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FOREIGN OFFICES BELIEVE
THAT RUMOR WAS STARTED
IN BOGATA, COLOMBIA.
THINK CASTRO IS
NEVER TO RETURN
AND HAS LEFT COUNTRY BE
CAUSE OF POLITICAL TROUBLE
AND NOT SICKNESS.
(By Associated Press.)
BERLIN, Dec. 18. Both the Ger
man Foreign Ofllce and President
Castro discredit the report that
Venezuela has declared war against
The Netherlands. The .feeling is
growing here that Castro left Vene
zuela not because of illness, but be
cause of the political turmoil and
that he has no intention of .ever re
turning. Castro is to go to the hos
pital Sunday for a week of observa
tion to determine whether the opera
tion is necessary. Castro still de
nies the truth of demonstrations at
Caracas on December 11.
Not Believed.
THE HAGUE, Dec. 18. Tho For
eign Ofllce gives no credence to the
report that Venezuela declared war
against Tho Netherladns. The rumor
apparently originated in Bogota, Co
lombia. It is believed the only basis
of the declaration was when Acting
President Gomez of Venezuela, de
clared that his country was "in a
state of defense."
Breakwater Arrived On Sched
ule This Morning Although
Late In Leaving Here.
Although tho Breakwater left
Coos Bay on her last trpl two days ,
late she arrived this morning on
time. The passengers were landed .
at Marshfleld at 9 a. m. On account
of tho rough weather the boat laid
in the lower bay before going out
on the last trip and consequently
was behind two days but the loading
and unloading work at Portland
rushed so that the captain was able
to be up to the regular schedule this
time.
Thrfl was a larce cargo of. freight
and a big passenger list this morn-1
ing. The Breakwater will leave on
the trip to Portland at 7 o'clock to
morrow morning.
Passenger List.
The following Is the Mst of the
passengers who arrived yesterday:
J. W. Buttz, Mrs. Buttz, Glen Ro
zell, Mrs. Rozell, Mrs. Warren Stem,
Miss Stem, T. J. Super, W. H. Kll
llfer, L. E. Warner, J. W. Knppp,
Geo. Hlllen, W. H. Paul, C. J. Sears,
Mrs. V. L. Holbrook, V. Holbrook, H.
A. Holbrook", A. L. Holbrook, A. Nor
man, Mrs. Truax, Miss Truax, Mrs.
C. Truax, C. S. Truax, W. H. Norvel,
P. W. Washan, C. H. Hardy, Geo.
Swanson, C. Y. Wheeler, J. W. Car
lisle,' F. O. Weeks, V. S. Ames, G.
Welden, J. L. Pettlt, Geo. Gille, E.
O. Hammony, H. Thiene, G. Johnson,
M. Sorensen, W. Johnson, T. Man
tero.Wm. Oddy, H. A. Oddy, W. G.
Harmon, A.- P. Jones, G. Gould, Ray
Wilson, Mrs. Masters, C. Johnson.
County Clerk James Watson is
nursing a good sized "pet" on tho
starboard side of his physiognomy.
Tho boil is in just the right place
to prevent Jim from looking at J;he
court or jury from his accustomed
desk without turning his entire
anatomy in tho chair. He will un
dergo a surgical operation when the
"pet" reaches a head. Coqullle
Herald.
Any one wishing to make a dollar
call at the. ANONA CASH- GROCERY.
MAKES UP
LOST HIE
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DITED IK EUROPE
Members Hold Meeting and
Supper to Wind Up Business
of Campaign.
The members of the Marshfleld
Civic League held a meeting and
banquet last evening at tho Finnish
hall. It was a business and social
session to close up the business of
the late city campaign and was also
In the nature of a jolllflcatlon over
the victory scored by the organisa
tion, tho candidates for aldermen
and recorder supported by the league
being elected.
At 8 o'clock the business meeting
was called to order by the president,
C. A. Johnson and W. F. Reeder
acted as Secretary. Somo reports
were presented by committees show
ing the expenses of the organization
and all the bills were allowed and
ordered paid. Other routine matters
were brought up and disposed of.
The matter of admitting new
members was taken up and it ap
peared that there were a number
present who wanted to be enrolled.
There are now nearly 370 members
In the league.
