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THE AVERAGE MAN WANTS OPPORTUNITY MORE THAN HE DOES CHARITY Coos Bay Times Your Paper Coos A Southwest Oregon Paper Tlmt'i ulint tho Coos Hay Tlfiicf Is. A South, west Oregon paper for Southwest Oregon people mid deleted to tho best Interests of tJita groat tectloa , The Times always boosts mid serer knocks. &xmt I lie Coon Hy Times ii proud of Itn title "Tho cople'i l,K;r" Md " Bt,vc, ' M u,nc to Uvo up to Us nniuo by do voting Hi cnorglct, to promoting tho pooilo' Interest. MEMREIl OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Vol. No. XXXIX. POPE BENEDICT f FOR "PEACE Cardinal Gibbons Today Re quests President Wilson to Act With Vatican in Move lEUIRflfslO JOIN relieves That America's Dip lomatic Victory on Submar ine Question Opens Way DETAILS ARE KEPT SECRET Leading Cnthol.V Dlvlno in United Stales Holds Conference lit White House Impressed Hope Hint Me.Vnn Troublo Will Knd Dy Aaaotlatad rrraa to Cooa Day Tlmra. WASHINGTON, Sept. 2. Cardinal ail)l)oiis today presented to President Wilson a message from Popo Hcno dlct nlmiit peaco In Europe. Later lie saw Secretary of State LtuiBlng on tlio santo subject. After tho con fcrcnee at tlio White Hoiiho, tlio Car dinal nniioiinroil Hint ho hnd dis cussed the possibilities of penco with tlio President, hut said that lio Vouhl not reveal tho contents of tho Polio's message at tho present tlmo. Want Neutrals to Act- Cardinal Gibbons dcelnrod that tlio settlement of tho Biibmurlno la-1 silo between tho United States and Ocriiiany had greatly aided tho! cause of penco and placed tho United States in nn advantageous position to ho of servlco In bringing an end I to tlio conflict abroad. Ho said that lio had Informed President Wilson that lie believed this to bo true. Wlillo tho Cardinal rould not go Into details regarding tlio message' from the I'opo, It wns Indicated that It was In tho naturo of a suggestion to tho neutral powers to Join with the Vatican In making further ef forts to restore peaco. Favors .Mexican Penco Later it was revealed that Cardinal Clhlions also discussed tlio Mexican ipiestlon with President Wilson and expressed tho hopo that penco would soon ho restored thcro. After leav ing tho State Department, Cardinal (lllihons called on tho Papal Dele gates, LAUDS PRESIDENT NATIONAL ZKITUNO OV HKItLIN I'KAISKS AMKIHCAN LKADICIt Paper Causes Surprrso by l'rlediy Tone and Unstinted Admiration of United States ny Aanotlatel rrraa to Cooa Day Tlmn.l HKItLIN, Sept. 2. Tho Nutlonal Zcltmig todny publlshod a leading nrtlclo under tho heading "Wilson, Hrynn and Itoosovolt," which Is noto worthy for Its friondly tono and tho ungrudging admiration expressed for President Wilson. "The personality of President Wil son has been Illumlnnted moro strongly than over boforo," tho paper says, "during tho oxrlting days through which America lias Just passed. Tho President will appear to mi'iiy u a now light. Novor was his position more difficult than dur lK tho Arabic crisis when Hrynn was calling on America for peaco nt ny price and Itoosovolt was sum moning them to war against Ger many." TIXTOXIP ALLIKS ADVANCE AGAINST ItUSSIA lails Heports Qulot on Western 1 i'iit Willie Horlln Annoiiiiees Trenches ltctnken LONDON, Sept. 2. Tho Teutonic allies