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People's roper," and it strives
Uvo np to Ita namo by do voting
promoting tlio peoplo's interests.
VOL NO. XXXVIII.
LOST Wild SHIP
Coastwise Steamer Victoria
Owned by Mexican Com
pany, Goes to Bottom
.
Was Small Vessel Which Ran
Between San Diego and
Ensenada in Mexico
SURVIVORS AT SAN DIEGO
BroiiRlit to That Fort by tlio Steam-
er Hnwallmi-Aniorlcmi Which
Picket Thorn Up In Distress
At Sea
D; AwoclttM rr to Com nr TlmM.
SAN DIEOO, Cab, May 1. Thu
coast guard steamer Victoria Is be
lieved to linvo sunk this morning
ttlth n crow of cloven Mexicans.
A. Tonescanl, tlio Victoria's purs-
cr, arrived lioro today with tlio
rc'saol's paBsongors. Ho said tlio
Victoria, roportcd foundering last
night off Corouado Island, jiml
across the Mexican lino, was no
whero In sight today and undoubt
edly went down.
The Amorlcr.n-IIawallnn steamer
American, which took tlio passengers
oU the Victoria last night arrived
here today. Tho Victoria was a small
vessel owned by a Mexican steam
ship company and ran between Sa.i
plcgo and Ensonada. Those be
lieved lost with tho vcss'il Include
tho captain, mate and chief engineer
LEAVES Hilt TODAY
(
WILMAM HOOD, THE S. P. CHIEF
ENGINEER, DEPARTS
Wlt! Party Complete Inspection of i
Willamette Pacific Starts
for
ills Homo
Wllllnm Hood, chief engineer of
tho Southern Pacific, accompanied by
Mrs. Hood nnd C. II. Hoattlo, as
sistant engineer, left on tho four
o'clork stage this morning up the
beach for Eugene. Mr. Hood Is re -
turning to San Francisco after nn
BBTOFEUEIEI BITS BUMNBJBK LINER HI
PASSENGERS
ibsenco of soveral weoks, Inspecting Mngco has said bo bolloves they can
tho roadg In Oregon. not got away before tomorrow.
Two days wero spent by tho party Captain James Mageo, father of
coming In ovor tho new Wlllnmetto tho skipper of tho Nnnn, Is aboard
Pacific line, nnothor day they wont! with his son on his way to San
to tee tho work on tho now brldgo Francisco,
at North Rend nnd last ovonlng tboy j Tug Also Detained
returned from n trip ovor tho Coos Twlco did tho tug Gleimor also
Day, Hoscburg nnd Eastern and ovor do down and watch for an opportun
the Smith-Powers lino to Powers. Ity to got over tho bar. Tho first
Superintendent Miller nnd Englneor
Drouchton. from Nortli llend nccom-
panlcd tho party.
Satisfaction wns expressed by the
chief enRincor ovor tlio way In which
work has progressed on tho now lino.
COUNTY CO.MMISSIONIMtS SAY
EXPENSE IS TOO HEAVY
People Would Never Wo Hontls'
Tliey llclleve !jt:!,000 Work on
ltuiid to Couullle This Siiiitmei'
Prospects for hard surfaco roads
In Coos County, at least for this
NO HARD SURFACE
KC orihi'&VW wiSiSpoTtlou -..n, M.o storm.
came
over this morning from
tho
COilllty
seat. Ilnnvv linniltnir Issues.
tho fltntn M'nnl.l nnt 1w. vilml l.v
Ire peonle anil thn oxnonscs aro nl-1
u-iuy aoovo tlio point where now
onfs can be added.
Work on Mm rnn.l tintwonn Mnrsll-
,'iflrt and Coqulllo will bo commune-
witntn a few weoks, as soon as
tho weather clears, say tho Com-
fiifsloners. From tho summit tit's j
T,'ly as fnr Hi tlin li'Hn rnnph. a
! diMnnco of approximately threo
; ""lies, an entirely now highway will )
bebiillt. This will afford not only
! ueiier grade for tho heavy tr.ir
,, " Kiauu lor 1110 iicur? 11.44-1
c, soy tho Commissioners, but will
lo allow ror tho filling In of sov-
i gulches that nt tho present
tlmo au brldcprl
Haiti Road Question.
