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- - 1 OIfl0s Sag tms ADVERTISING In Tho TIMES WANT ADVltltTISING In Tho TIMES Will Keep tlio Incoino from Your I'lirulxliud Rooms from Lapsing! YOU enn really holp tho family revenues by renting a fow furnished rooms nntl, If you know how nnd when to ueo tho classified columns, you may keep thnt Httlo extra Incomo ns "steady ns n clock." rill Put Your Ileal Estate "In lo Market" Ef f e c 1 1 v o 1 y J will put tho facts about your Bitv boforo tho eyes of all 'noa- juycrs" In town. And If rOls ono of tlietu who oucht to 13. you'll sell ltl ' MICMHEH OF ASSOCIATED PUESU XXXV Established In 1878 ns Tho Const Mali MARSHFIELD. OREGON MONDAY, JANUARY 1, 1912 EVENING EDITION EIGHT PAGES, A Consolidation of Times. Const Mall nnd Coog liny Advertiser. No. 144 w ' ilTE HOUSE Mreception is greatest ever TWO DEATHS MAR KEW YEAR'S DAY Mrs. Carpenter, Sister of An-,ly8ls nml n complication of hib inci- son and S. C. Rogers, and donih. ssident Taft Shakes Hands fith 8,092 People at Event In Washington. IREIGN DIPLOMATS THEREJN COSTUME Id to Brilliancy of Occasion Many Notables Partici pate In Function. MANY SHAKE TAIT'S 11AXI). MA If WATCH Passing of 1911 and Arrival of 1912 Told by Whistles and Bells Last Night. Mrs. Emma Craddock, Daughter of S. C. Rogers, Succumb. Todny Is nnythlng but a Unppy Now Year's In tho Rogers' homes on Coos River, tho Angel of Death liny lug tnkun two inemborH of tho family In two days. Mrs. Mnrluh D. H. Curponter, sis ter of Anson Rogors, Sr., nnd S. C. Rogers, died yesterday morning at her homo on South Coos River after a brief Illness, The funornl will bo hold at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning from tho Cnrpontcr residence on Coos River, Rov. R. E. Drowning olllclatlng. Short services will bo held at tho grnvo at tho Coos River cemotery at 11 o'clock. Tho Express will lcavo Mnrshflold at 0:4C Tuesday morning to accommodnto pcoplo hero desir ing to nttond tho services. Airs. Knutia Criinilock. Mrs. Enimn Crnddock was tho second eldest child of Mr. nnd Mrs. S. H. Itnimi-H nml wnnlil linvn linnli I -13 yenrs old May 22, 1912. Sho was CHINESE REBELS OPEN ATTACK OK CITY OE HANKOW TODAY t' mv Assoc nted Press.) OI ...."" "" " ..-.. v.-v ow ,, nll onorili ,, inr nniicnd c t s. i""o Doing manager o WASHINGTON. D. C. Jan. 1. '" . . .?" . ." "I'0" Mrs. '.irncii.fr Pioneer. storo at Dandon. . nv nfllclnl count. S.01I2 nor- i. .. ". '",J . '""V."'?'. ": ,,uuu."8 . ,,'- Mrs. Maria Cnrncnter was a Coos ngo. they moved, fro - . ' ... - " . . IT U H V H 11 HUH Ill-Oil 1)11 lireVKHIR . . . : . -il, l !.( nlinok lianils with l'resi- ....' ... ..... ,.,.... ..... ... .." ....... county nlonenr. linvinir moved lioro . wimorum iu jiiiuiu ""- - - im'iiniiiiih f ii i nit Kiiiii mil ft uiinitir - " ' - - -- , Tnft nt tlin Now Year's I "...." ""J .. "i.,J:... .. "...;- nbmit thlrtv-llvn venrn ncu. She wnn i IMglit (inys ago, M n nvwiv.il wi tuiuvtvn ivonvin nnd factories, tho tolling of church ,li lis. and tho discharge of llrearms Rons Went .. .!.. ...,tl, ., .,..,! tli ' I'uuiniwii "uaii iiii.fu.i uiu most notable ever bold by any president. nd tiro crackers In vnrloitu Hi-ntliinn ' et nlmoHt everybody know thnt tho -A HAPPY XEW YEAR Now Year had arrived even If they y Associated itobb to coos uny i inn i way up ior n -wnicn party.' Times) roBsiniy cuu rack mm ynstariiny was I WASHINGTON, I). C, Jan. 1. Sunday had something to do with tho hssldont nnd Mrs. Taft presided to- 'lobrntlon of Now Year's being rnth- ly for tho third time at tho nisto-i ' ii"ui. New Year's reception at tho wnicu airih- sorviceB were neni Hilto IIoiibo. President and Mrs. , 'u in mo enurcnes. a row L ..,..,....,.i.i i... .nnmi.nra n n ,1 Wntch Parties" were hold In nn- Idles of tho cabinet, wero received vnto honi08 ,,,llt. io event wis not tho blue room. After greeting "" ,,u "B "",UV ,u.".8 m "yono unB' So ,ilnlnnmt. tin, Piosldont rocolv- . . ' r .