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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (May 11, 1916)
fllfN SOME MEN DISCHARGE AN OBLIGATION YOU CAN HEAR THE REPORT TOR MILES AROUND fflmta law tmea A P BELIEVES IN THE BEST AND ALWAYS BOOSTS PLEAN WHOLESOME CL NEWSPAPER FOR ALL SOUTHWEST OREGON HOMES EDJTIOK A O'CLOCK. MKMnmt OF THR ASSOCIATKD PltKSS i&te zfjp "STSto. XXXIX HOKE SINKS i MM DIE Cargo Shifts and Causes Ves sel to I uni uvw itiiu Sink EITH LIST IS BIG Little Hope of Rescuincj Most of Crew Not Accounieu For Today FIRST NEWS LAST NIGHT piaster On-lit red Tuesday Night Oni' Hundred Miles South or Sun l-rnn-(coCaptafii Dickson Iimuim Into Sea to Save Wlfo Si:)XI I10AT FOUND WITH OXi: MAX ALIVI! Bj AMWlilfJ Tint to root rwr Tlmi., POINT ARGUKLLO, Cnl. May It -A second llfo liout of the Itonnoko with ono man allvo anil ono dead was ricked up liy tlio steamer Edgar Vanru toilny. it Ih reported liy wireless that five life bonis left tlio Roan oko and two swamped us they put off from tho steam er. Only ono bont remains unaccounted for. 4 .NOTIIIXti IS I'Ol'XD op Tin: si'uvivons..! f ID AiiiKl.trJ I'rui lo Con Par Tlmri, SAN LUIS OUISPO, Cal. :j (I j :j j May 11.' -Tlio tankur Lans Inc arrived at Port San Luis at noon today and reported that no tiaco of wrockiiK'i or survivors of tho Roanolto. Heports reachliiK hero and at tlio Point Arguollo wire less jtntlori that iinothor life boat was found with ono dead and ono live man Is ap parently unsubstantiated. It; iuotuti rtfM Is COM lUf TlMM.) SAN LUIS OI1ISPO, Calif., May 1 1. -Scant hope lonmlnod today for tlio fMcuo of tlio 41 members of tho crow of the old steamer Itoanoke, which, loided with commercial explosives, rolled over and sank Tuesday nftor oon, 100 miles south of San Fran cisco. 1'lixt .Venn Last Nlht At completely as beroro the days of wireless, tho tragedy was'hurleil until "t night, when one of tho ship's wt entered tho harbor nt Port Shn L'. bearhiB three sailors on tho ' of death and five dead bodies. Soared Is Stiutwl J. T. Kid, nunitermastcr, tho first M resuscitated, told of four other wits which got away from tho Itonn. e, and a search wns Instituted Im oedlately on the slim chance that "me might still bo afloat. The tanker LanslnR and numerous JjMll boats aro searching tho vlcln- Elb sal'l tlm cargo shifted In n ' and the steamer rolled ovor and uak, Cii)tnlu ami Wlfo fist wptaln .nichard Dickson loaped 8 the sea to rescue his wiro and 7ber eie seen again. It as reported that Carlo ITel- ikl ' E0" of th0 vlco President of meaz Italian nank of San Fran ,l,eo as aboard tho Roanolto. IHo One ny ono is Mla U' boat ln wlllcU ,10 got tick i m U' Blll) 1,nsot nml h0 waa roi Up by nuot,,er oo. Tho men kit i n,ln,lal'y until, one nftor. ox wed by t0,,t j111I1Kor nn(, fntK0 reit o sleep and did not wako br th Wid ll0 kppt on row'"Er. red ne knowledge that whenever "'Itoimo.l i. . .. M Th W0I( io ns tno others U . . 1,u, ,)0at was first seen A r IBIUkePe" at Port San Luis. Jr laun h was dispatched. l"" e"' or too miles or b. 7 and drifting, still swung feci tO !1 nnl. -. .... . ! ilv .. '" "i oars, wnnn no ne launch i,e collapsed. to ' i,ther two survivors, N O. Lo er'e . r,,and Carlos Rohlno, waitor. Ike di t0 glve a"y accont of hot. . ter ""I'1 t tho lamt ,:e In two Uanr TT a,,le la"nch t of, Ule boats only the ones on the IiHtnhllshcd 1N78 Ah Tlio Coast Mall PLIED HERE koaxokk i toon rsi:i to makf. coos mav ox run Commanded Then by ('apt. Robot t Dunham Agent dishing, X. P. S. H. Co., Know Ciow or Ship HAIilKXT FACTS AIIOCT TIIKSTKAMKR ROAXOKK Cnnin Into Coos Hay lie tween February and August of i non Unlit nt Chester, l'n.. In 1882, of ntcel eotiBtnirtlon. 