The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957, March 11, 1908, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextA ZA T h," w Tint ate. , m Tkoy ar dtraa AMT UateMfaB- ExmtB Titer la at Blnglt Dull tin tho fat. no bastneM io brtofc a Tlmea ad. will not make 'It brUkor. No businesg so dull & Tlraei' ad. will on aftrrita xaiHra of interest. Net tho least Interesting part of the paper is its advertising columns. Flan your purchases from Times ads. It will pay. not nllrem It. Time ad. ar gret aids. MEMBEIt OP ASSOCIATE rttESd VOL II. THE COOS BAY TIMES, WE DNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1908. No. 2102. ITZ OUT ADLER KILLS MAN mm GEORGE GOODRICH 111 10 DEATH IN GGQUiLLE MILL TEACHER ENDS TWO LIVES 1 II Caught in Belt in Coquille Mill and Meets a Horrible Death. LEAVES WIFE AND TEN CHILDREN Every Particle of Clothing Is Whipped Off of His Bruised Body. (Special to The Times.) COQUILLE, March 11. George Goodrich, an employe in the Coquille lumber mill, was tho victim of an ac cident resulting in his almost Instant death about 11:30 today. In some manner his clothing was caught in tho belting of tho machinery and ho was drawn swiftly and Irresistably to his certain death. Tho swiftly whirl ing belt carried him Into tho machin ery and crushed and bruised tho life out of his poor, bleeding body in less time than it requires to tell it. So great was the forco with which his body wis hurled bv the revolutions of the wheels that every particlo of clothing was torn from his form be fore tho machinery could be stopped and his lifeless body taken from tho machinery. The dead man was well known and his death in such a horrible manner comes as a great shock to this com munity. He leaves a wife and ten children to mourn his untimely death. GREAT BRITAIN THINKS JAPAN TOO HASTY Advises Jap Ambassador That Diffi culty With China Should Bo Arbitrated. (By Associated Press.) TOKIO, March 11. According to a woll authenticated report, when tho British government was informed of Japan's announcement in tho event of the refusal by China to en tertain Japan's demands, sho pro posed to take "independent action " Tho British foreign office asked Count Komura Japenese ambassador, what steps Japan and Great Britain wero covering in tho question of war between Japan and any other nation. Komura was unable to give any In formation and asked tho foreign of fico here for Information. The atti tude of Great Britain is an unexpect ed phase of tho question. It is un derstood Great Britain is advising ar bitration. KING ALFONSO IS WARMLY WELCOMED Spanish Royalty Given an Effusive Greeting Upon His Arrival in Barcelona. (By Associated Press.) BARCELONA, March 11. King Alphonso arrived yesterday. There was no disturbance of any khid to mark his arrival. Ho was given a warm reception and was applauded by tho people Ho will hold a re coption at 4 o'clock today at tho home of General Linares, at which the officers of the Austrian squadron will be present. Tho town Is galjy decorated in his honor. The police had great difficulty In compelling obedience to tho order prohibiting the customary showering of the king with flowers by enthusiastic young Spanish women. THIS PLAY MUST BE VERY NAUGHTY New Jersey Polico Arrest Actors Drama Based on tho Thaw Tragedy. (By Associated Press.) in NEWARK, N. J., March 11.- At tho closo of tho performance last night of "Tho Millionaire's Re- Yenge," the polico arrested the maa-not agement and leading actors. They are charged with producing an 1m- moral play based on tho Thaw. tragedy. FRANK RUMMELL leaves tomorrow morning on a business trip to iCo q'ullle. ' ' : . . WANTED KILL ' QUfrni-ij'c ifliip Apparently Insane Man Opens Fire on the Royal Castle. (By Associated Press.) CHRISTIANIA, March 11. A fawedo apparently insano fuslladed the royal castle hero with a rifle at noon yesterday. Ho fired, altogether, several shots, somo of which crashed through tho windows and imbedded themselves in the interior walls of tho castle. The man was promptly seized by tho polico and disarmed. At the police station he declared it was his intention to kill King Haa kon. Ho had still 40 or 50 cart ridges In his pockets. The king and Queen Maud were absent from tho castle. THE MARSHFIELD BACHELORS, MATING John Sullivan, of Merchant Bros., "Is Married in 'Frisco Mark Condron to Weil. Ono by one tho Marshfleld bache lors are lowering (.heir colors to tho little lad dressed decolletto and car rying a bow and arrow. The latest victim of Cupid's arrow is John Sul livan, tho popular clerk in Merchant Brothers' store, who was wed recent ly in San Francisco to Miss Artha Marr, a grammar school teacher of Colusa, California. Mr. Sullivan and his brido will arrive in Marsh fleld on the steamer Plant tomorrow to make