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No. 1(55
i SUCK
II
AVALANCHE
AMERICAN KILLED
TEXAS RANCHER SHOT BY MEX
ICAN CATTLE THIEVES
vtiinri nnd Initircd orf
eat Northern Railroad
jear corea biauon
..nn HiiDt en
DOWN MOUNTAIN SIDE
.i now flnnr.li Fall
unnrlrnrl FrRt and
lecper Is Turned Over
TEEN MAY BE DEAD
Ilcport Indicated it I Loiiwt
, Mnuy Wtw Killed i nrs
tcicil IV '! Woik Being
.rrlcd on Willi Difficulty
AI AXD INJL'HKI) f
t.XKl'S KHOM THIS CABS
AnKlitl rr to f't Tim I
RATTtiK, Wash., Ja,. 22
ht Northern offlco hero says
killed nnd flvo Injured
been tnken from tlio
tkcd cars. No names have
received yet.
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AjxxUI.J rrtu lo Cow Mr TlraM.J
ITTLE, Wash., Jan. 22. Great
era train No. 25, tlio Cascade
d, which left Bjiokuno for So-
last night, was struck by nil
icho near Corea station on tlio
(slope of tlio Cascndo inoun-
100 miles from Scnttlo, nt
llils morning.
I 'nil :t(i() I-'ect
dining car ami a day coach
lorn from tlio tra'n and hurled
pet down tlio mountain sldo.
Iccplng car was thrown on Us
ITIic loss of life Is unknown
Ury person In tho two cars
liavo been killed or injured.
Car Catfl'ett Flro
dining car, which coulnlnod
pmpany omploycs. caught flro.
y conch did not tako flro, but
was difficulty entering It, ow-
tlio snow and debris with
It was partly covered.
Homo Arc Rescued
i locomotive nnd other carH ro-
on tho track. First pas-
found by tho roscuors wits a
pay, allvo but seriously hurt.
noxt two passengers wcro
Tio dead and threo Injured
been taken from tho dining
.Struck In tlio Middle.
orts Just received from Corea
avalancho struck tho train In
llddlo and tho diner and day
were carded away and tlio
behind them, wim tnmiimi
b Us sldo and swung partly
l'e bank, but was not taken
Hnpiicned On Curve.
i'o Is a long horseshoo curvo
p anu tno two cars that woro
pent down townri tim irnM,
ft below. Tho dllior Btntinnil
ay to tho track, caught flro
ps destroyed, mm iinv mnnii
lued all wav to tim i...-
. "- ..w mil ui
fioillA niA 1 .i
.., tuTil'lllMI,
dead man nn.i n,- i..i .
- .... UMCO III J III III!
taken from tho dlnor. One
; y is still inside. Sovon.
"t injured pasongors but no
eretabnn r..... ii.. i-
smn. r , " " UB)r coach.
empt has been mado to gather
LDJPft nf il.A .
l" ueau mid Injured.
iI'OSSiniA'llDi.ui)
Nt I,ms ,., UI) MjkeH n
umic Mttteincnt
f'..Jr..Cao,D.rTlfflV,
"AUL. jnn. 90 n.n.... .
LL? Nortllorn "rock
oon Jt .: von receved this
'0A at til A nffl ...
II ll, """" I lOU18
'" ,be President of tho rail.
'"U Issuoil H,n li
bent: 'urnming
"HOW Hll.ln -...... .. . .
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n,t "" u"r on us
a ! -t und
k VH..H .: . u.a,lK- - .
-- u,m ,njUre(l 8 a f.
Known, in.. 11 .
to cha r ... ,s renrted
0Ple and n C"tahl0d elgllt or
iloS ,Sleepl"8car8,x.
sers in tho ttino- n
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ATTKVTinv .r ,77?
fwher;7f ,'.P-. -
I-Of p w,l,u louro No.
it xt '., are re1"estod to bo
mZ:y Bven,nB- -'
J D. SNEDDON.
DoiirIiih Downs Itcttirns (o Ainci-lcnii
Holl nnd 'J'oIIh of Dcntli or
" licit AICVI'H
Ujr AHocUtcJ rrvnii lo Coo liar Tlmci.
YSI3LTA, Tox., Jan. 22. Douglas
Downs, who escaped to American
soil after his companion, Bert Akors
it young rnnchor or litis plnco, wuii
klllod by Mexican cattlo thlovcs yes
tordny gave tjio details today.
