The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957, December 16, 1908, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text1 TALK ABOUT TALKING. YOU CAN TALK TO TIIOU SANDS OP PEOPLE EVERY DAV BY PUTTING YOUR "WANT ADS." IN THE TIMES. KEEP UP TO DATE HI' READING THE COOS BAY TIMES. THE DAY'S NEWS TOLD ACCURATELY AND CONCISELY. ' " :b3 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1908. No. 13SL mm ("1" & Vol. 111. HUT LEAVES COUNTY EASTERN Ami 1 i m m 1 I w lit 0 60S I PR N T CASTRO'S RULE S One of Young Men In the Myr-' tie Point Makes His Escape. FAILS TO APPEAR BEFORE GrlAND JURY Rose, On Same Charge Is Be ing Tried In Circuit Court Today. (Special to The Times.) COQUILLE, Dec. 1C. Tom Kin nicut ,ono of the young men charged with an assault upon a Myrtle Point girl, has left the Country, it is sup posed. The young man was taken before Judge Hall presiding In tho juvenile court and after tho evi dence was heard, tho judge declared him guilty. As Kinnicut was under age ho could only be sent to the reform school from that court. Judge Hall thought that the charge was such a serious one that reform school pun ishment was not adequate and he bound the young man over to await the action of the grand jury which body could take further action. Bond in the sum of $500 was furnished but Kinnicut did not appear and his bond will be forfeited. Rose, one of the young men as sociated with Kinnicut In the case, is now on trial in tho circuit court. The case was taken up this morning and tho lawyers are selecting a jury. Marsden Building Case Be Reviewed Before the City Recorder. A trial before the city recorder 's to decide the question as to whetner or not Robert Marsden is violating the city ordinance in erecting the frame warehouse at the rear of the Johnson store on Front street. Mayor Straw directed Marshal Carter to formally arrest Mr. Mars den so the matter could bo brought to trial and In that way decided whether or not tho owner of tho building was at' fault. In the mean time this morning work was con tinued on the structure. The war rant placed in the hands of the marshal charges that Mr. Marsden violated the building ordinance of tho city by putting up the build ing without having first obtained a building permit". Collapsing of Bridge Over the Potomac .Kills and Injures Workmen.. . ' (By Associated Press.) HAGERSTOWN, , Pa., Dec. 16. Four men were instantly killed and four -others seriously injured by a portion of the concrete pier of the new bridge over the Potomac at Wll llamsport, collapsing. Choice oat hay at HAINES. Steamer BREAKWATER sails from Coos Bay for Portland SAT URDAY, DECEMBER ,10, nt 7 n. in. WILL HOLD COURT TRIAL MEET DEATH ANU I Unriillti Hffl iJUNO TANGLE OVER STREET WOK Difficulty In Selling Special Improvement Bonds City Council. As a result of tho troubles over tho city finances and tho difficulties in placing the special Improvement bonds, the city council last evening took novel steps to secure the im provement of Broadway from 'C street to Queen. It is possible that tho west half of the street will be improved and planked at the estab lished grade, three or four feet higher than the street now is, and the east half be left as it Is. The contract was awarded to Masters & McLain but they found that a number of the property own ers, Including the C. A. Smith Lum ber Company had applied for bonds. Mr. McLain said th,at ho had en deavored to arrange for the bonds to be .taken but could not and could. not even get a loan on the bonds as security. As a .last resort, he said that he went to General Manager Oren of the C. A. Smith Lumber Compa'ny and asked him to take the bonds to be issued against the com pany's property for- the Improvement in .payment of lumber. He said that Mr. Oren didn't want to but finally said that he would but that he would charge $13 instead of $11 per thousand, for the lumber. Mr. McLain said that he couldn't pay that much for lumber. Someone said that as long as Masters & McLain had taken the contract, they would have to do the work. Mr. McLain said that they were ready as soon as the city com plies with the charter which pro vides that tho assessments for all street work be collected before the work is begun. Harry Noble, who recently erected a new building on Broadway, urged that the street be improved. He said that he thought all the -property owners on the west side of the street would pay cash and he would like to have that half of the street fixed. Mr. McLain said that he was will ing, to build one half