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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 8, 1913)
QUESTION IS NOT THE DISTANCE YOU ffiffi, Z ,KSi ARRIVE it TUB PAPER OK AUTHORITY' in Mnr.shilcid la tho Indepcnd. flit TllllCS. " ls Un' (,ll! t'"-v mid community first, last and all tlio time. JOl.V THE TIMES FAMILY. WATCH THE WANT ADS. There are many good bargains (o ho found (hero. Anything lost or found Ih always adver tised In Tho Times. MEMBER OP TI113 ASSOOIATKD PItES m Jmv- wxsmamrrri'.irmjizmvu rrrvy .. XXXVI. Established In 1H7H m Tlio Const Mall. MARSHFIELD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1912. EVENING EDITION. 6 PAGES. A. Consolidation of Times, Const Mull Mn 1ACP and Coos Hay Advertiser. IUU l GREAT (fam WxmtB imMt RlflER LAWYER AND JUDGE ARRESTED IRE FOR GRIME WILL WED IN W. Writiht Taken to Co llide to Jail for Passing Worthless Checks. fS HE SERVED ON BENCH IN KENTUCKY seel Worthless $25 Check in Cal Wright and One for $15 on A. B.' Smith. blm W. Wright, who chums to ho pvyor nnri that ho wjih formerly a net Judge In Kentucky, wnH nr- S ii.i .- ... r ..A.. I.I , til i ii ih morning "J vjiuihuiijio vox warrant ehnrglng lilni with pna- spurloua checks. Ilo waived tho (miliary ox.iminntlon before Jua- l'cnnoek and wnB taken to Co ve una niiernoon wnuro no win iln In Jnll pending netloii by tho ml Jury, IiiuIiik hcuu uunhlo to ilrth tho ?r00 bond domandod. fright hi apparently about llfty Old 1111(1 lofllfB UH tllOUfcll ho llllll better days. Wlien arroHtod, ha siittcrlng from tho elTcctH of n Irnrtid Hprce. Yesterday ho waH ted, but was too badly lnloxleu to bo taken into c.ustody. c nau Homing io nay tor uini- wheu nrrnlgnwl except thnt ho follltiu badly. fright him been stopping nt tho acd hotol and cumo hero a few Iks ngo from Coiiulllo. 111m pro- BH resluejico Ih unknown. I" Ih charged with passing n boj,ua L'i: for 'tiB onCaVWrlKlit nttho Fi FORGER CLEVER ARTIST A. Johnstone, Now in Jail at Coquillc, Raised Smith Powers Time Check. A. iTolniritoiiu, who wna nrrcHled Inst wcolc at Camna Valloy for for gery, and who wuh brought back to Coiiulllo and Ih now In tho county Jail there uwidtlng trial by Krand Jury Ih declared to bo a clover urtlBt at manipulating ehecka, ot John Btonc, When nrruHtod, had very llttlo eaHh on IiIh person and clalmud that ho miifit liuvo boon Intoxicated If ho passed any HpurloiiH paper at Co iiulllo. .Today, however, A. II. Powoi-h dla covored ouu of Johnstone's chvor inn nlpulutloiiH on a time check of tho Smith-Powers Logging Company. JohiiHtouo worked a day and a half nt Camp 2 at Cnnlodo. Tlnidkecpor Win. Warwick Issued him the regu lar lime chuol: for that amount of time with tho deductions for com- mlsanry supplies, etc., which -John-Htono had drawn. Tho blank tlmo check wan filled out with llguivs In mora bar, mid nhu with iintifthiK: l0 "ml 1,,k Mr Warwick. otthlcBH Check for If. on A. 3J. '" "" wry i-iurony. th of tlio Nutwood nluon. T1kj',,j """" " "lM1 """ " " ,n"" Its woro drawn on tno Flrat Nn- "l0 ' lmZ 1,,yH 1T ''- ""'H """ )Ul al Dank at Coqtilll. and It 1b.1"" (myH nD0V0 u "l " '"K"01 w or etl that he never luvd an account "m ,,,en "" tne "" ,m nin,, lM0 ?.l..Iu npponr ri:i,:!rp, having convorh-d nvln.j tho mino ni.inc.