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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 22, 1911)
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Murray Has sunlit I Chance of Recovering From Pistol Wound. LIKELY TO BE PARALYTIC EVEN IF LIFE IS SAVED HITTER AND EGGS DEAR. NEW YOKK, Dec. 22. Hut- 0 ter and eisKB nre selling In New O Y'ork nt tho highest prices rosls- tored In 10 years. Denlors and wnrehouBemen point to the prl- ces ns n Jusllllcntlon of tho cold- Btorngo Bystom. contending Mint the threatened loulslntlnn nf. 4, oldie Bestscott In Jail and Savs That Jealousy Prompt- ! f.t,ctlnB ii stomgo u ono of . orl Pnlmn tllc Principal cnuses for tho Illicit nu W.....V,. prices. Rotnll prlco of eggs .....i. i.i. 0..i.,,,i ,.,i .nra.n.1 !...' rnnge from 48 to 75 cents, nnd He bullet from Uoldlo DeatscotfB J ,,ut,lcr ls 8old nt from 40 to 50 .eiolvcr, ChnB. Murray, who wns, AAAAAAA Dot on North Front Btroet yostor- jr attcrnoon, ilea in n precarious Udltlon nt Mercy hospital. The chances nre uguliiBt his reco- !tt nnd unless nn oporntlou to bo Uoruiod tnlu uftornoon uueceeds, le will bo n life-long paralytic oven he escapes death now. Ooldlo BcstBcott, his nssnllaut, Is Uflncil in tho Mnrshlluld city jail led has little to Bay. The date of her arraignment will Irobably bo postponed until It Is kflaltcly known whether Murray in recover. Ust night, owing to the Mn rah Hold Itr Jail, being crowded with "Jags," fco was plnced unuor tlio guard of frailer Richardson, n special olllcer, atsldo of tho Jail. Besides tho fowdod condition of tho Jail neccs- llitlng this, It was feared tlint sho light bucomo dosporato and attompt end her mo. She hns little to sny nbout tho 1M. Hearing on Petition For Reduc-1118 on,cr ,n the ensos of the Portinmi tion In'Frplflht Rrifne In Pn-'S!"1"01, ot Commerce, Seattlo HUM III nugni "ate,st in ra-,Chntiibor of Commerce and Tncomn CITIC Northwest Will Be Trnmc association ngnhiBt tho rnll Mnrrh 1 . roads operating In tho Pacific North- mai "" ' west stntes. The order nrovldos for (Dy Associated ITcbh to Coos Bay f. reduction In clnss freight rntes In ' T'mesl . ..!... .' . ' . nvn "l POPULATION OK ASYLUM. WASHINGTON, 1). C, Wee. 22 east ns Mlnnenpolls nnd St. I'nul. A supplementary order wns Issued Tho ordor was iBsued to afford nddl todny by the Interstnto Commcrco tlonal time for finally adjusting the uommiBBion extending until .Mnrcii l. cases RUSSIA PUNS TO RETALIATE ON UNITED STATES COMMERCE BIG SLUMP IN IMMGATION Fewer People Coming to Am erica From Foreign Lands Than Last Year. FORTY HURT IN ffl W (Dy Associated Press to Coos Day Times.; NBW YORK, Dec. 22. A tre mendous slump lu European 'nuul grntlon will bo recorded nt Ellis Is- To one, flho said sho did not' land this year, nnd tho departures fctrnd to dlschnrgo tho revolver but lerely Intended to frighten Murray lha li alleged to have been u fro- htntcr at tho resort on North Front trcet of which sho hns boon tho mis- leu. "Jealousy" ls the latest cnuse tlint be ascribes for tho crlmo. Thero been many rumors of previous ouble between her nnd Murray but ill It merely gossip. The true version of tho affair win obably nut bo known until tho arlng. C. K. McKnlght has been Itilned to defend her. I Murray has talked very littlo out tho caso clthough ho has been batelouB mast of tho tlmo. This aft- noon, ho will bo told how badly ho I Injured nnd will bo given his cholco taking tho additional chances or i operation In his sorlous