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txmmmmmmm ALj&P TALK ABOUT TALKING. YOU CAN TALK TO THOU SANDS OF PEOPLE EVERY DAY UY PUTTING YOUK "WANT A 1)8" IN THE TIMES. KEEP UP TO DATE ItY READING THE COOS DAY TIMES. THE DAY'S NTWS TOM) ACCURATELY AM) CONCISELY. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. EM Vol. HI. THE COOS BAY TIMES MARSHFIELD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1 909 EVENING EDITION- No. 157 COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL PLANS TO COT 001 CRT EXPENSE FORAKER RENEWS OLD ATTACK ON PRESIDENT 000 IMMpi -A- Umn?fi mm NEW OilNANCE F00 SALOONS COAL SUPPLY SHORT HERE SE T Presents Report to Body For Reduction of Salaries of Officials. WOULD SAVE ABOUT $4,00D PER YEAR Want to Collect Liquor License From the Millicoma Club. The Marshfleld city council last evening took the preliminary step towards retrenching on city expenses when It accepted a report from a special committee consisting of Councllmen Carl Albrecht, Thomas Coke and A. J. Savage that a major ity of the salaries paid by the city be reduced. Mr. Coke said that the adoption of the new schedule would mean a saving of about $4,000 per year for the city. The report recommended the fol lowing changes: Reduce salary of marshall from $100 per month to $80. Reduce salary of night watch from $90 to $70 per month. Pay city recorder $80 per month and allow $30 per month additional to pay stenographer when needed. Heretofore $150 per month has been paid for this office. Reduce city engineer's salary from $150 to $125 per month, abolish as sistant city engineer and allow one rodman and one chalnman for the office. Abolish engineer In charge of fire engines, turning that department over the firemen to be run at an ex pense of not more than $300 per V year. Turn street cleaning over to street committee with Instruction that not more than $2.50 per day be paid for 'labor. Allow city attorney and city treas urer salaries to remain as at present. 8 Mayor Straw referred the report to various committees of the coun cil to Investigate and report on it at the meeting next Tuesday night. Tilt Over Claim. W. P. Murphy last evening pre sented a claim to the city council for a refund of $51.22 on Cedar street, claiming that he had been over as sessed that much for the recent Im provement. Councilman Sacchl said the matter would have tojio Investi gated and he thought the wholo Cedar street Improvement ought to be investigated. Mr. Murphy said that he did not care about the rest of the work, that he was not object ing to It, that he was willing to pay his share but that he wanted back the amount In excess of his share that had been collected from him. There was a hot cross fire between Messrs. Murphy and Sacchl for a few moments but finally Mr. Mur phy's claim was referred to the fi nance committee. Upon motion by Councilman Sac chl, Messrs. Albrecht, Coke and Nel son were appointed a committee to Investigate the Cedar street Improve ment and to try and adjust matters with the property owners there so that the deficit assessment will be paid. Mayor Straw said that It would take more than three to satis fy the Cedar street property own ers. License Mflllconin. Councilman Albrecht wanted to know If the city should not collect $60u per year license from the Mil licoma Club. He said that he didn't think the club ought to have more rights than anyone else. City Attor ney Snover said that he would have to Investigate the matter before lie could say whether or not the club could be compelled to pay a license. Councilman Sacchl thought the best way to get at It would be to order Marshal Carter to collect the license from the club. Councilman Albrecht said that he had been there once and saw liquor passed over the bar, drank and paid for. Mayor Straw wanted to know If It was good whls- l'ey and Mr. Albrecht said he ' thought It was. The matter was re. ) PEELECT Local Financial Institutions Had Prosperous Year De spite Flurry Outside. The annual meetings of the First National Bank of Coos Bay and the First Trust and Savings Bank just held show that the past year here has been a good one despite the fi nancial flurry that marked the com mercial world generally. Both Insti tutions are in excellent condition and the prospects for the ensuing year aro most flattering. No changes were made In the officials of either Institution. The annual meeting of stockhold ers of the First National Bank of Coos Bay was held for election of directors and officers for the ensuing year. The following were elected: O. B. Hinsdale, President. John'Preuss, Vice-president. W. Sj McFarland, Cashier. R. T. Kaufman, Assistant Cashier. Directors O. B. Hinsdale, John Preuss, W. S. McFarland, W. F. Jew ett and B. Mlngus. The First Trust and Savings stock holders re-elected the old .directors who are John S. Coke, Stephen C. Rogers, Henry Sengstacken, M. C. Horton, William Grimes, Jno. F. Hall, W. S. Chandler, Dr. C. W. Tower and Dorsey