It Was salil Hint tho Wnrrnn Cell-
tructton Company had broached to
'ha COlintv Pnllr. n nrnnniilllnil for
u .h"!?. "u-!if"c,n5 ?r H1.0. J?
-- w4iiuy nem. juago waisou n-
?'aus that unthlnir iiflflnlto was
drought before tho body and that I , , "TT; Tolls T Un-
h! Km,i!,,er discouraged wlth.Omne JXln'UUMy
f belief that the time Is not yet seaM,,ml: " "Xa y
, Are l'eiiumient.
Agitation fnn liorj o,irr,.fo rnnds
made on thn rounds that they,
"e permanent and though the lnl-
"l cost Is heavy, the upkeep IsiO
"eatly reduced and they will last
Tk'ears w,th a Bmtt'l expense. '
p 'he good roads committee of the
J-aamber of Commerce Is expecting
f,???1 wlt" the County Court,
PrODablv nt lla .,av ,niln tnr thuia
SKj,of ,,oosUnK ,h0 pormnnenli
of Its Utlo "Tho
nt nil times to
lt8 energies to
Established 1878
As Tlio Const Mull.
general stokm along coast
less severe here
Had Enough, However, to Prevent
Vessels In loucr Hay From
(Jetting Out.
CONDITIONS AT SEA
!
Tho sea Is reported rough
off Coos Hay today but it Is
much moro moderate than
farther bouUi Capo Mendoci
no Is wliero tho worst storm
is reported.
At Capo Blanco today
the wind Is northeast, blow
ing 11! miles an hour, baro
meter 29.01, sea rough .
At Capo Mendocino tho
wind Is northeast and blow
ing at 3(i miles per hour,
temperature Is 48, barometer
reading 29.00, sea rough.
At North Head fog, west
wind 3 miles, barometer 29.
01, sea rough.
At Capo Flattery clear,
wind northeast G miles, tciiK
poraturo 19, barometer 29.
83, sea moderate.
HAH IS HOUGH
Captain Dunsou was In
this morning from tho Capo
Arago light house, Snow,
lain and hall fell In rapid
succession yesterday, all
well primed with a heavy
wind, ho said. The bar this
morning Is still breaking
across.
Thoro Is not a chanco of
tho bar-bounds bonis getting
out this afternoon or to
night. The Nairn Smith will at
tempt to rrostt out Sunday
at one thirty.
Tho storm which was general
nloug tho coast was not iilto so
suvero off Coos Hay as It was far
ther south. At Capo .Mendocino tho
wind storm was reported to be a
bad one, but It beenmo less severe
townrd tho north.
Tlio sea was reported rathcr
rough yestorday ovenlng off Coos
Hay In messages to tho wireless sta
Hon and the bar would not permit
of any vessels getting out.
Nairn Is l!arhntiud.
For two hours yesterday tho Nairn
C.i.l.l. nlln U.I ,ltA ..naanr.1 1.11.
tllllltll UklUlllllUU IHU IH4Dai4fcU, 4IU4.1
at 1 p. in. In the afternoon was
forced to turn back to Empire. She
Is expected to again go down to
tho bar early this afternoon tliough
tho pnsscngerB say that Captain
tlmo was at 1 0:110 and tho second,
nn hour later. The sea was too ,
heavy and sho too, camo back to
Empire.
Loaded with lifiO.OOO feet of ties
tho steam schooner Acmo went down
tho bay right nfter tlio Nairn yostor
dny afternoon gave up her second
attompt, but sho also was unsuc
cessful. .STORM NOTES.
Mnrshflold wits tlio only point
along tho coast where storm warn
ings for small craft wore not ordered
displayed boforo tho storm. Appar
ently tho storm was less hero Mum
I most otner points.
j 'lolegrnms from San Francisco
I stato that tho sloop Ilarnaclo which
i was built on Coos Hay was driven
slmrn from hor moorings oil inu
ELDER .MAY CHANGE
iteiMirt That Santa Claru May Take
laco on ThN Run
Tho following from tho Portland
Oregonlan indicates that possibly
niiother steamer may replnco tho Geo.
