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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 25, 1914)
TMJWP W- sw ROLLING STONES, SaggLgK THEY DO MORE OR LESS BUMPING WATCH YOUR WIFE & COOS IJAY Tiair:s. A clean, wholesome newspaper for Coos County homos. Tlio Times lus tlio largest proved di dilution of ony newspaper In Coos, Curry or Doug Ins counties. Read tlio nilvs. In Tho Times. lis. iKK'Inlly lf f,,,(J in K",nK BIII"B. Tlio ro without im adv. In Tlio Times Is handicapped in tlio race for Trade. mt& MI3MUEP. OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS fflflos !mj 0 ... vVVUII Established 1878 OL AAaVII. ,H n,0 Const Mall .', Y ! I T ! ALLEN ID PROMINENT LI MARSHFIELD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1914 EVENING EDITION SIX PAGES. LET US TALK IT 'OVER fiflli A Consolidation of Times, Con&t Mnll Mn 1RR nnd Coos Hay Advertiser. ,,lu, ,ou 111 IN ARRESTED TODAY Jharged With Violating Ordin ance nequinnu uyiiu un Machines ,H. POWERS AND DR. E. MINiiUS ALbU ntLU Several Others Pay $5 Fines For Offense une may Contest Charge WILL CONTEST VERNON WILL .MEN ARRESTED. A. II. Powers. i Mayor F. E. Allen. Dr. L Mlngus. I Tom Uoodalo. f ChaB. Honobrnke f Lynn Lambeth, j Chas. Skcrrot. r Hugh Sneddon. I Thn nliovo Is n list of nromlnont ilarshflold men who were arrested n.inr on tlio elinrgo of violating tlio Ety ordinance which prohlbllH lonv ie automobiles standing In tlio Itrcct without lights nml also pro- ilblts operating nutos or wcycios Nthout lights, rsono oi mom woro ik?n to jail, though. Mnvnr Allen was ono of tlio first pken In by Offlcor Rlchnrdson. Ho'nnro to chimed with limine rid don his Ilcrclo last night without nny lights n It. I A. II. Powers Is charged with loav- bg his auto standing by Tlio Clinnd- Kr hotel last nigm wuuoiit any cbtt burning. Ho Informed Offl- jr Richardson thnt ho wns guilty Dd would tiny. 1 Dr. K. Mlngus Is chnrgod with paving his nuto standing In front his olflco on llro.idwny InBt night llthout nny llghtB burning, whllo Fred Housely Makes Serious unarges in Suit for Prop erty. Prod HotiBloy, nn adopted son or tho Into Mra. Anno Vornon, or Shln glohouso Inlot, hns begun suit through his nttornoys, Pcclc & "Pock, contesting hor Inst will n which ho wns disinherited. Tho cnao prom ises to bo of n rnthor sonsntlonnl chnrncter. Mrs. Vornon died In tho Oregon Stnto Asylum Inst April, linvlng been committed n few itinniim ,m. yioiiBly. She wbh qulto old nnd nntl Tesldod on tho.Kny for ninny years. Jior mst Will wns tnn.ln Bhortly previous to this nnd In It sho boquenthod $1000 to Mrs. T.lz 7.I0 Rowron, n neighbor, nnd tho bnl- a nioco, Mra. Harrows. who fllnd on tho Rrpnkwntnr on route hero with hor hus bnnd nnd dntightor. In conso qttonro of hor death, hor dnugltor. Miss Unrrows, tho flnnnco or Prod Pugsloy, of tho Stafford Cnndy rnc tnry, received tho Inhorltnnce. It Is estimated that alio loft about $7000 worth or property. IIoiiBoly claims that ho nnd his brother, Prank Housely wero ndopt- 011 iy ciio vornons nnd Bpont most 01 iiieir lives with tliom. world ni! went to tlio moving picture show, on tho much nnd looking nftor tho Is understood thnt ho contends, property. Ho ulleg's thnt under n c lights went nut nftor ho loft. previous win, ho wns mado tlio heir J that ho will fight tho caso. to tho property. Hugh Sneddon admitted his guilt I Ho charges thnt at tho tlmo of tl pay his io flno for leaving his mnklng tho Inst will, Mrs. Vernon street without lachlno on Pront by lights burning. I aii tiro to bo arraigned this ar- frnoon. Two