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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 17, 1915)
IWAYS PUT OFF UNTIL TOMORROW THE WORRYING YOU COULD DO TODAY (Boos HAVE A HEART PERSEVERANCE A morchnnt ennnot omit his ndvortlslng without the fact boing "noticed" to his disadvantage If ho could, ho could also closo his storo for a whllo now and then, to "savo expense." Your Dollnr Is Interested in Coob Bny. Hero la whoro It associates with other Dollars of Ha ltlnd nnd helps to mnko prosperity. Don't send It away It will bo lonesome. MKMIIKHS OF T1IF, ASSOCIATIJD PltUSS mm ttllfi fOL NO. XXXVIII. ax live YHDII GHAIB MftY B E SEVENTH JGerman nil, i inn iih i, n hut run in, mini in) ,JU,im U1 uuuu um ""-""""" j0)(g i mniinun That Fim Which Wrecked Smith House, Endangering Forty Caused by 10ST OF INJURED REPORTED ALONG WELL AIHUSniAL I HIS AM bKNUUN Wilding Owned by C. A. Smith ratner oi proprietor oraiy une oi victims uor oner's Inquest May Be Held Today ' I DEAD Luis Kalowonski S. E. Lewis - Laborer W. S. Glover Laborer William Ward Stranger A. A. Craig ' Louis Pepas Laborer LIST OF INJURED IN HOSPITAL V. W. Olson, incised wound of scalp, burned internal ly, hands cut and contusion of scalp. C. A. Reese, fractured left thigh. ' Jas. Sheehan, burned left hand and face. E. S. Sherrar, wounds of head, feet, right arm from glass. J. Johansen, burns of head, face, arms and hand. ' S. Norbdy, incised wound of foot. Gus Skuug, sprained left ankle. A number of others sustained minor cuts from flying glass and jumping on glass. ' CRAIG BOY IS IN SERIOUS CONDITION Byron Craig, the son of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Craig, is in a rather critical condition at Mercy Hospital, and it will be a day or two before his exact condition can be told. He is burned about th6 face, hands, neck, abdo men, knees and feet, the large extent of the surface burns making the case a most critical one. He is cough ing severely, but whether this is due to smoke or inhal ation of heat is not certain. More than one-third of tho surface of his body is afflicted and in such cases recov ery is doubtful. However, he is an exceptionally brave lad, standing his pain heroically. Six nro (lead and seven nro In Mercy Hospital as tho re sult of a flro that at two o'clock this morning eomplotoly de stroyed tho Craig Hoarding House in Ilunkor Hill. Tho loss of tho building, which twos owned and leasod by tho Smith fCompony to Goorgo W. Craig, is estimated nt $ 10,000 covered by ln Esuranco, Occupnnts of tho house wore not awakened until tho building wns a flaming caldron. Kgress via tho fpno flro cscapo on tho south end fwas completely cut off and. ninny wero forded to Jump for tholr Uvds Hn their night clothes from tho boc- F'bnd and third stories. Through the .falii tho lodgors fled to tho homos j of neighbors, whoro thoy wero taken in and cared for, : 1 As mute ovtdonco of tho florco- L ncas of tho blaze nnd tho suddonnoss 'of tho attack, four corpses wero I discovered by tho firemen this morn ing In tho smoking ruins of the 1 three story building. Thoro tho) remalnod, burned boyond tho point of recognition until romovod to the morguo by Coroner Fred Wll- ison. How tho flro stnrtod la 11 mys tery, Inasmuch no tho blnzo seoraed to have originated In tho lobby