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Vice President Writes Letter Expres
ing Desire To Spend Few
Days Here
ACTION IS TAKEN
L. J. Simpson I Ins Been Telegraphed
to Personally Etciul Invitation
to Distinguished Man.
It seems reasonably assured that
Coos Bay will enjoy tho honor of
entertaining Vico-Presldent Fair
banks. Jiidgo Sehlbrcde, ot iuuio..
flold, who is a personal friend of the
Vice-President, extended the latter a
letter of invitation to Coos Day on
hearing that he was booked to visit
Portland. Tho letter printed below
was received in answer.
L. J Simpson, of North 13end, is,
however, In Portland at the present
time, and the Coos Day Chamber of
Commerce wired him la3t night to
meet Mr. Fairbanks and seek to pro
vail upon him to extend his coast
visit to Coos Bay. The following let
ter from the Vice-President is printed
through the courtesy of Judge Sehl
brcde: The Vice-President's Chamber,
Washington.
Indianapolis, Juno 18, 1907.
My Dear Mr. Sehlbrede:
Vour very kind note of the 7th is
received. I thank you for your invi
tation to make you a visit. I cer
tainly would be most happy to do so
if it were reasonably possible. I can
not tell just exactly what disposition
I shall bo able to maice of my time,
but if I find I can visit Coos Day, of
which I have heard so much, I will be
very gla'd to do so, and will so advise
you at the earliest opportunity. I
am not at all optimistic as to my
ability to make the visit. I only in
dulge the hope that I can.
Mrs. Fairbanks' health, I am sorry
to say, Is not such that she can
make the trip to the coast with me.
Sho joins m0 in sending very kindest
regards to Mrs. Sehlbrede and your
self. Very sincerely yours,
CHARLES W. FAIItDANKS.
Mr. C. A. Sehlbrede,
Marshfield, Oregon.
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IJAYWOOIVS COUNSEL OUTLINES
PLEA AND DEFENSE.
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Will EndenvoK lo ShowVimt Orchard
' Murdered Steunenberg For Spite.
Boise, June 24. In an address
that occupied two sessions of tho
, court today, ClaVenceDarroWj oCh
cagoi -outlined to thc JuVyadetalled
plea and defense of Haywood to the
.charge that , he murdered st?,uXen;
berg. In a tfrdad' description it? U Id
be a denial of every material count
In t,ho testimony of prflhrd,, with; f
showing tlidt'Orohard1 killed Stepnenl
berg because of a private grudge bom
of tbo.loss of a rich share ii thpgret
HercuIea'Ard'ine 'and explanations" ofJ
the independent qlrcumstances that
tend to connect the three co-defendants
with Orchard's life and opera
tions. The defense will call tho first
witness tomorrow morning and prom
ises unless tnecross-exa'minalioniis
exceptionally long to make all its
proof in seven 'or eht cou.rt. days. , j
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COOS RIVER NEWS
Mrs. E. S. Bessey of South Coos
River, who has been suffering from
an attack of sciatic rheumatism Is
improving, and it is hoped sho will be
woll again soon.
Mr. Norris V. Morgan, a son of W.
H. Morgan, of Daniel's Creek, ar
rived homo a fow days ago from
Philomat's College, where he i3 n
student. Ho will spend tho summer
vacation on tho Bay.
Dorothy and Theodore, the two
small children of EU,T. Coffolt, are
quite Blck with whooping cough.
Miss Luella Hodaon has been visit
ing for the past week on South Coos
River at the homes' of her uncles, W,
F. and K. R. Hodson.
s- After Four Thousand Mile Journey J jgjsg w&.
AgainstTime Children Will s 'tJfe.
Find Father Corpse ( VgX A r
TWO OTHER DEATHS IfW
CIce Jennings Buried Sunday
James Fielder's Funeral
To-Dayi
After a four thousand-mile life and
death race across the American con
tinent, the slaughter and son-in-law
of the late Thomas Besanti will, on
reaching Coos Day by stage today,
learn that grim Death is tho victor.
