IT ISN'T THF EASIEST THING IN THE WORLD TO TRANSFORM DUTY INTO DESIRE
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Tlic Coos Hay Times is proud or Its tltlo "Tho
People's Paper," and it strives at all times to llvo
up to Its naiiio by devoting its energies to promot
ing tlic people's interests.
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That's what the Coos Hay Times Is. A South
west Oregon pajKir for Southwest Oregon people
ami devoted to tho Iest Interests of this great sec
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MUMMER OF Tilt: ASSOCIATED PRESS
Vol. No. XXXIX.
Established 1878
As Tho Canst .Mall
MARSHFIELD, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1915 EVENING EDITION.
A CotiMjIiilntlnn or Time, Const Mall n 1 12
ami Coin liny Advertiser. ' "' '
MPT.
I
lEUT NIT RESULTIANXIOUS ABOUT
GREECE SU5PECIED
L
E
ALLIED FORCES
(DEMOCRATIC SENATE CAUCUS
FRKXCII THINK SHU WIMj SIDK
WITH RUI.OARIA
FAILS TO AGREE
QI00S
mmtB
D
LIQUOR LI,el
II DECIDED
ASK RECALL OF.
TWO ATTACHES
CITY OCCUPIED '
BY AUSTRIANS
0
LICENS
Revoked by Inspectors of
Hulls and Boilers After the
Hearing in Portland
EXPIRE FJiUflRI
Time Was up Jan. 16 and He
Can Apply Then for
New Papers
STEERING "GEAR FAULTY
Admitted that Steam Apparatus
Would Not Work and There E
isted An Inability to Substi
tute Hand (i du
ll; AMOtUte rrrni to Com Htgr Tlmrt.
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 3. The
llceiiso or Cnpttilu Lofstcdt, muster
of tho Htennior Snntn Clarn, wrecked
al tho mouth or Coos Hay with tho
loss or a nuinbor or lives, was revolt
ed, according to tho announcement
today or tho rodoral Inspectors of
hulls nud boilers.
It was admitted ut tho hearing
hero sovoral days ngo thnt tho
wreck was caused by tho failure ot
the steam steering gear to work, and
tlio Inability to substitute 1i hand
steering gear.
Ills llconsa would havo expired
Jnimnry 10, ami ho will ho given op
portunity thou to apply for a now
license.
LINER
TROUBtE
HUM' HAS HKKN HUNT TO Till
MINNESOTA
Hound ror Europe She Has Trouble f
Willi .Mucinuory ami ,i,so
With Crew .
III? Auwlttftl I'rnc. to Coo IUr Tlnift.J
, SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 3. Tho
steamer Jronuolu nud tho tug
Dauntless woro ordered today to gobgors.
to tho nsslutunco or tho Hill Uucr
I Minnesota, which was 700 miles
south or lioro at midnight.
Tho Minnesota sont word Wed
nesday by wireless thut bIio wob put
ting back bocnuso or disabled inn
' chlnery. It was learned also thoro
was trouble with tho crow. Sho
was on her wny to Europo to bo
sold.
OREGON MAN IS HELD
FOR MURDER IN EAST
.'leuioni 1'iipci' lens in rtrreM m "
II. McDunlels, Formerly of
1 t m i.. ..m i
Antclopo Valley
A former Jnekson County man Is
under nrrcst In Oklahoma for tho
murder of his wlfo. Tho Modford
Trlbuno tolls of tho tragedy bb fol
lows: J, II. McDanlclB, formorly a
rancher of tho Antclopo valley, la In
Jail nt Jeator, Oklahoma, chnrgod
with tho inurdor of his wlfo, await
ing trial In January. Ho alleged
ft..,.., I.. Tn....nH.. fin fillnfnfl
. nun in jimiiuij, w,.vo- crnoro remains somo i,uuu iuui 01
Mrs. McDanlels committed sulcido trcstllng yet on Lake Takonlteh. Ro
wlth n shotgun, a string DeliiK j yond this, southward, tho rails havo
found fastened to hor too nnd tho j,0I))e to within eight miles of tho
nit.. i t 1 ....!- . . n...liL
Bun trigger. Tho Coroner's Inquest
developed so many suspicious cir
cumstances that McDanlels was
bound over ror trial without ball.
