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6 fX&& NOW IS THE TIME. TO GET IJUSY AND WIN ONE OP THE SPLENDID PHIZES IN THE TIMES CON TEST. THEY WILL HE GIVEN AWAY OCTOBER 31. TALK ABOUT TALKING. YOU CAN TALK TO THOU SANDS OF PEOPLE EVERY DAY HY PUTTING YOUK "WANT ADS" IN THE TLMES. , MEMBER OP ASSOCIATED PRESS. Vol. III. THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1908 No. 91. Mutt Utttttes t STEAMER L F. PLANT WILL BE TOWED TO S A N FRANCISCO Vessel's Rudder and Stern Post Damaged In Saturday's Accident. PECULIAR FREAK OF SEA DID IT Mountainous Waves Once Threatened to Overturn Steamship. The steamship M. P. Plant, which was disabled while putting out to sea Saturday, will leave today for San Francisco In tow of the tug Co lumbia. The steamship had her rudder stock twisted and her stern post badly bent by the mountainous waves that struck her In rapid sue- cession. About ten tons of butter, her entire deckload was swept over board with the railing. The vessel. will have to go Into dry dock at San Fmncisco for repairs which will necessitate her absence from the run but another vessel will probably bo put on In her place. When the sea began to' get rough, Capt. Burtis ordered all passengers to leave the decks and get Inside out of danger. In consequence no one was Injured. Yesterday, while the vessel was lying at anchor near the whistling buoy, Agent F. S. Dow and others went out on a tug. None of the passengers cared to get off and return, so all will proceed on the vessel to San Francisco Accident Peculiar One. The accident was one of the most peculiar known to local navigators. Before Capt. Burtis put out to sea, the water appeared perfectly smooth. Before he had gone very far, a high wave struck the Plant and others were following It. One mons truous sea picked the vessel up and turned her half way around and let her settle in the trough. For an Instant, the watch at the life-saving station and some of the crew thought the vessel would turn over. She righted herself but the rudder had been hopelessly twisted. However, the remainder of the machinery was working all right and the engines were turned on full power. She was headed seaward, clear of the dan gerous points and Capt. Burtis had ordered up the sails to use them lar gely for steering purposes. However, the Eureka, which was just behind the Plant, followed her out and did not meet a single bad sea, the ocean having played one of its freaks on the Plant. The Eureka responded to Capt. Burtis call and gave her a line but meanwhile other rough seas came in and before the two vessels were beyond possible dan ger, two hawsers had been broken. The second fury of the seas con tinued so that Capt. Magenn of the Breakwater turned back. The Co lumbia which stood waiting near the bar decided not ot proceed out un less the distress signal was shown by either the Plant or the Eureka. However, both were safe. Later In the afternoon, the Plant found a safe anchorage and the Eureka left her. Thought It Fun. A couple of easterners who were making their first or second sea voyage were on the Plant. They obeyed the order to get inside when the rough seas first struck the Plaut but after closing the door to their berth, watched the waves througn the window. As the seas dashed over the deck, they thought It great fun and after the Eureka had taken the Plant In tow and the passengers -e-turued to tho deck, one of them re marked: "Gee, wasn't that great fun. I wouldn't have missed it for any thing!" She didn't know then how the great seas she thought immense al most spelled disaster. Steamer BREAKWATER sails from Coos Bay for Portland SAT URDAY, OCTOBER 31, at 2 P. M. Are you cutting out your coupons In The Times Popular Voting Contest? E E Captain of Alliance and Wife, Welcomed by Blowing of Whistles Today. "Captain Olson and bride will ar rive with us on the Alliance Monday mornjng." This was the message that Agent H. W. Skinner received from Purser Brown and some other boys on the Alliance late yesterday, and when the Alliance appeared off North Bend early today the whistles on ld ahrlGked a welcome and again when the Alliance was drawing up to the Marshfleld dock, every ,arge whistle on the upi)er bay did llkowlse It wns a new kind of cha- rivari but the tooting of tho whistles proclaimed a welcome that everyone on Coos Bay who knows the genial master of the Alliance would have been glad to personally join in the demonstration, had they known of the event. Harry Skinner couldn't tell them all but he passed the word around among a few of the boys and they arranged with the engineers of the various large plants on the bay to do the rest. Captain Olson and Miss Veronica Ley were married in Portland late Saturday afternoon. Both were agreed that their honeymoon trip should be on the Alliance where they first met a few years ago. Their marriage marks the happy culmina tion of rather a romantic meeting. Miss Ley was a