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Vol. No. XXXIX
ft EK OF
EUREKA LINE
eastern Announcement of the
Contract to Twohy Bros.
Causes Discussion.
Engineering News of Previous
Date Stated Contract To
. Be Let ForWork.
AROUSES HOPEON THE BAY
JIUMRO Chen He'lratcs Tlmt nnmtH
iM.Crcsrriit City Project Im
JolntM In With Coos Mnj-ICiut'ku
Wcrk No I.M't Arranged ror
Tho story i!n TIio Times last night
from the Unn'.ncerliiB News of Now
York City about tho Soiitliorn Pacific
awarding tlio contrnct for tho con
itructlon of tho Cooa Ilny-Eurokn
line to Twohy Brothers 1ms roused
much comment hero.
The dlstanco given, 200 inllcn, In
dicates that tho Grants Pnss-Crcscont
City lino on which Twoliy Uros, havo
already started construction Ih hooked
sp with tho Coos Day-Eureka project.
Tie dlstanco from Cooa Hay to Eit
rtks, according to tho ItiBt Soiitliorn
Pao'flc survey Is gtvon as 170 mllca
and the dlstanco from (Iriuits Pasa
to Crescent City Is 9b miles, ninklng
a total of SCO miles of construction
(or which tho Engineering News snya
Twohy tiros. Imvo liccn uwurdod tho
contract by tho Southern Pacific.
Unto H. P. Men
It Is stated by Mnrshflcld purtloa
that Twohy Jlros. have two former
prominent officials with thoin on tho
Grants Pass project, both of thorn
hating resigned high portions on tho
O.W. It. k N., ns tho Southoin Pa
cific lines In tho State of Washington
ari known, to go to Grants Puss. Ono
li Mr. Doscliko, former chlof engineer
of the 0. V. It. & N., mid tho othor
(i Mr. Mlllor also of tho 0. V. It. &
X.
Tends d; Confirm It
D. h. Ilucklnglinm of Mnrshflold
today noted that tho Knglnoorlng
News of tho provloiin week contalnod
so announcement (lint tho Southurn
raclfle would award tho contract for
HO miles of railroad north from Ku
rds. TVs coupled with tho nnnoiiiirn.
t In tho last Isauo which reached
"" Jwicrdny tonda to furthor con
nm tho accuracy of tho nnnounco
Wat of tho award or tho contract...
Yeas to Miller
W P. Miller, Oooa Iliiy hoad of tho
Southern J'aclflo IltorOHt8( Bul(, thll
tecould hardly bcllovo tho nnnounco
l was correct, he says thoro has
Ma no question la W ,mi ,lt that
Sou hern Pacific would hull.l tho
ni Ink In tho coan road soon but
-lid not oxpect It now.
.No Depot silo VH
Miner said that tho Soiitliorn
S.ST.n0t 'Ct ,U,no ""'ll"
mite about a new dn.mi i m,..i.
fWH n . "hh III ftl
1 fl1. Ho rii M ii. n .
ar. i .. " l" ""oiuiB wore
e to locating lh0 station in tho
clalmoii it,., i ii..
. in. , " prust
is. far "1 fr' o
lireseu. dopot
business
III III, M tlmt U,y llftvo not bun
Z In nrml r0,U ,,oar ' t0 ""
thlnv f IJ "i,lseofior station thoy
I, yro,-tHroadwayand
'er n.1 orIe,,,aUyaBrco;1'ion,
"" Undo, ""I t0 S"mU t0 rccI
aelrfo" Ulk l,iat '" B....
and5t,l0f0r,,"lU ''
0th Il0J. '"eating It on
tiro, $ U'er0 ,3 aoinB to con-
A A .
T T V A A. .
MttlntV .
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WW'WKI TODAY
JSmn Argumedo-
he de r , OI,"B,UoH of tl10
trieu J aml U lis-
zr:T ancr a
vb.1,.., "ai a Durango Cltv
t a duL"! "00n wording
i aUnatch todnv t, ....
