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BIIr"'?' ""j7'r " iiUwV"' 11 4 FEEDING THE COW IS THF BEST REMEDY EOR CRYING OVER SPILLED MILK afatwa (Hit MILD WEATHER o.miit i i""1"' cc,,yol, (,n Coos n"y ,..,,, lint HU-iil Happiness riiiimil lio nlbilnnl n,'w ',,M l,ro " ,,,,8cr,l,cp , Tlw OW ""J r,,llM what's going ox? Itciul The Times cicry tiny for tho lutivit new.". Head (lie iids fop your own benefit. K pays to advertise In Tlio Times. Ml ' I " l'1' I itii'IT i ii i TilHI n' MEMRKK OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ffi (003 Established 1H7H iin Tlio Count Mull Have Considerably More Than Four Times Requisite Num ber of Sinners JUDGE HALL WANTS JUU ELECTION NEXT MAY President Morrison Favors Im mediate Action Hearing Friday Afternoon (Special to The Times.) COQtMU.i:. Or, Fob. 3. Presi- .. a I. Mnirlson Of tlio COOB C0UI1- ?y (Joo'd ilontlB Association filed the I'ctltlon naklng for u Hpcelnl election VOL XXXVII. T0W! GOOD ROADS PETIT1SMED 01 MANY to voto upon tlio sBuancoof IllO.OOO President WIIhoii iiomliiitted today good roadB bonds with Judge, Hull. .j. m. (jton of Marshfield ub rcgls Thcro wcro 12r.O signers, or .10 in tor of tll0 j11(, ()ffco ()t i0HI.,rB excess ol the 100 per cent of tlio voto used as a basis for determining tlio i Tlll, ,J0V0 telegram did not comu number nccessarj. At tlio last olec- nH unexpected iiowb, as ton dayH lion 121fi votes were east for sup- nKOi Ktl!tx tlio Coos County iiBplrnntB nine court Justice In Coos county and ror tho recoiverHlilp of tlio Roaiburg tho law required u petition contiiinlinj ,,,, of f Ico wero turned ilown. It twenty-five per cent of that nunibor -Wiib tnkon for grunted Hint Mr. Up of names, but more than four times ton would win the rectorship, tho requisite nunibor wero obtained. Mr. Upton Is ono of Coos Couii llandon l.ml tlio bunnor potltlon, ty'H best-known attorneys. Tho pos ovcr 4U0 Blgnlng It there. Myrtle It Ion to which ho has bo u appoint Point was next with over -'00, Co- ed pays $11000 per year ami will ue nulllo had over 100, MarBhlleld 1-7, cessltato him moving to Rosoburg. .North Head 100, Cooston 17 and Tho appointment will probably bo Lakeside 90. i effective soon. Heat luu Nct Friday. I judgo Hall fixed next Friday as tho date lor hearing arguments on the petition and Piesldent MorrlBon nsks that till Good ltoads boosters who can turn out to como to Coqulllu and appear before tlio county court. In tho iiii.iiiliiuc County Ciork Wal ton will canvass the petitions to ascer-1 tain the validity of tho signers. j Hall for loiter Election. in iii,i iiK-niL' luit mutter liiformnllv 1 with I'resldnit Morrison, Judge Hall urged that the special bond election le fixed at the sanio time the primary elections are nud next May. .i.uiko Hall said that Just as much could bo accomplished ami Unit thu county would be saved about $2000, tho ex pense of n special election. MoiiImiii Wants Action. President .Morrison wants tho spec ial election called at tho earliest pos slblodatoas ho would llko to boo tho tjimui ruau mi iniveiiiuui iiiiuur uiu ,,,., . ,,. ,,,,.,K 'rhn Unvos-I on '"ncountt'to foiuTw t,l0' San.o,rul w,!ea There tb county court, Immediately n," Xiiis'nnd Democrat, united after tlio bond Issue carried at a . Uo,"ll1,,,,l,,n, .? VlrJi f .1 n n 11 mid- special election, called for bids and ,"' .S'om.l ll.ni.J atn enolo.i awarded tlio contracts, had tho sur- u ' ' ' lB' ' 'J !n8, ' l v8n,unllo tyt mado and all tho prollinlnnry ,n V1,0 "VJ.r ,-.?,,? iiii ,Mvo