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iff SBE.V .A" Daily Edition USE TIMES WANT ADS zu MEMBER OP ASSOCIATED PRESS. VOL II. MARSHFIELD, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1907. No. 33. il TijAcOCXTOax 1 i mi ju. mtt ti-1 '-qjjLii.iwim I uj-mjmiL-iia-j ji.iyiw fl BRINGS UK FREIBHT 0AB00 Several of Breakwater Ctew Quit Posts George S. Owens FiYsjHBfficer. EDGAR SJJVIPSON 2ND MATE Thhd Ofllcer Xot Appollj it! by Cap- tain Mncseun Sti Tor Better I'os, Tho Breakwater calho into bay vcsterilay morning ut two o'c! and stopped at North Bend for ml loading. Slio pulled up to Marshl field later in tne day ana was loading here during the remalm of the day. The hoat brought immense load of freight, anurtint iag to 550 tons. She will BoMrtoday from North Bend, Wvljmvtfiter the Flyer has connected TPflmMarshflold with passengers at three o'clock, The boat lost several of Its ere: on this trip, among them bewTg Lionel FItzmaurice, first mate; airs. Smith, stewardess, and J. LomWfrdo, steward. FItzmaurice goes Jp his home In San Fijanciseo. My? Smith likewise, will return to Sffn Fran cisco. Lombarup was offered a bet ter paying position bythe Matson Navigation compaajvwhoso boats ply between San Francisco and lino. Hawaiian Islands, lie takes ti stewardship of tho Hllonian, onejfcf the best boats owned by that com pany. These vacancies were filled as tol lows: Steward, S. Teniploton, of Portland; stewardess, Mrs. Fisher, of Tortland; Second Mate Geo. S. Owens is raised to the first offlce, and Edgar Simpson is moved from third place to second, while Captain Macgenn has not yet decided who he will appoint third ofllccr. The following passengers came in on the Breakwater: W. F. Bowser, W. B. Hulett, Father Donnelly, Miss Gamble, Miss Ida Gamhle, A. Johnson, O. Parson, G. -Linden, Jno. Linden, C. Anderson, M. Anderson, A. Skoglund, G. S. Skoglund, V. Verney, R. Perkins. A. Larsen, C. Brenholm, H. Brown, H. Olsen, E. Lunaberg, E. Soder blum, A. Bereson, E. Bergstrand, A. Olsen, S. Davis, M. A. McLaggen, E. Ruschert, G. Edlund, A. Carlson, J. L. Quinn, E. G. McDonald, D. C. Gib son, Mrs. Murray, C. D. Wahns, H. Lages, J. II. Ording, J. R. Hurd, N. Hurd, . Belangcr, Mrs. Iloben, Miss Hohen, Mrs. Sibiar, J. A. Ward and wife, R. H. Brown, D. Brown, M. Burner, L. Oddy, H. R. Hahn, W. J. Anderson, A. Girth, J. Borchard, J. Overnler, J. Woodman, F. Weeks, J. E. Edmunds, H. Evans, I -3. Ortchla, I Lundwlck, L. II. Bau, Mrs. Dl3 hrow, Miss Dlsbrow, Miss A. Dis lirow, I. Weeks, I. Enllch, E. Rones, E. Springer, E. Schooner, D. McNalr and wife, Father Curly, Mrs. Wall, M. Insley, W. IL.Corbett, Mrs. Fish, Miss Fish, F. M. Rummell, F. W. Wood, W. H. Kennedy, E. D. McAr thur, W. Layton, Miss Badly, Jno. Kollock, P. II. Soule, G H. Coombs, A. E. Dlmmick, L. J. Cody, W. Lapp, F. M. Smith, Charles Lee. WHEAT CARRYING SHIP POSTED AS OVERDUE Dundonald Fails To Enter Port 10 Days After She Is Duo At San Francisco. San Francisco, Aug. 13. It is now believed that the British ship Dun donald, which for some time has been posted as overdue, has been lo3t at sea. Tho Dundonald carried a cargo of wheat February 1G and has never been heard from since. The avoragS time on the passage Is 132 days and the Dundonald has been out 175 days. Friday night eight vessols were on the list posted as overdue and four moro name.3 were added yes terday. ELOPING GIRL LANDS IN CANADIAN SANITARIUM Florettu Whalejs 17 Year Old Heiross, Deserted by Minis terial Abductor. New York, Aug. 13. According to reports that have reached Hemp stead, the awakening has speedily come to Miss Floretta Whaley, tho 1 7-year-old girl, who oloped on April 20 with her guardian, tho Rev. J. Knode Cooke, then rector of St. George Episcopal chinch at Homp sted. Misa Whaloy, it is stated, has been desorted by tho unfrocked min ister and is reported to bo in a san itarium in Canada, a norvous wreck. Tho whereabouts of Cooke has not been learned. : $ $ $ $ SPANISH GIRL SUICIDES. Fresno. Cal., Aug. 13. Juana Aristoa, a pretty Spanish girl committed suicide by Jabbing herself in tho abdomen with a blunt soldering