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(HOUB lag NEWS GET IT WHILE IT IS NEW BY READING TJIE COOS 1JAY TIMES. LOCAL AND TELEGRAPHIC NEWS CONCISELY TOLIJ. vw& TRA.DE STIMULATE YOUR BUSINESS UY (iOOI) SYSTEMATIC ADVERTIS ING. SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS HOUSES DO SO. MHMHBB OIT ASSOCIATED PRBSS VOL 111 MARSHFIELD, OREGON, FRIDAY. MARCH 26, 1909. -EVENING EDITION No. 219. HILL IK f WILL WED OHM COW JAPANESE IN TACOMA ARGUES AGAINST REDUCTION TO BUILD Incorporate at Dlyttipia, Wash., For $10,725,000 io Start Una. REFUSE TO GIVE FLAWS JN DETAIL Tacoma Railroad Men Say That Coos Bay Is Objective Point. OLYMPIA, Wash., March 20. The Pacific Oregon Railway & Nav igation Company has filed articles here. Its objects are to build rail roads In Washington, California, Oregon and Idaho. Headquarters are at Tacoma. The capital Is flO, 725,000 and the incorporators are A. E. Law, formerly assistant gen eral manager of the Northern Pa cific; L. S., Boutell, U. S. Boutell, F. N. McCandless and H. R. Dougherty, all of Tacoma. ARE HILL MEN. Incorporators of Now Coos Hay Lino Formerly With Northern Pacific TACOMA, Wash., March 2G. Tie Incorporators of the Pacific Ore gon Railway and Navigation Com pany are Tacoma business men, but none of them will discuss the plans of the company at this time. How ever, from other sources it Is learn ed that the company purposes build ing and operating a railroad in Washington, Idaho, Oregon and Cali fornia and to operate a steamship lino between Tncuma and San Fran cisco. No officers have been elected but it is stated the plans of the company will be made public in a few days. The incorporators include A. E. Law, formerly general superintendent of the Northern Pacific; L. S. Boutell and F. N, McCandless are real estate dealers and H. R. Dougherty Is a lawyer who recently came to Tacoma from Illinois. A prominent railroad man said last night that he believed the new company was backed by a syndicate of English capitalists. It Is also stated that the company Intends to build a railroad through the Coos Pay country from some Pacific coast point, presumably Marshfleld, 160 miles Inland. It Is not known whether the company will select Marshfleld, North Bend or some other Coos Bay port for Its terminus, or whether an entirely new port will be created In tidewater on the Ore gon coast. ROUGH TRIP Clan MacFarland Loses Four Boats and Seaman Off Cape Flattery. (By Associated Press.) VICTORIA, B. C, March 26. With four boats swept away one of her crew washed ovei board, the steamer Clan MacFarland, loaded with raw sugar from Java for Van couver, reached the William Head quarantine station this morning aft er a very rough trip irom luujl. Part of the pilot house was wrecked by the pounding seas off Capo Flat tery and a lascar seaman was wash ed overboard. MARCONI WRECK VIEWS. Some excollont pictures may be had at A M. Prentiss & Co. For the LAND'S sako. See P. S. DOW for FERTILIZER. II GRAFTING WAX and SPRAY' ING MATERIAL at the RED CROSS GODS w WOMAN CHICAGO GIRL Mns. Boyle, Charged With iKidnaping, Daughter of Chi cago Fireman. (By Associated Prose.) (CHICAGO, March 26. That Wil liam :McDermott, a retired member ol ithe Chicago Fire Department, is the lfather of "Mrs. James H. Boyle" who with her '.husband Is charged with the ikldnaplng of Willie Whltla, was confirmed today. The father says she was carefully raised but as she approached womanhood she fell Into comtany with wlilch the old fireman did not approre and finally she eloped three years ago, slnc when her history has been blank to her Chicago kin. ART AT PITTSBURG. Whitla Kidnapers En Route to County Jail, (By Associated Preis.) PITTSBURG, March 26. James Boyle and wife who were arrested for kidnaping Willie Whitla, arrived here last night and it Is expected to day they will be sent to Mercer this afternoon and lodged In the county Jail. There were no new develop ments today. KILLED SELF Mystery Surrounding Death of Mrs. Culbertson In Indiana Partly Explained. (By Associated Press.) VINCENNES, Ind., March 26. That Jessie Lee Overton-Culbertson whose life ended as mysteriously as it had been lived for years prior to becoming a bride 3 months ago and who was thought to have Been mur dered, was a suicide, the police Is convinced. She was a oman of a peculiar character. Her husband Is searchii.g for her antecedents, and is endeavoring to locate possible relatives. He believes she has a brother in Texas. He says thaf Mrs. Culbertson attempted on a previous occasion to take her own life by cut ting an artery in her arm. This occurred before her marriage to Cul bertson. She even pulled off the bandages after her arm had been dressed. 