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HE GRIEVANCE IS GENUINE, 1T1L BE REDRESSED-BUT WHIMPERING WON'T HELP FiSsiNfll" Tlio TIMES Gkna vUmws WANT ADVERTISING in The TI.MJ3S Will Keep your Income from Furnished Rooms Steady. YOU enn renlly help tho family rovonues by renting n fov furnlshod rooms and, If you know how and when to uso tho classified columns, you may keep that llttlo extra lu- como ns "steady as n clock." I ...hi Put JO"1 - inMnrkcf'KlTccJlvoly! f (llO .ir,4V ... ,,.,, vnnr m- ... iio mi-IB """ -. .irorc lio oycs of nil "pob falS'in "own. Ami If thoro lDie 'them who oiignt 10 own L yOU'll EC" - MEMBER Or TUB ASSOCIATE!) PKESd flag . .. . I., t UTil l. uvvill l-tninit"" '"'"" L. AAAViW rj-,0 c-01IMt iMllii. MARSHFIELD, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1912 EVENING EDITION 6 PAGES. H EGENHOFF IS WOUNDED til WASHINGTON RESULT! IP. SMITH IN n E FR AS I..L-M uifln Slinhtlv In- B in Shooting Scrape Last tveiwiu- IADGERING" OLD MAN HbbULIO in iuwv,wi Arrests Made But Smith's flental uonmiion may du invesngaiuu. L Eccnhoff of Mnrshflcld wnB ' " iV . i l n cnrlrvlin ifct c. wo.""u " "r ; r":,;. .i.,.Mr. Eeonlioff wnB taken ,'... wnllnl nnd later brouRlit m hn.no on North Broadway, lr (i Intersection with I-ront fht affair occurred nbout 11:50 I ,m. Eccnhoff nnd sovornl F. vn.1 hpen liavlnc n aoclnl ov ine at mi Empire saloon nnd when b ..inn was closed at 1 1 o'clock fried down tho street togothor. ihootlne orcurrcu n snori nmo At tnPT ipil i u niuuuiii ft Is difficult to ascertain much ( ih nhootlnc. Among thoso rthe party when they left tho Old fjfr saloon were ucorgo imrrou, B0bll." n South Slough chnr- r, Alex ngenhorr, u. r, amiin, GRAND IS ON JOIN CASE Investigation of South Slough Disappearance and Murder Is Begun. That tho grand Jury is taking un tho William Joynor dlBannonranco en bo on tho South Inlet, wait Indi cated this morning when. Edna Hindi, a Bquaw nnd rather notorious character of that soctlon, wnn taken to Coqulllo on a subpoena. SI Noah, ns special deputy sheriff, took hor ovor. Constable W. I). Cox was Bent to South Inlet nnd Emplro with n big bunch of tiiibpoonnn nnd It hi ex pected that a number will probably go over on tho afternoon train. Humors of a confession in tho Joynor enso havo boon denied nnd tho summoning of ninny witnesses beforo tho grand Jury today Indi cates that thoro has not been a con- 'Eccnhoff nnd Goorgo Flann-. fosslon. b Jr. Gus Pcdcrson, who runs! , J" wnnt to developments In Old Corner, uiti not bco "".i, i , ""l..n"u"' , olio, having remained at iiib ". "is ihychii- l.IW. tf. 1IIU IllflllUI I.UVIVU Sheriff Gage, Marshal Carter and othor authorities havo Insisted that Joynor was murdorod and nro acting on thin Minnrv. TIiih' Imvn limt they left tho Old Corner Bn-I' "trong clues but did not mnko pa and caused tho shooting. Wlillo "" '" uccuubo moy wisncu io vnnu-n tim Smitii. innir n find Joynor'a body first to strength- use character of Mnrshfleld, but!" tho ovldonco. m u. Wn rorpntlv llvlnir nd Thcro nro rumors of n connection nth SlouRh. nenr Charleston, car-, between tho Joynor enso and tho . . i InAAll iron n n IIh.Iah arn mm. I tl. 1 si a sun, u wns innugni inni no w mmuvi u.u mm m u harmlesg. I "o grand Jury will also Investigate ISoon after the shooting Mr. Egon- t", IS w taken to Mercy hospital ln Anouior rumor ib a possioio con- I ...tn Thn u-min.1 ..no ,1rn.ii.,l llCCtlOIl bctWGen tllO SOIitll Rtnilcll . muiv. ...v nil.. ..1. i.i.n iiiVRHLHi --.