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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 12, 1911)
V'SJ?$J '! SYMPATHIZING WITH YOUR VICTIMS IS SILLY AND HYPOCRITICAL PATRONAGE tTads carrying t SOMEONE HAS SAID: "A store's advertising space In a hum simper, compared with tho spue used by o'licr stores, should define it, compnratho Importatico in the community! Docs your storo's mi vertlsing .space do that? i Vour BtorcncwB, .. ".. .... iculnrly ns does ''Ib newspaper. If r ncwimiHjr o"tto ''" 1 'paring Ihot It might rnln- jt ,r0U1,l not bo n goo nmvaimyvr. MEMBER OP ASSOCIATED PRESS Established hi 1878 us Tho Const Mall VOL XXXV MARSHFIELD, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 1911 EVENING EDITION EIGHT PAGES. A Consolidation of Times. Coast Mai! and Coos Hay Adtcrtlser. No. 25 'M Anrl avMmaW COOS Siimra SMITH MILL IKES H . WEEK'S SHIPPING RECORD Vessels Load Over 4,500,000 Feet of Lumber In Seven ' Days There. THREE SHIPS LOADING; TWO MORE ARE COMING Nann Smith In Today and Re- dondo Due Tonight Daisy Mitchell En Route. During tho current week of novel. da)(,.tht.C. A. Smith mill will. nuk3'Tlio nrl)trnt(m tronteg wt Qrcat a now BlilnnlnB record, u mu mora I, gome unexpected delay In tho vos- Hi. now loading, the shipment will i total over 4,500,000 feet of lumber. The Excelsior was tho llrst vessel out lth part of tho big shipment and ,he Newl.org. San Pedro, and Nann Smith arc now loading, tho "edondo la due nt the mill tomorrow, and tho . Daisy Mitchell, duo In Tuesday, will I take the balance of It. Nairn Smith In. The Nann Smith arrived In today from Hay Point after a good trip up the coast, dipt. II. W. Olson hud no additional news of tho Ilcdondo picking up the John.) I'oulnen but thinks thnt tho latter crnft must hnvo Icen outwnrtl hound from San Fran cisco when slio met with tho accident. He did not learn how sorlously alio was dlsnblod. P. A. Warner, a son-in-law of C. A. Smith, was the only passenger up this trip. The last time In, tho Nann Smith established a now record for load ing, taking on over l.fOO 000 fjot In less than a day. With tho now electric cranes, tho loading time la materially reduced. It Is expected that tho Ilcdondo nil) rench hero lata tonight from San Francisco. She will cross In about 10 o'clock, unless tho wenthor do lays hero, nnd will reach North Dond about midnight. Oregon's Chief Executive Ac companies Naval Militia on Cruise Here. MAY NOT COMB. I-ato this afternoon, R. M. Jennings received tho following telegram from Capt. Reynolds: ! "Gov. West's plans somowhat changed on account of nccldent. May not nccompany us. Will know positively tonight." Capt. Reynolds of tho training Mp Boston today wired Chairman Jennings of the special committee of the Mar8hfleld Chamber of Commerce In chargo of arranging for the recep tion of the vessel hero, that Gov. Oswald Wost of Oregon Joined tho Boston In Astoria today nnd would accompany tho Naval Reserves on their cruise to Coos Day. Everybody was well. Dr. E. Mlngus wired today that the Boston would sail from Astoria at 3 o'clock Sunday morning, Instead of this afternoon as was Intended yes terday. There has been no change so fnr In the plan that tho Boston shall cross into Coos Bay about 3 o'clock Tues day afternoon. The complete program for tho re ception of the vessel here will be en ounced Monday up,neer Leefe announced this a ternoon that the special buoys for ,.e Doston had been placed and that i the vesseJ comea Jn on hJgh tJ Is confident that she will not en- VsXXiSLnny difficulty. BR WET IS ON TRE BOSTON E Opposition to Treaties With England and France Devel ops In Senate. (Hy AtiHocliiteil Press to Coos Hay Times.) WASHINGTON', 13. C, Aug. 12. IJrtnn nm, Frnnc(j wonj conBdorC, ,y U(o gpnUo n cxcctvo 8C88on t(J. To (1hcmIoii ,nHtl(, twJ ,, ftnd WM wthout ro8uUt Mnch HMm ,,ovc, (1 ,,,, Bomo of tho fronU ()f thft n(,r(,omont8 t0 doubt whothop th cnn ,(o rnt,cd nl tha Umu wcn ,n nn nilondod form TARIFF BILLS ARE TAKEN UP Conference Report on Wool Measure Presented to House by Underwood. (Dy AssoclntAl Press to tho Coos Bay Times.) WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 12. Tho conforoncc report on tho wool tariff bill was presented to tho Houso todny by Chairman Underwood who requested that tho report nnd the ac companying iitatomcnt Just ns pre pared bo prlntod in tho record un der tho rules of the Houso. Minority Lender Mann mndo tho point that ovon that action could not ho takon until tho Senate acted on tho report. Ho argued thnt tho body "agroolng to holding a conference," must net first on tho conforenco report. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.) WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 12. The Houso cotton hill was taken up hy tho Sonata today on motion of Senator Smoot of Utah, Cummins of Iowa alEo offered his amendment for revision of tho Iron and Steel sched ule of tho tariff bill. Senators Bailey and Flint Re tire From National Monetary Organization. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay TlmeB.; WASHINGTON, D. O Aug. 12. Following Senator Balloy's resigna tion from the National Monetary Commission, Vice-President Sherman today received a telegram from Sen ator Flint of California announcing his resignation from tho commission. No reason was given, (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.) LOS ANGELES, Cal., Aug. 12. Senator Flint stated that business engagements which required bo much of his time made him unable to glvo the Monetary Commission the time he thought necessary for the work and this prompted him to resign, Foto finishing and foto supplies at Walker Studio RESIGN ROM IMS 1W0 WOULDBE Two Lake Shore Railroad Dc- teCtiVeS Slain by Officer .... , , ... WllOm They ThOUgllt tO Scare. (lly Associated Press to Coos Day n car and sprang out nt Uurnott. Tho Times.) latter did not recognize his supposed assailants nnd emptied his revolver DUntOIT. Aug. 12I)anloLVeor- nt thcni U(Jth dropj)C(, dcnd Bur. land nnd Frank .1. Cook, Bpeclnl do- ( ett Is prostrated. Ho Is under ar tectlvos of the Lake Shore Railroad, rest. nipnir yr LU0LIHL 1CH I HEN'S VIEW Southern Pacific Official Out lines Plans For Road to Coos Bay at Banquet. - O'lUUKN'S vir.w. When Mr. O'Brien roso his auditors woro brimming with the enthusiasm left hy the ad- dresses of Mr. Wendllng and others, nnd he stood for n full mlnuto nmtd tho cheers thnt greeted him. Ho said la purt: "A few days ago when tho an nouncement was mndo of tho building of n railroad from Eu gene to Murshflold, via tho Slus law, some of tho neighboring towns wero inclined to hullo vo this promlBo n bluff In other words, they thought (thnt I am not going to mnlco good and In Roscburg thoy oven woro of- ferlng to bet 5 to 1 that tho rond would not bo 'built from hero. Tho only reason that I didn't go after some of thnt, money was because there Is n law in Oregon against hotting on n suro thing. But, I'll tell yon, If you find any of that money floating around, tako It up and send tho checks to mo. "If thero Is still nny doubt left. I want to confirm, ompha- ticnlly, that tho Wlllnmottc- Pacific has been takon over hy tho Southorn Pacific company, nnd tho lino will bo constructed ns rapidly ns possible. "It Is not necessary for mo to Btnto what this means to this community or to go Into details ovor tho lmmeneo timber area trlbutnry to Eugeno, and tho great growing nrea nt Coos Bay that will develop very rapidly with railroad transportation. "We have six engueors tntho field and a right of way man at work and we're going to push the construction of this line as rapidly as is consistent. Tho population of Eugeno should double within 10 years. I'vo always been friendly toward Eu gene, and I think the people here have been friendly to mo, I made good when I promised you a new depot. Now I'vo Bald that we are going to build this lino to the coast, regardless of tho doubters." EUGENE, Ore., Aug. 12. Con firmation of the promise of a railroad to the coast, the promlso of tho spondlng of two million dollars in Lane county in the next week for timber land, the suggestion of tho lo cation of a big sawmill at Eugene, and note of confidence Eugeno places In Manager J. P. O'Brien of tho Har riman lines were features of the banquet given Wednesday evening at the Osburn by the Eugene Commer cial club for the railroad men. About 300 were present and among those responding to toasts were G. X. Wendllng. President P. L. Campbell, S. H. Friendly, J. M. Shelling, Presi dent Durgea of the Commercial club, and S. L. Moorhead. Wu-s at Bunqiict. W, R. Halnea