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A Southwest Oregtm Paper
Ihnl what )lt OftO KM" lWrf A
people's 1'npor," and It strives nt nil times to
xveit Oregon papef tot 8ovrthTt Vtryvn Vt
ml ilcvmved to lb Wt lnltrolia tKH (KtM
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MEMHEH OK THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MOL NO. XXXVIII.
EstnHlshed 1878
An The Count Mull.
MARSHFIELD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1915 EVENING EDITION,
A Consolidation of Times lnt Mall
nnd OoosUnv Adx-erller,
No, 299
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M KILLED
Br CYCLONES
Heavy Loss of Lifn in Wind
storms Throughout Middle
west Last Night
pERALjTATESHIT
ieyeral Scores of People In
jured in states Between No-
. M Lumu
gROPERTY LOSS IS HEAVY
iMoro Than Thirty Peonlo hi ("In-
Iclniiatl mill Vicinity and Propcr-
Jy Djiiiiiiku Will Exceed Sev
eral .Million DollaiA
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K"RACE IIOICS:s AM)
JOCKEYS ARE 1(11,1,1
R ID AMwlitr.1 Pirn to Cooa n7 TlmM.
CINCINNATI, .Inly 8. -A
special train on tho I'unnsyl-
l vnnln Railroad, carrying rneo
horses from I.atonla to unut-
orn trucks, wti8 xvrecked by
n Htonn nt Terrace Park,
near here. Two caretakers
14 were killed and 1!) othora in-
-4 Jured, Including several Joek
l4vr' oj'B. Nineteen of tliu lioHt
R lioraea were killed.
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11; tutlled 1Tj to Cooi lit; TlmM.J
Iflf wvirtij I, Jiny ft. According
UntMlt KT fill 1..1.. r .1.
En f lflllrtu .i.ttii.il l.ul Inilmi ..ma... .I.....
U2Z ' " vuiiiiuau ivuuj uiuiu lllllll j
Infty pontons were killed and several
Hcoro Injured by tlio violent wind
fand rain storm wlileli oxtendcd from
ENcbrnska to Ohio last iiIkIU.
The property damage Is estimat
ed, nt several millions of dollars.
ITho greatest loss of life occurred
In' Cincinnati and vicinity, where
30 persona are known to bo dead
and If. missing, 18 of tho dead be
ing deck hands who were drowned
hyj the capsizing of tho towboat
Convoy In tho Ohio river.
In Kastcrn .Missouri tho storm na-
Ssutned the proportions of a tornado
luemoiiBiiing iu iiiocus in at, Char
lies, a town of 11,000 people.
iTho villages of St. Peters and
jfOllinoio, Jin., wero almost wiped
ant by tho tornado.
in St. Charles and St. Peters
there was no loss of life, while In
Gllnioro only one poison was killed.
Mn Lincoln and Custer Counties,
Nebraska, the wind and hall caused
heavy damage to crops and In tho
village of Calloway several build
ings wero unroofed.
In Southern Illinois tho storm
fcaUBed heavy damage In many lo-
Fcnlltlcs, In Mound City tho buslueas
rart of tho town being flooded.
Up Central and Southern Indiana
brco perhons wero killed and pinny
Injured. Huildliigs were unroofed
Fluid crops wero dnningud by the
heavy wind ami rain.
KTOKM IX IXDIAXA
(fir AMurlate I'rua to Cooa Oaj TlmM.
I INDIANAPOLIS, July 8. Tho
?lnd and rain storm which swept
neutral mid southern Indiana last
night canned threo fatalities, many
Injuries and much property and crop
pjamugo. Tho wlro borvlco Ib intor
Lruptcd and many lnteriiburau and
steam lines suffered front washouts.
