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THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREG N, FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1908.
HPT. KELLY'S
ICYJUCKING
Well-Known Coos Bay Navi
gator Has Thrilling Experi
ence at Aberdeen, Wash.
Tho many Coos Bay friends of
Captain Bernard Kelly, master of the
steamship Alliance for many years
up until about a year ago, will be
interested In the rather serious ac
cident, but humorous as a result of
its happy outcome, which befell him
a few days ago at Aberdeen, Wash.
Captain Kelly weighs in the neigh
borhood of 250 pounds and the des
cription of his predicament and the
rescue closely reminds one of an ex
perience of the Katzenjammer Kids
of comic supplement fame. Tho
many friends ho made during his
Jong years service In and out of
Coos Bay until Captain Olson suc
ceeded him on the Alliance a year
ago will read with interest tho story
of his predicament which is told In
an Aberdeen dispatch as follows:
"Captain Kelly, who is staying on
"board the steamer Lindsay, had a
narrow escape from drowning as he
started to board his vessel. Return
ing from town with his arms full of
packages he slipped on the narrow
gangplank and scattering his parcels
-in every direction, fell into the
water, striking the sheer boom In his
descent. He was stunned for a short
time, but when he came to struck
out and caught hold of the boom to
keep himself out of the water.
"He was unable to reach shore
and had to hold on for dear life until
help should come. Finally two small
boys who were playing on tho dock
appeared in view, and tho captain
"hailed them. They were only 7-year-old
children, and tho hope of
rescue from their efforts seemed
rather remote. But tho captain told
one of them to go on board the ship,
fasten one end of a ropo and throw
him tho other. The little lad obey
ed In every particular, and the cap
tain was able to draw himself out
of tho ico cold water after an hour's
immersion, not injured excepting
lor the chill he had received. The
boy was handsomely rewarded for
the rescue."
THOUGHTS FOR VOTERS
Voters who are possessed with a regard for square dealing in every sort of campaign should read every word of the following account of the utter
disregard for integrity which the leaders in the Prohibition movement in North Bend are charged with. The charges cannot be refuted, for they are
given by one of the members of the agreement and can be substantiated by men who would have stood by the Prohibition campaign had it not been
foisted after an out and out agreement with the business men of that city that there would be no move made if certain things were done by the busi
ness men which same things were carried out to the letter.
STORY Of THE AGREEMENT
I stated in yesterday's Coos Bay Sundays, tho closing of the dance
WEAK ARGUMENT
rKOlIIS ADVANCE
PECULIAR THEORY.
An article in yesterday's Times
was calculated to convince voters that
tho Indebtedness of tho city of Marsh
field was duo to tho fact tha the ciiv
ia wet and was published for tho
pur;.fiM of misleading any w.n. mil-t
have ideas that tho city is extrava
gant. It is only necessary to under
stand that Marshfleld has doubled in
population within two years to see
where tho added indebtedness has
beon assumed. A city cannot build
streets and make improvements with
out expending monoy. All tho Im
provements that have been made havo
been absolutely necessary to keep up
with tlio rapid growth of Marshfleld.
AVho would build a homo in tho low
lands of Itailroad addition if thoro
were no prospects of thero being a
highway? When a city is undergoing
a transformation which takes it from
tho ahunty siugo to niodurnity, mon
oy Is expended in largo amounts.
The writer who essayed to ridicule
tho fact of tho city's having In
creased its allowed Indebtedness will
boo moro things in that lino boforo
Marshfleld is in tho column of up-to-dato
and woll improved cities. Tho
tlguro, $25,000, wns too small when
It was first voted and boforo two
years, if tho growth continues, tho
citizens of Marshllold will bo ready
and anxious to increase tho limited
indebtedness to $100,000.
Eugeno Is cited as a city whoso
financial condition is in excollont
h:ip. Eugono's limit of IndobU'I
ncss is something like $300,000,
which compared with Marshflold's
doe3 not show so very favorably. And
besides Eugono is about to contract
for an $800,000 water system. Then,
how will Eugono's limit of $300,00U
look?
Tho attempt to charge to tho ne-
Times that I would publish in to
day's paper tho whole truth pertain
ing to tho agreement made by the
Law and Order League with tho city
officials and business men of North
Bend in tho matter of saloon regu
lation. I now give tho history of that com
pact so that all who are interested
may know which of tho parties to
the deal broke their promise.
