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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 8, 1913)
nSTjP OUR GOOD INTENTIONS ARE ONLY CARRIED OUT AFTER THEY ARC DEAD (&am $au ttn , .....mi ok authority' a 5S ! ",Ht a,,a .tho '"" JOW T T,MKS M WATCH TIM WANT ADS.! There arc many Rood bargains (o bo found there. Anything hist or found Is always adver tised in The Times. memher of the associated pres . .. . -.1 l.. 4UTH MARSHFIELD, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1913 EVENING EDITION. "10 PAGES. I XXXVI. Tho Cast Mall. A Cousolldntlon of Tlmcfl, Coa.st Mall nd Coos Hay Advertiser. No. 175 H CALL SPEGIAL ELECTION ABOUT MARSHFIELD FRANCHISE ,siion of Terminal Railway 3 Southern Pacific to QTATEMiENT GIVEN OUT ABOUT MEETING. LcArthur Perks Company Is i Getting rteauy wi . in Norm duiu. ...i tii.il- within tlio ti la StYIil LLl'll " ---- fe day". "'KtlIH Ijo m (ho Terminal railway nnd tlio .v..n tinrlllP IOr lit' Hi"";"""" " Conner in .Man.l.flol.1 will .fh a definite Hinge P3C11 "v" . ... fiv.-mliinl nil. I meet nc oi in .- - A nl. ' Y.t,i Inst I.VOH hut with F Smith nt tlio 0 A. Smith Co.'" Fr Smith stated lilny tlml ho Hml Rhine to Klvo ni nt prcwiit con- In m reported today Hint tlio tralnil Co. wis cm'sldorlng JJ reposition to icnvu mi- '""; " rle of tfco HKilf of Miii'HlUU'hl . tomilnc whether or not the Irrninal Hallway linlil turn over I franclilco nt leniu mr ui ' I... m iiio Southern I'adflr. tlio In'niittillnir being ht tlio nll- Ira Pacific was to reimburse tlio terminal railway ior mo iw. fcey had expemicii on iiiw nm-n. Llth Interest on tlio same. A short time tm'o pennons eon- crn rT i 3 v.in- ! itre, hut some have advocated an lection would give n inoro diifln . emission Hunt would petitions. I li stated Unit tliu 'Hy foimc-ll tould call n special election fur sun iiitilni? thu nneHtlon. the riiHt of h election to ho defrayed hy tlio lonpany. At any rate tno cost notild be small. Mr. HialthV Views. Sometime bro In an iutervlow In Ik Times. .Mr. C. A. Smith Htnted flat his object In entering tlio Tor- ulnal Hallway was inoiu in thu tature of n trustee for the people. Jle said lio was not In thu railway tuilness, but In view of tlio lm- ;rtince of tlio terminals hero, no noted to sco what was hunt for the Interests of Coon Day and its people (!oae. When tlio lictltloiiH urK'nK that the Terminal railway allow tlio Southern Pacific to come through Mirthfleld were circulated, Mr. faith was quoted hy miiiiu as wiy ln that ho wished to do what tlio majority of tlio people of Marsh t!(M thought wan to their hunt in tmitj. W. S. Chandler Iihh expressed a itollar view nml when C. .1. .MUIIh m hero stated that as long riu He franchise in Mnmlirioltl con tained a common user clause, In rlns that no railway could ho ;t out, and providing that a lino n:st le completed within u rens 'Mtle time from Cooh Uny to eon ect with an outside road, ho dl.ln r who held tio frnnchUe. Ho M tlat If traiihfenliiB lila Inter- la tho Terminal railway would -. tuv luiuiiiK oi a nma under 0 TO 6E BOOSTED Railroads Put in New Freight Rates Which Enable Ship ping to Interior. t Aworlttrsl I'rim lo I'oirt tlnjr Tliniw.) PORTLAND, Ore., l-'ob. 8. One of tlio moHt Important rato rcdue tlons over ilven to Oregon niuini ructiiroiH In an effort to reach tnulo heyoud tho hoimdH of OreKon htiH been agreed iipoii hy tho oIIIcIiiIh of tho OroKon Short Lino and O. V. 11. St N. rnllwuyH, whieli luivo put in twenty-ono coinniodlty rateH covering nearly nil inumifncturcM of Oregon and effecting reductloim In old claim raten from fourteen to forty por cent to Idaho and Utah common points. TIiIh Ih Kiild to he the IliHt Important recognition given hy thu rallwayii to tho I'aclllc Coast liidtiHtrleH. It will eunblo mnnufaeturerH to reach far Into the Interior territory In compe tition with tho nianiifactiirerH In the eiiHt and inldillo wcHt. mm m mam mmmm tum 1 I h f la M m m m. mi mm mmt m kM k. m mm HUWi BW UUtitl Uh TURKSTDUT URSHH OM Report of Crushing Blow to Sultan's