- Id i few hours Inter ho was ablo erlmes and tho counterfeiting enso i bo brought to Ills homo In North J which developed on tho bay n few anhfleld. Ho was reported to bo.'onrB nK itllnr alone nicely. i Itumnrn of soino scnsntlnnnl de- For a conaldcrnblo time, it was, voiopincms in uio enso woro rue to A Consolidation of Times, Coast Mull Mn An nnd Coos liny Advertiser. '"W H"' IN D0U8T JACK JOHNSON'S WIFE Probably Be Necessary to Count Second Choice Bal lots in Washington on Gov ernorship. (Dy Associated Pross to the Coob Day Times). SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. 12. It appears from pnrtlol returns from tho prlmnry election Tuesday thnt nono of tho Democratic candidates for govornor received forty por cent of tho total Democratic voto cast, nnd thoroforo tho socond cliolco votes must Ijo counted. This situa tion Is fnvorablo to Hugh C. Todd of Seattle, who ran first in many castorn Washington counties and Bocond In King nnd who is said to hnvo generally been tho Bocond cliolco favorite. It Ib not posslblo to aay who rccclvod tho plurality of tho first cliolco votes, Todd or Lister. The decisive figures on tho ro tnnlndcr of tho Democratic ticket nro unobtainable Nono of tho sov on Republican cnndldntcs for llou tennnt govornor received forty por cent of tho Republican voto cant and tho second cliolco votes must bo counted to detonntno whether Louis F. Hnrt or Chnrloa E. Coon Is nominated. Tho second choice for land commissioner imiBt also bo counted. REPORT FROM SPOKANE. ket of burners Iburlng the evening, it In snld it forac of the party nnd uoen Serine" It. P. Smith. It is kmmed that this was continued day. Among thoso subpoenaed on tho enso woro Dill Evano, Alco Evans, Tom Tnlbot, John Lnws (known ns Ifflcult to learn who did tho shoot but finally R. P. Smith snld lit be did It. R. P. Smith rnturnpil (n liln wtk" on South Slough nnd Is Snowball"), Edna Hlnch and Jas, AUTO COMPANY IN BAD SHAPE Receivers Appointed for Uni ted States Motor Company of New York. '(By Associated Press to Tho Coos' Day Times.) NEW YORK, Sept. 15. Re ceivers woro nppolnted today for tho U. S. Motor Company, a $42,500,000 holding company, orgnnlzcd in 1908 to control ten nuto nnd gas onglno companies. Its directors number Bomo of tho best known capitalists In the country. (Dy Assoclntcd Press to tho Coos D.iv Times.) SPOKANE, Wash.. Sent. 12. Al though tho returns from Tuesday's. primaries in the Third or Spokane Congressional District, still nro fnr from comploto, It wns Indicated thnt M. E. Hay, candldnto for governor, and Harry Roscnhnupt, candidate lor congressmnn-nt-lnrgo, hud run strongly ahead of their competitors in tho district. Thcro Is little doubt that William LaFollctte, Re publican, lino boon renominated for congressman in tho Third District. Tho Democratic contest for gov ornor Is very close. Hugh C. Todd, Ernest Llstor nnd L. F. Chcstor nrc soparated by but a few votes In tho roturnB reported. E. O'Connor has a load in tho district In the raco for congrcssman-at-largc, with II. D. Morrltt as his nearest com petitor. Dolated returns mny throw tho Democratic nomination for con gressman from tho Third district to any one of tho three men who sought It, although Roscoo Drum hollor apparently has a slight lead with V. T. Austin second nnd M. J Mntony third. L. F. Hnrr has a good lead bore In tho raco for llou tenant govornor on tho Republican ticket, wlillo Lester P, Edge Is far ahead for tho Democratic nomlnn tlon for tho snmo office SHOOTS WIFE LIFE BECAUSE OF OSTRACISM IS WED White Woman Who Married Negro Champion Commits Suicide in Chicago. PRAYED LONG TIME BEFORE THE DEED "PTO SELL CUM Itre today. I Whether any steps will bo tnken prosecute him Is not certnln. we Is come talk of bnvlne him pmlned m to his mentnl condl- pa ana this mny bo dono In enso Kenhoff recovers nnd nn rrlmlnnl "on l Instituted. While It wnB reported this morn 5 that Euenhoff lmd accidentally iot himself. 