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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (June 6, 1914)
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"" "' ' fSeVCre Storm oausus. nuavy LOSS OT Llie anu nuyuuy Near Sioux City CHILD TORN FROM lib rvincno anivio Babv Dashed to Death Against Side ot Mouse many Farms Struck tnr AMiMltlM JVM. to Coon !!r TlmM.l SIOUX CITY, In., Juno C Tlio tornado which swept ncros8 north- lucstcrn Iown Inst nignt kiiicu seven I md Injured twolvo. somo seriously, a -II., rr 11 rnnnrts received todnv. jacruiuiiift .,..... --- -- ,- 1 Near Arciior mo uiurm luru uio i nil ..t Txiin Illalninl from Its fntli- Itr's arm's nnd dashed' it to death picainii mu b,uu ul l,,u """ in AmocI.iM rrwi to Con nr flmM.l ctvtiniiv. Town. Juno C. Two nro dead,' ono is missing nnd two nro in-) Jurcd In n cyclone which siriicic mis damage l ostlmntoil nt $1GO,000, town having boon lovollod by tho, find. five are injured. Storm Deinollshes Homo of Jas. Al len Near Hloiiv City. Ilr Alta ITmi lo Coo. Hf TImm. SIOL'X CITY, Juno 0. Ncnr Hos wr. Ihn ntnrni striiclc tho fnmihoiiBO of James Allen nnd flvo monibors of lie family were Injured nnd tho building was wrecked. I TWO FOUND DEAD. im Cyclone Cittisc'I Two Dentin's In SanlHiiii. Gr AuocUM I'im lo .'oei Ilir TlmM.l I flivnnilV. Inwn. iimn fl Two el-' tvators, tlio city witter tower, the. electric light plnnt nun tno iiinii-or yards wero swept uway by tho storm I rMih Klriirlr linrn nhoilt 6 o'clock.! -...v.. ........ ..-. ,. . The fact Mint (hero wero fatalities did not develop until today wnon jthe bodies of n woman nnd boy wero iiwu from tno aouriB, W. A. 1. Ill STARTS ws T Secretary of British Volunteer Committee Will Represent Government at Exposition lllr AmiwUIM 1'rt.a In Cooi liar Tlron 1 NEW YORK, June C.-W. A. M. Ooode, of London, Secretary of the Ilrltlsh Volunteer Cominltteo, which has taken the limit or Ilrltlsh rep roeiitnlloii nt the I'niiiiinn-I'arlfle HxpOHltlon out of tho hands of the IVrltlsh Btivorniuent, stopped here today on his wny to nn Francisco. "If the Ilrltlsh societies In Amer ica enrry out their Intention nnd put up mi AiiKlo-Atucrlcnti imllil liiK," ho said, "I promise wo can fill It with the best tho United Kingdom bus to show. THREE KILLED IN COLLISION Passenger And Freight Crash Head on at High Speed Four Are Injured Itlf Aa.ocltltJ rrrii lo Coot lUf TlmM.l KAMSACK, Snsk., Juno C Three men wero killed nnd four injured when nn castboitnd Canndlnn Xortn em passenger train crashed hend-on Into n westbound frolftht hero last nlsht. lloth trninB wero running at n high speed. a. ic sti:vi:xson uu Vice FiT-.ldcnt Under Cleveland Con fined In Hospital. (TIT AitodilM Pmi to Okm U.f TlmM.l CHICAGO, 111., Juno C Adlnl K. SlovciiBon, VIco President under I'rcs Idcnt Clovelnnd, who Is seriously 111 nt n hospital, was no better today. His family Is at his bedside. Tho weakness is Incident to his eighty years of ngo nnd n norvous brenkdown following tho denth of his wife sis months ago, which told ngnlnst him. FALSI STAYS 1 i FIGHTS POLICE Armed With Repeating Rifle He Takes Refuge in Church Steeple 4- Killed, 5 Hurt inr AMorlttnl rrrit lo Cool 111, TIiiim.I I 11UDA PEST, Htingnry.A mnd mur derer, August TomslcB, since -yesterday morning hno made nn .lnipregnn blo rortresB out of the stonplo ot tho villnge church nt Hoeflnny. Armed with n repenting riflo ho took rofugo In the steeple nftor killing n farmer nnd his wife and wounding their dnughtor. Tho police trtod to renclt tho criminal lint wero wptfluotl with t-ho losB ot two billed nnd (four wounded. ITAL FIGHT IN AUTOMOBILE Geo. 