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Vol. III.
THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1908.
No. 60.
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HEARST IKES SENSATIONAL
ATTACK ON SENATOR FORAKER
Declares That Statesman Was
In Employ of Standard Oil
Company.
READS LETTERS
TO PROVE CHARGE
Ohio Man Says He Was Once
But Is No Longer Retained
By System.
(By Associated Press.)
CINCINNATI, Ohio, Sept. 18.
That ho had been several years ago
an attorney for the Standard Oil
Company but that this had nothing
to do with congress or In anything
that the federal government was in
terested In, Is the substance of a
brief statement by Senator Foraker
In answer to the charges made by W.
R. Hearst In Columbus last night.
Foraker says he docs not know
whether the letters given out by
Hearst are true copies or not, but
assumes they are. He says he never
made any effort to conceal the fact
of his employment by the Standard
OH Company and that it had not
then become discreditable to' be em
ployed by such corporations and de
. clares that his employment ended be
fore his first term in the senate ex
pired. He says that he has not
represented the company In any way
since.
Mr. Hearst in his address roundly
scored Senator Foraker as an "unde
sirable public servant," declaring
that Foraker has been in the employ
of the Standard Oil Company while
he held his seat in the senate. Ho
read numerous letters showing how
Mr. Foraker had been busy acting
for the Standard Oil Company. His
address was regarded as one of the
most sensational exposes that has re
cently been made of a public man.
NO RECORD OF IT.
Supreme Court Books Do Not Show
Foraker's Connection.
(By Associated Press.)
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 18. A
hasty search of the Ohio Supreme
Court books has failed to reveal any
record showing that senator Foraker
has appeared for the Standard Oil
Company in any cases brought
against that company In 1889 or
1800.
NEWS TO THEM.
Standard Oil Employes Refuse ,to
Talk.
(By Associated Press.)
- NEW YORK, Sept. 18. John D.
Archbold, vice-president of the
Standard Oil Company, was not in
his office today and' the other officials
said that they knew nothing of the
charges by W. R. Hearst In his ad
dress at Columbus last night.
DREDGE OREGON STARTS.
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 18. The
Telegram says: "Towed by the gov
ernment steamer George H. Mendell,
the new dredge Oregon left down
Thursday morning on the first part
of her voyage to Coos Bay. At As
toria she will bo picked up by the
tug Astoria, which is being sent from
Coos Bay, and taken the rest of the
way to Marshfleld and North Bend.
The ocean tug belongs to the Simp
son Lumber Company.
"The Oregon was built by the Gov
ernment for service along the Ore
gon and Washington coasts and in
the harbors of the two states. She
was recently completed and for the
last two weeks the craft was sub
jected to thorough tests alongside of
the new dock being built in the
lower harbor by J. J. Hill. It was
demonstrated that the dredge Is
capable of handling 5000 cubic yards
of ordinary material In 24 hours.
"It Is planned to have the dredge
at Coos Day by September 20 at the
latest. The shippers down that way
have been anxious for some time past
'to have the ship channel Improved
In a number of localities. The ex
pense of operating the dredge will b.e
borne by the residents of the towns
along the bay,"
NORTH BEND TO
Mi
Special Election For Charter
Posters Opposing It
Put Out.
North Dend citizens will vote on
the new charter for the municipality
tomorrow. There will be but one
polling place and that will be at the
city hall. The polls will be open
from 8 o'clock In the morning until
7 o'clock in the evening.
It is generally believed by North
Bend business men that the new
charter will carry by a big vote, but
there has been considerable opposi
tion and the real extent of this spirit
will not be known until the vote is
counted. The opposition to the
charter is apparently unorganized.
Most of the business men are talking
In favor of it and the administration
is said to be strongly in favor of the
new charter.
The principal matter of Interest
that was raised in the quiet cam
paign over the charter was the post
ing of placards around town urging
the voters not to vote the new char
ter at this time. It stated briefly
that the voters better wait another
year and see what development there
will be in financial conditions before
they incur more debt. While these
posters were signed "Citizen and
Taxpayer," Capt. A, M. Simpson, who
has been up from San Francisco for
sometime Is credited generally with
tho authorship.
