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SfatteS NEWS ADS. !l GET IT WHILE IT IS NEW IIV READING THE COOS HAY TIMES. all Tin: news am, the time TERSELY TOLD :: :: :s :: Will HISINKSS IS SLOW, A Ir fflSli THAT IT PAYS IS KV1 !,rci:i " SUCCESSFUL 1IU8I. " .gS nofSES EVERYWHERE :; MEMBER OK ASSOCIATED PRESS Established in 1878 im Tlio Const Mull MARSHFIELD.OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1911 EVENING EDITION. A Consolidation of Times, Const Mull Mq gQ unci Coos liny Advertiser. VOL XXXIV (Hans B' B ENGLAND'S IRE AROUSED 8Y RUMS OF CANADA ANNE Suggestions by U.S. Congress men Opposing Recipro city Taken Seriously HOUSE OF COMMONS WILL DISCUSS IT Bennett Resolution Providing for Negotiations Turned Down. (fly Associated Press to Coos Dny Times.) ...... t.ii. 1? whntlier us Is supposed In somo. V newer. ..,, ,, quarters. Congressman Bennott Im I o more sinister motive than to cm- t nvnnv i:ni?iniui. r tju. a , . imrrnss the reciprocity forces 01 ",.. n .,,, .. ,..,.,,. Ilirn, own country, thoro In no room ior doubt that his Canadian annexation resolution has greatly disturbed cer tain minds on this side of tlio Atlan tic. So seriously was tho matter taken It will be mode tho Bubjcct of Inter pellation by tho government to tho House of Commons, February 21. Premier Asqulth will bo asked nt that time If ho Intends to send any com munication on tho subject to tho United Stntes government. Champ Clark's declaration that ho hoped to Fee the American flag float over tho British North America possessions nnd Bennett's resolution has rekind led fires ngalnst tho United Stntes in the Conotln reciprocity agreement. A Hi: AGAINST ANNEXATION. House Commltte' Votes Against re solution for Negotiations. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay llucs.) WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 17. Hie nousu mmniiiiuu m ru.cik.i " fairs today voted 0 to one. against tho Bennett resolution for Cnnndlnn nn-j nexntlon negotiations with Great ,,r,,Ml1' , This action was taken to offset tho JIUDDIUIU IIUVI'IBU UClllJll Ull UIU IV-VI proclty ngreement. Bennett was tho . .'. ..Wilson. M. L. Smith, G. I). Wnrnor, ony nem or or o committee wo voted for the resolntlons nnd tjio committee's action followed confe-1 renco of Clmlrnmn Foster of tho com-, m.ttee. nn.l Acting Chairman McCnl. of the Ways nnd Means Committee with President Tnft todny. ! POPULATION IS GIVEN. Census Announced for Caldwell and Nupn, Idaho. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.) WASHINGTON. D. C. Fob. 17. The population of Caldwell, Idaho, Is 3,113 nnd Napa 4.20S. M eavesdroppers on party lines New Hampshire Legislature Con-( J slders Problem of Tnttle Point CONCORD, N. II., Fob. 17. A bill which will bo presented in tho. Now Hampshire leglsla- tare this year provides a fine of $10 "for each and every offense of unlawfully breaking In on a telephone conversation or tnk- ing down n receiver and listen- lng to a conversation by othors on a party line." Tho bill has been prepared by Representative Herman A. Clark at the request of telephone sub- scrlbers In tho rural districts, where four and five party tole- phone lines are numerous. "A great denl of trouble has heen caused," said Representa tive Clark, "through people lis tening to telephone conversation w hleh they know is not Intended for their oars. Why, down whero I live, there has been so much of this telephone eavesdropping Roing on and tho private conver sation repeated that the section 'I has como to bo called "Tattle Point'" XA1I0N ALLEGED FRAUD Anti-Saloon League and W. C. T. U. Appeal to Presi dent Taft. (By Associated Iesa to Coos Bay Times.) WASHINGTON, D. C, Fob. 10. Declaring fraud and corruption had been trncd In the passage of the Now Moxlemt constitution, nn tippeul was made to President Tnft todny by ro- , th(J Allt.8nllMm ltill. lu. tcrests to use his Inllttenco ngalnst tho adoption of tho constitution. LEAVE TODAY Steamshin Sails From Coos Bay for Portland With Big Business. Tho Alliance sailed this morning for Portland with