'E. Piatt Probably Fatally Wounded in Los Angeles Assailant Suicides Ht AuoilUK) rr i Coo. Ur TlnM.l LOS ANOELKS. Juno 0. A flKht a an automobllo resulted probably a the fatal shooting of Ooorgo E. Plttt, of Los Angoles, by a com snlon. nnd tho sulcldo of Clifford tyre, a real estato agent. Doyco, noni I'latt hnd Invited to rldo down n with him. nttacked Piatt as car Bped nlong tho boulovnrd. Ke was said to bo slightly tin- inncea mentally. C R Brother of Oil King Fears In vestigators' Questions Might Cause Death tnr Auocltt rrrt lo Coo mr Tln.i.1 WASHINGTON. 1). C, Juno 0. When tho Interstate Comuiorco CommlBslon resumed Its Investiga tion of tho fliinnclnl affairs of tlio Now Hnven Ilnllronil, John A. Unr vor, attorney for Wlllluin llockofel- ler, mnilo tlio sintemeni tunt nc cording to Kockofeller's physlclnn, It would bo dangerous for him to como to WasliliiKton to testify. Ho suld Hint ho could not write on ac count of palsy, Onrver admitted on questioning thnt Rockefeller had recently attended meetings of tho Now Haven board of directors, but said that this involved no nervous strain. PORTER TELLS OF WR If!. REIDY IS UNDER ARREST ormer Klamath Falls Banker Charged With Los An geles Swindle Hf AuMjt.J rrf.. la foo DI TlmM.l Ifla Avm... .-. n n . Hf M llil.l,a, JUIIU O. 1. .' "T, formerly vice president of S bank' It. l.'ln,.,n,l. I.nllo CimfnU. s arrested by government ngonts "iinnore nccordlng to worn re ted her(i j conectlon with nn 'fEed rMn.. i ,...,1...11n I.. wlilMl ly T. Keles, of Long nench, lost ivvu MOODV HEADS llANKEItS. !lTC(t Man Honoml by 'Washington .. niato ARsoclauon. ,B' AMoUttM prtM co Dr TIcmi.1 VALLA tUITT l.r l. T.... (! InV-.i "' UlJn, UDII., JI1IID u. WOert rnn.i.. ..,- m i. - tv,a ."", vice preniuem ui iv rt .National Dank of Everett, was EGKOn . . h,(v" I'resment or the wasnington fciieB "a1 Association In tho :,"' uusiness sessions of tno con- IIIOD. H n. ..I i.. 1L.1 coltla uw be chosen ns tho next meet- Irtf wzotq ndjournment iu- iri.CK KAOLK'S HALT TO l,J,T. KEVSEirS OKCIIESTHA. T c" liAXCE JUNE I0TH I ' Page 2, Times Monday I n..Ki:its sispi:cti:d Senil (niiidlnii and Other Com iniiiIcn Involved In Transaction (Dr AuotUlfcJ Fr to Coo. Df TlmM.J LONDON, Juno G. Chaplin, Mllnn. Oronfoll & Company. Limited, n well-known firm of merchants and bankers wero suspended today. Sev eral Cnniidlnn and other companies are reported involved. Tlio com pany's authorized capital Is $1,- 7r.o,ooo. KANHAS fiOVKHNOH FHEE. Jury Di-cldes Mr. W-t Ik Not En tltlel to Any Damage. (Dr AocLtl Vin l Coo. i. ricn 1 TOPUKA. June C Mrs. Luolla West of Wichita Is not ontltled to dnmagos from Oovernor Hodges for alleged assault nnd battory, tho Jury docldod after dellberntliiK two minutes. TO LD T OFFICE E AM Mrs. E. M. Eddy, of Marsh field, to Conduct Civil Ser vice Exams in Curry Co. Mrs. E. M. Eddy of tho Marshfiold postofflco Is loavlng today for Gold i. .,, novh Wednesday she will conduct the government examlna- t on for fourtn ciu iiuoiiu;C.o ... . "... ,... nfflens. The trin will take about a week. It Is understood that there win oe a minium "i "iti"' cants for the various offices. The -...' i. flllAd are Aeness. Port Orford, Marial. Wedderburn, Den mark and mane. Contractor Says Gradinq on Coos Bay Line "Will Be Finished This Fall EUGENE, Or., Juno C. TraliiH nro running over tho Wlllnmetto Pacific to tho mouth of tho Wildcat, about tlilrty-flvo miles from Eugono, track lnylng will bo completed to Maploton within sixty to ninety (lnys and the work of grading Is forty miles ahead of tho track, nccordlng to J. II. Por ter, of tho eontrnctlng firm of Por ter llros., who Is n business visitor In Eugono. Approximately 300 men nro work ing on tho construction work on this side nnd nosslbly 000 to 700 on tho lower ond," tho contractor stntod. "Elglit stenni shovels nro employed In construction nnd crows nro work ing on both endg of tunnels 3, 4, ti, i; and 7, botweon tho Sluslaw and tho Unipn.ua. "Wo expoct to havo the work of grading tho entire road to Coos nay, n