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Hrft"T b " 'WRfl5 ""' "" "WT' iPf- k' (EfltfB ADS. mir.v iii-sixisss is slow, ai VFBTISn. THAT IT PAYS IS EVI DlixCKD Y SUCCESSFUL IIUSI- VEss houses everywhere ;; ttn?B NEWS GET IT WHILE IT IS NEW BY READING THE COOS BAY TIMES. ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TLMK TERSELY lOLD :: :: :: :: :: MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS Established in 1878 as The Const Mnll. VOL. XXXII. MARSHFIELD, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 1910- EVENING EDITION - -miNotltlntton of Times, Const Mail nnd Coos Bay Advertiser. No. 236 'i IS. SWOPE BLAMED BY HYDE FOR DEATH Sensational Charges and Coun . ter Charges Made In Not ed Murder Case. ' BOTH SIDES GIVE VERSIONS OF IT Prosecution Bitterly Condemn ed by Defense in Open ing Argument. (By Associated Press.) KANSAS CITY, April 19. A vig orous attack on the expert medical testimony and the methods pursued by the prosecution in gathering evi dence and a general denial of every charge made by the state against Dr. B. C, Iljde, marked the opening statement of Attorney Frank P. Walsh, chief counsel for the defense In the Sftopp murder trial here lo dad. Refening to the state chem ist as a hliedman" the lawyer re peatedly warned the jury it was like ly to be backed by testimony of mod- ical experts. Walsh covertly charged . that the lepor s of the chemists were altered at times to "'suit the conven ience of their employers. The state he said, unfairl denied Dr. Hyde-thc right of halng the vlsceras of Col onel Snopo and Christian Swope so that the plosiclan might have hem examined foi poison. Een theft was resorted to In order to obtain evi- dence against Hyde, the attorney said ceipt of a letter from Joseph Stew referring to the taking of germs from .art, second assistant postmaster gen Hyde's office, Mrs. Logan O. Swope jeial, confirming tho announcement was assailed as tho cause oi Hydo's that the contract for carrying the trouble. The at orney also charged) mall daily and Sunday between Coos that It was six hours lafttir airs. Bay and Roseburg had been awarded 'Swope heard of tlie-fatalTttaclc of , for theo"uT c6os"Bay Wagon road Colonel Swope before she went to route. In concluding his letter, Mr. his room. Is en art, who has been frequently Dr. Iljde through his attorneys written by the Marshileld Chamber this afternoon made a formal appli-iof Commeice in their endeavor to se- catfon to the court for copies of all letters passing between John G. Pax ton, Mrs. L. O. Swope and the sci entists who made examination of the viscera of Colonel Swope and Chris tian S.ope The nurses' charts kept during the Illness of the two men are also sought. Prosecutor Conk Hn agreed to furnish the documents requested. HYDE CASE OPENS. Sensational Minder Case Begins fn Kansas City, v (By Associated Press.) KANSAS CITY, April 19. Before a court loom crowded to its utmost James A Heed today delivered the opening statement for the prosecu tion In the 11 de murder trial. The owning or tlu case was marked by a sharp clash between attorneys for the two sides. The defense waged a hard flgh on the court permitting Recd as special counsel to deliver the "Pening statement. Judge Latshaw neld It entirely legal but as a pre tautlonarj move suggested Reed be appointed special prosecuting attor-ney- This was done. Frank P.. Walsh attorney f0, the defense, made sever al objections to portions of Reed's ad dress and brnmlPfl mnnv nai-cnnn wllil t Gathered evidence against Hyde tta nars and thieves." ". After Reed had addressed the jury Ior an hour this afternoon, Walsh. ; r iu0 ior the defense announced :ae ould not deliver his opening - "atement until tomorrow. FIGHT WILL BE GOOD. I Pre,,ni"aiy Between Xoslcr anil FJsli .it tracts Many. Toe preliminary bout between Pud and Art Fish of Coqullle, ' tomr'" be pulIed ot at the ' Si .1 CQntes at the Marshileld ii ,s atlDB Kink next Saturday night I dhT'115 considerable interest, es '' hav y ia th0 Co(Iu,1le valley. They t ve i"ad threo bouts. two of which L Km? Clared draws and in the third f S'er gOt thn rlanlolnn rpV.n-Q la 8 talk of charterinc a sneclal fight ft0 Ing the Coqullle Valley iXii tv. oamruay evening auu tae m ' "unie- immediately alter 0)lckf. ..., ... yWLXpi " -""io wire Fence m OF COL SWOPE MIL SERVICE IN IS HERE Contractor C. P. Barnard Ar ranging to Commence Work on July 1. C. P. Barnard of Eugene who has secured the contract for carrying mails between Uosebtirg and Coos county points arrived