The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957, May 25, 1908, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextA REAL NEWSPAPER. ALERT. CONCISE, INDEPENDENT, SINCERE. (&$m mmtB A PAPER OF THE PEOPLE. BY THE PEOPLE, AND FOB THE TEOPLE. MEMBER OP ASSOCIATED PRESS SZZ VOL II. THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 25, 1908. No. 274. tfi BEGIN SUIT F ASKS PAROLE FOR J. C. OR TIBER w HARRY THAW 1ST REIIH 1 Government Files Notice of Ac tion Against C. A. Smith Co. of Coos Bay. TRACT SAID TO BE IN LINN COUNTY. Lumber Company's Financial Agent Charged With Illegal Action. (By Associated Press.) PORTLAND, May 25. To recover 9,280 acres of the best timber land In Oregon, valued approximately at $1,000,000 now in the possession of C. A. Smith, the millionaire lumber man of Minneapolis and Coos Bay, United States Dist. Atty. John Mc Court today Hied bills of complaint in a suit in equity. The 'defendant named are C. A. Smith, his financial agent, Frederick A. Krlbs, and the Mealy brothers who are alleged to have secured "Dummy" entrymen and the entry men themselves. The tract is in Linn county. Unless the holding is cancelled, it is alleged, by June 4, 190S, Mr. Smith will have absolute possession. ESSAYS FOR CONTEST MUST BE IN SOON. Saturday Last Day on "Which Manus cript Will bo Received on "Coos Bay as a Summer Resort." Saturday will be the last day on which the Chamber of Commerce will receive essays in the "Coos Bay Summer Resort" prize contest. The essays are expected to be about 750 words each. Tho following prizes have been offered for tho best ones: For first prize, by Seymour Bell $10. Second prize, by Walter Lyon ?5.00. Third prize, by Geo. Goodrum hat. R.D.HUME MUST PAY FINE IN CANNING CASE. Oregon Supremo Court Holds Law providing for License Valid Action Hard Fought in Court. SALEM, Ore., May 23. Affirma tion of tho case of the state vs. R. D. Hume by tho Supremo Court makes It obligatory upon the defend ant to pay a fine of $500 for canning salmon in hermetically sealed tin cans without having first secured tho proper license from the state. The conviction was secured by a deputy game warden in Curry county and the case was appealed on an alleged error made by the court. Hume through his attorneys chal lenged tho validity of the law licens ing salmon canneries, on the ground that the law was not within that function of the legislative powers de fined as police regulation. Tho at torneys contended in was tho inten tion of those who framed the law that it was to be a means only of raising revenue, and therefore was unequal in its operation and violated tho organic law of tho state. Tho Supreme Court held that it was properly under the category of police regulation and not Invalid. SAYS TAFT WILL HAVE BIG LEAD IN CONVENTION Manager Claims That He AVI 11 Have a AViilkiuruy in tho National Re publican Convention at Chicago. COLUMBUS, Ohio., May 25. Ar thur I. Vorhys, roauager of tho Taft canvass has out the statement in which ho says the last convention to choose delegates to tho Chicago con vention has now been held. He says tho nomination of Taft on tho first ballot is now a foregone conclusion. Of tho 980 delegates. Vorhys says 5G3 havo been positively Instructed to vote for Taft or aro under resolu tions of endorsement equivalent to tho Instructions. He says Taft at this time, has a total delegate strength of approximately 700. FRESH HALIBUT Fish Market. at Ellerby's in in usrn .?i,uuu,uuu IS! SESSIO South Marshfield Sewer and Ferry to Come Up at To- Night's Meeting. Residents of South Marshfield will appear before the city council at the meeting this evening to protest against the plan of the city to build sewage system covering only part of that section. They declare that they want a sewage system, are willing to pay for It but that they want