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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (May 17, 1913)
OREST FIRES NEVER MAKE MUCH HEADWAY AMONG EAMILY TREES (Eons LOST AHTICLKS Exmb NOW IS YOllt TIMK. A small ml In The Timet want column limy lirliiK .vu results Tin- i.t fmtiiil tliiMitmlt Times mint alt "'. - i, lend llii'iu! I'm llicm! Thi'.y pet rc-iiU"!; mediately. Try one, MUMRKK OP THK ASHOCIATKR l'KKS X3KCTZJE01Z3 yuuii Kstniinsiicu in init iOl. XaAVI. m Tim Const Stall. Hstnlillslicd in 187H MARSHFIELD, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1913 ENING EDITION EIGHT PAGES. i Consolidation of Times, Const Mall mid Coos liny Advertiser. No. 258. INY NEW ROM BUILT ON Ln Mnmhcp of Residences fto be Begun Soon in Addi tion to lliose wowaianuu PARTMENT HOUSES AND DOUBLE HUUbta n-HwwcL .. 1 1 till C Crniii'n nnr fswanson & Davis to Build. n unrciuu. vu. i . oliliii u ciiiu Hotel at i en ivme . ..I.IIIImii t() IlllOIlt $1)0,00(1 I '.,. ..c iwu homes recently coni- Idfil or now iiiidor eoiiHtriietlcni i the Ha " nunincr 01 now ones ii im Htnr'eil soon. Tim bulld- i. ..-,t fur tlm nroseirl your Koinlfci to fnr ccllpso all previous Lj.nns OW mere IS II ueiirui in Uncus roiniin. tin wen iih resiliences Li Un,n lull HO fill" V. H. Cllllllll- tjr lias been 'he olll' " ,0 B,l,rl billing of i' KiiiiH'tiMimi iiuuiro in ti. Iln 'I'nn nr tlll'00 Otllei' L'OOll tilMlrrs " di'lng contomplnlod. Ipr Win IloTsfull Is figuring on le rrcriiiin, or ronr lino tiounio ciirn on rump property no owns I .Sotllll Mar. iiliem iiu win imiii-i .v . nniie nf them under con-1 ' .V i ....,..(.. I.. TlIC lull Slum linn iiiu. i-uiiiiiui n tliiii war ir rontiiuons nro ivomlile Stranrnii fc RnvlH aro now elenr- t ground rr n modern nimrtmont cm? Hli u 'io win orori on Unth rtroei Just mirth of Central rcniie u' v QiiiiIi-k nf Hunker 1 Till. Is iMtc nrrnii'.eiiii'iitH for the eree- lon nf mi imnrtiiiunt iioiiho near L'l mire in Hunker Mill. It will Etitaln four nioderu npartinentH. itiKiin iidl'its Is mnkluu nrrango- benli to mart two modern houses k Vnrlli Second BtlOot. IH'Jir tllO W. f. Merchant liotne. In tno near fu- bre. IKd Cml.rlght Ih erecting a rustle L. nn lilx riuii'h mi IjiI'hoii In It, uhlcli Ih Knlil to lie olio of tlio lot attractive ranch homes built win,! hnriv Herbert l.ockhnrt Ik remodolHnK id Improving Mh cottage on South ci Itlvor I nmt Sleen. n filer at tho C. A.. ulth mill. Ih arranging to orcct n lodern bungalow i M, T Lied Ij completing a lino r limitn In l,Mi-ut Aililltlnn. I .- .......-V ... . ... ... . i rtina linvn Iiopii iit'eiinreil fdt till) ' fflon of n fino inodorn liotol , ilMlne nt Ten Mile. Mr. Sloven-1 . of Spilinne. who luillt a hotel i Curry County a few yenn. uro, j hi i nml I'Minliint tint ii men. ' III Im n".vl'.n Hi run utiirloH lilirli id wilt lio iiiiiilorn 111 iivnri' rt- Manx of .tlio rooniH will ho i iiium ami Im provided with Its. It will roHt hetweon $7500 IJ (10.000 tontractors Here Inspecting vork and Arranninti Details at This End Little New fJohnBon P I'ortor and John 1) f'er, of i'ortor Drothors, and II. cuoiiaici, who has been roro 8 for the comiinnv. arrived horo h1 evenlnc nfter a trln of Inspoc- Pa over tho road. They ramo In P (loretlcn nllil nvnnnl to lnnvn tfl hl for home, lWi was Jolm D. Porter's first tvm hero. A numbor of dotnlla 'eir contract horo nro holm; nr Ptti, I ml ii Ml ii tr tli nurehnsn of Her from tho Simpson Company. n "" I'usninB tno work oruoreu I rapid K- nn linc.ll.ln lA yet no orders have been given i "artins coiiBtructlon between e Impqua and Slualaw Rivera. ,ue are Increasing tho numhoi " in tno various camps al- V WOrklnc nlnni llio lino nml not havln-; any difficulty In pot- "ursmen. TTnwnvnr. Hin wnrV. ;" re Illorn nn loan nf . ft .nt. L Ji'n(J nnl tl,0' naV0 t0 keon -B more laborers to tako tho re8 of i, ...i. i ii - """ wno louvo. 