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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 18, 1915)
J WHALAJ1PL PLACE Saw If WE'D ALL THINK TWICE BEFORE WE'D SPEAK1 (Baas .flfiter - A PAPER THAT BELIEVES IN THE BEST AND ALWAYS BOOSTS A CLEAN WHOLESOME , NEWSPAPER FOR SOUTHWEST OREGON HOMES ill Tilt 111 Vol. No. XXXIX. PRESIDENT TO WED IIJlll! Everything is 'Ready for His Marriage to Mrs. Gait at Washington ' GUESTSLL ARRIVE At Noon Family Attends Christ ening of Ellen-Wilson Mc Adoo, First Grandchild SETTLES STATE AFFAIRS Tlili Mornln:r tho Couple Visit a Hank mill Spend Half Hour (Jo- ing Through Safety De- lioslt Itov i , ID; Auoclitci l'rPii to Coo. Dtf Ttrnn. WASHINGTON, I). C, Doc. 18. Everything Ih ready today for the wedding of President Wilson nnd .Mrs. Edith Ilolllng aalt. The gnosis had nrrlvcd nnd tlio decorations In Mrs. Onlt's homo, in which tlio tur emony will bo performed tonight, wcro completed. ClirlMtcn Grandchild Members of tlio President's fam ily nttended nt noon the christen ing of Ellon Wilson McAdoo, daugh ter of Secrctnry nnd Sirs. McAdoo, tlio President's unly granddaughter. Tho christening was In tlio Ditto Room of tho Whlto House. The President was godfather and Mrs. Francis I). Sayro, tho baby's mint, nnd MIsb Helen Woc-arw Hones, tho. President's cousin, woro godmoth ers. Couple (iocs to Hn"k TIi'o President paid an enrly morn ing cull on Mrs. (inlt. Ho then ncnt to tho hunk wlioro ho spent half nu hour looking through n safo deposit box and going over Eoino nccounts. Ho planned to do oto tho afternoon to clearing up much official business heforo do parting wn tho honeymoon trip. Will DI"o nt Homo The President will dlno with tho members of his family nt tho Whlto Hoiiso at 7 p. in. nnd will lonvo toon afterward for Mrs. (Jail's homo for the wedding ceremony. The coremoiiy will bo performed by Itov. Roland Cotton Smith, rec tor of St. John's Protestant Epls. cojml Church hero, who also of ficiated nt tho christening of tho McAdoo baby today. Speaks at llnptlst Church. Itov. Lyons will spenk tomorrow morn ing nnd evening nt tho First Hnp tlst Church In tho absence of tho nov. II. u. Foslcott. Tit Inll President Woodrow Wilson Is tho third President to ho married during his tum of offlco. Presldont Tylor wag tho Ilrst and Prosldent Cleveland tho other. Mr. Tylor, Ilko Mr. Wil ton, was loft a widower during hts term. Two years luter," In 18-14, In New York City, ho was married to Sllss Julia Gardiner, wlo thon pro lded at tho Whlto House functions during the. Inst yoar of her bus land's torm. or offlco. Grovcr Clovoland's marrlago to SIIbs Frances Folsom took place m Hie bluo room of tho oxecutlvo man sion. Third In Family Presldont Wilson's wedding Is the third In his family since ho took of flco. Tho first Whlto House wed ding of bis torm was that of his cond daughter, Jesslo Woodrow Wilson, to Francis Howes Sayro and lie other was that of his youngest Slighter, Eleanor, to Secretary McAdoo, Tho Presldont 'now luis lwo grand children, tho llttlo son of ttc Sayrcs and tho baby daughtor of tho McAdoo's. HotU Virginians Tho President and his hrldo both M Virginians by birth. Ho was Li"n at Staunton 59 years ago this Month and Bho was born at Wythe. v"lo, tho daughter of Judge and Mrs. William II. Dolling and was ono of a largo family and one which 'as been prominent in tho history f Virginia and sho herself, is a de scendant of Pocahontas, tho Indian chief's daughter who married John fiolfo. Slneo 189C Mrs. Gait, has lived In Washington, belonging to none of ,vo distinct social sets, but active 11 charity and philanthropy in her own way. From her first husband 8l'e inherited control of a prosper ous morcantllo business of which Established 187H As Tho ('nn.st Mull