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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 1, 1913)
If BAINPROPS WERE DIAMONDS SHINGLE NAILS WOULD BE WORTH MORE flT MWW4 rt, Jjw f 1 IT IT K NOW IS YOUR TIME. A Mnnll ail In The Times want column limy lii'liur yon resuhw mi mediately. Try one. ' MEMBER OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ...ii.ii0lif1 In 1878 MARSHFIELD. OREGON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 19 13 EVENING EDITION k Ooasolldatlon of Times, Coast Mall and Coos Bay Advertiser. Mm ''"""" .. No. 37 irtl XXAVII. Tho Coast amh, ill III OLD MEXICO, UNO UTS AT VERA CRUZ. tin Word of Importance Rett-From Mexico City ftTWashington Officials. Will "Protect Americans. IvAStHNOTON. 1). C. Sept. 1. MHorllaroii, rlmlriimn of tho foi- rim relations con.mlttoo. conferred ' . i. ..In., with Rp. BOre than' an ui" ". retary Brjnii, nflor which H dcclur .,1 tlte Trtwlran situation seemed to CRAWFORD TO MAKE REPORT Attorney General Will Not Fa vor Any Prosecutions for Deportation of Leach. ROSKHURG, Or., Sopt. 1. The Nowa prints tho following: "That tho report to ho fllod by Attorney General A. M. Crawford relative to p,nrU'hiL' time "S' far mi 1 1118 invcsuguuon or mo aeporiuuou w marMi'h . ...11.. i i. r i.. .. pnlir SCI1UIUI nurun, inu . in r.uuiM i.uiiiii, iwiiiiuii ju iihui anil puhllHhor of ".ItiHtleo, at lian doii, will ho anything but favorable, to Loach ami IiIh followers Ih ovl-dont- froin HtatonioutK made hy tho know,' Crux. Mo." . . Ilacon saM the suggestion liy i.inii Meilcan initiation In absolutely at a ttind still. No word of Importanco in been iwclvcil from .Mexico City, .ml nothlnu 1ms tome today irom Enroy I.hiil, who remains In Vera J Attorney C.eiicral this morning, rmi i tin not know what ho plans "Attorney General and lrs. Craw lord have lieon spending tho past two weeks at Mnrshllold, Handon to Scnor (hriiilina that tho admlnlH- and other count cIUoh, where .Mr. tratlon lieru would use Its good of- Crawfrd was neat hy Governor West fltts with American bankeri) to en- to Investigate, and, If possible, us touage loans t;i Mexico wan In no certain tho facts regarding tho do tense an ortur hy tli Ik government portatlon of Kditor I.oach and other to guarantee iniy loaim. l.lnd meant alleged disturbers of Cooh County, ilmiily that If the American pro- J "When" Interviewed Attorney Gon posals for ponce were accepted this oral Crawford said lie had Investlgnt- CoTcrunient would regard condltloiiH ed tho l.each cuso thoroughly, hut In Mexico us so hopeful that busl-1 would not file a forma report until ntss cutild liu safely carried on, and ho reached Salem. When pressed to that extent-would he Kind to on-' for sumo Iiiformatlon iih to who wan courage hankers who might muke to blnnio for tho trouble, tho Attor loans to tho provisional government, ney General said ho believed the Americans who did not wish to dlHturberH were In a measure re-' bet-d (lie advlci; of President Wll-! sponsible for. their deportation, ton to leave the country would bo i "'Tho peoplo of Coos County, uud protected In every possible way by more especially tho mon employed this country, Ilacon said. in the logging enmps uud mills are Secretary Itrytin will leave late j contented with conditions as they today for Chcsterlown, .Maryland, to exist thoro at tho present time. 1 deliver a lecture tonight. Ho ox-' Interviewed a largo number of them rects to speak In ork, Pa., tomor-j during tho pnst two weeks, and In row night ami in l;t.ston, .Maryland, every instance they claimed to bo Wednesday night. Ho expects to . working under tho best of eondl returu to WashlngUm botween on- tloiiH.