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IF GOOD ROADS TALK MADE GOOD ROADS, WE'D HAVE NO BAD HIGHWAYS (Emus lau twos Till: WOMEN ulio icml Tlio Times kntiw they run lull (lie lH of ,,,c l)est ,nc''!l,","s , well nt the Hewn of the best peo- pic f t'10 vli'' Till: MERCHANTS who udvertUc hi The Times know ihty rei.vii the hevt people hi the city who Insist on the hest news of the city. member op the associated press .M VVVII KHlllllllHllOtl 1H.7M VOL AAAVII. Tho Const Mull MARSHFIELD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1914 EVENING EDITION EIGHT PAGES, A Consolidation of Times, Coast Mull and Coos Hay Advertiser. No. 144 DALE MILLION 00 GREAT DAMAGE III NORTH AFTER THREE DAYS' FIGHTING IFiS WPS AND RAINS GOV. FERRIS INVESTIGATES IS C 01 V Another Storm From Sea With Rain is rremcieu uy oeai tle Experts SLIDES AND CUTS OBSTRUCTING TRAINS Wind Levels Great Number of "' m il. 0HI ireCS IVUIlll Ul ouctuie Near Border (nr A"ll"l rrr lo Cooi tlT TlmM 1 ...4rt. f tnll V 'Pllil tinnf lull juircou -uiu " " "I preaching from the sen lnilen with rain in tho four dayH cmlltiK t f I . . i.i- ......Mil.. 1trt fnlttfnll f i . i ....I., ntmlllnl utnflll fill. OClOl'K IIH IIIUMIIIIK l "'"""" "" Seattle whb LSI IiicIich. Tito wlnd Htorm hint nlKht blow down a great number of trues between Seattle and tho Onniidliiii border and It Ih iiii F likely Unit telephone and telegraph fonuiititili'ntloii with the north will bu fully rentored today. I MOIIHe llinvurn nuivircn "i" in iv- f iiiiind today to shift Iioiibob from tho I I . ...I. ...... Ilin nnHtll I It ill! full U lll'IgWH WIll'IU UIU Ullllll IHIVIIIVim l give wiiv Asidu from mud slides In l iho nits, wbleh tlohiy tho traliiH un til tlio ubKtriirtloiiB ran be removed, I .1.. - .!' 1l.ll. I-M.tt.t.. i 1110 rniirOHIIB ri'iun imiu ua-. Hut little rnln fell hixt night and tlio nnmiicct Ih for an Intermit. out rain totlny. SENT TO PEN Swindlers Who Used Mails to Rob Public of Thousands Found Guilty (11; Aiaorltle.1 Preat lo Toot Day Timet 1 NEW YORK. .Ian. 7. Jninos Dun- lop Smith, president of tho Radio I Teloplionu company, wuh sentenced today to Hpond a year and bIx monthu I In tlio Federal prison at Atlnnru and to pay a fine of $5001 for coiiBplrlng to Hwlndle InveHtorfl In tho Ktoek of tlio corporation tlirongli tho uro of tlio mallH. Elinor Ilnrllngaino. agent of a hiiIi- jsldlnry company, was sentenced to two mid a half yearn and fined $10,- inu. The Ellsworth coiupnuy. the subsidiary which handled thu stock f the parent corporation, was fined JlO.iiHi. Thu uovornment charged that InveHtorB lost $1,000,000 by tho laiso representatloiiB or tlio dofend- nntH. "Coos Bay" Knocked Down by the Sheriff's Hammer for Sum of $255. TllD I'll! lllf tiwt 1nf HHnna IJi.v ' Jjullt liy CavniiuiiKh mid Kvaiia iit ... ... u.,,v lipu w jrus poso of bringing worldwldo famo to Copj liny hy her wonderful speed, and the cost of which was subscribed ipr InrEfly from tho pockots of pub llr spirited citizens of Mnrshllold, was knocked down under tho sher iffs Inminer nt noon today to Al II. rower.) for tho sum of $2C5, which Iniliid-a the wholo works. c.'' rrw peoplo know wlum tho "4P V S tO lift llllllorl .iff mill nil llll- prc-i.tu auction was conducted by M'rri'f fjn"e nftei- lio nrrlvml nn tlin inru fr'n from Coquillo. A few noo- ,. . , . ,. ,i(, l0 aiionu tno auction i tl ' i niti ling was not very lively. ii"" liont mid lioi- iwn nO.lwirun. r wr riines woro sold separately. i i i iLinr Wfl8 knocked down for " " ' ii o other, with tho inngnoto, r; ! i' RllC The boat brought $40, r " 1-, Olltlllilillmr tlin linlf iln- C: ' who bid on tho proporty. 