T FIB BITES TO ASCERTAIN FEELING OF S. P. TOWAUI) TERMINAL TAIHFFS L. J. SlmpMin to Start Hall Rolling lr Railroad Refuses, Tnko Fight to Washington To feet out tho attltudo of tho Southern Pacific toward granting C003 Ray tcrmlnnt rates from tho west to tho eaqt and vicn versa, a telegram Is being dispatched by tho oxecutlvo commltteo of tho Chamber of Commcrco to L. J. Simpson, who Is now In Portland. Mr. Simpson l:nd, boloro lcavlnK bore, expected to nsccrtaln tlio feeling of tho rall- rond toward tho rates, In tho behalf of tho Simpson Lumber company. This will bo tho opening cim of n determined fight that will bo wngod by Coos Day for tcrmlnnl rntcs, should tho railroad declare IttollJ opposed to such a granting. At a meeting of the oxecutlvo commltteo of tho Chamber hold Into 'yesterday afternoon tho decision was reached that, should tho rail road refUEo, tho appeal will bo car ried directly beforo tho members oi tho Interstate Commcrco comslsslon In Washington. What Hates Would Mean: Terminal rates for Coos Hay would moan a lower freight rato for a ton of morchnii'llso sent hero by rail from Now York City, for example- than from Now York to noise, or Denver, or Salt Lake or any such Inland cities nnd points that are not geographically situated with direct competition botweon tho ralironds ttndj tho water routes. Tlie samo rato, of courao, would pertain to shipments made cast from Coos Day. .'Must Show Possibilities As outlined by C. II. Peck, should tho Southern Pacific refuse tho ap peal of this section, wo must show tlio present movement, or tho Im mediate possibility, of freight from tho Atlantic to tho Pacific and to our docks hero on Coos Day mid vlco versa-. This will bo easy to show by reason of tho fact that Coos Hay has a good depth of water on tho bar and In her Inner clnuinol, enough to allow deep water steam ships to mako this a port of call. Think Port .Should Take l-ad The bollof lias been expressed tfmt it. tho necessity of any fight being waged for tho rntcs, tho Port of Cooh Hay should tnko tho lead in tho mutter. Thoro would possibly ho n heavy cxponso attached to a fight for rates, though further action will bo dolayed pending tho report of L. J Simpson In his liitorviow with tho Southern Pacific officials. CHAMREH OF DEPUTIES SCENE of a Stormy Tlmo As Result All Government Contracts .Must Ho Submitted to a Spec ial Commission (D Auotlila I-nu lo Cool Da; Tlme. PARIS, Dec. 18. Tho creutlon of a special parliamentary commission to which lists and flics of all gov ernment and army contracts, past, present and future-, must bo submit ted, Is provided for In a resolution adopted b)i tho chamber of doputles today. Tho action was preceded by a boated dobato concerning tho vari ous supplies for which tho govern ment contracted. Cries of "It Is shameful" and "It Is odious" wero hoard. Presldont Doschanel of tho Cham, bor with difficulty restored ordor and remarked impntlontly, "And our enemy is some kilometers from Par is " sl.o has been accredited of now bo-! Ing the actlvo head, and many trib utes are paid to her ability and ac tivity tin business. A Quiet Wedding Doth tho President and his brldo agreed not to have their wedding In tho Whlto House, but In her Homo near uupont uirciu, . ' times Is called the social hub of tho capital. She lives there in a taste fully arranged house, somewhat small by comparison .with tho mansions which surround It. It is not largo enough for entertaining on ar extended scale and for that rea son a large company was not Invit ed to the wedding. Mr. McAdoo, tl.o President's son-in-law, was the only member of tho Cabinet lncltid ea In the party. Tho rest worn pll relatives. FII1H SESSION ECU MARSHFIELD, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1915 