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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (March 16, 1914)
flSSBX EMULATION IS EVER A STIMULANT BUT ENVY ALWAYS NEEDS A STIMULANT AN KVEHV-DAY REQUISITE 1b meat, according to tlio belief of nil but vegetarians. Instend of ordering your ronst, or your ateale, In n haphazard mnnnor, why not study the ads In The TImeB, and gco what tlio butchora havo to of fer jou? WxmtB KVERV MERCHANT Who uses The Times Advertising columns will tell you ho nialtcn molioy by so doing. The renson Is simple Dependence Ib placed In The Times nds beenuse no fake" nd can enter Its columns. MMHMKMMHHHHHEGP MEMBER OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS VOL XXXVII. Established 1K7H n.M Tlio Coast Mull MARSHF1ELD, OREGON. MONDAY, MARCH 16, 19M -EVENING EDITION-SIX PAGES. A Consolidation of Times, Coast hill Mn nny iiiul Coos Hay Advertiser. '"" 'uc- i'Z.:. i 'Tit CtflflB mm PENOLETON MAYOR'S SOS IS INDICTED BY Hi JURY- Wesley Mailodk, One of Those Held in 'Vice Campaign, Now lin .Progress ONLY PARTIAL LIST OF hINUIIMUit) rUBLIU Not Believed That Any City Official or Policeman Was Indicted Dr AmkIIk1 rnw to Coot Dar Time. PENDM2TON, Or., March 1 C Wcs ley Matlock, sou of Mayor V. F. Mat lock of Pendloton, was Indicted Sat urday by tlio grand Jury Investigat ing vice conditions hero, according to a partial list of thoso Indicted, which was modo public today. Tho naturoof tho clinrgo ugalnst lilm wiih not given out. Among those Indicted a number woro chnrgod with boot logging or gambling. Matlock Is out of town. As far as ascertained no indictments were found ngalimt uny city official or member of tho pollco force. ' F UNEMPLOYED Shortage of Rations Causes Many to Leave Headquart ers Near Sacramento WANT LEADERS FREER. in? A"oi latr.l I'nii lo Coo. liar Tlmat. SACRAMENTO, Calif., March 16.- Members of ,tho doploted army of tho unemployed have announced tlint tlioy will ro mnln In Yolo county, desplto pri vations, until their leaders nru out of Jail. Or Auo-Uit I'rrta la Coot n, TlmM. SACRAMENTO, March 10. In clement wcatVer and lack of food caused ninny of tho army of tho uu emplojrd, camped across tho river, to desert Inst night. It Is now bollov cd tlint less than 300 nro loft out of 1400 and tho army Is expected to disintegrate. IS SHOT TODAY Mother of French Minister of Finance Wounds Gaston Calmette at Office . ID AHttlitK) rma to Cooa U.J Time.) PARIS. Mnrch 10 Qa'ston Calmotto. dltor of tho Figaro, wns shot and wounded soveroly while In tho of fice of the Figaro by Madamo Call Jux, mothor of Joseph Calllaux, French Mlnlstor of Finance. ISEB FIST 1 GLASGOW PRISON CHAPLAIN ;.im;1?,':i to "k horsewhip jl am) delivered knock- SEL"'' TO WOMANNO I'UOSIX ITION. IB AiaocUte4 Prwi lo Cooa Dar .Imn.J GLASGOW, Scotland, March 16. i inn. . 7. "uui prison commis i ,or StJand, when attacked to- trfn.7 .A ,ra, mant autrragotte InS u.wl,h a dK whip, took the law ,.?..? hands and knocked his 1,7,"". Ul uown with a well aimed wJ? an.d . blow- Tl woman met n' t the prison entranco nnd be n belaboring him with a' whip. jJn, who Is an advocate of forcible ke co il. bUtorly opposed to what inff. .7 ,D U1U lrcicni release oi Droml.i e? because of hunger strikes "' KnocKed her down. The oman was picked up by a policeman i ui uevon refUBed tQ pro8ecuto lier . "OHIlftllV AT LANGLOIS On ho -i-i-i . . . ' rlf. I , ",sul ot enruary 27 uur i SuHibiroke ,nt0 the store of Frank tboi" ?w .at Langlois, and Btole rl Xy d0,lars worth of gro. that .u The Dl,tty was cut out BO i MnM .? bolt8 ,n a hack window i i n. reached, and the storo SKn.1: th,s manner'-Port SERT AMY S EDITOR SUFFRAGETTE FEAR SHDOTINB ill COURT ROOM Spectators at Trial of Mayor Roberts in Terra Haute Are Seached j (Pr AnoctaiM riT (o Cooa nj Tltnra.1 ' I TERRE HAUTE, Ind., March 1C Tho spectators were locked In tho court loom at the opening of tho trial or Mayor