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QlauB THURSDAY mmt MEMBER OP ASSOCIATED PRESS Wtttt EDITION M VOL II. TlIll IfflEEfflT " GROWS BETTER BUODE BOB Gov. Gillette Proclaims Holiday for Today One Bank Closes in 'Frisco. SMALL RUN IN PITTSBURG Foreigners' Depository "Weathers De mands New York Slowly Re covering Form Shock. New York, Oct. 30. The financial situation today was so nearly normal that there were few new features of importance. It yas stated hy bank ers that calls for money from the neighborhood of New York and tho entire Bast appeared practically sat isfied and such calls that there were camo from west of tho Mississippi river. These calls are being met as fast as conditions permit. State Superintendent Williams gathered most of the cash in the suspended banks today and deposited it in going institutions thereby adding several millions to available funds. California to Have Holiday. Sacramento, Oct. 30. At a lato hour this afternoon, a message was received from Governor Gillette who is at Eureka, announcing that to- morrow will be declared a legal holi- day by proclamation and that a like proclamation will follow each day until confidence is restored in the financial situation in tho state. The proclamation will be issued in the morning. One Rank Closes in 'Frisco. San Francisco, Oct. 30. With tho exception of a Hurry caused by clos ing of tho California Safe Deposit and Trust company, this has been a very quiet day in banking circles. Tho plan of Issuing clearing house certificates did not seem to cause any inconvenience and small amounts of coin were paid to various deposi tors to meet payrolls. No attempts were made to withdraw large sums from any of tho clearing house banks and business at savings banks vas normal. Besides stating that they were In no way. alarmed about the situation, local bankers declined to predict what would bo the effect of closing of the California Safe De posit and Trust company. Pittsburg Resuming Business. Pittsburg, Oct. 30. Interest in the local financial situation was re vived for a short time today when foreign depositors of tho All Na tions Bank started a run on the In stitution while laboring under a mis apprehension. The bank, which is a small one, is perfectly solvent and paid oft all depositors who applied for their money. The stock ox change remained closed again to day and probably will all the rest of the week. The clearing house association reports that affairs are fast resuming normal condition. Tacoina Is Careful. Tacoma, Oct. 30. Tacoma banks were open for business today not withstanding it was a legal holiday. Pll checks up to $100, were paid in cash. Adopts the Certificates. Salt Lake, Oct. 30. Owing to their inability to collect from outside banks, local bankers, through the clearing house, today decided to use clearing house certificates, and re quire 30 days' notice of withdrawals o! savings banks deposits. Kidnapping Case Called for Today. San Francisco, Oct. 30. Attorney Schleinger asked for another day's delay this morning on behalf of Luther Brown and Porter Wilson when they appeared before Judge Dunne to plead to an indictment charging them with kidnapping Fre mont Older, managing editor of the Bulletin. The judge granted a con tinuance on tho understanding that the defense will be ready tomorrow. Illinois Operators Return. Springfield, 111., Oct, 30. All Western Union operators who went strike returned to work tonight. All Postal men decided to return to work and made application for tbolr former positions. Ford's Attorneys To Prove Money Was Sent East In stead of Using it to Bribe. ARGUMENTS BEGIN TODAY Trap Set for Prosecution Did Work Hanks Give Testi mony. Not San Francisco, Oct. 30. It is like ly that arguments in the Tlrey Ford case will begin tomorrow. Assistant District Attorney Honey, today an nounced that ho expects to close the case for the prosecution tomorrow at eleven o'clock. This means that Ituef will not be called as a witness. The prosecution today placed on the stand a new and important witness in the person of Robert H. Peters, assistant to William J. Burns. He testified to having shadowed Ituef to Ford's of fice on August 23, 190G, the day on which Ford withdrew from the mint the last $100,000 of the $200,000 fund alleged to have been used to buy tho trolley franchise. Represen tatives of several San Francisco banks testified to a non-deposit by the United Railroads. Calhoun, Mul laly, Ford or any of the ?2 00,000 in issue Adum M. Dahler, assistant cashier of the corporation, gave the offense an opportunity to explode a surprise shell but though tho fuse was lighted, the bomb did not go off, being stayed until morning, when the cross-examination will seek to prove that the $200,000 was subsequently sent to Brown Bros. & company, New York in payment of matured cu- on bonds instead of being expended in bribery. San Francisco, Oct. 30. Charges of too much "Red Blood" and too little of it, flung into each other's