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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 3, 1908)
'f--- OJTLT A SOUK raUUi. A (tafi AH "TUK BEST pilots ara kez,M mariiortotis artloU er a iarvlc mmtB bo tha people who can tell yaa all about tha dangers of "wasting moiey in advertising" are those wko bar never advsrtlsed at all cr else adver tised without any system and la a haphazard way. Newspaper adver tising properly done is never waBted. fl Tentur will fc bfltte4 ky adver tising and these will always be "made," promoted and established by publicity. A thins that doea not "need" publicity, or that would not thrlro under it, 1b open to suspicion. MEMBER OP ASSOCIATED PRESS. Vol. III. THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 1908. No. 20. CANADIAN FOREST FIRE EOPLE mm BURNS CONFLAGRATION s ion OF Several Towns Near Elko, Destroyed and Property Loss Will Run Between $5,000,000 and $8,000,000, and Hundreds Are Homeless. TOWN OF FERNIE WIPED OUT WITH 102 DEATHS Wires Are Down and Only Brief Report of Disaster Is Ob tainable at Vancouver Fire said to have Burned Out For Present at Least. (By Associated Press.) WINNIPEG, Aug, 3, Seventy blocks of smoulder ing ashes mark the snot t(Hav where stood the well built and thriving city of Fernie, B, C, with six thou sand population, But fourteen residences and one business house remain, Between seven and eight hundred families are homeless, Twelve bodies have been recovered but two hundred are missing, Toh: death loss may reach 400, (By Associated Press,) VANCOUVER, B, C, Aug, 3 One of the worst forest fires known in the history of the Pacific Northwest, has been raging in southwestern British Columbia along the Canadian Pacific Railway, The wires a -e down and only minor details can be received here, Over 150 people are said to have been burned to death and upwards of $8,000,000 worth of prop erty destroyed, Several towns including Fernie, near Elko, where the Northern Pacific's b-anch from Rexford, Mont,, and Spokane connects with the Canadian Pacific, have been wiped out, According to a brief message from near there today, the fim coomc n htuip. biimfiH itsfilf nut for the oresent at east, I The wind which swept it for A special Trom iNeison places me numuei ui kuuwn ucauai 125 and estimates the property loss at $5,000,000, The exact number of fatalities may never be known, ( Supplies, food and raiment are neing rusnea xo me suiuk- Fires near Hosmer, Michel and Cranbrook which threat ened those towns have apparently been checked and there is less anxiety today, , The latest news received at Michel places the number of dead at Fernie at 102, with 64 others burned in logging camps on Elk River, , An unofficial statement said to have come from Fernie, daces the total list of dead in Fernie and the surrounding camps at 173, with a property AID SENT DISTRICT. Dispatches received by insurance underwriters say, Hosmer and Michel have been burned. At the former place the Canadian Pacific's new coal tipple la valued at $25 0,000. A dispatch from Winnipeg de clares the death total will reach 400. Vancouver wired $5,000 for relief and a train load of supplies will go out today. Winnipeg has dispatched a special train with nurses, doctors, hospital stores and provisions. A dispatch from Winnipeg today says, "Flames broke out again today in Michel and Hosmer. The wind Is rising and Michel seems doomed." SPOKANE SENDS AID. Business Men Rush Help to Flro Refugees. (By Associated Press.) SPOKANE, Wash., Aug. 3. Re lief from Spokane was the first to reach the fire refugees of Fernie. Over 2,000 are being cared for at Cranbrook. Another car loaded with tents, clothing and provisions will leave today. At a mass meeting to day, over $1,000 was subscribed In half an hour, and relief committees were annotated to raise funds to start regular shipments of food-jtp the fire swept district, are homeless. Over 10 ,000 RIG STRIKE FAILURE. Paris Workmen Refuse to Obey Older to Quit Work. (By Associated Press.) PARIS, Aug. 3. The indications aro that the big general strike of the puneral Federation of Labor, will bo a failure. Many tradesmen call ed out have absolutely refused to join in the strike. SKEPS urge BRITISH 0 1 miles has died down, loss of $8,000,000 Many Passengers Injured Near Benson When Golden Gate Limited Is Ditched. (By Associate rress.) LOS ANGELES, Aug. 3. The Golden Gate Limited, west bound, struck a broken rail near Benson, on the Southern Pacific tracks, over which the Rock Island trains run to the coast from El PaBO. Four per sons are reported to have been fo rlously hurt. Three others wgvo slightly Injured and many soverely shaken up as the train was running at a high rate of speed. ARREST MAIL CLERIC. E. II. Fain of Pasco, Wash., Chargca With Looting Letters. (By Associated Press.) WALLA WALLA, Wash., Aug. 3. A special to the Evening Bulletin from Pasco says that Edward H. Fain, a railway mall clerk, between Dayton and Pasco, on the Northern Pacific, is under arrest there charg ed with robbing the mall. The dispatch says that Fain ad mits