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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (May 23, 1914)
ffilNDlSOURDNTsBUT A TO STAKE US TO THE DOUBLE CROSS A MANNER YEAR fc f a, ' ' This scnson opens with lirlf;hifr ft ! l 0&H& 1 ' ' k. 1.1 inn ..,.. n a. 1 . ' Ill.i v,.n.,.. ,.,... ... Atlll lUlllH"" W "IH111IJ- 1 1 ill i eicr hclore J" it History. aro in iiiu maKing, IIIIIV T .-- - biir ' Tours the Inr. " f. " .."11 foundation for ( NC BBBIR39 lag tmis MEMBER, OP THE ASSOCIATED I'KESS DON'T SCATTER SHOT V Conrctitrnlo yo.if advertising " In the newspaper t tint reaches tho peo ple J'ou want to talk to. Anuuut'l tlon costs money. Tlio TlineH wivc9 money to nthci'tlsors. WHEN LIGHTSHIP WRECKED HUCKEFELL - - "" -.- , .HIHUI1.1I UD' 1U ASSU.JIATIi.Ij I'll VOL XXXVII. JSSlSSjSff MARSHFIELD, OREGON, SATURDAY. MAY TTfllFUFlvilnJn" EDITION. rlllfBITlf r" IIP" I Hlfrt i . i " ' ' r IMIRVtUtSLUS! IS 10 PAGFS A Consolidation of Times, Coast Mail Mn 9fifl ' ' M"t- mill Coos Uny A'hcrtNcr-. nu- CQV SEATTLE IS CTY cnu E New Vessel, Just Completed, Reported Lost En Route i to Nova Scotia WRECKAGE AND BODIES ARE FOUND Craft Believed Lost Near Hal ifaxMeager Reports of Atlantic Disaster tl A.oilt. TrMt to root tl Tlmr ) HALIFAX, N. S., May 23 Loss of tho now light ship Halifax No. 19, with twonty-flvo men on bonrd, was Indlcntod by tho discovery of wreckngo nntl throo bodies near f the first division of tho Scnttlo Llicnmb. Tho lightship wnB on lior j iiiIoIpnl street ear Bystoui wob be way hero from Scotlnnd whero alio j K" toilny. Tho lino runs on wns htillt. J Fourth avenue nml Stewart streot Tho lightship, which was due herofo"r '"lies north to llallnrd. Twen- ycsicniay, is iioiiovcti to nnvo struck iivo ucucts were sold for SI. First Municipal Road in Pu get Sound Metropolis Be gins Operations Today ttl AltocLtti rrM In COM !Ut TlniM.J hbatti.K, .May 23. Operation BARS ER LliSEY Junior Millionaire Says He, win Not confer With Judge About Colorado Strike tny Aiiwiiih rrr to Com tlr Tlmto.' NEW YOItK, May 23. John IX Itockefeller, Jr., put an end to tho rumors of-a proposed conference with Judge Hen II. Llndscy, relaUvo to tho Colorado strike situation, by stating through his secrotary that the interview would never occur. 1ZAIL1 IS NOW DOOMED a rock whllo fooling her wny through the thick fog that enshrouded the const for sovornl days. Tho wreck-! ago was sighted nnd tho bodies, picked up by tho steamer Sufforln, which reported thnt tho llfo belts! wcro mnrked "Hnllfax 10." and wero strapped about each of tho victims. On receipt of tho nows of tho wreck, tho government ranrlno agency prepared to send out steam ers In search for othnr liniHc. . I. but the ordinary fare Is five cents, Mexican Rebels Expected to uapture it Soon Water Supply Nearly Gone Wr A..ortl l'r. to Com nr TIipm OX HOARD U. S. S. CALIFORNIA. Mnzatlan (Wireless) May 23. Maz ntlan's wntcr supply will last only flf. teen days more and It Is believed that tho Constitutionalists who nro besieging tho city will soon bo in pot session. It is reported thnt F. Green nn Englishman, wns murdered bj bnndlts near San Maros. WILSON CONTINUES WATCHFUL WAITING POLICY ON MEDIATION ALASKA HEADQUARTERS WMNtLU th w HONORS Commission to Build Govern- ilUHnniirtri n menrs par Nor hern Ra - way to Start Monday lllf AiiArittt. rrtM to