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THE WORST Coos Bay Times Your Paper Itio Cooa Bay Tlniee la prond People'' PHPor," and It trlvc lire "P to BJUno bjr loPotln promoting tlio pooIo' tn tores to. Vol. No. XXXIX. Smith Mill Will Increase Out put of wiarsnneia nam be ginning December First MEHEEH BUCK Returning From California Re ports Conditions There as Somewhat Improved PRICES ARE JNCREASED yards Ibivo Been Cnrrjlnj; Small Supplies ami Hood Crops Jluvo Cnased Greater Demand Hv or) body Wants War To End Beginning December first tho C. A. JSrilth mill In Marahflclfl will go on ' a run of five dnya a week. This wol- ! tome nows was announced today by , Aroo Moreen, general supcrlnton I dent, who returned early this morn ing on tho Adeline Smith from Cali fornia. Increase Output Tho mill hns been running only I 'four days a week but tho output will to Increased to flvo working doyjj a neck. This menna an Increaso of twcnty-flvo per cent oarnlngH for tho employes over what they aro getting : sow. iWchnngo to tho flvo day sched- otf, which will bo mndo uiiIchb roiiio- thlng very uuforseou should happon, nd which It Is hoped can bo main tained through tho winter, Is duo to in Increased domand for lumber In I California. TcIIh of CoiidlllmiH ! Speaking of the condition of tho ! lumber market Mr. Moreen said to- "There Ik tin Improved condition In the local lumber mnrkct In Callro nla. This Is duo to tho fact that tho i itato lias had good cropH. Besides, ! tbcro Is a shortage of cant from the ': north and probably a good (load of material which might bo secured ; from the, north, la supplied locally In : California.. "Anotlior feature tbnt barf Increas ed tho demand for lumber Is tho tact I that on account of poor business the yardj Imvo hoon currying very small Hocks on hands. Now with nn In creased demand tho yards aro not j Uo to hatidlo tho business and tho ! orders como through -with direct nnd i Immedlato benefit to tho wholesaler. The railroads aro' nlso demanding quite a lot of lumbor. Lumlicr in the East "I cannot sav n ureat deal about conditions In tho onst further than the southern plno Is being domanded la Eureka. There 1 difficulty In se curing boats to deliver this domand, nd wero it not for this fact tho tnk Inraway of tho southern ulno wo'uld Dl(o an oportunlty for tho Pacific wast plno to roplnco It in tho cast here tho southom plno might bo us dl' It cro not shipped abroad,' Prices A i-o Hotter Thcro lias also boon nn liirrnasn In "ie prlco of lumbor, from CO cents ,to II a thousand, which Is of courso ratifying to tho lumberman. On account of tho somowhnt Im proved conditions which I have not- jd0 will. If notlilno- nnrminrlnd Wpens in tho moantlrao, start on December 1 running tho Smith plant '" Marsh field flvo days a weok ln 'lead of four days ns now. I havo ! ,n anxious to bring about this con- anion as Boon ns pbsslblo for some time past Want War To C'oso 'If tho war was ovor thoro would "a great boom for tho lumber busl- B(i On tills nnnnt T. l.iiilnni. dr. '' no ono seems to know hardly "t to think but ovryono Is In hop 2 'hat something or other will hap JMjlch will tond to bring about a witlement of tho trouble I feel safo In savlmr thai t 'found fMeral business conditions soma bot- jrtQ on my lagt tr,p to Ca,Uor, ecd Termliial Jlatq "r lereofl uraa mt.nl. illonnnnlnL rnen ho b told that a South- Pacific, official had stated that , Ttti would not get a terminal " " tho now railroad which will w be completed. Ho cald that ho rrrded 't as highly Important that i o Bay get a terminal rato and lj'ug R was a matter which Coos I V should g0 aftor hard and try to fur, ? A. Smith