( In Tact 1 found that tho low gagements aid nm go to Mnlno est wagon paid Is $2 P'i' day. while later this wet'h to spei.k in tlio cam- many of tho loggers and mlllmen palgn In tlio tlf.rd Coii.jtosslonal dls-1 receive as high as $1.r.j per day. f' 1i."8flB Tho meals served by these- camps and nulls uro good ami wnoiesoine, wniio tho bunk bouses aro clean and free from infection. believe, from wlmt could bo gleaned through Interviews with peoplo of nil classes, that tho loggers uud mlllmen wore as much to blaino for tlio deportation ot l.each as wero tlio citizens who com prised tho sovoral committees pre siding over tho proceedings. The loggers nnd'inlllmcn nro a contented elnss in Coos County, and apparently dlsliko tho Invasion of agitators and dlsturbors. " '1 found that certain nowspnpor articles to tl o effect that Al Powers was nt tho head of tho crowd that doportod l.each wero Incorrect'. In fact, I secured Information to the offoct that Powers was nbsent from .Mnrshllold nt tho tlmo nnd know nothing of tho deportation of tho Ilandon editor until IiIb return.' " 'As to Sheriff Gage, I found sonio ovidonco tending to indlcato that ho know of tho threatened de portation, whllo othor testimony was to tho offoct that ho was Ignorant of tho occurronco until it was too late -to 'lutorforo. I consider Sheriff Oago a good man and an olllcient offleor;' "l'Vom -tho Attorney General's re marks It does not seem probable that prosecutions -will follow his In vestigation. At least, the Attorney General appears satisfied that the agitators and disturbers were to blame for their trouble. Attorney General Crawford will probably file his formal report with Governor West, who sent Wm to Coos County to Investigate, not later han -Tues day of next week." HUBS 1ST HE ALIENS IRISH RIOTS E FATAL One Dead and About 350 In jured in Outbreak in Dub linPolitical Rows. Ilr AoclateiT I'rrti to Coot Tltj Tlinn.) LOXDOX, Sept. t. IJotli Unionist and Liberal parties, in England nro trying to mnke political capital out of tho riots In Dublin. Tho latest reports say that 3U0 civilians and forty-five policemen wero seriously hurt and required hosHtal treat ment'. One of the civilians has died from his injuries. It Is argued on both sides that tho Irish passions have been stirred by tho home-rule campaign, and that this has beuu responsible for their lawlessness In Dublin and also for the recent dis turbances In Londonderry. The Un ionist newspapers warn the govern ment that the homo rule bill has aroused lawlessness and antagonism throughout Ireland. Liberal news papers blaino the revolutionary prep arations in Ulster made by Sir Ed ward Carson, leader of the Irish Unionist party. GIRL KILLED III MINE RIOT Calumet Situation Becomes More Serious as Result of Shooting Early Today.' IDj Aiaoclated Vttf to Coos Dx Tlmts.J CALUMET, .Mich., .Sept. 1. The copper strike situation was given a more serious aspect this morning ns a result of tho shooting nnd wounding of tho daughter of one of tho strikers nt tho North Kear sargo mine, two miles north of Cnl unient, when a picket of strikers and women clashed with a Deputy Sheriff's posse guarding the mine. Tho deputies allege they wero driven from tho mining property by strikers nnd that when they re turned to protect tho property they were fired on by tho strikers. West ern Federation of Minor leaders deny this, declaring the deputies fir ed without provocation In tlio crowd of strikers and women, wounding several and fatally hurting Mar farot Kazakas, Hungarian, nged fif teen. Ilecnuso of tills shooting, mil itary forces have again taken chnrgo of the patrol work about tho mines at Walverlno and Kearsnrgo. NCOM WASHINGTON Holiday Generaly Observed by Clerks, But Some Depart ments Keep Busy. I Mr AModitnil Trett to Cook liar T.mca. WASHINGTON, 1). C, Sept. !. In observance of 'Labor Day In tho District of Columbia, virtunlly all the wheels of Government today ceased to revolve. Exceptions wore to bo fouml In tho Stain to, whero tho dohuto on the tariff was resumed, and In tho State, War and Navy De partments and Executive offices, whero the Mexican ill t nation com polled watchfulness. Depnrtmouts wero closod however, bo far as thou sands of clerks wero enncorncd. The House wns not KcliediilcH to meet la day. Frank B. Kellotjcj Dtclares ina Mates Cannot Regu late Foreign Subjects: Iff AikUI1 rf ,0 ,)ll)r Tmc, j MONTREAL, Stpt. l.