Mrs, McDanlola had brought suit
for dlvorco against hor husband, al
lying cruolty. Although ordered
off by tho Shorltr ho returned to tho
'arm and continued to rcsido in
tho same house, though occupying
dlfforent rooms. Tho theory of tho
proccutlon Is that, following a
Quarrel McDanlels chloroformed tho
children, who slept with tholr moth
er and failed to hear the gun's ex
Plosion, then shot his wifo through
the neck, afterwards placing tho
sun In hor dying clasp and fast
ening tho string to tho trigger as
an Improvised defense.
Protests Innocence
McDanlels and family left hero
a year ago, having purchased a farm
near Jester from Gcorgo W. Rea
Ban of Medford. Ho- rfrltes from
Jail to Mr. rtencan protesting his
Innocence and asklnc his aid. The
w.,.v u..u uanillh " ' '(Jine ITOm l0 OUUIII k ' ............
fame mall brings letters rrom nelgh-T, approximately the same date.
ha - J 1 O 1.1, - .fcJlhS.hS.i
- Mill uiiv w w - - -
Gladys McDanlel, daughter or the
ib aim nno ironi jo'jri-i
"ci'anlels, written from Weatner
'ord Texas, November 9th to Mrs.
0 Mallon, of Medford, a family
friend, In which sho accuses he
X (Special to The Times) t
4 uLYiviriM, wasn,, uec, ;
X 3 Chief Justice Morns l
X of the Washington State X
X Supreme Court reiterates X
X his statement today that X
X the decision in tho prom- X
X bition case has not been X
X written, He says all ru- X
X mors to the contrary are X
X mere fabrications, X
X Governor Lister catc- X
X gorically denies that ho X
X lias caused any delay in X
X tho announcement, or
that ho has any Intlma- X
i linn of a decision. 1
$ $
T GAP IS LEFT
HI'T 17 MILES SEPARATE ex
theme ends ok railroad
Track laying and Completion of
Lino Dependent on Weather,
.Slates W. It. Fontaine
Seventeen miles or grade and
trcstllug separate tho north and
south ends of the stcol rntls of tho
rWllliunctto Pacific, nccordlng to As
sistant Engineer W. R. Fontulno,
of Eugcno. Ho arrived hero Inst
evening over tho lino In company
with V. 0. Hludmnrsh. engineer In
charge of local rail laying.
Asked regarding tho report that
passengers will ho taken In and out
over tho lino by February 1, Mr.
Fontnluo refused to set any date,
though ho did say thnt approximat
ely by that tlmo tho engineers bopo
to havo tho trcstllug nnd track lay-
lug completed. And ho ndded, "I
hollovo tho Idea Is to got tho lino In
to operation as soon as possible."
- This then Is taken to menu thnt
tho company Is mnklitg every ef
fort to complete construction and op
en tho road to freight and passcu-
Weather Controls .Situation
As to tho actual date or Its open
ing, tho weather that continues
through tho next fow mouths, will
Control tho situation.
, " Tnko tho last six wcoks, for In
stance," Mr. Fontaine said. "Throo
weeks of this tlmo were so stormy
that llttlo actual work could bo dono.
Mon aren't so efficient when thoy
nro working with tho rain running
down their backs, nnd thoro is somo
kinds of work thnt absolutely can
not bo dono at all. So you sco,
overyiiiiug uopoiiu on mo uiu
tKt now,
and this Is one or tho
main reasons wo liovor sut nctual
dutos."
Start On Steel Work
Tho rivo concroto plora of tho
Siualaw brldgo hnvo been finished
and tho work la started on tho steel
work, which probably will bo fin
ished some tlmo In February.