4ae Tillamook was loading tho i shovel at Portland yesterdar rl'e.x')ectpd to ho In hero within - uays rtiulnB tl,e starting of con- "u ot tlio bridge across Coos iliy Messrs. Porter and Mc- Piald v 1 Hi B - ' n,l"K uor IIIO IUIIIU I lue lermlnni i)oii... ,i. ,.., rp. looking ovor the routo ., " an-1 iiis led somo reporting i me Snithern Pacific had ar il ",''iKo over tho Torm'nni tt In n. '"" oner urumuru ,n the balance of tho lino at 'Ihe-Bh ? Pr' tnl8 was not true th ueo" no ueveiopmonis ITERS WILL LEAVE SUNDAY ES TO BE BUI THIS YEAR IN EAST TOOjy Princeton Takes Big Event From Columbia by Two to One Score This Afternoon lllr AwmlalM rn-M In I'om IU; Tlmfn ) I'MNCTON. May 17. I'rlmottm won tho annual trauk meet with Columhla here tills afteruoun with a Hcore of 2 1-:t to .tC 2-:i. I'KXXSV. WIXS. Defeats Cornell I'ulverslly in the Annual Truck Meet Today. lllr Amk). p. PrrM In Tim. l- Tlmw I I'im.ADlJI.III'IA. May 17. Tho t'nlvcmlty of I'lmimylvaiila won tho iiiiniiiil truck meet with Cornell I'nlvei'Hlly lu-ie today III a driving rain storm. The scorn was A3 points to til. Rosillo, Cuban Aviator, Flies From Key West to Havana in Aeroplane (II- AmoiUIoI I'rwi lo Coo in- Timet, HAVANA, Cuba, May I7.--Uusll-lo, a Cuhnii aviator, arrived here In an aeroplane from Key West to day. Tlio Cuban Kovoniniont offer ed a prl.o of $10,000 to any avia tor accompllshiuK tho fllxht and sunt a cruiser nml two kuii boats to patrol tho route. DomliiKo lloiilllo leu iiiiiii tho Florida Knst Coast Uallrond ter minal at r::t5 this mornliiK. Auk ustluo l'arhi. another CiiIihii avia tor, attempted to mako tho flight Hhortly after Itosillu Hturtod, but was foicod by high winds to turn back. Two wires of IiIh niHchlne snapped iliulim tho IiIkIi winds. (;i,iii: :i,(mio ki;i:t. Aviator Craw fold .Makes Itenmrkablo Di-ii'iit ut Tncoiim. Illy Aho. Itiot I'riM In foo4 lUy TlmM ) TACOMA. May 17. Aviator Harry Crawford In a now biplane with ller bort Hunter of Nome, Alnska, iiimlo a wonderful voloplnno from a height of a.000 feet today and landed safe ly. Their englno went wrong. Whllo Hunter strove to llx the engine, Craw fonl devoted his attention to getting control of the nun blue and brought It safely to earth. FIBE RENOERS L One Dead, Many Hurt and Heavy Property Loss in Buda Pest Conflagration II- Auocl-tl Pf 1 Co "" Ttme DUDA PEST, Hungary, May 17. Klght thousand are homoles and ono child was burned to death and many persons wore Injured and a heavy financial loss was caused today by a groat lire In 'P'JVyln"' Southern Pacific and Terminal Rnll- ""i'iio Terminal Railway Is now recolvlng bids for tho construction of tho balanco of tho lino north on Front street to the city limits. The Terminal Company has not closed a doal yet for the purchase of a right of way through the Al lianco warehouBo and tho C. A. Smith company's yards. It was re ported that tho C A. Smith com pany hold tho seven or more lots which this would affect at about $100,000. Recover