continue to advance all along ie line In Russia. Tho outer forts were stormed and captured at Gro iio and its ovacuntlon by tho Itus Naiis is hourly expected. Prince Leopold's army hap crossed Li ii a,olda r,vor nor'h ' Grodno, 'e A on Mackensen, further south maile progress. n,iIn ,Gallcla tho Teutons report tho SU,U .of tlle Russians from tho last foothold on Austrian territory foutlnues. in .!UvnI C,","ls 1 Vnmvo 'a the west, Paris roports that "fre wero no Important ongage nients but Berlin claims to havo re IV, 1 reeently all tho lost trench es lu the Vosges north of Muenster. 1'ltUIT JAILS HAHOAIX Mason and Economy Jars at a spe cal reduced price for a short time. SCIHtOi:i)Kn H1LDKXHHAXI) ''arket und Wnterrront. PJiono 77 GERMflWJ GAINING EXCHANGE UP TODflY; Established 1878 As The Const Mull. X 425,000 HORSES TO EUROPEAN WAR Illy AaaorlaM Pmiii tu Cooa lloy TlniM J WASHINGTON, D, C. t Qnnl 0 Tn Ann lOK VJUI.,11 c IU UUIU t.O 000 horses and mules X have been shipped out of the United btates for the X European belligerents, X X The purchase of the ani X mals has been a boon X In the market for medium class horses, CZAuHSlOIY DUMA ESTIMATES .fr,,()()(l,()(l(,(H)( AVI Mi HE REQUIRED FOR YEAR Arranges to Issue PnK'i- Money mid Mont Another Foregu Loan For AViif tnr Aaoiltc-.l rrmii to Com Ilay Tlmm.I PETHOORAD, Sept. 2 Flnanro committees to tlio Duma presented a bill today extending tlio right to s.luto banks to Issue paper money. "For 19 in," tho report states "esti mated war expenses nro $3,(521,000, 000 and other expenses are $1,42:1, r.00,000, making a total or over $fi, 000,000,000. Tho government must propnro for another important loan lu foreign markets." UiisnIuu Winter Soon With tho opening of the nutumii months tlio mllltnry observers arc) directing attention to the fact that tho Uilsslnu fnll storms nro duo to begin about October 21. They as sort that they aro tho danger limit to military operations In the eastern fields. It is recalled by some of these observers that tho autumnal etiuinox marked tho turning point in tho Napoleonic campaign. Tho first warning was n light snowfall, pre ceding the equinox, but soon after ward heavy suowb foil and with tlioin came disaster to Napoleon. VISA It KXCIIANOK CltlSIH Depreciation of KugllMi .Money May Seriously Affect KnctorleH tUy AaaorlatoJ I'rrai to Coo. nay Tlmra, NBW YORK, Sopt. 2. Continued nnd uncliecked depreciation of tho! Knglish exchnngo rate, It was thought, would affect tens of thous ands of American workmen possibly I by ultimately closing down tho fac-j lories now supplying Great Urltnln with commodities, lleforo tlinti could happen thoro would hnvo to bo I cancellation of foreign oruors at present totalling hundreds of mll lloiiH. ENGLISH PATROL BOAT SUNK ARABIC'S DESTROYER Imtcr Details or Affairs Show tlmt Only Aiiierlcuu unci. ICugllsli Vei'sloiiH Are Ohtiiluable tnr AaaorlalM rreaa to Cooa Day Tlraea.) WASHINGTON, D. CV Sopt. 1. Ambassador Von Ilornstorff's letter on tho Arabic affair was forwarded to President Wilson ns soon as It was recolvod at tho Stnto Depart ment yostorday. No formal com ment was inndo at tho White Houso, but on overy hand In official quar ters thoro was ovldonco of gratifi cation thnt tho submarine crisis hnd pnssed. Inasmuch ns It seems that tho Biibmarlno which sunk tho Ara bic was destroyed by a Hrltlsh patrol boat, the exact circumstances my i nover bo dotormlned other than by tho testimony from Hrltlsh and Amorlcan sources. Tho question of reparation for Amorlcan lives lost on tho Lusltanln, Arnble nnd other ships 'will probably bo tlio next step In tho proceedings. 