South of Cushman and across tho
Sluslaw rlvor, tho rolls havo been
lald ns rapidly us tho trcstllug In
itho lako district could bo completed.
, . ... r.in ..
Utnpaun. Tresuing nioug aiuiui
river la about through with.
Ilntv To Get Piling
To get piling of sufficient longth
for tho trcstllug, somo of tho polos
(being nt least 125 foot In length,
Juib been a difficult task, said Mr.
Fontalno. Somo polos havo neon
shipped from Kugono nnd others
Jiave been bought from woodsmen
ulong tho Umpqua and Sluslaw riv
ers.
Work Is progressing as rapidly
as posslblo on tho long bridge at tho
I'mpqiiu and It Is oxpocted tho con
crete work will bo comploted by tin
tlmo tho rails aro laid to tho north
ern approach. And from this di
rection the steel for tho spans will
be brought in from Eugono, whero
It is now assembled in tho yards.
Trestle work north from Coos Ray
ronmlns only to ho dono In short
spans and Just as rapidly as It Is
being flnlshod, ratls aro laldf north
ward. It is oxpected that steol
rrom tho north will meet the steol
l. .., I. a, iha ITmnnltn
lUlltur.
It Is rurther stated that tho pooplo
or the Oklahoma town believe Mc
Dnnlela guilty nnd that thero Is talk
or lynching him.
sunn
Capt. Boy-Ed and Capt. von
Papen Objectionable to
the United States
DR. BUENZ GUILTY
With Three Associates of the
Hamburg-American Line is
Convicted by the Court
POSTPONE FINAL ACTION
Charge Hint of Conspiracy to Dcrclxu
and Defraud tho Government
Attaches Charged With' Activ
ities In .Military Affairs
(Hr AikII I'rtM to Com III, TlroM.J
ASIC RECALL OF ROV-KR
AND CAPT VON PAPF.N
IUr AmoMiUsI Prrm to om rt Tlmn.
WASIIINOTON, I). C
Tho state department an
nounced formally Into to
day It had asked for tho re
call of Captain Hoy-Ed and
Captain von Pnpon, naval
and military attaches, res
pectively, of tho Clormun om
bnssy hero, because of "ob
Jectlonnblo activities In con
nection with mllltnry nnd
naval matter."
4
Il7 AworittM r,M to Cwjt ntr Tlmw.i
NEW YORK, Dec. 3. Tho feder
al district court's final disposition
of tho caso or Dr. lluenz and throo
associates In tho Haniburg-Aiuorlcnn
lino, convicted last night or conspir
acy to dccolvo nnd doframl tho
United States, was postponed today
until tomorrow.
AMBASSADOR NOTIFIED
Sorretiiry of State Impresses Wishes
or Culled States
Tlr AmocIiIM Trttt to Coot nt; Tlmn
WASIIINOTON, D. C, Dec. 3.
Secretary Lansing Is understood to
hnvo Informed Ambassador Von
Rornstorff that Capt. Roy-Kd, naval
nttncho to Oormnn embassy had
rondorcd hlmsolf personally won
grata to tho United States govern
ment ntf a result of connection with
tho conspirators of tho Hamburg'
American lino, who woro found
guilty yesterday In Now York.
TOTAL 15 FIXED
KTATi: TAX COMMISSION ADD
Pl'RIdf SFRVICH VAM'FS
Valuation or nil Kinds of Proper!)
In Coos County Is
!s'M,0!IH,IH:J
Tho total valuation of nil propor-
i n .... l..t..,tt...- Mist iinlnn I
ty in uoos county inn,....,, ...u ......u
oi piimic uiiiiuus iiiuiiiunei, ,, "
Unto lux commission m f.i.uao,
183.10. Tho total valuation oxcluslvo or
mibllc utllltlea Is J21.C78.077.00
Tho apportionment or public utilities
vnluos ror tho county Is J519.fi0fi.10.
