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THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23 1908. SIX PAGES."
No. 140.
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FREDERICK
A. HMU IS
As Late President of Mutual
Reserve Life He Was
Indicted.
GAS AXPHYXIATION
WAS THE CAUSE
Company of Which He Was
the Head In Hands of
Receiver.
(By Associated Press.!
NEW YORK, Dec. 23. Frederick
A. Burnham, former president of
the Mutual Reserve Life Insurance
Company, was found dead in bed at
his home in this city today. He
died of gas asphyxiation. The Mu
tual Reserve Insurance Company
went into the hands of a receiver
February last. Pres. Burnham and
his brother Geo. Burnham, Jr., the
treasurer of the company, were In
dicted on charges of larceny and for
gery which grew out of the alleged
payments of funds of the company in
satisfaction for personal claims
against some of Its officers.
Geo. Burnham, Jr., was convicted
and sentenced to two years but the
appellant court set aside the' verdict
and Burnham was released. The
case against Frederick A. Burnham
had not come to trial and it was
understood that it was to be dropped
unless the prosecution was success
ful in the case of the brother.
PLANT SAILS.
The steamer M. F. Plant left North
Bend this morning at 10 o'clock. It
was expected that she would go out
yesterday but the boat was delayed
because of loading lumber at North
Bend. It Is expected to land the
passengers at San Francisco Christ
mas morning.
Sunday School Children
All Have Entertainment at
the Churches.
Preparations have been made for
Christmas celebrations in all of the
Marshfleld and North Bend churches.
In each ca3e the Sunday school chil
dren will be made happy with trees,
treats and entertainments. The
programs of the different churches
will be printed in full tomorrow
evening. The following gives the
time and place of the entertainment
at each church:
Swedish Lutheran Christmas
night at 7:30 at church.
St. Monica's Catholic Christmas
afternoon at new store room in
South Marshfleld.
Episcopal Christmas night at the
church.
Presbyterian Christmas eve at
the church.
Methddlst Christmas eve at the
church.
Baptist Christmas eve at the
church.
North Bend United Brethren
Christmas eve at the church.
North Bend Methodist Episcopal
Christmas night at church.
North Bend Presbyterian. Christ
mas eve at church.
Knights Templar.
The Pacific Commandery, No. 10,
Knights Templar, will observe Christ
mas service at 8:30 a. m Christmas
Day. All sir Knights are invited to
attend.
More than 4,000,000 persons, liv
ing in 100 cities, obtain water for
domestic and industrial purposes
from the great lakes.
Tattooed portraits of the last six
French presidents were found on the
skin of abUrglar"named' Bertln ar
rested in Paris.
Royal Daulton Jugs and Plates at
the COOS BAY CASH STORE.
MAKING READY
FDR CHRISTMAS
Will
FOUND DEAD III HIS BED
WAN iJtWtti
AT TRE SIDE
Baines Street Property Owners
Talk Matter Over With the
City Council.
Whether the Baines street sewer
should be In the middle of the street
or at the side was the only discus
sion brought up by the matters pre
sented at the meeting of the city
council last night. The other busi
ness was dispatched quickly and the
meeting adjourned before 9 o'clock
Three bids for the building of the
Baines street sewer were opened.
The bids were as follows:
Masters & McLain $3,129
J. B. Rust 3,345
E. G. Perham 3,595
The bid of Masters & McLain be
ing the lowest the contract for doing
the work was awarded of that firm.
It was after this action that the
request for a change in the arrange
ment of the sewer was made.
George Baines speaking for himself
and behalf of some of the other
property owners interested, said that
he did not want the sewer in the
middle of the street but that It
should be on one side.
Mayor Straw asked Councilman
Sacchi to make a report. Mr. Sac
chi had investigated the matter and
he said that white he wanted to fa
vor the property owners all he could
his honest opinion after making an
investigation was that the only prac
tical way to build the sewer was in
the middle of the street.
The mayor said he wanted to see
the property owners satisfied and if
they thought it best to have it at
the side of the street he was perfect
ly willing provided that the council
could at this time properly change
its action.
City Attorney Farrin was asked to
give his opinion. He said tha he
thought It was a matter entirely up
to the council, and that If the prop
erty owners on one side of the
street would all sign a petition for
the change he believed it could bo
made if the council' chose. Mr.
Baines said there would be no
trouble about getting the signatures.
