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IOW ABOUT THOSE GARDEN SEEDS? IT WIIJL SOON BE TIME TO USE THEM VANT ADVERTISING In Tho TIMES -- . -r T-1 T?..n Itln Cons lag WANT ADVERTISING In Tho TIMES Will Keep tlio Income from Your Furnished Rooms from Lapsing! YOU enn really help tho family revenues by renting a fow furnlBhod rooms and, If you know how and when to uso tho classified columns, you may keep that llttlo extra Income as "Bteady as a clock." Will rut our "" v.w . Uio Mnrkct" Effectively! ... - t ilia Infttii n Itntl t VAIIM It Will Pul luo lutLO "" '"u nrnnorty boforo tho eyes of all "pos- i tlblo buyers- t " thero'a ono of thorn who ought to f T vnll'll soil It! &- - 1 f nMn At If 0B "' MEMBER OP ASSOCIATED PRESS Lxxxv Established In 1878 ns Tho Const Mnll MARSHFIELD, OREGON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1912 EVENING EDITION A Consolidation of Times, Const Mull nnd Coos liny Advert ler. No. 186 Sfottra VI PACIFIC COAST LINE LIKELY TO BE RUSHED NOW eminent Enflineers Recon- loiterina Line South From TillamooK now. Mil n RP I INK IN ROAD TO SAN FRANCISCO ns Bav Likely to Benefit Srcatly From Latest Rail road Developments. Associated frtea to Coos Day Times.) '(JUTLAND, Ore., Fob. 19. The scram today says: -i-mKineuni iy and Fontaine who hnvo been iced In supervising iui "" .i...tinn work for tho Natron end ho now main lino cut-off for the thorn J'ncinc, nave uuuh uuuik innnlBsauco work for tho Harrl- j Interests for wnai npponrs 10 oo AA.mlln nvtnnRlnn rlcllt down tho iron coiuit lino from Tillamook Day ... Tint' Tho lino as reconnoltored would licet tho recently completed Pacific way nnd Navigation Company's from Portland 10 minmooK , hn nrnnnsed Wlllnmotto Pacific , frnm Encone to Coos Hay. which tow under construction." CONFIRMS LOCAL VIEW. wrn rncme anion iiiuiiihct ftimt Line to Han Francisco. Iho nbovo telegram to Tho Times Brms tlio bollef or mnny hero wno i boon in close touch with tho ithern Pacific's plans thnt tho road lannlnc to hasten tho construction Iho long projected lino from San nclsco to Portland via Cora liny, rlth tho construction on tho San nclfCO-Kureka lino already well or way and surveys mndo over tho of the route, the compnny In in a Itlon to start construction nt a early date. it Is planned to hasten tho const It will undoubtedly mean that Etrurtlon on ono section of It will In at Cons liny this spring as has rumored. Is further Intimated thnt tho from Coos liny down tho coast, east to llandou. will bo rushed to Miction nnd will bo built slmul- ouily with the Coos Rny-Eugono , i, NEW RAILWAY TO ROSEBURG i TO BRKAK INTO SOUTIIKUN FIELD? na AVflKI.KH. Vnli. in Art Irion neorporntlon of tho Cnllfornln Air l railway, capitalized at s'JU.uuu, 1 aro on fllo hero. Tho oxprossod pet of tho corporation Is tho con rllon of n railroad between Los H1mi nnri Rnn TVnnnlafrt Thft til orators aro C Elliott Craig, Olon trroer and L. Golfroln, nttnrnoy; ph 8. Twombloy, a Pasadena cap- si, onu .Mrs. Leonora M. Tnomp A hnlf million Hnllnm of thn Ml stock has been nnld In for ledlato cxponsos. sordine to well ilnflnnil rumors. ' Hill and Georco' J. Gould nro e-nod In the venture. During a m visit to Los Angeles, vlco- Mpnt Johnson nf thn Mlfinmirl Ac. stated t'-nt tho Gould Intor- " punning to ontor southern fomla. Tim Inrnrtinrntnra rpfnsn IIyiiIeo the names of tho men bo- the plnn. J. Arnold Dovle of Sookane Of fers to Build One tor $100,000 Bonus. Tho Roscburg Itovlow prints tho following: , Another phnso in tho frequently discussed railroad proposition be tween Uoseburg nnd tho const was dovolopcd here this afternoon by tho receipt of tho following Bolf-oxplnnn-tory tplegrnm: S)oknno, Wash., Fob. 1(5. G. P. Sohlossor, Secretary Hoscburg Commercial Club. Will peoplo of Hoscburg nnd vi cinity go down in writing to tho ef fect thnt if wo construct lino ns pro posed by us agreo to givo ono hun dred thousand dollars nftor same Is completed. I hnvo capital now and mean business. What can you do. Answer. Writing. J. ARNOLD DOYLE. T 10 E Lffl AS San Francisco Labor Leaders Taken Into Custody on In dictments Returned at In dianapolis. ' (Dy