'HEN A BIG MAN GETS INTO A SMALL JOB HE ALWAYS ENLARGES THE JOB
A Marshfield Woman
onco said: "I buy advertised articles bccnuso thoy
nro Invariably worth what 1 pay Tor thorn." Tho
(Ham
Stmes
The Determination
of valuo received In advertising llos solely with
tho results secured. Try tho columns of Tho
Coob Day Times they aro clean and dcpondablo.
Tho readers of Tho Tlmos havo confldonco In tho
adB appearing therein.
. morchanta with tho boat reputations for Intogrlty
and honoBt morchanulso, aro without exception,
Uiobo who advertlso tholr goods uncoaslngly.
HKMBEK OP THIS ASSOCIATED Vlllitm
mn
WOL. NO. XXXVIII.
Established 1878
ns Tho Const Mntl.
MARSHFIELD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1915 EVENING EDITION.
til
ESTABLISHED
E
: RUSSIAN POLAND. BOMBS AT DUNKIRK
(nnounce That Flying Machine Dropped Explosives in English
tuiiiiiuiiiuuii oiurus, oausing lerrinc explosions
With Heavy Loss of Life.
CLAIM GAINS AGAINST FRENCH NEAR ARRAS'
AND REPULSE OF ALLIES IN BAYONET ENCOUNTER
w
heat Amid Flour Reach '
Highest Prices In Year;
4 Consolidation of Times, Const MnU
wml Cong Itnv Ailvorllstr
No. 142
,- i.
WILL CERTIFY
TO CARGOES
llh East Roland, there is Little Change, Says Berlin Statement,
Biit Advances are Claimed Neai; Rawka River
and East of Bzura Weather Band. '
(By Associated Press to Tho Coos Day Times.)
BERLIN. Jan, 5. (Via Wireless) Announcement is made
that a portion of Russian Poland occupied by tho Germans has
teen provided wjtli a civil administration unclor Horr Von
Jrandenstein,
German air men, it is also announced, dropped bombs on
ho British ammunition storeson the outskirts of Rosendael
wnd Gourskerque, near Dunkirk, France. Tho explosions kill-
id a number of persons and sot tiro to a portion ot one of the
mlagos,
Hie official Gorman statement this afternoon says! "In tho
est. at a point north of Arras, we blew up a French 'trench
ZOO vards in length. Wo also took some prisoners, A coun
ter attack of the enemy failed. In tho Argonno wo repulsed
ievoral French advances, A French attack between Stein-
bach and Uffho z was reou sed after a bavonet encounter.
If "In the East, the situation in East Prussia and Northern tiio stnto, Treasury and common
Roland is unchanged. Our attacks east of tha Bzura River, ! uiartmonts, nftor being domiciled
Near Kosslow-ain-Skunl. and south of this location, are nro-' l0 Amior V0,,IB Hcnt
fressing, We also advanced at a point northeast ot bolinow.
here were no changes east of tho Rawka River nor East of
the hoighths north of Rawka, On tho right bank of tho Pilicia,
Bho condition of roads and unfavorable weather aro Interfering
mh our movements."
.uasn wear bens at 3i.3b in
. Chicago Today, Highest in
j Forty Years There
'EUROPEAN WAR IS
I DIRECT CAUSE OF IT
FROM AMERICAptirpSsS in
I at $6.40 Per Barrel
EOUR ALLIES
SHIPS SUNK
BY GERMANS
FRENCH CONTINUE TO
CAIN
n Aiaocltted I'rmi lo Coos nr Time.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. C
Tho decision of tho United States
government to cortfy enrgocB nB to
tholr exact contonts boforo leaving
American ports Is bcllovcd hy offl
clnls and diplomats alike today to of
fer a means of solvjng olio of tho
points now under dispute In tho ship
ping controversy between Groat Brit
ain nnd tho United Status. A circular
which has been formulated for Issu
anco today by tho Stato, Treasury
and Commerce Departments, urges
co-operation between Amerlcnn ox
portors, shippers nnd the government
in regnrd to ntnnlfests.