Army by Bulgar ians Not Confirmed Lit tle Enthusiastic News. Ill AMoiUtnl I'mi lo Coon Hay Tlmra.) LONDON', Fob. 8. A Honantionnl report that tho Turku Huffercd n criiHliing doreat nf tho IiiiikIh of tho Hulgniian troopH In tho ponliiHiila of Oalllpoll and lost IT., 000 killed and 10,000 prlBonurs, which wnn puhllHhod In Horlln today, has ro celved no confirmation or support mini any otnor source. It Is doubt ed horo Hint biicIi n battlo could hnvo lieen fought and such n vic tory won without the Iliilgarinn headquarters hastening ofllclnlly to notify tlio world. A telegram from the Iliilgarinn eapltal today an nounced tho dopnrturo of King Kcr- (iinnuu ror mo Held. A-rrAcic ox kcutaui .Servian and ronteiiegrin AfiiiieH Attack 'I'lirkH. lllr Amoc latel I'nti lo Cooa llay Times J PKDQOIUTSA, Montcnogro, Feb. 8. A general attack by a combined Montenngrln nnd Servian armies wns opened on tho Turkish fortress of Scutari this morning. King Nicho las of Montenegro Is personally di recting tho operations. Tho allied Montenegrin nnd Ser vian artillery did effectlvo work In silencing a Turkish battery on Mos lem hill. Tho infantry followed up tho bombardment by storming the hill at tlio point of bayonets, driving tho Turks out of tho works nnd capturing tho position. A sortie was attempted hy tho Turks to the south of Scutari, but failed. Two Ottoman ships wcro also sunk In Lnko Scutari FALLS R TO OVER $2,000,000 IN ESTATE T 0 SNEEZE IS 1913 WILSON'S IAN AT WHITE HOUSE WAIT TO I0W AUTO NUMBER -t3 cmdltlons, he would not hold MV lleiinmt has ImtUteil on ro : ag the Terminal railway by tho 3tbern Pacific merely whoolngo "Wti over it. J1";"- Simpson and Flanagan im. . . " lllul,: oxprowlon or llr stand. .. . Soon lie .Settled. re or t1 "l.T,mU"K " "?. kdJuu7w. '"" . IB.I IV.. . .. '" " "Ti IUW llUJb -- "ai uennitp Experts Say That There Are Not Near as Many as Licenses Indicate. Illjr Ami tal(l I Ten lo Coo liar Tlmc.l NKYV YOltK, Fflh. 8. How many automobiles aro there actually un der license In tho various stntes, Is the question tho exports aro nslc lug. It lias been ili'inoiiHliatod that In n number of states tho 1Icoiih iiuiuhorg run far ahead of thu ac tual number of machines in use. In California, for Instance, tho II ceuso nn in hers run to 8G.17I, but in reality there are only :IS,!M!8 cam In that state. In New York thu license tug "10:),II7 Now York" can ho seen on an auto, hut there aro no whoro near that number of ninehlnus In operation. Similar con ditions exist In many other statos. Sec. Tumulty Inspects Office and Greets President Taft for Wilson. Illy Amkk lalM 1'nia to Cooa Hay Tlmca 1 WASHINGTON, Feb. S. President-elect Wilson's secretary, Job- eph P. Tiiniulty, today Inspected tho Whlto Hoiihu olllce. Ho brougM u personni message or greotlng from WILon to Taft u.ul u.ild hu u.peCi mI to keep the personnel or tho White House olllce force Intact for several mouths at lenst. SNOWS $10,000 BILL JAILED "Kerchew," Wouldn't You, if You Got a Few Whiffs of Burning Sulphur. Illy AmoUinI rtr to Coo Hay Time. a ... - ... I --.-.,, .,. V- ..U.. ., 'v V.MIUAUU, i-ou. . tiiih year , 000.000 worth of property lit th may pass Into history as the year of ; Harlem section of (Iroator No V James Bennett, Chief Engin eer at C. A. Smith Mill, Get Big Sum. ESTABLISHES CLAIM TO NEW YORK PROPERTY He and Three Brothers Will Get $9,000,000, Their Attorney Says. .lames Dennett, chief onglncer ut the C. A. Smith mill, bus Just re ceived word that ho and IiIh thre brothers arc holrs to about JO OF I IS VERY ILL ery few days announcement t0A(,.. ,7 ,v "llliuillltuiliuill coming ? E U W,U b0 8,,ortl' f-H- Vlae,rthl.,?.Ix1n, ri'l""08tlnB tho here ? 'KtU t'ompany, wns Pacini 7 B0U" n" tl10 Soth 'o C n evgJ"Per?. eomploto their t C0nlrnMlU "C""' ,110' W title? on I ?rk Tho " l0 Whrk i?