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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1914)
jwr;rf- -3SaCSS2HSE3! 5"y N) SOME PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS MIGHTY CAREFUL WHEN IT IS TOO LATE . ti.tvvKii YEAH Tll, scnon opens with brighter J2ts for H Rrent S0w ,ay foniiille Valley country thnii W"1 fX In IW history. For- """, ,,o mnkliifc. Arc you hnv l"'"' jourt? lliu foundation fur E (Each law tme DON'T SCATTER SHOT r ........ ........ iilt ntl Itilmr In uuiici'iiinuu ju' Univ.....!, --- tlic newspaper (hat reaches the peo ple you nnt li talk to. AiitiuunU .... . ........... 'i'ti. 'rlimw uivii 1IUII I'USIB Jnin:j. ....- money to advert Iscis. MEMDEU OP THE ASS0C1ATKD PRESS VOU XXXVII Established 1878 as Tho Coney; Mall gsTlO CDIHl REPORT SENATE THAT VERA CRUZ IS TAKEN MARSHFIELD, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 1914 EVENING EDITION. SIX PAGES. A Consolidation of Times, Count Mall q. 233 and Coos Hay Advertiser. I- n!nn Uniimn SCC. UanieiS uuiiico naviuy earu an umuiai nuyuu of City's Capture SEIZURE OF CITY TO PREVtIMI LHIMUIIVU anivio Huerta Said to Have Been paneyinij in uiuui iu uui Big Supplies There - VKSSNI.S TO VERA CRUZ. l; AiiocUtM 1'rrn lo Coot nr Tlmci. ininiiivflTnV II n Anrll 11. Secretary Danlols nniioir.ie U lato today Hint near Admiral IISTO nUII UIU V. UIIIIUl'lllMll. mill ..... nr Mm nlhnr vexsnln linil . J ..... .fnin Phiiv All (lin I. MnnK Aff..tlt.n1 t1nr1nnia IfMCiaOl IU" ill. ..in... uuunvi u I fleet were ordered to Vcrn Cruz. if DKXIAIi AT WHITE HOUSE B AnorHtrd TrM H. Too Pt Tlmrt.1 i Washington, d. c, April I ji secretary Tumulty snld nt 15:30 p. m., tlmt tlio Will to ' Houio wns without any report (of the landing of marines nt 1 Vera Cruz. f Jj AmwIHk) Ppmi Is Coot THJ Ttrart.) WASHINGTON, D. C, April 21. At 1:30 o'clock Secretary Dnnlnla Mid that ho had no word of the do ulopments nt Vera Cruz. Official circles heard without comment tho report that marines hnd boon In tided tad tad taken possession of tho cus tom house. It wns snld that Flctch- er'i orders were to land no men until He shipment of munitions hnd been uoded. Tiers was n report that Rear Ad- riril Fletcher's forcea 'would not b resisted nt Vern Cruz and that tho Hserta forces Intended to rotiro to the railroad trestlo twenty mlloB went or vera Cruz. The orriclnls rof irscu tUtl; to discuss It. while the Seunto wan still In do ttle, Acting Clinlrmnu Shlvoly of tho Foreign Affairs Committee mndo n iitnlllcant romnrk to nn Inquirer: "I strongly suspr-cr that Vera Cruz hi been taken without a shot." Ho declined to amplify tho romnrk. HANS TO 1EAVE MEXICO Consul Letcher Notifies Them to Get Out of Danger Zone Quickly. lit AukIi,j pr,,, to coot n Timet. CHIHI'AMI'A Ani-lt 91 I'inoul kkher, on Instructions from Wash W'ton, Is notifying Americans In this ij and other towns of tho stnto of Ulbu.hua to leave tho country as precaution against tho possible ttfatualltlcs. ItcfiigehH to El Paso. '' -uim I'm lo root lltr Timet.) Eb PASO. Anrll 91 Rlv Anirrl. "" eight German nnd nlno Frond' Beil find Wnmnn nrVlvnl hnrn trmn Chihuahua. Letchor, thoy said, was sitemptlng to got Americans out "lout nttrnctlng undue attention .1 his efforts In this direction aro WS assisted by Carranza. . GKIWIAXS TO LEAVE. 0J Ai.oi ule4 .rf, l0 Coo, ,Uf TlmM,J JUAREZ. Anrll oi Hnpniol, Pnn. Jl Weler hero was Instructed to get Germans out of his district In EXTRA! 