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nnil devoted to tho host Interests ot this great
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VOL NO. XXXVIII
IK CAMPAIGN
Oil 600 IIIL
Greatest Continuous Fighting
! Qinr.fi War Began is Now
in Progress.
RUSSIANS ARE AGAIN
RU FIGHTINGJN AUSTRIA
French and Germans Both
Claim to be Victorious
Port of Smyrna Resists
YrnuiVHii AIIOl'T TO FA 1,1,
A
it, AuoclitJ TrMi lo Cooi D7 Tlmu.
PKTHOaKAI), Slnr. 17.
Tho capturo or tlio Austrian
fortress of Przomysl Is con
ildereil In tho Russian cap
ital as a matter ot n fow
days only. Auulrlnns solillors
captured by UusslniiB during
two unsuccessful sorties sny
tho garrison Is exiting on
famlno rations nnil tho hos
nltals nro crowded.
1; AuocUltJ Vmt to Cooa liar Tlma.
tONDON, Mar. 17. Along tho
COO-mlle Kastern front Brent nc
tltlty prevails and Potrograd bo
llerei tho opening spring campniKii
Is at hand. At no tlmo previous
ilnce the war began bns thoro boon
luch continuous fighting over tho
ilole front.
A Derlln conimunlcntlon shows
Hit In Hie extreme) north, tho Rus
tlini arc analn on tho l'riissliin bor
der. Tho report mentions tho nt
tick on Laugnzargon, which Is on
German soil. .,
French and Gorman accounts of
ftfhtng In tho west nro nt cotnploto
mlanre. Doth claim successes in
Cbampaghd nnd near tho Delglnn
border, Regarding tho battles
klch biro Icon In gouornl progress
(or the spur ot tho hill on Lorotto
Helihti, both tho French nnd Gor
ainj claim to hnvo won.
London reports negotiations bo
tween the Ilrltlsh nnd Turks con
cerning tho port of Smyrna have
Wled. Tho Vail of Smyrna, nftor
i conference with tho Ilrltlsh com
oinder on hoard his flagship, do
c'ed bis Intention of resisting to
Ue end.
1'OhO TOURNAMENT
IB; Auoclll Pren to Cooa Par Tlrafi.
SAN FHANCISCO, Slap. 17. Tho
K"e of tho Universal polo tournn
Bt, which began yestorday on tho
"Position grounds when Coopor
town, Um York, defeated San Sta
le 5 to VA, shifted today to Bur
Nine, whero Dolso, Idaho, and
owungamo will compoto.
NS OF NORWAY WILL ERECT
HALL Fi THE ORDER HERE
Important Meeting Held Which
Inaugurates Some New
Development Work
PUN OF COLONIZATION
IS ALS PROPOSED
Bring Five Hundred Fam
ilies into Coos County to
Make New Homes.
Te Coos Day Order ot tho Sons
J Xorwajr held an Important meot
8 hit week, it was decided to
t ' " onCQ "Don tho preliminary
k "l01 ewctlutr a hall nnd thoro-
"""ne a homo for themselves.
committee or seven was elected
Win fta,n I,l'iCes 0t Ultforont PmP
toav!n!r.the I,MrPo t Betting a
C Mo fl0Catl0n at tll oat
tork , , gures As BOon as th0
itrin.i Under way a gouoral sub
npuoa wm . .
'?-, ?Ir-D- " Hauau
mu. J charman of this com-
hk6 ii, been requested to
Mktr Iead ,n hs work. Tho
hin ,"embers are O. M. Johnson,
en 5, ,! Carl Flaaten, L. Strum
la "b HowaaUl, Olaf Hansen.
Son ,. ,0 tho members ot the
"Part- Way' Mr "augan said
Wo unlto our efforts thero
Established 1878
ns Tho Const MlSI.
BEGUN
E BATTLE FRONT
IS HER FATE
Only Unimportant Operations
Being Undertaken by Allied
Fleet a,t Dardanelles
BRITISH I,OS.J
" THREE SHIPS
tnj Amnelatc.l Prrra to Coon liar TlmM.l v
DARDANELLES. Mnr 17 a,
Tho Ilrltlsh met with a ro-
VOI'SO In nil ntlnimir (n ,.tf,.i. k
v tho DurdanoIloH of mines.
