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THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1908.
No. 70.
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COMMISSION
Far-Reaching Decision Given
In Oregon California
Lumber Suit.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC
CAN'T RAISE RATE
Interstate Commerce Commis
sion Can Determine Reason
ableness. (By Associated Press.)
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 30.
Judges Ross, Morrow and Gilbert sit
ting In the United States circuit
court today, decided against the ap
plication of the Southern Pacific for
an injunction against the interstate
commerce commission to prevent
them putting into effect reduced rate
on rough lumber shipments to San
Francisco from the northwest. The
decision is therefore in favor on the
government.
Important Point.
In sustaining the demurrer of the
government to the application for
an injunction filed by the Southern
Pacific Company seeking to restrain
the Interstate commission from estab
lishing a rate on lumber between Ore
gon and California, the United States
circuit court of appeals today render
ed a decision which upholds the au
thority of the commission to fix
freight charges up on what it con
siders a just and equitable basis. This
sustains the direct application of the
most important clause in the rate
law, namely the right of the commis
sion to relieve shippers when In its
judgment they are entitled to such
relief. The railway sought to in
crease the rate from $3.10 to $5 per
thousand feet, and the commission
on receipt of a protest M'com the as
sociated lumber dealers of the north
west decided that $3.10 is a reason
able rate.
MURDERS JAP COOK.
(By Associated Press.)
TACOMA, Wash., Sept. 30. By
creeping down the backstairs of the
Grand restaurant on Pacific avenue,
a thief shot and killed Kamurl, a Jap
cook, as he slept in a chair before
the kitchen fire. The police suspect
that a discharged Jap employe killed
him in revenge. He robbed the cash
register of $37.40.
LE FLEET
French Aeroplane Club Orders
Fifty Flying Machines From
Wilbur Wright.
(By Associated Press.)
LEMANS, France, Sept. 30. La
zare Weiller, the French aeroplane
promoter, has announced that he has
given' an order to Wilbur Wright for
the construction of fifty Wright aero
planes. The amount of the contract
Is $100,000.
GOVERNOR NOT GUILTY.
(By Associated Press.)
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Sept. 30.
The committee of the legislature in
vestigating the charges that Gov.
Hanly tried to influence the vote of
Representative Klngsley, In favor of
the county option bill, by offering
him a position, reported to the house
completely exonerating the governor.
WORKMAN IS HURT.
The North Broadway trestle work
or rather tho old bridge work col
lapsed today noon. Walter Capious,
a workman, was caught underneath
some of the timbers and it was first
feared that he was badly injured.
He was taken to the Lattin Hotel
where an examination showed that
his Injuries are not serious.
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American Bankers Association
Declares Deposit Guarantee
Is Dangerous Fallacy.
(By Associated Press.l
DENVER, Colo., Sept. 30. The
regular business session of the
American Bankers Association open
ed today. Already the Savings
Bank section, the Clearing House
section and the Trust Company sec
tion have gone on record against
guaranteeing bank deposits and have
either voted against or shown by
their attitude that they are unalter
ably opposed to the establishment of
the postal savings banks. The keynote
was struck today when In his speech,
Col. Powers, president of the asso
ciation, declared the bank deposit
guarantee as a dangerous fallacy.
The vote on these two propositions
probably will not be taken until to
morrow. The program today in
cluded besides the president's ad
dress, addresses of welcome by Gov.
Buchtel of Colorado, and Mayor
Speer of Denver, and other reports
and addresses.
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
Alvn Doll ami Miss Myrtle Baldwin
of Miii'slifleld, to Wed.
(Special to The Times.)
COQUILLE, Ore., Sept. 30. The
following marriage licenses were is
sued by the county clerk:
Alva Doll and Myrtle Eva Baldwin
of Marshfield.
Charles F. Murray and Minnie Co
leman. '
SHIPS AT GIBRALTAR.
(By Associated Press.)
GIBRALTAR, Sept. 30. The
American battleships Alabama and
Maine arrived here early this morn
ing and were greeted with the usual
salutes.
T. ROOSE
President Says ' Democrat's
Letter Is One of Personal
Abuse and Won't Reply.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, Sept. 30.
President Roosevelt will not reply to
the latest letter from Bryan. Secret
ary Loeb stated that the president
felt inasmuch Bryan's letter simply
was an attack upon him personally,
there is no reason why he should
answer it.
DEMOCRATS ARE BUSY.