A comparison with somo of tho
neighboring counties Is Interesting
and Is shown by tho following:
Curry county Valuo oxcluslvo of
public utilities, 14.816,670; vnluo
public utilities, $11,787.42; total all
property, $4,827,457.42.
Douglas county Value oxcluslvo
of public utilities. 187,022.805; vnl
uo public utilities, 5.970.!)0l.ir,;
valuo ull property. J33.5U3.7C9.15.
Lano county Valuo of public util
ities $35, 353,040; valuo public utili
ties, $4,423,525.15; total all proper
ty $39,777,105.15.
Decrease In State
The state tax commission an
nounces that tho total valuo of all
property In tho state Is $931,195,
082.25. As comparod with tho valu
ation In 1914 which was $932,413,
080, thero Is an apparent Increaso
but ns a matter of fact thoro Is a de
crease in the stato as a whole. In
1914 the lands of tho O. & C. grant
valued at $21,225,435 were not In
cluded whllo tills year thoy aro In
cluded in the assessment roll. Mult
nomah county, including Portland,
shows an increaso this year ovor last
year.
to
CLARKE ELECTED TODAY
(Dr Anoclitfel frt to Coot nt; Tlmrt.
WASIIINOTON, D. C,
Dec. 3. Senator Jnmes P.
Clnrko of Arkansas was
chosen today president pro
tempore or tho senate by tho
democratic caucus. Clarke
defeated Senator Pomercno
of Ohio, after n spirited con
test. Tho voto wbb 28 to
L'3.
lily AmxIiIis I'rrM to Chm lit 7 Tlinrt.
WASIIINOTON, I). C, Dec. II.
Organization or tho senate may ho
delayed and tho Joint session or con
gress Tuesday to listen to president
fWllBon's address may ho prevented
unless tho senate democrats by
Monday agree on tho cloture rulo.
This wnB tho possibility whloh con
fronted tho democratic sonntorn
when thoy resumed lu caucus
today a discussion of tho pro
posal to limit the debate.
Amendment Considered
Conferoncu had before It todny
tho revised amendment to tho rules
which would prevent n senator from
i speaking moro than nn 'hour on uny
lone measuro If tho scnato decided
(filibustering tactics woro being ro-
sorted to.
FOOD SHIP READY
PKACI
: PARTY Wild SAIfi
ARROAD TOMORROW
To I.cmo on Ulify Osnir II Which
Should Reach ClirMhiuhi
by hs: II
III Attocltlfrl rrM ta C004 IU7 Tlmrt,
NKW YORK, Dec. 3. The Scan-dlunvIau-Amorlcan
liner Oscar II, on
which Henry Ford has taken pas
sago for his pence expedition to tho
Haguo, will loavo Now York tomor
row afternoon on schedulo tlmo, nc
cordlng to tho agents or tho lino.
Ford has onguged first and sec
ond class cabins for tho pcaco en
voys. In addition, ICO passengers
going homo to Norway, Sweden and
Donmurk for tho holidays, will oc
cupy third class quartern. Tho un-
, or'a manager says tho Oscar
should bo nt Clirlstlnnlu by Doc.
"
II.
PROTEST ENTERED
L'NITKR STATUS SFNDS XOTU TO
ORKAT RRITAIN
Object to HeuuiHitloiiIng or Aiuerlcau
Steamer Hocking Without Prlo
Court Proceedings
(llr Aitoeliti Tret lo Con IUf Tlmrt.
WASIIINOTON, D. C, Dec. 3.
Vigorous reproHoutatlouH will be
made to Rreat Krltalu by tho United
States ngalnst tho retulsltloulng or
, thu Amer,c(ui
steamer llochlug
court iiroceedlngs.
wltliour prize
This became known today attor ro
rolpt or official confirmation rrom
tho American Consul OonoraJ Young
nt llnllfnv nf ronorts that tho Hock-
1 1)R )m(1 ,)e01 ol(I
j Tho h)i mt) beon (lotIl)lU),i nt nn.
Kux since the selzuro by a Rrltlsh
warship whllo enrouto from Now
York to Norfolk.
