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WLL ALWAYS FIND THAT THE MORE A MAN KNOWS THE MORE HE'LL BELIEVE WANT ADVERTISING In Tlio TIMES Will rut Your Real Estate "In Uiu Market" Effectively: It will put tho facts about your property boforo tho eyes of nil "pos slblo buyora" In town. And If thcro'a ono of them who ought to own It, you'll soil ltl (ttfltffi WANT ADVERTISING In Tho TIMES Wilt Keep lliu Income from Your FtiniMiid Rooms from Lapsing! YOU enn rcnlly help tho fntnlly tovonucB by ranting n fow furnlshod rooms a ml i If you know how and when to ubo tho claBsMod columns you may keep thnt llttlo extra Incomo as "ptondy as a clock." tms MEMBER OP ASSOCIATED PRESS ro V YXV Established In JH7H FUUi AA ,, t t..n MARSHFIELD, OREGON TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1912 -EVENING EDITION A Consolidation of Time, Const Mull Mn 1K7 nnd Coos liny Advert Iser. IWU' '" - AIIU v"Hni .'Mill mm tTTEIHPT MADE TO ASSASSINATE PREMIER OF CHINA AT PEKIN (Bomb Thrown at Carriage i" Kills Two Soldiers and 'In jures Seventeen. BOMB THROWERS ARE CAPTURED IMMEDIATELY Expect That They Will Be Exe cuted boon riuuicaiion Again Rumored. (By AflBoclntnd Press to Coob Bay Times.) PEKIN, China, Jan. 1G. A bomb thrown at Premier Yuan Shi Kni's barrlago whllo ho wns on Yns way to Iho Imporlal court today, klllod two ioldlora nnd Injured soventeen other persons. Eight or ton of tht-Bo are bxpected to dlo. Tho bomb-throwors ivcro cnpturcrl. immeuiato execution jf thorn Ib oxpectod. i Yunn Shi Knl's nssnllnnts woro Ihrco Chlnnmon Mild to bo prominent revolutionaries. Tho force or tno ex plosion waB so groat that many hou ses hundreds of yards from tho jicono woro shnkon. Tho premier was WBcnthod and nppoarcd not to uo rently perturbed. READY T() QUIT. itcK)rt From Shanghai That. Chlnew) Rulers WHI Abdicate. By Associated Press to the Coob Ba) TlmeB.) SAN FRANCISCO. Cnl., Jan. 16. cablo mcssaRo from Shanghnl, ro- fcoivnii tndnv by Chung Sal Yat Po, fho Chlncso nowspnper In this city, ItntoB thnt jjowb renched thoro irom Pokln of tho proclamation or uio no- llcatlon of tho throno today. Tho lessago furthor stated tho Empress Jowngor and Emperor nnnounco a yllllngncss to rotlro to tho pnlaco at Ichol. No Serious Disturbance Marks Massachusetts Textile Strike Scene Today. By ABSoclntod Press to Coos Bay Times.) LAWRENCEDUIia. Mnss., Jnn. lc. An effort was mado today to tnrt tho cotton nnd woolon mills bound which woro tho scenes of ilotlng by Btrlkors yesterday. A lall number of oporauvcB appoareu :r work unuor tno gunra oi mo illltla. No disturbance occurred. ho authorities boliovo they liavo Bio situation under control. SEEKS IHO FIGHT. Promoter nt Tiiis Vegas Offers J?100,- OOO for Klyiiii-Joluihon Bout. IBv Associated Frsss to coos unj Times.) LAS VEGAS. N. M.. Jnu. 16. Las Vegas today becamo n bidder for iio Johnson-Flynn light July -J, noxt, Mon Charles O'Malloy, n local pro pter, wired Jack Curley an offor of io huudred thousand dollars for tno Ight. Slnco tho granting of stnto ood, there Is no law in Now Moxl- agalnst glovo contests. MINIMIS IN SESSION. lelegntes of United Mine Workers Gather at Indianapolis. Jy Associated Press to Coos uay Times., INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Jan. 16. thirteen hundred delogates ropro- Mrtlng threo hundred thousand or- anlzed coal miners met hero today r tho twenty-third annual convon- m of tho United MIno Workers or aerlca. Tho convention Is said to one cf tho most Important in tho Istory of tho coal Industry In tho Mted States. ' I llEMATOI'IIILTAO OinLD JJIKS AT NORTH VA111.MA NORTH YATCTMA. WnRh. Jan. 16. Louis Gagner, four years iOld, after bleeding 12 days from wound in his tonguo caused by pulling it from a piece of cold iron, is dead. Tho child ! was what is known to medical BcIenco as a heraatophlliac, his mood lacking tho property of l' coagulating wheu exposed to tno air. ESS RIOTING IN EAST NOW SSirfNrfNWWNWNiWNWi ROOSEVELT SAYS STEEL . TItUST STORY "PIPE" , (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, Jan. 16. Col. Roosevelt declared today thnt ho "wnB not discussing . pipe dreams" when ho wns nsk- cd nbout tho report from In- . dlnnnpoljs that ho, was favored by tho steel Interests for tho prcsldontlnl nomination. SEVEN FROZEN Victims of Recent Blizzard In "No Man's Land" Blizzard. