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THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1908.
No. 13SL
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Vol. 111.
HUT LEAVES COUNTY EASTERN
Ami 1 i m m 1 I w lit 0
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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. ''.:,'
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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.
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