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VOL II.
THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1908
No. 312
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Resolutions Committee Has
Hard Time to Draft Platform
For Party.
W. J. BRYAN GAINS
STRENGTH DAILY
John Mitchell Refuses Vice
Presidency and Gov. Dou
glass May Be Chosen.
(By Associated Press.)
DENVER, Colo., July 9. The ses
sion of the National Democratic Con
vention today was again a brief one
owing to the Resolutions Committee
not being ready to report on the plat
form. Permanent Chairman Clayton
of Alabama, delivered a speech in
which he prophesied the success of
democracy this year and severely
condemned Roosevelt and criticised
the Republican party as a party long
on promises but short on actual ac
complishments. He was frequently
interrupted by applause, especially
when he mentioned the name of
Bryan. At the conclusion of his ad
dress, the convention adjourned un
til this evening when the platform
will probably bo submitted. , It is
not likely that any attempt will be
made to nominate before tomorrow.
Bryan is still holding his strength,
in fact he appears stronger than
when the delegates first gathered.
So far as can be ascertained, the in
terests opposed to Bryan have given
up the hope of getting another candi
date. The vice-presidency is still up in
the air although today there is a
strong undercurrent in favor of ex
Governor Douglass of Massachusetts,
despite the protests of Mr. Douglass'
friends against It. John Mitchell's
stand against the nomination has put
a quietus on the efforts to boom him.
Mitchell Refuses Place.
John Mitchell, former president of
the United Mine Workers of Ameri
ca, made a personal appeal today to
the Alabama delegation not to pres
ent his name to the convention for
the vice-presidential nomination.
Alabama on the first roll call could
give the Mitchell movement a great
Impetus and had plnaned to do so.
There is considerable talk today
of Governor Francis of Missouri, for
the vice-presidency.
Governor Francis, late today, no
tified the Missouri delegation that
ho would not run for vice-president.
The Massachusetts delegation say
that Governor Douglas' name will
not be presented for the vice-presidency.
New York Solid.
The New York delegation decided
to follow the unit rule and the
seventy-eight votes of the state will
be cast in one block. Norman E.
Mack was unanimously re-elected as
member of the National committee
from New York 'state.
The Pennsylvania 'delegation at a
caucus In the convention hall, elected
James Kerr national committeeman
and L. Ttf. McQuiston chairman. The
Guffeyltes refused to attend the meet
ing. Slow In Gnthering. ,
Yesterday's strenuous proceedings
at the morning session and at the
late session last night had a marked
effect on the delegates today and
they were slow in reaching their
seats.
During the wait for Chairman Bdll
to call the assemblage to order be
fore finally relinquishing the gavel
to Congressman Henry D. Clayton of
Alabama, the permanent chairman,
the Cowboy Band played patriotic
selections with songs of the South,
interspersed from time to time. At
11:30 o'clock, Bell commenced to
hammer for order, but gave up. An
other trial was unsuccessful. The
third trial had some effect and the
chairman announced that the prayer
would bo by Rabbi Samuel Koch
of Seattle, Wash.
Kissing and Hobson,
Senator McCreary of Kentucky,
presented the report of the commit
tee on permanent organization which
recommended Representative Honry
D. Clayton of Alabama, for perma
nent chairman, Prey Woodson of
Kentucky for secretary and John I.
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Democrats Agree On Provision
to Protect Unions In Labor
Controversies. ,
(By Associated Press.)
DENVER, Colo., July 9. No In
junction shall be Issued in labor dis
putes in cases where the writ could
not be employed In the absence of
the existence of such a dispute. This
is essence of the Injunction provi
sions drawn by a sub-committee of
three, consisting of George F. Will
iams of Massachusetts, A. B. Pnrker
of New York, and Jerry B. Sullivan
of Iowa. It will be presented to the
full committee. It is said to be en
tirely satisfactory except to the rail
way trainmen's organizations.
Synopsis of Plank.
A synopsis of the injunction plank
adopted by tho sub-committee, fol
lows: Experience has proven the neces
sity of the modification of the pres
ent law relating to injunction. We
reiterate the pledge in the national
platforms of 189G and 1904 to favor
a measure proposed in congress in
1S9C, but which Republican con
gresses ever since have refused to
enact, relating to the contempt of
federal courts and providing trial by
jury in cases of Indirect contempt.