EVENING EDITION. SPOKANE HAS A BAD ACni Big Bridge .Collapses and Street Car is Plunged Into the Spokane "River SEVERI fif KILLED Ten Other Passengers Injured ana Are Hurried to the Emergency Hospital BODIES HELD UNDER WATER HI; Steel Hemii Falln on tho Car as Latter Strikes tho Witter and Crushes People Inside. NAMES OF SOME OF STREET CAU VICTIMS The bodies of tho follow ing victims have been recov ered and search continues for two moro: S. E. Fitzpatrlck, saloon proprietor. O. IC. Thomas, saloon proprietor. Sam Harris, negro portor. W. 13. A. Wilson, night engineer lumber mill. Unidentified body of n man. ? (Ilr AmoIIo. rroi lo Coo 11 Time. SPOKANE, Wiish., Doc. 18 Sovcn people wcro killed and ten injured when n street ear crashed through a bridge over tho Spokane lliver. Tho Injured wore rushed to nn emcrgoucy hospital. Two cars wero on tho hrldgo at tho tlmo of tho accident. Ono wna Just leaving tho hrldgo when tho structure collapsed. Ono end of this car foil Into tho water and tho othor ond rested on tho abutments. Tho crow and two passengers res cued tho uninjured. WIH'lo Drldgo (iocs Tho othor car, In which tho fa talities occurred, was midway on tho hrldgo, when tho entire structure collapsod. In wns an Alitor division car, in bound with about 20 pas sougors, besides tho crow. Passengers ('rushed A heavy steel boam foil longthwlso on it just as It went Into tho rlvor. Tlio licam crushed tho passongora on ono tihlo of tho car. Tho beam ripped off tlio top of tho car nnd for hours afterwards tho bodies could bo seen Imprisoned under the wator. Tho accident occurred nt G:.10 a. m., when it was still dark. Dodles Held Down. Flremon nnd police wcro unnblo to romovo tho bodies because of tho weight of tho beam, which restod on ono Hldo of tho car. Tho pas sengers on tho othor sldo of tho car wero Injured, but tho fireman woro nblo to rcscuo thorn quickly. Lights Put Out. Tho bridge .took with It tho wntor and gas pipes that supply tho north east section of tho city. uvicirlo wires wore also soverod, plunging tho scono in darkness mid together with tho escaping gas, mndo tho work of rcscuo difficult. All tho Injured wore reside of Spokane on tholr way to vor Tho Washington Power nnd Wat er Company, tho company owning tho cars, denied any responsibility. It doolared tho city ownod the bridgo and recently declared It safo. Motorman Khor, oi tno car that fell Into tho river, was ono of tho rescued. "I did not havo any warning and tho wholo hrldgo seemed to drop suddenly," ho said. "I was passing ovor tho bridgo at a G-mllo-an-lioiir speod whon tho stool snapped. Tho only sensation I felt was that J. was falling a long dlstanco In tho darkness. I do not know how I wjii saved. I Just remember fighting in tho water." TRAGKDY UF.PORTF.R Tlio following is from tlio Gold Deach Globo: Word was received hero to the ef fect that Mrs. Win. Sorrensen bad been shot and It was not thought possible that she could survlvo. The tiagedy took place In Kureka, Cal., where Mr. and Mrs. Sorrensen wero at the time. Mr. nnd Mrs. Sorren sen nro each of this county. MEMHEIl OF TIIK ASSOCIATED PRESS SAY VILLA HAS r Report From Chihuahua States He Will Reach the Border In Short Time Villa Officials Say City Will be Attacked if Carranza Troops Go Through FEAR TROUBLE IS AHEAD OI fleers of Villa Forces afl .lame. Are Told to Take Cnro of Theiu- sulvo- Household Goods of Lender Drought Across DUidet REPORT VILLA HAS QUIT REVOLUTION I Ilr AiFoclntf't I'ith to Coot It Timet. EI, PASO, Texas, Doc. 18. General Villa has uult tho revolution and Is expect ed nt tho border hero to night or tomorrow, accord ing to apparently authentic reports from Chihiinhuu. f.ur Anoci;"4 rri to coo n Timn.i 13L PASO, Texas., Doc. 18. Re ports of plans