Lumber. John D. Porter said that the Oak land, which struck on tho Sluslaw bar whllo taking a cargo out from their mill at Florence tho first of tho week, had got off without bo ing damaged much. Thoy had to jettison about 100,000 foot of lum bor but this had all washed back TRACK MEETS DETS $10,000 PRIZE TODAY I In on tho beach and most oi u was recovered. OLD RECORD CAUSED Wm. St. John Raney, Santa Fe Auditor, Who Embezzled About $100,000 Sentenced to Seven Years. lllr AMOilaiv.1 I'ihq to Cooi Ilajr Tlmrt 1 I.OS ANOKt.KS, May 1 7. Wlllrtm St John Unney, former chief clerk and auditor of tho Snutn I'c rallrond. "'' J''1'' I5'f Sl'' '' 'JLplLHAnJmin tine to Two Women and Man at Oak land Victim of Fanatic Who Committed Suicide llr AmocIIfiI rrrn Id Coo. liar Tlmn OAKLAND. Cnl.. May 17. Two women were slightly injured nml two men were probably fatally Injured as n result of a shooting affray at noon today. Orsta Clrlnalca, with two ru Milvorfl opened Uro upon Mrs, So phia Tonkin and Mrs. Hattle King, as the women lied the assnllant telxed Daniel Douvnn. it machinist, nml sent a bullet through his neck, then turned tho weapon on himself. Neither of tho women hml over seen tho asallant before. Tho shooting took place on one of tho main busi ness streetH nud was witnessed by scores of people. It s believed that Clrlnalia was Insane. Militant Suffragettes Change Their Arson Tactics in London Today lllr Amoi lalnl I'rtM to Coo. liar Timet. . LONDON, May 17. Militant auf Iriigultos today mudu a slight change In their arson cnmpalgn. Instead of setting llro to unoccupied houses they attempted to dostroy n tonnnled residence ut Cambridge. Tho Inter ior woodwork wiih greatly damaged and tho university laboratory ad joining also siilTcietl. A bomb wits found lu tho railroad station of the London and Northwestern railway. STREET RAILROAD Mayor Hunt, of Cincinnati, Ap peals to Governor for Assistance lr Axoclat Trot to I'ooa liar Tlmei.) fftvniWATl M.... 17 Tlin nlk.nnAnH n.llA allllllHllll tu flllllllt oilL'Ulllil nuinu niniiiiiw.. ,m ..,.,... ently boyond control of tho local ponce. ,myor nuni iiiuuy siu ..r.n..n... n,i,Mini, r,v iiiwl Ail. li;illioi iif uuiuiiiui vo. iiiii. ...- Jutant (lenernl Wood for tho mili tia. No resumption of rioting occurred .1....I.... l.n nftnunnnn nfinr ).f trnn. II II I 111 H UIU 4l liwuii it,w w tlon company had ceased operating UUIO, fiovernor Refuses (Ur AttoclatM I'nn to Coot Ilr Timet. COLUMnUS, May 17. Govornor rnv linn nntlflnd SInvor Hunt of Cin cinnati that he did not think tho sltnntlon sufficiently sorlous to wnr- rant sending troops. .Mayor Says Strike Is Serious. (Dr AhocUIM 'mi lo Coot nar Timet CINCINNATI, Mny 17. Mayor Hunt's nnnenl was based on num erous attacks on streetcars which wero attempted to bo operated with out police attendance. Several cars wero completely wrecked uy rioters. Several men are In the hospital. GOVKRXOR RKHUKKS MAYOR. STRANGE IN SRDOTS TRREEI WOMEN START MANY FIRES Si W Dr AMocltted Prt to Coot tlr Timet COLUMRUS, May 17. In robuk Ing the telegram of Mayor Hunt, Governor Cox declared that tho troops would not bo called until the local au thorities had exhausted all tholr own resources. "In view of your having placed no policemen on tho cars wo do not believe tho statement made by you that you have exhausted your resources Is predicated on tho facts," Eald the governor's telegram. We save money for you nt tho Coos Ray Cash Store. Wheat $35 per ton at Haines. 