coo. Ilr Tlmn.J 8BATTLK, May 23. Tho Alaska Railroad Cnaimlsslon has oponod its hentlminrtora horo and next Monday Lluutonnnt Krotlerlck Menrs, a mem ber of tho Commission and formerly chief cnglneor of tho I'nnnma Rail- TAKIW FIRST I'l-lCli I.V C(M)S vv'a' wl" ucKn hiring ono hundred COl'NTV HIGH SCHOOL TRACK m6" to ,0(nto tho P1-0"0"0'1 llno I-VKXTH AT .MVIITI.B POINT- frm lho ,n,kn C0,,8l ,0 'nk MVRTLi: I'OINT IS HI-X'OM). fRppclnl to Tho Times.) MYRTLH 'I'OINT, May 23. Tho Marshfleld IIIkJi School won first I placo In tho Coos County High School field meet today, with Myrtlo Point second. Lecocq of Mnrshfleld was tho star of tho meet. mm HAS NO CLEW IN IRROWESCAPE "I'M CASE BECKER HOPES BOUTIN TIBER IS USD TO ESCAPE IT Swayne & Hoyt Company Get Part of Fine Tract Near ' Beaver Hill Tho Swnyno & Hoyt Company, ownors of tho North Ilend Mill and Lumber Company, have closed u deal for tho purcltnfo of several sections of fine timbor land in tho Routlu tract near Ileavor Hill. Thoy have secured enough timber thoro to sup ply tho mill for eight or ten years. Tho company will log it them selves and Mnnager Paul Dimmick James F. Boyle Gets Head Caught Between Two Logs in Making Coupling Jnmes F. lloyle. brnkemaii on tho Coos Hay, Roncbnrg & Km tern Rail road, narrowly escaped death this morning when ho got his head caught between two logs while making u coupling. Tho train had been uncoupled at Coalcdo to let an automobile pass across tho tracks, in attempting to rccouplo the train Uoylo stooped over and ns he did so tho two logs, each projecting several Inches over tho ends of tho cars on which they lay, enmo together with his head caught between them. Had ho not been on the nlert his head would havo been crushed. Hotn sides of his head wcro badly scratched and his right ear wns al most torn off. Iloylo walked from Con I od o to tho Summit, whero ho met tho Conulllo nuto stage, driven by Jess lllto. A nulck run was mado Into tho city and lloyle was hurried to tho offlco of a physician, who took Mm to Mercy Hospital, whero Ills head was dressed. Seven stlches were mado to hold the ear in plnco. Iloylo Is not perturbed over tho accldont nnd says that ha does not Intend to loso any sleep or miss any meals. BLAIS WILSON FOR DULLNESS Wm. Grimes Says Democratic Policies Have Upset Business Looks for Improvement "Too much Wilson that's all," was the way that Wm. Grimes, who arrived hero last evening from Southern California, whore ho has been spending tho winter, charac terized tho causo of unsatisfactory business conditions throughout the country. Mr. Grimes Bnys that Coos Hay Is escaping tho stringency thnt has prevailed for somo time better than any other soctlon thnt ho knows of. Tho prospect Is for an early Improvement nnd ho hopes thnt the return of prosperity will bo moro rnpld than ninny anticipate. "Tho business Interests of tho country simply cannot understand what Wilson proposes to do," said "Knrly In tho year, his speeches, they Are Still at a Loss to Know Who Ransacked House Found House Key Mrs. E. G. Perlmm, of 13G0 Central nvenuo, Bays that they aro still nt n loss for n doflnlto clue ns to who rntiBackcd their house Thursday. 