'"Jit v!no. . " HIU
Hilary ;dnettl,,otorso otao1
eonh
:
Established 1H7H
Ah TIio Const Mall
PULP
DALANCE ON HANI) AT BMITII
PLANT TO RETAKEN SOUTH
Dig Demand for It nt Higher Prices
May Moan Opening of Pulp
' 2MI11 Hero Hefoiu lioiig
Tho C. A. Smith Company will ship
tho Imlanco of tho pulp on hand horo
doiith on tho Adolluo tomorrow and
bit tho Nniin noxt w.colc. There rc
InalnH something less than 1,000 tons
'of tho pulp on hnnd, part of It being
tho first made at tho local plant and
being or tho lowest gnulo.
It Is Bald that tho demand for pulp
la now strong with much higher
prices. Somo time ago tho Mataul
company bought n consignment horo
for shipment to tho Onlcnt nnd It Is
presumed that this will go there.
With tho Improved conditions on
tho market nnd also In tho affalrn
of tho C. A. Smith company, It .Is
not unlikely that nrrangemento may
bo miulo before long to rcsinno op-
tarntlons at tho pulp mill,
Arno Mercon remained In San
Francisco and will probably return
on tho next Adollno. C. A., Smith
may como up with him If business
matters there permit.
Ilml Hough Trip
Capt. Olcon atatcd that tho Ado
llno had ono or tho roughest trips
up tills tlmo that alio him had 'n a
dong tlmo. Until they reached Cano
Mendocino, they bucked a furious
northwest gnlo and thoro tho wind
swung to a strong southwest blow.
Ho had hoped to get out today hut
tho delay and nn accldont to ono of
tho loading cranes caused them to
postpono tho Balling' unt1 tomorrow.
TWOHY BROS. BUY MINE
NEAR GRANTS PASS
big Itallroad, Contractors Reported
to Have Paid 1, ffO.OOO IAp
Copper Property.
WKANTS PASS, Oro., March !l.
Tho sale of the Queen or Ilronr.e
copper mlno waa conflnned yostsr-
day, tho purchnHo prlco bolng llfiO,-
000, tho first payment of $50,000
having been made. Tho proporty
belonged to tho Tutta ostnto, or
Denver, and tho purchaser Is John
HainpHljIre, of Twoliy Uros., and as
sociates. This property Is located at
Takllmn, 10 miles south of tills
city, and la said to bo ono or tho
rlcheat copper properties on tho Pa-
uiric const. Oro has been hauled
tho past year rrom this mlno In auto
trucks and shipped rrom this city
to tho nmoltor. Tho now owners
havo taken possession or tho prop
orty and a largo crow will ho put to .
work at onco to further dovolop the
proporty and get out ore for ship-
inont.
MUCH HONEY DUE
CITV
TO STAItT SUIT I'Olt IHCblN
gi'UNT PAYMICNTS
.Many Pitiperty Ov.'aeiH Kail to Pay
Up Interest and Principal fov
Street ImpriivViuent lloniN
Suit la to ho started at once against
tho property ownom or tho city who
arc delinquent v,'tli their payments
or interest and principal an streot
Improvement bonds., City Attorney
J. T. II rand saya that many or them
aro duo a yoar back and it ia said
'tho Claims amount to betweon $2,000
LV ILL
Mind $3,000,
' Tho following (a tho resolution ot
;tho city council: "no it rosolvod, that
Hho city uttornoy bo dlrocted and In
'atructed to commouco suit against
all proporty ownora who uro dolln-
pquont In tho payments or thc,'r In
stallments und interest on the unpuld j.
riuBtallmonta, where tho owora uavo
filed with tho Itecprdor a wrltton ap
plication to pay tho cost of Improv
ing streots or tho construction of
sowora nssossed against tholr prop
orty in accordance with tho provisions I
of tho Oregon Iaws."
ITALY TAK1 STAND
s?-?
M!:icliaiitiiu'ii will livo
de-
fensivo Armament
IDr AioclatJ Prru to Coo Br TlmM.J
r nOMK, aiarch 3. The Italian am
bassador nt AYashlugton has been
Instructed to notUy tho American
government that notwithstanding the
German and Austrian decree regard
ing the sinking or armed merchat
nion, rtallan merchantmen will con-
jtinuo to carry armament,, but use
1t only ror defense purposes.
Dr. IiOsUo, OsteoiNitli, Marshfleld
MARSHFIELD, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1916
SCHOOL
W
IN EASTSiDE
Directors Remove L. S. Wilde
As Janitor and His
Friends Object.
