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m CANT STICK JHE OTHER FMLQW WE BELIEVE IN STICKING TOGETHER
PAPER THAT
BELIEVES IN THE.BEST
AND ALWAYS BOOSTS
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A CLEAN WHOLESOME
NEWSPAPER FOR ALL "
SOUTHWEST OREGON HOMES
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MKM1IKK OP Til 13 ASSOCIATED PIIKHS
fol. XXXIX
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MARSHFIELD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1916 EVENING EDITION.
in
T
STRONG
ER
innmincGs It Will Respect In
t5SBal Law If Allies
Do Likewise.
IE IBJE D. S.
Says Great Britain Has Taken
Advamage ui hihwo
Stand For Safety.
NO PROVISION FOR U-BOATS
bfeMdor ion IJcriiMlorrr wij-h Old
' Porte cfXnllciiiHMmlo ii Provls
' on (or Xw I'JWlno ,f Wnrfm-o
pcllienf Irllu Mcs.sitgo
IttlMtMti TrtM ! Cool TUJ Tlmw.J
WASHINGTON', 1). C, March 8.
Tie German Ambassador Count von
fernitorff today, at tho liiHtrnctlons
cl bit government, limulcit to Socro-
ttrl Lanllnc ft momornmitim oxpinin
bf Id detail dormnny'B position In
rrd to armed merchant ships anil
He causes leading up to tho dool
ilon of the Central Kuropoan pow
er! to torpedo without warning, nil
irnrd merchantmen of tho onomlon.
, White tho contents woro not mndo
funic, It Is understood to contain
Ue allegation that .Great Hrltnln linn
lilenadvantaROof tho contention or
lie United Stitcs, that Ainorlcans
noit bo aafo on dcfcnslvofy nrniod
merchantmen, to havo thoso ships
act offensively toward cnoiny oub
marines, d'oml If F.nghiud In
Tbo German government under
ilooj to express a wllllnguccn to op
tr.it aubmcrallilcn In accordance
with tho Intomntlonal law prevail
Injs prior to tho war provided Groat
Main docs not violate tho ijaino
law.
The German government, It In un
derstood, concedes thnt nu subma
rines are a now ongluo of wnrfnro,
tie lnlernatlor.nl law, as nt prosont
constituted, makes no provision for
their- tis-).
The memorandum contonils that
tie evldenco npionded to tho Into
German announcement proves that
Brltlrti ships, armed ostensibly for
Wenie. havo licon Instructed to
let and havo acted offensively. It
reiterates tho declaration that sub
wrlne warfaro was bosun by Gor
B'Djr In reprisal.
It refers to tho long standing
Wendihlp between tho United
Sutfs and Ocrniany and expresses
tie hopo that tho American pcoplo
t'll. when familiar with tho oxplnn
'Ions offered, fully appreciate tho
PMltlon In which Oornmny rind's
"(Jflf a a result of tho lilockatlo.
"e text of tlm mnniorandum wna
uttr Ba,1 Public nml lh0 contents
IZ !un(1 ,0 nRrco wllh tho mi.
"wJal reports,
AHNO MI'KKKN HAVH Ll'MHP.K IS
PICKING Ul OX COAST
C A. Smith Company to I'm. Ilont
on Hun Wlillu Xnmt is Gone
No Logs Mill Clowes Today
Thoro is llttlo now in tho lumber
Bltuntlon, according to Arno Mo
reon, superintendent of thu 0, A.
Smith inlllH, who returned this
morning on tho Adeline from San
Francisco. Ho expects to bo here
for tho remainder of tho month.
Frolght rates havo gone up be
tween $2 and $11 a thousand, lie
raid, a fact thnt hail drawn lum
ber up In somewhat corresponding
amounts, with tho margin of profits
going to tho owners of vessels.