-KmnK 11, Mlogff, PiHidiMit f tlit American r Association, ioko on tre.ty wing power at tlw opeulng morit '"g of the association today. Ho Stained that tho Kck-,al Gov 'ment fad tl.t right to daflno by Tm 6 Mat,ls o forcB11 citizens the states, places whore ho "r travel, business 1u width ho .engage and properly ho may J(Witlon of sucn proirty ,uftor Jli. -tho California alien Innd 1 fS he t0xt of tlle ndrtross. "We 2Uxpeet,-' nlrt Kellogg, "that and i 'I Clllzp,1 w e rpectea i e IS2.'r0t0('U,m t0 M they t L. "T1 "n,or Prlnclpleg of in Jj tlona, law WId CIIstom of na. la in LW. docIaro our Government to tSTZ1 t,mt k Cftnnot tve the Z tMwm wlUli th 8tats ,ue Mmo protection." SHOT AT CAMP PERRY fcortkeener v.,.: .... ' . .inuoiuu HllOOt IlHUly CAMP dp , 10 t0M Tlm" l "United r . i 1 uonPny M. or Meet fer ,n th0 Nntal RA en thp' ?'af.BUot throuBh the ab left gM6 entering on tho two holidays delayed ner loading, tide hi Snd IodGlng in the rlgh The finishing touches are now be ound i. co,nlltlon '8 Borlous but ths lS put on tho Randolph. Jack not Burolv fntni I ral.,ni, lo tha linua "nnVrnni nniind- slSB2TTfU,1llh,,ed "Partnieats; ,. M But! r,4 r00In8 wUh bth - jnnillra. tin t n MAN SUING BY FAKE PAPER Along the Waterfront. The Adeline Smith will sail Wednesday noon for Bay Point. She arrived in late Saturday, but the two holidays delayed her loading, Melville la the boss "oakum pound er," Stafford the cement man, and Daqer spreads the hot tar. Ere an other week she will be riding the billowy ,4f9M qf Jtore. Gold Beach aiAhat New Yorkers Read Thrilling Account of Thaw's Escape Frameup of Grafter. Ilr AnoclalfJ freea to Coot liar Times. NEW YORK, Sopt. 1. Thoustuids of Now Yorkers pouring In fxiun tho beach trains at Urooklyn Brlago during the night woro victims of a fake sensation when they won't down In their own pockets; for nie kles to buy "newspapers" across whose first page, in black letters three Inches high they read "Harry Thaw shot while trying to escape." Tho papors sold rapidly and those who bought thorn received oven n greater thrill when they read below tho report that Thaw was killed and one or more men with him In his dash for liberty wore also killed or Injured. On close Inspection the fake became apparent, as the issue was volume one, number one, of the Philadelphia Sunday Telegram, there being no such paper, It Is estimated that 100,000 copies of the fake sheet were sold In the cities between Philadelphia and New York, netting a profit of 2000 to the promoter of the enterprise. NANKING IS CAPTURED. Cbijicso Rebels Forced to Leave Their Stronghold. (Br AuocUUd Preu (o Cool Bar Tlraei.) SHANGHAI, Sept. 1. The city of Nanking was captured today by the Chinese government troops. The rebel forces fled to the country through the northern gate. GEO. P. LAIRD, Mrs. L. P. SorenBon and some friends motored over from Bandon this morning via Co- qullU la, about tbrat hours, !E TAX IS OP FOR DEBATE Democrats on Finance Com mittee Only Want Change When Above $250,000. nr AMorlale.1 I'rf.i to Cooa liar Tlinci. WASHINGTON, I). C, Sopt. 1. Increase of tho Income tax on largo fortunes only when the Incomes run nbovo S'JTiO.OOO annually is tho basis of a compromise that tho DoinocrntB of the flnnnco commltteo will recommend to tho Sonato cau cus tomorrow night. Tlio attitude of tlio so-called Insurgent Democrats today wns such as to Indicate they would not accept tho arrangement without fight nnd the caucus may run two or thrco days. Tho finance commltteo has decided to luavo tlio rates of tho Income tnx as at present up to $2r.0,000. BARRY THAW'S LAWYERS TO CIRCUMVENT TRY JEROME