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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (July 23, 1908)
t - mmt If,, A . d T. a a a - YOV ON'T Eoe4 ytoMf U f i.JBVW" 4 In t it il ttT I iz the naK h n "-- A F fjji rJ-Hl IB mily 1aA1xI you think It a patriotic duty ujm j : H ' K& V VP fo port him. You buy goods to sail. ' MB AkjP Buy advertising that will sell tha. ; Ijjfi '2962 filmia a Mm ts caar ib (&0U4& Ifrni tj ihoalll ba o( aathr Bwko'fooia fchl, whlak U alro&d? 'nut ad ts oux." FalUr. The, author was ot writ ing t ailvrtlBra, pUlly. but lua ffnTA fliA&a arivraaf nktvloa In aLHlr 0 Ug phrataoloey. MEMBER OP ASSOCIATED PRESS ' " il' Itef 'Alls " " ' ' '- " -' " "" " " " ' " -.. , . iS M H 1 jfeff&fs sfr. . Vol. III. THREE BANDITS One Finally Riddled by Hun dreds of Bullets From Posse. EASTERN CITY PROVES REAL WILD WEST Second of Bandits Wounded But Escapes and Third Caught. (By. Associated Pre3B.) BOSTON, July 23. After three deadly battles between three desper adoes and the police and a small army of citizens, the first encounter being late Tuesday night In a bar room, the second last evening In the peaceful streets of Jamaica Plains, and the third early today in a ceme tery, one of the bandits was riddled with bullets and killed, a second, be lieved to be wounded, escaped, and the third was taken prisoner last evening. The desperadoes who are believed to be foreigners, killed two men and wounded eleven in their flight since "shooting up" the saloon and killing Frank J. Drake. The police searched all day yes terday and finally located the robbers in Calvary cemetery. The despera does' opened Are, wounding several persons. They then escaped Into a crowd on Washington street, keeping up flro. Later, they held up cars, wounding a number of passengers and pedestrians. They continued their flight Into the Forest Hill ceme tery where they shot Night Watch mnn Herbert E. Knox. The ceme tery was surrounded by officers until day break began and they began to close in. Suddenly, a man darted from the south side of the cemetery carrying a revolver In one hand and bullets in the other. After a chase of more than a mile, the man sought Tefugo In a ravine but was quickly surrounded and shot to death, hun dreds of bullets piercing his body. Another man was arrested near the . main gate and disarmed but there Is , some doubt as to the identity of the captured man. The police aro search-! ing. the cemetery for the third man who left a bloody track. Otto Eberhard, Wanted For Slaying Aunt, Arrested Near Patterson, N. J. (By Associated Press.) IIACKENSACK, N. J., July 23.7-r-August Eberhard has con- fessed that he murdered his aunt, Mrs'. Ottlllle Eberhard. This afternoon ho took the po- lice to a place in Little Falls where he had burled under a tree tlo $2,500 which he took from the aunt's body. ' ' (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, July 23. August Eberhard, the nephew of Ottlllio Eberhard, tho Austrian woman who was shot to death near Hackensack, N. J., was arrested today in Patter son, N. J. He was found lying on a lawn in front of a farm house suf fering from a wound which tlie po lice bellove was received at the time tho woman, was slfot. It. Is reported thtft ho admitted 'his identity? The polico'iare, endeavoring td get a sta tement from him. ECONOMY and Knowlton, fruit Jars best on earth, at the Coos Bay Cash Store. BUY a Big Lot by the Seaside for $35.00 on level ground, near the Beach' at Beautiful Bandon. See Bennett's land office or Stutsman & 110 F 0 SIDKSUBURB CLERK Willi WOUND Company. , ,.',''- THE DAILY COOS BAY KILL TWO AND Defective Wirincj Causes Heavy Loss In Abington" Block Today. (By Associated Press.) PORTLAND, Ore., July 23. Fire which destroyed the Abington build ing on Third street, and damaged the Van Schuyver building adjoining, caused a loss of $300,000 this morn ing. Both buildings were well occu pied and the loss to the tenants will probably reach $100,000 which Is in cluded In the estimate above. De fective wiring is alleged to have been the cause. GREAT STEEL MILLS OPEN U. S. Steel Corporation Starts $30,000,000 Plant at Gary, Ind. (By Associated Press.) GARY, Ind., July 23. The arrival of the steamer E. H. Gary with a cargo of ore with which the' great steel plant of the United States Steel Corporation will inaugurate opera tions was the occasion today