of tho boarding houso, tho supposition Is that a cnrolossly thrown clgarotto or nn ovorhentod stove started tho blaze that spread with llghtnlng-llko rapidity, swoop ing in a crackling mass down tho narrow hallways. Lodgers awakening and coming to tho doors found their way block cd and rcturnod to tako tholr chances through tho windows. Many who leaped from tho third and sec ond floors received injuries though but a few wero in need of hospital treatment. Spreads Klist Alurm B. O. Wllletts, Janitor who slopt n the third story, was perhaps tho Hrst man awake. In scanty attire he groped his way shouting down the smoko ladon halls, hammering on the doors as he went. Return ing to UIj room ho then slipped nto thf porch roof and climbed through a window to tho second fjoor, whoie he again yelled "tro" (Continued on Pngo Six.) Established 1878 nn Tho f!nit Mali. Lst And Boarding Was - live uccupants, Cigarette. TO BE GETTING Company and is Total Loss l Waiter SAYS CIGARETTE CAUSE0BAfi EIRE Claim That Roomer Had Habit of Smoking in Bed Odor of 1 Burning Flesh That tho flrn was caused by a clgarotto was tho claim mndo to L. 10. Dllvens, of tho Mnrshriold Flro Dopnrtinont by a party who had been stopping nt tho Craig Hoarding Houso. Mr. INIvons said that 0110 of tho rooinors, nocr tho stairs, had n habit of smoking olg arottoa after retiring and had pre viously causod Bcaros. As tho flro apparently started noar tho Btalrwny, tho supposition naturally Is that this was again the cause. Odor or lliinilng FleMi Mr. Hllvons sld that tho Intonso heat from tho flro was hard to com bat, but when tho odor of burning flosh enmo, It was almost sickening. Mr. Hllvons said that two -or threo In ono wing of tho building had boon suffocated In tholr bods 'boforo tho flamos renohod thorn. Ho bo Id thnt thoy had novor awakonod. Did Heinle Work. Mr. Hllvons says that tho dash that Max Krugor and Jamos Mer chant niado Into tho burning build lug to roscuo A. A. Craig was one of tho. most horolo actions ho has soon In a long tlmo. Tho building wns nil In flnmos and tho rooms woro thick with smoko. Wetting down blankets to onvolop tholr heads when thoy roach, od tho worst of It, thoy dashod Into tho room whero thoy found Mr. Craig holding fast to tho bedstead. In carrying tho aged Invalid out Hrugor'B arms and neck became oxposcd and no was badly bllstored. but it is not believed that the burns will bo serious. Fire Was Inside. n. P. Harlngton, night watohman I of tho mill, made his rounds and I passed near tho Craig boarding house a short tlmo beforo tho flro. Ho said this morning that about twenty ' minutes after he had passed the place Mill MARSHFIELD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1915 Many Injured In Bunker Hill Hotel icm COLLIER SUNK BY TORPEDO IGF GERMANS llljr AmocIMoI I'itm to Cool Par Time, J 1IAVRB, Fob. 17. Two of the crow of tho missing steam colllur Dulwleh, hound from Hull to Houon, which was torpedoed last night by n German Htibmarlno twenty miles northwest of Capo Do La Hove. 22 mombors of tho crew picked up by tho Fronch destroyer Arquobunc. Sovcn others rowed to Fecamp. Whllo i pulling to tho French const, tho , crow of tho Dulwleh saw tho hiiIi- mnrino rlso to tho surface novoral times ub If watching thorn and then disappeared again. TO ENTER MB