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THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1908.
No. 71.
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC RENEWS
FIGHT OH LUMBER RATE
Attorneys Declare That Oregon-California
Tariff Is
Confiscatory.
LOST FIRST ROUND
1 IN 'FRISCO HEARING
Attacks Validity of Interstate
Commerce Commission
Law.
(By Associated Press.'
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Oct. 1.
Declaring the rate fixed by the In
terstate commerce commission on
lumber shipped from the Willamette
Valley to San Francisco Bay points
confiscatory and attacking the consti
tutionality of the aqt creating the
commission, attorneys representing
the Southern Pacific and Oregon and
California railroads, today filed in
the United States circuit court of
appeals a new bill of complaint con
taining the allegation omitted In the
previous proceedings which ended
yesterday in a decision upholding the
demurrer of the government.
TO FLOAT HUMBOLDT.
Think Ship Ashore In Sound May Be
Saved.
(By Associated Press.)
VICTORIA, B. C, Sept. 30. The
work preliminary to an attempt to
float the Humboldt is in progress.
The weather is good, the sea being
like a mill pond. It Is expected to
attempt to float her tomorrow at
high tide.
President Investigates Reports
of Trouble In Running Rep-
upblican Campaign.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 1. It
is learned that President Roosevelt
has sent a confidential friend to New
York to look into the workings of
the National Republican headquar
ters there. Some dissatisfaction is
said to have arisen in the conduct
of the campaign, and reports have
reached the president to the effect
that the National Committee is not
working in harmony with the Repub
lican Congressional committee.
Chairman Hitchcock Is expected in
Washington tomorrow for a confer
once with the president. In some
circles it Is said the older men of
the party resent the methods of the
younger men iu the national head
quarters running the campaign, and
the claim is that considerable dis
organization exists.
TAFT IS TALKING.
Candidate ICeeps Up Strenuous
Speaking Campaign.
(Bv Associated Press.)
BEATRICE, Neb., Oct. 1. Re
freshed and in a better voice and
very much gratified with the recep
tion and hearing accorded him in
Lincoln last night, W..H. Taft began
his second day in Nebraska with a
speech to the people of Crete who
turned en masse at the station to
meet the candidate.
BRYAN AT HOME.
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(By
Associated Press.)
LINCOLN, Neb., Oct. 1. W. J.
Bryan arrived In Lincoln at 4 o'clock
this morning after campaigning for
nearly a month in tho east, middle
west and northwest. As tho train
bearing him home pulled into the
station, tho Taft special was on a
side-track ready to continue Its jour
ney a couple of hours later. Today
is the twenty-fourth annrversary of
Bryan's marriage, and it is being
celebrated at Falrview.
ROOSEVELT 10
NO PRIMARY
IN MARSHFIELD
City Council Tables Amend
ment Providing For Its
Adoption.
An ordinance providing for the
adoption of the direct primary for
the nomination of municipal offlcers
was tabled by tho city council last
evening. The primary, which has
been growing rapidly In favor the
past few years and has been adopted
by many states and cities, eliminates
the old caucuses and conventions and
really makes two elections, the first
i determining who shall be voted on
in tho final election. The ordinance
tabled last evening providing for
having the voters decide at the De
cember election whether they wanted
the primary or tho old caucus sys
tem, it being necessary to amend the
charter to adopt the primary.
The matter was brought up by Col.
Wm. Grimes In the afternoon ses
sion of tho council. He said that
there had been much complaint
against the old system of nomnlatlng
municipal candidates in Marshfield
and that he and many others with
whom he had talked believed that
Marshfield should follow the system
In vogue in other cities by nominat
ing by direct primaries. The propos
ed amendment was brought up at the
afternoon session, but was not acted
on until last evening. Col. Grimes
was not present then and the only
talks made on It were by City Re
corder J. M. Upton and City Attor
ney Farrln both of whom talkeil
against changing from the old sys
tem. Councilman Lockhar.t and
Mayor Straw said tho people wanted
I a change and they were In favor of
giving it to them. Councilman Sacchi
said that he wasn't sufficiently fami
liar with tho primary law to vote on
It and upon motion, the proposed
amendment was laid on the table by
tho votes of Savage, Nasburg and
Sacchi, Nelson and Lockhart voting
against It.
