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ran u 3r3553 atUMHSS. l ItWHt C9LCIiA A3E&. 330Xu (&nm lag Exm?& WELL INFORMED PEO TLB READ TUB COOS BAY TIMES THAT'S AVIIT TIIET ARM WELL INFORMED. A REAL NEWSPAPER, INDEPENDENT, ALERT, CONCISE NEWSY AND FEARLESS. ALL THE NEWS. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. A Vol. HI. THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1908. No. 33. GOV. CHAMBERLAIN SAYS STATE 111 BUILD ITS 01 ROADS Oregon's Chief Executive Out lines Plan That May Be Resorted To. UNEXPECTED STAND IS TAKEN BY HIM Railroad Commissioner West Shows Great Profits of Lines. "If Mr. Iliirrinian will not meet the demand for new roads In a spirit of compromise and justice, use the club of taxation, and If that falls, the people of Oregon have the power to get a railroad for themselves un der the initiative and referendum. They can amend the constitution so as to give the state power to appro priate money to build a road or to guarantee the bonds of some com- WALL DUDIES mile. Five million dollars would put a line across the state, and in the single year of 1907 the O. R. and N. pany that will build across the state, earned enough to span the state after I believe the state could build and paying all legitimate expenses. WEB SCORE Seven Killed and Many Injured In Collapse at Chelsea, Mass. (I3y Associated Press.) CHELSEA, Mass., Aug. 25. A thirty-foot brick wall which was be ing elected on building site collapsed today and burled more than a score of workmen. Seven bodies have been taken out and fifteen injured re moved to a hospital. Some of them will not recover. Coos Bay Will Entertain Lar gest Crowd In Its History During the Next Four Days. The Second Southern Oregon Dis trict Fair will open at the Coos Bay Fair grounds In Marshfleld tomor row morning. Everything is in readiness, the last of the exhibits be ing placed in position this afternoon and evening. Presidents Parrott of Roseburg, like to have more rooms placed at Its disposal owing to the practical certainty of the quarters already known being Inadequate for the crowds that will come. The street fair and carnival will open this evening full blast. The en tries for tomorrow's raclng'wlll close nt 9 o'clock tonight. The events for the day are ns follows: Race No. 1 Pacing Eligible to 2:15 class, best 3 in 5; purse $400. Race No. 2 Pacing 3-year-olds GREAT FAIR OPENS TOMORROW PLEAD FOR DUTY TO DEVELOP GREAT RESOURCES OF OREGOI and F. P. Norton of Marshfleld, and and undel'' ownotI in district, best 2 operate It at a profit, as well as a private corporation, and that may have to be done." In this vigorous fashion, Governor Chamberlain this morning pointed out what Oregon may do If E. II. Harriman continues to disregard the claims of Coos Bay and other neglect ed sections of the state. The gov ernor was unexpectedly called on at the session of the development con giess this morning, a delegate having suggested that the governor had made a valuable suggestion in con versation last night that he might place before the meeting. AVns Roundly Applauded. Reduce Freight Rates. Taking the figures of the railroad itself, the Southern Pacific earned almost enough last year to build a line into Coos Bay, above all ex penses. Mr. West said that if the roads do not build new lines with a portion of the wealth they are tak ing from the people of Oregon, there is no reason why the state railioad commission should not cut into the earnings. Touching on land grant transac tions, the commissioner said that about 7,000,d00 acres were given away, a tract larger than all New Secretaries Frank Mlcelll of Rose burg, and G. W. Carleton of Marsh field, have been busy at the grounds yesterday and today getting every thing ready for the crowds. While the attendance tomorrow Is not expected to reach the figures of the two middle days and the last day, advices from the surrounding coun try are that hundreds are coming in. Big delegations are expected from the Coquille valley. A large number have already ar rived here for the Fair and last night, the usual hotel and lodging house accommodations were taxed to their utmost capacity. The people of Marshfleld are responding fairly well to the appeal of the Chamber of Commerce and the business men to open their homes to the visitors and furnish sleeping quarters for all. The Chamber of Commerce Would In 3, hobbles barred; purse $200. Race No. 3 Running -miIo dash; purse $150. Race No. 4 Running -mile dash; Purse $150. Dajs Arc Changed. Owing to a special request from Myrtle Point and Coquille, Secretary Carleton has decided to make Friday instead of Saturday "Myrtle Point and Coquille Day." This will neces sitate changing "Marshfleld "Day" from Friday to Saturday. General Manager C. J. Millls has arranged to run special excursion trains from Myrtle Point and Coquille Friday. Marshfleld and North Bend base