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(Sons ADS. NEWS miEV BUSINESS IS SLOW, Al VHITISC THAT IT PAYS IS KVI- fcl.... v aitrrrssrUTi I1USI- GET IT WHILE IT IS NEW US' HEADING THE COOS JAY TIMES. ALL THE NEWS ALj THE TIME TERSELY TOLD t: :: :: :: :: Hess houses everywhere ;: MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS Estnbllslu-d In 1878 as The Coast Mall. VOL. XXXIII. MARSHFIELD, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1910 EVENING EDITION. 'A Consolidation of Times, Const Mall ami Coos Hay Advertiser. No. 16. U1GE- PRESIDENT SHE FEAR OF LOSING HQM OF RMAN IS BREAKWATER MIGHT 1HT0 M'MURRAK CASE SAILS TODAY MURDEROUS ACT Senator Gore Says He Was Mentioned As Being "Inter ested" in the Deal. ! GORE TELLS OF OFFER OF $25,000 BRIBE. Says Employe of Justice De partment Also Named in Same Connection. (By Associated Press.) MUSKOGEE, Oklahoma, August 4. ...Vice-President Sherman was named by Senator Gore in connection with what is Known as the McMurray Lan.l Contracts, an investigation o which is being licaid hero to-day by a spe cial committee of the House of Repre sentatives. Senator Gore, after de claring he had been approached by Jacob Hammond with an offer of a bribe of $25,000 to remove all tno Congresstoi...l opposition to the con racts associated and that a man higher up in the government was "in terested" iu the contracts. Gore at first baid he was reluctant to name the man mentioned as the "higher up," but 'aer. on being pressed by Congressman IJurke, the chairman of the commi tee, he declared Hammond had used the name of Vice-President Sherman. Senator Goie said Congressman Creagor, a Republican from the third district of Oklahoma, had also uocu appi cached in connection .Ln Lie bribery offer. "Whtn I scou'ed at the offer of the biibe even i it was raised to ?50,000, as Hammond suggested it might be," testified Gore, "my visitor (Hammond) iu my ollice at Washing ton went on to say other members of Congress were interested in the con tracts. He said Senator Curtis was in terested, and Congressman McGulro of Oklahoma, and then mentioned the name of the man "higher up." I was appalled when I heard that name, and then after being pressed Gore came out with Sherman's name. The bribery offer to Gore, it was explained, followed his opposition to the approval by Congress of what is known as the McMurray Contracts, which affect the Choctaw-find Chick asaw tribes of Indians. By these contrac s, he said, J. P. McMurray, the attcruej , and his associates were to receive ten per cent of the profits of the sale of 450,000 acres of coal land and asphalt lands belonging to the Ifnlians. As the New York syndicate stood ready to pay $30,000,000 for the lands the t n per cent to the McMur ray iiia rests for attorneys' fees "would realize $3,000,000," said the Senator Gore at the afternoon session. de clared he was informed that an em ploye of the Department of Justice at Washington was "interested" in thp McMurray contracts. The Sena tor declined to give the nam either of his informant or of tho government emploje w'.io was "interested." WOLLI) NOT T.YtflC. 'Bv Associated Press.) MUSKOGEE, Okla., August 4. , Hammond 'his afternoon to the Asso ciated Press, said he would make no statement at this time but might later on. SHERMAN AWAY. 'Bv Aesociatect Press.) I'TICA, N. Y August 4. When an effort was made to see Shorman. It was learned ho had gone to his country place in the Adirondacks, He will ailve at his destination late to-day. CURTIS DENIES. (By Associated Press.) TOr-cw, Kan., August 4. Sana tor Crtis dented emphatically any cenr.rMon with, tho McMurray con tracts. (i"i Explodes. Mr. Lyons, living n N - 't S!o igh, buffered a slight In 'ury by tho explosion of a rifle. Some 6'nlns of powder got in his eye and were removed by a physician, but the result will not be serious, LANDMARK IS REMOVED C. A. Johnson Is Tearing Down Second House Built in ' Marshfield. C. A. Johnson is fearing down a building which is one of the oldest landmaiks in the Ccos Day country. It is a building which was the second house built in Marshfield. The house stands on Mr. Johnson's pioporty at the corner of Highland and Bioadwny and is at the rear of the lot and has been used as a wood shed. Mr. Johnson in the early days lived in tho Iioubs. It was built by Charles Drown, who is now dead. Tho first