They lost threo mlno elcnr-
lug ships and ono nailing
ship. Consfdornblo dnmngo
was inflicted on a Ilrltlsh
O crulsor.
4.
.,-...-..,. w t,IU..I -
tnr AnocUt! Vmt to Coot Ilnr Tltiicn,
CONSTANTINOPLE Star. 17.
(Wireless to Uorlln and London.)
Only unimportant operations have
boon undortauen by tho Allied fleet
operating against tho Dardnnolles
tho last fow days. Tho activity of
the warships Is limited to demonstra
tions. Two attempts by cruisers
and destroyers to approach tho outer
fortifications and clonr tho mines Is
reported futllo becauso of tho of
fectlvo flro from tho dofondors. Tho
civilian population of Constantin
ople Is qulto calm and almost In
different to tho efforts being mndo
to force tho Dardanelles.
TO UNITED STATES
Premier Okuma Gratified at
Changed Conditions Prog
ress in Chinese Negotiations
Or AuocUOd Titu to Cow Uy Tluei. N
TOKIO, Slnr. 17. Tho Osaka JIJI
publlshotl an interviow with Promlor
Count Okuma In which ho said ho
expected good results from tho ne
gotiations going on nt prcsout with
China.
Tho Promlor spoko strongly of tha
changed attitude In tho United
States toward Japan. Ho said theso
relations nro becoming vory frlond
ly nnd thoy wero especially good
at tho present moment
CONSTANTINOPLE
Ifl
IN
FR
UBOMiHA
Is no question but what wo can se
curo a lot and put up a noat llttlo
hall. Wo must havo faith in ordor
to do a thing llko that faith In
oursolves to bogln with, and faltn
in others as a result of- having faith
lu oursolves, not to forget faith In
tho future of Coos County. Wo
bhould allow our influonco to bo
felt to further tho development
of this county. Tho only way to
build a city or build a county is by
unanimous effort. If tho business
men ot Coos County becomo con
vinced that wo mean business thero
will bo no difficulty In securing tho
means for building a homo for tho
Sons of Norway, bocauso this In
stitution will bo recognized as a
factor In tho development of tho
community,
"If wo aro good Norwegians and
true to our history and truo to our
traditions, wo make good Ameri
cans. Poor Norwegians mako poor
Americans; poor Swedes make poor
Americans; poor Danes tho samo
way. It Is a blessing to this coun
try that wo get tho best in all na
tions and all races, and these good
qualities and principles -we should
make It our greatest effort to per
petuate "Lovo of liberty and lovo of coun-
(Coimnued on Pago Four.)
MARSHFIELD, OREGON,
tiffed States Will Protest
Action of Great Britain
PRESIDENT
WEARS SPRIG
OF SHAMROCK
Pr AiiocUteil Pros to Coos Ilnr Tlmn.l
WASHINGTON, D. C, Alar. 17.
President Wilson appeared at tho
executlvo offices todny wenrlntf a
sprlj; of shamrock nnd a green
necktlo . Tho shamrock was pre
sented to tho President by Miss Suo
Marlon of Jersey City.
ALLIES DEFEATED
Some German Gains and In
decisive Results a"t Other
Points on Fighting Lines
(Br Auocltl rmi to Cooa Ur TlmM.
UEULIN. Star. 17. (Wireless to
Sayvlllo.) Tho official statement to
day says: "Tho contest for posses
sion of an eminence on tho southern
slopo of Loretto Heights to tho
northwest of Arras has been do
cldctl In fnvor of tlio Germans. In
Champagne, west ot Perthes nnd
north of Lo Mesnll, the Kronch do-
llverod several unsuccessful attacks.
North of Lo Mesnll nttneks wero
ronowed with stronger forces nnd
tho engagements still continue In
tho Argonno fighting has not yet
como to an end. Tho French wore
driven back from tho slopes south
west of Vauquols. Two French at
tacks In Lo Protro forost failed. Tho
Russian ndvanco against Tauroggon,
Russia. Just across tho East Prus
sian bordor. was repulsed. Russlnn
attempts to break through tho Ger
man lines botweon Skwn and Orzyc
Rivers, north ot Warsaw, also wore
ropulsed."