W. Elder on this run but nothing
Is known locally as to any
chango and It Is not bolleved here to (
Hammer & Co. are said to Imvo
flxod tho steamer Yucatan, which
ni,in,l vestordav ror uaiiioiiu"
mi4.v.. - . - . i,nro '
ports, to load a grain c " ,
early next month for Austra la n tie -j
livery in mat. "" ".,".,, ,11 ""m
that tho steamer Geo. W. Elder wilt
replace her and probably the Santa
Clara sent north to ply on the Portland-Coos
Day-Eureka schedule.
QMnW REPORTED
- - '. nri cai I o
AT GOLDEN FALLb
aaaaa-
EIGHT PATIENTS
HAVE HROKEN LIKih
A Ilthunian named a
lalt vas brought in rrom the
Smith-Powers camp near
Wagner sutrering Dom a
broken leg. Ho makes the
eighth patient at the hospi
tal sutfenng irom inmuiw
1 ft fttttttt
docs
MARSHFIELD, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 1, 1915 EVENING EDITION.
SEA
New Steamer Northern Pacifis
Reported in Helpless Condi
tion Off Point Arena, Cal.
HID IS BEliG SENT
Tug Defiance and Revenue
Cutter McCulloch Dispatch
ed from San Francisco
150 PASSENGERS ABOARD
llot.h Sets of Steering (Jear on Dig
Vessel Went Out of Commission
During tho Heavy (bile
of Yesterday
NEAH STOItM CENTER
Point Arena, where tho
Northern Pacific Is In trou
ble, Is a rnthor dangerous
point. It Is 1)5 miles south
of Capo Mendocino whoro the
worst of this storm seems to
center.
tlljr A.aorlatM rrfM to Coo. Iliy Timet.) '
SAN FRANCISCO, May 1. Thoj
now pnssenger liner Northern Pa
cific, disabled with lliO passengers,
aboard, was drifting helplessly he-,
fore tho wind of Point Arena, SO
miles north of horo this morning.
Tho tug Deflnnco loft hero today
In answer to a wireless call for aid '
and the United States const gunrd
cutter McCulloch wns ordered to
tho asslstanco of tho liner. Doth
sots of steering gear of tho Northern
Pacific wont out of commission In
a heavy gale.
Officials Aboard.
PORTLAND, Or.. May 1. Tho
passengers aboard tho Northern Pa-
..Ifl.. lun.n fun.., nil ....... !. ,.-..! '
11414; l.VIU I44. ilf 4JVU4 IIIU J'.tini
and Northwest. Numbered ninong
tho pnsscngon. were Mrs. S. M. Hlti
mauer and Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Pat
torson, of Portland; II. A. Noble,
traveling passenger agent of the
Grent Northern, from St. Paul; C. A.
No rd in in, assistant guornl passcn
Hor ngont, from Seattle; J. S. Haw
kins nnd Joseph L. Emnnuol, of
San Francisco, nnd Harry Lenhnrtlt
nnd E. V. Corby, of Seattle
FROST DID NOT IN.IFUE OREGON
CROPS MUCH
Sheepmen In Northeastern Part of
State Sulfcicil Heavy Losses
During tho Storm
'crop damage light
Wr Aaoclthl l'ri to Cooa liar Tlnim.l .
Iinll. 1MI. n , ... 'SAILOR ON ACME IN DELIRIFM
PORTLAND, Or., May 1. Frost, ot,.,M m-
formod early today iu many places
In ficnrrnn lmt tlin ln inn tn 1 1 rntu I
is not heavy. In Northeastern Ore-
gon, where ahcepmen suffered heavy
losses Thursday anil Frlduy, tlio
tompornilira IS lUIIIICr. Ill ,.1SI1-
... . ....
Ington. cloudy weather proveute;!.
"; "", in 11 iieiiriiim causeii ny oxeow
weather prevented MnUUK, Jack Scbaffer. a sailor
Off the 11101111 oftho Steamer Acme which was In
trost damage.
the Columbia tho gnlo reachml
velocity of f2 miles.
NO LOCAL DAMAGE
Storm Delays Crop Hut Caused No, up and put to bud and an effort made '
Loss to revive him a8 ho was almost chilled
No damago lias been drmo to fruit to death from being lu tho cold wa
in Coos County other than to retard tor. , i
its ripening by a week or so, accord- )r. Phil Kclzor or North Rend
lug to tho fruit raisers of Coos Hay was called and took the mail to the
and tho Conulllo Valley, though the hospital. He Is today suffering from i
storm wind nnd the hall of tho past delirium tremens nnd also frlm tne
throe days Imvo been tho hardest or
tho season and the temporature went
ralrly low In tlio glass. May 1, today,
has seen a change for the better and
tliero aro oven flowers iu tlio gardons
for Mav baskets this ovenlng.