-"upio oi i ours prior to mm- -w ,.., . mirviif flirt nit it mli 1ml 1m itrn. tho supremo court nnd othor 'V,, ?";," , ',," v".i. ii . i ? ,ni i...inu n.t ,.ni-nPnn,m.t ndi. tcrvnlH. I ho North Dciul fuctt kloral judges nnd government olll ropro nt factory whistles sounded Ilrst tho arrival of Is of all ranks, sonntors, ntntlvcs, vy, memuers ml nll coBtutr,o and their presenco Smlth ..., ...i.B,pH ni,,n,i in l. t,n ----- ...... .. mwu yw(t.v i Acourt ro e s'of t o arm y am? J"' 7?" ""i "Tr foaireKm!!at0tt '" nLiniZrt WX foreign represontat ves In nlg ,yR n,onR tho d()c)B nnjJ tm -A HAPPY XI-:V YKAIl SPKCIAfi HKHVICU 1IKU). added brllllrnico of coloring to. tho Jficeno. Admiral l;owoy wns the rontor of Interest ns usunl when tho navy contingent ri-nclicd tho Whito Houso. Lieutenant tlcnornl Nelson A. Miles M0,,RttrncL'd much attention. Dr. Mnry Wnlker, In a silk hat, frock contnnd trousers was nmong tho first oi tho citizens to greet tho President. A promhont flguro wns Ilobort 13. f'onry wlinnppenrcd for tho first tlmo n his ren admiral's uniform. Y. Tho bifnkfnBt to dlplomnls by secrotary of Stnto nnd Mrs. Knox Bhortly after noon wns n brilliant fcontlnunijco of a custom nlmost ns Did ns thti presidential recoptlon to tho public. Tho function occurred tin tho building of tho Pnn-Amorlcnn Union, marking n departure from .precedents of previous receptions by Ibclng hold nt tho homo of tho sec- Irotnry of state. Taft' Xcw Year'H. President Taft wns a weary man boforo tho Now Year's day recepjlon as over, but his perennial fXUlo concealed tho fact. An Ingenious statistician has figured thnt ho shook mllo of nnnds Inst Now Year's day, ind this tlmo ho had nenrly two iIIcb of slinking, Last January 2, io statistician wroto ns follows: "The Taft handshnko yesterday vns a long one. It Is estimated that 111 tho hands If raised ono nbovo tho Lthor would bo taller than tho corn- lined heights of Klffol tower. tho "Wiiut Hiinil wo Aim nt In our fetWmolltnn Llfo tower, tho Singer Sundny School In 1912?" Clnudo killdlng, tho Washington monumont .Stutsman. Ind ISt. Potor'8 domo, In Romo. "How interest tho Outsider nnd ")rho president shook tho hands tho wordly?" Wesley Smith. it J.575 persons In thrco hours. Tho song, -jinKo Mo n unnnnoi or HV'igo length of n hand Is sovon Blessing"- Choir. "ii i nnu inn to nvo over again ThlH imiriiliii?. n liinqsnLrn wna ,-n. I Hinrrlcd to C. A. Crnddock IlllOIlt enlvpf! liv s. a. itmrnm niiiintiiinlni: ! nlnotcoii yenrs ngo. For several thnt his dnughtor, Mrs. Knimn Crnd- cnrs, they mndo their homo In Coob dock, hnd died at Roddlng. Cnl., fol- county, Mr. crnddock for a long i mo i. or en z Miout six yenrs in Dandon to their homo. rs. Crnddock elghtyono years old and wns born I underwent nn opcrutlon ror .nppcndl In Vermont. Sho Is survived by ono ' cltls. Knrly advises were that sho child, MIbs l-'nnnlo Cnrpontcr, who was getting along nicely but unox mndo her home with tho mothor. pcetcd