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That' what tlio Ooou liny Times Is. A South,
nest Oregon pnpor for Southwest Oregon pcoplo
nd devoted to tho best Interests of this groat
section . Tho Times hviyi boosts and bctct
knock.
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np:o,aamobyiIovoUiig its energies to
Emoting tho lop1o'i Interests.
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MARSHFIELD, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1915 EVENING EDITION
WILL PROBE CASE
NORTH REND OFFICERS INVES
TIGATK DISAPPEARANCE
General Funston Dispatches
Troops to Scat of Mexican
Uprising in Texas
I
IE
MORE
DEAD
Money Snlil (o lluu I loon Lost fn
Ite.sort There Chief Anderson
Not urns from South
Tlio North Rond officers nro In
vcstlgatlng tlio reported dlsnppoar
nnco of $3fi0 In one of tho reaortH
tlioro tho nlKlit before liiHt. No nr
reiilH luivo been nuitlo oiul bo fur ns
could bo tiHcartnlncd no charges fil
ed. "Mldgo" WIIhoii In reported to
havo lost tlio money mid 11 nmii nitni
cd Stanley la IioIiib sought with tho
oxpeetiincy that ho could throw
some llgh( on It.
Prisoners ut. Work
A half breed named JohiiBon and
another named Dick John aro today
worltliiB out their flnoe ou tho North
huvo liiHiiltcd a womnu and John
llonil HtreotH. Joli'ison Ib alleged to
charged with bchiB drunk and dis
orderly. On Hunting Trip
Marshal AnderBou who roturncd
ycHtorday from n trip to California,
will head n North Irond deer huntitiB
Iiik party wlio leave today for Pow
ers. Resides himself, J. O. Cllnlcu-
Another Battle With the Ban
dits is Reported Today But
No Details Given
OFFICERS WIlTnOT TALK
Secret Orjpitilfi-N in Texas IMaii Up
rising f Mexicans Forres to
Maintain Outer are llclng
Concent rated
(Br Aorlll I'itm to Coo Hr Tlinm.J
WASHINGTON, I). C, Aiib. !"
General Kiinston reported todoy that
he hail sent n Imtnlllou of tho Nlneth
Infantry from I.arcdo to Rrowns
tlllc. Ho mndo no request, however,
f ..l.llllntinl Irnniiu rPlm fiit tin.
,or ,.. i.u..,. ......... ,uenn, or Co()s Hiver, Daddy McCuI-
rartn.cnt officials would not "Iscuss , , .
.Annrla Cntrjtt Mrtrntilvnru in TnvnH
,,,.. .....V. .......-w. ... "-. nro golng 0 th0 trp
ire JHUUIIIU ill! Ill'linuift Hi mu ttlUA"
lean under "Tlio IMnn of San Diego."
It la npparcnt (leneral Funston In
concentrating considerable force In
Bronnsvlllo wlicro the trouble np
peers to center.
VILLA WILLING
ID SIGN TRUCE
Informs the U. S. Government
Ho Would Hold Peace Con
ference With His Opponents
WILL SEW APPEAL
Mexicans Will Be Asked to
Make Some Arrangements to
Stop the Fighting
PRESIDENT IS BACK HOME
ltd inn Today to the National Capi
tal I'lom Summer Homo at Cor
nish Secretary Lansing Say.s
Situation Is Unchanged
A Consolidation of Times, Const Mnll
nnil Coos Hny Advcrtlnor.
No. 16
TRAIN IS WRECKED
roc it
KII,1,KI AM) SCOUK IN
.IL'ltKD IN OHIO
rally of Ki'lit or I'jthlim Ivmn
Mount StorlhiB On SKclal
Aro Vlcflnw
I Mr A3clatel Prcw lo Coot llj Tlmoii.
COI.UMIUIS, Ohio, Aub. 11!.
I'our pcrsoiiB wcro hilled and more
than a score Injured, boiho seriously,
thla morning when a heavily loaded
freight train crashed Into a special
train bearing u party of tlio KnlghtB
of Pythias lodge, of Mount Sterling,
many of them accompanied by mem
bers of their families.
