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LjjJIlp MAN WHO KNOWS AN OPPORTUNITY WHEN HE SEES IT jgJggySSBfrSgg ffloos .ir.t.'U mnw NOW IS YOUR time. A small ail In Tin Times want column limy IiiIiik you results im mediately. Try our. LttffiL . tit (..... ifii til tlicinljL"" J MEMI1EII OF THE ASSOCIATED PRE9 .. ...I.tlaliril In 1878 MARSHFIELD, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1913 EVENING EDITION SIX PAGES. A. Consolidation or Times, Coast Mall Mn oni Riid Coos Hay Advertiser. nx,t tW4 IfXXVl. .To'cm.tMall. gfHpBnnnmnMOMiMHnMMiwnnnamii eioi question in IliLWAV JLECTION MARCH 18 CLEVER FORGER tl T IfieWCitirComic. uc- S tO ACCCUU W v.om Terminal naiiwy. flMN.,. jMMON-uacn uuhu- Proposition Loses Out a rew ww . Finally Reinstated. . lon-thv tllseuBslon Inst lC"r,n-.:..ll .Inrtllnil tfl Iks tlty count" ""-" w the request of the Tor- B" , submit rj0 i0 tl.Q V..UTB. TIllH TV iin- "Do you mi ll .Tc"!n.?.L.. "S'ffi (h tnO BUIiiiii-n. .- f h a view to tho trnnaror 1 ti present "i "' 1 ." '. ......I.flnlil " rttr oi .iiiiio""--- i.it it was ilecweti ui limn pf t.e qui-' """,.: ,.-;, biSO per niontii ior i feinr Wilson made special lr It. Hu niso goi. .i. . oi (he leniinuii i uiiii"v . .1.... Il.nl tlllt (Mill. and siaiu ii "" " II sot object Mo having tlio . . .-.i .... ilin tifinwt Kit on voieu " i ".,v ? , i. .!.. tlifk liiiflfl nt remit i""i "" "" i ill! le submitted on tho Hot with tho ral.rond ques- mtiw was brought up last I bj a letter from tlio Tcr- riiinr, which imirm. ntilmntiini (hat tl'cy did :t any election If tlio peo- to to asked to voto oh j tommon user clause. Itito- f Company. folloilni: Is tho letter sent Terminal Railway. signed ny treta anJ J. V. Ilonuutt, to tfo.ncll: Honorable Mayor nnd City til of the City of .Mnrsli- Orffon: it you a communication wo from the Southern Pacific led job to kindly tnko Hitch i roa law proper to nsccr I tlihei of tho peoplo In ro- Iltind your Honornblo body, oi Kline upon our requoHt. I'.HtteJ another question In to flat Is called tlio "el noli i wr clauie," which wo nro tbe effect of which would utter In a false Unlit lit people anil n great ninny QQderstnnd tho effeet of kn till the "(Inch common l'iu Mould have upon tho h ef a throiiRb Hue nnd wo lUled tha there Is not n tcapany any where. In i tbrounh lino from i.u Sin Francisco who could It mrce'sfully with iinv t!ci8 n tho frnnclilsp. "e frank to say to xou thnt hre esnenilf d over SfiO.- tt present time In the eon- i tie Terminal railway. irfnnchlse, wo would not ::;'il one doll.ir If tho K3n user clause" hnd 1 'it a, Kica user clause In tho te'leve to bo Kiifllclont tC". latere-ts of Hip poo-'-t lf will be iinhPld liv ri n4 at tho f.ihio tlmo i ri'i,...i -iuu compnnv n eiianco Rillnejon bit Iiio-b piin- e not discussed the mnt- - oumuern raclflc nt us, ht wo think nnd fool -. iuey WOUIII not ' ttceptlng or bnlldliiK a Vft lrifl,.l l i.i. I .. , w ral1 n "olnrh r .. cisuse- inserted nnd la H (n l. ..!.., ... I,,.,,, " "u vmiii-iy lino- talj question before tho K'5 '? '0 tlmf If you f'-poa drawing that nuos- ivn .'un' inc, we iisk r lo aljandoned and idaih ,Lu'V.e.r. 'lia"or mat .,.1 " ac oi i no lioSi int.,,:ut',nB -o,,r r M to tMs luconvon- toZn1 ,0 v"'e. I approved City Attor- r, ;V Dave tho regular tho special ,3 (ration of voters will ,?'Uho were not rnnia. ai.i..in.tnelr votes. Tho ;tIa Mr ;omcn TllOB0 0 S,'r J.0 Je at tho last i. ' PSS this !, .1.. tf,22. regis r'", l" IRiKv.rc?'11lnB of "o 8 m' letter. letter ..." "CLauehlln 1. .hP 4. .. " U1JI1IIXIT1 V M f (ranch'se With it,,' Ms ad tnaif-d!nK ot th0 tfT(l J,1 Aherft were no '"tat n . V tl"llllU te 'ew dikea,Dr- Mln- u up um Ctnted , .. 