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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 5, 1915)
IPSrSSilf ;l HSMwnSCSw XiA.-m.' vv( ftW?-.,., w ?r.Jtocwvv " - iy-v --- W-r f o THEiCOOS BAY.TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 19J5-EVENING EDITION. 'ttwysmv w u A Swagger Suit $15.00 Th e Right Kind Right Style Right Price Right Store to $37.00 Now Is the RIGHT TIME to select that Suit and Overcoat. We positively guarantee every gar ment that leaves the store or your money back. ARE WE RIGHT OR ARE WE WRONG? Come,1 have a talk with us. We'll prove it. flub (lotlimjloc CENSURE OF CREW! PILLAGING OF HAGGAGE ON WHECK CAUSES TALK Marahficld Four Bandon Stores Myrtle Point Powers ?fl L HI MOVE ROAD IS MPROVED COMMITTEE TO VIHIT POKTLAND IN 1NTEKESTS OK HOAD Aro Today AhkIiij: H:mrlliii of Coom Good Itoadti Apodal Ion To Mitao CoiinI-mImi Flghi A trip to Portland to enlist tlio offorta of John Ycon, Simon Honson and other oxport roud builders of tlio atnto In launching const wldu tliu jilati of a north and south military highway will bo mado before tlio nilddlo of this month by thy execu tive commlttco appointed at tlio hdoster road mooting hold In North Bond a week ago. Today several mombers aro mooting with the execu tive commlttco of tlio Coos Good Itoads Association to Bccuro tlio en 'dursonionty of tho Inttoi orgauhrt tlon. Tho moinhorfl who will probably go to Portland tiro, for North lleiia, Ityoa Holllator, chairman, Potor Log flo, Secretary Smith, and L, J. Simpson and for Murshtlcld, JiiiIko Colco, Charles Hull, Judge Hull, and II. M. Jennings. Further roprcuontatlvcs from Co ojlllo, Myrtle Point und Ilandou will bb' scCurod If pouslblo. At tho recent meeting of this com mlttoo held a few days ago In Mnrsh flold tho consensus of opinion wan that tho north and south roud should ho termed a military highway and un effort mado to got nn appropria tion from Congress on tho basis of a military ptoparntlon against at tack on Pnclflo Hlioros, There wore sonio nioinberB dissent ing from this opinion, Buying that tho government would not In this light consider tho mutter seriously. Tho project as it is now proposod to launch It through the coast cities, is that tho counties traversed by tho roud shall pay a quarter cost for tlio roadway through their territory, tho atoto another quarter and tho na tion, half, Startling figures huvo been com ;l'!ld and will bo given out for pub lication later It was announced yes lorday, showing tho amount of gov ernment holdings' in coast forest ro borves which could bo opened by such n roadway from Pugot Sound to tho Moxlcan border. SUPEKV1SOU HAKEIt HOES MUCH WOHK IN HITKUM DISTINCT T11H PHIZE MASQUKHADE HANCI2 ut Eagles HaU Kat unlay night under the auspices of tlio Hand, ulll Iki tlio biggest event of tlio hca nou. Don't nilx.s It. Seo prls n display at Musy Cor"or drug store. I'lopoHo to Volo Ten Mill Special Tiiv for Further ImprovcmcntH In Good Hltnpo Now. i Aftor having laid over 1G0.000 foot of planking on tho roads near Sltkum this Bummer, Road Super visor F. A, Dakar Is arranging to put down about 100,000 feet mora of planking this year. Wlion tho new planking Is finished, It will menu Hint tho residents of that vicinity will havo a plank road from the Sltkum school to Co qulllo. .Mr. linker camo In last evening to proceed to Coqulllo, whoro ho will present petitions calling for n special roud election In IiIh district to vote nn oxtra levy for furthon ImprovoinuutH. Tho County Court will tnko thii matter 'up. Tho elec tion Is to bo hold Ut tho McKlnloy Hull November 29 and It Is pro posed to voto a ton-lnill lovy. Tho now road district includes what woro formerly Sltkum, Falrvlow, .McKlnloy, Gravol Ford and .Leo districts. In nil, tliero aro about 7K miles of roud to keep up. Did Flno Work. Mr. Dakar has dono much flno Work In his district this year. For tho first