AVIATORS FALL;
ONE IS KILLED
Capl. G. H. Knox, of U. S.
Army Aero Squadron Meets
Sudden Death '
11
T COUPLE HERE
ACTOR AND STARK PAHTNIIU Alt
JtlCSTKI) AT SAN I-'HANCISCO
Tiiiu:i: moiei: kimjcd
ftirtlicr fighting Is Itcporlod
llmtwistlllo
at
ID AtfUM rwl to P nr Tlmwi.J
DIIOWNSVIM.H, Tomib, Aug. 12.
Tlireo nioro .Mexican outlaws wcro
added todny to the list or hilled In a
battle nenr Mercedes, It Is not re
ported whether hiihllers, county of
flcera or raiiKers wero In tho fight
The officers developed n policy of ro-
fnslnB to rIvo details of tho fights In
hlc litlioy wer concerneil. This Is
ald to necoimt for tlio lncic ot ron
flrmatlon nf the report that eight
other Mexicans wero killed In Hidal
go county since Krldtty.
MORE wWeNN0W"
ARE SEEKING WORK
In Austria An lncreasluKy Number
Aro Applying for all
Kinds or Work
IB; AmwUIM rrnw to Coo Utj Tlwei 1
VIE.SWA, Aug. 11. From tho lat
est reports of the Austrian trado-uu-lon
It appears tliut the European
r, whllo decreasing the number
"t men unemployed, linn greatly In
"eased tlio number of women tcok
j"B ork, In normal times tho niiiii
w of uncinioed iiiiiIoh has boon
irom two to four per cent hlgbor
tln tho out-of-work fomnlcs. Fig
ures now shown from nlno to twelve
Wr cent more women out of work
than men.
CLERGYMEN WILL ""
DRIVE AMBULANCES
Tfnty.f,(, Motor AniluilanccH Will
Ut" Hamlin! by i:nUsh .Mln
Mm In War
BffAUlRj !, t C,, C.r Tlmu. j
J;0NDO.V, Aug. ll.-Twonty-fivo
'tor amliulanccs which nro being
gj'bytl,oCI,,el,Army.,,
o ,, ,T""U,0"al -nhatlon.
o.,r0f,!iWm'Knlll,ofrot.ro
Si!,lrMlI,,irc,crW''.Bchni,i.
- ru,,o, uommunlon
AGIST THE BONDS
TUX MIIjH I'KOI'U: SKXD IMIO
TKST TO COUXTV COL'IIT
Will I'resenl Objection lo llondlng
for tho Itiilldlng of Itoads In
Coos County
(Special to ho Times.)
LAKKSIDH, Oro., Aug. 12. Tho
people or tho Ten Milo country will
bo against tho road bond Issue, from
nil Indications. A committee of peo
ple living In tho lake district has
Bono to Coiiulllo to protest against
tho bond Issue and will appear be
fore tho county court. It Is under
stood thnt tho people In this local
ity feel that tho road bond Issue will
not bo of benefit to thorn and aro
against It. If tho matter comes to a
vote this locality will bo strongly
against tho bonds.
JEIAIS IKE APPEAL
SAVS AMIIKICAN SIIKU.K AltlJ
TllltOWN INTO POLAND
Some
to
Drnmalie Stulomcnt.s aro Mudo
tho People ut tho United
Stntos
let,
M
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I.J1I1 1,1777""
ss "''" ' linieti
""Hill m, rv.....
I. ... on W'llllO
us me
Is consldor-
a m II nChes,cr ' nd erecting
""are se-n, 7 C0UaS0 thora
the,. n ..' ,lnB for ?l0 on Win.
... .,,- at 10
the Sheriff . '"eSent t,mo ant'
ay, ha
l06 most a. 1 "u"") uo or.
. . "' --u"U'ra the
600(1 nn. ,... .