11. i Rmin, .ii- rlr known ns "Dick." told' Wnlinr "Kan and severnl othors that ho, ot Esenhoff. Ho declared to an that Eccnhoff hnd n mm . J he had "to wing him" In solf r ,il r,,rtner declared "!" G"Ee camo after him, e-TiTu . '" "l8 siinclc." tlnu. ... " "u, iny nui Wned. Burnnp. John E, Stovons of North Bend wns nlso subjnona'od today to np pear ns n witness boforo the grand Jury In another mnttor. According to reports from Co qulllo, not n truo bill will bo re turned ngnlnst .Too Conch In tho nl logod Dnndon murder case. "o -"m not do nscer- BANKED HELD W "euy m:cKi:it trial. P 'ctk Conspiracy Mimlei- Pas., IB; Wu, I i',,,n cM' ' ABclated Press to The Coos ay Times.) rtirtnr thlUtennnt neor's trial, t Johnf,a"tecI on tne application c' the : 7. ' "ccker'a counsel, 1.. : ,aKe testlmonv of .,...,., . ""1 SDr ni?a -i. . I'utouiio l Becker T. i " ,us c"Itors. Mer Ro.e;.hT u, lnuruer of V John Arthur Ward of George- town, Wash., Indicted by Grand Jury. (Dy Associated Press to Tho Coos Day Times.) SAN FRANCISCO, Sopt. 12. John Arthur Ward, vlco president of tho Citizens' Dank of Georgetown, South Soattlo, nnd Bornlco Ward, listed by Sonttlo pollco as n keepor of a disorderly houso, woro Jointly Indicted hero today by tho fedornl grnnd Jury for vlolntlon of tho whlto slave law. FIOIIT AT OJINAOA. Rosenthal I.0CAT, nvpnm .(!. - ' " ' IAJ1V. Snthlsaf- re"t on hi..r:r"'".. " . iyTU0 - nun pleasure. Claim Federal Supply of Animunl- tlon Is Running Low. (Dy Associated Press to Tho Coos Day Times.) MARFA. Tex.. Sept. 12. Tho bat tlo of OJlnngn Is still In progress, according to reports received today In bordor towns, tho federnls de fending tho town though almost ex- l J. Waitpd " fending tho town though Walter. .. , brother of J. II. i hnusted In ammunition. Ahsrii;ves'ndwed. - - At Owena I ,18l''ng nt tho' ino most vuiuhuio uuu Rlver ir p co ln South Coos w'orld Is supposed to bo a trlnfr'of.V .,eturnea with flnoi Diblo. now ln tho Vatican. 8 or ,roiit. ngo as 1512, Popo Jules rel WANTEI Ono thlri of tho PEOPLE of MAH8HFIELD to EAT LEWIS' PURE ICE CREAM. Tho OTHER two thirds aro ALREADY KATINO It. TO TAKE BODY Capt. Alfred Hansen, Who Died at North Bend, to Be 1 Taken Home for Burial. The body of Cnptnln Alfred Han Ben, who died tho night boforo Inst, will bo taken to his homo at Eu reka on tho next Alllanco for bur ial, Death was rathor sudden, ho having been 111 only a few days. It Is understood that tho causo of his death was heart troublo and othor complications. It Is understood thnt Captain Hanson was recently abroad for treatment nnd had returned appar ently much benefited. Ho camo horo as mato on tho steamer Newark, although ho hnd captain's papors. Ho Is said to havo been quito well to do, having a flno ranch ln Hum boldt county. Ho was apparently nbout 45 years old. Ho leaves a wlfo nnd family. A few days ngo ho wos up and around and apparently In good health. It was reported today that ho had recently been struck by somo lumber which tho Newark was han dling, nnd had been Injured. valuable book In tho Hebrew As long refused for til " Jilo la n.nlnl.t In InM WlllPIl WnillU ear the'enn0 "' The Jury to' amount to 1103.000.. vmTn Pi. f . 