-1io took ad- l,l ,,ol,l,r mnrk 1,,to " r' 'ril0 l' innf ri..i ri..i.o 4i.in.iii.,uiirnlKod tlio JlKureH nlmlliirly for board ho people-of tho namo of Wright. I""'1 '"""'wmO' hiumiIIoh to aa U ntrnilnroil lilmlf nn.l t.il.1 ofro.a'mnKO 1110 llllie CHUCK HllOW 110 WO olnic f tho unino family namo. 'al ,l10 r,,ml' will chiaigcd the calcii- Wright" Introduced hln. to Tom and tltt Inttor ttflvnncod ti couplo lolliirn loan to tho now ucounln- Ion-over, h found to ho thuvrniiK ! Wright ntjd tho stand Jury will pc with hlin. R'hethor ho piiHHed any nioro thlcw check! is not known. prlfl Ongo, Avtio was 1ioro today, that Jio undtiretood wsvoral Oo- lo men wero nlno vJctlniH of Johu- o. Anionir them worn Chnrlev fcr, Ted Ilnxtor and Artliur I'enrt. of whom had caHhod n chock Johnstone. Jolnmtono, It In nnld. J. L. Bowman and Miss Ethel Bates to Be Married in ' Michigan, Jan. 21. Mrs, Krancla L. Untos of Grand Hnplda, Mich., has lHnucd Invltntlons for tho inarrlagc of her daughter, I2llon, to John Linden Tlowman nt tho Knst Congregntlonnl Cliurcli In Grnnd ltaplda, Jan. 21. Ceo. Rotnor, mali nger of tho Woolen Mill Storo in MarHhlleld, n bualnoHH nssoclnto of Mr. Howmnn, todny received an In vitation. Mr. and Mrs. llowman will bo at homo ot G!)0 Tillamook Htreet, Portland, nfter April 15. Mr. How mnn will loavo I'nrtlmid Hundny for Crnnd UnpldH. Tho niinouncomcnt did -not como nllogethor na n auriirlho to tho many Cooa Hay friends or Mr. Tlowmnn. na an Invitation of hla rorthcomlhg marriage waH iiubllHlied u few wcoka ago In tho Tlmca. Mr. Howmnn start ed )ila highly HUcccRHfurbusliiOHB enr eer on Cooa Hny. Ho la now rated na one of the lending IjuhIiiuhh men In Oregon having several largo Htorcu In l'ortlund In addition to hla stores In Uugono mid Mnrnnfluid, mid lins extorrtivo proporty Intorcats on Cooa liny mid olaowhoro In tho Htato. Ills ninny Cooa Hay frlcnda will unite in extending hearty congrntu- latloriB and wIhIicb that nil the Joy, success and happiness that tlmo can bring will fall to the lot of Mr. 'How man mill bin bride. PLAN TO WED ON COOS BAY E. Wallace, Chief Engineer of Tug Gleaner, and Miss McDiarmid to Marry. Kiigeno Wallace, chief engineer on tho tug Gleaner of Gardiner, mid Miss Mmnlo McDlnrmtd, who arrived hero recently from Port land, are to bo married ns soon ns tho Gleaner readier hero. Tho ves sel was duo In tho day boforo yes terday, but has been delayed nnd tho brlde-to-bo Is nt tho Chandler Tiotol nnxlously awnltlng tho arrival of her betrothed. Miss McDiarmid conies from Douglns county. Sho and Mr. "Wal lace had arranged to moot hero and ho married In Mnrshflcld, However, tho Gleaner was unable to mnko tho trip down hero on tho last trip of tho Hrcnkwnter, owing to dolayfl nnd tho changa In tho schedule of tho Btcmncr caused by tho storm. However, Mr. Wnllnco appealed to hla old friend, Capt. Davo Iloldcn, tn arrange tho preliminaries so that thoy would not ho long delayed af tor tho Glcnner nrrlvcs. So Capt. Iloldcn accompanied Miss McDInr mld to Coqulllo nnd aided her In securing tho mnrrlngo 11 con so ho that tho curomony can tnkn placo Immediately upon Mr. "WnJlneo'B ar rival. CO s WEATRER CONDITIONS AGA TOSS OF North Bend City Council Re sorts to Novel Means of Deciding Contest. A deadlock in tho North Hond