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The Determination
onco Bftldi 'I buy advertised nrtlclcs because they
are Invariably worth what I pay for thorn." Th0
merchants with the best reputations for Integrity
and honest merchandise nro without exception
thoso who advertise their goods uncoaslngly
of valuo received In advertising lies solely wltr
tho results secured. Try tho columns of
tuuaiinjr'iimca incy nro cienn nnu uopenoauie. m ,
Tho readora of Tho Tlmos havo coufldonco In the
nds appearing thcroln.
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VOL. NO. XXXVIII.
AMERICAN
PROTEST
STIRS lima GRERTLY TUT
it
All of King, George's Minis tcrs Gather at London Conference to
Discuss Note of President Wilson Protesting Against '
Delays to American Shipping Interests
NEWSPAPER FULL OF IT AND EXPRESS HOPE
THAT MUTUAL GOOD WILL WILL PREVENT CLASH
London Globe Declares United States Is Endeavoring to Make
Money Out of War Instead of Actinn in Behalf of
Higher Morality Says Answers Must be No.
(Dy Associated Press to tho Coos Bay Times.)
LONDON, ( Dec, 30, Foreign Secretary Grey returned to
London from the country today, His coming was followed in
tho afternoon by a meeting of tho cabinet, at which before the
full mustor of His Majesty's ministers, there was discussed
tho protest of the United States concerning the restrictions or
American commerce, The note'of the American govemmonV
has just reached the British government and likely will occupy
tho attention of the ministry for a consiclerablo time, The
Washington communication holds first place, not only in the
news and editorial columns of the newspapers, but wherever
war and its attondant ramifications are discussed, It Is con
tended everywhere that tho mutual good will surely will bridgo
this difficulty between the countries,
London Paper Belligerent.
The London Globe, however, takes exception to the Ameri
can note, "The American government in effect demands that
wo should renounce in the interests of American profits our
most potent weapon against our enemy! that we should raise
the blockade against the entry of supplies," says tho Globe,
It contends that the American government remained silent in
the face of all the violation of all conventions adopted at The
Hague, and "the indefensible outrages inflicted on Belgium,"
it continues, "The voice of a great neutral nation which seeks
to be the final arbiter to civilization is raised for the first
time, not on the question of higher morality, but to express
impatience at tho fact that the greatest war In history of the
world has Interfered with the opportunities of American trad
ers to make money out of necessities of the bol geronts,"
The Globe concludes its comment as follows! 1 hero is only
ono possible answer to the American demand', 'Nor
OFFICIAL PAPER'S VIEW. r a t
"Wo havo no right to feel aggrieved because of American
endeavors to mitigate losses which tho war inflicts on mer
chants and manufacturers of that country," says the West
minster Gazotto, This newspaper, more, than any other, re
flects tho views of the government, Stating the right of
soarch is conceded in the American note, tho Westminster
Gazette admits this right should be exercised with all possible
regard to convenience of tho neutrals,
It suggests that it would bo well for tho British government
to supply daily to tho American Ambassador a list of ships
stopped, with a statement of the. reasons therefor.
The prevent Groat Britain from checking the shipment of
coppor to Germany would in effect bo American Intervontlon
on tho side of Germany, this paper contends, I absolves
Washington from any such intention and points out if dilt
culties are faced in a spirit of fairness, tho two govommont
by friondly agroomont, will bo ablo to case tho situation tor
0aA ptaa0 tor mutual good will is made by the Pall Mall Ga
zette, which urges that between tho two Englis i-sppak Ing no
te so accustomed to frank discussion and plain deal I g,
hero Is no noco sity for "irritation over any apparent brus-
quono in tho mossago,"
REPORTED TODAY1
Claim Sultan's Troops Were
Successful in Caucasus
! Mountains
XKj AuocltlM Tm to Coot Dtr Tlmet.1
BERLIN, iDy Wlroloss via Say
vllle) Dec. SO. Tho official news
bureau announced today that Con
stantinople reports anothor Turkish
success on tho Itlver Kura In tho
Caucasus mountains. Tho Turks took
. . . .... nn,t
uiany prisoners, seven" Hl"
ill..... . rnl.rt nUletl ffi-
other war material. Tho British
newed attempts to land troops at
Akabah, Arabia, but failed.
