AREALNEWSPAPER. ALERT, CONCISE, INDEPEXDEXT, SINCERE. (toa Qtimm A PAPER OF THE PEOPLE. BY THE PEOPLE, AX1) FOR THE PEOPLE. w&n ttas MEMBER OP ASSOCIATED PRKSb VOL II. THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 5, 1908. No. 257. ma 1 WEALTHY COUPLE'S SON HELD FOR BRUTAL PORTLAND MURDER Warrant Issued for Edward H. Martin for Killing Nathan Wolff. SUSPECT IS SAID TO BE "DOPE" FIEND. Disappeared From Home and Work in City Engineer's Office. (Dy Associated Press.) PORTLAND, May 5. Ed ward II. Martin, suspected of the murder of Nathan Wolff, was arrested by Detectives Jones and Tychner late this afternoon in a lodging hou-So on Union avenue, and taken to the polico station. He had visited a number of friends this morning and was traced to the lodging house. A large crowd gathered, but no hostile demonstration was made. Martin, in a statement to tho polico denies that ho killed Wolff. Tho deep wound in his forehead, ho says was made by an axo in his own hands a week ago, and the scratches on his neck by a cat. Tho polico are sweating him. (By Associated Press.) PORTLAND, May 5. A warrant was issued today for tho arrest of Edward H. Martin, for the alleged murder of Nathan Wolff who was so brutally murdered in his jewelry and pawn-broker's shop Friday night. Martin, who is 33 years of age, and an employe of tho city engineer's of fice, is alleged to bo an opium fiend. He has been missing from his home, and his usual, haunts since Sunday night. Yesterday, the police discovered a bloody shirt in a heap of debris in the rear of a cheap lodg ing house on Second street. The collar band conformed in size to the bloody collar found in Wolff's shop and tho laundry marks gave tho po lice the clue which led to the i suanco of tho warrant for Martin's arrest. Search For THm. All the detectives of tho depart ment are searching the city and the suburbs for Martin who disappeared from his homo on East Side Sunday evening and has not since been seen by his people. Never beforo has he been suspected of any crime. Sev eral months ago, ho was arrested for having opium in his possession, but was released when ho was recogniz ed as an employo of tho city. Martin is the son of wealthy par ents now traveling in Europe, is a graduate of We3t Point, a graduate of Fordham University, the New York law college and took one year's study in tho medical class of the university of Oregon. His wlfo saw him tho last time on Sundny. Mar tin went to church Sunday morning and apparently was unconcerned. NAME JDHNSON Washington Post Says Repre sentative Hammond Will Present His Name. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, D. 0., May 5. The Post today says that the name of Governor Johnson of Minnesota, will bo presented to the Denver Con vention to head the Democratic na tional ticket, by Repr. Wlnfleld S. Hammond of Minnesota. Ham mond nominated Johnson for both his terms as governor of Minnesota, and both times Johnson swept the normally Republican state into the Democratic column. CORTHELLS Ico Cream sold at the Rink, day and night. DEMOCRATS TO ST. LOUIS IS STORM SIEPT Severe Thunderstorm and Wind Causes Three Deaths and Heavy Property Loss. (By Associated Press.) ST. LOUIS, May 5. A thunder storm accompanied by an unusually severe wind with almost tornado velocity swept over this vicinity early today. The bridge of the Louisville and Nashville, near Belle ville, 111., was washed out and wreck ed a freight train. While the cars piled up in Schoen laub creek three of the crew were drowned. A large area of lowlands are under water and was damaged by the tor nado. Traffic Is Impeded and telegraphic and telephonic service is interrupted. STORM IX ARKANSAS. Several Villagers Reported Des troyed No .Loss of Life LITTLE ROCK, May H. A storm last night did great damage prictic- ally throughout Arkansas. Several villages were practically desf." yed. No loss of life has been reported. New York District Attorney Says he Will go to Jail Rather Than Comply With Order. (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, May 5. District At torney Jerome declares that he will go to jail rather than comply with the order of Judge Rosalsky that cer tain grand jury minutes shall be filed with tho court of general sessions, Mr. Jerome made the statement at a hearing of the charges against him that ho failed to fulfill the duties of ills office. The allegations against Mr. Jero me, which aro