complications proved fatal. Her husband, Win. Carpenter, tiled Resides her husbnnd nnd thrco nbout fifteen years ago. Ho was n'ons nnd pnronts, Mrs. Crnddock Is graduate of Yale. Othor surviving survived by two brothers nnd two rolutlves nro Anson Rogers, Sr., S. C. I Isters. Tho lntter nro Frnnk Rogors Rogers, Mrs. Mnrion Yonkam of nnd llcrbort Rogors of Coos River, Mnrshllcld, Amos C. Rogers of 8nn nnd Mrs. Nolllo CoffolUEIzy of North Frnnclsro nnd Mrs. Cynthia Parkor Dakota, and Mrs. A. J. Sherwood of of Mlddlo arnnvlllo, Wnshlhgton Coquillo. county, N. Y., nnd their fnmllles. ' Definite ndvlses rolatlvo to tho fu- Mrs. Cnrpentor hnd been bcd-rld-inornl or whether tho body will bo don for only two dnyB although sho brought hero for burlnl hnvo not hnd been nlllng for n week. Pnrn-ibeon rocoiveci yet SAY EiEROR ALREADY CONE Mnrrdilleld llaptlst Yoiihk People'H Union Glvo Hik-cIhI Program. A unlquo nnd Interesting wntch night Borvlco wns hold Inst evening nt tho Dnptlst church between tho hours of 8 nnd 12 o'clock. Tho on tlro prog-jun was In tho hands of tho Dnptlst Young People's Union nnd brought grent credit to thnt so cloty, and caused tho pastor much de light In having so loyal a pcoplo. Tho following is tho program which wns hold after tho. regular Young People's meeting, Miss Fran ces Frnnso nctlng us chnlr lender nnd presiding In a splendid manner: Solo Mrs. Kllznh Kolloy. "Individual Work"- Mra. D. C. McCurty. Solo Alphn Mnuzoy. "Vnluo of Decision" Geo. Doll. - Scrlpturo quotations. Duct Floronco nnd Hnttlo Roh fold. "Whnt.aro tho Possibilities for oilr Church !vl912?" Mrs. A. 55. Downs Song Choir. Social, half hour. Song. "Vnluo of Making Now Ycnr's Re solutions Mrs. E. Kolloy. "Somo Results of Resolutions" Francos Frnnso. Testimony. DYNAMITE CASE !T0 END SOON Government Officials Think Labor Leaders Will Plead Guilty Like McNamaras. PORTERS GET Believe That Infant Ruler of China Has Been Spirited Away From Pekin. (Dy Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.) WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 1. Tho United States Stnto Department olllcinls are inclined to believe Chi na's Infant emperor Ihib ulrendy been spirited from Pekln by his fnther, Prlnco Chun, nnd is being conveyed to the summer resideuco of tho court at Jchol, or Is bound for the nnclcnt Influences cssentlully Chinese. Iu ' - a? !jiHSJn3SOTrj Armistice Broken by Fierce Engagement Started Early This Morning. MANCHU LEADERS ARE GLAD OF NEW EXCUSE Claim That fiieyWill Not Now Be Bound by Action of "Na tional Convention. (Dy Assoclnted Press to Coos Day, Times.) PEKIN, Chlnn, Jan. 1. An nr my of four thousand rovolutltmary troops attacked tho City of Hankow yesterdny evening; Tho Imperialist army estimated nt thirty thousand, occupies tho city. A flcrco fight is now In progress. According to re ports current in government circles, tho lenders of tho Imperialists nro Harbin, tho young emperor will ho ; dolluhted nt the outbronk of hostlll- domlnntcd by Russian Influences. It tics as it will glvo them nn opportu probnbly wns cnslcr to got tho cni-lnlty of avoiding tho result of tho nn peror out of Pekin than to remove tlonnl convention ngrced to by tho. tho grent treasure which tho throno edict of tho Imporlal court, nnd by hns accumulated In tho forbidden ropresontatlvoB of both pnrtlos to tho. city. This Ib estimated to amount ponco conference nt Shanghai. Tho to ns much ns ten million poundB armlstlco