1113 ' lliaprliitlrii. ... II.,. .....! l - --- . . .v..i.,w( lu iliU lllllll IU 'nn t o boat was $400, while the I: i " ' firm put In a claim for - i iia siiuru oi mo woric. "' w'at Mr. Powers Intends to If ',)' , thr rttnff l.n .11.1 .w.f Dtnln ' J i he tlmo being ho will storo r l - nnd her onglnos until tho " ' ., wnen no may put the craft Molhci- l)cd. J. R. Hunch of Al 'l an yesterday recelvod a telegram "U'oiHclng the death of his mother. gcl s i, in Josephine county. Mrs. ic . oa" of Cooa Klver is also a "aiif, ter 0f the deceased. -,"al; your Job printing done at The Times office. ii 0 oio in POWERS BUYS RACING BOAT The Times want ada are the keys TD BE S Preliminary Hearing in Curry County Murder Early Next Week i I (Special lo The Times.) 1 GOLD BEACH, Or., .lun. 7. Rlloy Cooley will have IiIh prellniln ary hearing hero the flint of next weok on tho charge or the Van Pelt murder. The hearing was delayotl until then to euiiblo Home of thu wlt iiussch deHired (o get bore. It Ih uuderHtood that the preliminary hearing may be an exhaustive one, aft Homo of Cooloy's frleiidH think that a thorough presentation of thu eiiHc then might gain IiIh Iminedlato releiiRo or roHiiU In a minimum bond being fixed In cubo ho In held to thu grand Jury. P. 1. FLECK SHOT; IS A MYSTERY Railroad Contractor at Ten Mile VVounded at Vancouv erFew Details Word Iiub Jiint been received hero of tho mysterious shooting of 1. M. Flock, mumbor of tho contracting firm of Scarpolll & Fleck, wh'o arc constructing tlio south approach to tho big Schofleld Crook tunnel, at Vancouver. It Ih said that ho wuh fatally hurt. Hut meager particulars have boon received horo. It seems Hint tho shooting occurred about ten days ago. Fleck Ih said to have declared that i ho shot himself accidentally, hut tho i nature of the wound Ih said to ho i such that his story of tho trouble Ih doubted. Thu bullet Ih said to havo entered tho hack of his neck and coursed downward, lodging In his lungs. Flock and his wlfo had some fam ily trouble at Ten .Mile. About threo or four weokH ago, slio Injured hor solf while lifting a waahtub and ho took her north for export medical treatment. It was during thin trip that hu was shot. It was reported hero today that tho shooting occurred at Ten Mile, hut Capt. Ned Galloway of the North Star said that thin was erroneous L )o,.V TVKIT.MOi: TO lll-J I'HIKD ix Los AX(M:iii:s i-ou iia.mn IjINCJ EXI'I.OSIVKS DL'IIIXti DVXAMITI! Ol'TKACJES. Illy Ahc Ule.1 Vtf lo Coot IUy Tlraw.) I.OS ANGKI.KS. Jan. 7. Olaf Tvoltinoo, labor leader, was granted n new trial by tho United States Circuit Court of Appeals In tho In dlanapolls consplrary cases. He must stand trial horo on a ehargo nlnHvn tn tlm tiniiRtinrtnllon of OX- ploslvos for llloKHl purposes, oc ' cording to nnnouuconient miido to I day by tho United States District I Attorney. Tho Indictment ninklng 'the cbnrgo, was roturned by tho grand Jury two yoars ago. Is Xot l)lsturliel. (Ily AuwIaloJ ITM to Com IUy TIwm.) oav lmAvmspfl. Jan. 7. Tvolt- T nnn innlf in nOU'U tllflt tin 1111181 stand trial nt Los Angeles non- enalnntly. "There should be on fil In tho rocords of tho Unltod iSta'tos District Attorney's office" i ho snid, "a stipulation entered. Into 'l... ..i.-cnlf nml ntlinra wllll Kt3(loml roproBontntlvos agreolng thnt tho 1 l.os Angeles easos should bo dropped i.. ,.i..... ,.f llm T?nflnrnl nrnsnciltlnil I III nun in i" w. ...... ,.