Argue Against It.
City Recorder said that he believed
the primary system was too cumber
some for a small city, and he didn't
think It would give any benefits. He
said that It would mean an additional
expense of about $150 per annum
for holding the primary election.
He said that the primary was enact
ed for the purpose of eliminating
political bosses and as Marshfield
hasn't any boss or ring, It wasn't
necessary to apply It here. Ho said
that the old caucus system In Marsh
field was the most Democratic way
possible to nominate candidates for
city offices. He said that everybody
could gather and nominate whoever
they wished. While there had been a
little complaint about It, ho said
that the primary didn't offer any re
medy and that the advocates of the
primary didn't know what they
were talking about it. When some
one said that the people were clamor
ing for a change and most of them
seemed to want the primary, Mr,
Upton said that It was the council's
duty to stand out against the people
for what they (the council) thought
was right.
Mr. Farrin said he agreed with
Recorder Upton although he (FarT
rln) knew there was a well nlgh
universal demand for the primary.
He said that the primary meant the
injection of party politics Into muni
cipal affaire and that cities generally
opposed this. He said that he doubt
ed If the state primary could bo ap
plied to municipal elections.
Straw Feels Depinnd.
Mayor Straw said that there seem
ed tb be a considerable feeling that
tho council was trying to dictate and
force things on the people, acting as
sort of a boss and that he knew there
was a strong domand for a change In
tho nominating systom.
It Is barely posalblo that the adop
tion of the primary may be brought,
up again, and a special election call
ed to amend the charter and permit
F
Turkish Steamship Sinks Craft
Just Outside of Harbor of
Smyrna Today With Terrific
Death' Loss.
fBv Associated Press.)
SMYRNA, Oct. 1. A Turkish
Hidden Piling at North Bend
Dock Pierces Bottom Of
Craft and Allows Water to
Enter.
The government dredge Oregon
which was sent here last week to be
gin tho Improvement of the channel
in the inner bay, met with another
streak of bad luck last night when
the receding tide allowed the craft
to settle on a hidden piling at the
Kruse & Banks shipyard wharf in
North Bend, punching a" hole in the
bottom. The damage to the dredge
M. E POL
Practically All of Ministers Of
Denomination In Coos County
Transferred. '
SALEM, Ore., October 1. The
following pastors for Coos county
were appointed by the Methodist
Episcopal conference here: i
Marshfield Rev. H. S. Rutledge.
from Muscatine, la.
North Bend Rev. Walter A. Ross.
Bandon Rev. R. H. Allen.
Coqullle Rev. W. J. Luscombe.
Gardiner Rev. Geo. Clark.
Myrtle Point To be filled.
The former .pastors of tho Coos
Bay country were changed as fol
lows: i
Rev. W. R. F. Browne, formerly of
Marshfield, to Drain.
Rev. A. F. Lacy, formerly of North
Bend, to Lebanon.
Rev. W. S. Gordon, formerly of
Coqullle and Bandon, to Albany.'
The Rev. H. C. Preston of Myrtle
Point, to Wendllng and Unity.
TWO SLATES
Clash Between New York and
Pennsylvania Authorities
Over Slayer.
(By Associated Press.)
ALBANY, N. Y Oct. 1. Attorney
General Jackson today advised Sher
iff Lane of White Plains, not to com
ply at least for the present with the
writs issued by the federal court of
eastern Pennsylvania to produce
Thaw in Pittsburg forthwith.
NOTICE IS SERVED.
Court's Order to Produce Tluiw
In
Pennsylvania Served.
(By Associated Press.)
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Oct. 1.
The writ of habeas signed by the
Judge of federal court of Western
District, Pennsylvania, commanding
the sheriff to forthwith produce
Thaw, was served on the sheriff to
day. Tho sheriff notified the deputy
who served the paper that ho would
refuse to obey tho order.
Its adoption. The latter will prob
ably depend on tho expression of pub
lic feeling to tho members of tho
council. If this amendment Is un
dertaken at a special election, Mayor j
Straw la said to bo In favor of revis
ing tho ontlre ohartor.
PIANO STUDIO of Louis II. Boll,
First Trust and Savings Bank build
ing. Winter term now open,
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DREDGE OREGON HAS NEW MISHAP
NEW IN FOR
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steamship ran down a ferry-boat out
side the harbor today ,and 140. per
sons were drowned. Many of the
victims of the disaster were women
and children who drowned like rats.
