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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (March 8, 1910)
affisz ADS. NEWS ,nirvmsii:ss is slow, ad THAT IT PAYS IS EVI- GKT IT AVIIILE IT IS NEW BY READING TIIK COOS HAY TIMES. ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME TEHSELY TOM) :: :: VEKTISI nrVCKD HV SUCCESSFUL HUSI vHOlSl.s EVERYWHERE :: member of associated press Established in 1878 as The Coast Mall. MARSHFIELD, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 1910- EVENING EDITION A consolidation of Times, Coast Mull m. ono and Coos liny AfHcrtiscr. lW' CK1C" (flltrtn $J VOL. XXXII. D IL1 ELPHIA RUSE TRY TO SETTLE SB C. PUTT DIED LIST KIGHT'STADARD OIL COMPAHY TO commerce of Quaker City Al most Paralyzed By Labor Troubles. UNIONS CLAIM THAT 125,000 ARE OUT IrOLICK SAY THAT LESS THAN 20,000 MUX QL'IT WORK SEEK AKMTKATION TO EXD THE Kxrrxsivi; struggle that THROTTLES TRADE. (By Associated Prpss.) PHILADELPHIA, Pa., March S. BIG STRIKE: ASSESSMENTS TALKED OVER; County Assessor Thrift and Marshfield City Council Confers. Last evening, Assessor T. J. Thrift and Deputy Assessor Hawkins of Co quille, met with tho Marshfield city council, and discussed valuations In Marshfield at a considerable length. Mr. Thrift said that the object of the All Philadelphia hopes the wide conference was to enable him to get movement begun yesterday by the United Business Men's Association to end the great strike, meets with more success than tho effort last week when the same body of men Former United Stales Senator From New York Succumbs to Old Age and Will Be Buried at Utica. (By Associated hrs ) NEW YORK, March S. Covered with flowers the coffin containing tho body of former Senator Thomas C. Piatt, was taken today to Owego for Interment tomorrow He died sud denly last evening after long Illness. For years Senator Piatt had been the leading figure in New York and national politics and held his sway until the infirmities caused his re tirement from the Senate a few years ago when he was succeeded by Elihu Root. He was one of the republican machino leaders and wielded great power. 'He was also ono of the heads of tho Wells Fargo Express Company. During recent years, he had become involv ed in considerable scandal, through the suits of May Woods and through a second marriage. ITS EXISTENCE HELM! LEAVES HERE a better Idea of values ' throughout the town and assess all holdings alike. After a lengthy discussion, In which the members of the council and the nssessors expressed the belief that asked the Philadelphia Rapid Turn- general values were high enough and felt Compan and Mayor Keyburn to arbitrate with the men, but got no satisfaction Tho association will Hake a united attack on the warring elements In the interests of the peace and general welfare of the ilty business especially In the cen tral part of tlir cky has suffered to in extent not known in ears. Union eaders say 125,000 unionists are on strike and that 20,000 non-union :mp!ojes have joined tho strikers, ifhlle the polico state less than 20,- pOO are on strike. Lira 13 m u II 51 s? Hff to f 3 R Tr B illll JJ I ID I N U MlMtU 00 that he only thing necessary now was to equalize values by having certain tracts hero and there, especially acreago within tho city, brought up equal with surrounding property. Mr. Thrift will investigate those further and probably will raise some of them. In dealing with tho acreage, the Poit land plan of assessing the acreage within the city limits on tho same basis as surrounding lots will prob ably bo followed out, the tiacts bell-? (Mvided into lots and the value of the lots estimated, instead of bulk ing it off at $200 or $300 an acre. It was pointed out that lots Imme diately south of the Southern Oregon Company's eighty-acre tract near Nob 'Hill are assessed at $100 and up wards per