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igngoypjsjTARTH) BY men who use their own best judgment ANTADVEltTIHlNQ in Tho TIMES I S& - - - " " ' T ZTkT ADVERTISING in Tho TIMES " . .. . ,r - Tl t!-of.f "In Olooa lag Stones Will IT" iuul "" tho Market" Effectively! it will pu' the faoU ttbout your nrtr boforo 'ho eyes of nil "pos- P.M. buyers" 1" town. And If VtlL't one of them who ought to STli you'll .oil It! WANT ADVERTISING In Tho TIMeJW Will Keep the Income from You; Furnished Rooms from Lapsing! YOU can rcnlly help tho family revenues by routing a few furnished rooniB and, If you know how nd when to ubo tho classified column, you may keep that llttlo extra Income na "steady as a clock." own MEMBER OP ASSOCIATED PRESS VOL XXXV Ustabllshcd In 1878 ns Tho Const Mail MARSHFIELD, OREGON WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1912 EVENING EDITION. A Consolidation of Times, Coast Mull n 25ft nnd Coos Tiny Advertiser. 0 FREDERICK OF DENMARK T CARRIES EVER! COUNTY I CALIFORNIA NOTED RAILROAD IN WILL I BODSEVEL OPS DEAD IN HAMBURG STREET REACH CO T0NI6RT Noted Ruler Suddenly Stricken Willie nuiuiiiiuy iiuiiiu From France. HE WAS THOUGHT TO HAVtfULLi ntuuvuiuu Mot Recognized When Found uyino ruuuiiu n,ni Foretold Fate. . NUW KINO TODAY Dy Associated Pross, 1G. I rnPHNHAGEN, May J Prlnco Christian was proclaimed I vine of Denmark from tho hnl- t cony of tho Pnlaco nt 3 o'clock I & huge throng of pooplo who gathorcd In front of tho royal rMldenco. (Br Awoclatod Press to Tho Coob AI1UUO. UAMMIRG. May 1G. King Fred erick VIII of Donmnrk who arrived tero Monday dlod last night. Tho Um was traveling Incognito on his rettirn from a long trip South. Ho m convnlosclug from Inflammation of tho lunRB. With tho queen, tho ro;l party had quartora In tho Ham targerhoff Hotol. At ton o'clock InBt tight, tho King loft tho hotol unac companied for hla uaual iitroll boforo retiring. Ho had gono only a abort dlitinco when ho was ovorcomo In lie street by a Buddon nttnek of ipoplciy. Ho roll unconscious 10 mo MTtmcnt and dlod InBtnntly. Not King recognized ns n pornon of groat promlncnco, his body wna rushod to He nearest Hospital in an auto. When momboro of tho suite becamo lurmed over Ills falluro to return, tetrch wna Instituted nnd tho body wu found In tho hospital nnd was brought back to tho hotol. Tho king ui reganlod by phyalclnnfl na com pletely rcatorod to health by his trip with. Yesterday ho folt unusually tell during tho dny nnd oxproasod lor orer his expected roturn to Cop enhagen today. Ho romnrked ho u refreshed and completely ro- itored to health. SHOCK TO DENMARK I Nation In Deep Grief Over Ruler's Death j(B Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.) COPENHAGEN. May 1G Tho neo- p! of Donmnrk wore momentarily htiinned by tho suddon doath of tliolr popular king who only two dnyH ago 'key wero olllclnlly Informed wna re turning to Copcnhngon in excellent teilth. Kvldoncos of deo,poat sorrow ml sympathy nro vlslblo ovorywhoro. uii now stntod that his majosty'a ro lira from Mco wna hnstonod bb tho Wslclans rorognlzod tho possibility Mtno catastrophe Tho court phy-l ..u no iiiianio io inuuco mm to uurg, Shroveport and rncine rnn ooservo tho quiet nocessary to con-jrond. Thero also woro two or moro icscence. A rumor current horo Is thnt ho wently visited a fortuno toller In- wjnlto and wns Informed thnt ho 1oW dlo .May l G. Frederick VIII was. a groat friond M admirer of tho Unltod States. Irlnco Clirlstlan wont, nut fnp iiin cojtomary rldo early today unaware , ine death of hla fnthor. Whon ho mred n tho capital from hla rosi Jce outsldo ho saw tho flags at MIf mast. This woa tho llrat lntl 8llon of tho bitter blow. Tbd rOVfll Vnphf nntinnlinfif Aonnvt. W 07 ft Wnrqlitn oint.t,,1 ifAM T iiI.aa Cermany. today to embark tho body l Ine Klnt n'l.n r. i Pted to rnfii.. n i. " ii j -- -.M.., vu JUtUtlllUiUfl 'll- CTOPUS WILL BE Standard Oil Company Pays wu.uuu hme In Missouri and Makes Promises (B; Assoclatod Press to Coos Bay Tltnnn lKS5N "TJ. Mo., 15.