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D0 IT TOMORROW" ALWAYS BEGETS TROUBLE-DID YOU EVER NOTICE IT? OIdos ifott Stones r7 W1NT ADVERTISING hi The TIMES Will rt Voar Ilol Estate "la tho Market" Effectively! rt will put the- facts nbout your nropcrty boforo ba oyos of oil ''po- mvorB" lu town. And If WANT ADVERTISING hi TUo T1MB Will Kocp Uio Income- from Xowr Furnished Rooms from LnplRl YOU con roally holp tlw family revenues by renting o few furnished rooms ond, If you know how and when to use tho classified column., you may keep that llttlo extra lncona hero'" ono of W, Wh UB " W tn It. you'll soil Itl ob "nteady aa a clock." own MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS VOL XXXV iCstnbllHhed In 1878 iih Tho Const Mull MARSHFIELD. OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1912 EVENING EDITION EIGHT PAGES. A Consolidation of Times, Const .Mnll mid Oooa Buy Advertiser. No.331 IS FOUND NOT GUILTY, DARROW JURORS EMBRACE NOTED LAWYER bemonslralmn by People tu UOliri nuuiu hiivi u.u.ul Is Announced. THREE BALLOTS TAKEN til Int junuiio n,.ThovWere Allot thebaine Mind When They Retired louonsmer. nr Associated Press to tho Coos Day ' Timet ) ma .ixriKLES. Auk. 17 Clar- ' nnrrnw. tlio noted Chicago I1 lawyer wns found not gulltv today ! of n rliargo of bribory of n Jury In I tho Mc.Nnmnrn cnnc mujuw ' nut .14 minutes. I t,..i.. Itullnn lincilll bis clinrKO nt . t.-n iiiln morning. Tho Instructions I wore regarded very fiivornblo to the defendant, un ono " l" '" '" fiimiR dlmiosod of In tho charge 1: 0f bribing tho Juror, tho court hold ing was tlmt llioro was no uvniemu to Justify tho verdict of guilty on Mt rnimt. Tho Jury was wnrncd I' against uncorroborated tcBtlniony of accomplices nnu iimi ui wiiuunn cs testifying under tho protnlso of Immunity The court nlso InHtructod that the ilcfcndnnt 'viih not on trial for any of alleged several crimes charged ngnhiRt him except that di rectly charged In tho Indictment nnd that the ovldenco of tho other nl lcgcd crimes could only bo consider ed If tho Jury believed such crliuoB formed n part of tho general plan or system. Ilcfcrrlng to tho testimony of accomplices, Judgo Mutton snld "It you find no ovldenco Indepen dent of the testimony of accomplices, you must llnd defendant not guilty. Tho admission alleged to have been mado to nccompllccs by tho defen dant should not be regarded as cor roborative. Tho testimony of tho feigned nccompllco howovor does not l.requlro corroboration." This Instruc tion applied especially to Juror Lockwood. Judgo Mutton's Instruc tions to the Jury required exactly ono hour to read after which tho case was submitted to tho Jury. Har row, while tho Jury deliberated, wnw placed In custody of Ills lawyer, Enrl Itogcn. .Most of the crowd, which had filled tho court room to hear tho Instructions rend, romnlnod during the period tho Jury was out. Threo ballots wero taken. Al though warned against any demon stration tliero was a spontaneous outburst of npplauso whon tho fore man, M. H. Williams, In rospoiiRO to the court's Inquiry stated tho Jury hd found n verdict of not guilty. Thero wns a rush to tho side of tho defendant which was stopped by tho bailiffs but It was rcnowod n fow wlnutcs later after Judgo Mutton had thanked and discharged tho Jury. Then ensued n remarkable wene. Harrow approachod tho Ju rors still In tho box to thnnk them nd two of them, Holding nnd Dun Mr, threw their arms nbout him nnd Patted his back. Othor Jurors wJ u forwar(l