Kreitzer. The di rectors then re-elected the old offi cers who are as follows: President John S. Coke. Vice-president and Manager M. C. Horton. Cashier Dorsey Kreitzer. Seattle Jurist Under Fire De cides Not to Attempt to Qualify For Place. (Zif Associated Press.) SEATTLE, Wash,, Jan. 13. A special from Olympla to The Timas says Mllo A. Root has notified Gov. Mead he will not attempt to qualify for the second term on the supreme bench to which he was elected. (By Associate! presj.) SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 13. I Judge Mllo A. Root went to Olympla yesterday and Intimated he may at- I tempt to qualify for a place upon the supreme bench to which he was elected, In the absenco of any' ac- , t'lon by the court or Bar Association, there Is nothing to prevent. The I Times has a dispatch from Olymp'a 'saying the supreme court or the State Bar Association will recom mend proceedings to disbar both Former Supreme Judge Root and Judge M. J. Gordon of Spokane. ferred to. the city attorney to In vestigate. Campbell 11ns Grievance. Dan Campbell was at the council meeting last night to protest against his treatment In the ferry slip mat ter. Ho blamed Councilman Nelson who has supervision of the construc tion of tho ferry slip for It all and bitterly censured him but Presi dent Savage called a halt op his ad dress Just as he started In to toll what he thought of Mr. Nelson, It seems that Mr. Campbell. had some piling driven along the ferry slip' line and tho contractors dro've them out In the street where they may In terfere with the ferry. Tho council decided to have a committee Inspect tho piling and If they aro In tho way, Mr. Campbe'l will be ordered to have them pulled out. BANK! 'PHOT Hi 1TC 1 It) T H II 9 f tf EL I S F" F TF jur priiirPT .I tit bliil CD I City Council Orders, It Drafted Routine Business Transacted. The Marshfield city council last evening Instructed City Attorney Snover to prepare an ordinance reg ulating the liquor business In this city so that in case there are any violations, the city police can arrest the offenders and punish them and the fines go to the city. At present, It was declared there is no ordinance and the city would not get the fines If the violators were punished, the money going to the state. It was stated that there were reports of violations of the Sunday closing and the mid-night closing. The council also decided that at tho next meeting the council would take steps to regulate the billiard parlors. It Is proposed to make them close at certain hours, to prohibit young boys frequenting them and to Impose a license. Routine Business. The ordinance regulating the fired protection In moving picture shows was laid on the tabie until next Tues day night. F. M. Frledburg, Chas. Doane and Mr. Gulovson were granted exten sions of time In which to pay their assessments for their Improvement of Broadway. Lyman. Noble was given permission to move a house along 'C street from the water front to the corner southeast of the Masonic Opera house. He bought a house In North Bend and will move It here. How ever, the permit to move the house was on condition that he must not damage the paving. An ordinance regulating the put- ting In of telephone, telegraph and electric light poles passed Its first reading. A cross .walk was ordered con structed at Balnes and Nevada streets. Sidewalk was ordered laid on the Eastslde of Main street near Nevada. It will cost $437.80. An agreement between Robert Marsden and the city to have tho portion of Mr. Marsden's new ware house removed when the building line ,is established was referred to the city attorney. As a result of a long petition protesting against .the proposed re moval of the arc lights at 'A' and Broadway and 'B' and Front streets, the council decided to leave them In. F. M. Frledburg entered protest against the braces of the buldkeads on Broadway, being placed on .he private property. He also protest ed against the reported plan to build an elevated roadway on Broad way instead of having the s reet fill ed and the plank roadway put on afterwards. The councllmen declar ed that the reported change had not been ordered. Want Hotter Lumber. Councllmen Coke and Albrecht last evening urged that the speci fications for c(ty sidewalks and plank streets contain a provision that only red fir or Douglas fir be accepted. It was pplnted out that white fir, hemlock and other alleged ihferior grades pt lumber cannot then be used. Special Meeting. A special meeting of the city coun cil was ordered to be held this even ing to take up street Improvement matters and also sewer projects. It Is likely that the entire plan for street improvements during the com ing year will be discussed. INCREASE THE HOUNTY. Clatsop County Will Pay More For Scalps. ASTORIA, Ore., Jan. 13. Just 'be fore adlournlng last evening the county court announced that for the year 1909 there would be a material increase in the bounties offered for cougars, bears,' and