Season to bo Stronger
lint In splto of this tho hiialinwi
is good, rc)lrtH Mr. Moreen, ami
ho expects this season to bo con
siderably HtroiiBor than tio last
olio, Hvorywhoro thcro seeniH to bo
nu air of .uncertainty. Capitalists
havo ready money, but nro shy in
inn Icing Investment!), becauso or tho
gonoral uncortnlnty of affairs.
Much seoius to hinge on tho cens
ing or war In Kuropo. Tho end or
tho slaughter is expected to causa
nn enormous demand Tor lumbar
to lio used In rebuilding.
Xnuii Is Chattered
Mr. Morcou said that it 'Is a cer
tainty that tho Nnnn Smith Is char
tered Tor a DO-dny period nt n high
& Consolidation of Times, Coast Mnll
nnd Coos Hny Advertiser.
No. 193
TO MAKE THE CITY BEAUTIFUL
. , NK FMlKT MUST. MAKH Till: CITIZIIN, DUTIFUL.
HOLD
LABOR
TRUST GERMANS
ASK ANYONE bis Ideas on tho subjoct nnd
iultu glibly will ho toll what should bo
dono rnho up tho yards, clean tho alloys,
Plant riowers, paint rences, mid a dozen moro
Instructions according lo popular forniuln.
Tho Times has boon running a series or City
Heautiriil stories. They aro arousing Intorest.
lr you would havo further Inspiration take
walk past ono of thoso places described nml so
how other pcoplo ijo about tho Improvement of
their yards.
Then -go homo, shed your coat and go to
work.
General Ideas servo their purposes in gotllng
tho general public interested; concrelo ideas,
worked out, inako tho well-kept yard. Many
of siieb yards, taken In a group, accomplish tbo
City IJeaiitirul.
lloro follow a row concrete Ideas: Small and
attractive flower beds may bo dug up closo to
tho houso and parnllollng tbo sides or tbo front.
Mako thorn 12 to 18 Inches wide. Spado tho
soil well. Half a dozen flowers may bo grown.
Nasturtiums, sown In rows in April, should
bo thinned two-thirds of an Inch apart. Thoro
aro moro thnn fifteen vnrlctlos. l'ut up sticks,
to trail thorn over.
l'anslcs ntny bo sown In April.
Sweat Pens aro Iicoutlfut. "Sow thorn immcdl
ately, In tranches. Tho Spencer typo Is by far
tho best, being large, frco-bloomliig and moro
nrtlstlc. ,
Trim your rose bushes. Mako them produce
flowora Instead of wood.
Trim all tho bushes In your yard,
Hahlins mako bcautlrul gnrden additions. Tho
bulbs or these aro planted lntor, between April
20 and May 20. Thoro aro dozens or varieties.
Porch nnd window boxes, painted, add greatly
to tho attractiveness of otherwlso very common
looking homes. '
Clear tho litter rroin tho back yard.
Paint tho woodshed and tho back foncc.
Pay as much attention to tho parking In
front or your homo n's you do to tho main yanl.
Tlieao aro merely a row outlined idens or
hundred:) that may bo thought or. Tho faith
ful working out or three or four will mako your
homo a moro cheorful place and aid wonder
fully toward making Marshfloldi n City
Ilcautirul.
A STU11DOUN CINDHRKLLA.
5. P. OFFER TO
I
y
CONTEST
p iur 1 1 n n n a bit tih t,m,:s a.vhmix i
blVt Ur briAN I ! ,,,;uT"u!!i,,mi:
'OH CITV
CSSKS
rato ror China and Japan. Ho said jWoUfJ Jake $10,000,000 In
that another vessel will (ako her nu i on nnn nnn .
II UP FACTORY
MU,,,u",Al.liVHHTIU)VKI
nj;S;27,,r",t',,,,,,m,vH"h"fl
"M-OOQ !, ,. c.,sinBrall..a ,
tt'rly Today
-Sfr'rAu's'N-Y--Mch8.