the sewage system to cover the entire section so as to be a sanitary safe guard. Also that they are opposed to the proposed sewage system being emptied into Mills slough. Citizens and business men inter ested in the proposed ferry who have been waiting for many weeks to have the service started will also appear before the council tonight to ascer tain why something Isn't done. They claim that the county court arranged to defray the expenses and all theln seVeral sections have been washed city had to do was to arrange forlout and lt ls reported that a number the ferry 'slip" at the end of the ' street. The selection of a city cleric will also come up tonight. No one has been selected, it ls understood and W. F. Squires ls likely to be retained for a time until the special assess ment work for paving and other Improvements is completed. M. F. Plant From Frisco and Alliance From Portland Ar rive Today. Tho M. F. Plant reached Coos Bay this morning after one of the roughest trips she has encountered In many weeks. A stiff Northwest wind fought her progress all tho way up and part of the time the North wester assumed tho proportions of a gale. Tho passenger list follows: J. Larson, Mrs. Larson, J. Elch- wold, Mrs. C. R. Zurlne, Mrs. AVorth- ington, AV. B, Jennings, Mrs. Jen nings and children, P. H. Soulo, J. II. Flanagan, Grace AVilliams, Mrs. Rasmusson, F. N. Knuppenberg, Mrs. Knuppenberg, Miss Judd, Mrs. In- gersoll, AV. Bower, E. D. Bradley, A. Mereen, Jas. R. AVall, D. L. True- man, E. AV. Kammerer, Mrs. C. H. Duke, Miss Ross, C. P. Morgan, C. H. AVelner, J. Erickson, Mrs. Erlcson, Capt. A. M. Simpson, F. H. AVeeks, J. M. Flanagan and sixteen steerage. Alliance. The Alliance arrived early this morning from Portland with a largo passenger list and about 250 tons of freight for Coos Bay. Tho wind was favorable to her and she had a good trip down. Among those on board were: Fred Cooper, Fay Clark, Goldlo Clark, K. A. Abrlght, Geo. Johnson, Wm. Redgley, AV. AV. Chamberlin, T. II. Mlnot, Dr. II. AVelllngton, Fred Schellins, Fred AVelse, And. God zukinas, M. Thompson, T. Sato, Mat Still, J. S. Lawrence, L. AV. Planz, Thos. Coke, A. AV. A'ariiey, Grace Brooke, R. J. Coke, T. T. Land, A. F. Pickering, E. P. Bowman, Alex. Rannler, Jos Hart, A. T. Stanfleld, Anton Ronobum, AV. AAr. Rloves, D. P. Castor, Alfred Hill, Isac Lakra, F. Garrison, C. Eskildson, J. How- son and 12 steerage. Till ! BEST INDEX TO PROGRES CIVILIZATION IS GOOD SIVI3 BIS h si 1h! 1 U UUUU Uil I ROADS AND GOOD SCHOOLS. DO " ns u' "snorinen ior uio r.m NO'f FORGET TO A'OTE IN FAArOR n're JIarket a,so landed a flno catch. OF THE OREGON UNIVERSITY AI- j PROl'JUATIUN HILL, MONDAY, ' JUNE l. Petition to Gov. Chamberlain to Free North Bend Dance Hall Proprietor From County Jail is Being Circulated. Petitions to Governor Chamberlain asking for the parole of J. C. Wilcox, the North Bend dance hall proprietor who is serving a twelve months sen tence In the county jail at Coqullle for his numerous offenses, are being quietly circulated in North Bend. A number of signers has been secured and as Judge Guerry, who was Wil cox's attorney, Is planning to go to Portland tonight or tomorrow, it Is presumed that he will take the mat ter up Immediately with Governor Chamberlain. The application for a parole so soon for Wilcox comes as a great surprise and will probably be hard fought Trinity River Suddenly Be comes Raging Torrent and Sweeps City. (By Associated Press.) DALLAS, Tex., May 25. Trinity river is a raging torrent. Bridges of persons have been drowned. A section of the Texas and Pacific Accept Major L. D. Kinney's Tract Bay City School Dis trict Organizes. By a vote of 5G to 3, the residents of North Bend this morning decided to accept Major L. D. Kinney's offer to donate four acres of land for a site for the new $40,000 high school. Tho