provlous nrrestB for c same kind or offenses wero 1)11- Bohrer. western Union moBSfn- k boy, and Andy Erlclcson. .lllen rays Mno was of iiiiBouud mind and thnt sho suffered from a strange flMuslon thnt ho nnd his brother wanted hor to dlo In order that thoy would got tho properly. IIoiiBoly mnkoB Borlous accusations ngnlnst Mrs. Lizzie Tlowron nnd hor husband. Jade Tlowron. clinreliie l Mayor P. E, Albn wns tho flrnt thnt thoy poisoned Mrs. Vernon's be of tbo offendors arraigned be mind against him with thn oxnoc- pre necerter llutler this afternoon tnncy that thoy would bo given nil entered a idea of ctilltv ami nnld most of tho nronortv If lin wns cut 15 fine off. I Mr, Alkn sa'd thnt ho did not' Tho enso will probably como un for trial at tho April torm or Cir cuit Coijrt. fro any .-;ood excuse oxcopt thnt M Carbide WOUlil lint wnrlf In tlin Icrcle light nnd as ho was anxious I get home, he thought thnt ho Md make It all right. Ho snld lat this wj tho first limn lm linil Of bCen nbln t,i flllil n., nfrinn.. nf Isht nnd win glad to sco that thoy 'o aoiiiT u.cir duty. City Attorney (loss snld thnt ho 'Hied tllO Mnvnr in nnlliu. Mi... Mm formation was filed by tho prlvato nccr hired by tho cltlzons nnd not reguur police offlcor. City lleeordt Uutlor wanted to ?i 3 w.is tho first offonao ; w Attonioy Gobs wanted to liL 1 . ' AUtn ,,nl ovor uoon nr ted before. "No. tllla la tlm fl-ot M... i . 11 Mr. Alton. inen you aro uot tho P. B. Allou l Was MrCSteQ In Allinnv nnmn ..or n88itiltT" queried Mr. f of th city's chief oxecutlvo. 't;' B,V "Plied Mr. Allen. lalnZ l" V0,mIty win bo tho uUMim, a flno ot SG iloclnrod ' UUtler. 'r ''Caat tho prlsonor havo tho al- n l ii,V ',?n nK two ana a nn,f "In tho city jail?" Inoulred Cltv "raty gqss. R.r'rep 'e.d Kecordor Uutlor. : 'ir, A1I n (l I (I nnt . It MM 1.1- ... "" """k V r-' u uH unO SS?jawere nrralg-nod later. I days. HOPES TO STOP 00E601 STRIKE Federal Mediator Hangar to Get Telegraphers and Rail way Officials to Confer ' (0 AuotUtxl rmi to Coot Dr Tlmti.) PORTLAND, Fob. 25. G. W.W. Hangar, Federal mediator, hold eep nrato couforonces with tho officers of tho Orogon-Woshlngton Railroad & Navigation Company and tho Ordor or Hallway Telegraphers in a rurther attempt to provent a strike. Although tho results wero not given out, it was learned thnt the mediator has so far sought only to bctomo better Informed nnd nn attempt to bring nbout a Joint conference botweon tho two sides will not bo mado for soma LAST evening's Interesting discussion at tho Fellowship Club banquet de veloped tho fact thnt there is n lamentable lack or Information concern ing tho commission form of municipal government. Even tho lenders of the dobato confessed that they woro not familiar with tho subject nnd intjir subsequent talks substantiated tho admission. The different speakers pw8ented,thclr views interestingly but scarcely convincingly, Senator Smith's presentation of the systematized and business Bido of tho commission Torm or government "being about tho best argument or the ovcnlng. City Attor ney Gobs, who mado tho principal nddroBS on tho negatlvo Bido, exploded tho old theory thnt "a Democrnt Is rernlnst tho government," tor Attorney Gobs wns decidedly with tho government last ovcnlng. Mb talk was not on tho merits or lnck or merits or tho commission form of city government, but ns Toastmnstor Cbpple declared nn nblo nnd argumentative defense' of tho present city ndmlnlfltratlon which needs no defense Now Isn't thnt Just like a lawyer when his caso Is wenk ho talks nbout the splendid