of formal exercises and speech making, In which John W. Kern of Indiana polis, the Democratic nominee for vice-president and others participat ed. The arrival of the steamer was the occasion for a salute of twenty one guns from the Welverlne, and sa lutes from the revenue cutter Tus carora and the training ship Doro thea. The corporation has spent $30,000,000 on the mills. GOULD SUIT STIRS GOTHAM New Sensation Sprung In Connection With Trumped Up Charges. (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, July 23. Miss Blanche Hale, a halr-dresser for fash ionable patrons, has come forward with a story, she was approached in a similar way to that alleged by Miss Mabel McCausland in connection with the su'lt for divorce Instituted by Mrs. Helen Kelloy-Gould against Frank J. Gould, the millionaire. The district attorney's office promises other more startling revelations of the evidence against Gould. TWIN SISTEHS ELOPED. Returned Homo With Marriage Cer tificate Wero Forgiven. WINSTED, Conn., July 23. Eva and Ethel Dillon, twin sisters of Man chester, introduced themselves to their parents as Mrs. Edward War ner and Mrs. Emll Hlcklng respect ively. After they had shown their marriage certificates they were for given. Instead of attending a theatrical performance in Hartford, as they told their parents they Intended to do when they left home, the sisters went with Warner and Hlcklng to Springfield and were married. One couple Btood as witness for the other. The twins are eighteen and both bridegrooms aro under twenty. LOUIS TI. BOLL, TEACHER OF PIANO, First Trust and Savlnw Bamk buildlnp. PORTLAND HAS $300,009 TI TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 23, ECHO YOUTH MURDbRS SWEEIH Posse After B. E. Stoeffle Who '-Killed Elsie Kenison and May Lynch Him if Caught Alive. (By Associated Press.) PENDLETON, Ore., July 23. El sie Kenison, aged 18, was killed by her sweetheart, B. E. Stoeffle, at her ' home In Echo today. Stoeffle Is be- Believed That Act at Gov. De neen's Meeting Was to Rob People During Excitement. (By Associated Press.) CHICAGO, July 23. A bomb was exploded in a tent in which Gov. Den een was addressing a political gather ing at Garfield boulevard and Prince ton avenue, last night. Women In AWWWWSAA 111 OF CITHOUNCIL Members Show Up at Different Hours and Special Meeting Has. to Be, Abandoned The Marshfleld city council was to have held an adjourned meeting last night but it didn't. Five of the six members of the council reported at the council chambers during the evening but three were the most that were there at the same time and for tho Jack of a quorum, no meeting could be called. ' Councilmen Sacchl, Nelson and Savage' arrived shortly after 8 o'clock and sat around for three-quarters of an hour or thereabouts waiting for Mayor Straw and the others to show up. After discussing the" weather, the Drain-Coos Bay railroad, E. H. Harriman and several other matters, they grew weary and sleepy and started homeward. City Attorney Farrin and City Clerk Squires were also present -but Marshal Carter was n't around, so President Savage of the council, had no ambassador pie nipotentiary to summon anothei member to enable them to do busi ness. As the three were disappearing, Mayor Straw and Councilmen Lock hart and Flanagan appeared in sight. Councilman Nelson declared it was bedtime and that he wasn't going to attend council meetimrs called nt such unearthly hours and so con tinued hjs way homeward. . Burns Wants More. " Contractor Burns has completed his grading Job on Second and Cedar streets and is now having a lively time with the city council over hjs settlement. Ho Issued a large num ber of orders against the city to pay various bills while the work was in progress and the city officials have held back sufficient to cover. them. Now ho insists that he must have ?500 more than tho city .officials figure that he has cpming. He in sists that he had a lot of extra work to do, etc. The grading cost slightly more than $5,000. Mayor Straw and the other city officials insist that Burns will ho paid simply the con tract price and no more. Discuss Sewer Plans. City Engineer Sandberg and F. S. Dow, A. H. Powers, A Hansen and other members of tho South Marsh fleld property owners committee, last evening went over the plans for the proposed Marshfleld sewer. It Is proposed to put In a number of sop