ono of tho largest freight cargoes and passougor lists sho has taken out or Coos Bay slnco she resumed this run. It had been Intended to sail north yesterday nft or noon but tho vessel wits delayed by tho unexpectedly largo amount of freight to bo taken aboard hero. Sho had a good shipment from Eureka as ... ., .,, Rni.Urs ' f roiu mo 'Mrs . J B . Le80, ,,1- lito u.8iie, G. K. Tower, John Mlt- sleonll0U80r, 'l. 11. Edwards, Mllo Peterson, Harry Mnb)o MorO0( chBmk Uj c" T. ,tenmen, W. II. J. Jrodej ck 0en.. .C P H ' '',,,. n ri,n,,n Mrs Pngo, O. Losclnnd, A. D. Chnso, .Mrs. E. Mossongcr, J. Eggenschwoylor, Roy Walker, M. C. Merroll, D. Web- Bt0r, UT VOTEfON Measure for Popular Election to I Senators Under Con I sideration. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.) WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 17. Tho Senate lost no time todny In get- ..... i. .. tlia Inlnt resolution 'ling io wuii " .- j- I ... . .li.i.tnnal nniniirl. providing tor n coiisvuuiiui ....w.. mont authorizing tho election of Unlt- 1 od States Senators by direct voto. It 1 was taken up at tho end of tho rou tine business. Friends of tho meas- !.. . arv hnnnful that during the . UIU UIU ,v.rf -, a day a vote will bo reached on tho A Sutherland amendment giving Con gress control over senatorial elec tions. COMMANDER GATES DEAD. ir.iifoii States Navy Man Victim of i - - -. - Apoplexy. Associated Press to Cooa Baj (Ry lliui;3.j ' WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 17. WASHINU 1 U.N, u. u.. . . . Commander Herbert G. Gates, U S.N.. died at tho Naval Medical School nos- pltal here today of apoplexy. IN NEW MEXICO ON. ALLIANCE ! i AMENDMENT FAIRER AND SON Parent Killed When He Goes to Rescue Son Entangled In Live Wire at Lake City, Minn. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.) WINONA, Minn.. Fob. 17. Peter Oluudt and his sbn, Elmer, were clcc Frank Rood Pays $19,500 For Fred Timmerman Prop erty. Frank Hood has closed a deal for tho purchase of tho Fred Timmerman ranch on Coos Hlver. Tho ranch consists of 135 ncrcs, eighty acres of which Is lino bottom Inud. It 1b well imnroved. Tho consideration Ih un- dorstood to, bo $18,1500. It Is con- stdercd ono of tho best of the Coos river ranches. The ranch was occupied by .1. 13. Fitzgerald who hold It under n term lease.' Mr. Rood hnB bought Mr Fitzgerald's lease, machinery nnd stock nnd will tnko possession next Mondny. Mr. Fitzgernld will move to Murshllold for tho present. The denl wns negotiated by Stuts man and Company. frauFalleged IN STATISTICS Government Officials Charged With Misrepresenting at United States' Trial. (Ey Associated PrcsB to Coos J Times.) WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 1C. Sonsatlonal charges woro mndo In tho Pan-American Commercial Con ference today that tho Government Buroau of Statistics of tho Depart ment of Commerco nnd Lnbor issu ing misleading statistics on tho ex port trndo of tho United States. Tho chnrges wns mndo by Francis G. Lowe of Now York who rend an ui Jldavlt of former confidential clork of tho Bureau. Lowo roprosontlng a number of oxnort morchnnts of Now York lm- mn.tintniv fnllnwlnir tho sneoch of O. P. Austin, chief of tho Bureau of Statistics announced thnt tho export ers of Now York wanted to know whether tho bureau still was Issuing misleading statistics on tho export trn.in nf tho United States. Ho read nn aflldnvlt mndo In 1907 by Charles Spice, for two yonrs clork of tho Bu reau, stating Instructions woro Issu ed In regard to tho oxport of manu facturers which would tend to mls lond nnd that tho proof could bo shown by referring to schedule E of tho Bureau in which raw materials nro described as "wholly or partly manufactured" nnd which mndo u tromondous difference In the declar ed exports of the manufacturers wholly. Austin denied tho accusa tion asserting tho full summaries of tho Bureau gave accurate and detail ed Information. WHEAT S1.C5 per 100 Cash Tho HAZAH. Phono 32. tmttmmtmttttmm "dUAmja' DON'T FAIL TO HEAR THIS SERMON AT THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH TONIGHT Z j .0 8RnvICK m'm'" " ' ' . 