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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 15, 1913)
jS THE SONGS YOU SING AND THE SMILES YOU WEAR Sffi EVERYWHERE v fai' ' 5fara , ntPMt OP AUTIIOHITV 'Tin '; " ,!, ll.llflH.Mlll. '" Vw ,. I( H Mr the ell WATCH Tim WANT A 1)3. There arc man) good bargains (o lio fmiiul there. Anything lost or found Is always ndvcr tlfil In Tho Times. , iinmn"y ,. I if "" - . nIiK)N TIMO TIMES FAMILY. MEMBER OP THE ASSOCIATED PRES 'V4-pCT--5:MB.Vr4t'JAtg'.!lVtlg-JfgSCT-Bm " " .. . . ii..i.,.i In 1H7H MARSHFIELD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1913. EVENING EDITION. A Consolidation of Times, Const. Mull mid Coos Hay Advertiser. No. 154: IQl. XXXVI. w -rim Const .Mall. !l OF GODS BAY BDiS HE INCREASED ale of Issue of, $300,000 Is ; Made Lasi mum . McNear Company. MICTION LASTS UNTIL EARLY THIS MORNING I, H. Powers Wins New Lau rels as Auctioneer dius Took Much Figuring. Tlio C. W. MeNonr Company ot CaBO.nb0util;eloclcth.Hmorn: OCO bonds by tho Port of Coos liny Commission. Tlio prlco paid wai J2S9.975, with Intcrcsl at iour am ' .' 1. ..- in tlio ilnfnrrnil talanco In tho payment of Ijonds. This deferred lmlnnco Ih about $150, 000 payment when tho bonds nro ac cepted nnd Ih to bo paid $50,000 In lx monuis, u.uuu in 11 juhi iiuu Ijy.'JIli III VIKiUff" iiiwuiiin. n 11. .,ni I. Il Mm nrldi flirnrei: Ull "U --l ""! " I"" .....-- out about iC GTi per cent or itiukoR 1 . l-.l .... 4t.n i.iliitln I if thO raiO OI liuurcni on lou mu m- .1.....1 r. I.t tint fimtt Dm thn iue uuuiii. 11 -i i'- ..... w.. -- grosi bid. Including tho Interest on tlio deferred payment, II Ilguiwi out better than this. At nn.v rnte the Port of Coos Hay n..iilutiiti In. rpliiptlltf lint uimllifl .UIIIIIIIl"'l"ll ' -jv. ...m .. ..- .-- bids nnd nurtlonlng (iff the bonds mado a llltlo over $11,(100, this be ing tlio Increase iniiilo by tho bond buyers In tho tcimpetltlon at tho auc tion. Tlio nalo wan an interesting ono and n dozen or so remnluod up until alter t o'clock this morning to watch It- luchleiitnlly It resulted In a ninsi of figuring that Coos Hay has (ddom known and gnvo IndleatloiiH ot n smnll sized stork exchange In actual operation on Coos Hay. Ev erybody wns figuring, thu bidding telng dono at tlilloront nttes of in terest on tho deferred payments. First tlio bids were made In dollars, the buyers raising each other $25 a bid nnd when theso figures wore bo Idk coinplled pretty rnpldly, then they bosun bidding points, requiring iiKurinK on n now minis in ntmi'iou to tlio Interest rnuiillatlous, Al Powers, action prosldent of the Port Commission, was thu auc tioneer. That he was entitled to the title of "Colonel", Just ns well as nny nuctlonocr that over stood on tho block at a sale of fancy llvo itock, n clothing auction, a Jowelry auction or nny other kind of an auc tion, ho fuly demonstrated. "Mnko It $25" nioro and "Did 1 hoar an other hundred" rnmo from his lips '-hen the bidding lagged, Just tho tamo ns tho real auctioneer would prod along his audience. "Sharpen up your pencil n little, foster," ho would cull to tho ropro tentatlvo of Spltzcr Horlck and .Com pany of Toledo when that gontlomnn held back a little on his turn to bid. Como on Fltz," li0 would call to ino renrosciitmiv., r miniim. ...i... lie lagged," "I novor wtw an Irlah BP 1'ct thnt would back op." lou'll be sorry tomorrow If yon lent gt these, Frnko." "You will never seo such nn opportunity to got ... C.?0B "' "'I' nKnln," ho ouid politely lemlnd tho ropreson- 'VpK,of C' VV M(Nr nnd Company etlh cago when th, hitter hold back llttlo to n'uro. on!f on,' '' l,0'l,t wt n Q"l er mcr ini; m i youP or Uvo rou fellows will bo (omliiR In horo rnd bidding aw i .H.ovo par on our 