"r. i..; :::,.: ncumer .
the ,.. l "tu ot ''ecomo
next row
TODAY
DL U'l !!.. xi
nam n. ""'"i mo
"UU"'-- I'l'MMlAirT
oUi ,llI(l (uf Itenmlns
'noon S , e'ne held tl8nf
Pc," e. "I! tmtt ,,on on
,U ottUutS ;,ev' Fa""- McDev
ldaneo , . , ,lere R n W at-
Hso .. ," ."m,s' Tl' "romon
"..iiiii
ing-
(I17 AMncltlM rtii In com l!j Tlrafi.J
nintl.IN (Wireless Snyvlllo), Aug.
12. Tho Association or .lows In
(lorinnnj'havo Issued n dramatic ap
peal to America. It Is based ou tho
fact thnt American shells wmo
thrown Into Polish towns by Uua-
jlnus. It says In part:
"Thou sondest Iron shells to iiiu
ply tho army of tho Czar.
"Thoii caveat Iron for gold, doath
ror nro.
"Chlldron nro murdering tholr pnr
onts. "Ainorica, thou hast peaco. Thou
art not fighting Tor oxlstonco.
"Wo Imploro thco to listen to this
uppoal."
WIRES "ISlEPLJ
111; AmocIiIih rrrni to Conn Ilir Tlinn.)
WASHINGTON, I). C Aug. 12.
Gcnerul Villa has Informed tho Uni
ted States goverumnut that ho Is
willing to sign a truce or three
lnontlm or mora durntltou with his
opponents during which tlmo a
peace conference shnll ho held.
Presldont Wilson arrived hero this
morning from Cornish and is in
conference with Secretary Lansing.
Lansing said the situation was un
changed, and that an appeal to tho
11s would lie snut Boon ns
rangciucnts for transmlssbn
aro 'oiiipleted. He again reiterated
that tho Pau-Amcrlcau peace plan
noes not contemplate in any way
the use of force or tho Impairment
or Mexico's sovereignty or Inter
icrrnco with her domestic nffnlta.
The Peace Plan.
The purposes of tho appeal Is to
Influence tho Mexicans tliomsclvcB
to hold n peaco convention and a gov
ernment created by that factlton
will bo accorded recognition whether
or not tho aciiulesconco or nil ruc
tions is obtained.
Sending tho battleships to Vera
Cruz and other movements thnt may
follow aro doscrfhed officially as
pricnutloHitiy measures to afford as
slstauco to foreigners.
Would Not Comment
Secretary Lansing declined to com
ment ou Carran.a's letter or protest
against tho Pan-American peaco
plan. Tho feeling Is that when tho
plnn is read It will ho evident that
Cat rana was misinformed as to
tho purposes of tho peaco plan, and
there Is a confident hopo thnt some
or his hitherto close supporters will
glvo adherence to tho Idea or the
pence louforonco.
Appears Sincere.
Villa expressed in a doCiilto way
his willingness to do anything Unit
might bring about an early peaco.
Ho Is understood to havo ordered
his commnudcrs to avoid righting,
evacuating places threatened with at-
tni'l; as nn evidence of his sincere
doslio to uiako peaco.
LUKOWISCAP
T
AISTItO-tJIIUMAN FOItCKH PUIt
Sl'IXG UUSSIANS TAKK CITY
Airoidlng to an Oflclal llepoit (ho
Teutons llnvo Also Captured
Zamhi'ovto
Wr AmimIaIkI Prr.! lo Cuu flr TIdim.)
lllJULIN, Aug. 12. Tho Auslro
CU nn a 11 forces pursuing tho Rus
sians who nro retreating from tl'o
Wnninw mllcnt havo occupied Lukow
an oflclal announcement says today.
Zanibio'vo wns also captured.
AEROPLAN
E
DROPS
UVINR TUItKKY !- -... . ..
r : ARE READY TO SAIL
!
! ITALIAN CONSULS
! LKAVINR TUItKKY
I ID; Ai.orl
PA It
patch from Genevn says nn
1 Austrian newspaper in Vlon-
! na nnnounccs that tho Itall-
' nn consuls havo left Turkish
! territory and tho Italian In-
forests hovo been confided to
4 tho American officials.