Is now at hlshome ' (.ta,lfrnia and while ho has expect- o come to Marshflold for, some tll ,8pa8t sir Moreen says he hardly ! k he wlu B0t noro now un. ' " a"er the holld.v. IB OPERATE UN FIVE DAY RUN flRi feagSSfH DEAD of lis title "The at all timet to Ita eaerdea to Established 1878 Ab Tho Const Mali. .4 X JUSTICE HUGHES IS 1 X NOT A CANDIDATE X I IDr AMoclated rro to e rr TlmM.l X WASHINGTON, D, C 1 Nov, 18 Associated Jus- X X tice Hughes, of the Su- i X preme Court, today notl- X X field the Secretary of X X State of Nebraska that X he would not be a can- X X didate at the coming X Presidential primary elec- X X tlon and requested mat X t his name be not placed X X upon the btllot in No- t X braska, X TO E CAUSES OF KI'UT I.V HEPUBLl CANS' HAVE VANISHED That In What Mjion T. Derrick, For- mer Ambassador to France,- Tolls tho Chicago Hamilton Club (11 AnioclatfJ 1'itm to Coon liny Tlmr, CHICAGO, Nov. 18. Tho caurcs that led to a split within tho ranks of tho Republican party havo In n largo part, vanished, and tho forces nro to bo reunited, Myron T. Horrlck, former Ambassador to Franco told the members of tho Hamilton Club in an address today. Tho Republican party has become progressive, ho nssertcd. PLAN BIG DEMANDS KAIIiltOAD ME.N TO ASIC FOR AX EKIIIT-Iiont DAV Movement Will Affect :tr(),(l(IO En gineer, Firemen, Conductor and Hiakemeu in U. S. (Ilr AawclataJ TrcM to Coot Ilr Tlmrc CLKVIOLAND, O., Nov. IS. Four railroad btothorhoods, including more than afiO.OOO onglneoru, fire men, couduetors and brakomon on all the ronds In tho United -States, announced today that they nro pro paring to inako u formal domand about March 1 that tho railroads grant them an night-hour day, with tho same pay that thoy aro now get ting for ten hours. Tho action will bo taken at n mooting of tho executive commllteo In Chicago Dccombor Hi, whon tno ballots for tho referendum will bo prepared. TO FHKIi .M'tu'iiti: jumps rito.M .M0VIX0 THAIX Served Term In 1'cdcrnl Prison and Eaced Clmrgo of .Mall Robbery at I'm timid (Iljr Auxlate4 Tmi to Coos Ilr Tlmu SPOKANU, Vrbh., N6v. 18. Frederick McGuIro, who recently completed n term In tho Fotloral prison at Leavenworth, Jumpod from a window of a Great Northern train cast of Spokane today and escaped In tho woods. Ho wns being taken to "Portland by two officers to stand trial on n chargo of robbing tho United States malls. IS ONLY FEW IIODIES HKGOYHHEI) FROM WASHINGTON' .MINE Difficult to Get Through tho Wreck age Assessment for Victims' Families Iirge. Br Aolte4 rr to Coo Dr Tlme.) 8KATTLK, Wash., Nov. 18,Four shifts of minors working In tho third lovol of tlo Northwestern Im provement Company's mine at Rav onsdalo, aro making slow progress and It Is not likely any or tho 22 dead still In tho mlno will bo reach ed boforo midnight. Preparations nro being mado at tho surfaco for receiving tho bodies. Nino bodies wero recovered ' thus far. Tho rescuers nnd tho wreck age of tho explosion moro difficult to remove than was anticipated. Will .Mako Levy Tho State Industrial Commission s arranging to levy an assessment on the coal mines of tho stato to pay tho large sum of relief money to which tho f amlllns of tho 31 dead miners aro entitled. A HEUHT SCAPES PODS PROGRESS SLOW (Boos Sa MARSHFIELD, OREGON, SAfS SURGEON IS JUSTIFIED Coroner's Chief Physician at Chicago Holds Post Mortem Over Defective Infant Repeated Belief That Death of Child Was Best for All Concerned MANY TELEGRAMS COME I'Voin All Corners of tlio United Slates Messages Aro Sent by Persons (Jiving Their VIomh in? Aioctitm rrtm to co nr Ttmn.j CHICAGO, Nov. 18. Complete vindication of Dr. Harry J. Halsol den, tho