tic tanks and make the system en tirely sanitary as well as to protect tho Bay into which it Is proposed to empty tho new system. HOW Is the time to enroll, for a course of Chiropractic treatments, with Dr. II, A. Foster at Garfield hotel. No enrollments after July 30, Office hours: 1 to 4 p. m. BEST MEAL in town, tho Arcado from 15 to 25c. NO ing pursued by a posse. There were no witnesses to the tragedy. He shot her in the mouth with a revolver. Ho was seen to run from the house by an eight-year-old girl. The excite ment is intense and lynching Is being talked of if he Is not killed in a fight with the posse. Word was received from Echo late this affprnoon that Stoeffle doubled back on his tracks to the scene of the murder and hanged himself on the premises. the audience screamed and a number fainted. Men and women rushed fran tically for the tent doors. Gov. De neen and others tried to stop the panic. When it was seen that no damage was done, tho excitement subsided. It is thought that the per petrators sought to take advantage of the excitement to rob people In the audience. The police made a number of arrests but all were later released for lack of evidence. TUTTLE MUST EXPLAIN AGT Plat B Contractor and Builder Arrested at Gold Beach Today. .M. H. Tuttle, a contractor and builder who came to Coos Bay last spring from Canada, was placed un der arrest at Gold Beach today to be brought "back here and explain why he was making so rapidly for far dis tant points on his alleged "excur sion trip." The arrest was made at the request of J. D. Stewart, a Plat B steamster, who loaned Tuttle a rig for his announced "camping ex pedition" which Stewart believes now to be a "decamping expedition." Before leaving, Tuttle Is alleged to have converted considerable stuff into cash at North Bend. In addi tion to this, he secured a tent and other articles on credit, claiming that he would pay for them as soon as he received a remittance from his old home in Canada which would be about August 1. Tuttle contracted for considerable property around Coos Bay, started, a three-story building and announced his intention of erecting several cot tages and was supposed to be a well-to-do contractor. ETO. 'Prentiss N. Gray Denies Re ported Sale of Steamship ' to Southern Pacific. Prentls N. Gray of the Gray & Holt Company of San Francisco, owners of thq Alliance, has written to Agent H. W. Skinner hero that the reported sale of the Alliance to tho Southern Pacific is not correct. Under dato of July 20, Mr. Gray writes Mr. Skinner as follows; "We noticed, and have Blnco had our attention called to, a newspaper report to the effect that our steamer "Alliance" was to bo sold to tho Southern Pacific Company. Wo want to deny this as being a totally un warranted statement. "Tho "Alliance" will remain on tho run between Coos Bay and Portland as long as the public show by their patronage their desire to have her do so. "Sho is absolutely free from all entanglements with other companies and seeks to give tho most meritori ous service possible. It Is strictly up to tho shipping and traveling pub lic." You will find the BEST LINK of PIONIO goods at SACCHI'S. M 1908. EART AMERICANS AND FOREIGNERS IN 1 1 n.TT.r rnn nrm-rnni' - ....B li WM bAIILt rUK bUNiNUL Uh IMfl I rTViTnimT Five Hundred Armed taians lakl I' O SIMDIRD D L and ot"n Loui- III m siana Town. KIU I rccLa ort 3hicago Case Won't Be Tried Before Judge Landis, They. Say. (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, July 23. It was learned today from sources Identified with the Standard Oil Company that the $29,240,000 Chicago rebate case Is not likely to go to the Supreme Court of the United States. Nor Is It believed that the case will be re tried before Judge Landis, as the Standard Oil Company will protest against it and ask some other judge to sit. The issues Involve no consti tutional questions such as are neces sary to take the action to the United States Supreme Court. WILL FILE PETITION. Government Attorney Announces They Will Push Case. (By Associated Press.) CHICAGO, July 23. United Sta tes District Attorney SImms today announced positively that a petition for the rehearing of tho rebate case of the government against the Stand ard Oil Company of Indiana will be filed. Sims received the following telegram from Attorney General Bonaparte: "I feel that you and your associates have done everything possible to protect the interests of the government and promote Justice. I will write you fully as soon as the opinion comes to hand." Funeral of Victim of Acci dental Shooting Is Held. The funeral of August Helming was held today from tho Undertaking parlors of T. J. Lewis on North Front street, Interment being in the Odd Fellows cemetery In Marshfleld. The funeral services were brief, the Rev. D. W. 