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VOL II.
MESSAGE OF
S GOV. HUGHES
Wllh
York's Chief Executive
Makes Several Important
Recommendatioris.
MTATE LEGISLATURE MEETS
J'lnnnclal, Knee Track, Gambling and
Regulation of Telephone and
Telegraph, Chief Tonics
Discussed.
(liy Associated Press)
ALBANY, Jan. 1. Tho thirty-
I flr&t annual session of the New York
state legislature began at noon to
day. The second annual message of
Governor Hughes was tho featuro of
the session. It contains many im
portant recommendations.
Chief among these in the light of
the conditions disclosed byths reconi
financial uphe.nal is a recommenda
tion regarding an amendment to the
law relating to banks and tr.fc com
panies, the goveinor urging th.
adoption of every practicable means
"to prevent a repetition of the repre-
henslbie practices anu 10 assure .uo
proper management of the financial
institutions ch. rtered and supe -vised
by the state." Another recommenda-'
tion has as "to object the complete
suppression, of race track gambling
throughout the state. The governor
recommends extreme caution in mak
ing any changes In the prioent in-1
surance law. He also reco-amp'Js Sought to Pre cut Liquidation by De
tho extension or the publli' service troylne; Securities Xcw York
act so as to bring the telegrapU and Jlause fc a1m) 1)elllljUsiIud
telephone comoanies under regma
tion as' to rates, service, etc
MAIL CARRIER
FROZEN TO DEATH
Snow Slioi-s Broken -" is Unable to
Continue Mis Va on .Moun
tain Trail.
(By Associated Press)
BOISE, Jan. 1, While crossing
the mountains with government mall
for Rocky Bat, Elmero County,
George McKenna was frozen to
death. He left Atlanta Christmas
day on his first trip as letter carrier,
and broke his snow shoes making
progress on the mountain trail im
possible. BURNED TO DEATH
OX NEW YEAR'S
EVE
Sad Fate of Throe Children in Ill
inois Mother Badly Injured.
(By Associated Press.)
COLLINSVILLE, 111., Jan. 1.
Three children perished in a fire
which destroyed the home of Helmer
Duwinski lastight. The little ones
were in bed when an expiouing lamp
attered oil over the room. The
mbther was seriously burned in at
tempting to rescue the children.
PICE BUILDING BURNED
Pittsburg Hns $100,000 Bl.izo on
New Year's Day.
(By Associated Press.)
PITTSBURG, Jan. 1. Fire des
troyed the Excelsior building today.
,h $3" The loss Is estimated at one hundred
Wt V"fthousand dollars. Two firemen were
'k'" injured. The building was largely
. - ' ' devoted to offices.
Subscribe for The Times,
HEB GETS
&?,. Prosecuting Attorney Secures
May Testify in
Pettle .
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1. In accordance with strong recommenda
tion by Attorney Heney and United States Attorney Baker, of the
district of California, the Attorney General today recommended to
the President the pardon of Stephen A. Puter, in order that the lat
ter's testimony may be utilized In connection with the prosecution of
the Oregon land fraud cases. S. A. Puter la confined In the Multno
t
mah, County Jail In California,
HEW YEARS
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Two Up-To-Date Thieves Grab
Two Thousand and Escape
In Automobile.
(By Associated Press)
ROCHESTER, N. Y., Jan. 1. Two
men stole a chest containing $2859
from a streefr-car standing in front of
the car barns at G:45 yesterday
morning and got safely away in an
automobile which was also stolen.
The stolen money represented a por
tion of yesterday's earnings of the
Rochester railway company. The
robbers were tracked out of tho city
but tho trail was lost. Tho sur
rounding towns have been notified.
Tfog Stock Exchange in Rome
Is Destroyed By Dyna
mite. SIXTEEN ARE INJURED
ROMEi Jan. 1. A dynamite bomb
exploded in the stock exchange in this
city yesterday and sixteen are know,
to have been injured. Samo were in
Jurcd and others were D'trlcl un.1
portions of the b lildii.r, v Veil col
lanaed. The firemen, police
and
troops are on tho scene cogducting
the work of rescue. It Is supposed
the bomb was thrown with the In
tention of preventing tho customarj
nd of the month liquidation.
Tho explosion occurred shortly be
fore four oclock. The exchange is
in the center of tho city and thous
ands gathered around tho spot were
sue'donly seized with fear of i'i"i
outrages and made a man to qui
th3 spot tints greatly endangering
life and limb.