Donn M. Roberts on tl.o chargu of conspiracy to corrupt elec tions. All were searched for weapons ns they entered. This precaution re sulted from threats which tho judge and prosecuting authorities said had reached them lost week. There woro rumors that HobertH' sympathizers planned to rush tho couit unless the en bo against him wns dismissed. sifsHiLi Commissioners Decide to Rely Largely on His Investiga tion About Lobby iiAit ihi:ik;i: work. Tho bar dredgo Col. P. S. Mlchlo did soiuo effective work on tho Coos liny bar dining tliu latter pnrt of Inst week, remov ing 1 1.000 ruble yards of sand from tho bar and dumping it in tho ocean. This Is tho best per formance mndo by tho dredgo slnc'o hor nrrlvol hero. If weather conditions permit, Cnpt. I i Itccd expects that she will bo nlilo to trlplo tho pcrformnuco this week. Tho Port of Coos Hay will prob ably hold n special session immcdlnto ly, after tho rot urn of L. J. Simpson, who Is expected homo on tho Hreuk water this week, to determine whoth nr or not they shall send n man to Washington to try nnd urge upon tho U. S. Knglneors nnd Congress t' o ne cessity of prompt nddltlonnl aid for tho Improvement of tho bur and har bor. Tho mnttor has been discussed In formally by tho commissioners and It was decided to wait nnd seo what "Mr. Simpson has learned from Major Morrow and tho othors with whom ho has como In contact. Tho Port Commission bad It nil arranged last fall to havo Hugh Mt-Ialn go to Wash Ir.gton right after the holidays and now sonio of the pnrtles who wero instrumental In having Mr. McLaln's mission postponed aro most active In proclaiming tho necessity of It. Somo llttlo porsonnl jealousy Is said to havo promptod some of tho op position to Mr. Mcl.aln. . Copt. T. J. Macgenn of tho Itreak wator, who hns been watching tho bar dredgo Mlchlo very carefully says tlint it has beon demonstrated beyond doubt that tho bar dredgo will never Improvo tho bar alone. Ho says It cannot work on tho ebb tldo when It would bo most effective, not having within 400 horso power of tl-o power that sho should havo. Furthermore, ho says that tho experience with tho Jottlos hero demonstrated Immediate ly tholr bonoflt. He Bald that upon their completion in 1002, tho depth of water was lncreasodi from about thirteen feot to over twenty-six foet and that it remained at ovor twenty six feot during tho three subsequent yeaib until tho end of the Jetty was beaten down by the waves and seas. Furthermore, he said that the ennn nel was maintained at a width of 800 tQ 1000 feet by tho Jetty. "During my last trip I told Major Morrow at Portland, Just as I told the engineers at Washington over a year ago nnd as I had told Major Morrow nnd othors before, that the bar dredge would not accomplish the work and that we must have the jetty." said Capt. Macgenn Saturday. He urged the.Port Commission to get busy and try and have someono get action at this session of Congress on the ap propriation for the Jetty. CHILD IiAIIOUtoNFKHKNCE. Natlonul Gathering Opens Auspicious ly in New Orleans., CB7 AMocltltd Prw to Coo Wj Tlmel NEW ORLEANS, March 1C Af ter an auspicious opening session yes terday, the National Child Labor Conference began its tenth annua meeting today. The sessions will continue three days. A R CREDITORS OF SHERIQ1 ACT A. N. Orcutt Appointed Trustee of Former Roseburg Banker's Property I TRIAL IS POSTPONED Hr Ao. i1ki rrni ( (.uva bar TlmM. PORTLAND, March 16. On his request for more time, tho date for tho pleading of Thos. It. Sheridan, former president of tho First National Dank of RosebifJg, chnrged with nils appropriating bank funds, was sot over until next Monday. itOSEUUlta, March 1C Tho Rovlow rays: "At tho first mooting of tho creditors In the bankruptcy caso of T. R. Sheridan In tho office of Referee Chns. L. Hnmllton, they elected A. N. Orcutt ns trustco of tno oatnto. The list of claims filed aggicgat-B ? 