llll,l clasped hands n tho attorney. Tho scono grad ually resolved Itself Into n reception '"Harrow nnd tho Jurors. Friends the erstwhile defendant crowded -yio congrntulnto him nnd shako iitk. l,h tho Jurora wll" t" "' E a01 "0W8Pni'or photographers Boomed from every nnglo of tlio court room, Although threo ballots wero tnk- M ml , J.Ur01"8 mM t,10' W0 Of thL h'1 from tl10 8,ftrt ut voted 'th! imca ns ono of thorn said shown "" lm8," B,louI(l b0 WOl'M) MKIIGI-: FUNDS nd National Campaign Work in. i ,' ,'t, t'oinhluwl 1 r AMOC'ated Press to tho Coos Bay jAMlSOTSf oia. Aug. 17- tepn Vi. ;,osp coporntlon bo-' 1emocratVlaUonnl nna congressional teereer 11 .,C0.mralUcca ncludlng n Wen LrL 'elr can,lnign funds has M !f.i my th0 ''omocratlc. ,'u generals. Tim nin , i. I i even nin : i""" i in uo' rft,1. S 1t only In In- 'duce tho I "! . "Ul wl erently uuce the expenditures. aih)ptp7xAMA report Sn,e Ac,s Jivorabiy ., Action of (Bv a.. . toifereiHe i 'Associated Prbh8 to Tho Coo.1 VAQmJ!ay Times) The co ET0X' C. Aug. 16-' B SIT re,,nrt on tl pna against theb !!'cn,anlng Provisions I wntlnR f! J?,1 wued" ships and ,canvesSc,aeu.,0lls t0 certa,n Amer-' 1,6 today 'bv?f ail0Dte'1 b' te en & ftlle Art t ? of to 18 after 8enatorB?an,aBaln8t U wns lei ' Paana cannl eBe' c,,a'an of tho "AHTEivs0 Sd tlm. take them to FAST T GOES IN DITCH New York-Chicago Flyer 's Wrecked and Three Are Injured. (By ABSoclntod Press to Tho Coot Day Times.) TOUT WAYNE, Ind., Aug. 17 Westbound Now York-Chicago Flyer on tho Pennsylvania rnilrond went in n ditch near Mlddlo Point, Ohio, to day. Three passengers woro injured. None wero killed. DEATH LIST 3 Appalling Stories of Suffering Come From Stricken Dis trict in Turkey. (By Associated Press to Tho Coos Bay Times.) CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 17. An appalling story of suffering nnd dnmngo caused by tho recent onrth qunko In the region nbout tho Sen of Marmora was told by members of an expedition despatched August 13 to tho stricken district on tho Unltod States gunboat Scorpion which re turned today. Tho numbor killed In tho various towns nnd villages Is plnccd nt 3000 nnd Injured C000. It wns found luiposslblo to nppronch several villages on nccount of the stench from tho bodies buried lu tho ruins. Other villages woro simply heaps of chnrred debris. Tho peo plo throughout tho district appeared stunned by tho enstnstropho nnd mndo no nttempt to help thomsolves, sitting nnd brooding over their mis fortunes nnd awaiting tho arrival of tho relief. PENSION HELD UP (By Associated Press to tho Coos Bay Times.) WASHINGTON, D. C. Aug. 15. Pensions for n thousand veterans held up by n disagreement botween tho houso nnd tho Bonnto ovor tho pension npproprlntlon bill which inny bo passed Snturdny. Tho houso weed tti the FPiinto's demand for the nholltlon of eighteen pension agencies and passed tho bill with ono minor ninci-l "it which will bo nd Justod. Presllent Tnft Is expected to sign It Immediately. Tl tOOl'S MAKK HEADY lT. S. Calvary Gathering; for Mexican nonler Servlco (By Associated Press to Tho Coos Bay Times) SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Aug. IT. Tho third squndron of tho Third Cal vary lias been ordorcd to roport Im mediately at Fort Bliss with thirty iinv'n mMnnn for linrdor servlco. Pre parations nro being mado to entrain I these troops today, this niaKCB oigui troops on duty nt Fort Bliss. TO ENLARGE HOTEL Important Improvement to lio Mode at Eugeno This Yenr Increase In business