Associated Press to Coos Bay Time.; SAN FRANCISCO, Fob. 10. Olaf A. Tvoltmoo nnd Eugono A. Clancy, well known labor lendors, wero ar rested hero today on Indictments re turned liv tlio federal grand Jury In IndlnnnpoIlB, charging complicity In tho nntionnl dynnmlto conspiracy. Tvcitmoo Is secretary and treasurer of tho California Stnto Building Trndes Council, nnd Clancy Is vice president of tho Structural Iron Workers' Union. Tho two men were Indicted by tho federal grand Jury In Los Angeles on December 30, on slmllnr charges. Doth men secured bnil and wero released. Clancy's bond was (lxcd at ten thousnnd dollars, and Tveltmoe's nt five thousand dollnrs. PANAMA CANAL ZONE CASE JOHNSON OUT TOR ROOSEVELT IS FIND RANK LOOT t of Bootv Taken From lank of Montreal Is Strangely Recovered. ncouver. n. c. fvii. m ;9 Ch,neso boys playing In a park -" "i-BiminBier last weeK ais rca a canvas sack containing " m gold and hills of tho Dank 'lontreal. Tho money was con- ;u nn notlilng was said to tho e Until nun Imv Ennin M. n.,l " .j orwnu 1J HIM III, '3 emnlnVPr Cnnin nt M.t 1,111a "lated n Chinatown wero recov nl Identined as part of tho loot Liy robbors from tho bank on id hi.15, ,il8t' AU thB ,nouoy - - io uu8 was recovered. "d" Tomorrow Juileo Coj0 rnn-i down his decision tomor- nn Ina atn.llAit.. . - . a , ". " 1"1 n. L. Rood to Intor- - a election contest case of It. 'i Intnrvn,, i, i .n.j ' E In .T, w nonnetfs ofllce. t Rbsik ,n,ert ,0 th0 court by attorneV."11 UVt' " - ' V llrpTn mTn w' do yon " Phone 2 h.j. Mrs Doyle nnd his nssoclntcs have visited Itosoburg sovoral times with in tho past fow weeks, and liavo gono over the proposed lino of railroad botween hero nnd Coos Dny n mmi bor of times, ns have also their en gineers. Tho nbovo tologram, how ever, Is tho most definite proposition thoy hnvo ever laid boforo our cltl zons. Sovernl of tho largest property owners of this city wero shown this lolegrnm nnd thoy scorned unnnl motiB In tholr npprovnt nf tho move ment, bollevlng?thu nmnunt enn bo inlscd on tho conditions Indicnted. Conditions hero in rcgnrd to n railroad from Uoseburg to tho const have cettled down Into a sort of lethargy, on nccouut of tho failure of niimorous promotion schemes in tho pnst to develop Into nnythlng tangi ble. Prevailing sentiment scorns to ho In full harmony with tho opinion of n leading business man hero who said a year, or two ngo: "I'll givo JfiOO for n real railroad from hero to tho coast, but not n nlcklo toward nny promotion schomo." Mr. SchloBsor hns not yet replied to Mr. Doyle, but It Is prohnhta thnt tho lattor will bo Invited to como horo nnd tho matter taken up with him personally. Thoro seoms every reason to bollevo thnt nosobnrg will pay anyone $100,000 who will build a modern standard gnugo railroad between hero nnd tho const, tho pny mont to bo mndo aftor tho rond Is completed and equipped for opera tion. President J. V. Porklns. of tho ItoseburK Commerrlnl Club, nn nonnred that n public meeting will ho hold nt the club rooms Tuesday evening to ronldor tho proportion of J. Arnold Doyle nnd his nssorl ntc In rncard to tho building nf n railroad between Itosoburg and tho coast. California Governor Deserts La Follette Favors Nomi nation of Strenuous One. (By Associated Press to Coos Day Times. NEW YOKIC, Fob. 19. Hiram Johnson, governor of California, here toforo an ardent supporter of La Toi lette, Issued n formal statement horo todny that In his opinion Koosovolt should ho the next llopubllcnn nomi nee for president. Tho stntoment waft Issued ho said with RoobovoU'b knowledge but not necessarily his sanction. NEGROES SROT IN COURT ROOM Tennessee Scene of an Un usual Demonstration in Course of Trial. SHELBYVILLE, Tonn., Feb. 19. Threo negroes wore shot dead In tho county court room horo todny. Thoy wero charged with tho murder of a jallroad detectlvo soveral days ago near Delt Ducklo, Tenn. As ovldenco In tho preliminary trial plied up against tho blncks tho anger of thtj spectators In tho court room flnmed up. Simultaneously tho three negroes fell ns a hail of bullets rained on them from nil parts of tho court room. S. W. Kvorson, special