The drowned were all passengers on
tho ferry-boat. The steamer rescued
a few. It Is claimed that the colli
sion was due to the fog.
will not be exactly known until the
water Is pumped out of her and the
break repaired. It is not believed
that the damage will delay her long.
The dredge was anchored at the
Kruse & Banks dock while the new
smokestacks were being Installed.
It will bo remembered that the
smokestacks wero lost from the
dredge just before she crossed in
over the Coos Bay bar when sh'e was
brought down ten days ago.
Wild rumors about the dredge be
ing sunk and being badly disabled,
were in circulation this morning, but
Walter Lyon declared that the dam
age is of only a minor character.
TRUST CASES
By ROOSEVELT
Department of Justice Issues
Statement of Recent
Prosecutions.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 1.
The department of justice has issued
a revised statement of tho record
to date of all civil and criminal
cases Instituted by the United States
under the Sherman anti-trust law
and act to regulate commerce show
ing that under the Roosevelt admin
istration from September, 1901, to
dato there wero eighteen bills in
equity and one forfeiture proceeding
In the civil cases under tho anti-trust
law and twenty-five criminal indict
ments and two proceedings In con
tempt in criminal (cases with fines
imposed amounting to $147,000.
Under the interstate, five demurrers
sustained, four dismissed and one
quashed, and eighty-eight pending.
The fines Imposed amount to $1,113,
325. S. HAINS IS
AINST HUBBY
"The Woman In the Case"
Shows Her Hand In Noted
New York Murder.
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(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, Oct. 1. All doubt
of the attitude of Mrs. Halns in tho
forthcoming trial of her husband,
Capf, Peter C," Halns, Jr., accused
of tho murder of William S. Annls,
was dispelled today by the Inaugura
tion by her of proceedings in tho
supreme court In connection with
her divorce suit In' which she asks
for counsel fees to defend the di
vorce" suit, alimony and the custody
of their thrco children. She denies
absolutely all charges of improper
relations with Annls and says the
confession of her improper conduct
was obtained whllo she was under
tho Influence of drugs. She says, the
letter beginning "My dear Billy,"
which tho lawyers for Halns have In
their possession Is a forgery.
CHOLERA LOSING GROUND.
Fewer
New Cases of
DIseaso In
Manila,
(By Associated Press.)
MANILA, P. I., Oct. 1. Cholera
is fast losing ground. In tho past
twelve hours thoro woro but seven
cases, Including two suspects.
ALL KINDS of stock
Haines.
food at
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STANDARD OIL COMPAN
FIGHTS
FIX SUM OF
BONDS $42,000
CITY COUNCIL DECIDES TO ASK
VOTERS TO RATIFY MERELY
SUFFICIENT TO PAY OFF OUT
STANDING WARRANTS.
After afternoon and evening ses
sions, the Marshfield city council yes
terday decided to submit a proposi
tion at the coming election asking
the voters of Marshfield to empower
that body to Issue $42,000 In bonds
to take up tho outstanding city war
rants. The proposition as put to the
voters will be In tho nature of an
amendment to the charter which
provides that the aggregate indebted
ness of the city shall not exceed five
per cent of the assessed valuation
and that the city council shall have
the power to Issue and soil $42,000
In bonds to take up outstanding war
rants. Councllmen Lockhart, Nas
burg, Savage and Sacchi voted in fa
vor of tho proposition with Nolson
voting against and Flanagan being
absent.
Tho bond matter was debated at
length, the expression of most of
the speakers being that If a conser
vative proposition was not submit
ted, tho voters would probably refuse
to ratify the issue of bonds. Col. Wm.
Grimes -discussed the matter at
length before the council. Several
changes were made in tho proposed
ordinance.
The first change was reducing tho
amount of bonds that tho council
shoirld be permitted to issue from
$95,000 to $50,000 and this in turn
reduced to $42,000.
Restrict Use of Money.
