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MARSHFIELD, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1916 EVENING EDITION
American Steamer China is
Stopped on High Seas by
an English Cruiser
SHED
a
thirty-Eight, Arc Taken .Off
By warsnip, um nmni.
Not Given
ACTION NoTYET TAKEN
Vfrr IJkdy ruMotl Slates Govern
Mit will IMw n ,,n,:s, Hll,,l,a1,
to the Ono riCMJiili'tl Ho
ccnlly to tlio Allies
Dj Awtiltl rrro lo Com "T Tltnrt.J
S1IAN0IIAI. Tcb. 19. Tim
American steamer Clilna, which loft
SUnghal yesterday for Sou Fran
tlKO, vrai held up on tho high sens
if Drltlah auxiliary crulflor nml
H Gcrnana wore taken off.
Is thought tlio China may have,
(bn held up by tho Laurcntlac,
tblth recently stopped tho Tonyo
j lltru on a voyage to Manila ami
I renovcJ nlno Indians.
Spring fe Here 'MMIS PLAN
zr . ' BIG MOVEMENT
y Consolidation of Times, Const Mail
nml Coos Bay AilvcrtlBor.
NO. 178
"C003
WE& " ft
!3 (
OH GEORGE; WHEN OU
GET THAT DONE WW
YOU TO DIG UP THE TUUP
BED -AND HOE THE DAHLIAS
AND CLEAN UP THE BACH
YARD ANb EMPTY THE
TPASH CAN AND TohGRfoty
WE'LL ,
JiO ACTION' TAKEN
Ltd; TlW United Stales
Jlntrr a Protest
Will
(Br AimUttl Tim to Coot llir Tlmn.J
WASIIIXOTON, I), C, Feb. 19.--
Similar Information regarding tho
rtooril of Germans from tho China
is .received by tho Stato Dopart-
Bcnt. No action lina yet licon ta
fa by the United States, hut It Ih
probiblo a protest will ho ninilo
Insllir to that mailo to England
ind' Franco when tho crulsor 'Dos
tirtti recently rcmovcil Gormana
lflitSW 1 1 ill IIwSPMpSI
JIM PuS
n2sraTt' fjbvr,.-. rriv ?j$m -zas rfcj ri.. ft
c-CPv-i' i -cdsw r ffl A"sia i wmwu .i -it-u
.n r nan a j- .!- :li ... m v-w i m. .w.i .-.- - t-.!:.-. j i JH'M va'i . t nn 11 11 11 i
For 'Past Six Days Great Act
ion on Part of the Army
Has Been Noticed
OJ'
V
THE 815ASON or Krcon, srowlnB thliiRS, lioimo cIcnnliiB and flHhliiK han arrived. It Ih ovldont In tho velvet
touch of tho Kontlo zephyra, tho eocd sIkiih In the BiocorB' wlndowH, and tho epidemic of spring fovcr which
has happily BtiporHcded tUo grip. Tho Illustration In tho conception of Tho Times' cartoonist, Mr. It'oy Law
liorno, of what It means on Coon liny whon OoorKo (JooJniin luirrlca homo from his garage to malco gnrdon and
Davo Stafford hies him to tho nooks and croolcu of Coos Hlvor to lure thu finny trlho from, dripping depths of
that beautiful stream.
DANIELS ASKS
FOB BI6 SUM
Secretary of Navy Wants
Warships, Immediately
Put in Good Repair
from tho Amorlcnn
Chilean Sea.
ships In tho
it
WEALI DtTH
IS TAKEN TO J!
iiotHiiit i,k.vi:s to hkiivh
lAVH I-'Olt .ll()()Tlii:(J(.'IN(J
:io
iBrcnt
umimiia-T to i.ooic ixto
-MIMV AVIATION lOlM'S
Oa-a ,Mdo Thnt Work Has llci'ii
Cuniluitnl In mi luoffiiient
Manner
I"' 'u,l Tr to Con. lit, Time. 1
WASHINGTON', n n. i.vi. m
J army investigation of Senator
no won, clmrfies that Lieutenant
fM Heber, head of tho aviation
"'yM bc" conducting tho aoro
M In an Inefficient manner lias
Th, ,r r ly tl10 war dopartinont.
