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VOL II.
THE COOS BAY TIMES, THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1908.
No. 205.
JAPAN SEEKING SPIES TO - DOGS OF WAR ARE
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Sait Lake City Jap Interpreter
Says He Was Offered
i a Position.
LOCATE MINES AND
, COAST FORTIFICATIONS
Want to Know All About San
Francisco, San Diego and
Puget Sound.
(By Associated Press.)
SALT ' LAKE, March 5. Jack
Treadwell, a Japanese interpreter,
formerly a member of tho Twenty
first United States Infantry, states
that ho has been offered $150 per
month by an agent of tho Japanese
government to act as spy in discov
ering the location of mines and de
scriptions of tho fortifications in San
Francisco, San Diego and Puget
Sound. Treadwell gives substantial
details of tho alleged offer.
The Cocky Little Brown Men Refuse All Overtures From China
in the Affair of the Vessel Seized Loaded With
"Arms and Ammunition.
Democratic and Populist Con
ventions Endorse Ne-
braska's Son.
NEGRO MURDERER
WOUNDS THREE MEN
Takes Refuge ln a Ilarn and From
Security Fires Several
Shots.
(By Associated Press.)
CLARKSBURG, W. Va., March 5.
Frank Johnson, tho negro murder
er who took refuge in a barn on the
Yates farm nlno miles from here
early today, shot and wounded three
persons. Tho Injured are William
Matheny, school teacher, John Ram
sey and Harry Cork. It is not be
lieved that any are fatally Injured.
The barn Is surrounded by over five
hundred persons. Soldiers are on
tho way to the scene.
OHIO BANK ROBBED.
Safe
Blowers Get Three Thousand
and Blow.
(By Associated Press.)
CINCINNATI, March 5. Safe
blowers early yesterday robbed the
Mount Orath bank at that place of
threo thousand dollars and escaped
in a buggy.
(By Associated Press.)
OMAHA, March 5. When the
stato democratic convention for tho
election of delegates to tho national
gathering began this afternoon, more
than 1,500 delegates were In the hall.
Thomas Sallen, chairman of tho dem
ocratic stato central cnmmlttnn.
called tho gathering to order. All
the plans of tho state leaders were
directed toward making tho affair a
demostration in favor of the candi
dacy of Bryan for tho presidential
nomination. Bryan and tho members
of the resolution committee spent the
forenoon In seclusion revising the
draft of tho party platform. No ink
ling was learned of the result of the
deliberations. Allen's opening re
marks were brief. Temporary Chair
man Hank's speech in which he
sounded the slogan of tho gathering,
and referred to Bryan as "the next
president of tho United States," was
followed by tumultuous cheering. Mr.
Bryan did not attend as a delegate,
but slipped into tho hall unnoticed
by tho delegates and took a seat far
back under tho gallery.
Instruct Delegates.
(By Associated Press.)
OMAHA, March 5. Twelve of the
sixteen delegates from Nebraska to
tho democratic national convention
were selected by the congressional
district convention of that party here
today. Four delegates at large will
bo chosen this afternoon, when the
stato convention will be called to or
der. All sixteen will go to Dnever
instructed for Bryan.
Further Complications in Manchuria as a Result of Japan's
Inability to Handle the Banks and Financial Situa
tion American Farm Implements Introduced
(By Associated Press.)
FEKIN, March 5. Japan is threatening to force tho uncondi
tional. surrender of the Japanese steamer Tatsu Maru, which is still de
tained by tho Chineso government on tho West river. Tho vessel was
seized at Macao, March 7th, by CKincso cruisers, on the charge that it
contained a cargo of arms and ammunition intended for Chinese revolu
tionists, although consigned to merchants at that place. Baron Hayashi,
tho Japanese minister to China, has handed tqtho Chinese government
Japan's note of refusal to accept Chinas proposition to appoint a joint
Japanese and Chineso commission to examine all the charges. China,
through Vice Admiral Moore, commander in chief of the British China
station, has proposed arbitration. Japan refuses these overtures. Tho
coercion of China is feared here.
SEERS SISTER
JAPAN LOSES PRESTIGE IN MANCHURIA..
" (By Associated Press.)
MUKDEN, March 5. Japan has been compelled to vacate or buy
all tho Russian banks throughout Manchuria that were seized during tho
recent war, and consequently has lost prestlgo with the Chinese. At
Harbin tho flour milled from Chinese wheat Is underselling American
flour and American trade is threatened. American agricultural imple
ments are gradually finding a market In Manchuria, which promises great
possibilities.
GETS CHECK
MILLION KISESS
Twenty-six Years Ago They
Were in Marshfield
Where Now?
What strange trick has fate played
with tho destinies of tho members
of this family?
