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i GOOD IDEA IS A GOOD DEAL LIKE A MATCH, IT IS USELESS UNTIL r,SKJ FLAME r . . . . - (tos lag mmm 4 Olll MlW WEATHER WHAT'S (i(HN(J OX? Hwul The Times every tiny for tlio latest neus. Head the nds for your own benefit. It pays to advertise In The Times. (W(J, mnfcc everyone .... Com Hay .... i.ut Ideal happiness cannot lie happy. '" '"" ,;,;,! ..nil y.u are n 8iil.Mi-ll.cr illllMl I,, The l "'" ""' MEMBER OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS r wvvill Established 1H78 VOL XXXVII. nH Tlio CtwHt Mall MARSHFIELD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1914 EVENING EDITION SIX PAGES. A Consolidation of Times, Coast Mall and Coos Hay Advertiser. No. 149 BAR STILL TIDAL WAVE ADDS TERROR TO OF THOS. TO 'S ERUPT siislii mm FOR VAN PELT 00 PLAN HEARING IN NORTH BEND S J..W. H'DBin?. r.ffir' Gave bensauui ai uy,m.,.uv, at Coolcy Hearing IDENTIFIED, COOLEY Ai viaiiun mi dhii Relatives of Cooloy Say S50,- UUU DOIIU Vlll UM I ui- nished Soon. COOLEY FURNISHES C 9.10,(100 BAIL NOW. (Spcclnl to Tlio Times.) OOLI Hl-JACH, Or., Jan. 13. A It. Coolcy lina furnished $50,000 null nnu neon ruiuiinuu. I Ills bondsmen nro Alf Gnuntlott, I John MlUor. Elinor Colgrove, i Jolin I). Coolcy nntl Will Coolcy. Whether Coolcy will remain lioro i or Ko to California until court meets Is not certain, but ho will ! probably stay here. District Attorney Meredith, who nbly presented tlio enso nunliist blin, wnnted Cooloy bold without bnll, but wbh (lofoatel. Coolcy did not offer any ovl , tlonco against It. " inr Also ItIM I'rrM n '"no" Hy Imm.I GOLD IlEACII. Or., Jan. in. Itol ntlves of A. It. Cooloy, arrowed last month In Snn Francisco nnd ohnrgod with tho murder of Tliomnu Van Pelt, who wtiH Bbot nenr Cbetco, Curry nimity. In February, 1800, and hold to the grand Jury on tho preliminary hearing here yesterday under a $50, 000 bond. nld the bond will bo fur nished, Tho soiiHntlon of tho hearing wns tho testimony of .1. 11. Hlgglns, an tio coiuitnnt of Spokane, who toHtlfed thnt while serving hk assistant caHhlor In tho Second National Hnuk In Spok fnx, Wnsli., In 1 807. Alfred Coolldgo, president of the bank, declared lio would gladly pay anyone who would "ko to Curry county nnd kill off tho Vnn Pelts" the Hum of $500. Van Pelt Testifies John Vim l'elt testified Biibstnn tlally n.s followH: That Thou. Van l'elt, Ills father, who shot from nni lusli near Chectn. In Curry County, Oregon, on February 10, 1803, shortly nfter noon, bo having heard tho three shots fired, and riiBhcd to tho kcciio of tho Hhootlng. Two 10-G5 Winchester hIioIIh were found nenr n eliimp of IiiihIiob behind which tho nssasln had taken nmbiiflh. Tho track of tho HHsaHln going over tho hill was found mid monBiircd by a string, nnd Inter compared with size of boot mid found to bo about number 7 or 8. Hlley Cooloy wonrs thnt sl7o footgonr. John Lopes, nged 58, nnd born and raised In thnt community, tho tnlo testified thnt Hlley Cooloy was passing down tho Ilench In Northern California about C p. in that samo evening, thrcc-qunrtorfl of mllo off mnln road, about 11 miles from wboro tho shooting oc curred, and asked Lopes a short cut to the Smith Itlvor ford. Lopes know Cooley woll. Ho nover boforo had seen him afoot. Ho nlways rodo a horse. Plot In Washington. J. W Hlgglns, who was assistant cashier of tlio Soeond National Hank of Colfax. Washington, In 1808, of which bank Alfred Coolldgo was President, testified that Alfred Cool Wge said to him nnd otbors Into In tne fall of 1807, after rotnrnlng from Oregon, wboro his brotbor Al Coolldgo had boon shot, ti.nt ho oul,i pay anyone $500 to go down to Oregon and kill off tho Van Polts. That was about March 1, 180C. rilRBlns had rccolvod clippings from nla relatives In Portland tolling of the shooting of Thos. Van Polt near -necto. Thnt wus about tho 10th of March, 1898. A. R. Cooloy ap peared at tho Second National Dank t Colfax In his mountain clothes nd wltn a Winchester rlflo. Al fred Coolldgo Introduced