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ItlCIIKST .MAX Iti
7(1 VKAHS Olill
11 Anoclalrd rrroa In Coos Ilajr Tlinfa. 4
NKW YOUK, July 8 John
I). Itockefeller colebrated hla 4
7Cth birthday today by play- 4
Jug a round (ft gplf and din- 4
lug with his children aud, 4
grandchildren. ( ' ; 4
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.Mother Iiijurt-d. Mrs. II. A. Wolls
.Vlll Icavo tomorrow for Portland In
rospouso to a message 'announcing
hat her niothor, Mrs. J. A. Dallurd,
had sustained a broken leg In an
a2fTccldent. No details wero given.
Mrs, Dallard Is quite advanced In
years.
Will H0 At Home. Mrs. W. P.
SMllIer, Mrs. P. M. Parsons nnd Mrs.
R. M. Jonnlngs will bo at homo to
It heir friends at the home of Mrs.
3Mlllor, Hall avenue and Front street
Tuosday, July 13 at 2 o'clock. Auc
tion bridge will be tho entertaln-
fjment.
ft Hnio vour nioin-aius nrlnted at
Tho TUnei office.
FREAKS OP STORM
SEVEHA1
i KILLER AND HEAVY
PROPERTY LOSS
Passenger Tnilii lllmwi From True It
Hut No Ono Hurt Hoi-nc, Huggy,
mid Occupants Thrown
lljr Aanoilatod Prrai (i Conr lla Timet,
ST. 1.0 IMS, July S. Reports from
eastern Missouri show that seven
pcrsous were killed, three tiro mis
sing, and several score woro Injured
)iy a tornado late yesterday, doing
damage of nearly $1,000,000. Near
(lllni'iro a Wabash passenger train
crossed the path of the storm and
thu first four coaches wero neatly
picked up by the wind and l.ild to
one side of the right-of-way. Not
a person was Injured seriously In
tho accident.
Two miles west of O'Fallon, tho
wind lifted buggy ofr the road,
carried with It horse and three oc
cupants through the air liOO yards,
and burled It to the ground. Dun
M)no, driver, escaped with a few
bruisoB, but his wife and child wero
killed.
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savs si ii-: wn.h m:vi:r iti-nritx
AOA1X TO lll-:u 1IUSIIAXI)
('utuo Hack With .1. It.
Kilt her Claims Tower
on Xlght She Was
Poole, Her
I'sed (inn
Taken
I want pcoplo to understand that
1 1 do not Intend to ever llvo with Mr.
Tower again," declared Mrs. Charles
Tower nt the home or licr parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Poole,' In Hay City
tliis nftornoou. Sho returned from
Kugono' last evening with her fath
er nnd now expects to remain at
home.
Sho states that ulio was taken en
tirely against her will anil that dur
ing tho entire trip to Drain, wsiore
they took the train,' nho nail no
clinnco to get away. "He was with
mo tho wholo time," sho said, "and
I dld'nt hnvo n clinnco to cscupc."
When naked whore Charles. Towor
now Is, tho wife said that she did
not know.
They loft tho train at Junction City
after their wild trip from Mnrslifleld
and went to tho homo of eoiiio
friends of Mr. Tower about 10 miles
out of tho city and there they remain
ed for two weoks until n doputy sl-or-iff
canio and arrested Tower on the
charge of assault with a dangerous
weapon, the warrant being sworn out
by Ills father In law,
Sho was asked if her husband had
flemished a revolver tho night he
took her from a taxlcab near Hay Ci
ty. '"Ho certainly did," bIio replied.
In was reported here later mat a
Stllson wrench had been flourished
Instead of u gun.
"Ilo made tho remark," said Mrs.
Poole, "that If Mildred would go
away from hero with him for a mouth
that sho would learn to like him nnd
there would bo no moro trouble. Mil
dred told him sho would rather klll
herself than go 'back to Ii tin again."
She said that lieu Hyde, who was
Hci'ompuiif lug Mrs. Towor on tho
night sho was ahductod, has gone
to Daniels Creek to work and Is no
longor at Hay City. '
Towor was released In Hugono un
der $1,000 bonds nnd must appear
In Coqulllo beforo tho grand Jury in
Soptomhcr.
