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THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1908.
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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
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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.
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