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SCRAP OF INFORMATION SOMETIMES ENDS IN A WAR OE WORD fflflOB latt tms iost articles NOW IS YOt'R TIME. 0 ,ri foiimlj lii"ii' Times untit "JjilMil them! I'm' llu'in? 'Ihey A small nil In Tin- Times mint rolumn may bring you results tin mediately. Try nu'. rr"""! KHEHnEP' member of the associated pres IUVVWI ltlW)UNIICl III 1HTI OL XaaVI.s ti,l. Const Mnll. Established In 1878 T-HWE KILLED MANY 'MMe nf Persons injured in panic mat roiiowu.ii oui- lapsc oiriaiiorm 1ITISH EMPIRE DAY CELEBRATION IS FATAL Lor Hatch of Long Beach RniOng Mi&amy i koi i a- talltlCS may uu many - Ti.i.ii.flvit Knoun Mend I It AMO.UIH Ciraa to Coon Nr J"lni"' . nvil 11KAPII. MllV 21. At'l 15 ! I" tlilrty-flvo bodies ,l.j i.Mi tni.i.ii from undor tin; tier up to tills time. ncctirtUiiK . ..a .. af ilin olllnf nt ito tnc report o i" tiiiui in police, Eight of tlio dend linvo !. i.iriitiricil ho far. Ovor JO Injured linvo huon Identi fied, The police say tlicro nro many mure dend on tlio hiiiiiIh i. ii.., i.-i-iii'l.iiL'o of the Htntic. Many persons wore Injiiruil In the nidi which followed tlio crash. iBt Aim Ulr.l Trrn In Coot liar Tlmit. I1.0NO m:CII. Cnl.. Mny 2 1. tires of iiithoiih wern injured, n mber probably fntnlly. when tlio hi form In front or tlio nniiiiorinni the municipal plor collapsed ni . ntninrtiit Ibiil n iiiirniln In eolo- fctlnn nf British EllinllO DllV" Is entering tho building. Blajor Hnteli or Long lioncu, wno i. in linvo been one of tbn Drill- Ill speakers of tbo ilny, wn on tlnirn mill In llllHHillir HI110I11' tllU imbcr of persons caught In tlio 'ttkaRC The collapso of tlio Btngo created panic. A tnnusnnci or inoro iior Ei had collected In tlio nudltor- in nml plnxn 1111(111 tllO static. II 11(1 fleers of various Noelutlna lind kt ascemlcil the rostTiun wiien tlio iih en mo, Tlio roar of crashing Bberi nml snrioKH aim cries or Ktators Inside, and tbo rusii of wn to got out or tbo nudltor- rnvitnil treninnilmtu nvrltf.inent. le poliro worked frantically to ro- re quiet anil wero oiuigon to use Kir cuius to Hold bai'K llio erowit F that tbn liiiilleH nf llin killed mill Bured could bo removed. Tlio Ibulanco made liurrled trips to r nLspuai wiiu uio inoro Borious J Injured and tbo lessor Injured vt taucn to nonies nonrny. BLAZE TODAY Hill' HOUSE" BETWEEN SMITH RVKSTSIDE .Ml 1,1, AND I'L'lil' WILL HL'HNEI) I,ATE THIS AK- rKltXOO.V WILIi DELAY PULP WIUj. chin liniiBn nt tbo C A. "h pulp mill was totally destroy ;vy lire into this nrtornoon. pn flro started about I o'clock nad Bolned such hondway that P could bo dono oxcopt to con- fine limzo to tho lmllUliiK. e structure 1b nn Immonso f-e UulldliiR in which tho wood iorKeu ovor prollmlnnry to le- I tent Into tho nnln mill. It Is fe the bark Is taken off. tho pa sorted and stored. le building stands about midway n mo big mill and pulp mill. '00d belne rnnvnvnrl In nnd ffki'i' 1)J" ,),B conveyors. ""o tno toss will amount to r-l thousand dollnrs. It will (11 fi (lf.lni In ulfi.tlni. t. i,lt. I. v 'i'b m l"l tiiero was consldorablo ma- "") in tho bullfilnc. Pj addition to the lire fighting ap- -iuo at ine mill, tho flro engine iai.cn out from Marshfiold. n Are caused n irront fnrnrn In 10 38 It Wn fnnrn.l Hi., t. tlif. lilir t! .caught fire. 1 13 thnill'llt Mm. n nnn,., l.nm 'e burner started the flro. P at Eustsldo a blazo starting liX roof of the A Stonecypber . . at tastslde tbo day be 8 Kstcrday. ""y Molnrpvnl.. t to ool.i tl.ot ',en!r, over 50 motorcycles In and - riineiu now. Tbo iium- Bll-M -ls '" 0XC0S8 "f tnat- in T 7 standing on from si between tho City Hall and mgnt 15 standing on Kront l,rl avenn 'op n.. .. ": :.... Hr "iy--iii. rue nttie son 'r. and Mrs. R. b. Knorr will r at tu operation next Tues- ii. . ,etor Mlrrasoul homo mroat i.mii,u r.. .- , Of. . ""mi .tiiua .;iiia ir-tlon l1Bt recover'ns 'rorw an orr i- I ' "Ppenaiciiis. .Mrs. ce ,l.ntaylnS at tlie Mlrrasoul tlclen . ine children recover .SVthem to jojn Mr. t ai Gold neach. 