tfliwlUllJf'tt'jlIltlfe'ww ii i mn iiiiiLiijOiiiIlfeJ-'i" A GOOD LIE IS INVITED BY THE INNOCENCE OP THE LISTENER The Reader titan WxmtB "A Silk Purse 0 Tlio Cooa Day Times la entitled to tlio first consideration. Wo hnvc a sorvlco to rondcr to him, an obligation that Is over present with us. Wo will welcome any suggestion that ho may have regarding this itervlco. It Is our aim to mako this a newspaper which FULLY SATISFIES from a bow's car" is what sono men expect from their advertising. The sound minded business man, however, knows that his advertising must bo backed by real salesmanship, honest values and courteous service. And this advertising 1b ns important ns any of the other thrco. MEMBER OP TII15 ASSOCIATED PltK&a " WEaim? i wiiii MANY mm VOL. NO. XXXVIII. Established 1878 nw Tho Cnant Mull. MARSHFIELD, OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1914 EVENING EDITION. A Oonnolldntlon of Times, Const Mall and Poo Hnv AdrHlor No. 103 SCENE In OP ACTIVITY II EUROPEAN ISSHIFTEDTD RUSSIAN POLAND Terrific Encounter Being Waged Along Entire Front Rus- Clone Tallinn Plnl Mnnlli nt iil..l n..l ". THi. T, vt m U visiuiu dui are Giving Battle Between Vistula and Warta RUSSIA CLAIMS NEW ATTEMPT TO CLOSE IN UN WAKSAW HAS BEEN THWARTED AGAIN Czar Reports Germans Suffered Heavy Losses in Last En gagement rrencn uaim to nave Hepuised Germans in Effort to Isolate Fortress of Verdun ' ' (Ily Associated Press to tho Coos Ilay Times.) BEflLINi NOV, 21, (Bv Wireless.") An nfflnlnl r.nmmiini- catlon today says "On the whole there is no change in the .western theater of war. The enemy is showing great activity with their artillery along practically tho entire' front, In the eastern theater of war, operations are still further developing, Notning can yei do reported regarding the situation in East Prussia, Pursuit of the defeated enemv, who was driven hack through Mlawa and Plock, continue, Our offensive at Lodz mado progress, In the region east of Czentocchowa our trooDS are fighting bv tho side of our allies and have cained ground," REVIEW OF WAR SITUATION (I3y Associated Tress to Coos Bay Times.) Moacro news from Russian Poland given out officiall Berlin today indicates the Germans and Russians have mined in battle along the whole front between Warta and tho Vis tula Rivers, while the Russians to the north of the Vistula are leported falling back, Semi-official reports from Petrograd, however, stato that tho Germans are being oooosed success fully, A now attempt to close in on Warsaw, It is said, failed with heavy losses for the Germans, The conflict spreads over many battle, fields, from the farther end of Galicla almost to tho Baltic, but the most important fighting is now at Lodz, German's new attack toward the eastern end of the battlo line across France, with tho supposed purpose of isolating Impor tant tortross or verdun, is said in tno rrencn oniciai suuu mnnt in hnvn hfifln thwarted. In the Arconno roeion on- llrcnchnients aro reported to havo been blown up where the main attack has been In progress for several days, Except Ifor the fighting in Atgonne and near Verdun, there was com- fiarativoiy little activity in Belgium and r ranee, mi umiamuu mints ihn Fmnnli nssnrt thev won an advantago n artillery Iduels which have been tho main featuro of tho fighting since cold and wot woather compelled a cessation in cavalry and infantry activity, Oregon UoiYersit y and Corvallis Three t Three Tocta ALLIES ARMY TO BUY BIG GRDERS HERE (fir Aitocttt4 rim la Coot Hr -Iran. HONOLULU, II. I., Nov. 21. For tho second tlmo tlio proposed flight by n Japanese aviator over Honolulu tins been cancelled on orders from the United States authorities on the eve of the day advertised for tho exhi bition. Tho aviator was preparing to mako a flight today, as permis sion for hi in to do so had been cabled from Washington, but Governor Plnkhnm Interjected tho executive ban last