Lieut. R. B. Sutton, Son of a
Portland, Ore., Man Prob
ably Fatally Injured
AIRSHIP DROPS 500 FEET
Victims Members of tho First Aero
Squadron of the Army Which Had
.Just lleen Ordered from CaD
forubi to Fort SHI Okla.
llr Ainoclalcil 1'rrni to Can tnf Tlmtn.l
FOItT SILL, Okla. Aug 12.
QunrtermnBter Captain Georgo II.
Knox, of tho first aero squndron, U.
S. Army, wns killed and Llout. H. II.
Sutton, his aide, probably fatally
wounded todny when nn acroplnno
In which they wcro flying fell COO
feet. Tho squadron hnd Just been
transferred from California, nuttor.
Is tho son of .1. N. Sutton, of Port
land, Oregon.
S. II. I). Holt uiul Alleen Cobln, Tnk-
en Custody When Arriving
Ou PJinhcth
(Special to The Times)
SAN FRANCISCO, lAug. 12. S.
II. II. Holt and Alleen Cobln, on act
or and rvetross, wero arrested to
day when they Bleppcd ofr tho steam
er Kllzubeth on which they Balled
r'rom Ilnndon. Tho arrest was mndo
on a warrant from Coos county.
ROAD
18
mm
GO
L
I
s. warships at navy
pri:pari;d to movi:
YARD
ACCKPTS PLANCK ON
TDK XHW CAIIINKT
nj AinrM rrr to Coi llf Tlmn.)
TOKIO, Aug. 12. Unron
Ishll, tho Jupanoso ambassa
dor to Franco, Iiob nccoptcd
tho foreign minlstor's portfolio-
In tlio now cabinet of
Premier Okumn.
RIELES ARE FOUND
QUANTITY OF RUNS DISCOVIIRKI)
nl'aii jii:rci:ih:s
SON OF J. P. MORRIS
DIES AT HOME TODAY
Mrliln Morris, Agen Fifteen Years,
Pnhse.s Axvny After it Long 111- I'
no.ssj of Tuberculosis
Molvfn Morrlss, tho rifteon-year-olil
son of Mr. anil Mrs. J, P. Mor
ris, died this morning after n lin
gering Illness of tuberculosis. Ho
Buffered from an attack of cold and
grlpno and other complications last
year nntl tho tubercular trouble do
volopetl. Tho paronts did every
thing possible and tried tho opm
No Now Orders Havo lleen Recelv.
eil mid No More Trouble ut
Vera Cm,
III7 Aoctitoil rrcM to Lroa Pif Tlmo.l
WASHINGTON, I). C, Aug. 12.
V vomploto report on conditions In
Vera Cru. was called for by Sj
retary Danlols today, nlthougn no
anli-forolgu domoustrntlo'ii bus lunit
icpoited. "There has boon no it'.M".
htl urdors to tho Atlantic fleot ex
cept those given to tho Louisiana,
Now Hampshire and Connecticut.''
nld Secretary DanlolB todny.
"Tho ships uro now in tlio irixy
yardr and havo regular orders to
be prepared ior' sailing but huxo
been given no now orders. Wo 00
not contnmplato sending any moru
ships south at this tlmo."
COLLI KR TO RO
Tho Jupiter Ordered From Newport
to Vera Cru.
(Pr Aunrlited rrru lo Coo fHf Tlmn.1
WASHINGTON, . C, Aug. 12.
Tlio collier Jupiter was ordered to
Vera Cru. today from Nowport and
tho cruiser Denver, on tho west
const of Mexico, was ordered Into
resorvo at Mnro Island, Tho Al
bany, now In resorvo In Portland,
Ore, will take tho Donvor's plnro.
Holt and his stngo partner nro
understood to havo como to this ci
ty about two weeks ngo. They nro
traveling nctors and have a vaude
ville stunt which they tried to put
on In Marfiliflold and North Rend.
They talked with tho theater luan-
igcrs In both cities but nolthor
wanted to undertako booking thorn
na It was not regarded that their
act would mnke a hit with tho pub
lic. They had a trial net In which tho
man put tho woman Into a big milk
can from which sho disappeared.