him to the witness nnd paid him $100 In nl Presence. Ho then took Cooloy yer t0 a clothing store nnd bought him a new suit of clothes. Cooloy BPPnt 80niO time nrnnrwl thn linnlr fnl left bis rlflo there. Coolldgo later gave Hlgglns a package of m10y and thn rlfln fin tnlrf Mm to send them to A. R. -Cooloy at a pertain address In Spokane, stating .. T? Ue of tlle Package and rlflo 1. .1 ' Ho a8ked H,Sgins to "P the gun by express, as he did Thl W!nt Coo,oy Been -carrying It. 4, ?' S3 a8ked Coodgo If that the party who "got" his man In "Son, to which -Coolldge mado no GOVERNOR MAY EXPECT 14.000 V Army of Unemployed Sends Another Contingent for March on Salem (Hf Aiocltl tvr. to rwoi nT Tlmn.l PORTLAND. Or.. Jan. 1 II. An other throng of ono hundred un employed men Is marching through I tho Willamette Valley from Portland to Salem where they hopo to ob- 'tnlu work uud food from statu of ficials They spent lust night at Hcaverton, fifteen miles from Port laud, where they wcro fed and lodg ed, m i They nro marching today from llllllsboro to Forest drove. Tho llllllsboro authorities refused to feed them, but tho Forest drove offi cials will give them their meals and n shelter tonight. Tho Council hnB already arranged this. rait or tne (tetaciiineiit thnt ar rived at Salem recently camped In tho National duard Armory today and became clamorous for food. Eleven who got meals In restaur autH and refused to pay. were Jail ed. doveruor West nnd the Stute Hoard have cnlled a meeting for to day, to formulate plans to supply work to tho unemployed throng now on Its way to Salem. It was an nounced nt Henverton that within n hliort time fourteen thousand un employed men will reach Salom, honing to got relief from the Gover nor. STEEL PLANT Three Thousand Men in Chi cago Return to Work After Enforced Delay Illy AnkkMIihI I'ifM m '"mm Hr Tlniw ) rnic'Afio. ill.. Jan. l.'l. Throe thousand men who hud been out of employment slncu Dccombor l!i. re turned to work at tho South Chlcu- ,go plnnt of tho United HUtcs Steel 'Corporation today. Tariff Reduction Brings Down Wholesale Prices of Staple Materials I lr A"ocite4 I'm 10 Coo Ilr Tlmn. NSW YORK, Jnn. 13. Mntorlnl reductions In the wholesale prices of staplo woolons for tho fall of 1014 wero announced to tho trado today. Tho cut Is understood to bo a direct result of tho now tariff nnd anticipat ed competition from abroad. Tho prices of serges, clays, unfin ished worsteds nnd Fronch bncks nro twenty to thlrty-sovon cents bolow last tail. ill" licin ivoi. ...w nearly twonty-threo por cent, Is on U'nnlilitntnti Onfl'A ' ",",. ,! M.y"y 1 1 ,..n..l nvi'nv. IllClllnS lejuj iiiiu iuiiiuh positively identifies tho prisoner ns tho man to whom tho monoy was paid In Colfax, Washington. And when Hlgglns spoko to Cooley in Tnci. .,,.. n,,.i sum to him: "I mot 1- nlr, W'nalilllL'lon. In tho lyuu 111 liUlli " " " Isprlng of 1808," Cooloy replied: "I I L .nllrl.. am nui luinuib. Detective's Evidence. a.o,n a novle. who brought Cooley from Snn Francisco on a req uisition from the Govornor of Ore gon, testlfed that Cooloy stated to 1.1.., ...hon tirat nrrestcd. that ho wns' in Alaska at tho time of the shooting of Vnn Pelt. Tho state has otner strung "-i- i,ia i.nin nf Avldenco which It will not introduco nt tho preliminary nor divulge at this time, dooming tho foregoing entirely suu.u.o. .,j i. .lofnHnnt nver to the Clr- UlllU III" uu. ....- --- cult Court, which convenes here on tho second Monday in aphi, " bo presided over by Judge John 8. CoKe, of Marsniieiu. "o i" tnnrv hearing was before County Judge-W.A.Wood. ITS WOOLENS TAKE A BIG SLUMP Redondo and Adeline Smith Spending Second Day Wait ing to Sail Held back again by a honyy bar nt tho entrnnco to Coos Dny, tho Re dondo nnd Adeline Smith wero un able to proceed down the coast again today, and for the second timo they wore compelled to return and wait for tho high thlo tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock. Tho Redondo took on her passen gers and proceeded to tho entrnnco nbout 10:30 