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MARSHFIELD, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1915 EVENING EDITION.
A Consolidation of Times, Coaet Mall
nil Coon Ttny Advrrtlnor
No. 187
England to Sim Reply to
BLUES FLEETS DESTROY FORTS
U..S. Propal AbMlL Shipping
AT ENTRANCE TO
dims
Wxmm
mm
BRETT'S HEARING ADJOURNED
: AT NOON UNTIL NEXT IK'
4
S
felve Witnesses Testified
Joncernmg Bunker
Arson Charges
NEW WITNESSES
FOR STATE DESIRED
javor to Connect Garage
With Destruction of
Boarding House '
her examining 12 witnesses tlio
Ing of Charles Skorrott, chnrg-
tho coroner's Jury with arson,
Fpostponod until ono o'clock on
Bay nftornoon on motion of Pros-
an Attorney LHJeqvlBt who do-
tho Btato now scoks two wlt-
bb that can not bo locatod.
ivcrnl times thoro wcro wordy
'between Prosecuting Attorney
dBt and C. F. McKnlglit, tho
Interrupting and nHklng tlio
Inunnco of tho trial mlniiH por-
illtlcs.
ho court room at tlio Wilson Un-
aklng Parlors wns . filled enrly
iiornlng nnd dozens' tttood dur-
ktho hearing, most of thorn re
ding until tho hearing was con
bd. Charles Skorrott, woll drcHBOd
black suit, wns seated with hlB
boys, C. F. McKnlglit nnd Qraves
IMdnturff, at a long tabic.
eorKO W. Crnlgj wni tho first
r-ss called to tho stand. Ho tcB-
tlint ho hod gono through tho
lug Iioubo shortly nftor jilno
ck on tho evening of tho flro
was woll then.
'was awakonod by Skorrott com-
lo my door," ho continued. "From
on I was ho busy getting my
lly out that I don't oven know
ro tho flro was worst or how
'it took tho building to buvi."
I Know Kkerrett Iliul Money
Ir. Craig testified that ho know
rrett had monoy. Ho had soon a
bill a fow days previous to tho
"I lost about $3 IT. In bills," ho
tinned. Skorrott gavo him ?f0 tho
day.
Ho lived with us an ono of tho
(ly for four years," snld Mr.
fg. A description was given of tho
ling. It was a frame utructuro
at 00 feet In longth and about
foot wldo.
How long havo you lived In this
bk?" asked Mr. McKnlglit. Sov-
, times tho word "shack" was nsod
him In referring to tho
Idlng.
Iliul Troublo AVItfli l'tihcs
Riat thoro had boon troublo with
electric light fuses In tho build-
during tho two wooks previous
Iio flro was Mr. Crnlgn statement.
FO. Wllletts. Junltor and later
Boss, testified tho wiring sagged
was In poor condition.
don't bollovo any nrchltcct
M havo designed n hotter flro
ho voluntoorcd nu ho loft tho
ad.
Had Warrant for Arrest
Paul Zollklo, assoclato of Chnrlos
rrott, enmo to tho stand, but tho
question of tho prosecution -was
krruptod by Mr. McKnlglit. "Your
aor, tho stato has not had tho
vo to arrest this Inari and now
biimmon him bb a witness. A
frant was IsBed for his arrost; It
; drawn this morning. Tho witness
not noed to nnswor tlioso quos
i on tho ground that ho may bo
r arrested and theso would provo
rlmlnatlng."
ITho dismissing of tho complaint
moro subtorfugo," declared Mr.
Cnlsht.
objection was over ruled and
klo was told to answer though
'as proceeded in each nnswor by
tho defence, "I object."
pie witnois told of coming homo
visiting tho room of Skorrott on.
lower floor. In tho north ond
Iho building, and loavlng thoro for
upstairs about 1:30 a. m. Thoro
no trace of smoko.
