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VOL. I
TILE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1007
No. 238
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IDAHO'S GOVERNOR
RECEIVES
fear at Boise That Pettibone, Moyef and
Haywood Trial Will Result in Some
Violence Will Begin Soon
Boise, Idaho, May 2. Counsel for
the prosecution and defense In the
Steunenberg case have now settled
down to the final preparatory work,
and there Is every reason to believe
that the trial of William Haywood,
the first of the accused men, will be
opened Thursday next. Various re
ports as to the moves tending to de
lay the trial further are In circula
tion, but the attitude of both sides
Indicates that they are ready to go
to the bar for trial. The only pre
liminary proceedings pending is a
motion by the defense for a bill of
particulars of evidence by which the
slate hopes to show Haywood con
spired in the murder of Steunenberg.
This motion is designed to disclose
the hand of the state, and will be ar
gued Monday next. This Is not likely
to delay the trial, as under the Idaho
code the requiring of bills of partic
ulars is discretionary with the court,
and, it is asserted, no right of appeal
is provided.
Boise seems to grow in interior
placidity as the date for opening the
trials approaches. Officials and the
state's counsel, and men who lead in
the walks of life generally, have
reached the point where they refuse
to discuss the case publicly and on
the streets, stores and hotels present
no scenes foreign to the routine of a
day's work. Under the surface of the
calm there is a strong undercurrent
of apprehension and nervousness.
Violence is an ever present fear. The
position of the prisoners, their activi
ties during the years of the bitter
labor warfare, their arrest and re
moval from Idaho, the rallying of
thousands of worklngmen to their
support, and the radical propaganda
SALOON IS
HELD UP
Bold Robbers Get A Thousand
Dollars In Salt Lake Cit
Resort.
JEWELRY AND MONEY
Stolen From Men Who Huppcned to
Be in tho Place at the
Time.
Salt Lake, May 2. Three men
wearing handkerchiefs over the lower
part of their faces and armed with
big revolvers tonight held up James
McLerney'and two other men in the
Onyx Bank saloon In the heart of the
business district and secured money
and jewelry worth about fl,000.
The holdup occurred about 10
o'clock, while the streets were crowd
ed with people. Two of the robbers
stood the inmates up while a third
guarded the door. One of the victims
was a man employed in a local bank.
They got all his money and took his
watch, but returned the latter when
he told them it was a gift from his
mother.
BUYS RESTAURANT.
Preston Wyatt Pnrcliases
the Now
England Kitchen.
Preston Wyatt, colored, who has
been cook at tho New England
Kitchen, has purchased the place,
from Mrs. E. W. Schrock, and In
tends to have it entirely remodeled.
He will endeavor to run a strictly
up-to-date restaurant and will keep
it open at all hours, which is a new
departure for this place. Heretofore i
It has been closed at night. )
J. F. Du'rkeo & Sons have charge
of the carpenter work on the Interior
of the restaurant.
THREAT:
undertaken' in their behalf, together
with the Intense feeling against the
Mine Owners Association, have
served, rightly or wrongly, to make
the case, in the minds of many, a
contest between capital and labor
rather than a trial of a murder
charge.
Few believe Moyer, Haywood or
Pettibone, or their friends or men
affiliated with unionism, would coun
tenance acts of violence, but there is
a general fear that from the ranks
of radicalism there may come a man
or men desperate enough to attempt
assassination.
Letters threatening every form of
violence are pouring into Boise, and
most of these are directed to Gover
nor Gooding, who is largely to bear
the brunt of all that this celebrated
case invites.
Another man similarly marked is
Harry Orchard, alleged to be the as
sassin hired by the three prisoners,
and whose alleged confession Is the
basis of 'the case. Calculating men
here look at the witness chair In tho
county court house and tell you Or
chard will die in it. They tell you,
too, that if he were turned out of
prison tomorrow his body woula be
found within a week. This same ap
prehension offers a stumbling block
to securing a jury. And again, as
this has been a man killing country,
and under the shadow of a strong
suspicion that there may be avenging
murders, there is an Idea In the
minds of some that it may be diffi
cult to secure twelve men, oven In
this country of courageous and self
reliant men, who, assuming that the
state establishes Its case, will return
a verdict of guilty.