- fins t ' ., " uu company puiu n sZ.L50'00 to tho clork of tho tefffT eourt toda' ns a WBult of mouaecuted as a trust Thoro Irourt i- i , """" in wt buiuuiiiu lag tV.i he,mU of tho .company ask thS ,, ' ttlay bo poiraltted to pay "Ithnu.i l 5t-u uPn togetner that th costs of Praocution and .... :w uur miRfinr it rrnm rnn Pei. 'UUae,(1 8 long as It obeys I 'owS and Ordnra nt tho. .nurf and orders of tho court. nirv JltVRlV . xiVuA at tho RUBY VAii. mtrtTrnM .. W0.vnvc,,rine "andon EXCUR ? ON SUNDAY. Rodnd trip 11.50 OD NW OARRQW TRIAL OPENS TODAY Noted Attorney Charged With Bribing Juror In McNa- mara Case. (By ABsocItttod Press to Coos Day Times.) LOS ANGELES, May 15 Clar- onco S. Dnrrow, chief counsol for tho McNnmara brothnrn in Mm r.na Angeles dynamiting caBe, was placod uii inni uctoro Jtiugo aoorgo Hutton In tho suporlor court today under nn Indictment charging him with having attempted to brlbo n Jury In tho McNamnra trial. When ho ap peared In court, Darrow Bald ho wns rondy for trial and would nsk no cu, Iny and that na ho was Innocent of wrong doing, ho had no fear of tho outcome of tho enso, District Attor ney John D. Fredericks, who con ducted tho McNnmara prosecution, declnred tho "Evidence against Dar row Is as strong ns It wns against tho McNamaras." Southern Express Company Deny Loot Amounted to $140,000. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.) NEW ORLEANS, Mny 15. Tho Southern Express company officials hero declined to give nny Information ns to tho amount tnkon by tho rob borH who early today hold up tho Queen nnd Crcscont Flyer south of HnttloHburg and dynamited tho ex press cnr. They denied howovor that tho sum approaehod $140,000, tho loss first reported. Tho snfo In tho express cnr wns secured by a tlmo signal lock when tho train left New Orleans last night and there was a guard In tho car In nddltlon to tho regular mossou ger. It Is said that In tho car was pack ngo of money representing tho pay roll of tho Alabama and Vleksburg railroad nt Meridian nnd about twon ty-fivo pnekngoa of ensh romlttnnccn iof ,,Bp(8 0f tho Southern Express company nt points along tho Vlcks- sacks of sllvor containing $1000 each and othor packages of curroncy and several packitKes of Jowolry and vnluablo stock certificates and bonds. Whon tho train wns passing tho flng ptntlon of Oknhola, two masked bundita climbed over tho tondtr !nnii with drawn revolvers called out Engineer Mahor and his fireman to "obey orders", no resistance wna oi- ferod nnd nftor tho train had round ed the curve- nbovo OkHhola, tho on glneor wns cnnimunded to stop nnd compiled. With guns nt their bonds tho englnoor and flromnn marched back to tho hnggago car whore Mnher was ordered to cnll Express Mossen gor D. A. Gray, who oponod tho door of tho cnr only to look Into tho inuzzlo of a pistol. H oboyed tho ordor to alight. Othor trainmen woro llnod up nnd lonvlng thorn undor guard of his partner tho commanding bandit Jumped Into the express car nnd be gan work on the largo expross safe. Six clmrKos of oxploslves woro ro qulrod to open It. On tho Inst door being blown orf, silver coin nnd packages of currency nnd othor valuable were scnuorou about. With the oxceptlon of $30o in sliver, everything In sight wns hur riedly placod In n sack nnd tho two men backed off Into tho dnrknoss with rovolvers lovolod at tho train crow. It