ball teams will play two league games for the Fair crowd, one Wednesday morning at 10:30 and one Thursday morning at 10:30 o'clock. Bandon and Coquille may play here Friday and Saturday mornings. I DIG BROKERS BROKE TODAY A. 0. Brown & Co. .of New York, Suspend Operations Condition Not Known. (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, Aug. 25. E. F. Buchanan, a member of the firm of A. O. Brown & Co., to- day denied that their heavy operations on the stock ex- change on Saturday were on ac- count of Thomas W. Lawson of Boston, of "frenzied finance" fame. Oregon-Idaho Development Congress Launches Move ment Here. THREE NOTED MEN TELL HOW TO D0JF on fire LOSS $100,000 I England. Possibly half of this land The governor's declaration was re-, has been sold. Patents have been de ceived with rounds of applause from i layed, county assessors have been the delegates. Thoy had just finish- i bull dozed, and by various means the ed listening to State Railroad Com- roads have managed to contribute missioner Oswald West, who present- only $900,000 in taxes on these ed an array of figures showing how grants in 40 years. That is about 40 the railroads have escaped their just cents per acre, or one cent per acre share of taxation, have arrested de- per year. velopment, and have gained a harvest of millions from land grants. Other speakers this morning were: fI.ntMr.inn Tlm T-I Cnnff nf Gnlam ' VJUUll lilllll UU11U A. kJlUll VA UUlblll, B. W. Johnson of Corvalis, and Judge Stephen A. Lowell of Pendleton, who was called on to give his impressions of Coos Bay after a stay of 24 hours. Judge Lowell said that he had been pleased beyond his broadest specula tions by what he has seen here, and ho eloquently portrayed the possibi lities of future commercial develop ment of the Pacific ports. On this The grant to the Southern Pacific alone can be sold according to valua tion for about $25,000,000, and al lowing $5,000,000 in full measure for all cost to the road, the road has been presented with a bonus of $50, 000 per mile, a sum that would build and equip the Harriman line through the Willamette valley. Mr. West suggested that one way to reach such large land holdings is to adopt the New Zealand system of graduated taxation of land, accord ing to the value of holdings, so the Two Factories Destroyed and Many Threatened By Big Blaze Today. (By Associated Press.) OMAHA, Aug. 25. Damage ap proximating $100,000 was caused by a fire in the Omaha Wagon Works and the Omaha Saddle Tree Com pany. The big plant of the Carter- ROCK SHOWER OVER SCHOOL Big Blast In 'Frisco Stone Quarry Almost Causes Disas trous Results In School. (By Associated Press.) SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 25. A large blast In Gray Bros, quarry on Nee street, near Day street, threw a shower of rocks over a large radius of the neighborhood. Several large rocks went through roofs and win coast, ho said, it will be a commerce millionaire pays four or five times as three times the volume of Atlantic trade, with the awakened industry of Asia pouring Into five Pacific ports: San Diego, San Francisco, Coos Bay, the mouth of the Columbia river and Puget Sound. Ho said he would liko to stay hero for a week, but was com pelled to return north this morning. Road Supervisors Present. There was a good attendance at this morning's session of the devel opment congress, including many of the road supervisors, who came par ticularly to hear what Judge Scott had to say of the good roads move ment. Judge Scott made a talk on general lines, explaining that it has been decided to call a special road meeting later on, after the district fair, so that the subject may bo taken up without having attention diverted by other subjects. He declared in fa vor of working convicts in road build ing, not on the highways themselves, but at quarries located at convenient points. Ho talked of the advantage of a permanent road system, with state and county roads, the latter radiating from the county seats and forming a consistent network over the state. Cost of Railroad. State Railroad Commissioner West dealt largely with figures of railroad cost, maintenance, earnings and taxa tion. He said that if all the earn ings of the O. R. and N. above rea sonable interest, profit and operating expense had been used to build new roads. Mr. Harriman would much as the man of small means and the man having only $2,500 or less Is exempted altogether. "This is not unjust," said Mr. West "because for a long time the burden has been on the small land owners. The land held by the big railroads cost them nothing, for what they did not steal was given to them." The address of Mr. Johnson was brief. He told of the development of Corvalis and the Influences that have helped to build up the agricul tural college. He is the president of the Corvalis commercial club WILL MEET TONIGHT. Good Program For