Thomas Besanti was taken to the
Mercy Hospital some tim8 ago and
last week his condltjon became so
serious tl.at the two children were
telegraphc-1 for. They left for Coos
Day Juno 15 expecting to see their
father before he passd away. Ho
died last Saturday and tho bodyjs
being hold at the Lewis Undertaking
Parlors until the arrival of the trav
elers. At 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon the
body of the late Cleve Jennings, who
was shot aboard the steamer Alliance
at Astoria about ten days ago, was
burled from the Lewis Undertaking
Parlors, Rev. D. W. Thurstoiv offi
ciating. A great many friends of tho
deceased were present at the burial
which was held in the Marshfield
cemetery.
Coroner Dr. E. Mingus held an
inquest yesterday afternoon at the
Lewis Undertaking Parlors over the
body of tho late James Fielder, who
came to his death Saturday afternoon
by accidentally falling in front of a
moving train on the Coos Bay-Rose-burg
and Eastern Railway and Navi
gation Company tracks near tho
Deavor Hill coal mine. About ten
witnesses of the accident were ex
amined. Tho funeral will be held from tho
chapel this afternoon at 2 o'clock,
W. R. F. Drowno officiating at the
chapel while the Redmen will have
charge at tho cemetery, the Eagles
also being in attendance in a body.
It is requested that the members of
both lodges bo present. '
,k 'WILL .RESIGN
Oregon's Star Publicity Agent To
Embark -In Private Business
i A . vtoibJE."! A
.roruanu, June z. rno most
startling announcement made'at the
a)s3lon'r bt "life .QfggoTTjqqpjeiif'
ieaguo oy xom menarason, secretary
and treasurer pf the league, and pub-'
l(city maagenjif JtlTe Porlan(jJ gm-
mercial Club, that it is his intention
to retire from public exploitation
work on tho first of tho year and de
vote the rest of his timo to private
business p.ursults. This announce
ment came fop a surprise,, fqrjbijtyej'y
fow of Mr. Richardson's close per
sonal, friend,: were awnrpjot hjs. In
tention to' roslgn'hls position in the
publlqity, propaganda of Oregon.
Tho .third annual.convonlon 6i'he
Oregon Development League opened
this morning, with a good represen
tative attendance of enthusiastic
boosters from all parts of tho state
Tho opening session was marked with
tho earnestness of tho'sovho elo?
quently urged efforts looking to tho
building of a great nnd grander
"state in population, wealth and com
merce. TUG ROBARTS DUE.
Tho tug Robarts Is duo at this port
to receive a cargo of general mer
chandise. SCHOONER RU11V ARRIVES.
The schooner Ruby arrived rt the
Prosper Mill, Coqnllle river, Satur
day, where shi is loading lumber for
shipment south.
LET CONTRACTS
FOR GIANT SHIPS
"Dreadnoughts" of U. S. Wavy to
be Constructed at Cost $10,-
000,000 Each.
Washington, D. C. Tho Nowport
News Shipbuilding Company, with
one bid at $3,987,000, and the Four
River Shipbuilding Company of Quln
cy, Masa, with a bid of $4,377,000,
were the successful bidders today for
building the big 20,000-ton battle
ships. The bidding brought together the
largest company of shipbuilders and
others interested in naval construc
tion that had been seen In the Navy
Department for many months. The
bidding was necesarlly complex, the
builders availing themselves of the
departments permissioriUo submit all
sorts of combinations and alterna
tive plans. These included straight
bids upon the standard type with re
ciprocating engines, original build
ers' designs and combinations of the
department's hull plans with turbine
engine, some with and some without
separate cruising turbines.
