Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 31, 1910)
-mw$.w "twi "''", VmSf;"1"' Tl GJ ADS. rtrtn hxm&B NEWS I X? irilBX IH'SIXKSS IS SLOW, AD- Stise. that it pays is kvi. nJvt'ISli V SUCCESSFUL UUSI "JS UOUSKS EVERYWHERE :: GUT IT WHILE IT IS NEW BY READING THE COOS HAY TIMES. ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME TEHSELY TOLD :: :: :: :: :: MKMRKIt OF ASSOCIATED PRESS Established In 1878 ns The Const Mail. VOL XXXII. MARSHFIELD, 0REG0N,M0NDAY, JANUARY 31, 1910 EVENING EDITION. A consolidation of Times, Canst Mull ri 17n and Coos Hay Advertiser. li0, ' U" Illl WW UL W wag CORONER'S JURY PLAGE BLAME FOR DISASTER Verdict On Victim of Czarina Wreck Exonerates All From Liability. MINK HAROLD MILLIS . BODY WASHED ASHORE rhree Believe It Him but Fath er Does Not Others May Be Hughes and McNicholas Late Saturday evening, the follow- .. . .... .-nn.1 1... tlin lng verdict was ibhi u " oroner's jury investigating tne aeam f Mlndor Olson, the seaman lost on the Czarina 'We the undersigned jurors sworn to Inquire into me ueam "i .. lson on oath do find tjiat he came his death by drowning from the reck of the steamship Czarina. "From the evidence submitted, we ttach no blame to anyone for the eath of Mindor Olson, we being un ble to determine the exact time de- eased came to his death. "We recommend the evidence be Iven the press." The jury consisted of A. G. Aiken ,s foreman, B. B. Llvermore, J. J. ronholm, J. L. White, H. Oscar Gu- ovson and L. D. Pettyjohn. It ex cesses the coroner's jury's verdict o far as all the victims, of the Czarl- a's are concerned, the other lnves- lgatlons which will bo made from Ime to time by Coroner Golden being erely for the purpose of Identifying he bodies. i "We tried to leave the verdict pen so as not to Interfere with the nvestlgatlon of the wreck and the ork of the life saving crew is con- erned," remarked B. B. Llvermore, ne of the jurymen. "Owing to the act that we could not determine hether Olson was one of the first r one of the last to be lost off the wrecked vessel, wo could not lay any lame to the life saving crew. If he as one of the first lost, the life avers did not have any opportunity ut if he was one of the last well ur verdict might have been dlffer- nt. Captain Boies' testimony that hey only made one attempt to launch he surf boat and that then they did ot een unlash it from the truck nd that only two attempts were ade to shoot a line to the wreck 'd essel made it look bad for the crew. lowever, we felt this phase should e left to the general Investigation hat Is to be made later." Coroner Golden said that he had m called Deputy District Attorney MlJeqvist to be in attendance at the hearing as he thought that if there kas any criminal liability, it was a matter to be investigated elsewhere, It toeing only up to the coroner's jury o determine the manner in which the oen had met death. Coroner Golden had not had the evidence of the witnesses before tho oroner's jury "-.inscribed at noon to toy and It could not be obtained 'n letail. Cecil Holland, one of the witnesses. stated after the hearing that he was "y he had not had the opportunity ;o testify more concerning the condl "oaof the surf the morning after the reck while there were six men still ringing to the mast. He said that en the first and only attempt was "e to launch the surf boat, he bought it as too rough but he de "wes the next morning it could have n done beyond a question of doubt. Majbe Ilnrohl Millls. According to tho 0i .,.i Jement 0f Fred. JicCollum. Dr. E. J " and Coroner Golden, the riffled, hearth ,,., ... ..v... a f .. raornlnS near Ten Mile, is v.. arold Mlllls. son of General -uager Miuia Mr, Minis nL, . . . Here n "-ouuui aoes not ue- oneofth "snt Bcar r defect In the flngcra leads him to believe Waui , becTe'a r,nB that ih, band missingfrom Dr Mlni..,0 i ,., ... that ,,. . '" "1S testimony said the te of the body, the fact DOES NOT HAD !10 CLOCKS TO WAKE HIM NEW YORK, Jan. 31. For the Hrst time In thirty years, Robert Wllloughby failed to wako up the other morning when his thirty clocks slmul- taneously setting off a series of gongs, gave their customary alarms at C o'clock. Ho had died some time during the night of Brights disease. Wllloughby was G7 years old and had been employed as a motorman by the Third Avenue Elevated railway He was tho most punctual em ploye In the service. Wlllough by was never late. The secret of his punctuality came to light when his room was inspected. Hanged around his bed were thirty clocks of different sizos and makes, struck the same hour at All the same time. ES A CAIN TODAY Both Telegraph and Telephone Lines Out of Cdmmission From Coos Bay. Both the Western Union and the long distance