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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 29, 1910)
lyiimmiliUiUMiu, 35 NEWS I . ni-qiVKSS IS SLOW, Al GET IT WHILE IT IS NEW BI HEADING THE COOS MAX TIMES. ALL THE .NEWS AL.j THE TIME rKBSELY 10LH : :: :: t: : r .. thai x -- E..t!CI -- S, Iff SUCCESSFUL UUSI- hcs i;S liVJiiun"""" MEMBER OP ASSOCIATED PRESS KMnbllsliecl In 1H78 ns The Const Slnll. MARSHFIELD, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1910 EVENING EDITION A Consollilatlon of Times, Const Mall and Coos liny Advertiser. No. 65, !W"WW (Hhim tm s spa t i r I YORK IB ED W L of Department of Jus tice Act Against B. F. Shcftls & Co. Large using MAILS TO DEFRAUD. feers Visit the Company Of fices in Seven Different Cities. l.iivr.Tn.'. Sent. 20. The (M of the Department of Justlco ay raided tno unices ui . -. .... t. r-,. vmv York mliiliit: brok- .-, and the bronchos of tho snmo a it Boston, Providence, Phllndol- ".. m.. tllu-nnkeo and Detroit. ;U,l,un.4ih"i -- ru complaint was conspiracy to use iltmallitoacirnuu. XO Jin.WtS.IV EVIDENCE. irtv Amnclntcd Press.) nnrAOn. Sent. 28. Basing his rjlbti on the decision of tho Scnnto iTMiiriiilnir committee In tho ense cf Snator Ceo. 11. Spencer In Albany tirred hearsay evidence from tho Lorimer. hearing. REBELLION Situation in China Is Bad as Reported By American Officials. (By Associated PrctE.) WASIPNGTON, Sept. 29. Advices received from tho Ainorcnn otllcluls in tie Orient stnto thnt n critical situa tion Mlits in China and nn outbreak similar to the Boxer rebellion several years ago would not surprlso tho dote observers of tho recent trend of ertnti. IE IN New York Convention Will Likely Choose a Governor Candidate This Evening.1 (By Associated Press.) ROCHESTER, Sept. 29. Condi dates rather than Issues formed tho Ms question before tho Democratic State convention that convened hero tils afternoon. Thoro was no 'division ' opinion about tho platform, though Mff reform and direct primaries as pected we10 tho leading features. When, tho convention mot to-day for iTellmlnary organization tho indlca pas ere that thoro was no choice 1 candidates posalblo beforo this "enlng. Tlle prosnccts nr0 oi a Now York City man heading tho ticket. Th9 list of candidates glvon out by rlas P. Murphy of Tammany Hull, n apparently controls the majority , V tho votos of the convention can Steed tho nanios of only two up ate n'n. Martin II. GJlnn of Al My and Jamos B. Havana of Ro ter. Other to bo namod wore Be Gerard, Justice of tho Su ,jee Court; Victor M. Downing, wtln L. Keogh, Edward H. Shep "I and Herman Met. The oonven B IU resume its session to ehwwe n ,pke' to-morrow morning. Alton ctin r' 88 teniPwy chairman. iMelsed The trusts and tariff. "Tlin EGO MAKER" will roako Jur hens lav. COOK'S GROCERY. I IE A I TS TE 5ESS BROKERS THE GOVERNMENT R. M. Jennings Says That Fi nancial Situation Is Easier Prospects Brighter Here. "The jonoy market Is cnslng up qulto a bit and the general business outlook is mighty good," Is the re port brought back by 11. .M. Jennings, general malinger of tho Coos Hay Gas and Electric Company, who nrilvod home yesterday, accompanied by Mrs. JonultiriB. Hu was ns far East us Boston and stopped In Chicago, Spo llano and Portland. "While on route back, I stopped at tho II. M. Uyllcsby and Company of- flnia 111 nhfnni'n nml Mint lnl.1 tltnt flin money situation was inner better than a few owokB ngo," continued Mr. Jen nings. "As our company has plants .nil