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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 20, 1912)
HE fELLOWS WHO CALL YOU A GOOD SPADER KNOW BETTER THEMSELVES I'ANT ADVERTISING In Tho TIMES fflnna Smj Mmm WANT ADVEIITISING in Tlio TIMES Will Keep tho Income from Your Furnished Rooms from Lapalngl YOU can really help tho family revenues by renting n fow furnished rooms and, If you know how and whon to uso tho classified columns. you may keep that llttlo extra lncomo as "steady as a clock." Will lut Your Real lwuil "In tho Market" EffccUvclyl u will out tho facts about your oronerty boforo tho eyes of all "pos- tiMn buyers" in iowu. nnu u there's ono of them who ought to 3wn it, you'll bom in MEMBER OP ASSOCIATED I'ltESS L XXXV Established In 1878 q Tho Const Mali MARSHFIELD, OREGON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1912 EVENING EDITION WATERWORKS IS SUBMITTED A Consolidation of Times, Const Mull nndCooH liny Advertiser. No. 187 If ENGINEER'S REPORT ON PERSONAL INJURY BILL AIRS COURTEASTERN BAW MEN ARE ds Physical Value of Dis tributing systems to Be $56,Z3Z.oU. ORS IMPROVEMENTS TO COST $60,575.05 Council Discusses Submit- ing Nolan's $160,000 Of fer to voters. ko Marshfleld water works mat- was taken up by tho city council evening ns a result of City En ter Oldloy's submitting a dotnilod art on tho vuluo of tho proporty tho Improvements that will bo jssnry to glvo tho city adoqunto Iflco and also upon a statomont C. II. Pock, attorney for T. J. Bn, that Mr. Nolan would cxpoct city to dotnrmlno on or boforo 1 whethor It would tnko nd- itago of his offer to sell tho prop- to tuo municipality lor iuu,- rbo question of calling a apodal fctlon to submit tho mnttcr to tho in was discussed at length, but blng deflnlto was done It ro ws sixty days' notice- to hold a tlal election, so that tlioro Is not i beforo tho flrst of Mny to call It, Is, allowing nny tlmo for tho tmratlon of tho necessary orui- cs nnd papers and for a furthor htlgatlon as to tho valuo of tho er r khts and real estate Illy Attorney Gobs said that ho Id not sco wby tlioro was sucn a It rush now, nor could ho undor- d why Mr. Nolnn should advance I vahio of tho water plant very Ih Immediately on Mny 1. Mr. tnld that If It was going to bo nlttecl at a special election, ho ncht that tho voters should pass three propositions. Ho said Hint hhould be whether tho city should 'tho plant from Nolnn nt 1160,- , another whethor tho city should Scmn tho proporty If S1C0.000 thought too grcnt a prlco and tho whether tho city should glvo I Nolan a now frnnchlso for twon- rears or so In cuuo ho agreed to to certain Improvements In tho cm. II. Peck stnted that when tho :lal commltteo met to fix (tho 10 on tho wntor rights nnd real to Involved, ho and Mr. Nolan ted to havo tho opportunity of ontlng their Ideas of tho vuluo. said that Mr. Nolan would bo until next Thursday and would Klad to meet with tho council or members of It nnd discuss tho Her. Ho said that Mr. Nolan had Idcd to tako tho plant over un- Itho old franchise Whether tho valuo on tho water Its and real estate- should bo pass- tin by a committee of tho council Jutshle business men wns n ques- I that wns discussed some Flnnl KILLS HIMSELF AND RIS WIFE H. H. Johnston of Seattle Prin cipal in Double Tragedy There Early Today. (By Associated Press to tho Coos Hay Tlmos) SEATTLE, Fob. 20 II. H. John ston, nged forty, n Jnnltor In an npurtmont house, shot nnd killed his wifo, Dlnncho Johnston, ngod 32, nnd then committed sulcldo by shooting hlmsolf In tho head. Mrs. Johnston was shot twlco behind tlm rlirht nr According to tho son, domestic trou bios for sovcrnl ycnrB and tho hus band's drinking heavily lately wore mo cause. President Taft Urges Employ-JUBlmont ot thoir cinimB for dam nr.c I iohilih onrl Anrlmn Rf?CB b,lt also would rollovo tho courti Compensation Legislation by Congress. ' (By Daj Associated Press to Coos Times) WASHINGTON, Fob. 20. Prcsl dent Taft today submlttod to Con gross tho report of tho Employers' Liability Commission nnd tho com mission's proposed omployors' lia bility nnd workmen's compensation bill accompanied by a mossago urg ing tho onactmont of tho mensuro which Is tho most advancod ploco of liability legislation yot prosontod. Tho presldont sots forth tho pro posed law would not only ln suro to employes of railroads omrncod Inlutorstato comniorco tho quick ad-1 cut." rts of a vast ninount of work nnd onnblo them to administer Judicial affairs with greater dispatch. 