1UHTISI1 POUXD STKHLINO OOKS TO 1.(10 IN XKW YOHK Advuiu-o Today us Dramatic ns De. tlluo Pi evloiisly Closes Knsy nt $LI) tny Aoclate4 Tltaa 10 Cooa Day Tlmra.J NKW YOHK, Sept. 2. Tho Eng lish pound sterling climbed up tho ladder of ascending values as rap Idly and dramatically today as it plunged downwurd during tlio weok. Within the first two hours of trad ing it waa only ono point under whoro It rested at tho closo or tho market Saturday. It touched $4. GO, ten cents above yesterday's oxtromo depreciation, and then loll to $4.f9 where tho market, though erratic, was easier than at any tlmo during tho weok. London Hankers Aid Tlio swirt upward course was In terpreted as meaning that Great Hritaln had awakened to the ox treme gravity or the Bituatlon and that London bankers had determin ed that sterling no longer should bo tho football of finance in the rela tions between the two countries. Kl'HIIKH SOLES put on. Union Shoo Shop, 11 Front Streel. MARSHFIELD, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1915 ENGLISH 61 AT DARDANELLES General Hamilton Reports Capture of Strategic Point Commanding Anafarta IKE OTHER GAINS Announces That Australians Made Appreciable Advances Along Their Entire Front HEAVY FIGHTING LATELY Pni'M Itepoi't that Knglisb Suhmnrlu. Today Sank Knur Turkish Transports English Public Greatly Cheered tDr Aaioclaltl rrraa to Coot nay Time. ENGLISH KINK I TUItKIKII TRANSPORTS Illy Anorlatrcl 1'rraa to cooa nay Tlmra, PARIS, Sept. 2. Four Turkish transports liavo boon torpedoed by Hrltlsh submarines. (liy Aaaoclat Vmt to ccoa nay Tlmra. LONDON, Sept. 2. Tho Hrltlsh public was greatly cheered by the; vorslon of tho recent heavy fighting HANKERS EX lt()l'TI: TO NATION at tlio Dardanelles lu tho official ro- ,, co.WIINTION OITIMISTK! port from (lenoral Hamilton, tho f Hrltlsh eommander-ln-ehlof. He;,. w . " . claims tlio capture of an Important muui-ui jiuiiii. coiuiuiiuuiiig me ij ii viik Anafarta Valley as well us mak ing appreciable gains along tho Aus tralian front. SINK KIVH THANSPOItTS IVeiicli iiii( ICngllsli lleporl. Heavy Losses Sustained by Turks nu A'aortaiM Traa to Cokm nLy TlmM.1 PAUIS, Sept. 2. Tho official statement from the Dardanelles of them at tho same point and twol others between Oalllpoll nnd Nu-i garaa. The guns of the miles' iiat tlcshlps have hit soveral vessels an chored In tho straits." ' (JKHMANS CLOSK IN ON OHODNO KOHTS 4 Illy Aaaoclalrl I'rfni a cooa nay Tlmra. 4 HHItLIN. Sept. 2. Tho Gorman forces attacking tho Russian fortress at Grodno have taken tho outer forts of by one of our aviators, it is neces-, . ,iroun0rltv" said William A sary to add Tour transports wore tor- ' vr l y. m m mi u A. linilnml liv llrlllal, ulllllllfll- n,.B twn ''UVN PrtSICIOIll Of tllO nSSOCiailOll. be s ronul.o d It was oN BcarcliliiR todny for K. J. Van 8lrk.,KXKl!AI, OKOZCO. XOTICD MR.V f iPMliv nnnoii need todnv ',p" of Vaklmn. Wash., who left his CAX HKVOLl'TIOXIST SLAIX flclall nnnounrcil tocin. llomo ,I10 weoks ago to conio hero tol $, HUNK II V SUHMARINKS Throa Members of lCngllsli Ships Arc He-ported .Missing i nvnnv cn, - Ti.n iiritioi, LONDON, Sept. -.