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AND ALWAYS BOOSTS
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MARSHFIELD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, WW EVENING EDITION.
f SON DEAL
LIKELY CLOSED
FA C'lS ABOUT TIIK
SIMPSON LUMBER CO.
...i r--. Dnntlonrl Philin
innnrinn i-imiii i ui uuiiu c
Buehner and.Son Purchased
Property in uuua uu, ,
rice issaso.ooo
Said to Include Mill and Tim-
Uer Homings in una
County
3UYERS ARE PROMINENT
Lvo Interests In lllff Estate nml
ivctiicni iiiiiiM'vi iii"i""".i
Aro AtucitiK IamuIIiik Men In
Jlll.MllC.MH Oil HlO CoilNt
(Special to The Times)
nnTiTLAViv n.. .Inn. 11!. It Ih
dated thoro tlmt tlio ileal for tho
nr.ii!io nf Urn Coos county hold-
Bugs of tlio Simpson Lumber Com
pany una neon ciohou i"- ""
i.lon.lvn nrnllortlCS Of tllO COIICOril
L iiiifi imrt of tlio Btnto pass Into tlio
hnmu of Plillin Iliichiior and Ills Hon,
Mletiry Iliiclmor, of thl city.
Tlio consideration is " 10 "
1950.000 mid tlio inircliiiflo InclitdoH
nhA inn mills nml tlio Rnsli niul door
ifuflori' nnd whttrfa nml wnter front-
ago nt Norm Iionu, uio vessels a, ai.
Rlmnaon nml Hnnly nnd tlio exten
sive Umber holdings of tlio compnny
da this county.
Buyers PmiiHnciil
Tlio nurclinsors nro vory iiromtiiunt
Ipcoplo In tlio lumber world. I'lilllp
nuehnor nml his boh were up until a
few months hro Interested In tlio
Carlton Lumber Company of Carlton,
Oregon. Tlio elder Iluoliiier Ih ono
o( tho best known lumboriuon In tlio
i'aclflc northwest. Iln wnB ono of
the men who organized tlio Enstorn
A Western Lumber Company nnd Ih
tlll Interested financially In that
largo establishment which Ih located
t North Portland, nnd for many
hears was Intactlvo management of
uo mill.
It Is bclloved In lumber clrcIcB lioro
that (ho purchase- of tho Slmnsou
Company will mean that Mr. Iluoli-
per and his son will mnlco oxtcnslvo
HnprovomcntH and ilovblopnmntH and
cpcraio on uoob liny on n big acnlo.
a
Cnpt. A. M. Simpson
brought tlio mill from 8ut
tui Cnllfornln, to North
llond In 1850-7.
First mill hnil capacity of
D.00O fcot in 12 liourH.
In 18G8 n Hlilpynrd wuh
Btnrtcd nnd tlio first vcbhoI,
tlio Arngo, was built.
Proliant old town mill built
111 1899 with capacity of 30,
000 feet n dny.
Shipyard was movod from
old town to Porlor In 190!l.
In 1902 In December, tho
first grading wuh done In
tlio Htreotn of North IJoml,
which wnH founded by L. J.
Simpson.
In 190.1 tho Porter mill
waH bought from tho huc
cl'hhoi'h of the old California
Lumbar Company. j
uiur uw vubhuih wuru lllllll
ill tho Hhlpynrdu of tho Simp
son Company.
In 1899 L. J. Simpson
fame to North llond to tako
ehnrgo of compnny nffnlrs
thoro.
Stcnmor A. M. 8lmpson
wuh built for tho company
by KriiBO & Banks in 1911.
Mont of tho old Bulling
vchboIh luivo boon sold, ono
of tho hiHt, tho Omega, Just
bolng lllBpOHCd of.
Tho company nt ono tlmo
operated i fleet of 22 Bulling
vossols.
Tho stcnmor Ifnrdy wiib
purchased In 1915- by tho
SlmpBon Company.
Cnpt. A. M. Simpson died
In December, 1911, In Cal
ifornia. L. J. Simpson made presi
dent of compnny In 191C.
COLD WEATHER
GENERAL TODAY
A Consolidation of Times, Coast Mnll
nml Coos liny Advertiser.