on- WOrkilono Thlu wnu fiirrlnil mi uliii. irollloill flOO flOlll IOBl8llltl0 Oll- Sltancm. y M th tlio neL latlo. s f r tnnglomontB, whllo Prqsldent Wilson w& 'he1 .tv'ttis'iTthat ga 'a x n 'ss months wero saved. ...?;;:' ;,oT zvt. tz trovemeilt until thn Iwmds tinvo hooii sola. sss?ssa&is& ZXT C,CCU" nnU tU l,Um ofi;rtutiTioVedraBtq In ItB terms. HI SCRAP 1ARSREIELD Marked Reduction in Prices Made in Tentative Bids up Again Next Monday At a meeting of tlio Marshfield uy Council Inst ovonlng, a real Wing scrap was started and an caiw n'eetl"K of tho Council wns dlfM. n0r J.,ext Monday night to ih ...i Tho controversy was over ill 1Ii?n..that B,,oul b tae n Lnii lv "ids on tlto various last !lI.f Paving that wore opened loinM? i 80l" "tending that tho PavInJ1, B,l0UId nd0Dt one kind of ProvSrt ?ibe "8ed on n streets Im It h.ti!18.ear ln connection with treei L.b ds on tue Nor" Front untn nvV" werc 'aid on tho table unl next Monday night. The Tll,n,!V0 ,U(l8 Opened bids ni. ?.w,,ns wore thQ tentative of Mvtaf n th0 varl0UB k,nds VaDrrenUllih,!r,W E- Arnold ot the bids n?iUiuHth,c submitted two base u-VA for a 8lx-lnqh concreto 12 in 3, a two-lnch surface, at other ,Squar a t"0 Inch cravBi (r thr.eo and one-halt half-lnch 'ba,8Q w,th one and one- 'WS yardUrf?.Ce' for. ?180 por t least 10 nan11 w58 stipulated that l PUt n ' nn , y?rd.8. f PaV,nB mUBt la case onn furt ,or agreed tnat lhe Drlc. :J'0.00 ards were pufln, cents dp? v,ho,uld b0 reducpd fivo bid wa ard on each kind. Tho mr-. accompanied bv a $r,000 thoueh Vi."0, " was stated that al- (Continued on Page Six. MARSHFIELD, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, UPTON LANDS ROSEBURG Marshfield Attorney Appointed Register of U. S. Land Office There (Special to The Times.) WASHINGTON, I). C, Feb. .1.. BEATEN TODAY - , , . , . .. 'Amendments to immigration Bill Affecting Asiatics Are Voted Down (fly Anmm laid I'rvaa to Coo. liar Tlmw.) WASHINGTON. I). C. Fob. 3. All the Asiatic exclusion amendments t0 t,0 iniinlBratlon bill wero defeated mm nr i-nliir. Tho I.OIiroot-HayCB I niuondiiioiit would have excludod ? rr.i.'r SSiS"i; onco to the Japnnoso or Chlncso, SULZER WAKES Former New York Governor Delivers Maiden Speech in The State Assembly ny Ai.of UleJ Pre" lo Coot nr Tlmn. 1 1 ii i m xt v iiili fl Ti'nrninr Oovornor Sulzer mado his "maiden speech" In tho Stato Assembly to day In support of n motion to bring IS G SPEECH netoro tno iioubo u i""' " statewide graft investigation. "Tho wholo official atmosphero Is satur ated with graft, graft, graft!' shoutod Sulzer. "No man knows moro of graft than I nor has any been a greater victim. There is no politics in graft, all crooks look alike to tax-payers." COXGKKSSMAX IS IM. Hobeit fi. IlrompiHT ' 'v Jeicy Suffer, from Cancer. (Hf AliorUtM tTM o "IT Tlm.J BALTIMORE. Feb. 3. Congress man Robert O. Drompner of Now Jer sey, who is suffering with malignant cancer at a sanitarium here, Is weak er today. Radium applications nave been discontinued, as hope for his re covery has been abandoned. WAlllUOIl IS FLOATKD. Vmidcrbilt'H Wrecked Yacht Helnj,' Towed to Jamaica. nr Anoouted Pre to Con Dr Tlmei J NRW YORK, Feb. 3. Frederick W. Vanderbilt's yacht Warrior, which wont aground on tho coast of Col ombia, has been floated and Is being towed to Jamaica, according to ad vices. Ik. . NOTED ORE LIQUOO CASES DECIDED Supreme Court Sustains Dry Victories in Elections in Many Cities of the State Last Fall. (Dt Aisoiltlcd rre.s lo Coo Bar Tlmes.l SALEM, Or., Fob: 