Is bolleved thnt tho rob bors fled on horse loft In ohnrge of a third robber. Tho passengers wero unmolested. MAY RETIRE THREE Bishops of .Methodist Church t he Voted Upon (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., May 15. A committee of tho Methodist Eplsco pal church today advocated the re tirement If Bishops H. W. Warren and D. II. Moore. The committee re fused to recommend In the case of Vrrl" 7m mna n Neeley but advo- Sited a cret ballot of the entire conference on tho retirement of tho threo bishops Follow "the" BAND to BANDON. TRAIN ROBBED IN MISSISSIPPI Has Over 15,000 More Votes Than Taft and LaFollette Combined Clark Carries State. (Dy Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.) SAN FItANClSCO, May IB -Theodore Itooaovolt, on returns from 231C out of tho 3700 prcclnctB In tho Btato was given California's 26 dologatos to tho ropubllcan national convention yestorday In tho first pres idential, proforonco primary In tho stato by a majority 15,177 over his opponents Tnft, who rocolvcd 65,- i"-1-'-"'"1 n I'oiiotto, who received RAD FOREST FIRE Seven Lives Lost. Scores Are,wcr compiotoiy destroyed, tius Homeless and Heavy Dam age to Timber and Property In Skagit County. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay TiniDB.) DELLINOHAM, Wash., Mny 16. Seven lives loBt, many miles of tim ber burnod, hundreds of thousand of dollnrs' worth of property, nsldo from tho timber dostroyed, and scores of families nro homeless im a result of n forost flro that Bwopt over part of Skagit county yestorday afternoon according to dispatches re ceived hero from Hamilton. Tho camps of tho English Logging com pany nnd tho camps of tho Dompso Logging compnny. nenr Hamilton, ews of Ships aod Sailors GETS FUEL TO FINISH TRIP Norwegian Tramp Schooner Takes Coal Here Bound for Portland. The Norwegian Tramp Schooner Opland will finish tnklng on fuel at tho Llbby bunkers this nftornoon nnd will probably Ball this evening for Portland. She inoroly took on su. flclont coal horo for tho trip north. Tho Opland 1ms boon plying In the Moxlcan and South American trade, carrying passengers, coffeo and tropical products botween Sa linas Cruz and tho south. Sho is in command of Cnpt. Hans Erlckson. Tho Opland Is about 250 feet long and carrlos about 2200 tons. Sho li built of steel and was constructed in Norway nine years ngo. She Is registered from Snndefjord. Loaded, ;.'. i... .,.,.. fnt n,.,l ll,.i.ti"""" H"i.. uo iuk ivuiKiimior d.u '; - ""-towed abOtlt t610 rCOU She loft Salinas Cruz April 25 nnd has boon dolnyed by rough wat er and fog. Just wnnt rnrgo sho will tako out at Portland or for whero sho will sail from there Is not not known. Sho carrlos a crow of twonty-flvo men, mostly Moxlcans oxcept the of ficers nnd onglncors who nro Nor wegians. Chlof Englneor Gorder has been on hor about olgntoen monins and the vossol hns not been nt her i.n,na nnrt einpn aim inft on her maid-, en trip from thero nlno yenrs ago. I Thero was llttlo or no troublo n I the Salinas Cruz section of Mexico, when they loft thoro. Englneor Gor- der stated. ' A xreen parrot is tno snip mascot. i"."iiu hu wn uui uaiuagw, The cooler weathor of tho north Tho crews of both vessels escaped In Paclflc Is not agreeing with the bird Jury. Tho San Pedro acorns to havo and the crow woro trying to sell It " penchant for collisions, having flg for $0 today ' mei 'n n number of them. Among The Opland wns towed In nnd up! them was tho stonmor Columbia, the bunkers by tho tug Columbia. 