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VOL XXXVII.
MAHSHFIELD, OREGON. TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1914. EVENING EDITION.
A Consolidation of Times, Const Mnll
nnd Coos liny Advertiser
No. 23.
MAY HAVE
N NAVAL FIGHT NEAR SAN FRANCI
aTtmfl
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ECKAGE OF BRITISH VESSEL
ALY HATES TRIPLE ALLIANCE GERMANS CONTINUE VICTORIOUS
WASHED ASHORE AT SAN FRANCISCO
All Woodwork of Vessel in Excellent Condition, Denoting That
Demolishing Was of Recent Date Brass Work Was
Freshly Scoured and Paint in Good Condition.
EVIDENCE OF FLOTSAM INDICATES
tV VESSEL WAS WRECKED BY EXPLOSION
Two Sloops, Algerine and Shearwater, and Cruiser Rainbow
Known to Be in Vicinity of San Francisco Thought
to Be Wreck of One of the Former Vessels.
(By Associated Press to The Coos Bay Times,)
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug, 1 1, A critical examination of the
flotsam cast up from some British, warship showed beyond
Question that it had been splintered and torn loose by an explo
sion, One door panel bore the appearance of having been
tod by a shell, A German cruiser, believed to be either the
kmborg or Leipzig, was sighted off here this morning and it
s supposed she sunk the British warship,
More wreckage from the British vessel which today is
established to have been a man-of-war was cast up by the
early flood tide in the neighborhood of the South Shore Life
saving Station, Two white wooden cabin doors were found,
bearing bright brass plates, one with the legend "Navigating
Officer and the other "Gunner,"
LIKU UIU llUldtllll IUUIIU Ictdl IllfclU III luu auinu nuiftiiuuiiiuuii,
all the woodword is in excellent condition,. the paint bright and I
the brass worn iresniy scoureci, snowing mai u nau ueen in
salt water only a few hours, There was nothing, however, to
hdicate the identity of the vessel, The British cruiser Rainbow,
which left here Saturday, was sighted yesterday near Point
Reyes, steaming northward, The only other British warships
known to bo on the Pacific Coast are the sloops-of-war Alger
ine and Shearwater, A lock engraved "G, Bugmore, 1980,"
and a heavy brass catch stamped "Patent Leeds, 1890," were
fastened to the doors, It is possible that the wreckage may
nave ueen tnrown overuoam wnen mo vessel was pieparmg io
go into action, but Captain Gronbccj of the lifesaving station '
thinks that the physical evidence points to an explosion, 1 1
(Bv Associated Press to The Coos Bay Times,) f
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug, 11, Bolts and fittings were not
only torn out from their seats in the wreckage washed up, but
In one instance the brass runner of a sliding doo.r was twisted
into knots, Iron reinforcement two indies wide was snapped
in two, The lifesaving guards say they heard firing out at sea-
niuuy, u is uenoveu mai me ciesuoyeu waisiup wci& inu
British sloop-of-war Shearwater, which started north from
San Diego August 3,
(By Associated Press to The Coos Bay Times)
LONUUN, Aug, 11, According to the Morning Post, the
relations between Austria and Italy are becoming more
strained, Italy already has demanded an explanation of the
bombardment of the establishment of the Puglia Company at
Antivaria, Montenegro, over which the Italian flag floats,
KING OF BELGIUM TAKES PERSONAL PART.
(By Associated Press to The Coos Bay Times,)
BRUSSELS, Aug, 1 1, King Albert arrived here during the
night from the general headquarters of the Belgian army at
Louvain, to the northwest of Liege, He passed several hours
in conference with the Belgian Minister of War, after which
a meeting of the Cabinet Council was held,
AUSTRIAN TROOPS INVAUt RUSSIA.
(By Associated Press to The Coos Bav Times,)
LONDON, Aug, 1 1, A Central News dispatch from Vienna
says Austrian troops have occupied Miechow, in Russian Pol
and, ten miles within the border, after defeating a body of
Cossacks, whose losses are given as 400 killed and wounded,
while the Austrian casualties are report as 140,
HOLLAND WILL MAINTAIN NEUTRALITY.