1 0:1,000. Tho list of as.iests given Is exictly tno biuho as assigned In Mr. Sheridan's rcront deed of assignment, with a minor audition or property valued at $715. Tho estimated vnluo of nil tho as sets Is $80,000 to $00,000. Tho appraisers will bo announced later by Rcferco Hamilton and they will dctormlno tho value of tho proporty of the bankrupt estate. GOULD EASILf I AT TUBS American Defeats English Championship Contenders in Four Sets fnr Aiuvlat! Vmt lo ron,nr TlmM.) PHILADELPHIA, March 1C Jay Could, Ameilcnn nnd English ama teur court tennis champion, gnlnod the commanding lead In tho first day's play of Iila match with Goorgo F. Covey of England, professional clinniplon, for tho open clinmploiiBhlp of tho world. Tho Amorlcan won all four poU 'played, 0-0, fi-1, 0-4, 0-3. Tho lltlo will go to tho player win ning tho first seven sots. Tho inntch will bo resumed Wednesday. FOR SEATTLE Mayor Gill on Assuming Of fice Appoints Minister's Candidate Police Chief (nr AstocUlM Vrtf lo Coot l)f TlmM. SEATTLE, Mnrch 1C Hiram C. GUI took tho oath of offlco or mayor without coremony at noon. His first official act was tho appointment of Austin E. Griffiths, late candldato of tho Sonttlo Ministerial Association for mayor, ns chief ot pollco. This was tho reply of tho mayor to tho assertion that his administration would result In nn "open town." Noted Naturalist Killed and Daughter Hurt in London Accident Today (Or AMOclatfei Pr lo Coos Mr TlmM. LONDON, March 1C Sir John Murray, the celbrated naturalist and oceanographer, was killed In a mo torcar accident. Ills daughter was Injured seriously. RECOVER MUCH LAND Largo Area. Neflr Oakland Reclaimed by Long Rulkliead at Estuary OAKLAND, Cal., March 1C Land estimated conservatively as being worth more than $1,000,000 will be added to tho waterfront of Oakland when the new BOOO-foot bulkhead along tho estuary Is finished, which will be within a fe"w months. The United States government Is doing $260,000 worth of dredging in tho estuary channel, making the depth 25 feet at low tide. The mud dredged from the channel will be thrown back of tho new bulkhead, thus forming more than 100 acres of new land available for factory sites. Wharves and slips will be built from the bulkhead to the deep water of the channel, i 0 OPE TOW MURRAY 0 I M a )) IS Noted Woman Labor Leaddr Sent Out of Colorado Coal Strike Region CDr AuotUt! Pri lo Cooa DT TlmM, J TRINIDAD, Colo., March 16. "Mothor' Mary Jones, the noted woman strlko lender, who hns been a military prisoner hero sluco January 12, was put aboard n train quietly Inst night and sent out at tho coal strlko district to Denver. It wns said that sho consented to be deported. TELLS ANOTHKIl STORY tlj awhm itl l'rr lo I'Hit ll rimra.) DENVER, Mnrch 1C That sho wns deported from Trlnldnd nnd that sho wns nccompnnlod to Denver by tho mllltnry nuthdrltlcs, taken to n hotel and not told whether b!io had been released, and chat she expects to return to. tho strike zono soon, was tho substance of n statement by "Mother" Jones, strike lender, who has beon n military prisoner In Trini dad slnco Jnnunry 12. After giving this statement to tho nowspnpor men, "Mother" Jones left for the Stnto liouso to seo Governor Amnions. General Chase Btatcd sho would lie rcarrcstodi when sho returned to Trinidad. TRY DUKE Son of Millionaire Tobacco Magnate on Trial in Seattle Today inr amo-uim rtnt coo nr tirim.) SEATTLE, WnBh., March 1U. Lnwronco Duke, son of Ilrodlo Duke, millionaire tobacco manufacturer, placed on trial in the Superior Court charged with manslaughter In killing Henry F. Fnrr last October by an auto driven by Duko. It Is alleged by tho prosecution tlat Duko was i..vifn,i ,-t t o tlmo. Duko do clnroa ho lost control because or .tho breaking of tho stcorlng gear. C. M. Scott, Formerly of Sun nyside Institution. Senten ced at North Yakima ' (nr AaaoclataJ Fmt to Cooa Dar