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7T7. v-' HERE NEVER WAS A QUITTER WHO DIDNT ALWAYS HAVE A PAT EXPLANATION . f.ititn "CnmnnlEn" Of ..cr AIIVUKTISINO In The TIMES Will I Tut Your Ileal Estate "In Wxmtx WANT ADVERTISING In Tlio TIMES Will Keep the Incoino from Your Furnished Rooms from Lnpslngt YOU can really help tho family revenues by renting a few furnished rooms and, If you know how and when to use the classified columns. you may keep that little extra lucomo as "pteady as n clock." 11 "V :..., i ., i i li will I'"1 thofnets about your . . iirtKinr" iM ftvvbivuAj1 I rtv before uio oj-e i u" I'oa fc buyers" In town. And If iw "s u'i . ; : "-" kg It. " " " MEMBER OP ASSOCIATED 1'ltu.sa VOL. XXXV Established In 1878 in The Const Mnll MARSHFIELD. OREGON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1 911 EVENING EDITION, EIGHT pages. ttn""d",l0 Tll!7 c",,8t Mnl1 No. 125 m. mm. mmm mm .. ..m nl" COOS IlnjT A(l VCI'tlStT. fflnos law MARAS TO TESTIFY I AN I Mf'll Rl L mfesscu Muraerurs win win Tell Federal larana jury of Plots. IVATE VESSEL TO TAKE IHbWi iu rm&uiM ipect Former United States HarSliai W HUiim enmity Jurors Monday. TO Si QUENTIN NOW HOLY GHOST" CONTROLLER BUY CASE DISMISSED 1AI GUILTY Leader of Eastern Religious Sect Convicted of Murders In Main$. (By Associated Prcsa to Coos Day Times.) l, Associated Press to Coos Day Times.) 103 ANODES. Cnl., Dec. 9. o McN'nniara urotnera prounmy. . i .iiiii iininrn Tiin iiiii iirii i K leVc. 6scnr w.erspeJI,!AND,M!Une(Dec.O-Ilev. nrWcutor for tho government , " ' , lo. u' J" .0I U1C Rm.ld Sn? YnStffBlffl ' -sV tKeaX fch.. "a" & nlw. ' ,,fc0J "' .erB08 P board, the yacht ,miif ni......v.v-, -. ...--- i-oronci uy tlio jury of tho united ,la until next Tuesday, and it la stalL8 Dctrlct collrt .,,.. ,. ... . L 1 1 n Mia AI1 TNJn ttl fl fl i . ". ------ jbyiani mi lu ...w...........CnnrKOr tmU Snn(ifor(j AM "unlnw- Herswlll uo in ami whuihih p- rtilly, knowingly nnd wilfully causo Thn futility Of asking tlicm tO'jinil nllnv Mln nnrnnnl in nwinnn.l n.wl jr beforo tho grand Jury Is said continue on n voyage without suitable are resulted In tho dotormlnntlon , ninl sufllclent food to supply the nec- tiko them to tlio Btnto peniien-.cssiiiea and sustain the life of Goo. ry today or tomorrow. Htighcy and tho ofllcors and tho crew tores of wltnossca nppenred In , nnd passengers." Sensational Alaska Case In- oJ8B"n"inJun1,nn,lw,l,oh,tllow VUMiyailUn OOnCIUUea i "The Government should construct or acquire nnd own and, If neccssnry opernto at least 1 rnllroad thcro. If Alaska Ib to be developed, Hint devel opment must come either through outside Bynhcnted wealth or through Individual energy and enterprise minted nnd aided by tho govern or tlio necessary Drop "Dick-to-Dick" Letter Episode. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay z i'lmes. i WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec. 9 A formal report to tho Houso today mont construction from tho commlttco on expenditures ratl.oads." In tho Interior Department dismissed I tho committee, Air. Burko from tho congressional consideration South Dakota, representing tho the Controller Bay charges, tho key- publican members ineffectually of stone of which wns tho widely quoted "Dick to D.ck" lettor and tho nccu MtlonJhnt Illclmrd S. Ilynn was ac quiring n monopoly of vnluablo Alas ka harbor rights. Tlio committee's action was based on tho recommoudntlon of Louis D. Urnudels and Amos Plnchot, counsel for tho committee. "Tho Government," tho commlttco report says, "should not part with mnuded n continuance to henr ISllss M. F. Abbott and others as to the au thenticity of tho "Dick to Dick" let ters. A resolution by Burko declar ing If such did not exist tho affair was an "Infamous attack" and "vic ious assault" on tho president, was defeated by a party vote. It was de clared that tho "forgory and libel should be exposed nnd parties to It Identified. Tho minority wns given tho title to any coal, petroleum, nnt- 'flvo days In which to report. DECIDES PORT n todav In response to summons which 128 liuvo been Issued in hit few days. It Is known inni ol tho San Frnnclsco labor im will bo asked to nppenr. Both District Attorney' Fredericks 