8,ut or tho tm,( ?...,ac"le nen list Pn-i ai. tirtt o ,?"'" Property for Its ZY Bend rami l,s "no through fin t fanie over on Mm Ifcoth.vU.0 vtew the nronertv. w A. O. U. W. Mammoth lodge. No. 87, will havo a big class Initiation tonight In i.0,her Jurors .. "rPerty. I Odd Fellows' Hall. All brothers 1-30 tomorrow 8e,lun"'nro ursently requested to be on ! hnnd and assist In the degrees. .' La ChamT"..., ... There will bo something doing ov ik.0. "Peratlon ,' V . BUt)n)ltted ery minute. Visiting brothers cor t ",afcy hoinu.7 t aa)s "so at kid,. ' nosPltal, is reported doing dlally received. E. A. ANDERSON, Recorder. SA.M HOUSTON'S SQUAW WIFE DYI.VO. . LAWTON, Okla., Sopt. 12. Deserted and an outcast from hor tribe, Melissa Hous- ton, a full blood Kiowa, once tho popular Indian wlfo of 4 4 General Snm Houston, first president of tho Republic of Texas, has been left alone to dlo of hunger nnd neglect In her weather beaten tepee three miles from Andnrko. According to the best au- thorlty, Mrs. Houston Is 155 years old. Sho Is toothless, blind nnd a pitiful sight as sho sets In her lonesome tepee. It has long been the custom 4 of the Kiowa and Commnnche. Indlnns to abandon their old 4 men nnd women to fate and al- low them to die by degrees. Melissa Houston has not es- caped the common fate. 4 Pathetic and Traglo End of Former Wealthy Minne apolis Man in Idaho. (Dy Associated PrMs to Coo Rh Times.) WALLACE, Idaho, Sept. 12.-. Tho body of Charles Keel, aged H said to bo a wealthy Mlnncapoll merchant nt one time, nnd thnt ol his wlfo, were found ln a lonely cabin nenr Murray Into yesterday. Keel ovldontly had shot his wife nnd then hlmsolf. After tho shoot ing Keel had washed her wounds, banked tho body with cut flowers nnd knelt at hor side and blown out his brains. Old ago and des pondency woro tho causes. "FRAT" SMOKER Plans Perfected for Welcome to Biltmore Fraternity Men. Plans were practically perfected today for tho Pan-Hellenic smoker, which will bo given at tho Chandler Saturday evening complimentary to tho fraternity men among tho Dllt more studonts, who nro now hero. In addition to this It Is also plan ned to porfoct n pormnnont organi zation of fraternity men on tho Day. Thoro aro between 30 and 40 fra ternity men In this section and all havo signified their Intention of attending. Tho committee has en deavored to send Invitations to all tho fraternity men In this soctlon to participate but In rase they have missed ony, F. D. Cohan will appre ciate notice of It. J. D. Gobs will preside as toast mastor nnd the following will re spond to toasts: "Tho Keys of tho City," E. E. Straw. "The Under-grad," II. T. Johnson. "In Vino Veritas," Tom T. Den nett. "When I wnB nt College," L. J. Simpson. "Let Your Light So Shine," D. C. Green. "There's a Reason," E. D. Mc-Arthur, TO ARREST GIBSON. Harold Kern, Eight Years Old, Falls Off Raft into the Lagoon. (Spoclal to Tho Times.) DANDON, Sept. 12. Harold Kern, eight years old, was drowned In tho lagoon on tho Dnndon beach yesterday aftornoon. With two or thrco llttlo compan ions, they woro rowing a raft In tho lagoon. Tho raft tlppod and tho lad fell ln. Tho water was only about six fcot dcop, but his com panions were too Bmall to rcscuo him. Help wnB soon secured and tho body recovered, but all efforts to ro suscltato him failed. Tho lad came horo about two weeks ago with his parents from