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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 26, 1910)
f - ADS. tmfjBi NEWS BUSINESS IS BLOW, AW . .m im 1MVU 1Q PVT. GET IT WHILE IT IS NEW BT READING THE COOS 'JAY TIMKH. ALL THE NEWS AL.j THE T.1M TENSELY 1 OLD it tt tt tt tt ffisE. t" :"".:: Irro VX SUCOESbFUU nusi- noUSIa ji,vi!.tn"" .. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS Established In 1878 ns Tlio Const Mull. MARSHFIELD, OREGON. MONDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1910 EVENING EDITION- A Consolidation of Times, Const Mntl mid Coos liny Advertiser. No. 140) i't)Wnqj3f,Wr" (EOflB EG All ROBS I i lily $7.00 2.00 NEAR KANSAS CITY, KANSAS ITO SCHETTEH BADLY MINDED ires About $300 Worth of ot From Passengers on Missouri Pacific. y OFFICER IS WOUNDED BY HIM BIG ROBBERY IN PORTLAND 12.00; n, 2T t 00 to' lircot VYSl Didn't Throw Hands Up Dulck Enough to Suit Train Robber. Liioclnted Pross to Coos Day Time j.) LvSAS CITY, Mo., Doc. 20. wiwi totlny aro searching for a Ijnian who Inst night took pos- lis of a Missouri Pnclflo pnsHon- irtln from Lonvonworth to Knn- Clty, Kansas, robbed tlio pnssen anil train crow nnd oscnpod innt valued nt least $300. Uln II. L. Nowbold of the fth United Stntos Artillery, was l.li way to Washington, D. C, 0 Fort Leavonworth wnB Bitot nnd Ctlr wounded In tlio Bcnlp bo lt he did not rnlso his hands fast fcthtosult tlio robbor. Nowbold returned to Fort Lonvonworth. Ihindlt droniied from tlio train lUiuburbs of KnnsnB City, Kus,, U bclloved to liavo crossed tlio lato this city. "1 SHI 81 tikcji rnniv B mu-u luuni Safe Blowers Get $2,100 From Helig Theatre by Ex pert Work. (Ty Associated Press to Coos Times.) PORTLAND, Ore, Doc. 20. Tho safo In tho Hollg thoatro, tho finest theatre In Portlnnd, was blown open by Yokkiiiou last night. Tho rob bers secured $ li , 1 0 0 . So oxport was tho mnnlpulntlon of tho nltro-glyco-rluo by tho robbers Hint tho man ager of tho thontro who slopt In n room nbovo tho ofllco, was not dis turbed and did not know of the robbery until ho opened tho ofllco todny. Windows within six foot of tlio safo woro not brokon. Tho rob bers ontored tho thoatro through n window. Local detectives nro of tho opinion Hint tho men nro exports from tlio oast. Thoro Is no cluo to their Identity. Tho monoy stolon roproaonts tlio rocoIptB Incldont to sovornl, porfor ninncos slnco Snturdny noon when tho banks closed nnd tho loss will fnll nbout cqunlly on tho thoatrlctl troupo nnd mnnagomont of tho thoatro. Western Union Manager Probably Lose Foot As Re sult of Accidental Discharge of Ed. Farrin's Gun. FOOT IS AMPUTATED. At 3:15 this afternoon, It O was nnnouncod from tho Homo Hospltnl Hint It had been found necessary to nmputnto Mr. Solicitor's foot. Ho stood tho operation well. Otto Solicitor, mnnngor of the Westorn Union ofllco, was sovoroly wounded whllo duck hunting today. Up wni brought to tho Homo hos pltnl shortly nfter noon todny and It Is probnblo that It will bo neces sary to ainpittnta his loft foot just nbovo tho nnklo. Howovor, this could not be doflnltoly dctornilnnd until the nnnesthotlc hnd been id- ministered and tho wound examined, party woro near Portor Mill In Tho accident occurred whllo the their launch. Ed. Fnrrln was tinker ing with his gun, tho flrcnrm not working very well. Mr. Schotter was In tho cabin nnd Fnrrln was tin nwnro of It and had his gun polnto.l that way. Schcttor suddenly Bteppod out of tho cabin nnd Ills weight caused tho crnft to lurch, and tho weapon wns discharged. Tho shot struck him nrottnd tha nnklo, shattering nbout two lnchos of tho lnrgc bono of his leg and badly nhattorlng tho ankle. Ho wns brought to Mnrshflold ns quickly as posslblo and placod under a physician's care. Even If tho physicians nro nblo to snvo his foot, It will probably bo stiff owing to Uio Injury of tho nnklo. Tho news of tho nccldont was ro eolved with tho most lntcnso rogrot nnd enst a doom over tho nftor . Christmas colobrntlonn, owing to I Mr. Schetter'B gront popularity. BATTLE IFTY-SIX ARE KILLED IN British Landing Force Encoun-llnn,nn& rorco Uom th0 Dr,tlBh cru'" as I I ) tut UK 5 Itnomah Athletic Club Holds Novel Event In Willa mette River. 