City council over tho election of n president for tho coming yenr was brokon Monday night by tho tosa of n coin. After balloting fivo times without a break tho council decided tlint somothlng would have to bo dono to prevent an all night Hosslon. Dr. Hartlo and L. P. FnlkciiBtolu hnd each received three votoa on each ballot. PInnlly tho coin wnB tossed up nnd Pnlkonstoln won. Of courso, Gets Part of Severe Storu? That Swept Central Ore gon Last Night. HEAVY SNOWFALL IS REPORTED TO THE EAST Telegraph Wires Down Todax? and Mail Is Delayed Sev eral Hours hy Slide. Coos Hny Inst night got tho edtetr of what Is said to havo boon one or? tho moat sovero storms of tho wfnter In tho Wlllnmotto Valley nnd that sorllon. Tho storm horo was sort ott a squall with wind nnd rnln. However, cast of hero thoy llail'io honvy snowfall. Considerable swmw foil nt Lnlrd's yestorday and Intst night nnd the snowfall at Sltkum vrnv unnsnally honvy. Tho Western Union wires wont down under the snow tho other sldo of Sltkum, nnd thorc hna been' una wlro service slnco yestordny nftorr nonn. Tt wns slntod thnt It n-nar doubtful If sorvlco could bo restore! Cold wenthcr Duy n Per- foctlon Oil Stovo at tho Ploncor j Hnrdwnro Co. 1 T PILL I ihaioimso thntj.o had.$:i2.oo, iiiatoadJReport Tha"t North Bend Wo men Will .Ask Clemency for Lad Sentenced. of $2 ciihIi coining to him. This ho presented ul the Ptinnor'a & Morchantn Hank In Cocjulllo and It -wan enshod aftw holnt endorsed by JoJuiHtone. So cltvorly woro tho llg u reti mi the time heek ultercd thnt they oven piibmhI Cashier Co 111 u of tho SniVth-l'owera Compauy on .the llrsl kIiuh'o. llon-eror, ho caught tfho chaiiKO in checklns 1 nnd has not! Hod Iho l'nrmora mid Morclmnla' Ilnulc of Coqulllo, and that tonipmy,' will bo out $:10 on tlio opurntloiiN. Tho tlmo chtckH of the company are jiot Biipposod to ho caslkod except at - " "..........v, .b i'imiimjiui QIIrIUflUI 1 U VM.-. VA-lfV .. r had an account nt tho hank on alio olllccs of tlio compniry whero the ph ho drew tho cheeks, boiiio of th wero Sir. nnd $20. MAONEY IS. PASSES AWAY of Florence Attornev uccumbs to Long Illness at Mercy Hospital. Irs. C. J. Mnhonov or Ji'loroiico ; at .Mercy hospital thla morning a protrnctcd illness of a com- Mlon of Ills following nn oporn- ffor appendicitis. Sho was taken Ploronco nnd was lntor brought In hopes of being nblo to savo but nothing could bo done. Mnhonoy, her husband, and her BI-, Henry J. Cnlllnr nt Pnnnllln with her at the last. Irs, MallOnov'a innlilnn nmnn wna Collier, and sho was married to Mnhoney n yenr ago last Sontem- Sho was born In Coqulllo thirty- rears ago. Her mothor died when wns a child, nesldes her father husband, she Is survived by two JS, Mrs. S. D. Sherwood of Co- o mul Mrs. Will Shnno of Port- . and two brothers, Joo and Glen er of Coqulllo. A. Q. Alkon of shflold is an undo of Mrs. Ma- ''. Other rolatlvoa rfisidn tn r.n. o funeral will bo hold Friday rnoon in Coqulllo and will bo un- Jtho aupplcea of tho Rebokah so of Coqulllo of which sho had wen a member. er death came as a groat shock iio many friends on tho Bay. rogulnr bank cheeks nro Issued for them. Johustotin, It la understood, passed n number of othor bud chocks In tho Coqulllo Vnlloy. Mnrahnl Carter rocallod today thnt ho