1 hetween sixty and n hundred thou sand dollars, was sentenced today to fcoveii years In San Quontlu tirlson. Unney Is a former Inmato of the Ki mlrn, X. Y., reformatory and de clared ho was forced to steal by for mer convicts who know his record and levied black mall or pain of ex posure. Ho did not niitno tho alleged black iniilli rs. Unney Is prominent here and a member of scvornl select nuns. TORE ROERTA RE0I1E United States Plans to Name New Ambassador to City of Mexico Shortly t Mr AMOi'laict I'rrin In ('nut lly TIiiim WASHINGTON. D. C. May 17. The unsatlsfiictory state of relations between tho lTnlted Stntes and Mex ico probably will soon Induco the ad ministration to take some dellnite at titude toward the recognition of the Huertn government. The fact that several foreign states have ulrendy accorded recognition Is suhl to he having an Inllucneo on the Culte.! Stntes. It Is said that very soon n new ambnsHiidor will be appointed to ruccoed Henry I.iiuo Wilson and lib (redentlals will bo directed to Presi dent Huertn. AT BALL GAME Temporary Grandstand at Chi cago American League Park Collapses Today Mr hUiM I'rrw in ('mm flajr TlfTiM CIIICACO. May 17.--Whlli I" 01111 nersons crowded Into the ;Clil(!i;:o American l.ergun Park herr loduy In cidebritlloii of "Chance Day," a tomporary grandstand col lapsed. Several score of pcrsonc wero Involved In tho crash. A few I minutes later another section of the island hack of first base rollnpsed. ' Tho stands wero only about threo I left from the ground and no ono w'iih seriously hurt. One woman was 1 removed unconscious. 0. A. JONESTO Preliminary Plans for Obser vance of Memorial Day Per fected Last Night. Preliminary plnns for tho obser vance of Memorial Day here were perfected nt a mooting of tho Spanish War Veterans last evening at the olllco of tho Coos Hay Realty Com pany on Front street. D. A. Jones wns nppolntod chairman of tho day. It Is expected that Prof. Robee. of tho University of Oregon, may be secured to deliver tho principal ad dress. Tho G. A. R. members re quested tho Spnnlsh War Veterans to tnko charge of tho event. Supt. Tledgon will nsslst tho committees. Tho following committees wero se lected: n Decoration D. A. Jones, R. O. Graves and A. II. Derbyshire. Music D. A. Jones and F. K. Cot tins. Speakors K. U. Jonos, F. K. Got tlns and R. O. Graves. 1'I.ACK.S FOR PROGKSSIVKS. L'ndiTMood Agrees to Allow " Ap pointments In House, jnr Atoclate4 Treat to Coot Par Timet WASHINGTON, D. C. May 17. The Progressives will have a repre sentation on fourteen of tho sixteen Important Houso committees and In all will have thirty-seven committee places. Chairman Underwood of the Ways and Means Commltteo and Pro gressive Leader Murdock hnvo ag reod upon such a plan, as there are fifteen accredited Progressives in tho Houso some will have places on moro than ono commltteo. Tho Rivers and Harbors and Agriculture aro the only Important committees on which tho Progressives will not havo represen tation. It will pay you to walk a block and save monoy at tho (', H) ('null Store. New STYLKS In PHOTOS at QCATKRMASS STL'DIO, 244 Fron' I BE CAM IK CALIFORNIA M ENCLISR VIEWS OF JAP WAR! London Paper Says Mikado May Start War on United States Over Land Law lllr AMO'lateJ I'rfia to Coot liar Timet. LONDON, May 17. "Should war break cut the sympathies of Austra lia, New Zealand and Western Can ada would