3. The fluproino court of Oregon handed down a do- EDGED SUIT OBJECTED TO Marshfield and North Bend Chambers of Commerce Oppose Dissolution l.cst tho starting of n Btilt by tho United States government to dissolve the Southern Pacific and tho Central Pacific might result In n delay in tho completion of tlto Coos Iiny-Kugcue lino, the Marshllcld Chamber of Coin merco today adopted resolutions pro testing ngaliist such action. The ac tion followed t'10 receipt of a tele gram from V. S. Chandler pointing out that other Pacific roast cities wore taking such action ns they real ized that tho suit might seriously handicap tho west. Tho following telegram was ordered sent to Setintois Chnmborlaln ami l.nuo: "Wo heartily endorso action of Portland Chamber of Conuuorco rela tive to postponing suit for dissolution cf Central Paclflo and Southern Pac ific. Such action at this time would result In Irreparable Injury to this section. Ilrlng mnttcr to the atten tion of the Prosldcut." Tho following telogram was re relvcd by L. J. Simpson from V. S. Cliandlor todny: "It Is recited that tho Unltod States Attorney Hciternl Is about to Institute suit having for Its purpose tho dis solution of tho Ceutrnl and Southern Pacific. This suit would ho very det rimental to Interests on tho Pacific Coast, especially Oregon, and moro PHpeclnlly Intorosts of Coos Hay and might havo a tendency to delay devel opment of lino to Coos Hay. All tho commercial bodies of California havo tnkon affirmative nctlnn against this I contemplated proc edlng and wired the Piesldout and attorney general not to Institute such proceeding until commercial Intorosts of coast cities might ho hoard. Portland Chamber of Commorco todny sont following telegram to Senator Chamberlain: 'Wn nslf vnn tti nen President In ' our bnhnlf and requost him to ask 1 attornoy gonornl to dolay proceedlngB for dissolution of Central and South ; ern Pacific until we havo opportunity to present situation from our view point. As ndviscd, we are of opinion dissolution proposod would bo detri mental to commercial and Industrial Interests of Pacific const and bellovo that whoro community's Interests nro at stake that thoy should hnvo an op portunity to bo heard from before action 'Is tnkon. If this Is not dono and It should transpire proposed ac tion Ib a mlstnko, Irropnrablo harm would bo dono. All Hint Is nsked is opportunity to bo heard from boforo action Is taken.' "Hnvo Chamber of Commorco tako similar action nf onco nud wlro same to Senators Chamborlnln and I.ano. Wlro mo Imporlnl Hotel quoting ac tion tnkon by Chambor of Commerce. This Is absolutely Important. Give It your personal nnd onorgetic at tention." Tho North Ilond Conimorelal Club met today nnd adopted a resolution npprovlng of n delay and ordered that tho secretary wlro Sonntors Lano and Chnmborlaln asking that further time bo grnntod tho Central and Southern Pacific boforo dissolution proceedings aro commenced. Would HauiKr Railroad. Should tho Attornoy Gonoral tako action despite tho protests or tho Commercial bodies on the Pacific roast, construction wrk on tho Southern Paclllc company's linos would ceaso. Difficulty would aUo be encountered In the sale of bonds. The Marshfield Chambor of Commerce met at 2 o'clock and it is believed that action similar to that taken by tho Portland Chambqr pf Commerce will bo authorized. PASSES AWAY Noted Iowa Editor and Polit ical Leader Succumbs at Sioux City (Br Auorlittt Press to Coos Dr Time. SIOUX CITY, Iown, Feb. 3. George