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ATTORNEYS IN
HAVE
Judge Lawlor Calls Counsel On
Both Sides Down For
Statements.
IMMUNITY CONTRACTS
ARE BEING PROBED
Gallagher's Memory of Meet
ing With Spreckels
Very Poor.
o
(By Associated Press.)
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 19.
Francis J. Heney spent a
comfortable night and Is Ini-
proving.
(By Associated Frees.)
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 19. The
proceedings in the Ruef case were
not attended by a very large crowd
today thought a large number of po
lice and detectives were about. Aft
er a wordy war between Hiram John
son for the prosecution and Attorney
Ach for the defense In which person
alities were Indulged In because of
Johnson's allegation that Ach was
asking witness Gallagher the same
question time after time, the court
rebuked the attorneys on froth sides.
Ach went Into the Immunity con
tract given to the supervisors by the
prosecution. Gallagher's memory of
the details and the dates of the
meetings with Rudolph Spreckels
was rather vague.
TO PROIJE DINGIZE.
Court AVill Evnininc
Schniitz's
Bondsman.
fB Associated Press.)
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 19. Wm,
J. Dingee, reports regarding whose
financial affairs have caused some
comment and who qualified jointly
with Thos. H. Williams for $1G0,
000 on the bond of former Mayor
Eugene Schmitz cnabl'ng the latter
to obtain his release from custody,
was today cited by Superior Judge
Dungee to appear in court Saturday
for examination as to Ills present
qualifications as a bond3man.
iES BROKE
Noted Cleveland Mayor An
nounces He Has Lost En
tire Fortune.
(By Associated Press.)
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Nov. 19.
Mayor Tom L. Johnson, for years
reputed to be a millionaire several
times over, today announced that his
entire fortune was lost. He said he
wjll be compelled to give up his
home and dispose of his automobile.
He added that a large part of his
fortune was spent In an effort to
save the properties left by his broth
er, Albert Johnson.
GE
IN FORTUNE
From Wealthy Philanthropist
to Prison Cell As Forger
In Four Days.
fBv Associated Press, i
JOLIET, III., Nov. ja.-r-Peter Van
Vlfssengen, the se'f-confessed forgor
to the extent of $700,000, today be
came convict No. C03. It was just
four days ago that the Chicago real
estate man and philanthropist con
fessed and was Indicted, his convic
tion following within a few hours,
OM JOHNSON
RUEF TRIAL
HEATED TILT TODAY
NORTH BEND
POLITICS HOT
Lively Campaign For City Cau
cus and Election Is Under
way There.
North Bend is In the throes of
one of the most spirited city cam
paigns that the city has ever known.
In consequence of the marked activ
ity and the big field of candidates,
the city caucus nex(. Tuesday even
ing promises to be one of the warm
est ever. While many of the dif
ferences will probably be threshed
out in the caucus, there still prom
ises 10 be sufficient left to make a
brisk campaign between then and
the city election there December 8.
The campaign has reached the stag?
of numerous conferences and all
sorts of reports are being started
and later denied. No less than four
tickets will be In the field, prob
ably. It Is generally understood that
the Law and Order League will have
a ticket In the field, and it is gen
erally talked there that the ticket
has been selected but the Rev. R
G. Summerlin of the United Breth
ren church, says that no ticket has
been agreed upon. He admits It is
likely that the league will have a
ticket. According to the report, the
league's ticket was to have been A.
Van Z!le for mayor, and Rev. Sum
merlin, G. E. Mlqkey and F. W.
Wood for councilmen. Mr. Summer
lin "fi'd that he would not be a candi
date even if a ticket is .selected.
Apother story is that at a meet
ing at tne Bank of Oregon the other
day, the following slate was agreed
upon:
For mayor L. J. Simpson.
For recorder A. IL Derbyshire.
For councilmen Peter Loggle,
August Hoelling and L. A. Frey.
The story of this conference m lilt
ed In tha naming of the ticket as
the "Bank of Oregon" ticket and an
other rumor was soon started that
the new Commercial National Bank
would have a ticket In the field. J.
H. Gardiner and others positively de
nied that the now bank will mix in
the election In any way. Mr. Gardi
tier is the present c'ty recorder and
will retire to engage in other busi
ness, probnblv being actively lden
tilled with the new bank.
Friends of E. P. Brennan and A.