4 . 440 jfttttttttttttKKKWKK COOS RIVER RANCH SO ELECTROCUTED trocutcd at Lake City, Minn., today Youhk Glnudt, a telephone lineman, attempted to remove n 2,200 voltngo light wire that had fallen over a tele phono wire In front of their Iioubo. Ho received a shock that foiled him, Ills father wont to his aid but nlso was knocked senseless. Mrs. Glnudt succeeded In pulling them both free nnd escaped Injury herself but the men died two hours inter. WATER BILL IS PASSED TODAY Permits Government to Dispose of Surplus In Irrigation Canals. (By Associated Pross to Coos Bay Tlmos.) WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 17. Tho bill authorizing tho Secretary of tho Interior to sell water from Irriga tion projects to private concerns again was pnssed by tho House todny when tho conference report was ad opted containing tho Senate amend ments. Tho bill given tho sccrotary permission to sell surplus wntors from government irrigation projects when tho domnnds of projects havo beon fully satisfied. Tho water thus sold must ho used solely for distribution to individuals. Tho money rcnllzedi from Btich sales goes to tho gcnoral reclamation fund. Oregon Legislature Will Ad journ Tomorrow Noon Rush Bills. SALEM, Ore, Feb. 17. Tho Ore gon legislature will adjourn tomor row nt 12 o'clock and thero 1b n grent rush to close up all pending legisla tion. In pursuauco of tho compromise, tho Houso pnssed tho bill creating n Stnto Highway Board and providing for tho election of a Stnto Highway Commissioner, and also GUI's coun ty bonding bill. Mariner's bill ap propriating $340,000 to aid tho sev eral counties In rftad building was put on tho tablo, whllo tho measure for working tho prisoners on tho roads romaluB on tho desk with a favorablo roport from tho conunltteo on roads nnd highways. It will either bo post poned Indefinitely or It will bo plnced on tho tnblo with Marlnor's stnte-nid bill. Non-roglstored votors mny con tlnuo to voto nt primary and gonornl elections if thoy tnko tho trouble to find six freoholdora who' will certify ns to their qualifications. This is all duo to tho fnct thnt Huntington's hill nbollshlne Blank A for tho uso of such voters and providing that only registered voters should bo per-j mlttod to voto, was killed In the House, following nn unfavorable ro port from tho commltteo to whom It was roferred. Senator Chase Iibb Introduced a bill prohibiting killing of Chinese phea sants In Coos and Curry counties for six years. When tho employes' compensation act was brought up In tho Houso, Its passago practically was regarded as a cinch. Tho quarter hundred labor union delegates present had aban doned all hope of killing tho meas uro In the Houso, and were planning to bring their heavy artillery to boar on tho Senate. Then, to their uttor surprise, nid by tho powor of oratory, alono, thelbll! was defeated, voted down decisively. Representatives Pelrco and '.Rackloff voted against it. Among tljo bills passing tho Senate Is S. B., 231, by Chase Increasing compulsory school ago to 15 years, unless pupil has finished eighth I grade vt SESSION ENDS ON SATURDAY GANG OUSTED FROM AFTER START AFTER RE6EL BANDS General Navarro Leaves Juarez With Force for Guadalupe Today. (By Associated Pross to Coos Bay Times.) EL PASO, Tex., Feb. 17. After fifty hourB of Inactivity, General Na varro marched from .Juarez today with COO Infantrymen, 200 cavalry and two Hold pieces, east In tho di rection of Gundnlupo where Mndero, Gonzales nnd other Insurrccto chiefs nro locntcd. IS Former Marshfield Man Victim of Heart Failure at Bandon. David Young, a former woll-known resident of Mnrshilold, dropped dead at Bandon yesterday afternoon of heart failure Ho was about sovonty two years old nnd despite his ago had been onjoylng good health so that tho nows of his death camo ns n shock to this section. Mr. Young resided In Mnrshfleld for n number of yenrs, having beon ono of tho proprietors of n soda factory hero and later was en goged in tho rnftlng buslnoBS. Ho moved