Kind Stolen Cuttlo
Ho suld ho, Downs, and n Mexican
secret servico oporatlvo dotnlled to
aid thorn, Woro Boafublng for stolon
cnttlo when thoy found thorn In
tho corral of Durnn Brothors, lend
ers of the Mexican thieves, 11 111II0
south of tho border.
Shot front Mm Hoi-ho
Tho Mexicans oponcd flro nnd Alt
ers ,wub shut from his horso. Tho
Amorlcans woro uiiDrmcd. Durnn
Brothers lator woro captured by tho
Carranza troops nnd nio now In Jail
at Juarez.
STOP MEXICANS
ATTKMPT TO RHINO BAGS
ACROSS TIIK BOBDKR
Not Allowed On Account of Typlms
nnd CiiNtom OfflclnlH Open
riro on IntriidorH
l)f AitodtIM Vt' to C001 l)y Tlmn.
Kli PASO, Toxas., Jan. 22. Cus
toms offlcern this rnontlng opouod
flro on Bovoral Mexicans' nttemptlug
to cross tho bqrder with largo bun
dles of rags. Tho Mexicans fled. It
Is not bollovod any wqro woundod.
Tho Importation of rags Is prohibit
ed on nccount of tho typhus In Mex
ico. ltcfiised to Unit
Tho MoxleniiB refused to halt
when ordorod by Csptnln Harris
nnd Inspector Dawson of tho Unit
ed Stntos Immigration sorvlco. They
lmmodlatoly oponod flro..
IS IN SECLOSi
IMIICSIBKNT TAKKS CBUISI3 ON
TIIK YACHT MAYFLOWKR
AVitnlM to Bo Alono to 1'roimro
Spewbi's Which Ho Will
Soon Mnko
IRf AwocUlod r'cru la Com D7 Time )
WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 22.
Prosldpnt and Mrs. Wilson, nboard
tho.Naviil Yacht Mnyflowor, today
woro cruising down tho Potomac
rlvor, bound for tho Chosapehko Bay.
Tho trip, which Is to occupy two
days, was taken to onablo tho pres
ident to proparo In seclusion tho
address ho la to mako in Now York
Jan. 27 at tho railroad business as
sociation's banquet and to draft
speeches on national preparedness
for his Western trip.
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BURNING
l-AMKS DKSTUOYINfl MOLDK, IN
NORWAY AND MANY HOMHLKSS
Part of Plnco Already Reduced to
AsIich mid Flro Is Still Rag
ing Today
117 Awoclitea PreM to Coos pjr Time.)
COPENHAGEN, Jan. 22. Tho
Norwegian town of Moldo, tho cen
tral portion of which was des
troyed by flro yesterday, was still
burning today. Tho greater part of
iUiq city Is already reduced to ash
'es Nearly 2,000 people aro homeless.
BIG RAFT OF LOGS
BREAKS AT COOS RIVER
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A big raft of logs' belong-
lng to tlio Smith-Powers"
Company was being brought
down Coos river when tho
wind carried it on to tho
boom at tho turn of tho rlv-
or. Tho raft broke and tho
Ioks woro turned looso and
4 carried down tho bay. Doubt-
loss many will bo lost over
the bar. ,
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ISIAKE ABOUT
VILLA CAPTURE
General Herrera Makes State
ment Branding All Re
ports As Untrue
NONE OF THE BANDITS
HAVE YET; BEEN TAKEN
Those Who Participated in the
Santa Ysabel Massacre
Still at Liberty
ONE BANDIS DISPERSED
(iuitInoii Troops Attack Tlieut mid
,Foiir Aie Killed and U10 Otbct-ii
Aro Driven Avtny Fight
OccurH at In iToyii
Hr AuocUIrd l'rf.i lo Coo Dr Tlm.
CHIHUAHUA, Jan. 22. All re
ports of tho capturo of Villa or of
any persons known to hfvvo taken
part In tho Santa Ysabel mnssacro
nro untruo according to n statomont
by General Horrora dictated today.
It Is announced, howovor that ban
dits who participated In tho Santa
Ysabel mnssacro woro attacked by
forces of tho Santa Ysnbol garrison
nt La Joya, n"l woro conlplotoly dis
persed and four of them klllod.