0" Page Six) IS CAPTURED Wm. Edmonds Who Passed Bogus Checks Here Is Caught in Utah. William KdmoiulH, ntlim klwood, nnd whoso renl iinino Is mi 1,1 to bo KdwurdH, is unilu.r arrest at I'rlco, Utah, for passim; fnrguil rhoclts and worthless chcchH In Murshflold. .Marshal Carter today received the following soir-explauntory telegram from Sheriff Koltor nt I'rlco: "William Kdwiirds In custody. Holding for you. Will fight extra dition. Oct lmpors for him." Mnrshnl Carter first received n telegram fioni Chief of Police C. K. Solmstlnn of l.os AugeloH tolling about IM mo n (1h being In custody In Price and stating thnt he had been going under the uaiiio of Klwood and that his right nnme was Kd wnrdo, Indicating that ho Is n clover criminal with n record. Kdmonds, It will be remomborcd, pnssnd n number of worthless checks lit IMnrshilold, February ill. late In the afternoon. One was for $50, nnd was cashed by John Hor lon, and Is declared to bo a for gery by Geo. Smith of Coos Klvor, wnoso iinino Is attncliod to It. One for about $!10 wns linssed on tho Hod Cross Drug store for n watch, another was passed on doing and llnrvcy nnd others nro also snld to havo boon put In circulation here. Tho latter two woro slmpiy over drafts on a small checking account tlmf KdnioiidH hnd opened nt tho Flanagan &. Ilonnett Dank. Kdmonds was smooth In his op erations here. Ho pnssed the checks mostly Into In tho afternoon of I'obrunry SI. Tho next day was "Washington's birthday, and the banks woro closed on account of the holiday. The next' day was Sunday nnd so thrco days' olnpsod before It was possible to detect tho fraud, Mcunwhllo Kdmonds had decamped. Kdmonds enme hero to work with Oeorgo Smith In the fishing business on Coos Itlver. Ho wns mlddlo ngod nnd apparently very bright. The IliiriiH Dctectlvo Agency hnd dotectlves on iiIh trnll soon aftor tho fraud was discovered. How ovor, .Marshal Carter had wired a nunib.cr of places and it bolloved that tho'lottor resulted In Kdmonds' nrrest. Marshal Carter today notlfiod Shorlff Oago, who will tnko stops to bring Kdmonds back. NOItTII HKXI) MAX CAUGHT. Kd Wilson, Wanted for Statutory Clime, l'Viiiml After Vcarh' .Search. Kd Wilson, wanted fo ra statutory crlmo In North Head, wns appre hended In the Fall Creok country and brought buck to Coqulllo today by Shorlff (Inge. Wilson has boon sought for nearly two years nnd wns completely lost sight of until a short tlmo ago whon somo men from the liny woro making a trip through tho Fall Creok nnd Tioga country and ran across him nnd roportod his whereabouts. An old warrant I standing out for him. North lionji, olllclalB today could not roinombirfj tho namo of tho nccuslng wltnes but it wns said that his offense wii against two slstors. ' APPROVES P Council Willing to Meet Con ditions to Secure $18, 000 Carnegie Gift. Tho Marshflold city council last evening declarod Itself in favor of securing ,nn $18,000 Carnegie libra ry building for Mnrshfleld. Tho ac tion was taken following tho pre sentation of tho mnttor by Miss Topping, Mrs. W. S. Chandler, Mrs. M. C. Moloney nnd Mrs. Henry Sengs tncken of tho library board, Miss Topping nctlng as spokesman of tho Party. Final or definite action could not bo tnkon owing to a number of preliminaries being still necessary. All the council could do was to ox press Itself and lndlcnto what It would do whon tho mutter comes up for final action. Miss Topping said that they had canvassed tne business iroiiy wior (Continued on Pago Six.) BURGLARS MADE SOI RICH HAULS Owen Conn of Chicago, Led Astray by Former Pastor's Wife, Confesses to 100 Crimes in San Francisco. (Ilr Awoilatnl I'riii lo Cool ny Tlmo.l SAN FRANCISCO. Mulch 11. Owen Conn or Chlcngo. a burglar who posed In daylight In tho lob bies of fashionable hotels ns a cap italist, and made a specialty or rob bing houses nnd npartments, did not work single-handed. Ills part ner waB n young woman who car ried an automatic pistol and went out with mm on his Jobs. This in formation was given out today by tho police following tho discovery or Conn's Identity Inst night when ho confessed