Talaat Bey, Director of Public Affairs, Says Germany Was Not Responsible D; AaamLlM rrr lo Coo. II. 7 Time. CONSTANTINOPLE, Fob. 17. "Turkey doclared war without bo ing urged by normally or Impollod lly othor Influences, savo thoso of, tho Kmplro." said Tnlaat Hoy today l In a Btntomeut to tho Associated I Press. Talaat Hoy fills tho post of Minister of tho Interior, Flnnnco and Mnrlno, nnd virtually directs public affairs of Turkey. "Turkoy oiigaged lu military op eration only when actions on tho part of Russia and Great Ilrltaln mndo dofoiislvo measures necossary, I Tho Holy War Is not monnclng to j Christians, but tho Holy Wnr Is n , fact which tho ouomlos of tho Mo- hnmmodau world should bear In mind." , HILL LOSE LIB Mme. Bernhardt in Hospital ; at Bordeaux to Undergo Operation Monday- liir Anoti.tM itmmiio cou. nr tiwm 1 i HORDHAUX, Fob. 17. Sarah 1 rt t.. 14 ...I.-. I.. I.. .. 1..-.U..I 1 l.nHAl iioniiiHiiu. mm 1- 1.U-1..M.. ,..u awaiting tho ninpiitntlon of hor leg.! SAS URKEY HAD D VINE S necessitated by an Injury to hdr knoo. vnwols nnd tho flags of tholr nn- bUlllCient btrCnCJtll in bCn contlnuod to maintain her spirits, tlons will bo palntod on tho sldos In 'q q Enact WilSOn'S Bill Sho tologrnphod to a friend that hor , tho hope that Gorman submarines lllMwNfwlllM,.Tii log would bo nmputated Monday and , will not sink thoni by mistake. j WASHINGTON D C Fob 17. nftor that sho would bo qulto happy.; Apparently that Is not the Blight- .,', ' ' , ' ' . 'nothor JtKXO MAY A(JAI UK DIVOIM'K CKNTKU 1 . Jllr Afiloi Pr l Sum nay Tlmrc CARSON CITY, Fob. 17. A bill providing six months' rosldonco In Novndn for di vorces passed tho Sonnto to day by a voto of 12 to 10. Tho bill now goes lo tho Gov ornor. ho again enmo Into view of tho 1 otel nnd saw flnmos. Ho had Just stnrtod to turn In tho alurm whon.sonionne nlso did. Ho savs that tho flro must 'havo started Insldo tho houso whero ship managor, told tho Senato com- to tnble, appoals and other inanou llt could not ho visible from tho out-! mlttoe Inquiring Into tho charges of, vers In which tho sovon democratic side or ho would certainly havo scon Jnflimnco ngalnst tho ship bill today' insurgents voted with tho repuhlt- 'lt when ho made tho rounds. Don't miss the demonstra-1 t: t, Mnnn finnnonu IIUII dl MB vvauici uiuwKiy Co. Thursday, Friday and Sat - Urday. All Tillmann'S Canned GOOdS. ' Times want nds bring results. War Z ne Order to eEfFe etiv 'Practically No Chance of Eng- land Accepting Germany's i Proposal of Agreement 'MANY SHIP LINES i WILL STOP SERVICE Some -Neutrals Will Continue But Will Take Extra Precautions. (n? Ai.ucl.tcil rrr.a to Coo. n, Tlmta. SHIP LINK WILL hisimcni smtviu: Itlr AuwIiIihI I'itm to Coo. Da? Time.) LONDON', Feb. .17. An Amsterdam dispatch says tho Hntavla and Zoohind shipping lines nnd servlco between Folkestone and Flushing will bo suBpondcd n few daya after February 18th, tho date on which Uio Gorman blockade of Drltlsh waters begins. , " :i i I GKRMAXV'S HKPLV. f tlr AtmwUtM Pre. to Cooa llijf Time, MOULIN, Feb. 17. Gor inany's reply to the United States' noto of protest against tho regulations proposed for the war 7.0110 has been handed tu Ambassador Gerard and will probably ho forwarded to IT Wnshlngtou today ' WIIjIIKLMI.VA'S chhw. 4 lljr AuorlatM l'ftr.i lo Cort nr