In tegrity and high character of his client. , It wns to ho oxpected that nn nttomoy would load In a dobnto against tho adoption of a commission form ot city government. Lawyers nro nat urally, lnhorontly nnd unalterably bound by precedent. Our courts, arc' so tangled and tied with tho tapo or precedent that Justice, Is nearly strangled. Thoy nro no longer courts or justice but courts or law, whero opposing counsel nrguo learnedly and logically or Ignornntly nnd Insistently ror precedent, and tho Jttdgo decides not on tho merits or tlio cbbo nt bar but ns somo similar caso n htimlrcd yenro ago was decided. That may bo law but it is not Justice. Attarnoy Goss followed tho sniuo lino of limp logic In his defonso or the old city council form or city government Inst evening. It was tho argument or a lawyer and n politician. His statement thnt because tho present mayor and mombors or tho city council wero honest nnd capable, tho present form or city government was sufficient, wns, to borrow n legal phrnso, "Incom petent, Irrolcvnnt nnd linmntorlal." Tho time-worn argument of tho poli ticians ngnlnst tho prlmnrlos and tho initlntlvo nnd roferendum, namely, that Tom nnd Hill nnd Jim and Jack could get together in a caucus nnd cIioobo JiiBt whom thoy desired to run tho government, was also presented. Dc caiiBo everyone knows everyone oIbo In Mnrshflold nnd bocnuso "wo aro all honcBt nnd honornblp men" hns ndt prevented somo rndlcnl blunders nnd oxponSlvo extravagances undor tho present form of city govorntnont. Under this old form of government which Attorney Goss growB eloquent in eulo gizing and defending, Mnrshflold hns given away overy valuable franchise it possesses. It has given nwny successively and successfully, almost without stipulation or regulation. Tho wntor franchise. Tho oloctric light franchise. Tho gns franchise Tho telephone- frnnchlBO Tho street railway franchise That's sovoral reasons why wo need n commission rorm or government. It Is truo that not ono or these franchises was given nway undor tro present administration but thoy wero all given undor tho present form or government. Wo hnvo no nssuranco that wo can contlnuo tho presont capable and efficient officials nnd during their administration Is tho tlmo to provide ror tho future. Mnrshflold and nil Coos Hay Is on tho threshold of Important develop ment. "Wo should propnro to meet It in a modern and buslncss-llko way and that way Is tho commission form of city government with n city manager. It means centralized control and responsibility. It menus a systematic and biiBluoss-lIko handling of affairs. It moans hnndllng the business atfalrB or th'o city tho samo as n prlvato Individual, corporation or firm conducts business. It moans lower tnxeH, loss oxtravaganco and removes tho possibility of grnft. It tnkes tho city's affairs out of politics or prlvato manipulation nnd places It on tlio piano of buslnoss efficiency nnd system, Tho nrgument that Mnrshflold Is too smnll for tho commission form of government falls flat when It Is known thnt San Mntoo, Cal., with 4,38-1 population, has tho commission rorm or government. So hns Monterey, Cal., with 4,923. Anthony, Kansas, with only 2,(109 people, nns tho commission form and also Council Grovo, Kansas, with only 2.G59. Until last October nioro thnn three hundred cities In tho United Stntos 1 lind udoptod tho commission form of government nnd 110110 has ovor gono back to tho archnlc nnd outworn form of city councils. MurBhlleld should Join In tho procession of progress. WEST WILL THY TO GET COOS BAY