condition, ' of becoming a hopoless paralytic (en If his llfo la spared. The bullet "struck him In tho back, t below tho shouldor blado. Its lurto In tho body has not boon do- raiDcu. This nfternoon, Coroner Fred. Wll- wont to Mercy hospltnl to tnko I ante-mortem stntcmont from Mur- ' so that In caue his wound Hhould lore fatal soon, his ovldonco will In possession of tho stato for tho Icsecutlon of tho Uostscott womnn. Deputy ProBocutlng Attornoy LII- ltlt was oxpected hero nt noon to ok Into tho enso but ho wns un- I'e to leave Coqulllo owing to tho rnson trial not linvlng ranched le stago whoro ho could lonvo. It expected thnt ho will bo over to-prrow. Someono sont word to District At- Imoy Geo. Urown nt Coqulllo last got that Ooldlo Tlestscott had not jen placed under arrest but thnt offlcerB woro waiting for tho Is- "nco of n warrant. Ho telephoned r to hnvo her arrested nt once. io Information was erroneous an ting marshal. Wnltor Richardson, d her In his custody a few mlnutos lr tno sliootlng occurrea. To CIciui Tou'll. As a result of yesterday's shoot- it lb expected that Mayor Strnw Marshal Cartor. as soon as tho per returns from Coqulllo whoio ' uecn as a witness in mo uni on murder caso, will take steps to ' Marshflold of mnnv of tho undo- bles who have been congregating I'O tho past month. Thero Is snld oe a greater number of them In prtbfleld now than In many months many business men and cltlzons 1 Protesting against their being al- ed to remain. will greatly exceed last year's llg tires. Tho arrival of third-class pas songerB to December 1, 1911, total led 781,058 compared with 1,102,. 930 nnd tho departures this year wcro 480,794 compared -with 359, 574 last year, C J N Twelve Seriously Injured When Passengers Meet Head-on In Texas Today. (Dy Associated Press to Coos Day Times.) TI2XAHKANA, Ark., Dec Thirty to forty wcro Injured In a wreck on the Toxas nnd Pacific at Klldaro south of horo early today. Two pas Bengor trains met In n head-on col lision. Twelve of tho Injured re quired medical attention. M S 1 "Big Smoke" Says He Is In Fine Condition, Well-to-Do and Ready to Fight. ' (Dy Associated Press to Coos Day Times.) NEW Y'ORK, Doc. 22. Jack Johnson, tho champion henvy-wolght pugilist of tho world, returned to Amcrlcnn soil today after an extend ed trip abroad. Tho champion ap peared hnlo and henrty. Ho denied ho wns broko, as was reported, say ing ho had moro monoy thnn when ho loft horo. To disprove tho state ments thnt ho wns "hogfnf nnd weighed over 300 pounds, tho cham pion Jumped on tho scnles nnd tip ped tho boom nt 233. ."All I wnnt Is my prlco," snld Jnck, "nnd I will fight nny living man. I am nfrald of no one. Let some club hnng up 130,000 and I'll fight. That's my price." IWGIITOI'VVAY CLASH. lflc Great Western's Suit Afinlnst SniiMiprii Purllln. The Eugene Register says: "The nine ureat Western Railway com- ar oa& niod a motion to intervene defendant in Mm condemnation R of the Willamette Pacific com- Py vs. tho Oregon & California rroia. In antic nation of tno Uft grantlnc their renuest they I'e filed an answer In said caso. Iey desire a right-of-way across attendant's land in tho western t of tho coiintv. An tho Southern Jflc and tho Willamette Pacific are 'and grant, tho condemnation pro- uin8 Is only technical but tho pur 's to hold the right-of-way." He your Job printing done at ' dimes' office. ALLIANCE IN AND OUT TODAY Steamer Arrives From Eureka and Sails For Portland Few Hours Later. The Alliance arrived