Crl'r 0f l" Niagara
Wo l 21 1 " C0,n"lct0 ,Iclri'-
t S ;,hB1, Tho f,, a1,10'1
Mrti! L !" BCVOral P'oslons
nCl i Tt ? inf"c,ert ,,a"noa
beoniir,0'000, T"'n"agor
nt 2 Y 58Uca a f0""c "tnto
bS S U' "taJ la ean
OFjyARrTR,
TAKES OFFICE SOON
"te r
,. . loiinei- .Mayor
0f tlcwliiiiil
f"EmS',,',0CM,B,'Tta"''
!' Secretary o,e.WhoM 0,ni"ation
?tt8enile,a, "!".?" conHrn,ed
"oathjwohewlll tako
01 co tomorrow.
Wot
la brwjt results.
plnco horo on a regular run dui'.ng
tho nbEonce.
XoimI .Moro lings
Tho slx-duy uchcdulu or operations
at tho mill lo hindered because suf
ficient logs nro not available, owing
to bad weather mid freshets. It
v.fcs this fact that closed tho main
mill "d tho C. A. Smith plant at
noiin. today. Tho Kastsldo mill was
closed down on Monday noon. Throo
trains or logs, with n total or soui'i
GOP.OQO aro cxpecieil In Into today
and tho main mill at least will open
tigi in tomorrow. Hocnuso or (M3-
rupled trniu sorvlco this wook, caus
ed by tho high wator, there havo
been no logs down from Powers ror
two or jthreo days.
Affairs In Sail Francisco aro go
In;; very well, with II, It, Johnson
it tho head -or tho company. Ho
haii just recently tnkou tho plnco or
.March 15 I.nt Ditto for ConnvlhutJoiH
School Children In .Special Cluss
Many Contribute
Cash and $30,000,000 of
limber for Grant
PROPOSAL TO
HOUSE
lands In tho Oroeon and California
Mr IJloss, or tho creditors commit-Krnnt for $10,000,000 lr released or
tho parpotual obligation to transport
'American troops nnd property free
too.
C. A. Smith Is vory busy In San
Says Proposal is to Avoid Fu
ture Litigation Over Im
mense Donation
NO ACTION ,IS TAKEN
Wan in Also to lio ltclleied of Pi be
Transportation of ('nvr-iiimcut
Troops and Property Claims
Timber on (.'rant
If AmoiUIM Prru lo Coot D7 TlmM.)
WASIHNdTOX, I). C, March 8.
Tim Southern Pacific Company today
'proposed to rollnaulsh nil claim to
Kiiuk.Ibco, and will vory shortly boor c,nrK0 ovor t10 .ca C0Vercd In
i.humi' iviiMi, so uwiu ins iiiiuinib'i .tho grant.
March 15 marks tho closing or Tho
Tliuca campaign ror City Hcautlful
liuggcstlous for which prizes nro bo
'lug offarcd; it docs not, howovor,
mark tho close or The Times crusndo
! toward making Maroliflold a City
Hcautlful.
Kvory day brlngB many suggca.
tlons to tho offlco, written by people
who aro 'taking a keen Intorest to
ll ward doing something that will no
tually rollovo tho prcsout unkempt
situation. . . .
Tho suggestion campaign is divide
Into two clnssos, tho ono ror th
adults and tho other for tho school'
children of the city, many of whom
I aro submitting contributions.
In tho first class for the "grown
ups" a sliver medal, suitably in
scribed la offered as tho first prlzo,
nnd a six mouths subscription to Tho
Times for tho second and third host
suggestions offorod. Among tho
tubool children, tho first prlzo will
ito 'A In cash, and tho second nod
third prizes, $1.00 onch. -
Ah was stated at tho opening or tho
trip to Coos Day Is Indefinitely post
I mod.
Adollno'H Fast Trip.
Tho Adeline Smith arrived lu'ron(.
Tho proposal wns mndo to tho
Houso public lauds commlttoo by J.
P. Klalr, gonoral counsol of tho rail-
early this morning, after maldiig a
Miilek round trip from horo to Oak
land, it wns Just eighty-two hours
or fourteen hours less thnn four
days, from tho tlmo sho loft tho
milt dock until sho wan hack loading
again.
