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jUTiio Const Mali WHIIOMr1 tLU. DRHRflW
' -. ..,
ALOON ROBBER
CAUGHT IN AC!
Stealing Liquor
Ifrnril bioro oiusuu vviuiu
aptured
people Were in Place
01
Tl IN HELD I PflOSPECIS ABE
GOOD FOB
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1915 EVENING EDITION.
ITVTOTHFRr
Ian Fell and Noise Made At
tracted Auennon ana
Caused Investigation
WOUNDED ON THE HEAD
Was Oho of n Scries of Robber-
L, vVhlrh Occurred Lust Nluht
On Oot Ray twicers nao
Might Men Under Arrest
l !
noimnitiKS ox coos
MAY IjAST NIGHT
Tlilof wiih caught In act of
stealing liquor from tlio
itorcroom nt tlio Eaglo sa
loon wlillo tlio plaeo wbb fill
ed with peoplo.
Ilobbo broko Into John
Burko's saloon on Front
itreet and Htolo lienor.
Two men wore liold up
near Pony Slough nt North
Bend.
Tlirco nion wlio coininlttcd
the crimen nro under arrest.
Coos Day cities hnd n series of
Merles Inst nlKlit. Tlio boldest
the ono at tlio Hauled nnloon
h was attempted wlillo tlio pluco
i filled with peoplo.
Cmglit In tlio act of looting Manor
iq tlio stock room of tlio Eagles
loon about 10 o'clock last night.
.thr Porter, alios lVakor, confess-
to tlio police u plot which ltnpll-
I'ctwo companions In an allogod
tae to mako n "haul" hy holding
virions loggers expected in hero
i their paychocks to ttpoud the
ildsys. A. M. JonnlngB was nr-
!fd at tlio nianeo about 1:30 a.
ind Fred Ilaloy at tlio Biimo
e shortly nftnr eight o'clock this
mln;,'.
on tlio rnqk with tlio third
rt, tlio tliroo nion told vnrylng
les. The main offorts of tlio no-
nd Deputy Sheriff W. C. Lnlrd
to connect thorn with tlio North
E'M holdups of last night, know
to of which tho mon stoutly do-
I lso Attracts Officers
'Atom 10 o'clock Doputy Sheriff
M and Stanloy P. Rnrtlott. of
faille, wont Into tlio Eagle Saloon
Ulk for a fow minutes with
V'les llaxtcr. Wlillo standing at
1-4 bar tlio mon henrd a loud nolso
MINE HA.V1HT WOHKS IX QUICK
HUCCESSIOX
A. SI. Jennings Arrested and Amis-
1,1 r Crime Circumstantial
Evidence Ih Strong Say plr0
Two men wero held up, only a
few minutes apart, at the nolnt nf
n Kim In tho hand, of a lono robber
"car tho Pony Slough brldgo at
North Iioml last nlglrt. "Hands
"I) Rlioutcd n stranger at Harry
IJeechlng and both his hand shot
akyward. Ho had no sooner been
searched than William Emery canio
nlong, running to oscapo the rain.
" Hands up " ho too wnu ni, i
whllo Recchlng was comninndcd to
HIIUllI nlllnl t .-... i .
" iiiury kcpi on run
ning nnd not until ho was overtak
en and tho gun shoved In his fnco
did ho come to n hnlt.
The robbor gleaned about $3 from
both men.
.Jennings Arreted
The polleo hnvo arrested A. M.
leiinings, Known ns Mort Jnnnintr..
'nnd hnvo accused him of tho rob
Ibory, connecting him with It
4 1 through n chain of clrcunislnntlnl
41 evidence. Chief of polleo Deter An-
dcrson of North llond, searched tho
spot lor half an hour but secured
ino clue.
i nis morning Emory camo over to
tho Jail but was uuablo to positively
Identify JoiiiiImrh ns tho ninn who
Lumber Industry of Coos Co.
boon See Bin Re
vival of Business
ILL MILLS TO
fll
i 'held him up, though ho declared him
pw no aiiout tho saino height and
IMIIIII,
Father An Alleged Counterfeiter
.lonnlngs is a young man of about
21 yearn of ago. Ho Is a son of
Frank .Jennings, declared by tho po
lleo to bo notorious In this stnto for
his allogod counterfeiting escapades.