17 Aisoclatcd Press to Coos Day Times.) PORTLAND, Ore, Doc. 2C Tho bnial Swim" In tho Wlllamotto .t by tho Multnomah Amntour lletlc c'ub, ocourrod todny. Tho tanco wqb ono hundred yards. Tho e was won by Lewis Thomas of M.A A C. In ono inlnuto two nnd pt quarter Boconds. Dnvld WU- r of tho snmo club wnB second, 1 II, Waro of Vancouvor, n. C, j third, an Immonso crowd wit- sed tho contest. f SE OLD SURVEY .111! MARSHFIELD louthern Pacific Engineers Will Soon Finish Survey On Line From Eugene EUQENE, Ore, Doc. 2 C Mom n of tho Southern Paclflo survey 's crew which has been at work tho past sovoral weeks on a pro olnary survey between Junction 'ty and the coast via Elmlra and 81uslnw countrv. nro In Eucono " say that the work of running 19 lino la nractlcallv comnloto. The lrr has reached tho old Drain- ooa Day Burvey at Gardiner, Dou '! countv wliern thov will QUlf ork and soon en to San Francisco or further orders. If tho road Is aU aloncr the route the old survey '""a Gardiner to Marshfleld will bo "ted Members of tho crow in Eugene 'e of the nnlninn that tho company Oea nnf Intnrwl tn ImmoillntAlV hul'd :o, line, but has made tho prollml- 'wy survoy bo that in caso that It rants .oi. n linn in n.nna Bay 1 a hurry It could do bo, without "'PS to first pick out a suitable 'arse. Tho members of tho crew 'y that tho Mmnnnv demanded a ry exact survey and that a good we -was found, with a maximum ra"e of nine tenths of one per cent. !LL LAST BEATS BURNS California Pugilist Is Defeated By Australian In Lon don Today. (ny Absoclaiod Prosa to Coos liny Timos.) LONDON, England, Doc. 20. Tho roforeo of tho fight between Dill Lango of Australia, nnd Jack Burns of California, stopped tho light In tho twolfth round awarding tho fight to Lango to save Burns unno cossary punlshmont. E NG I IN BET ADVANCE Details of Settlement of Wage Controversy On Chicago Lines Given Out. TEX PER CENT RAISE. (Dy Associated Press.) CHICAGO, 111., Dec. 24. Tho railway engineer's' settle- ment offectod today provides a genoral Increase of tho em- ployes' wages of ten nnu o- third per cent which on normal Borvlce amounts to about forty conts a day. ?vv,r' (Dy Associated I ess to Coos Bay (Boraix niTtnir.n ill.. Dec. 20. Tho spe cific Incrcaso In wages of the engin eers in monoy nccoruing io ov day's settlement aro as follows: On passenger service, 40 conts a day; suburban service, 40 cents a day; forty cents a day on through freight trains except on engines weighing .- nn ,i on the drlvorB, on which there Is an additional differ- entlal augmentauon -i - -v...- ... , nHni3 of the mallet any, umu uu -o- -typo an additional differential of from 75 cents to 1 on pushers, helpers, wreckers, work trains, enow ters Arabian Runners With Heavy Loss to Each. Side. (By AB8Ucititcd Pross to Coos Bny Times.) Bl'SIIlPE, Persln, Dec. 20. A El WREGKA aor Hvnclnth had a Borlous brush with Arabian gun runners on tho Southern const of Porsla today. Four teen British woro killed and tho Ara bians lost forty. OF ST. D GE 1 . SHJT TD DEATH BY i E I Steamship Leaves For Eureka After Delay On Account i of Fog. Tho Alllnnco Balled this morntiis for Eureka after having boon dclny ed thirty-six hours by fog and rouph wenthor outside Ycstordny morning tho fog wns so denso Hint thoy could nut cross out and last night tho tide waB bo Into nnd tho rough wenthor cntisod hor to wnlt until this morn ing. Tho Alllnnco hnd a good