On this trip sho carried 1,718,000
feet or lumber.
Cnpt. Olson roportcd that It was
llttlo choppy hut not bad at sou.
The Adeline will said again ror
tho south about midnight tonight.
Ho said that tho company was will
ing to compromlso In this way to
laolil fiituio litigation and that tho
road now claims tho right to romovo
Ylmlier valued lit upwards ot $30,
000,000 from tho land grant portion
or its property.
TIBERJAN HERE
HKPUKSKNTATIVi: OP MASTHItX
HVXIHCATK OX HAV AOAIX
O. J. nviiy IrftokliiK After Coos HIV-
er Tnu'lh Siiyn Xothing
Deriiiito So Par
O. J. Gray, or St. Puul,.roprcsonta
tlvo of several cupltnlists now In
terested, Is horo making furthor no
gotiatlons with tho owners of tim
ber tracts on Coos river.
Mr. Gray had llttlo to say In tho
matter. Ho stated tljat at tho
present tlmo ovory e'rrort Is boing
mndo to sccuro options on tho lands,
many or which aro held In small
nrlvnto tracts. If proper prices can
bo socurod, ho said, tho deal will
go through, otherwise, ho felt thoro
would ho nothing to it.
Aro Separate Concerns.
Sir. Gray reiterated the point that
tho men ho represents have no un-
nection with tho Iiuohner Interests.
He oxpects to bo here threo or four
days.
He said today that tho concern
has no aim to taking over any hold
ings unless H can got a large tract,
Tlme.s AVnnt A"N Oct Results,
CONTRACT
S GNLD
15 all of tho contributions toward
thinking of Marshflold n City Dcau
tlfiil will bo placed In tho hands orlorroa YCSlor,jny'H atlnrks loft tho
a Jury of threo soloctod from among
the men nnd womon of tho city Inter
ented In civic dovolopmout nnd they
VEBDMTTLE
France Anxiously But Confi
dently Awaits Outcome of
War's Greatest Struggle.
DECISIVETY FRIDAY
Tomorrow or Next Day Will
Probably Determine Way
Engagement Will Go.
GERMANS' LOSSES HEAVY
SKVKKAIj IIIO COUPOItATIOXS
IXIHCTHI) IX OHIO
United States Steel Corporation nnd
Other Charged With Trjlng
-to Vk Wages
tn Ah.cI.IkI Pru lo Com nr Timed.)
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, March 8.
liidirttnentB woro returned today by
tho county grand Jury ngnlnst tho
United States Stool Corporation and
rivo othor stool companies and K. 11.
Gary, exccutlvo chairman .of tho
United Stntca Steol Corporation. Tho
defendants aro charged with having
I formed a trust to fix tho wages or
common labor In violation ot tho
laws or Ohio.
Tho other companies Indlctod woro
tho Ypungstown Sheet and Tubo
Company, tho Itcpubllc Iron nnd Steol
Company, tho Youngstown Iron and
Steol Compnny, tho Prior Hill StcoJ
Company and tho Camoglo Steol
Company.
Tho Indictments followed a sweop-
Jng proho of tho Enst Youngstowu
riots.
IS
T
1
CLAIM
VERDUN
GAINS
Kaiser Hun Hurled t!00,()0() of :i()(),-
00(1 Korea Allowed Agalus .loffio's
Stronghold To Hurl .Mass
Against French
(11 AuotlaUJ I'rru lo Com liar Time.)
I PARIS, March 8. Franco awaits
anxiously hut confidently tho Issue
of today's battlo. Tho Gormnns IIiiib
far, at a cost or largo losses, ob
tained command ot tho approaches
kb tho main French positions boyoud
Alio west bnuk or tho Meuso.
tiEXATOIt STOXI4 DIJCIiAItKS
PHK.H. VII.SOX OPPOSKS IT
iHJn ICuM'Ullvo In .Making Siiprt:in(
ICffort to Avoid Ilolug Drawn
Into Struggle
ttlr AiiocUtwl rma to Cm Ilr Tlmu.