iron. Sho came from Spain two months ago and was despondent ever since her arrival. v TERRIBLE INITIATION OF BLACK HAND ORDER George Sporfally Was Decou'd Into Older Said To 1,. "Patriotic Italian Society." Aug. 13. As aresult Of several maum Pact-r-ifi alleged "UMck Hand- id, policqfave learned rerreJjOf that drnnrii Tne lnformaiftin ot tiio men undar .ir is he was decoyan into nd " onriro KnnrfnJIv wnn invited T5uliecome a msmwTr of n Patriotic Italian socletjfy' with of- iCCS 111 KfiW Ynvlf UlKnnV tlin In. illation which was a hfr raising per- larmance. urops Jf. blood were drwn from his anar and mixed with that nfawn from afioiher member of tlio society. Ilejfcas compelled t swear eternal llegiaure and ob euce on crossjM daggers, whilejCn other daggjjr pressed againajjr his breast. HWTnamo was enroljBU in a formidably black book in JaTe cover of whlchvas painted a dagger drip ping wli blood. THjS JOKE WASfl)N THE 0AME WARDEN Rough andi?ometimes thorny are the paths of true devotion. Over toward thor rising sun horizon in Coos cotiny where the bear and deer still cavtfrt in licentious abandon and the sajmon attain the size of sea monsticrs there is a game warden whoifcan relate a tale of Fickle For tune's caprice laid in the trackless zes of Coos odd million feet of andlng timber. It so happened that L. A. Frey who deals in clothing at North Bend, C. O. Dover, guardian of deer and game in general In Coos county, and B. Gray, seeker after lost souls and known In actual life by tho prefix "Rev.", left Coos Bay some days since to stalk the elusive deer. It was Game Warden Aiken who spied the trio and in western parlance, "camped on their trail." "Another bunch without hunting licenses. I'll catch them red-handed," quoth the G. M., and so the un suspecting hunters wended their way followed closely by the minion of the "Web-foot" law. Whether tho siren warbllngs of Coos' feathered song sters or the seductive quality of tho mountain brooklet, no matter; ono day the scent suddenly became luke warm and the game warden found himself walking round In circlets. Many circlets did he do before the truth burst like an April rainbow on his mind he was lost. So were tho hunters from him. Kind Nature, however, watched o'er her faithful son; for after care ful search the mountain brooklet was found and the game warden retraced his steps mrough the sparkling wa ter to where the trail pursued by the hunters led in through the outskirts of the forest. Then patiently he camped, waiting for the return of the thought-to-be violators of the law. But though they returned, the faithful G. M. did not see them. It chanced that he was eating his noon day lunch when the trio wended their way back Coos Bayward. When this was discovered the game warden's zest after his quarry was In no-wise abated. "I have their names. I" make them show their licenses," said he. Then to North Bend he went and the hunting licenses were shown up nn Ms rnnuest. Moral: Always carry a license. and thus will you bo able to hanu tne game warden a Lemon. Passley: The latest is "crab apple BRITISH FREIGHT STEAMER OVERDUE Believed Xleainsiinii Has Foundered and Been Lost With All on Board. New York, Aug. 13. No word having been received regarding the British freight steamer Nicaraguan slnco fehe passed tho Virginia capes on Juno S, hope for her safety wis been given up at Dublin, where she should have arrived not later than Juno 22. Tho Nicaraguan is one of tho Lej land fleet, a part of tho international marine, and steamed out of Port Tampa on June 3. Sho put Into Nor folk five days later for bunker coal and passed out of tne capes the same ' "captain Shackeloak and a crow of 140 mon were aboard the Nica raguan. She was heavily laden Willi phosphate rock, and, as it is feared, sho was run down by an iceburg; tno steel steamer would havo floated only a fow moments after tho crash. MASTER'S & MC LAIN ARE RUSHING WORK Masters & McLaln have about all tho business they can take care of. They are busy with their rock crushing plant on Broadway, and are turning out 75 yards of rock per day. This material is for street macadam