EIEHT IN CHINA
REBELS SCOBE VICTORY OVK1I
GOVEBN.MEXT TROOPS
Moro SoldletH Aro Being Hurtled
to tho Relief or tlio Re
funding Garrison
HT Aio:lill PrtM to Coo. JUr Tlran.1
pmkino. Jan. 22. Rebels In Yun
nan provlnco liavo defeated a body
of government troops and nro mov
ing northward.
Tho ongngoment occurrou in ozo
pinion nrnvlnco. Many government
troops aro arriving from Hankow
at Chung King, on tho Yang Tso
rlvor, in Szo Chuen provlnco, but
navlgat'on on tho river above there
Is difficult.
PnnonmiAiiMi' tho 'revolutionists
aro opposed by only small garri
sons. The revolutionists aro not
molesting foreigners.
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4 TBIAL OK iiiii-;i-;iv v
4 IN PBQGBESS TODAY
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4 Tho Greeks who had a
4 fight In the coffee houso yes-
terday afternoon all ploaded
not guilty aro on trial beforo
4 Judgo miner huh uii" "
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VESSEL SENDS
S. 0. S. CALL
STEAM SCHOONEH CENTBALIA IN
DISTRESS. THIS MOHNING
ilas Not. Slnco Been Located by Other
RontH Yofonilto Ik RciKirt
ctlo Lonklng
Tho steam schooner Ccntralla sent
out on S. O. S. call for help nt 6
o'clock this morning: All efforts to
get In communication with tho vossol
aftor this tlmo liavo proven fruitless
though It Is known that tho oil tank
Htcamer Buck and also tho steam
schoonor Yosomito nro cruising In
tho vicinity, supposed to bo about
2G miles northwest of.Yaqutna. Tho
Yosomito horsolf Ih In a leaking con
dition. Hoard tlio Whistles
Tho destination or tho Contralla
Is not known hero. Word from tho
steamship Buck Is to tho effect that
about six o'clock, It was thou quite
dark, four sharp and short b lusts of
a ship's whjstlo woro heard, Then
thoro was sllouco. It Is understood
that tho Buck wn oIoro enough to
llscorn tho outlines ot tho Con
but lost her shortly a. tor this.
Location Gnexsed At
Tho location of tho Contralla was
guessed at, though it Is bollovod It
was very closo to tho position stat
ed. Tho ships nro cruising tjioro In
in hopeB of picking up. any llfo
boats that may bo afloat, providing
tho Contralla has foundered.
Word from tho Yosomito, also a
stoam schoonor from tho Columbia
rlvor, doos not state how badly she
Is leuklng ,uor whother sho Is out
ward bound from Portland or San
Francisco.
Ih Steam Schooner
Tho Contralla Is a steam schoonor
of 487 gross tonnago, 160. 5 feet In
longth, ac reet breadth and with a
depth of 12.5 fo:t. Sho' carries a
crow or 19 mon. In 1002 sho was
built at Alameda- and San Francisco
Is lior homo port.
No Call for Help
The Yosomito, tho vossol that Is
leaking, is of 927 gross tons, carries
a crow of 2G men and is 193 feet in
longth. Inasmuch as bIio has not
dispatched a call for help It !b riot
believed that sho Is In a. sinking con-
wltlon,
SEPARATE PEACE
IS
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German Newspaper Says Bel
gium Is Free to Do As
She Sees Fit
SAYS THAT A DELAY
MIGHT PROVE FATAL
DECISION GIVEN
CLARK CORPORATION GETS VAL
UABLE MINKHAL LANDS.
U. Si Court GrnntH Company Pro
perty About Twenty Million
Dollars Involved.
tOr AMoclatM Pm to Coo. nr TlraM.J
BUTTE, Mont. Jnn. 22 By de
cision ontored In tho United States
court today, tho Elm Orlu mining
company, a W. A. Clark corpora
tion, gains title to the Immensely
valuablo bodlo mineral formerly
clalmod by tho Butto and Superior
Company.
The oro bodies Involved In tho
litigation aro valued nt $20,000,000.
Tho court holds that tho Elm Orlu
Company Is entitled to 300 foot of
thoso volns by extra lateral rights.
It had claimed 4G0 foot. The court
decided 160 foot belongs to tho Butto
and Suporlor.