'Thurston of the First Baptist church officiating. In addition to the relatives and family of tho deceased, a number of friends were present and accompa nied the body to the grave. The casket was opened at tho undertak ing parlors but not at the grave. The pall-bearers were Clay Moore, Burt McCullpugh, C, C. Going, Wm. Kennedy, Chester Wolcott and C. H. Hall. Yesterday afternoon, Coroner T. J. Lewjs of Coos county, took the depo sitions of H. A, Rpynolds and Albert Lutonsky and Joseph M. Russell concerning the accidental sjioqtlng which resulted In Mr. Helm lng's death. Mr. Russell was tho member of another camping party near tho Asa Carey ranch In Curry county, the nearest home to the scene of tho accident. These deposi tions will be forwarded to the coun ty clerk of Curry county to bo filled there, Tho members of tho party were Gus Helming and wlfo, Cavour Helming, Georgo Balnes and wlfo, H. A, Reynolds and Albert Lutonsky. Boats leavo STAUFF'S WHARF for Charleston Bay Friday mornlngat 7:30 and 8:30. Adults, 50c, chil dren, 25c. $35.00 Will buy you a lot 50x100, near Ocean Beach at Bandon. Seo or call at Bennott'B land office, or Stuts man & Company. THE CITr OF PANAMA takes Breakwater run sailing from Marsh fleld and North Bond 9:30 a. in., Saturday, July 25. HELMING IS BURIED TODAY RESULT OF RACE WAR LONG BREWING Sheriff Organizes White Resi dents and Will Fight to Finish. (By Associated Press.) NATALBANY, La., July 23. Flvo hundred Italians and other foreign ers on ono side and Americans on the other, both armed ready for con- flict, Is what presented Itself In thls-j town at daybreak this morning a3- the result of a race war which started here as the result of the wounding:! of Walter Simmons, Tuesday, and. the subsequents shooting by Ameri cans and Italians yesterday. Last! night an Italian entered the town! and snld the foreigners would wlp&j the town out, and the sheriff with ered seventy-five Americans whoi picketed the town all night, but no-l trouble developed. This place is aJ lumber town and race trouble has! been brewing for some time. It Is! quiet today but both camps araj ready for any emergency. O'KELLEY IS Americans Continue to Carry! Off Honors In London Olympic. (By Associated Press.) LONDON, July 23. The finaM catch-as-catch-can heavy weights wrestling match was won by O'Kellj of the United Kingdom, wbo defeated Gunderson of Norway. Tho final two hundred-metre flat! race was won by Kerr of Canada, The final standing high Jump waaj won by Ray C, Ewry of the Kv York Athletic Club who Jumped lrvej feet two Inches. Oregon Man Wins. Forest Smlthson of tho Multnomal Athletic Club of Portland, Oregon! won his heat In the hundred yaro hurdles In 15 4-5 seconds. The final 400-yard flat race was won by J. C. Carpenter of Cornel University, but the judges dlsquajjfl fled him for alleged "pocketing'! Hallswelle, the English runner. Carl pentor had the polo and his allegoc transgression was not apparent t spectators. W. C. Robertson of Caml bridge University, was second, anra Halswelle, third. Matthew P. Halpln the American manager, says tha Americans win not run tno over. racj FIRST LOVE HIS FIRST WIFE, AT 7i FINDLAY, 0., July 23. Jacob Buss, of Rawsom, aged sevent,y-slJj and Mrs. Susan Fisher of Lexlngto 111., aged seventy-two, were marrle at Rawsom. Buss Is worth $75,00 and this Is his first marriage, Th woman ho wedded was his youthfi sweetheart, but a quarrel had e; tranged.them. Mrs. Buss came he: to visit and met Buss, after Ion years of separation, and the old lov was rekindled. $15.00 will buy you a CORNEj LOT 50x100 on level land at BAJ DON, near the Beach. Seo Ad, in ar other column. & THE CITY OF PANAMA tak Breakwater run sailing from Mars! Hem and North Bona a -.30 a. ,n Saturday, July 25. i. Bost COFFEE and best KM A11LES at most REASONAKW prices on Coos Bay at MELItOSll EASY B near postofflco. Try It Sunday. rl' k 1 WW No, 12, ffA m, I 1C ft J I I . 1Ak4?i Wttl-tlfc