-liio HrlilBii '..oi, itin Von. UrnBV'wnon Vu" Hlt'Kle eH jikhiiu, no ona, jiuu loiiH, Jjross, sent a telogram engaging rooms nt a by n suumarino. uireo nrooklyn hotel, but novor appeared, biuiiuiur cut una, was sunk members of tho crew aro missing, SINK ICXGLISH SHIP Submarine Sends Hossuuo to Ilotlom Hut Crow! Is Saved (ny Aaaoilatfcl rrraa to rooa Ha, rirooa 1 NEW YOItlC, Sopt. 2. Tlio steam- j er Hossano arrived today from Car ol rr lirlnirlni' the canUIn ni -1 crow of. tho Hrltlsh stoamer si'Jinr. wnoiu thoy picked up nftov tho vessel was sunk by a submnrlno east of Galloy Head, Ireland, Aug 10. HALTED U. S. VESSEL j ID? muvh.ui4 rrna lu Cooa u.j 'I hum.) J nOSTON, Sept. 2. Tho Amorlcan lmrk Ruth Stark, was flrod upon ' twlco by a Gorman submnrlno Aug. 3 off Capo Clear, Ireland, according to report of commander on nrrlval horo today. After tho vessel was brought to and was Identified sho was allowed to proceed. SELLS AUTO WHECb CU LISTED AS JOE SHILLINGS DHINGS SIOO AT SACRAMENTO , ! Sun Francisco Party Goes Into Dltcli ' niiil RIsM)i,e or Wrecked Machine ' Koei' Xiinios Secret SACRAMENTO, CallL, Sopt. 2. Automobile Orogon No. 213U3 Hsted , prlBon lu the palaco grounds for r,xlH ,,,,,. 8,orm ,.. A ,u,. as tho property of Joo 13. Sahllllni;.! many months, to attend yoiterday s ,uohmuill of olCU artl 0u guard. Myrtlo Prtnt, . Coos County was session of the advisory council, had Tho f ., I)f qiozco was sot for wrecked on tho Stato Highway ubout n the basis for a ncnBatloiml - ,, tmluy fr0, tho Motliodlst Epls 20 miles south of this city. None or story published by Poking nowHpa-1 , (.,,.,, uurni to take tho occupants wero Injured, and thoy Immediately departed by train ror San .Francisco without giving their names. The machine, which was or slx cyllndor make, Jumped rrom the road nt a right-angle turn, charged across a ditch rive feet deep and 10 feet wide, and turned turtle. Tho occu pants wero thrown clear of the car nnd escaped with bruises, but the machlno was smashed. Tho owner sold It as It lay for $100 and went his way. X GERMANS PLAN TO t FIGHT DEFENSIVE X X X 4 til? AworlntPil 1'itm to 'iia Hay Time X GENEVA, Switzerland, X X Sept, 2, The Journal de X X Geneve states that Ger- X X many has prepared not X X one, but two, strong lines t t of defense from the North X t Sea to Switzerland, From X Z tiie same source comes t the affirmation that after t consolidating its position X around Warsaw, the Ger- X mans will entrench all X along the Russian front X an'd wait for peaco in t most favorable condi- X 1, t t J X X tlons, According to this X z authority, faoneral von I X Hindonburg's plan does X X not involve a pursuit of X X the Russian army beyond t i the line required to rec- ; I tify tho front east of t t Warsaw and the possible IX capture of Riga, X PROSPERITY OM WAY mijs lyisii'iiiiiiiou oi immense) ko- servo Will ("rente Unusually (ood Times tnr AanorlaUi rma to Cuoa Air TlmM. CIIICAOO, Reit. 2 llankorH on tho way to attend the niiuunl con ventlon of tho American Hankers As floclatlor n,t Soattlo declarod Hint tho return of prosperity is at hand. "When tho hank reserves, which aro greator now than thoy ovor have K .1. VAN SICKLKN OK YAKIMA, WASH., DHOPS OUT OK KIHHT Was Supposed to be eu lloiito Now York to Claim Kliaro of .S 1,(100,0(10 KM II to to lly Aanurlaltd rreaa to Cooa Ilay Tlmra. NI-:W YOIUv, Sopt. 2.Pollco nro !l ,.. 