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Shop Early
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tho beat assortment to chooso from, but you are,
kind to yoursolf and tho Bnlcs-p-aople, Christmas
la drawing very nonr. Start now!
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VOL. NO. XXXVIII.
Established 1878
n Tim Onast Mntl.
MARSHFIELD, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1914 EVENING EDITION.
rmains Claim Gain Aj
a nflo n TF?v o
JMIies aura Km
FRENCH AMD RUSSI AMS SAY eEHMJUiS-
AHE CTJ LOSING GROUND
Fighting Occurred a Few Weeks Ago. !
ALLIES OFFICIAL STATEMENTS CLAIM GERMAN
' ADVANCE TOWARDS WARSAW HAS BEEN CHECKED
French Claim Germans Are Retiring in Disorder in Poland and
Declare Servians Have Won Important Victories
Over Austnans in Northwestern Servia.
(Dy AsBoclatcd Proas to Coos Dny Times,)
LONDON, Dec, 12. Tho French war office announced to
day that three German batteries had been destroyed and oth
ers silenced, that severa Garmnn tmnHme u .."
that the allies made successful infantry attacks and that they European warring tVchrislm
W0I1 DaCK DOSSGSSIOIl Of Oil fiXlmidnrl KPPiinn nlnnrr 4l. .., season. "Tho nffortM nf !,, I(l
bank of tho Ysor Canal In Belgium to cantum wlilrTi Hip Rpi- ""fortunately rniuii. according to tho1 of th0 Vistula nulX ' no
maHS Ongaged in tllG mOSt deSflPtafp llirl flnnJ firrl l, It VuUcnn announcement, "owing to,0111' operations nro do
I n Snr Tn ilip vine peRUO QI1U deadly fighting Of Ul0 0M)OH,tloil of u cortan I,wor..., Southern Poland, tho
SIXTEE.V PAGES.
A Consolidation of Times, Const Mftl)
and tConi Xlnv AilrpHlir
No. 123
lamu
RUSSIA STOPS
XMAS TRUCE
IN THE WAR!
ttlr AmocIiIpiI !' la Coo. njr TlmM.
HOME, Dec. 12. Tho Vatlcnn
nntliorltlos today mado public a docu
ment sotting forth tho efforta mado
Declare Russian Cavalry is
Worsted on East Prussian
Front; Advances in Poland ,
says Austrian's and i
GERMAN FORCE GAINS
Denies French Claims of Suc
cess in Belgium and France
Berlin Version '
Ilr Anoolttnl I'mi to Coo I)f Tlmn. )
DEIIMN, Dec. 12. (lly Wireless).
Tho Oormnn official statement to
by tho Popo to obtain a truco In tho, l,n' sa'B! "0n ,ho Prussian front,
repulsed tno Russian
;ainst
Today
DUTCH TAKE
GERMAN GRAIN
SHIPMENT
Wr AnorUInt I'mi In Coot nr Tlmw.l
AMSTERDAM, Dee. 12. A cor
respondent at llanswoert declares tho
Dutch authorities bnvo seized fifteen
rlvor boats containing enrgoes of
grain nud other goods which It Is
the war in tho west.
tii nni'nlnu
as. "" ""
.... I m vnlrl. fnlfltll? !lfn nrlanhnrfi Rnlltlt .. .....
nint, "'' " - -- .. . . uiiegcu mat tlio Germans woro try-
ruioru roinnu , ... ...,,.,. hv. . n, ,,, ,,
developing. In a,,,,,,,.,, -m... n ..A.m...
UiibsI.iii at-' .,.,., ,.,... ,, .
OW...UH..U,, mm uiu tuiKuuB wuro pri
.. ... tllnlli, i.,i,(. V1..I.1 ctfl.1 til .!, A llalni...
Pplmrrmrl rllsnniplmc ct4o ll, f, -fi,. r r uornmny ngreca to tno truco, It Is, - """""" '"""""' I vato property.
..,t,.u v,,UKuwM1u oiuio mo hum UI UIU UC.illtlll TOrCeSi said, but Ilussla opposed It.
