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53Qpljr7r rJt THE POLITICAL BAND WAGON HAS NEED OP AN EMERGENCY A HANNEII YEAH This season opens with bilhtcr nrosiKTts for (ho Krent Coos Bay mid Oiqtilllo Volley country (him 0,CP before hi Hh history. For tunc nro hi the making. Ale you liuy 1'ijli'K " foundation Tor yoiirsV fflooB law Exmt& DON'T SCATTER SHOT Concentrate your iiilvrrtlsliiK In (ho iieHspnpci- (lint rctirl!" the peo ple you want ( (nlk U. Atiniiiinl t Ida costs money. The Times save inuncy (o ntlvcrtfecis. MEMBEK OP THE ASSOCIATED PltESS BRAKE unl VYVUll Established 1878 VUL AAVll. a8 xho Cojist MhJI MARSHFIELD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1914 EVENING EDITION. A Consolidation of Tinier, ConNt MnH and Coos Day Advertiser. No. 216 REPORT FEDERALS SURRENDER OFFER 10 EON TO TO VILLA Terms of Surrender Being Ar ranged, According to Re port Today LITTLE CHANGE IN POSITION OF ARMIES Velasco Said to be Willing to Give up if Men Will be Protected ALL ARE SAFE PANAMA L BILL REPEALED By VOTE OF 247 TO 162 1 HOUSE (nr AMoclttxl Trti to Coot lir Timet.) EAGLE PASS, Tex., April 1. Dispatches which halo been forwarded to Washington via tills city nro reported to nn noiinco tlmt tho Federal com mnndor of Torreon has offored to siirrendor to Vllln, thnt n truce has been granted nnd tho Federal nnd ConstltutlonallHt commanders liavo mot nnd nro arranging tho terms of capitula tion. s N TORREON Foreigners Not Molested Dur ing Mexican Rebel and Federal Battles Wr Attn. Ittrt I'rtM to Coot Ilir Tlmw.l SAN FRANCISCO. April 1 Tho first tangible result of tlio success nil Invasion of Atistrnlln by n four mon, All-American track team, which returned homo yesterdny, wns made Known mtiny through tho publication i of n stntemeiit that Australia would , sotul n team to San Francisco to com- ' poio at mo I'nnuma-Paclflc Expo sltlon. FIRST TRAIN ON NEW LINE Iy Am litfJ l'rr to Coot liar Timet til; PASO. April 1. A telegram from George C, Cnrothcrs, United States government representative, nays thnt nil foreigners In tho Tor reon district nro Bare, Including II. S. Hannrd-Cunimlns, tho British consul nt Gomez Pnlnclo, Tho telegram I wns sent last night nnd mnkoB no reforenco to tho military situation. I . Velasco, It Is said, first called for a three hours' armistice nnd offered SOUtliem Pacific to Establish io mirruiuiiT mu lonii u inu buumuH P.-i... nut nt Cur,. TV could march out with tho honors of odVICe OUt Of EUgene TO wnr and If Villa would parolo tho of-. Wards COOS B3V SOOn fleers and guarantoo not to kill thoi volunteers as ho had threatened. (Special to Tho Times.) William P. Hlockor, tho Amorlcnn I EUOENE, Or., April 1- Tho South consul at Plodrns Nogrns rofuocd to crn Pacific Hallroad rompnny Is con reveal tho contents of tho dispatch tomplatlng establishing in a short from Durnngo, but admitted thnt time tho first regular pnsscngor nnd messages had boon received and for- freight sorvlco on tho now Eugono unrdrrt to Washington. According Coos Day Hallway. A passenger to Information from rollablo sourcos coach will bo nttached to tho rcgulnr Villa haB takoa tho railroad station work train which leaves Eukoiio each ntTorroon and for tlio past two days morning and roturns nt night. .Tariff, I ii.ik ucn wonting inn way irum imiiau oiiuum nuvu ueun lurwurticu ironi to Iioiibo townrd tho center of tho F.ugono to tho head offices nt Port city. Ho Is said to havo taken near- land for npprovnl, Tho track Is well ly half tho town but his nssaults havo ballasted ns far ns Notl, twonty-threo resulted In an appalling loss of II fo miles out, nnd It Is expected that tho on both sides. Last night Volasco sorvlco will extend thnt far at presout hoisted tl'o white flag nnd nskod for and will bo gradunlly extended west a truco to present n proposition