WAGON ROAD GRANT DEWEY'S TALE IS su German Admiral von Diedruchs Admits Issuing Order at Manila inr AMocl.tf,! rrm to Coo mj Tlmti. HADEN I1ADEN, Fob. 2C Ad miral Von DiedcrlcliB hlmsoir ad mitted today that ho had Informed tho Hrltlsh naval comninndor In Man ila Hay at tho tlmo of tho Spanlsh Amorlcnn war that ho would shoot nny American offlcor who attempted to board a German warship "to mako Inquiry nml cBlnblluli linn Mnntuv" In carrying out tho orders of Admiral ! ucwuy. TALKS PLAIN TO VILLA. I Illy AuocUtnl l-rrti to Coo IU? Ttmn.) I EL PASO, Feb. 2G. A confiden tial ngent of Cnrrnnzn arrlvod lant night nnd Is reported to havo dono somo very plain talking to Villa's of- fleers. As a result two officers loft 'failed tn comnlv with tlm rnmiitlntm Wants 150,000 Acres Between Coos Bay and Roseburg for State WANTS TO TAKE IT FROM SO. OREGON CO. Claims That They Have Failed to Comply With Agreement to Build Road tnr Amocl.lM rrtM lo Com llr Tlntm, SALEM, Or., Feb. 2C. Govornor West announced ho will leavo Satur day ror Washington, I). c.. to conrcr with tho Secretary or tho Interior on land matters. Cl.lof among tho sub jects to ho taken up Is n bill provid ing ror tho reversion pr the lands covered by the Coos Hny wagon land grant. Another mntter to bo discuss ed Is a bill providing ror tho exchange of no.OO'O acres of scattered sohodl Innds In tho stnto for a compact body or land In th'o forest reservo on Snn tlnm. 1 This Inttor mensuro hns passed tho Sonuto and been roportod fnvor ably by tho committee In tho Houso. Theroaro about 150,000 acres em braced In tlio wagon Innd grant. Or Iglunlly tho lands woro granted to tho stnto to ho used In building a high way In southern Oregon nnd tho unto granted them to n company for tho samo purpose, tiio company 'ins Juarez last night on a special tra'n j of tho grant, nnd tho government Is to presont Cnrranzn'n renresentn- now seoklnir in rnrnvnr tlm iniuin in t'ons against tho scorning policy of .a suit In tho Federal court. Tho evasion. 11RITISH CONSUL ARRIVES. EL PASO, Tex., Feb. 21.. Interest In tlio Ronton caso was contored In tho arrival hero of Charles Perceval, Hrltlsh consul nt Galveston, who was exported today to mako a thorough investigation. Governor's plan Is to hnvo tho Gov ernment convey tho lnnds to tho state and nllow It to dlsposo of them, nnd uso tho proceeds In building ronOs In southern Orogon, ono to bo built from somo point In Douglas county to Coos Hay, nnd nuothor from somo point In Jackson or Josephine county to 1I10 snmo pinco. iVK WXASS UT SEND FORCE TO IHEID TO BRING RACK BENTON'S BODY President Wilson and State De- would ho somowhat similar to th'nt tl TtIltt fk nl.la. H .1..!.... I. partment May Use Force in B. """ "? l" uoxcr ro' uoiisiii i.otciior Bald that Vllln had givon nBBurniicos ho would endeavor to locato the ton Ainoricnns whom ho Bays ho rejected as recruits for his army. Villa says ho offerod thorn a special train to Junroz. hut they pro fcrred to romnln In Chlhunhiin. EELLOWSRIP BANQUET IS BRILLIANT m TO ROB IOWA STATE SAFE ltchmen in Treasurer's 0 Ice at State Capitol in SLJ0,ns Bo"nd and gged Th rH Porcnn Its .uBuieo. fiS.0"11?.""' cessfui Dii2 ' lvu- so An un It In the 1&L,B dmamlto tho n thn Clo.' U"UO WO u me Stale Trenaiim'.. ffi tMZ'.?.le.ar,Jpty. after tho "ad ami , :ulcI"non hnd been It tto rtub.hC4: x"o safe blowers Pht With nil- .8""I' ueforo day- R th Pl"if ,"' wnic tney took fert off.Csh rawer n tho treas- 8 were erf ,, BeParato explos- a third m i er.6 nbout t0 be' fruptcd t?P1 when they wero 6 overnowp T wulcnmen who 5f STS !.S2? M,ils Ru"5 1 .