faces by Francis J. Heney and Lewis l Byington, former district attorney and now of the consel for the de fense, stirred up In the Ford bribery trial today the bitterest court room row since the general consel of the United Railroads faced the jury. Tho prosecution is nearing the close of its case, spread consternation in the camp of Its opponents and amaze ment among the big crowd in at tendance by suddenly calling to the witness stand Ford's assistant and co-defendant, Wm. M. Abbott, Earl Rogers advised Abbott he need not testify, which adyice he took. Then ensued a long and bitter battle, Heney trying with all his skill and power to persuade Judge Lawlor to rule that the only grounds on which Abbott could baso his refusal was that his testimony would tend to in criminate himself. Attorneys for tho defense, on the other hand, con tending with equal vehemence that Abbott as co-defendant could not lawfully be put upon the stand by the prosecution at all. Lawlor will decide tho question tomorrow. ENTERS COLLEGE AT AGE OF FIFTY YEARS Miner Will Fit Himself for Practice of Law Wife Takes Elocu tion. New Haven, Conn., Oct. 30. Mit chell B. Haggerty, miner and an of ficial of tho Western Miners' Federa tion, has entered the law school of Yale university, to fit himself for ad mittance to the bar of Montana. He expects to practice in Butte. Hag gerty is about 50 years of age and the father of two boys. Mrs. Haggerty is hero with him, and she, too, will study at Yale, hav ing chosen elocution. Haggerty Is a man of strong personality, of average height, broad-shouldered, but of rather spare of frame. His smooth shaven features are Inclined to be sharp, but his expression is frank and friendly. At the law school, JIaggerty re fused to say anything about himself or Mrs. Haggerty, save that they hoped to study for further usefulness In -Montana. Annie Lursen Hero For Lumber. Tho schooner Annio Larson was brought to the upper bay yesterday to ,oad lumber from the Johnson milling milling Company of Coquille. MARSHFIELD, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1907. HIGH SCHOOL ELECTION POSTPONED TO NOV. 7th Dear Reader: The much exploit ed high school election will not take place this evening as the Times has been stating for several weeks, for the simple reason that the date was changed by the board of education on the ISth of October to November 7th. But it is hoped, nevertheless, that the humble efforts of the Times will not lose their potency simply be cause the election is put off a week or so. Now, of course it is the duty of the Times to tell its readers and especially those who are all ready to o to the school house tonight and put in a vote foi the now high school, why the paper has been deceiving tho public so long and has not said the change had been made. In the first place, the reporters should be equipped with all . sorts of mind reading abilities; they should havo mental telepathy down to such a point that they can look for such changes as this school election and detect them Immediately they are made. It is natural enough to ex pect tho date of an election to bo changed, and of courso the news gatherers might have been alert in this instance, and known that the former notices were not drawn cor- j rectly and were not according to law. And here Is another point where re- porters should shine. They should know whether a legal Instrument is drawn correctly, and If not, in the Mutinous Crew of Destroyer Skory Put Up Red Flag and Gallant Fight. MEN WERE OVERWHELMED Vladivostok Scene of Exciting Naval Buttle One Captain and Two Lieutenants Killed. Vladivostock, Oct. 30. An ex c'ting little naval battle took place in this harbor today between th0 mutinous crew of a Russian torpedo boat destroyer and their comrades. The mutineers' were finally sub dued, but not before a number had been ki'led or wounded. The mu tnlous boat is the Skory and she gave a fight to the gunboat Manes cur, the destroyer Garscoz, Smely and Zeri and the garrison of one of the harbor forts. Tho Skory soon was overwhelmed and she had to be beached to save her from sinking. This was not accomplished, however, before her guns had done consider able damage and several officers had men on other ships either wounded or killed. Tho crew of the Skory were Incited by agitators, including some Jews who had managed to get on board and take charge of the de stroyer. Sho steamed out into tho harbor with a red flag flying and at once opened firo on the town and forts which responded and soon had the Skory riddled with bullets. She then turned and ran through the surf and beached. Those members of the crew who had not been killed or injured by the gunfire were ar rested as they made their way to land. Among those killed wero a captain and two lieutenants. Several people In Vladivostok were killed by shells from tho Skory. The town has been In a state of siege. MUTINEERS REMOVED FROM FRENCH SHIP. San Francisco, Oct. 30. Trouble which started several days