I FAVOR GOVKIINMKXT
I OWXKI) VKSSKIiS
I tUy AHUte4 Vtn to Coo Dr Tlme-1
I WASHINGTON, D. C, oPc,
30 Urging In strong terms tho
passage of the administration
I ship purchase bill, Senator
I Fletcher for the majority of the
1 commerce committee, presented
a report on the measure to tho 1
I Senate I
1 '
TURKISH VICTORY U HIS
NEW YEAU'S DANCE SOUTH IN-
"rr AIT Tul.()ay .ht. Genu
i
RstnlillshCtl 1878
mTIio Coiwt Mnll.
TO E
GALICIA RETREAT
Officially Reports That Strong
n !- DninfrirnnmnntQ
Caused Retirement
IVl AuUU4 PfMi to Coo. IU.7 Tln.l
.....vvt inv Wlrnlpsa) DOC. 30.
Vju,.., "
Tho official communication admits
a (..,. In flnlllfl
tho rotreat by Ausinuiw . u..v..
The statement follows: '-Tho old Rns
Ian army, which about a week ago
commenced tho offenslvo against
those of our forces which crossed the
... i.n, Loon rplnforced In
XT fanner that It was necessary
( wItndraw our troops along
, ent(ro oagtorn front and In tho
plains of Gorlico t;usi no -Carpathians).
The situation In the
north has not been Influenced there-
by. In tlio Hainan w.- -
j tenesrlns showed great but unsuc
tessful activity. i "
wnje. Herzegovina, was repulsed.
;Th0 Montenegrin artillery had no ef-
! feet on the strong fortress of Krlevo-
jsljo."
'oKl !U make ,n.y FOUIl TIIIM
llHr . .... ,. ...,..,! ntiinliiy.s.
VctlneMl)8i i' -"
NGLAND
"
WSnl AT SI MNKIl HA H I1I1.U .
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MARSHFIELD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30,
Germans Claim Great Gales
Against :Rossiaini in East
ENGLAND HIT
BY SPEAKERS
IN CONGRESS
lUj AmacUIM Tntt to Coot Dr Time
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 30.
How tho United States could end
tho European war In 00 tlnyij by
cutting off tho export of wnr nup
pllcs and how some day tho "Issuo"
between thin country and Japan
must bo "tried out In tho 1'aclflc"
wero deBcrlbod today by Hoproson
tntlvo Vollmer, of Town, to tho
IIoubo Foreign Relations Committee.
With Representative Bartholin ho
endorsed n Joint resolution to em
power tho President to prohibit tho
oMiorts of, war supplies.
"There Is only ono nntlon," Voll
mer emphatically declared, "whoso
llncx of nntlonal Interest nro hope
it ssly opposed to our. I do not
hcsltnto to predict Japan proposes
to hold not only Klao Chow, hut
tho Islands of tho Pacific which
sho seized. Somo day this Issuo
must bo tried out In tho Pacific,
and It may bo to tho Interest of this
country to hnvo a powerful friend
at hor sldo. Germany cannot bo
beaten In this war. Hor pcoplo nro
united nnd determined to fight to
tho last drop of blood."
Dartholdt snld: "Tho alltnnco of
Great Krltuln with Japan is not a
Hood onion for our future In the
Pacific. Wo aro now soiling our
tcutrallty'for British gold."
HEROIC RESCUE OF
MARSHFIELD GIRL
M n M nr. nf MfiMinnv f
Swims Through Ice With
Sister Spence Wilson
Tho folowlng from Portland pa
por will bo of Interest in Mnrshflold,
as Misses Wilson nnd Miller hnvo Just
returned horo.