1.1,. I . ,l(..,ll...l,.,1 II... G i MISSli sign papers that would penult tl'o's,,,,.,. (,r ,K ,.;,, ,.,,, j,,k n, final distribution or mi estuto of; ,;-froin Wild Wf-t Vlcllon In nearly i,uuu, uuu ion ny jub grauu- father, Herbert Von Slcklen. Tho , missing man Is nn ICIk Und It was said that nioinbors of tho order in, Inn,,y cl,,l!8 hllvo ioiucil lu tl,u BQI,reM- whun Vu SckeM )oft Yakima, lio Ho was tnld to have had a largo sum of money. SUKKK.U.'i: IS HK.ATK.X Alnlmmu Kemito Hojects Hill by Ul to 10 Vote t.r Aaa.Utei !! to Cooa lay TlnuH MONTGOMKItY. Ala. Sont. 2. ijquai sunurago wua ueieaieci in a,u-, haina yesterday when tho seiiato re- Jected tho bill by a vote of i. 1 to 10. If CELESTIAL DOMAIN WILL HE VERT TO MOXAHCIIY SOOX HE- vice President Li Yuen llenir Ho signs and Change Is Expected Soon Is .Necessary (Bf AM 141-Mj riWW i VaJ SHANGHAI, Sept. 2 i.i iion Hong has icBlgued us vlco-presldont , tllO U1III1C80 ropilllllC. TllO lllior- preiauon piacou upon iiih uci is um. i it is preparatory 10 iiiu cbiuuiihu- inont or a monarchy, which Irf pop. ularly regarded us virtually certain in place or tho republic recently formed Opposed to .Monarchy A dlsimtcl. rrom Poking last nltj 1 1 Id that the failure of, , iiik. who has boon vl-tuaPy In said Hong pors. no was reponec 10 nave ro- iiuesti-'u nun, iiiu iiuaiuuiu jiui hub- BIOII lO lU'lHlll tiUIII IIIU IU.IIIIIIIUII city, lie Is said to have Informed tlio President that he would not op pose the re-ostabllshmout or tho monarchy, but that ho would not suhscrlbo his name to a petition ravorlng tho project. fiooihi Ill's Sunday. Sept. nth. Ituluhimf null Alice II, leavo Centra! Ave. Dock at H it. m., 10 it. m, nud (I . in. Itetiiriilng 5 to 11 p. in. iilju I EVENING EDITION ; aw nuiniic ! 'RAID TEXAS U. S. Troops Reported Engag ed in Battle With Gang Near Brownsville, Today L Special Trains Rushed to the Scene of Destruction of MANY SO ERSOUT J I Railroad Trestle AVIATOR TO LOCATE THEM Aiuei'lcjiu Forces Closing; In From Every Shlo on Haiders Two of Cnrruu11 Garrisons Reported to lluvo Itevolted 04 44 4444 TWO OK CARHANZA ('AHHISONK REVOLT! U ' Illy AaaorlalM l'rrna lo I'ooa Ilay Tlmra. WASHINGTON D. C. Sopt. 2. The U. S. Statu Department dispatches to day report a revolt of tho Carraiiza garrisons nt Kron tera uud Snu Juuii Hautlstn. The Governor nud somo of the other officials escaped to Vera Cruz. It (lly AaMnrhtri! l'roaa to Cooa ray Tlmra, IlIlOWNSVILLi:, Texas, Sept. 2. A detachment of Troop A, third U. S. Cavalry, and band of Mexican bandits aro reported to be engaged In battlo this afternoon 1 1 miles north of Ilrowiisvlllo. Cuvnlry nnd Infantry nro being spread out rapidly from Kort Drown lu tin effort to sur round tho Mexicans who set flro to u railroad trestle 1 1 miles north of bore hist night uud who hnvo been chased by the cavalry since 2 a. m. Aviation Lieutenant Morrow lias been ordered to ascend lu hh ncro plaue nnd locate the band uud direct tlio soldiers to tlieiu. American troopers nro reported