The suspicion that the explosion
was intended to prevent llquidatloi
Is on the increase. The plan was
to destroy millions in securities but
tho explosion occurred too late. The
liquidation was over and nearly all
tho securities had been removed.
BLEW UP THE OLD MAN.
(By Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Jan. 1. A bomb
was thrown aglnst tho front of the
two story frame building on East
149th stredt before daylight which
endangered the lives of eight people
who were asleep therein. The build
ing was occupied by the fish store
of Joseph Rae, which was demolished
and his daughter was Injured. Rae
has asked the police to search for
his son-in-law, who, he says, threat
ened to blow up the store because
his wife had left him and taken
refuge with her father.
Call up Corthell the carpenter
and have that leak fixed. Phone 5Q1.
Pardon of S. A. Puter That He
the Oregon Cases.
BOOM! BOOM!
GO THE BOMBS
ROSY ON LAI FRAUDS
THE COOS BAY TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1908.
l&ttnrtal ftfltrtj $f Ij? Qfau
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Geo. Blanchard. local manaeer
Co., has discontinued the advertising
Ordinarily this would be a mere Incident In the day's business which
would not be of any interest or concern to the readers of the Times. Fol
lowing, as it did, however, a criticism published in tho columns of this
paper In reference to the service given Marshfield by the company it be
comes a matter of grave public concern
ingvpubllc utility corporation of Coos
Last Friday the Times published
and the next day Mr. Blanchard called at the office to demand who was
back of what he alleged to be a malicious attack on tho electric light com-
rany. He professed surprise when
publisher was solely and exclusively
merely a reflection of the writer's personal experience with a second-class
electric service at a first-class price. At leapt three times one day last
week light and power were temporarily shut off In the Times mechanical
department and one evening candles were used in the business office for
the fourth time during the month.
Mr. Blanchard then announced that he thought as the Electric company
was snendlng money with tho Times it should not be criticised. He mani
fested additional surprise when he was informed that the Times did not
consider Itself subsidized by the money, large or small, that was spent In
its advertising columns, and that If tho Coos Bay Gas and Electric com
pany thought It could buy the silence of the Times by such bribery it had
come to the wrong market. Mr. Blanchard was told In plain English that
The Times was published in the interest of the whole people of Coos Bay
and not of any particular part and
like a huckstering fish wife, to the
He was further informed that not all
and Electric Co. has or hopes to haggle
lic could purchase Immunity from a
would not. while under its present
dozed into silence on a subject that is
Because he cannot purchase that
ed Into the advertising columns of the
advertising. The Times is pleased that he has done so. It Is well that
there should be no misunderstanding In reference to the policy and prin
ciples of this paper. These principles were announced In the nrst copy
Issued under the present management. As Mr. Blanchard, as manager or
the Coos Bay Gas and Electric company, seems to have overlooked this
statement of principles it is republished for his benefit. Here it is:
"THE GENERAL WELFARE OK COOS BAY WILL RE THE CHIEF
CONCERN OF THE TIMES IN THE DISCUSSION OF MATTERS OF PUR
LIC POLICY. It will be as free and independent as tho breezes that kiss
the forest clad hills of oldCoos in fond caress. IT CANNOT BE RRIRED OR
BROWBEATEN INTO SUPPORTING ANY POLICY OR PRINCIPLE THAT
T CONS1DEI.S INIMICAL TO THE PUBLIC GOOD. IT WILL GIYE THE
NEWS WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOR AND ADVOCATES SUCH PRINCI
PLES AS IT DEEMS WORTHY OF BEING SUPPORTED. It may err in Its
judgment at times tor it lays no claim to infallibility, but its POSITION ON
ANY PU15LIC QUESTION WILL NEVER BE DICTATED BY SELF IN
TFHFST OR CONTROLLED BY PATRONAGE. IT PROPOSES TO S Y
WHAT IT PLEASES, WHEN IT PLEASES AND ABOUT WHOM IT
PLEASES, WITHOUT PREJUDICE OR FAVOR. It considers the welfare
of the community as a whole and at all times superior to the selfish in
terests of the individual."
