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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 27, 1908)
TALK ABOUT TALKING. YOU CAN TALK TO THOU SANDS OF PEOPLE EVERY DAY BY. PUTTING YOUH "WANT ADS" IN THE TIMES. Mmm NOW IS THE TIME. TO GET BUSY AND WIN ONE OP THE SPLENDID PHIZES IN THE TIMES CON TEST. THEY WILL HE GIVEN AWAY OCTOBER 31. MEMBER OP ASSOCIATED PRESS. Vol. III. THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1908. No. 92. tons mm ft COOS COUNTY TO POLL LARGEST VOTE IN ITS HISTORY TUESDAY Registration ;is 1,BT7 &reater Than Vote Cast iln 1306. WWNVVWW1 RO 'BIG GAIN SINCE 1908 STATE ELECTION Marshfield Has 117 More Voters and North Bend 66 nVtore. TUr Gain In Voters. 'Coos county's 1908 reglstra- Ition S,9TO 'Coos county's 1D0G vote 2,'iL2U 'Coos county's .Mote 'iat 'ISO 8 state election 3,C8S -Coos county's registration for 1308 -state .election 3,fJM The above comparison shows a. marked gain in imputation In Corna county. Count' Clerk James "Wat son and Deputy Clerk, Robert It. Watson, htrve just compiled the reg istration ol the county for the presi dential election next Tuesday and from their figures, ithe above tabula tion is mniflfc. ! Marshfiela and SJorth Bend have made material gaiia, in population during the summer lis is shown "by a comparison of the registration fori the state election Ji'ne 1, last, -and j for the prefeffl?;ntial selection next Tuesday, an interim of about five months. The registration was-as:Ku-lows: ;Ps-es. ' State Election Election South MarshfleM . .. 6G5 5C9 North Marshflelfl . . 313 2 SB "North 'Bend . 7T7 '511 New Registration. According to tfihe tabulation made 'by County Clerk Watson, the number of voters registered and eligible tp participate in next Tuesday's election) SEVELT IS 50 YEARS 10 President Spends Birthday .Busy at Work But Is (Con gratulated by Many. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 27. Theodore Roosevelt is fifty jrears old today. He fccgan his flftjilrst year by getting lo his desk usarly and spending the day at hard 'work. He received such members of his cabinet as were intown and discussed mat ters rotative to their departments. Congratulatory messages' ""kept com ing all 'day including mtnrv from for eign rulers. ELEGTOH 1 STRINGENT ON! Soliciting Df Votes 'or Almost; Anv Pnllfinal Annuity Elec- i tion Day Illegal. CAMPAIGN I IN W Taf t and Bryan 'and Their Sup porters Hold Many Meetings Near Gotham Today. By Awiciated Press. NEW YORK, Oct. 27. toAiay's political propvam is ono of intense activity throughout Now Ynrlc City and slate, TBoth presidential rcandl dates are tare and are hurrying from MIY SUMMER HIES BURNED Over 1T00 Cottages 0"n Salis bury Beach In Massachu setts Destroyed. By Associated -Tress.! tSAEJISBURY, Maas, Oct. 27. IFlrc'carly today destroyed more than one hundred summer coltages around Sallalmry Beach. THbe loss is estl matdd at $100,O&0. TThe origin of the "tire Is not kn3wui El lfRJIIQUflU L1IL fU.U Iff m N E ECUS Oregon To hire .vehicles to haul -voters to and from the polls: li'o hire .aro .one to wock.at the' polty, except ti challenge own-sons not qualified to vole; To wear any, political badge or In signia at the infills; To distribute cards or campaign u Tt is nnlaa-ful on election day in J2RETEUXS FROM CSVNADIAN PRO- literature at thte polls; or to work in the various preciacts is as follows: . at the polls in any way to influence j Precinct. Bandon Burton Prairie . Coaledo 'Coos City 'Coos River North Coos River Total , 532 34 53 17 35 5G Coqullle East '.243 '.229 .' 4 :35 ...... 