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Vol. III.
THREE BANDITS
One Finally Riddled by Hun
dreds of Bullets From
Posse.
EASTERN CITY PROVES
REAL WILD WEST
Second of Bandits Wounded
But Escapes and Third
Caught.
(By. Associated Pre3B.)
BOSTON, July 23. After three
deadly battles between three desper
adoes and the police and a small
army of citizens, the first encounter
being late Tuesday night In a bar
room, the second last evening In the
peaceful streets of Jamaica Plains,
and the third early today in a ceme
tery, one of the bandits was riddled
with bullets and killed, a second, be
lieved to be wounded, escaped, and
the third was taken prisoner last
evening. The desperadoes who are
believed to be foreigners, killed two
men and wounded eleven in their
flight since "shooting up" the saloon
and killing Frank J. Drake.
The police searched all day yes
terday and finally located the robbers
in Calvary cemetery. The despera
does' opened Are, wounding several
persons. They then escaped Into a
crowd on Washington street, keeping
up flro. Later, they held up cars,
wounding a number of passengers
and pedestrians. They continued
their flight Into the Forest Hill ceme
tery where they shot Night Watch
mnn Herbert E. Knox. The ceme
tery was surrounded by officers until
day break began and they began to
close in. Suddenly, a man darted
from the south side of the cemetery
carrying a revolver In one hand and
bullets in the other. After a chase
of more than a mile, the man sought
Tefugo In a ravine but was quickly
surrounded and shot to death, hun
dreds of bullets piercing his body.
Another man was arrested near the .
main gate and disarmed but there Is ,
some doubt as to the identity of the
captured man. The police aro search-!
ing. the cemetery for the third man
who left a bloody track.
Otto Eberhard, Wanted For
Slaying Aunt, Arrested Near
Patterson, N. J.
(By Associated Press.)
IIACKENSACK, N. J., July
23.7-r-August Eberhard has con-
fessed that he murdered his
aunt, Mrs'. Ottlllle Eberhard.
This afternoon ho took the po-
lice to a place in Little Falls
where he had burled under a
tree tlo $2,500 which he took
from the aunt's body.
' ' (By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, July 23. August
Eberhard, the nephew of Ottlllio
Eberhard, tho Austrian woman who
was shot to death near Hackensack,
N. J., was arrested today in Patter
son, N. J. He was found lying on a
lawn in front of a farm house suf
fering from a wound which tlie po
lice bellove was received at the time
tho woman, was slfot. It. Is reported
thtft ho admitted 'his identity? The
polico'iare, endeavoring td get a sta
tement from him.
ECONOMY and Knowlton, fruit
Jars best on earth, at the Coos Bay
Cash Store.
BUY a Big Lot by the Seaside for
$35.00 on level ground, near the
Beach' at Beautiful Bandon. See
Bennett's land office or Stutsman &
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THE DAILY COOS BAY
KILL TWO AND
Defective Wirincj Causes
Heavy Loss In Abington"
Block Today.
(By Associated Press.)
PORTLAND, Ore., July 23. Fire
which destroyed the Abington build
ing on Third street, and damaged the
Van Schuyver building adjoining,
caused a loss of $300,000 this morn
ing. Both buildings were well occu
pied and the loss to the tenants will
probably reach $100,000 which Is in
cluded In the estimate above. De
fective wiring is alleged to have been
the cause.
GREAT STEEL
MILLS OPEN
U. S. Steel Corporation Starts
$30,000,000 Plant at
Gary, Ind.
(By Associated Press.)
GARY, Ind., July 23. The arrival
of the steamer E. H. Gary with a
cargo of ore with which the' great
steel plant of the United States Steel
Corporation will inaugurate opera
tions was the occasion today of
formal exercises and speech making,
In which John W. Kern of Indiana
polis, the Democratic nominee for
vice-president and others participat
ed. The arrival of the steamer was
the occasion for a salute of twenty
one guns from the Welverlne, and sa
lutes from the revenue cutter Tus
carora and the training ship Doro
thea. The corporation has spent
$30,000,000 on the mills.
GOULD SUIT
STIRS GOTHAM
New Sensation Sprung In
Connection With Trumped
Up Charges.
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, July 23. Miss
Blanche Hale, a halr-dresser for fash
ionable patrons, has come forward
with a story, she was approached in
a similar way to that alleged by Miss
Mabel McCausland in connection with
the su'lt for divorce Instituted by Mrs.