Tho notice to shlppors, drawn by
(Df AMocUted Prtt to Com Bit ilmM.
CHICAGO, Jan. 5. Directly in
censoquenco of, tho European war,
ensh wheat In Chicago sold today at
$l.;iG 1-t a bushel, tho highest prlco
In moro than forty years. May de
livery sold at $1.37 5-8.
LI
AUSTRIANS
throughout tho country today.
"Whenever slilppors dcslro such
nld," says tho notice, "In carrying on
their foreign business, tho Treasury
Department will furnish, upon appli
cation to tho customs collector nt any
port, an officer to supervlso tho load
ing of cargoes to cortlfy to tho com
pleteness nnd accuracy of tho manifest.''
KI.OUItfO'OKH UP.
1 j '
(11? Aiumclitcl 1'fiM In Coon Ilajr Tim..)
PORTLAND, J0r., Dec. H. As a ro
suit of tho unprecedented demand for
wheat, the1 lid jlow off In the flour
iniiriuHH nuri) louuy nnu prices ad
vanced twenty cents n barrel on all
grades. Tho highest prices recorded
In fifteen years povallcd and patents
sold nt $0.10 per barrol.
Pr AuocIMM rrraa to foot Tlif TlmM.1
LAS PALM AS, Cannry Islands,
Jan. fi. Tho Gorman Bteamshlp ota
vl lauded hero a hundred sailors
transferred to hor by tho Gcrmnn aux
iliary crulsor Kronprlnr. Wllholm,
representing tho crowB of four Ilrlt
Ish nnd French vessels enptured and
sunk by tho warship. The vessels
captured mid sunk wero tho French
steamer Mont Agol, tho llrltlsh
steamer Hallovuo, tho French Bailing
vessel Annlo Mnrlo and tho French
ship Union.
ALL CHAINS HKilllCIt.
s
CI Pi IS
NOW
t (Uy Associated Press to Tho Coos Uny Times.)
k PARIS, Jan. 5 A Potrograd dispatch says the Russians
Ave occuned ecu Huneariaiwownshms and that several
flvisions of tho Austrian armyare surrounded in tho Car7
path ans, v u
' t
i t I
knula.nd uklikvkd.
USER TO EAT
V
E
I
)rders Potato Substitute Serv
ed in His Household to
Encourage People
(11 AnofUlM rrm to Cooa n7 Tlmn.J
hfllERLIN, Jan. fi. -Einporor Wll
lam lins given ordorH thnt tho so-
Ulod war broad bo sorved to him-
olf nnd niontbors of his entnurago.
Is hoped thnt tho decision of tho
pniporor to oat tins nrcaa win in
luonco pcoplo to follow hlti example
K Tho war broad Is marked with tho
pttor "K," signifying "Krolg brod"
twnr bread.) It is miuio inrgoiy
rem potato flour and whllo much
cavlor and durkor than wheat broad
said to bo vory good fond, Gor-
fiany produces immonso crops or
stntocs nnd by utilizing them ns
lio principal food diet, tho dangor
bolng starvod out by tho Allies
tuado remote,
AUSTRIA IS WIN
FROM
RUSSIANS
(Or Auorlilel 1'rrii to Coo Hay Tlnim.J
LONDON, Jnn. 5. Tho IlrltlBh
govornmont was Informed today of
tho decision,' 6G Uie 'nshlngton' nuth
nrltlds to' certify to cargoes as to tho
oxact contonts boforo leaving Amerl
cnn ports. It Is' felt horo thnt this
action will assist appreciably In solv
ing tho difficulties 'which led to tho
present sltuntlou nnd tho presenta
tion of tho nolo from .Washington i
concerning Ilrltlnh Interference with
Amorlcnu shipping.
Port-
All Grains .Jump .Skyward In
land Markets Today.
inr AuocUti ITni (a Coo DT TlmM.