ago on the French bark La Tour D'Avergne ended this morning only after Areinoud, a mutinous member of tho crew who had been placed In irons for eight days, was taken ashore by tho French consul and Yves Lajau, another sea- man, had been transferred to tho French ship Helen Blum, lying in the stream. The men are accused of trying to incite mutiny. case of a school eleulon, they should make a loud noise and keep tab on the proceedings of the school board which meets sometimes. In an accidental way it was learned yesterday from a member of the board who had seen the mistake the Times was making, that the elec tion date had been changed, and the paper is therefore able to give the warning not to go' out tonight and vote a high school on the city with out permission or Invitation. The zealous voter who wants a four yc-ars' high school can wait another week no doubt without any incon venience and perhaps the Informa tion may become more thoroughly disseminated by the time Nomember 7th rolls around It is never best anyway, to be impatient in matters of this nature, and, under the clrcum s'ances, probably November 7th will be as good a date as October 31st. As a matter of precaution, to be cer tain the date had not again been changed, the ignorant newsgatherer hunted up one of tho notices and found it posted'on a saloon building, where, perhaps, some people might look for matters educational. But , not many. I You couldn't blame the reporter could you for not knowing about tho postponement when one member of the board yesterday declared he knew nothing about It? Lumbermen's Suit Against Railroads Opened in Seattle Federal Court. NOTICES NOT' SUFFICIENT l,secutors Gather From Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana To Demand Rights. Seattle, Wash., Oct 30. In the federal court today, the attorney for the Oregon lumbermen attacked ' .. - . . the suinciency of posting or the new tariff on lumuer wnicn law requires it should be placed conspicuously in railroad stations in advance oi ln augration of the tariff. This, it was argued, has not been done in certain places in Oregon. The railroads were also attacked by consul for l"mbermen on the grounds that new tariffs were plainly to suppress com petition and were illegal, unjust and therefore should be enjoined. Lum bermen aro gathered from Oregon, Washington, Montana and Idaho. Judge Hanford and Judge Wolver ton are hearing the arguments. APPLE PICKERS ARE BUSY ON THE RANCHES A crew of ton men have just fin ished picking apples on the Stephen Rogers' ranch on Coos River. They tacked 1,000 boxes, 700 of which are sold. The crow will go to tho Hod son' place where there are 200 boxes to pick, afterwards to tho Anson Rogers and Jesse Smith places where there are from 200 to 400 boxes on onch place. Mr. A. Langley, of Port land, was on the dock ono day as Mr. Rogers was delivering some apples, and wished to buy some, and asked tho price. Mr. Rogers told him they were selling for $1 a box. Mr. Lang toy bought seven boxes and said ho had paid this year $2.50 per box for the same apples in Hood River. Dr. Driver Dend nt Albany. Albany, Ore., Oct. 30. Rov. I. D. Driver, a pioneer Methodist minister, and ono of the best known divines in the Pacific northwest, died hero to day, aged 83 years. Dr. Driver, be sides being prominently connected with Oregon history, was a theo logian of considerable reputation. " Controlling Tho Plague. San Frdnclsco, Oct. 30. Follow ing Is the official bubonic plague statement to date. "Number of cases to date, 78; deaths, 50; diminution In relative number of deaths In creases dally." enn Harriman Railroad Extension Is Ordered Closed and Other Forces Reduced. O'BRIEN ISSUES ORDER Heparin Road Would Have Ik-en v-uniiilelcd by the lirst of Next January. ''j Portland, Ore., Oct. 30. Work on all extensions in Oregon and Idaho 0f the Harriman system will bo brought to a close November 1, and thousands of men thrown out of em ployment as a result of tho an nouncement of General Manager J. P. O'Brien, of the Harriman lines In Oregon. O'Brien today issued tho following statement: "Owing to the unsettled financial conditions, r have deemed it wise to withdraw forces from the new construction work. In general custom at this time of the year by reason of weather conditions, department heads aro returning their forces to tho customary winter basis." The order affects several important pieces of work which wero nearing completion. The Riparia Lewiston extension of the O. R. & N. would have been completed by Janu ary first. This road would have giv en a water level route from the Idaho wheat belt to Portland. Tho two other eastern Oregon projects, the Vallowa extension, from Elgin to Joseph, and the Umatilla Central, from Pendleton to Pilot Rock, are indefinitely postponed. In western uregon, tho order stops work on the Oregon Western, the Southern "acific lino now being built between Coos Bay and Drain, and on two branches of the Oregon Eastern, one it which