"To roscuo his Blstor Laura from
tho Yamhill Itlvor on Decemhor 21,
M. S. Mlllor, of McMlnnvlllo, Or.,
Jumped from n burning launch nnd
swam to ahoro with hor through
thin sheet of ico, according to Miss
Myrtlo Mlllor, nnother Blstor, and
MIbh Sponco Wilson, his cousin, who
nnseod through Portland yoHtordny
on tho way to tho lattor'n homo In
Murshflold. 'MIbh Mlllor wns crowd
ed Into tho rlvor during a flro on
a gnsollno launch In which sho wns
riding with hor brother nnd thrco
others. Tho romnlndor of tho party
paddled tho blazing launch to shoro,
whoro Mr, Mlllor usslsted thorn to
safety.
' Tho party consisted of tho two
Mlllor girls, MIeh Maud Harks und
James Huddle, Jigod 12 years, and
Mr. Mlllor, all of McMlnnvlllo, nnd
Mltyj Wilson. They had gone down
the river two miles from McMlnn
vlllo In soarch of a Christmas treo.
"Tho water pipes on tho onglno
frozo whllo tho boat was drifting
and when Mrt Mlllor tried to thaw
them by burning a handful ot wasto
thero was an oxploBlon and tho rear
of tho boat, whero tho onglno was
located, burst Into flames. Mr. Mill-!
tr turned off tho gasoline and throw
an rid blanket over tho englno.
Meanwhile the girls and boy had
crowded to tho bow, where thoy
climbed on tho front piatlorm. In
tho confusion Miss Laura Miller, n
recent graduate of tho McMlnnvlllo
High School, wbb crowded off Into
the water.
"Mr. Miller, still fighting tho
flames, was attracted by tho cries
of 1 Is companions and plunged Into
tho iHer. fully clad, after the girl
had acnk twlco. Tho river Is 8wlfti
at this point. The center of tho
Etream was open, but a thin sheet'
of Ice extended about 15 feet from)
thw bank on either sldo. '
Mr. Miller reached his sister as
sho was going down for tho third
tlmo and swam to tho Ico without
d'ffici Hy, but had hard work t" i
break lfls way through. j
air. Jinier b iiuiiii uuu mio t.cc
&e,erely lacerated and Miss Miller's
Announce Czar's Forces Driv
en Within Four Miles of
East Prussian Boundary
STEADY GAINS MADE IN
LOWER POLAND LATELY
Confirm Capture of Two Im
portant Towns and Say Ad
vance Continues There.
tnr AmocUIM ptn to Coot nr Tlmn.J
BWRLIN, Dec. 30.1 (By Wireless).
Tho official cotnmunlcntlon today
says: "In tho western theater wo aro
still righting for the hamlet of St.
Georges, Boulh of Nlouport, which wo
wero compollcd to ovneuato owing to
a siirprlso nttack. Storm nnd cold
has caused dnmago to tho positions
of both sides 111 Flanders and north
ern Frnnco."
"On tho rest of tho front tho
day passed quietly.
"In Knst Prussia, tho Russian
cavalry was driven back In tho di
rection of Plllkallono, four miles
from tho HuHsInn frontier.
"In Poland, on tho right bank of
tlm Vlstuln. tho situation Is un
changed, On tho went bank of the
Vistula, our offenslvo to tho cast
of ttzura continues. Fighting on
and to tho Knst ot Hawkn branch
continues, as well no Inowlodz nnd
southwest of this place. Hoports
from outsldo sour cos glvo tho Im
pression Lowlcz and Sklornlowlco
nro In our possession. Wo captured
th oho places mora than six dnys
ngo. Thu Sklornlowlco situation Is
far behind our front."
JS IN I1PPERARY
v.m. C Carey, Formerly With
Smith-Powers Co., Enlists
in Army in Ireland ' ,
"Ifa a long, long wny to Tlppor
nry" but William C. Carey, formorly
a fireman for tho Smlth-Powors Co.,
has reached thero and enlisted In tho
Sovontloth Itoynl Knnoskllln l-'usll-cors
nnd Is now In training to Join
tho allied army in Franco.
Nowh ot his nrrlval enmo In a lot
tor to Goorgo E. Cook thla morning
Cnroy was a mombor of tho Mooso
nnd sont his ndvnnco dues to Mr
Cook as secretary of tho lodgo.