2351 gross tons. f l,Gfi4 net tonnage. 1-oiiKth 2C.7 feet. Ileum 40.5 feet. lloini) Tort Sun Francisco. Owncr-H North Pacific Steamship Company. It In ten years nlneo the steamship Roanoko enmu to Coon May. During lilO'i tlio vessel Hindi; several trips In horo hetween tlio montliH of Feb ruary and August. ONC Al mni uino mo uoaiioito wan , , , iii r. . . ,. i .. rw....i.... . man s 11111 and tho othor southeast of comiuondod hy Capt. Itonort Dunham, I , . ,,. ,. ,,',,, i HI I 304, broke down with consider at ono tlmo skipper of the schooner, . i . .. I,.. , nhln onsen under tho Ocrmmi fro Coqu II n, and. who at ono time lived At t lint tlmo tlio Roanoko wan nt Coaledo Captain Dunham Was .Master Her advent hero was before tho present dredging project for the inr had been nut through. In npot3 thorp woro nhouln nlong the channel, and It is recalled that Capt. unhn.nlc(1 ncnr Avocoirt wo0lli vonnB nn. had a vory hard time In petting b . somo of tlipin. cncinlly ilmuvon Marsh field ami N'orth llend. L. (5. ciihihiir, local ncoiu or uie tn,.. ,, tho Austrlans nt Sun Mar North Pacific Steamship Company., ,nnt said this mornliiK that ho knew Capt. I Klohard Dickson, of tlio Itoanoke. Miinii r rinr TIT II I very well. Ho said tho skipper wan, If 1 1 If 1 L I. U L hfl I fll n man of about 50 years of oko and VUbIL I I II L III! IlL always used to coino Into tlio ban KrnnrlRPO office, whonevpr ho com- pleted a voyago. Wns Coin,vtont Xavlgator Ho recalls hltn ns n quiet man nml n vorv I'oiuiiuinni niiviKiiiui r. i". years ho has tieon with the North Pacific. Steamship company and bo fore that tlmo with tho Union Oil Company, of California Ho wns one of the most prominent captains on tho Pacific- coast. Loft Vessel Itocontiy James Ipswltch, now chlof stow nrd of tho Killmrn, loft tho Ronnoko only throe months ago. wnntliu; to rlm.iL'O In tills Mill. At that tllllO tllO Ronnoko was plying betwoen Port-) land, San Francisco and San Diogo.; Cushlng snld that ho know Charley J. Orecn, tho first mnto, whoso fntheri Is captain of tho steam schooner Multnomah, and also J. O. Dennis, tho second officer nnd D. Mclnnls,! tho chlof englncor. Was Under Charter Somo tlireo months ngo the North . Pacific. Steamship Company began tlio handling of the operating department .. . . . t.. nr iim p.ni rnrnia sontii Kens .-NaviBii-! tlon Company. Tho Roanoke wn oiinrtoroil to tho latter company for trndo to Conlrnl and South America nnd had returned from n trip only n very short time ago. When Ipswltch wan In horo aboard tho Kllburn ho said then Hint Capt. Dickson did not llko the run nnd probably would not tako tho P.oanoke out again. Tolls of i:plosvoH Tho San Francisco papers of yes terday statPd that tho Roanolto Jind aboard COO tons of dynamite and that her cargo was worth $250,000. Tho Georgo W. Elder Is now on her way up from Valparaiso where sho ban Just delivered a similar cargo. Did Not Use Wlrelftss Inasmuch ns tho Roanoko carried a wireless and failed to use It, tho belief Is expressed that tho accident must havo happenod in an instant's tlmo. Somo mnrlno men have ven tured tho opinion that, bolng In a heavy sea and with a full cargo, the