Helen Kelloy-Gould against Frank J.
Gould, the millionaire. The district
attorney's office promises other more
startling revelations of the evidence
against Gould.
TWIN SISTEHS ELOPED.
Returned Homo With Marriage Cer
tificate Wero Forgiven.
WINSTED, Conn., July 23. Eva
and Ethel Dillon, twin sisters of Man
chester, introduced themselves to
their parents as Mrs. Edward War
ner and Mrs. Emll Hlcklng respect
ively. After they had shown their
marriage certificates they were for
given. Instead of attending a theatrical
performance in Hartford, as they
told their parents they Intended to
do when they left home, the sisters
went with Warner and Hlcklng to
Springfield and were married. One
couple Btood as witness for the other.
The twins are eighteen and both
bridegrooms aro under twenty.
LOUIS TI. BOLL, TEACHER OF
PIANO, First Trust and Savlnw
Bamk buildlnp.
PORTLAND HAS
$300,009 TI
TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 23,
ECHO YOUTH MURDbRS SWEEIH
Posse After B. E. Stoeffle Who
'-Killed Elsie Kenison and
May Lynch Him if Caught
Alive.
(By Associated Press.)
PENDLETON, Ore., July 23. El
sie Kenison, aged 18, was killed by
her sweetheart, B. E. Stoeffle, at her '
home In Echo today. Stoeffle Is be-
Believed That Act at Gov. De
neen's Meeting Was to Rob
People During Excitement.
(By Associated Press.)
CHICAGO, July 23. A bomb was
exploded in a tent in which Gov. Den
een was addressing a political gather
ing at Garfield boulevard and Prince
ton avenue, last night. Women In
AWWWWSAA
111 OF
CITHOUNCIL
Members Show Up at Different
Hours and Special Meeting
Has. to Be, Abandoned
The Marshfleld city council was to
have held an adjourned meeting last
night but it didn't. Five of the six
members of the council reported at
the council chambers during the
evening but three were the most that
were there at the same time and for
tho Jack of a quorum, no meeting
could be called.
' Councilmen Sacchl, Nelson and
Savage' arrived shortly after 8 o'clock
and sat around for three-quarters of
an hour or thereabouts waiting for
Mayor Straw and the others to show
up. After discussing the" weather,
the Drain-Coos Bay railroad, E. H.
Harriman and several other matters,
they grew weary and sleepy and
started homeward. City Attorney
Farrin and City Clerk Squires were
also present -but Marshal Carter was
n't around, so President Savage of
the council, had no ambassador pie
nipotentiary to summon anothei
member to enable them to do busi
ness. As the three were disappearing,
Mayor Straw and Councilmen Lock
hart and Flanagan appeared in sight.
Councilman Nelson declared it was
bedtime and that he wasn't going
to attend council meetimrs called nt
such unearthly hours and so con
tinued hjs way homeward. .
Burns Wants More. "
Contractor Burns has completed
his grading Job on Second and Cedar
streets and is now having a lively
time with the city council over hjs
settlement. Ho Issued a large num
ber of orders against the city to pay
various bills while the work was in
progress and the city officials have
held back sufficient to cover. them.
Now ho insists that he must have
?500 more than tho city .officials
figure that he has cpming. He in
sists that he had a lot of extra work
to do, etc. The grading cost slightly
more than $5,000. Mayor Straw and
the other city officials insist that
Burns will ho paid simply the con
tract price and no more.
Discuss Sewer Plans.
City Engineer Sandberg and F. S.
Dow, A. H. Powers, A Hansen and
other members of tho South Marsh
fleld property owners committee, last
evening went over the plans for the
proposed Marshfleld sewer. It Is
proposed to put In a number of sop
tic tanks and make the system en
tirely sanitary as well as to protect
tho Bay into which it Is proposed
to empty tho new system.
HOW Is the time to enroll, for a
course of Chiropractic treatments,
with Dr. II, A. Foster at Garfield
hotel. No enrollments after July 30,
Office hours: 1 to 4 p. m.
BEST MEAL in town, tho Arcado
from 15 to 25c.
NO
ing pursued by a posse. There were
no witnesses to the tragedy. He shot
her in the mouth with a revolver.