- wuce for iiivo(inn " Bunre2ee" "necef ully asleep i .i..ouPreme Court rnnm ,.ii wptW robbery was m pro- W A J. Pai'ker Whitney, Millionaire, Held for White Slavery in California IBr Auocuted Tr to Cooj Dtr Time. SAN FR)ANCISCO. Fob. 25. J. Parker Whitney, mlllionalro clubman accused of violating tho white slave law, was arrested today on his ranch In Placer county. When told ho was charged with transporting Genevieve Hannan from Now York to San Fran cisco for Immoral purposes, ho said: "I hnvo been expecting this trouble for some tlmo and am glad things havo come to a climax. It Js simply a case of blackmail." Fellowship Club Holds Most Interesting and Instructive Session Commission Form of Government Discussed. ltOWHAV AT THE HAXQUET. Ho was a famous banqueter Chock full or stories bright; For yearB he'd dono, I hero avor, Uanquots many a nlgnt. A leading citizen, you see, Ho mot with others such as ho. ' They mot nt reason's reast (they eald) Thoro was a flow of soul And curious dishes, meats and fishes And nureo in tho bowl. Tho biscuits sweet and toothsome fine Tho coffee, too, was right in line. Tho toastmnstor in merry mood Regaled with Joko and Jest Till 'twixt the laughter and tho food Unbuttoned was each vest. And then wo heard that musical moko Arise and tell another Joke Tho banqueters at last cried: "Do But give us ono more story; If you don't we're In a stew, So toll it, if with ago its hoary." The story told, wo gasped ror breath For all had nearly laughed to death. Tho question or the commission rorm or government nnd Its adapt ion to tho needs or tho city of Marshfleld was tho subject threshed out at the monthly dobato or the Men's Fellowship Club, held last n,Bnt ... W. A. Reld presidod as chairman of tho meeting. R. A. Copple acted as toastmaster. Tho affairmatlve sldo of tho question, -uesoivea, I Tha; Marshneld should adopt a commission form of government." wns taken by Senator W. G, Chase, seconded by Sonator I. S. Smith. Tho negatlvo sldo of tho question was taken by Jnmes Watson, second ed by Attornoy John I). Goss. Sonator ChaBo opened for tho of flrmatlve and mado a mastor argu ment in favor or commission gov ernment. Ho spoko In pnrl as fol lows: "I do not 'Intend by my re marks to cast any refleclon unon tho presont City Council or nny pre ceding City Council. Tho fact has been proven thnt. specialists in any lino are tho best. Men engaged In tho everyday walks of Hfo do not profess to know anything about running a municipality. The proof of tho success of commission gov ernment Is proven by tho fact that 311 cities have adopted this form of government. Theso cities rnngo from 1000 to 333,000 population, Now Orleans being the largest city using tho commission form at tho present tlmo. Tho commission form of government was first adopted by Galveston, in tho year 1901 nnd slnco then It has been adopted In twenty-four cities In Pennsylvania alone There are no abuses to tho commission form of government. If the men who aro appointed or elected to servo as commissioners don't suit, recall thom, such as was dono at Des Moines, Tho elimina tion of tho Common Council is something which Is being sought all ovor by the people of tho country at tho present time. senator Uhnsa concluded by read ing an Interesting paragraph from tho current number of a magazine In which ho sot forth strong nrgu ment In favor of the afflrmatlve. County Clerk Watson, who was prevailed upon to act in place of Judgo A. S, Hammond, read a papor from Judge Hammond and made many comments In favor or our (Continued on Page Three.) Old Mexico Without Action by Congress. II AmhxUim I'ri-M la Coot luy Tlinm. WA8IIINaTOK, D. a, Fob. 2C Further representations wore mado by tho American government to Vllln, pointing out tho Importance, or giving up the body or Ronton, Immediately on receipt or word that Ronton's body would bo oxhumod, a second request went to Villa asking thnt tho body bo turned ovor to tho widow.