house built v' the city was the, Hamilton log cabin, aiiu the house which Mr. Johnson is now wrecking was the second. ARE .MAKING GOO!) PORT. A Luigi Amount of Money Will lie Spent at the Siuslaw. WHUani Klye and I. B. Cushman of tho Siuslaw country went to Portland recently to consult with Major Mc Indoe regarding the government's pr.t of the work on tho jetty. Tho work on the south jetty has already been started with the funds raised by the port and about 1,500 feet of the long pier lias been finished. The gov ernment appropriated $250,000, and of this amount $50,000 is immedi ately available. As tho port is to raise an amount equal to that which is appropraited it will bo necessary for the people of the port district to raise $125,000 in addition to that which has already been raised. The Siuslaw River, the engineers in charge declare, will when the lm piovements are finished, be as good a port as the Coqnille River. Police Are Called Upon to Stop Factional Fight in Spain. (By Associated Press.) BARCELONA, Spain, August 4. A collision in which weapons were used occurred on the streets to-day between tho Carlist adherents of Don Jam, tho pretender to the Spanish throne, and tho Republicans. One of 'ho Republican faction was wounded. The police charged and dispersed the fighters. Ballinger Says His Conference With Crane Had No Such Purpose. (By Associated Press.) ST. PAUL, Minn., August 4. Soc rpt.irv Ballincer. en route to Seattle, wrote the frllowing nOto" to tho As sociated Press: "Please say for me that tho reports to tho effect that Sou ator Crane's conference with mo had to do with the suggestion that I re sign are without foundation. ui conference did not in the slightest decree relate to myself or any mat ter' affecting mo. Very respectfully, "R. A. BALLINGER." :1W0 SIDES HAVE CLASH NOT ASKED TO RESIGN Buy your groceries at SACCHl'S, Leaves For Portland at Ten o'Clock.With Passengers and Freight. The steamer Breakwater sailed for Portland at 10 o'clock this morning. The following is a list of the passen gers who left on the boat: Mrs. H. T. Murray, E. Casey, J. M. Russell, G. A. Sighalness, Mrs. Signal ness, R. Newman, Mrs. R. Newman, J Van Newman, H. C. Schubert, S. M. Holbrook, Mrs. Holbrook, Karlc Read, A. R. Joy, S. Wilson, T. J. Con Ion, A. J. Grandbols, Anna Hurd, Mrs. Dunlap, Miss Dunlap, Miss Bliss, W. S. Dunlap, Win. Buel, Chas. Prlnz ing, D. Trcglown, R. S. Hamilton, G. W. Johnson, A. Johnson, L. B. Puller, C. C. Wiedman, Wm. Ander son, Miss Grisson, Miss Lillebo( Miss Freeman, Mrs. Palmer, Mrs. J. Wles enberger, O. Sevela, S. I... Curry, J. W. Lawrence,. P. P. Norton, Mrs. P. P. Norton, R. Lee, D. Berry, Graver McGill, Carrie McGill, Martin Weiler, Miss M. Clausen, D. W. Thomas, J. T. McCormac, F. II. Preber, Miss P. Lord, C. J. Wortman, L. S. Taylor, C. B. Green. PLEADS GUILTY. i Cashier Who Stoic Half a .Million lb i in Court. i (By Associated P'&s.) i NEW YORK, August. Erwin J. 'wider, tho young cashier of the Rus-so-Chinese Bank, whose stealing of the bank's securities resulted In a loss !of over ?5OO,'0OO to the institution, pleaded guilty to-day to the indict Iment against him in connection with tho embezzlement. Wider was re manded for sentence until August 10. Game at Sacramento Called in Eighteenth Inning on Ac count of Darkness. $ HOW THEY STAND. Won. Lost. P. C. San Francisco. .67 50 .545 O Oakland CO 59 .528 Portland 59 53 .527 Vernon 62 59 .512 Los Angeles... 6 2 63 .492 Sacramento ...46 72 .390 (By Associated Press.) PORTLAND, Ore., August 4. The game between Sacramento and San 1 Francisco yesterday was called on ac count of darkness in the eighteenth Inning when the score was 1 to 1. The scores of yesterday's games follow: ! AT OAKLAND R. H. Oakland 3 C Portland 2 " A'l LOS ANGELES R. H. Los Angeles 2 7 Vernon 3 ' AT SACRAMENTO R. H. (Sacramento i 1-J San Francisco 1 (Called end of 18th inning; dark ness.) FEELING STRONG IN SPAIN. Agitntion of Itoiiuin Catholics As sumes Large Proportions. (By Assuclatcd 'Prws;) TfAi-inTn Kim In. Aumist 4. The agitation of tho Roman Catholics In Northern Spain, who are in a great nart siding with the Vatican in tho pending conflict with the Spanish government, is steadily assuming I.,- nrnnnrtlnns. The organizers proposed a manifestation at San Se bastian against the cauinei oi ri mler Canalojns and its policy toward the Vatican, and