L l.lch include.! tho In.
JJ Wra of tlio army nml head
rcolleEe will conduct tho In-
Congress Requested to Appro
priate Over Two Million Dol
lars for the Purpose
MORE MINES ARE WANTED
AIm Would fluvo All lliittlcslilps
Kqulppctl Willi Antl-Alirrnfl
(uim for (ho Kirxt Tlino In
This Country
Kuihlen Turn In Cuho Ciium as Sur
pi-iNo to Offlrcih llipior Ih Ijjft
In Cliargo of .ludgo
Accompanied by Constable Cox, Jo
uopli IIotiHur loft th'.ii morning for
CoqiiIIIo whoro ho will spond tho noxt
HO days In the county Jail. As an
nounced lu Tho Times of last ovonlng
IIoiiHor Into yesterday pleaded guilty
to tho charge of bootlegging.
Took Sudden Turn
Tho suddon turn in tho enso came
Juh ti stirprleo to tho officers. Ilousor
had previously pleaded (10L guilty
and declared tho caso would ho
fought. However, tho proaocutlnn
witnesses had mado their affidavits
before District Attoruoy Llljeqvlst.
A rccommondntlon of 30 dnyB lu
Jail was mado by tho district attorney
after n conforonco with C. I. Hot
gard, attorney lor tho defoudaut, wno
declared 1i!h client was without money
to pay tho 2TiO flno as first suggest
ed, Tho liquor Is being hold by Judgo
Htroycd lator, otnolu otaolnii i,
I'onuock and will probably
FLOOD VI Ct f WIS
ABE I DANGEB
Apprehension Felt for Safety
of Two Thousand Persons
Who Are Marooned
RE
MOO
T
FOOD
GET
N BE 1
Lontj Trains are Carrying
Troops Going Toward the
South and the West
REPORT FROM AMSTERDAM
NcuNpnper There Slates That Holla
Artillery nml In fun try Aro llolng
Moved in Icugo Tuinbci'H Along
' tlio Itnllroad
(llr A1rlIM rrf to Com llr Timn.
AMSTEUDAM, Fob. 19. During
tho last six days great Oerninn troop
movemonts havo occurred In South
ern and Central Itetglitm, says a
dispatch from tho frontier to Tho
Tolegraf.. Long trains with artil
lery and Infantry aro running nlong
tho rullronds to tho west and south,
and Homo small dotachmeuts nro
transported by way of Lou vain to
tho Soiithoaat.
OTHER TREATIES UP
SKXATE TO TAKE UP HAITI AND
UOIiUMIIIA MATTHI1S
Xlcaraguau Apccnicnt Ih Now Out of
tlio Way Having llecn Hatlfleil
Vcstcrdny
IBr Aiioclitoil rttn to Coot liar Times. 1
WASHINGTON, D.C, Fob. 11).
With tho Nlcaraguan treaty out of
tho way, administration senator?
wcro ready today to cnll up for rati
fication the Haitian treaty and the
Columbian treaty. Tho Nlcaracuan
treaty under which tho United States
would acqttlro tho Nlcaraguan canal
mute and naval baso lu Fonscca Day
for $3,000,000 was ratified by a vote
of 0G to 18 by tho senato yesterday.
ASTORIA
IS
FOE
INTHltSTATIi
MISSION
COMMKItCK COM
TAKKS ACTION
Have Scant Shelter and Will
Probably Undergo Great
Suffering Until Rescued
ARE MOSTLY1 NEGROES
Tho Country Within ItmlliiN of Tivcn.