The plank goes on to say that par
ties to all judicial proceedings are to
be treated with rigid impartiality and
that injunctions should not be Is
sued in any cases In which injunc
tions would not issued if no indus
trial dispute was involved.
Martin of Missouri, as sergeant-at-arms,
and in all other respects, the
temporary organization to be made
permanent. Chairman Clayton was
escorted to the platform and was
cheered to an echo which was re
doubled as he was Introduced to the
convention by temporary Chairman
Bell. Three little girls in red, white
and blue dresses helped him to plat
form. They carried large bunches of
American beauties which they pres
ented to the permanent chairman
amid much cheering and then one
by one the children were lifted to the
desk of Mr. Clayton who kissed
them. During the cheering and
laughter over the pretty ceremony,
one called out "Hobson," "Hobson,"
Clayton thanked the convention and
declared with emphasis, "This is a
Democratic year."
Clayton Roats Roosevelt.
He then commenced the delivery
of address but the heat of the hall
evidently fatigued the speaker, but
he continued earnestly to address the
delegates.
Clayton made a sonorous presenta
tion of the' aspirations of the Demo
crats and a severe arraignment of
President Roosevelt. Frequent dem
onstrations and wild enthusiasm
came from the listening thousands.
The Biiggestions of the name of
Bryan being an unfailing signal for
tumultous clamor. Loud cheers of
approval greeted the chairman as he
concluded his address. While tho
demonstration was In progress many
marchers paraded the aisles bearing
a large banner with the inscription,
"Davis R .Francis for vice-president."
They were greeted with much
enthusiasm.
Pending word from the Resolu
tions Committee, addresses were
made by Raymond Robblns of Chi
cago, and Martin W. Littleton of New
York who four years ago placed
Alton B. Parker in nomination.
Littleton's announcement that New
York would support the platform and
the nominees brought shrieks of ap
proval In which many of the New
York delegation joined, but Chas. F.
Murphy remained quietly seated. Af
ter reading tho list of the new Na
tional Committee, motion to adjourn
until 7 o'clock this evening was pass
ed. For quick results, put an ad in
Tho Coos Bay Times Want Column.
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FIRE M013 CONEY ISLAND GUESTS
Efforts of City People to Es
cape Intense Heat Thwarted
by Conflagration at Famous
Resort This Morning.
(By Associate rress.)
NEW YORK, July 9. Fire at
Coney Island early today caused a
$250,000 loss. Two large hotels
were burned. The attractions were
threatened for a time. There were
about 140 guests at tho Pabst's Loop
hotel and the Van De Ver, many of
whom escaped in scant attire by
leaping from the windows. Most of
tne guests had flocked ,to the resort
to escape the intense heat of the
cities for the last few days.
WELL ACCIDENT
Father and Son Lose Lives In
Peculiar Catastrophe Near
Goldendale and Wives Wit
ness It, Powerless to Rescue
Them.
(By Associated Press.)
GOLDENDALE, Wash., July 9.
While digging a well eighteen miles
from here yesterday, John Shoe
maker, aged thirty, and his father,
ROCKEFELLER
Wife of Son Gives Birth to Sec
ond Boy at Bar Harbor,
Maine.
(By Associated Press.)
BAR HARBOR, Maine, July 9.
Mrs. J. D. Rockfeller, Jr., gave birth
to a son late yesterday, at the Rock
feller summer home. This is the
third child, the others being a boy
and a girl.
BREAK WITH
CASTRIHiROWS
Venezuelan Charge d'Affaires
Presents Letters of Recall to
U. S. State Department.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, July 9.
The Venezuelan charge d'affaires
presented his letter of recall to the
United States State Department to
day. Just what tho next develop
ment In the breach will be, no one
knows.
WILL HELP MEXICO.
United States and Diaz Join Forces
Against Trouble Makers.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, July 9. A
perfect understanding was reached
today between the United States and
Mexico, and is to the effect that this
government's purposes to tako all
steps necessary to prevent any viola
tion of the neutrality laws on the
Mexican border.
BRYAN AT HOME.
(By Associated Press.)
LINCOLN, Neb., July 9. W. J.
Bryan has no present Intention of
going to Denver now or after his
nomination according his statements
repeatedly made to newspapermen,
and he will not go unless some un
foreseen contingency demands his
presence there.
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BAD FIRE AT BOSTON.
Insurance ConipanleB Hard Hit by
Water Front Blaze.
(By Associated Press.)
