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1 A REAL NEWSPAPER. ALERty CONCISE, INDEPENDENT, SINCERE. A PAPER OF THE PEOPLE mmm BY THE PEOPLE, AND FOR THE PEOPLE. MEMBER OP ASSOCIATED PRESts VOL. II. THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1908. No. 272. OIoos Sag MM URGE PRESENT CONGRESS FOR COOS BAY APPROPRIATION Business Men and Commercial Organizations to Wire Con gressmen. WOULD BE GREAT' BENEFIT IF DONE NOW. Believe That Sum Would Dredge Channel Almost Entire Width. Telegrams urging congress to take up and pass at this session the $500, 000 appropriation for the improve ment of Coos Bay bar anil channel, as requested by the Secretary of War yesterday, will probably bo sent to Oregon congressmen by the commer cial organizations and business men of Coos Bay. While it is expected that efforts will probably be made by Congressman Hawley and Senator Fulton, it is believed that the re minders from Coos Bay might help in securing the desired result. The special telegram from Wash ington to The Times announcing the gist of the Secretary of War's request for Coos Bay has caused much com ment. Nearly everyone had given up hope of securing an additional government appropriation at this time for improving Coos Bay and It came as a surprise to them. While it is not certain yet that it will be possible to secure the appropriation fro mthls congress, many believe that the chances are good. "Want New Jetty. Many still claim that something should be done on the jetty exten sion work soon in order to protect and improve the bar. They claim that a jetty on the southsldo Is ab solutely essential. Others claim that tho proper dredging of the channel may great ly improve tho bar, tho deeper water In tho bay reducing the force that sometimes impedes navigation there. It Is generally believed that $500, 000 would be more than ample to dredge the channel from the bar to Marshfleld to practically tho entire width and to a depth of more than twenty-five feet at tho . shallowest points. It is said that it would pro vide a channel 2, GOO feet wide from the bar to North Bend, 2,000 feet wide from North Bend to tho mouth of Coos river and S00 feet wide from the mouth of Coos river to the end of tho bay. SEVEN INDICTMENTS RETURN ED AGAINST RAY LAMPHERE , AT LAPORTE, INI)., FOR GUI NESS FARM CRIMES. (By Associated 'Press.) LAPORTE, May 22. Tho grand jury returned seven indictments against Ray Lamphere, one each for the murder of Mrs. Belle Gulness, Phillip Guiness, Lucy Sorensen, Myr tle Sorensen, destroying the Gulness home, ono for arson, one for mur der of Andrew Helgelln, one for an accessory in assisting Mrs. Gulness In the murder of Helgelein. The authorities have resumed tho search of the Gulness farm for more bodies. This afternoon, tho excavat ors found a human skull In a cess poll on tho Gulness farm. A search for tho remainder of the body is progressing. PHONE Anderson & Hall for South Marshfleld Coal, No. 817. IF YOU have some good potatoes bring them to F, S. Dow. We aro now prepared to store your goods. Bay Side Paint Co., North Bend. ANDERSON & nALL agents for South Marshfleld Coal. Phono 817. s POSTOFFICE'S NEW QUARTERS Government Negotiates For New Lease and Up-to-Date Fixtures. R. J. Stockmyer, United States postofTlce inspector for southwestern Oregon, is in Marshfleld today nego tiating for larger quarters for the Marshfleld postofflce. Whether or not a change in the present location will be made will depend on tho bid's for the government lease. Mr. Stockmyer expects to be In this section about ten days and will prob ably decide the matter soon. In addition to securing a lease on quarters for a period of five years, he proposes to arrange for new and up-to-date fixtures, boxes, etc. He will also arrange to have the office kept open all night so that holders of lock boxes will be able to sec "e their mall at any hour. "Wo need more space than tho present arrangement of tho prisons postofflce affords," said Mr. Stock myer today. "The lease on the pres ent quarters has about eighteen months to run but If we lease new quarters, we will move as soon as the new quarters can be fixed up. It will cost something less than $5.0u0 to equip the new postofflce. May Build Here. "Wo will make a lease for only