Mrs. John Swanson Elected to
Succeed Him, But Wilde
Remains At Post. '
HE ASSAULTED CHAIRMAN
W. F. llyerly Say WIMo Assaulted
Him mill I'hod Abusive bang-
icige Wilde's Supporter
Hold Mass .Mooting.
The Enstsldo 8"hool today hns two
school Janitors. Tho school board
declares that one of them has boon
"fired"; tho opposition declares that
ho has not boon. Meanwhile, the
nowly elected Janitor, or rothor.'jan
Itrcss, Is In a quandary and Marshal
McCirlff Is said to ho on hand to
sco that sho does not serve.
I ,lii-!iM WVttt Itrmitrlit.
Tho school board met lust evening,
brought charges of assault nnd tho
use of Indecent lnnguago against
I. a UMI.I,. .... r !. i....,inl.t '
, . , '.: T , , , ' ,
school, and dlHcliargcd him. A largo
delegation of citizens present severe
ly criticised tho action of the school
board and immediately after Its
adjournment, held a mass ntouitiitf.
Serve Notice At .Midnight.
Resolutions wero drawn up at this
later meeting nnd rend to tho mom-
bcra of tho achool hoard about mill-
night by .Mnrahal McQrlfr. Somo
or them were called out or bed to
hear tho reading.
Troublo Is said to havo Blurted
ovor lll Jtmltor iiucatlou when W.
I .llyerly, chairman or tho board,
went to talk ovor somo mnttora with
Mr. Wilde. Thoro wore worda nnd
It la charged that Wlldo choked
tho chairman. Tho chargos or last
evening and tho dlsiulesal wns the
result. Mrs. John Swanson wns
oloctcd to fill Wlldo's placo at $4G
a month.
Clalfucd ."S'twni Keller" UhwI
Opposition mombors declared thnt
It was mi organized attempt to "got"
Wilde, that lio had always boon a
competent janitor and had done very
good work. Thoy clnlmed "stcam
rollor" tnctlcs "wero I'sod by tho board
In ousting him. Further thoy cloi'mod
that Mrs. Swanson knows nothing
kihout machluory and will J.iot ho
cajiablo or handling tho work at tho
school. Ilonnott Swnnton roprescnted
Wlldo at the meeting or tho uchool
board.
Tho following are the resolutions
passed at tho meoL'ng hold after tho
adjournment or tho school hoard.
"To tho School Hoard District No. 10.
You aro hereby notified that the
caso of accldont or Injury to any pu
pil In said school brought about by
the incompotont Janitor service, wdll
'result In your bolng hold personally
llahlo In a criminal notion ror samo
and ir denth should occur you will
bo hold ror manslaughter and you
endanger tho d'strlct to largo damago
suits, and probably tho Inoiiranco pol
!l
icy will ho cancolled
Tim marshal Is requested to read
tills notlco tonight, I movo that It
is tho sonso or this uiootliiK that tho
iibovo bo dcllveroa to Mr. nyoriy,
Mrs. Hndloek und M. A. Me Iaggnn.
"Tho motion was put by W. C.
u'nnvnr nnd seconded bv Frod Ilroolts
TWO If "01 JOB
Jand voted unanimously by order ofjiforco F. II. Wnlto to pay a commls-
tho hoalth board or 'the Eastsldo
council.'1 '
Signed J. C. Steokol-und Nols J.
Nelson. '
i Tho mombors or tho Eastsldo
achool board aro W. F. nyoriy, chalr-
fmnn; Mrs. E. Iladlock and M. A. Mc-
I.aKBun, clorK. Tiioy ciauu turn uuu
Is oustod nnd will not bo retained p
by them and ir ho remains they will
Ireruso to pay his salary. j
1 r
, )
QUEEN MOTHER OF
RUMANIA. IS DEAD
V
JDX Aor lt4 F"M ( TlmM.J
HBRLIN. Mar. 3. Wire
less via gayvllle.) Dispatch
es rrpm nucharest state that
that Queen Molhor Ellza
both, or Rumania, who was
ill with pneumonia, died last
night.