Pcnnsylvnnln nnd tho father Is cm iloycd In tho Geo. W. Mooro lum icr mill. Dcsldcs his parents, 'hrco brothers nnd sisters survive. New Structure Complete and Old One Will Be Auctioned Dietz Living There. (Special to Tho Times:) WEDDERDURN, Oro., Sopt. 12. Curry county's now 8000 court houso is ready for occupancy. Tho Was Divorced Wife of Noted New York Turf Man Hus band Away at Time. (Dy Aisoclntod Proas to the Oooo Day Times). CHICAGO, Sept. 12. Mrs. Jack Johnson, wlfo of tho champion pug ilist, who shot herself Inst night In their homo with suicidal Intent, died enrly todny. Mrs. Johnson shot herself Just ns hor husband wont down town. Sho cnllod two colored maids Into hor bedroom nnd told thorn sho wanted thorn to Join hor in prayer. With an arm about each, Mrs. Johnson knelt bcsldo thorn nnd tho thrco prnyod togothor for sev eral minutes. As thoy aroso, Mrs. Johnson pressing hor hands to her fnco snld, "God pity a poor woman who is lonoly," nnd sent hor maids to anothor room on an errand. Bo forp they could return sho shot her self, dying In tho hospital this morn ing. On tho recent trip to Las Vegas when Johnson fought Flynn, Mrs. Johnson Is said to havo remarked to friends that every ono shunned her bccntiBO sho married a nogro nnd sho wns unhappy. Mrs. Johnson was 31 years old nnd tho daughtor of Mrs. David Terry of Drooklyn, N. Y. Sho vaa tho divorced wlfo of Claronco Dur yca, n well known Now York turf man. Mrs. Johnson's deed Is nttrlbutod by hor hUBbnnd to a norvous attack, ono of the scries sho has suffered for two years. Mrs, Johnson nlso Is said to hnvo shown symptoms of tuberculosis, Sho wns to havo loft for Las Vcgns Inst night, VOn COOH COUNTY LAND. Slv "Squatter" Begin Suit to Get Railroad IjukI. A Pnrllnnrl nnnnc anvai Qlv a.ilta county ofllcorB will move Into their1 ,n 0Qulty woro fllml ,n (ho United now quarters tills WCOk. Sliorlff Rtnt'a niRtrlrl nnnrt nt. Pnrtlnn.l Blshel has advortlscd to sell tho old court houso building at public auc tion on Soptembor 14. Tho now court houso Is anothor ovldenco of tho progress thnt has struck Curry In tho last two yoarn, othors of which aro tho now $4000 school house nt Gold Bench, and tho $5000 school building nt Port Orfnrd. rocontly ngnlnst tho Northern Paci fic Railroad Company nnd tho Woy orhnusor Land Company to recover that many quarter sections In Coos county. Tho plaintiff In tho suits nro Al fred Drunnol, John A. Carlson, Jay C. Wilcox, Guy Gould, Hormnn Holt mnn nnd Frnnk L. Lowo, tho com plaints In encli being Identical, ox- Tho sawmill bolntr built by tho eopt tho description of tho property Mnclenv estato of Portland on tho i Involved, which nro qunrtor soctlonB old Humo property, hero, will com- In township 26 south, rnngo 9 wost, monco sawing lumbor today. This all ln Coos county, Oregon, with a mill Is modern ln overy respect nnd hns a dally capnclty of 50,000 to vnluo of $30,000 given In ench enso. Tho complaints nllego that tho 75,000 feet. The largo whlstlo will plaintiffs, on August 18, 1903, sot dlsturb tho wildcats and panthoraUled on the land as homostoads nnd In their lnlr for a dlstnnco of ton Immediately thereafter orcctod com mlles from tho mouth of Roguo modlous and comfortublo dwellings, RIvor. Later on a shlnglo mill, ve neering plnnt nnd other additions will bo made to tho mill Cameron Dam Defender. Clnrenco Dlotz, son of John Dlotz, of tho famous Cameron dam caso In Wisconsin, Is now living In Wed- derburn, nnd employed at tho mill of tho Wcddorburn Trading Com