Future work was discussed and it
was decided that meetings should be
held regularly in the future. It was
also decided that at each meeting
somo topic . regarding the city af
fairs should be discussed and a com
mittee will be appointed" each time
to arrango a program. It was sug
gested that this ought to be done in
order to keep up the interest in the
meetings.
It was nearly 10 o'clock when the
business was completed nnd those
in attendance wore then invited to
the -lining hall adjoining the lodse
room to enjoy refreshment".
Two long tables were nrniuged
and about 60 men were seated. A
s't'endld supper served In excellent
3 le was provided and greatly en
joyed. J. E. Schilling, the new own
er of the Coos Bay Bakery, vp.s the
caterer and had charge of everj
thlng in the supper room.
The menu consisted of the follow
ing: Roast Turkey
Celery Cranberries
Potato Salad Cabbage Salad
Minced Ham Sandwiches
Chocolate Roll Ribbon Cake
Mince Pie Coffee
Entertainment Held Today and
Fine Display of Art Work
Made.
If there should be no other Christ
mas celebration In the city the pu
pils of the Marshfleld school have
certainly enjoyed the coming of their
favorite holiday and will appreciate
the spirit of the season. This after
noon the school was closed until tho
first Monday In January and the last
day was marked by festivities suit
able to tho occasion.
At 2 o'clock In tho afternoon
there was a large attendance of pa
rents and friends of the pupils at a
Christmas operetta which was given
by the First 'A' and First 'B' Grades
and the Second Grade of tho school,
tho pupils taking part and being di
rected by their teachors, Mrs. Wll
ber, Miss Sebolt and Miss McCormac.
A dress rehearsal was hold Thursday
afternoon and the other pupils made
up the audience and today the en
tertainment was given for tho grown
porfple.
In tho large hallway on the lower
floor a platform waB arranged and
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G1VEG LEAGUE
I ENTERTAINS
PUPILS HAVE
GELEBPAIN
THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD,
HELD UP
Express Car On- 0. R. & N.
Robbed of $650 In Jewelry
But $3,000 Is Overlook
ed. (By Associated Press.)
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 18. One
of the most scusatlonal train rob
beries ever pulled off in this vicinity
occurred last night. Three amateur
bandits held u , the local Chicago
Express on the O. It. & N. about
eight miles east of Portland. All
the plunder secured amounted to
$650 worth of diamonds and cheap
jewelry taken from the way safe.
Something over $3,000 in cash was
overlooked by the robbers although
It laid In easy reach, having ueen
tossed behind a small way safe by
Express Messenger Huff whose pres
onso of mind protected the real valu
ables in the express car.
Neither one oF the two comblna-tlon-baggago
and mall cars, which
carried thousands of dollars of reg
istered mail, and not a passenger In
the coaches, six In number, occupied
TWO NEGROES AND
All Three Murderers Are Un
concerned and Standing On
Single Trap Drop to Death
at Same Moment.
(By Associated Presj.)
BELLINGHAM, Wash., Dec. 18.
A dispatch from New Westminster
says: "Without assistance James
Jenkins, a negro; Jack Portella, a
negro, and Lee Chung a Chinaman,
walked to the gallows of the provin
cial Jail this morning to drop to
Proprietor Kills His Former
Employe In Act of Stealing
Goods.
(By Associated Press.)
SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 18. Ed
gar Ames was shot and mortally
wounded early today while in tho
act of stealing goods from a bakery,
by Albert Richardson, the proprietor,
who owing to previous thefts was
on his guard. Ames was a former
employe of the bakery and has a
wife and three children.
Reliably Reported That Taft
Has Selected Him For At
torney General.
(By Associated PreBS.)
NEW YORK, Dec. 18. That
President-elect Taft baB selected
Geo. W. Wlckersham of tho New
York law firm of Strong and Cad
walder to be attorney general, was
learned today from a source regard
ed as reliable.
FAINTS UNDER
WEIGHT OF HAT
MUNICH, Dec. 18. A fashionable
woman, wearing a "merry widow"
hat three feet In diameter, fainted
in tho street and was carried Into aj
shop, where she recovered when tne
lint was removed. A doctor who had
been summoned said the woman's
collapse was entirely attributable to
the enormous weight of the-hat.