MEMDER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
FIBE DHtMGE S40DD
AUXILIARY 'POWER PLANT AT
PORTER Ml lib SWEPT RY Rr.AZE
Oregon Power Company Suffers Mjc-
ond 1ons lit lit Months Sparks
Assigned as Cause
Flnmea did an estimated damage
of $1,000 to tho auxiliary plant or
tho Oregon Power company plnnt at
tho Portor Mill Inst night. Tho big
?2,000 bolt was entirely destroyed
and tho IiiBldo of the building gutted
by flro. A heavy southwest wind
'blow a galo at tho lime and only the
vat'ant service of the North Honil
Tiro dopnrUnont kept tho flro from
'spreading Into tho big Simpson lu'll
to which tho auxiliary plant Is at
tached. 11. M. Jennings, manager of tho
Otogon Powor Company on Cooa Hay,
declared this morning that ho is pos
Jtlvo thnt tho blazo was not causod
by dcfcctlvo wiring nnd asslgna the
euuso to sparks from tho rofiiBO burn
er or tho mill.
HirkH Carried Uy Wind
Dan Keating, chlof of tho Mnrsh
flcld flro department, said that tho
wind blow dlroctly rrom tho Bouth
woflt Into the refuse humor and that
tho sparks wcro carried high in tho
air nnd acattercd down ovor tho mill.
11 Is believed that boiiio or the sparks
may luivo entered tho building
through nn opon window and stnrled
l,, flro ,ll8,(,;
It was on tho night or February
2, 1015, that a almllar flro occurred
-l 11, n mivlllnrt. ulnnt llln ilnmnun
" l"u """J i. ...... ..- n
.t.ien boln ottlmatod ot botwesn $ ,
llAA ..... 1... Ann rr., .. r n...
000 and SO COO. Tho cauao of tluu
blazo, howovcr, was assigned to wire
rouble. That was on a very stormy
night and cauacd considerable ox
cllcMont. Switch bittlo Damaged
Tho big u'VitchboiuM Inside tlie
.i..t 'iu iiiilntiirnd liv fir. llllt. HOIllP-
il " ",
.Vml dainagod by wat'jr. sabl Mr.
j01,ng8, He folt that nono ot tlu.
ftnor machluory in tho h Hiding had
bcdn hurt.
For a tlmo MarshUo il wna In
lar!;n6HH Lecnuso or tho fact rower
vas lutr.pd ofr until tho linemen of
tho Or-von Powor Company co'iM
turn tho switch, corner of I'r .til und
l'enlloclc, that severs the roiinact'..i
with North Honil. This waa u move to
protect tho Nromon nnd tho wlromon
who vorc, working on tho burning
liulldlng. Plant Wh IiiHiired
Eighty porcont of tho loss la cov-
nrcd by lnsuranco, Bald Mr. JojiiiIiikb.
Tho bulluing naa aioou ior yourn wmi
out any sign of flro until tho Inst
two calls almost within a ycnr'B tlmo.
Tho plant hns not boon In active op
eration, bolng iiBod only for omor-
goncy tasLH.
Ab booh as tho alarm was soundol I
laliout bIx o'clock Mr. Keating wont nt
iinco to tho aceno and uoon ascer
tained that a call Tor tho Marshflold
flro dopartment would not bo neces
snry. Jt Is oxpectod thnt voiy shortly an
Innurnnco adjuster will arrive hero
to Bcttlo tho matter of Insurance on
thu liulldlng and tho equlpmout,
FRANK WAITE LOSES
$6,000 SUIT IN NORTH
Portland Judge Holds That Well
I Kmiuli Sutlierlln Capitalist Must
7 Pay Dig Ileal ICMu:j i tiuiiiussiiiii
PORTLAND, Oro., March 3. Ib
a man's son legally li's nssoclato?
F Ho Is, decldod Circuit Judge Gaton-
(holn when tho question was prosontod
to him in tho courso or a trial ami
j'bocuuso or this Met a $0000 roal cs-
,taio comuiiBn.ou uhhui,
Attornoy Robort Magulro ropro-
bontod tho plnlntiff, tho Groat West
ern band Company in tho suit to
nlon amounting to approximately $0,
000 Tor tho sale ot 5100 acres noar
Rosoburg. I'lio coim'dorntlon was
$81,000.
Tho dorendant was roprosontod by
Attorney John Kollock.
,
LOGGER STRUCK DY
bl.MII DADbY HURT
Mr. Jackson, a logger, aged
about 25, was brought In rrom
Powers to Mercy hospital last
night by Dr. Manzor. Ho is
Biirrorlng from a fractured
skull Biistainod yesterday.