POItTLAND, IJnn. R. Now north
wostorn prlco records wore establish
ed on tho Portland exchange todny
for wheat, oats, bran nnd shorts.
Tho rising prices during tho Inst
few wcoks which havo made Portland
tho highest primary grain market In
tho world, took an unprecedented
Jump todny. Wheat advanced six
cents por bushel whllo onts, bran and
shorts ndvnncouVJl.fiO por ton, Feb
ruary blucBtoin, sold at $1.11, May
oats at $30.50, Forhruary bran $28
and shorts $29.
EOUR GIRLS DIE
AT RAIL CROSSING
Young Women Caught on Rail
road Tracks by Express
Train in Pennsylvania
1117 AmocUim rma io C004 ptr TlmM,
ALLKNTOWN, Pn Jnn. 5. Four
young women, natives of AuBtrln,
whllo crossing tho railroad tracks
today, stopped out of tho way o,f
a shifting onglno, directly In tho
path of nit oxprcss train. All wero
killed.
ML
DEDICATE
PLAN I PUT IN
CITY LIBRARY
IT
SYSTEM
UA.VIC STATK.MIINT.S.
MAN WITHOUT A COUNTHV
tvU'H to .loll! Fieiuli Army mill Is
ltefii.setl nnd1 (k'tw Into Troublu
Wj Auocl.loa I'rc.i to Co lUj TIism.
f PAH IS, Jan., 5. A romnrknblo
IBtniico of rbd tupo in tho admin-
Itrntion of Fronch affairs' Is fur-
Ished by Louis Duniont of Vollzj'
tho department of Solno and. OUe.
lo descrlbos hlmsolf ns "tiio man
ilthout a country."
Dumont was born In Gonova,
fvltzorland, thirty threo years ago
Fronch parents, though tho of-
clal roglstors of Franco declare
(om to be "unknown". Kignt nays
tor his birth ho wns brought to
ranco nnd Imb lived horo ovor
ice. When he applied to bo placed
tho recruiting lists, tho council
revision declared that ho was a
irolgnor,
'Very well", thought Dumont,
I'll have myself naturalized."
'But tho naturalization bureau
bo has Us red tape. To uo aaopi-
as a rltlzen of tho French ro-
ubllc it is necessary that one
rovo that ho Is n foreigner, im-
int wont to Switzerland nnd
Vienna Claims Czar's Troops
Decisively Defeated in Bat
tles Near Gorlicc
(lly AwocUle.1 1'nn In Cool Hay TlmM.
VIHNNA, (Hy Wlrooss) Jan. D.
Tho official statoinont todny snys:
"Tho ItusslauA' nttompts to (break
through 'northwest of Gorllco ngnln
failed nt tho cost of hoavy Itusslan
lnssos. Tho height south of Gnrllco, '
which was florroly contested, wns talc-.
on by tho Austrlnns and a largo Itus
slan' battalion dofeatod."
though no ona doubted that ho was
bom on tho banks of Lake Loman,
ho could not produce any official
documont proving his nationality.
Dumont finally succeeded In get
ting a certificate- of birth on Swiss
torrltory, but tho Swiss administra
tion added tho words: still ho Is
not n Swiss."
Dumont enmo back to Vollzy
with this document nnd presented
It to tho mnglstrato of tho commune
who demanded a declaration from
him nB n foreigner.
"Declare bomothlng", tho func
tionary demanded, even it Its Chi
nese." Dumont thought ho could accept
this official advico so ho declared
himself a Chlunninn. Shortly after
ward ho -was arrested for falso de
claration. Ho has slnca been nblo
to prove his good faith to tho trans
action but ho was fined slxteon
francs, and Is still unablo to get
himself recognized ns either Swiss
or French, and consequently 1b un
ablo to Join tho regular unity, or
tho foreign legion,
Eastside Files on Willanch In
let Water Rights as Source
' of Supply for City
At n meeting of tho Kastsldo city
(lljr Auoclatoil I'rraa to Cooa llajr Tim,)
WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 5.
