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OH CAN DRIVE A PEN TO INK BUT YOU CANT MAKE IT THINK (Ewia Sag Qftmra .... i.PIlt OP AUTHORITY' WATCH Till: WANT ADS. There nr many good I in renins to lio found there. Anything lost or found is always adver tised in The Times. . fTllllPI. II 'S " "'" . a2S.nly llml. lt and all the time JOIN rilK TIMKS FAMILY. MEMIIKK OP THE ASSOCIATE!) PKES .. . i.ii..i 1 In 1H7H MARSHFIELD, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1913 EVENING EDITION. IfOL. XXXVI.f The' CwwtMall. d Consolidation of Times, Const Mall and Coos liny Advertiser. No. 174- MB IN OREGON LAND ill CASEJ1SIDERED TODAY wenty-Scvcn Purchasers of Tracts r-roni o. r. Hum Settlement. VER 332.000 ACRES ARE INVULVCU ni ruH.M Itorney General Wickersham en rower 10 ami m $2.50 Per Acre. ,AM0IHMrrrftl'"''",lrTI,"",1 WASHINGTON. Feb ' -A 'onl- .-. nMtlement of tlio tltlo to 31,000 acres of vnlmililo limber mi In Western ureRon ' uunnui ,i today by Attorney General VitVershnm, nftcr confcrcnco with iprwontatlve or 27 purcaasoro m ncti from tlio Orcfion and Cnllfor- ,l railroad, a subBldary of the outhern I'aclIIc. lit whoso Inml rant the land wnH originally in- 3J. 1110 KOVlTliiiiriu wm' ... th railroad linn not fulfilled . nMimtlons tinder tlio grant and En Instituted suit for Its forfeiture. hin tbo niittiorPj or rongroBs, le attorney Ronoriil Is given tiiscro- loa to periwi iniiiiiviii iimii niipuir. bora the railroad to surrender ti lt tn the Kovprninrtii and luty STATE TO TAKE OLD COOS ROAD Bill Introduced into Legisla ture Provides for This Action. WANT BIRTHRATE KEPT DOWN NOW Church of Christ Union of New Zealand Adopts Unusual Resolution Today Protest Against Law. Illy AmocIiIM I'rrM to Coon Ilay Tlin 1 WELLINGTON, N. ., Feb. 7. What Ib claimed to bo one of tlio strangest resolutions over passed by nny rcHpouslblo body was adopted at a gcnoral mooting of the ChrlBt Church lnbor union today, whon citi zens of Now Zealand woro urged to do all In tholr power to lesson the birthrate. Believing that tlio com pulBory dofciiBo act Ib a blot on the record of a civilized country, tlio un ion now aBkB that tbo number of blrtlni of Now Zealanders bo kept down, so ns to lessen the number of youths who must tako compulsory training. Thus It Ib hoped that the government will repeal tlio act and tbon tlio union will rescind from the measures pnsscd today, BALKAN WAR ARMIES GIVE OUT CONFLICTING REPORTS W a ick the land nl $:' ,rn per acre. Ill LOST E larshlield Man Fails to Se cure any Damages from Smith Co. for Injury. (Spoclnl to The Times, i COQL'ILLK. Ore. Feb. 7. Tlio rcult court Jury In the iam of (iuo. uanaan vs. tlio Marohlleld and ibirltn Itallmnn. nMilmldlnry enr ntN of tlio C A. Smith Lumber taranr, for Jlti.uno dnmniroa roa$bt In a verdict fur thu dofon- li. Tlio Jury was out only an r. RmJlll had LePtl imiiliiVfMl hi n rIyr on one of tlio horse euro unci! Mil lumber from tlu mill tn tlio 'til yards. IIo wits mimic on tlio r cj tolUdoil win. tii.. iiinu.i,iu t' th tramway ciotiM-d undor euooycoal mlno tnuk Atlne trial, tlio ilcfenso wan that ;tall assumnil tin. imfir.i ..r ..t.i. soa the car and poinud out that ouw navo Bern tlV impending 1:ltr They idsn nnt. h.i.i n.n. It Injury was silt-lit mui ihut n... fputatlon of tlie.llml) W1W ,iui to 7 i J , . "mi "w Injur, that Is U ceferi in l,u i , t.. i,,..... 'J In amputntioir, ua though MtilWnot,i,.,,r aaJJlHon to tlio trr-mai verdict. Jurytrouglithin.siH.lul verdict '"Went-, Jim,;,, c,,k0 ,. ' itnuci in favor ,f Geo. F. ""W It. K. Ilootli ..iii.i,.ia ,.f ?K5 crc """,e ,,ufou' ,V the Caso Of Sl.IIB..n vy il.n r wmbr Company of llmulon is "' naxs Tltll'. ""O (.f U..-.I .... . . ,' " IMI I.UIIII "ADRID Feb 7 V, T" - " iifiii ri . i. i.t. ...ti -v.,v n MIUXV II1H tlio 1 iu c.xtA mai J.t i in nUH i im.fi. ? Anerran t,.uniTiP i.. iuii9 jmur0) - T0 SAY Kuir'r, ii .::.,." ue . '.', r. ,U18 tow a i.l- U In i ... . - - ... t h.: :""" y'orieii to IWnrivK. , net-ton i'i7r -" u Ua to III.) V.ll.... ;i,.,..)vlln. fRlVnp!..""'"""'