No. 146
Snow in All Parts of Oregon
Excepting the Southwest
ern Coast District
WIS SUFFERING
VESSEL IS FLOATED
BARKENTINE JANE L. STANFORD
HAS BEEN SAVED
'A
Blizzard Reaches That State
and Very Cold Weather is
Reported From There
HAVRE, MONTANA, COLDEST
TVmpeiiittiro At That Phtro Ih For.
ly Eight. Degrees Below Zero Ac
cording to (ho Government
Tlieriiiiimetei'
HAVRE, MONTANA, IS
THE COLDEST JMiACH
SPOKANE, Wash., .Tnn.
12 llnvro, ' Mont., main
tained tho lead iih tho coldcHt
place In tho United States to
day. Tho government thcr
mniuotor registered 48 do
grecH bolow.
Gels Off At High Tldo Aflcr llclng
Ashore nml floes to I'll-
get Hound
injr Auoclatc4 Trees lo Cooi nay Tlm.
SAN FRANCISCO, .Tan. 12. Tlio
barkoiitlno Jnno L. Stanford was
floated today nt high tldo off tho
west Bldo of I3d tz Hook, whero sho
went nshoro Monday. Sho proceed
ed to Winslow, Pugot Sound, for repairs.
GIVES HIS OPINION
.JA.MliS .1. JIILIi TKLLS W I1USI
XliSH" CONDITIONS
KTERVENTON
IS SUGGESTED
i . i i
Senator Sherman Wants' the
United States to Take Hand
in Mexican Affairs
15 UP tdTarrawza
ATTACK
IlKHLIN
IN
Great Ititllroad Jinn Kiijh I'lcwnt
Sltuittioii Will Cliiiugo When
tho War In Over
A
l-'HOZHN TO DI3ATII
FIGHTS MISTER
J1I-3V. O. yi. KNIGHT Ol-' 11ANDON,
GUTS IlliACIC KVI-3
ST. JOSI5IMI, Mo. Jan. 12.
John Crook was found
dead In a snow drift horo to
day, mtally frozen.
Thoro is probably no great man
of tho west whoso opinion Is re
garded moro highly In tills part of
tho country than that of Jainea J,
Hill, head nnd founder of tho
Northern Pnciflc railroad, nnd tho
emplro builder or tho northwest. Mr.
Hill gives IiIh opinions of tho present
AiRooti times In tho east, mid pre-
;'dlcts IiIb times for tho west, but ho
docs It with a word of warning.
Mr. IIIll'B vlow of tho present fi
nancial and business situation is I
set forth In a conyrlnht nrtlclo in!
Attacked by Charles ."Mart In on (ho
Street Matter Fixed up In
Jiihtlco Offlco
tlljr Amwl.tcl ;t to Coo Daj Tlmn.1
POUTLANI), Ore, Jan. 12. Snow
In Washington and Oregon wjih gon
ernl today oxcoiit on tho Houthwcst
orn const. Somo dolny to railroad
traffic Is reported. Tho tomporn-
turo nt Seattlo Is 22 nbovo, nnd
Portland 13 nbovo, a now low record
during tho last seven years for tho
latter.
has m:i;.v taj,kki
4tumortf of Halo Woro Often Ilruiil
IM'ally
Tlio news rontnlned In llm nimvn
prns dlspatcli will not bo a surprlao
llCro as It llllB been Inlltnil nliniit for
prae tlmo past that tho Simpson
Company might soil out. Tho plant
;." C'MC own Into In 1914 when
ho lyto Cnpt. A. M. Simpson, tho
founder, dloii In rjiiir,,r..in
J?81 ,.lnr?h tl10 m,,l wna oponod
f Vi? n A' K- Arkloy na innnngor
.i;- . co,,uly interests nmriins
inco been operating. Tho mill
Jnown as tho old town mill wns tho
llrst nlant in. nm.,o.... . -...
ino machlnrrv thnm i, a. ,,.. . .
nawr ian Umt V,ant w,n I'robnbly
hi n pi "'.";""" "Knin iiiuoBs ro-
In InT'10 orlcr m"1 lin" on P
in . nodern slmpo nnd Is a fiood plant
feet n? i?.JP.aclty of a1,out 3.000.000
icei of lumbor n month.
facing0 Sif'80 th0 Bn8h " ''""r
aciory, Th Ih u-nn fim.0.1 ...1 ...