had A. Johnstone In Jnll here some tlmo ago for Intoxication. Ho did not know much about him except that Johustono claimed to bo n lend ing I. W. W. GIVE CONCERT RERE SUNDAY Program Announced for Spe cial Entertainment at the Masonic Theater. Director Fenton of tho Coos nny Concort band todny announced that the following would bo rendored nt tho Mnsonle Oporn Ilouso next Sun dny afternoon at 2.30, tho concert being one of n series of freo ones that tho organization hns been giving. March, "Tho Fairest of the Fair," Sousa Ovorturo, "Barber of SovJUo." . . , , , Rossini Intormozzo Eloganto from Contes d' Hoffmnn Offenbach A Dronm of thV South, "Undo Tom's Cabin," Lampo Hungarian Fantasia Tobanl Quartet from RIgolotto ,...-,. Vordl Sacred Selection, "Joy to tho World" i Barnhouso Star Spangled Banner, Havo your Job printing done nt Tho Times offlco. Petitions nro to bo clrculntod In North Bond today or tomorrow hk Ititf thnt Phil l.eimon, tho sixteen year old son jf Mr. nnd Mrs. John I.cunou of North Bend, who wns yes tordny Bontcncfrd by Judgo Hull In Jn vcnllo court nt Coquillc to six months In tho Orogon fttato Ytoform School for rubbing the North Bond Nowb Conipuny, ho released on parolo dur ing good behavior. Young I.onnou plendcd guilty to tho robbory nnd told nil tho dotnlla to Shorltf Gngo and Doputy Prosecut ing Attojrnoy L. A. Llljoqvlst. Ho hnd spoilt nil of his SlfiO division of tho 400 spoils In tho North Bond "red Hghr district nnd in other dis sipation. Young Ltnnou'a pnrunta nre old residents ot North Bend nnd nro among tho most highly respected cit izens. It was stated today that tho moth ers of North Hond will hnve n peti tion in addition to tho other pe titions, a ovornl woll known womon thoro fooling keenly tho blow that Mrs. Lennon would suf fer from having her son Incarcer ated In tho penal Institution. In ad dition to this, thoy claim thnt por hnps If young Lennon Is given a chnnco, ho mny roforni hotter without being Incarcerated than ho would If ho had to hear tho stlgmn of tho ro forni school term. Y 0 IS 0 E tho North Bend city chnrter did not provide nny audi means ofi'0('n deciding mnttora and so to mnko Tn addition tn tho lack of wfr" tho recorda lognl, nnothcr unllot norvleo, the mnll wnn delayed by thtr waa ordorcd nnd on It Pnlkonstoln storm. A slldo or othor trouhlo on received flvo votes, nnd Bartlo ono.itho Browstor Orndo Is Bald to hnva tho councllmon nbldlng by tho rulo Howard Post Gives Skin to Save Hand of His Sister; Was Very Brave. Howard Post, tho 11-yenr-old old son of Mr. -nnd Mrs. I,. J. Post of South Broadway, was tho hero of nn unusual operation horo todny. of tho gnmo of chnnco. Tho meeting was largely for tho purpo8o of Installing tho now mem bers and nsldo from thin nnd tho npprovnl of tho hond of tho nowly elected tronauror, nothing wns dono, nlshed bonds for $10,000 by Rob ert Banks mid A. Vnn Zllo and tho bond wns npprovod. Street Work Planned. Tho council adjourned to meet Tho 1nd gave feovornl Btrlpa of skin, I grndlng boon the worst hnrrler encountered by tho mnll men nnd thoy could not got by It. Tho mnll duo hero early this mornlnc la expected to rendr horo about r. o'clock this nftornoon. Tho bnr wnH reported nulto rousl- J. II. OrovcB, 'hla morning nnd It was doubtful If