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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (March 7, 1914)
m wf " "' i ' ' " """' '"" ' " v""" '' MV: . f Bt.'v..' gPNBS IS A LANGUAGE THAT THE DEAE CAN HEAR ffi DUMB UNDERSTAND "' t !- MM. I I I I ! ! II I H I I'll II " K M t ll-.ri WATCH VOUll WIFE Stms ' (I COOS HAY TIMES. A I'lcnti, wholesome newspaper for Coos County homos. The Times has the largest proved circulation of any newspaper In Coos, Curry or Doug las counties. V J'l , i.o iuIvs. In The Times. 15s- t fc,fllo without nn ndr. I" The t' tones is IiiinillcniU'Cil "' c '" ade. h ' W f! , MEMBER OP THE ASSOCIATE!) PRESS 1 ' . wVWII Estnulisiicu into ML XaAVM. (l8 Tho Const Mall Established t78 MARSHFIELD, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 1914 EVENING EDITION 10 PAGES A Consolidation of Time, Coast Mall Mr, 1QE nnd Coos Buy Advertiser. ,vu" ,ao QIllOB a ate 5T . ot 'HI re- out ISc 14c ISc 16c 18c 18c 20c Vl DW fllrilllEFi LIGHT SHED 01 TRAGIC DEATH OF F, S. teral .of Marshfield Man dan Will dc neiu m- morrow Aucmum. 8Y TO BE TAKEN TO ;AUF0nlMIA run ouniHL. Ufliw FvirfGiice at Coroner's hquest Business to be uoniiiiuuu fsl)0V FUNERAL SUNDAY AFTERNOON. - . -.... ill Tho luncrai or r. a. i i conauciwt iiuni ...o ---- l;30 Sumiay miomuu i, mi J K Human omumuH' "hn,i. will liu tulton to San anctscoon tho Speedwell Mon . nrninL' mid' interment will fcbably bo nt National City, a burn oi wis iuniuii-". ..n.i tho children and others MbaWy accompany It. TJ.o ona will (maim in inu in. iv-, . I L FATAL TO ST OW Coroner's Jury Finds That He Ended Life During Tem porary Aberration "Wo .find that F. S. Dow cmho to his death by drowning duo to sui- tcldal Intent whllo suffering from 1 temporary niontiil aberration," was i tho glut of a verdict returned Uy the uoronuru jury nt tlio inqu-Bt Hold last ovonlng. Tho jurors wore E. L. RobliiBon, C. 0. ltohfcld, Geo. Welatcnd, L. L. Thomas, Ivy Con drou mid J. Q. JarvlB. Tlio lnquoBt was rather abort. Tho wltncsBOB were Dr. E. Mlngua, Jlook kcopor J. M. Wnllnco. Auditor A. H. bins new hns dovoloped In tho t Allen, V. P. Murphy nud L. E. . " . - ra ..a 1 A. la inn I TlllllBtl flCalll OI r. 3. 1JOW. Jl '1 l" iJJlircil. I n ro Into hiB affairs and It -will I Llttlo now developed nt tlio In- ihr bO a IOW WKJKH Ulliu - I il:ni, miiiih.iimj u.uij mint, uuillii an La chocked up. Howovor, Ins told In Tho Times yesterday. Cor- closc In toutli with him to- onor Wilson did no attempt to go i, hn nvnn'tlilnir would bo Into tho pohsIWq cnus s thnt Jed un to bi all right und that It -was; to JiIh untlmoly doiulse, merely re .!. Avor .iiniiMB In Inisl-idulrliiK sufficient evidence to show ondltlona ami tho keenness of thnt It wnH plainly Bitlcldo nud thnt HUan that touiiornrlly unbal- i-oro wjb no poBBlblllty of crime. Mm Onb1 Two XoteH "" . .. .1 ..,. .... .. .1. ...-. .....,-. .... buslnws will bo continued un- "iy i" oj mu ui i'n - ir.tinn nf v p. MnTobv. Mr. Dow wero read at the Coroner's per Wallace nnd Auditor Al-!nnuuit. One w.ih that written to it. n.irnr.ftMtlirln rnmnnnv .llUltOr AIICU tellltlK tlltlt llO WI18 i.n.ppnmnii. 'A. R. Rolnit to drown hliiiBelf and w:uro )t Mr Dow', brother, will nl- tho body would bo. The other was tMT ' ' j to P. Murphy, In which ho a. known. Mr. Dow-Je.lt no. pnelly Btatetl that ho couia not Btiina r...