Tlmra.) LQNIX3N, Fob. 17. Tho report which wns current last night to tho ((ffoct that n prlzo crow ha, been placed on board tho American steamer Wllhclmlna at Falmouth lins proved to bo nn error. Tho offlcor commnndlug tho men In ehnrgo of tho Wllholmlnn said the dotachmont was not n prlzo crow but moroly n guard. LONDON, Fob. 17. At tho stroko 1 of midnight, tho wntnrs surround ing tho censts of tho United King doiu will become, as far as within tho p0or of Gormnny to mnko them, n wnr zouo, which nil vessols, neutral or nthorvvlse, will ponotrnto ut tholr peril. somo 8orvlcos across tho chnnnol will bo curtallod, but tho majority nf ihi iwiltifnlu .III .ln.,nt tl.n aalulr . ... .. -.,... u,h ...... Tho nr.mos nnd nationality of tho ost pi-ospcot thnt Hnglnnd will no- 'Txr,,!:'.'": low neutral ships to deliver food tn Gorman nnn-combntnnts. TO BE PURCHASED Baltimore Steamishp Man Says Interned Vessels Ex- cludsd from McAdoo Plan (Ur A a lilttl I'rrM lo ' IUr Time I WASUINGON, D. C, Fob. 17.- Hornard N. Hakor. Haltlmoro stoam ENil SHIPS OT that In all his conversations, wltnicans, mo Din nnaiiy goi into mo par Socrotary .McAdoo ho had so exolud- cd Gorn,an a',a aB "navaUaH, l , government that tho possibility of tht,r 1111Poh tholr Diirchaso never was was dls- 1 CUBSC(li naker added that ho was '8atlsflod that McAdoo acquiesced In that view. Times Want ads bring results. EVENING EDITION at Midnight CANNOT BAR SHIPMENTS or u. s. toods (11? AmocUIpiI t'res. to Com tlagr Time. WASHINGTON, D. 0., Fob. 17. President Wilson declared today that ho believed an erroneous Impression existed concerning tho food supply. of tho United Stales. In n letter to Mayor Mitchell of Now York, reply lug to a suggestion thnt an embargo bo placed by tho federal government on exports of wheat, tho Prosldont wroto that In tho near fuluro tho ad ministration will lssuu n statement showing the oxnet situation. It Is understood to bo tho position of tho President that ho has no nuthorlty to dcclaro an embargo. ! Vessel Carrying Cargo From ltow York to Copenhagen 1 Taken to English Port SHIP WAS HNLKASKD. Mr Aa.otlalM l'rr.a to Cooa nr TlmM.l NHW YORK, Fob. 17 Tho DanlBh steamer Oscar II, tak en Into Kirkwall Sunday by a Hrltlsh warship, was ro loascd Monday according to dispatches from London. IWr Awoilatoil I'rru lo Cooa II)f Time.. NBW YORK, Fob. 17. Agents of tho Scnndlnnvlnn-Amorlcnn lino an nounced thnt tho steamship OHcar II, from Now York for Chrlstlanla nnd Copenhagen, hud roachod Kirkwall, Orknoy Islnnds. Although tho agents say alio has no contraband and was destined for n noutrnl port, thoy as- Jsumo that bIio was captured by an tl....lll. tunlilu Clin la n f'lli.llull I lllnffail tilliniilir ftiuu ,a iiiikpii 8tontneri SHIPPING BILL IS n llrnhlr. tn Mlltor UCmOCraiS UnaiJIC 10 IVIUSier .... . ,,,,.,.,! ly leained today that tho bill as It I.. l.naBki.l -! II fl till! lilll IB U 1 pnssod tho Hoiiho last night will not I command tho support ot Konyoii,! Norrls or LaFollotto, on whom thoy hud rnuntnd, nor tho support of any of tho sovon liisurgontR In tholr own party. This loft tho situation as In definite as bofore, A plan to move to concur with tho Houso nmondnionts wns wrecked by the discovery of tho leadors that thoy could not muster enough votes, Tho administration loaders