five years. We do not want to loa?e longer than that because If Mar?h field continues to grow it Is more than likely that on or before another five years passes, the department will want to erect Its own building heiv." Mr. Stockmyer says that every ef fort possible Is being made to im prove the mail service. Ho says that he gets sufficient 'protests at Itose burgaboutitbut when he begins con versation with Coos Bay parties, he is albo swamped by the verbal pro tests. He declares that the stage roads are In bad shape for large portion of tho year, and It is difficult for the drivers to make time over it. JAMES BRIMMINGSTAL ARREST ED NEAR SOUTH REND, INI)., FOR MANY CRIMES WIFE TELLS POLICE. (By Associated Press.) SOUTH BEND, Ind., May 22. James Brimmlngstall, aged 40, is under arrest at Dowagiac, Mich., charged with six murders. The police say he has already confessed to two and the authorities aro con fident that he will admit other crimes. His arrest followed an al leged attempt to make his wife the seventh victim. She escaped and ap pealed to the police. The police say that ho confessed to killing a man In Kansas and that he served ten years Imprisonment. After being released, he killed a companion and got three years. He gave no names. Tho list of Brlmmlngstall's vic tims, according to ofllcers, is: Man in Kansas, name unknown. Railroad man In Missouri, name unknown. Two men sleeping In a tent in Mis souri, names unknown. David Huff at Dowagiac, June, 1907. Smith Hotium at Dowagiac In Feb ruary, 1908. It Is alleged that ho killed Huff to obtain possession of property which had been deeded to Brimmlngstall on condition that ho caro for Huff the rest of his life. Hotlum's body was found frozen in tho Ice of a nearby stream. His money was miss ing and several circumstances con nect Brimmlngstall with the crime. ACCUSED OF " SIX MURDERS TWENTY RUSSIAN Czar's Courtmartial Deals With Iron Hand With People Who Opposed the Sway of the Landed Proprietors in Yekaterinoslav District. (By Associated Press.) KHERSON, Russia, May 22. Twenty peasants who took part In the recent disorders In the Yekateri noslav district were hanged today under a decree of the court martial. May Continue In Session Until June to Handle Country's Business. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, D. C, May 22. It is stated on apparently good au thority that Congress will not ad journ earlier than Monday, May 25, and possibly the session may be prolonged until June. AFTER SUSPECT Daniel 0'Connell Fined For As saulting George Doane For Peculiar Cause. (Special to Tho Times.) BANDON, Ore., May 22. Wright Doane, who succeeded In securing the evidence against J. C. Wilcox, the North Bend dance hall proprietor, and in some other casese of a similar nature recently, was assaulted here by Daniel O'Connell because ho (Doano) was suspected of being hero for a similar purpose. L. A. Liljeq- vlst, deputy prosecuting attorney, was called here from Marshfleld and filed charges against O'Connell be fore Justice Geo. Topping. At the hearing, O'Connell was convicted and fined $10. According to the evidence in the case, Doane was noticed in ono (-1 tho saloons. Several liquor men hap pened to be there and some of them thought that they saw Doane taking notes or names. Doano was ordered out in any thing but a diplomatic way. O'Connell followed him up and started to personally show his opin ion of Doane. The latter succeeded In dodging O'Connell's blow so that ho was struck slightly. Friends then Intervened and took O'Connell away. Doano has been spending consid erable time around Bandon recent ly. RILL PASSES HOUSE. Provides for Publicity of Campaign Contributions. (By AssocratBtf iress.) WASHINGTON. May 22. Under motion to suspend the rul6s, the House today took up the bill to re quire publicity of campaign fund contributions. The bill was passed by a vote of 160 to 125, with the Crumnacker amendment added. The amendment would havo tho offect of reducing the congressional represen tation in southern states. It is be lieved that the bill will not pass to tho senate. VOTERS ATTENTION. Do you bellevo In education? Do you want a State University? If so, vote "yes" No. 314 on tho official ballot on election day. Tho passage of this bill will Increase your