of a sensational char acter, were filed some time ago and aro to tho effect that he has shown preference In tho prosecution of cer tain prominent violators of the law, one of whom is Thomas F. Ryan. Tho records which Judge Rosal sky ordered filed with the court of gneeral sessions are those of the grand jury which investigated the af fairs of the Metropolitan Street Rail way system last November. Tho ef fect of the filing of tho minutes with the clerk would be to make them public. SUSPECTPLOT AGAIHSTBURNS Four Men Arrested in San Francisco Charged With Shadowing Detective. (By Associated Press.) SAN FRANCISCO, May 5. Four men alleged to have been shadowing William J. Burns, tho special agent of tho graft prosecution, have been detained and placed under tho orderB of tho court as witnesses. They are C. Middlemas, Henry Nelson, John R. Johnson and J. Nweman. TO ALL members of Koos Tribe and Sacajawea Council, you are re- quested to meet at Red Men Wigwam 'Thursday, May 7th. Joint meeting Corn and Venison, Wives and hus bands of members are invited. TOMORROW SS CLEAN UP DAY IN MARSMFIEID LEAN UP DAY Is rapidly taking Municipal custom. It follows In direct line with spring house clean ing, and rightly so. The city should not lay claim to exemption from this domestic routine any more than any well ordered home. In fact any pretense to attractiveness is the best reason that need be assigned for a general clean up of tho city. The action of the A. N. W. Club In standing sponsor for thlb work is admirable and with Mayor Straw's ofilclal endorsement should be made a splendid success. Everyone should aid in the movement. The fact that the schools are closed should be a great aid to the work by permitting the children to participate in the work and thus receiving an object lesson In civic clean liness. Enli3t the children everywhere. Marshfield should make a clean sweep tomorrow. Let the broom be the emblem of our endeavor. If you have a vacant lot with old boards, boxes, tin, cans and cast off clothing, heap the stuff up, notify the committee and a garbage wagon will call and carry off without charging a cent for it. Fix the old barn up. Why not paint It? It needs It. If your sidewalk is bad, don't wait to be forced to fix it. Prop up that decrepit fence. Brush and weeds arc beautiful on the wild hills of the mountains, but scarcely so along your sidewalk and fences. Make war on the weeds. If your backyard is strewn with old barrels, discarded furniture and other relics, assemble them and pronounce the benediction with a match. If your children scatter papers and litter on tho sidewalks or adjoin ing premises, have them clean it nip. Teach them that It is a public of fense. Have the children sow vines or flowers to cover up the old back fence and woodshed. Level up the lawn along the curb. If you are a corporation and have poles that lean like those of a neglect ed hopyard, straighten them up. Unpainted poles should be painted. Above all, if you own an unsightly, uninhabitable, tumble-down shack, won't you make stovewood of It? If you can't find any one who will re move it for the wood, notify the committee. The time and expense devoted to this work Is one of the best Invest ments we can make for oun.elves and for the city. Let everybody lend a hand. DISTRICTS AND COMMITTEES. The city has been divided into the following districts and the follow ing persons assigned to each to seo that the clean-up day program Is carried out systematically and thoroughly: Committee on Front and Water streets Walter Lyon, Chas Mc Knight, F. M. Friedburg, Herbert Lockhart, A. J. Matson. North Third Street, north Mrs. Wm. Merchant, Mrs. T. A. Golden, Mrs. Elizabeth MInott, Mrs. J. W. Flanagan, Mrs. E. O'Connell, Mrs. S. '.ando. West Marshfield Mrs. J. L. Hall, Mrs. F. M. Friedburg. South Marshfield Mrs. John Preuss, Mrs. Allen, Mrs. H. Wright, Mrs. E. Bargelt, Mrs. W. F. Squires, Miss Eichkworth. North First to North Third Mrs. I. Lando, Mi s. G. A. Bennett, Mrs. John Bear, Mrs. Hillis Short, Mrs. P. Murphy, Mrs. F. P. Norton, Mrs. S. Brown. Queen Avenue to First North Mrs. J. T. McCormac, Mrs. E. G. Fla nagan, Mrs. S. H. Hazard, Mrs. M. R. Smith, Mrs. II. Reed, Mrs. Mc-Knlght. CLEAN-UP DAY PROCLAMATION'. Whereas, winter has passed and siring is hero and the laws of God and man require an observance of the clean-up spirit now abroad in the land; the accumulated garbage and rubbish of the late