'Ofh nZT . ; 7.. ' . te at i,"u I,"ano- win Bivo a k SaturV . vlUon ln slmPson sioa jfi.oo B ' iay '' Aa" MILL S MARSHFIELD, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 24, 1913 EVENING EDITION -EIGHT PAGES. T AT L 200 DROWNED WD VESSEL Steamer Nevada Sunk by Mine in Gulf of Smyrna to dayMeagre Details llr AmooUIM Prraa to Coon mj TlmM.J LONDON, May 21. Tbo steamer Nevada, with two hundred passen gers, today struck u niliio In the (Jiilf of Smyrna and sank, accord ing to a dispatch from Constantinople to tbo Exchange Telegraph Com pany. Tbo Nevada was owned by tbo llndjl Daout Couipnuy and ran In tbo Eastern Mediterranean. Only SO of tbo pnssengors mid crow wcro saved from tbo Nevada. Tho mines wcro strown along the const liv TtirkH In in event mi nt- tack by tbo Greek fleet during the Hainan war. BASEBALL SCORE Portland Drops Another Game to Venice and Los Angeles Loses Again STAXm.N'C OK CLl'HS. Won. Lost. P.O. Los Angolos ....20 20 .502 Onklnud 27 22 .r.,',1 Venice 21 2" .100 Pan Kranclsco ...2ri 2? .181 Portland 20 2.' .Ill Sacramento 1!) 25 .1:12 til; Amo.UIk) I'rfM to Cooi ll- TlniM.J POItTLAXI). Ore., Mny 21. Port land lost again yesterday to Venice, though she played an crrorlosa game whllo Venice bad ono error to her credit nnd ouch bad seven hits. Tho games yestorday: At Veiilt-o It. II. E. Vonlco 2 7 1 Portland .' 1 7 0 At Sacramento II. II. E. Sacramento 0 0 0 San Kranclsco B 0 0 At Onklnnd It. II. E. Oakland 7 11 0 i.os Angeles -I 12 1 APPEAL LAIIOIt CASE. ('oiiiKi-.s, Mitclii'll mid MoitImiii l'Tslil Sentences. (llr AnUirl I'rni to Cooa IUJ Tim t J. J WASHIXOTOX, May 24. Attor neys for Gompers, Mitchell nnd .Mor rison applied today to tho United StnteB Supremo Court for a review of their spiitencoH for violating tho court's injunction In tho Duck Stovo & Itango case. Tbo court Is In roc-ess. BASEBALL 10 Coos League Season to Open With Bandon at Marshfield North Bend Double Header Everything Is ready for the open ing of the Coos County League sea son horo and at North Dend tomor row, Handon playing In Marshfield and Coqullle and Myrtle Point at North nend. In Marshfield, Mayor Straw Is scheduled to pitch tho first ball. J. V. Bennett to catch and A. II. Pow ers to bat. In North Dend, Mayor Simpson will probably toss ovor the first ball with Captain Edgar Simpson to bat. Captain Simpson says they won't need any catcher but that thoy will need a relay of fielders. Warner V. Ogren, manager of the Marshfield team, has selected Mike Burko, the fast little shortstop, as captain of the team. Ho has number of now players hut probably won't bo able to try them all out tomorrow. Wood, the star fielder of Marshfiold, was Injured In a motoreyclo acci dent last evening, which will keep him out of the game for a week or so. Don Gardiner, of North Bend will probably umpire the Marshfiold game and Ed Howatt of Marshfiold will probably officiate at the North Dend games. A special train will bring tho val- B iCOAST LEAGUE OPEN TOMO BOW LOTHER r CAR1I, KILLED Arthur Pelkey, of Calgary, Lands Fatal Knockout in Beginning of First Round of Ton-round Bout this After noon. Ill Ako. Iat,l .'run to root Uty Tlmn 1 CAI.OA11Y. Albcrtn, May 2A. Arthur Pelkey knocked out Luther McCarty fell heavily to tbo lloor scheduled ten-round bout horo today with a stiff blow below tho heart. McCarty foil lieally to the floor nnd took the count, dying soon af terwards. McCarty died soon after the blow Democratic Sub-committees in Senate Find Snags in Get ting Legislation Drafted (llr Awo UM I'rni to Cooi Ilir TlmM.) WASHIXOTOX, Mny 21. The Senate sub-comniltteos linvo struck snags that already assure delay In tbo pro grain to hasten tho tail IT bill to considerntlou In tbo Scnnto. Tho chairman of tlio subcommittee said todny that although no more manufacturers will bo heard after Tuesday. It will bo Impossible to have tho schedule ready for tho en tiro committee by tbo end of tbo week. Soino Increases of tlio Un derwood rates in tbo cotton sche dules nro being contemplated by tho nub-committee. It now seoins unlikely that tlio Democratic cau cus will bo called until tbo first week In Juno nnd