Ilo wrote from llolfant, Ireland,
under dnto of December 3 nnd said
that thoy would lonvo tho next day
for Tlpporary to go Into training
camp to proparo for aorvlco at tho
front.
Cnroy formorly fired for Engineer
Raymond F. VIIIInm Aftor leaving
horo, Carey wont lo Canada and tried
to enlist but was rojectcd. Hnwovor
ho wiih dotormlnod to flgnt under
tho Union Jnck and when turnnd
down nt tho Cnnadlan recruiting sta
tion ho proceeded to tho "Auld Sod"
and was accepted.
bodj was covered with bruises,
"Meanwhllo tho romnlndor of tho
pa'ty had paddled tho burning boat
toward shoro and got near tho bank
t.hm t fifty ynrda down tho rlvor,
t-. with tho assistance of Mr.
MilliT, thoy made n landing.
Tho flamea woro then comiuored
ly smothering them with blankotH
and throwing water 0 thorn. Tho
fight with tho flro lasted about 20
nilnutcH
"Mr. Miller Is n partner In tho
McMlnmlllo Heating and Plumbing
Company. Ho Is about 30 years
old, Is bIx feet tall and weighs 100
pounds. Ho was nono tho worso for
his experience. Tho Mlllors aro
cousins of Hr. CharleB B. Frlsble,
of Portland.
" Mt was a terrlliie cxporlouco,'
said Miss Wilson. 'I felt that I was
going to bo drowned, burned nnd
blown to atoms all at onco. Thoro
was a five-gallon- can of gasollno
near tho englno. Wo carried that
to the front of tho boat.'
"Miss Miller was taken to a farm
house near the scene of the accident,
and was 111 for a couplo of days, but
has recovered completely.
DANCE THE OLD YEAR OUT
AND THE NEW YEAR IN AT
EAW.E.S' HALL, BEClUlltl.il .'.
MARTIN'S ORCHESTRA. DANC
ING UNTIL 1 O'CLOCK.
coos on
1914 EVENING EDITION
MEAT.CARGOES
! ARE SEIZED
BY ENGLAND
I II 7 Am(kIIM rrm to Cool PT Tlmri.)
CHICAGO, Dec. 30. Shipments of
nil food supplies handled by tho Chi
cago pnckorB to Kuropo censed com
pletely In the Inst six weeks becnuso
ot tho solzuro ot tho meat cargoes by
Groat Ilrltnln, nccordlug to Alfred
Urlon, nttornoy for tho packers.
"When tho first solxuro was mndo
wo thought It might bo an error, but
tho practlco continued and menu
whllo our coininorco has been driven
from tho seas."
(Ur AuocltlM frt.i to Oom nr nmn.j
WASHINGTON, I). C, Doc. 30.
The detention by tho British of tho
Swedish steamer Nowswodon nnd tho
Norwegian steamer Sorlnnd, loaded
with American copper for Stockholm
woro reported to tho U. S. Stnto De
partment today by tho Amorlcan
Smelting & Refining Company.
SLIGHT GUMS BY
Announce They Won More
Territory Near Nieuport,
Argonnc and Alsace
(Br AtMHUtaJ rrm U Cm, 1)4 i TlmM.J
PARIS, Dec. 30". Tho official nn
nouncomont this nftornoon intys: "In
Belgium we won n llttlo torrltory In
tho region of Nlouport, opposite Pol
ders nnd north of Lombnortzydo. Tho
enemy subjected St. Georges to n
violent bombardment. Wo captured
n Gormnn point of support southeast
of Sonnoboko. From thu Lyn to tho
Olso rivers thoro Is nothing to re
port. The GoriuniiB are conducting n
heavy artillery flro In tho Alsno Val
ley and Champagne. In tho Argonno
wo mndo slight progress In the re
gion of Four do Paris. In tho Vog
gos n Geriunn attack at Lototo do
Faux wbh repulsed. Our heavy nr
tlllnry reduced to hIIoiico Gorman
howitzers which woro bombarding
upper Aspnch In Alsnco."