After some discussion it was de
cided that the street committee make
an investigation of the matter and
report back to the council and thH
It was suggested would give Mr.
Baines time to have signed a now
petition If he wanted to do that.
Contractor McLain said that the
delay would not interrupt his start
ing the work and would not neces
sarily hold it up any, so this arran
gement was agreed to. Mr. McLain
said he thought the sewer ougnt to
be at the side and cited Portland as
a city following that plan.
Insert New Clause.
Dr. Mingus of the dredging com
mittee asked that a new clause be in
serted In the contract for filling
Broadway. The contract provides
that the dredge shall fill Broadway
at a cost of 10 cents per cubic yard.
The doctor explained that the dredge
was a government one, and that one
could never tell what the govern
ment might do. While he did not
feel any Immediate alarm he said
that in case the government should
want to move the dredge to some
other place the committee would be
unable to fulfill the contract and ac
cording to its present conditions the
committee might be personally held
liable. Ho asked that the clause
protecting the committee personally
in this way be inserted and said that
If the government should for any
reason remove the dredge before the
work was completed there woum hui
need to be anything paid. The peti
tion of Dr. Mingus was granted.
Two bids were read for the lay
ing of the new sidewalk on Wash
Ington and Graham streets. Master
& McLain bid 35 cents per lineal foot
and Myers & Errlcksop 2 9 Vicente
a foot. The latter was awarded the
contract.
Walter Condron waBnowed?-.
(Continued on pago oj
GDfERS SENTENCED TO JAIL
Famous Contempt Case Is De
cided Against American
Federation of Labor and Of
ficials Given Severe Punish
ment.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 23.
The famous contempt case of the
Buck and Hi . Company against
President Gompers and Vice-president
'and Secretary Morrison of the
American Federation of Labor, was
decided today by Justice Wright of
the Supreme Court of the District of
Columbia, adversely to the Federa
tion, Gompers was sentenced to
twelve months Imprisonment; Mit
chell, nine months, and Morrison,
six months. The case grew out of
an alleged boycot of the stove com
pany's products and the putting of
that company on the unfair list, and
the federation's alleged violation ofj
Judge Gould's recent mandamus
which attracted wide attention.
Pending an appeal to the United
States Court of Appeals of the Dis
trict of Columbia, all three defend
ants were released on bail.
Rnthcr Go to Jail.
(By Associated Press.)
DENVER, Colo., Dec. 23. During
SDEN CA
Found Not Guilty In the Second
Trial Involving the Build-
ing Line.
The second case against Robert
Marsden regarding the erection of
the building at the rear of the Break-
water office on the dock, came up
yesterday afternoon before Recorder
Upton.
In this case a warrant was serv-
. ed against Mr. Marsden charging
that he had allowed the structure he
Is erecting to extend over the build
ing line established by the city. I
The evidence was almost entirely
in the nature of records. There was
introduced the records of an ordi
nance passed by the council in 1885. J
This ordinance provides that a com
mittee of the council make maps and
establish a building line and the
committee plan was later adopted or j
supposed to be adopted.
The government fixes tho harbor I
I line and a city has a right to con
trol tho nature of the wharf or build
ing which may be erected between
.the harbor line and low water line.
I After hearing the evidence the court
held that the old resolution had
infiver been nronerly adopted and
that the city council at that time
had established a wharf line but had
not established a building line. Mr.
Marsden was therefore acquitted of
the charge.
In the previous case which was
disposed of several days ago, Mr.
Marsden was charged with having
erected his building without first
having secured a permit. Mr. Sand
berg, the city engineer, states that
he did not, as reported, testify that
he told Marsden ho need not have a
permit. M-r. Sandberg testified that
Mr. Marsden had applied once to
know If he should have a permit and
the matter was put off because of
the absence of the city attorney and
that Mr. Marsden did the same thing
a second time.
Of this charge Mr. Marsden was
found guilty as the court held that
he had evidently made an honest of- i
fort to comply with the permit reg
ulation. This settled tho matter of the
Marsden building on the wharf.
At Sholapur, British India, a fac
tory Is successfully making matches
with sticks of a peculiarly stiff form
of native grassy
Carmen Sylva, Queen of Roumanla,
has practically built one hospital by
the sale of her stories, and has lar
gely benefited several others.
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The remarkable development of j
plant life in the Arotic regions, where j
the sun is weak, is thought to be duo
.o atmospheric electricity. .