ARE FOUND
NOT GUILTY
f
Tom and James Baxter Acquitted on
The Charge of Murdering
James foster.
MYSTERIOUS LETTERS
Play an Important Part in Determin
ing the Verdict Which
Is Returned.
Portland, Ore., May 2. A special
to the Oregonian from Kalania says
that Tom and James Baxter, accused
of the murder of James Foster, were
acquitted tonight by a Jury in the su
perior court. The mysterious letters
from Spokane played an Important
part, it Is said, in Influencing the jury
to acquit.
Eggs Como In.
Fifty dozen eggs were Bhipped yes
terday from Empire to Marshfield
dealers.
WEATHER FORECAST.
The weather forecast for to
day follows: Oregon, Wash
ington and Idaho, generally
fair.
LOCAL WEATHER.
The local weather for yester
day, as reported by Dr. Mlngus,
tho Marshfield observer, fol
lows: Highest 55 degrees
Lowest 43 degrees
O p. m , .51 degrees
Wind in southwest. .Cloudy.
GIVES $6,000
DAMAGES
Jury Returns Verdict Against Beaver
hill Coal Company in Frairs
Case.
WAS BADLY INJURED
While nt AVoi-k in the Mine, mid
Claimed to He Perma
nently Hurt.
(Times Special Service.
Coquille, Ore., May 2. The jury in
the case of Fred Frairs, who sued tho
Beaver Hill Coal company for $10,
000 damages for personal injuries,
returned a verdict today, after being
out several hours. The jury gave the
plaintiff damages in the sum of $6,
000. The plaintiff was represented
by Attorneys Blake and Liljeqvist.
The lawyers for the defense were
Sherman and Coke.
The next case taken up was that of
Albert Abel against the Coos Bay,
Roseburg and Eastern railway. The
plaintiff was Injured while working
on the road, and claims to be per
manently hurt. He wants $12,500
damages.
A. A. C0URTENAY
COME TO COOS BAY
Is
here to Help His Son in Estab
lishing Their New
Mill.
A. A. Courtenay, who has been in
Portland for the past several weeks
looking after that end of his mill
business, arrived in the city yester
day to -help his son out in the busi
ness at this end of the line. The
construction work on the new mill
and wharves has been going on as
rapidly as possible, and will continue
until the mill is ready for operation.
The foundation piles for the new mill
are all in, and the building itself will
soon begin to loom up.
Mr. Courtenay has had a great deal
of preparatory work to do before the
actual building of the mill proper
could be started at all. Conditions
are such owing to thedistance from
town" that bunk' houses, dining rooms
and such other outbuildings as were
needed to house men had to be con
structed at once.
RECEIVING CONTRIBUTIONS.
Some Are Already Giving to the Li
brary Movement.
The library committee announces
that in a few days it will probably
be able 'to announce quite a list of
persons who have contributed toward
the library fund. Tho committeo for
several weeks has been busily en
gaged in getting subscriptions. Al
though the members of tho commit
tee have not yet started a general
canvass, they have met with good
success and feel assured that they
will receive encouragement on all
sides.
ST. LOUIS NEWSPAPERS
SUSPEND
Strike of Pressmen
The Big PublishersSome At
tempt to Print Small Editions
St. Louis, May 2. Employes of tho press rooms of the Globe-Democrat,
Post-Dispatch, Republic and Stur-Chronlcle declared a strike to
day. No edition of the Post-Dispatch was Issued today. The pressman
demand un increase of from $3.07 to $0, and the assistants from $2.75 to
94. The publishers say tho strike violates tho arbitration contracts by
which the pressmen are bound. The papers ure endeavoring to get out
small editions in the morning, but publication ut an early hour is uncer
tain. The Republic is trying to get out u small paper with tho business
manager In charge of the press room. The Globe-Democrat issued an
early country edition, but announced later that it would issue no more
editions unless a settlement was effected.