declare that a dem onstration will take place in spite of the refusal of the authorities to grant permission for it They expect one hundred thousand churchmen will visit the summer capital and partici pate in the demonstration before the King's palace on August 7th. COAST LEAGUE BALL SCORES WILL MAKE TEST CASE Grand Jury Will Investigate the Cordes Wild Duck Case. The case of R. C. Cordes, charged with having in his possession ducks out of season, will be taken to the Grand Jury for the purpose of mak ing a test case. Jay Tower and Mr. Cordes were arrested at the Sand Hill lakes by Deputy Game Warden Noah. Noah saw Cordes with four ducks. Cordes saw Noah and put the ducks in a stump. Then Noah investigated and found the four wildducks hidden in the stump. He arrested Cordes for having the ducks in his posses sion. Now the question arises as to whether the circumstances consti tuted possession. Noah did not see the ducks killed, but Tower admitted that he killed the ducks. Cordes' dog v.ein aler the ducks andbrought the tame to Cordes so he was the one caugnt with the game. Tower pleaded guilty before Justice Pennock to the charge of killing game out of season and was fined $25 and costs. Deputy District Attorney Liljeqvist came over from Coquille to-day and decided to take the Cordes case be fore the Grand Jury in order to get a Circuit Court decision and in this way have some ruling to establish just what is necessary to constitute possession of game. Therefore noth ing was done in the Justice Court re garding Cordes, and his case will sim ply rest until the Grand Jury has investigated. LAWYE GETTING BUSY Solicitor For Crippen Begins-in London Important Work l For Defense. (By Associated Press.) LONDON, August 4. Solicitor Newton, retained to defend Crippen, made a formal application asking the authorities for a permit for an inde pendent physician to examine the bits of human flesh found in Crlppen's cellar. It is understood he will con tend that It cannot be Identified as the body of Belle Elmore. The question as to whether Crippen and his companion were married is one of importance. If she is a married wo man she may refuse to take the stand against her husband. It" Is positively denied at Scotland Yard that Crippen has confessed. (By Associated Press.) QUEBEC, August 4. The Quebec provincial authorities are insistent to day that Crippen has not made a con fession. They maintained this atti tude in face of persistent rumors that some sort of statement had been ob tained from the prisoner. LOSES HIS FINGER. Andrew Neil on tho Larson Dredge Has a Mishap. Andrew Neil, employed on the Lar son dredge which is working in Ken tuck Slough, got his left hand mashed in some cogwheels of the machinery. Tho second finger was so badly mashed that it was necessary to am putate it a) the first Joint. NEW POSTOFFICE ORDER. Department Makes Ruling Hegnrdliig Registered Letters and Packages. Tho postofflce department has made a now order regarding the registered lotters and packages. Formerly ono sending a registered packago or let ter always received back the return card bearing the signature of tho re ceiver. Tho new rule is that if the sender wants this return card he must so specify when roistering the letter or package. If it is not so specified no return cardj la sent the sender. OLD SETTLER PASSES AWAY Dr. William John Woolsey Dies at His Home at Ten Mile. Dr. William John Woolsey, an old settler of the Ten Mile district and known by many of the old residents of this city, died August 1st at his home near Templeton postofflce. He was about eighty years old. Dropsy was the cause of death. The funeral j was held to-day. Dr. Woolsey was born at sea and was of British parentage. Ho came to Coos Bay nearly twenty years ago and with his wife conducted a book-, store at the ocrner where Hiliyer's cigar store is now located. After be ing here for a time he went to Ten Mile and took up a homestead, and his wife remained in the city and conducted the store for quite a while! Dr. Woolsey had been at Ten Mile for about sixteen years. He never prac ticed his profession in this locality, but had - been a practicioner before coming here. NEWS OP DEATH COMES. Father of A. II. Sniulnlil of Mni-sli-field Dies at Minneapolis. A. B. Sandahl, of the Red Cross drug store, received word last night that his father had just died