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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 9, 1912)
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WILCOX IN CDQUILLE imastcr of Local Railway fflain For Alleged Offense Against Girl. ffiTIM'S WIFE AND CHILD RESIDE AT COALEDO ler of D. L. Foote of Marsh- Held Coolly Shoots Down Man on Street. (Special to The TIhicb.) )QU1LLE, Ore., .Inn. 0. CIiob. Box, roadnuiHter of tho local rull- wiib Bhot nud liiBtantly Killed on at utreet hero at noon today hy It. Foolu, u rotlrod ranchor. Tlio btlng wiib wltneHBud hy n largo ibor of people, occurring on tho Dt helweou tho local depot and fySkools store Hie crlnio IB Bald to navo rosuiiou Urm tho discovery hy Kooto that Mfcox had Improper rclulloiiB Willi Kfyoung daughter of Kooto. IFooto Ib tlio father of D. u fooio, knutoniobllo operator, In Mursh- I). L. Kooto wiib with hlB tier hero thlu morning Just prior lithe Hhootlug. onto wiib liuniedlntoly placed un- . arrest. Ho Ib about Blxty yours Joroner Wilson was called from rslilleld and an InaueBt will bo thlB iiftornoou. j'ormal chargea will probably bo fcrrod ttgnluBt Kooto following I vordlct of tho coroner's Jury. Wllrov Murrlcil ."Man. 3hns. Wilcox, tho victim of tho potlng, was a mnrrled man and Ib irlved by a wlfo and baby dnugii- Ills family reHldes at Coalcdo. ft was about 3f yo.mi ril. Ills stlier, wniter wiicnx, rcsuicB ai ivcr Ulll -and Ib Hcctlon foroman r tlio local railway there. Leona Kooto, a young daughter of ' It. Kooto, mado her homo at tho hh. Wilcox homo for Hovornl tilths, being a coniimiilon for Mrs. Ilcox. Mr. Wilcox wnB awny from mo a largo portion of tho Unto tho girl Htnyed with IHb wife, recently left tho Wilcox homo returned to tho homo of her rents. It Ib understood that Mr. Kooto bit thd nucstlon of tho alleged liu- fcpor relntloiiB between tho girl Id Wiicnx up with Doputy District SHoeut iik Attorney Llljoqvlst wlio Er Investigating It. However, tho ittor preyed on tho fnthor'H mind "much thnt ho llnolly got IiIb gun d Htartod looking for Wilcox to- ,y and tho shooting followed. Kooto Ib a southerner and is tlio liter of quite a largo family, most f whom nro grown. Thoy ramo iro about two years ago from Loul- ma and for a time lived on n rancn Bar Norway. They moved from tho Inch to Coqulllo hojiio time ago. TO REPRIEVE GARRISON. m County .Murderer wmri nuiig lief ore Deeeiunei' HI. SALEM, Ore, Jan. 8. Krlday, beonibor 13. 10ia, has been sot lido by Oovernor West ns "hnng- &n's day" If to proposed Jnllln- Sro mensuro to abolish capltnl pun- Biniont fnlls to cany nt nn election tho noonlo in Novombor. In granting n roprlovo to Mlka organ, who wns convicted of mur- or In tho llrst dogreo. ho set Frl- iy. December 13, na tho day mi ne execution of Morgan today, and 111 follow tho same courso In coll ection with all othor murdorora ho como to prison to bo hanged. If tlio proposed bill to abolish cap- iil punishment Is defeated, Indlca 3ns point to wholoznlo oxecutlons tho penitentiary on thnt day. The case of William Garrison, lurderor from Coos county, has not Jino up to tho governor for consl- orntlon, but ns soon nB It noes no is decided thnt a roprlovo will no ranted. "Whereas, tlio question of tlio ibollBhmeiu of capltnl punlshmont to bo subm tted to tho people oi Ills stnto at tl-o gonernl election Bovomber 5, 1012: "Now. therefore. In vlow of tlio sregolng promises nnd by virtuo of ho authority In mo vested ns gov ernor of tho stnto of Oregon, I, Os- imld West, govomor, do hereby glvo ind Kiant unto said Mike