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.
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COOS COUNTY TO POLL LARGEST
VOTE IN ITS HISTORY TUESDAY
Registration ;is 1,BT7 &reater
Than Vote Cast iln
1306.
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'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.
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