dlstanco of about 112 miles, with tho excoptlon of possibly ono or two small stretches, completed Into In tho fall. "Tho work Is well covered with men clear to Gardiner on this sldo. "Wo hnvo but four concrete piers to complete to finish tin our work betweon Eugono nnd Acmo." Mr. Porter stated that they had effected an enormous saving In trans, portotlon chnrges In connection with construction operations on tho bar dor of Ton Mllo 1-ako. "At tho docks or wharves at Olen ada wo are loading our supplies onto it hoist nnd carrying thom for n dls tanco of 1100 feet by tramway nt an olovntlon of 12C feet," ho snid. "Thoy ore loaded onto dinky cars and drown over a narrow gauge road to Clear lnkn whom tho cars nro run on bare- og and tho supplies tnkon by boat toj construction camps, envoring a chb tanco of twenty mllos botween Acmo pud Gardiner. This does nway with freighting by teams and has rostiltod In a gieat saving In expense." GOLD HEACH NUGGETS. OS IS E Guest of Honor at Luncheon of Distinguished Persons in Paris Today (tlj AiioctilrJ rrnt lo Can. lur TIiim.) PAKIS, Juno 0. Colonel Hoosc velt was tho guest of honor today nt n lunciicon given by Gnbrlel llonn tnux, former minister of foreign nf fnlrs. who brought together to meet the former president n brllllnnt as semblngo of distinguished persons. u MO )) AT A HGOUVER Canadian Officials Who Pre vented Her From Embark ing Overruled by Superiors Ur Ai.ocl.lfJ rrxa io Coo. U.f TltnM. SUATTI.E, Juno C "Mother" Mary Jones, orgnnlzor for tho United Mine Workers of Amorlcn, left for Vancouver laBt nlglit. The Canadian Immigration officials who prevented her from embarking previously hav ing been overruled by their superior officers nt Ottnwn. The Ilrltlsh Col umbian government ordered her ex clusion on the ground that slio was likely to stir up trouble. L W LIT CALL HALT IN MEXICAN WR REBELS LANS TAMPICO ARMS American Schooner Sunshine Allowed to Land Cargo by Admiral Mayo Today I TAMPICO Ml.oriCAIII'D. (Ilr AMflrttlisl l'rtw lo Com ty TltnM 1 I MEXICO CITY, Juno 0. Tho ! Presidential decree declaring tho I port of Tumpleo under blockitdo I Is to bo published this afternoon I In Dlarlo Official. Agree to Send Delegates to Mediation But Will Not Grant Armistice MEDIATORS CONSIDER LAND QUESTION NOW American Delegates Hold First Meeting With Mediators in Four Days. tllr AMOltrl I'rMi lo Coo I)jr TltnM J WASHINGTON, I). C, Juno C General Carranziv's nnswor to tlio mutilators Is expected In official cir cles to include an expression of rond I n ess to send delogntes to Nlngnrn Falls to discuss Internal affairs ns brought on by the situation at Vera Cruz, but a refusal to grant nn nrm-Istlce. I MI'DIATOHH IN SESSION. lllr AMocLtM Trww lo Com nr TlmM.l TAMPICO (vln llrownsvlllo) Juno 0. On tho arrival today of tho Am erican schooner 8uiislituo from Gal veston with throe million rltlu cart ridges for tho Constitutionalists, ltenr Admlrnl Mnyo sent Flng Lieutenant Cook to lenrn tlio clinractcr of tho cargo. Captain Drown or tho Sun shine made Ills vessel fast to the wharf nnd began discharging tho vitr- i.fi Aflni tUn Mm lliiiitntimiff mfttln ... ...v. ... ,...r ... w......fc ... Ills report, Admlrnl Mayo decided thnt no nan no ntiiiiority to inicriore. CASE COMES TO AN ABRUPT END Judge Coke and Jurors Tire Over Wrangle Over Evidence in Automobile Trial ' (Special to Tlio Times.) COQUILL!-:, Or., Juno 0. Juilgo Coke brought tho replevin action of II. G. Hoy verstiB F. I.. Allen, In volving tho Robert Fox autq. to an nbrnpt termination yesterday.