of the street If the city council would pay him the assessments collected for that part of it. The other half of the street could be improved, he said, as soon as the bonds could be cashed or the money be made available. Finally, the council Issued war rants for tho collection of all the assessments on Broadway, between 'C and Washington street and Marshal Carter was Instructed to collect them at once. Mr. Carter was also instructed to collect the as sessments now due at once and to advertise the property for sale if necessary. Old Claim Up. D. W. Small's old claim for $25 due him for placing rock on Front street a year or so ago was brought up again last night. Councilman Lockhart who was member of a spe cial committee to investigate the claim said that Mr, Small should be paid. Ho said that J. Albert Matson and Ivy Condrou, members of th.: council at the time tho bill was In curred, said that the money was due Mr. Small. Councilman Sacchl ob jected to the city paying for bills for special work. Councilman Lock hart said that the bill was owed by Henry Sengstacken but that the city was obligated to pay it. Mr. Sac chl wanted to know if Mr. Seng" Stacken, wouldn't pay it. Councilman Savage said that he had asked. Mr. Sengstacken to pay it but that Mr. Sengstacken had informed him that he had paid more than his share of the cost of putting rock on Front street as the street In front of his Garflold property didn't require at much work as the rost of if, Final ly Mr. Lockhart's report was ac cepted. Then Mr. Lockhart moved that tho city attorney be Instructed (Continued on page 4.) Cashier of National Bank at Somerworth, N. H., Placed Under Arrest For Embezzle ment. (By As'oc'.ited Press.) WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 1C. The defalcaJoa 01 $85,000 from the LEVY hi NORTH EARLY COMERS BEIDJ ILLS GET PRIZES City Council Last Night Fixed Rate at Six Mills For Year. The North Bend city council last evening fixed the municipal tax levy for that city for the ensuing year at six mills. The action was taken after a rather lengthy discussion and was made with a view of providing ample funds to pay the city's cur rent expenses. It is estimated that tho six mill levy will bring In about $7,170, that the city will receive $5,000 from salmon licenses and $500 or so from other sources, mak ing a total Income for tho year of about $12,500. There was a rather heated discus sion over tho discharge of Night Watchman Boyle. Mr. Boyle's friends last night presented a peti tion asking for an investigation and reinstatement. Mayor Simpson wanted to know who discharged him. Nobody was Bure. Finally Mayor Simpson ordered tne entire council to investigate tho case. It seems that Mr. Boyle was "let out" by Marshal Johnson who understood that the council had instructed him to do so and he appointed a new night watchman. I City Engineer Arnold tendered his resignation last evening. His action is understood to be the result of a controversy over some street im provements. He will probably be re-elected. Larson Logging Company to Straighten Out Its Financial I Affairs. It is expected that the affairs of the Larson Logging Company will be straightened out within a few days. Henry Hoeck has made ar rangements to take up the claims against his company and expects to have matters fixed up within a few ' days. J. R. Sharp of Portland, is In Coqullle today endeavoring to settle with creditors of the firm. , Tho tangle In the firm's affairs is said to have resulted from Mr. Hoeck and parties from whom he had pur-, chased timber. Whether these dif ficulties have been adjusted so that Mr. Hoeck will continue his Jogging operations Is not announced. Before Mr. UoecK snui uown ; operations, ho had issued a large amount of checks to employes which aro pretty well distributed through put tljo county, Borne being hold by the laborers themselves and others by business houses that cashed them.' For a time, It was feared by somo holding these checks that they might not be realized on them' at all so that the favorable developments will be a source or grauueauon io wuuy. GETS MORE JEWELRY. Cnrleton Jewelry Company Receives Shipment. The Carleton Jewelry Company has just received a big shipment of jewelry, etc'., from the manufac turer for tho Christmas trade. It gives this firm the finest and most complete line of jewelry, cut glass and time pieces ever-shown on Coos Bay. -'ii. ''.:,' ' HOECK WILL PS. YOAKAIB SETTLE NOW IS HONDRED First National Bank of Somersworth, N. H., has been discovered and