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Times) DALPART, Tex., Jan. 16. Seven woro frozen to death In "No Man's Lnnd," tho oxtromo southwestern cornor of Oklahoma, In tho recent blizzard. TIIOS. II. BIIEVL1N 1)KAI). Millionaire Lumberman of Minnea polis l'jutM'fl Aivny. (By Associated Press to Coob Bay Times.) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Jnn. 16. Thomas II. Shovlln,, a millionaire lunibermn'n nnd for many ycnr prominent In tho northwcBt, dlod nt Pnsadcna, Cal., yesterday nccordlng to lnformntlon iccolvod hero. W. Crouch of Haynes Inlet While Trying to Clear Him self Gets Caught. ' Fruit Inspector P. M. Ilnll-Lewls today sworo out warraifts In Justlco Ponnock's court charging W. Crouch, a well-known Haynes Inlet rancher, with mnrkotlug diseased fruit nnd also with selling tho fruit In Impro perly labelled boxes. Crouch fur nished $100 ball for his appearance Inter. Ho nnnouncod (hat ho would got an attorney nnd flght tho cnBO. Tho charges ngnlnst Crouch nro tho results of complnlnts lodged with tho fruit Inspector by Mrs. Chns. II. Mnrsh. Mrs. Marsh wna unnblo to identify Crouch nnd Crouch denied thnt ho hnd sold nny fruit to Mrs. Mnrsh. Thont whon questioned nbout the markings of his boxes, Crouch told Mr. Lowls thnt ho could show him his (Crouch's) boxes thnt wero properly Inbelled nnd Mr. LowIb In sisted on bolng shown. Crouch took him to tho homo of Mrs. T. Hownrd on PJno street where ho had recent ly sold somo apples. Ho found tho box ho hnd Bold but Investigation showed thnt it contained diseased fruit and thnt it was not marked In nccordnnco with law, so Mr. Lewis tfaen filed charges against Crouch on this complaint. Mr. Lewis says that ho has had numerous complnlnts about tho snlo of bnd fruit hero nnd ho Is going to put a stop to It. NOTED EDITOR, DEAD. (By Associated Prosv to Coos Bay Times.) FLORENCE, Italy, Jan. 16. Henry Labouchoro, editor of tho London Truth, died at his villa here today. HEIRESS FANCIFUL CHILD. Foster Mother of Violet Ruehlor Goes After Girl. (By Associated Press to tho Coos Bay Times.) CHICAGO, 111., Jan. 16. Mrs. Mrs. Herman Buohler, tho foster mother of Violet Buehlor, tho flfteen-year-old heiress who was found In New York working as a servant, left today for Now York. "If any man has wronged "Violet In nny way, I will prosecute him to tho limit of tho law," said Mrs. Buehlor. "Sho is nothing more than a fanciful child." Mrs. Buehler plans to bring Violet back with her. OKLAHOMA OffEK FEAR MORE TROUBLE IN CUBA United States Will Again In tervene on Island If Militia Takes Part In Political Af fairs. (By Associated Pri-sB to Coob Bay Tlwos.) WASHINGTON. D. C. Jan. 1C BE APPRAISED City Engineer Gidley Instructed to Hasten Report and Fix Valuation. Tho wnterworks question was re vived in tho city council Inst eve nlng nnd City Engineer Gldloy wns instructed to hnston his' report on the extensions nnd Improvements ne cessnry to glvo tho city ndequnte service nnd alBo to supplement his report with an appraisement nnd valuation of tho property of the Coos Bay Water company. Tho matter wns brought up by Councilman Powers, following a brlqf prlvato conversation between Mr. Powors nnd Mnyor Strnw. Mr. Powers stntod thnt ho thought tho wntor commltteo should get busy nnd have tho city engineer hnstcn this roport nnd also hnvo tho en gineer mako an appralsomcnt of tho wntor company's plnnt with a vlow of socurlng nn oarly vote of tho pco nlo on tho question. City Englncor Gldlcy stntcd that ho was having n lot of work crowded on him nnd wished to know whnt ho should do first. Ho snld thnt If ho finished tho work on tlio proposed Btrcet nnd sowor Improvements, It would bo n month or bo boforo ho could roport much on tho wnter works. Councilman Powors then suggest ed thnt nddltlonnl holp bo provided for tho city engineer. Mr. Gldloy said that whllo ho could uso help, ho would not turn ovor nny of his work to thorn as ho was responsible for It. Iu this connection, Council man Powors said that hasto should