'SG 1 55-V 21 45 ....... '2C 313 GG5 30 ; Coqullle West I Deer Park j Dora . TDmpIro - l"Enchanted Prairie . .:..., iTour Mile tLake Xee Marshfield 'North Marshfield 'South KMlssouri Myrtle Point 342 New Port 108 North Bend . .. Norway Parkeruburg . ., Prosper tlverton Rowland Prairie South Sloagh . . , Sumrfer , STen Mile , 577 07 55 04 75 11 07 29 71 Total .S.,939 MAKES $870 BOUNTY IX LAST 2 MONTHS ROSEBURG, Ore., Oct. 27. The biggest individual boun- ty warrant yet issued in Dou- glas county was received In the County Clerk's office here by "Bill" Bradley, the lone resi dent of Camp Illahe, near the head waters of the North Ump qua River, 70 miles east of here. Bradley presented the Clerk with the scalps of 37 wolves and coyotes, which, at $10 apiece, brought him a total bounty of $370. All the ani mals were slain by Bradley be tween August 15 and October 10 of this year. Some ho polson- i ed, others ho trapped, while the remainder he shot after thoy ihnd be 'ii bayed by his hound. Steamer BREAKWATER sails 'from Coos Bay for Portland SAT- UUP AY, OCTOBER 31, at 2. P.TU. voters; To do anything to Influence voter?. Under the terms of OregcUEa new icrrupt .practice met, passed ly the Tireople in June, ttho Presidential election as'Qvember S3, will be fiast a plain election, without any fitflls nothing but the pJls, the caution board and the voiwrs. The jtime honored gauntlet of jiolltical wjyikers haniling out cards, Which the "voter has always had to run,, is now illegal. The reluctant voter who has wait ed far his psu'ty enthusiasts to hunt him cut and 'lake him .to the polls in carriage or '.hack moat walk, 'imy car faje ,or slsy away. No person is permitted to use any effort, at ttea polls or taway from them, n election fjay, to ilufluence the vote of any one. Some sections of 'the corrupt prac tices act nelatlng to election day fol low: Mt shall be unlawful for a-ny per son ,to pay -.another tfor any loss or damage due to attendance at the polls, ior In registering, or for the ex pense of transportation to or tfrom the pb'lls. "No joerson Oiall pay lfor persiwnal service to be performed on the day of any election, for any purpose cou-i nected therewith, except for the hir ing of persons whose sole duty is io act as chfctlengera. and watch the count of official ballots. "No person shall "buy, sell, give or provide any political badge, button or other insignia to he worn at or about the polls on the day of any election, and no such political badge, button or other Insignia shall he worn at or about the polls on any election day. "It shall be unlawful for any per son at any place on the day of any election to ask, solicit or In any man ner try to induce or persuade any voter on, such election day to vote for or refrain from voting for any candidate or the candidates or ticket of any political party or organiza tion." The last section above quoted pro hibits the banners, heretofore com mon, bearing the legend, "Voto the Straight Republican TIckot.". In fact, this section prohibits all political fes tivities on election day which would In any manner tend to influence a voter as to bow he should vote. VINIES SHOW THAT CONSER VATIVES HATJULOST OUT. (By Associated Pr6cs.) TORONTO, 0et..2TL-Th3 result oS jtesterdiiy's elections ishow the Lib eral government was 'sustained by a majority of fifty -with -sevtral elec tions yet to bo held. JV11 of the min isters wore reelecttiu -while ueven of the oppotition's chidl lieutenants vtve Demon. The iigures as an- niMEiiced t.day are TK2 ''Liberals and sr ""onserr:atlves. "The standing at Ui dissolution of imWIament was 13S LlbenUs and 1& 'Tnonserratives. point to point In the city and near by towns. Taft Btarted for the out lying suburbs onrly in the day anil then wont to the cities and towns along the Hudson sis far as Troy. Bryan devoted himself to Greater New York, beginnlg t,hls morning In the city hall park; then he addressed a Broadwey meeting, then went to Brooklyn and Long Island Ctty and later to New Jeray. FRINGE HENRY UP II THE 1 - Noted Prussian Mal'es Ascen sion In -Zeppelin Airship Today. (By Associated Press.! RIEDIDCHSAFEK, Germany, CB-' ttilr 27. (Count Zuppelin's alrsliip .astvnsion txoday was with Primje Ifeiiry, of "Prussia, nd Capt. MlKch "blasts passengers. TThe went against astrong r.lnd at the rate of 37 miles an hour. CCount TZeppelln hinwclf Bieere'd. Ill RILED m urn. srsrs xsrsxn -exhj,osions m" 'zoxe r ESTAT TTWEnaiK AND SERIOCS- .mr KvuuiiE ouaiiTKEN. (By Associated Press. 