To begin, 1 must tako the reader
back to a year ago, when the business
men of North Bend banded them
selves together for the purpose of
creating a spirit of unity to act as
one man in the upbuilding of North
Bend and Coos Bay.
Ab soon as this asoclation of busi
ness men were in harness planning
for North Bend's future a few zeal
ous, so-called reformers took It upon
themselves to uso the association for
the exclusive purpose of cinching the
saloon men and making them close
their places of business on Sunday.
In regard to this, the association took
tho stand that Coos Bay had for years
been going on in a free and easy
way with regard to Sunday closing
and that it would not bo advisable
to use drastic measures all at once
but to investigate, and if conditions
justified closing on Sundays to insist
that it be done all over the whole
county.
This was not satisfactory to the re
formers and when tho time for the
city election camo last fall this ques
tion was made an Issue in the city
campaign. The association canvassed
tho situation thoroughly and found
that tho trend of public opinion was,
that the dance hall must be closed
up, gambling cut out, saloons close
at midnight and on Sundays. A
ticket was named and all factions
agreed to it and the men nominated
wero elected by a largo majority.
Tho new administration stood for
Sunday closing and tho elimination
of the dance hall, and suppression of
gambling. After tho election tho
mayor Issued the order, closing sa
loons at midnight, the stopping of
gambling and notifying Wilcox to cut
out tho dance hall.
As soon as tho new council was
organized an ordinance was presented
to it for passage. This ordinance pro
vided for the saloons closing at mid
llght and Sundays, $800 a year li
cense, no gambling, dance halls or
other hurdy-gurdies.
1 he council ivn.fci-d to pass this
o'ainanco on ttu grounds tlm. It
unbodied too inu'.y Miujects. Thoie-
loro it was rejected and tho city
smcTiiey was instructed to prepare
two ordinances, ono to cover licenses
ami saloon regulations and the other
covering dance halls, hurdy-gurdies
and gambling. Also a committee was
appointed to confer with the Marsh
fleld officials In regard to Sunday
closing.
Theso proceedings did not satlsty
the prohibitionists. They wanted ac
tion at once. They did not care
whether tho ordinance was legal or
what arrangement could bo made
with Marshfleld In regard to Sunday
closing. Whllo tho council was await
ing preparation of the two ordinances
it passed a resolution giving May 1st
for Wilcox to close his dance hall.
This did not satisfy tho ministers
and Prohibitionists. They chnrged tho
coouncil with breaking promises etc.
and mind you, their councilmen were
all church members, their children
going to Sunday school and their
wives active church workers and yet
theso ministers impugned thoso men's
motives, charging they woro standing
In with dauco hall proprietors ana
gamblers. In tholr zealousncss to
forco tho council to net botoro mature
dollboratlons could bo hnd on tho now
ordinances, they lost tho lull sup
port of tho business men's associa
tion. Having lost that support tno
ministers organized a Law and Order
League, taking all thoso wno tie-
hall to tako effect tho first of May,
and suppression of gambling. Sec
ond: In consideration of doing
this tho Prohibitionist element
agreed not to sign or aid in
circulating petitions to vote this elec
tion on the wet and dry proposition,
Superintendent of Schools Prot
Raab was tho man who brought
the agreement about between tno
two associations and a meeting to
close tho deal followed this arrange
ment which Prof. Raab and others
had made. At tho meeting when tne
deal was closed the following woro
present: Mayor Simpson, on behait
of tho city administration; Ira
Smith, president of the Law ana
Order League, acting on behalf oi
the league; Revs. Sumorlin and Lacy,
on behalf of tho churches and pro
hibitionists and Thomas Vigars ana
othera on behalf of the business men.
Everything was agreed to at this con
ference as per arrangements made by
Prof. Raab with the additional de
mands that the mayor of North Bend
and the business men there, aid tho
Law and Order Leaguo to close tho
saloons of Marshfleld on Sunday.
To this end Mayor Simpson prom
ised he would uso his influence to
bring about conditions so that Marsh
fleld would fall in line.