Action Vigorous
The action of Or cut llrltaln Is to
bo vigorously contested as a viola
tion of International law. Tho do-
Possibility that Joint. Session
Hear President' Address Can
not Ho Held Tuesday
niaml will bo made, it Is understood, , vers as seorotury and Alox D. Camp
that tho ship bo detained m tho J bell us treasurer of tho department,
prize court on the charge thnt sho Tho throo momhors or tho Standing
Is partly Gorman owned and that ' Committee for next year will bo
tho court uct promptly lu thu case. I Gordon Smith, J. W. Davis and II.
Tho representations will probably , P. Mauzoy."
also Include tho cases of tho Gen-1 Following tho oloctlon several
oeeo and tho Kanukeo.
ships aro owned by tho
Transatlantic Company.
All thj
American
XOTICK TO ORKDITORS
All parties Indebted to K. E. For
roy. proprietor Hlanco Hotel, aro
requested to settlo their accounts on
or beroro January 1, 1910. All duo
accounts theroarter will bo placed
in tho hands of collectors.
Signed
K. E. FERREY.
Times Want ail brtug rwultf.
Next Move of Victorious Aus-tro-German
Forces is Await
ed With Much Interest
MAY :BE DANGEHDUS
Penetration of Macedonia is
Likely to Affect Flank of
Anglo-French Army
MORE SERBIANS CAPTURED
Scattered Forces Found In tho Coun
try aio Defeated Russians' Claim
Minor Ylctorles In tho Fust
Artillery Duels lu tho Wast
III AmocltlM I'n-tt to Coot Uf Tlmrt, I
LONDON, Dec. 3. Having com
pleted their campaign In opening
tho Serbian Hues of communication
nnd capturing or scattering tho fiorb
lau armies, tho Auslro-Oermnu forc
es nro now on tho Oreok border, ac
cording to unofficial reports.
Tho effect of tho capture by tho
Teutons of MonnHtlr, tjio last Serb
ian city of Importanco to hold out,
on tho position or the Anglo-French
forces Is nwalted with tho greatest
Interest, for tho penetration of tho
Invndora of this pnrt of Macedonia
may throat on tho flank of tho ni
Ilea In Vnrdar and Coma Valleys,
whoro thoy aro on tho defensive.
(Ireatly Concerned
Tho allies aro groatly concerned
over tho attitude or (Irceco, who,
thoy fear, mny Join thu Teutons nud
Rulgarlnus. An Kngllsh corres
pondent at Salunlkl alleges that thu
Russians havo entered Rulgnrln.
In view of tho known conditions,
however, It appears tho story was In
spired to offset tho fact that thu
(lormnns nro on tho (Ircok border.
Serbians Defeated
liorlln reports today thut scat
tered Serbian detachments south
wost of MltrovRxn, near tho Mon
tenegrin border, woro dofoated by
tho Toutoulo forces yesterday and
1,'JOO SorhluiiB captured.
In Montenegro, (ho Aiintrlnns con
tinue to advance.
At Other Pinuls
In tho oast Petrogrnd roporta
minor successes on tho Dvlnsk In tho
North nnd on tho Styr In (lullelu.
Artillery duels nud mining opera
tions occupy tho fighters In tho
! wost.
Fog nnd Inrestinut rains delayed
nporntlous on tho . Austro-Hulluu
front.
Minor encounters without mnrked
offoct cnutliiuo nt tho DnrdauolliiH,
Activity on tho Caucasian front
h hampered by snow ten foot deep
and also by cyclones.
I
OEFIGERS ELECTED
ll'lHK.MK.V VA.MK OKOROK SKK
LKJ PKP.SIDKNT A(tAIN
.More Thau Ml .Members (hither For
Smoker and '(icuerul (iootl Tlmo
Talk Over I'lro Matter
Moro than 40 momhors or tho
Marshfleld Voluntoor Flro Depart
lllont Ktborod lu their hall last
oveulng, hold un election or officers
after which thoy euthuslustlcully
Joined In u smoher nud social good
tlmo.