of as construction progresses. surrender. Tho truco was grnntod, It is said, nnd tho FodcrnI commnndor offored to turn over tho city with nil military stores if tho lives of tho of ficers nnd moil woro gunrnutcod. It Is reported thnt Vllln nt first de murred, saying thnt ninny of tho gar rison, Including flonnrnl Orozcn, who Is said to bo In Torreon, woro trait ors -mid must bo oxecutod. It Is reported thnt nnothor armis tice was nrrnnged todny nnd thnt Vil la probably would nccopt iho offer iLZ?0"- "J" SS" il?' J! Contractors Hauser and Ben left Saltlllo for Torreon March 30, but as nil railroads lines nro cut It will require sovoral days for them to reach Torreon. Fifty-two Democrats Follow Speaker Clark and Leader Underwood- Northwest is Solid Against Repeal. (Br Aioclted rrrni to Cooi Ilr Tlm.l WASHINGTON. D. C April 1 Tho House, nftcr one of tho most spectnculnr bnttles In Its history, re pealed tho provision of the Panama Cnnnl act exemption of American coastwise vessels from tolls. Tho vote was 2-17 to 102. On tho flnnl voto 220 Democrats stood bv President TO FIX WAGES FOR WOMEN Wilson nnd twenty-flVo Hopubllcnna and two Progressives voted to Bus rain him. Fifty-two Democrats followed tho lead of Speaker Clnrk nnd Under wood nnd other loaders to defeat tho repeal. All tho representatives of Oregon, Washington and Idaho voted ngnlnst tho administration. Uoforo tho final voto a motion to recommit the bill nnd to repeal tho exemption clnuso with tho dcclartnlon thnt tho United States, should havo complcto sover eignty ovr tho cnnal wns dofentod 231 to 176 "" APRIL FOOL" E WILSON IN CLAIM SENATE FRANCE WILL ALSO PASS TOLLlBJLL ' W Declare That Measure is Sure of at Least Sixteen Ma- jority There SENATOR CHAMBERLAIN HOPEFUL OF OUTCOME Savs That Coastwise Shipping Exemption Has Not Been Killed Yet w OK ON Committee Decides to Recom mend Appropriation for Panama Exhibit ' Washington Committee Prac- Fake Ad in Portland Paper ticaily Agrees on $10 Per j for Teamsters Causes Week as Minimum I Serious Clash IDf Aiiorltlr4 rrm to Coot Dr Tlmtt J IDr Amo. Itlr.1 ITwt to Coot Iltr Tlmrt J OLYMPIA, Wob'i., April 1. The, PORTLAND, April 1 Ovor 150 conference railed by tho Minimum,) teaniBtcrs woro tho vIctlniB of nn ago Commission botwecn omtilovoiM' Aurll 1st lmnv wlmn Hmv n,.in.i i nnd omployea to ngrco on n minimum tho offlco of W. D. Edwards, a civil wago for femnlo workers In niorcan- onclnenr. fnr work n,ivnpt(a,i i.. ., in t . . . r' ' " ., iiSiii.ta in t me esinuiisnmcmB.voioa unnuimnus' ly to recommend flO per week ns such minimum wngo. It Is practical ly certain thnt tho commission will adopt tlio recommendation, HIT OFFICER WITH AN AX morning paper. Edwurds told t .om Boino ono had played a Joko nnd tho mon grow nngry, It was necessary to mil tho polfco to clear tho build ing of applicants. Illr AMOflttftl Titm (o Coot Iltr TlmM. PARIS. April 1. Tho Uudgot Committee of tho Chambor of Dopu ticH lms authorized tho presentation of n roport favoring nn appropriation for official French participation in tlio Pannmn-Paelilc Exposition. (nr Aitotlital Prwt to Coot Iltr Tlmrt.) SAN FRANCISCO. April 1. Tho first oxhiblt to be Installed at tho Pannma-I'nclflc Exposition was pine od in position todny In tho completed Palaco of Mnchlnory. M M EDDIES IS KILLED TODAY r GO ON STRIKE RUSK CLEARING Policeman. Hefferman, of San, Brother of Noted French Avi- Francisco Killed Two Suspects Arrested 11 AuocUt4 I'rrtt to Coot Hi; TlmM.) SAN FRANCISCO, April 1. Rap ped on tho head with nn ax by two burglars last night. Timothy Hoffor- nnn, n special policeman, died todny in n fnll whllo making n flight in n of his Injuries. Wnltor Nelson nnd mouonlnno. liny uiuogioy nro under arrest. tor Victim of Flying Macninc Wr AMOrliifrl I'rrtt io Coot ntj TlmM.) RHIJIMS, Franco. April 1 Emolo