There isn't anything In such a declaration of principles that an:
honest man or corporation need fear. The Times has no desire to be
hypercritical. It Is not seeking for things to find fault with. It nu.rcly
pleads for a standard of excellence in public utilities that the growing im
portance of Marshfield and Coos Bay demand. The people are entitled to
r. better service but It will never bo rendered until the demand is backed
by a united public sentiment. A free and untrammelled press is the nrn.it
potent factor In securing such a result. It can never be achieved by a news
paper that will "stulify itself at the behest of an advertiser who seeks to
subserve the public and general good by securing the paid protection of
corporate wrong.
T.t snYnne as the people of Marshfield supinely submit to an electric
service that shuts donn during the
days and compels them to retire with
just so long will It be given them.
submissive kind and it very greatly mistakes the temper oi u.e p. uB. ....
citizens of Marshfield, if they are.
The Times iay loseVa few hundred dollars per year In advertising but
it is just as well that Mr. Blanchard and the Coos Bay Gas and Electric
company understand now that when they pay for advertising they are not
subsidizing this paper and that they cannot purchase Its silence by any
such paltry subterfuge. It is also well that the people of Coos Bay under
stand that this corporation Is not above attempting to swing a club to beat
into submission those who would publicly criticise its services and its
methods.
Finally It may help to clarify the situation if Mr. Blanchard under
stands that there are some men whose consciences cannot be choked with
coin whose principles are not to bo purchased by proffering patronage.
That there may bo no doubt as to the man responsible
' M. C. M ALONE Y.
ST. LOUIS CELEBRATED
NEW YEAR'S NOISILY
Four Persons Shot, one Stabbed and
Many Arrested for Fighting in
Southern City.
(By Associated Press.)
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 1. A recapitula
tion of last night's No,w Year's cele
bration shows fo,ur persons were shot
one Btabbad and one beaten and
robbed. There were many arrests
for fighting.
of the Coos Bay Gas and Electric
of his company In the Dally Times.
as outlining tho policy of the lend-
Bay.
a criticism of the lighting service
informed that the present editor ana
responsible and that the criticism was
that it was not peddling its principles
purchasers of its advertising columns.
the dollars that tho Coos Bay Gas
out of a harrassed and disgusted pub
deserved criticism and that this paper
management, be either bribed or bull
of vital concern to all the people.
silence with a few dirty dollars dump
Times, Mr. Blanchard withdraws his
noon hour every day, all holidays. Sun
candles several nights each motun,
The Times is not one or tne tame.y
YOUR PRESENT MAY
HAVE BEEN I
THIS
A Largo Butch of Mail Found Where
Robbers Left It After Search
ing for Loot.
WACO, Tex., Jan. 1, Another
batch of mall has been found west of
here where It was ieft by tho pouch
looters on Christmas night. It Is
estimated that checks, money orders
and drafts left lying where (the
pouches were opened aggregate
$50,000.
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PETTIBOKE IS
SERIOUSLY ILL
Idaho Prisoner Is Taken To the
Hospital From the Court
Room.
(By Associated Press.)
Boise, Jan. 1. Pettibone has'been
in tho hospital since the adjournment
of court yesterday. His condition Is
serious but he says ho will bo able
to appear in court tomorrow which
he predicts will be the last day of tho
trial.
New York Woman Tells
Strange Story to the
Police.
(By Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Jan. 1. It was re
ported yesterday that Mrs. Agnes
Young, the-eupposed victim of mur
der at Harrison, N. J., is alive and
employed In a real estate office In this
city. Iu an interview she Is quoted
as saying that she knows Mrs. Hull,
who Identified tho murdered woman
as Mrs. Young, but was unable to un
derstand why Mrs. Hull should tell
3ttch a story as she did to tho police.
Mrs. Hull told tho police that she
parted trom Mrs. Young on Chrlst
uas day and that Mrs. Young was
about to start for Harrison in com
iany with Charles Myers. Mrs.
Young declared today that while she
knew Mrs. Hull she had not seen
her for two years.
Mrs. Hull's Story.
NEWARK, Jan. 1. When Mrs.
Hull was told that Mrs. Young was
alive she declared that tho murdered
woman was her own half sister,
Minnie Jeauetto Gaston, daughter of
R. B. Gaston, of Servilla, and former
ly a member of the chorus In "Tho
Texas Steer" company. She had
been living lately in Now York. Mrs.
Hull declared that Charles Myers
brought her slBter to Now York, that
she accompanied tho latter to a
meeting with Myers on Christmas
day, and Miss Gaston was to go to
Harrison with Myers. Sho said she
identified tho body as that of Mrs.
