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TTm ' if THE MAN WHO MOANS THAT HE'S 'WISUNbLTOOD" WILL NfVER UNDERSTAND A LUUo "Campaign" Of WANT ADVERTISING In The TIMES Will Put Your Itenl Estate "In tho Market" Effectlvolyl . It will pnt tno tact8 about your rroporty boforo tho oyes of all 'pos glblo buyers" In town. And If (hero's ono of 'them who ought to own it, you'll boII ltl tons Exm?& WANT ADVERTISING In ThoTIJIES Will Keep tho Income from Your Furnished Rooms from lapsing! YOU can really holp tho family revenues by renting a fow furnished rooms and, If you know how and when to uso tho classified columnB. you may keep that Httlo oxtra Income aa '.'steady as n clock." MEMBER OP ASSOCIATED PltESS VOL XXXV Established In 1878 as Tho Coast Mali MARSHFIELD, OREGON. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1911 EVENING EDITION, SIX PAGES. '2.' No. 127 mm GAGO SECURES 1 J MM COPE Taft Forces Win First Contest by Victory for Harry S. New Today. WILL HAVE CHARGE OF THE ARRANGEMENTS Frank Hitchcock's Resignation as Chairman of Body is Accepted. niy Associated Press! to Coos Day Times.) . WASHINGTON, D. C, Doc. 12. Tho Nntlonnl Republican convention mmi will nomtnato candidates for IIIV.1I ----- j president nnd vlco-prcsldent will ho held in Chicago beginning Tuesday, juno 18th. Tho vote at tho over whelming Republican National Con-, mlttco hero todny wns a ballot show ing Chicago 42, Donvor 7, St. Louis 1, 1 Absent 3. St. Louis withdrew uoioro mo vot ing began. Tho Taft forces, directed by Charles IIIllos, secretary to tho Presi dent, won tho first sorlous fight. Tho administration's friends had Insisted that Colonel Harry S. Now of India na bo named ns chairman of n sub committee to tnko chnrgo of tho con tention arrangements, Including tho choice of n temporary nnd perma nent chairman. At tho ond of n long lories of conferences tho administra tion forces won. Tho Taft forces dlctntcd tho entlro membership of tho arrangements committee, which was Increased to jeven, Instead' of tho usual llvo, and It composed ns follows: Now of In diana, Vorys of Ohio, Mulvano of Kansas, Murphy of Now Jersey, Wil liams of Oregon, Hosowator of Ne braska and Duncan of North Caro lina. Tho committee appointed by tho Taft forces will hnvo tho preparations for n mil for tho doloKntos. Indicat ing tho mothod In which they woro to ho chosen, etc. Messrs Borah of i Idaho, Ward of Now York, Capers of South Cnrollnn, Lowdon of Illinois and Hosowator of Nebraska. Formor governor John F. Hill ot Maine was olectod chnlrman to sorvo until tho now national commtttco Is selected. Hitchcock Ih Out. Tho Republican National Conunlt teo nssombled nt 11:30 n. m. today and at onco accepted resignation of Chalrmnn Frank II. Hitchcock, dutcd March G, 1909, and offectlvo April 1, 1909. Formor Goyomor John F. Hill of Maine was elected chairman by acclamation on motion of Victor Ilosowntor of Nebraska. A standing voto of thanks wns tendered Hitch cock. Tho committee on arrange ments ns agreed to last night, with Colonel Harry S. Now of Indiana as chairman, wns npprovod but not without protest from thoso who op posed the plan. Senator Horah of Idaho objocted to tho npprovnl of tho "nowspapor list already publish ed", but his objections supported by a considerable contingent woro overrulod by tho mnjorlty, and fol lowing tho appolntmonts wont to Messrs. Now. Vorys. Murphy, Mul vano, Williams, Rosowator nnd Dun can. Opposo Stnto Primaries. The sub-commltteo that will bo In charge of tho call for delegates de veloped a sorlous split, Horah lend ing fn a hopeless light to open tho primary door to every stnto In tho union nnd framing n minority report. The sub-commlttca decided to fol low tho form of call adopted four years ago. This call recognizes tho right of stntos to chooso delegates at Primaries whore primary laws have been passed and whero tho stnto com mittee so directs. All other states, It provides shall solect dolegates at stato conventions. REVOLT IN ALIHNIA. Report that Serious Insurrection lias Broken Out There. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.) LONDON, Dec. 12 A news agen cy dispatch from Vionna says accord ing to official advices from Cottlng, Montenegro, thero is a dangerous In surrection In Albinla. Twolvo thous and men are under arms and exton Bons of tho moveraont are probable. WILL SETTLE TROUBLE. Report that Itusso-Fcrsfan- Compro- mlso Has Been Effected. Hly Aosoclaceit Press to Coos Bay Times. BERLIN, Dec. 12. A Russo-Per-J'an compromise is probable accord ing to a telegram from Toheran. It Is reported that Russia is satisfied 'th Persia's apology and that tho Hussion government will withdraw. enlne made for ?30.00 at MILNEB'S. REPUBLCA1 OH U FOR 12 MANE HAS Strange Epidemic of Crime in Eastern Washington Me tropolis. (ny Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.) SPOKANE, Dec. 12 Tho third murder In this city In four days was discovered this morning when tho bo dy of Frank PaBquale, an Italian ex pressman, wnB found lying In tho street a fow rodB from his homo on East Rlvorsldo avenuo, with a bullet hole behind tho left car. Robbory was not the motive, ns thirty dollars woro loft In tho pocket. A widow nnd four children survive. There Is no clue. Dissolution of Machinery Com pany Sought by Govern pient in Action Filed. (Dy Associated Press to tho Coos Bnj ''"Imosl DOBTON, Mass., Dec. 12 -A suit wim llled In tho United States Court todny for tho dissolution of tho Unit ed Stntos Shoo Mnchlnory company. Tho suit In tho form of n bill In oqu lty was drawn by Williams Qrcggs, special assistant to United Stntos At torney Ocnornl Wlckorsham. It Is alleged that tho company Is tho back bone of tho "shoo trust." HEARST 'INGRESS Senator Percy of Mississippi Denounces Noted Demo cratic Editor. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. Senntor Percy of Mississippi roso on tho question of privllego in tho sonnto today and delivered a scathing de nunciation of an nrtlclo relating to his election in the Novombor Issuo of a popular magazine. Ho also at tacked William R. Hearst, who ho said, owned tho mngazlno nnd Inspir ed thu nrtlclo, nnd formor Governor Vardaman, nominated by tho Miss issippi democratic primary to succeed Percy. LABOR LEADERS San Francisco Union Men Keep Away from Prone or uy namite Conspiracy. (By Associated Press to Coos Bm Times.) LOS ANGELES, Dec. 12 Tho cor ridors of tho federal building were thronged with prospectlvo witnesses when tho United States grand Jury resumed its investigation of the dy namite conspiracy which Involved the McNamnra brothers and which is nl leeed to bo of country-wide propor tions. About fifty witnesses from San Francisco aro hero, many of SSnta conferenco with tho United States district attorney today. All of the prominent labor leaders In San Francisco howevor aro missing. rOCKET KNIVES that will hold an edge at MILXER'S. One of tho newest signalling d; .., .. rnllroads. tho invention of a Boston man, lights a series i of torches along the track automatical ly if an engineer passes a danger sig nal. '- THREE MURDERS SHOE TRUST SUIT IS BEGUN MPS in DO NOT APPEAR NASA RAIN Four or Five Killed, Five Injur ed and Machine Shops De stroyed at Scranton, Pa. To day. (From Associated Press to Coos Bay Times) SPRANTON, Pa., Dec. 12. Four Rumor that Former Hill Official Is Back of Sumner Pro jects to Coos Bay. Thnt John F. Slovens, formorly head of tho Hill lines in Oregon nnd th'c man who had chargo of tho Hill extensions into Central Oregon, is tho "man hohlnd" tho Pnclflc Great Western and tho Pacific Coast lino, known ns tho Sumnor projects, 1b tho latest report received horo. Tho report comes Indirect to n woU known Coos Bay man who refuses to di vulge any details but who Is conn dent thnt tho "tip" ho has recolved Is correct. JuHt who Ih bohlnd Stev ens Is tho only