their future home In this city, Altho he has been a resident of Coos Bay for only a few months, Mr. Sullivan has made many friends, who will join The Times in wishing himself and bride the most happy of wedded lives, and bid them a hearty welcome to their nv homo on Coos Bay. Rumors aro to tho effect that "Mark Condron of tho Pioneer Gro cery Store is going to return to Mex ico very soon in order to enter the matrimonial field." The hearty con gratulations of his many friends aro extended thru Tho Times to Mr. Con dron for a long, happy and prosper ous career. TWO ACCIDENTS. Arvin Tattle Shot in Hand and Mis. Dubell Seriously Burned. Arvin Tuttle, tho son of H. M. Tut tle, was shot thru the hand last even ing by carelessly handling an air gun. This should be a good lesson to those who have these firearms, causing more attention to tho manner in which they are handled. Mrs. Dubell, of Allegany, was brought to tho General Hospital this week, having been seriously burned on the hands. At present the pa tient Is doing very well. PRICE OF GASOLINE , IS ON THE DECLINE Price Is Lower on Coos Bay at Pre sent Than For Many Years. Tho Standard Oil Company an nounces a decline of three cents In the price of gasoline and a cent and a half In distillate. This brings tho price down to the lowest point that It has been In years and will be tho means of a great saving to our local launches. Agent Dow is at a loss to account for this budden drop. Up to tho recent financial stringency the outpu, of gasoline on this coast was up to the consumption and the onjy way that ho can account for tho decline Is the fact that the gasoline must bo feeling the effect of bard times the same as other commodities. MRS. E. E. HAYES, of North Bend, returned today from a week's Ylslt wither mother in Coquille. Aristocratic Private School in Boston Scene of Shocking Tragedy. MURDER AND THEN SUICIDE Craed as Result of Overwork, Cul tured Woman Ends Life Of a Friend and Herself. (By Associated Press.) BOSTON, March 11. At tho Laur- enz school,- an exclusivo finishing school patronized by daughters of wealthy parents, last night, Miss Sarah Chamberlain Weed, of Chest nut Hill Philadelphia, shot and killed Miss Elizabeth Bailey Hardee and then committed suicide. Tho women wero partners In tho operation of tho school. Overwork following the opening of the school last October resulted In Miss Weed's breakdown. Sho was sent to a sani tarium but escaped the nurses and last night returned to tho school. Miss Hardee volunteered to care for her. It was noticed that Miss Weed acted strangely, and finally she was induced to go to bed. This morning tho bodies of both women were found In bed with bullet holes In their heads. Medical Examiner Stedman declared Miss Weed committed sui cide after killing'Miss Hardee. Many Aflldavits Filed. (By Associated Press.) SAN FRANCISCO. March n. The affidavits in regard to tho Ruef immunity contract will be filed in Judge Lawler's court today by Ru dolph Spreckels and Ruef himself. Spreckels' affidavit contains a declar- ation that ho always understood and believed and insisted that Ruef would be given substantial punishment, and that Heney always agreed with him in this respect, and always declared his Intention of sending Ruef to prison. Spreckels further says he never saw the partial immunity con tract or knew its contents until It was made public January 19 last. The bulk of Spreckels' affidavits aro given to explicit denials of certain details of tho affidavits of Ruef, Rab bis Kaplan and Nioto. The affidavit of Ruef is largely devoted to a bitter attack on the prosecution and a vig orous denial of the statements con tained in tho affidavits it has filed. MEMBERS OF HOUSE COMMITTEE (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, March 9. Demo cratic members of tho house commit tee on banking and currency today agreed to report to tho house the minority currency bill. McCOURT GET! President Names Pendleton Man for District Attorney of Oregon. ' (By Associated Press.) ' WASHINGTON, March 11. PresW dent Roosevelt yesterday sent to tho senate the nomination of John Mc Court, of Pendjeton, Ore., to be, United States district attorney for tho district of Oregon. FOR A NEW SCHOOL DISTRICT ON THE BAY Petition in Circulation Astfiiig Thnt New District Bo Created in Mill Section. A petition is in circulation pray ing the county court to establish a new school district on Coos Bay to tako in Bay City mill, new Smith, mill, Bunker Hill, Bay Park and Bolso addition. This will tako in part of districts 9 and 49. Tho pe tition is being generally signed, and will no doubt be acted upon farora bly at the next meeting of the county cou.,rt. i . . 