closing In from overy direction, Special troop (rains from Ilrowiis vlllo, llarllugon nud San Honlto were hurried to the scouu. Thicntcncd AutolstN A party of Amerlcnns travelling from Ilrowiisvlllo to San Honlto In mi auto, who passed tho trcstlo a short tlmo boforo It sot on flro, re ported that they had tbeen fired up on by u band of about' 2f Moxlcans. DIED LIKE BANDIT inp- Vear.s (,'ono by my A.o.iaioj rrnM, to cow nay Tin..) siKltltA HLANCA. Texas. Sopt. The Btory of tho 2 l-hour man hunt wlilclt ended In the dentil of Gon- wlilcli ended In the dentil oral Orozco in Green Klvor between Kaglo Pass nud Li canyon ouesomo mountains Monday rends like a page from u llordor Hoiunnco. Twenty four ranch ownors, cowboys, cub tain houso officials and troopors or the Thirteenth cavalry participated. Tho flvo raiders woro discovered as they approached the Lovo ranch Sunday afternoon, when thoy woro surprised by Deputy Sheriffs H. C. Love nnd Will Shock. Ol0ZKO nml ,a coinpanloiiB sent Bhowor of B,10H ut tho deputies! m(, mail(J u ,, fKilt. Tl0 jiosso was organized nnd picked up' tho tinil of the two deputies, who! clung to tho raider's .hools, firing shot for Bbot until darkness foil. , Tlio Mex'.cmiH wore found tho noxti afle "noon onenmped In Hox Can-1 yon. Thoy poured u volley of shots down upon tho Mexicans, Ono Mox-1 lean was killed by tho Hrst volloy and another by tho second volloy. , Orozco's companion was riddled with i bullets, Oroco nearly gained tho I nil pit ii r nf tbii draw when lio wns struck ijy f,. hullots. The fifth Mexican attempted to climb the Bide nf tlio niiiivnn mill n vo v Himi I in tiinili ut! to the bottom. l-UXEHAL HELD TODAY (By Aaorlall rrvaa tu lu4 Ilay Ttniat.) EL PASO, Sopt. 2. Thousands or Mexicans viewed in the morgue to- ,, , ,.0inilllis of (loMur c-nul Oroxco and lila four eon w,u, k,0l , ,. oral Pus- mpanluns fight with plat,0 , Moxco ,)y tho conBOnt of . Gelierill Villa TAKING HAITI OVER SMIi Cii.-itoin House Scl.cd K. Trcioin Todaj' by U. (Ut Aaaor,at4 !'. ! Cooa Ur TIOiM. WASHINGTON, 1). C. Sopt. 2. Tho custom houso at Petit Goavo, Haiti, making tho sixth, has been taken over by u company or marines lauded rrom tho uurvoy ship Euglo, A Consolidation of Times, Const Mall mid Cons liny Advertiser. X 50 SUBMARINES t CAUGHT IN NETS X x : 4 Illy Aoolalr.l 1'itm tn cmh nay Tlmra J 4 t NEW YORK, Sept, 2 : X Aii officer of tho White X X Star liner Adriatic, which X X arrived from Liverpool X X today, declared that the X X German submarine which X X sunk the Arabic, had been X X captured in a steel net X X and the crew aro now X X prisoners in England, He X X added that within tlio last X X 60 days tho British have X X captured not less than 50 X X submarines, X elksTSTbuild POHTLANI) AltCHITICCT SUHMITS Xl W PHOPOS1TIOX Agrees to Kurulsli $1!.,I)(M) nt K Per cent for Hulldliig To l-lffect, Stnto OrgaiilAatlon r Twenty flvo thousand dollars nt five percent was offered tho Marsh field lClks last evening by C. G. Houghtling, Portland nrcliltcct, for tho erection or nn Klks llulhllng. Tho matter wns referred to tlio building committee for Its decision. Hough tllug made tho proposition to got the money under theso urruugoniontB und to submit his hid for drawing the plans, in. open competition with other architects. Mr. Houghtling