over the south, middle west and In tho Pacific Northwest, they .have their linger pretty closo to tho pulse of tho financial situation through tho collections nt these various points Awhile back, they Issued Instructions to their managers to bo n llttlo care ful about their expenses, but now they liavo told us to go ahead with all needed Improvements. Improvement Here. "In this connection, I might say thnt we arc going ahead with our plans for rebuilding or enlarging ou plants on Coos nay. Plans aro now being completed in Portland for nn othor gas generator set horo which wo will install shortly, giving us two gas plants hero. Wo also expect to put In n largo gas reservoir shortly. Plans aro also being prepared for a now electrical generating plant to re nlaco our-nrcsont ones. Wo will be- uln work on it early In tho spring to hnvo it completed some tlmo next summer. With these completed, wo will bo able to tako caro of much more business In both our gns and electrical departments and afford oven better servlco thnn nt present. Railroad Prospects. "I didn't hear any deflnlto railroad nows while nwny, but those in a posi tion to know appear pretty confldont ovor tho situation. In Chicago, they Informed me that Vice-President Cal vin and tho other Southern Pacific of ficials 'who recently visited tho Bay were understood to hnvo mndo a vory favorablo report on this section. "My company is Just as confident or a little-more so regarding tho fu- turo of Coos Bay. They feel that it Is on tho ovo of a very material de velopment. "In this connection, I want to ten vou that Dennis Flynn, tho Oklahoma capitalist who visited Mr. Grimes here for a fow weeks, was more tnan fav orably Impressed with tho develop ment already dono here, i moi mm in Portland a few days ago and ho pnld great tribute to Marshflold and fois certain that tho next row years win co n wonderful growth hero. Ho J recounted tho Improvmonts thai had . . ..i ..lnl, iliitna viinra I lieen maue since m vn. m.-u , ...... -, ago and wound up by saying that ho would rather buy lots In Murshilold nov nt tho into of ?30 per Inch than i. n.n,.i.i i,nv nt $:t0 ner aero three years ago. I also understood that ho J was planning to mako vory substan- i-t In.mctmnnta Wltll flir. uruuue, VIUI lliwmv. hero. , "All in nil. I return with tho great est confidence as to prosperity of the country gonorally, and opooiauy or Coos Bay, for tho near futuro. Mr. Byllosby was In Portland when I loft hare too latter prrt of August, hav ing Just oomplotod a trip of inspeo tton of tho ooropany'8 planla In tho West. He was very highly ploaaed with thorn and told twenty-Jive of ui managers at ft Uanquat at the Arling rtnnili that ha eapected to greatly enlarge hi holdings 1ft thia section. The company's buslnega Uaa grown so that they have now eatabllshed a headquarters in Portland for tho P "Iflc rrorthwest," Mr., and .Mjs.vJKains B8 ,ln from Rosebur? In an niito. Thoy had a rather hard trip, their auto break- OUTLOOK FDR COUNTRY GOOD MINERS DISCUSS The Resolutions Committee at American Congress Accepts the Advice of Pinchot to Get Into the Van. (By Associated Press.) LOS ANGELE8, Sept. 2U. Tho resolutions committee ot tho Ameri can Mining CongrcBa demonstrated to-day that it had accepted tho ad vlco of Pinchot to get Into tho van on tho conservation movement, nl; though it differed widely with him in sonio matters and in Its declaration of conservation principles as em bodied In Its resolution. It recog IN