quostlou In his mind nnd ho bcllovcs that It Is Hill. S'nco his retirement au act lye head of tho Hill lines sovcral months ngo, Mr. Stevens has bcon In Europo nnd In the cart, ostensibly resting up. Recently it was announcod thnt ho was about to actlvoly reenter rnll road work but what his connections were to bo was not stntod Just a few days ago, It wan nnnoi need thut ho hnd summoned Ralph Budd, tho cMcf engineer of tho Hill lines in O'CRon, enst to tako up the work with him. Even thou, t wns not nn nouncod what Mr. Slovens' project wns. That tho Sumnor lino b tho "roal t'lng" and not a nurn promotion scheme ns hns bcon claimed by Son thorn Pacific officials and as wns In timated In tho OroKonlon tho othni day Is shown by tho ?.. ' v 'ng special New Yorrf !'. iveh wfch tho Oio gcnlan rnol flu:. Jay "To MncArthur, Porks & Co., lim ited, lias bcon awarded tho contract to build tho Pacific Great Western Railroad from Eugono, Or., to th? coast and Coos Bay. They havo ul rendy begun ororn''oiu according to Information rccolvod at tlielr olhcos here. "Arthur F. MncArthur, president of tho contracting firm, who Is inter ested porsonnlly with his brother, John R. MncArthur, in tho railroad project, said: "Work has alreadv been stnrtod, I hnvo been Informed, nnd will bo pushed to completion with all possl bio speed. Tho fact that MncArthur, Porks & Co., had received tho con tract, of course, wns not nows to mo, ns I and my brother woro among thoso who concolved tho road." KILLS SIX BEAU Roports say that Elinor Mlllor of Pistol River kllrod six bear Inst week, one of which Is said to havo beon whlto faced, which Is noxt to a griz zley In slzo and fierceness. Gold Beach Globo. Red AIR CJUX8 nt MILXER'S. McArthur, Perks & Company Almost Took Coos Bay and Boise Contract. Tlint.thn McArthur. Porks & Com pany, who have been awarded tho contract for constructing tho Pacific Great Western aud Pacific Coast Lino from Eugene to Coos Bay almost took tho contract for tho Coos Bay and Bolso sometime ago became known today. Although Chief Engineer Fred Haines ot tho Coos Bay and Boise Is very reticent about the company's af fairs, he stated that they had almost closed with the Arm for the construc tion of the Coos Bay and Boise line. Just what prevented tho deal going through Is not known. Mr, Haines has long been famllar with the McArthur, Perks and Com pany and regards them as ono of the strongest firms of contractors in the United States. 'iney now nave a waterworks construction contract for the City of Now York which runs in to the millions. The strong financial rating of tho contractors for tho new line removes any doubt locally so far as to the line being nothing more than a "promo tion scheme" as some have claimed, SAYS STEVENS 111 "I88EB". S STRONG HAS CONTRAST CAUSE OF HAVOC or five were killed and flvo woro In jured, two fatally, and tho machlno shops of tho company sot on fire and burned togother with flvo loco motives when n freight train ran away- In tho Cnrbondalo yard of tho Delaware ami Hudson Company. IEH ROAD Workmen Secured for Con struction on Tunnel S. P. Busy. EUGENE, Oro., Dec. 12. Tho Register prints tho following: Seven dccdB for right-of-way woro filed In tho county clork's ofllco yes terday by tho Pacific Great Wostorn. Thcso concessions aro scattered along tho routo of tho projected road at varloiiB points. Ono dcod In particular, secures tho romalnlng stretch of tho routo nonr tho tunnel nnd connects up tho right-of-way continuously to cover tho present sub-contract, thereby Unking tho west sldo of tho lino with tho Willamette slopo. Ab nn earnest Indication that roal activities are to bogln on tho summit nt once, 10 freight wagons heavily loaded with camp equipment loft yoBtordny morning for tho scono of Immedlnto operations. Tho Eugono branch of Lang nnd company, gro cers, has secured tho contract for supplying the camp with provisions. Messrs. Roylanco, Mosslnger