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BImLj (Enm ADS. NEWS tfHBN BUSINESS 18 BLOW, Al VEHTISE. THAT IT PAYS IS EVI pBNCE BY SUCCESSFUL I1U8I jfESS HOUSES EVERYWHERE :: GET IT WHILE IT IS NEW BV. READING THE COOS VAY TIMHfl. ALL THE NEWS Ahi THH TIMS TERSELY 1 OLD t: :: :: t: :: P MEMBER OP ASSOCIATED PRESS wr im 7flTyy ima mm es. iMo 0. A 'I VOL. XXXIII. Established In 1878 ns The- Const Moll. pjSW M m m m w a. , j T""''FSTSMSBlBSISSEBMHWBS'BMPffSMMrf LOCAL OPTION PETITIONS ARE I . . DtFECllHD ELECT! IV MARSHFIELD,OREGON, FRIDAY, 'DECEMBER 30, 1910 -EVENING EDITION- A Consolidation of Times, Const Mull tint Coos Buy Advertiser. No. 144- I Judge Coke So Decides In Cir cuit Court Case Involving Liquor Issue. un i COOS COUNTY WILL NOW REMAIN "WET" Failure to Comply Law In Signing Peti tion Causes It. On account of tho ninny vIotntloii3 of law In tho petitions nsklng for tho submission of tho local option question at tho recont election, Jmlgo Coko In tho Circuit court has decided that tho oloctlon wns Illegal. Tho decision was hnndod down to day, tho caso which was nrguod at Coqulllqlnst wools bolng tnkon un der ndvlsomont. Tho effoct 1b that Coos county re mains "wot" tho county court bolng IS ALEC; CARLSON Coroner's Jury Finds "Acci dental Drowning" Funeral Saturday. Tho dead man found yostcrflny on tho mud near an old slip extondlhg Into tho C. A. Smith retail yards was Identified as Alo.v Carlson, a logger. and laboror. A coroner's Jury after Investigating tho affair this morning, found that Carlson had coino to his dontli by nccldontnl drowning. Carlson was scon last about one o'clock Wodnosdny nftornoon and oarly yosterday, Matt Kronqulst ask ed Marshal Cartor to look him up. enjoined from declaring It "dry" In Kronqulst told Mnrshnl Carter than accordonco with tho result of tho hnt Carlson hnd been drinking hoav- 0RE ILLEGAL VOTERS ARE FOUi Dozen March Before Judge Blair and Admit Selling Their Votes For Trifling Sums Today. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.) WEST UNION, Ohio, Doc. 30. A WIFE SHOOTS ERRING MAN dozen men tramped Into Judge Blair's court today and confessed they had sold their votes for trilling sums at tho last election. Seventy threo truo bills were reported by tho grand Jury today, bringing tho totnl up to 1,071. Of this number, 377 hnvo pleaded guilty. INSANITY PLEA Fl SOUTHERN 0RE00N COMPANY'S LAND GRANT IS ATTACKED Boston Woman Sits and Watches Husband Writhe In Agony From Wounds. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.) BOSTON, Mass., Dec. 30. Whon, President Robin of Defunct New York Banks Found Sane By Alienists. POT SCHOONER ON BANDON RON Government Begins Suit In Federal Court at Portland to Cancel Title. TAKES POISON. tho olllco boy of a down-town Insur ance firm opened tho olllco this (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 30. Joseph O. Robin, flvo mln- mornlng, ho found Josoph SI. Oreon utos boforo his arraignment In Janitor of tho building, groaning on connection with, tho falluro of tho floor from two litillnt wound. lll forworn uanic, took ono r Toto at tho November oloctlon In his decision,. Judgo Coko sets out tho errors of tho potltlons in full. On account of tho llagrnncy of tho errors, It Is not bolluvod that tho enso will bo appealed, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Llljcqvlst w'n represented tho county court having stated when tho caso was argued that tho errors' wore such as to not ad mit of a dofoiiBo. Judgo Coke's decision In full Is ni follows; "John P. Tupper, plaintiff, V6. John F. Hall, as county Judge; E. A Andorson, as county commissioner; W. T. Domcnt, ns county commission er defondnnts. "Tho abovo-ontltled cuso hnvlug ueen ruuy sunmuteu to mo conn on tho 23rd day of Dccomber, 1010, and It having boon stipulated In opoi court by nil tho pnrtlos that tlm testimony of tho witnesses might bo taken find heard orally without bn lug reduced to writing, and the court bclnr; thon In doubt what Judgment ought to bo given took said cause under advisement for furthor con ((deration, nnd bolng now fully ad vised In tho. promises, tho court UndJ, as matters ,of fact; "Thnt tho necessary numbor of names of roglstorod votors on n potl t'on calling for an election upon tho question of tho prohibition of tho tale of Intoxicating liquors ns a