!! Iimi ru thi. nnLJ': Pe,- "- itos- .wn folic "' lpisnuors ! iiol5. wnerally win ! ni -,, "?arow Wl!R(m ,i' the prlift' WMh,'on to 'mS dtnncy' ,M:"18 f0' !rt.f... .'' oenioiistn.... r.,rcfi( ---.i.ni.Fu mu SALIOM, Oro., l-'oli. 0. Tlio iro posed bill to return to tlio statu tlio Coos Hay wagon road grant of ninny thousands of ncrcn will bo Intro duced In the Hcuiito tomorrow- by Senator Nounor, of DoughiH County. It Ib a bill In which tlio novernor Is Interested and originally rnmo from tho executive. While the bill Ib practically ready for Introduction, It Is being withhold temporarily to decide Just thu amount of appropriation that should bo cnrled to relmhurnu tho Coos Hay Wagon Itoad Company for expendi ture, which lias been iniule In u su pervisory capacity and which hns been paid out as taxt'H. Congress by an act of March I!. 1SG!, granted to tho Htalo of Oregon the lands Involved In thin road grant to aid In tho construction of n mili tary wagon road from Itosuhurg to Coos Hay. Tlio laud Included alter nate sections to tho extent of throe sections In width on each sl.lo of the i road. I't-lcf Limit lived. It was provided that tho lands granted Hliould ho exclusively appncii to tho coiiHtructlloii of thu road rind to no other purpose mid should be disposed of only as tho work pro gressed, not to exceed ouo-iuurtor of a section to any one poixon. and and at a price not to exceed 5'.r0 an aero. . . On Ortobor 22, IS70. tho Legisla ture of Oregon passed nn act grant ing to tho Coos Hay Wagon Itoad Company all lands and right of way Included In tlio grant from tho Uov- erninonl. On February I. r.os, mo Oovernmeiit brought suit against tho Coos Hay Wagon itoad Company, or rather Its successor, tho Southern Orogon Company, to forfol- to tho (loveriiment tho landH embraced within the grant, but no trial or hearing has yot been had In tho case. It Is contended In tho prouinblo of tho drafted hill that tho state, and not tho tSovornmont, Is tho proper party In bring the suit to recover those lands: that tho provision In thu Fotlernl grant that tho ldn should not bo sold In quant Itlos to exceed ICO iicich to any one perron and at a prlco not to exceed $2..1U nn aero are soir-uxeeuiitig iimiwi tlons upon tho power of tho stato to allonato tho lands; that tho act of 1870 should not ho construed aa iv conveyance or title rrom tlu statu to tho road coinpnny, and that any nttompted violation of tho Fodoral grant by tho stnto, bolng an uncoil minimuted act. could not ho nimlo it claim of forfeiture by tho United States. State lllglit Conlciulcd. It la further tontendod that tho stnto Is entitled to roaiinio tl.o ad ministration of the grant. Further, It Is provldod that the Btato In resuming oueh administra tion should nBcortaln tho nuiount that would litivo been doiived from tho Bulea of lands nt tho tlmo of tho grant, had tho tormo of tho act been compiled with, nlso taxes paid by tho Wagon Itoad Company and bu porvlsory oxpenseB Incurred, In r dor that tho said company may bo reasonably reimbursed and Justly handled. , , .. Tho bill makcB It tho duty of tho Stato Land Ilonrtl to assumo tho nil ministration o ftho grnnt. SHOE TRUST" IS KICKED OUT Combine of Last Companies Is Quickly Dissolved by Decree at Detroit. Illr AMoUlri TrrM to C.hm Hay Tlinf 1 DI'JTHOIT. Feb. 7. "The boot and shoo last trust," which Ib fix ing. It Is alleged, the prlco of ev ery Inst- sold In tho United States, was dissolved hero today by tho fed oral government In quick time, Im mediately following the filing of a civil anti-trust suit against the Kruntlur, Arnold, lllllo Last Co., and a number of Inst manufacturers with whom It waB allied by agree ments. 