1 8""k off Shelter Cove. Cal.. July 23, When she reached tho bunkers about 1907. with a loss ot 8C lives, in iV.inv Inst ovenlnc. she blew! four whUtlos, tho usual distress slg-l nul and It caused Bomo apprehension "' i Geo Doll supplied tho vessel with the necessary fuel. , . ' ALONG THE WATERFRONT ! S . n i (,i.. n, cn The Newborg Balled today fop San Francisco with a cargo of lumlior from tho Smith mill. Tho Osprey arrived In last evening' front Rogue river. Sho will sail again for there tonight or tomorrow with a cargo of general merchan- rltsa The gas schooner Patsy, Captain Hansen, which, arrived Jast night from Siuslaw, will sail Wednesday night with general cargo for Newport and Bandon. Oregon Journal,. The Tillamook sauea iron uanuun for Portland today. 33,310. Rosovolt'B voto In theso pre cincts was 103,981. Champ Clnrk won a dcctslvo vic tory over Wilson, tho figures bolng Clnrk 28,108, Wilson 12,870. Not ono of tho 58 counties In tho stato showed a majority In tho Taft column. MAY CAUSE CONTEST Tnft Carries Fourth Congressional District In California (By Associated Pre bo to Coos Bay Times.) SAN FItANClSCO, May 15 Presi dent Taft carried tho fourth con gressional district In this city by ono hundred nnd fifty votes, making pos slblo a contest over tho two dolo- gates from this dlBtrlct. IN WASHINGTON morning tho charred corpsca of threo men woro In tho mnln Donpsoy camp nnd tho bodies of four oth ers nro known to bo in tho ruins. Tho men gavo up their ltvos In an offort to snvo tho proporty of thoir employers, remaining bohlnd while their fellow workmon flod. Tho flro Bwopt over fully six squaro miles near Hamilton. Fully threo squaro miles of groon tlmbor CBtlmnt cd at fifty million foot woro destroy ed. Tho flro today la creeping' to ward tho nationnl forost rcsorvo. Both English nnd Dotnpsoy crowB for sovornl days had boon burning slash ings, on tho loggod off InndB. When tho' gnlo camo yostorday, sparks woro scatterod Into tho tlmbor nnd soon tho big flro wns boyond control. Gasoline Schooner lowed Into Eureka With Broken Propeller. It was roportod horo today that tho gnsollno schoonor Randolph, formerly plying out of Coos Bay, but now oporntlng out of Humboldt Bny, had foundered off Smith rlvor. Tho report wna Incorrect nlthough tho boat did hnvo n uorlous tlmo. Ly mnn Wolf of Marshflold, Is engi neer on tho Randolph and Capt. Johnson Is well known hero. A special tologram from Eureka to Tho Times today gavo tho fol lowing particulars of tho accldont: "Tho Randolph arrived horo yoi torday four days from Smith rlvor with hor shaft brokon and hor pro- tho crippled boat Into Hum- l.nlilt hnv frnm Trlnliln,! llnnnlni will bo completed In four days' Tin. Randolph had 800 hoad of hogs on board." , MAYFLOWER DAMAOED. Collision With San Pedro RosiiRn In Disaster to Schooner. SAN FRANCISCO, May 15. Fol lowing n collision off Point Reyes, the lumber steamer San Pedro, has arrived at this port with tho two n8ted schoonor Mnyflowor In to. Tho Mayflower was bound for Co- qulllo river. Oregon, nnd tho San Pedro for Eurokn. Tho Mayflowor wnH occnimoa wnon ino collision Leavos Tohii A. W. Gregg who was arrested yestorday for causing n family row left today on tho Broak- water and his wlfo withdrew tho charges of assault which sho had filed against him in Justice Pen- nock'8 ?Tt' Mrs. Gregg Is suing fr a divorce nnd it Is understood th t a , , t , ca defUIIt ' MRS. M. C. BYLER and Mrs. I J. Simpson of North Bond, woro Marshfleld visitors today. A THE WEATHER. (By Associated Press.) OREGON Showers tonight 4- or Thursday; coolor except 4 near cqast. 