Another change was to restrict tho
purpose for -which the money derived
from the saloW the bonds may bo
used. The ordinance first provided
that tho money should bo used for
paying off tho outstanding warrant
ed indebtedness and current ex
penses. Col. Grimes objected strong
ly to tho latter part of tho provision
and it was agreed to restrict tho
money raised by floating tho bonds
entirely to paying off the present out
standing warrants which amounted
September 1, 1908, to $41,909. There
Is considerable interest due on these,
but It is proposed to make tho tax
levy sufficient in December to raise
money to pay this next year.
Court Decision Favorable.
Col. Grimes was opposed to sub
mitting In tho amendment providing
for tho issunnco of bonds a provi
sion for Increasing tho maximum
limit of tho city's Indebtedness to
five per cent of tho assessed valua
tion or about $95,000 at present.
City Attorney Farrin stated that
there had been a misunderstanding
about this as tho presont charter,
under the amendment adopted at tho
last election, provided for a maxi
mum city indebtedness of five per
cent of tho assessed valuation. At
first tho amendment voted last De
cember was thought void on account
of a a circuit court judga deciding'
In a Blmilar case from Portland that
tho election was Illegal, but Mr. Far
rin said that slnco then, the Oregon
supremo court has held tho election
was legal.
Mayor Straw said that under this,
It wasn't' absolutely necessary to Is
sue bonds, but that If tho tax lovy Is
properly advanced, tho city can got
along by issuing warrants. Ho said
tho warrants wero good up to a much
greater extent than Issued and that
the benefit of Issuing bonds would
be that tho city would have to pay
only five per cent Interest Instead
of six per cent.
Short Term Bonds.
Tho ordinance first provided for
tho Issuanco of twenty-year bonds,
but this was changod to provldo for
tho Issuance of bonds that may bo
rofunded at tho oxplratlon of ten
years If the city so doslros. Council
man Nasburg said that thoro was
Uttlo possibility of tho city bolng nblo
(Continjed on Pago 6.)
If
FOR ITS LIFE
Government Begins Action ta
Dissolve Rockefeller's
Concern.
HEARING IS ON
IN CHICAGO TODAY"
Attorneys and Employe Deny
That Railroads Have Shown
"System" Favoritism:
(By Associated Press.)
CHICAGO, 111., Oct. 1. Standard!
OH attorneys presented evldenco be
fore Judge Franklin Ferrlss today Ini
support of the contention that the
company has not been tho recipient
of preferential rates from railroads
In different sections of the country..
Today's hearing Is a phase of the?
attampt by the government In a suit
In chancery to have the Standard Oil
Company dissolved and cease to exist
as a corporation.
Henry Felton, general traffic man
ager of tho Standard Oil Company,,
was tho first witness called to the?
stand and will be the principal wit
ness examined In Chicago.
Tho main contention of tho gov
ernment Is that the Standard OIU
Company Is given rebates by railroad
companies, that secret concessions
have been made to it, that preferen
tial rates have been established for
Its ndvantnge, and that tho railroad'
companies so manipulated tho open,
rates that the big oil company had a
decided advantage over all com
petitors. National Irrigation Congress to
Choose Either Newlands or
Barstow For President
(By Associated Press.
ALBURQUERQUE, N. M Oct. 3-
The delegates to tho National Ir
rigation Congress may elect Senotorr
Newlands of Nevada, president of tiles
next congress.- Vice-president Bars
tow has strong support from tho del
egates of the southwest. Tho resolu1
tlon committee today began tho pre
paration of Its report. Resolutions:
havo been Introduced protesting:
against certain phases of the gov
ernment's forestry policy, but it Is:
not believed that they will got past
the committee
HASKELL ASKS
AID OF PEOPL
Oklahoma Governor Wants:
Oklahomans to Finance
Fight Against Enemies.
(By Associated Presa.)
GUTHRIE, Okla., Oct. 1. Gow
Haskell has made a public appeal to
tho people of Oklahoma for money
to aid him iu overcoming his enemies',
whom ho declares, aro enoniles of
tho peoplo. Ho says ho can win
with tho financial support of tho
peoplo, but Is unable to personally
finance a campaign against the vari
ous Interests.
NEW YORK WINS.
Giants Make Another Step Tmvnrd5
Winning tin Pennant.
(By Associated Press.)
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Oct. 1.
In the National League today, New
York defeated Philadelphia by a
bcoro of 1 to 3.
WILL ELECT
NEW OFFICERS