o'clock. Launch cap tains reported tho bnr nn Binooth this morning. When tho Redondo reached the entrnnco sho found It rough once more.ns the tide hnd started to run out nnd meeting tho waves formed huge brenkorH. Tho Redondo re turned to Emplro nnd tied up near the Adeline Smith. In view of the stormy weather InBt night nnd todny, nnd tho Tact that the steamers aro bar-bound for tho longest tlmo this winter, It Is Interest ing to note thnt today Is the an niversary of the wreck of tho Czarina nenr tho entrnnco to Coos Hay. Sen captains being noted for con siderable faith In Biiporstltlon, It Is bolloved that today being Febru ary 13, tho unlucky dato when tho Czarlnn was lost, may hnvo some thing to do with the two ships not faring forth on their voyngo todny. LY Crowds Greet Wilson on Arri val Back From Holidays in the South (llgr AMorlalM I'rr to Coo. lux Time, WASHINGTON. D. C. Jnn. 13. President Wilson nnd' family arrived nt 7:30 this morning from Pnss Christian. it was IS degreoB above zero when tho President stepped from his prlvnto car. The party shlvurcd at t'. 0 extremo change from the warm climate of tho gulf coast. Tho trip was uneventful. Tho President greeted the crowdB everywhere, but mado no speechos. To those who boggod him to tall;, ho would say with n smile, "I inn not In tho habit of talking when 1 have n't anything to cay." PREPARES NOMINATION. llf Amo. latest I'rrM lu Coiw IUy Tlrow.l WASHINGTON, I). C, Jan. 13. President Wilson prepared todny tho nomination of John S. Kolton WIN limns of Virginia for Comptroller of tho Currency nnd ox-offlclo member of tho Federal Reserve Hoard. MANY LOST ON Royal off Mail Liner Goes Briar Island in of Fundv Ashore Bay llljr AuorUted Trm lo Cool Hr Tlmei.J ST. JOHNS. Newfoundland. Jan. 13 Tho Royal Mall stoamor Coboquld, bound from tho West Indies to Hall fax, wont ashoro off Hrlar Island' at the mouth of tho nay of Fundy. A wireless reported her position ns dnn gerous. REPORTED CAPSIZED. Wireless Communication With Craft Stops Suddenly. Ilr AuocUtal l'r o Coo Day Tlmen.l HALIFAX, Jan. 13. Wireless communications with tho steamer Coboquld has ceased nnd Bho cannot bo seen from tho lighthouse nt nrlar Island near where sho was reported ashore. When last reported tho for ward hold was full of water. Sho Ib said to havo capsized with 150 pas sengers. TO CARE FOR ARMV. (Or Aw Ite4 rr to Coo D7 Tlmej.l PRESIDIO, Jan. 13. Preparations aro going forward for tho removal of tho defeated Mexican Federal army to Fort HHss at El Paso, whore tho Mexican generals and soldlors are to bo held1 Indefinitely by the war de partment. The proper caring for tho refugees, Including about 1000 wom en, 300 children and nbout 3000 sol diers, has imposed an unusual task upon 500 United States cavalrymen. The refugees were corraled In a ten-acro space -without shelter, be cause no houses or tents were avail able for them. 1 Bl STEAMER Major Morrow Fixes Jan. 22 as Date for Harbor Line Change. In n letter to L. J. Simpson, pres ident of the Port of Coos Hay Com mission, Major Slorrow, of tho U. S. Engineers' office nt Portlnnd, stntcs thnt a hearing will bo held In the U. S. Engineer's offlco In Mnrshfleld, January 22, nt 3:30 o'clock on tho matter of changing tho harbor lino In front of North Rend. This hcnrlng hns to do with the proposnl to straighten out the har bor lino In front of tho North Bend city dock. At present thero Is nn anglo In tho harbor lino that Is det rimental to Bhlpplng and tho plnn Is to extend tho dock and straighten tho lino. It Is not bolloved thnt thero will bo nn objection to tho plan. Although Major Morrow does not so stnte In his letter, tho under Rtnndlni: In thnt ho will arrive here with the bnr drodgo P. 8. Mlchlo early next week, Tho Mlchlo Is be ing tested in the Coliimbln now. PUBLIClOCK TO BE' BUILT Port Commission Instructs Contractor to Proceed With Buildings Flnnl nrrnngemonts for tho con struction of tho ilubllc dock and wnrohouso on tho Port Commission's property on tho north side of tho Stnndnrd OH