WOMAN IS
CONVICTED
"Baroness" De Massy Found Guilty
Of Manslaughter In New
' York.
SHE DENIED KILLING
)
Gustavo Simon .Last November, but
Admitted Quarreling With Mnu
Before the Shooting.
New York, May 2. "Baroness"
Anisla Louise De Massey, a pattern
designer, tried for killing Gu&
tive Simon, a shirtwaist manufactur
er, was today convicted of man
slaughter In the first degree with a
recommendation of mercy. Simon
was shot in his office November 19.
Madame Massey denied the shooting,
although admitting having quarreled
with him over a bill a few minutes
before the shooting occurred.
BODY BROUGHT HOME.
The body of tho late B. F. Tupper,
who died a few days ago in Portland,
was brought to this city yesterday on
the steamer Alliance, and will bo
taken from here to Myrtle Point,
where it will be buried today. The
body was accompanied by Mrs. B. F.
Tupper and daughters.
PLEASED AVITII PLACE.
Mr. Vogan, president of the Mod
ern Confectionery company, of Port
land, who has been in tnis city and
in the Coquille valley for the past
week or ten days, will return to Port
land on the Alliance today. Mr. Vo
gan was much surprised at many
things he saw on the bay and vicin
ity, and the progress that is being
made in a business way. He was
a.lio Impressed with the class of,peo.-,
pie he met, remarking that they were
much younger business men as a rulo
than is common In Portland or other
places on the coast.
VISITING ON THE BAY.
W.
L. Thomdyke, of St. Johns, Is in
MarshfU'ld.
W. L. Thorndyke, of St. John,
Ore., and former city recorder of that
place, is in Marshfield. He is look
ing over the Coos Bay country, and
will go to Myrtle Point this morn
ing. Mr. Thorndyke is an old news
paper man, and formerly lived In Col
orado. He was pleased with Coos
Bay, and expressed himself as be
lieving that there is a great future
for the place.
MARKET IS TAME.
The local retail and wholesale
market is tame, and has been so for
several days. The only change yes
terday of note was a five-cent decline
in butter, both creamery and dairy.
This drop was not unexpected, as
there is bound to bo a decline as the
season advances and the creameries
get under full way. They are not yet
manufacturing to capacity, but will
as soon as they can get plenty of
cream.
Creamery butter now retails at 40
cents and dairy at 35 cents.
PUBLICATION
Cause Trouble for
MEXICO IS TAKING
WARLIKE
Relations With Guatemala Are Strained
and Army of Ten Thousand Men
in Readiness on frontier
Washington, May 2. Strained relations between Mexico and Guate
mala over the failure of the latter to surrender for trial in Mexico Gen
eral Tlnia, charged with complicity in tho assassination of President
Harrillas, is a matter of grave concern here. If Guatemala finally re
fuses to extradite Iilm, 1 ,()()() Mexican troops now on the Guatemalan
frontier will be maintained and diplomatic relations severed.
BASEBALL SCORES.
O
Pacific Coast League.
Los Angeles, May 2. Los
Angeles, 5; Oakland, 4.
San Francisco, May 2. San
Francisco, 4; Portland, 7.
Northwest League.
Seattle, May 2. Seattle, 6;
Spokane, 10.
Aberdeen, May 2. Aberdeen,
3; Tacoma, 4.
JAPS GIVEN A
GREAT RECEPTION
General Kuroki and Party Well Re-
cclveil by the People of
Seattle.
Seattle, May 2. General Kurokl
and Btaff arrived here from the Ori
ent this afternoon. They received a
royal and picturesque welcome from
both local apanese and Americans,
who crowded every dock on the wa
ter front and lined the streets as tho !
Japanese party passed through in a
string of automobiles. This after
noon the Japs were taken on a sight
seeing trip around the city. Tonight
they were banqueted at tho Rainier
club, at which Governor Mead and
other prominent men were present.
CUBAN MATTER
NOT SERIOUS
Alleged Trouble Between Police and
Sailors Not Yet Entirely Sifted
Down.