'I Blnccroly hope tho act will pass," says tho president. "I doom It ono of tho great stops of progress toward a satisfactory solution of an Important phnso of tho controversies between employer nnd omployco that have been proposed within tho last two or three decades. "The administration of jtiBtlco to day is cioggcu in ovcry court by n groat number of suits for damages for personal Injuries. Tho settle ment of Biich cases by this system will servo to rcduco tho burden of our courtB one-half by taking tho personnl injury cases out of court and disposing of them by this short INDICTED ON REBATING CHARGE WILL PROTECT WOMAN'S NAME WILL SUPPORT MINT RIM wwiiwi.111 UIIIILM City Council Agrees to Appro priate $150 Per Month for Organization. The Mnrshflold city council Inst evening by a vote of four to two dc- u.uuu io uppropriato $150 per month for tho support and mnlntonnnco of tho Cooa Huy concort band. Undor iuu ciiurior mo council could not pass any ordlnnrico providing for this, but will hnvo to appropriate it from month to month tho sumo as tho llbrnry Is supported. Tho notion of tho council wob pro codod by a rnthor longthy discussion In which n dozon or so participated fcugono O'Connoll was tho prlnclpnl Bpoakor against It, outsldo tho coun ell, while C. F. McKnlght, Supt. Iledgon, Prof. Bnrkor and othora apoko in favor of it. Mr. O'Connoll stated that tlm tnnm was- not largo enough to pay jifiO por month to Biipport a band, es poclnlly whon It would moan In creasing tho tnx lovy. Ho declared thnt tho tux levy Is too high now nnd that Is tho reason why Mnrshllold Isn't Increasing In population. Ho snld that prospective homescckers and Invostors coming horo woro dum founded whon thoy henrd tho rato of taxation wns abovo four nor cent nnd gonornuy left Jmmodlntoly New Yorker Would Rather Serve Term in Prison Than Condemn. (Dy Associated Press to Coos Day Tlmos.) NEW YOItK, Fob. 20.- "Rather than seo aspersions cnBt unon tho CHAMP CLARK LUMBER RATE IS REDUCED E E The Missouri Democratic State Convention Launches His Candidacy. By Associated Press to tho Cooh Baj Times., JOPLIN, Mo., Fob. 20. Tho Mis souri rinmnrrntln nlnln pnnonnHnn iiuiiiu oi n woman oy a cnont I would - horo today cheered wldly tho state prefer to suffer In silence In prison." i raont of Stato Chairman Shannon: declared tho counsel for Folko E. "We can lick Roosovolt and tho llrnndt, former valot for Mortimer , Itoosevelt party says wo can lick L. Schlff, boforo Commissioner Hand Toft." Later, when Chnmp Clark today at tho opening of tho hearing to . wns roforrcd to by Temporary Chalr- rv.i:iiu,ii wuuiiiur urunui was scnimnn rnrkor as "our intrepid lead to prison for thirty years ns a result or," tho convention wont Into nn up of n conspiracy. It wbb his dcalro roar of nppluuso that lasted sovoral to confino tho hoarlng to tho mnttora minutes. It Is known tho resolu nt issuo without any scnndal. itlonB when completed will nrovldo counsel representing Schlff dcclnr- for n delegation Instructed to support Interstate Commerce Commis sion Cuts Freight on Hard wood to Pacific Coast. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Tlmos.