-"ma. Jury hnd been einpiineliid nnd. -the nttornoys had been wrangling about three hours over technical points concerning evidence. Tho jurors wero restless and nearly everybody else In tlio courtroom wns feeling tlio snine way. Finally Judge Coko called a halt, told tlio Jurors they wore dismissed nnd tho caso dis missed also for' luck of evidence. A short time ngo, Mayor Allen, City Attorney (loss, Constable Cox nnd V. C. Gorst wero cited for con tempt of court for. soiling Fox's auto to pay a house rent bill which Fox owed Allen, Hoy hnd secured an Injunction to stop tho sale, claiming the nuto belonged to him. Given Small Verdict. Tho Jury In tlio enso of Potor Meno gnt vs. L. J. Simpson nud tho Simp son Lumber company for IfiOOO dam ages bernuso ho alleged that tho canal at Ton Mllo caused tho Jako to over flow their ranches brought In a ver dict for $4fi0 yesterday. Consider Loud Question Pending He ply from Ciirrntini. lllr AmocI.IiM I'rtM lo Con. lu, TIoim,J NIAGARA FALLS, Juno C For the first 1 1 mo In four days the Amor lean delegates conferred with tho mediators, A general pcaco plan wiih under discussion ns It had been decided as much progress ns ptn-slblo should bo mndo while word Is bolng awaited front General Cnrrnnzn on the subject of Constitutionalist reproson tittiou, The Innd question, It nlso was understood, wns under considera tion todny, A1IMV OF HUEUTA. J P WILSON BILLS 1 N SI Curry County Sent News As Told by Till tilolK.'. Jnmes Lane of Port Orford drovo down a traveling show troupe Satur day which Bavo a bum performance here that evening. The dance fol lowing the show, however, was an eninyable affair. II. A. Edlln. the machinist at Wed derburn, haa resigned his position with tho W. T. Co., and will take his departuro In a few days. Mr. Ed lln has been at Wedderburn for nbout three years and has made many friends who will regret his doparturo very much. Stafford and Datier havo tho con tract to build a large now barn for Ash Moore, Tho building will be 48x00 feet with 22-foot studding and will stand on Mr. Mooro's lot Just east of tho courthouse square. Ex cavating for the cement foundation Is now In progress. VHXSHIimiO fi.HHHAHM MllfMN OX TIVIl K.M'IOVJI HO.VVU Addressed by H. T. French and J. L. Smith on Sub ject of Agriculture Farmers of tho Coos Day district met today nt tho I. O. O. F. Hall, whoro they hoard Instructive talks along agricultural linos by J. L. Smith, county agriculturist, and Pro fessor II, T. French, of tho Oregon Agricultural College, state leader of the county field demonstration work. Mr. Smith and Professor French conducted a like meeting at Coqulllo yeiterday and were detained thoro last night owing to the lack of trans portation facilities. They did not reach tho city until noon today and tho farmers who gathered In tho city early In tho forenoon were somewhat disappointed, Messrs. Smith and French left Im mediately after the noon meeting for RoBobiirg, where they will speak to tho farmers of that section. The In stitute meotlngs are being well at tended, considering the busy season. II. J. VAUGHAN of the A .. Daly company left yesterday for Port land on business. DANCE EAGLE'S HALL TO NIGHT. KKVSEll'S OltCHI'STHA. Committee Refuses to Report More Than One of Presi dent's Pet Measures Ilr AMocUt I'rr.. lo Coo. tlar TtmM. WASHINGTON, I). C, Juno fl. Tho Senate Interstate Comuiorco com inltteo voted today to report out only the trade commission measure nmong ,tho first bills. Tills action h con- iUTiiuu. oy many ni nn iniiicuiioii in tho limitation of tho administration's program at tho present' session of CiinurnsH. Tlireo lillls roiniirislni' thn administration program wero pnssed yestordny by the Mouse. Tho two lillls which tho Senate committee fnllod to report out were the Clayton omnibus nud anti-trust- bill and tlio Kayburn capitalization bill. Thoro wns no record veto. In tho general discussion some Senators op posed tlio motion nnd others declnrod themselves opposed to the bills nt tlio present time. Chairman Now lands' cominltteo will contlntio tho consideration of supplemental legls-,' latlon and Its second