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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 17, 1911)
'V 'fXPERIENCE WOULD BE A BETTER TEACHER IE CONCEIT DIDN'T HINDER IT TCads carrying OI00S Sag Exm& SOMEONE HAS SAID: "A store's advertising space la n nevspnper, compared with tlio spaoo used by other stores, should deflao it comparative linportanco in tbo community! Docs your store's A vcrtislng Himco do that? r Btorr-ncws, should nppcnr ns L.lnrlyns docs this newspaper. If ncwMmiw ol,,,ttcd n" ,8S" "W 1 then even for welRlity a ren- Z ns feurliiR Hint It might rnln- ,. .nuld not bo oo! newspaper, member of associated presb II, .--- Established In mi The Coast VOL. XXXV Government Engineer Com pletes Recommendations For Coos Bay. IMMEDIATE IMPROVEMENTS, ESTIMATED AT $300,000 ! Recommends Widening and Deepening Channel, Buying Flats and Public Docks At meeting of the Port Commission .. ... .. 1 .1 tli Pnlitnlli .1. on .Moniiny. iHH'"- " S PollieniiiB, rotiHiiltlnK Engineer of the l'ort. submitted n voluminous do- tnlloil report with recommendations ns to the present nntl ultlnmto Impro vement of the luirlior of tlio Port of Coos Hay. Tlio ((miinlsHloni'rrt adjourned un til Friday morning at 10:00 o'clock A. M.. AiiRUMt lStli. for a considera tion of the report, at which time tho coninilseloners desire thnt any person Interested lie present and take part In tlio general consideration of tlio Polhemus report. In brief Captnln PolhcniUB sug gOMs nnd recommends the following: Immediate Improvement. To nrepiire for tho Inunedlato In crcnto In commerco, the enlargement of tlio existing governinent project by excavating a chiinuel not loss than 300 feet wldo and 20 foot deep at any point nt mean low tide between the Smith mill and' deep wnter In the lower Hay at Empire; tho dred ging of a somewhat Inrgor bnsln In front of Mnrsliflold to the extent of .t width of approximately 500 feet. Tlio securing by purchase, or other wise nt the preniMit time of such tldo lands ns lator on nuiy bo necessarily Included within tho boundaries of navigable channel. Tho purchase, of at least 1,000 feet wnter front In Mnrshlleld, Oregon for docks nnd wharves. Ultimate Harbor Plans. A channel In front of Mnrshlleld from 1,000 In 1,100 feet wldo to fcuch a depth ns may bo necessary to nccoinmodnto tho draught of plying vessels; between Stnndnrd Oil dock at Mnrshlleld nnd Old North Ootid, r. ldth of chnnnol of from 2,200 to 2.700 feet Tho establishment of sultablo har bor lines by tho govommont in tho Coos lllver channels and lowor bay. Tho control by tho port ovor tho tide land to high wntor mark to tho end of tho protection of navigation and tho preservation of tldnl prism and navigable watorwnys. Inlet Improvement. North Inlet Tho completion of the present contract of Mr. Larson herebv n chnnnol 2,200 foot long Is JS dug, and th extension of such channel directly across tho flats to connect with Haynes Inlot channol. Hnynes Inlet Dredging above Po terson's landing as commerco may de mand, Kentuck Inlet. Improvement re cently made by tho port sufliclont for Misting conditions of navigation. WHIniich Inlet. Tho dredging of a channel 3 feet deep nt low tldo through tho tldo flats to tho North of Pierce Point, to a suitable landing in "Ulanch Inlot, a channol about -.000 feet long, at an estimated cost f $1,200. Catching inlet Improvement by deepening and straightening of chan nel for short distance below Sumner . mako '"let navigable at all stages the tide. Isthmus inlet Dredging from mouth of Davis Slough to King's Coding. Ten Mile District Deepening of !, ?anal connecting Ten Mllo and "u"n Lakes. j South Inlot Improvement as far' v as the Island as commerce may demand. Jestaklng of all inlet channels capTpolhewsus presents plan for harbor work WE SELDOM THINK THAT WHAT HAS STOPPED OTHERS CAN STOP OURSELVES MARSHFIELD, AGREE ON BILL ; Senate and House Committee Eliminate Judicial Recall Feature. ' lily Associated Press to Coos Hay Times.) WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 17. Tho Senate mid House conferees on the stntehuod situation today reached a complete1 agreement to eliminate the Judiciary recall fcaturo of tho