00 WOMEN PLEAD FOR A FAT MAN OSSINING, N. Y March 20. William Green, who gained consider able notoriety by his plea that he was too fat to rob a man In an alley in which it was alleged that the crime was committed, added an other feature to his eccentric de fense when arraigned for sentence. He submitted a petition signed by 90 women of this place, which read as follows: "We do hereby certify that we al ways felt safe in passing this section while William Green was in that neighborhood, because he would never let any hoodlums bother us. We believe that he has made this nlace safe for ladles to pas3 by without any Interference or fear, and we pray for leniency for Green." The prosecuting attorney showed that Green had a bad record, how ever, and he was sentenced to serve four years and six months In prison despite his petition. CLAIM Wl Arch-Deacon Emery's Daugh ter and Mother Evade Crowd In Portland While Aoki Goes to Tacoma. fBy Associated Press.) PORTLAND, .Ore., March 26. Miss Helen Gladys Emery, who Is to marry Gunjaro Aokl, and her moth er passed through Portland today en route to Tacoma where they will meet the Jap. A large and expectant crowd at the depot In this city was avoided by the cleverness of a friend who AN ILLINOIS BANK ROBBED Blood Hounds On Trail of Men Who Secured About $6,000. (By Associated Press.) EFFINGHAM, 111., March 26. The bank of Watson, 111., a small village south of here, was robbed early today of $5,000 cash and $G,000 In valuable 'papers. Blood hounds are on the trail. TAFT CHANGES BACK. Restores Marines to Nnvnl Vessels of the United States. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON-, D. C, March 26. At the Cabinet meeting today, President Taft ordered the restora tion of the marines on board the naval vessels upon the same footing they held before the Roosevelt order relieving them of all such duty. HAVE MISSION HEREJ APRIL Rev. Father Polk, Descendant of President Polk, to Con duct It. The first Catholic mission ever conducted on Coos Bay will be con ducted here the week beginning April 18 by the Rev. Father Polk, a descendant of President Polk, ac cording td advices received by the Rev. Father Donnelly, pastor of the local Catholic church this morning. It Is planned to have a week's mis sion here with a three or four days' mission at North Bend and similar ones at Bandon and Gardiner. Rev. Father Donnelly has been planning for some time to have a Mission here but had been unable to arrange It until now. Archbishop Christie of the Archdiocese of Port land is planning to have missions conducted in each of the parishes at least once every two years hence forth. Rev. Father Donnelly Is highly pleased at being able to secure Rev. Father Polk for the mission as he Is considered one of the ablest of the Mission Fathers. IJA1JY ON A "DRUNK." Fourtcen-Montli-Old Child Gets Into Medicine Chest. KALAMAZO, Mich., March 2G. A 14-months-old baby, falling down a flight of stairs, limp as a rag, un conscious when picked up, and be lieved to be dead, was pronounced by a physician to be "dead drunk." The aby bolong3 to a family named Ferguson, west of the city, and, was in uo way injured by the fall. Investigation showed that the baby had been in the medicine closet and had spilled ovor the floor what whisky it did not drink. The infant was allowod to sleep, and in the aft ernoon bad fully recovered. BASEBALLS, gloves, mitts, bats, 1 masks, etc., at THE GUNNERY. met them in Salem and rode to this city with them, and getting them off the train before It arrived at the Union depot. Mrs. Emery says nothing will In terfere with the marriage of her daughter to Aokl who was formerly a servant in her home. After the party had taken an auto ride through the city, they rushed aboard the train for Tacoma just before it started. Aoki Is already In Tacoma and