01 AMENDMENT
IS
Considereu Soon
.make l'. S. DItV.
I injf AMocltla.) I'lft. lo Coot Itojr TlniM.) j
WASHINGTON', I). C, Dec.
12. Tho problliltlou question j
will bo brought Into tho IIoiiho
on Ik-comber 22, and whou It is j
disponed of woman suffrngo will I
bo taken up.
I llr AmnhIiIrI 1'r.M lo Coo. Ilr TlniM.l
WASHINGTON', I). C, Dec. 12,-1
Hungarian and Gcrniau troops.
In KlnndorB, tho French yestorday
, mado attacks In tho region of tho
Enngomnrk, which woro ropulsed.
They loHt 200 klllod and 340 prison
ers. Our artillery bombarded tho
railroad to Intel faro with the
t'omcutH of tho enemy's trpops.
mado Homo progross near ArraH.
ittnckod UK near
success. In
Trench for
weeks past litvvo limited themHolvus
I to very weak attacks and everywhoro
woro ropulsed. On tho othor hand
; tho (lormnns havo takon possession
of nu Important Kroneh position of
era. On
SYpres ra
movoineii
Wo mndi
which havo been advancinn toward Wnrsnw fmm iim nnrii
west has been pjerced in two places. The French official 11(11 IP V IHfll I HflTr
statement, referring; to tho same phase of the Eastern cam-1 1 I UdL IflIL I V T
and tho Germans are retiring in disorder. Along tho Ger
man contor, west of Warsaw, it is said, the attacks of the
Imrmnrc wnrn .'nniilcnd 111II1 Imnim Innnnn
piSfrtorS mihttt felatn0ffS.thi!bWoma" Su'and National J?ZX
C?iJUTnlVf&S CTJiSW?! Prohibition Proposition to bo :''! '! '
,",l,""ul vivuuiut, 1.1 1 u nuiuumu lllll ill IIUIIIIVVUOI UUI Vlll
, and capturing two towns.
FRENCH GLUM AWE'S ARTILLERY
M WORSTED CE NU'B
(Dy Associated Press to Tho Coos Day Times.)
PARIS, Dec, 12,Tho official bulletin this afternoon says:,
"Tho onomy has completed the evacuation of tho west bank!
fl 4 li f rst Hrtilftl 4 IUa nA4 t 1 ia K IftA A 4ln t n uttt i.m k !
ui uiu ioui uuiiui iu uiu iiuiiii ui uiu iiuuou ui 1110 luiiyuiuiii Yo mJ . .,..... ii0lg0
and we occupy this bank. In tho region of Aijas there havqLociai mios for tho consideration t
neon many artillery engagements, In the regions of Nampoeli proposals to submit tho woman1 '
and the Aisno, our batteries reduced to silence tho onomy's j suffrage ami prohibition nuestionsCoos County Man Seeks legal
uauenes. iNorineasi or vaiuy one or men uowiizer uauenes ,u uiiiuihuiioiu wUrU eparauons irom I wo wo
was completely destroyed, , , . , . I SSSJi.? ti5ncll0B f th cu,3! men at Same Time '
rigilllllg III UIU IUIIIIU lUglUII UIIU LUIUIIU IUIUOI IOOUIIUU,
in an advantage to us, un tno Mouse iieignts our artillery
demolished at Deuxnoudo two batteries of tho enemy, ono
composed of guns of largo caliber and tho othor Used for
firing upon the aviators, In this samo region, wo have blown
up a blockhouse and destroyed several trenches, Botween
the Mouse and the Moselle there is nothing to report, In tho
Vosges there have been artillery engagements, In the Senones
region, wo consolidated tlio positions gained by us the even
ing before,"
CRUISER ORESBEi REPORTED HIDING
li INLET OF
.ALLIES MAY BE ABOUT TO START '
GENERAL ASSAIJLTON GERIN LINE
Renewed Military Activity In France is Believed to Indicate
Great Effort to Throw Geramn's Entire Force Back
' Into Confines of Kaiser's Domain.