Country Is Regarded by Kai
ser's Chancellor As An Ob
ject of Exchange
ACTION NEEDED AT ONCE
IS AFIRE
NORWEGIAN FREIGHTER FORC
ED TO RETURN TO PORT
Wits Bound ror Archangel With Car
go Consigned to tlio Huh
ulan Government
Dr AMoettt I'r 10 cm Ttr Tlnr.. p
NEW YORK, Jan. 22. Mystery
surrounds tho flro which forced
tho Norwegian freighter Sygna to
put back to this port today after
having snllod yesterday for Arch
nngol with a largo cargo consigned
to tho Russian government. Af
tor largo quantities of steam poured
Into tho forohold, tho flro was be
lloved to bo under control.
No Explanation
Officers ot tho freighter said that
as far as thoy know no explosion
preceded tho flro, but thoy woro
unable to otfor any explanation of
how tho blaro originated. The
Sygna will bo oxamlned to dotor
mlno tho causo.
If Matter Th Put Off Too Long Bel
glum Might Bo Considered n
Good Prlzo In Settle
ment or Affulm
Dr Ai.otlit.4 rr. to Coo. Cr Timet,
LONDON, Jan. 22. An Amster
dam dispatch to tho Exchango Tele
graph Btatos that tho Frankfurter
Keltung, discussing tho possibility of
a sopnratopoaco between Germany
and Belgium, snyg as long as Bol
glum has not slgnod tho London ag
reement regnrdlng making soparato
peaco, sho Is frco to do as her in
terests command.
Tho newspaper Is quoted as add
ing that Belgium until now has boon
considered by tho Gorman chancel
lor as an object of exchango nnd
sonslblo Belgians ought to bo told
not to wait too long or Bolglum will
bo considered a good prlzo.
NOTICE
To the patrons and all Interested:
Tho Coos Bay Creamery Association
will discontinue the manufacture of
butter on February .. 1?16
manufacturo cheese excliwlvely.
J, J. CLINKINBEARD,
Manager,
MAY M AGAIN
A. S. HAMMOND SAYS REJECTION
KINNEY TAXES NOT FINAL
SHELL BARRACKS
Destroy u Military Train and Also
Attitclc Rulgnrliiii Seaport on
Aegean Sea
ID7 AwocUtoa Pre., to Coo. Ur Tlmw.J
PARIS, Jan. 22. A Milan dis
patch says that a squadron or 16
warships of tho allies which Wed
nesday bombarded Porto Lagos, the
Bulgarlun sea port on tho Aegean
Sea near the Greek border, also
shelled tho military barracks at
Dedeaghatch and destroyed a mili
tary train
Judge WnWon Took Stand AgnlitNt
Cutting Down Penalty and
IntqrcMt on Delinquent Tnxet
- F. B. Walto, who has been en
deavoring to effect an adjustment
of the Klnnoy doltnquent taxes, left
ithls morning for Portland, lie has
mot entirely given up hopes of ef-
fealng an adjustment or tho matter
(although Judgo Watson turned the
proposition down yeserday.
Mr. Walto said that ho undorstood
that Commissioners Domont and
Armstrong voro favorablo to a sou
alement but Judget Yatson took a
stand ngaliiBt It at tho final con
ference yestorday.
A. S. Hammond said that Judgo
Watson's refusal was not final, be
ing morely a requost for further tlmo
to think It over. Mr. Hammond
thought thnt Watson wanted a bettor
settlement than merely the taxes nnd
six per cont Intorest,
In vlow of tho falluro of tho
bcttlomont negotiations, District At
torney Llljeqvlst will bo unablo to
proceed until Judgo Sklpworth of
Eugeno passos on tho case which will
bo probably about ninety days.
In the meantime it was hinted by
Messrs, Walto and Hammond thoro
mcy bo further negotiations with tho
county court,
PLAN ENDORSED
HENRY L. STINSON APPROVED
GARRISON'S PROGRAM
Former Secretary of War Says Com-
pulsory Military Service In
True Solution
, IHj Auocltt! rr" to Coo. Ur Tlraw.l
WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 22.
An unqualified endorsement of tho
administration's continental vmy
plan was gvon today by Honry L.
Stlmpson, secretary of war In tho
Taft administration, in an address
boforo tho Nntional Security Loaguo.
Declaring hlmsolf In favor of a
compulsory mllltrary sorvlco ns tho
truo solution or tho defonso prob
lem. Stlmson said ho regarded tho
program now advanced by Secretary
Qnrrlson as a sound initial step.