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.MIH.ti AGXICS lir.StiULL FOURTH
tilHTIIR TO TAKI-: UP LIKK
Well 'Known .Maohfleld Young Wo
man to Kntcr Lane Hospital Nest
.'Month to Take Courtio There
Miss Agues Russoll has resigned
hor position us bookkeopor at tho
Pioneer Hardware and will leavo
early next month for San Francisco
to take a course In nursing at inno
hospital. Three of ' her sisters aro
nurses and she will make the fourth
of her family to tako up this voca
tion. Her Bistor, Mrs. F. E. Hague, was
a graduate nurso and her marrlago
to "Mr. Hague was the culmination of
a romance begun when she attended
Mr. Hague during an illness In San
Francisco.
MIbs Ruth Allen, daughter of May
or F, E. Allen, will succeed Miss
Iss Rus-
, tak.ng
sell at the Pioneer Hardware,
up her duties thoro today.
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VIEW
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URSES
VILLA USES
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Carranza Forces Claim Marked
Victory in Fighting Near
Monterey Today
KILL llLA IN
Claim to Have Relieved Monte
rey and Surrounding Coun
try From Danger
ARE NEAR MEXICO CITY
Ciiii-aiia Troup Train, According to
.Mchsago to l H. State Dcpuit-
inent, Is Now Xoai- Capital
Dr AmikUIM rrrtt to cnoa n7 TlmM.
liAUICDO, July 8. Carranza auth
orities at Nuovo I.arodo announced
today that as a result of the twelve
hour battle yesterday they captured
Icamole and relieved .Monterey and
the surrounding territory from linmo
dlato nttack by .tho Villa forces'. Tho
announcement said Villa lost fiOO
men while the Carranza losses wero
light.
CI.O.SK TO MKXICO CITY
Cai-i-una Forces Closing In on Cap
ital, Says Kcpoi-t.
tUr AMoelalM PfCM (o Cw Ilaj TlmM.
WASHINGTON, July II. Tho Car
ranza forces have pushed tho attack
on tho convention forces defending
Mexico City up to within ten miles
of tho capital. Their military trains
nre operating closo to tho city. A
Statu Department dispatch from Vera
Cruz guvo this report.
W'OUIil) HKIiKAHK IIUKIITA
I-'oi-nicf President, However, l)oe,s
Not Want Liberty Itestilctcd
lljr Aaaorlatal Trent to Coot liar Tlmct.l
1-:L PASO, July 8. Attorneys Tor
Uuertu and those for tho govern
ment are awaiting tho approval from
Washington of u plan agreed upon for
the release from Jail hero of Ilucrtn
and five other Moxlcaus, held on
I charges o( conspiracy to vioiino tlm
neutrality of the United Stntcs. Hu-
ortn, however, said ho would agree to
J no compromlsu that would in any
way restrict his liberty.
COOIMLLK lU'SIXKKS .MUX'S
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SOI'IATIOX I'IKJICS noxn ISSIM-:
Will Stmt Petitions to Call Special
Klect Ion Urge Cousiilid.itloii of
Teh-phono Exchanges
(Special to The Times)
COQUILLE, Ore., July 3. At a
meeting of the Coqulllo Huslness
Men's Association, which Is affiliat
ed with tlio Coos County organization
laBt evening steps weio taken to urge
a special election to vote IiouiIh for
tho Improvement of Coos county
roads. Petitions aro to ho placed In
circulation asking tho county court
to call tho election nnd ns soon ns tho
latter acts, a county booster meeting
will bo called to start tho campaign
for It. It la their sentiment to have
tho county bond for tho limit.
One Phono Hxrhniixo
Tho question of consolidating tho ;
Coqulllo telephone exchanges was al
so discussed. Tho huslness men feel
tlm in miriltioii to tlm inconvenience i
BORDER
FIG
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and extra expenso two telephone ox- Harry Gordon, oponed up tlio Gor
changes did not give ns good ser- J lon Shoo company, Ilroadway and
vico as ono would.Tho Fnrmors line j Central nvonuo.
has ono nnd tho Coos and Curry com- Tho ceremony will tako place at
pany the other exchange In Coqulllo.