that mny dolay the report of tho bill to tho Scnato until tbo middle of June, Plans for Observance Com pleted by Special Commit tee Here Today Propnrations for tho observnnco of Memorial Day wero completed today by I). A. Jones nnd K. K. Gonitis, who hnd cbargo of tho program for tho event. Tho O, A. R. niombers nnd Spnnlsh-Amorlcnn War veterans will form nt Kront nnd Mnrkot street nr I o'clock next Kri dny nnd will march to tho Masonic Opera Houso, where tho program will bo held and following tho ex ercises they will mnrch to tho com otory to decorato tho grnves. The program Is as follows: Music Coos Hay Concert Band. Dlvlno Blessing Rov. n. E. Browning. Rending Gonornl Orders Com. S. B. Cnthcnrt. Song Mnlo Quartette Recitation Miss Evelyn Lang worthy. , Orntlon Lyle Chapoilo. Song Malo Quartette. Speaker of the day R. O. Graves. Music Band. Kinney Deal Off. It Is generally believed here today that tho Wll-soy-Klnnoy deal Is off and that the Kinney properties will go Into the hands of a receiver. Xo dofinlte or detailed Information has been obtained from Portland, but It It, belloved that Walte's receivership and foreclosure case will bring about developments. Mrs. L. D. Kinney expected to get word from Portland today relative to develop ments. Inspect Mill. Several parties' hnve Insnected the old Southern Oregon Company's mill nt Empire this week and It gave rise to rumors that the Monasha Wooden ware Com-; pany might bo figuring on stnrtlng It. However, there is little Hkeli- hood of this happening for some time. ley contingent hero in the morning and it Is expected that all the teams will bo accompanied by big delega tions of rooters. Bandon Is said to ' have an unusually fast team to start the season with. I Manager Ogren announces that the Marshfield lineup will probably bo as follows: Lyman, catcher, Johnson and Freeman, pitchers. Abbott and Tower, first baso. Dewey, second base. Brlggs, third base. Burke short stop. Ives and Dewey, right field. McKeown, center field. George Johnson, left field. TARIFF BILL IS DELAYED 0 M BUG A MEMORIAL DAY WHITE HOPE" II FIGHI TODAY whit b came stiffly from Pelkey nnd Btnn k McCarty Just below the henrt. He fell heavily to the floor and was counted out by Referee Eddie Smith. When ho failed to stnud on his feet, an examination was hurriedly mndo and be was enr rlcd from the ring dying. The largo crowd, estimnted at more tbnn 70(10, bad hardly settled In their seats, anticipating witnessing n hard contest, when Pelkey, following an advantage gained by a clover feint, drew McCarty off guard and sent n terrific drlvo to McCnrty's left side under the l.eart. McCarty died ".5 minutes later. PLAN TO GALL G.O.P. Executive Committee of Re publicans Decides to Hold National Convention Soon (llr Ahoi I1cJ I'rrti lo root lUjr Tlmra 1 WASHIXOTOX, May 21. -After several hours discussion the ex ecutive committee of tl o Republi can National committee tentatively ngrecd todny to cnll a mee'lug of the National committee sixty duf after tho adjournment of the ex tra session of Congress to deter mine whether tho National conven tion shnll he called to consider' chnngoH In tho bnsls of representa tion. Tho session of the executive committee was devoted nlmost en tirely to a discussion of tlio need of a National convention. Commit teeman Warron, of Michigan, made n motion to enll tho meeting and prnetlcu'ly every member Joined In n dobnto that followed. Thero wero no expressions of dlsnpprovnl, the only questions being those of detail. GREECE FIGHT Warfare Between Former Bal kan Allies Opens With Big Losses on Both Sides (nr Aiioctit I'rrtt to Cooa lltr TlmM 1 LONDON, Mny 21. Sever fight ing hns boen rosuined by tbo Greek mid Bulgarian troops In the vicinity of Saloulkl. Infantry and artillery of both forces wero hotly engaged nt that city nccordlng to dispatches from AtboiiB. Tho dispatches refer to tho situation us having become oxtromoly gravo. When tbo last messago was sent, King Constantino of Greece, who had Just arrived at Saloulkl with tho general staff of tho Greek army, was