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VICTORS OVER COQUILLK
1JA8KETRALL QAME.
IN
Score 20 to 10 In County Seat
Myrtlo l'olnt Vanqulhcs
North Rend 27 to 11.
In a spirltod gamo In Coqulllo last
ovenlng tho Marghfleld high school
quintet won from their opponents
by a score of 29 to 19. At Myrtlo
rpolnt tho flvo from North Bend woro
bested 27 to 11 and this evonlng
North Bond will meet tho batiket
'ball team at Bandon,
The players from Marshflold wore
'Watters and Burrows, forwards; Heu
'man, center; and McDonald and
Chapman, guards. They returned
this morning.
Sopltuiores Win.
Tho Sophmores of the high school
'this morning defeated tho Coos
Rivor consolidated Bchool flvo, 25
to 19.
FLOODS SWEEP
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Mayor Dies of Heart Failure
From Excitement in Ef
fort to Keep Order
FEAR ENTIRE VALLEY
WILL BE RUINED
Waters of Colorado River Rush
Through Street caus- '
ing Great Damage
BUILDING CARRIED AWAY
Many Resident nro Panic Stricken
Lovchn Hiito llrokon Awny nnd
Big Irrigation Project In Dan
ger of Dottructlon
(nr AnoctttM Pmi to Coo. Dr TlmM.J
YUMA, Ariz., Jan. 22. Yuma. is
flooded by wator from tho Colorado
river todny. Mayor Charles C.
Moore died ot hoart fcaluro caused
by excltomont In trying to restore
ordor.
Many residents aro panic strick
en. Tho water Is rushing through
Rushes Through Street
the. main street sovoral foot deop,
washing away many of tho older
buildings. Tho government' lovoo
protecting tho Yuma valloy broko.
Tho government lovoo on tho Cali
fornia sldo also broko.
May Sweep Vnlloy
It Is fonted that tho entire Yuma
Vnlloy will bo Inundatod boforo
nightfall and tho Irrigation projoct
on tho Caltfomla sldo suffer groat
damage. J
Communication with tho Imperial
Vnlloy of California Is sovorod-and
nothing definite could bo learned ot
conditions there.
G
RELIEF
BELIEVED IT WILL HELP THE
FIX)OD CONDITIONS
Water from Overflowed Rivera
CitttHo Damage Rut Aro Now
Receding Some
(Or AmcwLI! Pre, to Coo. Il.r Ttmi.
CHICAGO, III., Jan. Tho . cold
wnvo swooping eastward from tho
Rocky Mountains was hold out ji
day as bringing hopo.of rollot frqm
tho Hood conditions which provallpd
In Illinois nnd neighboring atatoa
yestorday. Tho waters after doing
much daniago wcro receding today.
DENIAL ENTERED
AUSTRIA GIVES INFORMATION
REGARDING THE PERSIA. -
States that Country Had no Sub
( marine. Concerned lit the
Sinking or tlio Liner.
Dr AuoclileJ rrf.t to Coo Btjr TlmM.J,
VIENNA, Jnn. 22 Tho govern
ment has informed Amorlcan am
basador Penfleld that no Austrian
submarine was concernod in uTo
sinking ot tho steamer Persia. Tho
German government previously deni
ed any responsibility.
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STORM
S Rf
llerp On Business. A. E. Flsk,
purchasing agent ror tho C. A.
Smith company, who has officos In
San Francisco, Is here on business
tor a rew days. ,
Tho convenience and profit of
Times Want Ads will bo demon
strated by n trlul.
wv.rssv.mvr T .,.lt ttw lllf Vd'll
hVl.lAfllil wj- t iaii nu .umra ,-
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Coos Bay Bar Is Reported Rough
Wanner Temperature Makeup
Danger of Freshet. "
-Tho
wind storm is sovore today.
Off tho Orogon coast there lsTa
southeast wind of a velocity of 85
mllCB nn hour. Tho Coos Bay bar
'however waB not rough this after
noon.
This morning storm warnings were
sent to all southern Oregon poluts
and tho weather predictions received
today Indicate thnt.the gale will con
tinue, .
Tho higher tomporaturo and rain
di'rlag the day increases the danger
of a sudden molting ot the snow in
tho mountains which would brine
about & bud froshet.
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