CONFLICTS Police and Coal Strikers in Berlin and Hundreds of Arrests Made. (By Associated Press.) BERLIN, 8opt. 29. It Is officially reported that 73 persons were wound ed severely In conflicts botweon tho coal Btrikcrs and tho police In the Monblt district last night. To-day quiet prevails, hundreds ot arrests have been mndo and all but twoKo ring leaders liavo been released. Counterfeiters Who Flooded Tacoma and Seattle With Spurious Coins Arrested. (U.r Associated Preea.) WASHINGTON, Sept. 29. - The Secrot Servlco ngontB nt Tacoma ro port tho capturo of n, gang of four counterfeiters allogod to hnvo Hooded Tacoma and Senttlo with bogiiB ton dollar gold pieces, bad nlcklcs and counterfeit half dollars. VISITS CITY Anderson Wright of Sumner Saw Marshfield When There Were Only Two Houses. Andorson Wright, ot Sumner, ono of the pioneer pioneers of Coos coun ty, wns a Marshflold visitor to-day. Ho says there is a vast difference In tho city to-day and tho day ho flrsi saw it in 1801. On that day there were oijly two houses la Marshflold, ono Is whnt Is to-day pu'rt of thf lower story of tho Gow Why building. Tho other was tho old Warwick log cabin on tho hill in which Capt. Ham ilton and his squaw wife kept Marsh field's first hotel. Tho lumber for tho building which la now part of tho Gow Why block was bhlpped to Coos Bay fiora Port land, according to Mr. Wright. Mr. Wright Is an Indian War veto ran, having participated in cvory tirimmago with tho redskins from the tlmo of his arrival until the final In dian campaign. Although 77 yoara old, Mr. Wright Is still hale and hearty and rondure his share of ser vlco to clvlltzaton. ,r,JT-u-, !n down several times. They met Al. Hlto and Messrs. MoDonald unjl VauzUan in two autos broken down and ulo encountered a third auto In trouble. WANTED. Cnrrlei' boys to deliver . Tho Tlmos; must be at least in fourth grade at school. Inquire at TImc3 ofllco. M WON CATCH RAD MONEY IN 1110 0 EER CDNSE I I U U I I a I It1 IIBIIB I Va I . nized States rights and demanded free for, all entry upon tho public domain. Georgo Dorscy of Utah, chairman of the resolutions commit tee, declnrcd tho report, If adopted, would mean real conservation of the natural resources and not tho making of them as mere scaled and bottled presor'ves. Tho report declares for State control ot resources, particular ly the water ways and for tho con servation In tho sense of preventing waste. But It advocated throwing open nil of the mineral lands ot the country to miners, prospectors and oil men, and denounces any legisla tion, present or proposed that en titles any withdrawals. IDA CLOSE Sudden Ending of Trial of Gov ernor Haskell of Okla homa. (By Associated Press.) McALESTER, Okla., Sept. 29. Tho trlnl of Governor Haskell of Ok lahomn in tho Muskogco town lot cases ennjo suddenly to an end to day when tho Government announced thnt under tho restrictions inld down by tho court it would bo unnblo to mnko out a caso ngnnst Haskoll or any of his co-defendants. First Time That Teetotaler Is Chief Magistrate of 1 London. (By Associated Press.) LONDON, Sept. 29. Sir V. Strong was to-day elected Lord Mayor of London without opposition. Sir Thomas is a tompornnco ndvocato and onjoys tho distinction of being tho first teetotaler chosen ns chief magis trate of tho metropolis. ISJ PORT Brings Large Number of Pas sengers From Portland to Coos Bay. Tho Breakwater arrived in Coos Bay this morning and reached North Bend early in tho day and camo up to