to more thnn 100 burglaries' In Chicago, Sun Fran cisco, l.os Angeles, PnBiidenn, Oak land, Uerkeley and San .loso. Knrly Inst month tho woman de serted Conn, taking with her $30, 000 cnsli and $50,000 In Jowolry, half of their loot. Her arrest Is expected soon In nn Knstorn city. In connection with his confession Conn snld he was led Into crlmo by tho former wlfo or it Chicago pnstor who look advantage or his Itifatiintlon Mr her nnd squeezed money from mm ARKANSAS QUITS STATE TROOPS Decides to Abolish National Guard After Hearing of Carousals. ' I Ilr AmoMiIisI I'rm to i?oo liar Tlmn.) 1..ITTLK ROCK, Ark.. March 11. The Arkniisus legislature last night- decided to dlspeuso with the Stnto National Ounrd, the bill pro viding for the body falling after tho opponents hnd recounted the "shooting up" of u negro pool room nt Fordyco Inst August, when sev eral compnnlcs of tho guard woro in that town. Published statements or alleged drinking nnd gnmbllng In enmp wero rend during tho debate. A TAFT'S ORDER IS QUE r GETS FORTUNE Millionaire Packer's Son Fi nally Forces Heirs to Give Him Part of Estate. (Mr AMorlalrJ I'rm lo Coo, Ilr Tlmf..) CHICAGO, March II. Jack Cud ahy, son or the late Michael Cudn by, who wns disinherited by tho packer, has won a settlement or his claims from tho other members or tho family, It Is snld todny. Hy the terms of the compromise, $1, G0O.O00 has been turned over to n trust company to bo held for htm, his wife and two chlldrou. The amount represents one-seventh or tho estate, exclusive or tho wid ow's oiio-tblnl. lly nn ngrcement pnrt or the property Is to bo held In trust for tlio use of the children and their father for lire and part goes to tho latter outright. Extension of Civil Service to Postmasters May Be Changed Some. ' (nr AmoiMIcI 1'rin lo Coot liar Tlinn.) WASHINGTON, D. C, March 11. Postmostor Genornl Hurleson, who romnlnod with Presjdont Wilson somo tlmo nfter tho cabinet mooting later gavo his opinion thnt Tnft'a order placing third nnd fourth class postmasters In tho clnsslllcd list did not go far enough. Hurleson snld that in ninny Instances, men retained olllces for political reasons Instead of having to pnss merit tests, which should havo boon required. Hurle son said, howovor, that tho admin istration's policy toward tho classi fication order had not yet been deter mined. Thoso who henrd him wero not certain that ho did not mean that tho Taft order would bo rescind ed nnd a now order, requiring the merit test, would bo promulgated. FIGHT OX M-.ILTj. Southern Senators Opposo President Wilson's Appoint men t. (fir Ao. Uitsl I'nw lo Coo. Hay Tlmw. WASHINGTON, Mnrch 11. Op position to tho confirmation of Dr. C. P. Nolll, reappointed by Prosld nt Wilson as commissioner of labor statistics, has developed nmong isouthorn democratic senators npd threatened today to bo tho first se rious obstaclo encountered by tho now president In his donllngs. Sen ator Tillman of South Carolina, Ov ormnn of North Carolina opposed NoIU'b reappointment- becnuso of tho roport made In 1911 upon con ditions of labor and the chnractor or tho women and chlldron laborors in tho southern cotton manufactur ing states. A meeting of the commltteo on education and labor to consider the nppolntmont of Dr. Nolll has been called for Thursday by Sonntor Horah, chairman. Several Demo cratic senators havo nsked that no action bo takon on tho Nolll ap pointment until tho sonato has been reorganized nnd a now commltteo named. Borah said today tnftt ho would not tnko tho responsibility for such action but would submit Nolll's appointment to tho commlt teo ns It now exists. CAIHXKT JIKKTIXG HELD. President Wilson and Advisors Hold Long Session. (Ilr MoeUtl rrt to Cooa Bar Tlmw J WASHINGTON. Mnrch 11. Pres ident Wilson hold a two-hour meet ing with his cnblnot todny in which tho goneral policies govern ing tho organization of various de