officer of tho Nnshvlllo, Chntanoogo nnd St. Paul railway was tho negroes' victim. Tho sheriff's oftlclnls pushed bnek tho leadors of tho mob after tho shooting and the bodies of the threo negroes wero hauled into the Jail of fice. Tho door, was barricaded and tho shorlff sent word thnt all the negroes wore dend. Tho leaders of the mob doubted tho message and a crowd of men have rorusod to dls nerFO until they aro satisfied the threo blacks have been killed. HEAL MILK .and, EAL CREAM delivered to your home on FIVE MINFTES' NOTICE. fllONE 320.J. F A. Sacchl. ' JOE KETCHEL IS KILLED Famous Pugilist Dies as Result of Injuries Received in Sparring Match. (By Assoclatod Press to Coos Bay Tlmei.) NORTH CHICAGO, Fob. 19. Joo Ketchol, the Chicago pugilist, died in n hospital hure todny as a result of Injuries alleged to hnvo "boon re ceived in a boxing contest yoatordny afternoon with Billy Walters. After tho contest, which wns described' ns a sparring match at which no spec tators wero present Ketchol stepped Into a shower bath and ns ho left tho bath ho fainted. Physician declared death was caused by a blood clot on tho brnln. PACKER TRIAL FRAUD PROBE "School for Witnesses" in Meat Trust Hearing to ' Be Investigated. (By Associated Press to Coos Baj Times.) CHICAGO, Feb. 19. A special fed eral grand Jury was ompannolcd nnd sworn before Judgo Lnndls today. It Is reported they will Investigate whether counsel for tho meat pack ers, now on trial, or any ono In tholr behnlf or In tho Interest of tho de fendants, hnd conducted n "school for witnesses." STIRS UP NEW CONTROVERSY RESULT L MLTIA EXAMS ARE FOR CLARK. .SM'nkir Gi'tn Oklahoma County Del egation Ovr Wilson. Tlmoi., By Assoclatod Press to the Coos Bay OKLAHOMA CITY. Feb. 19. Ok Inhnma county's 31 delegates to tho Democratic state convention to bo held horo February 22 wero Instruct ed solidly for Champ Clark for the presidential nomination. Tho vote wns: Clark, 12G, and Wilson, 111. TO 0 WN POWER PLANT C. A. Smith Companies Plan for Larqe Electric Plant at Mill Here. If present plans nro carried out, 'ho C. A. Smith Company nnd tho Smith-Powers Company will bogln the construction of a largo electric plant nt tre Smith mill ho re. The plant Is to supply tho electricity for the electric logging apparatus which U to replace tre steam donkoy en gine In tho logging camps and also to furnish e'eetrlclty for tho mill and probably for the Terminal Railway. Tho plans fpr the now project aro now woll muter way. For n tlmo the companies were considering a prop osition from the Oregon Power Corn wall v for the latter to put In the plant nnd sell tre electricity to thorn nt n low cost. It Is understood that this nlnn hns boon given up and fiat tho Smith companies will now Install the'r own plant. Thn now plant aside from furnish ing tho electricity will bo valuable ns n waste consumer. Its fuel being largoly sawdust and slabs for which a special burner has to be operated now to get rid of them, As pnnn as the plant U complete the pnhstltuMnn of electricity for steam in tho logging enmps will bo hogun. Have your Job printing done, at Fne Times' office. NO EXPLOSIONS DURING MEET Government Gets Oriainal Copy of .Strange Resolution of Union. (By Associated Press to Coob Bay Times.) " INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Feb. 19. To support its contention that mnny iron workers' olllclnls aro Implicated In tho dynamiting conspiracy, tho government is prepared to submit as evidence nn original cbpy of a resolu tion alleged to hnvo been Introduced nt tho Iron Workers' nntionnl conven tion In Rochester, N. Y In 1910, providing that no explosions should tnko placo during tho convention. When a photograph of tho docu ment wns shown to United States District Attorney Miller ho snld tho resolution wns an Important piece of ovldenco In tho government's enso. Ho would not add what action was .nken on tho resolution by tho con vention, or through whoso lands the manuscript hnd passed. The resolu tion rends: "Resolved, thnt no more bombs or explosives of any kind bo exploded while this convention Is in ression." Several Coos Bav Officers Dropped