Straw berries Rlpo
Harry Graves, of Shlnglobouso
Slough, who on his rivo acre tract
raises perhaps as many strawborrlos
ns any ono on tho bay, this morning
brought 40 boxes Into tho local
market. Tho berries are big follows,
and whllo not thoroughly red on both ,
sldeB are very healthy looking early,
bo'-'ps,
That' tbn eron will bo Ret back at
least a week Is tho heller of Mr,
Graves, thouch the crop has been in
no wise Injured. He oxpects to have
l.nKlnn fimn nnie fl fnw flirt Itlflfbnf
n.iir: Win havfl r .trawl Prrlw
w . ""
tho same thing.
Hlooniing Season Over
Fruit trees havo already rinlshed
thelr blossoming period and the llttlo
iruu siarieu nun B'un'ii i"
1 1 .. n4 i,n W.Hi ..lt,l A- In.
iirmiy sot toi me ,ui4ii nuiu iu jiii
loose and so the fruit men aro re-
lolcintf that no damago has boon done
to them. They do admit, however,
that the crop Is set back n few days
but say this will make llttlo dllier -
enco.
No Frost frere
From Portland yesterday came the
weather nrophesy that this morning
we would wane up, shivering, with
1. ..w . . ... - .- ... J huv., .w. c."- ...... .. , ,i, ,,,,.. . ... ..,......, t,.n a,1',,V .-I,, ......... .. a, -. ...n-
n iinnvv iroisr nit over inn croiinu. uioumis mill iu cum ui i.iu mii'iuiu i.. i,i...ii i.rmifiit nnu'ii irom iiunviii
lZTPrri vis., PERRY MrilOI.SO.V8 ffl.ed-,.l,K Snppo.nuV 10 .f, r''V v ul'iui w m i.'l'sl-n'Phr.0'
latt
MEMHERH OP THE ASSOCIATED TtESS
ATTACKS U, S, BOAT
CIEHMAN AIH.MAN THROWS
HO.MHS ON STEAM Elt CUSHING '
Husstaii Vessi-1 Is Torpedoed mid
Sunk by Submarine Off Coast
of Ireland.
inr Aiaoclitisl Tirsi to Coo. tor TIrim.I
WASHINGTON, D. C. May 1
American .Minister Van Dyke at The
Hague reported to the Stato Depart
ment today that tho American
steamer dishing was damaged by
bombs dropped by a Herman ulr
craft In tho North Sen, but no
lives were lost.
Hl'SSIAN HOAT Sl'NIC.
tOr AiaocUttd l'rtaa to Coo. l)r 'ilrart.
LONDON, May 1. Tho Russian
irl0,0-1,"" 48..,:,?'"?.1, s);.?0;i,r'!!)J
and sunk by a German submarine,
uoue'C(i to uo mo u-;i, r'riuay, i
nor Illaskot Islands, on the west
coast of Ireland. The crow had
Imrelt time to tabu to the boats,
All were rescued by n patrol bout.
i i n i rt i it '
WaSlimtltOn RCnOllS Tiat tie ,
' OL.l ! HA1 O.t. ... I
oiiuuk is iviusi auvuru
In Several Years
LASTED SOMETIME
For Several Hours During the1
IMight Tremors Were Indi
cated at Several Places
SOME DISTURBANCE TODAY
IVllinate Wns That tlio Tremors
('.'line From it Distance of .VtOO
.Miles From the Capital
Location Not Known
Iljf Aaaoititivl I'rf.a to Cooa 1I..T Tlinra,
WASHLNOTON, I). C, May 1
Tho sevorest carthiiuake ylioclc ro-
e.iitiotl lu years aro shown by the)
t'-iiverslty of Washington seismo
graph to have continued from 10 '
to 1 1 o'clock last night, Thu ills-'
turhunco continues.