6:15 P. M. C IS TAKEN TODAY I'oru r. s. .maim.nics kii,i,i:i), TWHNTV l..)L'lli:i) IN 0(TTI' ATION OK MKXKV.N SI'AI'OIIT I.ITH TOD.W. inr AtMcUt4 Tmt lo Com Dr Tlnift. GALVE3TON, .Texas, April 21. Informntlon received nt tho office hero confirmed Washington report that U. S. Marines seized tho Cnblo offlco and Custom houso In Vora Cruz and tlmt four Murines wore killed and twenty wounded. (Of Antlit4 rrroo ( Ooot tyr Tta. Washington, Apr. 21 Offlciil re port that Vern Cruz hns been ovne utcd by Moxlcnn Federal Garrison rouched tho stuto department hero Into today. lOKKICIAIi HEI'OHT OF CAi'Timi: oi' citv April 21. Tho first blood of tho Mexican war litis been splllod. Sec. Dnnlels made public tlta following messngo received from Hear Admiral Fletcher nt six p. m. "Tuosdny In fnco of tho approach lug Norther , Inuded marines and Bailors from the battleships Utah, Florida nnd 1'rarlo and slczed tho CIIBtOIIIB Iioiibo, "Moxlcnn forces did not oppose tho lauding, but opened flro with rlflo nnd artillery after bur solzuro of tho. customs houso. Tho Pralrlo shelling .Mexicans of tholr positions. Desultory firing from houso to house, nnd sticets. Hold customs houso nnd Bcction of tho city In tho vicinity or tho wharvcB and consulnto. "Casualties, four dead and twenty wounded." .MEXICAN I.KAPEKS ANKV 1 GUT OUT OE WAD RESOLUTION REFERENCE1REP0RT TWENTY LUES LOST IN G0L00AD0 INDUSTRIAL BATTLE T''yI' Cll?r lUCHEUS All). l,7T u,y reponea noro urn Larert oincers rrom tno isuevo ' Irnii 6u'"ooii, ooaring a nag "i i'ii.. : "l town tno nvor yosior I'nf,0 parle' wJth the rebels. A ' said to bo tholr object. f wmniGXEits to ' 1 .T.m iri.V!A IBt . . Vtll.UIWH-W ' ' el4 PrMt lo Coot IU TtmM.) WASHINGTON, D. C, April 21. ,X i? re'Bn ambassadors conferred ;." Secretary firyan at the Iatter's i,re8t They refused to divulge tho '"""e of the conference. io?argc O'Shaughnessy advised tho j."!8,1 diplomats In Mexico City to Te ,Detr subjects leave Mexico. n.VTTLH AT MOXTIHIEY. rt That Ileitis Are Attacking n Fwleral Stronghold. JIAREZ, April 21. An official re UrV 5elved nero 8flys that the smel-. v.. tti brewery at Monterey have , occupied by the rebels, who' ""81 the attack .yesterday. ' VEHA CltUZ. April 21. Hear Ad miral Flotcher landed marines from warships at Vera Cruz. Thoro was fighting and Consul Canndu ended upon General Mm.s nnd tho Mayor i- ......lo. Aniurlrnna In rORtOrllllT nlld maintaining order. Mans rofusod. Nono of tlio American runiKuuo ' Injured. Thoso klllod wero a cox swain, Corporal nnd two privates. IBj Aoclt4 Trut lo Coot llr Tlmn. WASHINGTON, I). C. April 21. Orders wero sent to Hour Admiral Fletcher early today to slezo the cus tom hoiibo at Vera Cruzo In tlmo to provont n large shipment of arms for Ituertn, nuoui ,......v .....-, from bolng transported to Mexico City The ordors did not stlpuluto when Fletcher should tako tho port but simply loft It to his discretion ns to whon tho best tlmo to prevent Huortu from gottiiig several mil Ion rounds of ammunition nnd 200 lold guns fiom the Gorman steamer about t0 ""'"CAN SEIZE CITV. Tho order went out to Fletcher at daybreak after President Wilson nnd tho cnblnet officers had been In con; feVenco since 4 a. m.. mostly over the telephone. The orders to the Ad miral It was said ho conrerre.1 l" It becomes necessary, they wl be broadest authority on him. d rectlng if necessary that he tako tho town of Vera Cruz as well as tho custom house to prevent the landing of muni inns When the news reached the c.1 ol that" ordei. had gone to F!p "her it aroused considerable cn Tli.tlisu RW'iU the Sonators and repre rntailvc. IIL'EUTA" WAXTEO AlOlS ,Br "wtl rrt" to Coo. D.7 TIB...1 WASHINGTON. D. C. April 21 Many off cials