taxes a Httlo more than 2 cents If you pay taxes on $1,000 worth of property. All progressive citizens should sup port tho bill. CONGRESS HAS WORK AHEAD PEASANTS HANGED The members of the association were accused of trying to drive out tho landed proprietors by burning their estates. The recent effort to reloase tho convicts from the prison at Yekate rinoslav district when the bomb, which was exploded to destroy the walls killed about fifty inmates and .injured two score more, was alleged to have been part of the peasants' plan to win a victory. The court martial of the peasants was based on this act, their leaders being also ac cused of the plot to destroy the pri son and release the inmates. Lusitania Reduces Time From Europe Three and a Half Hours.. (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, May 22. The steam er Lusitania arrived today having broken the trans-Atlantic record over the long course, held by the Maure tania, three hours and thirty-seven minutes. Her time was four days, twenty hours and twenty-two min utes. Her average speed was 24.83 knots. SHIP SUBSIDY House Votes Against Allowing It Even For Carrying of Mails. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, May 22. The House rejected the conference report on the postofflce appropriation bill by a vote of 147 to 155. This means the defeat of ship subsidy. For years, there has been a strong fight made for ship subsidy but al ways futile. This year, another tact was taken by tho supporters of ship subsidy. They did not apply direct for it but with tho sanction of Presi dent Roosevelt and Secretary Root asked for subsidies for tho mail car rying vessels between the United States, South America, Australia and the Orient. The appropriation for these mail subsidies were included In the postofflce appropriation bill, but the House today even balked on allowing ship subsidy in this way. GOV. SPARKS DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS. Chief Executive of Nevada Succumbs at His Homo Near Reno, Early Today. (By Associated Press.) RENO, Nev. May 22. Governor John Sparks died at his ranch near l-ere today after a long Illness. Presbyterian Church of United States Holding Its 100th Assembly. (By Associated Press.) KANSAS CITY, May 22. Tho ono hundredth assembly of the Pres byterian church of tho United States convened yesterday with tho high of ficials of churches of this and foreign countries in attendance. Tho most important feature tho session con sisted of tho retirement of Rov. Will iam Henry Roberts of Philadelphia as moderator who delivered his faro well sermon, Rov. B. P. Fullerton of St. Louis and Rov. Mark A. Matthews of Seattle, are looked upon as tho leading candidates for Rov. Robert's place. NEW RECORD ON ATLANTIC HN CHuRCn US CENTENARY MAE WOOD IN JAIL BUT SAYS SHE IS MRS. PLATT FIVE GRADUATE AT First Commencement Exer cises Held Last Night at Eckhoff Hall. Diplomas and the attendant hon ors were conferred last night upon the first five students to complete the high school course In North Bend at the commencement exercises at Eckhoff hall. The diplomas were presented by State Superintendent J H. Ackerman who also made thr commencement address. The reel pients of the diplomas were Winifred F. Rood, Johanna Volz, Maud Coke, Ralph Coke and Georgianna Wyatt, the last three having completed the course In 1907, but not receiving their diplomas until this year be cause no commencement exercises were held last season. The graduates for 190S completed tho twelve grades of the altered course of the North Bend school, while the graduates of 1907 only completed the ten courses then In effect. The exercises were held at Eckhoff hall and were largely attended. The hall was fittingly decorated and the graduates were the recipients of many bouquets from friends. Super intendent Raab presided while Di rectors Myers and Van Zilo occupied seats of honor on the platform. The only regrettable feature of the even ing's entertainment was the inability of Miss Maud Coke to be present to receive her diploma, she being con fined at her home by illness. Mu sical numbers by High School organ izations The Boys Glee Club and the Girls Glee Club were very pleas ing and were warmly applauded. State Superintendent Ackerman congratulated the