Morgan, I'reprlovo from tho execution of said Jdcment by tho sunerlntendont or (he penltontlary of this stnto until rrldny, the 13th day of Decomuer, D 1012." ' TELEGRAPH AVIHE DOWN AGAIN TODAY Owing to tlio Western Union lino being down botwoen hero nnd Uosoburg until Into this nfternoon and to wire trouble between Rosoburg nnd Portland, Tho Times did not receive Its regular Associated Press report today. $ vvv iV. RECHESON DRAWS DEATH Boston Preacher Will Be Exe cuted May 19 For Murder of Avis Linnell. (Dy Assoclntod Press to Coos Bay Times.) IJOSTON, Masfl., .Inn. 0. Row Clnreurc ItlcheHon today pleaded guilty of murder In tho llrst degree In connection with tho death of Mies Avis Linnell to whoso murder ho con fessed last week, and wns sentenc ed to death. Tho date of his execu tion was llxcd for Mny 10. I TO JAIL TODAY Slayer of Chas. Murray Sent to Coquille Held Without Bail For Murder. Qnldlo Hestscott, bound over to tho grnnd Jury on tho chnrgo of mur der In tho first degreo for shooting Chas. Murray, was taken to Coqulllo thlH nfternoon by Constnblo Cox to bo turned over to Sheriff Gage. Whether she will bo confined In the county Jail will bo a matter for Sher iff Gago to determine. It Iiiib been claimed that thero nro no suitable quartern thero for keeping women prlsonerB nnd Ifsuchlsthocnse.ltwlll bo up to Sheriff Gngo to provide for her. It Is understood thnt shn nud her attorney, C. K. McKnlght, will object to her being Incarcerated In tho Jail. Justleo Pennock nt tho conclusion of tho preliminary hearing yesterday afternoon uuuouurcd that tlo prison er should be held without bull. It Is understood thnt tho ovldenco of three witnesses relative to state ments by the accused woman imme diately after tho shooting were re sponsible for tho decision. II. M. Mnrlow stnted that ho had reached tho scene Immediately nft er tho shooting nnd testified tlint the Hestscott woman wns talking to Murray and said, "I got ye. I told you I would. Now, I nm ready to tako my medicine." Win. Ledwnrd testified that he heard the Hestscott woman say to Murrny. "Now, I guess you'll stay nwlillo." This wns Immediately aft er tho shooting. Wniter Richardson testified thnt ho heard tho Hestscott womnn sny that bIio wiib Jealous of nnotber wo man nnd lndlcnto thnt tho crlnio was premedltnted. Tho witnesses heard yestcrdny wero John Mlllott, C. K. Thomns. , Chns. Ronobrnko. II. M. Mnrlow, II". I Geo. K. l)lx, Mrs. C. K. Thomns. Win. 1 I.edwnrd, Walter lUchardson, J. W. Cartor nnd Kred. Wilson. It Is stnted that Goldlo Hestscott was arranging to "reform" nnd lenvo the old llfo and go to Ton Mllo to llvo on n ranch, sho nnd Murrny hav ing arranged to bo mnrrled, when an other woman crossed tl'olr path. Then tho crlnio followed. LYXCH ix trouhle. Son of Former Roseburg Uni-lirr Is Under ArrcM. Tho Rosoburg Review snya: "Jesse 13. Lynch: son of 'thomns Lynch, n bnrber who lived In Rosoburg 10 yenrs ago, Is In Jnll at Glendale await ing tho arrival of Sheriff tjulno of this city to bring him back to Roso burg to answer to n chnrgo of larco ny, preferred by Sam Smith, tho local liveryman. Hiring n team of horses nud buggy from Smith Friday nfter noon, saying ho was going out to Dlxonvllle. Lynch drove out of town In thnt direction but during tho night canto bnck to Roseburg, fed the team in tho street and then drove south ward. Upon reaching Canyonvlllo nt 5 o'clock this morning he fnlled In nn effort to sell tho outfit, then drove on to Glendale and was arrested thero shortly nfter 4 o'clock this nfternoon. Tho horses hnd been