tho cashier arrested. The directors have asked that the bank examiner tako possession with a view to voluntary liquidation. SO0MERSWORTH, N. II., Dec. 16. Fred M. Varney, cashier of the First National Bank, was arrested today on a charge of embezzlement. C. A. Smith Company Has A Bargain Day Rush In Fire Wood Sale. Special inducements offered in the sale of fire wood caused quite, a crowd to gather at the retail office of the C. A. Smith Lumber and Manufacturing Company office this morning. The firm announced that, the first five ladies who called would be given' free of charge a load of wood and to the next ten who came, wood would bo sold at a reduction of fifty cents a load from tho regular price. The next twenty-five were to be sold wood at a reduction of twenty five cents. At an early hour tho ladies began to gather at the Smith office, somo getting there as early as 6 o'clock. It was a regular bargain day In wood and according to the promise the five loads were given away to, tho first comers and tho next ten were sold the fuel at the reduced rate. The first five lucky ones were Mr?. Frank Sumner, Mrs. Jack Carter, Mrs. Thomas Nichols, Mrs. R. A. Corthell and Mrs. George Coleman. The next ten who got tho wood at fifty cents less were: Mesdames John Josephson, F. E. Nelson, Rob eii Kroeger, Henry Black, James Hibbard, William Cordell, A. J. Fos ter, F. P. Norton, Henry Holm tuti L. W. Traver. She Is Elected First Vice-Pres ident of State Dairy Association. Mrs. S. A. Yoakam of Coos county, was honored at the meeting of tho Oregon State Dairy Association which was held at Salem last week. Sho was elected first vice-president of the state society. During the sessions, Mrs. Yoa kam read a paper on "Needed Im provements in tho Dairy Business." Sho told of her experiences while acting as deputy state dairy inspect or and especially urged that the dairymen be required to bo more clean and sanitary about their places. What Mrs. Yoakam had to say In this regard had much to do with tho action of tho society. It was decided to put an expert In the field to help educate the dairymen to better methods and a committee was uppuinieu iu uruu u uiii iu prua ent to tho legislature, designed to enforce more strict laws in tho' handling of milk. "' Mrs. Yoakam before returning homo wU visit her daughter who Is attending the state agricultural col Jege),ajt1QoryalllB. . GUILTY OF , WIFE . KILLING. Jury IlettiriiH VcrdlctAiilnst Rich ard QiiIiui at Everett. (By Associated- Press.) EVERETT, Wash.., Dec. 16. A Jury In tho superior court today brought a verdict of murder in tho first degroo against Richard Quinn who mortally wounded his wifo sev eral months ago. Ho alleged It was acn'dentnl. lie was Intoxlmttd at the.tljne,, TJie couple had, soparatod a fow days before the tragedy. ' PROBABLY FIX TAX LEV! AT FIVE MILLS Marshfield City Council Has Animated Discussion Over the Finances. After considerable debate last evening, tho Marshfield city council fixed the .tax levy for municipal pur poses for the ensuing year at five mills. Councilman Sacchl urged that the levy bo fixed at about ten mills in order that a considerable portion of tho outstanding city warrants could be paid off and all current ex penses cared for. Councilman Nel son was first in favor of a seven or eight mill levy but Councilman Lock hart and the other members insisted on keeping the levy down low. All through the discussion, fac tionalism appeared to crop out. On one side, revenge for the people of Marshfield not voting a bond Issue at the last election appeared to prompt some In their remarks. Assistant City Recorder Kaufman presented a. report of the expendi tures for tho past year. He said that all of the Items could not be obtained but for eleven months, ho figured that the city had expended about $29,000 and his estimate for the expenditures during the present I twelve months would be about $di,vuu, in rounu ngures. Sncchl For Ten Mills. Councilman Sacchl said he had gone over the figures and belloved that it would require a ten mill levy to meet the current expense1 and take up aomo of the outstanding warrants. With a ten mill levy, ho said tho city would receive about $19,000 from taxes, about $S,000 for saloon licenses, $1,500 or so from fines, etc., a fow thousand dol lars more from tho five per cent charge against street Improvement work for tho engineering expense. He said thathe disliked a high levy but that he didn't want to see the city go further In debt and that he thought It was necessary to reduce tho