Whllo walking through tho
woods at ono ot tho camps, a
lmb foil and struck lilm. In
flicting the Injury.
' It s' said that tho snow, on
account or dead limbs, makes
tbe?work In tho woods very
dangerous now.
I
' t.
EVENING EDITION.
WILSON WIS
SENATETOOAY
Senators, By Vote of 68 to 14,
SustaiiT President in Ger
man Negotiations.
T
Gore's Resolution Laid On Ta
ble By Overwhelming Vote
-Made It Strong.
NEXT ACTION BY HOUSE
Senator fioro Wauled Destitution Pro
viding Tlmt ir American Is Killed
To Do Equivalent to Decla
I
ration of War
(Or AmrlrJ rrom to Coon !lf TlmM.J
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 3.
illy a voto of GS to It, a much great
er majority than they had oxpectod,
the ndmnlstrntlon forces In tho Sen
ate today tabled Senator (loro's reso
lution to warn Americans oft armed
ships of tho European belligerents
nnd thoroby finally quelled In tho
Senato tho agitation which has om
barasscd President Wilson In tho
submarine negotiations with Ocr
mnny. Ooro'o rcsoliiton, a substltuto by
iMcCumbor, Republican, and nn at
tempt by Ooro to strengthen his orig
inal proposal by making tho United
States government dcclnro ltsolf for
wnr ir a slnglo American cltizon Is
killed, nil wero defeated at ono t'me
on roll call on motion by Junius, ono
of tho administration whips, to tablo
them.
Tho administration victory In tho
Sonnto transfers tho fight t tho
House, wuoro Prosdent vvlson a aup
portcra are auro ho will win again.
1 Two Questions Up
James moved to lay not only. tho
Gore warning resolution, hut also
'tho so-called corrected resolution on
the tablo. It wns necessary for tho
(Senators to express thomsolvca ns to
tho warning and on tho question or
tho killing or nn Amorlcnu as a busts
Ifor war In tho ono voto. For thnt
frenson, Gore voted to table bocauso
ho did not favor his own substltuto
hnd had Introduced II morely to got
an expression of tho Senate on tho
UHalI0
Chnmhorlaln nnd O'Goruinu wero
tho only Democrats who voted against
tho administration. Tho twolvo oth-
ior nntl-ndmlulstrntlou voteru wero
Mtopubllrana. Forty-coven Democrats
l)(, twoI1ty.ono Hopubllcnns voted to
ri..H.m t., nv .
JCIiamlierlaln, Clnpp, Cuinmlns, Fall,
Gnllluger, Gronua, Jones, LnFollotto,
McCumbor, Nor'rls, O'Gormnn, Slier-
(innn, Worlis. Smoot asked to ho ex
cused rrom yaUrfg hecnuso ho could
not vol octroi t on tho proposltou
SECTION
I' Kill
HAND WHO DOSE TO
POSITION RETIRES.
Will Do Succeeded Ah Vice-President
i f Colorado and Soutlicrii Dy
E. S. Roller Todiiy.
(Ity Aiiimw Ul, I'm (o Coat Dif TlmM.J
DENVER, Colo., March 3. A. D.
Parkor rotlrod aB vlco-prosldent or
the Colorado and Southern railroad
today, ending nn active railroad
career that began. 33 years ago as
a section hand. lio also relin
quished dutloa as president or tho
system's subsidiary linns In Texas.
Mr. Parkor was aucceoded by E. S.
Kollor, who camo to Denvor from
Omaha, March 1, 1015, to hocomo
general manager of tho Colorado
and Southorn.
Parker, tho boh or an Episcopalian
clorgyman, was born ut Wilming
ton, Del., July 20 1859.
After receiving dogroes at Racine
college, Racluo, Wis., and tho Gen-
jeral Etiological seminary In Chlca
4 igo, ho came to Wyoming, whero ho
rode the rungo as a "cowpunchor"
'for two years. In 1883 ho begun
.his railroad career as a section hand
'with, tho Denver and Rio urauao
railroad,
buttermilk I(3 Cieam Tc'x de
licious Try It nt Salter's Dewdrop
Inn,
Daiiro Saturday night, Mnrcli J, In
KliinalMi hull. Pl'Ut's oirliVtr.