nnd general progress of tho city has necessitated nn Improvement of tho lending hotel at Eugeno. Tho Register of that city says: "Tho Osbom hotel, which nlready tnlrna rnnlr with thn finest llOStoUIeS In tho state, Is soon to bo n seven story structure In place of five stories, its present height. "At n mpfitlnir of tho stockholders, which took placo last evening nt the" hotel, It was unanimously voted to erect two additional stories to tho building thus adding 76 rooms to tho present accomodations and making a total of 200 In nil. Of tho addi tional 75 rooms 25 wll bo fitted up with bath. "Estimated cost of this Improve ment Is placed at $30,000 anl it was voted to Issue stock to that amount bearing lntorest at C iar tf nt." DANCE EAGLES' II ALL Snturdny evo.. AUG. 17. Lato music. KEY ZER'S ORCHESTRA. No "ragging." COCOANUT CANDIES, 25 CENTS per pound at STAFFORD'S Satur day nnd Sunday SPECIAL. PREPARE TO GUILD GIG TUNNEL Porter Bros. Establisning Gamu Below Gardiner and Will Start Immediately. That nctual work un the tunui' this sldo of Gardiner on tho Euguo Coos Hay line will begin nt, once lu evident. Eugene Crostnwatio nts jiiBt returned from Gardiner. li Fays thnt Porter Dros. hnvc lunai LINER NEWPORT Pacific Mail Steamer in vc cident ai Panama All en Board Saved. (By Associated Press to tho Coos Bay Tlmon). SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 17 PacU flc Mall liner Nowport was sunk at Balboa, Panamn, this morning by tho qpllnpso of tho wharf to which 'sho wns moored. All on bonrd woro saved. Word of tho accident was ro- colvod horo by tho Merchant's' Ex CHICAGO WINS THIRD GAME Play Eleven Innings Before a Record Breaking Week Day Crowd. (By ABSoclntod Press to Tho Coot Bay TlmoB.) CHICAGO, Aug. 17 Thirty thou sand pooplo, tho largest crowd that cer witnessed u week-dny "io Chicago, turned out to sco Now York and Chicago contest for tho third gamo of tho scrlos. Every seat and the bleachers woro filled nn hot:! boforo tlio gnmo stnrted. Mntthows wns sent on to tho firing lino by Mc Graw with Meyers to rocolvo him. Illchlo fuced Now York with Archer behind tho bat. Tho score follows: RUE Now York 5 13 0 Chicago 6 12 3 Now York 00310000100 Chlcngo 0 0 03 0 01 v 1 0 t LEAVES FOlt JAPAN (By Associated Press :o Coos Bay Tlmcfl.) WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 17. Secretary Knox loft hero Inst night for Toklo via Seattlo to attend tho funornl of tho Emperor of Japan. STATE OFFERS REWARD Gov. West Wires Will Pay cSd.n For the Arrest of Joyncr'b , murderer. i Sheriff Gogo tolophoned this after noon from Coqullle that ho had re ceived a telegram from Gov. West stating ho will glvo an additional re ward In tho Joyner case. Tho county has offered $200 nnd Sheriff Gngo $100 for tho recovery of Joynor dead or nllvo. Tho sheriff asked the Gov ernor to also have tho stato offer a reward. West telegraphed that tho stato would glvo $200 reward on tho same conditions as tho county but adds that it Is for tho arrest and con viction of tho murderers of Joynor. PROGRESSIVES PREPARE Arranging to Hold Stnto Convention nt Sa ttlo Sept. 10 (By Associated Press to Tho Coos Bay Times.) SEATTLE, Wash., Aug 17 A call for n state convention of tho Pro- frnanivn nnrtv to bo held hero Sent. 10 was Issued yesterday. Primaries to elect delegates to tho convention will bo held Sept. 7. At theso pri maries candidates aro to bo selected) for tho stato, congressional and coun ty ofIlce8. Secretary of Stato Powell', adhered to his determination to per mit no withdrawals of candidates af-j ter 5 o'clock yesterday. Progressive leaders had Interpreted tho law so as to permit withdrawals until Aug. 20. Chairman Snyder of the progressive campaign committee departed for Spokane to endeavor to bring eastern Washington progressives into line for tho third party, For PhotoB Quaterraass Studio, COCOANUT CANDIES, 25 CENTS per pound at STAFFORD'S Satur day nnd Sunday SPECIAL. 