Ho was seen to run from the house
by an eight-year-old girl. The excite
ment is intense and lynching Is being
talked of if he Is not killed in a
fight with the posse.
Word was received from Echo late
this affprnoon that Stoeffle doubled
back on his tracks to the scene of the
murder and hanged himself on the
premises.
the audience screamed and a number
fainted. Men and women rushed fran
tically for the tent doors. Gov. De
neen and others tried to stop the
panic. When it was seen that no
damage was done, tho excitement
subsided. It is thought that the per
petrators sought to take advantage
of the excitement to rob people In
the audience. The police made a
number of arrests but all were later
released for lack of evidence.
TUTTLE MUST
EXPLAIN AGT
Plat B Contractor and Builder
Arrested at Gold Beach
Today.
.M. H. Tuttle, a contractor and
builder who came to Coos Bay last
spring from Canada, was placed un
der arrest at Gold Beach today to be
brought "back here and explain why
he was making so rapidly for far dis
tant points on his alleged "excur
sion trip." The arrest was made at
the request of J. D. Stewart, a Plat
B steamster, who loaned Tuttle a
rig for his announced "camping ex
pedition" which Stewart believes now
to be a "decamping expedition."
Before leaving, Tuttle Is alleged to
have converted considerable stuff
into cash at North Bend. In addi
tion to this, he secured a tent and
other articles on credit, claiming
that he would pay for them as soon
as he received a remittance from his
old home in Canada which would
be about August 1.
Tuttle contracted for considerable
property around Coos Bay, started, a
three-story building and announced
his intention of erecting several cot
tages and was supposed to be a well-to-do
contractor.
ETO.
'Prentiss N. Gray Denies Re
ported Sale of Steamship '
to Southern Pacific.
Prentls N. Gray of the Gray & Holt
Company of San Francisco, owners of
thq Alliance, has written to Agent H.
W. Skinner hero that the reported
sale of the Alliance to tho Southern
Pacific is not correct. Under dato of
July 20, Mr. Gray writes Mr. Skinner
as follows;
"We noticed, and have Blnco had
our attention called to, a newspaper
report to the effect that our steamer
"Alliance" was to bo sold to tho
Southern Pacific Company. Wo want
to deny this as being a totally un
warranted statement.
"Tho "Alliance" will remain on tho
run between Coos Bay and Portland
as long as the public show by their
patronage their desire to have her do
so.
"Sho is absolutely free from all
entanglements with other companies
and seeks to give tho most meritori
ous service possible. It Is strictly up
to tho shipping and traveling pub
lic." You will find the BEST LINK of
PIONIO goods at SACCHI'S.
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bAIILt rUK bUNiNUL Uh IMfl I
rTViTnimT Five Hundred Armed taians lakl I' O
SIMDIRD D L and ot"n Loui- III m
siana Town. KIU I
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3hicago Case Won't Be Tried
Before Judge Landis, They.
Say.
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, July 23. It was
learned today from sources Identified
with the Standard Oil Company that
the $29,240,000 Chicago rebate case
Is not likely to go to the Supreme
Court of the United States. Nor Is It
believed that the case will be re
tried before Judge Landis, as the
Standard Oil Company will protest
against it and ask some other judge
to sit. The issues Involve no consti
tutional questions such as are neces
sary to take the action to the United
States Supreme Court.
WILL FILE PETITION.
Government Attorney Announces
They Will Push Case.
(By Associated Press.)
CHICAGO, July 23. United Sta
tes District Attorney SImms today
announced positively that a petition
for the rehearing of tho rebate case
of the government against the Stand
ard Oil Company of Indiana will be
filed. Sims received the following
telegram from Attorney General
Bonaparte: "I feel that you and
your associates have done everything
possible to protect the interests of
the government and promote Justice.
I will write you fully as soon as the
opinion comes to hand."
Funeral of Victim of Acci
dental Shooting Is
Held.
The funeral of August Helming
was held today from tho Undertaking
parlors of T. J. Lewis on North
Front street, Interment being in the
Odd Fellows cemetery In Marshfleld.
The funeral services were brief, the
Rev. D. W. 'Thurston of the First
Baptist church officiating.
In addition to the relatives and
family of tho deceased, a number of
friends were present and accompa
nied the body to the grave. The
casket was opened at tho undertak
ing parlors but not at the grave.