Itflvu .Miles Around Xowoll-
ton Is Covered With HIv o
Fifteen Feet of Water
City Ih to Ho Placed on Samo Hards of
ItatoH iih tho Puget Hound
atles
(11 AMotliloit Prtu In Corn Il7 TlraM.J
WASHINOTON, D. C, Fob. 10.
'Tlio Intorstato commorco commission
today decided to present tho rato
adjustment of tho Spokane, Portland
and Seattlo and other railways In
reaching Seattlo, Tacoina and Astoria
,a3 unduly discriminated against As
toria In favor of tho Puget Sound
cities. Tho commission also roqulrod
that carriers put Astoria on an equal
basis tis to rates to Spokane and
othor points bctweou tho Cascades
and Itoclcy mouualns, as aro Seattle,
Tacoina and Portland.
(11 Amik-UIcI rmu In Com 1 1 7 Tlrar.
WASHINGTON, I), a, Feb. ID.
An omorgoncy appropratlon of ?-',-7ri7,000
for Immediately nocossary
ropalrs to machinery In battleships,
torpodo boat dostroyors and Biib- destroyed lator. Thoro Is n logal pro- Thoy aro mostly noarocs. Tho coun
murines, to Inercaso tho sunnly ofi'ceduro that must bo followod. Altrv within a radius of -5 riillcs h
FmlncB and for tho first tlmo to .summons must bo Issuod to thd sup- f flooded from six to fifteen feet deep
i
eiulp battleships with untl-nlrcraft'posod owners and they aro given flvoj
guns, wna nskod of Congress today days In which to mako reply. At tho)
(1)7 AKtwUtM rrtf 10 fooa ll7 TlmM.)
NEW ORLEANS, La., Feb. 19.
Incroascd apprchouslou lu folt today
tor tho two thousand or moro por-
flons marooned aiounii ewoiuou
ho jwltliout food and with scant sholtor.
BANK IS GALLED IfJ
AKKKI) TO SHOW DEPOSITS OF
HARVESTER COMPANY"
WITHDRAW
0
TURKS (JOT AWAY FROM KltZEIN
UM 11EFORE FALL
Ilollef Ih They Wll Tnko Up a Po
Hltlon Elovcn Miles I'Voiii tlio
City
(Mr AMnclttfeJ rrt Ir Cnot nf Tin.
PETUOaRAD, Feb. 10. Tho fin.
stiory 1n dotal! of tho capturo of
Erzorum by tho Hunslans reached
Potrograd soml-offlclnlly today. Ap
parently tho Turks withdrew moat
of their forces before tho final on
slaught. It la thought tho Turks
will attempt to make n stand lu tho
IiIIIh on tho western odgo of tho Er
zeruiu valley, 11 miles distant.
OM
L
iENT
N
CONSTANTINE OF (HtlCICCi:
PRAISED II Y DEPUTIES
IS
lEffortH to Keep Country Out of tho
(icncrnl War Aro (iren'ly Ap
preciated p7 AMorlttM Vrtt I" Coot Il7 Tlmn.J
ATHENS, 'Fob. fo. Officials of
tho Chamber of Deputies, during an
nudlcnco with King Constantino, com
pllmonted tho king on tho fact that,
acting under tho powers conform! on
him by tho constitution, ho had saved
tho country nt a most crltlca' June
turo from tho horrors of war which
had overtaken other small states.
by Socrotnry Dunlols.
11 FINISHED EXTENDING "FIELD,
SIXKOVI'i.,...
Ills uim ,,,l,,'; ''
l"lUAltUerofPenimnet
Woik
,.The tfW"e OVflr II... n, . .
