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VOL II.
THE COOS BAY TIMES, TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1908.
Wo. 209.
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Attorney in Famous Frisco
Boodle Case Files Volum
inous Affidavit.
SAYS RUEF BEGGED
MERCY BE SHOWN HIM
Heney Deserted Ruef When
Convinced Shifty Politi
cian Was Lying.
(By Associated Pross.7
SAN FRANCISCO, March 10. A
volumnnous affidavit comprising
05,000 words was filed In tho su
perior court this morning by Francis
J. Heney. It Is his answer to tho
affidavits previously presented by tho
attorneys for the defense in tho ef
fort to havo Abo Ituef's indictment
annulled on the ground that Ruef
was promised complete Immunity by
the prosecution, but was given to un
derstand that ho must accept his sen
tence for extortion ,and that no re
quest for leniency would be granted
in tho extortion cases unless Ruef
furnished corroborative evidence.
That Rabbi Nieto declared ho be
lieved Ruef should receive some pun
ishment, and that Heney refused ab
solutely to consider the draft of im
munity contract drawn by Ruef.
Henry Ach freely admitted that Ruef
had no chance to escape conviction
of some of the charges, and urged his
Client to accept the best terms he
could get from the prosecution. That
Ach declared to Heney that Ruef was
implicated with some big people, spe
cifically mentioning Calhoun, Ford
and Herrin, and that the midnight
meeting with Judges Lawlor and
Dunne was suggested by Rabbi Nleto,
and that no promise of immunity was
Becured from cither judge; that ha
beas corpus proceedings to determine
tho legality of the ellsorshlp were dis
missed because Ruef feared that he
would be killed by the "higher-ups"
if placed In the sheriff's custody; that
Ruef informed newspaper men the
day he confessed that ho expected to
servo a term in prison, and that
Heney refusod to have further to do
with Ruef when convinced that tho
latter was lying.
Ask Schmitz's Freedom.
(Dy Associated Press.)
SAN FRANCISCO, March 10.
Owing to tho absence of Judge
Dunne, nothing was accomplished in
securing the liberty of former Mayor
Schmitz except tho consent of Judge
Dooling to al!ow tho filing of a re
mlturo from tho supreme court.
Schmitz's counsel state if Judge
Dunne was not present tomorrow
they would go before the supreme
court and ask for a writ compelling
the immediate release of Schmitz.
CONFIDENT OF
HIS SAFETY
General Llnnres Snys That Alphonso
Would Bo Well Looked
After.
(By Associated Press.)
BARCELONA, March 9. General
Linares, coptaln general of Catalonia,
is confident that tho visit of Alphonso
to Barcelona will pass off in safety.
His majesty Is expected today.
Nevertheless, tho authorities are
sparing no precautions of safeguard
to his majesty. The danger, if any
comes from tho anarchist wing of tho
Carllsts, not from tho republicans.
LEFT HIM BIG
BUNCH OF MONEY
Eastcni Y. M. O. A. Man Falls Heir
to Millions of Dollars in
Australia.
(By Associated Press.)
WORCESTER, Mass., March 9. J.
T. Dower, secretary of the Y. M. C.
A. here, has been notified that ho is
heir to a fortune of ten million dol
lars from his uncle, Thomas Wallace,
who died in Melbourne, Australia.
Ho says ho will retain tho secretary
ship of tho local branch of tho asso
ciation. We must hare more room,
Sweeping reductions in clothing for
the next SO days at the X. L. S T.
Store, S. Lando,
LJLnUi!fIHlLLf1d
Mayor Lane's Traducers Are
Given Terms in the
County Jail.
(By Associated Press.)
PORTLAND, March 10. Mrs.
Bello Waymire, was sentenced to
four months' and B. E. Radding to
t.ix months Imprisonment in the coun
tj jail today. Tho couple were re
cently convicted of conspiring to
ruin the character of Mayor Lane by
having him discovered in a compro
mising position with tho woman.
Said to Hive Embezzled Large
Sum of Money From
Woman.
(From Thursday's Dally.)
LOS ANGELES, March 9. Clinton
O. Heath, said to be a wealthy reaj
estate operator of Denver, was arrest
ed hero today charged with the em
bezzlement of $40,000, the property
o' Mrs. Mary H. Husted, of New
York. It Is alleged tho money given
Heath to invest in real estate, but
that he made disastrous investments
in coal mines.