night, Intimating that he did so on orders from WnshinKton. Tho Jnpaneso expressed great indignation through their natlvo press. Rnm'irlohln Ramn RnhAnnn ' Two Old Rivals for Suprem- 1QTOP IAP LARGE CROWD AT CORVALLIS FOR GAME Score at End of First Half Was Nothinn to Nothing Line Plunging t FI.VAIi KCOIIK j Oregon . . . .3 Corvallls ...3 j yn!DPEN LIIME YEAR H SI US TODAY'S HCOKKS. (nr Anor Utt4 Vrm to Coot Day Tlmw.) Harvard 30, Yalo 0. Navy 33, UrslniiH 2. Dartmouth 40, Syrncuso 0. Army 13, Springfield 0. Washington and Jefferson 11, I Georgetown 0. Illinois 24, Wisconsin 9. Mlnnestoa 13, Chicago 7. j Ohio Stato 27, Northwestern 0. 4 CORVALLIS, Nov. 21. Iloforo a crowd of 8000 football fans, tho first gnino with the University of ' Oregon to bo played for ycarB in Corvallls, opened - hero this after noon nt 2:30 on tho now football AVIATOR AT HONOLULU (nr AtmxUtit I'm, la ln Il7 TlmM.) NHW YORK, Nov. 21. Agents for tho llrltlsh nnd French govorn tnents announced today that thoy wcro In tho market for 1,3G0,000 wool sweaters, 000,000 wool stomach bauds, 1,000,000 wool gloves and COO, 000 pairs of wool socks. The wholesale valuo of tlio goods wanted Is moro than 12,000,000, LL BERMAMY AHXIDUSLY AWAITS field. Slnco noon special trains Willamette Pacific Engineer ,,mvo uo" pouring hundreds of poo Mnlnc Prnnlmcv Finish nl ln "oro ,rom Portland, Bugonc Grading in April uguno nnd all Valley points. Cornull Ih out of tho r.uiuo irom To Jump on tho 'train hero In tho Oregon's cjunrtcr position nnd his morning nnd to oat turkey dinner j placo Is tnken by Sharp, a l-'rosli-wlth frlonds In Kugono or l'ortlnnd ' man. that evening may bu posslblo n yoar.. Tno Knmo oponoil by Orogon klck from this ChrlstmnB, according to ' Ing off 35 yards to Lutz, who ro a prophesy mado by II. 1 Hooy, turned tho plgukln for flvo yards onglnoor In chnrgo of construction and Abrahnm'fumblod on tho first down, Orogon recovorcd tho ball on 0. A. Cs 38-yard lino ana Par sons, of Orogon, mndo nlno yards through tho loft sldo of tho lino. Hero Oregon fumbled nnd Shustor recovered, but Oregon lost 10 yards on a bad pass back and tho bnll wont to O. A. O. Abraham mndo no gains nnd Illlllo wont two yards through Oregon's lino and Yeogor added 3 more around the left end. Orogon was of tho Wlllnmotto Pacific, who nr rivod hero last evening with As sistant Engineer W. R. Fontnlno ever tho lino from Kugono, Rrldgo work and track laying bo tweon Acmo nnd tho Umpqua Is bo 'n hold up by an Injunction on It. Tl.ioo miles out of Acmo tho An derson nnd Johnson Qttnrry Com pany havo halted tho railroad and n cnndomnntlou suit will bo nec essary, docinroB jur. nooy, 10 opon nnd tho rails will bo laid through tho mill proporty nnd tho mill tramway will go up over tho Will- RESULTS OP RUSSIAN BATTLES (Ilv Associated Press to tho Coos Hay Times, j iruinnM Mnu oi Tim. RnrNn rnrmsnnnHnnt of the Cen tral Nows' telegraphs: "All Germany is tensely awaiting the nmotto pacific tracks, result of tho great battlo on tno tasiern iroiu, nuaaia.io u estimated at 900,000 men. Germans control al roads to Novo Goorgiowsk and Warsaw, Tho battlo centers at Lodz where tho Germans and Austrians are in excellent positions, while now Austrian forces are advancing from the boutn, I no Russians aro being attacked from three sides, tho right-of-way, but nothing can penalized flvo ynrds horo Tor bolng bo dono until tho Lnno County off aide nnd 0. A. C. had first down Court convenes In February. on "o visitors' CO-yard line. Abra- An Injunction of tho Point Tor- ham pluggod through for 7 ynrds raco Mill Company has been outod I nnd Orogon for second tlmo was PROPERTY L NW BUILD IS W. S. Chandler Acquires F. B. Waite Corner at Second and Anderson Stroats b HILE THREATENS TO SEIZE GERMAN OH VIOLATING NEUTRALITY tr (Dy Associated Press to tho Coos Ilay Times.) QAMTursn nun Maw 01 Tho American steamer Sacra- fanto, which' until a few'months ago was the .German i steam- r Alexandra, put hto Valparaiso, ano a ft " '" 'aptaln resulted in the Chilean authorities ; starting ; an mves- nuiaiiui o neuiraiuy in wmwi oi y ..