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VOL II.
THE COOS BAY TIMES, MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 1908.
No. T6ff
PLOT TO BLOW UP AMERICAN
RIO JA WO
FLEET M
f "1
Alleged that1 Conspiracy- was rjornied,' to
Wity&fi of jtJnited Slatesl
on Voyage' to "!Pacific:Gdast;
WASHINGTON REGARDS It LIGHTLY
Several Arrests Have Been Made, However and There is
Evidence of the Existence of Plot to Consummate
the Great Crime But Timely Information
Frustrated the Conspirators,
(By Associated Press.)
RIO JAXIIHIO, JAN. 20. SEVER
AIj ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE
IN CONNECTION WITH THE AL
LEGED PLOT TO DESTROY THE
AMERICAN FLEET XOW IX THE
HAHISOR HERE. THE .BAND
THAT PRESUMABLY ORGANIZED
THE PLOT COXSISTS OP FIVE
ITALIANS, ONE CANADIAN AND
TWO GERMANS, WHO HAVE BEEN
ARRESTED. IT IS BELIEVED
THAT OTHER MEMBERS OF THE
BAND ARE IN CUSTODY AT SAN
PAULO. MEMBERS OF THE BAND
COUNTED ON THE ASSISTANCE
OF A SPANIARD NAMED ROCES
TERO WHO HAS LIVED IN THE
CITY A LONG TIME. HE WEXT
IXSAXE A YEAR AGO, HOWEVER,
AND IS SHUT UP IX A SANITARI
UM AT MONTEVILLE.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. The re
ported plot to blow up one or more
of the ships of the Atlantic fleet at
Rio Janlero is regarded at the White
House as a repetition of one of many
schemes which is constantly being
presented to" the secret service by
persons who claim to possess infor
mation which they are willing to part
with for a consideration. No cred
ence is given here to the existence of
an actual plot. It is understood that
the Information originated in Pari3
from which point it was communi
cated to the secret service bureau and
through that medium to Admiral
Evans and the authorities in South
American countries.
"dor joint
li i f .l ,r
IS RAIDED
BEFORE SENATE
Tillman Reads Bill on Importa
tion Between States and
Says Congress can Act.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. The sen
ate committee of the judiciary has
taken up various prohibition measures
before it, and heard Senator Tillman
read his bill regulating the Importa
tion of liquor into one state from
another, He urged that It was com
petent for congress to take a hand
In the question. t
icncpo Lean
Lb 00 'bay
INMOD CASE
1 t
Endless Evidence Identified by
Putnam and Walton at
Portland.
FORT! ESCAPE
AWFUL DEM
Pennsylvania Miners Run
Seven Miles Underground
and Are Saved.
PORTLAND, Jan. 20. An endless
assortment of letters were introduced
in tho Hall-Mays conspiracy case,
supplemented by plats, newspaper
clippings and advertisements.
Edward Putnam, of Fossil, who
Inaugurated the campaign against the
Butte Creek Livestock & Lumber
Company1, comploted his task of Iden
tifying various documents In the case
today. D. M. Walton, a stockman of
Mayvllle, followed Putnam, also Iden
tify ing further correspondence.
flro last night. They mado, their
way through dark headings a dis
tance of seven miles and finally got to
the open air.
They had a terrlblo trip in tho
darkness, momentarily expecting
death by the explosion of accumulat
ed gases and arrived at tho entrance
bruised and bleeding with their
clothing torn and faces blackened In
tho flight for safety.
MONONGAHELA, Pa., Jan. 20, l& r
iumicuiuubiy escaping uemu uy uc
matlon or suffocation or from being
blown to pieces by an explosion, forty
minors were caught In the mine of
the Monongahela,. River Consolidated,
Coal & Coke Company, whjch caught
If you bellevo In luck you should
SEEK It and there may be enough
luck in one want ad. to last you for
Be sure that your chief business
competitor doesn't beat you in ad-.vertlslpg-rapd
he twill'Sbeot you In
get ft lot for a little.