Try to Make Issuo of tho Trust Ques
tion. (By Associated Press.)
CHICAGO, Sept. 30. Josephus
Daniel, chairman of the Democratic
press committee, today made public
a letter written to Attorney General
Bonaparte, at the Instance of the
Democratic committee, asking the at
torney general how many of the 287
so-called trusts in the country have
been proceeded against in tho courts
by the federal government, and how
many more cases he expects to file.
PRESIDENT WON'T TOUR
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, Sept. 30.
Secretary Loeb today made tho state
ment that President Roosevelt has
no present Intentions of making a
speaking tour ln behalf of W. H.
Taft. Secretary Loeb says the presi
dent never has stated that he would
take the stump.
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TERY IN CRIME AT SEATTLE
Man and Woman, Thought to
Be Prominent, Found Dead
In Cheap Lodging House
With Identity Concealed.
(Ev Associated Press.)
SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. 30.
After giving their names as J. Foster
and wife, a man and woman rented
i room in a cheap lodging house last
night. They were found dead on the
floor this morning. Indications point
to the killing of the woman by the
man. The powder marks and evi
dences of struggle show she resisted.
The bullet struck in her left temple.
LROAOS WILL
(By Associated Press.)
CHICAGO, 111., Sept. 30. By the
first of January the transcontinental
railroads hone to be able to increase
the freight rates on more than eighty
commodities west bound, and on
about twenty commodities east
bound, between. all points on the Pa-
Many Different Opinions Ex
pressed Before City Council
Last Night.
The Introduction of tho ordinance
providing for an amendment to the
Marshfield charter Increasing the
maximum indebtedness to five par
cent of the assessed valuation and
for tho issuance of about $95,000
bonds precipitated a rather animtu-
ed discussion in tho city council last
night. There was a radical differ-
once of opinion among the members '
of tho council and others discussed
the matter. The likelihood of Hie
voters turning down the proposition
when it is submitted to them at th
annual election, tho first Monday in !
December, resulted in the council do-
elding to change the ordinance some ,
in order that it might not incur so
much possible opposition from the
,.Q,.a rwi ti, cit,r nt
giving notice of tho amendment sixty i and Saccnl wer0 right that tho or
days before the election, It was de-; dlnancG gave the council too much
elded to have a special meeting at l)ower and that a corrupt council
4 o'clock this afternoon and adopt I mlBht takG advantage of it at some
a revised ordinance. j future time and graft $50,000 or so.
The ordinance introduced last I CIty Recorder J. M. Upton said
night was prepared by City Attorney I that he believed it would bo better
Farrln and provided that the city " the amount of bonds that could be
charter be amended so that bonds ! lssued was reduced to $50,000 as
could be Issued up to five per cent
of the assessed valuation of the city,
the city council being given the en
tire power to issue the bonds nfter
the people adopt the amendment to
the charter. At present, tho assess-
ed valuation of the city would, If ! would aDDenl to tae fair votera and
the proposed ordinance and amend-!"" would undoubtedly favor it, but
ment were adopted by the voters atlhe doubted if they would vote In fa
the December election, permit the j vor of a Proposition giving the coun-
clty council to issue $95,000 worth i
of bonds, according to City Attorney
Farrln and others.
Kind of Bonds.
The first discussion was as to
whether the bonds should bo Issued
as straight twenty-year paper or
twenty-year bonds with the privilege
of refunding them after ten years.
Mr. Farrln said that he didn't think
there was any use of inserting a pro
vision for refunding them after the
expiration of ten years as he didn't
see where the city would have any
money to pay them then. Council
man Lockhart said there might be a
new system in vogue then that
would enable tho city to take up
some or all of the bonds.
Councilman Sacchl said that there
was no chanco of the city being able
to take up bonds after ten years as
It was constantly going farther In
debt. Mr. Sacchi said that he wasn't
familiar with bonding nnd he
thought the council should secure ex
pressions from citizens as to the right
way to do It.
City In Rnd Shape.
Mayor Straw called on Hugh Me
T.ntn fnr hlu nnlnlnn. Mr. MnLnln
said the thing to do was to ,asu0
bonds and redeem tho city warrants lo lUMcwul l" ninB war
now outstanding. Ho said tho cUy rants floated now Mr. Upton said
was in a deplorable financial condl- thnt "o concurred with Mr. Sacchl
tion and that it was tying up a lot nnd furtI,ormoro w,slied t0 ? tliat
of money that might he used for tho
advancement of the town as the war
rants wore dead monoy, every bank
refusing to take them. He said that
something should be done and if
The man shot himself, his body fall
ing across the woman.