Skenott Smelled Smoko
But Skorrett said to mo 'Paul I
eve I smell smoke.' ",
pellklo was shown a copy of tho
'Plaint that had been drawn up
kfc'lng him with arson and which
been cancelled before serving.
said In knew nothing about the
iplalni
fhat tho flro was burning In tho
end of tho building when he
T
HILL FIRE
Coroner's Jury Finds Boarding
House Was Deficient in
Fire Escapes
Tho final report of tho Coroner's
Jury on tho Bunker Hill Hoarding
IIoubo flro In which sovon lives woro
lost wns made today and Is as fol
lows; Wo, tho Coroner's Jury duly Im
paneled nnd sworn to Invciitlgnto tho
causes of donth of tho victims In
tho burning of tho boarding hoiiso
of tho C. A. Smith Lumbor nnd
Manufacturing Company on Febru
ary 17, 19 in, mako this our Biipplo
montnl report In tho matter of tho
flro protection of said building nnd
do find nnd recommend as follows:
That tho Bald building wns a
throo-story, oil-shaped building, tho
main part of tho building being
about 100x30 feet In dimension with
nu all about 40x30 feet In dimen
sion. Tho first floor contains n din
ing ropm, kitchen, nnd tho living
apartments of Ooo. A. Crnlg nnd
family, who w.th tho lcssco of tho
building. Tho first floor or tho
building contained tho lobby, two
bath rooms and tho room of If. C.
Skorrott.
Tho second floor contained 22
bed rooms, lobby nnd toilet.
Tho third floor was similar to
tho second floor.
Tho building' was built entirely
of wood nnd hnd been constructed
about six yours. It appeared that
tills building was of a temporary
character and wns built to moot
tho Immcdlato necessity of oaring
for tho employees In tho early con
struction nnd operation of tho Smith
Mill. Tho building was properly
wired and Insulated as tcHtlflod to
by sovoral witnesses.
Tho building wns equipped with
1 1 flro extinguishers located as fol
lows: Ono on tho first floor, two
In tho lobby, two in tho dining
room nnd ono In tho kitchen. On
tho second nnd third floors, ench,
two In tho long hnlls, ono In tho
lobbies, ono In tho short hnlls,
Tho only flro escnpo, attached to
tho building, wns a woodon ladder
Btructuro at tho south ond of tho
building oxtondlng from tho roof to
near tho ground. Doors opened from
tho ends of tho long hnlls on tho
socond nnd third floors to this flro
c3capo. All of1 tho rooms In tho
mnln part of tho building oponod
upon theso long hnlls. Tho short
hnlls woro In tho oil part of tho
building nnd thoro was a connected
passago way from tlio short hnlls
to tho long hnlls by crossing tho
opex lobbies. To this tiro escnpo
thoro was an unobstructed passngo
way from tho door of every lodging
room In tho building, In addition
to tho flro osrnpo constructed at
tho south ond of tho building and
tho stair way through tho lobblos
on tho north wcro natural flro es
capes presented by tho roof of tho
porch, extending across tho wholo
north Bldo of tho building, upon
which nil occupants of rooms on
thnt sldo of tho building on tho see
ond floor might stop out and
thenco descond to tho ground. Llko
wlso to this porch roof ono of tho
occupants was ablo to swing down
from tho third floor window and
thonco escape.
On tho west Bldo of tho building
wns a small porch roof ovor tho
kitchen which aided sovoral of tho
occupants of tho building In making
tholr oscnpo. I.lkowiso on tho onst
sldo of tho main building was a
water tank In tho fork of tho build
ing, with n laddor on tho sldo
thoroof and running southorly from
said water tank wns a narrow porch
roof connecting with tho roof of a
storage leanto all of which material
ly aided many of the occupants In
making their escape from tho burn
ing building.
Tho building was not provided,
with any knotted ropes as flro es
capes, or with any other similar
dovlso for fire escape purposes.
There were fourteen occupants of
rooms on the third floor on tho
night of tho fire and the three
F
OB
MB
WILSON FIRM
AGAINST ANY
SHIP DELAYS
Dr AuocUJcd rrett to Coot nj Timet.)