At Myrtle Point, the Farmers lino
recently absorbed the Coos aim Curry
exchange It was decided to liavo a
ropreBontatjvo of each company pres
ent at tho uoxt meeting August II
and Beo If they cannot get together.
Sec Powell xvas hero trom iarsh
fleld to attend tho meeting.
RAIX GENERAL
Extends
iin Far East as Itosebuig
During tlio Night
The rain last night xvas not con
fined to'Coos Hay but was quite gen
eral In this part of the state. Theie
was rain in the other n oar by cities
jus far east ae Roseburg.
Speedwell sails south Saturday ut
p. m. Reservations a, Abstnu-t of. I
flee ami Warren Painter, North Ilcml I
WIRELESS IS SEIZED
L S.
(JOVKItX.MIIXT TA-KKS OVIIH
SAWIMd-: STATIOX
Only ISenuiluliig Kndlo Powerful
KiiiiUgli to Operate Hetweeit Amer
ica and flerniaiiy Taken Oier
Pjr AaiocUttx I'rraa In rona nr Tlmca.J
WASHINGTON, I). C, July 8.--Tlio
government today took over tho
Snyvllle, L. I. wireless station, the
only remaining prlvntely operated
direct means of communication be
tween the United States and Ger
many. Secretary Daniels announc
ed that Captain Dullard, In charge
of tho Naval Radio, had cone to
take over the station and would con
tinue Its operation with naval foreeB.
Tho action of the government fol
lows ninny complaints that tlio cen
sorship of tho Snyvllle stntlon wan
not sufficiently rigid. Recently it
hafl been claimed that tho Ballings
of Kngllsh nnd French ships woro
being "tipped off" to tho German
submarines enabling the latter to
sink tho vessels beforo they rench
od their destination.
President Wilson's Order
Tlicro will bo no chango ns fur as tlio
public Is concerned with messages;
messages being accepted ns hereto
fore. The only difference will bo tho
naval operators 'instead of commerc
ial employes will bo tho man at tho
keys. Charges collected will bo paid
to tho owning company.
Today's notion was taken under
executive- order issued by Prcsldont
Wilson, and was deemed necessary
becnuso of tho alleged violation of
neutrality by the company's operat
ors. NOTE
PltKtilDK.VT WILSOX WILL NOT
CO.M.MHXT OX PROPOSALS
M'colcr" on Tentative Drafl of (a'cr-
iiiiiiij'h Reply to Amerlcim
Protest No Response
111; AaaoclateJ rrraa In ruoa n; Tlrow.
WASHINGTON, 1). C, July 8.
Presldeut Wilson has decided there
will be no answer to Ambassador
Gerard's request for comment on
tho tontatlvo draft submitted to him
by the German 'government on its
note on submarine warfare, and no
comment will bo iniide by tiro Uni
ted States until Germany's formal
reply Is delivered,
GOES FOR' BRIDE
LIOXEL GORDON TO .MARRY ORE
(JOX CITY GIRL
Cciemnuy to Take Place at Home
of .Miss .Madge Hriglithlll Pup-
tihtr Young Woman There
Lionel Gordon, of the Gordon
Shoe Company, left on tho early
morning stago for Oregon City whero
on July 11 ho will marry Miss Madge
Ilrlghtblll, a prominent xniiug wom
an of that city. They expect to re
turn hero about .Inly IK an,: will
make their homo on 12th stroot.
Tho young couple nro former
M-:-.ool mates at tlio time Mr. Gor
don lived In Oregon City, Slnco grad
uation from high school thoro Miss
Ilrlghtblll has been teaching In tho
grades of tho school at East Oregon
City.
Mr. Gordon camo horo a year ago
and, In company with his brother
.Q homo of tho bride's parents In
Oregon City. Jwo of Mr. Gordon a
brothers are coming from Ilrlllsh
Columbia to bo present nt tho wed
ding and a slate', Mrs. W. S. Wells,
of Raiidou, Is already In tho north.