Tho son declared ho has heard no
thing of his father for many months.
Ho bns three uncles, Clyde, Lnfo and
Tom .lonnlngs In North llond ns well
ns Mr. and Mnt Jennings, grand
parents, whom ho visited yesterday
In tho vicinity of tho Pony inlot
bridge.
According to tho story of Jen
nings, no ion tuorct early In tlio
evening and camo to Mnrshflold
about nluo o'clock and wont directly
to bed. Later, when Chief Cnrtor
pointed out to him that his shoos
woro absolutely dry, Jennings said
ho hnd sot up soveral hours about
tho atovo, drying his foot.
Emery Camo Dunning
In tho story told tho polleo nnd
Deputy Sheriff Laird, by Emory, tho
latter said Hint ho camo down tho
road Just ns tho robber had flnlshod
"frisking" Doechlng. it was dark
and beginning; to rain nnd Emory
was running as ho camo along. Ho
saw both men Btnndlng togothor, tho
robbor having then commanded
needling to lower his hands and
stand qulot.
HefuHed to Unit
illuming inoy woro n coupio 01
N fallen
Wtli a flashlight tho men wont
to tho back room to Investigate.
tyti they found Portor, alias Dak-
rj"ing In n heap whoro ho had fal-
smong somo boxes and barrols.
o severe gashes woro clit In his
fead which lntor necessitated
nral stitches by u doctor. Two
opinions, claimed to bo Jennings
1 Haley, escaped.
I Jlndo Partial Confession
Porter, or Dnkor, partially con
i to tho polleo, Ho said this
V s second nttompt to got liquor
jl of tho stock room. On Satur
1 fla had been successful In got
out a coupio of bottles, on which
Vococded to got hilariously
?k. Ho waa locked In Jail Sat
T'V night under tlitf nnmo of Ar
.," Porter, and lot out Sunday
truing.
J Tried Schonio Again '
ln last night tho mon tried tho
Ve. According to tho story of
f, Haley and Jennings: stood In
i toilet
Hln.,.1i. 1. ..- ... .
w l)ack room ns though someone veiled hack. vii,i ,iiL T
l --' .-.- HUlllht X
haven't got time."
"Haven't oh?" was tho rejoinder
of tho bandit and ho started run
ning nftor Emory and not until, tho
First of Year Likely Will See
Coquille River Plants at
Full Blast '
NEW SHIP TO BE BUILT
Dov Factory Will Do Opened nt North
Dcnil, It Ih Deported Wlinlo lai
cal Outlook EuroumglnK for
the) Lumbermen
Prospects for tho lumber business
In this locality nro bettor now than
they hnvo been for a year past, and
n rovlvnl of tho Itimbor Industry
muiinrt a general betterment for tho
wholo locality.
Tho Simpson mill at North Dona
will start tho first of tho year work
ing ton hours a day ns thoro will bo
plenty of logs from tho now Sumnor
romp nnd tho Dnnlols Creek camr.
.Manager A. K. Arkloy loft today for
Portland nnd Scnttlo and during his
"absence the mill will bo closed most
of tho tlmo next week to glvo tho
men n holiday but will start on tho
now nnd longer run on opening tho
flrut of tho yoar.
Whllo It has not been given out
nuthorltatlvoly It Is gonornlly under
stood that tho C. A. Smith plant will
run full tlmo or six dnys a week af
ter Janunry l, which will moan add
ed wages for tho men.
In CimiiiIIIo Valley
Tho prospects nro also flno In tho
Coiiulllo Vnlloy. Tho Prospor mill
has 'boon running all tho tlmo nnd
E. E. JolniBon has been operating his
mill for local trndo but has Just ro-
turnod from San Francisco whero
It Is understood that ho has arrang
ed for a market and will Blilp out
lumber.