NEW YORK, Fob. 27. Dohlnd
tho Fedornl grand Jury Investigation
In progress hero to dctormlno If
thoro has boon n systematic viola
tion of tho Amcrlcnu neutrality nnd
customs laws, thoro was said todny
to He tho determination by the
United Stntcs government to mako
offcctlvo Its stand ngalnst tho de
tention of nn Amoricnn vcssol by
any belligerent power on suspicion
that thoro is contrnbnnd in tho cargo
S
i
n? AuotltteJ TrfM to Coot IIr Timet,
PORTLAND, Or., Fob. 27. A
million-dollar swlndlo Is chnrged
ngnlust tho of fleets nnd Bnlcsmon
of tho now defunct Cashier Com
pany of this city In nu Indictment
returned against them by tho Fed
ornl grnnd Jury todny. Tho Indict
ment chnrgos conspiracy nnd hiIbubo
of tho mnlls,' selling over n million
dollars worth of stock on false rep
resentations thnt tho compnny own
ed pntents to n cash changing de
vice It proposod to manufacture
HUGH mruM 15
E
Appointment Made by Presi-
dent Wilson Today Mc
Lain III in Eugene Now
nr Aiioc lato.1 rmi to Coot nr Timet.)
WASHINGTON, I). C, Fob. 27.
Hugh 1'. MoLnln was nomlnntod to
dny by Prcsldont Wilson for Post
mnstor at Marshflold.
Tho above mossago simply con
firms tho report published In Tho
Times fiotno time ngo thnt Senators
Lnno and Chamberlain hnd decided
to appoint Mr. Mcl.ulu. Tlioy took
tho Btnnd as thoro wns hot compe
tition botwoon Thomas Coko, F. A.
Ooldon, W. J. Rust, F. L. Sumner,
Geo N. Holt nnd othors for tho
plnco that to appoint nny of thqm
would Htnrt political troublo.
It Is expected that Mr. Meliitln
will accept tho uppolntmont.
Duo Homo .Sunday
Mr. McLaln will nrrlvo homo to
morrow fro'ni Sun Frnnclsco. Ho
telephoned from Eugono to Mrs.
McLaln saying that ho had boon
sick, hut would bo ablo to como
homo tomorrow via Florence
W. 1). Curtis, who holds tho of
fice now, has sorvod several terms
was to retlro March 1, but as the
chango can hardly bo arranged that
quickly, ho will probably sorvo un
til about April 1 when Mr. McLaln
will assume tho post.
Mr. McLaln has Ida contracting
nnd fuel business in such n way that
ho can continue It, his son Leo,
and pnrtnor, Frod McLean, being
In chargo of It.
Whom ho will appoint doputy Is
a question, but it would not bo a
burprlso If ho continued F. L. Sum
por, tho present doputy, In that ca
pacity. CLAIM RUSSIANS
OIIIXKKD AUSTRIAN'S
tDr AMOelttM rrM to Ceot Br Tlmtt )
LONDON, Fob. 27. Tho
Austrian ndyanco In Er.storn
Callcla liar boon checked and
the RuwrianB havo recaptured
Stanlslau and Kolomea, says
a newspaper dispatch from
Rmimania,
rMRS. A. O. AJKK.V Villi OPEN
'her SPHIVfl .MILLINERV, WED.,
M UCII aitn,
PORTLAND
u
SWNDLE
POSTMASTER
ER
Some British Cabinet Mem
bers Insistent on Reprisals
' For German Acts
FRANCE OPPOSED TO
ENGLISH CONCESSIONS
Declare That Great Britain
Must Not Remove Food Em
bargo From Germany
Dr AttocltteJ t'rett to Coot I)r Timet.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 27.
Indications of tho Drltlsh govern
ment's nttttudo townrd tho American
government's proposals to Groat
Britain nnd Gormnny for tho rcmov
nj of dangers to noutrnl shipping,
officials hero thought would bo
forthcoming today. At nny rnto,
nn nnswor is oxpected In a fow days.
Tho Gormnn government's nttl
tudo on tho Issuo Is already known
to bo fnvornblo to mnklng conces
sions nnd supplying n basis for ne
gotiations between tho nations In
volved. Somo Drltlsh cabinet mem
bers hold reprisals, nro ncccssnry In
retaliation for Germany's submnrlno
cnmpnlgn.