Srir ai.i. . . v'""v, wiiwi man
torylinn?y t(?0k c,mrK- Tho.fac
ah 1l '? 1 1nrK n' Is adnpt-
i'o as a planing mill.
l-OKKlng IntcitwtH
hKJ?Tny l)e,rate'J tho Tarheel
IS i"! "S '??' but
thnber nn fii.i - .,,UBU won 1110
Mcl)0ni A ws cleared off.
a-" "" a,"i VHUUIinn
(Special to Tho Times.)
11ANDON, Oro.,1111. 12. Tho illf-
feroucos botwonu Ilov. C. Mnymo
Knight, pastor of tho Uandon Meth
odist Church, and Charles Martin,
tin electrician, woro fixed up in Jus
tice Wndo's offlco. Tho dlfforonccs
enmo to n climax Sunday whou tho
mlnlstor was attacked on tho stroot
by Martin. .
Mr. Knight was 011 his way to
church, when, according to tho
Htory, Martin met him nnd nfter
Homo words. Martin fought tho
preacher. Tho lnttor got n black
oyo nnd was knocked down Into tho
street and was marked up consider
ably. Doth men woro brought boforo
Justice Wnde. Thoy talked tho mat
ter over for nn hour. It Ih said
that tho fight was duo to n nilsuii-
fdorutunding regarding remarks that
woro allegod to havo boon niado by
tho minister.
Finally, nftor talking It ovor.
they camo to nu understanding, and
shook hands nnd agreed to bo
friends. JuhUco Wudo fined Mar
tln'tho minimum for nssault,", which
was ,$10, and' tho matter wns drop
pad thoro.
Tho fight with tho prcachor cro
ntod considerable of a sensation.
IILIZ.AIID IN KANSAS
.Mercury Them Drops Ah Much iin (15
Degrees
(llr AuofUto.1 l'rru te Cooi Hj Tlmm,
KANSAS CITY, M., Jan. 12 Tho
mercury dropped us much ns 05 de
grees In the southwestern states to
day, tho temperatures ranging from
zero downward. A bllzznrd pro
vails In Kansas nnd train sorvlco is
delayed.
(JOI-3S IIKLOW ZKIIO
noma
llnvn nn
years oneraloii fi.. ii.,ii
Creek pVm.nb'".1.011 l,l "n 0 a
sKon lanf "K,V'.t,mber '
fentya?(a1,,,, ,h.at 'ocallty. and
Snne??hlPi?u,0BB,n? " a trnct at
ontna Demi B v,pne(d by rrcd w'
Poie f ??" V.IcCar.t'- or tho piuv
61nP'on "bm "' l" ,0 "
CwS6,"?,100 tracts of tlm
ln he TejLth1 8,m,80n company
Thl i?"a,l was fin shed.
v .."'""tlml'erisBca
"er tho conn v rn 8Cattorort
Coos river X . T '.ero J" somo on
""no at Tcn Hii " notJ-"onuIIlo and
onHier!, ?.-"? h ""Iter ro-
! ?PP?rtimltv V .,, :.a"P!lal.1 lnl nn
Ll" mesa u Ullt l,1lr locg
MB Te0Mnftn I1,0.ron,"0 a
t!fH ..'? UIO. Til tllA InMn, M
Md U Is there l "0,'y of Uml,or
lcols&L.1 of their
"r qcludPH oi . " o'nipson tlm
:Cbo.Hv about 2.ft00 acres In
11 J'ay Ho A c,.i
rtW.Wt,,''l'lo
br McDonai., !?. .w?.8 1 'leal whoro-
had ai
lOKgllll
11 , "" tt llunuHninn fl.r,,-
0 ho Vcff,0, that tho pur-
--'uor purchnR nf "'"ii in 1110
Property, ' S' , tho Simpson
?ot b rea hea t0r of ' firm could
report, "eu todd)' to verify this
linM,S.(',lU,e" Oreimn n-i
?,BPoimSbSth th0 deaI fr tho
VEt'mbeUtedc,0nmPany Is. ono for
ft odeniro'" ttlt Moa
P Menasha Wo0inn' U ,8 said.