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the convention of the American
Federation of Labor last month,
Gompers, in speaking of the Buck
case said he would rather go to Jail
than to pay a fine for his actions In
the case.
LEADER COMMENT.
Declare Convicted Men Will Never
Go to Jail.
(Bv Associated Press.)
DETROIT, Mich., Dec. 23. "I
think you will find that Gompers,
Mitchell and Morrison will never
serve sentence," was the only com
ment made by immigration Commis
sioner Daniel J. Keefe, formerly
vice-president of the American Fed
eration of Labor and head of the
Longshoremen's Union.
"I am not prepared to discuss the
matter any further than this predic
tion," he said, "and I will not say
why they will never serve sentence."
"It is an outrage, absolute out
rage," declared President Mahon of
the Amalgamated Association of
Street Railway Employes. "This 1b
the end of free speech. It will be
resented not only by the working
men but by all other liberty loving
people." Mahon said further that
this would not destroy trades union
Ism and if the leaders are put in
jail new ones will be there to take
their places.
Great Excitement In Pittsburg
When Aldermen Are Ar
raigned In Court.
(By Associated Press.)
PITTSBURG, Pa., Dec. 23. A
great crowd packed Police Magis
trate Brady's court today when the
seven councllmen and the two bank
ers Indicted yesterday for alleged
corruption in connection with the
municipal affairs, were arraigned for
a preliminary hearing. The scandal
created a sensation and promise of
further arrests added excitement. W.
W. Ramsey and A. A.-Vilsack, the
bankers, were given their first hear
ing and were held for the court of
trial. Their bonds of'$14,000 each
were renewed. During the graft
hearing this afternoon, it was testi
fied that sixty councllmen were paid
$45,000 In connection with the con
struction of the filter plant.
According to the testimony, It was
an easy thing to bribe the council
by the payment of sums ranging
from $100 to $5. With tho excep
tion of Councllmen Klein and Was
son, all the defendants have been re
leased on bonds ranging from $14,
000 to $30,000.
AT ELrCT
Total School Tax In District
Number Nine About Ten
An election for tho purpose of
levying a special school tax in school
district No. 9, which includes the
city of Marshfleld and a small terri
tory outside, was held last night at
the school house. There was a
small vote but It was unanimous In
favor of the proposition to levy a
special tax of 6 mills on the dol
lar. This money is for school pur
poses and for furnishing the now
school building.
This afternoon the school board
met for the purpose of levying a tax
to raise money for taking up a bond
ed indebtedness of $1,500, paying a
note for $1,000 and paying Interest
on bonds. It was estimated that a
tax of 3 mills would bo required
to do this bo that the total school tax
will be about 10 mills on tho dollar.
Steamer RREAKAVATER sails
from Coos Bay for Portland SAT
URDAV, DEO. 20, nt 12, NOON.
GIFT CHARGE
.VOTE A TAX
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STANDARD OIL
SEVERE
EET NAMES
ARE SUGGESTED
Mayor and J. W. Snover Pre
sent General Plan For New
Arrangement.
A general Dlan for renaming the
streets of Marshfleld was broucht un
last night at the meeting of the city
'council. Mayor Straw and J. W.
.Snover, who was chairman of the
committee appointed for the purpose,
have been working on the matter and
presented what they suggested might
. be a good general plan to follow out.
Mayor Straw said that Walter
Lyon, who Is on his way to Wash
ington, had written back that if any
thing was done with the postoffice
department in regard to securing a
free delivery In the city, the streets
must be named and the houses num
bered with some system or the de
partment would not consider the
petition. It was explained that Mr.
Lyon wanted to do something In this
regard with the department while at
Washington and the mayor urged
that the street committee take up
the matter and make some report
at the next meeting.
The mayor had a map on which
the new names for the streets were
marked out. The general plan sug
gested provides that Cedar street or
' Broadway as It is also known, Bhould
be First Street. This because it ex
pends clear through the city. Front
street will retain Its present name.