steel hull was cracked and twisted. They could hardly see how sho roiild turn turtlo through n shifting of the cargo when It Is known Hint tho boat was full bolow docks with no room for a shifting. port side." said Rib. "I was In tho boat with tho captain and hl3 wife, tho third mate and flvo sail ors. It capsized. Mrs. Dickson, tho captain's wlfo. sank. Captain Dick son dovo for her. I never saw elth .. nr ilmm again. I, tho mate and ono sailor clutched n spar and hung. one Bailor clutched a spar ami. ung.u unuers oo ,, '-"'- - to It until another boat picked us provements will ho made by Rogers u .. MARSHFIELD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1916. EVENING EDITION E Are Broken Down by German Fire Near Verdun Berlin Reports Today -iSUFFER BIG LOSSES Paris Claims that Germans Were Repulsed Last Night When Making Attack THE ARTILLERY IS ACTIVE Vienna Announces That (lie Russians Arc Showing Tncrpuscil Activity In (I'alicla Italians Repulsed In At tacks on Austt'laus inr Artufhlrl rrm to Poo. t)t Tlrana.1 LONDON', May 11. TVo French attacks at Verdun, ono dor.r Dead- today. Paris reported Hint the German l.mt niuht utlncked Kronen no.dtlon Ffl i 1 hnr-lnenr Vauv Pond but woro repulsed. Aitillcry Active t. .... III..... il..H f .. .... t ,...,, lhnt (ho ,.. nro fl,low ,.,, .,,,,. i n,.iiMn Iiik Increased activity In (lallcla. I ml.. i ftiiltfiaitt (tnts Miklllllnnil I l tin l l ll u iuiiiin vii iv'i'uinni m TWIJXTV-SLV VIKIHOKS ItritXKI) AT XOHKQLK, VA. ,, s , VUmM wiilrli Destroy n Plctiiro Show House In That City Df AmocUI! Trru lo Coo tltr TlmM.l NORFOLK, Vn May 1 1. Twenty six negroes, nil women and children except ono, perished In a fire which last night destroyed n motion plcturo thentro nt Wallacotown near horo. I'AIIM IU'ILDIX(!S AND CR(PS WASIIKD A WAV JDr AMof lUJ rrw t rr pr TlmM J 1101SU. Idaho, May 11. Tho Pack Saddle duin In Te ton county broko Saturday according to word locolvod today. No lives woro lost ns tho peoplo were warned In tlmo hut farm buildings, an I imals and crops woro washed x awny. ! t -. u ti m nrni if. SKCRKTARV LAXSIXG MIGHT! WANT SOMI3 DHTAII.S Possibility of Wanting to Know Pun ishment of Commander Who Sunk Sussex- lllr AhwIiMI rri lo Com Ut TlmM.l WASHINGTON, D. C, May 11. Secretary Lan'(ng Indicated today that tho Unltod States might mnko Inquiry of tho Gorman government ro. gnrdlng tho punishment Imposed upon the comniandT or the submarine that sunk tho Sussox MAY CLINCH DEAL OAKLAND CAPITALISTS ARK I'-V PKCTKD IIF.ltK SHORTLY Within a few days John Rogers and Dennlson Cook. Oakland capital, Ists, are expected horo to make fur ther .(flans toward the taking over of Vw Major Kinney properties, said nk R. Walto. who loft for Port- find this morning. lie would not stain positively that tho deal had gone through, hut ex ,110 uoai im ?'. """- i ii mil hi. if II V WWA STiiE ii. M - I - i - W" J recommendation to Saheen unable to have a corTL0!0.. with them about tho matter, though'; the correspondence ' has been satis factory. Providing the sale Is completed It . . ...i Mi.iA.ni.i.- i.... anu uook. BASE BULL SCORES HKAVKRS 1IAVF. XO LOOK IX HKR li:S WITH SAX FRANCISCO Take AnutlM-p Plunk Into tho Collar of Coast l.onguo MctYodle Duo for "Second Wlu't" PKRCKN'TAGKS OK CO.VST LF.AGUK W San Francisco 23 Ios An ueles . . IS , L. in 14 14 15 17 Pet. ,r,on .503 .503 .104 .405 .370 Vernon .IS 13 ir 10 Salt l.ako Oakland . 