FRANCE IS OPPOSED.
Decline England Must Not Italic
Embargo Against (ioimniiy.
Pr Attoclttcxl rrett to Coot l)r Timet.
PARIS, Fob. 27. Tho French
press Is unanimous In declaring Unit
Great Rrltaln cannot accept tho In
formal proposals, said to hnva been
mado by tho United Stnton, that
tho embargo on foodstuffs for Gor
mnny bo raised, provided Germany
nbnndous tho destruction of mer
chant fillips. Tho pupors, however,
oxpross appreciation of tho spirit
in which the proposals nro mado.
RESTA LEADS 11
E
Averages 80 Miles on First
Ten Laps Thirty Starters
in Great Auto Contest
HAix ii:lays
SAN FRANCISCO, Fob. 27
On tho -Hth lay, Ilughcii,
who hnd taken tho lend, wns
aloppod by engine troublo
and Rcstn ngnln forged
iilicud, Wilcox, Alloy nnd
Dlsbrow followed In ordor. A
light rain foil, causing tho
cars to slow up tho paco. 4
tlir Auoclitwl Prm to Coot Dr TlniM.J
SAN FRANCISCO, Fob. 27.
With no stnrturs, tho Grand Prix
nuto raco bognu ut 10:. '10 on tho
PnnnmniPaclflc courso before nn
Immenso crowd, Tho dlstanco Is
100 miles, At tho end of tho tenth
lap, Rosta was leading, followod by
Ruckstoll, Alloy, Hughes and Do
Palmn. Rosta's average wan 08
miles an hour.
MISS IIOIIIIH QL'ITH
JOIJ AT SALICM
(ll)r Aumltle-I I'm to Toot lit Tlmra )
SALEM, Or., Fob. 27.
Governor Wlthycombo today
nccopted tho resignation of
Miss Forn Ilohbs as a mom-
bcr of tho Stato Industrial
Commission. MIbs Hobb's of-
for to resign recently broke
tho deadlock botwoon thq
House nnd Sennto on tho 4
Workmen's Compensation
4 bill, hoc action causing tho 4
4 Sonato to ccr.so Its opposition 4
against retaining the Indus-
trial Accident Commlfeelon
4 of threo mombers. 4
WHITE OKDAH MOTH PROOF
CLOTHES HA.VGERK FOR HALE
AT JAY DOVLE'S PMCE
SHERIDAN TO RETURN
T. R. Sheridan, who was called
here as a witness n the several cases
filed against tho First National Dank,
expects to leave 'for his homo at
Marshflold lato this week - Roso
hurg Rovlow
GR ID
TURKS DENY
DARDANELLES
VICTORIES
(Dr AttocUted Preit to Coot Hr TImft.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 27.
An official announcement today says
'After being subjected for sovon
hours Inst Wednesday to a bombnrd
mont by heavy guns, tho outer forts
of tho Dardanelles wcro damaged at
somo points, but wo had only flvo
killed and fourteen wounded, Tho
enemy's tlcot resumed tho bombnrd
mont todny, but In tho nftornoon ro
treated out of range of our bnttorics
nt Sedd 121 Bnhr. Somo hundreds
of soldiers who Inndcd from tho
French cruisers on tho const nt
Aknbnh, Arnbln, woro compollod to
fleo nftor n two hours' battlo. Uo
splto tlio severity of tho cannonad
ing nnd mnchlno gun flro, wo hnd
only threo killed and thrco wounded,
E
Wt AMotltt! Prrtt tu .uut nr Tlmtt.
8ALKM, Or., Fob. 27. Discov
ering thrco burglars robbing tho
stores of Joseph Gooding nt St.
Pnul early today, Daniel Glrdlo op
ened flro with a rlflo and killed an
unidentified mombor of tho trio.
J nines Qritdy and Frank Uudormyor
woro Intor urrcstod. Tho former
hnd plunder on him, It Is alleged.
President Wilson Will Let Nlc-
araguan and Columbian
Treaties Rest.
Dr AuotltteJ rrM to Coot Iltf Timet.
WASHINGTON, I). C, Fob. 27.