J. Hoben are urging them to get
into the race for recorder and they
may do so. A number of the busi
ness men are also insisting that J.
F. Bode who was appointed to All
Frank Moss term as councilmen,
stand for reelection.
The Socialists are also in the field
with a strong ticket, having named
the following:
For mnyor Mr. Klzer.
For councilmen Messrs. Imhoff,
Strickland and Metzler.
For recorder John Provost.
Later today, It was stated that A.
Van Zllo would not be a candidate
for mayor but would stand for re-
alectlon as councilman. This may'
mean that L. J. Simpson will be with
out opposition for mayor with the
exception of the Socialist candidate
and that the fight will be made on
tho tin-Pfi nlnces In the oouncll.
It was also reported In North
Bend this afternoon that an Inde
pendent ticket would be In the field.
Just who Is backing it and the per
sonnel of the ticket could not be as
certained. Question Over Registration.
Under the new North Bend char
tor, every voter who wishes to par
ticipate in the election December 9.
must register before December 1.
Already about 200, or one-third of
the voting population, have register
ed. In this connection, a question has
been raised as to who will be en
titled to participate hi the city cau
cus next Tuesday night. The reg
istration for the election will not
have closed then and whore the lino
can bo drawn Is a problem that Is
bothering some of tbo candidates.
REVIVES OLD TROUBLE IN FRANCE
Church and State Separation
Comes Up In the St. Pierre
Revolt and Islands May Go
to Great Britain.
(By Associated Psoas.)
PARIS, Nov. 19. Advices today
to the ministry of the colonies say
there was no renewal of the disturb
ances at St. Pierre. The situation
has been taken under consideration
by the ministry but no steps have yet
SE
ENDSJS LIFE
Telephone Man Who Was Wit
ness In Bribery Cases
Commits Suicide.
(By Associated Press.)
QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 19. John
Krause, said to be connected with
the Pacific States Telephone Com
pany In San Francisco, committed
suicide today in his cabin on the
steamer Adriatic while the vessel
was coming from Cherbourg to this
port. Krause cut his throat. He
was traveling alone.
(By Associated PreBS. )
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 19. John
Krause was formerly employed aa
special agent of the Pacific States
& Sunset Telephone, since merged
Into the Pacific Telephone & Teleg
raph Company Louis Glass and
Theodore V. Halssey of tho'same cor
poration were Indicted for attempted
bribery of supervisors to vote against
the granting of a. franchise to the
Home Telephone Company, a rival
corporation. Krause appeared as a
witness against Glass who was con
victed. Glass Is out on bonds pend
ing an appeal. Halsey has not yet
been tried. Krause was also wit
ness against Glass and Halsey be
fore the grand jury which returned
the indictments. Krause was not In
dicted. Krause failed to obey a subpoena
summoning him as a witness at the
trial of Halse'1 which frequently was
postponed on account of 'the defend
ant's Illness.
S. RE
E PROSECUTED
.Vealthy Denver ' W?"nan
Charged With Many Serious
Offenses.
(By Associated Pres6. i
DENVER, Nov. 19. Information
charging Mrs. Allen F. Read with as
sault with Intent to commit robbery
and assault with Litent to kill and
threats of bodllj harm in the at
tempt, alleged to have been made
by her to blackmail Mrs. Genevieve
Chandler-Phlpps, was filed In cri
minal court today by District Attor
ney Stldger. He discredits the theo
ry that Mrs. Read was drugged or
hypnotized by another woman and
he claimed that the woman Is not
! as sick as reported. Mrs. Read is
very wealthy.
PEKIN DENIES REPORTS.
No Fire, Mob or Deaths There As
Reported.
fBy Associated Press.)
PEKIN, China, Nov. 19. There
is absolutely no truth in the report
telegraphed from Singapore and
elsewhere that Pektn was In flames
and In the hnnds of a mob and that
Prince Chang, president of the For
eign Board is dead, nor is the Dow
ager Empross 111.
Bought a Job lot of APPLES, for
sale choap while they last. Aiionii
Ciibb Grocory.
Read the Times' Want Ada.