phone fines out of Coos Bay have been down all day and this section Is completely shut off from tho outside world. It Is believed that tho heavy snow .this morning either broke the wires or caused limbs of trees to fall on them, grounding the circuit. The Western Union lino was down some place between here and Sum ner. Whether there were any other breaks is not known. . In consequence of the wire trouble, Tho Times was unable to secure its regular Associated Press report to day. that tho hands had been carefully manicured and were not those of a laboring man convinced him it was Harold Mlllls. Ho said that tho ab sence of tho ring could be accounted for by the fact that in tho cold rnter, Harold Mlllls' hands began to swell and ho had removed It on account of the pain. However, Mr. Millls for the piesent .vould not pormit the burial of the body as that of his son. He wanted to wait until other bodies are washed ashore and see if more positive evi dence could not be obtained as to Its Identity. Mlllls Family Leaves. C. J. Mlllls and wife and daughter, Miss Mable Clare Millls, left this morning by private conveyance for Portland where they will spend a few days. After a short stay there, they will visit at their old home in New York. They left via Drain. Hughes and McNicholas. The second body washed ashore near Ten Mile was practically identi fied as that of Jas Hughes, the first offlcer, At first some thought it was the bbdy of Second Offlcer McNicho las, Mayor Straw, one of the lonshore men and others holding this view. Agent Miller thought It was Hughes but wasn't certain until It was found that McNicholas had two fingers missing from one hand. This body did not and this made the Identifica tion practically certain as that of Hughes. The body washed ashore near Gar diner is now thought to bo that of McNicholas. At first, it was thought to be Captain Duggan's. However, Information from San Francisco ts , that McNicholas had weak ankles and had them both bandaged. The-corpse found near Gardiner had a bandage around one ankle. Liquid VENEER MAKES old THINGS NEW. At RED CROSS. w w SALOOM Proprietor Crawford of Cold Tea saloon, Fires Danger ously Close to Alex Mc Namee. Proprietor Crawford of the Cold Tea saloon, took a shot at Alex Mc Namee, a logger from Emmitt Pier ce's camp above Allegany, this aft ernoon and it not only came danger ously close to McNamee but lodged in the sidewalk across the Btreet dangerously close to where Cecil Hol land was standing., The bullet Im bedded Itself about three inches In the plank. McNamee who was Intoxicated was placed In jail but Mr. Crawford was placed under arrest up to .1 TO SELL Has Given Option On Gasoline Schooner to Newport Company, Chas. Thom, owner of the Wllhel mlna, has given an option on the gasoline schooner, to the Lincoln County Transportation Company of Newport which Is figuring on putting the craft on a run out of that port. Whether the deal will go through or not Is uncertain. Mr. Thom could not bo seen today but It Is understood that he has been figuring getting a vessel with a greater capacity to take the Wllhel mlna's place here providing he can dispose of the latter to a good ad vantage. The Wllhelmlna was built a little over a year ago by Kruse & Banks, for him. Concerning the deal, a Newport dispatch says: NEWPORT, Ore., Jan. 31. The Lincoln County Transportation Com pany, recently incorporated by Cap tain George Tyler, of Newport; F. C. Savage and A. H. Hill of Portland, will soon purchase the schooner Wll helmlna of Coos Bay" and place her on the run between Florence, Wald port, Yaqulma Bay and Portland. Her capacity is 130 tons of merchan dise or 150 tons of lumber and she lifts a speed of ten knots per hour. Captain Tjler will be in command. TO CAPT. EMORY SENDS WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS FOR HIM TO TAKE PACKAGE OFF MAST OF WRECKED VESSEL. Although Captain Boles of the life saving station promised C. J. Millls immediately after the wreck that he would make a trip the first day the weather permitted to tho wrecked vessel and ascertain what was In the package tied to tho mast, he had not made the trip up to Sat urday. Last week, just before Capt. Emory, the inspector, left here, the matter was taken up and he wrote Capt. Boles a letter ordering hlra to go out and get the package. This letter was delivered to Capt. Boles Friday and whother he has made the trip yet Is unknown. There were several nice days' after the wreck and why Capt. Boles and crew did not make the trip is un known. That It Is a package tied to tho mast with probably some written in structions, last message or valuable papers is now practically certain. It t had -not been securely lashed to the