explained that tho money could bo readily obtained any time tho local lodge wished to build. Already It owns property at tho cor ner of Third uud Commercial. To form u statu organization of the lOlks lodges In Oregon Is a plan now on foot mid on September 23 21 In Mod ford will moot delegates rroni overy chapter lu tho state to mulco tho final arrnugnmoutii dud possibly to elect state officers. No delegate. Iiiih yet been selected from tho Marshflold lodge. .MISS KICANCKS WILLIAMS TO UK. coMi: mtiDi: ok kki:i lamox ICIdcsf Dnugliter of Mr. nnd .Mrs. It. V. Williams Will Kosldo nt liny Point FrloiulH woro apprised today or tlio approaching marriage of Miss Frances Wllllmns, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. It. F. Williams of Malshflold, nud Frodorlck Lnmnii, the nuptials to bo solemnized soon lu California. Tlio brldo-toOio, her parents and hrothor, Georgo loft today on tho Santa Clara for San Francisco. Hor sister, Miss Grace, Is now there and hur hrothor, .loo, will probably bo In uttendanco. The exact date baa not been announced. Tho brltlo Is a charming nnd ac complished young woman. Slio Is a graduate or tho Marshflold high school and has spout tho Inst fow years nt tho University of Cnllfornla nt Ilorkoloy. Mr. Lamon Is well known on Coos Hay, being ono of tho Hlltmoro For est school graduates and lor a tlmo connected with tho C, A. Smith Com pany horo. Ho now lias a position with tho C. A. Smith Company lu Hay Point whoro they will inako tholr hcyno. ANOTHER FIRE AT BAND0N LAST. NIGHT IPnes Gisu-ery, in Eastern Part or Town, Totally Destroyed hy Hlao of Unknown Origin (Special to Tho TlnieB) 11ANDON. Oro.. Sopt. 2. Tho IlInoB Grocory, lu tho east part or town near the comotery, was totally destroyed by riro or unknown origin about midnight last night. It was all ablaze whon dlscovorod. Tho Btock waa not largo, being ort of a suburban store. llnudou lias suffered an unusually largo number or flro lossas during tho past yenr, beginning with tho conriageratlou which wiped out thu biislnoHS section. FOREST FIRES HUHN WASHINGTON HOMES ny Aanoclatwl rreaa tn Cora nay TIhim.J 4) WALLA WALLA, Wash., Sopt. 2.7-The most threaten- lug flro lu Southeastern Wnsilngton this year Is bo- yoiitl control on Spuckmaii moiititaln, -10 miles east of horo. Sovernl homes woro 4 burned and crops destroyed. 44 TODAY IS TAFT DAY Former President Honored ut Sail l-'ranclsco Exposition Illy Aauuv Utwl l'iu to ouva Ilay Tlmra. SAN FRANCISCO. Sopt. 2. P0U4II OIJAV '1JJ, PJUAIOH IUU the first spadeful of dirt on tho slto of tho Puiiama-Paclflo Exposi tion, was honored today In tho "Taft Day" ceremonies at tho exposition, l'art'8 address on "Preparedness" wub tho principal ovont, ra CALIFORNIA No. 34- 1ED NEGROES TO KILL HUSBAND Mrs. Elizabeth F. Mohr, of Providence, R. I.. Arrested for Conspiracy Today Three Claim That She Offered to Give Them $5000 Nine Days After the Crime WOMAN HELPElT ALSO SHOT Prominent Physician or Khodo Island Shot from Ambush Chauffeur Driving Cur one of .Men Confes sing Woman's I'ctT.'Oy Illy Aa.oclatrJ 1'itm to oo Ilay Tlmra, PROVIDENCE. It. L, Sopt. 2. Mrs. Elizabeth F. Mohr, wife or Dr. Franklin Mohr who was fatally Bitot while on mi nnto trip to Newport Tuesday night, whb nrrcsted todny ilftor threo negroes