then discussed a plan to sond to send tho bill to a conference with tho hope ot putting 011 some amendments to command support. After n sorlos of motions to sond tho bill to couforonco, motions Ilumontary position whoro It cannot bo called up again except on a mo tion for its consideration. Times Want Ads tor results. Times want ads bring results. Times want nd bring results, DANISH TI HEPDHTED SE ZED PROBABLY KILLED A Consolidation of Times, Const MnlJ mill f!oo Itnv Ailve-rtlsor FIr GERMANS claim II EAST PRUSSIA IS OVER 50,10 SALLIES RENEW! FIGHTIWG II WE!ITmiMMS!&le Said to Be Offset Germans' Gams in East New Invas ion of Serbia Planned IHr A.w Intel Pre. t. cuii nr Tlm. J LONDON, Feb. 17. Tho German war offlco anonunces tho uttpr defeat of tho HiiBslans and tho capturo of over no, 000 prisoners near tho Hunt Prussian border In tho recent fight ing nnd nu unofficial report nsseits that tho Russian army at tho other end of tho eastern front Is nlso In danger, tho force which panotrntcd Hukowlun having been enveloped by tho Austro-IItingnry troops. A gon- oral battlo Is bollovod to be pondltigl near Czornowltz. An Athons dispatch states that a), formldnblo army has been assembled j$ for a now campaign against Sorbin. This nrmy lu descrlbod as amounting to 4150,000 men, made up In part of Gormann. llenvy fighting, Is now undor way In Franco and llolgtuiu. Horlln as- sorts that tho Allies In tho west wero I forced to tnko tho offensive to coun teract Jho Gorman victories lu tho oust. llorlln says tho French and Kng llsh nttneks In ninny places wero ra pulsed and claims (Ionium advance , torly ,0f(,n,c,, nt ,)Vory. ,,olnt( 0)1y In Argonno, but Paris says tho Gor- ro,linntB f tho nrmy managed to man onslaught In this region wn8,roncll tll0 womlM CIlBt ()f $nymU aiu driven bnck. , Augustowo, whorq thoy aro boing Grent Hrltaln tensely awaits tlio rmrBMecl. Tho ,IIM,or 0f prlsonora beginning of tho Gcrmnii ulnunrliio hnH not been ascertained, but corlnln- blockade at midnight. ENGLISH SHIPS SUNK Ilr Aor lit Trra. to Cooa liar Tlmra. HUKNOS AYUK8. Feb. 17 It wiib roportod today from creditable sour ces that tho German stonmor Holgor was sighted yesterday hoaded for iiuenos AjrroH imvuig mi iionm i"o crows of sovernl ICngllsh ships sent to tho bottom by some German war ships. big rails DAIVIABED BY GUWSPEGIAL TRIP TO Report That German War Bal- oon Was Hit by Gun Fire Near Amsterdam Today Ittf AMOclala-t Trraa lo I'oim lr 1lmua. LONDON, Fob. 17.- A Idg airship, believed to bo of tho Parsovnl typo, apparently damaged by gun fire, flow over Amsterdam this morning, a wrrwipoiiilont telogrnpliH, , ' ,,,,,,.,,' 1 1 w as later sighted minus its gondola. OEFER AlilARD II Ilfl II ISflU BRPrP nHiLUUHi ninbLD - - Arbitration Committee to An - nounce decision in Eastern u speed or between n and io States Anril 20 i Knots. ... . ... .7 ! . n . i ' '1Vj k0 bo boat from her sched- HlIrA.of.lc.llTlo.o.tarTlB.l ( t , ,0ovw ,,.. t,,0 0ffrr8, CHICAGO, Feb. 17. Tho award would be an uxuomlvt procoduro, of the board of arbitration In tho"l , blow to their future buslnosn, wage movement of the eiig.nomon of SJft aflJ'J AZ!! 98 wostorn railroads will bo hundodl oxuirs'on. -Tho maUor of cha"glng down April 20 nnd will bo offootlve MlgliUouni $7o u pioco for tho threo May 1. A stipulation