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"tf "??? STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM IN COOS BAY STRAWBERRY GARDENS TODAY ir i t itiin "Cnmnnlun" Of Coos aftmra WANT ADVERTISING in The TIMES Will Keep (lie Income fttmi Your Furnished Rooms from Lapsing! YOU can ronlly help tho family revenues by renting n few furnished rooms and, If you knew how nnd when to. use tho clnBslilcd columns, you may keep that little extra liicomo as "steady us a clock." MVT ADVERTISING in The TIMES Will I'ut Your Itcnl Estuto "In (10Mnrket" Effectively! it will l"it tho fnct8 nbout your " riv boforo tho oyes of nil 'pos- ElSo buyers" In town. And It Jero'" ono of thorn who ought to MEMBER OP ASSOCIATED VlU&ttu own iii )"" nvni t ( 'A fw,,' ' mm VOL. XXXV Established In 1878 us Tho Const Matt MARSHFIELD, OREGON. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1911 -EVENING EDITION. A Consolidation of Times. Coast Mail nnd Coos Hay Advertiser. No. 101 ISTOnf" MINI! SCENE TODAY OF BUTCHERY ID DESTRUCTION Nothing Equals Struggle Bo- tWeen IVIitllWIUO aim imubio In IVIoclern History. FIRE AND RAPINE ADD TO HORRORS OF WAR Situation In Celestial Empire Rapidly Growing Worse Nothing Daunts (By Associated Press to Coos Boy Times.) NANKING, China, Nov. 10. His toric Nanking this evening Is In tho ihadow of a Mnnchu butchery. Tho tun sot upon a bcoiio of lire, rnplno, desolation nnd butchery tinrlvnllcd In modern history. Tonight twclvo thousand Mnnchu nnd Impcrlnl old itylc Millers hold Purplo Hill, whero they nro entrenchnd, whllo from be neath their stronghold they nro driv ing boforo them hordes of Chlncso out of tho city. STIIJj QUIET IX PEKIX. Itallrond Officials Abandon Short Lino From There. (By Associated Press to Coon Day Times)' TEKIX. Chlnn, Nov. 10. This city was still qulot early today Tho only Important dovolopmont this morning was the abandonment of tho Pckln Kalgan railway by lis staff. Tho railroad officials hnvo abandoned their posts. ANXIOUS AT TIEX TSIX Conditions There Apienr o Grow More Serious. (Dy Assoclntod Press to Coos Day Tlmos.) LONDON, Englnnd, Nov. 10. Tho situation nt Tlon Tsln appears to hnvo uTown moro serious snys n dlsnatcl: Ball cartridges wore Issued to tho legation guards. (By Associated Press to Coos Bn Times.) AMOV, Chlnn. Nov. 10. This city li without n ruler today. Tno Tnl Chang has laid down tho rolns of government, and nono of his subordi nates appears wlllfng to tnko thorn wi Chang today refined to rucclvo ofTl clal dispatches, declaring ho Is no longer In charge. Tho night wns one of anxiety. Repented nttompts to burn tho city worj mndo but nil were frustrated. Shipping Is nr iho mercy of pirates who curry affairs with a high hand. The Amorlcnn cruiser Alhnny re turned to Shanghai Inst night. At Foo Chow, which yestorday wns occupied by tho revolutionists, fight ing continued with hoavy losses to both sides. Tho revolutionists rap ured and put to death forty Incendiaries. two places independent. Canton and Kwnng Tung Provliico Proclaim Freedom. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.) , HONTiKONO, Chlnn, Nov. 10. Chang Ming Chi, viceroy of Cnnton, bo arrived hero Inst night on n Brlt Iih warship, Issued n stntomont to tho foreign consuls today, making formal Proclamation of tho lndopondonco of Canton nnd Kwang Tung province. He declares ho wns authorized by tho People to mako tho proclamation. British sailors with four rapid flro Runs aro Minrdlng tho forolgn quar ters nt Canton. IHO AIRSHIP FAILS. loorOas Blamed For Failure of Craft to Fly. By Associated Press to tho Coos Bay Times) SAN DIEGO, Cal., Nov. 10. Tho Por quality of tho hydrngon gas with which It was Inflnted was glvon f ii 5e renson why Tollvor'a