-e..,,no throi'Kli Simp lave bee; fne her, wU, tl10 Brndos, ft. II IT. ;"0. b,,t ." work on ,nuilt1 1 2L '. F?b 8 Th0 Rov W John J x,ngalnst A h- WUnor th mails to rTrner.s for ml8UB0 of ?r. by h ?..pr.?moto an oil comna- ,MTe branded i..B.e nl,Ke(l to untry 0 MJnve8to " this PennLa1afaedtonerGo. " Z tl S 'I?I, WUnop nnd j- wisea on bonds. ito?Tirr;"rn uatr7o( "Vve8t0,rB ' t,lls Verdict Th0; suited todny In ,lx ana faiilTJ' wns out fort'-PenHi- .' Ial'ed to ncrron er ret 'rl,a1' WUnop ; J. re'eased on bonds. frffhe'dWB.10 coeratulato t,r h thought ,marrytUo,,r8t Jth, '"ougut he was in lovo uti tr delicious " D1UXKS. Aged Standard Oil Magnate Has Not Recovered from Breakdown. ' Py AHOtlatckl l'rua lo Cooa Hay Tlmea, DltPNSWICIC, (In., Feb. 8. Wil liam Hockofollor la roported to bo little if any improved this morning aftor his breakdown yoatordny, wlillo being nucstlonod by Chnlr innn Pujo of tho hotiso monoy triiBt commltteo. Whllo Hockofol lor's condition is coiiBldored very serious, It is thought Hint thoro is no linmodlnto dnngor. Mrs. Tlocko follor and two sons woro with tlio oil magnate on Jokyll Island, FOOTBALL TO REMAIN I No Change in Rules Expected - This Year Old Ones May Be Clarified. tly AMOclatcJ Tivaa (o Cooa nay Tlmw.J NEW YORK, Fob. 8. Football rules nro nlmost suro to got tho "rest euro" this year, according to authorities of tho gatno. Tho In torcolleglato rules commltteo has arranged for nn annual meeting horo February 14, and It is expect ed that Its fourtoon mombors will bavo little to do. Tho rovisod codo ndopted last wlntor Is gonorally np proved in roports of tho recont meeting of tho National Colloglnto Athletic Association and In all pro bability a change or rules If any Is ndopted will bo along clarifying lines, with nothing new or radical. Two Thousand Employes of Bell Company Along the Coast May Quit. Illy Amoi laird 1'riM to Coo Hay Timed, SAN FKANCISCO, Feb. 8. Two thousand tolophono linemen In the local unions throughout California, Idaho, Arizona, Oregon nnd Wnsn lugton affiliated with Pacific Dis trict Council of the International Drothorhood of Klcctrlcnl Workers aro considering tlio question or vostlng tho district representatives or tho International Union with authority to declare a strike against tho Pncltle Tolephono nnd Tolegrnph Company for higher wagon. Tlio voto will bo canvassed beforo Fohrunry 11. Tho men de mand ?l.-.r) for eight hours or uluo hours on country work. Tho com pany refuses to pay nioro than. $:i.7f, hut Is said to hnvo miulo snmo concosslniiu. Cuban Attempts to Cash Big Currency and Lands in Jail in St. Louis. til) Ahmk alr. l'rt-M lo Cooa Hay Tlmea ST. LOUIS, Fob. 8. Damon Llano, a Cubnn, Is hold hero on suspicion, .In connection with the robbery of registered mail at Ha vana last fall, which netted tho robbers yOu.UOO. Llano is alleged to hnvo attempted to cash two $10,000 hills In a bank yesterday. The bills bore tho numbers of the stolen notes. "Tho Great Sneeze," taking rank with tho year or the "Orent Wind." Tho chorus of sneezes commenced on tho first floor of n wholcsato drug hotiBO on West Lnko strcot, and wcro started by a 11 ro In t!2G bags of sul phur In tho basement. Soon 12I employes woro snoozing nnd kor- chowing oxplosivoly iih they rushed York. A letter from their itttornc Ahrnm Mnhle or Chicago, stale that the title and everything ha been cleared nnd that all matters will he cleared up within a few months. It Ih expected that nego tiations will result in tno payment of the monoy to them for tho property in n very short time. Mr. Dennett has just rccolvcd u lnMnt fl till rill II ft I tiff t1u Int'Ann ! aiiih Into the Btreot. Fumes got Into tho ,,0 know tlmt th mttor ; adjoining buildings nnd tho nnoczc niiuntlnn. imt lm .tt.i mi wmrv over it. riiteon years or so ago spread oven to the crowds of nor sons attracted by tl.o llro. Firemen rushed Into the basements, but (illicitly retreated dragging with thoni twelve or their number overcome by fumes. They, too, woro snoozing. Tlio sulphur burned stubbornly, but finally waH extin guished, nnd tho still sneezing fire men returned to their stations. i PKItllAM FAMILV JIOMK. 