driven n dis tance of 50 miles. Ib Improving. Alex Mc.Kny, who attempted to commit suicide early Sunday morning, was reported to bo getting along nicely nt Mercy hos pital today. Ho Is practically out of j danger now, it is believed. BIG MARBLE BUILDING DESTROYED Equitable Office Building, Home of Large New York Institu tion, Scene of Disastrous Fire Today. (Dy Associated Press to Coos Day Times.) NEW YORK, .Inn. 0 Tho great mnrblo ulnc-story building of. tho Equitable Llfo Assurnnco Socloty nt 120 Hrondway, the homo of tho Mer cantile Trust Co., tho Equltablo Trust Co., tho Hanking House of Kountzo Hrothors, the Morcnntllo Snfo Depo sit Company, nnd tho Hnrrlmnn Li nes was destroyed early today by fire Three men lost their lives by leaping from the roof nnd tho prop erly loss Ib estlmuted at $1,000,000. Millions of (lollat'H In casli and se curities nre locked In tho vaults of the Assurance Socloty nnd the bunk ing nnd trust companies, but It Is not belloved they wero affected by tho Humes. William Glblln. president of tho Morcnntllo Snfo Deposit Co., Impri soned with three others In tho vnults. wns rcrcued nfter the firemen hnd sawed through several two-Inch steel HOMER IS IN Steamship Arrives This Morn ing After Good Trip up Coast Sails Friday. The Honmr arrived In this morn ing from Sail FrnnclBco nftor a good trip up tho const. Most of tho tlmo, tho sen wns fairly Hinootli. Sho hnd a good cargo of mlscollnneouB freight nnd n fair pnsscngor list. Tho Homer will sail from hero Friday for San Frnnclsco. Among tlioso nrrlvlng on tho Ho mer wero the following: Geo. Shorldnn. Mr. O'Noll, T. It. Sheridnn, P. Tully, O. A. Larson, II. Richards, A. Alilln. John Cnmp. J. H. Walker. Hugh O'Noll. Joo Martin, 15. 15. Cook. A. Mndson, S. Jeffries, John Tumor. DAD ORICGOX FlltlC. Pipe Plnnt nt Otwouo Destroyed With !ji5t,0H loss. Hy Associated Press to tho Coos Day Times.) PORTLAND, Ore, Jnu. 0. Tho plpo plnnt of tho Oregon Iron nnd Steel Compnny at Oswego. Ore, waa destroyed by firo today. Tho loss ex ceeds $50,000. FROM GRIMES; E. W. Kammerer Re-engages In Mercantile Business Change Effective Today. Announcement was mndo todny thnt 15. W. Kammoror hnd purchnsod Tho Toggery from Thayer Grimes and would nssumo possession of tho business nt onco. Tho deal has been pending for sonto time, Mr. Grimes having othor matters under consider ation to which ho wishes to devote his attention. Mr. Kammerer has devoted nearly nil his business llfo to tho clothing nnd furnishing business nnd his re turn to his old vocation Is something ho has been desirous of for somo time. Since his retirement from the firm of Merchant & Kammerer, ho has been engaged in the real estato business hore. The retirement of Thayer Grimes from locul business circles Is regret ted by tho many friends ho has mndo In that capacity. Ho oxpectB to ro main on tho Hay, most of tho tlmo nnywny. Mr. Kammerer todny was busy re ceiving congratulations from his old customers who wolcomo his return to tho business. Sails Today. Tho M. S. Dollar crossed out about 4 o'clock this aft ernoon for the Columbia River where she will take on tho balnnco of her lumber cargo for Shanghai, having loaded about 2,000,000 feot at tho Smith mill. Sho wns drawing nbout 17 feet of water forward nnd 18 feet nft when she wont down tho bay this afternoon. Capt. Olson piloted her as far as tho bar. Have your calling cards printed at Tho Times' office. FROMJfllSCO BUYS TOGGERY bars. One man Is believed to have lost his llfo In tho vnults. Tho firo wbb In the heart of tho flnnnclnl district