be violently on the side of tho United States," says tho Pall Mall Gazette today In discussing the Callorula alien land ownership con troversy. The newspaper considers It would be n grave mistake to under estimate the chuuees of u coulllct be tween the I'liltcd Slates ami Julian. It says, "The opinion that the Japa nese will never go to war to enforce their treaty rights lu California Is one of those dangerous Koueralltloti which lead nations hllU'lfoldcd to the brink of the pit." L PROBLEM UP Protest by Central America Against Ceding Second Possible Route to U. S. (Ur Attorlalivl I'rett lo root 111, Tlnm.J SAN SALVADOR. May 17. Public sentiment horo has hctin considerably aroused by dispatches regarding the uegothittoiiB between Nicaragua and tho United Stntes for tho sale by Nic aragua of tho right of construction dt' nn Intor-ncvniilr canal and of a United Status naval station In tho Gulf of Fonsecn. Ily Aaaoilaleil I'n.t lo Coot liar Time. WASHINGTON, May 17. Tho canal treaty with Nicaragua accept ed by tho Nlcaraguuu government hut yet unratified hy the United States Senate, would give to the United States the exclusive right to build the luter-oceunlt' camu through what Is known us the Nlcnragmin route, unco considered iih n compet itor to the Panama route, lu re turn the United Stales virtually would giiaruuteo the Integrity of Nicaragua. TO BOY PLANT AT Oregon Power Company Nego tiating for More Property Others Seek Franchise The Coiiulllo Sontlnel says that tho Oregon Power Company Is negotia ting for.tho purchase of Morso's elec tric plant thoro and prints a letter from I). C. Green, of tho ronipnny, denying that ho Is trying to get n now fraiichlso nnd frcozo out Morso. Ho says they aro simply figuring on buying Morso out. Continuing, tho Sentinel snys: "It Is evident from tho foregoing Hint tho Oregon Power Company, or rather II. M. Ryllesby & Company, aro 3till negotiating for tho electric light and power fraiichlso owned by Mr. Morse. Tbeso negotiations were In full forco during tho closing months of last year, nnd although tho contemplating purchasers considered Mr. Morso's valuation too high somo kind of a mutual satisfactory agree ment was arrived at, and It was then understood that tho transfer would bo made, provided a contract to fur nish electrical power to a coal mlno nnd tho extension of a fraiichlso could be secured. Mr. Greon's Intention at that time was to tako curroni rrom a high power cable to ho constructed out of Marshlleld, practically aban doning tho Morso power plant, tho oporatlon of which ho consldored Im practicable undor existing clrcum- til o tAnaa "In this connection It might bo stated that tho frnnchlso sought by Mr. Conrad Is not in the Intorost of tho Ryllesby people, or Mr. Greon, but by equally rollablo Marshlleld clt Uons.' This franchise ordinance, how ever,, was speedily dumped Into tho scrap heap by tho aldormanlc body, and If It Is over resurrected It will be In altogether different form. COUILLE IS ALMOST IN FAVOR OF LAW Effort to Invoke Referendum on Anti-alien Ownership Bill There May Fail ARIZONA ACT TO STIR UP MEXICANS United States and Japan An xiously Awaiting Gov. John son's Action on Measure. (llr Attn, lalr.l I'it.i In Com liar TlmM.l WASHINGTON Mny 17.