc Aintiseiitnit Com- Niny WnutN to Couio Hero Cooa Hay's colobrntlon nt tho open ing of tho florvlco on the Wlllnmetto 'Pacific Ir nttrnctlng nttentlon. Now comes a letter from Frank TIehenor at Port Orford aidclng for 'a "Curry County l)ny." Thoro follows a very lucid descrip tion of wlmt Mnrshflpld would look lllu with tho arrlvtils from Hold IJench, Lunglols nnd Port Orrord I'nradlng down tho street with tho bunds playing and whistles tooting. In fact ho says thoro would bo one continual "big nolso." Tho lottor from Air. TIehenor wao turned over to tho ontortuluinont cnminlttco oMho Chnmber of Com luerco. Aiuusoment conipanlcs seo tliolr hnnco to Join In tho gula day, or dnys, colobrntlon. Tho llrown Amuso ment company nt Salem this morn llko to ontor Into n'contrnct to sup ply ways nnd means of making tho crowds doubly onjoy tho oecnslon.- Has Immediate Effect of Ad vancing th3 Prices of . Lumber in Northwest. 8EST INll YEARS No Danger of Any Overpro duction If All Mills Run Ten Hours a Day. SHORTAGE OF VESSELS Tlmi In Only llumllum t', tho Kill- Ing r Orders Which Alto Xow Plentlfid namngo to lluined Mill In Aiioiii S 1,-0,(10(1. Illr AuntilM rrfM to Coat ViJ Tlnifi.J POUTIiAXI), Or., Fob. 18 Des truction of tho Iuman-Poulsou mill I hero by flro yestordnv. with Its jilally output of .100,000 feet, wll ll'IVn lilll tlltfn1 ItttllnlllU nnflnnlli... ' n.-v. "miivumi sisifv;iMnf ii,,wi itlll lu lumborinon today, to ndvanclng tho market prices. Kor the first tlmo In yenrs, ope rators say, they liavo no tears or .overproduction with all the mllM of tho north west running ton hours a iday. Orders nro plentiful nndi tho only handicap nt present is the lack of bottoms. Today's quotations on three grades of logs In Puget Sound, flrny'H Harbor and Columbia river markets nvorugo V, $10 and i:i, tho highest In ten years. The damngo to tho Inumu-Poul-sou mill Is estimated ut ?1i0,000. Y 8E HOUSTON IlEMEK IS HE MAV HE SECRE TAKV OE WAH 'When AnIumI About' Matter llo He fiihcs to Affirm or Deny tlio He port CliTtiladl mr Attocliteil rrra to Owt nj Tltnn.l WASHINGTON, 1). C, Fob. 18. Tho Impression grow In official c.r cles today that Secretary Houston would bo transferred to tho war do pat tment to Bitcceed Former Secre tary Garrison. On his way to tho cabinet meeting today, Houston smilingly refused to answer question.? ot tho subject, but' vohmteorcd the Information Hint ho had completed presenting tho nccdB of h.'s depart ment to tho houso committee on ttg rlcttlturc. REFEflTislsSlfiED HANS SI OT ELEGTROCUTED Pays Death Penalty for Mur der of Anna Aumuller In September, 1913. FOR CAl'CCS AITS OX THE SUGAR CLAUSE EHEE That Pint or t,j Underwood Tariff Hill Will Xot Hei'omo u mw Will Save Iioss (fir Ao.-litf.l I'rn lo Com tltr Tlmni.l WASHINGTON, 1). C, Feb. 18. Lctfslntlon ropoallng the freo sugar clause of tho Undorwood tnrlff bc foro May l', tho dnto on which tho provision would become effective with u resultant annua loss ;f ?1 0,000,- '000 roventio was virtually ussurod todny ns tho reBirlt of tho action of the houso domocrntlc caucuu last f night by a vote of 81 to 20. ' E EVERYDN E SUBJECTS WARNED PDLHEMUS IS BUCK GOV'T E.VGIXEEll HETUHXS AFTER WINTER'S AHSEXCE. SajH .Mlchlo Will llo Hero About April I to Start Work Jttty ut Haudoii to Ho Commenced. iCnpt. James Polhumus, Junior