TlmM, NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., March 1C. C. M. Scott, a former banker of Sunnysldo and Inter a renl ostato mortgage dealer, pleadod guilty, to tlirco charges and was sentenced to from ono to twenty years on each charge In tho Superior Court. Tho Informations chnrged rorgery ot tho name or J. W. Cupples of Caldwell, Idaho, LAY KEEL OF New Addition to American Navy Will be Named Ver mont or Arizona (Pr AMoclata4 rraaa to Cooa Da; TlmM 1 NEW YORK, March 1C Tho lay ing ot the keel ot Battleship No. 39, which eventually may bo named eith er North Carolina or Arizona, at tho Brooklyn navy yard today, marks the boginnlng ot the greatest fighting jnachlne In the United States navy and the peer of any ever built or pro jected by any power. It will bo tho tenth vessel of the super-dreadnaught class to be added to the fleet. GARDINER HEATS FLORENCE FLORENCE, Or., March 1C Gardiner and Florence basketball teams played here to a good crowd, about two hundred people witness ing the game. The Gardiner boys nut up a much better game than they did two weeks ago, In the first halt tney nem tne fiorenco boys close. Florence 8, Gardiner 7, but In the second halt Florence broke away continually and added 2o points do their score. Final score Florence 31, Gardiner, 12. i JIMS NTD LUNG mor ,. mrT E EN RON M 1 MEXICAN BANDITS BLAMED FOR MURDER OF AMERICAN OFFICI 'AWNW'rf't'cfti'AAAM J. M. Tweey, of Walla Walla, Wash., Found Killed Near Nogales, Arizona tDjr AuortalM Trfti In Coot nf TlmM. WALLA WALLA, Wash., March 1(5. Word has beon rccolved hero of tho finding of tho body of J. M. Tweedy on tho Mcxlcnn border near Nognles last Wednesdny. Ho had been shot tlirco times through tho head, robbed, his body stripped, ono of his horses shot mid the rest of his outfit stolen, according to a telegram recoived by Mrs. Tweedy. Tweedy and tlirco companions loft Inst Sep tember, going overland through Cal ifornia nnd along tho .Mexican border In Bcarch of government kind ho be lieved ho could find in Now Mexteo. Ho was evidently attacked by border bandits. No word has been received of his companions. President Says Criticism of Ambassador to England Was Mistake (ttf Amo-UIisI Prm lo Coo liar TlmM J WASHINGTON, I), C, March 10. Ambassador Pago's explanation of his London speech touching on the Mon roe Doctrlno nnd Panama Canal tolls repeal Is satisfactory to President Wilson, who regards tho Incident cloBcd ns far as tho administration Is concerned. When tho full repot t or tho speech Is received It will bo ror warded to tho Senate, which asked for It In a resolution by Senator Chamberlain. Tho 'Prostdent told callers that tho agitation over Pago's references was causod by a misunder standing of what tho ambassador had said, i LEFT WITHOUT PAYING BILLS Frank Smallwood, of Mer chant's Cafe, Files Charges Against F. W. Burton Frnnk Smallwood today sworo out a warrant for tho return of William Maurice Ilurtoii, formerly employed nt Winkler's Pharmacy, charging him with beating him out of n board bill, Durtou and his wife left on tho Alliance Saturday for Portland and an effort was mado to catch him at Astoria today, Smnljwood told Judgo Peunock that Ilurton owed him $0 for n meal tlckot. Saturday Ilurton caino and gavo him a check for $7, paying the $5 and getting $2 in change Ilurton asked that tho check bo held back for a llttlo whllo. Later In the aftornoon Ilurton camo back and asked for tho check saying he would return and glvo Smallwood tho cash, That wns the last that Smallwood saw of him and so Is out tho $5 on tho meal ticket ami $2 In cash, Durton and his wife roomed at the homo of Mr, and Mrs. Crowe on North Broadway, but settled tholr room rout beforo departing, Smallwood did not wish to swear out a warrant charging Durton with gottlng money under fatso pretenses, a serious crime, but said that ho would Insist on a settlement for tho board bill. REPUHLIOANS TO AID. Aro