Vedrluos, brother of Jules Vodrlncs. me famous French nvlntor, wns killed Ohio and Pennsylvania pork ers Quit When Wage Agreement Expires nr AmocUI4 rrrtt to Coot rttr TIdim.J CHICAGO, April 1. Nearly R0, 000 Ohio bituminous conl nilnerA woro forcod Into Indofinlto Idloucss todny nml 38.000 Ponnsylvnnia min ora may bo thrown out of employment) 'rrulay. uecauso of tho failure of tho bai.. .IklStrn nntifniviiinn Imllvniiii tho operators viind tho United Mine inr Attottttoii Pirtt to coo ntr Timffj WASHINGTON, D. C . April 1 Gratified ovor tho success of tho Pan umn cnnnl tolls exemption repeal In tho House, President Wilson nnd his supporters turned their nttentlon to dny to tho Senate Tho lntest poll, brought, to lUi Whlto llouso by nn adinlnlstrufi-u' Senntor who canvnsned his colleagurv nnd excluded from tho count t'loso thht ho considered doubtful, Indicated thnt tho President's contention -would hnvo n majority of it least ixtcon. Including Itopuhllcans ns well an Democrats. President' Wilson imie: no cominont to mnko on the result in tho llouso, but let It bo known thnt ho cherished no 111 fcolluc ngnlnst thoso who expressed ti'elr convictions In opposition to tho re peal of free, tolls for American const- vlso shipping. I It Is nppnrdnt- an effort Is to be inndo to amend tho Houso bill wlU a clnuso nBflortlng tho sovorolgnty dT tho United States ovor tho cnnnl zone. Domocratlc Senators most nctivo tr tho. repeal Insist that the bill juhoUId prevail without nmennments. "How fur tho Ropubllcnn Senntors will fl u ro In tho result is a subjoct of act Ire speculation. Estlmntos -on tlio num ber of Democrats who will opo tho repeal -vary from olght to four teen. "Tho repeal In not yot won, by any1 taionna," said Senator Cbnm borlaln, leading tho opponents. Aftor dome desultory dobnta In the Senate, 'the repeal bill oh It came from tlio Houso was formally referred to tho Cannl Commltteo, which al ready has tho bill by Senator Owrc io (no snmo effect. Tho corrected count of tho voto Workors of Alno'w' to ronch a now fin tho llouso yesterdny, repealing; the ;rconicnt totiko the plnco of exemption olnuso, ns announced In tho FOR RAILWAYIqpmt pmqnw lULll I I UIUUIO son Spend Night Here- Send for More Men SMALL TUG IS SUNK TODAY Seven Men on Argo Rescued in Puget Sound Rammed by Milwaukee Dr Auocltted rrrtt to Coot tUr TlmM. SEATTLE. Wnsh.. Anrll 1. Tho wooden tug, Argo, of slxty-flvo tons, belonging to tho Pacific Towboat ompany, was rammed .and sunk to day by tho Milwaukee Rnllrond's steel tug Mllwaukeo off Point Wilson near Seattle. Tho seven men of tho Argo's crew woro rescued, Asquith Will Clear Order IBy Attocltted J'rnii to Coot Dr Timet j LONDON, April 1. The first act of Premier Asquith In his new cap acity ns Secretary of State for War was to clear up tho mystery surround ing the instructions given by tho war office to General Paget, commnndor in chief in Iroland. After n confer ence with Paget, Homo Secretary Jtc Kenna Informed the Houso of Com nions that tho only oucstlon Paget Put to tho commanding officers was whether they were ready to put duty before other considerations. It was not Paget's Intention that these gen eral officers put any such question to their subordinates, DANCE at LIBItY Saturday night, APnrL 4. Music by Elliott's Orches tra. Everyone Invited. K. V. Hauser and Svvmi I3enson, contractors for tho Coos Dny-Lake-sldo section of tho Coos nay-Eugene line, left tills morning for Lnlcsldo after spending tho night here, Thoy will return to Portland nt once nnd it Is understood that thoy Will send In a largo force of men to rush the. work, tho first crow of fifty now b lug onrouto- A Portland em ployment agent was In with thorn looking over tno situation so thnt ho could toll tho laborers Just what thoy could expect. Mr, Hauser last night Bald