The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957, November 27, 1908, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TexttT TALK ABOUT TALKING. X'OU CAN TALK TO THOU SANDS OF PEOPLE EVERY DAY KV PUTTING VOUK WANT ADS" IN THE TIMES. KEEP UP TO DATE BY READING THE COOS HAY TIMES. THE DAY'S NEWS TOLD ACCURATELY AND CONCISELY. I" y MEMHKR OP ASSOCIATED PRESS. Vol. HI. THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1908. Pil). 119. (EttttPJB SEATTLE Ml FOUND MURDERED AND ROBBED NEAR 01 ROME Hugh McMahon Beaten to Death By Thugs While En Route to Residence. HIS VALUABLES ARE MISSING Police Declare That He Was a Victim of Yeggmen Gang. (By Associated Press.) SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 27. Hugh McMahon, manager of the American Cafe, was found murdered in the front yard of the residence next door to his own homo this morning. His overcoat was turned over his head, his face being battered to a pulp by a slung shot and his skull fractured. The third finger of his left hand was nearly torn off and a $400 diamond wrenched from it. His watch valued at ?200 is missing and his pockets turned Inside out. It is believed that he had several hundred dollars in cash in his pockets. The police be lieve Yeggmen killed him. plum: FOR HITCHCOCK. Will Ho Postmaster General Under Taft. (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, Nov. 27. The Asso ciated Press Is authorized to an nounce that Chairman Frank H. Hitchcock has been offered and has accepted the position of postmaster general in Taft's cabinet, the first cabinet position filled. KETCHELL WINS FIGHT. Knocks Piipko Out In Eleventh Round nt 'Frisco. (Bv Associated Press.) SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 27. Ket chel knocked out Papke in the elev enth round. H. Helmken Arrives From Woodburn, Ore. Daugh ter's Body Not Found. H. Helmken of Woodburn, Ore., father of Ruby Helmken, or Bray ton as she was known here, arrived here this morning to investigate his daughter's death and to take charge of the body. Ho is' all broken up over the tragedy. A crew continues to .drag the bay near where the unfortunate girl went ' down Wednesday night when she jumped or fell from the launch Marshfleld. It was hoped to find it today unless it has been shifted by the tide. Mr, Helmken was formerly a de tective. The life the girl, had been leading was a shock to him as ho had supposed that she was employed as a bookkeeper and stenographer. Today was her twenty-fourth birth day. Mr. Helmken said that1 she was an expert swimmer, ' having learned when but a child. A big black dog played with her in the water, supporting her when she be came tired and carrying her ashore if necessary. LEACH QUITS SERVICE. Public Printer Resigns As Result of ' Trouble "With President. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 27. Public Printed John S. Leach has sent in his resignation to President Roosevelt asking to be relieved from the service. Samuel B, Donnelly of Brooklyn, N. Y former president of the International Typographical Union has been appointed to succeed Leach. It la said that Leach's re tirement Is due to the President's .op position to some of his policies. DEAD GIRL'S FATHER IRE WOULD TAKE E OF GIRL Father of Alleged Wife of Er ring Gardiner Preacher Makes Overtures to Her. ROSEBURG, Nov. 27. J. B. Mas sie, the father, so it is alleged, of the wife of the erring Rev. Clark or Sum mers of Gardiner, did not accompany Sheriff Sperlock here from Throck morton, Texas, as expected. Ill-health, attending his advanced age, would not permit him to make such a long trip. He told Sperlock, however, that if his erring daughter so desired she could return to her father's home. This fact will be communicated by Sperlock to the woman. In every material detail, Sheriff Sperlock of Texas, corroborated Jack Parrott's testimony of last Thursday. He told of the minister's desertion of his wife and three children in Texas and' of his elopement with Bessie Massle who was his church organist. He also stated that Summers joined the Masonic Lodge at Throckmorton In the spring of 1904, but was expell ed after his elopement in the same year. Sperlock produced the official requisition for Summers, Issued upon the Governor of Oregon by the Gov ernor of Texas, also the original in dictment against the accused man and an excellent photograph of him, Sperlock will not present the extradi tion papers to the governor, of course, until after the testimony of Rev. T. B. Ford has been given. The desire of the defense to get the testimony of Rev. Ford