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IHffinSPLBmorROOM IN THE WORLD UNLESS YOU TRY TO' SPREAD YOURSELf TOO MUCH . nUDCH THAT (Sous latt "BELIEVES IN THE BEST AND ALWAYS BOOSTS i CLEAN WHOLESOME ' NEWSPAPER FOR ALL SOUTHWEST OREGON HOMES OITY EDJTIOK 0'CLOGK, .1 iExmtB VcL No. XXXIX. H REPUBLIC I Uacfers and Rank and File Have surrentieruu iu Orn ish Troops fsor Hundred And Fifty Men At Dublin Lay uown ineir Arms For Good ) PRESIDENT WAS NAMED III. lVawc Wit AiMihiltil As Pio- tMomI lleail i Hit ew ' tnimont Willi li Wits Attempted Hut Which Him Fulled ( i u, m:iii:ii LKADKKS iiavi: .suhhkxdkkki) i - - LONDON'. May 1. Offlc- bl announcement was mado I Hli allernoon that all rob- I .Headers In Dublin Imil Hitr- j rmdercil. !, DUBLIN, .May I. Tim rebels of IV rank and fllo followed tho ox ujleaf the IcadtrH nml confessed Cat the cause of tlio Irish republic nt lost by laying down their nrms fruity at tho foot of tho I'nrnell tnincnt in Sackvlllo street anil unrnderlnR to tho British troops. Curry While Flag About 430 of tlicin who linil ult elnro Monilay In IIiIh central itt Diarrliod .tut frnm their strong- -w uouer n wime tian ami i-nvo iMBwres up. a row Irieronsll nlti continued sniping from their Lriirns ('nuso Is Lost Soon attonvard. n rebel limiinn. Ht Marine n In nl lnr lthhii mil. KtOIIlJ firrvllll? ll U'llllfl rim. nmiir. - tlth a Kimril of ten men from t-t adjotntnir rnnnli- nf Mniitli . kw truth about tho rumors oi ino Wml surrender Tho party mnrch- I Oil tO till) Cimtln mill Innrnml ha i J. Peareo. who was named Wilonal president of n... ii-iui, "litillc, that tho movciiinnt had ra'UPied and XVim mlvlu.i.l in ..... W bo longer, lMlsi Country DMHrts Tae Meiilpiiniii nml i.e.. . tia iianej ;;,.;. v."",.. ""...vr, .l.,., " '" l""'"V Willi I III! In country districts In an of rt lo Induco them to lay down wir arms. Jiaea Connollv. mm r n, i,..i. "10( (he UlirUllID la o., I.I . I.. .. inr, wounded In tho castlo. an . Viilet In Country Cfral iinvi rii .! m.i.i.1. vi.. " iiiiiicii rum Mer, nnnounceil that reportH o i the country dlslrlets Hhowed wnhero mil t ... 1...1.. . Ill Ik. . lll-lllji rusiuriMi 7- reueis were romliiB In by PP to surrender, mpocimiy at wun and r:niiB Corthv. Tho Jw prevails that tho ail tni.it we form.it ion of a republic was N)rthf i 15 GL LDCOMl SUT (ors to 'in KV THIS i"n:uxoox ity. " 0)r ,,.,, ) Ra,. -"; uiiiacst (as,, in I'll a Coos I'illlO lwnit Ciuiit for l.ouy; Special in Tim 'pi.., a.ai " " iiiuun lCtMiim,,e ll0"!' on Saturday was' WUraoiiv taken In the r.Rn nf 'fc. . V , .MI1V I.AIll "Itold vermis xri...i,n 1 t5, . in.in.-ll vi. 111 nl! Arp'1Ift8 woro start- " 'Miinn. Judge J. W. Ham- for llm u ,. ul "iiiuiuy recess anil Mornln.- 1,.. .. . Wa tor .; 'iw "l,loro" liitk. 'l"sm; or tho cose ;e. v "K"n ,u find r ... , 4uif V,.... ; ',in801 ror t'10 ft In, ' 8 nrK'8nt tO ft, .'"') Oil Sjtur.liiv n.i n w .!.:. ' 'W'lay and C. &-. Mlt-par- n'luospniriiiF i t m Portland O.t.nivo. was li-T'lJ rnniii.M. . ITod,. ,,ini umo- Had r Ml Kn,Kl,t was t0 f,u Wdi . T Tr,,aUBoll. Tom T. '"illlil'lll.l ,, 1 that tlmo Ho to , " "orwoou were L ', uu ,1,Pl' nrmimonla and ' "U Hutru.tmiu to tho Jury ij 7, J0-00" 'M case Is up to ii,!" , lu' 'we sat through It,! " davs ,r he trial. Thle t J ' 'asP ,h"t ,,ns P"tr 1, "r '" ,0l,rt M Coop 7 ' many .,,.01,,. . '.. QUI A T ..1 ri.,.. .l '" at in.,... ... . . or n ' "v "" ai 'te Bo iry i-anili IS COLLAPSED gr 11 week DIG I'ttouo au5xs.