- Ari zona's now alien laud law Is not regarded as seriously complicating the negotiations with Jnpan, be en use the act does not confine tno same direct bar against Japan as tho California act. It is expected, however, that because of Its ad verse etfect upon Mexican land own ers In Arlzonn a protest '.will bo forthcoming from the Moxlrnn gov ernment, even In view of the rath er Irregular status of dliilomatle re lations between America mid Mex ico. With both the American nnd .Inpatient governments i. waiting the final act Inn of Governor Johnson, tht poHHihillly of postponing (tie operation of the proposed California law by Invoking the referendum If iiKtiln being discussed In ofriclal clrelcH. The overwhelming miiMi.t for the Webb bill In both branches of the California Leglslat tiros makes come CnllfornlniiH lu Washington doubt fill If to uecessHiy 20,0110 sig natures for the referendum could bo secured. III. Vim Talks With Wilson. lllr At.nrltlr.1 I'nn lo Coo. liar Tlnim.) WASHINGTON, I). C, Mny 17. Urynn conferred with President Wil son this iifternooii on tho Japanese situation. Tho President was taking a holiday, hut talked with tho Secre tary of State about an hour of tho .InpaiioHC protest against the Califor nia antl-allcn laud legislation. Ask for Xiilimilintliiit Rights. llr Amo. lile.1 I'rrit In L'oih lur TlmM, TOKIO. May 17. If tho whites would uphold the Japanese prestige It would giiarauteo pcrmauunt pence. Tho meeting wns closed with dignity and was serious In Its expression of tho Idea that the granting of imtu iiillzatlon rlghtH to the Jnpunoso lu America would bo a practical solu tion of tho problem, Why Japan Is Urgent. Hr AMo,alr4 I'lree lo Ceaa llaf Timet. LONDON. May 17. Tho Pall Mall Guxetto oxprnsHfH the opinion that sov oral reasoiiH why Japan may bo do slrous of forcing the Issue at tho picsoiit moment. Tho most obvious of these ponding s tho opening of tho Panama canal, while the more re mole one Is connected with her con nection with Internal politics. JAPAN ASKS God Made Colored People and They Should be Treated the Same lr Attoilale.1 1'n.i to Coot liar Tlmtt.) TOKIO, May 17 Irrosponslblo wnr talk wiih condemned by most of tho speakers nt a mass meotiig today, organized by an association ropreson tlng partly business and partly edu cational Interests, nt which parlia mentary representatives woro also presont. It was declared, however, that the tlmo had arrived when tho Japancso must be given equal treat ment with othor people nnd tho speakers condemned aggressions of tho whites In tho world against tho colored races, Instances bolng glvon of lynching negroes In tho Southorn States. Piofessor Nagal, of tho Wa seda University, In tho roursa of an address said, "God made tho whlto and colored peoplo oqunl Unless wo claim oquallty wo shall fall to carry out God's wishes." Thoro waa great cheering of this atatemont. lleimiiiil Kniinl Rluhts. 1 lllr AioclalJ I'rett to foot ritr Timet. TOKIO, May 17. Representatives Illnnta and Hayashl protestod against tho discrimination bIiowh by tho nllen land ownership bill nnd condemned tho lack t lund and agricultural clauses n tho existing treaty. Thoy scored reckless ugltators, who thoy said wero moroly playing tho gamo ror Hinan unnldni' nrilnrs for U1I11H and warships. Resolutions woro then adopted that tlio japaneso in America must hnvo oqunl rights with tho whit os. KI.KS XOTICK. There will bo a Untitling and card party nt tho Masonic hah noxt Wednosday. All Hlks aro Invited, Visiting KlkK are specially requci I ed to attend. FOR EQUALITY - "VKo-iauons between the I