work, and for the several concrete buildings which are about to be con structed. They employ ten men at the mill when tho acow i3 on the ground and ton mon aro working at tho Coos River quarry. These, to gether with tho force they have at work on tho street construction, make a total of thirty men now em ployed by'this firm. They havo even greater amounts of work on hand and expect to increase their force soon. 1 New oltne ai , Bli,Yf. J.l oilrallonsj soile )f tli band 6J i) cam from rcst,vho c the "ldclc UJ1UI Possibility That Telegraphers May Tie UpRailroads ExcitesAttention. WOUJ0 PARALIZE TRAFFIC fituatlon Xot Ready For Interfcrance .May Develop In n Few Days. Chicago, Aug. 13. A dispatch to tho Tribune from Washington, D. C, says: With tho possibility of delayed transaction of government business as a result of the telegraphers strike, that part of the administration re maining in Washington, is deeply concerned at the growth of tho move ment and is hoping for intervention by the president. It has been adv'd of the presi dent's concern and determination 10 do what he can to prevent serious Interruption in the business of the country, and the government, but unfortunately the situation Is of a character that does not admit of in terference at this stage. Government officials fear that should there be a general strike it would seriously embarrass the fed eral government. Operators are cm ployed In every executive department and bureau, while the weather and crop reporting services depend on the maintenance of regular and un interrupted telegraphic advices. Most of the operators employed by government departments at Washington are union men and while they have no grievances, it is under stood that if a strike order is issued it will be obeyed by government operators. Officials believe that a widespread walkout of telegraphers might re sult in disasters at sea, especially as the hurrican season on the Atlantic is approaching. Mariners depend upon information furnished by the government as to the state of the weather. This particular state of the weather depends upon the ad vices from the Interior and any pro longed suspension of telegraphic ad vices from the various stations from the weather bureaus would be seri ous in its consequence to shipping and life at sea. Already the weather bureau has felt the force of the spreading strike, giving indication of tho situation that would confront the bureau in the event of an order directing a striko of all members of the Com mercial Telegraphers' Union. Only three-quarters of the advices usually received by tho weather bureau up to 10 o'clock were in at that hour last night. ARMENIAN SECRET SOCIETY MAN TAKEN Charged Willi Murder of Ru? Mer chant Conspirators in Xew York and Boston. Now York, Aug. 13. Kissak Jel alian, charged with being a member of the Armenian Hunchakist, was placed under arrest late last night. The police have been looking for him for days. So important is tho capture deemed ttat tho statement was made at police headquarters that a solution of the Armenian conspir acy which resulted In tho assassina tion of Hovhanes Tavshanjian, the Armenian rug merchant, on July 22, is about to bo made. Jelalian, so tho Armenians opposed to tho murderous society assert, and so tho district at torney expects to prove, was the man with whom Bedros Knachadorlnn, Tavshanjian's slayer, lodged while In this city awaiting a favorable oppor tunity to fire tho fatal shot. Jela lian is also alleged by tho police to be the man who guided tho assassin to Union Squaro, rehearsed him in his act and pointed out to him tho man marked for a victim, Jelalian's arrest, it Is expected, will be followed by several more in tnis city, and Boston. Detectives havo tho suspects under surveillance. CROSSING AFRICA IN CH00-CH00 MACHINE Has 4! Hone Power Car and Four Foot Wheels. A Si Week's Journey. Berlin, Aug. 12. Dispatches from Dar Es Salaam, Gorman East Africa, state that Lieutenant Graetz of tho Prussian army, otarted from there Saturday on an attempt to cross Africa in an automobile. He pur poses "to ride through German East