0 NARROW ESCAPE S. P. FRANCHISE IS UNCHANGED Passes Third Reading at North ' Bend and No One Sug gests Change. Tho frnnchlso granting tho South ern Pacific a right of way through North Bend passed Its third reading last evening and no chnngo wns or dered mado In It. Tho ordlnanco will come up for final passago May 28. Following tho reading of tho ordi nance, Mayor Simpson asked it any of tho councllmon or crowd had any thing to sny about tho matter. No ono responded. Flnnlly Councilman Mnndlgo snld, "Say It now or for- ovor hold your poaco." It had boon reported that uomo of tho citizens would npponr and nsk tho Insertion of n "common iiBor" clause In tho frnnchlso thero or to co-opor-ato with tho Marshflold city council In enacting a uniform frnnchlso in tho two towns. Howovor, nothing was done Thero wna qulto n crowd prcsont. Other Ruslne8 Up. An ordlnnnco regulating tho npcod of nutomoblles wns Tend but was re ferred back to tho city attornoy to bo mado to includo nil vehicles. Tho council also docldcd to hnvo ton piling driven threo foot boyond tho odgo of tho city wharf for ves soIb to tlo to. Voasols tying to tho wharf aro alleged to havo damagod It considerably In tho pnBt. MORE MATERIAL IN Southern Piiclllc Riihlilng Work near Kiigcno Tho Eugono Ounrd says: "Tho now matorlal yards Just es tablished between Blnlr strcot and tho Junction or tho mnln lino with tho Coob Bay branch Is now crowdod with many carloads of matorlala, which nro bolng unlondod and stack od up thoro. Four or II vo carloada of tlo plates and thnt ninny of rail Joints hnvo boon dumped off, nnd sovornl cars of ties nro on tho side track, Tho big stool rails aro duo soon and it la thought thnt soon nftor tliolr arrival tho pormanont trade will bo laid for aovoral miles out of Eugono. "Tho Southorn Pacific company ov ory fow days flies for records with tho county clork doods to right-of-way for tho Willamette Pnclfle railway from Eugono to Coos Bay, Tho agent Is now working oxcluslvoly bolow M finlntnvi nnd nu tit x nu ltinnn tutu dono llttlo or no work Lntwoon tlin' tunnel nml thnt place" Roosevelt and Taft Forces Hold Rival Conventions at 'Aberdeen. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.) ABERDEEN, Wash., May 16 Tho Tnft Ropubllcan Stato Convention mot nt tho Grand thoatro today with 488 dolegatos prosont and cloven countlos including Spokano, Snoho mish, and Walla Walla countlos en tirely uuioproseutod. It was In ses sion only two hours. Twonty-flvo policemen gunrdod tho theatro to provent tho oxpouted storming of tho convention hall by tho Roosevelt dol ogatos but the lattor ubsonted thorn solves and hold a rlvul convention in tho Knights of Pythias hall. Thero was not tho slightest disturbance) outsldo or Insldo tho thoatro. The Tuft convention offectod nn orgnnlzn-1 TWO SESSIONS IN WASHINGTON tlon, adoptod a plutform and olocted : mlno what thoy will do. tho following dolegntos-nt-largo to' It Is possible tho council mny tako tho Chicago convention: , somo notion relntlvo to reaching an Howard Cosgrovo of Seattlo, R. W. understanding with North Bond as to Condog of Kitsap county, E. B. Bonn Rrnntlng tho snmo kind of n frau of Abordeon, William Jonos of Ta- chlso In both cities to the Southern comn, W. Dovell of Seattle Potor i a)cvvsvvsvvvvsvvw, Mutty of Port Townsond und M. E. ML ,, , . . . .. , , Field of Wonatchoo Tuft convention instructed tho dolfl- Distrlct dologatos woro elected as ' Kas to yoto for Taft as a unit and follows: First District. Hugh El- voto for Taft until roleasod by rlrlflfA nml Tnrlii ITnltirnn Rat. iJlin nn.i niHtriPt. v. it. Point nn.1 p. n. Hubbard: Third District. O. C. Goso and W. N. Lovino. Tho following aro the presiden tial olectors: N. O. Richards, W. O. Potts, J, A. Byerly, William J. Smith, Georgo H. Rummens, O. J, Lord and William Bishop, Just boforo thoy adjournod, the Robert Porter, Engineer Weir and Several Others En Route Here. CLAIM WORK WILL' START HERE SOON Representatives of McArthur