It Is stated that tho Ooorgo W.
Mooro mill and tho Dollar plant arc
also to start and noxt month will
probably boo tho mills on tho Coquille
rlvor going full hlnst. '
Ship Dulldlng AIko
Krii8o. and Hanks havo n contract
for building a vossol which will
greatly )iolf tho gonoral business of
North llond as a largo amount will
bo paid out for labor.
It Is said to bo qulto p'robablo that
tho box factory on tho lower CoqulUo
rlvor will bo moved to North Dond
nnd oporatcd and this will glvo still
inoro omployiuont.
Um)Uh CootI C.'cneially
So altogether tho situation looks
hotter now for tho wholo of Coos
county thnu It has for a long time
past and lumborinon anticipate that
oarjy noxt year will eeo a grent re
vival In tho lumber Industry which
FDi BIG
DOMPHT
X Consolidation of Times, Coast Mnll Mn 197
and Coos Day Advcrtlwer. 'u' lfcl-
A. E. ADELKPEDCEU DESIGNS
PJIOM C. A. SMITH COMPANY
Heroines Manager of .$2r(),0()0 Tim-
lior Concern, 'Dnclcod by Dig
MonlcI Inteiosts
A. E. Adolsporger has wired his
resignation as superintendent of tbu
'C. A. Smith Timber compnny, to ae--cept
tho managership of tho A. E.
Adolsporger CrulBlng company with
a capitalization of $ar0,000. Do
htnd tho compnny aro men of big
capital nd tho company will concern
Itself nlmost wholly with thu buying
and selling of Oregon timber lands.
Interested In tho compnny will bo
Qeorgo II. Chancy, of Snlti Lako.
who Is now hero nnd who Is ono of
tlio liolra In tho Chnney estate that
owns somo 3,200 ncres or Coos conn
y timber, besides II. I- Clinnoy, u
brother, of Detroit nnd Wnllaco
'Nichols, or Dotrolt. it Is under
stood thoro aro two othor men in
somo way connected With tho com
pany, who roprcsonti b!g financial
Interests. "
Will Itcninln Hero
Mr. Adolsporger will romnln In
Mnrshflold and will open offices In
tho Coke building within n very fow
dnys. Ills roslgnntlon conies as n
groat Biirprlso. Eor 12 years ho has
been connected with the C. A. Smith
compnny. Of tills tlmo four years
woro spent In Minnesota and tho Inst
eight years on Coos Day whoro ho
haH becomo recognized as ono of tho
best timber experts In tho state
Lumber In Dettcr
Tlmbor nnd lumber Is looking up,
SETTLEMENT
IS POSTPONED
Tl
JUAHEZTUBKS
STDEICT CAIt STONED AND AMEIt
1CANS ADE DODDED
Germany Will Not Act Now in
Case of the Sinking of
Lusitania
IS
n
On Account of Recall of At
taches, Sentiment of Ger
man People Has Changed
IT IS DECIDED TO, WAIT
lrlln (iovornmeut 1'Yarn that any
Arraugoniieut Which Would Do
SatlMfaclory Hero Would Not
Do Approved There
IDr Anofl.lnl Vrttt to Coot Ilr TlmM.J
WASHINGTON, I). C, Doc. 21.
Full settlement of tho Lusltunin
enso, Including 'roiinrntlon for tho
rllvcs of American victims which, Itf,
beenmo known today, recently wns
near, hns been postlionod $y tho
dlsmlRsnl of tho German naval nnd
military attaches nnd tho American
demands on Austrla-Huugnry as tho
result or tho sinking o( tho Anconn.
Consideration or tho stnto of pub
Crew and Passengers Fight off Mob
and Escape- Duck to
IH Vnm
tnr Aocl'' r-ms to Coot nr Tlmwi.l
EL PASO, Texns, Dec. 21. Illot
Ing began In Juarez at noon today.