that thoro was littlo news to glvo out about tlif work. Ho said that tho first work would be to comptoto tho clearing over tho entire stretch of about elghteon miles. Ho said thnt this would bo vory hoavy in plncrs. Ho nnd Mr. Ilonson walked ovor the route, noing nccompnniou by Euglneor Hlndmarsh who will have chnrgo of the engineering. Mr. Hnuser said they came in via Drain nnd Gardinor nnd the bad weather made trnvollng difficult Ho said that ho hnd expected thnt Supt, Dixon would soon bo hero. Ho was also oxpeptlng that Johnson Portor would bo In Mnrshflold be fore long. Mr Hauser's son, Kenneth, who was hero for a while Inst year, Is still in Hrltlsh Columbia and may havo to remain thero for nnothor month nlthiugh it is tlje plan to havo him como to Coos Bay to look aftor the work here. TO i Rev. Frank Hopkins Escapes Deadly Food by Absence From Home Theory llr Attocliled Prut to Coot Hr Timet.) PUN M OF 1 S City of Marshfield and Port of Coos Bay May Name Same Engineer A now plan for reducing tho city GXtinilHnH llV lllivlllir tlio nit.. nt BAKER, Or.. April 1 On account, Marshfield' and tho Port of Coos of the fact that Rev. Frank Hopkins -Day 'Commission unite on ono en was nbsont from his homo In Rlch-lglnoer to supervise tho work for land when poison wns discovered In both Is now under consideration. nis lofld, mo county ornciais nrot't is ueuovon uy some mat ono working on tho theory that ho may not have been the person for whom tho poison was Intended, An nnnlysls of tho poison is bolng mndo today. Hopkins testified hoforo the grand Jury In n enso which wns the outcome of n pulpit denunciation of alleged Illegal liquor traffic. I 'VAHSITV OARSMEN I I II A VI : CLOSE OALL I I San Francisco papers roport I that three crews of the Unlver- sity of California oarsmen nar I rowly escaped drowning when I the swolls from a passing forry i linat unset their craft In tho Alameda estuary. Fred McCor- I man. t,on of Dr. and Mrs. J. T. i Mpryirmne. was a member of the I crews. The launch Dixie, for- I I morly the McCormacs' private launch here, but now used by I t the C. A. Smith company as a. I towboat In the bay there, rescued I the crews. I ENIO SHERIFF AFTER RDRERTS engineer could supervise both jobs nt a marked saving to both tho city nnd tho port. Somo of the councllmen nnd oth ers nro said to havo been discus sing the now proposition and that It will probably bo brought up at an onrly meeting of .tho council with n view to having tha nrrnnge mont tnko effect in n month or ho whon much of tho rush work of both positions will bo ovor for tlio enr. wnuo agreement the ono which expirmf'.Jnnt night nt midnight. Pending nogoCJ-WaW for a new agreement thousands .of min ers In Indiana, Illinois mid Iowa will continue at work. Most of tho minora In Ohio suspended work tit midnight Inst night. MINE CONTRACT EXPIRES. Mlnei-H Will Continue Wink Under Old Kcnlo In ifciNti'i-ii Field. ( iwmii Xmi too-) o ttIJ pvjony iuj PHILADELPHIA, April 1. Tho miners' wngo hchiIo contract expired yesterday and tlio operators nnd min ers from westorn Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana mid Illinois scorn unnblo to agroo on n now ono, As negotiations nro ponding tho minors have agreed to remain nt work until nn agree ment Is reached, It being mutually understood that the now contract would be ready tho first weok In April. Tho operators say they can not nfford to pay the C to 10 por cent Incronso tho minors nro domnudlng. A strlko would Involve 70,000 bi tuminous minora throughout the four states. ItElrKIELD TO TACOMA. Jans Ed Shields Reaches Roseburg , e said . ,. . . . ... i Alter Local msoner wo man Gave Him Away ROSEBURG. Or., April 1. Sheriff Ed Shields of Enid, Okla was here and visited at the homo of his uncle, by marriage, C. M. Hedgpeth. Ho Is n route to Coos