wns agreed to ponding tho sterling, most of It In gold bullion outcomo of tho convention, nnd silver nuggets. A ,IA1,,.V XKW YKAK , v iiiu-ri An iiwwi H Railroad Contractors Take Over Big Interests at Flor enceMay Build Mills. (jh'os. Tho totnl length of tho finds sunken computed on this basis .19.025 Inches, or 3,252 fcot 1 Inch, ir over nnir n muo. HoTlin TTilirnl Inu.np la ORK fnot Tili.1i .U ..w. biu. ... .1.UW o", Metropolitan tower 057 feet, tho iger building 612 feot, tho Wnsh- ,-ton monumont 555 feot and St. Iter's domo 330 fcot, n total of 139 feet, as against tho president's fndshako of 3,252 feot hlgli, or ns lig ns you wish to compute It." -A HAPPY XKW YEAR ANKER EACES BIG SHORTAGE how otherwise would I llvo my llfo?" S. C. Shlrrol. "Consecration Moments" By the pnstor, Rev. Hnll. Song, "Count your Blessings". Now Ycnr's greetings. "Pralso God from whom nil Bles sings Flow" Assombly. Tho monthly business meeting will bo held tonight nt 7:30. A HAPPY XKW YEAH HOLD WATCH SERVICES. SlKH-luI Progrniiu in Sivcdlhh emu Cluiirli. Lutli- E. T. Barnette Accused of Making Away With $317,- 000 at Fairbanks, Alaska. (By Associated Press to Coos Bny Times.) LOS ANGELES, Cnl., Jan. 1. United Stntes Marshal H. K. Lovo of Alnskn, is hero with indlctmonts by tho federal grand jury nt Fnlr- bnn,ks. charging E. T. Darnotto, pysldent of tho Wnahlngton Alnskn ! YMK of thnt city, with tho embozz- liBient of 1317,000 from thnt lnstl tillon. Darnotto will bo given n k'jllmlnnry hearing next Wednesdny. -A HAPPY NEW YEAR A woll-nttonded nnd Interesting Now Year's festival wns held at tho Swedish Lutheran church In North Dond last evening, beginning nt 8:30 nnd ending nfter midnight. Tho program Included speeches by Rov. D. F. Dengtson, Win. Strong, Matt Kjellmnn nnd J. E. Hellenlus; rcsl tntlon by Miss Violet Stnuff from Coostonj songs by Miss Ellen Ander son, n Girl's Chorus nnd duot by Messrs. I. Kjellmnn nnd Hollenlus, A number of people from Cooston, Mnrshflold nnd other points wero presont. At tho closo of tho pro gram, refreshments wero served nt an informal social gathering. Tho evening wns spont most plensantly, the midnight hour being passed In singing nnd Invocation by Rev. Dengtson. A HAPPY NEW YEAR (By Associated ProsB to Coos pall 4 EUGENE, Ore., Jan. 1. Tho fl- To ,, I,mJS8? ,' , '' nunclnl dlfflcultlea of tho Hnrd Lum- LOS ANGELES, Cnl., Jnn. 1. . . x, . .. . "This will- bo n fight to tho finish. bor nn'1 Navigation company of I want nil worklngmon to know Floronco nro bolng settled, tho thnt," dcclnrcd Attornoy Job Hnr- clnlniB ngnlnst tho compnny nll bo- rlman, counsel for Tvoltmoo, Johnnn- JnB pn,i y j, p. portor, of tho Arm son nnd Hunsoy, tho Indicted Inbor f p of .portlnn(l, tho lenders, todny. Tho stntomont waH ,. . ..... mado when Hnrrlmnn'B nttentlon was well-known Hill rnllrond contrnc- cnllcd to tho declaration by tho fed- tors, who own extcnslvo tracts of oral offlcinlB that thoy expected tho timber In tho western end of Lnuo dynnmlto conspiracy case to end nn t Ths lndlcntc8 thnt tll0 por- illil tho trlnl of James B. McNamara. , ,.,,, "Thoro nro no confessions to bo tor Bros, nro to operate tho sawmill mado this tlmo," said Harrlmnn. Ac- .nnd Bnlmon cannery owned by the cording to tho plan of tho dofon- Hunl compnny nt Florence, In fnct dnnts, thoy will go Into Judge Olon It Is reliably roported that this firm, Wolborn's court tomorrow nnd plond ns soon as tho suits against tho Hurd not