trained nurse at St. Vincent's hospital and was accom panying a patient, a well-known Marshfleld lady, to Coos Bay. They came on the Alliance and, of course, she was Introduced to the captain. Other meetings followed, something about the pretty nurse making Cant. Olson forget his resolution to remain a bachelor, whether it was tb 3 ki.ui UUU WU1 C1U1 luivjuuuu "'I'v u. o . w her patient caused Capt. Olson to im magine that some day he might not always be well and able to brave the storms and the seas or something else well, anyway that's nobody's business but Capt. and Mrs. Olson's. Neither are some other romantic stories of the courtship: At any rate, everyone who knows them unites with The Times in wish ing them continuous fair weather, fa vorable winds and sunshine for their voyage on life's sea, carrying them to the harbor of continual happiness. Tho Alliance's passengers list fol lows: Walter Sutton, W. R. Hurst, Geo. Forty Albert Larsen, Fred Martins, Julia Martins, Phil R. Clark, E. Zandeclacom, A. Fredericks, W. Pe- terkln, Erick Olsen, S. H. Fenwlck, Mrs. S. H. Fenwick, Miss Fenwlck, Thos. Fenwick, Arthur Fenwick, H. Hucklng, Mrs. H. Hucking, Beatrice Hucking, Hewitt Hucklng, Mrs. Jno. Varnoy, Floyd Varney, W. F. Hend ricks, Otto Neumann, L. W,. Mangan, A. L. Peter, O. F. Turner, Mrs. O. F. Turner, Miss J. Haines, Mrs. Brooks, Mildred Brooks, D. Pearson, Erick Pearsqn, E. J. Pearson, Viola Brooks, M. L. Buckingham. Mrs. Bucking ham, Phil. Park, Mrs. Phil Park, Les lie Park, Doris Park, W. Doyle, S. E. Masters, M. J. Stahl, Miss Dever, S. O. Seaton, H. E. Lupton, Owen Owens, A .Hoffman, Frank Lents, Chas. Brown, Y. Hill, Geo. .Dagarten, J. Luviedes, J. S. McCrea and twelve steerage,. MAN SHOT FOR DEAR. Oscar AVeliber of Roseburg Killed liy Friend. ROSEBURG, Ore., Oct. 25. Os car Webber, Southern Pacific fire man from Roseburg, could not dis tinguish his friend, Alex Frank, from. a bear, and placed threo rlflo bullets within a four-inch circle around tho region of Frank's heart, killing him Instantly.- Tho dead man was mar ried only three weeks or so ago. His bride was with hira on this hunting WITH W W D Presidential Candidates andi80n S(uare Gardon th,s evening. Taft had a mid-day engagement Forces Of Both Parties Make, in New Haven, but will return to New York this afternoon and deliver Hard Pleas For Votes a Week From Tomorrow. NEW YORK, Oct. 2C. With elec tion day little more than a week away, the leaders of all political par- tles today started out In the final i malnder of tho Week. They will in effort of what Is expected to be a elude candidates for governor, mem sensatlonal finish of the national, i hers of tho cabinet, United States New York Is the real battle ground in the opinion of tho campaign man agers and here today were gathered practically all the heavy artillery of both parties. Taft and Bryan came In from stumping tours yesterday and spent the night in this city. Both were astir early today to begin a week's work which will tax their en durance to the utmost. Bryan's schedule for the day In- for vice-president, are tho leading eludes speeches In half a dozen speakers In Indiana and In Ohio. Sev towns and a long formal address be- eral Roosevelt's cabinet will speak fore a big mass meeting at the Madl- for Taft. WHAT ARE SURVEYORSDOIHSHERE? Arrival of Party Today Gives Rise to All Sorts of Railroad Rumors and No One Knows What Their Mission Is. The presence of a surveying party which came down from tho Umpqua today, In Marshfleld this afternoon, gave rise to all sorts of railroad ru mors, some declaring that they were selecting a route for the Hill road to Coos Bay, others that it is a Harrl man party, and others declaring it was for some other railroad system. The party wasn't talking and just who they are and what their object MPERS HIT La-:or ieacjor Scores President For His Attitude In the Present Campaign. fBv Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Oct. 26. Reply- I tQ PresIdent Ro0sevelfs letter to Senator Knox in reference to an ap- plication for a writ of injunction In labor disputes, President Gompers In a statement touay seveieiy criticizes . the president for wrrt he twins a S unange oi position .urn at ..-!. an- peop,0 of the Jsland Preadent Cas parent friendship to a bitter. !'.'!- tpn ,. ,,. NM rInmlH to Hond a fensible antagonism." Gompen says he has often discussed thi mir er of Injunctions with tho pi side it, bat never until the Issuanc" of t e le tn- . ..." .. -..- t. uvea lliuu iuul Liio ui.ka.r -i lv. " --j.