GERMAN ADVANCE ON WARSAW REPORTED TnnAY tyi
HAVE BEEN CHECKED BY RUSSIANS; ALLIES RELIEVED
King Peter of Servia, Aged Seventy, Goes to Front and by
Dramatic Appeal to Army Succeeds in Changing Defeat
to Victory, Repulsing Austrian Advance.
(Dy Associated Press to Tho Coos Bay Times.)
LONDON, Dec, 12, it has become apparent that the re
newed military activity in France, the precise nature of
which has been left in doubt by the indefinite official commu
nications, has not yot attained the dimensions ot a general
assault, Berlin Is speculating whether tho allies, taking ad
vantage of tho Gormans pro-occupation with Russia, will
seizo tlio opportunity to begin a goneral movement designed
to push back the wholo Gorman lino,
Tho campaign In Eastern Prussia is now vlowod more com
placontly by tho allies, Potrograd reported yesterday that
tho Gormans woro within fifteen mllos of Warsaw, but it is
now said that this advance has boon checked,
Tho mystery of Sorvla's sudden reversal or form Is rit-"
J tributod In Paris to a draamtic incident, It Is said that King
i rotor, soma's u-year-oiu ruior, wont to the tront at tile
uirAffttaMrftHtanNNitarTimMi timo his army was apparently being pushed to oxtremitles by
niowyouk, Dec. 12 wan street I tho Austrians and said to tho soldlors! "Your old King has
come to oio witn you tor tno tatnonand," I hereupon a gen
oral assault was ordered, resulting in tho recently reported
iiepuiso or tno Austnans,
WAL
L STREET IS
T
OPEN
0
y
oanio Into Its own today. Tho Stock
UxcLango, closed for nearly four and
one-half months, except for n limit
ed trading In bonds tho last two.
woekB, rooponed UiIb morning. Not
for many years has thero lionn such!
support by moans of explosions of a . a throng of brokers on tho floor,
mine. Tho onomy bun suffered heavy
losses In klllod."
PECULIAR PLIGHT
, OF LEV
GRAHAM
F
0 0
D
HTH
DEEDS 111 MILLIONS K
COQUILhi:, Ore, Dec. 12At tho
present term of tho Circuit Court
l.ovl (Irahum la suing for tho dis
solution of tho marriage bonds from
two soparnto women, :.'o, ho is not
Mormon nud tho ovents loading
such a sltuntlon lie so far
back that thoro Is nothing sousa-
- ,. , . .. , , tlonnl nbout tho afiair. Years ago
EniOry EdWardS, Believed tO arnham married n woman In Ponn-
be from ColvillC, Wash., ylvnnla and they separated at onto,
SllCCUmbs in NeW York "vor living togothor ns mnn nnd
, wlfo. Tho Justice of tho Peaco
,llr AmocUIuJ I'rfM to Coo lUr Tlmn 1 ... , ... . ,,
' i who performed tho ceremony told
NEW YOHK, Dec. 12. An Oxnml- nrahnm hn poul.l ant him n .llvoren
I nation of tho porsonal offects of nnil n,o now brldogroom took his
Kraory Bd wards, 43 years old, who word for , coming r.'est, Oranam,
was found dead In n modest boarding thinking ho was freo, married again,
j houso Inst night, rovealed old doedb but thlo couplo havo now boon sop-
and documnots Indicating thnt tho arated for years. Now to cloan up
ilnnrl tnnn ivas Min rnnrnnantnllv. nf in tn oni.n. ... ...... . i.n..
n. ah it i rnnnrta, n,o fiormnn1 .::';:.;'":: '"":v" i,u ." .-k "
Ucu. l, u 10 io,Jwiiu "iu uvmiium ma r.uwurus nsmie, wnicn ni ono tno dissolution of tlio first mar
SOUTHERN
PATAGONIA
FIRE IN FAKE
SHOW IS COSTLY
Flrn flamed up In tho window ot
tho Hed Cross Drug Storo at 3:30
this afternoon, spread rapidly along
tho cotton "snow" nud before It
tould ho extinguished bud done
about 'i00 worth of damago,
Thorn was about 11000 worth of
Christmas jowelry on display at tho
tlmo. Though tho flro department
responded nt onco tho blnzo was out
beforo they arrived.