Watch The Times for Holiday
prices on Groceries. ANONA CASH
GROGERY. -
Xmas presents Try tho GUNNERY,
AND IS SROT
WICKERSil
GETS TIE JOB
OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER
NEAR PORTLAND
by about two hundred through pas
sengers from the east, were molest
ed. It was plain from all he circum
stances that the robbers expected to
And rich loot In tho express car,
which they prepared to secure by
the use of nitro glycerine. There be
ing no through safe, they had no
use for the explosives after burst
ing open the car-doors with nltro-gly-cerine.
The small safe was not
locked and opened to the touch.
Two men have been arrested who,
in a general way, answer tho de
scription of the two men Implicated
In the robbery. The arrests were
made by the sheriff's deputies In the
outskirts of Portland. There is somo
reason to believe it Is the same
gang that robbed the Great North
ern train at Hillyard, Wash., on the
night of December 9, but the work
was crude compared to the work of
the Great Northern robbery.
A reward of $1,500 for each rob
ber is offered by General Manager
O'Brien of the O. R. and N. The
Express Company will also offer a re
ward. CHINAMAN RANG
death without a murmur. After the
ropo was adjusted around the neck.
If each of the men the Salvation.
Army officers repeated prayers. The
trio stood on a single trap dropping
to eternity simultaneously. Portella
was practlcularly unconcerned.
Jenkins assaulted and murdered
Mrs. Mary Morrison at Hazlemp.re,
Portella killed a mulato at Vancou
ver and Chung killed another China
man. Chang and Portella confes
sed. Jenkins did not. Later he was
convicted solely upon circumstan
tial evidence.
HT SAILORS
Swedish Steamer Is Sunk Off
Dover In Collision With
German Boat.
(By Associated Press.)
DOVER, England, Dec. 18. The
Swedish steamer Llndholmen was
sunk In a collision with the German
steamer Friederlkeu Muller.
of the crew of tho Swedish
Eight i
vessel
were drowned and the survivors of
tho unfortunate boat were landed
here.
Machine Remains In the Air
Longer Than Any Previous
Trial.
(By Associated Press.)
LEMANS, France, Dec. 18. Wil
bur Wright made a new world's re
cord for air machines, remaining in
tho air one hour, 53 minutes and 59
aecondB. Tho best previous record
was one hour, 30 minutes and 51
seconds.
SEEK AFFINITY FOR HER.
Really Men Hold Good, to Sign DIs
played VANCOUVER, Bl C, Dec. 12.
A local real estate firm has a sign
out saying that It will buy or sell
anything on earth, or furnish any
thing desired.
A local woman wont to tho com
pany to enlist lta servlcos ia securing
a hueband, This Is the advcrtlss
mont tho company had offered for
the dally paper: "Wanted A hus
band for a lady 28 years of age, Uvght
complexion, dark ,!ialr, Jjiue oyos,
height 5 feoM Inches; weight 130
,pounds;haB some means and would
not object to marrying a Boldior,"
WRIGHT IKES
NEW RECORD
18, 1908. SIX PAGES.
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STREET BONDS
Arrangement Made Whereby
New Planking On Broadway
Will Be Laid.
A settlement has been reached
Insuring the work of planking First
street or Broadway as It is known,
from 'C street to Queen. Masters
& McLain, who have the contract
for tho work, did not want to go
ahead unless they could dispose of
the bonds and a proposition was
made to the C. A. Smith Lumber
and Manufacturing Co'vany to pur-
chasa the lumber from that Arm and l
pay for it with bonds.
The Smith Company owns most of
the property on tho east side of the
street and tho firm has agreed to
accept bonds In payment for tho
lumber to the amount of the bonds
for the share of work In front of
their property.
NO GIFT HOUSE
FOR FIGHTING BOB
Admiral Evans Tolls) Los Angeles
People He Would Not Accept
Present.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec. 17.
Rear Admiral Boj fivans, retired,
will not allow tho people of Los An
geles to glvo him a house or anything
else. Admirers quietly started n
movement to present him with a
residence in Los Angeles. A Los An
geles friend wrote him. In a char
acteristic reply Evans says:
"Of course tho people of Los An
geles who know me will understand
that I do not want to be plnced In
the position of accepting a house,
and those who do not know me
would better bo told I would not ac
cept a house or any other thing."
KNOX WILL NOT TALK.
(Bv Associated Presss.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 18.
When asked about tho report that ho
wnR offered, and had accepted tho
portfolio of secretary of state In
Taft's cabinet, Senator Knox said, "I
did not start tho rumor and I can
see no reason why I Bhould afllrm it
or deny It." Tho senator's attltudo
was entirely non-committal.