and Dyo, tho Bub-contractorB, havo mado arrangements with Portland employ ment agencies to furnish laborers for tho construction work, repre sentatives of tho various labor bu reaus having made a special trip for that purpose A crow qf labor ers to tho number of 70 men will stnrt tho work at tho oarlloBt pos sible moment. Workmen Arrlt. That a big force Is going to bo put on at onco by Twohy nros. on tho Notl tunnel Is ovldoncod by tho crow of export powder mon sont out to tho tunnel yesterday morning. Tho Bangs Livery Co. sont out nil tho crow thoy could haul In ono fonr horso rig nnd flvo two-horso rigs, nnd Kompp Bros, livery hauled out 1C mon, making altogether CO mon who will bo put to work In tho tunnel nt onco. It is evident thoro Is going to bo somo work dono on this tunnel and probably throo shifts will bo put to work. Make Six Roads. No less than six railroads aro now under actual construction toward tho city of Eugono, nnd this wlntor and noxt summer promlso to bo exceed ingly busy In this part of tho Wil lamette valley. Tho roads aro: Oro gon Electric extension from Snlem and Albnny to Eugene; Southern Pacific lino to Coos Bay; Oregon Eastorn (Harrlman) from Klamath Falls ovor half of which has boon enmploted; Oregon Eastorn through Mnlhour canyon to Burns nnd ev entually to tho Eugono-Klnmath lino; Pnclflc Gront Western to Coos Bay; and Portland, Eugono & East orn from Monroo to Eugene. KANSAS WILL State Begins Action to Collect Half Million Dollars for Violations. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.) TOPEKA, Kan., Dec. 12. The Stnto Utilities Commission today brought spit In the Supremo Court to oust the Kansas Natural Gas Com pany nnd collect half a million dol lars penalties for violations ot the anti-trust law. ACTS IN JEWS' BEHALF. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. The House Committee on foreign affairs unanimously agreed to tho Sulzor resolution directing Immediate abro gation of tho 1832 treaty between tho United States and Russia be cause of. discrimination by Russia against American Jewish citizens in tho recognition of passports- Tho committee will urge congress to tako quick i action on he resolution. fl and 2 WATCHES at MILNER'S 1 TENNESSEE MINE UP BODIES AWFUL LEAP BIGMZEO II Michigan Man Hurls- Himself from Nineteenth Story in Chicago Today. (By Associated Press to Cooa Bay Times.) CHICAGO, Dec. 12. J. F. Grcok, a machinist who Is bolloved to have been mentally unbalanced, nt noon today mounted to tho nineteenth floor of tho Masonic Tomplo build ing, dlsrobod, crawled out on a beam and dropped to tho rotunda. Ho was manglod beyond recognition. His body struck a cigar stand nnd Injured Hnrry Evans of Bay City, Mich., who was standing nearby. Evans' con dition Is sorlous. Greatest Splendor of Modern Times Marks Coronation at Delhi Today. ' (By Associated Press to Cooa Baj Times.) DELHI, India, Dec. 12, King Goorgo V. and Quoen Mary proclaim ed to omporor nnd ompresB of India today. The culminating act of tho British monnrchs accosslon to tho throno of his vast IivJJan domfclons took plnco nmld n scono for which richness, color nnd nlngnlflconco ot tho decorations woro probably novor surpasBod In modern times. FEAR REVOLT IN 110 United States Doubles Guard on Border Owing to Ru mors of Trouble. (From Associated Press to Coos Bay Times) EL PASO, Tex., Doc. 12. Tho United States Guards on tho bordor woro doubled today when tho United States army officers woro notified that an Insurrecto attack will bp mado on Jaurez soon. Roports that tho Reyes revolution will bo launched December 15th with tho solzuro of the customs houses aro discredited. I till CLERK Samuel Bridges of Tacoma Held for Technical Viola 1 tion of Law. (By Associated Press to tho Coos Bay Times. I SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 12, Sam uel Bridges of Tacoma, clerk of tho United States Court for tho district of