citizens of North Bend on the city's schools and the spirit of progress In education which they showed. Ho spoke on educa tion, showing its development from the "Three Rs" to tho present course and said that they would have to continue to develop as tho world was expecting more and more of the young men and women who entered its active life. The address was pleasing and the speaker's reference to tho new $40,000 high school for North Bend was warmly applauded. A violin solo by R. C. Hevener was warmly applauded by the au dience. The Invocation was delivered by the Rev. Lacey while tho closing prayer was by the Rov. Summerlln. FIFTEEN HURT IN NEW YORK WRECK. Four May Die From Injuries Sus tained in Trolley-Car Collision in Gotlimu Today. (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, May 22. Fifteen were injured, four probably fatally, in a collision of trolley-cars on the Manhattan end of tho Brooklyn bridge early today. IS VICTIM OF THUGS. Prominent Chicago Man Found Mur dered in Alley. (By Associated Press.) CHICAGO, May 22. Robert C. P. Holmes purchasing agent of the Commonwealth Edison Electric Com pany, was found dead In an alloy with a deep cut over his loft eye, his skull fractured and his pockets Inside out. Thero Is no clue. LOSE LIVES IN FIRE. Chicago Box Factory Conflagration Endangers Many. (By Associated Press.) CHICAGO, May 22. Fire broke out in tho box factory of J. C. Wln tormeyer this afternoon. It Is re ported that eighteen are cut off and that a number were killed or in jured. It Is known that three and perhaps more aro fatally injured. Declares That She Will Not Give Up Fight Against Senator. NO ATTEMPT MADE TO SECURE BAIL Says She Will "Rot" Before Pleading Guilty to Perjury. (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, May 22. Mae Wood is still in jail today on tho perjury charge. Apparently no effort has been made to procure bail. District Attorney Jerome will present tho case to the grand jury and if in dicted, she will be placed on trial. Miss Wood seems unperturbed, declares she still is Piatt's wife that ns long as a Piatt is alive she will fight for her rights. She declared that before sho pleads guilty to any Indictment found against her, sho will "rot first." COMMISSION ON CURRENCY. Congress Provides For Committee to Investigate it. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, May 22. The senate without division adopted tho joint resolution on the adopted Ald rlch bill from Committee of Finance, creating a commission to be called the National Monetary Commission and to be composed of nine senators to be appointed by the speaker to inquire into and report to congress the earliest date practicable that changes desirable or necessary, in the monetary situation of the United States may be made in laws relating to currency. Tho commission is au thorized to sit during the sessions or in recess at such times and places as deemed desirable. Tho House Committee on Banking and Currency also voted by a sub stantial majority to recommend tho passage of the Aldrlch joint reso lution creating tho currency commis sion which passed tho senate. NEW METHODIST BISHOPS. Two Eastern Ministers Honored By Their Church. (By Associated Press.) BALTIMORE, May 22. Rev. Dr. William F. Anderson of New York, and Rev. Dr. John Wuelsen of Nast Theological Seminary, havo been elected Bishops of tho Methodist Episcopal church. No foundation For His Charges of Bribery in Submarine Boat Contracts. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, May 22. No ac tion will bo taken toward tho ex pulsion of Representative Lllloy in tho House. Tho report of tho In vestigation Committee was adopted by tho House by a substantial major ity and tho case Is closed, according to tho statement of Speaker Cannon to tho Associated Press today. Tho report of tho Special Committee was that tho charges of bribery and crookedness In the submarine boat contracts was unfounded. BROKER IS INDICTED. New York Grand Jury Finds BUI Against Defunct Finn. (By Associated Press,) NEW YORK, May 22,An indict ment was roturned ngalnst a mem ber of tho failed brokerage firm ot T, A, Mclntyro and Co., and was re ported by tho grand jury today. Which member of tho firm was not specified. WON'T OUST I REP. LILLET RL M R 1 23-1