The new charter is modeled close
ly after the Portland charter. 01
course, It has been altered so as to
apply better to the smaller city. The
principal provision is one increasing
the maximum debt the city may in
cur for public improvements. An
other provision in which there is
considerable interest is permitting
the city to build and maintain its
own waterworks system. This is
considered important as It Is expect
ed that an organized movement will
be made to secure a waterworks sys
tem within another year or so.
Presidential Candidates Will
Will Attend Banquet In Chi
cago October 9.
(By Associated Press.)
CHICAGO, Sept. 18. W. H. Taft
and W. J. Bryan will meet at the
Chicago Association of Commerce
banquet, October 7th, according to
the announcement made today by
Chairman Dixon of the Republican
speakers bureau, and It is possible
that they may meet at Galesburg
earlier the same day. Taft has ac
cepted an Invitation to speak there
and Bryan will bo invited. "This talk
that Taft does not care to meet
Bryan is all twaddle," said Dixon,
"Taft's date In Chicago was cancell
ed because of the Galesburg affair
but when it was found that he could
reach Chicago in time for the ban
quet by special train, the original
plan was adhered to."
DREDGE LEFT TODAY.
Tug Astoria Leaves Astoria With
Craft For Coos Bay.
Dr. J. T. McCormac at 3:30 o'clock
this afternoon received a telegram
from Astoria stating that tho tug As
toria crossed out over tho Columbia
river bar with the dredge for Coos
JBay at 10:30 o'clock this morning.
The weather was reported fine.
This will insure the dredge reach
ing here not later than Sunday and
may be late tomorrow.
BRYAN AND
TAFT THERE
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Charles G. Van Fleet, Former
Colorado Judge and Politi
cian, Unable to Provide For
Wife and Child Ends Life In
Los Angeles.
(By Associated Press.)
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 18. Penni
less and deserted by friends, Charles
G. Van Fleet, a former Superior
Court judge in Colorado and nt one
time a candidate for congress, com
mitted suicide last night by drinking
cyanide of potassium in a cheap
lodging house. In one hand he held
a letter from his wife dated at San
THREE LIS
LOSTJT SEA
Steamship Colon Reaches
Port After Rough Experience
In Hurricane.
(By Associated Press.)
COLON, Sept. 18. The steamship
Colon, half-masted and showing evi
dence of the rough experience In the
hurricane of Sunday, limped Into
port today. Three of tho crew lost
their lives while engaged in the hold
repairing the water tank.
Montana Republicans Nomi
nate State Ticket In Con
vention at Helena Today.
(By Associated Press.)
HELENA, Mont., Sept. 18. The
Republican state convention resumed
its labors this morning after having
nominated Edward Donlan of Missou
la for governor on tho fifth ballot and
renominated Chas N. Pray for con
gress by acclamation. W. R. Allen
of Anaconda, was nominated for lieu
tenant governor by acclamation. W.
L. Holloway of Bozeman, was named
for associate justice by acclamation.
Forty Men Succumb to Smoke
and Heat of Fire In St.
Joseph.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Sept. 18. For
ty men were overcome by heat and
smoke in a flro at tho swift com
pany's packing plant In St. Joseph
last night. With tho exception of
two men, all are out of danger. Tho
flro did not got under control until
the damage had reached about ?G0,
000. NURSE'S AWFUL MISTAKE.
SAN DIEGO, Cal Sept. 18.
Three deaths have resulted from the
carelessness of Mary Arthur, a nineteen-year-old
nurse at tho county
hospital, a fourth death is expected
and four others are seriously 111, She
put drinking water Into a receptacle
which contained a quantity of atro
pheno. The dead are:
J. Young.
Charles Kemp.
Henry C. Shuett.
The seriously ill are;
A. Palsler, not expected to live.
Paulsen B. Tlsler.
George King.
Mr. Penney.
N
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FOR GOVERNOR
LARGE NUMBER
ARE OVERCOME
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Jacinto saying: "Dear Charles
Send us money, we are hungry and
the boy has no clothes. Yesterday a
friend gave mo twenty-five cents and
I bought bread for him. We are
nearly starving. Send us money,
send only a dollar If you have no
more."