to tho Coqulllo volley somo- tlmo ago. Ho Is survived by ono daughter, who now resldcB In California. Tho death of his wlfo nnd two children horo n number of yenrs ago was rather tragic, tho children being vic tims of dlphthorln nnd tho wlfo nnd mother who wns a sister of Mrs. Hnt tlo Nichols, was soon nftor stricken by honrt failure. Tho body will bo brought to Marsh field tomorrow for burial, tho funeral probably being hold nt threp o c'ucl: from tho Wilson X'ndertaklng parlors. TO E Latest Attraction Offered By Manager B$ rnell at The Masonic. Tho Kelly Musical Comedy Co. will open Its engagement at tho Masonic Theatro, Saturday night, with "Tho Dashing Widow" In two acts. This company has Just closed a successful ono at tho American Theatro In San Francisco. Thoro will bo 14 muslcnl numbers in "Tho Dashing Widow." Dick Mack, Harry Hallou, Chick Bumham and M. J. Kelly, compqso tho comody end of tho bill whllo MIsb Florence Young, tho sweet voic ed singer and Miss V. Fisher, tho classiest dancer on tho coast, and Miss Grace Burtoll with a chorus of well-trained gjrls and tho most up-to-dato Bongs nnd most elogant costumes over seen in this city. This company Is horo for a limited engagement on ly. If you havo anything to sell, trade, ront or want holp, try a want nd. Have your Job printing done The Times office. at DAVID YODNG STRICKEN NEW COMPANY SHOW RER WdJtti T RAI LONG RIDE FREE Industrial Workers of the World Take Possession of Freight. GET AS FAR AS ASHLAND SAFELY" Police and Trainmen Eject 100 "Workers" En Route to California. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.) ASHLAND, Ore., Feb. 17. When tho train carrying over a hundred In dustrial Workers arrived hero from Portland todny, rnllrond olllclnlB ns slBted by the Ashland pollco forced them nil to disembark. Only half a dozon of the 'Workers' succeeded In boarding tho trnln as It left this city for tho south. Tho rest of tho band is Btrnndcd hero. A special offort is being mndo to pntrol the tracks of the Southern Pacific. TOOK CHARGE OF TRAIN. Portland Police Unable to Coins With IndiiHtrlal Workers. (By Associated Pross to Cooo Bay Times.) PORTLAND, Ore, Feb. 1G. A. band of ono hundred Industrial Workers of tho World who arrived horo early today from Scattlo and other points captured n south bound Southern Pnclllo Freight train de spite whnt tho pollco could do, which was little, to stop them. They sim ply took chnrgo of tho train, broko Into three freight enrs and mndo themselves comfnrtnblo for tho trip. It Is said thnt the Southorn Pacific will nsk tho governor of California to dlslodgo tho men with militia. Thoy nro bound for Fresno, Cnl., to begin a campaign for froo' speech nnd free nssombly whlclu thoy nlleged has boon donlod by tho authorities of that city. Re ports from Spoknno and olsowhoro In tho north nro thnt 11 vo hundred mora members of the organization will pass through Portlnnd south bound In tho next fow days. .JOAQUIN MILLER BETTER. Poet of the Sierras Passes Good Night. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Tlmos.) OAKLAND, Cnl., Fob. 17 Jonquln Miller shows slight Improvement to dny nfter passing a comfortablo night. THE WHEAT MARKET. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.) CHICAGO, III., Fob wheat, 02ej July, 91c; 90 1-Sc. 1G. May September, PORTLAND, Ore, Fob 10 Wheat unchangod. EDISON AT (II IS A PROPHET OF WONDHHS NEW YORK, N. Y., Fob. 17. Thomas A. Edison, Inventor, who colebratod his G4th birthday tho other day. Slnco his recent denial of tho doctrine of immortality, Edi son's most Important statement has been that It is now only a matter of tlmo possibly of a very short tlmo when n way to manufacture gold will bo found. Thon, declnros tho wlz nrd, tho financial systems of tho whole world will bo upsot. Edison also predicts that with in tho coming contury poverty will bo abollshod, owing to tho dlscovory of chonpor methods of manufacture. Moreover, ho declares that tho worklngmon or Amorlcn will pnrtlclpato In a groat economic nnd Industrial rhnngo within 10 yonrs. i J IIU .,.