JOHN
IP
In
been decided upon. It Is officially
stated that the law providing for the
separation of the church and state
In Franco has not yet extended to
islands but that laws against the em
ployment of any member of a teach
ing, religious order in local schools is
in force. The discontent on the Is
lands is attributed principally to the
disastrous operatioiuribf the Anglo
French treaty of 190Jj. The govern
ment is conslderlnglfthe suggestion
made in London that the islands be
transferred to Great Britain in con
sideration for terrory elsewhere.
Stephen Galliellays That It Is
Proving Great Benefit
to Bar.
"The construction of the south
jetty and the removal of the rocks
from the channel has made the
greatest Improvement In the Bandon
harbor that It has ever known,"
said Stephen Galller of Bandon, who
was In Marshfleld this week on busi
ness. "The jetty which Is being
built by private subscriptions Is not
completed but has already Increased
the depth of water on the bar at
high tide to twenty-two feet, the
greatest we have ever had there.
The fund for this work is getting
rather low but we hope that the
people of tbe"eritire-Cbquille valley
will help and enable us to complete
the jetty as the Improvement will be
beneficial to "them as well as to ub.
"We hope that we will be able tc
secure some government aid from
c'ongress at the coming session. The
construction of our piling jetty
makes U essential for the govern
ment to do some work there to pro
tect buildings there, the water back
ing up against their buildings. If
the government would construct a
jetty along that side, parallelling th?
jetty which we are now building, it
would be a clear channel which
would constantly wash deeper."
.".cckefeller Explains Transac
tions of Standard Oil
In Court.
(By Associated presj.)
NEW YORK, Nov. 19. John D.
Rockefeller was on tho witness
stand again today and testified to
numerous transactions of tho Stand
ard Oil Company in buying out com
petitors which he said was for the
purpose of "Extending tho business
of the corporation." Ho gave testi
mony freely. He said that early In
the 70's the oil business was precari
ous and that an association formed
Included a large proportion of the
oil producers for the purpose of
guaranteeing tho supp y, as many
wells wero short lived and also to
obtain the highest prices possible for
tho product and to introduce an
element of regularity In tho business.
NEW PEACE CONFERENCE.
The Netherlands to Call Third Meet
ing at the Hague.
(By Associated Press.)
THE HAGUE, Nov. 19. The gov
ernment of tho Netherlands has
proposed to advocate a convocation.
of tho International Committee to
arrange a third irearo conference.
Steamer IUtEAKWATER sails
from Coos Bay for Portland SAT
URDAY, NOVEMBER 21, at 8 A. M.
Better send this paper to a frienc
BANDON JETTI
GREAT UCCESS
OIL! JOHN"
DEFENDS ALL
C. A. SMITH COMPANY WILL
HAVE ABOOT 1,000 EMPLOYES
WVWSS
Fyderation of Labor Refuses
to Abide By His Wishes
at1 Denver.
(By Associated Press.)
DENVER, Colo., Nov. 19. In a
tst-vote on the report of the com
mittee on the report of the Presi
dent, Gompers was defeated today in
his desire to have that portion of
the report on "Litigation Harassing
Labor" referred to the committee.
The committee recommended a more
drastic stand than Gompers approved
of and an amendment was adopted
restoring the final meaning of Gom
pers' report which on that subject
said, "If the situation Is to become
so acute, let us personally, as best
we can, defend our rights In the
courts, taking whatever consequence
may ensue." Gompers desired the
whole matter bo sent back to the
committee but the convention did
not sustain him. '
STRANGE WILLS RECORDED.
Whisky Jug Monument Requested
For Grave of Missouri Man,,
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 19. On a farm
near Columbia, Mo., there lived for
many years a hermit farmer, James
W. Turner by name, who boasted'
that he had drank not less than a
quart of whiskey every day for
twenty yenrs.
He owned 4S0 acres of land: his
sole companions were his dog and
his stock.
He died recently and afterward it
was found that his will decreed that
a monument of whiskey jugs should
be erected over his grave. i-t&iSS
How the Jugs were to be obtained
was not made clear, but a search
over his farpa disclosed an abandon
ed corn crib thnt was almost full
of empty whiskey jugs. A business
associate was found later who de
clared that Turner once showed him
'he jugs, announced that ho had
emptied them all himself and for
twenty year3 had been saving them
for his monument. Ho died at the
tge of 45 years.
In Waterloo, la., a woman de
nied herself the necessities of life
for twelve years that she might save
and bequeath enough money to sup
ply the German. Evange.lcal church
with a bell. Sho died at the age of
70, after extracting a promise from
tho church trustees that they would
not reveal her name.