tMarshfleld lator. The vessol will sail for Portland at 9 o'clock Satur day morning. Those who arrived on her wore as follows: E. W. Gurnea, Mrs. Oilmen, Joo Reeso, Mrs. Fern, D. McLnurln, L. Pattorson, Mrs. Patterson, Miss Pat terson, J. Larson, J. W. Potorson, Mrs. Wood D. Holmes, II. Cartor, H. Mullor. J. D. Dano. G. II. Jackson, II. L Storrott. E Crawford E. Berg. Mary )Borg, J. E. Berg, Ed. Munson, E. Mael, IL. Rutlodge, Mrs. Aiigor, ur. Shaw, J. Davis, N, A. Ely, J. Lark, E. Shirley, Mrs. Ingram,, A. Reod, Mrs. WIckman. Miss Wlckman. A. 13. Johnsbn, Mrs. Johnson, Goo. Good- i-iim Km'. ATnrnn. IT. Smltlicall. C. Weaver, II. Halton, II. h. (frlffin, Mrs. Griffin, J. Saleg, E. Marsh, Mrs. Jam- loson, Geo. Murray, II. W. Randall, Mrs. Lpo Roy. C. Haddox, W. Slat- tory, W. Do Long, J. Rackhoff, H. Patts, P. Morgan, Mrs. Morgan, W Morizan. Mrs. Williams, Miss Will- lame, Mrft Mllliano. MIea Fisher, W. Flahor. L. Petersen, Mrs. Bartons, Mr. Harrjgaiu J. A. Ball. 0. Dennis, A. IT. Potter. Mrs. Varnoy, mrs. Avor 111, IS. R. Varnoy, A. Church, L. Church. H. Junuto, 0. Mnkl, II. An derson. John Brnntmnn, John Gustnf- son. Edw. Duffy, F. E. A. Smith. Miss LowU. V. Shelly, K. Kow. J, 14- Gay br. K. AknKl. II. A- Miller. nd 12 in tho steerage. CI 1 STEM RACE BREAKWATER FLYING IN A BIPLANEiFROM CRICAGO TO SPRINGFIELD COOS RIVER Port of Coos Bay Commission Adjusts Trouble Between Loggers and Boat Men. At a special meeting of tho Port of Coos Bay Commission this morn ing, tho dllllculty raised by the pro posed now boom of tho Smith-Pow ers Logging Company near tho mouth of Coos River was udJuBtcd, it is be lieved. At any rate, an nrrnngo ment wns mndo which tho Port Com mission will recommend to tho Wnr Department which it is thought will J b0 satisfactory. Tho proposed new boom wns to be 150 feet wide nnd extend from tho south ond ot tho present boom near tho creamery to near tho mouth of jtho Coos River cut-off. Tho Coos River peoplo protested to tho War Department ngaltiBt this plan, claiming that tho proposed boom took In tho deep water in the chnnnel and loft only nbout eighty feet of the channel lu which tho wa ter fifteen feet or less deep for tho boat traffic. This protest was referred bnck to tho Port Commlslson by tho War De partment for Investigation and rec ommendation. Ron Smith, representing the Coos River peoplo, and A. H. Powers, rep resenting tho Smith-Powers Logging Company, appeared beforo tho Com mission this morning and the matter was thoroughly threshed out. Finally tho Port Commission de cided to rccommond to tho Depart ment thnt tho longth of tho proposed now boom so that tho south end of it would bo to a point nbout five hun dred feet north ot tho north bank of tho cut-off, nnd thnt tho width ot tho boom bo reduced ton feet. This will mean thnt tho chnnnel for boats in tho narrowest plnco will bo 100 foot and tho depth of wntor will vnry from 15 feet. Tho Commission in tholr recommendation will also ro- quest thnt tho pormlt for tho boom bo such thnt If tho commerce on Coos Rlvor nt nny tlmo requires It, tho size ot tho boom bo further reduced. Mr. Smith stated that for tho pres ent at nny rato, tho rccommodatlon ot tho Port Commssion would bo satis factory to tho peoplo of tho Coos Itivor section. FOR THE .MAIL The Winter Arrangements Will Go Into Effect on Octo ber First. Tho wlntor uchedulo for tho mall in and out ot Coos Bay goes into effect Octobor lBt and letters must bo mail ed at u different tlmo. During tho summer