LU.MHER.MEX VISIT
Los
Angeles .Men and
Coos County
Wives See
W. T. Davles nnd wife and Henry
S. Patten and xvlfe, both of Los Ang
eles and members of tho Pattcn-Da-vies
Lumber Company, have been vis
iting In tho city and left for their
homo yobtcrday. They made, the trip
from Los Angoles to Coos Ray In
lira In a ii ti-itiintillrt n nil It tlm u'linln
distance did not find It necessary to ,
use chains on the tires. While here
they visited the Smith mill and made
trip to Powers The trip up from
l0Zc n rt?l
(on.
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SIOP TUETONS
NEAR VISTULA
Russians Claim They Have
Checked German Drive in
Southern Poland '
Reports Many Russian Posi
tions Taken by Storm in the
Northern Districts
FRENCH WIN AND LOSE
Allies Talto Gel limn Positions Near
tiimrlie, Hut nro Driven Out
lnter AiiNti-laus Claim That
The Italians are Defeated
inr Aaaoclat! ITm lo Cooa 117 TlmM,
I.UINDUiN, .liny S. TIIO JlUfmlllllH
In Southorn Polnnd hnvo checked
temporarily at least tho Teutonic
drive toward Warsaw iilthough tho
invaders report minor success.
llerlln mlmlts there Is no change
between the Dniester and upper Vis
tula but says to tho west or the up
por Vistula a number of tho enemy's
positions wero taken by storm.
In tho west tho French penotrnted
tho German positions along n front
of 800 ynrds west of Souchoz but
woro driven out lagnln In n counter
attack.
Reports from Austria say tho Ital
ians suffored severe dofeat along tho
Ibouzo front.
ITALY LOST
HKRLIX RKPOR'I'ti AUtiTRIAXti
WOX OUT AT IHOX'O HATTT.1-:
Claim ItallaiiH Oiitnpinlietcd Alls-
li-laiis Pour to One nnd Kept Up
Incessant, Romhanliucnt
lily Aaaoelaieil I'rtaa'lo Own nj Tlmfa.l
HERLIN, July 8, (Hy wireless to
Snyvllle) A battle botwoon the Ails
trlaus and Italians on tho Ibouzo
front ended, according to dispatches
to tho Overseas Nowh Agency, with
a great defeat and enormous losses
for tho Italians, who outnumbered
tho Austrlaus four to ono. The Ital
ians kept up Incessant bombardment
without effect nnd thu waste of am
munition wiib tremendous,
GETS ELK
GAME WARDEX THOMAS All
RESIS.IORD KCIIAPPERti
Will Pi-ubably lime lleai'lug'Touioi--row
llcfore lustlco Peniiuck Con
nected With HaliiH Case
Game Warden Thomas has return
ed fiom Allegany where ho went to
ui rent .lord Sebapper on the eliargo
of violating thu Htatu law prohibit
ing elk hunting. Schnppors arrest Is
In connection with tiu llalua case
which was taken up several weeks
ago, eleven pair of Elk horim being
secured as evidence , thou. Rains
claimed that ho secured tlio elk horns
from SchapporH who resides beyond
Allegany It Is expected that (pos
sibly others may bo Implicated In tho
insu before It conies to a closo
In Still Warden
Deputy Game Wuriluu Thomas
says, that tlio change In statu game
wardens July 1 has not affected him
so far. His appointment carries un
til It Ik revoked or bis successor Is
appointed. Neither bus been done.
Mr. Thomas, owing to his strenuous
' ; J
this section, will have strong back
lug for reappointment by tlio new
warden, Mr. Shoemaker of Roseburg,
16 FARM CROPS
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IBf AuecUtd i'reu lo Cooa Uj TlmM.J
WASHINGTON, 1). C, July 8. -The
Department of Agriculture July
crop report fallows tho prospects of
a billion bushel xvVeat crop this year
Increased tho last month. Tho pros-
',ectlvo total Production is estimated
i yoj.uuu.ouo tuisueis compared
with 050,000,000 estimated from the
June crop conditions. The curn esti
mate Is 2,81-1,000.000 bushels com-
pared with 2,r,72,801,O0O in Juno.