In early this morning from Eureka and sailed n few hours later for Pprtland. She had a large number of through pas sengers for Portland from Eureka and a big cargo of freight. Among those sailing from hero for Portland on her wero the following1 C. P. Koatlng, L. Y. Keating, A. Hill, J. M. Dowen, J. S. Putnam, J. Salvage, J. D. Mann, J. Dusby, C. S. Dames, F. 0. Wilson, R. L. Murr, E. W. Dermnn, W. II. Lilly, J. Mau car, James Stuvar, Mrs. E. Dushy, Mrs. H. F. Drolllnger, F. D. Lnyton, Claud Nasburg, A. J. Ness, Tom Gra ham. Company Hetums. Tho Raymond Teal Comedy company returned to day from tho Coqullle Valley where they have been playing to big hou ses. They will play at Js'orth Dend and reopen hero December 26 for a three nights stand at tho Masonic Opera House. REPUBLIC ONLY PEACE BASIS Representative of Imperial Government at Conference Hopes For Settlement. (Dy Associated Press to Coos Day Times.) SIIANQILVI, China, Dec. 22. Tang Shao Yl, representing Premier Yuan Shi Kal and tho lmporlal gov ernment nt tho pcaco conference of tho lmporlal and revolutionary dele gates now being hold horo, author izes tho Associated Press to say that ho still hopes tho premier will ngrco with his views nnd accept tho repub lic ns the ssly means of securing pence. "" SWEPT PJ TRIRD FIRE Winlock, Wash., Suffers Loss of $100,000 In Suspicious Blaze Last Night. (Dy Associated Press to Coos Day Times.) CIIEIIALIS, Wash., Dec. 22. Tho third disastrous flro at Winlock within ono year last night destroyed two blocks of tho business section ontntllng n loss estimated nt ono hun dred thousand dollars. Peculiar cir cumstances Incident to tho flro nro bolng Investigated by tho authorities. Now Over 1,700 Highest In History of Stale. SALEM,,Ore., Dec. 22. High water mark In tho population at the asylum for the Insane wns Introduced In Duma to In crease Tariff Against Am erican Imports. MOST FAV0REDNATI0N CLAUSE IS INSISTED ON t phnu'n0!1 ,?? .th,, ,eliro"n1lont Imposition of Penalty Lies Out- showed 1,701 Inmates. Thero sj rj.i.. iJ! i n oiuu Duuy uiuiruui iiiiiu- ence Affects. will bo pressing need for tho new caBtorn Oregon branch asy- him by tho tlmo It ls completed If tho present rnto of Increase continues. U. S. FLAG ON SOUTH PACIFIC LACK POWER TO E M R FATAL DA! TO NOTED ONE Interstate Commerce Commis sion's Authority Restricted In Many Ways. (Dy Associated Press to Coos Day Times.) WASHINGTON, D. C, Doc. 22. "Ppwcr" has not been lodgod with tho Interstate Commorco Commis sion to equalize economic advantages to placo ono market in competition with nnother or to tront nil railroads ns part of ono groat whole, to ap portion to each n certain territory or to roqulro thorn to meet upon n com mon basis at all points." This was tho Important prlnclplo laid down to day by tho commission In deciding a caso in Ohio In connection with' tho llro brick rates. Taft Approves Plan to Restore American Shipping Out of San Francisco. (Dy Associated Press to Coos Day Times.) WASHINGTON, D. C, Doc. 22. President Tnft, Postmaster Gonornl Hitchcock, Solicitor Genernl Leh mann nnd Assistant Secretary of tho Navy Wlnthrop approved today a plan proposed by Senator Perkins and Roprosentntlvo Kahn of Calllor nln, designed to rcstoro tho south Pa cific cnrrylng trndo, to Amcrlcnn Btcamors and put tho American flag once again on tho San Francisco Australian route. IAS TRA6EDY IN NEW YORK p I) Margaret Potter-Black, Novel ist, Succumbs Several Others Die. (Dy Associated Press to tho Coos