govorujnont cuglucor, Teturncil Inst night after nn nhaonco of aevor.il .mouths In Grays Harbor and Port land. Tho bur dredgo Col. P. 8. Mlchlo, ho snld, Is now in Portland whoro It la to bo overhauled and will return to Coos Day about April 1. Slnoa last October tho Mlchlo. has been gono from tho bay. About three months of tho tlmo was spent on Grays Harbor whoro consldor- l . . . . . MOTOR CAR MAY GO nul wol',c was "O"0 ou Ulu "llr ftm' OX REEDSPORT TRIP tho Innor harbor, making such Im provements so that now thero is a Thoro was somo talk to day of an excursion to Itedsport Sunday bonrd Mio Southern Pnclfln motor car, which has n capacity for about 80 passongors. Supt. W. P. Miller wlroil 'Chler Engineer Hood for permis sion to take tho car to tho Umpquu. -This would bo tho first pnssengur train over tho rails out of Coos Hay to tho northward nnd would slvo an opportunity to sco tho now construction and to hlg bridges. TELLS OF SHIPPING WHOLESALER WRITES REGARD' 1XG THE KILIIURX Ik Letter Insists That Vessel Did Xot Take All or the Freight Offered At Poi-Hund Rognrdlng tho frolght shipments to Cops Hay tho following Is an ex tract from a Portland wholesale firm: "Yes, wo have boon In Just as bad ahnpo as yourselves, and porbnps worse, but tho snow Is all gono and everything Is running along normal ly at tho present time, that Is nor- 'mally Insofar as transportation Is concornod In ovory-terrltory except your own. . "Tho offlcors nf tho Kllburn Lcd to you straight when tlioy said thoy took .everything that was offered. k "Thoy did nothing of tho kind. Will send you tomorrow complete data on 'Hie matter which w.11, I think, prove 'to jou that thfiy are liars and tho truth Is not In them." t' depth of soma zu feot on notn 'placos nt mean low tide. This Is 'tho deepest wntor they liavo over ihad thore. j Jelly at 'Haudoii. ,j Captain Polhomus said thut tlio I dredgo hns boon vory successful. JThls morning ho wont down to Ilandon for tho purpose of gottlng ijho wo'rk stnrtod thoro In connoc- t Hon with tho building of a small Jotty near tho mouth or tno co qiillle rlvor and on tho south sldo, between tho Const Guard station and tho south jotty. I Tho nlllnir nnd bulkliendliiK for Ja dlstnnco of somo 1200 foet Is In ueod of repair. Tho oxponss of this work Is bolug homo In part by tho Port of Daudon and tho war department. I To Repair Machine. Vory shortly, within a fow days dnys now, bids for tho repairing of tho .Mlchlo will bo opened In Portland nnd wck will start Im mediately theraftor. Thore oro to bo Installed now tall bearings and considerable work will bo done on tho shafting. Tho crow Is still aboard and engaged In painting and otherwlso putting tho craft In good condition for lwr return to Coos nay. With tho return of tho Mlchlo to Coos Hay It will bo possible for tho dredge, 'to got In sovdrnl months of L'rv.