lrng Distance Off. '
Tho cnrthtiuako sliock.4, described
hf nciontlflu observers at ticoige-'
town Unlvorslty as unusually severe
and probubly ilcstrurtlvo, awe re- j
ccrdeil on tlin KclHiiHinranh frmn
midnight until J n. m. Tremors
wire estimated to come it dlstaiue
fieiu Wnshlugtou of fr00 miles, i
E
' 'J. 1 '
'n IIm-iii;iI at Eiiiplre Ami Is- Helng
( tired lor At .Meiry
Hospital
,,. .L.tlrl,,.,, ,.,, nii.,l liv .vii.smKii
.iriMi.i,,,. jnci scbaffer. a sailor on
IIIU
H;Hf S"s"!K
Someone at Empire roscuod him and
tho man wan taken to tlio town lock-
PARTUn IMF K
liRECDODED I0DAI
i
.
COL
LUG
shock or holng In tho cold wntorj,nj lm, AOIay morning when
but will recover.
The Incident created much oxclte
ment nt Empire
PRESENT PROTEST,"
COOflLLE PROPERTY OWNERS
OIMECT TO IMPROVEMENT
Agreement With City Not to Sell
t'litll .Settlement Can be Made
by Arbitration
Representing L".t Coqnlllo property
, .', ...,, ,, . ,i,,.i ,-.,, i,
rovmont and tho subsoiiiiont ns-
. .
' ?eMn,?nt8". " " (iruV08 .U"8.. " :
mg Slglieu Ull unruuuiuui wmi mu
Cotjulllo city orflclals, according to
i tho attorney, whereby tho property
wl, l0t .)0 g0d t0 satisfy tho claims
until' further time is allowed for an
amicable sottlomont. This morning
, .. . . . t 1
u, city ornciuig were prepsreu in i . v iii-idmo ARC
80i the nroperty Involved to pay for,CLN MUnlvo HntZ
, the iiimh,i iiBsessmonts
According to tho ngroomont oac'i
'side Is to select an appraiser, thest
! two to elect a third, and it will b
I left to this committee to Judgo the
true value of tho improvements ol
First etreot In the Elliott and Not
ley addition to Conulllo. Tho prop
ertv owners are objecting on the
giounds that the cost of tbo Improvo
mmt
FOUR WARSHIPS
BADLY DAMAGED
One French and Three British
Vessels at the Dardanelles
Are Set on Fire
TURKS FIGHT HARD
Sllffcr Bllt Small LOSS WllCn
Terrific Bombardment is
Carried Oil by AlllCS
TROOPS ARE DRIVEN OUT
Most All of tlio Lauding Forces
Directed Against the I 'oris Art
Hepulseti anil Transports
Are Sunk
tn; AuoVlattv rrna to Coot Day Time.
HEULIN, May 1. (Wireless to
Suyulllo.) -Tho French soldiers who
' lauded on the Asiatic side at the
, Dardanelles have been expelled, says
a dispatch to tho Overseas News
Agency, (ialllpoll Peninsula Is also
( cleared of the luvadors except at
Gnha Tepeh Pont, whoro tho bind
ing detachment under cover of tho
Hun" oi wiu wiiiiiiin ib luiiiii-iiiunij
mnlntaliilnir n ihihIHoii on tho const.
guns of the warships Is tenaciously
Tnrrlf fi liMiiOiti Vtttiiiiir lit' lllsi At.
";.. "r '" '" ;;"-":. . ,.m".
I44.M1 ill'UL 4I4II M 4IIIII MO, I4II4VIII
it few Turkish oTflcers and sold
iers while tho Allies loss is hov-
oral tbotisanil
i iiililltlnn'tii rfbo Frenrli nniior -
. I
oil
nilBPi- .iiMinm. n'Arn thn Iirlt -
.....-.. ..-W......U -- ..v ..- ....
swiss Acrivi
Illy AMOtlatnt I'nu to Ox 11a Tlmo.
HERNH. Switzerland, May
1. Tho Federal Council to
day called out the Sixth Div
ision of thu Swiss Army.
..
L
SHERIDAN GIVEN MINIMFM SEN
TENCE OF FIVE VICARS
Can Ho Appealed mid Defendant Al
lowed Stay of I'.M'cittlou
to Prepare
Att'irney J. W. Hennett received
a telegram stating that iu thu case
of T. R. Sheridan lu Mm Federal
Court a motion for a new trial was
.1 ri.n ,..1 ti .! t li.i I ttli 1111 umilntinn
or five years lu prison wns Imposed.