Perks Co. Along Rum or Hill Project. Robort Porter of Portor Brothors, the contractors who havo built b largo portion of tho lines of tho Hill system In tho west In rocont yonrs, Locating Englneor Wolr, ot tho Southorn Pacific, Messrs. Hitch cock and Shorman,, roprsontlng Mo Arthur PcrkB & Compnny, nnd n Mr. Dixon nro oxpoctod In Marshflold this evening nftor n trip ovor the survoy of tho Coob Bny rond from Eugono. Tho slgnlflcanco ot their visit is not nltogothor known nnd tho asso ciation of reprosontntves of whaW woro supposed to bo threo rival In terests has aroused much discussion. 0. J. Mlllls, tho special represen tative ot Prcsldont Sproulo of th Southorn Pacific, stated today that ho had boon expecting Engineer Weir hero nny day but that ho ho not been advised of tho details of tho party. Ho Bald ho had nothlntc to glvo out concerning tho trip until Mr. Wolr ronchod horo. Used Rond Jointly. Tho trip of tho supposedly rivals. In tho railroad gamo, especially ud far as Coos Bay Is concorncd, la. causing much commont. It has giv en rlso to n renewal of tho report published In Tho Tlmos Inst 'fulj when L. A. Sumnor, son of VIcd Prosldont Sumnor ot tho Pacific Groat Wostorn and Const lino, an nounced thnt tho Southorn Pacific had 'taken ovor tho Sumnor pro Jocts. It was to tho effect that an arrangomont was llkoly whoroby tho Hill and Southorn Pacific would uu tho namo rails to Coos Bny bus Whether tho Joint, track would bo from Eugono or from tho Slunliur nenr Florence was not certain. Begin Work Hero. iocnl parties who mot tho paijy at Gnrdlner, woro Informed by onw of them thnt tho Southern Pnclfle would begin construction on tho Coos Bay oud of tho project wlthta a month. Also that tho construction would bo prosecuted vigorously from this end of tho road. Ho also In formed thorn thnt work would bo pushed from both ends of tho pro ject simultaneously. Porter's Klrxt VInlt. The visit of nobort Portor hero l nlso of consldornblo significance Ho Is snld to havo Informed friends of his thnt ho would havo been on Codh Bay Eomotlmo ngo only thnt Mr. IIIII did not doHlro him to como hor then. Thorn Is n nnRsllillltv Hint Mr Vnv- I tnm fu II......I.... n 1. 1.1. 1 I .. . n n .!.. ... IUI JltlllUK llt IIIIUMIft tll illU LUIt trnct for constructng pnrt of tho lino. Whllo the Portors hnvo been doing most of their work for tho Hill linos, somo claim that thoy mo In tho field for work for any ono who has tho money. ' Tho roport that tho Sumner ealo to tho Southern Pacific only Included tho Pacific Groat Western la de nied by C. J. dlllls. Whon asked about th mattor today, Mr. MllLm stated that tho deal Included tho Coast lino as well as tho Pacific Great Western. It Is understood thnt Mr, McArth ur of tho McArthur Perks compnny clowd tho doal with Vlco President Calvin at San Francisco, Marhhfli-ld Franchise. Tho Marshflold city council will moot In special sosslou again tonight to consdor tho Southern PuclflcAi nppllcntlou for a franchise. Judging by gossip todny, no no tion Is llkoly to bo tnkon on It this evening and tho mnttor may go over without oven being discussed by tho councllmon, that Is the franchise propor- The reason for this Is that t! oro has beon practically no chango In the status of tho negotiations btv twoon the Terminal company nnd tho Southern Pacific. Tue Rout hern Pn iclflc. according to Mr. Mlllls, is not going to urge matters now but will leave it up to tho city council ud tho peoplo of Mnrslifleld to do'er- The Roosovolt convention mot with 500 dolegates present and effected an organization nnd adjournod un til thlB afternoon. Basoball DANCE nt EAGLES Hall SATURDAY night. WANTED Girl at Lewis'. Eighteen years or over.