departed winter demands Immediate attention; the debris incident to the growth and building operations of the past year presents an unsightly appearance; plague and other pestilential dangers lurk In neglected alleys, surface sewers and back yards; health-giving ozone from the ocean on ono side and purity of mountain water on the other minimizes the menace but does not exempt the city from the .consequences of utter disregard of the laws of sanitation or afford excuse for a lack of civic pride, and, Whereas, our predecessors, dwelling upon the shores of this Bay, fur nished the example, of annually In the spring-time, shoveling away the oyster shells heaped around their topee, or removing tho tepee, now, Therefore, we, by virtue of the authority in us vested, as women and citizens of Marshfield, Oregon, do hereby proclaim Wednesday, May G, 1908 a Clean-up Day, and request that all citizens, as far as practicable, abstain from their usual labors on the forenoon of said day; that they devote their time to the gathering together and piling In one heap on their premises, all the old boxes, barrel-staves, tin cans, boards, scattering pieces of coal, wood, gum boots, overalls, old hats, socks, shoes, or other articles of wearing apparel, dead rats, decaying vegetables, bits of paper and any and everything that may be repulsive to the sight or dangerous to the public health. Let no vacant lot, back street or front street, side or back alley, back yard or front yard bo overlooked, let drivers of teams, which will be furnished free of charge by tho under signed on said day bo notified and directed as to where rubbish is heaped that it may bo hauled away beyond the sight or scent of man. Done this First Day of May, in the year of Our Lord, 1908. Mrs. Kate Lando, president of A. N. W., Mrs. Frledbcrg, Mrs. Rosa Preuss, Mrs. Annie Flanagan, Mrs. S. M. Brown, Mrs. Elizabeth H. Mlnot Mrs. J. T. McCormac, Mrs. M. McKnight, Mrs. W. T. Merchant, Mrs. Hazard, Mrs. Hall, M. B. B. Squire, and Mrs. T. A. Golden. The plan for cleaning up the city as outlined by tho ladles of tho A. N. W. Club, is certainly a very commendable oi( and it should be sup ported by every citizen of Marshfield, I heartily approve of It in every particular. E. E. STRAW, Mayor. ACCIDENT TO BOILERS OF THE NANN SMITH- IHr Lumber Carrier Has to lie Towed to San Franclhco to Undergo Repairs. Owing to an accident to tho boilers of tho Nann Smith, tho big lumber carrier had to be towed to San Fran cisco to undergo repairs. A tug from San Francisco took her out of Coos Bay yesterday. The damage to tho vessel is not serious and can be repaired In a day or so at San Francisco after which she will return hero and resume her work. LADIES' Muslin underwear at the Coos Bay Cash Store. a place In history as an American POWERS PARDOX CASE. Gov. Wilson of Kentucky Will Soon Announce Decision. (By Associated Press.) FRANKFORT, Ky May 5. Gov. Wilson was unable to complete the reading of all tho papers In tho Cal?b Powers pardon case in time to pn. nounce his decision today. It may bo several days before tho decision is announced. Powers was former Sec retary of State and four times was on trial for conspiracy In connection with the assassination of Senator Goebel, which occurred January 3. 1900. Three times ho was convicted. VOTE for N. C. Medley, Repub lican candidate for County Assessor, ENGLISH LUTRE 0 0 Jury Awards Him $5,000 For Personal Injuries Sustained In Libby Accident. Word was received hero this morn ing that the jury in tho case of Old land vs. the Oregon Coal and Naviga tion Company, which has been oc cupying the attention of tho Circuit court at Coquille for the last few days, had brought in a verdict for $5,000 for tho plaintiff. Tho case had been hard fought and the size of the verdict was a surprise to some who had followed it. Oldland sued for personal Injuries sustained near the Llbby mines. This was the third trial, tho jury in the first case having disagreed and the Oregon Supreme Court, to which an appeal was taken on the verdict of the second trial, remanded the case for hearing. Oldland sued for $15, 000, claiming to have been per manently Injured. Wllcov is Guilty. The jury In the caso of tho State vs. J. C. Wilcox of North Bend, re turned a verdict of guilty and sen tence will be Imposed tomorrow. Today, the court took up tho case of the Pioneer Hardware Company of Marshfield versus George Farrin. Kinney's