The pall-bearers were Clay Moore,
Burt McCullpugh, C, C. Going, Wm.
Kennedy, Chester Wolcott and C. H.
Hall.
Yesterday afternoon, Coroner T. J.
Lewjs of Coos county, took the depo
sitions of H. A, Rpynolds and Albert
Lutonsky and Joseph M.
Russell concerning the accidental
sjioqtlng which resulted In Mr. Helm
lng's death. Mr. Russell was tho
member of another camping party
near tho Asa Carey ranch In Curry
county, the nearest home to the
scene of tho accident. These deposi
tions will be forwarded to the coun
ty clerk of Curry county to bo filled
there, Tho members of tho party
were Gus Helming and wlfo, Cavour
Helming, Georgo Balnes and wlfo, H.
A, Reynolds and Albert Lutonsky.
Boats leavo STAUFF'S WHARF
for Charleston Bay Friday mornlngat
7:30 and 8:30. Adults, 50c, chil
dren, 25c.
$35.00 Will buy you a lot 50x100,
near Ocean Beach at Bandon. Seo or
call at Bennott'B land office, or Stuts
man & Company.
THE CITr OF PANAMA takes
Breakwater run sailing from Marsh
fleld and North Bond 9:30 a. in.,
Saturday, July 25.
HELMING IS
BURIED TODAY
RESULT OF RACE
WAR LONG BREWING
Sheriff Organizes White Resi
dents and Will Fight to
Finish.
(By Associated Press.)
NATALBANY, La., July 23. Flvo
hundred Italians and other foreign
ers on ono side and Americans on
the other, both armed ready for con-
flict, Is what presented Itself In thls-j
town at daybreak this morning a3-
the result of a race war which started
here as the result of the wounding:!
of Walter Simmons, Tuesday, and.
the subsequents shooting by Ameri
cans and Italians yesterday. Last!
night an Italian entered the town!
and snld the foreigners would wlp&j
the town out, and the sheriff with
ered seventy-five Americans whoi
picketed the town all night, but no-l
trouble developed. This place is aJ
lumber town and race trouble has!
been brewing for some time. It Is!
quiet today but both camps araj
ready for any emergency.
O'KELLEY IS
Americans Continue to Carry!
Off Honors In London
Olympic.
(By Associated Press.)
LONDON, July 23. The finaM
catch-as-catch-can heavy weights
wrestling match was won by O'Kellj
of the United Kingdom, wbo defeated
Gunderson of Norway.
Tho final two hundred-metre flat!
race was won by Kerr of Canada,
The final standing high Jump waaj
won by Ray C, Ewry of the Kv
York Athletic Club who Jumped lrvej
feet two Inches.
Oregon Man Wins.
Forest Smlthson of tho Multnomal
Athletic Club of Portland, Oregon!
won his heat In the hundred yaro
hurdles In 15 4-5 seconds.
The final 400-yard flat race was
won by J. C. Carpenter of Cornel
University, but the judges dlsquajjfl
fled him for alleged "pocketing'!
Hallswelle, the English runner. Carl
pentor had the polo and his allegoc
transgression was not apparent t
spectators. W. C. Robertson of Caml
bridge University, was second, anra
Halswelle, third. Matthew P. Halpln
the American manager, says tha
Americans win not run tno
over.
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FIRST LOVE HIS FIRST
WIFE, AT 7i
FINDLAY, 0., July 23. Jacob
Buss, of Rawsom, aged sevent,y-slJj
and Mrs. Susan Fisher of Lexlngto
111., aged seventy-two, were marrle
at Rawsom. Buss Is worth $75,00
and this Is his first marriage, Th
woman ho wedded was his youthfi
sweetheart, but a quarrel had e;
tranged.them. Mrs. Buss came he:
to visit and met Buss, after Ion
years of separation, and the old lov
was rekindled.
$15.00 will buy you a CORNEj
LOT 50x100 on level land at BAJ
DON, near the Beach. Seo Ad, in ar
other column. &
THE CITY OF PANAMA tak
Breakwater run sailing from Mars!
Hem and North Bona a -.30 a. ,n
Saturday, July 25. i.
Bost COFFEE and best KM
A11LES at most REASONAKW
prices on Coos Bay at MELItOSll
EASY B
near postofflco. Try It Sunday.
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