5mr !.? of b"nrt" 1'08U"'' B I" nihW n.nnoun" '"at lie would ban ?,ork a.cr.cw r """"or Jacks the con.m?BeJest'Kkc"- wwotnry of io commission, would onca lu n T t0 Mr- Iovor8' asalBt- ers It ""u- ri;Inln,Ie(1 th0 boml defemiinn - Wo lmve "n oxponslvo Se Jot tc I "i1 Wasl""Bton, and called oJ T't r,0we Jlr I'owo wig J.VI' Jl Coi"-n'. for n Uttlo next bid ebf.t?i wr waltlna for tho "Somcun'dv p.the. 1,Utor volunteorod K Sapi ; ?. l8 GotU,1B "" m,t c Peter ihitho ,roll0r l,ltch Atha I. mg6lVvas -iRurlng hard t PoSm"1!? "S' t00k a lltUo not aonarnM tho,,B,,t Uiat " was and called ,nUn en?1"5h Intorestod, Wm "making h,m WBk0 "P. Potor The bidding "1"? every minute." o.Clevean,bnnirBt National Hank "0 with tLh,' wh,ch wns ?285--the de erred nn vPer .Cent ,ntere8t on V of cmI W' "cNcar and Com enttaB tean5 Mr Fostor. reP Wr oiWe dn6r nor,Bk an'l Com- representlne on ot Grants tong wantLr7' Ws an fMtlonf'bu? coui.it0 R.0t ,n oa th0 to bring a "mW,110.1, Ho faIl0(l ,v00 as securltv chock of ?15. ,he Port Commyiir B00(1 falth a,l Melegra""1,?10" rof,1BO'l to ae La Plane of ThS 1' Ch,eaB0 Vas argued n innU"od c,10cl- This mission ?ulei?B i,rao bofore th0 dwstooa e n Va,(l that ho un ra? would i.-n t0. Bay tho tole- ABOUT 1000 W TTO E BUT IF! 1 ding Agent of Eastern Houses Bid- for Other Securities on Coos Bay Now. In addition to hl'IIiik tho l'oit ot Coos Hay's $:tOO,000 bond Issuo at a Kood flituro, tho visit of tho representatives of the eastern "bond houses to Coos Hay will bo decid edly beneficial to tho marketing of local securities. Tho Klrst National Hunk of Cleveland, Ohio, some time ago purchased some of the Marshriold special Improvement bonds and yes terday Mr. I'Mtzgenild of tho com pany was flKiirliiK on ImyliiK inoio of them from local parties IioIiIIuk thorn. It Is said thnt he was of fering as high as !)S for thorn. In addition to tbosn. U lH under stood that some of the buyers are llgurliiK on floating thu $10,000 Is sue of hotel bonds ordered to build the annex to the Chandler. Ilesldes these, bond Issues by North Heud. llaiidou. Myrtle Point and other places are also being fig ured on by Homo of tho bond buy ers. Despite their hard trip In horo. tho bond houso agents nro pretty favorably Impressed with tho Coos Hay country and Its prospects and Mr. Fitzgerald declared last even ing that It would lie only n fow years until Coos Hay was a city of at least .'n.DDO. BRIDGE PERMIT I if" "ated than, i IUl "ut Mr. thKthSuBMw0d n,oro,y told n It would havo Southern Pacific Allowed to Bridge Coos Bay Must Begin Work in Year. I'ull details of tlio permit granted to tho Southern Pad lie to brldgo Coos Hay aro contained In n letter which KM gar McDaulol of North Heud rerelved this morning from Congressman Ilawloy. Tho permit was granted .lanuary 0. Tho con ditions In It nro summed up as fol lows: Work must start on brldgo within ono year and bo eomploted within throo yonrs or franchise will bo ro vokod. Hrldgo, approaches and necessary rights-of-way to roach it must bo open on eiiual terms to all railroad, tolophono and telegraph companion, nnd In enso of Inability to agroo on charges for use of structure, tho Secretary of War triinll bo tho Una! Jmlgo. Construction of brldgo to bo bu pervlsod by United Stntes Unglnoors. If tho brldgo Is twelve feet high, tho draw must be opou all tho tlmo oxcopt whon trains aro passing ovor it; If brldgo Is built twonty-four feot abovo high wntor, drnw shall bo closod oxcopt when nocossary to pormlt vossols to pass through. Company must not Impair navlga blo depth during construction or Im pedo navigation; must drodgo all shoals that form In or reasonably near tho brldgo. If in discrotlon of Sccrtary of Wnr It is nocossnry, Southom Pnciilc must koop tug