and tho Humes were fought mnlnly from the top of ad joining skyscrapers. UuslncsB was brought almost to n complete stand among tho bank ing nnd brokerage houses wIiobo em ployes could not reach tho scene of their nctlvltles. Most of tho vltnl records of the Equitable Llfo Assu rnnco Society nro kept In n branch office In the Hansen building several blocks from the mntn olllcc. Firo Chief Walsh Is missing nnd Is believed to hnvo been trapped and burned to death. . Hanking nnd Urokcrngo business wns halted for n tlmo nnd tho Gov ernors of the Stock Exchongo mot to determine what action should be tnken with respect to deliveries of securltloB purchased yesterday. A decision was reached that tho trans fer may bo suspended for u dny by mutiinl consent. The Clearing llouso in the Chase Natlonnl Hank was closed and temporary quarters open ed In the Chnmber of Commerce, IS ARRESTED HERE TODAY Ray L. McGrew Taken In Cus tody on Telegraphic Com plaint From Portland. II. C. McGrow, who arrived hero n few dnys ago to cngngo In tho Insurnnco nnd real estate business here, wnB arrested today by Marshal Carter on telegraphic ndvlsoB from Portlnnd. McGrow wns plnced In the city Jnll pending further advises from thero nnd tho furnishing of ball. Tho Portland officers wired that they held n warrant for IiIb nr rost, charging n statutory offense. McGrow enmo bore In compnny with Chns. W. Lamborn, another young Insurnnco ninn. Ho Is apparently well educated, well dressed and Is probably nbout twenty-fivo yenrs old. Ho declared tills nfternoon that It was nil n mistake nnd thnt ho would quickly provo It when ho got bnck to Portland. Ho said that ho would mnke somebody Buffer for It. Ho wns especially solicitous about tho welfare of his friend Lamborn whom, he snld, ho feared will suffer from tho notoriety thnt tho arrest would bring. SAFELY IN TOW Nome City Gets Another Line on Vessel Reach Asto ria Tomorrow. According to tho Inst roports from tho Alliance, which was picked up off hero yesterday afternoon by tho Nomo City, sho wns sufoly In tow of tho Btenmer nnd would probably cross In to tho Columbia river tomor row morning. Lnst evening at 10 o'clock, tho Nomo City wns making nbout seven knots an hour with hor tow. However, sho did not expect to attempt to mako much headway dur ing the night. About C o'clock lnst ovoulng, tho Nomo City got n second lino on tho Alliance, tho first hawser having broken, Just Vow many nnd who aro aboard the Alliance, Agent McGeorgo was not informed. Mr. McGeorgo says that tho roport thnt tho tug Gleaner was notified of the Alliance's disabled condition Sundny and did not put to son to help her until. Monday Is erroneous. Ho wns unable to rench tho Gleanor until Monday morning. Capt. Ma gee, tho acting master of tho Glean or, responded thnt ho would put to sea at onco nnd try nnd bring hor In. In less than five minutes nftor first being informed of tho situation tho Gleaner wns headed out across tho bar. Wireless advises woro that tho government tug. tho Tntoosh, and n couplo of other Columbia river ves sels were In touch by wireless with tho Alliance and would have started to her aid had not tho Nomo City picked hor up whon sho did. Tho question of tho slowness with which Cnpt. Dondorgnrd of tho tug Columbia was responding to tho re quests from tho Alllnnco for nssls tnnco will 'bo tnkon up with tho San Francisco offices and probably with ALLIANCE IS FORMER WELL KNOWN COOS M 0. S. TROOPS TD GO TO CHINA One Battalion to Keep Railway Open From Pekin to Sea. (Dy Associated Press to tho Coos Huj