1 Aulstnnt Ford declared todny it Burt Franklin, charged with !Dtt7 of prospective jurors in mo Ximara trial, probably will plead itr when tho caso is canca aion- j becauso of tho weight of ovl- ce against him. On Sixt'inl xniin herlff Hnmmcl announced at a that tho McNnmnrna might bo their way to San Qucntln somo e between now nnd tomorrow ralag. "I mn waiting for n spu- iteatncr," said tlio Biionii. i no onneement camo nftor tho sheriff a tilk with JfTdgo Bordwoll. OFFERED BRIBE DARIIOW MAKES REPLY Aiioclntcd Press to Cooa Bay Times.) mm ANGELES, Dec. 9 "Edgard mado that chnrgo frequently,' Clawnco Darrow. "Thcro Is bins al nil to It." SONER IS BEING SOUGHT BY BIG TRUST Chicago Attorney at Lorimer Investigation. Gives Sensa tional Testimony Today. By Associated Press to tho Coos Buy Times) WASHINGTON. D. C. Dec. 9 -Maxwell Edgard, n Chicago lawyer wlio in 1907 led a legal fight to iorco tho International Harvester company to pay nioro taxes tcstlllod beforo tho Senatorial Investigation commlttco that ho had boon offered $10,000 to desist. Ho said that tho offer was nindo a C-vfago lawyer named Tono, who claimed" to represent Clnronco S. Darrow nnd Edgar Bancroft tho lat ter an nttornoy for tho compnny. XORTII BEND NEWS. Fred. Blsslt of Marshflold was a business visitor hero yesterday. Tho Mlzpah Blblo class of tho Presbyterian church hold a social and buslncsd meeting at tho church Inst night, at which refreshments wero sorved and clnss matters discussed. TAX LEVY IS LOWERED SOI W. Barton, Seeking Writ of Habeas Corpus, Eludes North Bend Officer. pile Tom Bennett was trying to writ of hnbeaa cornus to releaso W. Darton from tho North Bend I today, narton took tho law Into own hands nnd "habons corpus almsclf by making his got-nwny p Marshnl Peto Anderson. Bar- unow bolnc soucht by tho North 1 and Marshflold ofllcors. pir'n wns nrrested tho other day "leeranhlc advices from Lowls- Idaho. it seems that ho was tied for burglary last October compromised by pleading guilty Wty larceny nnd was sentoncod wee months In jnll In Noz Porco 'h", Idaho. After serving about days, ho broko Jnll. Tho offl- evidently had a hunch ho wns 'S to North Bend for thoy no- the Ofllcora thnrn in lin on tho "it. Ho wns found nnd nt first lied ot co bnelr to Idaho nnd 'fhls time but later decided ho' ' not and so wns arrested and 1 In tho North Bond Jail. t had Tom Bonnott start habeas Pm proceedings nnd this was ea up beforo Judge Coko this Wag. Judgd Coko ordered tho 'fit to be brought before tho before Issuing tho writ. An.of- as sent toTforth Bond to bring , re. "awhile, Barton had been taken w dinner by Marshal Anderson ortn Bend. ITn win tnknn tn tho Vrant which Barton's pnrents " Aorth Bend, thoy having ro r bought It from Mrs. Drown. ,nl Anderson thought not to 'on. who Is about 23, all tho ii v remained on tho walk 'e while tho former was eating. ' Waltllll? miltn n n.lilln AtkIoi- MTeDt In to take his prisoner back t.v i iiiioriueu uy wiu pai- wat y0unB Barton had gono out rton v..!,., .1 r ' i t ia0eld for a few weeks. fcSffiPSL? yr - Wl IS M Oakland Invalid Burns to Death In Her Home Clothing Caught Fire. (By Associated Press to Coos Baj Times,) "iMM.Avn ni.. Doc. 9. Alono niui hninloHB in her homo horo today, Mrs. Loulso Lozo, nn aged Invalid from pnrtlal paralysis, siowiy uurnun to death. Her garments caught Are frntn n Hinnli oil Btovo nlnccd near hor feet to ward off tho cold.- HL'V A PIANO FOItCHItlSTMAS. Rnrolv horo Is nothing bettor for Xmas than n piano. It Is somothlng tho whole family can onjoy-somo-thl'ng that will last a llfotlmo and If bought right can bo handed down for two or three generations. You do not take any chances on nny plana you Bt hero. Tho stand ing of this establishment a surety that you will got your money's worth a good, rollablo piano. Then on top of this you have our guarnnteo. So why shpjuld you take any risk? Como hero, pick out an Instrument that pleases you In appearanco nnd tono. You 'will flncUour prices rea sonable nnd tho terms of paymont can easily bo arranged to your satis faction and tho instrument will ho absolutely reliable In every respect. We are now displaying an unusual Christmas slock -tho finest line 'of pianos