Tho comptroller of tho currency to
day called for a report on tho condl-!
tlon of nil nntlonaj banks nt tho close ! council Inst evening, It wns docldod
of business December 31st. I ' ' nllciul w,tu tno 1'rojcct for In-
; stalling n city wntorworks systom for
tho combined towns of Cooston and
Knstsldo. Tho Kastsldo authorities
havo- filed on an old wnterrlght on
Uppoc Willanch Inlet which tho Coos
Hay Wntor Company Is said to havo
let lapso. Tho plan Ib to luing tho
wntor in n dlstanco of seven inllos.
this reaching tho heights back of
SCOTT HOI FROM
MEXICAN
BO R
Formal Ceremonies Next Tues
day Evening Will bd Made
1 Public Function
At a mooting of tho library board
last evening nrrangomonts wore mndo
for tho public dedication nnd prcseti-,
tntlon of tho Cnrnoglo Library, re-,
cuntly completed nnd occupied, to the
city next Tuesday evening. The pub
lic Is Invited to attend tho oxerclsos,
which will consist of threo short
speochos nnd a brlof uiiifllrnl program
wh'ch will tnko place In tho main lib
rary room. Tho wholo building will
bo ivmi for Inspection nnd a reception
rommltteo consisting .of tho library
board will show the visitors through
tho building explaining tho ninny
niodorn Innovations which mnko tho
Marshflold public library comploto lu
INVASION OF WE. HARD BfTTLES
Fighting Today East of Steinbach Indicates Advance of Allies
Is More Rapid That First Reported Second
Invasion Begun by French Near Orbey '
i i ,
ALLIES ADVANCE NEAR NIEUPORT WHERE
INFANTRY FIGHTING HAS BEEN RESUMED
Turks and Russians Both Claim Advantage in Campaign in
Caucasus Italy Has Nearly Million troops Under
Arms Garibaldi's Grandson Slain.
(l)y Associated Press to tho Coos Day Times.)
LONDON, Jan, 5, Tho German defenders of Alsace aro
still losing ground before the French advance, Today's Ber
lin statement, as well as Paris, speaks of fighting to tho East
of Steinbach, showing tho French havo pushed beyond this
recently captured village, Tho Paris announcement gives tho
nrst intimation of another French advance into Alsace near
Orbey, 14 miles west of Colmar, tho capital of upper Alsace,
Infantry fighting was resumed in Belgium and tho Fronch
repoit siates ground was won by the Allies near Nieuport.
Elsewhere tiio military activity was chiefly artillery duols,
Tho Berlin statements tells of an advance east of Bolimow.
In tho Caucasus Mountains, tho Turkish Invaders and tho
Russians apparently are still fighting out tho battlo in tho re
gion of Sari Kamysh, both sides claiming victory.
Tho war spirit m Italy was revived by tno death on a Fronch
battlefield of ho grandson of Garibaldi, Italy will havo about
a million mon under arms by tho end of this month,
S
GERMANS AT MANY POINTS TODAY
(Dy Associated Press to Tho Coos Day Tlmod.j
PARIS, Jan, 5, Tho official statement this afternoon says:
"In Belgium, in spito of tho condition of tho ground, our In
fantry mado progress In the sa nd dunes boforo Nieuport, In
the rogion ot bt, beorge, our men advanced two to tivo hund
red yards, occupying nouses and somo trenches, At several
points tho Belgian artillery advanced against tho German ar
tillery, From Lys to tho Oiserivor, west of Lens, thanks to
our mortars ancl hand grenades, wo completely stopped tho
German sapping labors, Neartho Lillo highway, tho Germans
blow up and occupied one of our trenchos, but wo rocapturod
it in a' counter attack', Tho artillery was-aptivo on tho' lino
further oast, ' In Alsace, southeast of Coldubonhommo, wtfon
tered the hamlot of Creux d'A rgont,"
FALL FROAJllFMSTATE BANK
FRENCH
CLAM
AGAINST
RESULTS
DEATH
MARSHFIELD
Chief of Staff Returns From
Naco. Awaits Advices From
Villa About Situation- '
Kastsldo, whore n reservoir can bo ovory dotall,
CAI1VUH Pl'KIUiA.