S ben buvin ooaenwaro company
ftthera o7e?0Vepomtock ,n K
UbUbtthecnnl',mPany Of WhlCh
was?. whteh'-at a w
MEETING HI BAN90H
Cold Weather Comes On Anniversary
of Dig Storm
HX Aunclttnl I'rcM to Cowi llijr Tlmea,
OMAHA. Nov. Jnn. 12. On tho
twouty-elghth anniversary of tho
most torriblo bllzznrd of which thoro
Is any record In this section, during
which many persons and thousands
of cattlo perished, tho mercury thin
morning roglHterod nlno dogrecs bo
low In Omaha. Rail nnd wire trar
flc was clipped. At Sioux City it
was 28 below.
itho Now York Evening Post, which
lis given bolow nnd which Ih well
worth consideration:
" Tlio present condition of bus!-
fness In tho United States Is marked
by tho unusual features that belong
naturally to a Btnto of upheaval and
demoralization In tho Industrial ac
tion nnd t'rndo relations of the. prin
cipal nations of tho world. Proph
oucy Is alwost dangorous, and nn at
tempt to forocast ovontB Is too often
not nsldo by Homo unexpected fncl;
hut tho present situation or tho
world ns to production, commorco,
and finance rondors any ouch tittompt
wholly uncertain.
Win Conditions
"There has boon lntely n consid
erable Improvement In tho business
of this country. Partly owing to
tho Immonso mid continued demands
of Hiiropo upon uh, not merely for
food and -munitions of war, but for
thoBo commodities whoso supply
thoy have exhausted and for which
thoy must now look to uh, ninny of
our manufacturing Industries nro
flourishing, nnd comparatively fow
mon nro out of employment, Tho
flno crop's of tho yonr hnvo nproad
prosperity throughout tho country.
Not Normal Now
" So far as n part of our mnuufac-
ALL FOR ATTORNEY
jturors nnd a largo shnro of our ox-
port business nro concerned, prosont
circumstances aro not normal. Tho
Bonslblo thing, Ih to mako tho most of
thorn, without expecting tholr con
tinuance boyoml to-morrowjor shap
ing our futuro policies with rofor
encd to nn economic situation which
can bo only temporary. ICncoiirni:-
WI3LIKNOWN MAN 'Wf UUV KOIt'Ing nspects of business, just now nro
Hoiiioiniug 11K0 1110 guiB rocolvod
I from friends nt this season a wol-
Salil to Have AurciMl (o Accent I co," Il,1(l appreciated addition to
Democratic Nomination will I comfort and oiijoymout, which wo
.MnUo Strong Unco cannot, oxpect to hnvo ropoatod dally
Judgo John V. Hall, ono of tlioldurK tl10 coming year,
best-known men In Coos County,' Pi-ojdiwy Uiisafo
has decldod to bo a candldnto for, " It Is most obvious that our busl-
District Auoruoy ni 1110 coiiiiiik' npRH ...m ,, nfr-,.,, 11Pnfn,ii ,1V.
Government Demands That He
See to Prompt Punishment
of Murdering Bandits
SITUATION JS INTENSE
Secretary liaiislng Say.s lJvery Step
Will Ho Taken lo Apprehend mid
PiiiiIhIi tho Slayers of (ho
Americans On Train
llr AuocltlM r-rrM to Coo. Dr Time. J
. WASHINGTON, 1). C, Jnn. 12.
Tho Mexican situation was brought
to tho broiling point by tho execu
tion of 1G or more Americans near
Chihuahua. In CongrcsB, at tho
White Houbo and at tho stato depart
ment It entirely sldo placed all oth
er International nffnlrs.
Secretary Limning, aftor Bonding
demand for HiitlHfnctlon to Carran
zn, Issued a Htntoment declaring that
It was to bo doplnrcd tho Americans
bnd not followed tho stato depart
ment's warning against exposing
tholr lives In tlio guerrilla wnrfnro
region, nnd added: "Every stop will
bo taken to bco thnt tho perpetrat
ors of this dastardly crime aro np
prohended and punished."