- Ills refus al hns not mot with favor with tho officials hero. Tho message recolvod Inst night saying the widow and' Am erican roproaontntlvoa could vlow tho body was tho result of representa tions made by tho United States that his attitude was not satisfactory, Tho United States will dcslgnato nn ar my surgeon as ono or its representa tives. The Stato Department Is hopeful that through Carranza, Vllln's super ior offlcor, it can succcod In getting tho body. Discussing possibilities, somo officials Bald thoro was really 110 obstaclo to provent Hrlgndlor Gun oral HIIbb Bonding a force or cavalry to recover Honton's body, H It can bo located. That such would bo an act or war, which must bo authorized by Congress, was denied by thoso officials. Thoy pointed to tho Presi dent's declaration that thoro is no government in Mexico. Such action flljr AHOtlatoJ 'mt lo Cool Dr TlniM. EL PASO. Fob. 2C--Uncertainty stlli provnlled horo us to what Gener al Vllln proposes to do regarding tho request of the United States that ho deliver to tho widow tho body of William S. Ronton, tbo Hrltlsh uub Joct whom ho executed last wuok at Junroz, Consul Letchor at Chihua hua roportod that Villa had declined to dellvor tho body, but ho will por mlt tho widow or other rolatlvos to visit tho comotory with Amorlcau ropresontntlvos and for their bonoflt he will ordor tho cxhumntlon of tho body, which la then to bo ro-Intorrod In tho same grave. Villa Is roportod os saying: "I will not glvo up tho body out of respect to tho dead. It was In terred with nil tpjlgloiis obBorvancea and a cross erected ovor it and I will not allow tho sacrilege or Its ro movnl." Unltod States secret sorvlco opera tives said thoy had recolvod Informa tion, which thoy did not mako pub lie, thnt Indicated that Gustav Hauch, tho missing Gorman American, met a rnto similar to iienton s. TRAIN BANDIT MADE GOOD ESCAPE SiW FALLS IN W EJ Southern City Today Has First Winter Storm in Eleven Years Br Aitocltled frM to Coot Bar Timet.) NEW ORLEANS, Fob. 25. A light snow roll horo today ror tho first tlmo slnco 1903. Tho enow molted as fast as It roll. CONFIRM ItEPORT OF EXECUTION (Br Auocltttd Prett to Coot Dtr Time..) LAREDO, Tex.. Feb. 25. Official confirmation or tho hanging or Cle mento Vergara, an American citizen, One Robber Loots Southern Pacific Train Near San 1 Francisco tn; AuocUttJ PrM to Coot Bay Timet.) SAN FRANCISCO. Fob. 25. Tho pollco nro combing the city ror a man who robbed tho conductor, brafcomun and oxpress messenger on tho South ern Pacific train Jast night and Jump ed off just beforo tho train reached horo. Tho robber Bwung on the trnlu nt Durllngamc Tho brakeroan and tho Wells Fargo agont woro not quick enough to suit tho robber nnd ho beat thom with tho butt or IiIb re volvor. Tho express inossongor was rorced to open tho Bare and tho con tents ransacked. How much monoy was obtained was not mado public, by Mexican Fedornls noar Hidalgo, was received by United States Consul J Garret at Nuevo Laredo. The report said that vergaras body was stu hanging three miles from Hldalg I Garret immediately left for the scow0- i " A "B,