(By Associated Press to The Coos Bay Times,)
LONDON-, Aug, 11. A dispatch from Brussels says that
the Germans are massing large forces of troops on the Dutch
frontier, Replying to questions, the Dutch Minister to Belgium
declared that whatever happened Holland would maintain her
neutrality unswervingly,
IN CAMPAIGN AROUND LIEGE
Superior Force of Germans Cause Allied Forces of French,
British and Belgians to Fall Back German Arm '
Entrenching in Northern Part of Country.
BRITISH GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHES
BUREAU OF MILITARY INFORMATION
CAN ACCEPT NO
MORE SAILINGS
August Frizeen, Local Agent of
Trans-Atlantic Lines Is Or
dered Not to Sell Tickets
HUITISII OltDCIlS STOP
PASSKXOKIl HAI LINOS.
llr AMO'Ulft! I'rrM to Co llijr Tlinn.)
LONDON. Auk. 11-TI'o Irrlt
IbIi Admiralty has cancelled the
sailings of thn Allen Lino steam
ers AlHatlan, Victorian nnd Cor
slcnn and will use thoso vessels
to transport troops and supplies,
presumably from Canada to
Kuropo.
REBELS TAKE
MEXICO CITY
Mazatlan Evacuated by Fed
erals Rebels Occupy Ma
zatlan and Mexico City.
tnr AnodtJ rrm to Coo n, TIrim.
ON UOAItU U. S. S. CALIFORNIA.
Mazatlan. Auk. 11. Tlio evacuation
of Mazatlan by tho Fodoral garrison
and its occupation by tho Constitu
tionalists forces wuh completed Inst
night. Tho city Is (inlet and perfect
order Is maintained.
MKXICO (MTV KVACL'ATKD.
Instructions wero given to cancel nil
reservations made and to dispose of
no more. How long the order will
stand Is, of course, Indefinite.
What effect this will havo on for
eigners In this 'country who doslro
to return homo to enlist In tholr na
tions' armies Is uncertain, but It Is
probnblo that n recent order of
Government officials at Washington
will permit them to return on trans
ports from Atlantic points, provided
tlioy carry no arms and nro not In
uniform.
GKKMAXS (JO TO ITALV.
GERMAN WARSHIP SIGHTED CLOSE IN.
(By Associated Press to The Coos Bay Times,)
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug, 1 1, A German warship with three
Stacks and twn militarv masts was sighted outside the Golden
Gate this morning, Taken in connection witli the finding of the !SW & -1X7 .nTE
flotsam from a British warship, her presence has significance. ..jmrffteond m-
AUTHORITIES THINK IT WAS NOT RAINBOW. '
n (By Associated Press to The Coos Bay Times,),
OTTAWA, Ont,. Aug, 1 1 , The naval office here thinks the
wreckage cast up by the tide at San Francisco was not from
the cruiser Rainbow, but possibly from the Shearwater or
Algerine,
BRITISH VESSEL SIGHTED AT NEW YORK.
,n,.(By Associated Press to The Coos Bay Times,;
NEW YORK, Aug, 1 1 , A British cruiser, believed to be he
tssex, appeared at the entrance of New York harbor this
morning, She was sighted off the islands of Sandyn Hook
about 10:30, apparently bound in, but when within a mile and
a naif of the bar she abruptly changed her course and steamed
eastward,
GERMAN PRISONERS TAKEN TO SIBERIA.
t i?J Associated Press to The Coos Bay Times,)
.. ST, PETERSBURG, Aug, 1 1, A telegram from Vilna says
that six carloads of German prisoners passed through that city
this morning on the way to the interior of Russia, Four wound
fa German officers were taken to a Vilna hospital,
n CREPE GIVES WAY TO FESTOONS.
n (By Associated Press to The Coos' Bay Times,)
. PARIS, Aug, 11, Crepe festoons which for forty years
Have hung from the monuments of the city Strassburg, capital
Ji Alsace-Lorraine, were torn down today and replaced with
'lowers and palm branches, while a tricolored sash was draped
about the figure,
CUNARD LINER MAKES SAFE PASSAGE.