surgeon who declined to oporato on tho detective Dollluger baby and thus save Its life, will be recommended to tho -Coroner's Jury which was to conduct, an investiga tion today. rostmoi'leiii Held The recommendation will bo mndo by tho .Coroner's chief physician, who conducted a postmortem on tho slx-dny-old Infant, nn hour after Its death in tho German-American hospltnl Inst night. Might Clmi'go Neglect Coroner Hoffman had Indicated that unless tho postmortem proved tho rhlld mentally defective, Dr. HalRolden, tho chief of tho hospital staff, might bo tried for criminal neglect. Mol her Is Told Mrs. Anna Uolllngor, mother of child, wiih told today of tho Imby'a death. Sho made no comment ex cept to repeat that tho denial or tho slmplo operation which would havo savod tho haby'H llfo, wnB best for all concornod. Telegrams Como Krom every comor of tho United States telograms como to Dr. Hals eltlou today oxprceslug thoughts of physicians, social workers,' prom inent women and men on tho caso. Tho surgeon Is a bachelor. He has two adoptod daughters. Ouo was ahnndouod by Its mother nt tho hos pital ami tho other 1b a New York orphan. CITES SIMILAR CASIJ Doctor T0II3 f Taconm .Mother Sac ilflclng Child (Uf AaiocUl) 1-IBM (u fw fUJ tliux.1 TACOMA, Wash., Nov. 18. How a Taconm mother sontonccd her baby to death In a enso of deformity much loss horrible than tho Uolllngor baby was revealed today by Dr. J. R. Drown, last year's president of tho Washington Stato Medical Society, whon nskod to give an opinion ot tho Chicago caso. In tho Taconm raso, howovor, Dr. Drown said ho recommended an oporntlon, but tho mother refused, nnd tho baby was allowed to die. A GOVERNOR SUGGESTS DISPOSL TIOX OF O. .i c. LANDS WantN S. P. Paid ..to and Then Shu i (i In Surplus Derived From tlio Sales (Hr AiiocUtxl rra Cuot Dr Tlmut. SALEM,' Ore., Nov, 18. Tho stato conference committee con vened hero today with tho Southern Pacific officials mu listened to tho plan prosonted by Govornor Wlthy cambo for tho disposition of tho Oregon and California land grant. Tho main featurq of tho Governor'a plan was that tho railroad be paid Its erjulty of $2.50 per aero, and tho surplus derived from tho salo of tho land and timber bo divided be tween tho railroad and tho stato on a percentage basis to bo decided t later, WILL DISSOLVE fUr AMotUtM rrj to Coo VT Tlm NEW YORK. Nov. 18. Tho Gug genheim exploration company, which is holding company for some of tho most Important Interests rep resented by the Guggenholms In their various copper mining operations, is to dlssolvo, according to an announcement. MOTHER HOMED PL BEAT IS MEMHER. OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1915 X OBREGON MEETS X X PART OF VILLA FORCE I X X tnr AMOfiiti titm to tot nr Timri. X DOUGLAS, Ariz,, Nov, X X 18 Gen, Obregon was i X reported this morning to X X have encountered a villa t X force of unknown X X strength south of San Pe- J X dro while conducting a X X western flank attack on X X Cananea with infantry X X and artillery, ' TO DlIliROOl aovKitxoit wimj xor stop miii.sTHOM ijxr.cunox W. W. nt Toledo, Will Send Ti-olest by Wlrd IJvei-j Hour of tlio Night nr AtsiKUtxl Prru t Cnoa nr Tlmt SALT LAKE cItY, Nov. 18. Governor Sjiry declined today to Interfere In tho case of Joseph Hlllatrom and telegraphed his rea sons to President Wilson. Tho action was unanimously coucurrod In by tho Hoard of Pardons. HOUHLY MKSSAOE I. W. W. at ToIlmIo Will Cfintlnuo Tlielr Protest . 