WASHINGTON, I). C, March 8
Senator Stone doclarcd in tho Sou
,ato today after a conforonco with
President Wilson lust night "Thnt so
far from the President desiring to
Involvo this country In tho European
war, his Btipromo wish wns to avoid
that calamity."
JETTY IS CERTAIN
PORT OK U.MPQL'A COMMISSION
VOTIiS IjlUOO.OOO IIOXDS
Tho real strui'Ulo wll boidu when
campaign on February 2G, on March Ul0 (ormnn nWBBCB liurl thomsolvos
(agnln on tho lour miles or heights
oxtendlng from Iiothlncourt to Cum-
battlo undecided.
1 It la known hero thnt tho Germans
diet aside 300,000 moil to capture Vor-
i win iicciuo mo winner or um in , 0nly aoo.ooo woro employed
Isopnrato contests. I yestorday. and tho question
Whllo thoro nro ntlll six moro dayB ,, wl0lIl0r tll0 romuliilng troops will
boforo tho anil or tho contest Tho',,., . ... k BU,idon descent
.Tlmos suggests that the contrlhu- fb, B(jmo Qthm ,mrt of Uu Frolc
.lions Do sont in as quioiuy as Im-S,iio dovolopliiB tho oHonslvo
sumo. I no mcas inai are uoing ro- RglllMi tho fortrCHH.
colved aro vory good; thoy will bo, T,1(J ox,)0ct0ll )alt0 wl rcach Its
published and no iloiibUrlll aid con- C,IWX tolllorrow or Kri,ny. Not un
uldorably toward arousing onthu-t tn w, ,t ,,0 vomlMo to .lotorin
slasm to clean up Hio back yards',. ... w ., ,,.., w, 0
SAMCOFCOgi'lMJ': VALM2Y FAIN
.MIIR'S TKMIPIIONH CO. .MADI'3
TaUfii 0'r definitely by Coos and
Curry Telephone Company
IVJco t !'' I" !?M.)'
A contract ror tho purchase or tho
Coqulllo Valloy Farmors' Tolophnno
Compnny by tho Coos and Curry Tel
ephone company was dcHnltoly
slgnod yestorday in Coqulllo. Tho
price made public is $10,000 and tho
local company la to tako chargo
April 1.
For Hovornl months tho jirojdit
Jir.ii boon undor way with tho under
standing that as soon ns certain mat-
toro woro straightened up that tho
calo would bo mil uiroiiB".
Charles Hall, president or f"ho Coos
and Curry Company, complotod tho
deal yesterday arternoon. This new
arinmromont w.ll moan ono Instead
of two tolephono companies In Co-1
qulllo and surrounding counuj u
will greatly improve tne service.
and Improvo the homes nnd unsightly
spots.
EH WAltRIKE
TO SPI1K HKRK
Thursday night at tho Marshflold
f.Chamber of Commerco.
Was Poisoned. Kd Giilnan of
Curry's harbor shop Is' confined to
his home by a severe attack or Pto
mnlno nolsoning surrorod Sunday.
(lie was considerably hottor today.
WOIIKMKX ItKSl'MK CONSTRPC
TlOX OF ItAlliROAl) TOHAY.
Labor Union nt Anchorage Announc
es They Will Rosiiuin Pending
Settlement or Wage Question.
tm Awocliloa I'rcM to Coo DA7 Tlmo.)
SKWARU. Alaska, Mnrch 7.
A atrlko or tho mon employed on
tho ronbtructlon or tho govorninoiit
Alaska railroad endotl yestorday,
whon tho fodoral labor union at
Anchorago returned to work pond
ing a settlement or tho wago controversy.