BATTLE WITH
Citizens of Gibbon, Neb., Fight
Men Who Escape With
$5,500.
(By Associated Pross.)
GIBBON, Nob., Dec. 18. Six rob
bers after dynamiting tho safes of
tho Farmers State Bank of Keeno,
twenty-olght miles south of here,
and tho Commercial Bank of Gibbon
engaged In a pitched battlo here
with the citizens early today and es
caped in an automobile with $5,500,
Ono of tho robbers, It Is believed,
was woundod and cairled off. A
posso Is In pursuit. They got $3,000
at Keeno and $2,500 here.
According to tho records of tho In
tornal revenue department, last
month, Now York City drank fer
mented liquors enough to glvo each
Inhabitant nearly (hroo quaits,
Coffeo Porcolators and
'dlshos nt the RED CROSS.
chafing
, 'UnQlo'jQBh" at, MASQ!Q' THEA
TRE TONIGHT.
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BANK ROBBERS
No. 13S.
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PLEADS GUILT
JURY WAS. OUT ONLY FIFTEE3S
MINUTES LAST EVENING BE
FORE FINDING HIM GUILT1T
COURT BUSINESS FOR TERM
IS ABOUT CONCLUDE
GRAND JURY HAS RETURNER
INDICTMENTS BUT OASES WIMa.
COME UP NEXT TERM-
(Special to The Times.)""
COQUILLE, Ore., Dec. IS. Sto
nes Rose and Joe Williams, tlio two
young men who, with: Klnnicut, -wests
charged with assault upon. Milan
Endlcott, tho daughter of a Mxs&ia
Point blacksmith, are guilty andrTvOJ
be sentenced this evening.
Rose was tried yesterday and tho
jury returned a verdict last night.
fifteen minutes after retiring from
tho court room, finding him sulUy
- morning, the Williams case wo
to bo taken up for trial, but the de
fendant ended the master by plead
ing guilty. Rose was charged wills
assault and Williams with attenipteci
assault. The sentence will be passeO
this evening. '
About Finished.
A divorce case was being heard Its
court th's afternoon but all the buaS
ness is about finished and Judg
Hamilton will likely adjourn tonfgM:
for tho term. Tho grand jury "ass
returned some Indictments but tnep"
are cases which will not be takeaa
up for trlnl until the next tenn
court.
WATER PIPES
ARE FR0ZE1
Cold Weather Season On Coos
Bay Reaches Its Annual .
Limit.
The water pipes had their annua3
freeze up last night and this morn
ing many a housewife turned on tbet
water In her kitchen only to HbSI
that there was nothing doing.
Such a thing as a frozen warSw
pipe on Coos Bay starts up or cry o3
distress such as would bo caneetl
by ten feet of snow and a tvrenlu
degrees drop of tho mercury fa sa
less mild climate. For a pipe tea
freeze here Is supposed to bo &
limit of severe winter and it cam
last night.
As a matter of fact tho water sys
toms In all houses aro not arranges
with an Idea of any very cold wezdl
er and neither need they be, but gen
erally about one night In tho yeasr
It will bo cold enough to causa a Hfr
tlo freeze up.
No great damagq was done niileaa
someone trlde to thaw out tho irfpesa
with hot water without turning tlit
faucet and caused an expansion ao3?
breaking of the pipe. Tho frcezfufS
of tho pipes never moro rtnrt r,tosss
an hour or two of Inconvenlpnc? nod
tho annual ovent Is regarded nt sc
good reminder of tho app-v-ftiatfaix
due tho very pleasant weatlif.r
Joyed throughout tho rest "f 1r
wlnten
SENTENCE GRAFTERS,
Two Years and $M0 FJno For Peine-
fjjlvania Mrii.
fRv AKPorlntfd Press )
HARRISBURG, Pa., Dec. IS.
Two yoara Imprisonment and n fino
of $500 was the sentence motcd our
today by Judgo Kunkol to oacn off
tho four men convicted of defrmie?
Ing in connection with fiirnfahins
tho Capitol building in this crtsc
Thoro will be an appeal, w no of ttta
defendants is John II. Snndorsanr, s
Phliadolnhlii contractor for Simf-
turo.
Stumor HREAirWATEK snTSa
from Coos Ray for Portland SAT
UlilDii. DECEMBER 10, at T a?3i.
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