There is nothing to indicate their
identity except a letter addressed to
Mrs. Bertha Foster, Ellensburg,
Wash., and a note written by Charles
Kapp, Jr., of Ballard to his sister.
The police believe the man is Kapp
as Kapp of Ballard cannot be found.
The dead man is thirty, and she Is
25 and very good looking.
According to a report late today,
the names of the man and woman
killed are Mr. and Mrs. George Fos
ter, and Kapp is the father of the
woman. Jealousy was the cause.
RAISE TREIR RAT
rifle coast. Conferences are being
held frequently and the traffic men
admit that all commodities are being
gone over with a view of making
increases wherever possible and
equitable. The proposed Increased
will average between five and eight
per cent above the present rates.
S DISCUSSED
bonding waa the right thing that
bonds should'be issued.
F. S. Dow Objects.
F. S. Dow objected to the bond
ing ordinance drafted by Mr. Farrln.
Ho said that it gave the city council
too much power in that it permitted
that body to Issue the maximum
amount of bonds that the charter
permitted. He said that he doubted
lf the People would vote the council
that much Pwer- He said. that he
Pers.onally would hesitate on voting
ln favor of such a Plan- He said that
lf the council reduced the amount of
bonds that the bod' could lssue to
about ?50,000, the amount necessary
to redeem the outstanding warrants,
he thought it might carry,
Councilman Sacchl said that hq
was afrald- wlth tho Present feeling,
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mlSllt uo voted down.
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tnougnt mat may be Messrs. Dow
tnen it could be stated to tho voters
that this amount was needed to re
deem the warrants and by Issuing
them tho city's debt could be carried
for five per cent Interest Instead of
six per cent. He said that $50,000
c" ,uwor lo ,bauo "." ""
I'lirrm s ire lutisua.
City Attorney E. L. C. Farrin then
made a rather heated talk In favor of
the ordinance. He said that tho ob
jections raised were foolish and sil
ly, that the ordinance was right and
the Idea was right. He said that
tho ordinance didn't contain any new
fangled Socialistic Ideas but was
based on the representative Idea of
government. Ho said that other city
councils have the authority to issue
bonds. Ho said that it wasn't right
to infer that a grafting council was
going to be elected. He said that It
was not right to bind down a city
council so that they couldn't make
reasonable expenditures without flrBt
submitting it to the voters. Further
more, ho said that If tho council was
expending money recklessly, tho Ini
tiative and referendum or tho recall
could bo Invoked.
Upton Urges Change.
Messrs. Sacchl and Upton both re
sponded to Mr. Farrin's argument.
Mr. Sacchi said that may be tho Idea
was all right, but he believed that
tho voters wouldn't favor tho issu
ance of so largo a sum of bonds and
Uo wanted a bond issue largo enough
if this was a representative govern
mont, tho city council should bo glad
and willing to havo voters pass on
special expenditures. Ho said the
(Continued on Page 4.)
EMIL HEOCKENGORFF DIED OF
DIPTHERIA AT NORTH BEND
KILLED TODAY
Four-Year-Old Son of Mr. and
Mrs. A. Anderson of U. S.
Life-Saving Station.
Henry Alton Anderson, the four-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Antone
Anderson of tho United States life
saving station, was crushed to death
near the station this morning by a
block of wood falling on his head.
Tho little chap died within a few
minutes.
Yesterday afternoon, Mr. Ander
son hauled a large log up for fire
wood and sawed off one end of It.
This morning he went down to cut
more wood and his little son accom
panied him. The child was playing
around the block and in some way
toppled it over on him. His head
was crushed. The father witnessed
the accident. Both he and Mrs. An
derson, who is not in very good
Health, are almost distracted. Dr. E.
Mlngus was called from Mnrshfield
but did not arrive for some time
after the child was dead.
Mrs. Anderson was formerly Miss
Hilda Wickman of Marshfield.
The funeral services will be held
Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock prob
ably from the Swedish Lutheran
church.
BORN.
SMITH To Mr. and Mrs. A. B.
Smith of South Marshfield, a
daughter. Mr. Smith is proprietor
of the Nutwood salpon.
Eiitei'tiiininent Pleases. The en
tertainment given by tho Ladles of
the First Baptist church, at the I. O.
O. F. Hall, last evening, proved a
delightful success. Tho attendance
was good and an exceptionally en
tertaining and good program given.