at his home in Minneapolis. The funeral will be hehl to-morrow, so of course it will bo Impossible for the son here to be in attendance. Mr. San dahl was for twenty-five years a resi dent of Minneapolis and was engaged in the livery business. Mr. Sandahl is receiving the sympathy o'f his many friends In this city. New Lights Will Be Ready to Use During Carnival Week. The Coos Bay Gas and Electric Company has s.arted the work of putting in the new electric light curb posts. The men began in front of the Flanagan c Bennett Bank build ing. The posts arrived on the Break water. They are high iron posts, quite ornamental in style and when installed on the curbings will look quite citified. They will be done in time to be used during the carnival. CREW LEAVES TRE VESSEL Schooner James Rolpji Is in Danger of Going to ' Pieces. (By Associated Press.) POINT SAN PEDRO, August 4.-7 Early to-day the crew of the Jamos Rolph, which went aground yester day, abandoned the vessel as she was In momentary dangor of going to pieces. THE Wl I KAT.MAHKI5T. (By Associated Press.) CHICAGO, August 4. Wheat closed to-day as follows: September, 102 ic; December, 105c; May, 109c. PORTLAND, Ore., August 4. Wheat unchanged. PUTTING IN CURB POSTS Oakland Man Kills Woman, Wounds Her Husband and Shoots Himself. BELIEVED HE WOULD BE TURNED OUT. Had Resided For Some Time in the Home of a Friend. (By Associated Press.) OAKLAND, Cal., August 4. De spondent because he believed he was about to be turned out of the houso of a friend with whom ho had lived for some time, William Cooper shot and killed Mrs. Hurley Bush and dangerously wounded her husband. He f'-ed a bullet into his own head, from which wound he will die. STILL HAVE SOME TIME. County Candidates Can Kilo Petitions L'i to September Oth. The candidates who want to run, for nomination on the different tick ets still have some little .time la which to get in their petitions. Tho law requires that candidates for all State and district offices and for cir cuit judge and district attorney must file their petitions with tho Secretary of State not later than twenty days before the primaries. Regarding county candidates the law requires that petitions must be filed with the County Clerk not later than fifteen days before the primaries. As tho primaries will be held September 24th, county candidates have until September Sth in which to file -their petitions. LEAVES FOR CIRCUIT. F. P. Norton Takes His Horsjcs to Portland To-Day. P. P. Norton and wife left to-day for Salem, where they will spend the next few weeks while Mr. Norton Is getting his string of fast horses la , readiness for the Willamette Valley circuit races, which will start at Port land September 12th. Mr. Nortoa took with him Belle N., Marin and Billy Muriay. He has not entered at Portland, but will make his first start at Salem September 19th. STILL RAISING MONEY. l't-ople of Coqiiillo Have Been Liberal With Unfortunate Woman. The Coquille people are still rais ing money for Mrs. McCauley, tho un fortunate woman whose husband was killed in the wreck explosion and who was herself Injured and left with two children to support. The danco held was well attended and the moving picture shows contributed with bene fits. A nice sum will be realized. LOOK OVER ROADS. County Commissioners Make Tour of Inspection. The county road commissioners have made a tour of the roads. They have visited several places whoro oulto extensive spr-tal cintracts had been let and examined the work be ing done which they report is good and according to bpeciflcatlons. Some heavy grades have been reduced, oth ers have been widened and t'i.p road bed put In proper shape to withstand the rains, and where it Is possible to obtain gravel much of that material will bo used. HARGAINS IN JEWELRY. We are overstocked on sovoral linos in our Jewelry department, and to make room for our fall stock wo will offer for sale all goods on display In our show window on tho following datos: SATURDAY, AUGUST OTH, 1) A. M., TO SATURDAY, AUGUST lsri'll, O P. M. These goods at coat and a great many below cost. Tho goods are staple, up-to-uVe, and our guarantee goes with everv n"UHf, Call early and look these over oi fl3 you will miss great bargains. Posi tively only on sale on above dates. We have the goods. We want jour business. JEWELRY DEPARTMENT. RED CROSS DRUQ STORE. if m