ARE INVESTIGATING
THEIR METHODS
Conduct of KIccti'lc and Holland Boat
Co. Is Being Looked Into.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, March 9. The
special committee of tho house ap
pointed by Speaker Cannon at the re
quest of Representative Lilley, to
"Investigate tho conduct of the Elec
tric Boat Co. of New Jersey and its
its predecessor, the Holland Boat Co.,
respecting tho methods employed by
said companies in connection with
past or proposed legislation before
congress," began an Investigation to
day. Lilly w.111 be the first witness
in order to place his facts before the
committee.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, March 9. Chair
man Boutell asked Lilley if he was
ready to go ?head with his facts, but
the latter said ho was not prepared to
proceed as he had not secured an at
torney. He however eubmltted a
number of documents to the commit
tee, stating that he had been shad
owed by detectives and that in order
to havo tho shadowing opposed would
ask to have summoned thceo opera
tives connected with a local detectlvo
agency. He stated that he did not
wish to be the first witness and asked
to be allowed to name tho manner in
which tho witnesses would be called.
Boutell stated that Lilley must first
tell what ho knows and permit him to
piocuro an attorney. An adjourn
ment was made until Thursday morn
ing. Organizing Chorus. Tho organiz
ing of tho chorus of "Tho Messiah"
will take place this evening at 8
o'clock, at the studio of Elmor A.
Todd in tho new O'Connell building,
corner of Second and A streets. To
correct a rather prevalent error, wo
wish to stato that there is no action
or costuming in the oratorio, so that
tho time Is entirely devoted to re
hearsal of the music, and will re
quire only two rehearsals of an hour
each per week until ready for per
formance, It is hoped that there will
bo a general response to tho Invita
tion to join, and that all intending to
become members will be present at
Its first meeting. Thero will bo a
short rehearsal of the "Hallelujah
Chorus" after the work of organiz
ing is oyer.
WEALTHY IN
UNDER ARREST
Makes Demand For $5,000 or
Else He Would Wreak
Disaster.
COOLNESS OF VICE PRES.
AVERTS A TRAGEDY
Takes Man to Restaurant and
Police Capture Him at
the Table.
(By Associated Press.)
OMAHA, March 10. At 10 o'clock
this morning an unknown anarchist
entered tho Merchants' National
Bank of this city and demanded a
large sum of money, at tho same time
displaying a bottle believed to con
tain nitro-glycerlno and threatened
to blow up tho bank If tho request
was not compiled with. The man
talked in a rambling manner about
having had $5,000 In tho National
Bank of Commerce in Kansas City
when It failed. "And slnco you fel
lows are all In together, you had just
City and County Hospital De
stroyed With Fatal
Results.
ANOTHER SCHOOL
BUILDING BURNS
Bad Blaze in New York City in
Which Several Firemen ,
Are Injured.
(By Associated Press.)
SAN FRANCISCO, March 10.
One of the buildings of the city and
county alms house was burned this
morning. Three of the inmates are
dead and several wounded. Two of
the dead were old men whose names
are unknown. Tho third, Edward
Korn, who was operated on yesterday
died from tho shock. The building
was entirely destroyed.
School Building Burns.
(By Associated Press. j
TOLEDO, Ohio, March 10. Na
poleon's Union School, tho largest
building of the kind in tho state, was
destroyed by fire this morning. A
repetition of tho Collinwood horror
v. as possibly averted by only a quar
ter of an hour, as it was but fifteen
minutes to nlno when tho firo was
discoyered, and at nine, when all tho
children should havo been in their
seats, tho building was a mass of
Annies. Tho fire broke out in the at
tic, It Is believed from a defective
fluo. The school was rebuilt at a
cost of $11,000 last April.
A New York Fire.
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, March 10. A score
of firemen were injured, several seri
ously, and hundreds driven from
their Jhomes in many buildings
threatened by a fire which destroyed
a big brick block at 38 West Eigh
teenth. Loss $200,000. A big
boarding house was seriously threat
ened and tho inmates escaped with
difficulty. Tho big department store
of Slegel Cooper caught firo several
times but was extinguished before
much damago was done.
l'idhbiirg Blaze.
(By Associated Press.)
PITTSBURG, March 10. Eight
firemen were hurt at a firo in tho
business section of Williamsburg, a
suburb, today. Tho financial loss Is
$125,000.
Carhart'fl overalls and uniforms,
Douglas Show, Hamilton Brown's
American LaSy and American Gent
lemen's shoes. Sole agont, S. Lando,
X. L. N, T. Store-
THREE OEAO
FRISCO FIRE
better hand mo over my money or
I'll blow you and this bank and all
of us to hell," suddenly said the fel
low, as ho produced a three-ounce
bottle containing a thick, yellow
liquid. The vice president said ho
vould go and get tho money, but tho
fellow commanded him not to make
a move or ho would drop tho bottle.