The dotalls of the entertainment will
be given in tho society department of
Tho Times Saturday.
Canadian Pacific and Shop
Employes Call Off Labor
Struggle Today.
(By Associated Press.)
WINNIPEG, Man., Sept 30. Tho
strike of tho Canadian Pacific Rail
way mechanics, which started August
4, was declared off today. Abcii'.
2,000 were affected. Tho terms cf
the settlement are not announced.
NEWS AT MONTREAL.
Had Not Heard of Strike Settlement
There.
(By Associated Press.)
MONTREAL, Can., September 30.
At tho office of tho Canadian Paci
fic railroad and tho headquarters of
tho striking machinists, it was said
at noon that no news of the settle
ment or declaring off of tho strlko
had been received.
SUSTAINS BAD WOUND.
Thomas A. Ciinnvuii Injured Ncnr
Depot Yesterday Afternoon. "
Thomas Canavan sustained a se
vero flesh wound yestorday near tho
depot, a piece of iron falling and
striking him just above tho oyo.
For a tlmo, it was feared that tho
skull might bo fractured, but Dr.
Thayer who dressed the injury found
that it was not. No permanent Ill
effects are anticipated.
PIANO STUDIO of Louis II. Boll,
First Trust and Savings Bank build
ing. Winter term now open.
IS SETTLED
Weil-Known Prosper Ship
builder Succumbs Suddenly
This Morning.
CAME OVER FROM
VALLEY LAST NIGHT
Had Been Prominent In Ship
ping Circles For Many
Years.
Emll Heuckendorff, tho Prosper
shlpbulldor and one of tho best
known pioneers of tho Coqullle Valley
country, died at Mercy hospital in
North Bend this morning of diphthe
ria. Death was very sudden, Mr
Heuckendorff having traveled over
from Coqullle yesterday afternoon
and gone to the hospital last evening.
Mr. Heuckendorff thought that his
affliction was merely a sore-throat or
pneumonia, his chest paining him.
At Coqullle, he wns advised to remain
there as he appeared ill, hut ho In;
sistcd on coming to tho hospital. He
walked over to the train alorfe and
ou reaching Marshfield was taken to
the hospital in an automobile.
Mrs. Heuckendorff is now in the;
hospital at San Francisco where she?
has been receiving treatment for
some time.
"Was Well-Known.
Mr. Heuckendorff was well-known
throughout this section, his ability
as a shipbuilder having gained him
a wide reputation on tho Pacific
coast. Ho was about sixty-two years
old. Coming to Coos Bay upwards of
a quarter of a century ago, ho was
omployed for a time as a ship car
penter. Later he engaged ln business
for himself and established a ship
yard ln Marshfield where F. S. Dow's
warehouse now stands. When his
lease expired on this slto, he moved
to North Bend, and later moved to
Prosper where ho established his
present extensive yards.
Mr. Heuckendorff was twice mar
ried, his first wife and two children,
dying. Sometime after tho death of
his first wife, he married Mrs. Erlck
son of Bandon, who survives him.
Soveral Btop children also survive,
somo of his stepsons being connected!
with tho Prosper ship building yard
In tho last primary campaign, Mr,
Ileuckendorlf was one of tho Rcpub--
Incan candidates for tho nominations
for sheriff.
LAC LOST
American Steamship Driven
Ashore and Is Total
Wreck.
(By Associated Press.)
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 30. ThO
Merchants Exchange has received a
cablo from Manila stating that tho
United States steamer Tarlac waB
driven ashoro on Borongan Island,,
one of tho Samoan group, September
23, and probably is a total loss.
AMONG COOS RAY'S
SICK AND INJURED-
Mrs. Ward of Daniels Creek, is re
ported to bo quite ill.
Mr. Cutllp and his children, who
have been ill at their ranch homo on.
Coos Rlvor of diphtheria, are report
ed improving.
Miss Anna Hunt, tho nurso, who
has been ill of diphtheria, is re
ported past tho critical stago of tho
disease and her recovery Is expected
to bo rapid.
Frank and Cal. Ray of Marshfield
havo been advised that their father
Is very ill at Myrtlo Point. Tho oldoR
Mr. Ray is about eighty years old1.,
and on account of his advanced!
years, little hope Is hold for hl3 re
covery. Steamer BREAKWATER sails
from Cooa Bay for Portland SAT
URDAY, OCTOBER 2, at 2 P. M.
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