FRENCH SAY THE!
Claim to Have Won Success
Where Germans Say Thsy
Are the Victors
tnr AaaocUted Prut to Cooa Bar Tlmaa.J
PARIS. Slar. 17. An official
statoment Issued this afternoon says:
"On tho Vser tho Ilolglnn army mndo
fresh progress and repelled Gorman
attacks. North of Arras tho onomy
unsuccessfully nttomptod to deliver
nnothor countor attack . on tho
trenches on tho spur of a hill of
Notro Damo do Lorrotte. Solssons
and Rhelms again woro bombarded.
In Chnmpano, north of LoSIesnll,
and west of hill 19C wo havo taken
possession along tho front of some
D00 metres of nn Important eminonco
hold by tho enemy. In Argonno.
several Gorman countor uttacks bo
tweon Rolnno and Four do Paris
wero repulsed,"
The Pass, Loaded With Cot
ton, Goes Ashore Part,
of Crw Lost
(Hr Aaaoclated PrcM to Cooa liar Tlmca.
BERLIN, Slarch 17. (By Wire
less to Sayvlllo) An announcement
by an overseas news agency Indicates
that a number of men lost their Mvps
in tho wrecking of the American
bark Pass of Pamaha, which wont
ashoro near Syle, ono of the North
Frisian Islands. The announcement
says that seven membors oX the crew
wero saved by the life guards from
tho coast patrol station. Sho was
a vessel of 1500 tone, with a crew
of about twenty men, bound from
New York for Bremen with a cargo
of cotton.
Times Want Ads tor results.
US
M
VIGTDR10US
AMERICAN
SHIP
WRECKED TODAY
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1915
Commercial Rights of Neutral
Nations Will be Urged by
President Wilson
regret an Embargo
cannot be placed
Senators Generally Wish That
President Had. Been Em
powered by Congress
tor Auoclittd rmi to Coot Iir Tlmt.
WASHINGTON, Slnr. 17. With
tho publication by tho Stnto De
partment today of tho complete toxt
of tho correspondence between tho
United States and tho belllgeront
nnllons respecting tho rights of neu
trals, Interest was renowed In tho
probnblo courso the American gov
eruni6nt would pursuo In seeking
freu commercial lutercourso with
other countries. It Is generally ho
Moved hero thnt a vigorous protest
will bo mndo against the action of
tho Ilrltlsh government.
Senator Walsh, of Montana, vio
discussed tho situation with Presi
dent Wilson Inst night, said the Sen
ators generally regretted that Con
gress had not empowered tho Presi
dent to placo an embargo on Amer
ican exports to tho belligerents, al
though ho did not bellove the Presi
dent would call nn extrn session
of Congress for that purpose,
DRKSDE.V IlLOWN UP
1JV HER OWN CHEW
. '-.
Ur AwcKlitcl Vtta to Cooa tiagr Tlmra.)
WASHINGTON, Slar. 17.
Gorman Ambassador Horn-
storff todny lccolved an of-
flclal report that tho cruls-
er Dresden wns blown up
by her own crow after hav-
ing been nttucked lu neutral
wntors off Chile by Ilrltlsh
warships,
Tho official report adds
that tho Ilrltlsh ships began 4
firing from n dlstnnco of
2000 motorB, but rntlior than
bo destroyed by tho enemy's
ships, the Commander of 4
f tho Dresden choso to savo tho
crow and abandon tho vessel.
Tho report enmo from tho
German legation at Santla-
go, Chile.
! Germans Dropping Shells Into
French Town Belgians
Defeat Germans
Ur Aaaortatoil Pma to Vooa Da, TlmM.l
PARIS, Mir. 17. "Tho enemy Is
again furiously bombarding Nlou
port, this tlmo with slxtcen-luch
howitzers," snys an undated mes
sago from tho Petit Parlsleune cor
respondent. "Thirty shells have
fallon In tho town, making enor
mous holes and demolishing soveral
buildings, but no ono wns hurt.