Day Times) CHICAGO, III., Dec. 22. Marga ret Horton Pqttor-niack, tho novelist, died horo today of heart disease. ACTOIl IS A SUICIDE. Wright Lorlmer Ends Ills Tj'fo In Now York Toduy. (Dy Associated Press to Coos Day Times.) NEW Y'ORK, Dec. 22. Wright Lorlmer, tho well-known actor, com mitted sulcldo today by tho gas routo in his homo hero. A lettor addressed to friends made mention of William A. Drady, tho theatrical manager, against whom thero ls ponding a suit fllod by Lorl mer for f98,000 for alleged breach of contract. Tho letter reads, "I would not havo done this If thero had beon ono ray of hopo. My blood will bo on your head, William A. Drady, How different would havo been my leave taking if you had been half a man. But you will know what it Is to suffer nnd oven at that I am sorry for you. I am full of suffering. My lovo to my friends." MRS. AVEIIY DEAD. Prominent D. A. R. nnd Club Worker Succumbs. (Dy. Associated Press to Coos Day Times.) CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dec. 22. Mrs. Elroy M. Avery, aged G7, editor of the official paper of tho Daughters of the American Revolution nnd a prominent club an educational worker died today of heart disease. Have your Job printing dono at The Times' office. STEAL JEWELS 1 E Tomb of Noted Parisian Ac tress Broken Into and Rob bed of Large Amount. (Dy Associated Press to Coos Day Times) PARIS, Franco, Doc. 22. A son Batlon wns caused In Paris today by tho announcement that tho tomb of tho Parisian nctrcss, Mmo. Luclo Lantolmo, was brokon into last night and valuable Jewels wrenched from the body nnd carried off. Tho goms Included n pearl necklaco which alone was valuod at eighty thousand dol lars, Somo of tho Jewols upon further search wero found in an envolopo under tho head of Mmo. Lantolmo Tho tomb had beon entered and tho casket oponed. Great mystery sur rounds tho entlro affair. Quarrel Over Decorating Tree Leads to Murder and Sui cide Today. (Dy Associated Press to Coos Day , Times. NEW YORK, Dec. 22. 1'ollowlng an argumont over tho fitness of tho decorations ot a Christmas trco, which they woro trimming for Jos oph CoBgrovo's grnnd children, ho cut his throat aftor killing John Gnd dlo, his prospective son-in-law. l'UNKHAL NOTICE. Tho funeral of tho Into Mrs. Myr tlo E. Johnson will tnko placo from tho Methodist church in Marshflold Saturday nftumoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. H. I. Rutledgo omclntTng. Friends and ncqunlntnncos invltod. (Dy Associated Press to Coos Day,, Times.) ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 22. A legislative proposal to provide for n tariff war on schedules oil tho appli cation to tho United States at thoi expiration ot tho Russo-Amerlcnn treaty of commerco nnd navigation ot 1832, was introduced in tho Du mn. Tho bill proposes to ralso tho existing Russian duties by 100 per cent nlso to Imposo n duty of 100 por cont on articles which nro ndmittcd free under tho present RtiBsInn tariff. Resides theso on Importations, tho bill proposes also to levy n doublo gross weight tax, established Juuo 21, 1901, on mcrchnndlBO arriving- by Bca nnd to levy n doublo tounngo- tnx. It ls snld tho schedules nro to be nppllcnblo to nil countries which. do not grnnt Russia tho tnost favored' nation treatment in commorco and navigation. Tho provlnco of Foreign Affairs, lies outsldo tho competency of tho Duma nnd treaties nro not subjoct to Its npprovnl, nor Is tho Minister of Foreign Affairs nnswornblo to tho