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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 14, 1913)
MUCH EASIER TO AGREE IHSKS WITH THE BWWBE ABOUT IT SS i,' ; AUTHORITY' WATCH Till; WANT ADS. There aro many good bargains to lio found (here. Auytlilii' lost oi' found Is always nilver tlied In The Times. 'Till; ''V.!,:,! Ih llif Imlopeiiil. '", T MIP ,H f llio city ami Inst j53EE3S25K3EKiCU MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRES ra.'miegujtfiUij fcjnaauam .. . Il.l.r.t III 1K78 MARSHFIELD. OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1913. EVENING EDITION. 6 PAGES. A Consolidation of Times, Coast Mail n ICOJ anil Coos Hay Advertiser. yu I . ...itflll KMi""" --,, Id . AAAVUuh 'flio uimsi " Ml ti V1' i MMMlMIMMWniVMBHHHMMHnianMIHBiaHlHMHaaH is HT COMMITTEE HOPEFUL IF GETTING JETTY 1 HOW Liri Defoliation Appears Be fore Full Board of United States Engineers. oPE OF EXTENSION AND RESTORATION OF JETTY nfnk That Rivers and Har bors Bill May Bo Amend- i cd in Senate. ixs mom-: funds. ronercssninu Hnwloy today ilrnl the Times. W. U. IX'ilB- lai, Dr. K. MIiiriis anil othorB that lie Imil secured $80,000 j tor Coos Hay harbor 1" tlio rivers and harbors bill. Who- thcr this Is nil for Insldu liar- bor work or whether $50,000 Is to ko for the mnlntennnco of the bar tired no l not Hoil- fictl. but some think It Ih all for Ins'lJo harbor work. - (Special to The Timed.) WASHINGTON. Jnn. 1 l.Tliu loos Hay delegation hero to secure ItJoral aid In tbo Improvomont of oos Hay bar nml harbor aro work- ij hard ami today nro feeling that n liao acoinpllHiied niueh. It 111 lo a day or two buforo thoy nn ascertain Just what to expect torn their conferences with tbo Un let! States engineers mid members It the Oregon delegation. Tbo foi- plag statement was kIvoii out to- lay by the Coos Hay deloKHtlon: "Tlio en'lre- ileU'i'Minn wax boforo he full board of the I' lilted S tut ok Ii.glr.ccrs ycterdny. All aro now Iojeful that we will reculvo a fnv ralle report of sonic ehnrnrlor for . re toratlou tind extension of tbo "y. "Meisrs. Simpson, Smith, Hnwloy Ui Mncgenn nnd oiliurH mndu n Itrong presentation of the liniuod- We needs of tlio harbor. "Tho Homo commlttuo lmvo ro lled out the river and harbor bill lit we hope to get n favorablo ni pt In timo to nmend It In tho Imte. Senators Ilotirno nnd Chnni- l!s!n In such ovont will proas for porablo action." Congressman Ilnwlcy Inter buii- 'emented tlio Ktnteinent glvon out r the committee by tbo following e'f-explanatory stntcinont: I have secured SSO.000 for Coos W In tt-o Rivera mid Harbors MH." Mild, SI.Ol(.H MATTER. ommlttce at Wii.liInKltm Ahl.ctl (o .. ..hi minus oi , A telecram nun n.iu.. ,.... . n.. ,, " '"") Jlll III UIO ('!f Id Chamber of Cammorco -" "i aluminum io about the bar mid harbor lm wemeats, asking them to nscor- 111 Pie status of tbo project to Mill StouRh. At the tlmo of tbo brldgo henr- t,(.Ir!'u Cap1, Hol,ert nl8 nvo Zki he e'slng of Mill Slough, "m made m..n.i . .. nnn, u ,vi,ul' ' w:o war uo '"tment. wi,i. i,.. .... K, .,.. v" "uo ""I nnnounceu rd closed, and tbo eomniltteo Ethat dl m, "" B 'lr offorta In I vut IE POISON TO El LIFE NSW D?a Dro That vllhhhlT8!ol0t,, plson ;Vll0Q. ZL , nducted h' Coroner aile it with K a snm11 vlnl nnd JWl!o of potassium WATCH TRUST LUIJKELI 0 Congressional Committee In vestigates Waltham Co.'s Control of Business. Mr AMorlatcl 1'rc.i lo Cool lly Tlmn,) SVASIIlNnTON, .Inn. M. Tho AValthani Wntch Company, alleged to bo n "wntch tniHt," was Iiivuh tlKiited nt tho outset of tho tariff henrliiK today. 