President Wilson has practically do
cldod not to call n special session
of tho Senate to consider tho Colom
i blnn nnd NIcnraguan troaty. At
i tho Whlto Hotiso today It wbh Bald
i that whllo tho question was still
under lonsldorntlon thoro wns llttlo
prospect of n special sosslou bolug
called.
SULTAN'S HIKTKIt DKAD
I (nr Auoclttol i'rett to Coot lit? Tlmtt.
AMSTERDAM, Fob. 27. A Con
, atnntlnoplo dispatch rolatos tho
'death or DJomllo Sultana, tho oldest
1 slstor or tho Sultnn of Turkey. Sho
was born In 1843,
Denver & Rio Grande Claims
Line Has Defaulted on
Interest Payments
(11? Auodtted Trent to Coot Otjr Timet
NEW YORK, Fob. 27. Appllca
Hon for a receiver ror tho Western
Pacific Railroad will bo mado aftor I
tho railway defaults Interest on Its
first mortgago bonds March 1, ac
cording to an announcement of tho
directors of tho Donvor & Rio
Grando, which controls tho Western
Pacific. Tho proceedings nro of n
friendly linturo,
RAISE PAPER PRICE
4 III AwotUtM r-rtwt to Coot Vf Tlmft.
SEATTLE, Fob. 2C Tho
Post-lntolllgoncer, now sold 4
at a cent a copy, announces
an Inoreaso of Its prlco to
two cents, beginning March
1, This paper has been sold
for a penny for about three
years
R
ira
T
SPECIAL
0
CEDE
OR
WESTERN
PGIFIC
RUSSIAN RALLY TO
IT
Petrograd and Berlin Reports
Indicate German Advance
Stopped Again
IDr AitocltttJ rrftt to eot Hi; Tlmtt.
LONDON, Fob. 27 Tho efforts of
tho German nnd AiiBtrlnn armlos
to crumplo both ends of tho long
Russian front, It Is reported todny,
hnvo boon chocked. Pctrogrnd Btntos
tho Gorman drive' nt Warsaw from
tho North has been countered. Ror
lln says uowniusslau forces havo
appeared In Northern . Poland nnd
begun nttnckB. In East Gallcla, at
tho othor ond of tho front, tho Rus
sians claim tho rccapturo of Stan
Islnu, In tho west, tho fighting Id prac
tically at n standstill. Tho French
report tho loss of n trench ns a re
sult of tho Gorman's sprnylng It
with burning oil, Irorllu reports
tho ropulso of tho French north
of Verdun.
L
TORPEDOED TODAY
French Torpedo Destroyer
Sent to Assist Damaged
Ship in Channel
llr Auotlit! PrtM to Coot IU; Tlmtt.
DIEPPE, Franco, Fob. 27. It Is
roportod horo that n Irrltlsh mer
chant ship has boon torpedoed In
tho English chnnuol off Saint Val
ory Sur Souinio. A French torpedo
boat destroyer loft horo to assist.
Germans Cause Allies to Re
cede After Burning Many
Soldiers French Report
Dr AttoeltttJ I'rttt io uoot Mr Time.)
PARIS, Fob. 27. Tho official
statement this nftornoon says: "Our
artillery In tho Argouno oxplodod
nn uuimunltlon dopot nonr St. Hit
bort. In u wood near Mollncourt,
botwoon tho Argonno and tho Mouso,
tho enemy again sprayed ono of of
advanced tronohes with a burning
liquid, necessitating tho abandon
ment of tho trench, tho occupants
of which woio seriously biirnod, A
couutor attack Immedlntoly checked
tho Germans.
"In tho region of Verdun, and
tho Heights of tho Mouso, our
heavy artillery wrecked some Gor
mnn guns, oxplodod tho ammuni
tion wagons, annihilated detach
monts nnd destroyed an ontlro camp.
In Hols Drill, a battlo continues (o
our advantage."
M ATTACKS BY
F
Berlin Tells of Gains Fight
ing in France New Rus
sian Attacks
(Dr Attoclittd rrett to Cos tlir Timet.)