MILS. MURDOCK DEAD.
Wlfo of rounder of Wlrliitu Dally
ICiiglo Kiicrtiiiibs.
llr AuocUlH I'm, to L'oo lUjf TlmH
WICHITA, KaiiH., Dec. 30. Mra.
Victoria M unlock, mother ot Repre
sentative Murdock, died today of a
stroke of paralysis. Sho was the
widow of M. M. Murdock, tho founder
of tho Wichita Dally Kaglo.
TROOPS iVVV COLORADO.
Gradual Withdrawal of V, H, Forces
In Strike .one.
Dr AunUtI I'r to Coo IUf TlmM 1
WASHINGTON, D. C, Doc 30.
Troop L of tho Twelfth United States
Cavalry, on patrol duty In Routt
county, Colorado slnco last May, was
ordered today to return to Its homo
station at Fort Moado, South Dakota.
Ordors for tho gradual withdrawal of
other federal troops aro In prepara
tion, 15
Vessel Recently Chartered by
British Admiralty to Take
Cargo is Wrecked '
in, AU04UU4 Tri lo Coot Ur Tlml.)
HALIFAX. N. S.. Dec 30. Tho
steamer Navarra. 2917 tons, which
loft St. Jo! ns yesterday undor char-
I ter to tho Admiralty and was bound
for Franco, struck on Holinoa Islund
during tho night and was roportod
this afternoon to bo breaking up. No
word wan lecolved ib to tho safety
of tho crew.
ALLIESFRENGHSAY
CANADIAN
BREAKING
4 Consolidation of Times, Const Mali
nil Coon Bar ArtrrHlwr
GERIMLfli IRE VICTORIES
OVER
RUSSIA
Berlin Statement and Petrotjrad Advices in Direct Contradic
tion of Each Other Today Germans Claim Russians
Driven Back in East Prussia to Near Border
CLAIM CAPTURE OF IMPORTANT TOWNS IN
ADVANCE THROUGH RUSSIAN POLAND LATELY
Allies Capture of Belgian Town Admitted by Germans Most
ly Artillery Engagements in Western Arena of War
Developments of the Last Few Days.
(By Associated Press to Tho Coos Bay Tlmcu.J
LONDON, Dec, 30, Gorman victories in the East announc
ed by tho Berlin War Office, whose statement is in direct con
tradiction with tlio recent Potrograd dispatches, It assorted
that tho Russian cavalry, which Invaded East Prussia, had
been driven back to a point four milos from tho border, f
In Poland, according to tlio Berlin statomont, tho Gorman
advanco contlnuos, ana it Is said Sklorniowio aim Lowlco wero
captured nearly a week ago,
Roforring to tlio situation in tlio Wost, tho German stato
mont confirms tlio French statement that tho Allies captured
tho Belgian town of St, Georgos, whoro tho Gormans nro now
conducting a counter attack, Tho French announced tho cap
ture of an Important point of support southeast of Sonnoboko,
Thoro was practically no Infantry action along tho remainder
of tho western front, although artillery duels conthuio,
OT
REND
BI
E
NAM
Merger of Bank of Oregon and
First National Bank of North
Bend Agreed Upon
STRONGER INSTITUTION
WILL AID NORTH BEND
Officers of New Institution Will
Be Chosen Jan. 12. Will
Take Effect Soon
It wan nnnounccd today that tho
Bank ot Oregon and First National
Bank or North Bond would bo merged
under tho nnmo ot tho First Natlonnl
Bank of North Bond, Tho merger
will take effect early next month.
Tho consolidation has boon voted up
on nnd approved by thu stockholders
of tho Bank ot Oregon nnd has boon
approved by tho First Nntlonal. Tho
officers ot tho consolidated bank will
bo chosen at a meeting to ho hold
January IS.
Tho consolidation of tho two North
Ilond banks hns been undor considera
tion for soma tlmo. Thoro wero ninny
reasons In favor of tho morgor,
among them being tho elimination of
tnxoa and overhead oxpeusos, nnd nt
tho sniuo tlmo glvo tho community i
stronger financial Institution that
would ho nblu to do more for tho
roiniuunnl development nnd wolfaro
than the two smaller Institutions
could.