Mr. Groves fur-, the Nnnn Smith could got ou.t- Asslstnnt Agent ChnmborH of the Rcdondo nnd Alllnnce wna Infnrmoo? thnt both vessela woro off tho lmr nbout 11 o'clock thin morning nmV then It wna doubtful If thoy would Tia ngnln noxt Tuesday night whonj nblo to cross In today. Tho Alllnncw streot Improvement projects will bo, Is bound hero from Kurokn nnd th tnken up. Ono of theso projects. Redondo from Snn Prnnclsno. will bo ordorcd. It ,1a for tho I.ocnlly tho rnlnfnll during the.' grndlng nnd planking ot Wnali'lng-j twonty-fnur hours ending nt 4 o'clock: ton atToot hotweon Sherman nnd, this morning wns nbout tho honvfest Stnnton, two uIocIcb. nt n cost of, thnt Cooa Bny hns oxnorloncod In ttittfc about $1300. (porlod of tlmo for n long whllo. TEt? Rdgnr McDnnlol hns prcsontcd a,totnl precipitation In the twenty four petition for grndlng two streets In. hours wna 1.R4 Inpbnn na m.n.,,1 1 V1.......V north part of town. Ono la, by B. B. Ostllnd. the weathor obsorr- tho ARBAIGX BOY ShAYKIt. Confesses 111 nil mensurlng nbout three Inches lo; nn inch nnd n half, froiii his body to ho grnttcd on to tho hand of his sister, Cecilia, In nn effort to savo hor fingers, which wero re cently burned nnd crushed in nn accident nt tho Coos Buy Steam Laundry. . Miss Post's hand wna accidentally caught In nn Ironing mnchtno nnd tho Bit In and flesh torn from two fingers nnd part of tho hand. In ordor to savo It, tho physlclnns found thnt considerable skin graft ing would bo necessary. Howard valiantly offered to furnish tho noc- ossnry skin nnd this morning tho operation wns performed In tho offlco of Drs. Housoworth nnd Straw, Hownrd undorwont tho oporntlon without taking nn anaesthetic nnd novor fllnchod or gnvo an outcry to Indicate tho pnln thnt ho must hnvo suffered ns tho physicians took tho skin off In llttlo patches from his log to bo grafted onto tho Injured hand ot his sister. This afternoon ho Is receiving many congratulations from thoso who became awnro of his horolo no tion. Stnnton from Ohio to. or. Dolnwnro and tho other Is for grnd lng Doluwnro from Suthorlln to Stnnton. Tho council plans to go nhond with sovornl othor streot Improve ments na' soon ns tho Southern Va clflo furnlBhc8 tho grndos ot Us linos ovor tho stroots. NO XKW OPKKItS. Turkey Further Will Not .Mnko Pence Overtures. injr AMorlal l'rtu to Cooi JUjr Tlmn.) LONDON'. Jim. 8. Tim Turkish government has llrmly docldod not to."10 horsos nnd when mnKe nny now proposnls of penco nc cording to a dispatch from Con stnn tlnoplo. AVHIJOK IX INDIANA. to SIvtecnrYenr-Old Lud Minnesota Murder. MORRIS, Minn., Jnn. S. Ono of tho youngest prisoners ovor hold on n chnrgo of first degreo murder In Mlnnosotn, wns given a prollmlnnry hearing In court horo Tnosdny. He ls Olaf Chrlstophorson, tho 10-year old boy who Is alleged to. havo con fessed to tho murder of John Kllng on December 18. Tho boy Is said to havo shot and klllod Kllng, who had befrlondod him, In n fit of moment ary anger. It Is expected he will bo tried at tho spring torm of tho court. NOTICK. All persons Indebted to Coos Bay Paint nnd Wall Papor Compauy aro requosted to sotclo tholr ac counts within ten days ns aftor that tlmo they will bo In tho hands of an attorney for collection. CARL F. JOHNSON. Five Reported