tlmo In tho history of that section, nutos aro traversing tho roud at this Benson of tho year. Ho has also dono considerable work on tlio canyon part of tho old Coos Day wagon rond, so Hint It will bo In fairly good shnpo nil wlntor. Ho has takon out mnuy of tho rocks. Howovor, tho ennyon Is a costly and difficult plcco of rond to fix up. In addition to being n booster for good roads as well as showing thnt ha knows how to build thorn, Mr, rancher. During tho pnst year ho has put up n house and barn on his ranch at Ilrowstor. I via- V. Larson Snyn That Suitcases Wero llrokcn Into and Valuables TaUrn A. C. Martin Injured lvar W. Larson, of Wciiatcheo, Vashlngton, who was wrecked on the Santa Clara Is highly indignant ovar tho pillaging of h'ls suitcases and those of his 'roommate, A. C. Martin, of Nowport, Oregon. Mr. Larson got aboard tho Snnta Clara yesterday afternoon and found his stateroom but little damaged, only tho floor being wot from the spray, but someone had broken open his suitcases nnd taken out nil tho val uables. Mr. Larson understood that ho was ono of tho first, except mom borB of tho crow of tho Santa Clara to got aboard tho wreck. Conse quently he fcols thnt nn explana tion is nt least coming from mom bers of tho crow ns to what be came of tho valuables taken from tho luggago of himself and Mr. Martin. Among tho articles takon wcro a gold watch, a valuablo re volver, a timber cruiser's compass and outfit and somo clothing. Mr. Larson said that tho sea had not reached tho staterooms on tho uppor deck on tho port side, on ly part of tho Interior of thorn being moistened by tho epray. Ho said that It was a shamo that tho crew, tho life-savors or someone, did not try nnd got off tlm light baggage and stuff belonging to tlio passengers. Ho thinks thnt a wholo lot of stuff cob Id have been easily takon off yesterday and tho dny before If thcro had been any united effort. Mr. Mnrtln, his roommate, had his hand crushed In getting off tho wreck. Larson'B story has aroused con siderable Indignation. PIT ON HI BOAT TD BE NO PKESIDENX DOE WIKES AVILL "" y.VVK NEW I HUT ON HUN mm E GOES WAGON LOAD AKKIVES IN THE NIGHT FHOM WKKOK MoU of It In Soggy Condition nnd Parcel Post Partially Ituliiod May Transfer Crew In tho night a wagon load of par cels post and suitcases was brought up from tho scono of tho wreck and placed on tho Smith Terminal Dock whoro lator today most of it was claimed by tho owners. Tho parcels post Is not all off tho wreck yet. What has boon brought hero Is In a -soggy condl- Deflnlte Announcement, or Niuuo u"(l Arrival Hero Will Ho Made Tomorrow Morning Auothor steamship to replace the wrecked Santa, Clara will bo put In to sorvico at onco, was tho telegram received last night by Agent A. P. Nott, from President Doe, of tho North Pacific Steamship company In San Francisco. Doflnlto word as to the boat and when sho will arrlvo hero will bo mado tomorrow, stated Mr. Nott. It Is said that oven before tho San- tr- Clara wont ashore the company officials woro then figuring on an other boat and had tried several times to obtain ono. The under standing wna that the Snnta Clara was too Blow nnd unnblo to keop on her sohodiilo except In tho very best of weather and when there wero no delays at tho bars or in the loading and Unloading of cargoes. 1'rli-o or Ships High Inasmuch as tho war In Europo 1ms sent tho prlco of ships "sky high" It was thought that nono other could probably bo obtained at this tlmo and thnt tho llreakwuler inlnht bo rc-pnlrod nnd put back Into Borvlco. Ono of tho company officials n short time ago, while here, said that tho building of n boat by hlg con cern to take tho present route would bo an impossibility becnuso or tho grent oxpenso. Hut ho did my that a crn'ft with as much or. inoro speed than tho Kllburn bad become abso lutely necessary. Must Ho Examined In tho ndvont of another boat tho question as to who shall ho her sltlp- tfier comos up. This Is known now, Mid thnt is thnt until nn examination Is hold, Captain Lofstcdt could not bo nppolntod, but tho bollef horo is that the. accident wns not his fault and that ho may bo appointed skip per Inter. Mr. Nott said this morning thnt tho U. S. Inspectors of steam vessels Win have to mako nn examination. Ho does not know whether tlioy are coming vory soon, though It -Is pos fllblo Hint thoy may bo oil tho Kll burn arriving lioro tomorrow morn ing from Portlnnd. Tho marlno surveyor of, tho Insurance.