Both banks havo been doing u good
biislnesH and hnvo enjoyed a steady
growth with tho rest of thu commun
ity. Tho Bank of Oregon wns tho pio
neer In tho North Bend fluid, being
Transfer of Dacia at Port Ar
thur, Texas, to Americans
Questioned at Washington
(II? AwxUtt riM to Coo lltf TIium,
CHICAGO, Doc. 30. Tho details
of tho transfer from German to Am
erican registry of tho Hamburg-American
steamship Dacia, Interned at
Port Arthur, Toxas, at tho outbreak
ot tho Knropean wnr, Is desired by
tho government, according to word
received by federal officials horo
from Washington. Tho sale of tho
vessel and application for transfer
was executed hero.
i-'un i : ra ir.wnc i :
Tho funeral of tho latu Mrs. Hllza
both Jano Fox will bo hold from
the Baptist Church, Thursday uftor-
uoon at 3 o'clock. Rev. G. Leltoy
Hall, officiating. Friends nro In
vited. North lluiitl Flit'inen'n Truth An
mini Bull, Krkiiorr mm, Mnn ikmhi,
GERMAN SHIP IS HUSKED ROBBERS
SOLD IN INTERNE1 LOOT FAST TRAIN
i ,
New Year' Kvv, Tlmrwlny. Doc. sii.ini .njnn' .nn. -m trr
Ihihby Oiiiivolw.
EASTER
m
G0NS0LI0AT
E
EOF FIRST
L
established by L. J. Simpson nnd C.
S. Wlusor about cloven years ago.
Later Henry llowllt nnd Seymour IL
Bell becamo Identified with It nnd a
few years ngo tholr Interest was tak
en over by C, S, Wlmnr and C, R.
Smith. Tho bulk ot tho stock In It
lu now hold by L. J. Simpson, Edgar
Simpson, A. M. Simpson, C, S. Win
nor nnd C, It. Smith.
Tho First Nntlonal Bank ot North
Bond wan organized about four or
flvo years ngo by Henry Kern, Its
prosldout, Frederick Holllstcr, and
other North Bend business men, It
has developed stcndlly under tho nblu
direction of Cashier J. H, Groves and
Its directors and officers. Besides
Messrs. Kern, Grnvcs and Holllstcr,
J. A. Allon, Geo. I). Mnndlgo, A. Van
Kilo, Henry Ilorgmnii and ti number
of others aro Interested In It.
In tho consolidation Vlun, tho
Rtockholdors ot tho Bank of Orogofl
tnko uiio-linl( ofUmJG0,000 aiithor
Ixod capital ot tho First National
Hank. At tho olectlou January 13,
tho offlcurs and ill roc tors will be
chosen from tho officials of tho two
banks. Mcssm Gruvcs nnd "Wlnsor
will both bo with tho consolidated
bank.
Tho consolidated bank will huve
deposits aggregating over 1500,000,
making It ono of tho strongest finan
cial Institutions In a town tho lxo ot
North Ilend In OroRon.
It Is n mombor ot tho Federal Ho-
, glonnl Resorvo Hanks,
l It Is expected that C H Wlusor will
bo olectod president and J II. Oicyoa
rushlor ot tho consolidated bank
Two Bandits Rob Sunset Ex
1 press Near Cline, Texas,
and Escapo With Booty
(Ur AuotUtM Tlt4 t COM MT Time.
! SAN ANTONIO. Tox Doc. 30
i Two masked men hoarded tlio weaf
, hound Sunsot Kxpregu noar Cllno ear
ly today, robbed tho, passengers In the
I two roar slooplng cars, signalled the
I train to stop and dropped off and
' oscaped. Tho amount of their booty
is unknown, hut It la bolluvcd to bo
considerable
The LADIMS' AID SOCIKTV of
(lie NORWEGIAN Lutheran CUmcli
at Mui-hhflidil will glvo tt NonteitiMH
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el parlor TIll'RSDAV KVKNING,
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