Officer Condron with five deputies,
accompanied by Assistant District
Attorney Farrln, made a raid on
Marshfleld's Chinatown last Satur
day night in an attempt to catch
about sixteen "hop fiends" who are
Bald to have been "hitting the pipe"
iu Jim Blng's establishment on Sec
ond street between Third and A
streets. They found a lot of pipes
and other "dope," but the birds had
flown, leaving only a couple of ne
groes, one of them named Jim Dlggs,
who were put in the city bastile.
Tho coup had been planned for
several days, but the inmates of the
place had evidently become sus
picious and made their escape before
the doors of the Chinaman's place
wero broken in. The raid com
menced at 10 o'clock and all was
quiet until Officer Condron attempt
ed to open the door, which was
barred. Ho had his deputies sta
tioned around In the various spots
and as he tried to open the door.a
dog belonging to Mrs. Lee Sing, a
relative of tho Chinese proprietor,
made a vicious attack upon him. He
drew his gun and killed the animal,
and the door of the place was then
broken in, when it was found that
the smokers had decamped by some
means which have mystified the of
ficers. A general melee commenced when
the officer s.nd his deputies entered
the place, and Jim Dlggs is said to
have rushed at one of the deputies
with a knife, while another old
negro flourished a razor. The ne
groes were placed -under arrest, but
the pipes and othe rmaterials which
had been used by the "fiends" were
left in the place at the advice of At
torney Farrin, who states that there
is no law providing for the confis
cation of such property. A raid
made nearly two years ago by Mar
shal Carter in the same place result
ed in the finding of a lot of opium
pipes, but these were later returned
to the Chinaman, who was fined be
cause he had white people smoking in
the place.
The raid last Saturday night was
for the purpose of catching a number
of white pepple "hitting the pipe,'
for which there is a heavy fine. Of
ficer Condron says he has Informa
tion to the effect that fifteen men and
one white woman are in the habit of
filling up on "dope"' in this place,
and he makes the startling announce
ment that some -well known citizens
of the city are among the number,
which is composed of married and
single men.
Judging from tho Inside news he
has received about the place, there
would have been great surprise In the
city over the people who would have
been arrested had they not made
their escape, It Is alleged that
"dope" fiends in Marshficld are qulto
numerous and that among them are
young and elderly people well known
in the city.
A couple of negro women wero also
found in tho place last Saturday and
one of them had been notified to
leave the city some time ago. Sho
was again notified to make herself
scarce last Saturday night and re
viled the officer in horrible terms.
The negroes In the Jain wero also
sent out of towr, as ono of them,
especially, is co.3idered a desperate
character.
Jim Ding visited Marshal Carter
yesterday and demanded that the dog
tax, which had been paid to the of
ficer by his relatlvo on Saturday
noon, be refunded because the dog
had been killed shortly afterward.
It Is probable that tho tax will be returned.
POWERLESS ELECTRIC FOB AGAIN TELLS
AND LIGHTLESS LIGHTS PITIFUL TALE
The electric lights and power In
Tho Times plant went entirely out of
commission beforo ten o'clock thlB
morning and the paper has been en
tirely without service the remainder
of tho day. This will in a measure
serve as an explanation of the lack
of late local and general- news. Be
ing without electric juice and un
able to operate the machines with the
juice from the lemon that the Coos
Bay Gas &. Electric Company seeks
to hand the public of Coos Bay, It has
been with much difficulty that the
paper was Issued at all.
The experience of Thb Times only
serves to Illustrate the unreliability
and out-of-date service this concern
is 'attempting to foist upon tho pub
lic. How long will the public stand for
such service and such treatment by
this wholly Indifferent and Incom
petent corporation?
SELL GIRLS
Pretty Gills Bought by Men From
Cities Up to $250, Plain Ones
nt $15.
ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 9. In
Kamyshin and Tsarltsin, good sized
towns on the Volga "river, Russia,
there have been four recent sales of
marriageable girls by their fathers.
Buyers were present in great num
bers and the competition was brisk.