A street car that entered tho town
over tho International brldgo waB
stoned by a mob and the pnsscngors,
Including a numbor of Americans,
woro robbed. Tho crow and passen
gers fought off tho mob mid escaped
back to El Paso.
RUSSIANS
R
HTADT DOMDADDMENT AT VAH
NA, DULUAUIA
T
Berlin Claims British Were
Forced to Withdraw From
the Gallipoli Peninsula
losses "Were big
Cruiser and Two Destroyed Convoy
Sixteen TrniiNportH fioniltMl
Down With Troops
tnr Auocittxi rrrti u cocp nr tiidm.
LONDON, Doc. 21. Tho nrrlva'.
of n Russian expedition off tho Dul
garlan coast Is again alleged by tho
Athens correspondent of tho Ex
chnngo TolcKraph. Ho says: "Tho
HusBlanl crulBor nnd two destroyers,
which nro convoying 10 transports
'flllod with troops, hnvo arrived off
Ho opinion In Germany because of " "MlRnrlaii coast and aro bom-
.!.... . . ... . . bariHlli? Vnrnii vlimrnnnlv ."
ineso iwo acts or mo Aiuoricnu gov
ernment has caused Merlin to do
cldo that Buch a settlement as might
"bo satisfactory to tho United1 States
Is the belter or Mr. Adolsporger. would not now meet with popular
BIG 011 IS STUCK
SOMETIIIXO WHO.Vn WITH MA
CIUXEDV OF STItUCTUDE
will lltnilan l. n1i I.. A1l I....I
latter actunllv 8nw tlio ,nt,i' a.,.i l" "U"DU "u ""- " "" ""
. ' . ..: ' "' fcnnnnols,
mo gun gleaming, mu no stoj) nnd
fnco about,
"I though thnt Deechlng, stand
ing nbotit 10 foot away, was a pal,"
said Emory, "and that Is why I
dldnt try to got tho gun away from
my man. Ho kept talking all tho
time.
Auto DrcnkH Cp Party )
As ho finished with Emery tho
lamps from nn auto flashed onto
tho trio. This scared tho bandit.
"Deat It" ho communded. Tho
auto drew nearor. "Hurry" ho
yollod, and then "Run", and sot ou
in an opposite direction and was lost
in tho darkness. Emery wont to
bis homo nonr by, secured a rifle and
roturned to tho spot, but tho bandit
liadi disappeared.
May Do Right .Man
The police bollovo that Jennings
to receive, tho bottles a3 ho camo back to tho Dlanco Hotel and
J?11 hand thorn qver tho partition
.'he others. Raker climbed up
; the top of tho pnrtltlon and
,w across a two by four to reach J
iouie;
a on ft shelf. Ho had imss-
?t two flasks whon h6 foil
'"Sh to tho floor and his com
l0n ran and loft him.
B t, Te"S 1,, ffk'els
Baker was closely Interrogated.
' w8 plainly scared, said tho of-
" Bnl told a connected story.
Ia,l that ho had been working
't tho Santlam river with Jen-
" logging, and that thoy had
' 'hero and camo down to Albany
-" they found Haley, who was
JhliiB dishes In tho Pullman
fContlnudd on page Two.)
put his gun in tho pack of Fred
Haley, ono of tho threo mon thnt
camo Jn. hero together, to ward off
Suspicion. Also tho officers say
Jennings took off his wet shoes and
put them, too, in Haley's room.
Jennings this morning woro a pair
of high topped boots and the police
say It would hnvo been Impossible for
'him to havo gono calling on relatives
wherq ho did down near Pony Inlet
.yesterday without getting his shoes
covered with mud.
The young man sticks to his story
that ho had nothing; to do with tho
robbery and that ho had no gun.
Special auction nt Red Cross Fri.
day morula;; 10 to 112 to accomodate
out of town rebjdeuts and ranchers.
"Tho mnrkot has boon In a bIuiiid
for tho last seven or eight years,"
bo snld today. "I fool optimistic. It
scorns to mo thnt now Is tho turning
point, .nnd for this reason our now
company will nt onco get into tho
mnrkot for buying.