BOSTON, Mass., July 9. Practic
ally the entire loss of $1,500,000 in
the fire which destroyed a large sec
tion of the water front of East Bos
ton late yesterday, will fall upon the
insurance companies. The Boston
and Albany Railroad Company, un
der a lease to the New York Central,
lost about $1,000,000.
TWO ARE KILLED.
Fire niul Explosion In Boston Dis
astrous Today.
(By Associated Press.)
BOSTON, Mass., July 9. As a re
sult of an explosion during a fire in
a three-story tenement at 295-297
Cambridge street, west, early today,
two are dead, two hopelessly burned
and eleven others more or less in
jured. IS FATAL TO TWO
aged fifty, lost their lives. They
had set off a blast at a depth of
thirty feet. The son descended after
the blast and was overcome by gas.
He called to be hoisted up. He had
reached the top when he lost his
balance and fell back Into the well
and broke his neck. The father
descended and he was also overcome
by' gas and fell across his son's body.
The wives who were nearby could
do nothing to aid, and ran for help
but It arrived too late. The Shoe
makers came here from North Ya
kima. Ernest T. Scribner of Rockland,
Cal., Killed and Three Others
Hurt.
(By Associated Press.)
ROCKLAND, Cal., July 9. Ernest
T. Scribner of Rockland, Cal., was
instantly killed in an automobile ac
cident near Haywards this morning.
Three others were seriously Injured.
Mrs. Hazel Liddell, J.. J. Nelson and
Major John D. Jeffrey, a retired
army officer, were the other vic
tims. UNDEFI ARREST
Twenty-Five Privates Held
Near Washington, D. C, For
Causing Riot.
(By 'Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, July 9. As
a reslllt of the riot late Tuesday
night at Rlverview, a resort on the
Maryland side of the Potomac,
twenty-five privates of the United
States army are under arrest at Fort
Washington, Md. Tuesday was pay
day and about seventy-five men went
to the resort and became involved
In a free for all fight in which sev
eral civilians participated. Captain
Edward H. Macon was summoned
to tho scene and finally put the riot
ers under guard at Fort Washing
ton. EXPERT AT L1BBY MINE.
Inspects Property For Easterners
Who Plan to Buy It.
An expert engineer is inspecting
the Libby, Coal Mine and the other
holdings of Goodall and Perkins of
San Francisco, preparatory to mak
ing a report to eastern Interests who
are negotiating for tho purchase of
the property, Ho refuses to make
any statement concerning who he
represents or what his investigation
has shown.
AUTO CLAIMS
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WITR LUMBER
C. A. Smith Mill Making Heavy
Shipments to Southern Points
Marine News.
The Redfield which has been load
ing with lumber at the C. A. Smith
mill, will sail tonight or in the morn
ing for San Pedro with a big cargo.
The Nann Smith is .also loading and
probably will sail tomorrow night.
The Bandon is expected in this after
noon to load at the Smith mill for
Bay Point.
The mill has been turning out
more lumber recently than the Nann
Smith could handle and so other
schooners are being called in to
move the large amount of finished
material that is congregating about
the mill.
The demand for lumber has been
growing but as yet there has not
been any appreciable advance In
prices.
News of Shipping.
The Portland Oregonlan prints the
story which appeared two or three
days ago in The Times to the effect
that the steamship Alliance had been
offered to the Southern Pacific by
the Gray & Holt' Company. It states
that the Southern Pacific has refer
red the matter to C. J. Millls of
Marshfleld for decision. The Al
liance is said to be held at about
$80,000.
The City of Panama Is due In to
night or early tomorrow from Port
land on the Breakwater's run.
The M. F. Plant sails from San
Francisco tonight and is due in Coos
Bay Saturday. She is scheduled to
sail from here Sunday and will mak6
an effort to get back on her old
schedule which provides for her to
leave Frisco Tuesdays and reach
Coos Bay Thursdays and sail again
Fridays. '
F. B. Waite of Roseburg, Ad
vocates Construction of Fine
Highway to This Point.
ROSEBURG, Ore., July 8. The
Roseburg Review says: "Mr. F. B.
