THE
SIUSLAW
FLORENCE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1914
LATE WAR
London, S ep t 6 —No new main large number o f dead and woun
trial of strength has taken place. ded on the field.
There have indeed been battles
Tokio, Sept, 6—The Japanese
in various parts o f the immense
-naval—command««
report» that
' front which lb b th e t wars would
two
sea-plane
dirigibles
recon-
have been considered operations
oitred
Tsing-Taua,
in
(he
German
of the first magnitude, but in
thiigwar they. ...are- merely inci­ territory of KiauChau, yesterday,
dents of strategic withdrawal and dropped bombs on the wire­
One of the sea­
and contraction of the alliet less barracks.
planes receiving 15 shots in its
forces caused by the initial stock
planes, but both returned safely.
on the frontier in Belgium and
by the enormous strength which
Rotterdam. S ept 6 via London.
. the Germans have thrown into '—Activity in the German aerial
the western theater while suffer­ service in the vicinity of Ant­
ing heavily through weakness in werp is believed here to be an
the eastern.
indication that a general attack
.J ‘The British expeditionary on Antwerp is only a matter of a
army has conformed with the few days.
general movement of the French
London, S ep t 6.—The Boul­
forces and acted in harmony
with the strategic conceptions of ogne correspondent of the Times
says the Germans have deman­
the French general staff.
“The latest information about ded war codtributions from
t
the enemy is that they are neg­ French cities as follows:
Lille, $1,400,000¡Amiens, $200,-
lecting Paris and are marching
Armentieres,
$100,000;
in a southeastern direction to­ 000;
wards the Marne and towards Lens, $140,000; He says that the
the left and center of the French Prefect of the Department of
lines. The first German army is Du Nord has been imprisoned.
reported to be between La Ferte
Paris, Sept. 6.—A Havas agen­
Sous Jouarfe and Effises Boffort
cy dispatch from Petrograd says
that the Novoe Vromyn has re­
Rome, via London. Sept 6.— ceived a message from Tokio
A dispatch from Cettinje to the saying that the British destroyer
Messagero says
Montenegrin Welland has sunk several Ger­
troops, under cammand of Gen­ man torpedo boats.
eral Vukotich, the war minister,
have defeated the Austrians at
London, Sept, 6.—The light
Boljanitz, in Herzegovina, cap­ cruiser Pathfinder of the British
turing all their munitions of war navy has been blown up by a
and the commissariat The Aus­ mine in the North Sea. The loss
trians are said to have left a of life is not definitely known.
WAR!
In Times of Peace
Prepare for War.
After Every Dry Spell
Comes the Rain.
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FLORENCE, OREGON
The paymaster, Sydney W.
Finch, was killed and the com­
mander, Captain Francis M.
Leake, was wounded. Six jun­
ior officers and two petty officers
are missing.
»
NUMBER 50
SPECIAL MEETING AT
SCHOOLS TO CELEBRATE
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH ANNIVERSARY OF ANT
Beginning with last Sunday
The first day of school in Eu­
night special meeting commenced
gene,
which is September 14, is
at the Presbyterian church in
to
be
made one of celebration,
Antivari,
Montenegro,
via
this place.
'
because
this is the one-hundredth
London, Sept 6.—A bombard­
Rev. Geo. W. Taylor, of Al­
anniversary
oflwriting “The Star
ment of the fortifications in the
bany, is assisting the pastor
bay of Cattaro, Austria-Hungary,
with the work. 'Mr. tfaylor has Spangled Banner, ” the national
anthem. County School Supein
* worUf o f property as forest re­ Tiaff many' years experience in
ed serve, Frederick Hollister, demo­ evangelistic work and a U one intendent E. J. Moore, has re­
ceived a letter from J. A Church­
crat# nominee for representative time was well known as the “ boy
ill, state superintendent, asking
to congress, contends that the evan gelist” His jvork has been
that
the schools of Lane county
government should contribute, mostly in Oregon, Washington,
sing
the
anthem at noon. Less
At pres­
1C not necessarily as taxes, but as California and Idaho.
than
half
of the schools of the
■“ federal appropriations, its share ent he is pastor of the churches
county
will
be in session on that
B8 of the money needed to fully de- at Marion and Pleasant Grove.