- ""-:,.. n or nento left San Francisco flying he Stars and Stripes on Oc- ober 15, The captain declares tne sieaiiwi jay - Jerman warship and taken to Juan Fernandez Island, belong- ne io P.hllfi. Hnra ha was obliged DV we umiiwho w iU... u w,...wl w,r --- r I pver provisions and 6000 tons ot coai. HiliWllLLIS TROOPS SOUGHT BY CHILE. HEIIR W1EXICD CITY tB Auclite4 Prei to Cool Dt Tle.l VALPARAISO. Chile, Nov. 21. ' rhe capturo of tho Gorman steamers ,Dr AMoclatrf rrt i com l TlmeO WASHINGTON. D. C. Nov. 21 pcnnllzed flvo ynrds for off slilo. On tho second nttomnt nrynnt mndo two ynrds iind for tho third tlmo Oregon wns iiennlUed flvo ynrds for off sldo. llcckett punted i0 ynrds Io Lutz, who returned tho llut with tho qunrry Injunction still nondliik'. It Is nt lonst Impos- slblo to get .rnHs In from Kugono unii nvo ynnis nnn iniuo nnncxod for work on tho Sluslaw, said Mr. Hooy, nnd consequently none of this work can ho dono during tne iiren ent winter. On tho Sluslnw thoro will ho n 280-foot drnwhrldgo nnd tho big nteo span will "bo 080 feet In length. Tho hrldgo neross tho Umpqua, nt Iteodsnort calls for n a-18-root thrco moro through tho line. Abru hum fumbled nnd Heckett. of Orn gon, recovered It nnd rmod ton ynrds nround O. A. C.'s right ond, With tho bnll on tho Aggie's 13 yard lino Ilrynnt mndo threo yards nnd Parsons ono, hut from tho 10 yard lino Ilrynnt failed to kick goal and from bnek of tho goal druwbrldgo nnd 1173 feet of stool, lino I.utz punted 40 ynrds nnd n Askod If any of tho bridges, In- fumble- by Ilrynnt wns recovered by eluding tho ono nt North Hond, Parsons with a 12-ynrd loss nnd would delny the oponlng oi the! Heckett punted 38 yards to Yoagor. through line, Mr. Hoey sold ho did End of first qunrtor, score 0 to 0. not think so. Desplto tho fact that j Second Quarter Scrimmage was tho hrldgo across Coos nay Is tho resumed on Oregon's 40-yarn lino I,-. nf linm nil. 'tho ens neor i wnon jiiiiio ana ioagor inaao o declared Ills bollef that Docauso of Ufi headstart this structure will he finished at tho samo tlmo or bo foro tho others. "Though this of course will dopend on what luck we havo In sinking tho caissons," ho added. yards, Lutz punted over tho goal line and Oregon punted 40 yards from her 20-yard lino. Abraham re turned It flvo ynrds and Ycagor four yardB, Pnrsons downing him, nnd a two-yard gain by Abraham was lost by Lutz who punted 10 yards to Thoso concroto bases must boiHtinrp, tho Jnttor returning tnrco sunk to bedrock and tho striking yards nnd Hockott punted 40 yurds nf nil nine- sniui bens or inuiiy,"' nuiii iihi.-h u strata will mean longer tlmo for tho work. Tho main stool span of tho North Bend brldga will bo 2200 feot, which does not lncludo tho 3300 feet of trestle work. Thoro will be a 4C8-foot craw hrldgo yard return. On tho next down Illlllo mndo thrco yards through center, Horo O. A. C. tried hor first trick play, n triple pass to Huntley, who lost 2 yards and Lutz was All grading, and possibly tho;rorccd to nunt. Tho plgBkln sailed tunnels will bo computed by April i7 da doW tho f,Q,d w(thln two Lv;ru,r, ssli orMon'" so-' " Hauier declared tholr share of tho (Sharp. Oregon's quarter, grabbed grading would bo complete by Fob-Jit and mado a two yiirds return, ruary, acaordlng to W. G. Hind-1 ,ro(jkott punteci 35 yards and Abra- marsh, resident engineer ai on.hnm nm,,e a ic.yara roturn nnd ToTiT1 Wh Cam WUh th!ror the fourth time Oregon lost five la' by the Chilean government he-, thirty members of the Aguas uiiien-party ,ast 0Venmg. lyardH (or bejng off sldo. ause they left Chilean ports jester- tes convention arriveu ia ou - There remains uui oue icei 10 ue Wm tJje ba on OreB0n-8 47. Iar without clearance papers. No potosi and villa's troops have taken, pul through In Tunnel 7. Porter yard n0( LuU and jmo mart0 a sels of tho Kosmos lino will be Querolaro without resistance, ac- Brothers, who havo tho contract forjf,r(jt down( placng tll0 ban on tho i, Z Z Z "-. - M" """""'" '" ". -" ..