Not succeeding In gottlng nn en
gagement on tho bay they went to
tho Coqulllo Valley nnd finally wero
booked nt tho thentor at Myrtlo
Point. It Is said thot tho net was so
poor that tho audlonco mndo n dem
onstration against tho porformors.
It Is understood that tho couple
skipped a board bill in tho Coqulllo
Vnlley nnd It Is supposed It was lor
this that they xvcro arrested.
M STER
BLAMED
HU'sSIAN OFFKIAL SUIMFCT OV
AN INVESTIGATION
Commission Will See Why Russia
Found Herself Short of .Muni
tions of War
tnr AmocUUI r-rni to Cor lit; Time )
IONDON, Aug. 12. A commission
of Inquiry has been nppol'ted, .ic
cordlng to tho Dally Mall'.i Petro
grnd correspondent, to Investigate
the charges against former Russian
Minister of War, Soukbom Llnorr
and othoru In connection with tro
uhortngo or munitions which ser
lcusly Interfered with tho opora
tlo'in of tho Russian army.
BOMBS
DROPPED
nl,r treatment but It was In vain. Tho gunboats Annapolis and York-
AHRKXTINK s MINISTKIt
SWKRS PROTKST
AN-
Thinks Action of Conference Should
Ho Regarded As An Act
of I'Vy'iidllncss
(Of AuocltpfJ Ire to 00.4 Da; TlmM.
WASHINGON, D. C.t Aug. 12.
Tho iiilnlstor of forolgn arralrs ror
Argontlnn, In response to n'Vrotest
rrom Cnrranza,' against forolgn In
terference, cabled his reply In part
as follows:
"Instead of finding only cause for
alnrm, tho Mexican people sdiouldH
seo In tho conference proof of tho
friendly consideration that her fato
evokes In tho United States nnd calls
forth our wishes for her pacification
and development."
"TmusifFiRir
The Marshflold rire engine was ta
ken to West Marshrield this arter
noon to extinguish a brush fire. The
fire was too far up Rlossom -Gulch
for tho englno to get to It. No
dnmngo was dono,
Relief Raiders, uro Receiving Assls-
tnnco F10111 Mexicans ou Other
SI1I0 of 'Holder
Or AmocUIwI Prm l tun n; TIhim I
CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex., Aug. 12.
A qiiiu'llty or Mouser rifles woio'
found concealed In underbrush by
rangers and troops near Morcodos,'
according to word brought hero. Tho'
Incldont .bolsters tho bollof or tho
authorities that tho .Mexican raid-'
ors .aro organized with assistant
or Moxlcans rrom "across tho border.
Tho equipment Is said to bo similar
to that used by tho Currnnza rorccs,
TURKU HOATS SUNK
The date of tho fmiorn) bits not bom
determined hut It will lio coudui't'id
by Rev. Father II. J. MeDovltt. Tlio
Morris family moved rrom North
Rend to North Fomdalo n few
months ngo. Mr. Morris Is one or
tho best known real estato opora
lor.s cf North Rand.. Thoj; hnvo
several,, other , children, and .thuler
many rrlcnds will J unite in oxtoud
ing r-yinpathy to tpoin In their bo
renvTiiitnt. ' i
ILD ROOD TLMM
Veterans Picnic nt Simpson
Wiw Succchs
Pink
Tlio war votorans' picnic nt Simp
son Park yesterday was a big succIsn,
About twenty of tho "Old Roys"
attended. Tlio tnbles seating about
12. wort spread under tho beaml-
town, reached Acapulco, Mexico, to
lay. ... -
GREAT SINGER HAS
JOINED THE ARMY
Ferrari, Xovvl York MelroNltau
ComjMtiiy'H Tonor Will i'lght
With the Italians
tllj AoltJ 'rr(Ki tqi'ooi lujr Tlmo,
RKRLIN, Aug. 11. Ferrari, tho
Now .York Metropolitan Opera Com
pany, tenor, who Is almost as woll
known horn as In America, Is report
ed as having Joined tho Italian ar
my He 1b tho husband of tho woll
known German court singer, Mnr-j
gareto Matzounurer.
russianemperorTs
back from the front
1 fill pines,
Or Aiioclitfd I'fe to Coo 0T Tlnm.l
LONDON, Aug. 12. Tho
fishing Binncks Ocetn ,Glft.