- Kh(I)1IsIici1 1HTH Ah Tho Const Mult IMVIn ... ... M,,',",M "'' HAVE AXOTHKR mu l.RlSTHY IX CITV Will Employ front Sixty (o Eighty Men at mi Average of $;i;io A Day Good HOWfl from Ulniiilnn In rn. portod lii tho papurs 0f that city which toll of tho closlnt; of a dcnl for tho oporntlon of tho ship yard which will bo of Krcat help to tho city Tho followhiK !a from tlm w..nt. flrn World of Ilnndon: mm 1110 local Hlilpynrd will bo In operation In tho very near futuro In now nflsurod. Oco. Laird wlho re turned rrom San Francisco lirotiRlit word to John XIoIboij, local nRent from KronoiihorR & Ponrd, ownom, that Chris Notloy of Portland had fllfinoil up 11 thrco yenrH IcnHo. nnd that ho had also closed contracts for tho construction of two steam lumber cnrrlcrs of hetweon 750,00(1 and 1,000,000 foot rapacity. A third contract wns offered Mr. Notloy but Ho was obllKcd to docllno on nrcount of not IioIiik uhlo to deliver It In time. Tho plant will only nccom moilnto two ships at ono tlmo. Ilcpalt'H Arc XcrvxMiry .ir. isioison, up to tho present tlmo, has not received further In formation from. Mr Notley, but It Is supposed ho I1113 roiio to I'ortluuil to make final preparations to como hero and IiokIii operations It is cu tlmaicd that It .will take several wcoks to mako tho rapalrs. It I.i probablo that tho plant will begin oporations uhout Juno 1. l'-OHKT Villi I h to .loin N'els 1. X0I3011, owner of tho Pros per shipyard it Is reported, will novo his maohinofy to the local yard and assist Mr. Notloy. In view of t 1!h. arrangement It Is' not llkolty that tho prosper yard will 110 reop er.ed. Slay Ho for I'yfn Intci-wlN Tho pnrtlos for whom tho now bMps aro to bo built havo not been iniulo known, but it is reported that it Is tho KyforWIIson Lumber com pany of San rrancl3co. According to unconfirmed rumors tho ships will bo built suitable for carrying oil and that thoy will carry tho product of tho Union OH Co., of San Francisco, to Ilnndon. returning with lumber cargoes It Is said that tho I'nlon Oil Co is to establish a largor dis tributing station hero In competition with the Standard Old Co. Tho local plant will glvo employ ment to between CO and 80 moil at nvorago wago scaio or ?J.au. SETS NEW RECORD imi:nai: micimi: scoops vp 1 l.V7U v.itis IX i.w Xlno IIoiiis, Utl .Minutes Actual Digging Time In l-'lvo Days I Ins DifdgiNl II,I1H Vanls In nino hours and 20 minutes on Friday tho government bnr dredgo Colonel P. S. Mlchle lifted IB, 07C cubic yards of sand from off tho Coos Hay bar and carried It far to sea, thereby establishing hnr host records through all IIIQ tlmo sho has worked In this vicin Work was started on tho bar Mir iub iu iru HUT nr TO at 4 a. m. Friday nnd halted at S:l.r p. m., though not all of this tlmo was spent in actual dredging. Had tho craft labored through all of Saturday It Is probablo that tlio record of tho day bofore would have been smashed for up to 12:32 p, m. alio had taken out S.G&0 cu bic yards. At that tlmo tne .iiich io camo up to North Head for fuel oil. Pliwcil Willi Woik Capt. J. H. Polhomus. Junior U. S. engineer, was very much pleased with tho record of