Africa, British Central Africa, Rhodesia, and Gorman Southeast Africa, to Swakopkmond, occupying about blx weeks on tho journoy if all goes woll. Ho has a specially built 45-horse power car with immensely heavy wheels, four feet in diameter with massive tiros. M DRAIN STAGE SCHEDULE. Tho Drain stage boat leaves Marshfield at 5:30 a. m.; re- turning, arrives at 1;30 p. in. FV" Chicago Professor Says Japan Could Worst United States In Case of War. BELITTLES AMERICAN ARMY "Ten Thousand Deserters a Year"- Complnlnts of Poor Food and Small lo. Chicago, Aug. 13. Prof. Fred erick Starr, anthropologist of the University of Chicago, believes Ja pan could whip tho United States in war. He says It is a great task to send the American fleet Into the Pa cific, as the ships arc quite likely to show how inefficient the navy is. His views were presented in an address on "Japan" yesterday in All Souls church. Among the pointed statements he mndn were these; "Ja pan, follow our standard, had no superior as a world power today. "I am not afraid of a yellow peril. Think of what the white peril has been. Where are the red men and the black men? "We are inclined to think the Russian army was rotten. But Rus sia was the only power which stood a chance with Japan. "Do you think our army of 10,000 deserters a year, whose men com plain of codfish for breakfast, detest tho marches from day to day, who clamor about the small pay they re ceive, could stand up against the Japanese. "I do not know if we will have a war with Japan. "I hope not. If we do It will be our own fault. Japan will sot start it." $ 2 5 3 4 4 t J J J t 5 f ! BRAZIL ADOPTS TARIFF. Rio Janeiro, Aug. 13. Tho new customs tariff has been 4 adopted by the Chamber. Max- imum and minimum tariffs have i been adopted and the govern- ment is authorized to reduce or $ even abolish tariffs on articles of consumption If necessary. ine vaiue oi me mureis ior customs payment is set at 15 pence. 4 4 $ $ $ 4 $ 5 4 4 t 4 J 4 JAPANES LOSE FIVE KILLED IN SCRIMMAGE Koreans Fiuht Bark With Telling Effect Rioters Responsible for Discomfiture of Soldiers. Seoul, Aug. 13. A company of thirty-eight Japanese troops with two machine guns had five men killed and five wounded last night and this morning at Kang-Wha Is land, twelve miles north ot Chemulpo for the purpose of disarming a small Corean garrison of forty men which were supported by several hundred rioters. Tho landing party was reinforced at 11 o'clock this morning by, an other company from Chemulpo. A Japanese fishing fleet which was driven off this island, with several casualties, reached Chemulpo yester day morning, August 12. Hague Delegates To Hang. Seoul, Aug. 13. The Corean Su preme Court has passed sentence up on the members of tho Hague depu tation. Sang Son has been con demned to be hanged and III Wi Chow and Yl Chun have been sent enced to imprisonment lor life. i MARSHFIELD MEN ARE DEFENDANTS (Oregon Journal.) Conspiracy and fraud in tho sale of a large tract of land at Marshfield, Oregon, aro charged in a suit filed in the circuit court by the South Harbor Development company against E. D. Whitney, C. W. Tower, Isaac Tower, C. W. Codding, 13. R. Robinson, W. I. Latlmor, and tho Bonnett Trust company. It is charged that tho de fendants conspired together to earn an unlawful secret profit from tho sale of land to tho corporation in which they hold stock. It Is alleged that C. W. Tower, C. W. Codding and E. R. Robinson se cured from Stephen Lapp an option on some land for fll.YOO. In No vombor, 190C, it is alleged ,--Towor camo to Portland and conspired with E. D. Whltnoy to form a company and sell tho Lapp tract to tho com pany for $20,500, nnd divide the profits Part of tho plan was carried out, aceornln K to tho complaint, and tho company asks Judgmont against tho defendants for about ?G,500 in cash. Attornoy Thomas O'Day appears for tho company. Argentine Will Have Wireless. Buenos Ayros, Aug. 13. Tho Ger man Wireless company has received the concession for establishing wire less stations for tho Argentino coast Today Davis'. -Hot chicken at Davis LOUIS GLASS AGAIN FACES JUDGE LAWL0R