election was in the nature of a caucus. Tho site Is nearly in the geopraphl- cal center of North Bend, being just east of tho commissary building. AVhlle it is a little out of tho center of population now, there is a feel ing that tho city will grow that way and as the pupils residing farthest from it now will have to walk only about three-quarters of a mile, they do not think it will bo any hardship on them. Superintendent Raab announces that tho title for tho site has been practically cleared so that lt will come to tho school district unincum bered. In addition to donating the site, Mr. Raab says that Mr. Kinney has promised to bear the expense of clearing tho title. Bay City Organizes. Tho residents of Bay City held a meeting at Frank Marhoffer's store Saturday night to organize tho new school district there. Messrs. Mc Neal, Ben Mathlson and AVm. Phil lips were elected directors and Mrs. AV. F. Squires clerk. Another meet ing has been called to bo held AVed nesday night at the C. A. Smith lum ber Company's office to discuss and also to determine tho site for tho proposed school building. Dr. J. T. McCormac of tho Marshfield school board was present Saturday evening. BIG CATCHES OF HALIBUT ARE MADE- The record halibut catch In Coos coulity was made Friday afternoon by Jack Ellerby and AValter Durgan when they landed fifty-one, tho larg est of which weighed about 120 pounds. They were out only about four hours when they had a load. Tho run of halibut on tho banks off Coos Bay was evidently heavy Fri- I .. t a ii. T-i ANDERSON & HALL agents for South Marshfield Coal. Phone 817. DALLAS, TEXAS, NORTH RENO SCHOOL SITE by a number who were Instrumental in securing his punishment. They claim that it would be a travesty on justice for Wilcox to be paroled so soon, especially In view of the le niency that Judge Hamilton has pre viously shown Wilcox. Judge Hamil ton in sentencing Wilcox a few weeks ago called attention to the fact that he had shown great leniency to him but as it was apparently not appre ciated, ho thought that It simmered down to a determination of whether Wilcox or the law should prevail. One of the grounds set forth In the application for a parole for Wil cox Is said to be that his punishment took on the nature of persecution rather than prosecution. There are several Indictments still hanking over Wilcox's head and as to what will be done with them, Prosecuting Attorney Llljeqvlst has not announced. SWEPT BY bridge was washed out and fifteen men thrown into river, six being drowned. The city is without water, the mains probably being broken by the force of tho flood. At two o'clock, the flood reached 51.3 feet, the highest ever known. The situation is growing worse every hour. It is estimated that two thou sand are homeless In Dallas. The city will be in darkness tonight. The mayor issued a call-conference to business men. ARE SELECTED Odd Fellows and Rebekahs Conclude Annual Meeting at Salem. SALEM, Ore., May 25. Selection of Albany as the place for the next meeting, installation of officers and a street parade In which nearly 1000 Odd Fellows and Rebekahs partici pated, were the principal Incidents of tho last day of tho session of the Odd Fellows' grand lodge. The full list of new grand lodge officers is as follows: Grand master, Ed. Hostetler, The Dalles; deputy grand master, H. E. Coolidge, LaGrando; grand warden, T. F. Ryan, Oregon City; grand sec retary, E. E. Sharon, Portland; grand treasurer, Q. D. Doane, Tho Dalles; grand marshal, F. D. Gardner, Baker City; grand conductor, Amos Vass, Salem; grand guardian, C. B. Din widdle, Prlnevllle; grand herald, J. L. Reynolds, Jacksonville; grand chaplain, Thomas J. Elklns, Port land. Rcbclcah Assembly OlHcers. The new grand officers of the Re- bokah assembly aro as follows: President, Mrs. Mary E. Smith, Grants