1'ortland . n; Amu. Itlcd rrnt In Coo. U7 Tlmra.i SAN FRANCISCO. May 11. An other notch Into the cellar wont the Heavers yesterday. Salt Lake took ono from Oaklnnd and Vernon won from Iob Angel's. Tho scores of yesterdny follow: At San Francisco It II K San Francisco , 4 8 0 Portland 0 2 3 Stein and lirooks, Noys Hlgglnboth' am and Fisher. At Oakland It Salt Lake II Oakland S Dougan, Hull and Hannah; Deer, Klein nnd Klllott. At Vernon It Los Angeles 0 Vernon 3 II K 17 2 15 7 lloyd, II 5 5 Sobel llorstmnu and llasslcr; .lohuson nnd Waling. .. UIO LKAOUKS lllr AKOcltlol rm la Coo. liJ TlmM. NHW YORK, May 11. Chicago romped off with tho gamo of yes terday, 5 to 2; Phllaedlphla lost to Detroit, t) to 3. The scores of yesterday follow: National Loaguo At Chicago Ilostoii Chicago At Pittsburg Now York PlttHhurg ... . At St. Louis Philadelphia 4 St Louis 9 At Cincinnati! ITrooklyn 4 Cincinnati 0 Asmrrlrnu League AtNewtorlt Chicago . , Now York , At Phlliu.lphhi 'V Detroit Philadelphv ;..r, o ...3 At Washington St. Louis 0 Washington 1 At llnstou 4 Clnveland 0 4lllOStOII " WANTS TO WRESTLE WITH A LOCAL MAN! .- '" - '! Writes to I hues Ask Iiur ilk .tl'lllllHA II Alllil'll III ,i i-risi (i. I.MVIM vtriien i nines iK nrnnniS If. '" '" riauge a Match III I r rl if On Y Thl" ,'"r,,,,' ULI I a llll I 1,',-fld o. Lewis of Portland wrltoB "'h """ to tho Times as an authority on lo- cul sportH asking If there s a wrestler In the county or locality who cares for a match. Lewis says ho has been wrestling around tho northwost for several month.! ; and Is now In Portland trying to get a mutch with Uddlo O'Connell who ho has wrestled before, O'Con nell has a match with Miller to tako placo soon and In thou going cast. Lewis says ho understands that j thero weio somo wrestloru In thlsj part of tho stato and wants to know If ho cannot get u match wlt'i , one at them. OFFICIALS MAKI5 AX APPIIAL TO COXGRHSS TODAY Would Huvo Submarine Stations Made at Panama Canal An Soon Ah Possible (nr AmocII4 Ym lo Poo. Dtj Tlron 1 WASHINGTON, I). C, May 11. Secretary Daniels and Secretnry Ha- ker ., 10 Panama canal authorl- -,-u-u ir. -" - " the canal, to bo Immediately avull ablo. "The Secretary of tho Navy thinks It most important that these submarine bascM ho established at ( 0 earHe8t Wo Uaton Baker IASK IRE BASES E Two Troops of Eighth Cavalry Start Into Mexico Last Night ARE AFTER BANDITS Three Prisoners Are Being Used As Guides to Find Camp of Raiders AMERICAN HELD CAPTIVE Reported that .1, Dormer Ih Doing Held As n Prisoner hy the Mex icans Coast Artillery (luarcls Itonlet' inr AtiorlatrJ I'm. lo Poo liar Tlmr. MARATHON, Texus.Mayl 1. Ma jor Langhoruo with two troops of the Klghth Cavalry crossed tho Rio Oraudo Into Mexico lust night and are making their way rapidly south ward today, Captives Aro fluldes They have with them tlireo Mex ican, bandits who woro enptured hy employes of the Porto Rico Do Ho qulllas Mine to guide the column to the camp of tho brigands, who are supposed to bo about 12 hours march inland. American A Pilsouor It Is reported that J. Deemcr In being held a prisoner at tlil.i camp. A company of coast artillery has been ordered hero th guard tho Hue of communications. IS !.V .MOUNT lXIWXTRV WITH TKAAS POXII-S Calling Out or tho KliMt Illinois Cavalry Ik Also Doing Cnnaltloroil Xow (fir Auofl.l4 I'rr.i lo Coo. Ill; TIrim.) I2L PASO, Toxns, May 11. Oen. Funstou doslres to strengthen the border patrol by mounting 