Times. WASHINGTON, D. C Jan. 0. - M 4M11VJI J V7-, Ml Jtf .lllil. '. A bntalllon of Infantry tonslstlng of fivo hundred men w 11 bo sent by tr.o United States to China to help open railway communlcntlons between Pe kin nud tho sen. This force Is nil thnt Ib required now. E Dr. Mae Vanderburg Former ly of Marshfield, Married In San Francisco. Word wns received hero todny of the marrlago of Dr. Mno Vnndorburg and Judge- Perry of Honolulu which took place last week nt San Fran cisco. Tho brldo Is well known on tho Uny, having attended school hore nnd Inter acted as assistant to Dr. Leslie. Sho Ib a nlcco of J. D. Clln klnbcnrd of Coos River nnd has ninny friends on tho Hay who will unlto In oxtondlng follcltutloiiB. A 8nn Frnn clsco paper baa the following con cerning It: A romnnco of Hawaii wns revealed todny, when Judge Antonio Perry, ns soclato Justleo of tho supremo court of Hawaii, and Miss I5ugonln M. Vnn dorburg of this city secured n license to marry. Although tho couplo met a year ago In tho Islands, announce ment of their engagement a fow dnys nun was n surprise to tholr many friends hero nnd to Miss Vnndor burg's pnrents. Tho wedding will tako place nt noon Tuesday nt tho Vnndorburg homo, 1027 Green street. It will prove nn nlllnnco of two pro fessions tho Judicial and medical as MIbb Vnndorburg Is n doctor of os tcopathy. Hor profession led to hor mooting with Judgo Porry. After graduating from medical col lego sho practiced hero until sho wont to tl'o Islands with hor brothor. Her ncqunlntnnco with Judgo Perry wns not regarded at thnt tlmo ns tho be ginning of n lovo nffnlr, and when Miss Vnndorburg returned to this city no hint was dropped among her friends of n probable engngoment. nut tho nrrivnl of Judgo Perry from tho Islands Saturday and his immedlnto call at tho Vnnderburg homo disclosed tho secret. Miss Vnn dorburg Is tho dnughtor of former i Sonntor W. S. Vnndorburg of Oregon, I who took nn active part for ninny I yenrs In tho politics nnd commercial i llfo of tho northern stnto. j Tho wedding will bo n homo core-1 mony. Tho bride's attendant will bo MIsb Georgin Smith of San Joso, nnd tho best man Harry Whlto of this , city. Tho couplo will go south on tholr honeymoon nnd will mako their h o moliiHonohilih thogovoTnmenT'offilcT McGeorgo. Hnv Sky Rochets. Cnpt. Olson, formorly of tho Es ther Huhno, nnd n number of others In the vicinity of tho lower bay last night reported by tolephono tr-nt thoy saw a number of whlto nnd greon ' sky rockets off tho coast, Indicating ' that somo vessol In distress was using I thorn tp try nnd bring nld. Hormnn ' Larson stnted today that ho thought ho saw them. ' Today, no news of nny vessol In i distress could bo obtained. i Want Club Room. Wm. Grlmos, chnlrman of tho now oxecutlvo com mittee of tlio Marsh Hold Chambor of Commerce, stated today that the commltteo would look nftor tho sug gestion made by President McCormne that tho Chambor of Comuioreo nr ran go with tho bulldors of somo of tho proposed now brick blocks for n suite ot rooms for It. Tho idea Is to v."i- .-"lnii noniH tho samo as com mercial bodies bavo In somo of the larger cities. ' Tho Randolph which wns to Bail a few days ago for Goldbeach and Port Orford with gonornl merchan dise has been dolayed horo by tho storm off tho coast. n OM HAWAII KILLED IN SEATTLE Jas. McDonald, Formerly Sup erintendent of Lillian Mine, Slain There. ITALIAN THUGS ARE BLAMED FOR KILLING Assaulted Christmas Night and Died Without Regaining Consciousness. ' James A. McDonald, formorly of. Coos Day, wiib tho victim of n dend ly assault mndo upon him nt Seat tle. Christinas Dny ho waa attacked by Italians armed with guns nnd hat chets nnd wnB so badly wounded thnt t...y.io i vr .......,, ..w. -.