mast, it would have been wasn-' d awaylong before this or tqrn off by the w'lnd. " ' M W M ORDER BOIES ER late hour this afternoon. It Is understood that Crawford maintains that he merely shot to scaro McNamee whom, he claims, had been causing trouble in tho place. About twenty minutes prior to the shooting, McNamee and Crawford clashed about something. McNamee claims that Crawford clubbed him and that he threw a bottle of whiskey at Crawford and ran. Later, Mc Namee came back and Crawford claims he had a bottle In his hand In a threatening manner. Crawford pulled his gtm and shot, the bullet passing through the door about three feet from the floor and Imbedding It self In tho sidewalk on the opposite side of the street. Besides Cecil Holland, several passers by are said to have been dengerously close to the bullet. Commander Ellicott of Light house Service Orders Improvements. Capt. Ellicott, lighthouse inspector of this district, returned here today from Cape. Blanco and will complete arrangements for changes in the aids t6 navigation on the Coos Bay harbor and bar. He has been endeavoring to reach here for sometime past, but the rough weather detained the Heather at Astoria and he came In overland. The Heather could make tho 'trip down here, but as she has to teplace some whistling buoys along the. coast, she hhd to have calm weather to do tills. Capt. Ellicott has arranged some extensive improvements ic the aids to navigation. Ho has requested the department at Washington to put in a ball buoy near the jetty and will replace the No. 2 buoys In tho Inner harbor with No. 1 buoys. The latter are larger and are more easily dis cernible. An additional buoy will be put In near the Glasgow wharf. Capt. Ellicott will also have the No. 2 buoy at the Guano rock replac ed with a larger buoy In hopes that It will be pulled under by the ebb and flood tides. In case the large buoy does not accomplish this, ho will try an Iron spar buoy. The past winter has been tho hard est on buoys along the coast in many years, according to Capt. Ellicott., With the exception of Coos Bay, prac tically all the harbors along the coast have had' the buoys wrested away by the storms. Capt. Ellicott Is sending written In structions to the commander of the Heather relative to tho changes and Improvements to be made here, so that, he will not have to return per sonally. From here ho will go over land to Yaqulma, unless ho receives word that the Heather Is already en route here. TAKE UP BAB Congress Wants Major Mcln- doe to Report On Coos Bay Bar At Once. WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 31. Senator Bourne wrote to tho senate committee on commerce saying tho wreck of tho Czarina in Coos Bay, with the loss of 2G lives, was duo to a sunken jetty, and asking the sec retary of war to Instruct Major Mc Indoe to examine and report. Frye, chairman of tho commlttoe, Indorsed Bourno's letter, so it is ex pected the secretary will instruct Major Mclndoe accordingly. Chairman Frye of the Commerco Committee also called on the War De partment to telegraph Major Mcln doe for Information, whether tho conditions at Coos Bay at present are such ns to bo a menace to commerco tho part of tho Federal government, and requiring Immsd.ato action on it by congress. SAT GRANGE BUOYS ON COOS BAY MATTER OW REPORT THAT NORTH COAST ' RAILWAY IS BUILDING RERE FOOD EXPERTS AID ANTI-MEAT STRIKE WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 31. By engaging a corps of ex- perts in household economics and the preparation of food pro- ducts, to devise substitutes for any article of food which may be boycotted, because of high prices the food trust league took its first step In aiding the meat boycott. While the or- ganization disclaims any rela- tlon, more than a sympathies one, to the movement to abstain from meat, Its experts will soon be sending broadcast through the district where the meat strike Is on, recipes and for- mulas for foods which are claimed to be capable of giving as much nutrition as beef. This same plan will be applied to the leagues campaigning against any article of food which may be decided to be too high priced. Roseburg Delegation Goes Portland and Boosts Him For Congress. PORTLAND, Ore.,'Jan. 31. Doug las county Is for Blnger Hermann for Congress or for any other place the people ot that district can persuade him to seek in public life. Tho pro secution of Mr., Hermann by Francis J. Heney, or even a conviction In the pending case, will have no Influence upon this faith in the honesty and plirlty of Blnger Hermann's public career. Such is the rousing declaration made by the band ot 28 Douglas county business and professional men who reached Portland. With this ag gregation