In Coos county Is there any person
who can enlighten this half-brother,
who seeks information after tho
lapse of a quarter of a century?
To tho Times in Wednesday's mail
camo a letter from F. C. Wright,
Puntenney, Arizona. Ho wishes to
know tho addresses of Mrs. Phoebe
Emerson, a half slstor; and her three
children, Rosa, Daisy and Charley
Bodies to the Number of 168.
Recovered up to Noon
of Thursday.
SEVENTY-SIX OF THESE
ARE UNRECOGNIZABLE
County Coroner Making a Rigid
Investigation Public
Funeral Friday.
4 (By Associated Press.)
CLEVELAND, March 5. Up to
noon today 112"llttlo hodlo3 v ero
Identified among tho pupils of tho
Lakovlew school In Colllnwood, who
lost their lives In tho fire which gut
ted tho building yesterday. Twenty
four hours have passed, but the exact
number of fatalities is unknown.
How many bodies are still in tho
Jones; also a sister, Eva May, whoso rlima. u anv. la still iinrtGtnrmlnnd.
husband's name ho has forgotten. Tho SPnrnh nf m.o mi i.. tm nrn.
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Populist Convention.
(By Associated Press.)
OMAHA, March 5. With the larg
est number of delegates of any Ne
braska populist meeting, in four
years, tho populist stato convention
met hero this afternoon. Resolu
tion reaffirming tho Omaha platform
announced In IS 92, declaring for tho
support of Bryan, were passed.
Rank nf I rive Is Rankriint anrilcurlty- She suggested submitting a
r I bill, but her counsel, Abner Kalisch,
Now the Fair Holder of the
Check Seeks to Recover
Money Damages For Disap
pointment in Non-Payment
of Love's Protested Paper.
NFW YORK, March 4 The bank
of ,ove is the latest victim of the pre-
ANOTHER TIRE
IS THREATENED
GRAND RAPIDS SCHOOL AVERTS
PANIC BY ORDERLY FIRE
DRILL METHODS.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
THE PUPILS WERE NOT AWARE
Thought Firo Ahum Was Pni-t of
Moving Picturo Taking
Program.
(By Associated Press.)
GRAND RAPIDS, March 5 Grand
Rapids was today threatened with a
repetition of Cleveland's tragedy of
yesterday on an even larger scale.
A fire raged In tho laboratory of the
Central High school, while 1,200 pu
pils marched out in perfect order.
Tho building was emptied in two and
a half minutes. Tho school was over
crowded and tho stairways Inade
quate, but the fire drill proved effect
ive. There was little damage.
That no panic occurred was due to
the fact that Photographer Eaking
was taking flashlights in the corri
dors a few minutes before tho fire,
and the pupils wero warned not to
be alarmed. When thoN fire drill was
sounded they thought It a part of the
picture taking program and marched
out quietly.
School District No. 33 to North In
let Social Club, deed; parcel of land
beginning G.04 chs. west of S. E. cor
ner of N. E. quarter of S. W. quarter
section 2, township 24, range 13,
containing one-half acre $1.00
L. D. Kinney et ux to L. T. Matth
ews, deed; lots 15 and 1G, block CO,
Coos Bay Plat B $G00.00
February 25, 190S.
Cora E. Bolt and husband to J. T.
Pyars, deed; lots 5 and G, block 38,
Railroad Add. to Marshfield, $7G0. 00
E. L. Roberts et ux to J. A. Rob
erts et al, deed; one-half Interest
In E. half of N. W. quarter, N. B.
quarter of S. W. quarter and lots 1,
2 and 3, section 1G; and lot 5 of sec
tion 17, township 2G, range 12; also
beginning 4.75 chs. E. of meander
corner between sections 8 and 17,
township 2G, range 12 $100.00
Bank of Oregon to L. C. Reynolds
Lumber Co., deed; all of block B,
Bank Add. to North Bend. . . . $10.00
Lincoln C. Reynolds et ux to L. C.
Reynolds Lumber Co., deed; all of
block C, Bank Add to North
Bend $10.00
February 2G, 190S.
Henry Hoeck et ux to Bennett
Trust Co., deed; lots 1 to 4 and 13
to 24, inclusive, block 5; lots 14 to
21 inclusive, block 12; nil of block
11, Coos Bay Plat D $1,00
Mary Florence Mullen to Flanagan
Estate, deed; Jots and blocks In
Bunker Hill Add. and West Bunker
Hill Add., Marshfield. ........ $10.00
Flanagan estate to Mary Florence
Mullen, deed; lots and blocka in
Bunker Hill and West Bunker Hill
Adds., Marshfield $10.00
Flanagan Estato et al. to B. W.