"Belgian troops, profiting by n
slight recession of tho waters lu tho
district thoy occupy, carried two
German ndvanco , positions. Tho
warships and monitors of thu Al
lies vigorously bombarded West
ondo." :
lum.v
SIAIO To Sir. nnd Sirs. Annollno
Slnlo at their homo in Reaver
Hill, Wednesday, Starch 17, a
girl and on St. Patrick's Day,
too, but probably Annollno will
cnll her Patricia.
COOS TAX COLLECTIONS .
Tim Lountv treasury Is so busy
taking lu contributions for public
j expenses at this tlmo as to requlro
I two shifts to keep up with tllo work,
j one for the day and tho other for
tho night. Treasurer Dlmmlck has
tho following forco at work now:
J. A. Sullivan, deputy; John Lo-
neve, Georgo O. Leach, R. R. Pown
der, B. T, Currle, Dan Dlmmlck,
Archie Walker and Walter Oerdlng.
The Sheriff's office here collect
ed more money for delinquent taxes
during the month of February than
for auy other calendar month dur
ing tho past year, tho amount bo
ing $7,445,44. Coqulllo Sentinel.
NIEUPORT
ow
BEING
1
EVENING EDITION.
TWO BRITISH
STEAMERS ARE
TORPEDOED
(Dr AtioclilM rrria lo Cooi Oar Tlmu.)
LONDON, Mar. 17. Tho Ilrltlsh
steamer Flngal, CC1 tons, was tor
podoed and sunk March ICth off
tho Northumberland coast, tho Ad
miralty announces. Twenty mem
bers ot tho crow landed at North
Shields, but six lives aro reported
lost, Including tho chief mate and
stownrdees.
Tho Ilrltlsh steamor Atlnntn, r.19
tons, was torpedoed off InlBhturk,
on tho west coast of Galway, Ire
land, Starch 14. Tho vessol, It Is
reported, was towed Into hnrbor.
E
IS
British Vessel is Destroyed in
Dardanelles and Several
Lives are Lost
AEROPLANE ATTACKS SHIP
Ilr Aisotlalei! prfia to Cooa Ilf Tlmu.
SOUTH SHIELDS, Eng.,
Slur. 17. Tho Ilrltlsh
steamship Iilondo, arriving
4 hero today, reports she was 4
attacked In tho North Sen
by n Gorman aeroplnno, .
which dropped a bomb on
her deck, Ono mombor ot 4
tho crow wns killed.
nr Aaaoclated Treaa to Cooa Par Tlmfl.
PARIS, Slar. 17. A Ilrltlsh mlno
sweeper wns blown up lu tho Dar
danelles yesterday with n loss of
sovoral lives when a mlno exploded
us It wns bolng romovod from tho
btralts, says a dispatch from Athens.
REHEARING NOTTO
i)iti:i)(;i: Seattle will move
TO HANDON IN APRIL PORT
OF IJANDO.V CASE UP APRIL
lliTIL
Despite tho fact that a rohoarlng
has been grunted District Attornoy
LHJcqvist In tho hearing of tho
Port of Bnndon caso boforo tho Su
premo Court; Superintendent R. E.
Miller, ot the Pugct Sound Bridge
& Dredging Company, declares that
tho Seattle will go uhead auyway
with her contract. This was slguod
up nt a meeting hold about two
weeks uco.
The Port of Baudon now has
somo money on hand, enough to
start with, snys Sir. Sillier, and as
soon as tho dredgo Seattle has con
cluded operations on tho Coos Bay
project, expected to bo ubout April
G, sho will be moved to Bandon.
Tho rehearing boforo tho Supremo
Court has boon set for April 12,
and advices from thero aro to tho
effect that a speedy decision will
be given as all of the points at is
suo havo been decided, with tho ex
ceptions of the new findings for
warded to Salem by Sir, LHJcqvist.
Tho contract signed up between
tho Port of Bandon and tho Pugct
Sound Dredging Company, calls for
about $50,000 or dredging, this to be
douu on tho 20-inllo stretch between
Coqulllo and the Bandon shoals and
to insure u depth of at least ten
feet at low water, with tho exception
or the shoals, whero tho depth will
bo Increased to 12 feet.