nlrshlp "lied to nscend today after repeated Torts to got tho 250-foot craft off tho Kround, Tho onglnos worked por ni v Tno mnn"fncturo of now gas i l bo begun nt onco and It prob acy win bo a month boforo another attempt Is made. TAFT GRANTS REPRIEVE. Sedition of Washington Negress tn ,1,)stPoned Ninety Days. uy Associated Press to Coos Ba cm... Times.) i,.8 ' ANEE, Tenn., Nov. 10. Pres nt Tnft today granted a nlnety ,: renrleve o Mrs. Wattle E. Lomn. " Degress of Washington who was kplncld to dle tor th0 murder of aer husband. TO I ADIKS $12 and $14 RAINCOATS r $8.00, FRIDAY and SATURDAY V ladies' EMPORIUM. TO BE LIVELY New Plan to Submit Purchase Proposition at $160,000 Brought Forth. Tho meeting of tho Mnrshflold city council tonight to consider tho wa terworks nltuntlon promises to be n very lively ono owing to n movement having been stnrtod by somo to sub mit n proposition to buy tho present plant for $100,000 to tho voters nt a special election. It Is expected that somo of tho councllmon will opposo this, al though favoring municipal owner ship, on tho ground that $100,000 Is by far too much to pny for tho pron- nrfv. Mm onmmltfnn linvlnir boon onlv nblo to fix n vnltio of $138,250 on ft it. Tho mnttor will como up on tho report of tho members of tho Joint wnter committee favoring tho pur chnso of tho present plnnt nt tho low est posslblo price. It Is expected tbnt tonight's deci sion will hlngo botween tho plnn to submit tho proposition for tho pur chase of tho plant nt $100,000 nnd tho proposnl of others that tho coun cil servo notlro on tho applicants for n frnnrlilnrt tbnt no frnnehlsn will 1)0 grnnted nnd Instruct City Attor ney Ooss to Immediately Institute le gal proceedings to rompol the rom nnnv in llvn nn to tbo nresont fran chise and furnish ndoqunto nressure, and wntor ami niso nsic mo uro ann Rtntn Rnllrond Commission, un der the now law, to sco that tho com pany furnishes adequnto sorvlco nntl pure wntor. Tn rnnsnnunnpo of tho difference of opinion. It Is expected thnt tho ses sion will he n lively ono. Discuss Witter Rluhts. Today thero Is considerable dis cussion on ns to tho water rights which tho present company hold In Pony Inlet nnd for which thoy claim thov paid $215,000. Councllmnn Alliroplit expressed tho linilof Hint tbn Soiithorn Orocon pompnny whlrh owns a largo area on tho west sldo of Pony Inlot liolils tno right to consldernblo of tho wnter flint now (lows down Pony Inlet. many of tho llttlo streams having their origin In snrlngR on tho land of tho Soiithorn Oregon pompnny. or rather on tho proporty of tho Menn sha Woodonwnre pompnny which nr- qulred tho Southern Oregon com pany's holdings. Another man today produced a nrospectiis Issued a few years ago of Mm nrnpnn Coal and Navigation pompnny's holdings, which were sold last summer to tho Reynolds' Dovol opmont pompnny, In which It was nintrwi thnt nno of tho features was valunhlo water rights, thero bolng much wntor that eould no pinoit to vnrahnniii nnd North Bend and sold. Whether this would dotrnct nny from tho nmount of wnter that is now avnllnblo In tho proscnt Pony Inlet supply Is n quostlon. It Is likely thnt tho council will, boforo submitting tho proposition for tho purchnso of tho present proporty at n stipulated price, order an Inves tigation of tho wntor rights tho com pany holds to detormlno just what thov aro getting. Claude Nnsburg. who Is roputed to bo gottlng a commission of $5,000 on tho sale of tho wntor works, In formed tho council tho other night thnt tho water rights Included rights secured from tho Klnney-Wnlto tract along Pony Inlot. This trnct was sold by tho Flanagan estate to Kln nov and Wnlto a numbor of vears ago and It Is understood that tho water rights woro