8ho MnVH flint U'linn aim lnft tt.n I. n. ...,.' . . . --'- """ "" uoi. Grimes. sho told tho maid to put tho key nftor ono of h i .o ...UK coo.or on mo roar porcn 10UK,lt thnt tlloy ,,,, ,u( ,,,, In l in ovont that she too went out ,, ,,, fltlirt0(, , Illovo ow. for t.io evening. Tho maid loft the ovcr ,,, ncllon8 fftc, to ,, place shorly after Mrs. Perlmm did ,lls ucrailC0B nn,i immcdlntoly nnd placed tho key whero sho was tiinm wnq .-. ,, , . ,.Cnyc . Domocrntn woro not satisfied with Mrs Porhnm says thnt whoovor en- rpplnB the tariff nnd tho currency tored tho houso evidently know whero Bytom revision, but nro starting " 0i ' n1ncou' ,0,, l n'"l then othor ravplutlonnry eluvngoK whloh put It back again. lB,mpy ,mvo l)l0 ,)g ,nci Qf n So far Mrs. Porhnm has missed dustry up In tho nlr." nothing and declares that sho cannot; Mr. orlme. will immn.iii.tni.. i.vn ti'lin ltn mah .l.A ... - .. ....i. ...u evuiuiilt u tin tlin mnttnr nt ni i in. nn t.t. ---. v MIO undorBtauil looking for. President Receives Favorable Report From American Commissioners Today DISPLAYS NOANXIETY AND GOES FOR RIDE Reports of Minor Trouble in Old Mexico Continue to Come In I PEACH COXFKHKNCi: OPENS. I I ' I llr AMorUtftl l'r to t'oio Hr Tlmfn.J j NIAGARA FALLS, Mny 23. Tho announcement wns mado I that tho first full cou'oronco ho- tween the inedlntorH nnd both ' tho American nnd Mexican dele- mites would bo held tonight, rtt'j was arranged nt tho request pf' j tho Mexican dolegntes, who mot ( I mo meniatorfl informally this1 j morning, after which tho South I American medlutorH sent for tho Americans to couhuU them about tho mntter. i III. A..ivUlr.1 rr to rw (Mr llniM.) WASHINGTON. I). C, May 23. Watchful waiting on tho mediation of tho Mexican situation continued to bo tho attitude of tho 'Washington government today. President Wilson loft tho Whlto Houso early for n rldo after receiving encouraging reports of tho prollmluary pcaco negotiations from Amorlcnn Commissioners Lamar nnd Lohmnnn. r tHftl" - I BRIDC E RUM MEXICAN IS SHOT. IB' AnocUt4 hw lo C Iter ..'Ism, NEW YORK, May 23 Fw 'tlio nd tlmo fonnr rollco Llottton- t Sleeker oecuplM .cell, havlngl8 mw mM MrranRomonts to put uZ COnnV,ctei' ,f ",e ay"r,(,or ofiln a logging camp about a quarter eman Rosenthal. We m e oii. ' R , from ho ,, r'al,wny tenced noxt Friday, but tlio anneal ',. , r ..m n ,ii,i . ... . ... i.iu i jiuu.ur inn. vmiu "i iiiuiw Mch is certain to bo mad, will 8 w bQ opera,ed and tlloy act a, n stay of execution, giving ,0 tak(J flUt nbout fftee Decker moro than a year to llvo ' , , ,. rD.l W!lh J1. Ul hopo f atwlher Tho Southern Pacific will haul tho wersal ot Judgmont. ,. mm nvr m ,Urot.t . , mill nt North Hond, tho connecting up of tho Myrtle Point line with tho Terminal Rallwny In Marsh field giving them a direct road to tho mill, whero sldotracks will bo put in. It is understood that tho Geo. W. Mooro Company, of Ilandon, havo an option on n considerable portion of the remainder of the U.S. CONSUL HEAD. n AMarUlwt rre.. 10 Coo. U.f TlRIM.l LIVERPOOL, May 23. Tho body of John L. Grlflths, United States consul general In London, was carried on hoard tho Carmanla for shlpmont to New York, having rested In state, since yestorday in tho town hall In Liverpool. lot nt tho corner of Central and Second nnd will probably mako ar rnngomontB nbout It In n few days, Hiieitn Sympathizer Shot Near Nnco1 '"" ,irmc" nccompanied mm up fur Voicing Ills ScntlnicntH. . ni"1 t,,c' wl" romaln hero Indoflnlte- in