Compnuy's wharf wero mndo nt tho meeting of tho Port .Commission yestenlny, tho contrnc tor, L. O. Syromnion, being Instruct ed to go abend with tho work. Tho project had been hold up In tho belief thnt North Bend -would tnko lognl nctlon against using tho port funds for u Mnrshflold dock, but nt tho meeting yestenlny It wnB stated that tho opposition hnd been dropped and the work could bo car ried out. Union OH Dock A. C. Vestal, ninnnger of tho Union Oil Company, nppearcd on be hair of his company to arrango for tho leasing of n portion of tho now dock nnd wnrohouso at a rental of ?75 per month nnd twenty contH n ton for nil mntorlnl unloaded. This wns tho nrrnngomont mado and tho execution of tho lenso wns ordered. Keuliick Slough Dredging. Tho Port Commission approved tho report of Engineer Chnrleson on his Inspection of Kontuck Slough, -wboro tho owners ronulro n deopor chnnnol, and tho dredging of tho slough nt n cost of $2100 wns or dered. Tho Port Is to pay ono thlrd, tho county one-third and tho property ownors of Kontuck Slough tho remaining ono-thlrd of tho cost of tho dredging. Cutoff In Approved. Tho Port Engineer also reported his examination of tho proposed cut off at tho ontranco of Coos River nnd Cntchlng Inlot, by which tho lnunches will havo their routo to Marshfleld cut off considerably. Ho estimated tho project would cost $3600 and tho Port approved tho project, tho paymonts to bo mndo tho same as for tho work at Kon tuck Slough. L IS Jury Frees Pugilist of Killing "Bull" Young During Box ing Contest Ilr AiiwItlM Pr to Cooi Ilr Tlmn.l LOS ANGELES, Jan. 13. Jess Wlllni-,1 tinnl'VU'nlfllt llllL'lllst On trial charged with prizo fighting, was acquitted by a jury louay auer It had deliberated all night. Tho nnanrn wna thn result of the death of John Young, after a bout at Ver non Arena with winaru on Aug ust 22. Secure your HOME site In NEW IlEDFORD Addition. STUTSMAN Co. WIL ACQUITTED MEXICO ABOUT READY TO QUIT Government Decides to De fault in Payment of Semi Annual Interest tnr Anorlilrit Titm lo Cool Ilijr TltnM.l MEXICO CITY, Jnn. 13. Tho Mox Icnn government will dofnult In tho payment of tho soml-nnntinl Interest on tho bonds of Internal and external dobts due this month, nccordlng to a decision readied at a cabinet counsel which lasted until midnight. BBETT AND HIS E Sheriff Gage Takes Them to Coquille Spencer Said to Have Confessed Sheriff Gago took Howard Brett and wife over to Coqulllo thin morn ing, wboro they had been cnlled bo foro the grand jury In tho Chnrlcs Spencer forgery enso. From all ro ports, Sponeor Ib snld to hnvo con fessed to all tho details of tho for geries mid that both Brett nnd hla wlfo nro Implicated In them. It is understood that they will bo detained In Coqulllo subject to nctlon taken by tho grnnd Jury. The story being circulated Is that tho forgeries wore framed up care fully In ndvnnco, thnt Brott cnlled up tho various Mnrshflold firms on the phono, thnt his wlfo signed tho checks and Snoncor cashed them. Spencer Is J snld to hnvo mndo n good Impression on mo graiiu jury. vadgIIled to find money CONVICTED IIOHSETIIIEK FAILS TO MAKE PROMISE (.'OOD RE UAHDI.Nd HIDDEN THEASI'RE FROM MVHTLE POINT HANK. (Special to Tho Times.) COQUILLE, Or., Jnn. 13. J. Vnughun, tho convicted horsothlef, told Sheriff Ongo that ho know just wboro the Myrtlo Point Hank rob- bors had hidden their loot. Sheriff! Gngo did not bolleve, but dccldod not to tnko any chances and so Sunday, Sheriff Gngo nnd tho Jailor and Vnughnii wont to tho alleged hiding place nbovo Coqulllo, Thoy did not find anything. Vnughun hns hnd little to sny since thou. Some still think that Vaiigliau knows something of the robbery, If ho wasn't Implicated In It. Tho grand Jury hns not yot bogun an Investigation of Mlllor, tho cook, on tho ovldonco which W. G. Bor reo and otbors secured. No Indictments havo been return ed so far against anyono. Tho Hurtoii-Jowott enso from nan don was settled without nny action by tho grand jury. No report has been mndo lu tho enso of Howard