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jOME MEN HAVE A WONDERFUL AIM BUT NEVER SS5S THEY LACK THE PUNCH (ttflflS LOST AUTiri.KS now is vorit time. A siiiull ml In Tim Times wnnt column tuny tiring nu results im mediately. Try one. BmmmmmMmmmmmammmmmm mmtz I jp i,pt found through Times mint ! nfl. Hnul Hicin! Ut.0 theml They -rt roin" MEMI1EH OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WVWI emadiisiicu in ib.i JL AAA VI. M Tl0 const Mall. istnbllsltcd in 1878 MARSHFIELD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 1913 EVENING EDITION SIX PAGES. & Consolidation of Times, Const Mnll Mn 070 nnd Coos liny Advertiser. I"u Cml u mm IE LEADS TODAY IH THE" PORTLAND MAY0RALI1Y RAGE 11 Ahp.nd of Rushliaht Vith Little Over Half of Precinct Votes Counted I0BABLY BE LATE TONIGHT HfcrUKb rllMlbM Bonding Propositions Beat- FxccDt uaruane incinera tor Firemen's Insurance' I in, AI"S rrfti to Cool 0.7 Tlrati.J bOHTLAND, Jnno 3. With 93 kinds complete out of 104 In city of Portland, II. II. A Mice .. .. 1.n mnviiKnltll Ji In 1110 iniu i nnw"inj h 1133 votes nioro thnn A. 0. ihllRht. tnc incuniiieiu, win uic nnl nm t lint Albco'fl lend I prow. The other candidates far iieiimii. u may no mm ht before tlio ronnt will lo com- ted The Indications aro Hint iiondlnix nlnn thnt hnB been ed nn, save tlio garbage Inelnern- and tlio silo lor wio same, nave n defeated. The iienslon ror iironien passed TKhclmlriBly. I BEGUN TODAY bate Committee Begins In stigation of West Virginia Coal Field Labor Dr Awxltlr.) Prru lo Too. tly Tlinc.) WASHINGTON. .Inno 3. Laying foundation for nn exhaustive) utlpallon of tl:o Went Virginia I strike conditions, n Rpoclnl Son- conmilttco today began the fob for nil dociiinontiny ovl- Irc In Washington benrlng on situation. So mo tlmo ugo tlio artment of Labor Invest mated irgcs of pcoungo and looked Into conditions of lminlgrnniB cm- fed In tlio mines. Tlio commit- today decided to ask tno do- Rment for a cony of Its roport. fctner cxninlnutlon will bo mndo the PostoMco Departments Sin thnt minora nro forcibly entcd from using I'ostofflccs ! securing their mall. Tlio coin- see Kill ask tlio Postmaster-Gen- (or a ropy of his reports. MirrCAI.K IS GOVERNOR. (lor (if Hymn's Commoner to Rule I'aiiaina (mini Zone. HE) AuwItKJ Prr to Coo. D.f Time..) 'ASHINOTON. I). C. Juno 3. Para j. Metcalf, of Lincoln, No ka, editor of tlio Commoner, was ted today by President WIIboii civil governor of tlio Panamn ai tone. This was announced by etary Garrison after ho and Rry and Daniels hud conferred with president. MIUCIIK MEET IX K. C. P A"cLtM rrr,. lo Coo n.jr Time..! AXSAS CITY. Juno 3.- Moro loousanu delognte8 ropresoiu warly every state, whero tho mil- .muuniry is pursued, gntnereu S lOdaV fe llrv ntiAnltlff rt Mm lieenth annual convention of tho rme .Miners' Association. QUITS HIS JOB. Minister to Venezuela Iteslgns anil finlld r..w rn.A Bj AnocUi,4 Prr,, to Coo I!., Time.. J KACUS, Venezuela, June 3. JU Northcott. United States Mln- Venezuela, has resigned. Ho U lOdaV lllnvlni. ttiA 1 rnklunn nf tler,lcan lesatlon In charge of ". 