bovcrago In loss quantities than ono finllon In Coos county as n wliolo, nt tho election hold November 8th, 1010, was 332; that tho petition which was filed and which Is describ ed in tho pleadings heroin contained only tho names of 321 roglstorod voters; that of .tho said 321 register; ed voters so signing said potltlon there were 109 whoso roBldonces wero not given, 13 whoso post olllco addresses wore not glvon, 44 whoso voting proclncts wore not glvon, 10 who wero not shown to hnvo any resldonce, post office address or vot ing precinct, and nioro than 100 who gave their precincts as some city or town, without naming tho particular Precinct of sai.d city or town; that the county court did not exomlno said potltlon to ascertain whether it contained tho required number of Qualified signers, nnd the order for said election set out in tho complaint does not show that any of tho sign ers of said petition wero reglstorad In Coos county, Oregon. "And tho court ,finds, ns conclu sions of law; that said petition and order of said county court wore not according to law and wero not suf ficient to nuthorlzo nn election thorfl- under, nnd that tho olectlon hold therqunder on tho 8th day of Novom- ber, 1910, In Coos county, Oregon, was Illegal and Void. .,t "It la therefore ordered, adjudged and decreed that tho temporary or- ' der of Injunction vherotoforo Issued i herein bo and tho samo la made per- . TIPtllnl II I' """ lly nnd wns on tho vcrgo ofvdollrlum tromoiiB whon Inst scon. It Is presumed thnt Carlson wan dered nway sonio placo and lay down nnd went to slcop. Ho probably awoko boforo ho had recovered fully and walked off tho ( wharf in tho Smith yards and foil down In tho soft mud nnd wns unablo to regain his feet beforo the tldo swept In nvor him. This In tho generally nc- oopted tlioory of ills rate, any way. Tho slight I) nil bo on his tomple wns probably sustained whon ho foil off tho wharf. According to ovldonco submitted ut tho Inquost held by Corouor Gol den this morning, Carlson was about forty yoars old and had rosldod In this section for about soventoen years. He wns last omplnyod In a stono qunrry supplying stone for tho government work nt Floronco. Ho had no near relatlvoa In this section oxcopt a cousin, M. Mntson. Carlson whon found had Just thir ty cents In his pockot. Ho wns a mombor of tho North Bond Nost No. 1048, nnd thnt lodgo will have chargo of tho funornl which will bo hold from Wilson's Undertaking par lors at 2 o'clock Saturday nftornoon. Tho members of tho coronor's Jury woro Wnltor Condron, Chas. Motlln, Capt. Mntson, Joo. Arnott, Ray 01 llvnnt and Jas Cowan, Sr. Some of Cnrlsoyi's acquaintances think that' lie wns domontod as a ro suit of financial troubles nnd some thought that they hnd heard him mako threats of committing sulcldn. An old Hfo Insurnnco policy for $1,000 was found on him. Ills fath er was tho bonoflclary. Whether It Is still good remains to bo dotormln-od. His wlfo who wns sitting on n chnlr with a revolver In hor hands, told tho pollco thnt hor husbnnd nban-i tenth of a grain of hyocln, tho drug with which Dr. Crlppen killed his wlfo In London, Dr. doncd hor for nnothor woman two McOulrc, tho Tombs physician weoks ago. Sho was arrested pond lug tho outcomo of hor husband's wounds. WAR IX SOUTH AMERICA. Equndor nnd Peru Expected (o Clash Over Boundary. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.) LIMA, Porn, Dec. 30. A Joint , t0l,a' tho ounrS1 ot noto from tho Uultod Stntos, Brazil and Argontinn wns prosonted to tho govommont today advising Peru to submit Its boundary dlsputo with Ecuador to tho Ilnguo tribunal. Tho feollng hore Is that Ecundor will not ngroe and wnr will result. , said It would bo a mlraclo If tho Indicted banker recovered. (By Assoctntcd Press to Coon Bay Tlmos.) NEW YORK, N. Y Doc. 30. Tho announcement that Josoph a. Robin, president of tho Bank of Northom Now York and of tho Washington Savings Bank, arraigned larceny of Anvil Will Ply Between There and Portland and Other Oregon Points. PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 30. I'm pnratory to Incorporating tho Oregon TITLE TO 96,676 ACRES IS INVOLVED $80,000 from tho Savings Institution, was takon to Indicate that tho alio nlste who hnvo oxamlnod Robin found him to bo sauo. Tho flnnncler had boon committed to nn nustnto private sanatorium as a parnnolo but wns denlod admission. FOUND DEAD AT 0LY1PIA IS LAiPA CAiP A BAD HUE BAD IN FIRE ST. PAUL TODAY Unidentified Woman Killed and 13 Hurt, Three Fatally, In -Apartment House. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.) ST. PAUL, Mo Dec. 30. An un identified woman was killed and thir teen other persons Injured, threo fa tally, in a fire which destroyed an apartment houso hero early today. Tho property loss Is estimated at $20,000, Tho flro started from an oxplosion of some sort, probably In tho second story. HOTEL IS SOLD. ' Mrs. J. H, O'Donnell has sold the Breakwater hotel to Mrs. Carrlo Gray, who has taken possession of If vm, want vour PLUMBING or , it and will continue it. Mrs. O'Don- . .- . .. nnnr.r..iT1' IV. H. M. Davidson, Logger, Suc cumbs Suddenly to Dys pepsia and Alcoholism. Coroner R. 13. Goldou returned! fhis morning from tho Lampa Crco; camp of tho Cody Logging Company Several Buildings .In Washing ton Town Destroyed Early Today. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.) OLYMPIA, Wash., Doc. 30. Flro where ho was called to lnvostlgato Parting In tho rear of tho Knights tho sudden death of IL M, Davidson, '0 pyijilas building today destroyed a logger who was found dead In his ,jnt itrucl tho cU flro a bunk, After Investigating tho niav-l ter. Dr. Golden decided that death , srocory Btoro nnd nnothor bu,,dln was duo to alcoholism nnd dyspepsia, nnd threatened tho wliolo north ond Davidson wns about 55 years old of Olympla. and had ovldontly corno from Cres cent City, Cal. Ho had been at tho Cody camp only n couplo of days. Ho was ailing whon ho reached camp and only ato two meals. Reed, an other logger, gavo him somo modl clno. During tho night, Davidson went outsldo and was hoard to fall by others. Thoy wont out and found him scarcely ablo to talk. Thoy car ried him back In and n fow hours afterwards he was found dead. Reed, who found Davidson dead, disappeared soon attorwards and has not beon located since. Ho Is a crlpplo, having lost ono hand. Beautiful INDIAN BASKETS mala by tho Polo Indians of Lako county, California, are on display at Mr. Donaldson's MIHInory Store at 110 Front street. They will mako nice New Year presents. TITLE GUARANTEE AND AB STRACT COMPANY WILL .MOVE INTO THEIR NEW OFFIVE IN COKE BUILDING OPPOSITE CHAN- was seriously hurt DLEIt HOTEL ABOUT JANUARY 1ST, 1011. BAD EBEIGRT t i Heating plant properly in STALLED go to MILNER'S nell has returned Bunker Hill. to her homo at Rat TRAPS nt .MILNER'S. Have your Job printing done ai The Times office. The Times Want Ads bring results. WRECK TODAY One Killed and One Seriously Hurt In Disaster at Che- halis, Wash. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.) CHEHALJS, Wash., Dec. 30. In a roar-end collision enrly today be tween a regular freight and a spe cial freight going from Chohalls to Centralla In chnrgo of Ynrdmaster S II. Handley of Chohalls, Handloy was thrown beneath tho cars and killed. J. D. McMillan, a brakeman, Coroner Stlcklln will hold nn inquest today to dotor mlno tho responsibility for Hand ler's death. Shore Navigation Company, whlclt, will opcrato tho trim gasollno schoon or Anvil from Portland to ports on tho Oregon coast, a meeting of tho stockholders, Cnptnlu Lyddon Voy soy, nt which It wns decided to sail tho vobsoI on her first voyngo to Ya qulnn Bay, Florence, Bnndon, Co- qulllo, Gnrdlnor, North Bond nndi Mnrshfield, January 12, Tho first schcdulo provides trans portation for which Bnndon lias boon clamoring for months ns tho com mercial Intorcsts hnvo sought nn out- lot to Portlnnd In prefcronco to de pending solely on Snn Francisco fo.' tholr goods. Tho future of tho schedule, It wns nnnounccd, will de pend on tho strength of tho patron ago accorded, for In somo plncos tho tariff Is low and prohibits cargo be ing handled regularly unloss In Inrgo lots. It Is estimated that tho Anvil will carry 300 tons, ns sho hns plen ty of frooboard with 200 tons of conl aboard that sho londod nt Seat tle. On tho wny from Pugot Sound the vossol averaged ovor sovon knots nu hour and as sho has twin screws, with a Union ongluo. driving onch, hor ownors fool thnt thoro Is no question but that' sho can mnko goid tlmo. Accommodations for 4 1 passoiigor, oloctrlc lights, a centrifugal vontllat lug systom, running wntor nnd gener al sanitary conditions, with n mod oru galloy nnd saloon nro fontures ot tho Anvil's construction, while sho boasts :i smoking room nnd promo nado deck. Captain H. F. Astrup. formerly of tho Alliance and Golden Gato, who brought her from tho North, will bo mnstor of tho Anvil, nnd It Is planned to sail from hore January 12. EVERY PENNY IK BANK TAKEN GET YOUR 1911 HUNTERS' and ANGLERS' license at MILNER'S. Heating STOVES at MILNER'S. Robbers Make Cleaning at State Bank of New Palestine, Ind. (By Associated ProBs to Coos Bay Times.) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Dec. 30. Tho Stnto Bank at Now Palestlno wns broken Into early today and tho safo robbed of $C,41C. Not a ponny of tho bank's deposits was left. WORLD T French Aeronaut Flies Moro Than 362 Miles In France. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.) BUG, Franco, Dec. 30. Maurlco Tabuteau, contesting for tho MIcho lln cup, broko tho world's record for distance flight today, covering 3C2.CG miles In a continuous flight of sovon hours and 45 minutes. ASH CANS at MILNER'S. Much of Land In Coos County Terms Declared Violated and Mortgage Fictitious. PORTLAND, Ore, Dec. 30. By filing n bill of complaint with tho clerk of tho Fodoral Court ho'ro, B. D. Townsond, Assistant United 8tnl0B DIstrlot Attorney, oponcd flro upon tho Southern Oregon Company ns successor to tho Coos Bay Wagon Road Company In an ondoavor to remain for tho Government tltlo to 0C.C7C acros of land, valued nt $!, 000,000. Action for tho rccovory ot. (ho. -lauds Is based upon a provision in tho original grant from tho Unlto.l Stntos to tho Stnto of Oregon, sti pulating how the Iniidn Bhnll bo dis posed of. This provision hns boon vlolntod, declares Assistant Unitoi ' States Attornoy Townsond. bv thnr Coos Bay Wagon Road Company no , grantco of tho State of Oregon, and tho purposos for which the. grant was ' mndo hnvo beon nullified nnd rights, nnd tltlo to tho lauds forfcltod. fillies Aro Restricted. Tho provision upon which hangs tho suit for rccovory requires that tho salo of tho lands shall bo ro strlotod to np moro than 100 ncroa to nny ono person and that tho ptir ohnso prlco shall bo uniformly $2.50 nn ncro. , According to tho complaint, tho company fulfilled n pnrt of Us con tract In tho sIo of G903 noros to 53 different purolmsorH. Tho romnludor of the grant, containing 00,G7G.0C acres, was sold, however, to ono person. This sale wns mndo June 22, 1875, to John Miller, who con tracted to buy tho block of Innd, ho noting as agent for Collin P. Hunting ton, Chnrlos Crnokor, Loland Stan ford nnd Mark Hopkins. In 18S3, tho Oregon Southorn Improvement Company entered Into nogotlatlopfl far tho purohnso of tho lands sold nnd ngredd to bo convoyed by MUlor. Early In tho following yonr, tho Innds woro mortgngod to tho Boston Safo Doposlt & Trust Company, which subsequently passod Into tho hands of W. J. Rotch nnd 13. D. Mar shall. Land Defaulted Reconveyed. Tho Southorn. Oregon Improvo ment Company two yoars lator was. mndo defendant In foreclosure pro ceedings Instituted by Rotch and Marshall. Tho amount covored by tho mortgago purported to bo $1, 510, GOG. GG, with Interest, In 1887, tho land was defaulted to Rotch and Marshall upon tho nllogod paymont ot $120,000. Lator In tho samo year, according to tho complaint, Rotch nnd his collonguos convoyed tho lands to tho Southern Oregon Company, which was a ro-organlia tlon ot tho Oregon Southern Impro vement Company. Continuing tho complaint reads: "Tho deeds of trust or mortgagor executed and dollvered to the Boa ton Safo Deposit & Trust Co. woro oxecuted and delivered for tho bene fit nnd uso of (ho ofllcors, stockhold ers and directors of tho Oregon. Southern Improvement Company. Tho allogod Indebtedness secured by said mortgages woro fictitious, folgn od and unlruo, and represented Blm- ply tho Interest of tho stockholders of tho company nnd woro oxecuted: nnd dollvorod nnd foreclosed with tho intent and In tho hopo that tho restrictions upon tho salo and dis position of tho grantod lands might bo ovaddd and defeated and that tho lands might bo created into an un- condltlou estate for tho uso and bene fit of tho stockholders of tho Orogow Southern Improvement Company." Tho complaint asserts that til? WNAAAAAAAMAAWWWWSWAAA (Continued on page 4.) r'l 4 r o krfi