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. A freight rato of eighty cents a hundred pounds on hardwood lumber from tho Central Freight Association torrltory to tho Pacific coaBt terminals was prescribed by tho Intorstato Com merco Commission. Tho existing rato of 85 cents was attacked by tho man ufacturers. Tho order is directed against nil transcontinental lines. IS u w bt cd tho 8copo of tho Inquiry should not bo limited. Tho commissioner will nnnounco his decision later. ws IT ONLY A JOKE Champ Clark for president ns lone ns thero romnlns nny hopo of his be ing nomlnntcd. LIFE SAVING lor I In Hnlil uint no nnd been contributing $30 HOP VOfir trtU'nrilo oiiiinmiln l. t.M...i n. Alien made n motion tlm ;nnd wns willing to continue. Ho Bald Straw name a commit eo of ( tlmt only n small por cent of tho tax payers nttonded tho concerts nnd It U'nRll't flf1l fff lnv nniinAtl n In.... SXtfJ.nilI,ljr I1'8111, W Slr.'JW ' th0 C08t nBalnt 11 ot thorn, working .,..! lln '" ni'Holntlng tho , n hnrdshlp on tho laboring clnss who owned thoir own homos. C. F. McKnlght replied to Mr. C"7onnoll. Ho declared that tho freo concerts woro largoly enjoyed by tho poorer cIubss. Ho snld thnt at last Sunday's concert, tho grent majority of thoso present wero tho poorer clnss of peoplo, not tho more- well-to-do of tho city. Itognrdlng tho high tnx lovy, Mr. McKnlght snld it wns duo to tho fact that tho assessed valua tions woro too low. Ho snld thnt tho ronson why peoplo loft horo so quick ly was bocauso tho present owners of proporty had thoir soiling vnlues tlxcd too high. Ho said thnt If tho President Ryan Explains Reso lution to Stop Dynamiting in 1910. STATION M E (By Associated Press Times.) to Coos Bay Imlltco and requested suggestions members of tho council. I'liKhieer'N Itcimi-t. Inglnecr Oldloy rend his dotailod pri, wnicli was accompanied by n i oi ino cities or North Bond and snfleld showing tho prosont sys i and tho lmnrovoinonta thnt ho pght wero necossary. P reply to a nuestlon from Coun- Ian Copple, Mr. Gidloy statod that "uiiinio or tlio total valuo of tho pr Works Wns nrnntlnnllv ltn onirni that of Engineer Richardson of lantl, nlthouch It iUfforo.1 Rnnin. t on somo of tho minor dotalls. "uiciiman Powors If m? ni I? woriB ,y,m?i t0 council did not hnvo tho ready cash rt on tho rin ' r md "a(l? nn?!t0 n'pot tll oxponsea of tho band, told h, i r,Ln.k0 l,roJct- n.ntl I tho Flnnngan nnd Bonnott hnnk had 'M that llO. Iinil nn lino.. I.. r'd to do so. r. uid ey made a dotailod roport e value of tlm w.-un.- ,!, ?ier,n.B tho lUrovemontB lii "' melr COSt IlOW anil ilnm-nd. Ills: t0tala ar,lve(1 t are ns alue of MnrshnnM ,n,..n....i 'li5?rM$',Wl.i0- &Pr"E 128 95fi Bn ' ,eav,nS presont valuo ofj io Nnrth nonU ytom. now, lne n ""'""""ion, ?i,ajs.iu, 'n Present va no Sii.844.no ar inn... . T - - ,- . ., v, va .iMi'i nni equipment of pump- nrMon, ,amf mvr H0.480. Present valuo $9,008. 5o v.. i ,uUleor 8ystem, ?5G,- SSufc lr:.Clly ? that nlnsJn.ra ot "1 at tho s adding ' . wo 10,s " n Wft "f the water rlghta 'W !, He ,U1 t attempt ,tWnki.Va.,Me f thw a8 l l "IIIIK It Was ail fillP noor'a ie succoRfoH i.i . ". "" vu ""i a comnus- (Contl: nued on page 4.) agreed to enrry tho warrants for n year without Interest so thnt tho money necessary could bo raised In next year b tax. Supt. TIedgon snld thnt tho bnnd wns ono of tho things that mado life worth living on Coos Bay. Ho said thnt It hnd n roflnlng nnd holpful In fluence nnd thnt It wns worth rnor" thnn It costs. Ho snld thnt taxation wns certainly tho most equltnblo way of meeMng tho oxponso of It. M. C. Horton wns called on bv Mayor Srnw nnd after praising the bnnd snld ho wished to bo consistent. A bn hnd nlwnvs been urclng n re duction In tho tnx, ho snld that he rnuld not ndvoonte nnvthlntr thnt wonl'l Inroopn r. Ho snld tlmt ho hnd contributed to Its support In the rnst nnd would cnnMnue to do so. Tiow-vpr )" WAR opposed to Increns Ing tho tnx lovy. I S i"iiifmnn wn cn"ed unon in nxnross his views, hut snld he. hnd nothing n oiiv Tn ivs 1nqhp(J con plilnrpli'v phnnt n'nvlnc pnlltlcs. Ttrnf Hnrlrnr nl'1 tnt n'tnii lo wns not n tnxpnyor. ho felt thnr it would ho money well snent nnd that (Continued on page 4.) i Special Inspector to Investigate Reasons Why it Should be Changed. That prompt action will bo taken On tho netltlnn nrirlntf Mm rnmnvnl INDIANAPOLIS. Iud.. Fob. 20. nf n,n n n iu o..i 0..... Firecrackers In the hall, not dynn- f n itT .Ur " , mlto undor non-union stool "jobs" ,,'" "8 l,r0601t location to Coos woro roferrod to in tho resolution I,cnrt or Charleston Bay is Indlcntod submitted to