Opponents Appear. North Bend people who have been involved in the difficulties of Major L. D. Kinney of Plat B, appeared be fore tho grand jury and gave their version of tho affair on which they believed Major Kinney was trying to secure their indictment. The grand jury has not announced its findings in tho controversy. George Norrls Is foreman of the ;rand jury and the other members aro Lee Mast, S. Mundy, J. II. Aker, C. L. Bonebrake, J. A. Bates and J. H. Radabaugh. Tho indictments they were returned for gambling were against W. H. Short, John Nas burg, Wm. Ferry and Frank Gard ner of North Bend, and Roy Reason for larceny. Another report is ex pected soon. OLDLAND GETS BIG VERDICT INDORSE $100,000,00 Union Pacific Directors Follow E. H. Harriman's Recom mendation to Float $100, 000,000 New Securities to Buy, Build and Improve Railways. (By Associated Press.) SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, May 5. The meeting of tho stockholders of tho Union Pacific Railway hero today authorized tho Issuanco of $100, 000,000 In bonds, as recommended by E. II. Ilarriman. tho proceeds of which are to go for tho purchnse, improvement and building of addi tional lines for tho Ilarriman sys tem. ' Tho bonds will bo floated within a short time as It Is Mr. Harriman's wish to get tho proposed work under way as quickly as possible. Sub scriptions for them will bo taken In America and In Europe, tho Issue probably being equally divided be tween tho two. It Is ono of tho largest bond Is sues floated In a long time, but ow ing to tho success In placing tho Pennsylvania's lssuo of forty million dollars a short tlmo ago, it is not believed that there will bo any dif ficulty in placing them. REMEMBER tho danco at tho Rink Wednesday night, May Cth. Music by "Bay City Orchestra." Dancing at 8 p. m. Storo your Goods with the Bay lde Paint Co., North Bend. RANS WILL MEET GATION The Rev. W. F. Holl Begins Preparations to Build Church On Coos Bay. WOULD HELP PLAN TO GET SEMINARY. Ecclesiastical Educational In stitution for Pacific Coast May be Located Here. The Rev. W. F. Holl, pastor of the English Luhteran church, will call a meeting of the members of that denomination for next Sunday to or ganize a congregation and arrange for erecting a church here. On tho same day, he will hold services in North Bend and endeavor to organ ize a congregation and Sunday school there. The Rev. Mr. Holl is anxious to effect the organization of a congrega tion here as soon as possible In order that he may be better able to en deavor to have the seminary which the Lutherans are planning to build on the Pacific coast located on Coos Bay. The latter project Is still In Its Infancy, the various factions being unable to agree upon the location al though they have upwards of $20, 000 raised, C. A. Smith of the C. A. Smith Lumber and Manufacturing Company of Marshfield, has con tributed about $10,000 to the semin ary fund and J. A. Bonn of Oakland, Cal., a similar amount. Mr. Holl is convinced that Coos Bay would be an ideal location for the seminary and will urge It with all his power. As yet, no site has been selected for the proposed church. A number of already promised to contribute generously towards the fund for tho church and the site, C. A. Smith be ing one of the number. The Rev. Mr. Holl during his won: hero has been very successful and will receive aid from many outsido of his denomination in raising funds to carry out his project. FIRE IX IXDIAXA. (By Associated Press.) WALKERTON, Ind., Mny 5. FIro early today destroyed the business section of the town. The loss will exceed $100,000 Fabulous Sum Paid for Bril liant for the Sultan of Tur key in Paris. (By Associated Press.) PARIS, May 5. Tho famous "Hope Diamond," recently owned by Joseph Frankels Sons Co. of Now York, was sold hero, it is reported, for $100,000. It is believed to have ibeon bought for tho Sultan of Tur- koy. Tho Hope Diamond Is a sapphlro blue brilliant weighing 44 V6 carats. At ono time, It was owned by H. T. Hopo. It Is supposed to havo been cut from tho largo blue diamond woighlng 112 V carats in tho rough which was sold by Tavernlor to Louis XIV. DROWNS WHILE FISHING. Dick Leon, Colored Porter, Loses Life at Knlispcl, Mont. (By Associated Press.) BATTLEP'Mont., May 5. Dick Leon, a colored porter of Spokane or Davenport, Wash., was drowned at Kallspoll yesterday whllo Ashing. 0 ROPE DIAMOND FOR $400,000 A Traa