- copipun foBJ;lmjJ'..notj yot iAit,ldjPdoarhnco and tho" ideal ngonl has roc'olvcil nb solutoly no word as to whether or not ho Is coming. IN Wl COKONEK FHED WILSON IIOWEV Hit MAKES INVESTIGATION Secures Sworn Statements of Officers Crow a"cl Passenger TcIIh of KxtrtiH In Frisco An (linn rv Into t 10 WrCCKlllg Ol tho Santa Clara is being conducted today by Coroner Fred Wilson, wno returned Inst evonlng from San Fran cisco. He is meeting with momhoru of tho crow and tho officers nnd se curing tholr sworn stntemonts ns to fuels rccnrdlntr tho wrecking. Ho says thoro will bo no in'quost." Tho statements ho Bnld today con tain nbout tho same information ns hns nlrendy been published. Thcso may Inter bo submitted to tho U. S. Inspectors of Steamboats In tholr In vestigation. NowbIcb on the streets of San Fran cisco mndo sinall fortunes off extras on tho Santa Clara wrecking tho night of the disaster, said Mr. Wilson. It was San Francisco Day nt tho Exposition and tho grounds woro thronged up until midnight. Every few minutes thoro nppcared extras. Tho peoplo grnbbod them up, crowd ing nbout tho iiowslos fighting for copies. Tho first roports hnd ovoryono nbonrd tho ship drowned. Ho sulci u thrco o'clock in tho morning there woro nlmoBt ns ninny people on the streets ns thcro wero at that tlmo In tho afternoon. Mr. Wilson mild that ho camo in over tho Coos Hay Wagon road und that the machines uuulu very good tlmo through, arriving in Coqulllo nt 3 p. in, yesterday. FOOD KOUIt MKMHKKS OF THE CHEW STILL ADKIFT IN SEAH COUPLE REUNTED tmnvi i u ui-viuuui? iiuKivau .11 urnlinlill It v Mm Not lii Charge of limit. I-:. Ed wards, a steward on tho Santa Clara, 8ii Id today that tho report circulat ed that ho had chrgo of tho 'fourth boat to come ashore from the wreck is erroneous and thnt Second Assis tant Engfneor Swanson hud charge ffl.lll .11.1 -n. nfriAlnit. ii-amI. I.. Iltla' .... ...ft 1VIJ Ut.lWUlll UIIV III blUil capacity. Tlmoa tVIH rt rlni roaiitfa Tomorrow Is the Last Day Tlio observation of GOOD HOUSEKEEPING WEEK mill NATIONALLV ADVEKTISED GOODS WEEK at this Horo will t'loxo tomorrow. Everyono khould make It a point to visit tho More tomorrow, regurdlohs or ulietlier thoy Imvo attended any of tlio other special demonstrations, F. G, Hortoii Villi hao n special ileiuoiiMifitlon of PHEFEHHED STOCK GOODS that will Inloiost i'ery limiMmll'o. F. V, Cattorlin will Imvo a demoustiarloii of tho Hljl) HIIIIJON LINE GOODS. Tliero will aNo Iw ilomoiiMintlons nnd special hlblts of t'AMPItElili'S SOUPS and other lines. ov I Ollivant & Nasburg The Good-Housekeeping Store Second ami Commercial, Marshflold Hon mid most of it will probably bo n total loss. Tho aulf cases Imvo vnl of thpm been' damaged moro or less by tho biilt water, somo of them being tioakod. Several of them havo u! reacy boon broken open. Mcmbors of tho crow found their dunnage and placed it about on im proved clotheslines to dry, getting It ready to stow away whoa thoy leave Irmorrow on tho Kllburn for San Francisco. I In tho advent of a now ship In i all probability tho crow of tho j Santa Clara will bo again given J berths and possibly tho officers , will bo transferred to tho other br r.t. Parcel Post- Damaged Postmaster Hugh McLaln Inspect ed tho parcel post at tho dock this morning. Ho ordered all of tho sacks to bo takon to tho