Killed nnd Forty In- jured on IJIk Four. nr AuocUtoil Freii to Coos Bay Tlmei. LAFAYETTE, Ind., Jan. 8. Tho Big Pour pnBsongor train from Cin cinnati to Chicago was wreckod nonr Stockwoll, Ind., Tuesday nftornoon. Flvo nro reported klllod and about forty Injured. Tho train was running at a high speed and loft tho rnlla on n sharp curve. Four cars turned ovor. The cnuso of tho wreck has not bo ascertained. ARCHIULl) OX STAND. Accused Judgo Tost Ides In His Own Behalf. nr AuorlalM I'rM o Com ruy Tlmta 1 WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. Judgo Robort W. Archbald, of tho com merce court, undor Imponchmont for ,nllogod mlsuso of his offlco, toaUtl od In his own bohnlf Tuesdny, snylng that nono of tho nets charged agnlnst him wero wrongful or Jmpropor, SIMPSON IS BOUND EAST Parties from Myrtlo Point say thnt for tho last fow days tho poiiiidrnjr of tho Burf on tho coast has mw plnlnly nudlblo there. This Is thw first tlmo It hna been honrd so far Jnr a long time, indicating how rougnr It is nt son. It must bo llftoon miles? or moro In nlr lino from Myrtlo Point to tho Pnclflc. Tho frozon mud la limiting fttngt trnvol between RoBoburg nnd tliw const dlfflcult, bolng ospoclnlly hnnt on horaos. In somo places tho mntit ls not frozon hnrd onough to support' thoy break through, tho frozon top Injures thebr logs. nnu KiLLKD on STitKi-rrs; President of Port Commission Leaves San Francisco for Washington. Now York AiKos Kill l():i Chlhlrnn- In n Yenr. NEW YORK, Jnn. 8 Streot no cldonta in Nojv York dry durlnfi: tlio yenr Just rlosod, cnusod thi doath of fi.T2 porsons . Stntfstn: mndo public todny by tho Nntlonn Protcctlvo socloty show that 230 o' theso victims wero children, or whom 103 woro run over by auto mobiles. Of tho totnl 221 wero duo to automobiles, 131 to troUoy enrs nnd 177 to wngons. DurlnK- Honry Songstncken received today! tho snmo period 2303 persons worw tho following Bolf explanatory mos sago from L. J. SImpaon, it bolifg dated at Sacramento, and having boon delayed slnco January 5 In transit: "Loft San Francisco this morning for Washington. Expect to moot Grcon In Chlcngo. Other members loft San Francisco January 3." Whothor tho commltteo will reach Washington boforo Major Morrow, In chnrgo of tho U, S. cuglneora In this district, who has boon at tho national capital slnco Decomber, loaves Is not certain, but it Is hoped that thoy will na Major Morrow would provo, It Is believed, nn nblo advocato of Coos Bay If cnllod boforo tho Rlvora -and Harbor commltteo or tho Unltod States onglneors to mnko a statomont ns to the needs of Coos Bay. Have your Job The Times offlco. printing dono at Injured. Tho deaths from those -nccldontB In 1911 numbered 42T NInoty-ono drivers of motor enr ran away aftor tho aeddonts. COFFIN BY PARCELS POST. Ohio Firm Sends Duiisiial PiicliHfco hy Mall. ZANESVILLW, Ohio, Jan. S. For tho first tlmo In tho history gf tho country a coffin was senir through tho mails from tho Zanw vlllo poatofflco. It wolfched " pounds nnd was Rent by n coffir manufacturing company to an un dertaker In Dexter. O. The lid Jirui to bo sont In n separate pivekaar so tho body of tho ooffln would como within tho 11-pound limit. Th totnl postngo wns G8 cents. Hnvo your Job Tho Tlmea offlco. prlutlng dono