Beginning with First street, the
other streets back from the bay
would be numbered in rotation,
i It Is suggested by the plan that
C street which extends clear
through the city, be tho center from
which to start naming the streets or
avenues running east and west. Ex
tending north from 'C street or Cen
tral avenue as it is called under the
new system, the streets are named
for old settlers or men who have been
prominent In the affairs of the city,
with an alphabetical arrangement of
tho Initial letter. First comes Aiken,
then Bennett, Chandler and Dlm
mlck. The mayor said ho could not
recall a name beginning with E, but
continuing on down tho alphabet
there came Flanagan, Golden, Hirst,
Kruse, Lockhart, Merchant, Nasburg,
Owens and Rogers. The plan was
shy names beginning, with I, J, and
Q, but it was suggested these could
be supplied.
The plan shows that beginning
from 'C street and extending in tho
other directions, the streets are nam
ed for Oregon towns and city. It was
suggested that these streets could bo
avenues while tho nunfbered thor
oughfares could be called streets
which would make a distinction.
There are some irregularities In tho
streets and in order to make tho
plan come out right, some of the
short streets are called courts. It
1b necessary to name an alley "Third
Alley" In order that tho numbered
arrangement flguro out right.
Mayor Straw said that the only
trouble with naming tho streets for
Oregon towns and cities was that
with carelessly directed letters there
might qften bo trouble In the post
office. For example a letter direct
ed to a number on Drain street
might sometimes make confusion in
tho postolllco and go to Drain, Or.
However, other cities have followed
that plan and there probably would
not be any objection from tho post
office people.
Tho mayor Bald that tho plan
which ho and Mr. Snover had figured
out was merely a suggestion and
! asked that tho street committee look
jit over and make changes thougnt
I necessary or present some hotter
scheme.
Coffee Percolators and chafing
dishes at the HED CROSS.
' ILVVE YOU seen tho Steinway
Tlano new Bcalo at Sherman, Clay &
Co., Coos Building. Marshfleld, Ore.
SHERMAN & CLAY have COME TO
STAY,
RECEIVES
BLOW FROM COURT
With Republic Oil Company
Ousted For Good From
State of Missouri.
WATERS PIERCE
COMPANY DISSOLVED
Unless It Shows That It WilF
Operate As Independent
Concern.
("By Associated Press.)
I JEFFERSON -CITY, Mo., Dec. 2?.
The Supreme Court handed down
a decision today ousting the Stand
ard Oil Company of Indiana and thes
Republic Oil Company from the states
and forbidding them to over again da
business in Missouri, and dissolving
the Waters Pierce Oil Company or
St. Louis. In addition, each com
pany Is fined $50,000. The order
dissolving the Waters Pierce OIl
Company will become effective Jan
uary 15, unless the company on or
before that date can furnish tho
court satisfactory evidence that It
intends to operate as an Independent
concern.
The opinion was written by Judgo
Woodson. All seven members of tho
court concur. Judges Graves and
Lamb wrote separate opinions. Judgo
Lamb adds his belief that tho Wnters
Pierco Oil Company should bo fined
one million dollars instead of fifty
thousand. Judgo Graves thinks tho
Waters Pierce Company should not
be dissolved. He said that the evi
dence showed that H. Clay Pierce,
who owns forty per cent of the capi
tal stock of the company did all in
his power to prevent it going into
tho trust, even losing his position as
president of tho company on that ac
count. STATION IS
WASHED AW
Bad Storm Causes Loss to the
Government of About
$15,000.
(By Assocl ted Press.)
SEATTIE, V'ah., Deo. 23. A
terrific storm was experienced Mon
day night in the straits of San Juan
De Fuca. Tho United States; llfo
saving station at Noah Bay was
washed away. Tho loss was $15,000.
Probable That All Difficulties
Will Quickly Be Brought to
Settlement.
(By Associated Press.)
THE HAGUE, Dec. 23. -The for
eign minister will make a statement-
tjils afternoon In which ho Is expect
ed to announce the suspension of
'tho Dutch hostile action against
Venezuela and tho prospect of early
l.ntMnmnnt nt oil 1 Iff nrOTl P.Ofl.
Would Ri'tUo Trouble.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 23.
The resumption of tho American dip
lomatic rolatlons with Venezuela Is
at hand. Vlve-preBldont Gomez or
that country, Is in communciatlon
through tho Brazilian minister at
Caracas, expressing the wish to set
tlo all matters of difficulty between
tho United States and Venezuela, and
for the presence of an Amerfcara
warship at La Gulra.
Ccik-o Activities.
THE HAGUE, Dec. 23. Tho com
manders of the three Dutch warships
in Vonezuolan waters woro ordered
to cease further activity against
Veutuula.
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