on tho market. Pianos from ?275 up. Come In today-look thorn over carefully critlcalbt-roake any com parison you like with other houses, nnd wo will havoyou for a custo- ra0r' PAWIETt TIANO PIiACE 1 70 South Broadway. SALAD SETS at MILKER'S. Judge Coke Dissolves Tempo rary Injunction In Harbor Case There. Judgo John S. Coko In Circuit Court yestordny handed down a deci sion dissolving (ho tempornry Injunc tion Issued In tho Port Orford port ense. Tho dissolving of tho Injunc tion will now permit tho Curry coun ty court to go ahead and canvass tho returns of tho cloctlon nnd Issue tho proclamation showing that tho Port carried. Tho Injunction wns secured on tho representations ot residents of Lnn glols that tholr proporty would bo dnmnged by tho organization of tho Port through tho expenses Incident thereto nnd tho levying of taxes to carry out tho purposes of It. Judgo Coke In dissolving tho Injunction held that no such stops had yot bcon tnknn and doclnrcd that tho com plalnnnta wero moroly nlleglng what might hnppnn nnd consequently thoro were no ground for oxtrnordlnnry writ of Injunction It Is expected that tho pooplo of Langlols, backed by soma ot tho big timber Interests, will attack tho tax lovy whon It Is mado. Just who will bo appointed Port cnmmlsslonors will soon bo deter mined, tho appointments bolng mado by Governor West. Sco our TWO-IJITH TOY window. COOS HAY CASH STORE. L State. County, School City and Port Levy Will Total Forty Mills. Tho tin: levy of Marshflold will bo slightly less than last year but (ho amount of taxes each proporty own er will hnvo to pay will bo practically tho samo owing to Increases Hi tho nsscsscd valuation. This wns brought out nt tho Mnrshflold city council mooting Inst night whon tho council decided to fix tho lovy for city purpoBos at ton mills. Last year tho city levy was eleven mills, llowovor, tho assessed valuation of Marshflold Is about f 2D 0,000 greater than n year ago, bo lng about 12,200,000 ngnlnst ?2, 078,000 In 1910. City ifecordor Butler stated thnt J lid go Hall had Informed him (line tho county nnd stntu lovy this year would bo sovonteon mills, that ho had boon luformod thnt tho Marsh Hold school lovy would bo ton mills, ono mill loss than Inst yoar, and that tho Port Commission lovy would bo threo niMls. This will mako n total lovy of forty mills against n total lovy of forty-threo mills Inst year. In fixing tho city lovy, thoro was eonio discussion as to whethor It should bo olovon mills, ton mills or Iosb. Councilman Powors favored ten mills au did City Recorder But- lor. Councilman Copplo said It should not bo nioro than ten mills ns ho was anxious to keep tho totnl levy under four per cent. FEAR OVER 200 LIS LOST IN TENNESSEE MINE DISASTER REPUBLICANS III ROT ROW Southern Members of Party Want Larger Delegations To Bar Office Holders l By ABsoclnt 1 Press tn the Coos Bu) Times.) WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec. 9. A couforenco of nbout twenty iflvo nionibers of tho republican national commlttco will be held here Monday night to protest against tho old threat to reduce tho Southern representa tion tn tho republican national con vention. National Committeeman Cecil Lyon of Toxns who called tho meeting will present n resolution call ing on tho nntional commlttco to for bid tho election ot fcdornl ofllco holders ns delegates. "Dust" Explosion Near Brice- villc Entombs About 268 Men Today. FLAMES DRIVE RESCUE PARTIES FROM SHAFT Not One Rescued Yet- Mine Has Had Many Tragedies In the Past. w City Attorney Goss Says Char ter and Franchise Afford Means of Redress. That tho city tins a right under tho city charter nnd present frnn chlso of tho Water company to tnko legal stops to onforco bettor sorvlco In quantity, quality and prcssuro was tho opinion given tho city council by City Attorney Goss last evening. Mr. RESCl'ERS ARE DELAYED. (By Assoclnted Press.) KNOXVILLE, Ton., Dec. 9. Up to 2:30 o'clock this nftor nnon, tho squnds of rcBcuors made no cffectlvo i progrosa In tholr efforts to reach tho on tombed miners. Cavo-ns bnrrod tho way to tho point whore It was hoped a hundred or nioro men nro still nllvc. -By floss said tlmrthrrfinlv. .nuostlnn In Ills mind nbout It