Ml m,n . u ii'lluo lailtH
hlnTZ, nml ,,ow l"
Wl7? Bbe """ nd tho
' ' tfo ,a"C,U "oratl b
Uoporu ;,ll,0lastl"'"Mweo
'"Hur r,r"n,,l,,l("Jll"
',tfMemnltoy'lnvo'Boing
Tlls now flniahod.
l&l&i"
'WTiIB WA'OKS
Tho Urartu- .
r .Bn::V anu- Com
4
that
e ,. "-"?' 'oday
., -ova nr all ...
of ti10" ",0 om"
kralJ",e,0n"rn would
ni6 wll M Jiarch l.
tleiier ..-""'" t0 al,ot
- veil i mr.. h
--wr uio pres-
4e i!irpoin
NEWSPAPERS TO HAVE RRANCH
IN HUENOS AYRES
Will Kiirtcuvui' to Rrlng Togelher
IliihliiosH Men of North mid
South America
(117 AmocIiIo.I Vmit to Coo Di7 Tlmr
cud of this tlmo testimony lu taken
to show whether or not tho liquor bo
longs to tho ncciisod person or por
sous nud If It docs, It will thou bo
destroyed.
Wlno Is Claimed
This afternoon Mrs. 1 longer ap
peared boforo Judgo Ponu(ok and
sworo that tho 19 bottles of wlno
tnkon were hor personal proporty.
Sho said she uses uolthor coffoo
nor tea, but takes wlno with hor
moals. Thoso i9 bottlos woro turn
ed otor to hor. Thoro Is still
KILLS DAUGHTERS
ILLINOIS WOMAN COMMITS AN
AWFUL CRIME
Tho (,
it
aeft
l bee,,," '""ease ia
lli the ,. "rm 1,aa
iionj, oiHcas condl-
!!!
!..
'nn-i, ..
F,rthM rry
.'"""I liiculnttor.
'"nman, scs so.
nVASHINGTON. D. C
A group it American nowspapor
men, it ns annoiiiiroil totlay, navo
i I ....... ...r, 1.. '
uiuiiuii x reprosouiaiivo ouit-ua
Iluono AyrcH aa tho first move In
lino vlth tho suggestions tumid
ly npprovod at tho recont Pnn-
orlean Scientific Congress for
wing business men of North and
outlt Amorica togothor by tho ex-
hango of news.
Tho nunouueotnout statos thut
similar roprcsontatlvo offlcos will
bo oponcd In othor South and Con
trol American cities lit tho noar future
Pol,, xc,i somo boor and whiskey loft.
iC
ltfr- da
rt
DIE DRAFT BOGUS
I. ROSENHEIM SWINDLES HANK
OF HANDON OUT OF tjiint)
Crawl lay Doiuestle Troulilo Sho
Iturns Little (ilt-ls and llerseir
1 to Death
(Ml Ahmm'IiIo Tim U Cono n7 Tlm J
ROCK ISLAND, Fob. 19. Crazoit
by dqinostlo troubles, it lu said, Mrs.
Veronica Polskl at Kowunco last
night, during tho absonco of hor hus
band and thrco sons, locked two small
daughtors lu a room, sot flro to tholr
clothing and then touched a match
to hor own garments. All wcro
burned to doath.
HRITISH STEAMER
HAS (.'ONE ASHORE
(1)7 Ajisocl4te4 Troll in nt C7 Time.
LONDON. Fob. 19. Tho
British stoamer Comrle Castle
5173 tons, Is ashoro ofr Mom
basa, Ilritlsh East Africa. Tho
passengers were lauded.
Tor good wervlre. see Jay Doyle.
ralloiiiiK mid Cleaning. Pjione 2.10.
I. Rosonborg, Coqiilllo tailor, Is
sought by tho offlcors for cashing a
fake draft for $150 on tho Hank of
Random Tho whereabouts of Ros
enborg aro unknown and' tho bollof
;la that ho has madp his cscapo.
According to DIafrlet Attorney L.I
jeqvlst tho .tailor has llvod In Co
qiilllo for about threo years. Ho had
Bold clothos lit the various camps Up
and down tho rlvor and sovoral times
had been told o keop away from
Powers whoro peddlers aro not at
all welcome
It is said ho iwont to tho Rank of
Dandon and showed to its officers
a supposed bopk of doposlt on alio
Dank of Clnqlnnatti. It looked as
Lthouglt ho had enough funds In tho
hank to rover tho amount oi mo urau
(and the money was forthcoming. Now
lit has Just returned front Clnc'nnattl
' ..,..i.,i i ,i fnniia " Tlio warrant
vt.s immodlatoly sv.'orn out.