(Or AuoctMM rrcs. to Coot n7 Time.
VKItA CRUZ, Jan. G. Gon
orol Obrogon reportod to tho
Carrauza hendquartors that ho
enptured Puobla, tho capital of
Puobla stato, at noon today.
-
put lu If neoded. It Is proposed to
build tho system gradually, allowing
nbout four jonrs for it. Tho oxact
cost has not boon ascertained.
Lnst ovenlng Messrs. Ilalloy and
Mooks of CoOBton nnd Stonecyphor of
of Kastsldo wore sworn Into office
Tho treasurer's report showed tho
city owed only about ?2200 and this
Is roducod by proporty bought in ut
sales for assessment collodions. Tho
coming year's taxes will elonr it up.
Tho deficit was incurred by tho
shortago for which Hocordor Lcaton
wus sontenced. j
Dnl Cathcart was ro-oloctod city
Kxporlonco is valuablo, but It Ib
nevor worth one-tenth tho prlco wo
havo to pay for It.
A man practices economy by tell
ing his wife how to get along without
things she wants.
Wo nil want to bo fair. Hut If you
will let us tell our sido of tho story
we nro bound to twist It nrouud so
It will fnnr us.
(11 4uoc!te4 I'tM. to Coo. D7 Time. J
KU PASO, Tox. Jan. 5. Gonoral
Scott nrrh'ed horo today from Naco
where ho had boon attempting to nr-1 enginoor of Knstsldo.
rango nn ngreoment with tho Mexl-
can loadors to end tho dangor to tho
American town from border fighting.
Ho will havo to wait until tomorrow
or Thursday before Villa arrives from
Moxlco City for tho purpose of con
ferring In order to avoid furthor bor
der warfare None of Villa's troops,
reportod to bo on tho wny horo to
cross to tho Sonora border, havo ap
peared at Juarez.
HATTERS
Many a man has found It oaslor to
mount tho laddor of famo than climb
tho stool of repentance.
Dad manners form a good Index to
character. Tho man who eats -with
his kniro Is npt to cut his best friend
It's morely a matter of a capital
letter, but worth makes tho limn.
W'oith makes tho woman,
AR
HITTDDAY
i
i Tho building was begun last Juno
nnd finished rondy for occupancy ear
ly In Uecombor. Tho city guvo tho
lot on which tho library stands nt
Fifth and Mnrket avenues and the
Carnegie Corporation of Now York
I City donated 112,500 for tiio bund
ling and equipment. W, 8. Turpon of
Marshflold was tho architect and
Lndd & Harris wore tho contractors.
Tho construction Is of rolnforcod con-
crototind tho architecture follows tho
most niodorn design In library build
Ing with ninny tonvonloncos rarely
seon In a library of a city tho slzo of
Marshflold. Special features of this
kind aro charging dosk, tho child
ren's bullotln board, tho snnltary
drinking fountain and tho snnltary
equipment which is tho last word in
modern sanitary attainment.
Miss Kllzaboth Topplg, tho librar
ian, with tho asglstanco ot Misses
Mnry Kruso and Gladys Dlmont, will
bo ready to register nny applications
for cards on tho evening of the dedi
Thomas Rooke Dies at Noon
Today in North Bend
Sick Five Months
Thomas Hooko, who, on August
11, fell from n barn ut tho homo of
his brothor-Iu-law, Kd Ilaker, near
Myrtlo Point, and boenmo paralyzed,
died at noon today In his North
Report Today of Application
for CharterParties Be
hind it Not Divulged
According to a report horo today,
nu application has been fllod with tho
Oregon Htato Hanking Dopnrtmont for
a chartor for a now Stato bank in
Marshflold. Tho application tins not
Ilond homo. Tho docoasod loaves uboen pnsscd on by tho stato uniiK
wlfo and dnughtor, Chnrlotto, ngod Ing Department.