wau as to whothcr- J? wnnod ns tho news spread that tho Associated Picst to Cooa Bay Times) KNOXVILLE, Tonn., Dec. 9. "Dust" explosion In tho mnln mlno ot tho Cross-Mountnln System near Brlcevlllo early today entombod 'ft largo number of workers who hnd JiiBt entered for tho day's work. Tho mlno Ib usually mnnncd by two hun--drod minora hut whothor all had en tered tho shaft prior to tho "dust" blast has not been dotormlnod. It Is gqiiornlly believed that ono hun. drcd men were In tho mine. Roscuo preparations woro hurrlodt nnd gnngs or minora from othor mines In tho district ontcrod tho mlno. In n short tlmo, howovor, flre broko out, grcnt hollows of flames driving tho rescuers back, nnd tho hope thnt many of tho Imprisoned minora might bo rescued dwindled until, despair for tholr snfoty, took Its place. Scoroa of women nnd chlldron of tho minors gnthorcd nt tho ontrnnco of tho mlno, rind although thoy woro bravo nt first, tholr courngo gradual UIE T S Election Returns Canvassed WithoutFireworks Copple Votes No on Mayor. Without a single display ot tho "fireworks" that somo had been fore casting, tho Marshflold city council last ovonlng mot nnd canvassed tno returns of tho city election last Tues day. Tho only Intimation of furtltor dovelonmonts In tho oloctlon camo when tho council was declaring tho result of tho mayoralty contest. Councilman Copple, who In tho face of tho roturns was dofeatod by Mayor Straw by eight votes, said that no would hnvo to vote no on tho motion declaring E. E. Straw elected mayor owlnn to tho fact that tho result was so closo and that thoro was ovldonco of Illegal votlug. There was no otn- or comment on it, tho othor three councllmen present, Powers, coko and Ferguson voting In favor of the motion declaring Mayor Straw re elected. Tho motlou was mado by Councilman Powers. Tho results of tho election woro declared by separate motions, each successful candidate being tho sub ject of a motion and a motion being mado for each proposition submitted. Tho motions, with tho exception of tho ono regarding tho mayoralty con test, wero made by Councilman Cop plo. There was quite a crowd present. Councilman Savago was absent, be ing In Bandon on business. Other Business. A. M. Ross In behalf of tho owner of tho Brewery building on North Front street, asked permission to re pair sqtuo defective plumbing. The plumbing Is not up tho standard re niiired by the present ordinance and (Continued on pate 4.) SALT LAKE TD GET MEETING National- Irrigation Congress Closes Session In Chicago Today. (From Assoclatod Press to Coos Bay Times) CHICAGO, III., Dec. 9. Salt Lako today was chosen unanimously as tho next meeting placo of tho National Irrigation Congress. Tho mooting which was expected to end tho Congress horo, was- pro tracted whon a fight was started over a resolution calling for a stato inves tigation ot nil Irrigation and mining projects with a vlow to wocdlng out thoso that were unworthy, thus sav ing a loss to investors. Delegates Moody ot Washington, and Jonos of Now Mexico, fought Its adoption de claring It was a schomo to kill cor tain logltlmntc projects now under consideration. Tho resolution was adopted. Tho following ofllcors wore elect ed: Prcsldont United States Senator Newlands of Nevada. Secretary Arthur Hooker, Chi cago. Foreign secretary E. McQueen, Albuquerque, N. M. urst vice-prestuent it. lnsingor, Spokane. Third vice-president John Fair weathor, Fresno, Cal. Seo , CUT GLASS ELECTRIC LAMP being reduced $1.00 a day at MILKER'S. TOYS and Holiday Goods at CUT prices at PRENTISS & Co. SMOKERS' SETS and JARS at MILKER'S. TOBACCO It has quality! IIAIKES' FLOUR. tho old city charters, under which tho frunchlso was granted, had tho samo provisions rolatlvo to regula tion of public service ' corporations that tho present ono hns. Ho found copies ot them nnd both nro practlc ally tho samo. Ho said thnt thoro was llttlo that could bo dono nbout It until City Englueor GIdloy completed his Inves tigation of tho system nnd was able to mako recommondatlons ns to tho Improvements necessary to socuro tho sorvlco needed. Ho said Mr. Gldloy'a Job In this respect wns a big ono nnd would requlro somo' tlmo. Councilman Copplo wnnted to