Will Iliiug Hack Doilies
Socrctary Lansing today lolo
graphed Carrnnzn calling for tho
prompt puiilshmout of bandits who
executed tho 18 foreigners, mont or
whom nro Americans. Through 1311-
70 Arrndondo, tho newly appointed
Mexican ambassador hero, It was ar
ranged to bring bodies from Chihua
hua to Juarez today on n special
train.
Conflrniullnii Comes
Arredoudo received coufrmntloii
from Carrnnzn sources of tho execu
tion of tho Americans and linn asked
for further details. Ills advices aro
tho first confirmation from Moxlcnn
sources.
Secretary Lansing's only nn
noiiucoinnut on tho ciuo was thnt tho
United States would look to Car
ran 7.11 for satisfaction. Tho ques
tion as to what stops tho United
States will tako dopends upon do
vtlopmcntH of tho facts.
Would Intervene
When tho eonnto iissomblod, Sou
ntor Shormun, republican, Intro
duced n resolution proposing Inter
vention In Mexico by tho United
States and tho six Pun-American
countries which hnvo acted with It
In Moxlcnn affairs, unless Carrnnzn
compiles with tho donmnd to pro
tect foreigners' lives and proporty.
Tho rosolutlou roforrod to forolgn
relations committee.
TO STIR
AROUND
DISTIUCT ATTOUNI3Y
COOH AND ClTltlY HAHDWAHI3
MEN HOLD ANNUAL SESSION
(Contl
tjJoBuehner
nl on pag0 Two.)
Mllu Kiiiiiuei' Chosen President mid
Next Siciiil-Aiiniinf .Meeting at
Port Orford In July
(Special to Tho Times)
UANDON, Oro., Jan. 12. Tho an
'nunl niootlng of tho Coos and Curry
Hardwaro Dealers Association was
hold horo last night., Port Orford was
solectod us tho placo of holding tho
next Boml-anminl meeting in July.
Now officers for tho onsuing year
wore oloetod as follows: 1
President Mllo Sumnor of Marsh-
'fiold. 4
Vico-PloBldont W. E, Lniuly of
Myrtlo Point.
Soc-Treusuror W. N. Ekblad of
Marshflold,
Dlroctors A, E. Noff of Marsh
flold, Mr. EUIngson of Coqulllo and
Roscoo Itazor of North Bond.
Following tho husInoB session, n
flno banquet was onjoyod at tho Gall
ler hotel. A nunibor of tho travel
ing linrdware, men wero prosont at
tho banquet.
Among thoBo prosont woro Messrs.
Sumnor, Noff and Ekblad of Marsh
fleld, Mr. Elllngsou of Coqulllo, Mr.
Limdy of Myrtle Point, Mr. Glllings
of Port Orford, and Messrs. Nlelson,
McKnlr aud BoaTt of Uandon-,
' " . I
election, nccordlng to an announco-
niont mado by rrlouus today,
Ho will bo a candldnto for tho
Domocratlc nomination at tho pri
maries in tho spring nnd will prob
ably bo without nn opponont in that
contest.
John Hall has not only boon a
resident of Coos County for many
tho conclusion of pcaco. Cortair.
linos of domain! will bo discontin
ued; certain others may show an ex
pansion, But no one can draw n
chart In which the particulars shall
bo noted any moro than ho can stato
tho ovonts of tho noxt thirty days or
CilA.MKEIt OP COMMKKCK TO
GIVE BOOSTEB BANQUET
years, mil lias niiea mu ny j.uuhu slx months on tho various battle
OIIICOS ailll IS l-uubiuuiuu una ui
tho strongest and best-known mon
In tho county.
L. A. Ltljoqvlst. tho present Dis
trict Attorney, will, It Is understood,
bo a candldato for ronomlnatlon and
ro-oloctlon, but will probably havo
considerable opposition in tho pri
maries. SIQSflLEREPDRTED
Story In (lint Tract Was Bought for
(ho Geo. W. .Monro t'om-
pany of Baiulou
It is stated on vory good authority
that Frank Boutin has sold ono-thlrd
of his big tract of timber. Tho third
which as been disposed of oxtends ov
er bo that it has an outlet on tho Co
qulllo river nnd tho purchnso Is Bald
to havo boon mado for tho Goorgo
W. Mooro Lumber Company of Uau
don. If this Is tho caso It would
mean that tho Mooro Company In
tends to start up soon.