lot while tho large tract is assessed at $3 00 per acre. Eight or- dlnary lots make an acre. Mr. Thrift said that, none of tho property in the county was assessed at near its actual value. The present basis of assessment was fixed three or four years ago when the values placed on property were lixed at about seventy-five per cent. He said if a attempted In Gasoline Schooner Sold By . Chas. Thorn to Capt. Tyler ' ' of Yaquina. The gasoline schooner Wllhelmina has been sold by Chas. Thorn to Captain George Tyler of Yaquina, and will be taken from Coos Bay to the northern port about March15. The deal has been pending for some time, but was not closed until yes terday. Associated with Captain Tyler are a number of Yaquina Bay men who plan to operate the vessel between Portland, Astoria, Toledo, Alsea and the Sluslaw. The Wllhelmina was built a little over a year ago for Mr. Thorn, but she was found not to be just the kind of a craft he desired for the local run. It is understqod that she was sold for about $18, 000. It is stated that another vessel with a similar draught but of greater carrying capacity will shortly bo se cured to replace the Wllhelmina here. ENGINE RUNS WILD ON POAD Locomotive On Cunningham Creek Logging Line Is Wrecked. Word was received here today of a rather disastrous wreck on the Cunningham Creek road of tho Rniifh.Pnwprc! T.n!flnc Pnmnnnv An ! ... 00.D .j,j. engine and a few cars -were ditched and the locomotivo is declared to bo totally -destroyed, representing a loss of $5,000 or more. As near as could bo learned, the engine ran wild and as soon as the engineer discovered that -ho could not control It, ho and tho others of tho r.rew liimned. Tim nntrlno hnrl been backing and had stopped for a car. When it was started again, It went with a jump and tho air failed. to respond. The engineer tried to throw it on tho forward gear, but It would not respond. After plunging down the grade for nearly a mile, It jumped tho track on a curve and landed at the bot tom of the grade about twenty feet below. No one was hurt in tho accident. Oregon Supreme Court De cides Local Case Adverse to Loggers. J. W. Bennett has received a copy 1 ni vnio wna ii tne decision of the Sunreine Court . Aroi,noi,i n,Q vninc in vnrtii rtpnfi Oregon in the case of Moon, Flynn and an the otuer towns in the coun :al, . Vaughau and McDonald, in'ty woud also nave t0 be raised. Wen the highest court of the state Tlllks 0 Taes. ; wldsadiersely to tho use of "splash i Deputy Assessor Hawkins who is lams to get logs out of navigable Li ,., nf rnmiiiiP. was Invited treams. The case was carried up , tn mnt. n uimrt tniu imtova tho coun-' rom Coos county and is of vital Im-L nr1 rPSnnded bv taklntr up the! wtance to every logging company ' tax question. He said that tax-1 T. aie payers generally throughout the. ne case arose over splash dams county were now protesting against tt aughan and McDonald built the arge ara0unts they have to pay ; i me .North Fork of tho Conulllo to 1... i. ... i,- ehot,i wmnmiier1 out about $30,000 worth of logs. that the ,ncreased taxes is not due ae Water Was low hilt liv linlliUnir ... .... , , l,t lo , -- "j ....v....D , lo ulQ jncrtmseu usacuauicuio, i" e small splash dams" sufflclent j due t0 s,,eclal tax levies. He said ter could be obtained to float out these additional levies had resulted, logs vi hunt waiting for alfrom petitions of the people for spe- thers l '" Moon' P1ynn and!clal improvements hero and there. rs began suit for an injunction He sald tnat the county commlsslon- ia damages hnlriinn- thnt- thai . . ,..,. .... .i. 0m f nils!, a , ers naa ueen juuui iu umno u...u hpi. "" "j"""" l"'tUo special levies urn. mu in"i' rantprt , mjuuu,uu vaa owners were lnsisteni anu ww " hhi, "0t 'ng aftenvard a i Anally placed them. However, he resnet camo and tho Iocs were ' ..i ,f i, . nn,ifl,ifirit that If the "cu out However, thn lnn-clno' .... e n imnonvomnntn is ni...l. . -.