- ed by Gompers were "iuwie&d, un feeling, brutal or wicked," aud this despite the fact that tho President well knew what measures were being advocated. Gompers declares that Roosevelt makes a "direct and spe cific attack upon labor," in his letter to Knox and says the cause of this attack Is found In tho fact that tho Jabor element Is aroused and deter mined to deliver Its own vote, which has led the President to what he characterizes as his "worst exhibi tion of demagoglsm and display of Impotent rage and disappointment, and an awful descent from the dig nity of the high office of President of the United States." "No one," says Gompers, "will be deceived to the purpose of Roosevelt." trip, and they were honeymooning In camp on Catching Creek, near Rid dle, Ore. Frank was a Southern Pacific brakeman, also a resident of Roso burg. The two men and Anthony Webber, brother of Oscar, were special to Tho News from Green Rl camped about a mile from where tho vei.( jj0t Springs, says a party of fatality took place. Webber was twenty-flvo experienced woodsmen about 60 yards from Frank when ho shot. The lattor was descending a bill. Steamer BREAKWATER sails from Coos Bay for Portland SAT - URDAY, OCTOBER 31, at 2 P, M. several addresses before midnight, and will then devote the entire week to New York. In addition to Taft and Bryan, several hundred speakers will ap peal to voters of all classes through out the state today and for the re- senators, members of congress and political spellbinders. Vice-presidential Candidate Sher man is scheduled for a number of speeches in New York state during the week. Of other states, the greatest acti vity will be In Ohio and Indiana. Vice-president Fairbanks and John W. Kearn, the Democratic candidates Is had not been ascertalno dlate this afternoon. The surveyors had seven pack horses and were brought across the bay on a scow. They did not stop long after landing and not one of the small party who saw them land ascertained any definite Information A. H. Powers, who camo overland with his wife, said that ho under stood that the party was sent out by the United States geological sur vey. But tho number of men and the equipment caused some doubt to this report. C. J. Mlllls said that the surveying party did not belong to the Southern Pacific. NOTES DOWN Venezuela Rejects the Nether- land's Proposal and Pre pares For War. (By Assassinated Press. CARACAS, Venezuela, Oct. 2G. President Castro in answer to tho gecond Netheriand.s not0, declined to reyoke h,a decreo of May u provid. ,ng fop trans.shIl)met of goods for Veneztlel(ln ports from Curacao wh,ch ,ms been g0 obnoxlous to tho ,nt,flflonMnl nlTnrlt tn narnmn tn nr. range terms for an amicably settle- ment of thQ dIfferences botween tho g0VernmentB, The chief of the artillery branch of Venezuela's army has completed preparations for the defense of La Guira in anticipation of a naval de monstration by Holland before that port November 1. Shells have been distributed and all modern guns in stalled on the mountain side above La Guira. SE FOR KLOEBER Washington Man Lost In Woods While Hunting For Dead Companion. (By Associated Press.) TACOMA, Wash., Oct. 2C. A headed by J. S. Kloeber started to- day to search for Frank Kloeber, who, with a companion, was lost In tho mountains while hunting for tho J body of a companion, Julius Kumle, whoso body was found yesterday 0 URNS MM G CONGRESS BOOSTS COOS BAIT LYON REPLIES TO BOURNE Marshfield Man Writes Letter to Oregon's Junior Sen ator. Walter Lyon has written tho fol lowing letter to Senator Jonothan Bourne In regard to a recent Inter view which Mr. Bourne gave out re garding Coos Bay: "I note that you have been inter viewed by tho "Telegram" reporter and you will permit tho correction to the effect that there Is no differ ence of opinion among the people in this district or people acquainted with tho conditions here, over tho np-' propriations for improvements of tho bar. I "So far as I know there is none I here, or none who have been hero ...... and are acquainted with tho condi tions, who believe that tho bar could bo successfully Improved without at least raising the present submerged Jetty. It Is true, tho engineers are not urging an appropriation involv ing an expenditure sufficient to start on tho jetty work, but It should be understood that Colonel Roessler did not recommend an appropriation for dredger only, until tho War Depart ment, who cannot be In possession of advice of late date, Informed him that the last congress could not be depended upon for an appropriation large enough for that purpose. "The fact Is, Colonel Roessler sub mitted to us the draught of his in tended report, which provided for jetty Improvement, Involving nn ex pending of ?2,G50, 000.00; beforo that report was officially turned In, Colonel Lockwood, chairman of tho Board of Engineers, dropped In tho Portland office and ga Colonel Roessler to understand Lint c. plan Involving less exponditir-o of money must be submitted. Accordingly tho Colonol prepared tno dredger project of which you speak and which has been approved by tho War Depart ment. "I will bo pleased to furnish you a copy of the draught of tho Colo nel's first report when you reach the Bay. I would nlso be 'pleased to havo you talk with Captain Polhomus, as sistant engineer who Is familiar with the conditions here and who doubt