7l F8 U'BB8, Jr., diplomatic k of the legation. X'EK WIXS AOAIX. Ilected 1'iosldent of II. of It. T. p uni r ,0 A00, ., T.m,. , n PltAXfirsrn Tnno s w H. of cievoland. was re-elected Btli. ul iuB xiioiiioiiiuou l of ii Tralnmon today by n Kin... . ha,UDV "" lor , lilil .f . Chicago, third vlce- lidil Vne ordor and tho only i -,s wno opposed him. LSTAUTOSKUVICK. r' 'lartln lnf n..,!. -i.. iin. iorninc;:.v;.riv".,Ai,'": fceSii;r..Crescent City and when k, ""uun was runphort Afnnrlnv the' Z' Mart,n seit the news Mace. 1? wnuo uros., oi 1 Ithn " mm mo nil "ao I road. "") imaHuiJB mu umi Uil'"6. ,n 'a,r'y sood condl f UnBloIs Leader. ta8Uom,ob pr,nt,nB done at LLET5 ITS CONTRACT McLain and McLain to Build on North Front Street at Once S. P. Negotiations General Manager V. S. Chandler of tlio Termlnnl Knllwny Iiub award ed tho contract for tho completion of their line from tho present ter minus on North Front street to the North Homl city llinlla. a distance of about 1500 feet, to Hugh Mc Lain and Tred McLain of .Myrtle Point. They are to put In tho piling foundation ntid do tho entire con struction, Including tlio laying ot tho rails. The dim unco Is about 10 00 feet and the contract price Ib understood to bo In tho neighbor hood or yzc,,-2',o. The work Is to start at ouco and Ir to bo completed on or bcfoie No vember 1. Mcssrri. McLain have been dolnlg pnrt of the work on the bridge ap proaches and trcBtlcH on the Smlth I'owors lino boyond Myrtle Point. The contract- wns awarded on n new sot of bids, the llrst bids being too high and above tho estimate for which tlio Terminal thought thnt It could be done by day labor under their own direction. There were sev eral bidders. Just ns soon iir tho city putu In tho new paving on South Ilroad way south or Central and to Mill Slough, thnt piece of track will he put In to connect tho North Trout street track with tho line already In south or Mill Slough. Tho compnny will now tnko up the uticstlon of equipment nnd urrnuge for It so thnt tho lattor will bo avallablo when tho lino Ib complet ed. S. P. Xcgol lat Ions. Tho nwnrdlng of tho contract for tho completion of tho hnlnuco of tno Termlnnl lino follows tho failure of tho Southern Pacific to close ne gotiations to tnke over thu Termlnnl Hullwny. Vice-President Cnlvln Is now In tho Kasr with tho other Southern Pacific officials about the separation of tlio Union Pacific and Southern Pacific merger nnd will not rotiirn until July. C. a. Smith who has been handling tho lormlnal negotiations has nlso been In the Hast. Kiiglnoor Wolfram, who wns ro contly sent horo by tho Southern Pncirie, has been running now sur veys In North Hend and In tho Pony Iniot section lending to the current bollof thnt tho Southern Pacific Is endeavoring to bccuio n new route hnck of Mnrshflold to connect up with their lornl line to Myrtle Point, elthor along Coal Ilauk Inlot or nt Heaver Hill, In caso tno line to nnndnn Is built down South Inlet, ns boiiio havo Intimated may bo dono nt onco. FEDERAL LINE ALASKA TARIFF LOBBY PROBE HAS BEGUN Investigation Includes All Leg islation Indian Contract Graft is Suggested by Sena tor Ashurst Three Mil lions Involved. (11 Amo latvel IVmi to Coon D.r Tlmm.l WASHINGTON, D. C. Juno 3. Search for the tariff lobby, Btich ns President Wilson declared was opera ting In Washington, began yestcrdny with tho Senate .ludlclnry aub-com-mltteo holding open meetings. Kvcry Senator will be obliged to answer a series of eleven questions to deter mine whether ho hns any Interest In tariff or other legislation nnd II nd out what persons hnvo approached him In efforts to Influence his nctlons on the schedules of the tariff bill. It Ib estimated that hundreds of men In terested In manufacturing nnd other business affected by tho tariff havo been In Washington during tho Inst few weeks. President