-- nt Indianapolis covering the same ground." F.LKS XOTICi:. ' Tlinrn ivlll lir. nn I llllinr I all t lllRfit- ! Ing of MnrsliJlold B. P. O. K. this a 0 evening to consuior repons m bhvui al committees, applications for mem bership and othor business of In terest to every Elk, A full attend ance Is desired, GEO. ROTNOR, Secretary. Knights of Columbus Present Sum for Fifty Scholar ships at College ' Illy AiH'lleJ Trim lo Coo Hay Timet.! BALTIMORE, Jan. 7. A chock for a half million dollars from tho KnlghtH of Columbus of the United States for tho Catholic University at Washington, was presented to Car dinal aibboiiB today. Tho sum has been collected by tho Knights In tho post four yeorH. The money will be used to establish fifty scholarships at tho University. WILL OPPOSE Confjressman Bryan to Brinn Up Government Ownership of Railroads lllr AMiHlnlril I'rrn lo Coon llr TlmM. WASHINGTON,. 1). C, Jan. 7. Representative Bryan, Progressive, of Washington, is preparing to bring up government ownership of rail roads when thu IIoubo takes up tho Alaska railway bill noxt weok. Bryan Intends to lead tho fight against tho proposal to lease tho Alaskan rail road when built, to private corpora tions, and to embody his Government ownership Ideas as they apply to railroads recently In a separate bill. ILL RETIRE Aqed British Statesman to Quit Parliament After Thirty-Seven Years (Ily mimiiI(4 rrm In Tool Mir Timet.) BIRMINGHAM. England, Jan. 7 Joseph Chnmboiialn, tho venerable British statesman, has decided to ro tiro from Parliament nt tho next gonoral election. Ho Ii'uh served con tinuously as n member of tho Houso of Commons slnco 1S7C, representing West Birmingham, In succession to his father. . TRIAL BEGINS Man Who Answered Launhter With Machine Gun Fire Admits Charqes Py Auorltted I'rnt lo Cooa lit) Timet.) STRASSBURG, Germnny, Jnn.7 Tlio roadlness of Colonel Von Renter of tho UOth Infantry regiment to re ply to tho laughter of citizens of 'An hern with a raking flro from the machlno guns was shown in tho tes timony given today boforo tho court martial sitting to try him for illegal assumption of authority. District Commissioner Mueller of Zaborn swore that whon ho requosted Von Iteutor to withdraw tho military patrols from tho streets tho colonel curtly rofusod and said "I Intend to prevent this standing about at any cost. I do not Intoud to Jot the peo plo laugh at tho army. If It con tinues I shall order tho troops to shoot" Yon Router admitted ho had the machlno guns brought out from tho barracks Into tho Zabcrn stroets In roadlness for uso against tho cltlzons. INSIST BAXIC IS .NECESSARY III) AaaoilaleJ I'rata lo Cooa Day Timet NEW YORK. Jan. 7. Despite tho npparent opposition of Secretary Mc Adoo of tho treasury department and Secretary Houston, of tho department of agriculture, to the proposal of the New York bankers for tho establish ment hero of a regional rosorvo bank of overshadowing size, tho witnesses who appeared at today's hearing of the Federal reservo organization committee Insisted almost unani mously that such a bank was necessary. 1 U Michigan's Chief Executive Visits Scene of Trouble Near Calumet III? AmocIXM I'm lo Cool Hay Time. HOUGHTON, Mich., Jan. 7 Gov. Ferris visited Sheriff Jas. Kruse. of I Houghton County at tho hitter's homo today, tlio Sherlfr being too 111 to lenvo his bod. Other officials of Houghton and Kcwccnnwa Coun ties conferred with thu Governor. After they had been questioned Ferris received representatives of mining companies and of the West ern Federation of Miners, business men and citizens generally. Attorney General and New Haven Railroad Head Hold Important Conference Illy AotlIM I'itm lo Cool IUy Tlinrn.) WASHINGTON, 1). C, Jan. 7.' After a two-hour conference between Attomoy General McRoynolds nnd Chairman Howard Elliott, of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, It was understood that tlio road