ahvkim itm to roo. ur Timn.) ly' Ho shlppod his auto by Btonmor NACO, Ariz., May 23. Wandorlng nil(' they enmo In vln Drain. over to tho Moxlcnn sldo of tlio line, Alejandro Rochln flhouted "VIvn Huortn" and promptly received three bullets which killed him. Tho Con-! slUitlounllst custom houso guard fired tho allots, according to tho American army sontry who saw tho shooting. SENATOR IIRAIILEV DYING. IrOllg BUSINESS MEN ENJOY BANQUET i ML N Kentucky Statesman Cannot Survho nt Washington. tn .M Prru in Coo. u 'IIoim WASHINGTON, I). C May 23. Small hopo Is entertained for tho re covery of Senator Hrndloy of Ken tucky, who has been critically III hero for noma time. GIRL ROBBED tt( AJIUUtNl COMED Houtlu tract, OCR E S TO W J. Albert Matson Toastmaster at Representative Gathering To Promote Community That tho Coos Hay Duslnesa Men's Association will govern the destinies ot Coos Hay was the declaration of Albert Matson, toastmaster nt tho V ?uA regular meeting and banquet 5 that organization held at tho Chan- 0Cr hntrl last nlohf (r- fot.qrvn , -----. .HUV ... '... ...--, M'4 that such a body of men united i jb AKiti Pr to coo ar Tim.j nil uny one Proposition can accora-l OYSTER HAY, May 23. Former comman uh,ng t,mt WUld bPemtte, Secretary of the Interior Garfield. Mr. Mafson brought out the point ono of tho closest political advisers ,hat the business Interests govern of Colonel Roosevelt, brought word "erything In n community and that today that there was no thought no community ever prospered without amon the leading Progressives of SltbyUriVrSgatirtheVerX,araa.6araaton with the regular Ro w In it. he said. He said that while .publicans. Garfield came from Ohio 'Be Coos Day Business Men's Asso- to discuss politics In that state with yiion is still in its Infancy it is tne colonel. oeailng with matters of vital impor- MISDIRECTED RAILROAD COMMISSION SAYS PATRICK CALHOUN .MISUSED FUNDS OF THAT COMPANY IN MANIPULATIONS. FITZSIMMONS DIVORCE CASE Pietro Rossi Confesses to As saulting American Tourist Gambled His Money in Auortt4 P'Mt to coo. J1t TlnM FLORENCE, Italy, May 23. A Florentine nrt student, Plotro Ros si, confessed today to shooting nnd robbing Mrs. Mary Flavolle, of Chi cago. Ho said ho lost all his monoy gambling and tho sight of n well- dressed womnn Induced him to rob her. His victim will probably re cover. ENGLISH POLO TEAM Mr AMorlitxl rrnu lo Com lUf TlnM.) LIVERPOOL, May 23. Tho Ilrlt- FORMER HEAVYWEIGHT CHAM- Ish polo team which Is to meet tho PIO.V SUED RVW1FE ALLEGES jAmorlcon four nt Mondowbrook, cilUElrv SINCE THEIR MAR- sailed for Now York today. IMAGE IN JOO.'J. (Continued on Pone Nine,) CLOVER SEEP, $15 per cwt. nt JIAINES.' (Or AMoclttoJ Pmi (o Coo. n7 Timn 1 SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., May 23. That Patrick Calhoun, when Presi dent of tho United Railroads of San Francisco, took from tho company's funds ovor a million dollars when overy available dollar was soroly needed by the company to Increase Its facilities, and that he gavo to) Jesse Llllenthal, his successor, a promissory noto for $1,090,000 pay able one day aftor date which Lll lenthal immediately wroto down In tho books of tho company as of value ono dollar, aro statements mado public today by tho the Stato Railroad Commission The statements embodied In the opinion and order Issued