Olson, lots 5 nnd G, block 4, Bunker
Hill Add, to Marshfield,... $10.00
railing financial panic. It has closed
Its- doors after a heavy run and de
clared Itself Insolvent as far as kisses
are concerned. Cupid's osculatory
checks are repudiated, for not a
single kiss Is left in love's exchequer.
This amorous bankruptcy haa
caused a panic In tho heart of Mrs.
Margaret Ivers, a widow of Newark,
N. J., who is unable to collect from
Edwin G. Koenlg, a former ardent
admirer, on his order for 1,000,000
kisses, for the reason that he ha3
tranferred his kissing account to a
substantial matrimonial treasury.
Mrs. Ivers, however, didn't throw
away his draft, for 1,0000,000 kisses
might be turned into gilt-edged se-
VWSWVSWWWVWNAA
PLANT ARRIVES IN
FROM SAN FRANCISCO
Boat Enjoyed an Ideal Passage From
tho Bay City List of
Pa&seiigcrs.
When tho Plant arrived In, Thurs
day, tho many friends of First Mate
Robert Fitzmorrls wero glad to see
him on duty ontfo more. Tho mate
has been lying off for several trips
taking a much needed rest. The
Plant had an ideal passage from San
Francisco, having left there on Tues
day afternoon. Tho boat Is billed to
sail at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon.
Following are tho passengers:
Mr. and Mrs. E. Ringer, C. Ruling,
B. H. Saule, H. Levy, H. Hume, C.
H, Fisher, II. A. Chambers, J. W.
Gardiner, F. Hansen, W. H. Smith,
C. J. Van Zllo, Mrs. Laughrldge, Mrs.
M. J. O'Connell, Mr. and Mrs. R. B.
Deyor, Mr. and Mrs, P. E. Larson, J.
P. Gllchrest, J. A. ReonEtoln, Mr. and
Mrs. W. D. Williams, Mrs. J. Levy,
Mrs. Hansen, Mrs. E. Roden, Mrs. E.
Crohlll, J. F. Quick, F. Henson, Ir
ving Chandler, J, Muldoon and 15
steerago.
prescribed a breach of promise suit
as the most efllcacions means of pro
ducing payment. Mrs. Ivers then dls
'covered that her future prospects had
been damaged to the extent of
$20,000, and papers naming that sum
as a heart balm were served upon Ed
win Koenlg.
Mrs. Ivers Is dainty and pretty In
a petite brunette way, with soft, wavy
hair which breaks out in curls around
her piquant face. Her largo dark
eyes wero dimmed with tears as" she
told about her check for 1,000,000
kisses.
"It seems so horribly mercenary to
ask money for one's love, now, does
n't It?" sho asked.
"But I must have some com
pensation for the anguish this affair
has caused me.
"Four years ago I met Mr. Koenlg,
two years after I divorced my huB
band, and from the beginning ho was
an ardent wooer. He was devoted to
me and wrote many love letters, all
couched In the most endearing terms.
My lawyer has them eighty-one in
all and these will bo produced at
the trial in April."
PRIZE FOR BEST
ESSAY TO BE AWARDED
The letter follows:
Puntenney, Ariz., Feb. 28, 1908.
Wanted to know addresses of a
half sister, Mrs. Phoebe Emerson
and her threo children, Rosa, Daisy
and Charley Jones, who lived in
Marshfield in 1882. Rosa taught
several terms of school near town
and would be about 48 years old if
living; Daisy about 33 and Charley
36. Also of a sister, Eva May, (hus
band's namo forgotten), who lived
twelve miles south of tho' mouth of
the Coqullle and a mile back from tho
coast, and if living would be about
'47. Any one knowing present ad
dress or having any knowledge of
them In past years, please communi
cate Immediately with tho under
signed and receive appropriate re
ward for such favor.
F. C. WRIGHT.
Puntenney, Ariz.
MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED
ON COOS BAY ROUTE
Successful Students in Bell Prize
Competition Essay to Be Named
Friday Night.
Tho essays on "How to Improve
Marshfleld's Educational Facilities"
wero handed in to Secretaary Lyon
Thursday by tho Marshfield - school
students competing for the Bell
prize, offered through tho Chamber
of Commerce. Mrs. Henry Seng
stacken and Mayor Straw will pass
on tho essays, and tho successful stu
dent will bo notified that he or sho
may read tho paper beforo tho Cham
ber of Commerce Friday night.
The question of street paving, In
which tho city Is to embark exten
sively In tho spring, will also bo dis
cussed. At tho close of tho meeting
tho prizo of $10 for tho best essay
will bo awarded.
Not to be an ad-reader is to need
lessly neglect a hundred "opportuni
ti" a year chance to make money
bUi la buying and selling.
Inn" for an alert mind.