Tho tract of timber owned by Mr.
Boutin coiiBlsts of 8,000 acres and
Includes about 000,000,000 feet of
timber.
fields. Thoro could not bo a tlmo In
which an nttompt nt doflnlto pro-
phocy would bo so rnsh and so cor-
taln to bo pontradlctod by tho event,
About Foreign Ivoans
" Tho bankors of this country
will probably do In the futuro whnt
thoy havo dono In tho past In tho
Mnottor of extending credit to Euro
pean nntlons. Their action has not 1 Hall, roads and highways, and pno-
Selnrt Groundhog Day for "Coming
Out" Jiir(y Noi Committees
Aro Selected
On groiidhog day, Korbury 2, tho
"coming out" bnnquot of tho Mnrsh
flold Chamber of Commerce will bo
held. Mouthers of tho Eugono Com
morclul Club and Southern Pacific
officials will bo luVltod. The Hoard
of Trustees hold Its first mooting yes
terday, organized nnd designated the
committees for the coming year.
Ton committees will bo appointed,
with each trustco dUng as tho direc
tor of at least two. About throo
mombors of tho Chamber of Com
morco will bo appointed 011 each com
mittee 0110 of tho three bolng ap
pointed as chairman to mako
reports to tho trusteo In chnrgo.
Tho porsonnol of theso committees
will bo mudo at a luncheon at tho
trus,toes tomorrow noon nt tho
Thosu in Churgo
Tho following aro tho commltteos
and tho trustees In churgo: Hugh
McLaln, transportation and conven
tions, entertainment; It, M, Jon
ijlugs, Industries nnd agriculture;
Frank G. Horton, membership nnd
subscriptions, fish nnd gnmo; C. H.
Pock, civil and educational, and log-
lslatlvo and taxation; aud Charles
bcon nil for tho benefit of tho bor
rowors, but for tho Interest of tho
pooplo of tho United tSates. It is
largely because of their loans that
our crops aro bolng sold and our His
tories nro running today. Our own
economic welfare in tho 'tost; nnd
that will doubtless bo applied, as it
should bo, to tho particular circum
stances of any further domand that
may bo mado. As to all othor spec
ulations on futuro conditions or
ovonts, tho wiso pooplo of old UBcd
tho proper phraso when thoy said
that these things are 'on the knoes of
tho gods".
Llbbjr Coal, $5.00 to, rhone 72.
llclty nnd printing,
To Bo Active Year
Tho now year Ih to ho ono of
great ncttvlty lu tho Chumber, do
claro tho trustees, ami thoy moan It.
On January 20, tho Eugono Com
mercial Club holds a banquot to col
obrato tho coming of tho Wlllamotto
Pacific. Several men nro going from
hero. Among thorn will bo Hugh
McLaln. J. W, Bonnott, C. It. Peck,
W. F. Miller nnd It. M. Jennings.
In return tho men of Eugouo will
bo Invited horo for tho bnriquot of
tho Entiro Chamber of Commorco to
bo hold Fobruary 2 for tho purpose
of stirring things up a bit.
Chandler Hotel.
Tho convenience mid profit of
Times Wnpt Ads will ho demon
strated by it trial,
ISFfllLUREABE MURDERED
IN GOLD DLOOD
CLAIMS FHENCir MOVE
WEST COLLAPSED
Atisdhius Gain An Important. Posi
tion from (ho Montenegrins
Which Controls Buy
D7 Axoelited Tma to Com Cr Tlmo.. J
LONDON, Jnn. 12. Tho collapse
of tho French attack on tho Ger-
f man's positions north of Lcscsnll In
Chnmpngno along a 3,000 yard
front Is announced by Berlin today.
Paris sayB thoro woro no events
of Importance last night except be
tween Moiiso nnd Argonno whoro the
French battorlcs dlsporscd tho Gor
man suppers Last night n compar
ative lull provallod.