--, --OO , lUX JllUllfV lUl UlCDO 411.1.u.."-" - ettleth 10 C0Unty wanted t0 expended judiciously and tho people ured j w Ber fr g00d and se" ! set the value of their money, next , w"- v" "I'i'vu. -"iyear they will ue giau uie wuij " spent. The Improvements will en hance their property values. "I want to praiso and commend the city council of Marshfield and the people generally for the great Jmpro- j .. . .njn l.avrt acnp- ' vement mey uavo wuu n.v, .-j.w daily in tho streets said Mr. Haw kins. It not only reflects great credit upon them as a progressive city, but is bound to bring great re turns. We have attempted to start similar Improvements In Coquille, but wo are handicapped by a charter that makes such Improvements almost confiscatory on certain property. We are now trying to amend or change this charter and hope to do so soon. "Another thing, I want to com mend and that is tho efforts pf tho people to get better roads generally and especially tho through road from Empire and Coos Bay through th fionuille Valley. This road when 111 P'a c"d on SUT e'm,1Unry improved in the proper manner Is fciM. o . ?d on sale Wednesday, . ' A tn hA traveied much and will SGHIFF FEARS JAPS' UNION a to the Supiemo Court in hopes u't court nnl .I,... .. .. onH permit inem 10 aimue the USn Of RlllnRh rtnma Thn Weal -Ras takon imt ! Hoioinn to Inst the logging companies. How- Z Judse -MeBrlde in a dissenting atUPh0,as th0 l0SBlns com ies but the majority of the court der thn nr, ,iii 1-u fwla.h a . ucv;'Blu". l"u so rat. r in or near navigable aiers Is forbiddpn iHti.n n n. ot the owners of all abuttinc i;. y ls secured. This Is nrac- '"Y impossible. TB WimAT MARKKT. 'Bv AsunnlnfAj i i?,00' March 7. Wheat clos- 11-03 S s. o u' iai; Jul' 5-: September, 99 3-4c. SniSIKK MILL1XERY. in . ne "He Of summer mtlllnorv Jarc , and mi , -f weanesaay' bound to be traveled much and will re lUTltod tn 3 Bay unite -he towns and different sections uea to Insnect thn lntoot uu"c . ...... 4. , n n. Mnorrnnn ot tD0 COUnty ana fflftKO t"v;m ,. v i ELHOD, tn better tban they have ever Aorth Piniit Rtwet. . Planot T" I une." IViTft. ' 8KK,,KKS and CUL- Mr. Hawkins brought forth a round 10RS at MiLXEivs. . f nnnin use from those assembled. Big Banker's Prophesy of Trouble For America Causes Much Commen. '3y Associated Press. 1 NEW YORK, March 7. The note of warning which Jacob H. Schiff, the banker, sounded regarding the situation in the Far East and the pos sibility of war with Japan was dis cussed In the board rooms of many banking houses today. Mr. Schiff helped to finance the Japan loan in her war with Russia. Mr. Schiff made it clear that the world's peace was threatened by the recent union of Japan and Russia, with Great Britain in the back ground. The banker said, "My remarks wore based solely on my own observations of the situation and not upon any specific information. I spoke of a coming struggle but not of war and I simply decided to arouse the people of the United States to tho necessity of promptly meeting the situation in a spirit of righteousness. It was with this thought in mind that I injected Into my remarks the words "not by might nor by power; but by my spirit, ealth theLord' All of the city officials except Coun cilmen Coke and Powers were pres ent. Little Business Up. There was littlo business, of im portance up last evening. An ordi nance reducing the llcenso of peanut, popcorn and candy venders to $5 per month was adopted. The council adjourned until two weeks from tonight when it is ex pected that a number of street im provement projects will bo ready to adopt. MIIiMXERY OPHXINO WEI). XESDAY AXI) THURSDAY, MARCH O mid 10. SIRS. JOIIX 11. SOMERS, Designer. Fresh VIOLETS FOR BALK on arrival of PLANT. FISIIIXG LICENSE $1 at MILXER'S NO III, E DROP CUDAHY . SCANDAL NOW Banker Lillis Refuses to Prefer Any Formal Charge Against Assailant. fBy Associated Press.) KANSAS CITY, Mo., March S. Jere Lillis, president of the Western Exchange bank, who was attacked by John P. Cudahy, the millionaire packer, 'in the Cudahy home hero early Sunday morning, could not be removed from tho hospital today though his nurse said his condition was Improved. Tho definite announ cement that Lillis will not prefer formal charge against Cudahy ren ders doubtful the probability that any further details of tho circum stance that led up to the trouble will bo made public. Both Cudahy and Lillis still firmly refuse to make any statement of the affair. Johann Moss, tho chauffeur, who was present when the attack was made on Lillis cannot be located. LEAVE TODAY ON ALLIANCE Steamship Sails For Portland Early This Morning With Many Passengers. The Alliance sailed early this morning for Portland. Sho had a miscellaneous cargo of freight and a fair passenger list. Among those sailing on tho .Alli ance were the following: Ellen Anderson, K. E. Campbell, W. T. Miller, Mv M. Mershon, W. J. Mershon, J. R. Johnson, John A. Thomas, J. Ellis, J. E. Parson, W. M. Swart, Margaret Short, Fred Marx, J. B. Cody, C. Sneddon, Jan. Arnold, II. Smith, D. L. Johnson, Freda Anderson, II. HInch and Thomas Coyle. REPORT REI Government Engineer's Spe cial Statement On Coos Bay Bar Projects. The Marshfield Chamber of Com merce has just received a copy of Major Mclndoe's special report to congress on the Coos Bay bar in re sponse to the request for it soon aft er tho Czarina disaster. Tho report was asked for by Senator Bourne who has forwarded the copy here. The special report is of particular Interest hero on account of tho man ner In -which Major Mclndoe answers tho requests made of him to chango the recommendations from tho bar dredge to the jetty work, and which ho steadfastly refuses to do. His report which is mado to tho Chief of Engineers is as follows: "In compliance with a telegram from tho Chief of Engineers dated January 27 and with 3rd indorse ment dated January 28, 1910, I have tho honor to submit tho following report: "The 'Czarina,' an old iron steam er owned by the Southern Pacific Railway Company, left Coos Bay with a load of coal In tho afternoon of January 12, en route to San Francisco. She arrived at the bar, which -was exceedingly rough, just as tho tide began to ebb and in at tempting to proceed to sea was wrecked. With the exception of the first Assistant Engineer, Mr. Harry Kentzel, who floated ashore on a spar, the. entire crow and one passen ger were drowned, 24 lives being lost. Tho following extracts are taken frpm tho statements of tho solo survivor, which appeared In the Portland Morning Oregonian, Janu ary 14: " 'We wont over the bar when it was rough and wo simply struck more sea than wo could combat. Ono wave after another struck us with terrific force. Wo did not lose any men on tho bar, as was supposed, nor did tho water put out our fires, Jiut we simply hammered about moro than the boat could stand. Wo did not have the power to go through the sea that was encountered. " 'We got around the Jetty and wero dashed up north of tho bar. Sometimes the vessel wouldn't move at all. Tho engines were still run ning and tho fires kept going until there was five feet of water in the boat. Then the fires were pulled and the captain ordered tho chief en gineer and his assistant to tako to tho rigging. " 'Wo dropped anchor about a mllo or so abovo tho bar. The cap tain's Idea In dropping tho anchor thoro was to hold tho ship in snfe water outside tho breakers, but tho sea was so rough that tho vessel was driven Into tho breakers whore she foundered. Tho anchor held her so that sho could not bo carried upon the beach whero tho Hfesavers could reach