12. C. Flti-h or Wal tham, Maws., testified that tho com pany could nianufneturo watch dlnlB cheaper tlmn lie could buy them abroad. The company Ih capitalized nt $12,000,000. Tho wltnoHB told of tho fornior existence of tho nollInK iiRoncy hnnfllliiB "Wnlthnni Wntnh Company products, llo said Hint ho wns one of UireopartuerH In tho boIIIiik n oncy, oaoli or whom received r.0, 000 n yoar. mm IE is COMING m T Washington Expects Floods to Follow Melting of Snow in the Cascades. tly Awo. Iltivt Pit lo Can Pr Tlm 1 SIOATTM'2, Jan. 1 1 A warm wnvo oveiflprendliiK tho wliolo country woHt of tho Rocky MountaliiH under Kb Inlluoiico Ih expected nn tho Rroat voliimo of hiiow In tho Caseado Moun tains will soon boBln to molt. Tho .N'orthorn l'acllle and Mllwnukco rnll ronds nro Btlll blocked, hut nro mak ing proKroRH townrds roHtoratlon. Thcro wiih no snow foil In tho moun tnliiH InBt nlKht anil tho weather to day Is favorablo for tho track clear ing. IIIkIi wntora In tho rivers In western WashliiKton must follow the molting of tho snow. Tho forecast for tonight Is rain on tho const nnd snow In tho mountains. NO lUKHOX AU.OWI2I). Former Chief Wniipeiistelii of Scut Ho Must Servo Term. (Or AuofttIM 1'nit lo Coo lljr TlmM J OLY.MIMA, Wnsh. Jnn. 1 1. Qov ornor liny nniiouncod Hint ho would not pardon Chnrlca W. Wnpponstoln, former chlof of pollco of Sonttlo, who la Bervlng n Bontenco for grafting. FILLED TODAY President Taft Names Several Federal Officeholders in This State Today. JDr AuocliteJ rre lo Cca Dr Time. WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. Presi dent Tnft today sent to tho eonato tho nominations of tho following to bo colloctor of customs: John H. Burgord at Portland, Oregon nnd Frank L. Pnrkor at Astoria. To bo U. S. marsliall of Oregon, F. C. Klrkpatrlek. Register of tho land ofllco at North Yakima, Wash., Harry Y. Snlnt. To bo postmastore, Thomns Mc Cluskor at Portland, Oregon and Frank h. Carney at Astoria, Oregon. FRESH OLY.Ml'IA and EASTERN OYSTERS Just received. PHONE ORDERS TO COOS RAY ICE AX COLD STORAGE CO. PHONE 7, PORTLAND THEATRE MAN IS MISSING John F. Cordray, Pioneer The atrical and Showman of the Rose City Drops Out of Sight in Los Angeles. tnr AteoclMril rrcm lo Coon tiny Times. I.OS ANGELES, Jan. M. Tho pollco of Venice, u sensldo suburb, began today a Boarch for John F. Cordray, manager of an nmiise ment enterprise of Portlnnd, Ore gon, who could not bo found at his hotel, nnd whoso pockotbook con tusing round trip tlckots for hltn Holf and wlfo from Portlnnd to Los Angeles and aomo money nnd pap ers were picked up on a stairway DAY'S DOINGS IN CONGRESS Routine of Proceedings in the House and Senate Today Appropriations. Illy AwoilM! I'ifi to Coon lltgr TlmM. WASHINGTON, Jnn. III. In tho Senate. Senator McLean urged tho paHHage of n bill for tho protection of migratory birds. W. W. Wlnkllold told of the cnmpulgn funds Investiga ting eomniltteo how tho "Archbald letters" woro obtained. In tho House, tho debnto on tho poHtollIco appropriation bill was tak en up tho army appropriation bill currying $9.1,8:10,177 was roporled. FcMtus .1. Wndo told of tho banking mid currency commltteo Hint tho country never could have a sound money system without a ccntrnl bank. FREE TOLLS TO BE TAKEN UP United States May Back Up on Favoring American Vessels in Canal. ' tnr Aorliil Vtm lo Coot lltr Tlmn. WASHINGTON, Jan. H. Sena tor Root Introduced a bill today to nmond tlio Panama Canal act by eliminating a provision oxoinptlng American coastwlso ships from tho payinonfc of tollfl. Tho bill la ox poctod to rcopon tho ontlro ques tion of Panama tolls, now at Issuo with Groat Britain, nnd to pavo tho way for a now discussion of tho subjoct In tbo Bonntc. Senator Root gavo nollvo that ho would spoak on January 21 in support of his bill. It la undoi-stood that sovoral otlior senators will dobnto tho quofltlon. Many niombovs of tho Bonnto havo declared that thoy fav ored meeting Groat Hrltnln's objec tions to tho canal law by repealing tho freo tolls provisions, rathor than submit tho wliolo subject to arbi tration on tho QiioBtton of tho right of tho United States to grant freo passago to Amorican owned ships. FIREMEN SHE SIX CHI LDREN Chicago Department Rescues Many from Houses Near Big Factory Fire Today. tDr AoclatJ rrcu lo tool Bit Timet. CHICAGO, Jan. II. Firemen to day rescued half a dozon children and their parents from suffocation In a flro that caused damago of $75,000 to tbo plant of S. Inland er, a paper and willow waro manu