Jowolor 0. II. Wilson was stand
ing at his work bouch bohtnd tho
window at tho tlmo. Kloctrlo light
glohoB, hidden In tho cotton, becamo
ovorhontod and tho flro starting on
nn Instant circled tho window In a
damago. Tho company carried In
puff. Bmoko and water did tho
surnuco,
MIDNIGHT FIRE THREATENS CORNER
AT FRONT AND MARKET
(Dy Associated PreBS to tho Coos Day Times,)
ai PARAicn Mio. npn. 19. It s reDorted 1
cruiser Dresden has taken refuge in an inlet on tho coast of! time ownod t:.o sito ot tho post- ringo to nattio b. araimm which
Pdoirnna Tin MrAcHnn S tlft on V VeSSe O 10 UBIIIIclll , u"tu " "'" "u "'" l,,u rtBlu' was n mero ceremony, this wouiu
i uiciftuiuu, (i nu '-''""""" D ... I f. i ii Qft,,4, Atlnntip'' Houso and an $8,000,000 estato In leavo him tho lognl husband of tl
squamon wnicn mui mu biiuoh nw mi u.w. ..
December 8, that has not been accounted for,
SMTH
S
C.A.
OUTLOOK BETTER
Entire Block in Danger When
Coos Bay Bakery Has
Midnight Blazo
: x
I Carl Kvortsen, proprietor of (
tho Coob liny Dakory, this after-
noon declared that ho haB not j
I yot estimated his loss, but that j
j ho carries Insurance It Is not j
bollovod that tho loss will bo
j moro than $300. Mannger j
j Hampton, of tlio Central Dooms,
nlso declares ho carried lusiir-
unco. Tho roof on tho south- j
wost corner ot tho building, j
j which Is owned by A. O. Hog-
j era, wnB burned through and tho
j water damaged flvo rooms.
nt work In tho bakery When -the
flro started. They had just fin
ished mixing thotr UouKhrStid Ponco
had turned about, going to the big
oven to start tho night's baking
whou ho notlcod a -small flame
Nliootlng up tho wall along sldo ot
tho boiler, Ho Immediately yelled
"riro" nnd Hnnk Wolls In the
Hlght Cafo, but n fow foot away
sounded tho nlnrm. f
Oordou Smith rosponded at once
wltli tho nuto flro truck and HftU
Btutsman followed with tho stean
oiiglno which, with tho aid ot thej
firemen, was run to tho toot of'
Commercial street and a salt water,
stream played on tho flame a few '
mtnutos later.
Three streams woro played on the'
Flro nt 11 o'clock Inst night tiro from tho gasoline engine that
broko out In tho roar of tho Coos I onco again demonstrated Kb worth1
Dany Dakory on Market street as a flro protector. Bmoko cloud'
between Front street and Droad-, Ing out ot tho bakory blinded the
way strootB and for a tlmo throat-' flromon. They groped tholr way
ened tho entire block of wooden through tho alloy bonouth the Cen-,
buildings. Tho flro dopartmont with , tral Hotel, Tho flro windows ot'
two engines, had four hosos playing .tho St. Lawrence Hotel noxt door
on tho flnmoB In loss than flvo mln- woro Immediately closed and that
utoB nftor tho nlnrm was sounded. . building was at no ttrao In danger.
Sinoko botched out through tho' Dosplto tho wntor and smoke the
bakory making tho detection of tho ; bnkora re-continued tholr work,
tiro nlmost Impossible mixing tho dough for today's bak-
Ab tho flro burnod In tho rear ofln. refusing to bo driven from
tho
TURKISH FLEET
BOMBARDS
B
TUM
AND KILLS LARGE NUMBER THERE
fDv Associated Press to tho Coos Day Times,)
PHMOTAMTIMnDI C nor. 19. The Turkish fleet yeSter- I to natural causes.
1 IjIJIMO I AIM I IU I-1-1 Uuui - . r, , - 1
.day bombarded the environs of Batum, tn Kussian seapori;
;on the eastern coast of the Black Sea, Hundreds of Rus
sians were killed and a number were wounded by the fire. ,
ARRtS AMtmuHiM on j
,n Aied Press to Coos tfay Times.)