boat at or near brldgo for aiding vessels to pnss through draw, Piers nnd piling must bo put in parallol with chnnnol. Tho pormlt also states that tho pormlt Is for crossing Coos Hay, near North Bond, Oregon, nnd does not stato nn arm of Coos Hay . Lato today tho Marshflold Cham bor of Commerce recolvou a similar letter from Congressman Ilnwley nboutthJn-hnjTO to bo pa'ssod by tho Port Commis sion. Near tho closo, tho question of accepting deposit certificates from the various bidders on tho deferred payments was ralsod. Allen Frnko of C. W. McNear Company wns bid ding tho certificates of the Mercan tile Trust Company of Jackson, Tenn.. tho smallest of the lot. It is only capitalized for about $300, 000. rtathor than to have it ques tioned, Mr. Frnke offered to furnish the Port Commission with n suroty bond on tho deforred payment to nbsolutoly insuro it and this was ac cepted. 4 xl Among thoso In nttendanco at tho mooting bosldos Commissioners Pow ers, Logglo and Songstackon. and tlin hnnil Imvnrs. worn DorSOV Krelt- zor, Chas. Van Duyn, W. J. Conrad, Hugo Quist, W. S. Chandler, Eu gono Crosthwalt, Cornell Lngorstrom Tom Coke, Frank Frame and Irv ing Chandler. RAILROAD TO BE BUILT FROM UERE Company Is Incorporated at Portland with $14,000,000 Capital to Build New Coast Line. PORTLAND, Ore, Jan. IT.. Tho Journal prints the following: "Articles of Incorporation woro filed today for tho Portlnnd San Francisco Railroad Company, tho expressed purposo of which Is to build a stretch of railroad from Marshlleld, Ore, to Trinidad Cali fornia, connection to bo mndo thoro with tho San Frnnctaco nnd North western Railroad Company: Tho Incorporators aro K, M. Ches ter, Portlnnd, representing; eastern Interests: II. N. Tinker, president First National Trunt Company, Port land; J. 0. Illggs, bananr, Omnia Pass, Oregon; Henry A. Davlo, at torney, First Trust Company, Port land. Tho now fompany Is capital ized nt $U,000,000. stock being di vided Into 20,000 sliares, of tho par value of $100. "Incorporation articles also pro vldo for n branch lino road from (IranlH Pass tti Applegato River to tho llltlo Lako mining district. " 'The Portlnnd & San KrnnclBco Railroad Company contcmplntea expenditure of nbout $14,000,000 in construction work," snld Mr. Ches ter this morning. "I nm not nt lib erty Just now to say who Is backing tho proposition, although It Is large ly eastern capital. An order has been placed already for a spring de livery of steel, nnd prollmlnnry sur veying and clearing for tho now road Is under way. Thoro are billions of foot of standing timber tributary to tho company's right-of-way, and tho handling of this product will bo made n fcaturo of the roads opera tions, " 'Tho branch lino into tho Ditto Lake mining country Is nlso plan ned bocamm ot the apparent returns Svhlch woud follow tho opening and development of that country when transportation facilities nro offorod it.' "Mr. Chcstor Bays that tho San Francisco & Northwestern llrro run ning from Trinidad south, is within 80 mlloB of San Francisco, so thut completion ot tlio proposed Portland lino and Its connection with tho San Francisco &. Northwestern will glvo practically direct coast lloo connec tions between Portland and San Francisco. "Mr. Chester said that tho propo sition Is being undertaken Indepen dent of nny of tho large tallrood cor- lioivitlons.' UNITED STATES ENGINEERS SAT BAB DREDGE MUST RE TBIEI M ET IN OLD MEXICO American Warship Rushed to Acapulco to Protect Am ericans from Rebels. in AmHM4 rrin -to Coot nt Tliwa.