is prompt ed by a letter which he wroto to "Clark," and which was Introduced in evidence. Rev. Ford, who former ly lived in Texas, says in the letter that he "is glad to say that he (the defendant) is Clark and not Sum mers;'' that he "knows the two Rev. Summers." In connection with this phase of the case, Sheriff Sperlock stated that he knew another Rev. Summers in Texas, but that he in no way looks like the man on trial. The other .Rev. Summers, referred to by Rev. Ford, is believed by the state to be a minister who was born In Coos county and has resided there all of his life a man whom Ford prob ably met while on the circuit as sup erintendent of this district. Whether therefore, Rev. Ford can give any testimony that will shake the dam aging evidence produced by the state is problematical. Rev. Wire's Testimony. Rev. Wire's testimony dealt ex clusively with the movements of the accused man during this residence In Oregon. He produced a certificate showing that "Rev. George Clark" had been transferred from the South Methodist Church in Texas to ' the church in the north. This document dated as far back as 1900, four years before Summers is alleged to have lied from Throckmorton. Rev. Wire admitted on cross-examination, how ever, that he had made no effort to ascertain whether the certificate was genuine in all respects and that he had seen no other documents or let tors showing the holder to bo "Rev. Clark." He said that "Clark" told him his wife's maiden name was Elizabeth Massle, but he had often heard him address her as "Bessie." This woman, he stated, told him her father was John Massle, of Dallas, Texas, and that both of her parents were dead. The witness attested his knowledgo of this falsehood on part of the woman by stating that ho had received a letter from Miss Massle's father, acquainting him with the fact of her elopement with Summers, and asking Rov. Wire to give his daugh ter proper care. Summers was re ferred to in the letter In very uncom plimentary terras. Masonry Invoked. An Interesting bit of testimony came out, when the witness was ox plaining the process of Investigation Into "Clark's" past life after Jack Parrott made his charges at Gar diner, As the accused man claimed A BIG CUT IN Important Reductions On Ship ments From Oregon and Pa cific Coast Will Be Made Soon. (By Associated Press.) CHICAGO, Nov. 27. Important reductions in freight rates on lumber and articles manufactured therefrom including building materials, between the Pacific coast points to Chicago and points east, are to be put Into effect by the Southern Pacific and Its connections as soon as the neces sary tariffs can be prepared and filed with the Interstate Commission. The reductions are a direct result of tho enforcement of orders of the Inter-J state Commerce Commission in the North Pacific Coast Lumber rate cases wherein tho rates from Oregon and Washington to the east were cut The rates provide a reduction of from five to fifteen cents a hundred pounds. For example, tho rate on lumber, interested in the combination as Is lath, timber and articles taking theT. B. Walker, the largest individual same rate to Chicago is now 70 owner of standing White Pino in the cents, and the new rate will be GO 'world. DOUBLE CR Fred. Swandle Kills Successful Rival Jries to Shoot Woman and Commits Suicide. (By Associated Press.) VANCOUVER, Wash., Nov. 27. At Amboy, Wash., Fred Swandle shot and killed E. E. Newell, attempted to shoot Mrs. Newell and then killed himself. Newell married Mrs. Rose Hoffman about .three months ago. According to the story, Swandle had been attentive to the woman prior to her marriage to Newell. He called while the couple were at dinner, of fered congratulations and suddenly drew a revolver, shot Newell dead and pursued Mrs. Newell but failed to shoot her and then killed himself. Third Railroad Man fatally In jured By Locomotive Blow ing Up In Kansas. (By Associated PresB. I PARSONS, Kas., Nov. 27. Engin eer Frank E. Melville and Firsman F. F. Wulf were killed, and Brake man C, E. Roo fatally Injured by the explosion of a Missouri, Kansas and Texas engine near Identhro, Kas. to be a member of the Masonic lodge, J. S. Gray, who is also a member of that order, volunteered to Rev. Wire to examine "Clark" Masonlcally. Seeing Mr. Gray afterwards. Rev. Wire asked him about the examina tion. "It was very unsatisfactory," re plied Mr. Gray; "I couldn't even find out when or where he Joined the order." Adultery Light Crime. If Rev. Clark is proven beyond any doubt to be Rev. Summers and Is taken back to Texas for trial, ho