partments wero outlined and a few minor appointments discussed. Members of tho cabinet wore retl cont nbout what had taken place, Intimating thnt a general statement covering the business of the moot ing might bo prepared later. GIG DEAL TO BE LET LAPSE Union Pacific and Southern Pacific Officials Unable to Decide. nr Auoilated 1'rfii lo Cooa liar Tlm'.) NKW YORK, Mnrch 11. .No ngrcoment on tho dissolution plan of tho Union Pacific and Southorn Pnclflc wns reached today at a meeting of the directors or the two companies and the executives com mittee or the Union Pacific. Nei ther tho executive committee nor the directors of tho Union I'nclflo will meet again tills week. This Is nccopted ns an indication that nu agreoiuont botweon tho Union Pncl tlc nnd tho syndlcato or bankers to flnnnco Its $120,000,000 holdings or Southern Pacific will bo permitted to lapse. .Tho agreement expires on Saturday. FIRST TESTS OF CURE i Government Begins Experi ments With Friedmann's Vaccine Today. (nr Auodatea I'rm to Cooa Ha 7 Time WASHINGTON, March 11. Tlio government tests of Dr. Friedmann's tuborculosls vncclno begun hero to dny in tlio hygienic laboratory. Di rector John F. Alderson, chairman or tho board, appointed by Surgeon General niuo of the Public Health service, to Investigate tho now rom ory, returned today with the cul tures placed nt the government's disposal by Frledmann and tests on animals and other culture Medea wero also begun. IX MOXTRKAI. XOW. Dr. Frledmiiiin Treats Thirty or Numerous Applicants. nx Aaaorlaled l'rraa to Cooa liar TlmM.J MONTREAL, March 11. Dr. Frledmann demonstrated his. treat ment lor tuborculosls at Royal Ed ward hospital hero today. A largo crowd or sufiorers from tho malady waited all morning outsldo tho building for his appearance. Ho treated 30 enses. Llbby COAL. Tne kind VOU have ALWAYS USED. Phono 72, Puclflr Livery nnd Transfer Company. If you have anything to sell, rent, trado, or want help, try 0 Want Ad CLAIM AMERICAN SYNDICATE IS RE I M "SAAkAir REBEL HORDE SURROUND TOWN Mexican Federal General Un able to Follow Orders to Evacuate Agua Prieta. (Ilr A0( lateJ rrra lo Cooa Oar Tlmw DOUGLAS, Ariz., March 11. Al though ordered to ovneunto Agun Prlcta to prevent the possibility of lntornutlonnl complications In the event of bnttle, Goncrnl OJendn and 500 federal troops round tlicin solves todny menaced In nil dliec tlons south or tho border by 11 hordo or stnto troops. OJendn reared that should ho attempt to leave town ho might precipitate 11 buttlo Hint would endanger the res idents on the American side or the border. LOSS OF LIFE IS Mexican Officials Claim 506, Mostly Non-Combatants, Killed in Diaz Attack. (Ilr Anoctatf.l Trria to Cooa Oar Tlmra, MEXICO CITY, Mnrch 11. Tho denth roll or tho battle fought- In front of tho .ntlonul Pnlaco Feb ruary it whon Follx Diaz nt tucked tho government forces totalled COfi, according to tho roport of tho mili tary authorities. The victims Included 170 women, six children nnd 208 non-combnt-nnts. AUSTRIA HITS BALKAN PLANS Serves on Servia Notice Not to Participate in Attack on Scutari. Ilr Aa. Iale.1 I'rM to Cooa Oar Tlina. BELGRADE, Austria, March 11. Tho Austrian govornmont took n stop todny rogurdod ns oqulvnlout to forbidding Sorvln to Bond troops to nsslst tho Montenegrins In capturing tho Turkish fortress of Scutari.' Tho Austrian mlnlstor to Sorvln, nnron Von Ugron'Von Abrnnralva, has Informod Premier Pnsltch that his govornmont ohjectod to Sorvlan troops nsslstlng In tho slogo or Scu tari, which wns to becomo tho enp Ral or Albanln, Ho requested the Immodlato recnll or any Sorvlan troops which hnd boon despatched there. Tho Sorvlnn promlor In his reply pointed out thnt undor tho treaty nrrnngomonts Sorvln wns compelled to assist her nlllos with out regard to tho future of Scutnrl. Tlio sltuntlon Is oxtromoly dollcato. Tho feollng bore hns ronchod a high pitch ovor