13. Q. Porlinm nnd wlfo and son, Marshall, arrived homo todny from tholr visit In Portland, following tho completion of Mr. Porhnm's con tracts In Modford. Mr. Porlinm said that they hud a nlco trip In over land, nnd that tho railroad activity around Gardiner and towards Coos Day cortalnly looked good to him. All woro moro glnd to got bnck to Coos Day after bolng away soveral months. LOOAL overflow Fly Fishing. Parties from North Coos Diver report that trout nro rising to tho fly thoro In good slinpo, tho warm sunshlno bringing them out. Will Dulld. Anson Rogors, Jr., Is making arrangements for tho orectlon of throo residences In North Mnrshflold. just west of Proadway. Ho had pmnned thoni for last fall, hut postponed start ing thoni until tho weathor was favorablo. United States Takes Steps to Protect Americans in Central America. (Hy AMorlalnl I'rraa lo Cooa Hay Tlmw WASHINGTON, Feb. S. Prepa ratloim ror rushing rive United States men or war to both coasts or Central America to meet any emergency that may arise thoro, wont forward rapidly today. From Its confidential sources in Central America, whoro this government Is especially interested In preserving Hie peace among the little lepub lies tho Stato Dopartment has been receiving ominous and speculative reports or deposed dictators nnd revolutionists mooting here and thoro nnd plotting tTouhlo. Wlillo tho prcsonco or American warships would ho Intended principally to provide rcnigo ror Amoiicans and other foreign cltizous, thoro is uo doubt that tho marlnoH nnd blue jnckotB could bo used In tho Inter ior if tho situation should nrlso parallelling tint in Nlcarnguo In tho recent revolution, when Ameri can troops woro called on to opou a railroad nnd engage the rebels in battle. GRAFT STORY I W Gambler Tells Story How He and Associates Paid $50,- 000 to Police There. Hy Ao' Ulol I'ma lo Com Hay Tlinm I NUW YORK. Feb. 8 An oven two dozen, some dead, some retired and Bonio still on the Now York police force, woro branded iih grnrt oi'h or go-betweens in tho recltnl or JanicH Purcolle, n veteran gambler, who told tho ahlormnnlc committee how he and associates had given $IiO,000 protection money In sev enteen yenrs. His story wns tho moHt Important told the committee since it hegnii Its Inquiry into po lice conditions, following tho mur der of Herman Rosenthal, who was shot down bccatiBo ho "squenlod." Purcoll may bo recalled to tako the stand again Mondny. tho matter was taken tin. Tho heirs know of their claim to It, hut they did not waste any money, but merely gnvo tho cubo to an nt tornoy on a iiercentngo ImBis, that Is ir ho won their claim, ho would got part or tho proporty obtained, and ir lie did not win, lie would be out tho expense. In tho fifteen years throo of Mr. Dennett's slBtors hnvo dlod, bo that the whole estnto goes to hlniRolf and three brothers. Tho latter nre Wllllnm Dennett or Decatur, III., Albert Ponnott or Union Mills, Ind and Kdwnrd. or Three Oaks, Mich Tlio renl estate comes from Mr. Donnott's greatgrandinothor, Mrs. Susannah Dennett, formerly MIbh Susniiunh Dovcrt. "Wo can't hardly realize It," said Mrs. Dennett todny. "Mr. Dennett and I simply look questions at each other whon we talk of It. Ho de clares that ho will not quit his Job, or rather qlut the company. Ho Is wrapped up In his work. How ever, I told him thnt wo could build a little mill for him to play with. I want to have n homo down in Los Angeles nnd spend a fow months thoro, but wo won't quit Coos Day. Wo aro going to build another flno buugnlow on our proporty here, iionp Fourth nnd Johnson nnd enjoy life. It won't make much difference to us." WI T I T SMITH'S DILLS Will Wed. Mrs. M. R. Rooko or North Coos River has Issued Invi tations lor tho innrriago or tier daughter, Miss Mary T. Rooko, to Alblnus O. Gustarson, tno nuptials to tako placo nt her bomo next Wednesday night. Tho groom is a prominent young rancher of the Loon Lake country, where tho young couple will reside Case to Jury. Tho case of Svon sen vs. tho Cody Lumber Co. was being argued nt Coqulllo nt noon and will probably bo submitted to