Atistrlnns Gain Point,
London Bays tho capture by tho
AiiHtrlnns of Momp Lovcon, in Mon
tenegro Ih n serious blow to tho al
lies owing to tlio fact Its summit do
minates Cattaro Bay.. Tho AtiBtrlans
naval huso boforo Italy entered tho
war tho French had established n
niimhor of guns on tho mountain
nnd prepared oniplncomonts for four
Heavy guns wliicu could havo swept
tho hay. Austria by solzlnir It for-1
Hiuiiuu mis (iiuiKor nun is in n com
manding position with regards tu
Ccttlnjo, tho Montenegrin capital,
six miles distance
Eighteen Foreigners, Mostly
Americans, Shot Down by
Villa Bandits in Mexico
EXCITEMENT GREAT
El Paso Mining Men Send the
Facts to President Wilson
1 Asking for Action
ONE MAN MAKES ESCAPE
STILL SURROUNDED
TUItKH CLAIM BKITLSH A I IK
STILL HELD I NT I JAP
They Attempt Sorties (o Get Out but
nro Bcpulsod Willi Heavy
IiHses
Or AmocIc'" VnM to Cooi IU7 TlmM.J
CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 12
An official Htntomont nays : "On
January 0, tho onomy, who had boon
surrounded nt Fut-EI-Amara, at
tempted nt many points to mako sor
ties nftor n vigorous bombardfnout.
Theso woro ropulscd with losses."
Wero Annihilated
" Monday evonlng, dohrls, booty
nnd n number of dead bodies woro
found but not u single soldier or
tho onomy remained nt Soddulbnhr.
In tho rourso ot our pursuit, tho re
mainder of tho onomy who rnfuaod to
surrender nnd who fled liwtho direc
tion of tho lauding places wero an
nihilated. BaKlesltlps Fight.
" Jan. 8 thoro wuh u heavy artil
lery battle In tho Black Son for half
nu hour botweon tho Turkish cruis
er Sultan 80II111 (formorly tho Goo
bou) nml tlio Russian hnttlcflhp Em
press Mnrln. Tho ongngemont wan
nt long rnngo. Tho Sultan Sollm
was not damaged whllo n hit was
obsorvod on tho EmproHH Mtirla."
Thomas Holmes .Manages to Stand
Back When Others Artj Taken
J'Yom Train and I'lecs Up tho
Bailrond (o Chihuahua
' 0)
EXPECT GOOD YEAR
LU.MBEIt.MAN TELLS OF CONDI.
TION OF BUSINESS
Takes Encouraging Vlow or Sltiui.
(Ion mid Looks for Prosperity
During Year 11)1(1
E. B. Hu7.cn, vico-presidcut nnd
general mnuagor of the Bridal Veil
Lumbor Company, gives nu oncour
aglng vlow of. tho lumber situation.
Ho Ih quoted as follows:
I "Wo or the Pacific Northwest ox
pect n good year lu 1910. The ask
ing prices do not yot como within
$:( por thousand feet of yielding
tho' nverago fir operator a legitimate
profit, If ho will hut ronsldor his
accounting ns It should be consider
ed, and thoro )a not yot n volumo
or biiHinoss coming lu 011 tho ask
ing prlcos.
"As wo look at tho possibilities
of tho coming yoar tho prospects
aro wonderful, Everything points
to nu Increased lumber consumption.
Tho factors in this opcimrstlu out
look nro theso:
"Tho possibility or tho end of tho
European war, or, if not an end, at
least a neod ot lumbor such as will
glvo elthor tho South or tlio Pacific
Northwost a bnckbono to work on.
"An increase Is almost certain tu
tho buying of Mexico.
"A domestic demand, extending
for the first tlmo sluco 100G na tar
cast us Iowa and uccolurntod by car
building, , mining, gonornl homo
building nnd gonornl construction,
is indicated.
"Tho cortalu continuation of the
prosont Australian business of 10,
000,000 feet or so a month, la en
couraging. "Ilowovor. each of theso possibil
ities, with tho oxcoptlou -of tho do
mestic domand, has a string attach
ed to It Homowhero.