No pnrtlciiliirs as to tlio tlmo glv -
0:1 for 1. reparation of u bill of ex -
ceptlons and appeal wero stated lu
.tlio tolograiu. The caso can bo ap
pealed lu which event tho tlciouduut
is allowed a certain tlmo for pre
paring tils hill of exceptions and for i
rllln.r lilu him I ilurlin. whlcli urn.
ciitlon or the senteiieo Is stuyod.
Mali InttMiiHliliiM MntnuMp. Trimntiii
I v '.,. ,..r ....Jtiu u..i I... matter of toinporanre, but Is not i PARIS, May 1--
fii m.i i iL M,n ut,4.. willing to abstain entirely from itl-l ment this afternoon says; "No
'u. ,'n...r..,t i iim ti....,i r Ton.,. "o' TIiIb was tlio souse of it H reported In tlio B6nil
,.i'.. mi..... i.. -i -...i meeting of tlio lower house today. on tho front. Ten sheila foil
Smintl transiiorts mm destroyers Tho ,)ulin "' c"Ir"ury flatly ro-j kirk hist night nnd there w
..?' ..... . ' ' ' '' ,L8,,0," ftiHed to swear off altogether, lie! ,.rni vlcilnm."
I KUIU B1II1K.
N
W
TD TRY F 0 R G E R $,w,x
IU ' I U II U U II U profltH al tho rate or fion.OOO or o-
At'STRIANS WHO WERE INDICT
ED WILL HE TRIED
Jury lit Circnt Court Allows Claui
ror Hoard or Children of
Geo. W. Whtvlee
Circuit court adjourned last oven-
Avork will bo resumed,
. ... l t. ....
A Jury in cireui couri yosturuuy
brought In a verdict ror $r(l forlTlinn all tlio shipowner Imvo had
FrankLliidgreiiwhowossulngGoo.it,, ,0U. Increased oxpendlturs for
.vnoeior or a iiuaiu mu iu,- t..u ,i- wl(.ot) fuu, iHnuiCo u(1 ,,uyB 'aro Israel Limdo, Charles Hondol
or's children. .. ..J.ii ... I back and (!. A. Sohlbredo. Hunsot
Cases Next Week
The trial of tho four Austrluns,
charged with cashing forged cliookn
on Coos Huy, was sot lor next Mou -
titty iiiornlug.
It was announced by tho court . "n. tor mo nisi iew jm.i-,
that tlie SiuipHon-Noslor-Pfortiiorllt oxplalns, "tlio Grooks have boon
! perjury cams would bo called for . steadily buying ships, and tliey now
' ...., ..... ...... .....nl. I . .... .
, trial em ly iiuai wuun.
I i:ninlis .Men Fined
Thomas Edgar and Henry M. Ken-
,, u..i,,,. mmi ,ir I'lnniri! were
each'flned $50 and sontoncod to lx -
.. .i.. n...... a..
' ,y .""J'. '" .JU" 'or H ".,."""'."
nn lUIHUII. ahimiiuiiiu im -ii nil; iinii"
wfts to bo served R tlio Hue was not
paid. Upon leuuost ol tho tlofnntl-
ants tho Jail seiitonco was suspond-
i ,( until further order of tho court.
BROUGHT TO TOWN
Gaum Warden Thomas .May Investi
gate Where They Ato All
Coming From.
Mr. Thomus has been hoveral days
makliiir the rounds of ills district.
Several pulrsof elk horns havo lute-
A Consolidation of Times, Const
ii nd Coos Hay Advertiser.
iHUSSIAMSDEFEATED
OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF GHR
I MANS TODAY CLAIMS VICTOItV
i Stilted That Thousands of Russian
Prisoners Wctv Taken Together I
It It (inns mid Hnggage.
nr Aasoctitot rrni tb Con. n7 Tlnvo.)
HEULIN, May 1. Wireless to
Sayvlllc.i Tho official statement to
dny nays: "All attacks of the enemy
on tho west bank of tho canal north
west of Ypres and on tlio east bank
of the ciinnl north of Ypros resulted
In failure. Tho fortress of Dunkirk
was shelled yesterday by tho Gorman
artillery. Three aviators of tho en
emy were forced to land.