1 WASHINGTOK). D. C, Od. 27. liifformaiion has reached the Isth mirsn Canal (offices;, in this cfty of ex plosions iof dynamite on j.he canal 'ifiober TITj, In "itftiich twelve were kffhjd aidl eiBhta2n 'injirrta. The 1nxt Gxplojiion watrat Culebra Cut, in which Ave were kllle'd an'dcelghti in- !3uml, the secon'd -was at MJndi -w"hiTe sevn "were killetl anU tea in Hurtil. J. IDaVis. osngineer :tjn'd Geo. jGooiley, a crane inan.'wereliho only TTlillc men Ikllle'd. KERN MAKES OR ST INDIANA STATE OFFICIAL TODAY: FERRY BOAT OS Democratic Vice-PresidentiaE Candidate Alleges Use of - Money. Iroquois Beached In Fog Near Entrance of Nanaimo Harbor. (By Associated Press.) JSEATTLE, Wash., Oct. 27. A Special to tho Times from Nanaimo, IB. C, says that tho Perry Iroquois plying between Sydney, B. C, and "Nanaimo, ran ashore in a dense fog last night on Jack's1 Point, at tho entrance of Nanaimo Harbor. The passengers were transferred to tugs and brought to Nanaimo. Tho Iro quois Is leaking badly but may bo patched up and taken off at high tido. CLAIMS TRUSTS ARE HELPING REPUBLICANS: THUGS WOUND OREGON MAN Iff ffll OR MIAIE GEORGE L. 1IESTON ?IOBREV AND FATAliLV WOUmKIM I ACROSS RIVEK FROMaVIVNCOU-J VER, 'WASH., BY ITALIANS. (By Associated jrp VANCOUVER, Watfh,, Oct. 27. Gtsnrge L. THeston, tcntil rcntly driver of an Ice wagon, in this telty, was seriously, and perhaps fatally stabbed by twi men today. He eays the men were Italians who robhed him after beating and stabbing him. The affair occurred on the Oregon iide of ihe river. BANKERS Wl OH DECISION Judge Hough Dismisses Cri minal Indictments Against New "Yorkers. (By Associated Press.) NEW "yORE;, Oct. 27. Tho con spiracy eoairt !in ttho Indictment upon which Charles WV. Morse and Alfred II. Curtis are being tried in the U. S. court, ras dismissed by Judge Hough tolas1 'iior exhaustive argu mentss by counsel for the defease and by District Attorney Stlmson. This leaves llorso and C irtis to faco only tho charges of v-olathig tlio national "banlring Jav. Prominent Republicans Brandl It As Canard and "Roorback." (By Associated Press. TIPTON, Ind., Oct. 27. "I am re liably informed and mako tho spe cific chargo that $100,000 at money contributed by trusts and. comblnon. was brought into Indiana last Sunday? and passed through tho hands ok Hon. Fred Sims, secretary .of the. state." John W. Kern, democratic vfee presidential nominee, made tho abovo chargo beforo a good-sized audience . hero toduy, In advocating tho publl tlon of campaign contributions beforo election. Ho declared "every sensi ble man knows that when a contribu tion is made to a campaign fund hy ono of these lawless and plundering combinations, It expects to get valuo recclved In form of special favors."" Kern said If tho people knew tho names of the doners of tho $100,000 fund, Bryan would carry thai state--by 100,000. Kern said Sims was a warm per sonal friend of his but that a man who had tho power to raise and' lower the taxes of corporations as has Sims, has no right to handle campaign contributions. UBIIAJI DENIES IT. WILL DRAFT NEW CHARTER TEA1S2III SaiLS 'JTiUIS 3TCCHK NOON FOR TKiJlTLSCSV WITH GOOD CARGO ANJU 3ASSENRER LIST. MtfN GO ON SHORE. Plague Conditions at Mnniln fucli Improved. (Bv Associated PreRs.) MANILA, Oct. 27. Owing to im proved conditions and for the first time since the outbreak of cholera hero, the men on the warships were granted shore liberty on the stipula tion that they would not enter tho shacks of the natives and that they would take other precautions. SEARCH FOR KLOEHER. Washington Missing Man Sought ny Many. (By Associated rress. TACOMA, Wash., Oct. 27. A special to tho News from Green Rlvor Hot Springs, says that twonty-flvo mon are still hunting for Fred. Kloeber whoso companion was found dead In the woods Sunday. The Alliance sailed toflity tfor Ttirt lnd with a fair jmtsenstx list and a ood cargo of freight, conslderaUie matchwood .and condensed milk 'be ing taken on North Bend and fish at Empire. Mr?. Olson returned with her liusband to Portland