bo mado as thoro soon would bo big doings horo, that railroad work would start on tho Bay Insldo of two months. Tho others of tho council lookod nskanco nt him but did not dlscovor whether ho wns "Joshing" or not. Mr. Gldloy hns boon working on tho wnterworks mnttor for somo tlmo undor n resolution Introduced by Councllmnu Copplo providing Jnr n roport ns to whnt Improvements nnd extensions would bo necessary to furnish tho city nn adequato wa ter supply. Mr. Copplo suggested that tho In vestigation to ascertain tho vnluo of tho proporty should also dotormlno whnt wntor rights tho company holds tho vnluo of tho real estnte. Mnyor Straw suggested that tho val uation only npply to tho proporty of tho company that would bo needed for tho waterworks. TROUBLE AT-IHO STIUKK. Troops Called Out to Restore Order nt iiiiwtvnco, .Mass. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.) LAWRENCE, Mass., Jan. 16. DIsordors at tho gates of tho great textllo mills hero woro so frequent nnd menacing thnt two compnnlea of mllltla wero ordered out to assist tho pollco In controlling tho turbu lent foreign operatives. Tho uproar was so grent that seven big plants shut down. Sevornl shots Into tho nlr woro fired by pollco nnd somo ar rests wero mado. A dozen or moro operntlves wero Injured, nono seri ously. It Is estlmnted thnt nenrly thirty thousand hnnds are Idle. STILL MORE EXCLUSIVE. American Women Will Hnvo Dim- culty In Being Presented nt English Court. By Associated Press to the Coss Bay Times.) NEW YORK", Jan. 1 6. Tlio pro- DAnlntlnna at Amnrlrn ti-nnirm nf" WA IKS tho English Court will bo restricted , DU"1" " In tho futuro to thoso married to Curry entered protest British subjects or whose mnlo rela- "Gainst a broken sowor near his tlons hold high official positions In property on South Second street, bo England, if the suggestion mado by,'" loft unrepaired and It was rofor Queen Mnry Is adopted, snys tho Trl-' fed to Councllmnn Allon, owner of buno's London correspondent to-1 tho Property drained, to hnvo it ro- dnv. It hnq Inner hoon ltnown thnt Paired. OVmiHIUHU W MHUIII.IUI t. W..w. - tho queen does not vlow tho "Amori-' can invasion" with favor. ELKS, ATTENTION? Do not forgot that meeting to morrow night. ' W. C. TIPPETTS, Secretary. Tho State Department has served no tlco on President Gomez that the United States will intervene In Cuba If furthor attempts arc made by tho veteran organization to nullify tho law prohibiting the Interference of militia in political ufrnlrs In Cubn. WANT TO GET LOTS FILLED Lively.Scramble of Property 0wn6rs to Secure Benefit of Dredge Oregon. A lively scramblo among property owners on tho flat district to have their proporty filled by tho dredge Oregon 1b now onuslng the city council moru or less grief. Not long ago, tho difficulty was to got proporty owners to hnvo their property filled nnd now It is just tho other wny. Last night, Ad dison Cook brought up tho matter by presenting a petition signed by himself and other proporty owners south of Central nvonuo asking that the bulkhead bo moved south so that their proporty would bo filled whon tho district north of Contrnl avonuo Is filled. Councilman Powors and City Engineer Gldloy reported that thoro would not bo sufficient drcdglngs to do It this tlmo but Councllmnn Powers Bald that It tho Port Com mission would get busy nnd if tho hnrbor wns mndo whnt it should bo, there would bo sufllclent drodglngs soon to fill nil thnt property. Mr. Powers urged thnt a six-foot con crete sower bo built down Anderson nvenuo to drnln tho wntor from thnt district nnd thnt Mill Slough bo lin ed up. Mr. Cook wns not satisfied but wanted ns much of tho drcdglngs ns ho could get. Ho grow Insistent nnd for n minute or two It looked ns though thoro might bo n lively clash between him nnd City Englncor Old ley. Finally, Mnyor Strnw took up tho mnttcr and said that ho was in favor of referring tho mnttor to tho Port Commission. Ho declared thnt tho Port Commission should bo doing tho work instead of tho city. Ho snld thnt ns Honry Songstnckon wnB ono of tho signers of Mr. Cook's po tltlon nnd hnd written tho petition, ho thought It only, right to rofor It bnck