had signed a confession Baying thnt Mrs. Mohr l had hired them to kill tho doctor. .Ono of tho negroes who was Mohr'fi Ichauffour, was dotnlneil by tho po lice since the shooting bocnuso his nccount conflicted with that given by Miss Emily G. llurgor, tlio doc tor's assistant, who was lu tho auto and who wnH nlso wounded. Mrs. Mohr wns held without ball. According to Cecil V. Drown, former hostler of Jlohr, Mrs. Mohr i proposed sovernl weokB ago that ho kill tho physicians, promising to pny him $r,D00, liluo days lifter tho kill ing. Drown nml his half brother, II.., ii,, Ui.nl lii.ti.i t..i,1 111. nliniiffjiiiH l iiiiiiii njii;i,iii..ii, uiiii tiiu biiuiuiuiiii Georgo W. lloalls, ritmlly rumo to un agreoinont with Mrs. Mohr. Tho ar ' rangonmntB for tlio shooting wero carried out In tlotall, according to tho confession. At tho designated spot, llealis stalled tlio onglno of tho auto uud Drown nnd Spollman, who had approached on mntorcyclos, crept through tho bushes mid fired at Mohr and Miss llurgor. .Ic-jiiioiisy the Cause Mrs. Mohr n.ud tho threo negroes wore nrrulguoil boforo tlio county Judge. Tho womon won charged with Inciting to mhrder mid tho no groes with murder. Tho pollco inndo public a letter addressed to n brothor-In-law of Hiss llurgor, hcurliii; tho slgnnturo of Mrs. Mohr. It follows: "Just n line to nBk you to toll your sister that If she dares to go Into my Newport homo slio will never conio out nllvo. I was told about her buying linen for Dr. Mohr. I Slio will have a Bad ending If she I kcops on against me. My homo Is I being watched nud If I should leavo j Newport this Biiuimor piy homo will bo watched iust tho snnio. Tho i worhl Is with mo lu my Borrow. I am heart broken." CHOOSE TWO OFFICIALS Vuvttci' uud Chapman lire Oregon IjU'iI (.'rant Committee Heads I (lly Aaaoclatfr rrna to cooa nay Times. SALEM, Sopt. 2. Conimlttco on procedure for Oregon and California laud grant conference, to be held I horo Sopt. 10, today elected repres entative W. I. Vawtor uud C. C. Chapman, temporary chairman and I 'Secretiijry iof tho coitjf .irouco. The object or tho conference Is tn deddo on si plan to aid congress for dlspoa j lug of tho lands as directed by the U. S. Supremo Court. ,444444444 4 ' SKIN TOUGHEXER ! XO'P HULLET PROOF ! LOS ANGELES, Cal. Sopt. 2, Percy Terry, un Inventor, ( is dead today bocutiso lio had 4 too much faith In a mixture I which ho bolioved would muku his skin tough enough . to turn a bullet, lie smear- 4 ed the concoction on his face I tho pollco say, and then , shot at hlmsoir with a riflo. Hair his ruco wub torn uway. I Friends or Torry Bay ho had groat faith In tho skin tough- onlng mixture, which wob de- signed to mako soldiers bul- 4 I lot proof, ) ! SOX SUICIDES WHERE PARENTS DID ! - - lly Aoi-Ulr, I'rrra 10 Cooa lay Tlmra, 4 1 OREGON CITY. Sept 2. At tho spot whoro his moth- 1 or and lather hanged thorn- selvos 2Tt years ugo, Gott- I fried I-:. Hocsu stood on a can 4 I of gnu powder on tho farm near hoio und blow himself to pieces. Ho had twlco boon committed to tho asy- 4 linn. Eaqles' Picnic Soptonibor r.th and Cth at Simpson Park. Hasohall games both days Game starts 1 r HO. Admission to bull gamo 2Se. All kinds or sports Dancing uftoruoon nml evening. Musk- by Murtln's Orchestra. NEGROES CONFESS