cargo of freight and a largo nutnbor of pns 8cngor8, many bolngonroutothrough from Portland. Thoso anlllng on tho Alllnnco from horo woro tho fol lowing: G. W. Kruso, W. McCahey, Martin Brown, John JonBon, P. Coyno, P. II. Smith, L. II. Compton, Geo. Honsou, F. Lotos, C. 13. Emmorson nnd Mrc. B. Kobortson. Tho Alllnnco will roturn ns quicld; nB posslblo nnd ondonvor to mnko up for lost tlnio. Masked Men Holdup Deputy. En Route to Station With Prisoner. WAS ABOUT TO BE PLACED ON TRIAL Fear That 25 Members of Crew Were Lost With 'Vancouver Vessel. (By Associated Press to Coos Bny Timos.) VICTORIA, B. C., Doc. 20. Fonr8 of tho loss of tho four hundred ton Btonmor St. Donls ovor duo nt Los Angoloa from Victoria woro con firmed by tho finding of wrockugs on tho northwost coast of Vancouver Island, marked "St. Donls." it l bollovod her crow numbering twentj flvo woro lost. Mil nFI AYFn BYACGIDEHT EIGHT INJURED I HI I 1 1 I b I I 1 1 B n u n. r nt uuni Breakdown Beyond Laird's Delays Service Twelve Hours Today. Owing to n breakdown ot a atngo londod with Incoming mail, todny'" mall will not roach Mnrshflold until nbout 7 o'clock this ovonlng. Tho rond Is In bad shnpo and tho lond was hoavy, owing to tho lato Christ mas pneknges. Ropnlra woro mndo nnd tho load ronchod Lnlrd's nt 8:30 this morning nnd wns forwnrded nt onco with frosh tonms. BOXING BOUT BILLY PAPKE FRIDAY NIGHT LOSES FIGHT Jess Day and Kid Williams Will Meet at Marshfleld Skating Rink. Jess Dny and Kid Williams of San Franclsdo, will moot In a twonty round boxing match at tho Marsh fleld Skating Rink Friday ovonlng, December 30, under the management of John Horron. Williams is ox- pected horo today on tho M. F. Plant for tho go. John Horron Bald that It would ho ono of tho classiest bouts that ho has vet been ablo to offor Coos Bay sports. Ho Is also arranging a cou- plo of strong preliminaries. Williams has been In trnlnlng at San Francisco and takes tho plaw of T.imlo Carranza who had promis ed to meet Day hero Christmas nnd who later backed down. plowB and mixed trains 40 conts a day. This agreement gives tho engin eers on all tho sixty-one railroads af fected by the adjustment a total of somo ?3. 890,000 annually or appro ximately $192 for evory man af fected. In accepting Commissioner NoiU'B suggestions, Chief Stone sail ho did so becauso ho wished to avert groat national calamity com raonsurato with tho service render- ed. American Middleweight Beat en by Australian In the Tenth Round. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Timos.) SYDNEY, N. S. W., Dec. 20. Bil ly Papko, who claims tho middle weight championship of tho world, lost to Davo Smith, tho Australian middle-weight champion on n foul In tho tenth round. Smith led throughout. Was Charged With Killing Sheriff Last SpringOr der Investigation. (By Associated Prosa to Coog Bar Times.) ST. LOUIS, Mo., Dec. 20. Oncar Chltwood, charged with having kill ed Sheriff Jnko Houpt In .Hot 3prlngs, Ark., Inst August wos tauSir from tho county Jail at Hot Springs oarly today and shot to donth. Three masked men did the shoot ing whllo about fifteen othor masked men looked on. Chltwood wns being tnkon from tho county Jail to tho polloe station preparatory to bulng trniiBforrod to Benton, Ark., todny for trial. Whon tho mob nppenrod, Chltwood waB In chargo of a slnglo doputy and had Just loft tho Jail door when tho doputy wnB ordered to throw up his hnndB. Ho did bo nnd almost Immediately thrco shots rang out nnd Chltwood fell dond. Tho nuthorltlos will Investigate to ascortnln how It hoenmo known to tho mob Hint Chltwood was to bo -removed this morning. Jump From' Burning Boarding House to Frozen Ground at Kellogg, Idaho. (ny Associated Press to Coos Bay Times,) WALLACE, Ida., Doe. 20. A flio at tho boarding liouso of Mrs. Chan. Russoll