Southwestern Washington, was in dlctod by tho federal grand Jury today for tho technical ombezzlomout of $78,000. Tho nraount ot actual shortago It Is said will bo small. Bridges came to Soattle today pro pared to furnish bonds. It Is alleged that Instead of de positing tho fees to the credit of tho court, Bridges deposited them with his private account and that not all of tho fees wero accounted for. Tho lndlctmont Is similar to tho ono re turned last weok against Robort M, Hopkins, clerk of tho Seattle dis trict. Bridges was released on 16000 bail. Friends say bo has mado good on all accounts by tho government to havo beon unlawfully dlvorted. EXPRESS Wagons, Air Guns and Boys' Tool Boxes nt MILXER'S. RULERS GIVEN INDIA THRONE r COURT SLOWLY GIVES OE DEAD MINERS Thirty-four Bodies Have Been Recovered from Cross Mountain Shaft. ' TWO RESCUERS GO MAD DURING QUEST Believe that Eighty or More Bodies Are Yet to Be Taken From Tunnels. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.) BRICEVILLE, Tcnn., Doc. 12 Up J to threo o'clock this afternoon all attempts to llnd moro survivors in J tho Cross Mountain woro fruitless. Thnt eighty or moro bodies aro yot to bo recovered Is liellovod. Thirty four bodies havo ben romoved from tho mine. Two memuors of tho rcs cuo party went mad and aro rushing hlthor and thither In tho mlno. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay, Times.) BRICEVILLE, Tcnn., Doc. 12 Up to olovon o'clock today, thirty bodies In nil hnd boon recovered from tho Cross Mountain mlno. BRICEVILLE, Tenn., Doc. 12. Spumed on by last night's cllscovory of sovcral survivors of Saturday's ex plosion in tho Cross Mountain mlno, fresh rescuo squads wont into tho wrecked mlno today. Six bodies wero discovered In ono chamber. JUROR STILL OUT OF T No Trace Found of Man Who Strangely Disappeared in Kansas City Murder Trial. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.) KANSAS CITY, Doc. 12 Harry W. Waldron, tho Juror in tho Hydo trial who disappeared early yestor day from his room In tho hotol whore tho Jury slept, has not beon found. Not a slnglo cluo has boon Bocurod nnd n score or moro of ofllcors who are searching for tho missing Juror aro completely at sea. It Is known thnt Waldron has been on tho verge of nervous prostration duo It is said to domestic troubles nnd fear Is ex pressed by somo thnt ho may have taken his own life. If Wnldron dooa not appear In court boforo tonight tho Jury will bo discharged. "I bollovc that tho keoplng of my husband away from homo has drlvon him nsano" this wns tho statomont of Mrs. Harry Waldron, wlfo of tho missing Juror in tho trial of Dr. B. Clarko Hydo, charged with tho mur dor of Col. Thomas Swopo. Mrs. "Waldron was quostlonod at longtb. by prosecutor Conkllng. She donlod that sho had given hor husband any cnuso for Jealousy. Tholr relations -'pre ronuenlnl, she said. It hnd boon intimated that hor husband was Jeal ous of an omployo of his dairy farm. ELECTION IS BEING PROBED Marshfield Men Summoned Be fore Grand Jury at Co quille About It. Quito a Btlr was caused In Marsh flold today as a result of a number, of local pooplo bolng subpoonaod to appear boforo the grand Jury. Al though tho summons did not specify, It Is understood that somo of theic I havo to do with a grand Jury iuvos-i tlgaWon of alleged Illegal voting In tho Marshflold city electlou last week and with reported violations of law, in connection with It. Just how oxtonslvo an invostlgr tlon of tho alleged Irregularities U tho election is to bo mado was a raati tor of much speculation around town today. No ono appoarod to lenoy1 definitely. Neither could It bo definitely aw cortalned who nil had been sub noenaed to annear boforo the Krund Jury in tho matter. Quito a few i witnesses in tho Garrison murder caso havo Just been subpoenaed and I tha rames of some of them wore er- , roneousiy miKOd witn the reported election probe, it was stated. '-! 1