1'nlted States District Judge Tut tle entered an agreed decree term inating tho license agreements In sofar as they flxel t!io pil'c of un patented lasts, and. dissolving the club through which the combine alleged operated. ROCKEFELLER 1 TO mitlttT KLKCriO.V. Washington l,cglrlattm! Approves of New IMiiii for Senium. Illr Amu lalol I'rtM to I'uoa IKjr TIiiim.) OLY.MIMA. Wash.. Feb. 7. Tho senatu iiuauliiiously pnBscd a Joint festdutlon rntlfylug the constitution al amendment for direct election of senators. It passed the house yes terday, unanimously. Aged Standard Oil Magnate Unable to Testify Long in Money Probe. Illy Amoi litrl I'rt-M to Coot IUr Time. .IISKYL ISLAM). Feb. 7. After nn examination of scarcely twelve minutes by Samuel Unterinyer, tho counsel for tho I'ujo committee, William Rockefeller, tho aged Standard OH magnate, this after noon showed signs of laryngeal spnHins and Indications of an ap proaching nervous collapse. It was Insisted by his physicians that the examination bo discontinued. lnJ Ao, Intel I'rtM to Cool liar TlmM J lrltUNSWICK, Gu., Fob. 7. Tho government money trust Inquiry cnnimlttco camu to Hrunswlck today to attempt to wrest from tho aged William itockefellei-'H lips the se crets of his flnnnclnl career as the active agent of tho so called Stan dard Oil group of hankers. After fleeing squnds of subpoena fiorvcrs for six months for mNow York to thu Islands of tho Carrlbcan, the Standard Oil magnate, palBlcd and almost voiceless, agreed to present himself for such an examination as his physicians would allow. At a conference on .lekyl Island between Rockefeller and Attorney John I'. Jabor today, It was decid ed to allow the press representa tives to attend tho hearing on the Inland this afternoon. L KEEP IN CASE Chief Counsel for Clarence Darrow Refuses to Quit 1 Trial Despite Danger. Illy Ao, Intel Prcn to t'oo Ilay TlniM.) LOS ANdlSLKS, Feb. 7. ---Disregarding thu doctors' warnings to "quit tho Darrow case or die." Karl Rogers, couiiboI for Darrow, will continue his work. Rogers was tak en III lnat week and Darrow assum ed the direction of his own case. Consulting specialists ltiut night de cided thnt unless Rogers abandon ed all work he would dlu or losu his reason. Rogers insists, however, on appearing In court. S I TROUBLE PULP ILL TO IN OLD MEXICO Rebels Gain Temporary Con trol of Northern Part of Country. Illy Amoi lw- l'r.M lo Coo lta Tlroo 1 HI, PASO. Tex., Fob. 7.- Traffic on tho Mexican railroad below thlB port was Kiisponded ludoflntoly to day whon nieagro details were made known of robol activity, midway he tweou tho stnto capital and tho bor der. The robols aro roportod to hnvo nttnekod n small fudoral gar rison at Oalogo, burning tho sta tion hoiiso, tearing up tho track, burning many trostlos, nnd oxoeutlug two railroad guards. Farther north tbo troop trnln that started with 100 cavalry bound for Juarez Is stranded botweon burned bridges nnd nro In dntigerof n jrobol attack H ARE HELD TO RUSHWORK ON RUN- IN MAY R , .. T Ww,v.r.-"iI'i'ics. "I K K'h IU Z2Z: ..i-HipC ,;-!: lti ,B',1Q1 speech on si.," nu! wUrt n,th9 P1'lladephla'3 ..siise of , "' a 1 urged f4Ie the .;:;. " !,in !h.. Z: " I0rcr. nn. .. Pt.:.,, l-'OOs "-;. onLi... - mr cent ,,. "' Bay Cash Machinery Will Arrive on Ade line Smith Next weeK Three Months to Install. "Wo expect to hnvo tho new pulp mlH in full oporatlon In about threo months aftor tho arrival of tho ma chinery," remarked H. Nordrum, ono of tho heads of tho now C. A. Smith pulp mill, last evening." Tho ma chinery will nrrlvo on tho Adeline Smltli noxt week, about Wodnesdny, bo that wo should havo tho plant in oporatlon sometime In May. "We will omploy about eighty men In the mill propor and will havo oth ers dolnir outalilo work. Wo nro ar ranging to havo as much oftho work as possible done by machlnory, there by roduclng our operating oxponses," Work 1b progressing nicely on tho construction of tho buildings nnd BVOrvthinir la In readiness for tho I Installation of the machlnory. Contractors Brock and Riggs Bound Over by Justice at Myrtle Point. James Brock and A. S. Itlggs were yestorday bound over to tho grand Jury by Justice Dodgo of Myrtlo Point on tho charge of grand Inr eony. This Is tho caso on which P. h. Burr of tho firm of Wlllott & Hurr, contractorsll building tho Smlth-Powors lino, was sougnt on a warrant charging grand larceny. John Hall (or Walls) was tho com plaining witness, John D. Goss who roturned from Myrtlo Point today noon stated that tho affair was an outrage. IIo de clared that Walls or Hall had con tracted to do certain work and had" placed