by tlio commission on the application to the United Railroads for permission to borrow money to Increase the rolling stock, "This whole trans action is a fraud, not only upon the public, whloh Is dependent upon utility for streetcar service," the opinion reads, "but also upon the bond and note holders." I Mr AMO'Lt.J Pro. to Coco (1.7 Tim. J CHICAGO, Mny 23 Robert Fltz slmmons, formor world's hoavywelght champion, Is suod for divorce His wlfo charges that ho has treatod hor with repeated cruelty slnco their mar rlago In San Francisco In 1903. T S PUGILIST SAILS. Mr AMoelttwl ITrtt lo Loot li.r Tlmn J NEW YORK. .May 23. "Gunboat' Smith, tho California heavyweight who Is matched to fight Georgo Car pentler In London six weeks honco, sailed for England today, Ho Is In fine condition. F NOT SO BAD FEDERALS SACK TOWN. t M AMOflttH PrM lo Coot llT Tlm ) I EL PASO, May 23. The Fod- ! era! troops sacked Saltlllo bo- j fore Its evacuation, asserted a message given out by ConBtltu- j tlonallBt agents. A report camo j through Carranza's headquartres but no details wore given, nor j was It made known If foreign j property was damaged, SITUATION IN WASHINGTON AND PACIFIC NOUTIIWICST REPORT. ED GREATLY IMPROVED TO DAY. Mr AuorLthJ Prn. lo too. II. t TIbm ) SEATTLE, May 23. Tlio forest flro situation In Westorn Washing ton Is greatly Improved. Light rains fell all ovor tho flro district last night and what was moro Im portant, the wind changed to the Southwest. Tho weather bureau predicts a good wetting for Western Washington today and tomorrow. Tho only fire In big timbor Is that' on Solduc River In Clallam County, which ran rapidly boforo tho north wind last night. Tho change of wind later checked the flames. Fires in logged off land caused only minor damage. North Bend Report of Con struction Work Starting Delay Steam Trains According to a report In North Ilend, work on tho piers for tho Southern Pacific brldgo across Coos Hay Ih to bo started within two weeks. Superintendent Miller nnd othor loenl officials of tho Kouthorn Pa cific have not had any ndvlccn con cerning it and whero tho report started Is unrertnln, Train In North llcnil. Tho Btnrtlng of trnln servlco to North Ilend has boon delayed ow ing to tho necessity of putting In a better track bed near Portor. It Is proposed by Engineer Whoolor to put In n rock baso In place ot tho soft ono. It Is expected thnt this will ro qulro a week or ton days. Tho first trnlns will bo to haul rock for Hugh McLnln to rlprnp, tho big fill beyond Simpson Pnrk To IlnlhiNt Road Superintendent Miller expects to got work trnlnB started next week ballasting tho balance of tho local lino botween hero nnd Myrtlo Point, Tho roadbed will bo put In fine shape this summer, ns tho traffic ovor It will bo greatly Increased with tho oponlng of tho Smlth-Pow- ora lino south of Myrtlo Point, which will bo soon. NEW MOVE OF REBELS TODAY REPRESENTATIVES OF MEXICAN CONSTITUTIONALISTS HOLD CONFERENCE WITH SECI HRYAN AND JOHN LIND. IDr Auoclit.4 rr. to Coo Ur Tlmoa. WASHINGTON, May 23. Secre tary of Stato Ilryan, John Llnd and CharloH A, Douglas, tho latter repre senting tho Constitutionalist agoncy, nau n long conference nt tho Stato Department after which Hrynn went to the Whlto Houso. None would reveal tho subject of their confer ence. HOW TO SAVE .MONEY TRADE WITH HAINES. rvf