Duina on stnto or foreign relations. Nevertheless, tho Duma oxorclsos through Its budget nn Influence on foreign affairs. Tho Russian ultimatum doinnndod that beside the dismissal ot Mr. Shustor, tho trcasuror-gcnoral, v.an-' American, nn npology from tho Per sian govornmont becauso of Its In terference with tho property of Per slnnB under Russlnn protection and nlso tho payment of nn Indomntty to Russia for expenditure Incurred In sondlng troops to Porston territory. IB IS E, M U WN 1 DIES IX flUAYQUIL. President of Republic of Kducntor Succumbs Suddenly. (Dy Associated Press to Coos Day Times.) GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, Dec. 22. Emllo Estrada, presldont of tho rep ublic ot Ecuador, died hero suddenly at midnight. TO SCALE MT. M'KIXLEY. Prof. Herscliel Parker Will Lcnvo on Third Expedition. (Dy Associated Press to the Coos Bay Times) NEW YORK, Dec. 22. Professor HerBchol Parker of Columbia Uni versity, will leave New York for Alaska January 10, to make a third attempt to ascend Mount McKlnloy. His first effort was made with ttio famous expedition of Dr. Fredorlck A. Cook In 190G, and tho second in 1910. Save money by patronizing Tho Times advertisers. Teheran Cabinet Consents to Yield to Recent Ultimatum From Czar. (Dy Associated Press to Coos Day Times.) TEHERAN, Persia, Doc. 22. Tho Porslau Cabinet has given Russia nssuranco of Its Intention to comply with the demands ot tho Russian ultimatum. LONDON, England, Dec. 22. Tho British Forolgn Ofllcn hns offl clnl confirmation that Persia has yielded to tho Russian demands. ) POSTAL WILL ENTER 'TELEPHONE WELD (Dy Associated Press.) SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Dec. 22, Conflrmntlon was given Son of Tennessee Governor Charged With Murder to be Examined. Dy Associated Press to tho Coss Day Times.) SEATTLE, Wash., Doc. 22. Insa nity proceedings woro begun today against Mnlcom G. Patterson, son of former Governor Patterson of Ton nossco, who shot R. T. Seal at Port , Orchard, Dccembor 7. Tho lunacy N commission will oxnmlno young Pat terson Immediately after Christmas. NEARS CLOSE Expect It Will Be Submitted to Jury Late Today Speculate About Verdict. (Spoelal to Tho Tlinoa.) COQUILLE, Oro., Deo. 22. Tho caBo of Frank Onrrison, charged with the murder of Roy Porklns on Coos Bay a jear ago last summer and then weighting tho body ot tho victim down with stonea and sinking it in tho bay, will probably go to tho Jury lato this afternoon or oarly this evening. Tlio final arguments to tho Jury la tho case opened Inst night, Deputy Prosecuting Attornoy Llljeqvlst open ing for tho prosecution. Thero Is considerable speculation among thoso who havo been attend ing tho caso na to what tho verdict is llkoly to bo. Generally tno specula tion appears to take It for granted that Garrison will bo convicted nnd tho question, judging from gossip in 41.A s.A-,-lfl,i-a la wlinttinr It will liA today to reports last night thnt flnjt or BCComl (legrC0- Tha )naJorlty tho Postal Telegraph Company Lppoar t0 hold tho second degroa will enter tho telephone field, theory Radical reductions in present immediately after the Jury hrlnga rates aro planned according to Jn ft vordlcti Ju,,K0 Coko wUl niJauru tho Postal'j i officials. Tho ontlre court for tho ctiristmaB holldnyo. Tho entlro Pacific coast, It Is said, jurorB wJu not havo to return until will bo served. ....... January 8, but Judge Coke will open "' nn onnlfv sosslnn .Tnnnnvr 3. ,i njBua MJiit. r. . il i iVtfki