11 AorlitM rn In rw flr Tlmn.J TOLEDO, Ohio, Nov. 18. As a protest ngainst the execution to morrow morning Of Joseph 11111 strom, a telegram will lu sent Gov ernor Spry, of Utah, from Toledo, every hour beginning nt K tonight, by tho Toledo Industrial Workers of tho World. AFTER CONVENTION PACIFIC lOGGHim' CONGRESS WILL Hi: INVITED HHRH Hollcml Coos Hay Can Show ns Much As Any Place n Coast frho Pacific Loggers' Congress will probably bo aHltcd to hold tho con vention on Coos Day In 10 1C. Aruo Moroon who loturncd homo from Cal ifornia this morning wns at tho con vention which was hold at San Fran cisco. Aftor tho htiBliioss session about 200 of those In iittoiidiiucu mado tho sldo trip to Euroka to soo tho work In tho redwood forests nnd mills. Mr. Moreen snyo that A. H. Pow oib was not with him nnd thn,t ho did not attempt to present the mnttor ve ry strongly but that ho approached several delegates Individually. Tho noxt plalo of meeting was not set tled at the convention but will bo de termined by a commlttoo. Will Commit Hero Mr. Meroen said that ho thought It best to wait until ha had returned to Marshflold and consult with A. II. Powers as to whether It would bo hotter to try to havo tho delegates mako a sldo trip to Coos Day or bring tho wholo convention bore. Ho. Is anxious to havo tho wholo moot ing hold here as often many of thoso who attend tho business session nro ttuahlo tojuko tho sldo trip. Much of Interest "I am suie," said Mr. .Moreen, "that wo can show tho logging op erators as much of Interest hero as any place on tho toast. Our log ging operations aro In a rough and hilly country, which is quite different from other places and tho operations lntho mill will bo of groat Interest." Hlg Advertisement. Tho gathering of tho convention on Coos Day would bo a great ad- vertlsomont for the placo. Wo aro . sure (o get tho convention In 1917 H not next year, but 1U1G is tho time wo should havo It and I am sura wo can show thorn a good time hero. TALK PHOHIHITION Anti-Saloon LtMgiio Give Lunch to 700 Person Ilf AwotUtoi Trew to Coo Dy Time, PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 18. Sov en hundred men wero guests at a Juncheou hero yestorday under the .auspices of tho Oregon Anti-Saloon League, which Is holding its annual convention and devising means to en force tho prohibition law In tho Northwest. Governors Wlthycombo of Orogon and Moses Alexander of Idaho Bpoko on the necessity of rig Id enforcement. TfiAT HE : vfS Stows EVENING EDITION. SAYS STEAMER American Woman Physician Makes Affidavit Regarding Sinking of the Ancona REPORTllFPERS Is in Direct Contradiction to Statements Made by Austro- Hungarian Government MANY KILLED AND HURT ltombardment Wiih Kept up for Period of Forty-five Minute and Continued After tho Liner Had Stopped, tiny Dispatches I Ilr AmocIiIM rrM to Cooi lit? TIdim.J WASHINGTON, I). C, Nov. 18. An affidavit by Dr. Cecil Grcll, the only native Amerlcah nurvivor ct tlio Ancona, directly contradicts the Austro-IIuugar Government's offi cial statement that tno snip wart not shotted by tho attacking Buhmarluo after sho stopped. Tho Stato De partment was notified ot the exist ence of tho affidavit by Consular dispatches. .Many Wero Killed Dr. Groll'ii affidavit said tho bom bardment lasted IH minutes and continued after tho vessel Htopped, killing and wounding many persona. di:mf.s Tiii': charge ' Austria Sm)h Ancona Llfo HtmtN Wero l Not Shelled tnr AuoclMoJ rm lo Coo rtf rimr, WASHINGTON, )). C, Nov. 181. An official communication from Ana-tro-IIungnry forwnrdod to Secrotnry Lansing today by Ambassador Pen Hold denies categorically that any shots wero fired tit Hit! Italian liner Ancona ufter uho came to n stop, or that tho Btibmnrluo which torpedoed hor shelled her llfo bouts na has been chnrged. CHURCHILL LEAVES HRITISII DIPLOMAT LKAVP.S LOX DON