tho Jury Into this aftornoon. W. P, Murphy. Taylor Slglln and oth ors who have been doing jury ser vice roturned at noon to spona Sunday. Tho term of court will probably last most of next week. HOT TAMALKS at SAIITKII'S. Upper House of Legislature Enacts Three of Coos Senator's Bills. SALEM, Fob. 8. A blue sky bill applying to real estato doalers, by Smith ot Coos, was passed by tho senate. It fixes punishment for promoters of schemes who file plats of "city additions" that aro locat ed far from town on rocky hill sides or other places such as may decelvo the non-resident buyers. Tho senato has passed the follow ing bills: S. D. 180, by Smith of Coos Relating to terms of court in Coos and Curry counties. S. D. 101, hy Smith of Coos To prevent fraud In filing plats of ad ditions to cities and towns. Among tho now houso bills nro tho following: II. D. 52C, by Darton Fixing sa laries of Coos county ofllclals. II. D. 520, by Peirce Providing for payment of oxponses ror hand ling irreduclhio school fund. Militant Suffragettes Renew Destruction Campaign in England Today. (Ily Aaaoilaloi Prm lo Cooa Day Tlmaa. LONDON, Feb. 8. Militant suf fragottos dostroyed ninny valuablo plants ami did other damage reach ing to a total or 15000 In hot houses In tho Kow Horticultural gardens early toduy Thus thoy de veloped nuothor part or their plan or campaign to Torco tho govern ment to give to womon tho right to vote. Window smashing raids continued in London today. Two Immenso windows or an establish ment on Oxford streot, horotoforo Immune because of tho proprietors' contributions to tho suffrage funds, woro broken. Yesterday tho wo men wont so lar ns to cut tele graphic communication to North England, with tho result that all messages In that direction woro delayed. I COUPLE ARE WEI) RESIDE COFFIN. (Hy Ah lated 1'rws to Cooa Hay Tlmw.l I NEW YORK, Fob. 8. Geo. I Helfgott and .Mrs. Viola Ro- j glno Lowis woro married today l besldo tho coftln of Mrs. Slog- nitind Holfgott, mothor of tho I brldogroom, thus carrying out I lior dylnif wish. SANITARY DRINKS, tho REST in town at SARTKK'S. Tho ties of life, though long In making, are of ton -snapped by a sln glo act of solflshnoss. BEGIN JETTY TRIS SUMMER Capt. Macgenn Convinced That Construction Will Be Started Soon. ' "You enn say ror mo that tho construction or tlio north Jotty or Coos Day will bo started early this sunimor nnd tho work will hnvo progrossod rnr enough that thoro will bo uo doubt about tho next rlvors nnd harbors bill In congress providing tlio funds needed ror Its completion." This was tho prophecy or Cnpt. T. J. Maegonn or tho Droakwntor this morning. Capt. Macgenn Is enthusiastically optimistic ovor tho prospects or tho early realization or his long cnnipaigu In behalf of Coos Day. Ho Is very reticent nbout tho matter, hocauso ho does not wish to reveal some of tho confidences placed In him by those who know what tho outcomo will bo. "I am also confldont that Coos Day will rccolvo n largo appropria tion from congress noxt fall," con tinued Captain Macgenn. "Tho work of tho Coos Day delegation to Washington wns the biggest stroko that has ovor boon inndo in bohalf of Coos Dny and will bring results that will oven surprlso somo of tho most ardent advocates of It. "Tho Coob Day bar drodgo which Is to reach here noxt Juno will bo 'a great auxiliary to tho Jotty and Tl ...III l. . 1.1 .. I !. -. mil i)U a uik iituiur m iiiukiiik iuuh Day a great doop water harbor. It will rcmovo thousands of tons of sand that would not bo taken ,caro of by tho Jotty and will result In tlio widening and deepoulng of tho ontranco. I am glad that It will work as Col. Rocssler Intended - lu conjunction with the Jotty. "With tho Unltod btntos engln oors and tho Port of Coos Day com missioners co-oporatlng as thoy are, the futuro of tho Coos Hay harbor Is assured and will he roallzcd in tho near futuro. Tho Port of Coos. Day commission and Major Mor row havo tho matter In hand now Rest nnd REFRESH YOURSELF at BARTER'S. (Continued en Pugo Four.)