tho convention of tho I" a telegram which tho Chnmbor of International Association of BrldRo Comniorco rppAiv,i inn ovonii... rrnm according to n stntoment of Frank V" stntes Li Saving Service Ryan, presldont of tho association, to- ,r' Klrauall wired from Washington dny. i as follows: "It was Just a Joko," said Ryan, ' "Mombor of commission to ox ' nnd enmo about because. P. J. Morln nmlno Into mnttor proposed removal of St. Louis had put bunches of fire- Coos Bay station is 111; oxpects to bo crnckers undor tho chnlrs of dolo- ablo to attend to mutter about Mai ch gntes nnd eot them off. Tho ex- flrst." plosions stnrtled all of us. I On tho nrrlvnl of tho special In- "Thc resolution wont to tho reso- vestlgntor, stops will ho takon to lutlon8 commltteo nnd novor wns re- hnvo every phnso of tho conditions portcu out. i suppose jonn jic- uoro mndo clear to him. As Captain Nnmnrn kopt It. Wo did not discuss Brltt of tho Station favors tho change It beenuso wo know nothing of any It Is bolloved that It will bo ordored, dynamiting plot." ' ospecinlly when local sentiment Is Tho document camo Into tho hands practically unanimous for It nnd tho of the govornmont with other records ownors nnd captains of nractlcallv Dalton Howatt, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Howatt, Injured in Accident. Daltou Howatt, tho young Bon of Mr. nnd Mrs. E. A. Howatt, was run down and Injured on South Broad way lato yesterday nfternoon by ono of D. L. Footo's nutos. At first it was feared tho lad had boon sorlously hurt us ho was badly stunnod, but a later examination showed his In juries woro of a minor character. Tho lad was playing In tho Btroot with somo othor urchins and did not hoar Driver Erlckson's signal. Tho machlno was running comparatively slowly at tho tlmo. A fow gushes wero cut about tho boy's head and ho wns somowhat bruised. Mr. nnd Mrs. Howatt resldo on South Second street, just south ot tho Chandler. Mr. Howatt Is a flier nt tho C. A. Smith mill. Another Lad Injured. Wnllaco Connor, tho four-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Connor of South Broadway, had tho bonos of his leg crnckod by being run ovor by Vornon Barker's machlno last ovo nlng. Mr. Bnrkor was driving to tho dopot nnd tlioro woro sovcrnl othor vehicles on South Broadway. Tho Conner lad was crossing tho street nnd ho did not seo tho auto nor did Mr. Barker seo him. Ho did not strlko tho lad squarely, tho boy being knocked nsldo by tho machlno. At first it was not thought that ho wns injured ns ho wns ablo to get around. Today a physician examined tho log nnd found both bones crnckod. Officials of Passenger Depart ments Charged With Con niving With Troupes. THEATRICAL COMPANIES ALSO HELD TO ANSWER Tried to Evade Law by Pro gram Advertising Contracts Vanderbilt Lines. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.; CHICAGO, Fob. 20. Four indlct mouts for alleged rebating woro re turned today by tho federal grand jury, tho defendants bolng thrco rail road companies, two thoatrlcal con cerns and four Individuals. Excos Blvo pnynionta for "advertising" in return for tho purchnso of railroad tlckots are declared to bo tho medium by which tho alleged robatlng wub accomplished. Tho lndlctod aro: Harry J. Ilheln, gonornl paBsongor ngont of tho Michigan Central. William Undorwood, assistant gon ornl pnssongor agent of tho samo road. It. K. Pynlcka, Cincinnati, director of tho Co'umbla Theatrical Amuse ment Company. Jnmee B. Fonnossy, Cincinnati, dl icctor of Emplro Circuit Company. Columbia Theatrical Amusomont Company of Now York. Clovolnnd, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. LouIb Railway Company. Lako Shoro and Michigan South ern. Michigan Central Railroad Co. Houck Opora Houso Company ot Cincinnati. It Is charged that roprosontatlvoa of tho railroads, all of which aro Vanderbilt lines, ns nn Inducomont to secure tho business of theatrical companies offered nnd gnvo thorn advertising for thentor programs. Lnrgo sums aro said to bo Involved In tho alleged rebating. IP u 5 TO CALIFORNIA TWENTK-OT SLAIN IN RIOT of tho