for Not Attend 1 ing Meeting. SALEM, Or., Feb. 19. At a con ference botween Governor West nnd Adjutnnt-Gonoral Flnzor, tho resig nation of Albert J. Cnpron as a mem ber of tho Naval Mllltla Board was received and accepted nnd tho Gov ernor approved tho findings of tho Naval Examining Bonrd, mado up of officers of tho United States Navy. Tho examining board examined tho following oHlcerB and has rated thorn nn follows: Cnptnln Edgar E. Simpson qualified as Commander; Lleutonnnt-Com-mnndcr Gustavo J. Blombcrg quali fied as Lieutenant; Lieutenant Thom as J. Macgcnn qunllfled as Lieuten ant; Ltoutonnnt-Commnndor William H. Robcr qualified as Lieutenant and Chief Engineer; Lieutenant Ralph T. Whltcomb qunllfled as Ensign. Enjil- neorlng Division; Ensign John A. Dcckwlth qualified as Ensign; Llou tonant J. RIchnrd Olson qunllfled ns Chaplnln; Lieutenant Otto Stnron disqualified; Lieutenant Everett Mln Riis qunllfled ns Assistant Surgeon. Tho following officers reported thnt thoy -wero unavoidably prevented irom attending tlio examination: Lieutenant William E. DoiiBchor nnd Lloutonnnt Lester P. Sorcnson. A subsequent exnmlnntlon Is recom mended. Tho following officers, who did not attend tho examination or report to tho bonrd, wero recommended to bo dropped: Lloutonnnt Fred Pnpo, Lieutenant (Junior Orndo) Thnyor Grimes, Ensign Arthur L. Blnncjhnrd, Ensign Jack Clary nnd Ensign Karl L. Haines. Ltoutonnnt-Commnndor Louis J. Wolfe, surgeon, nnd Ben Nordon, ns- sistant surgeon, nro recommended for exnmlnntlon by u bonrd of medical officers, tloro being no medical of ficers on this bonrd. It Is nlso recommended thnt tho officers qualified by this examination bo given n medlcnl oxamlnntlon by a bonrd of medlcnl officers nnd thnt tho report of their oxamlnntlon accom pany this report. Membors of tho Exnmlnlng Bonrd aro Colonol Jnmos Jackson, Com mander A. H. Robertson nnd Lieuten ant W. II. Ton. Colombian Minister Savs Sec retary Knox Would Not ' Be Welcomed. THROUGH RATE TO COOS BAY New Arrangements for Ship ping Make This Greater Distributing Point. Agent C. F. McGeorgo of tho Intor Ocean Transportation Company nnd the North Pacific Steamship Com pany, hns Just Issued a now through tariff which will result In points be tween Ynqulna and Gold Beach, In clusive, being supplied Inrgoly through Coos Bay. Ho has arranged for tho gasoline schooner Randolph to hnndle tho freight from horo to Port Orford, Gold Beach and Wedor burn, while the gnsollno schooners Rustler nnd Wllholmlna will hnndlo tho freight between Coos Bay and Gardiner, Acme. Bayvlow, Florence. G'enada, Lutgner, Mnpleton Newport, Scottflmrg, Tolodo, Wallpnrt and Ynqulna. Tho offect of this nrrnngemont will b to nmko Coos Hoy more of n dis tributing Yiolnt thnn ever and In crease tho traffic of this port. It Is estlmnted trat at lonst liOO addlt'onn' tons of frolgpt wID bo brought in each month fpr reshinment to tho points mentioned. Tho Alliance. Nann Smith, .Icpdindn Excelsior and some other 'vessels will handlo f'o I Incoming business under tho new ar rangement. . . Aside from reducing tho shipping charges, the through rate slmnllfles the routing and handling of freight for these points. WEALTHY MAN HUXfl. (By Associated Preii to Com Bay Times.) MOBILE, Ala., Fob. 19. J. Law rence Odom, convicted of tho murder of threo persons, wns hanged here todny. Odom was convicted of kill ing Chnrles Golang, Joooph Stokes, and David Gnrttnnn, the latter a six-teen-yonr-old boy. Thoy had been witnesses against him on a police court chargo of cruolty to a dog. Odom was wealthy. ODR T W E ANNOUNCEMENT CAUSES BIG STIR IN WASHINGTON Old Attack on President Roose velt's Method of Acauir incj Canal Scored. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay, Times.