BERLI I GUI MS I
CLAM
HORNS
PUN CALAIS DASH
PKTROGRAI) SAYS KUM S RK
Hl'SHINC TROOPS TO WKST
Railway Traffic SuMHwricd In Onlcr
In Moxe Tnxips l'nim Rnvsl.in
I'mm lo I-'IrIii KiiKllsh
Ilf AmikImJ rta l Don Piy Tlinf,)
1.OND0X, July S. -The lVimRrnil
correspondent of the Times says Hint
nccordlng to private reporu nil pns-
Fonger traffic on the Gorman rait-1
ways In suspended. Ho wi-a It Is ho-t
Moved largo forces nro leaving the
Kastern Front for the Western the-
nter with the view of ImpendltiR rush,
on Calais.
BYT
ITALIAN CRUISKR AMALFI VIC
TIM IX ADRIATIC '
Vessel TorKdocd While Taking Pint
In Reconualsiinco Most or the
Civw Wero Saxetl
llr Aaaoclalis) rtni to ! IUf Tlrara.)
ROME, July 8. Tho llnllnn ar
mored cruiser Anialfl was torpedoed
nnd huh It nt dawn yesterday by nn
Austrian submnrlno while taking
part In a rcconualsanco In the upper
Adriatic, according to nn official an
nouncement. Most of the members
of tho crew wero snvod.
The reconnnlssanco In forco xvns
accomplished tho night of July Gth.
At dawn tho Aiunlfl was torpedoed
and soon listed heavily to port. Her
commander, beforo giving orders to
tho crow to jump overboard, cried,
"Long llvo thu King. Long llvo
Italy." The crow echoed the shout.
The commnuder was the last to leave
slipping overboard shortly before
tho Aninlfl sank. Tho Anialfl xvns
completed In 1'JOS, and had n dis
placement of 0 1 r S tons. Her crow
in time of peace numbered (S4.
SEEK BOJTLEGGERS
HOOZE AT POWERS Iti TAROOEI)
SAY OI-'PICIAUS
District Attorney Questions Austral
Ian .luck R. .1. l-ong Still In .lull
In After Itonds
On tho trail of bootlegging Hint
has been going on at Powers District
Attorney LHJeqvlst camo over this af
ternoon seeking witnesses. One of
them, Australian Jack, ho found so
drunk that ho could do very little
with him nnd thu man wna put to
bed until a more opportune time. Mr.
LllJcqvlst Ik this afternoon Investi
gating thu Iv. O. Green case.
Por weeks there have come from
Powers complaints Hint bootlegging
baa been going on. In spite of extra
precautions boozu found Its way In
to tlio camp. This practice must stop,
say the officers, and they nre hot
on thu trail of the offenders,
It Is said that men hnvo been pak
Ing tlio boozo to Powers In suit cas
es. A. II. Powers has made stringent
endeavors to put a stop to tho prac
tice and has been discharging any
ono In camp with liquor on them.
Look In Jail
R. J. Long, arrested for Issuing no
fund drafts, urrlved In Coqulllo Tues
day ovenlng with Deputy Sheriff
Laird, Ho has been unable to secure
11000 bonds. Ho claims Hint ho Is
sued tho drafts In good faith and ex
pected ho would have money In the
Los Angeles hank to honor them. Re
baa wired to hla father for funds to
aqunro himself, said Mr. LllJcqvlst.
IS EXPECTED
NEW HEAD OP .NORTH REXD
SCHOOLS COM I NO-
Now On Ills Way Prom Joseph, Ore.
.Making (lie Trip In an
Automobile
G, L. Coo, tho now Hiipurliitauduut
of tho North Rend Schools, Is expect
en that city in a few days. Ho was
formerly superintendent of the
schools at Joseph, Ore., and Is com
ing with his wife from thul elty In
an automobile. Ho Is oxpovUd at
any time.