1
E
WO
OE
MEN PREPARE (JRAVE AND THEN
.MURDER VICTIM
Two Men Confess tu (lilengo PoReo
of Killing Man mid Robbing Detul
IJuily
n7 Auorltlfd t'rcn to Coi n7.Tlini.
CHICAGO, Fob. 19. Tocfl! Zdrow
ski and A!ox Motolsul confesaod to
day, according to tho police, that thoy
prepared a gravo and then murdered
Tony Sandrovlch with an axe ana
robbed tho body of $55. Tho mon
More arrosted hero on their arrlva.
from ttenton Harbor, Mich,
Senato Committee Wants to IiivestL
giito Cluirges .Mado About tho
Yucatan SIIiih d'rowoiH
(117 Auocltloil 1'rrti U Coo II17 Tlnin.l
WASHINGTON, D. C, Fob. 19
1TI10 .sonato n;rlcultural commlttoo
'tcday decided to call upon tho con
tinental and Commercial bank of Chi
cago to submit a statement showing
the deposits of the. International liar
vonor Company for tho last thrco
years In order to dotonulno tho truth
or tho charges that tho harvester
pauy had dlclpllnod thu bank for ex
tending financial aid to tho sisal
growora of Yucatan,
AiioUiit Cliurgo Mado
S ! Woxler, Now York banker,
chargod today thut tho Ilarv'eator
company had disciplined tho bank
to provout tho National City Rank
of Now York, no woll as tho Contin
ental, from loaning money to aid
sisal growers.
Couuletcliurgo Mado
Tho commlttoo Is Investigating tho
charges that tho Harvester Com
pany and Plymouth Cordago Com
pany combined to monopolize tho
sisal output. It Is countercharged
that a Pan-Auiorlcaii corporation, of
which Wexlor was tho head, alaoJ
attempted a monopoly.
FACTORIES ON FIRE
ITENNICSSEE CHEMICAL PLANT IS
DAMAGED '
Attend lio opening of Sinter's Dew
Drop Pin tonight.
Public icM room and writing desk
at Surtcr'fl Deiv Drop Inn,
WILL REFUSE REQUEST
Chicago Hanker Talks About
Senato Action
tho
ATTACK FRUITLESS
HRITISH FAIL IN FIGHT
YPRES, HELGIUM
NEAR
German War, Offlcto Announces That
They Were Driven Rack When
' Attempt Is Mado
117 AmocuIw mu lo Cooa II17 TlniM.I
RERLIN, Fob. 19. Anothor fruit
less attack by tho llrlt.sh southonst
of Yrpes, where tho Germans re
cently captured several hundred
varda of trenches, was uuuouucod to-
uny uy mu war ouicu,
CouiVrii Supposed to Ho German
Owned Destroyed by Flro in
Now Jersey
GERMAN OWNED
CONCERN DESTROYED
Iflr Aoorlpted I'rMl lo Cooi 07 Time.
CHICAGO, Fob. 19. Vico Presi
dent Reynolds, of tho Continental
and Commercial National , Rank
when informed of tho decision of
tho Senato commlttoo to ask for a
statement from his bank showing
tho harvestor company's deposits,
eald tho request would be rdfuscd.
Ho said 1m did not ronsller tho
bank had boon dlsrlpllnod by tho
harvestor company.
D7 Auorltlxt rreu to tno 07 Timet.
PLAINFIELD, N. J., Fob.
19. The plant of tho Middle
Box Auallno Chemical Co,, said
to ho a Gorman owned con-
corn, was destroyed by a fire v
and explosion today.
(117 Auoclt4 1'rei lo Coua 117 Time.