"With tho forolgn domand thoro
in to bo considered tho transporta
tion problom, tho Panama Canal umj
tho attitudo of tho South, Tho na
tion that buys any amount of lum
bor must bo in dire neod of it bo
foro vessels will be spared from the
transporting of food and supplies
to care for lumber."
PHOTEST AGAINST
MEXICAN POLICY
tnjr A.ocltv1 frtnu to Cm n Tlmro.l
EL PASO, Jan. 12. A.
commlttoo today waH appoint-
ed to orgnnlzo n mass moot-' 9
Ing of citizens to protest
ngaliiBt tho policy of tho
United StntoH In tho Moxlcnn
situation, aud against the
apparent failure of tho Moxl-
can govornmont to protect
Americans.
0
(Hf Aioclll Vtntf w Coon IUjr TlmM.l
EL PASO, Jan. 12. Nineteen for
eigners woro on tho train thnt was,
stopped by Villa bandits near Chi-'
hunhun. Of theso nil but one,
ThomiiH M. Holmos, woro oxocutod.
Tho train with foreigners nnd Moxl
ennu loft Chihuahua Jan. 10. It hnd
hardly started on tho Journoy to tho
mining camp of Ciislhulrlschlc, when
tho Villa bandits, numbering 28,
boarded tho train nnd lined up tho
foreigners on the railroad tracks and
11 firing squad felled 18.
Holmes Makes ICseniio
llolmon, escaped -by remalnlti(r-bo-lilnd
uh his companions wore bolng
marched out of tho curs. Just as tho
firing squad raised tholr rifles ho
fled up the railroad track toward
Chihuahua. City, which ho reached
Into that day.
Excllouieiit Intense
Excltomout in tho lobbies of tho
hotels horo throughout tho night
wuh Intonso, Hundreds . of mining
men, many of thorn friends ot tho
victims, were loud In tholr denunci
ations of the Incident.
TologrnuiH asking President Wil
son In demand full satisfaction from
tho Carrauza government woro dis
patched to Washington.
Send President Facts
A commlttoo of prominent mining
men carefully compiled tho facts as
they trickled lu and forwarded ull
tho data to tho president.
Telegrams began to pour lu from
Chihuahua City from managers of
tlio crows ordorod back to tho mines.
They roported thoy woro returning
to tho border.
Hevengo of Vllhv
Officials horo attributed tho at
tack to Villa's threats against Amer
icans at tho tlmo ot his defeat In So
norn. Tho success of tho dofacto
government's campaign, Villa declar
ed, -was duo to tho permission grant
ed by the United States for tho trans
portation of Carrnnzn troopH through
Amorlcun territory.
Evidence has boon accumulated, of
ficials say, that tho Cnrrunza troops
havo not moved Into tho mountain
ous country In pursuit ot Villa.
MEXICAN GENEIJAL
IS UNDER AIJIJES'U
t
Or Auoclatod rrotu l Ow Ir Tlmea.
EL PASO, Texas.. Jan. 12.
Gen. Manuel Modluavlotla,
formerly chief of staff of VII-
la, who was arrested horo
last night, was charged today
with bringing stolon proper-
ty Into tho United States.
BIG MILL BURNS
KTTLLWATEU PLANT AT CENTRA
L1A, WASH. DESTROYED
IiOss Is Ono Hundred Thousand Del-
laro nnd (ho Origin Ih
Not Known
IH Auoclitetl 7va lu Coo Sty Ttmt.j
.CENTHALIA, Wash., Jan. 12.
FIro lost night destroyed tho Still
wator Lumber Company sawmill at
Vudor. Tho loss la $100,000, the or
igin in unknown.
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JAP STEAMER
KEPOKTKD ASHORE
If AocUtl Trvu tu uvu VtT Tfrae,
SEATTLE. Wash., Jan. 12."
A dispatch from Nnnaltno,
B. C, says tho Japanese
steamor Konkou Maru, from
Seattlo boupd for Vladivos
tok, wont ashore at, the west
ontranco of Actlvo pass, B.
C, last night. She calld
tor assistance and the, steam
er Salvor has gouo to held.
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