2,000 In fnntrymen on Texan ponies. Plans to make this recommendation to Secre tary illakcr wore mado bocntiHo tho avnllublo forces of cavalry for pa trol purposes havo heromo practically exhausted. He said ho wns also con. slderlng culling upon tho First Illinois Cavalry for patrol work along tho Rio (irandc. TEXAS MEN ARRIVE XUARLV OXI3 THOUSAND MILL TIA XOW AT SAX AXTOXIO Mobilization Camp Is Doing StnrUil hy Stato Soldiers at Fort Sam Houston (Ilr Aoelila Vm lo Coo. 11. jr TlmM. SAN ANTONIO, Toxas, May 11 Nearly ono thousand members of tho mllltlu of Toxas arrived hero today and started n mobollzntlon camp at Fort Sam Houston. Tho moveuiont will continuo throughout tho day nml by night most of the stato guard will bo hero. MEET AGAIN TODAI SCOTT AND FUNSTOX COXFKR WITH GKXKRAL OIIRKGON Mutter May He Settled Finally nt This Time Held in Scott's Private Cur (11 Auorlitw! I'iwi lo I'M ll.r Tlmf. ) KL PASO, Texas, May 11. Nego nations looking townrd a settlement of the American-Mexican military questions wero resumed today be tween Scott and Funston and Ob regon and Juna N. Amador. Tho conference, which may be tho Inst, was Itfild In Seott'B prlvato car. The conference took a recess at 1 p. in. and Scott announced that the conference 'Hud made progress and wo may havo something to say when wo moot again nt 4 o'clock." Obregon lunched with n frlond. Tir. I). O. VaiiKltan. DontI',t, Room HH, Klrst National Hank bulldlug I ass i GAVALRY E V Consolidation of Times, Const Mnll nnil Coos Hay Advertiser. EXECUTE FDURTEEHARE ASKED TO THAT XUMI1KR OF IRISH (IAVK UP TIIICIKIjIVKH Many Others Mint Servo Penal Ser vitude audi HIv Sentence! to Hard l.ntnr Df A.Mft.lf J I'rMt lo Poo. n.f TlmM. LONDON', May 11. Fourteen per sons have been executed In Ireland, Harold L fTcivnaiK, (parliamentary under secrotnry of war, told the houso of commons today. Seventy-three received sentences of penal nrvltude and six Imprisonment nt hard labor CASUALTIES GREAT MANY CIVILIANS KILLKD IN TiriJ IRISH UPRISING l'leuilor Asqullli ItopoWs that Ho Finds It Ills Duty lo (lo to Dublin in? ai.iki.iki rri to rvw nr Tim.i LONDON, May 11. Premier An qulth ntinounred In tho Iiouho of commons that ho folt It his duty to g( to Dublin today. Ho said the nuuultloH among tho cIvlllniiH In the uprising numbered ISO klllod and 01 1 wounded. Will Consult Official Asqulth snld ho would leuvo for Dublin within n fow hours and nnd tho trip was not made with the In tention of superceding executive au thority In Ireland hut for tho pur pose of consulting tho clvllluu and the military authorities thoro. ACTIVE IN ALBANIA AUSTRIAN HAVi: COM.MKXCIID ' TIIKIH TIlltlCATF.XFD ATTACK Aro Fighting the Remaining Italian Troops and Scrhliiiix In that Locality W A..otl.l4 Pint (o Coua n; TlmM. ATHKNS, May 11. Sharp fight ing has taken placo north of Avlona, which Is nppnreutly mi Indirntlnn that tho Austrlatu liavo commenced tho long threatened uttack against tho remaining Italian and Serbian stronghold In Albania. TURKS WIN EIGHT CLAIM DHFUVriXd RUSSIAN'S IX Till: CAUCASUS Statement Says Hiiomy Wns Dillon From Position Ton Miles In Jx-ngth . "" (Ur Aocll4 Pfw. (a oom D7 TlmM.J CONSTANTINOPLi;, May 11. In an uli day hattlo In tho Mount Kobe sector on the Cuiicuhiib front, the Turks drovo the Runslnns out or po sitions nearly ten miles long, It wux officially announced toduy. FROST IS EXPECTED AVARXIXG FOR TONIGHT RKXT OUT MOM HURKAU Weather .Man Says It Will He More Severn Than the One Last Night II. II, Ostllml, tho local weather ob sorver, states that n frost wumlng for tonight has been received. Thora was a frost last night, sufficient up parontly to havo damaged potatoes growing In tho city gardens nnd to night it Is prodlcted that the frost will bo still hoavler. PROIIAHLYni AHOARD That In the latest HcpoH nt ln Angeles (Br kUOf tkl-i r' IO ISKM PIT TlBM 1)S ANORLKS, May ll". Forty- eight and probably 51 persons weroj on tho stoamor Roanoke, ncordlng to tho list of ofHcors and crow. In nd dltlon, Is was said, three Mexicans, whoso names aro not listed, shipped on the vessel. HRKAKS HIS ARM Johnnlo Thorwuld, son ot Mr. nnd Mrs. Charles Tliorwald, of Hunker, Hill, broko his right arm yesterday afternoon. Ho hnd gono homo from Kchool, hut later returned to play on tho rlngn thero, It Is Bald some one pushed him, causing him to fall. No. 245 LEAVE 110 Americans Warned by State Department that They Should Not Remain J Texas, New Mexico and Ari zona Troops Mustered Into the Regular Army MOVEMENTS INDEFINITE Xo Tfino Idnilt. lias Hphii Sot n to the Operations of tho United States Troops In Mexico According to Indication Today (nr AuotLloil rrtif to Coo. tUf Tlmn.J WASHINGTON, D. C. May 11. Furthor IndlcatloiiB that the Ameri can army operations nro still Indo terminate, an to the tlmo was given today In official qunrtorn. It wns announced nt tho war department that the national guard of Texas, Arizona nnd New Moxlco will bo mus tered Into tho army for tho period of their state cnHatmonts and with no specific time or fodoral service stipulated. Aro Urged to Jjcwvo American consuls throughout Mex ico have been Instructed to call tho attontlon of Amorlcaus again to tho state department's warning that this Kovernmont regards their proaonce thero ns uudeslrnhln. Secretary Luuslug stated thut ovor sliico the presont difficulty nroso, tho department's ngonts linvo boon urg ing Americans to loavo. iiydroakroplaxi: ih wrfck i:d xi:ar .mount vijrxo.v 'lliron of Occupants Aro lludly llurt mill mo (iniorn iivpuiivii Missing (iir amocui.i I'im. u root pr tiom.) WASHINGTON, D. C, May 11. A large hydroanropluuo which hai been Hying betwoen Newport Nowi mid Washington fell a hundred foot Into the Potomac near Mount Ver non, Va., today and was wrecked. Tho tlireo occupants wero badly Injured, and were rescued by a tug. Two aro missing. SUNK BHTEAMEB HARGi: GOICS TO 1IOTTOM IX . HAMPTON' ROADS Struck hy tho DerUhlro Which la Run Aground to Prevent Sinking (llf AmotI.i.4 1'rw. ta cx tnt TtnM. NIOWPOIIT NKWS, Va., May 11 Tho Merchant mid Miner stoainer Ilurkshlru collided with n barge In Hampton Roads today and ran (aground to prevent sinking. The barge sank. No loss of llfo la reports'. RUINS FRUIT CROP fhi:i:zi: ix southkrx idaho ih DISASTROUS The Loss in Thut Section r.stlniated o He Alsiiit Two Million Dollars (llf AuwItlM rtn 10 Com n. TtOM.) HOISR. Idaho, May 11. Another froezo last night completed the de struction or Southern Idaho's fruit crop which wns badly damaged Tues day night. The damage la nearly two million dollars. Dunce ut Goodwill's Saturday night. Itnmn'H OuiieMru of North Hond. Ijiunch Hope leaves Xorth Hoiul at l:!!0 . in. and Murshfleld nt 7 p. hi. Sartor will furnish the oats. FOR SALF Mare, vory gentle, work anywhere, J27.G0, Call Times nirice. Dr. 11. I'. Kelty, DentUt, 901 Coke HldK. Phone lia-J. GUARDSMEN DO INTO