-- , no Hied four days later witnout gaiu- nig consciousness. A particularly sad fcaturo of tho murder wns the fact that Mr. Mc- I Donald, who has been residing at Hnukhend, Alberta, Canada, for somo tlmo past, hnd como to Scnttlo to 'spend Christinas with his nged I mother. IHb wife nud child wero nl (so tlere nt the tlmo. Tho funeral wr held nt Scnttlo Jnnunry !. For n number of years Mr. Mc- ' Donald resided on Coos Hay. Ho waa , employed nt tho Heaver Hill tnlno for qulto n while nnd for sovernl years opcrnted tho Lllllnn niliio on Coos River. Over two years ago ho loft hero and after living in Portlnnd for a time he went to Alhortn whero ho has since resided. He leaves n wlfo nnd child besides his mother. TWO LINES TO Rumor of Allianceof Harriman- Hill Interests on Coos Bay Eugene Line. That tlio announcement of tho dis continuance of operations on tho Sumner lines means thnt tho Hill and Hnrrlmnn IntorcutH bavo arranged for Joint operation of tho now South ern Pacific lino from Eugene to Cooa Hay Is the Intect rumor In locnl rail road circles. Parties who aro sup posed to bo In closo touch with both I tho Sumner nud tho Southern Paci fic pcoplo gnvo this out today but re fused to divulge tho sourco of tholr Information. According to tho story, tho Hill lines while desiring nn entrance to Coos Uny, hnd planned to como via Roseburg or n southerly route Thoy did not hnvo their Eastern Oregon projects dovolopcd sufficiently to war rant starting construction from that end yot nnd at tho samo tlmo did uot want tho Southern Pacific to gain tho ndvantugo of being first to Coos Hay. So, when It became ovldont thnt tho Southorn Pacific was planning to como to Coos Hay via Eugono at once, tho Hill Interests woro Instru mental In putting tho Sunnier sur veying forces In tho Hold betweon Eugene nnd Coos Hay for tho purposo of "bluffing" tho Southorn Pacific into n Joint control proposition. Now, It Is clnlmcd, tho plan has worked out and tho Hill interests will hnvo Joint uso of tho Hnrrlmnn. lino from Eugono to Coos Hay tho snmo as tho Harrlman luteroats Iiavo tho uso of tho Hill lines Into tho Paget Sound country. Xnv llrldgo Story. A now story rolatlvo to tho bridg ing of Coos Hay Ib afloat hero. It Is to tho effect thnt tho Southern Pa cific sluco It bus acquired tho largo tldo fiat holdings on tho east side of tho bay Is no longer luslstnnt on bridging tho bay but Is trying to ar rnngo so thnt no othor lino can. Of courso, It Ib stated, tho Southorn Pa cific wou'd llko (o cross tho lower Day and como direct to the cltlos of .Marshfield and North Hcnd but thoy would be mollified by bolug assured tlat no other lino could In tho fu ture If thoy cannot, It Is further claimed that tho exponso of reaching" tho Peninsula nnd tho cities of Mnrsli llold nnd North Hond by the detour lino on tho oast pldo of tho bay and' then across Isthmus Inlet above tho Smith mill to tho cities would bo no more linn It woulil to brldgo tl o bay. At tho samo tlmo. It Is deelnred tbat tho largo ynrdfr needed for freight terminals aniT dockago facilities can bo obtained on tho oast side of Mio bay cheaper andf better than on the peninsula side To OiK'ii Store. F. E. WestTberff. I who recontly arrived here from Port- land, hns leased u room In tho Q'Oon noll building on Murket nvouuo nnd pinna to opon a a, 10 nnd 15 cout storo thero within a, fow weeks. D