UERLIN, Fob. 27. (Wireless to
Sayvlllo.) Tho offlclul statement
today snys; "In Champagno yester
day and last night woro ronowod
strong French attacks. Tho fight
ing In somo places still coutlnuos.
Otherwise tho attacks woro repuls
ed. North of Verdun, tho Germans
attacked a portion of tho Fronch
position. Tho fighting still con
tinues. "In the East, northeast or Grod
no, west of Lomza nnd south of
Przusuysz, now Russian forces have
appoared and began attacks. On
tho Skrodun, south of Kolno, 1100
Russians wore captured.'
ENGLISH
SSE
PUT BO i OIL
W FREIGH TREHGH
GERMAN
OGES
French and English Battleships
Penetrate Entrance
Fourteen Miles
BEGIN SHELLING INNER
FORTS OF WATERWAY
Forts at Entrance to Straits
Crumpled Opens Way to
Constantinople
KAISKU HONORS
von iiiximxiitma
(Ur AttoclttcKl rrnt to Coot Unr Tlmtt.)
UERLIN, Fob. 27. Em
peror William has conforred
tho decoration of tho Pour
In Morlto ordor upon Field
Marshal Von Hlndcnburg In
recognition of his over
whelming victories ovor tho
Russians In tho East.
(IIX AjmotUtttl Prrti to Coot Iltf Tlmrt.
ATJIEN8, Fob. 27. Tho allied
fleet, aggregating 40 warships, to
day penetrated tho Dardanelles
Straits ns fnr as Ifortarl and with
in rango of Fort Intopo on tho
Asiatic Bldo, according to rollablo
Information, Fort Intopo was de
stroyed. Varloup Turkish encamp
ments wcro also bombarded. Ships
aro now within rango of Fort Dar
danelles. Tho French squadron In
crulBlng under tho forts nt tho on
franco to tho straits which nro now
ontlrnly dismantled.
SHELL INNER FORTH
(Ur AocUlJ rtttt It Uoot tit j Tlmtt.
PARIS, Fob. 27. Tho Athonfl
correspondent of . ,Le Matin for
warded tho following: "Aftor the
comploto destruction of tho forts at
tho ontranco to tho Dnrdnnoltos, tho
Allied fleet ponotrntod, tho strnltu
and shotted tho tntorlor forts. It
proceeded down tho Dardanelles, H
in lies from tho ontranco."
ITALY IN THROES
Vehement Protests Made
Againsi Order to Prohibit
Public Meetings
tlir AttoeltttJ rrett to Coot Dtf Timet.
ROME, Rob. 27. Vohomont nt
tacliH on tho government woro mado
In tho Chnmbor of Deputies yester
day by extremists because of tho
Instructions glvou to protects to pro
hibit meetings If thoro Is a reason
to bollovo they would result In dis
orders, "I do not know whothor our na
tion Is dostluod to mako war," said
Promlor Salandra, "hut If this
should bo tho enso, wo must All un
animously nboy tho ardors of tho
Fatherland and tho King."
T
French and German Aeronauts
Busy Along Battle Line
Rescue Aviators
(Of Attocltttd rrett to Coot Dr Timet.
PARIS, Fob. 27 A squndron of
German aeroplanes bombarded tho
district bohlnd Nletiport. Only two
casualties were roportod. Fronch
aviators droppod throe bombs on
tho Gorman barracks at Motz.
AVIATORS IN SEA.
Htitlbli Tinnier Itcocucti Two (Ior
" man Aeronaut Totbiy
(11 Attotltttl I'rett to Coot Utf Timet.
LOWESTI.OFT, England, Fob. 27.
Two Gormnn aviators, who for
two days havo boon clinging to a
muchlno In tho North Sea, woro
landed horo today by a Drltlsh
trawlor, whloh resotted thorn. Tho
Germans met with an accldont whllo
trying to fly from OBtcnd to Eng
land last Sunday.
.MRS. A. O. AIKEN will OPEN
Iter SPRING MILLINERV, WED..,
.MARCH aim.
DFWAR
DISCSSON
TORS
ra
ATTACKS
S
(Continued on Pago Four.)
(Continued on Pago Four.)
T! r