his tents, etc., on a tract near the right of way, leased by Wlllott & nurr. Hall, ho said. Is an I. W. W., and did not attend to his work. Ho loft his camp vacant and representatives of the company simply moved tho stuff away and stored It In a barn. Hall never iiiiiilo nnv demand on them for tho property but got a couplo of attor tmvn tn start criminal proceedings, Ho says tho caso will never come to trial. Tho affair has caused quite a stir around Myrtlo Point, E FOB SAFET! !New York Gambler Tells In- vestigation Committee of Extortion of Graft. (Ily Aim Ui! l'n-M lo Coo luy TIiiim XBW YORK, Feb. 7. Jamos Pur celle, for several yonrs a gambler in Now York, unfolded today to tho aldermanle committee, luvosti gfltlng graft, a talo of paying for police protection during that tlmo. He testified under oath and ho gavo tho nnuios, dates and places. Ho declared thnt ho paid tho po lice many thousands of dollars. Tho first protection monoy ho paid was In 1S07, ho said. "I paid a policeman named Jorry Murphy ?10 not torf disturb or raid a gamo 1 was running. Tho noxt was SCO ov- ery two weeks whon I was running n gambling house, $50 for Pollco Captain Dolaney nnd $10 for Dick Cnlilll, a policeman, who collocted It," ho said. Eight Pay Fines Aggregating $50,000 After Making Hard Legal Fight. My Ao latnl I'rr.f lo Cooa Ilay Tltiio.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 Klirlit men cnught In tno government's anti-bucket shop crusade In 1910, pleaded guilty of nolle conteudro In the district sitpremu court hero to day and pnld fines aggregating $.0, 000. The defendants ..ad appealed In vain to tho supremo court of the United States and today's action ends all tho bucket shop cases hut ono, Prlco & Co., which will bo tried later this mouth, True Developments in Struggle With Turks Very Difficult to Obtain. ONE DENIES CLAIMS ' MADE BY THE OTHER Bombardment of Adrianople Continues Bulgarians Claim Small Victory. Illy A.n lato.1 I'nn to ow lay Time J LONDON, Feb. 7. War reportti thus far received aro viewed with considerable skepticism sluco It It? well understood that thoy merely reflect tho views which the roRpoc live army headquarters deslro tc spread. Yesterday's report from Constantinople of tho louses inflict ed li thu Turkish fleet on tho llul garian army advancing through tho peninsula of Galllpoll was declared today by tho Hulgnrlan war oflco at Sofia to ho unfounded. Tho Bul garian staff assorts also that tho Ottoman force which nttompted yes terday to advance from TclintaIJa In tho direction of izzodlti wan quickly repulsed by tho Bulgarian troops, after suffering n heavy loss. Tho bombardment of Adrlnnonln continues without any iipprcclahlo advantage to either side. CLAIM OF HOUMAMA. Urges Bulgaria to Settle (JmUliiii Soon. Illy m.i Mtisl Vtrn lo Omw Hay Tlirim 1 BUCHAREST. Feb. 7. Tho Rou manian government hns Instructed Its minister to Bulgaria to arrnngo a resumption of thu negotiations between tho two countries In rogard to Roumanla's territorial claims. The Roumanian minister will urge on Bulgaria tho necessity of bring ing tho matter to a speedy conclu sion. The Roumauln claim Is to a strip of territory which will extend her coast Hue on the lllack sea TODAY IN COXtiRKSS. L Mitral ' J. C. Kendall Says Smith-Powers Line Beyond Myrtle Point Is Hurried. Work on tho Stnlth-Pwers lino bo- yond Myrtle Point Is being niBhed rapidly. J. C. Kendall, who roturn ed today from a trip out over tho road said that tho progress was Httlo short of remarkable. "Most of the piling for the bridge has been driven," Bald Mr. Ken dall, "and they will soon bo ready for tho big arch. A steam shovel Is working rapidly on tho big cut. Con siderable steel has been laid and In fact everything Is bolng rushed rapidly. "Tho country around Myrtlo Point Is showing unusual activity. The ranchers aro orectlng new homes and barns. Myrtlo Point Is also thriving, many now homes bolng built and tho town generally having an unusually prosperous air. Many strangers nro now there, the hotel accommodations being taxed to tbo limit." Routine Proceeding, of Notional