-ni work and thoro Is a strong probability that a minimum de of as feet ovor tho cntlro bar c nol will bo made CHARGES IDE ALLEGED RIG COHPOHATIOXS GAVE I-TXIiS FOR REVOLUTIOX Levy Miiyer of Chicago -SayH Inter- na'loiial Harvester Company Gulltyo'r Aiding Mexicans fnr AitorlatrJ I'r-tn to Cooi najr Tlmi. WASHINGTON, I). C, Feb. 18. Charges thut tho International Jlar voster company furnished money for the Ortoz - Armodn revolution against tho Carrnnza government In Yucatan wcro mndo today by Lovl Mayor of Chicago In tho sonato ag ricultural commltteo investigation Into the alleged conspiracy for con trol of sisal market, Says Last Wish Is to Bid Good Bye to His Aged Mother. FACES HIS FATE QUIETLY IMuUos it Statement to Senteen Per sons Wio At-o Witness's of tho Execution Dies Within Threo Minutes (Or AmocIiIpJ IVsi o Coon Illj Tlmfl.l OSSINING, N. Y Feb. 18. Huns Schmidt was electrocuted nt Slug Sing prison this morning for the mur der of Anna Aumuller, Sept. 2, 101.1 Deforo taking his placo In the1 death chnlr ho snld: 'Gentlemen, I ask forglvcuucss of all thoso I liavo Injured or scandal litotl. I forgive all who Imvo Injured me. My lust wish Is to say good bye lo my dear old mothor." Quietly Faces Dnith ' Schmidt went quietly to tho death chc.mbor. Ho wjib accompanied by tho principal prison chaplain. Leav ing tho death house, ho snld goodbye to those who remained. When ho entered tho death chnmber, tho guards attempted to direct him fo rward tho chair, but Schmidt gently shook them off and made his final statement to tho 17 witnesses. Then ho scntcd himself In tho chnlr. Tho current was turned on threo times nnd he was pronounced deud In threo minutes. ME TOF SYSTEIV1 DEFECTIVE WIATIOX DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY IS CRITICIZED I SECURED FOR HUTTE, 1IOISK AXD SAX ERAXCISCO It. R. Aimoiiueoiucu Made Today and Coin uiny lii((tiKni'eil for Ouo Hun dred ami Tuonty-Flvo .Million tnr AuorlateJ I'ren to Cooi Ilr Tlmrt.l SAN FRANCISCO, Fob. IS. That tho completo right of way to this city for tho Hutto, Holso and Snn Fran cisco railway company hns boon ob ntned, according to tho stntoment of L. O. Lcotiurd, presdont of tho com Iiatjy was mndo public here today. Tho company may decldo to olectrlfy tho railroad Tho company Is Incorporat ed In Montana for $125,000,00u LottetH Are Shown Scnuto Military to Hack Up Claim or Do- flclency (nr Auwlaltj r-rria to (mm Pr TlroM.j WASHINGTON, D. C. Fob. 18. Photographic copies of correspon dence between offlcors of tho army aviation corps which Senator Robin son of Arkansas doclnrcd established boyond any doubt tho dofcctlvo con dition of tho aviation scrvlco woro shown by him to tho seuato military commltteo today. Captain Cowan, In n lottor to Col onol 'Rebor, doclurod that If "The servlco ever caino undor Invcatlga Hon, It would bo Imposslblo to ex plain tho rotten way In which the work had bcon. handled." Robinson declared that tho de fective condition of tho equipment at San Diego could bo established beyond a doubt, and that Itobor had Instructed Cowan to keep It socrot, SWEDEN TAKES ACTION RE GARDIXG AHMED VESSELS. Will Tell Htilijcrht Xot to Travel on Any Such or tho Belligerent RoatH. tny Amiorlited Prfm to Coon Pr TlmM.l WASHINGTON, Fob. 18 Sweden bo's formally advised tho slato de partment that In consequence of thu announced Intention of Ger many and AiiBtrla to sink nrmod merchantmen without warning after Fob 20, it will notify Its HUbJccts not to travel on such ships. It was cxplnlued at tho legation of Sweden horo todniy that thero would bo a gonoral wnrnlug but that nil Swedish consuls nnd lega tions throughout tho world had been Instructed to warn tliolr sub jects whenovor It was known that thoy contemplated taking pnssngo ou armed ships of tho allies. PO TO 1ST UNITED