for transporting Car runza troops secretly through tho United States to points ndjnccnt to tho city to bo used in tho proposed campaign for crushing the Villa op position in northern Mexico ban stirred up apprehension In Juarez and tho Mexican colony hero. Tho Villa officials declare that If tho plans tiro curried out, an nttacIC on I-P Paso from Jaurez may bo expect ed. .May ;JIo Quitting Tho officers or tho Villa forces m Jauroz were told to "tnko cnro of 'themselves." Advices from tho south stnlo VII la formally announced his Intention of proceeding to tho United States If permitted to cross tho lino or to gu to Kuropo. Goods Are .'Moved Tho household gomlH of Villa and his brothor, Hlpollto, financial ngout of tho Villa govoruuiont nt .louroz, woro brougrt across tho bor dor hero today. Tho officers quartern In Juarez nro reported dismantled and troop trains nro said to ho proceeding to Chihuahua. FIRE AT GHEYEHME TIIICATFIt IX WYOMING CITY HUltXF.D IS People Driven Into Cold Streets from Hotel When It U Threat ened liy Dlao Ilr AMKiJatfel I'rww to Coui llr TIwm.1 CHKYKNNK, Doc. 18. Fire that .destroyed tho Capitol Avonuo tho- ntro was brought under control this morning. Mnyor LnFounUlii and Valtor Dradloy woro tdlghtly injured nnd 40 guests, thinly clad, wero (I liven Into tho ley strcots whoii the blazo threatened tho Plains Hotel and adjoining buildings. QUI THREATEN EL PASO diAGREEIITIET CONFF.HF.NCI-: ADJOURNS WITir OUT RKACIIING RICSUIP Wt AuocUteil Treu lo to nr Time. 1 NEW YORK, Dpc. 18. Tho meet ing nrrangod to bring about peace between organized basohall and In dependent Interests, nfljoiiiued to day audi Hon Johnson announced that no deflulto action had been tak en. Tho commltteo will meet In Cincinnati noxt Tuesday. SMITH .MILL WORKMAN HADLY HURT X man named Olson, re siding in Hay Park fell off the refuse burner at the C. A. Smith mill this after noon. Ho dropped twenty feet, landing on both feet. A brick came toppling aftor him, striking him on tho hoad. A log was broken and his skull possibly frac 0 S MADE PUBLIC Claims That There is No Rea son to Blame Command er of Submarine President Wilson is Writing Another Note Which Will Be Sent Soon POSITION IS MADE PLAIN Very Ci-caly Stated What Will Hap pen If Austria Does Not Comply With Demands Mado by the United States (Ur AiiocMtrJ Trru to Coo tltjr Tlmrt. WASHINGTON, I). C, Dec. 18. Tho official text of Austria's reply to' the American unto on tho sink ing -of tho Ancona, mndo public hero today, reveals that tho Vienna government denies that tho vtows presented by the United States, oven If correct, warrant the blame for the disaster being placod upon tho commaudor of tho suhmarluo. It nlso donlcs that bln;uo can ho placed upon tho Austro-Huugarlnu government oven If tho "most rig orous legal construction wore ap plied lo tho Judgment of tho case." Falls to ITndcrMuiid The note nlso states that tho Auatro-Huugnrlan government Is in nblo to dutormlno what tho United States Intended to Indicate whon it mentioned tho attltudo which Ger many had, assumed townrd uiibmar ino warfare. It ndds that If tho United Slates Intended "to express nn opinion to that effect" with respect to "Jurl dlclal consideration" f tlio affair, tho Vienna government doclnr'cs that It , reserves to Itself "full freedom of maintaining Its own legal vlow." Kxcopt for a slight variation In translating, tho remainder of tho toxl Is virtually liidoutlcal with tho unofficial version cabled from Lou don, ICxplalns Results While tho word ultimatum was not used by tho officials In iIIkciisii lug tho note, It was indicated tho reply will statu eloarly tho alterna tive which will follow it Austria's reply Is unsatisfactory. Wilting A"othcr President Wilson began work to day on the