Mr(?y Associated Press to The Coos Bay Times,) ,
, , NEW YORK, Aug, 1 1 , The Cunard liner Lusitania, which
eft here last Wednesday for a dash across the Atlantic,
reached Fastnet, 300 miles from Liverpool, this morning,
' n k GERMAN LOSSES HEAVY.
i mrSy Associated Press to The Coos Bay Times,)
LONDON, Aug, 1,1, A pews dispatch from Brussels says It
is officially announced that the German Joss in Belgium in the
recent fighting was 2000 dead, 20,000 wounded and 9700
prisoners,
in, AKMUtM Trni la Coal m, TIim.1
WASHINGTON. I). C Auk. 11.
Orders to stop booking passengers'; K.'i1, hi,,,,pnJln.'!t "'l'0 hnBi J"
for Kuroponn Hteamshlp lines have l''l that Carranza haa been ndvls-
beon received by August Frizeen, f" .V"",,"'"" Y'V nua uvuuuuieu
local agont for tho Cunard, Whlto ''' tho, 1-edorals today.
Star, Red Star, Anchor, Loyland and :,"" '""''. ,, " 7, l".u ' " .
Atlantic lines plying between tlio tnt I'roylsloiial President Cnrbajal
a timitic Rnnlinnnl ami tho continent. I !rt 0'' or Cruz as tho evacuation
Mr. Frizeen had previously ro-j"eBnn
celved Information that unsottled
conditions in Kuropo might mnko
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Itlghl (Yusoi-hlilii nnd Wire
I Trimbles IH'luy Meswiges.
1)7 Awaclitxl Pre., tu coo. I)r TIuim.J
I NEW YORK. Aug. 11. Kdl
I tor Coos Day Times: Advices to
I tho Associated Press state that
I an Increasingly rigid censorship
I Is being Imposed on nil matter
I from Brussels, This Increases
I tho delay on such dispatches as
I nro allowed to come through
I the French Cabto Company,
I which, except those with termln
I nls In tho British Isles, Is tho on
I ly direct lino to Kuropo now In
I oporntlon, haa given notice of a
I congestion on Its lines such that
all messages aro subject to n do
lay of 48 hours. There la ah-
I solutely no direct conimunlcn
I tlon with Germany or Austria.
I Tho Associated Press is mnk
I lng every offort to communlcato
I with Germany by wireless,
I Thcso conditions obscure what
I has actually transpired within
M. K. Stone.
Cnn Not Secure Passage on Ships to
(eriiuiuy.
(Bjr AitodtteJ Prr. Io Coot IHjr Time..
NKW YORK. Aug. 1 1. A handful
of the thousands of Gonnnn reservists
bottled up In New York becnuso there
aro no German ships to take thorn
hnnip. Kfillnil tndni' for N'anlos nn the
Italian liner Ancona. They were tho! I Mo military zone,
first German reservists to leave since j
tho commencement of hostllltltes.
Most of them are officers In tho Gor
man army and aro trusting to luck
to find their way home from Naples,1
BODY OF GIRL
FOUND TODAY
(Djr Auocltted I'rtti to Coot Oar Timet.
SCHULBR, Neb., Aug. 11. Tho
mutlllated body of Miss Louise Mick,
tho 18-year-old girl who was taken
from her homo Sunday night by a
kidnapper, was found today
cornfield north of Schuyler,
CHINESE ASK
FOR PROTECTION
Japan Would Give No Satis
faction Attitude Depends
Upon England.
(Dr Astoclitfrl rr to Com I)7 Times.)
LONDON, Aug. 11. A Peking cor
respondent says that Japan, reply
ing to China's request of Japan and
In a the United states to protect China
Tho "om the warlike activities of tho
vnnne woman had. been beaten to other nations, has stated that her at
death with a club. Frank Heldt, a tltudo depends on tho result of tho
farm laborer, has been arrested. Miss British campaign. The time Is not
Mick was taken from her bed and ripe to consider China's proposal, It
carried away after her mother and Is said. Tho United States avoided
aunt had been bound with wire. committing herself.
Reports Say That 120,000 Germans Are Concentrated Around
City of Liege Bombardment Proceeding Without
Interruption German Provinces Join in War.
(By Associated Press to The Coos Bay Times,) !
The situation around Liege remained unchanged today.