Tho "not-needed-now" thlngp
should bo taken to tho want ad
people It will "pull" it will impress,
it will create trade, accordingly.
Has your want advertising been
confined to ono or two classifications?
Thy not enlarge the ecope of your
Advertising?
Tou will add at least ten per cent
o your "interest in life" by acquiring
the ad. reading and ad.-answering
habit.
Letter Is Fifty-thrco Years Going
From New Orleans to New York
Was Mailed Before tho
""' Civil War.
NEW YORK, March 5. A letter
mailed to her in New Orleans long be
foro the civil war reached Elizabeth
Garthwalto at Newark yesterday. It
took more than 53 years to deliver it.
The date mark Is December 30, 1854,
and It will never bo known whero the
missive has been since.
Miss Fanny Brittin, a cousin of
Miss Garth(vaito, wrote tho letter.
She was a daughter of Edward Brit
tin, who wa3 then a prominent resi
dent of Now Orleans. Sho lives In
El Paso, Tex. Miss Garthwalto Is
Mrs. Elizabeth B. Nlcols, of 14 Ful
ton street, Newark, tho widow of
John A. Nichols.
In 1854 Miss Garthwalto and Miss
Brittn were girls In frocks. They
had lived at EHzabethtown, now
Elizabeth, and attended school to
gether. Finally tho Brittins moved
south.
Tho two girls corresponded for a
time, but finally "Lizzlo" failed to get
a reply from "Fanny." Yesterday
revealed tho reason.
Tho only explanation that tho mail
ing authorities can give is that it
probably slipped behind a sorting
table and lay between It and tho wall
until tho table was removed.
Tho edges of tho envelopo are so
uadly worn that tho misslvo could
have been removed. But tho namo
and address and tho postmark of tho
Now Orleans postofllco wero plain.
Tho ink on tho letter had almost dis
appeared, but a lino hero and thoro
showed It was simply a Httlo chatty
talk of ono girl to another.
Mrs. Nlcols learned of tho Garth
walto letter being advertised at tho
Nowark postofllco Sunday. When tho
ofilco opened yesterday sho claimed
tho letter.
ceedlng. So far 1GS bodies have been
recovered, and of these, 76, It Is
generally admitted, cannot bo dis
tinguished ono from the other. Their
names' must be ascertained from tho
list of missing. A great public fu
neral will bo held tomorrow.
County Coroner T. A. Burke today
began a thorough investigation of
the board of education and other of
ficials. So far no definite conclusion
as to the causo of the fire has been
reached, or whore the blame, If any.
Is to bo placed. It Is generally ad
mitted the building was of approved
fireproof construction, and that tho
calamity could not have been averted,
looked at from this standpoint. Also
It Is now believed the firo did not
have its origin In the furnace, or
from an explosion of a heating boiler.
From tho testimony so far adduced
the firo started under a stairway
leading from tho basement to tho
first floor of tho building. Janitor
Fred Herler stoutly maintains that
there was no wasto pr rubbish there.
Tho officials are doubling their ef
forts to ascertain tho names of tho
threo girls reported to have been in
tho "basement at tho tlmo tho flro
started, and said by tho janitor to
have notified him of the fire. Whilo
tho janitor has practically cleared
himself upon his own testimony, yet
tho feeling against him runs high in
Colllnwood. Yesterday ono father,
crazed with grief, made an attempt
upon the life of Herler, who is now
guarded by tho police. In addition
to the blamo not justified being
heaped upon him, Herler is broken
down with grief at the loss of threo
of his own children in tho fire. Aa
tho day wears on It Is the belief that
the number of dead may total 180.
"What tho dooso d'you moaa u
kissing my daughter?"
"Er I'm sorry, but I er wouldn't
help myself."
"Couldn't holp yourself! Conound
you, that's Just what you did col"
Canadian Preacher Says the
Women Have Right to
Appear Beautiful.
BELLINGTON, WASH., March 5.
A special dispatch from Vancou
ver, British Columbia, says that thoro
Is no sin In a woman painting hor
face, Is tho opinion given at tho First
Baptist church Sunday night by Rov.
P. Clifton Parker. Ho took for his
text tho story of Jezebel and Jehu
and remarked that tho system of
painting tho faco is as old as tho
hills. Ancient women wero fond of
It and modern women also obsorvo
tho custom.
"As far as I am concerned," wont
on tho clergyman, "a woman can
rouge If sho likes. I do not think
thoro is any more harm in a woman
painting than in dressing ntcoly
Bho does It to lmprovo hor appear
ance. Somo people say it Is wrong,
but thoso people aro ever on tho look
out for tho llttlp faults and calling
them sins, but sins aro not thoso Ht
tlo frailties and follies, Bin is tho con
dition of tho heart."
I.