It Is expected that Miss Helen Gladys Emery will become Mrs. Gunjaro Aokl shortly after the train arrives In the northern city. ICOB NEEF DIED TODAY Former Lieutenant Govern or of California Succumbs. (By Associated Preea.) SAN FRANCISCO, March 26. Jacob Neff, former lieutenant gov ernor and one of the best known men in the state, died today at his home after a short Illness. He was 78 year3 old. TODAY'S WHEAT MARKET. (By Associated Press.) CHICAGO, March 26. May wheat closed at $1.17; July wheat at $1.04; September wheat at 90 1-8; December wheat at 99. (By Associated Press.) TACOMA, March 26. Milling Bluestem, $1.22; Export Bluestem, $1.17; Club, $1.05; Red, $1.02. (By Associated Press.) PORTLAND, March 20. Track wheat prices: Club, $1.10; Blue stem, $1.20; Turkey Red, $1.12; Red Russian, $1.08; Valley, $1.10. GIVES FORTY QUARTS. DAYTON, Wash., March 20. Ten gallons of milk every 24 hours for several weeks Is the record made by a 3-year-old Shorthorn cow own ed by A. L. McCauley, of Dayton. This cow has subsisted thus far this Spring on hay, and only recently the owner commenced feeding her mill feed. To test the butter-producing qualities of her milk, Mr. McCauley Saturdny made Ave pounds of but ter from the cream of ono day's milking. The owner sold $150 worth of milk last year, and this amount will be Increased $50 this year, he says. Mr. McCauley refused $150 for the cow. SEATTLE CAR TORBSJURTLE One Fatally Hurt and Two Others Seriously Injured Today. (By Associated Press.) SEATTLE, March 26. Andrew Bantz, a laborer residing at 2,347 Eleventh avenue, North, was fatally injured and the motorman, E. Dur ketto, and Edward Burton, a passen gor, were badly hurt whon the Broadway pike car turned turtle at Tenth avenue, North, and Roanoke street this morning. Bantz sustain ed a fracture of both ankles an'd Mb head and chest crushed. Ho died on the way to the hospital. Everyone who attends tho Alaska-Yukon-Paclflc Exposition In Soattle this summer, will have tho privilege of panning gold dust from natlro Alaska gravels, just as It Is pannod In Tanana and tho Klondike. VIEWS OF MARCONI WRECK may bo found at A. M. Prentiss & Company. IN THE TARIFF ON LUMBER RAILROAD TIES TO GET NO SUBSTITUTE FOR WOOD FOUND TO BE SATISFACTORY DESPITE GROWING SCARCITY OF LATTER. WASHINGTON, D. C, March 26. That the humble railroad tie is a most Important factor in the ma terial development of the country Is a great truth that Is Httlo under stood by people outBlde of railroad circles. Tho pufilng engine that speeds at the rate of a mile or more a minute over the country is a slave to the two steel rails that In sure a smooth and safe road, and these rails In turn depend on the old-fashioned wooden cross-tie which holds them In place. Yankee Invention has not yet found a substitute which has In duced the railroads to give up wood, although experts say that the day will come when the country's for ests will no longer bo called upon to supply the demand for tlos. Up to the present time It Beems that no other material has been found which has the resiliency of wood and which at the same time causes less wear and tear on tho rails, fastenings, and roadbed. . Tho country's railroads during the last two or three years use 100,000, 000 to 150,000,000 ft. of sawed and hewn ties a year. The Ideal tlo timber is white oak, which combines tho qualities of durability, hard ness, strength, and close grain. It Is not only excellent for ties, but Is widely used in ship building, for general construction, In cooperage, in tho manufacture of carriages, for agricultural implements, Interior finish of houses, and for furniture. On account of this wide use, the supply has been greatly reduced and some of the railroads have been forced to -pay almost prohibitive prices for ties, or to substitute other and cheaper woods to -replace the white oak ties rapidly disappearing from their lines. Over 40 per cent of the ties re cently purchased by tho railroads of the country are oak, according to latest statistics of United States For est Service. Cross-ties of southern pine formed somewhat less than 25 per cent. Douglas fir ties ranked third, with approximately 10 per cent of tho total. Naturally tho pro portion of these two timbers will in crease as tho supply