to this effect I W(,(,k l' Pronilsod not only a ,,'.,., . good trowd from Coos Hay. but nn was signed today by the ropresonta-' advertisement, iu well, for thin lives of tho railroads and employes. , vicinity. MBLMI SESSIOI TODAY IDf Auo.ttl rrraa lvuua n7 Tlmea. SAN FRANCISCO. Fob. 17. -Tho lumbermen of ton wostorn statos. mombors of the wostorn rotall lum berman's association. opoiiQil a threo day convention hoio today, the first of 500 conventions to bo he'd In San Fr.niHscn lu 101 'i No. 178 Last I Official Announcement From Berlin Tells of Most Decisive Victory in North I N)ne Days Struggle on Mazur ian Lake Plateau Disastrous 1 for Czar's Forces AUSTRIAN VICTORY. (11 AaiwUtftl I'rrM to Coin Hr Time, MOULIN, Fob. 17. Tho Hitsslnu nrmy In llukowlnn has been enveloped by tho Austro-IItingnrhin nrmy ho- twoon tho Pruth nnd Soroth livers, says n dispatch from lllstrltz. O110 Astrlnu army, pushing tho Russians from tho south, has reached Storo- zliMnotz, whllo nnothor Aus- trlan forco ronohod tho vlclnl- ty of Czornowltz. 111 AHOfLteJ 1'tf.l lo Coo Ha Time, J1KULIN, Fob. 17. (lly Wlroloss.) Tho offlclnl stntemont today says: In n nine days' battlo In tho Mn7.11 rn Lnko ,1IhU.(,,( ,ll0 nUHBn tenth army, consisting of at least elovou Infantry and Hovernl cavalry divi sions, wns not only driven out ot strongly entrenched positions oast ot tho Mnxiirlnu Lake plateau, hut was forced back across tho frontier. Ut- I ly exceeds fiO.OOO. Moro than GO cannon nnd GO machine guns besides 1111 unknown quantity of wnr material 1 was captured. Kmporor Wllllnm was prosont during tho dnclslvo fighting lu tho conter of our lino." 1 t'Tho victory wns won by tho vot- ornn Bnst PrusHlaii troops assisted by , tl,er troops who woro young for such ...,.,. ..... imivni, ,.,,,. ,,.. Thn nehlovoments of thoso troops under tho fearful w oath or conditions, marching by day nnd night nnd fight ing against such n stubborn enemy, aro beyond all prnlBo." ;No Steamboat Available for 1 Coos Bay Excursion to Canal and Fair. I Rumored plans of n special steam ship for n Coos Hay excursion to Hie Pannmii Ciiuul nnd the Kxposl ' tlou In Snu Krnnolhco, a trip to Inst I at loMit throe wueks, have boon i practically sipiulchad by word from I the steamship agents thut It will bo practically linposslblo to secure n , blilp far the occasion. l I-, .McGoorga today stated that tho.-e ba d boon tulk, both h're uutl . . 'sa? timid, of taking the George Inr off lmr rnuuliii' Pnrllniifl to Kuroku ruii mid sond hor south Iur t.m, woiw nH tt oxetirslon bliip. !;"i" ,,!!J' "," ,?.?""!.V!"'l!!t,-0i!.? .!! Tho'e iniiiiilim lint ono sh'p ot the North Pacific floet nut of com mission, says Mr. MuGeorge, local agent, and that is tho Alliance, that formorly cmno In hero on the Port land run. Sho is now In tho Wltliim otto Rlvor, but the oxponso of got tlng hor rondy for tho trip, ho stutes, would make tho proposition a prohibitive one. And so It seems thnt tho plans bogllll for II COOS Hay OXCUl'sloll tO tho South, for n trip through .tho UHiiut mm loverai nays at uio re position, havo all come to naught for nead of a ship. Tho larger boat on regular passenger runs on this const nro go mm-h in demund as the local ships herauso of tho tn- re.ieel trnl.- fur tills spr llg and MMIIlitt'l Night S LOSS CI UELCHEO I UM'?M