(Jets DIk Salary
As manager of thu1 concor;i Mr.
Adolsporger will rccolvo a good sized
snlary and also extensive Interests In
mo company.
Ho snld tho company will mako
boiuo loans on timber lund. Tho
othor mombors of tho compnny own
largo tlmbor holdings In this stato.
approval in Gormauy.
WRITING LETTERS
PRESIDENT SPENDS DAY AXH
WERINO CORRESPONDENCE'
0.
m
L
OS
PROMINENT PIONEER, LONG OF
MAHSHFIELR, PASSES AWAY
Left Horo Two Months Ago To Visit
Drothcrx In Lowihton To Urlnjr
Roily Hero for Durlnl
D. W. Small, aged 70 years, fa
thor or S. C. Small, or Marshflold,
and himself u resident of Coos Day
until two months ago whon ho loft
to visit his two brothers-In Lowls-
ton, Idaho, is dead. According to a
Ills Dtido Also is Sending Thanks
for tho Many Wedding
Girts
llr AwioUI. I'mi U Coot IUjt Tlmn.J
HOT SPRINGS, Vn., Doc. 21.
President Wilson spont tho morn
Ing working with his stenographer
ou official correspondence nnd Mrs.
Wilson wroto many lottors to por
sonnl frlonds acknowledging wed
ding gifts.
burdtug Varna vigorously.'
ADOPTS BIG CREDIT
REICHSTAG ARRANGES, FOR TEN
RILLION MARKS
EXPECT BIG CROWD
MANY WILL COME TO CITY
THE HOLIDAYS
FOR
Mills to Shut Down nntl Powers
Caiups Will Close from TIiiiih-
ihiy to Tuesday
SortullNt Deader Snys That Ponce
is Stopped by Desire for
Annexation
tnr Aiiodttxi rrM to coot nr tibim.)
LONDON, Deo. 21. Tho Ilolcli
stng adopted today a credit of ten
billion murks, asked by tho govern
ment, tho socialist minority or 10
opposing, according to a Dorlln dis
patch, Tho Socialist hpoKcainan,
Frederick Goycr, according to tho
dispatch, declared that all endeavors
for pcaco bad failed becauso of tho
nunoxntlon alms of both sides.
0
A big crowd of peoplo Is oxpocted
'in tho city during the holidays. Tho
wlro rccolved last ovonlng by Mr. 'Powers camns will closo down Thtirs-
Small, ho died there yesterday af-lduy and remain closod until Tuosdny
itornoon after a short Illness, though 'after Christmas. Practically all of
whon ho loft horo ho wn3 qulto weak I tho loggor.i omploycd thoro will come
Doat Cannot Pass Until thu Troublo
Is lAicatod and Has Decn
, Remodlcil
Tho draw of tho big Southern Pa
cific brldgo Ib Btuck. It is oponcd
at an anglo of about forty-flvo do
grees nnd cannot bo moved so it is
imposslblo for boats, to got through
at present.
It was said this afternoon that It
Hind not yet been learned what tho
troublo, whatever It is. or course' rom
edicd as quickly as possible.
and hnd becm In bed for somo tlmo
previous to his dopnrturo. Tho bo
dy will bo brought back horo for bur
ial.
Was Prominent pioneer
Tho death of Mr. Small romoves
ono of tho best known pioneers of
tho Northwest, a man who has boon
actively ongngod In its upbuilding.
For many years ho wns a railroad
contractor, and lntor wont to Alns
ka, Just tho fall beforo tho gold rush
and stayed there for sovoral years.
Tho decoasod loaves two brothers
and threo sisters. Doth of tho broth
ers llvo In Lowlstou. Thoy nro Ira
Small, with whom tho deceased wns
staying at tho tlmo of his death,
and Albert Small. All three men
woro Interested in the early steam-
to tho city.
It Is anticipated that thoro will ho
ono of tho biggest crowds that
Mnrshflold hns over seen In the city
during Christinas tlmo.