200 twenty men nt the tutiuol nnd thnf a camp is being established, l'ne machinery to be used In boring the tunnol Is to bo brought to Gnidi i i at once. This news is taken as being Just ns good as the storting of uuuul work on Coos Bay as tho tuunoi la between Gardiner nnd Coos day niiu the building of It leaves no queitiou of tho lino being extended to t point. SINKS AT WHARF change. According to tho mengro de tails, tho Nowport was lying along sldo tho govornment wharf at Bal boa whon about two o'clock In tho morning, whllo tho pnBscngors and crow woro nsloop, thoro wns n ronr nnd crash and tho groat shed ovor tho dock foil toward tho aldo whoro tho Nowport wns moored,-thousands of tonB wrockago sliding across hor bow and causing hor to sink. All on bonrd rushod to tho decks and managed to reach tho wharf In safe ty, Vernon Loses a Game to Oak land Sacramento Beat en by the Seais. STANDING OK THE CIjUIIS. -V W. I.. 10. r Vornon 77 Til .601 r Los Augoles ....73 C2 .ait, Onknlnd 71 57 .rCb , I'ortlnnd -10 07 .Hi San Francisco . .54 74 .422 4 Sacramento . ..19 74 '.!JS (By Associated Press to tho Coos Bay Times.) ! PORTLAND, Aug. 17. The Po:t-Innd-Lns Angeles gnmo yestcn,io was ngaln postpuncd on ncocunt ui rain. Vornon wns defeated by O.ik lnnd. At Snn Francisco tho homo team dofented Sacramento. fi'.o scores follow: i At Los Angeles It. II. ii. Vornon 0 o Oakland 2 7 1 1 At Snn Francisco It. II. &. Snn Francisco 8 10 0 bncrnmonto . 4 13 1 At I'ortlnnd Los Angeles Bme postponed on nccount of rain. Id 'UNKNOWN" TO BE IN THE BOX Marshfiela Wili Spring a New Pitcher in North Benu Game Tomorrow. Tho baso ball fans will sco a n:w pitcher with tho Mnrshflold team u. tho gamo which will bo played ai North Bond tomorrow. He Is an ua known who has never been seen play hero beforo and it is reported ho 'Wi twist somo now ones at tho Nnt.i Bend team. I Tho matter of another schedule of loaguo games has not yet been toi lled but It Is planned to have a pick ed team from Mnrshlleld play i 'North Bond tomorrow. Tho Sotlal 1 1st picnic Is to bo held there and a good crowd Is expected. McCORMICK RETURNS Chicago Roosevelt Man Tells of New York Politics (By Associated Press to The Coos Bay Times.) CHICAGO, Aug. 17 Medlll Mc- Cormlck returned from Now iork yesterday and said Colonel Roosevelt would carry Now York 'because of tho feeling among upstate democrats against tho men active In Wilson's behalf. McCormlck said tho pro gressive executive committee wns practically decided on but tho mem bership would not be announced for some days. Ho also said much of tho Roosevelt Itinerary was mapped out. When you want a GOOD DM.S'K visit SARTKR S fountain. GRANITE STEW KETTLES, 1.1c, at Coos Bay Cash Store. When you want to show YOIK FRIENDS a good time, take them c i SARTER'B. Quafermass Studio for Photos. COAST LEAGUE BALL SCORES 1 M AT THE MEETING LAST NIGHT WNt'WWtVS' IS ALL RAISED Sum Sufficient for Port Caivi- Paign Has Been Secuico By Committee. This afternoon D. C. Croon, ciiuL' nian of tho committee to rnlsu funds for tho port campaign