Brott and Sponeor or In tho enso of Mrs, Capplous. Mrs. Esther M. Lockhart, First White Woman in Count". Is Congratulated Mrs. Esther M. Lockhart, mother of Mrs. Henry Sengstacken and Her bort Lockhart, of Mnrshflold, and tho first white woman to over settlo lu Coos county, Ib obsorvlng tho 80th anniversary of her birth today at her homo In this city and a number of her old friends called and congratulated her on the occasion. Mrs. Lockhart camo horo in 1853 nnd has seen tho place grow from a perfect wilderness to a highly civil ized community. She still retains, her mental faculties to ,a marked degreo W 89 Kagoshima Disaster Causes Wholesale Loss of Life and Property DEATH LIST GROWS WITH EACH REPORT City of Sixty Thousand People Buried in Ashes and Streams of Lava HIT Aw lIM rrri lo Coo !lr Tlmri.J TOKIO, Jan. 13 A tldnl wnvo ad ded Its terrors to tho earthquakes nnd volcanic eruptions which struck Kagoshima In southern Jupan yestor dny, according to official odvlcoa to dny It Is belloved horo thnt tho Kngoshlmn dlBnster will provo ono of tho most serloiiB In tho history of Japan, Tho loss of Ilfo and property "up muii-iiBou wiiu overy report. THOl'HAXDHAHE DEAD. Disaster Gvnwn With Kurd HoiK.rt Sent In. Illr Aortit 1'riM lo Com liar Tlmri, NAGASAKI, Jnn. 13 Tho indica tions today aro that tho death list from tho disturbances around Kngo Bblmn will run Into tho thousands. Tho population or Kagoshima, which In almost burled In volcanic ashes, was CO. 000 nt tho Inst census. Tho population of tho ndjolnlng Island of Snkura, tho center of tlio disturbance Is 15,000. Hundreds of tho Inhabitants )f Sakura nro reported to havo porlshcd bonoath tho streams of lava from tho Volcano Snkura .limn. Tim vlnln.,,. i of tho eruption wns bo great that i BbowoiB of dust are falling horo to- ihij , iimiuugu mo (iiBiance to snicum from hero Is ninety miles. Tho burn ing rock and nsbes sot flro to sovornl i VlllngCB. At Moll, on the K'unliln railway, at IoobI 100 wero klllod and sovornl villages along tho foot of tlio volcano wero burled In lava Btroums. Thunder and Lightning, Hail and Rain Combine in Fierce Aerial Conflict Hall, snow nnd rnln this morning between 2 nnd 3 o'clock wns accom pnnlod by thunder nnd lightning which wakened prnctlcnlly overy Bleepor In Coos county. Tho light ning wns vory strong nnd enmo In two or tlireo bright flushes which lit up tho dnrkoiir corners ns though tho glnro of a powerful searchlight had been thrown on the earth from aloft. Tho thunder rumbled In deep tones which shook overy building mid caus ed coiiBldornblo alarm In boiiio quar ters, wboro heavy ponls hnvo not boon heard boforo. Old timers stato that tho thunder and lightning woro stronger than In mnny yonrs, Reports from vnrloim points up nnd down tho const Indlcnto that tho storm was purely a Coos county hffalr, caused by local conditions. Tho nlr grow qulto cool nBt evening uftor tho persistent downpour of rain yoB tordoy and n lurgo number of poo plo grew Irrltnblo nnd norvouB, as though tho nlr wns chnrged with soma unknown qumitlty. Tho wonthor calmed down llko mnglo right after tho brief but vio lent storm. POSTPONE M'LAIN'S TRIP TO WASHINGTON Tho Port of Coos Bay hns decided to havo Hugh McLaln, who Is to go to Washington In bohulf of n Federal appropria tion, to defer hs doparturo for a week or two until tho bar drodgo Mlchlo arrives hero and Major Morrow mnkes his pre liminary report. and her memory Is tho marvol of all hor friends. Sho ran quoto tho old poets and' reclto pooms sho learned when only n llttlo girl. Sho Is proud of hor Dutch llucngo nnd comes from sturdy old Dutch stock. Conflnod to her homo by Infirm ities, sho greatly onjoyed tho visit of hor old frlonds, who chnttod with hor of old times nnd tendered hor high compliments on parting. COOS River FARM, all equipped, SjtHOOO. Terms. STUTSMAN & Co. TEN Lots In HUNKElT II I Mi at $2500. Half cash. STUTSMAN & Co. RAND lNolKaglesMInll, SAT URDAY, Jun. 17. DANCE nt Finnish Unll SATUR ilay Eve., Jan. 17. GODS COUNTY IS A STOBM Ml