RRISTOL, Tonn., Feb. 19 Tho ox
ploulon of a lantern this morning at
tho plant of tho Federal Dyo Stuff
,und Chemical Company noar King
port sot flro to tho chomlcal tank.
Tho flro was stopped and only ouo
building was damaged.
GERMAN COLONY IN
AFRICA CAPTURED
(1)7 Aucltl TriM to tuM n7 Time
LONDON, Fob. 19. Tho
completo conquest of Kamor
un, a German colony lu
Equatorial Africa, was of
ficially announced this afternoon.
M IE
TUT
BRITISH DELAY
No Answar Concerning Trad
ing With Enemy Act and
Stopping of the Mails
PROiSETfl REPLY
But So Far Nothing Has Been
Received by the Stato
Department ' ,
MADE SOME TIME AGO
United States Protected Agnlnst tho
Enforcement of tho Act Agnlnt
Amorlrna Finns and Kxvoctod
Explanation Heforo This
(1)7 Annoclated Tiran In Cool 117 TlmM, I
WASHINGTON, D. C, Fob. 19.
Tho Stato Department officials nro
Impatient at Groat Britain's delay
in replying to tho recent Amnrlcau
notes concerning tho trading with
tko enomy net, and inlorforonco
with tho malls.
Tho London Foreign Offlco somo
tlmo ago promised a reply, "but so
fnr nothing has boon hoard of tho
protest against tho enforcement of
tho trndlng wltlk the onoiny act
against Amorlcan firms.
TRY TO GET VESSEL'
HRITISH ATTORNEYS HEEK TO
KECOVEK THE AITM
United States HoH's That Lines- He
lotigtt to (ioniums Undiir tlio
PriiNslanAmercfln TiVsatr
(1)7 AmacIiIH r'real to Coo P7 TliiM.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. lp.
Attorneys for tho RrltlBh ownbra of
liner Appam, lit Hampton Roads an
fa prlzo of a Gorman crow, hayo
brought admiralty proceedings under
tho prlzo laws to regain possession
lor tho ship. Tho stnto department
holds thnt under tlio Prussian treaty
tho liner bolongs to tho Germans.
APPD NTS
F
RANCJS
ST. LOUIS MAN NAMED AMRAH.
HADOR TO RUSSIA
PRINUE WOUNDED
FIFTH SON OF THE KAIBKIl
MEETS WITH INJURY
MAY START NEW MILT
PifHldcut Wilson UrgeH That TTo Ac
copt and Is Aunltlng Ills
Aiitnvrr
(1)7 AmocUIM hh to Coo B7 Tlmw.J
WASHINGTON, D, C, Feb. 19.
Rospouso front David R, Francis of
St. Louis as to whothor ho would ac
cept tho ambassadorship to Russia
wau awaited by President Wilson to
day. In offering tho post, tho presi
dent urged him to accept. Francs
wau uocrotary of Interior In tho Cleve
land administration.
So Infuriated That Ho Orders Horn
bardiiieut of Russian Positions
Lasting Two Hours
(117 AuocUIkI t-rt to Nrtt n7 TlDM.I
PETROqilAD, Fob, 19. Princd
Oscar, tho fifth on of Emporor Will
iam was wouttded a fow days ago
wlillo making an Inspection lit front
of tho Russian position at Smorgon,
Tho prince, Infuriated, ordered a
bombardment of the Russian posi
tions, which lastod two hours.
An Amsterdam dispatch datod Fob.
7 said tlio prince was slightly wounded.
Thoro is somo talk of local partita
organizing for tho purpose, of start
ing ti new lumber mill on Coos Ray.
t Is said tho time Is now opportune
for a plant which can cut 150,000
feet a day as U Is possible to s
curo logs and thoro Is a good market
for the lumber,
Launch Cadillac lwvos fur Alle
gany Sunday morning at 7 oVtack
for tho convenience of the- fi.kw-
men.
I