know If "somo of tho wind hnd not been tnkon out of tho city's sails" In forcing hotter wntor sorvlco through nn nppenl to tho Oregon Stato Rail road commission. Mr. Gosa said that ho had tnkon tho mnttor up with tho commission nnd had been Informed that n petition calling for tho roforondum on this Inw had been filed but thnt It was not stated whoth or tho petition was ndoqunto. Ho said that other parties In Marshflold had shown him a telegram saying tho petition wns adequate. Mayor Straw wanted to know whnt tho council wished to do nbout the water question, Messrs. Gosa nnd Copplo roplled that thoro wasn't any thing further to bo dono until Mr. Gldley completes his Investigation. Hiclianlson'H Rill. Tho wator quotslon camo up ngatn later In tho ovonlng whon n bill for $378.7G as Marahflold's shnro of tho exponso ot tho special investigation of tho Cooa Bay wator supply mado by Englncor Richardson ot Portland was read. Mayor Strnw wathod to know If Marshfleld had recolved n copy of Mr. Richardson's report. Ho was told that only ono roport hnd beon mado nnd thnt was to tho Joint commlttco of North Bond and Marsh flold. Mayor Straw said that while ho didn't think tho roport was worth anything, ho thought It ought to bo on fllo showing thnt tho city hnd somothlng for tho monoy expended. Engineer GIdloy stated that ho now hnd tho Richardson roport, having borrowed It from Councilman Mc- Daniel of North Bond who Is secret ary of tho Joint wator commlttco of tho Marshflold and North Bond city councils. Councilman Powers said that ho thought Marshflold ought to hnvo a copy of tho roport to bo filed wP'i tho recorder. Mr. Copplo said that ho understood that it bolongod to tho Joint water committee. Mayor Straw said that It seemed as though North Bend got the whole benefit of the expense and now had tho ro port. Tho Marshfleld membora of tho Joint wnter committee woro Councllmon Powers, Ferguson and Albrecht, Finally It was agreed that Marsh- JlnmoB reached them nnd nltlful scones followed. Members of tho rcscuo squndB who wero driven from tho mlno by tho flames and smoko declared thoy had advanced a mllo Into tho main shaft bofojo thoy woro forcod to return, but discovered no Blgns of tho Impri soned mon. Only throo nro known to hnvo escaped. Thoy woro In tho lateral shafts and woro warned by, tho nolso nnd got out boforo tho flames could ovortako thorn. Thoso mon bollovo tho exact loca tion, of tho blast Ib at least 2 miles In tho Interior nnd 800 foot from tho mountain crest. Tho number of mon entombod Is now vnrlously cBtlmntod from 125 to 2C8. Tho rcscuo work was suspended until tho nrrlvnl of tho fedornl ros cuo apparatus this nftornoon. Hml Stormy History Brlcovlllo ns a mining town has had a stormy history. It wns tho bcoiio In tho early nlnotlcs of rioting whon tho minors robolled against Working with convicts leased by tho stato. Troops woro sent to quell tho trouble At Coal Creek, near thoro, May 19 1902, two hundred mon woro killed In tho Frntorvlllo mlno explosion. Thoro nro sovoral big mlnOB nt Brlcovlllo known ns tho Crosa Moun tain system. It Is In ono of thoso thnt tho explosion occurred todny. Special trains wero sont from Knoxvlllo to the scono of tho disas ter. Prosldont Stephenson ot tho Knoxvlllo Iron Company was In chargo of a train over tho Southorn Pacific Railway. With him wont officials of tho local mlno roscuo sta tion. Thoy cnrrlod paraphornalla ot rcscuo. WO.MAK SLAYER PARALYZED 3 Irs. (By Vermllyn, Chicago Poisoner, in Critical Condition Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.) CHICAGO, Dec. 9. Mrs. Lolus E. Vormllya churged with having pois oned Arthur Blssenetto and Buspoct ed of poisoning nlno othors wna Btrlc kon with paralysis today. Her con dition Is critical. Tho paralysis not only affoctodT Mrs. Vormllya'B arms and logs but sho was unnblo to speak. Hor con dition was discovered by tho matron of tho Jail who spoko to her. Mrs. VermnyajsunabjoMo roy. field should pay tho bill, Mayor Straw saying that ho would slgu tho warrant for It ns soon ns a copy wna placed on fllo with tho Marahflold city recorder, NICKEL PLATED nATH ROOM FIXTURES at MILKER'S. AIR plants nt TRENTIBS & CO. ts-C - . 'i Jd ., ii-jsjsii, v ITSJ