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. The cruiser Denver wns ordered from San Diego, California, to Acapulco, Mexico, whero a desporato situation Is reported with Americans In dnu gcr. Sho will sail tomorrow nnd Mmuld arrlvo in thn Mexican port In four days. The decision to send tho warship to protect American. was readied early today after the alarming rcportu of the activity ot rebels under Julio Rndlllo had been received through Ambassador Wil son at Mexico City. Consul TJdwards nt Acapulco hnd suggested that Inasmuch as the Mexican commander of tho town had admitted his Inability to rein forco tho garrison, tho warship should ho sent. Rndlllo nnd the rebel nrmy Is npproaclilng Acapul-io, continuing depredations and atrocities as they proceed. Amorlcans nnd othor for eigners will bo taken aboard tho Denver. KE II NEW YORK ASKS CONGRESS ' TO AID UERE Over 40,000 Join 200,000 Striking Garment Work ers Plan Protection. (nr AmoditM I'm to Coot nT Tlmfi. NBW YORK. 3nn. 1G. - Fifty thousand flaming Ted posters were distributed in 000 girls' dress and shlrtAvnlst factorlcb today and turn ed uutrrly 40,000 -workers into the ranks of tho strikers In the gar ment limiting trades, now number ing noarly 200,010. Tho posters wero 'tlio ollUinl uall for a strike among tho dress and waist makers who hnd previously sanctioned such f notion by an overwhelming -vote. AH of theso employes nro girls, some under 14 years of nge, and their organlzntlonb hnvo appointed committees to guard tho ldlo work ers against tho workers of tho white slave trndo. Tho llrst demand of tho dress and -wnlst workers Is "no locked doors." They dcclaro tho lesson ta.ght by tho Asch building flro In which 147 girls loBt their Uvea has not been heedod nnd thoy nro forced to work under unsafe and unsanitary conditions, Oregon Senate and House Pass I. S. Smith's Memo rial About Coos Bay. The Marshflold Chamber of Com merce this morning received tho following solf-explauntory telegram from Senator I. S. Smith: "Senate Joint memorial No. 1, urglug United States Engineers to recommend appropriation for north Jetty for Coos Hay harbor passed both houses today. Shall 1 wlro resolution to Washington? If so, wlro name and address of party to communicate with." Tills Is tho resolution which wns pTlntod In the Times Monday. It will bo nn effective argument, it Is lulloved, to aid tho .committee now there. Secretary Motley immediately ivlred Senator Smith to send tho resolution to D. C. Croon nnd Sonn- tor IJoiirno at Washington. Tho i wiring of It to tho Inttor was sug gested, because of tlio possibility or some of tho delegation having loft Washington following the conclusion or their hearing before tho United States Engineers Monday. Inform Coos Bay Committee That Jetty Work Will Not Be Recommended. HOPE EXPRESSED FOR A PERMANENT SURVEY Be Exnect That Dredqe Ready for Service Here Within Few Months. SIMPSON WIRES RESl'lTS OK TRH-. i PE IS IN U Allies Delegates Decide to Wait and See What Tur key Does About Note. iny Ao. Ite4 I'rMi to Coo Mr Tlmm.l LONDON, Jan. 15 Today's moot ing of the ambassadors of tho pow ers was dovotod chlofly to a dis cussion of means of putting n brako on tho threatened resumption of war in tho Halkans. Hrenthlng tlmo was given for offorlB lu this direction by tho decision of tho Balkan plenipotentiaries today to further delay action until tho Turk ish govornmont has had full oppor tunity for a decision on tho am bassador's note, which will bo pre sented this weok. It Is qulto evi dent thnt both slde3 would welcome tho discovery of an acceptable way to avoid further iignung. KXflLISH FLEET KEADV. (Ji-eut Hiitaln Has Ten AVarshlps Prepared for Emergency. mr amocuim rrc to coo nr Timn.j nurvniT T 1 K Wltl. Mlrt threatening resumption of hostili ties in tho Balkans so vigorously opposed by tho British government nnd European powers, it is Inter esting to note that ton battlesITIpB comprising tho third squndron which was ordered to remain at Mnltn yesterday until all trouble In tho Balkans wns sottlod. nro pre- , ...lit. Annlra .lttfirnl tlY flTlV nareo wiiii uwm v.v.v. -- - sign of trouble. The ships are now steaming out of Malta, fully coalod, ammunitioned and provi sioned. OHIO H1VER FLOOD. Expect That High Wntor AVII1 Soon Hemic, (nr AMoclatea rrm to Coos Jltr Tlmn.l n..,n,mTITf Ton 1 " TllA OlllO .im-Hx.