4 4 . H 1 ON Mi BAIL Notorious Mayor of 'Frisco Re leased on a $345,000 Bond. RUEF NOW SEEKS FREEDOM Tho Major's Companion In Crime Also Desires to Be Admitted to Bail. (By Associated Press.) SAN FRANCISCO, March 11 Fol lowing the setting at liberty upon ball aggregating $345,000 of Former Mayor Eugene E. Schmitz last night after being confined nlno months In the county jail, the preliminary steps were taken today for tho releaso of Abo Ruef, whoso attorneys took ad vantage of tho admission in Heney's voluminous affidavit that Ruef had been twice indicted on every charge against him with tho exception of a half dozen charges on which ho was Indicted separately. Henry Ache asked that tho bail be reduced to a normal sum, or that he bo released upon his own recognizance. Judge Lawlor held tho suggestion proper that tho defendant should bo re lieved of the burden of the addition al indictments, and Heney will to morrow designate on which indict ment Ruef is to be released on his own recognizance. This will reduce Iluef's ball from $1,200,000 to $600,- 000, which Ruef declares he could give In a moment if his plea of guilty to tho charge of extortion be fore Judge Dunne is withdrawn. AWFUL DEED OF AN INSANE MAN Man Near Taconia Kills AVifo and Three Children and Commits Suicide. (By Associated Press.j TACOMA, March 11. A special to the News from Tenino says Warren McKay, a native of Canada killed his wife and three children at his homo there and committed suicide Monday aight. Two men who were on their way to work early yesterday found McKay's body clad in underclothing on tho trail leading to town from his he me. It Is believed he posoned him self as no marks wero found on his body. The men notified tho town marshal and ho went to McKays home where they found the bodies of the other members of the family, the wife and tho two older children with their throats cut and the other with his head crushed in with the blows of a hammer. McKay had been a sufferer from cancer on tho face, and this preyed on his mind. Friday Night Chamber of Com merce Meeting to Be Ad dressed by Attorneys, Mr. Brown, an attorney from Min neapolis, Minn,, has arrived on the Bay and tho people of Marsh,flejd will have the privilege of hearing an ad dress by him at the Chamber of Com merce Friday evening. Mr. Brown is a man of marked observing pow ers, and his impressions of "Coos Bay's possibilities" will bo well worth hearing. "Coos Bay as an Outlet for Wheat and Other Products of the Inland Empire" will also bo discussed by a visiting attorney from Portland. Another rousing meeting that prom ises to rival in eloquence tho street Improvement meeting of last Friday night is being arranged for. PIONEER MAIL OAIUUEIl. Early Resident of Coos County Re visitH Old Scene. Arthur Lewis, at present of Fall RlYorMass., a'ploneer of Coos coun ty, and a brother of John Lewis, who i WILL BE LEGAL SHIP BOOSTING CLUB H SCHOONER, SJAbi HAUt Coos Bay Brewing Company Will Build Boat for Local Traffic. A new gasoline schooner will bo running from Coos Bay to the vari ous neighboring ports soon after June 1st of this year and tho prices of freight transportation will be ma terially reduced. The Coos Bay Brewing Company has contracted with the Kruse & Banks shipbuilding firm at North Bend for an 85-foot boat to bo ready for traffic on tho first of June. Tho schooner will be used solely as a freighter, and is be ing constructed by Messrs. Thorns & Weicks for private business and with tho hopo of building up a fine coast trado with the nearby ports. At first tho principal ports will in clude Yaquina, the Umpqua and Ban don. Later the schedule will bo ox tended to Port Orford, when it is seen there Is a demand for traffic to that city. There will bo a regular schedule Inaugurated at tho start, which will include tho cities on Ya- qulna Bay, Gardiner, on tho Ump- qua, and Bandon. The boat when completed will rep resent an outlay of $20,000, and will be ono of the finest crafts plying these waters. Sho will have a total length of 85 feet, with a 20-foot beam and a seven-foot hold. Tho Coos Bay Brewing Company has found It necessary to have a boat of Its own In order to get tho service required In the delivery of its goods. The schooner will bo equipped with two 75-horse power Fairbanks-Morse gasoline engines, and will bo capable of twelve knots an hour in tho bay and ten knots at sea. Captain Lud wig Christienson, who is a careful and experienced navigator, will have chargo of the craft, and has already moved to North Bond to superintend tho construction. Messrs. Thorn and Weicks, of tho brewing company, hall from Rose burg, where Weicks was engaged in tho brewing business. Ho and Mr. Thorns have cruised a great part of tho timber lands which tho C. A. Smith company has purchased In Coos county, being old experienced tlmbermen, and accumulated a com fortable fortuno