At Kamyshin, at 7 o'clock one
morning, a large crowd gathered in
a field outside tho town. Forty girls
came with their fathers or other
responsible relatives. There wero
two or three hundred well to do
looking' men from various Volga
districts, a sprinkling of others who
looked like prosperous Moscow
merchants, and several sallow In
dividuals who looked like prosperous
Moscow Russians, but speaking the
language fluently.
Each kinsman led forward his
"goods" and expatiated on her ad
mirable qualities, pointing out all
her charms, Including ber muscles.
One after another was knocked
down to the scented, jeweled men
from foreign lands. The others, es
pecially the muscular sort, were tak
en by men of the neighborhood for
wives.
The price of a pretty girl of a bet
ter grade family fluctuated between
$175 and $150. and one went as high
as $275. But tho average was $50,
and one miserable specimen was
knocked down to a strolling trader
for $15.
RULES FOR I.
HENPECKED
Snjs Don't Be ft Mollycoddle, But
bo Kind, Sympathetic ami
Insistent.
NEW YORK, Jan. 20. Don't scrub
tho floor.
Don't wash the dishes.
Don't give your wife all your
earnings; keep some for yourself.
When your mother-in-law comes
around nnd tries to boss you, throw
her out.
Be kind but don't bo a molly
coddle. Advlco given by Magistrate
O'Reilly to husband drudge.
DID NOT SPEAK TO
WOMAN FOR 30 YEARS.
Mnn Jilted in Lovo Leads a Hermit's
Life "nnd Limits Companionship
To Dumb Brutes.
HAYWARD, Jan. 20. John Lock,
a hermit, who had spent the last
thirty years in tho hills near here,
died at tho County Infirmary on
Thursday. In a cabin on his thirty
acres of land nt Bulmer Hill ho lived
fcr over a quarter-century, surround
ed by his chickens, hogs, goats and
no less than a hundred cats. Ho ac
cumulated a good-sized fortune,
which he deposited in a San Francis
co bank. Local merchants tell
strange stories of tho eccentric doings
of the dead hormit, who often drove
Into town four fractious 'horses,
hitched to a rickety wagon by rope
harness, a brace of revolvers strapped
about him. Disappointed In lovo, ho
came hero from Pittsburg and took
up a ranch, upon which ho never al
lowed any trespassers. It is said that
ho did not speak to a woman during
tho last thirty years of his life. Ho
will be buried In tho Catholic cemo
tery at San Lorenzo,
William Davis was married just
about a year and a half ago. Re
cently his wife left his home, at No.
29 McKibbin street, Williamsburg,
because ho rebelled at doing all kinds
of house work. The other day Davis
went to court to get advice from
Magistrate O'Reilly.
"Judge," said Davis, "I am nearly
crazy. I work hard all day and when
I get home at night I find my wife
In a rocker reading a novel. The
moment I get in sho says:
" 'Bill, old chap, get busy. Get to
work and fix things up.'
"At first I didn't make a kick, but
when I did sho said that all good
husbands, did tho housework.
"At first I didn't mind drying the
dishes at night, but when she com
mands mo to scrub tho floor and
make up tho beds "
By this time tho court was in a
tittor.
"Why do you do it?" asked tho
court. "Why not be a man?"
"Well, judge," replied tho young
man, "my wife said she would leave
me if I didn't. Sho said that all
good husbands helped out.
"Sometimes my mother-in-law
comes to the house and bosses me.
She says scrubbing is good oxercise.
I'm of the opinion I got enough ev
ercise at my work."
"Why do you submit to it?" asked
tho court.
"I don't want my wife to leave
mo.
"You have my greatest sympa'thy,"
said the magistrate, who is a bach
elor. He then handed out the ad
vice printed above.
"Thanks, judge," said Davis. "I'll
do as you say."
EVELYN THAW RECITES IIERd
TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE WITH
STANFORD WHITE.
Story is Told Exactly ns Related ln
Court a Year Ago Attorney
Jerome Objects But Is Not
Sustained.