roportcd that with tho nsJlBtanco of A, J. Mcndul and George Rotncr ho had becii.cil $305. This Is outside of tho aoiii.li orn Pacific, .which Is expected lo ivo $100. The -North Bend committee had this afternoon rnluod $126. l'lili will bo sufficient money for the port campaign. THY OIL ON THE ROADS Chamber of Commerce Com mittee Determined Make Beach Highway. Oil may bo tried on, tho road to Charleston Bay ns a solution of ir.u deep dust problem. This plan Is be ing looked Into by tho comuilUco which hns been appointed to do something toward making u boLtr road for the occasion of tho visit uf tho Shrlnora to this pluco next uionni. Dr. Bnrtlo of North Bond Is cli.il. ,mnn of the committeo nnd thu othet mombcts nro C. 1. Rclgnrd and J. W. Bennett. The oil plan will U Investigated nnd It may provo prac tical, tho committeo thinks, ior many of the county roads. At any into the committeo Is determined io hnvo n gocyl rond to South Slough .so tho a ut 03 uf the Shrlncrs enn urn over It to tho clam hako which id ono of tho bis events of tho nieeUn,,'. CHAIRMAN NAMED (By Associated Press to Coos Buy Times.) CHICAGO, Aug. 17 Henry F. Cochoms of Mllwaukeo has boon ap pointed chairman of tho speakers' bureau of tho Progressive party of tho coming presidential campaign. Y BEING BUILT More Progress in Inat Line Than at Any Time for Several Years. It Is stated by those who aro la mlllnr with conditions that titer U now more building In progrosj in Mnrshfleld than nt nny time for l.r tmbt four yours. At least twenty houses nro now under construction nnd a number hnvo already bye.-, completed and others aro boiuj, planned. Besides pinna nro neiu mndo for business buildings. Ail this lu splto of tho fnct that tho pi.ie of lumbor has gone up. BusiiiObo men sny the building Indicates uoi ter financial conditions. Many at the houses being built aro uiiusua.iy expenslvo nnd hnudsomo homes. ATTACKS THIRD PARTY La Follette Says It Will not Hurt tho Republicans. (By Associated Press to the Coos Bay Times). WASHINGTON. D. C. Ainr. 1C I Senntor La Folletto attacked tho llliru Jinny ill inu suiuuu luuuy iih mi obstruction across tho path of tho progressive movement. Ho said pro gressive movement In tho republican party Is bound to continue "Tho up building of the third party around some Individuals whoso personal am bitions may have received disap pointment Is not going to be allowed to destroy It," DON'T FORGET lilj; SOCIALKSl PICNIC nt SIMPSON'S PARK to morrow. Band concert nil dny. Spe cial boat and auto service to grouuus, ADMISSION IO .CENTS. Chudien fico. Foto Supplies. Walker Studio. GOOD CANDY, all itlndf., n,t o, ter's ALWAYS. M W M M North Bend Commercial Crab Members Attend and Joint Action Taken. FORT CAMPAIGN" IS INAUGURATED Favor Good Roads and Bridg ing of Bay by Southern Pacific. Good roads, tho Southern Pacu3 biidgo ncrosa Coos Bay, and tho iut thcrlng of a campaign for tho iioii commission election wero tho ihre subjects discussed nt tho mecilii oi the Chamber of Cominorco lust niUt Tho meeting wns really a Joint one of the Mnrshfleld Chamber ut Commorce and North Bend Com uor clnl club as there was an officially nppolntcd commtltco from ho fc i Bend body in attendance as woll s a number of others from that cuy. Tho resolutions passed wero all iul on record ns the scnuo of tho Join, bodies. Tho commercial bodies favorca Dr. Straw's plan of n road to Chanclon, Bay, favored tho bridging of tho Has by tho Southern Pacific If thu war department was