Pass; vice-president, Mrs, Carrie Hubbard, Independence; sec retary, Mrs. Ora Cosper, Dallas; war den, Mrs. Addle Grout, LaGrando; treasurer, Mrs. Edna Jacobs, Corva Hs; marshal, Mrs. Bello Belchers, La Fayette; conductress, Mrs. May Greer, Hillsboro; chaplain, Mrs. Jaca AVllloughby, Eugene; inside guard ian, Fannlo Heckman, Portland; out- siro guardian, Nettlo Burnett, Marsh field. The Grand Encampmont elected tho following officers: Grand pa triarch, E. J. Seoly, Albany; grand high priest, II, Robertson, Roseburg; grand senior warden, John M. AVil liams, Eugene; grand scribe, E. E. Sharon, Portland; grand treasurer, AV. AV. Francis, Albany; grand rep resentative, H. M. Beckwith, Port land; grand marshal, G. P. Rickloy, Harrlsburg; grand sontlnol, Dr. G. A. Poguo, Ontario; grand outside sentinel, J. S. Lawrence, Coqulllo. MISS A'lLLIEItS' Dancing Class will closo Friday ovonlng, May 29, at I. O. O. F. Hall, with an exhibi tion of fancy dancing. At closo of ontortalnment thoro will bo a social dance. Music by Coos Bay Orchestra. IEI IN THE STATE TWO VESSELS ARE ASRORE Trading Schooner Louise P. Runs Aground Near Cape Flattery Today. (By Associated Press.) SEATTLE, May 25. The trading schooner Louise S., owned at Port Townsend, is ashore at Tillar Point midway between Port Angles and Capo Flattery. (By Associated Press.) NEAV YORK, May 25. The Clyde steamer Seminole, from San Domin go and AVest Indian ports, is report ed ashore near Point Pleasant, N. J. MAJOR MclNDEE GETS COL ROESSLER'S PLACE. New Orleans Man Appointed to Take Charge of Government AA'ork On the North Pacific Coast. AVASHINGTON, May 25. Major James F. Mclndee, engineer officer now stationed at New Orleans, was ordered to proceed to Portland as soon as possible after July 1 to re lievo Colonel S. AV. Roessler. The order of tho Chief of Engin eers follows: "Major James F. Mclndeo will temporarily transfer the duties In his charge to First Lieutenant AVIldure AVilllng and will proceed to Portland, as soon as practical after July 1, and relieved Lieutenant-Colonel Solomon AV. Roessler of the fortification and river and harbor works In his charge, together with the money, property and records pertaining thereto, and will also report to tho commanding General, Department of tho Colum bia, for duty as chief engineer officer of that department to relievo Lieutenant-Colonel Roessler, who will pro ceed to Newport, R. I., and relieve Major Harry Taylor of tho duties In his temporary charge pertaining to the Newport engineering district." Major Mclndeo has for a long time been stationed at New Orleans, where he has had charge of Sablno Bass and improvement of tho lower Mis sissippi, He has also been on duty in AVashlngton, and Is highly regard ed in tho engineer corps. Major Mclndee has long been an xious to go to Portland. Ho has relatives at Astoria. JOHN QUIGLEY BURIED HERE. Funeral of Coos County Pioneer Held This Afternoon. John Qulgley, generally known ns George Qulgley, was burled hero this afternoon, tho remains having been brought hero on the M. F. Plant from San Francisco where ho suc cumbed suddenly of apoplexy a fow days ago. His daughter, Mrs. J. S. AVorthlngton, at whoso homo he died, accompanied tho body. Tho funeral was hold from tho undertaking parlors of M. J. Man gan at 2 o'clock this afternoon, tho Rev. Father Curley conducting tho J services. Burial was in tho Catholic cemetery. Mr. Qulgley was born at Liverpool, England. Ho was 7C years old. Ho camo to America In 18C5 and to Coos county In 18C9. Ho was 70 years old. Ho was married hero, and for years conducted a boarding house at Llbby. Mrs. Qulgley died flvo years ago. Ho ls survived by two daughters, Mrs. AVorthlngton of San Francisco, and Mrs. Richard of North Bend. Also by tho following step-children, Mrs. D. Donovan of Beaver Hill, E. F. Swearglngen of Cedar