will agrco to a reorgan ization to rcstoro competition In J transportation throughout Now England. No official announcement was made, but Elliott will remain horo several days and It Is bollovcd he may scttlo tho details of tho plan, Louis and Rafaclo Ccfalo Both Assert They Shot Man to Death (Mr Ai'iwUiM I'ttm to Cooa nay Tlinta f SEATTLE. Jan. 7. Both Louis Cophalo and his brother Itafaelo claim tho responsibility for the kill ing of Glrohuuo Ylcorlo yesterday at I.ouls' house. Each of the Cefalos fired five shots at Ylcorlo, who waH making n call on Mrs, I.ouls Cofalo. Mrs. Cofnlo was stubbed to death hy her husband after tho shooting. TO BE LIFTED Colonel Lawson and Leave Huntington Today for Copperfied Illy AaaoclateJ I'rili to rooa Hay Timet PORTLAND, Or., Jan. 7. Colonel Lawson and mombors of tho nilllt'a, Sheriff Rami of Baker county, and special offlcor Frank Snodgrass, loft Huntington today for Copporflold, whoro It Is oxpectod orders will be recolved to lift tho martial law and return to Portland. RITI1 KING Militants Excoriate Cabinet Members as Having De graded Themselves I (ny Aaoltle4 Treat lo Coot nay Timet LONDON, Jan. 7. Tho militant suffragottosi offored today to lay tholr troubles beforo King George person ally If thoy can get an audience. Tho militants nrguo that the doctrine that the king may ho approached only through tho cabinet ministers applies only to tho case of men. Thoy nnnounco that "tho women refuse to communicate their demands to the king through the cabinet min isters, whom they hold In contempt and who have degraded themselves WILL RESTORE C01PETITI0N TWO BROTHERS CLAIM KILLING M LAW W B REBELS ATTACK 10 Fighting Also in Progress at San Luis Potosi South Is Cut Off flly ArwIatM Trrtt in rooa ray Tlmft.1 WASHINGTON, D. C. Jan. 7. Official dlBpatches from Tnniplco re port serious fighting In the vicinity of Cardenas and San I.uls Potosi. From Saltlllo all communication to the south has been Interrupted since De cember 22. Food 111 Saltlllo Ib run ning low. Match for Heavyweight Cham pionship is Planned Over in Mexico I lily Atfoclaled I'tni . coot Pay Timet.) SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 7. A nintcli Tor the heavyweight champion Rhlp of tho world hotwecn Guuhonr Snilth and Jack Johnson, to be hold across tho Mexican border at Tla Jaunn on July I, which would bo Just, four years from tho day that John son defeated Jeffries, In under serloiiHl consideration hy tho promoter wno , staged tho Smlth-Pelkcy battle horo January 1. ' Tho wholo matter rests with John-, sou. Tho offer has been cabled him. Smith Ih moro than willing to hind tho match, and It Is bollovcd that thoro would bo no lognl obstacles' E Y Congressman Keating Wants Conduct of U. S. Official Investigated Illy Aaw-laleJ rwt to.Cooa Hay Timet.) WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 7. An Immediate Investigation of tho ehargo that Harry Bailiff, Superin tendent of tho Federal forest ro serves nt Steamboat Springs, Colo rado, led tho mob that took tho strikers out of Jnll nnd doported them, was demanded yesterday hy Represontntlvo Koating, of Colora do. Immediately on recolpt of tlio tol ogram charging that Ratllff led the crowd, Keating nrranged for n con- foronco with Chief Forostor Grnvos and got In communication with Act ing Secrotnry Galloway, of tho De partment of Agriculture. Koating domanded that If tho chargos hu sustained, Ratllff he removed. PLAYS SAXTA CLAPS TO )lV YOUNGSTERS WHO XEYER RE CEIVED PRESENTS. Ill) Anno. UK"! I'l.