endeavoring to arraugo ra neutral zone between tho two armies. REPORT IIEAVV LOSSES (Dr AnorUtei )( lo Cooa liar limn. J SALONIKI, May 24. Tlio losses of tho Greek troops during tho fight against the Bulgarians was given today as 250 killed ami wounded, Hostilities havo beon suspended. Mutiny hns brokou out I among tho Bulgarian troops at Ser Ires, tho men domandlng to bo dls . banded. When their commanding , officer found that he was unable to quoll tbo disturbance, bo com mitted sulcldo. Knthw III. W. H. Best, of tho Coos Bay Water Company, left yes terday for Salem in response to n messago that his father was crit ically 111 thoro, Hurt by Auto. Elzle Lingo, n son of W. H. Lingo, was injured yester- day and his bicyclo smashed with an auto rrom irancton, into wiucti no ran. JAKE HILLSTROM Is In from his homestead In tlio Rock Creek sec tion near Drldge for a short stay. ! SPRAVEl) CABBAGE POISONS TWEXTV (nr AMOtUtei Treat to moa Dr Tlmea. I SANTA DARDARA, Cal., I May 24. Twenty men, poison ed by sprayed cabbage eaten yestorday for dinner, lie to day at the point of death nt Ventura, near horo. Tho veg etables had beon sprayed by tbo grower with parls greon to kill Insects. Tho ICE CREAM SODA season Is again with us. You will find tho BEST at LEWIS'. IN A Contolidntlon and Coos CALIFORNIA LABOR UNIONS TO ATTACK ALIEN LAND LAWS IIKADO FEELS BETTER TODAY Emperor of Japan Stronger and Physicians Declare He Will Recover (llr A mo, lalp,! I'mi lo Cooa tlr Tlmra 1 TOKIO, Milv 21. The condition of the emperor continues to improve today and thu physicians In attend ance declare themselves confident that he will recover from the at tack of pneumonia. Ills majesty Is careful, takes nourishment regu larly and his henrt action Is strong. Count Chlukl Watunabe, Imperial Mnntor of Ceremonies, rend to the emperor today Piesldeut Wilson's cable message of sympathy, which was also prominently displayed In tlo uewspi.pers. RERE TODAY Stranger Under Name of James Bailey Forges Mrs. Geo. Craig's Name. Jns. Bailey, evidently n laborer or mill band, Is being sought this after noon by the police 'on tho charge of cashing forged chocks. Bailey had started out with evidently quite a few, bi.t It Is not certain bow many ho cashed. ' Bailey was passing checks on tho Flanagan & Dennett Hank, wMch purported to have been Issued by Mrs. George Craig, keeper of the board ing bullae nt Bunker Hill, to Jus Bail ey. Ho was first detected by Jay II. Tower. Ho went to Tlio Gunnery to buy a bicyclo. Ho wanted a $15 wheel, hut they had nothing less than a $:10 one ami he said he would tnke It mid then presented the chock. It didn't look good to Mr. Tower nml ho took It to the Flanagan & Ben nett bank on tlio pretext that he needed change. Thero tney declared It to bo n forgery. He telephoned to Shannon Mitchell to keep thu stranger until ho arrived but whllo Mitchell was answering tho phono, Ilalloy Bkippcd out. Jny kept tho I4 check nnd notified Marshal Car ter. A little whllo before, Bailey at tempted to cash a check nt tho First National bank but Assistant Cashier Walter Butlor did not know him nnd he thought Ilalloy acted straugo and ho told him to take it to the Flana gan & Bennett bank to bo cashed. Bailey was rather a short mid stocky hulld and probably 115 years old. He hnd several days growth of board and evidently waB Just re covering from nn attack of poison oak. Ills face being smeared wtlli salvo. Ho evidently skipped when ho thought that Jay B. Tower had de tected him. It was reported that ho bought a second-baud bicyclo and was having It ropalred somo place but skipped without it. Bailey passed a $42 chock on the Hub. Mrs. Craig conducts a boarding house at Bunker Hill. Tho o Ulcers havo a good lino on Ilalloy and will probably pick him up soon. Well-known Actor Weds for Fifth Time, in Los Angeles Leading Lady Bride (nr AMoelat.4 Prtil lo Cooa D7 Tlmea. inu AVnHl.ES. Mav 24. Nut Goodwin, tho actor, today under- wont his llftli expenonco as a iiririnpi-nnm when hn married Mar garet Moroland, his leading woman, who recently was