wa3 to have run from Nat ron to Klamath Falls and the other front Natron to Vale. MENELIK PLANNING TO MAKE REFORMS Ruler of Abyssinia Arranging for Constitutional Form of Gov- trument. Adlsabeba, Abyssinia, Oct. 30. King Menellk has taken an important step In giving Abyssinia a constitu tional form of government in issuing a decree today providing for a cabi net on European lines. Simultane ously with tho publication of the de cree his majesty announced the ap pointment of five ministers, who will preside respectively over tho depart ment of foreign affairs, justice, finan ce, commerce and war. WOOD ALCOHOL DRUNK KILLS PARTY OF FOUR O Tucson, Oct, 30, Tho bodies ; four unknown men wero found by a railroad trackwalker today at Marlcopaur. An Investlga- 4 tion showed that death resulted from drinking wood alcohol, stolon from a box car. Ono member of tho party, who was found near tho sceno, was placed under arrest. Ho refuses to give the names of tho dead 4 men. It Is believed that the men aro minors, as one of them carried a union card from Globe, Arizona. The name on tho card was Fitzpatrlck. Will Move Oregon Products. New York, Oct. 30. Announce ment of a week's holiday porclaimed In Oregon did not disturb tho ofil clals of tho Southern Pacific. "Closo of tho Portland banks and proclama tion of a week's holiday by Govornor Chamberlain did not seriously dis turb us," said E. II. Harriman. "Wo havo machinery for moving tho pro ducts of Oregon and we proposo to uso It and v do anything wo can to relievo tho situation." THE WEATHER OUTLOOK. Western Oregon, western Washington, rain. Eastern Oregon, eaatorn Washington, Idaho, cloudy with occasional rain. No. 100. KFPT 1! SiLiI 0i!IHLL Telegraphers of New York Refuse Deposed President a Hearing. STRIKE ENDED WEDNESDAY As Legally Elected President, Small Declares Knd of Trouble and Gives Terms. New York, Oct. 30. S. J. Small, recently deposed president of the Commercial Telegraphers Union, ar rived in New York from the west to day and was refused permission to speak before tho local union at a. meeting in the afternoon and to night sent out In a statement to the public "Calling off" the telegraphers strike. After reviewing his efforU to bring about a settlement of the troublo advantageously to the strik ers and tho action of the union In declaring his office vacant and elect ing a successor, Small said; "I feel It my duty as tho legally elected president of the organization to is sue this statement, declaring tho con ditions existing within our official ranks and further declaring tho strike unquestionably the greatest and cleanest fought battlo of the century, at an end dating from Wednesday, October 30, 1907, and on tho following terms: 'All striken will be reinstated without discrimin ation, except those against whom strenuous charges can bo substantiat ed, the accused to havo a chance ot making a defense in writing through me, when their cases will receive prompt and careful consideration. Tho ten per cent increase granted. March 1, 1007, will be strictly ad hered to.' " Small says ho is will ing to await vindication at the next regular convention, to be held la Mllwaukeo next year. RED0ND0 WILL SAIL SOUTH FROM COOS Vessel Will Mnke Two Trips From Portland to San Pedro Ik-i'oro She Goes on the Regular Run. (Oregonlan.) A. M. Simpson, head of tho Simp son Lumber Company and owner of tho steamship Iledondo, has decided to place that vessel on thu run South, from Coos Bay. Tho first Balling from Marshfield will bo December L, Tho vessel is now loading at Tacoma. for Portland. Sho will take two cargoes from horo to San Pedro for Simpson and will then proceed to Coos Bay and go on tho regular run. Since tho withdrawal of tho F. A. Kilburn in Juno there has been no Southern service from Coos Bay points. , Tho Redondo was operated by Schubach & Hamilton1, of Seattle, between Portland and Sound port for four months. Tho venture proved a losing ono and as tho mer chants of Portland would not come to tho aid of tho steamship company tho Redondo was withdrawn. She sailed from hero 12 days ago on her last trip. Tho Redondo Is fitted with passen ger accommodations and will bo a. valuablo acquisition to tho fleet oper ating In and out of Coos Bay. It is now Impossible for a person to go from Coos Bay to Eureka or Saa Francisco, without first coining td Astoria. More Timber Reserved. Washington, D. C, Oct, 30. The presldont has ordored the withdrawal of 34,905 acres of land In Trlnl-y. Shasta and Glenn counties, Califor nia, along the eastern border of the Trinity national forest, and It is pro posed to add this acrego to the for est. Pottlbono's Trial Set Bolso, Idaho, Oct. 30. Judge Wood today set the Pottlbono trial for Novomber 21, throo days latir than tho date stipulated by the at torneys Saturday. Wood announced that if tho attorneys were not r ady early in tho Novembor torm ho would contlnuo tho case to January. Stovos and ranges lor coo or wood, Seo Ekblad & Son, Hardware.