- i.im i. n cnrtnlnltbo strain longer and naltod that noare Inclined to think tb.tgr;, ffffitaSWaSir; i. t... i.. i..., n.. n.iothor two noU's, ono to big brornor uj mu I,, wi ...,. i ..I, n, ,lln nfhnr in Mi-n Tn-9 UTrothS1 Pbwrlrffro notread to ho Coroner'! Sf "".h"... "ff H. Hllven found tho body yes- mi .,i,,v fri.Mnin Mini rnln- tonlny nftornotui nnd told of It bo and inaiiy frlundo ana roia- 'nii,n,i ,i. i.v ,. i.onw ,.if.n oo uk all tney can to acHiai """""'' "" v . . , b ' jof UIo pipe fastened to Dow's neclc 'by n ropo nnd slip knot, so that It ! pulled tight around tho throat, chokiJig him. BOURNE WILL NOT m NOW Former Oregon Senator De cides Not to be Candidate in the Primaries tnr AiMCl.teJ Pro (o Coo Dr Timet.) PORTLAND, Or March 7 Jona than JJonnio, Jr., In a telegram from WnBlunglon, announced that ho would not bo a enndidnto at tho com. Ing IlPpubllcan primaries In Oregon. Ho said thnt as chairman of two Fed eral eommlHBlonB on which ho Is now 8orvl?iB ho thought ho could do moro good1 thnn by taking up tho thna In campaigning. mi WILL TEST WIRELESS Hopes '.to Have Wireless Tele phone Working at San Francisco (Dr AmocUUi l'rc (o Cm, 117 Tlmo,. HOME, March 7. WIMIuin Mar coni has announced ho would parti clpato In tho IUllan sootlon of tho Paimmn Pacific oxpoHitlon nt Sau Praiiclflco. Ho said ho hoped to bo able to commtinlcAto Irom tho expo Bltlnn by wireless toUmhouo with nil Htntas of the I'nJon as well as Canada. ILESGE EXPRESSED eld Chamber of Corn- Orders Letter Sent Mrs. F. S. Dow r'OXK IlKXEITr tOXCEUT ONE WEEK btaeflt concert which i hare been Riven Sunday jooaat the Masonic OporA I hi been postponed one FIS to tho funeral of V. It will be held Sundny, IRS J. W. GARTER PASSES SWAT Wife of .Marshfield City Mar shal Succumbs at Rose burg Burial at Camas Mrs. J. W. Carter, wlfo of Marshal Carter, died nt Uosoburg last night after n long Illness of tuberculosis. Until n fow weeks ago alio had boon ut tho ranch of hor brothor, Mr. Murray, at Camas Vn'.Iejv but thon wont to ItoBoburg for treatment and became so HI thnt sho could not re turn. Marahnf Carter loft this afternoon for Camas where tho funornl will bo hold nnd interment tnko place. iWleld Chamlior nf Cntn. h monthly meeting, np- cumniiifpn nr i.'Mnb n A k. iwi- ir. o....i o ''Their four nh I hi ron wore there, tho n4olenco to tho bereaved two oldest being In Roscburg with f late F. S. Dow. Mr. I. i. "'"Wat iv,ii- V Chamber of Commorco. i wanegs pervaded the very t'i.,,Mt n,shfs meeting, h. .i was Ba,o "y tho a tUB mpnMnt i.,r,lln. M member, a. silence re penetrating than any " ldent. otnunlcatlnn f-... a n... I ' contemplating tho pur U lOOS TltlV lliicilnni.. l-ll htht up. a motlort was Ll"; fwreiary bo Instruct tf?! y.m ot tho moral ul naber of Com- PlTJl!?B him to visit Coos kits ix. T ' "l l" lur- m the board of directors WS 5S?, "?!!! JSU he outBlde work . '"'ill the attic anA i """Mie on 'hand nt :::."? sansers. The v iorm of aBslatance tr'r was dtBciiRRPfi n h.ti. . " - wouon rrom A. H. ' Blatt was chosen for pik r"Ba very m- I i,2, c-Peration t between Coos n.v ZJzl"w la7avPn?8'bla.went -. mU ABniana ttnv; th l , ,nea ror ue?f(. X'ar8held Cham- nd V n teTndered W' ,. " .. U. Jones fnr Bee at ;We,!nLet: -- mu liuiyuBO her nnd tho two youngest at tho Murray homo. Mrs. Carter was formorly Sarah A. Murray nnd was about forty vear nl.l film carried 1000 Insur ance In tho Marshflold lodge of the Dogreo of Honor. MRSlfTsiTH IS ST CKEN Former Coos Bay Woman Suddenly Succumbs to Heart Failure Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Ross Smith left yesterday ovorland for Portland In response to a telegram announc ing tho sudden death of his moth er, Mrs. M. O. Smith. She died the night before. Fow particulars were given but it Is believed that her demise wa3 caused by heart trou ble from which sho had suffered for a long time Sho formorly resided on Coos Bay and tho many friends oi tho family will be grieved to hear the nows. Mr. Smith was foreman of final plans regarding the Ashland exhibit. After some discussion a vote of thanks was tendered A. E. Ouyton for correspondence he had written for a lumber paper. on 0 WAGE PACT SIGNED 0.