the crime claiming ho did It because he wanted to pay for prop erty purchased In Tacoma. The amount of his peculations may reach into hundreds of dollars, cover ing a period of four months. Fain was detected by the use of decoy letters. He is married. IAD WRECK IN ARIZONA UID W. M. Davis, Former Mayor of Albany, Pleads Guilty at Portland and Is Sentenced Today. (By Associated Press.) PORTLAND, Aug. 3. W. M. Da vis, ex-mayor of Albany, Ore., plead ed guilty today. Ho was under in dictment for conspiracy in the Unit ed States court for Oregon land MURDER AND Highwaymen Kill Street Car Motorman and Rob Con ductor At Midnight In Puget Sound Town. (By Associated Pres3.) TACOMA, Wash., Aug." 3. Frank L. Brown, aged 28, a motorman, was shot and Instantly killed as he was Wheat and Corn Advance Three Cents Per Bushel In Chicago. (B" Associated Press.) CHICAGO, Aug. 3. Scorching hot weather throughout the corn belt and the Dakotas and Minnesota, threw the Board of Trade Into wild excitement today, and sent the prices of wheat and corn soaring skywards. Wheat advanced nearly three cents per buBhel and corn showed almost an equally sharp bulge In price. TO Third and Fourth Regiments Leave For American Lake For Field Work. (Bv Associated Press.) PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 3. Elsv en hundred National Guardsmen left yesterday for American Lake to par ticipate in' the annual field maneu vers. The troops consist of the Third and Fourth regiments. During the maneuvers the Third regiment will be in command of Col. Chas. E. Mc Donnell of Portland, and the Fourth In charge of Colonel Geo. O. Yoran of Eugene. PIONEER SEVENTY-NINE. Birthday of C. B. Marsters Celebrated With Family Reunion. C. B. Marsters, a pioneer of Coos county, is 79 years of age' and in honor of the event a family reunion was hold at the old homo place on Catching Creek, Friday. There were present at the gathering E. S, Mars terB and family and Mrs. L. A. Mars ters from Roseburg; Mrs. Mabel Pearl from Portland, Mrs. Andrew Brunde of Cottage Grove, L. C. Marsters' three children from Port land, S. E. Marsters of Gold Beach, editor of the Globe; and O. J3. Mars ters and Leo Marsters who live on the homo place. The only absentees aro Mrs. Sherwood, the only daugh ter, of Prlncevllle, and Melvln Mars ters of Oklahoma. Myrtle Point En terprise. Population of North America is over 100,000,000. GRAIN PRICES CO GUARD MANEUVER W frauds. He was fined $500. An other indictment for perjury was dis missed. Clark E. Loomis pleaded guilty to an indictment charging conspiracy, and sentence was suspended as Loomis is to be a witness in the Her mann case. Many indictments brought by Heney were dismissed. The cases against Hermann and Williamson will be disposed of at the conclusion of the Hall case. starting his car toward the city nt 12:13 o'clock last night, from the end of 'P' street, by highway men. Conductor C. R. Windsor was held up by the quartette who took his watch and fifteen dollars In cash, whether or not the motive for killing Brown was robbery remains for the police and detectives to unravel. The officers are searching for the mur derers and highwaymen. I. P. MEETINGS Between 75,000 And 80,000 -Attend Conventions of Order Which Open Today. (By Associated Press.) BOSTON, Mass., Aug. 3.-Twenty-flfth Convention of the The Su- preme Lodge and the Biennial En campment of the Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias and the Annual Convention of the Pythian Sisters formally opened with an attendance of between 75,000 and 80,000 dele gates. Companies of the Uniform rank were arriving until late last night. Many companies came from Washington, Colorado and Califor nia. Man Who Gained Renown By Resolution During Civil War Succumbs At Des Moines (By Associated Press.) DES MOINES, Ia Aug. 3. Major R. D. Kellog, who offered in the Iowa legislature the famous resolution pledging Iowa's credit and resources in men and money to the mainten ance of tho national honor in the civil war, died at home here last night. t 4 C Ji J , J L JOLT RACING New York Governor Plans to Administer Severest Blow Yet to Race Track Gambling. (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, Aug. 3. Tho race track interests aro about to experi ence one of the most severe shocks in their history if tho plans of Gov ernor Hughes are carried out. Just what form of action Governor Hughes will tako is not learned, but It was said something that will shako Saratoga from end to end will take place in a few days. Better send this paper to a friend. HOLDUP AT i ii. kellogg Dead in iowa G S WIL F IN Ed. Abernathy's Plant Burned Presumably From Spark, With $5,000 Loss. (Special to The Times.) COQUILLE, Ore., Aug. 3. The portable sawmill owned and operated by Ed. Abernethy, near Dora, was destroyed by firo late Saturday, en tailing $5,000 loss. The cause of the fire is not known. Whether Mr. Abernethy had any insurance on the property has not been ascertained. He will probably take steps at once to replace it. The cause of the fire is not known but it Is believed that