By refraining from eating eggs,
meat and reallshes, this unnamed
heroine saved $300 In twolvo years.
The bell which her savings procured
now hangs In tho church tower.
Government Will Sell $30,-
000,000 Worth to Secure
Funds For Canal Work.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 19.
Discussing the new Issue of $30,
000,000 of two per cent Panama
Canal bonds, bids for which have
been asked, Treasurer Cortelyou
stated tho expense of building tho
canal warranted tho Issue and tho
money lis needed to pay for work
there. This will be tjio third issue
under tho Spooner law which pro
vides for a totul Issue of $130,000,
P00. With tho new Issuo, $81,000,
000 of tho authorized bonds will
have baen Issued,
CHICKENS on sale at th A NONA
,Cash Grocery.
60MPERS IS
TURNED DOWN
ISSUE MORE
PANAMA BONDS
Starting of Second Shift
Thanksgiving Increases
Force to That Number.
PAYROLL ABOUT
$3,000 PER DAY
Lumber Mill's Development In
creases Population Nearly
5,000.
Unless something unexpected In
terferes, the night shift will be
started at the C. A. Smith mill next
Thursday, Thanksgiving Day, accord
ing to Supt. A. Mereen. The pre
liminary arrangements for the
double shift have been practically
completed and the additional em
ployes have practically all been se
cured. Mr. Meree said yesterday
that It was practically certain that
the second force would begin Thurs
day or Friday, probably Thursday.
The magnitude of the operations
of the C. A. Smith Lumber and
Manufacturing Company on Coos
Bay and in Coos county are not fully
realized by many. With the second
shift working, keeping the plant in
operation twenty hours out of the
twenty-four, the company will have
on Its payrolls, In the logging camps,
tho mill, etc., between 900 and 1,000
men. This will mean a daily payroll
of about $3,000 The extra shift
will more than double the force In
the logging camps and not qulta
double the force In the mill.
As census statisticians estimate'
that on an average Ave people aro
supported by each wage-earner, the
force of between- 900 and 1,000 em
ployed by the C. A. Smith Lumber
and Manufacturing Company would
mean that a population of between
4,500 and 5,000 has been added to
CooayRfei2Jl Goosacouifty by its
OratiBijere. The addition of
tho extra shift will msan an In
crease of half that number. While
many of these are scattered through
the varied locations of tho logging
camps of the company throughout
tho county, the great majority will
bo on Coo's Bay.
Incidentally, tho extra shift will
mean more work on the local rail
way as regular additional trains will
be operated to hahl tho company's
logs from tho logging camps on Cun
ningham Creek and In that section.
It Is more than likely that tho
doub'o shift will be maintained per
manently at the mill, Tho lumber
market has been Improving nnd as
long the demand and prices are suf
ficient to make It pay, the double
shift will be maintained.
The doubling of the C. A. Smith
Company's forco on Thanksgiving
Day will be another event for which
tho people of Marshfleld and Coos
county to give thanks as it will be
a big factor In hastening the devel
opment of this ssctlon as well as
maintaining tho Iocnl prosperity to
which It has contributed so much In
the past year.
C. A. Smith, head of tho company.
Is now here to consult General Man
ager J. E. Oren, Superintendent A,
Meroen, A. II. Powers and Superin
tendent Demangecn who have charge
of tho local business and expresses
himself as well pleased with the
developments.
THE VIRGIN'S IMAGE ON HAIL.
Commission Authenticates Miracle,
Hearing 107 Witnesses.
REMIREMONT, Franco, Nov. 19.
A diocesan commission has been
conducting an investigation at Reml
remont of a reported miracle, ami
after having hoard 107 witnesses, It
affirmed the reality of tho superna
tural ovent.
During the vlo'oat ha'l storm hall
Uones wero picked in, It Is al oge ',
bearing Images of the Virgin on t
surfaco. Con'nct with tho ear'h h I
split them in 1p1'. and oi the
smooth li)'"r " '-'asj wor t'.. r Jra
culr'm -A'
local "" ''o'f oons-HT tVls
phHon""1' b dlvlno rotu rno an 1 re
buke t action of tic mmi "'"l
ow"" ' v"olng a nropo--j 'v a
isloa '.a honor of the Virgin.
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