here yesterday to mako preliminary ariangements to begin the service July 1. As he formeily held the contract, the Job is not new to him but the mail has increased so much that he will have to do business on a much greater scale than formerly. He Is to re ceive $30,000 per year for the ser vice. Owing to the fact that Conti actor Pease who Is now carrjlng the mall between Coos county points and Rose burg Is not required to bring Coos Bay mail via the old Coos Bay Wag- on road there will be no stage ser- vice between here and Roseburg via Sumner until after July 1 when Mr. Barnard wi'l establish a stage line. It is understood to be Mr. Barnard'.0 intention to handle more passenger business over the route than has ever been handdled. President McCormac of the Maish lleld Chamber of Commerce Is in re- 'cure better mail service, says, "It is hoped the present supply of Maish iield will be greatly improved by the change." He also says eery effort will be be made by the department I to have the mail carried through on schedule time. NORTH 1ET !PlO J. W. Judd Succumbs At the Home of Daughter, Mrs. Harry Scott, Here. ' James Willis Judd, a well known Coos Bay pioneer, died last night at tho home of his daughter, Mrs. Har ry Scott, in West Marshileld. While he had been ill for several days, his condition was not thought critical. However, Mr. and Mrs. Scott had been sitting up with him. During the night he appeared to be resting easy but he took a sudden turn for tho, worse and passed away without a struggle. Mr. Judd had been a resident of Coos county for upwards of thirty two years. . For a timo he lived on a ranch on Coos River uut, a nui of years ago moved to the ranch on North Injet where he resided at the Mm nf his death. He had ueen at the homo of his daughter less than a week prior to his death. no was a rather versatile man, well educated, a good musician and an excellent penman, for a urns un taught school in this counuty. Mr. Judd was born in .uassacuus.- etts, Apprll 24, 1S43. When the ci vil wnr broke out, he enlisted In a New York regiment and served for a time as a flfer and later was trans ferred to the hospital corps. He served throughout the war. Aboui R7fi. ho moved to California ana or n timn nnerated a sawmill in Shasta county. In 1878, he moved to Coos county. , . , Besides his wife, he is survhed by several children. They are John t.h nt Renubllc. Wash., Mrs. Rena DM 0 ni-muii I Travis of San Francisco, Jas. W. ilE W GOVERNMENT FDR Socialist - Democrats Will Try ' New Plan in Conducting Mu nicipal Affairs in Wisconsin City. (Bv Associated Pros MILWAUKEE, Wis., April 19. The government of the City of Mil waukee which for more than a de cade, with the exception of two years under republican rule has been con trolled by democra s, passed today into the hands of the Socialist Democrats with Mayor Emll Seidel as their leader. Mayor Seidel will have back of him 21 members of his party to enact into law all meas- "Les.?? '.n contiict with the city E OFFICERS FOR NEXT YEAR Annual Meeting of Millicoma Association Was Held Yesterday. At the annual meeting of the Mil licoma Association yesterday, the fol lowing officers were elected for the ensuing jear: President Dr. C. W. Tower' Vice-President Hugh McLaia! Sec. and Treas W. F. McKeej uovernors, George ltotnor and Jas. E. Lyons. House committee, J. Albert Matson, E. W. Kammerer and C. F. Mc-, Knight. r Library committee, A. X. Lofgren, W.d J. Conrad and Mair Dano Company Meets. Nel-I fol-j At the annual meeting of the son Iron Works yesterday, the lowing officers were elected President J? T Vilcrt x-1 .i-j. A"-i"'-Jc; Vice-President L. W. Myrick Secretary W. F. McKee Treas R. D. Hazen Directors, J. W. Bennett and above named officers. Frank Cole,Negro Light Weight Pugilist, Killed In Phil adelphia Bout. (By Associated Press.) PHILADELPHIA, Pa., April 19. Frank Cole, a light weight negro pug- Hist, died today from Injuries he re- celved last night in a boxing bout w "PUG" KILLS Oi CONVICT HIS OPPONENT ipOl; with Stanley Rogers. He was knock- Was arrested today as an alleged fu ed down In the third round and his gitive from Walla Walla penitentiary, head struck the floor with terrific Orr strenuously denies this Identity foice. Rogers and the club omclais have been arrested. MISS GOULD MARRIED. Becomes Bride of A. J. Dieel In New York. (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK. April 19. At St. Bartholomew's church today, Miss gaturday informed the police of Orr'i Marjorie Gould, daughter of