second note to Austria on tho fluking of the Aueomi. Friendly relations, it was stated authoritatively, nro near tho break ing point and a contluuunca will depend entirely upon tho reply Aiie- trla will ho asked to mnko Imme diately to tho note being framed to day. IS C. WIIISS, AGKIl HI VICARS, PASSU!) AWAY YFSTFRDAY JCuuio to California From Germany During Gidd Rush Had Lived Over Fifty Years in Oregon J. C. Welsa, aged 81 years, and a plonoor of California and Oregon, died yestorday at tho homo of his nloco, Mrs. Walter, at Toinploton. Ho had boon 111 for about' eight days. Death was tho result of it sorles of complication mid old ago combined. Tho docoascd wus an undo of L. F Fnlkenstoln. of North Jlond, and Mrs, Wnlkor, of Toinploton. Ho has throe children living In California. Thoy woro wlrod regarding their father's death, though will not bo hnrii for the funeral that will bo hold from tho Walkor homo at Toin ploton tomorrow afternoon. In 183-1 Mr. Weiss wus horn Hi Germany and while .still a young men tamo to tho United States. Along In tho 50tles ho canio into California about tho tlmo of tho gold rush and somo 10 years later, emi grated to Oregon where ho has lived practloully all tho time slneo thon. For tho lait sovon or eight yonrB tho deceasod has been a resident of Coos Hay. Ho followed many occu pations during his llro time, though of lato years has boon unablo to work. HEATING STOVES nt rcditred prices, Pioneer Ifardwnro Co. PREPARING AN HE PIONEER D TWELVE PAGES. -, 1EW CRISIS GUIS BOMB GKUMAXS PHKPAltlXG TO AD VANCE TO GHFIHv TUItltlTOItV Not Known Whether the Iliilgnrlaus Will .loin in Move Allies Fortifying tDf Amorlalol Prraa lo Cooi Ur Time. LONDON, Dec. IS. No import ant military developments are re ported from any front today. Tho unprecedented military situation In Grceco howovor has dovoloped a now crisis. The allied troops, which are estimated nt 200,000, tiro fortifying IthomselvcB about Snlonlkl. i Geriuatis to Advance It Is reported tho Germans nro preparing to advance Into Greek territory to attack them. Whether tho Hulgarlans nlso will cross the border U not Indicated. Tho Greok general election will be held tomorrow, hut It Is not ex pected tho result will chungo tho policy of the government ns the par ty of formor Premier Vcnlzelos has refrained from putting candidates In tho field. . Other Fighting In Moiitoticgro'tho Austro-Huii-gnrlnns coiilluuo to gnu ground. hi tho oast the Russians continue .local attacks without tipproclablo re sults. In tlio west artillery duels continue. DELEGATES MEET ItKACII DF.IINi: AFTKU TKOUItLK GI-riTING OVKIt HORDFIl AMU Hold Congress to Study Hasls for. a Durable Peaco Among Nations (II; AitocUlfr I'itu to Coo lltj Time. J DI-3RNI, Dec. 18. After many vicissitudes In getting across the frontier, enough delegates to the In ternational congress to study tho ba sic of dunihlo pencu havo arrived to permit mooting oxecutlvo council today. Tho session was hold ho lilnd closed doors, Seven nations nro Boltl to ho represented. Officials maintain that they are not conducting n pence propaganda but preparing uolely for Internation al social and economic conditions which will result ufter the belliger ents make pence. GENERAL IS KILLER VON STOCKHAUSKN OF GP.KMAN ARMY IS VICTIM Repot t From Amsti-nliiiii To. day States Ho .Met. Death Wlillo In Action lllf Auoclil! rivM to Coo n; TIium.) LONDON, Dec. 18. Major Gon- oral Von Stockhauseu of the Gorman army w-oh killed In action, accord ing to a dispatch from Amstoruaiu to tho Central Nows Agoncy, TO RECEIVE PARTY .MAY LACK ACCOMMODATIONS OX HKACHIXG NORWAY Hotels of Christiana Are Covvdcd and Will Not Mako Reserva tions Jot) Ford Delegates lljr Auoelitd I'fo. lu Coo ll.jr Tint..., CHRISTIANA, Doc. 