For tho Hocond tlmo Ocorgo Soollg
was unanimously nominated nud
elected as president of. tho depart
ment. And Albert Soollg, for vlco
piosldeut, was re-elected without
i uiiiuiaiuuii, uuti so was i.. v, i ru-
matters regarding flro protection
and bust means of flro fighting were
brought up by tho momliors espec
ially by Chlof Dan Keating who two
months ago attended the national
gathering of flro chiefs In San
Francisco and also luspcotod tho de
partments of tho Exposition city.
Some or the boys brought up tho
question of loss noise at fires, hut
tho concensus of omlniou was that
providing tho work Is done properly
tho nolso makes llttlo difference
The election of flro chief and as
slBtnut chlof will ho held nt a spec
ial election in January.
Suggested lu Paris Papers that Ter
ritory Will Ro Ceded for
(ircelc Aid
t tlr Atwltlcvl r-rrti to Coot IUr Tlmrt.
PARIS, Dee. 3. Prolonged bIIoiico
of the Greek parliament respecting
tho demands of the eutonto allies
has again aroused tho suspicion or
tho French press. Ono nowspnpor
goes so fnr ob to assort that (Irceco
bus concluded, or Is about to con
clude a troaty with Rulgarla, by tho
terms or which Mounstlr nud tho
Vnrdar valloy pi Sorbin aro to bo cod
ed to (Irceco In return for nld ngnlnst
tho - Anglo-French expeditionary
f6recs.
PART OF VIISSKIAS
CRKW RFACHKS IjANR
IUr AttocltttJ rrcM to o rtr Tlmrt.)
LONDON, Dee. 3. Tho
Rrltlsh Htenmor I.angton
Hall wiih sunk. Pnrt of tho
crew reached land.
MNint IS SAFI
Tho Marengo, Which Win Strand
ed, in Afloat
(117 Aitortiln! I'rott lo Coot lltf Tlmrt.
LONDON, Dec. 3. Tho Wilson
liner Marengo, which stranded on
(loodwln Sands, has been rioatcd
ond proceeded on hor voyngo.
L
DISTRICT ATTOUNHY 1,1 I.IK
QVIST PiaNS KNFORCKMKNT
Wilt Inwvdlgnto All Kcimrls of Vio
lations nnd Take Depositions
of Witnesses
District Attorney Llljotivlst will
adopt a plan for tho careful enforce
ment or tho now prohibition liquor
law January 1. Ho has written to
Attornoy General Oeo, M. Drown for
a copy of tho oplnloim thnt ho tins
rendered on different questions re
garding tho now law thut hnvo al
ready boon mined and Is personally
going Into thu measure very rigidly.
Will Investigate
Mr. Llljeqvlst stated today that ho
has decided that all reports or viola
tions of tho law shall bo carefully
Investigated. Tho now lnw glvoa
him much moro authority and also
provides for mooting tho expenses of
such Investigations. Ho lias decided
that after ascertaining names of wit
nesses or tho alleged violations, ho
will summon thorn before him and
tnko their depositions, Thoy will ho
carefully oxnmlnod and tholr testi
mony placed In thu form of an nffl
davit. If ho decides that the evidence
warrants prosecution, ho will file
churgos against tho alleged violators
Anyway, thu arriilnvlls or tho wit
nesses will bo placed on file with tho
county clork, establishing a perma
nent record of ull cases reported to
him.
Ft Idem o Importune
Mr. Llljeqvlst says that so fur as
ho him gono Into tho now law, tho
question of ovldouco Is tho principal
question Involved and houco his de
cision to huudl6 tho matter thor
oughly Instead or Incurring thu ex
pense or prosecuting cases whero
conviction Is not reasonably cer
tain, (JKTS DIAMONDS RACK
Mrs. I,. J, Simpson Recovers Val
uable) Jottelry In Port html
Tho Portland Journal arrlvlm?
todny tolls of Mm. L. J. Simpson
of North Rend losing a $1600 dia
mond brcnBtplu In tho Holllg Thea
tor. Sho employed detectives who
qulakly learned thut tho Biiporln
tondont of tho thoator hud found tho
Plu on tho floor whoro It had slip
pod when becoming unfastened bo
foro Mrs. Simpson hud loft tho
theater.