The Newport News Company alone
submitted no less than seven plans,
and they were generally the lowest
at all points and with all combina
tions. Dlds wore also open for supplying
the armor needed for tho two J)Ig
battleships. For tho armor, which
13 divided Into four, classes, upon the
basis, of tho difficulty of the shapes
required, the Midvale Steel Company
appeared to be the" lowest 1)ldder for
the largest class, namely f$5 fconjs
of class A, at $410 per ton. 'Fofl&f
tons of armor in class D, th0 Carne
gie and Betlileham companies ecU
bid
bid
.fiitfp -pertoh; jwh'Uc the Midvalfe' vthuWioit .the lWlKoLJ
'waVMltf: FbWoVtonsofVlass' I Voltiargfvecffecl
C, theL Carnegiej and Bethloham com
D armdr, Bethloham bid S400. Mid-
faJPjPf arjij jpdrnogio submluetPbj
"Dreadnoughts,'' or whaharo
daily knbttrt 'asVattl&minsTNbs.
offi
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and 20, are each to bo of approxi
mately 20,000 .tons displacement:
HW" mo&W
$o,uuu,uuu, exclusive of armor and
armamentt The total cost of each
0HPieSajj3stt5ba) tO
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Responsive to tho actions of the
Navy Department and in accordance
with tho instructions to the Naval
Board on Construction. thArn wore
submitted., f tvrlouBjn deligns-v and
sketches for tho proposed vessels
frpmhjpbulhjors and -.naval, con
structors. These were' In turn sub
mitted to fy Naval Gommittco onDe
felgii,, tho hea'd Tof twhlchi!was Asslit-J
ant Secretary Newberrv. which board
reppred, tbathe, DQ-foJtdos)fenfph
the Bureau of' Construction (with
officers' quarters forward) was tho
most suitable.
This -board cave, an oninlon that a
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vessel constructed on this , design
would carry ao heavy armor and as
powerful armament a3 any known
vessel of this class; would havq a
speed believed to bo tho highest prac
ticable for a vessel of this typo and
class and have tho highest practicable
readiness of action, with a total coal
bunker capacity of about 2300 tons,
a speed on trial of 21 knots, a length
on the load water ilne of about CIO
feet and an extreme breadth of about
S5 feet 2 Inches.
Tho armament la to be composed
as follows: Main battery, ten 12
lnch rifles; second battery, fourteen
Now Orleans Times-Democrat.
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to im SIUSLAW
Cottage Grove People Would Have
Connection With Pacific
Ocean.
The Cottage Grove Western, Oregon
In a four-column article In its last
Issue urges upon the people of Lane
county the Importance of uniting for
construction of a railroad to Sluslaw
harbor, and among other things
says:
"Tho crying neod of the fair state
of Oregon at this time Is that of ad
ditional transportation facilities. It
would be hard to find a man in the
State, oven among railroad men, who
would not acquiesce in this state
ment. "The route to tho Sluslaw out of
Cottage Grove is a most logical one.
It would be with little difficulty that
west of this city and into tho Sluslaw
country. From that point it would
bo a down grade proposition.
"It has been conservatively esti
mated by engineers of repute that
the cost of construction on this route
will bo no greater than that of other
roads in Oregon and not so great as
many. A more fertile country can
not be found. A greater future pro
ducer of manufacturing "products
cannot be" found in tho West. "
5-inch rapid fire guns, four 3-nound
saluting guns four l-pounder semi
automatic guns, two, 3-inch field
pieces, two machine guns,' cllber '30;
twp submerged torpedo tubes.
The hulls-of the vcsscis 'are to-be
,pprtectea-by t aA wAtdr-lIriqbltf ,
armoreight fcetr Yrf width, whoi
so
maximum thickness is eleven inches,
and whose cross-section Is. uniform
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.t no. tin 1.
ivepdf
tection to the boilers, machinery jind
rma
izjnefspaces,5andj niotit impbrlj-.
of-all1 for-yessbTs ofMhiS 'tyu.Q,
whose centers of gravity jiro necessar
OK; Vfy -WshaffOTdB ifahcpnnectH
iWiheicrfsenVae;airmoVVfcxt6nll1
nectlon
ivb-
tin conditions. The sfde abavo tho
melf.horrejerl $$ifr& ;
Inches wide and of a maximum thick-
Sess of ten inches. tTho armor -J
throughout, and In length Is onl;
slightly less than that of the main
water-line bell armor. Above tho
main casemate armor, amidships, tho
side is covered by nrmor five inches
Jntfilckb-ichradqnrjotetipp
to tho smoke pipes, the majpr portion
otho secondary battery of) flve-lnch
guns'nnd -the hull structure.' ' -
-Tho arrangement of the main bat
tm BUnffJlsJVj.bojsu'chjntt to'poVjnlt'n?