pany. Somo of tho local peoplo doubted whether Mr. Dlotz was tho only surviving son of tho Dietz fnm ly In that long drawn out battlo with tho lumber company and au thorities In Wisconsin, but Mr. Dlotz puts In evidence a dislocated hip, a broken nnd misplaced anklo, thrco fingers with bullet marks, a breast bono which has been shot in splin ters, nnd four upper teeth missing, having been struck In tho mouth by elenred n portion of tho lnnd, raised, cultivated and hnrvestod gnrdon veg etables nnd othor crops nnd made tho land their actual bonn lido resi dences. Tho complnlnnnts woro rp sldlng on thoso lands on April 24, 1904, whon tho plat of tho survoy of said township was approved by tho commissioner of tho United States General Land Ofllco, nnd continued to resldo upon nnd cultlvnto It un til March 23, 1911, when It was pntentod to tho Northorn Pacific Railway Company. When tho plat of tho survey was filed Octobor 9, 1909, the plnlntlffs applied to tho United States Dis trict Land Ofllco at Rosoburg to ontor their properties as homestoads but tho applications were rejected on the ground that tho land was embraced In tho Northern Pacific Railway Company's soctlon list, nnd mado April 14, 1900, giving the Warrant for Accused Xev Ymki Lawyer to Bo Afcked. (Dy Associated Press to Coos Da; Times.) NEW YORK, Sept. 12. A war rant for the arrest of Burton W. Gibson, tho lawyor with Mrs, Rosa S. Zabo when she met death, while rowing on Greenwood Lako on July 17, may be asked by tho authori ties of Orange county. The autopsy of the exhumed body of the woman showed the windpipe wns badly wrenched and forced up Into the woman's thront. The appearance of thq internal organs caused the sur geons 'to retain them for micro BC'otllC 'and chemical examination. Try The Times Want Ads. splinters when the mnchlno guns wore turned on their cnbln. Ho'rlght to Bn,i company to purchaso nlso has about a half dozen other. tho ,,, w)th BCrp, Tj,8 nctjon of mnrirn nn nlfl nnilv whnrn iinllnlM' .. ....-. . . -.-- i ...... ... , .... .. - mo uiBinci mini aiiu'o w miur rn- lmvo struck him. which together I flrme(, ,,y tll0 Commissioner of tho wiui ins inieresung nnrrniivcs m . VntC( stntes General Lnnd Ofllco. the battles there during tho nlnoj years from 1901 to 1910 should NORTH REND NEWS convince tho most skeptical thnt ho .. . . ,llm,, ,,, ...nH nn. i?tn ih?B?nf,5l!iB; nn'Tt'h.hWaWon n 'short tlmo ngo at tho Is not yet 29 years old, but ho !b,m hospital, Is reported to bo Im promaturely gray and looks to bo .,.' ' ' ' past tho ago of 40. Ho was senrco-, '" V"b;. .,,. ., ., ly 18 when tho troublo first began' " ," ,ow aw! pot- there, nnd ho Bays the worry mado T"s ,,n J 'g "J Mr" " Vagnus an old man out of ' h.m before his Um L "SoSne O'Conl boyhood dnvs aro over. Ho has not lost his ability to shoot yet nB ho nor to vacato Malrto street from Sherman to Union. Thoy nlso re- on kill . dtenr Wlrrol l"; J' poU on from C. tela,! Ki'o S'SrtoTo, srs.'Ta'vss- nMl0l, af.no.IUon on.! toe. not ," ' '"5rl .. hesitate to talk about their fight to "."",,,: ," nW. nf the hold the Cameron dam In any or all "ft '" f bookB of tl,e .Inlollo Al.. nio ornoolo in Cliy Or IN 01 111 I10I1II. of Its details. Mr. Dietz expects to remain at Wedderburn this winter, I t t.M ..... , iirinAHM..i i. i .1. ! nn l,n.ln... in OI--J. II1U OJIIIIIB Ull U UUOIIIUDO 14 11'! $3,500 auto for $900. Phone KEYZER'S ORCHESTRA DANGH at EAGLES' HALL Snturdny night. KEVER'S ORCHl.STRA DAXOIf nP EAGLES' HALL Saturday night.