D. Perkins, editor of tho Jour nal, prominent Republican leader and formerly member of Congress for four terms, died today, aged seventy four. i PERKINS 1914 EVENING EDITION clslon today In tlio ensea of tho dry city elections held November last un der tho local option law, holding that tho olcctloiiB wero valid, and aB a re sult tho towiiB affected aro dry under the voto enst. Tho cltlea nro Salem, Oregon City, Straton, Springfield, Grcsham and Hlllsboro. Tho court also uphold the right of tho Salem council to prohibit tlio licensing of saloons. , s !SS ER Lucius N. Littauer, of New York, Pleads Guilty With Brother Today. Illy AMorlttt.) ITm lo Coo. Il.jr mm 1 NKW YORK, Feb. 3 Lucius N. Llttnucr, former congressman, and William Littauer, his brother, both of Glovorsvllle, Neiv York, plended guilty today in tho Federal District Court to a conspiracy to tTnnigglo Jew elry into tho country. Sentence wiib suspended. Soutouco will be Imposed tomor row. Tho Llttnuors, In satisfaction of civil claims brought against them by tho customs authorities In connec tion with smuggling, paid thu gov ernment $1 1,000. Tho brothers wero Indicted January 27 on three counts. They wore charged with attempting to evade, tho duty on a Venetian dia mond and pearl tlara nnd othor ar ticles of Jewelry valued at $10,000, and Intended, It was said, for William Llttauer's wife. Lucius was accused of bringing tho Jewels into tho coun try concealed In a trunk, nnd William of receiving thorn. iALOOIS AID Federal Commission Say They Take up Too Much of Laborers' Time (Mr Ammm lIM l'rn to Coo lUjf TIhim.) WASHINGTON, D. C, Fob. 3. The Federal Commission on Indus trial Relations resumed Its discussion lio.ro today of labor problems gouor ally, giving much time, to tho question of educating tho worklugmau on how to spend his lolsuro hours ndvautng eously. Laborers' association with saloons and movies wiib condemned as consuming too much spare time. It was suggosted that If tho methods applied by foreign agencies ln hand ling this problom woro Introduced In to tho Amorlcnn laborer's dally life, beneficial changes would result. FEAR ULSTER WILL BE Premier Asquith, John Red mond and Others Confer About Home Rule Dr Awoclstoil l'rns to Coos lit? Tlmw.J LONDON, Feb. 3. John F. Red mond, Irish Nationalist leader, and Augustus nirroll, Chlof Secretary for Ireland, woro closeted with Promlor Asqultli nud It wns understood thnt tho government had dotormlned to mako another effort to conciliate Ulster boforo tho heated dobatoa ln parliament fan Into flame tho admit tedly dangerous situation In tho nor thern province of Ireland. Tho un ionists say they would not bo sur prised to see Promlor Asquith "rid ing for a fall" before tho homo rulo bill is again reached in caso tho Irish leader, who Js genorally be lieved to hold tho key to tho situa tion, should refuse to make tho con cessions considered necessary by them. TO AltOLISH LICfilSLATURK. Dan Kellalier and Portland .'Men Start Now Movement. PORTLAND. Or., Feb. 3. Tho ab olition of the state legislature and tho installation of tho commission form of government for the state of Ore gon is tho goal toward which Is work ing an organization of Portland men, headed, presumably, by Dan Kella lier and other members of the East Side HuBlneBs Men's Club which ap pears to ho fostering tho movement. A letter has boon sent out to the voters of Oregon setting forth tho plan in detail, and a call has been issued for a meeting to discuss tho question in the