Esporanco and Georgo Rer-
row have beon sunk. The
mombers or tho crews were
snvpil.
$
t AMONG THE SICK t
Z
Rend
Is reported quite sick today.
Nols Rasmussen this morning un
derwent an operation at Mercy
hospital and Is reported to bo doing
nlcoly. Ho Is ono or the host known
Coos Rny pioneers.
ARer lunch they went to the pav
ilion whero tho program was glvon.
Tho exercises opened with tho sing
ing or America. Mr, Rcod then In
troduced Mr. Graves who was thor
oughly enjoyed. Major Zeok or from Arm' Headquarters arter a stay
Handon, after a few remarks, read 1 of "ireo weeks. No visit of the many
Holds Impoitaiit Conference nt Field
Headquarters and Decides on
Some Important Changes
ID? AMocUtM Prm to Coot Dtf TlmM.
PKTROGRAD. Aug. 11. Tho
Russian Emperor recontly returned
$'
Mrs. Win. Wilson of North Rent
a poem entitled "The Roys of 'CI,"
written by a war time lady and an
old friend of his. Then he talked
especially to tho G. A, R. on "Peace
and Proparedness."
Mr. Meoks of Cooston gave a pa
triotic reading and Rev. Hlsey, Mr.
Sehlbredo and Mr, Reigard rotated
some personal reminiscences or the
war times.
After tho program, nil retired to
tho park for a social time.
which ho hud made to various sec
tlons of the fighting lines has been
so Important as this ono.
In the courso of tho con
ferences held nt field Head
quarters during this visit the Em
peror and his advisers decided upon
the changes recent In tho higher
ranks ot the government and In tlio
council of ministers, and also an
nounced that the Diimn would bo
summoned to meet at an early date,
FRFNCII AVIAri'ORS MARK AT
IACIC ON GKRMAN TOWN
Flalil Persons aio Killed or Would.
(!, Rut Property Ditiii.tgo Is
Reported Small
llr Amo'UIM 'ff to Cooi nj Tlmn.l
LONDON, Aug. 12. A vrolos
I10111 Rorlln says French aviators
dropped liomlm at Zwolbruo"l;en and
Saint lugbort, killing or wouu Mug
elgl t persons. Tho property dam
age was small
ELECT A PRESIDENT
IIAITIKNS CIIOOSi: RKNKHAl
DARTIRUKNAVA AS LKADKIt
Votes Out of Total of 11(1
J,,S f. 1
tnr AwnclalMl l'r lo Cnun ritjr tlmn
, PORT AU PRINCE,' Aug. 12.
General Dnrtiguouuva was today el
ected president of tho Iliiltlon re
public by tho "nntlouul : nssombly.
Calm provnllod at the election. Dnr
tlgiienaVa received a majority of 72
vote out'of 11G cast. '
Teutonic Forces Have Started
a Campaign to Penetrate
Deeper into Russia '
FIGHT IS'DlSPERATE
Russian Rear Guards arc Put
ting Up a Strong Defense
Against the Orislaught
sacrificing"any LIVES
Germans are Paying Rig Price In Men
In Their Kffort to Capture Kov-
11110 Rrltlsh Aro Iooklng to tho
Dnrdnncllcs as Itellef
tllr AiocltJ rrMw to Com 117 TlmM. J
LONDON, Aug. 12. Baltic flank
of the Gcrninu armies under Gcnornt
Von Hlndeiiburg vlrtunlly attained
tho hanks ot tho river Dvlnn, bo
tween Riga nnd Dviuskn with PotrcT
gnul less than 300 miles away In a
direct Hue. Thence southward tho
lino sweeps west with tho Russian
fortress of Kovno still holding out
but noxt wcok mny seo a great bnttlo
on tho rond between the Russian cap
ital. It Is said tho second lino of do
fenso upon which tho Russians pro
posed to fall back after abandoning
Warsaw hns all tho appoarancea of
having been rendered untenable nnd
tho British and Russian press Is be
ginning to seo In thoso Austro-Gor-mnn
phuiB a plungo decpor Into Rus
sla with Potrograd a8 tho goal.