Will Not lie Culled. (tlr AtioclilM I'm. to Coo. II. t Tlmn. WASHINGTON, 0. C. June 3. Senator Ilornli In his testimony nlso referred to "tho mnn Senntor Ashurst mentioned." Just before tho committee began taking testimony Chairman Overman nnd Senator Iteed conferred with President Wilson. It wns snld tho President would not ho called be foro tho commlttco but would trans mit any Information he might hnvo on tho subject of the "lobby." Tlllti:i: MILLION OKAKT. tariff and having heard arguments nnd protests, hut nil considered such proceedings strictly legitimate and had not considered men with whom they talked as 'MobbylBts." Senator Ashurst said, however, that "A man nnmed, Mc.Murroy," had been attempt ing Improperly to Inllucncc Senators against n movement to cancel tor tain Indian contracts by which Mc Murrj". It Is said, would stand to re ceive $3,500,000 . s:x.vrn Loiutv phoiu:. Indian Contract Has Large PoKsiblll ties of ICitsy Money. (Ilj AmotI.ImI I'm. in Coo. II. j Tlmn. WASHINGTON. I). C. Juno 3. Tho llrst Scnntors to testify declared t they know of no Improper Influences bolng exorcised In connection with , ino uiriii or oincr icgisiuuon, uki not know of the uso of money nnd hnd not thomsolvcH attempted to In fluence Improperly nny othor Sena tors. All admitted having talked with iiianufacturorH interested In tho ItncMigutlnii of WIImiii'h ('bulges Will lie Completed in I-'ottr Days. (11 AiiocIXpJ Pitm to Coo. II.; Tim...) WASHINGTON. June 3. The sec ond day of tho Senate lobby probe started with approximately one-fifth of the total number of Senators dis posed of. At such a rate or prog ress, It would take four days to fin ish the Investigation. Tho Senate has allowed ten. Senntor McLenn testified that' ho Is n small stock holder in several corporations but he has never sought to Influence the Scnntors becauso of his Interests. IN'iirom,,N VIohn. A number of Senators told of be ing Importuned by persons Interest ed In tho various commodities nf rected by the tariff, but nothing of n startling nature developed. Senntor Penroso told the commit tee that in his 10 years or experi ence In Washington ho had novor known or nny attempts to lufluonce Improperly members of Congress, Ho gave tho nnmes of 175 persons who had called on him since Jan uary 1 on the tnrlff hill and de clared that nono wero "lobbyists" In tho general acceptance or tho term. Ho said undoubtedly that several Interests maintained men nt Washington, but their work wns porfnctly legltlmnto. Ho expressed tho opinion "thnt tho lobbyist Is principally n thing or tho past. Con gressional committees pay little at tention to them now. Tho stool In dustry nnd coal Interests or Penn sylvania havo hnd no pormnnent rep resentatives In Washington for many years." Penroso said. HIGH FLIGHT 0 OLAE Perreyon, French Aviator, Breaks Altitude Flight With Passenger Today. (11; Auocl.t! Prr. to Coo. Il.jT Time.,) WJC, Franco, Juno 3. Tho world's nltltudo record for nn nero plono carrying n pilot and passon ger wns broken today by Kdmond Porroyon, the' French nvlntor, who roso to a height of 10,308 foot. Per roynn holds tho record without n passengor of m.CCO feot. T IS W E Senate Committee Will Report in Favor of $40,000,000 For Railroad Br AMOcl.ted PreM to Coo Dr Time.. WASHINGTON. Juno 3. Sena tors Jones and Chamberlain of tho territories committee have agreed with tho entlro committee to n propo sition to authorize tho Issuo of $40, 000,000 In bonds