and inay ac company him down next trip again as tihe is a good sailor and never gets beasick. Among those vho .sailed from here on the jAlllanco were the following: T. R. Hall, F. A. Gordon. F. A. Gordon, Jr., Aura Cordon, Lerin Gor don, Maudle Gordon, G. H. Weber and wife, Jesse Warfleld, C. H. Har ris, Geo. H. Rotnor, Mrs. J. Thomas, H. S. Colling Clyde Henklns, M.' P. Castle and wife and dajightor, P. K. Clarko, Geo. Tucker, R. O. Steven son, W. M. Bauer, H. Montagne, Ludwlg Ness, G. T. Hallftt, T. I)o nohue, J. O'ConnoJl Evart Baugelger, Claude Hockett, P. J. Matthews, P. N. Roberg, Paul Miirtindalc. J. W. Dunn. COMMISSION DECIDES NOT TO ATTEMPT !TO REVISE OLB ONE WILL PltOBAIlLY TAKE SIX OR EIGHT MONTHS TO COMPLETE THE TASK. Dr. C. W. Tower was elected ohalr-- oiian and Clias. F. McKnight secret ary of tho Marshfield charter revi sion committee which was recontly appointed by Mayor Straw and tho tJty council. Tho first meeting was held last evening and was devoted to organization and discussing pre liminary details of tho work. It was decided to leave the matter of ami uruuing mo new ennrter to a committee composed of T, J. Hall (chairman), Dr. E. Mingus and Col. Wm. Grimes who will report back at tho next meeting. It was practically decided last evening not to nttempt to roviso tho present charter but to draft an entire now one. In order to secure ono Republican Assistant Treasurer Bo il ies Kern's Charge. (By Associated Press.) CHICAGO, Oct. 27. Fred W. Up ham, assistant treasurer of tho re publican campaign fund, when shown Kern's charge that $100,000 collect ed largely from tho trusts was sent Into Indiana, said "not a single dol lar of anybody's money has been sent out of my offlco to Indiana. If ' there had been, I would know It and Kern's statement Is untruo." SIMS DENIES IT. ... Simply Campaign Canard S3yr. ifct ClISIMl ODicliil. (By Associated Press.)' INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Oct. 27.' Fred Sims said "This Is absolutely falso. I know nothing of a $100 000 campaign fund, it Is about timoi for theto stories tot b'a circulated as? the democrats Uop?,jo help tholr cause in this way." ,"-'-' MRS. STEVENS CHOSEN. Portland, Me., Woman Head of W. C T. V. (By Assoclato Press.) DENVER, Colo Oct. 27. Mnr. Lilian Stevens, of Portland1, MalnoJ was unanimously re-elected" pres!s dent of the National Woman's Chris tian Temperance Union. CIIIHKTMAB IS COMING! Moth ors of Marshfield, take time by tho foro-locit and store away some of tho pretty dolls, nil daintily droseed for you at tho A H C D ealo In tho Lund store room tomorrow, corner A and Second stroots. Steamer BREAKWATER sails from Coos Bay for Portland SAT URDAV, OCTOBER 31, at 2 I M. 4. KILLING MEN FOR ' DEER WILL BIT CRlMIt! A T7rC3TrTTri -i. . sytematlZing the Investigation L stato Sonator.eIect Libert ATfnr- nam, of this city, announcutf Ets intention of introducing a bill at tho next session of tho leg's- laturo providing for tho punish- meat of persons who kill or wound pcoplo "by mistake" or "accldont" while out hunting. Mr, Abraham who is a lawyer. - tblnkn li ii.un..t -. ... i. that w be adeauate to the city at U tut0 o manVl , 071 les o "riL8..'" yeaIS.i -cl. oases, but does not't'hl'nilt I nf Z Zl 7 , V, U","l!a will bo enforced in that respect of tho charters of soma of tho more Ilnt n . ' progressive and thriving Jlttlo cities. ! b0ll0(j li " v These will bo sifted and from tho1 aaaa..,...aaa T l. tl.l i.. ii .u- r-i.n, , , ' ' r-'y-rTr-rTwrwir uuov IIUIIKB III .111 lliu .11UBIII1UIC1 CllUr- tor will bo framed, Tho various de partments of municipal government will ho roforrod to sub-commlttooB of tho charter commission In order that tho work will bo distributed and more satisfactory results accom-' pllshed. IT'S AN ?! ,' I) SALE! Ttowwr Htand for k.m vu artlelei whloli wo men want .i' '.! need. A fine uwrart inont, IiBud-wought, offored for bhIw-1 to the 1p(1Ii if Marnlifleld tomorrow in t.io Btcro of tlm Lund bulblim? J corner of A and Second atreotu. 1 M 11 nmW .wjnam -il.2Xl