Point and Mrs. T. Schultz of Uklak, Cal. VOTE TOR R. E. L. Bedllllon, Democratic candldato for representa tive from Coos county. Ho stands squarely for statomont No. 1 and pledgos hlmsolf to vote for tho peo plo's cholco for United StatoB son- ator rogardloss of politics or personal preferonco. IF YOU havo somo good potatoes bring them to F, S. Dow, INSA1E ASYLUM Chief Justice of New York Su preme Court Refuses Re quest For Release. JUDGE SAYS HE IS STILL INSANE. Lawyers of Slayer of Stanford White Ask Permission to Change Him. (By Associated Press.) POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., May 25. Harry K. Thaw, slayer of Stan ford white, will not be released from tho lunatic asylum. This decision was rendered by Justice Morschau ser of the Supreme Court in an opin ion filed early this morning In tho matter of Thaw's application for re lease by a writ of habeas corpus. Justice Morschauser declares Thaw is now insane, that his commitment to the asylum by Justice Dowling after the laBt trial of the case was entirely legal. Thaw's lawyers will apply for per mission to place Thaw in some other Institution. Thaw apparently accepted with resignation the decision that he is still insane. MANY ATTEND NUPTIALS AT BAY CITY SATURDAY. Marriage of Miss Judith Nelson and Homing Groth Solemnized at Home of Bride's Parents. Miss Judith Nelson and Mr. Hem ing Groth were united in marrlago at the homo of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. J. Nelson in Bay City, Saturday evening, tho Rev. Bengston officiating. Tho bride was dressed in white China silk and car ried roses. The maid of honor was tho bride's sister, Miss Hannah Nel son. AV. Ashlund acted as grooms man. Tho bride recently moved hero from Minneapolis and is an accom plished young woman. Tho groom also camo hero recently from Min neapolis and Is employed at tho C. A. Smith mill. Among thoso present were: Mr. and Mrs. Louis Nelson, Miss Hannah Nelson, Mr. Martol Nel son, Mr. AVolfred Nelson, Mr. Fred rick Nelson, Mr. and Mrs. B. Mathl son, Miss Hannah Larsen, Miss Slg- na Larsen, Miss Hilda Larsen, Mr. John Dahlqulst, Miss May Swanson, Mr. John LIndahl, Mr. Algot Nord, Mr. Gust Erickson, Mrs. N. E. An derson, Mr. .Albert Alquist, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Dahlln, Mr. John Ander son, Mr. and Mrs. A. Johnson, Mr. AVllliam Durrand, Mr. Gust Ander son, John Llndqulst, Fred. Matler, D. Nordqulst, F. AV. Dunn, Miss Grace Johnson, Frank Marhoffer, Pe ter Erickson, Mr. and Mrs. A. Erick son, John Eastman, Fred Edlund, Mr. and Mrs. E. Alhquist, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Peterson, John Lofgren, Malcom Anderson, Arthur Chopo, AVllliam Naslund, Ed. Anderson, Mr. Landstone, AV. D. Balne, Aug. Aka son, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Larson, Erik Edlund, Carl Edlund, E. S. Laven, Amid Burman, Otto Acklund, A. Sandberg, Mrs. J. Swanson, Joe and Lindsay Anderson. Tho Coos Bay orchestra furnished music for dancing. A light supper was sorved at 12 o'clock. Enjoy Outing. Although Sunday morning's weather looked anything but Inviting It could not dampen tho spirit of tho many Sunday excur sionists that had planned parties for various parts of tho bay. Among others who onjoyed to tho uttermost tho glorious afternoon at Jordan's covo was a party from North Bond. Tho party consisted of Mesdames Haines, AVelllng, Johnson and Tall forro. Misses Goldlo Chllds and Em ma Johnson, Messrs N. Hames, Leo Hames, Paul Tallforro, AVm. Ireland, Harry Russell, Lou Loomls and Roy Lawhorno. Tho day was given up to tho usual fostlvltlos of such occa sions. VOTE FOR I. T. AVookly. Dem- ocratlo nomlneo for county commls slouor. Ho Is In favor of good roa and equal apportionment of if funds for each and ovory dlstr K aal LSI fvJ Si f p h I u- If iel I'i -i K .' t,,i&ntoifofX 1,1 J