Yesterday he received another ap
pealing letter from his wife but when
It was handed to him by the hotel
clerk and he saw who it was from,
he handed it back unopened. Ho also
received a discouraging letter from
a law firm whom he had asked to
help him secure a judicial position
near San Jacinto. He pawned his
watch to securo money to buy the
poison to end his life.
Two Burglars Who Looted Au
thor's House, Captured
In Connecticut.
(By Associated Press.!
REDDING, Conn., Sept. 18. Two
burglars who robbed the residence
of Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain)
hero last night, were captured today
on the New Haven railroad train
after a desperate fight in which De
puty Sheriff Banks was shot in the
leg.
STRAIN DRIVES
HIM JO DEATH
Major General Luard of Eng
lish Army Unable to Stand
Accusation of Murder.
(By Associated Press.)
WATERINSBURY, Eng., Sept. 18.
Major General Chas Edward
Luard, retired, whose wife was mys
teriously murdered near London,
August 24, committed suicide today
by throwing himself In front of a
railroad train. He had been accused
in letters as being responsible for his
wife's death. He left a note saying
that he could no longer stand the
strain of the awful accusations. An
expert testified that the bullets which
caused tho death of Mrs. Luard
could not have been fired from any
of General Luard's revolvers.
Plan On Foot to Unite Trans
portation Companies and
Systematize Service.
According to an apparently well
authenticated rumor afloat In local
transportation clrples, an endeavor
Is being made to merge the boat lines
on Coos Rivers at least and probably
all on tho Inlets entering tho Bay.
Tho plan Is said to bo to systematize
the service and make it more profit
able and more convenient to the pub
lic. It Is stated that tho matter has
been submitted to Capt. C. E. Ed
wards of the Alert and Capt. Rogers
of the South Coos River boats and to
other boat owners but that they have
not made up their minds as to
whether they wish to go in on It
or not. Neither Capt. Edwards or
Capt. Rogers could bo seen today.
In systematizing tho service, tho
plan is to havo each boat ply into
both Marshfleld and North Bend. On
streams or Inlets where more than
ono craft plies, It Is proposed to ar
range tho schedule bo that they will
not run along together In competi
tion as soma of them practically do
now.
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HDM'c ROBBED
WOULD MERGE
BOAT LIKES
ONE KILLED AND
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VALLEY LAND
Government Agent Investigat
ing Homesteading of Coal
Tracts.
The appearance of a United Sta
tes Land office inspector in tho Co
qullle valley and his Investigation of
the homesteading of land there that
Is underlaid with valuable deposits
of coal has caused much misgiving
among the owners who believe
that tho government will short
ly Institute action to recover
tho land on the ground that it was
not properly taken up. No one has
been able to securo any definite In
formation about tho matter but the
fact that the government Is looking
up tho entries on lands that havo
slnco been sold as coal land is suf
ficient ground for alarm for some.
Tlie inspector whose nnmo is said
to bo Mr. McGinn, has been spend
ing most of his time around River
ton. While most of tho land around
Riverton has been taken up for many
years, It is now claimed that It was
known more than thirty years ago
that the entire section there was
underlaid with coal and that tho
coal was much more valuable than
the timber or agricultural possibili
ties. Ono report has it that the govern
ment does not propose to molest any
bona fide settlers, that is people who
went on clnims and made them their
homos. However, claims that were
taken and soon sold to others as coal
land will be carefully traced, It is
said.
Under ordinary rules, the govern
ment has the right to contest any
homestead within six years from tho
date upon which tho claimant proved
up on it. Whether there are any
grounds upon which contests can be
mado for a greater length of time is
not known.
It is understood that tho govern
ment land office has made arrange
ments for tho hearing of a large
number of contests in Coos and Cur
ry counties.
Aeon Which Was Reported
Lost, Reaches Christmas
Island With All On Board.
(By Associated Press.)