Eviiectetl to Assist Pres, Wilson's Iuterstuto Trado Commission Hill. (nr Anaoclatw Preaa to Cooa Dar TlaiM.) WASHINGTON. D. C, March 1C A bill providing lor tho creation or an Interstate trade commission, re garded by President Wilson as fore most in Importance among the pro posed measures in tho administra tion's trust program, was before tho Houso Interstate Conimorco Commis sion today. Democratic leaders ex pect tho bill to receive substantial Republican support, AMERICAN IS FOUND SLAIN wiisii 'nnnre rnuc nuiucn Frank V. Johnston, Postmast er at Tecate, Near Bor der, Was Victim BITTER FEELING IS ' AROUSED AT SAN DIEGO Sec. Bryan and Gov. Johnson Asked to Have Thorough Investigation Made nr MfWrt frm lo Cnn tlr TlmM 1 SAN DIEGO, Calif., March 1C Hitter fcollng, caused by tho kllllnc Saturdny night of Frank V. Johnston, postmaster at Tecate, near tho Moil can border, and the burning of the United States customs houso nnd postofflco by bnndlts, cotitlnticfl tto dny. Secretary of Statu Dryan aintt Governor Johnson havo beon uVa! by relatives of tho dead ninn to maliu nn Investigation, According 'to in formation recoived hero, throe ban dits said to bo Mexicans, shot John ston when ho refused to give 111 era tho combination of his snfo. Thrgr then set tho building on fire. A posoo pursued tho bnudltB. PltOllE IS ORDERED Df AiioclatoJ I'ma to Cooa liar Tlnn., ) WASHINGTON. D. C, March 1C Secretary Uryan hns ordored an of riclal Investigation or tho death ot Frank V. Johnston, postmaster at Tecate. Calif., who was klllod nnH Ms body burned by Mexicans Satur day night while .defending govern ment proporty. Tho mllltnry author ities nro already Investigating. Tho killing occun cd on American soil and It Is said here to bo within tho Juris diction of the California nuthorltlc. NO RATTLES FOUGHT (rtr Alio, lit) I'rtta lo foot liar Tlmaj EL PASO, Tex., Mnrrh m.-Thoro hns been no Important righting at Torreon. Chihuahua dlspnte',os,from tho Associated Press correspondent and dlroct telephone communication with Villa Indicated the situation inlet except for tho orderly move ment ot rebel troops townrd tho se lected bnttlclleld. It hnd boon ru mored that tho battle had started- IS Believed That Last of Victims of St. Louis Fire Has Been Recovered ' IHr Anwltud lra lo Cooa llaj itinra') ST. LOUIS, March 10. Tho thh tluth, and what Is bollovod to bo tho lust body was recovored from tbn n.iii'i of the Missouri Athletic Club today. Ten Mile Ranchers Hold Mast Meeting to Get Change Made Before Altered Peter Monegnt, Chas. Colonial Win. llowron nnd Mr. Benson com posed a Ten Mllo delegation wfeo came to Marshlleld todny for tho pa poso of taking notion to socure x. ehuugo In the drainage of that ills JiTlot. They woro upinolntadj :t mass mooting of the citizens iW Lakesldo school houso yes) da Chns. St. l)6iils woh chairman c flu, mooting. Mr. Monegat said today thu ti. water in Ten Milo Creek and Ken had been raised Jhree feot or a a result ot tho course of Eel Croi b Ing changed so that the stream would empty Into Ten Mllo Creek Instead ot into Eol Lake, This chango was made a little over two years agt, W. J. Fellows and L. J, Simpson be ing Instrumental In making the change, according to Mr, Monogat In order to mako tho chango con siderable ditching had: to be done. In tho mcantlmo the old chnnnol oZ Eol Creek leading Into Eol Lake bai becomo filled by sand so that now it will tnko about three-quarters t a mile of heavy ditching to restore it to anywhero neur Its old course Mr. Monogat sayt that the water from Eel Creek has not only ralteil Ten Mllo Creek, but also Ten MIV Lakes, bo that much of the lowland which the ranchers around tho shoras of the lakes heretofore usod for pM tu re, etc., Is now under water. Tho matter will probably be taltwa up with the county court and It nrtt adjusted that way will probably lest to litigation. 30 0 WANT TO RAVE CREEK CRAN6E0 "