guilty to tho Indlctmont charg- compnny nro settled, nnd tho clnlms Ing them with conspiracy to trans- nil paid, will tako hold of tho prop port dynnmlto In vlolutlon of tho In- ortlos nnd opornto them on nn ex torstnto commerce lnwa nnd nsk per- lonslvo basis, and may erect other mission to fllo n demurrer to tho In- mills on mo Hiusinw rivor 10 Bnw dlctment. Hnrrlmnn tonld ho would tho timber on tho thousands of ncros nlso roprcsont Eugono A. Clnncy, which thoy own In thnt vicinity, formor business ngont of'lJi WW .Vorter Bros, nro nmong tho Inrg turnl Iron Workora' Union 1 1 operating firms In tho country. Francisco, who Is sorloiiBly llrm hiD.li tho fnct thnt thoy hnvo decided homo In thnt city. Othor nttornoya o toko over tho holdings of tho hnvo been qhoson to tnko part 111 Hie Hurd compnny menns a big thing for dofenso but Hnrrlmnn declines t.o' Lnno county nnd tnis pnrt or tno E PLANS FIXED MURDER CASE DEFENSE PLAN Goldie Bestscott Likely to Claim That Pneumonia Caused Murray's Death. nnmo them nt this tlmo. A HAPPY NEW YEAH GIVES LIFE TO stnto. V, i MR Fourteen-year-old Girl Steps in Front of Step-Father's Revolver. By Associated Press to the Cons Bay Times.) NEW YORK. Jan. 1. Dorthn Hol- nun, a fourteon-yenr-old girl, step- YEAK- A HAPPY NEW 300 MEN AT WORK ON LINE Composition of National As sembly to Agree on Form of Government Agreed to. I Thnt tho defonse or Goldlo Bo8t8- (From Assoclnted Press to Coob Bay cott, under chnrgo of murder in tho Times) flrst dogreo for shooting Chns. Mur- SHANGHAI, Jnn. 1. Tho com-l V North Front streot, will bo position of tho ltlXXAirLST Imntlon received by Justice Ponnoclc oday. Tho dato of her preliminary caring on tho now chnrgo hns not een fixed yet but nrobabjy will bo la decided on todny nnd during a seB- ,, Attorney Llllonvist comes Hnrr Blon of tho penco conference betweon from Coqullle. tho delegates of tho Imperialists nnd' Tho physicians who norformod tho revolutionaries. Each of tho olgh- Wt mortom oxnmlnntlon report that fenn ni-OvlnmH In Plilnn .irnnnr ,lll .PnOUmOnla WOB tllO ImmOdlntO COUSO teen provinces in Chlnn, proper, will of dCftth Mrrny.8 iunB8 ,mv,ng bo0tt according to tho schomo ndopted In bnd condition from enrlier nlural form ono soctlon-and Inner nnd outor troubles nnd n sovoro cold. This Mongolln will eacli compose ono sec- yn8 of co"rBo. nggravatod by tho bul- tlon nnd eastern nnd western Thibet iSru?-?'. ?.???- i.m i v.(nw also onn section nob KnM. o.in ' . 'M"ay b funoral- was hold yostorJ Is to bo entltlci t iTt m ? i'0.0.0" Ironi Wilson's Chapel, three ivcntlon suggested by Prcmlor Yuan Shi Kul nnd nccoptcd by tho Imporlal Court at Pokln to settlo tho futuro form of government In Chlnn wns to"bo omltlcd to olecTr "J'TTlK 2ffitlSr0,WBeI' eo delegates to tho conference. 0- 1',.F' J:, .K"x mcia ,n?.. . uuimu uuaiucuii was not nt tno ru- dolegatos to tho conference. A HAPPY NEW YEAH Snvo money by patronizing The Times advertlsom The Times' Want Ads bring results Southern Pacific Contractors Increase Force on Road to Coos Bay. EUGENE, Ore., Jnn. 1. W. R. Fountnlno, onglneor In charge of tho construction of tho Southern Pacific lno to Coos Day, has returned from ped In front of u revolvpr held by n trip of sovernl days over this lino, her stop-fnthor, George Donz, today jjr. Fountnlno says that provisions nnd received In the templo two bul- have been made for tho Immediate lota which had been Intended for her establishment of camps