bob and wild rats. For cougar scalps a bounty of $20 each will he given by Clatsop county; for boars $5 each, and $1 each for bob'and wildcats. This is a much larger bounty than over grant ed before, especially for the cougars. Dealers Will Only Deliver Half- ton Lots to Customers For Present. The recent cool snap twenty-four above zero, the lowest It has been In Marshfield, Isn't cold in compari son with the below zero weather at Portland, the 21 below at -Pendleton, Ore., has created a big demand .for fuel on Coos Bay. Tho local fuel dealers have hardly been able to supply the demand and have cur tailed the amount to be delivered to anyone customer to a half ton lest they run short. The heavy streets in many sections of the city also operate a hardship on the fuel dealers making it diffi cult) for them to haul large loads to many places and making the deliv ery much slower than It would be If the streets were all In proper con dition. Old residents say that the cool snap will not last long and they are glad of It as the cold is not con ducive to good health here. How ever, the excellent showing of health conditions in the city last year In the annual report of Dr. E. Mlngus published a few days ago, Is ample evidence that a few colds and sore throats that may result from the cool weather will not be serious. FULTON DENIES IT. Declares He Has Not Withdrawn From 'the Race. WASHINGTON, D. p., Jan. I?.. -Senator Chas. W. Fulton, of Oregon, denied the story printed in Portland, Oregon, newspapers, to the effect that he had sent a letter to a certain member of the Oregon legislature declaring himself out of' the senator ial race against Governor George E. Chamberlain. Fulton said that he Is convinced if he makes a fight In the Oregon legislature he uan succees in having a republican elected sena tor. "It is a betting proposition of 10 to 1 in my favor," declared Senator Fulton. "I know nothing about Mr. Hitchcock having sent letters to Oregon legislators asking them to elect a repub'lcnn senator. I never conferred with him on tho subject. If he Is doing anything at all It Is without my knowledge." TO HE HOMELY IS A SIN, SAYS PASTOR. Advises Young Women to Mnke Free Use of Powder and Paint. ST. LOUIS Mo., Jan. 13. Young women of the First Methodist Epis copal church may now use the pow der puff, likewise tho paint brush and brow pencil without any com punctions of consclenue. Their pas tor, Rev. P. C. Fletcher, says It Is all right;. Lecturing on "Love, Courtship and Marriage," he told them that beauuty was a duty and that If they were not born that way It was Encumbent on them to pow der and pa,!nt and pencil themselves beautiful. ''If I were a youiig woman I would try to bo winsome," he said. "Beau ty Is a duty. A young woman ought to strive to appear to the very best advantage, mentally, physically and morally, If by tho use of the pow der puff, paint bruush and brow pen cil you can make yourself moro win some, you have my. consent to use them freely. "It Is right to supplement the works of God. To be ugly In an age like this Is but little short of a sin against God and self." ALCOHOL FIRE IN SHOES. OLYMPIA, Wash., Jan. 13. Where a bartender pours alcohol In the shoes of a drunken customer, sets flro to It and burns tho victim, tho latter may recover for his dam ages against the owner of the saloon Is the decision of tho state supremo court. The court follows a Minne sota decision and decides contrary to a decision of the supremo court of Arkansas. This decision was tho case of Otto Belike against John Carroll, a saloon keeper of Raymond. The lower court decided in favor of tho saloon man and a now trial was ordered. PROSPECT 0000 SATS CLA Writes That Everything Is In Readiness to Secure Pas sage of Bill. G. W. CarletOn yesterday received a letter from Francis H. Clarke stat ing that everything was progressing nicely In the campaign to secure legislation that will permit the or ganization of the Port of Coos Bay to develop and Improve the harbor and bar. Mr. Clarke wrote from Portland just prior to leaving for Salem. His letter is in part as fol lows: Have everything In exceedingly fine shape as far as the port law Is concerned. Mr. Flanders, Mr. Cushman, Mr. Loggle and myself composing the commission, have agreed on a law. The Portland dele gation is not opposed and wi'l sup port It. Mr. Chase of Coqullle, will be chairman of the judiciary in the Senate and will Introduce the bill and Mr. Bean will take charge of It in the House. The bill as accept ed by the commission Is all right. jThe right to organize is given and I we can organize a port to cover the north half of the county If we want to, but can't encroach on the Co qullle basin. I shall advise the peo- ,ple of Coos Bay to keep within a reasonable district and I have no doubt the courts will .sustain them. We will try and get the bill through to the governor among the very first ones to be signed so as to be able to organize by June at the