AGIS
HI NIC
ami tbjawaa allowod.
VTARKER OUITS JOB
I Ik
Jl Consolldntlot) of Times, Const Mnll
nnd Coos Pay Advertiser.
IS
L
COOS DAY EXPEDIENCES TOUCH
OF WINTER AGAIN TODAY.
March Comes In Llko n Lion Snow
mid Cold la Eastern, Northern
mid Southern Oregon.
WEATHER FORECAST
Illy Antoclateil rrt-iw to liwi Vtl TlmM.J
. Oregon Rnln In wost and
rain or snow east, south-
westerly winds reaching n
galo forco near coast.
WIRES ARE DOWN
' ON DOTH bINES
Coos Day hns boon Isolated
most or tho day as a result
or tho Btorm, tho long (lis-
tnnco telephone nnd telegraph
lines being down practically
nil day.
In consequence ot the wlro
troublo, Tho TIiiiob received
but llttlo or its regular Asso-
elated Press nown today.
Coos Day Ib today experiencing n
touch or real wintry woathor. Snow
Iiub hcou railing most or the day but
has bcon melting almost as rapidly
ns It strikes tho ground. However
this afternoon tho streots nro rather
slushy, reminding people from tho
Mlddlo West and East or tho good
old March weather In thoso roglons.
For sovernl days, Southern Oro-
gon, Eastern Oregon, nnd Nortliorn
Oregon havo bcon experiencing
weather similar to what Cooa Day
Ib getting today. Tho Btorm wan
so bad uay nororo ycsioruay in
Southern Orogon that all tho tele
graph lines wero down in that sec
tion. Tho day boforo yesterday thoro
was a heavy fall of snow In Hoot!
RIvor and vicinity.
DelnyH Logging.
It Is not bollovod that tho snow
will do much damago horo except
thnt It will delay logging operations,
many or tho camps Hhuttihg down on
acocunt or tho Inclement woathor.
This will probably interfere with
tho C. Ar--Smith company'fl plans
to begin tho alx-day schodulo at
the mills horo. Tho big mill will
not oporato tomorrow, but tho East
sldo mill may.
DEPUTY SHERIFF bAIRD bEAVEH
WITH I. ROSENRERG.
Doputy Bhorlff W. C. lJiird yestor-
Iviay started from CreBcont City with
I. Itosonborg, tho Coqulllo tailor,
STORM
IS
why
IE
In custody, ncordlng' to Shorlff Alhier, who ban roturuod to a hospital
JohiiBou who enmo ovor last ovon-
Imr rrom tho county seat, bnlrd
had to first go to Salem and then to
Sacramento to get tho proper ex
tradition pnperu for Rosenborg.
Shorirr Johnoon Is hero for tho
nurposa of looking nftor somo $800
,of porBonnl taxoa on tho stock of
Itho ProusH Drug company that is
Just bolng taken over by J. Loo
Drown. Ho Bald this tax la duo tor
11)1 1 mid 11)15 nnd In nil probability
will bo adjuutod nil right
A letter received by tllo sheriff
from E. C. Stanwood, tho Bhorlff
at St. llelous, atntod thut Rosen
borg lived in Clntskanlo, Oregon,
from 1009 to 1911 and waa a mom
hor of tho Macaboes lodgo at Pa
cific, WtBhlugton. lio puld his duos
with chocks drawn on somo Ohio
bank and was later dropped for non -
paymuni Ol uiiub, inn luiuui iiiua
. . . .1 in.. ri.nH ll... ue
In Ohio nnd is namod Joseph Rosou-
borg.
Tho shorirr doos not know how
ho worked tho doal or getting inouwy
rrom' a Cincinnati bank on a draft.
He hellovca thoro Is unother man,
all right, of tho buiuo iiamo. Ills
record up north was a clear ono.
Taxes Como Ln Slowly.
Taxes are coming Into tho sher
iffs offlco slowly. Tho statements,
diowovor, huvo bcon out only u fw
days. Thoro Is about $1,0,00 now
collected In.
ARM bINERS FOR THE
MEDITERRANEAN ONLY.