lcsH'm(o F.ghL
In the meautlmo, tho Russlnn rear
guards aro fighting desporatoly es
pecially In tho critical Dovnnn ro
gion nnd ut Kovnno, to enpturo which
the Gornmns nro making a terrific
sacrifice of men.
It sconis plain now that tho Ger
mans purpose no grcnt demonstra
tion In tho west ou tho theory thnt
condltlonn In Franco nnd Rolglum
nro such that tho Allies will not Im
mediately attempt a gcnornl offens
ive. l,ook to Dardanelles
During tho lull In activity In the
west, tho Rrltlsh public Is looking to
tho Dardaiiollots ou bolng n rollof to
Russia, though tho task of opening
tho straits remnlun n difficult prob
lem which Homo think may only bo
solved by n chango In tho Balkan alt-nation.
A OMITS RANGKK
Ktishlau Newspaper Says Thh Dif
fers From Napoleon's Invasion
(llr AHnrltIM frf-il to Coo n7 TlmM.)
PETROGRAD, Aug. 12. Tho No
voo Vrebylm in discussing today tho
theory that Potrograd Ib tho roal
objective ot the Gorman offenslvo
says:
"Tboro Is an enormous dlfforonco
between tho war of 1812 nnd tho
pies'ont conflict. Tho Gormnns nro
hurling ugalnst Russia forces oqulvu
lent to seven such Invasions a3 that
of Napoleon. Tioy know Pot.'o
grad Is the political' center and It Is
onl linlf its Tar from Riga' as Mos
cow. It Is only a night's Journey
Received. Miijor'ty of SoventjTwo tfioni Riga to Potrograd und a rtli-
CAUSNC
COMMENT
GOVKRXMKNT ASKS AROUT FUR.
NISI I ING MUNITION SUPPLIKS
Inquiry Mndo of Manufacturers' hut
Oflclals Say It I Regularly
Done
tnr AMUM-Ut.! frntt to Coo lUVTIpM,)
WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 12.
Announcement that the war depart
ment, had asked tho American manu
facturers or war munitions for data
iai.ro of 200 111 let. over good roids
inn', two lines if rallwaya und dom
mil offer Iiisii f rablo difficultly.
Pi's Is no see .. 1 wnr of 1812, b .t
sdiii'ihlng far mom serious."
- ' INTEREST IN lilt AI L
Conferenco Efforts Aro llelng Care
fully Wotchod There
(llr AuorlitaJ I'roM to Com Dr Tlaw.1
RIO JAN1ERO, Aug. 12. Efrorts
or tho Pan American republics to
scttlo tho Mexican question Is being
followed with keon Intorcst. Tho na
tional chamber approvod tho motion
asking tho Brazilian foreign otflco
for Information as soon as possible
regnrdlng stnto negotiations. News
papers continue to omphaslza that
no attack Is contemplated upon tho
sovereignity of Moxlco.
1.
O. O. V. NOTICE.
Mombers of Sunset Encampment
No. 4.'l und Suiisot Lodge No. CI,
I. O. O. P.. nnd Western St rnRebok-
as to facilities for furnishing sup-!u, Lodgo aro requested to be In
pljes, particularly in tho event of
cmorgency, led to somo speculation
hero today, although tho officials
explained the action wns In accord
ance with tho usual practlco In nor
mal times,
.itt3ndanco Friday ovonlng, August
1 3th, 19ir,.
Tho Grand Petrlarch Itobt. An
drews nnd GianJ Mastor Jahu F.
Hull will visit officially.
I. I ANDO, Secretary,
u