to tho Port Commission. Mr. Gidley stnted thnt If tho Port Com mission wns to bo given authority to movo tho bulkhead, ho wantod to bo relieved of all responsibility In connection with tho fill. Mnyor Strnw explained thnt ho didn't menu thnt. Ho snld It would bo moroly referred to tho Port Commission for n recommendation. ' Mnyor Strnw then Inquired of tho councllmon Individually it they woro not In fnvor of roforrlng It to tho Port Commission nnd all except Councilman Ferguson said yes, Councilman Copplo said, that resi dents west of tho proposod All nlso wantod somo of tho drodglngs and thnt ho didn't sco how they could chnngo It to comply with Mr. Cook's petition without alBo providing for those west of tho district. D. A. Curry brought up tho South Mnrshfleld fill. Ho said thoro would not bo sufllclent drcdglngs to fill tho four blocks ns proposod aud Instead of scattering tho fill out ovor four blocks, ho thought it would bo best to fill two blocks properly. ThlB was finally left to tho Health Com mltteo nnd the city engineer to de cide. Roiitlno Proceedings. Tho Times was ono of tho blddors for printing tho city legal notices for tho coming year, offering to pub lish unnio nt tho regular lognl rato of Ave cents per lino. Accompany ing Tho Times bid wns an aflldavlt of circulation showing to be much greater thnn any othor paper In tho county. However tho council award ed the contrnct to another at ono cent per lino. Upon request of D. L. Rood, tho Health Commltteo was Instructed to arrange for tho construction of a now sewer on South Brondwny . . 0 TT-11 n..An..A Mrs- Rebecca Luse-Stump's appli cation ior tno construction or a new sowor on North Fifth street wns brought up ngnln by City Attorney Goss. City Sewor Inspector Trlbboy Interrupted Mr. Goss, snylng thnt ho dld not want to be lgngrod ln tho (Continued on page 4.) REPORT SOUTHERN PACIFIC TO START WORK EAMQU8, OLD HOTEL; ., IN BOSTON BURNED (By Associated Press.) BOSTON, Mnss., Jnn. 16. Tho Rovero Houbo, ono of tho oldest nnd most famous hotels In Now Englnnd, was partly des- troyed by flro hero early today. All tho guests wero romoved though thoro woro many nar- row escapes. Ono flrcnian wnB killed. Tho loss Is ono hun- drcd thousand dollars. England Will Accord King George and Queen Mary Great Reception Soon. (By Associated ProBB to tho Coos Bay Tlmoi.) LONDON, Englnnd, Jnn. 16. King 'Gcorgo nnd Queen Mary, who nro now passing through tho Red Sen, nro to hnvo n grent wclcomo on their arrival in England. On Fob ruary -1, tho groat naval rovlow at Spltshead Is to bo hold and tho Lon don public la prepared to accord tho king nnd qucon nn onthuslnstlc ro coptlon on their wny from tho sta tion to Buckingham Pnlnco. Thanks giving service will bo hold in St. Paul's cathedral. Tho spring months will bo spent In returning tho coro nation visits of nil continental courts. North Bend Collects Rent For Another Man's Property and Trouble Follows. Last evening, T. Johnson of North Bond wns nrrestod on n chargo of nc unult und battery nnd will hnvo his hcnrlng boforo Justlco Shustor to morrow. It Is charged that ho chas ed Jack Richardson and Bon Wallace with an ax and struck ono ot them n sovoro blow. Tho trouble Is said to hnvo followed a misunderstand ing ovor n shack on tho waterfront. It seoins thnt Johnson owned tho shnck which wns vncnnt nnd somo body else rented It to Wallace nnd Richardson who occuplod It ns bncho lor qunrtor . Whon Johnson dis covered they woro in It, ho ordorod thorn to lcavo nnd thoy, having paid rent to someone, thought thoy wero entitled to romnln. Words and blows followed, it is charged. Just who It was that worked tho old Chicago confldonco gnmo Is not known. Thoy varied a llttlo from the original stunt which wns to "soil tho Masonic Tomplo" for a small sum to visitors from tho country. In tho North Bond caso, it seems they woro contonted with moroly collect ing ront on another man's building. Two Cases Decided. Yestorday waa n busy dny in Jus tlco Shustor's court nt North Bend, threo dlfforont enses being brought up and two of thorn disposed of by Deputy Prosecutlug Attorney LHJeq vlst. Justlco Salln, a young North Bend man who was