arrived homo last evening from a business trip to Port land, Salem and Eugeno. At Eugeno he attonded the banquet tendered by tho Commercial club In honor of J. SD0 ' KILLED wcrc 1llle(1 ln8t n,eht ns the rcsuIt of u Joko that they attempted to piny on special onicer William Burnett of tne Michigan Central Ilullroad. The mcn were friends and Veerland and ' Cook, knowing thnt Burnett had hnd 1 trouble with car thieves, hid behind Southern Pacific Representa tive and Party Will Make Overland Trip Here. EUGENE, Ore., Aug. 12. Thnt within 24 months tho woods of tho Sluslaw country will bo teeming with nn army of no less tbnn 1,500 men, the whirr and buzz of the sawmill heard nt perhaps half a dozen places on tho Sluslaw river, nnd possibly , n hugo saw mill will be erected In Eugene, were umong the statements made by G. X. Wendllng this morn- lug. Mr. Wendllng declared that It I Is his policy to make his statements conservative nnd he prefers to under estimate thnn to exaggerate. Ho Hin ted that whatever ho and his com pany docs, will be dono on n Inrgu scale nnd that the mill or mills that will bo built will ho prepared to handle no less thnn from 1C0, 000,000 to 200,000,000 feet of lumber a year. In regard to the option secured on tho 40-acro McClaren tract of lnnd in Eugono by him. through his agent, Josso Bounds of this city, ho said that it was previously 1.1b intention to hold this lnnd for terminal groundB for hla railroad, but slnco tho South ern Pacific haH taken over tho road this might not bo needed for this pur pose. Ho said, howover, that tho ground could bo used ns n mill slto to advantage. Mr. Wendllng said: "W. P. John son, ono of my partners, nnd gonornl sales manager of tho Klamath De velopment company, R. M. Cross, general manager of tho Wendllng Lumber Company in the northwest, and Samuel S. Wood will accompany 'mo on n trip to the Sluslaw and'Gooa Day. and our object will bo to study. the situation to tho end that we may mako up our minds what to do and how to do it. Just what we can build cannot bo determined until aft er thlB trip. We will leave Satur day In automobiles and go as far that way as possible and the rest of tho distanco will be covered by horse nnd buggy. We will toe gone a week or .more." AGREE ON BILL. House and Bonnie Committee Paaa on Campaign Publicity. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.) WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 12. An agreement on the campaign pub licity bill was reached today by the! onaio anu Mouse conierees. 1110 measure as agreed on will bo prac tically tho same ns that adopted by tho Senate which amended the House bill providing for publicity in prima ry as well as other elections. The limitation of campaign expenditures to $5,000 for congressmen and to $10,000 for senatorial candidates Is to be retained. POPE PIUS STRONGER. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Tlmeso ROME, Italy, Aug. 12 The Pope's condition Is described relatively sat isfactory and he appears somewhat stronger. P. O'Brien and President Mendllng of tho Southern Pacific subsidiary company that is building the Coos Bay-Eugeno line. WIDOW at LEWIS, SUNDAY. HUG IS . COMING HERE ALLEGES GOVERNMENT IS INACCURATE ID UNTRUE NO ACTION AT twc ccccina I I I If I lIE BRliCllll Measure Providing For Direct Election of Senators Is Shelved Again. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.) WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 12. Tliero will bo no final action on the direct election of senators nt this ses sion. Tho Houso nnd Sonnto confe- renco committee fnlled to ngreo upon the International Harvester Co., filed tho Brlstow nmendment which ex- today, with tho Houso Stool TniBt In tends federal authority over Btnto vestlgation commltteo In nnswor to olectlons. Tho House refused to yield chnrgca made hy Burdotto D. Town on thnt. Tho subject will bo con- send, speclnl agent of tho Dopart- sldered at the next session of Con gress. a FREE LIST" IS SENT BACK Conferees Refuse to Accept Some of Amendments to Bill by Senate and House. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Times. WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 12. Tho conforeca on tho frco list bill todny refused to agree to tho Kern Sennto amendment limiting tho frco, admission of meats and cereals to thoso countries with which tho Unit ed States has reciprocity trnde agree ments, which was designated to con flno such freo importation to import from Canada. They also refused to agreo to tho Houso amendment lidd ing lemons to tho frco list. Tho con ferees accoptod all other Souato nmendmonta. Tho bill will bo cent back to the Sonnto immediately for a now vote on tho Korn amendment and to the Houso for nnother vote on ho lemon nmondment. Tho Sennto nmondments ngroed to by tho commltteo adds binders all boots and shoes and ccmont to tho free list. Trouble With Dockmen Ends But Some Railway Men Are Still Out. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.) LONDON, Aug. 12. London Is al most Itself again today following the settlement last night of the strlko of the dockmon and carriers. It is es timated that the week's strike cost the metropolis at least $7,500,000. Tho carmen of two railroad compa nies are still out. ARE AFTER "UNCLE IKK" Investigation of Election of Senator StcpheiiKou of Wisconsin Ordered (By Associated Press to Coos Bay T,mo8) WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 12. investigation or tno election ot unit-, Ied States Senator Isaac Stephenson of Wisconsin la directed by a resolu- tlon that passod the Senato todny. STRIKE COST IS $7,500,000 REPORT International Harvester Com pany Makes Sensational ' Reply to Suit. SPECIAL STATEMENT BITTERLY ATTACKED BiQ Concern Denies It Is a i rust or is in Any Combine. (By Associated I'rcsa to Coos Bajj Times.) WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 12. That the arguments nnd conclusions of tho so-cnlled townsend report aro based on clearly erroneous state ments Is tho opening nssortlon In tho reply hy Edgar llnucroft. counsel of mont of Justice In 1908. Tho Town send report was (lied with tho com mltteo n short time ngo. "Nearly overy lmportnnt state ment relating to tho purposo of tho Investigation," tho roply contlnuon, "is cither grossly inaccurato or en tirely untrue." Tho roply nlso statoa that tho charge of n blndor twlno trust Ib nlso without foundation and 'nlso Btntcs that tho chargo that com petition Is "largely suppressed" la un true and states that eight llrma aro In nctivo competition with tho In ternational Hnrvcstor Co., nnd that Its relations with tho United Statoa Stcol "Is not different from Ito rela tions to tho competitors of tho Unit ed States Stcol Corporation," and thnt during tho Inst sovon yoare It has bought from 'tho stool corpora tion ten por cent of Its total noods, thirty per cent from competitors) In tho United States steel nnd thu bnlanco from Its own subsidiary cor poration, tho Wisconsin Stool Co, HILL ACTIVE IN L System May Extend East and West Line Across State to Coos Bay. Tho Portland Journal saya: "That suspicion of a decision having been roachod by tho Hill system to build an east and west line across tho stato of Oregon Is really tho forco bohlnd tho recent announcement of tho Har. rlman system to tho effect that tho Southern Pacific 1b to build a lino from Eugono to Coos Bay by way of Florence is tho opinion In some rail road circles. Tho fact that surveyors said to be In the employ of Hill roads are In tensely active in central Idaho map ping out feasible routOB for a crow-the-state line from n point in the vi cinity of Salmon City to BoIbo, through tho famous Long Valloy, and tho completion of a survey from Ro soburg to Coos Bay by a company be lieved to bo acting for tho Hill sys tem, is taken na vory significant In dications thnt an oast to west Una across the stato is about to bo pro secuted by the Hill system. Such a lino would Intersect tho Oregon Trunk line nnd glvo an outlet to im mense nrena now untouched by rail roads In the heart of tho state. It' would also glvo Coob Bay direct con nection with tho northern lines upon tho closing of a narrow gap botwon Salmon river In Idaho, and Homo suitable point In Montana. That Hill and Hnrriman Bi.rvoyorti ro UUBy Jn iunno wn8 8tntod ln Tho Journal of last Sunday nnd slnco then tho report hns rapidly gained grouud thnt tho nctlvitv thero has much to do with tho Southorn Paclflo announcement hearing upon a lino to CENTRA HO Coos Bay from Eugeno." I A ffl TELL THEM YOU ARE TICKLED TO BEAT THEM AND THEY WILL FEEL BETTEI