Havana, May 2. In the absence
of further details concerning tho re
ported attack by tho police of Santi
ago upon a United States sailor, the
authorities are unable to throw any
light upon the affair. The only re
port received was from the governor
of Oriente who merely said all was
quiet and that the authorities had
taken precaution against further dls
oders. Ho asked Commander Tap-
pan not to allow sailors ashore at
night. Governor Magoon told the
Associated Press that he considered
the affair a mere brawl, Incident to
payday. This opinion is shared by
General Barry.
Mayor Mesa of Santiago told the
Associated Press that a brawl had
occured early Sunday In a disorderly
house which resulted In a conflict
between tho police and sailors but
was not serious. He said that he
could hardly credit tho report that
tho police had wantonly attacked tho
sailors. The mayor said the sailors
were usually well behaved, and that
cordial relation exists between them
and the citizens and the police. Po
lice Captain Laya, who Is alleged to
have led the attack on the sailors,
the mayor declares, is an officer of
long service and excellent record,
and it was most unlikely that ho
would resort to violence except in
an extreme emergency. Mesa de
clared that should Uie police be
found guilty of attacking the sailors
he would Inflict summary punish
ment. Albany, N. Y May 22. Otto Ker
sey, superintendent of Insurance,
whom Governor Hughes recommend
ed to be dismissed, was confirmed In
the o ill ce by the senate tonight by a
vote of 2G to 24. Party ties were
badly split.
POSITION
ROAD PROM
EUREKA HERE
Southern Pacific and Sante Fe An
nounce The Extension Which
Is Planned.
NEW COAST ROUTE
Will Bo Created by Tills Joint Lino
When It Id Com
pleted. The Portland Journal contained
the following regarding the an
nouncement of the building of a rail
road from Coos Bay to Eureka:
"San Francisco, April 30. When
the directors and nominal stockhold
ers of tho Northwestern Pacific met
yesterday in Secretary Wllllcut's of
fice in tho Flood building and voted
to mortgage the property for $35,
000,000 and sell In New York, It was
merely a formality in obedience to
the orders of President E. H. Harrl
man of tho Southern Pacific and
President Ripley of the Santa Fe,
who are the real controlling owners
of tho property and Its proposed ex
tensions. "Tho important fact to the people
to be served by this road 1b that its
owners lntond to make a comprehen
sive extension into new territory, and
that the suspiciously large valuation
on which the bonds are to be issued
Is based on the joint reports of tho
Southern Pacific and Santa Fe engi
neers as to tho value of the completed
system which is to bo constructed
with tho proceeds of the bond Issue.
"It is not often that Chief Engi
neer Hood of tho Southern Pacific ad
mits any plans that are not already
public Information, but today he de
clared that tho company's engineers
had run surveys to Eureka up along
the coast to Marshfield on Coos Bay,
and that men were out recollecting
the data of those surveys, as the rec
ords were destroyed in the big fire.
"Hood also announced that tho
lino was being built westward from.
Drain, on the Shasta route, to Win
chester bay, about thirty miles north
of Marshfield, to which a Southern
Pacific extension Is also bolng built,
"These proposed roads and sur
veys, Indicating the connection be
tween Eureka and Marshfield, are ad
mitted to bo a part of tho plan of ex
tension in addition to the building of
tho 105-mile gap between willltts
and Pepperwood on the run from
Tiburon to Euroka. These new lines
will add 400 miles to the Northwcst
ern's trackage.
NEW BANKER. HERE.
A. II. Mason Will Bo Connected With
Local Institution.
A. B. Mason, who for tho past
soven years has been connected with
tho First National Bank of Portland,
arrived In this city yesterday to tako
up his duties In tho local First Na
tional Bank.
Owing to the rapid growth in busi
ness In the local bank In the past
year It was found necessary to se
curo the services of an experienced
banker. Mr. Mason Is considered ono
of tho best men for this place that it
was possible to socure, and will be a
valuable help to Cashier McFarland.
Mr. Mason's wife and two children
accompanied him to this city.