-W. R. & N. and Telegraph ers Sign Agreement Ef fected by U. S. Arbiter (llr Auuclil4 riM tO'CoM'tUr Time. PORTLAND. Or., March 7. Work hij; under a schedule contract for tho first time sluco the road was built, l.io tolegi-apherB of tlio Oregon & V iiHhlngtou Railroad nnd Navigation Company folt well satisfied when Jioy went to work today. Yostordny tnrough tho ufforts ot the United Htntos Hoard of Mediation ami Con ciliation nn agreement wns signed In which both sides made ciiiicobbIoiis and n, atrlko was averted. Desldes tho Hchcduk) contract tlio men got some IncrunBO In pay at certain uolnts .nnd hotter workJng condl- tlotiH. Tho railroad won tho point of reserving tho right to appoint tho tolegrnphor agontB It saw fit whero telegraphing wns a secondary' duty. The railroad doalt with the men ns Its employes and not ns n union. OREGON WHITE SLAVERY CASE Parker Whitney, of San Fran cisco Pleads Not Guilty Today tDj Attoclktxl frMi lo coot rj TlmM. SAN FRANCISCO, March 7. Par Iccr Whitney, of Rocklln and San Francisco pleaded not guilty to tho charges ngnlnBt him under tho whlto ulnvo net by Goncvlovo Ilnnunn. Tho caso was continued until Mnrch 21. It la allogcd ho brought the woman hero from Oregon for immoral pur poses, , HELLO'S ARMY T I California Unemployed Still Camped Out Waiting for City Aid I0f AMftcUtd rrttf Coot llr TlmM.) SACRAMENTO. Cnl., Marcli 7. 1500 memboro of tho two armies of unemployed, "aonernl" Kolloy's forco and a seceding faction, are cnnipcd In a (.sand lot nwnttlng nu nnswor from tho Sacramento africlnls to their tlomand for fooA wul trnnsportntlon to continue their Journey to Wash ington. D. C. IEGT fLSIZE Collego Place Man Will Head Seventh Day Adventists, i Again . Br AM0CUO4 l'rni to Coo Mr Ttrnm. V AM,A WALLA, WoBh.. Mnrch 7. E dor C. V. Fla'zo of Collego Place n nuliurb of this city, will bo re-elected ircBldcut on tho North Pacific Unl a Conference of tho Sovonth Day AdvbntlstH for tho next two yours nt tho drnnlal scbhIoii. S. .1. Lnuhtor of Collugo Plnco was re-elected bocio tnrtreii8iirer nud auditor. EXPECT CONGRESS TO REPEAL TOLLS AS DESIRED B! WILSI WNAVSW-'--- M TREATY STRONG Agreement Made in 1859, but Not Ratified by U. S. Would Settle Strife COMMISSION STOPS. tnr AxocUIkI I'rfM lo Conn llr Tlmra. EL PASO, Tex., March 7. Marlon Lotchor, American Con sul nt Chihuahua, who cnino hero Sundny to escort tho Denton Investigation commlttco to Chl huahuo, Totumod nloug today. It Is not believed tho commission will attempt to visit Chihuahua. nr AMorliteil Prni lo Coo. Il; TlmM. "WASHINGTON, D. C, March 7. Addltlonnl Interest In tho Mexican Bltuntion wns lent by tho publication today of proposed trcnty negotiations of moro than half n century ago be tween tho United States and Moxtco, which, If ratified, would havo author ized tho United States to Intcrvono whenovcr Mexico was unnhlo to guar- iutk'0 tho security of hor citizens. Tho treaty hnB been lying In tho se cret nirhlvcB of tho Sonata Conunlttoo on Foreign Rolntlona slnca Jnnunry, 1S00. Tho injunction of secrecy was removed yesterday. Tho treaty wob idgncd in Vera Crux December 14, isr.0, but novor ratified by tho United Htntcs bccniiBO of tho confusion of tho outbreak of tho Civil Wnr. Administration Leaders Say Poll of Senate and House Show Victory ' WILL GIVE PRESIDENT P0WERT0HANDLE IT Senate Divided on Flat Repeal of Placing Question in Ex -ecutive's Harids nr AmotUIM Pri to,Coo, 0r Ttrae,l WASHINGTON, I). C, March 7. With tho SlniB hill providing for tho rononl of thn Inlln nrnnintlnn olnunn j of tho Panama Cnnnl net favorably roportou' to the llonso and with a poll of tho membership of tho llouso nnd Sennto showing a safo mnjorlty for ropcnl, administration loaders wero moro confident than over today that Congress would respond favor ably to President WIIboh'b nppoal. The poll Is said to havo Indicated thnt a largo majority