XOTIOK
Tho executive pommlttou or tho
Mnrshflold Chamber or Commorco
will moot at I o'clock Friday artor
iioon, Docombor 3rd, and tho .gen
eral chamber will moot nt 8 o'clock
samo ovonlng. Comrnltfeo on ro-
vision of b)-laws will report; two
roreronda from Natloiml Chambor
will bo submitted; arrangements for
membership campaign and other im.
portant mattors -will ho taken up at
theso meetings and a full attendance
Ih desired, Roniciubor tho data,
III
iM
RIGID
Bulgarians do not Enter Mon
astic But May March on
the Place Today
DFFIGIALS
SCATTER
Members of Serbian Cabinet
Seek Rcfugre on For
eign Soil
SOME ARE AT SALONIKI
Other Orrieluls of tho Fallon King
dom Wilt (Jo to Avloiin, Albania
After Relng Driven From Their
Native Mnd
(11 AMorlttisl lrttl lo Coo Hr TtmM.)
SKRRIAN OFFICIALS
WITHOUT A 110MB
n; AwocUlM I'm to Cm nr Tlmrt. J
ATI1KNS, Dee. 3. -The
members of tho Serbian
chamber or deputies and the
mlulstur or war havo arrived
ut Snlonlkl whllo tho minis
tor or finance la nt Fiorina,
(irceco, JC miles southeast
or Mounstlr. Tho other
Serbian government officers
now at ICIbasaan nud Korlt
sa will go to Avlona, Alba
nia. tllf AikkIiI! l'rr.t to Coo llir Tlmtt.J
LONDON, Dec. 3. Tho occupa
tion of Mounstlr by tho Auitro-
Gorman rorco at 3 o'clock yesterday
nftoruoon wiih reported from Salon
Ikl. Tho mcHBngo saya the only
'ffng holstet! wJion tho city was oc-
cuplod was the Austrian. Tho Uul-
'garlanu did not enter Moimstlr, re
maining nt ICenall, south of tho city.
It Is reported howovor that they
will march Into Mounstlr todny.
Al'STRIA ASKKR TO
MARK SOMK RKPLY
(llr AHKltt4 TrrM to vm rr TUB.
VIF.NNA, Dec. 3. Amer
ican Ambassador Ponflold
today repeated tho request
to tho Austrian government
that It muka a reply to the
Amurlcun nolo respecting
thu clrcumstaucoB In connec
tion with tho sinking of the
steamer Aucoua.
Bin Annual Christmas Edition
Will be Published on Sat
urday, December 11.
Tho big annual Christmas
edition of tho Coos Bay Times
will bo issued Saturday, Do
combor 11, It will bo up to
Tho Times' usual high stand
ard and will afford a splendid
opportunity for tho merchants
to mako their holiday an
nouncements, To facilitato tho handling
of advertisements and obtain
tho best possible results it will
bo necessary that all copy bo
in early,
This edition will bo a veri
table shoppers' guide to the
best stores and best Christ
mas stocks on Coos Bay,
Nqw is tho tlmo to got
your advertisement ready for
this big edition,
WILL MAKE MATCHES
That Is tho Fido of the Oregon
Rtilldlng at the Exposition
Tho Oregon building at tho !
sRion bus beon sold for $1,5Q0 to
tho P. E, p'-Mara, Comnay and "will
bo takon down and tho timber ud
to mako matches. It will cot 'a
largo sum of mopey to wove ta
bulldlHg after wrecking on account
or the henvy losnj mifd lo.. Itjt con
struction. i
TIMES SPECIAL
PIPER III I! SOON