of oak dwindles. This Is also true of cedar, chestnut, cypress, western pine, tamarack, hemlock, and other trees which aro coming Into tho market as tie tim bers. Codnr, which Is very durable, has been extensively used to take tho place of whlto oak for ties, but It Is so soft that It Is readily cut by tho rails. This necessitates tho use of tie plates and other protective de vices when cedar ties are used. Ab tho supply of cedar Is also running short, it Is necessary for tho rail roads to seek further for now tie timber. Ono of the woods which has tho requisites of a good tie, with tho excoptlon of durability, is tho beech. A beech tlo gonerally consists large ly of sapwood, which partly ac counts for Its lack of durability, but, on tho other hand, allows a thorough and easy preservative treatment. In Germany and Franco, beech ties havo been successfully prosorved from decay, and aro used vory ex tensively. Beech Is found wldoly distributed throughout tho eastern part of tho United States, and at tho prosont tlmo Is comparatively chonp and abundant. If, therefore, tho railroads whoso linos aro located In tho regions whore beech Is abundant can raako use of this wood, treated with some Bultable preservative, an- Representative Humphreys of. Washington, Discusses. Payne Bill. SAYS CHEAP LABOR TALK IS UNFOUNDED Declares Orientals Are Em ployed In Canadian Mills. FIGHT IN HOUSE. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, D. C, March 26. Through a misunderstand- Ing, Representative Byrd of Mississippi, and Representative '- Forndyk of Michigan, almost came to blows In the House to-rf day while the latter was mak-i lng speech on the tariff. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, D. C, March 2G. Representative Humphreys of Washington, In discussing the tariff bill today took issue with some of the statements of Chairman Payne In his opening speech In which Payne said he thought fower Orien tals worked in the lumber mills of British Columbia than In tho mills of Washington. Humphreys declared that fifty per cent of tho men in tho lumber and shingle mills or British Columbia were Orientals who aro paid lower wages than the American mill laborers and therefore the cost of production is less. Out Of 13,500 men employed In the shingle mills in Washington, he said, forty-ono are Orientals. Also that of 110,000 men employed In the lumber and shingle Industry In Washington but 1,500 are Orientals. Humphreys pleaded for an increased duty on shingles. Representative Pou of North Caro lina, discussed the tariff in tho House today and said the present bill was not a revision downward as was promised and that tho Payno bill Is worse than tho DIngley Jaw. He criticised the various schedules and declared tho proposed reduction in the tariff on lumber is "another evidence of favoritism shown in framing the bill." ASKS FOR CANNONS. Governor Benson Asks For Two Guns of Battleship Oregon. SALEM,, Ore., March 20. In a letter addressed to tho Navy De- Iiartment at Washington, Governor Benson requests that two of the 13, Inch guns of tho battleship Oregon now being dismantled at Bremerton, bo presented to the state. Tho agi tation for tho guns, which did such deadly execution at tho battle of Santiago, was started by the Salem Board of Trado. If they are secur ed from tho government, they will pro'jnbly bo plnced on tho capltol grounds In Salem. other source of supply of tlo timber will be opened up. Stumpago values havo been In creasing so rapidly during tho last fow years that many railroads have found It necessary to modify their timber policy, and they j early ap ply preservatives to a greater num ber of ties and to moro kinds of wood. Substitute woods naturally vary with different sections of tho country, but In most cases they lack tho two essential qualities found In whlto oak, nnmoly, resistance io mechanical woar and to decay. Ex perience proves thnt wear can Tie successfully rotnrded by the use of tlo plates and other mechanical devices, and docay can lie postponed by tho application of propor pre servative. The new conditions hnvo made It necessary for mntvy railroad companies to meet tho problem of prosorvntlon by establishing treating plants at central points of distribu tion along their lines.