Drake bat down again and told the
stranger ho would talk it over with
him. Tho man agreed, all the time
keeping the bottle in his hand. Tho
fellow said ho had been for -IS hours
without food, so Drake suggested
that they go and get something to
cat. The man said "All right, but
don't try any monkey business or you
are a dead man." President Hamil
ton of the bank overheard enough of
the conversation to enable him to
grasp the situation, and he tele-
phoned for the police, and with two
plain clothes men followed Drake
and the anarchist to a nearby res
taurant. The detectives slipped up
behind tho man as he sat there and
pinioned his arms, relieving him of
the bottle before ho knew what was
up. The bottle was sent to chemists
for examination.
VSVWWVWWVVVWVSAAAA
NIGHT RIDERS
ROLES
Inaugurate a Reign of Terror in
Many Sections of Sunny
Southland.
DEATH AN DISASTER
FOLLOW THEIR WAKE
Reports of Murder and Arson
Come From Many
Quarters.
(By Associated Press.)
CLARKVILLE, Tenn., March 10.
Near Woodford, fifteen miles from
here, Brown Bennett, son of an asso
ciation tobacco raiser, was found
dead early this morning with a bullet
hole in his head. Near Bennett were
two dead horses and three empty
shot guns. It is believed Bennett
was attacked by night riders, and
was Bhot down by parties whom he
and his gang attacked, and that his
comrades in their haste had to leave
him dying on the scene of the fight.
Negroes Must Go.
(By Associated Press.)
PADUCHA, Ky., March 10 A hun
dred masked night raiders went to
Birmingham, Marshall county, last
n.'ght and shot six negroes, one fatal
ly, and whipped five others. They
took possession of the town and shot
Into the negro cabins. They warned
twenty-five negroes to leave town.
Tho raid followed a warning of two
weeks ago to all the negroes to leave
Birmingham.
Destroy Tobacco.
(By Associated Press.)
BROOKSVILLE, Ky., March 10.
Fifty night raiders, early today
burned 15,000 pounds of tobacco be
longing to Robert Stanton, ono of the
wealthiest planters in this section.
The men were heavily armed. They
placed a guard over tho telephone ex
change so that no request for assist
ance could bo sent. Tho men at
tempted no violence. They did not
burn tho warehouse In which the to
bacco was stored.
Give Warning.
(By Associated Press.)
HENDERSON, Ky March 10.
William Bradshaw, a farmer living
on tho edge of this city this morn
on tho edge of this city this morning
found a note warning him against
employing negroes and signed "Tho
Thirty Five." Tho noto was accom
panied by a bundlo of switches, a
match and somo cartridges.
Spring goods at The Ladles Emporium.
TI SCHOOLS
ARE CLOSING
Educational Institutions Over
Country Making Fire Pro
tecting Alterations.
(By Associated Press.)
WELLSVILLE, Ohio, March 9.
The large public school at Empire
has been closed until tho board of
education can make alterations that
will Insure tho snfetv nf tlio r.hllrirnn.
This action was taken by order of the
In Milwaukee Also.
(By Associated Press.)
MILWAUKEE, March 9. The
third floor of sixteen Milwaukee
public schools were ordered vacated
because of the absence of fire escapes.
This action was mado necessary by
order o) the mayor.
LIBRARY BENEFIT
IS POSTPONED
Entertainment Scheduled for Friday,
March 13, Will Be Given
March 27.
The Library Benefit entertainment
which was originally set for Friday
the 13th, has been postponed, not on
account of the hoodoo of tho dates,
but because it was found difficult to
get all arrangements settled satis
factorily for the 13th.
It will probably be given on the
27th of this month. Definite an
nouncement will be mado within a
few days.
I-
MILLINERY OPENING.
A beautiful display of spring and
summer hats will be on exhibition at
the millinery store of Mrs. L. M.
Perry, in North Bend, on Wednesday
and the remainder of tho season. All
the latest styles from tho fashion
centers may bo seen here.
A GOOD PERFORMANCE.
Tnivi'IIo Landers & Co." Please an
Audience at (he Masonic.
One of tho most pleasing shows
that has been in Marshflold for some
time entertained a good-sized audi
ence at tho opening of their engage
ment at the Masonic opera house last
night. Travelle Is without doubt the
best In his line, and Introduced some
thing now to the people of Marsh
field. His wonderful dexterity in the
manipulation of his fingers in per
forming his shadows, which were
both realistic and full of good com
edy was heartily enjoyed by all. Tra
vello also Introduced a pistol act.