thon retained. Another question thnt is being dis cussed considerably In connection with tho waterworks mnttor Is as to whothor tho water rights on Ponv In let nro onhnnclng In value. Somo contend that If tho company pnld $25,000 for thorn several years ago, thov nro worth moro now. Others contend thnt thoy aro not worth nearly as much owing to tho fact thnt tho peninsula Is moro densely populated and that as It will prob ably bo only a fow yoars until set tlers oncronch on tho Pony Inlet water shed, tho value of tho water rights will ho practically nothing thon because of being contaminated from tho refuso and sowerngo from ranches nnd homes. Tho wnter rights do not prevent persons set tling or building homes on tbo water shed, It Is understood. Try Tho Times' Want Ads. FOR DIRECT VOTE OF REPUBLICANS La Follette's Campaign Com mittee Sends Out Letter Urging Republican Leaders to Arrange For Primaries. By Associated Press to tho Coos Iiaj Times) WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 10 Walter L. Housor, chairman ot tho progresslvo-Ropubllciin Campaign Committee, litis appealed through n circular letter, to tho chairman of every Republican Stnto Commlttco In the United States, urging thnt stops bo taken to Insure a republican pres idential primary In each stnto by law, In tho live stntcs whero It Is provided by tho stntuto and In other states by tbo direction of tho campaign com mittees. "Tho domnnd for popular selection of candidates for otllcc," sayB Hou sor, "both Btuto nnd nntlonal, has bo como general. It Is obvIouB thnt no nomluco selected desplto tho wishes of tho rank nnd fllo ot tho republican party can Inspire tho confldenco or command tho united and enthusiastic support which will bo so ncccssnry to republican success In 1012. Hou sor stated in tho letter thnt friends of Sonntor LnFollotto nro ready to submit his numu for the nomination to tho direct vote of tho rnnk nnd fllo of tho party L VERY SUDDENLY Jerry Murphy Departs Without Any Notice Match Here Is Called Off. John Hcrron, promotor of a twenty round bout between Jerry Murphy of San FranclBco nnd Enrl Honderson, nt tho Mnrshflold Skating Rink to morrow night, todny rocolvod word that Murphy had suddonly tnkon his departuro on a vossol for Snn Fran cisco. Murphy gnyo no nottco nnd nolthcr did ho leavo nny renson for his sudden net. Murphy wns sup posed to bo training nt Coqulllo. In consoquenco, tho bout hns been called off for tomorrow night. Somo think thnt Murphy found ho couldn't got In condition or got "cold feet" when ho hoard how fast Hon dorson wns nnd Just "skipped out." Somo hnvo lntlmntod thnt pnrtles in terested In promoting a mntch bo tween RoughhouBo Burns nnd Pnddy Ellis, to bo pulled off In Coqulllo to morrow night, might hnvo had some thing to do with Murphy's sudden de parture In order to ollmlnnto compe tition. Horron Is now trying to got Tommy McFnrlnnd of Snn Frnnclsco to como hero for n bout with Henderson. LINCOLN FARM NOW NATION'S Birthplace of Noted President Formally Becomes National Preserve. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Times. ) HODGENVILLE, Ky Nov. 9 En shrining tho log cabin In which Abra ham Llnclou was born, nn Imposing granite- memorial to hi in was dedi cated hero today and accepted for tho nation by President Tatt. Tho mom qrlnl stands in thee enter of tho farm wlioro Lincoln's parcuts sottlod nftor their long Journoy from Virginia. Today's exercises woro, In a meas ure, n continuation of those begun yestorday nt Frankfort, when tho statue to Lincoln was unveiled In tho stnto capltol, Tho coromony, how ever, marked tho consummation of a nation wldo movement to convert Lin coln's blrthplnco Into u nntlonal re serve. Throngs from nil parts of tho Nnl ted States witnessed tho ncceptnnco of tho memorial and fnrm for tho na tion by President Taft. Former Governor Folk, of Missouri, presi dent ot tho Lincoln farm association, began tho laudation of Lincoln and to this was added tho tribute by Gov ernor Wilson, Senators Borah and Major General Black, former com mander of tho. Grand Army of tho Republic. DEATH CHEAT M Chicago Woman Accused of Many Poisonings Reported Fatally Stricken. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay TlmoB.) CHICAGO, 111., Nov. 10. Mrs. Loulso Vormllyn, suspected of having poisoned Arthur Blssonotto nnd oth ers who lived In her homo, Is suf fering from valvular heart troublo which may provo fatal boforo sho can bo brought to trlnl on tho murdor charge. According to B. J. Montgom ery, tho physic-Inn at tho county Jail, hor condition has boon nggrnvntod owing to tho quantity of nrsonlc sho swallowed Saturday nnd tho weak ness which followed tho onorgotic mensurcs tnkon to romovo tho poison. ORDERS FOR STEEL. (By Associated Press to the Coos liny Times) NEW YORK, Nov. 10. Unfilled orders on tho books ot tho United Stntcs S'col corporation October 31 wero 3,09-1,328. HOI DAMAGED IN NORTH BEND TURKEYS ARE CHEAP, RUT CRAXRERR1ES ARE HUAHCK CHICAGO, III., Nov. 10 Turkeys In nbundnnt supply and at tho old tlmo prices Is tho forecast for tho Thanksgiving dinner table, accord ing to locnl merchants. Tho supply Is tho greatest In a decade, It Is said, and tho best qualities aro quoted at 17 and 18 cents, with a prospect of tho prices becoming lower. Tho nnlv drawback that tho merchants can seo now to tho Thanksgiving day feast Is that thoro is likely to bo a shortage of cranberries. TTAVILANR CHINA odd pieces nt HALF PRICE. Red Cross Drug Store Fire Causes Considerable Dam age to Porter Residence Family Asleep. Flro supposedly originating from sparks from tho chimney burning out started whnt nppenred to bo n rather dangorous conflagration at North Bond Inst night which resulted In n partial destruction of tho houso at Porter holonglng to Mrs. Jnko Ander son of Mnrshflold nnd occupied by tho family of M. Hondrlckson. Had it not been for tho timely dls covory of tho lira by F. E. Glnzlor, It would hnvo resulted moro disas trously nnd might hnvo boon vory dangerous to tho members of tho Hondrlckson family who woro asleop nt tho time. Tho flro broko out about 11:30 and nlnrms woro turned In. Tho baso ment nnd lower story woro blazing florcoly, and It wns tho glnro of flames that attracted Mr. Olazlor. It Is pre sumed that tho sparks from tho chimney woro blown into tho dry tinder underneath tho house. Tho dnmago Is consldernblo do- jsplto tho prompt and offectlvo work ,of tho flro dopnrtmen. Tho houso Is ilocatod near Porter. Othors maintain that Instead of or i lglnatlng from sparks from tho chlm !noy, It was started by sparks falling through n Btove-plpo hole, which was not properly covered In tho absonco of bolng connected up, pdrmlting pouiuuod 'dn popouuoa Sujoq jo August Frlzeon. ngont for a com pany thnt cnrrled $2,000 insurance ,on tho proporty, inspected tho houso I todny. Ho thought tho flro was duo I to tho chimney not being on n proper foundation. Ho estimates the dam- ago at between $500 and $G00. Tho now North Bond slron whlstlo, recently Installed at tho mill, wns tried out for tho first tlmo. Owing to tho Northwest wind, It wns plain ly hoard here and was confused by many with tho Mnrshflold slron whlstlo, Even most of tho mombors of the Mnrshflold flro department turned out but thoy did not go to North Bend. Reflect I WHY don't you SAVE MONEY and buy from HAINES. Big RAND DANCE at EAGLES hall, Saturday night, NOVEMBER 11. Music by full band. 1LIVILAND CHINA odd pieces at HALF TRICE, Hctf, Cross Drug Store LADIES $12 nnd 14 RAINCOATS for S8.oo. Friday! and Saturday ONLY. LADIES' EMPORIUM. 