tlio Mlchlo. Ho said that In the flvo days sho has been at work slnco hor return from tho north, a total -of 40,118 cubic yards havo been scooped from tho bar. ' Tho provlous best record of tho Mlchlo mado last fall lieroro going to Grays Harbor, as In the vicin ity of 14,000 yards and for the season slio took out better than 200,000 yards. Survey Is Cniiipletcil A survey of tho bar, Just com pleted, shows a minimum dopth of 2a and 24 feet at mean low tide on tho liar, though in many places, :t is considerable more than this.. It is expoited that by tlio time tho Mlchle Is through next fall that the depth will bo Increased possibly t.i 20 feet. : mananntLU, UKhGON, Agreement Must Not Be Based on Withdrawal of United States Forces MUCTiSSENT Positions Taken So Far by Two Sides Arc Not Unal terably Positive HOPE FOR SETTLEMENT .Messages llavo Hoen Uvchangoil niu PrngVoNs or the ('ourci-ciiic So Fai ls Safil by orriclals to llo Satisfactory lllr AwoflJlH I'im in coon liar Tlnim.l WASHINGTON, 1). C. May 1. Additional Instructions warn m.nt in Gonerals Scott and Funston bv Sec rotary Haker after a conference with President Wilson and Socrntnrv i.nn.i I FWF MFVIM sing today a,o understood lomkuS:T,r: Plain that whatever Is agreed upon lpu, S nl ahn.ro at tho conference with Ob.cgon nitim cnlleil 1. . J, not ho linnnii nn miv i,.,i,,o,ii. -. ( canon, as It wlls annou call of Pershing's troops. Messages Keliangoil" After an oxrtiango of messages bo twoen (lenoral Scott nnd tho war de partment on Ills conference Satur day with General Qbrogon, officials sum today mat tho negotiations to date wero "satisfactory". WI1II0 Obregon urged that tlio American troops bo withdrawn. President Wilson, they suld, had no intention of granting tho roiiuest nt present, and Is hopoful that nn ag reement can bo 1 cached for coop- oration between tho American and Mexican troops In the pursuit of Villa. Not riiiilteiiiblii Whllo It was officially admitted that Obregon "suggested" tho with drawal from Mexico of tho United States expedition, officials said that these overtures liml not been in tlio form of a demand and that no per emptory or iiualtorahlo position was taken by either sltlo. Scott, It was explained, mado counter suggestions proposing coop erative military measures. lion: v. 8. DIIAWX WILL NOT INTO v.n 111: Address Women At National Set- vice School for Traiuiiig at Wasliliigton, D. ('. jnf AtoclleJ Vrtn ll Co-jn liar TlmM.J WASITI.VOTON, I). C, .May I. President Wilson, speaking at tho opening of tho National Service School training camp for women hero today, said: "God forbid that tho United amies riioiiiii do drawn Into war, but If sho should bo, America should shako herself out 0 dream nnd say to anyone 0011ms tne spirit or tlio now w that she still spoaks tho voire of humanity." MRS; STRANG DIES OLD PIOXF.F.it OF LOCALITY PASSIM) AWAY HAS Homo on Yeiu-h- Catchiug Inlet for Many -Ia'iivcs Hiishaiul anil (Jiniidclillilin Mrs. John Strang, a pioneer of the Coos Hay country, and whoap homo was on Catching Inlot, died nt 11:30 a. m. today at tho homo of hor son-in-law, Victor AnUorson in IXorth Bend. She wus 82 years of aso Mrs, Strang was born In rinlnnd, but she came to this country more thnn 40 years ago and was wide known. Hor husband survives her.j All of