broadside firo of 25 per cent greater
thanjthat o;(tb? broadside tf any
known oattloshlp built. Tho aver
age elevation of tho axis of thc30
suns Is expected to be greater than
thatXofr any battleship built, thun af
fording a distinct ailvantago .ln)7long
weather. Tho nrangomont of tho Interior
will bo such as to glvo the maximum
ilegrco of protectlo'n to all 'vital por
tions of tho ship by means' of un
usually cffcctlvo compartmcntal sub
divisions. Tho actual total weight of hull
and armor In tho proposed designs
for the ships is approximately 3000
tons greater than the largest battle
ship so far built. Tho design con
templates an arrangement for tho
Installation of reciprocating or tur-
blno machinery. 1
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President of Telegraphers' Union
Will Appeal on Grounds That
National Business Suffers
MACKAY TELEGRAPHS
Condemns Action of Emplojc Says
Company Will Stand Out Re
gardless of Cost.
Oakland, Cal., Juno 24. President
Small, of the Telegraphers Union, an
nounced this afternoon that ho would
ask aid of tho United States Govern
ment for a settlement of the strike.
He said he would appeal to President
Roosevelt and members of the Cabi
net to Intercede on account of the
transaction of buslnss of national Im
portance being Interfered with bo
cause of tho strike. President Small
asserts when the intervention is made
by the President and Cabinet offi
cials it will b0 learned that tho strik
ing telegraphers are in no wise to
blame for the strike.
A telegram received from Clarence
H. Mackay, president of the Postal
Telegraph Company by General Sup
erintendent Storrer in San Francisco
reads: "While deeply regretting the
situation, I feel that our men in aban
doning their positions wero unmind
ful and heedless of their duty to the
public and the company nnd are
guilty of unwaranted action. We
shall take a Arm stand in dealing
with tho situation, and wo are deter
minedw to win regardless of tho cost.
With this in view I hereby approve
and confirm tho Instructions given
you by the general manager, in addi
tion thereto you aro authorized to
say to your loyal men who stand by
us in our difficulty: "All operators
will be paid their regular srlary as
bonus and their services will bo com
puted as extra on tho basis of seven
hours per day or night."
"Should you deem it wiso to do so
you may also furnish free meals and
lodging until wo return to our normal
condition." It is almost a duplicate
of what tho Western Union has of
fered and been rejected. Small said
todo.y Jie wanted his men to bo pre
pared for a three weeks' strike if
necessary, although there Is strong
fooling that thot strike will not last
over a week, as operators are so
scarqq. ,. . . ,H
t"Thp tfmeOfc'now come when ac
tion should be taken by tho people
of Cottago Grovo and Lane county to
the endUb'nt ther natural waterways
may' f ho fop&JeH o l'iTicdijRcnljmcc
of interior Oregon's manufactured
productg. .)2yery lndlyldiial clqlmiug
LaXo county ias homo snouldi ue,como
Interested in this vital matter. We
may allf pf legislation asa saf.
guavd against discriminatory trans-,
portatlon methods from now until the
oat or less.'oxlent,
tho greatest humbler of railroad arro
gance apdithijfta conefyive. trans
portation line, of such J magnitude
thnt nacli ono find Itself in a position
to asktfor busjnessavox ite respectf,
Ivo lino ihste'adiof-"Avavng Mt asidof
when business comes a-begging, with
tho hand accustomed to the looting
of the shipper's pocket.