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. Pro found disappointment on receiving Intimations that Secretary Knox did not contemplate giving Colombia nny assurance of ultimate arbitration of her claims against tho United States Ib generally ascribed today as a roa boii for tho expression from Sonor Pedro Nol Osplnn, tho Colombian minister, Inst night, thnt n vUIt by Secretary Knox to his country nt this tlmo would bo Inopportune It waa first given out that tho visitor would bo enthusiastically wolcomod, but during tho week, according to Osplnn, tli" Bltuntlon has changed. During tho week, It is roportcd, In timations camo to tho Colombian m!nitcr thnt Secretary Knox was not bound on n mission of pacification of Itnllnn-Amorlcnn troubles. Osplnn on November .25, last, presented n third request from his government for ar bitration, to which no reply hns como. No chango was mado today In tho Itinerary of Secretary Knox's trip to Central Amorlca, hecauso of tho Co lombian minister's letter of protest. Tho dopnrtmont will await word di rect from tho Bogota govornmont bo foro nltorlng tho plans. Somo Inti mation of cither diplomatically con firming or repudiating tho action of Its reprcsontntlvo nt Washington Is expected within twonty-ono hours. . Itevlves Panama Clali. Osplnn's nctlon wns tho outgrowth of claims of Colombia and her do mand for arbitration growing out of tho partition of Pnnnma nnd tho ac quisition by this govornmont of tho cnnal zono strip, n matter which has been ponding for eight years. Tho Incident brought out tho fol lowing stntement todny by Ropresont atlvo Ralnoy of Illinois, nuthor of a tesolutlon to submit Colombia's dam ago" claims to arbitration, In which ho donounccd tho methods used by tho lntted States to acquire tho Panama cnnnl zono: "Minister Osplnn's action forcibly calls nttontlon to our Indofonslblo conduct for nearly ten years In re fusing Colombia tho arbitration sho roqueatod." Tho Pnnnma lncldont, which hns bepn tho subject of a commltteo In vestigation, wns denounced by Ralnoy ns "tho blackest pngo In our history nB a nation." Ho charged thnt tho revolution wns engineered by "n Now York promoter, with tho snnctlon and nld of President Roosevelt and tho State Department." TAKES KNOX SOUTH. Supreme Tribunal Refuses to Declare Initiative and Ref erendum Unconstitutional. (By Assoclaiea Press to Coos Bay Times.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. Tho Su preme Court of- tho United States to day declined to annul as unconsti tutional tho Initiative and Referen dum method of legislation In tho stntes. It decided that it has no Jurisdiction over the form of govern ment In states, that bolng a political question for Congress to deal with. .. SEND ('IIILJ)ltEN AWAY. Textile Strilu-rV Novel Move to Gain Public Sympathy. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Times)' LA WRENCH, Mass., Fob. 19. Moro than one hundred children, the second party sent by tho striking tex tile workers' commltteo out of the stnto In an endeavor to create sym pathy for the cuuo, departed for Now York City, whoro thoy wl'l re Bide with various families until the difficulties have passed. Nearly throe hundred have been sont away In the past two weeks. If you have anything to sell, tra-Je rent, or want help, try a want ad. Cruiser Wnshlngtoh Loaves to Tnko Secretary on Trip. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.) NORFOLK, Va., Fob. 19. Tho ar mored cruiser Washington sailed to day from Norfolk Nnvy Yard for ralm Bench, Florldn, to tnko nbonrd Secretary Knox on his trip to tho republics on the Cnrrlboan sea and In Central America, , LEAVE TODAY ON ALLIANCE Steamer Arrived Sunday From Portland and Sailed This Morning for Eureka. Tho Alliance nrrlvod In yesterday from Portland nftor a rather rough trip down tho coast. She was dolayed in I'.iHhiL' mil of iho Columbia river by tho rough weather and hence was a day Into In getting in nore. Sho had a lurgo cargo of frolght for horo and Eureka. Agent Mc Georgo was notified that Bhu could not bring considerable of tho freight that wns to hnvo boon shipped on hor this trip. Tho Alliance will return from Eu roka Thursday morning and sail from hero for Portland at 1 o'clock Thursdny afternoon. Among those nrriving on vQ aiu nnco from Portlniid were Mary Han on, AIlco Hnrrold, Win. Stevens, W. G. Gorns and Mrs, GUcher. Amnni' Minnn Rnlllnir for Elirokn on her this morning wero Win. Smith, R, G, Armestead, , wi raworson, Ralph Beasca, Mrs. R. Densca and F. B. Children. " 1