On the strength of this conference
the city council of North Bend
passed the two ordinances and the
saloon keepers strictly complied with
every provision of theso ordinances
and by April first paid Into the city
treasurer $5,600 license money to
run their businoss for tho next year
being assured that the agreement
with Prohibitio'nists would be carried
and no vote be had on that issue
this election. But the Ink on the or
dinances was hardly cold when lo,
behold, tho Revs. Sumerlin and Lacy
started a petition to havo a dry elec
tion in Juno on this issue to which
they In conference had solomnly as
ministers of the gospel agreed that
they would use all honorable means
to suppress circulation of a petition
calling for a vote at this election,
to suppress a petition being circulat
ed calling for a vote at this election.
Revs. Lacy and Sumerlin expected
that the Law and Order League
would, to a man, sign such a petition
in the face of tho agreements that
the league had made. But In this
they wero sadly mistaken, as the
majority of tho leaguo refused to
sin, claiming that they wero hon
orably bound by the agreement and
let it be said to the credit of Prof.
Ranb, who is a Prohibitionist, that
he upbraided them for the stand they
wero taking and ho absolutely re
fused to sign tho petition and did not
sign and tho same can bo said of
i number of others in the Leaguo
who are also Prohibitionists, who
aro striving honestly and earnestly
heretofore his "rock of salvation."
In a word, the hide-bound Prohi
bitionist, for reasons best known to
himself, Is not open to conviction on
this point.
But most other people aro, includ
ing a largo proportion of the clergy,
be it said to their credit, and it Is
for their instruction that we offer
here a few testimonies showing the
attitude of distinguished churchmen
of different denominations, "men
of light and leading," upon this
great and, at present, absorbing
question.
The Pope Not n Prohibitionist.
The following special dispatch wis
published In the New York Times of
February 11, 1908, under a St
Louis date:
Addressing the Catholic Union of
Missouri in St. Louis, the Rt. Rev.
Mgr. Franz Goller, pastor of SS.
Peter and Paul's Church, declared
that Pope Plux X is not in sympathy
with the Prohibition idea now
spreading through this country.
Mgr. Goller's remarks are deemed
significant because he was among
the first priests to be raised to the
rank of Papal Private Chamberlain
by the present Pontiff.
"The Pope certainly does believe
In temperance," he said, "that is,
moderation in all things, but not ab
solute Prohibition. That is not tho
spirit of freedom, but of autocratic
government. The Holy Father him
self takes a glass of wine, and be
lieves that men should be allowed
to use their own judgment in what
they should eat and what they
should drink, and not havo other
men decide such matters for them."
Cardinal Gibbons Says, Prohibition
Impossible.
Cardinal Gibbons, head of the
Roman Catholic Church in this coun
try, has recently expressed his views
on Prohibition as follows:
"I am persuaded that it is prac
tically Impossible to put prohibition
intb effect in any large community,
and tho best means, therefore, to J
promote temperance is to limit the
number of saloons by high license.
I would be In favor of inflicting
sovere punishment on the propriet
ors of saloons who violate the law
In the first Instance, and In the sec
ond instance of violation I would
withdraw the license altogether.
'Laws like prohibition that are
certain to be violated had best not
be made, for incessant violation
draws down upon them disrespect."
"When a law Is flagrantly and
habitually violated It brings legisla
tion into contempt. It creates a
spirit of deception and hypocrisy,
and compels men to do Insidiously
and by stealth what they would
otherwise do openly and above
board.
"All good men good citizens
aro in favor of the virtue of temper
ance, and I regret to see that tho
moral side of the question has not
been sufficiently considered. You
cannot legislate men by civil action
AGAINST PROHIBITION
We, tho undersigned business men and residents of the City of North
Bend, do most earnestly protest against tho passing of a prohibition law
in this City.
Tho passing and enforcing of such a law, in our opinion, at tho pres
ent time, will seriously militate against the business Interests of this community.