17 years, bosldos two sisters, Mrs Some tlmo ago nonio outsldo pnr
Ivy Condron and .Mrs. Frank Stimnor ties wero horu looking ovor tho flold
of Marshflold, and a brothor, Jumos with n vlow to Blurting a third bank
V. Itooko of San Francisco. ; hero. At thnt tlmo thoy considered
On August 11, Mr. Hooko, who was! tho old location of tho Flnnngaii &
an onglneor, wns asslsltlng In paint-1 lionnott bank on Front street, tho
Ing tho barn of his brother-in-law in old location of tho First National on
tho Coqulllo Valley. Ho foil to tho j Front stroot, If either could bo so
ground and woh at onco romovud to loured, or also on a now location on
his homo In' 'a helpless condition.
Gradually his condition becamo
worso; ho failed to gain back his
strength and ut 12:30 this afternoon
died.
Mr. Itooko was born on Coos It Iv
or Novombor 9, 1 80S, nnd practically
his entire Ufa was spent in this com
munity. For n long tlmo ho wns on
glneor of tho Marshflold Flra Do-
Contral avenue.
Just who nro Interested In tho now
bank horo could not bo learned today.
It has boon reported slnco the morgor
of tho North Bond banks thnt a now
bank might bo started thoro, but this
was not authoritative.
Tho Stato Hanking Departments
nnd tho National Dank Dopartmoutj
havo during tho last fow years bc-
partment. Lator ho moved to North como quite strict nbout Issuing por-
niltH for now banks In communities
where bnnks ..-ore oporatlng, claim
ing that It was bettor to havo a fow
largo and strong banks than,. a num
ber of small ouos.
U. S. Supreme Court Says 186ltl0" a,,,d b00k: L,may " takon out
i ,ir m.. o.. oncA onn ifor c rculatlon. There aro now near-
Leaders Must Pay $252,000 tIy 3000 volumw ln th0 ,lbrarj.
Damages tor Boycott i An invitation win bo sent to tho
tnr AuocutM) rrw. ia com u Time.) library board of North Hond to attend
WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. G. tho dodkatlon, also to tho ussocla
The Supremo Court affirmed tho tions in Dandon and Coqulllo. Mayor
1252,000 judgment awarded by tho Allen will spoak. also Dr. Straw and
New York Federal Courts to D. E. j Prof. Tledgen. Mrs. Songstacken will
Loewo & Co., tho Danbury. Conn.. ! formnllv tiresont the llbrarv to tho
hatters, against 186 membora of tho
United Hatters' Union, under the
Sherman nntl-trust law as damages
resulting from a boycott,
city.
Hend, Ho wns well liked and es
teemed by nil who know him,
Tho funeral will bo hold Thursday
afternoon nt 2 o'clock from tho Dun
gun Undertaking Purlors, Uov. J. K.
Knotts officiating. It will bo under
tho auspices of tho ForostoiB of Air
erica.
OAIID OF THANK
j "
x n
NOTIOK.
EX
M. H. IjiiU'h Aid uill M'll TA-
MAI.KS nt chinch Imll Wednesday.
Wo wlah to express our' deepest
thanks tc tho mombors of tho Marsh
flold Fire Department, friends and
neighbors who so kindly camo to our
assistance whon tho flra that destroy
ed tho Mlnot houso threatened our
homes,
GUY VARNKIJ.
1). MclNTYIUl.
Tho Marshflold Chambor ot Com-
i morco will hold Its annual meeting
I In Its office Friday evooing, January
8, 101C, at 8 o'olook and all mombors
nro requested to bo present.
JOHN W. MOTLEY, Sec.
Virginia uses njoro wood for boxos
and crates than uny other stato. fol
lowed by Now York, Illinois, Massa
chusetts and California, In tho or
der named
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