for tho building by tho Government of nn Alaskan railroad. A commission of five tin dor the direction of the President would have charge of tho work. No roito was decided upon and tho question of Government operation or lease was left for the future. HOUSE OX HKCKSS. Nothing Doing Ilefore June liil Xmv. Dr AmocLLI rrei. to Cool Hf Time.. WASHINGTON. June 3. After completing the details of organiza tion the House again today lapsed nt" a state of Inactivity that prom ises to continue until June 23. when Jf ".. i.,.. ...ill oHImirn until July 4 Majority Leader Underwood, Re niibllcan Leader Mann and Progres P."u" t '.!.. MnrHnc.k acrced thnt no Important business was to be " '.. .n T,,no 09 nnrt nnt transaciea uum um.v ,-.... .--- ii. ,.. .oa n nHlnnm three days at a time until that date. All gen- . . i.i.iinn snvn tnrlff. CUT- rency and appropriation bills have Unable to Fly High Enough to Drop Bomb Safely on Mex ican Boat at Guaymas Or AnotUlM Pro. to Coo. Ujr Time.. DOUGLAS, Ariz., Juno 3. A. M. Williams, tho Douglas aviator who nad been flying with Dldlor Mas sou In his Gunymas experiments, re turned to Douglas today and re ported that Masson is not able to manipulate his machine at n height surriclent for safety and has glvon up his attempt to blow up the fed eral gun boat In Guaymas. He says It has been decided to use the ma chine only In scout work. FIGHT ACHOSS HOHDKIt. SIOUX CITY MEAT STRIKE Over 1500 Employes of Ar mour and Cudahy Plants Want More Wages (llr AtsotLt I'rtM lo Coo. IU; TlmM.l SIOUX CITY, Iowa, Juno 3. Flf- tnnn liinulrnil until omnlnvcd III the Cudnhy Packing Company and Ar mour ti company b pniiiis uru uui on n strike. Moth plants nro shut ilinvn Tlin mnn ilciinnnd hlchor wages. No soilous trouble has oc curred bo rar. CM IS T California Man Favored by Senate Committee for Com missioner of Immigration lllr Anotllt4 rrei. to Coo. Ilr Tlroti.l WASHINGTON. June 23. Tho Senato InunlBratloi commlttco to day voted to report favorably on the nomination of Anthony Caml nottl ot Jackson, Calif,, to bo Com missioner General of Immigration. Opposition was threatened. WO M T Y1E TARIFF BILL NEARLY DONE Wool and Sugar Kept on Free List Despite Hard Fights in the Senate ' inr Ano.-l.tM l'rf lo Coo. Hay Tlmr.) WASHINGTON, 1). C, June 3. Practically without cluingo the wool nnd sugar schedules ns they passed tlie House nro expected to bo recom mended Into this week to the Senato Flnnnco Committee by the SonntorB who have hnd them under considera tion for more than a month. Tho free sugar schedule, which Sonators ItaiiBdall and Thornton, t,f Louisiana, fought so persistently Iiiib been ap proved by Senntor Williams' sub committee nud the free wool schedule has been agreed to by Stone's sub committee. There Is somo specula tion as to meat nnd Hour, which hnv been lestored to thu dutiable list lij Hie Senato sub-committee, U'ft (o President. It was learned that President Wil son Iiiih decided upon free listing raw materials as well as tho fin ished products ns the best menus of equalization. It was said thnt while the flub-commltteo'H recommenda tions thnt finished products bo mndo dutiable nud raw material free was reversed nt tho White llouso, It was only after ninny Senators i,ad ex pressed through Chairman Simmons their ncqiilencenco. The decision wns loft to thu President. HUSH TAUIFF HILL. Finance ('imiiiilttcii Urged to Com plete Schedules This Week. III). AMoratl I'm. ( Coo. II., Tim...) WASHINGTON, 