-.x 10 ( 0O1 lit) Tlmi-x ) .PASS CHRISTIAN. Jan. 7. Proul-dent- Wilson demonstrated his fond ness for children today hy assuming tho role of a bolated Santa Clans and distributing boxes of candy to tno youngsters along the route from the Golfport links. Whon tho news of tho President's generosity aproad among the chlldrou, It became known thnt many youngsters who do not live along tho route to tho golf courso woro disappointed. Thoy were prom--Isod, however, that thoy would not bo overlooked nnd that tho supply of candy nt tho Presidential cottage was sufficient to meet all demands. One great trouble is so many suckers havo no money. GUNBOAT" WILL : FIGHT JOHNSON! I M M NUIR WILSON FOND OF CHILDREN Ona Hundred and Thirty Sol diers Killed in Battle Near Torreon FEDERALS ARE DRIVEN BACK AFTER A SALLY Pas. Cnoeria, San Pedro and Coahuila Are Taken From The Federals (Ily Amoi Ule.l t'rrra tn Coot Hay -lmc1 EL PASO, Jntii 7. One hundred and thirty BoldlerH. eighty-seven of them Federals and tho remainder rebels, were killed In a battle Sat urday and Sundny eight miles nortl of Torreon. according to belated ad vices reaching Juarez today from Chihuahua. Two thousand Federals who had Rallied out from protection of the walls of Torreon, evidently to nt tempt a flank movement around tho the right wing of the rebel Torces beselglng the city, were driven back Into Torreon after a struggle that lasted nearly two days. Among tho Federals killed were six officers. Twenty-eight prisoners wqro captur ed by tho FcdoralB, Hays tho re port. The Constitutionalist forces havo ro-enpturod tho Important towns of ParrnH. Cepeda, Ban Pedro nnd Coihulln from tho Federals, after threo days' fighting, according to tho advices. PnrraR and Copedn nro on the National Rnllway, connect ing Snltlllo and Torreon, ALL PAPER MONEY. (ny Attoeltltd rrrtt to Coot Da) Tlmea.1 MEXICO CITY, .Inn. 7. -PracM -ly nil tho papor money left In V wnB forced Into circulation to' n docreo IhsuoiI by HuertP " bills of tho state banks legal t nnd specifying as obligatory Itholr acceptance for nil paymonts. Tho Inability to float bills or tho Rtato banks outside of the states In which thoy had been Issued, nnd tho limited volunio of the bills of tho National bank and tho hank of Lon don and Mexico, has brought about n condition which Is almost a finan cial crisis. Tho redumption noten of tho Rtato banks nro to bo guaranteed by n fund subscribed by tho hanks Issuing thwn. TO BE PRESENT .hecextly assaulted t,abou LEADER WILL TRY TO BE AT CALUMET WHILE GOVERXOR IS PRESENT. Ily AtMv lateil Preta to Cooa llay Timet.) CHICAGO. Jnn. 7. Charles II. Moyor, president of tho Westorn Fed eration of Minors, is anxious to re turn to Culumot, before Governor Ferris complotoH his Investigation there, nnd said today that ho would try to mnko tho trip by thu end of tho week. Ho sat up today and presided nt a meeting of official advisors, McRoynolds Has Everything Ready for Taking Up Handling of Trusts III) Ama lain.) Treat to Cooa Hay Timet) WASHINGTON, D. C Jnn 7 When President Wilson roturns to Washington early noxt week he will find Attorney General McReno'da prepared to take up in dotnll all tho proponed "triibi legislation" wh. Ii has appeared in bills in Congress during the last nine months. Acom ivaratlvo summary of these bill's hits I beon prepared hy tho Department of Justlco. TRUST Ml.SSAGE SOOX.- Illy Anwute.) 1'reea lo loot Bay Tin"!, WASHINGTON, D. C. Jan. 7. That tho Prosdent's special message.-. 1 on tho trust question will be de livered vory soon after Congros con venes Is tho gonernl belief In official J circles. Somo of the best Informed expect that tho President wlll.taka. notlco of recent actions. WHEAT SI. HO AT I LUXES. Have your Job nrlntlng done at The Times office. i IE WANTS 1 -1