Young In order to avoid involving
Mis3 Gaston's name in a scandal.
The magistrato lectured Mrs. Hull
and ordered a detective to escort her
out of the stato.
TO SHIELD
HER SISTER
"SOW I LAY I,"
New York Church People Cen
sure the Man Who Would
Banish Childhood's Prayer
Stamps Idea as Ridic
ulous. xtit vnntf ninwir "nil nrnol.
xwvv v-..n. w... i.
dent of tho Medico-Legal society,
who says that the bedtime prayor of
childhood Is "little short of crlmln -
nl." would cot short shrift If the
r.irirvnien of Now York and the
mothers' societies had his fato in
their keeping.
A half-dozen prominent (ministers
and women interviewed recently
declared that tho man w)io advo-
cates the abolition of "Now f lay mo-
from the homo, should be oxlled from
tho community.
"I never heard a moro criminal
Idea," said Mrs. David Belals, presi
dent tho New York Humano so
ciety. "I'd llko to seo tho man big
enough to rob us of the prayer that
has been repeated by tho boys and
jlrls of every generation stneo this
nation was founded and . before,
Mr. Bell says that the th
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President and Mrs. Roosevelt
Receive Assisted by Cabinet
Members.
MADE BRILLIANT ' SCENE
lias Grown to be One of tho Mos4
Formal and Brilliant of Official
Functions in Washington.
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.
President Roosevolt officiated
tho seventh time as President
of the United States, at the Now
Year's reception at tho White
House. Assisting him in ex
changing salutations of the sea
son were Mrs. Roosovelt and
members and ladles of the cab
inet. It was a brilliant scene.
The niceties of diplomatic eti
quette wore religiously observed
In tho conduct of tho recoption
which has grown In tho past
hundred years or more to par-
take largely of an official func-
tion.
ASKS FOR VERDICT
AGAINST HARDy
German Stato Attorney Says Ten
Editor Has Not Sustained
Clinrges.
(By Associated Press)
BERLIN, Jan. 1. In the heal
of tho Harden Von Mbltke libel
yesterday Count Kuno Von Mo
stated that ho resigned from
army as a result of the articles
Hshed by Hardon. Tho Stato At
noy, In his opening pleading-,
manded the Imposition of a sen
tence of four months' imprisonment;
aginst Hardon. He declared Hardeit
attacked Von Moltke and Princo Zvt,
Eulenburg on the word of two hys
terical women, the wife of Vops
Moltke and her mother, both of
whom, ho declared, were untrust
worthy and possessed an abnormal
tendency. Ho declared that Von.
Moltko had completely cleared him
self of tho charge as had Zu Eulen
bttrg. The State Attornoy declared:
thnt ho had received a letter threat
ening him with death if tho verdict
was unfavorable to Harden.
REDUCES DIVIDEND.
(By Associated Pross)
NEW YORK, Jan. 1. Tho direct
ors of tho Anaconda Copper Mining:
Company declared a quartcrtyotvl-
dend of twenty cents a share, a ro-.
ductlon of 75 cents per share for thesj
last quarter. Anaconda Is controlled!
bo tho Algamated Copper qompany.
'If I should die before I wake,' rise
tho fear of death In tho baby mini
and sometimes causes promaturj
death. That's utterly rldlculou
Tho child simply passes over that UiB
without understanding or elso gatr.
a very beautiful idea of death anj
tho protecting father watching ow
him." 1
The Rev. A. P. AttjrburyJ-pAS
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rr run wnrir ipnaiiifriiNinn r n n ! a.
lndnnnt at Mr. Bell.' ''Calllnir thaiT
Bweet uedti,no prayer wicked Is the
most ilagrant nonsense In the
l world," ho declared. "Every mother.,
and every clergyman In tho lam
would rise un against a sorlouai
tempt to abolish thesuppllcatUJhtf
I tempt to abolish tho Buppllcjftou tW
' gives children their first jfruf, best Iri
JriW
presBlon of the Almfrffiizy."
j "I repeated (hatjftfy prayer wher
i was a ennu, -jsaia Mrs. Fannie Ha
lock Carpsntpr, president of thil
SoroslB, "and I defy any ono tc
abolish It In my family,"
"Clarke Boll 6houldJ)e severe
censured for ovor broachlvui w
henlous thing," declared Me
11am Cummlngs Story, Til
H. O, Stlmson, the Rov, H..
hour of tho Church oft
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