day,
but
those
in session Will take
Sunday morning services were
he velop the river and harbor re-
up
the
movement
The following
special with the ceremony of
sourcos of the state.
is
Superintendent
Churchill’s
re­
And the greatest factors to- christeningof little Mary Newton
quest:
tj. ward the development of the McKee. The sermon delivered
“The Star Spangled Banner,*
nt state’s resources on which he by the Rev. John Drumn being
which
is now our national anthem,
l8> believes this money should be appropriate to the occasion.
was
written
on September 14,
)t. largely expended are th e, water Mrs. Goodwin sang “The Shep­
1814,
and
it
is
proposed that we
ir, ways> especially the Coos Bay and herd ot the Fold.”
celebrate
the
centennial an­
Special meeting will be held
Siuslaw harbors, which he de-
niversary
of
this
event
by having
n. dares as outlets to the resources all this week and everyone is in­
this
hymn
sung
in
all
the
schools
n. of the state, are factors to make vited to altend.
of the state, both public and
¡c immense cities of Eugene and
Miss Goldie Van Bibber, fo r private, at noon on September 14
¡„ Willamette valley points.
merly
school supervisor of the of this year.
n.
Mr. Hollister left Eugene to­
“We are asking the county
day on his way home to Marsh- district in the western end of the
superintendents
throughout the
b_ field to begin a campaign trip county, expects to leave Satur
state
to
urge
their
teachers to
)n which will continue up to elec- day for her home in Grant coun­
join
in
this
splendid
movement
¡- tion time. He intends to work ty. She’will return to Eugene
at the beginning o f the next and lift their voices in patriotic
J through Coos county and Curry semester at the University and
service by singing "The Star
county to spend a week or ten enter that institution. She was
Spangled Banner” at noon on the
—' days in southern Oregon, with a operated upon for appendicitis
14th
o f this month.” —Register.
week in Douglas county. The several weeks ago and has not
fully
recovered.
Her
physician
balance of the time he proposes
The barge Lawrence was taken
would not allow her to enter
J fq dovote to the Willamette
school at the beginning of the fall out Saturday on its way to Coos
| valley counties. * ’
term .- Register.
Bay with a full cargo of lumber.
The development of the state’s 1
»1 resources has been hindered by
p lack of transportation, and will
y be hindered, he contends, until
ie the water ways and harbors have
o been properly developed,
d
“The biggest asset the W il-.
»■ lamette valley has are its water
ways,” he declared, referring
d directly to Coos Bav and the
it Siuslaw harbor.
"These are
e essential to the distribution of
• the tremendous resources o f the
> state. These harbors will hand-
s le the immense commerce which
r will naturally come to Oregon.
“ My entire individual political i
policy is to use every endettvor to
obtain those appropriations which 1
• i this district is entitled to for the
* development of its harbors, J
I waterways and goodjroads, which
, means everything to this coast.
, »“In Lane county the govern-
Jm ent owns 1,500,000 acres of
land, nearly half the county is
withheld from settlem ent
On
this the government pavs no tax­
es, but it is appreciated in value
by the taxes on the other half of \
the land paid by the small holder.
This property belongs to, and i
I should be used to develop and I ®
build Lane county.
, le
“Coos Bay and the Siuslaw’
can make Eugene an immense
city, if the government expends D
! money commensurate with the th
value of government holdings in R1
this county.
The government T
should contribute in proportion n
to its holdings or turn the, land *>l
over to the state. It gives Coos as
Bay $50,000, when it should give
it $2,500,000. This is discrimi- 00
nation against Oregon. Coos is
i the only harbor of refuge be- ch
tween Puget Sound and .San fr
Francisco, and has 400 acres of th
coal surrounding it, but why
should the people alone pay for fe
the development of such a har­
bor?” * '
an
Mr. Hollister states that by *L
party he is a democrat, and he is
a firm believer in President Wil-
son. He praises his attitude to- to
ward the recent currency, and
Mexican situation, and his policy t™
in the present war crisis. Out­
side of this, however, he states
that he is ahsoultely nonpartisan *«
and is working in the interests
he said, of thj?. first congressional
district of the state of Oregon.— S?
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