cuvorceu irom Charles Bounty, a real estate bro- Irnr nf Knn DldL'O. A IllStlCO Of tllO peace performed tho ceremony. Is your thinker working? If so lil'V KEEI) and KLOL'lt of HAINES. New STVLES ln PHOTOS at Ql'ATERMASS STL'DIO, 244 Front. EK NAT GOODWIN MARRIED AGAIN of Times, Const Mnll n OfM liny Advertiser. ,,,u cu Declare That Measure is not Stringent Enough to Meet Wishes of the People ASIATIC EXCLUSION LEAGUE BEHIND MOVE Declare That Referendum Will Be Invoked on Measure New Mixup Over Law " tHr Atio. talM 1'im 10 Coon tlar TlroM.J SAX KRAXCISCO. May 2 1 -Resolutions ndopted by the Build ing -Trades Council hero condemn, tho recently enacted alien laud law as "wholly lundeiiunto nnd Inef fective." The resolutions ludorso the project of the Asintle Exclusion League to set In motion tho Initia tive for the repeal of tho law and enactment of n new mid inoro stringent one. Another section of organized la bor will seek not only to invoke the Initiative, hut will circulate pe titions for n referendum election which. If cnlled, would prevent tho Webb hill from going Into effect until the election was decided, which could not be until November, 1011. This split In tho proposed notion of tho two organizations mnkes It uncertain what will bo tho fate of a referendum petition. Twenty tiioiiBund signatures nro needed. Scerotnry Yoell, of tho exclusion league, said bis organization bad 117,000 members nnd that he ex pected lo get 100,000 signatures without difficulty. POT IMS " ON NEW LINE Willett & Burr to Begin Com pletion of Bridges on Smith Powers Line Strike Wlllelt & Burr early next week will begin placing the spans on (lie bridge on the Hiiiliu-l'owerH road hoyoiul Myrtle Point. Wooden spans will be put In. Six or seven of tlio spans have been completed at tho Smith mill and urn ready to be shipped. The false work Is up so that tho spans can be put In quick ly. The grading on the lino Is not progressing as rapidly as was ex pected but the force Is to lie rapidly lucrensed nml nn endeavor will bu made to complete the first stretch In July, although many think tlio contractors will do well If thoy have It completed by August. Tho first stretch Is about 17 miles, Tho bal ance of the road Is to he completed somo tlmn Oils fall. Geo. E. Tonney, of the Wlllott & Burr Company, was In Marshfiold today rushing the work on tho spans. I. W. W. St i Ike. Mr. Pnlmor, of Palmer & IIol brook, was In Marshfiold today and secured n number of men to tnko tho places of somo of tno I. W, W. who quit work at their camp on tbo Smith-Powers Hue yostordny. Thoy do not expect tho trouble will both er them long, ns labor Is plentiful. Thoro wero not many I, W. W. members who quit, but a number of others dropped out because thoy did not want to bo Involved In any labor difficulty. ENGINEER IIOEV RETURNS. Snyn Merger Mutter In Delaying Con- struct Ion Work. Tlio Eugeno Guard says: "II, P. Haoy, chief onglneor of tho Soutliorn Pacific, for tho construction work ln western Oregon, returned last night from Klamath Kalis, wboro ho has beon for tho pnst weok conferring with engineers of tho U. 8. govern ment rel.itlvo to crossings ovor an Ir rigation ditch which tho government is building to an Indian resorvatlon. Mr. Hooy says Hint thoro Is nothing new In regard to futuro construction on tho Klamath cutoff, as far as he has been ablo to learn. It Is probable that nothing further will bo dono un til tho unmerging of tho Southern Pacific and the Union Pacific has been completed," Horn Gets Contract. J. O, Horn, of North Bond, has been awarded tho contract for low ering California and Washington street In North Bond to tho new grade agreed upon by tbo Soutliorn Pacific and North Bond City Coun cil. The old planking will bo torn up, tho piling cut off and tho planking relald on tho now grado. Stcamor RAINBOW, will loavo Marshfield SUNDAY morning nt 8 A. M. for ALLEGANY,, returning, leaving Allegany at 1 P. M. This excursion will give thoso desiring this trip a chance to go and return the samo day. KARE 7.1c ROUVD TRIP. BARLEY, $!.:) at HAINES.