present outstanding warranted Indebtedness. He said that tho school-board had fixed a ten mill levy, the county would fix a four teen mill levy in addition to tho state Jovy this year., . Councilman Nasburg said that it was altogether too high a levy. He said that bonds ought to bo issued and let the coming generations who will reap some of tho benefits from the Improvements being madd holp pay' for them. , Councilman Nelson said that ho thought tho city could get along on i a seven pr plght mill levy. Lockliart'N Figures. Councilman Lockhart said that a five mill levy should bo sufficient. Ho said that the new councilmen of tho Citizens' League had been pledged to reduce expenses and ho thought thoy could get along with It. Ho said that in this year's ex penses thero were several Items that would not have to bo met again. Among theso, ho enumerated tho city hall and Jnll, about $1,500 paid to mako up tho deficit In tho North Front street Improvement fund, the cost of the ferry slip, tho paying for street work along ,Qty proporty, etc. Ipfact, he said, that the real expense 61 tho year had been only about $i;4,0bV. "with a flvo'mill levy bringing about $10,000, ijbout $t000 .from salmon licenses, $1,000 from teamsters' licenses, etc., ho said the city council .next year should be ablo to do Just as 'much work ns has been done the last year am) reduce tho outstanding debt about ton por cent or between $4,000 and $5,000. ( '' fj(rnv Wnnis Bonds, Mayor Straw suld that tho coun cil must romombor that all of the monoy derived from taxation this year up to a ton mill levy must bo used In paying off tho outstanding warrants. Ho paid that If tho coun cil wanted to have ready money to (Continued on Pago 4.) . GOME TO AN B Rioting And Disorder In Cap ital of Venezuela Is Reported. MARTIAL LAW HAS BEEN DECLARED And Troops Called Out By Act ing President Gomez tot Preserve Order.. (By Associated Press, y CARACAS, Monday, Dec 14; Ttxa Wlllemstad, Dec. 10. The people cO Caracas arose today againsC PixzsB dent Catsro. An infuriated mattsn hindred by tho police, swept thrxraefia the city, wrecking tho property or Tils henchmen and closest friends-. Peo ple rounded up all the statuesr anS pictures of tho president fromr tSrc ciuds ana otner semi-puDiic- iHitiav lngs and burned them on the BauE? vard Do Plazn. President Castro's rule to Vene zuela Is probably ended. Other dangerous demonstrations are anticipated. No official acfc deposing Castro has been tfikeir, Inrit is expected any minute. The troopo were called out by Acting President; Gomez who issued a proclanial&ixi prohibiting further manifestations. (By Associated Press.)' CARACAS, Tuesday, via "Wflrent stad, Dec. l'G. Tho VenezueLata capital yesterday was the scene oX nn outbreak, tho disorders fUUawr Ing this war-like activity of the Dutch warships. Martial law Tract declared and order put end to riot Ing and pillaging. Several agitators were arrested. Thero was ntr ac tual conflict between the people amO" tho police. Foreigners were un molested. Railroad Accident In Frances Causes Passengers to Bej Burned to Death.. (Uv Associated Presst1 LIMOGES, France,. Dec: l'(T. FTC teen persons were killed and as mans more or less injured In a collfraao between a passenger train' &oQ frolght train in tho Pouch tirrcaeZ today. Fire broke out' In the-wreckage and most of tho victims of tiro accident were pinned beneath anCI burned to death. MARSHAL SHOOTS MAN". Fight Between Officer mid Strangers. Near 'Toledo. fBy Associated Press.) TOLEDO, Ohio, Dec. 1C, An un known man was killed, and Mnrsftaas C. F. Woods of Greenwich, was seri ously wounded In an encounter In. tho railroad yards at that vtlJissja.. with flvo men. Tho Marshar accnfiC ed a man who was acting in sus picious manner near the post offfoQ Tho man said ho was a stranger suuE wanted to leavq tho town: an el freight trnln. Tho marshal 'csccrrfedl tho man to tho yards where faar mon ordered him to throw up bias hands. Ho did so, but in one at them held an. automatic revolvex whlch he fired, killing one muir. TfcOf flrliig'waS returned, one bullet tJtSrfk fhg! th.9 marshal in tho baetf; Heu was then beaten to InsenRitihlfcj. The men escaped and n posse lai searching the surrounding coutrtrxc- In a single minute- 'a ininjiiinor which cuts up wood to itiaKo-:iniitJCsEr will turn out 40,000 "splllus,' ass tioy nro called. Xmas presents Try tlitr GUNNHXLK. SMnnr BltlMKAVATKR aaTte from Coos Bay for Portland SIMCV URDAV, DECEMBER .10 ut 7a.a. FIFTEEN DIE IN WRECK 1.J IA SSEHI -! i ' -':