PLAN MILL SLOUGR BILL PASSED Senate Takes Favorable Act ion on Measure for Filling Big Drain Through City. That Hugh McLaln Is getting act Ion on the bill for closing Mill Slough Is shown by the following press dispatch from Washington, D. C: "Senator Chamberlain Friday reported his bill closing Mill Slough at Mnrshllold and It wns passed by the Senate." It Is expected that Congressman Hnwloy will get similar action by tho IIouso todny or tomorrow. Mr. Hnwloy had Introduced the meas ure last spring, but did not press the matter owing to the opposition that ho heard from on Coos Hay. With tho petitions and telegrams that have been sent to Coos Hay In addition to the work being dono there by Hugh McLaln. It Is ex pected that favorablo action will alto ho secured in tho House. Tlio bills provido for leaving tho whoio matter to tho city of Mars'.i lleld so that final action on the closing of tho slough will hnvo to bo taken by tho City Council. This will Involve tho disposition of tho land In tho bed of tho slough and also tho providing of n big storm and drain sower to carry off tho water which now drains through Mil Slough. Tho sewer will have to bo a big coneroto or brick sower. When being discussed n four-foot sower wns discussed. This will bo pretty expenslvo and whether tho abutting property owners will hnvo to pay for It or whether a special sowago district will bo created re mains to bo determined. STOCK DEALS Tomorrow Will Determine Whether Prisoner Will be Returned to America. IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS READY TO TAKE ACTION Prisoner Busy Answering Mail While Attorneys Try to Fig ure Plan to Save Him. (Dr Aocla!cl Prctt to Coos nar TlmMJr SHKIJimoOKIJ Sept. 1. Hurry Thaw's lawyers went forwnrd today with their plans for preventing his relenso on n writ of habeas corpus tomorrow. If tho writ Is sustained, there will be n dramatic scene In court, for the Instant Thaw Ib a frco ninn, Ulnko Robertson, acting for tho Immigration department, will step forward, top him on the shoul der nnd nnnouiico: "I arrest you In the iiiunc of tho King." Securo for 0110 day at lonst from any sudden judicial action ngainst j him, this being u legal holldny, l Thaw spent tho forenoon with ills stenographer attending to his vol . iuhIikHb mall. His counsel discus sed thmV plans for appeal In tho event of the writ being sustained. They woro hot sure todny that thoy had precedent for such an action. Tho appeal against tho writ of hab eas corpus would In n sense destroy the efficacy of tho writ and rights of citizenship guaranteed cc ''urlcs ago under tho mngnn chnrta. IAQUA SAILS FOR FRISCO New Vessel Has Capacity Out going List Passenger and Freight Business Growing. Tho Innua sailed Into Saturday for San Kranclsco with a capacity list and a good cargo of freight. She had about 200,000 box shooks, about 100,000 feet of lumber and about 100 tons of miscellaneous frolght. Cnpt. Self Is woll pleased with tho showing of business on this run and liy making tho fast schedule ho says they will soon bo unnblo to tnko enre of nil tho passengor business until tho alterations and Improve ments are made. This may bo dono soon. The regular scnoauio ami speedy trips aro bringing hor much new business '.each trip. Among those sailing from hero on her were: R. Lyons, IL James, H. L. Halp- ng, M. French, H. O. Galloway, Capt. Ernst, N. Hoelling, D. C. Peelor, John Calling, Mrs. Kettrlng, Rose Osbourne and Homer Wright. ARE fiHARD BIT U 0 TE D Senator Cummins Would Im pose Ten Per Cent Tax on Transactions There. ' nr At.odated Prraa to wio nar Tlmoa.J WASHINGTON, I). C, Sopt. 1. Senator Cummins today Introduced an amendment to tho tariff bill pro- noslng a ton per cent tnx on all sales of stocks, bonds, cotton or agricultural products through organ ized stock or produco exchanges, whero tho seller Is not tho nctual owner of tho thing sold. Cummins declnred