at Kollogg, early today en tirely consumed tho building and re ntiltod In tho Injury of eight inon, most of whom Jumped Jrom window to tho frozon ground." Nono woro fatally InJuroil. Tho loss Is $0,000. ELLENHHUItn IS LIBERAL. iin,it rmiilnir. The M. F. Plant will reach here about 4 o'clock this afternoon from San Francisco. CLflllS D SO URNS Mrs. Eva Baker, Aged Port land Woman, Succumbs to Injuries at Hospital. (By Associated PrcsB to Coos Bay Times.) PORTLAND, Ore., Doc. 20. Mrs. Eva Baker, an aged woman who yes terday essayed tho role of Santa Claus for tho entortalnmont of Borne young friends, and whoso raiment caught flro from a llghtod candle, died of her burns In the hospital to day. -Sho was badly burned about the bead and body and suffered ter ribly. ' Town of -LSOl) IVrsoiiH Raises Ovr 910,000 for Y. SI, O. A. ELLEN8BURQ. Wash.. Dec. 20. With n 10-day campnlgn for $40,- 000 for tho Young Mon's Christian Association nenrly ovor, tlio mark sot was passod tho day before and C. A. aummoro, Hold Bccrotnry of tho association, who Is In tho city In chargo of tho work, expects that tho totnl will bo abovo $fi0,000 wher. tho flnnl accounting Is made Tho caBh subscriptions for tho fund woro $40,097, and this does not Includo n alto for tho building vnlu ed at $0,000 which has been donut od, for does ft Includo n woman' campaign for furnishing tho build ing, which has nlroady yielded $1. C00 and which will probably bo rais ed, nor doos It Includo a woman's Tho 1910 consus gives Ellonsburg a population of 4,209. Thus tho amount subscribed Is moro than $10 for evory porson In tho city. Th3 Is bollovod to sot a record for the stato and northwest. DRILL FOR OIL. Tho MIocono Oil and Gas Co.'s woll on Bear Crock Is now down 080 feet and Is bolng driven further eve ry day. Tho work Is moving off vory Bmoothly at present, nnd tho Indica tions for oil nro growing brlghtor nil tho time Tho formation Is cortaln'y encouraging and thoso who have tho work In chargo nro very sanguine of tho outcome Bandon Recordor. NORTH INLET IMS READ Mrs. P. H. Pinkerton Suc cumbs After Brief Illness of Pneumonia. Mra. P. II. Plnkorton of North In let, died Hiuldonly at tholr homo Snt urdny afternoon nfter a brlof illness, of pneumonia and a complication ot Ills. Whllo sho had boon complain- Ing for n weok or bo, sho wbb not confined to hor bod until Friday aft ernoon. Mr. nnd Mrs. Pinkerton moved to North Inlot from Oakland, Cnl., last May. Sho Is survived by hor hus band, n dnughtor, Mrs. J. L, Brnln of Oakland, Cnl., nnd n stop-son, D. I Plnkorton, nnd flvo sisters nnd ono brother. Tho funeral will probably bo hold next Saturday but this will dopend on whothor or not Mrs. Brnln will bo; nblo to roach horo by that tlmo. Now Vlolonlst. Prof. D. B. Hill of Tacoma, has arrived horo to mako his homo. He is a fine violin ist and will Join tho Coos Bay Con cert Band and also expects to open a studio In this city. EXTEND THEIR ENGAGEMENT The Pavilla Comedy Co. Make, a Hit Appear at Ma sonic Tonight. Owing to tho dolaycd pnssago or tho stoninor Alllnnco tho Pavllta. Company wns unablo to appear ac cording to scheduled tlmo, their en gagement hns thorofor boon ro-ar-rangod and thoy will hogln a thrco nights ongngomont tonight. Thoy gnvQ excellent satisfaction on tholr last visit and tho porformanco pre sented by them on Saturday was up to tholr old stnudnrd nnd thoro U evory reason to expect n llbornl at tendance tonight. Somo of tho laugh-producing comedies to bo pro- Bonted by this company nro: "Thor Wizard of Wall Street," "The Mechnnlcnl Wlfo," "My Uncle" "LoncK Mo Your Wife," etc., togothor wltt many clovor specialties that havo made this company fniuoiiB. Don't miss soolng tho thousands dollar bull dog cat up Abraham Ruslft In "Tho Wizard of Wall Stroet' tonight, 1 fl 21- 1 I fj