(By Associated Press)'
NEW YORK, Jan. 20. When tlie
Thaw trial was resumed this morning
Evel n Thaw was called to the stanO.
to repeat ber story of a year ago
Attorney Jerome immediately re
newed his motion that the public, in
cluding tho newspaper representa
tives be excluded from the court
room. Justice Dowllng denied the
motion and the witness proceeded!
with tho story of her alleged terri
ble experiences with Stanford White
and of her recital of her life after she
met White, to Harry Thaw In Paris
in 1903 when the latter asked her to
become his wife. Jerome objected
to the recital of events of years be
foie the homicide but was not sus
tained. Evelyn was suffering from a.
bad cold, and coughed fitfully while
testifying. Jerome interposed con
stant objections destroying the ef
fectiveness of her recital but the
ioung woman told the story today ex
actly as sho told It a year ago. Her
voice broke when she told of all that
happened when sho went to her first
luncheon with White. Thaw broker
down completely and wept as the piti
ful tall .was unfolded. Sho told of
tho effects the story had on Thaw
and how he said he did not caro he
wanted her to marry him anyhow.
Just beforo luncheon Evelyn,
reached the story of Thaw's attempt
to take him life by drinking laufr
anum at Monte Carlo in 1904. Earli
er that year he threatened to do the
same thing in New York and wanted?
her to join, him. She humored him.
and diverted his attention. When ho
swallowed tho poison In Monte Carlo
ljo was alono.
TIE SERVANT
GIRL PROBLEM
Miss Bridget, Is (ho Tonst R 'ndyT
Is tho Proper AVny to Adilrt &s
Slavey.
I TO
Darn
ENT DM
Good buys In Bolsd addition up
on easy terms.
Eastslde'ls a winner.' '
TOTS! BURNS ANNIVERSARY.
AH Scotchmen, sons and grand
sons, also wlveB and sweethearts are
Invited to attend the anniversary of
Robert Burns to bo held In Redmen's
hall Jan. 25th, 1908. A yery Inter
esting program has been arranged
also banquet. A very onjoyabla time
guaranteed for all thoso atending.
SEC. HUGH SNEDDON,
PETER SCOT, Jr.
EDWARD MITCHEL.
' Committee.
Colonel Frank Brlgham and Potor
Loggle, of North Bend, loft on tho
Drain stago this mornlne for Port-
1 land to represent tho Marshfield
chamber of commerce and tho city of
North Bend at a meeting of tho coast
defonso oxports from Washington
and an expected Congressional dele
gation In the Roso City on Wednes
day. A telegram has been repelved
from Mr, Lyon asking for assistance
In presenting Qoos Bay's considera
tions to tho powors to be assembled
In Portland, and a quick response has
resulted;
Rules for SorvnntH.
1. Tho servant girl should never
be called tho servant girl.
2. Sho should bo addi-d as
"Miss" or "Mrs."
3. Sho should not wear ih dis
tinctive cap as a badge of st i Jlude.
4. She should have her ivoilngss
free, which would naturallj 1 d to
her living outside.
5. Sho should recelvo h ifPcIent
money to provldo her own loud.
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NEW YORK, Jan. 20. Tho whole
trouble with tho sorvant gli I ! , that
sho wants an easy job, teinih i
an easy husband.
This Is tho domestic pr i I
a nutshell as presented las
the department of rtcnu
ministration of tho Toarhors r
by I. M. Rublnow of tlu
States department of comm i
labor.
Being a man. Mr. Rublnn i nilt
ted that tho kitchen queen en
tirely human in hor ambltl The
remedies offered, which In ,.cod
must sound llko an im i f i nee
from a more man, since w i had
for so many years beon 'fao to face
with tho difficulty nnd fall I u turn
up a solution, won In tho i n ro of
deferring to tho higher pow
Evon after giving his ro d , Mr
Rublnow said tho social stigma
would not bo lifted, but tli liclngc
of domestic work on an industrial
basis, ha believes, would make It
more ondurablo and moro tttrictlvuu
to hor whe must bo obeyr