tho stock oxchango "sales In Now York Inst year woro fully nlnoty-flvo per cent fictitious. "Not ton ner cent of tho railroad stock of tho United States chnnges hnnds each year," ho said, "yet tho so- called sales of tho Now York Ex chnngo Inst year amounted to four- fifths of tho entire stock Issued hy nil railroads of tho United States." AUTO TRAFFIC- HEAVV. All stages arriving here this af ternoon from Marshfleld and other coast cities, were loaded with pas sengers. Traffic was never so heavy as this year, say stage operators, and from indications tho traffic will ex tend far into the fall months. Rose- burg News. Don't look so solemn. COOS RAY Is tho best place on earth. That' what they all think. Put on "THAT COOS DAY SMILE" and go to the ORPHEUM Monday night. JAVA COFFEE HOUSE OPEN ALL NIGHT to accommodate its many patrona. START TRAFFIC SOON Southern Paclfle Will 80011 Regin Sei- vice on Coos Ruy Lino. The Eugene Register says: "Fol lowing tho opening of traffic on th P., E. & E. will soon come tho an nouncoment of traffic on tho new line west from Eugene through Elmlrn to Notl, nnd oventually to tho coast. r reigui iramc in ciuiouu ims " readv been established to Elmlrn ,anl passenger service to Notl will bo con:-' menced within six weeks. "PnRsfinfj.. HorvlPA la entirely de pendent upon the work of ballasting,", explained Chief Engineer Hoey yes terday. "Ballasting has alroady bo gun, and wo nro pushing It as rapldly( as possible, but It will probably tako six weeks to make ready for tho open-' Ing of passenger service." j "The Notl tunnel will bo complet ed 'by October 15, which will give' two months nnd a half to lay tho( rails and to ballast tho itne as far as( Mapleton, for traffic to tidewater by the first of the year Is the goal of the engineers." I Many Cases Disposed of by Judge Coke Several Crim inal Cases Decided. , Judge .1. S. Coko returned Saturday night from Curry County wlioro ho lias been holding Court tho past wcok. Most of tho cases wero disposed of and John F. (.tilings wns appointed roforco boforo whom ovidonco could bo tnken In sonio of tho equity enscs. Court Reporter Ira Rlddlo was tliora and stopped nt Handon wlioro ho will rciuunln until tomorrow when bo will Join Judge Coko nt Couulllo for tho adjourned term of court. Tho regu lar September torhi will open nt Co uuillo a week fnm today, Samuel Russoll of Dnlryvlllo wa8 found guilty of n statutory offenso ngainst Esther Hoinent, tho Bovontcon-year-old daughter of a Dalryvlllo rancher. Tho assault occurcd at tho Ilngcnson mill whero Miss Romont was employed nt tho homo of Mr. Hagenson, a brother-in-law ot Rus sell. Tho enso had aroused muoh feeling. Russell's folks uro prominent In Curry County. Ho wns given nn ludetcrmlnato sentence of thrco to twenty years. David Penwoll, tho forgor who passed a number of bad checks In Mnrshllold, pleaded guilty to obtain ing money by fulso pretenses from a Langlols ninn and was given ono to llvo years. J. L. Reynolds, indicted for n liquor law violation, Jumped his bond and his bondsmen wero ordered to pay tho $300. An effort will bo mndo to bring Reynolds back. Sam Van Polt, charged with cut ting a selno of some Hshormon, wns found not guilty. Abolish Port Orfonl. Tho Port of Port Orford which has had a rather checkered exlstonco was practically put out of commission by the Court making permanent the tem porary Injunction restraining tho Commissioners from acting. The de cision was In tho quo warranto pro ceedings brought by Geo, M. Brown in behalf of tho State of Oregon. Tho decision was really by stipulation, It having been agreed last year that If tho election last November resulted in the election of Commissioners opposed to the port, tlio matter would bo drop ped. The case of Geo. Dunne vs. J. D. Steero, involving the Woodruff ranch and balance nf tho estate, has been transferred from Circuit Court to Federal Court, t M