FOR THK FRONT Weai'N Uiilfoim of Ills Regiment mill DepartN for tho Fighting ono la Franco (lljr Aoo.Ule.1 Prvu lo Coo liar Tlnm. LONDON, Nov. 18. Winston Spencor Churchill, former First Iord of tho Admiralty, and Chancellor of tho Duchy of Lnncastor, In tho uniform or his regiment left for tho front this morning. Ills wlfo bado him fnrowell at the station, where ho passed unrecognized on tho plat form as ho waited to outer u special car. Churchill boeamo wldoly known as a Boldlor before ho began his political caroor. Ho Is listed as a Mnjor or tho Queen's Own Oxford Hussars, nnd It Is probably this rog Intent which ho loft to Join. KITCHENER IN EAST KK.NT TIIHRi; TO CONHl'lT WITH GENERAL .MONRO fi I Jitter lias Siiggestel Wlthdratthl tf Drltlsh Troops From tho Dar danelles Active Again Dr Aaocl(4 rm i II r Tlaiu.J LONDON. Nov. 18. Tho Drltlsh army at tho Dardan- olios has resumed tho offons- Ivo and captured 280 yardu of Turkish tranches. 04V0 (Or Aanodat'! Prnt to Coo liar Tlmr. LONDON, Nov. 18 llaron Rib blesdalo Bit Id In tho House of Com mons today that ho understood Lieu tenant General Monro, tho Drltlsh commander nt the Dardanelles, hud reported in favor of tho withdrawal ot the Drltlsh army from' tho Dardan elles. Marquis Lansdowno, In his reply to Rlbblesdale, said tho government naked Kitchener to visit tho oastorn Mediterranean because, In Its opin ion, tho report of Monro and ovl denco accompanying it did not seem sufficient to enable the government to co in n to n conclusion upon tho great questions or policy Involved. W SHE E SO -VERY A Consolidation of Timed, Court Mall Mn 1flfl and Coos Hay Advertiser. ""' lwv t AIRSHIPS MAKE AN X X ATTACK ON VERONA X t tnr AaKlatJ l'rtts In coo rar Tlmra.l X PARIS, Nov, 18-Hos- X X tilo aircraft flow over X X Verona, Italy, this morn- X X ing and dropped several X X bombs, says a Rome dis- t X patch, One child was t X slightly injured, Thoro t X wore no deaths nor any X X material damage, X OOATllESlNE NORWEGIAN' STKAMEH ULRIKKX FROM XKW YORK SUNK Fho MoiiiIk-i-s of the Crew of Wnsel Aro Kccr(cd to Havo Heen JriMt (Dr AMAriatel 1'tMa to Coo ltr TltnM.) AMSTERDAM. Nov. 18. Tho Nor wegian stcamor Ulrlkcn, in 15 tons, from Now York for Rotterdam, hriH bcou sunk with tho loss of flvo mem bers of tho crow, Tho boat "struck a mine. MHOH HOM1IS DROPPICD OX ITALIAN CITY tnr Aoiti ma to e nr Timx i DHLLUNO, Italy, Nov. 18. Austrian ncroplauu throw flvo bombs on thu city this morn ing but only ono exploded. Thrco persons wero slightly Injured. No material dam ago was done. gkrman i,ii:uti:nant tx HANDS OF HRITISH AUTIIORITIIvS Hroke lib Parole, at Nvtpiirt Nc -Wiih on (oiiverleil Cruiser Prliu l.'ltel FrJcdrlch Dr AaMxlal rrrM I Coo II 7 TltHr ) LONDON, Nov. 18. A Gorman naval lloutennnt from the converted cruiser Prim: Eltol Frtodrlch, who broke his parolo at Newport Nows, Is now In tho hands of tho Ilrlllsh naval autliorltlos, according to In formation hero today. E PRKMIKIl AKQIUTII AND ASS(). CIATi:S RHTURN TO LONDON Went to Paris Whero They DIs- cussed War Situation Willi tho Fieiuli Officials (f) Aolatl rrM o Coo liar Tim,) PARIS, Nov. 18. Frcmlor As qulth mid his iiBSOclatos In the Drlt lsh War Council, who havo boon in conference hero with their Fronch official colleagues, loft today on tho return trip to Loudon, PLAN USING GASES AR.MY COMMITTEE OF FRENCH SENATE TAKI-4 ACTION Urges Asphyxiating Gases be Imi- ployed Without Rift rlct Ion by tho French Tiiioph Ilr Auocll4 ftft to Coo liar TlmM.I PARIS, Nov. 18. Tho Soilato army commlttoo, presided ovor by George Clemenceau, passed a resolu tion urging tho unrestricted use of asphyxiating gas by tho French troops. k ACT IS ENDORSED SEAMAN'S DILL IH APPROVED AT DIG CONVENTION American Fcdoiiitlon of Labor Takes Action Today Does Not Want it Weakened lr AmocIiIM rrra to Coo Ur Tlint. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 18. Tho Seaman's act was endorsed today by a resolution In tho convention ot the Amorlcan Federation ot La bor. Opposition was oxpressod to any efforts to wcakon the measure and regrot was volcod nt tho Inter pretation of several provisions by tho Department or Qommerce. OFFICE C U COFEEC OVER "Wf t :i ' A Southwest Oregon Paper That'll what tho Oooa Bay Time la. A Scmltv treat Oregon paper for Southwest Orcgoa peovki ind dovoted to tho best UtcrciU of thie great loctloa , Tho Time alwaya boosts Md Barer blocks. SERBIAN ARK IN GRAVE PERIL , 1 May be Surrounded by Bul garians and Cut Off in Flight to Greece E LITTLE HOPE Men Are Inferior in Number and There is Shortage of Ammunition PRISONERS ARE TAKEN Sovcral Hundred Serbs Aro Captured Clt)1 of Moiiiurtlr Threatened and Philip ItcHrcd hi Hand .,i, of tho lliilgurlaiis Now (Ilr .Ktatl lrm lo Coo nr TIM. LONDON, Nov. 18. Tho Austro Gormun forces In Serbia continue to pi ess back their opponents, Berlin nnnuimrcB todnV. The town ot Kur- uunlyn wub occupied by tho Germans after bolng abandoned by tho Serb laim, Several hundred prisoners and n numhor of cannon woro captured. Tho Serbian nrmlos, with Insuf ficient ammunition and Inferior num bers, havo been attempting vainly to meet tho wldo turning movomont pf tho Dulgarlaiis threatening Philip and MomiBttr. Somo dispatches fiom Athens roport Prllop already In Dulgarlan lunula. All admit tli&t the Sciblan nosltlon thoro Is untenable and an evacuation of tho city Inevit able. Peril In Great Nowb that tho Uulgorlan advance southward Is proceeding rapidly nnd has roucliod a, point within a few hours ot Mouastlr caused consterna tion In tho city, whoro tho popula tion Is flcolng to Greek torrltory. Not only liaa tho Bulgarian turning movomont necessitated tho abandon ment by the Serbians ot DjHbuua Pass, but tho Serbians aro now In peril ot being Biirroundod and out off by- the tlutgnrlniiB advancing southward from Krushovo. Chwktsl by HrltUh Jn southwestern Sorbla, tho Dul gcrlauu aro Hald to havo been com pelled to rotrent on tho Vorda. front before tho French attack nnd to havo sustained a chock nt tho hand, of tho llrltlsli In Urn Rabrovo sec tion. , Fight In tho Wont In tho west, tho Drltlsh forcea at tempted a surprise attack between Mosslnos, Dalglum, ami Arruentteree. Franco, llorlln says tho attack rH-. cd. In Argonno, tho aormanB exacuat ed a trench In anticipation of the x ploslon of a Fronch mlno. ' In tho eant no Important develop- fluents aro reported. STEAMERS HLTWEEN ITALY AND AMERICA STOP Derided Xot to Attempt Further (o Run on Account of Sub marine Monaco nr AoltJ lTa In Coo llr Tln. LONDON, Nov. H. A Central Nuws dispatch from Zourlch says It has bcou docldod to suspend Bhteamshlp sorvjeo between Italy and America until arrangements are mndo to deal ndoquatoly with tho menace ot submarines In the Mediterranean. FLIGHT JSDEUTEB WIND TOO HIGH FOR AltMV AEROPLANE SQUADRON Trlii ' Him Aiitoni Will Probably Not bo Made Today" (Mr Ailll lr to Cot Btr TtoN.l WITGHITA FALLS, Tex., Nor, 18 Tho beginning ot tho night of tho army noroplano squadron from For Sill to San Antonio was delay ed toduy by high winds. The ma chines may not attompt to start to day at all. MYKTKR POINT XOTICM """"" I will bo at tho Tucker Studio la Myrtle Point Friday, November 19, to moot all who desire eye glaiM r who wish to havo their eye x Inod. F. 0. 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