Arizona constitution and to provide for making the new Mexican consti tution easier of amendment. This agreement Is said to conform to the President's wishes nnd uudoubtedlv means statehood for tho two terri tories at this session. Former President Says It Pre vented Suffering Among Common People. (Hy Associated Press to Coos Bnj Times.) NEW YORK, Aug. 17. In tho Outlook today Theodoro Koosovolt has an ntrlclo on his recent nppear anco beforo tho stool trust investiga tion committee. After saying that nothing not already known was told In his testimony, tho ox-prosldont goes further In'to tho subject of tho motlvo which Inspired the purchaso of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Co. by tho steel corporation, Baying Its materiality speedily stayed tho panic In 1907. Ho says It was not his bus iness to search the hidden domain of tho motlvo. Ills act was conditioned, not upon what ho belloved to bo tho actual motlvo actuating tho stool cor poration, but upon his belief thnt tho action they proposed taking would enormously benefit the community at largo at that particular moment. Any ono ,ho says, who will look back, will understand that It was not a question of saving any bank or trust company from falluro but of saving tho com mon people from dreadful misery and Buffering. This ho contonds hla action did. Ho alludes to tho enor mous vnluo to which tho oro lands of tho Tonnesseo compnny hnvo grown and tho nlleged control of tho steol Industry that they have glvon tho steol corporation. Whother or not this Is so, Roosevelt saya has no bear ing on tho action tnkon four years ago. Tho purchaso did not by Itself ono way or tho other affect tho status of tbo stool corporation ns far as tho Sherman law Is concorond. COMMITTEE IS NAMED. Senators Named For Investigation of Senator Stephenson. (By Associated Press to tho Coos Bay Times.) WASHINGTON. D. C, Aug. 16. Senators Heyburn, Bradley, Paynter and Pomeroy today were appointed a sub-committee to investigate tne election of Senator Stephenson. The appointments were made by Chair man Dillingham of the Committee on Elections, ACREAGE All CLOSE to HAY. 82 at 160; 53 at $150; 26 at $100; 5 for $5,000. BOX 841, Marshfleld. Every ONE SHOULD trade at nAINES'. 1H78 Mail FOR OD IROOSEVELT 01 STEEL DEA! i OREGON. THURSDAY, AUGUST TAFT PLANS TO VETO TARIFF BILLS President Will Wield Axe on Wool Bill, Cotton Bill and All Tariff Revision Bills of This Session. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.? WASHINGTON. D. C, Aug. 17 Following a cabinet meeting this morning, tho fourth to bo held this week, the last remaining doubt of President Tuft's attitude on tho wool hill was swept away. It was stated that Tnft's veto message would go to the IIoiiro lato todny. It became known after tho meeting that the President not only would wield the nxo on the wool bill, but thnt tho cotton bill, with tho proposed amendment for revising the iron nnd steol schedules and tbo farmers free list lill.l would suffer the snmo fate. It Is Indicated that any tnrlff revi sion bill at this session will bo veto ed. President Taft, It was said, will go before the country In his message and speeches on his western trip this L RECEIVE ON THEBOSTON Oregon Naval Militia Plan Re ception From 2- to 5 O'clock Sunday. SPECIAL TRAIN. Arrnngoments nro now under- way to run a special train hero from Myrtle Point nnd Coqulllo Sunday morning nnd back Sun- day ovonlng to nITord nn oppor- tunlty to tho Coqulllo valley pooplo to visit Tho Boston. A low round trip rnto will bo mndo. It Is also expected that a largo number from North Bond will como. Llout. E. E. Straw and Cnpt. Rey nolds announced today that tho Ore gon Naval Militia would hold n re ception nboard Tho Boston from 2 to 5 o'clock noxt Sunday nftornnon. This will onnblo the public genornlly to go aboard and Inspect tho training ship. A number of other receptions may bo arranged for Inter dates but every ono who desires to go nboard Tho Boston should try nnd do so Sunday. Capt. Roynolds Is now planning to leave hero with The Boston nbout September 10, on tho return trip to Portland, tho stny horo bolng short er than orlglnnlly planned. Two Women Slain and Bodies Thrown In Well Jealous Husband Suspected. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.) TECUMSEH, Nob., Aug. 16. Mrs. E. E. Sesso and her daughter, Juanl- ta McMasters, whose bodies were dug out of an old well yesterday, wero murdered according to the decision of the coroners' Jury this morning. E. E. Heese, tho husband and step father is being sought. Tho local authorities bellove John McMasters, Mrs. Hesse's former husband, was also murdered and a further search of tho Hesse premises aro being made. Hesse wascjealous of McMas ters and resented the latter's visits to the house to see the daughter. All kinds of HOOKS at COST Red Cross DRUG STORE. AWFUL CRIME IN NEBRASKA 17, 1911 EVENING EDITION. fnll nnd argue ngalnst what ho will characterize as tho unnecessary up setting of business through the revi sion of the tarllT not based on In formation furnished by the tnrlff board. TAFT SENDS VETO. Says Wool Turin? Revision Bill Is Against Platform. (By Associated Press to Coos Bny Times.) i WASHINGTON, D. C. Aug. 17. President Taft todny carried out his threat to veto the wool tariff bill. In a special messago to the House he characterized tho measure as a blend of avowed tnrlft-for-revenue, an nntl protoctton monsure, with a professed protection bill. In explanation, the President said tho bill was not In luirniony with tho platform on which ho was elected. Furthermore ho believes the Interests of the Ameri can people can bo properly gunrded only by revising ono schcdulo nt n time nnd then "on accurate' and sclentlllc acquired Information." A1W00D GETS TO S Aviator Covers Another Section of His Long Flight Today. (By Associated Press to Cios Bu I Tlmcj.) I SANDUSKY, Ohio, Aug. 17. At wood set out of Cleveland at 3:15 this afternoon nnd expects to cover tho remaining dlstnuco of GG miles In nn hour nnd a .half. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.; VENICE, Oh'lo, Aug. 17. Aviator Atwood alighted In n field near hero nt 11:28, In order to get his bear ings. Atwood ascended again at 1:18, binding in Sandusky nt 1:32. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.) TOLEDO, Ohio, Aug. 17. Harry Atwood resumed his flight to Now York nnd Boston nt 10:29 a. m. to dny. HIb first stop will be at San dusky, 58 miles distant, whero ho will stay soveral hours. Ho will spend tonight at Cleveland. POPE PIUS RETTEH. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.) ROME. Italy, Aug. 17. Popo Phis' health continues to Improve. TEDDY IS Daughter Born to Eldest Son of Former President In San Francisco Today. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.) SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Aug. 17. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., early today. Mother and child are reported In sat isfactory health. THE WHEAT MARKET. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.) CHICAGO, 111., Aug. 17. Tho wheat market closed as follows: Sep tember 90 l-8c; December 94 7-8o; May $1.00 3-9c. TACOMA, Wash.,' Aug. 17. The wheat market was unchanged to day. .Head the Times' "Want Adi A Consolidation and Coos ENGLAND'S STRIKE SPREADS TO ALL ES Indictments Against San Fran 1 cisco Railway and Gas Offi cials Dismissed. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.) SAN FRANCISCO, Cnl., Aug. 17. In nccordnnce with the Imperative writ of mandate of tho district Court of Appeals, Superior Judge Lawlor today dismissed tho Indictments in tho trolley bribery cases agnlnst th" olllclnls of the United Rnllways. In view of tho same points having been , presented In tho case of tho gas rate bribery he nlso dismissed the Indict ments ngalnst the gas company ofll clals. Q 0 OLLOGK IS ER ARREST Prominent Portland Man Charged With Defrauding U. S. Government. (By Associated Press to Coos Ba) Times.) PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 10. John II. Bullock was -arrested hero todny by a United Stntes marshal on nn In dictment returned Saturday last by the federal grand Jury nt Tacomn which charges conspiracy to defraud tho government. Tho wurrnnt on which the nrrcst was mndo does not specify In what manner tho fraud is allegod to havo been committed. Bui