of both housos nro ready to voto for tho flnt repeal at onco. Whllo tho Houso Ir dobnting tho Ibbuo, tho Senate Commlttco on Intoroccnn Cnnnls will coiiBldor whothcr to recommend tho flat re peal or urge n compromise bill auth orizing tho President to regulnte tolls nt his discretion wherever oxomptlou Is provided In tho cnnnl net. nr xinofrtifi! Prfii to Coot llir Tlmn.1 WASHINGTON, D. C, Mnrch 7 Secretary Uryan said that the Auglo Amerlcnu coinnilsslon appointed to oxnmino tho body of William S. non ton, tho Ilrltlsh subject, wan still In BtatiiH quo. in official circles It was understood t Ho commission will make no further effort to accomplish tho task for which It wns nppolntod. Nothing hns beeii rocclvnd concern ing tho Invostlgatlous In tho Denton and Dauch cnecs by tho .Mexican Con st ItuttonullBt commission. EXCHANGE IK HIGH. NEW ltEVOlr I.V J1AYTI. SHIP WRECKED OFF NEW JERSEY Eighteen Off Lost Vessel Afloat in Small Boat Four Reach Shore (Dr Aolttfc! 1'rtM to Cooa lir Time. SEASIDE PARK, N, J., March 7. Eighteen persons, Including tho captain and crow of tho Btonmor Ohar- lomagno Tower, wiiicn BnnK near horo, nro adrift on tho ocean In an open boat. Tho last seen of thorn thoy woro going out to son In a south easterly direction. Tho steamer sank three-quarters of a mile from shore. The first mate and three members of the crow reached shoro. A reve nue cutter put to sea to search for tho boat. Thero are two big sand bars where tho steamer went to the bottom and the life savers were handicapped In launching tho boats. One was finally launched but wbb upset and the oc cupants wadeM nshoro. Captain Slm ninns of tho steamer and seventeen mont took tho long boat, but It was so overcrowded that they were afraid to try a landing. When last seen the men wero unablo to use tho oars and-could not control uie craft. VESSELS r FOG-nOUND IN LOWER HAY NOW Owing to the densq fog In the lower bay, none of tho boats wero alilo to get out today and will not bo table to sail before tomorrow. The Adeline Smith, Breakwater, Redondo and Jim Butler are all lying near Empire. Frcdi Dlhtiii'lmurcs Hi oak Out In t'tr Island Republic. (Pr AMocUtfel f'rrM lb Out .ut TlmM I WASHINGTON, I). C, Mnrch 7. FreBii revolutionary disturbances have developed In Haytl and tho bat tleship South Carolina has been or dered back from Uiinntnnnmo to rort Au Prince, Tho nature of tho latest uprising was not disclosed. TO ST E Colorado Sheriff Claims Oper ators Tendered Big Sum for Aid Dr Auocl.t! Prns to Cooa Dr Tine. DENVER, Colo;, March 7 An of fer of 20,000 cash and a dollar a day for each of 400 guards omployod In breaking tho strike In 1910 wns made to M. P. Capp, then sheriff of Boul der county, by a man representing himself to be acting for tho Northern coal operators, according to tho tes timony of Capp b'eforo tho congres sional committee, Capp said that ho refused the offer. Tlio operators' at torney moved that Cappfs testimony bo stricken out, declaring that he was prepared to prove that tho man al leged to have made him tho offer was dead, QUIET IN BRAZIL. Br AuoeUtol l-mi to Coo Dr T'n'M.J WASHINGTON, D. C. March 7. Dispatches to tho Brazilian embassy reported conditions quiet and un changed in Rio de Janeiro and. other cities, which havo been declared In a state of siege because ot revolution ary activities. I FIRST TRAIN CROSSES MILL SLOUGH TODAY' Tho first train crossed Mill Slough today, an englno haul a carload of timbors over the lino that tho S. P. has just com pleted. Euglneor Wheeler had a picture taken of It as ho considered It a real event In tho history of tho Coos Bay line. Dr AMoclit! l'rw lo. Coo. llr Tim,. MEXICO CITY, Mnrch 7. Tho rnto of foreign exchange hero reached n now high point of $350 ror 100. SIXTY FEDERALS KILLED nr AnotlIM I'rrti to Com lUjr