STATES SAY VE&ELS MAY HE ARMED. First Announcement on Subject Made to American Diplomat le nnd Consular Officials. Is llr Aiuwlit Trnt to Com nr Tlmn.J WASHINGTON, Fob. 18. All Amorlcnn diplomatic nnd consular officials abroad liavo been notified In n circular communication from tho state department Hint tho posi tion of tho United Stntes Is that merchant ships have n right to carry defensive armament. This, which becanto known today, la tho first formal announcement that tho United States does not accept us legal tho announced Intention or Germany and Austria to sink armed merchantmen without warning. II IWS START MUTINY Whole Regiment In Egypt Re volt and Twelve Officers '- Are Killed. FILL SU TO NOTIFY AUSTRIA WILL III TOLD OF ASSURANCE ASKED OF GEKMAXY TO HNOCRAC E HOMELESS Lptll ian- Tor good service, sco Jny Dojlo. milorlng nnd Cleaning. Phono 250. Times Want Ad nro the one me dium which reaches ALL tho people. Thoy engage public attention every day Always on tho Job. SENATOR LODGE SAYS PRIN CIPLES .MUST III RETAINED Thinks U. S. Must X't Abandon (u Position Regaiding Merchantmen or HcIllgcrutH (tlr AiiorlttM rrf lo Coo. nr Time. WASHINGTON, D. C, Fob. IS. Sonutor Lodgo in tjlo sopat? today declared that tho abandonment by tho United States at this tlmo or ltd principle that Its ports wero opon 10 and Its citizens .free to travol upon ! merchantmen of belligerents armed sololy for dofentf vo purposes, would I be an uunoutrnl act and a stop tn werd-war. Ho said It would make tho United JJtatf a an ally of the cen tral powyts y 44 'ICARAGUAN TREATY RATIFIED. f'swiif a - -i pain ioV Ct WASHINGTON. D. C... Fob. 18. Tho sonato lata today ratified tho Nlcara- gunn treaty by a vote of 55 to IS. Undor tho treaty the United States acquires tho i NIcaraguan canal routo, nnd u naval -baee In tho Hay of Fousecu ror $5,000,000. STEAMERS CARRY AWAY HOMI. LESS ON .MISSISSIPPI. Flvo Hundred Persons, Mostly Ne groes, Aea Mai-cMiiied ror Forty.Eight Hours. (nr Awolalnl l'r". i Cuoa Dr Time. NATCHEZ, Miss., Fob. 18. Threo government steamors arrlvod off Nowellton, Lu to take away as many ns thoy could carry or 600 persons, mostly negroes, marooned thero ror forty-eight hourB ormoro by the floods. Today tho flood noarod tho towns of Waterproof and Forrlday. JAPANESE WANT RIG INSULAR MILL (Br AuotUleJ Treu lu Coot rtr TlD.l MANILA, P. I., Feb. 18 Japnncso Intorosts aro nego tiating for tho purchase from pa Aniftrlcan lumber com pany of Its mills and busi ness In the Plitllpplno Isl ands for ? 1,000,000. In creased activity has boon manifested by Japanoso cap italists In b'lddlug for Insular properties. Submarine. SPuntlou Is Discussed by tlio President nnd Secretary Urn slug at White IHuiko (llr AMOfUt4 Trru to Coot liar Tlmo.l WASHINGTON, I). C, Fob. 18. Tho Biibmnr.no situation with Its now developments wes discussed at to day's cabluot meeting. Socrotnry Lansing went to tho White Houso be fore tho mooting and diactissod tho question with tho president. It wna Indicated that Austria, too, will bo notified or tho assurances which tho United States Is asking tor tho fu-tt-ro that tho position or this govern ment may bo fully known to tho Gor man allies. BRITISH REPULSED ARE DRIVEN HACK l' GERMANS AT YPRES Other Hindu Troops Go Over to Side of the Rebels and Fight Lasts Two Hours. WILL BE WITHDRAWN