less hnd to do with furnishing data for Colonel Roessler's draught of re port. "You are quoted as saying: "How do they" (people) know it will bo a failure until it is tried." "That might bo answered by tho question: 'How do people know when wheat Is. running into a hop per at tho rato of a bushel and n half per minute and out at tho rato of a bushel per minute, it Is only n question of tlmo when tho hopper will bo chuck full and running over.' "Tho facts are, the old jetty Is submerged and some of tho end washed away and these northwesters bring tho sand sweeping over tho Jetty into tho channel In copious quantities. The best dredger ovor built by man cannot successfully de fy Qod Almighty. The bar Is now shoaled until such vessels as tho Breakwater' and 'Alliance' touch going over. "You doubtless aro right In your position that tho way to get appro priations, is for the people to mnko known their wants through their re presentatives at Washington; that Is certainly what wo aro trying to do. We havo had a somewhat difficult time in getting somo of thorn hero to seo what wo really need and want, but wo have had Senator Fulton, Mr. Hawloy, and Mr. EIHb Is hero today. "We shall bo pleased Indeed to know that you havo conquored tho grip and aro on tho way also, and when horo, I promise thnt you will go away thoroughly convinced JettyBtuto of Oiegon when tho needs off Improvomont Is what Coos Bay peo-.UUBinos in all productlvo and dls plo should ask for and aro ontjtlod trlbutlve lines requlro tho Improve- (Continued on Page 4.) E Better Transportation Facilf- ties Advocated at Roseburg Meeting. DELEGATES ADOPT STRONG RESOLUTIONS? Dr. Smith and Francis H. Clarlc Among the Prominent Speakers. ROSEBURG, Ore.,. Oct. 25. AdP dressing tho Oregon and Idaho Development Congress which closed! Saturday afternoon, Dr. Andrew C Smlth, ot Portland, declared that thai great necessity of Oregon at tlio jrresJ ont tlmo Is a substantial highway" from Portland to Ashland or some? other point near tho California bor- dor. After tho construction of sucrt a road, ho said, another of liko pat tern should be built easterly ancY westerly across the state, with Roso Unt.fr na Hio IntnrsppHnrr nnfnf. ntirbT ,, t, , ,! .Coos Bay as the western terminal. "Of course, Roseburg needs m railroad to Coos Bay," said tho speaker, "but If the line cannot bo built now, then substitute a modern wagon road and the railway will fol low sooner or later. The history oC tho development of New England? shows that good roads havo been the forerunners of the railways. One first-class through highway in this; stato would stimulate road building: In general, and In a few years Ore gon would become ns noted for its good roads as It now is for Its poor ones." In explaining the proposed manner of defraying the expense of building: through highways. Dr. Smith statedf that tho Legislature would be urged? to approprlato $500,000 annually to meet one-third of tho cost, tho coun ties through which the road extends would be asked to pay one-third antE tho abutting property-owners, tho re maining third. Dinger Hermnnn, who spoke at the? conclusion ot Dr. Smith's remarks,. not only Indorsed tho plan of flnanc- ,ng thQ Btnto hlghwayBf bllt favored? asking the federal government for ald. "The government has spent: about $GO,000,000 improving thOA waterways of tho nation," said Miv Hermann, "whilo tho aid given, to ward tho building of good roads lima been comparatively Insignificant Howovor, there Is a very genurous sentiment townrds tho good road movement In congress just now; anot I boliovo the tlmo is nt hand whom some substantial appropriations along that lino can be obtained." Francis H. Clark, representing ther Marshfleld Chambor of Commerce,, spoke for over two hours on the sub ject of a railroad from Roseburg- to Coos Bay, the need of which ho em phasized by stating that ho had been obliged to travel in a roundabout way for nearly 500 miles In order to reach Roseburg, 40 miles distant, lw comfort and safety. From one or Mr. Clark's statements, It Is evident tho Coos Bay people havo no hope or Hnrrlman completing tho railroad started coastward from Drain. "Mr, Harriman," said Mr. Clark, "aban doned work on tho Drain railroad' when ho discovered thnt his competi tor, tho Western Pacific Railroad,, which was heading for Coos Bar from California, had been disarmed.'' Sonntor Bourno was present, but merely as a visitor although he? Joined a little In tho general discus sion. RcholutloiiH Adopted. The following set pf resolutions presented by n committeo consisting; of Francis II. Clark, Frank B. Whitcs and G. A. Hurley, was unanimously adopted: Resolved, That wo hereby reiterates and renfilrm and approve tho reso'u tlons of tho last Oregon-Idaho Devel opment Congress held at Marshfleld,. Ore; nnd, Resolved, That it Is the seus oS this convention that the tlmo 1ms ar rivod for the development of tho? ' otTSIed'onagQS I i M H il 1' ' 'j