facturer, and routed tho tenants of adjoining houses. Try Tho Times' Want Ads. leading from a pier to tho beach. He did not keep an Important bus iness engagement and the finding of the pockotbook gavo rise to a suspicion that bo might havo met disaster. til AMnclttri) Frctl to Cool DiT llt.lM.) PORTLAND, Jnn. 14. John F. Cordrny vns the denn of showmen and theatrical managers In Portland. Cordray, accompanied by his wlfo, loft Portland for California tho latter part of last week. Ho was tho mana ger of a largo open nlr resort hero and it is presumed his visit to Ven ice was to look for attractions for next summer. Cordrny's health waB good when ho left Portland. FIGHT IS MADE ON CW.HOWARD Senator Poindexter Opposes His Appointment as Fed eral Judge. tnr Anocltlo.1 I'rrtt to Cnot Iltf Tlmn. WASHINGTON, Jnn. 11. Oppo sition to tbo appointment to Clin ton W. Howard an federal Judge In tbo Btnto of Washington,, was re newed beforo tho Sonato Commit too on Judiciary today by Senator Poindexter, behind closed doom. Former Senator Plica appeared to defend Howard against tho charges alleging Howard's unfitness for tho fodoral bench. Taft nom inated Howard last summer after Judgo llanford roslgncd whllo the Impeachment proceedings nglanst him wero pending In tho house. M IS KILLED BY FALL Lewis Ermin Supposedly from Glendale, Ore., Meets Death There. (Spcclnl to tho Timos) I1ANDON, Orogon, Jan. 14. Lowls Erwln, twonty-two years old, supposedly from Gloudalo, Oro gon, wns drowned here last night nt 10 o'clock. Ho had been working as a longshoreman on tho tenmor Speod woll and had ovldontly given out and was paid off, and in walking nshoro from tho stoamor, wnlkod ovorboard. Thero is n slight brulso on his bond nnd ono on his leg. Tho llfo saving crow woro at tho scono and had him out of tho water In twonty-four mln utos. Thcro wns no wntor In him and as ho was known to hnvo had n weak heart, It Is supposod that tho shock of missing his footing and striking tho water killed him. Ho called twlco after falling. Ho had mall In his pocket from Glondalo, Ore., and Fresno and San Francisco. Ho had boon hore about two months. MY REPORTED United States Scouts in Dead ly Engagement With Ban dits in South Lano. tDr Attoclatea Prctt to Coot Bar Tlmel. MANILA, Jan. 14 A detachment of scouts undor Lieutenant Fletcher reported an engagomont with a largo band of outlaws In South Lanao. Fifty outlaws woro killed. Anothor roport BayB 90 outlaws woro killed. Tbo acouts suffered no loss of llfo. BALKAN ALLIES AGREE TO 1 W G T EI ADRIANOPLE TO BEAR THE BRUNT Peace Representatives of Af- lies Decided to Terminate Armistice With Porte. THINK MORE WAR WILL MAKE TURKEY AGREE City Has Been Besieged Since October and Conditions Are Reported Bad. (Ur Amoclated Trot (o Coot llr Timrt. LONDON, Jan. II. Conflicting reports of the conditions of the great fortress at Adrlanoplo are current but it nppenra evident that the Turkish troops and Inhabltanta of that city aro sufforlng groatly from dlscaso and lack of supplies. They havo been besieged ever bIiico tho last week In October by tho Bulgarians, .who havo been rein forced by largo bodies of Servians. Tho threatening note of tho allies to the Turks is to bo worded In such wny It will becomo offectlvo only In event of the Ottoman gov ernment refusing to comply with tho advlco given It by tho ambas sadors of the European powers. MDEO Claim That Official of Mexican Government Bought Sup plies for Insurrectos. (llr Aworlale.1 I'nM lo Coot Pa) Tlmn. NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 14 About two million rounds of rifle cart ridges allogod to have boon pur chased by tbo Moxlcan revolution ists woro discovered In a warehouso hero, according to a secret agent of tho Bcnato commltteo which Is Investigating Mexican affairs. Whllo tho agent declined to ro vcal tho Identity of tho purchosers of tlio war munitions for tho re bels, It was roportod that moro than half or tho supply Is stored In tho naino of a Moxlcan now con nected olllclally with tho Madoro government. In