ovory three mothor. Tho girl died a hnlf hour, miles along tho right-of-way between Inter. Tho mother was uninjured.' Eugono and tho tunnel. Tho plan Is Dbnz was captured. -to begin clenrlng nt each of tho 'camps and as soon as a certain dis tance has been cleared, grading will begin. This condition of nffalrs has already been reuched nenr Elmlra, where grading Is now going on. Tho Elmlra Lumber company has al length succeeded In getting 'Its boiler and machinery to the1 front nnd Is rushing things In ordor to furnish the timber required by tho tunnel. At present tho timbers re quired are all being hown by hand, as they will bo replaced with mason ry In a short time nid do not require ' (Continued on page 8.) A HAPPY XEW YEAH WOLGAST XOW HAS PNEUMONIA DANGER (Dy Assoclnted Press.) LOS ANGELES, Cal., Jan. 1. Add Wolgnst, champion llght- weight of tho world, who Is re- cuperatlng from tho effects of tho operation for nppondlcltls, Is now threatonod with pneumo- nla ns tho result of a cold ho contracted recently. SLIGHT OBJECTION (Dy Associated Press.) NEW YORK, Jan. 1. Jos- eph Sailer's mild objection to tho onthuslnsm of n Now Yonr's pnrty In nn Enstsldo npartmont onrly today started n shooting nffray In which James Dunbar wns killed and nnothor fatally 4 Injured nnd a third seriously hurt. Sauor Is bolng hold by 4 tho police. nernl. Shortly boforo tho hour sot for It, alio went to tho undertaking pnrlors In chnrgo of Special Olllcor HHIXGS FATAL HESULT PIot,,n nml took ft 'naI vlow of tho fnninaA lint nlin ! 1 .1 haI uai.m . -iuii.au UMl mm UIU IIUl. UAIHUBU UI1JT A deslro to remain for tho servlcos. It id uAii;i;iuu mill biiu will uuucuvur IU pay tho expenses of Murray's caro and burlnl, nlthough sho has not no tified any official of such nn intoiit. Tho funeral was not very largolyj attended. Goldlo Destscott Is still confined lit room In tho Coos hotel unci or tho urvolllnnco of C. A. Motlln, as spoclal Ulcer. Yestorday sho nppoarod omowhat worse than sho hns beou Ince Murray's death, tho high nor ous tension tolling on her. A HAPPY XEW YEAH- TRREE VICTIMS OF M Blacks on Island In Mississippi Below Memphis Attack White Men. (Dy Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.) MEMPHIS, Tenn., Jnn. 1. Wil liam Hnrdesly Is said to havo been killed and his body burned, nnd Charles Young nnd James Molloy, rlvermon, seriously wounded by n mob of fifteen negroes on Centonnlal Island In tho Mississippi river, twen ty miles north of hero, according to n story told today by Young, who, with Molloy has been secreted since Wednesday. The tragedy occurred Monday, last, but fear senled ORIO FACTION IS UNDECIDED Progressive Republican League Opposes Taft but Will not Indorse Another. (Dy Associated Pro3s to Coos Bajj Times.) COLUMDUS. Ohio. Jan. 1. No candidate will receive tho Indorse ment of tho Ohio Progressive Repub llcnn League if the rccommendatlona of tho resolutions committee nro ad opted. After speeches today byj GIfford Plnchot nnd John D. Fnck lor, the committee, most of thom avowed La Follotto supporters, np opted Vesolutions declaring against tho renomlnation of Taft nnd to work for tho nomination of a pro tho mouths of the wounded men. Young declares the negroes nccused gresslve republican for president. thom of sell nc whiskey to customers I ' '" amx xiuH who usually traded with tho colored men. A HAPPY XEW YEAH Hnve your Job The Times office. printing done a , V ' ... L i 'V -X. '. iUjMiBMBi,!'