NAMES
Ii A. Frey
Aug. Hocll'ng
Smith & Taylor
S. S. jcmnh.g?
:3. It. I'-inesi
N. II. Welling
F. E. Monroo
L Barr
W. H. Gamble
T W. Rennio
P. N. Reberg
E. S. Barzo
J. A. Jacobson
H. E. Burmester
C. M. Pyler
J. T. McGuiro
Otto Groko
W. A. Ackley
Frank M. Esiminger
Peter Loggio
F. Weyerman
H. C. Diers
J. Virgil Pugh
S. W. Van Zilo
J. R. Ellerby
J. S. Jones
L. F. Falkenstein
C. S. Wlnsor
C. F. Burns
11. .rd
Guorry & Holllster
L. J. Simpson
Thomas B. James
J. F. Bode, Manager
Edw. A. Schultz
H. P. Bevier
BUSINESS
Clothier
Grocery
HacKot j?inra
'fry Goods
Ba:fcr
Tailor
Paint House
Joweler
City Meat Markot
Noith Bend Stables
North Bend Hardwaro Co.
Noith Bond Draylng
North Bond Furniture Co.
Dentist
Grocery
Berber
Cigar Factory
Tailor
Midget Cafe Inc.
Building Material
Bakery
Real Estato
Corner Grocery
Furnlturo
North Bend Fish Market
Hardwaro
Lumberman
Cashier Bank of Oregon
Barber
North Bend News Co.
Lawyers
Simpson Lumber Co.
City Wharfinger
North Bend Manufacturing Co.
Wholesale Grocery
Gasoline Engine Manufacturer
A. E. Shuster
Coos Bay Condensing Co. by J. H. Keating makers of "Sunriso Milk"
E. Rones
C. G. Hockett
S. S. Mathews
D. D. Dobbins
Mrs. L. M. Perry
Lucy C. Williams
W. H. Greenleaf
J. A. Davis
J. W. Gardiner
A. Whisnant
James Allen
Judge Rummell
John G. Horn
Confectionery
Mgr. Coos Bay Mfg. Co.
Toy Storo
H, ,' ,., Oregon Electric Supply Company
Millinery
Dressmaking
Druggist
Dry Goods
Insuranco
Publisher
North Bend Shingle Mill Company
.Real Estato & Insuranco
Building Contractor
VOTE AS FOLLOWS '
33S For Prohibition.
339 X Against Prohibition.
320 X For Constitutional Amendment.
321 Against.
to carry out tho conditions of tho
agreement.
Following is a list of business men
who are aware of tho agreement and
are now petitioning the people not
to voto North Bend and the county
dry at this tlmo as there has been an
honorable business agreement mado
between all parties. Tho saloon
keepers and city officials aro carry
ing out their part to the letter. To
morrow l will havo an article in tho
Coos Bay Times stating who really
cloiul up tho Wilcox resort, stopped.
into tho performance of good and making It moro difficult to deal with
tainted with falsehood, dishonored
by essential nureallty and discredit
ed by widespread and consistent
failure.
Bishop Hall, of Vermont.
Prohibition drives underground
tho mischief which it seeks to cure,
l-'.i f WAHU.
gambling and now, and why Marsh
fleld closed on S undays.
H. C. DIERS.
count of tho liquor Interests tho In
debtedness of Marshfleld is so billy I oml , 8t ,.,,., ro(.MiatIoix of saloons
that taxpayors who understand the ot(. Uut ,, , turn , , mU that
situation will not glvo It any crodonco, B0Vonu f,0iizled Prohibitionists wero
but thoso who aro not a ware of the
object sought, might bo deceived
COME to tho Coos Bay Orchostra's
ball at tho Knights of Finland Teni
plo Saturday night. FIno floor and
excollont music guarantee a good
time.
Storo your goods with tho Bay
SIdo Paint Co., North Bond.
steering this leaguo Into the pio
hlbltiou camp. When tho city coun
cil was ready to pass tho two or
dinances regulating saloons ami
dauco halls, tho business men ap
pointed a comniltteo to contor wnn
tho league and make this proposition;
tlrst, that tho city council pass tno
ordinances making tho saloon liconso
$500 per year in advanco, strict
closing of saloons at midnight and on
CLERGYMEN
AGAINST
PROHIBITION
Tho constant cry of tho Prohibi
tionist, upon which ho relies for fi
nancial as woll as moral support, is
that Christian, religious sentiment
arrays Itself as a unit behind the
'causo" of Prohibition. That this
claim is utterly without foundation
has often boon shown, but the Pro
hibitionist Is not thoreby provonted
from advancing It wherovor it may
servo his purposes. It has been
righteous deeds.