her children are dead but sho. leaves tho following grandchildren: Mrs. Alox Hougcll, of Catching Iqlet; Mrs. Alfred MatBon, of Marshfiold; Mrs, Fred Kruso, of North Bend; Mrs. Frank Muscus, of North Bend; Matilda, Louise and Freddie Ander son, of North Bond, nnd Mrs. Otto DJoriiulst, of Marshfleld, Tho fiinernl will bo I13I1I Wednes-, day afternoon nt 2 o'clock from the Swedish Lutheran church In Marsh field. CELEBRATE BATTLE (Or Ami (ltd PrttJ lo Coo Par TlraM I WASHINGTON, D. c. May l Admiral Dowey celebrated tho, olglitcentli nnlversary of the battle of Manila today Admiral Dowoy.l WILSON 5E who is health. 79. 13 iu uuusually good t MEMIIKR OP TIIK ASSOCIATE!) MONDAY, MAY BOAT IS DAMAGED STKA.MKIt i.Mimi SKATTLK in: CATGUT IX TIIK Was II011111I rnc Port Mol'ler A Cargo of Ciimicrv Willi Siippllc.H Illy Ammlitrit Trein In Cnnt 1- Tlmoii.l SICATLU, Wash.. May i. The steamer lCllhu Thomson, hound from Pugot Sound for Port Moller with cannery supplies, was caught in Horlng Sea In tlio ico and dam aged so that sho was obliged to return to Dutch Harbor where It will bo necessary to discharge car- MORE H CALLED AltOCr 10 WITXHSSKH TODAY (JO1 ni:rom: uu.su juhv I I'lirllicr IVogrcN.s In Pcck-Pcidiam Cam- About Kilty .Mini '. iicssck Still 011 l,M. Again todn.v tho craml Inrv no 1.. session all day, investigating further ni0 .1,,, tr .:..'"' ociM'orlinm cano. in all about 10 witnesses who. 1 Jury, which more, to bo llnnnrml In llm nisi piace Hint the list numbored fifi witnesses. Thoso who woro called todav In' tho hearing wero. Mrs. w a". Tnv. urs. frank Hague, Mrs. William Illinium, formerly Miss Krlckson and at ono time employed In the K. O. Perham homo, Frod Oottlngs, liny Kaufman, I). L. Ilucklnghnni, I. s. Kaufman. Mrs. John S. Coke. Wil son Kaufman and Arthur K. Pock. Mrs. J. Albert Mntson nnd Miss Agnes Iluchesoii woro cnllcd to testi fy this aftornoon. It Is expected tho grand Jury will no several nays yet. tiioiigh possibly inero win lie a halt when District Attorney Llljeiivist must go to Co ijuiiio anil try neveral cases In tho circuit court. T IN THE ICE IMTI OF lUIITIKII VliSSKL Kl'F FOLK IS LKAICXKD Captain Miidileucil ami Commits Siilchlo null Only Thrt'o of Crew Survive tDy AtiotUM r-rrii to (Mm Xtj TlraM.) HALIFAX, XS Mny 1. Tho fato of tho captain and crow of tho Hrltlsh steamer Suffolk, caught Iu tlm i.-n In tho Whlto sea while on tho '.way to ...imuniii, aw vi ii) i'viuiu v nrmi iii;ih, with dotnlls of suffering from cold, hunirnr nnil nvnnRiirn Moiiliim. I.. I mm tho doiith of all hut throo cf tho'0,',u', fHvcn crow or 27, anil tho sulcldo of tlio, ship's captain who, nmddoned hyj ninger and coil, s hot hlmsoir, was ,nf aocuii n. .. c n.r n ., related hero today by the sailors of . ........c, v ., Mnv . n.. tho Btoamof Hellavonturo, Just In' COLUMIH-S, N. M Mny 1. Oi from Archancel ders for 11 roglment of Infantry to " I ......n...l nmi.l. linn ln.... AlllllllnK. Two of tho rescued men. who woro picked up orf tho Ico floo by. an other steamer, aro expected to die.. S1CTI0I IS FINAL DAVID l.MAH MUST SKHV1-J PK.VITKNTIAIIY IX Supremo Court Af fit ins Conviction That He Is Guilty or Atti-mptliig a Fi-aiul tnr Auo-'lat! Pfli lo Coo Pij TlmM. WASHINGTON D. C May l. Tho supromo court today affirmed tho conviction of David Lamar In tho Now