arrested by Deputy Gamo Warden Thomas for shooting after dusk, was found guilty nnd sentenced to pny a fine of $25 or spend twolvo days in tho county Jail. A woodsman named Adams was tried on a chargo of assault and bat tery preferred by his wlfo. A weok ago, Mrs. Adams sworo out a war rant for his arrest charging that no had throatoned to kill hor. It seems that ho had returned homo Intoxicated and mado things protty lively. When tho officers wont to arrest him, thoy had effected a re conciliation and sho asked that tho warrant bo withdrawn. Then moro troublo followed nnd yesterdny's hearing resulted. Mrs, Adams was n widow with four children when Adnms married hor a year ago. Yes torday A. II. Dorbyshlro defended Adams nnd upon tho conclusion of tho testimony, Mr. Llljeqvlst nsked thnt Adams bo put on probation. WILL WELCOME RULERS HOI 0L0 CONFIDENCE i GAME WORKED KALE Try Tho TlmeB' Want Ads. HERE III SPRING Official Announcement Qf It and Possibly Awarding of Con tract Expected. DISTRICT BETWEEN UMPQUA AND COOS BAY Rumor of Early Developments In Local Railway Situation In Circulation Here. According to nn nppnrently nit entlc report received horo, announce ment will bo shortly mado by tho Southom Pacific 'lint it will start construction on tho Coos Bay end oC tho Coos Bay-EiMUo lino this spring Just as soon as ttu wnathor will per mil. Tho contr.irt tot tho work has not been let but It la understood that Chief Engineer Hood now has tho data on which he will nsk bids for construction of tho section botweon tho Bay and the Umpqun. Tho local representatives of tho Southern Pacific hnvo not received nny ndvlses relative to tho plans o tho company In this respect How ovor, tho construction is bolng hand led ontlroly through tho San Fran elbco offices undor tho direction of Vice-president Calvin and Chlof En Klncor Hood. H tho report is corroct, tho as sombllng ot material and supplies for construction on this end ot tho lino will begin within tho noxt month or six weeks so that tho actual worlc may begin Just as soon as tho weath er in tho spring will pormlt. Tho firm bought Sand Point, which wlllbo used ns n bnso of supplies, it Ib said. Moro rumors rolntlvo to plans for bridging tho bay nro In circulation but nothing definite concornlng thorn could bo ascertained today. No doflnlto nows ot dovolopmonC in tho Sumnor projects has boon re ceived horo. L. A. Sumnor was In Gardiner last Friday and whothor he Is going to leave via Coos Bay or tho "northern routo Ib not known. It hns boon Intimated that tho futuro of this project will bo dotormtned on or boforo February 10. i E IS T Nature's Fluctuation In Popu lation In Marsh fie Id In Favor of Men. Tho mnlo population of Mnrshflold la Increasing moro than fifty per cent moro rapidly than tho foinalo population according to the nnnual roport of City Physician Mlngus, Lnst your, thoro wore nn equal num ber of deaths of mnlea and fomales horo but of tho slxty-Ilvo births, 40 woro mnlos nnd only 25 woro fe mnles. Tho dnttn given In Dr. Mlngus' ro port Is ns follows: Numbor of births OB; mnlos -10, females. 25; ono pnlr of twins. Nativity of paronts Natlvo fath ers, 51, foreign fnthors, 13; native mothors 53, foreign mothers 11. Numbor of deaths 12 Malos 6, females C; of theso threo woro oC forolgn birth and nlno nntlvo. Causes of death Gastritis, lr cerebral homorrhago, 1; pulmonary' tuberculosis, 1; pneumonia, 3; ap pendicitis, 1; typhoid favor, 1; bronchitis, 1; sarcoma, 1; Injury, 1; scarlet fovor, 1. Contagious diseases Scarlet fo yer, 3. WHY SHUSTEIt LOST JOB. Russia Opposed Forming of National Army In Persia. (By Associated Press to Cood Tiny Times.) NEW YORK, Jan. 16. According to advices received by Col. Patrick Gnllaghor, former assoclato of W Morgan Sinister, tho real renson whr Persia was forced to oust Shustor from tho office of treasurer genornl of Persia was that he had al ready started to lay tho foundations of a national army for that country. FIRE RUINS HALF OF JAPANESE CITY 4- (By Associated Press.) OSAKA, Japan, Jan. 16 - Flro swept through the south- cm half of tho city today and destrpyed 5,268 buildings nnd U S ropdorod thirty thousand pcoplo homeless.