will suffer more' for swindling for which he has been Indicted, than If placed on trial for adultery. In ex amining Texas criminal reports, Dls trlct Attorney Brown found that the penalties for swindling have ranged from 2 to 7 years' Imprisonment in the penitentiary. Out of about 20 cases of adultory, however, the high est ponalty was a flno of ?200, while in the majority of tho cases the penalty was a fine of $50. A decided contrast in the eyos of Texas Justice, Is shown In cases of horso stealing, where the ponalty ranges as high as 110 years' Imprisonment. IE OINER 10 KILLED BY EXPLOSION I cents; to New York, the old rate was 90 cents and the new rate will be 75 cents. The rates on sash doors, blinds and other building material to New York will be reduced from 80 cents to 75 cents, and similar re ductions will be made to all points and destinations named in the tariff. BIG COMBINE FORMED. Chicago Mndc Headquarters of New Selling Syndicate. (By Associated Press.) CHICAGO, Nov. 27. The Tribune says tha"t Chicago is to become the sole selling headquarters of tho new lumber combination and that Ed ward Hines Is to be president of the syndicate. While figures, publicly stated, have fixed the combination as a $20,000,000 affair, competing lumber Interests can see no limit to its capitalization but at the same time they express no fear in Its at tempt to restrain trade by fixing prices. Frederick Weyerhauser is SHOOK KILLS MRS. BILLIK Mother of Convicted Chicago Murderer Suddenly Expires At Home. (By Associated Press.) CLEVELAND, Nov. 27. Mrs. Barbara Billlk, mother of Herman Blllik, who is under sentence of death In Chicago, died at her home here today of heart trouble. She re ceived a farewell letter from her son Wednesday, fainted and was un- conscious for several hours CHICAGO, Nov. 27. -Blllik was deeply affected by the news of tho death of his mother. He received a letter from her Wednesday express ing her belief In his innocense and enclosed two dollars saying, "This Is all I can spare." Great Tribute Paid to Late Rev. H. F. Oreilly at Shenandoah, Pa: (By Annotated Press.) SHENANDOAH, Pa., Nov. 27. A most remarkable tribute to a priest was paid when tho funeral of tho Rov. H. F. Oreilly, rector of the Ger man Catholic Church of tho Annun ciation In this place for forty years, took place. Twenty-five collieries employing more than 16,000 men and boys in Shenadoah and Mahonoy val leys shut down to enable tho work ers to pay their respects to the dead priest. Tho public schools here, at Mahoney and In surrounding com munities closed and all business In Shenandoah was suspended. Moro than two hundred priests attended tho services following which tho body was taken to Philadelphia, ac companied by fifteen hundred mourn ers on a special train. Father Oreil ly during tho Molly McGulro crusado and In numerous coal strikes held great influenco for peace and order. NO PLAGUE ON COAST. Surgeon General Reports Extinction of Disease. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, D. C Nov. 27. Dr. Walter Wyman, surgeon general of tho public health and tho marine hospital sorvlce, In his rapo.rt to tho Secrotary of tho Treasury says that no caso of plaguo has been found aingug humans or rats slngq Oqtobar 31, on tho Pacific coast from Soattlo to Los Angeles. DEAD PRIEST IS REVERED PASSENGER STEAMER SUNK III HEAVY FOG OFF SANDY ROOK MASS MEETING MONDAY NIGHT Citizens' League Plans Grand Closing of Present Muni cipal Campaign. The local municipal campaign be gan to warm up some today and there was much discussion of the various candidates on the streets, consider able of it as a result of the decision of the Citizens' League last evening to hold a mass meeting at the I. O. O. F. Hall, Monday evening. The election will be Tuesday and the mass meeting enables the candidates of the league to outline their position on municipal affairs. In addition to this, municipal affairs in general and the proposed issuance of bonds will be discussed by various speak ers. This was the principal matter under consideration at last night's meeting of the League which was lar gely attended. Carl Albrecht, one of the league's candidates for coun cilman, addressed tho meeting, ex plaining the charge that was made against him last Tuesday evening of appropriating plank from tho city for his personal use. Mr. Albrecht said that he had not confiscated any plank. He said that in order to re pair the street so that coal could be delivered at his home, he asked Walter Condron who had the con tract to repair the street, if he could not take a few