may bo u linn of amendments or of separate legis lation. Some administration Senators declared that the coiniulttoo's action did not foreshadow tho curtailment of tho trust program nt this session. TEN MILEThS REAL EPIDEMIC Entire Families III of Measles; Many There Were Ex posed to Smallpox Prnitlcally every family In Lako- side and the Ten .Mllo section Is stir forlng from nn opldomlc of mwislos or smallpox which has been prev alent there tho last few days. Chil dren and grown-ups aro afflicted alike. I'ostmnstor Mageo's entire fain- i lly Is III of tho dlsoaso and John iVauburger, his wlfo and flvo ehll I dren, aro nil strk. Mr. Vnnburger WaB nt Coqulllo nttondlng court I when ho received word thnt his , family was III. Ho hastened homo but bogun to get sick and whilo ion tho launch going up North Inlet broko out with tho disease. Dr. Howard, who was abonrd, said that it looked llko a severe case of measles. Somo tlmo ago a largo party of Ten Mllo pooplo bold n picnic at tho home of Mr, McCullough onl Haynes Inlet, and It was later found I that tho McCullough family wero suffering with smallpox, County Health Officer Culln saying that Mr. MrCullnugh had one of the most pronounced cases ho had known In years. So far there have been no fatal ities from tho dlsoaso in that seo-tlon. U. S. Army Hn-rt Snyn He Him 00, OIK) People Fnor Rebels. VERA CRUZ. Juno 0. Captain W. A. Uurnslde, formerly military at tache at Mexico City and now Intelli gence officer of llrlgndlor Ceuoral PunBton'H force, has submitted a iiiciunrntiduni on the strength mid dis position of lluertn'H troops and sum marizing tho territorial division bo tween tho Fedornln nnd tho Consti tutionalists, Ho estimated thn total number of lluortn's forces, Includlnc police, students nnd civil Borvlco em ployes, at 00,000. Tho memorandum says thnt tho es timates nro liberal, although the newspapers controlled by tho HucrU administration are claiming consider ably more. As to the Constitutionalists, tho note says; "Practically the ontlro country Is In sympathy with tho revolution, nud thn pacified condition In many places Is duo to Intimidation or Indlfferonco. For tlio purposo of robbery and tho hpproprlntton of property probably 1 50,000 armod men claim to bo rev olutionists. However, the armod rev olutionists having nn orgnulzntlon nnd holng actually under fair control of tholr loaders am (estimated at uboiit 70,000." Of tho lluerta forces the reporU Indicate that- nbout 8,000 aro scat tered along tho railroads betwoou Vera Crur. and tho capital. I JUDGE BENSON MAY CONTEST Has Expert Check up Multno mah Vote to See If Mc Nary Really Beat Him Df AMOfUM rift lo Coo liar Tim.. J PORTLAND, Or., Juno C--Henry L. Ilenson, who was defeated for tho Republican nomination for tho Supremo Court by Judge McNary by 13 votes, according to tho official count, set an export accountant at work today working on tho vote lu Multnomnh County, Ho snid that unless tho recount gave him a majority, ho would not contest. HEX VIVIANI DECLINES. Will Not Accept Promlcr-hlil-, of thn Fri-nrli Cabinet. (nr AMOcltle4 I'rtM lo Coco ll.r TlmM.l PARIS, Juno ti. Hon Vlvlnnl, who yestordny wns said to havo accepted tho premiership, today Informed Pros Idem Polncnro thnt ho wns unnblo to form tho ministry and declined to m ko further offorts to do bo. DEL CASSE CHOSEN. Itci-uc'.tcil to Orgjinlo New Cabinet In Fraiire Toibiy. nr AuocLtwl Tim to Com Ur TltnM PARIS, Juno C PrcBldont Poln cnro this nftenoon Invited formor foreign minister Del Cusso to form tho French cnblnct. DiiyM Auto. Illuford Davis yester day received a forty-horso-powor, flvo passcnger Case auto. It Is a flno machine nnd will develop 52 iiorso power and cost about 12300. Mr. Davis s planning to spend more of his tlmo in Mnrshfleld and also ar ranging for an auto tour of California.