-w ; """'' " ..- ;.- Rlvor remained Biuiiunuiy uu v (.2.2 feet nil Inst night and It is oxpectod to begin to roeedo lato today. I TERGAARD IS W a )) Big Wrestler Announces He Train to Try for Pug ilistic Honors. ' (nr Aworituu rri to coot nr Timt.) DULUTII, Minn., Jan. 15. Claiming to possoss a roach groator Hum .liifl- Johnson, welching 218 pounds, nnd standing six feot throo Inches In liolgnt, Jess wcsiorgnaru, wrestler, announced hero today that ho Is going aftor tho heavyweight linxlntr chnmnlonshtii. Tho new "hopo" will fight Al Williams at Hot Springs, Arkansas, J-eurunry 1G. MANY HURT IN WATER TUNNEL One Killed, One Thought Dead and Eight Injured in Ex plosions in Chicago. (07 AMOClMel Vtf to Cooi Dj Time. CHICAGO, Jan. ID. Ono man was killed and another is reported to have perished, and five woro soiiously injured In an explosion In tho city water tunnol at East Seventy-second street and Cottago Grovo nvenuo today. This was tho second accident In six hours. Throo men were sorlously burned In tho first oxploslon last night. FHESII OLYMPIA and EASTERN OYSTERS Just recolvod. PHONE ORDERS TO COOS HAY ICE AX COLD STORAGE CO. PHONE T. WILL TRY TO USE OREDGES Committee to Endeavor to Secure Orders Requlating Bar Dredge. Tho Coos Hay delegation at Washington In addition to taking up tho restoration of tho Jetty will nlso take up othor questions of vi tal Importniico In hnrhor work horo. Ono will bo to Hpeuro an order from tho engineers, or If necessary, congressional action to pormlt tho return of tho Drodgo Oregon from Grays Harbor and to bo oporatod horo on Port of Coos Bay funds. Tho Orogoti should finish within a low months tho work for hor nt GrayB Harbor. While thoro Is no government appropriation now for work by tho Orogon In tho In nor nnroor, tlio Port or Coos liny will hnvo ninplo funds from tho snlo of tho bonds to koop hor busy. This older or congressional action will eliminate tho dau'gor of tho Orogon bolug takon away from horo again on tho claim that thoro Is no gov ernment funds to -operate hor horo and that the places with govern ment appropriations would havo tho llrst call on tho drodgo. In addition to tho work of tho Orogon, tho Port of Coos Hoy Com mission oxpocts to hnvo othor dredgos in horo at work wldonlng and deepening the channol, Tho committoo Is also oxpectod to nscortaln what tho onglnoors and govornmont will do about tho of fer of tho Port of Coos Bay to furnish tho govornmont $50,000 If tho govornmont will npproprlato tho balance necessary to mnko a' 'wider channol 20 feet deep from tho Smith mill to tho sea. Another matter to bo taken up will bo to roquost an ordor from tho United States onglneers for tho bar drodgo P. S. Mlchlo to work Inside the harbor, wldonlng nnd deeponlng tho channol when it Is too rough to work on tho bar. At present, tho bar drodgo Is suppos ed to only do work on tho bar, but thoro aro always many days when It will bo too rough to work on tho bar propor but not too rough for It to load In tho lowor bay and tako tho loads out to sea and dump them. No word has yet been received In response to tho telogrnm requesting tho committoo to tako up the Mill Slough matter. Edgar McDanlel of Nortli Bend today received n tele gram from L. J. Simpson, a member of the Coos Hay dele gation nt Washington, lu whlctl Mr. Simpson stated