her. If the anchor had not held tho vessel sho would have been driven upon tho Bboro and tho life savors could havo taken tho men ofT.' "Captain Mageo of tho tug 'Asto ria' was watching from tho lookout at Empire when tho 'Czarina went out, and Is reported as stating that 01 breakers swept tho deck of tho vessel when she was crossing tho bar. He, as woll as the captain of tho life-saving crow, and others who havo watched tho bay, stated that tho bar and sea wero rougher than evor soon In years. "A survey of tho bar entrance to Coos Bay was mado In the summer of 1907, report of which Is printed In House Document 9D8, COth Con gress, 1st session. Since tho North jetty was completed In 1895, It has boon necessary to restoro It twice, once in 1897, by tho addition of 159,000 tons of Btono, which raised it to tho lovol of high tide through out, and again in 1900, by the addl- (Contlnned from page 2) Rockefeller's Octopus Files Brief In Noted Dissolu tion Case. iMO VIOLATION OF LAW IS ADMITTED "RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUAL CITI ZENS" IS KEYNOTE OF 'THE DEFENSE WHICH DENIES RE STRICTING COMMERCE OR TRADE. fBv AssooiatPd Press. WASHINGTON, D. C, March 8. Tho Standard Oil Company today filed in the Supreme Court of tho United States Its brief In opposition to tho attempt of tho government to dissolve It as violating the Sherman prelude to the oral argument of tho anti-trust law. This comes as a prelude to the oral argument of the case to bo made by the attorney for the defenso and for tho govern ment. Tho key note Is tho defenso of tho so-called preservation of "Rights of individual citizens of tho United States." The brief states "The business was a lawful one nnd the owners thereof were nnd are lawfully entitled tb continue samo and if In 190G when tho petition was filed they were not restricting Interstate trade, or by un lawful means seeking a monopoly (which it Is not), the court should not have interfered with it." D ENGINEER This Harbor Changed From Portland District With Maj. Morrow In Charge. WASHINGTON, March 8. Major Jay J. Morrow, of tho Engineer Corps, now In charge of tho improve ment of the Potomac River and Washington City aqueduct, and late ly a member of the Board of Com missioners of the District of Colum bia, was ordered to Portland to as sume charge of engineer district No. 2, which includes Celllo canal, Upper Columbia and Snake Rivers, and some harbors on the Oregon coast, Including Coos Bay. Major Mclndoe will remain In charge of Portland district No. 1, and continue super vision of tho Improvement of the mouth of tho Columbia river, tho channel from Portland to tho sea, tho Wlllamotto River and other pro jects of that district. Tho lighthouse work of Portland district will be turned ovor to Major Mclndoe. Tho War Department states that tho business of tho Port land district has becomo so heavy that one chief onglneer had to bo added. Major Morrow is a graduate of tho United States Military Academy In tho class of Juno, 1887. Major Morrow Is a native of Maryland and has been attached to tho engineer corps at Washington, D. C. During the Spanish-American war ho was a . major of engineers In tho Third Corps. M. F. PLANT IN TODAY. .SK-ninslilp Arrives This Afternoon From Sun Francisco, Tho M. F. 'Plant arrived In this afternoon from San Francisco after a fair trin. Sho will sail at 10 o'clock Thursday morning from hero. Among thoao arriving on tho Plant wore tho following: C. D. Miner, Mrs. Doets, M, Mc Laughlin, Mrs. Lawlor, Mrs. Rob erts. A. 13. Loutt, A. Faller, E. D. Peek, F. D. Carr, A. L. Locklo, Gin Kramer, K. E. Mlnchor, B. Fllger, Mrs. B. Felger, C. S. Lowman, J. Rosoh, F. Nyo, Sol. Israel, II. Andor son, F. Blundol, E. BIgolow, M. Hart, J. Goob, J. Boell, W. Eagen, C. Suhr and A. LarBon. TROUT FLIES Leaders SILK LINES and Jointed Rods at MILNER