Final Session of Development Congress. The fllnal session of the Oregon Idaho Development Congress will bo held at the Chamber of Commerce at 7:30 o'clock this evening. Everyone is invited to attend. An interesting program has been arranged. The program is as follows: "Organization Completed," Ad dress by ex-Senator Andrew C. Smith of Portland. "Railroad Possibilities," Henry Diers of North Bend. "Our Visitors," J. W. Bennett of Marshfleld. Report of committee on resolutions which consists of Gov. George E. Chamberlain as chairman, Judge S. A. Lowell of Pendleton, Col. Wm. White Lead Works was saved with a dows of the Clement school and only slight loss. j the fact that school had not yet been For a time It was feared that the called probably prevented a panic of 500 pupils. Four children just en tering the yard were struck by rocks but were not seriously injured. blaze would assume the proportions of a conflagration and sweep a big area. NEW CLUE OF THEFT FOUi Government Man Says Fitz gerald Made Notation On Missing $173,000. (By Associated Press.) CHICAGO, Aug. 25. Captain Thomas I. Porter of the government Secret Service, has revealed that he IANDIT GETS $1,500 BOOTY Lone Highwayman Holds Up Stage In Wyoming Early Today. (By Associated Press.) HELENA, Mont., Aug. 25. A spe cial to the Record from Cody, Wyo states that the stage running between Identified as the handwriting of , that place and Meetetse. Wyo.. was George W. Fitzgerald the notation held up by a lone robber and the pas "$173,000" on the $10,000 bank sengers mulcted to the extent of note sent to the subtreasury by the,$l500. Because of the distance Commercial National Bank. All trace separating the places, the robbery was of the note Is lost but officials are , evidently not committed by the same (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, Aug. 25. The sus pension of A. O. Brown & Co., one of the largest brokerage houses in this city, was announced on the New York Stock Exchange this af ternoon. The transactions of the firm In the remarkable stock market of last July have been under inves tigation by the authorities of the Stock Exchange, and today It was announced that the transactions had been made for firms under the rule which provides that where the firm is unable to deliver stocks sold to another broker, the purchaser may buy up the stock at the expense of the firm falling to make the delivery. Receiver Is Named. D. W. Noel was named as assignee for A. O. Brown & Co. No statement of the assets and liabilities is avail able but It Is presumed that the fig ures will be large as the firm gener ally is supposed to have had heavy Interests in the market. Representa tives of the firm made the following statement: "The affairs of the firm are badly tangled, and It was felt necessary to suspend In order to straighten them out." The effect of tho suspension upon the market was not so violent as an ticipated. The volume of trading in creased rapidly but the prices vacil lated and there was no general move ment in either direction. After the panic last fall, many of the Arm's branches were closed. At present, the firm has offices in Buffa lo, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Erie, Utica, Toronto and Patterson, N. J. The Arm was organized in 1902. Its members are A. O. Browji, G. Lee Stout, E. F. Buchanan, Samuel C. Brown and W. R. Whitman. I . highwayman who held up eleven coaches In Yellow Stone Park, yester- Grlmes of Marshfleld, Francis H. now Clarke of Marshfleld, B. W. Johnson, have so many lines that ho would W. O. Chase of Coquille and Col. E. have difficulty In securing enough Hofer of Salem. flagmen to station at the crossings in Oregon. The speaker gave figures to show that the average cost of building new Report of committee on permanent organization which consists of Judge C. A. Sehlbrede as chairman, Dr. C. W. Tower and C. J. Mlllis, all certain It was the top bill on the package of tho $173,000 for the al leged theft for which Fitzgerald was day, arrested, and It established that the stolen money is being circulated In Chicago. Fitzgerald says he may have written the notation but says Murderer of Aimls Refuses to Re- IIAINS IS BROKEN UP. It Is the common practice to do so on the top bills of large bundles. CLASH IN CHICAGO. Government Men and Private Detec tive Agency Lock norns. move Ills Uniform. (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, Aug. 25. Major Hains and one of tho attorneys for tho defense endeavored in vain today to Induce Captain Halns to remove his uniform and discuss the murder uhjsauu, Aug. z&. Assistant in the jail. Captain Hains strode United States District Attorney Da- j nervously back and forth In the cor Yis stated this afternoon that the ridor. savine "You don't understand 1 ' - ---w - federal authorities had concluded not to take part In the prosecution of G. W. Fitzgerald, accused