addition to tho cartridges tho ngont snys ho hns learned of sovoral other Inrgo lots of high oxploslvo shells nnd ma chine gun ammunition, tho destin ation of which was not rovoalod today. Claim That Note of European Powers to Sultan Is Not Strong Enough. tnr AtfOilttcNl rmi lo Coot nr Tfmm.r LONDON.Jnn. 1 1 A decision doffi nltoly to break up tho peaco confer ence In London simultaneously -pith Hie presentation of the Turkish gor orumcnt of the note of tho European: powers wna reached today bjr tho. I chiefs of the peace dolegntforrt. oft tho Balkan allies. Tho resolution of tho representa tives of Bulgaria, Greece, Montene gro and Servla will bo communicatees, to tho Porte in a fornml note. At tbo samo tlmo It wns decided to Instruct the commnndors of tlio ana cd forces of tho allies In tho Mold les terminate the armistice, which hns been in oporatlon since Dec. tt. Siuca that dato hostilities between Bulgnrfsu and Servla on ono sldo and Turkey on tho other havo been cntlroljj; censed. Ci recce, which did not sign the ur mlstlco protocol, however, bus con tinued tho fighting ngainst Turkey,- on Hca and land with varying hucosk..' Montenegro also nominally a party to tho armistice hns engaged the Turkish troops at the Fortroaa or Scutari, which hIiows no signs cZ' yielding. Mombors of tho Balkan loaguo arm of tho opinion that tlio noto drafted!,, by European diplomats la so diluted! that it requires a mixture- of a vital izing tonic nnd they think this wlllf bo nppllod by tholr throat to con tinue hostilities. Try Tbo Times' Want Ads. TBI WAR IS TO START AGAIN London Believes That Turks and Balkans Will Shortly 1 Renew Fray. (Dr AttoclaleJ Trttt to Coot Bar Timet. LONDON, Jan. 14. Tho latest ad vices received by the Turkish dolo gates show that tho Ottoman grand council has not mot at Constantino ple yet and It probably will not meet. Tbo Turkish envoys understand that Klamll Pasha, tho grand vlzlor, will In all probability resign should a situation dovolop in such a way that tho grand council will bo called to gether. Observers of tho situation In London oxpress tho opinion that Turkey will rojoct tho advlco of tho European powers and that hostllltlea will bo resumed. Representatives of tho Balkan, all!o3 dcclaro thoy aro ready to faco all ovonts. Thoy say that no fower than 400,000 of their troons aro concentrated around tho iortross of Adrlanoplo and along tho lines of Tchatalja, whllo all tho heavy slego battorles havo been placed In position beforo Adrlanoplo. TARIFF IlEAKINf; TODAY. Aluminum, Steel noil Tool SrhcOuTw Up Today. fnr AorUt.l I'rrti to Coot Bar Ttmrr.,- WASHINGTON, Jan. 14. Alumi num, steel, watch movements antS. mnchlno tools nro on tho programme of tho House Committee of Ways nu2 Means today when It mot to hear tnat loft ovor witnesses who woro imnbr&j to testify at tho steel hearing last week. TT W Negro Pugilist Arrested at Battle Creek While Flee ing to Canada. fnr Amo, UibJ rrvM to Toot Bar TlniM.j BATTLE CREEK, Mich., Jan. 14? Jack Jphnson, tho nogro hoavy puglllst, was takon off a train hero early today by tho pollco horo and ls being held, pending tho arrival of tho Chicago ohlccrs, who requested hiss dotontlon. Johnson Is accompanied by his wliito wlfo and two nogra friends. According to local olllccrsv. ho admitted that ho is on his wny tc Toronto. Tho pugilist is bolng de tained at tho homo of a negro friend. PROMISES TO RETURN.' Jack Johnson Denies Intention (o Forfeit Hull. (nr Attoclated Tress to Coos Bar Timet,') CHICAGO, Jan. 14. Shortly af tor hla arrest at Battle Creek, Jack. Johnson called up tho local authori ties on tbo telophono and oxplulrr ed that ho had no intention of staying In Canada or mailing an. oxtended trip. Ho said ho had no thought of violating tho fudcr. laws or attempting to forfeit lib $30,000 bond. Application wa- mado to Fodorul Judgo Carponle': for n bench warrant for Johnson.'", arrest na a fugitive. Tho cour'i declined to Ibsuo tho warrant wIicj Johnson's attorney said ho wautl produco his cllont In court tomor row morning.