0 T TO BE TRIED OUT IN COURTS REAL TOUCH OF INTER HERE Snow Flakes and Sleet Produce Shivers on Coos Bay Earliest In 36 Years. Coos Bay is today experiencing n touch of renl winter wenther, cold rain, sleet nnd snow-flakes causing tho populnco to shlvor and wonder why. ' At Intervals, tho sleet storm was quite sovero hut It generally melted almost ns fast as It struck tho ground. No dnmngo has resulted from It particularly, although tho long dls tanco tolophono Hues woro put out of commission this mornlnjv "Not In tho thirty-six yenrs of my rcnldcnco on Coos Bay have I cvor scon snow or sleet so early In Novem bor," romnrked nn old resident this morning. "Sometimes wo hnvo had cold rains In November but novcr snow, nloot or Ico bo early." Howovor tho fact that Its duration Is only n question of hours Instead of wcoks nnd months ns It lis In oth er sections of tho country, is a great rollof to most of thoso who nro com plaining of the lnclomont weather. Tho present storm Is apparently part of tho general wintry storm thnt hns been swooping tho northern nnd onttorn half ot tho country lor tho last ton days. E. W. Lewis today recalled that nbout seventeen years ago In Febru ary, 11 Inches ot snow foil hero. It remained on tho hillsides nnd shaded spots for nearly two weeks and dur ing tho cold snnp that nccompnnled it, most of tho wntor pipes frozo. SEES WATERSPOUT i Pacific Coast Rate Case In junction Opens Important Question Now. CONSTITUTIONALITY OF INTERSTATE COMMERCE Commission Maintains Its Re duction For Rocky Moun tain Cities Conservative. i (By Assoclntod Press to Coos Bay Times) WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 10.. A thorough Judicial Inquiry Into tho constitutionality of tho long nnd short haul provision of tho preront (Intorstnto Commcrco Act will ho tho result, It 1b expected todny, of tho Issunnco yestorday by tho Commorco Court of tho temporary Injunction in I tho Pacific Const freight rnto ensesi jTho orders of tho court rocolvod by 'tho Intorstnto Commorco Commission brought expressions of surprise. In jthe Judgment of tho committee tho I reductions ot transcontinental freight rates ns mndo by Its orders woro not only entirely rensonnblo, but consor- vntlvo. Full recognition, It wns polntod out wns glvon to tho effect of ocoai competition on tho Pacific const with transcontinental rail ratoa, hut It was mnlntnlned by tho commission thnt Inter Rocky Mountain cities, Itko Spoknno, Reno, Salt Lake City, phoo , nix, woro entitled to moro fnvorahlo rates on west bound trnfllc orlglnat ilnrr In tho enst. I Tho question of tho constitutional ity of tho fourth section of the Intor fitnto net, tho long and short haul provision, It Is realized by nil In j forested, will hnvo to bo fought out; in court. In their arguments boforo tho commorco court In support or Mm temporary Injunction, nttornoys . for transcontinental linos dwolt particu larly oq thnt phase, of tho care. Peculiar Freak of Wntor MnnifeMcil today mi Coon Hay. A peculiar freak of today's stormy wonthor wns manifest by n minia ture wutorspout this afternoon nbout 1:30 along tho cast shore of tho Bay. It was first noticed near tho mouth of Wlllnuch Inlot nnd traveled north erly to Coos River and apparently turned up Coos River. A nuinbon witnessed tho strnngo sight. F. S. Dow estimated that tho column of wntor swept boforo It wns nearly 100 feet high at ono tlmo. Re sides tho column of water, n largo wave resulted from tho tour of tho whirlwind or wntorspout. H WIRES ARE DOWN Shortly nfter noon todny, tho West ern Union's wlro between hero and Rosoburg went out of commission