1). C. Juno 3. Chairman Simmons of the Flnnnco Committee today urged the three sub committees working on tho various schedules of the tariff bill to do their utmost to complete tho work this week. mohi: ox fiu:i: list. Court Refuses to Instruct Judy to Bring in Verdict for De fendant Woods Today CHAUFFEUR TELLS OF TRIP TO WOODS' HOME Says He Took Alleged Leader of Plot From There to Meet Others on Fatal Night t llr A.aocl.lril Pm. In Coo. II., TlmM. IIOSTON. Mass.. Juno 3. Tho prosecution rested today In tho trlnl of President William M. Wood, ot the American Woolen Company, Frederick K. Attcnux and Dennis J. Collins, who aro chnrged with conspiring with John J. llrecn of Lawrence nnd tho Into Urncst W. Pitman, nt Audover, to plant dynn inlto nt Lnwronco to discredit the striking textllo workers In Jnnunry, 1012. After a. few minutes of con Riiitntloii following the cioso of tho tiovernment's ense. Attorney Hurl hurt' announced thnt tho caso ot Wood was nlso rested. He an nounced his client would pifer no defense nnd requested tho court to Instruct the Jury to return n verdict or not guilty on the Indictment ot Wood. Taking or testimony wns sus pended whllu the counsol nrgued tho motion for nn Instructed verdict. District Attorney Polletlor protest ed against such nn argument lis bo lng uufnlr to the othor defendants but- Judge Crosby pormltted Hurl hurt to continue. Tho lattor ar gued tho Government had not shown nny active participation by Wood In' tho alleged plot. HVXAMITi: COXSPIKACV CASH. Cuttle, Wheat, Flour nud .Meats lo lie Without Duly. (llr AiioiUUJ Prr.. to Coo. ll.jr Tim...) WASHINGTON, Juno 3. Chalr mnu Simmons, of tho Senate finance committee, a iter a conference with President Wilson, said that he be lieved when tho tariff bill Is ready for consideration by the Democratic caucus next week, cattle, wheat, meats nnd flour very probably will be on tho free list. (50,000 GEMS STOLEN TODAY State Troops Attack Miitninnnis Near Ilrownsviue, inr Aiioeiim r to eo. n, Tinn.j nAi.T.AS. Tex.. Juno 3. Accord ing to advlceB to the Western Un ion at noon, tho Constitutionalist, forces, have attacked Matnmoraa, iiavln nnnmlln rirnivnHvllln. Texas. The fighting la sold to bo very heavy. Tim Rlinntlnc was started by a small line of Constitutionalists who u'rn vlslblo from the American bank of the ulo Grande ana wnoi were attempting to gain the Mata-I moras electric light plant out of the city. The fighting was brisk) from the start and continued for 48 minutes. After that the firing u'net rloonltnrv am! thnn the eltv surrendered. The electric plant Isj now in tne nanus oi me uonsuiu tionlallsts. L.YDIKS will find some beautiful designs In the HU.MMKIl HATS of fered at SPKCfAIi SALK at MHB. ELHOD'S MILMXKHY. The Instructive Idea In Advertising. "Whero shall I go?" "What shall I do?" "What shall I wear?' "What shall I eat?" "Where shall I ilve?" And bo on down tho long list of human, every-day questions, You will find them all answered In the pages of Tho Times, tho modern progressive newspaper. People read advertising now for Instruction and iniormatlon. as well as for Its "bargain" pos Elbllitles. New Ideas, new thoughts, In spiration and suggestions con stantly come to you If you take advantage of the advertising pages of Tne Times, Don't neglect your nd reading. New York Diamond Merchant Loses Large Number While Taking His Lunch (II, A.iofUleJ Prn. to Coo. Il.f Time. NKW YORK, Juno 3. Isaac Tholso, of Maiden Lane, a