In tho business. CONTRACT LET FOR THE NEW FERRY BOAT Will Bo Built by Captain Itced and Will Cost 81,175 Kxclusivo of tho Machinery. The county court has let tho con tract for tho now county ferryboat that Is to ply on tho bay between Eastsldo and Marshfleld to Captain Reed, for tho sum of $1,475. This price is exclusive of machinery, al though It Is part of tho contract that Captain Reed Is to do tho work of installing it. Tho boat Is to be com pleted and in operation by May 15. conducted tho first storo started at Bandon, who Is hero on a visit with his old friends, the Fahy family and others of tho lower river, was in town Friday and met his old aqqualnta'nco, Captain W. E, Rackllff, of Myrtle Point. Mr. Lewis carried mall from Gardiner to Port Orford from 1864 to 1870, and then again from 1874 to 1878. This was tho only mall line coming Into Coos and Curry counties at that time, and trips wero made as often as convenient. Ho also con ducted a ferry at Bandon between times, while John Nasburg was mall carrier boforo him, his term begin ning in 18G0 and ending when Mr. Lewis took tho contract. Mr. Lewis looks quito well, and gets about well for one of his ago, but ho informs us that his brothor John died somo threo years ago. Among tho advancements mado by the county since ho left ho observes that of prices, of real cstnto. A, farm for whch .he recelvod $6,000 and considered he haddonowell, sold recently for $35,000. Coquille Her ald. . I ' ' Feared Suicide Was Traveling: Salesman Well Known on. Coos Bay. TELEGRAM SENT TO SAN FRANCISCO? Circumstances Tend to Con firm Fact Had Many Friends Here. The many friends of Harry Adlerv a prominent and popular traveling; salesman for Hoffman-Rothschilds Co., a San Francisco wholesale clothing house, wero painfully sur prlbed and shocked to read in tho press dispatches of a tragedy in Den ver In which it is feared ho Is tlie contral figure. Mr. Adler had made tho Coos Bay and Coqulllo valley territory for years, and was woli known and popular and esteemed for his many excellent traits of charactor It is difficult for his friends to believe that ho is tho party, but there arcs many Incidents Indicating his iden tity with that of the Denver su'cldo Charlie Lee, who was a friend oC Adler's, has Bent a telegram to the San Francisco firm requesting fur ther information. Mr. Leo states that Adler was married to a woman in Los Angeles. This, with the fact that tho Denver victim is a clothings salesman, and that another man is. now making this territory, tend to confirm tho fears that poor Harry Adler is dead by his own hand. The following is the dispatch: DENVER, March 7. Harry Adler,, a clothing salesman 40 years of age, shot and killed his divorced wife, Miss Grace. Nottinghom, 27 years old,, in a room In tho Waldorf hotel, 175T Stout street, this city, last Wednes day night and then blew out his own brains. Tho bodies were not found until today. From tho position of the bodies", and the nature of tho wounds it was believed for a time that tho woman, had first shot tho man and then com mitted suicide, but this theory proved! incorrect. Adler left a note, from which it appeared that ho intended to. kill his former wifo and himself. Tho couple wero married in Los? Angeles, January 12, 1900, and tho? woman obtained a divorce In Denver a year ago. Previous to her marriages Miss Nottingham shot and killed Ed ward Murphy, a railroad fireman at Avon, Colo., where sho resided with, her parents. Sho pleaded self-defense and a Jury found her guilty of involuntary manslaughter, for which, sho served ono day In jail. Adler is said to have been a cousins of Abo Ruef, of San Francisco. Tho murder is the 29th honilctdev In Colorado since the first of thcr year. In addition three women phot by men who attempted sulcldo aftei attempting murder are still living-,, one of whom Is dally expected to die. Nino of tho murderers killed them selves; two have been tried and sen tenced to prison, ono has been ac quitted; fourteen aro awaiting trlal and five aro at large. MAY DEFEAT THE TREATr Annexation Project of Congo Inde pendent State to Belgium Probably All Off. (By Associated Press.) BRUSSELLS, March 9. Minister of Stato Beerneart has decided ta op pose tho treaty annexation of tho1 Congo Independent State to Belgium on account of clauses granting recog nition to private concesssions and providing a grant of ten million dol lars to King Leopold. Defection of Beerneart may mean the defeat of the treaty. SMILED IN THE FACE OF DEATH SKELETON (By Associated Press.) OSSINING, N. Y., March 8. An tonio Strollo, tho Italian who killed' Antonio Lorsella in Van Cortlaudt, N. Y., last August, went to his deattr In the electric chair today with ti? cheery goodbye on his face. -.1 ' ' 5 ' I t ? gnrirKfftfin.iiiiaiH