Leg Is llrolicn. Whllo aiding In
moving several hales or pulp at tin
Ipulp mill tho other day K. Pyhtlla,
u F;nnlsli employee, sustalnod a com
pound fracture of tho leg when ono
. . ... .i v..nAA-M'u
Deputy State nisr i..... or Uq bale9 rol,0(, ove,. 0 to,, of
n.,n,w. win aauress a wtreuuK
him. He was taken to tho Mercy
Hospital for nttontlon and In nil prob
ability will he lncapaciate-J for six
weeks or bo.
Illustrated IectuVo on the "Phil
ippines" at M. K. Leagtio Hall,
Friday evening, 8 o'clock, by Hot.
A. S, lllKoy,
BOOST
HOI TRADE
COOS UAV IUSIXKSS MUX'S AH
SOCIATIOX APPROVKS PLAX
Coos May .M.moy Should ns Far ns
Prartlmhlo, lio .SKnit on Coos
Hay, With Coos Ray .Men
Tho Times has always boon a
consistent and persistant booster of
homo trado. Tho Tlmos hollovcs
that money mado on Coos Hny
should, ns far as practicable, bo
spout on Coos Hay.
On' Saturday of this "wook It is
proposed that tho .Merchants will
advertise tho advantage or trading
at homo nnd Tho Times will got In
lino to kcop the dollar at homo.
Tho inorehants will genorally Join
In this boost campaign.
NF.W GKH.MAX ALLIAXCK
Hnpsburg Princess to Wed Piinco
llorls or ItiilgarlA
in, AmocIjIM rr lo Coo Dij TlmM.l
HKRL1N, March 8. A marrlago
is boing arranged betwoon Prince
llorls. oldest son or K.ng Ferdinand
or Hulgarla, and PrlncrBS or the
louso or Hnirbiirg.
LCapt- James Polbemus to Make Out
Plans ami SHciricatlons d'ni'
tllncr to Ceicbrnto tbo UvdH
Two hundred thousand dollars or
vjotty Improvomont bonds worn voted
lyontordny by tho Port or Unipqun
:ommlBslonors In their monthly moot
Aug at Gardiner. Tho bonds nro to
ho ndvcrtlscd, tho bids tor tho work
,111 list bo let mid it is oxpoctod ac
tual construction will start this sum
ar.or, according to C. R. Pock, at
torney for tho Port, who returned
llliomo today.
Captain Jninos Polbemus wns rec
ommended anil bin sorvlcos have been
Accepted to make out tho plans and
specifications ror tho work mid all
bthor details up to tho beginning ot
tactual construction whon mi engineer
Will bo socurod to remain on tho Unip
qun and tako chnrgo or tho work.
Ton days ngo a committee con
sisting) or Warron P. 'Rood, I. P.
Clirlstlo and O. It, Peck went to
Portland and Intorvlowod Colonel
ul'ottor, chief or tho local engineers.
Tho report or tho committee wnu
mado yesterday.
Tho stato will bo asked to resorvo
tho lauds It owns nt tho mouth or
tho Umpqun ror tho purpose or bur-
vbor Improvement work. Colonel Pot-
tor promlcod that tho survey or tho
river's ontranco will bo completed.
Captain Polhomus, who iindor-
Mtunils tho Umpqun Bltuntlon, con-
Hontcd to do all tho work leading up
to tho actual construction of a Jetty
Tor $350 and his offor was accopted.
IWhon work starts another onglneor
will bo secured, ono who will bo paid
n monthly sulary and remain on tho
iob. .
' Commissioner W. P. Rood has or
dered tho Port a freo quarry alto
?for tho purpose ofi this Improvomont.
Gardiner Is Jubilant ovor mo pass
lug or tho $200,000 bonds and tho
Chamber or Commerco thoro last ov-
milng, holding a moating with tho at-
tendance or 50 mombors, votod to uoi
jasldo a day ror tho celobratlon or tbo
ovent, which In all probabllty will bo
bold this month.
At tho same tlmo was ta"ken up tho
mattor or making a road from Gar
diner to tho railroad whero now Is
'situated a station named Drow. An
effort will be mndo to change the
name of this station to Gardlnor. The
county commissioners are said to be
'waiting to see It this station can
actually be secured beforq voting any
funds for the road.