diamond broker, repoited to the police this afternoon that gems worth $40,000 to $50,000 had been stolen from his place of business while ho was ab sent during tho lunch hour. Tho thief left no clue. Cnli Driver Tells of Tnklini Man From Millionaire Woods' Home. (11 AMort.t Prr.. to Coo. n.jr TtmM.) IIOSTON, June 3. -Tho cross-examination of Arthur Plurn, In tho dynamite coniiplrncy trial was re sumed today. Plnra, a taxlcab driv er, testified about driving n man re Homhllng Attcnux from tho resldenco of President Wood of tho American Woolen .dills to Franklin nud Wash ington streets, to n Court-streol sa loon, hack to Franklin street, then to n club house on the evening of which the dynamite wns planted. Tho motion tor thu ncqulttal of Wood for alleged Insufficient ovl doneo was overruled and his de fense with Hint of Attenux and Col lins was ordered to proceed. WIIP.KF. WF.RF, THE POLICE.' Highwaymen Roll New York Jewelry Store lu Day Time uiiil llent Proprietor. (Or AmocI.1.4 rrr.. lo Coo. tlr Tim... NEW YORK, Juno 3. Four nrmed highwaymen entered tho Jewelry shop of Mandel Greenhnuso on lower East side today held him up at tho point of a revolver , heat him senseless and looted his two safes of $4,000 In gems then locked him In the shop and es caped, Cia.SS PLAY TONIGHT. Tho "Twig of Thorn" presented by tho graduating class of tho Marshfleld High School Is some thing very different from tho or dinary run of plays. It is a pic ture of Irish peasant lire in thu year of the great famine. It Is bas ed on the superstitions of tho old Irish peasantry concerning tho pow er of tho little fulrles over those who wish too much happiness. Irish peasant costumes havo been secured from San Francisco. SALE OX HUMMER HATS. Commences at J1RS. ELROD'S MILLIXERY I Tomorrow, Juno 1. I PLAGUE YEAR Fear Insects Will do Much Damage Kansas Fourth State to be Invaded III, AMorl.'xl I'm. lo Coo. IU, TlmM.) WASHINGTON, Juno 3. This looks like n grasshopper year," waH the comment today of Professor F. M. Wobster, of thu bureau of onto-1 mology, nftur tlio fourth outbreak of Invaders was repoited to him. Tho Intcht nppearauco of thu hoppers" wns In Kansas. '1 o previous states afflicted aro now Mexico. Idaho and California. Further grasBhoppor raids In various parts of tho country aro looked for. although It Is not believed by officials here that any of them will do grent damngo. EDITOR DISCHARGED. Oh tier of ifansnn City Star Is Freed of Contempt Charge. (I), A.iocl.1.4 rrr.. lo Coo. U, Tim... JEFFERSON, Mo., Juno 3, Tho Missouri Supremo Court today dis charged William It. Nelson, owner nud editor or the Kansas City Star, from contompt of Jackson County Circuit Court. Tho decision of tho Supremo Court wns unnnlmouB. Nel son was found guilty of contempt of court nnd sentenced to Imprisonment of one day In tho county Jail February 1, lust, by Circuit Judge Josiiepn a, Guthrlo, of Jackson County, who based his action on matter printed In Nolson's paper In connection with a divorce ense. Tho Supreme Court held the nrtlclo to bo contemptuous, but ordured Nel son dlBchnrged 6f contompt solely on tho ground thnt Circuit Judgo Guthrie prepared the opinion the night before tho trlnl for contempt. IMPORTANT .NOTICE. If parties who have been despoiling my garden and stealing Howeis do not stop they will bo prosecuted to tho extent of the law. JOHN HEAR. DR T. J. McCORMAC is expected here tomorrow morning from Ilork-eley. ill been DiocKea ior nm ""'