declare that they be levo Huerra has been playing for me merely to get In a large ship ment of are s lwhlch Admiral Fletcher has been ordered to cut off. As there Is no blockade American forces can not Boize ammunitions until after They have been landed. Adminis tration officials pointed out that the nresldent had ample authority for & IctFon without the approval of congress. Heated Debates in Congress Today Over Personal Refer ence Differ as to Action U. S. Shall. Take There. fir AuorlilH Tm lo Coon m Tlmw.l WASHINGTON, D. C. April 2t, Tlio Sennto of foreign relations com mittee agreed at midnight to a re port resoultlon with tho prenmblo nmended to rend "In view of tho Blt untlou presented by the president" nnd cllmlnntlng tho Indivldunl ref erence to Huerta throughout. At 12:30 the Sennto recessed un til noon Tucsdny, under ngrccmcut to coiibWUt tlic resolution then. Senator Lodge opened tho dobnto on the resolution nmended so as to eliminate the personal referonco to Huerta and disclaiming any inden tion to make war on Mexico. "When tho President lays an .In ternational controversy before Con gress, ho tnkes tho last steps that precedes wur," snld I.odgo. "Pres ident Wilson might hnvo taken fur ther steps, but ho hns conio to this body. 1 think he lias dono well." Scnntor Williams asked how long It took Congress to pnnH tho Span ish war resolution. La Follotto replied thnt Congress took from April 11 to 19 to pass tho resolu tion In 1898. "This resolution carries with it tinned Intervention," continued Lodge. "The consequences of arm ed intervention In in tiny respects nro tho Bnmo ns wnr, but they pre sent a task less speedy of com pletion, less fertile In speedy glory of victories won." Reviewing tho Tnmplco Incident, Lodge said: "Thoro Is no doubt In my mind thnt tho Incident nt Tnmplco constituted nn Insult to tho American flag and American uniform. No iintlou enn allow such Insults to pnss unnot iced." "I cannot bo put In a position whore I nppenr to pick nnd choose botweon tho fnctlons thnt tear Mex ico asunder," Bald Lodge. "It Is for that ronBon that tho minority of tho commltteo on foreign rela tions hns presented n substltuto for tho prenmblo of tho resolution. Wo nro participating In n great historic netlon. If wo nro to Intorvono in Mexico nt nny point, 1 want to plneo It on tho broad ground of n great national netlon taken In tho Interest nnd for tho protection of Amorlcnn lives nnd for tho purposo iIso of restoring order." Sonntor Shlvoly. nctlng ciinirmnn V IS THREAT I Haywood Says They Will Close Down Mines in Case of War Unions Deny. Dj AMorltttd Trrta lo Coot IUf Tlra.t.) NEW YORK, April 21. The thrent of William D. Haywood, lead er of the Industrial Workers of tho World, to tie up the coal mines of tho country In tho event of war, does not constitute sedition, In tho opinion of Uunltcd District Attornoy Marshall, who said a reiteration of tho seditious language after tho wur ... .lonlnrmt U'nlllll lid nnPS81irV. Tho heads of tho Central Federated Union and affiliated uiilonB Issued statements disapproving of tho threats nnu uecinriug nieir uvuii to tho flag. W W TRAITOR AT POUO District Attorney to Prosecute Harry Jensen for Act ions There (DJ Attocltua rt lo Coot Dr Tloit.l PORTLAND, Or.. April 21. no causo ho poBtod bills declaring for "Insurrection before war," the dist rict attorney Is expected to bring a charge against Harry Jensen late to day under a statute recently enacted making It a felony to advocate crlmo. Jensen claims to be an Industrial Worker. He urged a revolt of the working classes