DAY SET FOR THE
GIVING TO POLISH
President Designates Jan. I as Tlmo
to Help Rullovo tho Suffer
ers of the Country
(lljfA,oclt.l Prru lo Coot l)jr Timet.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Doc. 21.
(An oxccutlvo proclamation designat
ing January 1 as tho day for mak
ing contributions for tho rollof or
tho stricken Inhabitants of Poland
Kvns Issued from tho Wliltn Houso.
boating on tho Snake rlvor and ono 'President Wilson signed tho proc-
NOT1CE TO ROYAL ARCH MASONS
A stated convocation of
Arago Chaptor No.- 22,
Royal Arch lasons, will
bo hold on Tuesday eve
ning, Decombor 21, 19 15. Election
of officers and refreshments, So
journing companions cordially in
vited. Dy order ot tho High Priest.
D. McINTYRE, Sec.
Arrange to take your Christmas
dinner at the Chandler Hotel, (I to
8 o'clocjc p, m. Good music and
flno menu. Mako reservations in
advanco. Phone aoA
of thorn now owns n largo ranch
near Lewlston. Tho three sisters
uro: Mrs. Ernest Colby, of Idaho;
Mrs. D. L. Chandler, of Manhattan,
Montnnu; nnd Mrs. John Pottor, or
Los Angolos,
Long; n Government Scout
Mr. Smal was born in Maine' In
183D and in about 1870 moved west
to St. Anthony Falls, now St. Paul,
where ho was a government scout.
He was a wagon master for tho long
Wt AMOtlileJ PrMi to Coo Dr Tm.l
RAKER Ore, Dec. 21. Tho Oregon-Washington
Itnllroad nnd Navi
gation trains woro tied up 12 to 18
freighting caravans thnt used to toll Ihours as tho result of tho worst Do-
woatward through ' tho Indian ills- cembor snowstorm In years, west of
lumntlon Saturday aftor tho sonnto
udoptcd a resolution sugcosttug thnt
ho do so. Donations should be ad
dressed to tho American KoJ Cross,
Washington, D. C.
TOTAL PRUSSIAN
MISSES l!,liH7,OHil
Df AmocUI4 I'roM to com nr Tlmea.
LONDON, Dec. 2 Accord
cording to the Nlouwo Rot
tordnmscho Courant, tho lat
est Prussian casualty lists
contuln 42,825 names, mak
ing tho total Prussian losses
2,287,08:1. Tho lossos of
nil Germany printed In book
form would mako 100 vol
umes of 4C0 pneto eacn.
Stated That Offensive by Ot
toman Forces Was Too Se
' vere for the English
DROVE THEM TO THE SEA
Constantinople Dispatches Glvo This
Side of tho Story of tho Retreat
from tho Auznc nnd Suvla
Districts
tlly AmocIiM Fmi to Com D17 TlmM.J
RERUN, Doc. 21. (Wiroloss to
S$vlllo) Constantinople dis
patches stato that tho withdrawal
of tho RTltlsh from tho Anrc and
Suvla, districts of tho Onlllpoll pen
insula camo as n result of a vioiont
offensive on tho part of tho Turks,
who Inflicted hoavy losses on the
Drltlsh and drovo thom to tho sea.
Offensive General
Tho Turks bognn a gonoral offen
sive In nil sections or tho Dardan
elles, according to tho Constantino
ple reports. Tho fighting was vio
lent.. Tho TurkB bognn tho attacks
at Suvla and Anzac. Tho cnomy
launched counter attacks at Seddul
Ilnhr, on tho top of tho penlnBUla,
which woro repulsed.
Lov.cn Wero Dig
Tho Turkish artlllory Inflicted
heavy losses on tho enemy. Tho
Turkish soldiers who had waited
mouths for this moment, showed lm
111011HO enthusiasm. Finally tho cn
omy fled from the Turks at Suvla
'and Anzac and ronchod tho ocean.