- II" tlgation Stnto noimrtmcni. obubucu oh uu,i (Continued on Page Four.) I UUILU IMjAYHOUHK. I I I I V, II. Wnllo stntodlfoforo j j nailing for Portland today thnt j j ho lmd prnctlcnlly closed nr- j I rnugoincnta to build Immedlnto- j I ly n moving picture nnd vnude- j j vlllo houso on his lot on Second j j street, near Central, nnmo to ho j I completed. by spring. Ho will ro- j turn In two or threo wooks to j ' j closo up tho donl. j 4 : W. 8. Chnndlor today closod' no Kotlatlons with K. II. Walto for tho purohaso of tho northeast corner of Andorson nnd Second streets from P. II. Wnlte. Tho proporty Is 100 feet squnro nnd tho price Is under stood to havo been about $20,000. Mr. Wnlto bought tho proporty nnmo tlmo ngo In separata parcels nnd tnkes a good profit on thu deal. Tho corner lot, CO by 100, formerly belonged to II. C. Noble, and ho sold to tho l- A. Wnrnor syndicate a fnw years ngo for about JR00O, Mr. Wnlto Inter bought It from them. Tlio other lot, adjoining Tho Chnndlor Hotel, Mr. Walto bought n yonr or so ngo from Henry SengHtncken. Tho toiiHUinniatlon et tho den) meant nt lonst two, nnd probably threo or moro fluo nuildlugn In tho near futuro. For somo tlmo Mr. Chnndlor hns boon figuring or. put ting In n centrnl heating plant tor his buildings In that vicinity and possibly uJho uii electric lighting plant. Ily tho acquisition of tho new property ho Is given an Ideal slto for this purpose and nlso an excellent locution for utilizing street fronts for store-room purposes and tho second story for offices, etc. Heat fiilincH' Property, Tho closing of the deal, also means thnt Win. Orlmes nnd I). T. Klynn will go ahead with Uiolr block at tho cornor of Second and Centrnl. Thoy stnlod before leaving last wcok that ability to socuro sor- Mco from a contra! hooting plant was tho only thing holding them back and now Mr. Chnndlor Is tak ing euro of that. Wnlto to llulld. V. I. Walto boforo leaving today on tho Ilronkwntor for homo, an nounced that ho would Immediately go ahead with tho new building on his lot on Second street, just north of tho Coko building. Ho hnn tho piling drlvon for tho foundation thdro last fall whon ho was figur ing qn It as u pou-ilblo location for tho Post Office. It will probably bo two Btorlos. with n fine front. Mr. Wnlto Iiiih an Intcrept In two party wallB, that of tho Coko building nnd that of tho First National Ilnnk, so that ho really will only havo to meet two walls of his proposod building MutNon May ilulld J. Albert Matson has hcQn fig uring for somo time on putting up a fine business block on tho ex cellent proporty which 'ho and his slater, Mrs. K. S. tfurgoH, own on Anderson avenue. Tho property has I two hundred feot frontngo on An derson and nlso frontngo on both Second and Third streets, ' Ho , J.JS CAPTAIN DECKER SAYS TURKS DID NOT THE FIRING AS HOSTILE ACT IAN Commander of U. S. Cruiser Tennessee Makes Formal Report on Incident at Smyrna First Report Contained Contradictory Statements ' WHITE HOUSE ISSUES STATEMENT CLEARING REPORTED ATTACK ON AMERICAN VESSEL Turkey Had Ordered Port Clossd and This is Presumed to Have Led to Firing on Ship Secretary Daniels Decides to Keep Vessels in Turkish Waters (Dy Associated Press to Coos Bar Times.; ' WASHINGTON, D, C Nov, 21, -Captain Decker of tho cruiser Tonnessec, reported today that tha firing on tho ship's launch by Turkish forts at Smyrna, Asia Minor, was not in tended as a hostilo act, ; Aftor tho announcement from the Wlfito Houso that Cap tain Decker reportod today that tho firing on tho cruiser's launch was not hostilo, Secretary Daniels announced n por tion of Capt, Decker's first report had not been made public whon