Major General Orders That. Moham- medou Troops I to Transretn-ed So They WIN Not Ho Forced to Fight Against Those, of Their Own Religion Hr AmotIiIoiI I'rraa to Coim liar Timet 1 HEHLIN, Fob. 18. (Wireless to Soyvillo) Mutiny or Hindu troops h Egypt Ib reported by Colongo Volks Zeltuug. It says nn entlro regiment mutinied, killing 12 officers, includ ing a major, mid that other Hindu troops went over tho mutliieors. After a battle of two hours, tho mutineers wero routed. To Ho Withdrawn Tho paper snya Major Gonoral Max well has ordered the withdrawn! of Mohammedan troops from tho Sues Canal mid their transportation to an other war quartor whoro thoy will not fight against, other Mahammcdnns. Frequent deaortlous nro reported. FLOATS A BIG LOAN HUNGARIAN MINISTER OF FI XAXCE ARRAXGER FOR MONEY Oii3 Hiin"red and Fifty Million Murks Will Ho Secured by Treasury . llonds ut Flio Per Cent fnr AaiorlairJ Trraa lo Cooa tltj Tlmn.J RERUN, Feb. 18. (Wireless to njvllUi) Tho Hungarian Minister Of Finance Iihb concluded arrango motitB with n group of Gorman banks for the loan of 1.0,000,000 murks. Tho loan will bo covered by flvo per cent treasury bonds, rodcomublo In two nnd a haU years. ss SEDS OLD DIG SHIPMENT ARRIVES AT VAN COUVER 1). C. Atfempt to Retake Position list Rut Full and Suffer Heavy lassos (nr AaaoelateJ Preaa tu Cooa liar Tlmra. DEItLlN, Feb. 18. Tho Ilrltlsh have mndo a now attempt to retake a position south or Yprcs, Holglum, recently captured by tho Germans, but woro beaten otr wUh heavy losses It was officially .siunounceil today. 1 T IRE HE ENGLISH WILL HAVE ANOTHER RIG WAR CREDIT Premier Will Ask House of Commons That Amount Ho Four Hun" ml Million Pounds Br A.iocliteJ rru to Cooa U7 Tlmei.J IX)Nl)ON, Fob. 17. Now votes of crodit amounting to approximately 400,000,000 pounds (tvo billion dol lars) will ba naked by Promlor As qtilth or tho house or commons It was announced today. Drought by ,Iap4ine.o Cruiser nnd Will llu(Kcut to New York City Ry Rail IDr Aaaotlttfel Trrva to Cw Vtj Tirana. SEATTLE, Wusli, Fob. 18. Canadian cousorB rofuao to permit any news to bo sent from llrltlah Co Iiimblti coucerulug tho Jupaueao cruisers Chltoso mid Toklwn, which lirvo nrrlved nt Vancouver and which nro suld to have brought $51,0Q0, 000 In Russian gold rubles, It Is said tho gold will bo shipped by train to Now York, where It will bo pluced to establish credit ror Rus sian purchases. ,!.. If....n Ut...... If...... Kf.. l)n.. iii iiutu ri"ij in, m . mm. iiuii J, Chandler wll speak at tho story hour, lot ween 10 and 11 a, in, nt tho Curncglo Pupbllo library tomorroy. Tho subject will bo "Tho Kl tg or the Golden Rlvor" tukon from Uhb-kln. LEGIHLATORS IN OKLAHOMA FHJHT (Spoclnl to Tito Times) OKLAHOMA CITY. Fob. 18 Great disorder prevailed In tho houso of raprernntn tlves lato today whou the lie jiasscd during u debate ovor tho roglstratloii cluuso of tho now olectlon law, Tho logls lutors mounted cttalra and ta bles and Inkwells woro thrown across tho hall. Chairman Golsuler of tho republican stnto central commltteo was knocked lusoustblo, ROOSUVKIiT IS AT ST, THOMAS TODAY (llr A.torlalfrl Proa ta cxa nay Tloiw. ST. THOMAS, Dutch West Imlloa, Fob. 18. Colonel RooeovoH arrlvod today from New York, Ho dlnod with tho governor's secretary, In tho abseuco of the governor, I 4I ' rj . i "I