PARIS Dec. 12. The police of Geneva, Switzerland, says
I nniO fuli ti . i "u rv' . . i nnirn Vnorl Amormnn
I Holland. Tho proporty inontlouod second wlfo, I.ovlnn Graham from
j In tho deeds In Ed wards' room Is whom ho hns beon so long parted,
now worth several hundred millions and from whom ho now seeks a
i of dollars. Edwards camo to Now divorce
York about throo weoks ago and It
I Is believed that his homo was Iu
jcolvlllo Washington. Ho attracted
attontlon because of his oxpenslvo
! clothing and Jewolry. It Is bollovod
thnt ho camo hero to roproseut tho
Edwards estate Ills doath was duo
Business condition lmprovlno'i!;.:tSo:'';o:i';,Vn '.at .Tv,., , u.
111 Quai unu may ouun uuii-
efit Western Lumber
SECOND
R
NIC
TO
I
there
cult task to got tholr streams play- nro vorai oiocina ugnt wires.
Ing on tho seat of tho blazo. 8omo hollovo that the fire waa
Tmi . .1. .! . . .. . ' tttnrlml liv rntu nrhnrn liAlloa U.mf
C. A. Smith and his son, Vornon "rougn ino iiigui uaio iwo lines,------"',"- m"""m ":" "
A. HmlMi rrlv,l lmr lnHt nvmilnir I wOrO lirOUgllt llllO tllO IlrO, nn-
,011 tlio Adeline Smith, nrrlvlnu so!otllor cnino through tho Dakory j
'
I that tho former could again spend
part of his birthday on Coos Day.
During tho last fow years It has so
nnd a fourth shot down from tho
standplpo on tho top ot tho Cooa
building next door.
In tho darkness and through tho
OTLN
IN
I.UGIIIICMI OUY OYOIUII, mm "
Principal cities of Eastern France,
itialed.
POAL FOR BRITISH FLEET
(BySated Press to Coos Day Times.,
PANAMA, Dec, 12, It lJ!fflMCMwM
came from Australia,
VE
LI I L I LI I 111 ' warning
AuotUtal TltM to Cooa Pr TlmM 1
ASO, Dec 12.Tho second
I nuriuiig i rum uiu yyubiiiueipu kuv-
j eminent to Matorowiia was received
Fred TrQnson Sentenced for "oro today demanding that Muytor
Killing btenographer Mc
hanponed that ho has boeu ablo to
bo hero for his anniversary, u rather , ,mso ot back nlley flro traps, tho
linnnv cfrmimitthtipn for Mm AH thnrn fight WOS a (llftlVUtt One. TllO
llnltorl oto Coirl l u.,n l nothing that ho enjoys moro than!""'"08 Bl,ranK P tho woodon wall
United States Said tO HaVe b0nK noar tJ0 Broat Jnl,la whoB0'of the bakory within a foot of tho
NUUimu IVIuyiUIUim HO IVIUbl development has boon part of his
dream ot suecoss and accomplishment.
Withdraw From Naco
Ginn Scores Criminal
(Or AMOiUtfrl I'rcw lo Coo Ilr TlmM.
. POUTDAXD, Or., Dec. 12Kred
Tronson, an elevator pilot, was sen
toncod to life Imprisonment for tho
murder of Emma Uirlch, a 21-year-
ona withdraw immediately from
within tango of tho American bor
dor town. It was given verbally, It
was understood, to one of Maytor
cnu's agonts In Washington.
JIAYTOKBNA'H YKItKIO.V
I Hr Auotlllol l'fM to C004 IHf TIuim
Js'ACO, Ariz., Doe. 12. Governor
They had a flno trip up on tho
Adeline, Cupt. Olson making tho run
up In tweuty-nluo hours, Mr. O. A.
Smith Is suffering from a rather so
lera cold. However, tho sunshine
today mado him fool good and ho was
out most of tho tlmo Inspecting the
ioeal plants and changes that have
I been mado since his last trip hero.