Timet. ) BROWNSVILLE, March 7 Sixty Mexican Federals, Including six offl cors, wero klllod In a battle Wednes day In tho hills nenr Monto Morelos, according to word recolvod by Constitutionalists. ST PIRATE GETS 5 YEARS Capt. Nelson, Who Attempted to Seize Steamer Willam-, ette Sentenced Dr AuoclatM Pra to Cooa Par . Iraea.) SAN FRANCISCO, March 7. Flva j ears' imprisonment was tho punish ment meted out by the United States District Court on Captain A. D. Nol son, plrnto, who attempted to hold up the Bteamor Wlllamotto off Los An geles county Inst December. Nelson entered tho cabin of Captain Reiner armed and disguised and thoy fought nil over tho cabin until help came. Nelson pleaded Insanity. END .MICHIGAN HEARING. LEAD OF GILL OPHELJ Seattle Mayor Ha"tl Majority' of 14,726 Canvass Election Returns tnr AuodilM fr.M to twa Tl7 TlmM. SEATTLE, Wash.. March 7.- Tho City Council lnut night canvassed tho voto In tho city election. GUI won by 1-LT2C, moro thnn half tho mini- ' her of reglstorod voters. Trouholmo recolvod 22, 028, Tho largest voto recolvod' by any enndidnto wns pollod by Harry W. Carroll for city comp-, trollor, who rocolvcd 40.G7G ngnliiBt' his Socialist opponent's O.GS-f. Rob. art B. Heskoth, labor leader, led tho ' Council with lU.GIO votes. EXPECT BRIDGE STEEL Congressional Investigation of Mlno Troubles Concluded Today. (Br AaaoiUtod Trtaa to tttoa liar TIiom. HOUGHTON, Mich., March 7 -Members of the Houso Commlttco who are Investigating the etrlko ot the northern Michigan copper miners, expected to conclude their hearing on findings In the copper country to day. Two of tho members went to Calumet to Investigate tho Christmas ovo dlBBBtor, Supt. Dixon Says Material is uuc lor coos Bay and Other Big Structures EUOENE, Or., March 7.A1I ot tho steel for tho bridges to bo erod ed across tho Sluslaw and Umpqua Rivers and ncross an arm of Coos Bay has bon ordored nnd la exnoct- cd to arflvo In Eugono within a fow wooka, according to n ntntomont mndo by Thomas Dixon, suporlnton dont of construction for MncArtliur l'orus & Co., who havo tho contract for tho construction of tho entire lino of tho Wlllnmotto-Pnclfle to coos uay, Suporlntondont Dixon said that a big shlpmont of mntortal fop work on that portion of tho lino botwoon tho Sluslaw and Coos Bay has boon Bent from Portland and It was ex pected to arrlvo at Glonada beforo now, but It la possiblo that tho stoamor may hnvo boen dolnycd In reaching Its destination. This ship ments consists of steam shovols, k iiunip curs ana rajis ror construction tracks. Men nro now being sent from Eu gono and Portland for work on tho lino, and It 1s expected that by the mlddlo of April or tho first of May sovcral thouBaud laborers will havo boen stationed along tho line. The men now bolng sont In aro to bo engaged In tho building of camps. FLORENCE STORE ROBBER, SON IS BORN. Tlioodoro Roosevelt Is Grandfather Again Birth In Now York. (Or AaaoelalM Prcaj lo Cooa Bar Time,) NEW YORK. March 7. A Bon was born to Mrs. Richard Dorby, who won Ethel Roosevelt, daughter of Theo dore Roosevelt, Even a woman seldom has cause to renont bocauBe sho said too lit tle, Tlilovos Got Between $20 nml 00, Overlooking Only $5. FLORENCE, Or., Marc. 7. Bur glars broko Into Percy Cox'b confec tionery sonio tlmo aftor midnight. They carried tho cash register out onto tho Bryan wharf and rifled It thero. Between $50 and C0 was taken but tho burglars overlooked a $5 gold piece- in tho till of the cash register. PRESIDENTS VISITS OCULIST Dr AuocUt! rra lo Cooa Par Tlmaa, PHILADELPHIA, March. 7. A big crowd choired President Wilson Iwhen he Arrived hero for a two-lour visit with bis ocullsty I D 'll 1I ' Br ! w I ' 11 m w H 'BHB' .... ! .. ' 1 ' .ll' '.,' Ai, lr,el -i'M 11 if' I Ml uj fi V Hgi ' HB' a,'i kV n -vka Jit --g.'. f-v