rather than engage In a war with Mexico. PACIFIC COAST .MOVE.ME.Vr (Df Attocratod PrMt to Coot Otj TIoim.1 SAN FRANCISCO. Cal.. April 21 The cruiser South Dakota from Piii get Sound arrived this morning and began taking on coal preparatory to the departure to Mexico, ' of the committee, declared tho pend ing resolution of parnmount Impor tance. "It Is never too Into to de clare wnr," ho snld. "It mny cnslly becomo too Into to secure pcaco. This resolution Is In good faith nn crfort to preserve peace." Ho snld that tho attempted pnrnllo between tho present netlon and thnt lending up to wnr with Spnln wns futile. "Expedition here Is vital," he said, He declared It was true thnt tlio compinlnt wns of nets, not assaults, on private persons or prop erty, but nets that had all tho evl deneo of bolng meant ns Insults to tho United States government nnd meant to Impench Its power nnd sovereignty. Tho Lodgo substitute. Sonntor John Sharp Williams said, was a declaration of war against tho Mex Icnu people, "I wnnt." snld Wllllnms. "this resolution to bo so worded thnt tho wjrlil shall know It shall bo wnr on Huerta until either Huortn salutes tho flag or Huortn becomes nn Amerlrnn prlsonor or Huortn 1Icb." A wnvo of applauso swept tho gal leries nnd tho VIco-PresIdont order ed tho galleries cleared. About 100 men wero removed. Tho Houso resolution ns nmended by tho foreign relations commtttco wlis mid ueroro tlio sennto soon af ter It mot nt noon, A now resolu tion to ncccpt tlio apologies already offered by Huortn nn "sufficient ropnrntlon" for tho Tnmplco Inci dent wns Introduced by works, Ro publican. View of Flood. inr AtiocltlMt Prr-t to Coot Iur Tlm I WASHINGTON, D. C, April 21 When the Houso Foreign Affairs Committee met, Chairman Flood snld tho Houso Democrats -would not opposo tho Moxlcnn resolution ns amended by tho Seunto commlt teo. Wilson AgrciN. It wns mndn iilnln by Secretary Tumulty that the President approv ed the resolution as nmenileii by tho Senate Foreign Rolntlons Com mltteo, and that tho President did not wish to tudlvldunllo Huortn be causa of any porsonnl resentment, but merely to differentiate from tho romnludor of tho Mexican people with whom tho United States has no quarrel. Tlio Inugungo or tho nmunded r solution In satisfactory to tho President because It dis claims any purposo of making war on Moxlco. War department of ficials said there was nothing to Indicate tho necessity for immeillnte orders for n movement of troonn. Z SILENT OESPITE WAR Former Mexican Dictator Will Not Discuss Situation at Monte Carlo. (llr AuorUttd Vrttt lo Coot 13 tr Tlmrt. MONTE CARLO, April 21. Gen eral Porflrlo Diaz, former Mexican dictator, resolutely rofused to mako any comment whntover on tho action or tho United Statos toward Huortn, although tho correspondent reminded him of ills oft-ropentcd remark that tho only circumstances under which ho would return to Moxlco would bo' when peace was established or when his country wns attacked by a for eign power. General Diaz Is conval escing from nn attack of la grippe. I S AGROUND TODAY Gasoline Schooner on Spit at Alsea Bay No Im mediate Danger. Dr Auoltt4 l'ntt to Coot Utr Tlmrt.) NEWPORT, Or., April 21. The gas schooner Mlreno ran aground on tho south spit at tne entrance to Al sea Jlay, well Insldo tho bar, today, and Is reported In no particular dan ger unless the sea gets rougher. Sua sailed from hero bound for Waldport this morning. The Ilfo saving crew In a power boat hurried to the res cuo. Resides Captain Georgo Mays and tho cew there are three or four passengers on ooara. Tno latter are W. R. Wakefield and wife. H. Divel biss and M. J. Ryan, all of Newport. The Mlreno is thirty-four tons reg ister. IXS"WrrS VAVV VARI). (Or Attu .vu rirst tu wt - Timet.) SEATTLE, April 21. Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt went to tho Puget sound Navy yarn to re main for two days. He will leave from Seattle for Washington Thursday. DEVELOPMENTS LAST EVENING Conference of Wilson and De partment Heads Congress Discusses War Measure. inr AMorUlod TrMt to Coot Otr Tlnn. WASHINGTON, D. C, April 21. "No orders to tho army or navy tonight," wnB tho word that enmo from tlio White Houso nfter Presi dent Wilson finish d his confer ence with Uryan, Daniels nnd Gnrrls son, Daniels snld thnt this would stand rognrdloss of whether the Sennto passed the resolution. Last 'Night Iu Congi-em. After n spirited dibiito of more thnn two hours, tho House, nt 9 :2ft passed the administration resolu tion approving President WIIboh's purposo to use nrniod froco to ob taln from Huortn tho fullest recog nition of tho honor nnd dignity or the United States. Tho voto wns .137 to 37. Tho resolution then wont to tho Sonnto. Tho House adjourned at 10:3.1 p. in. until 10 Tuesday. This was acccptod as moaning there would bo no final action on tho resolution Inst night. On motion or 8onntor 8hlvoly, the' Seunto recessed until 12:10 last night to awnlt the report rrom tho commltteo on foreign relations, to which tho r solution hnd been inferred. MEXICO WILL CALL TROOPS Minister of War Blanquet Says Action Will Be Taken When Necessary ' Pr Auocltltd rrrtt lo Cool lltr TIoim.) MEXICO CITY. April 21. Minis ter or Wnr HlnnquQt, when nsked whothor the reserves would bu culled to tho colors, replied: "In due tlmo. It becomes nccessury, they will bo culled, as will every citizen or Moxl co." SEND .MOKE TROOPS (Or AttocltlKl I'mt lo loot lltr Tlnipt.) I WASHINGTON, D. C, April 21. Another roglmont or mn ( rlucs was ordored assembled at, 1 Philadelphia and the transport j Moro Castle was chartered to transport thorn to Mexico, Armed Clash Between Strikers and Militia at Ludlow Re sults Seriously FIRE ADDS TO HORRORS OF LABOR WARFARE Three Women and Several Children Smothered Strik ers Leave Scene IDr AnocUlM rrnt to Coot Hr Tlmrt.) TRINIDAD, Colo., April 21. Three women nnd n number or child ren, possibly ten, wero nmothorcd to death In n flro thnt swept tho Lud low tent colony Inst night. Tho party hnd taken rohigc In n cave. The dis covery or n body will rulso tho num ber or victims to twenty or more, Tho majority wero women nnd child ren. Tho strikers reported Mrs. It. II. Jolly, tho lender or tho women stridors, ninong those killed. Her tliree-moiiths-uld bnby wnu with hor yeatordny. Tho nrmed strikers who buttled with the stnto troops for fourteen hours disappeared todny and quiet prevailed. t"r AttOfltlrO I'rrtt lo Coot nr Tlmrt.) , TRINIDAD. Colo., April 21. Thir teen wero bcllovcd to bo dend and tho number of wounded unknown when dny dawned on tho Ludlow battlo field, where yesterday a hundred inl lltlnmon and sheriffs deputies fought a battlo with tho strikers. Through out tho night' bodies of strikers heav ily nrmed moved rrom the vnrlouo camps toward Ludlow and a ronowal or tho conflict Is expected momen tarily. Tho known dead arc jrlvn" A Martin, Companv A, and Liuii Tlkas, a Greek strlko lender. Oin soldier wiih wounded. Tho roldo,j declare that quantities of ammuni tion wore exploded In flro thnt iiwopt tlio Ludlow tent colony during tho night, following tho battle.. MEXICO CITV QUIET. nr Auoclttfel Prut lo Cont