The Germans held the town itself, but the principal forts were
reported to be still fighting strongly, The German main army,
in the north is reported to oe entrenching itself on Ourthe, while
two large divisions of cavalry have gone to Tongres, north of
Liege, It is expected that a general advance is fii preparation
ana a great battle imminent in which the Germans will be con
tronteefby the allied armies of the Belgians, French and British
'I he French at Muelhausen, Alsace, met with opposition after
their occupation of that city, A superior force of Germans
caused them to leave the town and take a position outside,
where a fierce engagement was fought, but the details were
not yet made public, Bulgaria is mobilizing all her forces with
the announced intention of maintaining neutrality, United
States diplomatic officials have assumed the task of looking
after French interests in Austria and Austrian interests in
France, The Russians have concentrated a considerable army
in Finland, thus disposing of the German reports of landing a
German army corps there, .
n LARGER FORTS HOLDING OUT."
, ( Bv Associated Press to The Coos Bay Times,) i.
, r LONDON, Aug, 11, The now Admiralty and War Office
Information Bureau established by the British government be
gan work today, Reports were issued from there stating that
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smaller forts had been captured by the Germans, Tho bom
bardment by the Germans was proceeding without intermis
sion, The German attackers, who are constantly being rein
forced, display great courage, It is said that 120,000 men or
the German army are now engaged in the attack on Liege.
Refugees from that city describe the conditions as terrible,
Many houses have been burned,
GERMANS TAKE ANOTHER BELGIAN CITY.
, (By Associated Press to Tho Coos Bay Times)
LONDON, Aug, 11, A dispatch from Maastricht, Tho
Netherlands, announces thaMhe Germans have occupied Ton-
kios, a town ten mnes norm or Liege, i lie place was aban
doned by the Belgians, The German engineers are engaged in
constructing a second bridge across the river,
n FRENCH FORCE GERMANS BACK. ' .
(By Associated Press to The Coos Bay Times,)
PARIS, Aug, 11, It was officially announced today that
the French troops around Spincort in the Department of Meuse,
have forced the German cavalry to retreat, although the latter
were supported by artillery, The work of fortifying Luxemburg
and South Metz has been completed by the Germans,
n AUSTRIANS FLEE FROM RUSSIANS.
(By Associated Press to The Coos Bay Times,)
ST, PETERSBURG, Aug, 11, The Russain general staff
announces that Russian troops today dislodged a large body of
Austrian. troops from their entrenchments near the village of
Zalptche, in Austrian Galacia, The Russians sabered a section
of the Fifteenth Austrian Infantry, while the Thirteenth Austrian
Lancers and Thirty-third Austrian Landwehr fled in disorder,
FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS MADE.
(By Associated Press to The Coos Bay Times,)
PARIS, Aug, 1 1 .Arrangements have been made to de
posit $100,000 in gold at Berne, Switzerland, and $20,000
each in Vichy and Aix Les Bains for the benefit of -Americans
holding letters of credit or other banking documents,
PROVINCES ENGAGE IN WAR.
(By Associated Press to The Coos Bay Times,) .
THF HAGIIF. Allff. 1 1. A mvnl rlpnron fnrlnw nmnfalmarl i
state of war in the Dutch nrnvlnnrs nf I lmhnrr. Nnrth Rrahnnt.
Zeeland and some parts of Gelderland, south of the River WaaL
AKMY OFFICER KILLED.
(By Associated Press to The Coos Bay Times,)
PARIS, Aug, 1 1, Lieutenant Baron Marschall Von Bieber
steifi, son of a former GermantAmbassador at Constantinople,
was killed in the fight near Genaville in the French Department
of Meurthe-Et-Moselle, August 5,
GERMAN STEAMER AT BOSTON.
(By Associated Press to The Coos Bay Times,)
BOSTON, Aug, 11, The German steamer Koln arrived
here from Bremen today, having eluded four British cruisers
during the voyage,
BATTLE PROGRESSING INSIDE FRENCH BORDER.
(By Associated Press to The Coos Bay Times,)
LONDON, Aug, 11, An official announcement from Paris
says that engagements have taken place between the German
and French troops at Longwy, just inside the French border.
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