Pacific States Telephone Picsldent On Trial In San Francisco Superior Court. San Francisco, Aug. 13. The wheel3 of the graft prosecution will grind In nearly every department of justice today. The Supreme Court will listen to argument on the appli cations of the various Indicted ones, praying for writs of prohibition re straining tho Superior Court from trying their cases. In Judge Law lor's department of the Superior Court the new trial of Louis Glass, vice president and general manager oi the Pacific States Telephone com pany, will begin. The men indicted in the Park Side deal will bo called upon to mako their pleas before Su perior Judge Dunne. The grand jury will listen to further evidence of bribery and .act upon the accusa tion filed with the district attorney's office by Michael Casey, chairmati on tho committee of election frauds, charging that the Schinitz-Benham-Berger crowd of the labor party is engaged in "criminal colonizing." In addition to listening to argument on the appropriations for writs of prohibition, the Supreme Court will probably hear argument on the mayoralty question. SUMMER COLONY WILL ENJOY ASTORIA EVENT Regatta, In September, Will Be More Attractive Than Any Given Heretofore. The summer season at the mouth of the Columbia will close with a huge regatta and county fair. Thou sands of resorters along the beaches north and south of Astoria will wind up their holidays by spending a few days in Astoria to attend the big saengerfast and the annual gather ing of the Oregon Press Association, lasting from August 30 to September 4. An elaborate program of sports and interesting events of a large variety have been planned for this Mardl Gras of the west. A dozen committees are working hard to per fect all arrangements for the fete at the end of the month, and every citizen of Astoria is taklag a lively interest in it, in order tftit it may be the most successful of any ever held since the first one, thirteen years ago. For those who have heard of the great salmon Industry of tho Colum bia this occasion will give them am ple opportunity to see the fishermen handle their boats and nets in vari ous water contests. SEATTLE TELEGRAPHERS WAITED FOR PRESIDENT Sent Word to Sinnll Stating They Would Follow His Instructions Their Conservative Course. Seattle, Aug. 13. Seattle local of tho Commercial Telegraphers Union of America took a conservative course at Its meeting yesterday on the strike situation, deciding not to striko until it shall have orders to do so from President Small of tho central body. This action was taken at tho lab,or temple after the local had voted to refuse to handle all unfair messages coming to Seattle, which would in c.udo telegrams originating in ofllpes in which members of tho union davo gone on striko. This vote was 're considered and it was decided to await instructions from tho Inter national president and this message was sent to President Small: "Local No. 40, at a special meet ing, voted to submit themselves to your leadership and abide by your instructions absolutely. Please in struct us what action you de3iro taken by uu." V ' ' ' '' REACHES HDVAXCED AGE. Now York, Aug. 1-3. Mra. Esther Davis, an inmate of the home of tho Daughtors of Jacob In this city, was 112 years old Sunday and the day was duly celebrated in the home. Mrs. Davis, to show that sho was still apry, danced a few steps for tho guests. Until a year or two ago Mrs. Davis mado her own liv ing by selling candles in tho Ghetto. : PORTLAND MAN FINDS 1 PROPERTY ADVANCED R, L. Edmonston, of Portland wns horo last winter and purchased tho Rood property nt the corner of Second and Chestnut fitreots for $2,500. Ilo latoly returned to look ufter his intorosts and mado up his mind whon leaving tho city that he would sell this property for $3,000 if ho could get an offer of that amount. What was his surprise up on alighting from tho boat to bo of fered $4,000 for it, boforo ho had a chanco to herald his desire to obtain the threo thousand. Tho unsolicited, offor sot him thinking and ho la hold ing fori$5,000. CHARGES LEE HOME FROM SOUTHERN TRIP I Oharley Loo