a spark from an engine fell Into some dry mate rial. It had gained considerable headway when discovered. Mr. Abernethy is a brother of Mrs. Bennett Swnnton of Marshfield and a grand son of Gov. Abernethy, one of the first executives of Oregon. ALLIANCE IN FROM PORTLAND EARLY TODAY Steamship Arrives From North With Large Xuuibci' of Passengers and Fair Freight Cargo. The Alliance arrived In Coos Bay early today from Portland after a pleasant voyage. She had a large passenger list and a fair freight cargo. She will sail for Portland at 2:3(5 Tuesday afternoon. The Allianco Incoming passenger list was as follows: M. T. Phelps, Mrs. L. A. Derrick, Nellie Doyle, C. H. Banning, H. Swarthout, Mrs. Hawn, Roy Stevens, Ludwig Larson, Carl Larson, Hed vig Larson, F. C. Helming, Mrs. F. C. Helming, Miss C. Helming, D. C. Boyd, R. Wild, Geo. Harris, J. P. Carpenter, L. M. Noble, Mrs. Noble, A. P. Homan, B. O. Kelly, Mrs. B. O. Kelly, E. G. Miller, Mrs. E. G. Miller, E. M. Miller, M. Ceo, L. Eve rendun, Mrs. C. H. Walter, Anna An derson, Lester Walter, E. C. Kel Hngton, C. A. Lelghton, Jas. Dun holm, J. W. Branding, Mrs, J. W. Branding, Miss B. Fox, Miss M. White Mrs. B. Mitchell, W. E. Smith, three Sisters of Morcy, G. Brusa flerre, Louis Brusaflerre, B. Monta gna, J. Keller, A. Alexander, M. Alexander, O. Stefano, R. Richard, Gels Larsen, Madallne Larsen, Elma Larsen, Mrs. G. Larsen, Master Lar sen and twelve steerage. RIG JOR FOR RANDON. Woolen Mills Receive Order For Big Shipments.! Manager R. E. L. Bedllllon has se cured orders for the Bandon Woolen Mills amounting to almost $80,000, one firm alone, doing business In De troit, Michigan, sending an order for $(T5,000 worth of finished woolen goods. This is tho largest order In the history of the Bandon Woolen Mills and together with tho big or ders already ahead, will be sufficient to keep the mill running for some time to come. Mrs. A. A. Balrd has arrived- In Bandon for a visit with her daugh ter, Mrs. Faulds. Mrs. Balrd 1b 79 years old and traveled all alone from River Falls, Wis. She says Bandon is far famed, ns sho heard Us praises all along tho way. Bandon Re corder. ALLIANCE WILL SAIL FROM MARSHFIELD FOR PORTLAND AT 2:. 'JO TUESDAY AFTERNOON, AUG UST 1. T,OUIB II. nOLL, TEACHER OF PIANO, First Trust and Saving Bank building. Bo-tor send this paper to a friend. DRAWBRDGE DORA SAWMILL IS DESTROYED T T Weil-Known Eastside Council man and Rig Go Through Structure Near Depot. SWING EVIDENTLY LEFT UNLOCKED Sustains Compound Fracture of Leg In Fall of About Ten Feet. Frank RIebe, a member of tho firm of Pettljohn and NIcols and a member of the Eastside council, was seriously Injured at noon today as a result of the drawbridge across the railway tracks between the freight and passenger depots being left un locked. Riebe was driving across the bridge with a load and as he neared the end, the bridge tilted and ho and the horse and wngon and load drop ped about ten feet Into the soft mud. Mr. Riebe was thought at first to have been critically injured but an examination by Dr. Horsfall showed that ho had sustained a compound fracture of one limb and a slight flesh wound on tho leg. The injuries while painful are not expected to prove critical. The delivery wngon was smashed to smithereens and tho horse was so badly Imbedded In tho soft mud that a block and tackle had to be used to remove him. The animal was not Injured seriously. Evidently Left Unlocked. The draw Is built above the low tracks along the Bay and this morn--Ing's accident is believed to havo been due to some one's carelessness. The bridge had been swung back into place all right but had not been fastened. Riebe saw it was in its usual place and did not hesitate to drive-out on It as he had been accus tomed to do In his frequent trips to the freight depot. As soon as tho load got out on the swinging end, tho bridge swung and ho and the load shot Into the mud below. That Mr. Riebe was not even moro seriously injured than he was, was due to good luck. If he had fallen forward a little and got under tho horso, it would probably havo meant Instant death. The many friends of Mr. Riebe while regretting the accident aro gratified that he escaped as luckily as he did. WELL KNOWN Wm. Mast Severely Injured By Enraged Bull On Ranch Near Dora. COQUILLE, '.re., Aug. 3. Wm. Mast, one of he best known and! most highly respected pionoors of the Coqulllo valley, was seriously and!' perhaps fatally Injured by being gored by a bull on his ranch. The' animal became enraged when Mr. Mast tried to drive him and turned on tho old gentleman and knocked' him down, trampled and crushed' him. Mr. Mast's collar bono and sovoral ribs were broken and ho was also badly bruised. It is also feared that, ho was injured internally. Tho Mast ranch is between Dora and Fnirvlow. Dr. Richmond of Co qulllo who attended him does not be Hovo tho Injuries will prove fatal un less unexpected complications due to advanced ago develop. ALLIANCE WILL SAIL FROM" MARSHFIELD FOR PORTLAND A'JT 2; JIO TUESDAY Al'TERXOON, AUG UST -1. . 1 HURT R w h 1 IB K -J 9 V