An engagement near S.wole, in
Russian Poland, resulted advantage
ously for the Germans. The
Russians fled after setting fire to
the town. Thousands of Russians
were taken prisoners nnd ten ma
chine guns, a great amount of bag
gage and ammuutttou cars and a
huge (iiiautlty of ummiiultlou, were
captured.
"Tho Russian attacks east of
Plock on the south bank of the
Plllcla River anil at Kiilwuryu,
near tho East Prussian frontier,
north of Suwulkl, Imvo been re
pulsed. Southwest of Augustowo,
the German vanguard company was
surprised by tho Russians and suf
fered heavy losses."
DEAN REFUSES TO
QUIT ALCOHOL
Man High In Church of England
Announces That lie Will Nut
"Suear Off."
Ur A..IX-I.I-I erw,. to com ir Ttmra.
LONDON. May 1. The elorgy
1 c'Jniprlsing tho lower house of con-
1 vocation or uinieriiury is wiuiiig
,. mil tit.. ft lit .. .. I. 1. 1 i .. M,ii
to set tlio nation an example In the
tried It before, be said, ami found
it a failure iu Hint it Impaired Ills
health
GENERAL IMPROVES
Von
Kluck of Germau Army
Re-
coxeiiiig I'linn Wimuils.
(11; A.WKlala I'm. lu Cu. ll7 llmM,
AMSTERDAM, May 1. General
Von Kluck, who was wounded last
month, Ih now on the road to re
covery, iicc'jnllng to tho Hamburg
Narbrlcliteii. He Is able to appear
In the garden of Ills vlll.i, which has
been converted Into it hospital.
APPEALS TO IT. S.
Geriiimt Arm-ted At Vancouver
Claims American Cltleiisliip
(11 Aa.otlatixl I'rf.a lo (Vu. IU; Tlmra.)
VANCOUVER. H.C., May I Dr.
Otto Grunot, one of four Genunns
arrested Thursilny for holding a eel -
eurmioii niiiinay 01 toe uuriiiiiii vic
tory near Ypres, In which many Can
adians wero killed, sent for United
8tateH Consul General Mnnsflold Im -
I mHiUly after his nriuRl, declaring
llm was a naturall.ed American dt-
' in. .Mansflelil nt mmco commiiulcat
, , XVnMliliiKtffii.
MAKING MONEY
' Slmonil l'mIM Shin (Itiiifi'M Arc
I inn ..ni.-
1 1
Ilr AaaoclaltU I'naa in Cooa liar Tlma.
er a mouth, and olio firm at least I
reported to have averaged practically
a million dollars a mouth slucu Hit'
beginning or tlio war.
It is, ol con mo, only those who
havo Mielr ships frnn who have been
able to make money. Homo owners
had tholr vohscIm tied up by charters
at normal rigui'OH mid other
bad
1 tlwilx litllllu ttlbtll I1' til.. IKIIU.PII tlllallt
"'i "" "'" "
,iiuu. ...
, Thn people who am really making
( t1Q money, acordlng'to a London
Lapping Journal, are the Greek ship .
I .. .... ,,. ... ..
Imvo it very considerable nioicliiint
. ,. . , ,,, ,.,
marlno. They enn take rull advau-
tngo or the high rates, mm no uoi
, lttvo to faco the risks Hrlllsh ship
! do, nor pay the extra wages."
JOHNSON NAMED
Is Appoiiiled by Gowiruor as Curry
County I'toseciitor
J. C. JohiiMou has lieuji appointed
by Governor Wlthyeombe us DIs-
trlct Attorney of Curry L'niiiity.
GRANDSON CHRISTENED
President Wilson, Stat Is on Way lo
Attend Ceremony
(H; AialtlJ I'ma lo Caoa nw Tlm.a.)
NEW YORK, May 1. President
Wilson spoilt nearly three hour
bore this morning on his way to
A Southwest Oregon Paper
That's Wlwt tlio Coos liny Times Is. A Sotitli
tvest Oregon paper for Southwest Oregon people
ntul devoted to tlio best Interests of this great
section . Tlio Times always boosts and never
knocks.