returned yosteruay on tlE Breakwator, after having mado ma California trip. Ho went from fBan Francisco to Astoria and there took tho Southern Pacific boat for C003 Bay, Committees from North Bend and Marshfield Organize Port Commission. HENRY DIERS IS CHAIRMAN Engineers Engaged To Determine Upon a Boundary Line For Tho East Harbor. Organization of a temporary port commission for Coos Bay was effected at a joint meeting of the committees from the Marshfield and North Bend Chambers of Commerce last evening. The joint conference was held in the Chamber of Commerce hall in this city. Present were William Grimes, J. C. Flanagan and F. B. Walte from the Marshfield Chamber, and H. C. DIers and T. B. James of the North Bend Chamber. Organization was effected by tho election of II. C. Dlers chairman, and H. Senstacken secretary. The Marshfield Chamber of Com merce Hall was selected as the per manent place of meeting for the joint committee. Chairman Diers, J. H. Flanagan and H. Senstacken were appointed a committee to determine upon a boundary line for a harbor district. For that purpose the committee was authorized to employ an engineer and incur other necessary expenses. Eu gene Robinson was employed for tho work. It was also ordered that the com mittee should examine data and learn what effect the porposed dredg Ing and filling of lower lands would havo on the tidal areas and flow of water at the bar. Tho committee was in bar. The committee was also in structed to investigate and find what form would be necessary to obtain the port commission. Whether it could be done by referendum, by local vote, or whether tho legislature would havo power. It was proposed to ask the gov ernment to give twenty feet nnd tho water front owners of Marshfield twenty feet on the west side of the channel, in order to furnish a straight public way through Marsh field. It was stated that North Bend has 1,200 feet of public wharf, and Plat B has 330 feet of public water front, which will eventually bo wharfage. Mr. Diers was selected as chairman of the temporary commission by rea son of his knowledge of the harbor conditions, as he has mado the Bay a study for the past two years. DEBEERS DEAL MAKES DIAMOND TRUST WILL COXTHOL ENTIRE DIA AIOND OUTPUT OF WORLD. Maiden Lane Dealer Says There Is Xo Possibility of Serious GoiniK'UU""- Now York, Aug. 13. Messages re ceived from London, by brokers in tho last few days say that tho ab sorption of the Premier mines by tho DeBeers Diamonu rrusi, aireauy ru ,n,.tn,i wna nniv nno of a number of developments as a result of which tho big company s control ui um business In all parts of tho world is now &ald to bo absolute. Besides getting control of tho Premier mine, tho trust has closed contracts under which it will take for a term of years the output of the two other independent mines, tho Voorspocdjand the Roberts Victor. One of the largest of tho Maiden Lane Importers said that there is now no possibility of any prions competition. Tho trust, he said, was following tho policy of maintaining the market at a high and advancing level. . VAULTS NOW MADE OF ARMOR FLA It New Yoik Firm Installs Xew Stylo of Safety Vault. In Really Building;- Now York, Aug. 13. The only ar mour plate vault in New Yoik ha vnonnH" lmnn iiiKhillpil bv the Na tional Coppor Vnult compnny In the now United states euy ijuuuiub at 11 5 Broadway. Whether It was any advantage over tho built-up '.teel vaults of other institutions it a mat ter over which experts disagrtP No burglar has ever yet attempt 1 to drill or blow his way into a , nit of oither type. Armour platt hns a characteristic which is lacking In fie old stylo or burglar proof vaults, ltn masBlvenosii. Tho National Copper vault la nine feet high nnd 20 feot long and each sldo has be u rolled Into ono solid piece. 8 $ $ ' .$. HALSEY IMPROVING, San Francisco, Aug, 13 Theodore V. Ilelsey continues, It is said, to havo a vigorous fighting chanco of recovery from tho effects of tho opera- tlon ho underwent for append!- cltis last weok, Dr. Shunmto, performed tho operation .. .. .. 4. .... .$. $ $'$ , Alkftvifihffiwr ,,---"...