York federal courts on chnrgo nt ImilrtiHiinirfHni llAni-aaniltnllvn Palmer to J P. Morgan and others' mmt" aro '10ur,,,S 't0 tll lre with intent to defraud. Lamar Is, of tho State Highway Commission under sentence to servo two yoaisiat Salem, asking them to apnor- , In tho ponltentlnry and tho action today was final. SHERIFF IS KILLED CIIKYKXXK OFFICF.lt AXD HAXCII Kit SHOT IX COLORADO Wcio Hearting 11 Posse of Mn Chits. lug lloi Thelvcs Who Got Awtiy (U; AutklatrJ I'rnu g Ch Vij Tlrnn 1 TWO SUSPKCTS aju: 4 RKPOI.TKD CAPTUHKR I HIT AimkIiIM I're- lo C004 lUf Ttmrt FORT COLLINS, Colo., May 1. Peto Burns and C. R. Pearson, suspected of slayiug Roach and Nelson, later wero captured. . 'Vf,V V wt.4,.!Ua v u u. .nuy 1 .- r-nnnn nnn ivo "nin m.. 1 Sheriff Frank Roach of Cheyenne, Wyo., and Nvls Nelson, a ranclier, wero 3hot and killed 35 mlea north- west of Box Elder. Colo,, whllo head ini; a posse hunting horsethioves, Tho thieves escaped. PRESS 1, 1916 EVENING EDITION CAVALRY CHASE VILLA BANDITS Futjetive Members of Bands Are Followed by the U. S. Troops FLEE TO THE HILLS Are In Scattered Bands and Soldiers Are Showing Them No Mercy ESTIMATING THE SITUATION Goneral I'l'M-liing Is Making Plnim for Any PosHlblo I'iKiiio IHveio incut That May Arise Iu Mo-- cm 11 .Matters IXIf A.'oolill Vtrn lo Coot l)r Tltnra, riBLD IIKADQUAHTHHS, N-AMI-QUIPA, May 1. (Radio to Colum bus.) Scattorod bands of Vllllstns aro irivcn no rest. Colninna of cav- airy uro riding morcllessly. on their trails. Fugitives aro fleoing in groups of nnn (ir hvn n, nlnirlv fnr Inln tlm mauntalns. I'orHhlng, liowovor, Is concentrating his ovory effort on es- Hmatlng tho situation that ho may Ill" "or every possible futuro d') velnpmcnt In Mexico. E oxlv 0x1: mow-: coxf::w:.ci: AVITII TIIK .MK.VICAXS I I iitttfii'Mlu Ui'fiM fiml liiiiikliti tZi' Tlm the Final Meeting Will Ho 11 llrler Ouo Dr AwliteJ Trtu to Coo. uj Tlron UL PASO, Texns. May 1. General Funston announced shortly before noon that only ono more conforouco would ho held with tho Moxlcan rep rupresoutntlvos on military questions now existing botween this country nnd Moxico. Ho said It would bo brief. Scott and Funston nro awaiting a reply from Washington bofore set ting tho tlmo of tho conforenco. TRDDPS HELD BACK KKGIMIJXT WILL NOT MOVK SOUTH IX MIIXICO Has llccii Counter- iiiaudcil Acrorilliig to llciMirts from Over the Hoiiler iiutuuil nuiuu nun ni.-i.-ii iiiiiiiui- luandod, according to reports rrom across tho border today. .Develop ments at tho I-:i Paso conforouco was tho gonoral explanation offered for the chongo In plans. However, a number of cavalry organizations aro known to bo making way south along tho lino of communications, WE INT A SHARE LKTTi:itS AXD FLOOD HIGHWAY TKLF.GHAMS COM.MISSIOX Askliig For All Or Part of $15,(100 Wiim-o County Turned Down Would Improve Itoads Telegrams and letters from Coos Hon to this county for this year nil or a part of tho $45,000 which had leen sot osido especially for Wasco county, providing the vot ers there had voted on a $300,000 bvic. issue. They could not agreo I as to spent where tho money should b0 nnd consequently did not volt . Inasmuch as tho Commission has promised financial aid to Coos county It Is probablo that at least a share of this manoy will bo forth- 1 c. lining. Should the bond Issue of j?30l'.00y pass in tho May election an annroiiriatlon of nosslblv $100.