18. Effort tiro being made to mako arrange ments for the reception of tho Ford peace party. Tho hotels nro crowd ed for tho Christmas holidays ana will not agree to reserve 1C8 beds fiom day mid day whllo awaiting tho arrival of tho trnvelors. Tho Christi ana branch of tho clergymen's poaco association aro considering plans to hold u. prayer meeting for tho pouco party when tho party arrives. PLAN ISA SUCCESS RECRUITING IX ENGLAND IS KV IDEXTLY SATISFACTORY Relief Is that Conscription Has Hecsi i Postponed for a Tlmo at Lwist (11 AuocUted I'fcM to Coo 11 Time.) LONDON. Doe. 18. Four classes of recruits who enlisted titulor tho Earl of Dorby's plan woro oallod out today by Royal proclamation. Tho public Infers the plan lias boon a sue cess and conscription at loast for n time, postponed. feS MM No. 1 25 tj PLOT IS E Two Men Arrested for Alleged Conspiracy to Blow up the Welland Canal HEAVY BAlI ASKED Accused Are Paul Koenig, Formerly of Hamburg-American and R. E. Leycndecker LATTER HAS AN ART STORE duo Hond Is Fifty Thousand and tho Other Thirty Thousand Hank Cleric Also A rivaled For Giv ing Up Papers Ifl Anuwlttcl Vrttt to Coo Iltjr Tlmm. NKW YORK. Dec. 18. Paul Koe nig, formorly head of tho bureau of Investigation of tho Hamburg Amer ican lino, nnd Richard Kmlt Loyon dockor, a Now York art goods re tailor, wcro hold in $50,000 nnd ?3 0,0,00 ball respectively, today by tho United States commissioner on tho chnrgo of conspiring to blow up the Wolhind canal. Hoth provided bonds. Arrest Hank Clerks Frederick Schloludl, clerk In the National City Hank, was arrested today charged with larceny of docu ments, It Is alleged, ho turned ovor to a representative of tho Gornwin. government. Tho documents gnva the named of ships carrying war mu nitions ami tho names of firms manufacturing wnr supplies. Schloludl, tho dotectlvcs said, roufessed that ho acted at tho direc tion of Paul Keoulg. UNAKMP.I) HO AT SAID TO ILYVK in:i:x LOST May llnio Recti the Djitrjtirn Which Recently Was In Collision Near .Mnlhv lit awklii rm t coo rur tibn.i PARIS, Doe. 18. A Ilnvns dis patch from Athena roportw tho sink- lug of nu unarmed French lliier, bound from Athens for Marseilles. P Is hellovcd hero tho liner may hnvo been tho Djurjura, which sank near Malta as thu result of a col lision, COUNTY COMMISSIONERS KN- TIIUSKI) OVKH STATIC MKCTINH W. T. Dement Returns from Port land Coos Represented on Pro gramWent Over Highway After scolng what good roads look Ilko uud Imbued with tho spirit oC "go thou and do llkowlso" W. T. D moiit, county commissioner arrived homo last evening on tho stage fromi Portland mid loft this morning on. tho train for Myrtlo Point. All members of the county court, In cluding Judge Watson nnd G, J. AimstrQiig who hnvo returnod home; wero present at tho session of tl) annual state meeting of tlio county court) mombors. Mr. Dement was highly pleas! with the results of his trip. There woro present in Portland at tho sev eral sessions doious of county otu ceirt trom ovor tho stuto and, meet lug there, vlows and plaiiB wore ex changed regarding tho building of bettor roads. " Judge Wntson addressed one of tlio sessions on "Supervisor and Headmaster Systems lu dlrectli Cf.uuty Road Work." Also G. J. Armstrong was on tho program tak ing part lu tho discussion of "TU Function of Our Work and Our A Boelatlon." Mr. Domont took an ae t!vo part In the talk on tlio "Prepar ation of Proper Resolutions." All tho visiting members wer taken in machines out to vlow tn Columbia Highway, which stands t Hid monument to good roads. Send j;our orders to It. A, Corn ell, phono 11171, for Ms ltrrwd Rock cockerel before all ro mm. Ptlzo i Itinera. Sett UhUh StcrH(e Company window. Dr. Leslie, Osteopath, S'arufti 1 REPORT LINER SUNK m 'b 4