as a result ot tho storm. Tho long dis tance phono lino is also out of com mission nnd so for tho tlmo bolng. Coos Bny Is Isolated from tho rest of tho world. In conscquonco ot tho wlro troublo Tho Times todny was ablo to ro celvo only n small part of its regular Assoclntod Press roport. It wns reported that at points ho tweon hero nnd Rosoburg thero Is n foot or eighteen Inches of snow In tho mountains. AdvlBos from Portland Inst ovon Ing woro thnt flvo Inches of snow had fallen thero. ON .MATRIMONIAL SEA. Captain Robert Jones Embarks on Neiv Sort of Cruise. PORTLAND, Oro., Nov. 10. Cap tain Robort Jones has resigned as master of the gasollno schooner An vil, plying botween Portland nnd Orogon const ports, nnd will try his luck Instead on tho mntrlmonlnl sen. Ho sovored his connection with tho oconn craft Saturday, coming nshoro nnd steering n course for tho court houso, wlioro ho looked up County Clerk Fields boforo whom ho took nn examination for a Jlconso not a mnstor's and pilot's llcenso, but re presenting pnpors which tho skipper prizes moro highly. Ho got tho do cument by answering tho questions satisfactorily nbout tho location of tho various beacons, buoys, aids and obstructions on tho now son which lny boforo him. Already ho had chosen his llfomnto his first officer who wns Miss Gertrudo Carow, a resident of Portland. Thoy wero married In this city Monday ovonlng. Captain Jones and his brldo will leavo for Newport, whero thoy will llvo. MISSES' $1.50 and $5.00 RAIN CAPES for $3.00 Friday nnd Satur day only. LADIES' EMPORIUM. Have your Job printing dono at Tho Times' office. Y I APSE DUE TO EYES Puzzling Case at Eugene Said to Be Result of Straining Vision In Dim I inbt. EUGENE, Ore.. Nov. 10 Dr. Llo borg, mother of Bornnrd Marvin, tho unfortunnto young civil ouglnoor. who has recently passed through tho experience 0f n most mnrvoious lapso of memory concerning his past llfo nnd who now Imnglnos ho la n lumber Jack, has roturnod from HUlsboro whoro sho Inquired Into tho prohnhlo pauses of hor Foil's remarkable mon tal chango and finds nothing In tho least to his discredit. Truo, ho loft thnt plnco without iinylng his board bill, hut thnt was his only uiipnld hill and under tho circumstances of his departuro this could onslly bo excus ed. She found thnt Bernard had boon working on maps and niniot evn-y day ho spoilt 12 or 14 hours over tho drafting board working Into t'io night with no bettor llgh tlmn n oninll fto rosono lamp, and following that day's work ho would stii1'"- i o'colck nt night. Ho had coii'l'ietort himself In nn Irroprochnb'o nr nnor nnd his habits wore nt . jw -o sho has concluded thnt his troublo must have occurred fi-nm ovo strain nnd sovoro montnl labor. Mr. Marvin still Imnglnos ho is George Lowls, a lumber Jack, hut talks lntolllgontlv "n.i r.in.iiiv on ovorv other sublort thnn his past personal history. Ho wns a flno mn slplnn nnd played bo'h tbo violin nnd plnno with moro thnn ordlnnry skill. Now ho assorts thnt ho novor bnd n violin in his hands nnd novor struck a noto on a plnno, thnt ho Is nn ordl nnry lnborlng mnn nnd knows nofhlner of tho flnor forms of p'iPii'o n'tio ho talks with tho lnngungo of a seimlnr. and still resents tho ndvnnros of his mother In her nttens n ennvlnco him of his truo relation to her. EUGENE RAILWAY NEWS. Southern Pclflp ni'd '"Worn Pacific (let Ilti.3' There. J. L. BllOll, rlg)i'-nf-""'V nn-ont of tho Southern Pnelfl" pomnnnv U nut nlong tho lino of tho Coos Bay road closing un small on'l" I" '' wrv Tho Wlllnmetto " ti0h,v.0v pompany has comnn'! Komiomnn. tlon proceedings through tho proporty of Pntor Onhus. w'" J- "-"v wii-'tlng In his native land, Norway, and will not return for some t'"" Try The Times' wn u