tho attitude taken by Austria. Ml N TONES TO JAIL English Young Women Reject Alternative of Being Good When Sentenced. (ilr Aaoilale4 1'nta lo Cooa Pai'llmoa LONDON. March 11. Flvo Biif rragottes who yesterday nttomptod to reach King Goorgo with peti tions while ho wan on his way to parliament, woro sont to prison to dny for periods rnngliiK from 21 days to a month. Tho mnglstrato gavo them opportunity of escaping prison sontoncoa by filing snrotloa for future good bohavlor. Tho wo men Indignantly rejected the alter native. Times' Want Ads bring results. Sensational Charge Made in .Mexico City Against the United States. SPRUNG IN SESSION OF CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES Rebel Troops in Northern Part of Republic Continue to Gain. (nr Awoi latftl l'rraa lo Cooa nar Tlmnil MEXICO CITY, Mnrch 11. Tho charges that an American syndicate wns financially supporting the re volt or former governor Joso Mny torena of the state of Souorn, caitBcd a seusntion hero todny. Tho chnrgca were formally mndo In the Chamber or Deputies Inst night tiy Deputy Qucrldo Mohcnn. HAD IX COAHUILA. I'Vnr Mexican Rebels Will Destroy Whole Town. (nr Aaao-lalr.1 i'rra lo Cooa liar TlmM.1 WASHINGTON. March 11. Dis patches to tho Wnr Department In dicate n serious situation nt Pled ras Negras, Mexico, whore forces under Governor Carranzn appear to he lu full control. The Inhabitants renr the town will bo destroyed. more iti:ui:is ACTIVE. Surround Federal Stronghold In So uorn Today. Ilr Anoclatp.l I'rria to Cooa liar Tlmm. MAGDALENA, Sonorn, Moxlco, March 11. Colonel Juan Cabral with 000 coustltiitlounllstn Is loot ing todny on Nognlos. Ho Is ex pected to arrive shortly after noon at- n point south of thnt place, where Colonol Kosterlltzky !b ror tiried with the federal rural police' VP TO UNITED STATES. Recognition of llueitn Government In Mexico Asked. Ilr AnorlalM l'rraa to Cooa liar TlniM WASHINGTON, Mnrch 11. An Inquiry from tlio Mexican foreign office of nccoptnhlllty to thin 'gov ornmont of Emilo Rnbnsa as Mexi can ambassador to Washington brought the Stnto Department fnco-tn-rnce with tho question for formnl recognition of the new provisional govornmont' In Moxlco. WANTED U. H. TO INTERVEXE .Mexican Plot to Force Tuft to Act I'l-iihtraled. (Ilr '"KwlatM I'riM lu Tooa liar Tlmw ) MEXICO CITY. Mnrch II. A plot to bring nbout American Inter vention Is said to linvo boon frus trated by the suppression' thrco dnys ago of disorders lu Sun Rosa and Vera Cruz, when Mondozn, the former chief or the Ruralo Guards, was killed, Documontn havo boon recovered appealing directly to Prosldont Tuft to restore tho Mu doro govornmont nnd lu ense thoso failed it wns proposed to nttnok Amorlcau residents lu Moxlco. Tho passages are said to havo beau bo tweon porsons connected with the Madero govern iiiont. REnELlTTNSOXORA. (Hr AtaeilatM i-k-m to (mm Bar Tlmm.) NOGALES, MnVch 11. A dosort or from tho stnto troops moving on Nognlos, Sonorn, nrrlvlng horo to day, reported thnt the constitu tionalists nro only 20 miles away and nro advancing rapidly. Ho says tho force numbers 1000 man. Plan for Exhibit. Supt. Tledgeu, who Is also vice president of tho Chambor of Com morco, wns requested to tnko chnrgo or tho oxhlblts or Coos County pro ducts at tho Chambor or Comomrco. It wns Hiiggostod that tho school children bo Interested In this nnd provldo tho flowers, fruits, otc, to be used. LONG SLEEPER FILL! DIES Mrs. Rose Havens Succumbs After 34 Days Nap Slept 121 Days One Time. Ilr AwlaleJ Trraa to Cooa Bar TIihm ROCK ISLAND. III.. March 1 U Mrs. Rose Havous, ngod At, died nt hor homo in Mnhoravlllo today ar tor n continuous sloop of 3 1 duya. Foiirtoon yoors ago tho woman slept ior 121 dnjs. GOES OVER Vl-nO. OLYMPIA. Wnsh., March 11. Tho Houso today passed over tho governor's voto n bill appropriat ing $300,000 for the reconstruction of tie Cheney Normui scuooi. m