latest. Loggle Is a pretty good man to work with and can understand the situation fully and quickly. New Lieutenant Governor of Washington Said to Have Disqualified Himself. ( Hy Associated Press.) OLYMPIA, Wash,, Jan, 13. Har ry Balllnger, attorney for Lieutenant Governor Coon, said that proceed ings to test the qualification of Lieu tenant Governor-elect Hay will bo Instituted In the Supreme Court aft er' Hay has taken the oath of office tqday. Coon's contention Is that Hay disqualified himself for the of fice In the primary election by pur chasing newspaper advertising space of character alleged to be prohibited by the primary law. Lieutenant Governor Coon called the Senate to order and will prestde until his term expires. Senator Ruth of Olympla, was chosen speaker pro torn and W. T. Laube secretary. As a result of a coincidence, the calling of the House to order fell upon L. O. Meigs, a candidate for the speak ership. Meigs was chief clerk of the last House, and because of that fact was requested to preside at tho open ing session. Later, ho was chosen speaker. HEYHURX IS WINNER. Is Reelected UnlU'd States Senator In Idaho. (By Associated Press.) BOISE, Ida., Jan, 13. - United States Senator Heyburn was re-elected by the legislature In separate so lon. A joint session will ratify tho action. Tho voto stood: Sonnte Heyburn 11; French 1; Stooklagar 8; Woods 2, House Iloyburn 44; Stockslagor 0; Woods 4. German cough syrup for colds and coughs at tho HED CROSS. ELECTION OF HA? COSTESTEO Ohio Senator Tries to Dig Up New Phase of Brownsville Affair. CONGRESS MEN ARE STILL AFTER HIML Continues to Devote Time to Attacking President Instead of Business. (By Associated PreBS.) WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 13. Illegal diversion of public fund's By President Roosevelt and W. H". TaK: while the latter was secretary of war to pay for the Investigation by prf vate detectives Into the Brownsville? affair was charged, by Senator Fora, ker in the Senate in a speech reply ing to the statements of Herbert J Browne of this city, and William G, Baldwin of Roanoke, Va., who em ployed by the Secretary of War to secure evidence of tho guilt of the negro soldiers of the shooting up or Brownsville on the night of August 13 and 14, 190G. The government's use of private detectives was char acterized by Foraker as "atrocious, shocking and revolting." Forakcrr charged that $15,000 had been di verted from $3,000,000 war fund ap- proprlated March 3, 1902, at tho close of the Spanish-American war to meet unforeseen contingencies andT bo expended at the discretion of the? President, but that no detailed or-' Itemized reports to congress of the expenditures from this fund hadT been made. Foraker reviewed tho statements of the President in his several mes sages that all tho evldonco painted!' to the guilt of the soldiers, but said? that the actions of tho President lis employing detectives which, ho as serted, was a violation of the statu tory provision "that no employe off a PInkerton detective agency or sim ilar agencies shall be employed In the government service or by any of fice of the district of Colunibfa" showed that the President was fore-' ed to strengthen his case "aa thouylx conscious, notwithstanding all Ills assertions and declarations as to tlxej sufficiency of the testimony. It was in fact unreliable and insuftlcfainf ftr justify his order of the dischargo:. We were favored with tho further message of December 11, I!lilfit. Im which, we were Informed that tho detpctlves had been employed by the War Department and that they have been at work for months." SpeaWng" of tho reply of the President and? oil the Secretary of War to the Senate? resolution calling for Information one the detective's Investigations, Fora ker said, "This messrge of tho Presi dent with Its exhibition, his report of the Secretary of War Is the most serious feature of this unhappy busf ness." Foraker declared they dis close determined efforts on tho pari: of the President to again, bolster up the case against soldiers, that tho President employed, methods whlcla cannot bo fittingly described wftfiont employing language which might ap pear disrespectful to tho chief exe cutive. Foraker, de.clared.tho methods of the detectives In securing tho evi dence and cpnfesstons were,suph that "tho facts would make ajl, such test!--mony utterly Incompetent and worth less." LANDO TO CHANGE". Will Hrrnino Manager of tlio l'loitcvir Grocery Company Soon. Israel Lnndo has resigned as man ager of tho Finnish Cooperative store to take tho management of tho Pion eer Grocery Company which Ivy Con dron recently give up. Mr. Landw has been Identified with the Fltnifsfs; Cooperative store for some time bur" ho holloves tbnt the nw posftiai affords Mm n better opnortunitj far personal p'lvpTioement and fir ofctrf1 ohang h w'U carry wUH in the bet wluUea of M pinnj fn. r ila. Tin T'I")J h for n rative Company wl'l meet Friday to elect his successor. 1 il i M