TO VOTE 01 DEMAND
RAILWAY .MEN WILL RE ASKED
TO CAST DALLOT
4
CO
W I N
s
G
DANDON ENJOINED VROM COL
LECTING ASSESSMENT
STORM STOPPED TRAINS
tricts before the coming of tho rail
road through tho north. Mr. Small
was also In the samo capacity In
Montana,
HcIjkmI Diiild Railroad
In 1883 and 1884 tho deceased so
cured a contract from the Northern
(Continued Qn Page Two.)
bore. The trains wero released
yestorduy aftor being stallod sfuco
Sunday.
Caso Wui Hard Fought Timber
Owuorn Win in Suit Against
tho Port of Dnndou
Judge John 8, Coko Issued n
pormanent Injunction yesterday In
CoqulUo ou bohnir of tho Catholic
Church In enjoining tho city of Dan
don from levying nnd collecting as
sessments for Improvements on Ore
gon nvonuo.
The caso was brought by tho
Church on tho ground that they
had uover dedicated part of Ore
gon avenue to Daudon, John 1).
Goss roprosentod tho Catholic
Church In the caso.
Port of Daudon Case.
In overruling a demurrer to tho
complaint brought In tho caso of
four land holders against tho Port
of Daudon to enjoin the collection
of Part taxes, it is said Judgo Coko
virtually decided tho law In tho caso
This was brought in by tho Simpson
Lumbor Company, Merchant Land
Company, Dennis McCarthy and tho
Southorn Oregon Company, their
contention being that tho land taxed
does not Ho within tho watershed
at the Port of Dundon.
Proposition i.s to Ask for 8 Hours
At Snmo Pay Ah Ten
Hours Day
tnr AMotltUJ rrrM to Com Ur TlntM.
CHICAGO, Doc. 21. The Presi
dents of four brotherhoods of railway
trnlumou-started to work today pre
paring a ballot that Is to bo sont to
400,000 omployos of 458 railroads
fin tho United States, asking their
approval of tho demand for an eight
hour day at tho samo vagos now paid
for ten hours, and time and ono-halt
tor working overtime.
SINK HOSPITAL SHIP
Drltlsh Steamer Cambria Lost In the
Channel .
I Mr AuocUtfel 1'rtM to Coot J7 TlmM.J
TORONTO, Canada, Doc. 21.
Tho Drltlsh steamship Cambria,
1842 gross tons, in tho service of
tho Drltlsh admiralty as a hospital
ship, was sunk In tho English chan
nel, according to a tolcgram receiv
ed horo.
SpocJal unction nt Red Cross Fri
day morning; 10 to lli to accomodate
out of town residents ami ranchers.
Dr. Leslie, Osteopath, Mnrshfield
ELKS NOTICE
All Elk aro requested to attend the
'meeting Wednosday night. Memor
ial tablet exorcises, initiation and
lunch, lly order of
Exaltor Ruler
J. W. HILDENDRAND!
MOVING BOX FACTORY
TO N0RTHBEND PLANT
Machinery Doing Taken Out of
Diilldlng Ou Coquille River
Near Dnudon
It Is stated In the, slandon West
ern World that Archie Kruse Is re
moving tho machinery from the box
factory near tho Johnson mill and
will install It at North Deud, Mr.
KriiBo bought the machinery after
tho box factory was closed.
It has been reported at North
Dond that tho box factory would op
erate at tho plant of the North
Dond Lumber Co.
CONDEMNS TREES
Inspector Johnson. Kinds. Nurseries
Send Rail Ones ,
Fruit Inspector Nick Johnioa con
demned two shipments of fruit trees
which camo to Coos county; accord
ing to tho CoqulUo Valloy Sontinel.
Thero wero about ono thousand
trees In all and the Inspector claimed
that thoy wero most all affected
with two diseases, hairy rpat and
powder mildew. Tho inspector hsu
notified common carriers that he
must first be allowed to inspect
trees shipped Into this ceunty frem
nurseries ho fore they are delivered,
to tho consignees.
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