- 1 000 Is expected from tho state 1 Highway Commission to aid us Iih.v In rebuilding. OLD SOLDI Kit DIKH ROSKBURG. Ore. May 1. Sam uel Burgmen, a Civil war vetoran, who died nt tlio old soldiers' home, was 72 years old. llo was IU but a short time. Ho served In Company 1 1 of tlio fatuous Thirty-second Ohio I Infantry NEAR NG THE 0 Consolidation of Times, Coast Mall mid Coon Hay Advertiser. MUST BE RETURNED mxcoijX, tin: spv, oi:s hack TO KXGiaXD Such Was )Vsini of tlm Supremo liiiitt Haiiilcil Down at Waslmg. ton Today Pf Aifittttis rwm U Cool tlT TlniM. WASHINGTON. D. C, May I.--Tho supromo court, hold today that Igantlus Timothy Lincoln, .former ly member of tho Hrltlsh parlia ment and a confessed spy, must go back to Hngland for trial on the charge of forgery. UlCPOItT THAT IiAltdK TltAXMPOIlT IS SUXIv ' HKHLIN, May I. (Wire less to Associated Press, to SayvlIIo. Jit is reported rrom Salonlkl that a Ocr man submarine torpedoed a largo transport. E KF.Gl'liAll Alt.MV 00(1 PHACK TO HA VII ISO, STItKNGTII This Would Produce Force- of -!."(, OOO Men In Case or A War tor Awoctil4 rnii iu mi nj TIdim.1 WASHINGTON, 1). C, May 1. A regular army of 180,000 at peace strength lias practically been agreed upon by the senate mid houso conforees on army hill. Willi plans for expansion ns pro vided In tho hill that passed tho senate, this would produce an ar my or niioiit .rio.uou in war strength. The bill as It passed tho sonnto fixed tho peaco strength nt 200.000. TRAFFIC AFFECTED MAWN'K KXGIXKKItS AND F1UF. MUX STHIKK IV XKU YOWC Veysels of LightcragP Class Affected mill Serious Problem of Freight Congestion Presented Ilr AMotltltil rrH is -mi pi Tlmri. NKW YORK, May 1. Marino traffic of this port was seriously af fected today by a striko of engineers and firemen on vessels of tho light orago class. Hundrcd -nf tughoata and other towing craft aro Idle at thfi piers and tho congestion of freight, in volving delays of cargoes on steam ers and railroads, presented a ser ious problem. A wago lucreuso and recognition or tho union nro demanded. JOIN THE STRIKERS AT LONG IIKACII MKX STOP SHIP WORK YARD Two Hundred ami Fifty I'niployiv Working On Sulmiarliics for Xavy gult (nr Amor litl I'rMt lo Cooo ny TlmM.) LONG IIKACII, Calif., May 1. Two hundred and sixty men em ployed nt tho California Ship building Company's plant, whoro five submarines nnd u tender nro being built for the navy, Joined tho strike today ror an eight hour day and increased wages. Forty men won out Saturday when tho de mands woro refused, XKW JAPAXKSK WKKKL Prominent Japnucso Official Starts Xcw Paper In Japan (nr AuorUlr.1 Trru to Coot lUjr Tlmn TOKIO, April 20. Motosoda 7m inoto, who accompanied Baron Shi ousawa on tho financier's recent tour of tho United States and per sonally translated tho Baron's speeches from Japanese Into Kug llsli, has started a weekly newspa per In Toklo, called Tho Herald of Asia, i oil. .iimuio was lurinuriy iiinaio secretary to tho Price lto, ono of oai'pus greatest statesmen, ami (or severav years was manager or tuo Oriental Information Bureau nt Now YQrk. Ho Is ono of tho ablest Journalists of modern Japan. SHOWS ADUIl'KRATION Seed Ti'Mlng Indicates Value of Pur