"Wo might profitably learn a les
son from the old cities of Europe,
which for 2000 years havo been agi
tating this question. Thero Is not
a single city in Great Britain, Ire
land or on tho Continent which at
tempts to prohibit by law tho sale
of liquor. They havo learned from
a long experience that tho best meth
od of regulating this article of com
merce is to impose licenses, to main
tain good order for tho protection
of tho citizens and to punish tho vio
lators of the law."
A Catholic Priest's Comment.
Tho Rev. Daniel J. O'Sullivan,
rector of St. Mary's Church of St.
Albans, Vt., commented as follows
upon tho Cardinal's statement, ac
cording to tho New York Times of
February 11, 1908:
"I bellovo that tho words of tho
Cardinal will hnvo great influence
not only with Catholics, but with all
fair-minded people In tho United
States.
"Cardinal Gibbons is a bravo man,
who is never doterrod by fear of cri
ticism or condemnation from telling I
tho truth ns ho sees it on great ques
tions that affect the interests of tho
church, socloty and morality."
VIEWS OF OTHER CHURCHMEN.
Bishop Potter, of New York.
Our prohibitory laws, whether wo
put them in operation on ono day
only, or on all days, aro as stupid
as they aro ineffectual. Most of our
methods for dealing witli tho drink
tho evil and impossible to regulate
tho trade, as for instance, In tho
quality of liquor sold.
Tho Rev. Dr. Rninsford of New York
To drink is no sin. Jesus Christ
drank. To keep a saloon is no sm
And any policy that claims tho name
of Christ or does not claim IPs
name, that deals with tho well-n'g'i
universal tasto of man of alcohol
on tho basis of law and order alone,
cannot commend itself to the best
intelligence and Is doomed to fall.
Bishop Clark, of Rhode. Island.
Prohibition has been disastrous to
tho cause of temperance.
Bishop Grafton, of Wisconsin.
I cannot seo tho benefits to be
derived from compulsory abstinence.
Rabid temperance workers havo ac
complished very little toward des
troying tho drink evil. In the Church
of Englnnd thero Is a temperanco so
ciety which accomplishes great good
by the moderation of its demands.
Thoso who wish to pledge themselves
to abstain totally from tho use of
spirits aro accepted with thoso who
pledge themselves to moderate use
of spirits.
Henry Ward Beeches
If you say to mo that I ought no-,
to drink perhaps I would agreo with
you; but if you tell mo I must not
drink, I will drink, becauso I luva
a natural right to do so to dri-il:
what I please.
Bishop MorelamI, of California.
Another false notion Is that tho
abuse of wino prohibits the use of
things. Many men use horses for
gambling purposes, and thousands
of men are ruined by betting at tho
races. Shall we then abandon horses
altogether and tako to tho bicycle?
But many overdo the wheel, and suf
fer from curvature of the splno and
the bicycle heart. Shall wo, then,
prohibit the bicycle? Some peoplo
aro Injured by drinking coffee. Must
all the world then glvo up Its morn
ing cup? It never helps any causo
to raise false issues about It or do-
fend it with unsound arguments.
Rev. Lyman Abbott, of New York,
It was not tho method of Jesus.
Ho lived in an ago of total absti
nence societies and did not join
them. Ho emphasized the distinc
tion between his methods and thoso
of John tho- Baptist, that John camo
neither eating nor drinking; tho Son
of Man came eating and drinking.
He condemned drunkenness, but
never in a single instance lifted up
his voice in condemnation of drink
ing. On the contrary, ho commenc
ed his public ministry by making, as
a rule, wine in considerable quan
tity, and of fine quality, and this ap
parently only to add to tho joyous
festivities of a wedding.
Bishop Weld), of Milwaukee.
Tho Episcopal clergy is Inclined
to regard with leniency tho saloon
In all Its phases so long as tho saloon
is not detrimental, on its face, to
public interest and morals. I be
lieve that the general tendency of
tho Episcopal clergy is to favor,
rather than oppose, tho well-regulated
saloon. Tho saloon, when at its
best, certainly has many things in
Its favor. It is gathering placo of
people, and in many instances of
good peoplo.
ANDERSON & HALL agents for
evil in our day and generation aro I it. Apply this argument to other SUtU MarsUflold Coal- Phne 817.
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