post office wlioro thoy will bo opened nnd tho stuff allowed to dry. Much of It Is bndly damaged, Quit whorovor tho writing on tho packages Is still log- Ible, proper dollvory of them will bo mado. There will bo somo cases In which packages can not bo Identified anil thoso, said Mr. McLaln, will bo held until culled for. All of tho parcels post has not boon taken off and ho was greatly provok ed because- it had not boon taken fiom the wreck tlio day uftor tho , Santa Clara went ashore. t WATERFRONT NEWS t 1 It was announced today that tho I dredgo Seattlo would start for Pu , got Sound tomorrow. A tug boat Is expected in from tho north, though 'It may bo impossible to got out over the bar for Bovorul duys yet. Tho tug Klyhlum is due hero to night from Ilandou to tow tho drodgo Seattle over tho bar. Tho big tug Goliath, of Seattle,' will not como Inside, but will tnko .tho drodgo once sho out in tho open. The Kllburn Is duo horo tomorrow ffrom Portland. FHANTIO HU.SHAM) COMES FHOM HANDON SEEKING WIFE Mih. II. A. Morris Was In Wreck and Word Of Her Safety Failed To iJencli Husband Frantic nt having received no word from his wlfo who was a passongor on tho ill-fated Santa Clara, II. A. 'Morris came hurrying over tho bumpy roads from Dnadon in a spoc lul machine Ho arrived horo to find his wlfo sufo at tho homo of her cous in, Carl Walkor, In this city, suffor ipg from a broken rib. Tho husband hoaved a big sigh of rt-llof whoa ho henrd tho nows and .May Not, bo Found for Wvks Thrco on Passenger List Still Un- accounted for Today In addition to tho 12 known -dead of tho Sautn Clara, tliero wero still, late this afternoon, thrco men on tho passongor list unnccounted for. Thoy are Fred Jones, S. Collin and Q. Allen. However, it Is gonorolly bollovcd that thcso mou camo ashore all right but havo moroly failed to roport thomsolvcs nt -tho steamship office. If they aro still in this vicinity thoy aro requested to Inform A. P. Nott, local ugent, nt onco. HcdlcN Not Found Thoro aro still four bodies thnt havo not boon found. These (lend mombors of tho crow aro John Wei lor, first assistant onglneor, Tom Tollo, foreman, Tom Farrol, mess boy and Itobort Shearer, wlnch drlvor. It Is bollovcd now thnt tholr bodies will bo swopt to tho south by tho current nnd it may bo duys or weoks boforo they aro found, and porhaps, novor. HEAT THE KTOIt.M Tho Hontztown Hard, in his Ualtl moro Sun column sings of storm and tide: "Ride tho tldo and beat tho Btorm, Smllo ut combat, slug with strife; will tnko Mrs. Morris homo with him nenoath tho BBglo bond your form, Mrs. Morris was in tho first boat Faro forth t0 moot tho b,ows of tishoro. Sho was brought un from tho beach to the Schlllerstrom resi dence In North nond nnd thoro cored for. It Is said that word was immo. Malory sent to Mr. Morris at Uandon but this ovidontly failed to roach him and he camo buck as soon as ho could. Anderson Missing OIo Sovorson of Tea Mllo snvs coasldorablo apprehension has boonj felt thoro rogardlng tho safety ofj Andrew Andorson, known thoro ns "Hlg Androw." Anderson wont to Astoria to got married and ho and his wife woro expoctcd to como back on tho Santa Clara. Andorson lost his first wife n yenr or so ago and has sovoral childron. No word has bcon received from him. However Steward Phillips of tho Santa Clarn said that a man and his wlfo failed to got on the Santa Clara nt Astoria and this couple may Imvo been And erson and his brido. lifo. Tho bravo, tho flno, tho strong shall know Tho pulse-beat of a hotter will From mooting fnco to faco tho blow And standing four-Bquaro to It still." 