lock states he Is unaware of what (manner tho government believes tho laws havo been Infringed. Ho stntes ho formerly was president of Scsnon and Co., and had a coal contract with the government in 1008. Bullock says he is not nwaro whether other mombcrs of tho com pany aro uudor investigation or whether the Indictment contained an other names than his. Bullock claims that during the coal shortago of 1907 his company had a contract with Dunsmulr to furnish tho com pany 5,000 to 50,000 tons of coal per year. At the time ho contracted to deliver to the government about 4,000 tons of coal. Navigation was very dltllcult at Nome nnd with the shortage tho existing prlco of coat was very high. Ho says hu presumes tho high prlco charged for the coal Is taken by government to bo evi dence of a conspiracy to extort. Bul lock cumo here in 1909 and nt pro sent Is president of Lango & Bullock, exporters and manufacturers' brok ers. LABOR UNION RUSV. Colorado Federation of Lnlxtr Con- deiiuiH Boy Scout .Movement. (By Associated Press to Coow Bay Times.) COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Aug. 17. Resolutions condemning the boy scout movement, urging a state law for the recall of the Judiciary and de nouncing state-wide prohibition were passed today by the Colorado Federa tion of Labor. PRESBYTERIAN NOTICE. Tho Presbyterians will hold ser vice at Myrtle Bank school house, North Coos River on next Sunday, August 20. The Alert will leave promptly at nine o'clock. No. 29 OF ITS KS Industrial War Is Declared Throughout Great Britain by Union Leaders. CONFERENCES FAIL TO EFFECT SETTLEMENT Men Claim That Railroad Man agers Violated Conciliation Agreement. TROOPS CALLED OUT. (By Associated Press.) LONDON, England, Aug. 17. Following the fall nro of tho strike negotiations tho military maneuvers wero suspended ovo- rywhero and troops nro speed- Ing to the strike centers from all directions. s . (By Associated Press to tho Good Bay Times.) LONDON, England, Aug. 17. In dustrial war luiH been declared and tho employes on till the railway lines of the United Kingdom will bo call ed out nt once. All day long conferences botwoon the olllclnls of the Railroad Mon's So ciety nnd the managora of tho rail roads at the Hoard of Trado proved fruitless. Representatives of tho unions wero Immovablo In tho stnnd thnt the managers had broken tho letter and violated tho spirit of tho conciliation agreement. "Wo have come to tho conclulson," they told Sydney Buxton, presldont of the Board of Trado, "that tho on ly wny that now will bo offectlvo to pence Is that the companies consent to meet us." At this point, Premier Asqulth Intervened nnd offered Imme diately to appoint n royal commlttco which should Invostlgnto and report on what umendiueus wero doslrnblo for counclllatlon plans. The unionists refused while the railway manngorfl consented to tho plan. Tho leaders' of tho Amalgamated Socloty of Rail way Servants tonight dispatched tolo grnms throughout tho country calling on the men to cease work. WALKER IN TROUBLE. D. S. R. Wnlkor, facing a charge of larceny by halloa atl Grants Pass, has been admitted to ball In tho sum of $200 to Insure hla appoaranco bo foro the Josophlno County grand Jury at a futuro dnto. Ball was furnished by his relatives In Rosoburg. Walker Is expected to arrive hero from Grants Pass tonight. Rosoburg Rovlow. WILEHELLS Says That Ruling Against Corn Syrup Was Changed Without His Knowledge. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay, Times.; WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 17. Dr. WUoy added another senation to tho House Inquiry into tho Agricul tural Department today when ho de clared tho ruling advorso to the so called "Corn syrup manufacturers" was promulgated by the Bureau of Chemistry, Food and Drug Revision Board and Secretary Wilson himself. Suddenly It was changed Into a fa vorable opinion without being refer red to him or bis associates. Ho also testified that tho employment of Dr. Rusby was personally taken up by him with the Secretary of Agriculture and that tho terms of tho arrange ments wero explained fully to him. of Times. Coast Mai! Hay Advertiser. AILI HE i 1 t VI ( , M