When a person stops to think how
difficult it is to become an expert with
a pistol, It Is then that they can ap
preciate tho wonderful work as per
formed by Mr. Travelle, Miss Lillian
Landers introduced a pastel drawing
while singing, her drawing being re
markably clever, and she has a well
trained voice which 'showed to ad
vantage. Tho motion pictures were
well liked, showing up clear and
strong, and without tho usual flicker
that mars this class of entertainment.
Tho balance of tho show Is up to tho
standard.
GOOD SHOW AT CRYSTAL.
A Largo Audience Views New Moving
Pictures.
A largo and happy audience wit
nessed tho bill at tho Crystal last
night. Tho films aro unusually funny,
especially tho mother-in-law race,
which Is a scream from Btart to finish.
Without doubt this Is tho funniest
moving picture over shown In Marsh
field. Tho song feature of tho even
ing was "Captain Baby Bunting,"
rendered by Domarls Gabbort. A
pleasing and unexpected surprise was
pleasing and unexpected surprise was
chorus in tho rear of tho crowd
joined In the chorus of tho song.
Taken as a whole, this is tho best en
tertainment of Its kind over given In
the city.
Project For Furnishing All Coos
County With Electricity
Progressing.
THE MEN INTERESTED
VISIT COOS BAY
Say That the Work of Actual
Construction Is Matter of
a Short Time.
J. S. N. Smith, Electric am Con
sulting Engineer of tho Coquilk- Val
ley Power Co., which is back of the
project to develop 2,000 horss water
power at tho head of Brewstc valley,
and bring electricity for lighting and,
power into North Bend and Marsh
fleld, and C. C. Carter, vlco president
of the same company, aro on Coos
Eay today In tho interest of their
enterprise. Their present visit is
merely one of general conference
with somo of the business men of the
Bay cities in reference to thi pro
ject. rlhe gentlemen held a fconferonao
with L. J. Simpson of North Bend
and a number of other business men
in both cities. They aro very much
in earnest in their work and say that
tho work of actual construction on
tho new enterprise is only a question
of a short time. A detailed and defi
nite statement of the new company,
its possibilities and the scope of its
work, is in course of preparation, and
will appear in Tho Times at an early
day.
The last Issuo of tho Myrtle Point
Enterprise has tho following In ref
erence to the organization of tho
company:
A meeting of the stockholders of
tho Coqullle Valley Power Co. was
held In this city last Monday night
and ofllcers elected. Regular meet
ings of the corporation will hereafter
be held on tho third Monday of each
month.
At last Monday's meeting the fol
lowing officers wero elected:
F, E. Davenport, president.
C. C. Carter, vice president.
W. F. Hendricks, secretary.
E. F. Davenport, W. F. Hendricks.
C. C. Carter, J. R. Benson, and D. H-
Johnson, of Coqullle, directors.
At the meeting of directors it was
decided to placo' a small amount of
stock on tho market, and a number
of Investors havo been coming for
ward with subscriptions to a corpor
ation that they bellevos destined to
work a wonderful change in this sec
tion of tho country. They aro like
wise prompted to get In early, real
izing that stockholders will bo ablo
to secure the jxwer they may need at
a lower rate than will bo given to
consumers who do not hold member
ship. Tho plpo lino of tho power plant
has been surveyed, and profiles of
tho system furnished, whllo applica
tions for a pipe line right of way have
been mado and the matter of right of
way for the polo line has been taken
up with tho county court, so that the
power may bo brought down from,
Brewster valley and distributed to tho
consumers.
Tho work of development Is pro
ceeding, and will go forward moro
rapidly as soon ns tho weather will
pormit of tho work in hand. Tho
prospects for tho early building of tho
plant are now excellent, and tho cer
tainty of tho valuo of tho corporation.
both to the country and tho share
holders, Is conceded by all who know
their plans. Myrtle Point Entor
prlso. Millinery Announcement.
Wednesday, March 11th, has been
set ns tho opening date of Mrs. Aik
en's now stock of Spring and Summer
millinery.
Somo of tho most exclusive designs
in Ladles', Misses', and Children's
hats, Just received from tho fashion
centers of tho world, will bo shown,
and at popular prices.
A cordial Invitation Is extended to
all to inspect this now stock.
The photo business of tho-Walkor
studio will from now on bo transact
ed at the gallery, Rogors building;
room 11, Entrance on Broadway.
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