willing nnd mado arrangements for a campaign in Inc. Interests of the port olcctlou. The Port Matter. Dr. J. T. McCormac, president at the Chamber of Commerco sot foitu tiio conditions regarding tho port election. Ho explained that Aicltlo l i.llKpB, who had been engaged to co out nnd post notices had founu much opposition to tre port In rural districts nnd ho thougnt thnt b' m thlng should be done to cducnto tlio peoplo so thnt they would volo lu favor of tho port. Tho posting of .ao election notices, Dr. McCormac said, had been thoroughly dono so moid would bo no troublo nbout 111 ita ture UiIb time. Attomoy C. It. Peck bURgcstcd thnt a lettor could bo writ ten to each voter urging him to voio for the port. Dr. McCormac explained Hi U sending out of tho letters, tho pavl.ig of Mr. Phillips for his vork and oth- Ici inntlcrs would coBt somo- monoy nnd thnt tho Chnmbor or uommoico wns not able 'to benr this o- ? ex pense He snld there bIio ' bu soino means provided ior iu!& ng iko money necessary to enrry on tSit port campaign. Ho thought, about $60J would bo needed. John D. Gos tl ho did not think It would bo netofr baiy to send out nny epeakeiB nut liiat the voters nhould slmpl" u. to ed to coino to tho polls and Vjic to tho port bill. A. II. Powers snid that ihi.ro certainly should bo sor work dono ns tho port bill ought t. bo ta.rled by nn overwhelm' ng Major ity nnd not simply by a sma ' uxi.,' bln. When tho mnttcr of nislng iioncy wns taken up Mr. Powers biild tiMt he would go on tho lltt for $ u0 It was finally decided that tne bitf thing to do would bo to hnvo com mittee In each city sti.rt out with subscription pnpers at one und iK $250 In ench cliy or more II it couU bo secured. D. C. Green wns cppolnte' ns chalrmnn for tho luininlitou lu Mnrshfleld. It wns suggested thac Gcorgo Rotner nnd A. J. Mendol would bo good men on tho committor If their services could bo secutcu. Tho mnttcr of choosing n commutco to holp him wns loft to Mr. Ur en. Dr. Bnrtlo was mndo chnlrn.nr. Ii.r tho North Bond committeo ntia ha named to assist him Edgn. McL)nr..cl nnd C. II. Broulllnrd. Subs - ptloa papers wero nropnred for each cn.ii mltteo nnd It wns expected thut he money could bo raised today. Lntor In tho mooting nftor oihsj mntters hnd hocn discussed tho tioiv question wns brought up ngam. J. W. Bennett said that he believed thnt any opposition to tho mowmtiu which might now exist could be ij moved If tho people wore nasurtd that tho port commissions would not voto for any bond Isfih or ex penditure for more than $300 OOv, tho amount for which tho people hnd previously votod without iuuln the'mntter to rt voto ot tno peo.ilo. Mi. Bennett snld ho was certain these restrictions would rcmovo !i objections to tho port which now ex isted. Potor Loggle of North .end, who ,ls n candidate for commissioner, I mndo n motion thnt It bo Hi senoo of the two commercial aodio. thut I rl'o men elected on tho port coimile . slon not vole for nn exnondl o of mmo thnn $300,000 without Hrst submitting the mnttor to n vote ot (n pprt'dn of fl0 district. Tills 11IO- tlon w-ns rnrrlod. Tlio S. P. Bridge Dr. McCormac exnlalned about tho , protosts which haH been nlod ngalnBt I tho Southern Pacific bridge nnd snld , thnt ho thought something should bo I done to show the fooling of the Chamber or uonimerco in ino ninuer. Tt wns Btnted thnt the Chnmbor of Commerce had already gone on re cord ns desiring that the hrldgo mat ter bo left entirely Intholinndaot (Continued on Pngo Four.)