"There arc other routes to tho SIu-
slaws For instance, tho rautg from
Jun'c'tibn ' Olty,'' rand' Ylk'ewlsb, 'tile
direct routo out from Eugqne. In
thp' matter, p.fr tho Junction JJHyjrouto
no one will deny its importance to
La,ip ,county , This ( routjq" , extends
west'of Junction City, touching the
Long Tom country, then lto tho Lako
,t .. .-..! '."iii'j .r 'iAiif.ri.-
jori-un uuuiry,'uiuii uuwii mm cicuiw
a trbltitnry to tho Sluslaw, striking
tho Sluslaw river at a point some
twenty miles above tidewater. Should
a "ipad go qiit of Junction City, it
would traverse a picturesque and for
tllo part of Lano county, but so far
as tho routo Is concerned it would
not bo as practical as tho ono of
which mention has been made above,
neither would it tap a moro product
ive country, while tho survpy would
probably bo considerably lengthened
Tho route directly out of Eugene Is
not a practical routo, and should a
starting point bo made of Eugene, In
all probability tho survey would ab
sorb olthor tbo Junction City route
of the direct route from Cottage
Grove.
Eighty Indictments Loaded On the
Shoulders of Former Boss
of San Francisco
MORE BRIBE CHARGES
Oftlcials Now Under Ran of Law Seek
to Have Indictment
Set Aside.
San Francisco, June 24. Six of
tho corporation and city officials aro
under indlcement for bribery. Presi
dent Calhoun, General Manager Mul
lally, Chief Counsel Tlrey L. Ford,
Assistant Counsel Abbott, of United
Railroads; Vice-President Glass, of
Pacific States TcIephon0 & Telegraph
Company, and Mayor Schmltz,
through their attorneys, made deter
mined efforts today to have Superior
Judge Lawlor set aside the Indicct
ments against them on the grounds of
technical errors.
After two sessions of the court had
been consumed in a presentation of
evidence in support of their conten
tions the hearing adjourned until to
morrow aftcrnoor. Abraham Ruef,
late in tho afternoon was called to
answer to twenty-eight of tho eighty
odd Indictments charging him with
tho bribery of municipal officials;
fourteen are In connection with tho
gas rate deal and fourteen are In
connection with tho issuance of tho
trolley franchise to the United Rail
roads. Ruef, through his attorney,
moved to set aside tho indictments oi
grounds similar to those urged by th
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other defendants. Tho motion was
set for a hearing Thursday.
UNION PAOTC
TO BURN WEEDS
How to rid its right of way of
weeds so tall, rank and troublesome
as to lintorfero with operation of
trains, has been solved on tho Union
Pacific railroad by tho invention of a
machino that does tho work of 300
men a day. The now gasoline weed
burnor turned out by the Omaha
shops of tho Harrlman road covers
twenty-flvo miles in 12 hours, whllo
heretofore it lias required a ganjj of
10 men, working a full day, to cut
tho weeds from a single mile of
track.
Tho weed burner Is built cntjrojy
of steel, with regulation trucks. At
pnJiid jig')1 gasoline onglno, Used
for propelling ho car and pumping
tho air which forces gasoline to, the
bjurjiprs 3Jroau"V(s JoJit , near I tho
ground. When at work tho Weed
Jiurnor. Tuns three or four miles an
i6i?Tuut,jban iipftuo a speed of from
12 to 1C miles, and is handled p
th0 road" under regular train or4ers.
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AT SMITH MILL
Gives 'Establishment Effective tFire
v Protection--Holds.7,000,000 t
&-' Gallons 'of-Water
A Mereen, general superintendent
of (ned. Ai'SmllniMIIl, states that
the largo reservoir for furnishing
fresh water for thp,' boilers and flro
fighting pumps at tho mill will bo
fin'sjlod;, about July 15. Thjs reser
voir 'will hold ,000,000 gallona ot
water and tho purap3 connected with
ft' for 'fire 'fighting-'pucposca! rtru pacTi
capable of throwing 1,000 gallons per
mlnuto. In addition, there are two
pumps for foedlng tho bollrj, pach
hnvlng a capacity of 900 gallons per
mlnuto. Tho latter are larir than
any purap3 ever used on C003 Bay.
Ono ot tho two largo scow3 which
havo been under course of construc
tion at tho C. A. Smith Mill for tho
past month was launched yeiterday.
Tho scow measures 30 by 80 foot, and
will carry 150,000 feet of lumber.
It will bo used principally In carry
ing lumber from the mill to the local
retail yards. A twin scow will be
completed In a short time.
C. A. Smith will probably nrrlvo
on next trip following the present ona
of the steamer M. F, Plant.
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