thoro was all night lu which to mail letters that would go out the next morning, but undor tho now suhedulo tho malls will closo about C.40 P. M. Tho outgoing mall will loavo Marshflold at 7.10 P. M. and is supposed to roach Rosoburg In twenty-flvo hours. Tho mail incoming leaves Rosoburg ut 0 A. M. dally and is supposed to roach Murshflold In twonty-flvo hours, which would moan that It it was on tlmo lUwould bo horo about 7 A. M. Tho mail for Emplro will loave Marshflold thirty minutes nftor it arrival from tho outsldo nnd Is to ronoh Emplro in. 2 hours and 40 min utes. Tho outgoing mall from Iflm piro loaves thoro ut 4 P. M. Phono I. B. Kaufman & Co. your ;oal Order.. $1.80 PER TON. 1 PERMIT W D Walter Brookins Is Making Great Flight Through State of Illinois. MAY BE WINNER OF $10,000 PRIZE. Thousands of People Watch ing the Airman and Great Excitement Prevails. (SKI'S THERE. a (By Associated Press.) Brookins nrrlvml nt Rnrini-. a field nt 4.20 P. M. 4 (By Associated Press,) CHICAGO, Sept. 29. Walter Brookins, in tho Wright blplnno Hawk, Btarted nt 9.23 o'clock this morning for Springfield,- 111., 197 miles away, In an effort to break tho long distance sustained (light record of tho country. One hundred thou sand persons cheered tho nlrman ou his way. His destitution Is tho Stato Fair grounds nt Springfield nnd tho object is tho winning tho Chicago Record-Herald prizo of $10,000. Brookins left tho ground without dif ficulty, circled to test his machine and then shot toward tho State capi tal. Half un hour Inter tho Rccord- Hernld'B special train crowded with iiiueresicu spectators Btnrtod lu pur suit of tho aviator. At 9. -15 Brook ins passed ovor Harvey, nlnotoon miles from Chicago, at a height of 2,000 feet. The country rondo and fields everywhere nro dottod with peoplo witnessing tho flight As tho nlrmnn paused ovor the towns ho wds given tromondous cheers nnd irreat excitement prevailed. Ho seemod to be riding easily nB ho missed ovor Tucker, fifty miles from Chicago at 10.42. Brookins stopped nt Gllmnn for oil at 11.30. Tho stop precludes making tho record for tho sustained flight ns Gllmnn Is but 75 miles from Wnah- ngton Pnrk, tho nctunl starting point of tho flight. The descent will not. howovor, provont his winning tho Hccord-llorald prizo should tho flight bo completed boforo next Sunday. HtiirlH Again. Brookins resumed his flight from Oilman nt 12.42 and exnectcd to reach Springflold without again land ing. BREAKS RECORD. (By Associated Press.) CHICAGO, Sopt 29. Brookins, In passing ovor Mount Pulaski, 88 miles from Oilman, broko tho Amorlcan cross country aviation record made by Chnrles K. Hamilton In his flight from Now York to Phlladolhpla, a distance ot 8G miles. Brookins' rec ord is ot course from Oilman, whoro ho descended after leaving Chicago. PQ LU UUUU COUNTY FRDiT Big Shipment of Cranberriss and Apples Taken On tho Redondo. Tho atcamor Redondo sailed tIs morning at 8 o'clpcls for San Francis co and carried pateongers and troUut. Among tho freight was 490 be "s of C003 Bay cranborrlea and 0'" loves of Coos Bay apples whlt'i vi - . 10 tho San Fraaciaco n.ai!."s Those whp loft oa tlio T. l 1 . r San Francises woro the foil v 1 J. Thomas, J. Johri,i j: 1 . J. O. Dunn , H MiV v , J "1 r -aon, Ben Gilffin, i:iu O b ?rci. Mrs. E. N. MaUlio-,Mrs E C Arobe aiid daughter, W A Iluiden. J. E Cnmnbell, Ed. H. Johnaon, A M. Sh'oppard. Cfa-ido Bunch, O. W. Ber ry, II. Johnson nnd four in 3toeraso. nnnc mm ' i.l-AUiS n Bnlfesi&uy .m