iur TIium.) MEXICO CITY, 11 n. m., April 21. Tho Federal capital is reported quiet. W RAVE BUILDING Commercial Clubs Decide on $15,000 Exhibit at San Francisco Exposition At a mooting of delegates rrom tlio various commorclnl bodies at Coqulllo It was decided to go ahead nnd erect a "Coos County, Oregon, building," at the Pnnuma-Pacllle Exposition In San Francisco next year. Practically all ..wore In fuvor of It, According to statements mndo by L. J, Simpson mid others, the Coos County mills will furnish all or tho lumber needed for tho building free, tho ship lines will transport It freo rtnd so tho only expense will to ror labor and finishing. It was estimat ed that this would bo less than ;i, 000, It was further decided that a Coos County architect should design tho building and a Coos County con tractor with Coos County workmen, should build It. In all. It Is estimated that S15,- 000 cash will be required for tho exhibit In addition to tho lumber contributed. This will tako care or the maintenance. Each commercial body In tho county will bo expected to appoint subcommittees to raise tho funds. It is suggested thnt ovory voter be requested to donate $1 to the fund. Tho County Court Is also bolng urged to give $2000 to the fund and may do so. GRAND JURY IS PR0BING9ANY Investigation of Many Cases Underway Little Doing in Circuit Court (Special to Tho Tlmos.) COQUILLE, Or.. April 21. Tho grand Jury In still grinding away. Thoy nro probing sovornl cases ac cording as the witnesses can bo so cured. No report lias been mndo but probably will bo soon. A number of Myrtle Point men nro hero, loading to n report that tho Myrtlo Point bank matter Is bolng In vestigated.. Tho negro Franklin shooting scrnpo at Mnrshfleld wns nlno bolng probed todny. Tho cases of thoso now under arrest or under bonds will bo disposed of by tho grand Jury first. Judgo Coko Is hearing equity mut ters, motions, etc,, but nothing Im portant hns boon tnkon up. Kinney Matters Up. Judge Coko announced yesterday that ho would hear some or tho Kin ney litigation ns tho mortgages, etc., In which ho was Involved as nil at tornoy had boon disposed or. Tho county court has not an nounced what It will do about remit ting the Interest and penalty on tho Kinney taxes. Mkup In Suit. Judgo Coko yestorday ovorrulod two motions In tho case or Goo, Wntklns versus tho Record Photo Abstrnetlng Company. It spams that tho jury returned n dofectlvo verdict mid each sldo wanted to tako Judgment on it. Judgo Coko ruled out both niul this puts tho enso back to whoro It started, nothing bolng decided, ROAD ELECTION TO RE CALLED AH PEITi'IONED (Spcolal to Tho Times.) COQUILLE. Or., April 21. Tho Coos County Court today dotormlned to call tho good roads bonding elec tion In accordance with tho petitions lor tho election, snoolfyluc that $70, 000 shall bo used on tho Ten Mile road, soino ou tho Ilnndon-Curry County road and tlio bnlanco bo tweon Coos llay nnd Ilrldgo on tho Myrtlo Point road. Tho action followed considerable discussion and consideration. J. E. Schilling and others from tho Myr tlo Point section yesterday nrgued against this division, saying that It would ho sure to dofeat the $440,000 bond Issuo. Thoy Bald that they wero not opposed to any section getting tho money, but want ed tho matter submitted, bo that It could carry. However, tho Coun ty Court finally decided to abldo by the petitions of the Good Roads As sociation, be the result or the elec tion what It may, L ft- .T'stfriaWi.ifisWil isTi AfrirMjLt'- &tf , , . "i J6ki-.'t . 1A6auv 'ilSUii-A, it -d.'.JkjA .