At tho present time tho dredge
Seattle is working on the last shoals
In the project below Pony Inlet, and
Sir. Sillier expects that the digger
will Mulsh work there.
Should the Supreme Court re
verse Its decision and knock out
the Port ot Bandon, tho contract
with tho dredging company will ho
void.
I
SWEEPER
BLOWN
STOP DREDGE IRK
A Consolidation of Times, Const Mai)
and Coon Ttny Advertiser
Crlffl PROMISES TO PROTECT
ALL AMERICANS IN MEXICO
ASSOCIATED PRESS
IS Nfl TRUST
U. S. Attorney General Makes
Important Ruling About
News Association '
tnr AasoclttMl rrni to Cooa Car Tlmfl.
WASHINGTON, I). C, Slnr. 17.
Attorney General Gregory has writ
ten n lottcr to counsel for tho Sun
Association, disposing ot tho com
plaint ngalnst tho Associated Press
for alleged violation ot tho anti
trust act, mado by tho Now York
Sun, nnd snys thero Is no ground
fop action by Federnl authorities
undor tho anti-trust act.
Frank 11. Noycs, president ot tho
Associated Press, In otforing tho
Attornoy General's letter, said:
"Tho clean bill ot health which
has been given tho Associated Press
by tho Attornoy aonornl Is highly
gratifying, bocauso It Is tho result
ot a long, careful and searching
scrutiny by the Dopartmont ot Jus
tlco of tho object nnd form ot or
ganization, and Us scopo and meth
ods." TO
School Patrons of Catching In
let and Esterbeck Districts
Start Progressive Plan
Tho joining of tho Esterbeck Dls
trlct No. 5C and Catching Inlet, Dls
trlct No. 12 school districts was
practically assured at a mooting ot
tho patrons hold Inst ovonlng at tho
Catching Inlet school on Catching In
let. County Superintendent Dakor
and School Supervisor Goldon woro
prosont nnd addrosscd tho mooting
on tho advantages thnt would accrue
from bucIi action and thero wero
talks by othors. Discussion brought
out tho tact that tho consolidation
would allow tho erection ot a two
room modern school building. Tho
quostlon will not bo definitely decid
ed until the school olectlon to bo
hold In Juno.
About forty patrons woro prosont
Including sovoral women. Dnn Ross
presldod and among tho othors pres
ent woro Supt. Raymond E. Bakor,
Supervisor Goldon, Sirs. .Georgo
Ross, Sirs. Rosa Preuss, Sirs. Heu
porman, Miss Slaudo Thirbor, Carl
Carlson, Wm. LaxBtrom, Goo, Boss,
Tlllo Culvor, Frod Slessorly, Sir.
Grlnnoll. Llttlo opposition wan ox
pressed, tho concensus of opinion bo
lng that tho school should bo built
suits by consolidation, Ho states
o( the two districts,
A petition was circulated this
morning by William LaxBtrom who
secured tho signatures of tho major
ity ot tho school patrons.
TIiobo who signed lu tho Ester
beck district are: John Laxstrom,
William Laxstrom, John A, Carlson,
Sirs. L. Ileuperinan, John Haydou,
Arthur SlattBon, Sirs. A, Mattson,
Carl Smedborg, Sirs, Carl Smed
borg, J. E. Collver, Sirs, J. 13. Col
Ivor, C, Esterbeck,' II. RusboII and
Sirs. I J. Russell,
Those who signed tho petition In
tho Catching Inlet district are; Dan
Slatsou, Arthur Gunnel), William
Chrlstlanson, S. T. Slessorlo, Albort
Collver, T. SI, Collver, Georgo Ross,
Sirs. Georgo Robb, Sirs. T. M, Coll
vor, E. O. GlBch, MrB. B. C. Glsch,
South Slough to Consolidate
Superintendent Bakor and F. A.
Golden, 'supervisor, will attend
meeting to bo held In tho hall near
South Slough brldgo tomorrow night
to discuss consolidation ot districts
No, 57 and Gl. Thero has beon somo
tulk ot division of these districts to
form a new one but as tho fiunncos
would not warrant a now district
Supt. Bakor hopes to effect better re
sults by consolidation. He states
tho present boat schedule would bo
convenient to servo a consolidated
school.