Iron Workers' Association sclzod In tho rnlds of its offices IS all the vessels regularly plying In uoro niso favor It M VST FURNISH T PHONOGRAPH m Former Sergeant at Arms of Ohio Legislature Must Go to Prison. (By Associated Press to Coos Raj Times.) COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 20. Rod ney J.DIoglo, former sorgeant nt nrms of the Ohio Stnto Senate must servo theo yenrs In tho penitentiary for complicity In legislative bribery. Tho ptnte supreme court today confirmed tho decision of the lower, courts which convicted DIeg'o for aiding In tho alleged bribery of State Senator I R. Vndrews. Dlet?'-'s conviction wns duo principally to evidence Bo cured by a phonographic device. IiV,V .MOWKIIS S3. 75 to 110.00 at Mllners. CARS DESIRED Railways Cannot Overcharge Shippers by Sending Large 1 Cars Now. (By Associaiea Press to Coos Bay Times.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 Tho inllroads will be required by nn or der Issued by tho Interstnto num. morco Commission today to furnish shippers with cars of tho dimensions ordered within six days. If larger cars should be furnished at tho ox plratlon of that period, charges for transportation ,Kbnll bo exneted on a bnnfs of mlnmiitm weights of tho smnller enrs. ' By this order shippers will be pro tected from excessive charges through the uso of cars larger than necessary. Many Prisoners and Prison Guards Killed in Prison Fight in Mexico. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.) MEXICO CITY, Feb. 20. Twonty soven pilsonors nnd prison guards woro killed yostorday at Puobla in a fight that followed an attempt of tho prisoners to escape, according to a dispatch from that city. Twenty in on succeedod In escaping. Coos County Ranchers to Send 150 Tons of Potatoes South Soon. Coos county will contrlbuto nbout ono hundred and fifty tons of po tatoes to rollovo tho "spud" famlno In California noxt week. Tho prlco hns boon steadily advancing In Cali fornia recontly nnd a numbor of local ranchors who Btorod thoir potatoes aro now planning to tnko advantage or tno incronso in values and will ship pnrt of their stocks on tho noxt Redondo. Among thoso who will havo largo shipments of potntocs from horo nro tho following: Alox Mntson, J. S. Masters, J. J. Cllnklnbenrd, V. P. Sanford, Frank BInck, O. N. Wilson. C. T. Smith, V. Stauff, H. W. Wnlkor, W. Wattors, J. Landrlth, A. O. nogers Jr., S. C. Rogers, E. J. Coffolt nnd F. Hod-son. MAYOIl MRS. WILSON'S IIALKY COUNCIL QUITS .SIUVLIMXG BASEBALLS, Bats, Mitts and fiLOVKH at Million. NOTED PAINTER DEAD. Prof. Hvrtclt LiindseiiH Artist, .Suc cumbs in Berlin. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Times)" BERLIN. Feb. 20. Professor A' bort Hortel, n noted painter of land scapes and still lifo, died hero today, aged 92 years. HUNNETHSLL, Kan., Fob. 20 Mrs. Ella Wilson, Mnyor of this town, Is now Mnyor supromo. All but four of tho balky Councllmon havo resigned. These four cannot pass measures ovor hor veto. Mnyor Mrs. Wilson hnd so much troublo with hor Councllmon thnt sho npnenlod to Oov Stubbs, Ho Btnrtod an Investigation. Proceedings woro brought to oust tho entlro Council. Tho doflant Councllmen discovered that If thoy lost tho suit tho costs would fall upon thorn nnd all but four quit. Tho Councllmon sorvo without pny. Tho Mnyor gots a dol lar a yoar, but in hor enso sho could not loso n cent, beenuso tho stnto brought tho proceedings, nnd If tho stnto lost tho stnto would hnve to pay. Tho caso has not beon hoard, nnd It mny not bo pressed If tho Councllmon show a disposition to denl with tho Mnyor. Mnyor Mrs. Wilson's houso burned. Thero Is no flro dopartmont in town. Sho moved Into a snmller houso una proceodod with tho city's buslnoss n usual. SITUATION IX MEXICO. S. W. PAIXT at Mllners. If you havo anything to sell, trade rent, or want help, try a want ad. MLK I4ILS, Strainers nnd MILK PANS at Miluors. (By Associated Press to Coo Bay Times.) WASHINGTON. Fob. 20 Bot'i tho State and War Departments re gard the situation In Mexico as hav ing Improved. Mitchell WAGONS at Mllners, I ) ilfa