1)11. II. E. KELTV, Dentist, 201 Coko Hldg. Phon0 1 12-J. Times want nds Tiring results. - 10 VESSEL MOVEMENTS Sailed. Yollowstono, San Francisco, a. m., today, Duo Hero. Tug Klyhiam, Uandon) tonight. F. A. Kllburn, Portland, touior row. Duo to Salt Acme, Sail, Frauclscotonlght, (WITAI.V OUSON SAYS HO FEET' ON HAH Capt. U. W. Olson of tho Adeline Smith yesterday sent in a wireless message, soon uftor crossing out, that thirty feet was tho least depth of water ho found on tho bar. This is takon as further confirmation of Capt. Lofs todt's statomont that tho San ta Clara was wrecked by trouble with tho steering gear Instead of by striking on tho tho bar. i Huto your JETTEU heads, bill heads, etc., printed at THE TIMES office. J Is Your Hot Water Bottle Leaky? llow often havo you suddenly needed your hot water bottle only to find it leaky and unfit for uso ? You will not liavo this troublo with tho "Kantleekl! Water Bottle. It fa potitivtly guaranteed, to bo perfect in workmanship and materials. H it shows any imperfections within two years from tho day you buy it, tho manufacturers guarautco w rcpiaco u witaout ciiargc. JLVwATaiaomuJ.x ' nro mado of tho finest Para rubber with triply re-enforced seams and perfectly adjusted stopples that mako leakage impossible. Tho surface is soft and pleasing to tho touch. , ey bottle u full capacity. Various sizes prices no higher than for tho or dinary kind. We aro tho ex clusivo agents. If you will call, wo will gladly 6how you our COmnVtn linn nt rubber goods. HHOWN DHUG COMPANY '. tart.. Choice Stock of New Dress Goods At the Golden Rule WIDE WALE COKDUHOVH, In (In, popular bIiiuIoh. Per yard.,..,,.... loC tO Si niMurli ALL-WOOLtCOATiNG. ' Very Mjrvlceulilo nmictlnl attractive patterns. frlif j. m v. i.:.:.;n.' ... $1.95 to $2,85 iKMNCJI ALL WOOL SEHGES. Hlack, Whlto and Colors, m i'w ia. : 50c Hll-iiich all-wool HATlSTI-2 HLACK. Wlillo and eolorn. Per yard..'.'. OUC Extra values in wldo all-wool , Mv . GAHAHDINES. 1'er yard )i)U CO 1,(5 All tho best Hhadcs In Milk and Wool and A II-Wool j,i Poplins', wldo widths. Per yard pli60 OUH STOCK OF PIECE GOODS IS THE LAIKIKST X) MOST COMPLETE IN COOS COUNTY AND Ol'lt Pm'crs Alt!) THE LOWEST. ' The Golden Rule FIRST NATIONAL BANK BLDG MARSHFIELD Choice Meat? Do You Want, THAT'S THE KIND- WE SUPPLY IN ADDITION TO ,OUH HEGULAH LINE OF PHIMH IW.V.P, POKK.ttD .MU'nVN, WE ALSO MAKE A KI'ECIAMTV OP Choice Pbrk Sausages, Fresh Salmon AND IN 'ACT, EVEHYTHINfS THAT A FHIS'IVCMKS ',' .MEAT MAKKET SUPPLIES J. E. Ford (Sb Co. 174 South B'wny Phone 58-J Union Market VERZON.AUTO LINE to '.. ,- -EMPIRE AND SOUTH SLOUGH Leavo Husy. Corner, Marshflold Leavo Einplro. 10:00 n. in. 8: in a. in. 2:0u p. in. 12:00 noon 0:15 p. m. 4: 1G p. in. AlwayB on Tlmo. Murshfleld Phono 208. Hmplro Phone 5011 T. VEHZON, Proprlelor. Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Co. Dams, Bridges, Buildings. General Construction COMPLETE PLANTS FOR HARBOR WORK Our Coos Bay office has available for Oregon Coast work tho Dredge "Seattle" ttoo iiiotit powerful, host equipped and most thorongld; wn twenty-inch liydruulio dredgo Ik Taclflo wt Main office, Coos Bay office, Marshfield, Oregon. Seattle. Washington. EXPERT WELDING of METALS Steel, brass, cast, iron and aluminum castings matte like new . DEMONSTRATIONS DAILY. Koontz Garage ' Phone 180-J. North Front Street OCEAN BEACH AUTO LINE Gort A Klnir. . ,t Leavo Ma r.sli field at 7 a. in., and returnliiK leaving fi"' ,'1"1 goB, K a. in. Lonvo Mai-bliflcld at 11 a.m. iunl.reHirnli'1.' ,ea" w Sloiiuli at 1 i. in. Leavo Marnhfleld at 1 I. ' ,""1 leavo South Hloiicli at O p. in. Abstracts VOll KUMAHLU AHSTltAOTS OF TITLE AND IN01 - AHOUT 2 COOS BAY R&L ESTATE, See j TITLE GUARANTEE & ABSTRACT C0,lK-; J MAHBHFIELD AND COQUIIXE CITY, OR07DnrriOJrl QKNKRAL AGENTS, EA8T8IDE AND SENGSTlACKKN , AGKNTS FOK CANADIAN PACIFIC KAILHO.Ui " . HENHY SENGSTACKEN. LVNAUt.i GRAVEL Wo o. j x i-. nnAVRT, in u' v ntKw ui. vo are now preparoa to lurnisu uhau" Dric: from pllo in our yard or in carload .lots, at following v From pllo on ground, J2.?B per yard. nn wr y: canoad lots, takea from cars, Iletail Departmast. C A. Smith Lumber & Mf3 Opposite ros.Of!lce. i