TACOMA, Wash., Sept. 18. A
special to the News from Victoria,
B. C, says a cablegram received at
Bamfleld reports tho long missing
steamer Aeon is at Christmas Island
with tho passengers all safo. Noth
ing is said as whether the steamer
was wrecked or not.
Tho dispatch to tho News further
says the passengers woro carried
safely to Fanning Island, a few
miles from Christmas Island.
Tho Aeon Is a British freighter
that sailed from San Francisco In
July for Sydney via Apia, Samoa. Al
though she had no Hcenso to carry
passengers, she took several naval
peoplo including several men who
signed as stewardesses and mon who
signed as mombers of the crow. Tho
reinsurance on tho Aeon was quoted
at C5 per cont.
OFF FOR MANILA.
(By Associated Press,)
ALnANY, Australia, Sopt. 18.
Tho American fleet under tho com
mand of Roar Admiral Sporry, left
hero this ovenlng for Manila. Tho
Connecticut did not leave with other
vessels but will depart at midnight
and pvortako fleet tomorrow. Sho
was delayed by coaling operations.
MISSING SHIP
SAFE IN PORT
ONE HURT
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Crashes Seventy-Five Feet to
Earth During Trial Near
Washington, D. C.
LIEUT. SELFRIDGE IS
KILLED INSTANTLY"
Orville Wright, the Ownerv
Sustains Broken Ribs and
Thigh In Fall.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, Sept. 18.
Orville Wright, whose aeroplane met
with an accident late yesterday, fall
ing soventy-ilve feet to the ground:
and resulting In the death of Lleute
nant Thomas Selfrldge who was sall-r
Ing with him and In breaking soverat
ribs and tho thigh of Wright, is do
ing well in the hospital today. The?
propeller broke In mid air, a piece
Injuring tho rudder so that tho ma
chine became unmanagablo. Wright
did bis best to right matters but
could not regain control of his ma
chine before it crashed to the ground;
burying the two aeronauts in tho deb
ris. Selfrldge died a few bourse
later from an injury to his skull aU.
tho base of tho brain.
SHOCK TO BROTHER.
Wright's Brother Stops Ascension Ii
France. (By Associated Press.)
LEMANS, France, Sept. 18. Wil
bur Wright was shocked at tho acci
dent to his brother's aeroplane
which resulted In tho death of Lieu
tenant 'Selfrldge and serious injury
to his brother, Orville, yesterday. Ho
has postponed his flights horo Inde
finitely. Judge Hamilton Dismissess
Body But No Indictments.
Are Made Public.
COQUILLE, Ore., Sept. 18", Tfie
grand jury was dismissed yesterday
by Judgo Hamilton. Whila a num
ber of cases were Investigated by thes
body, many of them wero dismissed.
So far as made public no truo bills.
wow returned but there are intima
tions that .a number of Indictments
havo been placed In Sheriff Gage'e
hands to bo served as soon as the
parties named can be found. Among:
these aro said to bo the denizens of
tho Marshfleld "Red Light district."
Tho grand Jury this term waex
composed as follows: Foreman,! A.
P. Owen; Jesso Clinton, C. A. Good
man, C. F. Waterman, C. II. Butler,.
Geo R. Bonham, James Stock.
Fred Meutzel, the Ton Mile saw
mill proprietor who was bound over
laut summer on charges preforred by
Albort Smith who accused Meutzell
of trying to shoot him, was dismissed'
by the grand Jury.
An lndlctmont against Georgo Her
ron charging him with selling liquor
to a minor, James Johnson, was
dismissed on motion of tho prosecu
tion. Tho lack of sufficient evidence?
to convict was given as the reason..
DAMAGE SUIT ON.
Tho action of Wm. Cox, formerly
an engineer on tho local railway, for
?30,000 damages for personal In
juries sustained In a wreck on tlio
lino several months ago Is boing
tried in tho circuit court at Coqullle
today. Cox alleges that tho accidont
was duo to negllgonce on tho part ofl!
tho company's officials.
PIANO STUDIO of Louis H. BoI7
First Trust aud Savings Bank build
ing. Winter term now open.
Now lino hair goods. Ladles Emporium.
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