that tho cm tiro committco .assisted by Ma Jor Morrow, CongresHmnn Haw low and tho local S. P. attorney had a hearing beforo tho board of cnglncors Mondny. He snfd. that Hourno and Chamberlaltr woro forced to bo nbsont. They mndo n very strong showing aud while It Is uncertain yot Just what tho result will bo ho thinker at leas' they havo advanced th? claims ot Coos Hay one year. Ho indicates thnt thoro In llttlo likelihood of tho Jetty appro priation being granted this year but provision will probably bo niado for a pormanont survey. Ho stated that all tho 0011111111160 except hi in hnvo loft Washing ton and ho Is remaining a iiwv. days to help tho cause. -' (Special to tho Times,) WASHINGTON. Jan. in. Dr. J T. JlrCormoc, a member ot tho Cotf' ray delegation hero to endeavor to. sevuro Immedlnto favorable acthrai ror tho restoration of tho Coos Bay bar Jotty.i gavo out tho following Btatomcut nftor tho long conferences1 tho committoo hnd with tho United! States Engineers: "Tho engineers any that no ap propriation can bo asked for tiutti lng tho Coos Hay potty until tho bmr drodgo has beon tried and proved Insulllclont. Wo mny get recom mendation for permanent survoV , This Is a llttlo disheartening tor the Coos Hay men as they had hoped; to socuro at least tho restoration oE tho Jotty nt once. However, tho bar' drodgo, P. S. Mlchlo, now under con struction at Puget Sound, will bV nvallnblo for service on the Cooia Bay bar In a very short time. CAN IK) LITTLE NOW. SNOW IN WASHINGTON. Blockade of Great Northern Trains Continues, (Or Aiioc'tld 1'reet to Cooi ' r Tiroes, SEATTLE. Wash.. Jan. 15. Snow is falling again today along tho mountain division of tho Groat Northern and tho blockado contin ues. Thoro Is no telographlc com munication beyond Slcykomlsh on tho wost slopo of tho mountains, Tho oponlng of tho Groat Northorn promised for today Is again indef initely postponed. Havo your Job printing dono Tho Times offlco. Decision to Try Bar Dredge Mean No Immediate Action on Jclty. Tho nbovo dispatch practically confirms tho fears expressed lyO A. Smith nnd C. R. Smith nnd othora la tologrnips to L. J. Simpson before tho committoo loft Coos liny. How ovor. thoy decided nr.tor consulting: local btisluoss mou thnt tho bean thing was to go nliontl and mako the try oven In tho fnco of big odds. It is bollovod that tho commlttoo'H vte It will not bo lu vain oven If tlifc fall to got tho Jetty work ordered ut once, as It Is thought that the; way Is now paved for oarllor tutlon thnn could otherwise- have boon ex pected. Whether tho committee will nt tompt to securo favorablo congres sional action without the recorrr mendntlon of tho onginoers Is uncer tain but it Is not llkoly that they: will nttompt to ovonido them as thc Orogon congressmen nnd senator, havo expressod tho bollef that tide, would bo a futllo undertaking. tellsHt letter sale Standard Oil Company's Ne gro Messenger Stole and Sold Archibald Letters. n? Auoclttei I'nii to Cnoi ny Times. WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. Will lam Wlnfield, n former Standard! Oil Co. negro messenger, who hatr told tho sennto committee Investi gating tho campaign funds ot hlc participation in tho snlo of Mm "Archbald lottors," inatlo inatorfnSi alterations in IiIb testimony whoa ho reappeared today boforo the committoo. WInflold told tho sen ators that ho had "fatngo fright anc2 a bad hoadacno yottorday," bit, that ho lator romomborod that one tologram, two lottor copy books and. throo parcels of letters weio tak on by him and Stump, another luossonger, and for his share he got $15,000, which he believed -bo ono-thlrd of tho prlco paid. If Bald ho understood they woro bi to tho New York American Times' Want Ads bring results.