rounty ttftlor i prisoner, Ralph Roberts, who went under the name of F. J. Smith at Marshfield, wanted at Enid for em bezzlement of $3S00 while employed ns clerk of the court. The latter also deserted his wife and three children when he left there and came to this coast with another woman about a year and a half ago. Later she re turned to Oklahoma to visit relatives, and while there was arrested. "She then told the whereabouts of her consort and bis arrest followed. SecM'lury Lciivch St-ntHo But Return JSoxt, .Summer, inr Aiiotltlfcl I'rftt to foot Iltr Timet J SEATTLE, Wash.. April 1. Sec retary Redflold doparted for Tncoina on a special steamer. Ho will vllt Puget Sound and Alaska next year, GAItDINEIt FOREMAN III. SIGNS AFTER -10 YEARS Mr. Brownell. for about forty I years foreman of tho Gardinor I mill, has resigned nnd Is here to I day en route to San Francisco I and California, whoro ho will I spend a vacation. He Is now about seventy-one years old He and Capt. Dave Ilolden today had quite a visit with each other. I Mr. Brownell expects to leavo I on the Nann Smith. T, W. Anguif, who has been with tho company for Borne time, Is now foreman of the Gardiner mill. Uoatx Suil. The Speedwell, Brook lyn and Bandon sailed from Ban don today for" San Francisco. MEETING TODAY IN NORTH Coos County M. W. A. Con vention to Select State Camp Delegates Congressional Record todny is 2 for tho repeal and 102 against It, . ittSipvlty Of clglity-flvo for thodmla latrMjsy&T Tho name of Dyor, Re publican,. wno"X!l!"d ngnltiHUlHerF- peal, wns omitted ycHfordaik ''Y. CRIME INCREA1 IN ST. LOU Abolition of Restricted District There Blamed for As sault Cases (Ur AiiotlitM Prt to Coot pr Tlratt. 8T. LOUIS, Mo., April l.Criiaes ngnlnst women havo Increased alino; 100 por cont hIuco tho'pollco commis sioners abolished- the segregated dW rict, nccordlng to tho pollco roconki for March, published today, Ce plalnts nro mndo that tho former Ur inates of tho vice quarter ore invs ing tho residence and business dis rlcts, MA ? LDGS 00T ACTS OF CONVENTION. W. II. Chapollo of North Bend was elected Coos county delegate to tho M. W.'A, Stnto Camp at Eucone In May and D, A. Jones of Marshfield was elected alter nate Tho next county conven tion will bo .held In Bandon. Tonight tho Nortli Bond Royal Neighbors will tender a recep tion to tho convention delegates at loggie-B Hall. . The Coos county M, w. A. con vention to select a dologato to the stato camp Is being lield at North Bond this afternoon with delegates In attendance from the various lodg es. Following the business session, n soclnj time will, bo enjoyed. Tho convention was called to order by J. H. Groves and Ned C. Kelly was elected chairman and L. A. Loomla clerk. Tho delegates present were: Coqulllo Nod C. Kelly, H. B. Toz ler and S. G. Shores Marshfield p. A. Jones, John La Chapollo, Cha3. LaChapollo and G. N. Bolt. North Bend L. A. Loomio and E. F. Chase. ON HIGH WATER Freshet Floats Out Large Num ber From Upper Coos and Upper Coquille Tlio freshot is floating out hu droda of logs from tho upper waterw of Coos Rlvor nnd tho Conullln. w. Dodgo of Smlth-Powers Camp 1, whv was In Marshfield today, stated thnt Hoeck was getting out a largo nui. of logs from Smith Basin. Ho gut ou.iiu uuc pun wny on a provlos freshet but a Jam stopped them in foro they got to deon water. n. A. Annln, who camo over Uom , ...,.,,. 4U...I, many roporieu m lit. at. Jnrgo number of log woro ob-Ih' floated out of tho upper waters r mo uoquiuo. no said that narr all tho booms wero filled n vo, ,,, J! Hf..,8."ot , ' ??y Wgh. bsW ...j . nYu-unriis unn,K full. Tno Arrests Ole Anderson, v-l v.. WIW, omff crunk and muMmI troillilo In Hm um i.4.i . . . L'PJ - ; v ..W.4ID liuict, RS VJ, Xi-S '"""in ''""Bou wim using Tl ,"u"i"i wuro tno on y, two ' -1 ,, .,v VM f