of rob bing the Subtreasury, unless further evidence against Fitzgerald was un earthed. The government authorities do not believe the present evidence warrants the holding of Fitzgerald. It is now a clash between the private lines in Oregonfhas.been. $17,000 per Marshfleld of detective agency that had Fitzgerald arrested, and the government forces. my leave of absenco expires today and I must get back to my post of duty. I can't remain here any lon ger. I must get back to the fort." Every time his counsel brought up the shooting of Wm. Annls, Captain Halns would repeat the performance BEGINS SUIT Wife of New York Millionaire Wants $50,000 For Insults From Process Server. (Bv Associated Press.) NEW YORK, Aug. 25. Mrs. Howard Gould has brought suit for $50,000 against Frank A. McLaugh lin, a Fifth avenue tradesman, who brought suit to collect bill for articles he mado for Mrs. Gould. Mrs. Gould alleges the process server wantonly, maliciously and cruelly Insulted her, causing her to sustain a. Bevero ner vous Bhock. BIG REVIEW HELD. Great Thousands Participate In Event At Sydney. SYDNEY, Aug. 25. A grand re view was held in Centennial Park in which COO men of tho Royal Navy, havo to carry a knapsack In order to 3,000 from the American fleet, 7,000. cross them. Gov. Chamberlain, Col. El Hofer and Judge Lowell. Address Meeting. The Oregon-Idaho Development: Congress opened in the Marshfleld7 Chamber of Commerce last night and! the audience was limited only by the standing and seating room. Coos-. Bay and Coos county contributed' largely to the audience although? there were representatives of many 6ther sections of the state present as. delegates. Tho convention was called to order by vice-president I. S. Smith of thor Chamber of Commerce In the absences of President J. T. McCormac. He sald that Coos Bay welcomed thee delegates and was always anxious ta take part in progressive movements. He introduced Secretary Walter Lyon who outlined the objects of the meet ing. Following this, Judge Scott wasr electcd temporary chairman and1 Walter Lyon temporary secretary. In welcoming Judge Scott to the chair,. Mr. Smith presented him with a myrtle wood gavel which brought forth a pleasing speech of acceptance from Judge Scott. Then followed the three principal?, addresses of the evening by Gov George E. Chamberlain, Judge Low ell of Pendleton and Col. E. Hofer of Salem. Gov. Chamberlain's Address. Gov. George E. Chamberlain waev warmly welcomed by tho audience Preliminary to his addicss, he told some humorous experiences that hacT marked his previous visits to Coos Bay and while ho felt that he had: been the victim of some practical!, jokes by J. W. Bennett, Jack Flana gan, Mr. Seaman and others, he was5 always glad to get back to Coos Bay and was always hoping for an op portunity to even up a few scores. He said that he thought there wore three things essential to the develop ment of this section now, namely the? construction of more railways-,, tire construction of good country roads and tho Improvement of the wntbiv ways and harbors. He said that he know no section of Oregon,, that It. was all Oregon to him and that while necessarily Improvements must be started In some locality, all tended! to build up the state and in turn the-! upbuilding of the state contrlbutedr towards the upbuilding of the na tion. As to tho railroad situation, he said that he had just returned from a conference with E. E. Harriman at Klamath Falls. He said some had criticised him for going to see Harri man but ho wanted to say that he would travel 10,000 miles to see Harriman or anyone else If he thought that by so doing he would- secure the construction of five miles of railway in Oregon. Ho said that Mr. Harriman told him that the re cent flurry had so tied up tho mon ey market as to necessitate the stop ping of work on tho various projects hut that ho (Harriman) expected to--resume them soon. Ho said that Mr. Harriman piomlsed to build tho road " to Coos Bay which would cost about $3,000,000, but would not fix a de finite date. However, Mr. Harriman. had promised him to build a north- and south line across Oregon and' that ho (Chamberlain) was confident that before long a similar would be built eastward across tho state from Coos Bay. In this connection, ho said the people must remember that all Ore gon Is not a productive region and " that while looked easy on tho map to construct railroads, there wore some sections so poor that a crow would! of tho naval and military forces of and finally his brother and counsel Now South Wales and 4,000 cadets loft him with tho keeper who was took part. Tho vast amphitheatre trying to induce him to remove the was flllod with thousands of sjiecta uniform. , tors. To Bring Harriman Here. Ha said that ho had urged Mr. Harriman to visit Coos Bay and had'J secured a partial promlso that Mr- (Continued on page two.)