George pregenc0 ,n thls clty bl,t Orr, the con J. Gould, and Anthony J. Drexel, Jr., Wct an(J Qrr tb(J electrIcal contractor of Philadelphia, were married. The haye no(. b(jen J(lentlfle(j as the Bam0 affair Is looked upon as a social event of the season. STRIKE NEAR PITTSBURG. Riot Follows and One is Shot and, i-iciilturc. One Beaten. (By Associated Press.) (By Associated Press.) I DUDA PEST. April 19. Roose- PITTSBURG, Pa., April 19. One velt left here this morning for Baba thousand employes in the erecting lona where they will spend tho day department of the Pressed Steel Car as guests of Count Saranya, Minister Co at Schoenvllle struck today. In of Agriculture of Hungarla. They a riot which follow one man was shot, will return here today. in the arm and Captain Smith of tho j Company's police badly beaten. Judd of' North Inlet, Mrs, Eva Scott, 'over from Coqullle today in Mr. of West Marshileld, Mrs. Alice Ar-j Morse's auto. Mr. Morse camo over cher of Oakland, Calif., and Miss to consult Architect Turpen concern Myrtle Judd who resides at home, 'ing a new residence which tho lat One daughter, Annabelle. died elev- ter Is now preparing plans for and en years ago. The funeral will be held from tne Wilson Undertaking parlors Wednes-I rtnv mornine at 10 o'clock. MILWAUKEE charter which he may advocate dur ing the next two years. The min ority consisted of ten democrats and four republicans. In his inaugural address, he advoated a number of measures among which are the en forcement of sanitary measures, the promotion of well being of the work ing class, the placing of the city on a sound financial basis, and combin ing various offices to save expense. "Before all things, home rule, the right of self government should be secured for the city of Milwaukee," said the Mayor In the course of his address. Mayor Seidel has asked the city counil and the City attorney to report on the feasibility of estab- llshrlng a municipal lighting jlant. 5 S BEIN6 PROBED n i n ti Coos County Grand Jury ln - vestigating Charges Against Logging Companies. (Special to The Times.) COCJUILLE, Ore., April 19. The Coos County grand jury is under- stood to be investigating charges against various logging companies that they have been interefring with navigation and altering the courses of streams by constructing splash dams. While no intimation . , . . . . . has been given out by Deputy Prose- cutlng Attorney Llljeqvlst or who - ever instigated the investigation, it is understood to be thorough. j Among the streams that are to be investigated is North 'Fork ;of Coos River. A number of ranchers j M in that vicinity have been subpoenaeu it would be well to use it to the nd to appear before the grand jury, i vantage of the port instead of lot Among them are John Michelbrlnk, ting lt He idle and consequently be- George Gould, John Porter and oth- Or He May Not Be the Orr Whom Another Says He Is Portland Sensation (By Associated Press.) PORTLAND, Ore., April 19. Af- ;er living in Portland for nearly two years Frank Orr, a member of a pro- minent firm of electrical contractors, but marks on his body are alleged to tally with the description given by tlio Washington authorities. Tho convict Orr was sentenced to the pen itentiary for an alleged burglary at Pasco, Washington, and the authori ties of the penitentiary at WallaWal Ia have been communicated with. Orr bears a good reputation here. A burg lar stool pigeon who was arrested on Individual. ROOSEVELTS IX 1IUD.V PEST Party Entertained by Minister of Ag- "Will Built! House Frank Morse i and wife and Mrs. Davenport camo which win be one of tne nnest nomes in qoquiue. Cotton and Rubber Hose n MIL- INER'S. ers. SENATORS ALDRICH ANO HALE WILL RETIRE FROM SENATE BEGIN SUIT TO r ti I Port Commissioners to Com " pel County Treasurer to Turn Over Funds. The Port of Coos Bay Commission ers have begun mandamus proceed ings to compel County Treasurer Dim mlck to turn over to them the special taxes collected for tho port. The proceedings Wiil be heard at tho coming term of chcuit court which opens in Coqullle next Monday. Dc- iputy Prosecuting Attorney Liljo- ' ivist will appear for County Treasur- ;er Dimmick. Owing to the suit which the South ern Oregon company and Bennett Trust company Instituted attacking tho port commission, some of the larger tax payeis paid their port tax- es under protest. Most of tho 1910 tax receipts are marked so that j lt would show that the two mill port levy was paid under protest. This would In case J. W. Bennett won his suit