auditorium of tho east side library on February 10, S 111 I MS I SIX PAGES. A Consolidation and Coos MEXICAN REBELS ALLOWED TO IMPORT ARMS FROM STATES i spIshIF huerta power General Villa Notifies Them They Will be "Summarily Dealt With lllr AmoHMM rrf.s to Coos Ilsr TlmM.J JUARK., Fob. 3. A wnrnlng wns Issued by General Francisco Villa to dny that' all Spaniards captured In tho Torrcon campaign will bo dealt with summarily. Villa said ho had posltlvo proof thnt Spaniards In Torrcon had taken up arms against tho rebels nnd that all thoso would bo shot. Others, ho said would bo banished from tho country. "In conformity with my concoptlon of JiiBtlco I wish to notify all foreign governments Hint I have posltlvo In formntioii that Spaniards residing In Torreon have sided with tho Federal forces thoro and that It Is my pur pose to execute theiio Spanlnrds If wo capture them," said Villa. "I am making this statement now so that no BiirnrlHo will bo expressed lntvr I and to glvo such' Spaniards an oppor tunity to leave tho country boforo I they fall Into my hands." TRUSTS W LOSE SERVICE Interstate Commerce Commis- May Terminate Railway's Aid to Them nr Am I.IM I'rvM in Cooa IHy TIiiim. WASIIINOTON. I). C, Fob. 3. Another new development was thrown today into the freight into caso be fore tho Interstate Commerce Com mission In which fifty-two onstoru rnllroadB aro seeking to ndvanco charges fivo por cent, when Commis sioner Hnrlan announced that tho Commission Intended to hold sup plementary hoarlngs on tlio question of fixing ronsonablo ehargos for freo services tho railroad systems now por, forin for largo Industrial plants. A recent decision In tho Industrial rail ways cases Indicated that such freo services to so-called trusts not only cost n railroad system about n million n year, but discriminates against smaller Industries. 3000 DIE III HAYTI BATTLE Senator Theodore's Forces De feated by Zamor, Who Proclaims Himself Ruler lly AMOfl.tr J Prfts to Coos nr TIiiim PORT AU PRINCK, Haytl, Feb. 3. nnn men nf tho rival revolutionary forces woro killed In tholr battlo at Lonalves. Tho adherents of Senator Davilmnr Thoodoro wero defeated by tho followers of Gonoral Orestes Za mor, who today proclulmod himself chief oxecutivo of tho republic. IS RARD BIT National Democratic Club De mands That He Retire as Tammany Leader tllX AMocLteJ Press lo Roos liar Tlraen, NRW YORK, Fob. 3. Frlonds of Charles F. Murphy, whoso retirement as leador of Tani ninny Hall is de manded in n resolution adopted last Inlght by tho National Democratic Club, announced today their Inten tion of appealing to tho board ot governors of tho club on tho ground that tho ayo and nay voto was Illegal. SOCIALISTS MKIJT TONIGHT, SPKCIAL DISCUSSION. KVKItY ONK IXTKItKSTKI) INVITKD. 7:W O'CLOCK. LOW Kit FLOOll FINNISH HALL, CKNTRAL AVE. OS MURPHY No. 167 President Wilson Will Lift Em bargo Against Federals and Rebels RUMOR REBELS WILL ' SOON OUST HUERTA Constitutionalists Claim Action Enable Them to Win the Long Struggle iti:ni:us i:i;ATi:i. i HIT AMM'IfttM I'rrM V. nios llr TlmM I JUAREZ. Feb. 3 Tho nows I that President WIIboh hnd do- ' cldod to lift the embargo on arniB caused keen Joy among tho I robol leaders. Villa said )ila army now would bo no longor handicapped by a difficulty In obtaining ammunition. It Is llko- ly that tho money in tlio rebel treasury will bo appropriated Im mediately Tor the pumiaso of arms nud ammunition and thnt i large orders will bo placed. v tllr AtmUlfil Tnn to Coos nr Tlm I