of the plank for tho purpose. He said that Condron had given his consent, saying that Mr. Albrecht could pay tho Smith Lum ber Company for them, the price be ing $C per thousand. He said that ho was greatly surprised when ho heard of his being accused of con fiscating the plank. He said that ho could take anyone to his homo and show where the plank' were used and In substantatlon of his agreement with Contr. Condron about the plank, he read a signed statement from S3v eral who had overheard a conversa tion between himself and Mr. Con dron about it. The article by P. C. Levar on tho Municipal situation was also up for discussion and caustically criticised and denounced by a number. Revelations By Mme. Steinheil, Accused of Murder, Stirs French Capital. (By Associated Press.) PARIS, Nov. 27. Tho case of Mmo Steinheil, arrested yesterday after a day of sensational dovolopments In tho matter of tho murder of her hus band and step-mother, Madam Jap, last May, was taken out of tho hands of M. Loydett, tho examining iuub lstrato, who has been In charge of the investigation, and turned over to Magistrate Andrud. Mme. Stein heil is under arrest charged with aiding In tho murder of her step mother. Experts physicians declare tho woman is suffering from hysteria peculiar to a certain class of neuras thenics which manifests Itself In tho invention of tho widlest accusations. There is In full blast today a cam paign by tho Nationalists and Antl semltlc press In nn effort to prove that the authorities havo had an In terest, In covorlng up tho truth con cerning thesoi murdors, revelations concerning 'which Mmo. Stolnholl mado yostorday. LADIES COATS, tailor suits and furs at LADIES' EMPORIUM SALE beginning Saturday, November 28. WOMAN'S GASE AROUSES PARIS Three Passengers and Three of Crew Lose Lives In Disaster. FINANCE CRUSHED BY THE GE0RGIG Steamship From Panama Goes Down In Collision Near Shore. (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, Nov. 27. Thtt steamer Finance of tho Panama Rail- road & Steamship Company, was sunk In a collision with tho Whlto Star liner Georgic In tho main ship channel off the end of Sandy Hook' yesterday, in a dense fog. Tho Geor gic was slightly damaged, anchored" near shore and put off boats to savor thoso on the Finance. Tho life-saving crew from Sandy Hook wont to tho scene and a tug used by tho har bor commissioners was soon on tho- scene. Tho collision occurred while most of the passengers were at breakfast. Many women and children were still asleep. A panic followed, causing many to jump overboard, but they were picked up by tho Georgic, tho crews working nobly. The Finance had 85 passengers aboard. It is believed that only three passengers were drowned. Thoy were: Miss Irene Cambell of Colon. v Henry Muller, conductor on Pa nama railroad. Policeman Rhadeland of the Canal Zone police. Tho following officers who remain ed on duty were carried down la wreckage: Chief Engineer John W. Puckett. Third Assistant Engineer William II. Todd. Oiler Charles Eric, Rogue River Salmon King Bun-, ed Today On Spot He Hadi ' Selected. (Special to The Tlmr.s.) WEDDERBURN, Ore., Nov. 27. -R. D. Hume, tho Rogue river salmon king, was this afternoon lnid to rest on "Hunt Rock," tho promltory pro jecting out Into tho mouth of Rogu& river, where he had always expressed a deslro to sleep his flnnl sleep. The funeral services wero unostentatious and wero quite largely attended. A concrete mausoleum was built for tho casket and n flno monument will bo erected over the grave soon. . Thoro is considerable discussion.' over tho will which he had drawn: 'some tlfno ago, but no one has any definite Idea of its contents. Ono report is that ho throw all of his 'property into an estate with provi 'sion that certain relatives receive so I much per annum. Whetljer or not, ho mado any provision for colonizing; his oxtonsivo Curry county holdings along tho philanthropic lino that ho suggested about a year ago of glvlngr a farm to every bona, fide settlor and! a start In stock, Is not known. The will will not bo probated for soma days. It was stated hero today that Bomo weeks ago ho had ordored the $250 which his race horses won at the Second Southorn Oregon District Fair in Marshfleld last August, to. bo paid to Morcy hospital at Nortln Bond. IIo had given freely to tho Institution, and friends would not bo surprised If his will provides a large bequest for tho hospital. LADIES COATS, tailor suits nnrt furs at LXDIES' EMPORIUM SALI3 beginning Saturday, November 28. HIE RESTS ON HUNT HOOK " J u ! It U tU r ft J fl f )