Walte, one of our 'most active and
progressive citizens, in conversation
with a Review representative on tho
good roads topic suggests the great
possibilities and advantages that
would be derived by Douglas and
Coos counties if they would unlto in,
building a good automobile road
from Roseburg to -Marshfleld or Mry
tie Point. By this he means a road
that cbuld readily be traversed by
automobiles, as well aB other vehi
cles, at all seasons of the year. Such
a road would put Roseburg In direct
cbmmunlcatlon with Coos Bay in an
easy daylight trip of a few hours at
all seasons of tho year, instead of
the 24 to 48-hour continuous struggle
now required. From all Indications,
Mr. Harrlman is not going to be in
any hurry about building his pro
jected railroad to Coos Bay and such
a road as is suggested by Mr. Waito
would result in an immense amount
of traffic being brought to Roseburg
and Douglas county. It is estimated
that the cost of such a road from
here to the county lino would ap
proximate $50,000, and its benefits
to our county would bo at least that
sum every year, while Coos county
would be benefitted still more. Lo
cal residents would doubtless sup
port such a movement liberally as
It would doubtless bring excellent re
turns." LOUIS H. BOLL, TEACHER OF
PIANO, First Trust and Savings
Bank building.
MARSRFI
AUTD ROAD
TO COOS BAT
NOT AFFECTED
"RACE SUICIDE"
Birth Rate Nearly Double Aver
age of State of Oregon
Last Year.
DR. E. MINGUS FILES
HIS ANNUAL REPORT
Death Rate Is Less Than Aver
age and None From Quar
antinable Diseases.
There is no race suicide In Marsh
fleld according to the annual report
of vital statistics by city health of
ficer, Dr. E. Mlngus, just filed -with
the city council. During the past
year, there were 78 births, including
three twins. This would, excluding
twelve children whose parents were
non-residents, make a birth rate of
about 22 per thousand inhabitants
while the average birth rate for
Oregon is but twelve per thonsand.
Judging from the birth statistics, tho
ratio of men and women here Is run
ning rapidly in favor of the gentler'
sex as 43 of the new arrivals were
girls and but 35 boys.
The death rate in Marshfleld last
year was dnly about 8 to each thou
sand Inhabitants while the average
for the state of Oregon is 9 to the
thousand. This was probably due to
the fact that the city has been free
from severe contagious diseases, not
a death having been caused by quar-
antinable ailments.
Dr. Mlngus' report to the city
council Is as follows:
"I have the honor to report here
with the vital statistics of the City
of Marshfleld, Oregon, received by
me as Health Officer for the year be
ginning July 1st, 1907, and ending
July 1st, 1908.
Total number of deaths from all
causes, 25; males, 12; females, 13.
Special causes Ccrebro spinal me
ningitis, 1; accidents, 4; angina pec-
torls, 2; appendicitis, 2; diabetls, 1;
suicide, 2; infantile diarrhoea, 1; Ic
terus, 1; gastro-enterltls, 3; still
born, 1; cerebral tumor, 1; senility,
1; entero-colltis, 1; paralysis, 1; ho
micide, 2; heart disease, 1.
Total number of births, 78; males,
35; females, 43, twins, 3.
Average age of fathers, 35; aver
age age of mothers, 26.
Parents native born Fathers, 52;
mothers, 58. Parents foreign born
Fathers, 23; mothers, 17.
' Number of cases of measles, 12;
scarlet fever, G.
"The reports of the Oregon State
Board of Health show a death rate
of 9 per thousand for tho entire state
and assuming that Marshfleld has a
population of 3,000 which I think la
a conservative estimate, tho death
rate is 8 1-3 per thousand which is
a very gratifying showing. Refer
ring to the tabulated causes of death
you will notice that no deaths have
occurred from any of the quarantin
able diseases and on the whole the
city has exceptionable from freedom
from diseases of a contagious nature.
"The average birth rate for the
state of Oregon has been 12 per
thousand. 78 children have been
born in Marshfleld during the past
year and 12 of those belong to pa
rents residing elsewhere, leaving CG
or 22 per thousand of tho estimatod
population which is a very creditable
showing compared with tho re
mainder of the state,"
DO NOT DISCRIMINATE.
Specifications do Not Shut Out Build
ing Material Dealers.
Dr. J. T. McCormao of the Marsh
fleld school board, said this morning
that there was no truth in tho report
that the specifications for material
for the new High School building
discriminate against any one. Ho
said that tho specifications merely
provided for flrst-class material and
that overyono who could furnish
flrst-class cement, etc., could bid.
Ho said that no attention would ho
paid to efforts to have Inferior mate
rial used in the building,
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