(D AMorUtnl Vlttr in tun Par TlmM.J V
NEW YORK, March 3. r
Tho White Star liner Can-
oplo which Balled today lor
Italian ports with throo
Americans ln tho first cabin
will take on armament when
Bho arrives ut Gibraltar, it ,
was announced by the Whlto
" Star Lino today. Tho arma- ,
mont will ho removed when .
tho Bhlp again arrives nt
Gibraltar, on tho return trip.
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No. 189
Reports Today Indicate They
Have Taken Village Near
the Fortress.
IS
French Claim to Have Re
pulsed Kaiser's Forces In
Some Recent Assaults.
LOSSES ARE VERY HEWY
Dcrlln Claims 1,000 French Cnpturod
,' and Pn!t-Is Says Dnttleflchls Aro
Hfirown With German Dcna
Ifcnvy ArURcry Ducln
tn AmikUI,1 rrmi to Cooi Dr Tlmvi.1
LONDON, Mnrch 3 Tho Gorman
troops elenred tho village or Douait
mout nnd pushod their lines to tho
west nnd south of tho vlllago end or
tho nrmorcd fort yesterday, Dorllti
(announced today.
Parla said sovoral fruitions endeav
ors I:' tho Germans near Doiinumout
"wore repulsed, hut conceded that tho
Gormnns Bucccoded In roachlng the
vlllago of Dounumont whoro the
Wlch ting continues with ferocity.
The Germans captured 1,000 more
vprlsonorB and a ntimbor of heavy
gnna. Tho vlllago ot Vnux also was
attacked by tho Germans but Mley
Lworo checked by French flro and
tho Gonuans compollod to retire,
klcaving a groat number of d.ad.
Tho hombnrdmout contnluod tth
groat Intensity last night in tho Woe-
vro district, but tho Fronch hold tho
Germnna In chock.
Paris saya tho bombardment, and
nttacks on tho pnrt of l?io G;rmnjjs
Lnorth or Verdun continued nil yes-
torday ovonliit; with redoubled tIo
louco. WOUNDED FRENCH KObDIKIt
TEbLS OF ASSAUbT AT VERDUN
Filjiich Placed Mines Und r Iirge
ArvN and Exploded Them When
Knlscir'H Tixkijis Advanced
I II 7 AuacUO'l TrrH lit Coot llr Tlmw,
PAR18, March 3. "Wo wero In
a front lino trench on the slope ot
iCoto du Polvro," Bald a wounded ernp-
'Tho cnptaln nont mo forward to a
nmull Bholter i tho open, whoro the
electric contact had boon placed which
led to a mlno in tho flotd. I crawled
to It along a narrow tunnel without
inlshap.
"Through n silt I looked out on the
battlefield as through tho opening In
a theatre curtain. I saw tho Gormani
""or long waiting march rorward in
good order. Thoy thought from their
observation that tho bombardment
bad sufficiently devastated our
fctrtiiiclics, but thoy wore unable to see
iuiui our iiiuii iiiiii Hunt in in uuu "mo
malting fresh trouchoB and imlng shell
craters.
"Tho Germans woro 200 yards from
my post when our rifles nnd machine
,guns opoued flro. Thoy woro taken
by surprlso and crouched down, When
tho ordor was passed along tholr lino
l ,,.. lkov ,)0,.ttll to .., ..Tha
' - " ..--.-
'Watch on tho Rhino' and dashed for
ward. "My heart boat madly. Thoy wero
over tho mlno at last. I touched the
button. An Infernal fountain seemed
do shoot up, In the midst ot tho mass
of men in gray, with a majostlo wli'rl
ing of smoko. I saw moil go up bodily
ns If from tho orator ot a volcnuo.
"The nttack wua stopped. I crawled
'hack to my trench. I barely omorged
from (ho tunuol when I folt a burn
ing sensation on my shoulder and
fainted, Whon I rccoyorcd con-
tJclotisuosB I found mysolf in an am-
'Juilance'
SHEA IS NAMED,
Indlanu Man to Go to Chill
In Fletcher's Placo.
III AotliM Pru to eu ntf TIuim.J
WASHINGTON, March 3. y
Josoph II, Shea, of Soy-
moiir, Indiana, was nomlnat-
ed today by Presidont Wilson
as ambassador to Chile, sue-
feeding Honry P. Flotcher,
appointed ambassador to
Mexico City.
Uauco Saturday night, Marrh I, In
PhinWi Hall, Piatt's eivlti
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