WASHINGTON, 1). C, Feb. .1. President Wilson has decided to lift embargo on tho exportation of nrniH to Mexico. A proclamation un der authority of n Congressional res olution of 1012, which will restoro tho status or the arms question to whoro both tho Iluertn forcos and tho Constitutionalists may Import .arms from tho United States, will soon bo Issued from the Whlto House. I Tho nows thnt nctlnn wns to ho I tnkon by the President bet, una : known todny through sources which tire kopt constantly advised of tho administration's policy In Mexico. It also became known that the nub I Ject had been discussed In tho ('nb jluct meeting today. Thoro woro in itlinatious that an official announce . ment of the administration's pur pose would ln coming from tho Whlto House Inter. It Is bolleved I that tho President finally decided to ralso the embargo after being convinced that by restricting tho shipment of arms Into Mexico tho United Slntos was not really Bhow Jiug neutrality, which was the orig inal purose of the embargo, but wns in fact showing partiality, as tho lluerta forces woro ennblcd to got largo supplies from nbrond, whllo tno Constitutionalists, limited nl most entirely to shipments from tho united States, could get supplies only by smuggling. It hns boon fre quently roprosonted that If tho Unit ed States would permit tho ship ment of arms th' Constitutionalists would undertake to restoro peace and set up n constitutional government in Mexico ln n short time It wns understood In official cir cles that the announcement of tho .President's determination to lift tho embargo had gone forward to Charge d'Affalrs O'Shaughnessy In Moxlco City and probnbly with Instructions to bo ndvlso tho Iluertn government. Constitutionalist agents In Wash ington learned of tho development unofficially and doelnrod tho end of tho war Is In sight. TO DESTROY ItltlDGFS Federal Troops Reported Defeated In Itci-cnt Trouble. (nr AMorlaloJ l'n.. to Cooa liar Tlmea.J CULIACAN. Slnnloa. Fob. 3. Acting In concert with tho garrisons of Gunymns nud Mnzatlan, to de stroy Constitutionalist lines of com munication and surround Gonoral Carranzn, Fodoral troops from Toplo City attempted to destroy n largo railroad bridge nonr Yago, south of horo. They wero repulsed, accord ing to reports received hero. A sor tlo of tho Topic garrison, followed a sliullnr nttompt to cut off Carranzn mado by tho Garrisons at Guaymaa nnd Mnzatlan, AltREST MADEHO MAX. Former .Mlnlhtor of Public Instruction Kent to Penitentiary. (Ur AstnclstMl Prras lo Coos nar Tlroea.l MEXICO CITY, Feb. 3. Joso Vera Estanol, brothor of Jorgo Vorn Esta nol, Minister nf Public Instruction In tho lato President Madoro'H cabinet, was arrested today and sont to the ponitentinry. Tho chargo nglnst him wns not mndo public. ASIC AID FOR CALUMET. Michigan Striking Miners Want Help from Unions, lllr Annotate! I'rrra to Coos ISir Time WASHINGTON, D. C, Fob. 3. Another appeal to labor throughout tljo country for funds to aid tho cop per strikers at Calumet hns boon sent out by President Gompors of tho American Fedorntlon of Labor. CHICAGO WOMEN REGISTER. Suffrage Gets Un Firxt Cliauco In 11 Iluolh Metropolis. Or Asso l.ted Press to Cooa liar Times CHICAGO. Fob, 3 - Women regis tered today for tho first timo In Chi cago preparatory to the spring alder jnanip primaries, More Mian 200 women will hnvo registered, U Is es timated, whon the books closo at 0 o'clock tonight. of Times, Coast Mall Hay Advertiser, jrvu-j. -m. . aj1aaa m Mi;v J" 1 J&