Legislators. (Ily Awolatr. l'r.M to Cooa Ilay Tim..) WASHINGTON. Fob. 7. In tho senate, Sonator Smith of Michigan Introduced n resolution calling on tho prosldont for the roasoiiH of Am erican Interference In tho Nlcara gunu rovolutlon. Tho Iuter-oconnlc cnnnl commit tee deforred action on I ho Root Pa nama canal amoudmuiit until next wook. Senators Oliver, LaFollotto. Root. Smoot nnd Cummins wore appoint ed n legislative steeling commit toe. Tho conforees of the senate and house considered tho Lover and Pago bills for agricultural and vo- cntlonnl school extension with a vlow to forming a compromlso moa- suro. Tho houso resumed tho dolmto of tho agricultural appropriation bill. Alaskan affairs was tho subject of a hearing hoforo tho territories committee. TO LC 5 E Itl-UCII NOT GUILTY. Millionaire Broker Goes l'rco In North Carolina. Ily AHoiUleJ l'f to Coo ilay TlniM. A1KBN, N. C, Feb. 7. MIHIonnlro neach was fo nd not guilty of as saulting his wlfo with Intent to kill. Tho Jury was out ono hour and forty, fivo minutes. W F TO BE ELECTED Annual Meeting of Marshfield Chamber of Commerce Will Be Held Tonight. The annual meeting of tho Marsh flold chainbor of commerce will ho hold this ovonlng and officers will bo elected for tho ensuing year. Tho Mill Slough matter will bo discussed and plans made for tho recoptiun of the Adellno tmilth noxt week. Tho report of tho committee sent to Washington on tho Jo ty and bar matter will also probably come up for discussion. Plans for tho coming year's cam paign will also ho discussed and It Is expected that arrangonionts will bo made for a vigorous boosting campaign. It Is oxpected that I) C Green will bo re-elected prosldont. Valentines at Coos Bay Cash Store. Prices, one-half cent up. Will Increase Saloons from $500 to $1000 Per Year Work Ordered. Tho North Bond city council at n mooting yosterday afternoon instruc ted City Attorney Mulllii there to draft an ordinance lucroaslug tho saloon licenses from $fi00 to $1000 por year. Thu number of saloons tharo will bo limited to sl'( the saiuo iiumbor as are being couductod now, The snloon ordinance provides that tho number of huIooiih cannot ha In creased until tho population Increa ses sulllcloiitly m that the ratio Is not more than one saloon to each 500 people. Tho council Is nlso planning to on net an ordlnanco prohibiting, any ono entering or being In saloons moro than thirty minutes aftor closing hour at midnight, until tho opening hour tho next day, and also prohibiting anyouo outoriug saloons on holidays on which they aro required to doso. Kugngo Kugiuccr. Tho North Bend council yestorday also closed a contract with Mr. Rich ardson of tho engineering firm of Stnnnaril & Richardson of Portland to make a survey of all of North Bond south of tho north lino of Vir ginia street, tho thoroughfare be tween tho old Myors building and tho First National bank, and be tween Pony Inlet and the Bay. Ho Is to establish grades, prepare maps and profiles and get all data neces sary for street grading and putting in sowers, IIo Is to bo allowed $1,000 for tho work, tho maps and profiles and engineering data to bo turned over In good form to tho city of North Bend on tho completion of tho work. Tho plan Is to mako a model town and havo things so that tho Improvements although dono pleco by piece will connnect up prop erly. Ho started In work today, having brought assistants with him. Contour Big Hill. Tho reason that tlio wholo town was not Included was to give tho property owners on tho Shorniaii avonuo hill and that vicinity an op portunity to havo it contoured. It can bo made much moro attractive and tho work can bo dono much moro cheaply by tho contour plan. How ovo, It will havo to ho dono by tho cooperation of tho property ownors ns If -tho city did It, the condemna tion costs would mako It prohibitive. Englneor Richardson said that in order to do It right, a topographical map would havo to bo proparcd and this and tho preliminary engineering might cost $3,000 or so, Mr. Richardson has been on the Bay a couplo of ttmos beforo, having made n report on tho water suppllc Oil