Mult
No. 241
I Great Projectiles Are Hurled
, Into City by German Artil
1 lory From Long Distance
L
People of City Remain Calm
While Big Explosives Burst
In Their Midst
AIRMEN ATTACK BATTERIES
Relief Is That Germans Want To
Secure mid Hold Coast Territory
Nearest to Engl Mi Soil
lllr Amkk latest 1'rf.a to Coot lUy Tlmra.l
PARIS, May 1.-JLJiinklrk re
mained cnlm while being bombitrdod
by slielht from the giant tlermnn guns
according to a newspaperman who nr
rlvetl here. Twenty projectiles wero
hurled Into tho city nt noon Thursday
falling about neveu minutes npart.
All were firteou-lncli shells which
lilnsted crnterH some tlnies 4T feet
across. It Is variously estlmntcd that
tlio Geruinu liitltcrles whlcli liurled
the great shells were from 10 to 28
miles from Dunkirk tho Genunns np-
pnreiitly taking ndvantago of their
j recent advance near Yprcg to sot
them In nosltlnii. Tlio batteries were
attacked by English aviators.
SEVERAL VICTIMS
l
Mr AwK-latd 1'rr.a to Con im TlmM.l
An official stato-
chango
nltuntloti
on Dun-
oro sov-
CHINA It KITH ES
IHr AaaiK latisl I'rraa to Cooa Hal Tlmn.
PEKING, May 1. Tho
(!liliieso governineut definite-
ly refused somo of tho most
Important doimmds made by
Japan. On learning of China's
derision, Japanese Minister
Eld lllokl said to tlio Clilueso
.Minister Lu Cheng llsl'img:
"I am sorry. I bellovo my gov-
eminent will be dlssnpolut-
ed."
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4444)44-44444
WANT COAST POINT
Illy AbmhLIixI I'nwi to Cxm ll.jf Tlmra,
LONDON, .May 1. Ignition nows
papers today say tlio bombardment
of Dunkirk iiiciiuh that tlio Germans
still cling to the cherished Idea of
occupying tlio French coast nearest
to Ktiglaud. Moro than nno editorial
wrU,r ,lfiiit out that Flanders Btlll
1 r,H ti, ,.rillcnl theater of opera-
TWO ARE NAMED
(11 Aaaoclamt I'rvu to Twia liar Tlmn.J
1 ii'AHiriMfrrnM 11 n tnv 1
1 ,osldent Wilson miido tho follow-
li.g recess apimlutn.ents:
George A. I.. Rotliostor. of Seat
Me, Register of Laud Office, Heat-
tic.
William A. White, or Spokane,
Recoluir of Public Moneys, at Wal
la Walla.
IIOCSTON NOT COMNIG
Secretary of Agrlrulturo
Houston telegraphed tlio
MurMhflolil Chamber or Com
merce this afternoon that it
would bo Impossible tor tho
secretary to visit Coos Huy
on his trip to luvostlgato tlio
national forests as his route
hud already been laid out.
I, O. O. F. LODGE.
Oilier Convenes In Newport May IU
In Annual Session.
, Sunset Lodge I. O. O. F., of
MuiHhfleld, lias selected threo dole
., ... tion,i i,n rtmn.i i.n,iim
, of orogon, which will meet Mils
mouth ut Newport, Oregon. They
' Lodge this your will have tho honor
nr .i.,, firn,i Master. Jnduo John F.
Hull, or this city, being tho coming
administrative offli-ur or tho atato
'orgtinizatloii.
( western Star Robokah Lodgo has
( iwioi Mrs. I). L. Rood, Mrs. J. Leo
r Drown ns delegates to tho auxiliary
I .....I.... ...I.I..1. ...in ...... ........ .. .!...
I "'der which will I convene ut tlio
same time Mrs. Kate Limdo or Mils
lty g le mu pru8,,1(JIlt of tho Uo.
imkulis (bis year
IvILLRD AT LAMPA
W. E. Ellis was killed ami Snm
(Mlnton liudiy Injured when a scar
fold lu h silo eollupsed mid both
men were hurled twenty-three toot
below. The accident happened on
the Ellis farm near Lampa
.
Visit PERRY .V- NICHOLSON'S
new store on Central Aieittte.
Utiiiicli Mllllcoiiuil IciivkU ril.lO
next Sunday morning ror Allegany,
returning Sunday euuliig.
Dr. II. E. KELTY, DENTIST
SHELL DUNKIRK
I WITH BIG GUNS
ARE KILLED
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