Times want nda orlng results.
Berlin Announces Decisive
Advances Against Frencb
Lines Yesterday
BIG BATTLE RAGES
Engagement Develops Into
One of Greatest in His
tory of Warfare
MANY PRISONERS TAKEN
Paris Hepoils Situation Unchnngwl
Kaiser Announces Further Ad
vances In Woovro Section
French Gain
fOf AMIttlttKl Vtrn to CfM tlr Tlm.
LONDON, Mar. 8. Tho battlo of
Verdun dovolopcd both In Intensity
and In extent nil tiny yestorday nnd
Is now raging along tho lino from
Choppy In Argonno to Frcsnos lu
Woovio, idiowlng that tho socond
nttack lor tho stronghold is to bo
bo mndo on a larger ncalo than thn
first.
Tho enpturo of tho French posi
tions west or tin Meuao on both
sides or Forgos Hrnok bolow Iiothln
court, on n front throo miles wtdo
nnd nearly two mllos tloop, was an
nounced today by Ilorlln. The vil
lage n or Forgos and RcgnovJIlo on
tho heights of Rnthcn and In Cum
lores woods woro also taken, in
this assault 58 officers, 3277 moil
nud ton cannon woro enpturcn.
In Woovro, tho French wero di'Iv
en out of tho Inst houses they hold
In Frcsnos, Ilorlln roports.' Mora
thnn 700 prisoners woro mado,
Paris sayn tho situation north ot
Verdun Is unchanged. No Infantry
attacks woro mndo InBt night. In
Chnmpagno, tho Fronch recaptured
portions or trenches lost Mnrch 0.
COUNTY IS TD WIN
IIAItl) IIATTLH
I? 10.1,000 OF
WAGF.I) OVKIt
TAX MONKY
W. U Douglas Itcturns l'roni PoVt.
lami IWls Ctinritlent Coos County
nud IPHiks Havo Winning Hnutl
On n lack or Jiirlsdlctlon demur
Jt lio dofeiidantH In tho two. ensos of
tho Monnsha Woodeuwnro Company
ngalust Coos County nnd tho First
National Hank and tho Flnuagmi mid
1'IlonncU bank hopo to win a favorabU
'decision In few days from tho U. 8.
District Court nt Portland.
W. U. Douglas, nttoruoy for tho
First National Dank, returned this
morning from Portland. Ho has
boon thoro n wock with District At
torney Llljcqvlat nu court business.
Ho bollevon that tho defendants will
win tholr enso.
t Tho Mounshn Woodonwaro Com.
pauy nioiitlifvutjo, put uonio $165,000
In escrow, this amount to cover their
unpaid taxes anil back ponaltlos
during tho tlmo tho question as to
their title to the lands Involved
nhnll bo ascertained. It Is for tho
return of this sum that tho company
Jii now contending, tho arguments
having been fought out within tho
Inst row days .boforn District Judge
Robert Ilonu In Portland.
Canned Kcato. Goo. ninck or tho
Siimnar Hardware this morning
started to soldor a bolo In an old
gasoline can. Howovor, there Imp-
noued to bo a llttlo gasollna In tho
run nud whon tho solder Iron bentod
R up, thcro was a young explosion,
bLucklly there wasn't sufficient gaso-
lino in tho can to cause a bad ox
plosion, Air. Iilnck escaped Injury.
It was reported that several vlndows
In tho rear of tho shop woro broken
by tho explosion but Mllo Sumner
said thnt theso woro broken boiiio
tlmo ago.
MAYOR GILL WINS
HAS RIG LKAIi 1 HHATTLB
MA VORA ll'V F.LF.CTIOX
nj AMorhtrJ TrrM lo Coo HJ Tlm.
SKATTLK, Wash., Mar. 8. Of
ficial returns from 217 of tho 277
precincts of Scattlo giro Mayor GUI
3923 majority over Austin E. Grif
fiths and Indicate GUI's total ma
jority will bo about 5000,