Mr, Coo will succood A. (1. Ituah
who has boon superintendent of thu
North Rend schools for some years
past, and comes hlghlj reinniiiii-ud-ed.
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0 EDO
SON
BIG VESSEL IS
EAT SEA
Blnzc on Atlantic Transpol
Liner Minnehaha Reported
Caused by Explosion
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Bul Belief Is Frank Holt MV
Have Placoti a Bomb on
Board the Transport
HAD AMMUNITION ABOARD
X lt..cnuer llnl Crow f lwr ItWR
ilml Men KiuIaiirviyxI Rc.m
lug Mvnnes lnn from Sjob
In nnd PhllndriphU
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4 HOLT MAY HAVE
4 CAUSED EPUHIOX
4
tnr AxwiaiM rr i cw rt Ti.
4 NEW YORK, July R As 4
4 If In nnsxxer to Frank Holt's 4
4 Inst warning Hint n ship t 4
4 sea "Should sink, Goil xxlU 4
4 ling, on the seventh," there 4
4 enme last night a xvlrelcst 4
' 4 mcRsncc made public today, 4
4 from the Atlantic transport 4
4 liner Minnehaha, telling that ;
4 the ship xvns set on tire by 4
4 nu explosion. Whether the 4
4 explosion which started llic 4-
4 fire xvns caused by n bomb 4
4 placed by Holt Is n matter V
4 of pure conjecture. .
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4 XO PASSENGERS OX 4
4 SHIP; CREW UUXRHKU
0 (Hj- AMorlat4 rtra In Ca lr TImm.1 4
4 NEW YORK, July 8.
4 There wero no passengers on
4 board tho Minnehaha. Tho 4-
4 crew numbered approximately
4 100. Sho sailed from hero 4
4 July I. .4
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NEW YORK, July 8. -The Atlan
tic transport liner Minnehaha, on
j her xvny from Now York to Halifax
null Loudon, xvns fighting lire today
In hold No. 3, according to n wire
less received by the Marconi com
pany. Fire wns not believed to be
Hcrlouay Considerable quantities ot
ammunition xxcru aboard.
CnuStl by Explosion
The lire aboard tho Minnehaha
xvas caused by nn explosion, ac
cording lo n wireless from the cap
tain received nt noon today At
that time the fire wns said to hnvo
been mastered. The vessel's posi
tion was given ns M0 'miles south
east jof Halifax. Apparently she
had made Halifax nnd was on her
way to London.
TWO LIXHRS SAFE
(Ilf AaMlalM rt la 0m lur Tiara I
NEW YORK, July 8. The police
continued todny Investigations to do-
i termlno whether FrniiK Holt planted
bombs on board any tojuner now on
their xvny across the Atlantic Al a
result of thu wlroloss warning, re
assuring messages have been re
ceived from the Saxonla ami Phil
adelphia. IS
CARL At EHSWALD HIES AFTER
OUTRAGE AT REDW(H)I) CITY
Discharged Employe Shoot Employ
er, Sets lint to Hiilldlng. Pi i In
dus Stork mill Cuts off Water
tllr AwliM rraa I Com lit' Tta.
r iHii.niuin anj nra
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HlfiDWOOl) CITY. Calif, July 8
Carl Auomuuld. dlseliatgMl employee- i
this morning poisoned tho lhostoc,W, ;
cut thu water supply nnd set (Iro
to tho house, garage and barn on
tho wiat of c P Cunthorion, a
capitalist. Whan a crowd of neigh
bors arrlvmt to hxlp the (Iro depart
ment. Auenaxtald fired three rho.ii
t CuiHbwwn wouiiillnj: him s'ljtttt-
ly After htng arrested A'jotsmjil
dropped ttond. It Is believed thft
be wu demotutd lleforo ho &fk
ho nld, Glad I shot him beraitM
he ruined my family ' Auurswald u
xvlfe died recently nt Cumbets'jii 4
home x here sho was employed TJ I
ions b fr. h . lu.ooii
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