Mr. Smith holds a rather optimistic
view concerning tho general business
condition of tie country and says
tho oven flro was tho cause ot the
conflagration.
Had tho auto tiro . truck been
"hooked" onto tho Dny Instead ot
the hydrant It Is bolloved that quick
er action could havo been started on
tho flro and also that the alt water
Is much moro effective In staying
tho flames. Tho steam engine, In
chargo of Hal Stutsman, ran a line
up from tho Day.
II. A. Wells ot thQ flight Caf, fc
opoulng hi placo and having' the
firemen string a Una of hose through
tho place, aided groatly In xtli
gtilshlng (ho blaze. This waa the
oldstonographer who refused Tron-;MaytorQna mW today tJBt ,0 ha(, ,hat ft congI(orau,0 ,mproveroeIlt ,
7" " , " "' " ,,l, '7""' '" ' reculved no order from Provisional already notlceablo In tho oast. How-
UO Circuit COUrt. Had this lUUr- ,,.,,,, fJllHnrrn , ,. flrlno-Lv l,n ln,l,nr mnrUol l,n ,,nf
der boon committed before election, Mand w, cont,nuo th MMk ,,, j pokea up any blt ,,0 , ,,opoflI
brick wall ot tho Coos building. A
hole was hacked In tho wail noar
the oven nnd through this u stream
of water played. Directly above tho
west wing of tho Centrul Hotel
caught flro. thoueh thoro woro no
roomora la this soctlon. Tho Mr8t stream on the flro and cowlag
flames burst out on tho roof nnd.fr01" wlero It did was more effect
over tho big oven tho flro shot Ivo than from any other point.
ucross to tho storeroom and had It' . , .
not boon Intercepted early It Isi JAMES WA.T8Q.V IAV I"
probablo that tho tiro would havo'
spread on through tho framo build-.
Ing to front stroot as stored in tho;
storo room woro barrels of lard and j
oil, all highly Inflammable.
Water dronchod down Into this
room, ruining a supply ot Christ
mas cakes and nbout 1100 louves
I
UK COUNTY JUDGK j
According to n point raised j
j by Governor West, the terms of '
tho county Judges expire this
j year Instead of bolng prolonged
two years ns a result ot an elec- (
Hon law amendment, Governor I
of bread which a few minutes la- I est una pointed the matter oit
SIJDi: IX CL'LKIHIA Cl'T.
tnr ah-ui4 rw u coo u7 thm.i
SAN FUANCIS'CO. Dec. 12 A
Private dlsnatch to W. D. Grace a
Sots.
Co., received today from tho Ianaraa1aro Conumny
Nww- ' said tho court " OroKon would never ' ' ..-,..... 0I ur0au wnicn a. lew iniuuies la- i i " puimeu me manor oit ,
Canal Zone, stated that a now '"'0!ha"o abo8,lod ,, punl8,uaent I ho receives such an ordor. Ho said, that tho general Improvement wlll'ter would havo beon baking In tho to tho Supremo Court anil If hfc J'
' " ni niivniB uYuiy iu-buuh nwito noun iuii iii nun iniu. oven. About 160 sacks of flour contention Is sustained, the term I
i i.uiuu ubaiuBi Limb uiu" mu n uiiu (c.iiuii oiumi muiu miiiuov woro practically unuamagou, a or jonn nan win expire tins I
uimi '', border. .direct from ci Icago, whore thoy huvo largo tarpaulin bolng thrown over. month and James Watsoa, who I
i spout several weeks. Thoy will re- them beforo tho water enrao was elected on the ltepUblicau j
Hiiiiuut turn to Dorkeley to spend Christmas through. ticket, will succeed him. I
'with their families, H. Penco aud It. W. Keator wnrT
In the Culobra cut would causo a de-,
jay of about two days 10 smi-im..
No details were given.
A'man Sinning
Hurtltrai-o C.
CoinmunHy SlIvei-MUie. Sumner j GalvauUciI h uglo uallx. Hiimiu-i
lllauliaic Coiupany,
Senium iimcliliio iii't'illt'N.
Haidiwiio Co,
. t-t. 12. . . i - fl illBf 111, 1
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