Blnkey Fined. Lato this after
noon George Blnkey arrested by Of
ficer Richardson, takou before Judge
Butler and fined $10, with seutonco
put oft during good behavior, It U
MORE
SCHOOLS
CONSOLIDATE
No. 202
Transportation to Be Provided
For All Foreigners Desiring
to Leave Mexico City
SITUATION IFCAPITAL
' HAS BEEN IMPROVED
New President Garza Has Re
turned and Business Houses
Have Re-opened.
FOREIGNERS ALARMED
(Dr AaioctatoJ Prraa to Cooa Mar Tlmfl.
WASHINGTON', Slar. 17.
Foreigners nt ProgreBso, bo-
coming alnrmed nt tho dls-
orders lu that vicinity, havo
asked for rofugo on the
American cruiser Dca Moines.
Curranza, however, after con-
Terences with tho American "
naval and diplomatic offl-
cors at Vera Cruz, lias prom-
Ised full protection,
(Ilr Aaaoclatxt Prrta to Cooa IHr Tlmta.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, Slar. 17.
Consul Sillimnn at Vera Cruz re
ported todny that Carranzn had
ngreod to co-operate In providing
transportation for Amorlcnus and
other foreigners wishing to loavo
.Mexico City and to facilitate tho
transportation ot Rod Cross sup
plies to tho Sloxlcau capital.
Similar assurances of co-opora-tion
hnvo boon rccolved from tho
authorities controlling Mexico City.
Official advices reaching thu Stato
Dopartmont told of tho return to
Mexico City of Roo.no Gonzales Gar
za, elected Provisional Prcsldont by
a. convention of Generals January
17, and ot his Issuing a statement
assuring protection for tho public
In tho capital. SIcBsnges said thnt
thoro woro no dlsordora and that
business houses hnd re-opened.
MANY MEXICANS KILLED.
.Mexican Bandits Slake a Haiti on
Bonier Town
nr Aaaoclatotl Vnu to Cooa Oar Tlmu.
SANTA FE, Slarch 17. Sovoral
Mexicans havo been reported killed
nnd others captured and two Ameri
cans wounded in a battlo with Mex
ican bandits who raided tho city ct
Dwyor, BouthoaBt of Silver City, last
night. Tho sroxlcans escaped and at
last accounts woro racing for tho
bordor with possos In pursuit. Tho
Sloxlcano woro from nearby sot
tlomonts. i
"" WILL TAKE REFUGEES
(Or AitoclalaJ Praia to Own Ur Tint.
WASHINGTON D. C. March 17.
Secy. Daniels today authorized tho
crulsor Dea Slolnes at Progrcso to
take aboard any Amorlcans or other
foreigners seqklnir safety. Tho col
lier Brutus was ordered to Progreso
from Vora Cruz to afrord nn asylum
for tho refugees.
L
Florida Minister Commits
Murder and Suicide When
Crime is Charged
Or AiKKUlaJ Praaa to Cooa car TltnM.
MIAMI, Florida, Slarch 17. Roy.
tho St, Agnes Episcopal Church here,
today, shot and killed Harriot Do-
lanoy, a mombor or tho church, and
thon commitod sulcldo, Rev. Tucker
yestorday was bound ovor to tho Fed
oral Court on tho charge ot sending
obscono lltoraturo through tho malls
to Silss Moloney, When arraigned on
a chargo of violating tho postal law,
Tuckor waived tho preliminary ex
amination and was released on ball
furnished, by membors of tho con
gregation. Object to Xudo Bathers. Somo of
the school patrons are objocting to
permitting boy bathers lu tho now
swimming tank as FIJI Islandors,
without even a fig leaf to cover
their nudity. It Is also thought
that the water lu the tank Bhould
bo changed more frequently.
Waaaiaraaa-a'"j i a ww w -.
chargod that ho, togothor with W.
O. Slason attempted to "smash In"
Walter Oldland's face.
RECTOR
COMMITS
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