of enthusiasts and friends, Herman must bo returned to Con gress. Whether ho is convicted or acquitted, these men announce that they will reelect him to Congress If he will consent to run, with tho greatest majority ever given a candi date In that district. And this course Is urged now, and will bo insisted upon, to show to tho world tha't the people who llvo by Blnger Hermann, who Save known him for years, have implicit faith in his Integrity. The party Is made up of leading Roseburg and Douglas .county men, In office and out, business and pro fessional men, and of both political parties. It Is said that there are more Democrats than Republicans among thom. These men have quit business for several days to come to Portland, that they might stand by Hermann during his trial, and give the strongest testimonial of their faith In him. Office-holders Tn Party. Among the members of tho party are: District Attornoy George M. Brown, Representative John A. Buchanan, former Representative J. W. Perkins, W. H. Fisher, cashier of the Douglas. County Bank, A. N, Or cutt, Jt O. Watson, John Long and Frank G. and Joseph Mlcelll, attor neys; W. C. Harding, a realty oper ator; Frank E. Alley, a tlmbermnn; E. L. Parrott, W. J. Moon, C. J. Den ning, A. Creason, H. Marks, J. D, Zurcher, W. R. Vinson, J. F. Barker, D. R. Shambrook, Frank Conn, Dr. Houck, H. T. McClallan, Dr. M. C. Miller, B. W. Bates, C. B, Cannon, A. Salsman and G. Davisj Speaking for himself and his associates, J. W. Perkins made the following announ cement of the purposes of tho trip, and the sentiment of Douglas coun ty: "Wo say that if Blnger Hermann will consent to run again for Con gress, we will send him to Washing ton by tho greatest majority that ever HERMANN IS SHOWN HONOR North Yakima Dispatch Says That "Mysterious Strahorne" Is Headed.This Way. COOS BAY TO BE COAST TERMINUS Claim He Will Use Hill's Des chutes Line to Connect Up With It. NORTH YAKIMA, Jan. 31. Tho North Coast Railroad Company now has a complete right of way through; the city of North Yakima. -Tho last section was secured Thursday when, four lots were purchased for ?10,G25. All of the other property on tho pro- ' posed right of. way through the city had been secured either by purchase or condemnation, and action had been begun to condemn these lots. Other deeds to connecting links lo the right of way In the lower valley were also filed and tho road now has practically a clear line from the Co lumbia river to North Yakima. Almost all the grading from Union Gap to the Columbia river has beett completed, and Is ready for theteel. A crew of .workmen, was placed at work at Union Gap this week. This Is the most difficult piece of construc tion on the entire line. The build ings are being moved from tho right of way through North Yakima. It was announced hero that infor mation has been given out that tho North coast is planning to build through Oregon, having Coos Bay as the objective point. Tho activity of the North Coast In Klickitat county, surveying a line that extends front near Toppenlsh across the Yakima. Indian reservation and down tho Whlte Salmon rvalley to the Colum bia river, gives rise to the belief among railroad men hero that tha North Coast is part of the Hill sys tem, and will use that road up the Deschutes canyon, and thence across to the Coos Bay country. Every in dication hero points to the North Coast being very close to the Hill peoplo. , Aaron Corey, Well-Known Res- dient of Coos Bay, Dies at Wichita, Kas. Word has been received horo ot the death of Aarou Corey, a former well-known resident of North Bend and Marshfleld, at Wichita, Kas., where ho had made his homo for several years. Ho was eighty-two years old and death was duo to com plications arising from his advanced years. During tho fifteen or twenty years that ho resided on the Bay, Mr. Co rey was connected with the Dean & Merchant mill and later with tho Simpson mill at North Bend. Most of the time, he was foreman of tho mills and was said to bo one of tho best machinists who over struck tho Bay. After his last stay on the Bay, he left North Bend about llfteen years ago. Ho had married a woman from Kansas shortly prior to that. He is survived by two sons, one of them being James, who makes his homo In North Bend and on South Slough. was given a candidate in that part of the state. The peoplo of tffat coun try, to a man, feel that way toward Mr. Hermann, and thoy further feel that tho Government Iibh done Mr. Hermann an injustice by holding this cloud over his head for five years, thereby injuring his health and career, to say nothing of the great financial expenses to which ho has been subjected." FORMER MILL MAN IS DEAD 1 i 11 4 tfljafadgifcA. . dStfu I 4a- tfc