roceivrtd, bocauso it was consldorod contradictory. Ho announced that Decker's first dispatch reporting tho firing contained tho words: "Acts not hostilo but unfrlondly," t Tho Navy Department's announcement ommited tho contradictory phraso In ordor to vorlfy it and today came word that tho mes sage was correct as originally sont, Secretary Daniels was unablo to explain Its moaning and said it seemed to him an expression of tho opinion by tlio Captain of the Tonnosseo without tho oxact knowledge of what took placo oi "shoro, After a conforonco with Prosidont Wilson, Secretary Tu multy gavo out tho following statement: "Tlio public already knows what happonod: namely that a boat from tln Tonnos soo triod to outer a harbor which tho Turkish govwirnont had declared closed, A shot was flrod across hor bowi' to stop hor, Tho captain of tho Tennosseo reports It was not 'Mtonded as a hostilo act, A full Investigation of tho matter is bolng mado and explanations havo boen asked of tho Turkish gov ernment," r ,. . Secrotary Danlols' authorized statomont of Captain Dock ers' first message of Novembor 18, reporting tho firing, con tained tho words "acts 'not hostilo," No explanation has upon rpado why that information was withhold at tho tlmo of the first announcement, Thoro Is no intontion, Secrotary Daniels armuunceu, to withdraw olthor tha Tonnosseo or tho North Carolina, as somo American residents aro said to bo concornod ovor tho gon cral conditions in Turkey, F R C E IT GAINS AGAINST GERMANS ALL ALONG THE LINE (Ily Associated Press to Coos Ilay Tltnos.) PARIS, Nov, 21, An official communication says: "Yos torday was similar to tho two proceeding days, In Belgium our artillery at Niouport secured an advantago ovor that of tho onomy. From Dixmudo to tho soujh of Ypres, thoro was an intermittent cannonading, At Holloboko, two attacks of Gormarf Infantry woro ropulsod, From tho Belgian front or to tlio Oiso Rivor thoro was nothing now, In tho region ol tho Alsno and Champagne tho advantago gained by our batteries has bocomo marked and prevented tlio Gormans from contin uing tho construction of certain trenchos, In Argonno wo blow up certain of tho onomy's trenchos, In tlio vicinity of Vor dun and in tho Vosgos Mountains wo mado progress, At cer tain points wo ostablishod trenchos at loss than 30 yards from tho Gorman positions," RUSSIANS CLAIM GERMANS HARD PRESSED " .' (Ily Associated Pross to Coos Hay Times.) PETROGRAD, Nov, 21, It is announced that thoro -is fur ious fighting in tho region of Cracow, tlio Gormans realizing this position, with its strong fortifications, Is tholr last pro tected position on this front, HARVARD FAVORITE FREIGHT RATES OVER IALE TODAI ORDERED .REDUCED Over 70,000 Assemble for Great Football Game at New Yale Bowl (117 Aworlttrt I'm Io Coot llif Tluu-) NBW HAVKN, Nov. 21. In the now Ynlo "Howl," boforo 0no of tho largest' crowds that ovor witnessed an athlotlc contest In thU country, tho Yalo and Harvard football teams closed the season this afternoon. The crowd was estimated at 70,000, whllo other thousands wero unablo to ob tain admission. Harvard was a slight favorlto boforo tho strugglo began. originally bought It n few years j ago as a prospoetlvo homo for tho, Matson storo and If his present plana ' aro realized, thla may bo accom plished, within the coining year, Portland Firm Secure Reduc tions on Small Shipments to Northwest Points' (11 AuK4t4 Tri-M Io Cow )r Time. WASHINGTON. D. CJ Nov. 21. Material reductions in freight rates on bakory goods In loss than car lots from points In Oregon and Washing top to destinations In Oregon, Wash ington. California, Idaho and Mon tana woro orderod today by tho In toriitato Commorco Commission on complaint ot the Portland Cwlwr of Commerce. Northwester bakers and manufacturers face spirits com petition from oastern shippers a4 the rates were held .excessive. Si .,4 fc itf-y jt,t V- jf. fiu-fi -'M