chased Goods County Agriculturist J. L. Smith has received from tho seed testing department at O. A. C. u series of small bottles containing various sorts nf seeds, showing exactly how easy It Is for dishonest seed dealers to adulterate tho product sold to tlio; farmers. Thero aro certain seeds of woods and such pests that can (hardly be distinguished from those of valu able grains, thus ilomonstratng" how very careful a farmer mutt bo In buying his seed. AGRE il No. 237 HEAVY LIGHT Germans Again Assume Ag gressive In District North west of the City NO GllS IDE Massed Attack Directed Against Positions Recently Captured by French ATTEMPT TO TAKE TRENCH Pails Claims That hi itotli Cukcn lb" Gentian Soldiers Wero ltcpulsi'il nml Failed to Mako any Progress IHtlTISII STKAMKR is w:pohti:d sunk LONDON, May 1. Tho Hrltlsh steamer City of Lucknow, n.CO'J tons grosd, has boon sunk. Tho Hrltlsh steamer lien do 11 Hnll hound from Port laud Maine, for Knttordam, hns been sunk. Tho mem bers of tho crow woro Bavod. I Cr Auflil,l I'm lo Cmm ny TlniM I LONDON, Mny. 1. Tho Germans renewed tho nggresslvo In fqrro northwest of Verdun. Iloth llcrlln and Paris report heavy fighting. Paris slates Hint tho Germans de livered a innnsod attack on a posi tion recently capturod by tho French north of Dendman'H Hill and counter nttneked ulso on a French trench thoy lost north of Cumleros. In both cases they wero repulsed. LDSSES JIBE HEAVY BRITISH LOSSF.S ARK GRKAT IX MESOPOTAMIA Four Generals Among Those Ct tared Towulicd Permitted to Retain Ills Kworrt GAVK UP $.1,00(1,(1(1(1 WIIKN UK SUHRKXDKRKD L HKISLIN, May I. General Townshcjid offered to sur- render Kut-IOI-Amorn with all Its artillery and mora thnn one million pounds cash on condition ho receive military honors. Tho Turks declined whereupon tho Hrltlsh sur- 4 rendered unconditionally, 4 n, AMOrlttM rrn liar 1lmt-. BKRLIN. May 1. (Wlretens to SayvlIIo.) Tho number of casualties sustained by tho British forces In Mesopotamia during March and April aro given as 20,000 In a Constant! uoplo dispatch. Among tho prison ers taken at Kut-Kl-Ainnra are fotir generals, 240 British officers and 270 Indian officers, Tho Turkish comtnnndor In chief. Halll Pasha, permitted General Townshend to retain his sword. STKAMKR TAIIGKT FOR SUHMARIXK TORPKDO (nr AMo.'litf.1 ITfM l Com mt TIum4 NKW YORK, May 1. Tho French steamor Patrlu, arriv ing hord toduy from Italy, reported that on April 5 sho was tho target or a suhmarino torpedo which missed her by ton feet. 4 4 C.'l'.V WORK FIRK DICSTROYS TIIK PLANT lit Auo-Jati! 1'rcaa lo Com 111 Tlui.a.) CIlKRnduRG. May 1. Fire of unknown origin Sat- unlay partially destroyed the branch hero of tho Croucot gun workH. OPKX BIDS TOMORROW Bids for the new government ra dio station on Coos Bay are to be oponod at 10 a. m. tomorrow In tho Navy Department at Washing ton, I). C. Several of the local contractors have sumbltted their figures and are anxiously uwaltlng tho lottirus from Washington. It I? not known If thoy will bo tele graphed or not. MOVK INTO XKW OFFICES Thor Will Fargo Company opened Its new offices this morning In the Uhaiarock riulliUiig', n)-ar tho I'.dy hall Also tho new delivery wagon uiudo Its appearance this morning. Dr. II. K. Kelly, DentM, Coke lildg. Phone 1120, 304 VERDUN j4.,