to knock out the port' commlS' sIon. enable them eo recover the tax- es paid for the port. I In consequence of tho supposition ! that Bennett would appeal the case , t1 . .. ' ,,,,,, (from 'the circuit court which hold , him to the supremo conrt County Treasurer Dimmick refused i to turn over the taxes collected to the commission. As about $7,000 or tne ?n,uuu wnicn win ue conect- led for the port this year; has been pald ,n the commissioners thought gun suit. Besides tho plans for harbor im provements," the Port CominY3S'' f needs about $2,000 of the taxes to pay up expenses Incurred during the dredging a year ago. They had to borrow this amount and are now pay ing interest on it. In the writ which is returnable Thursday, the Port Commission holds that under the law the "Paid Under Protest" on the tax receipts so far as the port tax Is concerned does that'b; takIng aav;ntag8 0t the dis- count, the taxpayers waived tholr right to protest the port tax. Fur ther, the commission alleges that the tax payers most generally did not pay under protest but that tills was stamped on most of the tax receipts uy tj,0 banks or agents through which the taxes were paid without any request from tho property ownors. Tho Oregon and California Rail way company Is tho only concern which refused to pay its port tax even under protest. E IN EXPLOSION Eighteen Others Injured By Boiler Blowing Up In Match Factory. 'By Associates Press.) BUDA PEST, Hungarla, April 19. In a boiler explosion in a match factory, eleven were killed and eighteen injured. THE WHEAT MARKIJT. tiy AAoolated Press.) PORTLAND, Or., April 18 Wheat unchanged. CHICOGO, 111., April 18. May wheat ?1.0G; July 1.Q1U; Sep tember .99'c. TACOMA, Wash., April 18. Wheat unchanged. FOR ONE WEEK. ONLY One Piece Lingerie, Silk, and Mosseslino DRESSES, SILK COATS, COVERT COATS . All of the latest STYLES and patterns. At the X. I. X. T. STORE, S. LANDO SEGUR I HALO Leaders of Upper Branch of Congress Plan to Quit Public Life. NO REASONS ARE' " GIVEN BY THEM Speaker Cannon Says Health i .And Not Politics In fluence Actions. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, D. C, April 19. The announcement of tho prospec tive rotirement of Senator Hale fol lowing so closely a similar announce ment by Senator Aldrich seemed to have a stunning effect on the Senate, whore they have long been tho lead ers. Hale is the oldest in tho Sen ate In point of service. "-Speaker Cannon speaking of tho prospective rotirement of Aldrich nnd Halo said politics had no bear ing on It and that they were Influen ced wholly by considerations of, health. ALDRICH GIVES OUT LETTER Notifies Governor of Rhode Island of His Intention. fBy Associated Prwss.) WASHINGTON.D. C, April 19. Senator" Aldrich today made public a letter which he wrote to Governor Pothier of Rhodo Island announc ing that ho would not bo a candidate for re-election. HALE WILL QUIT. Announcement Tlmt'Ho Will Retire From Senate Soon, (uy Associated Press.) AUGUSTA, Maino, April 19, Pos itive announcement of the early re tirement of Eugene Halo from tho United States Senato was made hero today. The news came in a confi dential telegram from Washington. No particulars are given. Marshfield Christian Church Arranges For Ceremonies There Next Sunday. The dedication Of tho new Chris tian church on West Central Avonuo next Sunday promises to bo ono of tho most ostentatious ceremonies that has been held here. Concern ing the plans for tho event, A. O. Walker, tho minister of the church, said today: "The American Protestant church es of tho city havo accepted an in vitation to participate in tho ser vices which will bo hold at 11 o'clock Sunday, April 21. "D. Errett, President, and C. F. Swander, Secretary, of tho Oregon Christian Missionary Society, will bo In attendance as tho chief speakers of tho occasion. "Special music will bo furnished by tho visiting churches. "There will also bo special ser vices connected with the dedication, in tho evonlng nt 7:30 o'clock." FIRM IS INCORPORATED. SALEM. Ore,, April 19, Among the new companies filing articles of Incorporation with the secretary of stato Is tho following: Hub Clothing & Shoo Company: principal ofllco, Marshfield; capital stock $10,000; Incorporators, A J. Mendel, Charlos Fenslor and F. A. Lalso, Sugar Now $0.20 per sack anil likely to adutiici) any day.. Botter buy now. Peoplo'a Co-oporatlvo Co. Jwr Johnson lilcjcles and Lamps at MILXER'S. Fresh Lowney Candles at Red j Cross Drug Store. PROGRAM FOR DEDICATION i ifl'rrtTJftSfiT'-1 &r.